FREE FLIGHT SPORT SCALE FLYING FLOATS D4DOORS challenge especially small site such used Norwich Connecticut FAC Flying Aces Club Squadron Al Grayhawk Lawton allows middle school cafeteria has volume roughly equivalent three phone booths club runs low-key floatplane event once year Als solution inevitable exchange fisticuffs between model wall detachable float arrangement Installed ten cent Cessna A-W two front attachment tubes first slide over axles wheels used 900 bend rearward front wire stubs fixed floats fit allowing knock off backwards impact Two Z struts hold rear floats same knock back feature rear front completing installation little length fine rubber can prevent disconnect being complete giving shock-absorbing knock-off function may have tried knock-off wing struts biplanes know well strut can disconnect come back punch itself clear through wing Better give some limited leeway Al added about 07 square inches fin area .to compensate aggregate additional lateral area up front prevent Dutch roll floats adapters sprayed silver Krylon added two grams weight model turned 50 seconds under 18-foot ceiling Good going Grayhawk Contest winners Well skysters Fourth July pulled 10 cards randomly possible winners beautiful little GM-120 Gasparmn CO2 engine SAMS goes John Stott Sandy Hook Connecticut bunch nifty kits plans Dave Diels Westwings SAMS AA Lidberg few others private file sent top ten Henry Frautschy Kenosha Wisconsin Bob Haight Las Vegas Nevada Dick Oglesbee Mountain View California Denis Kearney Hayward California Paul Grabski Pensacola Florida Mark Braunlich Willoughby Ohio Fred Komlosy North Palm Beach Florida Mike Hostage Montgomery Alabama L Scott McGowin Acworth Georgia correct answers 1 The Wright Flier Wright Bros 2 The Spirit St Louis Ryan 3 The Floyd Bennett Ford 4 The Bonzo Steve Wittman 5 The Winnie Mae Lockheed 6 Le Point dInterrogation Breguet 7 The Southern Cross Fokker 8 The Woolaroc Travelair 9 Glamorous Glennis Bell 10 The Grosvenor House de Havilland thanks entered again verifies confidence columns readers great modelers avid aero historians Scale ornithopters neglected could count number successful full-sized man-carrying oruithopters hand still have five fingers left DaVinci Passat have lot designs looked good paper em built never made very far Occasionally see em played laughs old black-andwhite documentaries no models Some birds butterflies fanciful creatures like Ken Johnsons Dracula may get done no Scale aircraft anyone serious about ornithopters Nathan Chronister 3140 Rt 209 #2A Kingston NY 12401 Hes president Ornithopter Modelers Society membership $9/yr OMS ornithopter design manual must anyone interested challenge basic form flying Nathan presently flying Electricpowered flappers writes Scale ornithopter greatest challenges modeling nearly unexplored Flappingwing flight challenge itself scarcity prototypes information adds new dimension problem touch data and/or drawings unsuccessful fullsized human-carrying ornithopters get touch Nathan maybe collaborate what might first Scale flapper us have seen Id certainly like able share pictures few FF Scale ornithopters type successful Indoor News Views now being edited Les Garber 2324 B 5th St Duluth MN 55812 can $9/yr Plenny Bates outgoing redacteur-en-chef put out dynamite July 1993 issue could shining example what newsletter can lots inspiring photographs February 1994 107 Nathan Chronisters new 54-inch-span Electric ornithopter Text discusses ornithopters potential Scale Vladimir Kunert built French Latecoere 28 Ecuadoran balsa Japanese tissue British book sent America Dick Howard Cactus Squadron built 31-inch-span Blackburn TB Fiffy bonus points FAC Jumbo Scale WHEEL TO FLOAT KIT CONVERSION FOR TEN-CENTERS B SPORT PLANES ESPECIALLY WHEN LANDING GEAR STRUTS ARE INFLEXIBLE FOR WA RD U a LEFT REAR i 1020 DIA WIRE Z STRUT WITH 1/32 BALSA FAIRING U U U THIS. OR THIS LONGERON CYA TO ____________________________ FIXED-PIN 1/32 WIRE IN 1/16 \ DIAxl/4 TUBINGCYAD TO 1/16 SHEET SUPPORT 1/16 SQ BALSA SHELF BEND ADAPTER 1/16 CIA TUBINGl/4I/64PLY CONNECTOR TUBING B CYATGUSSETNOTE 1/2 LENGTH OF FINE AT BEND RUBBER BAND CYAD TO V GUSSET AND TO FIXED-PIN TUBE AIDS ASSEMBLY AND PRE VENTS LOSS OF ADAPTER FOR THOSE INADVERTENT DISCONNECTS READ CRASH FORWARD TOP VIEW OF RIGHT FLOAT Al Grayhawk Lawtons knockoff floats flying iti cramped Indoor sites interchangeable wheels Indoor Champs plus take kinds shots plans hints sources etc Caveat emptor Bob Lopshire hack Gainesville Florida recently bought kit old established company no has reputation using 40-lb balsa found printwood 10% over plan sizes As already well project time discovered can imagine bit perturbed also parts missing moral story spend few minutes checking out kit matching sizes completeness before starting Scratch-building plans may answer have seen rib patterns did match wing plan usually too short have wrong-size die-cut parts grounded cutting out own ribs can always fudge make em little long trim TEs fit installed Cottage Wings having tough time finding supplier materials tools information plans clubs etc FF Scale advised dailyupdated annotated cottage industries list put out non-profit service now has nearly 200 listings opinion ones have dealt may some use can get yours large SASE 52 cents postage dollar cover printing sending address beginning column Sample entry just added Berman Barry J 1375 N Broadway E-6 Escondido CA 92026 Barry has carbon fiber tow like yarn comes about ten yards lots little hairlike fibers really add strength places models stuck buck SASE can go wrong also has drawings Boeing 80 havent seen highlydetailed views construction interior marking color schemesinterior exterior Plan measures 18 x 84 inches $10 postpaid Cure depression Bill Hannans latest book Stick Tissue 3 probably exciting thing come down pike year cant get inspired wrong hobby starts article three-view Gee-Bee Ascender ever wonder canards got same name follows Emmanuel Fillons plan rubberpowered Clement Ader Eole beat Wrights air 13 years contains magnificent plans Peanut Comper Swift legendary Ken McDonough Peanut Motte ultralight Germany cheaty-cheaty Pistachio flying wing Lippisch Storch Germany five-inch fuselage fit MIAMA rules whopping 15-inch wingspan Uruguays Ulises Alvarez gives advice adjust Indoor Scale model Continued page 123 108 Model Aviation awtons dime scale Indoor Cessna AW knockoff floats does 50 seconds under 18-foot ceiling Lawton photo Rubber-powered Gotha Czech junior named Reinish Motors appear pass through Styrofoam nacelles stab LE Aerotowing Joe McClure Memphis Tennessee kind enough write interesting report read aerotowing piece July column have admit dont read often am general sport flier mostly power fly am president White Haven R/C Tale Draggers have towing several years have good time fact flying tow plane almost much fun flying glider like tow 60-powered Great Planes Trainer 60 90-powered Big Stick have towed small 25-powered ARF trainer must say real hoot watch little trainer tug Sig Riser 100 500 feet sky have six seven club members have sailpianes releasable hooks located up close nose Some actuated up elevator some have separate servo Gliders range TwoMeter Spirit up Legend towed Hoby Hawk Klingberg Wing use 100 feet string ring end sailplane several number 64 bands tow plane shock absorption just wanted let readers know others doing too Thanks letter Joe appreciated receiving because hadnt heard towing gliders small TwoMeters normally think big Scale gliders discuss twing So its good know least club likes think small Joe didnt cover item thats imperative youre thinking about towing gliders yourself tow plane must fitted servo-actuated towline release device Its quite possible gliders towhook malfunction glider get unusual position imperils tow plane So tug pilot should able unhook towlineand glider cale/Warner Continued page 108 Want build model will confound guys field have never seen anything esoteric P-S iD two one-page three-view drawings 1924 Dietrich-Gobiet flying flivvers superb photographs range framework Kaz Suzukis Japan SR-7 1 rubber-powered ducted-fan model Doug McHard s incredible compressed-air Waterman Aerobile will love slick little book enough buy two use loaner make converts cause Its priced $995 Just getting started FF Scale month get letters guys getting interested what like think hard core hobby FF Scale Great recommend just place get everything need would certainly Peck-Polymers Sandy Peck daughter Vera work hard keep latest stuff need stock beginners books building materials CO2 motors FF Scale plans Zap razor planes cant imagine modeleroriented supplier catalog $4 Peck Polymers PO Box 710399 Santee CA 92072-0399 Rubber Scale kits cost too much recently heard guy complained about rubber kit costing ten bucks talked manufacturer kit found after paying materials plan printing boxing labor health plan employees rent phone electricity advertising office computer expenses machinery print wood etc etc firm making less twenty cents kit sold safe distance stand winding motor equal square knots motor Words wisdom Ken Sykoras 1930s model shop BREAKTHROUGH LIVE VIDEO TRANSMITTED FROM YOUR AIRCRAFT Now Can Mount An Airborne Micro Video Camera System Model Airplane Introduce SOS Model -Strap System 1st Ready Strap & Use System Plane TaIk nc accessory shop Tech Info 714-650-5004 Orders 800-795-5008 Pa Box 11364 Costa Mesa CA 92627 Nothing Build Assemble No Airboe Receiver Interference No Vibration Problems No Inferior Rebuilt Equipment Total Weight 9oz Including Batteries 30 Seconds Strap onto Aircraft Test Flown S mall 35 Size Air p lane We Personalize SOS Ynii NRTIA PW1ntAA Tt BALES ND SERVICE POR EVERYTHING B/C AFT MIDWEST INC. 116 EAST MAIN NORTNVILLB IdICmGAI 48187 313-3480085 FAX 8133484175 RF M*JE 923fl2 72Mhz 923/75 75Mhz 14923153 53Mhz 923/50 50Mhz 14923/27 27Mhz SMALL SIZE X 100 X 100 SHOWS ANTENNAS RFOUTPUT FITS ALL DIAMETER ANTENNAS WORKS WITH AM FM OR PCM SIMPLE SNAP-ON MOUNTING 881993 RELERSEM*TE Servo reversing module fits between Rx Servo Adjusts/sets neutral reverses servo direction Supplied wires add servo leads $1995 SAE foi ER VWE atalog ACE* AIRTRONICS* ARISTO CRAFT CIRRUS EK FUTABA HEATHKIT HITEC* HOBBY SHACK JR* KLINE* KC PROPO* KRAFT* NOVAK PRO LINE RCD* ROYAL TOWEP HOBBIES WORLD ENGINES ETC. * FACTORY TRAiNED ANL UTHORIZED* RCMA #21 February 1994 123 REIJYS QUALITY MODEL PRODUCTS GIANT SCALE SPECIAlISTS Zenoah Quadra Sales Parts -Service 1/4 1/3 scale kits Ercoupe Tomahawk -J3 Kitten Kinner -Taylorcraft Quartermaster 16 Main St Phelps NY 14532 Catalog $100 315-548-3779 Power Rev R/CTHE POWERFULPower Glide R/C Engine TreatmentGrenRe SO-al afterVI run oil 2 4RTUES OFdifferential drive shaft cycle RIO engines AOIL gearbox output few drops afteradayMAKEsmooths seals pro operation makestects parts high run coolerLUBRICANTSpresst ire Irirtirrnal faster last muchwear longer lessPHENOMENAL maintenance L VENOMOUS TIP Use Engine Treatment along SP-1O Fuel Treathrent Max RPM Pert omorancell Power Rev R/C FORMULA ARE Treatment 02 added DRAMATICALLY glow RIO el renders strik- IMPROVING g improvements ny engine iditioning stabi- THE RIG ig fuel output er RPMs improve MODELING RaFting idle high L speed operation also cleans VVORLD lubricates entire fuel system Power Rev R/C 2-Cycle Oil 50-06 mixes evenly types gasoline give best gas/oil mix gasoline pow ered model engines Improved protection frictional heat wear makes engine run smoother harder longer Add Power Rev PlC Fuel matment ISO-021 2-Cyde gasloil fuel mixture ran greater overall fuel performance] run smrxrurrer ano qureuer flesistant water Power Glide 1 grease perfect off road RIO cars RIG model boats too [VENOMOUS TIP Add drop Power Glide RIG 3 Bearing Lubricant [SO-t4[ metal parts before applying grease tafal icction-t rue pedormonce] Power Glide RJC Bearing Lubricant SO-04 gets extra spin out beanno ohuft repelling musyax eliminates friction ant penetrates Cofo lubricates metal [VENOMOUS TIP Becaoae vs warer repellent Power Glide RIO Besnog sss s oss ses protection rout sod corrosion los] _______ Power Glide R/C Spray Lubricant 50-05 gives oomplete protection friction bushings bearings shafts ball-links contact ing metal surfaces quick blast electric motor bearings boosts power immediately gives protection entire race [VENOMOUS TIP Apply drop Power Glide RIO Bearing Lubricant SO-041 after apraying part Power Glide RIO Spray Lubricant] ww7aw To nd aOon Snake 0 uOncan Fume Re Puce auram seZuse dLee DflICANTS enoelope ro rhe address belneJ Available RIC Outlets Nationwide Snake Oil Lubricants improving RIO equipment reduced friction corrosion wear increasing speed power overall performance Get virtues Snake Oil Lubricants SP-1 0 working today Eaclusinely Manufactured Olarributed V Robart Manufacturing Inc PO Boa r247 StCharleo IL 50174 708-58476tt YATER JET CUT CARBON FIBER STRIPS Latest Technology No Sanding Necessary Smooth Edges Great Spar Caps Precision Cut Strips Foam Wing Reinforcement Bondable Surfaces Lowest Prices Li 1007 Thick 1/4x4t 12/pkgl S35t 3/8o4t 12 pkgl $425 CL2 1014 Thick 1/4s48 12/pkgl S450 3/8s48 12 pkgl S600 CL3 1022 Thick 1/4o48 12/pkgl S550 3/to48 12 pkgl $800 CL4 1030 Thick 1/4o48 12/pkgl $650 3/to48 12 pkgf SlOBO Send SASE information additional sizes products Add $500 sliippivg handlino Calif residents odd 775% tan Overseas orders add 15% Order COD MCI VISA send check money order Aerospace Composft2P~ Boo 16621 Irvine CA 9211411141250-1107 Fax 17141250-0307 unique 1993 catalog Old-Timer plans supplies send $2 Old Timer Model Supply Box 7334 Van Nuys CA 91409 always popular club editors great Otto Kuhni clip-art type drawings can filch jazz up newsletters Nose Hesevy George Batiuk recently scaled down Henry Strucks old Nats winning Caudron came up CG leading edge wing due plastic prop plastic Williams Brothers cylinders Jacking up TE stab didnt fix problem George going lighten up nose using carved balsa prop balsa cylinders would just add weight tail move CG rearward about 33% chord Ill go Georges idea having weight end model like teeter-totter can have serious side-effects model ever needs recover stall Keeping wingtips nose tail light can keeping weight centralized equals stability Welt gang until next time keep knots silicone-lubed rubber motors safety-tied thread keep rubber off space heater observe National Use-Your-Winding-Tube Week Model Aviation forget units remember1 NOT JUST CHARGERS- COMPLETE AUTOMATIC BATTERY MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS CaRa Producto PO Box 221 on SD 57013 His 1605 087-5924 2-7 ICentral Timef SASE informaf ionOwatera inquiries invited
Edition: Model Aviation - 1994/02
Page Numbers: 107, 108, 123, 124
FREE FLIGHT SPORT SCALE FLYING FLOATS D4DOORS challenge especially small site such used Norwich Connecticut FAC Flying Aces Club Squadron Al Grayhawk Lawton allows middle school cafeteria has volume roughly equivalent three phone booths club runs low-key floatplane event once year Als solution inevitable exchange fisticuffs between model wall detachable float arrangement Installed ten cent Cessna A-W two front attachment tubes first slide over axles wheels used 900 bend rearward front wire stubs fixed floats fit allowing knock off backwards impact Two Z struts hold rear floats same knock back feature rear front completing installation little length fine rubber can prevent disconnect being complete giving shock-absorbing knock-off function may have tried knock-off wing struts biplanes know well strut can disconnect come back punch itself clear through wing Better give some limited leeway Al added about 07 square inches fin area .to compensate aggregate additional lateral area up front prevent Dutch roll floats adapters sprayed silver Krylon added two grams weight model turned 50 seconds under 18-foot ceiling Good going Grayhawk Contest winners Well skysters Fourth July pulled 10 cards randomly possible winners beautiful little GM-120 Gasparmn CO2 engine SAMS goes John Stott Sandy Hook Connecticut bunch nifty kits plans Dave Diels Westwings SAMS AA Lidberg few others private file sent top ten Henry Frautschy Kenosha Wisconsin Bob Haight Las Vegas Nevada Dick Oglesbee Mountain View California Denis Kearney Hayward California Paul Grabski Pensacola Florida Mark Braunlich Willoughby Ohio Fred Komlosy North Palm Beach Florida Mike Hostage Montgomery Alabama L Scott McGowin Acworth Georgia correct answers 1 The Wright Flier Wright Bros 2 The Spirit St Louis Ryan 3 The Floyd Bennett Ford 4 The Bonzo Steve Wittman 5 The Winnie Mae Lockheed 6 Le Point dInterrogation Breguet 7 The Southern Cross Fokker 8 The Woolaroc Travelair 9 Glamorous Glennis Bell 10 The Grosvenor House de Havilland thanks entered again verifies confidence columns readers great modelers avid aero historians Scale ornithopters neglected could count number successful full-sized man-carrying oruithopters hand still have five fingers left DaVinci Passat have lot designs looked good paper em built never made very far Occasionally see em played laughs old black-andwhite documentaries no models Some birds butterflies fanciful creatures like Ken Johnsons Dracula may get done no Scale aircraft anyone serious about ornithopters Nathan Chronister 3140 Rt 209 #2A Kingston NY 12401 Hes president Ornithopter Modelers Society membership $9/yr OMS ornithopter design manual must anyone interested challenge basic form flying Nathan presently flying Electricpowered flappers writes Scale ornithopter greatest challenges modeling nearly unexplored Flappingwing flight challenge itself scarcity prototypes information adds new dimension problem touch data and/or drawings unsuccessful fullsized human-carrying ornithopters get touch Nathan maybe collaborate what might first Scale flapper us have seen Id certainly like able share pictures few FF Scale ornithopters type successful Indoor News Views now being edited Les Garber 2324 B 5th St Duluth MN 55812 can $9/yr Plenny Bates outgoing redacteur-en-chef put out dynamite July 1993 issue could shining example what newsletter can lots inspiring photographs February 1994 107 Nathan Chronisters new 54-inch-span Electric ornithopter Text discusses ornithopters potential Scale Vladimir Kunert built French Latecoere 28 Ecuadoran balsa Japanese tissue British book sent America Dick Howard Cactus Squadron built 31-inch-span Blackburn TB Fiffy bonus points FAC Jumbo Scale WHEEL TO FLOAT KIT CONVERSION FOR TEN-CENTERS B SPORT PLANES ESPECIALLY WHEN LANDING GEAR STRUTS ARE INFLEXIBLE FOR WA RD U a LEFT REAR i 1020 DIA WIRE Z STRUT WITH 1/32 BALSA FAIRING U U U THIS. OR THIS LONGERON CYA TO ____________________________ FIXED-PIN 1/32 WIRE IN 1/16 \ DIAxl/4 TUBINGCYAD TO 1/16 SHEET SUPPORT 1/16 SQ BALSA SHELF BEND ADAPTER 1/16 CIA TUBINGl/4I/64PLY CONNECTOR TUBING B CYATGUSSETNOTE 1/2 LENGTH OF FINE AT BEND RUBBER BAND CYAD TO V GUSSET AND TO FIXED-PIN TUBE AIDS ASSEMBLY AND PRE VENTS LOSS OF ADAPTER FOR THOSE INADVERTENT DISCONNECTS READ CRASH FORWARD TOP VIEW OF RIGHT FLOAT Al Grayhawk Lawtons knockoff floats flying iti cramped Indoor sites interchangeable wheels Indoor Champs plus take kinds shots plans hints sources etc Caveat emptor Bob Lopshire hack Gainesville Florida recently bought kit old established company no has reputation using 40-lb balsa found printwood 10% over plan sizes As already well project time discovered can imagine bit perturbed also parts missing moral story spend few minutes checking out kit matching sizes completeness before starting Scratch-building plans may answer have seen rib patterns did match wing plan usually too short have wrong-size die-cut parts grounded cutting out own ribs can always fudge make em little long trim TEs fit installed Cottage Wings having tough time finding supplier materials tools information plans clubs etc FF Scale advised dailyupdated annotated cottage industries list put out non-profit service now has nearly 200 listings opinion ones have dealt may some use can get yours large SASE 52 cents postage dollar cover printing sending address beginning column Sample entry just added Berman Barry J 1375 N Broadway E-6 Escondido CA 92026 Barry has carbon fiber tow like yarn comes about ten yards lots little hairlike fibers really add strength places models stuck buck SASE can go wrong also has drawings Boeing 80 havent seen highlydetailed views construction interior marking color schemesinterior exterior Plan measures 18 x 84 inches $10 postpaid Cure depression Bill Hannans latest book Stick Tissue 3 probably exciting thing come down pike year cant get inspired wrong hobby starts article three-view Gee-Bee Ascender ever wonder canards got same name follows Emmanuel Fillons plan rubberpowered Clement Ader Eole beat Wrights air 13 years contains magnificent plans Peanut Comper Swift legendary Ken McDonough Peanut Motte ultralight Germany cheaty-cheaty Pistachio flying wing Lippisch Storch Germany five-inch fuselage fit MIAMA rules whopping 15-inch wingspan Uruguays Ulises Alvarez gives advice adjust Indoor Scale model Continued page 123 108 Model Aviation awtons dime scale Indoor Cessna AW knockoff floats does 50 seconds under 18-foot ceiling Lawton photo Rubber-powered Gotha Czech junior named Reinish Motors appear pass through Styrofoam nacelles stab LE Aerotowing Joe McClure Memphis Tennessee kind enough write interesting report read aerotowing piece July column have admit dont read often am general sport flier mostly power fly am president White Haven R/C Tale Draggers have towing several years have good time fact flying tow plane almost much fun flying glider like tow 60-powered Great Planes Trainer 60 90-powered Big Stick have towed small 25-powered ARF trainer must say real hoot watch little trainer tug Sig Riser 100 500 feet sky have six seven club members have sailpianes releasable hooks located up close nose Some actuated up elevator some have separate servo Gliders range TwoMeter Spirit up Legend towed Hoby Hawk Klingberg Wing use 100 feet string ring end sailplane several number 64 bands tow plane shock absorption just wanted let readers know others doing too Thanks letter Joe appreciated receiving because hadnt heard towing gliders small TwoMeters normally think big Scale gliders discuss twing So its good know least club likes think small Joe didnt cover item thats imperative youre thinking about towing gliders yourself tow plane must fitted servo-actuated towline release device Its quite possible gliders towhook malfunction glider get unusual position imperils tow plane So tug pilot should able unhook towlineand glider cale/Warner Continued page 108 Want build model will confound guys field have never seen anything esoteric P-S iD two one-page three-view drawings 1924 Dietrich-Gobiet flying flivvers superb photographs range framework Kaz Suzukis Japan SR-7 1 rubber-powered ducted-fan model Doug McHard s incredible compressed-air Waterman Aerobile will love slick little book enough buy two use loaner make converts cause Its priced $995 Just getting started FF Scale month get letters guys getting interested what like think hard core hobby FF Scale Great recommend just place get everything need would certainly Peck-Polymers Sandy Peck daughter Vera work hard keep latest stuff need stock beginners books building materials CO2 motors FF Scale plans Zap razor planes cant imagine modeleroriented supplier catalog $4 Peck Polymers PO Box 710399 Santee CA 92072-0399 Rubber Scale kits cost too much recently heard guy complained about rubber kit costing ten bucks talked manufacturer kit found after paying materials plan printing boxing labor health plan employees rent phone electricity advertising office computer expenses machinery print wood etc etc firm making less twenty cents kit sold safe distance stand winding motor equal square knots motor Words wisdom Ken Sykoras 1930s model shop BREAKTHROUGH LIVE VIDEO TRANSMITTED FROM YOUR AIRCRAFT Now Can Mount An Airborne Micro Video Camera System Model Airplane Introduce SOS Model -Strap System 1st Ready Strap & Use System Plane TaIk nc accessory shop Tech Info 714-650-5004 Orders 800-795-5008 Pa Box 11364 Costa Mesa CA 92627 Nothing Build Assemble No Airboe Receiver Interference No Vibration Problems No Inferior Rebuilt Equipment Total Weight 9oz Including Batteries 30 Seconds Strap onto Aircraft Test Flown S mall 35 Size Air p lane We Personalize SOS Ynii NRTIA PW1ntAA Tt BALES ND SERVICE POR EVERYTHING B/C AFT MIDWEST INC. 116 EAST MAIN NORTNVILLB IdICmGAI 48187 313-3480085 FAX 8133484175 RF M*JE 923fl2 72Mhz 923/75 75Mhz 14923153 53Mhz 923/50 50Mhz 14923/27 27Mhz SMALL SIZE X 100 X 100 SHOWS ANTENNAS RFOUTPUT FITS ALL DIAMETER ANTENNAS WORKS WITH AM FM OR PCM SIMPLE SNAP-ON MOUNTING 881993 RELERSEM*TE Servo reversing module fits between Rx Servo Adjusts/sets neutral reverses servo direction Supplied wires add servo leads $1995 SAE foi ER VWE atalog ACE* AIRTRONICS* ARISTO CRAFT CIRRUS EK FUTABA HEATHKIT HITEC* HOBBY SHACK JR* KLINE* KC PROPO* KRAFT* NOVAK PRO LINE RCD* ROYAL TOWEP HOBBIES WORLD ENGINES ETC. * FACTORY TRAiNED ANL UTHORIZED* RCMA #21 February 1994 123 REIJYS QUALITY MODEL PRODUCTS GIANT SCALE SPECIAlISTS Zenoah Quadra Sales Parts -Service 1/4 1/3 scale kits Ercoupe Tomahawk -J3 Kitten Kinner -Taylorcraft Quartermaster 16 Main St Phelps NY 14532 Catalog $100 315-548-3779 Power Rev R/CTHE POWERFULPower Glide R/C Engine TreatmentGrenRe SO-al afterVI run oil 2 4RTUES OFdifferential drive shaft cycle RIO engines AOIL gearbox output few drops afteradayMAKEsmooths seals pro operation makestects parts high run coolerLUBRICANTSpresst ire Irirtirrnal faster last muchwear longer lessPHENOMENAL maintenance L VENOMOUS TIP Use Engine Treatment along SP-1O Fuel Treathrent Max RPM Pert omorancell Power Rev R/C FORMULA ARE Treatment 02 added DRAMATICALLY glow RIO el renders strik- IMPROVING g improvements ny engine iditioning stabi- THE RIG ig fuel output er RPMs improve MODELING RaFting idle high L speed operation also cleans VVORLD lubricates entire fuel system Power Rev R/C 2-Cycle Oil 50-06 mixes evenly types gasoline give best gas/oil mix gasoline pow ered model engines Improved protection frictional heat wear makes engine run smoother harder longer Add Power Rev PlC Fuel matment ISO-021 2-Cyde gasloil fuel mixture ran greater overall fuel performance] run smrxrurrer ano qureuer flesistant water Power Glide 1 grease perfect off road RIO cars RIG model boats too [VENOMOUS TIP Add drop Power Glide RIG 3 Bearing Lubricant [SO-t4[ metal parts before applying grease tafal icction-t rue pedormonce] Power Glide RJC Bearing Lubricant SO-04 gets extra spin out beanno ohuft repelling musyax eliminates friction ant penetrates Cofo lubricates metal [VENOMOUS TIP Becaoae vs warer repellent Power Glide RIO Besnog sss s oss ses protection rout sod corrosion los] _______ Power Glide R/C Spray Lubricant 50-05 gives oomplete protection friction bushings bearings shafts ball-links contact ing metal surfaces quick blast electric motor bearings boosts power immediately gives protection entire race [VENOMOUS TIP Apply drop Power Glide RIO Bearing Lubricant SO-041 after apraying part Power Glide RIO Spray Lubricant] ww7aw To nd aOon Snake 0 uOncan Fume Re Puce auram seZuse dLee DflICANTS enoelope ro rhe address belneJ Available RIC Outlets Nationwide Snake Oil Lubricants improving RIO equipment reduced friction corrosion wear increasing speed power overall performance Get virtues Snake Oil Lubricants SP-1 0 working today Eaclusinely Manufactured Olarributed V Robart Manufacturing Inc PO Boa r247 StCharleo IL 50174 708-58476tt YATER JET CUT CARBON FIBER STRIPS Latest Technology No Sanding Necessary Smooth Edges Great Spar Caps Precision Cut Strips Foam Wing Reinforcement Bondable Surfaces Lowest Prices Li 1007 Thick 1/4x4t 12/pkgl S35t 3/8o4t 12 pkgl $425 CL2 1014 Thick 1/4s48 12/pkgl S450 3/8s48 12 pkgl S600 CL3 1022 Thick 1/4o48 12/pkgl S550 3/to48 12 pkgl $800 CL4 1030 Thick 1/4o48 12/pkgl $650 3/to48 12 pkgf SlOBO Send SASE information additional sizes products Add $500 sliippivg handlino Calif residents odd 775% tan Overseas orders add 15% Order COD MCI VISA send check money order Aerospace Composft2P~ Boo 16621 Irvine CA 9211411141250-1107 Fax 17141250-0307 unique 1993 catalog Old-Timer plans supplies send $2 Old Timer Model Supply Box 7334 Van Nuys CA 91409 always popular club editors great Otto Kuhni clip-art type drawings can filch jazz up newsletters Nose Hesevy George Batiuk recently scaled down Henry Strucks old Nats winning Caudron came up CG leading edge wing due plastic prop plastic Williams Brothers cylinders Jacking up TE stab didnt fix problem George going lighten up nose using carved balsa prop balsa cylinders would just add weight tail move CG rearward about 33% chord Ill go Georges idea having weight end model like teeter-totter can have serious side-effects model ever needs recover stall Keeping wingtips nose tail light can keeping weight centralized equals stability Welt gang until next time keep knots silicone-lubed rubber motors safety-tied thread keep rubber off space heater observe National Use-Your-Winding-Tube Week Model Aviation forget units remember1 NOT JUST CHARGERS- COMPLETE AUTOMATIC BATTERY MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS CaRa Producto PO Box 221 on SD 57013 His 1605 087-5924 2-7 ICentral Timef SASE informaf ionOwatera inquiries invited
Edition: Model Aviation - 1994/02
Page Numbers: 107, 108, 123, 124
FREE FLIGHT SPORT SCALE FLYING FLOATS D4DOORS challenge especially small site such used Norwich Connecticut FAC Flying Aces Club Squadron Al Grayhawk Lawton allows middle school cafeteria has volume roughly equivalent three phone booths club runs low-key floatplane event once year Als solution inevitable exchange fisticuffs between model wall detachable float arrangement Installed ten cent Cessna A-W two front attachment tubes first slide over axles wheels used 900 bend rearward front wire stubs fixed floats fit allowing knock off backwards impact Two Z struts hold rear floats same knock back feature rear front completing installation little length fine rubber can prevent disconnect being complete giving shock-absorbing knock-off function may have tried knock-off wing struts biplanes know well strut can disconnect come back punch itself clear through wing Better give some limited leeway Al added about 07 square inches fin area .to compensate aggregate additional lateral area up front prevent Dutch roll floats adapters sprayed silver Krylon added two grams weight model turned 50 seconds under 18-foot ceiling Good going Grayhawk Contest winners Well skysters Fourth July pulled 10 cards randomly possible winners beautiful little GM-120 Gasparmn CO2 engine SAMS goes John Stott Sandy Hook Connecticut bunch nifty kits plans Dave Diels Westwings SAMS AA Lidberg few others private file sent top ten Henry Frautschy Kenosha Wisconsin Bob Haight Las Vegas Nevada Dick Oglesbee Mountain View California Denis Kearney Hayward California Paul Grabski Pensacola Florida Mark Braunlich Willoughby Ohio Fred Komlosy North Palm Beach Florida Mike Hostage Montgomery Alabama L Scott McGowin Acworth Georgia correct answers 1 The Wright Flier Wright Bros 2 The Spirit St Louis Ryan 3 The Floyd Bennett Ford 4 The Bonzo Steve Wittman 5 The Winnie Mae Lockheed 6 Le Point dInterrogation Breguet 7 The Southern Cross Fokker 8 The Woolaroc Travelair 9 Glamorous Glennis Bell 10 The Grosvenor House de Havilland thanks entered again verifies confidence columns readers great modelers avid aero historians Scale ornithopters neglected could count number successful full-sized man-carrying oruithopters hand still have five fingers left DaVinci Passat have lot designs looked good paper em built never made very far Occasionally see em played laughs old black-andwhite documentaries no models Some birds butterflies fanciful creatures like Ken Johnsons Dracula may get done no Scale aircraft anyone serious about ornithopters Nathan Chronister 3140 Rt 209 #2A Kingston NY 12401 Hes president Ornithopter Modelers Society membership $9/yr OMS ornithopter design manual must anyone interested challenge basic form flying Nathan presently flying Electricpowered flappers writes Scale ornithopter greatest challenges modeling nearly unexplored Flappingwing flight challenge itself scarcity prototypes information adds new dimension problem touch data and/or drawings unsuccessful fullsized human-carrying ornithopters get touch Nathan maybe collaborate what might first Scale flapper us have seen Id certainly like able share pictures few FF Scale ornithopters type successful Indoor News Views now being edited Les Garber 2324 B 5th St Duluth MN 55812 can $9/yr Plenny Bates outgoing redacteur-en-chef put out dynamite July 1993 issue could shining example what newsletter can lots inspiring photographs February 1994 107 Nathan Chronisters new 54-inch-span Electric ornithopter Text discusses ornithopters potential Scale Vladimir Kunert built French Latecoere 28 Ecuadoran balsa Japanese tissue British book sent America Dick Howard Cactus Squadron built 31-inch-span Blackburn TB Fiffy bonus points FAC Jumbo Scale WHEEL TO FLOAT KIT CONVERSION FOR TEN-CENTERS B SPORT PLANES ESPECIALLY WHEN LANDING GEAR STRUTS ARE INFLEXIBLE FOR WA RD U a LEFT REAR i 1020 DIA WIRE Z STRUT WITH 1/32 BALSA FAIRING U U U THIS. OR THIS LONGERON CYA TO ____________________________ FIXED-PIN 1/32 WIRE IN 1/16 \ DIAxl/4 TUBINGCYAD TO 1/16 SHEET SUPPORT 1/16 SQ BALSA SHELF BEND ADAPTER 1/16 CIA TUBINGl/4I/64PLY CONNECTOR TUBING B CYATGUSSETNOTE 1/2 LENGTH OF FINE AT BEND RUBBER BAND CYAD TO V GUSSET AND TO FIXED-PIN TUBE AIDS ASSEMBLY AND PRE VENTS LOSS OF ADAPTER FOR THOSE INADVERTENT DISCONNECTS READ CRASH FORWARD TOP VIEW OF RIGHT FLOAT Al Grayhawk Lawtons knockoff floats flying iti cramped Indoor sites interchangeable wheels Indoor Champs plus take kinds shots plans hints sources etc Caveat emptor Bob Lopshire hack Gainesville Florida recently bought kit old established company no has reputation using 40-lb balsa found printwood 10% over plan sizes As already well project time discovered can imagine bit perturbed also parts missing moral story spend few minutes checking out kit matching sizes completeness before starting Scratch-building plans may answer have seen rib patterns did match wing plan usually too short have wrong-size die-cut parts grounded cutting out own ribs can always fudge make em little long trim TEs fit installed Cottage Wings having tough time finding supplier materials tools information plans clubs etc FF Scale advised dailyupdated annotated cottage industries list put out non-profit service now has nearly 200 listings opinion ones have dealt may some use can get yours large SASE 52 cents postage dollar cover printing sending address beginning column Sample entry just added Berman Barry J 1375 N Broadway E-6 Escondido CA 92026 Barry has carbon fiber tow like yarn comes about ten yards lots little hairlike fibers really add strength places models stuck buck SASE can go wrong also has drawings Boeing 80 havent seen highlydetailed views construction interior marking color schemesinterior exterior Plan measures 18 x 84 inches $10 postpaid Cure depression Bill Hannans latest book Stick Tissue 3 probably exciting thing come down pike year cant get inspired wrong hobby starts article three-view Gee-Bee Ascender ever wonder canards got same name follows Emmanuel Fillons plan rubberpowered Clement Ader Eole beat Wrights air 13 years contains magnificent plans Peanut Comper Swift legendary Ken McDonough Peanut Motte ultralight Germany cheaty-cheaty Pistachio flying wing Lippisch Storch Germany five-inch fuselage fit MIAMA rules whopping 15-inch wingspan Uruguays Ulises Alvarez gives advice adjust Indoor Scale model Continued page 123 108 Model Aviation awtons dime scale Indoor Cessna AW knockoff floats does 50 seconds under 18-foot ceiling Lawton photo Rubber-powered Gotha Czech junior named Reinish Motors appear pass through Styrofoam nacelles stab LE Aerotowing Joe McClure Memphis Tennessee kind enough write interesting report read aerotowing piece July column have admit dont read often am general sport flier mostly power fly am president White Haven R/C Tale Draggers have towing several years have good time fact flying tow plane almost much fun flying glider like tow 60-powered Great Planes Trainer 60 90-powered Big Stick have towed small 25-powered ARF trainer must say real hoot watch little trainer tug Sig Riser 100 500 feet sky have six seven club members have sailpianes releasable hooks located up close nose Some actuated up elevator some have separate servo Gliders range TwoMeter Spirit up Legend towed Hoby Hawk Klingberg Wing use 100 feet string ring end sailplane several number 64 bands tow plane shock absorption just wanted let readers know others doing too Thanks letter Joe appreciated receiving because hadnt heard towing gliders small TwoMeters normally think big Scale gliders discuss twing So its good know least club likes think small Joe didnt cover item thats imperative youre thinking about towing gliders yourself tow plane must fitted servo-actuated towline release device Its quite possible gliders towhook malfunction glider get unusual position imperils tow plane So tug pilot should able unhook towlineand glider cale/Warner Continued page 108 Want build model will confound guys field have never seen anything esoteric P-S iD two one-page three-view drawings 1924 Dietrich-Gobiet flying flivvers superb photographs range framework Kaz Suzukis Japan SR-7 1 rubber-powered ducted-fan model Doug McHard s incredible compressed-air Waterman Aerobile will love slick little book enough buy two use loaner make converts cause Its priced $995 Just getting started FF Scale month get letters guys getting interested what like think hard core hobby FF Scale Great recommend just place get everything need would certainly Peck-Polymers Sandy Peck daughter Vera work hard keep latest stuff need stock beginners books building materials CO2 motors FF Scale plans Zap razor planes cant imagine modeleroriented supplier catalog $4 Peck Polymers PO Box 710399 Santee CA 92072-0399 Rubber Scale kits cost too much recently heard guy complained about rubber kit costing ten bucks talked manufacturer kit found after paying materials plan printing boxing labor health plan employees rent phone electricity advertising office computer expenses machinery print wood etc etc firm making less twenty cents kit sold safe distance stand winding motor equal square knots motor Words wisdom Ken Sykoras 1930s model shop BREAKTHROUGH LIVE VIDEO TRANSMITTED FROM YOUR AIRCRAFT Now Can Mount An Airborne Micro Video Camera System Model Airplane Introduce SOS Model -Strap System 1st Ready Strap & Use System Plane TaIk nc accessory shop Tech Info 714-650-5004 Orders 800-795-5008 Pa Box 11364 Costa Mesa CA 92627 Nothing Build Assemble No Airboe Receiver Interference No Vibration Problems No Inferior Rebuilt Equipment Total Weight 9oz Including Batteries 30 Seconds Strap onto Aircraft Test Flown S mall 35 Size Air p lane We Personalize SOS Ynii NRTIA PW1ntAA Tt BALES ND SERVICE POR EVERYTHING B/C AFT MIDWEST INC. 116 EAST MAIN NORTNVILLB IdICmGAI 48187 313-3480085 FAX 8133484175 RF M*JE 923fl2 72Mhz 923/75 75Mhz 14923153 53Mhz 923/50 50Mhz 14923/27 27Mhz SMALL SIZE X 100 X 100 SHOWS ANTENNAS RFOUTPUT FITS ALL DIAMETER ANTENNAS WORKS WITH AM FM OR PCM SIMPLE SNAP-ON MOUNTING 881993 RELERSEM*TE Servo reversing module fits between Rx Servo Adjusts/sets neutral reverses servo direction Supplied wires add servo leads $1995 SAE foi ER VWE atalog ACE* AIRTRONICS* ARISTO CRAFT CIRRUS EK FUTABA HEATHKIT HITEC* HOBBY SHACK JR* KLINE* KC PROPO* KRAFT* NOVAK PRO LINE RCD* ROYAL TOWEP HOBBIES WORLD ENGINES ETC. * FACTORY TRAiNED ANL UTHORIZED* RCMA #21 February 1994 123 REIJYS QUALITY MODEL PRODUCTS GIANT SCALE SPECIAlISTS Zenoah Quadra Sales Parts -Service 1/4 1/3 scale kits Ercoupe Tomahawk -J3 Kitten Kinner -Taylorcraft Quartermaster 16 Main St Phelps NY 14532 Catalog $100 315-548-3779 Power Rev R/CTHE POWERFULPower Glide R/C Engine TreatmentGrenRe SO-al afterVI run oil 2 4RTUES OFdifferential drive shaft cycle RIO engines AOIL gearbox output few drops afteradayMAKEsmooths seals pro operation makestects parts high run coolerLUBRICANTSpresst ire Irirtirrnal faster last muchwear longer lessPHENOMENAL maintenance L VENOMOUS TIP Use Engine Treatment along SP-1O Fuel Treathrent Max RPM Pert omorancell Power Rev R/C FORMULA ARE Treatment 02 added DRAMATICALLY glow RIO el renders strik- IMPROVING g improvements ny engine iditioning stabi- THE RIG ig fuel output er RPMs improve MODELING RaFting idle high L speed operation also cleans VVORLD lubricates entire fuel system Power Rev R/C 2-Cycle Oil 50-06 mixes evenly types gasoline give best gas/oil mix gasoline pow ered model engines Improved protection frictional heat wear makes engine run smoother harder longer Add Power Rev PlC Fuel matment ISO-021 2-Cyde gasloil fuel mixture ran greater overall fuel performance] run smrxrurrer ano qureuer flesistant water Power Glide 1 grease perfect off road RIO cars RIG model boats too [VENOMOUS TIP Add drop Power Glide RIG 3 Bearing Lubricant [SO-t4[ metal parts before applying grease tafal icction-t rue pedormonce] Power Glide RJC Bearing Lubricant SO-04 gets extra spin out beanno ohuft repelling musyax eliminates friction ant penetrates Cofo lubricates metal [VENOMOUS TIP Becaoae vs warer repellent Power Glide RIO Besnog sss s oss ses protection rout sod corrosion los] _______ Power Glide R/C Spray Lubricant 50-05 gives oomplete protection friction bushings bearings shafts ball-links contact ing metal surfaces quick blast electric motor bearings boosts power immediately gives protection entire race [VENOMOUS TIP Apply drop Power Glide RIO Bearing Lubricant SO-041 after apraying part Power Glide RIO Spray Lubricant] ww7aw To nd aOon Snake 0 uOncan Fume Re Puce auram seZuse dLee DflICANTS enoelope ro rhe address belneJ Available RIC Outlets Nationwide Snake Oil Lubricants improving RIO equipment reduced friction corrosion wear increasing speed power overall performance Get virtues Snake Oil Lubricants SP-1 0 working today Eaclusinely Manufactured Olarributed V Robart Manufacturing Inc PO Boa r247 StCharleo IL 50174 708-58476tt YATER JET CUT CARBON FIBER STRIPS Latest Technology No Sanding Necessary Smooth Edges Great Spar Caps Precision Cut Strips Foam Wing Reinforcement Bondable Surfaces Lowest Prices Li 1007 Thick 1/4x4t 12/pkgl S35t 3/8o4t 12 pkgl $425 CL2 1014 Thick 1/4s48 12/pkgl S450 3/8s48 12 pkgl S600 CL3 1022 Thick 1/4o48 12/pkgl S550 3/to48 12 pkgl $800 CL4 1030 Thick 1/4o48 12/pkgl $650 3/to48 12 pkgf SlOBO Send SASE information additional sizes products Add $500 sliippivg handlino Calif residents odd 775% tan Overseas orders add 15% Order COD MCI VISA send check money order Aerospace Composft2P~ Boo 16621 Irvine CA 9211411141250-1107 Fax 17141250-0307 unique 1993 catalog Old-Timer plans supplies send $2 Old Timer Model Supply Box 7334 Van Nuys CA 91409 always popular club editors great Otto Kuhni clip-art type drawings can filch jazz up newsletters Nose Hesevy George Batiuk recently scaled down Henry Strucks old Nats winning Caudron came up CG leading edge wing due plastic prop plastic Williams Brothers cylinders Jacking up TE stab didnt fix problem George going lighten up nose using carved balsa prop balsa cylinders would just add weight tail move CG rearward about 33% chord Ill go Georges idea having weight end model like teeter-totter can have serious side-effects model ever needs recover stall Keeping wingtips nose tail light can keeping weight centralized equals stability Welt gang until next time keep knots silicone-lubed rubber motors safety-tied thread keep rubber off space heater observe National Use-Your-Winding-Tube Week Model Aviation forget units remember1 NOT JUST CHARGERS- COMPLETE AUTOMATIC BATTERY MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS CaRa Producto PO Box 221 on SD 57013 His 1605 087-5924 2-7 ICentral Timef SASE informaf ionOwatera inquiries invited
Edition: Model Aviation - 1994/02
Page Numbers: 107, 108, 123, 124
FREE FLIGHT SPORT SCALE FLYING FLOATS D4DOORS challenge especially small site such used Norwich Connecticut FAC Flying Aces Club Squadron Al Grayhawk Lawton allows middle school cafeteria has volume roughly equivalent three phone booths club runs low-key floatplane event once year Als solution inevitable exchange fisticuffs between model wall detachable float arrangement Installed ten cent Cessna A-W two front attachment tubes first slide over axles wheels used 900 bend rearward front wire stubs fixed floats fit allowing knock off backwards impact Two Z struts hold rear floats same knock back feature rear front completing installation little length fine rubber can prevent disconnect being complete giving shock-absorbing knock-off function may have tried knock-off wing struts biplanes know well strut can disconnect come back punch itself clear through wing Better give some limited leeway Al added about 07 square inches fin area .to compensate aggregate additional lateral area up front prevent Dutch roll floats adapters sprayed silver Krylon added two grams weight model turned 50 seconds under 18-foot ceiling Good going Grayhawk Contest winners Well skysters Fourth July pulled 10 cards randomly possible winners beautiful little GM-120 Gasparmn CO2 engine SAMS goes John Stott Sandy Hook Connecticut bunch nifty kits plans Dave Diels Westwings SAMS AA Lidberg few others private file sent top ten Henry Frautschy Kenosha Wisconsin Bob Haight Las Vegas Nevada Dick Oglesbee Mountain View California Denis Kearney Hayward California Paul Grabski Pensacola Florida Mark Braunlich Willoughby Ohio Fred Komlosy North Palm Beach Florida Mike Hostage Montgomery Alabama L Scott McGowin Acworth Georgia correct answers 1 The Wright Flier Wright Bros 2 The Spirit St Louis Ryan 3 The Floyd Bennett Ford 4 The Bonzo Steve Wittman 5 The Winnie Mae Lockheed 6 Le Point dInterrogation Breguet 7 The Southern Cross Fokker 8 The Woolaroc Travelair 9 Glamorous Glennis Bell 10 The Grosvenor House de Havilland thanks entered again verifies confidence columns readers great modelers avid aero historians Scale ornithopters neglected could count number successful full-sized man-carrying oruithopters hand still have five fingers left DaVinci Passat have lot designs looked good paper em built never made very far Occasionally see em played laughs old black-andwhite documentaries no models Some birds butterflies fanciful creatures like Ken Johnsons Dracula may get done no Scale aircraft anyone serious about ornithopters Nathan Chronister 3140 Rt 209 #2A Kingston NY 12401 Hes president Ornithopter Modelers Society membership $9/yr OMS ornithopter design manual must anyone interested challenge basic form flying Nathan presently flying Electricpowered flappers writes Scale ornithopter greatest challenges modeling nearly unexplored Flappingwing flight challenge itself scarcity prototypes information adds new dimension problem touch data and/or drawings unsuccessful fullsized human-carrying ornithopters get touch Nathan maybe collaborate what might first Scale flapper us have seen Id certainly like able share pictures few FF Scale ornithopters type successful Indoor News Views now being edited Les Garber 2324 B 5th St Duluth MN 55812 can $9/yr Plenny Bates outgoing redacteur-en-chef put out dynamite July 1993 issue could shining example what newsletter can lots inspiring photographs February 1994 107 Nathan Chronisters new 54-inch-span Electric ornithopter Text discusses ornithopters potential Scale Vladimir Kunert built French Latecoere 28 Ecuadoran balsa Japanese tissue British book sent America Dick Howard Cactus Squadron built 31-inch-span Blackburn TB Fiffy bonus points FAC Jumbo Scale WHEEL TO FLOAT KIT CONVERSION FOR TEN-CENTERS B SPORT PLANES ESPECIALLY WHEN LANDING GEAR STRUTS ARE INFLEXIBLE FOR WA RD U a LEFT REAR i 1020 DIA WIRE Z STRUT WITH 1/32 BALSA FAIRING U U U THIS. OR THIS LONGERON CYA TO ____________________________ FIXED-PIN 1/32 WIRE IN 1/16 \ DIAxl/4 TUBINGCYAD TO 1/16 SHEET SUPPORT 1/16 SQ BALSA SHELF BEND ADAPTER 1/16 CIA TUBINGl/4I/64PLY CONNECTOR TUBING B CYATGUSSETNOTE 1/2 LENGTH OF FINE AT BEND RUBBER BAND CYAD TO V GUSSET AND TO FIXED-PIN TUBE AIDS ASSEMBLY AND PRE VENTS LOSS OF ADAPTER FOR THOSE INADVERTENT DISCONNECTS READ CRASH FORWARD TOP VIEW OF RIGHT FLOAT Al Grayhawk Lawtons knockoff floats flying iti cramped Indoor sites interchangeable wheels Indoor Champs plus take kinds shots plans hints sources etc Caveat emptor Bob Lopshire hack Gainesville Florida recently bought kit old established company no has reputation using 40-lb balsa found printwood 10% over plan sizes As already well project time discovered can imagine bit perturbed also parts missing moral story spend few minutes checking out kit matching sizes completeness before starting Scratch-building plans may answer have seen rib patterns did match wing plan usually too short have wrong-size die-cut parts grounded cutting out own ribs can always fudge make em little long trim TEs fit installed Cottage Wings having tough time finding supplier materials tools information plans clubs etc FF Scale advised dailyupdated annotated cottage industries list put out non-profit service now has nearly 200 listings opinion ones have dealt may some use can get yours large SASE 52 cents postage dollar cover printing sending address beginning column Sample entry just added Berman Barry J 1375 N Broadway E-6 Escondido CA 92026 Barry has carbon fiber tow like yarn comes about ten yards lots little hairlike fibers really add strength places models stuck buck SASE can go wrong also has drawings Boeing 80 havent seen highlydetailed views construction interior marking color schemesinterior exterior Plan measures 18 x 84 inches $10 postpaid Cure depression Bill Hannans latest book Stick Tissue 3 probably exciting thing come down pike year cant get inspired wrong hobby starts article three-view Gee-Bee Ascender ever wonder canards got same name follows Emmanuel Fillons plan rubberpowered Clement Ader Eole beat Wrights air 13 years contains magnificent plans Peanut Comper Swift legendary Ken McDonough Peanut Motte ultralight Germany cheaty-cheaty Pistachio flying wing Lippisch Storch Germany five-inch fuselage fit MIAMA rules whopping 15-inch wingspan Uruguays Ulises Alvarez gives advice adjust Indoor Scale model Continued page 123 108 Model Aviation awtons dime scale Indoor Cessna AW knockoff floats does 50 seconds under 18-foot ceiling Lawton photo Rubber-powered Gotha Czech junior named Reinish Motors appear pass through Styrofoam nacelles stab LE Aerotowing Joe McClure Memphis Tennessee kind enough write interesting report read aerotowing piece July column have admit dont read often am general sport flier mostly power fly am president White Haven R/C Tale Draggers have towing several years have good time fact flying tow plane almost much fun flying glider like tow 60-powered Great Planes Trainer 60 90-powered Big Stick have towed small 25-powered ARF trainer must say real hoot watch little trainer tug Sig Riser 100 500 feet sky have six seven club members have sailpianes releasable hooks located up close nose Some actuated up elevator some have separate servo Gliders range TwoMeter Spirit up Legend towed Hoby Hawk Klingberg Wing use 100 feet string ring end sailplane several number 64 bands tow plane shock absorption just wanted let readers know others doing too Thanks letter Joe appreciated receiving because hadnt heard towing gliders small TwoMeters normally think big Scale gliders discuss twing So its good know least club likes think small Joe didnt cover item thats imperative youre thinking about towing gliders yourself tow plane must fitted servo-actuated towline release device Its quite possible gliders towhook malfunction glider get unusual position imperils tow plane So tug pilot should able unhook towlineand glider cale/Warner Continued page 108 Want build model will confound guys field have never seen anything esoteric P-S iD two one-page three-view drawings 1924 Dietrich-Gobiet flying flivvers superb photographs range framework Kaz Suzukis Japan SR-7 1 rubber-powered ducted-fan model Doug McHard s incredible compressed-air Waterman Aerobile will love slick little book enough buy two use loaner make converts cause Its priced $995 Just getting started FF Scale month get letters guys getting interested what like think hard core hobby FF Scale Great recommend just place get everything need would certainly Peck-Polymers Sandy Peck daughter Vera work hard keep latest stuff need stock beginners books building materials CO2 motors FF Scale plans Zap razor planes cant imagine modeleroriented supplier catalog $4 Peck Polymers PO Box 710399 Santee CA 92072-0399 Rubber Scale kits cost too much recently heard guy complained about rubber kit costing ten bucks talked manufacturer kit found after paying materials plan printing boxing labor health plan employees rent phone electricity advertising office computer expenses machinery print wood etc etc firm making less twenty cents kit sold safe distance stand winding motor equal square knots motor Words wisdom Ken Sykoras 1930s model shop BREAKTHROUGH LIVE VIDEO TRANSMITTED FROM YOUR AIRCRAFT Now Can Mount An Airborne Micro Video Camera System Model Airplane Introduce SOS Model -Strap System 1st Ready Strap & Use System Plane TaIk nc accessory shop Tech Info 714-650-5004 Orders 800-795-5008 Pa Box 11364 Costa Mesa CA 92627 Nothing Build Assemble No Airboe Receiver Interference No Vibration Problems No Inferior Rebuilt Equipment Total Weight 9oz Including Batteries 30 Seconds Strap onto Aircraft Test Flown S mall 35 Size Air p lane We Personalize SOS Ynii NRTIA PW1ntAA Tt BALES ND SERVICE POR EVERYTHING B/C AFT MIDWEST INC. 116 EAST MAIN NORTNVILLB IdICmGAI 48187 313-3480085 FAX 8133484175 RF M*JE 923fl2 72Mhz 923/75 75Mhz 14923153 53Mhz 923/50 50Mhz 14923/27 27Mhz SMALL SIZE X 100 X 100 SHOWS ANTENNAS RFOUTPUT FITS ALL DIAMETER ANTENNAS WORKS WITH AM FM OR PCM SIMPLE SNAP-ON MOUNTING 881993 RELERSEM*TE Servo reversing module fits between Rx Servo Adjusts/sets neutral reverses servo direction Supplied wires add servo leads $1995 SAE foi ER VWE atalog ACE* AIRTRONICS* ARISTO CRAFT CIRRUS EK FUTABA HEATHKIT HITEC* HOBBY SHACK JR* KLINE* KC PROPO* KRAFT* NOVAK PRO LINE RCD* ROYAL TOWEP HOBBIES WORLD ENGINES ETC. * FACTORY TRAiNED ANL UTHORIZED* RCMA #21 February 1994 123 REIJYS QUALITY MODEL PRODUCTS GIANT SCALE SPECIAlISTS Zenoah Quadra Sales Parts -Service 1/4 1/3 scale kits Ercoupe Tomahawk -J3 Kitten Kinner -Taylorcraft Quartermaster 16 Main St Phelps NY 14532 Catalog $100 315-548-3779 Power Rev R/CTHE POWERFULPower Glide R/C Engine TreatmentGrenRe SO-al afterVI run oil 2 4RTUES OFdifferential drive shaft cycle RIO engines AOIL gearbox output few drops afteradayMAKEsmooths seals pro operation makestects parts high run coolerLUBRICANTSpresst ire Irirtirrnal faster last muchwear longer lessPHENOMENAL maintenance L VENOMOUS TIP Use Engine Treatment along SP-1O Fuel Treathrent Max RPM Pert omorancell Power Rev R/C FORMULA ARE Treatment 02 added DRAMATICALLY glow RIO el renders strik- IMPROVING g improvements ny engine iditioning stabi- THE RIG ig fuel output er RPMs improve MODELING RaFting idle high L speed operation also cleans VVORLD lubricates entire fuel system Power Rev R/C 2-Cycle Oil 50-06 mixes evenly types gasoline give best gas/oil mix gasoline pow ered model engines Improved protection frictional heat wear makes engine run smoother harder longer Add Power Rev PlC Fuel matment ISO-021 2-Cyde gasloil fuel mixture ran greater overall fuel performance] run smrxrurrer ano qureuer flesistant water Power Glide 1 grease perfect off road RIO cars RIG model boats too [VENOMOUS TIP Add drop Power Glide RIG 3 Bearing Lubricant [SO-t4[ metal parts before applying grease tafal icction-t rue pedormonce] Power Glide RJC Bearing Lubricant SO-04 gets extra spin out beanno ohuft repelling musyax eliminates friction ant penetrates Cofo lubricates metal [VENOMOUS TIP Becaoae vs warer repellent Power Glide RIO Besnog sss s oss ses protection rout sod corrosion los] _______ Power Glide R/C Spray Lubricant 50-05 gives oomplete protection friction bushings bearings shafts ball-links contact ing metal surfaces quick blast electric motor bearings boosts power immediately gives protection entire race [VENOMOUS TIP Apply drop Power Glide RIO Bearing Lubricant SO-041 after apraying part Power Glide RIO Spray Lubricant] ww7aw To nd aOon Snake 0 uOncan Fume Re Puce auram seZuse dLee DflICANTS enoelope ro rhe address belneJ Available RIC Outlets Nationwide Snake Oil Lubricants improving RIO equipment reduced friction corrosion wear increasing speed power overall performance Get virtues Snake Oil Lubricants SP-1 0 working today Eaclusinely Manufactured Olarributed V Robart Manufacturing Inc PO Boa r247 StCharleo IL 50174 708-58476tt YATER JET CUT CARBON FIBER STRIPS Latest Technology No Sanding Necessary Smooth Edges Great Spar Caps Precision Cut Strips Foam Wing Reinforcement Bondable Surfaces Lowest Prices Li 1007 Thick 1/4x4t 12/pkgl S35t 3/8o4t 12 pkgl $425 CL2 1014 Thick 1/4s48 12/pkgl S450 3/8s48 12 pkgl S600 CL3 1022 Thick 1/4o48 12/pkgl S550 3/to48 12 pkgl $800 CL4 1030 Thick 1/4o48 12/pkgl $650 3/to48 12 pkgf SlOBO Send SASE information additional sizes products Add $500 sliippivg handlino Calif residents odd 775% tan Overseas orders add 15% Order COD MCI VISA send check money order Aerospace Composft2P~ Boo 16621 Irvine CA 9211411141250-1107 Fax 17141250-0307 unique 1993 catalog Old-Timer plans supplies send $2 Old Timer Model Supply Box 7334 Van Nuys CA 91409 always popular club editors great Otto Kuhni clip-art type drawings can filch jazz up newsletters Nose Hesevy George Batiuk recently scaled down Henry Strucks old Nats winning Caudron came up CG leading edge wing due plastic prop plastic Williams Brothers cylinders Jacking up TE stab didnt fix problem George going lighten up nose using carved balsa prop balsa cylinders would just add weight tail move CG rearward about 33% chord Ill go Georges idea having weight end model like teeter-totter can have serious side-effects model ever needs recover stall Keeping wingtips nose tail light can keeping weight centralized equals stability Welt gang until next time keep knots silicone-lubed rubber motors safety-tied thread keep rubber off space heater observe National Use-Your-Winding-Tube Week Model Aviation forget units remember1 NOT JUST CHARGERS- COMPLETE AUTOMATIC BATTERY MAINTENANCE SYSTEMS CaRa Producto PO Box 221 on SD 57013 His 1605 087-5924 2-7 ICentral Timef SASE informaf ionOwatera inquiries invited