FREE FLIGHT SPORT SCALE TRY IT YOULL LIKE IT says oniy Dave Stott referring putting panel lines control surface outlines etc models may remember Tom Arnolds theory summarized March visit stated couldnt see panel lines lot aircraft modelers overdid lines models Dave went about studying 18 retired Scale models hangar came conclusion five variables affect what see model distance viewing angle amount light glare contrast Daves models used 040 050 black tissue strips ink lines separate pieces show separations Sometimes mixed same model case half elevator being separate movable tissue strip portraying separation opposite side Says Dave viewing models viewing photographs can see same variable contrast being replaced surface reflectivity case planes photos conditions affecting result resulting impression seems to identical Well gang theres always another side story never-ending search realism continues Tom Arnold Judges Bias Tom Scale Staffel newsletter editor FF Scale gadfly recently took issue colored tissue vs airbrushed paint allows number good reasons choosing either method finishing adds interesting twist judges bias IPMS International Plastic Modelers Society judging painted detailed model would win out over similar colored-tissue-covered model would look like real airplane reality says Tom judges usually fellow fliers translucent Fairchild 24 striping balsa structure showing through just yearns rise higher higher out judges very hands can see sunlight shining through tissue making fairly glow bright yellow against blue sky looks light feels light light symbol young mans summer day green field Guess model will fare against airbrushed heavier-looking result judge/fliers subconscious prejudices Something think about especially light fact Tom has never made model wasnt beautifully airbrushed detailed Some guys will just make models way want regardless. Heat-applied windows Master modeler Jim Alaback has found another way stick pesky windshields runs bead RC-56 around frame lets dry puts cut-to-size acetate sheet applies little heat MonoKote iron too much around edges its stuck hint smear Clever idea Now have find someone owns MonoKote gun can try flat-finish color copier decals amount mail have received decal stuff put last time think should make surface-decoration techniques regular part column Bob Isaacks custom vacu-forming fame sent along sample some pressapply decals made using Rayven ask local art/draftsmans supply store adhesive-backed reproductive film has matte finish like invisible tape use around house Bob says runs color copier laser printer cautions white will print color copier would necessary shoot back side flat white consideration affixed resulting decals RC-56 aid adhesive backing believes equal better water slide decals can bribe copier operator run art work enlarged reduced fit model definitely something going want try Cottage wings guide Just case youd like get touch 50 Flying Aces Squadrons like Scale Staffel am including addresses updated source list now 200 computer-updated listings sources kits materials plans info etc EF Scalers Send dollar large self-addressed legal-sized envelope 52 cents postage Bill Warner 1370 Monache Ave Porterville CA 93257 copy Sample update DIELS ENGINEERING PO Box 263 Amherst OH 44001 Dave Diels has two new Rubber Scale kits 17-inch-span Navion 20-inch Globe Swift $22 plus $4 postage Swift remake old Comet model limited edition dont wait Its cute Hes sending out newsletter anymore sure write him want new listings Note new address 1994 NFFS Symposium Sympo editor Bob Meuser contacted about doing paper years prestigious yearbook bit hesitant topic history present future FF Scale.sort like doing rise fall Roman Empire back envelope interesting thing about doing research feel just barely scratched surface have come up far too much material included paper Ill try share some time time interesting parts story transition 1930 old sort Scale kitssuch Ideal bass pine reed bamboo models nailed together bradsto Cleveland Models 94 Model Aviation lsaacks made decals 39-inchspan BF-109E-4 rubber model See text secret Isaacks photo Cleveland-designed Curtiss Hawk PBE prototype restored AMA Museum artistlmodeler Tom Yanosky Note exhibit prop Dave Smith center high-pressure mass-launch competition 1993 Cactus Squadron Annual near Phoenix An Italian Power-Max Z compressed air engine takes Bob Haights Raiden skyward Bill Warner photo MODELSPANAREA5Q PTP______AF WTGRAF LOADGRISQ MOTOR PROP BRAVE SAFE BREAK W/L MOTOR WT NOTES TOTAL WT Model information card Don Srull via Dave Smith can help improve flying See text ways use landmark Great Lakes all-balsa model decals photo-reduced originals sixty years later models still good enough get heart heating faster just looking plans Recordkeeping improved performance Memories fallible top modelers seen field referring little 3 x 5 cards sheets notebook information can recorded best originated Don Srull adapted Dave Smith Cactus Squadron Dave checks out model visually first records twisted flying surfaces back successive flights can least start same place information card have shown may self-evident follows Area____Sq Multiply chord times span rectangular wing unusual wing planform Dave cuts 5 square cardboard compares its weight cutout wing same stock Trim weigh same measure rectangle voilPTP refers distance prop motor peg AF WT model airframe weight grams motor Dave likes stay under seven grams per square inch AF LOAD combined model airframe motor weight MTR refers type length width rubber Prop type diameter airscrew Brave refers number turns might put motor under pressure contest SAFE should percentage BRAVE figure such 80% 90% BREAK wound-to destruction figure might valuable determining BRAVE figure WIL wing loading grams determined dividing number square inches wing total weight model motor Notes could anything pertinent particular flight such .tight spiral dive right gentle climb LH 100-foot circle card sheet can kept box model small loose-leaf notebook Though may seem like lot work valuable information written down may make worlds difference flying especially have several models have long periods between flying sessions information can compare what worked what didnt turns can crank mass-launch event what kind motor/prop change might make difference etc Until next time keep models boxes arent flying never let kid out grass crashing model destroy before get around offering help * August1994 95 Identify model 911194 eligible win valuable prize Send entries columnist MA
Edition: Model Aviation - 1994/08
Page Numbers: 94, 95
FREE FLIGHT SPORT SCALE TRY IT YOULL LIKE IT says oniy Dave Stott referring putting panel lines control surface outlines etc models may remember Tom Arnolds theory summarized March visit stated couldnt see panel lines lot aircraft modelers overdid lines models Dave went about studying 18 retired Scale models hangar came conclusion five variables affect what see model distance viewing angle amount light glare contrast Daves models used 040 050 black tissue strips ink lines separate pieces show separations Sometimes mixed same model case half elevator being separate movable tissue strip portraying separation opposite side Says Dave viewing models viewing photographs can see same variable contrast being replaced surface reflectivity case planes photos conditions affecting result resulting impression seems to identical Well gang theres always another side story never-ending search realism continues Tom Arnold Judges Bias Tom Scale Staffel newsletter editor FF Scale gadfly recently took issue colored tissue vs airbrushed paint allows number good reasons choosing either method finishing adds interesting twist judges bias IPMS International Plastic Modelers Society judging painted detailed model would win out over similar colored-tissue-covered model would look like real airplane reality says Tom judges usually fellow fliers translucent Fairchild 24 striping balsa structure showing through just yearns rise higher higher out judges very hands can see sunlight shining through tissue making fairly glow bright yellow against blue sky looks light feels light light symbol young mans summer day green field Guess model will fare against airbrushed heavier-looking result judge/fliers subconscious prejudices Something think about especially light fact Tom has never made model wasnt beautifully airbrushed detailed Some guys will just make models way want regardless. Heat-applied windows Master modeler Jim Alaback has found another way stick pesky windshields runs bead RC-56 around frame lets dry puts cut-to-size acetate sheet applies little heat MonoKote iron too much around edges its stuck hint smear Clever idea Now have find someone owns MonoKote gun can try flat-finish color copier decals amount mail have received decal stuff put last time think should make surface-decoration techniques regular part column Bob Isaacks custom vacu-forming fame sent along sample some pressapply decals made using Rayven ask local art/draftsmans supply store adhesive-backed reproductive film has matte finish like invisible tape use around house Bob says runs color copier laser printer cautions white will print color copier would necessary shoot back side flat white consideration affixed resulting decals RC-56 aid adhesive backing believes equal better water slide decals can bribe copier operator run art work enlarged reduced fit model definitely something going want try Cottage wings guide Just case youd like get touch 50 Flying Aces Squadrons like Scale Staffel am including addresses updated source list now 200 computer-updated listings sources kits materials plans info etc EF Scalers Send dollar large self-addressed legal-sized envelope 52 cents postage Bill Warner 1370 Monache Ave Porterville CA 93257 copy Sample update DIELS ENGINEERING PO Box 263 Amherst OH 44001 Dave Diels has two new Rubber Scale kits 17-inch-span Navion 20-inch Globe Swift $22 plus $4 postage Swift remake old Comet model limited edition dont wait Its cute Hes sending out newsletter anymore sure write him want new listings Note new address 1994 NFFS Symposium Sympo editor Bob Meuser contacted about doing paper years prestigious yearbook bit hesitant topic history present future FF Scale.sort like doing rise fall Roman Empire back envelope interesting thing about doing research feel just barely scratched surface have come up far too much material included paper Ill try share some time time interesting parts story transition 1930 old sort Scale kitssuch Ideal bass pine reed bamboo models nailed together bradsto Cleveland Models 94 Model Aviation lsaacks made decals 39-inchspan BF-109E-4 rubber model See text secret Isaacks photo Cleveland-designed Curtiss Hawk PBE prototype restored AMA Museum artistlmodeler Tom Yanosky Note exhibit prop Dave Smith center high-pressure mass-launch competition 1993 Cactus Squadron Annual near Phoenix An Italian Power-Max Z compressed air engine takes Bob Haights Raiden skyward Bill Warner photo MODELSPANAREA5Q PTP______AF WTGRAF LOADGRISQ MOTOR PROP BRAVE SAFE BREAK W/L MOTOR WT NOTES TOTAL WT Model information card Don Srull via Dave Smith can help improve flying See text ways use landmark Great Lakes all-balsa model decals photo-reduced originals sixty years later models still good enough get heart heating faster just looking plans Recordkeeping improved performance Memories fallible top modelers seen field referring little 3 x 5 cards sheets notebook information can recorded best originated Don Srull adapted Dave Smith Cactus Squadron Dave checks out model visually first records twisted flying surfaces back successive flights can least start same place information card have shown may self-evident follows Area____Sq Multiply chord times span rectangular wing unusual wing planform Dave cuts 5 square cardboard compares its weight cutout wing same stock Trim weigh same measure rectangle voilPTP refers distance prop motor peg AF WT model airframe weight grams motor Dave likes stay under seven grams per square inch AF LOAD combined model airframe motor weight MTR refers type length width rubber Prop type diameter airscrew Brave refers number turns might put motor under pressure contest SAFE should percentage BRAVE figure such 80% 90% BREAK wound-to destruction figure might valuable determining BRAVE figure WIL wing loading grams determined dividing number square inches wing total weight model motor Notes could anything pertinent particular flight such .tight spiral dive right gentle climb LH 100-foot circle card sheet can kept box model small loose-leaf notebook Though may seem like lot work valuable information written down may make worlds difference flying especially have several models have long periods between flying sessions information can compare what worked what didnt turns can crank mass-launch event what kind motor/prop change might make difference etc Until next time keep models boxes arent flying never let kid out grass crashing model destroy before get around offering help * August1994 95 Identify model 911194 eligible win valuable prize Send entries columnist MA