WHO WAS Miss Neta Snook thanks everyone sent entries great contest guys really know history model planes people made flew full-scale craft Neta now known Neta Snook Southern lady taught Amelia Earhart fly learned school students build own trainer Curtiss Jenny copy memory first female student Curtiss school Newport News fasci nating career barnstormer instructor airport manager test pilot Bert Kinncr Los Angeles retired aviation 1922 married apart taking controls Spirit St Louis replica 1977 never flew plane again presently lives Los Gatos CA building gopher traps giving Bible classes contest winner will receive set scale drawings Miss Snooks Canuck CL Neely Scale Drawings Dr Louis Buf fardi Slidell LA Congratulations Lou Honorable mentions go following prompt accurate entries Wayne Hen son Green Valley AZ Dr Frank Womack Los Gatos CA Kendall Thomas Fresno CA Col John Wormley Midway GA Robert Longseth Sylvania OH Charles Wyckoff Norwich CT Chris Wilkin Fairmont MN Dan Peterson Ridgecrest CA RD Banfield Livermore CA Allan Forsyth New York NY Nat Comfort Chester VA David Jones Evanston IL Bob Hahn Banning GA James Madsen Fresno CA Dennis Goodrich Ames IA Entries still coming because post office has confused yet another change address part Stinsons cowlings October 1989 sue MA shot Otto Kuhnis little fivecylinder engine request informa tion Since letters Dan Lutz Fallbrook CA its creator Gerald Gustafson Woodland Hills CA have cleared up myst ery Gerald designed built engine tween jobs mold shop machining up four dummy cylinders new crankcase go original 020 Cox cylinder innards also machined cowl out solid bar aluminum doesnt hurt master machi nist Gerald beauty installed scaleddown Brooklyn Dodger Dan got engine him later passed Otto trade Mys tery solved Left Dick Allen Gee-Bee Z CO2 FF Scale Looks like Cox 02/Davis conversion Right New Fairey Swordfish Flying Scale Inc FSI photo 68 Model Aviation Free Flight Sport & Scale Bill Warner 1370 Monache Ave Porterville CA 93257 California Scale Statfel Newsletter edited Tom Arnold comes little bit wit Tom Yanosky Herndon VA making static Bristol F2B Brisf Smithsonian intends make flying version Free Flight Hows detailing Tom Yanosky photo Dan frequently walked away top Scale finish awards Flightmasters meets LA Sixties Ingle wood Flightmasters days mentioned inspired big Cleveland Stinson back early Forties Being overwhelmed Curtiss JN-4 Canuck used Neta Snook taught Amelia Earhart fly Miss Snook rebuilt plane wreck used barnstorm Drawing C L Neeley Scale Plans huge black-and-yellow Stinson Reliant hung Carls Bike Hobby Shop did trick Before leave Stinsons cowlings let share story letters recently re ceived member unofficial Cleve land Stinson fan club Charlie Angevine Windsor Locks CT boyhood pal returned military service 1946 decided get modeling picked Stinson Reliant purchased Mor ton M-5 five-cylinder four-stroke radial engine go model built ready covering end year both went off start careers Charles aircraft chanics school sold model couple young brothers Returning school Charles helped brothers finish model covering cotton bed sheet aircraft dope added weight made beautiful job After losing touch model years Charles reacquired brothers 1985 40 years since gotten knocked about quite bit rotting places balsa sheet wasnt doped bed sheet ever taut ever Continued page / 75 — -vjIl_ K Women Gee-Bees first Another insane drawing Dick Allen Vancouver BC January 1990 69 Eric Michael Anderson age four dad Erics Grasshopper Illinois MACs thirtieth annual get-together 01 Bong WI Bob Furr Omaha NB built Firecracker McDonalds hotcakes boxes during Indoor model contest Omaha quickly made 35-second flights right off board Furr photo Plastic Easter egg normally stuffed can dies kiddies can make neat spin ner Photo superb idea Bob Haight Beautiful Fairey Swordfish Bob Haight Las Vegas NV wingspan 45 power comes Snipe 09 diesel lights operative wings fold cowl ex haust collector functions Bob Haight photo Young Allen Peoples holds granddad Perry Petersons Nesmith Cougar Rubber ship Us ing 9-in Peck plastic prop its trophy winner Plan March 1989 Flying Models success lot interest public said Rex Schlegel Alpine Wings Club People asked about planes wanted know what Slope Soaring took lot information cards Two organizations Strat-O-Bats SAM collected about 20 names ad dresses people wanted informa tion merchants mall mall staff happy way show went according Ms Brown wants again big ger Next time would like see clubs models whole mall filled said FF Sport & Scale/Warner Continued page 69 lot reconstruction manufacturing necessary using Wylam scale drawings rather original plans After unsuccessful tempt spin cowl old aluminum pot made fiberglass cowl instead Next came rocker arm blisters cowl Charles first made hardwood form streamlined bump molded female form over plaster paris aluminum tube bonded bottom Using heat gun meant stripping paint used lung power pull heated sheet plastic down cavity took about three dozen tries get 18 blisters needed Silkspan used cover new vertical fin fuselage originally sheeted bed sheet just painted over Two problems still remainfinding affordable engine proper size deciding whether fly Charles has plenty advice against flying leaning toward biting bullet anyway Says Charles does crash will fitting final end saga 42-year-old maiden flies well safely Ill hero can cer tainly empathize philosophy sentimental old-timers Out would like help Charles out extra engine and/or en couragement can write him 41 Circle Dr Windsor Locks CT 06096 Plastics department ol Vegas Vulture Bobby Haight advises stock up Eastertime little plastic eggs youre sup posed stuff candies kids make great spinners evidenced Fiat 055 Centauro Theyre heavy might expect case could always vacuu form over Robert Furr Omaha NB reports Fire cracker built Indoor contest site meat tray foam McDonalds hotcakes boxes flew over 30 seconds right off board Originally us ing 5-in Sig prop Bob has improved times since switching 6-in Peck unit uses 11 x / x A-in balsa motor stick Paul Mellrath Cedar Rapids IA writes J-3 Piper Peanut crafted foam light est hes ever built addition foam uses few reinforcing sticks balsa plastic prop Pou du Ciel uses blue insulat ing foam fuselage empennage yellow meat tray foam main wing neatly bends up its characteristic parabolic dihedral form matter seconds Paul feels versatility durability foam recommend uses Its low cost inmEENE umumuUEE SIG GLOW FUEL MANUFACTURED WITH THE PUREST FINEST QUALITY INGREDIENTS AVAILABLE * Superior Igniters Improve starting idle acceleration Youll notice power bargain fuels * Special Detergents Promote clean burning prevent residue buildup * Rust Inhibitors Protect engines corrosion After run oil needed engines * Film Strength Additives Increase lubricity provide extra lean run protection * Anti-Wear Additives Help keep engines running peak performance longer * Satisfaction Guaranteed FREE SHIPPING ON ORDERS OVER $1500 SIG CHAMPION 2-STROKE FUEL PINT QUART GALLON 0% Nitromethane$1075 5% Nitromethane$365$525$1275 10% Nitrom&than$415$&SQ$1425 15% Nitromthan $430 $635$1675 25% Nitromthane $S15 $795$2195 35% Nitromethane $595 $925 $2695 SIG PREMIUM 4-STROKE FUEL 10% Nitromethane$1425 15% Nitromethane$1625 THE CHOICE OF CHAMPION FLYERS over 20 years SIG has blending finest quality model engine fuel available using finest quality ingredients instance Methanol use 995% pure very best grade money can buy also use real 100% pure Nitromethane get full measure youve paid based honest percentage-of-volume method percentage weight SIG fuels con tain 50-50 blend Bakers purest AA Castor Oil new improved Klotz Techniplate Synthetic Racing Oil maximum engine lubrication protection Based experience sincerely believe finest quality fuel can made price dont take word try some judge yourselfpices sobjoct cbango witboot notite See dealer first available order direct Call LZJ 800-247-5008 toll free orders Latest Catalog $300 SIG MANUFACTURING CO Montezuma IA 50171 January 1990 175 WI Advanced conwosue consirucuon IkjJriuetyudLe rrnile Cieelc Ct San Jose Ca 95125 TeLI4U8129B-U11 Fac4082g8-6538 uniform consistency lightweight material make good medium quickie no pun tended project Balsa department Prior advent plas tics balsa material choice dis criminating modeler legions balsa lovers wood can never supplanted man made material Fred Wilson writing June/July issue Digest National Free Flight Society $15 per year NFFS 6146 E Cactus Wren Rd Scottsdale AZ 85253 sug gests picking up 1989 Sig Catalog #51 good way learning about balsa cat alog contains tables wood sizes balsa spruce dowels plywood wonder people know facts hind wonder wood its difficult find prized 3-4-lb/cu-ft C-grain sheet Id like share few bits info gleaned Freds article presentation Sal Mike Taibi gave Flightmasters meeting couple years ago theyve model business years since Sal worked saw room Berkeley Models 1938 balsa tree technically hardwood grows like weed places like Ecuador Peru sometimes reaching 30 ft first year grows wild cant cultivated getting its start shade other trees wood 90% air has excellent strengthto-weight ratio practically no resistance fun gus decay Only about half wood emerges drying kilns usable About 510% used modeling industry Sal says 10000 board feet minimum hes required buy about 50-100 ft us able try save much can band-saw using extra-thin blades moving ex tremely high speed Finally 90% balsa sanded both sides Still lot excellent wood goes dump form sawdust Now know balsa precious Looking end sheet youll see growth ring pattern Sheets grain run ning perpendicular flat surface sheet called A-grain theyre what get saw sheet straight edge log heart A-grain very supple goes around curves well C-grain has growth rings less par allel flat surface wont bend much before cracks grain Frank Zaic used call cracker-grain Highly desirable cause its stiffness naturally its scarcest cut other sheets called B-grain Falling somewhere between A- C-grains common type balsa around growth rings cut across end sheet ap proximately 450 leaving lots leeway ac tual random angle Its good multipurpose cut Perhaps single factor influences modelers choice balsa density Since its man-made product youll find lots sheets soft side hard other Fred takes Triner brand scale purchased office supply house about $10 hobby shop Using piece masking tape hang ing scale mark wood weighs sheets before purchase takes cream crop home candles Candling accomplished taping black con struction paper mask 3-in slot over lamp dark room can easily spot mark lighter areas darker dense areas will also help spot so-called wind checks side-to-side weakness cracks caused tree falling dont want middle spar Sig Catalog can obtained sending $3 Sig Mfg Co 401 So Front St Montezuma IA 50171 Another source helpful information well source Indoor balsa kits Micro-X Products PO Box 1063 Lorain OH 44055 catalog $150 has sheet subject analyzing grain Good medicine tissue Japan way Bill McCombs down Dallas flying adjusting book has just translated pub lished Japanese comes some intriguing news Tsuyoshi Katsuyana Tokyo mentions medici nal drink called Fibe-Mini vegetable fiber drink intended aid regularity Diluted 51 applied tissue makes tissue unshrink able Applied higher concentrations will make tissue stretch Well gang seems too good true wont know till try homework assignment next month find American equivalent Fibe Mini expect out down ing some sort nasty concoction try out tissue report back us tried Budweiser shrinks just same water same letter Tsuyoshi notes disappear ance Gampi tissue stores Made fibers wild Kozo tree now decline its lighter Esaki 024 oz per 100 sq handmade appears have gone way 72 Pirelli Should interested obtaining copy Bill McCombs book English Japanese suggest write him 2106 Siesta Dr Dallas TX 75224 Its treasure trove information Scale modeler wants model flyContinued page 180 176 Model Aviation THE PIPER BRAVE 1/4 scale model Piper s latest Ag plane t wing span 30-33 lbs 5 cc power lb payload ational flaps hopper door onal Spreader Kit formed aluminum landing gear rglass cowls um-formed canopy tucted extruded foam ply hardwood VE ~fl95 OPTIONAL $19 iot moer 5 actually dustingKIT USPREAD ER SEND $100 FOR CATALOG OFQRT 1 NEODESHA KS 66757 SAC KITS AND ACCESSORIES316 325-2821 Free Shipping Kit OrdersScott Airplane CompanyVISA/MASTERCARD SIMPLY THE BEST may cost little fact is.. cant buy effective easier use soft mount PERIOD UNIVERSAL 2-cycle engines 20 61 EVERYTHING INCLUDED VIBRA-DAMPVIBRA-DAMP $10 95 BEAMS $2150ALUM TABS Available Hob Dealer order direct add $175 ter shpIng MADE IN USA manufacturer DISC-LOCK & HUSH FOAJ4 dealer -dutrbilorslips nvtted PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS UNLIMITED 7 7093 E Dodge Rd Mt Morris Ml 48458 Phone orders 313 631-4894 Visa/MO accep MI 231 OR PFM 3200 Aloonev 1/5th SCALE SEMI-KIT WAYNE SIEWERT AMA NATS1st PLACE WINNER 1988 NATS EXPERT LLJ PORSCHE FITTED MOONEY RADIO 4-6 CHANNEL ENGINE 90-1082 CYCLE 120-4 CYCLE SPAN 88 AREA 9SOSQ IN WEIGHT 12-15 lbs morn InformatIon amid SA5E Plan Instructions WAYNE SIEWERT 31 St Ave MPLS MN 55406 USA612-722-7564 Neat new drawings 34-in Fairey Swordfish rubber Send $6 FSI 1905 Colony Rd Metairie LA 70003 40-in Cessna Airmaster rubber Send $6 AA Lidberg 614 E Fordham Dr Tempe AZ 85283 34-in Rearwin Cloudster three-view superscale Send $1980 Vein Clements 308 Palo Alto Dr CaIdwell ID 83605 32-in JN-4 Curtiss Canuck flown Miss Neta Snook taught Amelia Earhart three-view scale drawings Send $11 CL Neeley PO Box 3963 Visalia CA 93278 Errata The photo caption page 73 Oc tober 1989 issue MA identifies Ralph Kuenzs models Martin-Baker Its actually several readers have informed P-S 1 Martin-Baker 5 has slightly rounded stab tips Gamma same photo should have been identified Northrop Gamma Jack Northrop having left Lockheed sup pose stand corrected Well gang until next time keep silverfish out tissue Trexlers Armor-AIled Note new address Bill Warner 1370 Monache Ave Porterville CA 93275 FF Duration/Linstrum Continued page 71 took club meeting Los Angeles fell love know Wakefield fliers wind big Mulvihills will want essential piece field equipment Some stooges important features follow I It made hardwood extra-strong alu minum tubing sheet has two sizes pins holes large small models 2 You can assemble head block four ways can get two widths two heights can changed easily field accommo date different models 3 The fuselage support arm infinitely adjust able elevating nose just want motor stretched out Two pegs 300-lb-test nylon cord will hold up under big gest motor can wind 4 You can put stuff stooge small ply table holes winder see draw ing stuffing stick winding tube fishout wire stooge belongs serious Rubber fliers kit get simply terrific Simpl stooge return mail postpaid send check money order $52 USA California resi dents add sales tax Simplex Simplstooge 143 Richmond St El Segundo CA 90245 NFFS Champs/Murphy Continued page 77 first host Flying Scale events AMA Peanut Scale flown Tuesday Flying odd complex looking Santos Dumonts Jim Miller Day ton OH edged out two comparatively thodox shipsClaude Currys Lacy Carl Loehles Fiketo take first place Don DeLoach mustered enough points Waterman Gosling win Junior/Senior category final three Nostalgia events well represented Mondays Bob Watson Morton Grove IL eapturec 1/2A Gas Dennis Phillips Chappaqua NY won Class B handily gorgeous Civ Boy 61 Dennis model looked too pretty t fly its red silk light blue dope trim Elmer Jordan picked up secont win day Nostalgia Gas Ignitiot event Arden 19-powered Ehlinl Phoenix As getting ready leave fieb early prepare SAM dinner th local Lawrenceville Elks Club Jim Haugh asked help him launch A2 Nordi4 Glider what thought would 20 second test hop Forty-five minutes later thi high-thermaling model finally DTed over gravel pit about mile west gives idea scarcity o wind drift second day competi tion mile 45 minutes aint much Although A2 incident erased op portunity win place show th happy hour competition Elks Club Norm Reames Bob Placier did ar rive just time lead 165 ticket hold ers buffet line After deliciou dinner SAM 57 passed out about thou sand dollars worth door prizes luck winners including $100 lifetime member ship SAM terrific evening Contest Director Dick Smith ter crews smiles events began o Wednesday morning Floyd Millers radi weather forecast continued predict fin 180 Model Aviation Fiberglass Cowlings Windshield Tip Lenses Plastic Elevator & Rudder Surfaces Rolled Plans Scale Documentation Full Instructions Scale Spinner $300 S&H AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS DISTRIBUTED BY FINEST HOBBY SHOPS SMITH ZNDWEWUZDD 7550 Son Gb Road odeo CA 53422 466-1717
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/01
Page Numbers: 68, 69, 175, 176, 180
WHO WAS Miss Neta Snook thanks everyone sent entries great contest guys really know history model planes people made flew full-scale craft Neta now known Neta Snook Southern lady taught Amelia Earhart fly learned school students build own trainer Curtiss Jenny copy memory first female student Curtiss school Newport News fasci nating career barnstormer instructor airport manager test pilot Bert Kinncr Los Angeles retired aviation 1922 married apart taking controls Spirit St Louis replica 1977 never flew plane again presently lives Los Gatos CA building gopher traps giving Bible classes contest winner will receive set scale drawings Miss Snooks Canuck CL Neely Scale Drawings Dr Louis Buf fardi Slidell LA Congratulations Lou Honorable mentions go following prompt accurate entries Wayne Hen son Green Valley AZ Dr Frank Womack Los Gatos CA Kendall Thomas Fresno CA Col John Wormley Midway GA Robert Longseth Sylvania OH Charles Wyckoff Norwich CT Chris Wilkin Fairmont MN Dan Peterson Ridgecrest CA RD Banfield Livermore CA Allan Forsyth New York NY Nat Comfort Chester VA David Jones Evanston IL Bob Hahn Banning GA James Madsen Fresno CA Dennis Goodrich Ames IA Entries still coming because post office has confused yet another change address part Stinsons cowlings October 1989 sue MA shot Otto Kuhnis little fivecylinder engine request informa tion Since letters Dan Lutz Fallbrook CA its creator Gerald Gustafson Woodland Hills CA have cleared up myst ery Gerald designed built engine tween jobs mold shop machining up four dummy cylinders new crankcase go original 020 Cox cylinder innards also machined cowl out solid bar aluminum doesnt hurt master machi nist Gerald beauty installed scaleddown Brooklyn Dodger Dan got engine him later passed Otto trade Mys tery solved Left Dick Allen Gee-Bee Z CO2 FF Scale Looks like Cox 02/Davis conversion Right New Fairey Swordfish Flying Scale Inc FSI photo 68 Model Aviation Free Flight Sport & Scale Bill Warner 1370 Monache Ave Porterville CA 93257 California Scale Statfel Newsletter edited Tom Arnold comes little bit wit Tom Yanosky Herndon VA making static Bristol F2B Brisf Smithsonian intends make flying version Free Flight Hows detailing Tom Yanosky photo Dan frequently walked away top Scale finish awards Flightmasters meets LA Sixties Ingle wood Flightmasters days mentioned inspired big Cleveland Stinson back early Forties Being overwhelmed Curtiss JN-4 Canuck used Neta Snook taught Amelia Earhart fly Miss Snook rebuilt plane wreck used barnstorm Drawing C L Neeley Scale Plans huge black-and-yellow Stinson Reliant hung Carls Bike Hobby Shop did trick Before leave Stinsons cowlings let share story letters recently re ceived member unofficial Cleve land Stinson fan club Charlie Angevine Windsor Locks CT boyhood pal returned military service 1946 decided get modeling picked Stinson Reliant purchased Mor ton M-5 five-cylinder four-stroke radial engine go model built ready covering end year both went off start careers Charles aircraft chanics school sold model couple young brothers Returning school Charles helped brothers finish model covering cotton bed sheet aircraft dope added weight made beautiful job After losing touch model years Charles reacquired brothers 1985 40 years since gotten knocked about quite bit rotting places balsa sheet wasnt doped bed sheet ever taut ever Continued page / 75 — -vjIl_ K Women Gee-Bees first Another insane drawing Dick Allen Vancouver BC January 1990 69 Eric Michael Anderson age four dad Erics Grasshopper Illinois MACs thirtieth annual get-together 01 Bong WI Bob Furr Omaha NB built Firecracker McDonalds hotcakes boxes during Indoor model contest Omaha quickly made 35-second flights right off board Furr photo Plastic Easter egg normally stuffed can dies kiddies can make neat spin ner Photo superb idea Bob Haight Beautiful Fairey Swordfish Bob Haight Las Vegas NV wingspan 45 power comes Snipe 09 diesel lights operative wings fold cowl ex haust collector functions Bob Haight photo Young Allen Peoples holds granddad Perry Petersons Nesmith Cougar Rubber ship Us ing 9-in Peck plastic prop its trophy winner Plan March 1989 Flying Models success lot interest public said Rex Schlegel Alpine Wings Club People asked about planes wanted know what Slope Soaring took lot information cards Two organizations Strat-O-Bats SAM collected about 20 names ad dresses people wanted informa tion merchants mall mall staff happy way show went according Ms Brown wants again big ger Next time would like see clubs models whole mall filled said FF Sport & Scale/Warner Continued page 69 lot reconstruction manufacturing necessary using Wylam scale drawings rather original plans After unsuccessful tempt spin cowl old aluminum pot made fiberglass cowl instead Next came rocker arm blisters cowl Charles first made hardwood form streamlined bump molded female form over plaster paris aluminum tube bonded bottom Using heat gun meant stripping paint used lung power pull heated sheet plastic down cavity took about three dozen tries get 18 blisters needed Silkspan used cover new vertical fin fuselage originally sheeted bed sheet just painted over Two problems still remainfinding affordable engine proper size deciding whether fly Charles has plenty advice against flying leaning toward biting bullet anyway Says Charles does crash will fitting final end saga 42-year-old maiden flies well safely Ill hero can cer tainly empathize philosophy sentimental old-timers Out would like help Charles out extra engine and/or en couragement can write him 41 Circle Dr Windsor Locks CT 06096 Plastics department ol Vegas Vulture Bobby Haight advises stock up Eastertime little plastic eggs youre sup posed stuff candies kids make great spinners evidenced Fiat 055 Centauro Theyre heavy might expect case could always vacuu form over Robert Furr Omaha NB reports Fire cracker built Indoor contest site meat tray foam McDonalds hotcakes boxes flew over 30 seconds right off board Originally us ing 5-in Sig prop Bob has improved times since switching 6-in Peck unit uses 11 x / x A-in balsa motor stick Paul Mellrath Cedar Rapids IA writes J-3 Piper Peanut crafted foam light est hes ever built addition foam uses few reinforcing sticks balsa plastic prop Pou du Ciel uses blue insulat ing foam fuselage empennage yellow meat tray foam main wing neatly bends up its characteristic parabolic dihedral form matter seconds Paul feels versatility durability foam recommend uses Its low cost inmEENE umumuUEE SIG GLOW FUEL MANUFACTURED WITH THE PUREST FINEST QUALITY INGREDIENTS AVAILABLE * Superior Igniters Improve starting idle acceleration Youll notice power bargain fuels * Special Detergents Promote clean burning prevent residue buildup * Rust Inhibitors Protect engines corrosion After run oil needed engines * Film Strength Additives Increase lubricity provide extra lean run protection * Anti-Wear Additives Help keep engines running peak performance longer * Satisfaction Guaranteed FREE SHIPPING ON ORDERS OVER $1500 SIG CHAMPION 2-STROKE FUEL PINT QUART GALLON 0% Nitromethane$1075 5% Nitromethane$365$525$1275 10% Nitrom&than$415$&SQ$1425 15% Nitromthan $430 $635$1675 25% Nitromthane $S15 $795$2195 35% Nitromethane $595 $925 $2695 SIG PREMIUM 4-STROKE FUEL 10% Nitromethane$1425 15% Nitromethane$1625 THE CHOICE OF CHAMPION FLYERS over 20 years SIG has blending finest quality model engine fuel available using finest quality ingredients instance Methanol use 995% pure very best grade money can buy also use real 100% pure Nitromethane get full measure youve paid based honest percentage-of-volume method percentage weight SIG fuels con tain 50-50 blend Bakers purest AA Castor Oil new improved Klotz Techniplate Synthetic Racing Oil maximum engine lubrication protection Based experience sincerely believe finest quality fuel can made price dont take word try some judge yourselfpices sobjoct cbango witboot notite See dealer first available order direct Call LZJ 800-247-5008 toll free orders Latest Catalog $300 SIG MANUFACTURING CO Montezuma IA 50171 January 1990 175 WI Advanced conwosue consirucuon IkjJriuetyudLe rrnile Cieelc Ct San Jose Ca 95125 TeLI4U8129B-U11 Fac4082g8-6538 uniform consistency lightweight material make good medium quickie no pun tended project Balsa department Prior advent plas tics balsa material choice dis criminating modeler legions balsa lovers wood can never supplanted man made material Fred Wilson writing June/July issue Digest National Free Flight Society $15 per year NFFS 6146 E Cactus Wren Rd Scottsdale AZ 85253 sug gests picking up 1989 Sig Catalog #51 good way learning about balsa cat alog contains tables wood sizes balsa spruce dowels plywood wonder people know facts hind wonder wood its difficult find prized 3-4-lb/cu-ft C-grain sheet Id like share few bits info gleaned Freds article presentation Sal Mike Taibi gave Flightmasters meeting couple years ago theyve model business years since Sal worked saw room Berkeley Models 1938 balsa tree technically hardwood grows like weed places like Ecuador Peru sometimes reaching 30 ft first year grows wild cant cultivated getting its start shade other trees wood 90% air has excellent strengthto-weight ratio practically no resistance fun gus decay Only about half wood emerges drying kilns usable About 510% used modeling industry Sal says 10000 board feet minimum hes required buy about 50-100 ft us able try save much can band-saw using extra-thin blades moving ex tremely high speed Finally 90% balsa sanded both sides Still lot excellent wood goes dump form sawdust Now know balsa precious Looking end sheet youll see growth ring pattern Sheets grain run ning perpendicular flat surface sheet called A-grain theyre what get saw sheet straight edge log heart A-grain very supple goes around curves well C-grain has growth rings less par allel flat surface wont bend much before cracks grain Frank Zaic used call cracker-grain Highly desirable cause its stiffness naturally its scarcest cut other sheets called B-grain Falling somewhere between A- C-grains common type balsa around growth rings cut across end sheet ap proximately 450 leaving lots leeway ac tual random angle Its good multipurpose cut Perhaps single factor influences modelers choice balsa density Since its man-made product youll find lots sheets soft side hard other Fred takes Triner brand scale purchased office supply house about $10 hobby shop Using piece masking tape hang ing scale mark wood weighs sheets before purchase takes cream crop home candles Candling accomplished taping black con struction paper mask 3-in slot over lamp dark room can easily spot mark lighter areas darker dense areas will also help spot so-called wind checks side-to-side weakness cracks caused tree falling dont want middle spar Sig Catalog can obtained sending $3 Sig Mfg Co 401 So Front St Montezuma IA 50171 Another source helpful information well source Indoor balsa kits Micro-X Products PO Box 1063 Lorain OH 44055 catalog $150 has sheet subject analyzing grain Good medicine tissue Japan way Bill McCombs down Dallas flying adjusting book has just translated pub lished Japanese comes some intriguing news Tsuyoshi Katsuyana Tokyo mentions medici nal drink called Fibe-Mini vegetable fiber drink intended aid regularity Diluted 51 applied tissue makes tissue unshrink able Applied higher concentrations will make tissue stretch Well gang seems too good true wont know till try homework assignment next month find American equivalent Fibe Mini expect out down ing some sort nasty concoction try out tissue report back us tried Budweiser shrinks just same water same letter Tsuyoshi notes disappear ance Gampi tissue stores Made fibers wild Kozo tree now decline its lighter Esaki 024 oz per 100 sq handmade appears have gone way 72 Pirelli Should interested obtaining copy Bill McCombs book English Japanese suggest write him 2106 Siesta Dr Dallas TX 75224 Its treasure trove information Scale modeler wants model flyContinued page 180 176 Model Aviation THE PIPER BRAVE 1/4 scale model Piper s latest Ag plane t wing span 30-33 lbs 5 cc power lb payload ational flaps hopper door onal Spreader Kit formed aluminum landing gear rglass cowls um-formed canopy tucted extruded foam ply hardwood VE ~fl95 OPTIONAL $19 iot moer 5 actually dustingKIT USPREAD ER SEND $100 FOR CATALOG OFQRT 1 NEODESHA KS 66757 SAC KITS AND ACCESSORIES316 325-2821 Free Shipping Kit OrdersScott Airplane CompanyVISA/MASTERCARD SIMPLY THE BEST may cost little fact is.. cant buy effective easier use soft mount PERIOD UNIVERSAL 2-cycle engines 20 61 EVERYTHING INCLUDED VIBRA-DAMPVIBRA-DAMP $10 95 BEAMS $2150ALUM TABS Available Hob Dealer order direct add $175 ter shpIng MADE IN USA manufacturer DISC-LOCK & HUSH FOAJ4 dealer -dutrbilorslips nvtted PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS UNLIMITED 7 7093 E Dodge Rd Mt Morris Ml 48458 Phone orders 313 631-4894 Visa/MO accep MI 231 OR PFM 3200 Aloonev 1/5th SCALE SEMI-KIT WAYNE SIEWERT AMA NATS1st PLACE WINNER 1988 NATS EXPERT LLJ PORSCHE FITTED MOONEY RADIO 4-6 CHANNEL ENGINE 90-1082 CYCLE 120-4 CYCLE SPAN 88 AREA 9SOSQ IN WEIGHT 12-15 lbs morn InformatIon amid SA5E Plan Instructions WAYNE SIEWERT 31 St Ave MPLS MN 55406 USA612-722-7564 Neat new drawings 34-in Fairey Swordfish rubber Send $6 FSI 1905 Colony Rd Metairie LA 70003 40-in Cessna Airmaster rubber Send $6 AA Lidberg 614 E Fordham Dr Tempe AZ 85283 34-in Rearwin Cloudster three-view superscale Send $1980 Vein Clements 308 Palo Alto Dr CaIdwell ID 83605 32-in JN-4 Curtiss Canuck flown Miss Neta Snook taught Amelia Earhart three-view scale drawings Send $11 CL Neeley PO Box 3963 Visalia CA 93278 Errata The photo caption page 73 Oc tober 1989 issue MA identifies Ralph Kuenzs models Martin-Baker Its actually several readers have informed P-S 1 Martin-Baker 5 has slightly rounded stab tips Gamma same photo should have been identified Northrop Gamma Jack Northrop having left Lockheed sup pose stand corrected Well gang until next time keep silverfish out tissue Trexlers Armor-AIled Note new address Bill Warner 1370 Monache Ave Porterville CA 93275 FF Duration/Linstrum Continued page 71 took club meeting Los Angeles fell love know Wakefield fliers wind big Mulvihills will want essential piece field equipment Some stooges important features follow I It made hardwood extra-strong alu minum tubing sheet has two sizes pins holes large small models 2 You can assemble head block four ways can get two widths two heights can changed easily field accommo date different models 3 The fuselage support arm infinitely adjust able elevating nose just want motor stretched out Two pegs 300-lb-test nylon cord will hold up under big gest motor can wind 4 You can put stuff stooge small ply table holes winder see draw ing stuffing stick winding tube fishout wire stooge belongs serious Rubber fliers kit get simply terrific Simpl stooge return mail postpaid send check money order $52 USA California resi dents add sales tax Simplex Simplstooge 143 Richmond St El Segundo CA 90245 NFFS Champs/Murphy Continued page 77 first host Flying Scale events AMA Peanut Scale flown Tuesday Flying odd complex looking Santos Dumonts Jim Miller Day ton OH edged out two comparatively thodox shipsClaude Currys Lacy Carl Loehles Fiketo take first place Don DeLoach mustered enough points Waterman Gosling win Junior/Senior category final three Nostalgia events well represented Mondays Bob Watson Morton Grove IL eapturec 1/2A Gas Dennis Phillips Chappaqua NY won Class B handily gorgeous Civ Boy 61 Dennis model looked too pretty t fly its red silk light blue dope trim Elmer Jordan picked up secont win day Nostalgia Gas Ignitiot event Arden 19-powered Ehlinl Phoenix As getting ready leave fieb early prepare SAM dinner th local Lawrenceville Elks Club Jim Haugh asked help him launch A2 Nordi4 Glider what thought would 20 second test hop Forty-five minutes later thi high-thermaling model finally DTed over gravel pit about mile west gives idea scarcity o wind drift second day competi tion mile 45 minutes aint much Although A2 incident erased op portunity win place show th happy hour competition Elks Club Norm Reames Bob Placier did ar rive just time lead 165 ticket hold ers buffet line After deliciou dinner SAM 57 passed out about thou sand dollars worth door prizes luck winners including $100 lifetime member ship SAM terrific evening Contest Director Dick Smith ter crews smiles events began o Wednesday morning Floyd Millers radi weather forecast continued predict fin 180 Model Aviation Fiberglass Cowlings Windshield Tip Lenses Plastic Elevator & Rudder Surfaces Rolled Plans Scale Documentation Full Instructions Scale Spinner $300 S&H AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS DISTRIBUTED BY FINEST HOBBY SHOPS SMITH ZNDWEWUZDD 7550 Son Gb Road odeo CA 53422 466-1717
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/01
Page Numbers: 68, 69, 175, 176, 180
WHO WAS Miss Neta Snook thanks everyone sent entries great contest guys really know history model planes people made flew full-scale craft Neta now known Neta Snook Southern lady taught Amelia Earhart fly learned school students build own trainer Curtiss Jenny copy memory first female student Curtiss school Newport News fasci nating career barnstormer instructor airport manager test pilot Bert Kinncr Los Angeles retired aviation 1922 married apart taking controls Spirit St Louis replica 1977 never flew plane again presently lives Los Gatos CA building gopher traps giving Bible classes contest winner will receive set scale drawings Miss Snooks Canuck CL Neely Scale Drawings Dr Louis Buf fardi Slidell LA Congratulations Lou Honorable mentions go following prompt accurate entries Wayne Hen son Green Valley AZ Dr Frank Womack Los Gatos CA Kendall Thomas Fresno CA Col John Wormley Midway GA Robert Longseth Sylvania OH Charles Wyckoff Norwich CT Chris Wilkin Fairmont MN Dan Peterson Ridgecrest CA RD Banfield Livermore CA Allan Forsyth New York NY Nat Comfort Chester VA David Jones Evanston IL Bob Hahn Banning GA James Madsen Fresno CA Dennis Goodrich Ames IA Entries still coming because post office has confused yet another change address part Stinsons cowlings October 1989 sue MA shot Otto Kuhnis little fivecylinder engine request informa tion Since letters Dan Lutz Fallbrook CA its creator Gerald Gustafson Woodland Hills CA have cleared up myst ery Gerald designed built engine tween jobs mold shop machining up four dummy cylinders new crankcase go original 020 Cox cylinder innards also machined cowl out solid bar aluminum doesnt hurt master machi nist Gerald beauty installed scaleddown Brooklyn Dodger Dan got engine him later passed Otto trade Mys tery solved Left Dick Allen Gee-Bee Z CO2 FF Scale Looks like Cox 02/Davis conversion Right New Fairey Swordfish Flying Scale Inc FSI photo 68 Model Aviation Free Flight Sport & Scale Bill Warner 1370 Monache Ave Porterville CA 93257 California Scale Statfel Newsletter edited Tom Arnold comes little bit wit Tom Yanosky Herndon VA making static Bristol F2B Brisf Smithsonian intends make flying version Free Flight Hows detailing Tom Yanosky photo Dan frequently walked away top Scale finish awards Flightmasters meets LA Sixties Ingle wood Flightmasters days mentioned inspired big Cleveland Stinson back early Forties Being overwhelmed Curtiss JN-4 Canuck used Neta Snook taught Amelia Earhart fly Miss Snook rebuilt plane wreck used barnstorm Drawing C L Neeley Scale Plans huge black-and-yellow Stinson Reliant hung Carls Bike Hobby Shop did trick Before leave Stinsons cowlings let share story letters recently re ceived member unofficial Cleve land Stinson fan club Charlie Angevine Windsor Locks CT boyhood pal returned military service 1946 decided get modeling picked Stinson Reliant purchased Mor ton M-5 five-cylinder four-stroke radial engine go model built ready covering end year both went off start careers Charles aircraft chanics school sold model couple young brothers Returning school Charles helped brothers finish model covering cotton bed sheet aircraft dope added weight made beautiful job After losing touch model years Charles reacquired brothers 1985 40 years since gotten knocked about quite bit rotting places balsa sheet wasnt doped bed sheet ever taut ever Continued page / 75 — -vjIl_ K Women Gee-Bees first Another insane drawing Dick Allen Vancouver BC January 1990 69 Eric Michael Anderson age four dad Erics Grasshopper Illinois MACs thirtieth annual get-together 01 Bong WI Bob Furr Omaha NB built Firecracker McDonalds hotcakes boxes during Indoor model contest Omaha quickly made 35-second flights right off board Furr photo Plastic Easter egg normally stuffed can dies kiddies can make neat spin ner Photo superb idea Bob Haight Beautiful Fairey Swordfish Bob Haight Las Vegas NV wingspan 45 power comes Snipe 09 diesel lights operative wings fold cowl ex haust collector functions Bob Haight photo Young Allen Peoples holds granddad Perry Petersons Nesmith Cougar Rubber ship Us ing 9-in Peck plastic prop its trophy winner Plan March 1989 Flying Models success lot interest public said Rex Schlegel Alpine Wings Club People asked about planes wanted know what Slope Soaring took lot information cards Two organizations Strat-O-Bats SAM collected about 20 names ad dresses people wanted informa tion merchants mall mall staff happy way show went according Ms Brown wants again big ger Next time would like see clubs models whole mall filled said FF Sport & Scale/Warner Continued page 69 lot reconstruction manufacturing necessary using Wylam scale drawings rather original plans After unsuccessful tempt spin cowl old aluminum pot made fiberglass cowl instead Next came rocker arm blisters cowl Charles first made hardwood form streamlined bump molded female form over plaster paris aluminum tube bonded bottom Using heat gun meant stripping paint used lung power pull heated sheet plastic down cavity took about three dozen tries get 18 blisters needed Silkspan used cover new vertical fin fuselage originally sheeted bed sheet just painted over Two problems still remainfinding affordable engine proper size deciding whether fly Charles has plenty advice against flying leaning toward biting bullet anyway Says Charles does crash will fitting final end saga 42-year-old maiden flies well safely Ill hero can cer tainly empathize philosophy sentimental old-timers Out would like help Charles out extra engine and/or en couragement can write him 41 Circle Dr Windsor Locks CT 06096 Plastics department ol Vegas Vulture Bobby Haight advises stock up Eastertime little plastic eggs youre sup posed stuff candies kids make great spinners evidenced Fiat 055 Centauro Theyre heavy might expect case could always vacuu form over Robert Furr Omaha NB reports Fire cracker built Indoor contest site meat tray foam McDonalds hotcakes boxes flew over 30 seconds right off board Originally us ing 5-in Sig prop Bob has improved times since switching 6-in Peck unit uses 11 x / x A-in balsa motor stick Paul Mellrath Cedar Rapids IA writes J-3 Piper Peanut crafted foam light est hes ever built addition foam uses few reinforcing sticks balsa plastic prop Pou du Ciel uses blue insulat ing foam fuselage empennage yellow meat tray foam main wing neatly bends up its characteristic parabolic dihedral form matter seconds Paul feels versatility durability foam recommend uses Its low cost inmEENE umumuUEE SIG GLOW FUEL MANUFACTURED WITH THE PUREST FINEST QUALITY INGREDIENTS AVAILABLE * Superior Igniters Improve starting idle acceleration Youll notice power bargain fuels * Special Detergents Promote clean burning prevent residue buildup * Rust Inhibitors Protect engines corrosion After run oil needed engines * Film Strength Additives Increase lubricity provide extra lean run protection * Anti-Wear Additives Help keep engines running peak performance longer * Satisfaction Guaranteed FREE SHIPPING ON ORDERS OVER $1500 SIG CHAMPION 2-STROKE FUEL PINT QUART GALLON 0% Nitromethane$1075 5% Nitromethane$365$525$1275 10% Nitrom&than$415$&SQ$1425 15% Nitromthan $430 $635$1675 25% Nitromthane $S15 $795$2195 35% Nitromethane $595 $925 $2695 SIG PREMIUM 4-STROKE FUEL 10% Nitromethane$1425 15% Nitromethane$1625 THE CHOICE OF CHAMPION FLYERS over 20 years SIG has blending finest quality model engine fuel available using finest quality ingredients instance Methanol use 995% pure very best grade money can buy also use real 100% pure Nitromethane get full measure youve paid based honest percentage-of-volume method percentage weight SIG fuels con tain 50-50 blend Bakers purest AA Castor Oil new improved Klotz Techniplate Synthetic Racing Oil maximum engine lubrication protection Based experience sincerely believe finest quality fuel can made price dont take word try some judge yourselfpices sobjoct cbango witboot notite See dealer first available order direct Call LZJ 800-247-5008 toll free orders Latest Catalog $300 SIG MANUFACTURING CO Montezuma IA 50171 January 1990 175 WI Advanced conwosue consirucuon IkjJriuetyudLe rrnile Cieelc Ct San Jose Ca 95125 TeLI4U8129B-U11 Fac4082g8-6538 uniform consistency lightweight material make good medium quickie no pun tended project Balsa department Prior advent plas tics balsa material choice dis criminating modeler legions balsa lovers wood can never supplanted man made material Fred Wilson writing June/July issue Digest National Free Flight Society $15 per year NFFS 6146 E Cactus Wren Rd Scottsdale AZ 85253 sug gests picking up 1989 Sig Catalog #51 good way learning about balsa cat alog contains tables wood sizes balsa spruce dowels plywood wonder people know facts hind wonder wood its difficult find prized 3-4-lb/cu-ft C-grain sheet Id like share few bits info gleaned Freds article presentation Sal Mike Taibi gave Flightmasters meeting couple years ago theyve model business years since Sal worked saw room Berkeley Models 1938 balsa tree technically hardwood grows like weed places like Ecuador Peru sometimes reaching 30 ft first year grows wild cant cultivated getting its start shade other trees wood 90% air has excellent strengthto-weight ratio practically no resistance fun gus decay Only about half wood emerges drying kilns usable About 510% used modeling industry Sal says 10000 board feet minimum hes required buy about 50-100 ft us able try save much can band-saw using extra-thin blades moving ex tremely high speed Finally 90% balsa sanded both sides Still lot excellent wood goes dump form sawdust Now know balsa precious Looking end sheet youll see growth ring pattern Sheets grain run ning perpendicular flat surface sheet called A-grain theyre what get saw sheet straight edge log heart A-grain very supple goes around curves well C-grain has growth rings less par allel flat surface wont bend much before cracks grain Frank Zaic used call cracker-grain Highly desirable cause its stiffness naturally its scarcest cut other sheets called B-grain Falling somewhere between A- C-grains common type balsa around growth rings cut across end sheet ap proximately 450 leaving lots leeway ac tual random angle Its good multipurpose cut Perhaps single factor influences modelers choice balsa density Since its man-made product youll find lots sheets soft side hard other Fred takes Triner brand scale purchased office supply house about $10 hobby shop Using piece masking tape hang ing scale mark wood weighs sheets before purchase takes cream crop home candles Candling accomplished taping black con struction paper mask 3-in slot over lamp dark room can easily spot mark lighter areas darker dense areas will also help spot so-called wind checks side-to-side weakness cracks caused tree falling dont want middle spar Sig Catalog can obtained sending $3 Sig Mfg Co 401 So Front St Montezuma IA 50171 Another source helpful information well source Indoor balsa kits Micro-X Products PO Box 1063 Lorain OH 44055 catalog $150 has sheet subject analyzing grain Good medicine tissue Japan way Bill McCombs down Dallas flying adjusting book has just translated pub lished Japanese comes some intriguing news Tsuyoshi Katsuyana Tokyo mentions medici nal drink called Fibe-Mini vegetable fiber drink intended aid regularity Diluted 51 applied tissue makes tissue unshrink able Applied higher concentrations will make tissue stretch Well gang seems too good true wont know till try homework assignment next month find American equivalent Fibe Mini expect out down ing some sort nasty concoction try out tissue report back us tried Budweiser shrinks just same water same letter Tsuyoshi notes disappear ance Gampi tissue stores Made fibers wild Kozo tree now decline its lighter Esaki 024 oz per 100 sq handmade appears have gone way 72 Pirelli Should interested obtaining copy Bill McCombs book English Japanese suggest write him 2106 Siesta Dr Dallas TX 75224 Its treasure trove information Scale modeler wants model flyContinued page 180 176 Model Aviation THE PIPER BRAVE 1/4 scale model Piper s latest Ag plane t wing span 30-33 lbs 5 cc power lb payload ational flaps hopper door onal Spreader Kit formed aluminum landing gear rglass cowls um-formed canopy tucted extruded foam ply hardwood VE ~fl95 OPTIONAL $19 iot moer 5 actually dustingKIT USPREAD ER SEND $100 FOR CATALOG OFQRT 1 NEODESHA KS 66757 SAC KITS AND ACCESSORIES316 325-2821 Free Shipping Kit OrdersScott Airplane CompanyVISA/MASTERCARD SIMPLY THE BEST may cost little fact is.. cant buy effective easier use soft mount PERIOD UNIVERSAL 2-cycle engines 20 61 EVERYTHING INCLUDED VIBRA-DAMPVIBRA-DAMP $10 95 BEAMS $2150ALUM TABS Available Hob Dealer order direct add $175 ter shpIng MADE IN USA manufacturer DISC-LOCK & HUSH FOAJ4 dealer -dutrbilorslips nvtted PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS UNLIMITED 7 7093 E Dodge Rd Mt Morris Ml 48458 Phone orders 313 631-4894 Visa/MO accep MI 231 OR PFM 3200 Aloonev 1/5th SCALE SEMI-KIT WAYNE SIEWERT AMA NATS1st PLACE WINNER 1988 NATS EXPERT LLJ PORSCHE FITTED MOONEY RADIO 4-6 CHANNEL ENGINE 90-1082 CYCLE 120-4 CYCLE SPAN 88 AREA 9SOSQ IN WEIGHT 12-15 lbs morn InformatIon amid SA5E Plan Instructions WAYNE SIEWERT 31 St Ave MPLS MN 55406 USA612-722-7564 Neat new drawings 34-in Fairey Swordfish rubber Send $6 FSI 1905 Colony Rd Metairie LA 70003 40-in Cessna Airmaster rubber Send $6 AA Lidberg 614 E Fordham Dr Tempe AZ 85283 34-in Rearwin Cloudster three-view superscale Send $1980 Vein Clements 308 Palo Alto Dr CaIdwell ID 83605 32-in JN-4 Curtiss Canuck flown Miss Neta Snook taught Amelia Earhart three-view scale drawings Send $11 CL Neeley PO Box 3963 Visalia CA 93278 Errata The photo caption page 73 Oc tober 1989 issue MA identifies Ralph Kuenzs models Martin-Baker Its actually several readers have informed P-S 1 Martin-Baker 5 has slightly rounded stab tips Gamma same photo should have been identified Northrop Gamma Jack Northrop having left Lockheed sup pose stand corrected Well gang until next time keep silverfish out tissue Trexlers Armor-AIled Note new address Bill Warner 1370 Monache Ave Porterville CA 93275 FF Duration/Linstrum Continued page 71 took club meeting Los Angeles fell love know Wakefield fliers wind big Mulvihills will want essential piece field equipment Some stooges important features follow I It made hardwood extra-strong alu minum tubing sheet has two sizes pins holes large small models 2 You can assemble head block four ways can get two widths two heights can changed easily field accommo date different models 3 The fuselage support arm infinitely adjust able elevating nose just want motor stretched out Two pegs 300-lb-test nylon cord will hold up under big gest motor can wind 4 You can put stuff stooge small ply table holes winder see draw ing stuffing stick winding tube fishout wire stooge belongs serious Rubber fliers kit get simply terrific Simpl stooge return mail postpaid send check money order $52 USA California resi dents add sales tax Simplex Simplstooge 143 Richmond St El Segundo CA 90245 NFFS Champs/Murphy Continued page 77 first host Flying Scale events AMA Peanut Scale flown Tuesday Flying odd complex looking Santos Dumonts Jim Miller Day ton OH edged out two comparatively thodox shipsClaude Currys Lacy Carl Loehles Fiketo take first place Don DeLoach mustered enough points Waterman Gosling win Junior/Senior category final three Nostalgia events well represented Mondays Bob Watson Morton Grove IL eapturec 1/2A Gas Dennis Phillips Chappaqua NY won Class B handily gorgeous Civ Boy 61 Dennis model looked too pretty t fly its red silk light blue dope trim Elmer Jordan picked up secont win day Nostalgia Gas Ignitiot event Arden 19-powered Ehlinl Phoenix As getting ready leave fieb early prepare SAM dinner th local Lawrenceville Elks Club Jim Haugh asked help him launch A2 Nordi4 Glider what thought would 20 second test hop Forty-five minutes later thi high-thermaling model finally DTed over gravel pit about mile west gives idea scarcity o wind drift second day competi tion mile 45 minutes aint much Although A2 incident erased op portunity win place show th happy hour competition Elks Club Norm Reames Bob Placier did ar rive just time lead 165 ticket hold ers buffet line After deliciou dinner SAM 57 passed out about thou sand dollars worth door prizes luck winners including $100 lifetime member ship SAM terrific evening Contest Director Dick Smith ter crews smiles events began o Wednesday morning Floyd Millers radi weather forecast continued predict fin 180 Model Aviation Fiberglass Cowlings Windshield Tip Lenses Plastic Elevator & Rudder Surfaces Rolled Plans Scale Documentation Full Instructions Scale Spinner $300 S&H AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS DISTRIBUTED BY FINEST HOBBY SHOPS SMITH ZNDWEWUZDD 7550 Son Gb Road odeo CA 53422 466-1717
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/01
Page Numbers: 68, 69, 175, 176, 180
WHO WAS Miss Neta Snook thanks everyone sent entries great contest guys really know history model planes people made flew full-scale craft Neta now known Neta Snook Southern lady taught Amelia Earhart fly learned school students build own trainer Curtiss Jenny copy memory first female student Curtiss school Newport News fasci nating career barnstormer instructor airport manager test pilot Bert Kinncr Los Angeles retired aviation 1922 married apart taking controls Spirit St Louis replica 1977 never flew plane again presently lives Los Gatos CA building gopher traps giving Bible classes contest winner will receive set scale drawings Miss Snooks Canuck CL Neely Scale Drawings Dr Louis Buf fardi Slidell LA Congratulations Lou Honorable mentions go following prompt accurate entries Wayne Hen son Green Valley AZ Dr Frank Womack Los Gatos CA Kendall Thomas Fresno CA Col John Wormley Midway GA Robert Longseth Sylvania OH Charles Wyckoff Norwich CT Chris Wilkin Fairmont MN Dan Peterson Ridgecrest CA RD Banfield Livermore CA Allan Forsyth New York NY Nat Comfort Chester VA David Jones Evanston IL Bob Hahn Banning GA James Madsen Fresno CA Dennis Goodrich Ames IA Entries still coming because post office has confused yet another change address part Stinsons cowlings October 1989 sue MA shot Otto Kuhnis little fivecylinder engine request informa tion Since letters Dan Lutz Fallbrook CA its creator Gerald Gustafson Woodland Hills CA have cleared up myst ery Gerald designed built engine tween jobs mold shop machining up four dummy cylinders new crankcase go original 020 Cox cylinder innards also machined cowl out solid bar aluminum doesnt hurt master machi nist Gerald beauty installed scaleddown Brooklyn Dodger Dan got engine him later passed Otto trade Mys tery solved Left Dick Allen Gee-Bee Z CO2 FF Scale Looks like Cox 02/Davis conversion Right New Fairey Swordfish Flying Scale Inc FSI photo 68 Model Aviation Free Flight Sport & Scale Bill Warner 1370 Monache Ave Porterville CA 93257 California Scale Statfel Newsletter edited Tom Arnold comes little bit wit Tom Yanosky Herndon VA making static Bristol F2B Brisf Smithsonian intends make flying version Free Flight Hows detailing Tom Yanosky photo Dan frequently walked away top Scale finish awards Flightmasters meets LA Sixties Ingle wood Flightmasters days mentioned inspired big Cleveland Stinson back early Forties Being overwhelmed Curtiss JN-4 Canuck used Neta Snook taught Amelia Earhart fly Miss Snook rebuilt plane wreck used barnstorm Drawing C L Neeley Scale Plans huge black-and-yellow Stinson Reliant hung Carls Bike Hobby Shop did trick Before leave Stinsons cowlings let share story letters recently re ceived member unofficial Cleve land Stinson fan club Charlie Angevine Windsor Locks CT boyhood pal returned military service 1946 decided get modeling picked Stinson Reliant purchased Mor ton M-5 five-cylinder four-stroke radial engine go model built ready covering end year both went off start careers Charles aircraft chanics school sold model couple young brothers Returning school Charles helped brothers finish model covering cotton bed sheet aircraft dope added weight made beautiful job After losing touch model years Charles reacquired brothers 1985 40 years since gotten knocked about quite bit rotting places balsa sheet wasnt doped bed sheet ever taut ever Continued page / 75 — -vjIl_ K Women Gee-Bees first Another insane drawing Dick Allen Vancouver BC January 1990 69 Eric Michael Anderson age four dad Erics Grasshopper Illinois MACs thirtieth annual get-together 01 Bong WI Bob Furr Omaha NB built Firecracker McDonalds hotcakes boxes during Indoor model contest Omaha quickly made 35-second flights right off board Furr photo Plastic Easter egg normally stuffed can dies kiddies can make neat spin ner Photo superb idea Bob Haight Beautiful Fairey Swordfish Bob Haight Las Vegas NV wingspan 45 power comes Snipe 09 diesel lights operative wings fold cowl ex haust collector functions Bob Haight photo Young Allen Peoples holds granddad Perry Petersons Nesmith Cougar Rubber ship Us ing 9-in Peck plastic prop its trophy winner Plan March 1989 Flying Models success lot interest public said Rex Schlegel Alpine Wings Club People asked about planes wanted know what Slope Soaring took lot information cards Two organizations Strat-O-Bats SAM collected about 20 names ad dresses people wanted informa tion merchants mall mall staff happy way show went according Ms Brown wants again big ger Next time would like see clubs models whole mall filled said FF Sport & Scale/Warner Continued page 69 lot reconstruction manufacturing necessary using Wylam scale drawings rather original plans After unsuccessful tempt spin cowl old aluminum pot made fiberglass cowl instead Next came rocker arm blisters cowl Charles first made hardwood form streamlined bump molded female form over plaster paris aluminum tube bonded bottom Using heat gun meant stripping paint used lung power pull heated sheet plastic down cavity took about three dozen tries get 18 blisters needed Silkspan used cover new vertical fin fuselage originally sheeted bed sheet just painted over Two problems still remainfinding affordable engine proper size deciding whether fly Charles has plenty advice against flying leaning toward biting bullet anyway Says Charles does crash will fitting final end saga 42-year-old maiden flies well safely Ill hero can cer tainly empathize philosophy sentimental old-timers Out would like help Charles out extra engine and/or en couragement can write him 41 Circle Dr Windsor Locks CT 06096 Plastics department ol Vegas Vulture Bobby Haight advises stock up Eastertime little plastic eggs youre sup posed stuff candies kids make great spinners evidenced Fiat 055 Centauro Theyre heavy might expect case could always vacuu form over Robert Furr Omaha NB reports Fire cracker built Indoor contest site meat tray foam McDonalds hotcakes boxes flew over 30 seconds right off board Originally us ing 5-in Sig prop Bob has improved times since switching 6-in Peck unit uses 11 x / x A-in balsa motor stick Paul Mellrath Cedar Rapids IA writes J-3 Piper Peanut crafted foam light est hes ever built addition foam uses few reinforcing sticks balsa plastic prop Pou du Ciel uses blue insulat ing foam fuselage empennage yellow meat tray foam main wing neatly bends up its characteristic parabolic dihedral form matter seconds Paul feels versatility durability foam recommend uses Its low cost inmEENE umumuUEE SIG GLOW FUEL MANUFACTURED WITH THE PUREST FINEST QUALITY INGREDIENTS AVAILABLE * Superior Igniters Improve starting idle acceleration Youll notice power bargain fuels * Special Detergents Promote clean burning prevent residue buildup * Rust Inhibitors Protect engines corrosion After run oil needed engines * Film Strength Additives Increase lubricity provide extra lean run protection * Anti-Wear Additives Help keep engines running peak performance longer * Satisfaction Guaranteed FREE SHIPPING ON ORDERS OVER $1500 SIG CHAMPION 2-STROKE FUEL PINT QUART GALLON 0% Nitromethane$1075 5% Nitromethane$365$525$1275 10% Nitrom&than$415$&SQ$1425 15% Nitromthan $430 $635$1675 25% Nitromthane $S15 $795$2195 35% Nitromethane $595 $925 $2695 SIG PREMIUM 4-STROKE FUEL 10% Nitromethane$1425 15% Nitromethane$1625 THE CHOICE OF CHAMPION FLYERS over 20 years SIG has blending finest quality model engine fuel available using finest quality ingredients instance Methanol use 995% pure very best grade money can buy also use real 100% pure Nitromethane get full measure youve paid based honest percentage-of-volume method percentage weight SIG fuels con tain 50-50 blend Bakers purest AA Castor Oil new improved Klotz Techniplate Synthetic Racing Oil maximum engine lubrication protection Based experience sincerely believe finest quality fuel can made price dont take word try some judge yourselfpices sobjoct cbango witboot notite See dealer first available order direct Call LZJ 800-247-5008 toll free orders Latest Catalog $300 SIG MANUFACTURING CO Montezuma IA 50171 January 1990 175 WI Advanced conwosue consirucuon IkjJriuetyudLe rrnile Cieelc Ct San Jose Ca 95125 TeLI4U8129B-U11 Fac4082g8-6538 uniform consistency lightweight material make good medium quickie no pun tended project Balsa department Prior advent plas tics balsa material choice dis criminating modeler legions balsa lovers wood can never supplanted man made material Fred Wilson writing June/July issue Digest National Free Flight Society $15 per year NFFS 6146 E Cactus Wren Rd Scottsdale AZ 85253 sug gests picking up 1989 Sig Catalog #51 good way learning about balsa cat alog contains tables wood sizes balsa spruce dowels plywood wonder people know facts hind wonder wood its difficult find prized 3-4-lb/cu-ft C-grain sheet Id like share few bits info gleaned Freds article presentation Sal Mike Taibi gave Flightmasters meeting couple years ago theyve model business years since Sal worked saw room Berkeley Models 1938 balsa tree technically hardwood grows like weed places like Ecuador Peru sometimes reaching 30 ft first year grows wild cant cultivated getting its start shade other trees wood 90% air has excellent strengthto-weight ratio practically no resistance fun gus decay Only about half wood emerges drying kilns usable About 510% used modeling industry Sal says 10000 board feet minimum hes required buy about 50-100 ft us able try save much can band-saw using extra-thin blades moving ex tremely high speed Finally 90% balsa sanded both sides Still lot excellent wood goes dump form sawdust Now know balsa precious Looking end sheet youll see growth ring pattern Sheets grain run ning perpendicular flat surface sheet called A-grain theyre what get saw sheet straight edge log heart A-grain very supple goes around curves well C-grain has growth rings less par allel flat surface wont bend much before cracks grain Frank Zaic used call cracker-grain Highly desirable cause its stiffness naturally its scarcest cut other sheets called B-grain Falling somewhere between A- C-grains common type balsa around growth rings cut across end sheet ap proximately 450 leaving lots leeway ac tual random angle Its good multipurpose cut Perhaps single factor influences modelers choice balsa density Since its man-made product youll find lots sheets soft side hard other Fred takes Triner brand scale purchased office supply house about $10 hobby shop Using piece masking tape hang ing scale mark wood weighs sheets before purchase takes cream crop home candles Candling accomplished taping black con struction paper mask 3-in slot over lamp dark room can easily spot mark lighter areas darker dense areas will also help spot so-called wind checks side-to-side weakness cracks caused tree falling dont want middle spar Sig Catalog can obtained sending $3 Sig Mfg Co 401 So Front St Montezuma IA 50171 Another source helpful information well source Indoor balsa kits Micro-X Products PO Box 1063 Lorain OH 44055 catalog $150 has sheet subject analyzing grain Good medicine tissue Japan way Bill McCombs down Dallas flying adjusting book has just translated pub lished Japanese comes some intriguing news Tsuyoshi Katsuyana Tokyo mentions medici nal drink called Fibe-Mini vegetable fiber drink intended aid regularity Diluted 51 applied tissue makes tissue unshrink able Applied higher concentrations will make tissue stretch Well gang seems too good true wont know till try homework assignment next month find American equivalent Fibe Mini expect out down ing some sort nasty concoction try out tissue report back us tried Budweiser shrinks just same water same letter Tsuyoshi notes disappear ance Gampi tissue stores Made fibers wild Kozo tree now decline its lighter Esaki 024 oz per 100 sq handmade appears have gone way 72 Pirelli Should interested obtaining copy Bill McCombs book English Japanese suggest write him 2106 Siesta Dr Dallas TX 75224 Its treasure trove information Scale modeler wants model flyContinued page 180 176 Model Aviation THE PIPER BRAVE 1/4 scale model Piper s latest Ag plane t wing span 30-33 lbs 5 cc power lb payload ational flaps hopper door onal Spreader Kit formed aluminum landing gear rglass cowls um-formed canopy tucted extruded foam ply hardwood VE ~fl95 OPTIONAL $19 iot moer 5 actually dustingKIT USPREAD ER SEND $100 FOR CATALOG OFQRT 1 NEODESHA KS 66757 SAC KITS AND ACCESSORIES316 325-2821 Free Shipping Kit OrdersScott Airplane CompanyVISA/MASTERCARD SIMPLY THE BEST may cost little fact is.. cant buy effective easier use soft mount PERIOD UNIVERSAL 2-cycle engines 20 61 EVERYTHING INCLUDED VIBRA-DAMPVIBRA-DAMP $10 95 BEAMS $2150ALUM TABS Available Hob Dealer order direct add $175 ter shpIng MADE IN USA manufacturer DISC-LOCK & HUSH FOAJ4 dealer -dutrbilorslips nvtted PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS UNLIMITED 7 7093 E Dodge Rd Mt Morris Ml 48458 Phone orders 313 631-4894 Visa/MO accep MI 231 OR PFM 3200 Aloonev 1/5th SCALE SEMI-KIT WAYNE SIEWERT AMA NATS1st PLACE WINNER 1988 NATS EXPERT LLJ PORSCHE FITTED MOONEY RADIO 4-6 CHANNEL ENGINE 90-1082 CYCLE 120-4 CYCLE SPAN 88 AREA 9SOSQ IN WEIGHT 12-15 lbs morn InformatIon amid SA5E Plan Instructions WAYNE SIEWERT 31 St Ave MPLS MN 55406 USA612-722-7564 Neat new drawings 34-in Fairey Swordfish rubber Send $6 FSI 1905 Colony Rd Metairie LA 70003 40-in Cessna Airmaster rubber Send $6 AA Lidberg 614 E Fordham Dr Tempe AZ 85283 34-in Rearwin Cloudster three-view superscale Send $1980 Vein Clements 308 Palo Alto Dr CaIdwell ID 83605 32-in JN-4 Curtiss Canuck flown Miss Neta Snook taught Amelia Earhart three-view scale drawings Send $11 CL Neeley PO Box 3963 Visalia CA 93278 Errata The photo caption page 73 Oc tober 1989 issue MA identifies Ralph Kuenzs models Martin-Baker Its actually several readers have informed P-S 1 Martin-Baker 5 has slightly rounded stab tips Gamma same photo should have been identified Northrop Gamma Jack Northrop having left Lockheed sup pose stand corrected Well gang until next time keep silverfish out tissue Trexlers Armor-AIled Note new address Bill Warner 1370 Monache Ave Porterville CA 93275 FF Duration/Linstrum Continued page 71 took club meeting Los Angeles fell love know Wakefield fliers wind big Mulvihills will want essential piece field equipment Some stooges important features follow I It made hardwood extra-strong alu minum tubing sheet has two sizes pins holes large small models 2 You can assemble head block four ways can get two widths two heights can changed easily field accommo date different models 3 The fuselage support arm infinitely adjust able elevating nose just want motor stretched out Two pegs 300-lb-test nylon cord will hold up under big gest motor can wind 4 You can put stuff stooge small ply table holes winder see draw ing stuffing stick winding tube fishout wire stooge belongs serious Rubber fliers kit get simply terrific Simpl stooge return mail postpaid send check money order $52 USA California resi dents add sales tax Simplex Simplstooge 143 Richmond St El Segundo CA 90245 NFFS Champs/Murphy Continued page 77 first host Flying Scale events AMA Peanut Scale flown Tuesday Flying odd complex looking Santos Dumonts Jim Miller Day ton OH edged out two comparatively thodox shipsClaude Currys Lacy Carl Loehles Fiketo take first place Don DeLoach mustered enough points Waterman Gosling win Junior/Senior category final three Nostalgia events well represented Mondays Bob Watson Morton Grove IL eapturec 1/2A Gas Dennis Phillips Chappaqua NY won Class B handily gorgeous Civ Boy 61 Dennis model looked too pretty t fly its red silk light blue dope trim Elmer Jordan picked up secont win day Nostalgia Gas Ignitiot event Arden 19-powered Ehlinl Phoenix As getting ready leave fieb early prepare SAM dinner th local Lawrenceville Elks Club Jim Haugh asked help him launch A2 Nordi4 Glider what thought would 20 second test hop Forty-five minutes later thi high-thermaling model finally DTed over gravel pit about mile west gives idea scarcity o wind drift second day competi tion mile 45 minutes aint much Although A2 incident erased op portunity win place show th happy hour competition Elks Club Norm Reames Bob Placier did ar rive just time lead 165 ticket hold ers buffet line After deliciou dinner SAM 57 passed out about thou sand dollars worth door prizes luck winners including $100 lifetime member ship SAM terrific evening Contest Director Dick Smith ter crews smiles events began o Wednesday morning Floyd Millers radi weather forecast continued predict fin 180 Model Aviation Fiberglass Cowlings Windshield Tip Lenses Plastic Elevator & Rudder Surfaces Rolled Plans Scale Documentation Full Instructions Scale Spinner $300 S&H AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS DISTRIBUTED BY FINEST HOBBY SHOPS SMITH ZNDWEWUZDD 7550 Son Gb Road odeo CA 53422 466-1717
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/01
Page Numbers: 68, 69, 175, 176, 180
WHO WAS Miss Neta Snook thanks everyone sent entries great contest guys really know history model planes people made flew full-scale craft Neta now known Neta Snook Southern lady taught Amelia Earhart fly learned school students build own trainer Curtiss Jenny copy memory first female student Curtiss school Newport News fasci nating career barnstormer instructor airport manager test pilot Bert Kinncr Los Angeles retired aviation 1922 married apart taking controls Spirit St Louis replica 1977 never flew plane again presently lives Los Gatos CA building gopher traps giving Bible classes contest winner will receive set scale drawings Miss Snooks Canuck CL Neely Scale Drawings Dr Louis Buf fardi Slidell LA Congratulations Lou Honorable mentions go following prompt accurate entries Wayne Hen son Green Valley AZ Dr Frank Womack Los Gatos CA Kendall Thomas Fresno CA Col John Wormley Midway GA Robert Longseth Sylvania OH Charles Wyckoff Norwich CT Chris Wilkin Fairmont MN Dan Peterson Ridgecrest CA RD Banfield Livermore CA Allan Forsyth New York NY Nat Comfort Chester VA David Jones Evanston IL Bob Hahn Banning GA James Madsen Fresno CA Dennis Goodrich Ames IA Entries still coming because post office has confused yet another change address part Stinsons cowlings October 1989 sue MA shot Otto Kuhnis little fivecylinder engine request informa tion Since letters Dan Lutz Fallbrook CA its creator Gerald Gustafson Woodland Hills CA have cleared up myst ery Gerald designed built engine tween jobs mold shop machining up four dummy cylinders new crankcase go original 020 Cox cylinder innards also machined cowl out solid bar aluminum doesnt hurt master machi nist Gerald beauty installed scaleddown Brooklyn Dodger Dan got engine him later passed Otto trade Mys tery solved Left Dick Allen Gee-Bee Z CO2 FF Scale Looks like Cox 02/Davis conversion Right New Fairey Swordfish Flying Scale Inc FSI photo 68 Model Aviation Free Flight Sport & Scale Bill Warner 1370 Monache Ave Porterville CA 93257 California Scale Statfel Newsletter edited Tom Arnold comes little bit wit Tom Yanosky Herndon VA making static Bristol F2B Brisf Smithsonian intends make flying version Free Flight Hows detailing Tom Yanosky photo Dan frequently walked away top Scale finish awards Flightmasters meets LA Sixties Ingle wood Flightmasters days mentioned inspired big Cleveland Stinson back early Forties Being overwhelmed Curtiss JN-4 Canuck used Neta Snook taught Amelia Earhart fly Miss Snook rebuilt plane wreck used barnstorm Drawing C L Neeley Scale Plans huge black-and-yellow Stinson Reliant hung Carls Bike Hobby Shop did trick Before leave Stinsons cowlings let share story letters recently re ceived member unofficial Cleve land Stinson fan club Charlie Angevine Windsor Locks CT boyhood pal returned military service 1946 decided get modeling picked Stinson Reliant purchased Mor ton M-5 five-cylinder four-stroke radial engine go model built ready covering end year both went off start careers Charles aircraft chanics school sold model couple young brothers Returning school Charles helped brothers finish model covering cotton bed sheet aircraft dope added weight made beautiful job After losing touch model years Charles reacquired brothers 1985 40 years since gotten knocked about quite bit rotting places balsa sheet wasnt doped bed sheet ever taut ever Continued page / 75 — -vjIl_ K Women Gee-Bees first Another insane drawing Dick Allen Vancouver BC January 1990 69 Eric Michael Anderson age four dad Erics Grasshopper Illinois MACs thirtieth annual get-together 01 Bong WI Bob Furr Omaha NB built Firecracker McDonalds hotcakes boxes during Indoor model contest Omaha quickly made 35-second flights right off board Furr photo Plastic Easter egg normally stuffed can dies kiddies can make neat spin ner Photo superb idea Bob Haight Beautiful Fairey Swordfish Bob Haight Las Vegas NV wingspan 45 power comes Snipe 09 diesel lights operative wings fold cowl ex haust collector functions Bob Haight photo Young Allen Peoples holds granddad Perry Petersons Nesmith Cougar Rubber ship Us ing 9-in Peck plastic prop its trophy winner Plan March 1989 Flying Models success lot interest public said Rex Schlegel Alpine Wings Club People asked about planes wanted know what Slope Soaring took lot information cards Two organizations Strat-O-Bats SAM collected about 20 names ad dresses people wanted informa tion merchants mall mall staff happy way show went according Ms Brown wants again big ger Next time would like see clubs models whole mall filled said FF Sport & Scale/Warner Continued page 69 lot reconstruction manufacturing necessary using Wylam scale drawings rather original plans After unsuccessful tempt spin cowl old aluminum pot made fiberglass cowl instead Next came rocker arm blisters cowl Charles first made hardwood form streamlined bump molded female form over plaster paris aluminum tube bonded bottom Using heat gun meant stripping paint used lung power pull heated sheet plastic down cavity took about three dozen tries get 18 blisters needed Silkspan used cover new vertical fin fuselage originally sheeted bed sheet just painted over Two problems still remainfinding affordable engine proper size deciding whether fly Charles has plenty advice against flying leaning toward biting bullet anyway Says Charles does crash will fitting final end saga 42-year-old maiden flies well safely Ill hero can cer tainly empathize philosophy sentimental old-timers Out would like help Charles out extra engine and/or en couragement can write him 41 Circle Dr Windsor Locks CT 06096 Plastics department ol Vegas Vulture Bobby Haight advises stock up Eastertime little plastic eggs youre sup posed stuff candies kids make great spinners evidenced Fiat 055 Centauro Theyre heavy might expect case could always vacuu form over Robert Furr Omaha NB reports Fire cracker built Indoor contest site meat tray foam McDonalds hotcakes boxes flew over 30 seconds right off board Originally us ing 5-in Sig prop Bob has improved times since switching 6-in Peck unit uses 11 x / x A-in balsa motor stick Paul Mellrath Cedar Rapids IA writes J-3 Piper Peanut crafted foam light est hes ever built addition foam uses few reinforcing sticks balsa plastic prop Pou du Ciel uses blue insulat ing foam fuselage empennage yellow meat tray foam main wing neatly bends up its characteristic parabolic dihedral form matter seconds Paul feels versatility durability foam recommend uses Its low cost inmEENE umumuUEE SIG GLOW FUEL MANUFACTURED WITH THE PUREST FINEST QUALITY INGREDIENTS AVAILABLE * Superior Igniters Improve starting idle acceleration Youll notice power bargain fuels * Special Detergents Promote clean burning prevent residue buildup * Rust Inhibitors Protect engines corrosion After run oil needed engines * Film Strength Additives Increase lubricity provide extra lean run protection * Anti-Wear Additives Help keep engines running peak performance longer * 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direct Call LZJ 800-247-5008 toll free orders Latest Catalog $300 SIG MANUFACTURING CO Montezuma IA 50171 January 1990 175 WI Advanced conwosue consirucuon IkjJriuetyudLe rrnile Cieelc Ct San Jose Ca 95125 TeLI4U8129B-U11 Fac4082g8-6538 uniform consistency lightweight material make good medium quickie no pun tended project Balsa department Prior advent plas tics balsa material choice dis criminating modeler legions balsa lovers wood can never supplanted man made material Fred Wilson writing June/July issue Digest National Free Flight Society $15 per year NFFS 6146 E Cactus Wren Rd Scottsdale AZ 85253 sug gests picking up 1989 Sig Catalog #51 good way learning about balsa cat alog contains tables wood sizes balsa spruce dowels plywood wonder people know facts hind wonder wood its difficult find prized 3-4-lb/cu-ft C-grain sheet Id like share few bits info gleaned Freds article presentation Sal Mike Taibi gave Flightmasters meeting couple years ago theyve model business years since Sal worked saw room Berkeley Models 1938 balsa tree technically hardwood grows like weed places like Ecuador Peru sometimes reaching 30 ft first year grows wild cant cultivated getting its start shade other trees wood 90% air has excellent strengthto-weight ratio practically no resistance fun gus decay Only about half wood emerges drying kilns usable About 510% used modeling industry Sal says 10000 board feet minimum hes required buy about 50-100 ft us able try save much can band-saw using extra-thin blades moving ex tremely high speed Finally 90% balsa sanded both sides Still lot excellent wood goes dump form sawdust Now know balsa precious Looking end sheet youll see growth ring pattern Sheets grain run ning perpendicular flat surface sheet called A-grain theyre what get saw sheet straight edge log heart A-grain very supple goes around curves well C-grain has growth rings less par allel flat surface wont bend much before cracks grain Frank Zaic used call cracker-grain Highly desirable cause its stiffness naturally its scarcest cut other sheets called B-grain Falling somewhere between A- C-grains common type balsa around growth rings cut across end sheet ap proximately 450 leaving lots leeway ac tual random angle Its good multipurpose cut Perhaps single factor influences modelers choice balsa density Since its man-made product youll find lots sheets soft side hard other Fred takes Triner brand scale purchased office supply house about $10 hobby shop Using piece masking tape hang ing scale mark wood weighs sheets before purchase takes cream crop home candles Candling accomplished taping black con struction paper mask 3-in slot over lamp dark room can easily spot mark lighter areas darker dense areas will also help spot so-called wind checks side-to-side weakness cracks caused tree falling dont want middle spar Sig Catalog can obtained sending $3 Sig Mfg Co 401 So Front St Montezuma IA 50171 Another source helpful information well source Indoor balsa kits Micro-X 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pose stand corrected Well gang until next time keep silverfish out tissue Trexlers Armor-AIled Note new address Bill Warner 1370 Monache Ave Porterville CA 93275 FF Duration/Linstrum Continued page 71 took club meeting Los Angeles fell love know Wakefield fliers wind big Mulvihills will want essential piece field equipment Some stooges important features follow I It made hardwood extra-strong alu minum tubing sheet has two sizes pins holes large small models 2 You can assemble head block four ways can get two widths two heights can changed easily field accommo date different models 3 The fuselage support arm infinitely adjust able elevating nose just want motor stretched out Two pegs 300-lb-test nylon cord will hold up under big gest motor can wind 4 You can put stuff stooge small ply table holes winder see draw ing stuffing stick winding tube fishout wire stooge belongs serious Rubber fliers kit get simply terrific Simpl stooge return mail postpaid send check money order $52 USA California resi dents add sales tax Simplex Simplstooge 143 Richmond St El Segundo CA 90245 NFFS Champs/Murphy Continued page 77 first host Flying Scale events AMA Peanut Scale flown Tuesday Flying odd complex looking Santos Dumonts Jim Miller Day ton OH edged out two comparatively thodox shipsClaude Currys Lacy Carl Loehles Fiketo take first place Don DeLoach mustered enough points Waterman Gosling win Junior/Senior category final three Nostalgia events well represented Mondays Bob Watson Morton Grove IL eapturec 1/2A Gas Dennis Phillips Chappaqua NY won Class B handily gorgeous Civ Boy 61 Dennis model looked too pretty t fly its red silk light blue dope trim Elmer Jordan picked up secont win day Nostalgia Gas Ignitiot event Arden 19-powered Ehlinl Phoenix As getting ready leave fieb early prepare SAM dinner th local Lawrenceville Elks Club Jim Haugh asked help him launch A2 Nordi4 Glider what thought would 20 second test hop Forty-five minutes later thi high-thermaling model finally 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