JETS too popular Free Flight Scale crowd Most us grew up idea real airplanes have round engines two wings drag tails ground Somehow hiss jet never stirred blood like snarl Wright Cyclone chances getting ride local airport about par getting date Betty Grable Jets look funny propellers em Still ducted fan free-flights have flown before Some successful ones Berkeley Skyray number other ducted prop rather multi-bladed fan models fellow named Richter used frequent Sepulveda Basin Los Angeles sixties Walt Mooney good-flying Tee Dee 010-powered Vigilante sucked air through top fuselage ducted out rear Jon Hoshizaki now robot designer made successful ducted prop rubber-powered Mig 15 peanut some 25 years ago same years Jetex popular Harold Osbornes huge Jetex Scorpion 600powered Opel Hatry taking off rail Flightmasters meet picture Jetex engines could buried inside fuselages efflux carried out via thin aluminum augmenter tube Still some guys could never get Jetex engines light off others lit models accident Most ducted prop models access problems came powerplant past few years number daring modelers like Dick Baxter Ferrell Papic Dave Aronstein Vance Gilbert have putting propellers jets flying rubber power Papics clear plastic prop blades invisible air whole prop block unit can quickly switched dummy intake exhaust static iudging showing off Dave Dielss new kit offerings modeler desire try something different include prop-up-front rubberpowered North American F-86 F-100 Jets have good decals quality tissue molded canopies printwood seems bit heavy side competitive flying model guys use own hand-selected wood anyway 82 Model Aviation Sport & Scale Bill Warner 1370 Monache Ave Porterville CA 93257 Ferrell Papics Stealth Peanut jet prop Nick DeCarlis demonstrates good length Indoor rubber motors give long run lighter model can get away Photo Dave Linstrum Len snerman MapIe Valley WA made 1132 sheet monocoque balsa fuselages over forms rubber P-38H Won 1991 Northwest FF Champs Scale event termanys Benno Sabel found way get wing area Fike Peanut Class Astra tandem L Rear peg location through cockpit area Photo Lubomir Koutny Cant identify bipe R Thats because Patrick Tritle Albuqurque NM lust designed 22in-span model weighs 45 grams has done over five minutes Would make neat homebuilt what Patrick Tritle photo Very thin brass rigging fittings practical neat way add class models Flying T Models has set photoetched fittings $5 Jet fan suggest sending large SASE Daves Kit Plan List Diels Engineering PO Box 101 Wood ville OH 43469 above kits $20 plus $3 postage first dollar extra kit plans sold separately Dave sponsoring event type model Flying Aces NATS coming up summer Geneseo NY might ask him about write list Amp Apology December column mistakenly labelled Arup model having made Ken Sykora wasnt Frank Faracos knowledge neither Kens nor Franks model has lost thermal yet may get later Light metal rigging points Peanuts Rigging points shown drawing accompanying article can greatly simplify adding rigging next multiplane model can made drink-can aluminum have lot patience can buy ones thin photo-etched brass peel-off adhesive black rubber backing fittings add lot class very little weight small models Roger Teagarden gets five bucks 48piece set may agree well worth after tiying make own also has interesting obscure model plans three-views special oil 300W April 1992 83 7 4 John Laycock San Diego CA made working oleo struts Fieseler Storch squashing drinking straws vise adding shaped balsa slider spring top Soft landings scale points Clear plastic drink cup propeller front Ferrell Papics semi-scale Boeing 747 invisible flight Looks great air / 7/ 1 e . 0 .0 00 0 Czechoslovakianmacnineo tnese working LU2 engines i ne ryer displaces 6 cu mm smaller 3 Otto Kuhni Collection Continued page 133 Artist Dick Allen asks inspiration Gee Bees paint job came Division points may appropriate location may appropriate another however weather can influence points attainable given day competition making division based absolute performance less absolute terms actual results achieved Relative performance RC Pattern specifies advancement based contestants placing number other modelers event Variances such weather official judgement local competitive attitudes abilities eliminated contestants category established area may valid another formal method advancement implies method keeping records RC Pattern AMA establishes method provides forms no central record maintainedindividuals responsible own record keeping Carrier formal division classes could maintained Navy Carrier Society NCS would possible NCS publish periodic listing classes its members Contest results reported NCS could used update class rosters Non-members would probably compete Open/Expert category Such system seems too restrictive doesnt allow local preferences deviating nationally established procedures also requires dedicated volunteer maintain system Such volunteer gets little opportunity enjoy hobby supports topic being discussed Navy Carrier Society read youd like participate process sure NCS membership up date Navy Carrier Society Navy Carrier Society special interest group recognized AMA CL Navy Carrier NCS provides forum sharing information about Carrier flying competition NCS establishes listing top performers class throughout year recommends rules supplementary events classifications such Sportsman Carrier encourage standardization throughout country NCS responsible providing officials CL Navy Carrier National Aeromodeling Championships addition sponsors unofficial Carrier events such Sportsman Carrier Nationals NCS holds its national meeting AMA Nationals year recognizes outstanding CL Navy Carrier competitor Nationals Eugene Ely Award Society also presents Rookie Year Award first-time Nationals entrant exhibits outstanding competitive spirit sportsmanship cooperation during Nationals NCS newsletter Hi-Low Landing has just come under very capable editorial supervision Michael Pugh Mike publishing Hi-Low Landing new format 1992 first issue indication will making already good publication better Joining NCS easy Annual dues $1000 should sent Bill Bischoff 7550 Christie Lane Dallas Texas 75249 Dont miss out action 1992 port & Scale/Warner Continued page 83 CO2 engines frisket decal paper colored nitrate dope other etched metal parts latest catalog available $200 Flying T Model Co 2862 Avenal St Los Angeles CA 90039 Tel 213/662-9323 Rubber lube nineties know important keep air sunlight dirt away rubber motors However great deal disagreement what constitutes good rubber lube old-fashioned castor-oil rubdown mixture boiled glycerin green soap giving way modern preparations Bobby Haight uses product called Son Gun STP readily available auto parts stores seems provide decent lubrication mess older goo hear tends dry out requires re-application regular intervals Harder find according Dave Smith Phoenix-based Cactus Squadron best lube galaxy Dow Cornings Continued page 134 April 1992 133 JEKYLL Wing Span 66Weigfht 80-85 Lbs Wing Area 770Engine 60 Avanti Conquest VI Conquest 120 Cursor Desire EU-lA Eclipse Fresh Aire Krier Kraft Jekyll 60 R/C City ll 120 LA-i Phoenix 8 Phoenix 8/45 Punch Skybolt Summit Ill Sundowner Worlds Finest Fiberglass Products Typhoon 96 Railroad Ave #F Vortex Suisun Ca 94585 707-428-3119 FAX 707-421-2336 MASTERCARD/VISA ACCEPTED DESIRE Wing Span 66Weigfht 85-90 Lbs Wing Area 920Engine 120 CONQUEST VI Wing Span 66Weigfht 8085 Lbs Wing Area 840Engine 60 TYPHOON Wing Span 73 Weigf hi 85-95 Lbs Wing Area 1000/900 Engine 120 FF Sport & Scale/Warner Continued page 133 No33 hi-temperature silicone bearing grease never dries flies off Just dont get hands try tie knot rubber takes little says Dave suggests lubing motor baggie Especially good FAI tan rubber Bamboo blues Ever try get decent bamboo glossy side out helpful applications modeling local hobby shop days probably stocks right next Indoor balsa Right made excursion over vacant lot grows wild near whacked off mature stalk could find After stripping required sizes best could still faced problem kiln-drying Luckily wife gone microwaved it. god-awful smell can imagine Also kept popping steam forming pockets under shiny skin despite efforts using low setting giving rests advice have wild bamboo growing near go harvest some before need put dry place age bother sharing failures Robert Goddard fathers modem rocketry never referred setbacks failures rather collecting another bit negative information Wilbur Orville says tee shirt Curtiss Museum Hammondsport NY Although practically no agrees first fly historians agree Wright Brothers 1903 flights just rung up ladder stars Plenty people flew manned kites gliders balloons dirigibles well unmanned model aeroplanes long before Wrights though Americans learned grade school airplane invented 1903 Wil Orv that aviation started may know Sir George Cayley flew glider positive incidence wing cruciform tail 99 years before Kitty Hawk rest modeling history filled illustrious names like Hargreaves Penaud its contribution full-scale aviation bit fuzzy Well interested Bill Hannans new book Stick Tissue gives fascinating well-researched look history rubber-powered models contribution full-sized aviation Also included plans eight models half scale easy build size photocopy enlarging chapter late Bob Peck Peck Polymers deals getting models fly Price book $995 plus $200 postage plus sales tax live California Get Hannans Runway Box 210 Magalia CA 95954 am pleased annouce second volume Hey Kid Ya Wanna Build Model Airplane hot off presses can also ordered Hannans Runway other good bookstore $795 subtitled Building Sky Bunny 134 Model Aviation bKYUL Wing Span T/77 B/66Weigfht 20-25 Lbs Wing Area 1625Engine QUADRA 9OFYTPLZDAIPCPAT LOTS Sccie afting aid Scming Services 3 Views D-TECH sysTuis R2 Dcx 19114 CatdogCartervitle 62918 FOAl 6189852383 UNIVERSAL RADIO CONNECTOR CEU Connector 4 pIn 3 wire female radio connector will mate Airtronlcs 1 aba Jg Hitec JR World Eng servos airborne battery packs Wires soldered CEU Connector No splicing necessary Ideal Battery Chargers Servo Drivers ? $250 em OR $300 em 8 wires attached Add $050 shipping per ordei Call rem add males tax Send check money order Visa & Mastercard ok $1500 mm CUSTOM ELECTRONICS P0 Box 1332 Alta Loma CA 91701 714 980-4244 Servo Drivers d Chargers U Servo End Adjust Unit ndant Rmdlo System B ARE OFFERING COMPLETELY BUILT UP WORI WAR II PLANES STARTING AT $1 50 TOM PUTT K AS SHOWN KrTS OFFERED ARE P11 MUSTANG AND GERMAN FW-i90 Iwing span 55/ 3546 engines ALL YOU DO IS INSTALL RADIO SERVOS ENGINE AND COVERING IZMEtALLI KITS SUPPLIED BY WING MIG PLEASE WRITE OR CALL MASTER BUILDERS JOHN CLEMENTE 629 FRANCIS STREET PEIHAM NY 10803 914 738-4408 intermediate guide third volume Flying Aces Moth Lacey M- 10 should appear March sooner Published TAB/McGraw Hill topic beginners books Don Ross author popular RubberPowered Model Airplanes informs book now its second printing has closet full just waiting order $1295 can get Hannans Runway Peck Polymers order direct Don 38 Churchill Rd Creskill NJ 07626 Sleek Streekers beware familiar approach beginning modeling know North Pacific Sleek Streek model usually start kids Well watch out quality control model has really hit new low wood may heavy warped white plastic front end will likely break first impact top off last weekend Tony Naccarato called attention free-wheeling ramp front prop actually molded backwards Yes can re-cut right direction replace lousy wood make new front end using piece aluminum tube glued thread-bound Onto spacer block should have $159 get crummy suggest write em raise devil North Pacific Products Inc Chicago IL 60609 want save buck having em made Korea thats affair lack quality control resulting selling unworkable beginners models unforgivable dont work make life easier beginners pretty soon kids will get idea have have hundred bucks worth RC gear get started modeling Vacu-forming Mattel unit modelers still possess handy-dandy Mattel toy vacu-form unit several years back either cant get plastic sheets cant get suck down like used use heat-forming clear plastic sheet think its butyrate plastic Sig cut old sheet size just squeeze two halves frame together until teeth punch through think Bill Watson introduced Works great Regarding vacuum Bobby Haight has removed old pump taped vacuumcleaner hose once gives power constant pull-down rather old up-and-down Keep eye out Mattel units garage sales theyre still worth weight Cottage Wings source guide now lists over hundred places someone getting started Free Flight Scale can find materials information plans newsletters etc Ill send updated list No 10 SASE buck cover printing address beginning column Feel free reproduce pass along Well Gang until next time keep guinea pig out balsa supply help junior modeler find some time start work dream model Remember journey thousand miles starts 2-hr delay airport /Bookbinder Continued page 56 completely bonkers land-bound neighbor still trying navigate way out driveway down expressway can winging along almost anywhere Mach-2 above 50000 feet rarely weather traffic range 5000 miles can irritate half worlds population sonic booms just few hours What could fun levity aside serious projecta joint venture between Gulfstream Aerospace builds Gulfstream IV transatlantic business jet Sukhoi Soviet manufacturer supersonic fighter bombers great aerobatic airplanes idea two such radically different firms working together test future Soviet industry ability work Soviet manufacturers can modernize facilities such way make possible build airplanes can sold reasonable price still return some profit perhaps beleaguered Continued page 136 April 1992 135
Edition: Model Aviation - 1992/04
Page Numbers: 82, 83, 133, 134, 135
JETS too popular Free Flight Scale crowd Most us grew up idea real airplanes have round engines two wings drag tails ground Somehow hiss jet never stirred blood like snarl Wright Cyclone chances getting ride local airport about par getting date Betty Grable Jets look funny propellers em Still ducted fan free-flights have flown before Some successful ones Berkeley Skyray number other ducted prop rather multi-bladed fan models fellow named Richter used frequent Sepulveda Basin Los Angeles sixties Walt Mooney good-flying Tee Dee 010-powered Vigilante sucked air through top fuselage ducted out rear Jon Hoshizaki now robot designer made successful ducted prop rubber-powered Mig 15 peanut some 25 years ago same years Jetex popular Harold Osbornes huge Jetex Scorpion 600powered Opel Hatry taking off rail Flightmasters meet picture Jetex engines could buried inside fuselages efflux carried out via thin aluminum augmenter tube Still some guys could never get Jetex engines light off others lit models accident Most ducted prop models access problems came powerplant past few years number daring modelers like Dick Baxter Ferrell Papic Dave Aronstein Vance Gilbert have putting propellers jets flying rubber power Papics clear plastic prop blades invisible air whole prop block unit can quickly switched dummy intake exhaust static iudging showing off Dave Dielss new kit offerings modeler desire try something different include prop-up-front rubberpowered North American F-86 F-100 Jets have good decals quality tissue molded canopies printwood seems bit heavy side competitive flying model guys use own hand-selected wood anyway 82 Model Aviation Sport & Scale Bill Warner 1370 Monache Ave Porterville CA 93257 Ferrell Papics Stealth Peanut jet prop Nick DeCarlis demonstrates good length Indoor rubber motors give long run lighter model can get away Photo Dave Linstrum Len snerman MapIe Valley WA made 1132 sheet monocoque balsa fuselages over forms rubber P-38H Won 1991 Northwest FF Champs Scale event termanys Benno Sabel found way get wing area Fike Peanut Class Astra tandem L Rear peg location through cockpit area Photo Lubomir Koutny Cant identify bipe R Thats because Patrick Tritle Albuqurque NM lust designed 22in-span model weighs 45 grams has done over five minutes Would make neat homebuilt what Patrick Tritle photo Very thin brass rigging fittings practical neat way add class models Flying T Models has set photoetched fittings $5 Jet fan suggest sending large SASE Daves Kit Plan List Diels Engineering PO Box 101 Wood ville OH 43469 above kits $20 plus $3 postage first dollar extra kit plans sold separately Dave sponsoring event type model Flying Aces NATS coming up summer Geneseo NY might ask him about write list Amp Apology December column mistakenly labelled Arup model having made Ken Sykora wasnt Frank Faracos knowledge neither Kens nor Franks model has lost thermal yet may get later Light metal rigging points Peanuts Rigging points shown drawing accompanying article can greatly simplify adding rigging next multiplane model can made drink-can aluminum have lot patience can buy ones thin photo-etched brass peel-off adhesive black rubber backing fittings add lot class very little weight small models Roger Teagarden gets five bucks 48piece set may agree well worth after tiying make own also has interesting obscure model plans three-views special oil 300W April 1992 83 7 4 John Laycock San Diego CA made working oleo struts Fieseler Storch squashing drinking straws vise adding shaped balsa slider spring top Soft landings scale points Clear plastic drink cup propeller front Ferrell Papics semi-scale Boeing 747 invisible flight Looks great air / 7/ 1 e . 0 .0 00 0 Czechoslovakianmacnineo tnese working LU2 engines i ne ryer displaces 6 cu mm smaller 3 Otto Kuhni Collection Continued page 133 Artist Dick Allen asks inspiration Gee Bees paint job came Division points may appropriate location may appropriate another however weather can influence points attainable given day competition making division based absolute performance less absolute terms actual results achieved Relative performance RC Pattern specifies advancement based contestants placing number other modelers event Variances such weather official judgement local competitive attitudes abilities eliminated contestants category established area may valid another formal method advancement implies method keeping records RC Pattern AMA establishes method provides forms no central record maintainedindividuals responsible own record keeping Carrier formal division classes could maintained Navy Carrier Society NCS would possible NCS publish periodic listing classes its members Contest results reported NCS could used update class rosters Non-members would probably compete Open/Expert category Such system seems too restrictive doesnt allow local preferences deviating nationally established procedures also requires dedicated volunteer maintain system Such volunteer gets little opportunity enjoy hobby supports topic being discussed Navy Carrier Society read youd like participate process sure NCS membership up date Navy Carrier Society Navy Carrier Society special interest group recognized AMA CL Navy Carrier NCS provides forum sharing information about Carrier flying competition NCS establishes listing top performers class throughout year recommends rules supplementary events classifications such Sportsman Carrier encourage standardization throughout country NCS responsible providing officials CL Navy Carrier National Aeromodeling Championships addition sponsors unofficial Carrier events such Sportsman Carrier Nationals NCS holds its national meeting AMA Nationals year recognizes outstanding CL Navy Carrier competitor Nationals Eugene Ely Award Society also presents Rookie Year Award first-time Nationals entrant exhibits outstanding competitive spirit sportsmanship cooperation during Nationals NCS newsletter Hi-Low Landing has just come under very capable editorial supervision Michael Pugh Mike publishing Hi-Low Landing new format 1992 first issue indication will making already good publication better Joining NCS easy Annual dues $1000 should sent Bill Bischoff 7550 Christie Lane Dallas Texas 75249 Dont miss out action 1992 port & Scale/Warner Continued page 83 CO2 engines frisket decal paper colored nitrate dope other etched metal parts latest catalog available $200 Flying T Model Co 2862 Avenal St Los Angeles CA 90039 Tel 213/662-9323 Rubber lube nineties know important keep air sunlight dirt away rubber motors However great deal disagreement what constitutes good rubber lube old-fashioned castor-oil rubdown mixture boiled glycerin green soap giving way modern preparations Bobby Haight uses product called Son Gun STP readily available auto parts stores seems provide decent lubrication mess older goo hear tends dry out requires re-application regular intervals Harder find according Dave Smith Phoenix-based Cactus Squadron best lube galaxy Dow Cornings Continued page 134 April 1992 133 JEKYLL Wing Span 66Weigfht 80-85 Lbs Wing Area 770Engine 60 Avanti Conquest VI Conquest 120 Cursor Desire EU-lA Eclipse Fresh Aire Krier Kraft Jekyll 60 R/C City ll 120 LA-i Phoenix 8 Phoenix 8/45 Punch Skybolt Summit Ill Sundowner Worlds Finest Fiberglass Products Typhoon 96 Railroad Ave #F Vortex Suisun Ca 94585 707-428-3119 FAX 707-421-2336 MASTERCARD/VISA ACCEPTED DESIRE Wing Span 66Weigfht 85-90 Lbs Wing Area 920Engine 120 CONQUEST VI Wing Span 66Weigfht 8085 Lbs Wing Area 840Engine 60 TYPHOON Wing Span 73 Weigf hi 85-95 Lbs Wing Area 1000/900 Engine 120 FF Sport & Scale/Warner Continued page 133 No33 hi-temperature silicone bearing grease never dries flies off Just dont get hands try tie knot rubber takes little says Dave suggests lubing motor baggie Especially good FAI tan rubber Bamboo blues Ever try get decent bamboo glossy side out helpful applications modeling local hobby shop days probably stocks right next Indoor balsa Right made excursion over vacant lot grows wild near whacked off mature stalk could find After stripping required sizes best could still faced problem kiln-drying Luckily wife gone microwaved it. god-awful smell can imagine Also kept popping steam forming pockets under shiny skin despite efforts using low setting giving rests advice have wild bamboo growing near go harvest some before need put dry place age bother sharing failures Robert Goddard fathers modem rocketry never referred setbacks failures rather collecting another bit negative information Wilbur Orville says tee shirt Curtiss Museum Hammondsport NY Although practically no agrees first fly historians agree Wright Brothers 1903 flights just rung up ladder stars Plenty people flew manned kites gliders balloons dirigibles well unmanned model aeroplanes long before Wrights though Americans learned grade school airplane invented 1903 Wil Orv that aviation started may know Sir George Cayley flew glider positive incidence wing cruciform tail 99 years before Kitty Hawk rest modeling history filled illustrious names like Hargreaves Penaud its contribution full-scale aviation bit fuzzy Well interested Bill Hannans new book Stick Tissue gives fascinating well-researched look history rubber-powered models contribution full-sized aviation Also included plans eight models half scale easy build size photocopy enlarging chapter late Bob Peck Peck Polymers deals getting models fly Price book $995 plus $200 postage plus sales tax live California Get Hannans Runway Box 210 Magalia CA 95954 am pleased annouce second volume Hey Kid Ya Wanna Build Model Airplane hot off presses can also ordered Hannans Runway other good bookstore $795 subtitled Building Sky Bunny 134 Model Aviation bKYUL Wing Span T/77 B/66Weigfht 20-25 Lbs Wing Area 1625Engine QUADRA 9OFYTPLZDAIPCPAT LOTS Sccie afting aid Scming Services 3 Views D-TECH sysTuis R2 Dcx 19114 CatdogCartervitle 62918 FOAl 6189852383 UNIVERSAL RADIO CONNECTOR CEU Connector 4 pIn 3 wire female radio connector will mate Airtronlcs 1 aba Jg Hitec JR World Eng servos airborne battery packs Wires soldered CEU Connector No splicing necessary Ideal Battery Chargers Servo Drivers ? $250 em OR $300 em 8 wires attached Add $050 shipping per ordei Call rem add males tax Send check money order Visa & Mastercard ok $1500 mm CUSTOM ELECTRONICS P0 Box 1332 Alta Loma CA 91701 714 980-4244 Servo Drivers d Chargers U Servo End Adjust Unit ndant Rmdlo System B ARE OFFERING COMPLETELY BUILT UP WORI WAR II PLANES STARTING AT $1 50 TOM PUTT K AS SHOWN KrTS OFFERED ARE P11 MUSTANG AND GERMAN FW-i90 Iwing span 55/ 3546 engines ALL YOU DO IS INSTALL RADIO SERVOS ENGINE AND COVERING IZMEtALLI KITS SUPPLIED BY WING MIG PLEASE WRITE OR CALL MASTER BUILDERS JOHN CLEMENTE 629 FRANCIS STREET PEIHAM NY 10803 914 738-4408 intermediate guide third volume Flying Aces Moth Lacey M- 10 should appear March sooner Published TAB/McGraw Hill topic beginners books Don Ross author popular RubberPowered Model Airplanes informs book now its second printing has closet full just waiting order $1295 can get Hannans Runway Peck Polymers order direct Don 38 Churchill Rd Creskill NJ 07626 Sleek Streekers beware familiar approach beginning modeling know North Pacific Sleek Streek model usually start kids Well watch out quality control model has really hit new low wood may heavy warped white plastic front end will likely break first impact top off last weekend Tony Naccarato called attention free-wheeling ramp front prop actually molded backwards Yes can re-cut right direction replace lousy wood make new front end using piece aluminum tube glued thread-bound Onto spacer block should have $159 get crummy suggest write em raise devil North Pacific Products Inc Chicago IL 60609 want save buck having em made Korea thats affair lack quality control resulting selling unworkable beginners models unforgivable dont work make life easier beginners pretty soon kids will get idea have have hundred bucks worth RC gear get started modeling Vacu-forming Mattel unit modelers still possess handy-dandy Mattel toy vacu-form unit several years back either cant get plastic sheets cant get suck down like used use heat-forming clear plastic sheet think its butyrate plastic Sig cut old sheet size just squeeze two halves frame together until teeth punch through think Bill Watson introduced Works great Regarding vacuum Bobby Haight has removed old pump taped vacuumcleaner hose once gives power constant pull-down rather old up-and-down Keep eye out Mattel units garage sales theyre still worth weight Cottage Wings source guide now lists over hundred places someone getting started Free Flight Scale can find materials information plans newsletters etc Ill send updated list No 10 SASE buck cover printing address beginning column Feel free reproduce pass along Well Gang until next time keep guinea pig out balsa supply help junior modeler find some time start work dream model Remember journey thousand miles starts 2-hr delay airport /Bookbinder Continued page 56 completely bonkers land-bound neighbor still trying navigate way out driveway down expressway can winging along almost anywhere Mach-2 above 50000 feet rarely weather traffic range 5000 miles can irritate half worlds population sonic booms just few hours What could fun levity aside serious projecta joint venture between Gulfstream Aerospace builds Gulfstream IV transatlantic business jet Sukhoi Soviet manufacturer supersonic fighter bombers great aerobatic airplanes idea two such radically different firms working together test future Soviet industry ability work Soviet manufacturers can modernize facilities such way make possible build airplanes can sold reasonable price still return some profit perhaps beleaguered Continued page 136 April 1992 135
Edition: Model Aviation - 1992/04
Page Numbers: 82, 83, 133, 134, 135
JETS too popular Free Flight Scale crowd Most us grew up idea real airplanes have round engines two wings drag tails ground Somehow hiss jet never stirred blood like snarl Wright Cyclone chances getting ride local airport about par getting date Betty Grable Jets look funny propellers em Still ducted fan free-flights have flown before Some successful ones Berkeley Skyray number other ducted prop rather multi-bladed fan models fellow named Richter used frequent Sepulveda Basin Los Angeles sixties Walt Mooney good-flying Tee Dee 010-powered Vigilante sucked air through top fuselage ducted out rear Jon Hoshizaki now robot designer made successful ducted prop rubber-powered Mig 15 peanut some 25 years ago same years Jetex popular Harold Osbornes huge Jetex Scorpion 600powered Opel Hatry taking off rail Flightmasters meet picture Jetex engines could buried inside fuselages efflux carried out via thin aluminum augmenter tube Still some guys could never get Jetex engines light off others lit models accident Most ducted prop models access problems came powerplant past few years number daring modelers like Dick Baxter Ferrell Papic Dave Aronstein Vance Gilbert have putting propellers jets flying rubber power Papics clear plastic prop blades invisible air whole prop block unit can quickly switched dummy intake exhaust static iudging showing off Dave Dielss new kit offerings modeler desire try something different include prop-up-front rubberpowered North American F-86 F-100 Jets have good decals quality tissue molded canopies printwood seems bit heavy side competitive flying model guys use own hand-selected wood anyway 82 Model Aviation Sport & Scale Bill Warner 1370 Monache Ave Porterville CA 93257 Ferrell Papics Stealth Peanut jet prop Nick DeCarlis demonstrates good length Indoor rubber motors give long run lighter model can get away Photo Dave Linstrum Len snerman MapIe Valley WA made 1132 sheet monocoque balsa fuselages over forms rubber P-38H Won 1991 Northwest FF Champs Scale event termanys Benno Sabel found way get wing area Fike Peanut Class Astra tandem L Rear peg location through cockpit area Photo Lubomir Koutny Cant identify bipe R Thats because Patrick Tritle Albuqurque NM lust designed 22in-span model weighs 45 grams has done over five minutes Would make neat homebuilt what Patrick Tritle photo Very thin brass rigging fittings practical neat way add class models Flying T Models has set photoetched fittings $5 Jet fan suggest sending large SASE Daves Kit Plan List Diels Engineering PO Box 101 Wood ville OH 43469 above kits $20 plus $3 postage first dollar extra kit plans sold separately Dave sponsoring event type model Flying Aces NATS coming up summer Geneseo NY might ask him about write list Amp Apology December column mistakenly labelled Arup model having made Ken Sykora wasnt Frank Faracos knowledge neither Kens nor Franks model has lost thermal yet may get later Light metal rigging points Peanuts Rigging points shown drawing accompanying article can greatly simplify adding rigging next multiplane model can made drink-can aluminum have lot patience can buy ones thin photo-etched brass peel-off adhesive black rubber backing fittings add lot class very little weight small models Roger Teagarden gets five bucks 48piece set may agree well worth after tiying make own also has interesting obscure model plans three-views special oil 300W April 1992 83 7 4 John Laycock San Diego CA made working oleo struts Fieseler Storch squashing drinking straws vise adding shaped balsa slider spring top Soft landings scale points Clear plastic drink cup propeller front Ferrell Papics semi-scale Boeing 747 invisible flight Looks great air / 7/ 1 e . 0 .0 00 0 Czechoslovakianmacnineo tnese working LU2 engines i ne ryer displaces 6 cu mm smaller 3 Otto Kuhni Collection Continued page 133 Artist Dick Allen asks inspiration Gee Bees paint job came Division points may appropriate location may appropriate another however weather can influence points attainable given day competition making division based absolute performance less absolute terms actual results achieved Relative performance RC Pattern specifies advancement based contestants placing number other modelers event Variances such weather official judgement local competitive attitudes abilities eliminated contestants category established area may valid another formal method advancement implies method keeping records RC Pattern AMA establishes method provides forms no central record maintainedindividuals responsible own record keeping Carrier formal division classes could maintained Navy Carrier Society NCS would possible NCS publish periodic listing classes its members Contest results reported NCS could used update class rosters Non-members would probably compete Open/Expert category Such system seems too restrictive doesnt allow local preferences deviating nationally established procedures also requires dedicated volunteer maintain system Such volunteer gets little opportunity enjoy hobby supports topic being discussed Navy Carrier Society read youd like participate process sure NCS membership up date Navy Carrier Society Navy Carrier Society special interest group recognized AMA CL Navy Carrier NCS provides forum sharing information about Carrier flying competition NCS establishes listing top performers class throughout year recommends rules supplementary events classifications such Sportsman Carrier encourage standardization throughout country NCS responsible providing officials CL Navy Carrier National Aeromodeling Championships addition sponsors unofficial Carrier events such Sportsman Carrier Nationals NCS holds its national meeting AMA Nationals year recognizes outstanding CL Navy Carrier competitor Nationals Eugene Ely Award Society also presents Rookie Year Award first-time Nationals entrant exhibits outstanding competitive spirit sportsmanship cooperation during Nationals NCS newsletter Hi-Low Landing has just come under very capable editorial supervision Michael Pugh Mike publishing Hi-Low Landing new format 1992 first issue indication will making already good publication better Joining NCS easy Annual dues $1000 should sent Bill Bischoff 7550 Christie Lane Dallas Texas 75249 Dont miss out action 1992 port & Scale/Warner Continued page 83 CO2 engines frisket decal paper colored nitrate dope other etched metal parts latest catalog available $200 Flying T Model Co 2862 Avenal St Los Angeles CA 90039 Tel 213/662-9323 Rubber lube nineties know important keep air sunlight dirt away rubber motors However great deal disagreement what constitutes good rubber lube old-fashioned castor-oil rubdown mixture boiled glycerin green soap giving way modern preparations Bobby Haight uses product called Son Gun STP readily available auto parts stores seems provide decent lubrication mess older goo hear tends dry out requires re-application regular intervals Harder find according Dave Smith Phoenix-based Cactus Squadron best lube galaxy Dow Cornings Continued page 134 April 1992 133 JEKYLL Wing Span 66Weigfht 80-85 Lbs Wing Area 770Engine 60 Avanti Conquest VI Conquest 120 Cursor Desire EU-lA Eclipse Fresh Aire Krier Kraft Jekyll 60 R/C City ll 120 LA-i Phoenix 8 Phoenix 8/45 Punch Skybolt Summit Ill Sundowner Worlds Finest Fiberglass Products Typhoon 96 Railroad Ave #F Vortex Suisun Ca 94585 707-428-3119 FAX 707-421-2336 MASTERCARD/VISA ACCEPTED DESIRE Wing Span 66Weigfht 85-90 Lbs Wing Area 920Engine 120 CONQUEST VI Wing Span 66Weigfht 8085 Lbs Wing Area 840Engine 60 TYPHOON Wing Span 73 Weigf hi 85-95 Lbs Wing Area 1000/900 Engine 120 FF Sport & Scale/Warner Continued page 133 No33 hi-temperature silicone bearing grease never dries flies off Just dont get hands try tie knot rubber takes little says Dave suggests lubing motor baggie Especially good FAI tan rubber Bamboo blues Ever try get decent bamboo glossy side out helpful applications modeling local hobby shop days probably stocks right next Indoor balsa Right made excursion over vacant lot grows wild near whacked off mature stalk could find After stripping required sizes best could still faced problem kiln-drying Luckily wife gone microwaved it. god-awful smell can imagine Also kept popping steam forming pockets under shiny skin despite efforts using low setting giving rests advice have wild bamboo growing near go harvest some before need put dry place age bother sharing failures Robert Goddard fathers modem rocketry never referred setbacks failures rather collecting another bit negative information Wilbur Orville says tee shirt Curtiss Museum Hammondsport NY Although practically no agrees first fly historians agree Wright Brothers 1903 flights just rung up ladder stars Plenty people flew manned kites gliders balloons dirigibles well unmanned model aeroplanes long before Wrights though Americans learned grade school airplane invented 1903 Wil Orv that aviation started may know Sir George Cayley flew glider positive incidence wing cruciform tail 99 years before Kitty Hawk rest modeling history filled illustrious names like Hargreaves Penaud its contribution full-scale aviation bit fuzzy Well interested Bill Hannans new book Stick Tissue gives fascinating well-researched look history rubber-powered models contribution full-sized aviation Also included plans eight models half scale easy build size photocopy enlarging chapter late Bob Peck Peck Polymers deals getting models fly Price book $995 plus $200 postage plus sales tax live California Get Hannans Runway Box 210 Magalia CA 95954 am pleased annouce second volume Hey Kid Ya Wanna Build Model Airplane hot off presses can also ordered Hannans Runway other good bookstore $795 subtitled Building Sky Bunny 134 Model Aviation bKYUL Wing Span T/77 B/66Weigfht 20-25 Lbs Wing Area 1625Engine QUADRA 9OFYTPLZDAIPCPAT LOTS Sccie afting aid Scming Services 3 Views D-TECH sysTuis R2 Dcx 19114 CatdogCartervitle 62918 FOAl 6189852383 UNIVERSAL RADIO CONNECTOR CEU Connector 4 pIn 3 wire female radio connector will mate Airtronlcs 1 aba Jg Hitec JR World Eng servos airborne battery packs Wires soldered CEU Connector No splicing necessary Ideal Battery Chargers Servo Drivers ? $250 em OR $300 em 8 wires attached Add $050 shipping per ordei Call rem add males tax Send check money order Visa & Mastercard ok $1500 mm CUSTOM ELECTRONICS P0 Box 1332 Alta Loma CA 91701 714 980-4244 Servo Drivers d Chargers U Servo End Adjust Unit ndant Rmdlo System B ARE OFFERING COMPLETELY BUILT UP WORI WAR II PLANES STARTING AT $1 50 TOM PUTT K AS SHOWN KrTS OFFERED ARE P11 MUSTANG AND GERMAN FW-i90 Iwing span 55/ 3546 engines ALL YOU DO IS INSTALL RADIO SERVOS ENGINE AND COVERING IZMEtALLI KITS SUPPLIED BY WING MIG PLEASE WRITE OR CALL MASTER BUILDERS JOHN CLEMENTE 629 FRANCIS STREET PEIHAM NY 10803 914 738-4408 intermediate guide third volume Flying Aces Moth Lacey M- 10 should appear March sooner Published TAB/McGraw Hill topic beginners books Don Ross author popular RubberPowered Model Airplanes informs book now its second printing has closet full just waiting order $1295 can get Hannans Runway Peck Polymers order direct Don 38 Churchill Rd Creskill NJ 07626 Sleek Streekers beware familiar approach beginning modeling know North Pacific Sleek Streek model usually start kids Well watch out quality control model has really hit new low wood may heavy warped white plastic front end will likely break first impact top off last weekend Tony Naccarato called attention free-wheeling ramp front prop actually molded backwards Yes can re-cut right direction replace lousy wood make new front end using piece aluminum tube glued thread-bound Onto spacer block should have $159 get crummy suggest write em raise devil North Pacific Products Inc Chicago IL 60609 want save buck having em made Korea thats affair lack quality control resulting selling unworkable beginners models unforgivable dont work make life easier beginners pretty soon kids will get idea have have hundred bucks worth RC gear get started modeling Vacu-forming Mattel unit modelers still possess handy-dandy Mattel toy vacu-form unit several years back either cant get plastic sheets cant get suck down like used use heat-forming clear plastic sheet think its butyrate plastic Sig cut old sheet size just squeeze two halves frame together until teeth punch through think Bill Watson introduced Works great Regarding vacuum Bobby Haight has removed old pump taped vacuumcleaner hose once gives power constant pull-down rather old up-and-down Keep eye out Mattel units garage sales theyre still worth weight Cottage Wings source guide now lists over hundred places someone getting started Free Flight Scale can find materials information plans newsletters etc Ill send updated list No 10 SASE buck cover printing address beginning column Feel free reproduce pass along Well Gang until next time keep guinea pig out balsa supply help junior modeler find some time start work dream model Remember journey thousand miles starts 2-hr delay airport /Bookbinder Continued page 56 completely bonkers land-bound neighbor still trying navigate way out driveway down expressway can winging along almost anywhere Mach-2 above 50000 feet rarely weather traffic range 5000 miles can irritate half worlds population sonic booms just few hours What could fun levity aside serious projecta joint venture between Gulfstream Aerospace builds Gulfstream IV transatlantic business jet Sukhoi Soviet manufacturer supersonic fighter bombers great aerobatic airplanes idea two such radically different firms working together test future Soviet industry ability work Soviet manufacturers can modernize facilities such way make possible build airplanes can sold reasonable price still return some profit perhaps beleaguered Continued page 136 April 1992 135
Edition: Model Aviation - 1992/04
Page Numbers: 82, 83, 133, 134, 135
JETS too popular Free Flight Scale crowd Most us grew up idea real airplanes have round engines two wings drag tails ground Somehow hiss jet never stirred blood like snarl Wright Cyclone chances getting ride local airport about par getting date Betty Grable Jets look funny propellers em Still ducted fan free-flights have flown before Some successful ones Berkeley Skyray number other ducted prop rather multi-bladed fan models fellow named Richter used frequent Sepulveda Basin Los Angeles sixties Walt Mooney good-flying Tee Dee 010-powered Vigilante sucked air through top fuselage ducted out rear Jon Hoshizaki now robot designer made successful ducted prop rubber-powered Mig 15 peanut some 25 years ago same years Jetex popular Harold Osbornes huge Jetex Scorpion 600powered Opel Hatry taking off rail Flightmasters meet picture Jetex engines could buried inside fuselages efflux carried out via thin aluminum augmenter tube Still some guys could never get Jetex engines light off others lit models accident Most ducted prop models access problems came powerplant past few years number daring modelers like Dick Baxter Ferrell Papic Dave Aronstein Vance Gilbert have putting propellers jets flying rubber power Papics clear plastic prop blades invisible air whole prop block unit can quickly switched dummy intake exhaust static iudging showing off Dave Dielss new kit offerings modeler desire try something different include prop-up-front rubberpowered North American F-86 F-100 Jets have good decals quality tissue molded canopies printwood seems bit heavy side competitive flying model guys use own hand-selected wood anyway 82 Model Aviation Sport & Scale Bill Warner 1370 Monache Ave Porterville CA 93257 Ferrell Papics Stealth Peanut jet prop Nick DeCarlis demonstrates good length Indoor rubber motors give long run lighter model can get away Photo Dave Linstrum Len snerman MapIe Valley WA made 1132 sheet monocoque balsa fuselages over forms rubber P-38H Won 1991 Northwest FF Champs Scale event termanys Benno Sabel found way get wing area Fike Peanut Class Astra tandem L Rear peg location through cockpit area Photo Lubomir Koutny Cant identify bipe R Thats because Patrick Tritle Albuqurque NM lust designed 22in-span model weighs 45 grams has done over five minutes Would make neat homebuilt what Patrick Tritle photo Very thin brass rigging fittings practical neat way add class models Flying T Models has set photoetched fittings $5 Jet fan suggest sending large SASE Daves Kit Plan List Diels Engineering PO Box 101 Wood ville OH 43469 above kits $20 plus $3 postage first dollar extra kit plans sold separately Dave sponsoring event type model Flying Aces NATS coming up summer Geneseo NY might ask him about write list Amp Apology December column mistakenly labelled Arup model having made Ken Sykora wasnt Frank Faracos knowledge neither Kens nor Franks model has lost thermal yet may get later Light metal rigging points Peanuts Rigging points shown drawing accompanying article can greatly simplify adding rigging next multiplane model can made drink-can aluminum have lot patience can buy ones thin photo-etched brass peel-off adhesive black rubber backing fittings add lot class very little weight small models Roger Teagarden gets five bucks 48piece set may agree well worth after tiying make own also has interesting obscure model plans three-views special oil 300W April 1992 83 7 4 John Laycock San Diego CA made working oleo struts Fieseler Storch squashing drinking straws vise adding shaped balsa slider spring top Soft landings scale points Clear plastic drink cup propeller front Ferrell Papics semi-scale Boeing 747 invisible flight Looks great air / 7/ 1 e . 0 .0 00 0 Czechoslovakianmacnineo tnese working LU2 engines i ne ryer displaces 6 cu mm smaller 3 Otto Kuhni Collection Continued page 133 Artist Dick Allen asks inspiration Gee Bees paint job came Division points may appropriate location may appropriate another however weather can influence points attainable given day competition making division based absolute performance less absolute terms actual results achieved Relative performance RC Pattern specifies advancement based contestants placing number other modelers event Variances such weather official judgement local competitive attitudes abilities eliminated contestants category established area may valid another formal method advancement implies method keeping records RC Pattern AMA establishes method provides forms no central record maintainedindividuals responsible own record keeping Carrier formal division classes could maintained Navy Carrier Society NCS would possible NCS publish periodic listing classes its members Contest results reported NCS could used update class rosters Non-members would probably compete Open/Expert category Such system seems too restrictive doesnt allow local preferences deviating nationally established procedures also requires dedicated volunteer maintain system Such volunteer gets little opportunity enjoy hobby supports topic being discussed Navy Carrier Society read youd like participate process sure NCS membership up date Navy Carrier Society Navy Carrier Society special interest group recognized AMA CL Navy Carrier NCS provides forum sharing information about Carrier flying competition NCS establishes listing top performers class throughout year recommends rules supplementary events classifications such Sportsman Carrier encourage standardization throughout country NCS responsible providing officials CL Navy Carrier National Aeromodeling Championships addition sponsors unofficial Carrier events such Sportsman Carrier Nationals NCS holds its national meeting AMA Nationals year recognizes outstanding CL Navy Carrier competitor Nationals Eugene Ely Award Society also presents Rookie Year Award first-time Nationals entrant exhibits outstanding competitive spirit sportsmanship cooperation during Nationals NCS newsletter Hi-Low Landing has just come under very capable editorial supervision Michael Pugh Mike publishing Hi-Low Landing new format 1992 first issue indication will making already good publication better Joining NCS easy Annual dues $1000 should sent Bill Bischoff 7550 Christie Lane Dallas Texas 75249 Dont miss out action 1992 port & Scale/Warner Continued page 83 CO2 engines frisket decal paper colored nitrate dope other etched metal parts latest catalog available $200 Flying T Model Co 2862 Avenal St Los Angeles CA 90039 Tel 213/662-9323 Rubber lube nineties know important keep air sunlight dirt away rubber motors However great deal disagreement what constitutes good rubber lube old-fashioned castor-oil rubdown mixture boiled glycerin green soap giving way modern preparations Bobby Haight uses product called Son Gun STP readily available auto parts stores seems provide decent lubrication mess older goo hear tends dry out requires re-application regular intervals Harder find according Dave Smith Phoenix-based Cactus Squadron best lube galaxy Dow Cornings Continued page 134 April 1992 133 JEKYLL Wing Span 66Weigfht 80-85 Lbs Wing Area 770Engine 60 Avanti Conquest VI Conquest 120 Cursor Desire EU-lA Eclipse Fresh Aire Krier Kraft Jekyll 60 R/C City ll 120 LA-i Phoenix 8 Phoenix 8/45 Punch Skybolt Summit Ill Sundowner Worlds Finest Fiberglass Products Typhoon 96 Railroad Ave #F Vortex Suisun Ca 94585 707-428-3119 FAX 707-421-2336 MASTERCARD/VISA ACCEPTED DESIRE Wing Span 66Weigfht 85-90 Lbs Wing Area 920Engine 120 CONQUEST VI Wing Span 66Weigfht 8085 Lbs Wing Area 840Engine 60 TYPHOON Wing Span 73 Weigf hi 85-95 Lbs Wing Area 1000/900 Engine 120 FF Sport & Scale/Warner Continued page 133 No33 hi-temperature silicone bearing grease never dries flies off Just dont get hands try tie knot rubber takes little says Dave suggests lubing motor baggie Especially good FAI tan rubber Bamboo blues Ever try get decent bamboo glossy side out helpful applications modeling local hobby shop days probably stocks right next Indoor balsa Right made excursion over vacant lot grows wild near whacked off mature stalk could find After stripping required sizes best could still faced problem kiln-drying Luckily wife gone microwaved it. god-awful smell can imagine Also kept popping steam forming pockets under shiny skin despite efforts using low setting giving rests advice have wild bamboo growing near go harvest some before need put dry place age bother sharing failures Robert Goddard fathers modem rocketry never referred setbacks failures rather collecting another bit negative information Wilbur Orville says tee shirt Curtiss Museum Hammondsport NY Although practically no agrees first fly historians agree Wright Brothers 1903 flights just rung up ladder stars Plenty people flew manned kites gliders balloons dirigibles well unmanned model aeroplanes long before Wrights though Americans learned grade school airplane invented 1903 Wil Orv that aviation started may know Sir George Cayley flew glider positive incidence wing cruciform tail 99 years before Kitty Hawk rest modeling history filled illustrious names like Hargreaves Penaud its contribution full-scale aviation bit fuzzy Well interested Bill Hannans new book Stick Tissue gives fascinating well-researched look history rubber-powered models contribution full-sized aviation Also included plans eight models half scale easy build size photocopy enlarging chapter late Bob Peck Peck Polymers deals getting models fly Price book $995 plus $200 postage plus sales tax live California Get Hannans Runway Box 210 Magalia CA 95954 am pleased annouce second volume Hey Kid Ya Wanna Build Model Airplane hot off presses can also ordered Hannans Runway other good bookstore $795 subtitled Building Sky Bunny 134 Model Aviation bKYUL Wing Span T/77 B/66Weigfht 20-25 Lbs Wing Area 1625Engine QUADRA 9OFYTPLZDAIPCPAT LOTS Sccie afting aid Scming Services 3 Views D-TECH sysTuis R2 Dcx 19114 CatdogCartervitle 62918 FOAl 6189852383 UNIVERSAL RADIO CONNECTOR CEU Connector 4 pIn 3 wire female radio connector will mate Airtronlcs 1 aba Jg Hitec JR World Eng servos airborne battery packs Wires soldered CEU Connector No splicing necessary Ideal Battery Chargers Servo Drivers ? $250 em OR $300 em 8 wires attached Add $050 shipping per ordei Call rem add males tax Send check money order Visa & Mastercard ok $1500 mm CUSTOM ELECTRONICS P0 Box 1332 Alta Loma CA 91701 714 980-4244 Servo Drivers d Chargers U Servo End Adjust Unit ndant Rmdlo System B ARE OFFERING COMPLETELY BUILT UP WORI WAR II PLANES STARTING AT $1 50 TOM PUTT K AS SHOWN KrTS OFFERED ARE P11 MUSTANG AND GERMAN FW-i90 Iwing span 55/ 3546 engines ALL YOU DO IS INSTALL RADIO SERVOS ENGINE AND COVERING IZMEtALLI KITS SUPPLIED BY WING MIG PLEASE WRITE OR CALL MASTER BUILDERS JOHN CLEMENTE 629 FRANCIS STREET PEIHAM NY 10803 914 738-4408 intermediate guide third volume Flying Aces Moth Lacey M- 10 should appear March sooner Published TAB/McGraw Hill topic beginners books Don Ross author popular RubberPowered Model Airplanes informs book now its second printing has closet full just waiting order $1295 can get Hannans Runway Peck Polymers order direct Don 38 Churchill Rd Creskill NJ 07626 Sleek Streekers beware familiar approach beginning modeling know North Pacific Sleek Streek model usually start kids Well watch out quality control model has really hit new low wood may heavy warped white plastic front end will likely break first impact top off last weekend Tony Naccarato called attention free-wheeling ramp front prop actually molded backwards Yes can re-cut right direction replace lousy wood make new front end using piece aluminum tube glued thread-bound Onto spacer block should have $159 get crummy suggest write em raise devil North Pacific Products Inc Chicago IL 60609 want save buck having em made Korea thats affair lack quality control resulting selling unworkable beginners models unforgivable dont work make life easier beginners pretty soon kids will get idea have have hundred bucks worth RC gear get started modeling Vacu-forming Mattel unit modelers still possess handy-dandy Mattel toy vacu-form unit several years back either cant get plastic sheets cant get suck down like used use heat-forming clear plastic sheet think its butyrate plastic Sig cut old sheet size just squeeze two halves frame together until teeth punch through think Bill Watson introduced Works great Regarding vacuum Bobby Haight has removed old pump taped vacuumcleaner hose once gives power constant pull-down rather old up-and-down Keep eye out Mattel units garage sales theyre still worth weight Cottage Wings source guide now lists over hundred places someone getting started Free Flight Scale can find materials information plans newsletters etc Ill send updated list No 10 SASE buck cover printing address beginning column Feel free reproduce pass along Well Gang until next time keep guinea pig out balsa supply help junior modeler find some time start work dream model Remember journey thousand miles starts 2-hr delay airport /Bookbinder Continued page 56 completely bonkers land-bound neighbor still trying navigate way out driveway down expressway can winging along almost anywhere Mach-2 above 50000 feet rarely weather traffic range 5000 miles can irritate half worlds population sonic booms just few hours What could fun levity aside serious projecta joint venture between Gulfstream Aerospace builds Gulfstream IV transatlantic business jet Sukhoi Soviet manufacturer supersonic fighter bombers great aerobatic airplanes idea two such radically different firms working together test future Soviet industry ability work Soviet manufacturers can modernize facilities such way make possible build airplanes can sold reasonable price still return some profit perhaps beleaguered Continued page 136 April 1992 135
Edition: Model Aviation - 1992/04
Page Numbers: 82, 83, 133, 134, 135
JETS too popular Free Flight Scale crowd Most us grew up idea real airplanes have round engines two wings drag tails ground Somehow hiss jet never stirred blood like snarl Wright Cyclone chances getting ride local airport about par getting date Betty Grable Jets look funny propellers em Still ducted fan free-flights have flown before Some successful ones Berkeley Skyray number other ducted prop rather multi-bladed fan models fellow named Richter used frequent Sepulveda Basin Los Angeles sixties Walt Mooney good-flying Tee Dee 010-powered Vigilante sucked air through top fuselage ducted out rear Jon Hoshizaki now robot designer made successful ducted prop rubber-powered Mig 15 peanut some 25 years ago same years Jetex popular Harold Osbornes huge Jetex Scorpion 600powered Opel Hatry taking off rail Flightmasters meet picture Jetex engines could buried inside fuselages efflux carried out via thin aluminum augmenter tube Still some guys could never get Jetex engines light off others lit models accident Most ducted prop models access problems came powerplant past few years number daring modelers like Dick Baxter Ferrell Papic Dave Aronstein Vance Gilbert have putting propellers jets flying rubber power Papics clear plastic prop blades invisible air whole prop block unit can quickly switched dummy intake exhaust static iudging showing off Dave Dielss new kit offerings modeler desire try something different include prop-up-front rubberpowered North American F-86 F-100 Jets have good decals quality tissue molded canopies printwood seems bit heavy side competitive flying model guys use own hand-selected wood anyway 82 Model Aviation Sport & Scale Bill Warner 1370 Monache Ave Porterville CA 93257 Ferrell Papics Stealth Peanut jet prop Nick DeCarlis demonstrates good length Indoor rubber motors give long run lighter model can get away Photo Dave Linstrum Len snerman MapIe Valley WA made 1132 sheet monocoque balsa fuselages over forms rubber P-38H Won 1991 Northwest FF Champs Scale event termanys Benno Sabel found way get wing area Fike Peanut Class Astra tandem L Rear peg location through cockpit area Photo Lubomir Koutny Cant identify bipe R Thats because Patrick Tritle Albuqurque NM lust designed 22in-span model weighs 45 grams has done over five minutes Would make neat homebuilt what Patrick Tritle photo Very thin brass rigging fittings practical neat way add class models Flying T Models has set photoetched fittings $5 Jet fan suggest sending large SASE Daves Kit Plan List Diels Engineering PO Box 101 Wood ville OH 43469 above kits $20 plus $3 postage first dollar extra kit plans sold separately Dave sponsoring event type model Flying Aces NATS coming up summer Geneseo NY might ask him about write list Amp Apology December column mistakenly labelled Arup model having made Ken Sykora wasnt Frank Faracos knowledge neither Kens nor Franks model has lost thermal yet may get later Light metal rigging points Peanuts Rigging points shown drawing accompanying article can greatly simplify adding rigging next multiplane model can made drink-can aluminum have lot patience can buy ones thin photo-etched brass peel-off adhesive black rubber backing fittings add lot class very little weight small models Roger Teagarden gets five bucks 48piece set may agree well worth after tiying make own also has interesting obscure model plans three-views special oil 300W April 1992 83 7 4 John Laycock San Diego CA made working oleo struts Fieseler Storch squashing drinking straws vise adding shaped balsa slider spring top Soft landings scale points Clear plastic drink cup propeller front Ferrell Papics semi-scale Boeing 747 invisible flight Looks great air / 7/ 1 e . 0 .0 00 0 Czechoslovakianmacnineo tnese working LU2 engines i ne ryer displaces 6 cu mm smaller 3 Otto Kuhni Collection Continued page 133 Artist Dick Allen asks inspiration Gee Bees paint job came Division points may appropriate location may appropriate another however weather can influence points attainable given day competition making division based absolute performance less absolute terms actual results achieved Relative performance RC Pattern specifies advancement based contestants placing number other modelers event Variances such weather official judgement local competitive attitudes abilities eliminated contestants category established area may valid another formal method advancement implies method keeping records RC Pattern AMA establishes method provides forms no central record maintainedindividuals responsible own record keeping Carrier formal division classes could maintained Navy Carrier Society NCS would possible NCS publish periodic listing classes its members Contest results reported NCS could used update class rosters Non-members would probably compete Open/Expert category Such system seems too restrictive doesnt allow local preferences deviating nationally established procedures also requires dedicated volunteer maintain system Such volunteer gets little opportunity enjoy hobby supports topic being discussed Navy Carrier Society read youd like participate process sure NCS membership up date Navy Carrier Society Navy Carrier Society special interest group recognized AMA CL Navy Carrier NCS provides forum sharing information about Carrier flying competition NCS establishes listing top performers class throughout year recommends rules supplementary events classifications such Sportsman Carrier encourage standardization throughout country NCS responsible providing officials CL Navy Carrier National Aeromodeling Championships addition sponsors unofficial Carrier events such Sportsman Carrier Nationals NCS holds its national meeting AMA Nationals year recognizes outstanding CL Navy Carrier competitor Nationals Eugene Ely Award Society also presents Rookie Year Award first-time Nationals entrant exhibits outstanding competitive spirit sportsmanship cooperation during Nationals NCS newsletter Hi-Low Landing has just come under very capable editorial supervision Michael Pugh Mike publishing Hi-Low Landing new format 1992 first issue indication will making already good publication better Joining NCS easy Annual dues $1000 should sent Bill Bischoff 7550 Christie Lane Dallas Texas 75249 Dont miss out action 1992 port & Scale/Warner Continued page 83 CO2 engines frisket decal paper colored nitrate dope other etched metal parts latest catalog available $200 Flying T Model Co 2862 Avenal St Los Angeles CA 90039 Tel 213/662-9323 Rubber lube nineties know important keep air sunlight dirt away rubber motors However great deal disagreement what constitutes good rubber lube old-fashioned castor-oil rubdown mixture boiled glycerin green soap giving way modern preparations Bobby Haight uses product called Son Gun STP readily available auto parts stores seems provide decent lubrication mess older goo hear tends dry out requires re-application regular intervals Harder find according Dave Smith Phoenix-based Cactus Squadron best lube galaxy Dow Cornings Continued page 134 April 1992 133 JEKYLL Wing Span 66Weigfht 80-85 Lbs Wing Area 770Engine 60 Avanti Conquest VI Conquest 120 Cursor Desire EU-lA Eclipse Fresh Aire Krier Kraft Jekyll 60 R/C City ll 120 LA-i Phoenix 8 Phoenix 8/45 Punch Skybolt Summit Ill Sundowner Worlds Finest Fiberglass Products Typhoon 96 Railroad Ave #F Vortex Suisun Ca 94585 707-428-3119 FAX 707-421-2336 MASTERCARD/VISA ACCEPTED DESIRE Wing Span 66Weigfht 85-90 Lbs Wing Area 920Engine 120 CONQUEST VI Wing Span 66Weigfht 8085 Lbs Wing Area 840Engine 60 TYPHOON Wing Span 73 Weigf hi 85-95 Lbs Wing Area 1000/900 Engine 120 FF Sport & Scale/Warner Continued page 133 No33 hi-temperature silicone bearing grease never dries flies off Just dont get hands try tie knot rubber takes little says Dave suggests lubing motor baggie Especially good FAI tan rubber Bamboo blues Ever try get decent bamboo glossy side out helpful applications modeling local hobby shop days probably stocks right next Indoor balsa Right made excursion over vacant lot grows wild near whacked off mature stalk could find After stripping required sizes best could still faced problem kiln-drying Luckily wife gone microwaved it. god-awful smell can imagine Also kept popping steam forming pockets under shiny skin despite efforts using low setting giving rests advice have wild bamboo growing near go harvest some before need put dry place age bother sharing failures Robert Goddard fathers modem rocketry never referred setbacks failures rather collecting another bit negative information Wilbur Orville says tee shirt Curtiss Museum Hammondsport NY Although practically no agrees first fly historians agree Wright Brothers 1903 flights just rung up ladder stars Plenty people flew manned kites gliders balloons dirigibles well unmanned model aeroplanes long before Wrights though Americans learned grade school airplane invented 1903 Wil Orv that aviation started may know Sir George Cayley flew glider positive incidence wing cruciform tail 99 years before Kitty Hawk rest modeling history filled illustrious names like Hargreaves Penaud its contribution full-scale aviation bit fuzzy Well interested Bill Hannans new book Stick Tissue gives fascinating well-researched look history rubber-powered models contribution full-sized aviation Also included plans eight models half scale easy build size photocopy enlarging chapter late Bob Peck Peck Polymers deals getting models fly Price book $995 plus $200 postage plus sales tax live California Get Hannans Runway Box 210 Magalia CA 95954 am pleased annouce second volume Hey Kid Ya Wanna Build Model Airplane hot off presses can also ordered Hannans Runway other good bookstore $795 subtitled Building Sky Bunny 134 Model Aviation bKYUL Wing Span T/77 B/66Weigfht 20-25 Lbs Wing Area 1625Engine QUADRA 9OFYTPLZDAIPCPAT LOTS Sccie afting aid Scming Services 3 Views D-TECH sysTuis R2 Dcx 19114 CatdogCartervitle 62918 FOAl 6189852383 UNIVERSAL RADIO CONNECTOR CEU Connector 4 pIn 3 wire female radio connector will mate Airtronlcs 1 aba Jg Hitec JR World Eng servos airborne battery packs Wires soldered CEU Connector No splicing necessary Ideal Battery Chargers Servo Drivers ? $250 em OR $300 em 8 wires attached Add $050 shipping per ordei Call rem add males tax Send check money order Visa & Mastercard ok $1500 mm CUSTOM ELECTRONICS P0 Box 1332 Alta Loma CA 91701 714 980-4244 Servo Drivers d Chargers U Servo End Adjust Unit ndant Rmdlo System B ARE OFFERING COMPLETELY BUILT UP WORI WAR II PLANES STARTING AT $1 50 TOM PUTT K AS SHOWN KrTS OFFERED ARE P11 MUSTANG AND GERMAN FW-i90 Iwing span 55/ 3546 engines ALL YOU DO IS INSTALL RADIO SERVOS ENGINE AND COVERING IZMEtALLI KITS SUPPLIED BY WING MIG PLEASE WRITE OR CALL MASTER BUILDERS JOHN CLEMENTE 629 FRANCIS STREET PEIHAM NY 10803 914 738-4408 intermediate guide third volume Flying Aces Moth Lacey M- 10 should appear March sooner Published TAB/McGraw Hill topic beginners books Don Ross author popular RubberPowered Model Airplanes informs book now its second printing has closet full just waiting order $1295 can get Hannans Runway Peck Polymers order direct Don 38 Churchill Rd Creskill NJ 07626 Sleek Streekers beware familiar approach beginning modeling know North Pacific Sleek Streek model usually start kids Well watch out quality control model has really hit new low wood may heavy warped white plastic front end will likely break first impact top off last weekend Tony Naccarato called attention free-wheeling ramp front prop actually molded backwards Yes can re-cut right direction replace lousy wood make new front end using piece aluminum tube glued thread-bound Onto spacer block should have $159 get crummy suggest write em raise devil North Pacific Products Inc Chicago IL 60609 want save buck having em made Korea thats affair lack quality control resulting selling unworkable beginners models unforgivable dont work make life easier beginners pretty soon kids will get idea have have hundred bucks worth RC gear get started modeling Vacu-forming Mattel unit modelers still possess handy-dandy Mattel toy vacu-form unit several years back either cant get plastic sheets cant get suck down like used use heat-forming clear plastic sheet think its butyrate plastic Sig cut old sheet size just squeeze two halves frame together until teeth punch through think Bill Watson introduced Works great Regarding vacuum Bobby Haight has removed old pump taped vacuumcleaner hose once gives power constant pull-down rather old up-and-down Keep eye out Mattel units garage sales theyre still worth weight Cottage Wings source guide now lists over hundred places someone getting started Free Flight Scale can find materials information plans newsletters etc Ill send updated list No 10 SASE buck cover printing address beginning column Feel free reproduce pass along Well Gang until next time keep guinea pig out balsa supply help junior modeler find some time start work dream model Remember journey thousand miles starts 2-hr delay airport /Bookbinder Continued page 56 completely bonkers land-bound neighbor still trying navigate way out driveway down expressway can winging along almost anywhere Mach-2 above 50000 feet rarely weather traffic range 5000 miles can irritate half worlds population sonic booms just few hours What could fun levity aside serious projecta joint venture between Gulfstream Aerospace builds Gulfstream IV transatlantic business jet Sukhoi Soviet manufacturer supersonic fighter bombers great aerobatic airplanes idea two such radically different firms working together test future Soviet industry ability work Soviet manufacturers can modernize facilities such way make possible build airplanes can sold reasonable price still return some profit perhaps beleaguered Continued page 136 April 1992 135