Free Flight Sport&Scale Bill Warner TOGETHERNESS Flying Aces Nats definitely biggie 1986 no doubt about Thousands years modeling experience gath ered green grass favorable winds hard act follow August however rather obscure all-American town Tangent OR budding Scale event Northwest Free Flight Champs provided interesting counterpoint Can picture Scale meet Rubber Power fly together Scale judge makes house calls check out models camaraderie level Scale endeavor unsurpassed first heard Oregon bash Bill Gif fen part Canadian contingent descends Tangent yearly battle Yanks Giff CD Canadian Nats last summer painted such glowing picture event decided see could great better focus meet Grell Farm home legendary Al Dee Grell hosts some finest Free Flighters ever drove hundreds miles share airspace expertise stories Friday night before meet tents go up Grell lawn preparation models testing meeting new friends greet ing old ones order day Included festivities tour Als hangar houses assortment planes rang ing Culver Falconair Com monwealth Aeronca Hes building Pietenpol another shed too Its dream redblooded American Junior Birdman have very own airstrip hangar right outside door get bed late Dawn Saturday Cars campers head flying field couple miles down road ground covered straw awaiting torch rapid-bum trucks weather right Sometimes meet lucky flying takes place scorched earth year annual conflagration kills rust fun gus has happened yet Free Flight Endurance models majority air still weather magnificent holds weekend presence water truck underlines need care dethermalizer fuses 72 Modei Aviation Bill Gaiser demonstrates used get em up Good Old Days Model 1911 Caudron semi-scale Testors 049 power great flier i -I Larry Olson Kent WA veteran CoxCapt Doug HannayVancouver BC Pee Wee-powered Fokker DR-i Sterlbeautiful Waco SRE Earl Stahl plan ing kit Its flying 11 yearsand awhich available John Pond PO full tank timelBox 90310 San Jose CA 951 09-3310 Bobby Haight Las Vegas NV brought couple planes Champs electric-powered Savola-Marchetti S M81 L testing Power two Astro 02s 035not enough oomph Northrop Gamma Above rubber ship 1933 GHQ Models plans very realistic flier N 1 o superior Scale ships seen 86 Northwest FF Champs left 1 st-place Etrich Taube Greg Davis Port Coquitlam B C D C 049 diesel powerwas just right low-and-slow flights 54-in-span Taylororaft R started Comet kit loadsof extras added builder Rio Dittman plush interior scale-size Flying magazine seat Hard tell full-scale plane Second place Gorgeous Bellanca Aircrulser model L exhibits Museum Flight Boeing plant Seattle must-see youre area Gift Giften Surrey BC took breather running events NW FF Champs get flight Jumbo Rubber Currie Wot bipe R Prototype English home-built model terrific flier steep climb Scale sort afterthought meet goes both days whenever feel like flying Scale Director Foggy Morehead looks over models wherever set up informality name game Cutthroat competitors would get ulcer meet rest us heck great time interesting modelers scene Bill Gaiser Lyons OR Bills first serious Scale model four-foot Curtiss Robin powered engine often seen today IMP ES-2 twin purchased five bucks won contortionist talent contest back Thirties engine powered calcium carbide dry ice worked putting powdered car bide dry ice brass generator tank operating release valve let water engine instantly pressurized purpose dry ice buffer explosive ten dencies acetylene gas produced car bide worked though todays C02-only motors lot safer Bill flying red-silked 1911 Caudron flew over field used alr model box Fokker DR-i easiest model make fly well yet Larry Olsons 11-year-old model Sterling kit has literally hours alr-time five-minute cruises low alti tude reminiscent WW movie footage Dreidecker once flew fine until engine cut torque counter act some built-in warps snap-roll screaming dive returned kit form before could say Leapin Lizards Things like keep humble Another humbling experience Ric Ditt mans outstanding Tayloreraft side-by-sider Comet kit finished doing up resembled kit model about much Lamb orghini Countach resembles Ford Falcon plush interior inspection panels miniature copy Flying magazine seat spring-centering tail wheel superb level craftsmanship coupled near-perfect scale flight would make winner Scale meet world except Greg Davis Etrich Taube factory plans model often beaten has elegance interest ing details flight has seen believed Complete pilot bombardier Taubes ready museum almost too good First place scale almost anti climactic though Dittmans T-Craft just hairs breadth away second nicest fliers site Bobby Haights Northrop Gamma rubber ship featuring machined aluminum hub concealed free wheeling adjustable-pitch bottle-plastic blades bench ailerons may have secret perhaps 1933 GHG Models plan lots space structure model definitely performed well Bobby also gorgeous Savola-Marchetti S M81 trimotor two Astro 02s 035 showed some tip-stall tendencies retired early Capt Doug Hannay very neat Earl Stahl Waco SRE rubber ship popular Scale subjects time plans still available through John Pond other end size spectrum Giffens huge Currie Wot biplane really impressive flight climbing out like proverbial homesick angel Saturday capped off immense potluck barbecue sponsored Willamette Modelers flying stories improved evening wore Sunday almost replay Saturday fine weather countless fine flights planes did hit ground saved luxurious staw padding Some memorable moments included beContinued page 175 February 1987 73 Gee Bee lava lamp sits atop DickAllens TV set up Canada tracking retrieval place usuallyincorporated flashlight bulb battery greenglowing chemical light configurations test made strobe its twin pencells AA-size batteries installed bottom Fox 45-powered 1200-sq-in Show-Off resultant light blinked through door-like transparent acetate sheet protected ar rangement fuel spray dirty desert residue Upon launch Ron relates strobe quite effective brisk breeze took model downwind model blacked Out certain positions glide circlethis being under standable since light source up inside fuselage rather strapped exterior would case flashlight bulb Upon landing mile downwind model luckily came rest its far side wing tip thereby ex posing its flashing belly button upwind re triever Ron indicated distance desert difficult ascertainespecially black night flashing feature helped him differentiate tween wayward model other lights includ ing far-off train moving across horizon Therefore concluded strobe concept gave obvious advantage over steady-bum de vices retrieving model timely basis less-timely basis involves having wait until daylight form Honda 90 posse ride off scavenger hunt Never having par ticipated sport conventional nature would probably have seen sleeping until dawn flying model losing anyway Well cant conventional right Thanks Ron interesting report Newsletter spotlight shall single out fun-loving group cold country issue Free Right newsletter spotlight cen ters Minneapolis Modelerthe official rag Minneapolis Model Aero Club Representa tives club apparently long-distance travelers some seem turn up number major Free Right contests miles removed what assumed home base current prexy Dave Braun club secre tary Gary Oakins capable Dell Marchant spreads word capacity newsletter editor clubs interests seem cover whole span anything Free Right including full card winter Indoor contests Should readers reside close enough proximity desire information clubs activities should simply wish subscribe newslettersix issues per year $3 direct inquiries Dell Marchant 17110 24th Ave North Plymouth MN 55447 will answer questions Plan ahead now should infor mation available 87 Lincoln NE Nats proposd new Free Right site replace ment previously-utilized Mead site least 10-mile distance AMA Head quarters giant step right direction initial comments noted much-better-suited fa cility well writing sounds encouraging Also note official dates de viate norm Nats Free Right Indoor activities scheduled within July 11-19 time slot contrast usual first week August 87 SAM Champs annual big hash Old-Timer contingent slated Seguin TX week prior Nats So make plans take both affairs tandem vacation sweep Looking ahead 88 Indianapolis seems have hot hand moment attracting AMA Nationals As proposed site situ ated about 25 miles typewriter per sonally am anxiously awaiting some confirmation regard proposed field relatively new auxiliary airport facility Indianapolis ternational rather small opinion en able handling Nats activities time Some diversification per 87 Lincoln ar rangements surely order site 88 SAM Champs little over two hours driving time Indy definite moment plus flying facilities adequate free obstaclesshould regard wandering through some possible down wind ankle-deep potato patches no obstacle things considered think may attend will delighted field associated facilities neighboring Vincennes IN Law renceville IL pays plan ahead See ya downwind Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Ander son IN 46011 FF Scale/Warner Continued page 73 ing beaten up reveille Stinson Voyager diving low over tents few times try sleeping through seeing Al Grell bounce Cessna couple times landing near-dark aftrer searching lost models air hour preceding twilight excitement flam ing fields around farm farmers burned straw Sunday night Smoke billowed thousands feet sky around us city boys amazed calm local residents dealt situation also remember following Captain Doug around some sheds get better look approaching flames coming face face rather fearsome-looking hull Definitely usual post-meet wrap up warm hospitality Grells fine hand-painted plaques Shirley Gode meet memorable hearty well-done CD Bob Stalick wonderful people made 1986 Champs success Great Pacific Northwest may want get information what going might contact Bob Stal ick 5066 NW Picadilly Cir Albany OR *** NEW IMPROVED lr IYd*t Modd wilt nuore wouli Poww *WANDIT*U5PaleWNnOen * *Oeaies Invited * K * ~I K * 10 ft CORD * * * rOry *Stick Abrasives * *A Keen Machine gives exceptional K *sanding control excellent finish * * 5995 easic xci 1 hal Wand 1 eachK * gfllSK *~5g5 eide 5pecaI nci 2 fiat hail vand wand 5 l 5 5ils * *129~ Dokiw vcades3flai2 hell ivandK * 5 *Additional Wends Abrasives available * * WANDIT MANUFACTURING 214 288-5789 * * PO Box 266 uite Texas 75149 February 1987 175 book about 1920s famous airplanes erock & Bullet 128 Pages 8/2 X 11 Over 150 photos & drawings Special Modelers price until March 1$1695 Then$1995 paperback add $150 postage East Platte Avenue Colorado Springs Colorado 80909 CENTURY ONE PRESS An new Tiger Tail 120 four strokes piped 6 two strokes beautiful performer competition just showing off balsa kit suitS machined mood parts camplete hardware package firat includes plug-in ad justable stab parts new wing mounts Wing Span -72 Wing Area -860 sq Complete Delun Kit$15995 1UANSMrnR CASE An nespensive Oat ragged molded case protect mat olpenslve transmitter 00th two st c ano sIngle stICK transmitters Brown learner gina n wan m num rr m ocklng mo $1895 See Dealer Order D rect Include 51 50 Per Item UPS GATOR A/C PRODUCTS 3713 Pompano PrIce aco F 3251 Snone 1924 47&8639 97321 also publishes directory Northwest Area Free Flighters can get 30 cents couple stamps have received letters about small electric motors Peanut small Scale models things definitely happening area Dick Baxter has written MRC procured cou ple geared motors about $15 says need circle what want parts sheet using small electronic cutoff gives runs 15-20 seconds can preset different resistors guys taking apart nine volt really 72 volt rechargeable transistor ra dio batteries common rectangular ones six Ni-Cd 80 mAh cells inside Ferrell Papic 300 W Lincoln No 82 Orange CA 92665 has put together geared motor battery rig charger using flashlight batteries sells bit VL unit lightest available 005 rig turns 5-in prop 2500 rpm have seen fly Comet-kit Porterfield minute indoors Peanuts Pistachios limited-printing booklet Hangar Bill Hannan $395 plus dollar postage will autograph Heck Bristol Brownie Farman longnose Moustique drawings alone worth 176 Model Aviation PUIGIN ADIUTAULE STA3 KIT lust can optImIze stao Ireldence best fight chatactenistics pun glass filled inrylon adjasters Included provide micro screus adjustment seraller front tube Main tube aluminum units matchIng puenollc socket $695 WING iWE SOamis Aluminum alloytubing pluganwlnth Included 15 purr special slip-fit pFrerunlic sockets beild Ste wars shracture Non size models 7/S dia u 2$ 895 t1Adiaa 2$995 155 da 3$1495 NEW WING MOUNlING SET wing mounting system developed ton Chidgey 15 fast neat accurate stnnStig92 Three nylon brackets screrrus machined wirrg blocks included- $595 meIVAWS MAGIC GADGET Apoyactordee em sedb1rlva Krstese oacuatefymeasue ero cenatora dnadde ow akes heg es snorkou 0 Sm mrigoua apaneAqarytoo ompete us stuctow og bOoka 0 5 use $795 Send Hannan Graphics P0 Box Es condido CA 92025 also has few autogyro packets left believe gang shouldnt try build model autogyro An index Model Builder plans prepared Mark Fineman includes plans published magazine since 1971 price $375 per copy dollar postage 73 Charlton Hill Hamden CT 06518 Its well-done definitely must us spend hours thumbing through mags looking plan drawing Well gang keep CyA out reach children wear safety glasses give kid down block model kit birthday Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd Santo Monica CA 90402 Miss GR/Speilmaker Continued page 78 15 2-ATs built Most flights made before end 1927 researching story 2-AT met Don Heagle 1926 tender age 18 youngest aircraft engine mechanic nation As employee Detroit-Grand Rapids Airline Don made regular flights 2-ATs would like thank him stories early days gave much color life almost forgotten slabsided sheet metal airplane Model Construction Begin building two fuselage side frames out -in-sq hard balsa Note window rails mount inside fuselage added after sides removed plan -in-sq semicircular window frames laminated two strips of/16 x -in balsa Soak strips thoroughly water pin tape around form tube correct diameter dry cement two strips together trim size add bottom frame Cement finished windows rails edges flush outside fuselage Join fuselage sides using plan view make sure sides properly aligned cross members square Take special care maintain fuselage alignment until assembly thoroughly dry Add nose formers F-i through F-3 sheet front end Ys6 balsa rear fuselage formers decking added later along wing fairing Tail surfaces Build rudder using Ys6 X -in ribs Vs-in-sq leading trailing edges Elevate leading trailing edges 6 pin plan Cement ribs place let dry carefully sand entire assembly smooth symmetrical shape before adding /ss-sq spar side Round both leading trailing edges Build stabilizer same manner -in-sq leading trailing edges Vs x 3/s-in ribs Since airfoil flatbottomed leading edge should elevated /e pinning plan Locate bottom Vs6-sq spar cement ribs place dry carefully sand upper airfoil contour shown add top spar Wing Shape aluminum brass tem plate cutting upper lower rib 7reball RIC Idle-Bar Glow Plugs Long Short Also .Only $189 Traditional line non-idle bar Glow Plugs Six Types 3 Heat Ranges High Performance Glow Element Blow Proof Seal $149 Only Swanson Associates PO Box 151 Wayne NJ t9dB 07470 5fj GATOR Makes Winner
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/02
Page Numbers: 72, 73, 175, 176
Free Flight Sport&Scale Bill Warner TOGETHERNESS Flying Aces Nats definitely biggie 1986 no doubt about Thousands years modeling experience gath ered green grass favorable winds hard act follow August however rather obscure all-American town Tangent OR budding Scale event Northwest Free Flight Champs provided interesting counterpoint Can picture Scale meet Rubber Power fly together Scale judge makes house calls check out models camaraderie level Scale endeavor unsurpassed first heard Oregon bash Bill Gif fen part Canadian contingent descends Tangent yearly battle Yanks Giff CD Canadian Nats last summer painted such glowing picture event decided see could great better focus meet Grell Farm home legendary Al Dee Grell hosts some finest Free Flighters ever drove hundreds miles share airspace expertise stories Friday night before meet tents go up Grell lawn preparation models testing meeting new friends greet ing old ones order day Included festivities tour Als hangar houses assortment planes rang ing Culver Falconair Com monwealth Aeronca Hes building Pietenpol another shed too Its dream redblooded American Junior Birdman have very own airstrip hangar right outside door get bed late Dawn Saturday Cars campers head flying field couple miles down road ground covered straw awaiting torch rapid-bum trucks weather right Sometimes meet lucky flying takes place scorched earth year annual conflagration kills rust fun gus has happened yet Free Flight Endurance models majority air still weather magnificent holds weekend presence water truck underlines need care dethermalizer fuses 72 Modei Aviation Bill Gaiser demonstrates used get em up Good Old Days Model 1911 Caudron semi-scale Testors 049 power great flier i -I Larry Olson Kent WA veteran CoxCapt Doug HannayVancouver BC Pee Wee-powered Fokker DR-i Sterlbeautiful Waco SRE Earl Stahl plan ing kit Its flying 11 yearsand awhich available John Pond PO full tank timelBox 90310 San Jose CA 951 09-3310 Bobby Haight Las Vegas NV brought couple planes Champs electric-powered Savola-Marchetti S M81 L testing Power two Astro 02s 035not enough oomph Northrop Gamma Above rubber ship 1933 GHQ Models plans very realistic flier N 1 o superior Scale ships seen 86 Northwest FF Champs left 1 st-place Etrich Taube Greg Davis Port Coquitlam B C D C 049 diesel powerwas just right low-and-slow flights 54-in-span Taylororaft R started Comet kit loadsof extras added builder Rio Dittman plush interior scale-size Flying magazine seat Hard tell full-scale plane Second place Gorgeous Bellanca Aircrulser model L exhibits Museum Flight Boeing plant Seattle must-see youre area Gift Giften Surrey BC took breather running events NW FF Champs get flight Jumbo Rubber Currie Wot bipe R Prototype English home-built model terrific flier steep climb Scale sort afterthought meet goes both days whenever feel like flying Scale Director Foggy Morehead looks over models wherever set up informality name game Cutthroat competitors would get ulcer meet rest us heck great time interesting modelers scene Bill Gaiser Lyons OR Bills first serious Scale model four-foot Curtiss Robin powered engine often seen today IMP ES-2 twin purchased five bucks won contortionist talent contest back Thirties engine powered calcium carbide dry ice worked putting powdered car bide dry ice brass generator tank operating release valve let water engine instantly pressurized purpose dry ice buffer explosive ten dencies acetylene gas produced car bide worked though todays C02-only motors lot safer Bill flying red-silked 1911 Caudron flew over field used alr model box Fokker DR-i easiest model make fly well yet Larry Olsons 11-year-old model Sterling kit has literally hours alr-time five-minute cruises low alti tude reminiscent WW movie footage Dreidecker once flew fine until engine cut torque counter act some built-in warps snap-roll screaming dive returned kit form before could say Leapin Lizards Things like keep humble Another humbling experience Ric Ditt mans outstanding Tayloreraft side-by-sider Comet kit finished doing up resembled kit model about much Lamb orghini Countach resembles Ford Falcon plush interior inspection panels miniature copy Flying magazine seat spring-centering tail wheel superb level craftsmanship coupled near-perfect scale flight would make winner Scale meet world except Greg Davis Etrich Taube factory plans model often beaten has elegance interest ing details flight has seen believed Complete pilot bombardier Taubes ready museum almost too good First place scale almost anti climactic though Dittmans T-Craft just hairs breadth away second nicest fliers site Bobby Haights Northrop Gamma rubber ship featuring machined aluminum hub concealed free wheeling adjustable-pitch bottle-plastic blades bench ailerons may have secret perhaps 1933 GHG Models plan lots space structure model definitely performed well Bobby also gorgeous Savola-Marchetti S M81 trimotor two Astro 02s 035 showed some tip-stall tendencies retired early Capt Doug Hannay very neat Earl Stahl Waco SRE rubber ship popular Scale subjects time plans still available through John Pond other end size spectrum Giffens huge Currie Wot biplane really impressive flight climbing out like proverbial homesick angel Saturday capped off immense potluck barbecue sponsored Willamette Modelers flying stories improved evening wore Sunday almost replay Saturday fine weather countless fine flights planes did hit ground saved luxurious staw padding Some memorable moments included beContinued page 175 February 1987 73 Gee Bee lava lamp sits atop DickAllens TV set up Canada tracking retrieval place usuallyincorporated flashlight bulb battery greenglowing chemical light configurations test made strobe its twin pencells AA-size batteries installed bottom Fox 45-powered 1200-sq-in Show-Off resultant light blinked through door-like transparent acetate sheet protected ar rangement fuel spray dirty desert residue Upon launch Ron relates strobe quite effective brisk breeze took model downwind model blacked Out certain positions glide circlethis being under standable since light source up inside fuselage rather strapped exterior would case flashlight bulb Upon landing mile downwind model luckily came rest its far side wing tip thereby ex posing its flashing belly button upwind re triever Ron indicated distance desert difficult ascertainespecially black night flashing feature helped him differentiate tween wayward model other lights includ ing far-off train moving across horizon Therefore concluded strobe concept gave obvious advantage over steady-bum de vices retrieving model timely basis less-timely basis involves having wait until daylight form Honda 90 posse ride off scavenger hunt Never having par ticipated sport conventional nature would probably have seen sleeping until dawn flying model losing anyway Well cant conventional right Thanks Ron interesting report Newsletter spotlight shall single out fun-loving group cold country issue Free Right newsletter spotlight cen ters Minneapolis Modelerthe official rag Minneapolis Model Aero Club Representa tives club apparently long-distance travelers some seem turn up number major Free Right contests miles removed what assumed home base current prexy Dave Braun club secre tary Gary Oakins capable Dell Marchant spreads word capacity newsletter editor clubs interests seem cover whole span anything Free Right including full card winter Indoor contests Should readers reside close enough proximity desire information clubs activities should simply wish subscribe newslettersix issues per year $3 direct inquiries Dell Marchant 17110 24th Ave North Plymouth MN 55447 will answer questions Plan ahead now should infor mation available 87 Lincoln NE Nats proposd new Free Right site replace ment previously-utilized Mead site least 10-mile distance AMA Head quarters giant step right direction initial comments noted much-better-suited fa cility well writing sounds encouraging Also note official dates de viate norm Nats Free Right Indoor activities scheduled within July 11-19 time slot contrast usual first week August 87 SAM Champs annual big hash Old-Timer contingent slated Seguin TX week prior Nats So make plans take both affairs tandem vacation sweep Looking ahead 88 Indianapolis seems have hot hand moment attracting AMA Nationals As proposed site situ ated about 25 miles typewriter per sonally am anxiously awaiting some confirmation regard proposed field relatively new auxiliary airport facility Indianapolis ternational rather small opinion en able handling Nats activities time Some diversification per 87 Lincoln ar rangements surely order site 88 SAM Champs little over two hours driving time Indy definite moment plus flying facilities adequate free obstaclesshould regard wandering through some possible down wind ankle-deep potato patches no obstacle things considered think may attend will delighted field associated facilities neighboring Vincennes IN Law renceville IL pays plan ahead See ya downwind Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Ander son IN 46011 FF Scale/Warner Continued page 73 ing beaten up reveille Stinson Voyager diving low over tents few times try sleeping through seeing Al Grell bounce Cessna couple times landing near-dark aftrer searching lost models air hour preceding twilight excitement flam ing fields around farm farmers burned straw Sunday night Smoke billowed thousands feet sky around us city boys amazed calm local residents dealt situation also remember following Captain Doug around some sheds get better look approaching flames coming face face rather fearsome-looking hull Definitely usual post-meet wrap up warm hospitality Grells fine hand-painted plaques Shirley Gode meet memorable hearty well-done CD Bob Stalick wonderful people made 1986 Champs success Great Pacific Northwest may want get information what going might contact Bob Stal ick 5066 NW Picadilly Cir Albany OR *** NEW IMPROVED lr IYd*t Modd wilt nuore wouli Poww *WANDIT*U5PaleWNnOen * *Oeaies Invited * K * ~I K * 10 ft CORD * * * rOry *Stick Abrasives * *A Keen Machine gives exceptional K *sanding control excellent finish * * 5995 easic xci 1 hal Wand 1 eachK * gfllSK *~5g5 eide 5pecaI nci 2 fiat hail vand wand 5 l 5 5ils * *129~ Dokiw vcades3flai2 hell ivandK * 5 *Additional Wends Abrasives available * * WANDIT MANUFACTURING 214 288-5789 * * PO Box 266 uite Texas 75149 February 1987 175 book about 1920s famous airplanes erock & Bullet 128 Pages 8/2 X 11 Over 150 photos & drawings Special Modelers price until March 1$1695 Then$1995 paperback add $150 postage East Platte Avenue Colorado Springs Colorado 80909 CENTURY ONE PRESS An new Tiger Tail 120 four strokes piped 6 two strokes beautiful performer competition just showing off balsa kit suitS machined mood parts camplete hardware package firat includes plug-in ad justable stab parts new wing mounts Wing Span -72 Wing Area -860 sq Complete Delun Kit$15995 1UANSMrnR CASE An nespensive Oat ragged molded case protect mat olpenslve transmitter 00th two st c ano sIngle stICK transmitters Brown learner gina n wan m num rr m ocklng mo $1895 See Dealer Order D rect Include 51 50 Per Item UPS GATOR A/C PRODUCTS 3713 Pompano PrIce aco F 3251 Snone 1924 47&8639 97321 also publishes directory Northwest Area Free Flighters can get 30 cents couple stamps have received letters about small electric motors Peanut small Scale models things definitely happening area Dick Baxter has written MRC procured cou ple geared motors about $15 says need circle what want parts sheet using small electronic cutoff gives runs 15-20 seconds can preset different resistors guys taking apart nine volt really 72 volt rechargeable transistor ra dio batteries common rectangular ones six Ni-Cd 80 mAh cells inside Ferrell Papic 300 W Lincoln No 82 Orange CA 92665 has put together geared motor battery rig charger using flashlight batteries sells bit VL unit lightest available 005 rig turns 5-in prop 2500 rpm have seen fly Comet-kit Porterfield minute indoors Peanuts Pistachios limited-printing booklet Hangar Bill Hannan $395 plus dollar postage will autograph Heck Bristol Brownie Farman longnose Moustique drawings alone worth 176 Model Aviation PUIGIN ADIUTAULE STA3 KIT lust can optImIze stao Ireldence best fight chatactenistics pun glass filled inrylon adjasters Included provide micro screus adjustment seraller front tube Main tube aluminum units matchIng puenollc socket $695 WING iWE SOamis Aluminum alloytubing pluganwlnth Included 15 purr special slip-fit pFrerunlic sockets beild Ste wars shracture Non size models 7/S dia u 2$ 895 t1Adiaa 2$995 155 da 3$1495 NEW WING MOUNlING SET wing mounting system developed ton Chidgey 15 fast neat accurate stnnStig92 Three nylon brackets screrrus machined wirrg blocks included- $595 meIVAWS MAGIC GADGET Apoyactordee em sedb1rlva Krstese oacuatefymeasue ero cenatora dnadde ow akes heg es snorkou 0 Sm mrigoua apaneAqarytoo ompete us stuctow og bOoka 0 5 use $795 Send Hannan Graphics P0 Box Es condido CA 92025 also has few autogyro packets left believe gang shouldnt try build model autogyro An index Model Builder plans prepared Mark Fineman includes plans published magazine since 1971 price $375 per copy dollar postage 73 Charlton Hill Hamden CT 06518 Its well-done definitely must us spend hours thumbing through mags looking plan drawing Well gang keep CyA out reach children wear safety glasses give kid down block model kit birthday Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd Santo Monica CA 90402 Miss GR/Speilmaker Continued page 78 15 2-ATs built Most flights made before end 1927 researching story 2-AT met Don Heagle 1926 tender age 18 youngest aircraft engine mechanic nation As employee Detroit-Grand Rapids Airline Don made regular flights 2-ATs would like thank him stories early days gave much color life almost forgotten slabsided sheet metal airplane Model Construction Begin building two fuselage side frames out -in-sq hard balsa Note window rails mount inside fuselage added after sides removed plan -in-sq semicircular window frames laminated two strips of/16 x -in balsa Soak strips thoroughly water pin tape around form tube correct diameter dry cement two strips together trim size add bottom frame Cement finished windows rails edges flush outside fuselage Join fuselage sides using plan view make sure sides properly aligned cross members square Take special care maintain fuselage alignment until assembly thoroughly dry Add nose formers F-i through F-3 sheet front end Ys6 balsa rear fuselage formers decking added later along wing fairing Tail surfaces Build rudder using Ys6 X -in ribs Vs-in-sq leading trailing edges Elevate leading trailing edges 6 pin plan Cement ribs place let dry carefully sand entire assembly smooth symmetrical shape before adding /ss-sq spar side Round both leading trailing edges Build stabilizer same manner -in-sq leading trailing edges Vs x 3/s-in ribs Since airfoil flatbottomed leading edge should elevated /e pinning plan Locate bottom Vs6-sq spar cement ribs place dry carefully sand upper airfoil contour shown add top spar Wing Shape aluminum brass tem plate cutting upper lower rib 7reball RIC Idle-Bar Glow Plugs Long Short Also .Only $189 Traditional line non-idle bar Glow Plugs Six Types 3 Heat Ranges High Performance Glow Element Blow Proof Seal $149 Only Swanson Associates PO Box 151 Wayne NJ t9dB 07470 5fj GATOR Makes Winner
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/02
Page Numbers: 72, 73, 175, 176
Free Flight Sport&Scale Bill Warner TOGETHERNESS Flying Aces Nats definitely biggie 1986 no doubt about Thousands years modeling experience gath ered green grass favorable winds hard act follow August however rather obscure all-American town Tangent OR budding Scale event Northwest Free Flight Champs provided interesting counterpoint Can picture Scale meet Rubber Power fly together Scale judge makes house calls check out models camaraderie level Scale endeavor unsurpassed first heard Oregon bash Bill Gif fen part Canadian contingent descends Tangent yearly battle Yanks Giff CD Canadian Nats last summer painted such glowing picture event decided see could great better focus meet Grell Farm home legendary Al Dee Grell hosts some finest Free Flighters ever drove hundreds miles share airspace expertise stories Friday night before meet tents go up Grell lawn preparation models testing meeting new friends greet ing old ones order day Included festivities tour Als hangar houses assortment planes rang ing Culver Falconair Com monwealth Aeronca Hes building Pietenpol another shed too Its dream redblooded American Junior Birdman have very own airstrip hangar right outside door get bed late Dawn Saturday Cars campers head flying field couple miles down road ground covered straw awaiting torch rapid-bum trucks weather right Sometimes meet lucky flying takes place scorched earth year annual conflagration kills rust fun gus has happened yet Free Flight Endurance models majority air still weather magnificent holds weekend presence water truck underlines need care dethermalizer fuses 72 Modei Aviation Bill Gaiser demonstrates used get em up Good Old Days Model 1911 Caudron semi-scale Testors 049 power great flier i -I Larry Olson Kent WA veteran CoxCapt Doug HannayVancouver BC Pee Wee-powered Fokker DR-i Sterlbeautiful Waco SRE Earl Stahl plan ing kit Its flying 11 yearsand awhich available John Pond PO full tank timelBox 90310 San Jose CA 951 09-3310 Bobby Haight Las Vegas NV brought couple planes Champs electric-powered Savola-Marchetti S M81 L testing Power two Astro 02s 035not enough oomph Northrop Gamma Above rubber ship 1933 GHQ Models plans very realistic flier N 1 o superior Scale ships seen 86 Northwest FF Champs left 1 st-place Etrich Taube Greg Davis Port Coquitlam B C D C 049 diesel powerwas just right low-and-slow flights 54-in-span Taylororaft R started Comet kit loadsof extras added builder Rio Dittman plush interior scale-size Flying magazine seat Hard tell full-scale plane Second place Gorgeous Bellanca Aircrulser model L exhibits Museum Flight Boeing plant Seattle must-see youre area Gift Giften Surrey BC took breather running events NW FF Champs get flight Jumbo Rubber Currie Wot bipe R Prototype English home-built model terrific flier steep climb Scale sort afterthought meet goes both days whenever feel like flying Scale Director Foggy Morehead looks over models wherever set up informality name game Cutthroat competitors would get ulcer meet rest us heck great time interesting modelers scene Bill Gaiser Lyons OR Bills first serious Scale model four-foot Curtiss Robin powered engine often seen today IMP ES-2 twin purchased five bucks won contortionist talent contest back Thirties engine powered calcium carbide dry ice worked putting powdered car bide dry ice brass generator tank operating release valve let water engine instantly pressurized purpose dry ice buffer explosive ten dencies acetylene gas produced car bide worked though todays C02-only motors lot safer Bill flying red-silked 1911 Caudron flew over field used alr model box Fokker DR-i easiest model make fly well yet Larry Olsons 11-year-old model Sterling kit has literally hours alr-time five-minute cruises low alti tude reminiscent WW movie footage Dreidecker once flew fine until engine cut torque counter act some built-in warps snap-roll screaming dive returned kit form before could say Leapin Lizards Things like keep humble Another humbling experience Ric Ditt mans outstanding Tayloreraft side-by-sider Comet kit finished doing up resembled kit model about much Lamb orghini Countach resembles Ford Falcon plush interior inspection panels miniature copy Flying magazine seat spring-centering tail wheel superb level craftsmanship coupled near-perfect scale flight would make winner Scale meet world except Greg Davis Etrich Taube factory plans model often beaten has elegance interest ing details flight has seen believed Complete pilot bombardier Taubes ready museum almost too good First place scale almost anti climactic though Dittmans T-Craft just hairs breadth away second nicest fliers site Bobby Haights Northrop Gamma rubber ship featuring machined aluminum hub concealed free wheeling adjustable-pitch bottle-plastic blades bench ailerons may have secret perhaps 1933 GHG Models plan lots space structure model definitely performed well Bobby also gorgeous Savola-Marchetti S M81 trimotor two Astro 02s 035 showed some tip-stall tendencies retired early Capt Doug Hannay very neat Earl Stahl Waco SRE rubber ship popular Scale subjects time plans still available through John Pond other end size spectrum Giffens huge Currie Wot biplane really impressive flight climbing out like proverbial homesick angel Saturday capped off immense potluck barbecue sponsored Willamette Modelers flying stories improved evening wore Sunday almost replay Saturday fine weather countless fine flights planes did hit ground saved luxurious staw padding Some memorable moments included beContinued page 175 February 1987 73 Gee Bee lava lamp sits atop DickAllens TV set up Canada tracking retrieval place usuallyincorporated flashlight bulb battery greenglowing chemical light configurations test made strobe its twin pencells AA-size batteries installed bottom Fox 45-powered 1200-sq-in Show-Off resultant light blinked through door-like transparent acetate sheet protected ar rangement fuel spray dirty desert residue Upon launch Ron relates strobe quite effective brisk breeze took model downwind model blacked Out certain positions glide circlethis being under standable since light source up inside fuselage rather strapped exterior would case flashlight bulb Upon landing mile downwind model luckily came rest its far side wing tip thereby ex posing its flashing belly button upwind re triever Ron indicated distance desert difficult ascertainespecially black night flashing feature helped him differentiate tween wayward model other lights includ ing far-off train moving across horizon Therefore concluded strobe concept gave obvious advantage over steady-bum de vices retrieving model timely basis less-timely basis involves having wait until daylight form Honda 90 posse ride off scavenger hunt Never having par ticipated sport conventional nature would probably have seen sleeping until dawn flying model losing anyway Well cant conventional right Thanks Ron interesting report Newsletter spotlight shall single out fun-loving group cold country issue Free Right newsletter spotlight cen ters Minneapolis Modelerthe official rag Minneapolis Model Aero Club Representa tives club apparently long-distance travelers some seem turn up number major Free Right contests miles removed what assumed home base current prexy Dave Braun club secre tary Gary Oakins capable Dell Marchant spreads word capacity newsletter editor clubs interests seem cover whole span anything Free Right including full card winter Indoor contests Should readers reside close enough proximity desire information clubs activities should simply wish subscribe newslettersix issues per year $3 direct inquiries Dell Marchant 17110 24th Ave North Plymouth MN 55447 will answer questions Plan ahead now should infor mation available 87 Lincoln NE Nats proposd new Free Right site replace ment previously-utilized Mead site least 10-mile distance AMA Head quarters giant step right direction initial comments noted much-better-suited fa cility well writing sounds encouraging Also note official dates de viate norm Nats Free Right Indoor activities scheduled within July 11-19 time slot contrast usual first week August 87 SAM Champs annual big hash Old-Timer contingent slated Seguin TX week prior Nats So make plans take both affairs tandem vacation sweep Looking ahead 88 Indianapolis seems have hot hand moment attracting AMA Nationals As proposed site situ ated about 25 miles typewriter per sonally am anxiously awaiting some confirmation regard proposed field relatively new auxiliary airport facility Indianapolis ternational rather small opinion en able handling Nats activities time Some diversification per 87 Lincoln ar rangements surely order site 88 SAM Champs little over two hours driving time Indy definite moment plus flying facilities adequate free obstaclesshould regard wandering through some possible down wind ankle-deep potato patches no obstacle things considered think may attend will delighted field associated facilities neighboring Vincennes IN Law renceville IL pays plan ahead See ya downwind Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Ander son IN 46011 FF Scale/Warner Continued page 73 ing beaten up reveille Stinson Voyager diving low over tents few times try sleeping through seeing Al Grell bounce Cessna couple times landing near-dark aftrer searching lost models air hour preceding twilight excitement flam ing fields around farm farmers burned straw Sunday night Smoke billowed thousands feet sky around us city boys amazed calm local residents dealt situation also remember following Captain Doug around some sheds get better look approaching flames coming face face rather fearsome-looking hull Definitely usual post-meet wrap up warm hospitality Grells fine hand-painted plaques Shirley Gode meet memorable hearty well-done CD Bob Stalick wonderful people made 1986 Champs success Great Pacific Northwest may want get information what going might contact Bob Stal ick 5066 NW Picadilly Cir Albany OR *** NEW IMPROVED lr IYd*t Modd wilt nuore wouli Poww *WANDIT*U5PaleWNnOen * *Oeaies Invited * K * ~I K * 10 ft CORD * * * rOry *Stick Abrasives * *A Keen Machine gives exceptional K *sanding control excellent finish * * 5995 easic xci 1 hal Wand 1 eachK * gfllSK *~5g5 eide 5pecaI nci 2 fiat hail vand wand 5 l 5 5ils * *129~ Dokiw vcades3flai2 hell ivandK * 5 *Additional Wends Abrasives available * * WANDIT MANUFACTURING 214 288-5789 * * PO Box 266 uite Texas 75149 February 1987 175 book about 1920s famous airplanes erock & Bullet 128 Pages 8/2 X 11 Over 150 photos & drawings Special Modelers price until March 1$1695 Then$1995 paperback add $150 postage East Platte Avenue Colorado Springs Colorado 80909 CENTURY ONE PRESS An new Tiger Tail 120 four strokes piped 6 two strokes beautiful performer competition just showing off balsa kit suitS machined mood parts camplete hardware package firat includes plug-in ad justable stab parts new wing mounts Wing Span -72 Wing Area -860 sq Complete Delun Kit$15995 1UANSMrnR CASE An nespensive Oat ragged molded case protect mat olpenslve transmitter 00th two st c ano sIngle stICK transmitters Brown learner gina n wan m num rr m ocklng mo $1895 See Dealer Order D rect Include 51 50 Per Item UPS GATOR A/C PRODUCTS 3713 Pompano PrIce aco F 3251 Snone 1924 47&8639 97321 also publishes directory Northwest Area Free Flighters can get 30 cents couple stamps have received letters about small electric motors Peanut small Scale models things definitely happening area Dick Baxter has written MRC procured cou ple geared motors about $15 says need circle what want parts sheet using small electronic cutoff gives runs 15-20 seconds can preset different resistors guys taking apart nine volt really 72 volt rechargeable transistor ra dio batteries common rectangular ones six Ni-Cd 80 mAh cells inside Ferrell Papic 300 W Lincoln No 82 Orange CA 92665 has put together geared motor battery rig charger using flashlight batteries sells bit VL unit lightest available 005 rig turns 5-in prop 2500 rpm have seen fly Comet-kit Porterfield minute indoors Peanuts Pistachios limited-printing booklet Hangar Bill Hannan $395 plus dollar postage will autograph Heck Bristol Brownie Farman longnose Moustique drawings alone worth 176 Model Aviation PUIGIN ADIUTAULE STA3 KIT lust can optImIze stao Ireldence best fight chatactenistics pun glass filled inrylon adjasters Included provide micro screus adjustment seraller front tube Main tube aluminum units matchIng puenollc socket $695 WING iWE SOamis Aluminum alloytubing pluganwlnth Included 15 purr special slip-fit pFrerunlic sockets beild Ste wars shracture Non size models 7/S dia u 2$ 895 t1Adiaa 2$995 155 da 3$1495 NEW WING MOUNlING SET wing mounting system developed ton Chidgey 15 fast neat accurate stnnStig92 Three nylon brackets screrrus machined wirrg blocks included- $595 meIVAWS MAGIC GADGET Apoyactordee em sedb1rlva Krstese oacuatefymeasue ero cenatora dnadde ow akes heg es snorkou 0 Sm mrigoua apaneAqarytoo ompete us stuctow og bOoka 0 5 use $795 Send Hannan Graphics P0 Box Es condido CA 92025 also has few autogyro packets left believe gang shouldnt try build model autogyro An index Model Builder plans prepared Mark Fineman includes plans published magazine since 1971 price $375 per copy dollar postage 73 Charlton Hill Hamden CT 06518 Its well-done definitely must us spend hours thumbing through mags looking plan drawing Well gang keep CyA out reach children wear safety glasses give kid down block model kit birthday Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd Santo Monica CA 90402 Miss GR/Speilmaker Continued page 78 15 2-ATs built Most flights made before end 1927 researching story 2-AT met Don Heagle 1926 tender age 18 youngest aircraft engine mechanic nation As employee Detroit-Grand Rapids Airline Don made regular flights 2-ATs would like thank him stories early days gave much color life almost forgotten slabsided sheet metal airplane Model Construction Begin building two fuselage side frames out -in-sq hard balsa Note window rails mount inside fuselage added after sides removed plan -in-sq semicircular window frames laminated two strips of/16 x -in balsa Soak strips thoroughly water pin tape around form tube correct diameter dry cement two strips together trim size add bottom frame Cement finished windows rails edges flush outside fuselage Join fuselage sides using plan view make sure sides properly aligned cross members square Take special care maintain fuselage alignment until assembly thoroughly dry Add nose formers F-i through F-3 sheet front end Ys6 balsa rear fuselage formers decking added later along wing fairing Tail surfaces Build rudder using Ys6 X -in ribs Vs-in-sq leading trailing edges Elevate leading trailing edges 6 pin plan Cement ribs place let dry carefully sand entire assembly smooth symmetrical shape before adding /ss-sq spar side Round both leading trailing edges Build stabilizer same manner -in-sq leading trailing edges Vs x 3/s-in ribs Since airfoil flatbottomed leading edge should elevated /e pinning plan Locate bottom Vs6-sq spar cement ribs place dry carefully sand upper airfoil contour shown add top spar Wing Shape aluminum brass tem plate cutting upper lower rib 7reball RIC Idle-Bar Glow Plugs Long Short Also .Only $189 Traditional line non-idle bar Glow Plugs Six Types 3 Heat Ranges High Performance Glow Element Blow Proof Seal $149 Only Swanson Associates PO Box 151 Wayne NJ t9dB 07470 5fj GATOR Makes Winner
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/02
Page Numbers: 72, 73, 175, 176
Free Flight Sport&Scale Bill Warner TOGETHERNESS Flying Aces Nats definitely biggie 1986 no doubt about Thousands years modeling experience gath ered green grass favorable winds hard act follow August however rather obscure all-American town Tangent OR budding Scale event Northwest Free Flight Champs provided interesting counterpoint Can picture Scale meet Rubber Power fly together Scale judge makes house calls check out models camaraderie level Scale endeavor unsurpassed first heard Oregon bash Bill Gif fen part Canadian contingent descends Tangent yearly battle Yanks Giff CD Canadian Nats last summer painted such glowing picture event decided see could great better focus meet Grell Farm home legendary Al Dee Grell hosts some finest Free Flighters ever drove hundreds miles share airspace expertise stories Friday night before meet tents go up Grell lawn preparation models testing meeting new friends greet ing old ones order day Included festivities tour Als hangar houses assortment planes rang ing Culver Falconair Com monwealth Aeronca Hes building Pietenpol another shed too Its dream redblooded American Junior Birdman have very own airstrip hangar right outside door get bed late Dawn Saturday Cars campers head flying field couple miles down road ground covered straw awaiting torch rapid-bum trucks weather right Sometimes meet lucky flying takes place scorched earth year annual conflagration kills rust fun gus has happened yet Free Flight Endurance models majority air still weather magnificent holds weekend presence water truck underlines need care dethermalizer fuses 72 Modei Aviation Bill Gaiser demonstrates used get em up Good Old Days Model 1911 Caudron semi-scale Testors 049 power great flier i -I Larry Olson Kent WA veteran CoxCapt Doug HannayVancouver BC Pee Wee-powered Fokker DR-i Sterlbeautiful Waco SRE Earl Stahl plan ing kit Its flying 11 yearsand awhich available John Pond PO full tank timelBox 90310 San Jose CA 951 09-3310 Bobby Haight Las Vegas NV brought couple planes Champs electric-powered Savola-Marchetti S M81 L testing Power two Astro 02s 035not enough oomph Northrop Gamma Above rubber ship 1933 GHQ Models plans very realistic flier N 1 o superior Scale ships seen 86 Northwest FF Champs left 1 st-place Etrich Taube Greg Davis Port Coquitlam B C D C 049 diesel powerwas just right low-and-slow flights 54-in-span Taylororaft R started Comet kit loadsof extras added builder Rio Dittman plush interior scale-size Flying magazine seat Hard tell full-scale plane Second place Gorgeous Bellanca Aircrulser model L exhibits Museum Flight Boeing plant Seattle must-see youre area Gift Giften Surrey BC took breather running events NW FF Champs get flight Jumbo Rubber Currie Wot bipe R Prototype English home-built model terrific flier steep climb Scale sort afterthought meet goes both days whenever feel like flying Scale Director Foggy Morehead looks over models wherever set up informality name game Cutthroat competitors would get ulcer meet rest us heck great time interesting modelers scene Bill Gaiser Lyons OR Bills first serious Scale model four-foot Curtiss Robin powered engine often seen today IMP ES-2 twin purchased five bucks won contortionist talent contest back Thirties engine powered calcium carbide dry ice worked putting powdered car bide dry ice brass generator tank operating release valve let water engine instantly pressurized purpose dry ice buffer explosive ten dencies acetylene gas produced car bide worked though todays C02-only motors lot safer Bill flying red-silked 1911 Caudron flew over field used alr model box Fokker DR-i easiest model make fly well yet Larry Olsons 11-year-old model Sterling kit has literally hours alr-time five-minute cruises low alti tude reminiscent WW movie footage Dreidecker once flew fine until engine cut torque counter act some built-in warps snap-roll screaming dive returned kit form before could say Leapin Lizards Things like keep humble Another humbling experience Ric Ditt mans outstanding Tayloreraft side-by-sider Comet kit finished doing up resembled kit model about much Lamb orghini Countach resembles Ford Falcon plush interior inspection panels miniature copy Flying magazine seat spring-centering tail wheel superb level craftsmanship coupled near-perfect scale flight would make winner Scale meet world except Greg Davis Etrich Taube factory plans model often beaten has elegance interest ing details flight has seen believed Complete pilot bombardier Taubes ready museum almost too good First place scale almost anti climactic though Dittmans T-Craft just hairs breadth away second nicest fliers site Bobby Haights Northrop Gamma rubber ship featuring machined aluminum hub concealed free wheeling adjustable-pitch bottle-plastic blades bench ailerons may have secret perhaps 1933 GHG Models plan lots space structure model definitely performed well Bobby also gorgeous Savola-Marchetti S M81 trimotor two Astro 02s 035 showed some tip-stall tendencies retired early Capt Doug Hannay very neat Earl Stahl Waco SRE rubber ship popular Scale subjects time plans still available through John Pond other end size spectrum Giffens huge Currie Wot biplane really impressive flight climbing out like proverbial homesick angel Saturday capped off immense potluck barbecue sponsored Willamette Modelers flying stories improved evening wore Sunday almost replay Saturday fine weather countless fine flights planes did hit ground saved luxurious staw padding Some memorable moments included beContinued page 175 February 1987 73 Gee Bee lava lamp sits atop DickAllens TV set up Canada tracking retrieval place usuallyincorporated flashlight bulb battery greenglowing chemical light configurations test made strobe its twin pencells AA-size batteries installed bottom Fox 45-powered 1200-sq-in Show-Off resultant light blinked through door-like transparent acetate sheet protected ar rangement fuel spray dirty desert residue Upon launch Ron relates strobe quite effective brisk breeze took model downwind model blacked Out certain positions glide circlethis being under standable since light source up inside fuselage rather strapped exterior would case flashlight bulb Upon landing mile downwind model luckily came rest its far side wing tip thereby ex posing its flashing belly button upwind re triever Ron indicated distance desert difficult ascertainespecially black night flashing feature helped him differentiate tween wayward model other lights includ ing far-off train moving across horizon Therefore concluded strobe concept gave obvious advantage over steady-bum de vices retrieving model timely basis less-timely basis involves having wait until daylight form Honda 90 posse ride off scavenger hunt Never having par ticipated sport conventional nature would probably have seen sleeping until dawn flying model losing anyway Well cant conventional right Thanks Ron interesting report Newsletter spotlight shall single out fun-loving group cold country issue Free Right newsletter spotlight cen ters Minneapolis Modelerthe official rag Minneapolis Model Aero Club Representa tives club apparently long-distance travelers some seem turn up number major Free Right contests miles removed what assumed home base current prexy Dave Braun club secre tary Gary Oakins capable Dell Marchant spreads word capacity newsletter editor clubs interests seem cover whole span anything Free Right including full card winter Indoor contests Should readers reside close enough proximity desire information clubs activities should simply wish subscribe newslettersix issues per year $3 direct inquiries Dell Marchant 17110 24th Ave North Plymouth MN 55447 will answer questions Plan ahead now should infor mation available 87 Lincoln NE Nats proposd new Free Right site replace ment previously-utilized Mead site least 10-mile distance AMA Head quarters giant step right direction initial comments noted much-better-suited fa cility well writing sounds encouraging Also note official dates de viate norm Nats Free Right Indoor activities scheduled within July 11-19 time slot contrast usual first week August 87 SAM Champs annual big hash Old-Timer contingent slated Seguin TX week prior Nats So make plans take both affairs tandem vacation sweep Looking ahead 88 Indianapolis seems have hot hand moment attracting AMA Nationals As proposed site situ ated about 25 miles typewriter per sonally am anxiously awaiting some confirmation regard proposed field relatively new auxiliary airport facility Indianapolis ternational rather small opinion en able handling Nats activities time Some diversification per 87 Lincoln ar rangements surely order site 88 SAM Champs little over two hours driving time Indy definite moment plus flying facilities adequate free obstaclesshould regard wandering through some possible down wind ankle-deep potato patches no obstacle things considered think may attend will delighted field associated facilities neighboring Vincennes IN Law renceville IL pays plan ahead See ya downwind Harry Murphy 3824 Oakwood Blvd Ander son IN 46011 FF Scale/Warner Continued page 73 ing beaten up reveille Stinson Voyager diving low over tents few times try sleeping through seeing Al Grell bounce Cessna couple times landing near-dark aftrer searching lost models air hour preceding twilight excitement flam ing fields around farm farmers burned straw Sunday night Smoke billowed thousands feet sky around us city boys amazed calm local residents dealt situation also remember following Captain Doug around some sheds get better look approaching flames coming face face rather fearsome-looking hull Definitely usual post-meet wrap up warm hospitality Grells fine hand-painted plaques Shirley Gode meet memorable hearty well-done CD Bob Stalick wonderful people made 1986 Champs success Great Pacific Northwest may want get information what going might contact Bob Stal ick 5066 NW Picadilly Cir Albany OR *** NEW IMPROVED lr IYd*t Modd wilt nuore wouli Poww *WANDIT*U5PaleWNnOen * *Oeaies Invited * K * ~I K * 10 ft CORD * * * rOry *Stick Abrasives * *A Keen Machine gives exceptional K *sanding control excellent finish * * 5995 easic xci 1 hal Wand 1 eachK * gfllSK *~5g5 eide 5pecaI nci 2 fiat hail vand wand 5 l 5 5ils * *129~ Dokiw vcades3flai2 hell ivandK * 5 *Additional Wends Abrasives available * * WANDIT MANUFACTURING 214 288-5789 * * PO Box 266 uite Texas 75149 February 1987 175 book about 1920s famous airplanes erock & Bullet 128 Pages 8/2 X 11 Over 150 photos & drawings Special Modelers price until March 1$1695 Then$1995 paperback add $150 postage East Platte Avenue Colorado Springs Colorado 80909 CENTURY ONE PRESS An new Tiger Tail 120 four strokes piped 6 two strokes beautiful performer competition just showing off balsa kit suitS machined mood parts camplete hardware package firat includes plug-in ad justable stab parts new wing mounts Wing Span -72 Wing Area -860 sq Complete Delun Kit$15995 1UANSMrnR CASE An nespensive Oat ragged molded case protect mat olpenslve transmitter 00th two st c ano sIngle stICK transmitters Brown learner gina n wan m num rr m ocklng mo $1895 See Dealer Order D rect Include 51 50 Per Item UPS GATOR A/C PRODUCTS 3713 Pompano PrIce aco F 3251 Snone 1924 47&8639 97321 also publishes directory Northwest Area Free Flighters can get 30 cents couple stamps have received letters about small electric motors Peanut small Scale models things definitely happening area Dick Baxter has written MRC procured cou ple geared motors about $15 says need circle what want parts sheet using small electronic cutoff gives runs 15-20 seconds can preset different resistors guys taking apart nine volt really 72 volt rechargeable transistor ra dio batteries common rectangular ones six Ni-Cd 80 mAh cells inside Ferrell Papic 300 W Lincoln No 82 Orange CA 92665 has put together geared motor battery rig charger using flashlight batteries sells bit VL unit lightest available 005 rig turns 5-in prop 2500 rpm have seen fly Comet-kit Porterfield minute indoors Peanuts Pistachios limited-printing booklet Hangar Bill Hannan $395 plus dollar postage will autograph Heck Bristol Brownie Farman longnose Moustique drawings alone worth 176 Model Aviation PUIGIN ADIUTAULE STA3 KIT lust can optImIze stao Ireldence best fight chatactenistics pun glass filled inrylon adjasters Included provide micro screus adjustment seraller front tube Main tube aluminum units matchIng puenollc socket $695 WING iWE SOamis Aluminum alloytubing pluganwlnth Included 15 purr special slip-fit pFrerunlic sockets beild Ste wars shracture Non size models 7/S dia u 2$ 895 t1Adiaa 2$995 155 da 3$1495 NEW WING MOUNlING SET wing mounting system developed ton Chidgey 15 fast neat accurate stnnStig92 Three nylon brackets screrrus machined wirrg blocks included- $595 meIVAWS MAGIC GADGET Apoyactordee em sedb1rlva Krstese oacuatefymeasue ero cenatora dnadde ow akes heg es snorkou 0 Sm mrigoua apaneAqarytoo ompete us stuctow og bOoka 0 5 use $795 Send Hannan Graphics P0 Box Es condido CA 92025 also has few autogyro packets left believe gang shouldnt try build model autogyro An index Model Builder plans prepared Mark Fineman includes plans published magazine since 1971 price $375 per copy dollar postage 73 Charlton Hill Hamden CT 06518 Its well-done definitely must us spend hours thumbing through mags looking plan drawing Well gang keep CyA out reach children wear safety glasses give kid down block model kit birthday Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd Santo Monica CA 90402 Miss GR/Speilmaker Continued page 78 15 2-ATs built Most flights made before end 1927 researching story 2-AT met Don Heagle 1926 tender age 18 youngest aircraft engine mechanic nation As employee Detroit-Grand Rapids Airline Don made regular flights 2-ATs would like thank him stories early days gave much color life almost forgotten slabsided sheet metal airplane Model Construction Begin building two fuselage side frames out -in-sq hard balsa Note window rails mount inside fuselage added after sides removed plan -in-sq semicircular window frames laminated two strips of/16 x -in balsa Soak strips thoroughly water pin tape around form tube correct diameter dry cement two strips together trim size add bottom frame Cement finished windows rails edges flush outside fuselage Join fuselage sides using plan view make sure sides properly aligned cross members square Take special care maintain fuselage alignment until assembly thoroughly dry Add nose formers F-i through F-3 sheet front end Ys6 balsa rear fuselage formers decking added later along wing fairing Tail surfaces Build rudder using Ys6 X -in ribs Vs-in-sq leading trailing edges Elevate leading trailing edges 6 pin plan Cement ribs place let dry carefully sand entire assembly smooth symmetrical shape before adding /ss-sq spar side Round both leading trailing edges Build stabilizer same manner -in-sq leading trailing edges Vs x 3/s-in ribs Since airfoil flatbottomed leading edge should elevated /e pinning plan Locate bottom Vs6-sq spar cement ribs place dry carefully sand upper airfoil contour shown add top spar Wing Shape aluminum brass tem plate cutting upper lower rib 7reball RIC Idle-Bar Glow Plugs Long Short Also .Only $189 Traditional line non-idle bar Glow Plugs Six Types 3 Heat Ranges High Performance Glow Element Blow Proof Seal $149 Only Swanson Associates PO Box 151 Wayne NJ t9dB 07470 5fj GATOR Makes Winner