Free Flight: Sport/Scale

Free Flight SPORT/SCALE Bill Warner frzm kit- boz aiet1&kzrd K iUtffgi hr 0 THREE CHEERS Mwc-Fax roughly hi-monthly newsletter intrepid DC Maxecuters reflects outstanding spirit highly-talented group skysters deserves special recognition services modeling last two numbers have fantastic huge full-size plans glossy photo pages hints galore fun contest information warm heart jaded rib-slicer Dave Rees fine Nicholas-Beazley Paul Gaertners Gug nunc rubber ships large-format plan sheet along three-views coloring marking data etc can considered modelers dream Club sheets results much effort editors contributions club members just happen nor does anyone get anything out work put save knowledge pay ing back bit debt have fellow modelers would like share Maxecuters experience send $8 benevolent editor Allan Schanzle 20008 Spur Hill Dr Gaithersburg MD 20879 Double pleasure double fun maybe troubles twinengined Rubber Scale ship get ting bored Clipped-Wing Cubs Mono coupes like may ready real challenge Some considerations choosing subject involve added weight wing carry difficulty making equivalent couple extra fuselages desirability having thrust lines near fuselage generates problem prop-to-fuselage clearance generally short length nacelles making sufficient space rubber storage bonus having cockpit area free slap ping rubber motors thereby allowing inte rior detailing desired neglected problem area twins recently pointed out Mike Midkiff after having experienced diving tendencies under power B-25 glided fine rubber motors unwound Can guess villain As near could figure spiral propwash props 64 Model Aviation Peter Mikulaseks 1Ao-scaIe Me-i 10 built Lubomir Koutnys plan reputed excellent flier says nobody builds rubber-powered twins Photo L Koutny Bill Hungorlila Miller Gulilows PR man Fairfield CT sends along clever Idea defeating tiny nose-plug openings kits prevent stretch-winding motors makes us wonder Canadas Dick Allen will really have bumper stickers sale ILL Spanish Fury Peanut L Emmanuei Flilon St Raphaei France flown 6th piace AMA Peanut 1983 Fiightmasters Annuai nose paneiled Styrofoam ianding gear forward hew 35 sec Scaie modeis need piiot figures realism Biii says doiis head iike iooks too tacky Smaii rubber-power models cant afford carry much extra weight Bili made piiot Comper Swift R out papier machewhite-giue-soaked siikspan iayered over clay form Since dont want carry clay around model finished dry figure split half clay removed its cemented back together painted Dyke Delta Peanut 1 Dan Walton won Scale 1983 Northrop Flying Wing contest proxy-flown Bill Hannan Note Pac Man pilot Photo Dan Walton Canadian Jack McGiiilvray entered DH Sea Hornet R 1983 Cleveland FFS indoor Meet won first place Note twIn has no prop-to-fuselage clearance problems Photo Mike Zand Roger Aime Salon de Provence France keeps wings L RF-4 flat pinning down -in-thick balsa plank wing panel side Good insurance Dick Baxters fantasy-scale 1852 Cayley design R man-carrying glider Dick around days era flight might have arrived much sooner least Peanut form turned outward away top fuselage applying pressure underside horizontal tail forcing up result nose down decision swap sides contrarotating props solved problem nice climb replac ing dive Up-thrust might have done job too keep mind corkscrew air behind prop made reversing idea attractiveand worked event ready design own plan twin Dave Diels has Tigercat F7F-3 4 scale Westland Whirlwind 27-in span ready go Either plan can sending $4 plus $75 postage Dave Diels PO Box 101 Woodville OH 43469 Dave builds models draws big plus way hes looking large vacu-form plans same Maybe could work trade Anddont forget MAs own FullSize Plan No 293 F7F Tigercat $175 Bill Hannan once said trouble using dressmakers pin model interior always looked like dressmakers pin instead like throttle whatever Well filling gaping hole fuse lage ready-made doll head usually has same effect better nothing makes impression jerry-built model Sorry Jerry Ive tried making em balsa plastic paper profile never tissue paper until Doug McHard showed Continued page 159 April 1984 65 competition vacation having grand time flown Mostar also made flyoff well British contingent Mike Fantham Dave Oldfield Peter Wil liams Martin Dilly placed Mike flyoff picked up 8th place Wakefield all-Yugoslav flyoff four settled Djuro Grabescak score took him beyond five-minute round Werner Klaus Austria won Power having bested strong effort Polish team four-man flyoff competition run smoothly hosts laid excellent banquet awards presentation hospitality sincere looks like 1985 Champs should well-run affair Antique model museum Phillipe Lepage Paris France very good Wakefield flier also dealer antique toys As sideline business has col lecting antique model aircraft mem orabilia collection covers period 1880 about 1940 believed unique certainly unusual models relatively good condi tion original boxes plans rubber strands Lepage does repair models shows original condition completeness possible French competition annual Poitou international contest held August 20-21 great success awesome 143 entries FlA 69 entries FiB 24 FIC dozen countries represented Dave Rounsaville John Lenderman Bill Har till carried flag USA P Jomarien France took FlA two Dutchmen Cenny Breeman Arno Hacken second third As footnote Breeman Pieter de Boer fought out fantastic six-round flyoff finishing nine minutes competition spring Hol land Vol Libre asks Has ever bettered anywhere Well try Jim Patterson FAI Challenge held Taft last November 27 FlA Martyn Cow ley Hector Diez Randy Weiler flew 10 maxes flew off another 5 rounds making eight minutes Diez Weiler both did nine minutes Going PRODUCTS FOR THE OgScERNING MODELER Complete Line Exhaust Systems * Tuned Pipes Muffled Tuned Pines * Headers * Venturi Mufflers * Expansion Mufflers Helicopter Ball Mufflers * Specialized Exhaust Systems Unsurpas 10 minutes Weiler eased ahead Diez 175 sec 166 sec Well back Poitou Anselmo Zen Italy topped Wakefield list good Note Anselmo placed second World Champs fall Power tough battle strong breeze giving us plenty exercise Ken Faux England did once again relaxed way slipping five seconds ahead Denkin Bulgaria flyoff Thomas Koster just wasnt form having great time anyway training young son Koster launch style doing whenever could get Thomas Jr away Grandma Grandpa Denmark time flies youre having fun thanks Bill Hartill fasci nating report Letters photos column should continue sent Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St Oakland CA 94619 FF Scale/Warner Continued page 65 super little tissue-paper-shell pilot Hawker Demon few years ago method make pilot bust out wax lay tissue strips dope glue pick out wax shell dried Desirous Sir Percy fly Comper Swift decided try Dougs method used modeling clay instead wax laid small strips silkspan brushed white glue full-strength About two three layers does After drying overnight cut off halves cleaned out clay glued halves back together painted lot acrylics turned out much better anticipated largely due assist wife Phyllis provided $10 artists red sable brush Previously thought way get fine detailing very small brush results somewhat less satisfying problem paint supply answer bigger sable brush sharp point extra bristle bundle holds supply paint flows effortKJBBR 1mm thick 042 Sizes K 3, 32 TILKA WAKEFIELD s3895~ UPSrgIish3 Finished Front End- o-c FIyrg16 IflStuctjofls Vey ConpIete1 Send 5O 1984/1985cateloe4 FAI Model Supply Boxed 16 rubber per box Price $1250 per box ppd SA ENGINES H/C Aero Engines P21 SE P21 RE P40 SE P40 RE P45 SE P60 SE P60 RE P65 RE P80 SE P80 RE P80 RE w/silencer w/pipe w/silencer pylon w/pipe w/silencer w/silencer w/pipe d fart w/pipe w/silencer w/pipe d fan $ 79 $ 99 $ 89 $120 $ 95 $129 $149 $145 $135 $159 $139 H/C Marine Engine P21 SE P21 RE P45 RE P65 RE P80 RE P90 RE w/pipe w/pipe w/pipe w/pipe w/pipe w/pipe $115 $119 $139 $155 $159 $195 H/C Car Engines P21RE SE P21 Buggy RE SE $79 $79 See Dealer first available call send order us -Add $300 shipping & handling Prices sublect change notice Dealer & Distributor Inquiries invited 714 768-5933 Imported Condor Trading Co Intl PO Box 3479 Mission Viejo CA 92690-1479 April 1984 159 Consumers Guide RC Aircraft Products 242 Pages Photos & Descriptions over 2000 RC Aircraft Products fered 176 companies Outstanding Value Only $495 plus shipping * Send $660 Includes UPS & handlingi Foreign orders send $786 US surfece mail $1049 US air mail Catalogs companies would cost over 10 times price outstanding reference book product lines nearly major man ufacturer distributor importer well unique interesting products small companies seldom advertise national modeling magazines July83 ModelAviation See Local Dealer Order Direct NAMF 160 Model Aviation lessly point making terrific fine lines Any artist knows thatbut us artists satisfied fine-detail work might ask some ques tions next time artist supply store about using better brush Worth try FAC General Dave Stott ex-Commander Bridgeport CT has doing some interesting experimenting dihedral/fin area/thrust line relationships constructed test model adjustable dihedral 40 150 retracting balsa sheet fin variable 6% 10% wing area nose block rotating 1800 give either high thrust low thrust depending plug Daves findings indicate low-winger 5% fin such Northrop Gamma would probably fly OK also noted little no influence thrust line position test model proportions model deliberately about same old Megow two-bit Ryan ST Dave experi enced some problems withwhich sus pected caused overly-generous vertical fin area might find could cure spiral stability problems old traditional way making sheet balsa fin large side cutting off little time testing arrive best area built-up Go smaller smaller until begins get unstable build last size before can read formu lae world figure have right old Yankee habit cut-and-try what makes guys like Stott winners Are Fun Flier Joe Wagner has 50 years modeling savvy going him Deciding emphasis com petition what killing modeling has come up interesting new club called FUN FLIERS joining club mem ber could expect get book modeling fun would cover basics would quarterly magazine chockfull solid how-to info plans un sullied reports trade shows columnists telling about trips Hawaii like would mail-order no frills kit service supply wherewithall make models featured mag Add insurance coverage stepped-up public awareness education program have really attractive idea No rules contests just regional fun-flys T-shirts such participants task monumental Joe congratulated idea make real ity though will require lot support youd like information would like become part FUN FLIERS drop Joe line 136 Waugh Ave New Wilmington PA 16142 Before signing off let just share little idea can save lot hassle comes getting masking other tape off model Brush little lighter fluid naphtha let soften adhesive does little damage paint job certainly makes life easier Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd Santa Monica CA 90402 FF Old-Timers/Haught Continued page 66 bow completed wing Fuselage long erons A-square balsa deemed insufficient handle torque tension 1 2-oz rubber motor internal motor stick used motor stick built up 3A2 sheet balsa approximately -in square internal formers 2 stick attached directly nose block rested cradle rear fuselage 16-in diameter 24-inpitch prop course free-wheeler designs utilized wing aspect ratios ranging between 71 81 fitted lifting stabilizers 32% 35% wing area Rudders essentially one-half stabilizerbut symmetrical airfoil Model Aviation published interesting article plans Miss America IV billed 1935 Wakefield Champion Au gust 1976 issue days relatively high cost travel resulted much proxy flying Gordon freely admits de sign parameters dictated size available shipping container acquired hand-me-down process Gordon refers models crates term often ap plied airplanes aviators day Gordons 1935 Wakefield win proxyflown Fairey Aerodrome England T H Ives Time first flight 720 out-of-sight crate returned Hanworth Aerodrome landed Puss Moth second official flightbut needed three-flight aver age 226 flight enough win Gordon notified win cablegram next day Miss America IV has donated AMA museum Gordon claims model better shape cant get back Reston see can have very own example after few pleasant hours workshop SAM Champs 84 Cancel trip ledo 1984 Sam Champs has re located Bong AFB Wisconsin As stands now meet will held last week June Scheduled Tuesday 26th through Friday Carl Spielmaker will Contest Manager Bong has site several important events including 1972 SAM Champs Well keep posted further developments meantime renew SAM membership youll ready Dues $10 per year should sent John Pond Secretary-Treasurer SAM 4269 Sayoko Circle San Jose CA 95136 Nearly 1800 did 1983 Catalogs months catalog comes MODEL MAGIC FILLER Balsa Foam Fiberglass Quick setting Sands like balsa Non toxic Easy use Light weight Non shrinking SuperiorStrength Adhesion & Flexibility Compatable finishes & coverings Model Magic TIP Month Tint MMr drop water color latex pigment $595 Retail 8 fI ozp pd Model Magic Products PO Box 7784St Paul Minn 55119 715 425-f 397 riliets uap tilling U109 repair See dealer first write call Hundreds New Products Send check money order Consumers Guide 150 Ott Sf. 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