Free Flight SPORT/SCALE Bill Warner OVERWEIGHT kit models revisited Bill Miller newcomer Scale Flying Aces members know him well creator Hungorilla mythical simian power unleashed instant unwary modeller winds turn too shreds solid models inside out Bill devotee Guillows pronounced GWILL-ows kits have found lacking performance would like present case heavy model Bill points out mid-Thirties Cleveland used advertise hollowingout option Superscale kits involved leaving out ribs stringers hol lowing block parts etc get flight per formance technique use kit 62 Model Aviation Frank Sullivan L shows oft Guillow Beginner Series Super Cub admiring Cheryl Tatum Cub builds fast flies fairly realisticallyif too long Bill has lots say about Guillow models months column mans familyof airplanes Chris Johnson shows no mercy fellow competitors Jr/Sr combined class Navy/Marine Armory Los Angeles Just wait until flies Open Indoor fliers Kansas Texas Oklahoma area have beware Stan ley Dentonseen few first-place-winning planes Hes one-man contest Photo John Dyal Weve seen lots pictures taken Phyllis Warnernow holding hubby Bills electric Caudron Simoun Power belt-drive Astro 035 Weight 15 oz fenders Von Whitlocks Bucker made largesize heatshrink tubing electronics supply Store first shrunk larger wheel cut off stringer wood wing LE TE well top bottom side keels fuselage tail formers given diet treatment X-Acto knife Dremel tool taking excess material out inside outlines opens up nose foi larger nose plug allows stretchwinding leaves off landing gear planes retracts other wing rib consigned scrap heap two spars top wing says finds heavy wood kits blessing too heavy-handed impatient make go 1outique kits often praised column Good point Modelers come prefer ences 900-series kits Guillow says Bill fly great unaltered loop YI-in -in Sig flat rubber sometimes larger nose plug prop espe cially likes instructions 900- 600-series clarity easy technically illiterate follow certainly have noticed about plans too unfortunate kids take time read have about hundred kids ranging II 15 years old avi ation classes model club believe following directions strong point Performance-wise notes Tom Nal lens 16-in Guillow F6F using hol lowing out lightening described above 6-in rather 5-in prop has flown minute 45 seconds Bills DH Chipmunk flew OUS Pitching Sterling kits Bill has won two firsts Peanut WW contests flying Fokker D-7 addition kit purchased being scale wheels Miller-built Scientific Cessna 185 Mus tang Taylor Cub flew OOS modification stock being simple Continued page 162 Dick Allen sent us sketch weather vane top Springfield MA City Hall September 1983 63 Flightmaster Carlo Triple-Tripe Godel strikes again Etrich Taube flying wing CO-2 model entered 1982 Northrop Flying Wing contest held Californias Mile Square fly ing site Did fly Well Bill Noonan goes planes personality 1925 Avro Bison fleet spotter has character its boarding ladder some models have entirety Bill Noonan photo Von Whitlock president Flightmasters West Los Angeles demonstrates lube rubber motor sponge-jawed tongs keeps fingers dry DEAtER/ DISTRIBUTOR INQUIRIES INVITED WS 54 2035 ENGINES 3 CHANNEL THE BEGINNERS KITTEN AND EXPERTS TIGER RenolotiOnary snap on wing eliminates bolts robber bands Complete kit $54 95 dealer direct GEMINI MODELS INC P0 Box 1168 Ponnac NJ 07000 PRODUCTS FOR THE DISCERNING MODELER Complete Line Exhaust Systems * Tuned Pipes MuffledTuned Pipes * Headers Venturi Mufflers * Expansion Mufflers Helicopter Ball Mufflers Specialized Exhaust Systems Unsurpassed Won MatcfleO rerrormance ystem TOP PERFORMANCE K&B ENGINES 16 Airplane 4 Marine K&B FUELS K&B 010W PLUGS 7 Blendo4 cboicen Matched Finish System BEST APPEARANCE K&B FIBERGLASS CLOTH K&B Micro-BalloOnt FILLER K&B SUPER POSY RESIN K&B SUPER FOXY THINNER K&B SUPER POXY PRIMER K&B SUPER POSY PAINT K&B MIXING CUPS KK terest Free Flight seems well seeing lot Wittman tribe some years come Trophies awards Team Trophy honors went Orbiteers team con sisting Don Bartick Clarence Mather Bill Booth Jr Open Sweepstakes went Joe Foster followed Eugene Bartel Andrew Barron Steve Zink won Junior Sweepstakes award High-Time trophy went Douc Galbreath performance C Gas isnt endmerely conclusion report no end Free Flight forever FF SCale/Warner Continued page 63 removable nose block Mustang lost b-minute-plus flight Guil lows 6-in plastic propcertainly impres stve Well Bill certainly has done well de fending point view will admiE much vogue West opines fact prevailing winds bring air pollution garbage toward East lives historic town Fairfield CT makes necessary have sturdier planes can punch up through mess just ride around top Interesting theory also heard Guillow though rebutting points made discussion sparked Will Volny sent four kits felt best fliers Arrow Lancer non-scale Piper Super Cub Fairchild 24 semi-scale promised turn over testing committee expe rienced Junior modelers admonition build per plan no changes al lowed An initial burst enthusiasm saw three students model club Paul Revere Junior High Los Angeles madly going Lancer offering come after school finish himself An tractive kit finished despite best efforts Frank Sullivan took Super Cub home returned nothing flat drew plenty compliments flew about 30 ft heavy aerodynamic fact did attain 500 ft altitude stay up couple minutes did seem bother admiring crowd outside classroom next plane come Arrow assigned Ricky Lin half-inch warp right wing looked great offers admirers buy spot writing hes de-warping first flight Its really tail-heavy will require about half-golf-ball clay least Would kid Podunk Iowa know about warps center-of-gravity position kids did study direc tions Still Arrow really attractive design Well see much fun stretchwinding motor trying get back tiny nose-plug hole Fairchild due refusal part its 13-year-old builder follow direc tions flew well made removable noseblock giving about half-in square opening nose stretch-winding Beautiful flights about 30 sec possible Complaints kids centered around use plastic vacu-formed parts either fully-formed exhaust array Arrow sturdy enough nose Super Cub die-cut parts also gave trouble did always fit Ricky especially problems dealing weight materials having already made five Peck-Polymers kits used contest balsa hard get used kit wood almost three times density verdict Starting Guillow Comet Sterling Scientific fine expect can deliver Reading generally well-thought-out di rections can provide wealth information next level involves Mil lers lightening hop-up routine can render kits flyable use contest materials own feeling goes boutique kit Millers term such Pecks Dubois Classic Models Flyline Golden Age etc plan model se lects appropriate materials rather just using whats kit eventu ally drawing up ones own models three-views seem logical progression Still modelers no matter ad vanced delight seeing good kit good kit promise flight compliments personal satisfaction Im sure kit makers would like have clients succeed Lets encourage keep improving products May termites spare balsa An innocent little sign-off line recent column brought sad letter Bob Liefeld out New Mexico Seems though son doing 4-H project tanning hides Says Bob evening out quiet heard faint 'seritch-seritch-scritch' sound led styrofoam box Mattel Vacu-Form set Close inspection showed sounds coming sty rofoam itself Indeed innumer able /0-in -diameter holes foam little furry beasts Said beasts busy eating least boring foam Good Grief styrofoam Oh no Oh yes Most collection balsa kits finished airplanes stocks balsa wood riddled /oin dia meter holes containing furry larva point must break Bobs sad story just too heartrending sent samples damaged materials including piece Microdyne Indoor wood slant-bored along thirty-nine others Bob observed nothing spared unless presented smaller crosssection bugs What way lighten 162 Model Aviation DUAL PERSOhAUTY TRAINER GEENIS BEAUTIFUL SUPER CHAMP PWLTTTI flII IfTnmlIflTrIITnIrpTl 12001400 & 2000 MIL GIANT SCALE NICAD AMoam Pads FEATURES o completely assembled connector choice o factory fresh cells built specifications SAFT AMERICA o vibration proof construction 4 point weld between cells o hi-rate charge capability charge 480 mu rate continuous cell damage o each pack completely cycled prior shipment o available flat square stick configuration unique battery compartments weight/balance considerations o extra long leads available special applications o custom designs dual airborne back-up systems o hi-rate UL approved charger available-charge rate 120 mil o individual cells solder tabs 12 14 20 Ah capacities o 1200 1400 airborne packs weigh 72 oz complete o 2000 airborne packs weigh 115 oz complete 4 6 cell 12 14 Ah race car electric boat packs Local Hobby Shop Dealer first Lakes Radio Control GEAR/C Great Southamptom Livonia Ml 48152 u MFGRS & DISTRIBUTORS OUALITY R/C PRODucTS 6 COMPONENTS 1200 & 14002000 SEND $100 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG OF ALL BATTERY SYSTEMS AND OTHER PRODUCTS FROM GLR/C Inc AVAILABLE NDABLE ON FIRST ORDER up models trip entomologist local university revealed culprits offspring hide leather beatle Dermestes Maculatus love soft bur rowing material balsa natural no hides around Bob sealed infested materials plastic trash bags along Shell No-Pest Strips problem disappeared Still got rid samples sent posthaste well-wrapped metal foil considered sending Meuser months happy hint has great source single-edged razor blades Since great shaving revolution involving stainless steel blades great beards lousy anything else modelers have up against blade would hold edge newsletter San Diego Scale Staffel recently recommended source single-edged blades reasonable price order hundred arrived happy blades being average carbon steel next order however filled PAL-brand blades blued and real/v hold edge hundred little beauties will cost four dollars twenty-five cents postpaid Cob bies Gifts PO Box 2 Deal NJ 07723 Ask PAL blades Well gang Im trying get caught up letters keep column going Wish space em much appreciated Until next time may Dermestes Maculatus spare yer balsa styrofoam RC crowd Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd Santa Monica CA 90402 Buck 600/Foster Continued page 67 angle climb Now start adding en gine run increments second ob serving flight adverse tendencies making adjustments necessary cor rect perfect adjustment 700 800 up approximately half-turn right 10 seconds have use about 6-in right rudder obtain right tendency through power pattern probably have too much washin right wing panel Correct condition start over rather fighting otherwise ship will have speed-sensitive inconsistent pattern have safe power runs over five seconds its okay start gliding airplane Glide adjustments course straightforward using DT hammer adjustment change incidence stab test flights made under full power have enjoyed pleasurable years flying Buck design different sizes have rewarded Joe Jr national records Classes B C D have won consistently US FF Championships other important contests hope have much success pleasure yours Thermals CL Aerobatics/Paul Continued page 68 ing have never pre pared airplane silver undercoat missing very important step Sil ver shows up flawsvery em phatically Usually will have go back over plane places correct bad spots Also silver good base color coat Most us point would now cover entire plane base color coat white name McDonald Werwage Fancher Powell Paul Casale red name Gieseke Barrett yel low orange name Whitely Ada misin Bob McDonald olive drab name Frank McMillan black name Glenn Meador However Windy has other method very intelligent just plain makes good sense Read carefully what follows 'Now -in masking tape masked out trim letters left /x-in silver outline trim letters always paint trim first inside silver borders Ive created /x-in tape work inward colors patterns need airbrush September 1983 163
Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/09
Page Numbers: 62, 63, 162, 163
Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/09
Page Numbers: 62, 63, 162, 163
Free Flight SPORT/SCALE Bill Warner OVERWEIGHT kit models revisited Bill Miller newcomer Scale Flying Aces members know him well creator Hungorilla mythical simian power unleashed instant unwary modeller winds turn too shreds solid models inside out Bill devotee Guillows pronounced GWILL-ows kits have found lacking performance would like present case heavy model Bill points out mid-Thirties Cleveland used advertise hollowingout option Superscale kits involved leaving out ribs stringers hol lowing block parts etc get flight per formance technique use kit 62 Model Aviation Frank Sullivan L shows oft Guillow Beginner Series Super Cub admiring Cheryl Tatum Cub builds fast flies fairly realisticallyif too long Bill has lots say about Guillow models months column mans familyof airplanes Chris Johnson shows no mercy fellow competitors Jr/Sr combined class Navy/Marine Armory Los Angeles Just wait until flies Open Indoor fliers Kansas Texas Oklahoma area have beware Stan ley Dentonseen few first-place-winning planes Hes one-man contest Photo John Dyal Weve seen lots pictures taken Phyllis Warnernow holding hubby Bills electric Caudron Simoun Power belt-drive Astro 035 Weight 15 oz fenders Von Whitlocks Bucker made largesize heatshrink tubing electronics supply Store first shrunk larger wheel cut off stringer wood wing LE TE well top bottom side keels fuselage tail formers given diet treatment X-Acto knife Dremel tool taking excess material out inside outlines opens up nose foi larger nose plug allows stretchwinding leaves off landing gear planes retracts other wing rib consigned scrap heap two spars top wing says finds heavy wood kits blessing too heavy-handed impatient make go 1outique kits often praised column Good point Modelers come prefer ences 900-series kits Guillow says Bill fly great unaltered loop YI-in -in Sig flat rubber sometimes larger nose plug prop espe cially likes instructions 900- 600-series clarity easy technically illiterate follow certainly have noticed about plans too unfortunate kids take time read have about hundred kids ranging II 15 years old avi ation classes model club believe following directions strong point Performance-wise notes Tom Nal lens 16-in Guillow F6F using hol lowing out lightening described above 6-in rather 5-in prop has flown minute 45 seconds Bills DH Chipmunk flew OUS Pitching Sterling kits Bill has won two firsts Peanut WW contests flying Fokker D-7 addition kit purchased being scale wheels Miller-built Scientific Cessna 185 Mus tang Taylor Cub flew OOS modification stock being simple Continued page 162 Dick Allen sent us sketch weather vane top Springfield MA City Hall September 1983 63 Flightmaster Carlo Triple-Tripe Godel strikes again Etrich Taube flying wing CO-2 model entered 1982 Northrop Flying Wing contest held Californias Mile Square fly ing site Did fly Well Bill Noonan goes planes personality 1925 Avro Bison fleet spotter has character its boarding ladder some models have entirety Bill Noonan photo Von Whitlock president Flightmasters West Los Angeles demonstrates lube rubber motor sponge-jawed tongs keeps fingers dry DEAtER/ DISTRIBUTOR INQUIRIES INVITED WS 54 2035 ENGINES 3 CHANNEL THE BEGINNERS KITTEN AND EXPERTS TIGER RenolotiOnary snap on wing eliminates bolts robber bands Complete kit $54 95 dealer direct GEMINI MODELS INC P0 Box 1168 Ponnac NJ 07000 PRODUCTS FOR THE DISCERNING MODELER Complete Line Exhaust Systems * Tuned Pipes MuffledTuned Pipes * Headers Venturi Mufflers * Expansion Mufflers Helicopter Ball Mufflers Specialized Exhaust Systems Unsurpassed Won MatcfleO rerrormance ystem TOP PERFORMANCE K&B ENGINES 16 Airplane 4 Marine K&B FUELS K&B 010W PLUGS 7 Blendo4 cboicen Matched Finish System BEST APPEARANCE K&B FIBERGLASS CLOTH K&B Micro-BalloOnt FILLER K&B SUPER POSY RESIN K&B SUPER FOXY THINNER K&B SUPER POXY PRIMER K&B SUPER POSY PAINT K&B MIXING CUPS KK terest Free Flight seems well seeing lot Wittman tribe some years come Trophies awards Team Trophy honors went Orbiteers team con sisting Don Bartick Clarence Mather Bill Booth Jr Open Sweepstakes went Joe Foster followed Eugene Bartel Andrew Barron Steve Zink won Junior Sweepstakes award High-Time trophy went Douc Galbreath performance C Gas isnt endmerely conclusion report no end Free Flight forever FF SCale/Warner Continued page 63 removable nose block Mustang lost b-minute-plus flight Guil lows 6-in plastic propcertainly impres stve Well Bill certainly has done well de fending point view will admiE much vogue West opines fact prevailing winds bring air pollution garbage toward East lives historic town Fairfield CT makes necessary have sturdier planes can punch up through mess just ride around top Interesting theory also heard Guillow though rebutting points made discussion sparked Will Volny sent four kits felt best fliers Arrow Lancer non-scale Piper Super Cub Fairchild 24 semi-scale promised turn over testing committee expe rienced Junior modelers admonition build per plan no changes al lowed An initial burst enthusiasm saw three students model club Paul Revere Junior High Los Angeles madly going Lancer offering come after school finish himself An tractive kit finished despite best efforts Frank Sullivan took Super Cub home returned nothing flat drew plenty compliments flew about 30 ft heavy aerodynamic fact did attain 500 ft altitude stay up couple minutes did seem bother admiring crowd outside classroom next plane come Arrow assigned Ricky Lin half-inch warp right wing looked great offers admirers buy spot writing hes de-warping first flight Its really tail-heavy will require about half-golf-ball clay least Would kid Podunk Iowa know about warps center-of-gravity position kids did study direc tions Still Arrow really attractive design Well see much fun stretchwinding motor trying get back tiny nose-plug hole Fairchild due refusal part its 13-year-old builder follow direc tions flew well made removable noseblock giving about half-in square opening nose stretch-winding Beautiful flights about 30 sec possible Complaints kids centered around use plastic vacu-formed parts either fully-formed exhaust array Arrow sturdy enough nose Super Cub die-cut parts also gave trouble did always fit Ricky especially problems dealing weight materials having already made five Peck-Polymers kits used contest balsa hard get used kit wood almost three times density verdict Starting Guillow Comet Sterling Scientific fine expect can deliver Reading generally well-thought-out di rections can provide wealth information next level involves Mil lers lightening hop-up routine can render kits flyable use contest materials own feeling goes boutique kit Millers term such Pecks Dubois Classic Models Flyline Golden Age etc plan model se lects appropriate materials rather just using whats kit eventu ally drawing up ones own models three-views seem logical progression Still modelers no matter ad vanced delight seeing good kit good kit promise flight compliments personal satisfaction Im sure kit makers would like have clients succeed Lets encourage keep improving products May termites spare balsa An innocent little sign-off line recent column brought sad letter Bob Liefeld out New Mexico Seems though son doing 4-H project tanning hides Says Bob evening out quiet heard faint 'seritch-seritch-scritch' sound led styrofoam box Mattel Vacu-Form set Close inspection showed sounds coming sty rofoam itself Indeed innumer able /0-in -diameter holes foam little furry beasts Said beasts busy eating least boring foam Good Grief styrofoam Oh no Oh yes Most collection balsa kits finished airplanes stocks balsa wood riddled /oin dia meter holes containing furry larva point must break Bobs sad story just too heartrending sent samples damaged materials including piece Microdyne Indoor wood slant-bored along thirty-nine others Bob observed nothing spared unless presented smaller crosssection bugs What way lighten 162 Model Aviation DUAL PERSOhAUTY TRAINER GEENIS BEAUTIFUL SUPER CHAMP PWLTTTI flII IfTnmlIflTrIITnIrpTl 12001400 & 2000 MIL GIANT SCALE NICAD AMoam Pads FEATURES o completely assembled connector choice o factory fresh cells built specifications SAFT AMERICA o vibration proof construction 4 point weld between cells o hi-rate charge capability charge 480 mu rate continuous cell damage o each pack completely cycled prior shipment o available flat square stick configuration unique battery compartments weight/balance considerations o extra long leads available special applications o custom designs dual airborne back-up systems o hi-rate UL approved charger available-charge rate 120 mil o individual cells solder tabs 12 14 20 Ah capacities o 1200 1400 airborne packs weigh 72 oz complete o 2000 airborne packs weigh 115 oz complete 4 6 cell 12 14 Ah race car electric boat packs Local Hobby Shop Dealer first Lakes Radio Control GEAR/C Great Southamptom Livonia Ml 48152 u MFGRS & DISTRIBUTORS OUALITY R/C PRODucTS 6 COMPONENTS 1200 & 14002000 SEND $100 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG OF ALL BATTERY SYSTEMS AND OTHER PRODUCTS FROM GLR/C Inc AVAILABLE NDABLE ON FIRST ORDER up models trip entomologist local university revealed culprits offspring hide leather beatle Dermestes Maculatus love soft bur rowing material balsa natural no hides around Bob sealed infested materials plastic trash bags along Shell No-Pest Strips problem disappeared Still got rid samples sent posthaste well-wrapped metal foil considered sending Meuser months happy hint has great source single-edged razor blades Since great shaving revolution involving stainless steel blades great beards lousy anything else modelers have up against blade would hold edge newsletter San Diego Scale Staffel recently recommended source single-edged blades reasonable price order hundred arrived happy blades being average carbon steel next order however filled PAL-brand blades blued and real/v hold edge hundred little beauties will cost four dollars twenty-five cents postpaid Cob bies Gifts PO Box 2 Deal NJ 07723 Ask PAL blades Well gang Im trying get caught up letters keep column going Wish space em much appreciated Until next time may Dermestes Maculatus spare yer balsa styrofoam RC crowd Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd Santa Monica CA 90402 Buck 600/Foster Continued page 67 angle climb Now start adding en gine run increments second ob serving flight adverse tendencies making adjustments necessary cor rect perfect adjustment 700 800 up approximately half-turn right 10 seconds have use about 6-in right rudder obtain right tendency through power pattern probably have too much washin right wing panel Correct condition start over rather fighting otherwise ship will have speed-sensitive inconsistent pattern have safe power runs over five seconds its okay start gliding airplane Glide adjustments course straightforward using DT hammer adjustment change incidence stab test flights made under full power have enjoyed pleasurable years flying Buck design different sizes have rewarded Joe Jr national records Classes B C D have won consistently US FF Championships other important contests hope have much success pleasure yours Thermals CL Aerobatics/Paul Continued page 68 ing have never pre pared airplane silver undercoat missing very important step Sil ver shows up flawsvery em phatically Usually will have go back over plane places correct bad spots Also silver good base color coat Most us point would now cover entire plane base color coat white name McDonald Werwage Fancher Powell Paul Casale red name Gieseke Barrett yel low orange name Whitely Ada misin Bob McDonald olive drab name Frank McMillan black name Glenn Meador However Windy has other method very intelligent just plain makes good sense Read carefully what follows 'Now -in masking tape masked out trim letters left /x-in silver outline trim letters always paint trim first inside silver borders Ive created /x-in tape work inward colors patterns need airbrush September 1983 163
Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/09
Page Numbers: 62, 63, 162, 163
Free Flight SPORT/SCALE Bill Warner OVERWEIGHT kit models revisited Bill Miller newcomer Scale Flying Aces members know him well creator Hungorilla mythical simian power unleashed instant unwary modeller winds turn too shreds solid models inside out Bill devotee Guillows pronounced GWILL-ows kits have found lacking performance would like present case heavy model Bill points out mid-Thirties Cleveland used advertise hollowingout option Superscale kits involved leaving out ribs stringers hol lowing block parts etc get flight per formance technique use kit 62 Model Aviation Frank Sullivan L shows oft Guillow Beginner Series Super Cub admiring Cheryl Tatum Cub builds fast flies fairly realisticallyif too long Bill has lots say about Guillow models months column mans familyof airplanes Chris Johnson shows no mercy fellow competitors Jr/Sr combined class Navy/Marine Armory Los Angeles Just wait until flies Open Indoor fliers Kansas Texas Oklahoma area have beware Stan ley Dentonseen few first-place-winning planes Hes one-man contest Photo John Dyal Weve seen lots pictures taken Phyllis Warnernow holding hubby Bills electric Caudron Simoun Power belt-drive Astro 035 Weight 15 oz fenders Von Whitlocks Bucker made largesize heatshrink tubing electronics supply Store first shrunk larger wheel cut off stringer wood wing LE TE well top bottom side keels fuselage tail formers given diet treatment X-Acto knife Dremel tool taking excess material out inside outlines opens up nose foi larger nose plug allows stretchwinding leaves off landing gear planes retracts other wing rib consigned scrap heap two spars top wing says finds heavy wood kits blessing too heavy-handed impatient make go 1outique kits often praised column Good point Modelers come prefer ences 900-series kits Guillow says Bill fly great unaltered loop YI-in -in Sig flat rubber sometimes larger nose plug prop espe cially likes instructions 900- 600-series clarity easy technically illiterate follow certainly have noticed about plans too unfortunate kids take time read have about hundred kids ranging II 15 years old avi ation classes model club believe following directions strong point Performance-wise notes Tom Nal lens 16-in Guillow F6F using hol lowing out lightening described above 6-in rather 5-in prop has flown minute 45 seconds Bills DH Chipmunk flew OUS Pitching Sterling kits Bill has won two firsts Peanut WW contests flying Fokker D-7 addition kit purchased being scale wheels Miller-built Scientific Cessna 185 Mus tang Taylor Cub flew OOS modification stock being simple Continued page 162 Dick Allen sent us sketch weather vane top Springfield MA City Hall September 1983 63 Flightmaster Carlo Triple-Tripe Godel strikes again Etrich Taube flying wing CO-2 model entered 1982 Northrop Flying Wing contest held Californias Mile Square fly ing site Did fly Well Bill Noonan goes planes personality 1925 Avro Bison fleet spotter has character its boarding ladder some models have entirety Bill Noonan photo Von Whitlock president Flightmasters West Los Angeles demonstrates lube rubber motor sponge-jawed tongs keeps fingers dry DEAtER/ DISTRIBUTOR INQUIRIES INVITED WS 54 2035 ENGINES 3 CHANNEL THE BEGINNERS KITTEN AND EXPERTS TIGER RenolotiOnary snap on wing eliminates bolts robber bands Complete kit $54 95 dealer direct GEMINI MODELS INC P0 Box 1168 Ponnac NJ 07000 PRODUCTS FOR THE DISCERNING MODELER Complete Line Exhaust Systems * Tuned Pipes MuffledTuned Pipes * Headers Venturi Mufflers * Expansion Mufflers Helicopter Ball Mufflers Specialized Exhaust Systems Unsurpassed Won MatcfleO rerrormance ystem TOP PERFORMANCE K&B ENGINES 16 Airplane 4 Marine K&B FUELS K&B 010W PLUGS 7 Blendo4 cboicen Matched Finish System BEST APPEARANCE K&B FIBERGLASS CLOTH K&B Micro-BalloOnt FILLER K&B SUPER POSY RESIN K&B SUPER FOXY THINNER K&B SUPER POXY PRIMER K&B SUPER POSY PAINT K&B MIXING CUPS KK terest Free Flight seems well seeing lot Wittman tribe some years come Trophies awards Team Trophy honors went Orbiteers team con sisting Don Bartick Clarence Mather Bill Booth Jr Open Sweepstakes went Joe Foster followed Eugene Bartel Andrew Barron Steve Zink won Junior Sweepstakes award High-Time trophy went Douc Galbreath performance C Gas isnt endmerely conclusion report no end Free Flight forever FF SCale/Warner Continued page 63 removable nose block Mustang lost b-minute-plus flight Guil lows 6-in plastic propcertainly impres stve Well Bill certainly has done well de fending point view will admiE much vogue West opines fact prevailing winds bring air pollution garbage toward East lives historic town Fairfield CT makes necessary have sturdier planes can punch up through mess just ride around top Interesting theory also heard Guillow though rebutting points made discussion sparked Will Volny sent four kits felt best fliers Arrow Lancer non-scale Piper Super Cub Fairchild 24 semi-scale promised turn over testing committee expe rienced Junior modelers admonition build per plan no changes al lowed An initial burst enthusiasm saw three students model club Paul Revere Junior High Los Angeles madly going Lancer offering come after school finish himself An tractive kit finished despite best efforts Frank Sullivan took Super Cub home returned nothing flat drew plenty compliments flew about 30 ft heavy aerodynamic fact did attain 500 ft altitude stay up couple minutes did seem bother admiring crowd outside classroom next plane come Arrow assigned Ricky Lin half-inch warp right wing looked great offers admirers buy spot writing hes de-warping first flight Its really tail-heavy will require about half-golf-ball clay least Would kid Podunk Iowa know about warps center-of-gravity position kids did study direc tions Still Arrow really attractive design Well see much fun stretchwinding motor trying get back tiny nose-plug hole Fairchild due refusal part its 13-year-old builder follow direc tions flew well made removable noseblock giving about half-in square opening nose stretch-winding Beautiful flights about 30 sec possible Complaints kids centered around use plastic vacu-formed parts either fully-formed exhaust array Arrow sturdy enough nose Super Cub die-cut parts also gave trouble did always fit Ricky especially problems dealing weight materials having already made five Peck-Polymers kits used contest balsa hard get used kit wood almost three times density verdict Starting Guillow Comet Sterling Scientific fine expect can deliver Reading generally well-thought-out di rections can provide wealth information next level involves Mil lers lightening hop-up routine can render kits flyable use contest materials own feeling goes boutique kit Millers term such Pecks Dubois Classic Models Flyline Golden Age etc plan model se lects appropriate materials rather just using whats kit eventu ally drawing up ones own models three-views seem logical progression Still modelers no matter ad vanced delight seeing good kit good kit promise flight compliments personal satisfaction Im sure kit makers would like have clients succeed Lets encourage keep improving products May termites spare balsa An innocent little sign-off line recent column brought sad letter Bob Liefeld out New Mexico Seems though son doing 4-H project tanning hides Says Bob evening out quiet heard faint 'seritch-seritch-scritch' sound led styrofoam box Mattel Vacu-Form set Close inspection showed sounds coming sty rofoam itself Indeed innumer able /0-in -diameter holes foam little furry beasts Said beasts busy eating least boring foam Good Grief styrofoam Oh no Oh yes Most collection balsa kits finished airplanes stocks balsa wood riddled /oin dia meter holes containing furry larva point must break Bobs sad story just too heartrending sent samples damaged materials including piece Microdyne Indoor wood slant-bored along thirty-nine others Bob observed nothing spared unless presented smaller crosssection bugs What way lighten 162 Model Aviation DUAL PERSOhAUTY TRAINER GEENIS BEAUTIFUL SUPER CHAMP PWLTTTI flII IfTnmlIflTrIITnIrpTl 12001400 & 2000 MIL GIANT SCALE NICAD AMoam Pads FEATURES o completely assembled connector choice o factory fresh cells built specifications SAFT AMERICA o vibration proof construction 4 point weld between cells o hi-rate charge capability charge 480 mu rate continuous cell damage o each pack completely cycled prior shipment o available flat square stick configuration unique battery compartments weight/balance considerations o extra long leads available special applications o custom designs dual airborne back-up systems o hi-rate UL approved charger available-charge rate 120 mil o individual cells solder tabs 12 14 20 Ah capacities o 1200 1400 airborne packs weigh 72 oz complete o 2000 airborne packs weigh 115 oz complete 4 6 cell 12 14 Ah race car electric boat packs Local Hobby Shop Dealer first Lakes Radio Control GEAR/C Great Southamptom Livonia Ml 48152 u MFGRS & DISTRIBUTORS OUALITY R/C PRODucTS 6 COMPONENTS 1200 & 14002000 SEND $100 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG OF ALL BATTERY SYSTEMS AND OTHER PRODUCTS FROM GLR/C Inc AVAILABLE NDABLE ON FIRST ORDER up models trip entomologist local university revealed culprits offspring hide leather beatle Dermestes Maculatus love soft bur rowing material balsa natural no hides around Bob sealed infested materials plastic trash bags along Shell No-Pest Strips problem disappeared Still got rid samples sent posthaste well-wrapped metal foil considered sending Meuser months happy hint has great source single-edged razor blades Since great shaving revolution involving stainless steel blades great beards lousy anything else modelers have up against blade would hold edge newsletter San Diego Scale Staffel recently recommended source single-edged blades reasonable price order hundred arrived happy blades being average carbon steel next order however filled PAL-brand blades blued and real/v hold edge hundred little beauties will cost four dollars twenty-five cents postpaid Cob bies Gifts PO Box 2 Deal NJ 07723 Ask PAL blades Well gang Im trying get caught up letters keep column going Wish space em much appreciated Until next time may Dermestes Maculatus spare yer balsa styrofoam RC crowd Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd Santa Monica CA 90402 Buck 600/Foster Continued page 67 angle climb Now start adding en gine run increments second ob serving flight adverse tendencies making adjustments necessary cor rect perfect adjustment 700 800 up approximately half-turn right 10 seconds have use about 6-in right rudder obtain right tendency through power pattern probably have too much washin right wing panel Correct condition start over rather fighting otherwise ship will have speed-sensitive inconsistent pattern have safe power runs over five seconds its okay start gliding airplane Glide adjustments course straightforward using DT hammer adjustment change incidence stab test flights made under full power have enjoyed pleasurable years flying Buck design different sizes have rewarded Joe Jr national records Classes B C D have won consistently US FF Championships other important contests hope have much success pleasure yours Thermals CL Aerobatics/Paul Continued page 68 ing have never pre pared airplane silver undercoat missing very important step Sil ver shows up flawsvery em phatically Usually will have go back over plane places correct bad spots Also silver good base color coat Most us point would now cover entire plane base color coat white name McDonald Werwage Fancher Powell Paul Casale red name Gieseke Barrett yel low orange name Whitely Ada misin Bob McDonald olive drab name Frank McMillan black name Glenn Meador However Windy has other method very intelligent just plain makes good sense Read carefully what follows 'Now -in masking tape masked out trim letters left /x-in silver outline trim letters always paint trim first inside silver borders Ive created /x-in tape work inward colors patterns need airbrush September 1983 163
Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/09
Page Numbers: 62, 63, 162, 163
Free Flight SPORT/SCALE Bill Warner OVERWEIGHT kit models revisited Bill Miller newcomer Scale Flying Aces members know him well creator Hungorilla mythical simian power unleashed instant unwary modeller winds turn too shreds solid models inside out Bill devotee Guillows pronounced GWILL-ows kits have found lacking performance would like present case heavy model Bill points out mid-Thirties Cleveland used advertise hollowingout option Superscale kits involved leaving out ribs stringers hol lowing block parts etc get flight per formance technique use kit 62 Model Aviation Frank Sullivan L shows oft Guillow Beginner Series Super Cub admiring Cheryl Tatum Cub builds fast flies fairly realisticallyif too long Bill has lots say about Guillow models months column mans familyof airplanes Chris Johnson shows no mercy fellow competitors Jr/Sr combined class Navy/Marine Armory Los Angeles Just wait until flies Open Indoor fliers Kansas Texas Oklahoma area have beware Stan ley Dentonseen few first-place-winning planes Hes one-man contest Photo John Dyal Weve seen lots pictures taken Phyllis Warnernow holding hubby Bills electric Caudron Simoun Power belt-drive Astro 035 Weight 15 oz fenders Von Whitlocks Bucker made largesize heatshrink tubing electronics supply Store first shrunk larger wheel cut off stringer wood wing LE TE well top bottom side keels fuselage tail formers given diet treatment X-Acto knife Dremel tool taking excess material out inside outlines opens up nose foi larger nose plug allows stretchwinding leaves off landing gear planes retracts other wing rib consigned scrap heap two spars top wing says finds heavy wood kits blessing too heavy-handed impatient make go 1outique kits often praised column Good point Modelers come prefer ences 900-series kits Guillow says Bill fly great unaltered loop YI-in -in Sig flat rubber sometimes larger nose plug prop espe cially likes instructions 900- 600-series clarity easy technically illiterate follow certainly have noticed about plans too unfortunate kids take time read have about hundred kids ranging II 15 years old avi ation classes model club believe following directions strong point Performance-wise notes Tom Nal lens 16-in Guillow F6F using hol lowing out lightening described above 6-in rather 5-in prop has flown minute 45 seconds Bills DH Chipmunk flew OUS Pitching Sterling kits Bill has won two firsts Peanut WW contests flying Fokker D-7 addition kit purchased being scale wheels Miller-built Scientific Cessna 185 Mus tang Taylor Cub flew OOS modification stock being simple Continued page 162 Dick Allen sent us sketch weather vane top Springfield MA City Hall September 1983 63 Flightmaster Carlo Triple-Tripe Godel strikes again Etrich Taube flying wing CO-2 model entered 1982 Northrop Flying Wing contest held Californias Mile Square fly ing site Did fly Well Bill Noonan goes planes personality 1925 Avro Bison fleet spotter has character its boarding ladder some models have entirety Bill Noonan photo Von Whitlock president Flightmasters West Los Angeles demonstrates lube rubber motor sponge-jawed tongs keeps fingers dry DEAtER/ DISTRIBUTOR INQUIRIES INVITED WS 54 2035 ENGINES 3 CHANNEL THE BEGINNERS KITTEN AND EXPERTS TIGER RenolotiOnary snap on wing eliminates bolts robber bands Complete kit $54 95 dealer direct GEMINI MODELS INC P0 Box 1168 Ponnac NJ 07000 PRODUCTS FOR THE DISCERNING MODELER Complete Line Exhaust Systems * Tuned Pipes MuffledTuned Pipes * Headers Venturi Mufflers * Expansion Mufflers Helicopter Ball Mufflers Specialized Exhaust Systems Unsurpassed Won MatcfleO rerrormance ystem TOP PERFORMANCE K&B ENGINES 16 Airplane 4 Marine K&B FUELS K&B 010W PLUGS 7 Blendo4 cboicen Matched Finish System BEST APPEARANCE K&B FIBERGLASS CLOTH K&B Micro-BalloOnt FILLER K&B SUPER POSY RESIN K&B SUPER FOXY THINNER K&B SUPER POXY PRIMER K&B SUPER POSY PAINT K&B MIXING CUPS KK terest Free Flight seems well seeing lot Wittman tribe some years come Trophies awards Team Trophy honors went Orbiteers team con sisting Don Bartick Clarence Mather Bill Booth Jr Open Sweepstakes went Joe Foster followed Eugene Bartel Andrew Barron Steve Zink won Junior Sweepstakes award High-Time trophy went Douc Galbreath performance C Gas isnt endmerely conclusion report no end Free Flight forever FF SCale/Warner Continued page 63 removable nose block Mustang lost b-minute-plus flight Guil lows 6-in plastic propcertainly impres stve Well Bill certainly has done well de fending point view will admiE much vogue West opines fact prevailing winds bring air pollution garbage toward East lives historic town Fairfield CT makes necessary have sturdier planes can punch up through mess just ride around top Interesting theory also heard Guillow though rebutting points made discussion sparked Will Volny sent four kits felt best fliers Arrow Lancer non-scale Piper Super Cub Fairchild 24 semi-scale promised turn over testing committee expe rienced Junior modelers admonition build per plan no changes al lowed An initial burst enthusiasm saw three students model club Paul Revere Junior High Los Angeles madly going Lancer offering come after school finish himself An tractive kit finished despite best efforts Frank Sullivan took Super Cub home returned nothing flat drew plenty compliments flew about 30 ft heavy aerodynamic fact did attain 500 ft altitude stay up couple minutes did seem bother admiring crowd outside classroom next plane come Arrow assigned Ricky Lin half-inch warp right wing looked great offers admirers buy spot writing hes de-warping first flight Its really tail-heavy will require about half-golf-ball clay least Would kid Podunk Iowa know about warps center-of-gravity position kids did study direc tions Still Arrow really attractive design Well see much fun stretchwinding motor trying get back tiny nose-plug hole Fairchild due refusal part its 13-year-old builder follow direc tions flew well made removable noseblock giving about half-in square opening nose stretch-winding Beautiful flights about 30 sec possible Complaints kids centered around use plastic vacu-formed parts either fully-formed exhaust array Arrow sturdy enough nose Super Cub die-cut parts also gave trouble did always fit Ricky especially problems dealing weight materials having already made five Peck-Polymers kits used contest balsa hard get used kit wood almost three times density verdict Starting Guillow Comet Sterling Scientific fine expect can deliver Reading generally well-thought-out di rections can provide wealth information next level involves Mil lers lightening hop-up routine can render kits flyable use contest materials own feeling goes boutique kit Millers term such Pecks Dubois Classic Models Flyline Golden Age etc plan model se lects appropriate materials rather just using whats kit eventu ally drawing up ones own models three-views seem logical progression Still modelers no matter ad vanced delight seeing good kit good kit promise flight compliments personal satisfaction Im sure kit makers would like have clients succeed Lets encourage keep improving products May termites spare balsa An innocent little sign-off line recent column brought sad letter Bob Liefeld out New Mexico Seems though son doing 4-H project tanning hides Says Bob evening out quiet heard faint 'seritch-seritch-scritch' sound led styrofoam box Mattel Vacu-Form set Close inspection showed sounds coming sty rofoam itself Indeed innumer able /0-in -diameter holes foam little furry beasts Said beasts busy eating least boring foam Good Grief styrofoam Oh no Oh yes Most collection balsa kits finished airplanes stocks balsa wood riddled /oin dia meter holes containing furry larva point must break Bobs sad story just too heartrending sent samples damaged materials including piece Microdyne Indoor wood slant-bored along thirty-nine others Bob observed nothing spared unless presented smaller crosssection bugs What way lighten 162 Model Aviation DUAL PERSOhAUTY TRAINER GEENIS BEAUTIFUL SUPER CHAMP PWLTTTI flII IfTnmlIflTrIITnIrpTl 12001400 & 2000 MIL GIANT SCALE NICAD AMoam Pads FEATURES o completely assembled connector choice o factory fresh cells built specifications SAFT AMERICA o vibration proof construction 4 point weld between cells o hi-rate charge capability charge 480 mu rate continuous cell damage o each pack completely cycled prior shipment o available flat square stick configuration unique battery compartments weight/balance considerations o extra long leads available special applications o custom designs dual airborne back-up systems o hi-rate UL approved charger available-charge rate 120 mil o individual cells solder tabs 12 14 20 Ah capacities o 1200 1400 airborne packs weigh 72 oz complete o 2000 airborne packs weigh 115 oz complete 4 6 cell 12 14 Ah race car electric boat packs Local Hobby Shop Dealer first Lakes Radio Control GEAR/C Great Southamptom Livonia Ml 48152 u MFGRS & DISTRIBUTORS OUALITY R/C PRODucTS 6 COMPONENTS 1200 & 14002000 SEND $100 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG OF ALL BATTERY SYSTEMS AND OTHER PRODUCTS FROM GLR/C Inc AVAILABLE NDABLE ON FIRST ORDER up models trip entomologist local university revealed culprits offspring hide leather beatle Dermestes Maculatus love soft bur rowing material balsa natural no hides around Bob sealed infested materials plastic trash bags along Shell No-Pest Strips problem disappeared Still got rid samples sent posthaste well-wrapped metal foil considered sending Meuser months happy hint has great source single-edged razor blades Since great shaving revolution involving stainless steel blades great beards lousy anything else modelers have up against blade would hold edge newsletter San Diego Scale Staffel recently recommended source single-edged blades reasonable price order hundred arrived happy blades being average carbon steel next order however filled PAL-brand blades blued and real/v hold edge hundred little beauties will cost four dollars twenty-five cents postpaid Cob bies Gifts PO Box 2 Deal NJ 07723 Ask PAL blades Well gang Im trying get caught up letters keep column going Wish space em much appreciated Until next time may Dermestes Maculatus spare yer balsa styrofoam RC crowd Bill Warner 423-C San Vicente Blvd Santa Monica CA 90402 Buck 600/Foster Continued page 67 angle climb Now start adding en gine run increments second ob serving flight adverse tendencies making adjustments necessary cor rect perfect adjustment 700 800 up approximately half-turn right 10 seconds have use about 6-in right rudder obtain right tendency through power pattern probably have too much washin right wing panel Correct condition start over rather fighting otherwise ship will have speed-sensitive inconsistent pattern have safe power runs over five seconds its okay start gliding airplane Glide adjustments course straightforward using DT hammer adjustment change incidence stab test flights made under full power have enjoyed pleasurable years flying Buck design different sizes have rewarded Joe Jr national records Classes B C D have won consistently US FF Championships other important contests hope have much success pleasure yours Thermals CL Aerobatics/Paul Continued page 68 ing have never pre pared airplane silver undercoat missing very important step Sil ver shows up flawsvery em phatically Usually will have go back over plane places correct bad spots Also silver good base color coat Most us point would now cover entire plane base color coat white name McDonald Werwage Fancher Powell Paul Casale red name Gieseke Barrett yel low orange name Whitely Ada misin Bob McDonald olive drab name Frank McMillan black name Glenn Meador However Windy has other method very intelligent just plain makes good sense Read carefully what follows 'Now -in masking tape masked out trim letters left /x-in silver outline trim letters always paint trim first inside silver borders Ive created /x-in tape work inward colors patterns need airbrush September 1983 163
