________ Its almost like being kid again Take supermarket meat tray cut out neat little foam gliders make up dowel handlauncher youre ready play U Model Design Joel Goldbach EText Larry Kruse THESE TWO little gliders will provide lot fun very little expenditure time effort Both designs can cut same sourcea supermarket foam meat tray fact set parts plane can made same tray judicious positioning pat terns Stealth Glider inspired popular Zanonia Seed glider published Model Aviation 2/83 mod ernized squared-off wings Stealth Glider work same way original give suggestion flight angu lar planform well-known Stealth Bomber no real construction Stealth Glider need trace wing outline balance point bottom %2-in thick foam meat tray ball-point pen cut out Sand wing outline shape sand wing itself airfoil shape airfoil crit ical better airfoil shape bet ter glider will fly Taper extreme tips wing use /2- 34-in dowel carefully bend tip up ons will control turn glide balance glider epoxy paper clip top nose area epoxy cured poke pin through balance point shown Holding glider vertically add nose weight form clay until glider hangs slightly nose down Launch glider holding between thumb forefinger An easy toss will give nice long glide hard toss will make glider loop level out extended glide Add subtract clay adjust glide angle Bend elevons up down tighten open turn Stealth Glider flies well indoors cats love outside calm air contrast Canard Catapult should flown outdoors never aimed anyone during launch construct lit tle flier cut out foam parts did Stealth Glider airfoil ca nard surface front stabilizer wing Note wing uses up-turned sides meat tray tip dihedral rudder does need airfoiled should thinned slightly edges rounded Cut fuselage balsa stock ce ment catapult hook front Clip head straight pin poke 52 Model Aviation gaggle foamlee three Stealth Gliders bottom all-Toam uansra Latapuit itop aaas aaisa pans nence should never aimed anyone during launch Stealth Gilders distinctIve lInes Inspired angular planform well-known Stealth Bomber Full-Size Plans Available Page 191 Epoxy Paperclip hereAdd \ Balance Point YE % 4 4 Up Line Using Dowel Canard Surface ISand Airfoil Strewn Stealth Glider Stealth Glider Canard Catapult Designed Joe Goldbach Drawn Larry Kruae Begin Taper Add Clay r Canard Catapult Two No 32 Rubberbands Looped Together Looped Around Length 5A Dia Dowel DO NOT POINT THE MODEL AT ANYONE WHEN RELEASING CIL Cut Foam Epoxy Wing Csnard Fuselage Use Epoxy Mount Rudder Top WingNote Top ViewAirtoll As Shown Side View CANARD WING Front View Doter Edge 01 Foam Meat Tray Canard Catapult Taper Dflp Cut Foam Meat Tray Rudder BalanceCanopy HereLine V --1' J Sand Airfoil Airfoil Shown-as Sheen Clip Head Oft PinCanard FuselageA__ I CatapultSandpaper Embed FuselageFrom Medium BalsaBoth Sides SupportWith Epoxy fuselage shown plan Use thin bead epoxy Hot Stuff keep place assemble other parts poke holes top fuselage pin stab wing mounted ep oxy place Check epoxy curing make sure both square fuselage Add rudder top wing two small squares sandpa per rear fuselage assist gripping during launch Balance plane adding clay nose round pencil dowel placed under plane its balance point will help may need add subtract bit clay later fine-tune glide Gary Blake left Taryn Blake center Shelby Spell right obviously think Stealth Gliders great Six-year-old Gary five-year-old sister children Richard Teresa Blake Five-year-old Shelby son Kenny Carrie Spell simple canard can teach novice fliers little about trimming Flexible forgiving foam surfaces can bent various angles experiment effects different control adjustments May 1991 53 Continued page 123 Gary Blake gets set another launch little foam-and-balsa Ca nard Catapult practically Indestructible regularly survives col lisions playground equipment trees ground Both proj ects can completed flown eveningperfect kids FF Indoor/Tenny Continued page 121 power test flight adjustments use shorter motor same rubber crosssection add ballast corresponding missing rubber weight example real-life situation model CG /2 ahead center motor lighter motor will shift CG back nor mal motor 22 long test will done 15-in loop rubber used weighs 000189 oz/inch 15-in loop weighs 15 x 2 x 000189 00567 oz balance model 22-in motor 008316 oz add 002646 oz model 1/2 behind CG trim wont change torque burst response model will accurate use same launch torque other flight parameters will change somewhat because test 1oop has different amount slack un winds climb will last longer proper spacer cruise will ex tended ualess model runs out turns too soon ratio launch turns turns left probably will very inaccurate Mini-Stick revisited August 1990 col umn reported Tom Vallees Mini-Stick concept livingroom-class model uses introduce Indoor flying new recruits class seems catching some Toms plans plans original versions appearing several club newslet ters Burr Stantons INMARC Newsletter design both conventional tractor pusher canard versions abbreviated rules Maximum wing 7-in span 25-in chord maximum length 10 motor stick 5-in maxi mum Stab area 50% wing area maxi mum Monoplane covering can anything except microfilm all-wood prop Special rules contests Toms liv ing room Fly AMA rules except three ten-second steers permitted winding must done kitchen Rescue photo documents spectacular goofups 1990 USIC new Intermediate stick totally untested desperation made some test flights small practice areas end bleachers did best avoid air circulation intake served laboratory Unfortunately model found air intake anyway ended up plastered against grill Roy Bourke recorded successful rescue ef fort An extensible service platform available boost right level bout 18 ft above floor Luckily air flow could blocked well enough slid ing pieces typing paper between sur faces grill allowed un plug tail boom get model down two separate pieces minor dam age everything except pride Unusual Motor Stick models flown Rene Rutty Switzerland 1990 Well-Adjusted Two Places Once new Sullivan Split Elevator Joint #558 its Snap Thats because quick-release locking sleeves snap securely allowing range off-axis motion Yet theyre much easier unhook adjust individually other ball joints kit has double ball threads onto control rod elevator half connected double ball ball joints easy adjustments elevator control horns can located anywhere elevator complete kit includes double ball jam nut two socket/sleeve assemblies e So youre workingona project needs IUIt~ijii help getting off ground look Sullivan -F PRODUCTS Youll find ideas very easy adjust P0 Box 5166 Batttsore MD 21224 Getting Better Ideas Off Ground World Champs have unusual construction motor sticks photo shows thin balsa spiral-wrapped create tor sionally rigid motor stick visible photo four pieces boron add compression strength stiffness Stan Chiltons props always run smoothly Thats because uses pitch checking gauge allows him pre cisely set blade angle measure pitch anywhere blade D responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation FF Foamies/Goldbach Kruse Continued page 53 Make launcher looping two Number 32 rubber bands together looping around 6-in length 3A6-in dowel Tilt plane about 300 right aim upward about 450 angle pull back launch position Trim arc up right glide left properly trimmed should glide slowly al verge stall Enjoy both Foamies can provide welcome break complicated projects usually tackle LI May1991 123
Edition: Model Aviation - 1991/05
Page Numbers: 52, 53, 123
________ Its almost like being kid again Take supermarket meat tray cut out neat little foam gliders make up dowel handlauncher youre ready play U Model Design Joel Goldbach EText Larry Kruse THESE TWO little gliders will provide lot fun very little expenditure time effort Both designs can cut same sourcea supermarket foam meat tray fact set parts plane can made same tray judicious positioning pat terns Stealth Glider inspired popular Zanonia Seed glider published Model Aviation 2/83 mod ernized squared-off wings Stealth Glider work same way original give suggestion flight angu lar planform well-known Stealth Bomber no real construction Stealth Glider need trace wing outline balance point bottom %2-in thick foam meat tray ball-point pen cut out Sand wing outline shape sand wing itself airfoil shape airfoil crit ical better airfoil shape bet ter glider will fly Taper extreme tips wing use /2- 34-in dowel carefully bend tip up ons will control turn glide balance glider epoxy paper clip top nose area epoxy cured poke pin through balance point shown Holding glider vertically add nose weight form clay until glider hangs slightly nose down Launch glider holding between thumb forefinger An easy toss will give nice long glide hard toss will make glider loop level out extended glide Add subtract clay adjust glide angle Bend elevons up down tighten open turn Stealth Glider flies well indoors cats love outside calm air contrast Canard Catapult should flown outdoors never aimed anyone during launch construct lit tle flier cut out foam parts did Stealth Glider airfoil ca nard surface front stabilizer wing Note wing uses up-turned sides meat tray tip dihedral rudder does need airfoiled should thinned slightly edges rounded Cut fuselage balsa stock ce ment catapult hook front Clip head straight pin poke 52 Model Aviation gaggle foamlee three Stealth Gliders bottom all-Toam uansra Latapuit itop aaas aaisa pans nence should never aimed anyone during launch Stealth Gilders distinctIve lInes Inspired angular planform well-known Stealth Bomber Full-Size Plans Available Page 191 Epoxy Paperclip hereAdd \ Balance Point YE % 4 4 Up Line Using Dowel Canard Surface ISand Airfoil Strewn Stealth Glider Stealth Glider Canard Catapult Designed Joe Goldbach Drawn Larry Kruae Begin Taper Add Clay r Canard Catapult Two No 32 Rubberbands Looped Together Looped Around Length 5A Dia Dowel DO NOT POINT THE MODEL AT ANYONE WHEN RELEASING CIL Cut Foam Epoxy Wing Csnard Fuselage Use Epoxy Mount Rudder Top WingNote Top ViewAirtoll As Shown Side View CANARD WING Front View Doter Edge 01 Foam Meat Tray Canard Catapult Taper Dflp Cut Foam Meat Tray Rudder BalanceCanopy HereLine V --1' J Sand Airfoil Airfoil Shown-as Sheen Clip Head Oft PinCanard FuselageA__ I CatapultSandpaper Embed FuselageFrom Medium BalsaBoth Sides SupportWith Epoxy fuselage shown plan Use thin bead epoxy Hot Stuff keep place assemble other parts poke holes top fuselage pin stab wing mounted ep oxy place Check epoxy curing make sure both square fuselage Add rudder top wing two small squares sandpa per rear fuselage assist gripping during launch Balance plane adding clay nose round pencil dowel placed under plane its balance point will help may need add subtract bit clay later fine-tune glide Gary Blake left Taryn Blake center Shelby Spell right obviously think Stealth Gliders great Six-year-old Gary five-year-old sister children Richard Teresa Blake Five-year-old Shelby son Kenny Carrie Spell simple canard can teach novice fliers little about trimming Flexible forgiving foam surfaces can bent various angles experiment effects different control adjustments May 1991 53 Continued page 123 Gary Blake gets set another launch little foam-and-balsa Ca nard Catapult practically Indestructible regularly survives col lisions playground equipment trees ground Both proj ects can completed flown eveningperfect kids FF Indoor/Tenny Continued page 121 power test flight adjustments use shorter motor same rubber crosssection add ballast corresponding missing rubber weight example real-life situation model CG /2 ahead center motor lighter motor will shift CG back nor mal motor 22 long test will done 15-in loop rubber used weighs 000189 oz/inch 15-in loop weighs 15 x 2 x 000189 00567 oz balance model 22-in motor 008316 oz add 002646 oz model 1/2 behind CG trim wont change torque burst response model will accurate use same launch torque other flight parameters will change somewhat because test 1oop has different amount slack un winds climb will last longer proper spacer cruise will ex tended ualess model runs out turns too soon ratio launch turns turns left probably will very inaccurate Mini-Stick revisited August 1990 col umn reported Tom Vallees Mini-Stick concept livingroom-class model uses introduce Indoor flying new recruits class seems catching some Toms plans plans original versions appearing several club newslet ters Burr Stantons INMARC Newsletter design both conventional tractor pusher canard versions abbreviated rules Maximum wing 7-in span 25-in chord maximum length 10 motor stick 5-in maxi mum Stab area 50% wing area maxi mum Monoplane covering can anything except microfilm all-wood prop Special rules contests Toms liv ing room Fly AMA rules except three ten-second steers permitted winding must done kitchen Rescue photo documents spectacular goofups 1990 USIC new Intermediate stick totally untested desperation made some test flights small practice areas end bleachers did best avoid air circulation intake served laboratory Unfortunately model found air intake anyway ended up plastered against grill Roy Bourke recorded successful rescue ef fort An extensible service platform available boost right level bout 18 ft above floor Luckily air flow could blocked well enough slid ing pieces typing paper between sur faces grill allowed un plug tail boom get model down two separate pieces minor dam age everything except pride Unusual Motor Stick models flown Rene Rutty Switzerland 1990 Well-Adjusted Two Places Once new Sullivan Split Elevator Joint #558 its Snap Thats because quick-release locking sleeves snap securely allowing range off-axis motion Yet theyre much easier unhook adjust individually other ball joints kit has double ball threads onto control rod elevator half connected double ball ball joints easy adjustments elevator control horns can located anywhere elevator complete kit includes double ball jam nut two socket/sleeve assemblies e So youre workingona project needs IUIt~ijii help getting off ground look Sullivan -F PRODUCTS Youll find ideas very easy adjust P0 Box 5166 Batttsore MD 21224 Getting Better Ideas Off Ground World Champs have unusual construction motor sticks photo shows thin balsa spiral-wrapped create tor sionally rigid motor stick visible photo four pieces boron add compression strength stiffness Stan Chiltons props always run smoothly Thats because uses pitch checking gauge allows him pre cisely set blade angle measure pitch anywhere blade D responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation FF Foamies/Goldbach Kruse Continued page 53 Make launcher looping two Number 32 rubber bands together looping around 6-in length 3A6-in dowel Tilt plane about 300 right aim upward about 450 angle pull back launch position Trim arc up right glide left properly trimmed should glide slowly al verge stall Enjoy both Foamies can provide welcome break complicated projects usually tackle LI May1991 123
Edition: Model Aviation - 1991/05
Page Numbers: 52, 53, 123
________ Its almost like being kid again Take supermarket meat tray cut out neat little foam gliders make up dowel handlauncher youre ready play U Model Design Joel Goldbach EText Larry Kruse THESE TWO little gliders will provide lot fun very little expenditure time effort Both designs can cut same sourcea supermarket foam meat tray fact set parts plane can made same tray judicious positioning pat terns Stealth Glider inspired popular Zanonia Seed glider published Model Aviation 2/83 mod ernized squared-off wings Stealth Glider work same way original give suggestion flight angu lar planform well-known Stealth Bomber no real construction Stealth Glider need trace wing outline balance point bottom %2-in thick foam meat tray ball-point pen cut out Sand wing outline shape sand wing itself airfoil shape airfoil crit ical better airfoil shape bet ter glider will fly Taper extreme tips wing use /2- 34-in dowel carefully bend tip up ons will control turn glide balance glider epoxy paper clip top nose area epoxy cured poke pin through balance point shown Holding glider vertically add nose weight form clay until glider hangs slightly nose down Launch glider holding between thumb forefinger An easy toss will give nice long glide hard toss will make glider loop level out extended glide Add subtract clay adjust glide angle Bend elevons up down tighten open turn Stealth Glider flies well indoors cats love outside calm air contrast Canard Catapult should flown outdoors never aimed anyone during launch construct lit tle flier cut out foam parts did Stealth Glider airfoil ca nard surface front stabilizer wing Note wing uses up-turned sides meat tray tip dihedral rudder does need airfoiled should thinned slightly edges rounded Cut fuselage balsa stock ce ment catapult hook front Clip head straight pin poke 52 Model Aviation gaggle foamlee three Stealth Gliders bottom all-Toam uansra Latapuit itop aaas aaisa pans nence should never aimed anyone during launch Stealth Gilders distinctIve lInes Inspired angular planform well-known Stealth Bomber Full-Size Plans Available Page 191 Epoxy Paperclip hereAdd \ Balance Point YE % 4 4 Up Line Using Dowel Canard Surface ISand Airfoil Strewn Stealth Glider Stealth Glider Canard Catapult Designed Joe Goldbach Drawn Larry Kruae Begin Taper Add Clay r Canard Catapult Two No 32 Rubberbands Looped Together Looped Around Length 5A Dia Dowel DO NOT POINT THE MODEL AT ANYONE WHEN RELEASING CIL Cut Foam Epoxy Wing Csnard Fuselage Use Epoxy Mount Rudder Top WingNote Top ViewAirtoll As Shown Side View CANARD WING Front View Doter Edge 01 Foam Meat Tray Canard Catapult Taper Dflp Cut Foam Meat Tray Rudder BalanceCanopy HereLine V --1' J Sand Airfoil Airfoil Shown-as Sheen Clip Head Oft PinCanard FuselageA__ I CatapultSandpaper Embed FuselageFrom Medium BalsaBoth Sides SupportWith Epoxy fuselage shown plan Use thin bead epoxy Hot Stuff keep place assemble other parts poke holes top fuselage pin stab wing mounted ep oxy place Check epoxy curing make sure both square fuselage Add rudder top wing two small squares sandpa per rear fuselage assist gripping during launch Balance plane adding clay nose round pencil dowel placed under plane its balance point will help may need add subtract bit clay later fine-tune glide Gary Blake left Taryn Blake center Shelby Spell right obviously think Stealth Gliders great Six-year-old Gary five-year-old sister children Richard Teresa Blake Five-year-old Shelby son Kenny Carrie Spell simple canard can teach novice fliers little about trimming Flexible forgiving foam surfaces can bent various angles experiment effects different control adjustments May 1991 53 Continued page 123 Gary Blake gets set another launch little foam-and-balsa Ca nard Catapult practically Indestructible regularly survives col lisions playground equipment trees ground Both proj ects can completed flown eveningperfect kids FF Indoor/Tenny Continued page 121 power test flight adjustments use shorter motor same rubber crosssection add ballast corresponding missing rubber weight example real-life situation model CG /2 ahead center motor lighter motor will shift CG back nor mal motor 22 long test will done 15-in loop rubber used weighs 000189 oz/inch 15-in loop weighs 15 x 2 x 000189 00567 oz balance model 22-in motor 008316 oz add 002646 oz model 1/2 behind CG trim wont change torque burst response model will accurate use same launch torque other flight parameters will change somewhat because test 1oop has different amount slack un winds climb will last longer proper spacer cruise will ex tended ualess model runs out turns too soon ratio launch turns turns left probably will very inaccurate Mini-Stick revisited August 1990 col umn reported Tom Vallees Mini-Stick concept livingroom-class model uses introduce Indoor flying new recruits class seems catching some Toms plans plans original versions appearing several club newslet ters Burr Stantons INMARC Newsletter design both conventional tractor pusher canard versions abbreviated rules Maximum wing 7-in span 25-in chord maximum length 10 motor stick 5-in maxi mum Stab area 50% wing area maxi mum Monoplane covering can anything except microfilm all-wood prop Special rules contests Toms liv ing room Fly AMA rules except three ten-second steers permitted winding must done kitchen Rescue photo documents spectacular goofups 1990 USIC new Intermediate stick totally untested desperation made some test flights small practice areas end bleachers did best avoid air circulation intake served laboratory Unfortunately model found air intake anyway ended up plastered against grill Roy Bourke recorded successful rescue ef fort An extensible service platform available boost right level bout 18 ft above floor Luckily air flow could blocked well enough slid ing pieces typing paper between sur faces grill allowed un plug tail boom get model down two separate pieces minor dam age everything except pride Unusual Motor Stick models flown Rene Rutty Switzerland 1990 Well-Adjusted Two Places Once new Sullivan Split Elevator Joint #558 its Snap Thats because quick-release locking sleeves snap securely allowing range off-axis motion Yet theyre much easier unhook adjust individually other ball joints kit has double ball threads onto control rod elevator half connected double ball ball joints easy adjustments elevator control horns can located anywhere elevator complete kit includes double ball jam nut two socket/sleeve assemblies e So youre workingona project needs IUIt~ijii help getting off ground look Sullivan -F PRODUCTS Youll find ideas very easy adjust P0 Box 5166 Batttsore MD 21224 Getting Better Ideas Off Ground World Champs have unusual construction motor sticks photo shows thin balsa spiral-wrapped create tor sionally rigid motor stick visible photo four pieces boron add compression strength stiffness Stan Chiltons props always run smoothly Thats because uses pitch checking gauge allows him pre cisely set blade angle measure pitch anywhere blade D responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation FF Foamies/Goldbach Kruse Continued page 53 Make launcher looping two Number 32 rubber bands together looping around 6-in length 3A6-in dowel Tilt plane about 300 right aim upward about 450 angle pull back launch position Trim arc up right glide left properly trimmed should glide slowly al verge stall Enjoy both Foamies can provide welcome break complicated projects usually tackle LI May1991 123