Giants o36 years roundup Giant Scale models Toledo included some about close perfection can attained mere mortals ECoI John de Vries USAF ret THE GRANDDADDY RC trade shows 36 years old lives magnificent clutter Toledo OH Sports Arena Hes visited thousands grandsons granddaughters early April year Weak Signals RC Club sponsors visitsand makes sure lit erally hundreds exhibitors tantalize amaze delight grandkids exhibit question could other Toledo RC Exposition 36th annual event ran April 6-8 1990 ninth visit northwestern Ohio city usual totally fasci nated Continuing trend recent years Gi ant Scale models dominated Military Sport Scale Civilian Sport Scale RC assisted Old-Timer Free Flight Preci sion Scale judging categories ratio Giants other models three big birds conspicuous presence commercial booths well Ten years ago International Left Civilian Sport Scale Giant bird beautiful twin-ducted-fan 1/-scale LearJet 35 buIlt Charlie Lines Oriskany NY Frankel drawings Its powered twin Rossi 658 Dynamax fan units Right Parked alongside LearJet gema 155-scale Cessna CI tation built Ralph Braun Winnamac IN towered over display pylon designed purpose Power specs unavaIlable Left red-and-white scale paint job Robert Mundys -scale Gee Bee R-1 real eye-catcher Robert hails Cary OH built Gee Bee Henry Haffke drawings Right Gil Webb Troy OH constructed Byron F-iS its thoroughly scale paint job 38 Model Aviation Overall view Toledo Sports Arena several RC balloons overhead Pickup balloon races arranged radio problems presence hanging power cables frus trated would-be Phineas Foggs 10 RC balloons present years show Left The meticulous aluminum finish beautiful 8-E Silvaire real attention-getter rare bird built Jack Dunkle dma OH Right As can seen photo prewar paint scheme thia -scale Boeing P-26A Peashooter attracted lot attention youths era striking model built Phillip Von Yule Delaware OH drawings executed Jim Pepino Left Entered Precision Scale nicely done Japanese Zero Platt kit built William Carper Jackson OH Right outstanding Supermarine Spitfire constructed CT Hantor 1A-scale Pica kit beautifully finished Free Poland colors Hal Parentis orange-and-white pull/push twin-boomed Cessna Skymaster powered two 48 two-stroke engines Right Sukhoi aerobatic ship done up black-and-gold Pompano Air Center colors pride joy D McNeill Stephensville Ml Left AHS Manufacturing displayed its SNJ/AT-6 fiberglass-and-foam kit Right Wendell Hostetlers latest Giant design Cessna 206 Miniature Airplane Association IMAA few plan sets available Suit- big birds universally available born Toledos Commodore Perry Ho- able engines hard find Giant ac- necessary bits pieces ease tel practically Giants scratch-built cessories nonexistent 1990 Kits construction flying display August 1990 39 Left Two spectacular twins big Lockheed P-38 Grumman F7F looming uvur mu DM UIJQIfl very big oird invading udd-Timer RC-Asslst category Boehie Giant 13-ft wingspan looks like must have taken weeks production run MonoKote cover Left This showstopper Westland Lysander built Wiiiiam Mizer Cleveland OH epitomizes art Precision Scale its fully detailed interior inciuding trim wheels complete safety harnesses also has functional metal leading edge slats scale paint scheme scale Hercules engine Right Byrons Ryan STA kit proved popular sold out long before end show Left A Proctor Curtiss Jenny showing intricate detail work Scaie OX-5 engine built Ralph E Crume Cary OH clas sified Giant virtue its 60-in-span top wing Right black-and-gold Weeks biplane entered nonscale judging category three Grumman F8F Bearcat kits two Giant Lockheed P-38s AT-6/SNJ Texan fiberglass foam Extra 230s Fleet Bipes -scale Cubs Weeks biplanes host othersall available kits Engines included Quadras Aerrows Ze noahs Sachs-Dolmars SuperTigres others variety displacements power ranges Big powerful servos phisticated radios array Giant Scale accessories like propellers spinners fiberglass cowls wheels already-brazed welded landing gear tail wheel assem bliesthe Toledo booths burgeoned Big-Bird-related items Nor crafts men neglected Plans drawings docu mentation booths manned model design ers provided toothsome projects scratch builders course real stars Toledo show models entered various competition categories standards model construction detailing finishes stratosphericas close perfection can attained mere mortals Through out show proud entrants observed time time polishing rags hand close-up shot truly spectacular fully scale rotary engine housed its fretted cowling installed Proctor Nieuport 28 fine piece craftsmanship belongs George Buso Hyde Park NY model done up post-WW Wright Field colors 40 Model Aviation SECOND ANNUAL Bomber Field will conduct Second Annual Gathering B- 17 Flying Fortresses conjunction its annual Big-Bird Fly October 26 27 28 Bomber Field Monaville Texas first gathering 1989 produced 13 B-17s 128 registered pilots total 278 Big-Birds year have doubled aircraft/pilot protection areas plan cocktail party Thursday night October 25th B-17 pilots pius two crew mem ben per B-17 discuss plan missions follow ing three days Contact BB Weber body count appropriate party reservations can arranged year Bomber Field will raffle off brand new 10 B-17G built Bomber Field B-17 pilot/builders ready fly including 9 channel PCM 1024 radio system donated Futaba Corporation America B-17 kit donated Westcraft Electric retractable landing gears donated Aeromarine Enterprises Net raffle proceeds will donated Monaville Volunteer Fire Department Raffle drawings will conclusion CAF B-17 fighter escort exhibition approximately 1230PM Sunday October 28th Winner will need present win Bomber Field members family ineligible additional information contact B B Weber 713 498-7935 PO Box 721950 Houston Texas 77272 U Vance Wiman 713 266-4552 10706 Olympia Houston Texas 77042 Stevens 713 497-6511 1726 Ashford Hollow Houston Texas 77077 removing speck accumulated dust fingermarks masterpieces Early great fun watching birds being assembled display tables surgical precision wings bolted place bracing wires attached ten sioned struts fixed anchor pointsjust like preparing models flight club field dirt competition models first mention goes Civilian Sport Scale Giant birds Two twin-ducted-fan planes introduced model jet propulsion Toledo Scale competition scene first 4-scale LearJet 35 built Charlie Lines Oris kany NY second ducted-fan Giant real gem 155-scale Cessna Citation Ralph Braun Winnamac IN tow ered over display table pylon de signed purpose red-and-white scale paint job Rob ert Mundys Cary OH quarter-scale Gee Bee R-1 Henry Haffle drawings real eye-catcher other competitors tucked documentation notebook under entries Williams Bros plastic model served document Mundys aircraft Proctor Curtiss Jenny Giant vir tue its 60-in upper wing knocked sox off built Cary Ohios Ralph E Crume beautifully intricate scale OX-S its nose Luscombe 8-E Silvaire meticu lous aluminum finish caught eye Built Jack Dunkle Medina OH its first Silvaire Ive seen Giant form Rounding out category great 88in-span Mooney Wayne Siewert Minneapolis MN Sukhoi SN-2 aero batic ship black-and-gold Pompano Air Center colors D McNeill Stephens ville MI marvelously simple Aer onca Champ builders name recorded Among Giants entered Military Sport Scale Supermarine Spitfire Free Poland colors built %-cale Pica kit C T Hantor truly mouthwatering right next Byron F-16 thoroughly scale paint job built Gil Webb Troy OH Precision Scale entries practically Giants Hal Parenti showed orange-andwhite Cessna Skymaster pull/push twinboomed model powered two 48 two-stroke engines Proctor Nieuport 28 done up post-WW Wright Field colors entered George Buso Hyde Park NY spectacular feature model its fully scale rotary engine fretted cowling Right down authors alley Boeing P-26A Giant built Philip Von Ville Delaware OH Jim Pepinos quarter-scale drawings Peashooter bore colorful prewar markings knockout Continued page 182 August 1990 41 8-17 GAFHERING BIG-BIRD FLY-IN OCT 262718 MONAVILLE TEXAS BOMBER FIELD MONAVILLE TEXAS Cross-Country clarification February column said Great Race put Chicagos SOAR club granddaddy CrossCountry races said because believed guess oldest X-C race still ing conducted having started 1976 Bicen tennial tribute Jerry Krainock Dave Peltz wrote point out Great Race first X C race Jerry San Fernando Valley Silent Flyers clubmates organized first X-C race fall 1975 SFVSF ran contest until about 1987 Jerry goes back much farther X C having set FM-recognized distance records 1972 1974 Dave said Jerry co authors FAT F3H X-C rules hope sets record straight Max Splat/Gall Continued page 35 ground OK engine generally un loads 10-20% air ground rpm may well below pipes resonant frequency though system works Well air want highest possible power output such FAI racing competition theres factor consider engine has rpm rangethe power band peak rpm produces power Manufactur ers often include information instruc tion sheet comes engine Ha threw away didnt case trick have Maxi mum Splat occur have occur engines power band air Recall Maximum Splat depends two factors pipe length engine rpm know engines peak rpm can make ourselves bench prop will spin about speed simulate con ditions air allows us control other factor pipe length gradually cutting pipe header shorter until rings happily target rpm always balance propeller always wear eye protection As zero target rpm bench prop may spin little too fast due assistance pipe Also inevitable result cutting pipe match specific rpm last cut will actually go little too far Its like helpful lady bus says Oh know stop Just watch get off stop before So its best start bench prop little large say 2000 rpm below target rpm have target rpm itself little low say 1000 rpm below engines actual peak time go over target rpm make slightly larger bench prop Shorten pipe time until rpm no longer increases witl cut done whittle new prop i turns 80-90% engines peak rpm ac count 15% unloading alr Fly tht plane using trial error outlined above t find exactly right ground rpm Muffled tuned pipes may cure ills solve elegant fashion twin problems insufficient muffling power needed insufficient power muffling needed modelers used readily available devices perhaps could quil bickering about noise get real bus iness sport hobby enjoy May Splat Giants/de Vries Continued page 41 Japanese Zero Platt kit en tered Precision William Carper Jackson OH Precision Scale model turned everybodys head Frank Mizers Westland Lysander its fully detailed scale interiorincluding such niceties trim wheels complete crew safety harnesses epitomized art Precision Scale functional metal leading etlge slats scale paint job scale Hercules engine frosting cake Giant Scale birds also evident nonscale judging categories black-and-gold Ray Ban special Weeks biplane entered Sport Biplane Big birds invaded OldTimer category well Boehie Giant looked must have taken weeks pro duction Top Flites transparent Mono Kote cover huge wide-angle camera lens couldnt capture stalwart wasnt content just dis play model Upon returning under ground parking garage next hotel Friday afternoon heard unmistakable sound RC engine parked car walked toward engines hum Sure enough flying RC Heli copter goodan opinion confirmed three municipal employ ees formed audience As 1989 RC helium balloonsI counted nine various timesflittered above crowd arena Pickup bal loon races arranged radio prob lems hanging power cables frustrated would-be Phineas Foggs 1990 Giant year Toledo show Given continuing creasing interest large-sized Scale mod els isnt surprising SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT 182 Model Aviation WILHAMS ACCESSORIES 4 PILOT STANDARD TSMAN RACING TARY WHEELS AGE TH CONTOUR BALLOON EN AGt 4 ENGINES PRATT & WHITNEY HT HONE PARTS T & WHITNEY HONE WRIGHT E GUNSj LEWIS VICKERS DAU SELLUM SEND $3 FOR FULLY ILLUSTRATED CATALOG$LUAI~1S DEPT MAPAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 92069 I
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/08
Page Numbers: 38, 39, 40, 41, 182
Giants o36 years roundup Giant Scale models Toledo included some about close perfection can attained mere mortals ECoI John de Vries USAF ret THE GRANDDADDY RC trade shows 36 years old lives magnificent clutter Toledo OH Sports Arena Hes visited thousands grandsons granddaughters early April year Weak Signals RC Club sponsors visitsand makes sure lit erally hundreds exhibitors tantalize amaze delight grandkids exhibit question could other Toledo RC Exposition 36th annual event ran April 6-8 1990 ninth visit northwestern Ohio city usual totally fasci nated Continuing trend recent years Gi ant Scale models dominated Military Sport Scale Civilian Sport Scale RC assisted Old-Timer Free Flight Preci sion Scale judging categories ratio Giants other models three big birds conspicuous presence commercial booths well Ten years ago International Left Civilian Sport Scale Giant bird beautiful twin-ducted-fan 1/-scale LearJet 35 buIlt Charlie Lines Oriskany NY Frankel drawings Its powered twin Rossi 658 Dynamax fan units Right Parked alongside LearJet gema 155-scale Cessna CI tation built Ralph Braun Winnamac IN towered over display pylon designed purpose Power specs unavaIlable Left red-and-white scale paint job Robert Mundys -scale Gee Bee R-1 real eye-catcher Robert hails Cary OH built Gee Bee Henry Haffke drawings Right Gil Webb Troy OH constructed Byron F-iS its thoroughly scale paint job 38 Model Aviation Overall view Toledo Sports Arena several RC balloons overhead Pickup balloon races arranged radio problems presence hanging power cables frus trated would-be Phineas Foggs 10 RC balloons present years show Left The meticulous aluminum finish beautiful 8-E Silvaire real attention-getter rare bird built Jack Dunkle dma OH Right As can seen photo prewar paint scheme thia -scale Boeing P-26A Peashooter attracted lot attention youths era striking model built Phillip Von Yule Delaware OH drawings executed Jim Pepino Left Entered Precision Scale nicely done Japanese Zero Platt kit built William Carper Jackson OH Right outstanding Supermarine Spitfire constructed CT Hantor 1A-scale Pica kit beautifully finished Free Poland colors Hal Parentis orange-and-white pull/push twin-boomed Cessna Skymaster powered two 48 two-stroke engines Right Sukhoi aerobatic ship done up black-and-gold Pompano Air Center colors pride joy D McNeill Stephensville Ml Left AHS Manufacturing displayed its SNJ/AT-6 fiberglass-and-foam kit Right Wendell Hostetlers latest Giant design Cessna 206 Miniature Airplane Association IMAA few plan sets available Suit- big birds universally available born Toledos Commodore Perry Ho- able engines hard find Giant ac- necessary bits pieces ease tel practically Giants scratch-built cessories nonexistent 1990 Kits construction flying display August 1990 39 Left Two spectacular twins big Lockheed P-38 Grumman F7F looming uvur mu DM UIJQIfl very big oird invading udd-Timer RC-Asslst category Boehie Giant 13-ft wingspan looks like must have taken weeks production run MonoKote cover Left This showstopper Westland Lysander built Wiiiiam Mizer Cleveland OH epitomizes art Precision Scale its fully detailed interior inciuding trim wheels complete safety harnesses also has functional metal leading edge slats scale paint scheme scale Hercules engine Right Byrons Ryan STA kit proved popular sold out long before end show Left A Proctor Curtiss Jenny showing intricate detail work Scaie OX-5 engine built Ralph E Crume Cary OH clas sified Giant virtue its 60-in-span top wing Right black-and-gold Weeks biplane entered nonscale judging category three Grumman F8F Bearcat kits two Giant Lockheed P-38s AT-6/SNJ Texan fiberglass foam Extra 230s Fleet Bipes -scale Cubs Weeks biplanes host othersall available kits Engines included Quadras Aerrows Ze noahs Sachs-Dolmars SuperTigres others variety displacements power ranges Big powerful servos phisticated radios array Giant Scale accessories like propellers spinners fiberglass cowls wheels already-brazed welded landing gear tail wheel assem bliesthe Toledo booths burgeoned Big-Bird-related items Nor crafts men neglected Plans drawings docu mentation booths manned model design ers provided toothsome projects scratch builders course real stars Toledo show models entered various competition categories standards model construction detailing finishes stratosphericas close perfection can attained mere mortals Through out show proud entrants observed time time polishing rags hand close-up shot truly spectacular fully scale rotary engine housed its fretted cowling installed Proctor Nieuport 28 fine piece craftsmanship belongs George Buso Hyde Park NY model done up post-WW Wright Field colors 40 Model Aviation SECOND ANNUAL Bomber Field will conduct Second Annual Gathering B- 17 Flying Fortresses conjunction its annual Big-Bird Fly October 26 27 28 Bomber Field Monaville Texas first gathering 1989 produced 13 B-17s 128 registered pilots total 278 Big-Birds year have doubled aircraft/pilot protection areas plan cocktail party Thursday night October 25th B-17 pilots pius two crew mem ben per B-17 discuss plan missions follow ing three days Contact BB Weber body count appropriate party reservations can arranged year Bomber Field will raffle off brand new 10 B-17G built Bomber Field B-17 pilot/builders ready fly including 9 channel PCM 1024 radio system donated Futaba Corporation America B-17 kit donated Westcraft Electric retractable landing gears donated Aeromarine Enterprises Net raffle proceeds will donated Monaville Volunteer Fire Department Raffle drawings will conclusion CAF B-17 fighter escort exhibition approximately 1230PM Sunday October 28th Winner will need present win Bomber Field members family ineligible additional information contact B B Weber 713 498-7935 PO Box 721950 Houston Texas 77272 U Vance Wiman 713 266-4552 10706 Olympia Houston Texas 77042 Stevens 713 497-6511 1726 Ashford Hollow Houston Texas 77077 removing speck accumulated dust fingermarks masterpieces Early great fun watching birds being assembled display tables surgical precision wings bolted place bracing wires attached ten sioned struts fixed anchor pointsjust like preparing models flight club field dirt competition models first mention goes Civilian Sport Scale Giant birds Two twin-ducted-fan planes introduced model jet propulsion Toledo Scale competition scene first 4-scale LearJet 35 built Charlie Lines Oris kany NY second ducted-fan Giant real gem 155-scale Cessna Citation Ralph Braun Winnamac IN tow ered over display table pylon de signed purpose red-and-white scale paint job Rob ert Mundys Cary OH quarter-scale Gee Bee R-1 Henry Haffle drawings real eye-catcher other competitors tucked documentation notebook under entries Williams Bros plastic model served document Mundys aircraft Proctor Curtiss Jenny Giant vir tue its 60-in upper wing knocked sox off built Cary Ohios Ralph E Crume beautifully intricate scale OX-S its nose Luscombe 8-E Silvaire meticu lous aluminum finish caught eye Built Jack Dunkle Medina OH its first Silvaire Ive seen Giant form Rounding out category great 88in-span Mooney Wayne Siewert Minneapolis MN Sukhoi SN-2 aero batic ship black-and-gold Pompano Air Center colors D McNeill Stephens ville MI marvelously simple Aer onca Champ builders name recorded Among Giants entered Military Sport Scale Supermarine Spitfire Free Poland colors built %-cale Pica kit C T Hantor truly mouthwatering right next Byron F-16 thoroughly scale paint job built Gil Webb Troy OH Precision Scale entries practically Giants Hal Parenti showed orange-andwhite Cessna Skymaster pull/push twinboomed model powered two 48 two-stroke engines Proctor Nieuport 28 done up post-WW Wright Field colors entered George Buso Hyde Park NY spectacular feature model its fully scale rotary engine fretted cowling Right down authors alley Boeing P-26A Giant built Philip Von Ville Delaware OH Jim Pepinos quarter-scale drawings Peashooter bore colorful prewar markings knockout Continued page 182 August 1990 41 8-17 GAFHERING BIG-BIRD FLY-IN OCT 262718 MONAVILLE TEXAS BOMBER FIELD MONAVILLE TEXAS Cross-Country clarification February column said Great Race put Chicagos SOAR club granddaddy CrossCountry races said because believed guess oldest X-C race still ing conducted having started 1976 Bicen tennial tribute Jerry Krainock Dave Peltz wrote point out Great Race first X C race Jerry San Fernando Valley Silent Flyers clubmates organized first X-C race fall 1975 SFVSF ran contest until about 1987 Jerry goes back much farther X C having set FM-recognized distance records 1972 1974 Dave said Jerry co authors FAT F3H X-C rules hope sets record straight Max Splat/Gall Continued page 35 ground OK engine generally un loads 10-20% air ground rpm may well below pipes resonant frequency though system works Well air want highest possible power output such FAI racing competition theres factor consider engine has rpm rangethe power band peak rpm produces power Manufactur ers often include information instruc tion sheet comes engine Ha threw away didnt case trick have Maxi mum Splat occur have occur engines power band air Recall Maximum Splat depends two factors pipe length engine rpm know engines peak rpm can make ourselves bench prop will spin about speed simulate con ditions air allows us control other factor pipe length gradually cutting pipe header shorter until rings happily target rpm always balance propeller always wear eye protection As zero target rpm bench prop may spin little too fast due assistance pipe Also inevitable result cutting pipe match specific rpm last cut will actually go little too far Its like helpful lady bus says Oh know stop Just watch get off stop before So its best start bench prop little large say 2000 rpm below target rpm have target rpm itself little low say 1000 rpm below engines actual peak time go over target rpm make slightly larger bench prop Shorten pipe time until rpm no longer increases witl cut done whittle new prop i turns 80-90% engines peak rpm ac count 15% unloading alr Fly tht plane using trial error outlined above t find exactly right ground rpm Muffled tuned pipes may cure ills solve elegant fashion twin problems insufficient muffling power needed insufficient power muffling needed modelers used readily available devices perhaps could quil bickering about noise get real bus iness sport hobby enjoy May Splat Giants/de Vries Continued page 41 Japanese Zero Platt kit en tered Precision William Carper Jackson OH Precision Scale model turned everybodys head Frank Mizers Westland Lysander its fully detailed scale interiorincluding such niceties trim wheels complete crew safety harnesses epitomized art Precision Scale functional metal leading etlge slats scale paint job scale Hercules engine frosting cake Giant Scale birds also evident nonscale judging categories black-and-gold Ray Ban special Weeks biplane entered Sport Biplane Big birds invaded OldTimer category well Boehie Giant looked must have taken weeks pro duction Top Flites transparent Mono Kote cover huge wide-angle camera lens couldnt capture stalwart wasnt content just dis play model Upon returning under ground parking garage next hotel Friday afternoon heard unmistakable sound RC engine parked car walked toward engines hum Sure enough flying RC Heli copter goodan opinion confirmed three municipal employ ees formed audience As 1989 RC helium balloonsI counted nine various timesflittered above crowd arena Pickup bal loon races arranged radio prob lems hanging power cables frustrated would-be Phineas Foggs 1990 Giant year Toledo show Given continuing creasing interest large-sized Scale mod els isnt surprising SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT 182 Model Aviation WILHAMS ACCESSORIES 4 PILOT STANDARD TSMAN RACING TARY WHEELS AGE TH CONTOUR BALLOON EN AGt 4 ENGINES PRATT & WHITNEY HT HONE PARTS T & WHITNEY HONE WRIGHT E GUNSj LEWIS VICKERS DAU SELLUM SEND $3 FOR FULLY ILLUSTRATED CATALOG$LUAI~1S DEPT MAPAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 92069 I
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/08
Page Numbers: 38, 39, 40, 41, 182
Giants o36 years roundup Giant Scale models Toledo included some about close perfection can attained mere mortals ECoI John de Vries USAF ret THE GRANDDADDY RC trade shows 36 years old lives magnificent clutter Toledo OH Sports Arena Hes visited thousands grandsons granddaughters early April year Weak Signals RC Club sponsors visitsand makes sure lit erally hundreds exhibitors tantalize amaze delight grandkids exhibit question could other Toledo RC Exposition 36th annual event ran April 6-8 1990 ninth visit northwestern Ohio city usual totally fasci nated Continuing trend recent years Gi ant Scale models dominated Military Sport Scale Civilian Sport Scale RC assisted Old-Timer Free Flight Preci sion Scale judging categories ratio Giants other models three big birds conspicuous presence commercial booths well Ten years ago International Left Civilian Sport Scale Giant bird beautiful twin-ducted-fan 1/-scale LearJet 35 buIlt Charlie Lines Oriskany NY Frankel drawings Its powered twin Rossi 658 Dynamax fan units Right Parked alongside LearJet gema 155-scale Cessna CI tation built Ralph Braun Winnamac IN towered over display pylon designed purpose Power specs unavaIlable Left red-and-white scale paint job Robert Mundys -scale Gee Bee R-1 real eye-catcher Robert hails Cary OH built Gee Bee Henry Haffke drawings Right Gil Webb Troy OH constructed Byron F-iS its thoroughly scale paint job 38 Model Aviation Overall view Toledo Sports Arena several RC balloons overhead Pickup balloon races arranged radio problems presence hanging power cables frus trated would-be Phineas Foggs 10 RC balloons present years show Left The meticulous aluminum finish beautiful 8-E Silvaire real attention-getter rare bird built Jack Dunkle dma OH Right As can seen photo prewar paint scheme thia -scale Boeing P-26A Peashooter attracted lot attention youths era striking model built Phillip Von Yule Delaware OH drawings executed Jim Pepino Left Entered Precision Scale nicely done Japanese Zero Platt kit built William Carper Jackson OH Right outstanding Supermarine Spitfire constructed CT Hantor 1A-scale Pica kit beautifully finished Free Poland colors Hal Parentis orange-and-white pull/push twin-boomed Cessna Skymaster powered two 48 two-stroke engines Right Sukhoi aerobatic ship done up black-and-gold Pompano Air Center colors pride joy D McNeill Stephensville Ml Left AHS Manufacturing displayed its SNJ/AT-6 fiberglass-and-foam kit Right Wendell Hostetlers latest Giant design Cessna 206 Miniature Airplane Association IMAA few plan sets available Suit- big birds universally available born Toledos Commodore Perry Ho- able engines hard find Giant ac- necessary bits pieces ease tel practically Giants scratch-built cessories nonexistent 1990 Kits construction flying display August 1990 39 Left Two spectacular twins big Lockheed P-38 Grumman F7F looming uvur mu DM UIJQIfl very big oird invading udd-Timer RC-Asslst category Boehie Giant 13-ft wingspan looks like must have taken weeks production run MonoKote cover Left This showstopper Westland Lysander built Wiiiiam Mizer Cleveland OH epitomizes art Precision Scale its fully detailed interior inciuding trim wheels complete safety harnesses also has functional metal leading edge slats scale paint scheme scale Hercules engine Right Byrons Ryan STA kit proved popular sold out long before end show Left A Proctor Curtiss Jenny showing intricate detail work Scaie OX-5 engine built Ralph E Crume Cary OH clas sified Giant virtue its 60-in-span top wing Right black-and-gold Weeks biplane entered nonscale judging category three Grumman F8F Bearcat kits two Giant Lockheed P-38s AT-6/SNJ Texan fiberglass foam Extra 230s Fleet Bipes -scale Cubs Weeks biplanes host othersall available kits Engines included Quadras Aerrows Ze noahs Sachs-Dolmars SuperTigres others variety displacements power ranges Big powerful servos phisticated radios array Giant Scale accessories like propellers spinners fiberglass cowls wheels already-brazed welded landing gear tail wheel assem bliesthe Toledo booths burgeoned Big-Bird-related items Nor crafts men neglected Plans drawings docu mentation booths manned model design ers provided toothsome projects scratch builders course real stars Toledo show models entered various competition categories standards model construction detailing finishes stratosphericas close perfection can attained mere mortals Through out show proud entrants observed time time polishing rags hand close-up shot truly spectacular fully scale rotary engine housed its fretted cowling installed Proctor Nieuport 28 fine piece craftsmanship belongs George Buso Hyde Park NY model done up post-WW Wright Field colors 40 Model Aviation SECOND ANNUAL Bomber Field will conduct Second Annual Gathering B- 17 Flying Fortresses conjunction its annual Big-Bird Fly October 26 27 28 Bomber Field Monaville Texas first gathering 1989 produced 13 B-17s 128 registered pilots total 278 Big-Birds year have doubled aircraft/pilot protection areas plan cocktail party Thursday night October 25th B-17 pilots pius two crew mem ben per B-17 discuss plan missions follow ing three days Contact BB Weber body count appropriate party reservations can arranged year Bomber Field will raffle off brand new 10 B-17G built Bomber Field B-17 pilot/builders ready fly including 9 channel PCM 1024 radio system donated Futaba Corporation America B-17 kit donated Westcraft Electric retractable landing gears donated Aeromarine Enterprises Net raffle proceeds will donated Monaville Volunteer Fire Department Raffle drawings will conclusion CAF B-17 fighter escort exhibition approximately 1230PM Sunday October 28th Winner will need present win Bomber Field members family ineligible additional information contact B B Weber 713 498-7935 PO Box 721950 Houston Texas 77272 U Vance Wiman 713 266-4552 10706 Olympia Houston Texas 77042 Stevens 713 497-6511 1726 Ashford Hollow Houston Texas 77077 removing speck accumulated dust fingermarks masterpieces Early great fun watching birds being assembled display tables surgical precision wings bolted place bracing wires attached ten sioned struts fixed anchor pointsjust like preparing models flight club field dirt competition models first mention goes Civilian Sport Scale Giant birds Two twin-ducted-fan planes introduced model jet propulsion Toledo Scale competition scene first 4-scale LearJet 35 built Charlie Lines Oris kany NY second ducted-fan Giant real gem 155-scale Cessna Citation Ralph Braun Winnamac IN tow ered over display table pylon de signed purpose red-and-white scale paint job Rob ert Mundys Cary OH quarter-scale Gee Bee R-1 Henry Haffle drawings real eye-catcher other competitors tucked documentation notebook under entries Williams Bros plastic model served document Mundys aircraft Proctor Curtiss Jenny Giant vir tue its 60-in upper wing knocked sox off built Cary Ohios Ralph E Crume beautifully intricate scale OX-S its nose Luscombe 8-E Silvaire meticu lous aluminum finish caught eye Built Jack Dunkle Medina OH its first Silvaire Ive seen Giant form Rounding out category great 88in-span Mooney Wayne Siewert Minneapolis MN Sukhoi SN-2 aero batic ship black-and-gold Pompano Air Center colors D McNeill Stephens ville MI marvelously simple Aer onca Champ builders name recorded Among Giants entered Military Sport Scale Supermarine Spitfire Free Poland colors built %-cale Pica kit C T Hantor truly mouthwatering right next Byron F-16 thoroughly scale paint job built Gil Webb Troy OH Precision Scale entries practically Giants Hal Parenti showed orange-andwhite Cessna Skymaster pull/push twinboomed model powered two 48 two-stroke engines Proctor Nieuport 28 done up post-WW Wright Field colors entered George Buso Hyde Park NY spectacular feature model its fully scale rotary engine fretted cowling Right down authors alley Boeing P-26A Giant built Philip Von Ville Delaware OH Jim Pepinos quarter-scale drawings Peashooter bore colorful prewar markings knockout Continued page 182 August 1990 41 8-17 GAFHERING BIG-BIRD FLY-IN OCT 262718 MONAVILLE TEXAS BOMBER FIELD MONAVILLE TEXAS Cross-Country clarification February column said Great Race put Chicagos SOAR club granddaddy CrossCountry races said because believed guess oldest X-C race still ing conducted having started 1976 Bicen tennial tribute Jerry Krainock Dave Peltz wrote point out Great Race first X C race Jerry San Fernando Valley Silent Flyers clubmates organized first X-C race fall 1975 SFVSF ran contest until about 1987 Jerry goes back much farther X C having set FM-recognized distance records 1972 1974 Dave said Jerry co authors FAT F3H X-C rules hope sets record straight Max Splat/Gall Continued page 35 ground OK engine generally un loads 10-20% air ground rpm may well below pipes resonant frequency though system works Well air want highest possible power output such FAI racing competition theres factor consider engine has rpm rangethe power band peak rpm produces power Manufactur ers often include information instruc tion sheet comes engine Ha threw away didnt case trick have Maxi mum Splat occur have occur engines power band air Recall Maximum Splat depends two factors pipe length engine rpm know engines peak rpm can make ourselves bench prop will spin about speed simulate con ditions air allows us control other factor pipe length gradually cutting pipe header shorter until rings happily target rpm always balance propeller always wear eye protection As zero target rpm bench prop may spin little too fast due assistance pipe Also inevitable result cutting pipe match specific rpm last cut will actually go little too far Its like helpful lady bus says Oh know stop Just watch get off stop before So its best start bench prop little large say 2000 rpm below target rpm have target rpm itself little low say 1000 rpm below engines actual peak time go over target rpm make slightly larger bench prop Shorten pipe time until rpm no longer increases witl cut done whittle new prop i turns 80-90% engines peak rpm ac count 15% unloading alr Fly tht plane using trial error outlined above t find exactly right ground rpm Muffled tuned pipes may cure ills solve elegant fashion twin problems insufficient muffling power needed insufficient power muffling needed modelers used readily available devices perhaps could quil bickering about noise get real bus iness sport hobby enjoy May Splat Giants/de Vries Continued page 41 Japanese Zero Platt kit en tered Precision William Carper Jackson OH Precision Scale model turned everybodys head Frank Mizers Westland Lysander its fully detailed scale interiorincluding such niceties trim wheels complete crew safety harnesses epitomized art Precision Scale functional metal leading etlge slats scale paint job scale Hercules engine frosting cake Giant Scale birds also evident nonscale judging categories black-and-gold Ray Ban special Weeks biplane entered Sport Biplane Big birds invaded OldTimer category well Boehie Giant looked must have taken weeks pro duction Top Flites transparent Mono Kote cover huge wide-angle camera lens couldnt capture stalwart wasnt content just dis play model Upon returning under ground parking garage next hotel Friday afternoon heard unmistakable sound RC engine parked car walked toward engines hum Sure enough flying RC Heli copter goodan opinion confirmed three municipal employ ees formed audience As 1989 RC helium balloonsI counted nine various timesflittered above crowd arena Pickup bal loon races arranged radio prob lems hanging power cables frustrated would-be Phineas Foggs 1990 Giant year Toledo show Given continuing creasing interest large-sized Scale mod els isnt surprising SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT 182 Model Aviation WILHAMS ACCESSORIES 4 PILOT STANDARD TSMAN RACING TARY WHEELS AGE TH CONTOUR BALLOON EN AGt 4 ENGINES PRATT & WHITNEY HT HONE PARTS T & WHITNEY HONE WRIGHT E GUNSj LEWIS VICKERS DAU SELLUM SEND $3 FOR FULLY ILLUSTRATED CATALOG$LUAI~1S DEPT MAPAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 92069 I
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/08
Page Numbers: 38, 39, 40, 41, 182
Giants o36 years roundup Giant Scale models Toledo included some about close perfection can attained mere mortals ECoI John de Vries USAF ret THE GRANDDADDY RC trade shows 36 years old lives magnificent clutter Toledo OH Sports Arena Hes visited thousands grandsons granddaughters early April year Weak Signals RC Club sponsors visitsand makes sure lit erally hundreds exhibitors tantalize amaze delight grandkids exhibit question could other Toledo RC Exposition 36th annual event ran April 6-8 1990 ninth visit northwestern Ohio city usual totally fasci nated Continuing trend recent years Gi ant Scale models dominated Military Sport Scale Civilian Sport Scale RC assisted Old-Timer Free Flight Preci sion Scale judging categories ratio Giants other models three big birds conspicuous presence commercial booths well Ten years ago International Left Civilian Sport Scale Giant bird beautiful twin-ducted-fan 1/-scale LearJet 35 buIlt Charlie Lines Oriskany NY Frankel drawings Its powered twin Rossi 658 Dynamax fan units Right Parked alongside LearJet gema 155-scale Cessna CI tation built Ralph Braun Winnamac IN towered over display pylon designed purpose Power specs unavaIlable Left red-and-white scale paint job Robert Mundys -scale Gee Bee R-1 real eye-catcher Robert hails Cary OH built Gee Bee Henry Haffke drawings Right Gil Webb Troy OH constructed Byron F-iS its thoroughly scale paint job 38 Model Aviation Overall view Toledo Sports Arena several RC balloons overhead Pickup balloon races arranged radio problems presence hanging power cables frus trated would-be Phineas Foggs 10 RC balloons present years show Left The meticulous aluminum finish beautiful 8-E Silvaire real attention-getter rare bird built Jack Dunkle dma OH Right As can seen photo prewar paint scheme thia -scale Boeing P-26A Peashooter attracted lot attention youths era striking model built Phillip Von Yule Delaware OH drawings executed Jim Pepino Left Entered Precision Scale nicely done Japanese Zero Platt kit built William Carper Jackson OH Right outstanding Supermarine Spitfire constructed CT Hantor 1A-scale Pica kit beautifully finished Free Poland colors Hal Parentis orange-and-white pull/push twin-boomed Cessna Skymaster powered two 48 two-stroke engines Right Sukhoi aerobatic ship done up black-and-gold Pompano Air Center colors pride joy D McNeill Stephensville Ml Left AHS Manufacturing displayed its SNJ/AT-6 fiberglass-and-foam kit Right Wendell Hostetlers latest Giant design Cessna 206 Miniature Airplane Association IMAA few plan sets available Suit- big birds universally available born Toledos Commodore Perry Ho- able engines hard find Giant ac- necessary bits pieces ease tel practically Giants scratch-built cessories nonexistent 1990 Kits construction flying display August 1990 39 Left Two spectacular twins big Lockheed P-38 Grumman F7F looming uvur mu DM UIJQIfl very big oird invading udd-Timer RC-Asslst category Boehie Giant 13-ft wingspan looks like must have taken weeks production run MonoKote cover Left This showstopper Westland Lysander built Wiiiiam Mizer Cleveland OH epitomizes art Precision Scale its fully detailed interior inciuding trim wheels complete safety harnesses also has functional metal leading edge slats scale paint scheme scale Hercules engine Right Byrons Ryan STA kit proved popular sold out long before end show Left A Proctor Curtiss Jenny showing intricate detail work Scaie OX-5 engine built Ralph E Crume Cary OH clas sified Giant virtue its 60-in-span top wing Right black-and-gold Weeks biplane entered nonscale judging category three Grumman F8F Bearcat kits two Giant Lockheed P-38s AT-6/SNJ Texan fiberglass foam Extra 230s Fleet Bipes -scale Cubs Weeks biplanes host othersall available kits Engines included Quadras Aerrows Ze noahs Sachs-Dolmars SuperTigres others variety displacements power ranges Big powerful servos phisticated radios array Giant Scale accessories like propellers spinners fiberglass cowls wheels already-brazed welded landing gear tail wheel assem bliesthe Toledo booths burgeoned Big-Bird-related items Nor crafts men neglected Plans drawings docu mentation booths manned model design ers provided toothsome projects scratch builders course real stars Toledo show models entered various competition categories standards model construction detailing finishes stratosphericas close perfection can attained mere mortals Through out show proud entrants observed time time polishing rags hand close-up shot truly spectacular fully scale rotary engine housed its fretted cowling installed Proctor Nieuport 28 fine piece craftsmanship belongs George Buso Hyde Park NY model done up post-WW Wright Field colors 40 Model Aviation SECOND ANNUAL Bomber Field will conduct Second Annual Gathering B- 17 Flying Fortresses conjunction its annual Big-Bird Fly October 26 27 28 Bomber Field Monaville Texas first gathering 1989 produced 13 B-17s 128 registered pilots total 278 Big-Birds year have doubled aircraft/pilot protection areas plan cocktail party Thursday night October 25th B-17 pilots pius two crew mem ben per B-17 discuss plan missions follow ing three days Contact BB Weber body count appropriate party reservations can arranged year Bomber Field will raffle off brand new 10 B-17G built Bomber Field B-17 pilot/builders ready fly including 9 channel PCM 1024 radio system donated Futaba Corporation America B-17 kit donated Westcraft Electric retractable landing gears donated Aeromarine Enterprises Net raffle proceeds will donated Monaville Volunteer Fire Department Raffle drawings will conclusion CAF B-17 fighter escort exhibition approximately 1230PM Sunday October 28th Winner will need present win Bomber Field members family ineligible additional information contact B B Weber 713 498-7935 PO Box 721950 Houston Texas 77272 U Vance Wiman 713 266-4552 10706 Olympia Houston Texas 77042 Stevens 713 497-6511 1726 Ashford Hollow Houston Texas 77077 removing speck accumulated dust fingermarks masterpieces Early great fun watching birds being assembled display tables surgical precision wings bolted place bracing wires attached ten sioned struts fixed anchor pointsjust like preparing models flight club field dirt competition models first mention goes Civilian Sport Scale Giant birds Two twin-ducted-fan planes introduced model jet propulsion Toledo Scale competition scene first 4-scale LearJet 35 built Charlie Lines Oris kany NY second ducted-fan Giant real gem 155-scale Cessna Citation Ralph Braun Winnamac IN tow ered over display table pylon de signed purpose red-and-white scale paint job Rob ert Mundys Cary OH quarter-scale Gee Bee R-1 Henry Haffle drawings real eye-catcher other competitors tucked documentation notebook under entries Williams Bros plastic model served document Mundys aircraft Proctor Curtiss Jenny Giant vir tue its 60-in upper wing knocked sox off built Cary Ohios Ralph E Crume beautifully intricate scale OX-S its nose Luscombe 8-E Silvaire meticu lous aluminum finish caught eye Built Jack Dunkle Medina OH its first Silvaire Ive seen Giant form Rounding out category great 88in-span Mooney Wayne Siewert Minneapolis MN Sukhoi SN-2 aero batic ship black-and-gold Pompano Air Center colors D McNeill Stephens ville MI marvelously simple Aer onca Champ builders name recorded Among Giants entered Military Sport Scale Supermarine Spitfire Free Poland colors built %-cale Pica kit C T Hantor truly mouthwatering right next Byron F-16 thoroughly scale paint job built Gil Webb Troy OH Precision Scale entries practically Giants Hal Parenti showed orange-andwhite Cessna Skymaster pull/push twinboomed model powered two 48 two-stroke engines Proctor Nieuport 28 done up post-WW Wright Field colors entered George Buso Hyde Park NY spectacular feature model its fully scale rotary engine fretted cowling Right down authors alley Boeing P-26A Giant built Philip Von Ville Delaware OH Jim Pepinos quarter-scale drawings Peashooter bore colorful prewar markings knockout Continued page 182 August 1990 41 8-17 GAFHERING BIG-BIRD FLY-IN OCT 262718 MONAVILLE TEXAS BOMBER FIELD MONAVILLE TEXAS Cross-Country clarification February column said Great Race put Chicagos SOAR club granddaddy CrossCountry races said because believed guess oldest X-C race still ing conducted having started 1976 Bicen tennial tribute Jerry Krainock Dave Peltz wrote point out Great Race first X C race Jerry San Fernando Valley Silent Flyers clubmates organized first X-C race fall 1975 SFVSF ran contest until about 1987 Jerry goes back much farther X C having set FM-recognized distance records 1972 1974 Dave said Jerry co authors FAT F3H X-C rules hope sets record straight Max Splat/Gall Continued page 35 ground OK engine generally un loads 10-20% air ground rpm may well below pipes resonant frequency though system works Well air want highest possible power output such FAI racing competition theres factor consider engine has rpm rangethe power band peak rpm produces power Manufactur ers often include information instruc tion sheet comes engine Ha threw away didnt case trick have Maxi mum Splat occur have occur engines power band air Recall Maximum Splat depends two factors pipe length engine rpm know engines peak rpm can make ourselves bench prop will spin about speed simulate con ditions air allows us control other factor pipe length gradually cutting pipe header shorter until rings happily target rpm always balance propeller always wear eye protection As zero target rpm bench prop may spin little too fast due assistance pipe Also inevitable result cutting pipe match specific rpm last cut will actually go little too far Its like helpful lady bus says Oh know stop Just watch get off stop before So its best start bench prop little large say 2000 rpm below target rpm have target rpm itself little low say 1000 rpm below engines actual peak time go over target rpm make slightly larger bench prop Shorten pipe time until rpm no longer increases witl cut done whittle new prop i turns 80-90% engines peak rpm ac count 15% unloading alr Fly tht plane using trial error outlined above t find exactly right ground rpm Muffled tuned pipes may cure ills solve elegant fashion twin problems insufficient muffling power needed insufficient power muffling needed modelers used readily available devices perhaps could quil bickering about noise get real bus iness sport hobby enjoy May Splat Giants/de Vries Continued page 41 Japanese Zero Platt kit en tered Precision William Carper Jackson OH Precision Scale model turned everybodys head Frank Mizers Westland Lysander its fully detailed scale interiorincluding such niceties trim wheels complete crew safety harnesses epitomized art Precision Scale functional metal leading etlge slats scale paint job scale Hercules engine frosting cake Giant Scale birds also evident nonscale judging categories black-and-gold Ray Ban special Weeks biplane entered Sport Biplane Big birds invaded OldTimer category well Boehie Giant looked must have taken weeks pro duction Top Flites transparent Mono Kote cover huge wide-angle camera lens couldnt capture stalwart wasnt content just dis play model Upon returning under ground parking garage next hotel Friday afternoon heard unmistakable sound RC engine parked car walked toward engines hum Sure enough flying RC Heli copter goodan opinion confirmed three municipal employ ees formed audience As 1989 RC helium balloonsI counted nine various timesflittered above crowd arena Pickup bal loon races arranged radio prob lems hanging power cables frustrated would-be Phineas Foggs 1990 Giant year Toledo show Given continuing creasing interest large-sized Scale mod els isnt surprising SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT 182 Model Aviation WILHAMS ACCESSORIES 4 PILOT STANDARD TSMAN RACING TARY WHEELS AGE TH CONTOUR BALLOON EN AGt 4 ENGINES PRATT & WHITNEY HT HONE PARTS T & WHITNEY HONE WRIGHT E GUNSj LEWIS VICKERS DAU SELLUM SEND $3 FOR FULLY ILLUSTRATED CATALOG$LUAI~1S DEPT MAPAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 92069 I
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/08
Page Numbers: 38, 39, 40, 41, 182
Giants o36 years roundup Giant Scale models Toledo included some about close perfection can attained mere mortals ECoI John de Vries USAF ret THE GRANDDADDY RC trade shows 36 years old lives magnificent clutter Toledo OH Sports Arena Hes visited thousands grandsons granddaughters early April year Weak Signals RC Club sponsors visitsand makes sure lit erally hundreds exhibitors tantalize amaze delight grandkids exhibit question could other Toledo RC Exposition 36th annual event ran April 6-8 1990 ninth visit northwestern Ohio city usual totally fasci nated Continuing trend recent years Gi ant Scale models dominated Military Sport Scale Civilian Sport Scale RC assisted Old-Timer Free Flight Preci sion Scale judging categories ratio Giants other models three big birds conspicuous presence commercial booths well Ten years ago International Left Civilian Sport Scale Giant bird beautiful twin-ducted-fan 1/-scale LearJet 35 buIlt Charlie Lines Oriskany NY Frankel drawings Its powered twin Rossi 658 Dynamax fan units Right Parked alongside LearJet gema 155-scale Cessna CI tation built Ralph Braun Winnamac IN towered over display pylon designed purpose Power specs unavaIlable Left red-and-white scale paint job Robert Mundys -scale Gee Bee R-1 real eye-catcher Robert hails Cary OH built Gee Bee Henry Haffke drawings Right Gil Webb Troy OH constructed Byron F-iS its thoroughly scale paint job 38 Model Aviation Overall view Toledo Sports Arena several RC balloons overhead Pickup balloon races arranged radio problems presence hanging power cables frus trated would-be Phineas Foggs 10 RC balloons present years show Left The meticulous aluminum finish beautiful 8-E Silvaire real attention-getter rare bird built Jack Dunkle dma OH Right As can seen photo prewar paint scheme thia -scale Boeing P-26A Peashooter attracted lot attention youths era striking model built Phillip Von Yule Delaware OH drawings executed Jim Pepino Left Entered Precision Scale nicely done Japanese Zero Platt kit built William Carper Jackson OH Right outstanding Supermarine Spitfire constructed CT Hantor 1A-scale Pica kit beautifully finished Free Poland colors Hal Parentis orange-and-white pull/push twin-boomed Cessna Skymaster powered two 48 two-stroke engines Right Sukhoi aerobatic ship done up black-and-gold Pompano Air Center colors pride joy D McNeill Stephensville Ml Left AHS Manufacturing displayed its SNJ/AT-6 fiberglass-and-foam kit Right Wendell Hostetlers latest Giant design Cessna 206 Miniature Airplane Association IMAA few plan sets available Suit- big birds universally available born Toledos Commodore Perry Ho- able engines hard find Giant ac- necessary bits pieces ease tel practically Giants scratch-built cessories nonexistent 1990 Kits construction flying display August 1990 39 Left Two spectacular twins big Lockheed P-38 Grumman F7F looming uvur mu DM UIJQIfl very big oird invading udd-Timer RC-Asslst category Boehie Giant 13-ft wingspan looks like must have taken weeks production run MonoKote cover Left This showstopper Westland Lysander built Wiiiiam Mizer Cleveland OH epitomizes art Precision Scale its fully detailed interior inciuding trim wheels complete safety harnesses also has functional metal leading edge slats scale paint scheme scale Hercules engine Right Byrons Ryan STA kit proved popular sold out long before end show Left A Proctor Curtiss Jenny showing intricate detail work Scaie OX-5 engine built Ralph E Crume Cary OH clas sified Giant virtue its 60-in-span top wing Right black-and-gold Weeks biplane entered nonscale judging category three Grumman F8F Bearcat kits two Giant Lockheed P-38s AT-6/SNJ Texan fiberglass foam Extra 230s Fleet Bipes -scale Cubs Weeks biplanes host othersall available kits Engines included Quadras Aerrows Ze noahs Sachs-Dolmars SuperTigres others variety displacements power ranges Big powerful servos phisticated radios array Giant Scale accessories like propellers spinners fiberglass cowls wheels already-brazed welded landing gear tail wheel assem bliesthe Toledo booths burgeoned Big-Bird-related items Nor crafts men neglected Plans drawings docu mentation booths manned model design ers provided toothsome projects scratch builders course real stars Toledo show models entered various competition categories standards model construction detailing finishes stratosphericas close perfection can attained mere mortals Through out show proud entrants observed time time polishing rags hand close-up shot truly spectacular fully scale rotary engine housed its fretted cowling installed Proctor Nieuport 28 fine piece craftsmanship belongs George Buso Hyde Park NY model done up post-WW Wright Field colors 40 Model Aviation SECOND ANNUAL Bomber Field will conduct Second Annual Gathering B- 17 Flying Fortresses conjunction its annual Big-Bird Fly October 26 27 28 Bomber Field Monaville Texas first gathering 1989 produced 13 B-17s 128 registered pilots total 278 Big-Birds year have doubled aircraft/pilot protection areas plan cocktail party Thursday night October 25th B-17 pilots pius two crew mem ben per B-17 discuss plan missions follow ing three days Contact BB Weber body count appropriate party reservations can arranged year Bomber Field will raffle off brand new 10 B-17G built Bomber Field B-17 pilot/builders ready fly including 9 channel PCM 1024 radio system donated Futaba Corporation America B-17 kit donated Westcraft Electric retractable landing gears donated Aeromarine Enterprises Net raffle proceeds will donated Monaville Volunteer Fire Department Raffle drawings will conclusion CAF B-17 fighter escort exhibition approximately 1230PM Sunday October 28th Winner will need present win Bomber Field members family ineligible additional information contact B B Weber 713 498-7935 PO Box 721950 Houston Texas 77272 U Vance Wiman 713 266-4552 10706 Olympia Houston Texas 77042 Stevens 713 497-6511 1726 Ashford Hollow Houston Texas 77077 removing speck accumulated dust fingermarks masterpieces Early great fun watching birds being assembled display tables surgical precision wings bolted place bracing wires attached ten sioned struts fixed anchor pointsjust like preparing models flight club field dirt competition models first mention goes Civilian Sport Scale Giant birds Two twin-ducted-fan planes introduced model jet propulsion Toledo Scale competition scene first 4-scale LearJet 35 built Charlie Lines Oris kany NY second ducted-fan Giant real gem 155-scale Cessna Citation Ralph Braun Winnamac IN tow ered over display table pylon de signed purpose red-and-white scale paint job Rob ert Mundys Cary OH quarter-scale Gee Bee R-1 Henry Haffle drawings real eye-catcher other competitors tucked documentation notebook under entries Williams Bros plastic model served document Mundys aircraft Proctor Curtiss Jenny Giant vir tue its 60-in upper wing knocked sox off built Cary Ohios Ralph E Crume beautifully intricate scale OX-S its nose Luscombe 8-E Silvaire meticu lous aluminum finish caught eye Built Jack Dunkle Medina OH its first Silvaire Ive seen Giant form Rounding out category great 88in-span Mooney Wayne Siewert Minneapolis MN Sukhoi SN-2 aero batic ship black-and-gold Pompano Air Center colors D McNeill Stephens ville MI marvelously simple Aer onca Champ builders name recorded Among Giants entered Military Sport Scale Supermarine Spitfire Free Poland colors built %-cale Pica kit C T Hantor truly mouthwatering right next Byron F-16 thoroughly scale paint job built Gil Webb Troy OH Precision Scale entries practically Giants Hal Parenti showed orange-andwhite Cessna Skymaster pull/push twinboomed model powered two 48 two-stroke engines Proctor Nieuport 28 done up post-WW Wright Field colors entered George Buso Hyde Park NY spectacular feature model its fully scale rotary engine fretted cowling Right down authors alley Boeing P-26A Giant built Philip Von Ville Delaware OH Jim Pepinos quarter-scale drawings Peashooter bore colorful prewar markings knockout Continued page 182 August 1990 41 8-17 GAFHERING BIG-BIRD FLY-IN OCT 262718 MONAVILLE TEXAS BOMBER FIELD MONAVILLE TEXAS Cross-Country clarification February column said Great Race put Chicagos SOAR club granddaddy CrossCountry races said because believed guess oldest X-C race still ing conducted having started 1976 Bicen tennial tribute Jerry Krainock Dave Peltz wrote point out Great Race first X C race Jerry San Fernando Valley Silent Flyers clubmates organized first X-C race fall 1975 SFVSF ran contest until about 1987 Jerry goes back much farther X C having set FM-recognized distance records 1972 1974 Dave said Jerry co authors FAT F3H X-C rules hope sets record straight Max Splat/Gall Continued page 35 ground OK engine generally un loads 10-20% air ground rpm may well below pipes resonant frequency though system works Well air want highest possible power output such FAI racing competition theres factor consider engine has rpm rangethe power band peak rpm produces power Manufactur ers often include information instruc tion sheet comes engine Ha threw away didnt case trick have Maxi mum Splat occur have occur engines power band air Recall Maximum Splat depends two factors pipe length engine rpm know engines peak rpm can make ourselves bench prop will spin about speed simulate con ditions air allows us control other factor pipe length gradually cutting pipe header shorter until rings happily target rpm always balance propeller always wear eye protection As zero target rpm bench prop may spin little too fast due assistance pipe Also inevitable result cutting pipe match specific rpm last cut will actually go little too far Its like helpful lady bus says Oh know stop Just watch get off stop before So its best start bench prop little large say 2000 rpm below target rpm have target rpm itself little low say 1000 rpm below engines actual peak time go over target rpm make slightly larger bench prop Shorten pipe time until rpm no longer increases witl cut done whittle new prop i turns 80-90% engines peak rpm ac count 15% unloading alr Fly tht plane using trial error outlined above t find exactly right ground rpm Muffled tuned pipes may cure ills solve elegant fashion twin problems insufficient muffling power needed insufficient power muffling needed modelers used readily available devices perhaps could quil bickering about noise get real bus iness sport hobby enjoy May Splat Giants/de Vries Continued page 41 Japanese Zero Platt kit en tered Precision William Carper Jackson OH Precision Scale model turned everybodys head Frank Mizers Westland Lysander its fully detailed scale interiorincluding such niceties trim wheels complete crew safety harnesses epitomized art Precision Scale functional metal leading etlge slats scale paint job scale Hercules engine frosting cake Giant Scale birds also evident nonscale judging categories black-and-gold Ray Ban special Weeks biplane entered Sport Biplane Big birds invaded OldTimer category well Boehie Giant looked must have taken weeks pro duction Top Flites transparent Mono Kote cover huge wide-angle camera lens couldnt capture stalwart wasnt content just dis play model Upon returning under ground parking garage next hotel Friday afternoon heard unmistakable sound RC engine parked car walked toward engines hum Sure enough flying RC Heli copter goodan opinion confirmed three municipal employ ees formed audience As 1989 RC helium balloonsI counted nine various timesflittered above crowd arena Pickup bal loon races arranged radio prob lems hanging power cables frustrated would-be Phineas Foggs 1990 Giant year Toledo show Given continuing creasing interest large-sized Scale mod els isnt surprising SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT 182 Model Aviation WILHAMS ACCESSORIES 4 PILOT STANDARD TSMAN RACING TARY WHEELS AGE TH CONTOUR BALLOON EN AGt 4 ENGINES PRATT & WHITNEY HT HONE PARTS T & WHITNEY HONE WRIGHT E GUNSj LEWIS VICKERS DAU SELLUM SEND $3 FOR FULLY ILLUSTRATED CATALOG$LUAI~1S DEPT MAPAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CALIFORNIA 92069 I