Electric-power opening has potential open whole new worlds model flying author gives in-depth look indoor flying electric motor-powered RC Scale models provides some clues should helpful anyone has hankering go direction U Mitch Poling SOMETIMES winter months drag us get real winters brag about sunny weather California Florida dont count What could natural try RC indoors has done before long time ago Ken Willard flew Gym Dandy indoors 010 engine recently some Indoor RC has done CO-2 engine power about electric really naturalclean quiet convenient Astro 020 Astro 035 just right size belt drive supplied Astro Flight can swing quite large prop large Easy B rubber model design would fly very well first experience Indoor RC Scale models inspired contest held Inter national Modelers Show Pasadena models 24-ounce limit maximum size no eight square feet wing area As turned out three planes entered Sopwith Tabloid Tony Addie Naccaratos Sorrell Guppy quar 88 Model Aviation Mitch Poling holds Sopwith Tabloid better view has flown Astro 020 035 motors 31 belt-drive reducer though performance 020 marginal Cannon Micro System radio three channels used performed flawlessly environments ter scale Farman Mosquito planes flew well Farman par ticularly impressive event really historic first proved Indoor RC Scale both pos sible practical whole new world plane floats air much like huge Peanut Scale model Pumpkin Scale everything has slow dreamlike quality flights usually five six minutes long seem much longer Thats because pilot anxiety just reverse Its because beauty flight fact makes appreciate subtlety flight quite unexpected way almost have say have see lieve have flown Tabloid both threebasketball-court college gym Kingdome enormous domed stadium Seattle college gym flights mostly circling flights due room Kingdome fantasticflights over 100 feet high flying speed about jog gers pace could easily keep up plane wanted Sound interesting Perhaps might like try too approaches Tony Addie used get success fact success first tries initial challenge pick plane sure would fly well effort involved would very discouraging first try didnt work built Tabloid before flown very well Astro 020 historic documentation Tabloid agreed full-scale plane delight fly pilots airplane think really important real flew well find model also will planned use three controls rudder ele vator motor prototype Tabloid first flown 1913 no ailerons used wing warping fitted well plans didnt care landing skids prototype go along As turned out skids help smoothed out bad landings prevented damage prop motor firewall Next came philosophical part Again experience counted lot have flown lot Peanut Scale models felt Peanut Scale approach structure would right onethat minimum structure doubt leave out early airplanes Tabloid good example exactly philos ophy because low-power engines much like ultralights today Studying way real Tabloid built tremendous help pioneers really under stood build light make building decisions used same structures real As turned out Indoor RC model almost exactly true scale internally because al forced strength weight requirements As example structure cable braced polyester sewing thread adds really amazing strength resis tance shock almost no weight penApril 1983 89 Tony Addle Naccaratos Sorrell Guppy its lifelike profile pilot figure successfully flown indoors U Show also has flown outdoors Mile Square Tony Addle used same approaches author described text large lightweight structures Internal structure Tabloid almost exactly same full-scale prototype Early full-scale designers needed strong lightweight structures low-power engines best-flying RC Scale electric-powered models U Show Tony Addle Nac caratos Farman Moustique models follow Peanut Scale philosophy doubt leave out alty brings up last part philos ophy resistance shock crashes took approach some parts plane sacrificial others im portant should break unless things really drastic sacrificial parts plane landing gear motor firewall center sec tion top wing easy repair must break parts fuselage except firewall wing panels tail surfaces philosophy has tested quite se verely though willingly works have broken landing gear fireFinished wing tail surfaces Tabloid Curved outlines lami nated 1/32 balsa bent around cardboard form after steaming make jig-type ribs slice Fulton Hungerford pioneered method works well Tabloid models airfoil scale 90 Model Aviation Interplane struts Tabloid clip onto wing spars Carl Goldberg Mini-Snaps pushrods Mini-Snaps tied spars Partial assembly Tabloid framework Its built take-apart sections breaks down wingwall top wing section crashes panels landing gear fuselage rudder stabilizer also helps crash resistanceyou would swear plane could survive collision post flight damage has above quickly repaired slow flight speed helps great deal flies fast jog collisions just dont have lot energy use up way make sure critical parts Continued page 152 Completely assembled Tabloid framework sight beholdand shame cover weighed 13 oz after covering less radio power unit Fuselage uses 1/8 sq balsa throughout Note thread bracing functionalmakes lightweight strong structure TAKE IT OFF WITH SPEED STIX DISPOSABLE SANDING TOOLSIA 53 USE WET OR DRY 3 SANDING GRADES 100 120 1803 REGULAR SPEED STIXII $4859 STIX 1/4 3/8 1/2 diameter $295 MINI SPEED STIX 8 STIX 1/8 3/16 1/4 diameter RECISION SANDING TOOLS 2930 SKYVIEW AVENUE PUEBLO CO 81008 Eve Phone linat 42-6200 time spare tire packed top temperature inside trunk 1400 certain sequence Id go through trying sort Out new model First dont try tune engine trim plane same time Dont overlook very basics like balance correct thrust line can usually eyeball thrust line have model darts up down engine shuts off might lot opposite control cranked keep model flying level Minor adjustments can made either loosening mounting bolts tweaking engine correct way enlarging holes crankcase slightly After basics fire up fly level Note outboard wing high low level Black tape outboard wing helps see it very small amount no problem small droop turn model over see wing hangs wing hangs opposite way level flight have warp Either use trim adjustment warp minor straighten wing use heat plastic coverings boiling water steam doped finishes model hangs down both upright verted likely cause too much inboard wing way too much outboard weight outboard wing slightly high both directions tends pickup during maneu vers probably need outboard weight Clean off surface wingtip FasCal quarter-oz 25-cent coin will refly Assymmetry between inboard out board wings should run /2-1 inch tip weight should around ots compromises designed best competitive models happens line rake exit position ORDER TODAY WE PAY THE POSTAGE DEALER. lines inboard wing has lot way model tracks order have model stay Out lines during upwind maneuvers necessary have little line rake needed during downwind portion Thats story toys string Compromises sure fun fly theyre trimmed properly Charlie Johnson 3716 Ingraham St San Diego CA 92109 CL Carrier/Perry Continued oaae 73 Most people use pipe pressure tank nitro fairly expensive dont usually need about 20% get high speed previously mentioned CG has adjusted pipes headers weigh about 4-5 oz no real problem Pipe-length data available motors can set up quite easily Obviously very different meth ods its better bear minor incon venience able fly Ive flying Steve Dinerman Kingfisher season powered HGK 40 AAC piston/liner plus OPS pipe 9 x 6 Taipan prop Typical high 80 plus year lows around 16 mph dont have 60-degree flight attitude rule yet just ex periencing delights prop hanging Scale Ive got MO-I Yes theyre too K&B 40S ED pipe plus 9 x 7 Top Flite pylon prop placed second Nats flight 85/24/100 487 points beaten Guardian 75/19/100 498 points [AMA scoring would have produced scores 320 314 re spectively RLPJ Dumas Crusader well-regarded first-time model favour published American plans [in Profile] Scale wide variety [of models] have tried no type outstanding used favor Seamew think has lot offer am thinking Fulmer 1983 further difference between British Carrier US version deck used two decks used England built Royal Navy patterned after real angle-deck earners has four arresting lines landing area about five feet wide el evated almost two feet above ground As preparing column month happened see photo article Aviation Week Space Technology adds another eligible prototype list aircraft events article described secret Navy tests about 13 years ago Lockheed U-2 evaluated carrier-based maritime reconnaissance aircraft Although prototype does lend itself readily event have admit photo U-2 rebounding off deck its hook engaged wire rather impressive Richrd L Perry 7578 Vogels Way Springfield VA 22153 A-W Ape/Noonan Continued paqe 82 four loops 3/16-in rubber length 1oops should twice distance aluminum anchor tube firewall Balance model rubber motor installed See balance point location plans Make tests about 250 turns motor Launch model over tall grass have access such luxury Observe stall spin characteristics Make neces sary corrections addition incidence change stab thrust-line changes Grad ually increase turns until motor will accept 900 Dont hurry Make adjustments carefully jotting down what did scrap paper helps later Ape honest docile design graceful air easy adjust Good luck Indoor RC Electric/Poling Continued page 90 dont break simple isolate rest structure Tabloid 152 Model Aviation Weve got 22 really beautiful designs Seagull tier Ingspan OVER 50 CONSECUTIVE STARTS WITHOUT RECHARGING INTRODUCING THE NlSTARTERTM Pat Pending new completly revolutionary concept power glow piugs model cars boats airplanes helicopters anything using 15 vi Standard plug glow engines Rechargable up 1000 tiwesl Fits pocher Works sideways OL inverted Firs through cowlings Uses Head LockTM plug adapter Srays plug propeller PcI charger & instructions 95 day guarantee After anything fails normal usagel will repair replace $6 up Ill full yearll SEE YOU DEALER OR CALL US CARDS OK COD OK YOU PAY SHIP FIND $2195 See Dealer 13506 Glendundee Dr Herndon VA 22071 170314355805 SERVICE PO Box 2136 FaIrfax VIrgInIa 22031 USA plugged together wing panels plug tail pieces land ing gear clipped pushrod clev ises firewall slides vertical rails means shock stress cannot leave part struck has stop junction part plugs part will break rest structure will As us should know limited damage much easier repair damage has chance travel However make sure works have make junc tions some give flex else stress can get through firewall rails soft balsa give wing wires plug-in feature bamboo skewers flex landing gear clips tied fuselage framework thread can flex direction much like thread hinge cant claim thought out completely make plane take-apart fashion could take baggage flight Pasadena advantages showed up crash testing proceeded other way make sure critical parts dont break avoid places within part stress can concentrate Junctions should either have large surface area spread stress have pathways conduct stress junction joints fuselage have 1/64 ply triangle hind spread stress thread bracing ties ply plate thread bracing helps great deal conducting stress away starting sound like electric circuit wiring Actually lot similarities stress acting like cur rent choice radio foregone conclusion Cannon Micro System light enough receiver ser vos battety pack GE-9 battery weighed close half ounce servos small total threechannel weight less three ounces would have considered impossible few years ago Cannon outfit fine radio have flown indoors several years kinds metal beams wiring generally poor environment Continued page 1S6 2 /4TS QU4RTER MIDGET TIlE NELSON 15 1st t* 6 lUeth complete brochure great engine & other quality competition products send 50 cents KUS TOM KRAFTSMANSHIP Box 2699 Laguna Hills CA 92653 Call 714 830-5162 Dealer inquiries invited SUPER JET REGULAR JET New E-Z Use baffles up April 1983 153 NEFULL LINE METAL SPECIALISTS Mitch Poling has flown electric-powered RC Tabloid exhibition hall three-basket-ballcourt-size college gymbut what likes beat fly Kingdome thia picture Seattle WA Kingdom big enoughfor flight pattern desires New long TAPERED nozzle gets rid major instant glue irritantit hardly ever clogs does pin clears immediately Exclusive new bottles give tremendously increased shelf life plus contents visibility See dealerhe has now a-IECK OUT THESE NEW LOW PRICES sUPER JETREGULAR JET 00 NO 393 $195 00 No 385 $195 00 NO 384 $295/0 00 NO 386 8295 1 oo No 382 S4981 00 NO 381 8499 2 Co No 388 89952 00 No 387 8995 LGREAT SCALE FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS I, THE MANEUVERS OF THE FULL SIZE SHIP 161 IN WINGSPAN 75 LBS USING 56 ENGINES AND UP KIT LESS WHEELS EN8INE9FROP$ 22900 SHIP radios have never glitch motor unit harder choice could use Astro 020 31 belt drive reducer Astro 035 re ducer Astro 020 uses four calls Astro 035 uses six figured Tabloid would just come 24 oz 035 about 22 oz 020 As turned out tried both Though 020 could ROG plane enough power careful turns 035 plenty power fact once plane up cruising could go half power loaf along great style motor control two switches mounted motor servo full power other half power 33 ohm resistor 5 watt right prop turned out II x 4 wood Top Flite took lot experimenting find receiver rudder elevator servos receiver battery pack mounted balsa slide-in plate went cockpit rudder elevator worked thread cable just like real cable length adjusted slip knots tail surfaces hinges surfaces thread light flexible battery pack motor hung just behind below firewall Since battery heaviest item plane must able pull push structure will cause lot damage hard landing crash solved mak ing light balsa box front end open battery fits loosely tn crash battery will slide out box pass below firewall out plane box itself suspended fiber tape former above can swing little well system really works have no damage battery crash usually slides forward box doesnt fall out suspension system quite effective fuselage built /8 square balsa 1/32 balsa sheeting nose cockpit area tail surfaces built laminated 1/32 x balsa strips /s sq balsa wings built /8 sq spruce spars top bottom 1/32 balsa vertical webbing box structure wing tips laminated 1/32 X balsa strips wing wires bamboo shish kebab skewers fit inside box spars skewers really neat Theyre tough music wire very light just right amount give bent steam kettle dihedral angle bottom panels plug aluminum tubing carries through fuselage interplane cabane struts lami nated layer 1/64 balsa 1/16 balsa clip inito Carl Goldberg mini-snaps tied wing spars thread gives connection give flex allows taking apart travel landing gear laminated 1/16 bass wood 1/16 balsa clips minisnaps tied onto fuselage longerons mini-snaps have enough freedom move ment keep shock getting fuselage landing gear can un snapped repairs travel axle bamboo skewer 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/04
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Electric-power opening has potential open whole new worlds model flying author gives in-depth look indoor flying electric motor-powered RC Scale models provides some clues should helpful anyone has hankering go direction U Mitch Poling SOMETIMES winter months drag us get real winters brag about sunny weather California Florida dont count What could natural try RC indoors has done before long time ago Ken Willard flew Gym Dandy indoors 010 engine recently some Indoor RC has done CO-2 engine power about electric really naturalclean quiet convenient Astro 020 Astro 035 just right size belt drive supplied Astro Flight can swing quite large prop large Easy B rubber model design would fly very well first experience Indoor RC Scale models inspired contest held Inter national Modelers Show Pasadena models 24-ounce limit maximum size no eight square feet wing area As turned out three planes entered Sopwith Tabloid Tony Addie Naccaratos Sorrell Guppy quar 88 Model Aviation Mitch Poling holds Sopwith Tabloid better view has flown Astro 020 035 motors 31 belt-drive reducer though performance 020 marginal Cannon Micro System radio three channels used performed flawlessly environments ter scale Farman Mosquito planes flew well Farman par ticularly impressive event really historic first proved Indoor RC Scale both pos sible practical whole new world plane floats air much like huge Peanut Scale model Pumpkin Scale everything has slow dreamlike quality flights usually five six minutes long seem much longer Thats because pilot anxiety just reverse Its because beauty flight fact makes appreciate subtlety flight quite unexpected way almost have say have see lieve have flown Tabloid both threebasketball-court college gym Kingdome enormous domed stadium Seattle college gym flights mostly circling flights due room Kingdome fantasticflights over 100 feet high flying speed about jog gers pace could easily keep up plane wanted Sound interesting Perhaps might like try too approaches Tony Addie used get success fact success first tries initial challenge pick plane sure would fly well effort involved would very discouraging first try didnt work built Tabloid before flown very well Astro 020 historic documentation Tabloid agreed full-scale plane delight fly pilots airplane think really important real flew well find model also will planned use three controls rudder ele vator motor prototype Tabloid first flown 1913 no ailerons used wing warping fitted well plans didnt care landing skids prototype go along As turned out skids help smoothed out bad landings prevented damage prop motor firewall Next came philosophical part Again experience counted lot have flown lot Peanut Scale models felt Peanut Scale approach structure would right onethat minimum structure doubt leave out early airplanes Tabloid good example exactly philos ophy because low-power engines much like ultralights today Studying way real Tabloid built tremendous help pioneers really under stood build light make building decisions used same structures real As turned out Indoor RC model almost exactly true scale internally because al forced strength weight requirements As example structure cable braced polyester sewing thread adds really amazing strength resis tance shock almost no weight penApril 1983 89 Tony Addle Naccaratos Sorrell Guppy its lifelike profile pilot figure successfully flown indoors U Show also has flown outdoors Mile Square Tony Addle used same approaches author described text large lightweight structures Internal structure Tabloid almost exactly same full-scale prototype Early full-scale designers needed strong lightweight structures low-power engines best-flying RC Scale electric-powered models U Show Tony Addle Nac caratos Farman Moustique models follow Peanut Scale philosophy doubt leave out alty brings up last part philos ophy resistance shock crashes took approach some parts plane sacrificial others im portant should break unless things really drastic sacrificial parts plane landing gear motor firewall center sec tion top wing easy repair must break parts fuselage except firewall wing panels tail surfaces philosophy has tested quite se verely though willingly works have broken landing gear fireFinished wing tail surfaces Tabloid Curved outlines lami nated 1/32 balsa bent around cardboard form after steaming make jig-type ribs slice Fulton Hungerford pioneered method works well Tabloid models airfoil scale 90 Model Aviation Interplane struts Tabloid clip onto wing spars Carl Goldberg Mini-Snaps pushrods Mini-Snaps tied spars Partial assembly Tabloid framework Its built take-apart sections breaks down wingwall top wing section crashes panels landing gear fuselage rudder stabilizer also helps crash resistanceyou would swear plane could survive collision post flight damage has above quickly repaired slow flight speed helps great deal flies fast jog collisions just dont have lot energy use up way make sure critical parts Continued page 152 Completely assembled Tabloid framework sight beholdand shame cover weighed 13 oz after covering less radio power unit Fuselage uses 1/8 sq balsa throughout Note thread bracing functionalmakes lightweight strong structure TAKE IT OFF WITH SPEED STIX DISPOSABLE SANDING TOOLSIA 53 USE WET OR DRY 3 SANDING GRADES 100 120 1803 REGULAR SPEED STIXII $4859 STIX 1/4 3/8 1/2 diameter $295 MINI SPEED STIX 8 STIX 1/8 3/16 1/4 diameter RECISION SANDING TOOLS 2930 SKYVIEW AVENUE PUEBLO CO 81008 Eve Phone linat 42-6200 time spare tire packed top temperature inside trunk 1400 certain sequence Id go through trying sort Out new model First dont try tune engine trim plane same time Dont overlook very basics like balance correct thrust line can usually eyeball thrust line have model darts up down engine shuts off might lot opposite control cranked keep model flying level Minor adjustments can made either loosening mounting bolts tweaking engine correct way enlarging holes crankcase slightly After basics fire up fly level Note outboard wing high low level Black tape outboard wing helps see it very small amount no problem small droop turn model over see wing hangs wing hangs opposite way level flight have warp Either use trim adjustment warp minor straighten wing use heat plastic coverings boiling water steam doped finishes model hangs down both upright verted likely cause too much inboard wing way too much outboard weight outboard wing slightly high both directions tends pickup during maneu vers probably need outboard weight Clean off surface wingtip FasCal quarter-oz 25-cent coin will refly Assymmetry between inboard out board wings should run /2-1 inch tip weight should around ots compromises designed best competitive models happens line rake exit position ORDER TODAY WE PAY THE POSTAGE DEALER. lines inboard wing has lot way model tracks order have model stay Out lines during upwind maneuvers necessary have little line rake needed during downwind portion Thats story toys string Compromises sure fun fly theyre trimmed properly Charlie Johnson 3716 Ingraham St San Diego CA 92109 CL Carrier/Perry Continued oaae 73 Most people use pipe pressure tank nitro fairly expensive dont usually need about 20% get high speed previously mentioned CG has adjusted pipes headers weigh about 4-5 oz no real problem Pipe-length data available motors can set up quite easily Obviously very different meth ods its better bear minor incon venience able fly Ive flying Steve Dinerman Kingfisher season powered HGK 40 AAC piston/liner plus OPS pipe 9 x 6 Taipan prop Typical high 80 plus year lows around 16 mph dont have 60-degree flight attitude rule yet just ex periencing delights prop hanging Scale Ive got MO-I Yes theyre too K&B 40S ED pipe plus 9 x 7 Top Flite pylon prop placed second Nats flight 85/24/100 487 points beaten Guardian 75/19/100 498 points [AMA scoring would have produced scores 320 314 re spectively RLPJ Dumas Crusader well-regarded first-time model favour published American plans [in Profile] Scale wide variety [of models] have tried no type outstanding used favor Seamew think has lot offer am thinking Fulmer 1983 further difference between British Carrier US version deck used two decks used England built Royal Navy patterned after real angle-deck earners has four arresting lines landing area about five feet wide el evated almost two feet above ground As preparing column month happened see photo article Aviation Week Space Technology adds another eligible prototype list aircraft events article described secret Navy tests about 13 years ago Lockheed U-2 evaluated carrier-based maritime reconnaissance aircraft Although prototype does lend itself readily event have admit photo U-2 rebounding off deck its hook engaged wire rather impressive Richrd L Perry 7578 Vogels Way Springfield VA 22153 A-W Ape/Noonan Continued paqe 82 four loops 3/16-in rubber length 1oops should twice distance aluminum anchor tube firewall Balance model rubber motor installed See balance point location plans Make tests about 250 turns motor Launch model over tall grass have access such luxury Observe stall spin characteristics Make neces sary corrections addition incidence change stab thrust-line changes Grad ually increase turns until motor will accept 900 Dont hurry Make adjustments carefully jotting down what did scrap paper helps later Ape honest docile design graceful air easy adjust Good luck Indoor RC Electric/Poling Continued page 90 dont break simple isolate rest structure Tabloid 152 Model Aviation Weve got 22 really beautiful designs Seagull tier Ingspan OVER 50 CONSECUTIVE STARTS WITHOUT RECHARGING INTRODUCING THE NlSTARTERTM Pat Pending new completly revolutionary concept power glow piugs model cars boats airplanes helicopters anything using 15 vi Standard plug glow engines Rechargable up 1000 tiwesl Fits pocher Works sideways OL inverted Firs through cowlings Uses Head LockTM plug adapter Srays plug propeller PcI charger & instructions 95 day guarantee After anything fails normal usagel will repair replace $6 up Ill full yearll SEE YOU DEALER OR CALL US CARDS OK COD OK YOU PAY SHIP FIND $2195 See Dealer 13506 Glendundee Dr Herndon VA 22071 170314355805 SERVICE PO Box 2136 FaIrfax VIrgInIa 22031 USA plugged together wing panels plug tail pieces land ing gear clipped pushrod clev ises firewall slides vertical rails means shock stress cannot leave part struck has stop junction part plugs part will break rest structure will As us should know limited damage much easier repair damage has chance travel However make sure works have make junc tions some give flex else stress can get through firewall rails soft balsa give wing wires plug-in feature bamboo skewers flex landing gear clips tied fuselage framework thread can flex direction much like thread hinge cant claim thought out completely make plane take-apart fashion could take baggage flight Pasadena advantages showed up crash testing proceeded other way make sure critical parts dont break avoid places within part stress can concentrate Junctions should either have large surface area spread stress have pathways conduct stress junction joints fuselage have 1/64 ply triangle hind spread stress thread bracing ties ply plate thread bracing helps great deal conducting stress away starting sound like electric circuit wiring Actually lot similarities stress acting like cur rent choice radio foregone conclusion Cannon Micro System light enough receiver ser vos battety pack GE-9 battery weighed close half ounce servos small total threechannel weight less three ounces would have considered impossible few years ago Cannon outfit fine radio have flown indoors several years kinds metal beams wiring generally poor environment Continued page 1S6 2 /4TS QU4RTER MIDGET TIlE NELSON 15 1st t* 6 lUeth complete brochure great engine & other quality competition products send 50 cents KUS TOM KRAFTSMANSHIP Box 2699 Laguna Hills CA 92653 Call 714 830-5162 Dealer inquiries invited SUPER JET REGULAR JET New E-Z Use baffles up April 1983 153 NEFULL LINE METAL SPECIALISTS Mitch Poling has flown electric-powered RC Tabloid exhibition hall three-basket-ballcourt-size college gymbut what likes beat fly Kingdome thia picture Seattle WA Kingdom big enoughfor flight pattern desires New long TAPERED nozzle gets rid major instant glue irritantit hardly ever clogs does pin clears immediately Exclusive new bottles give tremendously increased shelf life plus contents visibility See dealerhe has now a-IECK OUT THESE NEW LOW PRICES sUPER JETREGULAR JET 00 NO 393 $195 00 No 385 $195 00 NO 384 $295/0 00 NO 386 8295 1 oo No 382 S4981 00 NO 381 8499 2 Co No 388 89952 00 No 387 8995 LGREAT SCALE FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS I, THE MANEUVERS OF THE FULL SIZE SHIP 161 IN WINGSPAN 75 LBS USING 56 ENGINES AND UP KIT LESS WHEELS EN8INE9FROP$ 22900 SHIP radios have never glitch motor unit harder choice could use Astro 020 31 belt drive reducer Astro 035 re ducer Astro 020 uses four calls Astro 035 uses six figured Tabloid would just come 24 oz 035 about 22 oz 020 As turned out tried both Though 020 could ROG plane enough power careful turns 035 plenty power fact once plane up cruising could go half power loaf along great style motor control two switches mounted motor servo full power other half power 33 ohm resistor 5 watt right prop turned out II x 4 wood Top Flite took lot experimenting find receiver rudder elevator servos receiver battery pack mounted balsa slide-in plate went cockpit rudder elevator worked thread cable just like real cable length adjusted slip knots tail surfaces hinges surfaces thread light flexible battery pack motor hung just behind below firewall Since battery heaviest item plane must able pull push structure will cause lot damage hard landing crash solved mak ing light balsa box front end open battery fits loosely tn crash battery will slide out box pass below firewall out plane box itself suspended fiber tape former above can swing little well system really works have no damage battery crash usually slides forward box doesnt fall out suspension system quite effective fuselage built /8 square balsa 1/32 balsa sheeting nose cockpit area tail surfaces built laminated 1/32 x balsa strips /s sq balsa wings built /8 sq spruce spars top bottom 1/32 balsa vertical webbing box structure wing tips laminated 1/32 X balsa strips wing wires bamboo shish kebab skewers fit inside box spars skewers really neat Theyre tough music wire very light just right amount give bent steam kettle dihedral angle bottom panels plug aluminum tubing carries through fuselage interplane cabane struts lami nated layer 1/64 balsa 1/16 balsa clip inito Carl Goldberg mini-snaps tied wing spars thread gives connection give flex allows taking apart travel landing gear laminated 1/16 bass wood 1/16 balsa clips minisnaps tied onto fuselage longerons mini-snaps have enough freedom move ment keep shock getting fuselage landing gear can un snapped repairs travel axle bamboo skewer bound onto skids rubberbands wheels really clever Ill take credit 1-in-thick Sty rofoam lb/cu ft density spun hand drill used lathe used #11 X-Acto knife lathe tool emery board fingernail type finishing axle hubs plastic tubing five-mm ep oxy 1/64 ply I-in disk end epoxied wheel prevent foam tearing wheels painted black water color wheel cones bond paper result wheel incredibly light realistic strong plane covered Peck-Polymers white Japanese tissue put thinned white glue paper tightened straight rubbing alcohol isopropyl sprayed inexpensive Badger sprayer gives nice light spray important Later re-did piece using Windex sprayer paper tight ened unevenly take off pieces big light uneven excessive shrinkage will distort severely same goes water dont use causes much too much shrink age trick just barely tighten paper tight quite loose dope will further shrink paper later tried use regular clear dope castor oil plasticizer hut caused too much shrinkage some parts redo parts time used Sig Lite clear dope cant say enough praise Sig Lite use hardly shrinks used Sig Lite 5050 Sig thinner coat did fine using inexpensive Badger sprayer aluminum cowl done Flo quil railroad paint thinned Floquil thinner 5050 has such fantastic covering ability coat needed does shrink some alright over sheeting Sopwith lettering done COITIGLIII TIED PROFILE0COMBArRAT WIDE & NARROW WEDGE 1 5 6 oz Capaciries UNIFLOW & STINDD Guitmi Dliii Fuel ingredients detailed brochureSOC stamps/check oni CAROLlNATAFFINDER 8345 Delhi Road Charleston Hgts SC 29405 803-553-7169 156 Model Aviation K & H GLASS Prod 16 OUINCY TERRACE - CITY IOWA 50401 5154244924 PHtLISIUN ALRNLL Hi ILL UIIiUIIUIi0 Heres equipmerrl seed give props ry best balance--balance directions Carefully crsfted top grade materials BUBBLE BALANCER accomodates 3/161/49/32 prop holes Other sizes available special order Dealers invited $1695 Add $150 HOWARD B HUEBL SEPt OOS postage handling hr Misc add 4% sales lox No CtiDs co, 82 Rx e Mnkto MN 56001 Span65Eng.45-U Area754 sq in4 Channel Send $075 latest price list literature Quality RIC Products Since 1960 VKMODELAIRCRAFTCO 4350 Arondale Dr Williamsville NV 14221 Phone 716 632-4838 SOAR WITH CLASS AND CONVENIENCE WITH ONE LIFT TO FIELD OR SLOPE 2M STANDARD OR THE UNLIMITED SUPERSHIPS FURNITURE QUALITY MAPLE PLYWOOD AND DADO CUTS FOR AUTO-ALIGNMENT ORDER DIRECT FOR ONLY $2995 AND WE PAY POSTAGE VIA UPS COD ORDERS WELCOME WRITE OR CALL FOR FREE BROCHURE h1 WHALE HOBBIES INC 1201 MCDUFFIE No 104HOUSTON TEXAS THE SAILPLANE CADDY 77019 black bamboo paper found local hobby shop bamboo paper much blacker regular tissue makes letters really stand out letters stuck thinned clear dope Sig Lite landing gear wings have same brace wires real needed wires silver silk thread sewing store look very realistic cable tension adjusted slip knots plane balances third chord back leading edge top wing just right good flying motor has about 50 down 40 right thrust needed Without thrust settings right turns much too slow plane would change lot trim elevator motor off control throws 1 V2 side rudder 1 side elevator final dimensions 51 span 11 chord 41 length 24 26 oz all-up depending motor bat teries 1/6th scale though hap pened chance aiming eight square feet Takeoff delight has slow dreamlike feel up about eight 12 feet roll climb gentle fast enough after minute switch half throttle keep below ceiling Turns left easy smooth though turns right require work Apparently real flew way too due its rotary engine RUBBER STRIP FAt RUBBER Made USA SIZES 1/4 3/16 1/83/32 1/16i 1mm thick 042 8OXED 16 ounces rubber per box PRICE $1250 per box ppd USA PIRELLI 3mm $1&00 ppd KSB TIMERS FUEL SHUTOFF 30 SEC $1195 6 MIN DT $1195 .U lOll 1LYMRII SEND 5OiFOR 1982/83 CATALOG FAIModel Supply PO BOX 3907TORRANCE CA 90510 Response controls positive jumpy plane large com pared weight takes little time respondlike pushing balloon have tried aerobatics plane stressed have sufficient room Kingdome Landings slow float ing quite graceful re warding project though simple fact quite challengebut also lot fun would like try Indoor RC Scale have think too will have lot fun would suggest try either 5 6 sq ft model under 20 oz Astro 020or have large indoor space 24-oz 8 sq ft size Astro 035 Stay dry warmfly indoors Fun/Winter Continued page 20 foam floats now George watering own Torc set Walts floats George adds doing plans Fairchild KR biplanes series including one-of-a-kind KR-135 tapered wings six-cylinder Ranger George gets ecstatic about Doc Mathews Ole Reliable Old-Timer does look like Torc Both ships have wing struts somewhatalike wing tips rudder profiles nearly identical Frank Zaics Yearbook has three-view Ole Reliable credited Charles Macey 1938 design So George let fingers run through white pages * * * * WANDITTM * iT P1111 *Dealers Invited * * lone year warranty * *1~1OftCORDi Wetorflry * Stick Abrasives * *A Keen Machine gives exceptional *sanding control excellent finish * *8995 Basic mcI 1 flat Wand 1 * rits *10895 Builder Special mcI 2 ffat half- * nd wand 5 6 grits *12995 Deluoe includes 3 flat 2 half * nd wands hoff wands * 6 grits * *Additional Wands Abrasives available * local hobby shop *AlIBIS ELMORE Ece lix 214 28a 5709 * PO Boo 266 uite Texas 75149 * HOV HI Wing Span--lW Wing A-ea--5e9 5q SNSOAR glider HOBBY HORN Eacluslee! HOBBY HORN Kit SENSOAR Gilder kit isa high quality kit Machine cut 6 sanded parts Select qoabty balsa spruce Oetailed plans written instructions Fur THERMAL SLOPE 05 ELECTRIC POWER VALUE PRICED 51900 P & W Semi-Kilo Combined sciON full oti-ipsevod plon Now md Wi-e Window etc Mat Mole may purchoxed uol oo semi kitx plono-wrile vi- call price. 1936 Buceaneer-94-511 1939 Cupper MIt l-72-539 1937 flallaire ipxserltiS5e5 1940 Ranger-66 $27 1939 Mernury72S50 1931 Miss Amerixa94-S59 1941 Playboy Jr-04529 1940 Playboy 5r8l1546 1939 Pomer House94-$43 5940 Sailplane79-- 574 1940 iv tong-50$29 1839 Trentvo Terror-7932 1939 Zipper-14-$49 1939 Korda Wskefield-44- 107 MIDt9AY MODEL CO Semi-kito Combined lo/otrip 1936 Flying Quakert4S49 1937 Quaker Flash6T539 1937 Long Cabin79S42 1937 Air Chieftl-S40 STRUCKS 1940 lii Span 835 Sq UEESEMIKIT Iplanlncl-53390 Nuw ruler Combo IPull Kit$5000 SCALE PLANS nd DRAWINGS S-sn HEINKEL HE1900 62 69s $1000 AND HANDLING Op $806 odd $156 $001 $2e00 odd $225 $2061 $4500 odd $360 $4501 $7000 odd $350 end over $7000 odd $406 CA Addressees odd 6% Oux send sto visa/MC#1Exp Check altom up 10 30 days check clearonce IICGDExvcx Chvrges 1- $150 ildi Cash Only[AII UISt 64 Page CATALOGUE $200 PP/Sot Class copy mill sent free--mhen requested-with order HOBBY HORN 00hobby specialties00 15173 Moran Street IA PO Boa 2212 Westminster Ca 92083 1719 8938311 171111 8951203 April 1983 157
Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/04
Page Numbers: 88, 89, 90, 152, 153, 156, 157
Electric-power opening has potential open whole new worlds model flying author gives in-depth look indoor flying electric motor-powered RC Scale models provides some clues should helpful anyone has hankering go direction U Mitch Poling SOMETIMES winter months drag us get real winters brag about sunny weather California Florida dont count What could natural try RC indoors has done before long time ago Ken Willard flew Gym Dandy indoors 010 engine recently some Indoor RC has done CO-2 engine power about electric really naturalclean quiet convenient Astro 020 Astro 035 just right size belt drive supplied Astro Flight can swing quite large prop large Easy B rubber model design would fly very well first experience Indoor RC Scale models inspired contest held Inter national Modelers Show Pasadena models 24-ounce limit maximum size no eight square feet wing area As turned out three planes entered Sopwith Tabloid Tony Addie Naccaratos Sorrell Guppy quar 88 Model Aviation Mitch Poling holds Sopwith Tabloid better view has flown Astro 020 035 motors 31 belt-drive reducer though performance 020 marginal Cannon Micro System radio three channels used performed flawlessly environments ter scale Farman Mosquito planes flew well Farman par ticularly impressive event really historic first proved Indoor RC Scale both pos sible practical whole new world plane floats air much like huge Peanut Scale model Pumpkin Scale everything has slow dreamlike quality flights usually five six minutes long seem much longer Thats because pilot anxiety just reverse Its because beauty flight fact makes appreciate subtlety flight quite unexpected way almost have say have see lieve have flown Tabloid both threebasketball-court college gym Kingdome enormous domed stadium Seattle college gym flights mostly circling flights due room Kingdome fantasticflights over 100 feet high flying speed about jog gers pace could easily keep up plane wanted Sound interesting Perhaps might like try too approaches Tony Addie used get success fact success first tries initial challenge pick plane sure would fly well effort involved would very discouraging first try didnt work built Tabloid before flown very well Astro 020 historic documentation Tabloid agreed full-scale plane delight fly pilots airplane think really important real flew well find model also will planned use three controls rudder ele vator motor prototype Tabloid first flown 1913 no ailerons used wing warping fitted well plans didnt care landing skids prototype go along As turned out skids help smoothed out bad landings prevented damage prop motor firewall Next came philosophical part Again experience counted lot have flown lot Peanut Scale models felt Peanut Scale approach structure would right onethat minimum structure doubt leave out early airplanes Tabloid good example exactly philos ophy because low-power engines much like ultralights today Studying way real Tabloid built tremendous help pioneers really under stood build light make building decisions used same structures real As turned out Indoor RC model almost exactly true scale internally because al forced strength weight requirements As example structure cable braced polyester sewing thread adds really amazing strength resis tance shock almost no weight penApril 1983 89 Tony Addle Naccaratos Sorrell Guppy its lifelike profile pilot figure successfully flown indoors U Show also has flown outdoors Mile Square Tony Addle used same approaches author described text large lightweight structures Internal structure Tabloid almost exactly same full-scale prototype Early full-scale designers needed strong lightweight structures low-power engines best-flying RC Scale electric-powered models U Show Tony Addle Nac caratos Farman Moustique models follow Peanut Scale philosophy doubt leave out alty brings up last part philos ophy resistance shock crashes took approach some parts plane sacrificial others im portant should break unless things really drastic sacrificial parts plane landing gear motor firewall center sec tion top wing easy repair must break parts fuselage except firewall wing panels tail surfaces philosophy has tested quite se verely though willingly works have broken landing gear fireFinished wing tail surfaces Tabloid Curved outlines lami nated 1/32 balsa bent around cardboard form after steaming make jig-type ribs slice Fulton Hungerford pioneered method works well Tabloid models airfoil scale 90 Model Aviation Interplane struts Tabloid clip onto wing spars Carl Goldberg Mini-Snaps pushrods Mini-Snaps tied spars Partial assembly Tabloid framework Its built take-apart sections breaks down wingwall top wing section crashes panels landing gear fuselage rudder stabilizer also helps crash resistanceyou would swear plane could survive collision post flight damage has above quickly repaired slow flight speed helps great deal flies fast jog collisions just dont have lot energy use up way make sure critical parts Continued page 152 Completely assembled Tabloid framework sight beholdand shame cover weighed 13 oz after covering less radio power unit Fuselage uses 1/8 sq balsa throughout Note thread bracing functionalmakes lightweight strong structure TAKE IT OFF WITH SPEED STIX DISPOSABLE SANDING TOOLSIA 53 USE WET OR DRY 3 SANDING GRADES 100 120 1803 REGULAR SPEED STIXII $4859 STIX 1/4 3/8 1/2 diameter $295 MINI SPEED STIX 8 STIX 1/8 3/16 1/4 diameter RECISION SANDING TOOLS 2930 SKYVIEW AVENUE PUEBLO CO 81008 Eve Phone linat 42-6200 time spare tire packed top temperature inside trunk 1400 certain sequence Id go through trying sort Out new model First dont try tune engine trim plane same time Dont overlook very basics like balance correct thrust line can usually eyeball thrust line have model darts up down engine shuts off might lot opposite control cranked keep model flying level Minor adjustments can made either loosening mounting bolts tweaking engine correct way enlarging holes crankcase slightly After basics fire up fly level Note outboard wing high low level Black tape outboard wing helps see it very small amount no problem small droop turn model over see wing hangs wing hangs opposite way level flight have warp Either use trim adjustment warp minor straighten wing use heat plastic coverings boiling water steam doped finishes model hangs down both upright verted likely cause too much inboard wing way too much outboard weight outboard wing slightly high both directions tends pickup during maneu vers probably need outboard weight Clean off surface wingtip FasCal quarter-oz 25-cent coin will refly Assymmetry between inboard out board wings should run /2-1 inch tip weight should around ots compromises designed best competitive models happens line rake exit position ORDER TODAY WE PAY THE POSTAGE DEALER. lines inboard wing has lot way model tracks order have model stay Out lines during upwind maneuvers necessary have little line rake needed during downwind portion Thats story toys string Compromises sure fun fly theyre trimmed properly Charlie Johnson 3716 Ingraham St San Diego CA 92109 CL Carrier/Perry Continued oaae 73 Most people use pipe pressure tank nitro fairly expensive dont usually need about 20% get high speed previously mentioned CG has adjusted pipes headers weigh about 4-5 oz no real problem Pipe-length data available motors can set up quite easily Obviously very different meth ods its better bear minor incon venience able fly Ive flying Steve Dinerman Kingfisher season powered HGK 40 AAC piston/liner plus OPS pipe 9 x 6 Taipan prop Typical high 80 plus year lows around 16 mph dont have 60-degree flight attitude rule yet just ex periencing delights prop hanging Scale Ive got MO-I Yes theyre too K&B 40S ED pipe plus 9 x 7 Top Flite pylon prop placed second Nats flight 85/24/100 487 points beaten Guardian 75/19/100 498 points [AMA scoring would have produced scores 320 314 re spectively RLPJ Dumas Crusader well-regarded first-time model favour published American plans [in Profile] Scale wide variety [of models] have tried no type outstanding used favor Seamew think has lot offer am thinking Fulmer 1983 further difference between British Carrier US version deck used two decks used England built Royal Navy patterned after real angle-deck earners has four arresting lines landing area about five feet wide el evated almost two feet above ground As preparing column month happened see photo article Aviation Week Space Technology adds another eligible prototype list aircraft events article described secret Navy tests about 13 years ago Lockheed U-2 evaluated carrier-based maritime reconnaissance aircraft Although prototype does lend itself readily event have admit photo U-2 rebounding off deck its hook engaged wire rather impressive Richrd L Perry 7578 Vogels Way Springfield VA 22153 A-W Ape/Noonan Continued paqe 82 four loops 3/16-in rubber length 1oops should twice distance aluminum anchor tube firewall Balance model rubber motor installed See balance point location plans Make tests about 250 turns motor Launch model over tall grass have access such luxury Observe stall spin characteristics Make neces sary corrections addition incidence change stab thrust-line changes Grad ually increase turns until motor will accept 900 Dont hurry Make adjustments carefully jotting down what did scrap paper helps later Ape honest docile design graceful air easy adjust Good luck Indoor RC Electric/Poling Continued page 90 dont break simple isolate rest structure Tabloid 152 Model Aviation Weve got 22 really beautiful designs Seagull tier Ingspan OVER 50 CONSECUTIVE STARTS WITHOUT RECHARGING INTRODUCING THE NlSTARTERTM Pat Pending new completly revolutionary concept power glow piugs model cars boats airplanes helicopters anything using 15 vi Standard plug glow engines Rechargable up 1000 tiwesl Fits pocher Works sideways OL inverted Firs through cowlings Uses Head LockTM plug adapter Srays plug propeller PcI charger & instructions 95 day guarantee After anything fails normal usagel will repair replace $6 up Ill full yearll SEE YOU DEALER OR CALL US CARDS OK COD OK YOU PAY SHIP FIND $2195 See Dealer 13506 Glendundee Dr Herndon VA 22071 170314355805 SERVICE PO Box 2136 FaIrfax VIrgInIa 22031 USA plugged together wing panels plug tail pieces land ing gear clipped pushrod clev ises firewall slides vertical rails means shock stress cannot leave part struck has stop junction part plugs part will break rest structure will As us should know limited damage much easier repair damage has chance travel However make sure works have make junc tions some give flex else stress can get through firewall rails soft balsa give wing wires plug-in feature bamboo skewers flex landing gear clips tied fuselage framework thread can flex direction much like thread hinge cant claim thought out completely make plane take-apart fashion could take baggage flight Pasadena advantages showed up crash testing proceeded other way make sure critical parts dont break avoid places within part stress can concentrate Junctions should either have large surface area spread stress have pathways conduct stress junction joints fuselage have 1/64 ply triangle hind spread stress thread bracing ties ply plate thread bracing helps great deal conducting stress away starting sound like electric circuit wiring Actually lot similarities stress acting like cur rent choice radio foregone conclusion Cannon Micro System light enough receiver ser vos battety pack GE-9 battery weighed close half ounce servos small total threechannel weight less three ounces would have considered impossible few years ago Cannon outfit fine radio have flown indoors several years kinds metal beams wiring generally poor environment Continued page 1S6 2 /4TS QU4RTER MIDGET TIlE NELSON 15 1st t* 6 lUeth complete brochure great engine & other quality competition products send 50 cents KUS TOM KRAFTSMANSHIP Box 2699 Laguna Hills CA 92653 Call 714 830-5162 Dealer inquiries invited SUPER JET REGULAR JET New E-Z Use baffles up April 1983 153 NEFULL LINE METAL SPECIALISTS Mitch Poling has flown electric-powered RC Tabloid exhibition hall three-basket-ballcourt-size college gymbut what likes beat fly Kingdome thia picture Seattle WA Kingdom big enoughfor flight pattern desires New long TAPERED nozzle gets rid major instant glue irritantit hardly ever clogs does pin clears immediately Exclusive new bottles give tremendously increased shelf life plus contents visibility See dealerhe has now a-IECK OUT THESE NEW LOW PRICES sUPER JETREGULAR JET 00 NO 393 $195 00 No 385 $195 00 NO 384 $295/0 00 NO 386 8295 1 oo No 382 S4981 00 NO 381 8499 2 Co No 388 89952 00 No 387 8995 LGREAT SCALE FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS I, THE MANEUVERS OF THE FULL SIZE SHIP 161 IN WINGSPAN 75 LBS USING 56 ENGINES AND UP KIT LESS WHEELS EN8INE9FROP$ 22900 SHIP radios have never glitch motor unit harder choice could use Astro 020 31 belt drive reducer Astro 035 re ducer Astro 020 uses four calls Astro 035 uses six figured Tabloid would just come 24 oz 035 about 22 oz 020 As turned out tried both Though 020 could ROG plane enough power careful turns 035 plenty power fact once plane up cruising could go half power loaf along great style motor control two switches mounted motor servo full power other half power 33 ohm resistor 5 watt right prop turned out II x 4 wood Top Flite took lot experimenting find receiver rudder elevator servos receiver battery pack mounted balsa slide-in plate went cockpit rudder elevator worked thread cable just like real cable length adjusted slip knots tail surfaces hinges surfaces thread light flexible battery pack motor hung just behind below firewall Since battery heaviest item plane must able pull push structure will cause lot damage hard landing crash solved mak ing light balsa box front end open battery fits loosely tn crash battery will slide out box pass below firewall out plane box itself suspended fiber tape former above can swing little well system really works have no damage battery crash usually slides forward box doesnt fall out suspension system quite effective fuselage built /8 square balsa 1/32 balsa sheeting nose cockpit area tail surfaces built laminated 1/32 x balsa strips /s sq balsa wings built /8 sq spruce spars top bottom 1/32 balsa vertical webbing box structure wing tips laminated 1/32 X balsa strips wing wires bamboo shish kebab skewers fit inside box spars skewers really neat Theyre tough music wire very light just right amount give bent steam kettle dihedral angle bottom panels plug aluminum tubing carries through fuselage interplane cabane struts lami nated layer 1/64 balsa 1/16 balsa clip inito Carl Goldberg mini-snaps tied wing spars thread gives connection give flex allows taking apart travel landing gear laminated 1/16 bass wood 1/16 balsa clips minisnaps tied onto fuselage longerons mini-snaps have enough freedom move ment keep shock getting fuselage landing gear can un snapped repairs travel axle bamboo skewer bound onto skids rubberbands wheels really clever Ill take credit 1-in-thick Sty rofoam lb/cu ft density spun hand drill used lathe used #11 X-Acto knife lathe tool emery board fingernail type finishing axle hubs plastic tubing five-mm ep oxy 1/64 ply I-in disk end epoxied wheel prevent foam tearing wheels painted black water color wheel cones bond paper result wheel incredibly light realistic strong plane covered Peck-Polymers white Japanese tissue put thinned white glue paper tightened straight rubbing alcohol isopropyl sprayed inexpensive Badger sprayer gives nice light spray important Later re-did piece using Windex sprayer paper tight ened unevenly take off pieces big light uneven excessive shrinkage will distort severely same goes water dont use causes much too much shrink age trick just barely tighten paper tight quite loose dope will further shrink paper later tried use regular clear dope castor oil plasticizer hut caused too much shrinkage some parts redo parts time used Sig Lite clear dope cant say enough praise Sig Lite use hardly shrinks used Sig Lite 5050 Sig thinner coat did fine using inexpensive Badger sprayer aluminum cowl done Flo quil railroad paint thinned Floquil thinner 5050 has such fantastic covering ability coat needed does shrink some alright over sheeting Sopwith lettering done COITIGLIII TIED PROFILE0COMBArRAT WIDE & NARROW WEDGE 1 5 6 oz Capaciries UNIFLOW & STINDD Guitmi Dliii Fuel ingredients detailed brochureSOC stamps/check oni CAROLlNATAFFINDER 8345 Delhi Road Charleston Hgts SC 29405 803-553-7169 156 Model Aviation K & H GLASS Prod 16 OUINCY TERRACE - CITY IOWA 50401 5154244924 PHtLISIUN ALRNLL Hi ILL UIIiUIIUIi0 Heres equipmerrl seed give props ry best balance--balance directions Carefully crsfted top grade materials BUBBLE BALANCER accomodates 3/161/49/32 prop holes Other sizes available special order Dealers invited $1695 Add $150 HOWARD B HUEBL SEPt OOS postage handling hr Misc add 4% sales lox No CtiDs co, 82 Rx e Mnkto MN 56001 Span65Eng.45-U Area754 sq in4 Channel Send $075 latest price list literature Quality RIC Products Since 1960 VKMODELAIRCRAFTCO 4350 Arondale Dr Williamsville NV 14221 Phone 716 632-4838 SOAR WITH CLASS AND CONVENIENCE WITH ONE LIFT TO FIELD OR SLOPE 2M STANDARD OR THE UNLIMITED SUPERSHIPS FURNITURE QUALITY MAPLE PLYWOOD AND DADO CUTS FOR AUTO-ALIGNMENT ORDER DIRECT FOR ONLY $2995 AND WE PAY POSTAGE VIA UPS COD ORDERS WELCOME WRITE OR CALL FOR FREE BROCHURE h1 WHALE HOBBIES INC 1201 MCDUFFIE No 104HOUSTON TEXAS THE SAILPLANE CADDY 77019 black bamboo paper found local hobby shop bamboo paper much blacker regular tissue makes letters really stand out letters stuck thinned clear dope Sig Lite landing gear wings have same brace wires real needed wires silver silk thread sewing store look very realistic cable tension adjusted slip knots plane balances third chord back leading edge top wing just right good flying motor has about 50 down 40 right thrust needed Without thrust settings right turns much too slow plane would change lot trim elevator motor off control throws 1 V2 side rudder 1 side elevator final dimensions 51 span 11 chord 41 length 24 26 oz all-up depending motor bat teries 1/6th scale though hap pened chance aiming eight square feet Takeoff delight has slow dreamlike feel up about eight 12 feet roll climb gentle fast enough after minute switch half throttle keep below ceiling Turns left easy smooth though turns right require work Apparently real flew way too due its rotary engine RUBBER STRIP FAt RUBBER Made USA SIZES 1/4 3/16 1/83/32 1/16i 1mm thick 042 8OXED 16 ounces rubber per box PRICE $1250 per box ppd USA PIRELLI 3mm $1&00 ppd KSB TIMERS FUEL SHUTOFF 30 SEC $1195 6 MIN DT $1195 .U lOll 1LYMRII SEND 5OiFOR 1982/83 CATALOG FAIModel Supply PO BOX 3907TORRANCE CA 90510 Response controls positive jumpy plane large com pared weight takes little time respondlike pushing balloon have tried aerobatics plane stressed have sufficient room Kingdome Landings slow float ing quite graceful re warding project though simple fact quite challengebut also lot fun would like try Indoor RC Scale have think too will have lot fun would suggest try either 5 6 sq ft model under 20 oz Astro 020or have large indoor space 24-oz 8 sq ft size Astro 035 Stay dry warmfly indoors Fun/Winter Continued page 20 foam floats now George watering own Torc set Walts floats George adds doing plans Fairchild KR biplanes series including one-of-a-kind KR-135 tapered wings six-cylinder Ranger George gets ecstatic about Doc Mathews Ole Reliable Old-Timer does look like Torc Both ships have wing struts somewhatalike wing tips rudder profiles nearly identical Frank Zaics Yearbook has three-view Ole Reliable credited Charles Macey 1938 design So George let fingers run through white pages * * * * WANDITTM * iT P1111 *Dealers Invited * * lone year warranty * *1~1OftCORDi Wetorflry * Stick Abrasives * *A Keen Machine gives exceptional *sanding control excellent finish * *8995 Basic mcI 1 flat Wand 1 * rits *10895 Builder Special mcI 2 ffat half- * nd wand 5 6 grits *12995 Deluoe includes 3 flat 2 half * nd wands hoff wands * 6 grits * *Additional Wands Abrasives available * local hobby shop *AlIBIS ELMORE Ece lix 214 28a 5709 * PO Boo 266 uite Texas 75149 * HOV HI Wing Span--lW Wing A-ea--5e9 5q SNSOAR glider HOBBY HORN Eacluslee! HOBBY HORN Kit SENSOAR Gilder kit isa high quality kit Machine cut 6 sanded parts Select qoabty balsa spruce Oetailed plans written instructions Fur THERMAL SLOPE 05 ELECTRIC POWER VALUE PRICED 51900 P & W Semi-Kilo Combined sciON full oti-ipsevod plon Now md Wi-e Window etc Mat Mole may purchoxed uol oo semi kitx plono-wrile vi- call price. 1936 Buceaneer-94-511 1939 Cupper MIt l-72-539 1937 flallaire ipxserltiS5e5 1940 Ranger-66 $27 1939 Mernury72S50 1931 Miss Amerixa94-S59 1941 Playboy Jr-04529 1940 Playboy 5r8l1546 1939 Pomer House94-$43 5940 Sailplane79-- 574 1940 iv tong-50$29 1839 Trentvo Terror-7932 1939 Zipper-14-$49 1939 Korda Wskefield-44- 107 MIDt9AY MODEL CO Semi-kito Combined lo/otrip 1936 Flying Quakert4S49 1937 Quaker Flash6T539 1937 Long Cabin79S42 1937 Air Chieftl-S40 STRUCKS 1940 lii Span 835 Sq UEESEMIKIT Iplanlncl-53390 Nuw ruler Combo IPull Kit$5000 SCALE PLANS nd DRAWINGS S-sn HEINKEL HE1900 62 69s $1000 AND HANDLING Op $806 odd $156 $001 $2e00 odd $225 $2061 $4500 odd $360 $4501 $7000 odd $350 end over $7000 odd $406 CA Addressees odd 6% Oux send sto visa/MC#1Exp Check altom up 10 30 days check clearonce IICGDExvcx Chvrges 1- $150 ildi Cash Only[AII UISt 64 Page CATALOGUE $200 PP/Sot Class copy mill sent free--mhen requested-with order HOBBY HORN 00hobby specialties00 15173 Moran Street IA PO Boa 2212 Westminster Ca 92083 1719 8938311 171111 8951203 April 1983 157
Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/04
Page Numbers: 88, 89, 90, 152, 153, 156, 157
Electric-power opening has potential open whole new worlds model flying author gives in-depth look indoor flying electric motor-powered RC Scale models provides some clues should helpful anyone has hankering go direction U Mitch Poling SOMETIMES winter months drag us get real winters brag about sunny weather California Florida dont count What could natural try RC indoors has done before long time ago Ken Willard flew Gym Dandy indoors 010 engine recently some Indoor RC has done CO-2 engine power about electric really naturalclean quiet convenient Astro 020 Astro 035 just right size belt drive supplied Astro Flight can swing quite large prop large Easy B rubber model design would fly very well first experience Indoor RC Scale models inspired contest held Inter national Modelers Show Pasadena models 24-ounce limit maximum size no eight square feet wing area As turned out three planes entered Sopwith Tabloid Tony Addie Naccaratos Sorrell Guppy quar 88 Model Aviation Mitch Poling holds Sopwith Tabloid better view has flown Astro 020 035 motors 31 belt-drive reducer though performance 020 marginal Cannon Micro System radio three channels used performed flawlessly environments ter scale Farman Mosquito planes flew well Farman par ticularly impressive event really historic first proved Indoor RC Scale both pos sible practical whole new world plane floats air much like huge Peanut Scale model Pumpkin Scale everything has slow dreamlike quality flights usually five six minutes long seem much longer Thats because pilot anxiety just reverse Its because beauty flight fact makes appreciate subtlety flight quite unexpected way almost have say have see lieve have flown Tabloid both threebasketball-court college gym Kingdome enormous domed stadium Seattle college gym flights mostly circling flights due room Kingdome fantasticflights over 100 feet high flying speed about jog gers pace could easily keep up plane wanted Sound interesting Perhaps might like try too approaches Tony Addie used get success fact success first tries initial challenge pick plane sure would fly well effort involved would very discouraging first try didnt work built Tabloid before flown very well Astro 020 historic documentation Tabloid agreed full-scale plane delight fly pilots airplane think really important real flew well find model also will planned use three controls rudder ele vator motor prototype Tabloid first flown 1913 no ailerons used wing warping fitted well plans didnt care landing skids prototype go along As turned out skids help smoothed out bad landings prevented damage prop motor firewall Next came philosophical part Again experience counted lot have flown lot Peanut Scale models felt Peanut Scale approach structure would right onethat minimum structure doubt leave out early airplanes Tabloid good example exactly philos ophy because low-power engines much like ultralights today Studying way real Tabloid built tremendous help pioneers really under stood build light make building decisions used same structures real As turned out Indoor RC model almost exactly true scale internally because al forced strength weight requirements As example structure cable braced polyester sewing thread adds really amazing strength resis tance shock almost no weight penApril 1983 89 Tony Addle Naccaratos Sorrell Guppy its lifelike profile pilot figure successfully flown indoors U Show also has flown outdoors Mile Square Tony Addle used same approaches author described text large lightweight structures Internal structure Tabloid almost exactly same full-scale prototype Early full-scale designers needed strong lightweight structures low-power engines best-flying RC Scale electric-powered models U Show Tony Addle Nac caratos Farman Moustique models follow Peanut Scale philosophy doubt leave out alty brings up last part philos ophy resistance shock crashes took approach some parts plane sacrificial others im portant should break unless things really drastic sacrificial parts plane landing gear motor firewall center sec tion top wing easy repair must break parts fuselage except firewall wing panels tail surfaces philosophy has tested quite se verely though willingly works have broken landing gear fireFinished wing tail surfaces Tabloid Curved outlines lami nated 1/32 balsa bent around cardboard form after steaming make jig-type ribs slice Fulton Hungerford pioneered method works well Tabloid models airfoil scale 90 Model Aviation Interplane struts Tabloid clip onto wing spars Carl Goldberg Mini-Snaps pushrods Mini-Snaps tied spars Partial assembly Tabloid framework Its built take-apart sections breaks down wingwall top wing section crashes panels landing gear fuselage rudder stabilizer also helps crash resistanceyou would swear plane could survive collision post flight damage has above quickly repaired slow flight speed helps great deal flies fast jog collisions just dont have lot energy use up way make sure critical parts Continued page 152 Completely assembled Tabloid framework sight beholdand shame cover weighed 13 oz after covering less radio power unit Fuselage uses 1/8 sq balsa throughout Note thread bracing functionalmakes lightweight strong structure TAKE IT OFF WITH SPEED STIX DISPOSABLE SANDING TOOLSIA 53 USE WET OR DRY 3 SANDING GRADES 100 120 1803 REGULAR SPEED STIXII $4859 STIX 1/4 3/8 1/2 diameter $295 MINI SPEED STIX 8 STIX 1/8 3/16 1/4 diameter RECISION SANDING TOOLS 2930 SKYVIEW AVENUE PUEBLO CO 81008 Eve Phone linat 42-6200 time spare tire packed top temperature inside trunk 1400 certain sequence Id go through trying sort Out new model First dont try tune engine trim plane same time Dont overlook very basics like balance correct thrust line can usually eyeball thrust line have model darts up down engine shuts off might lot opposite control cranked keep model flying level Minor adjustments can made either loosening mounting bolts tweaking engine correct way enlarging holes crankcase slightly After basics fire up fly level Note outboard wing high low level Black tape outboard wing helps see it very small amount no problem small droop turn model over see wing hangs wing hangs opposite way level flight have warp Either use trim adjustment warp minor straighten wing use heat plastic coverings boiling water steam doped finishes model hangs down both upright verted likely cause too much inboard wing way too much outboard weight outboard wing slightly high both directions tends pickup during maneu vers probably need outboard weight Clean off surface wingtip FasCal quarter-oz 25-cent coin will refly Assymmetry between inboard out board wings should run /2-1 inch tip weight should around ots compromises designed best competitive models happens line rake exit position ORDER TODAY WE PAY THE POSTAGE DEALER. lines inboard wing has lot way model tracks order have model stay Out lines during upwind maneuvers necessary have little line rake needed during downwind portion Thats story toys string Compromises sure fun fly theyre trimmed properly Charlie Johnson 3716 Ingraham St San Diego CA 92109 CL Carrier/Perry Continued oaae 73 Most people use pipe pressure tank nitro fairly expensive dont usually need about 20% get high speed previously mentioned CG has adjusted pipes headers weigh about 4-5 oz no real problem Pipe-length data available motors can set up quite easily Obviously very different meth ods its better bear minor incon venience able fly Ive flying Steve Dinerman Kingfisher season powered HGK 40 AAC piston/liner plus OPS pipe 9 x 6 Taipan prop Typical high 80 plus year lows around 16 mph dont have 60-degree flight attitude rule yet just ex periencing delights prop hanging Scale Ive got MO-I Yes theyre too K&B 40S ED pipe plus 9 x 7 Top Flite pylon prop placed second Nats flight 85/24/100 487 points beaten Guardian 75/19/100 498 points [AMA scoring would have produced scores 320 314 re spectively RLPJ Dumas Crusader well-regarded first-time model favour published American plans [in Profile] Scale wide variety [of models] have tried no type outstanding used favor Seamew think has lot offer am thinking Fulmer 1983 further difference between British Carrier US version deck used two decks used England built Royal Navy patterned after real angle-deck earners has four arresting lines landing area about five feet wide el evated almost two feet above ground As preparing column month happened see photo article Aviation Week Space Technology adds another eligible prototype list aircraft events article described secret Navy tests about 13 years ago Lockheed U-2 evaluated carrier-based maritime reconnaissance aircraft Although prototype does lend itself readily event have admit photo U-2 rebounding off deck its hook engaged wire rather impressive Richrd L Perry 7578 Vogels Way Springfield VA 22153 A-W Ape/Noonan Continued paqe 82 four loops 3/16-in rubber length 1oops should twice distance aluminum anchor tube firewall Balance model rubber motor installed See balance point location plans Make tests about 250 turns motor Launch model over tall grass have access such luxury Observe stall spin characteristics Make neces sary corrections addition incidence change stab thrust-line changes Grad ually increase turns until motor will accept 900 Dont hurry Make adjustments carefully jotting down what did scrap paper helps later Ape honest docile design graceful air easy adjust Good luck Indoor RC Electric/Poling Continued page 90 dont break simple isolate rest structure Tabloid 152 Model Aviation Weve got 22 really beautiful designs Seagull tier Ingspan OVER 50 CONSECUTIVE STARTS WITHOUT RECHARGING INTRODUCING THE NlSTARTERTM Pat Pending new completly revolutionary concept power glow piugs model cars boats airplanes helicopters anything using 15 vi Standard plug glow engines Rechargable up 1000 tiwesl Fits pocher Works sideways OL inverted Firs through cowlings Uses Head LockTM plug adapter Srays plug propeller PcI charger & instructions 95 day guarantee After anything fails normal usagel will repair replace $6 up Ill full yearll SEE YOU DEALER OR CALL US CARDS OK COD OK YOU PAY SHIP FIND $2195 See Dealer 13506 Glendundee Dr Herndon VA 22071 170314355805 SERVICE PO Box 2136 FaIrfax VIrgInIa 22031 USA plugged together wing panels plug tail pieces land ing gear clipped pushrod clev ises firewall slides vertical rails means shock stress cannot leave part struck has stop junction part plugs part will break rest structure will As us should know limited damage much easier repair damage has chance travel However make sure works have make junc tions some give flex else stress can get through firewall rails soft balsa give wing wires plug-in feature bamboo skewers flex landing gear clips tied fuselage framework thread can flex direction much like thread hinge cant claim thought out completely make plane take-apart fashion could take baggage flight Pasadena advantages showed up crash testing proceeded other way make sure critical parts dont break avoid places within part stress can concentrate Junctions should either have large surface area spread stress have pathways conduct stress junction joints fuselage have 1/64 ply triangle hind spread stress thread bracing ties ply plate thread bracing helps great deal conducting stress away starting sound like electric circuit wiring Actually lot similarities stress acting like cur rent choice radio foregone conclusion Cannon Micro System light enough receiver ser vos battety pack GE-9 battery weighed close half ounce servos small total threechannel weight less three ounces would have considered impossible few years ago Cannon outfit fine radio have flown indoors several years kinds metal beams wiring generally poor environment Continued page 1S6 2 /4TS QU4RTER MIDGET TIlE NELSON 15 1st t* 6 lUeth complete brochure great engine & other quality competition products send 50 cents KUS TOM KRAFTSMANSHIP Box 2699 Laguna Hills CA 92653 Call 714 830-5162 Dealer inquiries invited SUPER JET REGULAR JET New E-Z Use baffles up April 1983 153 NEFULL LINE METAL SPECIALISTS Mitch Poling has flown electric-powered RC Tabloid exhibition hall three-basket-ballcourt-size college gymbut what likes beat fly Kingdome thia picture Seattle WA Kingdom big enoughfor flight pattern desires New long TAPERED nozzle gets rid major instant glue irritantit hardly ever clogs does pin clears immediately Exclusive new bottles give tremendously increased shelf life plus contents visibility See dealerhe has now a-IECK OUT THESE NEW LOW PRICES sUPER JETREGULAR JET 00 NO 393 $195 00 No 385 $195 00 NO 384 $295/0 00 NO 386 8295 1 oo No 382 S4981 00 NO 381 8499 2 Co No 388 89952 00 No 387 8995 LGREAT SCALE FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS I, THE MANEUVERS OF THE FULL SIZE SHIP 161 IN WINGSPAN 75 LBS USING 56 ENGINES AND UP KIT LESS WHEELS EN8INE9FROP$ 22900 SHIP radios have never glitch motor unit harder choice could use Astro 020 31 belt drive reducer Astro 035 re ducer Astro 020 uses four calls Astro 035 uses six figured Tabloid would just come 24 oz 035 about 22 oz 020 As turned out tried both Though 020 could ROG plane enough power careful turns 035 plenty power fact once plane up cruising could go half power loaf along great style motor control two switches mounted motor servo full power other half power 33 ohm resistor 5 watt right prop turned out II x 4 wood Top Flite took lot experimenting find receiver rudder elevator servos receiver battery pack mounted balsa slide-in plate went cockpit rudder elevator worked thread cable just like real cable length adjusted slip knots tail surfaces hinges surfaces thread light flexible battery pack motor hung just behind below firewall Since battery heaviest item plane must able pull push structure will cause lot damage hard landing crash solved mak ing light balsa box front end open battery fits loosely tn crash battery will slide out box pass below firewall out plane box itself suspended fiber tape former above can swing little well system really works have no damage battery crash usually slides forward box doesnt fall out suspension system quite effective fuselage built /8 square balsa 1/32 balsa sheeting nose cockpit area tail surfaces built laminated 1/32 x balsa strips /s sq balsa wings built /8 sq spruce spars top bottom 1/32 balsa vertical webbing box structure wing tips laminated 1/32 X balsa strips wing wires bamboo shish kebab skewers fit inside box spars skewers really neat Theyre tough music wire very light just right amount give bent steam kettle dihedral angle bottom panels plug aluminum tubing carries through fuselage interplane cabane struts lami nated layer 1/64 balsa 1/16 balsa clip inito Carl Goldberg mini-snaps tied wing spars thread gives connection give flex allows taking apart travel landing gear laminated 1/16 bass wood 1/16 balsa clips minisnaps tied onto fuselage longerons mini-snaps have enough freedom move ment keep shock getting fuselage landing gear can un snapped repairs travel axle bamboo skewer 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/04
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Electric-power opening has potential open whole new worlds model flying author gives in-depth look indoor flying electric motor-powered RC Scale models provides some clues should helpful anyone has hankering go direction U Mitch Poling SOMETIMES winter months drag us get real winters brag about sunny weather California Florida dont count What could natural try RC indoors has done before long time ago Ken Willard flew Gym Dandy indoors 010 engine recently some Indoor RC has done CO-2 engine power about electric really naturalclean quiet convenient Astro 020 Astro 035 just right size belt drive supplied Astro Flight can swing quite large prop large Easy B rubber model design would fly very well first experience Indoor RC Scale models inspired contest held Inter national Modelers Show Pasadena models 24-ounce limit maximum size no eight square feet wing area As turned out three planes entered Sopwith Tabloid Tony Addie Naccaratos Sorrell Guppy quar 88 Model Aviation Mitch Poling holds Sopwith Tabloid better view has flown Astro 020 035 motors 31 belt-drive reducer though performance 020 marginal Cannon Micro System radio three channels used performed flawlessly environments ter scale Farman Mosquito planes flew well Farman par ticularly impressive event really historic first proved Indoor RC Scale both pos sible practical whole new world plane floats air much like huge Peanut Scale model Pumpkin Scale everything has slow dreamlike quality flights usually five six minutes long seem much longer Thats because pilot anxiety just reverse Its because beauty flight fact makes appreciate subtlety flight quite unexpected way almost have say have see lieve have flown Tabloid both threebasketball-court college gym Kingdome enormous domed stadium Seattle college gym flights mostly circling flights due room Kingdome fantasticflights over 100 feet high flying speed about jog gers pace could easily keep up plane wanted Sound interesting Perhaps might like try too approaches Tony Addie used get success fact success first tries initial challenge pick plane sure would fly well effort involved would very discouraging first try didnt work built Tabloid before flown very well Astro 020 historic documentation Tabloid agreed full-scale plane delight fly pilots airplane think really important real flew well find model also will planned use three controls rudder ele vator motor prototype Tabloid first flown 1913 no ailerons used wing warping fitted well plans didnt care landing skids prototype go along As turned out skids help smoothed out bad landings prevented damage prop motor firewall Next came philosophical part Again experience counted lot have flown lot Peanut Scale models felt Peanut Scale approach structure would right onethat minimum structure doubt leave out early airplanes Tabloid good example exactly philos ophy because low-power engines much like ultralights today Studying way real Tabloid built tremendous help pioneers really under stood build light make building decisions used same structures real As turned out Indoor RC model almost exactly true scale internally because al forced strength weight requirements As example structure cable braced polyester sewing thread adds really amazing strength resis tance shock almost no weight penApril 1983 89 Tony Addle Naccaratos Sorrell Guppy its lifelike profile pilot figure successfully flown indoors U Show also has flown outdoors Mile Square Tony Addle used same approaches author described text large lightweight structures Internal structure Tabloid almost exactly same full-scale prototype Early full-scale designers needed strong lightweight structures low-power engines best-flying RC Scale electric-powered models U Show Tony Addle Nac caratos Farman Moustique models follow Peanut Scale philosophy doubt leave out alty brings up last part philos ophy resistance shock crashes took approach some parts plane sacrificial others im portant should break unless things really drastic sacrificial parts plane landing gear motor firewall center sec tion top wing easy repair must break parts fuselage except firewall wing panels tail surfaces philosophy has tested quite se verely though willingly works have broken landing gear fireFinished wing tail surfaces Tabloid Curved outlines lami nated 1/32 balsa bent around cardboard form after steaming make jig-type ribs slice Fulton Hungerford pioneered method works well Tabloid models airfoil scale 90 Model Aviation Interplane struts Tabloid clip onto wing spars Carl Goldberg Mini-Snaps pushrods Mini-Snaps tied spars Partial assembly Tabloid framework Its built take-apart sections breaks down wingwall top wing section crashes panels landing gear fuselage rudder stabilizer also helps crash resistanceyou would swear plane could survive collision post flight damage has above quickly repaired slow flight speed helps great deal flies fast jog collisions just dont have lot energy use up way make sure critical parts Continued page 152 Completely assembled Tabloid framework sight beholdand shame cover weighed 13 oz after covering less radio power unit Fuselage uses 1/8 sq balsa throughout Note thread bracing functionalmakes lightweight strong structure TAKE IT OFF WITH SPEED STIX DISPOSABLE SANDING TOOLSIA 53 USE WET OR DRY 3 SANDING GRADES 100 120 1803 REGULAR SPEED STIXII $4859 STIX 1/4 3/8 1/2 diameter $295 MINI SPEED STIX 8 STIX 1/8 3/16 1/4 diameter RECISION SANDING TOOLS 2930 SKYVIEW AVENUE PUEBLO CO 81008 Eve Phone linat 42-6200 time spare tire packed top temperature inside trunk 1400 certain sequence Id go through trying sort Out new model First dont try tune engine trim plane same time Dont overlook very basics like balance correct thrust line can usually eyeball thrust line have model darts up down engine shuts off might lot opposite control cranked keep model flying level Minor adjustments can made either loosening mounting bolts tweaking engine correct way enlarging holes crankcase slightly After basics fire up fly level Note outboard wing high low level Black tape outboard wing helps see it very small amount no problem small droop turn model over see wing hangs wing hangs opposite way level flight have warp Either use trim adjustment warp minor straighten wing use heat plastic coverings boiling water steam doped finishes model hangs down both upright verted likely cause too much inboard wing way too much outboard weight outboard wing slightly high both directions tends pickup during maneu vers probably need outboard weight Clean off surface wingtip FasCal quarter-oz 25-cent coin will refly Assymmetry between inboard out board wings should run /2-1 inch tip weight should around ots compromises designed best competitive models happens line rake exit position ORDER TODAY WE PAY THE POSTAGE DEALER. lines inboard wing has lot way model tracks order have model stay Out lines during upwind maneuvers necessary have little line rake needed during downwind portion Thats story toys string Compromises sure fun fly theyre trimmed properly Charlie Johnson 3716 Ingraham St San Diego CA 92109 CL Carrier/Perry Continued oaae 73 Most people use pipe pressure tank nitro fairly expensive dont usually need about 20% get high speed previously mentioned CG has adjusted pipes headers weigh about 4-5 oz no real problem Pipe-length data available motors can set up quite easily Obviously very different meth ods its better bear minor incon venience able fly Ive flying Steve Dinerman Kingfisher season powered HGK 40 AAC piston/liner plus OPS pipe 9 x 6 Taipan prop Typical high 80 plus year lows around 16 mph dont have 60-degree flight attitude rule yet just ex periencing delights prop hanging Scale Ive got MO-I Yes theyre too K&B 40S ED pipe plus 9 x 7 Top Flite pylon prop placed second Nats flight 85/24/100 487 points beaten Guardian 75/19/100 498 points [AMA scoring would have produced scores 320 314 re spectively RLPJ Dumas Crusader well-regarded first-time model favour published American plans [in Profile] Scale wide variety [of models] have tried no type outstanding used favor Seamew think has lot offer am thinking Fulmer 1983 further difference between British Carrier US version deck used two decks used England built Royal Navy patterned after real angle-deck earners has four arresting lines landing area about five feet wide el evated almost two feet above ground As preparing column month happened see photo article Aviation Week Space Technology adds another eligible prototype list aircraft events article described secret Navy tests about 13 years ago Lockheed U-2 evaluated carrier-based maritime reconnaissance aircraft Although prototype does lend itself readily event have admit photo U-2 rebounding off deck its hook engaged wire rather impressive Richrd L Perry 7578 Vogels Way Springfield VA 22153 A-W Ape/Noonan Continued paqe 82 four loops 3/16-in rubber length 1oops should twice distance aluminum anchor tube firewall Balance model rubber motor installed See balance point location plans Make tests about 250 turns motor Launch model over tall grass have access such luxury Observe stall spin characteristics Make neces sary corrections addition incidence change stab thrust-line changes Grad ually increase turns until motor will accept 900 Dont hurry Make adjustments carefully jotting down what did scrap paper helps later Ape honest docile design graceful air easy adjust Good luck Indoor RC Electric/Poling Continued page 90 dont break simple isolate rest structure Tabloid 152 Model Aviation Weve got 22 really beautiful designs Seagull tier Ingspan OVER 50 CONSECUTIVE STARTS WITHOUT RECHARGING INTRODUCING THE NlSTARTERTM Pat Pending new completly revolutionary concept power glow piugs model cars boats airplanes helicopters anything using 15 vi Standard plug glow engines Rechargable up 1000 tiwesl Fits pocher Works sideways OL inverted Firs through cowlings Uses Head LockTM plug adapter Srays plug propeller PcI charger & instructions 95 day guarantee After anything fails normal usagel will repair replace $6 up Ill full yearll SEE YOU DEALER OR CALL US CARDS OK COD OK YOU PAY SHIP FIND $2195 See Dealer 13506 Glendundee Dr Herndon VA 22071 170314355805 SERVICE PO Box 2136 FaIrfax VIrgInIa 22031 USA plugged together wing panels plug tail pieces land ing gear clipped pushrod clev ises firewall slides vertical rails means shock stress cannot leave part struck has stop junction part plugs part will break rest structure will As us should know limited damage much easier repair damage has chance travel However make sure works have make junc tions some give flex else stress can get through firewall rails soft balsa give wing wires plug-in feature bamboo skewers flex landing gear clips tied fuselage framework thread can flex direction much like thread hinge cant claim thought out completely make plane take-apart fashion could take baggage flight Pasadena advantages showed up crash testing proceeded other way make sure critical parts dont break avoid places within part stress can concentrate Junctions should either have large surface area spread stress have pathways conduct stress junction joints fuselage have 1/64 ply triangle hind spread stress thread bracing ties ply plate thread bracing helps great deal conducting stress away starting sound like electric circuit wiring Actually lot similarities stress acting like cur rent choice radio foregone conclusion Cannon Micro System light enough receiver ser vos battety pack GE-9 battery weighed close half ounce servos small total threechannel weight less three ounces would have considered impossible few years ago Cannon outfit fine radio have flown indoors several years kinds metal beams wiring generally poor environment Continued page 1S6 2 /4TS QU4RTER MIDGET TIlE NELSON 15 1st t* 6 lUeth complete brochure great engine & other quality competition products send 50 cents KUS TOM KRAFTSMANSHIP Box 2699 Laguna Hills CA 92653 Call 714 830-5162 Dealer inquiries invited SUPER JET REGULAR JET New E-Z Use baffles up April 1983 153 NEFULL LINE METAL SPECIALISTS Mitch Poling has flown electric-powered RC Tabloid exhibition hall three-basket-ballcourt-size college gymbut what likes beat fly Kingdome thia picture Seattle WA Kingdom big enoughfor flight pattern desires New long TAPERED nozzle gets rid major instant glue irritantit hardly ever clogs does pin clears immediately Exclusive new bottles give tremendously increased shelf life plus contents visibility See dealerhe has now a-IECK OUT THESE NEW LOW PRICES sUPER JETREGULAR JET 00 NO 393 $195 00 No 385 $195 00 NO 384 $295/0 00 NO 386 8295 1 oo No 382 S4981 00 NO 381 8499 2 Co No 388 89952 00 No 387 8995 LGREAT SCALE FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS I, THE MANEUVERS OF THE FULL SIZE SHIP 161 IN WINGSPAN 75 LBS USING 56 ENGINES AND UP KIT LESS WHEELS EN8INE9FROP$ 22900 SHIP radios have never glitch motor unit harder choice could use Astro 020 31 belt drive reducer Astro 035 re ducer Astro 020 uses four calls Astro 035 uses six figured Tabloid would just come 24 oz 035 about 22 oz 020 As turned out tried both Though 020 could ROG plane enough power careful turns 035 plenty power fact once plane up cruising could go half power loaf along great style motor control two switches mounted motor servo full power other half power 33 ohm resistor 5 watt right prop turned out II x 4 wood Top Flite took lot experimenting find receiver rudder elevator servos receiver battery pack mounted balsa slide-in plate went cockpit rudder elevator worked thread cable just like real cable length adjusted slip knots tail surfaces hinges surfaces thread light flexible battery pack motor hung just behind below firewall Since battery heaviest item plane must able pull push structure will cause lot damage hard landing crash solved mak ing light balsa box front end open battery fits loosely tn crash battery will slide out box pass below firewall out plane box itself suspended fiber tape former above can swing little well system really works have no damage battery crash usually slides forward box doesnt fall out suspension system quite effective fuselage built /8 square balsa 1/32 balsa sheeting nose cockpit area tail surfaces built laminated 1/32 x balsa strips /s sq balsa wings built /8 sq spruce spars top bottom 1/32 balsa vertical webbing box structure wing tips laminated 1/32 X balsa strips wing wires bamboo shish kebab skewers fit inside box spars skewers really neat Theyre tough music wire very light just right amount give bent steam kettle dihedral angle bottom panels plug aluminum tubing carries through fuselage interplane cabane struts lami nated layer 1/64 balsa 1/16 balsa clip inito Carl Goldberg mini-snaps tied wing spars thread gives connection give flex allows taking apart travel landing gear laminated 1/16 bass wood 1/16 balsa clips minisnaps tied onto fuselage longerons mini-snaps have enough freedom move ment keep shock getting fuselage landing gear can un snapped repairs travel axle bamboo skewer bound onto skids rubberbands wheels really clever Ill take credit 1-in-thick Sty rofoam lb/cu ft density spun hand drill used lathe used #11 X-Acto knife lathe tool emery board fingernail type finishing axle hubs plastic tubing five-mm ep oxy 1/64 ply I-in disk end epoxied wheel prevent foam tearing wheels painted black water color wheel cones bond paper result wheel incredibly light realistic strong plane covered Peck-Polymers white Japanese tissue put thinned white glue paper tightened straight rubbing alcohol isopropyl sprayed inexpensive Badger sprayer gives nice light spray important Later re-did piece using Windex sprayer paper tight ened unevenly take off pieces big light uneven excessive shrinkage will distort severely same goes water dont use causes much too much shrink age trick just barely tighten paper tight quite loose dope will further shrink paper later tried use regular clear dope castor oil plasticizer hut caused too much shrinkage some parts redo parts time used Sig Lite clear dope cant say enough praise Sig Lite use hardly shrinks used Sig Lite 5050 Sig thinner coat did fine using inexpensive Badger sprayer aluminum cowl done Flo quil railroad paint thinned Floquil thinner 5050 has such fantastic covering ability coat needed does shrink some alright over sheeting Sopwith lettering done COITIGLIII TIED PROFILE0COMBArRAT WIDE & NARROW WEDGE 1 5 6 oz Capaciries UNIFLOW & STINDD Guitmi Dliii Fuel ingredients detailed brochureSOC stamps/check oni CAROLlNATAFFINDER 8345 Delhi Road Charleston Hgts SC 29405 803-553-7169 156 Model Aviation K & H GLASS Prod 16 OUINCY TERRACE - CITY IOWA 50401 5154244924 PHtLISIUN ALRNLL Hi ILL UIIiUIIUIi0 Heres equipmerrl seed give props ry best balance--balance directions Carefully crsfted top grade materials BUBBLE BALANCER accomodates 3/161/49/32 prop holes Other sizes available special order Dealers invited $1695 Add $150 HOWARD B HUEBL SEPt OOS postage handling hr Misc add 4% sales lox No CtiDs co, 82 Rx e Mnkto MN 56001 Span65Eng.45-U Area754 sq in4 Channel Send $075 latest price list literature Quality RIC Products Since 1960 VKMODELAIRCRAFTCO 4350 Arondale Dr Williamsville NV 14221 Phone 716 632-4838 SOAR WITH CLASS AND CONVENIENCE WITH ONE LIFT TO FIELD OR SLOPE 2M STANDARD OR THE UNLIMITED SUPERSHIPS FURNITURE QUALITY MAPLE PLYWOOD AND DADO CUTS FOR AUTO-ALIGNMENT ORDER DIRECT FOR ONLY $2995 AND WE PAY POSTAGE VIA UPS COD ORDERS WELCOME WRITE OR CALL FOR FREE BROCHURE h1 WHALE HOBBIES INC 1201 MCDUFFIE No 104HOUSTON TEXAS THE SAILPLANE CADDY 77019 black bamboo paper found local hobby shop bamboo paper much blacker regular tissue makes letters really stand out letters stuck thinned clear dope Sig Lite landing gear wings have same brace wires real needed wires silver silk thread sewing store look very realistic cable tension adjusted slip knots plane balances third chord back leading edge top wing just right good flying motor has about 50 down 40 right thrust needed Without thrust settings right turns much too slow plane would change lot trim elevator motor off control throws 1 V2 side rudder 1 side elevator final dimensions 51 span 11 chord 41 length 24 26 oz all-up depending motor bat teries 1/6th scale though hap pened chance aiming eight square feet Takeoff delight has slow dreamlike feel up about eight 12 feet roll climb gentle fast enough after minute switch half throttle keep below ceiling Turns left easy smooth though turns right require work Apparently real flew way too due its rotary engine RUBBER STRIP FAt RUBBER Made USA SIZES 1/4 3/16 1/83/32 1/16i 1mm thick 042 8OXED 16 ounces rubber per box PRICE $1250 per box ppd USA PIRELLI 3mm $1&00 ppd KSB TIMERS FUEL SHUTOFF 30 SEC $1195 6 MIN DT $1195 .U lOll 1LYMRII SEND 5OiFOR 1982/83 CATALOG FAIModel Supply PO BOX 3907TORRANCE CA 90510 Response controls positive jumpy plane large com pared weight takes little time respondlike pushing balloon have tried aerobatics plane stressed have sufficient room Kingdome Landings slow float ing quite graceful re warding project though simple fact quite challengebut also lot fun would like try Indoor RC Scale have think too will have lot fun would suggest try either 5 6 sq ft model under 20 oz Astro 020or have large indoor space 24-oz 8 sq ft size Astro 035 Stay dry warmfly indoors Fun/Winter Continued page 20 foam floats now George watering own Torc set Walts floats George adds doing plans Fairchild KR biplanes series including one-of-a-kind KR-135 tapered wings six-cylinder Ranger George gets ecstatic about Doc Mathews Ole Reliable Old-Timer does look like Torc Both ships have wing struts somewhatalike wing tips rudder profiles nearly identical Frank Zaics Yearbook has three-view Ole Reliable credited Charles Macey 1938 design So George let fingers run through white pages * * * * WANDITTM * iT P1111 *Dealers Invited * * lone year warranty * *1~1OftCORDi Wetorflry * Stick Abrasives * *A Keen Machine gives exceptional *sanding control excellent finish * *8995 Basic mcI 1 flat Wand 1 * rits *10895 Builder Special mcI 2 ffat half- * nd wand 5 6 grits *12995 Deluoe includes 3 flat 2 half * nd wands hoff wands * 6 grits * *Additional Wands Abrasives available * local hobby shop *AlIBIS ELMORE Ece lix 214 28a 5709 * PO Boo 266 uite Texas 75149 * HOV HI Wing Span--lW Wing A-ea--5e9 5q SNSOAR glider HOBBY HORN Eacluslee! HOBBY HORN Kit SENSOAR Gilder kit isa high quality kit Machine cut 6 sanded parts Select qoabty balsa spruce Oetailed plans written instructions Fur THERMAL SLOPE 05 ELECTRIC POWER VALUE PRICED 51900 P & W Semi-Kilo Combined sciON full oti-ipsevod plon Now md Wi-e Window etc Mat Mole may purchoxed uol oo semi kitx plono-wrile vi- call price. 1936 Buceaneer-94-511 1939 Cupper MIt l-72-539 1937 flallaire ipxserltiS5e5 1940 Ranger-66 $27 1939 Mernury72S50 1931 Miss Amerixa94-S59 1941 Playboy Jr-04529 1940 Playboy 5r8l1546 1939 Pomer House94-$43 5940 Sailplane79-- 574 1940 iv tong-50$29 1839 Trentvo Terror-7932 1939 Zipper-14-$49 1939 Korda Wskefield-44- 107 MIDt9AY MODEL CO Semi-kito Combined lo/otrip 1936 Flying Quakert4S49 1937 Quaker Flash6T539 1937 Long Cabin79S42 1937 Air Chieftl-S40 STRUCKS 1940 lii Span 835 Sq UEESEMIKIT Iplanlncl-53390 Nuw ruler Combo IPull Kit$5000 SCALE PLANS nd DRAWINGS S-sn HEINKEL HE1900 62 69s $1000 AND HANDLING Op $806 odd $156 $001 $2e00 odd $225 $2061 $4500 odd $360 $4501 $7000 odd $350 end over $7000 odd $406 CA Addressees odd 6% Oux send sto visa/MC#1Exp Check altom up 10 30 days check clearonce IICGDExvcx Chvrges 1- $150 ildi Cash Only[AII UISt 64 Page CATALOGUE $200 PP/Sot Class copy mill sent free--mhen requested-with order HOBBY HORN 00hobby specialties00 15173 Moran Street IA PO Boa 2212 Westminster Ca 92083 1719 8938311 171111 8951203 April 1983 157
Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/04
Page Numbers: 88, 89, 90, 152, 153, 156, 157
Electric-power opening has potential open whole new worlds model flying author gives in-depth look indoor flying electric motor-powered RC Scale models provides some clues should helpful anyone has hankering go direction U Mitch Poling SOMETIMES winter months drag us get real winters brag about sunny weather California Florida dont count What could natural try RC indoors has done before long time ago Ken Willard flew Gym Dandy indoors 010 engine recently some Indoor RC has done CO-2 engine power about electric really naturalclean quiet convenient Astro 020 Astro 035 just right size belt drive supplied Astro Flight can swing quite large prop large Easy B rubber model design would fly very well first experience Indoor RC Scale models inspired contest held Inter national Modelers Show Pasadena models 24-ounce limit maximum size no eight square feet wing area As turned out three planes entered Sopwith Tabloid Tony Addie Naccaratos Sorrell Guppy quar 88 Model Aviation Mitch Poling holds Sopwith Tabloid better view has flown Astro 020 035 motors 31 belt-drive reducer though performance 020 marginal Cannon Micro System radio three channels used performed flawlessly environments ter scale Farman Mosquito planes flew well Farman par ticularly impressive event really historic first proved Indoor RC Scale both pos sible practical whole new world plane floats air much like huge Peanut Scale model Pumpkin Scale everything has slow dreamlike quality flights usually five six minutes long seem much longer Thats because pilot anxiety just reverse Its because beauty flight fact makes appreciate subtlety flight quite unexpected way almost have say have see lieve have flown Tabloid both threebasketball-court college gym Kingdome enormous domed stadium Seattle college gym flights mostly circling flights due room Kingdome fantasticflights over 100 feet high flying speed about jog gers pace could easily keep up plane wanted Sound interesting Perhaps might like try too approaches Tony Addie used get success fact success first tries initial challenge pick plane sure would fly well effort involved would very discouraging first try didnt work built Tabloid before flown very well Astro 020 historic documentation Tabloid agreed full-scale plane delight fly pilots airplane think really important real flew well find model also will planned use three controls rudder ele vator motor prototype Tabloid first flown 1913 no ailerons used wing warping fitted well plans didnt care landing skids prototype go along As turned out skids help smoothed out bad landings prevented damage prop motor firewall Next came philosophical part Again experience counted lot have flown lot Peanut Scale models felt Peanut Scale approach structure would right onethat minimum structure doubt leave out early airplanes Tabloid good example exactly philos ophy because low-power engines much like ultralights today Studying way real Tabloid built tremendous help pioneers really under stood build light make building decisions used same structures real As turned out Indoor RC model almost exactly true scale internally because al forced strength weight requirements As example structure cable braced polyester sewing thread adds really amazing strength resis tance shock almost no weight penApril 1983 89 Tony Addle Naccaratos Sorrell Guppy its lifelike profile pilot figure successfully flown indoors U Show also has flown outdoors Mile Square Tony Addle used same approaches author described text large lightweight structures Internal structure Tabloid almost exactly same full-scale prototype Early full-scale designers needed strong lightweight structures low-power engines best-flying RC Scale electric-powered models U Show Tony Addle Nac caratos Farman Moustique models follow Peanut Scale philosophy doubt leave out alty brings up last part philos ophy resistance shock crashes took approach some parts plane sacrificial others im portant should break unless things really drastic sacrificial parts plane landing gear motor firewall center sec tion top wing easy repair must break parts fuselage except firewall wing panels tail surfaces philosophy has tested quite se verely though willingly works have broken landing gear fireFinished wing tail surfaces Tabloid Curved outlines lami nated 1/32 balsa bent around cardboard form after steaming make jig-type ribs slice Fulton Hungerford pioneered method works well Tabloid models airfoil scale 90 Model Aviation Interplane struts Tabloid clip onto wing spars Carl Goldberg Mini-Snaps pushrods Mini-Snaps tied spars Partial assembly Tabloid framework Its built take-apart sections breaks down wingwall top wing section crashes panels landing gear fuselage rudder stabilizer also helps crash resistanceyou would swear plane could survive collision post flight damage has above quickly repaired slow flight speed helps great deal flies fast jog collisions just dont have lot energy use up way make sure critical parts Continued page 152 Completely assembled Tabloid framework sight beholdand shame cover weighed 13 oz after covering less radio power unit Fuselage uses 1/8 sq balsa throughout Note thread bracing functionalmakes lightweight strong structure TAKE IT OFF WITH SPEED STIX DISPOSABLE SANDING TOOLSIA 53 USE WET OR DRY 3 SANDING GRADES 100 120 1803 REGULAR SPEED STIXII $4859 STIX 1/4 3/8 1/2 diameter $295 MINI SPEED STIX 8 STIX 1/8 3/16 1/4 diameter RECISION SANDING TOOLS 2930 SKYVIEW AVENUE PUEBLO CO 81008 Eve Phone linat 42-6200 time spare tire packed top temperature inside trunk 1400 certain sequence Id go through trying sort Out new model First dont try tune engine trim plane same time Dont overlook very basics like balance correct thrust line can usually eyeball thrust line have model darts up down engine shuts off might lot opposite control cranked keep model flying level Minor adjustments can made either loosening mounting bolts tweaking engine correct way enlarging holes crankcase slightly After basics fire up fly level Note outboard wing high low level Black tape outboard wing helps see it very small amount no problem small droop turn model over see wing hangs wing hangs opposite way level flight have warp Either use trim adjustment warp minor straighten wing use heat plastic coverings boiling water steam doped finishes model hangs down both upright verted likely cause too much inboard wing way too much outboard weight outboard wing slightly high both directions tends pickup during maneu vers probably need outboard weight Clean off surface wingtip FasCal quarter-oz 25-cent coin will refly Assymmetry between inboard out board wings should run /2-1 inch tip weight should around ots compromises designed best competitive models happens line rake exit position ORDER TODAY WE PAY THE POSTAGE DEALER. lines inboard wing has lot way model tracks order have model stay Out lines during upwind maneuvers necessary have little line rake needed during downwind portion Thats story toys string Compromises sure fun fly theyre trimmed properly Charlie Johnson 3716 Ingraham St San Diego CA 92109 CL Carrier/Perry Continued oaae 73 Most people use pipe pressure tank nitro fairly expensive dont usually need about 20% get high speed previously mentioned CG has adjusted pipes headers weigh about 4-5 oz no real problem Pipe-length data available motors can set up quite easily Obviously very different meth ods its better bear minor incon venience able fly Ive flying Steve Dinerman Kingfisher season powered HGK 40 AAC piston/liner plus OPS pipe 9 x 6 Taipan prop Typical high 80 plus year lows around 16 mph dont have 60-degree flight attitude rule yet just ex periencing delights prop hanging Scale Ive got MO-I Yes theyre too K&B 40S ED pipe plus 9 x 7 Top Flite pylon prop placed second Nats flight 85/24/100 487 points beaten Guardian 75/19/100 498 points [AMA scoring would have produced scores 320 314 re spectively RLPJ Dumas Crusader well-regarded first-time model favour published American plans [in Profile] Scale wide variety [of models] have tried no type outstanding used favor Seamew think has lot offer am thinking Fulmer 1983 further difference between British Carrier US version deck used two decks used England built Royal Navy patterned after real angle-deck earners has four arresting lines landing area about five feet wide el evated almost two feet above ground As preparing column month happened see photo article Aviation Week Space Technology adds another eligible prototype list aircraft events article described secret Navy tests about 13 years ago Lockheed U-2 evaluated carrier-based maritime reconnaissance aircraft Although prototype does lend itself readily event have admit photo U-2 rebounding off deck its hook engaged wire rather impressive Richrd L Perry 7578 Vogels Way Springfield VA 22153 A-W Ape/Noonan Continued paqe 82 four loops 3/16-in rubber length 1oops should twice distance aluminum anchor tube firewall Balance model rubber motor installed See balance point location plans Make tests about 250 turns motor Launch model over tall grass have access such luxury Observe stall spin characteristics Make neces sary corrections addition incidence change stab thrust-line changes Grad ually increase turns until motor will accept 900 Dont hurry Make adjustments carefully jotting down what did scrap paper helps later Ape honest docile design graceful air easy adjust Good luck Indoor RC Electric/Poling Continued page 90 dont break simple isolate rest structure Tabloid 152 Model Aviation Weve got 22 really beautiful designs Seagull tier Ingspan OVER 50 CONSECUTIVE STARTS WITHOUT RECHARGING INTRODUCING THE NlSTARTERTM Pat Pending new completly revolutionary concept power glow piugs model cars boats airplanes helicopters anything using 15 vi Standard plug glow engines Rechargable up 1000 tiwesl Fits pocher Works sideways OL inverted Firs through cowlings Uses Head LockTM plug adapter Srays plug propeller PcI charger & instructions 95 day guarantee After anything fails normal usagel will repair replace $6 up Ill full yearll SEE YOU DEALER OR CALL US CARDS OK COD OK YOU PAY SHIP FIND $2195 See Dealer 13506 Glendundee Dr Herndon VA 22071 170314355805 SERVICE PO Box 2136 FaIrfax VIrgInIa 22031 USA plugged together wing panels plug tail pieces land ing gear clipped pushrod clev ises firewall slides vertical rails means shock stress cannot leave part struck has stop junction part plugs part will break rest structure will As us should know limited damage much easier repair damage has chance travel However make sure works have make junc tions some give flex else stress can get through firewall rails soft balsa give wing wires plug-in feature bamboo skewers flex landing gear clips tied fuselage framework thread can flex direction much like thread hinge cant claim thought out completely make plane take-apart fashion could take baggage flight Pasadena advantages showed up crash testing proceeded other way make sure critical parts dont break avoid places within part stress can concentrate Junctions should either have large surface area spread stress have pathways conduct stress junction joints fuselage have 1/64 ply triangle hind spread stress thread bracing ties ply plate thread bracing helps great deal conducting stress away starting sound like electric circuit wiring Actually lot similarities stress acting like cur rent choice radio foregone conclusion Cannon Micro System light enough receiver ser vos battety pack GE-9 battery weighed close half ounce servos small total threechannel weight less three ounces would have considered impossible few years ago Cannon outfit fine radio have flown indoors several years kinds metal beams wiring generally poor environment Continued page 1S6 2 /4TS QU4RTER MIDGET TIlE NELSON 15 1st t* 6 lUeth complete brochure great engine & other quality competition products send 50 cents KUS TOM KRAFTSMANSHIP Box 2699 Laguna Hills CA 92653 Call 714 830-5162 Dealer inquiries invited SUPER JET REGULAR JET New E-Z Use baffles up April 1983 153 NEFULL LINE METAL SPECIALISTS Mitch Poling has flown electric-powered RC Tabloid exhibition hall three-basket-ballcourt-size college gymbut what likes beat fly Kingdome thia picture Seattle WA Kingdom big enoughfor flight pattern desires New long TAPERED nozzle gets rid major instant glue irritantit hardly ever clogs does pin clears immediately Exclusive new bottles give tremendously increased shelf life plus contents visibility See dealerhe has now a-IECK OUT THESE NEW LOW PRICES sUPER JETREGULAR JET 00 NO 393 $195 00 No 385 $195 00 NO 384 $295/0 00 NO 386 8295 1 oo No 382 S4981 00 NO 381 8499 2 Co No 388 89952 00 No 387 8995 LGREAT SCALE FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS I, THE MANEUVERS OF THE FULL SIZE SHIP 161 IN WINGSPAN 75 LBS USING 56 ENGINES AND UP KIT LESS WHEELS EN8INE9FROP$ 22900 SHIP radios have never glitch motor unit harder choice could use Astro 020 31 belt drive reducer Astro 035 re ducer Astro 020 uses four calls Astro 035 uses six figured Tabloid would just come 24 oz 035 about 22 oz 020 As turned out tried both Though 020 could ROG plane enough power careful turns 035 plenty power fact once plane up cruising could go half power loaf along great style motor control two switches mounted motor servo full power other half power 33 ohm resistor 5 watt right prop turned out II x 4 wood Top Flite took lot experimenting find receiver rudder elevator servos receiver battery pack mounted balsa slide-in plate went cockpit rudder elevator worked thread cable just like real cable length adjusted slip knots tail surfaces hinges surfaces thread light flexible battery pack motor hung just behind below firewall Since battery heaviest item plane must able pull push structure will cause lot damage hard landing crash solved mak ing light balsa box front end open battery fits loosely tn crash battery will slide out box pass below firewall out plane box itself suspended fiber tape former above can swing little well system really works have no damage battery crash usually slides forward box doesnt fall out suspension system quite effective fuselage built /8 square balsa 1/32 balsa sheeting nose cockpit area tail surfaces built laminated 1/32 x balsa strips /s sq balsa wings built /8 sq spruce spars top bottom 1/32 balsa vertical webbing box structure wing tips laminated 1/32 X balsa strips wing wires bamboo shish kebab skewers fit inside box spars skewers really neat Theyre tough music wire very light just right amount give bent steam kettle dihedral angle bottom panels plug aluminum tubing carries through fuselage interplane cabane struts lami nated layer 1/64 balsa 1/16 balsa clip inito Carl Goldberg mini-snaps tied wing spars thread gives connection give flex allows taking apart travel landing gear laminated 1/16 bass wood 1/16 balsa clips minisnaps tied onto fuselage longerons mini-snaps have enough freedom move ment keep shock getting fuselage landing gear can un snapped repairs travel axle bamboo skewer bound onto skids rubberbands wheels really clever Ill take credit 1-in-thick Sty rofoam lb/cu ft density spun hand drill used lathe used #11 X-Acto knife lathe tool emery board fingernail type finishing axle hubs plastic tubing five-mm ep oxy 1/64 ply I-in disk end epoxied wheel prevent foam tearing wheels painted black water color wheel cones bond paper result wheel incredibly light realistic strong plane covered Peck-Polymers white Japanese tissue put thinned white glue paper tightened straight rubbing alcohol isopropyl sprayed inexpensive Badger sprayer gives nice light spray important Later re-did piece using Windex sprayer paper tight ened unevenly take off pieces big light uneven excessive shrinkage will distort severely same goes water dont use causes much too much shrink age trick just barely tighten paper tight quite loose dope will further shrink paper later tried use regular clear dope castor oil plasticizer hut caused too much shrinkage some parts redo parts time used Sig Lite clear dope cant say enough praise Sig Lite use hardly shrinks used Sig Lite 5050 Sig thinner coat did fine using inexpensive Badger sprayer aluminum cowl done Flo quil railroad paint thinned Floquil thinner 5050 has such fantastic covering ability coat needed does shrink some alright over sheeting Sopwith lettering done COITIGLIII TIED PROFILE0COMBArRAT WIDE & NARROW WEDGE 1 5 6 oz Capaciries UNIFLOW & STINDD Guitmi Dliii Fuel ingredients detailed brochureSOC stamps/check oni CAROLlNATAFFINDER 8345 Delhi Road Charleston Hgts SC 29405 803-553-7169 156 Model Aviation K & H GLASS Prod 16 OUINCY TERRACE - CITY IOWA 50401 5154244924 PHtLISIUN ALRNLL Hi ILL UIIiUIIUIi0 Heres equipmerrl seed give props ry best balance--balance directions Carefully crsfted top grade materials BUBBLE BALANCER accomodates 3/161/49/32 prop holes Other sizes available special order Dealers invited $1695 Add $150 HOWARD B HUEBL SEPt OOS postage handling hr Misc add 4% sales lox No CtiDs co, 82 Rx e Mnkto MN 56001 Span65Eng.45-U Area754 sq in4 Channel Send $075 latest price list literature Quality RIC Products Since 1960 VKMODELAIRCRAFTCO 4350 Arondale Dr Williamsville NV 14221 Phone 716 632-4838 SOAR WITH CLASS AND CONVENIENCE WITH ONE LIFT TO FIELD OR SLOPE 2M STANDARD OR THE UNLIMITED SUPERSHIPS FURNITURE QUALITY MAPLE PLYWOOD AND DADO CUTS FOR AUTO-ALIGNMENT ORDER DIRECT FOR ONLY $2995 AND WE PAY POSTAGE VIA UPS COD ORDERS WELCOME WRITE OR CALL FOR FREE BROCHURE h1 WHALE HOBBIES INC 1201 MCDUFFIE No 104HOUSTON TEXAS THE SAILPLANE CADDY 77019 black bamboo paper found local hobby shop bamboo paper much blacker regular tissue makes letters really stand out letters stuck thinned clear dope Sig Lite landing gear wings have same brace wires real needed wires silver silk thread sewing store look very realistic cable tension adjusted slip knots plane balances third chord back leading edge top wing just right good flying motor has about 50 down 40 right thrust needed Without thrust settings right turns much too slow plane would change lot trim elevator motor off control throws 1 V2 side rudder 1 side elevator final dimensions 51 span 11 chord 41 length 24 26 oz all-up depending motor bat teries 1/6th scale though hap pened chance aiming eight square feet Takeoff delight has slow dreamlike feel up about eight 12 feet roll climb gentle fast enough after minute switch half throttle keep below ceiling Turns left easy smooth though turns right require work Apparently real flew way too due its rotary engine RUBBER STRIP FAt RUBBER Made USA SIZES 1/4 3/16 1/83/32 1/16i 1mm thick 042 8OXED 16 ounces rubber per box PRICE $1250 per box ppd USA PIRELLI 3mm $1&00 ppd KSB TIMERS FUEL SHUTOFF 30 SEC $1195 6 MIN DT $1195 .U lOll 1LYMRII SEND 5OiFOR 1982/83 CATALOG FAIModel Supply PO BOX 3907TORRANCE CA 90510 Response controls positive jumpy plane large com pared weight takes little time respondlike pushing balloon have tried aerobatics plane stressed have sufficient room Kingdome Landings slow float ing quite graceful re warding project though simple fact quite challengebut also lot fun would like try Indoor RC Scale have think too will have lot fun would suggest try either 5 6 sq ft model under 20 oz Astro 020or have large indoor space 24-oz 8 sq ft size Astro 035 Stay dry warmfly indoors Fun/Winter Continued page 20 foam floats now George watering own Torc set Walts floats George adds doing plans Fairchild KR biplanes series including one-of-a-kind KR-135 tapered wings six-cylinder Ranger George gets ecstatic about Doc Mathews Ole Reliable Old-Timer does look like Torc Both ships have wing struts somewhatalike wing tips rudder profiles nearly identical Frank Zaics Yearbook has three-view Ole Reliable credited Charles Macey 1938 design So George let fingers run through white pages * * * * WANDITTM * iT P1111 *Dealers Invited * * lone year warranty * *1~1OftCORDi Wetorflry * Stick Abrasives * *A Keen Machine gives exceptional *sanding control excellent finish * *8995 Basic mcI 1 flat Wand 1 * rits *10895 Builder Special mcI 2 ffat half- * nd wand 5 6 grits *12995 Deluoe includes 3 flat 2 half * nd wands hoff wands * 6 grits * *Additional Wands Abrasives available * local hobby shop *AlIBIS ELMORE Ece lix 214 28a 5709 * PO Boo 266 uite Texas 75149 * HOV HI Wing Span--lW Wing A-ea--5e9 5q SNSOAR glider HOBBY HORN Eacluslee! HOBBY HORN Kit SENSOAR Gilder kit isa high quality kit Machine cut 6 sanded parts Select qoabty balsa spruce Oetailed plans written instructions Fur THERMAL SLOPE 05 ELECTRIC POWER VALUE PRICED 51900 P & W Semi-Kilo Combined sciON full oti-ipsevod plon Now md Wi-e Window etc Mat Mole may purchoxed uol oo semi kitx plono-wrile vi- call price. 1936 Buceaneer-94-511 1939 Cupper MIt l-72-539 1937 flallaire ipxserltiS5e5 1940 Ranger-66 $27 1939 Mernury72S50 1931 Miss Amerixa94-S59 1941 Playboy Jr-04529 1940 Playboy 5r8l1546 1939 Pomer House94-$43 5940 Sailplane79-- 574 1940 iv tong-50$29 1839 Trentvo Terror-7932 1939 Zipper-14-$49 1939 Korda Wskefield-44- 107 MIDt9AY MODEL CO Semi-kito Combined lo/otrip 1936 Flying Quakert4S49 1937 Quaker Flash6T539 1937 Long Cabin79S42 1937 Air Chieftl-S40 STRUCKS 1940 lii Span 835 Sq UEESEMIKIT Iplanlncl-53390 Nuw ruler Combo IPull Kit$5000 SCALE PLANS nd DRAWINGS S-sn HEINKEL HE1900 62 69s $1000 AND HANDLING Op $806 odd $156 $001 $2e00 odd $225 $2061 $4500 odd $360 $4501 $7000 odd $350 end over $7000 odd $406 CA Addressees odd 6% Oux send sto visa/MC#1Exp Check altom up 10 30 days check clearonce IICGDExvcx Chvrges 1- $150 ildi Cash Only[AII UISt 64 Page CATALOGUE $200 PP/Sot Class copy mill sent free--mhen requested-with order HOBBY HORN 00hobby specialties00 15173 Moran Street IA PO Boa 2212 Westminster Ca 92083 1719 8938311 171111 8951203 April 1983 157
Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/04
Page Numbers: 88, 89, 90, 152, 153, 156, 157
Electric-power opening has potential open whole new worlds model flying author gives in-depth look indoor flying electric motor-powered RC Scale models provides some clues should helpful anyone has hankering go direction U Mitch Poling SOMETIMES winter months drag us get real winters brag about sunny weather California Florida dont count What could natural try RC indoors has done before long time ago Ken Willard flew Gym Dandy indoors 010 engine recently some Indoor RC has done CO-2 engine power about electric really naturalclean quiet convenient Astro 020 Astro 035 just right size belt drive supplied Astro Flight can swing quite large prop large Easy B rubber model design would fly very well first experience Indoor RC Scale models inspired contest held Inter national Modelers Show Pasadena models 24-ounce limit maximum size no eight square feet wing area As turned out three planes entered Sopwith Tabloid Tony Addie Naccaratos Sorrell Guppy quar 88 Model Aviation Mitch Poling holds Sopwith Tabloid better view has flown Astro 020 035 motors 31 belt-drive reducer though performance 020 marginal Cannon Micro System radio three channels used performed flawlessly environments ter scale Farman Mosquito planes flew well Farman par ticularly impressive event really historic first proved Indoor RC Scale both pos sible practical whole new world plane floats air much like huge Peanut Scale model Pumpkin Scale everything has slow dreamlike quality flights usually five six minutes long seem much longer Thats because pilot anxiety just reverse Its because beauty flight fact makes appreciate subtlety flight quite unexpected way almost have say have see lieve have flown Tabloid both threebasketball-court college gym Kingdome enormous domed stadium Seattle college gym flights mostly circling flights due room Kingdome fantasticflights over 100 feet high flying speed about jog gers pace could easily keep up plane wanted Sound interesting Perhaps might like try too approaches Tony Addie used get success fact success first tries initial challenge pick plane sure would fly well effort involved would very discouraging first try didnt work built Tabloid before flown very well Astro 020 historic documentation Tabloid agreed full-scale plane delight fly pilots airplane think really important real flew well find model also will planned use three controls rudder ele vator motor prototype Tabloid first flown 1913 no ailerons used wing warping fitted well plans didnt care landing skids prototype go along As turned out skids help smoothed out bad landings prevented damage prop motor firewall Next came philosophical part Again experience counted lot have flown lot Peanut Scale models felt Peanut Scale approach structure would right onethat minimum structure doubt leave out early airplanes Tabloid good example exactly philos ophy because low-power engines much like ultralights today Studying way real Tabloid built tremendous help pioneers really under stood build light make building decisions used same structures real As turned out Indoor RC model almost exactly true scale internally because al forced strength weight requirements As example structure cable braced polyester sewing thread adds really amazing strength resis tance shock almost no weight penApril 1983 89 Tony Addle Naccaratos Sorrell Guppy its lifelike profile pilot figure successfully flown indoors U Show also has flown outdoors Mile Square Tony Addle used same approaches author described text large lightweight structures Internal structure Tabloid almost exactly same full-scale prototype Early full-scale designers needed strong lightweight structures low-power engines best-flying RC Scale electric-powered models U Show Tony Addle Nac caratos Farman Moustique models follow Peanut Scale philosophy doubt leave out alty brings up last part philos ophy resistance shock crashes took approach some parts plane sacrificial others im portant should break unless things really drastic sacrificial parts plane landing gear motor firewall center sec tion top wing easy repair must break parts fuselage except firewall wing panels tail surfaces philosophy has tested quite se verely though willingly works have broken landing gear fireFinished wing tail surfaces Tabloid Curved outlines lami nated 1/32 balsa bent around cardboard form after steaming make jig-type ribs slice Fulton Hungerford pioneered method works well Tabloid models airfoil scale 90 Model Aviation Interplane struts Tabloid clip onto wing spars Carl Goldberg Mini-Snaps pushrods Mini-Snaps tied spars Partial assembly Tabloid framework Its built take-apart sections breaks down wingwall top wing section crashes panels landing gear fuselage rudder stabilizer also helps crash resistanceyou would swear plane could survive collision post flight damage has above quickly repaired slow flight speed helps great deal flies fast jog collisions just dont have lot energy use up way make sure critical parts Continued page 152 Completely assembled Tabloid framework sight beholdand shame cover weighed 13 oz after covering less radio power unit Fuselage uses 1/8 sq balsa throughout Note thread bracing functionalmakes lightweight strong structure TAKE IT OFF WITH SPEED STIX DISPOSABLE SANDING TOOLSIA 53 USE WET OR DRY 3 SANDING GRADES 100 120 1803 REGULAR SPEED STIXII $4859 STIX 1/4 3/8 1/2 diameter $295 MINI SPEED STIX 8 STIX 1/8 3/16 1/4 diameter RECISION SANDING TOOLS 2930 SKYVIEW AVENUE PUEBLO CO 81008 Eve Phone linat 42-6200 time spare tire packed top temperature inside trunk 1400 certain sequence Id go through trying sort Out new model First dont try tune engine trim plane same time Dont overlook very basics like balance correct thrust line can usually eyeball thrust line have model darts up down engine shuts off might lot opposite control cranked keep model flying level Minor adjustments can made either loosening mounting bolts tweaking engine correct way enlarging holes crankcase slightly After basics fire up fly level Note outboard wing high low level Black tape outboard wing helps see it very small amount no problem small droop turn model over see wing hangs wing hangs opposite way level flight have warp Either use trim adjustment warp minor straighten wing use heat plastic coverings boiling water steam doped finishes model hangs down both upright verted likely cause too much inboard wing way too much outboard weight outboard wing slightly high both directions tends pickup during maneu vers probably need outboard weight Clean off surface wingtip FasCal quarter-oz 25-cent coin will refly Assymmetry between inboard out board wings should run /2-1 inch tip weight should around ots compromises designed best competitive models happens line rake exit position ORDER TODAY WE PAY THE POSTAGE DEALER. lines inboard wing has lot way model tracks order have model stay Out lines during upwind maneuvers necessary have little line rake needed during downwind portion Thats story toys string Compromises sure 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Profile] Scale wide variety [of models] have tried no type outstanding used favor Seamew think has lot offer am thinking Fulmer 1983 further difference between British Carrier US version deck used two decks used England built Royal Navy patterned after real angle-deck earners has four arresting lines landing area about five feet wide el evated almost two feet above ground As preparing column month happened see photo article Aviation Week Space Technology adds another eligible prototype list aircraft events article described secret Navy tests about 13 years ago Lockheed U-2 evaluated carrier-based maritime reconnaissance aircraft Although prototype does lend itself readily event have admit photo U-2 rebounding off deck its hook engaged wire rather impressive Richrd L Perry 7578 Vogels Way Springfield VA 22153 A-W Ape/Noonan Continued paqe 82 four loops 3/16-in rubber length 1oops should twice distance aluminum anchor tube firewall Balance model rubber motor installed See balance point 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avoid places within part stress can concentrate Junctions should either have large surface area spread stress have pathways conduct stress junction joints fuselage have 1/64 ply triangle hind spread stress thread bracing ties ply plate thread bracing helps great deal conducting stress away starting sound like electric circuit wiring Actually lot similarities stress acting like cur rent choice radio foregone conclusion Cannon Micro System light enough receiver ser vos battety pack GE-9 battery weighed close half ounce servos small total threechannel weight less three ounces would have considered impossible few years ago Cannon outfit fine radio have flown indoors several years kinds metal beams wiring generally poor environment Continued page 1S6 2 /4TS QU4RTER MIDGET TIlE NELSON 15 1st t* 6 lUeth complete brochure great engine & other quality competition products send 50 cents KUS TOM KRAFTSMANSHIP Box 2699 Laguna Hills CA 92653 Call 714 830-5162 Dealer inquiries invited SUPER JET 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works have no damage battery crash usually slides forward box doesnt fall out suspension system quite effective fuselage built /8 square balsa 1/32 balsa sheeting nose cockpit area tail surfaces built laminated 1/32 x balsa strips /s sq balsa wings built /8 sq spruce spars top bottom 1/32 balsa vertical webbing box structure wing tips laminated 1/32 X balsa strips wing wires bamboo shish kebab skewers fit inside box spars skewers really neat Theyre tough music wire very light just right amount give bent steam kettle dihedral angle bottom panels plug aluminum tubing carries through fuselage interplane cabane struts lami nated layer 1/64 balsa 1/16 balsa clip inito Carl Goldberg mini-snaps tied wing spars thread gives connection give flex allows taking apart travel landing gear laminated 1/16 bass wood 1/16 balsa clips minisnaps tied onto fuselage longerons mini-snaps have enough freedom move ment keep shock getting fuselage landing gear can un snapped repairs travel axle bamboo skewer 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