FUN DOESNT come easy Flying RC fun learning fly can anything fun have too dropouts market flooded so-called trainers some hardly less difficult fly Pattern ship folks good intentions call some bomb trainer have barrage viewpoints would teach handicapped because know too much have forgotten what like learned fly Only teach themselves know hard Anyone has learned fly under expert supervision began level far beyond loner outsider fringe hacker am hacker although 55 years stuff have made street-wise---but still get mugged un expected What crucial whether have help good fliers simply wish beginners would go away understand guys may have precious little time enjoy own flying Some clubs indifferent otherslike Northern Virginia RC Club belong involved Some Sundays six beginners show up taken care competent help us can learn fly practically anything typical trainer can seldom flown help Help makes great deal difference 02 rudder job Tens thousands have no help whatsoever ignore fact trainee usually model builder has problems simplest kit simple trainers tough put together guy cant build correctly no warps twists get system installed works reliably start tight engine break jillion other things what chances Often has fight dry batteries doubt manufacturer wishes fuss dry batteries price-war competition compels low list prices cannot operate airborne dry batteries period time least voltmeter understanding check things Out Rusty springs clips etc never reliable Should person start simplest ships 16 Model Aviation BillWinter r4tkj23JG6Lt kicks Hal aeoIt putthe wing bottom Sweet Stik surprised its pattern capability especially ma neuvers performed within 300-ft window Spans 5 ft area 600 squares weighs 4 lb power K&B 40 calls Sweet n Low Stick Wouldnt ya know life depended guaranteeing lone beginnerthe best chance quickly managing simple RC hed bet rudder-only configuration short-run tank mount foam construction could epoxied back together field configuration like Ranger42 has excellent free flight stability course student would later require something ambitious least feet would wet hopefully hed hooked John Preston photo Left Englands Peter Miller built Bills Eagle Skybo 1 o KIT ana gets five-minute climbs eight-minute glides Jena 15 diese run rn half power Bill didnt remember Skybo Kit called Rocket 46 Right Al Powells Krackerjac early-60s American Modeler plan Jetco kit designed Winter Al converted 20-year-old ship escapements Kraft system three channels trike gear Fellow fliers see performance wont believe crates old Dozens ships published 20 years ago still great RC sport jobs Cardboard Third-Scale Among latest cardboard monsters fun-loving Du-Bro charac ters have cooking up years Art Schmalzs /3-scale Eastbourne Monoplane Span 9 ft chord 18 area 14 sq ft 24 pounds thats 28 oz per sq ft Great Planes Fly-In general reaction amazement cardboard does look good such big plane can built lightly common material Having Dave Grays collection sketches pictures going back 101 953aswellasvolumesOf notes obtained overthe phonewe got far Herb Clukey ass 10-ft monsterwithout wings ran out time problem get step-by-step pix show Daves technology example inner side airfoiled wing has backing peeled back couple inches side exact leading edge following material scored cut through knife inside flat Moving toward trailing edge top surface spacing between scores gradually widened After scoring shaping peeled material pushed back place Sticky paper tape wraps around joining panels TE fuselage corners Contact cement bit epoxy crucial places holds together have detach wires flying because atmospheric conditions hot sun field dampness storage can warp surfaces otherwise isenough available data forpublishing plane likethisalithe tricks idle folder built up Art Dave got far enough know remarkably easyif know simple essential tricks gear work up requires him upgrade radio system perhaps several times Should begin simplest ships radio system permits later expansion four channels ultimately ailerons does begin four channels essential guidance until can manage Trainers often reflect philosophy trying things people want chap merely successfully achieve flight means just tail wagger rudder Flight training always did fall primary basic advanced bigger ships some us would solo guy Cub others T-6 still others Northrop F-5 jet Given two seats latter three trainers Suppose life depended training some guy fly RC fails executed chap needs see plane air steer around safely life depended what would have 16-year-old grandsonhe stands 6 ft 4 inwho aftersteeringourFF RCVagabond around low throttle wanted get RC Naturally wanted something exciting showed him so-called trainer kits recoiled him plans mass mysterious lines things diecut etc meant nothing happened Ace Dicks Dream around designed old fox Owen Kampen 02 job foam wing simple built-up fuselage radio singlechannel magnetic actuator wiggles rudder back forth proportional control fuselage sheet few pieces After explaining unattractive him project telling him local experts like Srull Bowers fly fun became interested deal built plane would lend him systemtransmitter converted Nicads dad accomplished Pattern pilot believe boy could never fly simplest RC jobs himself would get enough guidance hell probably get steer around Dad has no time thing difficult Such ship/system wont go waste afterwards because will always funeven kid advances something complex idea what comes next would some simple kitand will take plenty thinking throttle rudder elevators eleva tors will locked place until flies rudder throttle Wed prefer 09powered roaring Schnuerle 10 Just possibly 15 ship would fly pep 15 reasonably well 09 10 wed opt smaller engine beauty simple beginning crate can usually fixed spot foam wings epoxied together life depended kids flying youd want on-field repairability Also will learn some building fuselage tail assembly attaching gear etc baby step toward advanced trainer construc tion course could go all-foam trainer route wed want decent enginewhich dont always get can epoxy trainers back together day long weeks should considered expendable George Myers states elevators wed lock neutral beginning Remember sudden dive perhaps execution squad gets As far writer would go student four- five-channel transmitter three-channel foamie could use radio later something like Falcon Kadet provided success gave him some momentum December1981 17 cardboard Eastbourne Great Planes Fly-In Dave Gray right boss-man Dewey Broberg behind prop talking Jerry Smith chap face cant see dummy cylinder Quadra -twin rooled lots folks Dummy cylinderacts mufflerand dual exhaust Show prop is35 itflies 18x6 Pilot carved balsa 111/2 wheels vacuumformed ABS plastic pipe insulation tires Smilin Art added paper tape strips simulate ribs cross pieces Cable-controlled ailerons simulated turns banks rudder uirimate Rubber Scale model After reading Bill Henns comments see text may wish substitute Fairey Barracuda pet WW II job Son Bill Henn poses high-timing Barracuda built dads plans Pops45-gm version flies beyond huge Johnsville PA Control Line Still Alive join crowd coincidence admire another Kampen design Concept Models Aero 15 think its too lively 15 purpose son ekes out safe flights 05 Max 10 8 x 6 love 15 teaches newcomers about setting up engines what prop use what airplane just engine boy staggered onto dihedralled Kadet Falcon ailerons wed start him off telling him go easy aileronsuntil guy needs hear soothing voice feel reassuring hand stick now loner chances dim indeed controls fully stable plane capable free flight requires nudge opinion absolutely necessaryunless has very best patient help Forget 40powered classic trainers Weve seen too adults spend $500 auger pick up pieces disappear forever dont have perfect answer No does Maybe should go back drafting board wild blue yonder ranking Rubber Scale ace Bill Henn Chambermaid fame. see April 1979 Model Aviation still deluged requests questions guys building peerless wonder Chamber maid winning just about meet entered Times getting high Bill retired CMaid ahead switched same-size Folkert SK-3 pop-up tail Bill Hungs favorite son DT bit nuisance race-plane events flew Johnsville got 201 240 503 gawd 1700 005 Weighing few grams C-Maid has rubberfour strands 195 FAI 33 long 005 1300 winds Back another C-Maid lighter45 grams Afraid wind up could use FAC Field Durham CT After two maxes Crossing FF Group NJ concentrated P-30 last issue NFFS hit boomer gone So converted C-Maid spot P-30 switching 95-in plastic prop 22-in 9 gr 160 FAI rubberlegal last flight maxed won both Scale P-30 C-Maid thinks should nominated NFFS Scale Model year thinks its better some others theyve picked Bill Bill Jr think 45-gr Fairey Barra cuda ultimate WW II subject Young Bill made dads 1979 plans summer huge two-day bash Johnsville PA lads Barracuda won handily flight over two minutes next WW II event 1981 beat two minutes heats 75% winds finally hitting thermal others models fell through Barracuda vanished wherever Henn Scalers resting Henn Skunk Works now working up another Barracuda time DT Bill says monstrous Johnsville Naval Air Station becoming too small DT easy T-tail though Henns will have put up hassle will surely cause money beautiful sight model aviation good Rubber Scaler riding smoothly through big circles higher higher on dont know humble Rubber Scale model has recovered national activity time look Youll brag about just being Dantes Inferno on-going flight practice Claude McCulloughs indefatigable Kadet Mac says have unusual problems Having found ailerons sluggish especially nose-high reduced throttle Mac advised us specs call mild movement keep tyros out troublethats us said crank movementwe already plenty Disliking up-trim left aileron up TE having no warps wing became suspicious straight-looking vertical tail Sure enough slight left added rudder got rid asymmetric aileron response took out some left aileron cranked slight down right aileron gave varying conditions different speeds due yawnaturally Cut out said Mac suggested trimming both ailerons slightly upward dead flat using up right aileron works fine also suggested moving CG forward right ship seemed reasonably Continued page 105 18 Model Aviation powerful impressive electric Bob Kopski has seenit leaps off groundwas modified Goldberg Falcon two Astro 15s turning 8 x 4 Cox gray props Span extended 60 spill plates added sheet tail Controls engine off low high rud der elevator aileronand flaps gross 61/2 lb shows electric power coming age twin no starting problems throttle sync ing something think about Called Astrobat have hunch its demise due Astrobatting terra firma Kopaki photos Thats what Guy Markham writes us prove sends stack pix lovely Fokker Triplanemodified RC Power Veco 61 Clarence Lee 10% uniflow tank Mustain Prop 12-5 Rev-Up Airfoils 25% symmetrical wing stab set zero degrees Covering Silron dope Let us just say hills alive fine CL FE planes Scale otherwise Somehow guys think mags radio crazy its waste time show anything else RC guys seem hog publicity its because other people roll over play dead Plans Service testifies fine non-RC things published column anything flies can publish what receive looking down lines Guys Tripe youd know what realism cant get closer feel flight feel such machines live responding continuously touch great experiences FOX 36 COMBA T SPECIAL wins place Slow Fast Combat 1981 Nationals FOX 36 COMBAT SPECIAL now delivered set up suction Try a35 profile model such as #13700 FOX 36 Top Flife Streak Midwest Magician Mustang P-40 Goldbergs Cosmic Wind Sterlings COMBAT SPECIAL Ringmaster Youll find balances Out nicely performs superbly 9-7 size propellor prefer 15 size profile models install 15 BE $6990 expe ence cones ca pe fo mance #11698 FOX 15-BB $5995 Hut Lse 15011 eta iase 5305 Towson Ave Fort Smith Arkansas 72901 MANUFACTURING CO FOX 1 5-BB Wins Place FAl Fun/Winter Continued page 18 balanced Mac sent us supplementary sheet specific figures CG -in back extreme rearward position stipulated chunk lead nose Kadet just came alive grooved trim changes settled down ailerons became effective takeoffs easier botched approaches less panic Today rolled right vigor very weak left know responsiblewell get third takeoff few hours ago wind shifted blew gale extreme turbulence planes tossed like paper dust devil went across nose learned instantly use aileron takeoff along rudder no airplane Clawing toward hedgerow creates snow-fence wind roll chopped throttle before clearing gust pointed crate straight up before could touch stick got down damage Two experts commenting us around both kept mouths shut Smart After 55 years yours truly learned two basics day Learning forever Skeletons closet am forever surprised pictures own forgotten designs would like share two good ones brought attention Peter Miller modelcamera-plane guy England made wonderful pictures lost Roman ruins built Eagle Kits Skybo 1948 vintage Wed guess about 6 ft because Rocket 46 engine Peter actually kit flew lena iesel modified reed valve RC carb cuts revs 50% RCs rudder throttle Running Jena half throttle climbs five minutes gets 8mm glidereally makes local club glider pilots feel sick rudder just keeps headed wind puts down transmitter lights cigarette talks shop other modelers Probably has large vertical tail crate weathervaning Since no colored tissue England used food dyes wet tissue airbrushed onto Peanuts added weight cant measured fly way Millers Skybo must have correct thrust line relationship profile George Myers tells us flew some chaps Krackerjac did surprisingly well old American Modeler early Sixties Jetco kit escapement throttle Max 15 grooved like multi did first-rate touch-and-goes Wed forgotten Now have assorted pix including ninefooter picture sent Al Powell shows conversion trike gear Bonner escapement Citizen-Ship radio replaced Kraft Series 80 silk dope MonoKote Al says guys flying field would believe 20-year-old crate flies well tempted enlarge 40 size 15 D-tube wing front Its bit like shortcoupled Kadet youd fuss strip ailerons semi-symmetrical airfoil Falcon airfoil about three four degrees dihedral youd have ball-of-fun sport machine ever start Antique Old-Timer RC thing well make out like bandit Dream on. Lightning strikes Leisure Electronics recent entrant field electric flight setups staging Grand Championship January 9 10 1982 Co-sponsors Futaba Sanyo Pattern contest Scale event anything youre familiar with. its easier task Precision Duration seven minutes 1 A-mm motor run Anything long its powered 05 electric motor can enter Precision Duration event thins field down six finalists go shootout last down wins last flight will something seethe last man down will handed check $1000 Other prizes include radios chargers $100 cash prizes Best Direct Drive Best Geared Prop Best Old-Timer Write Leisure Electronics 11 Deerspring Irvine CA 92714 call 714 552-4540 details badsome good prizes within reach unknowns old order changeth Wed like say something about Sid Axelrod loss family Top Flite us very real Continued page 112 .mk.hiaf AVAILABLE NOWWeeOUPF3 so-epe52395 JB Spend MK iii e4 MOCO 7e epe Weight 15 he2195 Tevel Aj 2000 105 ciaseic Scale apiece 23 be 2295 Treed Air 4000 99 Sacal Eve 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FUN DOESNT come easy Flying RC fun learning fly can anything fun have too dropouts market flooded so-called trainers some hardly less difficult fly Pattern ship folks good intentions call some bomb trainer have barrage viewpoints would teach handicapped because know too much have forgotten what like learned fly Only teach themselves know hard Anyone has learned fly under expert supervision began level far beyond loner outsider fringe hacker am hacker although 55 years stuff have made street-wise---but still get mugged un expected What crucial whether have help good fliers simply wish beginners would go away understand guys may have precious little time enjoy own flying Some clubs indifferent otherslike Northern Virginia RC Club belong involved Some Sundays six beginners show up taken care competent help us can learn fly practically anything typical trainer can seldom flown help Help makes great deal difference 02 rudder job Tens thousands have no help whatsoever ignore fact trainee usually model builder has problems simplest kit simple trainers tough put together guy cant build correctly no warps twists get system installed works reliably start tight engine break jillion other things what chances Often has fight dry batteries doubt manufacturer wishes fuss dry batteries price-war competition compels low list prices cannot operate airborne dry batteries period time least voltmeter understanding check things Out Rusty springs clips etc never reliable Should person start simplest ships 16 Model Aviation BillWinter r4tkj23JG6Lt kicks Hal aeoIt putthe wing bottom Sweet Stik surprised its pattern capability especially ma neuvers performed within 300-ft window Spans 5 ft area 600 squares weighs 4 lb power K&B 40 calls Sweet n Low Stick Wouldnt ya know life depended guaranteeing lone beginnerthe best chance quickly managing simple RC hed bet rudder-only configuration short-run tank mount foam construction could epoxied back together field configuration like Ranger42 has excellent free flight stability course student would later require something ambitious least feet would wet hopefully hed hooked John Preston photo Left Englands Peter Miller built Bills Eagle Skybo 1 o KIT ana gets five-minute climbs eight-minute glides Jena 15 diese run rn half power Bill didnt remember Skybo Kit called Rocket 46 Right Al Powells Krackerjac early-60s American Modeler plan Jetco kit designed Winter Al converted 20-year-old ship escapements Kraft system three channels trike gear Fellow fliers see performance wont believe crates old Dozens ships published 20 years ago still great RC sport jobs Cardboard Third-Scale Among latest cardboard monsters fun-loving Du-Bro charac ters have cooking up years Art Schmalzs /3-scale Eastbourne Monoplane Span 9 ft chord 18 area 14 sq ft 24 pounds thats 28 oz per sq ft Great Planes Fly-In general reaction amazement cardboard does look good such big plane can built lightly common material Having Dave Grays collection sketches pictures going back 101 953aswellasvolumesOf notes obtained overthe phonewe got far Herb Clukey ass 10-ft monsterwithout wings ran out time problem get step-by-step pix show Daves technology example inner side airfoiled wing has backing peeled back couple inches side exact leading edge following material scored cut through knife inside flat Moving toward trailing edge top surface spacing between scores gradually widened After scoring shaping peeled material pushed back place Sticky paper tape wraps around joining panels TE fuselage corners Contact cement bit epoxy crucial places holds together have detach wires flying because atmospheric conditions hot sun field dampness storage can warp surfaces otherwise isenough available data forpublishing plane likethisalithe tricks idle folder built up Art Dave got far enough know remarkably easyif know simple essential tricks gear work up requires him upgrade radio system perhaps several times Should begin simplest ships radio system permits later expansion four channels ultimately ailerons does begin four channels essential guidance until can manage Trainers often reflect philosophy trying things people want chap merely successfully achieve flight means just tail wagger rudder Flight training always did fall primary basic advanced bigger ships some us would solo guy Cub others T-6 still others Northrop F-5 jet Given two seats latter three trainers Suppose life depended training some guy fly RC fails executed chap needs see plane air steer around safely life depended what would have 16-year-old grandsonhe stands 6 ft 4 inwho aftersteeringourFF RCVagabond around low throttle wanted get RC Naturally wanted something exciting showed him so-called trainer kits recoiled him plans mass mysterious lines things diecut etc meant nothing happened Ace Dicks Dream around designed old fox Owen Kampen 02 job foam wing simple built-up fuselage radio singlechannel magnetic actuator wiggles rudder back forth proportional control fuselage sheet few pieces After explaining unattractive him project telling him local experts like Srull Bowers fly fun became interested deal built plane would lend him systemtransmitter converted Nicads dad accomplished Pattern pilot believe boy could never fly simplest RC jobs himself would get enough guidance hell probably get steer around Dad has no time thing difficult Such ship/system wont go waste afterwards because will always funeven kid advances something complex idea what comes next would some simple kitand will take plenty thinking throttle rudder elevators eleva tors will locked place until flies rudder throttle Wed prefer 09powered roaring Schnuerle 10 Just possibly 15 ship would fly pep 15 reasonably well 09 10 wed opt smaller engine beauty simple beginning crate can usually fixed spot foam wings epoxied together life depended kids flying youd want on-field repairability Also will learn some building fuselage tail assembly attaching gear etc baby step toward advanced trainer construc tion course could go all-foam trainer route wed want decent enginewhich dont always get can epoxy trainers back together day long weeks should considered expendable George Myers states elevators wed lock neutral beginning Remember sudden dive perhaps execution squad gets As far writer would go student four- five-channel transmitter three-channel foamie could use radio later something like Falcon Kadet provided success gave him some momentum December1981 17 cardboard Eastbourne Great Planes Fly-In Dave Gray right boss-man Dewey Broberg behind prop talking Jerry Smith chap face cant see dummy cylinder Quadra -twin rooled lots folks Dummy cylinderacts mufflerand dual exhaust Show prop is35 itflies 18x6 Pilot carved balsa 111/2 wheels vacuumformed ABS plastic pipe insulation tires Smilin Art added paper tape strips simulate ribs cross pieces Cable-controlled ailerons simulated turns banks rudder uirimate Rubber Scale model After reading Bill Henns comments see text may wish substitute Fairey Barracuda pet WW II job Son Bill Henn poses high-timing Barracuda built dads plans Pops45-gm version flies beyond huge Johnsville PA Control Line Still Alive join crowd coincidence admire another Kampen design Concept Models Aero 15 think its too lively 15 purpose son ekes out safe flights 05 Max 10 8 x 6 love 15 teaches newcomers about setting up engines what prop use what airplane just engine boy staggered onto dihedralled Kadet Falcon ailerons wed start him off telling him go easy aileronsuntil guy needs hear soothing voice feel reassuring hand stick now loner chances dim indeed controls fully stable plane capable free flight requires nudge opinion absolutely necessaryunless has very best patient help Forget 40powered classic trainers Weve seen too adults spend $500 auger pick up pieces disappear forever dont have perfect answer No does Maybe should go back drafting board wild blue yonder ranking Rubber Scale ace Bill Henn Chambermaid fame. see April 1979 Model Aviation still deluged requests questions guys building peerless wonder Chamber maid winning just about meet entered Times getting high Bill retired CMaid ahead switched same-size Folkert SK-3 pop-up tail Bill Hungs favorite son DT bit nuisance race-plane events flew Johnsville got 201 240 503 gawd 1700 005 Weighing few grams C-Maid has rubberfour strands 195 FAI 33 long 005 1300 winds Back another C-Maid lighter45 grams Afraid wind up could use FAC Field Durham CT After two maxes Crossing FF Group NJ concentrated P-30 last issue NFFS hit boomer gone So converted C-Maid spot P-30 switching 95-in plastic prop 22-in 9 gr 160 FAI rubberlegal last flight maxed won both Scale P-30 C-Maid thinks should nominated NFFS Scale Model year thinks its better some others theyve picked Bill Bill Jr think 45-gr Fairey Barra cuda ultimate WW II subject Young Bill made dads 1979 plans summer huge two-day bash Johnsville PA lads Barracuda won handily flight over two minutes next WW II event 1981 beat two minutes heats 75% winds finally hitting thermal others models fell through Barracuda vanished wherever Henn Scalers resting Henn Skunk Works now working up another Barracuda time DT Bill says monstrous Johnsville Naval Air Station becoming too small DT easy T-tail though Henns will have put up hassle will surely cause money beautiful sight model aviation good Rubber Scaler riding smoothly through big circles higher higher on dont know humble Rubber Scale model has recovered national activity time look Youll brag about just being Dantes Inferno on-going flight practice Claude McCulloughs indefatigable Kadet Mac says have unusual problems Having found ailerons sluggish especially nose-high reduced throttle Mac advised us specs call mild movement keep tyros out troublethats us said crank movementwe already plenty Disliking up-trim left aileron up TE having no warps wing became suspicious straight-looking vertical tail Sure enough slight left added rudder got rid asymmetric aileron response took out some left aileron cranked slight down right aileron gave varying conditions different speeds due yawnaturally Cut out said Mac suggested trimming both ailerons slightly upward dead flat using up right aileron works fine also suggested moving CG forward right ship seemed reasonably Continued page 105 18 Model Aviation powerful impressive electric Bob Kopski has seenit leaps off groundwas modified Goldberg Falcon two Astro 15s turning 8 x 4 Cox gray props Span extended 60 spill plates added sheet tail Controls engine off low high rud der elevator aileronand flaps gross 61/2 lb shows electric power coming age twin no starting problems throttle sync ing something think about Called Astrobat have hunch its demise due Astrobatting terra firma Kopaki photos Thats what Guy Markham writes us prove sends stack pix lovely Fokker Triplanemodified RC Power Veco 61 Clarence Lee 10% uniflow tank Mustain Prop 12-5 Rev-Up Airfoils 25% symmetrical wing stab set zero degrees Covering Silron dope Let us just say hills alive fine CL FE planes Scale otherwise Somehow guys think mags radio crazy its waste time show anything else RC guys seem hog publicity its because other people roll over play dead Plans Service testifies fine non-RC things published column anything flies can publish what receive looking down lines Guys Tripe youd know what realism cant get closer feel flight feel such machines live responding continuously touch great experiences FOX 36 COMBA T SPECIAL wins place Slow Fast Combat 1981 Nationals FOX 36 COMBAT SPECIAL now delivered set up suction Try a35 profile model such as #13700 FOX 36 Top Flife Streak Midwest Magician Mustang P-40 Goldbergs Cosmic Wind Sterlings COMBAT SPECIAL Ringmaster Youll find balances Out nicely performs superbly 9-7 size propellor prefer 15 size profile models install 15 BE $6990 expe ence cones ca pe fo mance #11698 FOX 15-BB $5995 Hut Lse 15011 eta iase 5305 Towson Ave Fort Smith Arkansas 72901 MANUFACTURING CO FOX 1 5-BB Wins Place FAl Fun/Winter Continued page 18 balanced Mac sent us supplementary sheet specific figures CG -in back extreme rearward position stipulated chunk lead nose Kadet just came alive grooved trim changes settled down ailerons became effective takeoffs easier botched approaches less panic Today rolled right vigor very weak left know responsiblewell get third takeoff few hours ago wind shifted blew gale extreme turbulence planes tossed like paper dust devil went across nose learned instantly use aileron takeoff along rudder no airplane Clawing toward hedgerow creates snow-fence wind roll chopped throttle before clearing gust pointed crate straight up before could touch stick got down damage Two experts commenting us around both kept mouths shut Smart After 55 years yours truly learned two basics day Learning forever Skeletons closet am forever surprised pictures own forgotten designs would like share two good ones brought attention Peter Miller modelcamera-plane guy England made wonderful pictures lost Roman ruins built Eagle Kits Skybo 1948 vintage Wed guess about 6 ft because Rocket 46 engine Peter actually kit flew lena iesel modified reed valve RC carb cuts revs 50% RCs rudder throttle Running Jena half throttle climbs five minutes gets 8mm glidereally makes local club glider pilots feel sick rudder just keeps headed wind puts down transmitter lights cigarette talks shop other modelers Probably has large vertical tail crate weathervaning Since no colored tissue England used food dyes wet tissue airbrushed onto Peanuts added weight cant measured fly way Millers Skybo must have correct thrust line relationship profile George Myers tells us flew some chaps Krackerjac did surprisingly well old American Modeler early Sixties Jetco kit escapement throttle Max 15 grooved like multi did first-rate touch-and-goes Wed forgotten Now have assorted pix including ninefooter picture sent Al Powell shows conversion trike gear Bonner escapement Citizen-Ship radio replaced Kraft Series 80 silk dope MonoKote Al says guys flying field would believe 20-year-old crate flies well tempted enlarge 40 size 15 D-tube wing front Its bit like shortcoupled Kadet youd fuss strip ailerons semi-symmetrical airfoil Falcon airfoil about three four degrees dihedral youd have ball-of-fun sport machine ever start Antique Old-Timer RC thing well make out like bandit Dream on. Lightning strikes Leisure Electronics recent entrant field electric flight setups staging Grand Championship January 9 10 1982 Co-sponsors Futaba Sanyo Pattern contest Scale event anything youre familiar with. its easier task Precision Duration seven minutes 1 A-mm motor run Anything long its powered 05 electric motor can enter Precision Duration event thins field down six finalists go shootout last down wins last flight will something seethe last man down will handed check $1000 Other prizes include radios chargers $100 cash prizes Best Direct Drive Best Geared Prop Best Old-Timer Write Leisure Electronics 11 Deerspring Irvine CA 92714 call 714 552-4540 details badsome good prizes within reach unknowns old order changeth Wed like say something about Sid Axelrod loss family Top Flite us very real Continued page 112 .mk.hiaf AVAILABLE NOWWeeOUPF3 so-epe52395 JB Spend MK iii e4 MOCO 7e epe Weight 15 he2195 Tevel Aj 2000 105 ciaseic Scale apiece 23 be 2295 Treed Air 4000 99 Sacal Eve claroc ape 23 be2295 Fokker 0-Vil se Geceav WW righte elpe 23 be2495 Cooing Seen Sopih Pop 50 eve Sopclh Tepehoced 5iV TopIeee Waco ATO Lyjack Vecsov 90 5pIaee N cpor-i 11 aebo 55 aiplace 35 Scale rokke Del 72 TopIeee Plans shipped U PS Parcel Post Please add $300 posrage handlino fasresr service send posraJ nonay order No C 00 orders senr BEHRENS PLAN SERVICE 31-27 Healy Ave Far Rockaway NY 11691 212 337-6987 THE MEGC Sport P/C Design Distribusora & Dealers Wekome Phone 703 57320382829 l3orr Ave B-i 1a Fairfax Virginia 22931 USA December 1981 105 LEADER IN SMALL AIRFOIL TECHNOLOGY MASIER AIRSCREW JtstV 3LSWEV JSTAIg IMPROVED THROUGH FOUR YEARS OF PRODUCTION THE GIF SERIES IS UNEQUALED FOR PERFORMANCE & DURABILITY AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE THROUGH 131 DISTRIBUTORS WINDSOR PROPELLER CO WINDSOR CA 95492 PRESENTS BALSA STRIPPER 495 AT YOUR DEALER PRECISION STRIP WOOD TO Va x /s INS FROM BALSA SHEET ALSO FOR DRAFTING AND PHOTO MATS USES TYPE II BLADE SUPER TOOL T PRICE WINDSOR PROPELLER CO PO BOX 112 WINDSOR CA 95492 Super Savings GET ORGANIZEDSCALE DOCUMENTATIONFiberglass Materials Heres anetoff stordyldestttat hoIdnooRSCALE DRAWINGSPHOTOS BOOKLETSFiberglassClothSSqyards51500 4 years lavorite 8ii magazineschoice 3/, 2 4 6 oz cloth 4 MAG FILES $495titmiflating Ep oxy Resin I6hrcurelS30OOper gal PO BOX 388-K Send 5498 plus 51 OCtLiquid Mold ReleaseS3O0 16 ozs postage harrdierg toREPLA TECHEpoxy PrimerIKaRiS40OOpergat Epoxy Paint Thinner K&BIS SOOper gal DON INOtJSThiESNTERNA ONAPolyester Resin K&BIS20O0per gal DOVER NH 03820CATALOGS $200 49600 MC KENZ E HwySend check money order shtpping collect COO okay VIDA OflEGON 9749aCall write Bob Smith RIC Aircraft PO Box 33335 Oranada Hills CA 91344 1213t 3666872 indeed dutiful memoriam thingboard carefully avoid breakingfrom battery pack negative lead because Sid like friends notanythingflap control range about 27 VDC 32 us today will always present has NextbecauseTimwantedflaperonswetracedVDC voltages measured handed baton cannot drop hobbythe wires ailerons flaps controls Asused set freshly charged batteries using business have shared muchwe traced out made sketches what we20000 ohms/volt VOM resulting control Forced look back occasion wefound soon became obvious XLpulse ranges 1 00 ms 200 ms admire people like Sid because have ourcircuits fundamentally different theailerons 110 ms 190 ms flaps deep respect sum-up word integritySilver Seven circuits Freds book keptmeasured Estes Skyaligner Oct 81 true peers try live uptracing sketching until understood theMA better having known Siddifference information hand could decide like others personification reason- must very careful avoid makingwhether proceed proposed ableness knew could haveassumptions later proven trueinstallation assembled mixer piece otherwise integrity simpleIn case control voltages distributedof periboard ran some static tests words like knowing fly toon Pink Black wires would easy torevealed need offset flap control fly everything stands will readassume Pink Japanese code 5voltages mixed voltages presented about Sid testimony appears else-VDC regulated Black 0 VDC wziclzto NE5044 want Flaps Up plus Ailerons magazine feel deeply hiswould half correct As works out theNeutral equal 30 VDC two ways family intimates grateful whatPink wire connects pin 15 5 VDC regulatedto accomplish purpose way would has given us owe himand shall keepto controls 330 ohm resistorshift flap control potentiometer shaft inside memory freshbetween pin 8 Black wire aileronthe flap control lever turned out control puts Black wire 07 VDCdifficult youd expect because escutcheon Bill Winter 4330Alta Vista Dr Fairfa VAThere also 1200 ohm resistor between pin 8plate over flap lever glued place 22030and Purple wire flap control opted instead pair 5 K pots puts point 1 VDCserieswiththePinkandonewiththePurpleleads Radio Technique/Myers Since wiper control potentiometersto flap pot respectively gave us both Con finued page 29cant move about 500 its total rangeoffset control span adjustment also brought about 2700 voltages picked off thein problem back set occa screws antenna battery switch-aileron control 3 VDC measuredsionally shorted out pots changing AMAMJ MAS ENTERPRISES/ N NATIONAL CHAMPION 1979-1980SPECIALISTS IN MIKE MAProudly HeadsRC HELICOPTERS OVERSEAS /% 4toc/ tatt qotlitied tn aesmor questions ranging installing train ing gnar no flying shiy exerted SCHLUTER 1-IELI 60 Size CALL FOR OUR LOW PRICES Schlagar Helicopter Parts Stock Including Pipes Puselages Etc _______________JLOWEST PRICES WEBRAI now availableI M J WAS ENTERPRISESI DISTRIBUTORS Stock Helicopter Kits Accessories Engines S Radios Parts S Books CRICKET Cricket Parts AMERICAN R/C MANTIS NOW ONLY $11998 SS , I..t .a..n..,s... . ghh S 11 2 Modei Aviation U PO BOX 112 HEUCOPTER Bull
Edition: Model Aviation - 1981/12
Page Numbers: 16, 17, 18, 105, 112
FUN DOESNT come easy Flying RC fun learning fly can anything fun have too dropouts market flooded so-called trainers some hardly less difficult fly Pattern ship folks good intentions call some bomb trainer have barrage viewpoints would teach handicapped because know too much have forgotten what like learned fly Only teach themselves know hard Anyone has learned fly under expert supervision began level far beyond loner outsider fringe hacker am hacker although 55 years stuff have made street-wise---but still get mugged un expected What crucial whether have help good fliers simply wish beginners would go away understand guys may have precious little time enjoy own flying Some clubs indifferent otherslike Northern Virginia RC Club belong involved Some Sundays six beginners show up taken care competent help us can learn fly practically anything typical trainer can seldom flown help Help makes great deal difference 02 rudder job Tens thousands have no help whatsoever ignore fact trainee usually model builder has problems simplest kit simple trainers tough put together guy cant build correctly no warps twists get system installed works reliably start tight engine break jillion other things what chances Often has fight dry batteries doubt manufacturer wishes fuss dry batteries price-war competition compels low list prices cannot operate airborne dry batteries period time least voltmeter understanding check things Out Rusty springs clips etc never reliable Should person start simplest ships 16 Model Aviation BillWinter r4tkj23JG6Lt kicks Hal aeoIt putthe wing bottom Sweet Stik surprised its pattern capability especially ma neuvers performed within 300-ft window Spans 5 ft area 600 squares weighs 4 lb power K&B 40 calls Sweet n Low Stick Wouldnt ya know life depended guaranteeing lone beginnerthe best chance quickly managing simple RC hed bet rudder-only configuration short-run tank mount foam construction could epoxied back together field configuration like Ranger42 has excellent free flight stability course student would later require something ambitious least feet would wet hopefully hed hooked John Preston photo Left Englands Peter Miller built Bills Eagle Skybo 1 o KIT ana gets five-minute climbs eight-minute glides Jena 15 diese run rn half power Bill didnt remember Skybo Kit called Rocket 46 Right Al Powells Krackerjac early-60s American Modeler plan Jetco kit designed Winter Al converted 20-year-old ship escapements Kraft system three channels trike gear Fellow fliers see performance wont believe crates old Dozens ships published 20 years ago still great RC sport jobs Cardboard Third-Scale Among latest cardboard monsters fun-loving Du-Bro charac ters have cooking up years Art Schmalzs /3-scale Eastbourne Monoplane Span 9 ft chord 18 area 14 sq ft 24 pounds thats 28 oz per sq ft Great Planes Fly-In general reaction amazement cardboard does look good such big plane can built lightly common material Having Dave Grays collection sketches pictures going back 101 953aswellasvolumesOf notes obtained overthe phonewe got far Herb Clukey ass 10-ft monsterwithout wings ran out time problem get step-by-step pix show Daves technology example inner side airfoiled wing has backing peeled back couple inches side exact leading edge following material scored cut through knife inside flat Moving toward trailing edge top surface spacing between scores gradually widened After scoring shaping peeled material pushed back place Sticky paper tape wraps around joining panels TE fuselage corners Contact cement bit epoxy crucial places holds together have detach wires flying because atmospheric conditions hot sun field dampness storage can warp surfaces otherwise isenough available data forpublishing plane likethisalithe tricks idle folder built up Art Dave got far enough know remarkably easyif know simple essential tricks gear work up requires him upgrade radio system perhaps several times Should begin simplest ships radio system permits later expansion four channels ultimately ailerons does begin four channels essential guidance until can manage Trainers often reflect philosophy trying things people want chap merely successfully achieve flight means just tail wagger rudder Flight training always did fall primary basic advanced bigger ships some us would solo guy Cub others T-6 still others Northrop F-5 jet Given two seats latter three trainers Suppose life depended training some guy fly RC fails executed chap needs see plane air steer around safely life depended what would have 16-year-old grandsonhe stands 6 ft 4 inwho aftersteeringourFF RCVagabond around low throttle wanted get RC Naturally wanted something exciting showed him so-called trainer kits recoiled him plans mass mysterious lines things diecut etc meant nothing happened Ace Dicks Dream around designed old fox Owen Kampen 02 job foam wing simple built-up fuselage radio singlechannel magnetic actuator wiggles rudder back forth proportional control fuselage sheet few pieces After explaining unattractive him project telling him local experts like Srull Bowers fly fun became interested deal built plane would lend him systemtransmitter converted Nicads dad accomplished Pattern pilot believe boy could never fly simplest RC jobs himself would get enough guidance hell probably get steer around Dad has no time thing difficult Such ship/system wont go waste afterwards because will always funeven kid advances something complex idea what comes next would some simple kitand will take plenty thinking throttle rudder elevators eleva tors will locked place until flies rudder throttle Wed prefer 09powered roaring Schnuerle 10 Just possibly 15 ship would fly pep 15 reasonably well 09 10 wed opt smaller engine beauty simple beginning crate can usually fixed spot foam wings epoxied together life depended kids flying youd want on-field repairability Also will learn some building fuselage tail assembly attaching gear etc baby step toward advanced trainer construc tion course could go all-foam trainer route wed want decent enginewhich dont always get can epoxy trainers back together day long weeks should considered expendable George Myers states elevators wed lock neutral beginning Remember sudden dive perhaps execution squad gets As far writer would go student four- five-channel transmitter three-channel foamie could use radio later something like Falcon Kadet provided success gave him some momentum December1981 17 cardboard Eastbourne Great Planes Fly-In Dave Gray right boss-man Dewey Broberg behind prop talking Jerry Smith chap face cant see dummy cylinder Quadra -twin rooled lots folks Dummy cylinderacts mufflerand dual exhaust Show prop is35 itflies 18x6 Pilot carved balsa 111/2 wheels vacuumformed ABS plastic pipe insulation tires Smilin Art added paper tape strips simulate ribs cross pieces Cable-controlled ailerons simulated turns banks rudder uirimate Rubber Scale model After reading Bill Henns comments see text may wish substitute Fairey Barracuda pet WW II job Son Bill Henn poses high-timing Barracuda built dads plans Pops45-gm version flies beyond huge Johnsville PA Control Line Still Alive join crowd coincidence admire another Kampen design Concept Models Aero 15 think its too lively 15 purpose son ekes out safe flights 05 Max 10 8 x 6 love 15 teaches newcomers about setting up engines what prop use what airplane just engine boy staggered onto dihedralled Kadet Falcon ailerons wed start him off telling him go easy aileronsuntil guy needs hear soothing voice feel reassuring hand stick now loner chances dim indeed controls fully stable plane capable free flight requires nudge opinion absolutely necessaryunless has very best patient help Forget 40powered classic trainers Weve seen too adults spend $500 auger pick up pieces disappear forever dont have perfect answer No does Maybe should go back drafting board wild blue yonder ranking Rubber Scale ace Bill Henn Chambermaid fame. see April 1979 Model Aviation still deluged requests questions guys building peerless wonder Chamber maid winning just about meet entered Times getting high Bill retired CMaid ahead switched same-size Folkert SK-3 pop-up tail Bill Hungs favorite son DT bit nuisance race-plane events flew Johnsville got 201 240 503 gawd 1700 005 Weighing few grams C-Maid has rubberfour strands 195 FAI 33 long 005 1300 winds Back another C-Maid lighter45 grams Afraid wind up could use FAC Field Durham CT After two maxes Crossing FF Group NJ concentrated P-30 last issue NFFS hit boomer gone So converted C-Maid spot P-30 switching 95-in plastic prop 22-in 9 gr 160 FAI rubberlegal last flight maxed won both Scale P-30 C-Maid thinks should nominated NFFS Scale Model year thinks its better some others theyve picked Bill Bill Jr think 45-gr Fairey Barra cuda ultimate WW II subject Young Bill made dads 1979 plans summer huge two-day bash Johnsville PA lads Barracuda won handily flight over two minutes next WW II event 1981 beat two minutes heats 75% winds finally hitting thermal others models fell through Barracuda vanished wherever Henn Scalers resting Henn Skunk Works now working up another Barracuda time DT Bill says monstrous Johnsville Naval Air Station becoming too small DT easy T-tail though Henns will have put up hassle will surely cause money beautiful sight model aviation good Rubber Scaler riding smoothly through big circles higher higher on dont know humble Rubber Scale model has recovered national activity time look Youll brag about just being Dantes Inferno on-going flight practice Claude McCulloughs indefatigable Kadet Mac says have unusual problems Having found ailerons sluggish especially nose-high reduced throttle Mac advised us specs call mild movement keep tyros out troublethats us said crank movementwe already plenty Disliking up-trim left aileron up TE having no warps wing became suspicious straight-looking vertical tail Sure enough slight left added rudder got rid asymmetric aileron response took out some left aileron cranked slight down right aileron gave varying conditions different speeds due yawnaturally Cut out said Mac suggested trimming both ailerons slightly upward dead flat using up right aileron works fine also suggested moving CG forward right ship seemed reasonably Continued page 105 18 Model Aviation powerful impressive electric Bob Kopski has seenit leaps off groundwas modified Goldberg Falcon two Astro 15s turning 8 x 4 Cox gray props Span extended 60 spill plates added sheet tail Controls engine off low high rud der elevator aileronand flaps gross 61/2 lb shows electric power coming age twin no starting problems throttle sync ing something think about Called Astrobat have hunch its demise due Astrobatting terra firma Kopaki photos Thats what Guy Markham writes us prove sends stack pix lovely Fokker Triplanemodified RC Power Veco 61 Clarence Lee 10% uniflow tank Mustain Prop 12-5 Rev-Up Airfoils 25% symmetrical wing stab set zero degrees Covering Silron dope Let us just say hills alive fine CL FE planes Scale otherwise Somehow guys think mags radio crazy its waste time show anything else RC guys seem hog publicity its because other people roll over play dead Plans Service testifies fine non-RC things published column anything flies can publish what receive looking down lines Guys Tripe youd know what realism cant get closer feel flight feel such machines live responding continuously touch great experiences FOX 36 COMBA T SPECIAL wins place Slow Fast Combat 1981 Nationals FOX 36 COMBAT SPECIAL now delivered set up suction Try a35 profile model such as #13700 FOX 36 Top Flife Streak Midwest Magician Mustang P-40 Goldbergs Cosmic Wind Sterlings COMBAT SPECIAL Ringmaster Youll find balances Out nicely performs superbly 9-7 size propellor prefer 15 size profile models install 15 BE $6990 expe ence cones ca pe fo mance #11698 FOX 15-BB $5995 Hut Lse 15011 eta iase 5305 Towson Ave Fort Smith Arkansas 72901 MANUFACTURING CO FOX 1 5-BB Wins Place FAl Fun/Winter Continued page 18 balanced Mac sent us supplementary sheet specific figures CG -in back extreme rearward position stipulated chunk lead nose Kadet just came alive grooved trim changes settled down ailerons became effective takeoffs easier botched approaches less panic Today rolled right vigor very weak left know responsiblewell get third takeoff few hours ago wind shifted blew gale extreme turbulence planes tossed like paper dust devil went across nose learned instantly use aileron takeoff along rudder no airplane Clawing toward hedgerow creates snow-fence wind roll chopped throttle before clearing gust pointed crate straight up before could touch stick got down damage Two experts commenting us around both kept mouths shut Smart After 55 years yours truly learned two basics day Learning forever Skeletons closet am forever surprised pictures own forgotten designs would like share two good ones brought attention Peter Miller modelcamera-plane guy England made wonderful pictures lost Roman ruins built Eagle Kits Skybo 1948 vintage Wed guess about 6 ft because Rocket 46 engine Peter actually kit flew lena iesel modified reed valve RC carb cuts revs 50% RCs rudder throttle Running Jena half throttle climbs five minutes gets 8mm glidereally makes local club glider pilots feel sick rudder just keeps headed wind puts down transmitter lights cigarette talks shop other modelers Probably has large vertical tail crate weathervaning Since no colored tissue England used food dyes wet tissue airbrushed onto Peanuts added weight cant measured fly way Millers Skybo must have correct thrust line relationship profile George Myers tells us flew some chaps Krackerjac did surprisingly well old American Modeler early Sixties Jetco kit escapement throttle Max 15 grooved like multi did first-rate touch-and-goes Wed forgotten Now have assorted pix including ninefooter picture sent Al Powell shows conversion trike gear Bonner escapement Citizen-Ship radio replaced Kraft Series 80 silk dope MonoKote Al says guys flying field would believe 20-year-old crate flies well tempted enlarge 40 size 15 D-tube wing front Its bit like shortcoupled Kadet youd fuss strip ailerons semi-symmetrical airfoil Falcon airfoil about three four degrees dihedral youd have ball-of-fun sport machine ever start Antique Old-Timer RC thing well make out like bandit Dream on. Lightning strikes Leisure Electronics recent entrant field electric flight setups staging Grand Championship January 9 10 1982 Co-sponsors Futaba Sanyo Pattern contest Scale event anything youre familiar with. its easier task Precision Duration seven minutes 1 A-mm motor run Anything long its powered 05 electric motor can enter Precision Duration event thins field down six finalists go shootout last down wins last flight will something seethe last man down will handed check $1000 Other prizes include radios chargers $100 cash prizes Best Direct Drive Best Geared Prop Best Old-Timer Write Leisure Electronics 11 Deerspring Irvine CA 92714 call 714 552-4540 details badsome good prizes within reach unknowns old order changeth Wed like say something about Sid Axelrod loss family Top Flite us very real Continued page 112 .mk.hiaf AVAILABLE NOWWeeOUPF3 so-epe52395 JB Spend MK iii e4 MOCO 7e epe Weight 15 he2195 Tevel Aj 2000 105 ciaseic Scale apiece 23 be 2295 Treed Air 4000 99 Sacal Eve claroc ape 23 be2295 Fokker 0-Vil se Geceav WW righte elpe 23 be2495 Cooing Seen Sopih Pop 50 eve Sopclh Tepehoced 5iV TopIeee Waco ATO Lyjack Vecsov 90 5pIaee N cpor-i 11 aebo 55 aiplace 35 Scale rokke Del 72 TopIeee Plans shipped U PS Parcel Post Please add $300 posrage handlino fasresr service send posraJ nonay order No C 00 orders senr BEHRENS PLAN SERVICE 31-27 Healy Ave Far Rockaway NY 11691 212 337-6987 THE MEGC Sport P/C Design Distribusora & Dealers Wekome Phone 703 57320382829 l3orr Ave B-i 1a Fairfax Virginia 22931 USA December 1981 105 LEADER IN SMALL AIRFOIL TECHNOLOGY MASIER AIRSCREW JtstV 3LSWEV JSTAIg IMPROVED THROUGH FOUR YEARS OF PRODUCTION THE GIF SERIES IS UNEQUALED FOR PERFORMANCE & DURABILITY AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE THROUGH 131 DISTRIBUTORS WINDSOR PROPELLER CO WINDSOR CA 95492 PRESENTS BALSA STRIPPER 495 AT YOUR DEALER PRECISION STRIP WOOD TO Va x /s INS FROM BALSA SHEET ALSO FOR DRAFTING AND PHOTO MATS USES TYPE II BLADE SUPER TOOL T PRICE WINDSOR PROPELLER CO PO BOX 112 WINDSOR CA 95492 Super Savings GET ORGANIZEDSCALE DOCUMENTATIONFiberglass Materials Heres anetoff stordyldestttat hoIdnooRSCALE DRAWINGSPHOTOS BOOKLETSFiberglassClothSSqyards51500 4 years lavorite 8ii magazineschoice 3/, 2 4 6 oz cloth 4 MAG FILES $495titmiflating Ep oxy Resin I6hrcurelS30OOper gal PO BOX 388-K Send 5498 plus 51 OCtLiquid Mold ReleaseS3O0 16 ozs postage harrdierg toREPLA TECHEpoxy PrimerIKaRiS40OOpergat Epoxy Paint Thinner K&BIS SOOper gal DON INOtJSThiESNTERNA ONAPolyester Resin K&BIS20O0per gal DOVER NH 03820CATALOGS $200 49600 MC KENZ E HwySend check money order shtpping collect COO okay VIDA OflEGON 9749aCall write Bob Smith RIC Aircraft PO Box 33335 Oranada Hills CA 91344 1213t 3666872 indeed dutiful memoriam thingboard carefully avoid breakingfrom battery pack negative lead because Sid like friends notanythingflap control range about 27 VDC 32 us today will always present has NextbecauseTimwantedflaperonswetracedVDC voltages measured handed baton cannot drop hobbythe wires ailerons flaps controls Asused set freshly charged batteries using business have shared muchwe traced out made sketches what we20000 ohms/volt VOM resulting control Forced look back occasion wefound soon became obvious XLpulse ranges 1 00 ms 200 ms admire people like Sid because have ourcircuits fundamentally different theailerons 110 ms 190 ms flaps deep respect sum-up word integritySilver Seven circuits Freds book keptmeasured Estes Skyaligner Oct 81 true peers try live uptracing sketching until understood theMA better having known Siddifference information hand could decide like others personification reason- must very careful avoid makingwhether proceed proposed ableness knew could haveassumptions later proven trueinstallation assembled mixer piece otherwise integrity simpleIn case control voltages distributedof periboard ran some static tests words like knowing fly toon Pink Black wires would easy torevealed need offset flap control fly everything stands will readassume Pink Japanese code 5voltages mixed voltages presented about Sid testimony appears else-VDC regulated Black 0 VDC wziclzto NE5044 want Flaps Up plus Ailerons magazine feel deeply hiswould half correct As works out theNeutral equal 30 VDC two ways family intimates grateful whatPink wire connects pin 15 5 VDC regulatedto accomplish purpose way would has given us owe himand shall keepto controls 330 ohm resistorshift flap control potentiometer shaft inside memory freshbetween pin 8 Black wire aileronthe flap control lever turned out control puts Black wire 07 VDCdifficult youd expect because escutcheon Bill Winter 4330Alta Vista Dr Fairfa VAThere also 1200 ohm resistor between pin 8plate over flap lever glued place 22030and Purple wire flap control opted instead pair 5 K pots puts point 1 VDCserieswiththePinkandonewiththePurpleleads Radio Technique/Myers Since wiper control potentiometersto flap pot respectively gave us both Con finued page 29cant move about 500 its total rangeoffset control span adjustment also brought about 2700 voltages picked off thein problem back set occa screws antenna battery switch-aileron control 3 VDC measuredsionally shorted out pots changing AMAMJ MAS ENTERPRISES/ N NATIONAL CHAMPION 1979-1980SPECIALISTS IN MIKE MAProudly HeadsRC HELICOPTERS OVERSEAS /% 4toc/ tatt qotlitied tn aesmor questions ranging installing train ing gnar no flying shiy exerted SCHLUTER 1-IELI 60 Size CALL FOR OUR LOW PRICES Schlagar Helicopter Parts Stock Including Pipes Puselages Etc _______________JLOWEST PRICES WEBRAI now availableI M J WAS ENTERPRISESI DISTRIBUTORS Stock Helicopter Kits Accessories Engines S Radios Parts S Books CRICKET Cricket Parts AMERICAN R/C MANTIS NOW ONLY $11998 SS , I..t .a..n..,s... . ghh S 11 2 Modei Aviation U PO BOX 112 HEUCOPTER Bull
Edition: Model Aviation - 1981/12
Page Numbers: 16, 17, 18, 105, 112
FUN DOESNT come easy Flying RC fun learning fly can anything fun have too dropouts market flooded so-called trainers some hardly less difficult fly Pattern ship folks good intentions call some bomb trainer have barrage viewpoints would teach handicapped because know too much have forgotten what like learned fly Only teach themselves know hard Anyone has learned fly under expert supervision began level far beyond loner outsider fringe hacker am hacker although 55 years stuff have made street-wise---but still get mugged un expected What crucial whether have help good fliers simply wish beginners would go away understand guys may have precious little time enjoy own flying Some clubs indifferent otherslike Northern Virginia RC Club belong involved Some Sundays six beginners show up taken care competent help us can learn fly practically anything typical trainer can seldom flown help Help makes great deal difference 02 rudder job Tens thousands have no help whatsoever ignore fact trainee usually model builder has problems simplest kit simple trainers tough put together guy cant build correctly no warps twists get system installed works reliably start tight engine break jillion other things what chances Often has fight dry batteries doubt manufacturer wishes fuss dry batteries price-war competition compels low list prices cannot operate airborne dry batteries period time least voltmeter understanding check things Out Rusty springs clips etc never reliable Should person start simplest ships 16 Model Aviation BillWinter r4tkj23JG6Lt kicks Hal aeoIt putthe wing bottom Sweet Stik surprised its pattern capability especially ma neuvers performed within 300-ft window Spans 5 ft area 600 squares weighs 4 lb power K&B 40 calls Sweet n Low Stick Wouldnt ya know life depended guaranteeing lone beginnerthe best chance quickly managing simple RC hed bet rudder-only configuration short-run tank mount foam construction could epoxied back together field configuration like Ranger42 has excellent free flight stability course student would later require something ambitious least feet would wet hopefully hed hooked John Preston photo Left Englands Peter Miller built Bills Eagle Skybo 1 o KIT ana gets five-minute climbs eight-minute glides Jena 15 diese run rn half power Bill didnt remember Skybo Kit called Rocket 46 Right Al Powells Krackerjac early-60s American Modeler plan Jetco kit designed Winter Al converted 20-year-old ship escapements Kraft system three channels trike gear Fellow fliers see performance wont believe crates old Dozens ships published 20 years ago still great RC sport jobs Cardboard Third-Scale Among latest cardboard monsters fun-loving Du-Bro charac ters have cooking up years Art Schmalzs /3-scale Eastbourne Monoplane Span 9 ft chord 18 area 14 sq ft 24 pounds thats 28 oz per sq ft Great Planes Fly-In general reaction amazement cardboard does look good such big plane can built lightly common material Having Dave Grays collection sketches pictures going back 101 953aswellasvolumesOf notes obtained overthe phonewe got far Herb Clukey ass 10-ft monsterwithout wings ran out time problem get step-by-step pix show Daves technology example inner side airfoiled wing has backing peeled back couple inches side exact leading edge following material scored cut through knife inside flat Moving toward trailing edge top surface spacing between scores gradually widened After scoring shaping peeled material pushed back place Sticky paper tape wraps around joining panels TE fuselage corners Contact cement bit epoxy crucial places holds together have detach wires flying because atmospheric conditions hot sun field dampness storage can warp surfaces otherwise isenough available data forpublishing plane likethisalithe tricks idle folder built up Art Dave got far enough know remarkably easyif know simple essential tricks gear work up requires him upgrade radio system perhaps several times Should begin simplest ships radio system permits later expansion four channels ultimately ailerons does begin four channels essential guidance until can manage Trainers often reflect philosophy trying things people want chap merely successfully achieve flight means just tail wagger rudder Flight training always did fall primary basic advanced bigger ships some us would solo guy Cub others T-6 still others Northrop F-5 jet Given two seats latter three trainers Suppose life depended training some guy fly RC fails executed chap needs see plane air steer around safely life depended what would have 16-year-old grandsonhe stands 6 ft 4 inwho aftersteeringourFF RCVagabond around low throttle wanted get RC Naturally wanted something exciting showed him so-called trainer kits recoiled him plans mass mysterious lines things diecut etc meant nothing happened Ace Dicks Dream around designed old fox Owen Kampen 02 job foam wing simple built-up fuselage radio singlechannel magnetic actuator wiggles rudder back forth proportional control fuselage sheet few pieces After explaining unattractive him project telling him local experts like Srull Bowers fly fun became interested deal built plane would lend him systemtransmitter converted Nicads dad accomplished Pattern pilot believe boy could never fly simplest RC jobs himself would get enough guidance hell probably get steer around Dad has no time thing difficult Such ship/system wont go waste afterwards because will always funeven kid advances something complex idea what comes next would some simple kitand will take plenty thinking throttle rudder elevators eleva tors will locked place until flies rudder throttle Wed prefer 09powered roaring Schnuerle 10 Just possibly 15 ship would fly pep 15 reasonably well 09 10 wed opt smaller engine beauty simple beginning crate can usually fixed spot foam wings epoxied together life depended kids flying youd want on-field repairability Also will learn some building fuselage tail assembly attaching gear etc baby step toward advanced trainer construc tion course could go all-foam trainer route wed want decent enginewhich dont always get can epoxy trainers back together day long weeks should considered expendable George Myers states elevators wed lock neutral beginning Remember sudden dive perhaps execution squad gets As far writer would go student four- five-channel transmitter three-channel foamie could use radio later something like Falcon Kadet provided success gave him some momentum December1981 17 cardboard Eastbourne Great Planes Fly-In Dave Gray right boss-man Dewey Broberg behind prop talking Jerry Smith chap face cant see dummy cylinder Quadra -twin rooled lots folks Dummy cylinderacts mufflerand dual exhaust Show prop is35 itflies 18x6 Pilot carved balsa 111/2 wheels vacuumformed ABS plastic pipe insulation tires Smilin Art added paper tape strips simulate ribs cross pieces Cable-controlled ailerons simulated turns banks rudder uirimate Rubber Scale model After reading Bill Henns comments see text may wish substitute Fairey Barracuda pet WW II job Son Bill Henn poses high-timing Barracuda built dads plans Pops45-gm version flies beyond huge Johnsville PA Control Line Still Alive join crowd coincidence admire another Kampen design Concept Models Aero 15 think its too lively 15 purpose son ekes out safe flights 05 Max 10 8 x 6 love 15 teaches newcomers about setting up engines what prop use what airplane just engine boy staggered onto dihedralled Kadet Falcon ailerons wed start him off telling him go easy aileronsuntil guy needs hear soothing voice feel reassuring hand stick now loner chances dim indeed controls fully stable plane capable free flight requires nudge opinion absolutely necessaryunless has very best patient help Forget 40powered classic trainers Weve seen too adults spend $500 auger pick up pieces disappear forever dont have perfect answer No does Maybe should go back drafting board wild blue yonder ranking Rubber Scale ace Bill Henn Chambermaid fame. see April 1979 Model Aviation still deluged requests questions guys building peerless wonder Chamber maid winning just about meet entered Times getting high Bill retired CMaid ahead switched same-size Folkert SK-3 pop-up tail Bill Hungs favorite son DT bit nuisance race-plane events flew Johnsville got 201 240 503 gawd 1700 005 Weighing few grams C-Maid has rubberfour strands 195 FAI 33 long 005 1300 winds Back another C-Maid lighter45 grams Afraid wind up could use FAC Field Durham CT After two maxes Crossing FF Group NJ concentrated P-30 last issue NFFS hit boomer gone So converted C-Maid spot P-30 switching 95-in plastic prop 22-in 9 gr 160 FAI rubberlegal last flight maxed won both Scale P-30 C-Maid thinks should nominated NFFS Scale Model year thinks its better some others theyve picked Bill Bill Jr think 45-gr Fairey Barra cuda ultimate WW II subject Young Bill made dads 1979 plans summer huge two-day bash Johnsville PA lads Barracuda won handily flight over two minutes next WW II event 1981 beat two minutes heats 75% winds finally hitting thermal others models fell through Barracuda vanished wherever Henn Scalers resting Henn Skunk Works now working up another Barracuda time DT Bill says monstrous Johnsville Naval Air Station becoming too small DT easy T-tail though Henns will have put up hassle will surely cause money beautiful sight model aviation good Rubber Scaler riding smoothly through big circles higher higher on dont know humble Rubber Scale model has recovered national activity time look Youll brag about just being Dantes Inferno on-going flight practice Claude McCulloughs indefatigable Kadet Mac says have unusual problems Having found ailerons sluggish especially nose-high reduced throttle Mac advised us specs call mild movement keep tyros out troublethats us said crank movementwe already plenty Disliking up-trim left aileron up TE having no warps wing became suspicious straight-looking vertical tail Sure enough slight left added rudder got rid asymmetric aileron response took out some left aileron cranked slight down right aileron gave varying conditions different speeds due yawnaturally Cut out said Mac suggested trimming both ailerons slightly upward dead flat using up right aileron works fine also suggested moving CG forward right ship seemed reasonably Continued page 105 18 Model Aviation powerful impressive electric Bob Kopski has seenit leaps off groundwas modified Goldberg Falcon two Astro 15s turning 8 x 4 Cox gray props Span extended 60 spill plates added sheet tail Controls engine off low high rud der elevator aileronand flaps gross 61/2 lb shows electric power coming age twin no starting problems throttle sync ing something think about Called Astrobat have hunch its demise due Astrobatting terra firma Kopaki photos Thats what Guy Markham writes us prove sends stack pix lovely Fokker Triplanemodified RC Power Veco 61 Clarence Lee 10% uniflow tank Mustain Prop 12-5 Rev-Up Airfoils 25% symmetrical wing stab set zero degrees Covering Silron dope Let us just say hills alive fine CL FE planes Scale otherwise Somehow guys think mags radio crazy its waste time show anything else RC guys seem hog publicity its because other people roll over play dead Plans Service testifies fine non-RC things published column anything flies can publish what receive looking down lines Guys Tripe youd know what realism cant get closer feel flight feel such machines live responding continuously touch great experiences FOX 36 COMBA T SPECIAL wins place Slow Fast Combat 1981 Nationals FOX 36 COMBAT SPECIAL now delivered set up suction Try a35 profile model such as #13700 FOX 36 Top Flife Streak Midwest Magician Mustang P-40 Goldbergs Cosmic Wind Sterlings COMBAT SPECIAL Ringmaster Youll find balances Out nicely performs superbly 9-7 size propellor prefer 15 size profile models install 15 BE $6990 expe ence cones ca pe fo mance #11698 FOX 15-BB $5995 Hut Lse 15011 eta iase 5305 Towson Ave Fort Smith Arkansas 72901 MANUFACTURING CO FOX 1 5-BB Wins Place FAl Fun/Winter Continued page 18 balanced Mac sent us supplementary sheet specific figures CG -in back extreme rearward position stipulated chunk lead nose Kadet just came alive grooved trim changes settled down ailerons became effective takeoffs easier botched approaches less panic Today rolled right vigor very weak left know responsiblewell get third takeoff few hours ago wind shifted blew gale extreme turbulence planes tossed like paper dust devil went across nose learned instantly use aileron takeoff along rudder no airplane Clawing toward hedgerow creates snow-fence wind roll chopped throttle before clearing gust pointed crate straight up before could touch stick got down damage Two experts commenting us around both kept mouths shut Smart After 55 years yours truly learned two basics day Learning forever Skeletons closet am forever surprised pictures own forgotten designs would like share two good ones brought attention Peter Miller modelcamera-plane guy England made wonderful pictures lost Roman ruins built Eagle Kits Skybo 1948 vintage Wed guess about 6 ft because Rocket 46 engine Peter actually kit flew lena iesel modified reed valve RC carb cuts revs 50% RCs rudder throttle Running Jena half throttle climbs five minutes gets 8mm glidereally makes local club glider pilots feel sick rudder just keeps headed wind puts down transmitter lights cigarette talks shop other modelers Probably has large vertical tail crate weathervaning Since no colored tissue England used food dyes wet tissue airbrushed onto Peanuts added weight cant measured fly way Millers Skybo must have correct thrust line relationship profile George Myers tells us flew some chaps Krackerjac did surprisingly well old American Modeler early Sixties Jetco kit escapement throttle Max 15 grooved like multi did first-rate touch-and-goes Wed forgotten Now have assorted pix including ninefooter picture sent Al Powell shows conversion trike gear Bonner escapement Citizen-Ship radio replaced Kraft Series 80 silk dope MonoKote Al says guys flying field would believe 20-year-old crate flies well tempted enlarge 40 size 15 D-tube wing front Its bit like shortcoupled Kadet youd fuss strip ailerons semi-symmetrical airfoil Falcon airfoil about three four degrees dihedral youd have ball-of-fun sport machine ever start Antique Old-Timer RC thing well make out like bandit Dream on. Lightning strikes Leisure Electronics recent entrant field electric flight setups staging Grand Championship January 9 10 1982 Co-sponsors Futaba Sanyo Pattern contest Scale event anything youre familiar with. its easier task Precision Duration seven minutes 1 A-mm motor run Anything long its powered 05 electric motor can enter Precision Duration event thins field down six finalists go shootout last down wins last flight will something seethe last man down will handed check $1000 Other prizes include radios chargers $100 cash prizes Best Direct Drive Best Geared Prop Best Old-Timer Write Leisure Electronics 11 Deerspring Irvine CA 92714 call 714 552-4540 details badsome good prizes within reach unknowns old order changeth Wed like say something about Sid Axelrod loss family Top Flite us very real Continued page 112 .mk.hiaf AVAILABLE NOWWeeOUPF3 so-epe52395 JB Spend MK iii e4 MOCO 7e epe Weight 15 he2195 Tevel Aj 2000 105 ciaseic Scale apiece 23 be 2295 Treed Air 4000 99 Sacal Eve claroc ape 23 be2295 Fokker 0-Vil se Geceav WW righte elpe 23 be2495 Cooing Seen Sopih Pop 50 eve Sopclh Tepehoced 5iV TopIeee Waco ATO Lyjack Vecsov 90 5pIaee N cpor-i 11 aebo 55 aiplace 35 Scale rokke Del 72 TopIeee Plans shipped U PS Parcel Post Please add $300 posrage handlino fasresr service send posraJ nonay order No C 00 orders senr BEHRENS PLAN SERVICE 31-27 Healy Ave Far Rockaway NY 11691 212 337-6987 THE MEGC Sport P/C Design Distribusora & Dealers Wekome Phone 703 57320382829 l3orr Ave B-i 1a Fairfax Virginia 22931 USA December 1981 105 LEADER IN SMALL AIRFOIL TECHNOLOGY MASIER AIRSCREW JtstV 3LSWEV JSTAIg IMPROVED THROUGH FOUR YEARS OF PRODUCTION THE GIF SERIES IS UNEQUALED FOR PERFORMANCE & DURABILITY AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE THROUGH 131 DISTRIBUTORS WINDSOR PROPELLER CO WINDSOR CA 95492 PRESENTS BALSA STRIPPER 495 AT YOUR DEALER PRECISION STRIP WOOD TO Va x /s INS FROM BALSA SHEET ALSO FOR DRAFTING AND PHOTO MATS USES TYPE II BLADE SUPER TOOL T PRICE WINDSOR PROPELLER CO PO BOX 112 WINDSOR CA 95492 Super Savings GET ORGANIZEDSCALE DOCUMENTATIONFiberglass Materials Heres anetoff stordyldestttat hoIdnooRSCALE DRAWINGSPHOTOS BOOKLETSFiberglassClothSSqyards51500 4 years lavorite 8ii magazineschoice 3/, 2 4 6 oz cloth 4 MAG FILES $495titmiflating Ep oxy Resin I6hrcurelS30OOper gal PO BOX 388-K Send 5498 plus 51 OCtLiquid Mold ReleaseS3O0 16 ozs postage harrdierg toREPLA TECHEpoxy PrimerIKaRiS40OOpergat Epoxy Paint Thinner K&BIS SOOper gal DON INOtJSThiESNTERNA ONAPolyester Resin K&BIS20O0per gal DOVER NH 03820CATALOGS $200 49600 MC KENZ E HwySend check money order shtpping collect COO okay VIDA OflEGON 9749aCall write Bob Smith RIC Aircraft PO Box 33335 Oranada Hills CA 91344 1213t 3666872 indeed dutiful memoriam thingboard carefully avoid breakingfrom battery pack negative lead because Sid like friends notanythingflap control range about 27 VDC 32 us today will always present has NextbecauseTimwantedflaperonswetracedVDC voltages measured handed baton cannot drop hobbythe wires ailerons flaps controls Asused set freshly charged batteries using business have shared muchwe traced out made sketches what we20000 ohms/volt VOM resulting control Forced look back occasion wefound soon became obvious XLpulse ranges 1 00 ms 200 ms admire people like Sid because have ourcircuits fundamentally different theailerons 110 ms 190 ms flaps deep respect sum-up word integritySilver Seven circuits Freds book keptmeasured Estes Skyaligner Oct 81 true peers try live uptracing sketching until understood theMA better having known Siddifference information hand could decide like others personification reason- must very careful avoid makingwhether proceed proposed ableness knew could haveassumptions later proven trueinstallation assembled mixer piece otherwise integrity simpleIn case control voltages distributedof periboard ran some static tests words like knowing fly toon Pink Black wires would easy torevealed need offset flap control fly everything stands will readassume Pink Japanese code 5voltages mixed voltages presented about Sid testimony appears else-VDC regulated Black 0 VDC wziclzto NE5044 want Flaps Up plus Ailerons magazine feel deeply hiswould half correct As works out theNeutral equal 30 VDC two ways family intimates grateful whatPink wire connects pin 15 5 VDC regulatedto accomplish purpose way would has given us owe himand shall keepto controls 330 ohm resistorshift flap control potentiometer shaft inside memory freshbetween pin 8 Black wire aileronthe flap control lever turned out control puts Black wire 07 VDCdifficult youd expect because escutcheon Bill Winter 4330Alta Vista Dr Fairfa VAThere also 1200 ohm resistor between pin 8plate over flap lever glued place 22030and Purple wire flap control opted instead pair 5 K pots puts point 1 VDCserieswiththePinkandonewiththePurpleleads Radio Technique/Myers Since wiper control potentiometersto flap pot respectively gave us both Con finued page 29cant move about 500 its total rangeoffset control span adjustment also brought about 2700 voltages picked off thein problem back set occa screws antenna battery switch-aileron control 3 VDC measuredsionally shorted out pots changing AMAMJ MAS ENTERPRISES/ N NATIONAL CHAMPION 1979-1980SPECIALISTS IN MIKE MAProudly HeadsRC HELICOPTERS OVERSEAS /% 4toc/ tatt qotlitied tn aesmor questions ranging installing train ing gnar no flying shiy exerted SCHLUTER 1-IELI 60 Size CALL FOR OUR LOW PRICES Schlagar Helicopter Parts Stock Including Pipes Puselages Etc _______________JLOWEST PRICES WEBRAI now availableI M J WAS ENTERPRISESI DISTRIBUTORS Stock Helicopter Kits Accessories Engines S Radios Parts S Books CRICKET Cricket Parts AMERICAN R/C MANTIS NOW ONLY $11998 SS , I..t .a..n..,s... . ghh S 11 2 Modei Aviation U PO BOX 112 HEUCOPTER Bull
Edition: Model Aviation - 1981/12
Page Numbers: 16, 17, 18, 105, 112
FUN DOESNT come easy Flying RC fun learning fly can anything fun have too dropouts market flooded so-called trainers some hardly less difficult fly Pattern ship folks good intentions call some bomb trainer have barrage viewpoints would teach handicapped because know too much have forgotten what like learned fly Only teach themselves know hard Anyone has learned fly under expert supervision began level far beyond loner outsider fringe hacker am hacker although 55 years stuff have made street-wise---but still get mugged un expected What crucial whether have help good fliers simply wish beginners would go away understand guys may have precious little time enjoy own flying Some clubs indifferent otherslike Northern Virginia RC Club belong involved Some Sundays six beginners show up taken care competent help us can learn fly practically anything typical trainer can seldom flown help Help makes great deal difference 02 rudder job Tens thousands have no help whatsoever ignore fact trainee usually model builder has problems simplest kit simple trainers tough put together guy cant build correctly no warps twists get system installed works reliably start tight engine break jillion other things what chances Often has fight dry batteries doubt manufacturer wishes fuss dry batteries price-war competition compels low list prices cannot operate airborne dry batteries period time least voltmeter understanding check things Out Rusty springs clips etc never reliable Should person start simplest ships 16 Model Aviation BillWinter r4tkj23JG6Lt kicks Hal aeoIt putthe wing bottom Sweet Stik surprised its pattern capability especially ma neuvers performed within 300-ft window Spans 5 ft area 600 squares weighs 4 lb power K&B 40 calls Sweet n Low Stick Wouldnt ya know life depended guaranteeing lone beginnerthe best chance quickly managing simple RC hed bet rudder-only configuration short-run tank mount foam construction could epoxied back together field configuration like Ranger42 has excellent free flight stability course student would later require something ambitious least feet would wet hopefully hed hooked John Preston photo Left Englands Peter Miller built Bills Eagle Skybo 1 o KIT ana gets five-minute climbs eight-minute glides Jena 15 diese run rn half power Bill didnt remember Skybo Kit called Rocket 46 Right Al Powells Krackerjac early-60s American Modeler plan Jetco kit designed Winter Al converted 20-year-old ship escapements Kraft system three channels trike gear Fellow fliers see performance wont believe crates old Dozens ships published 20 years ago still great RC sport jobs Cardboard Third-Scale Among latest cardboard monsters fun-loving Du-Bro charac ters have cooking up years Art Schmalzs /3-scale Eastbourne Monoplane Span 9 ft chord 18 area 14 sq ft 24 pounds thats 28 oz per sq ft Great Planes Fly-In general reaction amazement cardboard does look good such big plane can built lightly common material Having Dave Grays collection sketches pictures going back 101 953aswellasvolumesOf notes obtained overthe phonewe got far Herb Clukey ass 10-ft monsterwithout wings ran out time problem get step-by-step pix show Daves technology example inner side airfoiled wing has backing peeled back couple inches side exact leading edge following material scored cut through knife inside flat Moving toward trailing edge top surface spacing between scores gradually widened After scoring shaping peeled material pushed back place Sticky paper tape wraps around joining panels TE fuselage corners Contact cement bit epoxy crucial places holds together have detach wires flying because atmospheric conditions hot sun field dampness storage can warp surfaces otherwise isenough available data forpublishing plane likethisalithe tricks idle folder built up Art Dave got far enough know remarkably easyif know simple essential tricks gear work up requires him upgrade radio system perhaps several times Should begin simplest ships radio system permits later expansion four channels ultimately ailerons does begin four channels essential guidance until can manage Trainers often reflect philosophy trying things people want chap merely successfully achieve flight means just tail wagger rudder Flight training always did fall primary basic advanced bigger ships some us would solo guy Cub others T-6 still others Northrop F-5 jet Given two seats latter three trainers Suppose life depended training some guy fly RC fails executed chap needs see plane air steer around safely life depended what would have 16-year-old grandsonhe stands 6 ft 4 inwho aftersteeringourFF RCVagabond around low throttle wanted get RC Naturally wanted something exciting showed him so-called trainer kits recoiled him plans mass mysterious lines things diecut etc meant nothing happened Ace Dicks Dream around designed old fox Owen Kampen 02 job foam wing simple built-up fuselage radio singlechannel magnetic actuator wiggles rudder back forth proportional control fuselage sheet few pieces After explaining unattractive him project telling him local experts like Srull Bowers fly fun became interested deal built plane would lend him systemtransmitter converted Nicads dad accomplished Pattern pilot believe boy could never fly simplest RC jobs himself would get enough guidance hell probably get steer around Dad has no time thing difficult Such ship/system wont go waste afterwards because will always funeven kid advances something complex idea what comes next would some simple kitand will take plenty thinking throttle rudder elevators eleva tors will locked place until flies rudder throttle Wed prefer 09powered roaring Schnuerle 10 Just possibly 15 ship would fly pep 15 reasonably well 09 10 wed opt smaller engine beauty simple beginning crate can usually fixed spot foam wings epoxied together life depended kids flying youd want on-field repairability Also will learn some building fuselage tail assembly attaching gear etc baby step toward advanced trainer construc tion course could go all-foam trainer route wed want decent enginewhich dont always get can epoxy trainers back together day long weeks should considered expendable George Myers states elevators wed lock neutral beginning Remember sudden dive perhaps execution squad gets As far writer would go student four- five-channel transmitter three-channel foamie could use radio later something like Falcon Kadet provided success gave him some momentum December1981 17 cardboard Eastbourne Great Planes Fly-In Dave Gray right boss-man Dewey Broberg behind prop talking Jerry Smith chap face cant see dummy cylinder Quadra -twin rooled lots folks Dummy cylinderacts mufflerand dual exhaust Show prop is35 itflies 18x6 Pilot carved balsa 111/2 wheels vacuumformed ABS plastic pipe insulation tires Smilin Art added paper tape strips simulate ribs cross pieces Cable-controlled ailerons simulated turns banks rudder uirimate Rubber Scale model After reading Bill Henns comments see text may wish substitute Fairey Barracuda pet WW II job Son Bill Henn poses high-timing Barracuda built dads plans Pops45-gm version flies beyond huge Johnsville PA Control Line Still Alive join crowd coincidence admire another Kampen design Concept Models Aero 15 think its too lively 15 purpose son ekes out safe flights 05 Max 10 8 x 6 love 15 teaches newcomers about setting up engines what prop use what airplane just engine boy staggered onto dihedralled Kadet Falcon ailerons wed start him off telling him go easy aileronsuntil guy needs hear soothing voice feel reassuring hand stick now loner chances dim indeed controls fully stable plane capable free flight requires nudge opinion absolutely necessaryunless has very best patient help Forget 40powered classic trainers Weve seen too adults spend $500 auger pick up pieces disappear forever dont have perfect answer No does Maybe should go back drafting board wild blue yonder ranking Rubber Scale ace Bill Henn Chambermaid fame. see April 1979 Model Aviation still deluged requests questions guys building peerless wonder Chamber maid winning just about meet entered Times getting high Bill retired CMaid ahead switched same-size Folkert SK-3 pop-up tail Bill Hungs favorite son DT bit nuisance race-plane events flew Johnsville got 201 240 503 gawd 1700 005 Weighing few grams C-Maid has rubberfour strands 195 FAI 33 long 005 1300 winds Back another C-Maid lighter45 grams Afraid wind up could use FAC Field Durham CT After two maxes Crossing FF Group NJ concentrated P-30 last issue NFFS hit boomer gone So converted C-Maid spot P-30 switching 95-in plastic prop 22-in 9 gr 160 FAI rubberlegal last flight maxed won both Scale P-30 C-Maid thinks should nominated NFFS Scale Model year thinks its better some others theyve picked Bill Bill Jr think 45-gr Fairey Barra cuda ultimate WW II subject Young Bill made dads 1979 plans summer huge two-day bash Johnsville PA lads Barracuda won handily flight over two minutes next WW II event 1981 beat two minutes heats 75% winds finally hitting thermal others models fell through Barracuda vanished wherever Henn Scalers resting Henn Skunk Works now working up another Barracuda time DT Bill says monstrous Johnsville Naval Air Station becoming too small DT easy T-tail though Henns will have put up hassle will surely cause money beautiful sight model aviation good Rubber Scaler riding smoothly through big circles higher higher on dont know humble Rubber Scale model has recovered national activity time look Youll brag about just being Dantes Inferno on-going flight practice Claude McCulloughs indefatigable Kadet Mac says have unusual problems Having found ailerons sluggish especially nose-high reduced throttle Mac advised us specs call mild movement keep tyros out troublethats us said crank movementwe already plenty Disliking up-trim left aileron up TE having no warps wing became suspicious straight-looking vertical tail Sure enough slight left added rudder got rid asymmetric aileron response took out some left aileron cranked slight down right aileron gave varying conditions different speeds due yawnaturally Cut out said Mac suggested trimming both ailerons slightly upward dead flat using up right aileron works fine also suggested moving CG forward right ship seemed reasonably Continued page 105 18 Model Aviation powerful impressive electric Bob Kopski has seenit leaps off groundwas modified Goldberg Falcon two Astro 15s turning 8 x 4 Cox gray props Span extended 60 spill plates added sheet tail Controls engine off low high rud der elevator aileronand flaps gross 61/2 lb shows electric power coming age twin no starting problems throttle sync ing something think about Called Astrobat have hunch its demise due Astrobatting terra firma Kopaki photos Thats what Guy Markham writes us prove sends stack pix lovely Fokker Triplanemodified RC Power Veco 61 Clarence Lee 10% uniflow tank Mustain Prop 12-5 Rev-Up Airfoils 25% symmetrical wing stab set zero degrees Covering Silron dope Let us just say hills alive fine CL FE planes Scale otherwise Somehow guys think mags radio crazy its waste time show anything else RC guys seem hog publicity its because other people roll over play dead Plans Service testifies fine non-RC things published column anything flies can publish what receive looking down lines Guys Tripe youd know what realism cant get closer feel flight feel such machines live responding continuously touch great experiences FOX 36 COMBA T SPECIAL wins place Slow Fast Combat 1981 Nationals FOX 36 COMBAT SPECIAL now delivered set up suction Try a35 profile model such as #13700 FOX 36 Top Flife Streak Midwest Magician Mustang P-40 Goldbergs Cosmic Wind Sterlings COMBAT SPECIAL Ringmaster Youll find balances Out nicely performs superbly 9-7 size propellor prefer 15 size profile models install 15 BE $6990 expe ence cones ca pe fo mance #11698 FOX 15-BB $5995 Hut Lse 15011 eta iase 5305 Towson Ave Fort Smith Arkansas 72901 MANUFACTURING CO FOX 1 5-BB Wins Place FAl Fun/Winter Continued page 18 balanced Mac sent us supplementary sheet specific figures CG -in back extreme rearward position stipulated chunk lead nose Kadet just came alive grooved trim changes settled down ailerons became effective takeoffs easier botched approaches less panic Today rolled right vigor very weak left know responsiblewell get third takeoff few hours ago wind shifted blew gale extreme turbulence planes tossed like paper dust devil went across nose learned instantly use aileron takeoff along rudder no airplane Clawing toward hedgerow creates snow-fence wind roll chopped throttle before clearing gust pointed crate straight up before could touch stick got down damage Two experts commenting us around both kept mouths shut Smart After 55 years yours truly learned two basics day Learning forever Skeletons closet am forever surprised pictures own forgotten designs would like share two good ones brought attention Peter Miller modelcamera-plane guy England made wonderful pictures lost Roman ruins built Eagle Kits Skybo 1948 vintage Wed guess about 6 ft because Rocket 46 engine Peter actually kit flew lena iesel modified reed valve RC carb cuts revs 50% RCs rudder throttle Running Jena half throttle climbs five minutes gets 8mm glidereally makes local club glider pilots feel sick rudder just keeps headed wind puts down transmitter lights cigarette talks shop other modelers Probably has large vertical tail crate weathervaning Since no colored tissue England used food dyes wet tissue airbrushed onto Peanuts added weight cant measured fly way Millers Skybo must have correct thrust line relationship profile George Myers tells us flew some chaps Krackerjac did surprisingly well old American Modeler early Sixties Jetco kit escapement throttle Max 15 grooved like multi did first-rate touch-and-goes Wed forgotten Now have assorted pix including ninefooter picture sent Al Powell shows conversion trike gear Bonner escapement Citizen-Ship radio replaced Kraft Series 80 silk dope MonoKote Al says guys flying field would believe 20-year-old crate flies well tempted enlarge 40 size 15 D-tube wing front Its bit like shortcoupled Kadet youd fuss strip ailerons semi-symmetrical airfoil Falcon airfoil about three four degrees dihedral youd have ball-of-fun sport machine ever start Antique Old-Timer RC thing well make out like bandit Dream on. Lightning strikes Leisure Electronics recent entrant field electric flight setups staging Grand Championship January 9 10 1982 Co-sponsors Futaba Sanyo Pattern contest Scale event anything youre familiar with. its easier task Precision Duration seven minutes 1 A-mm motor run Anything long its powered 05 electric motor can enter Precision Duration event thins field down six finalists go shootout last down wins last flight will something seethe last man down will handed check $1000 Other prizes include radios chargers $100 cash prizes Best Direct Drive Best Geared Prop Best Old-Timer Write Leisure Electronics 11 Deerspring Irvine CA 92714 call 714 552-4540 details badsome good prizes within reach unknowns old order changeth Wed like say something about Sid Axelrod loss family Top Flite us very real Continued page 112 .mk.hiaf AVAILABLE NOWWeeOUPF3 so-epe52395 JB Spend MK iii e4 MOCO 7e epe Weight 15 he2195 Tevel Aj 2000 105 ciaseic Scale apiece 23 be 2295 Treed Air 4000 99 Sacal Eve claroc ape 23 be2295 Fokker 0-Vil se Geceav WW righte elpe 23 be2495 Cooing Seen Sopih Pop 50 eve Sopclh Tepehoced 5iV TopIeee Waco ATO Lyjack Vecsov 90 5pIaee N cpor-i 11 aebo 55 aiplace 35 Scale rokke Del 72 TopIeee Plans shipped U PS Parcel Post Please add $300 posrage handlino fasresr service send posraJ nonay order No C 00 orders senr BEHRENS PLAN SERVICE 31-27 Healy Ave Far Rockaway NY 11691 212 337-6987 THE MEGC Sport P/C Design Distribusora & Dealers Wekome Phone 703 57320382829 l3orr Ave B-i 1a Fairfax Virginia 22931 USA December 1981 105 LEADER IN SMALL AIRFOIL TECHNOLOGY MASIER AIRSCREW JtstV 3LSWEV JSTAIg IMPROVED THROUGH FOUR YEARS OF PRODUCTION THE GIF SERIES IS UNEQUALED FOR PERFORMANCE & DURABILITY AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE THROUGH 131 DISTRIBUTORS WINDSOR PROPELLER CO WINDSOR CA 95492 PRESENTS BALSA STRIPPER 495 AT YOUR DEALER PRECISION STRIP WOOD TO Va x /s INS FROM BALSA SHEET ALSO FOR DRAFTING AND PHOTO MATS USES TYPE II BLADE SUPER TOOL T PRICE WINDSOR PROPELLER CO PO BOX 112 WINDSOR CA 95492 Super Savings GET ORGANIZEDSCALE DOCUMENTATIONFiberglass Materials Heres anetoff stordyldestttat hoIdnooRSCALE DRAWINGSPHOTOS BOOKLETSFiberglassClothSSqyards51500 4 years lavorite 8ii magazineschoice 3/, 2 4 6 oz cloth 4 MAG FILES $495titmiflating Ep oxy Resin I6hrcurelS30OOper gal PO BOX 388-K Send 5498 plus 51 OCtLiquid Mold ReleaseS3O0 16 ozs postage harrdierg toREPLA TECHEpoxy PrimerIKaRiS40OOpergat Epoxy Paint Thinner K&BIS SOOper gal DON INOtJSThiESNTERNA ONAPolyester Resin K&BIS20O0per gal DOVER NH 03820CATALOGS $200 49600 MC KENZ E HwySend check money order shtpping collect COO okay VIDA OflEGON 9749aCall write Bob Smith RIC Aircraft PO Box 33335 Oranada Hills CA 91344 1213t 3666872 indeed dutiful memoriam thingboard carefully avoid breakingfrom battery pack negative lead because Sid like friends notanythingflap control range about 27 VDC 32 us today will always present has NextbecauseTimwantedflaperonswetracedVDC voltages measured handed baton cannot drop hobbythe wires ailerons flaps controls Asused set freshly charged batteries using business have shared muchwe traced out made sketches what we20000 ohms/volt VOM resulting control Forced look back occasion wefound soon became obvious XLpulse ranges 1 00 ms 200 ms admire people like Sid because have ourcircuits fundamentally different theailerons 110 ms 190 ms flaps deep respect sum-up word integritySilver Seven circuits Freds book keptmeasured Estes Skyaligner Oct 81 true peers try live uptracing sketching until understood theMA better having known Siddifference information hand could decide like others personification reason- must very careful avoid makingwhether proceed proposed ableness knew could haveassumptions later proven trueinstallation assembled mixer piece otherwise integrity simpleIn case control voltages distributedof periboard ran some static tests words like knowing fly toon Pink Black wires would easy torevealed need offset flap control fly everything stands will readassume Pink Japanese code 5voltages mixed voltages presented about Sid testimony appears else-VDC regulated Black 0 VDC wziclzto NE5044 want Flaps Up plus Ailerons magazine feel deeply hiswould half correct As works out theNeutral equal 30 VDC two ways family intimates grateful whatPink wire connects pin 15 5 VDC regulatedto accomplish purpose way would has given us owe himand shall keepto controls 330 ohm resistorshift flap control potentiometer shaft inside memory freshbetween pin 8 Black wire aileronthe flap control lever turned out control puts Black wire 07 VDCdifficult youd expect because escutcheon Bill Winter 4330Alta Vista Dr Fairfa VAThere also 1200 ohm resistor between pin 8plate over flap lever glued place 22030and Purple wire flap control opted instead pair 5 K pots puts point 1 VDCserieswiththePinkandonewiththePurpleleads Radio Technique/Myers Since wiper control potentiometersto flap pot respectively gave us both Con finued page 29cant move about 500 its total rangeoffset control span adjustment also brought about 2700 voltages picked off thein problem back set occa screws antenna battery switch-aileron control 3 VDC measuredsionally shorted out pots changing AMAMJ MAS ENTERPRISES/ N NATIONAL CHAMPION 1979-1980SPECIALISTS IN MIKE MAProudly HeadsRC HELICOPTERS OVERSEAS /% 4toc/ tatt qotlitied tn aesmor questions ranging installing train ing gnar no flying shiy exerted SCHLUTER 1-IELI 60 Size CALL FOR OUR LOW PRICES Schlagar Helicopter Parts Stock Including Pipes Puselages Etc _______________JLOWEST PRICES WEBRAI now availableI M J WAS ENTERPRISESI DISTRIBUTORS Stock Helicopter Kits Accessories Engines S Radios Parts S Books CRICKET Cricket Parts AMERICAN R/C MANTIS NOW ONLY $11998 SS , I..t .a..n..,s... . ghh S 11 2 Modei Aviation U PO BOX 112 HEUCOPTER Bull