Bill Winter Yizst53r bS%w c/fr FLIGHTS OF FANCY Sunday after Christmas dont have foggiest idea about column heading guys have done file drawer full folders containing some cases five- 10-page letters dozens pictures stuff dreams made columnists have space limits Fun turns everybody Typically Joe Tschirgi begins Ive greatly enjoyed column since interests parallel own am sending few photos might enjoy say interests parallel everybodys Joe might ingenious Scale man weve ever run across know about fantastic Brandenburg flying boats Like super-talented modelers Joe ex-NVRCer living Californiawas long ago drafted career RPVs Will settle showing just few latest ships Rolfe Gregorys thing Rubber Scale Rolfe soft-spoken old-timer careers both full-scale engineering ancient pilot too modeling obviously have rewarding mountain elves sometimes LANDING GEAR STIFFENER IDEA BY GEORGE KANAKOS 14 Model Aviation Dave Indyke trusting beginnerwho let Winter fly FlitecraftWilgaWinter hurriedly snapped pie theyoung couple tirstexperi trainer model right Bill would like shake designes handencewiththeAirtronicso-Teemadetheplacejumpforjoy BobCrosby whoever Dave about tackle pretty Orline Victory Stickright made first hop flies anything comes alonghe done up old-time Navy colorsgot Winter shoot good approach infamous Kadet Mitch Polings betteralf Sandra displays Mitchs beloved Berkeley Brigadier38 ox Astro Flight 05 electric motor six sub-C cells Hands-off flights 6- 8-mm Just needs help finding field landing Mitch waxes poeticsee text mention soul Shangri-la lovely country site hundreds different Scale subjects float about quiet summer evenings goes back glory days Luscombe writes enchanting bits about full-scale Maxecuters newsletter Maxecuters Christmas dinner Rolfe put little booklet hand comment Twelve pages about AMLA national movement predated AMA AMLA probably hundreds thousands members Before MAN began 1929 air-minded youth fired up Lindbergh flight read American Boy pamphlet done late Hall-of-Famer Merrill Hamburg Merrill old man finally met him post-war Olathe Nats shares Charlie Grant Joe Ott Jim Walker credit pulling hobby together wrote manual copy righted 1928 American Boy modeler time loved ROGs still over place today Perhaps old-timers know what twin-pusher really although term lingers mysteriously climbed like rockets well FAI gassie Didnt glide worth hoot got high went far seldom got see glide American Boy contained rubber fuse stick jobs well detailed Scale ships like Ford Trimotor Curtiss Hawk mar velous magazine sad victim depres sion Big Better expressed concern owner two Quarter-Scalers John Elliott Assistant Ed ModelBuilder comments lucidly Read great interest thoughts Quarter Scale writes John agree about 99 44/100 percent. portion rumor mill true B-36 Fun reported 27 ft long CB Associates sold six Kawasakis thought Quadras gentleman chatted him asked him about some parameters project ie wing area loading replied hadnt run numbers yet though construction started true about Northrop flying wing reported 17-ft spaa As know Ive lucky pilot Meyer brothers Spruce Goose am involved B-35 wing Tis 14 ft 3 Meyers Darrel Merle thank heaven treat biggies miniature aircraft RPVs large RC models way should Most people attend contest hap pening report fine have agree -Tschirqi Follies i Top three photos Joes last years folly French Dufaux fighter 2in scale Joes Holy Grail scale speedthough says requires 1/3-scale covered microfilm Power 3-lb beastie prop amidships TD 09 Using 5-to-i gear drive race car gears turns scale balsa 17-in prop Cooling through cockpit via squirrel cage Three channels coupled ailerons rudder Flew well after switching hotter fuel less oil Engine installation including mount muffler flywheel gears hollow shaft support rear fuse lage weighs 10 os does actuate controls rear prop Good question Below left Joes answer burning question what two Ugly Stik wings Wheres stab Longitudinal stability comes adequate negative stagger Aft ailerons top wing serve elevators Powered Prof i 76 weighs 10 lb flew floats well maneuverablepast tense note Joe calls Bob-Tailed Beech Below right RPVs Joes life Mostly foam board weighed 60 lb Easy fly 6 cu Kolbo 2-to-i gear drive Designed fly inverted earth-looking payload can sit top April 1982 15 Dave Taverna Richmond Model Flying Club Staten Island NY handmade fre quency clips correspond models being flown top bottom Triplane Pulsar Eindecker Ercoupe know whos flying Gospel According AMLA 1920s AMLA tie-in theAmerican Boy magazine publish plans good stuff application Airplane Model League America read wish join AMLA order have backing Commander Byrd other air leaders model work get help Merrill Hamburg building recordsmashing models learn about national contests parts cost free question answer service other League privileges enclosed atwo-cent stamp coverpostage membership card button membership cost anything AMLA didnt mention NAAyes own NAAsupported AMLA provided officers Whos American heroes Bill Stout Eddie Ricken backer Clarence Chamberlin others question-andanswer thing realanyone could get answerto anything about models aviation just two cents paid Maybe thought kids important AMLA sold kits models featured American Boy65 cents ROG example sponsored earlier Nats evaporated 1932 Hearst papers filled breach Junior Birdmenlots old-timers members ScrippsHoward Junior Aviators Birdmen big national movement also went kaput Brother can spare dime JuniorAviators lasted foryears Charlie Grant MANpushed Nats Roosevelt Field 1933 soon after Charlie begat IGMA International Gas Model Association Birdmen felt threatened new-fangled gas models Newspaper charges dangerous led two states banning flying Charlie MAN beat back challengers IGMA became too big handle turned over ever-present NM began Junior Division also got too big led AMA 12-page AMLA Manual price 5 told needed know about models simple 50-odd years ago Actually AMLA activity Middle Ages hobby already quartercentury old N j5 surely case see comments Vegas pg 105 January 1982 MR Quarter-Scale contagious John goes true mountain shape form us memory serves correctly B- 17 brought about need pilot check list d B- 17 thing resulted takeoff Wright Field real test airplane went full stall killed crew close never having B-17 reason groundinstalled gust lock keep surfaces whipping wind removed Checklists assure thinking ahead must practice tle thing monster aircraft Beating spread aluminum blank orwire landing gear may OK trike sport job 3/ 7% - r -x-----~- 30 INapoIlap9 FooO oag dipISRio roddor26A-faa 2opoUo 66116 Ro. wig dipIfTiI soofaro bIaoo527BaiIIap aels 3Frool lb.. boaiog1112 Papo iogaoooiog20Tad orolo Pe9o 9028Xboog 6ErS .ab.aIS Loadiog 4g21TIooad aafIne CI29Rib IF.Ig 0or liobl14 Topiliog odgo22Who30ComO. apao 6C.IS Wig lip23AolSITrailiog 4g 7P. boabI 6 Rib24Lamliag gaeooooo32Loadiog odgo 5Pobbo inI.17 Wiag pr21Elomalo takes beating tail-draggers inade quate monsterjobs especially Scalers like Aristrocrat fully- cantilevered struts real Aristocrat legs hinged longeron extended up pyramid tubular structure under pilots seat snubbed rubber rings must bend landing gear wires acute angles fuselage jointwe have two leg 3/16 wire anything smooth landing will deform bends use 1/16 wire stretched between axle points tough coil spring middle prevents damage worst landings What really need Cessna Wittman type forged landing gear strut George Kanakos offers us interesting solutions wire aluminum easily bent says George threaded shown old gear secured aluminum type drilled bolted use 4-40 socket bolts wire gear secured collar stops Make sure put amount ofrubberband bungees before bolting threading old gear better mouse trap wed say According Ed Orr big Aristocrat its own problem 1929 tells us General Tire Co made goodwill tour uncle operated Swany Airport Ohio field grass rough As boy spent endless hours airport Overhead circled three Aristocrats came landed landing leg folded scooted stop second came did same did third George building Ole Reliable OS 25 Sure has lots company wild blue yonder November column delightful writes Mitch Poling doing electric what weve doing slow-flying gas soarers Old Square Sides would make ideal electric So said Bob Boucher too building year Don Srull taking fuselage installation geared Astro Flight setup would fly very well should weight close four pounds carefully built certainly would fly hands-off describe Mitch already has something similar better Berkeley Brigadier 480 squares stock-wound Astro 05 eight cells uses six all-up weight 38 oz geared cells sub-C evidently way go now Turns 9-4 5500 rpm 14 amps draw giving beautiful flights 6- 8-mm range learned fly rudder-only Ace RO Schoolboy love free flight radio leash has never left delight trim little left right turn Brig put transmitter ground let fly itself seeking finding thermals After gets tired playing around up pick up transmitter give instructions finding field landing pattern Brig Tare old flying buddies Mitch soars entertain other interfering too much others affairs Once radio failed Brig sedately circled around until found spot land quite safely gently also quite good kids nephew Peter leamed fly instantly quite nonchalant about course fly doesnt everybody lots flying including faster planes thats favorite Nine out 10 guys field fly bombs somehow doesnt seem quite like flight its engine plane appen dage So dont let talk out flying driving Fly rudder enjoy Continued page 18 16 Model Aviation r K r Airplane Model League America M L MANUAL Model Plane Builders Merrill Hamburg Socolay Airplano Model Lago America Aieplaoo Model Edjeor THE AMERICAN BOY MAGAZINE COpiONhOd 1928 THE AMERICAN BOY MAGAZINE 550 Lofayeee Boalovoed Dreroje Mich PRICE5 CENTS NORTHERN CALIFORNIAS LARGEST DISCOUNT HOBBY SHOP well FUEL increased power engine life New high film strength lubricant Hiohest auclity ingredients jito cut varnish II II II II II II II II II I II II II II II II II II IHOURS Monday thru Weonesooy yu-o,u nursocy 0 rnooy Y JU-OUUI L J everytime take out 20-yearold Airknocker Enya 09 also 20 years old guys keep asking plane can fly elevators Twice weve experts years standing take over after Knocker trimmed high circling flight nurse along nudging elevator stick trimming itand has no elevators found out tried flare landing However prefer comfort flippers really adjust climb soaring What everyone forgets power elevators altitude control can skim ground Airknocker following undulating swells just throttling back adding barely enough rpm skim tall grass still drive Kadet have brand-new glasses hopefully see better long approaches Get thee behind Satan Life would fun guys like John Oldenkamp has way sticks Theres touch unorthodox structures versatility projects chooses Being crack photographer favors us pictures frames crates leave us staring space proof spell-binding art little Half Korda pub lished MA barely begun little sheet-balsa rubber job still popular subjects plans list RCers must building Oldenkamp men tioned folks listen Although much column devoted RC area foreign have admit have teased some building John begins 25 times Crackerbox thermal tasks attended informal bs session last week got enough scoop rig buy channels get Loan papers pending just spent last week John goes cranking out three delightful all-sheet rubber jobs street small field flight Would trade creative moments week Yosemite dilemma 50 way go take along Shame us making plans earlier include everyone course impossible neverthe less add thanks rest excellent job putting excitment charisma modeling back within public reach People never built ROG should throw stones Go build Half Korda test intelligence Quiekies Son Mike swiped Top Flite J-3 whipped together handed son Robert classy Pattern pilot average age 35 So Rob went bananas over slow stately Cub Says spins slowly nose steeply down Picturebook snaps nosing up backing throttle motor fades throwing rudder Snaps nose high Amazed find out Piper test-pilot instructor did snaps way poor student Bob makes wheel landings stay within field slows up steep sink spot Told him forward side slip Cub gosh crate exactly like real thing managed drop wing once approach told him crank up both ailerons 3/32 inchfrom neutral Equivalent washout reflex airfoil Claude McCullough laid tip us Kadet Now really flies Robs Mach 1 Phoenix V biting nails guys flew Midwest Champ nothing deBolts basic Champ favorite slow-flying trainer maybe 25 years true lightweight 15 fly gales Continued page 73 18 Model Aviation TOLEDO/82 TWENTY EIGHTH ANNUAL R/C EXPOSITION TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA ONE MAIN STREET TOLEDO OHIO Reserve April 2 3 4 1982 attend WORLDS GREATEST RADIO CONTROL MODEL SHOW fea turing worlds largest Swap Shops no dealers complete refreshment centers Saturday Night Auction raffles complete nc systems accessories acres free parking Bring latest completely finished models display enter competition ex citing awards Complete n/c systems will awarded first second third place winners new COLOR TELEVISION will presented lucky winner Best Show Open public three great days presented WEAK SIGNALS R/C CLUB PO BOX 5772 TOLEDO OHIO 43613 APRIL 23&4 FRIDAY 9am 6pm SATURDAY 9am 6pm SUNDAY9am 430pm W4c3 extremely cautious using MEKP can still cause blindness contact eye occurs column being written New Years Day will read late February early March Let us remind RCers havent already done now would good time have radios serviced before contest season upon us Maybe working OK hung up last year maybe wont work well today An ounce prevention worth pound cure Have safe month John Preston 7012 Elvira Court Falls Church VA 22042 Fun/Winter Continued paqe 18 ballast Raves DeBolt rotates wing stab angles incorporate downthnist dont see works better ordinary downthrust dont know Hal did first Live Wire about 1950 Air Scout Concept found fast groovy beautifully coordinated Mike loves An Owen Kampen design has taken over Concept Ace 15 takes 7-in diameter prop flies far nicer 8-4 three-channel joy youve stick time Srull still flying Flitecraft CardinaL Moves out like Kavalier ailerons 35 So smooth problems vanish provided have gone beyond Primary fascinated Flitecrafts boxy 29 trainer three channels Looks different high cabin stumpy Its some what-Scale Polish Wilga have soloed youll love step up Asked beginnerwho doing wellif might fly find yourself tooling around rudder banking unbanking rudder aileron Would love have fun flying speed Highly impressed Airtronics Q-Tee Until now weve seen flown TDs huge thrust offsets right down guys zooming over joint fighting wind crate going like rocket-kite So along came beginner young couple first crate never flown birthday gift flew big Christmas judge didnt fly Christmas would aeronautical instructors helped put up Quite beautiful glide went forevertwo 360s over fence happy couple jumped up down mad delight Things like get Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Neutron Star/Gilgenbach Continued page 27 bearings snug shaft keeping shaft parallel wing saddle confi dent shaft aligned properly Super Jet bearings fuselage being careful stick bearings shaft little Vaseline shaft will help prevent Scrape inside bearings allow easy rotation shaft excessive play Install bottom engine tank com partments Cut out engine cooling passages fuel proof both compartments Hobby poxy Formula 2 Install remaining bottom fuselage cluding sub-fin fit two hatches Continued page 95 STERLING MODEL Priced Right 821 Ibi1 Srr Radio Control Control Line 1525 Engine 1 Wingspan 33 Price $2495 For Radio Control Control Line 049 eng Free Flight Rubber Power Penny Pincher Gliders HiHellcat H2Mustang H3Piper Cub H4Cessna 180 H5Sabre Jet H6T38A Thunderbird Wingspan 13 Price $198 Full Color Covering inclu ded Handsomely detailed just like real airplanes Youll Fly Everyday Just put 2 nose weight Catalog Request STERLING MODELS BUILDING 3620 G Street Philadelphia PA 19134 Catalog entire line airplane control line model kits R/C scale Trainer Kits boat model kits ac cessories etc $100 enc losed Name Address City StateZip April 1982 73 lxii Wingspan 40-5/16 Scale 2-1/8 ice $4595 For
Edition: Model Aviation - 1982/04
Page Numbers: 14, 15, 16, 18, 73
Bill Winter Yizst53r bS%w c/fr FLIGHTS OF FANCY Sunday after Christmas dont have foggiest idea about column heading guys have done file drawer full folders containing some cases five- 10-page letters dozens pictures stuff dreams made columnists have space limits Fun turns everybody Typically Joe Tschirgi begins Ive greatly enjoyed column since interests parallel own am sending few photos might enjoy say interests parallel everybodys Joe might ingenious Scale man weve ever run across know about fantastic Brandenburg flying boats Like super-talented modelers Joe ex-NVRCer living Californiawas long ago drafted career RPVs Will settle showing just few latest ships Rolfe Gregorys thing Rubber Scale Rolfe soft-spoken old-timer careers both full-scale engineering ancient pilot too modeling obviously have rewarding mountain elves sometimes LANDING GEAR STIFFENER IDEA BY GEORGE KANAKOS 14 Model Aviation Dave Indyke trusting beginnerwho let Winter fly FlitecraftWilgaWinter hurriedly snapped pie theyoung couple tirstexperi trainer model right Bill would like shake designes handencewiththeAirtronicso-Teemadetheplacejumpforjoy BobCrosby whoever Dave about tackle pretty Orline Victory Stickright made first hop flies anything comes alonghe done up old-time Navy colorsgot Winter shoot good approach infamous Kadet Mitch Polings betteralf Sandra displays Mitchs beloved Berkeley Brigadier38 ox Astro Flight 05 electric motor six sub-C cells Hands-off flights 6- 8-mm Just needs help finding field landing Mitch waxes poeticsee text mention soul Shangri-la lovely country site hundreds different Scale subjects float about quiet summer evenings goes back glory days Luscombe writes enchanting bits about full-scale Maxecuters newsletter Maxecuters Christmas dinner Rolfe put little booklet hand comment Twelve pages about AMLA national movement predated AMA AMLA probably hundreds thousands members Before MAN began 1929 air-minded youth fired up Lindbergh flight read American Boy pamphlet done late Hall-of-Famer Merrill Hamburg Merrill old man finally met him post-war Olathe Nats shares Charlie Grant Joe Ott Jim Walker credit pulling hobby together wrote manual copy righted 1928 American Boy modeler time loved ROGs still over place today Perhaps old-timers know what twin-pusher really although term lingers mysteriously climbed like rockets well FAI gassie Didnt glide worth hoot got high went far seldom got see glide American Boy contained rubber fuse stick jobs well detailed Scale ships like Ford Trimotor Curtiss Hawk mar velous magazine sad victim depres sion Big Better expressed concern owner two Quarter-Scalers John Elliott Assistant Ed ModelBuilder comments lucidly Read great interest thoughts Quarter Scale writes John agree about 99 44/100 percent. portion rumor mill true B-36 Fun reported 27 ft long CB Associates sold six Kawasakis thought Quadras gentleman chatted him asked him about some parameters project ie wing area loading replied hadnt run numbers yet though construction started true about Northrop flying wing reported 17-ft spaa As know Ive lucky pilot Meyer brothers Spruce Goose am involved B-35 wing Tis 14 ft 3 Meyers Darrel Merle thank heaven treat biggies miniature aircraft RPVs large RC models way should Most people attend contest hap pening report fine have agree -Tschirqi Follies i Top three photos Joes last years folly French Dufaux fighter 2in scale Joes Holy Grail scale speedthough says requires 1/3-scale covered microfilm Power 3-lb beastie prop amidships TD 09 Using 5-to-i gear drive race car gears turns scale balsa 17-in prop Cooling through cockpit via squirrel cage Three channels coupled ailerons rudder Flew well after switching hotter fuel less oil Engine installation including mount muffler flywheel gears hollow shaft support rear fuse lage weighs 10 os does actuate controls rear prop Good question Below left Joes answer burning question what two Ugly Stik wings Wheres stab Longitudinal stability comes adequate negative stagger Aft ailerons top wing serve elevators Powered Prof i 76 weighs 10 lb flew floats well maneuverablepast tense note Joe calls Bob-Tailed Beech Below right RPVs Joes life Mostly foam board weighed 60 lb Easy fly 6 cu Kolbo 2-to-i gear drive Designed fly inverted earth-looking payload can sit top April 1982 15 Dave Taverna Richmond Model Flying Club Staten Island NY handmade fre quency clips correspond models being flown top bottom Triplane Pulsar Eindecker Ercoupe know whos flying Gospel According AMLA 1920s AMLA tie-in theAmerican Boy magazine publish plans good stuff application Airplane Model League America read wish join AMLA order have backing Commander Byrd other air leaders model work get help Merrill Hamburg building recordsmashing models learn about national contests parts cost free question answer service other League privileges enclosed atwo-cent stamp coverpostage membership card button membership cost anything AMLA didnt mention NAAyes own NAAsupported AMLA provided officers Whos American heroes Bill Stout Eddie Ricken backer Clarence Chamberlin others question-andanswer thing realanyone could get answerto anything about models aviation just two cents paid Maybe thought kids important AMLA sold kits models featured American Boy65 cents ROG example sponsored earlier Nats evaporated 1932 Hearst papers filled breach Junior Birdmenlots old-timers members ScrippsHoward Junior Aviators Birdmen big national movement also went kaput Brother can spare dime JuniorAviators lasted foryears Charlie Grant MANpushed Nats Roosevelt Field 1933 soon after Charlie begat IGMA International Gas Model Association Birdmen felt threatened new-fangled gas models Newspaper charges dangerous led two states banning flying Charlie MAN beat back challengers IGMA became too big handle turned over ever-present NM began Junior Division also got too big led AMA 12-page AMLA Manual price 5 told needed know about models simple 50-odd years ago Actually AMLA activity Middle Ages hobby already quartercentury old N j5 surely case see comments Vegas pg 105 January 1982 MR Quarter-Scale contagious John goes true mountain shape form us memory serves correctly B- 17 brought about need pilot check list d B- 17 thing resulted takeoff Wright Field real test airplane went full stall killed crew close never having B-17 reason groundinstalled gust lock keep surfaces whipping wind removed Checklists assure thinking ahead must practice tle thing monster aircraft Beating spread aluminum blank orwire landing gear may OK trike sport job 3/ 7% - r -x-----~- 30 INapoIlap9 FooO oag dipISRio roddor26A-faa 2opoUo 66116 Ro. wig dipIfTiI soofaro bIaoo527BaiIIap aels 3Frool lb.. boaiog1112 Papo iogaoooiog20Tad orolo Pe9o 9028Xboog 6ErS .ab.aIS Loadiog 4g21TIooad aafIne CI29Rib IF.Ig 0or liobl14 Topiliog odgo22Who30ComO. apao 6C.IS Wig lip23AolSITrailiog 4g 7P. boabI 6 Rib24Lamliag gaeooooo32Loadiog odgo 5Pobbo inI.17 Wiag pr21Elomalo takes beating tail-draggers inade quate monsterjobs especially Scalers like Aristrocrat fully- cantilevered struts real Aristocrat legs hinged longeron extended up pyramid tubular structure under pilots seat snubbed rubber rings must bend landing gear wires acute angles fuselage jointwe have two leg 3/16 wire anything smooth landing will deform bends use 1/16 wire stretched between axle points tough coil spring middle prevents damage worst landings What really need Cessna Wittman type forged landing gear strut George Kanakos offers us interesting solutions wire aluminum easily bent says George threaded shown old gear secured aluminum type drilled bolted use 4-40 socket bolts wire gear secured collar stops Make sure put amount ofrubberband bungees before bolting threading old gear better mouse trap wed say According Ed Orr big Aristocrat its own problem 1929 tells us General Tire Co made goodwill tour uncle operated Swany Airport Ohio field grass rough As boy spent endless hours airport Overhead circled three Aristocrats came landed landing leg folded scooted stop second came did same did third George building Ole Reliable OS 25 Sure has lots company wild blue yonder November column delightful writes Mitch Poling doing electric what weve doing slow-flying gas soarers Old Square Sides would make ideal electric So said Bob Boucher too building year Don Srull taking fuselage installation geared Astro Flight setup would fly very well should weight close four pounds carefully built certainly would fly hands-off describe Mitch already has something similar better Berkeley Brigadier 480 squares stock-wound Astro 05 eight cells uses six all-up weight 38 oz geared cells sub-C evidently way go now Turns 9-4 5500 rpm 14 amps draw giving beautiful flights 6- 8-mm range learned fly rudder-only Ace RO Schoolboy love free flight radio leash has never left delight trim little left right turn Brig put transmitter ground let fly itself seeking finding thermals After gets tired playing around up pick up transmitter give instructions finding field landing pattern Brig Tare old flying buddies Mitch soars entertain other interfering too much others affairs Once radio failed Brig sedately circled around until found spot land quite safely gently also quite good kids nephew Peter leamed fly instantly quite nonchalant about course fly doesnt everybody lots flying including faster planes thats favorite Nine out 10 guys field fly bombs somehow doesnt seem quite like flight its engine plane appen dage So dont let talk out flying driving Fly rudder enjoy Continued page 18 16 Model Aviation r K r Airplane Model League America M L MANUAL Model Plane Builders Merrill Hamburg Socolay Airplano Model Lago America Aieplaoo Model Edjeor THE AMERICAN BOY MAGAZINE COpiONhOd 1928 THE AMERICAN BOY MAGAZINE 550 Lofayeee Boalovoed Dreroje Mich PRICE5 CENTS NORTHERN CALIFORNIAS LARGEST DISCOUNT HOBBY SHOP well FUEL increased power engine life New high film strength lubricant Hiohest auclity ingredients jito cut varnish II II II II II II II II II I II II II II II II II II IHOURS Monday thru Weonesooy yu-o,u nursocy 0 rnooy Y JU-OUUI L J everytime take out 20-yearold Airknocker Enya 09 also 20 years old guys keep asking plane can fly elevators Twice weve experts years standing take over after Knocker trimmed high circling flight nurse along nudging elevator stick trimming itand has no elevators found out tried flare landing However prefer comfort flippers really adjust climb soaring What everyone forgets power elevators altitude control can skim ground Airknocker following undulating swells just throttling back adding barely enough rpm skim tall grass still drive Kadet have brand-new glasses hopefully see better long approaches Get thee behind Satan Life would fun guys like John Oldenkamp has way sticks Theres touch unorthodox structures versatility projects chooses Being crack photographer favors us pictures frames crates leave us staring space proof spell-binding art little Half Korda pub lished MA barely begun little sheet-balsa rubber job still popular subjects plans list RCers must building Oldenkamp men tioned folks listen Although much column devoted RC area foreign have admit have teased some building John begins 25 times Crackerbox thermal tasks attended informal bs session last week got enough scoop rig buy channels get Loan papers pending just spent last week John goes cranking out three delightful all-sheet rubber jobs street small field flight Would trade creative moments week Yosemite dilemma 50 way go take along Shame us making plans earlier include everyone course impossible neverthe less add thanks rest excellent job putting excitment charisma modeling back within public reach People never built ROG should throw stones Go build Half Korda test intelligence Quiekies Son Mike swiped Top Flite J-3 whipped together handed son Robert classy Pattern pilot average age 35 So Rob went bananas over slow stately Cub Says spins slowly nose steeply down Picturebook snaps nosing up backing throttle motor fades throwing rudder Snaps nose high Amazed find out Piper test-pilot instructor did snaps way poor student Bob makes wheel landings stay within field slows up steep sink spot Told him forward side slip Cub gosh crate exactly like real thing managed drop wing once approach told him crank up both ailerons 3/32 inchfrom neutral Equivalent washout reflex airfoil Claude McCullough laid tip us Kadet Now really flies Robs Mach 1 Phoenix V biting nails guys flew Midwest Champ nothing deBolts basic Champ favorite slow-flying trainer maybe 25 years true lightweight 15 fly gales Continued page 73 18 Model Aviation TOLEDO/82 TWENTY EIGHTH ANNUAL R/C EXPOSITION TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA ONE MAIN STREET TOLEDO OHIO Reserve April 2 3 4 1982 attend WORLDS GREATEST RADIO CONTROL MODEL SHOW fea turing worlds largest Swap Shops no dealers complete refreshment centers Saturday Night Auction raffles complete nc systems accessories acres free parking Bring latest completely finished models display enter competition ex citing awards Complete n/c systems will awarded first second third place winners new COLOR TELEVISION will presented lucky winner Best Show Open public three great days presented WEAK SIGNALS R/C CLUB PO BOX 5772 TOLEDO OHIO 43613 APRIL 23&4 FRIDAY 9am 6pm SATURDAY 9am 6pm SUNDAY9am 430pm W4c3 extremely cautious using MEKP can still cause blindness contact eye occurs column being written New Years Day will read late February early March Let us remind RCers havent already done now would good time have radios serviced before contest season upon us Maybe working OK hung up last year maybe wont work well today An ounce prevention worth pound cure Have safe month John Preston 7012 Elvira Court Falls Church VA 22042 Fun/Winter Continued paqe 18 ballast Raves DeBolt rotates wing stab angles incorporate downthnist dont see works better ordinary downthrust dont know Hal did first Live Wire about 1950 Air Scout Concept found fast groovy beautifully coordinated Mike loves An Owen Kampen design has taken over Concept Ace 15 takes 7-in diameter prop flies far nicer 8-4 three-channel joy youve stick time Srull still flying Flitecraft CardinaL Moves out like Kavalier ailerons 35 So smooth problems vanish provided have gone beyond Primary fascinated Flitecrafts boxy 29 trainer three channels Looks different high cabin stumpy Its some what-Scale Polish Wilga have soloed youll love step up Asked beginnerwho doing wellif might fly find yourself tooling around rudder banking unbanking rudder aileron Would love have fun flying speed Highly impressed Airtronics Q-Tee Until now weve seen flown TDs huge thrust offsets right down guys zooming over joint fighting wind crate going like rocket-kite So along came beginner young couple first crate never flown birthday gift flew big Christmas judge didnt fly Christmas would aeronautical instructors helped put up Quite beautiful glide went forevertwo 360s over fence happy couple jumped up down mad delight Things like get Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Neutron Star/Gilgenbach Continued page 27 bearings snug shaft keeping shaft parallel wing saddle confi dent shaft aligned properly Super Jet bearings fuselage being careful stick bearings shaft little Vaseline shaft will help prevent Scrape inside bearings allow easy rotation shaft excessive play Install bottom engine tank com partments Cut out engine cooling passages fuel proof both compartments Hobby poxy Formula 2 Install remaining bottom fuselage cluding sub-fin fit two hatches Continued page 95 STERLING MODEL Priced Right 821 Ibi1 Srr Radio Control Control Line 1525 Engine 1 Wingspan 33 Price $2495 For Radio Control Control Line 049 eng Free Flight Rubber Power Penny Pincher Gliders HiHellcat H2Mustang H3Piper Cub H4Cessna 180 H5Sabre Jet H6T38A Thunderbird Wingspan 13 Price $198 Full Color Covering inclu ded Handsomely detailed just like real airplanes Youll Fly Everyday Just put 2 nose weight Catalog Request STERLING MODELS BUILDING 3620 G Street Philadelphia PA 19134 Catalog entire line airplane control line model kits R/C scale Trainer Kits boat model kits ac cessories etc $100 enc losed Name Address City StateZip April 1982 73 lxii Wingspan 40-5/16 Scale 2-1/8 ice $4595 For
Edition: Model Aviation - 1982/04
Page Numbers: 14, 15, 16, 18, 73
Bill Winter Yizst53r bS%w c/fr FLIGHTS OF FANCY Sunday after Christmas dont have foggiest idea about column heading guys have done file drawer full folders containing some cases five- 10-page letters dozens pictures stuff dreams made columnists have space limits Fun turns everybody Typically Joe Tschirgi begins Ive greatly enjoyed column since interests parallel own am sending few photos might enjoy say interests parallel everybodys Joe might ingenious Scale man weve ever run across know about fantastic Brandenburg flying boats Like super-talented modelers Joe ex-NVRCer living Californiawas long ago drafted career RPVs Will settle showing just few latest ships Rolfe Gregorys thing Rubber Scale Rolfe soft-spoken old-timer careers both full-scale engineering ancient pilot too modeling obviously have rewarding mountain elves sometimes LANDING GEAR STIFFENER IDEA BY GEORGE KANAKOS 14 Model Aviation Dave Indyke trusting beginnerwho let Winter fly FlitecraftWilgaWinter hurriedly snapped pie theyoung couple tirstexperi trainer model right Bill would like shake designes handencewiththeAirtronicso-Teemadetheplacejumpforjoy BobCrosby whoever Dave about tackle pretty Orline Victory Stickright made first hop flies anything comes alonghe done up old-time Navy colorsgot Winter shoot good approach infamous Kadet Mitch Polings betteralf Sandra displays Mitchs beloved Berkeley Brigadier38 ox Astro Flight 05 electric motor six sub-C cells Hands-off flights 6- 8-mm Just needs help finding field landing Mitch waxes poeticsee text mention soul Shangri-la lovely country site hundreds different Scale subjects float about quiet summer evenings goes back glory days Luscombe writes enchanting bits about full-scale Maxecuters newsletter Maxecuters Christmas dinner Rolfe put little booklet hand comment Twelve pages about AMLA national movement predated AMA AMLA probably hundreds thousands members Before MAN began 1929 air-minded youth fired up Lindbergh flight read American Boy pamphlet done late Hall-of-Famer Merrill Hamburg Merrill old man finally met him post-war Olathe Nats shares Charlie Grant Joe Ott Jim Walker credit pulling hobby together wrote manual copy righted 1928 American Boy modeler time loved ROGs still over place today Perhaps old-timers know what twin-pusher really although term lingers mysteriously climbed like rockets well FAI gassie Didnt glide worth hoot got high went far seldom got see glide American Boy contained rubber fuse stick jobs well detailed Scale ships like Ford Trimotor Curtiss Hawk mar velous magazine sad victim depres sion Big Better expressed concern owner two Quarter-Scalers John Elliott Assistant Ed ModelBuilder comments lucidly Read great interest thoughts Quarter Scale writes John agree about 99 44/100 percent. portion rumor mill true B-36 Fun reported 27 ft long CB Associates sold six Kawasakis thought Quadras gentleman chatted him asked him about some parameters project ie wing area loading replied hadnt run numbers yet though construction started true about Northrop flying wing reported 17-ft spaa As know Ive lucky pilot Meyer brothers Spruce Goose am involved B-35 wing Tis 14 ft 3 Meyers Darrel Merle thank heaven treat biggies miniature aircraft RPVs large RC models way should Most people attend contest hap pening report fine have agree -Tschirqi Follies i Top three photos Joes last years folly French Dufaux fighter 2in scale Joes Holy Grail scale speedthough says requires 1/3-scale covered microfilm Power 3-lb beastie prop amidships TD 09 Using 5-to-i gear drive race car gears turns scale balsa 17-in prop Cooling through cockpit via squirrel cage Three channels coupled ailerons rudder Flew well after switching hotter fuel less oil Engine installation including mount muffler flywheel gears hollow shaft support rear fuse lage weighs 10 os does actuate controls rear prop Good question Below left Joes answer burning question what two Ugly Stik wings Wheres stab Longitudinal stability comes adequate negative stagger Aft ailerons top wing serve elevators Powered Prof i 76 weighs 10 lb flew floats well maneuverablepast tense note Joe calls Bob-Tailed Beech Below right RPVs Joes life Mostly foam board weighed 60 lb Easy fly 6 cu Kolbo 2-to-i gear drive Designed fly inverted earth-looking payload can sit top April 1982 15 Dave Taverna Richmond Model Flying Club Staten Island NY handmade fre quency clips correspond models being flown top bottom Triplane Pulsar Eindecker Ercoupe know whos flying Gospel According AMLA 1920s AMLA tie-in theAmerican Boy magazine publish plans good stuff application Airplane Model League America read wish join AMLA order have backing Commander Byrd other air leaders model work get help Merrill Hamburg building recordsmashing models learn about national contests parts cost free question answer service other League privileges enclosed atwo-cent stamp coverpostage membership card button membership cost anything AMLA didnt mention NAAyes own NAAsupported AMLA provided officers Whos American heroes Bill Stout Eddie Ricken backer Clarence Chamberlin others question-andanswer thing realanyone could get answerto anything about models aviation just two cents paid Maybe thought kids important AMLA sold kits models featured American Boy65 cents ROG example sponsored earlier Nats evaporated 1932 Hearst papers filled breach Junior Birdmenlots old-timers members ScrippsHoward Junior Aviators Birdmen big national movement also went kaput Brother can spare dime JuniorAviators lasted foryears Charlie Grant MANpushed Nats Roosevelt Field 1933 soon after Charlie begat IGMA International Gas Model Association Birdmen felt threatened new-fangled gas models Newspaper charges dangerous led two states banning flying Charlie MAN beat back challengers IGMA became too big handle turned over ever-present NM began Junior Division also got too big led AMA 12-page AMLA Manual price 5 told needed know about models simple 50-odd years ago Actually AMLA activity Middle Ages hobby already quartercentury old N j5 surely case see comments Vegas pg 105 January 1982 MR Quarter-Scale contagious John goes true mountain shape form us memory serves correctly B- 17 brought about need pilot check list d B- 17 thing resulted takeoff Wright Field real test airplane went full stall killed crew close never having B-17 reason groundinstalled gust lock keep surfaces whipping wind removed Checklists assure thinking ahead must practice tle thing monster aircraft Beating spread aluminum blank orwire landing gear may OK trike sport job 3/ 7% - r -x-----~- 30 INapoIlap9 FooO oag dipISRio roddor26A-faa 2opoUo 66116 Ro. wig dipIfTiI soofaro bIaoo527BaiIIap aels 3Frool lb.. boaiog1112 Papo iogaoooiog20Tad orolo Pe9o 9028Xboog 6ErS .ab.aIS Loadiog 4g21TIooad aafIne CI29Rib IF.Ig 0or liobl14 Topiliog odgo22Who30ComO. apao 6C.IS Wig lip23AolSITrailiog 4g 7P. boabI 6 Rib24Lamliag gaeooooo32Loadiog odgo 5Pobbo inI.17 Wiag pr21Elomalo takes beating tail-draggers inade quate monsterjobs especially Scalers like Aristrocrat fully- cantilevered struts real Aristocrat legs hinged longeron extended up pyramid tubular structure under pilots seat snubbed rubber rings must bend landing gear wires acute angles fuselage jointwe have two leg 3/16 wire anything smooth landing will deform bends use 1/16 wire stretched between axle points tough coil spring middle prevents damage worst landings What really need Cessna Wittman type forged landing gear strut George Kanakos offers us interesting solutions wire aluminum easily bent says George threaded shown old gear secured aluminum type drilled bolted use 4-40 socket bolts wire gear secured collar stops Make sure put amount ofrubberband bungees before bolting threading old gear better mouse trap wed say According Ed Orr big Aristocrat its own problem 1929 tells us General Tire Co made goodwill tour uncle operated Swany Airport Ohio field grass rough As boy spent endless hours airport Overhead circled three Aristocrats came landed landing leg folded scooted stop second came did same did third George building Ole Reliable OS 25 Sure has lots company wild blue yonder November column delightful writes Mitch Poling doing electric what weve doing slow-flying gas soarers Old Square Sides would make ideal electric So said Bob Boucher too building year Don Srull taking fuselage installation geared Astro Flight setup would fly very well should weight close four pounds carefully built certainly would fly hands-off describe Mitch already has something similar better Berkeley Brigadier 480 squares stock-wound Astro 05 eight cells uses six all-up weight 38 oz geared cells sub-C evidently way go now Turns 9-4 5500 rpm 14 amps draw giving beautiful flights 6- 8-mm range learned fly rudder-only Ace RO Schoolboy love free flight radio leash has never left delight trim little left right turn Brig put transmitter ground let fly itself seeking finding thermals After gets tired playing around up pick up transmitter give instructions finding field landing pattern Brig Tare old flying buddies Mitch soars entertain other interfering too much others affairs Once radio failed Brig sedately circled around until found spot land quite safely gently also quite good kids nephew Peter leamed fly instantly quite nonchalant about course fly doesnt everybody lots flying including faster planes thats favorite Nine out 10 guys field fly bombs somehow doesnt seem quite like flight its engine plane appen dage So dont let talk out flying driving Fly rudder enjoy Continued page 18 16 Model Aviation r K r Airplane Model League America M L MANUAL Model Plane Builders Merrill Hamburg Socolay Airplano Model Lago America Aieplaoo Model Edjeor THE AMERICAN BOY MAGAZINE COpiONhOd 1928 THE AMERICAN BOY MAGAZINE 550 Lofayeee Boalovoed Dreroje Mich PRICE5 CENTS NORTHERN CALIFORNIAS LARGEST DISCOUNT HOBBY SHOP well FUEL increased power engine life New high film strength lubricant Hiohest auclity ingredients jito cut varnish II II II II II II II II II I II II II II II II II II IHOURS Monday thru Weonesooy yu-o,u nursocy 0 rnooy Y JU-OUUI L J everytime take out 20-yearold Airknocker Enya 09 also 20 years old guys keep asking plane can fly elevators Twice weve experts years standing take over after Knocker trimmed high circling flight nurse along nudging elevator stick trimming itand has no elevators found out tried flare landing However prefer comfort flippers really adjust climb soaring What everyone forgets power elevators altitude control can skim ground Airknocker following undulating swells just throttling back adding barely enough rpm skim tall grass still drive Kadet have brand-new glasses hopefully see better long approaches Get thee behind Satan Life would fun guys like John Oldenkamp has way sticks Theres touch unorthodox structures versatility projects chooses Being crack photographer favors us pictures frames crates leave us staring space proof spell-binding art little Half Korda pub lished MA barely begun little sheet-balsa rubber job still popular subjects plans list RCers must building Oldenkamp men tioned folks listen Although much column devoted RC area foreign have admit have teased some building John begins 25 times Crackerbox thermal tasks attended informal bs session last week got enough scoop rig buy channels get Loan papers pending just spent last week John goes cranking out three delightful all-sheet rubber jobs street small field flight Would trade creative moments week Yosemite dilemma 50 way go take along Shame us making plans earlier include everyone course impossible neverthe less add thanks rest excellent job putting excitment charisma modeling back within public reach People never built ROG should throw stones Go build Half Korda test intelligence Quiekies Son Mike swiped Top Flite J-3 whipped together handed son Robert classy Pattern pilot average age 35 So Rob went bananas over slow stately Cub Says spins slowly nose steeply down Picturebook snaps nosing up backing throttle motor fades throwing rudder Snaps nose high Amazed find out Piper test-pilot instructor did snaps way poor student Bob makes wheel landings stay within field slows up steep sink spot Told him forward side slip Cub gosh crate exactly like real thing managed drop wing once approach told him crank up both ailerons 3/32 inchfrom neutral Equivalent washout reflex airfoil Claude McCullough laid tip us Kadet Now really flies Robs Mach 1 Phoenix V biting nails guys flew Midwest Champ nothing deBolts basic Champ favorite slow-flying trainer maybe 25 years true lightweight 15 fly gales Continued page 73 18 Model Aviation TOLEDO/82 TWENTY EIGHTH ANNUAL R/C EXPOSITION TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA ONE MAIN STREET TOLEDO OHIO Reserve April 2 3 4 1982 attend WORLDS GREATEST RADIO CONTROL MODEL SHOW fea turing worlds largest Swap Shops no dealers complete refreshment centers Saturday Night Auction raffles complete nc systems accessories acres free parking Bring latest completely finished models display enter competition ex citing awards Complete n/c systems will awarded first second third place winners new COLOR TELEVISION will presented lucky winner Best Show Open public three great days presented WEAK SIGNALS R/C CLUB PO BOX 5772 TOLEDO OHIO 43613 APRIL 23&4 FRIDAY 9am 6pm SATURDAY 9am 6pm SUNDAY9am 430pm W4c3 extremely cautious using MEKP can still cause blindness contact eye occurs column being written New Years Day will read late February early March Let us remind RCers havent already done now would good time have radios serviced before contest season upon us Maybe working OK hung up last year maybe wont work well today An ounce prevention worth pound cure Have safe month John Preston 7012 Elvira Court Falls Church VA 22042 Fun/Winter Continued paqe 18 ballast Raves DeBolt rotates wing stab angles incorporate downthnist dont see works better ordinary downthrust dont know Hal did first Live Wire about 1950 Air Scout Concept found fast groovy beautifully coordinated Mike loves An Owen Kampen design has taken over Concept Ace 15 takes 7-in diameter prop flies far nicer 8-4 three-channel joy youve stick time Srull still flying Flitecraft CardinaL Moves out like Kavalier ailerons 35 So smooth problems vanish provided have gone beyond Primary fascinated Flitecrafts boxy 29 trainer three channels Looks different high cabin stumpy Its some what-Scale Polish Wilga have soloed youll love step up Asked beginnerwho doing wellif might fly find yourself tooling around rudder banking unbanking rudder aileron Would love have fun flying speed Highly impressed Airtronics Q-Tee Until now weve seen flown TDs huge thrust offsets right down guys zooming over joint fighting wind crate going like rocket-kite So along came beginner young couple first crate never flown birthday gift flew big Christmas judge didnt fly Christmas would aeronautical instructors helped put up Quite beautiful glide went forevertwo 360s over fence happy couple jumped up down mad delight Things like get Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Neutron Star/Gilgenbach Continued page 27 bearings snug shaft keeping shaft parallel wing saddle confi dent shaft aligned properly Super Jet bearings fuselage being careful stick bearings shaft little Vaseline shaft will help prevent Scrape inside bearings allow easy rotation shaft excessive play Install bottom engine tank com partments Cut out engine cooling passages fuel proof both compartments Hobby poxy Formula 2 Install remaining bottom fuselage cluding sub-fin fit two hatches Continued page 95 STERLING MODEL Priced Right 821 Ibi1 Srr Radio Control Control Line 1525 Engine 1 Wingspan 33 Price $2495 For Radio Control Control Line 049 eng Free Flight Rubber Power Penny Pincher Gliders HiHellcat H2Mustang H3Piper Cub H4Cessna 180 H5Sabre Jet H6T38A Thunderbird Wingspan 13 Price $198 Full Color Covering inclu ded Handsomely detailed just like real airplanes Youll Fly Everyday Just put 2 nose weight Catalog Request STERLING MODELS BUILDING 3620 G Street Philadelphia PA 19134 Catalog entire line airplane control line model kits R/C scale Trainer Kits boat model kits ac cessories etc $100 enc losed Name Address City StateZip April 1982 73 lxii Wingspan 40-5/16 Scale 2-1/8 ice $4595 For
Edition: Model Aviation - 1982/04
Page Numbers: 14, 15, 16, 18, 73
Bill Winter Yizst53r bS%w c/fr FLIGHTS OF FANCY Sunday after Christmas dont have foggiest idea about column heading guys have done file drawer full folders containing some cases five- 10-page letters dozens pictures stuff dreams made columnists have space limits Fun turns everybody Typically Joe Tschirgi begins Ive greatly enjoyed column since interests parallel own am sending few photos might enjoy say interests parallel everybodys Joe might ingenious Scale man weve ever run across know about fantastic Brandenburg flying boats Like super-talented modelers Joe ex-NVRCer living Californiawas long ago drafted career RPVs Will settle showing just few latest ships Rolfe Gregorys thing Rubber Scale Rolfe soft-spoken old-timer careers both full-scale engineering ancient pilot too modeling obviously have rewarding mountain elves sometimes LANDING GEAR STIFFENER IDEA BY GEORGE KANAKOS 14 Model Aviation Dave Indyke trusting beginnerwho let Winter fly FlitecraftWilgaWinter hurriedly snapped pie theyoung couple tirstexperi trainer model right Bill would like shake designes handencewiththeAirtronicso-Teemadetheplacejumpforjoy BobCrosby whoever Dave about tackle pretty Orline Victory Stickright made first hop flies anything comes alonghe done up old-time Navy colorsgot Winter shoot good approach infamous Kadet Mitch Polings betteralf Sandra displays Mitchs beloved Berkeley Brigadier38 ox Astro Flight 05 electric motor six sub-C cells Hands-off flights 6- 8-mm Just needs help finding field landing Mitch waxes poeticsee text mention soul Shangri-la lovely country site hundreds different Scale subjects float about quiet summer evenings goes back glory days Luscombe writes enchanting bits about full-scale Maxecuters newsletter Maxecuters Christmas dinner Rolfe put little booklet hand comment Twelve pages about AMLA national movement predated AMA AMLA probably hundreds thousands members Before MAN began 1929 air-minded youth fired up Lindbergh flight read American Boy pamphlet done late Hall-of-Famer Merrill Hamburg Merrill old man finally met him post-war Olathe Nats shares Charlie Grant Joe Ott Jim Walker credit pulling hobby together wrote manual copy righted 1928 American Boy modeler time loved ROGs still over place today Perhaps old-timers know what twin-pusher really although term lingers mysteriously climbed like rockets well FAI gassie Didnt glide worth hoot got high went far seldom got see glide American Boy contained rubber fuse stick jobs well detailed Scale ships like Ford Trimotor Curtiss Hawk mar velous magazine sad victim depres sion Big Better expressed concern owner two Quarter-Scalers John Elliott Assistant Ed ModelBuilder comments lucidly Read great interest thoughts Quarter Scale writes John agree about 99 44/100 percent. portion rumor mill true B-36 Fun reported 27 ft long CB Associates sold six Kawasakis thought Quadras gentleman chatted him asked him about some parameters project ie wing area loading replied hadnt run numbers yet though construction started true about Northrop flying wing reported 17-ft spaa As know Ive lucky pilot Meyer brothers Spruce Goose am involved B-35 wing Tis 14 ft 3 Meyers Darrel Merle thank heaven treat biggies miniature aircraft RPVs large RC models way should Most people attend contest hap pening report fine have agree -Tschirqi Follies i Top three photos Joes last years folly French Dufaux fighter 2in scale Joes Holy Grail scale speedthough says requires 1/3-scale covered microfilm Power 3-lb beastie prop amidships TD 09 Using 5-to-i gear drive race car gears turns scale balsa 17-in prop Cooling through cockpit via squirrel cage Three channels coupled ailerons rudder Flew well after switching hotter fuel less oil Engine installation including mount muffler flywheel gears hollow shaft support rear fuse lage weighs 10 os does actuate controls rear prop Good question Below left Joes answer burning question what two Ugly Stik wings Wheres stab Longitudinal stability comes adequate negative stagger Aft ailerons top wing serve elevators Powered Prof i 76 weighs 10 lb flew floats well maneuverablepast tense note Joe calls Bob-Tailed Beech Below right RPVs Joes life Mostly foam board weighed 60 lb Easy fly 6 cu Kolbo 2-to-i gear drive Designed fly inverted earth-looking payload can sit top April 1982 15 Dave Taverna Richmond Model Flying Club Staten Island NY handmade fre quency clips correspond models being flown top bottom Triplane Pulsar Eindecker Ercoupe know whos flying Gospel According AMLA 1920s AMLA tie-in theAmerican Boy magazine publish plans good stuff application Airplane Model League America read wish join AMLA order have backing Commander Byrd other air leaders model work get help Merrill Hamburg building recordsmashing models learn about national contests parts cost free question answer service other League privileges enclosed atwo-cent stamp coverpostage membership card button membership cost anything AMLA didnt mention NAAyes own NAAsupported AMLA provided officers Whos American heroes Bill Stout Eddie Ricken backer Clarence Chamberlin others question-andanswer thing realanyone could get answerto anything about models aviation just two cents paid Maybe thought kids important AMLA sold kits models featured American Boy65 cents ROG example sponsored earlier Nats evaporated 1932 Hearst papers filled breach Junior Birdmenlots old-timers members ScrippsHoward Junior Aviators Birdmen big national movement also went kaput Brother can spare dime JuniorAviators lasted foryears Charlie Grant MANpushed Nats Roosevelt Field 1933 soon after Charlie begat IGMA International Gas Model Association Birdmen felt threatened new-fangled gas models Newspaper charges dangerous led two states banning flying Charlie MAN beat back challengers IGMA became too big handle turned over ever-present NM began Junior Division also got too big led AMA 12-page AMLA Manual price 5 told needed know about models simple 50-odd years ago Actually AMLA activity Middle Ages hobby already quartercentury old N j5 surely case see comments Vegas pg 105 January 1982 MR Quarter-Scale contagious John goes true mountain shape form us memory serves correctly B- 17 brought about need pilot check list d B- 17 thing resulted takeoff Wright Field real test airplane went full stall killed crew close never having B-17 reason groundinstalled gust lock keep surfaces whipping wind removed Checklists assure thinking ahead must practice tle thing monster aircraft Beating spread aluminum blank orwire landing gear may OK trike sport job 3/ 7% - r -x-----~- 30 INapoIlap9 FooO oag dipISRio roddor26A-faa 2opoUo 66116 Ro. wig dipIfTiI soofaro bIaoo527BaiIIap aels 3Frool lb.. boaiog1112 Papo iogaoooiog20Tad orolo Pe9o 9028Xboog 6ErS .ab.aIS Loadiog 4g21TIooad aafIne CI29Rib IF.Ig 0or liobl14 Topiliog odgo22Who30ComO. apao 6C.IS Wig lip23AolSITrailiog 4g 7P. boabI 6 Rib24Lamliag gaeooooo32Loadiog odgo 5Pobbo inI.17 Wiag pr21Elomalo takes beating tail-draggers inade quate monsterjobs especially Scalers like Aristrocrat fully- cantilevered struts real Aristocrat legs hinged longeron extended up pyramid tubular structure under pilots seat snubbed rubber rings must bend landing gear wires acute angles fuselage jointwe have two leg 3/16 wire anything smooth landing will deform bends use 1/16 wire stretched between axle points tough coil spring middle prevents damage worst landings What really need Cessna Wittman type forged landing gear strut George Kanakos offers us interesting solutions wire aluminum easily bent says George threaded shown old gear secured aluminum type drilled bolted use 4-40 socket bolts wire gear secured collar stops Make sure put amount ofrubberband bungees before bolting threading old gear better mouse trap wed say According Ed Orr big Aristocrat its own problem 1929 tells us General Tire Co made goodwill tour uncle operated Swany Airport Ohio field grass rough As boy spent endless hours airport Overhead circled three Aristocrats came landed landing leg folded scooted stop second came did same did third George building Ole Reliable OS 25 Sure has lots company wild blue yonder November column delightful writes Mitch Poling doing electric what weve doing slow-flying gas soarers Old Square Sides would make ideal electric So said Bob Boucher too building year Don Srull taking fuselage installation geared Astro Flight setup would fly very well should weight close four pounds carefully built certainly would fly hands-off describe Mitch already has something similar better Berkeley Brigadier 480 squares stock-wound Astro 05 eight cells uses six all-up weight 38 oz geared cells sub-C evidently way go now Turns 9-4 5500 rpm 14 amps draw giving beautiful flights 6- 8-mm range learned fly rudder-only Ace RO Schoolboy love free flight radio leash has never left delight trim little left right turn Brig put transmitter ground let fly itself seeking finding thermals After gets tired playing around up pick up transmitter give instructions finding field landing pattern Brig Tare old flying buddies Mitch soars entertain other interfering too much others affairs Once radio failed Brig sedately circled around until found spot land quite safely gently also quite good kids nephew Peter leamed fly instantly quite nonchalant about course fly doesnt everybody lots flying including faster planes thats favorite Nine out 10 guys field fly bombs somehow doesnt seem quite like flight its engine plane appen dage So dont let talk out flying driving Fly rudder enjoy Continued page 18 16 Model Aviation r K r Airplane Model League America M L MANUAL Model Plane Builders Merrill Hamburg Socolay Airplano Model Lago America Aieplaoo Model Edjeor THE AMERICAN BOY MAGAZINE COpiONhOd 1928 THE AMERICAN BOY MAGAZINE 550 Lofayeee Boalovoed Dreroje Mich PRICE5 CENTS NORTHERN CALIFORNIAS LARGEST DISCOUNT HOBBY SHOP well FUEL increased power engine life New high film strength lubricant Hiohest auclity ingredients jito cut varnish II II II II II II II II II I II II II II II II II II IHOURS Monday thru Weonesooy yu-o,u nursocy 0 rnooy Y JU-OUUI L J everytime take out 20-yearold Airknocker Enya 09 also 20 years old guys keep asking plane can fly elevators Twice weve experts years standing take over after Knocker trimmed high circling flight nurse along nudging elevator stick trimming itand has no elevators found out tried flare landing However prefer comfort flippers really adjust climb soaring What everyone forgets power elevators altitude control can skim ground Airknocker following undulating swells just throttling back adding barely enough rpm skim tall grass still drive Kadet have brand-new glasses hopefully see better long approaches Get thee behind Satan Life would fun guys like John Oldenkamp has way sticks Theres touch unorthodox structures versatility projects chooses Being crack photographer favors us pictures frames crates leave us staring space proof spell-binding art little Half Korda pub lished MA barely begun little sheet-balsa rubber job still popular subjects plans list RCers must building Oldenkamp men tioned folks listen Although much column devoted RC area foreign have admit have teased some building John begins 25 times Crackerbox thermal tasks attended informal bs session last week got enough scoop rig buy channels get Loan papers pending just spent last week John goes cranking out three delightful all-sheet rubber jobs street small field flight Would trade creative moments week Yosemite dilemma 50 way go take along Shame us making plans earlier include everyone course impossible neverthe less add thanks rest excellent job putting excitment charisma modeling back within public reach People never built ROG should throw stones Go build Half Korda test intelligence Quiekies Son Mike swiped Top Flite J-3 whipped together handed son Robert classy Pattern pilot average age 35 So Rob went bananas over slow stately Cub Says spins slowly nose steeply down Picturebook snaps nosing up backing throttle motor fades throwing rudder Snaps nose high Amazed find out Piper test-pilot instructor did snaps way poor student Bob makes wheel landings stay within field slows up steep sink spot Told him forward side slip Cub gosh crate exactly like real thing managed drop wing once approach told him crank up both ailerons 3/32 inchfrom neutral Equivalent washout reflex airfoil Claude McCullough laid tip us Kadet Now really flies Robs Mach 1 Phoenix V biting nails guys flew Midwest Champ nothing deBolts basic Champ favorite slow-flying trainer maybe 25 years true lightweight 15 fly gales Continued page 73 18 Model Aviation TOLEDO/82 TWENTY EIGHTH ANNUAL R/C EXPOSITION TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA ONE MAIN STREET TOLEDO OHIO Reserve April 2 3 4 1982 attend WORLDS GREATEST RADIO CONTROL MODEL SHOW fea turing worlds largest Swap Shops no dealers complete refreshment centers Saturday Night Auction raffles complete nc systems accessories acres free parking Bring latest completely finished models display enter competition ex citing awards Complete n/c systems will awarded first second third place winners new COLOR TELEVISION will presented lucky winner Best Show Open public three great days presented WEAK SIGNALS R/C CLUB PO BOX 5772 TOLEDO OHIO 43613 APRIL 23&4 FRIDAY 9am 6pm SATURDAY 9am 6pm SUNDAY9am 430pm W4c3 extremely cautious using MEKP can still cause blindness contact eye occurs column being written New Years Day will read late February early March Let us remind RCers havent already done now would good time have radios serviced before contest season upon us Maybe working OK hung up last year maybe wont work well today An ounce prevention worth pound cure Have safe month John Preston 7012 Elvira Court Falls Church VA 22042 Fun/Winter Continued paqe 18 ballast Raves DeBolt rotates wing stab angles incorporate downthnist dont see works better ordinary downthrust dont know Hal did first Live Wire about 1950 Air Scout Concept found fast groovy beautifully coordinated Mike loves An Owen Kampen design has taken over Concept Ace 15 takes 7-in diameter prop flies far nicer 8-4 three-channel joy youve stick time Srull still flying Flitecraft CardinaL Moves out like Kavalier ailerons 35 So smooth problems vanish provided have gone beyond Primary fascinated Flitecrafts boxy 29 trainer three channels Looks different high cabin stumpy Its some what-Scale Polish Wilga have soloed youll love step up Asked beginnerwho doing wellif might fly find yourself tooling around rudder banking unbanking rudder aileron Would love have fun flying speed Highly impressed Airtronics Q-Tee Until now weve seen flown TDs huge thrust offsets right down guys zooming over joint fighting wind crate going like rocket-kite So along came beginner young couple first crate never flown birthday gift flew big Christmas judge didnt fly Christmas would aeronautical instructors helped put up Quite beautiful glide went forevertwo 360s over fence happy couple jumped up down mad delight Things like get Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Neutron Star/Gilgenbach Continued page 27 bearings snug shaft keeping shaft parallel wing saddle confi dent shaft aligned properly Super Jet bearings fuselage being careful stick bearings shaft little Vaseline shaft will help prevent Scrape inside bearings allow easy rotation shaft excessive play Install bottom engine tank com partments Cut out engine cooling passages fuel proof both compartments Hobby poxy Formula 2 Install remaining bottom fuselage cluding sub-fin fit two hatches Continued page 95 STERLING MODEL Priced Right 821 Ibi1 Srr Radio Control Control Line 1525 Engine 1 Wingspan 33 Price $2495 For Radio Control Control Line 049 eng Free Flight Rubber Power Penny Pincher Gliders HiHellcat H2Mustang H3Piper Cub H4Cessna 180 H5Sabre Jet H6T38A Thunderbird Wingspan 13 Price $198 Full Color Covering inclu ded Handsomely detailed just like real airplanes Youll Fly Everyday Just put 2 nose weight Catalog Request STERLING MODELS BUILDING 3620 G Street Philadelphia PA 19134 Catalog entire line airplane control line model kits R/C scale Trainer Kits boat model kits ac cessories etc $100 enc losed Name Address City StateZip April 1982 73 lxii Wingspan 40-5/16 Scale 2-1/8 ice $4595 For
Edition: Model Aviation - 1982/04
Page Numbers: 14, 15, 16, 18, 73
Bill Winter Yizst53r bS%w c/fr FLIGHTS OF FANCY Sunday after Christmas dont have foggiest idea about column heading guys have done file drawer full folders containing some cases five- 10-page letters dozens pictures stuff dreams made columnists have space limits Fun turns everybody Typically Joe Tschirgi begins Ive greatly enjoyed column since interests parallel own am sending few photos might enjoy say interests parallel everybodys Joe might ingenious Scale man weve ever run across know about fantastic Brandenburg flying boats Like super-talented modelers Joe ex-NVRCer living Californiawas long ago drafted career RPVs Will settle showing just few latest ships Rolfe Gregorys thing Rubber Scale Rolfe soft-spoken old-timer careers both full-scale engineering ancient pilot too modeling obviously have rewarding mountain elves sometimes LANDING GEAR STIFFENER IDEA BY GEORGE KANAKOS 14 Model Aviation Dave Indyke trusting beginnerwho let Winter fly FlitecraftWilgaWinter hurriedly snapped pie theyoung couple tirstexperi trainer model right Bill would like shake designes handencewiththeAirtronicso-Teemadetheplacejumpforjoy BobCrosby whoever Dave about tackle pretty Orline Victory Stickright made first hop flies anything comes alonghe done up old-time Navy colorsgot Winter shoot good approach infamous Kadet Mitch Polings betteralf Sandra displays Mitchs beloved Berkeley Brigadier38 ox Astro Flight 05 electric motor six sub-C cells Hands-off flights 6- 8-mm Just needs help finding field landing Mitch waxes poeticsee text mention soul Shangri-la lovely country site hundreds different Scale subjects float about quiet summer evenings goes back glory days Luscombe writes enchanting bits about full-scale Maxecuters newsletter Maxecuters Christmas dinner Rolfe put little booklet hand comment Twelve pages about AMLA national movement predated AMA AMLA probably hundreds thousands members Before MAN began 1929 air-minded youth fired up Lindbergh flight read American Boy pamphlet done late Hall-of-Famer Merrill Hamburg Merrill old man finally met him post-war Olathe Nats shares Charlie Grant Joe Ott Jim Walker credit pulling hobby together wrote manual copy righted 1928 American Boy modeler time loved ROGs still over place today Perhaps old-timers know what twin-pusher really although term lingers mysteriously climbed like rockets well FAI gassie Didnt glide worth hoot got high went far seldom got see glide American Boy contained rubber fuse stick jobs well detailed Scale ships like Ford Trimotor Curtiss Hawk mar velous magazine sad victim depres sion Big Better expressed concern owner two Quarter-Scalers John Elliott Assistant Ed ModelBuilder comments lucidly Read great interest thoughts Quarter Scale writes John agree about 99 44/100 percent. portion rumor mill true B-36 Fun reported 27 ft long CB Associates sold six Kawasakis thought Quadras gentleman chatted him asked him about some parameters project ie wing area loading replied hadnt run numbers yet though construction started true about Northrop flying wing reported 17-ft spaa As know Ive lucky pilot Meyer brothers Spruce Goose am involved B-35 wing Tis 14 ft 3 Meyers Darrel Merle thank heaven treat biggies miniature aircraft RPVs large RC models way should Most people attend contest hap pening report fine have agree -Tschirqi Follies i Top three photos Joes last years folly French Dufaux fighter 2in scale Joes Holy Grail scale speedthough says requires 1/3-scale covered microfilm Power 3-lb beastie prop amidships TD 09 Using 5-to-i gear drive race car gears turns scale balsa 17-in prop Cooling through cockpit via squirrel cage Three channels coupled ailerons rudder Flew well after switching hotter fuel less oil Engine installation including mount muffler flywheel gears hollow shaft support rear fuse lage weighs 10 os does actuate controls rear prop Good question Below left Joes answer burning question what two Ugly Stik wings Wheres stab Longitudinal stability comes adequate negative stagger Aft ailerons top wing serve elevators Powered Prof i 76 weighs 10 lb flew floats well maneuverablepast tense note Joe calls Bob-Tailed Beech Below right RPVs Joes life Mostly foam board weighed 60 lb Easy fly 6 cu Kolbo 2-to-i gear drive Designed fly inverted earth-looking payload can sit top April 1982 15 Dave Taverna Richmond Model Flying Club Staten Island NY handmade fre quency clips correspond models being flown top bottom Triplane Pulsar Eindecker Ercoupe know whos flying Gospel According AMLA 1920s AMLA tie-in theAmerican Boy magazine publish plans good stuff application Airplane Model League America read wish join AMLA order have backing Commander Byrd other air leaders model work get help Merrill Hamburg building recordsmashing models learn about national contests parts cost free question answer service other League privileges enclosed atwo-cent stamp coverpostage membership card button membership cost anything AMLA didnt mention NAAyes own NAAsupported AMLA provided officers Whos American heroes Bill Stout Eddie Ricken backer Clarence Chamberlin others question-andanswer thing realanyone could get answerto anything about models aviation just two cents paid Maybe thought kids important AMLA sold kits models featured American Boy65 cents ROG example sponsored earlier Nats evaporated 1932 Hearst papers filled breach Junior Birdmenlots old-timers members ScrippsHoward Junior Aviators Birdmen big national movement also went kaput Brother can spare dime JuniorAviators lasted foryears Charlie Grant MANpushed Nats Roosevelt Field 1933 soon after Charlie begat IGMA International Gas Model Association Birdmen felt threatened new-fangled gas models Newspaper charges dangerous led two states banning flying Charlie MAN beat back challengers IGMA became too big handle turned over ever-present NM began Junior Division also got too big led AMA 12-page AMLA Manual price 5 told needed know about models simple 50-odd years ago Actually AMLA activity Middle Ages hobby already quartercentury old N j5 surely case see comments Vegas pg 105 January 1982 MR Quarter-Scale contagious John goes true mountain shape form us memory serves correctly B- 17 brought about need pilot check list d B- 17 thing resulted takeoff Wright Field real test airplane went full stall killed crew close never having B-17 reason groundinstalled gust lock keep surfaces whipping wind removed Checklists assure thinking ahead must practice tle thing monster aircraft Beating spread aluminum blank orwire landing gear may OK trike sport job 3/ 7% - r -x-----~- 30 INapoIlap9 FooO oag dipISRio roddor26A-faa 2opoUo 66116 Ro. wig dipIfTiI soofaro bIaoo527BaiIIap aels 3Frool lb.. boaiog1112 Papo iogaoooiog20Tad orolo Pe9o 9028Xboog 6ErS .ab.aIS Loadiog 4g21TIooad aafIne CI29Rib IF.Ig 0or liobl14 Topiliog odgo22Who30ComO. apao 6C.IS Wig lip23AolSITrailiog 4g 7P. boabI 6 Rib24Lamliag gaeooooo32Loadiog odgo 5Pobbo inI.17 Wiag pr21Elomalo takes beating tail-draggers inade quate monsterjobs especially Scalers like Aristrocrat fully- cantilevered struts real Aristocrat legs hinged longeron extended up pyramid tubular structure under pilots seat snubbed rubber rings must bend landing gear wires acute angles fuselage jointwe have two leg 3/16 wire anything smooth landing will deform bends use 1/16 wire stretched between axle points tough coil spring middle prevents damage worst landings What really need Cessna Wittman type forged landing gear strut George Kanakos offers us interesting solutions wire aluminum easily bent says George threaded shown old gear secured aluminum type drilled bolted use 4-40 socket bolts wire gear secured collar stops Make sure put amount ofrubberband bungees before bolting threading old gear better mouse trap wed say According Ed Orr big Aristocrat its own problem 1929 tells us General Tire Co made goodwill tour uncle operated Swany Airport Ohio field grass rough As boy spent endless hours airport Overhead circled three Aristocrats came landed landing leg folded scooted stop second came did same did third George building Ole Reliable OS 25 Sure has lots company wild blue yonder November column delightful writes Mitch Poling doing electric what weve doing slow-flying gas soarers Old Square Sides would make ideal electric So said Bob Boucher too building year Don Srull taking fuselage installation geared Astro Flight setup would fly very well should weight close four pounds carefully built certainly would fly hands-off describe Mitch already has something similar better Berkeley Brigadier 480 squares stock-wound Astro 05 eight cells uses six all-up weight 38 oz geared cells sub-C evidently way go now Turns 9-4 5500 rpm 14 amps draw giving beautiful flights 6- 8-mm range learned fly rudder-only Ace RO Schoolboy love free flight radio leash has never left delight trim little left right turn Brig put transmitter ground let fly itself seeking finding thermals After gets tired playing around up pick up transmitter give instructions finding field landing pattern Brig Tare old flying buddies Mitch soars entertain other interfering too much others affairs Once radio failed Brig sedately circled around until found spot land quite safely gently also quite good kids nephew Peter leamed fly instantly quite nonchalant about course fly doesnt everybody lots flying including faster planes thats favorite Nine out 10 guys field fly bombs somehow doesnt seem quite like flight its engine plane appen dage So dont let talk out flying driving Fly rudder enjoy Continued page 18 16 Model Aviation r K r Airplane Model League America M L MANUAL Model Plane Builders Merrill Hamburg Socolay Airplano Model Lago America Aieplaoo Model Edjeor THE AMERICAN BOY MAGAZINE COpiONhOd 1928 THE AMERICAN BOY MAGAZINE 550 Lofayeee Boalovoed Dreroje Mich PRICE5 CENTS NORTHERN CALIFORNIAS LARGEST DISCOUNT HOBBY SHOP well FUEL increased power engine life New high film strength lubricant Hiohest auclity ingredients jito cut varnish II II II II II II II II II I II II II II II II II II IHOURS Monday thru Weonesooy yu-o,u nursocy 0 rnooy Y JU-OUUI L J everytime take out 20-yearold Airknocker Enya 09 also 20 years old guys keep asking plane can fly elevators Twice weve experts years standing take over after Knocker trimmed high circling flight nurse along nudging elevator stick trimming itand has no elevators found out tried flare landing However prefer comfort flippers really adjust climb soaring What everyone forgets power elevators altitude control can skim ground Airknocker following undulating swells just throttling back adding barely enough rpm skim tall grass still drive Kadet have brand-new glasses hopefully see better long approaches Get thee behind Satan Life would fun guys like John Oldenkamp has way sticks Theres touch unorthodox structures versatility projects chooses Being crack photographer favors us pictures frames crates leave us staring space proof spell-binding art little Half Korda pub lished MA barely begun little sheet-balsa rubber job still popular subjects plans list RCers must building Oldenkamp men tioned folks listen Although much column devoted RC area foreign have admit have teased some building John begins 25 times Crackerbox thermal tasks attended informal bs session last week got enough scoop rig buy channels get Loan papers pending just spent last week John goes cranking out three delightful all-sheet rubber jobs street small field flight Would trade creative moments week Yosemite dilemma 50 way go take along Shame us making plans earlier include everyone course impossible neverthe less add thanks rest excellent job putting excitment charisma modeling back within public reach People never built ROG should throw stones Go build Half Korda test intelligence Quiekies Son Mike swiped Top Flite J-3 whipped together handed son Robert classy Pattern pilot average age 35 So Rob went bananas over slow stately Cub Says spins slowly nose steeply down Picturebook snaps nosing up backing throttle motor fades throwing rudder Snaps nose high Amazed find out Piper test-pilot instructor did snaps way poor student Bob makes wheel landings stay within field slows up steep sink spot Told him forward side slip Cub gosh crate exactly like real thing managed drop wing once approach told him crank up both ailerons 3/32 inchfrom neutral Equivalent washout reflex airfoil Claude McCullough laid tip us Kadet Now really flies Robs Mach 1 Phoenix V biting nails guys flew Midwest Champ nothing deBolts basic Champ favorite slow-flying trainer maybe 25 years true lightweight 15 fly gales Continued page 73 18 Model Aviation TOLEDO/82 TWENTY EIGHTH ANNUAL R/C EXPOSITION TOLEDO SPORTS ARENA ONE MAIN STREET TOLEDO OHIO Reserve April 2 3 4 1982 attend WORLDS GREATEST RADIO CONTROL MODEL SHOW fea turing worlds largest Swap Shops no dealers complete refreshment centers Saturday Night Auction raffles complete nc systems accessories acres free parking Bring latest completely finished models display enter competition ex citing awards Complete n/c systems will awarded first second third place winners new COLOR TELEVISION will presented lucky winner Best Show Open public three great days presented WEAK SIGNALS R/C CLUB PO BOX 5772 TOLEDO OHIO 43613 APRIL 23&4 FRIDAY 9am 6pm SATURDAY 9am 6pm SUNDAY9am 430pm W4c3 extremely cautious using MEKP can still cause blindness contact eye occurs column being written New Years Day will read late February early March Let us remind RCers havent already done now would good time have radios serviced before contest season upon us Maybe working OK hung up last year maybe wont work well today An ounce prevention worth pound cure Have safe month John Preston 7012 Elvira Court Falls Church VA 22042 Fun/Winter Continued paqe 18 ballast Raves DeBolt rotates wing stab angles incorporate downthnist dont see works better ordinary downthrust dont know Hal did first Live Wire about 1950 Air Scout Concept found fast groovy beautifully coordinated Mike loves An Owen 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