Spectacular Bruce Tharpe describes flight Dyna-Jet-powered Sabre flown via Control Line Both Bruce dad Bruce R have long-time affair Dyne-Jet Scalersthis modified Airforms kit fiberglass fuselage skinned-foam wings want know get Dyna-Jet Bill Winter pleads contact him noise consideration warn Dyna-Jet roars like herd bulls AS YOU WELL KNOW modelers have fun Dyna-Jet-powered F-86F Sabre modi different ways Bruce Tharpe re- fled Airforms kit fiberglass fuselage foam minds us father Bruce R enjoy wings unmodified Dyna-Jet running Control Line pulse jets photo white gas simply spectacular Im sure remember first experience jet just case have article Art Schroeder Author really Walt Schroder Bruce describes event can just see Thirteen years later Walt re called scene April 1969 MAN reading manuscript Jets Therapeutic Way Author Love thera peutic suddenly remembered first meeting jet engine during 1946 first Dyna-Jet unit brought East Bill Tenny Paul Plecan built ukie took cab Creedmore Long Island exception Tenny us idea what expect Creedmore big open area adjacent Creedmore Hospital mentally ilL Paul retired center circle Walt went checked lines nounced ready Tenny attached pump Bill Winter would observe After asking hold high-tension lead plane Tenny gave three exploratory pumps air pump good firm point d ine gave out incredible bellow continued run tail pipe first turning cherry red white-hot plus incredible din Two po lice cars caine running up find out what Among Gus Munichs stable RC Electrics highly successful adaptations 54-in Top Flite Corsair somebodys Stik Theyre very lightweight due use Jumbo Rubber-type construction Stik does Pattern maneuvers except requiring rudder throttle Corsair tools around up 400 ft 4 mm has 2 mm fading power set up land Much text After 320-plus flights John E Boyd decided make repairs adaptation Airtronics 0-Tee two son often thermalled Pictures show enlarged highly modified original look-alike powered 09 Does REM maneuvers marginal inverted flight has 14-oz wing loading Once landed dead-stick after 22-mm flight 22 Model Aviation U lust fun Bill Winter Whats great Dick Korda doing Goldberg Zipper Its really Korda pylon original gassie flown 1938 Just found Irma Hille gas basement ties inspirational win Goldberg pre-Zipper Akron 1937 text Herb Clukeys 3view thanks Joe Playboy Elgingives feel Full-size plans can obtained MA publishes article future issue KORDAS rn1938 Gas Buggy DESIGNED BY DICK KORDA - - I Ii CHORD 9 AREA 450 SO INS POWER BROWN JR SCALE IN INCHES 024A 80 1214 IA Isle Jinter says admires Wendell Hostetlers big Art Chester Jeep left combination 24 Cu lfl Kioritz 24-lb gross weight 44-oz ving loading makes realistic distinct high performance Vegas lightweights Bill thinks 24 K puts out 50% more power han Tartan single-cylinder 132 Cu glow 10-ft 4-in Aristocrat almost floats 38 oz per sq ft Reynolds Number goes hrough roof area speed go upit doesnt mean powered bomb Hostetler Winter have comparing notes Wendells 1/3cale Kioritz-powered Piper Vagabond Bills Y4-scale Vag OS 90 Wendells plans have both wheelad float versions floats 54 n long get picture column Wendell rushed floats completion chopped hole ice Russell Stokes lefthand picture located Tad Kleusers 193738 variation John Sadler low-wing FF thanks distant real estate agent Stokes Frontier Airlines captains flew home Texas can see righthand picture silk-covered fuselage wertical tail good shape tattered silkspan wing stab make look like ancient-rebuild museum subject found abandoned barn Kleuser lost life over English Channel B-17 during WW II June 1983 23 An efficient control surface hinge HA Thomas isa tested idea control surface hinge ailerons redder flap Mad Nyrod tubes such used puibrods hinge lightweight free-moving strong adds aerodynamic advantage sealed hinge line produces no radio noise As sketch pictures indicate sections th outer tubes CyA-glued concave edges control surfaces alternating tubes mate snugly Strips MonoKote silk used reinforcement over section prior applying final covering over entire surface inner Nyrod tube serves hinge pin may spot-cemented either end position securely splines some brands inner Nyrods give proper clearance binding excuse friction little ingenuity idea can easily adapted thicker control surfaces type hinge widely used early Control Line Speed models aluminum tubes steel hinge pin wire fitted streamlined plywood tal surfaces modern variation using different materials suitable RC particu larly Sailplanes CL use So save remnants nylon control rods guides give hinge design try &rdsa / / befire coverurg/ / 7/ //~'/// /4/ /i Oderriyrod / &sbe secs ii/ /7 /74/ /// e4es//Jet // orYoiSta/f /7/ /1/ i/ 7//i NH] Z/fifer yrcd 1a6 kep exploded window hos pital face peering out Suddenly en gine incredibly stopped silence indes cribable Winter shattered Through no fault Walt recalled managed hold onto plane suitable explan ations police thus ended first exposure model jet engines Wish could repeat some conversation went cab way back laws. Editor Thats Bill Winter now talking can tell circle spectators took off like spooked flight birds standing next father small son holding hand Pop covered dis tance protective big tree nothing flat sonny stood grounddeserted Youll note ole Walt held plane foxy sit uations always saw Walt first line Unknown Walt knew what 5-in pulse jet sounded like Ralph Barnaby pioneer aviator very early glider pilot model er made first airplane drops dirigible probably Sperry Messenger pos sibly prior Macon Akron commanding officer Johnsville Naval Air Station 1946 FAC guys held Nats last year Barnaby having invited us inspect fantastic Nazi weaponry includ ing early guided bombs raised Cain Mediterranean turned us over Mo Taylor second command Mo ardent model er still makes home-builtssuch IMPand developed successful roadable air planeswas prankster Among wild things piloted Heilcats carrying test heat-seekers day finding neck cold hair end turned head saw missle closing own airplane So behind building Johnsvile Mo set up 5-in US pulse jet engine run stood close tail pipe thus luring us stand innocently beside him Some guy waltzed up pipe big torch right out French revolution world came end Eardrums fluttered like reed valves Some joke military lovedto scare jabbers out press Wright Field PR guy put us little bunker-hut two SOs firedlike being hell levitating red glare Walt could hold Dyna-Jet toy shattered true Some toy amazing thing was noisy out proportion real thing although far faster frequency years Dyna-Jets some popularity Scale fringe old-timers will recall marvelous jet models turned out late Cal Smith buddy Frank Lashek still active think didnt have glass shells models made balsa As bestos thin aluminum sheeting separated hot jet fuselage keep plane burning up after landing no cool ing airstream helper race over ship quickly pump air through not-always-successful race agalnst time Such models seemed weigh ton note Tharpes pta air space shows around tail pipe Nowadays can have fiberglass fuselage shell can still see Dyna-Jets flown CL Speed some Europeans have used launching rail shades WV II fly twinengined RC javelins Gods sake dont try bit speed such crate might escape gravity People always ask about Dyna-Jet pop up occasion al ads last remember being mall-order house Hobby Barn 24 Model Aviation Master Jig 400 does tricks Houdini says master Skunk Works pic Mark Winter modeler another editor/writer shows serves holderhere rotated slightly position 40-60 Krackerjac fiddling servos Original low-wing Sailplane Bill Selby has planform taken Sadlers Pacemaker gassie 40 years ago Span is6 ft maxchord 10 has 9% Clark Y airfoil spite tiny V-tail stable hi-start tame well maneu verable soars readily HA Thomas photo Winter can say Leisure Playboy 2A1 geared 05 left Top Flite Metrick claimed thanks son Mike 2 mid-spectrum family circus Mike has old mans lazy flying habits Metrick has nose-mounted Cox TD 049 Bill says nose mount far superior draggy high-mounted pod field box DaCa pa says has Taylor panel hole need long battery lead start engines other end Pas also impatient took off both folding covers can get rag-bag collec tion support junk Crows rumored have flown off some hear tell As far know WAM Western Associ ated Modelers organization still sponsors true CL Jet Scale event Bruce concludes Wed love hear others exist modelers sirni lar interests Bruce Tharpe 2380 Cabril lo Dr Hayward CA 94545 Creedmore add high-intensity contest site FF its glory days ever saw Buc caneer flying across field doorbellbattery booster hanging its leads know perhaps few among modelers outside walls Walt mention ed should have inside fly kinds models Gus Munich tells us Pattern Scale sport Right now have active P-47 P-S 1 Corsair FW-190 Tweedy Bird Skybolt Little Stik two origi nal Pattern types Sagitta Saliplane two Slope-Soaring Sailpianes What unusual about Gus fleet electricpowered dig story should know Gus summer 1951 great showman Jim Walker wandered around country huge special Chrysler towing stream lined trailer FF-RC contest Plalnview Long Island descended upon us like C7zariots Fire RC lawnmowers too LIDS Merokes other RC outfits up thereand ole George Myers Bob Aberle Andy Farkas myriad Long Island hotshots Brooklyn Mon taukwill shocked Plainview Most Long Island has wall-to-wall houses shopping centers generation days Plalnview altogether po tato fields abandoned anticipation postwar housing Hundred-acre flying sites everywhere flew single-channel rud der-only jobsnobody conquered throt tlewith Good Brothers equipment gastube Aerotrol Lorenze Control Research John Worths companyl two-tub ers using huge folded-dipole antennas made furring strips Rosenstock put transmitter inside Kraft cheese box make hand-held unit local revolution Anyway Walker huge crate two guys could hand launch over furrows yours truly being weaker suckers hurt Jim both throttle Continued page 26 June 1983 25 Austin Gutmans CAR system coupled aileron rudder mounts externally Astro Flight 10 reduced dihedral cables running double rudder horn System could inter nal RC Only Electric no exhaust feasible tape-mount Bantam Midget servo wings top Below cut down waiting time between flights charge Gutman uses 12V hair blower fan quick-cool batteries Rubberbands fan air cooling holes NORTHERN CALIFORNIAS LARGEST DISCOUNT HOBBY SHOPI I/RjeYD FUEL ou U New high film strength lubricantU increased power engine lifeI Highest quolily ingredients Deteroent action cut varnish II II II II II II II II II II II II II IHOURS Monday thru weonesooy U-oUrj rnoay yau-ouu L -- turday930-6O0 Sunday 1200-500 mmmmj CHEROKEE Favorite Span65Eng.45-60 Area754 sq in4 Channel Send $075 latest price list literature Quality RIC Products Since 1960 VK MODEL AIRCRAFT CO 4350 Arondale Dr. Williamsvilie NY 14221 Phone 716 632-4838 ignition low high elevators Gus thus inspired copy Rockwood reed unit both three five channels going back prior WV II cut reeds tin plate trusting masterpiece Gus connected five channels rudder redundancy also writers first Cox 010-powered Lightning Bugs kitted Jetco early 60s Gus came home night new development home hed fly thing backyard ac tually wore out four engines Gus tink erer gadgeteer made primi tive things Thirty years later still electric started pod attachment Sagitta Gus tells us used motor taken Astro starter home made 31 belt drive seven cells motor reworked add 118-in ball bear ings believe old plain-bearing Astro 075 motor could mistaken Using hi-start Sagitta could get high 500 feet came Leisure Playboy Leisure LTSO 2 1 gear re duction Gus buzzes has plug-in wings fit car weighs 42Yz oz usually shut down motor conserve fueL Its nice shut down set up landing just right spot Scale job Really takes skill other way run out juice over flying strip Ive included few photos Corsair Electric Stik would say Scale aircraft area 550 600 sq 40 48 oz weight should fly Leisure LT50 gear-reduction system Anything about 300 sq weight 28 31 oz should fly LT5O direct drive direct drive gray Cox 6-4 excellent geared drive Rev-Up 11-7 11-7 Top Flite 11-7 etc about right Author under stand Y-O Zinger also excel lent rye good results 10-6 Tornado Playboy turns faster runs longer plane doesnt climb fast net get flight minutes per charge PS Im head Model Engine Collectors Assoe about plug Consider yourself plugged Gus keep hearing isolated Electric groups successful pioneers stuck colored pins bulletin board mark locations board would light up Islanders beautiful island would save year two finding out hard way hunting down Gus Hint try East Islip Gus scared himself death full-charging Playboy its first flight almost went out sight now uses 7-mm charge 7-min flight Thats non-thermaL Hes flights up 28 min Baby Playboy Atom gas engine first FF 1946 Gus recalls What would have given able circle up among clouds beautiful model see sun light streaming through transparent red MonoKote gently 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SFor Fun/Winter Continued page 28 320-plus ffights Fun Let tell lightly-built openframe six-footer flies 19 put down grass runway slowly open throttle wide dont hold elevator up keep tail down crate doesnt move second two three begins trundle along tail comes up should after surprisingly-brief run low speed gracefully floats off Possibly tiny bit up held nudge rotate soonerlike cross-runway wind Youll need reduce power 19 crank down-trim during circling climb-out climb-up throttle back put circletrim wait lift big Q-Tee What way go would still work 8 ft power rather like powered Sailplane promise have ships that Boyds sounds aerobatic Maybe 4 5 ft have six-footer 19 goes inverted will circle field way 8-ft wing does tight 8s deck lowpowered flat-bottom-foiled ships enter inverted half outside loop holding down stay inverted Dreams nothing dreams. 88 Model Aviation EE QUADRA ENGINES S SSORIES Let us update old engines Sales repair services WE ALSO FEATURE eGIANT SCALE KITS AND SEMI KITS CLEAR WHITE PINE STOCK SIZES 1/4 SCALE DUMMY RADIAL MOTORS CUSTOM KIT CUTTING SERVICE GIANT SCALE BLUE PRINTS BIG IS BETTER SEND $200 FOR OUR NEW CATALOG OR CUSTOM what ao suppose asks Sally Mrs Dave Brown holding up companys newest product V-Tech folded muffled tuned pipe Dave says pipe increases rpm holding noise down better other hes tried pipes used Daves Tartan-powered Laser 200 wIth placed third 1982 Tournament Champions SUPERwings DIVISION OF HI JOHNSON MODEL PRODUCTS 11015 GLENOAKS BLVD PACOIMA CA 91331 SAILPLANE COMPONENTS CREATE YOUR OWN SUPER GLIDER WING FOAM CORES Floater Thermal & Slope FUSELAGES LUSTROLEEN 2 Meter Standard Open & Scale STAB FOAM CORES Rudder & Fin Cores COVERING MATERIALS White skin & Lustroleen WING RODS Wing Tongue Kits FOR HI JOHNSONS PORTFOLIO PRICE SHEET & ORDER FORM about sailplane construction & design using foam & plastic SEND $250 CHECK OR MO CA RES ADD SALES TAX Cry beer axe old FFer will pluck heart strings Joe Elgin de signer great Playboy checks remarkable story About year ago Irma Hillegas widow late Red H hobby shop Clevelands East Side favorite haunt Balsa Butchers called Joe ask interested old Dick Korda Gas model basement Dick made tracks pick up crate years before immortal Korda Powerhouse stunned first Mir ror Meet right after WW IL seems 1937 Carl Goldberg scored impressive win Akron pylon Gas Bird revolutionized FF Gas led ultimate ly Zipper seen Carl fussing around bird late afternoon Detroit Nats 1938 next year Comet kit came out over 700 Zippers 1939 Detroit Nats small Nats compared later ones Carl lost Gas Bird Akron Dick some friends retrieved bringing ship back awards presentation late day Dick joked about having good look Carls modeL After witnessing famous flight Dick others began fabri cate own versions new high-per formance competition modeL Dicks apparently flew circuit during 1938 include picture threeview made Herb Clukey beautiful full-size plan supplled Joe Elgin among trying get historic model certified SAM genuine Antique Au thor did bit AMA license num ber 3825 1938 number although AMA records dont go back far number 719 issued early 193& John Worth s bigger number later year So Dicks num ber bracketed 1938 AMA new numbers first flying season ship has elliptical tips polyhedral spans 54 9-in chord powered Brown Jr Carls pylon model both diamond fuselages After 45 years Kor das model weighs 24 oz its two pencell batteries Korda careful wood selectionyou can tell Area 450 squ&es late depression prewar years us could afford new engines waited aimost 10 years able afford Baby Cyke $9 wholesale Most family heads could afford usual $2150 besides Brown Juniors went out date ap pearance Bantam l9s Ohisson 23s soon followed O&R 60 Super Cykeswhich pulled crates like Gold bergs Comet Sailplane Joe Konefes Buzzard Bombshell didnt know Dick built Gas back took walloping world Rubber finally winning Wake field Cup 1939 flight timed yours truly Joe Casano Teterboro NJ 44-odd minutes almost overhead two suc cessive thermals Dick has full-scale sailplane pilot years Red Dick Howie Robinson some wonderful bull sessions Nats am trance tooand Dick along editor Al Lewis deceased made Model Aviation Hail Fame together Hope doesnt turn off newcomers Its part heritage Old soldiers dont fade away As Kor NEW FOURMOST PRODUCTS! 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MI iaaRRCLEVELAND MODEL & SUPPLY CO UNIORE NOSTALGIC GIFTOOSR7R Detoit Ace Cteuelmnd Ohio 44102 lot charming palaver Said Bob year under normal temperature using tubing use about 3/4 Cut can extend l/2 years keeping un bevel end X-Acto knife razor opened units freezer portion re insert spout may have frigeratpr Never put opened unit back enlarge spout hole slightly tube fits because condensation moisture smoothly loosely know container will cause rapid use know done seldom will clog shelf life will get very thick endwhich can quickly Ole Bill now wonders about shelf pulled off fingernails wanted life ppened bottles bench think know about shelf life refrigerator caper just cane unglued dont mean plug jazz Dont leave bottle Hot Stuff compare products glues warm sunlighted bench can tell Its jus1t Bob told us things ever because quickly becomes super gap- wante4 know didnt filling much else great making spider webs When A-justo-jig came out SOs put 2 oz net weight large wondered anyone would need Now bottle fills about two-thirds Bob sorely regret getting oldgoes spraying us Spritzer fashioed prices didnt miss out Tide nitrogen-filled atmosphere filled Distri1utors Master Jig 400 aptly called weight electric eyealso 1/4 total multi-purpose tooL see pic V2-oz bottles fill about 32000 units ture cant describe its other contortionist week tricks rotatable hefty steel bar holds make out over 8000000 bot- crate Ike field box Parts used other com ties Hot Stuff year considers binatipns enable hold wing paintJet Zap other brands ing axid can rotate wing conven 20000000 units year overall outland- ient positions Remove long bar its ish big hobby Add CyAs outer support leg parts arranged other glues white glues cements like hold fuselage space its engine mount Sigment Ambroid and could firwall adjusts up down can glue together whole solar system work either sitting standing Yes difference cyanoacrylate can swung out way model formulas Bob answered us can check wing incidence CG set dihed least 100 different formulas use today ral etc use covering Also way cheap drugstore types holds wing fuselage hold-down-bolt Id never trust put model together yet holes crates suffer bench-rash cost about $28 per ounce Make past tense figure two grams about $2 up special ized types make dental mcdi- comes big airplanes Wendell cal industry Hot Stuff used manufac- etler same wavelength ture heart valves literature filled subjects dayShelf life bench 2-oz units dreaming own Quarter Scale Piper Vag about fly Wendell writ ing flown Third Scaler months have wanted show pic heart-throb bing Art Chester Jeep course big Vag especially because mentioned thinking about floats So Wendell January 19 Author part column written February 22 request pie Vag floats gives incentive finish two sets floats have almost completed going floats until spring Wen dell explains since too would like see two airplane versions together will Author Before got down paper Wendell put floats chopped hole ice could see chubby Vag water Jeep has very nice surprise continues excellent flier 24 Kioritz about 24 lb brings wing loading up 44 oz sq ft see fly would never believe high something about enlarged scale will tolerate heavier loadings very good way scale Jeep 4 25% feel heavier loadings larger models brings realistic flightif adequate power have no argument like go Tournament Champions route keep loadings light possible us practical ror day-by-day week-by-week rugged sport flying really cares long having fun buy Scale effect has dramatic re sult area goes up far beyond what modeler can imagine thought 10 ft 4 Aristocrat heavy 28 lb 132 Cu glow Tartan single-cylinder yet almost floats can cruise 1/3 throttle slow-fly just above idle shailow Figure 8s loading nearly 40 oz climbs out very well indeed Ive seen normal sport jobs 20 oz loading far sluggish Schoolyard Scales 10 oz bricklike license build heavy judge wing loading alone Its just doubling size model increases its area square Reynolds Number goes up like skyrocket Freudian s April 1983 issue talking about strange ways simple minded allerons made statement full flaps lift/drag machine goes through roofi Actually meant drag portion increases enormously L/D quite low in-betweenthe-lines sense situation does go through roofto pot Sharp readers would have quickly doped out fuzzy words choice words did imply opposite author wishes make perfectly clear flap drag lousier L/D becomes also notes typewriter betrayed him recently putting down P22 Ryan Pt-19 Fairchild case Schanzels big Rubber Scaler thousands know difference readers wrote ap peared Letters Editor editor noted author calledin correc tion wasnt made therefore author adds now getting correction made late stages production about simple holding chat John Riggins during second half Super Bowl since people involved last paragraph of page 18 April Continued page 134 132 Model Aviation KIT ONLY $8390 KIT & DRIVE TRAIN $1 5390 KIT DRIVE TRAIN & ENGINE $27390 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE RADIO CONTROL SOCIETY SUPER SCALE 83 16th Annual Giant UAnd Sport Scale Contest featuring A RC s 1st Size Scale Fly-in * Sport Scale * Giant Scale Separate judging Giant * Fly-in Relaxation Non Competition Events * Awards 4th Place Competition * Free Refreshments Entrants * *SAILPLANE** launching equipment histartslwincheslaCCeS5orieS complete linelbest pricesltop quality send self-addressed stamped envelope cataloglinformatiOn RLF PRODUCTS R3 Box 178-V Peoli IN d764 Al 21 723-4310 issue portion about George Clapp misleading said has 71 appeals should have said has appeals Fairchild 7 Serious correction Recall two cartoons showed artwork used Texas Sailpianers intimidate Arkansas guys noted Alamo back door would no Texas Im hono rary Razorback Heres Don Chancey just short note give proper credit priceless Rembrandts earlier column sez Don resident com mercial artist current VP Monte Miller alias Killer Miller Monte did two cartoons printed several others Oh yes Alamo did indeed have back door used ran off hid northeast swampland known today Arkansas guys like know Aeromodeling gets technical quail Sunday July 3 1983 Floyd Benett Field Brooklyn New York Largest Controlled Air Park New York State Registration 830i 130 am Flying starts 830 am Entry Fee $10 Second Entry $7 Only first 100 accepted preregistry advised Contest Director Jerry Behrens 31-27 Healy Ave Far Rockaway NY 11691 212-337-6987 Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Pober Pixie/Wiscer Continued oaqe 38 ammonia holding bent posi tion until dry Keeping mind will some spring-back sides should over-bent about 50% An alternative score outer ply along F4 former line crack plywood Epoxy will heal wound Assemble forward box sec tion Formers Fl F4 /4 balsa bottoms -in beveled balsa gussets Add 1/16 plywood top Splice fuselage aft end box section add Formers F5 F2 assembled basic fuselage structure temporarily fasten formed wire cabane struts soldered brass brackets dis tance between brackets must match di mension over outside surfaces wing spar joiners reason building wing first dimension vicinity 575 wing pin inserted its holes brackets pin should exactly parallel top sur face fuselage Re-melt solder necessary bring pin alignment adjustment controls wing incidence pin should also exactly fuse lage center line wing will right angles fuselage cabane struts can shifted sideways slightly alignment holding cabane struts alignment add Former F8 plywood block its base using epoxy front cabane bolted 1/16 ply wood fuselage top /x-in landing gear clamps diagonal cabane blocked /x ply strips behind Former F6 epoxy Before epoxy hardens check pin alignment once re-check spacing between brackets Pixie cabane struts round tubes stream lined Landing gear wire brass parts should completely soldered together before bolt ing assembly fuselage bottom Keep proper sequence mind sol dering example wing strut brackets must place before soldering lower landing gear brackets form brackets 031-in hard brass will necessary anneal metal Heat torch over burn er kitchen stove Quench water brass will softened bending brass work-hardens before bends completed re-anneal before An electric stove heat element will same job Lay part softened directly stove element heat until changes color quench water After assembling land ing gear fuselage bottom fuselage formers stringers planking can added Tail surfaces conventional construc tion base sheet balsa Ribs edges cemented add shape sheet balsa need extremely light weight too light wrinkles will eventually appear covering material happened Pixie could have used extra tail weight Miscellaneous Having made fiberglass en gine cowls number planes have found quickest method lay-up over foam core blue insulation foam best carving sanding shape Its disadvantage foam will dissolve polyester resin glass cloth must laid epoxy resin Carve sand foam block cowl shape making slightly undersize about 1/32-in will approximate thickness glass cloth layer two 6-oz cloth followed top layer /-oz cloth ease finishing foam core easily chipped out after epoxy hardens Any residue can melted away dope thinner acetone internal plywood baffle cowl serves two purposes directs incoming air over engine also used hold cowl place means single 4-40 machine screw threaded front lower engine mount baffle needs carefully fitted cowl certain proper level cowl kept secure ply bulkhead dowel near top Wheel pants made two blocks -in balsa tack-cemented together After carving sanding outside shape split blocks apart hollow inside accommodate wheels used Robart scale wheels Permanently cement hal ves cover outside /2-oz glass cloth resin Preferred windshield material 031-in acrylic Plexiglas butyrate sheet Shape windshield draping material over aluminum form kitchen oven 2500 F sheet aluminum litho-plate bent half cylinder plastic bal 134 Model Aviation SCALE DOCUMENTATION SCALE DRAWINGSPHOTOS BOOKLETS MODEL PLANS 9983 AIRPLANE cATAL~ 04 PAGES 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/06
Page Numbers: 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 88, 89, 131, 132, 134
Spectacular Bruce Tharpe describes flight Dyna-Jet-powered Sabre flown via Control Line Both Bruce dad Bruce R have long-time affair Dyne-Jet Scalersthis modified Airforms kit fiberglass fuselage skinned-foam wings want know get Dyna-Jet Bill Winter pleads contact him noise consideration warn Dyna-Jet roars like herd bulls AS YOU WELL KNOW modelers have fun Dyna-Jet-powered F-86F Sabre modi different ways Bruce Tharpe re- fled Airforms kit fiberglass fuselage foam minds us father Bruce R enjoy wings unmodified Dyna-Jet running Control Line pulse jets photo white gas simply spectacular Im sure remember first experience jet just case have article Art Schroeder Author really Walt Schroder Bruce describes event can just see Thirteen years later Walt re called scene April 1969 MAN reading manuscript Jets Therapeutic Way Author Love thera peutic suddenly remembered first meeting jet engine during 1946 first Dyna-Jet unit brought East Bill Tenny Paul Plecan built ukie took cab Creedmore Long Island exception Tenny us idea what expect Creedmore big open area adjacent Creedmore Hospital mentally ilL Paul retired center circle Walt went checked lines nounced ready Tenny attached pump Bill Winter would observe After asking hold high-tension lead plane Tenny gave three exploratory pumps air pump good firm point d ine gave out incredible bellow continued run tail pipe first turning cherry red white-hot plus incredible din Two po lice cars caine running up find out what Among Gus Munichs stable RC Electrics highly successful adaptations 54-in Top Flite Corsair somebodys Stik Theyre very lightweight due use Jumbo Rubber-type construction Stik does Pattern maneuvers except requiring rudder throttle Corsair tools around up 400 ft 4 mm has 2 mm fading power set up land Much text After 320-plus flights John E Boyd decided make repairs adaptation Airtronics 0-Tee two son often thermalled Pictures show enlarged highly modified original look-alike powered 09 Does REM maneuvers marginal inverted flight has 14-oz wing loading Once landed dead-stick after 22-mm flight 22 Model Aviation U lust fun Bill Winter Whats great Dick Korda doing Goldberg Zipper Its really Korda pylon original gassie flown 1938 Just found Irma Hille gas basement ties inspirational win Goldberg pre-Zipper Akron 1937 text Herb Clukeys 3view thanks Joe Playboy Elgingives feel Full-size plans can obtained MA publishes article future issue KORDAS rn1938 Gas Buggy DESIGNED BY DICK KORDA - - I Ii CHORD 9 AREA 450 SO INS POWER BROWN JR SCALE IN INCHES 024A 80 1214 IA Isle Jinter says admires Wendell Hostetlers big Art Chester Jeep left combination 24 Cu lfl Kioritz 24-lb gross weight 44-oz ving loading makes realistic distinct high performance Vegas lightweights Bill thinks 24 K puts out 50% more power han Tartan single-cylinder 132 Cu glow 10-ft 4-in Aristocrat almost floats 38 oz per sq ft Reynolds Number goes hrough roof area speed go upit doesnt mean powered bomb Hostetler Winter have comparing notes Wendells 1/3cale Kioritz-powered Piper Vagabond Bills Y4-scale Vag OS 90 Wendells plans have both wheelad float versions floats 54 n long get picture column Wendell rushed floats completion chopped hole ice Russell Stokes lefthand picture located Tad Kleusers 193738 variation John Sadler low-wing FF thanks distant real estate agent Stokes Frontier Airlines captains flew home Texas can see righthand picture silk-covered fuselage wertical tail good shape tattered silkspan wing stab make look like ancient-rebuild museum subject found abandoned barn Kleuser lost life over English Channel B-17 during WW II June 1983 23 An efficient control surface hinge HA Thomas isa tested idea control surface hinge ailerons redder flap Mad Nyrod tubes such used puibrods hinge lightweight free-moving strong adds aerodynamic advantage sealed hinge line produces no radio noise As sketch pictures indicate sections th outer tubes CyA-glued concave edges control surfaces alternating tubes mate snugly Strips MonoKote silk used reinforcement over section prior applying final covering over entire surface inner Nyrod tube serves hinge pin may spot-cemented either end position securely splines some brands inner Nyrods give proper clearance binding excuse friction little ingenuity idea can easily adapted thicker control surfaces type hinge widely used early Control Line Speed models aluminum tubes steel hinge pin wire fitted streamlined plywood tal surfaces modern variation using different materials suitable RC particu larly Sailplanes CL use So save remnants nylon control rods guides give hinge design try &rdsa / / befire coverurg/ / 7/ //~'/// /4/ /i Oderriyrod / &sbe secs ii/ /7 /74/ /// e4es//Jet // orYoiSta/f /7/ /1/ i/ 7//i NH] Z/fifer yrcd 1a6 kep exploded window hos pital face peering out Suddenly en gine incredibly stopped silence indes cribable Winter shattered Through no fault Walt recalled managed hold onto plane suitable explan ations police thus ended first exposure model jet engines Wish could repeat some conversation went cab way back laws. Editor Thats Bill Winter now talking can tell circle spectators took off like spooked flight birds standing next father small son holding hand Pop covered dis tance protective big tree nothing flat sonny stood grounddeserted Youll note ole Walt held plane foxy sit uations always saw Walt first line Unknown Walt knew what 5-in pulse jet sounded like Ralph Barnaby pioneer aviator very early glider pilot model er made first airplane drops dirigible probably Sperry Messenger pos sibly prior Macon Akron commanding officer Johnsville Naval Air Station 1946 FAC guys held Nats last year Barnaby having invited us inspect fantastic Nazi weaponry includ ing early guided bombs raised Cain Mediterranean turned us over Mo Taylor second command Mo ardent model er still makes home-builtssuch IMPand developed successful roadable air planeswas prankster Among wild things piloted Heilcats carrying test heat-seekers day finding neck cold hair end turned head saw missle closing own airplane So behind building Johnsvile Mo set up 5-in US pulse jet engine run stood close tail pipe thus luring us stand innocently beside him Some guy waltzed up pipe big torch right out French revolution world came end Eardrums fluttered like reed valves Some joke military lovedto scare jabbers out press Wright Field PR guy put us little bunker-hut two SOs firedlike being hell levitating red glare Walt could hold Dyna-Jet toy shattered true Some toy amazing thing was noisy out proportion real thing although far faster frequency years Dyna-Jets some popularity Scale fringe old-timers will recall marvelous jet models turned out late Cal Smith buddy Frank Lashek still active think didnt have glass shells models made balsa As bestos thin aluminum sheeting separated hot jet fuselage keep plane burning up after landing no cool ing airstream helper race over ship quickly pump air through not-always-successful race agalnst time Such models seemed weigh ton note Tharpes pta air space shows around tail pipe Nowadays can have fiberglass fuselage shell can still see Dyna-Jets flown CL Speed some Europeans have used launching rail shades WV II fly twinengined RC javelins Gods sake dont try bit speed such crate might escape gravity People always ask about Dyna-Jet pop up occasion al ads last remember being mall-order house Hobby Barn 24 Model Aviation Master Jig 400 does tricks Houdini says master Skunk Works pic Mark Winter modeler another editor/writer shows serves holderhere rotated slightly position 40-60 Krackerjac fiddling servos Original low-wing Sailplane Bill Selby has planform taken Sadlers Pacemaker gassie 40 years ago Span is6 ft maxchord 10 has 9% Clark Y airfoil spite tiny V-tail stable hi-start tame well maneu verable soars readily HA Thomas photo Winter can say Leisure Playboy 2A1 geared 05 left Top Flite Metrick claimed thanks son Mike 2 mid-spectrum family circus Mike has old mans lazy flying habits Metrick has nose-mounted Cox TD 049 Bill says nose mount far superior draggy high-mounted pod field box DaCa pa says has Taylor panel hole need long battery lead start engines other end Pas also impatient took off both folding covers can get rag-bag collec tion support junk Crows rumored have flown off some hear tell As far know WAM Western Associ ated Modelers organization still sponsors true CL Jet Scale event Bruce concludes Wed love hear others exist modelers sirni lar interests Bruce Tharpe 2380 Cabril lo Dr Hayward CA 94545 Creedmore add high-intensity contest site FF its glory days ever saw Buc caneer flying across field doorbellbattery booster hanging its leads know perhaps few among modelers outside walls Walt mention ed should have inside fly kinds models Gus Munich tells us Pattern Scale sport Right now have active P-47 P-S 1 Corsair FW-190 Tweedy Bird Skybolt Little Stik two origi nal Pattern types Sagitta Saliplane two Slope-Soaring Sailpianes What unusual about Gus fleet electricpowered dig story should know Gus summer 1951 great showman Jim Walker wandered around country huge special Chrysler towing stream lined trailer FF-RC contest Plalnview Long Island descended upon us like C7zariots Fire RC lawnmowers too LIDS Merokes other RC outfits up thereand ole George Myers Bob Aberle Andy Farkas myriad Long Island hotshots Brooklyn Mon taukwill shocked Plainview Most Long Island has wall-to-wall houses shopping centers generation days Plalnview altogether po tato fields abandoned anticipation postwar housing Hundred-acre flying sites everywhere flew single-channel rud der-only jobsnobody conquered throt tlewith Good Brothers equipment gastube Aerotrol Lorenze Control Research John Worths companyl two-tub ers using huge folded-dipole antennas made furring strips Rosenstock put transmitter inside Kraft cheese box make hand-held unit local revolution Anyway Walker huge crate two guys could hand launch over furrows yours truly being weaker suckers hurt Jim both throttle Continued page 26 June 1983 25 Austin Gutmans CAR system coupled aileron rudder mounts externally Astro Flight 10 reduced dihedral cables running double rudder horn System could inter nal RC Only Electric no exhaust feasible tape-mount Bantam Midget servo wings top Below cut down waiting time between flights charge Gutman uses 12V hair blower fan quick-cool batteries Rubberbands fan air cooling holes NORTHERN CALIFORNIAS LARGEST DISCOUNT HOBBY SHOPI I/RjeYD FUEL ou U New high film strength lubricantU increased power engine lifeI Highest quolily ingredients Deteroent action cut varnish II II II II II II II II II II II II II IHOURS Monday thru weonesooy U-oUrj rnoay yau-ouu L -- turday930-6O0 Sunday 1200-500 mmmmj CHEROKEE Favorite Span65Eng.45-60 Area754 sq in4 Channel Send $075 latest price list literature Quality RIC Products Since 1960 VK MODEL AIRCRAFT CO 4350 Arondale Dr. Williamsvilie NY 14221 Phone 716 632-4838 ignition low high elevators Gus thus inspired copy Rockwood reed unit both three five channels going back prior WV II cut reeds tin plate trusting masterpiece Gus connected five channels rudder redundancy also writers first Cox 010-powered Lightning Bugs kitted Jetco early 60s Gus came home night new development home hed fly thing backyard ac tually wore out four engines Gus tink erer gadgeteer made primi tive things Thirty years later still electric started pod attachment Sagitta Gus tells us used motor taken Astro starter home made 31 belt drive seven cells motor reworked add 118-in ball bear ings believe old plain-bearing Astro 075 motor could mistaken Using hi-start Sagitta could get high 500 feet came Leisure Playboy Leisure LTSO 2 1 gear re duction Gus buzzes has plug-in wings fit car weighs 42Yz oz usually shut down motor conserve fueL Its nice shut down set up landing just right spot Scale job Really takes skill other way run out juice over flying strip Ive included few photos Corsair Electric Stik would say Scale aircraft area 550 600 sq 40 48 oz weight should fly Leisure LT50 gear-reduction system Anything about 300 sq weight 28 31 oz should fly LT5O direct drive direct drive gray Cox 6-4 excellent geared drive Rev-Up 11-7 11-7 Top Flite 11-7 etc about right Author under stand Y-O Zinger also excel lent rye good results 10-6 Tornado Playboy turns faster runs longer plane doesnt climb fast net get flight minutes per charge PS Im head Model Engine Collectors Assoe about plug Consider yourself plugged Gus keep hearing isolated Electric groups successful pioneers stuck colored pins bulletin board mark locations board would light up Islanders beautiful island would save year two finding out hard way hunting down Gus Hint try East Islip Gus scared himself death full-charging Playboy its first flight almost went out sight now uses 7-mm charge 7-min flight Thats non-thermaL Hes flights up 28 min Baby Playboy Atom gas engine first FF 1946 Gus recalls What would have given able circle up among clouds beautiful model see sun light streaming through transparent red MonoKote gently land feet made balsa wheels keep down weight No problem since Playboy comes gently seagull Next wanted see Pattern perform ance really possible Gus continues obtained Leisure LT5O Competition-wind direct drive also six cells few Cox gray 6-4s built 300 sq symmetri cal-airfoiled job 1-in-thick section us ing lightweight balsa call Electric Stllc weights 31 oz aileron elevator control using Cannon micro servos mated Kraft Sport Series receiver 250 mAh Continued page 28 26 Model Aviation 6/a47e SPORT WINCH Lightweight 34 lbs 155 kg battery Surprising performance r develops 9 HP Reiiable & durabie ity components Easy use stable electrodynamic brake help prevent backlashet Complete around parachute 600 meters 90 lb braided nylon line $21500 battery shipping charges includedl also sell finest 160 lb braided nylon contest towline $19201600 meters plus shipping Send complete descriptive iiterature price list 6/a4c7e454c 68 Morgan Ave Danbury CT 06810 TEL203 743-3312 F100- F16- F86 RC models 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mostly air inside Cowl bottom Clorox bottle 2-os penalty uses geared LT5O 250 mAh receiver battery four small World Engines servos 06 oz Cirrus receiver All-up weight balsa wheels blue MonoKote covering 56/2 us 54 span wing has about same area Playboy Airfoil semi-sym metrical first try using Rev-Up 11-7 six cells turning 4100 barely took off Gus tell us did reach about 100 ft alti tude underpowered added cells Finally eight turned Rev-Up 1 1-VA 5000 rpm Takeoffs easy rough field Six-minute flights normal 15-mm charges Altitude 400 feet sono problem Author found LTSO geared 2Y21 11-7 will blow 20-amp fuse eight cells Gus advises lucky get way combo Variations theme discussion April issue about properly power Q-Tee produced some wonderful mail letter John F Boyd sinks What bellyaching about miser able-flying Q-Tees due using too-powerful versions Cox engines Finally witnessed first flight made Bob Crosby raw ginner thing flew float-glided like dream Q-Tee lovely little thing fantasies 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SFor Fun/Winter Continued page 28 320-plus ffights Fun Let tell lightly-built openframe six-footer flies 19 put down grass runway slowly open throttle wide dont hold elevator up keep tail down crate doesnt move second two three begins trundle along tail comes up should after surprisingly-brief run low speed gracefully floats off Possibly tiny bit up held nudge rotate soonerlike cross-runway wind Youll need reduce power 19 crank down-trim during circling climb-out climb-up throttle back put circletrim wait lift big Q-Tee What way go would still work 8 ft power rather like powered Sailplane promise have ships that Boyds sounds aerobatic Maybe 4 5 ft have six-footer 19 goes inverted will circle field way 8-ft wing does tight 8s deck lowpowered flat-bottom-foiled ships enter inverted half outside loop holding down stay inverted Dreams nothing dreams. 88 Model Aviation EE QUADRA ENGINES S SSORIES Let us update old engines Sales repair services WE ALSO FEATURE eGIANT SCALE KITS AND SEMI KITS CLEAR WHITE PINE STOCK SIZES 1/4 SCALE DUMMY RADIAL MOTORS CUSTOM KIT CUTTING SERVICE GIANT SCALE BLUE PRINTS BIG IS BETTER SEND $200 FOR OUR NEW CATALOG OR CUSTOM what ao suppose asks Sally Mrs Dave Brown holding up companys newest product V-Tech folded muffled tuned pipe Dave says pipe increases rpm holding noise down better other hes tried pipes used Daves Tartan-powered Laser 200 wIth placed third 1982 Tournament Champions SUPERwings DIVISION OF HI JOHNSON MODEL PRODUCTS 11015 GLENOAKS BLVD PACOIMA CA 91331 SAILPLANE COMPONENTS CREATE YOUR OWN SUPER GLIDER WING FOAM CORES Floater Thermal & Slope FUSELAGES LUSTROLEEN 2 Meter Standard Open & Scale STAB FOAM CORES Rudder & Fin Cores COVERING MATERIALS White skin & Lustroleen WING RODS Wing Tongue Kits FOR HI JOHNSONS PORTFOLIO PRICE SHEET & ORDER FORM about sailplane construction & design using foam & plastic SEND $250 CHECK OR MO CA RES ADD SALES TAX Cry beer axe old FFer will pluck heart strings Joe Elgin de signer great Playboy checks remarkable story About year ago Irma Hillegas widow late Red H hobby shop Clevelands East Side favorite haunt Balsa Butchers called Joe ask interested old Dick Korda Gas model basement Dick made tracks pick up crate years before immortal Korda Powerhouse stunned first Mir ror Meet right after WW IL seems 1937 Carl Goldberg scored impressive win Akron pylon Gas Bird revolutionized FF Gas led ultimate ly Zipper seen Carl fussing around bird late afternoon Detroit Nats 1938 next year Comet kit came out over 700 Zippers 1939 Detroit Nats small Nats compared later ones Carl lost Gas Bird Akron Dick some friends retrieved bringing ship back awards presentation late day Dick joked about having good look Carls modeL After witnessing famous flight Dick others began fabri cate own versions new high-per formance competition modeL Dicks apparently flew circuit during 1938 include picture threeview made Herb Clukey beautiful full-size plan supplled Joe Elgin among trying get historic model certified SAM genuine Antique Au thor did bit AMA license num ber 3825 1938 number although AMA records dont go back far number 719 issued early 193& John Worth s bigger number later year So Dicks num ber bracketed 1938 AMA new numbers first flying season ship has elliptical tips polyhedral spans 54 9-in chord powered Brown Jr Carls pylon model both diamond fuselages After 45 years Kor das model weighs 24 oz its two pencell batteries Korda careful wood selectionyou can tell Area 450 squ&es late depression prewar years us could afford new engines waited aimost 10 years able afford Baby Cyke $9 wholesale Most family heads could afford usual $2150 besides Brown Juniors went out date ap pearance Bantam l9s Ohisson 23s soon followed O&R 60 Super Cykeswhich pulled crates like Gold bergs Comet Sailplane Joe Konefes Buzzard Bombshell didnt know Dick built Gas back took walloping world Rubber finally winning Wake field Cup 1939 flight timed yours truly Joe Casano Teterboro NJ 44-odd minutes almost overhead two suc cessive thermals Dick has full-scale sailplane pilot years Red Dick Howie Robinson some wonderful bull sessions Nats am trance tooand Dick along editor Al Lewis deceased made Model Aviation Hail Fame together Hope doesnt turn off newcomers Its part heritage Old soldiers dont fade away As Kor NEW FOURMOST PRODUCTS! 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Master Jig 400* Patent Pending kind Master Jig 400 world its own Its true utility handler can buy because no else builds anything like 5 perfect painting Master Jig 400 holds fuselage stability mount safe simple Master Jig 400 will allow model move swing apply paint addition Master Jig 400 offers opportunity paint constant light source runs will start since can rotate model painting Multi-mount Radial beam mount fuselage Fuselage attachment using wing bolt holes Fuselage cradle Wing mount wing bolt holes Wing mount cradle fingers together cant let go dainty airplanes Right now war nozzles Maybe perfect nozzle re mote laser space weapons use Jet both varieties Hot Stuff course too others keep track hate clogged feeder tubes may character captivity suffers clogs inside bottles never seem make precisely right size holes nozzles thin tubes What thought new bottling form Hot Stuff turned out sample Cy anoacrylate Accelerator spotted squeeze spray nozzle flipped Evidently guys build big crates lots ply wood have bonding problems use baking sodait goes off give area bonded spray accelerator say 6 8 away just surface real helper Frees hands work model Saves model damage Frees bench space Holds model position Total versatility Easy attachment two bolts Mounts workbench Adjustable height Work sitting standing 3600rotation horizontally 360 0rotation cordwise Quickly folded stored Multi-purpose Radio installation Engine installation 3600 access fiberglassing Provides total access painting Covering plastic film Set incidence CheckCG Jig setting dihedral Straighten warped wings Ufetime Investment Master Jig 400 priced $12995 Thats price good kit engine invest ment will last lifetime Heres order Direct Tide Distributors Inc no mark-ups Visa MasterCard bank check money order means prompt delivery FTIDE DISTRIBUTORS INC PO Box 317/Dept MAV 683 Minto ND 58261I 701 352-2667 Eves I Master Jig priced $12995 plus $ I for postage handling Please send I me ______ Master Jigs Enclosed find acheckfor$ __________________ I Card No ________________________ I Exp DateI NameI Address ___________________________ State ZipI fluster 3lPhoneI Free Brochure Want toI know Send self addressed stamped en- velope office listed above joint tires instantlyas permanently Vic torian marriage two generations chewed regular model glues dopes mummi fied fingers part fun Heres another sample bottlefrom Golden West Its ultra super solvent separating instant-glued joints mistakes arent forever removing such glues skin fabric covering Theres no comma between skin fabric doubt supposed wash hands stuff Im dumb enough tryyou arent note flash point 96 degrees Fahrenheit maybe shouldnt use under tropic sunthats joke son Speaking sample bottles H&H Electronics has pretty blue liquid Supersafe Soft Solder Liquid Flux sure can use Having sent laundry list disasters Bob Hunter got back patient answers June 1983 131 NOW PRODUCED IN THE US 51/2 FEET OF THRILLS AND EXCITEMENT THE LEAN MEAN HURRICANE SUPER-BIG OFFSHORE DEEP V ultimate racing something different try running Hurricane 1 2-foot waves Easy build mahogany plywood construction Designed hobby Quadra TML35 gasoline engine 66 long x 181/2 wide x 11 deep Shipping Charges Included US & Canada J TERPRU5E5 256 Schuman Dr Newmarket Alabama 35761 Phone 1-205-852-2566 PO Box 82 Belmont Ontario NOL 150 Phone 1-51 9-644-0375 JAG CLEVELAND QUALITY PLANS still famous hoto,c amnun P-40 CARD KITWORLDS GREATEST TRUELE POLOJ5 VARIETY ULL COLOR EXACT REPRODUCTION4.Mast, tltof model plant ausilahle Fmm 1132 haOs /4 size s RC C/I F/F cubbe static Thece NOWREMEMBERcolleoters Choke items Ash sot old time models Ueffus.FLEW'Ys~t%A oootshsdohacge ooseleanhlonger hotoeodtltt ote fr rnIeIRR CleoelaodOeoigoed piotoral Oalalog hooklet boot 1411 producel se get padiallt illolatod puce isO Just send hOSE [ONLYISIWELL THEY HOWoothiog else like anpmheetftt plans Real N ano ci t flaIl pet. 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CG set dihed least 100 different formulas use today ral etc use covering Also way cheap drugstore types holds wing fuselage hold-down-bolt Id never trust put model together yet holes crates suffer bench-rash cost about $28 per ounce Make past tense figure two grams about $2 up special ized types make dental mcdi- comes big airplanes Wendell cal industry Hot Stuff used manufac- etler same wavelength ture heart valves literature filled subjects dayShelf life bench 2-oz units dreaming own Quarter Scale Piper Vag about fly Wendell writ ing flown Third Scaler months have wanted show pic heart-throb bing Art Chester Jeep course big Vag especially because mentioned thinking about floats So Wendell January 19 Author part column written February 22 request pie Vag floats gives incentive finish two sets floats have almost completed going floats until spring Wen dell explains since too would like see two airplane versions together will Author Before got down paper Wendell put floats chopped hole ice could see chubby Vag water Jeep has very nice surprise continues excellent flier 24 Kioritz about 24 lb brings wing loading up 44 oz sq ft see fly would never believe high something about enlarged scale will tolerate heavier loadings very good way scale Jeep 4 25% feel heavier loadings larger models brings realistic flightif adequate power have no argument like go Tournament Champions route keep loadings light possible us practical ror day-by-day week-by-week rugged sport flying really cares long having fun buy Scale effect has dramatic re sult area goes up far beyond what modeler can imagine thought 10 ft 4 Aristocrat heavy 28 lb 132 Cu glow Tartan single-cylinder yet almost floats can cruise 1/3 throttle slow-fly just above idle shailow Figure 8s loading nearly 40 oz climbs out very well indeed Ive seen normal sport jobs 20 oz loading far sluggish Schoolyard Scales 10 oz bricklike license build heavy judge wing loading alone Its just doubling size model increases its area square Reynolds Number goes up like skyrocket Freudian s April 1983 issue talking about strange ways simple minded allerons made statement full flaps lift/drag machine goes through roofi Actually meant drag portion increases enormously L/D quite low in-betweenthe-lines sense situation does go through roofto pot Sharp readers would have quickly doped out fuzzy words choice words did imply opposite author wishes make perfectly clear flap drag lousier L/D becomes also notes typewriter betrayed him recently putting down P22 Ryan Pt-19 Fairchild case Schanzels big Rubber Scaler thousands know difference readers wrote ap peared Letters Editor editor noted author calledin correc tion wasnt made therefore author adds now getting correction made late stages production about simple holding chat John Riggins during second half Super Bowl since people involved last paragraph of page 18 April Continued page 134 132 Model Aviation KIT ONLY $8390 KIT & DRIVE TRAIN $1 5390 KIT DRIVE TRAIN & ENGINE $27390 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Alamo did indeed have back door used ran off hid northeast swampland known today Arkansas guys like know Aeromodeling gets technical quail Sunday July 3 1983 Floyd Benett Field Brooklyn New York Largest Controlled Air Park New York State Registration 830i 130 am Flying starts 830 am Entry Fee $10 Second Entry $7 Only first 100 accepted preregistry advised Contest Director Jerry Behrens 31-27 Healy Ave Far Rockaway NY 11691 212-337-6987 Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Pober Pixie/Wiscer Continued oaqe 38 ammonia holding bent posi tion until dry Keeping mind will some spring-back sides should over-bent about 50% An alternative score outer ply along F4 former line crack plywood Epoxy will heal wound Assemble forward box sec tion Formers Fl F4 /4 balsa bottoms -in beveled balsa gussets Add 1/16 plywood top Splice fuselage aft end box section add Formers F5 F2 assembled basic fuselage structure temporarily fasten formed wire cabane struts soldered brass brackets dis tance between brackets must match di mension over outside surfaces wing spar joiners reason building wing first dimension vicinity 575 wing pin inserted its holes brackets pin should exactly parallel top sur face fuselage Re-melt solder necessary bring pin alignment adjustment controls wing incidence pin should also exactly fuse lage center line wing will right angles fuselage cabane struts can shifted sideways slightly alignment holding cabane struts alignment add Former F8 plywood block its base using epoxy front cabane bolted 1/16 ply wood fuselage top /x-in landing gear clamps diagonal cabane blocked /x ply strips behind Former F6 epoxy Before epoxy hardens check pin alignment once re-check spacing between brackets Pixie cabane struts round tubes stream lined Landing gear wire brass parts should completely soldered together before bolt ing assembly fuselage bottom Keep proper sequence mind sol dering example wing strut brackets must place before soldering lower landing gear brackets form brackets 031-in hard brass will necessary anneal metal Heat torch over burn er kitchen stove Quench water brass will softened bending brass work-hardens before bends completed re-anneal before An electric stove heat element will same job Lay part softened directly stove element heat until changes color quench water After assembling land ing gear fuselage bottom fuselage formers stringers planking can added Tail surfaces conventional construc tion base sheet balsa Ribs edges cemented add shape sheet balsa need extremely light weight too light wrinkles will eventually appear covering material happened Pixie could have used extra tail weight Miscellaneous Having made fiberglass en gine cowls number planes have found quickest method lay-up over foam core blue insulation foam best carving sanding shape Its disadvantage foam will dissolve polyester resin glass cloth must laid epoxy resin Carve sand foam block cowl shape making slightly undersize about 1/32-in will approximate thickness glass cloth layer two 6-oz cloth followed top layer /-oz cloth ease finishing foam core easily chipped out after epoxy hardens Any residue can melted away dope thinner acetone internal plywood baffle cowl serves two purposes directs incoming air over engine also used hold cowl place means single 4-40 machine screw threaded front lower engine mount baffle needs carefully fitted cowl certain proper level cowl kept secure ply bulkhead dowel near top Wheel pants made two blocks -in balsa tack-cemented together After carving sanding outside shape split blocks apart hollow inside accommodate wheels used Robart scale wheels Permanently cement hal ves cover outside /2-oz glass cloth resin Preferred windshield material 031-in acrylic Plexiglas butyrate sheet Shape windshield draping material over aluminum form kitchen oven 2500 F sheet aluminum litho-plate bent half cylinder plastic bal 134 Model Aviation SCALE DOCUMENTATION SCALE DRAWINGSPHOTOS BOOKLETS MODEL PLANS 9983 AIRPLANE cATAL~ 04 PAGES 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/06
Page Numbers: 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 88, 89, 131, 132, 134
Spectacular Bruce Tharpe describes flight Dyna-Jet-powered Sabre flown via Control Line Both Bruce dad Bruce R have long-time affair Dyne-Jet Scalersthis modified Airforms kit fiberglass fuselage skinned-foam wings want know get Dyna-Jet Bill Winter pleads contact him noise consideration warn Dyna-Jet roars like herd bulls AS YOU WELL KNOW modelers have fun Dyna-Jet-powered F-86F Sabre modi different ways Bruce Tharpe re- fled Airforms kit fiberglass fuselage foam minds us father Bruce R enjoy wings unmodified Dyna-Jet running Control Line pulse jets photo white gas simply spectacular Im sure remember first experience jet just case have article Art Schroeder Author really Walt Schroder Bruce describes event can just see Thirteen years later Walt re called scene April 1969 MAN reading manuscript Jets Therapeutic Way Author Love thera peutic suddenly remembered first meeting jet engine during 1946 first Dyna-Jet unit brought East Bill Tenny Paul Plecan built ukie took cab Creedmore Long Island exception Tenny us idea what expect Creedmore big open area adjacent Creedmore Hospital mentally ilL Paul retired center circle Walt went checked lines nounced ready Tenny attached pump Bill Winter would observe After asking hold high-tension lead plane Tenny gave three exploratory pumps air pump good firm point d ine gave out incredible bellow continued run tail pipe first turning cherry red white-hot plus incredible din Two po lice cars caine running up find out what Among Gus Munichs stable RC Electrics highly successful adaptations 54-in Top Flite Corsair somebodys Stik Theyre very lightweight due use Jumbo Rubber-type construction Stik does Pattern maneuvers except requiring rudder throttle Corsair tools around up 400 ft 4 mm has 2 mm fading power set up land Much text After 320-plus flights John E Boyd decided make repairs adaptation Airtronics 0-Tee two son often thermalled Pictures show enlarged highly modified original look-alike powered 09 Does REM maneuvers marginal inverted flight has 14-oz wing loading Once landed dead-stick after 22-mm flight 22 Model Aviation U lust fun Bill Winter Whats great Dick Korda doing Goldberg Zipper Its really Korda pylon original gassie flown 1938 Just found Irma Hille gas basement ties inspirational win Goldberg pre-Zipper Akron 1937 text Herb Clukeys 3view thanks Joe Playboy Elgingives feel Full-size plans can obtained MA publishes article future issue KORDAS rn1938 Gas Buggy DESIGNED BY DICK KORDA - - I Ii CHORD 9 AREA 450 SO INS POWER BROWN JR SCALE IN INCHES 024A 80 1214 IA Isle Jinter says admires Wendell Hostetlers big Art Chester Jeep left combination 24 Cu lfl Kioritz 24-lb gross weight 44-oz ving loading makes realistic distinct high performance Vegas lightweights Bill thinks 24 K puts out 50% more power han Tartan single-cylinder 132 Cu glow 10-ft 4-in Aristocrat almost floats 38 oz per sq ft Reynolds Number goes hrough roof area speed go upit doesnt mean powered bomb Hostetler Winter have comparing notes Wendells 1/3cale Kioritz-powered Piper Vagabond Bills Y4-scale Vag OS 90 Wendells plans have both wheelad float versions floats 54 n long get picture column Wendell rushed floats completion chopped hole ice Russell Stokes lefthand picture located Tad Kleusers 193738 variation John Sadler low-wing FF thanks distant real estate agent Stokes Frontier Airlines captains flew home Texas can see righthand picture silk-covered fuselage wertical tail good shape tattered silkspan wing stab make look like ancient-rebuild museum subject found abandoned barn Kleuser lost life over English Channel B-17 during WW II June 1983 23 An efficient control surface hinge HA Thomas isa tested idea control surface hinge ailerons redder flap Mad Nyrod tubes such used puibrods hinge lightweight free-moving strong adds aerodynamic advantage sealed hinge line produces no radio noise As sketch pictures indicate sections th outer tubes CyA-glued concave edges control surfaces alternating tubes mate snugly Strips MonoKote silk used reinforcement over section prior applying final covering over entire surface inner Nyrod tube serves hinge pin may spot-cemented either end position securely splines some brands inner Nyrods give proper clearance binding excuse friction little ingenuity idea can easily adapted thicker control surfaces type hinge widely used early Control Line Speed models aluminum tubes steel hinge pin wire fitted streamlined plywood tal surfaces modern variation using different materials suitable RC particu larly Sailplanes CL use So save remnants nylon control rods guides give hinge design try &rdsa / / befire coverurg/ / 7/ //~'/// /4/ /i Oderriyrod / &sbe secs ii/ /7 /74/ /// e4es//Jet // orYoiSta/f /7/ /1/ i/ 7//i NH] Z/fifer yrcd 1a6 kep exploded window hos pital face peering out Suddenly en gine incredibly stopped silence indes cribable Winter shattered Through no fault Walt recalled managed hold onto plane suitable explan ations police thus ended first exposure model jet engines Wish could repeat some conversation went cab way back laws. Editor Thats Bill Winter now talking can tell circle spectators took off like spooked flight birds standing next father small son holding hand Pop covered dis tance protective big tree nothing flat sonny stood grounddeserted Youll note ole Walt held plane foxy sit uations always saw Walt first line Unknown Walt knew what 5-in pulse jet sounded like Ralph Barnaby pioneer aviator very early glider pilot model er made first airplane drops dirigible probably Sperry Messenger pos sibly prior Macon Akron commanding officer Johnsville Naval Air Station 1946 FAC guys held Nats last year Barnaby having invited us inspect fantastic Nazi weaponry includ ing early guided bombs raised Cain Mediterranean turned us over Mo Taylor second command Mo ardent model er still makes home-builtssuch IMPand developed successful roadable air planeswas prankster Among wild things piloted Heilcats carrying test heat-seekers day finding neck cold hair end turned head saw missle closing own airplane So behind building Johnsvile Mo set up 5-in US pulse jet engine run stood close tail pipe thus luring us stand innocently beside him Some guy waltzed up pipe big torch right out French revolution world came end Eardrums fluttered like reed valves Some joke military lovedto scare jabbers out press Wright Field PR guy put us little bunker-hut two SOs firedlike being hell levitating red glare Walt could hold Dyna-Jet toy shattered true Some toy amazing thing was noisy out proportion real thing although far faster frequency years Dyna-Jets some popularity Scale fringe old-timers will recall marvelous jet models turned out late Cal Smith buddy Frank Lashek still active think didnt have glass shells models made balsa As bestos thin aluminum sheeting separated hot jet fuselage keep plane burning up after landing no cool ing airstream helper race over ship quickly pump air through not-always-successful race agalnst time Such models seemed weigh ton note Tharpes pta air space shows around tail pipe Nowadays can have fiberglass fuselage shell can still see Dyna-Jets flown CL Speed some Europeans have used launching rail shades WV II fly twinengined RC javelins Gods sake dont try bit speed such crate might escape gravity People always ask about Dyna-Jet pop up occasion al ads last remember being mall-order house Hobby Barn 24 Model Aviation Master Jig 400 does tricks Houdini says master Skunk Works pic Mark Winter modeler another editor/writer shows serves holderhere rotated slightly position 40-60 Krackerjac fiddling servos Original low-wing Sailplane Bill Selby has planform taken Sadlers Pacemaker gassie 40 years ago Span is6 ft maxchord 10 has 9% Clark Y airfoil spite tiny V-tail stable hi-start tame well maneu verable soars readily HA Thomas photo Winter can say Leisure Playboy 2A1 geared 05 left Top Flite Metrick claimed thanks son Mike 2 mid-spectrum family circus Mike has old mans lazy flying habits Metrick has nose-mounted Cox TD 049 Bill says nose mount far superior draggy high-mounted pod field box DaCa pa says has Taylor panel hole need long battery lead start engines other end Pas also impatient took off both folding covers can get rag-bag collec tion support junk Crows rumored have flown off some hear tell As far know WAM Western Associ ated Modelers organization still sponsors true CL Jet Scale event Bruce concludes Wed love hear others exist modelers sirni lar interests Bruce Tharpe 2380 Cabril lo Dr Hayward CA 94545 Creedmore add high-intensity contest site FF its glory days ever saw Buc caneer flying across field doorbellbattery booster hanging its leads know perhaps few among modelers outside walls Walt mention ed should have inside fly kinds models Gus Munich tells us Pattern Scale sport Right now have active P-47 P-S 1 Corsair FW-190 Tweedy Bird Skybolt Little Stik two origi nal Pattern types Sagitta Saliplane two Slope-Soaring Sailpianes What unusual about Gus fleet electricpowered dig story should know Gus summer 1951 great showman Jim Walker wandered around country huge special Chrysler towing stream lined trailer FF-RC contest Plalnview Long Island descended upon us like C7zariots Fire RC lawnmowers too LIDS Merokes other RC outfits up thereand ole George Myers Bob Aberle Andy Farkas myriad Long Island hotshots Brooklyn Mon taukwill shocked Plainview Most Long Island has wall-to-wall houses shopping centers generation days Plalnview altogether po tato fields abandoned anticipation postwar housing Hundred-acre flying sites everywhere flew single-channel rud der-only jobsnobody conquered throt tlewith Good Brothers equipment gastube Aerotrol Lorenze Control Research John Worths companyl two-tub ers using huge folded-dipole antennas made furring strips Rosenstock put transmitter inside Kraft cheese box make hand-held unit local revolution Anyway Walker huge crate two guys could hand launch over furrows yours truly being weaker suckers hurt Jim both throttle Continued page 26 June 1983 25 Austin Gutmans CAR system coupled aileron rudder mounts externally Astro Flight 10 reduced dihedral cables running double rudder horn System could inter nal RC Only Electric no exhaust feasible tape-mount Bantam Midget servo wings top Below cut down waiting time between flights charge Gutman uses 12V hair blower fan quick-cool batteries Rubberbands fan air cooling holes NORTHERN CALIFORNIAS LARGEST DISCOUNT HOBBY SHOPI I/RjeYD FUEL ou U New high film strength lubricantU increased power engine lifeI Highest quolily ingredients Deteroent action cut varnish II II II II II II II II II II II II II IHOURS Monday thru weonesooy U-oUrj rnoay yau-ouu L -- turday930-6O0 Sunday 1200-500 mmmmj CHEROKEE Favorite Span65Eng.45-60 Area754 sq in4 Channel Send $075 latest price list literature Quality RIC Products Since 1960 VK MODEL AIRCRAFT CO 4350 Arondale Dr. Williamsvilie NY 14221 Phone 716 632-4838 ignition low high elevators Gus thus inspired copy Rockwood reed unit both three five channels going back prior WV II cut reeds tin plate trusting masterpiece Gus connected five channels rudder redundancy also writers first Cox 010-powered Lightning Bugs kitted Jetco early 60s Gus came home night new development home hed fly thing backyard ac tually wore out four engines Gus tink erer gadgeteer made primi tive things Thirty years later still electric started pod attachment Sagitta Gus tells us used motor taken Astro starter home made 31 belt drive seven cells motor reworked add 118-in ball bear ings believe old plain-bearing Astro 075 motor could mistaken Using hi-start Sagitta could get high 500 feet came Leisure Playboy Leisure LTSO 2 1 gear re duction Gus buzzes has plug-in wings fit car weighs 42Yz oz usually shut down motor conserve fueL Its nice shut down set up landing just right spot Scale job Really takes skill other way run out juice over flying strip Ive included few photos Corsair Electric Stik would say Scale aircraft area 550 600 sq 40 48 oz weight should fly Leisure LT50 gear-reduction system Anything about 300 sq weight 28 31 oz should fly LT5O direct drive direct drive gray Cox 6-4 excellent geared drive Rev-Up 11-7 11-7 Top Flite 11-7 etc about right Author under stand Y-O Zinger also excel lent rye good results 10-6 Tornado Playboy turns faster runs longer plane doesnt climb fast net get flight minutes per charge PS Im head Model Engine Collectors Assoe about plug Consider yourself plugged Gus keep hearing isolated Electric groups successful pioneers stuck colored pins bulletin board mark locations board would light up Islanders beautiful island would save year two finding out hard way hunting down Gus Hint try East Islip Gus scared himself death full-charging Playboy its first flight almost went out sight now uses 7-mm charge 7-min flight Thats non-thermaL Hes flights up 28 min Baby Playboy Atom gas engine first FF 1946 Gus recalls What would have given able circle up among clouds beautiful model see sun light streaming through transparent red MonoKote gently land feet made balsa wheels keep down weight No problem since Playboy comes gently seagull Next wanted see Pattern perform ance really possible Gus continues obtained Leisure LT5O Competition-wind direct drive also six cells few Cox gray 6-4s built 300 sq symmetri cal-airfoiled job 1-in-thick section us ing lightweight balsa call Electric Stllc weights 31 oz aileron elevator control using Cannon micro servos mated Kraft Sport Series receiver 250 mAh Continued page 28 26 Model Aviation 6/a47e SPORT WINCH Lightweight 34 lbs 155 kg battery Surprising performance r develops 9 HP Reiiable & durabie ity components Easy use stable electrodynamic brake help prevent backlashet Complete around parachute 600 meters 90 lb braided nylon line $21500 battery shipping charges includedl also sell finest 160 lb braided nylon contest towline $19201600 meters plus shipping Send complete descriptive iiterature price list 6/a4c7e454c 68 Morgan Ave Danbury CT 06810 TEL203 743-3312 F100- F16- F86 RC models 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mostly air inside Cowl bottom Clorox bottle 2-os penalty uses geared LT5O 250 mAh receiver battery four small World Engines servos 06 oz Cirrus receiver All-up weight balsa wheels blue MonoKote covering 56/2 us 54 span wing has about same area Playboy Airfoil semi-sym metrical first try using Rev-Up 11-7 six cells turning 4100 barely took off Gus tell us did reach about 100 ft alti tude underpowered added cells Finally eight turned Rev-Up 1 1-VA 5000 rpm Takeoffs easy rough field Six-minute flights normal 15-mm charges Altitude 400 feet sono problem Author found LTSO geared 2Y21 11-7 will blow 20-amp fuse eight cells Gus advises lucky get way combo Variations theme discussion April issue about properly power Q-Tee produced some wonderful mail letter John F Boyd sinks What bellyaching about miser able-flying Q-Tees due using too-powerful versions Cox engines Finally witnessed first flight made Bob Crosby raw ginner thing flew float-glided like dream Q-Tee lovely little thing fantasies has make 6-ft K&B 19 Thats much think built two Q-Tees loved both says Boyd covered cleardoped silkspan trimmed red tissue Once afternoon right out model ers daydream thermalled about 15 min great accomplishment enormous thrill son watch model become miniscule silver dot beneath belly fair-weather cumu lus first time power enclosed pictures show model designed couple years later John goes Its Q-Tee heritage too obvious comment marked changes moments aspect ratio etc called IIDFIAWS acronym Dont Fly Aint Worth S . did fly would REM maneuvers plus marginal inverted flight Enya 09 up front Author must have made modi fied Q-Tee bigger wing loading came less 14 oz per sq ft longest deadstick 22 mm made pretty good train er spruce cabanes should have plywood finally stopped repairing after Continued page 88 28 Model Aviation $4995J esigned tor Quickie 500 racing sport ng Kit features hand cut balsa ply parts Easy MILLS Insta Build System Custom aluminum gear exclusive torque absorption nose 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SFor Fun/Winter Continued page 28 320-plus ffights Fun Let tell lightly-built openframe six-footer flies 19 put down grass runway slowly open throttle wide dont hold elevator up keep tail down crate doesnt move second two three begins trundle along tail comes up should after surprisingly-brief run low speed gracefully floats off Possibly tiny bit up held nudge rotate soonerlike cross-runway wind Youll need reduce power 19 crank down-trim during circling climb-out climb-up throttle back put circletrim wait lift big Q-Tee What way go would still work 8 ft power rather like powered Sailplane promise have ships that Boyds sounds aerobatic Maybe 4 5 ft have six-footer 19 goes inverted will circle field way 8-ft wing does tight 8s deck lowpowered flat-bottom-foiled ships enter inverted half outside loop holding down stay inverted Dreams nothing dreams. 88 Model Aviation EE QUADRA ENGINES S SSORIES Let us update old engines Sales repair services WE ALSO FEATURE eGIANT SCALE KITS AND SEMI KITS CLEAR WHITE PINE STOCK SIZES 1/4 SCALE DUMMY RADIAL MOTORS CUSTOM KIT CUTTING SERVICE GIANT SCALE BLUE PRINTS BIG IS BETTER SEND $200 FOR OUR NEW CATALOG OR CUSTOM what ao suppose asks Sally Mrs Dave Brown holding up companys newest product V-Tech folded muffled tuned pipe Dave says pipe increases rpm holding noise down better other hes tried pipes used Daves Tartan-powered Laser 200 wIth placed third 1982 Tournament Champions SUPERwings DIVISION OF HI JOHNSON MODEL PRODUCTS 11015 GLENOAKS BLVD PACOIMA CA 91331 SAILPLANE COMPONENTS CREATE YOUR OWN SUPER GLIDER WING FOAM CORES Floater Thermal & Slope FUSELAGES LUSTROLEEN 2 Meter Standard Open & Scale STAB FOAM CORES Rudder & Fin Cores COVERING MATERIALS White skin & Lustroleen WING RODS Wing Tongue Kits FOR HI JOHNSONS PORTFOLIO PRICE SHEET & ORDER FORM about sailplane construction & design using foam & plastic SEND $250 CHECK OR MO CA RES ADD SALES TAX Cry beer axe old FFer will pluck heart strings Joe Elgin de signer great Playboy checks remarkable story About year ago Irma Hillegas widow late Red H hobby shop Clevelands East Side favorite haunt Balsa Butchers called Joe ask interested old Dick Korda Gas model basement Dick made tracks pick up crate years before immortal Korda Powerhouse stunned first Mir ror Meet right after WW IL seems 1937 Carl Goldberg scored impressive win Akron pylon Gas Bird revolutionized FF Gas led ultimate ly Zipper seen Carl fussing around bird late afternoon Detroit Nats 1938 next year Comet kit came out over 700 Zippers 1939 Detroit Nats small Nats compared later ones Carl lost Gas Bird Akron Dick some friends retrieved bringing ship back awards presentation late day Dick joked about having good look Carls modeL After witnessing famous flight Dick others began fabri cate own versions new high-per formance competition modeL Dicks apparently flew circuit during 1938 include picture threeview made Herb Clukey beautiful full-size plan supplled Joe Elgin among trying get historic model certified SAM genuine Antique Au thor did bit AMA license num ber 3825 1938 number although AMA records dont go back far number 719 issued early 193& John Worth s bigger number later year So Dicks num ber bracketed 1938 AMA new numbers first flying season ship has elliptical tips polyhedral spans 54 9-in chord powered Brown Jr Carls pylon model both diamond fuselages After 45 years Kor das model weighs 24 oz its two pencell batteries Korda careful wood selectionyou can tell Area 450 squ&es late depression prewar years us could afford new engines waited aimost 10 years able afford Baby Cyke $9 wholesale Most family heads could afford usual $2150 besides Brown Juniors went out date ap pearance Bantam l9s Ohisson 23s soon followed O&R 60 Super Cykeswhich pulled crates like Gold bergs Comet Sailplane Joe Konefes Buzzard Bombshell didnt know Dick built Gas back took walloping world Rubber finally winning Wake field Cup 1939 flight timed yours truly Joe Casano Teterboro NJ 44-odd minutes almost overhead two suc cessive thermals Dick has full-scale sailplane pilot years Red Dick Howie Robinson some wonderful bull sessions Nats am trance tooand Dick along editor Al Lewis deceased made Model Aviation Hail Fame together Hope doesnt turn off newcomers Its part heritage Old soldiers dont fade away As Kor NEW FOURMOST PRODUCTS! 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Master Jig 400* Patent Pending kind Master Jig 400 world its own Its true utility handler can buy because no else builds anything like 5 perfect painting Master Jig 400 holds fuselage stability mount safe simple Master Jig 400 will allow model move swing apply paint addition Master Jig 400 offers opportunity paint constant light source runs will start since can rotate model painting Multi-mount Radial beam mount fuselage Fuselage attachment using wing bolt holes Fuselage cradle Wing mount wing bolt holes Wing mount cradle fingers together cant let go dainty airplanes Right now war nozzles Maybe perfect nozzle re mote laser space weapons use Jet both varieties Hot Stuff course too others keep track hate clogged feeder tubes may character captivity suffers clogs inside bottles never seem make precisely right size holes nozzles thin tubes What thought new bottling form Hot Stuff turned out sample Cy anoacrylate Accelerator spotted squeeze spray nozzle flipped Evidently guys build big crates lots ply wood have bonding problems use baking sodait goes off give area bonded spray accelerator say 6 8 away just surface real helper Frees hands work model Saves model damage Frees bench space Holds model position Total versatility Easy attachment two bolts Mounts workbench Adjustable height Work sitting standing 3600rotation horizontally 360 0rotation cordwise Quickly folded stored Multi-purpose Radio installation Engine installation 3600 access fiberglassing Provides total access painting Covering plastic film Set incidence CheckCG Jig setting dihedral Straighten warped wings Ufetime Investment Master Jig 400 priced $12995 Thats price good kit engine invest ment will last lifetime Heres order Direct Tide Distributors Inc no mark-ups Visa MasterCard bank check money order means prompt delivery FTIDE DISTRIBUTORS INC PO Box 317/Dept MAV 683 Minto ND 58261I 701 352-2667 Eves I Master Jig priced $12995 plus $ I for postage handling Please send I me ______ Master Jigs Enclosed find acheckfor$ __________________ I Card No ________________________ I Exp DateI NameI Address ___________________________ State ZipI fluster 3lPhoneI Free Brochure Want toI know Send self addressed stamped en- velope office listed above joint tires instantlyas permanently Vic torian marriage two generations chewed regular model glues dopes mummi fied fingers part fun Heres another sample bottlefrom Golden West Its ultra super solvent separating instant-glued joints mistakes arent forever removing such glues skin fabric covering Theres no comma between skin fabric doubt supposed wash hands stuff Im dumb enough tryyou arent note flash point 96 degrees Fahrenheit maybe shouldnt use under tropic sunthats joke son Speaking sample bottles H&H Electronics has pretty blue liquid Supersafe Soft Solder Liquid Flux sure can use Having sent laundry list disasters Bob Hunter got back patient answers June 1983 131 NOW PRODUCED IN THE US 51/2 FEET OF THRILLS AND EXCITEMENT THE LEAN MEAN HURRICANE SUPER-BIG OFFSHORE DEEP V ultimate racing something different try running Hurricane 1 2-foot waves Easy build mahogany plywood construction Designed hobby Quadra TML35 gasoline engine 66 long x 181/2 wide x 11 deep Shipping Charges Included US & Canada J TERPRU5E5 256 Schuman Dr Newmarket Alabama 35761 Phone 1-205-852-2566 PO Box 82 Belmont Ontario NOL 150 Phone 1-51 9-644-0375 JAG CLEVELAND QUALITY PLANS still famous hoto,c amnun P-40 CARD KITWORLDS GREATEST TRUELE POLOJ5 VARIETY ULL COLOR EXACT REPRODUCTION4.Mast, tltof model plant ausilahle Fmm 1132 haOs /4 size s RC C/I F/F cubbe static Thece NOWREMEMBERcolleoters Choke items Ash sot old time models Ueffus.FLEW'Ys~t%A oootshsdohacge ooseleanhlonger hotoeodtltt ote fr rnIeIRR CleoelaodOeoigoed piotoral Oalalog hooklet boot 1411 producel se get padiallt illolatod puce isO Just send hOSE [ONLYISIWELL THEY HOWoothiog else like anpmheetftt plans Real N ano ci t flaIl pet. 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MI iaaRRCLEVELAND MODEL & SUPPLY CO UNIORE NOSTALGIC GIFTOOSR7R Detoit Ace Cteuelmnd Ohio 44102 lot charming palaver Said Bob year under normal temperature using tubing use about 3/4 Cut can extend l/2 years keeping un bevel end X-Acto knife razor opened units freezer portion re insert spout may have frigeratpr Never put opened unit back enlarge spout hole slightly tube fits because condensation moisture smoothly loosely know container will cause rapid use know done seldom will clog shelf life will get very thick endwhich can quickly Ole Bill now wonders about shelf pulled off fingernails wanted life ppened bottles bench think know about shelf life refrigerator caper just cane unglued dont mean plug jazz Dont leave bottle Hot Stuff compare products glues warm sunlighted bench can tell Its jus1t Bob told us things ever because quickly becomes super gap- wante4 know didnt filling much else great making spider webs When A-justo-jig came out SOs put 2 oz net weight large wondered anyone would need Now bottle fills about two-thirds Bob sorely regret getting oldgoes spraying us Spritzer fashioed prices didnt miss out Tide nitrogen-filled atmosphere filled Distri1utors Master Jig 400 aptly called weight electric eyealso 1/4 total multi-purpose tooL see pic V2-oz bottles fill about 32000 units ture cant describe its other contortionist week tricks rotatable hefty steel bar holds make out over 8000000 bot- crate Ike field box Parts used other com ties Hot Stuff year considers binatipns enable hold wing paintJet Zap other brands ing axid can rotate wing conven 20000000 units year overall outland- ient positions Remove long bar its ish big hobby Add CyAs outer support leg parts arranged other glues white glues cements like hold fuselage space its engine mount Sigment Ambroid and could firwall adjusts up down can glue together whole solar system work either sitting standing Yes difference cyanoacrylate can swung out way model formulas Bob answered us can check wing incidence CG set dihed least 100 different formulas use today ral etc use covering Also way cheap drugstore types holds wing fuselage hold-down-bolt Id never trust put model together yet holes crates suffer bench-rash cost about $28 per ounce Make past tense figure two grams about $2 up special ized types make dental mcdi- comes big airplanes Wendell cal industry Hot Stuff used manufac- etler same wavelength ture heart valves literature filled subjects dayShelf life bench 2-oz units dreaming own Quarter Scale Piper Vag about fly Wendell writ ing flown Third Scaler months have wanted show pic heart-throb bing Art Chester Jeep course big Vag especially because mentioned thinking about floats So Wendell January 19 Author part column written February 22 request pie Vag floats gives incentive finish two sets floats have almost completed going floats until spring Wen dell explains since too would like see two airplane versions together will Author Before got down paper Wendell put floats chopped hole ice could see chubby Vag water Jeep has very nice surprise continues excellent flier 24 Kioritz about 24 lb brings wing loading up 44 oz sq ft see fly would never believe high something about enlarged scale will tolerate heavier loadings very good way scale Jeep 4 25% feel heavier loadings larger models brings realistic flightif adequate power have no argument like go Tournament Champions route keep loadings light possible us practical ror day-by-day week-by-week rugged sport flying really cares long having fun buy Scale effect has dramatic re sult area goes up far beyond what modeler can imagine thought 10 ft 4 Aristocrat heavy 28 lb 132 Cu glow Tartan single-cylinder yet almost floats can cruise 1/3 throttle slow-fly just above idle shailow Figure 8s loading nearly 40 oz climbs out very well indeed Ive seen normal sport jobs 20 oz loading far sluggish Schoolyard Scales 10 oz bricklike license build heavy judge wing loading alone Its just doubling size model increases its area square Reynolds Number goes up like skyrocket Freudian s April 1983 issue talking about strange ways simple minded allerons made statement full flaps lift/drag machine goes through roofi Actually meant drag portion increases enormously L/D quite low in-betweenthe-lines sense situation does go through roofto pot Sharp readers would have quickly doped out fuzzy words choice words did imply opposite author wishes make perfectly clear flap drag lousier L/D becomes also notes typewriter betrayed him recently putting down P22 Ryan Pt-19 Fairchild case Schanzels big Rubber Scaler thousands know difference readers wrote ap peared Letters Editor editor noted author calledin correc tion wasnt made therefore author adds now getting correction made late stages production about simple holding chat John Riggins during second half Super Bowl since people involved last paragraph of page 18 April Continued page 134 132 Model Aviation KIT ONLY $8390 KIT & DRIVE TRAIN $1 5390 KIT DRIVE TRAIN & ENGINE $27390 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE RADIO CONTROL SOCIETY SUPER SCALE 83 16th Annual Giant UAnd Sport Scale Contest featuring A RC s 1st Size Scale Fly-in * Sport Scale * Giant Scale Separate judging Giant * Fly-in Relaxation Non Competition Events * Awards 4th Place Competition * Free Refreshments Entrants * *SAILPLANE** launching equipment histartslwincheslaCCeS5orieS complete linelbest pricesltop quality send self-addressed stamped envelope cataloglinformatiOn RLF PRODUCTS R3 Box 178-V Peoli IN d764 Al 21 723-4310 issue portion about George Clapp misleading said has 71 appeals should have said has appeals Fairchild 7 Serious correction Recall two cartoons showed artwork used Texas Sailpianers intimidate Arkansas guys noted Alamo back door would no Texas Im hono rary Razorback Heres Don Chancey just short note give proper credit priceless Rembrandts earlier column sez Don resident com mercial artist current VP Monte Miller alias Killer Miller Monte did two cartoons printed several others Oh yes Alamo did indeed have back door used ran off hid northeast swampland known today Arkansas guys like know Aeromodeling gets technical quail Sunday July 3 1983 Floyd Benett Field Brooklyn New York Largest Controlled Air Park New York State Registration 830i 130 am Flying starts 830 am Entry Fee $10 Second Entry $7 Only first 100 accepted preregistry advised Contest Director Jerry Behrens 31-27 Healy Ave Far Rockaway NY 11691 212-337-6987 Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Pober Pixie/Wiscer Continued oaqe 38 ammonia holding bent posi tion until dry Keeping mind will some spring-back sides should over-bent about 50% An alternative score outer ply along F4 former line crack plywood Epoxy will heal wound Assemble forward box sec tion Formers Fl F4 /4 balsa bottoms -in beveled balsa gussets Add 1/16 plywood top Splice fuselage aft end box section add Formers F5 F2 assembled basic fuselage structure temporarily fasten formed wire cabane struts soldered brass brackets dis tance between brackets must match di mension over outside surfaces wing spar joiners reason building wing first dimension vicinity 575 wing pin inserted its holes brackets pin should exactly parallel top sur face fuselage Re-melt solder necessary bring pin alignment adjustment controls wing incidence pin should also exactly fuse lage center line wing will right angles fuselage cabane struts can shifted sideways slightly alignment holding cabane struts alignment add Former F8 plywood block its base using epoxy front cabane bolted 1/16 ply wood fuselage top /x-in landing gear clamps diagonal cabane blocked /x ply strips behind Former F6 epoxy Before epoxy hardens check pin alignment once re-check spacing between brackets Pixie cabane struts round tubes stream lined Landing gear wire brass parts should completely soldered together before bolt ing assembly fuselage bottom Keep proper sequence mind sol dering example wing strut brackets must place before soldering lower landing gear brackets form brackets 031-in hard brass will necessary anneal metal Heat torch over burn er kitchen stove Quench water brass will softened bending brass work-hardens before bends completed re-anneal before An electric stove heat element will same job Lay part softened directly stove element heat until changes color quench water After assembling land ing gear fuselage bottom fuselage formers stringers planking can added Tail surfaces conventional construc tion base sheet balsa Ribs edges cemented add shape sheet balsa need extremely light weight too light wrinkles will eventually appear covering material happened Pixie could have used extra tail weight Miscellaneous Having made fiberglass en gine cowls number planes have found quickest method lay-up over foam core blue insulation foam best carving sanding shape Its disadvantage foam will dissolve polyester resin glass cloth must laid epoxy resin Carve sand foam block cowl shape making slightly undersize about 1/32-in will approximate thickness glass cloth layer two 6-oz cloth followed top layer /-oz cloth ease finishing foam core easily chipped out after epoxy hardens Any residue can melted away dope thinner acetone internal plywood baffle cowl serves two purposes directs incoming air over engine also used hold cowl place means single 4-40 machine screw threaded front lower engine mount baffle needs carefully fitted cowl certain proper level cowl kept secure ply bulkhead dowel near top Wheel pants made two blocks -in balsa tack-cemented together After carving sanding outside shape split blocks apart hollow inside accommodate wheels used Robart scale wheels Permanently cement hal ves cover outside /2-oz glass cloth resin Preferred windshield material 031-in acrylic Plexiglas butyrate sheet Shape windshield draping material over aluminum form kitchen oven 2500 F sheet aluminum litho-plate bent half cylinder plastic bal 134 Model Aviation SCALE DOCUMENTATION SCALE DRAWINGSPHOTOS BOOKLETS MODEL PLANS 9983 AIRPLANE cATAL~ 04 PAGES 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/06
Page Numbers: 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 88, 89, 131, 132, 134
Spectacular Bruce Tharpe describes flight Dyna-Jet-powered Sabre flown via Control Line Both Bruce dad Bruce R have long-time affair Dyne-Jet Scalersthis modified Airforms kit fiberglass fuselage skinned-foam wings want know get Dyna-Jet Bill Winter pleads contact him noise consideration warn Dyna-Jet roars like herd bulls AS YOU WELL KNOW modelers have fun Dyna-Jet-powered F-86F Sabre modi different ways Bruce Tharpe re- fled Airforms kit fiberglass fuselage foam minds us father Bruce R enjoy wings unmodified Dyna-Jet running Control Line pulse jets photo white gas simply spectacular Im sure remember first experience jet just case have article Art Schroeder Author really Walt Schroder Bruce describes event can just see Thirteen years later Walt re called scene April 1969 MAN reading manuscript Jets Therapeutic Way Author Love thera peutic suddenly remembered first meeting jet engine during 1946 first Dyna-Jet unit brought East Bill Tenny Paul Plecan built ukie took cab Creedmore Long Island exception Tenny us idea what expect Creedmore big open area adjacent Creedmore Hospital mentally ilL Paul retired center circle Walt went checked lines nounced ready Tenny attached pump Bill Winter would observe After asking hold high-tension lead plane Tenny gave three exploratory pumps air pump good firm point d ine gave out incredible bellow continued run tail pipe first turning cherry red white-hot plus incredible din Two po lice cars caine running up find out what Among Gus Munichs stable RC Electrics highly successful adaptations 54-in Top Flite Corsair somebodys Stik Theyre very lightweight due use Jumbo Rubber-type construction Stik does Pattern maneuvers except requiring rudder throttle Corsair tools around up 400 ft 4 mm has 2 mm fading power set up land Much text After 320-plus flights John E Boyd decided make repairs adaptation Airtronics 0-Tee two son often thermalled Pictures show enlarged highly modified original look-alike powered 09 Does REM maneuvers marginal inverted flight has 14-oz wing loading Once landed dead-stick after 22-mm flight 22 Model Aviation U lust fun Bill Winter Whats great Dick Korda doing Goldberg Zipper Its really Korda pylon original gassie flown 1938 Just found Irma Hille gas basement ties inspirational win Goldberg pre-Zipper Akron 1937 text Herb Clukeys 3view thanks Joe Playboy Elgingives feel Full-size plans can obtained MA publishes article future issue KORDAS rn1938 Gas Buggy DESIGNED BY DICK KORDA - - I Ii CHORD 9 AREA 450 SO INS POWER BROWN JR SCALE IN INCHES 024A 80 1214 IA Isle Jinter says admires Wendell Hostetlers big Art Chester Jeep left combination 24 Cu lfl Kioritz 24-lb gross weight 44-oz ving loading makes realistic distinct high performance Vegas lightweights Bill thinks 24 K puts out 50% more power han Tartan single-cylinder 132 Cu glow 10-ft 4-in Aristocrat almost floats 38 oz per sq ft Reynolds Number goes hrough roof area speed go upit doesnt mean powered bomb Hostetler Winter have comparing notes Wendells 1/3cale Kioritz-powered Piper Vagabond Bills Y4-scale Vag OS 90 Wendells plans have both wheelad float versions floats 54 n long get picture column Wendell rushed floats completion chopped hole ice Russell Stokes lefthand picture located Tad Kleusers 193738 variation John Sadler low-wing FF thanks distant real estate agent Stokes Frontier Airlines captains flew home Texas can see righthand picture silk-covered fuselage wertical tail good shape tattered silkspan wing stab make look like ancient-rebuild museum subject found abandoned barn Kleuser lost life over English Channel B-17 during WW II June 1983 23 An efficient control surface hinge HA Thomas isa tested idea control surface hinge ailerons redder flap Mad Nyrod tubes such used puibrods hinge lightweight free-moving strong adds aerodynamic advantage sealed hinge line produces no radio noise As sketch pictures indicate sections th outer tubes CyA-glued concave edges control surfaces alternating tubes mate snugly Strips MonoKote silk used reinforcement over section prior applying final covering over entire surface inner Nyrod tube serves hinge pin may spot-cemented either end position securely splines some brands inner Nyrods give proper clearance binding excuse friction little ingenuity idea can easily adapted thicker control surfaces type hinge widely used early Control Line Speed models aluminum tubes steel hinge pin wire fitted streamlined plywood tal surfaces modern variation using different materials suitable RC particu larly Sailplanes CL use So save remnants nylon control rods guides give hinge design try &rdsa / / befire coverurg/ / 7/ //~'/// /4/ /i Oderriyrod / &sbe secs ii/ /7 /74/ /// e4es//Jet // orYoiSta/f /7/ /1/ i/ 7//i NH] Z/fifer yrcd 1a6 kep exploded window hos pital face peering out Suddenly en gine incredibly stopped silence indes cribable Winter shattered Through no fault Walt recalled managed hold onto plane suitable explan ations police thus ended first exposure model jet engines Wish could repeat some conversation went cab way back laws. Editor Thats Bill Winter now talking can tell circle spectators took off like spooked flight birds standing next father small son holding hand Pop covered dis tance protective big tree nothing flat sonny stood grounddeserted Youll note ole Walt held plane foxy sit uations always saw Walt first line Unknown Walt knew what 5-in pulse jet sounded like Ralph Barnaby pioneer aviator very early glider pilot model er made first airplane drops dirigible probably Sperry Messenger pos sibly prior Macon Akron commanding officer Johnsville Naval Air Station 1946 FAC guys held Nats last year Barnaby having invited us inspect fantastic Nazi weaponry includ ing early guided bombs raised Cain Mediterranean turned us over Mo Taylor second command Mo ardent model er still makes home-builtssuch IMPand developed successful roadable air planeswas prankster Among wild things piloted Heilcats carrying test heat-seekers day finding neck cold hair end turned head saw missle closing own airplane So behind building Johnsvile Mo set up 5-in US pulse jet engine run stood close tail pipe thus luring us stand innocently beside him Some guy waltzed up pipe big torch right out French revolution world came end Eardrums fluttered like reed valves Some joke military lovedto scare jabbers out press Wright Field PR guy put us little bunker-hut two SOs firedlike being hell levitating red glare Walt could hold Dyna-Jet toy shattered true Some toy amazing thing was noisy out proportion real thing although far faster frequency years Dyna-Jets some popularity Scale fringe old-timers will recall marvelous jet models turned out late Cal Smith buddy Frank Lashek still active think didnt have glass shells models made balsa As bestos thin aluminum sheeting separated hot jet fuselage keep plane burning up after landing no cool ing airstream helper race over ship quickly pump air through not-always-successful race agalnst time Such models seemed weigh ton note Tharpes pta air space shows around tail pipe Nowadays can have fiberglass fuselage shell can still see Dyna-Jets flown CL Speed some Europeans have used launching rail shades WV II fly twinengined RC javelins Gods sake dont try bit speed such crate might escape gravity People always ask about Dyna-Jet pop up occasion al ads last remember being mall-order house Hobby Barn 24 Model Aviation Master Jig 400 does tricks Houdini says master Skunk Works pic Mark Winter modeler another editor/writer shows serves holderhere rotated slightly position 40-60 Krackerjac fiddling servos Original low-wing Sailplane Bill Selby has planform taken Sadlers Pacemaker gassie 40 years ago Span is6 ft maxchord 10 has 9% Clark Y airfoil spite tiny V-tail stable hi-start tame well maneu verable soars readily HA Thomas photo Winter can say Leisure Playboy 2A1 geared 05 left Top Flite Metrick claimed thanks son Mike 2 mid-spectrum family circus Mike has old mans lazy flying habits Metrick has nose-mounted Cox TD 049 Bill says nose mount far superior draggy high-mounted pod field box DaCa pa says has Taylor panel hole need long battery lead start engines other end Pas also impatient took off both folding covers can get rag-bag collec tion support junk Crows rumored have flown off some hear tell As far know WAM Western Associ ated Modelers organization still sponsors true CL Jet Scale event Bruce concludes Wed love hear others exist modelers sirni lar interests Bruce Tharpe 2380 Cabril lo Dr Hayward CA 94545 Creedmore add high-intensity contest site FF its glory days ever saw Buc caneer flying across field doorbellbattery booster hanging its leads know perhaps few among modelers outside walls Walt mention ed should have inside fly kinds models Gus Munich tells us Pattern Scale sport Right now have active P-47 P-S 1 Corsair FW-190 Tweedy Bird Skybolt Little Stik two origi nal Pattern types Sagitta Saliplane two Slope-Soaring Sailpianes What unusual about Gus fleet electricpowered dig story should know Gus summer 1951 great showman Jim Walker wandered around country huge special Chrysler towing stream lined trailer FF-RC contest Plalnview Long Island descended upon us like C7zariots Fire RC lawnmowers too LIDS Merokes other RC outfits up thereand ole George Myers Bob Aberle Andy Farkas myriad Long Island hotshots Brooklyn Mon taukwill shocked Plainview Most Long Island has wall-to-wall houses shopping centers generation days Plalnview altogether po tato fields abandoned anticipation postwar housing Hundred-acre flying sites everywhere flew single-channel rud der-only jobsnobody conquered throt tlewith Good Brothers equipment gastube Aerotrol Lorenze Control Research John Worths companyl two-tub ers using huge folded-dipole antennas made furring strips Rosenstock put transmitter inside Kraft cheese box make hand-held unit local revolution Anyway Walker huge crate two guys could hand launch over furrows yours truly being weaker suckers hurt Jim both throttle Continued page 26 June 1983 25 Austin Gutmans CAR system coupled aileron rudder mounts externally Astro Flight 10 reduced dihedral cables running double rudder horn System could inter nal RC Only Electric no exhaust feasible tape-mount Bantam Midget servo wings top Below cut down waiting time between flights charge Gutman uses 12V hair blower fan quick-cool batteries Rubberbands fan air cooling holes NORTHERN CALIFORNIAS LARGEST DISCOUNT HOBBY SHOPI I/RjeYD FUEL ou U New high film strength lubricantU increased power engine lifeI Highest quolily ingredients Deteroent action cut varnish II II II II II II II II II II II II II IHOURS Monday thru weonesooy U-oUrj rnoay yau-ouu L -- turday930-6O0 Sunday 1200-500 mmmmj CHEROKEE Favorite Span65Eng.45-60 Area754 sq in4 Channel Send $075 latest price list literature Quality RIC Products Since 1960 VK MODEL AIRCRAFT CO 4350 Arondale Dr. Williamsvilie NY 14221 Phone 716 632-4838 ignition low high elevators Gus thus inspired copy Rockwood reed unit both three five channels going back prior WV II cut reeds tin plate trusting masterpiece Gus connected five channels rudder redundancy also writers first Cox 010-powered Lightning Bugs kitted Jetco early 60s Gus came home night new development home hed fly thing backyard ac tually wore out four engines Gus tink erer gadgeteer made primi tive things Thirty years later still electric started pod attachment Sagitta Gus tells us used motor taken Astro starter home made 31 belt drive seven cells motor reworked add 118-in ball bear ings believe old plain-bearing Astro 075 motor could mistaken Using hi-start Sagitta could get high 500 feet came Leisure Playboy Leisure LTSO 2 1 gear re duction Gus buzzes has plug-in wings fit car weighs 42Yz oz usually shut down motor conserve fueL Its nice shut down set up landing just right spot Scale job Really takes skill other way run out juice over flying strip Ive included few photos Corsair Electric Stik would say Scale aircraft area 550 600 sq 40 48 oz weight should fly Leisure LT50 gear-reduction system Anything about 300 sq weight 28 31 oz should fly LT5O direct drive direct drive gray Cox 6-4 excellent geared drive Rev-Up 11-7 11-7 Top Flite 11-7 etc about right Author under stand Y-O Zinger also excel lent rye good results 10-6 Tornado Playboy turns faster runs longer plane doesnt climb fast net get flight minutes per charge PS Im head Model Engine Collectors Assoe about plug Consider yourself plugged Gus keep hearing isolated Electric groups successful pioneers stuck colored pins bulletin board mark locations board would light up Islanders beautiful island would save year two finding out hard way hunting down Gus Hint try East Islip Gus scared himself death full-charging Playboy its first flight almost went out sight now uses 7-mm charge 7-min flight Thats non-thermaL Hes flights up 28 min Baby Playboy Atom gas engine first FF 1946 Gus recalls What would have given able circle up among clouds beautiful model see sun light streaming through transparent red MonoKote gently land feet made balsa wheels keep down weight No problem since Playboy comes gently seagull Next wanted see Pattern perform ance really possible Gus continues obtained Leisure LT5O Competition-wind direct drive also six cells few Cox gray 6-4s built 300 sq symmetri cal-airfoiled job 1-in-thick section us ing lightweight balsa call Electric Stllc weights 31 oz aileron elevator control using Cannon micro servos mated Kraft Sport Series receiver 250 mAh Continued page 28 26 Model Aviation 6/a47e SPORT WINCH Lightweight 34 lbs 155 kg battery Surprising performance r develops 9 HP Reiiable & durabie ity components Easy use stable electrodynamic brake help prevent backlashet Complete around parachute 600 meters 90 lb braided nylon line $21500 battery shipping charges includedl also sell finest 160 lb braided nylon contest towline $19201600 meters plus shipping Send complete descriptive iiterature price list 6/a4c7e454c 68 Morgan Ave Danbury CT 06810 TEL203 743-3312 F100- F16- F86 RC models 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mostly air inside Cowl bottom Clorox bottle 2-os penalty uses geared LT5O 250 mAh receiver battery four small World Engines servos 06 oz Cirrus receiver All-up weight balsa wheels blue MonoKote covering 56/2 us 54 span wing has about same area Playboy Airfoil semi-sym metrical first try using Rev-Up 11-7 six cells turning 4100 barely took off Gus tell us did reach about 100 ft alti tude underpowered added cells Finally eight turned Rev-Up 1 1-VA 5000 rpm Takeoffs easy rough field Six-minute flights normal 15-mm charges Altitude 400 feet sono problem Author found LTSO geared 2Y21 11-7 will blow 20-amp fuse eight cells Gus advises lucky get way combo Variations theme discussion April issue about properly power Q-Tee produced some wonderful mail letter John F Boyd sinks What bellyaching about miser able-flying Q-Tees due using too-powerful versions Cox engines Finally witnessed first flight made Bob Crosby raw ginner thing flew float-glided like dream Q-Tee lovely little thing fantasies has make 6-ft K&B 19 Thats much think built two Q-Tees loved both says Boyd covered cleardoped silkspan trimmed red tissue Once afternoon right out model ers daydream thermalled about 15 min great accomplishment enormous thrill son watch model become miniscule silver dot beneath belly fair-weather cumu lus first time power enclosed pictures show model designed couple years later John goes Its Q-Tee heritage too obvious comment marked changes moments aspect ratio etc called IIDFIAWS acronym Dont Fly Aint Worth S . did fly would REM maneuvers plus marginal inverted flight Enya 09 up front Author must have made modi fied Q-Tee bigger wing loading came less 14 oz per sq ft longest deadstick 22 mm made pretty good train er spruce cabanes should have plywood finally stopped repairing after Continued page 88 28 Model Aviation $4995J esigned tor Quickie 500 racing sport ng Kit features hand cut balsa ply parts Easy MILLS Insta Build System Custom aluminum gear exclusive torque absorption nose 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SFor Fun/Winter Continued page 28 320-plus ffights Fun Let tell lightly-built openframe six-footer flies 19 put down grass runway slowly open throttle wide dont hold elevator up keep tail down crate doesnt move second two three begins trundle along tail comes up should after surprisingly-brief run low speed gracefully floats off Possibly tiny bit up held nudge rotate soonerlike cross-runway wind Youll need reduce power 19 crank down-trim during circling climb-out climb-up throttle back put circletrim wait lift big Q-Tee What way go would still work 8 ft power rather like powered Sailplane promise have ships that Boyds sounds aerobatic Maybe 4 5 ft have six-footer 19 goes inverted will circle field way 8-ft wing does tight 8s deck lowpowered flat-bottom-foiled ships enter inverted half outside loop holding down stay inverted Dreams nothing dreams. 88 Model Aviation EE QUADRA ENGINES S SSORIES Let us update old engines Sales repair services WE ALSO FEATURE eGIANT SCALE KITS AND SEMI KITS CLEAR WHITE PINE STOCK SIZES 1/4 SCALE DUMMY RADIAL MOTORS CUSTOM KIT CUTTING SERVICE GIANT SCALE BLUE PRINTS BIG IS BETTER SEND $200 FOR OUR NEW CATALOG OR CUSTOM what ao suppose asks Sally Mrs Dave Brown holding up companys newest product V-Tech folded muffled tuned pipe Dave says pipe increases rpm holding noise down better other hes tried pipes used Daves Tartan-powered Laser 200 wIth placed third 1982 Tournament Champions SUPERwings DIVISION OF HI JOHNSON MODEL PRODUCTS 11015 GLENOAKS BLVD PACOIMA CA 91331 SAILPLANE COMPONENTS CREATE YOUR OWN SUPER GLIDER WING FOAM CORES Floater Thermal & Slope FUSELAGES LUSTROLEEN 2 Meter Standard Open & Scale STAB FOAM CORES Rudder & Fin Cores COVERING MATERIALS White skin & Lustroleen WING RODS Wing Tongue Kits FOR HI JOHNSONS PORTFOLIO PRICE SHEET & ORDER FORM about sailplane construction & design using foam & plastic SEND $250 CHECK OR MO CA RES ADD SALES TAX Cry beer axe old FFer will pluck heart strings Joe Elgin de signer great Playboy checks remarkable story About year ago Irma Hillegas widow late Red H hobby shop Clevelands East Side favorite haunt Balsa Butchers called Joe ask interested old Dick Korda Gas model basement Dick made tracks pick up crate years before immortal Korda Powerhouse stunned first Mir ror Meet right after WW IL seems 1937 Carl Goldberg scored impressive win Akron pylon Gas Bird revolutionized FF Gas led ultimate ly Zipper seen Carl fussing around bird late afternoon Detroit Nats 1938 next year Comet kit came out over 700 Zippers 1939 Detroit Nats small Nats compared later ones Carl lost Gas Bird Akron Dick some friends retrieved bringing ship back awards presentation late day Dick joked about having good look Carls modeL After witnessing famous flight Dick others began fabri cate own versions new high-per formance competition modeL Dicks apparently flew circuit during 1938 include picture threeview made Herb Clukey beautiful full-size plan supplled Joe Elgin among trying get historic model certified SAM genuine Antique Au thor did bit AMA license num ber 3825 1938 number although AMA records dont go back far number 719 issued early 193& John Worth s bigger number later year So Dicks num ber bracketed 1938 AMA new numbers first flying season ship has elliptical tips polyhedral spans 54 9-in chord powered Brown Jr Carls pylon model both diamond fuselages After 45 years Kor das model weighs 24 oz its two pencell batteries Korda careful wood selectionyou can tell Area 450 squ&es late depression prewar years us could afford new engines waited aimost 10 years able afford Baby Cyke $9 wholesale Most family heads could afford usual $2150 besides Brown Juniors went out date ap pearance Bantam l9s Ohisson 23s soon followed O&R 60 Super Cykeswhich pulled crates like Gold bergs Comet Sailplane Joe Konefes Buzzard Bombshell didnt know Dick built Gas back took walloping world Rubber finally winning Wake field Cup 1939 flight timed yours truly Joe Casano Teterboro NJ 44-odd minutes almost overhead two suc cessive thermals Dick has full-scale sailplane pilot years Red Dick Howie Robinson some wonderful bull sessions Nats am trance tooand Dick along editor Al Lewis deceased made Model Aviation Hail Fame together Hope doesnt turn off newcomers Its part heritage Old soldiers dont fade away As Kor NEW FOURMOST PRODUCTS! 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MI iaaRRCLEVELAND MODEL & SUPPLY CO UNIORE NOSTALGIC GIFTOOSR7R Detoit Ace Cteuelmnd Ohio 44102 lot charming palaver Said Bob year under normal temperature using tubing use about 3/4 Cut can extend l/2 years keeping un bevel end X-Acto knife razor opened units freezer portion re insert spout may have frigeratpr Never put opened unit back enlarge spout hole slightly tube fits because condensation moisture smoothly loosely know container will cause rapid use know done seldom will clog shelf life will get very thick endwhich can quickly Ole Bill now wonders about shelf pulled off fingernails wanted life ppened bottles bench think know about shelf life refrigerator caper just cane unglued dont mean plug jazz Dont leave bottle Hot Stuff compare products glues warm sunlighted bench can tell Its jus1t Bob told us things ever because quickly becomes super gap- wante4 know didnt filling much else great making spider webs When A-justo-jig came out SOs put 2 oz net weight large wondered anyone would need Now bottle fills about two-thirds Bob sorely regret getting oldgoes spraying us Spritzer fashioed prices didnt miss out Tide nitrogen-filled atmosphere filled Distri1utors Master Jig 400 aptly called weight electric eyealso 1/4 total multi-purpose tooL see pic V2-oz bottles fill about 32000 units ture cant describe its other contortionist week tricks rotatable hefty steel bar holds make out over 8000000 bot- crate Ike field box Parts used other com ties Hot Stuff year considers binatipns enable hold wing paintJet Zap other brands ing axid can rotate wing conven 20000000 units year overall outland- ient positions Remove long bar its ish big hobby Add CyAs outer support leg parts arranged other glues white glues cements like hold fuselage space its engine mount Sigment Ambroid and could firwall adjusts up down can glue together whole solar system work either sitting standing Yes difference cyanoacrylate can swung out way model formulas Bob answered us can check wing incidence CG set dihed least 100 different formulas use today ral etc use covering Also way cheap drugstore types holds wing fuselage hold-down-bolt Id never trust put model together yet holes crates suffer bench-rash cost about $28 per ounce Make past tense figure two grams about $2 up special ized types make dental mcdi- comes big airplanes Wendell cal industry Hot Stuff used manufac- etler same wavelength ture heart valves literature filled subjects dayShelf life bench 2-oz units dreaming own Quarter Scale Piper Vag about fly Wendell writ ing flown Third Scaler months have wanted show pic heart-throb bing Art Chester Jeep course big Vag especially because mentioned thinking about floats So Wendell January 19 Author part column written February 22 request pie Vag floats gives incentive finish two sets floats have almost completed going floats until spring Wen dell explains since too would like see two airplane versions together will Author Before got down paper Wendell put floats chopped hole ice could see chubby Vag water Jeep has very nice surprise continues excellent flier 24 Kioritz about 24 lb brings wing loading up 44 oz sq ft see fly would never believe high something about enlarged scale will tolerate heavier loadings very good way scale Jeep 4 25% feel heavier loadings larger models brings realistic flightif adequate power have no argument like go Tournament Champions route keep loadings light possible us practical ror day-by-day week-by-week rugged sport flying really cares long having fun buy Scale effect has dramatic re sult area goes up far beyond what modeler can imagine thought 10 ft 4 Aristocrat heavy 28 lb 132 Cu glow Tartan single-cylinder yet almost floats can cruise 1/3 throttle slow-fly just above idle shailow Figure 8s loading nearly 40 oz climbs out very well indeed Ive seen normal sport jobs 20 oz loading far sluggish Schoolyard Scales 10 oz bricklike license build heavy judge wing loading alone Its just doubling size model increases its area square Reynolds Number goes up like skyrocket Freudian s April 1983 issue talking about strange ways simple minded allerons made statement full flaps lift/drag machine goes through roofi Actually meant drag portion increases enormously L/D quite low in-betweenthe-lines sense situation does go through roofto pot Sharp readers would have quickly doped out fuzzy words choice words did imply opposite author wishes make perfectly clear flap drag lousier L/D becomes also notes typewriter betrayed him recently putting down P22 Ryan Pt-19 Fairchild case Schanzels big Rubber Scaler thousands know difference readers wrote ap peared Letters Editor editor noted author calledin correc tion wasnt made therefore author adds now getting correction made late stages production about simple holding chat John Riggins during second half Super Bowl since people involved last paragraph of page 18 April Continued page 134 132 Model Aviation KIT ONLY $8390 KIT & DRIVE TRAIN $1 5390 KIT DRIVE TRAIN & ENGINE $27390 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE RADIO CONTROL SOCIETY SUPER SCALE 83 16th Annual Giant UAnd Sport Scale Contest featuring A RC s 1st Size Scale Fly-in * Sport Scale * Giant Scale Separate judging Giant * Fly-in Relaxation Non Competition Events * Awards 4th Place Competition * Free Refreshments Entrants * *SAILPLANE** launching equipment histartslwincheslaCCeS5orieS complete linelbest pricesltop quality send self-addressed stamped envelope cataloglinformatiOn RLF PRODUCTS R3 Box 178-V Peoli IN d764 Al 21 723-4310 issue portion about George Clapp misleading said has 71 appeals should have said has appeals Fairchild 7 Serious correction Recall two cartoons showed artwork used Texas Sailpianers intimidate Arkansas guys noted Alamo back door would no Texas Im hono rary Razorback Heres Don Chancey just short note give proper credit priceless Rembrandts earlier column sez Don resident com mercial artist current VP Monte Miller alias Killer Miller Monte did two cartoons printed several others Oh yes Alamo did indeed have back door used ran off hid northeast swampland known today Arkansas guys like know Aeromodeling gets technical quail Sunday July 3 1983 Floyd Benett Field Brooklyn New York Largest Controlled Air Park New York State Registration 830i 130 am Flying starts 830 am Entry Fee $10 Second Entry $7 Only first 100 accepted preregistry advised Contest Director Jerry Behrens 31-27 Healy Ave Far Rockaway NY 11691 212-337-6987 Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Pober Pixie/Wiscer Continued oaqe 38 ammonia holding bent posi tion until dry Keeping mind will some spring-back sides should over-bent about 50% An alternative score outer ply along F4 former line crack plywood Epoxy will heal wound Assemble forward box sec tion Formers Fl F4 /4 balsa bottoms -in beveled balsa gussets Add 1/16 plywood top Splice fuselage aft end box section add Formers F5 F2 assembled basic fuselage structure temporarily fasten formed wire cabane struts soldered brass brackets dis tance between brackets must match di mension over outside surfaces wing spar joiners reason building wing first dimension vicinity 575 wing pin inserted its holes brackets pin should exactly parallel top sur face fuselage Re-melt solder necessary bring pin alignment adjustment controls wing incidence pin should also exactly fuse lage center line wing will right angles fuselage cabane struts can shifted sideways slightly alignment holding cabane struts alignment add Former F8 plywood block its base using epoxy front cabane bolted 1/16 ply wood fuselage top /x-in landing gear clamps diagonal cabane blocked /x ply strips behind Former F6 epoxy Before epoxy hardens check pin alignment once re-check spacing between brackets Pixie cabane struts round tubes stream lined Landing gear wire brass parts should completely soldered together before bolt ing assembly fuselage bottom Keep proper sequence mind sol dering example wing strut brackets must place before soldering lower landing gear brackets form brackets 031-in hard brass will necessary anneal metal Heat torch over burn er kitchen stove Quench water brass will softened bending brass work-hardens before bends completed re-anneal before An electric stove heat element will same job Lay part softened directly stove element heat until changes color quench water After assembling land ing gear fuselage bottom fuselage formers stringers planking can added Tail surfaces conventional construc tion base sheet balsa Ribs edges cemented add shape sheet balsa need extremely light weight too light wrinkles will eventually appear covering material happened Pixie could have used extra tail weight Miscellaneous Having made fiberglass en gine cowls number planes have found quickest method lay-up over foam core blue insulation foam best carving sanding shape Its disadvantage foam will dissolve polyester resin glass cloth must laid epoxy resin Carve sand foam block cowl shape making slightly undersize about 1/32-in will approximate thickness glass cloth layer two 6-oz cloth followed top layer /-oz cloth ease finishing foam core easily chipped out after epoxy hardens Any residue can melted away dope thinner acetone internal plywood baffle cowl serves two purposes directs incoming air over engine also used hold cowl place means single 4-40 machine screw threaded front lower engine mount baffle needs carefully fitted cowl certain proper level cowl kept secure ply bulkhead dowel near top Wheel pants made two blocks -in balsa tack-cemented together After carving sanding outside shape split blocks apart hollow inside accommodate wheels used Robart scale wheels Permanently cement hal ves cover outside /2-oz glass cloth resin Preferred windshield material 031-in acrylic Plexiglas butyrate sheet Shape windshield draping material over aluminum form kitchen oven 2500 F sheet aluminum litho-plate bent half cylinder plastic bal 134 Model Aviation SCALE DOCUMENTATION SCALE DRAWINGSPHOTOS BOOKLETS MODEL PLANS 9983 AIRPLANE cATAL~ 04 PAGES 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/06
Page Numbers: 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 88, 89, 131, 132, 134
Spectacular Bruce Tharpe describes flight Dyna-Jet-powered Sabre flown via Control Line Both Bruce dad Bruce R have long-time affair Dyne-Jet Scalersthis modified Airforms kit fiberglass fuselage skinned-foam wings want know get Dyna-Jet Bill Winter pleads contact him noise consideration warn Dyna-Jet roars like herd bulls AS YOU WELL KNOW modelers have fun Dyna-Jet-powered F-86F Sabre modi different ways Bruce Tharpe re- fled Airforms kit fiberglass fuselage foam minds us father Bruce R enjoy wings unmodified Dyna-Jet running Control Line pulse jets photo white gas simply spectacular Im sure remember first experience jet just case have article Art Schroeder Author really Walt Schroder Bruce describes event can just see Thirteen years later Walt re called scene April 1969 MAN reading manuscript Jets Therapeutic Way Author Love thera peutic suddenly remembered first meeting jet engine during 1946 first Dyna-Jet unit brought East Bill Tenny Paul Plecan built ukie took cab Creedmore Long Island exception Tenny us idea what expect Creedmore big open area adjacent Creedmore Hospital mentally ilL Paul retired center circle Walt went checked lines nounced ready Tenny attached pump Bill Winter would observe After asking hold high-tension lead plane Tenny gave three exploratory pumps air pump good firm point d ine gave out incredible bellow continued run tail pipe first turning cherry red white-hot plus incredible din Two po lice cars caine running up find out what Among Gus Munichs stable RC Electrics highly successful adaptations 54-in Top Flite Corsair somebodys Stik Theyre very lightweight due use Jumbo Rubber-type construction Stik does Pattern maneuvers except requiring rudder throttle Corsair tools around up 400 ft 4 mm has 2 mm fading power set up land Much text After 320-plus flights John E Boyd decided make repairs adaptation Airtronics 0-Tee two son often thermalled Pictures show enlarged highly modified original look-alike powered 09 Does REM maneuvers marginal inverted flight has 14-oz wing loading Once landed dead-stick after 22-mm flight 22 Model Aviation U lust fun Bill Winter Whats great Dick Korda doing Goldberg Zipper Its really Korda pylon original gassie flown 1938 Just found Irma Hille gas basement ties inspirational win Goldberg pre-Zipper Akron 1937 text Herb Clukeys 3view thanks Joe Playboy Elgingives feel Full-size plans can obtained MA publishes article future issue KORDAS rn1938 Gas Buggy DESIGNED BY DICK KORDA - - I Ii CHORD 9 AREA 450 SO INS POWER BROWN JR SCALE IN INCHES 024A 80 1214 IA Isle Jinter says admires Wendell Hostetlers big Art Chester Jeep left combination 24 Cu lfl Kioritz 24-lb gross weight 44-oz ving loading makes realistic distinct high performance Vegas lightweights Bill thinks 24 K puts out 50% more power han Tartan single-cylinder 132 Cu glow 10-ft 4-in Aristocrat almost floats 38 oz per sq ft Reynolds Number goes hrough roof area speed go upit doesnt mean powered bomb Hostetler Winter have comparing notes Wendells 1/3cale Kioritz-powered Piper Vagabond Bills Y4-scale Vag OS 90 Wendells plans have both wheelad float versions floats 54 n long get picture column Wendell rushed floats completion chopped hole ice Russell Stokes lefthand picture located Tad Kleusers 193738 variation John Sadler low-wing FF thanks distant real estate agent Stokes Frontier Airlines captains flew home Texas can see righthand picture silk-covered fuselage wertical tail good shape tattered silkspan wing stab make look like ancient-rebuild museum subject found abandoned barn Kleuser lost life over English Channel B-17 during WW II June 1983 23 An efficient control surface hinge HA Thomas isa tested idea control surface hinge ailerons redder flap Mad Nyrod tubes such used puibrods hinge lightweight free-moving strong adds aerodynamic advantage sealed hinge line produces no radio noise As sketch pictures indicate sections th outer tubes CyA-glued concave edges control surfaces alternating tubes mate snugly Strips MonoKote silk used reinforcement over section prior applying final covering over entire surface inner Nyrod tube serves hinge pin may spot-cemented either end position securely splines some brands inner Nyrods give proper clearance binding excuse friction little ingenuity idea can easily adapted thicker control surfaces type hinge widely used early Control Line Speed models aluminum tubes steel hinge pin wire fitted streamlined plywood tal surfaces modern variation using different materials suitable RC particu larly Sailplanes CL use So save remnants nylon control rods guides give hinge design try &rdsa / / befire coverurg/ / 7/ //~'/// /4/ /i Oderriyrod / &sbe secs ii/ /7 /74/ /// e4es//Jet // orYoiSta/f /7/ /1/ i/ 7//i NH] Z/fifer yrcd 1a6 kep exploded window hos pital face peering out Suddenly en gine incredibly stopped silence indes cribable Winter shattered Through no fault Walt recalled managed hold onto plane suitable explan ations police thus ended first exposure model jet engines Wish could repeat some conversation went cab way back laws. Editor Thats Bill Winter now talking can tell circle spectators took off like spooked flight birds standing next father small son holding hand Pop covered dis tance protective big tree nothing flat sonny stood grounddeserted Youll note ole Walt held plane foxy sit uations always saw Walt first line Unknown Walt knew what 5-in pulse jet sounded like Ralph Barnaby pioneer aviator very early glider pilot model er made first airplane drops dirigible probably Sperry Messenger pos sibly prior Macon Akron commanding officer Johnsville Naval Air Station 1946 FAC guys held Nats last year Barnaby having invited us inspect fantastic Nazi weaponry includ ing early guided bombs raised Cain Mediterranean turned us over Mo Taylor second command Mo ardent model er still makes home-builtssuch IMPand developed successful roadable air planeswas prankster Among wild things piloted Heilcats carrying test heat-seekers day finding neck cold hair end turned head saw missle closing own airplane So behind building Johnsvile Mo set up 5-in US pulse jet engine run stood close tail pipe thus luring us stand innocently beside him Some guy waltzed up pipe big torch right out French revolution world came end Eardrums fluttered like reed valves Some joke military lovedto scare jabbers out press Wright Field PR guy put us little bunker-hut two SOs firedlike being hell levitating red glare Walt could hold Dyna-Jet toy shattered true Some toy amazing thing was noisy out proportion real thing although far faster frequency years Dyna-Jets some popularity Scale fringe old-timers will recall marvelous jet models turned out late Cal Smith buddy Frank Lashek still active think didnt have glass shells models made balsa As bestos thin aluminum sheeting separated hot jet fuselage keep plane burning up after landing no cool ing airstream helper race over ship quickly pump air through not-always-successful race agalnst time Such models seemed weigh ton note Tharpes pta air space shows around tail pipe Nowadays can have fiberglass fuselage shell can still see Dyna-Jets flown CL Speed some Europeans have used launching rail shades WV II fly twinengined RC javelins Gods sake dont try bit speed such crate might escape gravity People always ask about Dyna-Jet pop up occasion al ads last remember being mall-order house Hobby Barn 24 Model Aviation Master Jig 400 does tricks Houdini says master Skunk Works pic Mark Winter modeler another editor/writer shows serves holderhere rotated slightly position 40-60 Krackerjac fiddling servos Original low-wing Sailplane Bill Selby has planform taken Sadlers Pacemaker gassie 40 years ago Span is6 ft maxchord 10 has 9% Clark Y airfoil spite tiny V-tail stable hi-start tame well maneu verable soars readily HA Thomas photo Winter can say Leisure Playboy 2A1 geared 05 left Top Flite Metrick claimed thanks son Mike 2 mid-spectrum family circus Mike has old mans lazy flying habits Metrick has nose-mounted Cox TD 049 Bill says nose mount far superior draggy high-mounted pod field box DaCa pa says has Taylor panel hole need long battery lead start engines other end Pas also impatient took off both folding covers can get rag-bag collec tion support junk Crows rumored have flown off some hear tell As far know WAM Western Associ ated Modelers organization still sponsors true CL Jet Scale event Bruce concludes Wed love hear others exist modelers sirni lar interests Bruce Tharpe 2380 Cabril lo Dr Hayward CA 94545 Creedmore add high-intensity contest site FF its glory days ever saw Buc caneer flying across field doorbellbattery booster hanging its leads know perhaps few among modelers outside walls Walt mention ed should have inside fly kinds models Gus Munich tells us Pattern Scale sport Right now have active P-47 P-S 1 Corsair FW-190 Tweedy Bird Skybolt Little Stik two origi nal Pattern types Sagitta Saliplane two Slope-Soaring Sailpianes What unusual about Gus fleet electricpowered dig story should know Gus summer 1951 great showman Jim Walker wandered around country huge special Chrysler towing stream lined trailer FF-RC contest Plalnview Long Island descended upon us like C7zariots Fire RC lawnmowers too LIDS Merokes other RC outfits up thereand ole George Myers Bob Aberle Andy Farkas myriad Long Island hotshots Brooklyn Mon taukwill shocked Plainview Most Long Island has wall-to-wall houses shopping centers generation days Plalnview altogether po tato fields abandoned anticipation postwar housing Hundred-acre flying sites everywhere flew single-channel rud der-only jobsnobody conquered throt tlewith Good Brothers equipment gastube Aerotrol Lorenze Control Research John Worths companyl two-tub ers using huge folded-dipole antennas made furring strips Rosenstock put transmitter inside Kraft cheese box make hand-held unit local revolution Anyway Walker huge crate two guys could hand launch over furrows yours truly being weaker suckers hurt Jim both throttle Continued page 26 June 1983 25 Austin Gutmans CAR system coupled aileron rudder mounts externally Astro Flight 10 reduced dihedral cables running double rudder horn System could inter nal RC Only Electric no exhaust feasible tape-mount Bantam Midget servo wings top Below cut down waiting time between flights charge Gutman uses 12V hair blower fan quick-cool batteries Rubberbands fan air cooling holes NORTHERN CALIFORNIAS LARGEST DISCOUNT HOBBY SHOPI I/RjeYD FUEL ou U New high film strength lubricantU increased power engine lifeI Highest quolily ingredients Deteroent action cut varnish II II II II II II II II II II II II II IHOURS Monday thru weonesooy U-oUrj rnoay yau-ouu L -- turday930-6O0 Sunday 1200-500 mmmmj CHEROKEE Favorite Span65Eng.45-60 Area754 sq in4 Channel Send $075 latest price list literature Quality RIC Products Since 1960 VK MODEL AIRCRAFT CO 4350 Arondale Dr. Williamsvilie NY 14221 Phone 716 632-4838 ignition low high elevators Gus thus inspired copy Rockwood reed unit both three five channels going back prior WV II cut reeds tin plate trusting masterpiece Gus connected five channels rudder redundancy also writers first Cox 010-powered Lightning Bugs kitted Jetco early 60s Gus came home night new development home hed fly thing backyard ac tually wore out four engines Gus tink erer gadgeteer made primi tive things Thirty years later still electric started pod attachment Sagitta Gus tells us used motor taken Astro starter home made 31 belt drive seven cells motor reworked add 118-in ball bear ings believe old plain-bearing Astro 075 motor could mistaken Using hi-start Sagitta could get high 500 feet came Leisure Playboy Leisure LTSO 2 1 gear re duction Gus buzzes has plug-in wings fit car weighs 42Yz oz usually shut down motor conserve fueL Its nice shut down set up landing just right spot Scale job Really takes skill other way run out juice over flying strip Ive included few photos Corsair Electric Stik would say Scale aircraft area 550 600 sq 40 48 oz weight should fly Leisure LT50 gear-reduction system Anything about 300 sq weight 28 31 oz should fly LT5O direct drive direct drive gray Cox 6-4 excellent geared drive Rev-Up 11-7 11-7 Top Flite 11-7 etc about right Author under stand Y-O Zinger also excel lent rye good results 10-6 Tornado Playboy turns faster runs longer plane doesnt climb fast net get flight minutes per charge PS Im head Model Engine Collectors Assoe about plug Consider yourself plugged Gus keep hearing isolated Electric groups successful pioneers stuck colored pins bulletin board mark locations board would light up Islanders beautiful island would save year two finding out hard way hunting down Gus Hint try East Islip Gus scared himself death full-charging Playboy its first flight almost went out sight now uses 7-mm charge 7-min flight Thats non-thermaL Hes flights up 28 min Baby Playboy Atom gas engine first FF 1946 Gus recalls What would have given able circle up among clouds beautiful model see sun light streaming through transparent red MonoKote gently land feet made balsa wheels keep down weight No problem since Playboy comes gently seagull Next wanted see Pattern perform ance really possible Gus continues obtained Leisure LT5O Competition-wind direct drive also six cells few Cox gray 6-4s built 300 sq symmetri cal-airfoiled job 1-in-thick section us ing lightweight balsa call Electric Stllc weights 31 oz aileron elevator control using Cannon micro servos mated Kraft Sport Series receiver 250 mAh Continued page 28 26 Model Aviation 6/a47e SPORT WINCH Lightweight 34 lbs 155 kg battery Surprising performance r develops 9 HP Reiiable & durabie ity components Easy use stable electrodynamic brake help prevent backlashet Complete around parachute 600 meters 90 lb braided nylon line $21500 battery shipping charges includedl also sell finest 160 lb braided nylon contest towline $19201600 meters plus shipping Send complete descriptive iiterature price list 6/a4c7e454c 68 Morgan Ave Danbury CT 06810 TEL203 743-3312 F100- F16- F86 RC models 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mostly air inside Cowl bottom Clorox bottle 2-os penalty uses geared LT5O 250 mAh receiver battery four small World Engines servos 06 oz Cirrus receiver All-up weight balsa wheels blue MonoKote covering 56/2 us 54 span wing has about same area Playboy Airfoil semi-sym metrical first try using Rev-Up 11-7 six cells turning 4100 barely took off Gus tell us did reach about 100 ft alti tude underpowered added cells Finally eight turned Rev-Up 1 1-VA 5000 rpm Takeoffs easy rough field Six-minute flights normal 15-mm charges Altitude 400 feet sono problem Author found LTSO geared 2Y21 11-7 will blow 20-amp fuse eight cells Gus advises lucky get way combo Variations theme discussion April issue about properly power Q-Tee produced some wonderful mail letter John F Boyd sinks What bellyaching about miser able-flying Q-Tees due using too-powerful versions Cox engines Finally witnessed first flight made Bob Crosby raw ginner thing flew float-glided like dream Q-Tee lovely little thing fantasies 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SFor Fun/Winter Continued page 28 320-plus ffights Fun Let tell lightly-built openframe six-footer flies 19 put down grass runway slowly open throttle wide dont hold elevator up keep tail down crate doesnt move second two three begins trundle along tail comes up should after surprisingly-brief run low speed gracefully floats off Possibly tiny bit up held nudge rotate soonerlike cross-runway wind Youll need reduce power 19 crank down-trim during circling climb-out climb-up throttle back put circletrim wait lift big Q-Tee What way go would still work 8 ft power rather like powered Sailplane promise have ships that Boyds sounds aerobatic Maybe 4 5 ft have six-footer 19 goes inverted will circle field way 8-ft wing does tight 8s deck lowpowered flat-bottom-foiled ships enter inverted half outside loop holding down stay inverted Dreams nothing dreams. 88 Model Aviation EE QUADRA ENGINES S SSORIES Let us update old engines Sales repair services WE ALSO FEATURE eGIANT SCALE KITS AND SEMI KITS CLEAR WHITE PINE STOCK SIZES 1/4 SCALE DUMMY RADIAL MOTORS CUSTOM KIT CUTTING SERVICE GIANT SCALE BLUE PRINTS BIG IS BETTER SEND $200 FOR OUR NEW CATALOG OR CUSTOM what ao suppose asks Sally Mrs Dave Brown holding up companys newest product V-Tech folded muffled tuned pipe Dave says pipe increases rpm holding noise down better other hes tried pipes used Daves Tartan-powered Laser 200 wIth placed third 1982 Tournament Champions SUPERwings DIVISION OF HI JOHNSON MODEL PRODUCTS 11015 GLENOAKS BLVD PACOIMA CA 91331 SAILPLANE COMPONENTS CREATE YOUR OWN SUPER GLIDER WING FOAM CORES Floater Thermal & Slope FUSELAGES LUSTROLEEN 2 Meter Standard Open & Scale STAB FOAM CORES Rudder & Fin Cores COVERING MATERIALS White skin & Lustroleen WING RODS Wing Tongue Kits FOR HI JOHNSONS PORTFOLIO PRICE SHEET & ORDER FORM about sailplane construction & design using foam & plastic SEND $250 CHECK OR MO CA RES ADD SALES TAX Cry beer axe old FFer will pluck heart strings Joe Elgin de signer great Playboy checks remarkable story About year ago Irma Hillegas widow late Red H hobby shop Clevelands East Side favorite haunt Balsa Butchers called Joe ask interested old Dick Korda Gas model basement Dick made tracks pick up crate years before immortal Korda Powerhouse stunned first Mir ror Meet right after WW IL seems 1937 Carl Goldberg scored impressive win Akron pylon Gas Bird revolutionized FF Gas led ultimate ly Zipper seen Carl fussing around bird late afternoon Detroit Nats 1938 next year Comet kit came out over 700 Zippers 1939 Detroit Nats small Nats compared later ones Carl lost Gas Bird Akron Dick some friends retrieved bringing ship back awards presentation late day Dick joked about having good look Carls modeL After witnessing famous flight Dick others began fabri cate own versions new high-per formance competition modeL Dicks apparently flew circuit during 1938 include picture threeview made Herb Clukey beautiful full-size plan supplled Joe Elgin among trying get historic model certified SAM genuine Antique Au thor did bit AMA license num ber 3825 1938 number although AMA records dont go back far number 719 issued early 193& John Worth s bigger number later year So Dicks num ber bracketed 1938 AMA new numbers first flying season ship has elliptical tips polyhedral spans 54 9-in chord powered Brown Jr Carls pylon model both diamond fuselages After 45 years Kor das model weighs 24 oz its two pencell batteries Korda careful wood selectionyou can tell Area 450 squ&es late depression prewar years us could afford new engines waited aimost 10 years able afford Baby Cyke $9 wholesale Most family heads could afford usual $2150 besides Brown Juniors went out date ap pearance Bantam l9s Ohisson 23s soon followed O&R 60 Super Cykeswhich pulled crates like Gold bergs Comet Sailplane Joe Konefes Buzzard Bombshell didnt know Dick built Gas back took walloping world Rubber finally winning Wake field Cup 1939 flight timed yours truly Joe Casano Teterboro NJ 44-odd minutes almost overhead two suc cessive thermals Dick has full-scale sailplane pilot years Red Dick Howie Robinson some wonderful bull sessions Nats am trance tooand Dick along editor Al Lewis deceased made Model Aviation Hail Fame together Hope doesnt turn off newcomers Its part heritage Old soldiers dont fade away As Kor NEW FOURMOST PRODUCTS! 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Master Jig 400* Patent Pending kind Master Jig 400 world its own Its true utility handler can buy because no else builds anything like 5 perfect painting Master Jig 400 holds fuselage stability mount safe simple Master Jig 400 will allow model move swing apply paint addition Master Jig 400 offers opportunity paint constant light source runs will start since can rotate model painting Multi-mount Radial beam mount fuselage Fuselage attachment using wing bolt holes Fuselage cradle Wing mount wing bolt holes Wing mount cradle fingers together cant let go dainty airplanes Right now war nozzles Maybe perfect nozzle re mote laser space weapons use Jet both varieties Hot Stuff course too others keep track hate clogged feeder tubes may character captivity suffers clogs inside bottles never seem make precisely right size holes nozzles thin tubes What thought new bottling form Hot Stuff turned out sample Cy anoacrylate Accelerator spotted squeeze spray nozzle flipped Evidently guys build big crates lots ply wood have bonding problems use baking sodait goes off give area bonded spray accelerator say 6 8 away just surface real helper Frees hands work model Saves model damage Frees bench space Holds model position Total versatility Easy attachment two bolts Mounts workbench Adjustable height Work sitting standing 3600rotation horizontally 360 0rotation cordwise Quickly folded stored Multi-purpose Radio installation Engine installation 3600 access fiberglassing Provides total access painting Covering plastic film Set incidence CheckCG Jig setting dihedral Straighten warped wings Ufetime Investment Master Jig 400 priced $12995 Thats price good kit engine invest ment will last lifetime Heres order Direct Tide Distributors Inc no mark-ups Visa MasterCard bank check money order means prompt delivery FTIDE DISTRIBUTORS INC PO Box 317/Dept MAV 683 Minto ND 58261I 701 352-2667 Eves I Master Jig priced $12995 plus $ I for postage handling Please send I me ______ Master Jigs Enclosed find acheckfor$ __________________ I Card No ________________________ I Exp DateI NameI Address ___________________________ State ZipI fluster 3lPhoneI Free Brochure Want toI know Send self addressed stamped en- velope office listed above joint tires instantlyas permanently Vic torian marriage two generations chewed regular model glues dopes mummi fied fingers part fun Heres another sample bottlefrom Golden West Its ultra super solvent separating instant-glued joints mistakes arent forever removing such glues skin fabric covering Theres no comma between skin fabric doubt supposed wash hands stuff Im dumb enough tryyou arent note flash point 96 degrees Fahrenheit maybe shouldnt use under tropic sunthats joke son Speaking sample bottles H&H Electronics has pretty blue liquid Supersafe Soft Solder Liquid Flux sure can use Having sent laundry list disasters Bob Hunter got back patient answers June 1983 131 NOW PRODUCED IN THE US 51/2 FEET OF THRILLS AND EXCITEMENT THE LEAN MEAN HURRICANE SUPER-BIG OFFSHORE DEEP V ultimate racing something different try running Hurricane 1 2-foot waves Easy build mahogany plywood construction Designed hobby Quadra TML35 gasoline engine 66 long x 181/2 wide x 11 deep Shipping Charges Included US & Canada J TERPRU5E5 256 Schuman Dr Newmarket Alabama 35761 Phone 1-205-852-2566 PO Box 82 Belmont Ontario NOL 150 Phone 1-51 9-644-0375 JAG CLEVELAND QUALITY PLANS still famous hoto,c amnun P-40 CARD KITWORLDS GREATEST TRUELE POLOJ5 VARIETY ULL COLOR EXACT REPRODUCTION4.Mast, tltof model plant ausilahle Fmm 1132 haOs /4 size s RC C/I F/F cubbe static Thece NOWREMEMBERcolleoters Choke items Ash sot old time models Ueffus.FLEW'Ys~t%A oootshsdohacge ooseleanhlonger hotoeodtltt ote fr rnIeIRR CleoelaodOeoigoed piotoral Oalalog hooklet boot 1411 producel se get padiallt illolatod puce isO Just send hOSE [ONLYISIWELL THEY HOWoothiog else like anpmheetftt plans Real N ano ci t flaIl pet. 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CG set dihed least 100 different formulas use today ral etc use covering Also way cheap drugstore types holds wing fuselage hold-down-bolt Id never trust put model together yet holes crates suffer bench-rash cost about $28 per ounce Make past tense figure two grams about $2 up special ized types make dental mcdi- comes big airplanes Wendell cal industry Hot Stuff used manufac- etler same wavelength ture heart valves literature filled subjects dayShelf life bench 2-oz units dreaming own Quarter Scale Piper Vag about fly Wendell writ ing flown Third Scaler months have wanted show pic heart-throb bing Art Chester Jeep course big Vag especially because mentioned thinking about floats So Wendell January 19 Author part column written February 22 request pie Vag floats gives incentive finish two sets floats have almost completed going floats until spring Wen dell explains since too would like see two airplane versions together will Author Before got down paper Wendell put floats chopped hole ice could see chubby Vag water Jeep has very nice surprise continues excellent flier 24 Kioritz about 24 lb brings wing loading up 44 oz sq ft see fly would never believe high something about enlarged scale will tolerate heavier loadings very good way scale Jeep 4 25% feel heavier loadings larger models brings realistic flightif adequate power have no argument like go Tournament Champions route keep loadings light possible us practical ror day-by-day week-by-week rugged sport flying really cares long having fun buy Scale effect has dramatic re sult area goes up far beyond what modeler can imagine thought 10 ft 4 Aristocrat heavy 28 lb 132 Cu glow Tartan single-cylinder yet almost floats can cruise 1/3 throttle slow-fly just above idle shailow Figure 8s loading nearly 40 oz climbs out very well indeed Ive seen normal sport jobs 20 oz loading far sluggish Schoolyard Scales 10 oz bricklike license build heavy judge wing loading alone Its just doubling size model increases its area square Reynolds Number goes up like skyrocket Freudian s April 1983 issue talking about strange ways simple minded allerons made statement full flaps lift/drag machine goes through roofi Actually meant drag portion increases enormously L/D quite low in-betweenthe-lines sense situation does go through roofto pot Sharp readers would have quickly doped out fuzzy words choice words did imply opposite author wishes make perfectly clear flap drag lousier L/D becomes also notes typewriter betrayed him recently putting down P22 Ryan Pt-19 Fairchild case Schanzels big Rubber Scaler thousands know difference readers wrote ap peared Letters Editor editor noted author calledin correc tion wasnt made therefore author adds now getting correction made late stages production about simple holding chat John Riggins during second half Super Bowl since people involved last paragraph of page 18 April Continued page 134 132 Model Aviation KIT ONLY $8390 KIT & DRIVE TRAIN $1 5390 KIT DRIVE TRAIN & ENGINE $27390 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Alamo did indeed have back door used ran off hid northeast swampland known today Arkansas guys like know Aeromodeling gets technical quail Sunday July 3 1983 Floyd Benett Field Brooklyn New York Largest Controlled Air Park New York State Registration 830i 130 am Flying starts 830 am Entry Fee $10 Second Entry $7 Only first 100 accepted preregistry advised Contest Director Jerry Behrens 31-27 Healy Ave Far Rockaway NY 11691 212-337-6987 Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Pober Pixie/Wiscer Continued oaqe 38 ammonia holding bent posi tion until dry Keeping mind will some spring-back sides should over-bent about 50% An alternative score outer ply along F4 former line crack plywood Epoxy will heal wound Assemble forward box sec tion Formers Fl F4 /4 balsa bottoms -in beveled balsa gussets Add 1/16 plywood top Splice fuselage aft end box section add Formers F5 F2 assembled basic fuselage structure temporarily fasten formed wire cabane struts soldered brass brackets dis tance between brackets must match di mension over outside surfaces wing spar joiners reason building wing first dimension vicinity 575 wing pin inserted its holes brackets pin should exactly parallel top sur face fuselage Re-melt solder necessary bring pin alignment adjustment controls wing incidence pin should also exactly fuse lage center line wing will right angles fuselage cabane struts can shifted sideways slightly alignment holding cabane struts alignment add Former F8 plywood block its base using epoxy front cabane bolted 1/16 ply wood fuselage top /x-in landing gear clamps diagonal cabane blocked /x ply strips behind Former F6 epoxy Before epoxy hardens check pin alignment once re-check spacing between brackets Pixie cabane struts round tubes stream lined Landing gear wire brass parts should completely soldered together before bolt ing assembly fuselage bottom Keep proper sequence mind sol dering example wing strut brackets must place before soldering lower landing gear brackets form brackets 031-in hard brass will necessary anneal metal Heat torch over burn er kitchen stove Quench water brass will softened bending brass work-hardens before bends completed re-anneal before An electric stove heat element will same job Lay part softened directly stove element heat until changes color quench water After assembling land ing gear fuselage bottom fuselage formers stringers planking can added Tail surfaces conventional construc tion base sheet balsa Ribs edges cemented add shape sheet balsa need extremely light weight too light wrinkles will eventually appear covering material happened Pixie could have used extra tail weight Miscellaneous Having made fiberglass en gine cowls number planes have found quickest method lay-up over foam core blue insulation foam best carving sanding shape Its disadvantage foam will dissolve polyester resin glass cloth must laid epoxy resin Carve sand foam block cowl shape making slightly undersize about 1/32-in will approximate thickness glass cloth layer two 6-oz cloth followed top layer /-oz cloth ease finishing foam core easily chipped out after epoxy hardens Any residue can melted away dope thinner acetone internal plywood baffle cowl serves two purposes directs incoming air over engine also used hold cowl place means single 4-40 machine screw threaded front lower engine mount baffle needs carefully fitted cowl certain proper level cowl kept secure ply bulkhead dowel near top Wheel pants made two blocks -in balsa tack-cemented together After carving sanding outside shape split blocks apart hollow inside accommodate wheels used Robart scale wheels Permanently cement hal ves cover outside /2-oz glass cloth resin Preferred windshield material 031-in acrylic Plexiglas butyrate sheet Shape windshield draping material over aluminum form kitchen oven 2500 F sheet aluminum litho-plate bent half cylinder plastic bal 134 Model Aviation SCALE DOCUMENTATION SCALE DRAWINGSPHOTOS BOOKLETS MODEL PLANS 9983 AIRPLANE cATAL~ 04 PAGES 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/06
Page Numbers: 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 88, 89, 131, 132, 134
Spectacular Bruce Tharpe describes flight Dyna-Jet-powered Sabre flown via Control Line Both Bruce dad Bruce R have long-time affair Dyne-Jet Scalersthis modified Airforms kit fiberglass fuselage skinned-foam wings want know get Dyna-Jet Bill Winter pleads contact him noise consideration warn Dyna-Jet roars like herd bulls AS YOU WELL KNOW modelers have fun Dyna-Jet-powered F-86F Sabre modi different ways Bruce Tharpe re- fled Airforms kit fiberglass fuselage foam minds us father Bruce R enjoy wings unmodified Dyna-Jet running Control Line pulse jets photo white gas simply spectacular Im sure remember first experience jet just case have article Art Schroeder Author really Walt Schroder Bruce describes event can just see Thirteen years later Walt re called scene April 1969 MAN reading manuscript Jets Therapeutic Way Author Love thera peutic suddenly remembered first meeting jet engine during 1946 first Dyna-Jet unit brought East Bill Tenny Paul Plecan built ukie took cab Creedmore Long Island exception Tenny us idea what expect Creedmore big open area adjacent Creedmore Hospital mentally ilL Paul retired center circle Walt went checked lines nounced ready Tenny attached pump Bill Winter would observe After asking hold high-tension lead plane Tenny gave three exploratory pumps air pump good firm point d ine gave out incredible bellow continued run tail pipe first turning cherry red white-hot plus incredible din Two po lice cars caine running up find out what Among Gus Munichs stable RC Electrics highly successful adaptations 54-in Top Flite Corsair somebodys Stik Theyre very lightweight due use Jumbo Rubber-type construction Stik does Pattern maneuvers except requiring rudder throttle Corsair tools around up 400 ft 4 mm has 2 mm fading power set up land Much text After 320-plus flights John E Boyd decided make repairs adaptation Airtronics 0-Tee two son often thermalled Pictures show enlarged highly modified original look-alike powered 09 Does REM maneuvers marginal inverted flight has 14-oz wing loading Once landed dead-stick after 22-mm flight 22 Model Aviation U lust fun Bill Winter Whats great Dick Korda doing Goldberg Zipper Its really Korda pylon original gassie flown 1938 Just found Irma Hille gas basement ties inspirational win Goldberg pre-Zipper Akron 1937 text Herb Clukeys 3view thanks Joe Playboy Elgingives feel Full-size plans can obtained MA publishes article future issue KORDAS rn1938 Gas Buggy DESIGNED BY DICK KORDA - - I Ii CHORD 9 AREA 450 SO INS POWER BROWN JR SCALE IN INCHES 024A 80 1214 IA Isle Jinter says admires Wendell Hostetlers big Art Chester Jeep left combination 24 Cu lfl Kioritz 24-lb gross weight 44-oz ving loading makes realistic distinct high performance Vegas lightweights Bill thinks 24 K puts out 50% more power han Tartan single-cylinder 132 Cu glow 10-ft 4-in Aristocrat almost floats 38 oz per sq ft Reynolds Number goes hrough roof area speed go upit doesnt mean powered bomb Hostetler Winter have comparing notes Wendells 1/3cale Kioritz-powered Piper Vagabond Bills Y4-scale Vag OS 90 Wendells plans have both wheelad float versions floats 54 n long get picture column Wendell rushed floats completion chopped hole ice Russell Stokes lefthand picture located Tad Kleusers 193738 variation John Sadler low-wing FF thanks distant real estate agent Stokes Frontier Airlines captains flew home Texas can see righthand picture silk-covered fuselage wertical tail good shape tattered silkspan wing stab make look like ancient-rebuild museum subject found abandoned barn Kleuser lost life over English Channel B-17 during WW II June 1983 23 An efficient control surface hinge HA Thomas isa tested idea control surface hinge ailerons redder flap Mad Nyrod tubes such used puibrods hinge lightweight free-moving strong adds aerodynamic advantage sealed hinge line produces no radio noise As sketch pictures indicate sections th outer tubes CyA-glued concave edges control surfaces alternating tubes mate snugly Strips MonoKote silk used reinforcement over section prior applying final covering over entire surface inner Nyrod tube serves hinge pin may spot-cemented either end position securely splines some brands inner Nyrods give proper clearance binding excuse friction little ingenuity idea can easily adapted thicker control surfaces type hinge widely used early Control Line Speed models aluminum tubes steel hinge pin wire fitted streamlined plywood tal surfaces modern variation using different materials suitable RC particu larly Sailplanes CL use So save remnants nylon control rods guides give hinge design try &rdsa / / befire coverurg/ / 7/ //~'/// /4/ /i Oderriyrod / &sbe secs ii/ /7 /74/ /// e4es//Jet // orYoiSta/f /7/ /1/ i/ 7//i NH] Z/fifer yrcd 1a6 kep exploded window hos pital face peering out Suddenly en gine incredibly stopped silence indes cribable Winter shattered Through no fault Walt recalled managed hold onto plane suitable explan ations police thus ended first exposure model jet engines Wish could repeat some conversation went cab way back laws. Editor Thats Bill Winter now talking can tell circle spectators took off like spooked flight birds standing next father small son holding hand Pop covered dis tance protective big tree nothing flat sonny stood grounddeserted Youll note ole Walt held plane foxy sit uations always saw Walt first line Unknown Walt knew what 5-in pulse jet sounded like Ralph Barnaby pioneer aviator very early glider pilot model er made first airplane drops dirigible probably Sperry Messenger pos sibly prior Macon Akron commanding officer Johnsville Naval Air Station 1946 FAC guys held Nats last year Barnaby having invited us inspect fantastic Nazi weaponry includ ing early guided bombs raised Cain Mediterranean turned us over Mo Taylor second command Mo ardent model er still makes home-builtssuch IMPand developed successful roadable air planeswas prankster Among wild things piloted Heilcats carrying test heat-seekers day finding neck cold hair end turned head saw missle closing own airplane So behind building Johnsvile Mo set up 5-in US pulse jet engine run stood close tail pipe thus luring us stand innocently beside him Some guy waltzed up pipe big torch right out French revolution world came end Eardrums fluttered like reed valves Some joke military lovedto scare jabbers out press Wright Field PR guy put us little bunker-hut two SOs firedlike being hell levitating red glare Walt could hold Dyna-Jet toy shattered true Some toy amazing thing was noisy out proportion real thing although far faster frequency years Dyna-Jets some popularity Scale fringe old-timers will recall marvelous jet models turned out late Cal Smith buddy Frank Lashek still active think didnt have glass shells models made balsa As bestos thin aluminum sheeting separated hot jet fuselage keep plane burning up after landing no cool ing airstream helper race over ship quickly pump air through not-always-successful race agalnst time Such models seemed weigh ton note Tharpes pta air space shows around tail pipe Nowadays can have fiberglass fuselage shell can still see Dyna-Jets flown CL Speed some Europeans have used launching rail shades WV II fly twinengined RC javelins Gods sake dont try bit speed such crate might escape gravity People always ask about Dyna-Jet pop up occasion al ads last remember being mall-order house Hobby Barn 24 Model Aviation Master Jig 400 does tricks Houdini says master Skunk Works pic Mark Winter modeler another editor/writer shows serves holderhere rotated slightly position 40-60 Krackerjac fiddling servos Original low-wing Sailplane Bill Selby has planform taken Sadlers Pacemaker gassie 40 years ago Span is6 ft maxchord 10 has 9% Clark Y airfoil spite tiny V-tail stable hi-start tame well maneu verable soars readily HA Thomas photo Winter can say Leisure Playboy 2A1 geared 05 left Top Flite Metrick claimed thanks son Mike 2 mid-spectrum family circus Mike has old mans lazy flying habits Metrick has nose-mounted Cox TD 049 Bill says nose mount far superior draggy high-mounted pod field box DaCa pa says has Taylor panel hole need long battery lead start engines other end Pas also impatient took off both folding covers can get rag-bag collec tion support junk Crows rumored have flown off some hear tell As far know WAM Western Associ ated Modelers organization still sponsors true CL Jet Scale event Bruce concludes Wed love hear others exist modelers sirni lar interests Bruce Tharpe 2380 Cabril lo Dr Hayward CA 94545 Creedmore add high-intensity contest site FF its glory days ever saw Buc caneer flying across field doorbellbattery booster hanging its leads know perhaps few among modelers outside walls Walt mention ed should have inside fly kinds models Gus Munich tells us Pattern Scale sport Right now have active P-47 P-S 1 Corsair FW-190 Tweedy Bird Skybolt Little Stik two origi nal Pattern types Sagitta Saliplane two Slope-Soaring Sailpianes What unusual about Gus fleet electricpowered dig story should know Gus summer 1951 great showman Jim Walker wandered around country huge special Chrysler towing stream lined trailer FF-RC contest Plalnview Long Island descended upon us like C7zariots Fire RC lawnmowers too LIDS Merokes other RC outfits up thereand ole George Myers Bob Aberle Andy Farkas myriad Long Island hotshots Brooklyn Mon taukwill shocked Plainview Most Long Island has wall-to-wall houses shopping centers generation days Plalnview altogether po tato fields abandoned anticipation postwar housing Hundred-acre flying sites everywhere flew single-channel rud der-only jobsnobody conquered throt tlewith Good Brothers equipment gastube Aerotrol Lorenze Control Research John Worths companyl two-tub ers using huge folded-dipole antennas made furring strips Rosenstock put transmitter inside Kraft cheese box make hand-held unit local revolution Anyway Walker huge crate two guys could hand launch over furrows yours truly being weaker suckers hurt Jim both throttle Continued page 26 June 1983 25 Austin Gutmans CAR system coupled aileron rudder mounts externally Astro Flight 10 reduced dihedral cables running double rudder horn System could inter nal RC Only Electric no exhaust feasible tape-mount Bantam Midget servo wings top Below cut down waiting time between flights charge Gutman uses 12V hair blower fan quick-cool batteries Rubberbands fan air cooling holes NORTHERN CALIFORNIAS LARGEST DISCOUNT HOBBY SHOPI I/RjeYD FUEL ou U New high film strength lubricantU increased power engine lifeI Highest quolily ingredients Deteroent action cut varnish II II II II II II II II II II II II II IHOURS Monday thru weonesooy U-oUrj rnoay yau-ouu L -- turday930-6O0 Sunday 1200-500 mmmmj CHEROKEE Favorite Span65Eng.45-60 Area754 sq in4 Channel Send $075 latest price list literature Quality RIC Products Since 1960 VK MODEL AIRCRAFT CO 4350 Arondale Dr. Williamsvilie NY 14221 Phone 716 632-4838 ignition low high elevators Gus thus inspired copy Rockwood reed unit both three five channels going back prior WV II cut reeds tin plate trusting masterpiece Gus connected five channels rudder redundancy also writers first Cox 010-powered Lightning Bugs kitted Jetco early 60s Gus came home night new development home hed fly thing backyard ac tually wore out four engines Gus tink erer gadgeteer made primi tive things Thirty years later still electric started pod attachment Sagitta Gus tells us used motor taken Astro starter home made 31 belt drive seven cells motor reworked add 118-in ball bear ings believe old plain-bearing Astro 075 motor could mistaken Using hi-start Sagitta could get high 500 feet came Leisure Playboy Leisure LTSO 2 1 gear re duction Gus buzzes has plug-in wings fit car weighs 42Yz oz usually shut down motor conserve fueL Its nice shut down set up landing just right spot Scale job Really takes skill other way run out juice over flying strip Ive included few photos Corsair Electric Stik would say Scale aircraft area 550 600 sq 40 48 oz weight should fly Leisure LT50 gear-reduction system Anything about 300 sq weight 28 31 oz should fly LT5O direct drive direct drive gray Cox 6-4 excellent geared drive Rev-Up 11-7 11-7 Top Flite 11-7 etc about right Author under stand Y-O Zinger also excel lent rye good results 10-6 Tornado Playboy turns faster runs longer plane doesnt climb fast net get flight minutes per charge PS Im head Model Engine Collectors Assoe about plug Consider yourself plugged Gus keep hearing isolated Electric groups successful pioneers stuck colored pins bulletin board mark locations board would light up Islanders beautiful island would save year two finding out hard way hunting down Gus Hint try East Islip Gus scared himself death full-charging Playboy its first flight almost went out sight now uses 7-mm charge 7-min flight Thats non-thermaL Hes flights up 28 min Baby Playboy Atom gas engine first FF 1946 Gus recalls What would have given able circle up among clouds beautiful model see sun light streaming through transparent red MonoKote gently land feet made balsa wheels keep down weight No problem since Playboy comes gently seagull Next wanted see Pattern perform ance really possible Gus continues obtained Leisure LT5O Competition-wind direct drive also six cells few Cox gray 6-4s built 300 sq symmetri cal-airfoiled job 1-in-thick section us ing lightweight balsa call Electric Stllc weights 31 oz aileron elevator control using Cannon micro servos mated Kraft Sport Series receiver 250 mAh Continued page 28 26 Model Aviation 6/a47e SPORT WINCH Lightweight 34 lbs 155 kg battery Surprising performance r develops 9 HP Reiiable & durabie ity components Easy use stable electrodynamic brake help prevent backlashet Complete around parachute 600 meters 90 lb braided nylon line $21500 battery shipping charges includedl also sell finest 160 lb braided nylon contest towline $19201600 meters plus shipping Send complete descriptive iiterature price list 6/a4c7e454c 68 Morgan Ave Danbury CT 06810 TEL203 743-3312 F100- F16- F86 RC models 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mostly air inside Cowl bottom Clorox bottle 2-os penalty uses geared LT5O 250 mAh receiver battery four small World Engines servos 06 oz Cirrus receiver All-up weight balsa wheels blue MonoKote covering 56/2 us 54 span wing has about same area Playboy Airfoil semi-sym metrical first try using Rev-Up 11-7 six cells turning 4100 barely took off Gus tell us did reach about 100 ft alti tude underpowered added cells Finally eight turned Rev-Up 1 1-VA 5000 rpm Takeoffs easy rough field Six-minute flights normal 15-mm charges Altitude 400 feet sono problem Author found LTSO geared 2Y21 11-7 will blow 20-amp fuse eight cells Gus advises lucky get way combo Variations theme discussion April issue about properly power Q-Tee produced some wonderful mail letter John F Boyd sinks What bellyaching about miser able-flying Q-Tees due using too-powerful versions Cox engines Finally witnessed first flight made Bob Crosby raw ginner thing flew float-glided like dream Q-Tee lovely little thing fantasies has make 6-ft K&B 19 Thats much think built two Q-Tees loved both says Boyd covered cleardoped silkspan trimmed red tissue Once afternoon right out model ers daydream thermalled about 15 min great accomplishment enormous thrill son watch model become miniscule silver dot beneath belly fair-weather cumu lus first time power enclosed pictures show model designed couple years later John goes Its Q-Tee heritage too obvious comment marked changes moments aspect ratio etc called IIDFIAWS acronym Dont Fly Aint Worth S . did fly would REM maneuvers plus marginal inverted flight Enya 09 up front Author must have made modi fied Q-Tee bigger wing loading came less 14 oz per sq ft longest deadstick 22 mm made pretty good train er spruce cabanes should have plywood finally stopped repairing after Continued page 88 28 Model Aviation $4995J esigned tor Quickie 500 racing sport ng Kit features hand cut balsa ply parts Easy MILLS Insta Build System Custom aluminum gear exclusive torque absorption nose 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SFor Fun/Winter Continued page 28 320-plus ffights Fun Let tell lightly-built openframe six-footer flies 19 put down grass runway slowly open throttle wide dont hold elevator up keep tail down crate doesnt move second two three begins trundle along tail comes up should after surprisingly-brief run low speed gracefully floats off Possibly tiny bit up held nudge rotate soonerlike cross-runway wind Youll need reduce power 19 crank down-trim during circling climb-out climb-up throttle back put circletrim wait lift big Q-Tee What way go would still work 8 ft power rather like powered Sailplane promise have ships that Boyds sounds aerobatic Maybe 4 5 ft have six-footer 19 goes inverted will circle field way 8-ft wing does tight 8s deck lowpowered flat-bottom-foiled ships enter inverted half outside loop holding down stay inverted Dreams nothing dreams. 88 Model Aviation EE QUADRA ENGINES S SSORIES Let us update old engines Sales repair services WE ALSO FEATURE eGIANT SCALE KITS AND SEMI KITS CLEAR WHITE PINE STOCK SIZES 1/4 SCALE DUMMY RADIAL MOTORS CUSTOM KIT CUTTING SERVICE GIANT SCALE BLUE PRINTS BIG IS BETTER SEND $200 FOR OUR NEW CATALOG OR CUSTOM what ao suppose asks Sally Mrs Dave Brown holding up companys newest product V-Tech folded muffled tuned pipe Dave says pipe increases rpm holding noise down better other hes tried pipes used Daves Tartan-powered Laser 200 wIth placed third 1982 Tournament Champions SUPERwings DIVISION OF HI JOHNSON MODEL PRODUCTS 11015 GLENOAKS BLVD PACOIMA CA 91331 SAILPLANE COMPONENTS CREATE YOUR OWN SUPER GLIDER WING FOAM CORES Floater Thermal & Slope FUSELAGES LUSTROLEEN 2 Meter Standard Open & Scale STAB FOAM CORES Rudder & Fin Cores COVERING MATERIALS White skin & Lustroleen WING RODS Wing Tongue Kits FOR HI JOHNSONS PORTFOLIO PRICE SHEET & ORDER FORM about sailplane construction & design using foam & plastic SEND $250 CHECK OR MO CA RES ADD SALES TAX Cry beer axe old FFer will pluck heart strings Joe Elgin de signer great Playboy checks remarkable story About year ago Irma Hillegas widow late Red H hobby shop Clevelands East Side favorite haunt Balsa Butchers called Joe ask interested old Dick Korda Gas model basement Dick made tracks pick up crate years before immortal Korda Powerhouse stunned first Mir ror Meet right after WW IL seems 1937 Carl Goldberg scored impressive win Akron pylon Gas Bird revolutionized FF Gas led ultimate ly Zipper seen Carl fussing around bird late afternoon Detroit Nats 1938 next year Comet kit came out over 700 Zippers 1939 Detroit Nats small Nats compared later ones Carl lost Gas Bird Akron Dick some friends retrieved bringing ship back awards presentation late day Dick joked about having good look Carls modeL After witnessing famous flight Dick others began fabri cate own versions new high-per formance competition modeL Dicks apparently flew circuit during 1938 include picture threeview made Herb Clukey beautiful full-size plan supplled Joe Elgin among trying get historic model certified SAM genuine Antique Au thor did bit AMA license num ber 3825 1938 number although AMA records dont go back far number 719 issued early 193& John Worth s bigger number later year So Dicks num ber bracketed 1938 AMA new numbers first flying season ship has elliptical tips polyhedral spans 54 9-in chord powered Brown Jr Carls pylon model both diamond fuselages After 45 years Kor das model weighs 24 oz its two pencell batteries Korda careful wood selectionyou can tell Area 450 squ&es late depression prewar years us could afford new engines waited aimost 10 years able afford Baby Cyke $9 wholesale Most family heads could afford usual $2150 besides Brown Juniors went out date ap pearance Bantam l9s Ohisson 23s soon followed O&R 60 Super Cykeswhich pulled crates like Gold bergs Comet Sailplane Joe Konefes Buzzard Bombshell didnt know Dick built Gas back took walloping world Rubber finally winning Wake field Cup 1939 flight timed yours truly Joe Casano Teterboro NJ 44-odd minutes almost overhead two suc cessive thermals Dick has full-scale sailplane pilot years Red Dick Howie Robinson some wonderful bull sessions Nats am trance tooand Dick along editor Al Lewis deceased made Model Aviation Hail Fame together Hope doesnt turn off newcomers Its part heritage Old soldiers dont fade away As Kor NEW FOURMOST PRODUCTS! 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Master Jig 400* Patent Pending kind Master Jig 400 world its own Its true utility handler can buy because no else builds anything like 5 perfect painting Master Jig 400 holds fuselage stability mount safe simple Master Jig 400 will allow model move swing apply paint addition Master Jig 400 offers opportunity paint constant light source runs will start since can rotate model painting Multi-mount Radial beam mount fuselage Fuselage attachment using wing bolt holes Fuselage cradle Wing mount wing bolt holes Wing mount cradle fingers together cant let go dainty airplanes Right now war nozzles Maybe perfect nozzle re mote laser space weapons use Jet both varieties Hot Stuff course too others keep track hate clogged feeder tubes may character captivity suffers clogs inside bottles never seem make precisely right size holes nozzles thin tubes What thought new bottling form Hot Stuff turned out sample Cy anoacrylate Accelerator spotted squeeze spray nozzle flipped Evidently guys build big crates lots ply wood have bonding problems use baking sodait goes off give area bonded spray accelerator say 6 8 away just surface real helper Frees hands work model Saves model damage Frees bench space Holds model position Total versatility Easy attachment two bolts Mounts workbench Adjustable height Work sitting standing 3600rotation horizontally 360 0rotation cordwise Quickly folded stored Multi-purpose Radio installation Engine installation 3600 access fiberglassing Provides total access painting Covering plastic film Set incidence CheckCG Jig setting dihedral Straighten warped wings Ufetime Investment Master Jig 400 priced $12995 Thats price good kit engine invest ment will last lifetime Heres order Direct Tide Distributors Inc no mark-ups Visa MasterCard bank check money order means prompt delivery FTIDE DISTRIBUTORS INC PO Box 317/Dept MAV 683 Minto ND 58261I 701 352-2667 Eves I Master Jig priced $12995 plus $ I for postage handling Please send I me ______ Master Jigs Enclosed find acheckfor$ __________________ I Card No ________________________ I Exp DateI NameI Address ___________________________ State ZipI fluster 3lPhoneI Free Brochure Want toI know Send self addressed stamped en- velope office listed above joint tires instantlyas permanently Vic torian marriage two generations chewed regular model glues dopes mummi fied fingers part fun Heres another sample bottlefrom Golden West Its ultra super solvent separating instant-glued joints mistakes arent forever removing such glues skin fabric covering Theres no comma between skin fabric doubt supposed wash hands stuff Im dumb enough tryyou arent note flash point 96 degrees Fahrenheit maybe shouldnt use under tropic sunthats joke son Speaking sample bottles H&H Electronics has pretty blue liquid Supersafe Soft Solder Liquid Flux sure can use Having sent laundry list disasters Bob Hunter got back patient answers June 1983 131 NOW PRODUCED IN THE US 51/2 FEET OF THRILLS AND EXCITEMENT THE LEAN MEAN HURRICANE SUPER-BIG OFFSHORE DEEP V ultimate racing something different try running Hurricane 1 2-foot waves Easy build mahogany plywood construction Designed hobby Quadra TML35 gasoline engine 66 long x 181/2 wide x 11 deep Shipping Charges Included US & Canada J TERPRU5E5 256 Schuman Dr Newmarket Alabama 35761 Phone 1-205-852-2566 PO Box 82 Belmont Ontario NOL 150 Phone 1-51 9-644-0375 JAG CLEVELAND QUALITY PLANS still famous hoto,c amnun P-40 CARD KITWORLDS GREATEST TRUELE POLOJ5 VARIETY ULL COLOR EXACT REPRODUCTION4.Mast, tltof model plant ausilahle Fmm 1132 haOs /4 size s RC C/I F/F cubbe static Thece NOWREMEMBERcolleoters Choke items Ash sot old time models Ueffus.FLEW'Ys~t%A oootshsdohacge ooseleanhlonger hotoeodtltt ote fr rnIeIRR CleoelaodOeoigoed piotoral Oalalog hooklet boot 1411 producel se get padiallt illolatod puce isO Just send hOSE [ONLYISIWELL THEY HOWoothiog else like anpmheetftt plans Real N ano ci t flaIl pet. 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MI iaaRRCLEVELAND MODEL & SUPPLY CO UNIORE NOSTALGIC GIFTOOSR7R Detoit Ace Cteuelmnd Ohio 44102 lot charming palaver Said Bob year under normal temperature using tubing use about 3/4 Cut can extend l/2 years keeping un bevel end X-Acto knife razor opened units freezer portion re insert spout may have frigeratpr Never put opened unit back enlarge spout hole slightly tube fits because condensation moisture smoothly loosely know container will cause rapid use know done seldom will clog shelf life will get very thick endwhich can quickly Ole Bill now wonders about shelf pulled off fingernails wanted life ppened bottles bench think know about shelf life refrigerator caper just cane unglued dont mean plug jazz Dont leave bottle Hot Stuff compare products glues warm sunlighted bench can tell Its jus1t Bob told us things ever because quickly becomes super gap- wante4 know didnt filling much else great making spider webs When A-justo-jig came out SOs put 2 oz net weight large wondered anyone would need Now bottle fills about two-thirds Bob sorely regret getting oldgoes spraying us Spritzer fashioed prices didnt miss out Tide nitrogen-filled atmosphere filled Distri1utors Master Jig 400 aptly called weight electric eyealso 1/4 total multi-purpose tooL see pic V2-oz bottles fill about 32000 units ture cant describe its other contortionist week tricks rotatable hefty steel bar holds make out over 8000000 bot- crate Ike field box Parts used other com ties Hot Stuff year considers binatipns enable hold wing paintJet Zap other brands ing axid can rotate wing conven 20000000 units year overall outland- ient positions Remove long bar its ish big hobby Add CyAs outer support leg parts arranged other glues white glues cements like hold fuselage space its engine mount Sigment Ambroid and could firwall adjusts up down can glue together whole solar system work either sitting standing Yes difference cyanoacrylate can swung out way model formulas Bob answered us can check wing incidence CG set dihed least 100 different formulas use today ral etc use covering Also way cheap drugstore types holds wing fuselage hold-down-bolt Id never trust put model together yet holes crates suffer bench-rash cost about $28 per ounce Make past tense figure two grams about $2 up special ized types make dental mcdi- comes big airplanes Wendell cal industry Hot Stuff used manufac- etler same wavelength ture heart valves literature filled subjects dayShelf life bench 2-oz units dreaming own Quarter Scale Piper Vag about fly Wendell writ ing flown Third Scaler months have wanted show pic heart-throb bing Art Chester Jeep course big Vag especially because mentioned thinking about floats So Wendell January 19 Author part column written February 22 request pie Vag floats gives incentive finish two sets floats have almost completed going floats until spring Wen dell explains since too would like see two airplane versions together will Author Before got down paper Wendell put floats chopped hole ice could see chubby Vag water Jeep has very nice surprise continues excellent flier 24 Kioritz about 24 lb brings wing loading up 44 oz sq ft see fly would never believe high something about enlarged scale will tolerate heavier loadings very good way scale Jeep 4 25% feel heavier loadings larger models brings realistic flightif adequate power have no argument like go Tournament Champions route keep loadings light possible us practical ror day-by-day week-by-week rugged sport flying really cares long having fun buy Scale effect has dramatic re sult area goes up far beyond what modeler can imagine thought 10 ft 4 Aristocrat heavy 28 lb 132 Cu glow Tartan single-cylinder yet almost floats can cruise 1/3 throttle slow-fly just above idle shailow Figure 8s loading nearly 40 oz climbs out very well indeed Ive seen normal sport jobs 20 oz loading far sluggish Schoolyard Scales 10 oz bricklike license build heavy judge wing loading alone Its just doubling size model increases its area square Reynolds Number goes up like skyrocket Freudian s April 1983 issue talking about strange ways simple minded allerons made statement full flaps lift/drag machine goes through roofi Actually meant drag portion increases enormously L/D quite low in-betweenthe-lines sense situation does go through roofto pot Sharp readers would have quickly doped out fuzzy words choice words did imply opposite author wishes make perfectly clear flap drag lousier L/D becomes also notes typewriter betrayed him recently putting down P22 Ryan Pt-19 Fairchild case Schanzels big Rubber Scaler thousands know difference readers wrote ap peared Letters Editor editor noted author calledin correc tion wasnt made therefore author adds now getting correction made late stages production about simple holding chat John Riggins during second half Super Bowl since people involved last paragraph of page 18 April Continued page 134 132 Model Aviation KIT ONLY $8390 KIT & DRIVE TRAIN $1 5390 KIT DRIVE TRAIN & ENGINE $27390 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE RADIO CONTROL SOCIETY SUPER SCALE 83 16th Annual Giant UAnd Sport Scale Contest featuring A RC s 1st Size Scale Fly-in * Sport Scale * Giant Scale Separate judging Giant * Fly-in Relaxation Non Competition Events * Awards 4th Place Competition * Free Refreshments Entrants * *SAILPLANE** launching equipment histartslwincheslaCCeS5orieS complete linelbest pricesltop quality send self-addressed stamped envelope cataloglinformatiOn RLF PRODUCTS R3 Box 178-V Peoli IN d764 Al 21 723-4310 issue portion about George Clapp misleading said has 71 appeals should have said has appeals Fairchild 7 Serious correction Recall two cartoons showed artwork used Texas Sailpianers intimidate Arkansas guys noted Alamo back door would no Texas Im hono rary Razorback Heres Don Chancey just short note give proper credit priceless Rembrandts earlier column sez Don resident com mercial artist current VP Monte Miller alias Killer Miller Monte did two cartoons printed several others Oh yes Alamo did indeed have back door used ran off hid northeast swampland known today Arkansas guys like know Aeromodeling gets technical quail Sunday July 3 1983 Floyd Benett Field Brooklyn New York Largest Controlled Air Park New York State Registration 830i 130 am Flying starts 830 am Entry Fee $10 Second Entry $7 Only first 100 accepted preregistry advised Contest Director Jerry Behrens 31-27 Healy Ave Far Rockaway NY 11691 212-337-6987 Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Pober Pixie/Wiscer Continued oaqe 38 ammonia holding bent posi tion until dry Keeping mind will some spring-back sides should over-bent about 50% An alternative score outer ply along F4 former line crack plywood Epoxy will heal wound Assemble forward box sec tion Formers Fl F4 /4 balsa bottoms -in beveled balsa gussets Add 1/16 plywood top Splice fuselage aft end box section add Formers F5 F2 assembled basic fuselage structure temporarily fasten formed wire cabane struts soldered brass brackets dis tance between brackets must match di mension over outside surfaces wing spar joiners reason building wing first dimension vicinity 575 wing pin inserted its holes brackets pin should exactly parallel top sur face fuselage Re-melt solder necessary bring pin alignment adjustment controls wing incidence pin should also exactly fuse lage center line wing will right angles fuselage cabane struts can shifted sideways slightly alignment holding cabane struts alignment add Former F8 plywood block its base using epoxy front cabane bolted 1/16 ply wood fuselage top /x-in landing gear clamps diagonal cabane blocked /x ply strips behind Former F6 epoxy Before epoxy hardens check pin alignment once re-check spacing between brackets Pixie cabane struts round tubes stream lined Landing gear wire brass parts should completely soldered together before bolt ing assembly fuselage bottom Keep proper sequence mind sol dering example wing strut brackets must place before soldering lower landing gear brackets form brackets 031-in hard brass will necessary anneal metal Heat torch over burn er kitchen stove Quench water brass will softened bending brass work-hardens before bends completed re-anneal before An electric stove heat element will same job Lay part softened directly stove element heat until changes color quench water After assembling land ing gear fuselage bottom fuselage formers stringers planking can added Tail surfaces conventional construc tion base sheet balsa Ribs edges cemented add shape sheet balsa need extremely light weight too light wrinkles will eventually appear covering material happened Pixie could have used extra tail weight Miscellaneous Having made fiberglass en gine cowls number planes have found quickest method lay-up over foam core blue insulation foam best carving sanding shape Its disadvantage foam will dissolve polyester resin glass cloth must laid epoxy resin Carve sand foam block cowl shape making slightly undersize about 1/32-in will approximate thickness glass cloth layer two 6-oz cloth followed top layer /-oz cloth ease finishing foam core easily chipped out after epoxy hardens Any residue can melted away dope thinner acetone internal plywood baffle cowl serves two purposes directs incoming air over engine also used hold cowl place means single 4-40 machine screw threaded front lower engine mount baffle needs carefully fitted cowl certain proper level cowl kept secure ply bulkhead dowel near top Wheel pants made two blocks -in balsa tack-cemented together After carving sanding outside shape split blocks apart hollow inside accommodate wheels used Robart scale wheels Permanently cement hal ves cover outside /2-oz glass cloth resin Preferred windshield material 031-in acrylic Plexiglas butyrate sheet Shape windshield draping material over aluminum form kitchen oven 2500 F sheet aluminum litho-plate bent half cylinder plastic bal 134 Model Aviation SCALE DOCUMENTATION SCALE DRAWINGSPHOTOS BOOKLETS MODEL PLANS 9983 AIRPLANE cATAL~ 04 PAGES 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/06
Page Numbers: 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 88, 89, 131, 132, 134
Spectacular Bruce Tharpe describes flight Dyna-Jet-powered Sabre flown via Control Line Both Bruce dad Bruce R have long-time affair Dyne-Jet Scalersthis modified Airforms kit fiberglass fuselage skinned-foam wings want know get Dyna-Jet Bill Winter pleads contact him noise consideration warn Dyna-Jet roars like herd bulls AS YOU WELL KNOW modelers have fun Dyna-Jet-powered F-86F Sabre modi different ways Bruce Tharpe re- fled Airforms kit fiberglass fuselage foam minds us father Bruce R enjoy wings unmodified Dyna-Jet running Control Line pulse jets photo white gas simply spectacular Im sure remember first experience jet just case have article Art Schroeder Author really Walt Schroder Bruce describes event can just see Thirteen years later Walt re called scene April 1969 MAN reading manuscript Jets Therapeutic Way Author Love thera peutic suddenly remembered first meeting jet engine during 1946 first Dyna-Jet unit brought East Bill Tenny Paul Plecan built ukie took cab Creedmore Long Island exception Tenny us idea what expect Creedmore big open area adjacent Creedmore Hospital mentally ilL Paul retired center circle Walt went checked lines nounced ready Tenny attached pump Bill Winter would observe After asking hold high-tension lead plane Tenny gave three exploratory pumps air pump good firm point d ine gave out incredible bellow continued run tail pipe first turning cherry red white-hot plus incredible din Two po lice cars caine running up find out what Among Gus Munichs stable RC Electrics highly successful adaptations 54-in Top Flite Corsair somebodys Stik Theyre very lightweight due use Jumbo Rubber-type construction Stik does Pattern maneuvers except requiring rudder throttle Corsair tools around up 400 ft 4 mm has 2 mm fading power set up land Much text After 320-plus flights John E Boyd decided make repairs adaptation Airtronics 0-Tee two son often thermalled Pictures show enlarged highly modified original look-alike powered 09 Does REM maneuvers marginal inverted flight has 14-oz wing loading Once landed dead-stick after 22-mm flight 22 Model Aviation U lust fun Bill Winter Whats great Dick Korda doing Goldberg Zipper Its really Korda pylon original gassie flown 1938 Just found Irma Hille gas basement ties inspirational win Goldberg pre-Zipper Akron 1937 text Herb Clukeys 3view thanks Joe Playboy Elgingives feel Full-size plans can obtained MA publishes article future issue KORDAS rn1938 Gas Buggy DESIGNED BY DICK KORDA - - I Ii CHORD 9 AREA 450 SO INS POWER BROWN JR SCALE IN INCHES 024A 80 1214 IA Isle Jinter says admires Wendell Hostetlers big Art Chester Jeep left combination 24 Cu lfl Kioritz 24-lb gross weight 44-oz ving loading makes realistic distinct high performance Vegas lightweights Bill thinks 24 K puts out 50% more power han Tartan single-cylinder 132 Cu glow 10-ft 4-in Aristocrat almost floats 38 oz per sq ft Reynolds Number goes hrough roof area speed go upit doesnt mean powered bomb Hostetler Winter have comparing notes Wendells 1/3cale Kioritz-powered Piper Vagabond Bills Y4-scale Vag OS 90 Wendells plans have both wheelad float versions floats 54 n long get picture column Wendell rushed floats completion chopped hole ice Russell Stokes lefthand picture located Tad Kleusers 193738 variation John Sadler low-wing FF thanks distant real estate agent Stokes Frontier Airlines captains flew home Texas can see righthand picture silk-covered fuselage wertical tail good shape tattered silkspan wing stab make look like ancient-rebuild museum subject found abandoned barn Kleuser lost life over English Channel B-17 during WW II June 1983 23 An efficient control surface hinge HA Thomas isa tested idea control surface hinge ailerons redder flap Mad Nyrod tubes such used puibrods hinge lightweight free-moving strong adds aerodynamic advantage sealed hinge line produces no radio noise As sketch pictures indicate sections th outer tubes CyA-glued concave edges control surfaces alternating tubes mate snugly Strips MonoKote silk used reinforcement over section prior applying final covering over entire surface inner Nyrod tube serves hinge pin may spot-cemented either end position securely splines some brands inner Nyrods give proper clearance binding excuse friction little ingenuity idea can easily adapted thicker control surfaces type hinge widely used early Control Line Speed models aluminum tubes steel hinge pin wire fitted streamlined plywood tal surfaces modern variation using different materials suitable RC particu larly Sailplanes CL use So save remnants nylon control rods guides give hinge design try &rdsa / / befire coverurg/ / 7/ //~'/// /4/ /i Oderriyrod / &sbe secs ii/ /7 /74/ /// e4es//Jet // orYoiSta/f /7/ /1/ i/ 7//i NH] Z/fifer yrcd 1a6 kep exploded window hos pital face peering out Suddenly en gine incredibly stopped silence indes cribable Winter shattered Through no fault Walt recalled managed hold onto plane suitable explan ations police thus ended first exposure model jet engines Wish could repeat some conversation went cab way back laws. Editor Thats Bill Winter now talking can tell circle spectators took off like spooked flight birds standing next father small son holding hand Pop covered dis tance protective big tree nothing flat sonny stood grounddeserted Youll note ole Walt held plane foxy sit uations always saw Walt first line Unknown Walt knew what 5-in pulse jet sounded like Ralph Barnaby pioneer aviator very early glider pilot model er made first airplane drops dirigible probably Sperry Messenger pos sibly prior Macon Akron commanding officer Johnsville Naval Air Station 1946 FAC guys held Nats last year Barnaby having invited us inspect fantastic Nazi weaponry includ ing early guided bombs raised Cain Mediterranean turned us over Mo Taylor second command Mo ardent model er still makes home-builtssuch IMPand developed successful roadable air planeswas prankster Among wild things piloted Heilcats carrying test heat-seekers day finding neck cold hair end turned head saw missle closing own airplane So behind building Johnsvile Mo set up 5-in US pulse jet engine run stood close tail pipe thus luring us stand innocently beside him Some guy waltzed up pipe big torch right out French revolution world came end Eardrums fluttered like reed valves Some joke military lovedto scare jabbers out press Wright Field PR guy put us little bunker-hut two SOs firedlike being hell levitating red glare Walt could hold Dyna-Jet toy shattered true Some toy amazing thing was noisy out proportion real thing although far faster frequency years Dyna-Jets some popularity Scale fringe old-timers will recall marvelous jet models turned out late Cal Smith buddy Frank Lashek still active think didnt have glass shells models made balsa As bestos thin aluminum sheeting separated hot jet fuselage keep plane burning up after landing no cool ing airstream helper race over ship quickly pump air through not-always-successful race agalnst time Such models seemed weigh ton note Tharpes pta air space shows around tail pipe Nowadays can have fiberglass fuselage shell can still see Dyna-Jets flown CL Speed some Europeans have used launching rail shades WV II fly twinengined RC javelins Gods sake dont try bit speed such crate might escape gravity People always ask about Dyna-Jet pop up occasion al ads last remember being mall-order house Hobby Barn 24 Model Aviation Master Jig 400 does tricks Houdini says master Skunk Works pic Mark Winter modeler another editor/writer shows serves holderhere rotated slightly position 40-60 Krackerjac fiddling servos Original low-wing Sailplane Bill Selby has planform taken Sadlers Pacemaker gassie 40 years ago Span is6 ft maxchord 10 has 9% Clark Y airfoil spite tiny V-tail stable hi-start tame well maneu verable soars readily HA Thomas photo Winter can say Leisure Playboy 2A1 geared 05 left Top Flite Metrick claimed thanks son Mike 2 mid-spectrum family circus Mike has old mans lazy flying habits Metrick has nose-mounted Cox TD 049 Bill says nose mount far superior draggy high-mounted pod field box DaCa pa says has Taylor panel hole need long battery lead start engines other end Pas also impatient took off both folding covers can get rag-bag collec tion support junk Crows rumored have flown off some hear tell As far know WAM Western Associ ated Modelers organization still sponsors true CL Jet Scale event Bruce concludes Wed love hear others exist modelers sirni lar interests Bruce Tharpe 2380 Cabril lo Dr Hayward CA 94545 Creedmore add high-intensity contest site FF its glory days ever saw Buc caneer flying across field doorbellbattery booster hanging its leads know perhaps few among modelers outside walls Walt mention ed should have inside fly kinds models Gus Munich tells us Pattern Scale sport Right now have active P-47 P-S 1 Corsair FW-190 Tweedy Bird Skybolt Little Stik two origi nal Pattern types Sagitta Saliplane two Slope-Soaring Sailpianes What unusual about Gus fleet electricpowered dig story should know Gus summer 1951 great showman Jim Walker wandered around country huge special Chrysler towing stream lined trailer FF-RC contest Plalnview Long Island descended upon us like C7zariots Fire RC lawnmowers too LIDS Merokes other RC outfits up thereand ole George Myers Bob Aberle Andy Farkas myriad Long Island hotshots Brooklyn Mon taukwill shocked Plainview Most Long Island has wall-to-wall houses shopping centers generation days Plalnview altogether po tato fields abandoned anticipation postwar housing Hundred-acre flying sites everywhere flew single-channel rud der-only jobsnobody conquered throt tlewith Good Brothers equipment gastube Aerotrol Lorenze Control Research John Worths companyl two-tub ers using huge folded-dipole antennas made furring strips Rosenstock put transmitter inside Kraft cheese box make hand-held unit local revolution Anyway Walker huge crate two guys could hand launch over furrows yours truly being weaker suckers hurt Jim both throttle Continued page 26 June 1983 25 Austin Gutmans CAR system coupled aileron rudder mounts externally Astro Flight 10 reduced dihedral cables running double rudder horn System could inter nal RC Only Electric no exhaust feasible tape-mount Bantam Midget servo wings top Below cut down waiting time between flights charge Gutman uses 12V hair blower fan quick-cool batteries Rubberbands fan air cooling holes NORTHERN CALIFORNIAS LARGEST DISCOUNT HOBBY SHOPI I/RjeYD FUEL ou U New high film strength lubricantU increased power engine lifeI Highest quolily ingredients Deteroent action cut varnish II II II II II II II II II II II II II IHOURS Monday thru weonesooy U-oUrj rnoay yau-ouu L -- turday930-6O0 Sunday 1200-500 mmmmj CHEROKEE Favorite Span65Eng.45-60 Area754 sq in4 Channel Send $075 latest price list literature Quality RIC Products Since 1960 VK MODEL AIRCRAFT CO 4350 Arondale Dr. Williamsvilie NY 14221 Phone 716 632-4838 ignition low high elevators Gus thus inspired copy Rockwood reed unit both three five channels going back prior WV II cut reeds tin plate trusting masterpiece Gus connected five channels rudder redundancy also writers first Cox 010-powered Lightning Bugs kitted Jetco early 60s Gus came home night new development home hed fly thing backyard ac tually wore out four engines Gus tink erer gadgeteer made primi tive things Thirty years later still electric started pod attachment Sagitta Gus tells us used motor taken Astro starter home made 31 belt drive seven cells motor reworked add 118-in ball bear ings believe old plain-bearing Astro 075 motor could mistaken Using hi-start Sagitta could get high 500 feet came Leisure Playboy Leisure LTSO 2 1 gear re duction Gus buzzes has plug-in wings fit car weighs 42Yz oz usually shut down motor conserve fueL Its nice shut down set up landing just right spot Scale job Really takes skill other way run out juice over flying strip Ive included few photos Corsair Electric Stik would say Scale aircraft area 550 600 sq 40 48 oz weight should fly Leisure LT50 gear-reduction system Anything about 300 sq weight 28 31 oz should fly LT5O direct drive direct drive gray Cox 6-4 excellent geared drive Rev-Up 11-7 11-7 Top Flite 11-7 etc about right Author under stand Y-O Zinger also excel lent rye good results 10-6 Tornado Playboy turns faster runs longer plane doesnt climb fast net get flight minutes per charge PS Im head Model Engine Collectors Assoe about plug Consider yourself plugged Gus keep hearing isolated Electric groups successful pioneers stuck colored pins bulletin board mark locations board would light up Islanders beautiful island would save year two finding out hard way hunting down Gus Hint try East Islip Gus scared himself death full-charging Playboy its first flight almost went out sight now uses 7-mm charge 7-min flight Thats non-thermaL Hes flights up 28 min Baby Playboy Atom gas engine first FF 1946 Gus recalls What would have given able circle up among clouds beautiful model see sun light streaming through transparent red MonoKote gently land feet made balsa wheels keep down weight No problem since Playboy comes gently seagull Next wanted see Pattern perform ance really possible Gus continues obtained Leisure LT5O Competition-wind direct drive also six cells few Cox gray 6-4s built 300 sq symmetri cal-airfoiled job 1-in-thick section us ing lightweight balsa call Electric Stllc weights 31 oz aileron elevator control using Cannon micro servos mated Kraft Sport Series receiver 250 mAh Continued page 28 26 Model Aviation 6/a47e SPORT WINCH Lightweight 34 lbs 155 kg battery Surprising performance r develops 9 HP Reiiable & durabie ity components Easy use stable electrodynamic brake help prevent backlashet Complete around parachute 600 meters 90 lb braided nylon line $21500 battery shipping charges includedl also sell finest 160 lb braided nylon contest towline $19201600 meters plus shipping Send complete descriptive iiterature price list 6/a4c7e454c 68 Morgan Ave Danbury CT 06810 TEL203 743-3312 F100- F16- F86 RC models 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mostly air inside Cowl bottom Clorox bottle 2-os penalty uses geared LT5O 250 mAh receiver battery four small World Engines servos 06 oz Cirrus receiver All-up weight balsa wheels blue MonoKote covering 56/2 us 54 span wing has about same area Playboy Airfoil semi-sym metrical first try using Rev-Up 11-7 six cells turning 4100 barely took off Gus tell us did reach about 100 ft alti tude underpowered added cells Finally eight turned Rev-Up 1 1-VA 5000 rpm Takeoffs easy rough field Six-minute flights normal 15-mm charges Altitude 400 feet sono problem Author found LTSO geared 2Y21 11-7 will blow 20-amp fuse eight cells Gus advises lucky get way combo Variations theme discussion April issue about properly power Q-Tee produced some wonderful mail letter John F Boyd sinks What bellyaching about miser able-flying Q-Tees due using too-powerful versions Cox engines Finally witnessed first flight made Bob Crosby raw ginner thing flew float-glided like dream Q-Tee lovely little thing fantasies has make 6-ft K&B 19 Thats much think built two Q-Tees loved both says Boyd covered cleardoped silkspan trimmed red tissue Once afternoon right out model ers daydream thermalled about 15 min great accomplishment enormous thrill son watch model become miniscule silver dot beneath belly fair-weather cumu lus first time power enclosed pictures show model designed couple years later John goes Its Q-Tee heritage too obvious comment marked changes moments aspect ratio etc called IIDFIAWS acronym Dont Fly Aint Worth S . did fly would REM maneuvers plus marginal inverted flight Enya 09 up front Author must have made modi fied Q-Tee bigger wing loading came less 14 oz per sq ft longest deadstick 22 mm made pretty good train er spruce cabanes should have plywood finally stopped repairing after Continued page 88 28 Model Aviation $4995J esigned tor Quickie 500 racing sport ng Kit features hand cut balsa ply parts Easy MILLS Insta Build System Custom aluminum gear exclusive torque absorption nose 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SFor Fun/Winter Continued page 28 320-plus ffights Fun Let tell lightly-built openframe six-footer flies 19 put down grass runway slowly open throttle wide dont hold elevator up keep tail down crate doesnt move second two three begins trundle along tail comes up should after surprisingly-brief run low speed gracefully floats off Possibly tiny bit up held nudge rotate soonerlike cross-runway wind Youll need reduce power 19 crank down-trim during circling climb-out climb-up throttle back put circletrim wait lift big Q-Tee What way go would still work 8 ft power rather like powered Sailplane promise have ships that Boyds sounds aerobatic Maybe 4 5 ft have six-footer 19 goes inverted will circle field way 8-ft wing does tight 8s deck lowpowered flat-bottom-foiled ships enter inverted half outside loop holding down stay inverted Dreams nothing dreams. 88 Model Aviation EE QUADRA ENGINES S SSORIES Let us update old engines Sales repair services WE ALSO FEATURE eGIANT SCALE KITS AND SEMI KITS CLEAR WHITE PINE STOCK SIZES 1/4 SCALE DUMMY RADIAL MOTORS CUSTOM KIT CUTTING SERVICE GIANT SCALE BLUE PRINTS BIG IS BETTER SEND $200 FOR OUR NEW CATALOG OR CUSTOM what ao suppose asks Sally Mrs Dave Brown holding up companys newest product V-Tech folded muffled tuned pipe Dave says pipe increases rpm holding noise down better other hes tried pipes used Daves Tartan-powered Laser 200 wIth placed third 1982 Tournament Champions SUPERwings DIVISION OF HI JOHNSON MODEL PRODUCTS 11015 GLENOAKS BLVD PACOIMA CA 91331 SAILPLANE COMPONENTS CREATE YOUR OWN SUPER GLIDER WING FOAM CORES Floater Thermal & Slope FUSELAGES LUSTROLEEN 2 Meter Standard Open & Scale STAB FOAM CORES Rudder & Fin Cores COVERING MATERIALS White skin & Lustroleen WING RODS Wing Tongue Kits FOR HI JOHNSONS PORTFOLIO PRICE SHEET & ORDER FORM about sailplane construction & design using foam & plastic SEND $250 CHECK OR MO CA RES ADD SALES TAX Cry beer axe old FFer will pluck heart strings Joe Elgin de signer great Playboy checks remarkable story About year ago Irma Hillegas widow late Red H hobby shop Clevelands East Side favorite haunt Balsa Butchers called Joe ask interested old Dick Korda Gas model basement Dick made tracks pick up crate years before immortal Korda Powerhouse stunned first Mir ror Meet right after WW IL seems 1937 Carl Goldberg scored impressive win Akron pylon Gas Bird revolutionized FF Gas led ultimate ly Zipper seen Carl fussing around bird late afternoon Detroit Nats 1938 next year Comet kit came out over 700 Zippers 1939 Detroit Nats small Nats compared later ones Carl lost Gas Bird Akron Dick some friends retrieved bringing ship back awards presentation late day Dick joked about having good look Carls modeL After witnessing famous flight Dick others began fabri cate own versions new high-per formance competition modeL Dicks apparently flew circuit during 1938 include picture threeview made Herb Clukey beautiful full-size plan supplled Joe Elgin among trying get historic model certified SAM genuine Antique Au thor did bit AMA license num ber 3825 1938 number although AMA records dont go back far number 719 issued early 193& John Worth s bigger number later year So Dicks num ber bracketed 1938 AMA new numbers first flying season ship has elliptical tips polyhedral spans 54 9-in chord powered Brown Jr Carls pylon model both diamond fuselages After 45 years Kor das model weighs 24 oz its two pencell batteries Korda careful wood selectionyou can tell Area 450 squ&es late depression prewar years us could afford new engines waited aimost 10 years able afford Baby Cyke $9 wholesale Most family heads could afford usual $2150 besides Brown Juniors went out date ap pearance Bantam l9s Ohisson 23s soon followed O&R 60 Super Cykeswhich pulled crates like Gold bergs Comet Sailplane Joe Konefes Buzzard Bombshell didnt know Dick built Gas back took walloping world Rubber finally winning Wake field Cup 1939 flight timed yours truly Joe Casano Teterboro NJ 44-odd minutes almost overhead two suc cessive thermals Dick has full-scale sailplane pilot years Red Dick Howie Robinson some wonderful bull sessions Nats am trance tooand Dick along editor Al Lewis deceased made Model Aviation Hail Fame together Hope doesnt turn off newcomers Its part heritage Old soldiers dont fade away As Kor NEW FOURMOST PRODUCTS! 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MI iaaRRCLEVELAND MODEL & SUPPLY CO UNIORE NOSTALGIC GIFTOOSR7R Detoit Ace Cteuelmnd Ohio 44102 lot charming palaver Said Bob year under normal temperature using tubing use about 3/4 Cut can extend l/2 years keeping un bevel end X-Acto knife razor opened units freezer portion re insert spout may have frigeratpr Never put opened unit back enlarge spout hole slightly tube fits because condensation moisture smoothly loosely know container will cause rapid use know done seldom will clog shelf life will get very thick endwhich can quickly Ole Bill now wonders about shelf pulled off fingernails wanted life ppened bottles bench think know about shelf life refrigerator caper just cane unglued dont mean plug jazz Dont leave bottle Hot Stuff compare products glues warm sunlighted bench can tell Its jus1t Bob told us things ever because quickly becomes super gap- wante4 know didnt filling much else great making spider webs When A-justo-jig came out SOs put 2 oz net weight large wondered anyone would need Now bottle fills about two-thirds Bob sorely regret getting oldgoes spraying us Spritzer fashioed prices didnt miss out Tide nitrogen-filled atmosphere filled Distri1utors Master Jig 400 aptly called weight electric eyealso 1/4 total multi-purpose tooL see pic V2-oz bottles fill about 32000 units ture cant describe its other contortionist week tricks rotatable hefty steel bar holds make out over 8000000 bot- crate Ike field box Parts used other com ties Hot Stuff year considers binatipns enable hold wing paintJet Zap other brands ing axid can rotate wing conven 20000000 units year overall outland- ient positions Remove long bar its ish big hobby Add CyAs outer support leg parts arranged other glues white glues cements like hold fuselage space its engine mount Sigment Ambroid and could firwall adjusts up down can glue together whole solar system work either sitting standing Yes difference cyanoacrylate can swung out way model formulas Bob answered us can check wing incidence CG set dihed least 100 different formulas use today ral etc use covering Also way cheap drugstore types holds wing fuselage hold-down-bolt Id never trust put model together yet holes crates suffer bench-rash cost about $28 per ounce Make past tense figure two grams about $2 up special ized types make dental mcdi- comes big airplanes Wendell cal industry Hot Stuff used manufac- etler same wavelength ture heart valves literature filled subjects dayShelf life bench 2-oz units dreaming own Quarter Scale Piper Vag about fly Wendell writ ing flown Third Scaler months have wanted show pic heart-throb bing Art Chester Jeep course big Vag especially because mentioned thinking about floats So Wendell January 19 Author part column written February 22 request pie Vag floats gives incentive finish two sets floats have almost completed going floats until spring Wen dell explains since too would like see two airplane versions together will Author Before got down paper Wendell put floats chopped hole ice could see chubby Vag water Jeep has very nice surprise continues excellent flier 24 Kioritz about 24 lb brings wing loading up 44 oz sq ft see fly would never believe high something about enlarged scale will tolerate heavier loadings very good way scale Jeep 4 25% feel heavier loadings larger models brings realistic flightif adequate power have no argument like go Tournament Champions route keep loadings light possible us practical ror day-by-day week-by-week rugged sport flying really cares long having fun buy Scale effect has dramatic re sult area goes up far beyond what modeler can imagine thought 10 ft 4 Aristocrat heavy 28 lb 132 Cu glow Tartan single-cylinder yet almost floats can cruise 1/3 throttle slow-fly just above idle shailow Figure 8s loading nearly 40 oz climbs out very well indeed Ive seen normal sport jobs 20 oz loading far sluggish Schoolyard Scales 10 oz bricklike license build heavy judge wing loading alone Its just doubling size model increases its area square Reynolds Number goes up like skyrocket Freudian s April 1983 issue talking about strange ways simple minded allerons made statement full flaps lift/drag machine goes through roofi Actually meant drag portion increases enormously L/D quite low in-betweenthe-lines sense situation does go through roofto pot Sharp readers would have quickly doped out fuzzy words choice words did imply opposite author wishes make perfectly clear flap drag lousier L/D becomes also notes typewriter betrayed him recently putting down P22 Ryan Pt-19 Fairchild case Schanzels big Rubber Scaler thousands know difference readers wrote ap peared Letters Editor editor noted author calledin correc tion wasnt made therefore author adds now getting correction made late stages production about simple holding chat John Riggins during second half Super Bowl since people involved last paragraph of page 18 April Continued page 134 132 Model Aviation KIT ONLY $8390 KIT & DRIVE TRAIN $1 5390 KIT DRIVE TRAIN & ENGINE $27390 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE RADIO CONTROL SOCIETY SUPER SCALE 83 16th Annual Giant UAnd Sport Scale Contest featuring A RC s 1st Size Scale Fly-in * Sport Scale * Giant Scale Separate judging Giant * Fly-in Relaxation Non Competition Events * Awards 4th Place Competition * Free Refreshments Entrants * *SAILPLANE** launching equipment histartslwincheslaCCeS5orieS complete linelbest pricesltop quality send self-addressed stamped envelope cataloglinformatiOn RLF PRODUCTS R3 Box 178-V Peoli IN d764 Al 21 723-4310 issue portion about George Clapp misleading said has 71 appeals should have said has appeals Fairchild 7 Serious correction Recall two cartoons showed artwork used Texas Sailpianers intimidate Arkansas guys noted Alamo back door would no Texas Im hono rary Razorback Heres Don Chancey just short note give proper credit priceless Rembrandts earlier column sez Don resident com mercial artist current VP Monte Miller alias Killer Miller Monte did two cartoons printed several others Oh yes Alamo did indeed have back door used ran off hid northeast swampland known today Arkansas guys like know Aeromodeling gets technical quail Sunday July 3 1983 Floyd Benett Field Brooklyn New York Largest Controlled Air Park New York State Registration 830i 130 am Flying starts 830 am Entry Fee $10 Second Entry $7 Only first 100 accepted preregistry advised Contest Director Jerry Behrens 31-27 Healy Ave Far Rockaway NY 11691 212-337-6987 Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Pober Pixie/Wiscer Continued oaqe 38 ammonia holding bent posi tion until dry Keeping mind will some spring-back sides should over-bent about 50% An alternative score outer ply along F4 former line crack plywood Epoxy will heal wound Assemble forward box sec tion Formers Fl F4 /4 balsa bottoms -in beveled balsa gussets Add 1/16 plywood top Splice fuselage aft end box section add Formers F5 F2 assembled basic fuselage structure temporarily fasten formed wire cabane struts soldered brass brackets dis tance between brackets must match di mension over outside surfaces wing spar joiners reason building wing first dimension vicinity 575 wing pin inserted its holes brackets pin should exactly parallel top sur face fuselage Re-melt solder necessary bring pin alignment adjustment controls wing incidence pin should also exactly fuse lage center line wing will right angles fuselage cabane struts can shifted sideways slightly alignment holding cabane struts alignment add Former F8 plywood block its base using epoxy front cabane bolted 1/16 ply wood fuselage top /x-in landing gear clamps diagonal cabane blocked /x ply strips behind Former F6 epoxy Before epoxy hardens check pin alignment once re-check spacing between brackets Pixie cabane struts round tubes stream lined Landing gear wire brass parts should completely soldered together before bolt ing assembly fuselage bottom Keep proper sequence mind sol dering example wing strut brackets must place before soldering lower landing gear brackets form brackets 031-in hard brass will necessary anneal metal Heat torch over burn er kitchen stove Quench water brass will softened bending brass work-hardens before bends completed re-anneal before An electric stove heat element will same job Lay part softened directly stove element heat until changes color quench water After assembling land ing gear fuselage bottom fuselage formers stringers planking can added Tail surfaces conventional construc tion base sheet balsa Ribs edges cemented add shape sheet balsa need extremely light weight too light wrinkles will eventually appear covering material happened Pixie could have used extra tail weight Miscellaneous Having made fiberglass en gine cowls number planes have found quickest method lay-up over foam core blue insulation foam best carving sanding shape Its disadvantage foam will dissolve polyester resin glass cloth must laid epoxy resin Carve sand foam block cowl shape making slightly undersize about 1/32-in will approximate thickness glass cloth layer two 6-oz cloth followed top layer /-oz cloth ease finishing foam core easily chipped out after epoxy hardens Any residue can melted away dope thinner acetone internal plywood baffle cowl serves two purposes directs incoming air over engine also used hold cowl place means single 4-40 machine screw threaded front lower engine mount baffle needs carefully fitted cowl certain proper level cowl kept secure ply bulkhead dowel near top Wheel pants made two blocks -in balsa tack-cemented together After carving sanding outside shape split blocks apart hollow inside accommodate wheels used Robart scale wheels Permanently cement hal ves cover outside /2-oz glass cloth resin Preferred windshield material 031-in acrylic Plexiglas butyrate sheet Shape windshield draping material over aluminum form kitchen oven 2500 F sheet aluminum litho-plate bent half cylinder plastic bal 134 Model Aviation SCALE DOCUMENTATION SCALE DRAWINGSPHOTOS BOOKLETS MODEL PLANS 9983 AIRPLANE cATAL~ 04 PAGES 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/06
Page Numbers: 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 88, 89, 131, 132, 134
Spectacular Bruce Tharpe describes flight Dyna-Jet-powered Sabre flown via Control Line Both Bruce dad Bruce R have long-time affair Dyne-Jet Scalersthis modified Airforms kit fiberglass fuselage skinned-foam wings want know get Dyna-Jet Bill Winter pleads contact him noise consideration warn Dyna-Jet roars like herd bulls AS YOU WELL KNOW modelers have fun Dyna-Jet-powered F-86F Sabre modi different ways Bruce Tharpe re- fled Airforms kit fiberglass fuselage foam minds us father Bruce R enjoy wings unmodified Dyna-Jet running Control Line pulse jets photo white gas simply spectacular Im sure remember first experience jet just case have article Art Schroeder Author really Walt Schroder Bruce describes event can just see Thirteen years later Walt re called scene April 1969 MAN reading manuscript Jets Therapeutic Way Author Love thera peutic suddenly remembered first meeting jet engine during 1946 first Dyna-Jet unit brought East Bill Tenny Paul Plecan built ukie took cab Creedmore Long Island exception Tenny us idea what expect Creedmore big open area adjacent Creedmore Hospital mentally ilL Paul retired center circle Walt went checked lines nounced ready Tenny attached pump Bill Winter would observe After asking hold high-tension lead plane Tenny gave three exploratory pumps air pump good firm point d ine gave out incredible bellow continued run tail pipe first turning cherry red white-hot plus incredible din Two po lice cars caine running up find out what Among Gus Munichs stable RC Electrics highly successful adaptations 54-in Top Flite Corsair somebodys Stik Theyre very lightweight due use Jumbo Rubber-type construction Stik does Pattern maneuvers except requiring rudder throttle Corsair tools around up 400 ft 4 mm has 2 mm fading power set up land Much text After 320-plus flights John E Boyd decided make repairs adaptation Airtronics 0-Tee two son often thermalled Pictures show enlarged highly modified original look-alike powered 09 Does REM maneuvers marginal inverted flight has 14-oz wing loading Once landed dead-stick after 22-mm flight 22 Model Aviation U lust fun Bill Winter Whats great Dick Korda doing Goldberg Zipper Its really Korda pylon original gassie flown 1938 Just found Irma Hille gas basement ties inspirational win Goldberg pre-Zipper Akron 1937 text Herb Clukeys 3view thanks Joe Playboy Elgingives feel Full-size plans can obtained MA publishes article future issue KORDAS rn1938 Gas Buggy DESIGNED BY DICK KORDA - - I Ii CHORD 9 AREA 450 SO INS POWER BROWN JR SCALE IN INCHES 024A 80 1214 IA Isle Jinter says admires Wendell Hostetlers big Art Chester Jeep left combination 24 Cu lfl Kioritz 24-lb gross weight 44-oz ving loading makes realistic distinct high performance Vegas lightweights Bill thinks 24 K puts out 50% more power han Tartan single-cylinder 132 Cu glow 10-ft 4-in Aristocrat almost floats 38 oz per sq ft Reynolds Number goes hrough roof area speed go upit doesnt mean powered bomb Hostetler Winter have comparing notes Wendells 1/3cale Kioritz-powered Piper Vagabond Bills Y4-scale Vag OS 90 Wendells plans have both wheelad float versions floats 54 n long get picture column Wendell rushed floats completion chopped hole ice Russell Stokes lefthand picture located Tad Kleusers 193738 variation John Sadler low-wing FF thanks distant real estate agent Stokes Frontier Airlines captains flew home Texas can see righthand picture silk-covered fuselage wertical tail good shape tattered silkspan wing stab make look like ancient-rebuild museum subject found abandoned barn Kleuser lost life over English Channel B-17 during WW II June 1983 23 An efficient control surface hinge HA Thomas isa tested idea control surface hinge ailerons redder flap Mad Nyrod tubes such used puibrods hinge lightweight free-moving strong adds aerodynamic advantage sealed hinge line produces no radio noise As sketch pictures indicate sections th outer tubes CyA-glued concave edges control surfaces alternating tubes mate snugly Strips MonoKote silk used reinforcement over section prior applying final covering over entire surface inner Nyrod tube serves hinge pin may spot-cemented either end position securely splines some brands inner Nyrods give proper clearance binding excuse friction little ingenuity idea can easily adapted thicker control surfaces type hinge widely used early Control Line Speed models aluminum tubes steel hinge pin wire fitted streamlined plywood tal surfaces modern variation using different materials suitable RC particu larly Sailplanes CL use So save remnants nylon control rods guides give hinge design try &rdsa / / befire coverurg/ / 7/ //~'/// /4/ /i Oderriyrod / &sbe secs ii/ /7 /74/ /// e4es//Jet // orYoiSta/f /7/ /1/ i/ 7//i NH] Z/fifer yrcd 1a6 kep exploded window hos pital face peering out Suddenly en gine incredibly stopped silence indes cribable Winter shattered Through no fault Walt recalled managed hold onto plane suitable explan ations police thus ended first exposure model jet engines Wish could repeat some conversation went cab way back laws. Editor Thats Bill Winter now talking can tell circle spectators took off like spooked flight birds standing next father small son holding hand Pop covered dis tance protective big tree nothing flat sonny stood grounddeserted Youll note ole Walt held plane foxy sit uations always saw Walt first line Unknown Walt knew what 5-in pulse jet sounded like Ralph Barnaby pioneer aviator very early glider pilot model er made first airplane drops dirigible probably Sperry Messenger pos sibly prior Macon Akron commanding officer Johnsville Naval Air Station 1946 FAC guys held Nats last year Barnaby having invited us inspect fantastic Nazi weaponry includ ing early guided bombs raised Cain Mediterranean turned us over Mo Taylor second command Mo ardent model er still makes home-builtssuch IMPand developed successful roadable air planeswas prankster Among wild things piloted Heilcats carrying test heat-seekers day finding neck cold hair end turned head saw missle closing own airplane So behind building Johnsvile Mo set up 5-in US pulse jet engine run stood close tail pipe thus luring us stand innocently beside him Some guy waltzed up pipe big torch right out French revolution world came end Eardrums fluttered like reed valves Some joke military lovedto scare jabbers out press Wright Field PR guy put us little bunker-hut two SOs firedlike being hell levitating red glare Walt could hold Dyna-Jet toy shattered true Some toy amazing thing was noisy out proportion real thing although far faster frequency years Dyna-Jets some popularity Scale fringe old-timers will recall marvelous jet models turned out late Cal Smith buddy Frank Lashek still active think didnt have glass shells models made balsa As bestos thin aluminum sheeting separated hot jet fuselage keep plane burning up after landing no cool ing airstream helper race over ship quickly pump air through not-always-successful race agalnst time Such models seemed weigh ton note Tharpes pta air space shows around tail pipe Nowadays can have fiberglass fuselage shell can still see Dyna-Jets flown CL Speed some Europeans have used launching rail shades WV II fly twinengined RC javelins Gods sake dont try bit speed such crate might escape gravity People always ask about Dyna-Jet pop up occasion al ads last remember being mall-order house Hobby Barn 24 Model Aviation Master Jig 400 does tricks Houdini says master Skunk Works pic Mark Winter modeler another editor/writer shows serves holderhere rotated slightly position 40-60 Krackerjac fiddling servos Original low-wing Sailplane Bill Selby has planform taken Sadlers Pacemaker gassie 40 years ago Span is6 ft maxchord 10 has 9% Clark Y airfoil spite tiny V-tail stable hi-start tame well maneu verable soars readily HA Thomas photo Winter can say Leisure Playboy 2A1 geared 05 left Top Flite Metrick claimed thanks son Mike 2 mid-spectrum family circus Mike has old mans lazy flying habits Metrick has nose-mounted Cox TD 049 Bill says nose mount far superior draggy high-mounted pod field box DaCa pa says has Taylor panel hole need long battery lead start engines other end Pas also impatient took off both folding covers can get rag-bag collec tion support junk Crows rumored have flown off some hear tell As far know WAM Western Associ ated Modelers organization still sponsors true CL Jet Scale event Bruce concludes Wed love hear others exist modelers sirni lar interests Bruce Tharpe 2380 Cabril lo Dr Hayward CA 94545 Creedmore add high-intensity contest site FF its glory days ever saw Buc caneer flying across field doorbellbattery booster hanging its leads know perhaps few among modelers outside walls Walt mention ed should have inside fly kinds models Gus Munich tells us Pattern Scale sport Right now have active P-47 P-S 1 Corsair FW-190 Tweedy Bird Skybolt Little Stik two origi nal Pattern types Sagitta Saliplane two Slope-Soaring Sailpianes What unusual about Gus fleet electricpowered dig story should know Gus summer 1951 great showman Jim Walker wandered around country huge special Chrysler towing stream lined trailer FF-RC contest Plalnview Long Island descended upon us like C7zariots Fire RC lawnmowers too LIDS Merokes other RC outfits up thereand ole George Myers Bob Aberle Andy Farkas myriad Long Island hotshots Brooklyn Mon taukwill shocked Plainview Most Long Island has wall-to-wall houses shopping centers generation days Plalnview altogether po tato fields abandoned anticipation postwar housing Hundred-acre flying sites everywhere flew single-channel rud der-only jobsnobody conquered throt tlewith Good Brothers equipment gastube Aerotrol Lorenze Control Research John Worths companyl two-tub ers using huge folded-dipole antennas made furring strips Rosenstock put transmitter inside Kraft cheese box make hand-held unit local revolution Anyway Walker huge crate two guys could hand launch over furrows yours truly being weaker suckers hurt Jim both throttle Continued page 26 June 1983 25 Austin Gutmans CAR system coupled aileron rudder mounts externally Astro Flight 10 reduced dihedral cables running double rudder horn System could inter nal RC Only Electric no exhaust feasible tape-mount Bantam Midget servo wings top Below cut down waiting time between flights charge Gutman uses 12V hair blower fan quick-cool batteries Rubberbands fan air cooling holes NORTHERN CALIFORNIAS LARGEST DISCOUNT HOBBY SHOPI I/RjeYD FUEL ou U New high film strength lubricantU increased power engine lifeI Highest quolily ingredients Deteroent action cut varnish II II II II II II II II II II II II II IHOURS Monday thru weonesooy U-oUrj rnoay yau-ouu L -- turday930-6O0 Sunday 1200-500 mmmmj CHEROKEE Favorite Span65Eng.45-60 Area754 sq in4 Channel Send $075 latest price list literature Quality RIC Products Since 1960 VK MODEL AIRCRAFT CO 4350 Arondale Dr. Williamsvilie NY 14221 Phone 716 632-4838 ignition low high elevators Gus thus inspired copy Rockwood reed unit both three five channels going back prior WV II cut reeds tin plate trusting masterpiece Gus connected five channels rudder redundancy also writers first Cox 010-powered Lightning Bugs kitted Jetco early 60s Gus came home night new development home hed fly thing backyard ac tually wore out four engines Gus tink erer gadgeteer made primi tive things Thirty years later still electric started pod attachment Sagitta Gus tells us used motor taken Astro starter home made 31 belt drive seven cells motor reworked add 118-in ball bear ings believe old plain-bearing Astro 075 motor could mistaken Using hi-start Sagitta could get high 500 feet came Leisure Playboy Leisure LTSO 2 1 gear re duction Gus buzzes has plug-in wings fit car weighs 42Yz oz usually shut down motor conserve fueL Its nice shut down set up landing just right spot Scale job Really takes skill other way run out juice over flying strip Ive included few photos Corsair Electric Stik would say Scale aircraft area 550 600 sq 40 48 oz weight should fly Leisure LT50 gear-reduction system Anything about 300 sq weight 28 31 oz should fly LT5O direct drive direct drive gray Cox 6-4 excellent geared drive Rev-Up 11-7 11-7 Top Flite 11-7 etc about right Author under stand Y-O Zinger also excel lent rye good results 10-6 Tornado Playboy turns faster runs longer plane doesnt climb fast net get flight minutes per charge PS Im head Model Engine Collectors Assoe about plug Consider yourself plugged Gus keep hearing isolated Electric groups successful pioneers stuck colored pins bulletin board mark locations board would light up Islanders beautiful island would save year two finding out hard way hunting down Gus Hint try East Islip Gus scared himself death full-charging Playboy its first flight almost went out sight now uses 7-mm charge 7-min flight Thats non-thermaL Hes flights up 28 min Baby Playboy Atom gas engine first FF 1946 Gus recalls What would have given able circle up among clouds beautiful model see sun light streaming through transparent red MonoKote gently land feet made balsa wheels keep down weight No problem since Playboy comes gently seagull Next wanted see Pattern perform ance really possible Gus continues obtained Leisure LT5O Competition-wind direct drive also six cells few Cox gray 6-4s built 300 sq symmetri cal-airfoiled job 1-in-thick section us ing lightweight balsa call Electric Stllc weights 31 oz aileron elevator control using Cannon micro servos mated Kraft Sport Series receiver 250 mAh Continued page 28 26 Model Aviation 6/a47e SPORT WINCH Lightweight 34 lbs 155 kg battery Surprising performance r develops 9 HP Reiiable & durabie ity components Easy use stable electrodynamic brake help prevent backlashet Complete around parachute 600 meters 90 lb braided nylon line $21500 battery shipping charges includedl also sell finest 160 lb braided nylon contest towline $19201600 meters plus shipping Send complete descriptive iiterature price list 6/a4c7e454c 68 Morgan Ave Danbury CT 06810 TEL203 743-3312 F100- F16- F86 RC models 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mostly air inside Cowl bottom Clorox bottle 2-os penalty uses geared LT5O 250 mAh receiver battery four small World Engines servos 06 oz Cirrus receiver All-up weight balsa wheels blue MonoKote covering 56/2 us 54 span wing has about same area Playboy Airfoil semi-sym metrical first try using Rev-Up 11-7 six cells turning 4100 barely took off Gus tell us did reach about 100 ft alti tude underpowered added cells Finally eight turned Rev-Up 1 1-VA 5000 rpm Takeoffs easy rough field Six-minute flights normal 15-mm charges Altitude 400 feet sono problem Author found LTSO geared 2Y21 11-7 will blow 20-amp fuse eight cells Gus advises lucky get way combo Variations theme discussion April issue about properly power Q-Tee produced some wonderful mail letter John F Boyd sinks What bellyaching about miser able-flying Q-Tees due using too-powerful versions Cox engines Finally witnessed first flight made Bob Crosby raw ginner thing flew float-glided like dream Q-Tee lovely little thing fantasies 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SFor Fun/Winter Continued page 28 320-plus ffights Fun Let tell lightly-built openframe six-footer flies 19 put down grass runway slowly open throttle wide dont hold elevator up keep tail down crate doesnt move second two three begins trundle along tail comes up should after surprisingly-brief run low speed gracefully floats off Possibly tiny bit up held nudge rotate soonerlike cross-runway wind Youll need reduce power 19 crank down-trim during circling climb-out climb-up throttle back put circletrim wait lift big Q-Tee What way go would still work 8 ft power rather like powered Sailplane promise have ships that Boyds sounds aerobatic Maybe 4 5 ft have six-footer 19 goes inverted will circle field way 8-ft wing does tight 8s deck lowpowered flat-bottom-foiled ships enter inverted half outside loop holding down stay inverted Dreams nothing dreams. 88 Model Aviation EE QUADRA ENGINES S SSORIES Let us update old engines Sales repair services WE ALSO FEATURE eGIANT SCALE KITS AND SEMI KITS CLEAR WHITE PINE STOCK SIZES 1/4 SCALE DUMMY RADIAL MOTORS CUSTOM KIT CUTTING SERVICE GIANT SCALE BLUE PRINTS BIG IS BETTER SEND $200 FOR OUR NEW CATALOG OR CUSTOM what ao suppose asks Sally Mrs Dave Brown holding up companys newest product V-Tech folded muffled tuned pipe Dave says pipe increases rpm holding noise down better other hes tried pipes used Daves Tartan-powered Laser 200 wIth placed third 1982 Tournament Champions SUPERwings DIVISION OF HI JOHNSON MODEL PRODUCTS 11015 GLENOAKS BLVD PACOIMA CA 91331 SAILPLANE COMPONENTS CREATE YOUR OWN SUPER GLIDER WING FOAM CORES Floater Thermal & Slope FUSELAGES LUSTROLEEN 2 Meter Standard Open & Scale STAB FOAM CORES Rudder & Fin Cores COVERING MATERIALS White skin & Lustroleen WING RODS Wing Tongue Kits FOR HI JOHNSONS PORTFOLIO PRICE SHEET & ORDER FORM about sailplane construction & design using foam & plastic SEND $250 CHECK OR MO CA RES ADD SALES TAX Cry beer axe old FFer will pluck heart strings Joe Elgin de signer great Playboy checks remarkable story About year ago Irma Hillegas widow late Red H hobby shop Clevelands East Side favorite haunt Balsa Butchers called Joe ask interested old Dick Korda Gas model basement Dick made tracks pick up crate years before immortal Korda Powerhouse stunned first Mir ror Meet right after WW IL seems 1937 Carl Goldberg scored impressive win Akron pylon Gas Bird revolutionized FF Gas led ultimate ly Zipper seen Carl fussing around bird late afternoon Detroit Nats 1938 next year Comet kit came out over 700 Zippers 1939 Detroit Nats small Nats compared later ones Carl lost Gas Bird Akron Dick some friends retrieved bringing ship back awards presentation late day Dick joked about having good look Carls modeL After witnessing famous flight Dick others began fabri cate own versions new high-per formance competition modeL Dicks apparently flew circuit during 1938 include picture threeview made Herb Clukey beautiful full-size plan supplled Joe Elgin among trying get historic model certified SAM genuine Antique Au thor did bit AMA license num ber 3825 1938 number although AMA records dont go back far number 719 issued early 193& John Worth s bigger number later year So Dicks num ber bracketed 1938 AMA new numbers first flying season ship has elliptical tips polyhedral spans 54 9-in chord powered Brown Jr Carls pylon model both diamond fuselages After 45 years Kor das model weighs 24 oz its two pencell batteries Korda careful wood selectionyou can tell Area 450 squ&es late depression prewar years us could afford new engines waited aimost 10 years able afford Baby Cyke $9 wholesale Most family heads could afford usual $2150 besides Brown Juniors went out date ap pearance Bantam l9s Ohisson 23s soon followed O&R 60 Super Cykeswhich pulled crates like Gold bergs Comet Sailplane Joe Konefes Buzzard Bombshell didnt know Dick built Gas back took walloping world Rubber finally winning Wake field Cup 1939 flight timed yours truly Joe Casano Teterboro NJ 44-odd minutes almost overhead two suc cessive thermals Dick has full-scale sailplane pilot years Red Dick Howie Robinson some wonderful bull sessions Nats am trance tooand Dick along editor Al Lewis deceased made Model Aviation Hail Fame together Hope doesnt turn off newcomers Its part heritage Old soldiers dont fade away As Kor NEW FOURMOST PRODUCTS! 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Master Jig 400* Patent Pending kind Master Jig 400 world its own Its true utility handler can buy because no else builds anything like 5 perfect painting Master Jig 400 holds fuselage stability mount safe simple Master Jig 400 will allow model move swing apply paint addition Master Jig 400 offers opportunity paint constant light source runs will start since can rotate model painting Multi-mount Radial beam mount fuselage Fuselage attachment using wing bolt holes Fuselage cradle Wing mount wing bolt holes Wing mount cradle fingers together cant let go dainty airplanes Right now war nozzles Maybe perfect nozzle re mote laser space weapons use Jet both varieties Hot Stuff course too others keep track hate clogged feeder tubes may character captivity suffers clogs inside bottles never seem make precisely right size holes nozzles thin tubes What thought new bottling form Hot Stuff turned out sample Cy anoacrylate Accelerator spotted squeeze spray nozzle flipped Evidently guys build big crates lots ply wood have bonding problems use baking sodait goes off give area bonded spray accelerator say 6 8 away just surface real helper Frees hands work model Saves model damage Frees bench space Holds model position Total versatility Easy attachment two bolts Mounts workbench Adjustable height Work sitting standing 3600rotation horizontally 360 0rotation cordwise Quickly folded stored Multi-purpose Radio installation Engine installation 3600 access fiberglassing Provides total access painting Covering plastic film Set incidence CheckCG Jig setting dihedral Straighten warped wings Ufetime Investment Master Jig 400 priced $12995 Thats price good kit engine invest ment will last lifetime Heres order Direct Tide Distributors Inc no mark-ups Visa MasterCard bank check money order means prompt delivery FTIDE DISTRIBUTORS INC PO Box 317/Dept MAV 683 Minto ND 58261I 701 352-2667 Eves I Master Jig priced $12995 plus $ I for postage handling Please send I me ______ Master Jigs Enclosed find acheckfor$ __________________ I Card No ________________________ I Exp DateI NameI Address ___________________________ State ZipI fluster 3lPhoneI Free Brochure Want toI know Send self addressed stamped en- velope office listed above joint tires instantlyas permanently Vic torian marriage two generations chewed regular model glues dopes mummi fied fingers part fun Heres another sample bottlefrom Golden West Its ultra super solvent separating instant-glued joints mistakes arent forever removing such glues skin fabric covering Theres no comma between skin fabric doubt supposed wash hands stuff Im dumb enough tryyou arent note flash point 96 degrees Fahrenheit maybe shouldnt use under tropic sunthats joke son Speaking sample bottles H&H Electronics has pretty blue liquid Supersafe Soft Solder Liquid Flux sure can use Having sent laundry list disasters Bob Hunter got back patient answers June 1983 131 NOW PRODUCED IN THE US 51/2 FEET OF THRILLS AND EXCITEMENT THE LEAN MEAN HURRICANE SUPER-BIG OFFSHORE DEEP V ultimate racing something different try running Hurricane 1 2-foot waves Easy build mahogany plywood construction Designed hobby Quadra TML35 gasoline engine 66 long x 181/2 wide x 11 deep Shipping Charges Included US & Canada J TERPRU5E5 256 Schuman Dr Newmarket Alabama 35761 Phone 1-205-852-2566 PO Box 82 Belmont Ontario NOL 150 Phone 1-51 9-644-0375 JAG CLEVELAND QUALITY PLANS still famous hoto,c amnun P-40 CARD KITWORLDS GREATEST TRUELE POLOJ5 VARIETY ULL COLOR EXACT REPRODUCTION4.Mast, tltof model plant ausilahle Fmm 1132 haOs /4 size s RC C/I F/F cubbe static Thece NOWREMEMBERcolleoters Choke items Ash sot old time models Ueffus.FLEW'Ys~t%A oootshsdohacge ooseleanhlonger hotoeodtltt ote fr rnIeIRR CleoelaodOeoigoed piotoral Oalalog hooklet boot 1411 producel se get padiallt illolatod puce isO Just send hOSE [ONLYISIWELL THEY HOWoothiog else like anpmheetftt plans Real N ano ci t flaIl pet. 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CG set dihed least 100 different formulas use today ral etc use covering Also way cheap drugstore types holds wing fuselage hold-down-bolt Id never trust put model together yet holes crates suffer bench-rash cost about $28 per ounce Make past tense figure two grams about $2 up special ized types make dental mcdi- comes big airplanes Wendell cal industry Hot Stuff used manufac- etler same wavelength ture heart valves literature filled subjects dayShelf life bench 2-oz units dreaming own Quarter Scale Piper Vag about fly Wendell writ ing flown Third Scaler months have wanted show pic heart-throb bing Art Chester Jeep course big Vag especially because mentioned thinking about floats So Wendell January 19 Author part column written February 22 request pie Vag floats gives incentive finish two sets floats have almost completed going floats until spring Wen dell explains since too would like see two airplane versions together will Author Before got down paper Wendell put floats chopped hole ice could see chubby Vag water Jeep has very nice surprise continues excellent flier 24 Kioritz about 24 lb brings wing loading up 44 oz sq ft see fly would never believe high something about enlarged scale will tolerate heavier loadings very good way scale Jeep 4 25% feel heavier loadings larger models brings realistic flightif adequate power have no argument like go Tournament Champions route keep loadings light possible us practical ror day-by-day week-by-week rugged sport flying really cares long having fun buy Scale effect has dramatic re sult area goes up far beyond what modeler can imagine thought 10 ft 4 Aristocrat heavy 28 lb 132 Cu glow Tartan single-cylinder yet almost floats can cruise 1/3 throttle slow-fly just above idle shailow Figure 8s loading nearly 40 oz climbs out very well indeed Ive seen normal sport jobs 20 oz loading far sluggish Schoolyard Scales 10 oz bricklike license build heavy judge wing loading alone Its just doubling size model increases its area square Reynolds Number goes up like skyrocket Freudian s April 1983 issue talking about strange ways simple minded allerons made statement full flaps lift/drag machine goes through roofi Actually meant drag portion increases enormously L/D quite low in-betweenthe-lines sense situation does go through roofto pot Sharp readers would have quickly doped out fuzzy words choice words did imply opposite author wishes make perfectly clear flap drag lousier L/D becomes also notes typewriter betrayed him recently putting down P22 Ryan Pt-19 Fairchild case Schanzels big Rubber Scaler thousands know difference readers wrote ap peared Letters Editor editor noted author calledin correc tion wasnt made therefore author adds now getting correction made late stages production about simple holding chat John Riggins during second half Super Bowl since people involved last paragraph of page 18 April Continued page 134 132 Model Aviation KIT ONLY $8390 KIT & DRIVE TRAIN $1 5390 KIT DRIVE TRAIN & ENGINE $27390 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Alamo did indeed have back door used ran off hid northeast swampland known today Arkansas guys like know Aeromodeling gets technical quail Sunday July 3 1983 Floyd Benett Field Brooklyn New York Largest Controlled Air Park New York State Registration 830i 130 am Flying starts 830 am Entry Fee $10 Second Entry $7 Only first 100 accepted preregistry advised Contest Director Jerry Behrens 31-27 Healy Ave Far Rockaway NY 11691 212-337-6987 Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Pober Pixie/Wiscer Continued oaqe 38 ammonia holding bent posi tion until dry Keeping mind will some spring-back sides should over-bent about 50% An alternative score outer ply along F4 former line crack plywood Epoxy will heal wound Assemble forward box sec tion Formers Fl F4 /4 balsa bottoms -in beveled balsa gussets Add 1/16 plywood top Splice fuselage aft end box section add Formers F5 F2 assembled basic fuselage structure temporarily fasten formed wire cabane struts soldered brass brackets dis tance between brackets must match di mension over outside surfaces wing spar joiners reason building wing first dimension vicinity 575 wing pin inserted its holes brackets pin should exactly parallel top sur face fuselage Re-melt solder necessary bring pin alignment adjustment controls wing incidence pin should also exactly fuse lage center line wing will right angles fuselage cabane struts can shifted sideways slightly alignment holding cabane struts alignment add Former F8 plywood block its base using epoxy front cabane bolted 1/16 ply wood fuselage top /x-in landing gear clamps diagonal cabane blocked /x ply strips behind Former F6 epoxy Before epoxy hardens check pin alignment once re-check spacing between brackets Pixie cabane struts round tubes stream lined Landing gear wire brass parts should completely soldered together before bolt ing assembly fuselage bottom Keep proper sequence mind sol dering example wing strut brackets must place before soldering lower landing gear brackets form brackets 031-in hard brass will necessary anneal metal Heat torch over burn er kitchen stove Quench water brass will softened bending brass work-hardens before bends completed re-anneal before An electric stove heat element will same job Lay part softened directly stove element heat until changes color quench water After assembling land ing gear fuselage bottom fuselage formers stringers planking can added Tail surfaces conventional construc tion base sheet balsa Ribs edges cemented add shape sheet balsa need extremely light weight too light wrinkles will eventually appear covering material happened Pixie could have used extra tail weight Miscellaneous Having made fiberglass en gine cowls number planes have found quickest method lay-up over foam core blue insulation foam best carving sanding shape Its disadvantage foam will dissolve polyester resin glass cloth must laid epoxy resin Carve sand foam block cowl shape making slightly undersize about 1/32-in will approximate thickness glass cloth layer two 6-oz cloth followed top layer /-oz cloth ease finishing foam core easily chipped out after epoxy hardens Any residue can melted away dope thinner acetone internal plywood baffle cowl serves two purposes directs incoming air over engine also used hold cowl place means single 4-40 machine screw threaded front lower engine mount baffle needs carefully fitted cowl certain proper level cowl kept secure ply bulkhead dowel near top Wheel pants made two blocks -in balsa tack-cemented together After carving sanding outside shape split blocks apart hollow inside accommodate wheels used Robart scale wheels Permanently cement hal ves cover outside /2-oz glass cloth resin Preferred windshield material 031-in acrylic Plexiglas butyrate sheet Shape windshield draping material over aluminum form kitchen oven 2500 F sheet aluminum litho-plate bent half cylinder plastic bal 134 Model Aviation SCALE DOCUMENTATION SCALE DRAWINGSPHOTOS BOOKLETS MODEL PLANS 9983 AIRPLANE cATAL~ 04 PAGES 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/06
Page Numbers: 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 88, 89, 131, 132, 134
Spectacular Bruce Tharpe describes flight Dyna-Jet-powered Sabre flown via Control Line Both Bruce dad Bruce R have long-time affair Dyne-Jet Scalersthis modified Airforms kit fiberglass fuselage skinned-foam wings want know get Dyna-Jet Bill Winter pleads contact him noise consideration warn Dyna-Jet roars like herd bulls AS YOU WELL KNOW modelers have fun Dyna-Jet-powered F-86F Sabre modi different ways Bruce Tharpe re- fled Airforms kit fiberglass fuselage foam minds us father Bruce R enjoy wings unmodified Dyna-Jet running Control Line pulse jets photo white gas simply spectacular Im sure remember first experience jet just case have article Art Schroeder Author really Walt Schroder Bruce describes event can just see Thirteen years later Walt re called scene April 1969 MAN reading manuscript Jets Therapeutic Way Author Love thera peutic suddenly remembered first meeting jet engine during 1946 first Dyna-Jet unit brought East Bill Tenny Paul Plecan built ukie took cab Creedmore Long Island exception Tenny us idea what expect Creedmore big open area adjacent Creedmore Hospital mentally ilL Paul retired center circle Walt went checked lines nounced ready Tenny attached pump Bill Winter would observe After asking hold high-tension lead plane Tenny gave three exploratory pumps air pump good firm point d ine gave out incredible bellow continued run tail pipe first turning cherry red white-hot plus incredible din Two po lice cars caine running up find out what Among Gus Munichs stable RC Electrics highly successful adaptations 54-in Top Flite Corsair somebodys Stik Theyre very lightweight due use Jumbo Rubber-type construction Stik does Pattern maneuvers except requiring rudder throttle Corsair tools around up 400 ft 4 mm has 2 mm fading power set up land Much text After 320-plus flights John E Boyd decided make repairs adaptation Airtronics 0-Tee two son often thermalled Pictures show enlarged highly modified original look-alike powered 09 Does REM maneuvers marginal inverted flight has 14-oz wing loading Once landed dead-stick after 22-mm flight 22 Model Aviation U lust fun Bill Winter Whats great Dick Korda doing Goldberg Zipper Its really Korda pylon original gassie flown 1938 Just found Irma Hille gas basement ties inspirational win Goldberg pre-Zipper Akron 1937 text Herb Clukeys 3view thanks Joe Playboy Elgingives feel Full-size plans can obtained MA publishes article future issue KORDAS rn1938 Gas Buggy DESIGNED BY DICK KORDA - - I Ii CHORD 9 AREA 450 SO INS POWER BROWN JR SCALE IN INCHES 024A 80 1214 IA Isle Jinter says admires Wendell Hostetlers big Art Chester Jeep left combination 24 Cu lfl Kioritz 24-lb gross weight 44-oz ving loading makes realistic distinct high performance Vegas lightweights Bill thinks 24 K puts out 50% more power han Tartan single-cylinder 132 Cu glow 10-ft 4-in Aristocrat almost floats 38 oz per sq ft Reynolds Number goes hrough roof area speed go upit doesnt mean powered bomb Hostetler Winter have comparing notes Wendells 1/3cale Kioritz-powered Piper Vagabond Bills Y4-scale Vag OS 90 Wendells plans have both wheelad float versions floats 54 n long get picture column Wendell rushed floats completion chopped hole ice Russell Stokes lefthand picture located Tad Kleusers 193738 variation John Sadler low-wing FF thanks distant real estate agent Stokes Frontier Airlines captains flew home Texas can see righthand picture silk-covered fuselage wertical tail good shape tattered silkspan wing stab make look like ancient-rebuild museum subject found abandoned barn Kleuser lost life over English Channel B-17 during WW II June 1983 23 An efficient control surface hinge HA Thomas isa tested idea control surface hinge ailerons redder flap Mad Nyrod tubes such used puibrods hinge lightweight free-moving strong adds aerodynamic advantage sealed hinge line produces no radio noise As sketch pictures indicate sections th outer tubes CyA-glued concave edges control surfaces alternating tubes mate snugly Strips MonoKote silk used reinforcement over section prior applying final covering over entire surface inner Nyrod tube serves hinge pin may spot-cemented either end position securely splines some brands inner Nyrods give proper clearance binding excuse friction little ingenuity idea can easily adapted thicker control surfaces type hinge widely used early Control Line Speed models aluminum tubes steel hinge pin wire fitted streamlined plywood tal surfaces modern variation using different materials suitable RC particu larly Sailplanes CL use So save remnants nylon control rods guides give hinge design try &rdsa / / befire coverurg/ / 7/ //~'/// /4/ /i Oderriyrod / &sbe secs ii/ /7 /74/ /// e4es//Jet // orYoiSta/f /7/ /1/ i/ 7//i NH] Z/fifer yrcd 1a6 kep exploded window hos pital face peering out Suddenly en gine incredibly stopped silence indes cribable Winter shattered Through no fault Walt recalled managed hold onto plane suitable explan ations police thus ended first exposure model jet engines Wish could repeat some conversation went cab way back laws. Editor Thats Bill Winter now talking can tell circle spectators took off like spooked flight birds standing next father small son holding hand Pop covered dis tance protective big tree nothing flat sonny stood grounddeserted Youll note ole Walt held plane foxy sit uations always saw Walt first line Unknown Walt knew what 5-in pulse jet sounded like Ralph Barnaby pioneer aviator very early glider pilot model er made first airplane drops dirigible probably Sperry Messenger pos sibly prior Macon Akron commanding officer Johnsville Naval Air Station 1946 FAC guys held Nats last year Barnaby having invited us inspect fantastic Nazi weaponry includ ing early guided bombs raised Cain Mediterranean turned us over Mo Taylor second command Mo ardent model er still makes home-builtssuch IMPand developed successful roadable air planeswas prankster Among wild things piloted Heilcats carrying test heat-seekers day finding neck cold hair end turned head saw missle closing own airplane So behind building Johnsvile Mo set up 5-in US pulse jet engine run stood close tail pipe thus luring us stand innocently beside him Some guy waltzed up pipe big torch right out French revolution world came end Eardrums fluttered like reed valves Some joke military lovedto scare jabbers out press Wright Field PR guy put us little bunker-hut two SOs firedlike being hell levitating red glare Walt could hold Dyna-Jet toy shattered true Some toy amazing thing was noisy out proportion real thing although far faster frequency years Dyna-Jets some popularity Scale fringe old-timers will recall marvelous jet models turned out late Cal Smith buddy Frank Lashek still active think didnt have glass shells models made balsa As bestos thin aluminum sheeting separated hot jet fuselage keep plane burning up after landing no cool ing airstream helper race over ship quickly pump air through not-always-successful race agalnst time Such models seemed weigh ton note Tharpes pta air space shows around tail pipe Nowadays can have fiberglass fuselage shell can still see Dyna-Jets flown CL Speed some Europeans have used launching rail shades WV II fly twinengined RC javelins Gods sake dont try bit speed such crate might escape gravity People always ask about Dyna-Jet pop up occasion al ads last remember being mall-order house Hobby Barn 24 Model Aviation Master Jig 400 does tricks Houdini says master Skunk Works pic Mark Winter modeler another editor/writer shows serves holderhere rotated slightly position 40-60 Krackerjac fiddling servos Original low-wing Sailplane Bill Selby has planform taken Sadlers Pacemaker gassie 40 years ago Span is6 ft maxchord 10 has 9% Clark Y airfoil spite tiny V-tail stable hi-start tame well maneu verable soars readily HA Thomas photo Winter can say Leisure Playboy 2A1 geared 05 left Top Flite Metrick claimed thanks son Mike 2 mid-spectrum family circus Mike has old mans lazy flying habits Metrick has nose-mounted Cox TD 049 Bill says nose mount far superior draggy high-mounted pod field box DaCa pa says has Taylor panel hole need long battery lead start engines other end Pas also impatient took off both folding covers can get rag-bag collec tion support junk Crows rumored have flown off some hear tell As far know WAM Western Associ ated Modelers organization still sponsors true CL Jet Scale event Bruce concludes Wed love hear others exist modelers sirni lar interests Bruce Tharpe 2380 Cabril lo Dr Hayward CA 94545 Creedmore add high-intensity contest site FF its glory days ever saw Buc caneer flying across field doorbellbattery booster hanging its leads know perhaps few among modelers outside walls Walt mention ed should have inside fly kinds models Gus Munich tells us Pattern Scale sport Right now have active P-47 P-S 1 Corsair FW-190 Tweedy Bird Skybolt Little Stik two origi nal Pattern types Sagitta Saliplane two Slope-Soaring Sailpianes What unusual about Gus fleet electricpowered dig story should know Gus summer 1951 great showman Jim Walker wandered around country huge special Chrysler towing stream lined trailer FF-RC contest Plalnview Long Island descended upon us like C7zariots Fire RC lawnmowers too LIDS Merokes other RC outfits up thereand ole George Myers Bob Aberle Andy Farkas myriad Long Island hotshots Brooklyn Mon taukwill shocked Plainview Most Long Island has wall-to-wall houses shopping centers generation days Plalnview altogether po tato fields abandoned anticipation postwar housing Hundred-acre flying sites everywhere flew single-channel rud der-only jobsnobody conquered throt tlewith Good Brothers equipment gastube Aerotrol Lorenze Control Research John Worths companyl two-tub ers using huge folded-dipole antennas made furring strips Rosenstock put transmitter inside Kraft cheese box make hand-held unit local revolution Anyway Walker huge crate two guys could hand launch over furrows yours truly being weaker suckers hurt Jim both throttle Continued page 26 June 1983 25 Austin Gutmans CAR system coupled aileron rudder mounts externally Astro Flight 10 reduced dihedral cables running double rudder horn System could inter nal RC Only Electric no exhaust feasible tape-mount Bantam Midget servo wings top Below cut down waiting time between flights charge Gutman uses 12V hair blower fan quick-cool batteries Rubberbands fan air cooling holes NORTHERN CALIFORNIAS LARGEST DISCOUNT HOBBY SHOPI I/RjeYD FUEL ou U New high film strength lubricantU increased power engine lifeI Highest quolily ingredients Deteroent action cut varnish II II II II II II II II II II II II II IHOURS Monday thru weonesooy U-oUrj rnoay yau-ouu L -- turday930-6O0 Sunday 1200-500 mmmmj CHEROKEE Favorite Span65Eng.45-60 Area754 sq in4 Channel Send $075 latest price list literature Quality RIC Products Since 1960 VK MODEL AIRCRAFT CO 4350 Arondale Dr. Williamsvilie NY 14221 Phone 716 632-4838 ignition low high elevators Gus thus inspired copy Rockwood reed unit both three five channels going back prior WV II cut reeds tin plate trusting masterpiece Gus connected five channels rudder redundancy also writers first Cox 010-powered Lightning Bugs kitted Jetco early 60s Gus came home night new development home hed fly thing backyard ac tually wore out four engines Gus tink erer gadgeteer made primi tive things Thirty years later still electric started pod attachment Sagitta Gus tells us used motor taken Astro starter home made 31 belt drive seven cells motor reworked add 118-in ball bear ings believe old plain-bearing Astro 075 motor could mistaken Using hi-start Sagitta could get high 500 feet came Leisure Playboy Leisure LTSO 2 1 gear re duction Gus buzzes has plug-in wings fit car weighs 42Yz oz usually shut down motor conserve fueL Its nice shut down set up landing just right spot Scale job Really takes skill other way run out juice over flying strip Ive included few photos Corsair Electric Stik would say Scale aircraft area 550 600 sq 40 48 oz weight should fly Leisure LT50 gear-reduction system Anything about 300 sq weight 28 31 oz should fly LT5O direct drive direct drive gray Cox 6-4 excellent geared drive Rev-Up 11-7 11-7 Top Flite 11-7 etc about right Author under stand Y-O Zinger also excel lent rye good results 10-6 Tornado Playboy turns faster runs longer plane doesnt climb fast net get flight minutes per charge PS Im head Model Engine Collectors Assoe about plug Consider yourself plugged Gus keep hearing isolated Electric groups successful pioneers stuck colored pins bulletin board mark locations board would light up Islanders beautiful island would save year two finding out hard way hunting down Gus Hint try East Islip Gus scared himself death full-charging Playboy its first flight almost went out sight now uses 7-mm charge 7-min flight Thats non-thermaL Hes flights up 28 min Baby Playboy Atom gas engine first FF 1946 Gus recalls What would have given able circle up among clouds beautiful model see sun light streaming through transparent red MonoKote gently land feet made balsa wheels keep down weight No problem since Playboy comes gently seagull Next wanted see Pattern perform ance really possible Gus continues obtained Leisure LT5O Competition-wind direct drive also six cells few Cox gray 6-4s built 300 sq symmetri cal-airfoiled job 1-in-thick section us ing lightweight balsa call Electric Stllc weights 31 oz aileron elevator control using Cannon micro servos mated Kraft Sport Series receiver 250 mAh Continued page 28 26 Model Aviation 6/a47e SPORT WINCH Lightweight 34 lbs 155 kg battery Surprising performance r develops 9 HP Reiiable & durabie ity components Easy use stable electrodynamic brake help prevent backlashet Complete around parachute 600 meters 90 lb braided nylon line $21500 battery shipping charges includedl also sell finest 160 lb braided nylon contest towline $19201600 meters plus shipping Send complete descriptive iiterature price list 6/a4c7e454c 68 Morgan Ave Danbury CT 06810 TEL203 743-3312 F100- F16- F86 RC models 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mostly air inside Cowl bottom Clorox bottle 2-os penalty uses geared LT5O 250 mAh receiver battery four small World Engines servos 06 oz Cirrus receiver All-up weight balsa wheels blue MonoKote covering 56/2 us 54 span wing has about same area Playboy Airfoil semi-sym metrical first try using Rev-Up 11-7 six cells turning 4100 barely took off Gus tell us did reach about 100 ft alti tude underpowered added cells Finally eight turned Rev-Up 1 1-VA 5000 rpm Takeoffs easy rough field Six-minute flights normal 15-mm charges Altitude 400 feet sono problem Author found LTSO geared 2Y21 11-7 will blow 20-amp fuse eight cells Gus advises lucky get way combo Variations theme discussion April issue about properly power Q-Tee produced some wonderful mail letter John F Boyd sinks What bellyaching about miser able-flying Q-Tees due using too-powerful versions Cox engines Finally witnessed first flight made Bob Crosby raw ginner thing flew float-glided like dream Q-Tee lovely little thing fantasies has make 6-ft K&B 19 Thats much think built two Q-Tees loved both says Boyd covered cleardoped silkspan trimmed red tissue Once afternoon right out model ers daydream thermalled about 15 min great accomplishment enormous thrill son watch model become miniscule silver dot beneath belly fair-weather cumu lus first time power enclosed pictures show model designed couple years later John goes Its Q-Tee heritage too obvious comment marked changes moments aspect ratio etc called IIDFIAWS acronym Dont Fly Aint Worth S . did fly would REM maneuvers plus marginal inverted flight Enya 09 up front Author must have made modi fied Q-Tee bigger wing loading came less 14 oz per sq ft longest deadstick 22 mm made pretty good train er spruce cabanes should have plywood finally stopped repairing after Continued page 88 28 Model Aviation $4995J esigned tor Quickie 500 racing sport ng Kit features hand cut balsa ply parts Easy MILLS Insta Build System Custom aluminum gear exclusive torque absorption nose 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SFor Fun/Winter Continued page 28 320-plus ffights Fun Let tell lightly-built openframe six-footer flies 19 put down grass runway slowly open throttle wide dont hold elevator up keep tail down crate doesnt move second two three begins trundle along tail comes up should after surprisingly-brief run low speed gracefully floats off Possibly tiny bit up held nudge rotate soonerlike cross-runway wind Youll need reduce power 19 crank down-trim during circling climb-out climb-up throttle back put circletrim wait lift big Q-Tee What way go would still work 8 ft power rather like powered Sailplane promise have ships that Boyds sounds aerobatic Maybe 4 5 ft have six-footer 19 goes inverted will circle field way 8-ft wing does tight 8s deck lowpowered flat-bottom-foiled ships enter inverted half outside loop holding down stay inverted Dreams nothing dreams. 88 Model Aviation EE QUADRA ENGINES S SSORIES Let us update old engines Sales repair services WE ALSO FEATURE eGIANT SCALE KITS AND SEMI KITS CLEAR WHITE PINE STOCK SIZES 1/4 SCALE DUMMY RADIAL MOTORS CUSTOM KIT CUTTING SERVICE GIANT SCALE BLUE PRINTS BIG IS BETTER SEND $200 FOR OUR NEW CATALOG OR CUSTOM what ao suppose asks Sally Mrs Dave Brown holding up companys newest product V-Tech folded muffled tuned pipe Dave says pipe increases rpm holding noise down better other hes tried pipes used Daves Tartan-powered Laser 200 wIth placed third 1982 Tournament Champions SUPERwings DIVISION OF HI JOHNSON MODEL PRODUCTS 11015 GLENOAKS BLVD PACOIMA CA 91331 SAILPLANE COMPONENTS CREATE YOUR OWN SUPER GLIDER WING FOAM CORES Floater Thermal & Slope FUSELAGES LUSTROLEEN 2 Meter Standard Open & Scale STAB FOAM CORES Rudder & Fin Cores COVERING MATERIALS White skin & Lustroleen WING RODS Wing Tongue Kits FOR HI JOHNSONS PORTFOLIO PRICE SHEET & ORDER FORM about sailplane construction & design using foam & plastic SEND $250 CHECK OR MO CA RES ADD SALES TAX Cry beer axe old FFer will pluck heart strings Joe Elgin de signer great Playboy checks remarkable story About year ago Irma Hillegas widow late Red H hobby shop Clevelands East Side favorite haunt Balsa Butchers called Joe ask interested old Dick Korda Gas model basement Dick made tracks pick up crate years before immortal Korda Powerhouse stunned first Mir ror Meet right after WW IL seems 1937 Carl Goldberg scored impressive win Akron pylon Gas Bird revolutionized FF Gas led ultimate ly Zipper seen Carl fussing around bird late afternoon Detroit Nats 1938 next year Comet kit came out over 700 Zippers 1939 Detroit Nats small Nats compared later ones Carl lost Gas Bird Akron Dick some friends retrieved bringing ship back awards presentation late day Dick joked about having good look Carls modeL After witnessing famous flight Dick others began fabri cate own versions new high-per formance competition modeL Dicks apparently flew circuit during 1938 include picture threeview made Herb Clukey beautiful full-size plan supplled Joe Elgin among trying get historic model certified SAM genuine Antique Au thor did bit AMA license num ber 3825 1938 number although AMA records dont go back far number 719 issued early 193& John Worth s bigger number later year So Dicks num ber bracketed 1938 AMA new numbers first flying season ship has elliptical tips polyhedral spans 54 9-in chord powered Brown Jr Carls pylon model both diamond fuselages After 45 years Kor das model weighs 24 oz its two pencell batteries Korda careful wood selectionyou can tell Area 450 squ&es late depression prewar years us could afford new engines waited aimost 10 years able afford Baby Cyke $9 wholesale Most family heads could afford usual $2150 besides Brown Juniors went out date ap pearance Bantam l9s Ohisson 23s soon followed O&R 60 Super Cykeswhich pulled crates like Gold bergs Comet Sailplane Joe Konefes Buzzard Bombshell didnt know Dick built Gas back took walloping world Rubber finally winning Wake field Cup 1939 flight timed yours truly Joe Casano Teterboro NJ 44-odd minutes almost overhead two suc cessive thermals Dick has full-scale sailplane pilot years Red Dick Howie Robinson some wonderful bull sessions Nats am trance tooand Dick along editor Al Lewis deceased made Model Aviation Hail Fame together Hope doesnt turn off newcomers Its part heritage Old soldiers dont fade away As Kor NEW FOURMOST PRODUCTS! 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Master Jig 400* Patent Pending kind Master Jig 400 world its own Its true utility handler can buy because no else builds anything like 5 perfect painting Master Jig 400 holds fuselage stability mount safe simple Master Jig 400 will allow model move swing apply paint addition Master Jig 400 offers opportunity paint constant light source runs will start since can rotate model painting Multi-mount Radial beam mount fuselage Fuselage attachment using wing bolt holes Fuselage cradle Wing mount wing bolt holes Wing mount cradle fingers together cant let go dainty airplanes Right now war nozzles Maybe perfect nozzle re mote laser space weapons use Jet both varieties Hot Stuff course too others keep track hate clogged feeder tubes may character captivity suffers clogs inside bottles never seem make precisely right size holes nozzles thin tubes What thought new bottling form Hot Stuff turned out sample Cy anoacrylate Accelerator spotted squeeze spray nozzle flipped Evidently guys build big crates lots ply wood have bonding problems use baking sodait goes off give area bonded spray accelerator say 6 8 away just surface real helper Frees hands work model Saves model damage Frees bench space Holds model position Total versatility Easy attachment two bolts Mounts workbench Adjustable height Work sitting standing 3600rotation horizontally 360 0rotation cordwise Quickly folded stored Multi-purpose Radio installation Engine installation 3600 access fiberglassing Provides total access painting Covering plastic film Set incidence CheckCG Jig setting dihedral Straighten warped wings Ufetime Investment Master Jig 400 priced $12995 Thats price good kit engine invest ment will last lifetime Heres order Direct Tide Distributors Inc no mark-ups Visa MasterCard bank check money order means prompt delivery FTIDE DISTRIBUTORS INC PO Box 317/Dept MAV 683 Minto ND 58261I 701 352-2667 Eves I Master Jig priced $12995 plus $ I for postage handling Please send I me ______ Master Jigs Enclosed find acheckfor$ __________________ I Card No ________________________ I Exp DateI NameI Address ___________________________ State ZipI fluster 3lPhoneI Free Brochure Want toI know Send self addressed stamped en- velope office listed above joint tires instantlyas permanently Vic torian marriage two generations chewed regular model glues dopes mummi fied fingers part fun Heres another sample bottlefrom Golden West Its ultra super solvent separating instant-glued joints mistakes arent forever removing such glues skin fabric covering Theres no comma between skin fabric doubt supposed wash hands stuff Im dumb enough tryyou arent note flash point 96 degrees Fahrenheit maybe shouldnt use under tropic sunthats joke son Speaking sample bottles H&H Electronics has pretty blue liquid Supersafe Soft Solder Liquid Flux sure can use Having sent laundry list disasters Bob Hunter got back patient answers June 1983 131 NOW PRODUCED IN THE US 51/2 FEET OF THRILLS AND EXCITEMENT THE LEAN MEAN HURRICANE SUPER-BIG OFFSHORE DEEP V ultimate racing something different try running Hurricane 1 2-foot waves Easy build mahogany plywood construction Designed hobby Quadra TML35 gasoline engine 66 long x 181/2 wide x 11 deep Shipping Charges Included US & Canada J TERPRU5E5 256 Schuman Dr Newmarket Alabama 35761 Phone 1-205-852-2566 PO Box 82 Belmont Ontario NOL 150 Phone 1-51 9-644-0375 JAG CLEVELAND QUALITY PLANS still famous hoto,c amnun P-40 CARD KITWORLDS GREATEST TRUELE POLOJ5 VARIETY ULL COLOR EXACT REPRODUCTION4.Mast, tltof model plant ausilahle Fmm 1132 haOs /4 size s RC C/I F/F cubbe static Thece NOWREMEMBERcolleoters Choke items Ash sot old time models Ueffus.FLEW'Ys~t%A oootshsdohacge ooseleanhlonger hotoeodtltt ote fr rnIeIRR CleoelaodOeoigoed piotoral Oalalog hooklet boot 1411 producel se get padiallt illolatod puce isO Just send hOSE [ONLYISIWELL THEY HOWoothiog else like anpmheetftt plans Real N ano ci t flaIl pet. 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MI iaaRRCLEVELAND MODEL & SUPPLY CO UNIORE NOSTALGIC GIFTOOSR7R Detoit Ace Cteuelmnd Ohio 44102 lot charming palaver Said Bob year under normal temperature using tubing use about 3/4 Cut can extend l/2 years keeping un bevel end X-Acto knife razor opened units freezer portion re insert spout may have frigeratpr Never put opened unit back enlarge spout hole slightly tube fits because condensation moisture smoothly loosely know container will cause rapid use know done seldom will clog shelf life will get very thick endwhich can quickly Ole Bill now wonders about shelf pulled off fingernails wanted life ppened bottles bench think know about shelf life refrigerator caper just cane unglued dont mean plug jazz Dont leave bottle Hot Stuff compare products glues warm sunlighted bench can tell Its jus1t Bob told us things ever because quickly becomes super gap- wante4 know didnt filling much else great making spider webs When A-justo-jig came out SOs put 2 oz net weight large wondered anyone would need Now bottle fills about two-thirds Bob sorely regret getting oldgoes spraying us Spritzer fashioed prices didnt miss out Tide nitrogen-filled atmosphere filled Distri1utors Master Jig 400 aptly called weight electric eyealso 1/4 total multi-purpose tooL see pic V2-oz bottles fill about 32000 units ture cant describe its other contortionist week tricks rotatable hefty steel bar holds make out over 8000000 bot- crate Ike field box Parts used other com ties Hot Stuff year considers binatipns enable hold wing paintJet Zap other brands ing axid can rotate wing conven 20000000 units year overall outland- ient positions Remove long bar its ish big hobby Add CyAs outer support leg parts arranged other glues white glues cements like hold fuselage space its engine mount Sigment Ambroid and could firwall adjusts up down can glue together whole solar system work either sitting standing Yes difference cyanoacrylate can swung out way model formulas Bob answered us can check wing incidence CG set dihed least 100 different formulas use today ral etc use covering Also way cheap drugstore types holds wing fuselage hold-down-bolt Id never trust put model together yet holes crates suffer bench-rash cost about $28 per ounce Make past tense figure two grams about $2 up special ized types make dental mcdi- comes big airplanes Wendell cal industry Hot Stuff used manufac- etler same wavelength ture heart valves literature filled subjects dayShelf life bench 2-oz units dreaming own Quarter Scale Piper Vag about fly Wendell writ ing flown Third Scaler months have wanted show pic heart-throb bing Art Chester Jeep course big Vag especially because mentioned thinking about floats So Wendell January 19 Author part column written February 22 request pie Vag floats gives incentive finish two sets floats have almost completed going floats until spring Wen dell explains since too would like see two airplane versions together will Author Before got down paper Wendell put floats chopped hole ice could see chubby Vag water Jeep has very nice surprise continues excellent flier 24 Kioritz about 24 lb brings wing loading up 44 oz sq ft see fly would never believe high something about enlarged scale will tolerate heavier loadings very good way scale Jeep 4 25% feel heavier loadings larger models brings realistic flightif adequate power have no argument like go Tournament Champions route keep loadings light possible us practical ror day-by-day week-by-week rugged sport flying really cares long having fun buy Scale effect has dramatic re sult area goes up far beyond what modeler can imagine thought 10 ft 4 Aristocrat heavy 28 lb 132 Cu glow Tartan single-cylinder yet almost floats can cruise 1/3 throttle slow-fly just above idle shailow Figure 8s loading nearly 40 oz climbs out very well indeed Ive seen normal sport jobs 20 oz loading far sluggish Schoolyard Scales 10 oz bricklike license build heavy judge wing loading alone Its just doubling size model increases its area square Reynolds Number goes up like skyrocket Freudian s April 1983 issue talking about strange ways simple minded allerons made statement full flaps lift/drag machine goes through roofi Actually meant drag portion increases enormously L/D quite low in-betweenthe-lines sense situation does go through roofto pot Sharp readers would have quickly doped out fuzzy words choice words did imply opposite author wishes make perfectly clear flap drag lousier L/D becomes also notes typewriter betrayed him recently putting down P22 Ryan Pt-19 Fairchild case Schanzels big Rubber Scaler thousands know difference readers wrote ap peared Letters Editor editor noted author calledin correc tion wasnt made therefore author adds now getting correction made late stages production about simple holding chat John Riggins during second half Super Bowl since people involved last paragraph of page 18 April Continued page 134 132 Model Aviation KIT ONLY $8390 KIT & DRIVE TRAIN $1 5390 KIT DRIVE TRAIN & ENGINE $27390 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE RADIO CONTROL SOCIETY SUPER SCALE 83 16th Annual Giant UAnd Sport Scale Contest featuring A RC s 1st Size Scale Fly-in * Sport Scale * Giant Scale Separate judging Giant * Fly-in Relaxation Non Competition Events * Awards 4th Place Competition * Free Refreshments Entrants * *SAILPLANE** launching equipment histartslwincheslaCCeS5orieS complete linelbest pricesltop quality send self-addressed stamped envelope cataloglinformatiOn RLF PRODUCTS R3 Box 178-V Peoli IN d764 Al 21 723-4310 issue portion about George Clapp misleading said has 71 appeals should have said has appeals Fairchild 7 Serious correction Recall two cartoons showed artwork used Texas Sailpianers intimidate Arkansas guys noted Alamo back door would no Texas Im hono rary Razorback Heres Don Chancey just short note give proper credit priceless Rembrandts earlier column sez Don resident com mercial artist current VP Monte Miller alias Killer Miller Monte did two cartoons printed several others Oh yes Alamo did indeed have back door used ran off hid northeast swampland known today Arkansas guys like know Aeromodeling gets technical quail Sunday July 3 1983 Floyd Benett Field Brooklyn New York Largest Controlled Air Park New York State Registration 830i 130 am Flying starts 830 am Entry Fee $10 Second Entry $7 Only first 100 accepted preregistry advised Contest Director Jerry Behrens 31-27 Healy Ave Far Rockaway NY 11691 212-337-6987 Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Pober Pixie/Wiscer Continued oaqe 38 ammonia holding bent posi tion until dry Keeping mind will some spring-back sides should over-bent about 50% An alternative score outer ply along F4 former line crack plywood Epoxy will heal wound Assemble forward box sec tion Formers Fl F4 /4 balsa bottoms -in beveled balsa gussets Add 1/16 plywood top Splice fuselage aft end box section add Formers F5 F2 assembled basic fuselage structure temporarily fasten formed wire cabane struts soldered brass brackets dis tance between brackets must match di mension over outside surfaces wing spar joiners reason building wing first dimension vicinity 575 wing pin inserted its holes brackets pin should exactly parallel top sur face fuselage Re-melt solder necessary bring pin alignment adjustment controls wing incidence pin should also exactly fuse lage center line wing will right angles fuselage cabane struts can shifted sideways slightly alignment holding cabane struts alignment add Former F8 plywood block its base using epoxy front cabane bolted 1/16 ply wood fuselage top /x-in landing gear clamps diagonal cabane blocked /x ply strips behind Former F6 epoxy Before epoxy hardens check pin alignment once re-check spacing between brackets Pixie cabane struts round tubes stream lined Landing gear wire brass parts should completely soldered together before bolt ing assembly fuselage bottom Keep proper sequence mind sol dering example wing strut brackets must place before soldering lower landing gear brackets form brackets 031-in hard brass will necessary anneal metal Heat torch over burn er kitchen stove Quench water brass will softened bending brass work-hardens before bends completed re-anneal before An electric stove heat element will same job Lay part softened directly stove element heat until changes color quench water After assembling land ing gear fuselage bottom fuselage formers stringers planking can added Tail surfaces conventional construc tion base sheet balsa Ribs edges cemented add shape sheet balsa need extremely light weight too light wrinkles will eventually appear covering material happened Pixie could have used extra tail weight Miscellaneous Having made fiberglass en gine cowls number planes have found quickest method lay-up over foam core blue insulation foam best carving sanding shape Its disadvantage foam will dissolve polyester resin glass cloth must laid epoxy resin Carve sand foam block cowl shape making slightly undersize about 1/32-in will approximate thickness glass cloth layer two 6-oz cloth followed top layer /-oz cloth ease finishing foam core easily chipped out after epoxy hardens Any residue can melted away dope thinner acetone internal plywood baffle cowl serves two purposes directs incoming air over engine also used hold cowl place means single 4-40 machine screw threaded front lower engine mount baffle needs carefully fitted cowl certain proper level cowl kept secure ply bulkhead dowel near top Wheel pants made two blocks -in balsa tack-cemented together After carving sanding outside shape split blocks apart hollow inside accommodate wheels used Robart scale wheels Permanently cement hal ves cover outside /2-oz glass cloth resin Preferred windshield material 031-in acrylic Plexiglas butyrate sheet Shape windshield draping material over aluminum form kitchen oven 2500 F sheet aluminum litho-plate bent half cylinder plastic bal 134 Model Aviation SCALE DOCUMENTATION SCALE DRAWINGSPHOTOS BOOKLETS MODEL PLANS 9983 AIRPLANE cATAL~ 04 PAGES 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/06
Page Numbers: 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 88, 89, 131, 132, 134
Spectacular Bruce Tharpe describes flight Dyna-Jet-powered Sabre flown via Control Line Both Bruce dad Bruce R have long-time affair Dyne-Jet Scalersthis modified Airforms kit fiberglass fuselage skinned-foam wings want know get Dyna-Jet Bill Winter pleads contact him noise consideration warn Dyna-Jet roars like herd bulls AS YOU WELL KNOW modelers have fun Dyna-Jet-powered F-86F Sabre modi different ways Bruce Tharpe re- fled Airforms kit fiberglass fuselage foam minds us father Bruce R enjoy wings unmodified Dyna-Jet running Control Line pulse jets photo white gas simply spectacular Im sure remember first experience jet just case have article Art Schroeder Author really Walt Schroder Bruce describes event can just see Thirteen years later Walt re called scene April 1969 MAN reading manuscript Jets Therapeutic Way Author Love thera peutic suddenly remembered first meeting jet engine during 1946 first Dyna-Jet unit brought East Bill Tenny Paul Plecan built ukie took cab Creedmore Long Island exception Tenny us idea what expect Creedmore big open area adjacent Creedmore Hospital mentally ilL Paul retired center circle Walt went checked lines nounced ready Tenny attached pump Bill Winter would observe After asking hold high-tension lead plane Tenny gave three exploratory pumps air pump good firm point d ine gave out incredible bellow continued run tail pipe first turning cherry red white-hot plus incredible din Two po lice cars caine running up find out what Among Gus Munichs stable RC Electrics highly successful adaptations 54-in Top Flite Corsair somebodys Stik Theyre very lightweight due use Jumbo Rubber-type construction Stik does Pattern maneuvers except requiring rudder throttle Corsair tools around up 400 ft 4 mm has 2 mm fading power set up land Much text After 320-plus flights John E Boyd decided make repairs adaptation Airtronics 0-Tee two son often thermalled Pictures show enlarged highly modified original look-alike powered 09 Does REM maneuvers marginal inverted flight has 14-oz wing loading Once landed dead-stick after 22-mm flight 22 Model Aviation U lust fun Bill Winter Whats great Dick Korda doing Goldberg Zipper Its really Korda pylon original gassie flown 1938 Just found Irma Hille gas basement ties inspirational win Goldberg pre-Zipper Akron 1937 text Herb Clukeys 3view thanks Joe Playboy Elgingives feel Full-size plans can obtained MA publishes article future issue KORDAS rn1938 Gas Buggy DESIGNED BY DICK KORDA - - I Ii CHORD 9 AREA 450 SO INS POWER BROWN JR SCALE IN INCHES 024A 80 1214 IA Isle Jinter says admires Wendell Hostetlers big Art Chester Jeep left combination 24 Cu lfl Kioritz 24-lb gross weight 44-oz ving loading makes realistic distinct high performance Vegas lightweights Bill thinks 24 K puts out 50% more power han Tartan single-cylinder 132 Cu glow 10-ft 4-in Aristocrat almost floats 38 oz per sq ft Reynolds Number goes hrough roof area speed go upit doesnt mean powered bomb Hostetler Winter have comparing notes Wendells 1/3cale Kioritz-powered Piper Vagabond Bills Y4-scale Vag OS 90 Wendells plans have both wheelad float versions floats 54 n long get picture column Wendell rushed floats completion chopped hole ice Russell Stokes lefthand picture located Tad Kleusers 193738 variation John Sadler low-wing FF thanks distant real estate agent Stokes Frontier Airlines captains flew home Texas can see righthand picture silk-covered fuselage wertical tail good shape tattered silkspan wing stab make look like ancient-rebuild museum subject found abandoned barn Kleuser lost life over English Channel B-17 during WW II June 1983 23 An efficient control surface hinge HA Thomas isa tested idea control surface hinge ailerons redder flap Mad Nyrod tubes such used puibrods hinge lightweight free-moving strong adds aerodynamic advantage sealed hinge line produces no radio noise As sketch pictures indicate sections th outer tubes CyA-glued concave edges control surfaces alternating tubes mate snugly Strips MonoKote silk used reinforcement over section prior applying final covering over entire surface inner Nyrod tube serves hinge pin may spot-cemented either end position securely splines some brands inner Nyrods give proper clearance binding excuse friction little ingenuity idea can easily adapted thicker control surfaces type hinge widely used early Control Line Speed models aluminum tubes steel hinge pin wire fitted streamlined plywood tal surfaces modern variation using different materials suitable RC particu larly Sailplanes CL use So save remnants nylon control rods guides give hinge design try &rdsa / / befire coverurg/ / 7/ //~'/// /4/ /i Oderriyrod / &sbe secs ii/ /7 /74/ /// e4es//Jet // orYoiSta/f /7/ /1/ i/ 7//i NH] Z/fifer yrcd 1a6 kep exploded window hos pital face peering out Suddenly en gine incredibly stopped silence indes cribable Winter shattered Through no fault Walt recalled managed hold onto plane suitable explan ations police thus ended first exposure model jet engines Wish could repeat some conversation went cab way back laws. Editor Thats Bill Winter now talking can tell circle spectators took off like spooked flight birds standing next father small son holding hand Pop covered dis tance protective big tree nothing flat sonny stood grounddeserted Youll note ole Walt held plane foxy sit uations always saw Walt first line Unknown Walt knew what 5-in pulse jet sounded like Ralph Barnaby pioneer aviator very early glider pilot model er made first airplane drops dirigible probably Sperry Messenger pos sibly prior Macon Akron commanding officer Johnsville Naval Air Station 1946 FAC guys held Nats last year Barnaby having invited us inspect fantastic Nazi weaponry includ ing early guided bombs raised Cain Mediterranean turned us over Mo Taylor second command Mo ardent model er still makes home-builtssuch IMPand developed successful roadable air planeswas prankster Among wild things piloted Heilcats carrying test heat-seekers day finding neck cold hair end turned head saw missle closing own airplane So behind building Johnsvile Mo set up 5-in US pulse jet engine run stood close tail pipe thus luring us stand innocently beside him Some guy waltzed up pipe big torch right out French revolution world came end Eardrums fluttered like reed valves Some joke military lovedto scare jabbers out press Wright Field PR guy put us little bunker-hut two SOs firedlike being hell levitating red glare Walt could hold Dyna-Jet toy shattered true Some toy amazing thing was noisy out proportion real thing although far faster frequency years Dyna-Jets some popularity Scale fringe old-timers will recall marvelous jet models turned out late Cal Smith buddy Frank Lashek still active think didnt have glass shells models made balsa As bestos thin aluminum sheeting separated hot jet fuselage keep plane burning up after landing no cool ing airstream helper race over ship quickly pump air through not-always-successful race agalnst time Such models seemed weigh ton note Tharpes pta air space shows around tail pipe Nowadays can have fiberglass fuselage shell can still see Dyna-Jets flown CL Speed some Europeans have used launching rail shades WV II fly twinengined RC javelins Gods sake dont try bit speed such crate might escape gravity People always ask about Dyna-Jet pop up occasion al ads last remember being mall-order house Hobby Barn 24 Model Aviation Master Jig 400 does tricks Houdini says master Skunk Works pic Mark Winter modeler another editor/writer shows serves holderhere rotated slightly position 40-60 Krackerjac fiddling servos Original low-wing Sailplane Bill Selby has planform taken Sadlers Pacemaker gassie 40 years ago Span is6 ft maxchord 10 has 9% Clark Y airfoil spite tiny V-tail stable hi-start tame well maneu verable soars readily HA Thomas photo Winter can say Leisure Playboy 2A1 geared 05 left Top Flite Metrick claimed thanks son Mike 2 mid-spectrum family circus Mike has old mans lazy flying habits Metrick has nose-mounted Cox TD 049 Bill says nose mount far superior draggy high-mounted pod field box DaCa pa says has Taylor panel hole need long battery lead start engines other end Pas also impatient took off both folding covers can get rag-bag collec tion support junk Crows rumored have flown off some hear tell As far know WAM Western Associ ated Modelers organization still sponsors true CL Jet Scale event Bruce concludes Wed love hear others exist modelers sirni lar interests Bruce Tharpe 2380 Cabril lo Dr Hayward CA 94545 Creedmore add high-intensity contest site FF its glory days ever saw Buc caneer flying across field doorbellbattery booster hanging its leads know perhaps few among modelers outside walls Walt mention ed should have inside fly kinds models Gus Munich tells us Pattern Scale sport Right now have active P-47 P-S 1 Corsair FW-190 Tweedy Bird Skybolt Little Stik two origi nal Pattern types Sagitta Saliplane two Slope-Soaring Sailpianes What unusual about Gus fleet electricpowered dig story should know Gus summer 1951 great showman Jim Walker wandered around country huge special Chrysler towing stream lined trailer FF-RC contest Plalnview Long Island descended upon us like C7zariots Fire RC lawnmowers too LIDS Merokes other RC outfits up thereand ole George Myers Bob Aberle Andy Farkas myriad Long Island hotshots Brooklyn Mon taukwill shocked Plainview Most Long Island has wall-to-wall houses shopping centers generation days Plalnview altogether po tato fields abandoned anticipation postwar housing Hundred-acre flying sites everywhere flew single-channel rud der-only jobsnobody conquered throt tlewith Good Brothers equipment gastube Aerotrol Lorenze Control Research John Worths companyl two-tub ers using huge folded-dipole antennas made furring strips Rosenstock put transmitter inside Kraft cheese box make hand-held unit local revolution Anyway Walker huge crate two guys could hand launch over furrows yours truly being weaker suckers hurt Jim both throttle Continued page 26 June 1983 25 Austin Gutmans CAR system coupled aileron rudder mounts externally Astro Flight 10 reduced dihedral cables running double rudder horn System could inter nal RC Only Electric no exhaust feasible tape-mount Bantam Midget servo wings top Below cut down waiting time between flights charge Gutman uses 12V hair blower fan quick-cool batteries Rubberbands fan air cooling holes NORTHERN CALIFORNIAS LARGEST DISCOUNT HOBBY SHOPI I/RjeYD FUEL ou U New high film strength lubricantU increased power engine lifeI Highest quolily ingredients Deteroent action cut varnish II II II II II II II II II II II II II IHOURS Monday thru weonesooy U-oUrj rnoay yau-ouu L -- turday930-6O0 Sunday 1200-500 mmmmj CHEROKEE Favorite Span65Eng.45-60 Area754 sq in4 Channel Send $075 latest price list literature Quality RIC Products Since 1960 VK MODEL AIRCRAFT CO 4350 Arondale Dr. Williamsvilie NY 14221 Phone 716 632-4838 ignition low high elevators Gus thus inspired copy Rockwood reed unit both three five channels going back prior WV II cut reeds tin plate trusting masterpiece Gus connected five channels rudder redundancy also writers first Cox 010-powered Lightning Bugs kitted Jetco early 60s Gus came home night new development home hed fly thing backyard ac tually wore out four engines Gus tink erer gadgeteer made primi tive things Thirty years later still electric started pod attachment Sagitta Gus tells us used motor taken Astro starter home made 31 belt drive seven cells motor reworked add 118-in ball bear ings believe old plain-bearing Astro 075 motor could mistaken Using hi-start Sagitta could get high 500 feet came Leisure Playboy Leisure LTSO 2 1 gear re duction Gus buzzes has plug-in wings fit car weighs 42Yz oz usually shut down motor conserve fueL Its nice shut down set up landing just right spot Scale job Really takes skill other way run out juice over flying strip Ive included few photos Corsair Electric Stik would say Scale aircraft area 550 600 sq 40 48 oz weight should fly Leisure LT50 gear-reduction system Anything about 300 sq weight 28 31 oz should fly LT5O direct drive direct drive gray Cox 6-4 excellent geared drive Rev-Up 11-7 11-7 Top Flite 11-7 etc about right Author under stand Y-O Zinger also excel lent rye good results 10-6 Tornado Playboy turns faster runs longer plane doesnt climb fast net get flight minutes per charge PS Im head Model Engine Collectors Assoe about plug Consider yourself plugged Gus keep hearing isolated Electric groups successful pioneers stuck colored pins bulletin board mark locations board would light up Islanders beautiful island would save year two finding out hard way hunting down Gus Hint try East Islip Gus scared himself death full-charging Playboy its first flight almost went out sight now uses 7-mm charge 7-min flight Thats non-thermaL Hes flights up 28 min Baby Playboy Atom gas engine first FF 1946 Gus recalls What would have given able circle up among clouds beautiful model see sun light streaming through transparent red MonoKote gently land feet made balsa wheels keep down weight No problem since Playboy comes gently seagull Next wanted see Pattern perform ance really possible Gus continues obtained Leisure LT5O Competition-wind direct drive also six cells few Cox gray 6-4s built 300 sq symmetri cal-airfoiled job 1-in-thick section us ing lightweight balsa call Electric Stllc weights 31 oz aileron elevator control using Cannon micro servos mated Kraft Sport Series receiver 250 mAh Continued page 28 26 Model Aviation 6/a47e SPORT WINCH Lightweight 34 lbs 155 kg battery Surprising performance r develops 9 HP Reiiable & durabie ity components Easy use stable electrodynamic brake help prevent backlashet Complete around parachute 600 meters 90 lb braided nylon line $21500 battery shipping charges includedl also sell finest 160 lb braided nylon contest towline $19201600 meters plus shipping Send complete descriptive iiterature price list 6/a4c7e454c 68 Morgan Ave Danbury CT 06810 TEL203 743-3312 F100- F16- F86 RC models 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mostly air inside Cowl bottom Clorox bottle 2-os penalty uses geared LT5O 250 mAh receiver battery four small World Engines servos 06 oz Cirrus receiver All-up weight balsa wheels blue MonoKote covering 56/2 us 54 span wing has about same area Playboy Airfoil semi-sym metrical first try using Rev-Up 11-7 six cells turning 4100 barely took off Gus tell us did reach about 100 ft alti tude underpowered added cells Finally eight turned Rev-Up 1 1-VA 5000 rpm Takeoffs easy rough field Six-minute flights normal 15-mm charges Altitude 400 feet sono problem Author found LTSO geared 2Y21 11-7 will blow 20-amp fuse eight cells Gus advises lucky get way combo Variations theme discussion April issue about properly power Q-Tee produced some wonderful mail letter John F Boyd sinks What bellyaching about miser able-flying Q-Tees due using too-powerful versions Cox engines Finally witnessed first flight made Bob Crosby raw ginner thing flew float-glided like dream Q-Tee lovely little thing fantasies has make 6-ft K&B 19 Thats much think built two Q-Tees loved both says Boyd covered cleardoped silkspan trimmed red tissue Once afternoon right out model ers daydream thermalled about 15 min great accomplishment enormous thrill son watch model become miniscule silver dot beneath belly fair-weather cumu lus first time power enclosed pictures show model designed couple years later John goes Its Q-Tee heritage too obvious comment marked changes moments aspect ratio etc called IIDFIAWS acronym Dont Fly Aint Worth S . did fly would REM maneuvers plus marginal inverted flight Enya 09 up front Author must have made modi fied Q-Tee bigger wing loading came less 14 oz per sq ft longest deadstick 22 mm made pretty good train er spruce cabanes should have plywood finally stopped repairing after Continued page 88 28 Model Aviation $4995J esigned tor Quickie 500 racing sport ng Kit features hand cut balsa ply parts Easy MILLS Insta Build System Custom aluminum gear exclusive torque absorption nose 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SFor Fun/Winter Continued page 28 320-plus ffights Fun Let tell lightly-built openframe six-footer flies 19 put down grass runway slowly open throttle wide dont hold elevator up keep tail down crate doesnt move second two three begins trundle along tail comes up should after surprisingly-brief run low speed gracefully floats off Possibly tiny bit up held nudge rotate soonerlike cross-runway wind Youll need reduce power 19 crank down-trim during circling climb-out climb-up throttle back put circletrim wait lift big Q-Tee What way go would still work 8 ft power rather like powered Sailplane promise have ships that Boyds sounds aerobatic Maybe 4 5 ft have six-footer 19 goes inverted will circle field way 8-ft wing does tight 8s deck lowpowered flat-bottom-foiled ships enter inverted half outside loop holding down stay inverted Dreams nothing dreams. 88 Model Aviation EE QUADRA ENGINES S SSORIES Let us update old engines Sales repair services WE ALSO FEATURE eGIANT SCALE KITS AND SEMI KITS CLEAR WHITE PINE STOCK SIZES 1/4 SCALE DUMMY RADIAL MOTORS CUSTOM KIT CUTTING SERVICE GIANT SCALE BLUE PRINTS BIG IS BETTER SEND $200 FOR OUR NEW CATALOG OR CUSTOM what ao suppose asks Sally Mrs Dave Brown holding up companys newest product V-Tech folded muffled tuned pipe Dave says pipe increases rpm holding noise down better other hes tried pipes used Daves Tartan-powered Laser 200 wIth placed third 1982 Tournament Champions SUPERwings DIVISION OF HI JOHNSON MODEL PRODUCTS 11015 GLENOAKS BLVD PACOIMA CA 91331 SAILPLANE COMPONENTS CREATE YOUR OWN SUPER GLIDER WING FOAM CORES Floater Thermal & Slope FUSELAGES LUSTROLEEN 2 Meter Standard Open & Scale STAB FOAM CORES Rudder & Fin Cores COVERING MATERIALS White skin & Lustroleen WING RODS Wing Tongue Kits FOR HI JOHNSONS PORTFOLIO PRICE SHEET & ORDER FORM about sailplane construction & design using foam & plastic SEND $250 CHECK OR MO CA RES ADD SALES TAX Cry beer axe old FFer will pluck heart strings Joe Elgin de signer great Playboy checks remarkable story About year ago Irma Hillegas widow late Red H hobby shop Clevelands East Side favorite haunt Balsa Butchers called Joe ask interested old Dick Korda Gas model basement Dick made tracks pick up crate years before immortal Korda Powerhouse stunned first Mir ror Meet right after WW IL seems 1937 Carl Goldberg scored impressive win Akron pylon Gas Bird revolutionized FF Gas led ultimate ly Zipper seen Carl fussing around bird late afternoon Detroit Nats 1938 next year Comet kit came out over 700 Zippers 1939 Detroit Nats small Nats compared later ones Carl lost Gas Bird Akron Dick some friends retrieved bringing ship back awards presentation late day Dick joked about having good look Carls modeL After witnessing famous flight Dick others began fabri cate own versions new high-per formance competition modeL Dicks apparently flew circuit during 1938 include picture threeview made Herb Clukey beautiful full-size plan supplled Joe Elgin among trying get historic model certified SAM genuine Antique Au thor did bit AMA license num ber 3825 1938 number although AMA records dont go back far number 719 issued early 193& John Worth s bigger number later year So Dicks num ber bracketed 1938 AMA new numbers first flying season ship has elliptical tips polyhedral spans 54 9-in chord powered Brown Jr Carls pylon model both diamond fuselages After 45 years Kor das model weighs 24 oz its two pencell batteries Korda careful wood selectionyou can tell Area 450 squ&es late depression prewar years us could afford new engines waited aimost 10 years able afford Baby Cyke $9 wholesale Most family heads could afford usual $2150 besides Brown Juniors went out date ap pearance Bantam l9s Ohisson 23s soon followed O&R 60 Super Cykeswhich pulled crates like Gold bergs Comet Sailplane Joe Konefes Buzzard Bombshell didnt know Dick built Gas back took walloping world Rubber finally winning Wake field Cup 1939 flight timed yours truly Joe Casano Teterboro NJ 44-odd minutes almost overhead two suc cessive thermals Dick has full-scale sailplane pilot years Red Dick Howie Robinson some wonderful bull sessions Nats am trance tooand Dick along editor Al Lewis deceased made Model Aviation Hail Fame together Hope doesnt turn off newcomers Its part heritage Old soldiers dont fade away As Kor NEW FOURMOST PRODUCTS! 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MI iaaRRCLEVELAND MODEL & SUPPLY CO UNIORE NOSTALGIC GIFTOOSR7R Detoit Ace Cteuelmnd Ohio 44102 lot charming palaver Said Bob year under normal temperature using tubing use about 3/4 Cut can extend l/2 years keeping un bevel end X-Acto knife razor opened units freezer portion re insert spout may have frigeratpr Never put opened unit back enlarge spout hole slightly tube fits because condensation moisture smoothly loosely know container will cause rapid use know done seldom will clog shelf life will get very thick endwhich can quickly Ole Bill now wonders about shelf pulled off fingernails wanted life ppened bottles bench think know about shelf life refrigerator caper just cane unglued dont mean plug jazz Dont leave bottle Hot Stuff compare products glues warm sunlighted bench can tell Its jus1t Bob told us things ever because quickly becomes super gap- wante4 know didnt filling much else great making spider webs When A-justo-jig came out SOs put 2 oz net weight large wondered anyone would need Now bottle fills about two-thirds Bob sorely regret getting oldgoes spraying us Spritzer fashioed prices didnt miss out Tide nitrogen-filled atmosphere filled Distri1utors Master Jig 400 aptly called weight electric eyealso 1/4 total multi-purpose tooL see pic V2-oz bottles fill about 32000 units ture cant describe its other contortionist week tricks rotatable hefty steel bar holds make out over 8000000 bot- crate Ike field box Parts used other com ties Hot Stuff year considers binatipns enable hold wing paintJet Zap other brands ing axid can rotate wing conven 20000000 units year overall outland- ient positions Remove long bar its ish big hobby Add CyAs outer support leg parts arranged other glues white glues cements like hold fuselage space its engine mount Sigment Ambroid and could firwall adjusts up down can glue together whole solar system work either sitting standing Yes difference cyanoacrylate can swung out way model formulas Bob answered us can check wing incidence CG set dihed least 100 different formulas use today ral etc use covering Also way cheap drugstore types holds wing fuselage hold-down-bolt Id never trust put model together yet holes crates suffer bench-rash cost about $28 per ounce Make past tense figure two grams about $2 up special ized types make dental mcdi- comes big airplanes Wendell cal industry Hot Stuff used manufac- etler same wavelength ture heart valves literature filled subjects dayShelf life bench 2-oz units dreaming own Quarter Scale Piper Vag about fly Wendell writ ing flown Third Scaler months have wanted show pic heart-throb bing Art Chester Jeep course big Vag especially because mentioned thinking about floats So Wendell January 19 Author part column written February 22 request pie Vag floats gives incentive finish two sets floats have almost completed going floats until spring Wen dell explains since too would like see two airplane versions together will Author Before got down paper Wendell put floats chopped hole ice could see chubby Vag water Jeep has very nice surprise continues excellent flier 24 Kioritz about 24 lb brings wing loading up 44 oz sq ft see fly would never believe high something about enlarged scale will tolerate heavier loadings very good way scale Jeep 4 25% feel heavier loadings larger models brings realistic flightif adequate power have no argument like go Tournament Champions route keep loadings light possible us practical ror day-by-day week-by-week rugged sport flying really cares long having fun buy Scale effect has dramatic re sult area goes up far beyond what modeler can imagine thought 10 ft 4 Aristocrat heavy 28 lb 132 Cu glow Tartan single-cylinder yet almost floats can cruise 1/3 throttle slow-fly just above idle shailow Figure 8s loading nearly 40 oz climbs out very well indeed Ive seen normal sport jobs 20 oz loading far sluggish Schoolyard Scales 10 oz bricklike license build heavy judge wing loading alone Its just doubling size model increases its area square Reynolds Number goes up like skyrocket Freudian s April 1983 issue talking about strange ways simple minded allerons made statement full flaps lift/drag machine goes through roofi Actually meant drag portion increases enormously L/D quite low in-betweenthe-lines sense situation does go through roofto pot Sharp readers would have quickly doped out fuzzy words choice words did imply opposite author wishes make perfectly clear flap drag lousier L/D becomes also notes typewriter betrayed him recently putting down P22 Ryan Pt-19 Fairchild case Schanzels big Rubber Scaler thousands know difference readers wrote ap peared Letters Editor editor noted author calledin correc tion wasnt made therefore author adds now getting correction made late stages production about simple holding chat John Riggins during second half Super Bowl since people involved last paragraph of page 18 April Continued page 134 132 Model Aviation KIT ONLY $8390 KIT & DRIVE TRAIN $1 5390 KIT DRIVE TRAIN & ENGINE $27390 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE RADIO CONTROL SOCIETY SUPER SCALE 83 16th Annual Giant UAnd Sport Scale Contest featuring A RC s 1st Size Scale Fly-in * Sport Scale * Giant Scale Separate judging Giant * Fly-in Relaxation Non Competition Events * Awards 4th Place Competition * Free Refreshments Entrants * *SAILPLANE** launching equipment histartslwincheslaCCeS5orieS complete linelbest pricesltop quality send self-addressed stamped envelope cataloglinformatiOn RLF PRODUCTS R3 Box 178-V Peoli IN d764 Al 21 723-4310 issue portion about George Clapp misleading said has 71 appeals should have said has appeals Fairchild 7 Serious correction Recall two cartoons showed artwork used Texas Sailpianers intimidate Arkansas guys noted Alamo back door would no Texas Im hono rary Razorback Heres Don Chancey just short note give proper credit priceless Rembrandts earlier column sez Don resident com mercial artist current VP Monte Miller alias Killer Miller Monte did two cartoons printed several others Oh yes Alamo did indeed have back door used ran off hid northeast swampland known today Arkansas guys like know Aeromodeling gets technical quail Sunday July 3 1983 Floyd Benett Field Brooklyn New York Largest Controlled Air Park New York State Registration 830i 130 am Flying starts 830 am Entry Fee $10 Second Entry $7 Only first 100 accepted preregistry advised Contest Director Jerry Behrens 31-27 Healy Ave Far Rockaway NY 11691 212-337-6987 Bill Winter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Pober Pixie/Wiscer Continued oaqe 38 ammonia holding bent posi tion until dry Keeping mind will some spring-back sides should over-bent about 50% An alternative score outer ply along F4 former line crack plywood Epoxy will heal wound Assemble forward box sec tion Formers Fl F4 /4 balsa bottoms -in beveled balsa gussets Add 1/16 plywood top Splice fuselage aft end box section add Formers F5 F2 assembled basic fuselage structure temporarily fasten formed wire cabane struts soldered brass brackets dis tance between brackets must match di mension over outside surfaces wing spar joiners reason building wing first dimension vicinity 575 wing pin inserted its holes brackets pin should exactly parallel top sur face fuselage Re-melt solder necessary bring pin alignment adjustment controls wing incidence pin should also exactly fuse lage center line wing will right angles fuselage cabane struts can shifted sideways slightly alignment holding cabane struts alignment add Former F8 plywood block its base using epoxy front cabane bolted 1/16 ply wood fuselage top /x-in landing gear clamps diagonal cabane blocked /x ply strips behind Former F6 epoxy Before epoxy hardens check pin alignment once re-check spacing between brackets Pixie cabane struts round tubes stream lined Landing gear wire brass parts should completely soldered together before bolt ing assembly fuselage bottom Keep proper sequence mind sol dering example wing strut brackets must place before soldering lower landing gear brackets form brackets 031-in hard brass will necessary anneal metal Heat torch over burn er kitchen stove Quench water brass will softened bending brass work-hardens before bends completed re-anneal before An electric stove heat element will same job Lay part softened directly stove element heat until changes color quench water After assembling land ing gear fuselage bottom fuselage formers stringers planking can added Tail surfaces conventional construc tion base sheet balsa Ribs edges cemented add shape sheet balsa need extremely light weight too light wrinkles will eventually appear covering material happened Pixie could have used extra tail weight Miscellaneous Having made fiberglass en gine cowls number planes have found quickest method lay-up over foam core blue insulation foam best carving sanding shape Its disadvantage foam will dissolve polyester resin glass cloth must laid epoxy resin Carve sand foam block cowl shape making slightly undersize about 1/32-in will approximate thickness glass cloth layer two 6-oz cloth followed top layer /-oz cloth ease finishing foam core easily chipped out after epoxy hardens Any residue can melted away dope thinner acetone internal plywood baffle cowl serves two purposes directs incoming air over engine also used hold cowl place means single 4-40 machine screw threaded front lower engine mount baffle needs carefully fitted cowl certain proper level cowl kept secure ply bulkhead dowel near top Wheel pants made two blocks -in balsa tack-cemented together After carving sanding outside shape split blocks apart hollow inside accommodate wheels used Robart scale wheels Permanently cement hal ves cover outside /2-oz glass cloth resin Preferred windshield material 031-in acrylic Plexiglas butyrate sheet Shape windshield draping material over aluminum form kitchen oven 2500 F sheet aluminum litho-plate bent half cylinder plastic bal 134 Model Aviation SCALE DOCUMENTATION SCALE DRAWINGSPHOTOS BOOKLETS MODEL PLANS 9983 AIRPLANE cATAL~ 04 PAGES 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