I AM AIRPLANE WATCHER never fail look up passing air craft passing freight trains also count cars colorful place names adorn arent what used Nor passing airplanes very romantic sausage machine grinds out Cessnas Watching models fly never grows bor ing enjoy beauty model itself what gifted stick pusher does fly own like sail high wide disturb little possiblebut alas does have bring closer down turn around like also watch everyones machine its thing youll find another quality comes through realism like models look like full-size ones fly smoothly am moved look-alikes am true scale admire beautiful Scale jobs ground set pieces grand museum fly decently am pleasedbut anti-climactic go bananas other hand over some customized thing says Hey am supposed Zero P-40 Aeronca original cleverly mimics some famous air craft giving up its performance modeL Theme models thats what clever creative approach True scale photo-like painting looser treatment masters brush lets us feel different things dont care struts missing bit dihed ral added sides left Left Bud Chappell about take off World Engines Robinhood Winter has thing Robinhoods what calls theme models sermon month Bill asks distracted fact Buds planes pictures electric-powered Without information might wonder about prop waiting switched Above Would believe two Robinhoods right modified look like Spirit St Louis though yet completed few simple changes standard Robinhood kit perform magic Wide wing struts come will provide dihedral effect Winter turned-on lookalike real Scale model entrances him toowhen its ground Above Left Framed already sporting Williams Bros wheels 600 sq Spirit tips scales 21 oz Note three top pieces running down modified firewall disguise basic Robinhood structure Above Right Two lightweight floats presto Robinhood goes sea standard landing gear used axles slipping through nylon strap fittings float tops rear struts maintain alignment attached fuselage small rubberbands costume change almost easy falling off log Right Buds Robinhood climbs out under power Astro 15 direct drive turning 9-9 prop prefers crisp flying loops stalls spins touch-and-goes etc 4 5-mm run him duration flying has no appeal Winter would use tick-tock four-cycle sized say 10-6 prop big tank shoot fly-bys would never endand would go theme route maybe Ryan Brougham Bellanca Travelair 22 Model Aviation flat simpler means employed quicker perception what respond design ers artistry am touched World Engines Robinhood nonsense suspect John Maloney has world fun playing around Robinhood Lord what ugly Robin some friends say miss point simple fun build flies great know claims kinship Robin Since will fly like cabin model might concoct Id immensely pleased watch high air Robin some nondescript conglomeration wood MonoKote glue 500-mph Jennie gotta tell about Bud Chappell Robinhoods has Robin write home about believe Spirit St Louis resembles no waybut also Robinhood theme model out anoth er theme model really dont wish talk Electrics Buds models happen electric powered Robinhoods glow-engine models sish ignore Buds en ergy source talking theme Lets get Electric background quickly out way approach Electric Bud ex plains give modelers teetering edge tried proven currently avail able group itemskit motor radio prop covering battery etcthat can assembled builders average ex perience get consistent results fol lowing text procedures think thousands people like paid no attention electric power because want airplane look like fuli-size does have hand-launched easy main tain etc until saw article European Electrics did pay atten tion themfor saw June 1984 23 Left Youll relate HA Thomas efficient original AA RC Cox Black Widow 049 6-3 Grish plastic prop 52-in span its exactly big its power Winter says 6-ft version model oldfashioned 19 would cup teaand maybe inboard surfaces could used flaperons Above model uses three-channel EK brick controls Note simple rubberband wing attachment ship flies just lovely looks Above Two kind takes cake left built John Hartsfield finished orange white silver windows HAs right nice shade blue silver wing hori zontal tail surfaces black windows Right Thomas has flying fields everywhere seems flies school yard just block back door various parking lots AA cutie perched tarmac nearby War Memorial Stadium Tim Harris Barbara Holt traveled first class high school Senior Prom Surely youll read text find out what picture about Tims shown column before Left Hank lltzschs Buhi Pup ST 46 prize oldies done radio failure built another hed use 90 fourcycle Winter thinks would fly sedately 40 four-cycle spritely 60 Bill says ask about Buhi Pup plans RC Modeler has 52-in version overkill power OS 25 John Pond has biggie plan Right Dick Sherman Model Museum Plymouth NH visitors welcome storehouse rarities shows off lltzschs donated Bristol Scout Hank has second powered one-jug Tartan Both faithful rare WW factory drawings Cowl available T&D Fiberglass Specialties Plans article March April 1981 MAs Len Hare Quarter Scale DH-5 wings staggered improved pilot visibility has true scale frame authentic coloration Its Quadrapowered Hank says taught him new lessons aerodynamicsmajored twice now flying third time Right Model Builder magazine plans Quarter Scale DH Moth appears grassy fields England First powered Webra 90 now M&M 14 turning 20-6 prop 5800 flies looks like full-size planeand stirring sound Hes now thinking 12 four-cycle varied diversified Scale types planes same vein Bud continues know Cecil Peoli twin-pusher flies never would build because totally unappealing sounds like narrow inflexible attitude simply being selective settling less what have become stand ards imbedded ones mind brisk crisp 4- 5-mm flight packed loops stalls spins touch-and-goes feather-touch landings kind flight seek Height duration extreme others enjoy Chappell did China Clipper December 1983 MA bought two Robinhoods Except dummy front Robin version sug gests OX-S liquid-cooled nose seems to scalestruts allbut course isnt Like contempo rary Fairchilds Robins golden days nose pinched sharply what would front cabin bulkhead model front windshield line nose much nar rower passenger-carrying cabin gave look-down abilitypleasant cross-country flight perhaps made landings sharper Spirit Bud says has 600 sq wing very nice glow engine Electric sport reproduced flat wing sans dihedral wasnt finished pictures perhaps has added wide wing struts Mountain men like Hank Struck found Free Ellght struts contributed dihed ral effectas would Bellanca others struts worked Free Fllght whats worry about RC What seems amazing sllght rework evident weighing photo re sulted total change image radial engine lifelike Altered tail out llnes Spirit plus two bold string ers enhance illusion Left Hanks 1/3-scale Dormoy Bathtub now has Magnum 90 engine better sound Like spoked wheels Plans Model Builder Cen ter ever-popular 1912 Blackburn Flying wires run out top bottom three stations wing panel Right German WW Albatros Scouts sported sleek monocoque wood fuselage distinctive tail phantasmagoria inspired color schemes Hank gave young friend taking Aero Engineering MIT gives loving care flies regularly National Air Museum Washington DC has full-size Designed Bob Smurthwaite Jim Roberts Flying Model Aircraft 40-powered Firecat tail-dragger forthcoming Cat series include Topcat high-wing Bicat Lasercat etc Winter says Firecats aerobatic ability already catching attention although time new line still undergoing development flight testing Note open closed cockpit versions right-hand picture Bud says nothing about floats Robinhood about flying off water floats appear built lightly main axle run through nylon landing gear strap fitted atop float taking main load fact gear fully utilized aft strut per float has added Get behind Satan did have other commitments Id spring Robinhood Spir turns Gosh easy frame weighs 21 oz Since Bud flies beauties Super Ferrite 15 9-9 Rev-Up direct drive plain relatively small four-cycle engine would delightful hear now could much worse try Robinhoodand join fan tasy world airplane watching would nicely aerobatic glow about own look-alike fantasy Bewitched bothered bewildered life cannot understand people dont take advantage Schoolyard Scale Maybe name turn-off ships really Small Field modelsnot too exciting name either Sticking labels models conjurs up impressions dont square reality such flying being heaven Simple Scale Old-Timers originals 02s 10s sport Electrics rewarding subjects need give up anything else nopressure quiet evenings after work weave enchanting spell Another perk past 10 days have en joying RC never before writes HA Thomas Little Rock little Black Widow silver-and-blue model must have 35-40 flights delight Author Thats well over 200 write private airport high school ground about 100 ft back door get batch flights almost late afternoon sometimes almost moonlight find have room burn field looked small time other afternoon two giant sprinklers occupied half field flew no trouble other half Somehow Ive stumbled onto just right combo light weight ample span 52 area fairly clean lines energetic Black Widow does rest ship soars readily loops easily spins like top recov ers immediately neutralize tracks great has no vices trims straight flight easily pleasure fly Grish 6-3 prop cleaned up steel-wooled sprayed black Rustoleum best performing INCHES 00 DIHEDRAL I/B SHEET WING SECTION DOWEL /8 1/16 3/4 BLOCK tt 44f4 Ive ever used Author Henry tells prop doubles perform ance what guys think best prop never exaggerates Incidentally little ship carries EK Brick three-channel extra servo big 500 mAh battery still light About Black Widow after two Dragonfly engines proved disas ters found BW dealers Continued page 26 PILOT-I/8 SHEET PHALZ PHOKKER Walt Mooney 26 SPAN EASILY BUILT BEGINNERS SPORT FREE FLIGHT MODEL FEATUR ING SHEET CONSTRUCTION POWER COX 020 Pee Wee -I-ffi FORMERSI/8SHEET 5 DOWN THRUST 7/8 DIA WILLIAMSFUSELAGE IS 1/16 SHEET BOX BROS WHEELS..TAIL SURFACES FROM 1/16 SHEET FROM JrAmericon Modeler NOV-DEC 1972 Walt Mooneys Phalz Phokker whimsy gentleman spiked helmet enabled Walt fly make-believe 1916 German fighter Fokker Scourge due its revolutionary synchronized gun fire through prop dihedral 26-in sheet wood FF 02 enough knife-edges wafer-slice wurst leave others argue about dihedral works solve Walts straight-wing riddle June 1984 25 TOM BRIGHTBILL out 125 pilots WON NATIONS HIGHEST SOARING HONOR TROPHY HIGHEST OVERALL SCORE 1983 NATIONALS based 24 seven minute flights per pilot eliminating luck factor Tom flying 3 DODOSON DESIGNS MultiChannel gliders achieved victory 3 ships feature incredible Eppler 214 airfoil SIX WINOSONGS flown 1983 Nationals FOUR FINISHED IN THE TROPHIES including BOB DODGSONS 2nd PLACE OPEN CLASS WIN WINDSONG has CAUGHT STARTLED SOARING WORLD NAPPING its 205 have seen what can KNOW WINDSONG clearly has NOTICE ABLE PERFORMANCE ADVANTAGE over best thermal competition ships features 134 wing span core wing stab & rudder control -6 80 degrees elevator compensation rudder coupled trimable ailerons can reflexed like flaps cruising reflexed 30 degrees serve spoilers ng stab See NEWLY REVISED 1 hr VHS VIDEO TAPE showing 3 PLANES ACTION CONTROL SYSTEMS LINKAGES APPLICATION FIBERGLASS FIN/TURTLE DECK FOAM WING building sequence Send $25 $20 deposit/$5 ship/han Send 2 stamps complete catalog three multichannel gliders featuring SOLIDCORE WINGS SEAMLESS FIBERGLASS FUSELAGES EPPLER 214 AIRFOIL FLAP AND AILERON CONTROL AND NEW STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE $19995Camano 100 $15995K-Minnow $14995 2904 SW Camano DriveII WindsongCamano Island WA 98292206 387 JJ 26 Model Aviation showcase sat years runs like dream simple starts first flip eyebrows raise Ive watched countless folks beating props death trying start engines coupled desperate wild screwing out needle once started usually far too rich lean delayed reaction needle know used finethread needles such Kustom Kraftsmanship Ace RC high nitro fuel can run 10% wouldnt fuss less 15% nitro actually special fuels go high 40% nitro Thomas advises gets instant starts recoil spring starter using small can high-nitro fuel sold small engines HA very special guy bought first magazine submission 1938 exception columnists probably published man alive will always re membered magnificent two-page Sketch Book ran perhaps 25 years old Air Trails later American Modeler complete ar tist pen retired own ad agency know wing-walker parachutist days forgotten bipes like Command aire Hes good model Sailplanes too cute rubber stuff dis tictive flair designed Tes tors 45 years editing would hard pushed choose between HA late Cal Smith all-time favorite money-in-the-bank artist/de signer/flying contributor pleases no end show pictures HalfA ship continuing saga young Tim Har ris still standing atten tion may remember Henry Haffkes story about spotting youngster flying glider field close Coverites plant Henry does mysterious things isnt building Gee Bees What kid doing glider led presenting pictures skepti cal readers would buy tall tale lad hand-launching big bird doing repertoire aerobatics cluding inverted flight ship buzzing around head like benign bee Naturally Henry hired lad Before left high school Tim Harris acquired full-scale license fly powered aircraft helicopters Henry first spotted him Tim already full-size sailplane license Tim graduated last June Dublin High School Pennsylvania did what came naturally escorted date Barbara Holt Senior Promin helicopter Tim got instructor land chopper neighbors yard pick up young couple what has worlds classiest arrival Continued page 28 ALL-AMERICAN WINNER RETURNS Pictured above SUPER CYCLONE IS TODAY Once again ruggedly built Champion available High Flying Fun 1984 SUPER CYKE holds exacting standards original design Using todays technology provide guaranteed engine performs SUPER CYCLONE can Included $18950 purchase price 1984 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PROP HUB AT EXTRA CHARGE IfENGINERear 34OSCIeveIandAve. SW Ru U SM M ru DIVISIONPhone 21 61 484-6810 484-4374 school prom Two really first-class pas sengers Tim now training Aero space Virginia Tech Barbara Holt attends Radford pursuing education music Stay tuned column Im taking break right now inspired Im off McDonalds Seekonk Air Force Hank Iltzschs fleet airplanes mostly Scale ranging big bigger population ex plosion Fishing statistical com parison Im reminded 35 German WW II aces topped 150 confirmed led Major Erich Hartman 352 Eastern Front Ground air warfare Russia unimagin able scale Six years ago Hank submitted huge Bristol Scout Model Aviation assumed project culmination lifetime Con fronted problem printing requiring huge reductions lines lettering vanishing sight soon retire figured Wheeley would solve puzzle came up two-part presentation March April issues 1981 plans 91-powered model still avail able Hank has Confederate Air Force benevolent giants well minestrone soup things like Power houses Red Zephyrs Falcons Bristol based information supplied Leo Opdycke world re nowned such circles publica tion WW Aero Journal Source Leo building full-scale Scout provided Hank factory drawings have about much chance finding detailed factory draw ings WW subjects Span iards did chasing fabled Fountain Youth firming up rough plans Model viation Hank building second Scout Several months ago Hank presented first Dick Sherman ex-airline pilot glider pilot turned home incredible modeling museum visitors welcome Plymouth NH After seeking sanctuary slam-dunking world editing discov ered another mystery Iltzsch ghostly armada photos uncovered DH-5 DH-5 British did have much luck prophetic Beech Staggerwing Thirties generous negative stagger Some modelers know negative stagger works well al though scares us DH-5s so-so performance probably can laid typical snares day reasons then-odd configuration evi dent Hanks pictures DH-5 put cockpit under leading edge rear-shifted top wing giving pilot exceptional visibility have struggling Quarter Scale DH-5 Hank confides ap Continued page 133 28 Model Aviation An AMA District II meeting held theater Saturday afternoon chaired Vice President John Byrne Among matters discussed live ly session What what has AMA already done response announcement Kraft Chan nel Master unit 50 switch-selectable RC channels think members came away confidence AMA ball matter AMA Presidident John Grigg Executive Director John Worth discussed very matter Kraft executives fully month fore meeting Upstairs wall-to-wall peo ple studying products listening sales pitches 108 booths booths manned AMA HQ people volunteers did everything verifying memberships working out insurance problems lot AMA business gets done trade shows folks working Christmas sales rush environment think members getting moneys worth products display ranged HL Gliders RC flight simulator including crash damage assessment module Theres quite contingent cost simulator 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plenty hinges have no further trouble Nicks Firebolt handled okay coming dead engine after fin broken off flight assume fin provides sufficient vertical area addition flight experience Nick have accumulated Firebolts Lance Schneider also has some stick fime Lance best local RC fliers value opinions about new aircraft watched him fly Firebolt through variety maneuvers noticing axial rolls round loops inverted passes some beautiful landings said handled very well much like good Pattern ship would have thought found stable particularly landings plan work another canard design di rected toward Pattern performance looks like will building pair construction notes will brief Firebolt structure simple can built very quickly prefer cut out necessary parts before beginning assembly get own kit ready go dont have local foam wing cutter can recommend source Lou Wolgast 40 Castlewood Trail Sparta NJ 07871 wing skinned i/IA balsa suggest applying balsa skin epoxy glue make lightest wing edge-glue VIA balsa pre pare wing skins lightly sand foam cores Vacuum get rid loose foam dust Use slow curing epoxy can heated warm water make flow better Apply epoxy balsa skin spreading wood leaving minimum glue Place skin core place skinned core back Continued page 142 WING SPAN44 WING AREAiSA coin ENGINEIS WEIGHT34 ISa Boise body oem in5 sheeting de cut lormers rolled Elena 2 shI HIGHLY AEROBATIC DESIGNED Weller Nio Denrock Jr PEPPERMINT PATTIE 15 STINGER II WING SPAN 38cr WING AREA AOSscin ENGINE4G EIGHTbibs boIse coslrocliOn die cul fornrnrS ribs 2sAts hAl rAze SIeS Good groend hendling gentle lending e good fiSt biSe PU LLY AEROBATIC cMASTER XJT Div BAR/RICH SALES CO 2 FAIRWAY-HANNIBAL MOO3dGn-3t4/22t 5803 June 1984 139 Futaba PCMJR Unlimited 8 Skywriter Mufflers Light weight tubular steel construction Injection optional coil smoke systems ovoilable Tremendous smoke output Available fit e Super Smoke new smoke fluid additive helps produce visible $300 denser longer hanging smoke 160. 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/06
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I AM AIRPLANE WATCHER never fail look up passing air craft passing freight trains also count cars colorful place names adorn arent what used Nor passing airplanes very romantic sausage machine grinds out Cessnas Watching models fly never grows bor ing enjoy beauty model itself what gifted stick pusher does fly own like sail high wide disturb little possiblebut alas does have bring closer down turn around like also watch everyones machine its thing youll find another quality comes through realism like models look like full-size ones fly smoothly am moved look-alikes am true scale admire beautiful Scale jobs ground set pieces grand museum fly decently am pleasedbut anti-climactic go bananas other hand over some customized thing says Hey am supposed Zero P-40 Aeronca original cleverly mimics some famous air craft giving up its performance modeL Theme models thats what clever creative approach True scale photo-like painting looser treatment masters brush lets us feel different things dont care struts missing bit dihed ral added sides left Left Bud Chappell about take off World Engines Robinhood Winter has thing Robinhoods what calls theme models sermon month Bill asks distracted fact Buds planes pictures electric-powered Without information might wonder about prop waiting switched Above Would believe two Robinhoods right modified look like Spirit St Louis though yet completed few simple changes standard Robinhood kit perform magic Wide wing struts come will provide dihedral effect Winter turned-on lookalike real Scale model entrances him toowhen its ground Above Left Framed already sporting Williams Bros wheels 600 sq Spirit tips scales 21 oz Note three top pieces running down modified firewall disguise basic Robinhood structure Above Right Two lightweight floats presto Robinhood goes sea standard landing gear used axles slipping through nylon strap fittings float tops rear struts maintain alignment attached fuselage small rubberbands costume change almost easy falling off log Right Buds Robinhood climbs out under power Astro 15 direct drive turning 9-9 prop prefers crisp flying loops stalls spins touch-and-goes etc 4 5-mm run him duration flying has no appeal Winter would use tick-tock four-cycle sized say 10-6 prop big tank shoot fly-bys would never endand would go theme route maybe Ryan Brougham Bellanca Travelair 22 Model Aviation flat simpler means employed quicker perception what respond design ers artistry am touched World Engines Robinhood nonsense suspect John Maloney has world fun playing around Robinhood Lord what ugly Robin some friends say miss point simple fun build flies great know claims kinship Robin Since will fly like cabin model might concoct Id immensely pleased watch high air Robin some nondescript conglomeration wood MonoKote glue 500-mph Jennie gotta tell about Bud Chappell Robinhoods has Robin write home about believe Spirit St Louis resembles no waybut also Robinhood theme model out anoth er theme model really dont wish talk Electrics Buds models happen electric powered Robinhoods glow-engine models sish ignore Buds en ergy source talking theme Lets get Electric background quickly out way approach Electric Bud ex plains give modelers teetering edge tried proven currently avail able group itemskit motor radio prop covering battery etcthat can assembled builders average ex perience get consistent results fol lowing text procedures think thousands people like paid no attention electric power because want airplane look like fuli-size does have hand-launched easy main tain etc until saw article European Electrics did pay atten tion themfor saw June 1984 23 Left Youll relate HA Thomas efficient original AA RC Cox Black Widow 049 6-3 Grish plastic prop 52-in span its exactly big its power Winter says 6-ft version model oldfashioned 19 would cup teaand maybe inboard surfaces could used flaperons Above model uses three-channel EK brick controls Note simple rubberband wing attachment ship flies just lovely looks Above Two kind takes cake left built John Hartsfield finished orange white silver windows HAs right nice shade blue silver wing hori zontal tail surfaces black windows Right Thomas has flying fields everywhere seems flies school yard just block back door various parking lots AA cutie perched tarmac nearby War Memorial Stadium Tim Harris Barbara Holt traveled first class high school Senior Prom Surely youll read text find out what picture about Tims shown column before Left Hank lltzschs Buhi Pup ST 46 prize oldies done radio failure built another hed use 90 fourcycle Winter thinks would fly sedately 40 four-cycle spritely 60 Bill says ask about Buhi Pup plans RC Modeler has 52-in version overkill power OS 25 John Pond has biggie plan Right Dick Sherman Model Museum Plymouth NH visitors welcome storehouse rarities shows off lltzschs donated Bristol Scout Hank has second powered one-jug Tartan Both faithful rare WW factory drawings Cowl available T&D Fiberglass Specialties Plans article March April 1981 MAs Len Hare Quarter Scale DH-5 wings staggered improved pilot visibility has true scale frame authentic coloration Its Quadrapowered Hank says taught him new lessons aerodynamicsmajored twice now flying third time Right Model Builder magazine plans Quarter Scale DH Moth appears grassy fields England First powered Webra 90 now M&M 14 turning 20-6 prop 5800 flies looks like full-size planeand stirring sound Hes now thinking 12 four-cycle varied diversified Scale types planes same vein Bud continues know Cecil Peoli twin-pusher flies never would build because totally unappealing sounds like narrow inflexible attitude simply being selective settling less what have become stand ards imbedded ones mind brisk crisp 4- 5-mm flight packed loops stalls spins touch-and-goes feather-touch landings kind flight seek Height duration extreme others enjoy Chappell did China Clipper December 1983 MA bought two Robinhoods Except dummy front Robin version sug gests OX-S liquid-cooled nose seems to scalestruts allbut course isnt Like contempo rary Fairchilds Robins golden days nose pinched sharply what would front cabin bulkhead model front windshield line nose much nar rower passenger-carrying cabin gave look-down abilitypleasant cross-country flight perhaps made landings sharper Spirit Bud says has 600 sq wing very nice glow engine Electric sport reproduced flat wing sans dihedral wasnt finished pictures perhaps has added wide wing struts Mountain men like Hank Struck found Free Ellght struts contributed dihed ral effectas would Bellanca others struts worked Free Fllght whats worry about RC What seems amazing sllght rework evident weighing photo re sulted total change image radial engine lifelike Altered tail out llnes Spirit plus two bold string ers enhance illusion Left Hanks 1/3-scale Dormoy Bathtub now has Magnum 90 engine better sound Like spoked wheels Plans Model Builder Cen ter ever-popular 1912 Blackburn Flying wires run out top bottom three stations wing panel Right German WW Albatros Scouts sported sleek monocoque wood fuselage distinctive tail phantasmagoria inspired color schemes Hank gave young friend taking Aero Engineering MIT gives loving care flies regularly National Air Museum Washington DC has full-size Designed Bob Smurthwaite Jim Roberts Flying Model Aircraft 40-powered Firecat tail-dragger forthcoming Cat series include Topcat high-wing Bicat Lasercat etc Winter says Firecats aerobatic ability already catching attention although time new line still undergoing development flight testing Note open closed cockpit versions right-hand picture Bud says nothing about floats Robinhood about flying off water floats appear built lightly main axle run through nylon landing gear strap fitted atop float taking main load fact gear fully utilized aft strut per float has added Get behind Satan did have other commitments Id spring Robinhood Spir turns Gosh easy frame weighs 21 oz Since Bud flies beauties Super Ferrite 15 9-9 Rev-Up direct drive plain relatively small four-cycle engine would delightful hear now could much worse try Robinhoodand join fan tasy world airplane watching would nicely aerobatic glow about own look-alike fantasy Bewitched bothered bewildered life cannot understand people dont take advantage Schoolyard Scale Maybe name turn-off ships really Small Field modelsnot too exciting name either Sticking labels models conjurs up impressions dont square reality such flying being heaven Simple Scale Old-Timers originals 02s 10s sport Electrics rewarding subjects need give up anything else nopressure quiet evenings after work weave enchanting spell Another perk past 10 days have en joying RC never before writes HA Thomas Little Rock little Black Widow silver-and-blue model must have 35-40 flights delight Author Thats well over 200 write private airport high school ground about 100 ft back door get batch flights almost late afternoon sometimes almost moonlight find have room burn field looked small time other afternoon two giant sprinklers occupied half field flew no trouble other half Somehow Ive stumbled onto just right combo light weight ample span 52 area fairly clean lines energetic Black Widow does rest ship soars readily loops easily spins like top recov ers immediately neutralize tracks great has no vices trims straight flight easily pleasure fly Grish 6-3 prop cleaned up steel-wooled sprayed black Rustoleum best performing INCHES 00 DIHEDRAL I/B SHEET WING SECTION DOWEL /8 1/16 3/4 BLOCK tt 44f4 Ive ever used Author Henry tells prop doubles perform ance what guys think best prop never exaggerates Incidentally little ship carries EK Brick three-channel extra servo big 500 mAh battery still light About Black Widow after two Dragonfly engines proved disas ters found BW dealers Continued page 26 PILOT-I/8 SHEET PHALZ PHOKKER Walt Mooney 26 SPAN EASILY BUILT BEGINNERS SPORT FREE FLIGHT MODEL FEATUR ING SHEET CONSTRUCTION POWER COX 020 Pee Wee -I-ffi FORMERSI/8SHEET 5 DOWN THRUST 7/8 DIA WILLIAMSFUSELAGE IS 1/16 SHEET BOX BROS WHEELS..TAIL SURFACES FROM 1/16 SHEET FROM JrAmericon Modeler NOV-DEC 1972 Walt Mooneys Phalz Phokker whimsy gentleman spiked helmet enabled Walt fly make-believe 1916 German fighter Fokker Scourge due its revolutionary synchronized gun fire through prop dihedral 26-in sheet wood FF 02 enough knife-edges wafer-slice wurst leave others argue about dihedral works solve Walts straight-wing riddle June 1984 25 TOM BRIGHTBILL out 125 pilots WON NATIONS HIGHEST SOARING HONOR TROPHY HIGHEST OVERALL SCORE 1983 NATIONALS based 24 seven minute flights per pilot eliminating luck factor Tom flying 3 DODOSON DESIGNS MultiChannel gliders achieved victory 3 ships feature incredible Eppler 214 airfoil SIX WINOSONGS flown 1983 Nationals FOUR FINISHED IN THE TROPHIES including BOB DODGSONS 2nd PLACE OPEN CLASS WIN WINDSONG has CAUGHT STARTLED SOARING WORLD NAPPING its 205 have seen what can KNOW WINDSONG clearly has NOTICE ABLE PERFORMANCE ADVANTAGE over best thermal competition ships features 134 wing span core wing stab & rudder control -6 80 degrees elevator compensation rudder coupled trimable ailerons can reflexed like flaps cruising reflexed 30 degrees serve spoilers ng stab See NEWLY REVISED 1 hr VHS VIDEO TAPE showing 3 PLANES ACTION CONTROL SYSTEMS LINKAGES APPLICATION FIBERGLASS FIN/TURTLE DECK FOAM WING building sequence Send $25 $20 deposit/$5 ship/han Send 2 stamps complete catalog three multichannel gliders featuring SOLIDCORE WINGS SEAMLESS FIBERGLASS FUSELAGES EPPLER 214 AIRFOIL FLAP AND AILERON CONTROL AND NEW STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE $19995Camano 100 $15995K-Minnow $14995 2904 SW Camano DriveII WindsongCamano Island WA 98292206 387 JJ 26 Model Aviation showcase sat years runs like dream simple starts first flip eyebrows raise Ive watched countless folks beating props death trying start engines coupled desperate wild screwing out needle once started usually far too rich lean delayed reaction needle know used finethread needles such Kustom Kraftsmanship Ace RC high nitro fuel can run 10% wouldnt fuss less 15% nitro actually special fuels go high 40% nitro Thomas advises gets instant starts recoil spring starter using small can high-nitro fuel sold small engines HA very special guy bought first magazine submission 1938 exception columnists probably published man alive will always re membered magnificent two-page Sketch Book ran perhaps 25 years old Air Trails later American Modeler complete ar tist pen retired own ad agency know wing-walker parachutist days forgotten bipes like Command aire Hes good model Sailplanes too cute rubber stuff dis tictive flair designed Tes tors 45 years editing would hard pushed choose between HA late Cal Smith all-time favorite money-in-the-bank artist/de signer/flying contributor pleases no end show pictures HalfA ship continuing saga young Tim Har ris still standing atten tion may remember Henry Haffkes story about spotting youngster flying glider field close Coverites plant Henry does mysterious things isnt building Gee Bees What kid doing glider led presenting pictures skepti cal readers would buy tall tale lad hand-launching big bird doing repertoire aerobatics cluding inverted flight ship buzzing around head like benign bee Naturally Henry hired lad Before left high school Tim Harris acquired full-scale license fly powered aircraft helicopters Henry first spotted him Tim already full-size sailplane license Tim graduated last June Dublin High School Pennsylvania did what came naturally escorted date Barbara Holt Senior Promin helicopter Tim got instructor land chopper neighbors yard pick up young couple what has worlds classiest arrival Continued page 28 ALL-AMERICAN WINNER RETURNS Pictured above SUPER CYCLONE IS TODAY Once again ruggedly built Champion available High Flying Fun 1984 SUPER CYKE holds exacting standards original design Using todays technology provide guaranteed engine performs SUPER CYCLONE can Included $18950 purchase price 1984 SUPER CYCLONE engine Ignition coil high tension lead condenser spark pltsg5 Original cowl decak___________________ 5 Owners manual $7500 deposit per engine payment full required order Delivery position established date order receipt Allow 30-45 days normal shipping USA insured delivery via UPS add $450 Parcel Post add $650 balance COD add $250 per engine Arizona residents add 6% sales tax Price specification subject change notice MA Order yours today Super Cyclone Engines PO Box 10658 Phoenix AZ 85064 274-3375 terCard Visa welcome Iadd 50/a Name Address City M/C Visa # Original parts list numbers modified Original display box Factory Wananty *If coil sod condenser required deduct $500 State _____________ Zip Exp Signature IS] iU Bb11 LI 1U1 Nb 1 nd $100 Catalog New Standard NEWLOWPRICE Giant Models95 PIes shipping 28 HP bsUIDirect Sales Only Work Horse95 KIORITZ 24 32 HP- 6i4 Lbs 179 Dealer Direct Now DistributePlus shipping Sachs-Dolmar Engines Yea ger Machines TO RUN INCLUDING 6 BOLT PROP HUB AT EXTRA CHARGE IfENGINERear 34OSCIeveIandAve. SW Ru U SM M ru DIVISIONPhone 21 61 484-6810 484-4374 school prom Two really first-class pas sengers Tim now training Aero space Virginia Tech Barbara Holt attends Radford pursuing education music Stay tuned column Im taking break right now inspired Im off McDonalds Seekonk Air Force Hank Iltzschs fleet airplanes mostly Scale ranging big bigger population ex plosion Fishing statistical com parison Im reminded 35 German WW II aces topped 150 confirmed led Major Erich Hartman 352 Eastern Front Ground air warfare Russia unimagin able scale Six years ago Hank submitted huge Bristol Scout Model Aviation assumed project culmination lifetime Con fronted problem printing requiring huge reductions lines lettering vanishing sight soon retire figured Wheeley would solve puzzle came up two-part presentation March April issues 1981 plans 91-powered model still avail able Hank has Confederate Air Force benevolent giants well minestrone soup things like Power houses Red Zephyrs Falcons Bristol based information supplied Leo Opdycke world re nowned such circles publica tion WW Aero Journal Source Leo building full-scale Scout provided Hank factory drawings have about much chance finding detailed factory draw ings WW subjects Span iards did chasing fabled Fountain Youth firming up rough plans Model viation Hank building second Scout Several months ago Hank presented first Dick Sherman ex-airline pilot glider pilot turned home incredible modeling museum visitors welcome Plymouth NH After seeking sanctuary slam-dunking world editing discov ered another mystery Iltzsch ghostly armada photos uncovered DH-5 DH-5 British did have much luck prophetic Beech Staggerwing Thirties generous negative stagger Some modelers know negative stagger works well al though scares us DH-5s so-so performance probably can laid typical snares day reasons then-odd configuration evi dent Hanks pictures DH-5 put cockpit under leading edge rear-shifted top wing giving pilot exceptional visibility have struggling Quarter Scale DH-5 Hank confides ap Continued page 133 28 Model Aviation An AMA District II meeting held theater Saturday afternoon chaired Vice President John Byrne Among matters discussed live ly session What what has AMA already done response announcement Kraft Chan nel Master unit 50 switch-selectable RC channels think members came away confidence AMA ball matter AMA Presidident John Grigg Executive Director John Worth discussed very matter Kraft executives fully month fore meeting Upstairs wall-to-wall peo ple studying products listening sales pitches 108 booths booths manned AMA HQ people volunteers did everything verifying memberships working out insurance problems lot AMA business gets done trade shows folks working Christmas sales rush environment think members getting moneys worth products display ranged HL Gliders RC flight simulator including crash damage assessment module Theres quite contingent cost simulator 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plenty hinges have no further trouble Nicks Firebolt handled okay coming dead engine after fin broken off flight assume fin provides sufficient vertical area addition flight experience Nick have accumulated Firebolts Lance Schneider also has some stick fime Lance best local RC fliers value opinions about new aircraft watched him fly Firebolt through variety maneuvers noticing axial rolls round loops inverted passes some beautiful landings said handled very well much like good Pattern ship would have thought found stable particularly landings plan work another canard design di rected toward Pattern performance looks like will building pair construction notes will brief Firebolt structure simple can built very quickly prefer cut out necessary parts before beginning assembly get own kit ready go dont have local foam wing cutter can recommend source Lou Wolgast 40 Castlewood Trail Sparta NJ 07871 wing skinned i/IA balsa suggest applying balsa skin epoxy glue make lightest wing edge-glue VIA balsa pre pare wing skins lightly sand foam cores Vacuum get rid loose foam dust Use slow curing epoxy can heated warm water make flow better Apply epoxy balsa skin spreading wood leaving minimum glue Place skin core place skinned core back Continued page 142 WING SPAN44 WING AREAiSA coin ENGINEIS WEIGHT34 ISa Boise body oem in5 sheeting de cut lormers rolled Elena 2 shI HIGHLY AEROBATIC DESIGNED Weller Nio Denrock Jr PEPPERMINT PATTIE 15 STINGER II WING SPAN 38cr WING AREA AOSscin ENGINE4G EIGHTbibs boIse coslrocliOn die cul fornrnrS ribs 2sAts hAl rAze SIeS Good groend hendling gentle lending e good fiSt biSe PU LLY AEROBATIC cMASTER XJT Div BAR/RICH SALES CO 2 FAIRWAY-HANNIBAL MOO3dGn-3t4/22t 5803 June 1984 139 Futaba PCMJR Unlimited 8 Skywriter Mufflers Light weight tubular steel construction Injection optional coil smoke systems ovoilable Tremendous smoke output Available fit e Super Smoke new smoke fluid additive helps produce visible $300 denser longer hanging smoke 160. 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I AM AIRPLANE WATCHER never fail look up passing air craft passing freight trains also count cars colorful place names adorn arent what used Nor passing airplanes very romantic sausage machine grinds out Cessnas Watching models fly never grows bor ing enjoy beauty model itself what gifted stick pusher does fly own like sail high wide disturb little possiblebut alas does have bring closer down turn around like also watch everyones machine its thing youll find another quality comes through realism like models look like full-size ones fly smoothly am moved look-alikes am true scale admire beautiful Scale jobs ground set pieces grand museum fly decently am pleasedbut anti-climactic go bananas other hand over some customized thing says Hey am supposed Zero P-40 Aeronca original cleverly mimics some famous air craft giving up its performance modeL Theme models thats what clever creative approach True scale photo-like painting looser treatment masters brush lets us feel different things dont care struts missing bit dihed ral added sides left Left Bud Chappell about take off World Engines Robinhood Winter has thing Robinhoods what calls theme models sermon month Bill asks distracted fact Buds planes pictures electric-powered Without information might wonder about prop waiting switched Above Would believe two Robinhoods right modified look like Spirit St Louis though yet completed few simple changes standard Robinhood kit perform magic Wide wing struts come will provide dihedral effect Winter turned-on lookalike real Scale model entrances him toowhen its ground Above Left Framed already sporting Williams Bros wheels 600 sq Spirit tips scales 21 oz Note three top pieces running down modified firewall disguise basic Robinhood structure Above Right Two lightweight floats presto Robinhood goes sea standard landing gear used axles slipping through nylon strap fittings float tops rear struts maintain alignment attached fuselage small rubberbands costume change almost easy falling off log Right Buds Robinhood climbs out under power Astro 15 direct drive turning 9-9 prop prefers crisp flying loops stalls spins touch-and-goes etc 4 5-mm run him duration flying has no appeal Winter would use tick-tock four-cycle sized say 10-6 prop big tank shoot fly-bys would never endand would go theme route maybe Ryan Brougham Bellanca Travelair 22 Model Aviation flat simpler means employed quicker perception what respond design ers artistry am touched World Engines Robinhood nonsense suspect John Maloney has world fun playing around Robinhood Lord what ugly Robin some friends say miss point simple fun build flies great know claims kinship Robin Since will fly like cabin model might concoct Id immensely pleased watch high air Robin some nondescript conglomeration wood MonoKote glue 500-mph Jennie gotta tell about Bud Chappell Robinhoods has Robin write home about believe Spirit St Louis resembles no waybut also Robinhood theme model out anoth er theme model really dont wish talk Electrics Buds models happen electric powered Robinhoods glow-engine models sish ignore Buds en ergy source talking theme Lets get Electric background quickly out way approach Electric Bud ex plains give modelers teetering edge tried proven currently avail able group itemskit motor radio prop covering battery etcthat can assembled builders average ex perience get consistent results fol lowing text procedures think thousands people like paid no attention electric power because want airplane look like fuli-size does have hand-launched easy main tain etc until saw article European Electrics did pay atten tion themfor saw June 1984 23 Left Youll relate HA Thomas efficient original AA RC Cox Black Widow 049 6-3 Grish plastic prop 52-in span its exactly big its power Winter says 6-ft version model oldfashioned 19 would cup teaand maybe inboard surfaces could used flaperons Above model uses three-channel EK brick controls Note simple rubberband wing attachment ship flies just lovely looks Above Two kind takes cake left built John Hartsfield finished orange white silver windows HAs right nice shade blue silver wing hori zontal tail surfaces black windows Right Thomas has flying fields everywhere seems flies school yard just block back door various parking lots AA cutie perched tarmac nearby War Memorial Stadium Tim Harris Barbara Holt traveled first class high school Senior Prom Surely youll read text find out what picture about Tims shown column before Left Hank lltzschs Buhi Pup ST 46 prize oldies done radio failure built another hed use 90 fourcycle Winter thinks would fly sedately 40 four-cycle spritely 60 Bill says ask about Buhi Pup plans RC Modeler has 52-in version overkill power OS 25 John Pond has biggie plan Right Dick Sherman Model Museum Plymouth NH visitors welcome storehouse rarities shows off lltzschs donated Bristol Scout Hank has second powered one-jug Tartan Both faithful rare WW factory drawings Cowl available T&D Fiberglass Specialties Plans article March April 1981 MAs Len Hare Quarter Scale DH-5 wings staggered improved pilot visibility has true scale frame authentic coloration Its Quadrapowered Hank says taught him new lessons aerodynamicsmajored twice now flying third time Right Model Builder magazine plans Quarter Scale DH Moth appears grassy fields England First powered Webra 90 now M&M 14 turning 20-6 prop 5800 flies looks like full-size planeand stirring sound Hes now thinking 12 four-cycle varied diversified Scale types planes same vein Bud continues know Cecil Peoli twin-pusher flies never would build because totally unappealing sounds like narrow inflexible attitude simply being selective settling less what have become stand ards imbedded ones mind brisk crisp 4- 5-mm flight packed loops stalls spins touch-and-goes feather-touch landings kind flight seek Height duration extreme others enjoy Chappell did China Clipper December 1983 MA bought two Robinhoods Except dummy front Robin version sug gests OX-S liquid-cooled nose seems to scalestruts allbut course isnt Like contempo rary Fairchilds Robins golden days nose pinched sharply what would front cabin bulkhead model front windshield line nose much nar rower passenger-carrying cabin gave look-down abilitypleasant cross-country flight perhaps made landings sharper Spirit Bud says has 600 sq wing very nice glow engine Electric sport reproduced flat wing sans dihedral wasnt finished pictures perhaps has added wide wing struts Mountain men like Hank Struck found Free Ellght struts contributed dihed ral effectas would Bellanca others struts worked Free Fllght whats worry about RC What seems amazing sllght rework evident weighing photo re sulted total change image radial engine lifelike Altered tail out llnes Spirit plus two bold string ers enhance illusion Left Hanks 1/3-scale Dormoy Bathtub now has Magnum 90 engine better sound Like spoked wheels Plans Model Builder Cen ter ever-popular 1912 Blackburn Flying wires run out top bottom three stations wing panel Right German WW Albatros Scouts sported sleek monocoque wood fuselage distinctive tail phantasmagoria inspired color schemes Hank gave young friend taking Aero Engineering MIT gives loving care flies regularly National Air Museum Washington DC has full-size Designed Bob Smurthwaite Jim Roberts Flying Model Aircraft 40-powered Firecat tail-dragger forthcoming Cat series include Topcat high-wing Bicat Lasercat etc Winter says Firecats aerobatic ability already catching attention although time new line still undergoing development flight testing Note open closed cockpit versions right-hand picture Bud says nothing about floats Robinhood about flying off water floats appear built lightly main axle run through nylon landing gear strap fitted atop float taking main load fact gear fully utilized aft strut per float has added Get behind Satan did have other commitments Id spring Robinhood Spir turns Gosh easy frame weighs 21 oz Since Bud flies beauties Super Ferrite 15 9-9 Rev-Up direct drive plain relatively small four-cycle engine would delightful hear now could much worse try Robinhoodand join fan tasy world airplane watching would nicely aerobatic glow about own look-alike fantasy Bewitched bothered bewildered life cannot understand people dont take advantage Schoolyard Scale Maybe name turn-off ships really Small Field modelsnot too exciting name either Sticking labels models conjurs up impressions dont square reality such flying being heaven Simple Scale Old-Timers originals 02s 10s sport Electrics rewarding subjects need give up anything else nopressure quiet evenings after work weave enchanting spell Another perk past 10 days have en joying RC never before writes HA Thomas Little Rock little Black Widow silver-and-blue model must have 35-40 flights delight Author Thats well over 200 write private airport high school ground about 100 ft back door get batch flights almost late afternoon sometimes almost moonlight find have room burn field looked small time other afternoon two giant sprinklers occupied half field flew no trouble other half Somehow Ive stumbled onto just right combo light weight ample span 52 area fairly clean lines energetic Black Widow does rest ship soars readily loops easily spins like top recov ers immediately neutralize tracks great has no vices trims straight flight easily pleasure fly Grish 6-3 prop cleaned up steel-wooled sprayed black Rustoleum best performing INCHES 00 DIHEDRAL I/B SHEET WING SECTION DOWEL /8 1/16 3/4 BLOCK tt 44f4 Ive ever used Author Henry tells prop doubles perform ance what guys think best prop never exaggerates Incidentally little ship carries EK Brick three-channel extra servo big 500 mAh battery still light About Black Widow after two Dragonfly engines proved disas ters found BW dealers Continued page 26 PILOT-I/8 SHEET PHALZ PHOKKER Walt Mooney 26 SPAN EASILY BUILT BEGINNERS SPORT FREE FLIGHT MODEL FEATUR ING SHEET CONSTRUCTION POWER COX 020 Pee Wee -I-ffi FORMERSI/8SHEET 5 DOWN THRUST 7/8 DIA WILLIAMSFUSELAGE IS 1/16 SHEET BOX BROS WHEELS..TAIL SURFACES FROM 1/16 SHEET FROM JrAmericon Modeler NOV-DEC 1972 Walt Mooneys Phalz Phokker whimsy gentleman spiked helmet enabled Walt fly make-believe 1916 German fighter Fokker Scourge due its revolutionary synchronized gun fire through prop dihedral 26-in sheet wood FF 02 enough knife-edges wafer-slice wurst leave others argue about dihedral works solve Walts straight-wing riddle June 1984 25 TOM BRIGHTBILL out 125 pilots WON NATIONS HIGHEST SOARING HONOR TROPHY HIGHEST OVERALL SCORE 1983 NATIONALS based 24 seven minute flights per pilot eliminating luck factor Tom flying 3 DODOSON DESIGNS MultiChannel gliders achieved victory 3 ships feature incredible Eppler 214 airfoil SIX WINOSONGS flown 1983 Nationals FOUR FINISHED IN THE TROPHIES including BOB DODGSONS 2nd PLACE OPEN CLASS WIN WINDSONG has CAUGHT STARTLED SOARING WORLD NAPPING its 205 have seen what can KNOW WINDSONG clearly has NOTICE ABLE PERFORMANCE ADVANTAGE over best thermal competition ships features 134 wing span core wing stab & rudder control -6 80 degrees elevator compensation rudder coupled trimable ailerons can reflexed like flaps cruising reflexed 30 degrees serve spoilers ng stab See NEWLY REVISED 1 hr VHS VIDEO TAPE showing 3 PLANES ACTION CONTROL SYSTEMS LINKAGES APPLICATION FIBERGLASS FIN/TURTLE DECK FOAM WING building sequence Send $25 $20 deposit/$5 ship/han Send 2 stamps complete catalog three multichannel gliders featuring SOLIDCORE WINGS SEAMLESS FIBERGLASS FUSELAGES EPPLER 214 AIRFOIL FLAP AND AILERON CONTROL AND NEW STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE $19995Camano 100 $15995K-Minnow $14995 2904 SW Camano DriveII WindsongCamano Island WA 98292206 387 JJ 26 Model Aviation showcase sat years runs like dream simple starts first flip eyebrows raise Ive watched countless folks beating props death trying start engines coupled desperate wild screwing out needle once started usually far too rich lean delayed reaction needle know used finethread needles such Kustom Kraftsmanship Ace RC high nitro fuel can run 10% wouldnt fuss less 15% nitro actually special fuels go high 40% nitro Thomas advises gets instant starts recoil spring starter using small can high-nitro fuel sold small engines HA very special guy bought first magazine submission 1938 exception columnists probably published man alive will always re membered magnificent two-page Sketch Book ran perhaps 25 years old Air Trails later American Modeler complete ar tist pen retired own ad agency know wing-walker parachutist days forgotten bipes like Command aire Hes good model Sailplanes too cute rubber stuff dis tictive flair designed Tes tors 45 years editing would hard pushed choose between HA late Cal Smith all-time favorite money-in-the-bank artist/de signer/flying contributor pleases no end show pictures HalfA ship continuing saga young Tim Har ris still standing atten tion may remember Henry Haffkes story about spotting youngster flying glider field close Coverites plant Henry does mysterious things isnt building Gee Bees What kid doing glider led presenting pictures skepti cal readers would buy tall tale lad hand-launching big bird doing repertoire aerobatics cluding inverted flight ship buzzing around head like benign bee Naturally Henry hired lad Before left high school Tim Harris acquired full-scale license fly powered aircraft helicopters Henry first spotted him Tim already full-size sailplane license Tim graduated last June Dublin High School Pennsylvania did what came naturally escorted date Barbara Holt Senior Promin helicopter Tim got instructor land chopper neighbors yard pick up young couple what has worlds classiest arrival Continued page 28 ALL-AMERICAN WINNER RETURNS Pictured above SUPER CYCLONE IS TODAY Once again ruggedly built Champion available High Flying Fun 1984 SUPER CYKE holds exacting standards original design Using todays technology provide guaranteed engine performs SUPER CYCLONE can Included $18950 purchase price 1984 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PROP HUB AT EXTRA CHARGE IfENGINERear 34OSCIeveIandAve. SW Ru U SM M ru DIVISIONPhone 21 61 484-6810 484-4374 school prom Two really first-class pas sengers Tim now training Aero space Virginia Tech Barbara Holt attends Radford pursuing education music Stay tuned column Im taking break right now inspired Im off McDonalds Seekonk Air Force Hank Iltzschs fleet airplanes mostly Scale ranging big bigger population ex plosion Fishing statistical com parison Im reminded 35 German WW II aces topped 150 confirmed led Major Erich Hartman 352 Eastern Front Ground air warfare Russia unimagin able scale Six years ago Hank submitted huge Bristol Scout Model Aviation assumed project culmination lifetime Con fronted problem printing requiring huge reductions lines lettering vanishing sight soon retire figured Wheeley would solve puzzle came up two-part presentation March April issues 1981 plans 91-powered model still avail able Hank has Confederate Air Force benevolent giants well minestrone soup things like Power houses Red Zephyrs Falcons Bristol based information supplied Leo Opdycke world re nowned such circles publica tion WW Aero Journal Source Leo building full-scale Scout provided Hank factory drawings have about much chance finding detailed factory draw ings WW subjects Span iards did chasing fabled Fountain Youth firming up rough plans Model viation Hank building second Scout Several months ago Hank presented first Dick Sherman ex-airline pilot glider pilot turned home incredible modeling museum visitors welcome Plymouth NH After seeking sanctuary slam-dunking world editing discov ered another mystery Iltzsch ghostly armada photos uncovered DH-5 DH-5 British did have much luck prophetic Beech Staggerwing Thirties generous negative stagger Some modelers know negative stagger works well al though scares us DH-5s so-so performance probably can laid typical snares day reasons then-odd configuration evi dent Hanks pictures DH-5 put cockpit under leading edge rear-shifted top wing giving pilot exceptional visibility have struggling Quarter Scale DH-5 Hank confides ap Continued page 133 28 Model Aviation An AMA District II meeting held theater Saturday afternoon chaired Vice President John Byrne Among matters discussed live ly session What what has AMA already done response announcement Kraft Chan nel Master unit 50 switch-selectable RC channels think members came away confidence AMA ball matter AMA Presidident John Grigg Executive Director John Worth discussed very matter Kraft executives fully month fore meeting Upstairs wall-to-wall peo ple studying products listening sales pitches 108 booths booths manned AMA HQ people volunteers did everything verifying memberships working out insurance problems lot AMA business gets done trade shows folks working Christmas sales rush environment think members getting moneys worth products display ranged HL Gliders RC flight simulator including crash damage assessment module Theres quite contingent cost simulator 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plenty hinges have no further trouble Nicks Firebolt handled okay coming dead engine after fin broken off flight assume fin provides sufficient vertical area addition flight experience Nick have accumulated Firebolts Lance Schneider also has some stick fime Lance best local RC fliers value opinions about new aircraft watched him fly Firebolt through variety maneuvers noticing axial rolls round loops inverted passes some beautiful landings said handled very well much like good Pattern ship would have thought found stable particularly landings plan work another canard design di rected toward Pattern performance looks like will building pair construction notes will brief Firebolt structure simple can built very quickly prefer cut out necessary parts before beginning assembly get own kit ready go dont have local foam wing cutter can recommend source Lou Wolgast 40 Castlewood Trail Sparta NJ 07871 wing skinned i/IA balsa suggest applying balsa skin epoxy glue make lightest wing edge-glue VIA balsa pre pare wing skins lightly sand foam cores Vacuum get rid loose foam dust Use slow curing epoxy can heated warm water make flow better Apply epoxy balsa skin spreading wood leaving minimum glue Place skin core place skinned core back Continued page 142 WING SPAN44 WING AREAiSA coin ENGINEIS WEIGHT34 ISa Boise body oem in5 sheeting de cut lormers rolled Elena 2 shI HIGHLY AEROBATIC DESIGNED Weller Nio Denrock Jr PEPPERMINT PATTIE 15 STINGER II WING SPAN 38cr WING AREA AOSscin ENGINE4G EIGHTbibs boIse coslrocliOn die cul fornrnrS ribs 2sAts hAl rAze SIeS Good groend hendling gentle lending e good fiSt biSe PU LLY AEROBATIC cMASTER XJT Div BAR/RICH SALES CO 2 FAIRWAY-HANNIBAL MOO3dGn-3t4/22t 5803 June 1984 139 Futaba PCMJR Unlimited 8 Skywriter Mufflers Light weight tubular steel construction Injection optional coil smoke systems ovoilable Tremendous smoke output Available fit e Super Smoke new smoke fluid additive helps produce visible $300 denser longer hanging smoke 160. 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I AM AIRPLANE WATCHER never fail look up passing air craft passing freight trains also count cars colorful place names adorn arent what used Nor passing airplanes very romantic sausage machine grinds out Cessnas Watching models fly never grows bor ing enjoy beauty model itself what gifted stick pusher does fly own like sail high wide disturb little possiblebut alas does have bring closer down turn around like also watch everyones machine its thing youll find another quality comes through realism like models look like full-size ones fly smoothly am moved look-alikes am true scale admire beautiful Scale jobs ground set pieces grand museum fly decently am pleasedbut anti-climactic go bananas other hand over some customized thing says Hey am supposed Zero P-40 Aeronca original cleverly mimics some famous air craft giving up its performance modeL Theme models thats what clever creative approach True scale photo-like painting looser treatment masters brush lets us feel different things dont care struts missing bit dihed ral added sides left Left Bud Chappell about take off World Engines Robinhood Winter has thing Robinhoods what calls theme models sermon month Bill asks distracted fact Buds planes pictures electric-powered Without information might wonder about prop waiting switched Above Would believe two Robinhoods right modified look like Spirit St Louis though yet completed few simple changes standard Robinhood kit perform magic Wide wing struts come will provide dihedral effect Winter turned-on lookalike real Scale model entrances him toowhen its ground Above Left Framed already sporting Williams Bros wheels 600 sq Spirit tips scales 21 oz Note three top pieces running down modified firewall disguise basic Robinhood structure Above Right Two lightweight floats presto Robinhood goes sea standard landing gear used axles slipping through nylon strap fittings float tops rear struts maintain alignment attached fuselage small rubberbands costume change almost easy falling off log Right Buds Robinhood climbs out under power Astro 15 direct drive turning 9-9 prop prefers crisp flying loops stalls spins touch-and-goes etc 4 5-mm run him duration flying has no appeal Winter would use tick-tock four-cycle sized say 10-6 prop big tank shoot fly-bys would never endand would go theme route maybe Ryan Brougham Bellanca Travelair 22 Model Aviation flat simpler means employed quicker perception what respond design ers artistry am touched World Engines Robinhood nonsense suspect John Maloney has world fun playing around Robinhood Lord what ugly Robin some friends say miss point simple fun build flies great know claims kinship Robin Since will fly like cabin model might concoct Id immensely pleased watch high air Robin some nondescript conglomeration wood MonoKote glue 500-mph Jennie gotta tell about Bud Chappell Robinhoods has Robin write home about believe Spirit St Louis resembles no waybut also Robinhood theme model out anoth er theme model really dont wish talk Electrics Buds models happen electric powered Robinhoods glow-engine models sish ignore Buds en ergy source talking theme Lets get Electric background quickly out way approach Electric Bud ex plains give modelers teetering edge tried proven currently avail able group itemskit motor radio prop covering battery etcthat can assembled builders average ex perience get consistent results fol lowing text procedures think thousands people like paid no attention electric power because want airplane look like fuli-size does have hand-launched easy main tain etc until saw article European Electrics did pay atten tion themfor saw June 1984 23 Left Youll relate HA Thomas efficient original AA RC Cox Black Widow 049 6-3 Grish plastic prop 52-in span its exactly big its power Winter says 6-ft version model oldfashioned 19 would cup teaand maybe inboard surfaces could used flaperons Above model uses three-channel EK brick controls Note simple rubberband wing attachment ship flies just lovely looks Above Two kind takes cake left built John Hartsfield finished orange white silver windows HAs right nice shade blue silver wing hori zontal tail surfaces black windows Right Thomas has flying fields everywhere seems flies school yard just block back door various parking lots AA cutie perched tarmac nearby War Memorial Stadium Tim Harris Barbara Holt traveled first class high school Senior Prom Surely youll read text find out what picture about Tims shown column before Left Hank lltzschs Buhi Pup ST 46 prize oldies done radio failure built another hed use 90 fourcycle Winter thinks would fly sedately 40 four-cycle spritely 60 Bill says ask about Buhi Pup plans RC Modeler has 52-in version overkill power OS 25 John Pond has biggie plan Right Dick Sherman Model Museum Plymouth NH visitors welcome storehouse rarities shows off lltzschs donated Bristol Scout Hank has second powered one-jug Tartan Both faithful rare WW factory drawings Cowl available T&D Fiberglass Specialties Plans article March April 1981 MAs Len Hare Quarter Scale DH-5 wings staggered improved pilot visibility has true scale frame authentic coloration Its Quadrapowered Hank says taught him new lessons aerodynamicsmajored twice now flying third time Right Model Builder magazine plans Quarter Scale DH Moth appears grassy fields England First powered Webra 90 now M&M 14 turning 20-6 prop 5800 flies looks like full-size planeand stirring sound Hes now thinking 12 four-cycle varied diversified Scale types planes same vein Bud continues know Cecil Peoli twin-pusher flies never would build because totally unappealing sounds like narrow inflexible attitude simply being selective settling less what have become stand ards imbedded ones mind brisk crisp 4- 5-mm flight packed loops stalls spins touch-and-goes feather-touch landings kind flight seek Height duration extreme others enjoy Chappell did China Clipper December 1983 MA bought two Robinhoods Except dummy front Robin version sug gests OX-S liquid-cooled nose seems to scalestruts allbut course isnt Like contempo rary Fairchilds Robins golden days nose pinched sharply what would front cabin bulkhead model front windshield line nose much nar rower passenger-carrying cabin gave look-down abilitypleasant cross-country flight perhaps made landings sharper Spirit Bud says has 600 sq wing very nice glow engine Electric sport reproduced flat wing sans dihedral wasnt finished pictures perhaps has added wide wing struts Mountain men like Hank Struck found Free Ellght struts contributed dihed ral effectas would Bellanca others struts worked Free Fllght whats worry about RC What seems amazing sllght rework evident weighing photo re sulted total change image radial engine lifelike Altered tail out llnes Spirit plus two bold string ers enhance illusion Left Hanks 1/3-scale Dormoy Bathtub now has Magnum 90 engine better sound Like spoked wheels Plans Model Builder Cen ter ever-popular 1912 Blackburn Flying wires run out top bottom three stations wing panel Right German WW Albatros Scouts sported sleek monocoque wood fuselage distinctive tail phantasmagoria inspired color schemes Hank gave young friend taking Aero Engineering MIT gives loving care flies regularly National Air Museum Washington DC has full-size Designed Bob Smurthwaite Jim Roberts Flying Model Aircraft 40-powered Firecat tail-dragger forthcoming Cat series include Topcat high-wing Bicat Lasercat etc Winter says Firecats aerobatic ability already catching attention although time new line still undergoing development flight testing Note open closed cockpit versions right-hand picture Bud says nothing about floats Robinhood about flying off water floats appear built lightly main axle run through nylon landing gear strap fitted atop float taking main load fact gear fully utilized aft strut per float has added Get behind Satan did have other commitments Id spring Robinhood Spir turns Gosh easy frame weighs 21 oz Since Bud flies beauties Super Ferrite 15 9-9 Rev-Up direct drive plain relatively small four-cycle engine would delightful hear now could much worse try Robinhoodand join fan tasy world airplane watching would nicely aerobatic glow about own look-alike fantasy Bewitched bothered bewildered life cannot understand people dont take advantage Schoolyard Scale Maybe name turn-off ships really Small Field modelsnot too exciting name either Sticking labels models conjurs up impressions dont square reality such flying being heaven Simple Scale Old-Timers originals 02s 10s sport Electrics rewarding subjects need give up anything else nopressure quiet evenings after work weave enchanting spell Another perk past 10 days have en joying RC never before writes HA Thomas Little Rock little Black Widow silver-and-blue model must have 35-40 flights delight Author Thats well over 200 write private airport high school ground about 100 ft back door get batch flights almost late afternoon sometimes almost moonlight find have room burn field looked small time other afternoon two giant sprinklers occupied half field flew no trouble other half Somehow Ive stumbled onto just right combo light weight ample span 52 area fairly clean lines energetic Black Widow does rest ship soars readily loops easily spins like top recov ers immediately neutralize tracks great has no vices trims straight flight easily pleasure fly Grish 6-3 prop cleaned up steel-wooled sprayed black Rustoleum best performing INCHES 00 DIHEDRAL I/B SHEET WING SECTION DOWEL /8 1/16 3/4 BLOCK tt 44f4 Ive ever used Author Henry tells prop doubles perform ance what guys think best prop never exaggerates Incidentally little ship carries EK Brick three-channel extra servo big 500 mAh battery still light About Black Widow after two Dragonfly engines proved disas ters found BW dealers Continued page 26 PILOT-I/8 SHEET PHALZ PHOKKER Walt Mooney 26 SPAN EASILY BUILT BEGINNERS SPORT FREE FLIGHT MODEL FEATUR ING SHEET CONSTRUCTION POWER COX 020 Pee Wee -I-ffi FORMERSI/8SHEET 5 DOWN THRUST 7/8 DIA WILLIAMSFUSELAGE IS 1/16 SHEET BOX BROS WHEELS..TAIL SURFACES FROM 1/16 SHEET FROM JrAmericon Modeler NOV-DEC 1972 Walt Mooneys Phalz Phokker whimsy gentleman spiked helmet enabled Walt fly make-believe 1916 German fighter Fokker Scourge due its revolutionary synchronized gun fire through prop dihedral 26-in sheet wood FF 02 enough knife-edges wafer-slice wurst leave others argue about dihedral works solve Walts straight-wing riddle June 1984 25 TOM BRIGHTBILL out 125 pilots WON NATIONS HIGHEST SOARING HONOR TROPHY HIGHEST OVERALL SCORE 1983 NATIONALS based 24 seven minute flights per pilot eliminating luck factor Tom flying 3 DODOSON DESIGNS MultiChannel gliders achieved victory 3 ships feature incredible Eppler 214 airfoil SIX WINOSONGS flown 1983 Nationals FOUR FINISHED IN THE TROPHIES including BOB DODGSONS 2nd PLACE OPEN CLASS WIN WINDSONG has CAUGHT STARTLED SOARING WORLD NAPPING its 205 have seen what can KNOW WINDSONG clearly has NOTICE ABLE PERFORMANCE ADVANTAGE over best thermal competition ships features 134 wing span core wing stab & rudder control -6 80 degrees elevator compensation rudder coupled trimable ailerons can reflexed like flaps cruising reflexed 30 degrees serve spoilers ng stab See NEWLY REVISED 1 hr VHS VIDEO TAPE showing 3 PLANES ACTION CONTROL SYSTEMS LINKAGES APPLICATION FIBERGLASS FIN/TURTLE DECK FOAM WING building sequence Send $25 $20 deposit/$5 ship/han Send 2 stamps complete catalog three multichannel gliders featuring SOLIDCORE WINGS SEAMLESS FIBERGLASS FUSELAGES EPPLER 214 AIRFOIL FLAP AND AILERON CONTROL AND NEW STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE $19995Camano 100 $15995K-Minnow $14995 2904 SW Camano DriveII WindsongCamano Island WA 98292206 387 JJ 26 Model Aviation showcase sat years runs like dream simple starts first flip eyebrows raise Ive watched countless folks beating props death trying start engines coupled desperate wild screwing out needle once started usually far too rich lean delayed reaction needle know used finethread needles such Kustom Kraftsmanship Ace RC high nitro fuel can run 10% wouldnt fuss less 15% nitro actually special fuels go high 40% nitro Thomas advises gets instant starts recoil spring starter using small can high-nitro fuel sold small engines HA very special guy bought first magazine submission 1938 exception columnists probably published man alive will always re membered magnificent two-page Sketch Book ran perhaps 25 years old Air Trails later American Modeler complete ar tist pen retired own ad agency know wing-walker parachutist days forgotten bipes like Command aire Hes good model Sailplanes too cute rubber stuff dis tictive flair designed Tes tors 45 years editing would hard pushed choose between HA late Cal Smith all-time favorite money-in-the-bank artist/de signer/flying contributor pleases no end show pictures HalfA ship continuing saga young Tim Har ris still standing atten tion may remember Henry Haffkes story about spotting youngster flying glider field close Coverites plant Henry does mysterious things isnt building Gee Bees What kid doing glider led presenting pictures skepti cal readers would buy tall tale lad hand-launching big bird doing repertoire aerobatics cluding inverted flight ship buzzing around head like benign bee Naturally Henry hired lad Before left high school Tim Harris acquired full-scale license fly powered aircraft helicopters Henry first spotted him Tim already full-size sailplane license Tim graduated last June Dublin High School Pennsylvania did what came naturally escorted date Barbara Holt Senior Promin helicopter Tim got instructor land chopper neighbors yard pick up young couple what has worlds classiest arrival Continued page 28 ALL-AMERICAN WINNER RETURNS Pictured above SUPER CYCLONE IS TODAY Once again ruggedly built Champion available High Flying Fun 1984 SUPER CYKE holds exacting standards original design Using todays technology provide guaranteed engine performs SUPER CYCLONE can Included $18950 purchase price 1984 SUPER CYCLONE engine Ignition coil high tension lead condenser spark pltsg5 Original cowl decak___________________ 5 Owners manual $7500 deposit per engine payment full required order Delivery position established date order receipt Allow 30-45 days normal shipping USA insured delivery via UPS add $450 Parcel Post add $650 balance COD add $250 per engine Arizona residents add 6% sales tax Price specification subject change notice MA Order yours today Super Cyclone Engines PO Box 10658 Phoenix AZ 85064 274-3375 terCard Visa welcome Iadd 50/a Name Address City M/C Visa # Original parts list numbers modified Original display box Factory Wananty *If coil sod condenser required deduct $500 State _____________ Zip Exp Signature IS] iU Bb11 LI 1U1 Nb 1 nd $100 Catalog New Standard NEWLOWPRICE Giant Models95 PIes shipping 28 HP bsUIDirect Sales Only Work Horse95 KIORITZ 24 32 HP- 6i4 Lbs 179 Dealer Direct Now DistributePlus shipping Sachs-Dolmar Engines Yea ger Machines TO RUN INCLUDING 6 BOLT PROP HUB AT EXTRA CHARGE IfENGINERear 34OSCIeveIandAve. SW Ru U SM M ru DIVISIONPhone 21 61 484-6810 484-4374 school prom Two really first-class pas sengers Tim now training Aero space Virginia Tech Barbara Holt attends Radford pursuing education music Stay tuned column Im taking break right now inspired Im off McDonalds Seekonk Air Force Hank Iltzschs fleet airplanes mostly Scale ranging big bigger population ex plosion Fishing statistical com parison Im reminded 35 German WW II aces topped 150 confirmed led Major Erich Hartman 352 Eastern Front Ground air warfare Russia unimagin able scale Six years ago Hank submitted huge Bristol Scout Model Aviation assumed project culmination lifetime Con fronted problem printing requiring huge reductions lines lettering vanishing sight soon retire figured Wheeley would solve puzzle came up two-part presentation March April issues 1981 plans 91-powered model still avail able Hank has Confederate Air Force benevolent giants well minestrone soup things like Power houses Red Zephyrs Falcons Bristol based information supplied Leo Opdycke world re nowned such circles publica tion WW Aero Journal Source Leo building full-scale Scout provided Hank factory drawings have about much chance finding detailed factory draw ings WW subjects Span iards did chasing fabled Fountain Youth firming up rough plans Model viation Hank building second Scout Several months ago Hank presented first Dick Sherman ex-airline pilot glider pilot turned home incredible modeling museum visitors welcome Plymouth NH After seeking sanctuary slam-dunking world editing discov ered another mystery Iltzsch ghostly armada photos uncovered DH-5 DH-5 British did have much luck prophetic Beech Staggerwing Thirties generous negative stagger Some modelers know negative stagger works well al though scares us DH-5s so-so performance probably can laid typical snares day reasons then-odd configuration evi dent Hanks pictures DH-5 put cockpit under leading edge rear-shifted 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plenty hinges have no further trouble Nicks Firebolt handled okay coming dead engine after fin broken off flight assume fin provides sufficient vertical area addition flight experience Nick have accumulated Firebolts Lance Schneider also has some stick fime Lance best local RC fliers value opinions about new aircraft watched him fly Firebolt through variety maneuvers noticing axial rolls round loops inverted passes some beautiful landings said handled very well much like good Pattern ship would have thought found stable particularly landings plan work another canard design di rected toward Pattern performance looks like will building pair construction notes will brief Firebolt structure simple can built very quickly prefer cut out necessary parts before beginning assembly get own kit ready go dont have local foam wing cutter can recommend source Lou Wolgast 40 Castlewood Trail Sparta NJ 07871 wing skinned i/IA balsa suggest applying balsa skin epoxy glue make lightest wing edge-glue VIA balsa pre pare wing skins lightly sand foam cores Vacuum get rid loose foam dust Use slow curing epoxy can heated warm water make flow better Apply epoxy balsa skin spreading wood leaving minimum glue Place skin core place skinned core back Continued page 142 WING SPAN44 WING AREAiSA coin ENGINEIS WEIGHT34 ISa Boise body oem in5 sheeting de cut lormers rolled Elena 2 shI HIGHLY AEROBATIC DESIGNED Weller Nio Denrock Jr PEPPERMINT PATTIE 15 STINGER II WING SPAN 38cr WING AREA AOSscin ENGINE4G EIGHTbibs boIse coslrocliOn die cul fornrnrS ribs 2sAts hAl rAze SIeS Good groend hendling gentle lending e good fiSt biSe PU LLY AEROBATIC cMASTER XJT Div BAR/RICH SALES CO 2 FAIRWAY-HANNIBAL MOO3dGn-3t4/22t 5803 June 1984 139 Futaba PCMJR Unlimited 8 Skywriter Mufflers Light weight tubular steel construction Injection optional coil smoke systems ovoilable Tremendous smoke output Available fit e Super Smoke new smoke fluid additive helps produce visible $300 denser longer hanging smoke 160. 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I AM AIRPLANE WATCHER never fail look up passing air craft passing freight trains also count cars colorful place names adorn arent what used Nor passing airplanes very romantic sausage machine grinds out Cessnas Watching models fly never grows bor ing enjoy beauty model itself what gifted stick pusher does fly own like sail high wide disturb little possiblebut alas does have bring closer down turn around like also watch everyones machine its thing youll find another quality comes through realism like models look like full-size ones fly smoothly am moved look-alikes am true scale admire beautiful Scale jobs ground set pieces grand museum fly decently am pleasedbut anti-climactic go bananas other hand over some customized thing says Hey am supposed Zero P-40 Aeronca original cleverly mimics some famous air craft giving up its performance modeL Theme models thats what clever creative approach True scale photo-like painting looser treatment masters brush lets us feel different things dont care struts missing bit dihed ral added sides left Left Bud Chappell about take off World Engines Robinhood Winter has thing Robinhoods what calls theme models sermon month Bill asks distracted fact Buds planes pictures electric-powered Without information might wonder about prop waiting switched Above Would believe two Robinhoods right modified look like Spirit St Louis though yet completed few simple changes standard Robinhood kit perform magic Wide wing struts come will provide dihedral effect Winter turned-on lookalike real Scale model entrances him toowhen its ground Above Left Framed already sporting Williams Bros wheels 600 sq Spirit tips scales 21 oz Note three top pieces running down modified firewall disguise basic Robinhood structure Above Right Two lightweight floats presto Robinhood goes sea standard landing gear used axles slipping through nylon strap fittings float tops rear struts maintain alignment attached fuselage small rubberbands costume change almost easy falling off log Right Buds Robinhood climbs out under power Astro 15 direct drive turning 9-9 prop prefers crisp flying loops stalls spins touch-and-goes etc 4 5-mm run him duration flying has no appeal Winter would use tick-tock four-cycle sized say 10-6 prop big tank shoot fly-bys would never endand would go theme route maybe Ryan Brougham Bellanca Travelair 22 Model Aviation flat simpler means employed quicker perception what respond design ers artistry am touched World Engines Robinhood nonsense suspect John Maloney has world fun playing around Robinhood Lord what ugly Robin some friends say miss point simple fun build flies great know claims kinship Robin Since will fly like cabin model might concoct Id immensely pleased watch high air Robin some nondescript conglomeration wood MonoKote glue 500-mph Jennie gotta tell about Bud Chappell Robinhoods has Robin write home about believe Spirit St Louis resembles no waybut also Robinhood theme model out anoth er theme model really dont wish talk Electrics Buds models happen electric powered Robinhoods glow-engine models sish ignore Buds en ergy source talking theme Lets get Electric background quickly out way approach Electric Bud ex plains give modelers teetering edge tried proven currently avail able group itemskit motor radio prop covering battery etcthat can assembled builders average ex perience get consistent results fol lowing text procedures think thousands people like paid no attention electric power because want airplane look like fuli-size does have hand-launched easy main tain etc until saw article European Electrics did pay atten tion themfor saw June 1984 23 Left Youll relate HA Thomas efficient original AA RC Cox Black Widow 049 6-3 Grish plastic prop 52-in span its exactly big its power Winter says 6-ft version model oldfashioned 19 would cup teaand maybe inboard surfaces could used flaperons Above model uses three-channel EK brick controls Note simple rubberband wing attachment ship flies just lovely looks Above Two kind takes cake left built John Hartsfield finished orange white silver windows HAs right nice shade blue silver wing hori zontal tail surfaces black windows Right Thomas has flying fields everywhere seems flies school yard just block back door various parking lots AA cutie perched tarmac nearby War Memorial Stadium Tim Harris Barbara Holt traveled first class high school Senior Prom Surely youll read text find out what picture about Tims shown column before Left Hank lltzschs Buhi Pup ST 46 prize oldies done radio failure built another hed use 90 fourcycle Winter thinks would fly sedately 40 four-cycle spritely 60 Bill says ask about Buhi Pup plans RC Modeler has 52-in version overkill power OS 25 John Pond has biggie plan Right Dick Sherman Model Museum Plymouth NH visitors welcome storehouse rarities shows off lltzschs donated Bristol Scout Hank has second powered one-jug Tartan Both faithful rare WW factory drawings Cowl available T&D Fiberglass Specialties Plans article March April 1981 MAs Len Hare Quarter Scale DH-5 wings staggered improved pilot visibility has true scale frame authentic coloration Its Quadrapowered Hank says taught him new lessons aerodynamicsmajored twice now flying third time Right Model Builder magazine plans Quarter Scale DH Moth appears grassy fields England First powered Webra 90 now M&M 14 turning 20-6 prop 5800 flies looks like full-size planeand stirring sound Hes now thinking 12 four-cycle varied diversified Scale types planes same vein Bud continues know Cecil Peoli twin-pusher flies never would build because totally unappealing sounds like narrow inflexible attitude simply being selective settling less what have become stand ards imbedded ones mind brisk crisp 4- 5-mm flight packed loops stalls spins touch-and-goes feather-touch landings kind flight seek Height duration extreme others enjoy Chappell did China Clipper December 1983 MA bought two Robinhoods Except dummy front Robin version sug gests OX-S liquid-cooled nose seems to scalestruts allbut course isnt Like contempo rary Fairchilds Robins golden days nose pinched sharply what would front cabin bulkhead model front windshield line nose much nar rower passenger-carrying cabin gave look-down abilitypleasant cross-country flight perhaps made landings sharper Spirit Bud says has 600 sq wing very nice glow engine Electric sport reproduced flat wing sans dihedral wasnt finished pictures perhaps has added wide wing struts Mountain men like Hank Struck found Free Ellght struts contributed dihed ral effectas would Bellanca others struts worked Free Fllght whats worry about RC What seems amazing sllght rework evident weighing photo re sulted total change image radial engine lifelike Altered tail out llnes Spirit plus two bold string ers enhance illusion Left Hanks 1/3-scale Dormoy Bathtub now has Magnum 90 engine better sound Like spoked wheels Plans Model Builder Cen ter ever-popular 1912 Blackburn Flying wires run out top bottom three stations wing panel Right German WW Albatros Scouts sported sleek monocoque wood fuselage distinctive tail phantasmagoria inspired color schemes Hank gave young friend taking Aero Engineering MIT gives loving care flies regularly National Air Museum Washington DC has full-size Designed Bob Smurthwaite Jim Roberts Flying Model Aircraft 40-powered Firecat tail-dragger forthcoming Cat series include Topcat high-wing Bicat Lasercat etc Winter says Firecats aerobatic ability already catching attention although time new line still undergoing development flight testing Note open closed cockpit versions right-hand picture Bud says nothing about floats Robinhood about flying off water floats appear built lightly main axle run through nylon landing gear strap fitted atop float taking main load fact gear fully utilized aft strut per float has added Get behind Satan did have other commitments Id spring Robinhood Spir turns Gosh easy frame weighs 21 oz Since Bud flies beauties Super Ferrite 15 9-9 Rev-Up direct drive plain relatively small four-cycle engine would delightful hear now could much worse try Robinhoodand join fan tasy world airplane watching would nicely aerobatic glow about own look-alike fantasy Bewitched bothered bewildered life cannot understand people dont take advantage Schoolyard Scale Maybe name turn-off ships really Small Field modelsnot too exciting name either Sticking labels models conjurs up impressions dont square reality such flying being heaven Simple Scale Old-Timers originals 02s 10s sport Electrics rewarding subjects need give up anything else nopressure quiet evenings after work weave enchanting spell Another perk past 10 days have en joying RC never before writes HA Thomas Little Rock little Black Widow silver-and-blue model must have 35-40 flights delight Author Thats well over 200 write private airport high school ground about 100 ft back door get batch flights almost late afternoon sometimes almost moonlight find have room burn field looked small time other afternoon two giant sprinklers occupied half field flew no trouble other half Somehow Ive stumbled onto just right combo light weight ample span 52 area fairly clean lines energetic Black Widow does rest ship soars readily loops easily spins like top recov ers immediately neutralize tracks great has no vices trims straight flight easily pleasure fly Grish 6-3 prop cleaned up steel-wooled sprayed black Rustoleum best performing INCHES 00 DIHEDRAL I/B SHEET WING SECTION DOWEL /8 1/16 3/4 BLOCK tt 44f4 Ive ever used Author Henry tells prop doubles perform ance what guys think best prop never exaggerates Incidentally little ship carries EK Brick three-channel extra servo big 500 mAh battery still light About Black Widow after two Dragonfly engines proved disas ters found BW dealers Continued page 26 PILOT-I/8 SHEET PHALZ PHOKKER Walt Mooney 26 SPAN EASILY BUILT BEGINNERS SPORT FREE FLIGHT MODEL FEATUR ING SHEET CONSTRUCTION POWER COX 020 Pee Wee -I-ffi FORMERSI/8SHEET 5 DOWN THRUST 7/8 DIA WILLIAMSFUSELAGE IS 1/16 SHEET BOX BROS WHEELS..TAIL SURFACES FROM 1/16 SHEET FROM JrAmericon Modeler NOV-DEC 1972 Walt Mooneys Phalz Phokker whimsy gentleman spiked helmet enabled Walt fly make-believe 1916 German fighter Fokker Scourge due its revolutionary synchronized gun fire through prop dihedral 26-in sheet wood FF 02 enough knife-edges wafer-slice wurst leave others argue about dihedral works solve Walts straight-wing riddle June 1984 25 TOM BRIGHTBILL out 125 pilots WON NATIONS HIGHEST SOARING HONOR TROPHY HIGHEST OVERALL SCORE 1983 NATIONALS based 24 seven minute flights per pilot eliminating luck factor Tom flying 3 DODOSON DESIGNS MultiChannel gliders achieved victory 3 ships feature incredible Eppler 214 airfoil SIX WINOSONGS flown 1983 Nationals FOUR FINISHED IN THE TROPHIES including BOB DODGSONS 2nd PLACE OPEN CLASS WIN WINDSONG has CAUGHT STARTLED SOARING WORLD NAPPING its 205 have seen what can KNOW WINDSONG clearly has NOTICE ABLE PERFORMANCE ADVANTAGE over best thermal competition ships features 134 wing span core wing stab & rudder control -6 80 degrees elevator compensation rudder coupled trimable ailerons can reflexed like flaps cruising reflexed 30 degrees serve spoilers ng stab See NEWLY REVISED 1 hr VHS VIDEO TAPE showing 3 PLANES ACTION CONTROL SYSTEMS LINKAGES APPLICATION FIBERGLASS FIN/TURTLE DECK FOAM WING building sequence Send $25 $20 deposit/$5 ship/han Send 2 stamps complete catalog three multichannel gliders featuring SOLIDCORE WINGS SEAMLESS FIBERGLASS FUSELAGES EPPLER 214 AIRFOIL FLAP AND AILERON CONTROL AND NEW STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE $19995Camano 100 $15995K-Minnow $14995 2904 SW Camano DriveII WindsongCamano Island WA 98292206 387 JJ 26 Model Aviation showcase sat years runs like dream simple starts first flip eyebrows raise Ive watched countless folks beating props death trying start engines coupled desperate wild screwing out needle once started usually far too rich lean delayed reaction needle know used finethread needles such Kustom Kraftsmanship Ace RC high nitro fuel can run 10% wouldnt fuss less 15% nitro actually special fuels go high 40% nitro Thomas advises gets instant starts recoil spring starter using small can high-nitro fuel sold small engines HA very special guy bought first magazine submission 1938 exception columnists probably published man alive will always re membered magnificent two-page Sketch Book ran perhaps 25 years old Air Trails later American Modeler complete ar tist pen retired own ad agency know wing-walker parachutist days forgotten bipes like Command aire Hes good model Sailplanes too cute rubber stuff dis tictive flair designed Tes tors 45 years editing would hard pushed choose between HA late Cal Smith all-time favorite money-in-the-bank artist/de signer/flying contributor pleases no end show pictures HalfA ship continuing saga young Tim Har ris still standing atten tion may remember Henry Haffkes story about spotting youngster flying glider field close Coverites plant Henry does mysterious things isnt building Gee Bees What kid doing glider led presenting pictures skepti cal readers would buy tall tale lad hand-launching big bird doing repertoire aerobatics cluding inverted flight ship buzzing around head like benign bee Naturally Henry hired lad Before left high school Tim Harris acquired full-scale license fly powered aircraft helicopters Henry first spotted him Tim already full-size sailplane license Tim graduated last June Dublin High School Pennsylvania did what came naturally escorted date Barbara Holt Senior Promin helicopter Tim got instructor land chopper neighbors yard pick up young couple what has worlds classiest arrival Continued page 28 ALL-AMERICAN WINNER RETURNS Pictured above SUPER CYCLONE IS TODAY Once again ruggedly built Champion available High Flying Fun 1984 SUPER CYKE holds exacting standards original design Using todays technology provide guaranteed engine performs SUPER CYCLONE can Included $18950 purchase price 1984 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PROP HUB AT EXTRA CHARGE IfENGINERear 34OSCIeveIandAve. SW Ru U SM M ru DIVISIONPhone 21 61 484-6810 484-4374 school prom Two really first-class pas sengers Tim now training Aero space Virginia Tech Barbara Holt attends Radford pursuing education music Stay tuned column Im taking break right now inspired Im off McDonalds Seekonk Air Force Hank Iltzschs fleet airplanes mostly Scale ranging big bigger population ex plosion Fishing statistical com parison Im reminded 35 German WW II aces topped 150 confirmed led Major Erich Hartman 352 Eastern Front Ground air warfare Russia unimagin able scale Six years ago Hank submitted huge Bristol Scout Model Aviation assumed project culmination lifetime Con fronted problem printing requiring huge reductions lines lettering vanishing sight soon retire figured Wheeley would solve puzzle came up two-part presentation March April issues 1981 plans 91-powered model still avail able Hank has Confederate Air Force benevolent giants well minestrone soup things like Power houses Red Zephyrs Falcons Bristol based information supplied Leo Opdycke world re nowned such circles publica tion WW Aero Journal Source Leo building full-scale Scout provided Hank factory drawings have about much chance finding detailed factory draw ings WW subjects Span iards did chasing fabled Fountain Youth firming up rough plans Model viation Hank building second Scout Several months ago Hank presented first Dick Sherman ex-airline pilot glider pilot turned home incredible modeling museum visitors welcome Plymouth NH After seeking sanctuary slam-dunking world editing discov ered another mystery Iltzsch ghostly armada photos uncovered DH-5 DH-5 British did have much luck prophetic Beech Staggerwing Thirties generous negative stagger Some modelers know negative stagger works well al though scares us DH-5s so-so performance probably can laid typical snares day reasons then-odd configuration evi dent Hanks pictures DH-5 put cockpit under leading edge rear-shifted top wing giving pilot exceptional visibility have struggling Quarter Scale DH-5 Hank confides ap Continued page 133 28 Model Aviation An AMA District II meeting held theater Saturday afternoon chaired Vice President John Byrne Among matters discussed live ly session What what has AMA already done response announcement Kraft Chan nel Master unit 50 switch-selectable RC channels think members came away confidence AMA ball matter AMA Presidident John Grigg Executive Director John Worth discussed very matter Kraft executives fully month fore meeting Upstairs wall-to-wall peo ple studying products listening sales pitches 108 booths booths manned AMA HQ people volunteers did everything verifying memberships working out insurance problems lot AMA business gets done trade shows folks working Christmas sales rush environment think members getting moneys worth products display ranged HL Gliders RC flight simulator including crash damage assessment module Theres quite contingent cost simulator 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Walkers American Junior empire Jim sold 232000000 models during fan tastic career cant relate Bobs exploits famous products paid dues Paye FBO local airport LaGrande OR posi tion now held son Tom former high school principal coach administrator modeler can fly products Filmed flying tapes expected available groups clubs near future Hope make big Jim Roberts Flying Model Aircraft Rt 2 Box 2547 La Grande OR 97850 live Detroit area pass ing through July 14-15 treat self visit Ford Test Track Mile Van Dyke Utica MI Thats site Flying Aces Nats IV big deal Youll see fun its best world flying airplanes events us barely know exist Youd get charge out Saturday 14th FAC banquethigh-spirited awards stuff Twelve dollars Ad vance Entry & Banquet Reservations FAC Nats IV PO Box 129 Birming ham MI 48012 will get doings Ive FAC Nats Utopia Bill Win ter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Firebolt/Sarpolus Continued page 37 rudder being close engine subject lot vibration Use firm V4-in balsa fins rudders plenty hinges have no further trouble Nicks Firebolt handled okay coming dead engine after fin broken off flight assume fin provides sufficient vertical area addition flight experience Nick have accumulated Firebolts Lance Schneider also has some stick fime Lance best local RC fliers value opinions about new aircraft watched him fly Firebolt through variety maneuvers noticing axial rolls round loops inverted passes some beautiful landings said handled very well much like good Pattern ship would have thought found stable particularly landings plan work another canard design di rected toward Pattern performance looks like will building pair construction notes will brief Firebolt structure simple can built very quickly prefer cut out necessary parts before beginning assembly get own kit ready go dont have local foam wing cutter can recommend source Lou Wolgast 40 Castlewood Trail Sparta NJ 07871 wing skinned i/IA balsa suggest applying balsa skin epoxy glue make lightest wing edge-glue VIA balsa pre pare wing skins lightly sand foam cores Vacuum get rid loose foam dust Use slow curing epoxy can heated warm water make flow better Apply epoxy balsa skin spreading wood leaving minimum glue Place skin core place skinned core back Continued page 142 WING SPAN44 WING AREAiSA coin ENGINEIS WEIGHT34 ISa Boise body oem in5 sheeting de cut lormers rolled Elena 2 shI HIGHLY AEROBATIC DESIGNED Weller Nio Denrock Jr PEPPERMINT PATTIE 15 STINGER II WING SPAN 38cr WING AREA AOSscin ENGINE4G EIGHTbibs boIse coslrocliOn die cul fornrnrS ribs 2sAts hAl rAze SIeS Good groend hendling gentle lending e good fiSt biSe PU LLY AEROBATIC cMASTER XJT Div BAR/RICH SALES CO 2 FAIRWAY-HANNIBAL MOO3dGn-3t4/22t 5803 June 1984 139 Futaba PCMJR Unlimited 8 Skywriter Mufflers Light weight tubular steel construction Injection optional coil smoke systems ovoilable Tremendous smoke output Available fit e Super Smoke new smoke fluid additive helps produce visible $300 denser longer hanging smoke 160. 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I AM AIRPLANE WATCHER never fail look up passing air craft passing freight trains also count cars colorful place names adorn arent what used Nor passing airplanes very romantic sausage machine grinds out Cessnas Watching models fly never grows bor ing enjoy beauty model itself what gifted stick pusher does fly own like sail high wide disturb little possiblebut alas does have bring closer down turn around like also watch everyones machine its thing youll find another quality comes through realism like models look like full-size ones fly smoothly am moved look-alikes am true scale admire beautiful Scale jobs ground set pieces grand museum fly decently am pleasedbut anti-climactic go bananas other hand over some customized thing says Hey am supposed Zero P-40 Aeronca original cleverly mimics some famous air craft giving up its performance modeL Theme models thats what clever creative approach True scale photo-like painting looser treatment masters brush lets us feel different things dont care struts missing bit dihed ral added sides left Left Bud Chappell about take off World Engines Robinhood Winter has thing Robinhoods what calls theme models sermon month Bill asks distracted fact Buds planes pictures electric-powered Without information might wonder about prop waiting switched Above Would believe two Robinhoods right modified look like Spirit St Louis though yet completed few simple changes standard Robinhood kit perform magic Wide wing struts come will provide dihedral effect Winter turned-on lookalike real Scale model entrances him toowhen its ground Above Left Framed already sporting Williams Bros wheels 600 sq Spirit tips scales 21 oz Note three top pieces running down modified firewall disguise basic Robinhood structure Above Right Two lightweight floats presto Robinhood goes sea standard landing gear used axles slipping through nylon strap fittings float tops rear struts maintain alignment attached fuselage small rubberbands costume change almost easy falling off log Right Buds Robinhood climbs out under power Astro 15 direct drive turning 9-9 prop prefers crisp flying loops stalls spins touch-and-goes etc 4 5-mm run him duration flying has no appeal Winter would use tick-tock four-cycle sized say 10-6 prop big tank shoot fly-bys would never endand would go theme route maybe Ryan Brougham Bellanca Travelair 22 Model Aviation flat simpler means employed quicker perception what respond design ers artistry am touched World Engines Robinhood nonsense suspect John Maloney has world fun playing around Robinhood Lord what ugly Robin some friends say miss point simple fun build flies great know claims kinship Robin Since will fly like cabin model might concoct Id immensely pleased watch high air Robin some nondescript conglomeration wood MonoKote glue 500-mph Jennie gotta tell about Bud Chappell Robinhoods has Robin write home about believe Spirit St Louis resembles no waybut also Robinhood theme model out anoth er theme model really dont wish talk Electrics Buds models happen electric powered Robinhoods glow-engine models sish ignore Buds en ergy source talking theme Lets get Electric background quickly out way approach Electric Bud ex plains give modelers teetering edge tried proven currently avail able group itemskit motor radio prop covering battery etcthat can assembled builders average ex perience get consistent results fol lowing text procedures think thousands people like paid no attention electric power because want airplane look like fuli-size does have hand-launched easy main tain etc until saw article European Electrics did pay atten tion themfor saw June 1984 23 Left Youll relate HA Thomas efficient original AA RC Cox Black Widow 049 6-3 Grish plastic prop 52-in span its exactly big its power Winter says 6-ft version model oldfashioned 19 would cup teaand maybe inboard surfaces could used flaperons Above model uses three-channel EK brick controls Note simple rubberband wing attachment ship flies just lovely looks Above Two kind takes cake left built John Hartsfield finished orange white silver windows HAs right nice shade blue silver wing hori zontal tail surfaces black windows Right Thomas has flying fields everywhere seems flies school yard just block back door various parking lots AA cutie perched tarmac nearby War Memorial Stadium Tim Harris Barbara Holt traveled first class high school Senior Prom Surely youll read text find out what picture about Tims shown column before Left Hank lltzschs Buhi Pup ST 46 prize oldies done radio failure built another hed use 90 fourcycle Winter thinks would fly sedately 40 four-cycle spritely 60 Bill says ask about Buhi Pup plans RC Modeler has 52-in version overkill power OS 25 John Pond has biggie plan Right Dick Sherman Model Museum Plymouth NH visitors welcome storehouse rarities shows off lltzschs donated Bristol Scout Hank has second powered one-jug Tartan Both faithful rare WW factory drawings Cowl available T&D Fiberglass Specialties Plans article March April 1981 MAs Len Hare Quarter Scale DH-5 wings staggered improved pilot visibility has true scale frame authentic coloration Its Quadrapowered Hank says taught him new lessons aerodynamicsmajored twice now flying third time Right Model Builder magazine plans Quarter Scale DH Moth appears grassy fields England First powered Webra 90 now M&M 14 turning 20-6 prop 5800 flies looks like full-size planeand stirring sound Hes now thinking 12 four-cycle varied diversified Scale types planes same vein Bud continues know Cecil Peoli twin-pusher flies never would build because totally unappealing sounds like narrow inflexible attitude simply being selective settling less what have become stand ards imbedded ones mind brisk crisp 4- 5-mm flight packed loops stalls spins touch-and-goes feather-touch landings kind flight seek Height duration extreme others enjoy Chappell did China Clipper December 1983 MA bought two Robinhoods Except dummy front Robin version sug gests OX-S liquid-cooled nose seems to scalestruts allbut course isnt Like contempo rary Fairchilds Robins golden days nose pinched sharply what would front cabin bulkhead model front windshield line nose much nar rower passenger-carrying cabin gave look-down abilitypleasant cross-country flight perhaps made landings sharper Spirit Bud says has 600 sq wing very nice glow engine Electric sport reproduced flat wing sans dihedral wasnt finished pictures perhaps has added wide wing struts Mountain men like Hank Struck found Free Ellght struts contributed dihed ral effectas would Bellanca others struts worked Free Fllght whats worry about RC What seems amazing sllght rework evident weighing photo re sulted total change image radial engine lifelike Altered tail out llnes Spirit plus two bold string ers enhance illusion Left Hanks 1/3-scale Dormoy Bathtub now has Magnum 90 engine better sound Like spoked wheels Plans Model Builder Cen ter ever-popular 1912 Blackburn Flying wires run out top bottom three stations wing panel Right German WW Albatros Scouts sported sleek monocoque wood fuselage distinctive tail phantasmagoria inspired color schemes Hank gave young friend taking Aero Engineering MIT gives loving care flies regularly National Air Museum Washington DC has full-size Designed Bob Smurthwaite Jim Roberts Flying Model Aircraft 40-powered Firecat tail-dragger forthcoming Cat series include Topcat high-wing Bicat Lasercat etc Winter says Firecats aerobatic ability already catching attention although time new line still undergoing development flight testing Note open closed cockpit versions right-hand picture Bud says nothing about floats Robinhood about flying off water floats appear built lightly main axle run through nylon landing gear strap fitted atop float taking main load fact gear fully utilized aft strut per float has added Get behind Satan did have other commitments Id spring Robinhood Spir turns Gosh easy frame weighs 21 oz Since Bud flies beauties Super Ferrite 15 9-9 Rev-Up direct drive plain relatively small four-cycle engine would delightful hear now could much worse try Robinhoodand join fan tasy world airplane watching would nicely aerobatic glow about own look-alike fantasy Bewitched bothered bewildered life cannot understand people dont take advantage Schoolyard Scale Maybe name turn-off ships really Small Field modelsnot too exciting name either Sticking labels models conjurs up impressions dont square reality such flying being heaven Simple Scale Old-Timers originals 02s 10s sport Electrics rewarding subjects need give up anything else nopressure quiet evenings after work weave enchanting spell Another perk past 10 days have en joying RC never before writes HA Thomas Little Rock little Black Widow silver-and-blue model must have 35-40 flights delight Author Thats well over 200 write private airport high school ground about 100 ft back door get batch flights almost late afternoon sometimes almost moonlight find have room burn field looked small time other afternoon two giant sprinklers occupied half field flew no trouble other half Somehow Ive stumbled onto just right combo light weight ample span 52 area fairly clean lines energetic Black Widow does rest ship soars readily loops easily spins like top recov ers immediately neutralize tracks great has no vices trims straight flight easily pleasure fly Grish 6-3 prop cleaned up steel-wooled sprayed black Rustoleum best performing INCHES 00 DIHEDRAL I/B SHEET WING SECTION DOWEL /8 1/16 3/4 BLOCK tt 44f4 Ive ever used Author Henry tells prop doubles perform ance what guys think best prop never exaggerates Incidentally little ship carries EK Brick three-channel extra servo big 500 mAh battery still light About Black Widow after two Dragonfly engines proved disas ters found BW dealers Continued page 26 PILOT-I/8 SHEET PHALZ PHOKKER Walt Mooney 26 SPAN EASILY BUILT BEGINNERS SPORT FREE FLIGHT MODEL FEATUR ING SHEET CONSTRUCTION POWER COX 020 Pee Wee -I-ffi FORMERSI/8SHEET 5 DOWN THRUST 7/8 DIA WILLIAMSFUSELAGE IS 1/16 SHEET BOX BROS WHEELS..TAIL SURFACES FROM 1/16 SHEET FROM JrAmericon Modeler NOV-DEC 1972 Walt Mooneys Phalz Phokker whimsy gentleman spiked helmet enabled Walt fly make-believe 1916 German fighter Fokker Scourge due its revolutionary synchronized gun fire through prop dihedral 26-in sheet wood FF 02 enough knife-edges wafer-slice wurst leave others argue about dihedral works solve Walts straight-wing riddle June 1984 25 TOM BRIGHTBILL out 125 pilots WON NATIONS HIGHEST SOARING HONOR TROPHY HIGHEST OVERALL SCORE 1983 NATIONALS based 24 seven minute flights per pilot eliminating luck factor Tom flying 3 DODOSON DESIGNS MultiChannel gliders achieved victory 3 ships feature incredible Eppler 214 airfoil SIX WINOSONGS flown 1983 Nationals FOUR FINISHED IN THE TROPHIES including BOB DODGSONS 2nd PLACE OPEN CLASS WIN WINDSONG has CAUGHT STARTLED SOARING WORLD NAPPING its 205 have seen what can KNOW WINDSONG clearly has NOTICE ABLE PERFORMANCE ADVANTAGE over best thermal competition ships features 134 wing span core wing stab & rudder control -6 80 degrees elevator compensation rudder coupled trimable ailerons can reflexed like flaps cruising reflexed 30 degrees serve spoilers ng stab See NEWLY REVISED 1 hr VHS VIDEO TAPE showing 3 PLANES ACTION CONTROL SYSTEMS LINKAGES APPLICATION FIBERGLASS FIN/TURTLE DECK FOAM WING building sequence Send $25 $20 deposit/$5 ship/han Send 2 stamps complete catalog three multichannel gliders featuring SOLIDCORE WINGS SEAMLESS FIBERGLASS FUSELAGES EPPLER 214 AIRFOIL FLAP AND AILERON CONTROL AND NEW STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE $19995Camano 100 $15995K-Minnow $14995 2904 SW Camano DriveII WindsongCamano Island WA 98292206 387 JJ 26 Model Aviation showcase sat years runs like dream simple starts first flip eyebrows raise Ive watched countless folks beating props death trying start engines coupled desperate wild screwing out needle once started usually far too rich lean delayed reaction needle know used finethread needles such Kustom Kraftsmanship Ace RC high nitro fuel can run 10% wouldnt fuss less 15% nitro actually special fuels go high 40% nitro Thomas advises gets instant starts recoil spring starter using small can high-nitro fuel sold small engines HA very special guy bought first magazine submission 1938 exception columnists probably published man alive will always re membered magnificent two-page Sketch Book ran perhaps 25 years old Air Trails later American Modeler complete ar tist pen retired own ad agency know wing-walker parachutist days forgotten bipes like Command aire Hes good model Sailplanes too cute rubber stuff dis tictive flair designed Tes tors 45 years editing would hard pushed choose between HA late Cal Smith all-time favorite money-in-the-bank artist/de signer/flying contributor pleases no end show pictures HalfA ship continuing saga young Tim Har ris still standing atten tion may remember Henry Haffkes story about spotting youngster flying glider field close Coverites plant Henry does mysterious things isnt building Gee Bees What kid doing glider led presenting pictures skepti cal readers would buy tall tale lad hand-launching big bird doing repertoire aerobatics cluding inverted flight ship buzzing around head like benign bee Naturally Henry hired lad Before left high school Tim Harris acquired full-scale license fly powered aircraft helicopters Henry first spotted him Tim already full-size sailplane license Tim graduated last June Dublin High School Pennsylvania did what came naturally escorted date Barbara Holt Senior Promin helicopter Tim got instructor land chopper neighbors yard pick up young couple what has worlds classiest arrival Continued page 28 ALL-AMERICAN WINNER RETURNS Pictured above SUPER CYCLONE IS TODAY Once again ruggedly built Champion available High Flying Fun 1984 SUPER CYKE holds exacting standards original design Using todays technology provide guaranteed engine performs SUPER CYCLONE can Included $18950 purchase price 1984 SUPER CYCLONE engine Ignition coil high tension lead condenser spark pltsg5 Original cowl decak___________________ 5 Owners manual $7500 deposit per engine payment full required order Delivery position established date order receipt Allow 30-45 days normal shipping USA insured delivery via UPS add $450 Parcel Post add $650 balance COD add $250 per engine Arizona residents add 6% sales tax Price specification subject change notice MA Order yours today Super Cyclone Engines PO Box 10658 Phoenix AZ 85064 274-3375 terCard Visa welcome Iadd 50/a Name Address City M/C Visa # Original parts list numbers modified Original display box Factory Wananty *If coil sod condenser required deduct $500 State _____________ Zip Exp Signature IS] iU Bb11 LI 1U1 Nb 1 nd $100 Catalog New Standard NEWLOWPRICE Giant Models95 PIes shipping 28 HP bsUIDirect Sales Only Work Horse95 KIORITZ 24 32 HP- 6i4 Lbs 179 Dealer Direct Now DistributePlus shipping Sachs-Dolmar Engines Yea ger Machines TO RUN INCLUDING 6 BOLT PROP HUB AT EXTRA CHARGE IfENGINERear 34OSCIeveIandAve. SW Ru U SM M ru DIVISIONPhone 21 61 484-6810 484-4374 school prom Two really first-class pas sengers Tim now training Aero space Virginia Tech Barbara Holt attends Radford pursuing education music Stay tuned column Im taking break right now inspired Im off McDonalds Seekonk Air Force Hank Iltzschs fleet airplanes mostly Scale ranging big bigger population ex plosion Fishing statistical com parison Im reminded 35 German WW II aces topped 150 confirmed led Major Erich Hartman 352 Eastern Front Ground air warfare Russia unimagin able scale Six years ago Hank submitted huge Bristol Scout Model Aviation assumed project culmination lifetime Con fronted problem printing requiring huge reductions lines lettering vanishing sight soon retire figured Wheeley would solve puzzle came up two-part presentation March April issues 1981 plans 91-powered model still avail able Hank has Confederate Air Force benevolent giants well minestrone soup things like Power houses Red Zephyrs Falcons Bristol based information supplied Leo Opdycke world re nowned such circles publica tion WW Aero Journal Source Leo building full-scale Scout provided Hank factory drawings have about much chance finding detailed factory draw ings WW subjects Span iards did chasing fabled Fountain Youth firming up rough plans Model viation Hank building second Scout Several months ago Hank presented first Dick Sherman ex-airline pilot glider pilot turned home incredible modeling museum visitors welcome Plymouth NH After seeking sanctuary slam-dunking world editing discov ered another mystery Iltzsch ghostly armada photos uncovered DH-5 DH-5 British did have much luck prophetic Beech Staggerwing Thirties generous negative stagger Some modelers know negative stagger works well al though scares us DH-5s so-so performance probably can laid typical snares day reasons then-odd configuration evi dent Hanks pictures DH-5 put cockpit under leading edge rear-shifted top wing giving pilot exceptional visibility have struggling Quarter Scale DH-5 Hank confides ap Continued page 133 28 Model Aviation An AMA District II meeting held theater Saturday afternoon chaired Vice President John Byrne Among matters discussed live ly session What what has AMA already done response announcement Kraft Chan nel Master unit 50 switch-selectable RC channels think members came away confidence AMA ball matter AMA Presidident John Grigg Executive Director John Worth discussed very matter Kraft executives fully month fore meeting Upstairs wall-to-wall peo ple studying products listening sales pitches 108 booths booths manned AMA HQ people volunteers did everything verifying memberships working out insurance problems lot AMA business gets done trade shows folks working Christmas sales rush environment think members getting moneys worth products display ranged HL Gliders RC flight simulator including crash damage assessment module Theres quite contingent cost simulator 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4-Way METRIC WRENCH StOt BATTERY BOX BIACELLS 3/5300 APPROX 6 oz per revolution HAND CRANKED FOR SAFE RELIABLE USE 100 ft Repaired flying again under good control zapped radio problem strained through pine trees back order will fly spring wont start anything like again Hank concludesbut adds tantly find myself poring over drawings So think will again because pain distress soon forgotten finally achieve suc cess Hank satisfied DH-5 will appear Model Builder magazine stable aircraft getting larg er Hank cruises leaning toward four-cycle engines very strong now have seven planes Saito 40 Scientific Mercury Ben Shere shaw beauty OS 60 second Taibi Powerhouse messing igni tion conversion OS Twin Quarter Scale Aeronca C-3 Bath tub Magnum 90 1924 Dormoy really called Bathtub test bed Stand-Off Scale DH-4 based Boddington England design has Enya 90 Its fun looking photos versatile builders outpouring its downright painful trying pick out representative selection mentions fun-type things photo 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Walkers American Junior empire Jim sold 232000000 models during fan tastic career cant relate Bobs exploits famous products paid dues Paye FBO local airport LaGrande OR posi tion now held son Tom former high school principal coach administrator modeler can fly products Filmed flying tapes expected available groups clubs near future Hope make big Jim Roberts Flying Model Aircraft Rt 2 Box 2547 La Grande OR 97850 live Detroit area pass ing through July 14-15 treat self visit Ford Test Track Mile Van Dyke Utica MI Thats site Flying Aces Nats IV big deal Youll see fun its best world flying airplanes events us barely know exist Youd get charge out Saturday 14th FAC banquethigh-spirited awards stuff Twelve dollars Ad vance Entry & Banquet Reservations FAC Nats IV PO Box 129 Birming ham MI 48012 will get doings Ive FAC Nats Utopia Bill Win ter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Firebolt/Sarpolus Continued page 37 rudder being close engine subject lot vibration Use firm V4-in balsa fins rudders plenty hinges have no further trouble Nicks Firebolt handled okay coming dead engine after fin broken off flight assume fin provides sufficient vertical area addition flight experience Nick have accumulated Firebolts Lance Schneider also has some stick fime Lance best local RC fliers value opinions about new aircraft watched him fly Firebolt through variety maneuvers noticing axial rolls round loops inverted passes some beautiful landings said handled very well much like good Pattern ship would have thought found stable particularly landings plan work another canard design di rected toward Pattern performance looks like will building pair construction notes will brief Firebolt structure simple can built very quickly prefer cut out necessary parts before beginning assembly get own kit ready go dont have local foam wing cutter can recommend source Lou Wolgast 40 Castlewood Trail Sparta NJ 07871 wing skinned i/IA balsa suggest applying balsa skin epoxy glue make lightest wing edge-glue VIA balsa pre pare wing skins lightly sand foam cores Vacuum get rid loose foam dust Use slow curing epoxy can heated warm water make flow better Apply epoxy balsa skin spreading wood leaving minimum glue Place skin core place skinned core back Continued page 142 WING SPAN44 WING AREAiSA coin ENGINEIS WEIGHT34 ISa Boise body oem in5 sheeting de cut lormers rolled Elena 2 shI HIGHLY AEROBATIC DESIGNED Weller Nio Denrock Jr PEPPERMINT PATTIE 15 STINGER II WING SPAN 38cr WING AREA AOSscin ENGINE4G EIGHTbibs boIse coslrocliOn die cul fornrnrS ribs 2sAts hAl rAze SIeS Good groend hendling gentle lending e good fiSt biSe PU LLY AEROBATIC cMASTER XJT Div BAR/RICH SALES CO 2 FAIRWAY-HANNIBAL MOO3dGn-3t4/22t 5803 June 1984 139 Futaba PCMJR Unlimited 8 Skywriter Mufflers Light weight tubular steel construction Injection optional coil smoke systems ovoilable Tremendous smoke output Available fit e Super Smoke new smoke fluid additive helps produce visible $300 denser longer hanging smoke 160. 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I AM AIRPLANE WATCHER never fail look up passing air craft passing freight trains also count cars colorful place names adorn arent what used Nor passing airplanes very romantic sausage machine grinds out Cessnas Watching models fly never grows bor ing enjoy beauty model itself what gifted stick pusher does fly own like sail high wide disturb little possiblebut alas does have bring closer down turn around like also watch everyones machine its thing youll find another quality comes through realism like models look like full-size ones fly smoothly am moved look-alikes am true scale admire beautiful Scale jobs ground set pieces grand museum fly decently am pleasedbut anti-climactic go bananas other hand over some customized thing says Hey am supposed Zero P-40 Aeronca original cleverly mimics some famous air craft giving up its performance modeL Theme models thats what clever creative approach True scale photo-like painting looser treatment masters brush lets us feel different things dont care struts missing bit dihed ral added sides left Left Bud Chappell about take off World Engines Robinhood Winter has thing Robinhoods what calls theme models sermon month Bill asks distracted fact Buds planes pictures electric-powered Without information might wonder about prop waiting switched Above Would believe two Robinhoods right modified look like Spirit St Louis though yet completed few simple changes standard Robinhood kit perform magic Wide wing struts come will provide dihedral effect Winter turned-on lookalike real Scale model entrances him toowhen its ground Above Left Framed already sporting Williams Bros wheels 600 sq Spirit tips scales 21 oz Note three top pieces running down modified firewall disguise basic Robinhood structure Above Right Two lightweight floats presto Robinhood goes sea standard landing gear used axles slipping through nylon strap fittings float tops rear struts maintain alignment attached fuselage small rubberbands costume change almost easy falling off log Right Buds Robinhood climbs out under power Astro 15 direct drive turning 9-9 prop prefers crisp flying loops stalls spins touch-and-goes etc 4 5-mm run him duration flying has no appeal Winter would use tick-tock four-cycle sized say 10-6 prop big tank shoot fly-bys would never endand would go theme route maybe Ryan Brougham Bellanca Travelair 22 Model Aviation flat simpler means employed quicker perception what respond design ers artistry am touched World Engines Robinhood nonsense suspect John Maloney has world fun playing around Robinhood Lord what ugly Robin some friends say miss point simple fun build flies great know claims kinship Robin Since will fly like cabin model might concoct Id immensely pleased watch high air Robin some nondescript conglomeration wood MonoKote glue 500-mph Jennie gotta tell about Bud Chappell Robinhoods has Robin write home about believe Spirit St Louis resembles no waybut also Robinhood theme model out anoth er theme model really dont wish talk Electrics Buds models happen electric powered Robinhoods glow-engine models sish ignore Buds en ergy source talking theme Lets get Electric background quickly out way approach Electric Bud ex plains give modelers teetering edge tried proven currently avail able group itemskit motor radio prop covering battery etcthat can assembled builders average ex perience get consistent results fol lowing text procedures think thousands people like paid no attention electric power because want airplane look like fuli-size does have hand-launched easy main tain etc until saw article European Electrics did pay atten tion themfor saw June 1984 23 Left Youll relate HA Thomas efficient original AA RC Cox Black Widow 049 6-3 Grish plastic prop 52-in span its exactly big its power Winter says 6-ft version model oldfashioned 19 would cup teaand maybe inboard surfaces could used flaperons Above model uses three-channel EK brick controls Note simple rubberband wing attachment ship flies just lovely looks Above Two kind takes cake left built John Hartsfield finished orange white silver windows HAs right nice shade blue silver wing hori zontal tail surfaces black windows Right Thomas has flying fields everywhere seems flies school yard just block back door various parking lots AA cutie perched tarmac nearby War Memorial Stadium Tim Harris Barbara Holt traveled first class high school Senior Prom Surely youll read text find out what picture about Tims shown column before Left Hank lltzschs Buhi Pup ST 46 prize oldies done radio failure built another hed use 90 fourcycle Winter thinks would fly sedately 40 four-cycle spritely 60 Bill says ask about Buhi Pup plans RC Modeler has 52-in version overkill power OS 25 John Pond has biggie plan Right Dick Sherman Model Museum Plymouth NH visitors welcome storehouse rarities shows off lltzschs donated Bristol Scout Hank has second powered one-jug Tartan Both faithful rare WW factory drawings Cowl available T&D Fiberglass Specialties Plans article March April 1981 MAs Len Hare Quarter Scale DH-5 wings staggered improved pilot visibility has true scale frame authentic coloration Its Quadrapowered Hank says taught him new lessons aerodynamicsmajored twice now flying third time Right Model Builder magazine plans Quarter Scale DH Moth appears grassy fields England First powered Webra 90 now M&M 14 turning 20-6 prop 5800 flies looks like full-size planeand stirring sound Hes now thinking 12 four-cycle varied diversified Scale types planes same vein Bud continues know Cecil Peoli twin-pusher flies never would build because totally unappealing sounds like narrow inflexible attitude simply being selective settling less what have become stand ards imbedded ones mind brisk crisp 4- 5-mm flight packed loops stalls spins touch-and-goes feather-touch landings kind flight seek Height duration extreme others enjoy Chappell did China Clipper December 1983 MA bought two Robinhoods Except dummy front Robin version sug gests OX-S liquid-cooled nose seems to scalestruts allbut course isnt Like contempo rary Fairchilds Robins golden days nose pinched sharply what would front cabin bulkhead model front windshield line nose much nar rower passenger-carrying cabin gave look-down abilitypleasant cross-country flight perhaps made landings sharper Spirit Bud says has 600 sq wing very nice glow engine Electric sport reproduced flat wing sans dihedral wasnt finished pictures perhaps has added wide wing struts Mountain men like Hank Struck found Free Ellght struts contributed dihed ral effectas would Bellanca others struts worked Free Fllght whats worry about RC What seems amazing sllght rework evident weighing photo re sulted total change image radial engine lifelike Altered tail out llnes Spirit plus two bold string ers enhance illusion Left Hanks 1/3-scale Dormoy Bathtub now has Magnum 90 engine better sound Like spoked wheels Plans Model Builder Cen ter ever-popular 1912 Blackburn Flying wires run out top bottom three stations wing panel Right German WW Albatros Scouts sported sleek monocoque wood fuselage distinctive tail phantasmagoria inspired color schemes Hank gave young friend taking Aero Engineering MIT gives loving care flies regularly National Air Museum Washington DC has full-size Designed Bob Smurthwaite Jim Roberts Flying Model Aircraft 40-powered Firecat tail-dragger forthcoming Cat series include Topcat high-wing Bicat Lasercat etc Winter says Firecats aerobatic ability already catching attention although time new line still undergoing development flight testing Note open closed cockpit versions right-hand picture Bud says nothing about floats Robinhood about flying off water floats appear built lightly main axle run through nylon landing gear strap fitted atop float taking main load fact gear fully utilized aft strut per float has added Get behind Satan did have other commitments Id spring Robinhood Spir turns Gosh easy frame weighs 21 oz Since Bud flies beauties Super Ferrite 15 9-9 Rev-Up direct drive plain relatively small four-cycle engine would delightful hear now could much worse try Robinhoodand join fan tasy world airplane watching would nicely aerobatic glow about own look-alike fantasy Bewitched bothered bewildered life cannot understand people dont take advantage Schoolyard Scale Maybe name turn-off ships really Small Field modelsnot too exciting name either Sticking labels models conjurs up impressions dont square reality such flying being heaven Simple Scale Old-Timers originals 02s 10s sport Electrics rewarding subjects need give up anything else nopressure quiet evenings after work weave enchanting spell Another perk past 10 days have en joying RC never before writes HA Thomas Little Rock little Black Widow silver-and-blue model must have 35-40 flights delight Author Thats well over 200 write private airport high school ground about 100 ft back door get batch flights almost late afternoon sometimes almost moonlight find have room burn field looked small time other afternoon two giant sprinklers occupied half field flew no trouble other half Somehow Ive stumbled onto just right combo light weight ample span 52 area fairly clean lines energetic Black Widow does rest ship soars readily loops easily spins like top recov ers immediately neutralize tracks great has no vices trims straight flight easily pleasure fly Grish 6-3 prop cleaned up steel-wooled sprayed black Rustoleum best performing INCHES 00 DIHEDRAL I/B SHEET WING SECTION DOWEL /8 1/16 3/4 BLOCK tt 44f4 Ive ever used Author Henry tells prop doubles perform ance what guys think best prop never exaggerates Incidentally little ship carries EK Brick three-channel extra servo big 500 mAh battery still light About Black Widow after two Dragonfly engines proved disas ters found BW dealers Continued page 26 PILOT-I/8 SHEET PHALZ PHOKKER Walt Mooney 26 SPAN EASILY BUILT BEGINNERS SPORT FREE FLIGHT MODEL FEATUR ING SHEET CONSTRUCTION POWER COX 020 Pee Wee -I-ffi FORMERSI/8SHEET 5 DOWN THRUST 7/8 DIA WILLIAMSFUSELAGE IS 1/16 SHEET BOX BROS WHEELS..TAIL SURFACES FROM 1/16 SHEET FROM JrAmericon Modeler NOV-DEC 1972 Walt Mooneys Phalz Phokker whimsy gentleman spiked helmet enabled Walt fly make-believe 1916 German fighter Fokker Scourge due its revolutionary synchronized gun fire through prop dihedral 26-in sheet wood FF 02 enough knife-edges wafer-slice wurst leave others argue about dihedral works solve Walts straight-wing riddle June 1984 25 TOM BRIGHTBILL out 125 pilots WON NATIONS HIGHEST SOARING HONOR TROPHY HIGHEST OVERALL SCORE 1983 NATIONALS based 24 seven minute flights per pilot eliminating luck factor Tom flying 3 DODOSON DESIGNS MultiChannel gliders achieved victory 3 ships feature incredible Eppler 214 airfoil SIX WINOSONGS flown 1983 Nationals FOUR FINISHED IN THE TROPHIES including BOB DODGSONS 2nd PLACE OPEN CLASS WIN WINDSONG has CAUGHT STARTLED SOARING WORLD NAPPING its 205 have seen what can KNOW WINDSONG clearly has NOTICE ABLE PERFORMANCE ADVANTAGE over best thermal competition ships features 134 wing span core wing stab & rudder control -6 80 degrees elevator compensation rudder coupled trimable ailerons can reflexed like flaps cruising reflexed 30 degrees serve spoilers ng stab See NEWLY REVISED 1 hr VHS VIDEO TAPE showing 3 PLANES ACTION CONTROL SYSTEMS LINKAGES APPLICATION FIBERGLASS FIN/TURTLE DECK FOAM WING building sequence Send $25 $20 deposit/$5 ship/han Send 2 stamps complete catalog three multichannel gliders featuring SOLIDCORE WINGS SEAMLESS FIBERGLASS FUSELAGES EPPLER 214 AIRFOIL FLAP AND AILERON CONTROL AND NEW STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE $19995Camano 100 $15995K-Minnow $14995 2904 SW Camano DriveII WindsongCamano Island WA 98292206 387 JJ 26 Model Aviation showcase sat years runs like dream simple starts first flip eyebrows raise Ive watched countless folks beating props death trying start engines coupled desperate wild screwing out needle once started usually far too rich lean delayed reaction needle know used finethread needles such Kustom Kraftsmanship Ace RC high nitro fuel can run 10% wouldnt fuss less 15% nitro actually special fuels go high 40% nitro Thomas advises gets instant starts recoil spring starter using small can high-nitro fuel sold small engines HA very special guy bought first magazine submission 1938 exception columnists probably published man alive will always re membered magnificent two-page Sketch Book ran perhaps 25 years old Air Trails later American Modeler complete ar tist pen retired own ad agency know wing-walker parachutist days forgotten bipes like Command aire Hes good model Sailplanes too cute rubber stuff dis tictive flair designed Tes tors 45 years editing would hard pushed choose between HA late Cal Smith all-time favorite money-in-the-bank artist/de signer/flying contributor pleases no end show pictures HalfA ship continuing saga young Tim Har ris still standing atten tion may remember Henry Haffkes story about spotting youngster flying glider field close Coverites plant Henry does mysterious things isnt building Gee Bees What kid doing glider led presenting pictures skepti cal readers would buy tall tale lad hand-launching big bird doing repertoire aerobatics cluding inverted flight ship buzzing around head like benign bee Naturally Henry hired lad Before left high school Tim Harris acquired full-scale license fly powered aircraft helicopters Henry first spotted him Tim already full-size sailplane license Tim graduated last June Dublin High School Pennsylvania did what came naturally escorted date Barbara Holt Senior Promin helicopter Tim got instructor land chopper neighbors yard pick up young couple what has worlds classiest arrival Continued page 28 ALL-AMERICAN WINNER RETURNS Pictured above SUPER CYCLONE IS TODAY Once again ruggedly built Champion available High Flying Fun 1984 SUPER CYKE holds exacting standards original design Using todays technology provide guaranteed engine performs SUPER CYCLONE can Included $18950 purchase price 1984 SUPER CYCLONE engine Ignition coil high tension lead condenser spark pltsg5 Original cowl decak___________________ 5 Owners manual $7500 deposit per engine payment full required order Delivery position established date order receipt Allow 30-45 days normal shipping USA insured delivery via UPS add $450 Parcel Post add $650 balance COD add $250 per engine Arizona residents add 6% sales tax Price specification subject change notice MA Order yours today Super Cyclone Engines PO Box 10658 Phoenix AZ 85064 274-3375 terCard Visa welcome Iadd 50/a Name Address City M/C Visa # Original parts list numbers modified Original display box Factory Wananty *If coil sod condenser required deduct $500 State _____________ Zip Exp Signature IS] iU Bb11 LI 1U1 Nb 1 nd $100 Catalog New Standard NEWLOWPRICE Giant Models95 PIes shipping 28 HP bsUIDirect Sales Only Work Horse95 KIORITZ 24 32 HP- 6i4 Lbs 179 Dealer Direct Now DistributePlus shipping Sachs-Dolmar Engines Yea ger Machines TO RUN INCLUDING 6 BOLT PROP HUB AT EXTRA CHARGE IfENGINERear 34OSCIeveIandAve. SW Ru U SM M ru DIVISIONPhone 21 61 484-6810 484-4374 school prom Two really first-class pas sengers Tim now training Aero space Virginia Tech Barbara Holt attends Radford pursuing education music Stay tuned column Im taking break right now inspired Im off McDonalds Seekonk Air Force Hank Iltzschs fleet airplanes mostly Scale ranging big bigger population ex plosion Fishing statistical com parison Im reminded 35 German WW II aces topped 150 confirmed led Major Erich Hartman 352 Eastern Front Ground air warfare Russia unimagin able scale Six years ago Hank submitted huge Bristol Scout Model Aviation assumed project culmination lifetime Con fronted problem printing requiring huge reductions lines lettering vanishing sight soon retire figured Wheeley would solve puzzle came up two-part presentation March April issues 1981 plans 91-powered model still avail able Hank has Confederate Air Force benevolent giants well minestrone soup things like Power houses Red Zephyrs Falcons Bristol based information supplied Leo Opdycke world re nowned such circles publica tion WW Aero Journal Source Leo building full-scale Scout provided Hank factory drawings have about much chance finding detailed factory draw ings WW subjects Span iards did chasing fabled Fountain Youth firming up rough plans Model viation Hank building second Scout Several months ago Hank presented first Dick Sherman ex-airline pilot glider pilot turned home incredible modeling museum visitors welcome Plymouth NH After seeking sanctuary slam-dunking world editing discov ered another mystery Iltzsch ghostly armada photos uncovered DH-5 DH-5 British did have much luck prophetic Beech Staggerwing Thirties generous negative stagger Some modelers know negative stagger works well al though scares us DH-5s so-so performance probably can laid typical snares day reasons then-odd configuration evi dent Hanks pictures DH-5 put cockpit under leading edge rear-shifted top wing giving pilot exceptional visibility have struggling Quarter Scale DH-5 Hank confides ap Continued page 133 28 Model Aviation An AMA District II meeting held theater Saturday afternoon chaired Vice President John Byrne Among matters discussed live ly session What what has AMA already done response announcement Kraft Chan nel Master unit 50 switch-selectable RC channels think members came away confidence AMA ball matter AMA Presidident John Grigg Executive Director John Worth discussed very matter Kraft executives fully month fore meeting Upstairs wall-to-wall peo ple studying products listening sales pitches 108 booths booths manned AMA HQ people volunteers did everything verifying memberships working out insurance problems lot AMA business gets done trade shows folks working Christmas sales rush environment think members getting moneys worth products display ranged HL Gliders RC flight simulator including crash damage assessment module Theres quite contingent cost simulator 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4-Way METRIC WRENCH StOt BATTERY BOX BIACELLS 3/5300 APPROX 6 oz per revolution HAND CRANKED FOR SAFE RELIABLE USE 100 ft Repaired flying again under good control zapped radio problem strained through pine trees back order will fly spring wont start anything like again Hank concludesbut adds tantly find myself poring over drawings So think will again because pain distress soon forgotten finally achieve suc cess Hank satisfied DH-5 will appear Model Builder magazine stable aircraft getting larg er Hank cruises leaning toward four-cycle engines very strong now have seven planes Saito 40 Scientific Mercury Ben Shere shaw beauty OS 60 second Taibi Powerhouse messing igni tion conversion OS Twin Quarter Scale Aeronca C-3 Bath tub Magnum 90 1924 Dormoy really called Bathtub test bed Stand-Off Scale DH-4 based Boddington England design has Enya 90 Its fun looking photos versatile builders outpouring its downright painful trying pick out representative selection mentions fun-type things photo 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Walkers American Junior empire Jim sold 232000000 models during fan tastic career cant relate Bobs exploits famous products paid dues Paye FBO local airport LaGrande OR posi tion now held son Tom former high school principal coach administrator modeler can fly products Filmed flying tapes expected available groups clubs near future Hope make big Jim Roberts Flying Model Aircraft Rt 2 Box 2547 La Grande OR 97850 live Detroit area pass ing through July 14-15 treat self visit Ford Test Track Mile Van Dyke Utica MI Thats site Flying Aces Nats IV big deal Youll see fun its best world flying airplanes events us barely know exist Youd get charge out Saturday 14th FAC banquethigh-spirited awards stuff Twelve dollars Ad vance Entry & Banquet Reservations FAC Nats IV PO Box 129 Birming ham MI 48012 will get doings Ive FAC Nats Utopia Bill Win ter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Firebolt/Sarpolus Continued page 37 rudder being close engine subject lot vibration Use firm V4-in balsa fins rudders plenty hinges have no further trouble Nicks Firebolt handled okay coming dead engine after fin broken off flight assume fin provides sufficient vertical area addition flight experience Nick have accumulated Firebolts Lance Schneider also has some stick fime Lance best local RC fliers value opinions about new aircraft watched him fly Firebolt through variety maneuvers noticing axial rolls round loops inverted passes some beautiful landings said handled very well much like good Pattern ship would have thought found stable particularly landings plan work another canard design di rected toward Pattern performance looks like will building pair construction notes will brief Firebolt structure simple can built very quickly prefer cut out necessary parts before beginning assembly get own kit ready go dont have local foam wing cutter can recommend source Lou Wolgast 40 Castlewood Trail Sparta NJ 07871 wing skinned i/IA balsa suggest applying balsa skin epoxy glue make lightest wing edge-glue VIA balsa pre pare wing skins lightly sand foam cores Vacuum get rid loose foam dust Use slow curing epoxy can heated warm water make flow better Apply epoxy balsa skin spreading wood leaving minimum glue Place skin core place skinned core back Continued page 142 WING SPAN44 WING AREAiSA coin ENGINEIS WEIGHT34 ISa Boise body oem in5 sheeting de cut lormers rolled Elena 2 shI HIGHLY AEROBATIC DESIGNED Weller Nio Denrock Jr PEPPERMINT PATTIE 15 STINGER II WING SPAN 38cr WING AREA AOSscin ENGINE4G EIGHTbibs boIse coslrocliOn die cul fornrnrS ribs 2sAts hAl rAze SIeS Good groend hendling gentle lending e good fiSt biSe PU LLY AEROBATIC cMASTER XJT Div BAR/RICH SALES CO 2 FAIRWAY-HANNIBAL MOO3dGn-3t4/22t 5803 June 1984 139 Futaba PCMJR Unlimited 8 Skywriter Mufflers Light weight tubular steel construction Injection optional coil smoke systems ovoilable Tremendous smoke output Available fit e Super Smoke new smoke fluid additive helps produce visible $300 denser longer hanging smoke 160. 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/06
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I AM AIRPLANE WATCHER never fail look up passing air craft passing freight trains also count cars colorful place names adorn arent what used Nor passing airplanes very romantic sausage machine grinds out Cessnas Watching models fly never grows bor ing enjoy beauty model itself what gifted stick pusher does fly own like sail high wide disturb little possiblebut alas does have bring closer down turn around like also watch everyones machine its thing youll find another quality comes through realism like models look like full-size ones fly smoothly am moved look-alikes am true scale admire beautiful Scale jobs ground set pieces grand museum fly decently am pleasedbut anti-climactic go bananas other hand over some customized thing says Hey am supposed Zero P-40 Aeronca original cleverly mimics some famous air craft giving up its performance modeL Theme models thats what clever creative approach True scale photo-like painting looser treatment masters brush lets us feel different things dont care struts missing bit dihed ral added sides left Left Bud Chappell about take off World Engines Robinhood Winter has thing Robinhoods what calls theme models sermon month Bill asks distracted fact Buds planes pictures electric-powered Without information might wonder about prop waiting switched Above Would believe two Robinhoods right modified look like Spirit St Louis though yet completed few simple changes standard Robinhood kit perform magic Wide wing struts come will provide dihedral effect Winter turned-on lookalike real Scale model entrances him toowhen its ground Above Left Framed already sporting Williams Bros wheels 600 sq Spirit tips scales 21 oz Note three top pieces running down modified firewall disguise basic Robinhood structure Above Right Two lightweight floats presto Robinhood goes sea standard landing gear used axles slipping through nylon strap fittings float tops rear struts maintain alignment attached fuselage small rubberbands costume change almost easy falling off log Right Buds Robinhood climbs out under power Astro 15 direct drive turning 9-9 prop prefers crisp flying loops stalls spins touch-and-goes etc 4 5-mm run him duration flying has no appeal Winter would use tick-tock four-cycle sized say 10-6 prop big tank shoot fly-bys would never endand would go theme route maybe Ryan Brougham Bellanca Travelair 22 Model Aviation flat simpler means employed quicker perception what respond design ers artistry am touched World Engines Robinhood nonsense suspect John Maloney has world fun playing around Robinhood Lord what ugly Robin some friends say miss point simple fun build flies great know claims kinship Robin Since will fly like cabin model might concoct Id immensely pleased watch high air Robin some nondescript conglomeration wood MonoKote glue 500-mph Jennie gotta tell about Bud Chappell Robinhoods has Robin write home about believe Spirit St Louis resembles no waybut also Robinhood theme model out anoth er theme model really dont wish talk Electrics Buds models happen electric powered Robinhoods glow-engine models sish ignore Buds en ergy source talking theme Lets get Electric background quickly out way approach Electric Bud ex plains give modelers teetering edge tried proven currently avail able group itemskit motor radio prop covering battery etcthat can assembled builders average ex perience get consistent results fol lowing text procedures think thousands people like paid no attention electric power because want airplane look like fuli-size does have hand-launched easy main tain etc until saw article European Electrics did pay atten tion themfor saw June 1984 23 Left Youll relate HA Thomas efficient original AA RC Cox Black Widow 049 6-3 Grish plastic prop 52-in span its exactly big its power Winter says 6-ft version model oldfashioned 19 would cup teaand maybe inboard surfaces could used flaperons Above model uses three-channel EK brick controls Note simple rubberband wing attachment ship flies just lovely looks Above Two kind takes cake left built John Hartsfield finished orange white silver windows HAs right nice shade blue silver wing hori zontal tail surfaces black windows Right Thomas has flying fields everywhere seems flies school yard just block back door various parking lots AA cutie perched tarmac nearby War Memorial Stadium Tim Harris Barbara Holt traveled first class high school Senior Prom Surely youll read text find out what picture about Tims shown column before Left Hank lltzschs Buhi Pup ST 46 prize oldies done radio failure built another hed use 90 fourcycle Winter thinks would fly sedately 40 four-cycle spritely 60 Bill says ask about Buhi Pup plans RC Modeler has 52-in version overkill power OS 25 John Pond has biggie plan Right Dick Sherman Model Museum Plymouth NH visitors welcome storehouse rarities shows off lltzschs donated Bristol Scout Hank has second powered one-jug Tartan Both faithful rare WW factory drawings Cowl available T&D Fiberglass Specialties Plans article March April 1981 MAs Len Hare Quarter Scale DH-5 wings staggered improved pilot visibility has true scale frame authentic coloration Its Quadrapowered Hank says taught him new lessons aerodynamicsmajored twice now flying third time Right Model Builder magazine plans Quarter Scale DH Moth appears grassy fields England First powered Webra 90 now M&M 14 turning 20-6 prop 5800 flies looks like full-size planeand stirring sound Hes now thinking 12 four-cycle varied diversified Scale types planes same vein Bud continues know Cecil Peoli twin-pusher flies never would build because totally unappealing sounds like narrow inflexible attitude simply being selective settling less what have become stand ards imbedded ones mind brisk crisp 4- 5-mm flight packed loops stalls spins touch-and-goes feather-touch landings kind flight seek Height duration extreme others enjoy Chappell did China Clipper December 1983 MA bought two Robinhoods Except dummy front Robin version sug gests OX-S liquid-cooled nose seems to scalestruts allbut course isnt Like contempo rary Fairchilds Robins golden days nose pinched sharply what would front cabin bulkhead model front windshield line nose much nar rower passenger-carrying cabin gave look-down abilitypleasant cross-country flight perhaps made landings sharper Spirit Bud says has 600 sq wing very nice glow engine Electric sport reproduced flat wing sans dihedral wasnt finished pictures perhaps has added wide wing struts Mountain men like Hank Struck found Free Ellght struts contributed dihed ral effectas would Bellanca others struts worked Free Fllght whats worry about RC What seems amazing sllght rework evident weighing photo re sulted total change image radial engine lifelike Altered tail out llnes Spirit plus two bold string ers enhance illusion Left Hanks 1/3-scale Dormoy Bathtub now has Magnum 90 engine better sound Like spoked wheels Plans Model Builder Cen ter ever-popular 1912 Blackburn Flying wires run out top bottom three stations wing panel Right German WW Albatros Scouts sported sleek monocoque wood fuselage distinctive tail phantasmagoria inspired color schemes Hank gave young friend taking Aero Engineering MIT gives loving care flies regularly National Air Museum Washington DC has full-size Designed Bob Smurthwaite Jim Roberts Flying Model Aircraft 40-powered Firecat tail-dragger forthcoming Cat series include Topcat high-wing Bicat Lasercat etc Winter says Firecats aerobatic ability already catching attention although time new line still undergoing development flight testing Note open closed cockpit versions right-hand picture Bud says nothing about floats Robinhood about flying off water floats appear built lightly main axle run through nylon landing gear strap fitted atop float taking main load fact gear fully utilized aft strut per float has added Get behind Satan did have other commitments Id spring Robinhood Spir turns Gosh easy frame weighs 21 oz Since Bud flies beauties Super Ferrite 15 9-9 Rev-Up direct drive plain relatively small four-cycle engine would delightful hear now could much worse try Robinhoodand join fan tasy world airplane watching would nicely aerobatic glow about own look-alike fantasy Bewitched bothered bewildered life cannot understand people dont take advantage Schoolyard Scale Maybe name turn-off ships really Small Field modelsnot too exciting name either Sticking labels models conjurs up impressions dont square reality such flying being heaven Simple Scale Old-Timers originals 02s 10s sport Electrics rewarding subjects need give up anything else nopressure quiet evenings after work weave enchanting spell Another perk past 10 days have en joying RC never before writes HA Thomas Little Rock little Black Widow silver-and-blue model must have 35-40 flights delight Author Thats well over 200 write private airport high school ground about 100 ft back door get batch flights almost late afternoon sometimes almost moonlight find have room burn field looked small time other afternoon two giant sprinklers occupied half field flew no trouble other half Somehow Ive stumbled onto just right combo light weight ample span 52 area fairly clean lines energetic Black Widow does rest ship soars readily loops easily spins like top recov ers immediately neutralize tracks great has no vices trims straight flight easily pleasure fly Grish 6-3 prop cleaned up steel-wooled sprayed black Rustoleum best performing INCHES 00 DIHEDRAL I/B SHEET WING SECTION DOWEL /8 1/16 3/4 BLOCK tt 44f4 Ive ever used Author Henry tells prop doubles perform ance what guys think best prop never exaggerates Incidentally little ship carries EK Brick three-channel extra servo big 500 mAh battery still light About Black Widow after two Dragonfly engines proved disas ters found BW dealers Continued page 26 PILOT-I/8 SHEET PHALZ PHOKKER Walt Mooney 26 SPAN EASILY BUILT BEGINNERS SPORT FREE FLIGHT MODEL FEATUR ING SHEET CONSTRUCTION POWER COX 020 Pee Wee -I-ffi FORMERSI/8SHEET 5 DOWN THRUST 7/8 DIA WILLIAMSFUSELAGE IS 1/16 SHEET BOX BROS WHEELS..TAIL SURFACES FROM 1/16 SHEET FROM JrAmericon Modeler NOV-DEC 1972 Walt Mooneys Phalz Phokker whimsy gentleman spiked helmet enabled Walt fly make-believe 1916 German fighter Fokker Scourge due its revolutionary synchronized gun fire through prop dihedral 26-in sheet wood FF 02 enough knife-edges wafer-slice wurst leave others argue about dihedral works solve Walts straight-wing riddle June 1984 25 TOM BRIGHTBILL out 125 pilots WON NATIONS HIGHEST SOARING HONOR TROPHY HIGHEST OVERALL SCORE 1983 NATIONALS based 24 seven minute flights per pilot eliminating luck factor Tom flying 3 DODOSON DESIGNS MultiChannel gliders achieved victory 3 ships feature incredible Eppler 214 airfoil SIX WINOSONGS flown 1983 Nationals FOUR FINISHED IN THE TROPHIES including BOB DODGSONS 2nd PLACE OPEN CLASS WIN WINDSONG has CAUGHT STARTLED SOARING WORLD NAPPING its 205 have seen what can KNOW WINDSONG clearly has NOTICE ABLE PERFORMANCE ADVANTAGE over best thermal competition ships features 134 wing span core wing stab & rudder control -6 80 degrees elevator compensation rudder coupled trimable ailerons can reflexed like flaps cruising reflexed 30 degrees serve spoilers ng stab See NEWLY REVISED 1 hr VHS VIDEO TAPE showing 3 PLANES ACTION CONTROL SYSTEMS LINKAGES APPLICATION FIBERGLASS FIN/TURTLE DECK FOAM WING building sequence Send $25 $20 deposit/$5 ship/han Send 2 stamps complete catalog three multichannel gliders featuring SOLIDCORE WINGS SEAMLESS FIBERGLASS FUSELAGES EPPLER 214 AIRFOIL FLAP AND AILERON CONTROL AND NEW STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE $19995Camano 100 $15995K-Minnow $14995 2904 SW Camano DriveII WindsongCamano Island WA 98292206 387 JJ 26 Model Aviation showcase sat years runs like dream simple starts first flip eyebrows raise Ive watched countless folks beating props death trying start engines coupled desperate wild screwing out needle once started usually far too rich lean delayed reaction needle know used finethread needles such Kustom Kraftsmanship Ace RC high nitro fuel can run 10% wouldnt fuss less 15% nitro actually special fuels go high 40% nitro Thomas advises gets instant starts recoil spring starter using small can high-nitro fuel sold small engines HA very special guy bought first magazine submission 1938 exception columnists probably published man alive will always re membered magnificent two-page Sketch Book ran perhaps 25 years old Air Trails later American Modeler complete ar tist pen retired own ad agency know wing-walker parachutist days forgotten bipes like Command aire Hes good model Sailplanes too cute rubber stuff dis tictive flair designed Tes tors 45 years editing would hard pushed choose between HA late Cal Smith all-time favorite money-in-the-bank artist/de signer/flying contributor pleases no end show pictures HalfA ship continuing saga young Tim Har ris still standing atten tion may remember Henry Haffkes story about spotting youngster flying glider field close Coverites plant Henry does mysterious things isnt building Gee Bees What kid doing glider led presenting pictures skepti cal readers would buy tall tale lad hand-launching big bird doing repertoire aerobatics cluding inverted flight ship buzzing around head like benign bee Naturally Henry hired lad Before left high school Tim Harris acquired full-scale license fly powered aircraft helicopters Henry first spotted him Tim already full-size sailplane license Tim graduated last June Dublin High School Pennsylvania did what came naturally escorted date Barbara Holt Senior Promin helicopter Tim got instructor land chopper neighbors yard pick up young couple what has worlds classiest arrival Continued page 28 ALL-AMERICAN WINNER RETURNS Pictured above SUPER CYCLONE IS TODAY Once again ruggedly built Champion available High Flying Fun 1984 SUPER CYKE holds exacting standards original design Using todays technology provide guaranteed engine performs SUPER CYCLONE can Included $18950 purchase price 1984 SUPER CYCLONE engine Ignition coil high tension lead condenser spark pltsg5 Original cowl decak___________________ 5 Owners manual $7500 deposit per engine payment full required order Delivery position established date order receipt Allow 30-45 days normal shipping USA insured delivery via UPS add $450 Parcel Post add $650 balance COD add $250 per engine Arizona residents add 6% sales tax Price specification subject change notice MA Order yours today Super Cyclone Engines PO Box 10658 Phoenix AZ 85064 274-3375 terCard Visa welcome Iadd 50/a Name Address City M/C Visa # Original parts list numbers modified Original display box Factory Wananty *If coil sod condenser required deduct $500 State _____________ Zip Exp Signature IS] iU Bb11 LI 1U1 Nb 1 nd $100 Catalog New Standard NEWLOWPRICE Giant Models95 PIes shipping 28 HP bsUIDirect Sales Only Work Horse95 KIORITZ 24 32 HP- 6i4 Lbs 179 Dealer Direct Now DistributePlus shipping Sachs-Dolmar Engines Yea ger Machines TO RUN INCLUDING 6 BOLT PROP HUB AT EXTRA CHARGE IfENGINERear 34OSCIeveIandAve. SW Ru U SM M ru DIVISIONPhone 21 61 484-6810 484-4374 school prom Two really first-class pas sengers Tim now training Aero space Virginia Tech Barbara Holt attends Radford pursuing education music Stay tuned column Im taking break right now inspired Im off McDonalds Seekonk Air Force Hank Iltzschs fleet airplanes mostly Scale ranging big bigger population ex plosion Fishing statistical com parison Im reminded 35 German WW II aces topped 150 confirmed led Major Erich Hartman 352 Eastern Front Ground air warfare Russia unimagin able scale Six years ago Hank submitted huge Bristol Scout Model Aviation assumed project culmination lifetime Con fronted problem printing requiring huge reductions lines lettering vanishing sight soon retire figured Wheeley would solve puzzle came up two-part presentation March April issues 1981 plans 91-powered model still avail able Hank has Confederate Air Force benevolent giants well minestrone soup things like Power houses Red Zephyrs Falcons Bristol based information supplied Leo Opdycke world re nowned such circles publica tion WW Aero Journal Source Leo building full-scale Scout provided Hank factory drawings have about much chance finding detailed factory draw ings WW subjects Span iards did chasing fabled Fountain Youth firming up rough plans Model viation Hank building second Scout Several months ago Hank presented first Dick Sherman ex-airline pilot glider pilot turned home incredible modeling museum visitors welcome Plymouth NH After seeking sanctuary slam-dunking world editing discov ered another mystery Iltzsch ghostly armada photos uncovered DH-5 DH-5 British did have much luck prophetic Beech Staggerwing Thirties generous negative stagger Some modelers know negative stagger works well al though scares us DH-5s so-so performance probably can laid typical snares day reasons then-odd configuration evi dent Hanks pictures DH-5 put cockpit under leading edge rear-shifted top wing giving pilot exceptional visibility have struggling Quarter Scale DH-5 Hank confides ap Continued page 133 28 Model Aviation An AMA District II meeting held theater Saturday afternoon chaired Vice President John Byrne Among matters discussed live ly session What what has AMA already done response announcement Kraft Chan nel Master unit 50 switch-selectable RC channels think members came away confidence AMA ball matter AMA Presidident John Grigg Executive Director John Worth discussed very matter Kraft executives fully month fore meeting Upstairs wall-to-wall peo ple studying products listening sales pitches 108 booths booths manned AMA HQ people volunteers did everything verifying memberships working out insurance problems lot AMA business gets done trade shows folks working Christmas sales rush environment think members getting moneys worth products display ranged HL Gliders RC flight simulator including crash damage assessment module Theres quite contingent cost simulator 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plenty hinges have no further trouble Nicks Firebolt handled okay coming dead engine after fin broken off flight assume fin provides sufficient vertical area addition flight experience Nick have accumulated Firebolts Lance Schneider also has some stick fime Lance best local RC fliers value opinions about new aircraft watched him fly Firebolt through variety maneuvers noticing axial rolls round loops inverted passes some beautiful landings said handled very well much like good Pattern ship would have thought found stable particularly landings plan work another canard design di rected toward Pattern performance looks like will building pair construction notes will brief Firebolt structure simple can built very quickly prefer cut out necessary parts before beginning assembly get own kit ready go dont have local foam wing cutter can recommend source Lou Wolgast 40 Castlewood Trail Sparta NJ 07871 wing skinned i/IA balsa suggest applying balsa skin epoxy glue make lightest wing edge-glue VIA balsa pre pare wing skins lightly sand foam cores Vacuum get rid loose foam dust Use slow curing epoxy can heated warm water make flow better Apply epoxy balsa skin spreading wood leaving minimum glue Place skin core place skinned core back Continued page 142 WING SPAN44 WING AREAiSA coin ENGINEIS WEIGHT34 ISa Boise body oem in5 sheeting de cut lormers rolled Elena 2 shI HIGHLY AEROBATIC DESIGNED Weller Nio Denrock Jr PEPPERMINT PATTIE 15 STINGER II WING SPAN 38cr WING AREA AOSscin ENGINE4G EIGHTbibs boIse coslrocliOn die cul fornrnrS ribs 2sAts hAl rAze SIeS Good groend hendling gentle lending e good fiSt biSe PU LLY AEROBATIC cMASTER XJT Div BAR/RICH SALES CO 2 FAIRWAY-HANNIBAL MOO3dGn-3t4/22t 5803 June 1984 139 Futaba PCMJR Unlimited 8 Skywriter Mufflers Light weight tubular steel construction Injection optional coil smoke systems ovoilable Tremendous smoke output Available fit e Super Smoke new smoke fluid additive helps produce visible $300 denser longer hanging smoke 160. 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/06
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I AM AIRPLANE WATCHER never fail look up passing air craft passing freight trains also count cars colorful place names adorn arent what used Nor passing airplanes very romantic sausage machine grinds out Cessnas Watching models fly never grows bor ing enjoy beauty model itself what gifted stick pusher does fly own like sail high wide disturb little possiblebut alas does have bring closer down turn around like also watch everyones machine its thing youll find another quality comes through realism like models look like full-size ones fly smoothly am moved look-alikes am true scale admire beautiful Scale jobs ground set pieces grand museum fly decently am pleasedbut anti-climactic go bananas other hand over some customized thing says Hey am supposed Zero P-40 Aeronca original cleverly mimics some famous air craft giving up its performance modeL Theme models thats what clever creative approach True scale photo-like painting looser treatment masters brush lets us feel different things dont care struts missing bit dihed ral added sides left Left Bud Chappell about take off World Engines Robinhood Winter has thing Robinhoods what calls theme models sermon month Bill asks distracted fact Buds planes pictures electric-powered Without information might wonder about prop waiting switched Above Would believe two Robinhoods right modified look like Spirit St Louis though yet completed few simple changes standard Robinhood kit perform magic Wide wing struts come will provide dihedral effect Winter turned-on lookalike real Scale model entrances him toowhen its ground Above Left Framed already sporting Williams Bros wheels 600 sq Spirit tips scales 21 oz Note three top pieces running down modified firewall disguise basic Robinhood structure Above Right Two lightweight floats presto Robinhood goes sea standard landing gear used axles slipping through nylon strap fittings float tops rear struts maintain alignment attached fuselage small rubberbands costume change almost easy falling off log Right Buds Robinhood climbs out under power Astro 15 direct drive turning 9-9 prop prefers crisp flying loops stalls spins touch-and-goes etc 4 5-mm run him duration flying has no appeal Winter would use tick-tock four-cycle sized say 10-6 prop big tank shoot fly-bys would never endand would go theme route maybe Ryan Brougham Bellanca Travelair 22 Model Aviation flat simpler means employed quicker perception what respond design ers artistry am touched World Engines Robinhood nonsense suspect John Maloney has world fun playing around Robinhood Lord what ugly Robin some friends say miss point simple fun build flies great know claims kinship Robin Since will fly like cabin model might concoct Id immensely pleased watch high air Robin some nondescript conglomeration wood MonoKote glue 500-mph Jennie gotta tell about Bud Chappell Robinhoods has Robin write home about believe Spirit St Louis resembles no waybut also Robinhood theme model out anoth er theme model really dont wish talk Electrics Buds models happen electric powered Robinhoods glow-engine models sish ignore Buds en ergy source talking theme Lets get Electric background quickly out way approach Electric Bud ex plains give modelers teetering edge tried proven currently avail able group itemskit motor radio prop covering battery etcthat can assembled builders average ex perience get consistent results fol lowing text procedures think thousands people like paid no attention electric power because want airplane look like fuli-size does have hand-launched easy main tain etc until saw article European Electrics did pay atten tion themfor saw June 1984 23 Left Youll relate HA Thomas efficient original AA RC Cox Black Widow 049 6-3 Grish plastic prop 52-in span its exactly big its power Winter says 6-ft version model oldfashioned 19 would cup teaand maybe inboard surfaces could used flaperons Above model uses three-channel EK brick controls Note simple rubberband wing attachment ship flies just lovely looks Above Two kind takes cake left built John Hartsfield finished orange white silver windows HAs right nice shade blue silver wing hori zontal tail surfaces black windows Right Thomas has flying fields everywhere seems flies school yard just block back door various parking lots AA cutie perched tarmac nearby War Memorial Stadium Tim Harris Barbara Holt traveled first class high school Senior Prom Surely youll read text find out what picture about Tims shown column before Left Hank lltzschs Buhi Pup ST 46 prize oldies done radio failure built another hed use 90 fourcycle Winter thinks would fly sedately 40 four-cycle spritely 60 Bill says ask about Buhi Pup plans RC Modeler has 52-in version overkill power OS 25 John Pond has biggie plan Right Dick Sherman Model Museum Plymouth NH visitors welcome storehouse rarities shows off lltzschs donated Bristol Scout Hank has second powered one-jug Tartan Both faithful rare WW factory drawings Cowl available T&D Fiberglass Specialties Plans article March April 1981 MAs Len Hare Quarter Scale DH-5 wings staggered improved pilot visibility has true scale frame authentic coloration Its Quadrapowered Hank says taught him new lessons aerodynamicsmajored twice now flying third time Right Model Builder magazine plans Quarter Scale DH Moth appears grassy fields England First powered Webra 90 now M&M 14 turning 20-6 prop 5800 flies looks like full-size planeand stirring sound Hes now thinking 12 four-cycle varied diversified Scale types planes same vein Bud continues know Cecil Peoli twin-pusher flies never would build because totally unappealing sounds like narrow inflexible attitude simply being selective settling less what have become stand ards imbedded ones mind brisk crisp 4- 5-mm flight packed loops stalls spins touch-and-goes feather-touch landings kind flight seek Height duration extreme others enjoy Chappell did China Clipper December 1983 MA bought two Robinhoods Except dummy front Robin version sug gests OX-S liquid-cooled nose seems to scalestruts allbut course isnt Like contempo rary Fairchilds Robins golden days nose pinched sharply what would front cabin bulkhead model front windshield line nose much nar rower passenger-carrying cabin gave look-down abilitypleasant cross-country flight perhaps made landings sharper Spirit Bud says has 600 sq wing very nice glow engine Electric sport reproduced flat wing sans dihedral wasnt finished pictures perhaps has added wide wing struts Mountain men like Hank Struck found Free Ellght struts contributed dihed ral effectas would Bellanca others struts worked Free Fllght whats worry about RC What seems amazing sllght rework evident weighing photo re sulted total change image radial engine lifelike Altered tail out llnes Spirit plus two bold string ers enhance illusion Left Hanks 1/3-scale Dormoy Bathtub now has Magnum 90 engine better sound Like spoked wheels Plans Model Builder Cen ter ever-popular 1912 Blackburn Flying wires run out top bottom three stations wing panel Right German WW Albatros Scouts sported sleek monocoque wood fuselage distinctive tail phantasmagoria inspired color schemes Hank gave young friend taking Aero Engineering MIT gives loving care flies regularly National Air Museum Washington DC has full-size Designed Bob Smurthwaite Jim Roberts Flying Model Aircraft 40-powered Firecat tail-dragger forthcoming Cat series include Topcat high-wing Bicat Lasercat etc Winter says Firecats aerobatic ability already catching attention although time new line still undergoing development flight testing Note open closed cockpit versions right-hand picture Bud says nothing about floats Robinhood about flying off water floats appear built lightly main axle run through nylon landing gear strap fitted atop float taking main load fact gear fully utilized aft strut per float has added Get behind Satan did have other commitments Id spring Robinhood Spir turns Gosh easy frame weighs 21 oz Since Bud flies beauties Super Ferrite 15 9-9 Rev-Up direct drive plain relatively small four-cycle engine would delightful hear now could much worse try Robinhoodand join fan tasy world airplane watching would nicely aerobatic glow about own look-alike fantasy Bewitched bothered bewildered life cannot understand people dont take advantage Schoolyard Scale Maybe name turn-off ships really Small Field modelsnot too exciting name either Sticking labels models conjurs up impressions dont square reality such flying being heaven Simple Scale Old-Timers originals 02s 10s sport Electrics rewarding subjects need give up anything else nopressure quiet evenings after work weave enchanting spell Another perk past 10 days have en joying RC never before writes HA Thomas Little Rock little Black Widow silver-and-blue model must have 35-40 flights delight Author Thats well over 200 write private airport high school ground about 100 ft back door get batch flights almost late afternoon sometimes almost moonlight find have room burn field looked small time other afternoon two giant sprinklers occupied half field flew no trouble other half Somehow Ive stumbled onto just right combo light weight ample span 52 area fairly clean lines energetic Black Widow does rest ship soars readily loops easily spins like top recov ers immediately neutralize tracks great has no vices trims straight flight easily pleasure fly Grish 6-3 prop cleaned up steel-wooled sprayed black Rustoleum best performing INCHES 00 DIHEDRAL I/B SHEET WING SECTION DOWEL /8 1/16 3/4 BLOCK tt 44f4 Ive ever used Author Henry tells prop doubles perform ance what guys think best prop never exaggerates Incidentally little ship carries EK Brick three-channel extra servo big 500 mAh battery still light About Black Widow after two Dragonfly engines proved disas ters found BW dealers Continued page 26 PILOT-I/8 SHEET PHALZ PHOKKER Walt Mooney 26 SPAN EASILY BUILT BEGINNERS SPORT FREE FLIGHT MODEL FEATUR ING SHEET CONSTRUCTION POWER COX 020 Pee Wee -I-ffi FORMERSI/8SHEET 5 DOWN THRUST 7/8 DIA WILLIAMSFUSELAGE IS 1/16 SHEET BOX BROS WHEELS..TAIL SURFACES FROM 1/16 SHEET FROM JrAmericon Modeler NOV-DEC 1972 Walt Mooneys Phalz Phokker whimsy gentleman spiked helmet enabled Walt fly make-believe 1916 German fighter Fokker Scourge due its revolutionary synchronized gun fire through prop dihedral 26-in sheet wood FF 02 enough knife-edges wafer-slice wurst leave others argue about dihedral works solve Walts straight-wing riddle June 1984 25 TOM BRIGHTBILL out 125 pilots WON NATIONS HIGHEST SOARING HONOR TROPHY HIGHEST OVERALL SCORE 1983 NATIONALS based 24 seven minute flights per pilot eliminating luck factor Tom flying 3 DODOSON DESIGNS MultiChannel gliders achieved victory 3 ships feature incredible Eppler 214 airfoil SIX WINOSONGS flown 1983 Nationals FOUR FINISHED IN THE TROPHIES including BOB DODGSONS 2nd PLACE OPEN CLASS WIN WINDSONG has CAUGHT STARTLED SOARING WORLD NAPPING its 205 have seen what can KNOW WINDSONG clearly has NOTICE ABLE PERFORMANCE ADVANTAGE over best thermal competition ships features 134 wing span core wing stab & rudder control -6 80 degrees elevator compensation rudder coupled trimable ailerons can reflexed like flaps cruising reflexed 30 degrees serve spoilers ng stab See NEWLY REVISED 1 hr VHS VIDEO TAPE showing 3 PLANES ACTION CONTROL SYSTEMS LINKAGES APPLICATION FIBERGLASS FIN/TURTLE DECK FOAM WING building sequence Send $25 $20 deposit/$5 ship/han Send 2 stamps complete catalog three multichannel gliders featuring SOLIDCORE WINGS SEAMLESS FIBERGLASS FUSELAGES EPPLER 214 AIRFOIL FLAP AND AILERON CONTROL AND NEW STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE $19995Camano 100 $15995K-Minnow $14995 2904 SW Camano DriveII WindsongCamano Island WA 98292206 387 JJ 26 Model Aviation showcase sat years runs like dream simple starts first flip eyebrows raise Ive watched countless folks beating props death trying start engines coupled desperate wild screwing out needle once started usually far too rich lean delayed reaction needle know used finethread needles such Kustom Kraftsmanship Ace RC high nitro fuel can run 10% wouldnt fuss less 15% nitro actually special fuels go high 40% nitro Thomas advises gets instant starts recoil spring starter using small can high-nitro fuel sold small engines HA very special guy bought first magazine submission 1938 exception columnists probably published man alive will always re membered magnificent two-page Sketch Book ran perhaps 25 years old Air Trails later American Modeler complete ar tist pen retired own ad agency know wing-walker parachutist days forgotten bipes like Command aire Hes good model Sailplanes too cute rubber stuff dis tictive flair designed Tes tors 45 years editing would hard pushed choose between HA late Cal Smith all-time favorite money-in-the-bank artist/de signer/flying contributor pleases no end show pictures HalfA ship continuing saga young Tim Har ris still standing atten tion may remember Henry Haffkes story about spotting youngster flying glider field close Coverites plant Henry does mysterious things isnt building Gee Bees What kid doing glider led presenting pictures skepti cal readers would buy tall tale lad hand-launching big bird doing repertoire aerobatics cluding inverted flight ship buzzing around head like benign bee Naturally Henry hired lad Before left high school Tim Harris acquired full-scale license fly powered aircraft helicopters Henry first spotted him Tim already full-size sailplane license Tim graduated last June Dublin High School Pennsylvania did what came naturally escorted date Barbara Holt Senior Promin helicopter Tim got instructor land chopper neighbors yard pick up young couple what has worlds classiest arrival Continued page 28 ALL-AMERICAN WINNER RETURNS Pictured above SUPER CYCLONE IS TODAY Once again ruggedly built Champion available High Flying Fun 1984 SUPER CYKE holds exacting standards original design Using todays technology provide guaranteed engine performs SUPER CYCLONE can Included $18950 purchase price 1984 SUPER CYCLONE engine Ignition coil high tension lead condenser spark pltsg5 Original cowl decak___________________ 5 Owners manual $7500 deposit per engine payment full required order Delivery position established date order receipt Allow 30-45 days normal shipping USA insured delivery via UPS add $450 Parcel Post add $650 balance COD add $250 per engine Arizona residents add 6% sales tax Price specification subject change notice MA Order yours today Super Cyclone Engines PO Box 10658 Phoenix AZ 85064 274-3375 terCard Visa welcome Iadd 50/a Name Address City M/C Visa # Original parts list numbers modified Original display box Factory Wananty *If coil sod condenser required deduct $500 State _____________ Zip Exp Signature IS] iU Bb11 LI 1U1 Nb 1 nd $100 Catalog New Standard NEWLOWPRICE Giant Models95 PIes shipping 28 HP bsUIDirect Sales Only Work Horse95 KIORITZ 24 32 HP- 6i4 Lbs 179 Dealer Direct Now DistributePlus shipping Sachs-Dolmar Engines Yea ger Machines TO RUN INCLUDING 6 BOLT PROP HUB AT EXTRA CHARGE IfENGINERear 34OSCIeveIandAve. SW Ru U SM M ru DIVISIONPhone 21 61 484-6810 484-4374 school prom Two really first-class pas sengers Tim now training Aero space Virginia Tech Barbara Holt attends Radford pursuing education music Stay tuned column Im taking break right now inspired Im off McDonalds Seekonk Air Force Hank Iltzschs fleet airplanes mostly Scale ranging big bigger population ex plosion Fishing statistical com parison Im reminded 35 German WW II aces topped 150 confirmed led Major Erich Hartman 352 Eastern Front Ground air warfare Russia unimagin able scale Six years ago Hank submitted huge Bristol Scout Model Aviation assumed project culmination lifetime Con fronted problem printing requiring huge reductions lines lettering vanishing sight soon retire figured Wheeley would solve puzzle came up two-part presentation March April issues 1981 plans 91-powered model still avail able Hank has Confederate Air Force benevolent giants well minestrone soup things like Power houses Red Zephyrs Falcons Bristol based information supplied Leo Opdycke world re nowned such circles publica tion WW Aero Journal Source Leo building full-scale Scout provided Hank factory drawings have about much chance finding detailed factory draw ings WW subjects Span iards did chasing fabled Fountain Youth firming up rough plans Model viation Hank building second Scout Several months ago Hank presented first Dick Sherman ex-airline pilot glider pilot turned home incredible modeling museum visitors welcome Plymouth NH After seeking sanctuary slam-dunking world editing discov ered another mystery Iltzsch ghostly armada photos uncovered DH-5 DH-5 British did have much luck prophetic Beech Staggerwing Thirties generous negative stagger Some modelers know negative stagger works well al though scares us DH-5s so-so performance probably can laid typical snares day reasons then-odd configuration evi dent Hanks pictures DH-5 put cockpit under leading edge rear-shifted top wing giving pilot exceptional visibility have struggling Quarter Scale DH-5 Hank confides ap Continued page 133 28 Model Aviation An AMA District II meeting held theater Saturday afternoon chaired Vice President John Byrne Among matters discussed live ly session What what has AMA already done response announcement Kraft Chan nel Master unit 50 switch-selectable RC channels think members came away confidence AMA ball matter AMA Presidident John Grigg Executive Director John Worth discussed very matter Kraft executives fully month fore meeting Upstairs wall-to-wall peo ple studying products listening sales pitches 108 booths booths manned AMA HQ people volunteers did everything verifying memberships working out insurance problems lot AMA business gets done trade shows folks working Christmas sales rush environment think members getting moneys worth products display ranged HL Gliders RC flight simulator including crash damage assessment module Theres quite contingent cost simulator 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plenty hinges have no further trouble Nicks Firebolt handled okay coming dead engine after fin broken off flight assume fin provides sufficient vertical area addition flight experience Nick have accumulated Firebolts Lance Schneider also has some stick fime Lance best local RC fliers value opinions about new aircraft watched him fly Firebolt through variety maneuvers noticing axial rolls round loops inverted passes some beautiful landings said handled very well much like good Pattern ship would have thought found stable particularly landings plan work another canard design di rected toward Pattern performance looks like will building pair construction notes will brief Firebolt structure simple can built very quickly prefer cut out necessary parts before beginning assembly get own kit ready go dont have local foam wing cutter can recommend source Lou Wolgast 40 Castlewood Trail Sparta NJ 07871 wing skinned i/IA balsa suggest applying balsa skin epoxy glue make lightest wing edge-glue VIA balsa pre pare wing skins lightly sand foam cores Vacuum get rid loose foam dust Use slow curing epoxy can heated warm water make flow better Apply epoxy balsa skin spreading wood leaving minimum glue Place skin core place skinned core back Continued page 142 WING SPAN44 WING AREAiSA coin ENGINEIS WEIGHT34 ISa Boise body oem in5 sheeting de cut lormers rolled Elena 2 shI HIGHLY AEROBATIC DESIGNED Weller Nio Denrock Jr PEPPERMINT PATTIE 15 STINGER II WING SPAN 38cr WING AREA AOSscin ENGINE4G EIGHTbibs boIse coslrocliOn die cul fornrnrS ribs 2sAts hAl rAze SIeS Good groend hendling gentle lending e good fiSt biSe PU LLY AEROBATIC cMASTER XJT Div BAR/RICH SALES CO 2 FAIRWAY-HANNIBAL MOO3dGn-3t4/22t 5803 June 1984 139 Futaba PCMJR Unlimited 8 Skywriter Mufflers Light weight tubular steel construction Injection optional coil smoke systems ovoilable Tremendous smoke output Available fit e Super Smoke new smoke fluid additive helps produce visible $300 denser longer hanging smoke 160. 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I AM AIRPLANE WATCHER never fail look up passing air craft passing freight trains also count cars colorful place names adorn arent what used Nor passing airplanes very romantic sausage machine grinds out Cessnas Watching models fly never grows bor ing enjoy beauty model itself what gifted stick pusher does fly own like sail high wide disturb little possiblebut alas does have bring closer down turn around like also watch everyones machine its thing youll find another quality comes through realism like models look like full-size ones fly smoothly am moved look-alikes am true scale admire beautiful Scale jobs ground set pieces grand museum fly decently am pleasedbut anti-climactic go bananas other hand over some customized thing says Hey am supposed Zero P-40 Aeronca original cleverly mimics some famous air craft giving up its performance modeL Theme models thats what clever creative approach True scale photo-like painting looser treatment masters brush lets us feel different things dont care struts missing bit dihed ral added sides left Left Bud Chappell about take off World Engines Robinhood Winter has thing Robinhoods what calls theme models sermon month Bill asks distracted fact Buds planes pictures electric-powered Without information might wonder about prop waiting switched Above Would believe two Robinhoods right modified look like Spirit St Louis though yet completed few simple changes standard Robinhood kit perform magic Wide wing struts come will provide dihedral effect Winter turned-on lookalike real Scale model entrances him toowhen its ground Above Left Framed already sporting Williams Bros wheels 600 sq Spirit tips scales 21 oz Note three top pieces running down modified firewall disguise basic Robinhood structure Above Right Two lightweight floats presto Robinhood goes sea standard landing gear used axles slipping through nylon strap fittings float tops rear struts maintain alignment attached fuselage small rubberbands costume change almost easy falling off log Right Buds Robinhood climbs out under power Astro 15 direct drive turning 9-9 prop prefers crisp flying loops stalls spins touch-and-goes etc 4 5-mm run him duration flying has no appeal Winter would use tick-tock four-cycle sized say 10-6 prop big tank shoot fly-bys would never endand would go theme route maybe Ryan Brougham Bellanca Travelair 22 Model Aviation flat simpler means employed quicker perception what respond design ers artistry am touched World Engines Robinhood nonsense suspect John Maloney has world fun playing around Robinhood Lord what ugly Robin some friends say miss point simple fun build flies great know claims kinship Robin Since will fly like cabin model might concoct Id immensely pleased watch high air Robin some nondescript conglomeration wood MonoKote glue 500-mph Jennie gotta tell about Bud Chappell Robinhoods has Robin write home about believe Spirit St Louis resembles no waybut also Robinhood theme model out anoth er theme model really dont wish talk Electrics Buds models happen electric powered Robinhoods glow-engine models sish ignore Buds en ergy source talking theme Lets get Electric background quickly out way approach Electric Bud ex plains give modelers teetering edge tried proven currently avail able group itemskit motor radio prop covering battery etcthat can assembled builders average ex perience get consistent results fol lowing text procedures think thousands people like paid no attention electric power because want airplane look like fuli-size does have hand-launched easy main tain etc until saw article European Electrics did pay atten tion themfor saw June 1984 23 Left Youll relate HA Thomas efficient original AA RC Cox Black Widow 049 6-3 Grish plastic prop 52-in span its exactly big its power Winter says 6-ft version model oldfashioned 19 would cup teaand maybe inboard surfaces could used flaperons Above model uses three-channel EK brick controls Note simple rubberband wing attachment ship flies just lovely looks Above Two kind takes cake left built John Hartsfield finished orange white silver windows HAs right nice shade blue silver wing hori zontal tail surfaces black windows Right Thomas has flying fields everywhere seems flies school yard just block back door various parking lots AA cutie perched tarmac nearby War Memorial Stadium Tim Harris Barbara Holt traveled first class high school Senior Prom Surely youll read text find out what picture about Tims shown column before Left Hank lltzschs Buhi Pup ST 46 prize oldies done radio failure built another hed use 90 fourcycle Winter thinks would fly sedately 40 four-cycle spritely 60 Bill says ask about Buhi Pup plans RC Modeler has 52-in version overkill power OS 25 John Pond has biggie plan Right Dick Sherman Model Museum Plymouth NH visitors welcome storehouse rarities shows off lltzschs donated Bristol Scout Hank has second powered one-jug Tartan Both faithful rare WW factory drawings Cowl available T&D Fiberglass Specialties Plans article March April 1981 MAs Len Hare Quarter Scale DH-5 wings staggered improved pilot visibility has true scale frame authentic coloration Its Quadrapowered Hank says taught him new lessons aerodynamicsmajored twice now flying third time Right Model Builder magazine plans Quarter Scale DH Moth appears grassy fields England First powered Webra 90 now M&M 14 turning 20-6 prop 5800 flies looks like full-size planeand stirring sound Hes now thinking 12 four-cycle varied diversified Scale types planes same vein Bud continues know Cecil Peoli twin-pusher flies never would build because totally unappealing sounds like narrow inflexible attitude simply being selective settling less what have become stand ards imbedded ones mind brisk crisp 4- 5-mm flight packed loops stalls spins touch-and-goes feather-touch landings kind flight seek Height duration extreme others enjoy Chappell did China Clipper December 1983 MA bought two Robinhoods Except dummy front Robin version sug gests OX-S liquid-cooled nose seems to scalestruts allbut course isnt Like contempo rary Fairchilds Robins golden days nose pinched sharply what would front cabin bulkhead model front windshield line nose much nar rower passenger-carrying cabin gave look-down abilitypleasant cross-country flight perhaps made landings sharper Spirit Bud says has 600 sq wing very nice glow engine Electric sport reproduced flat wing sans dihedral wasnt finished pictures perhaps has added wide wing struts Mountain men like Hank Struck found Free Ellght struts contributed dihed ral effectas would Bellanca others struts worked Free Fllght whats worry about RC What seems amazing sllght rework evident weighing photo re sulted total change image radial engine lifelike Altered tail out llnes Spirit plus two bold string ers enhance illusion Left Hanks 1/3-scale Dormoy Bathtub now has Magnum 90 engine better sound Like spoked wheels Plans Model Builder Cen ter ever-popular 1912 Blackburn Flying wires run out top bottom three stations wing panel Right German WW Albatros Scouts sported sleek monocoque wood fuselage distinctive tail phantasmagoria inspired color schemes Hank gave young friend taking Aero Engineering MIT gives loving care flies regularly National Air Museum Washington DC has full-size Designed Bob Smurthwaite Jim Roberts Flying Model Aircraft 40-powered Firecat tail-dragger forthcoming Cat series include Topcat high-wing Bicat Lasercat etc Winter says Firecats aerobatic ability already catching attention although time new line still undergoing development flight testing Note open closed cockpit versions right-hand picture Bud says nothing about floats Robinhood about flying off water floats appear built lightly main axle run through nylon landing gear strap fitted atop float taking main load fact gear fully utilized aft strut per float has added Get behind Satan did have other commitments Id spring Robinhood Spir turns Gosh easy frame weighs 21 oz Since Bud flies beauties Super Ferrite 15 9-9 Rev-Up direct drive plain relatively small four-cycle engine would delightful hear now could much worse try Robinhoodand join fan tasy world airplane watching would nicely aerobatic glow about own look-alike fantasy Bewitched bothered bewildered life cannot understand people dont take advantage Schoolyard Scale Maybe name turn-off ships really Small Field modelsnot too exciting name either Sticking labels models conjurs up impressions dont square reality such flying being heaven Simple Scale Old-Timers originals 02s 10s sport Electrics rewarding subjects need give up anything else nopressure quiet evenings after work weave enchanting spell Another perk past 10 days have en joying RC never before writes HA Thomas Little Rock little Black Widow silver-and-blue model must have 35-40 flights delight Author Thats well over 200 write private airport high school ground about 100 ft back door get batch flights almost late afternoon sometimes almost moonlight find have room burn field looked small time other afternoon two giant sprinklers occupied half field flew no trouble other half Somehow Ive stumbled onto just right combo light weight ample span 52 area fairly clean lines energetic Black Widow does rest ship soars readily loops easily spins like top recov ers immediately neutralize tracks great has no vices trims straight flight easily pleasure fly Grish 6-3 prop cleaned up steel-wooled sprayed black Rustoleum best performing INCHES 00 DIHEDRAL I/B SHEET WING SECTION DOWEL /8 1/16 3/4 BLOCK tt 44f4 Ive ever used Author Henry tells prop doubles perform ance what guys think best prop never exaggerates Incidentally little ship carries EK Brick three-channel extra servo big 500 mAh battery still light About Black Widow after two Dragonfly engines proved disas ters found BW dealers Continued page 26 PILOT-I/8 SHEET PHALZ PHOKKER Walt Mooney 26 SPAN EASILY BUILT BEGINNERS SPORT FREE FLIGHT MODEL FEATUR ING SHEET CONSTRUCTION POWER COX 020 Pee Wee -I-ffi FORMERSI/8SHEET 5 DOWN THRUST 7/8 DIA WILLIAMSFUSELAGE IS 1/16 SHEET BOX BROS WHEELS..TAIL SURFACES FROM 1/16 SHEET FROM JrAmericon Modeler NOV-DEC 1972 Walt Mooneys Phalz Phokker whimsy gentleman spiked helmet enabled Walt fly make-believe 1916 German fighter Fokker Scourge due its revolutionary synchronized gun fire through prop dihedral 26-in sheet wood FF 02 enough knife-edges wafer-slice wurst leave others argue about dihedral works solve Walts straight-wing riddle June 1984 25 TOM BRIGHTBILL out 125 pilots WON NATIONS HIGHEST SOARING HONOR TROPHY HIGHEST OVERALL SCORE 1983 NATIONALS based 24 seven minute flights per pilot eliminating luck factor Tom flying 3 DODOSON DESIGNS MultiChannel gliders achieved victory 3 ships feature incredible Eppler 214 airfoil SIX WINOSONGS flown 1983 Nationals FOUR FINISHED IN THE TROPHIES including BOB DODGSONS 2nd PLACE OPEN CLASS WIN WINDSONG has CAUGHT STARTLED SOARING WORLD NAPPING its 205 have seen what can KNOW WINDSONG clearly has NOTICE ABLE PERFORMANCE ADVANTAGE over best thermal competition ships features 134 wing span core wing stab & rudder control -6 80 degrees elevator compensation rudder coupled trimable ailerons can reflexed like flaps cruising reflexed 30 degrees serve spoilers ng stab See NEWLY REVISED 1 hr VHS VIDEO TAPE showing 3 PLANES ACTION CONTROL SYSTEMS LINKAGES APPLICATION FIBERGLASS FIN/TURTLE DECK FOAM WING building sequence Send $25 $20 deposit/$5 ship/han Send 2 stamps complete catalog three multichannel gliders featuring SOLIDCORE WINGS SEAMLESS FIBERGLASS FUSELAGES EPPLER 214 AIRFOIL FLAP AND AILERON CONTROL AND NEW STANDARD OF PERFORMANCE $19995Camano 100 $15995K-Minnow $14995 2904 SW Camano DriveII WindsongCamano Island WA 98292206 387 JJ 26 Model Aviation showcase sat years runs like dream simple starts first flip eyebrows raise Ive watched countless folks beating props death trying start engines coupled desperate wild screwing out needle once started usually far too rich lean delayed reaction needle know used finethread needles such Kustom Kraftsmanship Ace RC high nitro fuel can run 10% wouldnt fuss less 15% nitro actually special fuels go high 40% nitro Thomas advises gets instant starts recoil spring starter using small can high-nitro fuel sold small engines HA very special guy bought first magazine submission 1938 exception columnists probably published man alive will always re membered magnificent two-page Sketch Book ran perhaps 25 years old Air Trails later American Modeler complete ar tist pen retired own ad agency know wing-walker parachutist days forgotten bipes like Command aire Hes good model Sailplanes too cute rubber stuff dis tictive flair designed Tes tors 45 years editing would hard pushed choose between HA late Cal Smith all-time favorite money-in-the-bank artist/de signer/flying contributor pleases no end show pictures HalfA ship continuing saga young Tim Har ris still standing atten tion may remember Henry Haffkes story about spotting youngster flying glider field close Coverites plant Henry does mysterious things isnt building Gee Bees What kid doing glider led presenting pictures skepti cal readers would buy tall tale lad hand-launching big bird doing repertoire aerobatics cluding inverted flight ship buzzing around head like benign bee Naturally Henry hired lad Before left high school Tim Harris acquired full-scale license fly powered aircraft helicopters Henry first spotted him Tim already full-size sailplane license Tim graduated last June Dublin High School Pennsylvania did what came naturally escorted date Barbara Holt Senior Promin helicopter Tim got instructor land chopper neighbors yard pick up young couple what has worlds classiest arrival Continued page 28 ALL-AMERICAN WINNER RETURNS Pictured above SUPER CYCLONE IS TODAY Once again ruggedly built Champion available High Flying Fun 1984 SUPER CYKE holds exacting standards original design Using todays technology provide guaranteed engine performs SUPER CYCLONE can Included $18950 purchase price 1984 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PROP HUB AT EXTRA CHARGE IfENGINERear 34OSCIeveIandAve. SW Ru U SM M ru DIVISIONPhone 21 61 484-6810 484-4374 school prom Two really first-class pas sengers Tim now training Aero space Virginia Tech Barbara Holt attends Radford pursuing education music Stay tuned column Im taking break right now inspired Im off McDonalds Seekonk Air Force Hank Iltzschs fleet airplanes mostly Scale ranging big bigger population ex plosion Fishing statistical com parison Im reminded 35 German WW II aces topped 150 confirmed led Major Erich Hartman 352 Eastern Front Ground air warfare Russia unimagin able scale Six years ago Hank submitted huge Bristol Scout Model Aviation assumed project culmination lifetime Con fronted problem printing requiring huge reductions lines lettering vanishing sight soon retire figured Wheeley would solve puzzle came up two-part presentation March April issues 1981 plans 91-powered model still avail able Hank has Confederate Air Force benevolent giants well minestrone soup things like Power houses Red Zephyrs Falcons Bristol based information supplied Leo Opdycke world re nowned such circles publica tion WW Aero Journal Source Leo building full-scale Scout provided Hank factory drawings have about much chance finding detailed factory draw ings WW subjects Span iards did chasing fabled Fountain Youth firming up rough plans Model viation Hank building second Scout Several months ago Hank presented first Dick Sherman ex-airline pilot glider pilot turned home incredible modeling museum visitors welcome Plymouth NH After seeking sanctuary slam-dunking world editing discov ered another mystery Iltzsch ghostly armada photos uncovered DH-5 DH-5 British did have much luck prophetic Beech Staggerwing Thirties generous negative stagger Some modelers know negative stagger works well al though scares us DH-5s so-so performance probably can laid typical snares day reasons then-odd configuration evi dent Hanks pictures DH-5 put cockpit under leading edge rear-shifted top wing giving pilot exceptional visibility have struggling Quarter Scale DH-5 Hank confides ap Continued page 133 28 Model Aviation An AMA District II meeting held theater Saturday afternoon chaired Vice President John Byrne Among matters discussed live ly session What what has AMA already done response announcement Kraft Chan nel Master unit 50 switch-selectable RC channels think members came away confidence AMA ball matter AMA Presidident John Grigg Executive Director John Worth discussed very matter Kraft executives fully month fore meeting Upstairs wall-to-wall peo ple studying products listening sales pitches 108 booths booths manned AMA HQ people volunteers did everything verifying memberships working out insurance problems lot AMA business gets done trade shows folks working Christmas sales rush environment think members getting moneys worth products display ranged HL Gliders RC flight simulator including crash damage assessment module Theres quite contingent cost simulator 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machine gun kits etc Its like old-fashioned hardware store could find anything imaginable enjoy looking times engineering drawings anteater stuff just like big boys did days yore Lou Proctor kind business dont know Lou true pioneer craftsman par excellence actually retired Proctor under new management devoted old tradition Proctor PO Box 1333 La Jolla CA 92038 Ive mentioned Dick Gleason before have several columnists since have ball guy Scale services calls himself Scale Model Plan Finder Maybe Superman dedicated light wilderness old-timer full-scale avi ation too hes licensed A&E off beaten track Minnesota has ability Santa come down zil lion chimneys sleep Hes got 24-page catalog listing vast num ber items ranging hun dreds full-size plans listed according designers magazines and/or manufacturers like Megow Comet offers search service source over 1900 models 625 makes aircraft want scale three-view ask him Aircraft engine drawings too Back issues mags dim past including goodies like Sig Air Modeler Air Trails Also non-scale plans cluding Zipper Playboy Im sure may have redrawn model plans know two samples old Rubber Scale models does remarkable job model plans required pages magazine before days plan Continued page 138 SS S Send $100 Cash Check Stamps 32 Page Tabloid size illustrated DISCOUNT Catalog Sent 1st Class Mail COMET COX FLYLINE FOX GOLDBERG GUILLOWS JETCO K&B PACTRA PECK POLYMER PERFECT SIG STERLING SULLIVAN TOP FLITE & OTHERS PENN VALLEY HODDY CENTER I Ham 3t Lansdalsla 19446 2151 855 268, 368-0770 ATTENTION ERS June 1984 135 EPOXY GLASS COWLS FOR NOSEN PICA SID MORGAN BALSA USA PLA T1 CONCEPT FLEET HOSTETLER ACM T-CRAFT SHEBER im Y 0 SCALE SUPER CUB POKKER 0-7 BOEING P-72 P-26 F4B2 F4B4 SPARROW HAWI GEE BEE MOO V PA4CBRIENS TURBULENT CHRISTEN EAGLE BRISIGHELLAS STAROUS TEA II i SCALE J3-BI BABY FLYBABY AIRCAMPER PILOT JUAGMANA 735 SCALI 7/4 SCALE DECATHALON PIPER R4- lB 8 OTHERS WHEEL PANTS FOR CITABRIA STAROUS TEA IL PITTS SKYBOL T LIBER7VSPORT CHRIS 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Package contains 1 small 1 medium 1 laige$150 $1200 less - $150 shipping over $1200 free shipping Ky residents add 50/0 sales tax CODscash onlyadd $125 - MOD-LER POBOX 70 McKEE KY 40447 Write complete price list Dealer inquiries welcome 138 Model Aviation Fun/Winter Continued page 135 services has rearranged large neat drawing professional quali ty Gleason corrects previous errors goeslike some bulkhead notches Waco D Grumman F3Fand im proves scale accuracy adding things like guns bomb racks plans models superb ing Earl Stahls moment claims have 99% Scale plans published over past 50 years merely want source hell provide $100 first model 50 cents additional same request Im shilling guybut may answer maidens prayer catalog lists $100I know costs him 54 cents fair enough consider handling postage Gleason Enterprises 1704 29th Ave SE Rt 2 Box 125 Austin MN 55912 United Parcel Service UPS leaves strange boxes door con tained flat red plastic jug mold ed handle screw cap thought detergent left kitchen night popped up center bench Big black letters read Klasse picture label automobile Through handle inserted paper hadnt seen signed Dave Herbert MA edi tor electronics done article adding rate switch ye olde transmitters letterhead said KDH Distributing PO Box 16443 San Juan Capistrano CA 92693 Dave handling auto care products im ported Germany Dave said works wonders Monoote Having lots faded carcasses rafters give try tentatively wiped rubbed spots Goodness So polished two new ships glisten costs $1595 300 milliliters 106 ozalso comes 600 1000 sizes little dab will Ive talked lot about G-S Prod ucts Stinson Howard 40-powered Scale jobs engineered Bob Smurth waite has wondered Bob disappeared let tell September 24 1981 company trashed mob 30 idiots Bob almost lost wife night did lose over $125000 tooling inventory Hell never able produce kits again Bob finally joined hands Tom Payne owner Jim Roberts Flying Model Aircraft Bob Design/Develop ment two well way production 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Walkers American Junior empire Jim sold 232000000 models during fan tastic career cant relate Bobs exploits famous products paid dues Paye FBO local airport LaGrande OR posi tion now held son Tom former high school principal coach administrator modeler can fly products Filmed flying tapes expected available groups clubs near future Hope make big Jim Roberts Flying Model Aircraft Rt 2 Box 2547 La Grande OR 97850 live Detroit area pass ing through July 14-15 treat self visit Ford Test Track Mile Van Dyke Utica MI Thats site Flying Aces Nats IV big deal Youll see fun its best world flying airplanes events us barely know exist Youd get charge out Saturday 14th FAC banquethigh-spirited awards stuff Twelve dollars Ad vance Entry & Banquet Reservations FAC Nats IV PO Box 129 Birming ham MI 48012 will get doings Ive FAC Nats Utopia Bill Win ter 4426 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Firebolt/Sarpolus Continued page 37 rudder being close engine subject lot vibration Use firm V4-in balsa fins rudders plenty hinges have no further trouble Nicks Firebolt handled okay coming dead engine after fin broken off flight assume fin provides sufficient vertical area addition flight experience Nick have accumulated Firebolts Lance Schneider also has some stick fime Lance best local RC fliers value opinions about new aircraft watched him fly Firebolt through variety maneuvers noticing axial rolls round loops inverted passes some beautiful landings said handled very well much like good Pattern ship would have thought found stable particularly landings plan work another canard design di rected toward Pattern performance looks like will building pair construction notes will brief Firebolt structure simple can built very quickly prefer cut out necessary parts before beginning assembly get own kit ready go dont have local foam wing cutter can recommend source Lou Wolgast 40 Castlewood Trail Sparta NJ 07871 wing skinned i/IA balsa suggest applying balsa skin epoxy glue make lightest wing edge-glue VIA balsa pre pare wing skins lightly sand foam cores Vacuum get rid loose foam dust Use slow curing epoxy can heated warm water make flow better Apply epoxy balsa skin spreading wood leaving minimum glue Place skin core place skinned core back Continued page 142 WING SPAN44 WING AREAiSA coin ENGINEIS WEIGHT34 ISa Boise body oem in5 sheeting de cut lormers rolled Elena 2 shI HIGHLY AEROBATIC DESIGNED Weller Nio Denrock Jr PEPPERMINT PATTIE 15 STINGER II WING SPAN 38cr WING AREA AOSscin ENGINE4G EIGHTbibs boIse coslrocliOn die cul fornrnrS ribs 2sAts hAl rAze SIeS Good groend hendling gentle lending e good fiSt biSe PU LLY AEROBATIC cMASTER XJT Div BAR/RICH SALES CO 2 FAIRWAY-HANNIBAL MOO3dGn-3t4/22t 5803 June 1984 139 Futaba PCMJR Unlimited 8 Skywriter Mufflers Light weight tubular steel construction Injection optional coil smoke systems ovoilable Tremendous smoke output Available fit e Super Smoke new smoke fluid additive helps produce visible $300 denser longer hanging smoke 160. 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