Bill Winter Just Fun o t _____________ OONLESS MADNESS fly days expect transported flying site curtained sedan chair dont want weather too cold too hot must windy grass must neatly mowed pin need labeled Reserved Kindly guys must assemble plane range check set idle Pour another coffee light pipe Play again Sam always thus days Charlemagne neither wind nor cold nor snow sleet stayed appointed rounds natives far off Cathay beyond Sierras Sun Belt know nothing lives snowbirds polar bears Vikings gentle man horns picture Lloyd Pete Peterson No snow really deep caption says Dont fall creek Pete Pete What creek occasion First Annual February 29 Spur Moment Fun Fly decision fly made spite wind snow because will long time before get another Febru ary 29 like writes Pete Peterson afternoon another activity Uff-Da Air splinter group Vin cennes-based TnCounty Aero Club group also sponsors participates Moonless Madness dark-night Sail plane event pictures didnt turn out Dining Tarp Flyoff Spring Glider Contest Just having little fun beautiful winter day Flight times short Life goes Unfortunately Phone reservations now being ac cepted Second Annual February 29 Spur Moment Fun Fly Now let tell eyes glow red various writers tell Think about What dickens such writers think am doing So nk about Leap Year got itat long last Look Away Look Away Dixieland born Joisey lived New York Brooklyn well boon docks have just learned Rebel Yell took Gerald Martin writes letterhead Hereford Flying Ag Service Texas re cently test flown Martin Mauler AM-l Confederate Air Force accompanying pictures snapped Youd expect would fly 100-mph model bombs pas sion Antiques Since Mauler says really doesnt care much name hoary 3 1 years beyond its last previous flight thinks Antique other Antique sixth 1938 Chet Lanzo Bomber pow ered beloved Anderson 65 spark ignition engine sure like way performs Ger ry states bought plans Chet cut sticks size myself fun project Bomber comes out 465 lb 834 oz wing loading Au sure precise am sure what horsepower rating Anderson comparison Corncob Pratt & Whitney 28-cylin der 4360 cu engine rated 3000 horsepower cant tell colors Bomb er photo appears MonoKoted translucent yellow wing tail red fuselage generous white trim forward Left Send 39 dead NiCds 50 cents well send caption picture could read text Right Uff-uji eman splinter group Vincennes TnCounty Aero Club celebrates February 29 LR Pat Sven English Frank MOle Roales end Lloyd Pete Peterson Photo guess Roald Amundsen 18721928 believe much know about bridge have sell 18 Model Aviation Taken 1935 1936 old picture shows Mrs Clayton boy . out mischief beguiling place meet build models Fro, ,cond L-R Robert Monninger Glen Franks Joe Clayton Clyde Butterfield Rhue Rue Clayton Gene Monninger Max Frank chap extreme left unidentified Story text Left Gerald Martin seated cockpit Martin Mauler test-flew Confederate Air Force holds Lanzo Bomber Antique design 1938 vintage Its Martins sixth Antique powered beloved Anderson 65 Spitfire spark ignition engine Right Lanzo Bomber weighs 456 lb shows off its diamond cross-sectioned fuselage wheels sitting slotted cardboard tube pieces quick glance may look like compos ite Playboy Zipper et al its fuse lage diamond tip panels typical Lanzo gassiescenter pan el no dihedrallong well-tapered Ive always weakness diamond fuselages both FF Rubber Gas Just build square set edge money seem glide extreme ly well possibly because mini mum interference between wing fuselage green-eyed devil stirs within wish Martins Bomber Round Round What fun write name again Ive heard crowd Control Line fliers after column asked anyone still having fun CL Theres fair amount CL material publishedfor example MA publishes some good models has supportive columns Thanks Bob Hunt Flying Modelswho RC Pattern trail daysyoull find reassuring flow first-rate planes wires magazine Bob course World Champion CL Aerobat ics lets begin John Thompson sympathize difficulty hearing Control Liners writes John So have given up magazines turned specialty newsletters because cold shoulder given us hobby industry recent years Control Liners dont realize still some magazine writ ers interested doings may change because CL again period growth despite blows indus try has tried afflict Whether like CL coming back cause cheaper RC just much funimportant points slug gish economy Keep calling CL news am sure will get some Tell like am going quote such guys precisely because ex actly way things look themand Free Flighters share viewpoint dont believe industry thinks trying inflict wounds anyone form flying RC simply hapto customers pens head count stupendouseven though average age RCer roughly 37 guys ones seem spending enough money keep modeling industry business Yet CL FF remain popular RCers imagine exam ple Sigs Wish Book big glossy thick catalogwith numerous kits dis played full-color picturesis loaded varied line CL fun-type things including latest Stunt Sig isnt business love K&B doesnt mess around engines small runs suppose K&B keeps pro ducing special-purpose FF engines 50% K&Bs business marine en gines John Thompson Contest Di rector Northwest 84 Regionals May 26-27 after written before issue will reach readers aptly called Control Line Model Aircraft Championships Sponsored Eugene Prop Spinners meet real biggietrophies through third place $2000 merchandize prizes count 25 events hard-core compe tition such fun things Balloon Bust Old-Timer Stunt Mahion Sweet Airport scene action has phalt circle four competition grass circles plus grass practice circle Bleachers too public address sys tem Camping space free parking recreational vehicals Left Peter Miller England sent picture ot latest camera piane wncn powered Merco 61 60 four-cycle shown picture wasnt quite enough carries Cannon Suresbot camera Hes engaged take pictures Sutton Hoo digs complete Saxon ships unearthed before war farmlands diseased crops Plane can used taking vertical oblique pictures Picturetaking sessions estimated 1000 ft calibrated turned out 30001 Models farther away higher usually think Right Millers Super Scorpion scale-up Kiel Kraft kit copied own Scotty Murrays Answer normal wing airfoil Ritz-type used Scotty dream fly sloping Suffolk Meadow Good throttle Enya 45-4C allows flying valley climbing slope 2-ft altitude Theres about innovative British chap text August1984 19 restaurant concession truck Hobby shop Model-related displays convenience airline connections rental cars within walking distance pot-luck party field sponsored Seattle Skyraiders Flying Lines newsletter No wonder contestants gawkers converge Eugene over Memorial Day weekend over western states western Canada can subscribe Flying Lines $950141 Bryant Ave Cottage Grove OR 97424 Says Thompson guarantee its worth someone region Theres Con trol Line news FL mag azines combined Let add no means ambitious news letter CL fliers Round Round makes happy started conducted column Model Airplane News survey cer tified 21 years ago showed 44000 readers magazine CLers followed columnwhen RC already big enchilada people thing stance 45% MAN readers also interested boatsand no boat coverage Well hardly ever Right now firm alone selling 100000 model off-the-road vehicles year Happy fiftieth flying Dutch men Aero Team Reading PA anyone having fun CL betcha says Alvah Schaeffer manager AMA sanctioned Show Team No 108 50 years Thats right 50 years Flying Dutchmen Aeromodelers Show Team have much fun celebrating fiftieth anniversary year1934to 1984 have finest CL sites USA Located atop Skyline Drive overlooking City Reading have four fully-paved flying circles cement takeoff areas addition ful 20 Model Aviation Left Look what did song Maxwell Bassetti No Gene Ireland midget Gene Don Knows-No-Fear Wolf figured huge Quaker better two standardsof have fleet Covering took $80 worth Monoote Wheels lawn mower inner tubes 1/4 ply hubs Right Gene Don Michigan Snow Fence helps have farm startled cow said silo Thats fodder thar its well-worn Tartan single engine huge Quaker majestically lumbers off 1000-ft runway Stop thinking about putting K&B 40 tail Find Ping-Pong table build rest did Chief Knows-No-Fear Left Jim Burns has good reason smile atter flying low-wing original design built around 100-in Wind Drifter wing powered 05 10 Does climb well worry fly wing dont build lead-sleds pleasant surprise engine has well-deserved reputation Right Burns flying carpet wafts problem kind plane youve got remember transmitterl ship mostly yellow red trim white windows black anti-glare nose panel Photos H Thomas ly-paved parking lot accommodates 75 autos area fenced has bleachers park benches specta tors plus picnic tables grills sepa rate engine-test area provided through good graces city officials have same site since 1947 club show team has 50 members Alvah wingovers active contest flying community ser vice show team work audio-visual shows slide presentations club has annual banquetbowllng parties picnics camping sightseeing trips show teamwe think active show team AMA hasdid 50 shows past year Although show team 29 years old have averaged 15 20 shows year ing CL team gives us advantage being able fly smaller areas RC needs activities shared wives children other family memberswithout assistance could have survived 50 years As comments would belabor obvi ous Ill just say Flying Dutch men have encouraged show us photos showcase flying site fun activity will back East Eden said covers Victorian novels maybe third Tales Virginia Outback Two flights two early April days already two long thermal excursions ancient RC-assist Vagabond Only dark blue poly tips enable define altitude see blurry imagine biplane triplane shapeless splotch downwind upwind should Steepen bank see flash translucent yellow wing downwind side circle Continued page 22 August 1984 21 Caudron look-alike unique Control Line sport design Claus MaIKIs OT I-il uermany flies fine OS 19 thats what said glides like stone Speaking stones should wonder what happened pet-rock craze Claus ship perches atop world wide inventory Thanks Windy Urtnowski supplying picture Squint eyes Golden Age airport mind colorful birds yesteryear two Bill Noonans 1-in-scale rubber-powered jobsa Canadian Fokker Universal left Polish Lublin nationalities meet Scale-builders tarmac Gal Price Drum Price Type Nitro % Lubricant Freight Paid Freight-Collect FAI0%Synthetic$ 675$13995 rn 5s5%Synthetic$ 775$21995 Sc5%Castor$ 775$21995 4cyI7%Castor$ 850$28995 lOs10%Synthetic$ 895$32995 lOc10%Castor$ 895$32995 RIG12%Syn & Castor$ 995$34995 iSs15%Synthetic$ 995$34995 20c20%Castor$1395$51995 25s25%Synthetic$1495$52995 4040%15 Syn-5 Castor$1995$72995 5050%Synthetic$2395$89595 6060%Synthetic$2695$99595 contIgwus US EXCEPT 54 GAL DRUMS MINIMUM ORDER 4 Gal Asst OK DISCOUNTS 24 63 Gal Deduct 5% Asstd OK al Orders Deduct 100/o Asstd OK SHELDONS Hours HOBBY SHOP Mon-Wed Fri & Sat 3157 Alum Rock Avenue -530 San Jose95127 Thur 930-900 M/C VISA forniaSun 1200-500 UPS COD $1654082514787 Bring home time time again escape lift over brown fields beyond woods bother thing else Lift over fence Endless 360s turned long crosswind ellipses before heading terra firma floating off end grass cant fly cranky stuff worth hoot anymore experts second-guess 360 late final twitch predict doom Youll never make say give up after awhile avowing never could get down such plane Its flicker Upmanship Im changing colorsor channel num bers Ive found what channels other guys fly can also affect though arent chan nel Merlin gave lowdown about unexplained hits what harm could fly little Eaglet during week Well thought leftright trouble wild until discovered Eaglet paying attention master Enough already poor thing mildly sprained Having traded old Futaba 05 40 four-cycle Bill Kaluf 40 miles south live build Eagle now have said bird wont fly until Merlin checks tuning receiver after crystal change Always What Eagle has small flaps Kaluf loves em May will too always asks about take easy way out Sure go ahead right So removed positive incidence Eagles stabilizer substituted lift ing-type stabTherefore also moved balance point back tad Kaluf makes flaps chord extends little behind wing trailing edge aligns top sur face flaps top wing cam ber Seen bottom have very slight flaps-down flaps-up mode has quite washout effect much appreciated approach-bun gler like Dead-stick can hit thing anywherestrange com bo lifting stab can loaf along lazy cruise deep should make stab airfoil Kaluf asked phone Since Tele master lifting stab suggestion follow same ratios wing stab percentage depths Bill Evans planes look like X-ships intended future Star Wars Said Bill Simitar slow light Id make Oh yeah bounced back what want 5- 6-ft wing no 19 tail-dragger light weight capable easy soaring Sketches flew back forth weeks Bill making five evolutionary planes process awaiting answers Oh yes also asked can fly three channels decide Decided Lower Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation High film strength lubricant increased power long engine life Detergents cut performance robbing varnish Highest quality ingredients insure top engine performance reliability Fi Send $100 catalog 216-499-5323 RC Kits Mig DL 706 Easton NE ILJ Canton OH 44721 STEPHENS ACRO NewI MK II H & K Superstarters 0-35$2995 0-50$2995 MAG II$3495 Super Hustler$3495 Zenoah$2995 Tartan Twin$3995 Roper 37$2995 90 Day Warranty ZENOAH QUARTZ CUSTOM Dual outlet aluminum muffler Carb rotated needle accessibility cowled Modified Quadra mount 6 bolt prop washer carb linkage Complete assembled shown $14495 vertical tail profile move verti cal tail far aft rudder hinge line 8 aft wing trailing edge Shorten nose bit Add high-profile can opy improve hands-off soaring cir cles add 2 dihedral panel have 3 have two panels joined Just now phone Bill reported latest Cox 15 has 5-oz loading flies off hand no landing gearjust skids help opens hand lowers arm Hes thermalled gulls Bishop high wind pinpoint height controls well either rudder elevons has both may go rudder elevators just see what happens get things like Evans calls Slomotion Speed range 15 80 mph crazy Being British RCer like living earth three moons have just all-radio magazine RC Modeler Brits now have three model ing mags product long evolu tion Radio Control Model World ad dress Hunters Ride Suckley Worces tershire WR5 5DG Englandcover price two pounds bursts forth full glory first time around Thats no mean feat Contents lively diver sified Quite bit excellent full color its loaded adsalready Thanks Peter Miller has contrib uted intriguing items column work aerial photography models like discovering Roman ruins have second third issues Peter contributing editor RCMW breathtaking four-page feature Put Wings Camera April 1984 issue Peter man ideas Under name Miller Aviation Models Red Cot New Street Glemsford Sudbury Suffolk COlO 7PY England makes order 1/32-scale sailplanes lime wood basic color painted canopy elaborate schemes extra comes cast-resin base stainless steel support rod de signed freestanding hung wall will custom-build model scale degree detail lim ited sailplanes will make special presentation bases trophies Actual ly will build anything 1/100scale large RC models scaled models handmade classics 1/32scale sailplane going 5250 British pounds Since Miller also builds flies RC jobsnice ones tooas nothing else dohe unique international scene Latest idea Vintage RC-Assist contest arousing lot interest reports goings-on area calls Vintage model must original size no scaling up down powered 15cc 09 Continued page 129 PK PRODUCTS Specializing Quadra/Zenoah Sales Service PO Box 6226 Hayward CA 94544Tel 415 581-4277 Eves DEALER INQUIRES IN V/TED ALL ORDERS ADD $200 POSTAGE & HANDLING CAL/F RES ADD SALES TAX LU 13311 Beach Ave na Del Rey CA 2 1-624 24 Model Aviation Futaba radio people topof-the-line PCM Helicopter Radio 7G heli-systems display PCM mighty impressive gives us just hint technology will take us coming years Futaba 555 W Vic toria St Compton CA 90220 Condor Hobbieshad Ishimasa line RC Helicopters display Ishimasa manufacturers electric-powered EH- 1 25 glow-engined Playboy Con dor also markets several imported lines including Rossi Webra engines Check just might have hard-to-find ilem youve look ing Condor Hobbies 17971 Skypark Circle Suite D Irvine CA 92714 California Model Imports Kobe Kiko Helicopters display Along popular Hughes 300 gas nd glow versions also showed R-22 Scaletype machine Dave Robertson told will soon flybar head R-22 seems fear Scale flybarless head has caused some concern among fliers Dave handled flying CMI proved R-22 flies good looks California Model Im ports PO Box 1695 Garden Grove CA 92642 Circus Hobbles such large crowd around booth trouble get ting front Circus imports extensive line Kalt Helicopters New year Kalts new 206L Long Ran ger truly beautiful offering Also new shown updated Custom Baron 20 looks like Kalt has done some house-cleaning popular 20-size Baron incorporating some new ideas improve its aerobatic qualities Check Circus details availability Heres oft-road buggy loaded fun excitement designed off-road operation no need special track know will like buggy Its rugged withstand abuse hard operation rough terrain Its easy assemble Bayou Products car ries replacement parts ORDER DIRECT FROM HOW TO ORDER canjIbE EEIIISE order char ft over duc neon ur 5Aor STER ARDorwecanU ship ftCOD cash pC BOX 8628 ORLEANS LOUISIANA 70182 Add $350 postage i-am Service call Toll Free Line 1-800-535-2568 except LA handlinq USA Also shown Circus TSK acces sories TSK manufactures high-quality add-on accessories Kalt Hirobo Helicopters TSK does manu facture Helicopter own parts have used machines have won Japanese Nationals last several years Circus also imports JR radio systems JR has now jumped PCM ring PCM Unlimited Helicopter Radio fully appreciate new PCM systems will have check out person remember dual-rates latest thing Circus Hobbies 3132 5 Highland Dr Las Vegas NV 89109 American RC Helicopters Mantis Super Mantis Helicopters display Also shown yet finished American Eagle 60-size acrobatic machine rotor-head similar Competitors layout looks very promising Eagle futuristic shape sports wings working ailerons John Simone assured wings just gimmick improving roll considerably Im looking forward flight demonstration American RC Helicopters 594 Alrport Rd Oceanside CA 92054 year see more great prod ucts being offered No sooner finish Helicopter before another catches eye Please contact individual manu facturers information products mentioned FunlWinter Continued page 24 engine limited 75 cc fuel purpose maximum duration Simple inexpensive fun am looking ward summer Au wrIte mid-April can fly few events hope build model weekend see Travein Music Its raining days As peer over typewriter sodden clouds can think 500-lb canary remember ter rible oldie Whats heavier 500lb canary Two 500-lb canaries So whats bigger two Quaker Flashes 15-ft Quaker Flash Gene Ireland home-bound flu launched missive Two guys funk equal delirium model wrapped $80 worth green Monoote built friend Don Knows-No-Fear Wolf Ping Pong table about 60 days time Gene raves As know am sure Flying Quaker have built five six regular Quakers between usComo 40s Dons case ST G21/46s day after lazy flying session two normal Quakers sitting sideby-side Don suddenly spired Au. Gene may feverish off races aint going fight sick man After some calculations material estimates power etc got Gene sniffles sold him worn Continued page 132 Devil Kit #22195 2x4 Including four shocks Cipolla 21145 Side Exhaust RC Car Engine #3500 MAC ShowIJoll Continued page 17 ACCURATE ABLE TOREAD ACCUTACH m NOW IN TWO MODELS 3 FUNCTION ACCUTACH 1 7995 Digital LCD tachometer has dual scale lOX-bOX stable RPM readout Full scale voltmeter can used check/cycle TXIRX battery com bos Reads load up 20 volts ACCESSORIES OSAl- Quarter Scale Adaptor ATi & AT2-500ma load . 995 SCAb -Servo Current Adaptor Airtronics Futaba Kraft. 995 4 FUNCTION ACCUTACH 2 u 8995 Same useful capabilities ACCU-TAOH 1 includes DC ammeter used check servo cur rent Will find worn bind ing stalled servo condi tions w/SCA1 Add function ATi AVIONKSS INC Send check MO NorCal AVIONICS Inc PO Box 70956 Sunnyvale CA 94086 Calif add 6% tax Add $2 S&H See dealer first FunlWinter Continued page 129 Tartan single bet fin ished all-up weight went under 20 lb went over 22 lb weighs 26 lb wing could used small bridge Au snow fence State Michigan tires garden tractor inner tubes hubs Gear welded -in steel rod Radio ancient three-wire Kraft servos 500 mAh pack Au might well use 1000 mAh content boid size Tartan looks like Fox 15 sitting up front takeoff would bring tears eyes Au Im crying Im crying starts painfully slow tail gradually comes up runs forever mains reluctantly parts com pany runway Fortunately Dons runway 1000 ft Full-size air craft coming visit have mistaken model air restored tique until land us picks up tail pulls back han gar area Its good great laugh landing bigger bird bigger hid den advantages Once engine quit Ireland tried clear barbed-wire fence stalling ouly hit top strand both wheels Didnt per turb big modelno mention fencebut both tires blew patched up now takes off wheels wobble shake gear Again prototypical say Gene has other flukey stuff based inputs column whatever combined cantations Frank Zaics Yearbooks sorcery am above finagling conventional cabin 88-in span weighs 6 lb 1000 squaresanother ST 46 Has flat-bottomed wing airfoil lifting-type stabilizer Balances 35% has very little incidence trims neutral full bore requires too much up-control glide Adding incidence wing little effect takeoff full throttle about 2 deg downthrust about remove weight nose after conquered flu found same thing early stages developing LeCrate Ed Last months featured construction project electric power Like old-fash ioned FF Rubber Gas model should have center gravity CG moved back lifting tail both sur faces really wings CG aft main wings center lift Prob ably CG about 45% would cor rect Genes big gassie downthrust low-pitch props dont know what has such 1 1-4 can exert times effective nose-down moment Id probably remove downthrust Going 54n 6-in pitch would ease nose-down tendency approaches low rpm would overdrive ship would keep a-coming An Old-Timer can cantankerous muleif dont know talk mule skinner language Weve gone far let Ire land rave Buzzard somewhat modified Took crank out wing lengthened 6 Reduced angle attack good strength ened wing Add another ST 46 have very aerobatic Buzzard people would want build like did Its ball raise eyebrows get some old-tim ers around cut engine glide around Yawn put nose straight down about 700 ft series 1oops easing back pressure top Clear ground last 1oop enough momentum reach landing strip roll stop somewhere around middle strip exactly Bob Hoover act thrilling Gene get better soon Please Buzzards fragile birds built per plans cant dive out boomer plane goes ape big square tips slow-dance flutter Spirals get nowhere thing 322 So Galatin RdMadIson TN 37115 615 868-8811 Mon thru Sat am 500 pm CHANGE TO RECHARGEABLES RLLJ Icii transmitter battery rechargREPAIR SERVICE FOR elace expensive throwaway dry RADIO SYSTEMS IHOBBY LOBBYeable nickel cadmium battery Ready FUTABA ROYAL IEK LOG ICTROLuse Replaces Eveready 276 nIne volt FUTABA Tdry cell batteryACCESSORIES FOR HOBBY SHACKTransmitter Ni-Cad Battery$3000 MOST RADIOS ROYAL LINE Transmitter Ni-Cad Charger 5 Battery/Charger Combo $3500 IJI ROOKIE Super beginner kit 60 wing span $2799 CITAURIA 65 wing span 2540 power $3399 SCALE KITS CHAMPION CITARRIA 9 wing span 60 pwr & up $6499 BUD NOSIN TRAINER 102 wing span 60 pwr-up $5599 PIPER CUP J3 9 wing span 60 power & u $7588 PSlD 102 wing span quadra power $10899 P51D 102 wing span quadra power $10899 1933 GERE SPORT 8 wing span 60 power & up $8999 CESSNA 310 TWIN 10 wing span twin 60 pwr $12299 MR MULLIGAN 9 wing span 60 power $8499 Other kits & occessories evaileble CetIou $200 132 Model Aviation light much area good boomer has upwards velocity can handle Ill buy heavier wing less angular difference slower glide trim trouble have making save evitable tempt warm skies too times meandering through Mu seum Natural Aeronautical History look another Glacier-Age plane Enclosed some snaps happy guy Jim Burns retired Veterans Administration man big ship uses 100-in Wind Drifter wing D-box leading edge 05 10 power HA Thomas favors us Flies like dream know does hundred inches 10 Dont sweat have several seasons K&B-Veco 19 96-in ship very much like Except has open cockpit yeah has pilot bust cabin straight-edged wing tapered tip panels Floats off weeds whipping leading edge climbs quite well approaches next county arrive sedately strip reaching full-up get Wont stall does tight flat eights within 100 ft tip 5 10 ft off ground Hold nose up idle fly backwards windout sight crazy enough just drop nose cleave right back field Very few people seem know about flying wing instead propex cept mountain men Dick Tichenor biggie like RCM couple years back Have seen go too Dicks optional high low wing has power think Burns fun ship berries cook up something own Dont intimidated paper pencil Pin down strips wood draw long curves need generous dihedrallike 7 8 deg three-channel low-winger careful high tailsthe plane will want spiral downward insufficient dihedral makes stick-busy case given 100-in Wind Drifter wing can see nose moment bit chord measure pic can figure aft fuselage rela tionship nose What could easier Especially have old glider wingperhaps needing bit crank straight up out-of-sight yen youll find fly-on-the-wing things great in-between relaxer warned can get hooked Mrs Clayton quite woman photo see Mrs Clayton boys taken Gates Studio Macomb ILin 1935 1936 Thanks Charles V ODonnell Bloomington IL fellow worker Gene Mon ninger may yet able redeem months column occasion picture ex plains ODonnell Mrs Clay ton Joes mother third left photo wanted picture boys Gene says group com prised well best boys town Mrs Clayton loved kids let meet house build model airplanes way keeping out everybody elses hair Gene tells model holding favorite drawn Joe Clayton pictures Smiln Jack comic strip Since am far too young remember prewar kits showed picture Dave Shipton thinks sees Com et Moth Rearwin left table Comet Robin right plane Max Frank holding looks Dave like Megow Monocoupe may John Paul Jones kit same Gene says ODonnell continues planes made just flight off top water tower usually firecracker aboard doesnt know of building models later of serving Air Corps Bob Monninger ward observer during war spent little Air Guard after wards medic Joe having joined Navy early Pearl unpleasantness began Glenn Franks intelligence officer para chuted behind enemy lines several times Italy operated behind Rus sian lines shortly after war Max Frank Marine captain Gene lieves Clyde Butterfield killed WW II Gene brought 3 x 5 copy picture show hed hung onto years Said happy time Industrial Photography section part group work Engin eering Records section Ralph Olson Greg Linder copied print blew up Pretty good 48year-old photo isnt Just thought youd like look little Midwest modeling history Are boys still boys Mrs Claytons ranks didnt have water tower launched Rubber jobs top grandstandwith fat firecracker strapped went out bang Ill bet Mrs Clayton didnt know about firecrackers Correction June issue column stated Bud Chappells electricpowered Robinhood used 9-9 prop Astro 1 5 direct drive Actually 9-4 according Bud Theres world difference Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22050 SAILPLANE LAUNCH EQUIPMENT FOR EVERY FIELD S PORTWINCH $225QO * $300 QP * * plus shipping source QUIET FLIGHT supplies hi-starts electric inotors& reducers batteriesparachutestow line drums accessories braided nylon line selected kitsthe PROPHET sailplane kit VISA MASTERCARD DAVEY EmU SYSTEMS CORPORATION ONE WOOD LANE MALVERNPA19355 215644 06926772 Write calf information August1984 133 POWR TOW POW OM $35009 * RETRIEVER $250 QP *
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/08
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 129, 132, 133
Bill Winter Just Fun o t _____________ OONLESS MADNESS fly days expect transported flying site curtained sedan chair dont want weather too cold too hot must windy grass must neatly mowed pin need labeled Reserved Kindly guys must assemble plane range check set idle Pour another coffee light pipe Play again Sam always thus days Charlemagne neither wind nor cold nor snow sleet stayed appointed rounds natives far off Cathay beyond Sierras Sun Belt know nothing lives snowbirds polar bears Vikings gentle man horns picture Lloyd Pete Peterson No snow really deep caption says Dont fall creek Pete Pete What creek occasion First Annual February 29 Spur Moment Fun Fly decision fly made spite wind snow because will long time before get another Febru ary 29 like writes Pete Peterson afternoon another activity Uff-Da Air splinter group Vin cennes-based TnCounty Aero Club group also sponsors participates Moonless Madness dark-night Sail plane event pictures didnt turn out Dining Tarp Flyoff Spring Glider Contest Just having little fun beautiful winter day Flight times short Life goes Unfortunately Phone reservations now being ac cepted Second Annual February 29 Spur Moment Fun Fly Now let tell eyes glow red various writers tell Think about What dickens such writers think am doing So nk about Leap Year got itat long last Look Away Look Away Dixieland born Joisey lived New York Brooklyn well boon docks have just learned Rebel Yell took Gerald Martin writes letterhead Hereford Flying Ag Service Texas re cently test flown Martin Mauler AM-l Confederate Air Force accompanying pictures snapped Youd expect would fly 100-mph model bombs pas sion Antiques Since Mauler says really doesnt care much name hoary 3 1 years beyond its last previous flight thinks Antique other Antique sixth 1938 Chet Lanzo Bomber pow ered beloved Anderson 65 spark ignition engine sure like way performs Ger ry states bought plans Chet cut sticks size myself fun project Bomber comes out 465 lb 834 oz wing loading Au sure precise am sure what horsepower rating Anderson comparison Corncob Pratt & Whitney 28-cylin der 4360 cu engine rated 3000 horsepower cant tell colors Bomb er photo appears MonoKoted translucent yellow wing tail red fuselage generous white trim forward Left Send 39 dead NiCds 50 cents well send caption picture could read text Right Uff-uji eman splinter group Vincennes TnCounty Aero Club celebrates February 29 LR Pat Sven English Frank MOle Roales end Lloyd Pete Peterson Photo guess Roald Amundsen 18721928 believe much know about bridge have sell 18 Model Aviation Taken 1935 1936 old picture shows Mrs Clayton boy . out mischief beguiling place meet build models Fro, ,cond L-R Robert Monninger Glen Franks Joe Clayton Clyde Butterfield Rhue Rue Clayton Gene Monninger Max Frank chap extreme left unidentified Story text Left Gerald Martin seated cockpit Martin Mauler test-flew Confederate Air Force holds Lanzo Bomber Antique design 1938 vintage Its Martins sixth Antique powered beloved Anderson 65 Spitfire spark ignition engine Right Lanzo Bomber weighs 456 lb shows off its diamond cross-sectioned fuselage wheels sitting slotted cardboard tube pieces quick glance may look like compos ite Playboy Zipper et al its fuse lage diamond tip panels typical Lanzo gassiescenter pan el no dihedrallong well-tapered Ive always weakness diamond fuselages both FF Rubber Gas Just build square set edge money seem glide extreme ly well possibly because mini mum interference between wing fuselage green-eyed devil stirs within wish Martins Bomber Round Round What fun write name again Ive heard crowd Control Line fliers after column asked anyone still having fun CL Theres fair amount CL material publishedfor example MA publishes some good models has supportive columns Thanks Bob Hunt Flying Modelswho RC Pattern trail daysyoull find reassuring flow first-rate planes wires magazine Bob course World Champion CL Aerobat ics lets begin John Thompson sympathize difficulty hearing Control Liners writes John So have given up magazines turned specialty newsletters because cold shoulder given us hobby industry recent years Control Liners dont realize still some magazine writ ers interested doings may change because CL again period growth despite blows indus try has tried afflict Whether like CL coming back cause cheaper RC just much funimportant points slug gish economy Keep calling CL news am sure will get some Tell like am going quote such guys precisely because ex actly way things look themand Free Flighters share viewpoint dont believe industry thinks trying inflict wounds anyone form flying RC simply hapto customers pens head count stupendouseven though average age RCer roughly 37 guys ones seem spending enough money keep modeling industry business Yet CL FF remain popular RCers imagine exam ple Sigs Wish Book big glossy thick catalogwith numerous kits dis played full-color picturesis loaded varied line CL fun-type things including latest Stunt Sig isnt business love K&B doesnt mess around engines small runs suppose K&B keeps pro ducing special-purpose FF engines 50% K&Bs business marine en gines John Thompson Contest Di rector Northwest 84 Regionals May 26-27 after written before issue will reach readers aptly called Control Line Model Aircraft Championships Sponsored Eugene Prop Spinners meet real biggietrophies through third place $2000 merchandize prizes count 25 events hard-core compe tition such fun things Balloon Bust Old-Timer Stunt Mahion Sweet Airport scene action has phalt circle four competition grass circles plus grass practice circle Bleachers too public address sys tem Camping space free parking recreational vehicals Left Peter Miller England sent picture ot latest camera piane wncn powered Merco 61 60 four-cycle shown picture wasnt quite enough carries Cannon Suresbot camera Hes engaged take pictures Sutton Hoo digs complete Saxon ships unearthed before war farmlands diseased crops Plane can used taking vertical oblique pictures Picturetaking sessions estimated 1000 ft calibrated turned out 30001 Models farther away higher usually think Right Millers Super Scorpion scale-up Kiel Kraft kit copied own Scotty Murrays Answer normal wing airfoil Ritz-type used Scotty dream fly sloping Suffolk Meadow Good throttle Enya 45-4C allows flying valley climbing slope 2-ft altitude Theres about innovative British chap text August1984 19 restaurant concession truck Hobby shop Model-related displays convenience airline connections rental cars within walking distance pot-luck party field sponsored Seattle Skyraiders Flying Lines newsletter No wonder contestants gawkers converge Eugene over Memorial Day weekend over western states western Canada can subscribe Flying Lines $950141 Bryant Ave Cottage Grove OR 97424 Says Thompson guarantee its worth someone region Theres Con trol Line news FL mag azines combined Let add no means ambitious news letter CL fliers Round Round makes happy started conducted column Model Airplane News survey cer tified 21 years ago showed 44000 readers magazine CLers followed columnwhen RC already big enchilada people thing stance 45% MAN readers also interested boatsand no boat coverage Well hardly ever Right now firm alone selling 100000 model off-the-road vehicles year Happy fiftieth flying Dutch men Aero Team Reading PA anyone having fun CL betcha says Alvah Schaeffer manager AMA sanctioned Show Team No 108 50 years Thats right 50 years Flying Dutchmen Aeromodelers Show Team have much fun celebrating fiftieth anniversary year1934to 1984 have finest CL sites USA Located atop Skyline Drive overlooking City Reading have four fully-paved flying circles cement takeoff areas addition ful 20 Model Aviation Left Look what did song Maxwell Bassetti No Gene Ireland midget Gene Don Knows-No-Fear Wolf figured huge Quaker better two standardsof have fleet Covering took $80 worth Monoote Wheels lawn mower inner tubes 1/4 ply hubs Right Gene Don Michigan Snow Fence helps have farm startled cow said silo Thats fodder thar its well-worn Tartan single engine huge Quaker majestically lumbers off 1000-ft runway Stop thinking about putting K&B 40 tail Find Ping-Pong table build rest did Chief Knows-No-Fear Left Jim Burns has good reason smile atter flying low-wing original design built around 100-in Wind Drifter wing powered 05 10 Does climb well worry fly wing dont build lead-sleds pleasant surprise engine has well-deserved reputation Right Burns flying carpet wafts problem kind plane youve got remember transmitterl ship mostly yellow red trim white windows black anti-glare nose panel Photos H Thomas ly-paved parking lot accommodates 75 autos area fenced has bleachers park benches specta tors plus picnic tables grills sepa rate engine-test area provided through good graces city officials have same site since 1947 club show team has 50 members Alvah wingovers active contest flying community ser vice show team work audio-visual shows slide presentations club has annual banquetbowllng parties picnics camping sightseeing trips show teamwe think active show team AMA hasdid 50 shows past year Although show team 29 years old have averaged 15 20 shows year ing CL team gives us advantage being able fly smaller areas RC needs activities shared wives children other family memberswithout assistance could have survived 50 years As comments would belabor obvi ous Ill just say Flying Dutch men have encouraged show us photos showcase flying site fun activity will back East Eden said covers Victorian novels maybe third Tales Virginia Outback Two flights two early April days already two long thermal excursions ancient RC-assist Vagabond Only dark blue poly tips enable define altitude see blurry imagine biplane triplane shapeless splotch downwind upwind should Steepen bank see flash translucent yellow wing downwind side circle Continued page 22 August 1984 21 Caudron look-alike unique Control Line sport design Claus MaIKIs OT I-il uermany flies fine OS 19 thats what said glides like stone Speaking stones should wonder what happened pet-rock craze Claus ship perches atop world wide inventory Thanks Windy Urtnowski supplying picture Squint eyes Golden Age airport mind colorful birds yesteryear two Bill Noonans 1-in-scale rubber-powered jobsa Canadian Fokker Universal left Polish Lublin nationalities meet Scale-builders tarmac Gal Price Drum Price Type Nitro % Lubricant Freight Paid Freight-Collect FAI0%Synthetic$ 675$13995 rn 5s5%Synthetic$ 775$21995 Sc5%Castor$ 775$21995 4cyI7%Castor$ 850$28995 lOs10%Synthetic$ 895$32995 lOc10%Castor$ 895$32995 RIG12%Syn & Castor$ 995$34995 iSs15%Synthetic$ 995$34995 20c20%Castor$1395$51995 25s25%Synthetic$1495$52995 4040%15 Syn-5 Castor$1995$72995 5050%Synthetic$2395$89595 6060%Synthetic$2695$99595 contIgwus US EXCEPT 54 GAL DRUMS MINIMUM ORDER 4 Gal Asst OK DISCOUNTS 24 63 Gal Deduct 5% Asstd OK al Orders Deduct 100/o Asstd OK SHELDONS Hours HOBBY SHOP Mon-Wed Fri & Sat 3157 Alum Rock Avenue -530 San Jose95127 Thur 930-900 M/C VISA forniaSun 1200-500 UPS COD $1654082514787 Bring home time time again escape lift over brown fields beyond woods bother thing else Lift over fence Endless 360s turned long crosswind ellipses before heading terra firma floating off end grass cant fly cranky stuff worth hoot anymore experts second-guess 360 late final twitch predict doom Youll never make say give up after awhile avowing never could get down such plane Its flicker Upmanship Im changing colorsor channel num bers Ive found what channels other guys fly can also affect though arent chan nel Merlin gave lowdown about unexplained hits what harm could fly little Eaglet during week Well thought leftright trouble wild until discovered Eaglet paying attention master Enough already poor thing mildly sprained Having traded old Futaba 05 40 four-cycle Bill Kaluf 40 miles south live build Eagle now have said bird wont fly until Merlin checks tuning receiver after crystal change Always What Eagle has small flaps Kaluf loves em May will too always asks about take easy way out Sure go ahead right So removed positive incidence Eagles stabilizer substituted lift ing-type stabTherefore also moved balance point back tad Kaluf makes flaps chord extends little behind wing trailing edge aligns top sur face flaps top wing cam ber Seen bottom have very slight flaps-down flaps-up mode has quite washout effect much appreciated approach-bun gler like Dead-stick can hit thing anywherestrange com bo lifting stab can loaf along lazy cruise deep should make stab airfoil Kaluf asked phone Since Tele master lifting stab suggestion follow same ratios wing stab percentage depths Bill Evans planes look like X-ships intended future Star Wars Said Bill Simitar slow light Id make Oh yeah bounced back what want 5- 6-ft wing no 19 tail-dragger light weight capable easy soaring Sketches flew back forth weeks Bill making five evolutionary planes process awaiting answers Oh yes also asked can fly three channels decide Decided Lower Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation High film strength lubricant increased power long engine life Detergents cut performance robbing varnish Highest quality ingredients insure top engine performance reliability Fi Send $100 catalog 216-499-5323 RC Kits Mig DL 706 Easton NE ILJ Canton OH 44721 STEPHENS ACRO NewI MK II H & K Superstarters 0-35$2995 0-50$2995 MAG II$3495 Super Hustler$3495 Zenoah$2995 Tartan Twin$3995 Roper 37$2995 90 Day Warranty ZENOAH QUARTZ CUSTOM Dual outlet aluminum muffler Carb rotated needle accessibility cowled Modified Quadra mount 6 bolt prop washer carb linkage Complete assembled shown $14495 vertical tail profile move verti cal tail far aft rudder hinge line 8 aft wing trailing edge Shorten nose bit Add high-profile can opy improve hands-off soaring cir cles add 2 dihedral panel have 3 have two panels joined Just now phone Bill reported latest Cox 15 has 5-oz loading flies off hand no landing gearjust skids help opens hand lowers arm Hes thermalled gulls Bishop high wind pinpoint height controls well either rudder elevons has both may go rudder elevators just see what happens get things like Evans calls Slomotion Speed range 15 80 mph crazy Being British RCer like living earth three moons have just all-radio magazine RC Modeler Brits now have three model ing mags product long evolu tion Radio Control Model World ad dress Hunters Ride Suckley Worces tershire WR5 5DG Englandcover price two pounds bursts forth full glory first time around Thats no mean feat Contents lively diver sified Quite bit excellent full color its loaded adsalready Thanks Peter Miller has contrib uted intriguing items column work aerial photography models like discovering Roman ruins have second third issues Peter contributing editor RCMW breathtaking four-page feature Put Wings Camera April 1984 issue Peter man ideas Under name Miller Aviation Models Red Cot New Street Glemsford Sudbury Suffolk COlO 7PY England makes order 1/32-scale sailplanes lime wood basic color painted canopy elaborate schemes extra comes cast-resin base stainless steel support rod de signed freestanding hung wall will custom-build model scale degree detail lim ited sailplanes will make special presentation bases trophies Actual ly will build anything 1/100scale large RC models scaled models handmade classics 1/32scale sailplane going 5250 British pounds Since Miller also builds flies RC jobsnice ones tooas nothing else dohe unique international scene Latest idea Vintage RC-Assist contest arousing lot interest reports goings-on area calls Vintage model must original size no scaling up down powered 15cc 09 Continued page 129 PK PRODUCTS Specializing Quadra/Zenoah Sales Service PO Box 6226 Hayward CA 94544Tel 415 581-4277 Eves DEALER INQUIRES IN V/TED ALL ORDERS ADD $200 POSTAGE & HANDLING CAL/F RES ADD SALES TAX LU 13311 Beach Ave na Del Rey CA 2 1-624 24 Model Aviation Futaba radio people topof-the-line PCM Helicopter Radio 7G heli-systems display PCM mighty impressive gives us just hint technology will take us coming years Futaba 555 W Vic toria St Compton CA 90220 Condor Hobbieshad Ishimasa line RC Helicopters display Ishimasa manufacturers electric-powered EH- 1 25 glow-engined Playboy Con dor also markets several imported lines including Rossi Webra engines Check just might have hard-to-find ilem youve look ing Condor Hobbies 17971 Skypark Circle Suite D Irvine CA 92714 California Model Imports Kobe Kiko Helicopters display Along popular Hughes 300 gas nd glow versions also showed R-22 Scaletype machine Dave Robertson told will soon flybar head R-22 seems fear Scale flybarless head has caused some concern among fliers Dave handled flying CMI proved R-22 flies good looks California Model Im ports PO Box 1695 Garden Grove CA 92642 Circus Hobbles such large crowd around booth trouble get ting front Circus imports extensive line Kalt Helicopters New year Kalts new 206L Long Ran ger truly beautiful offering Also new shown updated Custom Baron 20 looks like Kalt has done some house-cleaning popular 20-size Baron incorporating some new ideas improve its aerobatic qualities Check Circus details availability Heres oft-road buggy loaded fun excitement designed off-road operation no need special track know will like buggy Its rugged withstand abuse hard operation rough terrain Its easy assemble Bayou Products car ries replacement parts ORDER DIRECT FROM HOW TO ORDER canjIbE EEIIISE order char ft over duc neon ur 5Aor STER ARDorwecanU ship ftCOD cash pC BOX 8628 ORLEANS LOUISIANA 70182 Add $350 postage i-am Service call Toll Free Line 1-800-535-2568 except LA handlinq USA Also shown Circus TSK acces sories TSK manufactures high-quality add-on accessories Kalt Hirobo Helicopters TSK does manu facture Helicopter own parts have used machines have won Japanese Nationals last several years Circus also imports JR radio systems JR has now jumped PCM ring PCM Unlimited Helicopter Radio fully appreciate new PCM systems will have check out person remember dual-rates latest thing Circus Hobbies 3132 5 Highland Dr Las Vegas NV 89109 American RC Helicopters Mantis Super Mantis Helicopters display Also shown yet finished American Eagle 60-size acrobatic machine rotor-head similar Competitors layout looks very promising Eagle futuristic shape sports wings working ailerons John Simone assured wings just gimmick improving roll considerably Im looking forward flight demonstration American RC Helicopters 594 Alrport Rd Oceanside CA 92054 year see more great prod ucts being offered No sooner finish Helicopter before another catches eye Please contact individual manu facturers information products mentioned FunlWinter Continued page 24 engine limited 75 cc fuel purpose maximum duration Simple inexpensive fun am looking ward summer Au wrIte mid-April can fly few events hope build model weekend see Travein Music Its raining days As peer over typewriter sodden clouds can think 500-lb canary remember ter rible oldie Whats heavier 500lb canary Two 500-lb canaries So whats bigger two Quaker Flashes 15-ft Quaker Flash Gene Ireland home-bound flu launched missive Two guys funk equal delirium model wrapped $80 worth green Monoote built friend Don Knows-No-Fear Wolf Ping Pong table about 60 days time Gene raves As know am sure Flying Quaker have built five six regular Quakers between usComo 40s Dons case ST G21/46s day after lazy flying session two normal Quakers sitting sideby-side Don suddenly spired Au. Gene may feverish off races aint going fight sick man After some calculations material estimates power etc got Gene sniffles sold him worn Continued page 132 Devil Kit #22195 2x4 Including four shocks Cipolla 21145 Side Exhaust RC Car Engine #3500 MAC ShowIJoll Continued page 17 ACCURATE ABLE TOREAD ACCUTACH m NOW IN TWO MODELS 3 FUNCTION ACCUTACH 1 7995 Digital LCD tachometer has dual scale lOX-bOX stable RPM readout Full scale voltmeter can used check/cycle TXIRX battery com bos Reads load up 20 volts ACCESSORIES OSAl- Quarter Scale Adaptor ATi & AT2-500ma load . 995 SCAb -Servo Current Adaptor Airtronics Futaba Kraft. 995 4 FUNCTION ACCUTACH 2 u 8995 Same useful capabilities ACCU-TAOH 1 includes DC ammeter used check servo cur rent Will find worn bind ing stalled servo condi tions w/SCA1 Add function ATi AVIONKSS INC Send check MO NorCal AVIONICS Inc PO Box 70956 Sunnyvale CA 94086 Calif add 6% tax Add $2 S&H See dealer first FunlWinter Continued page 129 Tartan single bet fin ished all-up weight went under 20 lb went over 22 lb weighs 26 lb wing could used small bridge Au snow fence State Michigan tires garden tractor inner tubes hubs Gear welded -in steel rod Radio ancient three-wire Kraft servos 500 mAh pack Au might well use 1000 mAh content boid size Tartan looks like Fox 15 sitting up front takeoff would bring tears eyes Au Im crying Im crying starts painfully slow tail gradually comes up runs forever mains reluctantly parts com pany runway Fortunately Dons runway 1000 ft Full-size air craft coming visit have mistaken model air restored tique until land us picks up tail pulls back han gar area Its good great laugh landing bigger bird bigger hid den advantages Once engine quit Ireland tried clear barbed-wire fence stalling ouly hit top strand both wheels Didnt per turb big modelno mention fencebut both tires blew patched up now takes off wheels wobble shake gear Again prototypical say Gene has other flukey stuff based inputs column whatever combined cantations Frank Zaics Yearbooks sorcery am above finagling conventional cabin 88-in span weighs 6 lb 1000 squaresanother ST 46 Has flat-bottomed wing airfoil lifting-type stabilizer Balances 35% has very little incidence trims neutral full bore requires too much up-control glide Adding incidence wing little effect takeoff full throttle about 2 deg downthrust about remove weight nose after conquered flu found same thing early stages developing LeCrate Ed Last months featured construction project electric power Like old-fash ioned FF Rubber Gas model should have center gravity CG moved back lifting tail both sur faces really wings CG aft main wings center lift Prob ably CG about 45% would cor rect Genes big gassie downthrust low-pitch props dont know what has such 1 1-4 can exert times effective nose-down moment Id probably remove downthrust Going 54n 6-in pitch would ease nose-down tendency approaches low rpm would overdrive ship would keep a-coming An Old-Timer can cantankerous muleif dont know talk mule skinner language Weve gone far let Ire land rave Buzzard somewhat modified Took crank out wing lengthened 6 Reduced angle attack good strength ened wing Add another ST 46 have very aerobatic Buzzard people would want build like did Its ball raise eyebrows get some old-tim ers around cut engine glide around Yawn put nose straight down about 700 ft series 1oops easing back pressure top Clear ground last 1oop enough momentum reach landing strip roll stop somewhere around middle strip exactly Bob Hoover act thrilling Gene get better soon Please Buzzards fragile birds built per plans cant dive out boomer plane goes ape big square tips slow-dance flutter Spirals get nowhere thing 322 So Galatin RdMadIson TN 37115 615 868-8811 Mon thru Sat am 500 pm CHANGE TO RECHARGEABLES RLLJ Icii transmitter battery rechargREPAIR SERVICE FOR elace expensive throwaway dry RADIO SYSTEMS IHOBBY LOBBYeable nickel cadmium battery Ready FUTABA ROYAL IEK LOG ICTROLuse Replaces Eveready 276 nIne volt FUTABA Tdry cell batteryACCESSORIES FOR HOBBY SHACKTransmitter Ni-Cad Battery$3000 MOST RADIOS ROYAL LINE Transmitter Ni-Cad Charger 5 Battery/Charger Combo $3500 IJI ROOKIE Super beginner kit 60 wing span $2799 CITAURIA 65 wing span 2540 power $3399 SCALE KITS CHAMPION CITARRIA 9 wing span 60 pwr & up $6499 BUD NOSIN TRAINER 102 wing span 60 pwr-up $5599 PIPER CUP J3 9 wing span 60 power & u $7588 PSlD 102 wing span quadra power $10899 P51D 102 wing span quadra power $10899 1933 GERE SPORT 8 wing span 60 power & up $8999 CESSNA 310 TWIN 10 wing span twin 60 pwr $12299 MR MULLIGAN 9 wing span 60 power $8499 Other kits & occessories evaileble CetIou $200 132 Model Aviation light much area good boomer has upwards velocity can handle Ill buy heavier wing less angular difference slower glide trim trouble have making save evitable tempt warm skies too times meandering through Mu seum Natural Aeronautical History look another Glacier-Age plane Enclosed some snaps happy guy Jim Burns retired Veterans Administration man big ship uses 100-in Wind Drifter wing D-box leading edge 05 10 power HA Thomas favors us Flies like dream know does hundred inches 10 Dont sweat have several seasons K&B-Veco 19 96-in ship very much like Except has open cockpit yeah has pilot bust cabin straight-edged wing tapered tip panels Floats off weeds whipping leading edge climbs quite well approaches next county arrive sedately strip reaching full-up get Wont stall does tight flat eights within 100 ft tip 5 10 ft off ground Hold nose up idle fly backwards windout sight crazy enough just drop nose cleave right back field Very few people seem know about flying wing instead propex cept mountain men Dick Tichenor biggie like RCM couple years back Have seen go too Dicks optional high low wing has power think Burns fun ship berries cook up something own Dont intimidated paper pencil Pin down strips wood draw long curves need generous dihedrallike 7 8 deg three-channel low-winger careful high tailsthe plane will want spiral downward insufficient dihedral makes stick-busy case given 100-in Wind Drifter wing can see nose moment bit chord measure pic can figure aft fuselage rela tionship nose What could easier Especially have old glider wingperhaps needing bit crank straight up out-of-sight yen youll find fly-on-the-wing things great in-between relaxer warned can get hooked Mrs Clayton quite woman photo see Mrs Clayton boys taken Gates Studio Macomb ILin 1935 1936 Thanks Charles V ODonnell Bloomington IL fellow worker Gene Mon ninger may yet able redeem months column occasion picture ex plains ODonnell Mrs Clay ton Joes mother third left photo wanted picture boys Gene says group com prised well best boys town Mrs Clayton loved kids let meet house build model airplanes way keeping out everybody elses hair Gene tells model holding favorite drawn Joe Clayton pictures Smiln Jack comic strip Since am far too young remember prewar kits showed picture Dave Shipton thinks sees Com et Moth Rearwin left table Comet Robin right plane Max Frank holding looks Dave like Megow Monocoupe may John Paul Jones kit same Gene says ODonnell continues planes made just flight off top water tower usually firecracker aboard doesnt know of building models later of serving Air Corps Bob Monninger ward observer during war spent little Air Guard after wards medic Joe having joined Navy early Pearl unpleasantness began Glenn Franks intelligence officer para chuted behind enemy lines several times Italy operated behind Rus sian lines shortly after war Max Frank Marine captain Gene lieves Clyde Butterfield killed WW II Gene brought 3 x 5 copy picture show hed hung onto years Said happy time Industrial Photography section part group work Engin eering Records section Ralph Olson Greg Linder copied print blew up Pretty good 48year-old photo isnt Just thought youd like look little Midwest modeling history Are boys still boys Mrs Claytons ranks didnt have water tower launched Rubber jobs top grandstandwith fat firecracker strapped went out bang Ill bet Mrs Clayton didnt know about firecrackers Correction June issue column stated Bud Chappells electricpowered Robinhood used 9-9 prop Astro 1 5 direct drive Actually 9-4 according Bud Theres world difference Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22050 SAILPLANE LAUNCH EQUIPMENT FOR EVERY FIELD S PORTWINCH $225QO * $300 QP * * plus shipping source QUIET FLIGHT supplies hi-starts electric inotors& reducers batteriesparachutestow line drums accessories braided nylon line selected kitsthe PROPHET sailplane kit VISA MASTERCARD DAVEY EmU SYSTEMS CORPORATION ONE WOOD LANE MALVERNPA19355 215644 06926772 Write calf information August1984 133 POWR TOW POW OM $35009 * RETRIEVER $250 QP *
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/08
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 129, 132, 133
Bill Winter Just Fun o t _____________ OONLESS MADNESS fly days expect transported flying site curtained sedan chair dont want weather too cold too hot must windy grass must neatly mowed pin need labeled Reserved Kindly guys must assemble plane range check set idle Pour another coffee light pipe Play again Sam always thus days Charlemagne neither wind nor cold nor snow sleet stayed appointed rounds natives far off Cathay beyond Sierras Sun Belt know nothing lives snowbirds polar bears Vikings gentle man horns picture Lloyd Pete Peterson No snow really deep caption says Dont fall creek Pete Pete What creek occasion First Annual February 29 Spur Moment Fun Fly decision fly made spite wind snow because will long time before get another Febru ary 29 like writes Pete Peterson afternoon another activity Uff-Da Air splinter group Vin cennes-based TnCounty Aero Club group also sponsors participates Moonless Madness dark-night Sail plane event pictures didnt turn out Dining Tarp Flyoff Spring Glider Contest Just having little fun beautiful winter day Flight times short Life goes Unfortunately Phone reservations now being ac cepted Second Annual February 29 Spur Moment Fun Fly Now let tell eyes glow red various writers tell Think about What dickens such writers think am doing So nk about Leap Year got itat long last Look Away Look Away Dixieland born Joisey lived New York Brooklyn well boon docks have just learned Rebel Yell took Gerald Martin writes letterhead Hereford Flying Ag Service Texas re cently test flown Martin Mauler AM-l Confederate Air Force accompanying pictures snapped Youd expect would fly 100-mph model bombs pas sion Antiques Since Mauler says really doesnt care much name hoary 3 1 years beyond its last previous flight thinks Antique other Antique sixth 1938 Chet Lanzo Bomber pow ered beloved Anderson 65 spark ignition engine sure like way performs Ger ry states bought plans Chet cut sticks size myself fun project Bomber comes out 465 lb 834 oz wing loading Au sure precise am sure what horsepower rating Anderson comparison Corncob Pratt & Whitney 28-cylin der 4360 cu engine rated 3000 horsepower cant tell colors Bomb er photo appears MonoKoted translucent yellow wing tail red fuselage generous white trim forward Left Send 39 dead NiCds 50 cents well send caption picture could read text Right Uff-uji eman splinter group Vincennes TnCounty Aero Club celebrates February 29 LR Pat Sven English Frank MOle Roales end Lloyd Pete Peterson Photo guess Roald Amundsen 18721928 believe much know about bridge have sell 18 Model Aviation Taken 1935 1936 old picture shows Mrs Clayton boy . out mischief beguiling place meet build models Fro, ,cond L-R Robert Monninger Glen Franks Joe Clayton Clyde Butterfield Rhue Rue Clayton Gene Monninger Max Frank chap extreme left unidentified Story text Left Gerald Martin seated cockpit Martin Mauler test-flew Confederate Air Force holds Lanzo Bomber Antique design 1938 vintage Its Martins sixth Antique powered beloved Anderson 65 Spitfire spark ignition engine Right Lanzo Bomber weighs 456 lb shows off its diamond cross-sectioned fuselage wheels sitting slotted cardboard tube pieces quick glance may look like compos ite Playboy Zipper et al its fuse lage diamond tip panels typical Lanzo gassiescenter pan el no dihedrallong well-tapered Ive always weakness diamond fuselages both FF Rubber Gas Just build square set edge money seem glide extreme ly well possibly because mini mum interference between wing fuselage green-eyed devil stirs within wish Martins Bomber Round Round What fun write name again Ive heard crowd Control Line fliers after column asked anyone still having fun CL Theres fair amount CL material publishedfor example MA publishes some good models has supportive columns Thanks Bob Hunt Flying Modelswho RC Pattern trail daysyoull find reassuring flow first-rate planes wires magazine Bob course World Champion CL Aerobat ics lets begin John Thompson sympathize difficulty hearing Control Liners writes John So have given up magazines turned specialty newsletters because cold shoulder given us hobby industry recent years Control Liners dont realize still some magazine writ ers interested doings may change because CL again period growth despite blows indus try has tried afflict Whether like CL coming back cause cheaper RC just much funimportant points slug gish economy Keep calling CL news am sure will get some Tell like am going quote such guys precisely because ex actly way things look themand Free Flighters share viewpoint dont believe industry thinks trying inflict wounds anyone form flying RC simply hapto customers pens head count stupendouseven though average age RCer roughly 37 guys ones seem spending enough money keep modeling industry business Yet CL FF remain popular RCers imagine exam ple Sigs Wish Book big glossy thick catalogwith numerous kits dis played full-color picturesis loaded varied line CL fun-type things including latest Stunt Sig isnt business love K&B doesnt mess around engines small runs suppose K&B keeps pro ducing special-purpose FF engines 50% K&Bs business marine en gines John Thompson Contest Di rector Northwest 84 Regionals May 26-27 after written before issue will reach readers aptly called Control Line Model Aircraft Championships Sponsored Eugene Prop Spinners meet real biggietrophies through third place $2000 merchandize prizes count 25 events hard-core compe tition such fun things Balloon Bust Old-Timer Stunt Mahion Sweet Airport scene action has phalt circle four competition grass circles plus grass practice circle Bleachers too public address sys tem Camping space free parking recreational vehicals Left Peter Miller England sent picture ot latest camera piane wncn powered Merco 61 60 four-cycle shown picture wasnt quite enough carries Cannon Suresbot camera Hes engaged take pictures Sutton Hoo digs complete Saxon ships unearthed before war farmlands diseased crops Plane can used taking vertical oblique pictures Picturetaking sessions estimated 1000 ft calibrated turned out 30001 Models farther away higher usually think Right Millers Super Scorpion scale-up Kiel Kraft kit copied own Scotty Murrays Answer normal wing airfoil Ritz-type used Scotty dream fly sloping Suffolk Meadow Good throttle Enya 45-4C allows flying valley climbing slope 2-ft altitude Theres about innovative British chap text August1984 19 restaurant concession truck Hobby shop Model-related displays convenience airline connections rental cars within walking distance pot-luck party field sponsored Seattle Skyraiders Flying Lines newsletter No wonder contestants gawkers converge Eugene over Memorial Day weekend over western states western Canada can subscribe Flying Lines $950141 Bryant Ave Cottage Grove OR 97424 Says Thompson guarantee its worth someone region Theres Con trol Line news FL mag azines combined Let add no means ambitious news letter CL fliers Round Round makes happy started conducted column Model Airplane News survey cer tified 21 years ago showed 44000 readers magazine CLers followed columnwhen RC already big enchilada people thing stance 45% MAN readers also interested boatsand no boat coverage Well hardly ever Right now firm alone selling 100000 model off-the-road vehicles year Happy fiftieth flying Dutch men Aero Team Reading PA anyone having fun CL betcha says Alvah Schaeffer manager AMA sanctioned Show Team No 108 50 years Thats right 50 years Flying Dutchmen Aeromodelers Show Team have much fun celebrating fiftieth anniversary year1934to 1984 have finest CL sites USA Located atop Skyline Drive overlooking City Reading have four fully-paved flying circles cement takeoff areas addition ful 20 Model Aviation Left Look what did song Maxwell Bassetti No Gene Ireland midget Gene Don Knows-No-Fear Wolf figured huge Quaker better two standardsof have fleet Covering took $80 worth Monoote Wheels lawn mower inner tubes 1/4 ply hubs Right Gene Don Michigan Snow Fence helps have farm startled cow said silo Thats fodder thar its well-worn Tartan single engine huge Quaker majestically lumbers off 1000-ft runway Stop thinking about putting K&B 40 tail Find Ping-Pong table build rest did Chief Knows-No-Fear Left Jim Burns has good reason smile atter flying low-wing original design built around 100-in Wind Drifter wing powered 05 10 Does climb well worry fly wing dont build lead-sleds pleasant surprise engine has well-deserved reputation Right Burns flying carpet wafts problem kind plane youve got remember transmitterl ship mostly yellow red trim white windows black anti-glare nose panel Photos H Thomas ly-paved parking lot accommodates 75 autos area fenced has bleachers park benches specta tors plus picnic tables grills sepa rate engine-test area provided through good graces city officials have same site since 1947 club show team has 50 members Alvah wingovers active contest flying community ser vice show team work audio-visual shows slide presentations club has annual banquetbowllng parties picnics camping sightseeing trips show teamwe think active show team AMA hasdid 50 shows past year Although show team 29 years old have averaged 15 20 shows year ing CL team gives us advantage being able fly smaller areas RC needs activities shared wives children other family memberswithout assistance could have survived 50 years As comments would belabor obvi ous Ill just say Flying Dutch men have encouraged show us photos showcase flying site fun activity will back East Eden said covers Victorian novels maybe third Tales Virginia Outback Two flights two early April days already two long thermal excursions ancient RC-assist Vagabond Only dark blue poly tips enable define altitude see blurry imagine biplane triplane shapeless splotch downwind upwind should Steepen bank see flash translucent yellow wing downwind side circle Continued page 22 August 1984 21 Caudron look-alike unique Control Line sport design Claus MaIKIs OT I-il uermany flies fine OS 19 thats what said glides like stone Speaking stones should wonder what happened pet-rock craze Claus ship perches atop world wide inventory Thanks Windy Urtnowski supplying picture Squint eyes Golden Age airport mind colorful birds yesteryear two Bill Noonans 1-in-scale rubber-powered jobsa Canadian Fokker Universal left Polish Lublin nationalities meet Scale-builders tarmac Gal Price Drum Price Type Nitro % Lubricant Freight Paid Freight-Collect FAI0%Synthetic$ 675$13995 rn 5s5%Synthetic$ 775$21995 Sc5%Castor$ 775$21995 4cyI7%Castor$ 850$28995 lOs10%Synthetic$ 895$32995 lOc10%Castor$ 895$32995 RIG12%Syn & Castor$ 995$34995 iSs15%Synthetic$ 995$34995 20c20%Castor$1395$51995 25s25%Synthetic$1495$52995 4040%15 Syn-5 Castor$1995$72995 5050%Synthetic$2395$89595 6060%Synthetic$2695$99595 contIgwus US EXCEPT 54 GAL DRUMS MINIMUM ORDER 4 Gal Asst OK DISCOUNTS 24 63 Gal Deduct 5% Asstd OK al Orders Deduct 100/o Asstd OK SHELDONS Hours HOBBY SHOP Mon-Wed Fri & Sat 3157 Alum Rock Avenue -530 San Jose95127 Thur 930-900 M/C VISA forniaSun 1200-500 UPS COD $1654082514787 Bring home time time again escape lift over brown fields beyond woods bother thing else Lift over fence Endless 360s turned long crosswind ellipses before heading terra firma floating off end grass cant fly cranky stuff worth hoot anymore experts second-guess 360 late final twitch predict doom Youll never make say give up after awhile avowing never could get down such plane Its flicker Upmanship Im changing colorsor channel num bers Ive found what channels other guys fly can also affect though arent chan nel Merlin gave lowdown about unexplained hits what harm could fly little Eaglet during week Well thought leftright trouble wild until discovered Eaglet paying attention master Enough already poor thing mildly sprained Having traded old Futaba 05 40 four-cycle Bill Kaluf 40 miles south live build Eagle now have said bird wont fly until Merlin checks tuning receiver after crystal change Always What Eagle has small flaps Kaluf loves em May will too always asks about take easy way out Sure go ahead right So removed positive incidence Eagles stabilizer substituted lift ing-type stabTherefore also moved balance point back tad Kaluf makes flaps chord extends little behind wing trailing edge aligns top sur face flaps top wing cam ber Seen bottom have very slight flaps-down flaps-up mode has quite washout effect much appreciated approach-bun gler like Dead-stick can hit thing anywherestrange com bo lifting stab can loaf along lazy cruise deep should make stab airfoil Kaluf asked phone Since Tele master lifting stab suggestion follow same ratios wing stab percentage depths Bill Evans planes look like X-ships intended future Star Wars Said Bill Simitar slow light Id make Oh yeah bounced back what want 5- 6-ft wing no 19 tail-dragger light weight capable easy soaring Sketches flew back forth weeks Bill making five evolutionary planes process awaiting answers Oh yes also asked can fly three channels decide Decided Lower Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation High film strength lubricant increased power long engine life Detergents cut performance robbing varnish Highest quality ingredients insure top engine performance reliability Fi Send $100 catalog 216-499-5323 RC Kits Mig DL 706 Easton NE ILJ Canton OH 44721 STEPHENS ACRO NewI MK II H & K Superstarters 0-35$2995 0-50$2995 MAG II$3495 Super Hustler$3495 Zenoah$2995 Tartan Twin$3995 Roper 37$2995 90 Day Warranty ZENOAH QUARTZ CUSTOM Dual outlet aluminum muffler Carb rotated needle accessibility cowled Modified Quadra mount 6 bolt prop washer carb linkage Complete assembled shown $14495 vertical tail profile move verti cal tail far aft rudder hinge line 8 aft wing trailing edge Shorten nose bit Add high-profile can opy improve hands-off soaring cir cles add 2 dihedral panel have 3 have two panels joined Just now phone Bill reported latest Cox 15 has 5-oz loading flies off hand no landing gearjust skids help opens hand lowers arm Hes thermalled gulls Bishop high wind pinpoint height controls well either rudder elevons has both may go rudder elevators just see what happens get things like Evans calls Slomotion Speed range 15 80 mph crazy Being British RCer like living earth three moons have just all-radio magazine RC Modeler Brits now have three model ing mags product long evolu tion Radio Control Model World ad dress Hunters Ride Suckley Worces tershire WR5 5DG Englandcover price two pounds bursts forth full glory first time around Thats no mean feat Contents lively diver sified Quite bit excellent full color its loaded adsalready Thanks Peter Miller has contrib uted intriguing items column work aerial photography models like discovering Roman ruins have second third issues Peter contributing editor RCMW breathtaking four-page feature Put Wings Camera April 1984 issue Peter man ideas Under name Miller Aviation Models Red Cot New Street Glemsford Sudbury Suffolk COlO 7PY England makes order 1/32-scale sailplanes lime wood basic color painted canopy elaborate schemes extra comes cast-resin base stainless steel support rod de signed freestanding hung wall will custom-build model scale degree detail lim ited sailplanes will make special presentation bases trophies Actual ly will build anything 1/100scale large RC models scaled models handmade classics 1/32scale sailplane going 5250 British pounds Since Miller also builds flies RC jobsnice ones tooas nothing else dohe unique international scene Latest idea Vintage RC-Assist contest arousing lot interest reports goings-on area calls Vintage model must original size no scaling up down powered 15cc 09 Continued page 129 PK PRODUCTS Specializing Quadra/Zenoah Sales Service PO Box 6226 Hayward CA 94544Tel 415 581-4277 Eves DEALER INQUIRES IN V/TED ALL ORDERS ADD $200 POSTAGE & HANDLING CAL/F RES ADD SALES TAX LU 13311 Beach Ave na Del Rey CA 2 1-624 24 Model Aviation Futaba radio people topof-the-line PCM Helicopter Radio 7G heli-systems display PCM mighty impressive gives us just hint technology will take us coming years Futaba 555 W Vic toria St Compton CA 90220 Condor Hobbieshad Ishimasa line RC Helicopters display Ishimasa manufacturers electric-powered EH- 1 25 glow-engined Playboy Con dor also markets several imported lines including Rossi Webra engines Check just might have hard-to-find ilem youve look ing Condor Hobbies 17971 Skypark Circle Suite D Irvine CA 92714 California Model Imports Kobe Kiko Helicopters display Along popular Hughes 300 gas nd glow versions also showed R-22 Scaletype machine Dave Robertson told will soon flybar head R-22 seems fear Scale flybarless head has caused some concern among fliers Dave handled flying CMI proved R-22 flies good looks California Model Im ports PO Box 1695 Garden Grove CA 92642 Circus Hobbles such large crowd around booth trouble get ting front Circus imports extensive line Kalt Helicopters New year Kalts new 206L Long Ran ger truly beautiful offering Also new shown updated Custom Baron 20 looks like Kalt has done some house-cleaning popular 20-size Baron incorporating some new ideas improve its aerobatic qualities Check Circus details availability Heres oft-road buggy loaded fun excitement designed off-road operation no need special track know will like buggy Its rugged withstand abuse hard operation rough terrain Its easy assemble Bayou Products car ries replacement parts ORDER DIRECT FROM HOW TO ORDER canjIbE EEIIISE order char ft over duc neon ur 5Aor STER ARDorwecanU ship ftCOD cash pC BOX 8628 ORLEANS LOUISIANA 70182 Add $350 postage i-am Service call Toll Free Line 1-800-535-2568 except LA handlinq USA Also shown Circus TSK acces sories TSK manufactures high-quality add-on accessories Kalt Hirobo Helicopters TSK does manu facture Helicopter own parts have used machines have won Japanese Nationals last several years Circus also imports JR radio systems JR has now jumped PCM ring PCM Unlimited Helicopter Radio fully appreciate new PCM systems will have check out person remember dual-rates latest thing Circus Hobbies 3132 5 Highland Dr Las Vegas NV 89109 American RC Helicopters Mantis Super Mantis Helicopters display Also shown yet finished American Eagle 60-size acrobatic machine rotor-head similar Competitors layout looks very promising Eagle futuristic shape sports wings working ailerons John Simone assured wings just gimmick improving roll considerably Im looking forward flight demonstration American RC Helicopters 594 Alrport Rd Oceanside CA 92054 year see more great prod ucts being offered No sooner finish Helicopter before another catches eye Please contact individual manu facturers information products mentioned FunlWinter Continued page 24 engine limited 75 cc fuel purpose maximum duration Simple inexpensive fun am looking ward summer Au wrIte mid-April can fly few events hope build model weekend see Travein Music Its raining days As peer over typewriter sodden clouds can think 500-lb canary remember ter rible oldie Whats heavier 500lb canary Two 500-lb canaries So whats bigger two Quaker Flashes 15-ft Quaker Flash Gene Ireland home-bound flu launched missive Two guys funk equal delirium model wrapped $80 worth green Monoote built friend Don Knows-No-Fear Wolf Ping Pong table about 60 days time Gene raves As know am sure Flying Quaker have built five six regular Quakers between usComo 40s Dons case ST G21/46s day after lazy flying session two normal Quakers sitting sideby-side Don suddenly spired Au. Gene may feverish off races aint going fight sick man After some calculations material estimates power etc got Gene sniffles sold him worn Continued page 132 Devil Kit #22195 2x4 Including four shocks Cipolla 21145 Side Exhaust RC Car Engine #3500 MAC ShowIJoll Continued page 17 ACCURATE ABLE TOREAD ACCUTACH m NOW IN TWO MODELS 3 FUNCTION ACCUTACH 1 7995 Digital LCD tachometer has dual scale lOX-bOX stable RPM readout Full scale voltmeter can used check/cycle TXIRX battery com bos Reads load up 20 volts ACCESSORIES OSAl- Quarter Scale Adaptor ATi & AT2-500ma load . 995 SCAb -Servo Current Adaptor Airtronics Futaba Kraft. 995 4 FUNCTION ACCUTACH 2 u 8995 Same useful capabilities ACCU-TAOH 1 includes DC ammeter used check servo cur rent Will find worn bind ing stalled servo condi tions w/SCA1 Add function ATi AVIONKSS INC Send check MO NorCal AVIONICS Inc PO Box 70956 Sunnyvale CA 94086 Calif add 6% tax Add $2 S&H See dealer first FunlWinter Continued page 129 Tartan single bet fin ished all-up weight went under 20 lb went over 22 lb weighs 26 lb wing could used small bridge Au snow fence State Michigan tires garden tractor inner tubes hubs Gear welded -in steel rod Radio ancient three-wire Kraft servos 500 mAh pack Au might well use 1000 mAh content boid size Tartan looks like Fox 15 sitting up front takeoff would bring tears eyes Au Im crying Im crying starts painfully slow tail gradually comes up runs forever mains reluctantly parts com pany runway Fortunately Dons runway 1000 ft Full-size air craft coming visit have mistaken model air restored tique until land us picks up tail pulls back han gar area Its good great laugh landing bigger bird bigger hid den advantages Once engine quit Ireland tried clear barbed-wire fence stalling ouly hit top strand both wheels Didnt per turb big modelno mention fencebut both tires blew patched up now takes off wheels wobble shake gear Again prototypical say Gene has other flukey stuff based inputs column whatever combined cantations Frank Zaics Yearbooks sorcery am above finagling conventional cabin 88-in span weighs 6 lb 1000 squaresanother ST 46 Has flat-bottomed wing airfoil lifting-type stabilizer Balances 35% has very little incidence trims neutral full bore requires too much up-control glide Adding incidence wing little effect takeoff full throttle about 2 deg downthrust about remove weight nose after conquered flu found same thing early stages developing LeCrate Ed Last months featured construction project electric power Like old-fash ioned FF Rubber Gas model should have center gravity CG moved back lifting tail both sur faces really wings CG aft main wings center lift Prob ably CG about 45% would cor rect Genes big gassie downthrust low-pitch props dont know what has such 1 1-4 can exert times effective nose-down moment Id probably remove downthrust Going 54n 6-in pitch would ease nose-down tendency approaches low rpm would overdrive ship would keep a-coming An Old-Timer can cantankerous muleif dont know talk mule skinner language Weve gone far let Ire land rave Buzzard somewhat modified Took crank out wing lengthened 6 Reduced angle attack good strength ened wing Add another ST 46 have very aerobatic Buzzard people would want build like did Its ball raise eyebrows get some old-tim ers around cut engine glide around Yawn put nose straight down about 700 ft series 1oops easing back pressure top Clear ground last 1oop enough momentum reach landing strip roll stop somewhere around middle strip exactly Bob Hoover act thrilling Gene get better soon Please Buzzards fragile birds built per plans cant dive out boomer plane goes ape big square tips slow-dance flutter Spirals get nowhere thing 322 So Galatin RdMadIson TN 37115 615 868-8811 Mon thru Sat am 500 pm CHANGE TO RECHARGEABLES RLLJ Icii transmitter battery rechargREPAIR SERVICE FOR elace expensive throwaway dry RADIO SYSTEMS IHOBBY LOBBYeable nickel cadmium battery Ready FUTABA ROYAL IEK LOG ICTROLuse Replaces Eveready 276 nIne volt FUTABA Tdry cell batteryACCESSORIES FOR HOBBY SHACKTransmitter Ni-Cad Battery$3000 MOST RADIOS ROYAL LINE Transmitter Ni-Cad Charger 5 Battery/Charger Combo $3500 IJI ROOKIE Super beginner kit 60 wing span $2799 CITAURIA 65 wing span 2540 power $3399 SCALE KITS CHAMPION CITARRIA 9 wing span 60 pwr & up $6499 BUD NOSIN TRAINER 102 wing span 60 pwr-up $5599 PIPER CUP J3 9 wing span 60 power & u $7588 PSlD 102 wing span quadra power $10899 P51D 102 wing span quadra power $10899 1933 GERE SPORT 8 wing span 60 power & up $8999 CESSNA 310 TWIN 10 wing span twin 60 pwr $12299 MR MULLIGAN 9 wing span 60 power $8499 Other kits & occessories evaileble CetIou $200 132 Model Aviation light much area good boomer has upwards velocity can handle Ill buy heavier wing less angular difference slower glide trim trouble have making save evitable tempt warm skies too times meandering through Mu seum Natural Aeronautical History look another Glacier-Age plane Enclosed some snaps happy guy Jim Burns retired Veterans Administration man big ship uses 100-in Wind Drifter wing D-box leading edge 05 10 power HA Thomas favors us Flies like dream know does hundred inches 10 Dont sweat have several seasons K&B-Veco 19 96-in ship very much like Except has open cockpit yeah has pilot bust cabin straight-edged wing tapered tip panels Floats off weeds whipping leading edge climbs quite well approaches next county arrive sedately strip reaching full-up get Wont stall does tight flat eights within 100 ft tip 5 10 ft off ground Hold nose up idle fly backwards windout sight crazy enough just drop nose cleave right back field Very few people seem know about flying wing instead propex cept mountain men Dick Tichenor biggie like RCM couple years back Have seen go too Dicks optional high low wing has power think Burns fun ship berries cook up something own Dont intimidated paper pencil Pin down strips wood draw long curves need generous dihedrallike 7 8 deg three-channel low-winger careful high tailsthe plane will want spiral downward insufficient dihedral makes stick-busy case given 100-in Wind Drifter wing can see nose moment bit chord measure pic can figure aft fuselage rela tionship nose What could easier Especially have old glider wingperhaps needing bit crank straight up out-of-sight yen youll find fly-on-the-wing things great in-between relaxer warned can get hooked Mrs Clayton quite woman photo see Mrs Clayton boys taken Gates Studio Macomb ILin 1935 1936 Thanks Charles V ODonnell Bloomington IL fellow worker Gene Mon ninger may yet able redeem months column occasion picture ex plains ODonnell Mrs Clay ton Joes mother third left photo wanted picture boys Gene says group com prised well best boys town Mrs Clayton loved kids let meet house build model airplanes way keeping out everybody elses hair Gene tells model holding favorite drawn Joe Clayton pictures Smiln Jack comic strip Since am far too young remember prewar kits showed picture Dave Shipton thinks sees Com et Moth Rearwin left table Comet Robin right plane Max Frank holding looks Dave like Megow Monocoupe may John Paul Jones kit same Gene says ODonnell continues planes made just flight off top water tower usually firecracker aboard doesnt know of building models later of serving Air Corps Bob Monninger ward observer during war spent little Air Guard after wards medic Joe having joined Navy early Pearl unpleasantness began Glenn Franks intelligence officer para chuted behind enemy lines several times Italy operated behind Rus sian lines shortly after war Max Frank Marine captain Gene lieves Clyde Butterfield killed WW II Gene brought 3 x 5 copy picture show hed hung onto years Said happy time Industrial Photography section part group work Engin eering Records section Ralph Olson Greg Linder copied print blew up Pretty good 48year-old photo isnt Just thought youd like look little Midwest modeling history Are boys still boys Mrs Claytons ranks didnt have water tower launched Rubber jobs top grandstandwith fat firecracker strapped went out bang Ill bet Mrs Clayton didnt know about firecrackers Correction June issue column stated Bud Chappells electricpowered Robinhood used 9-9 prop Astro 1 5 direct drive Actually 9-4 according Bud Theres world difference Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22050 SAILPLANE LAUNCH EQUIPMENT FOR EVERY FIELD S PORTWINCH $225QO * $300 QP * * plus shipping source QUIET FLIGHT supplies hi-starts electric inotors& reducers batteriesparachutestow line drums accessories braided nylon line selected kitsthe PROPHET sailplane kit VISA MASTERCARD DAVEY EmU SYSTEMS CORPORATION ONE WOOD LANE MALVERNPA19355 215644 06926772 Write calf information August1984 133 POWR TOW POW OM $35009 * RETRIEVER $250 QP *
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/08
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 129, 132, 133
Bill Winter Just Fun o t _____________ OONLESS MADNESS fly days expect transported flying site curtained sedan chair dont want weather too cold too hot must windy grass must neatly mowed pin need labeled Reserved Kindly guys must assemble plane range check set idle Pour another coffee light pipe Play again Sam always thus days Charlemagne neither wind nor cold nor snow sleet stayed appointed rounds natives far off Cathay beyond Sierras Sun Belt know nothing lives snowbirds polar bears Vikings gentle man horns picture Lloyd Pete Peterson No snow really deep caption says Dont fall creek Pete Pete What creek occasion First Annual February 29 Spur Moment Fun Fly decision fly made spite wind snow because will long time before get another Febru ary 29 like writes Pete Peterson afternoon another activity Uff-Da Air splinter group Vin cennes-based TnCounty Aero Club group also sponsors participates Moonless Madness dark-night Sail plane event pictures didnt turn out Dining Tarp Flyoff Spring Glider Contest Just having little fun beautiful winter day Flight times short Life goes Unfortunately Phone reservations now being ac cepted Second Annual February 29 Spur Moment Fun Fly Now let tell eyes glow red various writers tell Think about What dickens such writers think am doing So nk about Leap Year got itat long last Look Away Look Away Dixieland born Joisey lived New York Brooklyn well boon docks have just learned Rebel Yell took Gerald Martin writes letterhead Hereford Flying Ag Service Texas re cently test flown Martin Mauler AM-l Confederate Air Force accompanying pictures snapped Youd expect would fly 100-mph model bombs pas sion Antiques Since Mauler says really doesnt care much name hoary 3 1 years beyond its last previous flight thinks Antique other Antique sixth 1938 Chet Lanzo Bomber pow ered beloved Anderson 65 spark ignition engine sure like way performs Ger ry states bought plans Chet cut sticks size myself fun project Bomber comes out 465 lb 834 oz wing loading Au sure precise am sure what horsepower rating Anderson comparison Corncob Pratt & Whitney 28-cylin der 4360 cu engine rated 3000 horsepower cant tell colors Bomb er photo appears MonoKoted translucent yellow wing tail red fuselage generous white trim forward Left Send 39 dead NiCds 50 cents well send caption picture could read text Right Uff-uji eman splinter group Vincennes TnCounty Aero Club celebrates February 29 LR Pat Sven English Frank MOle Roales end Lloyd Pete Peterson Photo guess Roald Amundsen 18721928 believe much know about bridge have sell 18 Model Aviation Taken 1935 1936 old picture shows Mrs Clayton boy . out mischief beguiling place meet build models Fro, ,cond L-R Robert Monninger Glen Franks Joe Clayton Clyde Butterfield Rhue Rue Clayton Gene Monninger Max Frank chap extreme left unidentified Story text Left Gerald Martin seated cockpit Martin Mauler test-flew Confederate Air Force holds Lanzo Bomber Antique design 1938 vintage Its Martins sixth Antique powered beloved Anderson 65 Spitfire spark ignition engine Right Lanzo Bomber weighs 456 lb shows off its diamond cross-sectioned fuselage wheels sitting slotted cardboard tube pieces quick glance may look like compos ite Playboy Zipper et al its fuse lage diamond tip panels typical Lanzo gassiescenter pan el no dihedrallong well-tapered Ive always weakness diamond fuselages both FF Rubber Gas Just build square set edge money seem glide extreme ly well possibly because mini mum interference between wing fuselage green-eyed devil stirs within wish Martins Bomber Round Round What fun write name again Ive heard crowd Control Line fliers after column asked anyone still having fun CL Theres fair amount CL material publishedfor example MA publishes some good models has supportive columns Thanks Bob Hunt Flying Modelswho RC Pattern trail daysyoull find reassuring flow first-rate planes wires magazine Bob course World Champion CL Aerobat ics lets begin John Thompson sympathize difficulty hearing Control Liners writes John So have given up magazines turned specialty newsletters because cold shoulder given us hobby industry recent years Control Liners dont realize still some magazine writ ers interested doings may change because CL again period growth despite blows indus try has tried afflict Whether like CL coming back cause cheaper RC just much funimportant points slug gish economy Keep calling CL news am sure will get some Tell like am going quote such guys precisely because ex actly way things look themand Free Flighters share viewpoint dont believe industry thinks trying inflict wounds anyone form flying RC simply hapto customers pens head count stupendouseven though average age RCer roughly 37 guys ones seem spending enough money keep modeling industry business Yet CL FF remain popular RCers imagine exam ple Sigs Wish Book big glossy thick catalogwith numerous kits dis played full-color picturesis loaded varied line CL fun-type things including latest Stunt Sig isnt business love K&B doesnt mess around engines small runs suppose K&B keeps pro ducing special-purpose FF engines 50% K&Bs business marine en gines John Thompson Contest Di rector Northwest 84 Regionals May 26-27 after written before issue will reach readers aptly called Control Line Model Aircraft Championships Sponsored Eugene Prop Spinners meet real biggietrophies through third place $2000 merchandize prizes count 25 events hard-core compe tition such fun things Balloon Bust Old-Timer Stunt Mahion Sweet Airport scene action has phalt circle four competition grass circles plus grass practice circle Bleachers too public address sys tem Camping space free parking recreational vehicals Left Peter Miller England sent picture ot latest camera piane wncn powered Merco 61 60 four-cycle shown picture wasnt quite enough carries Cannon Suresbot camera Hes engaged take pictures Sutton Hoo digs complete Saxon ships unearthed before war farmlands diseased crops Plane can used taking vertical oblique pictures Picturetaking sessions estimated 1000 ft calibrated turned out 30001 Models farther away higher usually think Right Millers Super Scorpion scale-up Kiel Kraft kit copied own Scotty Murrays Answer normal wing airfoil Ritz-type used Scotty dream fly sloping Suffolk Meadow Good throttle Enya 45-4C allows flying valley climbing slope 2-ft altitude Theres about innovative British chap text August1984 19 restaurant concession truck Hobby shop Model-related displays convenience airline connections rental cars within walking distance pot-luck party field sponsored Seattle Skyraiders Flying Lines newsletter No wonder contestants gawkers converge Eugene over Memorial Day weekend over western states western Canada can subscribe Flying Lines $950141 Bryant Ave Cottage Grove OR 97424 Says Thompson guarantee its worth someone region Theres Con trol Line news FL mag azines combined Let add no means ambitious news letter CL fliers Round Round makes happy started conducted column Model Airplane News survey cer tified 21 years ago showed 44000 readers magazine CLers followed columnwhen RC already big enchilada people thing stance 45% MAN readers also interested boatsand no boat coverage Well hardly ever Right now firm alone selling 100000 model off-the-road vehicles year Happy fiftieth flying Dutch men Aero Team Reading PA anyone having fun CL betcha says Alvah Schaeffer manager AMA sanctioned Show Team No 108 50 years Thats right 50 years Flying Dutchmen Aeromodelers Show Team have much fun celebrating fiftieth anniversary year1934to 1984 have finest CL sites USA Located atop Skyline Drive overlooking City Reading have four fully-paved flying circles cement takeoff areas addition ful 20 Model Aviation Left Look what did song Maxwell Bassetti No Gene Ireland midget Gene Don Knows-No-Fear Wolf figured huge Quaker better two standardsof have fleet Covering took $80 worth Monoote Wheels lawn mower inner tubes 1/4 ply hubs Right Gene Don Michigan Snow Fence helps have farm startled cow said silo Thats fodder thar its well-worn Tartan single engine huge Quaker majestically lumbers off 1000-ft runway Stop thinking about putting K&B 40 tail Find Ping-Pong table build rest did Chief Knows-No-Fear Left Jim Burns has good reason smile atter flying low-wing original design built around 100-in Wind Drifter wing powered 05 10 Does climb well worry fly wing dont build lead-sleds pleasant surprise engine has well-deserved reputation Right Burns flying carpet wafts problem kind plane youve got remember transmitterl ship mostly yellow red trim white windows black anti-glare nose panel Photos H Thomas ly-paved parking lot accommodates 75 autos area fenced has bleachers park benches specta tors plus picnic tables grills sepa rate engine-test area provided through good graces city officials have same site since 1947 club show team has 50 members Alvah wingovers active contest flying community ser vice show team work audio-visual shows slide presentations club has annual banquetbowllng parties picnics camping sightseeing trips show teamwe think active show team AMA hasdid 50 shows past year Although show team 29 years old have averaged 15 20 shows year ing CL team gives us advantage being able fly smaller areas RC needs activities shared wives children other family memberswithout assistance could have survived 50 years As comments would belabor obvi ous Ill just say Flying Dutch men have encouraged show us photos showcase flying site fun activity will back East Eden said covers Victorian novels maybe third Tales Virginia Outback Two flights two early April days already two long thermal excursions ancient RC-assist Vagabond Only dark blue poly tips enable define altitude see blurry imagine biplane triplane shapeless splotch downwind upwind should Steepen bank see flash translucent yellow wing downwind side circle Continued page 22 August 1984 21 Caudron look-alike unique Control Line sport design Claus MaIKIs OT I-il uermany flies fine OS 19 thats what said glides like stone Speaking stones should wonder what happened pet-rock craze Claus ship perches atop world wide inventory Thanks Windy Urtnowski supplying picture Squint eyes Golden Age airport mind colorful birds yesteryear two Bill Noonans 1-in-scale rubber-powered jobsa Canadian Fokker Universal left Polish Lublin nationalities meet Scale-builders tarmac Gal Price Drum Price Type Nitro % Lubricant Freight Paid Freight-Collect FAI0%Synthetic$ 675$13995 rn 5s5%Synthetic$ 775$21995 Sc5%Castor$ 775$21995 4cyI7%Castor$ 850$28995 lOs10%Synthetic$ 895$32995 lOc10%Castor$ 895$32995 RIG12%Syn & Castor$ 995$34995 iSs15%Synthetic$ 995$34995 20c20%Castor$1395$51995 25s25%Synthetic$1495$52995 4040%15 Syn-5 Castor$1995$72995 5050%Synthetic$2395$89595 6060%Synthetic$2695$99595 contIgwus US EXCEPT 54 GAL DRUMS MINIMUM ORDER 4 Gal Asst OK DISCOUNTS 24 63 Gal Deduct 5% Asstd OK al Orders Deduct 100/o Asstd OK SHELDONS Hours HOBBY SHOP Mon-Wed Fri & Sat 3157 Alum Rock Avenue -530 San Jose95127 Thur 930-900 M/C VISA forniaSun 1200-500 UPS COD $1654082514787 Bring home time time again escape lift over brown fields beyond woods bother thing else Lift over fence Endless 360s turned long crosswind ellipses before heading terra firma floating off end grass cant fly cranky stuff worth hoot anymore experts second-guess 360 late final twitch predict doom Youll never make say give up after awhile avowing never could get down such plane Its flicker Upmanship Im changing colorsor channel num bers Ive found what channels other guys fly can also affect though arent chan nel Merlin gave lowdown about unexplained hits what harm could fly little Eaglet during week Well thought leftright trouble wild until discovered Eaglet paying attention master Enough already poor thing mildly sprained Having traded old Futaba 05 40 four-cycle Bill Kaluf 40 miles south live build Eagle now have said bird wont fly until Merlin checks tuning receiver after crystal change Always What Eagle has small flaps Kaluf loves em May will too always asks about take easy way out Sure go ahead right So removed positive incidence Eagles stabilizer substituted lift ing-type stabTherefore also moved balance point back tad Kaluf makes flaps chord extends little behind wing trailing edge aligns top sur face flaps top wing cam ber Seen bottom have very slight flaps-down flaps-up mode has quite washout effect much appreciated approach-bun gler like Dead-stick can hit thing anywherestrange com bo lifting stab can loaf along lazy cruise deep should make stab airfoil Kaluf asked phone Since Tele master lifting stab suggestion follow same ratios wing stab percentage depths Bill Evans planes look like X-ships intended future Star Wars Said Bill Simitar slow light Id make Oh yeah bounced back what want 5- 6-ft wing no 19 tail-dragger light weight capable easy soaring Sketches flew back forth weeks Bill making five evolutionary planes process awaiting answers Oh yes also asked can fly three channels decide Decided Lower Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation High film strength lubricant increased power long engine life Detergents cut performance robbing varnish Highest quality ingredients insure top engine performance reliability Fi Send $100 catalog 216-499-5323 RC Kits Mig DL 706 Easton NE ILJ Canton OH 44721 STEPHENS ACRO NewI MK II H & K Superstarters 0-35$2995 0-50$2995 MAG II$3495 Super Hustler$3495 Zenoah$2995 Tartan Twin$3995 Roper 37$2995 90 Day Warranty ZENOAH QUARTZ CUSTOM Dual outlet aluminum muffler Carb rotated needle accessibility cowled Modified Quadra mount 6 bolt prop washer carb linkage Complete assembled shown $14495 vertical tail profile move verti cal tail far aft rudder hinge line 8 aft wing trailing edge Shorten nose bit Add high-profile can opy improve hands-off soaring cir cles add 2 dihedral panel have 3 have two panels joined Just now phone Bill reported latest Cox 15 has 5-oz loading flies off hand no landing gearjust skids help opens hand lowers arm Hes thermalled gulls Bishop high wind pinpoint height controls well either rudder elevons has both may go rudder elevators just see what happens get things like Evans calls Slomotion Speed range 15 80 mph crazy Being British RCer like living earth three moons have just all-radio magazine RC Modeler Brits now have three model ing mags product long evolu tion Radio Control Model World ad dress Hunters Ride Suckley Worces tershire WR5 5DG Englandcover price two pounds bursts forth full glory first time around Thats no mean feat Contents lively diver sified Quite bit excellent full color its loaded adsalready Thanks Peter Miller has contrib uted intriguing items column work aerial photography models like discovering Roman ruins have second third issues Peter contributing editor RCMW breathtaking four-page feature Put Wings Camera April 1984 issue Peter man ideas Under name Miller Aviation Models Red Cot New Street Glemsford Sudbury Suffolk COlO 7PY England makes order 1/32-scale sailplanes lime wood basic color painted canopy elaborate schemes extra comes cast-resin base stainless steel support rod de signed freestanding hung wall will custom-build model scale degree detail lim ited sailplanes will make special presentation bases trophies Actual ly will build anything 1/100scale large RC models scaled models handmade classics 1/32scale sailplane going 5250 British pounds Since Miller also builds flies RC jobsnice ones tooas nothing else dohe unique international scene Latest idea Vintage RC-Assist contest arousing lot interest reports goings-on area calls Vintage model must original size no scaling up down powered 15cc 09 Continued page 129 PK PRODUCTS Specializing Quadra/Zenoah Sales Service PO Box 6226 Hayward CA 94544Tel 415 581-4277 Eves DEALER INQUIRES IN V/TED ALL ORDERS ADD $200 POSTAGE & HANDLING CAL/F RES ADD SALES TAX LU 13311 Beach Ave na Del Rey CA 2 1-624 24 Model Aviation Futaba radio people topof-the-line PCM Helicopter Radio 7G heli-systems display PCM mighty impressive gives us just hint technology will take us coming years Futaba 555 W Vic toria St Compton CA 90220 Condor Hobbieshad Ishimasa line RC Helicopters display Ishimasa manufacturers electric-powered EH- 1 25 glow-engined Playboy Con dor also markets several imported lines including Rossi Webra engines Check just might have hard-to-find ilem youve look ing Condor Hobbies 17971 Skypark Circle Suite D Irvine CA 92714 California Model Imports Kobe Kiko Helicopters display Along popular Hughes 300 gas nd glow versions also showed R-22 Scaletype machine Dave Robertson told will soon flybar head R-22 seems fear Scale flybarless head has caused some concern among fliers Dave handled flying CMI proved R-22 flies good looks California Model Im ports PO Box 1695 Garden Grove CA 92642 Circus Hobbles such large crowd around booth trouble get ting front Circus imports extensive line Kalt Helicopters New year Kalts new 206L Long Ran ger truly beautiful offering Also new shown updated Custom Baron 20 looks like Kalt has done some house-cleaning popular 20-size Baron incorporating some new ideas improve its aerobatic qualities Check Circus details availability Heres oft-road buggy loaded fun excitement designed off-road operation no need special track know will like buggy Its rugged withstand abuse hard operation rough terrain Its easy assemble Bayou Products car ries replacement parts ORDER DIRECT FROM HOW TO ORDER canjIbE EEIIISE order char ft over duc neon ur 5Aor STER ARDorwecanU ship ftCOD cash pC BOX 8628 ORLEANS LOUISIANA 70182 Add $350 postage i-am Service call Toll Free Line 1-800-535-2568 except LA handlinq USA Also shown Circus TSK acces sories TSK manufactures high-quality add-on accessories Kalt Hirobo Helicopters TSK does manu facture Helicopter own parts have used machines have won Japanese Nationals last several years Circus also imports JR radio systems JR has now jumped PCM ring PCM Unlimited Helicopter Radio fully appreciate new PCM systems will have check out person remember dual-rates latest thing Circus Hobbies 3132 5 Highland Dr Las Vegas NV 89109 American RC Helicopters Mantis Super Mantis Helicopters display Also shown yet finished American Eagle 60-size acrobatic machine rotor-head similar Competitors layout looks very promising Eagle futuristic shape sports wings working ailerons John Simone assured wings just gimmick improving roll considerably Im looking forward flight demonstration American RC Helicopters 594 Alrport Rd Oceanside CA 92054 year see more great prod ucts being offered No sooner finish Helicopter before another catches eye Please contact individual manu facturers information products mentioned FunlWinter Continued page 24 engine limited 75 cc fuel purpose maximum duration Simple inexpensive fun am looking ward summer Au wrIte mid-April can fly few events hope build model weekend see Travein Music Its raining days As peer over typewriter sodden clouds can think 500-lb canary remember ter rible oldie Whats heavier 500lb canary Two 500-lb canaries So whats bigger two Quaker Flashes 15-ft Quaker Flash Gene Ireland home-bound flu launched missive Two guys funk equal delirium model wrapped $80 worth green Monoote built friend Don Knows-No-Fear Wolf Ping Pong table about 60 days time Gene raves As know am sure Flying Quaker have built five six regular Quakers between usComo 40s Dons case ST G21/46s day after lazy flying session two normal Quakers sitting sideby-side Don suddenly spired Au. Gene may feverish off races aint going fight sick man After some calculations material estimates power etc got Gene sniffles sold him worn Continued page 132 Devil Kit #22195 2x4 Including four shocks Cipolla 21145 Side Exhaust RC Car Engine #3500 MAC ShowIJoll Continued page 17 ACCURATE ABLE TOREAD ACCUTACH m NOW IN TWO MODELS 3 FUNCTION ACCUTACH 1 7995 Digital LCD tachometer has dual scale lOX-bOX stable RPM readout Full scale voltmeter can used check/cycle TXIRX battery com bos Reads load up 20 volts ACCESSORIES OSAl- Quarter Scale Adaptor ATi & AT2-500ma load . 995 SCAb -Servo Current Adaptor Airtronics Futaba Kraft. 995 4 FUNCTION ACCUTACH 2 u 8995 Same useful capabilities ACCU-TAOH 1 includes DC ammeter used check servo cur rent Will find worn bind ing stalled servo condi tions w/SCA1 Add function ATi AVIONKSS INC Send check MO NorCal AVIONICS Inc PO Box 70956 Sunnyvale CA 94086 Calif add 6% tax Add $2 S&H See dealer first FunlWinter Continued page 129 Tartan single bet fin ished all-up weight went under 20 lb went over 22 lb weighs 26 lb wing could used small bridge Au snow fence State Michigan tires garden tractor inner tubes hubs Gear welded -in steel rod Radio ancient three-wire Kraft servos 500 mAh pack Au might well use 1000 mAh content boid size Tartan looks like Fox 15 sitting up front takeoff would bring tears eyes Au Im crying Im crying starts painfully slow tail gradually comes up runs forever mains reluctantly parts com pany runway Fortunately Dons runway 1000 ft Full-size air craft coming visit have mistaken model air restored tique until land us picks up tail pulls back han gar area Its good great laugh landing bigger bird bigger hid den advantages Once engine quit Ireland tried clear barbed-wire fence stalling ouly hit top strand both wheels Didnt per turb big modelno mention fencebut both tires blew patched up now takes off wheels wobble shake gear Again prototypical say Gene has other flukey stuff based inputs column whatever combined cantations Frank Zaics Yearbooks sorcery am above finagling conventional cabin 88-in span weighs 6 lb 1000 squaresanother ST 46 Has flat-bottomed wing airfoil lifting-type stabilizer Balances 35% has very little incidence trims neutral full bore requires too much up-control glide Adding incidence wing little effect takeoff full throttle about 2 deg downthrust about remove weight nose after conquered flu found same thing early stages developing LeCrate Ed Last months featured construction project electric power Like old-fash ioned FF Rubber Gas model should have center gravity CG moved back lifting tail both sur faces really wings CG aft main wings center lift Prob ably CG about 45% would cor rect Genes big gassie downthrust low-pitch props dont know what has such 1 1-4 can exert times effective nose-down moment Id probably remove downthrust Going 54n 6-in pitch would ease nose-down tendency approaches low rpm would overdrive ship would keep a-coming An Old-Timer can cantankerous muleif dont know talk mule skinner language Weve gone far let Ire land rave Buzzard somewhat modified Took crank out wing lengthened 6 Reduced angle attack good strength ened wing Add another ST 46 have very aerobatic Buzzard people would want build like did Its ball raise eyebrows get some old-tim ers around cut engine glide around Yawn put nose straight down about 700 ft series 1oops easing back pressure top Clear ground last 1oop enough momentum reach landing strip roll stop somewhere around middle strip exactly Bob Hoover act thrilling Gene get better soon Please Buzzards fragile birds built per plans cant dive out boomer plane goes ape big square tips slow-dance flutter Spirals get nowhere thing 322 So Galatin RdMadIson TN 37115 615 868-8811 Mon thru Sat am 500 pm CHANGE TO RECHARGEABLES RLLJ Icii transmitter battery rechargREPAIR SERVICE FOR elace expensive throwaway dry RADIO SYSTEMS IHOBBY LOBBYeable nickel cadmium battery Ready FUTABA ROYAL IEK LOG ICTROLuse Replaces Eveready 276 nIne volt FUTABA Tdry cell batteryACCESSORIES FOR HOBBY SHACKTransmitter Ni-Cad Battery$3000 MOST RADIOS ROYAL LINE Transmitter Ni-Cad Charger 5 Battery/Charger Combo $3500 IJI ROOKIE Super beginner kit 60 wing span $2799 CITAURIA 65 wing span 2540 power $3399 SCALE KITS CHAMPION CITARRIA 9 wing span 60 pwr & up $6499 BUD NOSIN TRAINER 102 wing span 60 pwr-up $5599 PIPER CUP J3 9 wing span 60 power & u $7588 PSlD 102 wing span quadra power $10899 P51D 102 wing span quadra power $10899 1933 GERE SPORT 8 wing span 60 power & up $8999 CESSNA 310 TWIN 10 wing span twin 60 pwr $12299 MR MULLIGAN 9 wing span 60 power $8499 Other kits & occessories evaileble CetIou $200 132 Model Aviation light much area good boomer has upwards velocity can handle Ill buy heavier wing less angular difference slower glide trim trouble have making save evitable tempt warm skies too times meandering through Mu seum Natural Aeronautical History look another Glacier-Age plane Enclosed some snaps happy guy Jim Burns retired Veterans Administration man big ship uses 100-in Wind Drifter wing D-box leading edge 05 10 power HA Thomas favors us Flies like dream know does hundred inches 10 Dont sweat have several seasons K&B-Veco 19 96-in ship very much like Except has open cockpit yeah has pilot bust cabin straight-edged wing tapered tip panels Floats off weeds whipping leading edge climbs quite well approaches next county arrive sedately strip reaching full-up get Wont stall does tight flat eights within 100 ft tip 5 10 ft off ground Hold nose up idle fly backwards windout sight crazy enough just drop nose cleave right back field Very few people seem know about flying wing instead propex cept mountain men Dick Tichenor biggie like RCM couple years back Have seen go too Dicks optional high low wing has power think Burns fun ship berries cook up something own Dont intimidated paper pencil Pin down strips wood draw long curves need generous dihedrallike 7 8 deg three-channel low-winger careful high tailsthe plane will want spiral downward insufficient dihedral makes stick-busy case given 100-in Wind Drifter wing can see nose moment bit chord measure pic can figure aft fuselage rela tionship nose What could easier Especially have old glider wingperhaps needing bit crank straight up out-of-sight yen youll find fly-on-the-wing things great in-between relaxer warned can get hooked Mrs Clayton quite woman photo see Mrs Clayton boys taken Gates Studio Macomb ILin 1935 1936 Thanks Charles V ODonnell Bloomington IL fellow worker Gene Mon ninger may yet able redeem months column occasion picture ex plains ODonnell Mrs Clay ton Joes mother third left photo wanted picture boys Gene says group com prised well best boys town Mrs Clayton loved kids let meet house build model airplanes way keeping out everybody elses hair Gene tells model holding favorite drawn Joe Clayton pictures Smiln Jack comic strip Since am far too young remember prewar kits showed picture Dave Shipton thinks sees Com et Moth Rearwin left table Comet Robin right plane Max Frank holding looks Dave like Megow Monocoupe may John Paul Jones kit same Gene says ODonnell continues planes made just flight off top water tower usually firecracker aboard doesnt know of building models later of serving Air Corps Bob Monninger ward observer during war spent little Air Guard after wards medic Joe having joined Navy early Pearl unpleasantness began Glenn Franks intelligence officer para chuted behind enemy lines several times Italy operated behind Rus sian lines shortly after war Max Frank Marine captain Gene lieves Clyde Butterfield killed WW II Gene brought 3 x 5 copy picture show hed hung onto years Said happy time Industrial Photography section part group work Engin eering Records section Ralph Olson Greg Linder copied print blew up Pretty good 48year-old photo isnt Just thought youd like look little Midwest modeling history Are boys still boys Mrs Claytons ranks didnt have water tower launched Rubber jobs top grandstandwith fat firecracker strapped went out bang Ill bet Mrs Clayton didnt know about firecrackers Correction June issue column stated Bud Chappells electricpowered Robinhood used 9-9 prop Astro 1 5 direct drive Actually 9-4 according Bud Theres world difference Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22050 SAILPLANE LAUNCH EQUIPMENT FOR EVERY FIELD S PORTWINCH $225QO * $300 QP * * plus shipping source QUIET FLIGHT supplies hi-starts electric inotors& reducers batteriesparachutestow line drums accessories braided nylon line selected kitsthe PROPHET sailplane kit VISA MASTERCARD DAVEY EmU SYSTEMS CORPORATION ONE WOOD LANE MALVERNPA19355 215644 06926772 Write calf information August1984 133 POWR TOW POW OM $35009 * RETRIEVER $250 QP *
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/08
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 129, 132, 133
Bill Winter Just Fun o t _____________ OONLESS MADNESS fly days expect transported flying site curtained sedan chair dont want weather too cold too hot must windy grass must neatly mowed pin need labeled Reserved Kindly guys must assemble plane range check set idle Pour another coffee light pipe Play again Sam always thus days Charlemagne neither wind nor cold nor snow sleet stayed appointed rounds natives far off Cathay beyond Sierras Sun Belt know nothing lives snowbirds polar bears Vikings gentle man horns picture Lloyd Pete Peterson No snow really deep caption says Dont fall creek Pete Pete What creek occasion First Annual February 29 Spur Moment Fun Fly decision fly made spite wind snow because will long time before get another Febru ary 29 like writes Pete Peterson afternoon another activity Uff-Da Air splinter group Vin cennes-based TnCounty Aero Club group also sponsors participates Moonless Madness dark-night Sail plane event pictures didnt turn out Dining Tarp Flyoff Spring Glider Contest Just having little fun beautiful winter day Flight times short Life goes Unfortunately Phone reservations now being ac cepted Second Annual February 29 Spur Moment Fun Fly Now let tell eyes glow red various writers tell Think about What dickens such writers think am doing So nk about Leap Year got itat long last Look Away Look Away Dixieland born Joisey lived New York Brooklyn well boon docks have just learned Rebel Yell took Gerald Martin writes letterhead Hereford Flying Ag Service Texas re cently test flown Martin Mauler AM-l Confederate Air Force accompanying pictures snapped Youd expect would fly 100-mph model bombs pas sion Antiques Since Mauler says really doesnt care much name hoary 3 1 years beyond its last previous flight thinks Antique other Antique sixth 1938 Chet Lanzo Bomber pow ered beloved Anderson 65 spark ignition engine sure like way performs Ger ry states bought plans Chet cut sticks size myself fun project Bomber comes out 465 lb 834 oz wing loading Au sure precise am sure what horsepower rating Anderson comparison Corncob Pratt & Whitney 28-cylin der 4360 cu engine rated 3000 horsepower cant tell colors Bomb er photo appears MonoKoted translucent yellow wing tail red fuselage generous white trim forward Left Send 39 dead NiCds 50 cents well send caption picture could read text Right Uff-uji eman splinter group Vincennes TnCounty Aero Club celebrates February 29 LR Pat Sven English Frank MOle Roales end Lloyd Pete Peterson Photo guess Roald Amundsen 18721928 believe much know about bridge have sell 18 Model Aviation Taken 1935 1936 old picture shows Mrs Clayton boy . out mischief beguiling place meet build models Fro, ,cond L-R Robert Monninger Glen Franks Joe Clayton Clyde Butterfield Rhue Rue Clayton Gene Monninger Max Frank chap extreme left unidentified Story text Left Gerald Martin seated cockpit Martin Mauler test-flew Confederate Air Force holds Lanzo Bomber Antique design 1938 vintage Its Martins sixth Antique powered beloved Anderson 65 Spitfire spark ignition engine Right Lanzo Bomber weighs 456 lb shows off its diamond cross-sectioned fuselage wheels sitting slotted cardboard tube pieces quick glance may look like compos ite Playboy Zipper et al its fuse lage diamond tip panels typical Lanzo gassiescenter pan el no dihedrallong well-tapered Ive always weakness diamond fuselages both FF Rubber Gas Just build square set edge money seem glide extreme ly well possibly because mini mum interference between wing fuselage green-eyed devil stirs within wish Martins Bomber Round Round What fun write name again Ive heard crowd Control Line fliers after column asked anyone still having fun CL Theres fair amount CL material publishedfor example MA publishes some good models has supportive columns Thanks Bob Hunt Flying Modelswho RC Pattern trail daysyoull find reassuring flow first-rate planes wires magazine Bob course World Champion CL Aerobat ics lets begin John Thompson sympathize difficulty hearing Control Liners writes John So have given up magazines turned specialty newsletters because cold shoulder given us hobby industry recent years Control Liners dont realize still some magazine writ ers interested doings may change because CL again period growth despite blows indus try has tried afflict Whether like CL coming back cause cheaper RC just much funimportant points slug gish economy Keep calling CL news am sure will get some Tell like am going quote such guys precisely because ex actly way things look themand Free Flighters share viewpoint dont believe industry thinks trying inflict wounds anyone form flying RC simply hapto customers pens head count stupendouseven though average age RCer roughly 37 guys ones seem spending enough money keep modeling industry business Yet CL FF remain popular RCers imagine exam ple Sigs Wish Book big glossy thick catalogwith numerous kits dis played full-color picturesis loaded varied line CL fun-type things including latest Stunt Sig isnt business love K&B doesnt mess around engines small runs suppose K&B keeps pro ducing special-purpose FF engines 50% K&Bs business marine en gines John Thompson Contest Di rector Northwest 84 Regionals May 26-27 after written before issue will reach readers aptly called Control Line Model Aircraft Championships Sponsored Eugene Prop Spinners meet real biggietrophies through third place $2000 merchandize prizes count 25 events hard-core compe tition such fun things Balloon Bust Old-Timer Stunt Mahion Sweet Airport scene action has phalt circle four competition grass circles plus grass practice circle Bleachers too public address sys tem Camping space free parking recreational vehicals Left Peter Miller England sent picture ot latest camera piane wncn powered Merco 61 60 four-cycle shown picture wasnt quite enough carries Cannon Suresbot camera Hes engaged take pictures Sutton Hoo digs complete Saxon ships unearthed before war farmlands diseased crops Plane can used taking vertical oblique pictures Picturetaking sessions estimated 1000 ft calibrated turned out 30001 Models farther away higher usually think Right Millers Super Scorpion scale-up Kiel Kraft kit copied own Scotty Murrays Answer normal wing airfoil Ritz-type used Scotty dream fly sloping Suffolk Meadow Good throttle Enya 45-4C allows flying valley climbing slope 2-ft altitude Theres about innovative British chap text August1984 19 restaurant concession truck Hobby shop Model-related displays convenience airline connections rental cars within walking distance pot-luck party field sponsored Seattle Skyraiders Flying Lines newsletter No wonder contestants gawkers converge Eugene over Memorial Day weekend over western states western Canada can subscribe Flying Lines $950141 Bryant Ave Cottage Grove OR 97424 Says Thompson guarantee its worth someone region Theres Con trol Line news FL mag azines combined Let add no means ambitious news letter CL fliers Round Round makes happy started conducted column Model Airplane News survey cer tified 21 years ago showed 44000 readers magazine CLers followed columnwhen RC already big enchilada people thing stance 45% MAN readers also interested boatsand no boat coverage Well hardly ever Right now firm alone selling 100000 model off-the-road vehicles year Happy fiftieth flying Dutch men Aero Team Reading PA anyone having fun CL betcha says Alvah Schaeffer manager AMA sanctioned Show Team No 108 50 years Thats right 50 years Flying Dutchmen Aeromodelers Show Team have much fun celebrating fiftieth anniversary year1934to 1984 have finest CL sites USA Located atop Skyline Drive overlooking City Reading have four fully-paved flying circles cement takeoff areas addition ful 20 Model Aviation Left Look what did song Maxwell Bassetti No Gene Ireland midget Gene Don Knows-No-Fear Wolf figured huge Quaker better two standardsof have fleet Covering took $80 worth Monoote Wheels lawn mower inner tubes 1/4 ply hubs Right Gene Don Michigan Snow Fence helps have farm startled cow said silo Thats fodder thar its well-worn Tartan single engine huge Quaker majestically lumbers off 1000-ft runway Stop thinking about putting K&B 40 tail Find Ping-Pong table build rest did Chief Knows-No-Fear Left Jim Burns has good reason smile atter flying low-wing original design built around 100-in Wind Drifter wing powered 05 10 Does climb well worry fly wing dont build lead-sleds pleasant surprise engine has well-deserved reputation Right Burns flying carpet wafts problem kind plane youve got remember transmitterl ship mostly yellow red trim white windows black anti-glare nose panel Photos H Thomas ly-paved parking lot accommodates 75 autos area fenced has bleachers park benches specta tors plus picnic tables grills sepa rate engine-test area provided through good graces city officials have same site since 1947 club show team has 50 members Alvah wingovers active contest flying community ser vice show team work audio-visual shows slide presentations club has annual banquetbowllng parties picnics camping sightseeing trips show teamwe think active show team AMA hasdid 50 shows past year Although show team 29 years old have averaged 15 20 shows year ing CL team gives us advantage being able fly smaller areas RC needs activities shared wives children other family memberswithout assistance could have survived 50 years As comments would belabor obvi ous Ill just say Flying Dutch men have encouraged show us photos showcase flying site fun activity will back East Eden said covers Victorian novels maybe third Tales Virginia Outback Two flights two early April days already two long thermal excursions ancient RC-assist Vagabond Only dark blue poly tips enable define altitude see blurry imagine biplane triplane shapeless splotch downwind upwind should Steepen bank see flash translucent yellow wing downwind side circle Continued page 22 August 1984 21 Caudron look-alike unique Control Line sport design Claus MaIKIs OT I-il uermany flies fine OS 19 thats what said glides like stone Speaking stones should wonder what happened pet-rock craze Claus ship perches atop world wide inventory Thanks Windy Urtnowski supplying picture Squint eyes Golden Age airport mind colorful birds yesteryear two Bill Noonans 1-in-scale rubber-powered jobsa Canadian Fokker Universal left Polish Lublin nationalities meet Scale-builders tarmac Gal Price Drum Price Type Nitro % Lubricant Freight Paid Freight-Collect FAI0%Synthetic$ 675$13995 rn 5s5%Synthetic$ 775$21995 Sc5%Castor$ 775$21995 4cyI7%Castor$ 850$28995 lOs10%Synthetic$ 895$32995 lOc10%Castor$ 895$32995 RIG12%Syn & Castor$ 995$34995 iSs15%Synthetic$ 995$34995 20c20%Castor$1395$51995 25s25%Synthetic$1495$52995 4040%15 Syn-5 Castor$1995$72995 5050%Synthetic$2395$89595 6060%Synthetic$2695$99595 contIgwus US EXCEPT 54 GAL DRUMS MINIMUM ORDER 4 Gal Asst OK DISCOUNTS 24 63 Gal Deduct 5% Asstd OK al Orders Deduct 100/o Asstd OK SHELDONS Hours HOBBY SHOP Mon-Wed Fri & Sat 3157 Alum Rock Avenue -530 San Jose95127 Thur 930-900 M/C VISA forniaSun 1200-500 UPS COD $1654082514787 Bring home time time again escape lift over brown fields beyond woods bother thing else Lift over fence Endless 360s turned long crosswind ellipses before heading terra firma floating off end grass cant fly cranky stuff worth hoot anymore experts second-guess 360 late final twitch predict doom Youll never make say give up after awhile avowing never could get down such plane Its flicker Upmanship Im changing colorsor channel num bers Ive found what channels other guys fly can also affect though arent chan nel Merlin gave lowdown about unexplained hits what harm could fly little Eaglet during week Well thought leftright trouble wild until discovered Eaglet paying attention master Enough already poor thing mildly sprained Having traded old Futaba 05 40 four-cycle Bill Kaluf 40 miles south live build Eagle now have said bird wont fly until Merlin checks tuning receiver after crystal change Always What Eagle has small flaps Kaluf loves em May will too always asks about take easy way out Sure go ahead right So removed positive incidence Eagles stabilizer substituted lift ing-type stabTherefore also moved balance point back tad Kaluf makes flaps chord extends little behind wing trailing edge aligns top sur face flaps top wing cam ber Seen bottom have very slight flaps-down flaps-up mode has quite washout effect much appreciated approach-bun gler like Dead-stick can hit thing anywherestrange com bo lifting stab can loaf along lazy cruise deep should make stab airfoil Kaluf asked phone Since Tele master lifting stab suggestion follow same ratios wing stab percentage depths Bill Evans planes look like X-ships intended future Star Wars Said Bill Simitar slow light Id make Oh yeah bounced back what want 5- 6-ft wing no 19 tail-dragger light weight capable easy soaring Sketches flew back forth weeks Bill making five evolutionary planes process awaiting answers Oh yes also asked can fly three channels decide Decided Lower Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation High film strength lubricant increased power long engine life Detergents cut performance robbing varnish Highest quality ingredients insure top engine performance reliability Fi Send $100 catalog 216-499-5323 RC Kits Mig DL 706 Easton NE ILJ Canton OH 44721 STEPHENS ACRO NewI MK II H & K Superstarters 0-35$2995 0-50$2995 MAG II$3495 Super Hustler$3495 Zenoah$2995 Tartan Twin$3995 Roper 37$2995 90 Day Warranty ZENOAH QUARTZ CUSTOM Dual outlet aluminum muffler Carb rotated needle accessibility cowled Modified Quadra mount 6 bolt prop washer carb linkage Complete assembled shown $14495 vertical tail profile move verti cal tail far aft rudder hinge line 8 aft wing trailing edge Shorten nose bit Add high-profile can opy improve hands-off soaring cir cles add 2 dihedral panel have 3 have two panels joined Just now phone Bill reported latest Cox 15 has 5-oz loading flies off hand no landing gearjust skids help opens hand lowers arm Hes thermalled gulls Bishop high wind pinpoint height controls well either rudder elevons has both may go rudder elevators just see what happens get things like Evans calls Slomotion Speed range 15 80 mph crazy Being British RCer like living earth three moons have just all-radio magazine RC Modeler Brits now have three model ing mags product long evolu tion Radio Control Model World ad dress Hunters Ride Suckley Worces tershire WR5 5DG Englandcover price two pounds bursts forth full glory first time around Thats no mean feat Contents lively diver sified Quite bit excellent full color its loaded adsalready Thanks Peter Miller has contrib uted intriguing items column work aerial photography models like discovering Roman ruins have second third issues Peter contributing editor RCMW breathtaking four-page feature Put Wings Camera April 1984 issue Peter man ideas Under name Miller Aviation Models Red Cot New Street Glemsford Sudbury Suffolk COlO 7PY England makes order 1/32-scale sailplanes lime wood basic color painted canopy elaborate schemes extra comes cast-resin base stainless steel support rod de signed freestanding hung wall will custom-build model scale degree detail lim ited sailplanes will make special presentation bases trophies Actual ly will build anything 1/100scale large RC models scaled models handmade classics 1/32scale sailplane going 5250 British pounds Since Miller also builds flies RC jobsnice ones tooas nothing else dohe unique international scene Latest idea Vintage RC-Assist contest arousing lot interest reports goings-on area calls Vintage model must original size no scaling up down powered 15cc 09 Continued page 129 PK PRODUCTS Specializing Quadra/Zenoah Sales Service PO Box 6226 Hayward CA 94544Tel 415 581-4277 Eves DEALER INQUIRES IN V/TED ALL ORDERS ADD $200 POSTAGE & HANDLING CAL/F RES ADD SALES TAX LU 13311 Beach Ave na Del Rey CA 2 1-624 24 Model Aviation Futaba radio people topof-the-line PCM Helicopter Radio 7G heli-systems display PCM mighty impressive gives us just hint technology will take us coming years Futaba 555 W Vic toria St Compton CA 90220 Condor Hobbieshad Ishimasa line RC Helicopters display Ishimasa manufacturers electric-powered EH- 1 25 glow-engined Playboy Con dor also markets several imported lines including Rossi Webra engines Check just might have hard-to-find ilem youve look ing Condor Hobbies 17971 Skypark Circle Suite D Irvine CA 92714 California Model Imports Kobe Kiko Helicopters display Along popular Hughes 300 gas nd glow versions also showed R-22 Scaletype machine Dave Robertson told will soon flybar head R-22 seems fear Scale flybarless head has caused some concern among fliers Dave handled flying CMI proved R-22 flies good looks California Model Im ports PO Box 1695 Garden Grove CA 92642 Circus Hobbles such large crowd around booth trouble get ting front Circus imports extensive line Kalt Helicopters New year Kalts new 206L Long Ran ger truly beautiful offering Also new shown updated Custom Baron 20 looks like Kalt has done some house-cleaning popular 20-size Baron incorporating some new ideas improve its aerobatic qualities Check Circus details availability Heres oft-road buggy loaded fun excitement designed off-road operation no need special track know will like buggy Its rugged withstand abuse hard operation rough terrain Its easy assemble Bayou Products car ries replacement parts ORDER DIRECT FROM HOW TO ORDER canjIbE EEIIISE order char ft over duc neon ur 5Aor STER ARDorwecanU ship ftCOD cash pC BOX 8628 ORLEANS LOUISIANA 70182 Add $350 postage i-am Service call Toll Free Line 1-800-535-2568 except LA handlinq USA Also shown Circus TSK acces sories TSK manufactures high-quality add-on accessories Kalt Hirobo Helicopters TSK does manu facture Helicopter own parts have used machines have won Japanese Nationals last several years Circus also imports JR radio systems JR has now jumped PCM ring PCM Unlimited Helicopter Radio fully appreciate new PCM systems will have check out person remember dual-rates latest thing Circus Hobbies 3132 5 Highland Dr Las Vegas NV 89109 American RC Helicopters Mantis Super Mantis Helicopters display Also shown yet finished American Eagle 60-size acrobatic machine rotor-head similar Competitors layout looks very promising Eagle futuristic shape sports wings working ailerons John Simone assured wings just gimmick improving roll considerably Im looking forward flight demonstration American RC Helicopters 594 Alrport Rd Oceanside CA 92054 year see more great prod ucts being offered No sooner finish Helicopter before another catches eye Please contact individual manu facturers information products mentioned FunlWinter Continued page 24 engine limited 75 cc fuel purpose maximum duration Simple inexpensive fun am looking ward summer Au wrIte mid-April can fly few events hope build model weekend see Travein Music Its raining days As peer over typewriter sodden clouds can think 500-lb canary remember ter rible oldie Whats heavier 500lb canary Two 500-lb canaries So whats bigger two Quaker Flashes 15-ft Quaker Flash Gene Ireland home-bound flu launched missive Two guys funk equal delirium model wrapped $80 worth green Monoote built friend Don Knows-No-Fear Wolf Ping Pong table about 60 days time Gene raves As know am sure Flying Quaker have built five six regular Quakers between usComo 40s Dons case ST G21/46s day after lazy flying session two normal Quakers sitting sideby-side Don suddenly spired Au. Gene may feverish off races aint going fight sick man After some calculations material estimates power etc got Gene sniffles sold him worn Continued page 132 Devil Kit #22195 2x4 Including four shocks Cipolla 21145 Side Exhaust RC Car Engine #3500 MAC ShowIJoll Continued page 17 ACCURATE ABLE TOREAD ACCUTACH m NOW IN TWO MODELS 3 FUNCTION ACCUTACH 1 7995 Digital LCD tachometer has dual scale lOX-bOX stable RPM readout Full scale voltmeter can used check/cycle TXIRX battery com bos Reads load up 20 volts ACCESSORIES OSAl- Quarter Scale Adaptor ATi & AT2-500ma load . 995 SCAb -Servo Current Adaptor Airtronics Futaba Kraft. 995 4 FUNCTION ACCUTACH 2 u 8995 Same useful capabilities ACCU-TAOH 1 includes DC ammeter used check servo cur rent Will find worn bind ing stalled servo condi tions w/SCA1 Add function ATi AVIONKSS INC Send check MO NorCal AVIONICS Inc PO Box 70956 Sunnyvale CA 94086 Calif add 6% tax Add $2 S&H See dealer first FunlWinter Continued page 129 Tartan single bet fin ished all-up weight went under 20 lb went over 22 lb weighs 26 lb wing could used small bridge Au snow fence State Michigan tires garden tractor inner tubes hubs Gear welded -in steel rod Radio ancient three-wire Kraft servos 500 mAh pack Au might well use 1000 mAh content boid size Tartan looks like Fox 15 sitting up front takeoff would bring tears eyes Au Im crying Im crying starts painfully slow tail gradually comes up runs forever mains reluctantly parts com pany runway Fortunately Dons runway 1000 ft Full-size air craft coming visit have mistaken model air restored tique until land us picks up tail pulls back han gar area Its good great laugh landing bigger bird bigger hid den advantages Once engine quit Ireland tried clear barbed-wire fence stalling ouly hit top strand both wheels Didnt per turb big modelno mention fencebut both tires blew patched up now takes off wheels wobble shake gear Again prototypical say Gene has other flukey stuff based inputs column whatever combined cantations Frank Zaics Yearbooks sorcery am above finagling conventional cabin 88-in span weighs 6 lb 1000 squaresanother ST 46 Has flat-bottomed wing airfoil lifting-type stabilizer Balances 35% has very little incidence trims neutral full bore requires too much up-control glide Adding incidence wing little effect takeoff full throttle about 2 deg downthrust about remove weight nose after conquered flu found same thing early stages developing LeCrate Ed Last months featured construction project electric power Like old-fash ioned FF Rubber Gas model should have center gravity CG moved back lifting tail both sur faces really wings CG aft main wings center lift Prob ably CG about 45% would cor rect Genes big gassie downthrust low-pitch props dont know what has such 1 1-4 can exert times effective nose-down moment Id probably remove downthrust Going 54n 6-in pitch would ease nose-down tendency approaches low rpm would overdrive ship would keep a-coming An Old-Timer can cantankerous muleif dont know talk mule skinner language Weve gone far let Ire land rave Buzzard somewhat modified Took crank out wing lengthened 6 Reduced angle attack good strength ened wing Add another ST 46 have very aerobatic Buzzard people would want build like did Its ball raise eyebrows get some old-tim ers around cut engine glide around Yawn put nose straight down about 700 ft series 1oops easing back pressure top Clear ground last 1oop enough momentum reach landing strip roll stop somewhere around middle strip exactly Bob Hoover act thrilling Gene get better soon Please Buzzards fragile birds built per plans cant dive out boomer plane goes ape big square tips slow-dance flutter Spirals get nowhere thing 322 So Galatin RdMadIson TN 37115 615 868-8811 Mon thru Sat am 500 pm CHANGE TO RECHARGEABLES RLLJ Icii transmitter battery rechargREPAIR SERVICE FOR elace expensive throwaway dry RADIO SYSTEMS IHOBBY LOBBYeable nickel cadmium battery Ready FUTABA ROYAL IEK LOG ICTROLuse Replaces Eveready 276 nIne volt FUTABA Tdry cell batteryACCESSORIES FOR HOBBY SHACKTransmitter Ni-Cad Battery$3000 MOST RADIOS ROYAL LINE Transmitter Ni-Cad Charger 5 Battery/Charger Combo $3500 IJI ROOKIE Super beginner kit 60 wing span $2799 CITAURIA 65 wing span 2540 power $3399 SCALE KITS CHAMPION CITARRIA 9 wing span 60 pwr & up $6499 BUD NOSIN TRAINER 102 wing span 60 pwr-up $5599 PIPER CUP J3 9 wing span 60 power & u $7588 PSlD 102 wing span quadra power $10899 P51D 102 wing span quadra power $10899 1933 GERE SPORT 8 wing span 60 power & up $8999 CESSNA 310 TWIN 10 wing span twin 60 pwr $12299 MR MULLIGAN 9 wing span 60 power $8499 Other kits & occessories evaileble CetIou $200 132 Model Aviation light much area good boomer has upwards velocity can handle Ill buy heavier wing less angular difference slower glide trim trouble have making save evitable tempt warm skies too times meandering through Mu seum Natural Aeronautical History look another Glacier-Age plane Enclosed some snaps happy guy Jim Burns retired Veterans Administration man big ship uses 100-in Wind Drifter wing D-box leading edge 05 10 power HA Thomas favors us Flies like dream know does hundred inches 10 Dont sweat have several seasons K&B-Veco 19 96-in ship very much like Except has open cockpit yeah has pilot bust cabin straight-edged wing tapered tip panels Floats off weeds whipping leading edge climbs quite well approaches next county arrive sedately strip reaching full-up get Wont stall does tight flat eights within 100 ft tip 5 10 ft off ground Hold nose up idle fly backwards windout sight crazy enough just drop nose cleave right back field Very few people seem know about flying wing instead propex cept mountain men Dick Tichenor biggie like RCM couple years back Have seen go too Dicks optional high low wing has power think Burns fun ship berries cook up something own Dont intimidated paper pencil Pin down strips wood draw long curves need generous dihedrallike 7 8 deg three-channel low-winger careful high tailsthe plane will want spiral downward insufficient dihedral makes stick-busy case given 100-in Wind Drifter wing can see nose moment bit chord measure pic can figure aft fuselage rela tionship nose What could easier Especially have old glider wingperhaps needing bit crank straight up out-of-sight yen youll find fly-on-the-wing things great in-between relaxer warned can get hooked Mrs Clayton quite woman photo see Mrs Clayton boys taken Gates Studio Macomb ILin 1935 1936 Thanks Charles V ODonnell Bloomington IL fellow worker Gene Mon ninger may yet able redeem months column occasion picture ex plains ODonnell Mrs Clay ton Joes mother third left photo wanted picture boys Gene says group com prised well best boys town Mrs Clayton loved kids let meet house build model airplanes way keeping out everybody elses hair Gene tells model holding favorite drawn Joe Clayton pictures Smiln Jack comic strip Since am far too young remember prewar kits showed picture Dave Shipton thinks sees Com et Moth Rearwin left table Comet Robin right plane Max Frank holding looks Dave like Megow Monocoupe may John Paul Jones kit same Gene says ODonnell continues planes made just flight off top water tower usually firecracker aboard doesnt know of building models later of serving Air Corps Bob Monninger ward observer during war spent little Air Guard after wards medic Joe having joined Navy early Pearl unpleasantness began Glenn Franks intelligence officer para chuted behind enemy lines several times Italy operated behind Rus sian lines shortly after war Max Frank Marine captain Gene lieves Clyde Butterfield killed WW II Gene brought 3 x 5 copy picture show hed hung onto years Said happy time Industrial Photography section part group work Engin eering Records section Ralph Olson Greg Linder copied print blew up Pretty good 48year-old photo isnt Just thought youd like look little Midwest modeling history Are boys still boys Mrs Claytons ranks didnt have water tower launched Rubber jobs top grandstandwith fat firecracker strapped went out bang Ill bet Mrs Clayton didnt know about firecrackers Correction June issue column stated Bud Chappells electricpowered Robinhood used 9-9 prop Astro 1 5 direct drive Actually 9-4 according Bud Theres world difference Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22050 SAILPLANE LAUNCH EQUIPMENT FOR EVERY FIELD S PORTWINCH $225QO * $300 QP * * plus shipping source QUIET FLIGHT supplies hi-starts electric inotors& reducers batteriesparachutestow line drums accessories braided nylon line selected kitsthe PROPHET sailplane kit VISA MASTERCARD DAVEY EmU SYSTEMS CORPORATION ONE WOOD LANE MALVERNPA19355 215644 06926772 Write calf information August1984 133 POWR TOW POW OM $35009 * RETRIEVER $250 QP *
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/08
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 129, 132, 133
Bill Winter Just Fun o t _____________ OONLESS MADNESS fly days expect transported flying site curtained sedan chair dont want weather too cold too hot must windy grass must neatly mowed pin need labeled Reserved Kindly guys must assemble plane range check set idle Pour another coffee light pipe Play again Sam always thus days Charlemagne neither wind nor cold nor snow sleet stayed appointed rounds natives far off Cathay beyond Sierras Sun Belt know nothing lives snowbirds polar bears Vikings gentle man horns picture Lloyd Pete Peterson No snow really deep caption says Dont fall creek Pete Pete What creek occasion First Annual February 29 Spur Moment Fun Fly decision fly made spite wind snow because will long time before get another Febru ary 29 like writes Pete Peterson afternoon another activity Uff-Da Air splinter group Vin cennes-based TnCounty Aero Club group also sponsors participates Moonless Madness dark-night Sail plane event pictures didnt turn out Dining Tarp Flyoff Spring Glider Contest Just having little fun beautiful winter day Flight times short Life goes Unfortunately Phone reservations now being ac cepted Second Annual February 29 Spur Moment Fun Fly Now let tell eyes glow red various writers tell Think about What dickens such writers think am doing So nk about Leap Year got itat long last Look Away Look Away Dixieland born Joisey lived New York Brooklyn well boon docks have just learned Rebel Yell took Gerald Martin writes letterhead Hereford Flying Ag Service Texas re cently test flown Martin Mauler AM-l Confederate Air Force accompanying pictures snapped Youd expect would fly 100-mph model bombs pas sion Antiques Since Mauler says really doesnt care much name hoary 3 1 years beyond its last previous flight thinks Antique other Antique sixth 1938 Chet Lanzo Bomber pow ered beloved Anderson 65 spark ignition engine sure like way performs Ger ry states bought plans Chet cut sticks size myself fun project Bomber comes out 465 lb 834 oz wing loading Au sure precise am sure what horsepower rating Anderson comparison Corncob Pratt & Whitney 28-cylin der 4360 cu engine rated 3000 horsepower cant tell colors Bomb er photo appears MonoKoted translucent yellow wing tail red fuselage generous white trim forward Left Send 39 dead NiCds 50 cents well send caption picture could read text Right Uff-uji eman splinter group Vincennes TnCounty Aero Club celebrates February 29 LR Pat Sven English Frank MOle Roales end Lloyd Pete Peterson Photo guess Roald Amundsen 18721928 believe much know about bridge have sell 18 Model Aviation Taken 1935 1936 old picture shows Mrs Clayton boy . out mischief beguiling place meet build models Fro, ,cond L-R Robert Monninger Glen Franks Joe Clayton Clyde Butterfield Rhue Rue Clayton Gene Monninger Max Frank chap extreme left unidentified Story text Left Gerald Martin seated cockpit Martin Mauler test-flew Confederate Air Force holds Lanzo Bomber Antique design 1938 vintage Its Martins sixth Antique powered beloved Anderson 65 Spitfire spark ignition engine Right Lanzo Bomber weighs 456 lb shows off its diamond cross-sectioned fuselage wheels sitting slotted cardboard tube pieces quick glance may look like compos ite Playboy Zipper et al its fuse lage diamond tip panels typical Lanzo gassiescenter pan el no dihedrallong well-tapered Ive always weakness diamond fuselages both FF Rubber Gas Just build square set edge money seem glide extreme ly well possibly because mini mum interference between wing fuselage green-eyed devil stirs within wish Martins Bomber Round Round What fun write name again Ive heard crowd Control Line fliers after column asked anyone still having fun CL Theres fair amount CL material publishedfor example MA publishes some good models has supportive columns Thanks Bob Hunt Flying Modelswho RC Pattern trail daysyoull find reassuring flow first-rate planes wires magazine Bob course World Champion CL Aerobat ics lets begin John Thompson sympathize difficulty hearing Control Liners writes John So have given up magazines turned specialty newsletters because cold shoulder given us hobby industry recent years Control Liners dont realize still some magazine writ ers interested doings may change because CL again period growth despite blows indus try has tried afflict Whether like CL coming back cause cheaper RC just much funimportant points slug gish economy Keep calling CL news am sure will get some Tell like am going quote such guys precisely because ex actly way things look themand Free Flighters share viewpoint dont believe industry thinks trying inflict wounds anyone form flying RC simply hapto customers pens head count stupendouseven though average age RCer roughly 37 guys ones seem spending enough money keep modeling industry business Yet CL FF remain popular RCers imagine exam ple Sigs Wish Book big glossy thick catalogwith numerous kits dis played full-color picturesis loaded varied line CL fun-type things including latest Stunt Sig isnt business love K&B doesnt mess around engines small runs suppose K&B keeps pro ducing special-purpose FF engines 50% K&Bs business marine en gines John Thompson Contest Di rector Northwest 84 Regionals May 26-27 after written before issue will reach readers aptly called Control Line Model Aircraft Championships Sponsored Eugene Prop Spinners meet real biggietrophies through third place $2000 merchandize prizes count 25 events hard-core compe tition such fun things Balloon Bust Old-Timer Stunt Mahion Sweet Airport scene action has phalt circle four competition grass circles plus grass practice circle Bleachers too public address sys tem Camping space free parking recreational vehicals Left Peter Miller England sent picture ot latest camera piane wncn powered Merco 61 60 four-cycle shown picture wasnt quite enough carries Cannon Suresbot camera Hes engaged take pictures Sutton Hoo digs complete Saxon ships unearthed before war farmlands diseased crops Plane can used taking vertical oblique pictures Picturetaking sessions estimated 1000 ft calibrated turned out 30001 Models farther away higher usually think Right Millers Super Scorpion scale-up Kiel Kraft kit copied own Scotty Murrays Answer normal wing airfoil Ritz-type used Scotty dream fly sloping Suffolk Meadow Good throttle Enya 45-4C allows flying valley climbing slope 2-ft altitude Theres about innovative British chap text August1984 19 restaurant concession truck Hobby shop Model-related displays convenience airline connections rental cars within walking distance pot-luck party field sponsored Seattle Skyraiders Flying Lines newsletter No wonder contestants gawkers converge Eugene over Memorial Day weekend over western states western Canada can subscribe Flying Lines $950141 Bryant Ave Cottage Grove OR 97424 Says Thompson guarantee its worth someone region Theres Con trol Line news FL mag azines combined Let add no means ambitious news letter CL fliers Round Round makes happy started conducted column Model Airplane News survey cer tified 21 years ago showed 44000 readers magazine CLers followed columnwhen RC already big enchilada people thing stance 45% MAN readers also interested boatsand no boat coverage Well hardly ever Right now firm alone selling 100000 model off-the-road vehicles year Happy fiftieth flying Dutch men Aero Team Reading PA anyone having fun CL betcha says Alvah Schaeffer manager AMA sanctioned Show Team No 108 50 years Thats right 50 years Flying Dutchmen Aeromodelers Show Team have much fun celebrating fiftieth anniversary year1934to 1984 have finest CL sites USA Located atop Skyline Drive overlooking City Reading have four fully-paved flying circles cement takeoff areas addition ful 20 Model Aviation Left Look what did song Maxwell Bassetti No Gene Ireland midget Gene Don Knows-No-Fear Wolf figured huge Quaker better two standardsof have fleet Covering took $80 worth Monoote Wheels lawn mower inner tubes 1/4 ply hubs Right Gene Don Michigan Snow Fence helps have farm startled cow said silo Thats fodder thar its well-worn Tartan single engine huge Quaker majestically lumbers off 1000-ft runway Stop thinking about putting K&B 40 tail Find Ping-Pong table build rest did Chief Knows-No-Fear Left Jim Burns has good reason smile atter flying low-wing original design built around 100-in Wind Drifter wing powered 05 10 Does climb well worry fly wing dont build lead-sleds pleasant surprise engine has well-deserved reputation Right Burns flying carpet wafts problem kind plane youve got remember transmitterl ship mostly yellow red trim white windows black anti-glare nose panel Photos H Thomas ly-paved parking lot accommodates 75 autos area fenced has bleachers park benches specta tors plus picnic tables grills sepa rate engine-test area provided through good graces city officials have same site since 1947 club show team has 50 members Alvah wingovers active contest flying community ser vice show team work audio-visual shows slide presentations club has annual banquetbowllng parties picnics camping sightseeing trips show teamwe think active show team AMA hasdid 50 shows past year Although show team 29 years old have averaged 15 20 shows year ing CL team gives us advantage being able fly smaller areas RC needs activities shared wives children other family memberswithout assistance could have survived 50 years As comments would belabor obvi ous Ill just say Flying Dutch men have encouraged show us photos showcase flying site fun activity will back East Eden said covers Victorian novels maybe third Tales Virginia Outback Two flights two early April days already two long thermal excursions ancient RC-assist Vagabond Only dark blue poly tips enable define altitude see blurry imagine biplane triplane shapeless splotch downwind upwind should Steepen bank see flash translucent yellow wing downwind side circle Continued page 22 August 1984 21 Caudron look-alike unique Control Line sport design Claus MaIKIs OT I-il uermany flies fine OS 19 thats what said glides like stone Speaking stones should wonder what happened pet-rock craze Claus ship perches atop world wide inventory Thanks Windy Urtnowski supplying picture Squint eyes Golden Age airport mind colorful birds yesteryear two Bill Noonans 1-in-scale rubber-powered jobsa Canadian Fokker Universal left Polish Lublin nationalities meet Scale-builders tarmac Gal Price Drum Price Type Nitro % Lubricant Freight Paid Freight-Collect FAI0%Synthetic$ 675$13995 rn 5s5%Synthetic$ 775$21995 Sc5%Castor$ 775$21995 4cyI7%Castor$ 850$28995 lOs10%Synthetic$ 895$32995 lOc10%Castor$ 895$32995 RIG12%Syn & Castor$ 995$34995 iSs15%Synthetic$ 995$34995 20c20%Castor$1395$51995 25s25%Synthetic$1495$52995 4040%15 Syn-5 Castor$1995$72995 5050%Synthetic$2395$89595 6060%Synthetic$2695$99595 contIgwus US EXCEPT 54 GAL DRUMS MINIMUM ORDER 4 Gal Asst OK DISCOUNTS 24 63 Gal Deduct 5% Asstd OK al Orders Deduct 100/o Asstd OK SHELDONS Hours HOBBY SHOP Mon-Wed Fri & Sat 3157 Alum Rock Avenue -530 San Jose95127 Thur 930-900 M/C VISA forniaSun 1200-500 UPS COD $1654082514787 Bring home time time again escape lift over brown fields beyond woods bother thing else Lift over fence Endless 360s turned long crosswind ellipses before heading terra firma floating off end grass cant fly cranky stuff worth hoot anymore experts second-guess 360 late final twitch predict doom Youll never make say give up after awhile avowing never could get down such plane Its flicker Upmanship Im changing colorsor channel num bers Ive found what channels other guys fly can also affect though arent chan nel Merlin gave lowdown about unexplained hits what harm could fly little Eaglet during week Well thought leftright trouble wild until discovered Eaglet paying attention master Enough already poor thing mildly sprained Having traded old Futaba 05 40 four-cycle Bill Kaluf 40 miles south live build Eagle now have said bird wont fly until Merlin checks tuning receiver after crystal change Always What Eagle has small flaps Kaluf loves em May will too always asks about take easy way out Sure go ahead right So removed positive incidence Eagles stabilizer substituted lift ing-type stabTherefore also moved balance point back tad Kaluf makes flaps chord extends little behind wing trailing edge aligns top sur face flaps top wing cam ber Seen bottom have very slight flaps-down flaps-up mode has quite washout effect much appreciated approach-bun gler like Dead-stick can hit thing anywherestrange com bo lifting stab can loaf along lazy cruise deep should make stab airfoil Kaluf asked phone Since Tele master lifting stab suggestion follow same ratios wing stab percentage depths Bill Evans planes look like X-ships intended future Star Wars Said Bill Simitar slow light Id make Oh yeah bounced back what want 5- 6-ft wing no 19 tail-dragger light weight capable easy soaring Sketches flew back forth weeks Bill making five evolutionary planes process awaiting answers Oh yes also asked can fly three channels decide Decided Lower Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation High film strength lubricant increased power long engine life Detergents cut performance robbing varnish Highest quality ingredients insure top engine performance reliability Fi Send $100 catalog 216-499-5323 RC Kits Mig DL 706 Easton NE ILJ Canton OH 44721 STEPHENS ACRO NewI MK II H & K Superstarters 0-35$2995 0-50$2995 MAG II$3495 Super Hustler$3495 Zenoah$2995 Tartan Twin$3995 Roper 37$2995 90 Day Warranty ZENOAH QUARTZ CUSTOM Dual outlet aluminum muffler Carb rotated needle accessibility cowled Modified Quadra mount 6 bolt prop washer carb linkage Complete assembled shown $14495 vertical tail profile move verti cal tail far aft rudder hinge line 8 aft wing trailing edge Shorten nose bit Add high-profile can opy improve hands-off soaring cir cles add 2 dihedral panel have 3 have two panels joined Just now phone Bill reported latest Cox 15 has 5-oz loading flies off hand no landing gearjust skids help opens hand lowers arm Hes thermalled gulls Bishop high wind pinpoint height controls well either rudder elevons has both may go rudder elevators just see what happens get things like Evans calls Slomotion Speed range 15 80 mph crazy Being British RCer like living earth three moons have just all-radio magazine RC Modeler Brits now have three model ing mags product long evolu tion Radio Control Model World ad dress Hunters Ride Suckley Worces tershire WR5 5DG Englandcover price two pounds bursts forth full glory first time around Thats no mean feat Contents lively diver sified Quite bit excellent full color its loaded adsalready Thanks Peter Miller has contrib uted intriguing items column work aerial photography models like discovering Roman ruins have second third issues Peter contributing editor RCMW breathtaking four-page feature Put Wings Camera April 1984 issue Peter man ideas Under name Miller Aviation Models Red Cot New Street Glemsford Sudbury Suffolk COlO 7PY England makes order 1/32-scale sailplanes lime wood basic color painted canopy elaborate schemes extra comes cast-resin base stainless steel support rod de signed freestanding hung wall will custom-build model scale degree detail lim ited sailplanes will make special presentation bases trophies Actual ly will build anything 1/100scale large RC models scaled models handmade classics 1/32scale sailplane going 5250 British pounds Since Miller also builds flies RC jobsnice ones tooas nothing else dohe unique international scene Latest idea Vintage RC-Assist contest arousing lot interest reports goings-on area calls Vintage model must original size no scaling up down powered 15cc 09 Continued page 129 PK PRODUCTS Specializing Quadra/Zenoah Sales Service PO Box 6226 Hayward CA 94544Tel 415 581-4277 Eves DEALER INQUIRES IN V/TED ALL ORDERS ADD $200 POSTAGE & HANDLING CAL/F RES ADD SALES TAX LU 13311 Beach Ave na Del Rey CA 2 1-624 24 Model Aviation Futaba radio people topof-the-line PCM Helicopter Radio 7G heli-systems display PCM mighty impressive gives us just hint technology will take us coming years Futaba 555 W Vic toria St Compton CA 90220 Condor Hobbieshad Ishimasa line RC Helicopters display Ishimasa manufacturers electric-powered EH- 1 25 glow-engined Playboy Con dor also markets several imported lines including Rossi Webra engines Check just might have hard-to-find ilem youve look ing Condor Hobbies 17971 Skypark Circle Suite D Irvine CA 92714 California Model Imports Kobe Kiko Helicopters display Along popular Hughes 300 gas nd glow versions also showed R-22 Scaletype machine Dave Robertson told will soon flybar head R-22 seems fear Scale flybarless head has caused some concern among fliers Dave handled flying CMI proved R-22 flies good looks California Model Im ports PO Box 1695 Garden Grove CA 92642 Circus Hobbles such large crowd around booth trouble get ting front Circus imports extensive line Kalt Helicopters New year Kalts new 206L Long Ran ger truly beautiful offering Also new shown updated Custom Baron 20 looks like Kalt has done some house-cleaning popular 20-size Baron incorporating some new ideas improve its aerobatic qualities Check Circus details availability Heres oft-road buggy loaded fun excitement designed off-road operation no need special track know will like buggy Its rugged withstand abuse hard operation rough terrain Its easy assemble Bayou Products car ries replacement parts ORDER DIRECT FROM HOW TO ORDER canjIbE EEIIISE order char ft over duc neon ur 5Aor STER ARDorwecanU ship ftCOD cash pC BOX 8628 ORLEANS LOUISIANA 70182 Add $350 postage i-am Service call Toll Free Line 1-800-535-2568 except LA handlinq USA Also shown Circus TSK acces sories TSK manufactures high-quality add-on accessories Kalt Hirobo Helicopters TSK does manu facture Helicopter own parts have used machines have won Japanese Nationals last several years Circus also imports JR radio systems JR has now jumped PCM ring PCM Unlimited Helicopter Radio fully appreciate new PCM systems will have check out person remember dual-rates latest thing Circus Hobbies 3132 5 Highland Dr Las Vegas NV 89109 American RC Helicopters Mantis Super Mantis Helicopters display Also shown yet finished American Eagle 60-size acrobatic machine rotor-head similar Competitors layout looks very promising Eagle futuristic shape sports wings working ailerons John Simone assured wings just gimmick improving roll considerably Im looking forward flight demonstration American RC Helicopters 594 Alrport Rd Oceanside CA 92054 year see more great prod ucts being offered No sooner finish Helicopter before another catches eye Please contact individual manu facturers information products mentioned FunlWinter Continued page 24 engine limited 75 cc fuel purpose maximum duration Simple inexpensive fun am looking ward summer Au wrIte mid-April can fly few events hope build model weekend see Travein Music Its raining days As peer over typewriter sodden clouds can think 500-lb canary remember ter rible oldie Whats heavier 500lb canary Two 500-lb canaries So whats bigger two Quaker Flashes 15-ft Quaker Flash Gene Ireland home-bound flu launched missive Two guys funk equal delirium model wrapped $80 worth green Monoote built friend Don Knows-No-Fear Wolf Ping Pong table about 60 days time Gene raves As know am sure Flying Quaker have built five six regular Quakers between usComo 40s Dons case ST G21/46s day after lazy flying session two normal Quakers sitting sideby-side Don suddenly spired Au. Gene may feverish off races aint going fight sick man After some calculations material estimates power etc got Gene sniffles sold him worn Continued page 132 Devil Kit #22195 2x4 Including four shocks Cipolla 21145 Side Exhaust RC Car Engine #3500 MAC ShowIJoll Continued page 17 ACCURATE ABLE TOREAD ACCUTACH m NOW IN TWO MODELS 3 FUNCTION ACCUTACH 1 7995 Digital LCD tachometer has dual scale lOX-bOX stable RPM readout Full scale voltmeter can used check/cycle TXIRX battery com bos Reads load up 20 volts ACCESSORIES OSAl- Quarter Scale Adaptor ATi & AT2-500ma load . 995 SCAb -Servo Current Adaptor Airtronics Futaba Kraft. 995 4 FUNCTION ACCUTACH 2 u 8995 Same useful capabilities ACCU-TAOH 1 includes DC ammeter used check servo cur rent Will find worn bind ing stalled servo condi tions w/SCA1 Add function ATi AVIONKSS INC Send check MO NorCal AVIONICS Inc PO Box 70956 Sunnyvale CA 94086 Calif add 6% tax Add $2 S&H See dealer first FunlWinter Continued page 129 Tartan single bet fin ished all-up weight went under 20 lb went over 22 lb weighs 26 lb wing could used small bridge Au snow fence State Michigan tires garden tractor inner tubes hubs Gear welded -in steel rod Radio ancient three-wire Kraft servos 500 mAh pack Au might well use 1000 mAh content boid size Tartan looks like Fox 15 sitting up front takeoff would bring tears eyes Au Im crying Im crying starts painfully slow tail gradually comes up runs forever mains reluctantly parts com pany runway Fortunately Dons runway 1000 ft Full-size air craft coming visit have mistaken model air restored tique until land us picks up tail pulls back han gar area Its good great laugh landing bigger bird bigger hid den advantages Once engine quit Ireland tried clear barbed-wire fence stalling ouly hit top strand both wheels Didnt per turb big modelno mention fencebut both tires blew patched up now takes off wheels wobble shake gear Again prototypical say Gene has other flukey stuff based inputs column whatever combined cantations Frank Zaics Yearbooks sorcery am above finagling conventional cabin 88-in span weighs 6 lb 1000 squaresanother ST 46 Has flat-bottomed wing airfoil lifting-type stabilizer Balances 35% has very little incidence trims neutral full bore requires too much up-control glide Adding incidence wing little effect takeoff full throttle about 2 deg downthrust about remove weight nose after conquered flu found same thing early stages developing LeCrate Ed Last months featured construction project electric power Like old-fash ioned FF Rubber Gas model should have center gravity CG moved back lifting tail both sur faces really wings CG aft main wings center lift Prob ably CG about 45% would cor rect Genes big gassie downthrust low-pitch props dont know what has such 1 1-4 can exert times effective nose-down moment Id probably remove downthrust Going 54n 6-in pitch would ease nose-down tendency approaches low rpm would overdrive ship would keep a-coming An Old-Timer can cantankerous muleif dont know talk mule skinner language Weve gone far let Ire land rave Buzzard somewhat modified Took crank out wing lengthened 6 Reduced angle attack good strength ened wing Add another ST 46 have very aerobatic Buzzard people would want build like did Its ball raise eyebrows get some old-tim ers around cut engine glide around Yawn put nose straight down about 700 ft series 1oops easing back pressure top Clear ground last 1oop enough momentum reach landing strip roll stop somewhere around middle strip exactly Bob Hoover act thrilling Gene get better soon Please Buzzards fragile birds built per plans cant dive out boomer plane goes ape big square tips slow-dance flutter Spirals get nowhere thing 322 So Galatin RdMadIson TN 37115 615 868-8811 Mon thru Sat am 500 pm CHANGE TO RECHARGEABLES RLLJ Icii transmitter battery rechargREPAIR SERVICE FOR elace expensive throwaway dry RADIO SYSTEMS IHOBBY LOBBYeable nickel cadmium battery Ready FUTABA ROYAL IEK LOG ICTROLuse Replaces Eveready 276 nIne volt FUTABA Tdry cell batteryACCESSORIES FOR HOBBY SHACKTransmitter Ni-Cad Battery$3000 MOST RADIOS ROYAL LINE Transmitter Ni-Cad Charger 5 Battery/Charger Combo $3500 IJI ROOKIE Super beginner kit 60 wing span $2799 CITAURIA 65 wing span 2540 power $3399 SCALE KITS CHAMPION CITARRIA 9 wing span 60 pwr & up $6499 BUD NOSIN TRAINER 102 wing span 60 pwr-up $5599 PIPER CUP J3 9 wing span 60 power & u $7588 PSlD 102 wing span quadra power $10899 P51D 102 wing span quadra power $10899 1933 GERE SPORT 8 wing span 60 power & up $8999 CESSNA 310 TWIN 10 wing span twin 60 pwr $12299 MR MULLIGAN 9 wing span 60 power $8499 Other kits & occessories evaileble CetIou $200 132 Model Aviation light much area good boomer has upwards velocity can handle Ill buy heavier wing less angular difference slower glide trim trouble have making save evitable tempt warm skies too times meandering through Mu seum Natural Aeronautical History look another Glacier-Age plane Enclosed some snaps happy guy Jim Burns retired Veterans Administration man big ship uses 100-in Wind Drifter wing D-box leading edge 05 10 power HA Thomas favors us Flies like dream know does hundred inches 10 Dont sweat have several seasons K&B-Veco 19 96-in ship very much like Except has open cockpit yeah has pilot bust cabin straight-edged wing tapered tip panels Floats off weeds whipping leading edge climbs quite well approaches next county arrive sedately strip reaching full-up get Wont stall does tight flat eights within 100 ft tip 5 10 ft off ground Hold nose up idle fly backwards windout sight crazy enough just drop nose cleave right back field Very few people seem know about flying wing instead propex cept mountain men Dick Tichenor biggie like RCM couple years back Have seen go too Dicks optional high low wing has power think Burns fun ship berries cook up something own Dont intimidated paper pencil Pin down strips wood draw long curves need generous dihedrallike 7 8 deg three-channel low-winger careful high tailsthe plane will want spiral downward insufficient dihedral makes stick-busy case given 100-in Wind Drifter wing can see nose moment bit chord measure pic can figure aft fuselage rela tionship nose What could easier Especially have old glider wingperhaps needing bit crank straight up out-of-sight yen youll find fly-on-the-wing things great in-between relaxer warned can get hooked Mrs Clayton quite woman photo see Mrs Clayton boys taken Gates Studio Macomb ILin 1935 1936 Thanks Charles V ODonnell Bloomington IL fellow worker Gene Mon ninger may yet able redeem months column occasion picture ex plains ODonnell Mrs Clay ton Joes mother third left photo wanted picture boys Gene says group com prised well best boys town Mrs Clayton loved kids let meet house build model airplanes way keeping out everybody elses hair Gene tells model holding favorite drawn Joe Clayton pictures Smiln Jack comic strip Since am far too young remember prewar kits showed picture Dave Shipton thinks sees Com et Moth Rearwin left table Comet Robin right plane Max Frank holding looks Dave like Megow Monocoupe may John Paul Jones kit same Gene says ODonnell continues planes made just flight off top water tower usually firecracker aboard doesnt know of building models later of serving Air Corps Bob Monninger ward observer during war spent little Air Guard after wards medic Joe having joined Navy early Pearl unpleasantness began Glenn Franks intelligence officer para chuted behind enemy lines several times Italy operated behind Rus sian lines shortly after war Max Frank Marine captain Gene lieves Clyde Butterfield killed WW II Gene brought 3 x 5 copy picture show hed hung onto years Said happy time Industrial Photography section part group work Engin eering Records section Ralph Olson Greg Linder copied print blew up Pretty good 48year-old photo isnt Just thought youd like look little Midwest modeling history Are boys still boys Mrs Claytons ranks didnt have water tower launched Rubber jobs top grandstandwith fat firecracker strapped went out bang Ill bet Mrs Clayton didnt know about firecrackers Correction June issue column stated Bud Chappells electricpowered Robinhood used 9-9 prop Astro 1 5 direct drive Actually 9-4 according Bud Theres world difference Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22050 SAILPLANE LAUNCH EQUIPMENT FOR EVERY FIELD S PORTWINCH $225QO * $300 QP * * plus shipping source QUIET FLIGHT supplies hi-starts electric inotors& reducers batteriesparachutestow line drums accessories braided nylon line selected kitsthe PROPHET sailplane kit VISA MASTERCARD DAVEY EmU SYSTEMS CORPORATION ONE WOOD LANE MALVERNPA19355 215644 06926772 Write calf information August1984 133 POWR TOW POW OM $35009 * RETRIEVER $250 QP *
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/08
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 129, 132, 133
Bill Winter Just Fun o t _____________ OONLESS MADNESS fly days expect transported flying site curtained sedan chair dont want weather too cold too hot must windy grass must neatly mowed pin need labeled Reserved Kindly guys must assemble plane range check set idle Pour another coffee light pipe Play again Sam always thus days Charlemagne neither wind nor cold nor snow sleet stayed appointed rounds natives far off Cathay beyond Sierras Sun Belt know nothing lives snowbirds polar bears Vikings gentle man horns picture Lloyd Pete Peterson No snow really deep caption says Dont fall creek Pete Pete What creek occasion First Annual February 29 Spur Moment Fun Fly decision fly made spite wind snow because will long time before get another Febru ary 29 like writes Pete Peterson afternoon another activity Uff-Da Air splinter group Vin cennes-based TnCounty Aero Club group also sponsors participates Moonless Madness dark-night Sail plane event pictures didnt turn out Dining Tarp Flyoff Spring Glider Contest Just having little fun beautiful winter day Flight times short Life goes Unfortunately Phone reservations now being ac cepted Second Annual February 29 Spur Moment Fun Fly Now let tell eyes glow red various writers tell Think about What dickens such writers think am doing So nk about Leap Year got itat long last Look Away Look Away Dixieland born Joisey lived New York Brooklyn well boon docks have just learned Rebel Yell took Gerald Martin writes letterhead Hereford Flying Ag Service Texas re cently test flown Martin Mauler AM-l Confederate Air Force accompanying pictures snapped Youd expect would fly 100-mph model bombs pas sion Antiques Since Mauler says really doesnt care much name hoary 3 1 years beyond its last previous flight thinks Antique other Antique sixth 1938 Chet Lanzo Bomber pow ered beloved Anderson 65 spark ignition engine sure like way performs Ger ry states bought plans Chet cut sticks size myself fun project Bomber comes out 465 lb 834 oz wing loading Au sure precise am sure what horsepower rating Anderson comparison Corncob Pratt & Whitney 28-cylin der 4360 cu engine rated 3000 horsepower cant tell colors Bomb er photo appears MonoKoted translucent yellow wing tail red fuselage generous white trim forward Left Send 39 dead NiCds 50 cents well send caption picture could read text Right Uff-uji eman splinter group Vincennes TnCounty Aero Club celebrates February 29 LR Pat Sven English Frank MOle Roales end Lloyd Pete Peterson Photo guess Roald Amundsen 18721928 believe much know about bridge have sell 18 Model Aviation Taken 1935 1936 old picture shows Mrs Clayton boy . out mischief beguiling place meet build models Fro, ,cond L-R Robert Monninger Glen Franks Joe Clayton Clyde Butterfield Rhue Rue Clayton Gene Monninger Max Frank chap extreme left unidentified Story text Left Gerald Martin seated cockpit Martin Mauler test-flew Confederate Air Force holds Lanzo Bomber Antique design 1938 vintage Its Martins sixth Antique powered beloved Anderson 65 Spitfire spark ignition engine Right Lanzo Bomber weighs 456 lb shows off its diamond cross-sectioned fuselage wheels sitting slotted cardboard tube pieces quick glance may look like compos ite Playboy Zipper et al its fuse lage diamond tip panels typical Lanzo gassiescenter pan el no dihedrallong well-tapered Ive always weakness diamond fuselages both FF Rubber Gas Just build square set edge money seem glide extreme ly well possibly because mini mum interference between wing fuselage green-eyed devil stirs within wish Martins Bomber Round Round What fun write name again Ive heard crowd Control Line fliers after column asked anyone still having fun CL Theres fair amount CL material publishedfor example MA publishes some good models has supportive columns Thanks Bob Hunt Flying Modelswho RC Pattern trail daysyoull find reassuring flow first-rate planes wires magazine Bob course World Champion CL Aerobat ics lets begin John Thompson sympathize difficulty hearing Control Liners writes John So have given up magazines turned specialty newsletters because cold shoulder given us hobby industry recent years Control Liners dont realize still some magazine writ ers interested doings may change because CL again period growth despite blows indus try has tried afflict Whether like CL coming back cause cheaper RC just much funimportant points slug gish economy Keep calling CL news am sure will get some Tell like am going quote such guys precisely because ex actly way things look themand Free Flighters share viewpoint dont believe industry thinks trying inflict wounds anyone form flying RC simply hapto customers pens head count stupendouseven though average age RCer roughly 37 guys ones seem spending enough money keep modeling industry business Yet CL FF remain popular RCers imagine exam ple Sigs Wish Book big glossy thick catalogwith numerous kits dis played full-color picturesis loaded varied line CL fun-type things including latest Stunt Sig isnt business love K&B doesnt mess around engines small runs suppose K&B keeps pro ducing special-purpose FF engines 50% K&Bs business marine en gines John Thompson Contest Di rector Northwest 84 Regionals May 26-27 after written before issue will reach readers aptly called Control Line Model Aircraft Championships Sponsored Eugene Prop Spinners meet real biggietrophies through third place $2000 merchandize prizes count 25 events hard-core compe tition such fun things Balloon Bust Old-Timer Stunt Mahion Sweet Airport scene action has phalt circle four competition grass circles plus grass practice circle Bleachers too public address sys tem Camping space free parking recreational vehicals Left Peter Miller England sent picture ot latest camera piane wncn powered Merco 61 60 four-cycle shown picture wasnt quite enough carries Cannon Suresbot camera Hes engaged take pictures Sutton Hoo digs complete Saxon ships unearthed before war farmlands diseased crops Plane can used taking vertical oblique pictures Picturetaking sessions estimated 1000 ft calibrated turned out 30001 Models farther away higher usually think Right Millers Super Scorpion scale-up Kiel Kraft kit copied own Scotty Murrays Answer normal wing airfoil Ritz-type used Scotty dream fly sloping Suffolk Meadow Good throttle Enya 45-4C allows flying valley climbing slope 2-ft altitude Theres about innovative British chap text August1984 19 restaurant concession truck Hobby shop Model-related displays convenience airline connections rental cars within walking distance pot-luck party field sponsored Seattle Skyraiders Flying Lines newsletter No wonder contestants gawkers converge Eugene over Memorial Day weekend over western states western Canada can subscribe Flying Lines $950141 Bryant Ave Cottage Grove OR 97424 Says Thompson guarantee its worth someone region Theres Con trol Line news FL mag azines combined Let add no means ambitious news letter CL fliers Round Round makes happy started conducted column Model Airplane News survey cer tified 21 years ago showed 44000 readers magazine CLers followed columnwhen RC already big enchilada people thing stance 45% MAN readers also interested boatsand no boat coverage Well hardly ever Right now firm alone selling 100000 model off-the-road vehicles year Happy fiftieth flying Dutch men Aero Team Reading PA anyone having fun CL betcha says Alvah Schaeffer manager AMA sanctioned Show Team No 108 50 years Thats right 50 years Flying Dutchmen Aeromodelers Show Team have much fun celebrating fiftieth anniversary year1934to 1984 have finest CL sites USA Located atop Skyline Drive overlooking City Reading have four fully-paved flying circles cement takeoff areas addition ful 20 Model Aviation Left Look what did song Maxwell Bassetti No Gene Ireland midget Gene Don Knows-No-Fear Wolf figured huge Quaker better two standardsof have fleet Covering took $80 worth Monoote Wheels lawn mower inner tubes 1/4 ply hubs Right Gene Don Michigan Snow Fence helps have farm startled cow said silo Thats fodder thar its well-worn Tartan single engine huge Quaker majestically lumbers off 1000-ft runway Stop thinking about putting K&B 40 tail Find Ping-Pong table build rest did Chief Knows-No-Fear Left Jim Burns has good reason smile atter flying low-wing original design built around 100-in Wind Drifter wing powered 05 10 Does climb well worry fly wing dont build lead-sleds pleasant surprise engine has well-deserved reputation Right Burns flying carpet wafts problem kind plane youve got remember transmitterl ship mostly yellow red trim white windows black anti-glare nose panel Photos H Thomas ly-paved parking lot accommodates 75 autos area fenced has bleachers park benches specta tors plus picnic tables grills sepa rate engine-test area provided through good graces city officials have same site since 1947 club show team has 50 members Alvah wingovers active contest flying community ser vice show team work audio-visual shows slide presentations club has annual banquetbowllng parties picnics camping sightseeing trips show teamwe think active show team AMA hasdid 50 shows past year Although show team 29 years old have averaged 15 20 shows year ing CL team gives us advantage being able fly smaller areas RC needs activities shared wives children other family memberswithout assistance could have survived 50 years As comments would belabor obvi ous Ill just say Flying Dutch men have encouraged show us photos showcase flying site fun activity will back East Eden said covers Victorian novels maybe third Tales Virginia Outback Two flights two early April days already two long thermal excursions ancient RC-assist Vagabond Only dark blue poly tips enable define altitude see blurry imagine biplane triplane shapeless splotch downwind upwind should Steepen bank see flash translucent yellow wing downwind side circle Continued page 22 August 1984 21 Caudron look-alike unique Control Line sport design Claus MaIKIs OT I-il uermany flies fine OS 19 thats what said glides like stone Speaking stones should wonder what happened pet-rock craze Claus ship perches atop world wide inventory Thanks Windy Urtnowski supplying picture Squint eyes Golden Age airport mind colorful birds yesteryear two Bill Noonans 1-in-scale rubber-powered jobsa Canadian Fokker Universal left Polish Lublin nationalities meet Scale-builders tarmac Gal Price Drum Price Type Nitro % Lubricant Freight Paid Freight-Collect FAI0%Synthetic$ 675$13995 rn 5s5%Synthetic$ 775$21995 Sc5%Castor$ 775$21995 4cyI7%Castor$ 850$28995 lOs10%Synthetic$ 895$32995 lOc10%Castor$ 895$32995 RIG12%Syn & Castor$ 995$34995 iSs15%Synthetic$ 995$34995 20c20%Castor$1395$51995 25s25%Synthetic$1495$52995 4040%15 Syn-5 Castor$1995$72995 5050%Synthetic$2395$89595 6060%Synthetic$2695$99595 contIgwus US EXCEPT 54 GAL DRUMS MINIMUM ORDER 4 Gal Asst OK DISCOUNTS 24 63 Gal Deduct 5% Asstd OK al Orders Deduct 100/o Asstd OK SHELDONS Hours HOBBY SHOP Mon-Wed Fri & Sat 3157 Alum Rock Avenue -530 San Jose95127 Thur 930-900 M/C VISA forniaSun 1200-500 UPS COD $1654082514787 Bring home time time again escape lift over brown fields beyond woods bother thing else Lift over fence Endless 360s turned long crosswind ellipses before heading terra firma floating off end grass cant fly cranky stuff worth hoot anymore experts second-guess 360 late final twitch predict doom Youll never make say give up after awhile avowing never could get down such plane Its flicker Upmanship Im changing colorsor channel num bers Ive found what channels other guys fly can also affect though arent chan nel Merlin gave lowdown about unexplained hits what harm could fly little Eaglet during week Well thought leftright trouble wild until discovered Eaglet paying attention master Enough already poor thing mildly sprained Having traded old Futaba 05 40 four-cycle Bill Kaluf 40 miles south live build Eagle now have said bird wont fly until Merlin checks tuning receiver after crystal change Always What Eagle has small flaps Kaluf loves em May will too always asks about take easy way out Sure go ahead right So removed positive incidence Eagles stabilizer substituted lift ing-type stabTherefore also moved balance point back tad Kaluf makes flaps chord extends little behind wing trailing edge aligns top sur face flaps top wing cam ber Seen bottom have very slight flaps-down flaps-up mode has quite washout effect much appreciated approach-bun gler like Dead-stick can hit thing anywherestrange com bo lifting stab can loaf along lazy cruise deep should make stab airfoil Kaluf asked phone Since Tele master lifting stab suggestion follow same ratios wing stab percentage depths Bill Evans planes look like X-ships intended future Star Wars Said Bill Simitar slow light Id make Oh yeah bounced back what want 5- 6-ft wing no 19 tail-dragger light weight capable easy soaring Sketches flew back forth weeks Bill making five evolutionary planes process awaiting answers Oh yes also asked can fly three channels decide Decided Lower Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation High film strength lubricant increased power long engine life Detergents cut performance robbing varnish Highest quality ingredients insure top engine performance reliability Fi Send $100 catalog 216-499-5323 RC Kits Mig DL 706 Easton NE ILJ Canton OH 44721 STEPHENS ACRO NewI MK II H & K Superstarters 0-35$2995 0-50$2995 MAG II$3495 Super Hustler$3495 Zenoah$2995 Tartan Twin$3995 Roper 37$2995 90 Day Warranty ZENOAH QUARTZ CUSTOM Dual outlet aluminum muffler Carb rotated needle accessibility cowled Modified Quadra mount 6 bolt prop washer carb linkage Complete assembled shown $14495 vertical tail profile move verti cal tail far aft rudder hinge line 8 aft wing trailing edge Shorten nose bit Add high-profile can opy improve hands-off soaring cir cles add 2 dihedral panel have 3 have two panels joined Just now phone Bill reported latest Cox 15 has 5-oz loading flies off hand no landing gearjust skids help opens hand lowers arm Hes thermalled gulls Bishop high wind pinpoint height controls well either rudder elevons has both may go rudder elevators just see what happens get things like Evans calls Slomotion Speed range 15 80 mph crazy Being British RCer like living earth three moons have just all-radio magazine RC Modeler Brits now have three model ing mags product long evolu tion Radio Control Model World ad dress Hunters Ride Suckley Worces tershire WR5 5DG Englandcover price two pounds bursts forth full glory first time around Thats no mean feat Contents lively diver sified Quite bit excellent full color its loaded adsalready Thanks Peter Miller has contrib uted intriguing items column work aerial photography models like discovering Roman ruins have second third issues Peter contributing editor RCMW breathtaking four-page feature Put Wings Camera April 1984 issue Peter man ideas Under name Miller Aviation Models Red Cot New Street Glemsford Sudbury Suffolk COlO 7PY England makes order 1/32-scale sailplanes lime wood basic color painted canopy elaborate schemes extra comes cast-resin base stainless steel support rod de signed freestanding hung wall will custom-build model scale degree detail lim ited sailplanes will make special presentation bases trophies Actual ly will build anything 1/100scale large RC models scaled models handmade classics 1/32scale sailplane going 5250 British pounds Since Miller also builds flies RC jobsnice ones tooas nothing else dohe unique international scene Latest idea Vintage RC-Assist contest arousing lot interest reports goings-on area calls Vintage model must original size no scaling up down powered 15cc 09 Continued page 129 PK PRODUCTS Specializing Quadra/Zenoah Sales Service PO Box 6226 Hayward CA 94544Tel 415 581-4277 Eves DEALER INQUIRES IN V/TED ALL ORDERS ADD $200 POSTAGE & HANDLING CAL/F RES ADD SALES TAX LU 13311 Beach Ave na Del Rey CA 2 1-624 24 Model Aviation Futaba radio people topof-the-line PCM Helicopter Radio 7G heli-systems display PCM mighty impressive gives us just hint technology will take us coming years Futaba 555 W Vic toria St Compton CA 90220 Condor Hobbieshad Ishimasa line RC Helicopters display Ishimasa manufacturers electric-powered EH- 1 25 glow-engined Playboy Con dor also markets several imported lines including Rossi Webra engines Check just might have hard-to-find ilem youve look ing Condor Hobbies 17971 Skypark Circle Suite D Irvine CA 92714 California Model Imports Kobe Kiko Helicopters display Along popular Hughes 300 gas nd glow versions also showed R-22 Scaletype machine Dave Robertson told will soon flybar head R-22 seems fear Scale flybarless head has caused some concern among fliers Dave handled flying CMI proved R-22 flies good looks California Model Im ports PO Box 1695 Garden Grove CA 92642 Circus Hobbles such large crowd around booth trouble get ting front Circus imports extensive line Kalt Helicopters New year Kalts new 206L Long Ran ger truly beautiful offering Also new shown updated Custom Baron 20 looks like Kalt has done some house-cleaning popular 20-size Baron incorporating some new ideas improve its aerobatic qualities Check Circus details availability Heres oft-road buggy loaded fun excitement designed off-road operation no need special track know will like buggy Its rugged withstand abuse hard operation rough terrain Its easy assemble Bayou Products car ries replacement parts ORDER DIRECT FROM HOW TO ORDER canjIbE EEIIISE order char ft over duc neon ur 5Aor STER ARDorwecanU ship ftCOD cash pC BOX 8628 ORLEANS LOUISIANA 70182 Add $350 postage i-am Service call Toll Free Line 1-800-535-2568 except LA handlinq USA Also shown Circus TSK acces sories TSK manufactures high-quality add-on accessories Kalt Hirobo Helicopters TSK does manu facture Helicopter own parts have used machines have won Japanese Nationals last several years Circus also imports JR radio systems JR has now jumped PCM ring PCM Unlimited Helicopter Radio fully appreciate new PCM systems will have check out person remember dual-rates latest thing Circus Hobbies 3132 5 Highland Dr Las Vegas NV 89109 American RC Helicopters Mantis Super Mantis Helicopters display Also shown yet finished American Eagle 60-size acrobatic machine rotor-head similar Competitors layout looks very promising Eagle futuristic shape sports wings working ailerons John Simone assured wings just gimmick improving roll considerably Im looking forward flight demonstration American RC Helicopters 594 Alrport Rd Oceanside CA 92054 year see more great prod ucts being offered No sooner finish Helicopter before another catches eye Please contact individual manu facturers information products mentioned FunlWinter Continued page 24 engine limited 75 cc fuel purpose maximum duration Simple inexpensive fun am looking ward summer Au wrIte mid-April can fly few events hope build model weekend see Travein Music Its raining days As peer over typewriter sodden clouds can think 500-lb canary remember ter rible oldie Whats heavier 500lb canary Two 500-lb canaries So whats bigger two Quaker Flashes 15-ft Quaker Flash Gene Ireland home-bound flu launched missive Two guys funk equal delirium model wrapped $80 worth green Monoote built friend Don Knows-No-Fear Wolf Ping Pong table about 60 days time Gene raves As know am sure Flying Quaker have built five six regular Quakers between usComo 40s Dons case ST G21/46s day after lazy flying session two normal Quakers sitting sideby-side Don suddenly spired Au. Gene may feverish off races aint going fight sick man After some calculations material estimates power etc got Gene sniffles sold him worn Continued page 132 Devil Kit #22195 2x4 Including four shocks Cipolla 21145 Side Exhaust RC Car Engine #3500 MAC ShowIJoll Continued page 17 ACCURATE ABLE TOREAD ACCUTACH m NOW IN TWO MODELS 3 FUNCTION ACCUTACH 1 7995 Digital LCD tachometer has dual scale lOX-bOX stable RPM readout Full scale voltmeter can used check/cycle TXIRX battery com bos Reads load up 20 volts ACCESSORIES OSAl- Quarter Scale Adaptor ATi & AT2-500ma load . 995 SCAb -Servo Current Adaptor Airtronics Futaba Kraft. 995 4 FUNCTION ACCUTACH 2 u 8995 Same useful capabilities ACCU-TAOH 1 includes DC ammeter used check servo cur rent Will find worn bind ing stalled servo condi tions w/SCA1 Add function ATi AVIONKSS INC Send check MO NorCal AVIONICS Inc PO Box 70956 Sunnyvale CA 94086 Calif add 6% tax Add $2 S&H See dealer first FunlWinter Continued page 129 Tartan single bet fin ished all-up weight went under 20 lb went over 22 lb weighs 26 lb wing could used small bridge Au snow fence State Michigan tires garden tractor inner tubes hubs Gear welded -in steel rod Radio ancient three-wire Kraft servos 500 mAh pack Au might well use 1000 mAh content boid size Tartan looks like Fox 15 sitting up front takeoff would bring tears eyes Au Im crying Im crying starts painfully slow tail gradually comes up runs forever mains reluctantly parts com pany runway Fortunately Dons runway 1000 ft Full-size air craft coming visit have mistaken model air restored tique until land us picks up tail pulls back han gar area Its good great laugh landing bigger bird bigger hid den advantages Once engine quit Ireland tried clear barbed-wire fence stalling ouly hit top strand both wheels Didnt per turb big modelno mention fencebut both tires blew patched up now takes off wheels wobble shake gear Again prototypical say Gene has other flukey stuff based inputs column whatever combined cantations Frank Zaics Yearbooks sorcery am above finagling conventional cabin 88-in span weighs 6 lb 1000 squaresanother ST 46 Has flat-bottomed wing airfoil lifting-type stabilizer Balances 35% has very little incidence trims neutral full bore requires too much up-control glide Adding incidence wing little effect takeoff full throttle about 2 deg downthrust about remove weight nose after conquered flu found same thing early stages developing LeCrate Ed Last months featured construction project electric power Like old-fash ioned FF Rubber Gas model should have center gravity CG moved back lifting tail both sur faces really wings CG aft main wings center lift Prob ably CG about 45% would cor rect Genes big gassie downthrust low-pitch props dont know what has such 1 1-4 can exert times effective nose-down moment Id probably remove downthrust Going 54n 6-in pitch would ease nose-down tendency approaches low rpm would overdrive ship would keep a-coming An Old-Timer can cantankerous muleif dont know talk mule skinner language Weve gone far let Ire land rave Buzzard somewhat modified Took crank out wing lengthened 6 Reduced angle attack good strength ened wing Add another ST 46 have very aerobatic Buzzard people would want build like did Its ball raise eyebrows get some old-tim ers around cut engine glide around Yawn put nose straight down about 700 ft series 1oops easing back pressure top Clear ground last 1oop enough momentum reach landing strip roll stop somewhere around middle strip exactly Bob Hoover act thrilling Gene get better soon Please Buzzards fragile birds built per plans cant dive out boomer plane goes ape big square tips slow-dance flutter Spirals get nowhere thing 322 So Galatin RdMadIson TN 37115 615 868-8811 Mon thru Sat am 500 pm CHANGE TO RECHARGEABLES RLLJ Icii transmitter battery rechargREPAIR SERVICE FOR elace expensive throwaway dry RADIO SYSTEMS IHOBBY LOBBYeable nickel cadmium battery Ready FUTABA ROYAL IEK LOG ICTROLuse Replaces Eveready 276 nIne volt FUTABA Tdry cell batteryACCESSORIES FOR HOBBY SHACKTransmitter Ni-Cad Battery$3000 MOST RADIOS ROYAL LINE Transmitter Ni-Cad Charger 5 Battery/Charger Combo $3500 IJI ROOKIE Super beginner kit 60 wing span $2799 CITAURIA 65 wing span 2540 power $3399 SCALE KITS CHAMPION CITARRIA 9 wing span 60 pwr & up $6499 BUD NOSIN TRAINER 102 wing span 60 pwr-up $5599 PIPER CUP J3 9 wing span 60 power & u $7588 PSlD 102 wing span quadra power $10899 P51D 102 wing span quadra power $10899 1933 GERE SPORT 8 wing span 60 power & up $8999 CESSNA 310 TWIN 10 wing span twin 60 pwr $12299 MR MULLIGAN 9 wing span 60 power $8499 Other kits & occessories evaileble CetIou $200 132 Model Aviation light much area good boomer has upwards velocity can handle Ill buy heavier wing less angular difference slower glide trim trouble have making save evitable tempt warm skies too times meandering through Mu seum Natural Aeronautical History look another Glacier-Age plane Enclosed some snaps happy guy Jim Burns retired Veterans Administration man big ship uses 100-in Wind Drifter wing D-box leading edge 05 10 power HA Thomas favors us Flies like dream know does hundred inches 10 Dont sweat have several seasons K&B-Veco 19 96-in ship very much like Except has open cockpit yeah has pilot bust cabin straight-edged wing tapered tip panels Floats off weeds whipping leading edge climbs quite well approaches next county arrive sedately strip reaching full-up get Wont stall does tight flat eights within 100 ft tip 5 10 ft off ground Hold nose up idle fly backwards windout sight crazy enough just drop nose cleave right back field Very few people seem know about flying wing instead propex cept mountain men Dick Tichenor biggie like RCM couple years back Have seen go too Dicks optional high low wing has power think Burns fun ship berries cook up something own Dont intimidated paper pencil Pin down strips wood draw long curves need generous dihedrallike 7 8 deg three-channel low-winger careful high tailsthe plane will want spiral downward insufficient dihedral makes stick-busy case given 100-in Wind Drifter wing can see nose moment bit chord measure pic can figure aft fuselage rela tionship nose What could easier Especially have old glider wingperhaps needing bit crank straight up out-of-sight yen youll find fly-on-the-wing things great in-between relaxer warned can get hooked Mrs Clayton quite woman photo see Mrs Clayton boys taken Gates Studio Macomb ILin 1935 1936 Thanks Charles V ODonnell Bloomington IL fellow worker Gene Mon ninger may yet able redeem months column occasion picture ex plains ODonnell Mrs Clay ton Joes mother third left photo wanted picture boys Gene says group com prised well best boys town Mrs Clayton loved kids let meet house build model airplanes way keeping out everybody elses hair Gene tells model holding favorite drawn Joe Clayton pictures Smiln Jack comic strip Since am far too young remember prewar kits showed picture Dave Shipton thinks sees Com et Moth Rearwin left table Comet Robin right plane Max Frank holding looks Dave like Megow Monocoupe may John Paul Jones kit same Gene says ODonnell continues planes made just flight off top water tower usually firecracker aboard doesnt know of building models later of serving Air Corps Bob Monninger ward observer during war spent little Air Guard after wards medic Joe having joined Navy early Pearl unpleasantness began Glenn Franks intelligence officer para chuted behind enemy lines several times Italy operated behind Rus sian lines shortly after war Max Frank Marine captain Gene lieves Clyde Butterfield killed WW II Gene brought 3 x 5 copy picture show hed hung onto years Said happy time Industrial Photography section part group work Engin eering Records section Ralph Olson Greg Linder copied print blew up Pretty good 48year-old photo isnt Just thought youd like look little Midwest modeling history Are boys still boys Mrs Claytons ranks didnt have water tower launched Rubber jobs top grandstandwith fat firecracker strapped went out bang Ill bet Mrs Clayton didnt know about firecrackers Correction June issue column stated Bud Chappells electricpowered Robinhood used 9-9 prop Astro 1 5 direct drive Actually 9-4 according Bud Theres world difference Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22050 SAILPLANE LAUNCH EQUIPMENT FOR EVERY FIELD S PORTWINCH $225QO * $300 QP * * plus shipping source QUIET FLIGHT supplies hi-starts electric inotors& reducers batteriesparachutestow line drums accessories braided nylon line selected kitsthe PROPHET sailplane kit VISA MASTERCARD DAVEY EmU SYSTEMS CORPORATION ONE WOOD LANE MALVERNPA19355 215644 06926772 Write calf information August1984 133 POWR TOW POW OM $35009 * RETRIEVER $250 QP *
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/08
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 129, 132, 133
Bill Winter Just Fun o t _____________ OONLESS MADNESS fly days expect transported flying site curtained sedan chair dont want weather too cold too hot must windy grass must neatly mowed pin need labeled Reserved Kindly guys must assemble plane range check set idle Pour another coffee light pipe Play again Sam always thus days Charlemagne neither wind nor cold nor snow sleet stayed appointed rounds natives far off Cathay beyond Sierras Sun Belt know nothing lives snowbirds polar bears Vikings gentle man horns picture Lloyd Pete Peterson No snow really deep caption says Dont fall creek Pete Pete What creek occasion First Annual February 29 Spur Moment Fun Fly decision fly made spite wind snow because will long time before get another Febru ary 29 like writes Pete Peterson afternoon another activity Uff-Da Air splinter group Vin cennes-based TnCounty Aero Club group also sponsors participates Moonless Madness dark-night Sail plane event pictures didnt turn out Dining Tarp Flyoff Spring Glider Contest Just having little fun beautiful winter day Flight times short Life goes Unfortunately Phone reservations now being ac cepted Second Annual February 29 Spur Moment Fun Fly Now let tell eyes glow red various writers tell Think about What dickens such writers think am doing So nk about Leap Year got itat long last Look Away Look Away Dixieland born Joisey lived New York Brooklyn well boon docks have just learned Rebel Yell took Gerald Martin writes letterhead Hereford Flying Ag Service Texas re cently test flown Martin Mauler AM-l Confederate Air Force accompanying pictures snapped Youd expect would fly 100-mph model bombs pas sion Antiques Since Mauler says really doesnt care much name hoary 3 1 years beyond its last previous flight thinks Antique other Antique sixth 1938 Chet Lanzo Bomber pow ered beloved Anderson 65 spark ignition engine sure like way performs Ger ry states bought plans Chet cut sticks size myself fun project Bomber comes out 465 lb 834 oz wing loading Au sure precise am sure what horsepower rating Anderson comparison Corncob Pratt & Whitney 28-cylin der 4360 cu engine rated 3000 horsepower cant tell colors Bomb er photo appears MonoKoted translucent yellow wing tail red fuselage generous white trim forward Left Send 39 dead NiCds 50 cents well send caption picture could read text Right Uff-uji eman splinter group Vincennes TnCounty Aero Club celebrates February 29 LR Pat Sven English Frank MOle Roales end Lloyd Pete Peterson Photo guess Roald Amundsen 18721928 believe much know about bridge have sell 18 Model Aviation Taken 1935 1936 old picture shows Mrs Clayton boy . out mischief beguiling place meet build models Fro, ,cond L-R Robert Monninger Glen Franks Joe Clayton Clyde Butterfield Rhue Rue Clayton Gene Monninger Max Frank chap extreme left unidentified Story text Left Gerald Martin seated cockpit Martin Mauler test-flew Confederate Air Force holds Lanzo Bomber Antique design 1938 vintage Its Martins sixth Antique powered beloved Anderson 65 Spitfire spark ignition engine Right Lanzo Bomber weighs 456 lb shows off its diamond cross-sectioned fuselage wheels sitting slotted cardboard tube pieces quick glance may look like compos ite Playboy Zipper et al its fuse lage diamond tip panels typical Lanzo gassiescenter pan el no dihedrallong well-tapered Ive always weakness diamond fuselages both FF Rubber Gas Just build square set edge money seem glide extreme ly well possibly because mini mum interference between wing fuselage green-eyed devil stirs within wish Martins Bomber Round Round What fun write name again Ive heard crowd Control Line fliers after column asked anyone still having fun CL Theres fair amount CL material publishedfor example MA publishes some good models has supportive columns Thanks Bob Hunt Flying Modelswho RC Pattern trail daysyoull find reassuring flow first-rate planes wires magazine Bob course World Champion CL Aerobat ics lets begin John Thompson sympathize difficulty hearing Control Liners writes John So have given up magazines turned specialty newsletters because cold shoulder given us hobby industry recent years Control Liners dont realize still some magazine writ ers interested doings may change because CL again period growth despite blows indus try has tried afflict Whether like CL coming back cause cheaper RC just much funimportant points slug gish economy Keep calling CL news am sure will get some Tell like am going quote such guys precisely because ex actly way things look themand Free Flighters share viewpoint dont believe industry thinks trying inflict wounds anyone form flying RC simply hapto customers pens head count stupendouseven though average age RCer roughly 37 guys ones seem spending enough money keep modeling industry business Yet CL FF remain popular RCers imagine exam ple Sigs Wish Book big glossy thick catalogwith numerous kits dis played full-color picturesis loaded varied line CL fun-type things including latest Stunt Sig isnt business love K&B doesnt mess around engines small runs suppose K&B keeps pro ducing special-purpose FF engines 50% K&Bs business marine en gines John Thompson Contest Di rector Northwest 84 Regionals May 26-27 after written before issue will reach readers aptly called Control Line Model Aircraft Championships Sponsored Eugene Prop Spinners meet real biggietrophies through third place $2000 merchandize prizes count 25 events hard-core compe tition such fun things Balloon Bust Old-Timer Stunt Mahion Sweet Airport scene action has phalt circle four competition grass circles plus grass practice circle Bleachers too public address sys tem Camping space free parking recreational vehicals Left Peter Miller England sent picture ot latest camera piane wncn powered Merco 61 60 four-cycle shown picture wasnt quite enough carries Cannon Suresbot camera Hes engaged take pictures Sutton Hoo digs complete Saxon ships unearthed before war farmlands diseased crops Plane can used taking vertical oblique pictures Picturetaking sessions estimated 1000 ft calibrated turned out 30001 Models farther away higher usually think Right Millers Super Scorpion scale-up Kiel Kraft kit copied own Scotty Murrays Answer normal wing airfoil Ritz-type used Scotty dream fly sloping Suffolk Meadow Good throttle Enya 45-4C allows flying valley climbing slope 2-ft altitude Theres about innovative British chap text August1984 19 restaurant concession truck Hobby shop Model-related displays convenience airline connections rental cars within walking distance pot-luck party field sponsored Seattle Skyraiders Flying Lines newsletter No wonder contestants gawkers converge Eugene over Memorial Day weekend over western states western Canada can subscribe Flying Lines $950141 Bryant Ave Cottage Grove OR 97424 Says Thompson guarantee its worth someone region Theres Con trol Line news FL mag azines combined Let add no means ambitious news letter CL fliers Round Round makes happy started conducted column Model Airplane News survey cer tified 21 years ago showed 44000 readers magazine CLers followed columnwhen RC already big enchilada people thing stance 45% MAN readers also interested boatsand no boat coverage Well hardly ever Right now firm alone selling 100000 model off-the-road vehicles year Happy fiftieth flying Dutch men Aero Team Reading PA anyone having fun CL betcha says Alvah Schaeffer manager AMA sanctioned Show Team No 108 50 years Thats right 50 years Flying Dutchmen Aeromodelers Show Team have much fun celebrating fiftieth anniversary year1934to 1984 have finest CL sites USA Located atop Skyline Drive overlooking City Reading have four fully-paved flying circles cement takeoff areas addition ful 20 Model Aviation Left Look what did song Maxwell Bassetti No Gene Ireland midget Gene Don Knows-No-Fear Wolf figured huge Quaker better two standardsof have fleet Covering took $80 worth Monoote Wheels lawn mower inner tubes 1/4 ply hubs Right Gene Don Michigan Snow Fence helps have farm startled cow said silo Thats fodder thar its well-worn Tartan single engine huge Quaker majestically lumbers off 1000-ft runway Stop thinking about putting K&B 40 tail Find Ping-Pong table build rest did Chief Knows-No-Fear Left Jim Burns has good reason smile atter flying low-wing original design built around 100-in Wind Drifter wing powered 05 10 Does climb well worry fly wing dont build lead-sleds pleasant surprise engine has well-deserved reputation Right Burns flying carpet wafts problem kind plane youve got remember transmitterl ship mostly yellow red trim white windows black anti-glare nose panel Photos H Thomas ly-paved parking lot accommodates 75 autos area fenced has bleachers park benches specta tors plus picnic tables grills sepa rate engine-test area provided through good graces city officials have same site since 1947 club show team has 50 members Alvah wingovers active contest flying community ser vice show team work audio-visual shows slide presentations club has annual banquetbowllng parties picnics camping sightseeing trips show teamwe think active show team AMA hasdid 50 shows past year Although show team 29 years old have averaged 15 20 shows year ing CL team gives us advantage being able fly smaller areas RC needs activities shared wives children other family memberswithout assistance could have survived 50 years As comments would belabor obvi ous Ill just say Flying Dutch men have encouraged show us photos showcase flying site fun activity will back East Eden said covers Victorian novels maybe third Tales Virginia Outback Two flights two early April days already two long thermal excursions ancient RC-assist Vagabond Only dark blue poly tips enable define altitude see blurry imagine biplane triplane shapeless splotch downwind upwind should Steepen bank see flash translucent yellow wing downwind side circle Continued page 22 August 1984 21 Caudron look-alike unique Control Line sport design Claus MaIKIs OT I-il uermany flies fine OS 19 thats what said glides like stone Speaking stones should wonder what happened pet-rock craze Claus ship perches atop world wide inventory Thanks Windy Urtnowski supplying picture Squint eyes Golden Age airport mind colorful birds yesteryear two Bill Noonans 1-in-scale rubber-powered jobsa Canadian Fokker Universal left Polish Lublin nationalities meet Scale-builders tarmac Gal Price Drum Price Type Nitro % Lubricant Freight Paid Freight-Collect FAI0%Synthetic$ 675$13995 rn 5s5%Synthetic$ 775$21995 Sc5%Castor$ 775$21995 4cyI7%Castor$ 850$28995 lOs10%Synthetic$ 895$32995 lOc10%Castor$ 895$32995 RIG12%Syn & Castor$ 995$34995 iSs15%Synthetic$ 995$34995 20c20%Castor$1395$51995 25s25%Synthetic$1495$52995 4040%15 Syn-5 Castor$1995$72995 5050%Synthetic$2395$89595 6060%Synthetic$2695$99595 contIgwus US EXCEPT 54 GAL DRUMS MINIMUM ORDER 4 Gal Asst OK DISCOUNTS 24 63 Gal Deduct 5% Asstd OK al Orders Deduct 100/o Asstd OK SHELDONS Hours HOBBY SHOP Mon-Wed Fri & Sat 3157 Alum Rock Avenue -530 San Jose95127 Thur 930-900 M/C VISA forniaSun 1200-500 UPS COD $1654082514787 Bring home time time again escape lift over brown fields beyond woods bother thing else Lift over fence Endless 360s turned long crosswind ellipses before heading terra firma floating off end grass cant fly cranky stuff worth hoot anymore experts second-guess 360 late final twitch predict doom Youll never make say give up after awhile avowing never could get down such plane Its flicker Upmanship Im changing colorsor channel num bers Ive found what channels other guys fly can also affect though arent chan nel Merlin gave lowdown about unexplained hits what harm could fly little Eaglet during week Well thought leftright trouble wild until discovered Eaglet paying attention master Enough already poor thing mildly sprained Having traded old Futaba 05 40 four-cycle Bill Kaluf 40 miles south live build Eagle now have said bird wont fly until Merlin checks tuning receiver after crystal change Always What Eagle has small flaps Kaluf loves em May will too always asks about take easy way out Sure go ahead right So removed positive incidence Eagles stabilizer substituted lift ing-type stabTherefore also moved balance point back tad Kaluf makes flaps chord extends little behind wing trailing edge aligns top sur face flaps top wing cam ber Seen bottom have very slight flaps-down flaps-up mode has quite washout effect much appreciated approach-bun gler like Dead-stick can hit thing anywherestrange com bo lifting stab can loaf along lazy cruise deep should make stab airfoil Kaluf asked phone Since Tele master lifting stab suggestion follow same ratios wing stab percentage depths Bill Evans planes look like X-ships intended future Star Wars Said Bill Simitar slow light Id make Oh yeah bounced back what want 5- 6-ft wing no 19 tail-dragger light weight capable easy soaring Sketches flew back forth weeks Bill making five evolutionary planes process awaiting answers Oh yes also asked can fly three channels decide Decided Lower Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation High film strength lubricant increased power long engine life Detergents cut performance robbing varnish Highest quality ingredients insure top engine performance reliability Fi Send $100 catalog 216-499-5323 RC Kits Mig DL 706 Easton NE ILJ Canton OH 44721 STEPHENS ACRO NewI MK II H & K Superstarters 0-35$2995 0-50$2995 MAG II$3495 Super Hustler$3495 Zenoah$2995 Tartan Twin$3995 Roper 37$2995 90 Day Warranty ZENOAH QUARTZ CUSTOM Dual outlet aluminum muffler Carb rotated needle accessibility cowled Modified Quadra mount 6 bolt prop washer carb linkage Complete assembled shown $14495 vertical tail profile move verti cal tail far aft rudder hinge line 8 aft wing trailing edge Shorten nose bit Add high-profile can opy improve hands-off soaring cir cles add 2 dihedral panel have 3 have two panels joined Just now phone Bill reported latest Cox 15 has 5-oz loading flies off hand no landing gearjust skids help opens hand lowers arm Hes thermalled gulls Bishop high wind pinpoint height controls well either rudder elevons has both may go rudder elevators just see what happens get things like Evans calls Slomotion Speed range 15 80 mph crazy Being British RCer like living earth three moons have just all-radio magazine RC Modeler Brits now have three model ing mags product long evolu tion Radio Control Model World ad dress Hunters Ride Suckley Worces tershire WR5 5DG Englandcover price two pounds bursts forth full glory first time around Thats no mean feat Contents lively diver sified Quite bit excellent full color its loaded adsalready Thanks Peter Miller has contrib uted intriguing items column work aerial photography models like discovering Roman ruins have second third issues Peter contributing editor RCMW breathtaking four-page feature Put Wings Camera April 1984 issue Peter man ideas Under name Miller Aviation Models Red Cot New Street Glemsford Sudbury Suffolk COlO 7PY England makes order 1/32-scale sailplanes lime wood basic color painted canopy elaborate schemes extra comes cast-resin base stainless steel support rod de signed freestanding hung wall will custom-build model scale degree detail lim ited sailplanes will make special presentation bases trophies Actual ly will build anything 1/100scale large RC models scaled models handmade classics 1/32scale sailplane going 5250 British pounds Since Miller also builds flies RC jobsnice ones tooas nothing else dohe unique international scene Latest idea Vintage RC-Assist contest arousing lot interest reports goings-on area calls Vintage model must original size no scaling up down powered 15cc 09 Continued page 129 PK PRODUCTS Specializing Quadra/Zenoah Sales Service PO Box 6226 Hayward CA 94544Tel 415 581-4277 Eves DEALER INQUIRES IN V/TED ALL ORDERS ADD $200 POSTAGE & HANDLING CAL/F RES ADD SALES TAX LU 13311 Beach Ave na Del Rey CA 2 1-624 24 Model Aviation Futaba radio people topof-the-line PCM Helicopter Radio 7G heli-systems display PCM mighty impressive gives us just hint technology will take us coming years Futaba 555 W Vic toria St Compton CA 90220 Condor Hobbieshad Ishimasa line RC Helicopters display Ishimasa manufacturers electric-powered EH- 1 25 glow-engined Playboy Con dor also markets several imported lines including Rossi Webra engines Check just might have hard-to-find ilem youve look ing Condor Hobbies 17971 Skypark Circle Suite D Irvine CA 92714 California Model Imports Kobe Kiko Helicopters display Along popular Hughes 300 gas nd glow versions also showed R-22 Scaletype machine Dave Robertson told will soon flybar head R-22 seems fear Scale flybarless head has caused some concern among fliers Dave handled flying CMI proved R-22 flies good looks California Model Im ports PO Box 1695 Garden Grove CA 92642 Circus Hobbles such large crowd around booth trouble get ting front Circus imports extensive line Kalt Helicopters New year Kalts new 206L Long Ran ger truly beautiful offering Also new shown updated Custom Baron 20 looks like Kalt has done some house-cleaning popular 20-size Baron incorporating some new ideas improve its aerobatic qualities Check Circus details availability Heres oft-road buggy loaded fun excitement designed off-road operation no need special track know will like buggy Its rugged withstand abuse hard operation rough terrain Its easy assemble Bayou Products car ries replacement parts ORDER DIRECT FROM HOW TO ORDER canjIbE EEIIISE order char ft over duc neon ur 5Aor STER ARDorwecanU ship ftCOD cash pC BOX 8628 ORLEANS LOUISIANA 70182 Add $350 postage i-am Service call Toll Free Line 1-800-535-2568 except LA handlinq USA Also shown Circus TSK acces sories TSK manufactures high-quality add-on accessories Kalt Hirobo Helicopters TSK does manu facture Helicopter own parts have used machines have won Japanese Nationals last several years Circus also imports JR radio systems JR has now jumped PCM ring PCM Unlimited Helicopter Radio fully appreciate new PCM systems will have check out person remember dual-rates latest thing Circus Hobbies 3132 5 Highland Dr Las Vegas NV 89109 American RC Helicopters Mantis Super Mantis Helicopters display Also shown yet finished American Eagle 60-size acrobatic machine rotor-head similar Competitors layout looks very promising Eagle futuristic shape sports wings working ailerons John Simone assured wings just gimmick improving roll considerably Im looking forward flight demonstration American RC Helicopters 594 Alrport Rd Oceanside CA 92054 year see more great prod ucts being offered No sooner finish Helicopter before another catches eye Please contact individual manu facturers information products mentioned FunlWinter Continued page 24 engine limited 75 cc fuel purpose maximum duration Simple inexpensive fun am looking ward summer Au wrIte mid-April can fly few events hope build model weekend see Travein Music Its raining days As peer over typewriter sodden clouds can think 500-lb canary remember ter rible oldie Whats heavier 500lb canary Two 500-lb canaries So whats bigger two Quaker Flashes 15-ft Quaker Flash Gene Ireland home-bound flu launched missive Two guys funk equal delirium model wrapped $80 worth green Monoote built friend Don Knows-No-Fear Wolf Ping Pong table about 60 days time Gene raves As know am sure Flying Quaker have built five six regular Quakers between usComo 40s Dons case ST G21/46s day after lazy flying session two normal Quakers sitting sideby-side Don suddenly spired Au. Gene may feverish off races aint going fight sick man After some calculations material estimates power etc got Gene sniffles sold him worn Continued page 132 Devil Kit #22195 2x4 Including four shocks Cipolla 21145 Side Exhaust RC Car Engine #3500 MAC ShowIJoll Continued page 17 ACCURATE ABLE TOREAD ACCUTACH m NOW IN TWO MODELS 3 FUNCTION ACCUTACH 1 7995 Digital LCD tachometer has dual scale lOX-bOX stable RPM readout Full scale voltmeter can used check/cycle TXIRX battery com bos Reads load up 20 volts ACCESSORIES OSAl- Quarter Scale Adaptor ATi & AT2-500ma load . 995 SCAb -Servo Current Adaptor Airtronics Futaba Kraft. 995 4 FUNCTION ACCUTACH 2 u 8995 Same useful capabilities ACCU-TAOH 1 includes DC ammeter used check servo cur rent Will find worn bind ing stalled servo condi tions w/SCA1 Add function ATi AVIONKSS INC Send check MO NorCal AVIONICS Inc PO Box 70956 Sunnyvale CA 94086 Calif add 6% tax Add $2 S&H See dealer first FunlWinter Continued page 129 Tartan single bet fin ished all-up weight went under 20 lb went over 22 lb weighs 26 lb wing could used small bridge Au snow fence State Michigan tires garden tractor inner tubes hubs Gear welded -in steel rod Radio ancient three-wire Kraft servos 500 mAh pack Au might well use 1000 mAh content boid size Tartan looks like Fox 15 sitting up front takeoff would bring tears eyes Au Im crying Im crying starts painfully slow tail gradually comes up runs forever mains reluctantly parts com pany runway Fortunately Dons runway 1000 ft Full-size air craft coming visit have mistaken model air restored tique until land us picks up tail pulls back han gar area Its good great laugh landing bigger bird bigger hid den advantages Once engine quit Ireland tried clear barbed-wire fence stalling ouly hit top strand both wheels Didnt per turb big modelno mention fencebut both tires blew patched up now takes off wheels wobble shake gear Again prototypical say Gene has other flukey stuff based inputs column whatever combined cantations Frank Zaics Yearbooks sorcery am above finagling conventional cabin 88-in span weighs 6 lb 1000 squaresanother ST 46 Has flat-bottomed wing airfoil lifting-type stabilizer Balances 35% has very little incidence trims neutral full bore requires too much up-control glide Adding incidence wing little effect takeoff full throttle about 2 deg downthrust about remove weight nose after conquered flu found same thing early stages developing LeCrate Ed Last months featured construction project electric power Like old-fash ioned FF Rubber Gas model should have center gravity CG moved back lifting tail both sur faces really wings CG aft main wings center lift Prob ably CG about 45% would cor rect Genes big gassie downthrust low-pitch props dont know what has such 1 1-4 can exert times effective nose-down moment Id probably remove downthrust Going 54n 6-in pitch would ease nose-down tendency approaches low rpm would overdrive ship would keep a-coming An Old-Timer can cantankerous muleif dont know talk mule skinner language Weve gone far let Ire land rave Buzzard somewhat modified Took crank out wing lengthened 6 Reduced angle attack good strength ened wing Add another ST 46 have very aerobatic Buzzard people would want build like did Its ball raise eyebrows get some old-tim ers around cut engine glide around Yawn put nose straight down about 700 ft series 1oops easing back pressure top Clear ground last 1oop enough momentum reach landing strip roll stop somewhere around middle strip exactly Bob Hoover act thrilling Gene get better soon Please Buzzards fragile birds built per plans cant dive out boomer plane goes ape big square tips slow-dance flutter Spirals get nowhere thing 322 So Galatin RdMadIson TN 37115 615 868-8811 Mon thru Sat am 500 pm CHANGE TO RECHARGEABLES RLLJ Icii transmitter battery rechargREPAIR SERVICE FOR elace expensive throwaway dry RADIO SYSTEMS IHOBBY LOBBYeable nickel cadmium battery Ready FUTABA ROYAL IEK LOG ICTROLuse Replaces Eveready 276 nIne volt FUTABA Tdry cell batteryACCESSORIES FOR HOBBY SHACKTransmitter Ni-Cad Battery$3000 MOST RADIOS ROYAL LINE Transmitter Ni-Cad Charger 5 Battery/Charger Combo $3500 IJI ROOKIE Super beginner kit 60 wing span $2799 CITAURIA 65 wing span 2540 power $3399 SCALE KITS CHAMPION CITARRIA 9 wing span 60 pwr & up $6499 BUD NOSIN TRAINER 102 wing span 60 pwr-up $5599 PIPER CUP J3 9 wing span 60 power & u $7588 PSlD 102 wing span quadra power $10899 P51D 102 wing span quadra power $10899 1933 GERE SPORT 8 wing span 60 power & up $8999 CESSNA 310 TWIN 10 wing span twin 60 pwr $12299 MR MULLIGAN 9 wing span 60 power $8499 Other kits & occessories evaileble CetIou $200 132 Model Aviation light much area good boomer has upwards velocity can handle Ill buy heavier wing less angular difference slower glide trim trouble have making save evitable tempt warm skies too times meandering through Mu seum Natural Aeronautical History look another Glacier-Age plane Enclosed some snaps happy guy Jim Burns retired Veterans Administration man big ship uses 100-in Wind Drifter wing D-box leading edge 05 10 power HA Thomas favors us Flies like dream know does hundred inches 10 Dont sweat have several seasons K&B-Veco 19 96-in ship very much like Except has open cockpit yeah has pilot bust cabin straight-edged wing tapered tip panels Floats off weeds whipping leading edge climbs quite well approaches next county arrive sedately strip reaching full-up get Wont stall does tight flat eights within 100 ft tip 5 10 ft off ground Hold nose up idle fly backwards windout sight crazy enough just drop nose cleave right back field Very few people seem know about flying wing instead propex cept mountain men Dick Tichenor biggie like RCM couple years back Have seen go too Dicks optional high low wing has power think Burns fun ship berries cook up something own Dont intimidated paper pencil Pin down strips wood draw long curves need generous dihedrallike 7 8 deg three-channel low-winger careful high tailsthe plane will want spiral downward insufficient dihedral makes stick-busy case given 100-in Wind Drifter wing can see nose moment bit chord measure pic can figure aft fuselage rela tionship nose What could easier Especially have old glider wingperhaps needing bit crank straight up out-of-sight yen youll find fly-on-the-wing things great in-between relaxer warned can get hooked Mrs Clayton quite woman photo see Mrs Clayton boys taken Gates Studio Macomb ILin 1935 1936 Thanks Charles V ODonnell Bloomington IL fellow worker Gene Mon ninger may yet able redeem months column occasion picture ex plains ODonnell Mrs Clay ton Joes mother third left photo wanted picture boys Gene says group com prised well best boys town Mrs Clayton loved kids let meet house build model airplanes way keeping out everybody elses hair Gene tells model holding favorite drawn Joe Clayton pictures Smiln Jack comic strip Since am far too young remember prewar kits showed picture Dave Shipton thinks sees Com et Moth Rearwin left table Comet Robin right plane Max Frank holding looks Dave like Megow Monocoupe may John Paul Jones kit same Gene says ODonnell continues planes made just flight off top water tower usually firecracker aboard doesnt know of building models later of serving Air Corps Bob Monninger ward observer during war spent little Air Guard after wards medic Joe having joined Navy early Pearl unpleasantness began Glenn Franks intelligence officer para chuted behind enemy lines several times Italy operated behind Rus sian lines shortly after war Max Frank Marine captain Gene lieves Clyde Butterfield killed WW II Gene brought 3 x 5 copy picture show hed hung onto years Said happy time Industrial Photography section part group work Engin eering Records section Ralph Olson Greg Linder copied print blew up Pretty good 48year-old photo isnt Just thought youd like look little Midwest modeling history Are boys still boys Mrs Claytons ranks didnt have water tower launched Rubber jobs top grandstandwith fat firecracker strapped went out bang Ill bet Mrs Clayton didnt know about firecrackers Correction June issue column stated Bud Chappells electricpowered Robinhood used 9-9 prop Astro 1 5 direct drive Actually 9-4 according Bud Theres world difference Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22050 SAILPLANE LAUNCH EQUIPMENT FOR EVERY FIELD S PORTWINCH $225QO * $300 QP * * plus shipping source QUIET FLIGHT supplies hi-starts electric inotors& reducers batteriesparachutestow line drums accessories braided nylon line selected kitsthe PROPHET sailplane kit VISA MASTERCARD DAVEY EmU SYSTEMS CORPORATION ONE WOOD LANE MALVERNPA19355 215644 06926772 Write calf information August1984 133 POWR TOW POW OM $35009 * RETRIEVER $250 QP *
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/08
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 129, 132, 133
Bill Winter Just Fun o t _____________ OONLESS MADNESS fly days expect transported flying site curtained sedan chair dont want weather too cold too hot must windy grass must neatly mowed pin need labeled Reserved Kindly guys must assemble plane range check set idle Pour another coffee light pipe Play again Sam always thus days Charlemagne neither wind nor cold nor snow sleet stayed appointed rounds natives far off Cathay beyond Sierras Sun Belt know nothing lives snowbirds polar bears Vikings gentle man horns picture Lloyd Pete Peterson No snow really deep caption says Dont fall creek Pete Pete What creek occasion First Annual February 29 Spur Moment Fun Fly decision fly made spite wind snow because will long time before get another Febru ary 29 like writes Pete Peterson afternoon another activity Uff-Da Air splinter group Vin cennes-based TnCounty Aero Club group also sponsors participates Moonless Madness dark-night Sail plane event pictures didnt turn out Dining Tarp Flyoff Spring Glider Contest Just having little fun beautiful winter day Flight times short Life goes Unfortunately Phone reservations now being ac cepted Second Annual February 29 Spur Moment Fun Fly Now let tell eyes glow red various writers tell Think about What dickens such writers think am doing So nk about Leap Year got itat long last Look Away Look Away Dixieland born Joisey lived New York Brooklyn well boon docks have just learned Rebel Yell took Gerald Martin writes letterhead Hereford Flying Ag Service Texas re cently test flown Martin Mauler AM-l Confederate Air Force accompanying pictures snapped Youd expect would fly 100-mph model bombs pas sion Antiques Since Mauler says really doesnt care much name hoary 3 1 years beyond its last previous flight thinks Antique other Antique sixth 1938 Chet Lanzo Bomber pow ered beloved Anderson 65 spark ignition engine sure like way performs Ger ry states bought plans Chet cut sticks size myself fun project Bomber comes out 465 lb 834 oz wing loading Au sure precise am sure what horsepower rating Anderson comparison Corncob Pratt & Whitney 28-cylin der 4360 cu engine rated 3000 horsepower cant tell colors Bomb er photo appears MonoKoted translucent yellow wing tail red fuselage generous white trim forward Left Send 39 dead NiCds 50 cents well send caption picture could read text Right Uff-uji eman splinter group Vincennes TnCounty Aero Club celebrates February 29 LR Pat Sven English Frank MOle Roales end Lloyd Pete Peterson Photo guess Roald Amundsen 18721928 believe much know about bridge have sell 18 Model Aviation Taken 1935 1936 old picture shows Mrs Clayton boy . out mischief beguiling place meet build models Fro, ,cond L-R Robert Monninger Glen Franks Joe Clayton Clyde Butterfield Rhue Rue Clayton Gene Monninger Max Frank chap extreme left unidentified Story text Left Gerald Martin seated cockpit Martin Mauler test-flew Confederate Air Force holds Lanzo Bomber Antique design 1938 vintage Its Martins sixth Antique powered beloved Anderson 65 Spitfire spark ignition engine Right Lanzo Bomber weighs 456 lb shows off its diamond cross-sectioned fuselage wheels sitting slotted cardboard tube pieces quick glance may look like compos ite Playboy Zipper et al its fuse lage diamond tip panels typical Lanzo gassiescenter pan el no dihedrallong well-tapered Ive always weakness diamond fuselages both FF Rubber Gas Just build square set edge money seem glide extreme ly well possibly because mini mum interference between wing fuselage green-eyed devil stirs within wish Martins Bomber Round Round What fun write name again Ive heard crowd Control Line fliers after column asked anyone still having fun CL Theres fair amount CL material publishedfor example MA publishes some good models has supportive columns Thanks Bob Hunt Flying Modelswho RC Pattern trail daysyoull find reassuring flow first-rate planes wires magazine Bob course World Champion CL Aerobat ics lets begin John Thompson sympathize difficulty hearing Control Liners writes John So have given up magazines turned specialty newsletters because cold shoulder given us hobby industry recent years Control Liners dont realize still some magazine writ ers interested doings may change because CL again period growth despite blows indus try has tried afflict Whether like CL coming back cause cheaper RC just much funimportant points slug gish economy Keep calling CL news am sure will get some Tell like am going quote such guys precisely because ex actly way things look themand Free Flighters share viewpoint dont believe industry thinks trying inflict wounds anyone form flying RC simply hapto customers pens head count stupendouseven though average age RCer roughly 37 guys ones seem spending enough money keep modeling industry business Yet CL FF remain popular RCers imagine exam ple Sigs Wish Book big glossy thick catalogwith numerous kits dis played full-color picturesis loaded varied line CL fun-type things including latest Stunt Sig isnt business love K&B doesnt mess around engines small runs suppose K&B keeps pro ducing special-purpose FF engines 50% K&Bs business marine en gines John Thompson Contest Di rector Northwest 84 Regionals May 26-27 after written before issue will reach readers aptly called Control Line Model Aircraft Championships Sponsored Eugene Prop Spinners meet real biggietrophies through third place $2000 merchandize prizes count 25 events hard-core compe tition such fun things Balloon Bust Old-Timer Stunt Mahion Sweet Airport scene action has phalt circle four competition grass circles plus grass practice circle Bleachers too public address sys tem Camping space free parking recreational vehicals Left Peter Miller England sent picture ot latest camera piane wncn powered Merco 61 60 four-cycle shown picture wasnt quite enough carries Cannon Suresbot camera Hes engaged take pictures Sutton Hoo digs complete Saxon ships unearthed before war farmlands diseased crops Plane can used taking vertical oblique pictures Picturetaking sessions estimated 1000 ft calibrated turned out 30001 Models farther away higher usually think Right Millers Super Scorpion scale-up Kiel Kraft kit copied own Scotty Murrays Answer normal wing airfoil Ritz-type used Scotty dream fly sloping Suffolk Meadow Good throttle Enya 45-4C allows flying valley climbing slope 2-ft altitude Theres about innovative British chap text August1984 19 restaurant concession truck Hobby shop Model-related displays convenience airline connections rental cars within walking distance pot-luck party field sponsored Seattle Skyraiders Flying Lines newsletter No wonder contestants gawkers converge Eugene over Memorial Day weekend over western states western Canada can subscribe Flying Lines $950141 Bryant Ave Cottage Grove OR 97424 Says Thompson guarantee its worth someone region Theres Con trol Line news FL mag azines combined Let add no means ambitious news letter CL fliers Round Round makes happy started conducted column Model Airplane News survey cer tified 21 years ago showed 44000 readers magazine CLers followed columnwhen RC already big enchilada people thing stance 45% MAN readers also interested boatsand no boat coverage Well hardly ever Right now firm alone selling 100000 model off-the-road vehicles year Happy fiftieth flying Dutch men Aero Team Reading PA anyone having fun CL betcha says Alvah Schaeffer manager AMA sanctioned Show Team No 108 50 years Thats right 50 years Flying Dutchmen Aeromodelers Show Team have much fun celebrating fiftieth anniversary year1934to 1984 have finest CL sites USA Located atop Skyline Drive overlooking City Reading have four fully-paved flying circles cement takeoff areas addition ful 20 Model Aviation Left Look what did song Maxwell Bassetti No Gene Ireland midget Gene Don Knows-No-Fear Wolf figured huge Quaker better two standardsof have fleet Covering took $80 worth Monoote Wheels lawn mower inner tubes 1/4 ply hubs Right Gene Don Michigan Snow Fence helps have farm startled cow said silo Thats fodder thar its well-worn Tartan single engine huge Quaker majestically lumbers off 1000-ft runway Stop thinking about putting K&B 40 tail Find Ping-Pong table build rest did Chief Knows-No-Fear Left Jim Burns has good reason smile atter flying low-wing original design built around 100-in Wind Drifter wing powered 05 10 Does climb well worry fly wing dont build lead-sleds pleasant surprise engine has well-deserved reputation Right Burns flying carpet wafts problem kind plane youve got remember transmitterl ship mostly yellow red trim white windows black anti-glare nose panel Photos H Thomas ly-paved parking lot accommodates 75 autos area fenced has bleachers park benches specta tors plus picnic tables grills sepa rate engine-test area provided through good graces city officials have same site since 1947 club show team has 50 members Alvah wingovers active contest flying community ser vice show team work audio-visual shows slide presentations club has annual banquetbowllng parties picnics camping sightseeing trips show teamwe think active show team AMA hasdid 50 shows past year Although show team 29 years old have averaged 15 20 shows year ing CL team gives us advantage being able fly smaller areas RC needs activities shared wives children other family memberswithout assistance could have survived 50 years As comments would belabor obvi ous Ill just say Flying Dutch men have encouraged show us photos showcase flying site fun activity will back East Eden said covers Victorian novels maybe third Tales Virginia Outback Two flights two early April days already two long thermal excursions ancient RC-assist Vagabond Only dark blue poly tips enable define altitude see blurry imagine biplane triplane shapeless splotch downwind upwind should Steepen bank see flash translucent yellow wing downwind side circle Continued page 22 August 1984 21 Caudron look-alike unique Control Line sport design Claus MaIKIs OT I-il uermany flies fine OS 19 thats what said glides like stone Speaking stones should wonder what happened pet-rock craze Claus ship perches atop world wide inventory Thanks Windy Urtnowski supplying picture Squint eyes Golden Age airport mind colorful birds yesteryear two Bill Noonans 1-in-scale rubber-powered jobsa Canadian Fokker Universal left Polish Lublin nationalities meet Scale-builders tarmac Gal Price Drum Price Type Nitro % Lubricant Freight Paid Freight-Collect FAI0%Synthetic$ 675$13995 rn 5s5%Synthetic$ 775$21995 Sc5%Castor$ 775$21995 4cyI7%Castor$ 850$28995 lOs10%Synthetic$ 895$32995 lOc10%Castor$ 895$32995 RIG12%Syn & Castor$ 995$34995 iSs15%Synthetic$ 995$34995 20c20%Castor$1395$51995 25s25%Synthetic$1495$52995 4040%15 Syn-5 Castor$1995$72995 5050%Synthetic$2395$89595 6060%Synthetic$2695$99595 contIgwus US EXCEPT 54 GAL DRUMS MINIMUM ORDER 4 Gal Asst OK DISCOUNTS 24 63 Gal Deduct 5% Asstd OK al Orders Deduct 100/o Asstd OK SHELDONS Hours HOBBY SHOP Mon-Wed Fri & Sat 3157 Alum Rock Avenue -530 San Jose95127 Thur 930-900 M/C VISA forniaSun 1200-500 UPS COD $1654082514787 Bring home time time again escape lift over brown fields beyond woods bother thing else Lift over fence Endless 360s turned long crosswind ellipses before heading terra firma floating off end grass cant fly cranky stuff worth hoot anymore experts second-guess 360 late final twitch predict doom Youll never make say give up after awhile avowing never could get down such plane Its flicker Upmanship Im changing colorsor channel num bers Ive found what channels other guys fly can also affect though arent chan nel Merlin gave lowdown about unexplained hits what harm could fly little Eaglet during week Well thought leftright trouble wild until discovered Eaglet paying attention master Enough already poor thing mildly sprained Having traded old Futaba 05 40 four-cycle Bill Kaluf 40 miles south live build Eagle now have said bird wont fly until Merlin checks tuning receiver after crystal change Always What Eagle has small flaps Kaluf loves em May will too always asks about take easy way out Sure go ahead right So removed positive incidence Eagles stabilizer substituted lift ing-type stabTherefore also moved balance point back tad Kaluf makes flaps chord extends little behind wing trailing edge aligns top sur face flaps top wing cam ber Seen bottom have very slight flaps-down flaps-up mode has quite washout effect much appreciated approach-bun gler like Dead-stick can hit thing anywherestrange com bo lifting stab can loaf along lazy cruise deep should make stab airfoil Kaluf asked phone Since Tele master lifting stab suggestion follow same ratios wing stab percentage depths Bill Evans planes look like X-ships intended future Star Wars Said Bill Simitar slow light Id make Oh yeah bounced back what want 5- 6-ft wing no 19 tail-dragger light weight capable easy soaring Sketches flew back forth weeks Bill making five evolutionary planes process awaiting answers Oh yes also asked can fly three channels decide Decided Lower Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation High film strength lubricant increased power long engine life Detergents cut performance robbing varnish Highest quality ingredients insure top engine performance reliability Fi Send $100 catalog 216-499-5323 RC Kits Mig DL 706 Easton NE ILJ Canton OH 44721 STEPHENS ACRO NewI MK II H & K Superstarters 0-35$2995 0-50$2995 MAG II$3495 Super Hustler$3495 Zenoah$2995 Tartan Twin$3995 Roper 37$2995 90 Day Warranty ZENOAH QUARTZ CUSTOM Dual outlet aluminum muffler Carb rotated needle accessibility cowled Modified Quadra mount 6 bolt prop washer carb linkage Complete assembled shown $14495 vertical tail profile move verti cal tail far aft rudder hinge line 8 aft wing trailing edge Shorten nose bit Add high-profile can opy improve hands-off soaring cir cles add 2 dihedral panel have 3 have two panels joined Just now phone Bill reported latest Cox 15 has 5-oz loading flies off hand no landing gearjust skids help opens hand lowers arm Hes thermalled gulls Bishop high wind pinpoint height controls well either rudder elevons has both may go rudder elevators just see what happens get things like Evans calls Slomotion Speed range 15 80 mph crazy Being British RCer like living earth three moons have just all-radio magazine RC Modeler Brits now have three model ing mags product long evolu tion Radio Control Model World ad dress Hunters Ride Suckley Worces tershire WR5 5DG Englandcover price two pounds bursts forth full glory first time around Thats no mean feat Contents lively diver sified Quite bit excellent full color its loaded adsalready Thanks Peter Miller has contrib uted intriguing items column work aerial photography models like discovering Roman ruins have second third issues Peter contributing editor RCMW breathtaking four-page feature Put Wings Camera April 1984 issue Peter man ideas Under name Miller Aviation Models Red Cot New Street Glemsford Sudbury Suffolk COlO 7PY England makes order 1/32-scale sailplanes lime wood basic color painted canopy elaborate schemes extra comes cast-resin base stainless steel support rod de signed freestanding hung wall will custom-build model scale degree detail lim ited sailplanes will make special presentation bases trophies Actual ly will build anything 1/100scale large RC models scaled models handmade classics 1/32scale sailplane going 5250 British pounds Since Miller also builds flies RC jobsnice ones tooas nothing else dohe unique international scene Latest idea Vintage RC-Assist contest arousing lot interest reports goings-on area calls Vintage model must original size no scaling up down powered 15cc 09 Continued page 129 PK PRODUCTS Specializing Quadra/Zenoah Sales Service PO Box 6226 Hayward CA 94544Tel 415 581-4277 Eves DEALER INQUIRES IN V/TED ALL ORDERS ADD $200 POSTAGE & HANDLING CAL/F RES ADD SALES TAX LU 13311 Beach Ave na Del Rey CA 2 1-624 24 Model Aviation Futaba radio people topof-the-line PCM Helicopter Radio 7G heli-systems display PCM mighty impressive gives us just hint technology will take us coming years Futaba 555 W Vic toria St Compton CA 90220 Condor Hobbieshad Ishimasa line RC Helicopters display Ishimasa manufacturers electric-powered EH- 1 25 glow-engined Playboy Con dor also markets several imported lines including Rossi Webra engines Check just might have hard-to-find ilem youve look ing Condor Hobbies 17971 Skypark Circle Suite D Irvine CA 92714 California Model Imports Kobe Kiko Helicopters display Along popular Hughes 300 gas nd glow versions also showed R-22 Scaletype machine Dave Robertson told will soon flybar head R-22 seems fear Scale flybarless head has caused some concern among fliers Dave handled flying CMI proved R-22 flies good looks California Model Im ports PO Box 1695 Garden Grove CA 92642 Circus Hobbles such large crowd around booth trouble get ting front Circus imports extensive line Kalt Helicopters New year Kalts new 206L Long Ran ger truly beautiful offering Also new shown updated Custom Baron 20 looks like Kalt has done some house-cleaning popular 20-size Baron incorporating some new ideas improve its aerobatic qualities Check Circus details availability Heres oft-road buggy loaded fun excitement designed off-road operation no need special track know will like buggy Its rugged withstand abuse hard operation rough terrain Its easy assemble Bayou Products car ries replacement parts ORDER DIRECT FROM HOW TO ORDER canjIbE EEIIISE order char ft over duc neon ur 5Aor STER ARDorwecanU ship ftCOD cash pC BOX 8628 ORLEANS LOUISIANA 70182 Add $350 postage i-am Service call Toll Free Line 1-800-535-2568 except LA handlinq USA Also shown Circus TSK acces sories TSK manufactures high-quality add-on accessories Kalt Hirobo Helicopters TSK does manu facture Helicopter own parts have used machines have won Japanese Nationals last several years Circus also imports JR radio systems JR has now jumped PCM ring PCM Unlimited Helicopter Radio fully appreciate new PCM systems will have check out person remember dual-rates latest thing Circus Hobbies 3132 5 Highland Dr Las Vegas NV 89109 American RC Helicopters Mantis Super Mantis Helicopters display Also shown yet finished American Eagle 60-size acrobatic machine rotor-head similar Competitors layout looks very promising Eagle futuristic shape sports wings working ailerons John Simone assured wings just gimmick improving roll considerably Im looking forward flight demonstration American RC Helicopters 594 Alrport Rd Oceanside CA 92054 year see more great prod ucts being offered No sooner finish Helicopter before another catches eye Please contact individual manu facturers information products mentioned FunlWinter Continued page 24 engine limited 75 cc fuel purpose maximum duration Simple inexpensive fun am looking ward summer Au wrIte mid-April can fly few events hope build model weekend see Travein Music Its raining days As peer over typewriter sodden clouds can think 500-lb canary remember ter rible oldie Whats heavier 500lb canary Two 500-lb canaries So whats bigger two Quaker Flashes 15-ft Quaker Flash Gene Ireland home-bound flu launched missive Two guys funk equal delirium model wrapped $80 worth green Monoote built friend Don Knows-No-Fear Wolf Ping Pong table about 60 days time Gene raves As know am sure Flying Quaker have built five six regular Quakers between usComo 40s Dons case ST G21/46s day after lazy flying session two normal Quakers sitting sideby-side Don suddenly spired Au. Gene may feverish off races aint going fight sick man After some calculations material estimates power etc got Gene sniffles sold him worn Continued page 132 Devil Kit #22195 2x4 Including four shocks Cipolla 21145 Side Exhaust RC Car Engine #3500 MAC ShowIJoll Continued page 17 ACCURATE ABLE TOREAD ACCUTACH m NOW IN TWO MODELS 3 FUNCTION ACCUTACH 1 7995 Digital LCD tachometer has dual scale lOX-bOX stable RPM readout Full scale voltmeter can used check/cycle TXIRX battery com bos Reads load up 20 volts ACCESSORIES OSAl- Quarter Scale Adaptor ATi & AT2-500ma load . 995 SCAb -Servo Current Adaptor Airtronics Futaba Kraft. 995 4 FUNCTION ACCUTACH 2 u 8995 Same useful capabilities ACCU-TAOH 1 includes DC ammeter used check servo cur rent Will find worn bind ing stalled servo condi tions w/SCA1 Add function ATi AVIONKSS INC Send check MO NorCal AVIONICS Inc PO Box 70956 Sunnyvale CA 94086 Calif add 6% tax Add $2 S&H See dealer first FunlWinter Continued page 129 Tartan single bet fin ished all-up weight went under 20 lb went over 22 lb weighs 26 lb wing could used small bridge Au snow fence State Michigan tires garden tractor inner tubes hubs Gear welded -in steel rod Radio ancient three-wire Kraft servos 500 mAh pack Au might well use 1000 mAh content boid size Tartan looks like Fox 15 sitting up front takeoff would bring tears eyes Au Im crying Im crying starts painfully slow tail gradually comes up runs forever mains reluctantly parts com pany runway Fortunately Dons runway 1000 ft Full-size air craft coming visit have mistaken model air restored tique until land us picks up tail pulls back han gar area Its good great laugh landing bigger bird bigger hid den advantages Once engine quit Ireland tried clear barbed-wire fence stalling ouly hit top strand both wheels Didnt per turb big modelno mention fencebut both tires blew patched up now takes off wheels wobble shake gear Again prototypical say Gene has other flukey stuff based inputs column whatever combined cantations Frank Zaics Yearbooks sorcery am above finagling conventional cabin 88-in span weighs 6 lb 1000 squaresanother ST 46 Has flat-bottomed wing airfoil lifting-type stabilizer Balances 35% has very little incidence trims neutral full bore requires too much up-control glide Adding incidence wing little effect takeoff full throttle about 2 deg downthrust about remove weight nose after conquered flu found same thing early stages developing LeCrate Ed Last months featured construction project electric power Like old-fash ioned FF Rubber Gas model should have center gravity CG moved back lifting tail both sur faces really wings CG aft main wings center lift Prob ably CG about 45% would cor rect Genes big gassie downthrust low-pitch props dont know what has such 1 1-4 can exert times effective nose-down moment Id probably remove downthrust Going 54n 6-in pitch would ease nose-down tendency approaches low rpm would overdrive ship would keep a-coming An Old-Timer can cantankerous muleif dont know talk mule skinner language Weve gone far let Ire land rave Buzzard somewhat modified Took crank out wing lengthened 6 Reduced angle attack good strength ened wing Add another ST 46 have very aerobatic Buzzard people would want build like did Its ball raise eyebrows get some old-tim ers around cut engine glide around Yawn put nose straight down about 700 ft series 1oops easing back pressure top Clear ground last 1oop enough momentum reach landing strip roll stop somewhere around middle strip exactly Bob Hoover act thrilling Gene get better soon Please Buzzards fragile birds built per plans cant dive out boomer plane goes ape big square tips slow-dance flutter Spirals get nowhere thing 322 So Galatin RdMadIson TN 37115 615 868-8811 Mon thru Sat am 500 pm CHANGE TO RECHARGEABLES RLLJ Icii transmitter battery rechargREPAIR SERVICE FOR elace expensive throwaway dry RADIO SYSTEMS IHOBBY LOBBYeable nickel cadmium battery Ready FUTABA ROYAL IEK LOG ICTROLuse Replaces Eveready 276 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Burns retired Veterans Administration man big ship uses 100-in Wind Drifter wing D-box leading edge 05 10 power HA Thomas favors us Flies like dream know does hundred inches 10 Dont sweat have several seasons K&B-Veco 19 96-in ship very much like Except has open cockpit yeah has pilot bust cabin straight-edged wing tapered tip panels Floats off weeds whipping leading edge climbs quite well approaches next county arrive sedately strip reaching full-up get Wont stall does tight flat eights within 100 ft tip 5 10 ft off ground Hold nose up idle fly backwards windout sight crazy enough just drop nose cleave right back field Very few people seem know about flying wing instead propex cept mountain men Dick Tichenor biggie like RCM couple years back Have seen go too Dicks optional high low wing has power think Burns fun ship berries cook up something own Dont intimidated paper pencil Pin down strips wood draw long curves need generous dihedrallike 7 8 deg three-channel low-winger careful high tailsthe plane will want spiral downward insufficient dihedral makes stick-busy case given 100-in Wind Drifter wing can see nose moment bit chord measure pic can figure aft fuselage rela tionship nose What could easier Especially have old glider wingperhaps needing bit crank straight up out-of-sight yen youll find fly-on-the-wing things great in-between relaxer warned can get hooked Mrs Clayton quite woman photo see Mrs Clayton boys taken Gates Studio Macomb ILin 1935 1936 Thanks Charles V ODonnell Bloomington IL fellow worker Gene Mon ninger may yet able redeem months column occasion picture ex plains ODonnell Mrs Clay ton Joes mother third left photo wanted picture boys Gene says group com prised well best boys town Mrs Clayton loved kids let meet house build model airplanes way keeping out everybody elses hair Gene tells model holding favorite drawn Joe Clayton pictures Smiln Jack comic strip Since am far too young remember prewar kits showed picture Dave Shipton thinks sees Com et Moth Rearwin left table Comet Robin right plane Max Frank holding looks Dave like Megow Monocoupe may John Paul Jones kit same Gene says ODonnell continues planes made just flight off top water tower usually firecracker aboard doesnt know of building models later of serving Air Corps Bob Monninger ward observer during war spent little Air Guard after wards medic Joe having joined Navy early Pearl unpleasantness began Glenn Franks intelligence officer para chuted behind enemy lines several times Italy operated behind Rus sian lines shortly after war Max Frank Marine captain Gene lieves Clyde Butterfield killed WW II Gene brought 3 x 5 copy picture show hed hung onto years Said happy time Industrial Photography section part group work Engin eering Records section Ralph Olson Greg Linder copied print blew up Pretty good 48year-old photo isnt Just thought youd like look little Midwest modeling history Are boys still boys Mrs Claytons ranks didnt have water tower launched Rubber jobs top grandstandwith fat firecracker strapped went out bang Ill bet Mrs Clayton didnt know about firecrackers Correction June issue column stated Bud Chappells electricpowered Robinhood used 9-9 prop Astro 1 5 direct drive Actually 9-4 according Bud Theres world difference Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22050 SAILPLANE LAUNCH EQUIPMENT FOR EVERY FIELD S PORTWINCH $225QO * $300 QP * * plus shipping source QUIET FLIGHT supplies hi-starts electric inotors& reducers batteriesparachutestow line drums accessories braided nylon line selected kitsthe PROPHET sailplane kit VISA MASTERCARD DAVEY EmU SYSTEMS CORPORATION ONE WOOD LANE MALVERNPA19355 215644 06926772 Write calf information August1984 133 POWR TOW POW OM $35009 * RETRIEVER $250 QP *