Bill Winter Just Fun t fi FOR GUY never builds planes appear nowhere keep getting water Gremlins have crazy airplane another new spite draconian efforts get rid old ones todays radios never seem totally crash anything dont deserve such luck rafters filled dust gatherers heirlooms hardy attic trunks did take saw cardboard monster loomed like dinosaur Museum Naturai History dish out airplanes helpless victims Nondescript va grants scattered New England two beyond Mississippi Some gather dust other guys rafters some sail like Flying Dutchman Three actively flown over 20 years old cant take cannibaiized radio adds hulk graveyard ships Ever meet yourself coming going Sunday afternoon Bloody April club site few us threaded back roads tiny rough strip set middle huge field waving long grass wheat-like flew unlikely mixed bag Gas Electric planes mind can imagine generai lend-lease operation barn stormers have failen things get passed aroundplanes engines ra dios some poor things dont know belong Cruising around lazy flight flaps down Eagle watched Krack eliac flashing underneath back forth Far above whining steadily own LeCrate Electric Other planes sat waiting fly Can imaglne three models flying together get pleasure seeing others fly stuff flying myself get invited occasionally try sticks learn far watching flying design flight characteristics bag Literally hundreds flights have made plane before note myriad subtle things good bad may visible just session observing good man pilot planes thing understood anything bites dust thats way cookie crumbles Now about new crazy airplane Know what Simitar some years head MA plans sale Simitar first Star Wars madness series Bill Evans Simitar weird flying wing highly aerobatic flies fastlike bomb flat wing has straight leading edge LE swept-forward trailing edge TE trun cated fuselagechopped off TE elevons its low wingsticking out well forward tractor englne nose strike gear last airplane world would build could never handie like fool dashed angels fear tread needled Bill Evans quip slow enough Id consider flying What want asked Feeling hot breath devil neck gave him list impossible requirements bigger wing much reduced loading low power ability fly hands-off either three four channels would have soar greatest ease Also wanted stable groovy flight rudder-only too asked him make tail-dragger could taxied tipping over thought would go away Sketches flew back forth Odd problems arose Dihedral necessary put twist reflex airfoil youll find reflex Simitar draw median line airfoil What about hands-off stability 360soaring know no spiraling-down rudder control Extend fuselage aft lower billboard-size vertical tail Simitar actually Simitar Deuce move back fuselage extended 8 aft rudder TE Lower aft profile raise forward profile add good-sized canopy far forward Left Don SruIl mad test pilot always gets first try Winters crazy creations sets tfle idle Tor simitar slow Motion unaer Bills watchful gaze Winter cajoled Bill Evans designing saying hed make light could soar fly three four channels rudder alone too have trike baloney Note elevons reflexed 3/32 lengthened fuselage lower vertical tall higher nose forward canopy profiles dihedral East Coast version elevons short full span Right Could tail-dragger Simitar Slow Motion taxi Would nose over Ground handling proved perfect crew taxied out Secret wings Evans airfoil far forward high point reflexed median line Balance point about Inch behind LE first half-speed taxi run looked good Srull lifted off perfect flightincluding high-power rudder turns slow-flight flybys loop K&B Veco 19 venturi came loose Srull made successful dead-stick landing weeds Far easier twas said aileron trainers Has hands-oft stability Pictures first flight sequenced show lift-off holding slight back pressure climb-out slow-flight flyby high-speed flyby hands-off groove mild problem seems odd pilot see plane air stabilizer about ship text photos Tom Schmitt 18 ModelAviation assist nose-high turns Reflex elevons 3/32 i extreme TE Balance far forward about inch behind LE time got builtwith blank assembled fuselage Evans delightful foam wing partially sheeted false cap strips lightnessEvans flown five ofthem flight soared 1 hr 32 mm Cox Conquest 15 Rossi-class demon skids instead wheels launch held ship overhead simply took away hand speed range 15 80 mph time Mad Test Pilot Don Srull put air early August Evans companions fleet going sizes up 40 power call themselves Red Mountain Boys special caps and airplane known Slow Motion Doug Stanek 90 flights 40 version may slow Bill Evans goes like 40-size cabin jobs clean Mine powered beloved K&B-Veco 19 Taxies beautifully Manx cat Runs arrow-true steady Stable easy-handling flight does eights just rudder though normally fly elevons man love things Groovy steady approaches good flares nice touch downs Although short-coupled extreme elevons serve beautifully effective gentle elevators tail-dragger gear Hallco perfect eliminating weight third wheel its penalizing low forward profileand assorted junk does hands-off 360s flying buddies waited impatiently see thing flew interested rubber- electric-powered possibilities asked Evans 6-ft wing core declared that would overkill sent five-footer vertical tail still think six-footer would superb soarer gentle-wind loafer 5 ft makes nifty sport flier sure out ordinary Lincoln Beachey right said Give barn door will fly UPS bringing Red Mountain Boys red peaked capthe Last Star Fighters nothing unorthodox flying wing Physically sheep wolf s clothing same principle say Eaglet has stabilizer pushed wing reflexed median line airfoilplus reflexed elevonsare same deal using angular difference stability wing-plusstab airplane normal airfoil hence wing alone unstable stick stab out behind compensate instability instability comes center pressure travel increases angle attack Eaglet CP moves forward thus changlng required relationship CG stabilizer handles CP travel could handled wing itself could forget horizontal tail CP does change tad flying wing stable enough because its reflexed aft portion supplies enough stab action keep everything happy Basically tis same CG CL setup always fly withnothing really changed II / NOTE AIRCRAFT HELD TOGETHER WITH HUBBER BANDS BLOCKSSHEET / L L L just looks funny Engineers may call Flintstone say beefers make best soldiers Call Sergeant York beef about letters can use editor says quote cop-out Would prefer letters prattle letters get Ross FROM MODEL AIRPLANE NEWS JULY 947 / WINS SECTION EIFFFL 400 WITH FLAT BOTTOM.zIIIiZ ER SPORTSTER designed BILL WINTER WINGSPAN 49 INS WING AREA290 SO INS POWER U INS NOTE WINDSHIELD COMES~ ___ OST FOR ACCESS TOI BATTERY BOX7 CS IAPPROD1 fl/1H SECTION ANOTE DOWNTHRSST A TIMER 0 -I TOP FIN SSB FIN SCALE IN INCHES h1c 0 D 3 4 5 6810ID twin-boom pusher FF built Winter during winter 1946-47 Dont con fused downthrust Bill says because true CG probably vicinity engine mounts close machines center drag should try build RC try put battery radio servos far forward battery extreme nose would fly much dignity OS Max 10 gusto Max 15 Bill thinks December1984 19 Above Hal deBolts Electric Sportster ailerons excit ing approach combined genuine aerobatics soaring Specs 52 span 496 sq area 52 oz flying weight 15 oz loading NACA 65012 airfoil Hoerner tips Astro Cobalt 05 belt drive 12-9 reworked YO prop seven 1 2 Ah cells 1-in Goldberg spin ner 21/4-in Williams Bros wheels Has P-40-style nose air scoop air exits wing saddle Left Lou Roberts flies rare Scientific CL Cyclone circa 1945-46 admires its clas sic lines early Control Line birds showed FF lineage Like could convert nicely RC Electric Lou says Forster 35 adequate power decent sport flier Years mCi No er half century Fl nodelers have enjoyed fi rol Line aircraft main ted interest CL flying ling facilities provided n City Readir worry about losing ig Dutchmen can to general CL flying core pen nit organization holding cli th FDA nt looking ts fou pit area b que grills t situated along scenic Skyt ty Reading ft field Fly ways getting club membe nd friends rties picnics can rips full-scale fl team banquet things bu club these activities on club So h Dutchmen have rer rcentage o fly flying u bench test-run ular r CL fiyiny stayed witn answers Ho ach things lane go iooth Stunt flicj interest edback airc ment felt directed iants grasp oi touch much full-sc es apparent aircra Dutchmen Club 4 main interest ii r However over course uontrol Line being developi leaned toward CL Originally th n baseball diamonds playgrounc ma nly Lflier II find U hear U thered presenteoUVI rages 3 nOws 193 t-ree Flight d flying circles g Dutchmen Aeromode original member toda se guys sai e models Am right Genes abandoned fields necessary tofin 1948 club uri Drenkel Field lnrated betweer mA Orive b used thi tht mem iestCL 20 Model Aviation sigi sign ,owteam voing field er along McMullen quips about fan mail wit letter poured Guys write way write month Id like introduce few ofthese folks random letters would help know prefer occasional columns like Leading off Phillip Bruce Mahony Lime Rock CT zeroed-in remarks about drastic effects big non-free-wheelers glide Electric d flight instructor Pappy Metteson/Armonk Airport told have stretch glide engine quits get nose up stop prop windmilling first thing Makes sense says Phil dont really want drag brake front Trying recapture misspent youth has led MECA engine collecting led happy coincidence back first powered airplane model kept asking everyone about balsa profile modelPenny Glider remember style OK CO-2 blue fuselage rudder yellow wings stabilizer Well Clay Blanton Columbus GA unearthed slightly-tattered box Megow CO-2 Special Most steamed-in dihedral camber disappeared wing 35-36 years sure brings back memories measured incidence wing tail found wing negative tail posi tive NowIdidntflywell. dont really want fly origlnal would like scale about 60 70% Brown/Telco/Shark whatever CO-2 Would fun schoolyard settings Finding old Megow thing awakened another memory Mahony wanders once autoglro three floppy-hinged blades kite some sort bar across nose also lines leading handie manipulated wind kept up Well got away overcontrolled horrible blade-crunching death upon Reynolds Field other side Kensico nowWestchester Airport Can anyone identify Anybody have up grabs Lime Rock national race car site suspect Phil involved flies models adjacent track can tell Armonk recall correctly long gone beastly grass airport L-shaped strips parallel high wires other right angle skimmed over wires flared normally arrived edge slope flew off space just about stalled same elevation hangar roofs Phil tells old Canaan Airport northwest corner Connecticut also no highway bisects Walt Schroder flew 1948 RC Special rented Airknockers X-country now two strips somewhere devoted ultralights onto next guest Selig Solomon president Pharmometrics Corp New Brunswick NJ among wrote regarding Pronto story July issue early 70s Mr Solomon beglns living Annapolis MD wanted teach oldest son 12 years old fly RC went hobby shop looking appropriate model settled Pronto airplane proved best flier trainer ever seen Truthfully secretly began enjoy Pronto Aero master flying son learned quickly soon ready outgrow Pronto day returned home office found him seated drafting table Pronto plans laid out designing strip ailerons linkages still have original plans drawings built what later become Super Pronto fall attended WRAM Show New York Tidewater booth son spoke individual booth great length what done Pronto including photos discussed link ages changes dihedral strengthening center section etc Shortly afterwards first com mercial Super Prontos made appearance original Pronto lasted until two years ago on-board battery failed aircraft reduced itself kit form youngest son now 11 years old Solomon continues has flying trainer 4B-2 built Model Aviation plans some time ago has progressed nicely have intrigued column am preparing scratch-build Super Pronto origlnal plans Ijust finished scratch-building Quarter Scale PRY-S Catalina Sid Mor gan plans have keep myself occupied paint dries history provided column interesting provided warmth depth found normal rendition Thank Continued page 22 December 1984 21 * I VIDEO PROGRAMS K jNEW LANE FUNNIES II The wildest craziest wackiest insane video ever \ 30 minutes aeromodeling insanity Gremlins working overtime OTHER GREAT VIDEOS RENTBUY 14954495 13954495 13954495 12953995 14953995 1 BASIC CONSTRUCTION FOR BEGINNERS IN A/C90 Mm 2 BASIC FLIGHT TRAINING FOR BEGINNERS IN RIC60 Mm Protessional step step instruction Z 3 THE WORLD OF MODEL AVIATION90 Mm Expos static displays AMA NATS scale 4 OSHKOSH OVERVIEW55 Mm Workshops Air Shows Warbirds 5 AIRPLANE FUNNIES II30 Mm ORDERING INFORMATION Programs may rented wioplion purchase Duration rentals 3 days Program No1 is5 days Send Check Money Order lull purchase price 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sail high invariably some hidden-away field parking lot Across some wide field appears young man old man handin-hand couple want get RC know RC exists Few know about magazines often havent heard about AMA An AMA T-shirt leads questions have met six such couples seasonand least dozen men boys Usually have seen something TV newspaper AMA cranks out mountain stuff media folks re porters impressive jobs Questions can fly can meet people fly Whats good kit can get much Ifly Ouch Mothers waiting kids get done soccer far-off corner area furious coaches lousing up dinnertime grow fascinated drifting soaring planes several times have heard same remark beautiful supposes must seen like sailing can identify big nearby flying sites think experts will tell must have bomb ailerons right Gadzooks feels humble helpless much can Point some direction cross fingers thats nothing print language book magazine articles nothing properly adequately serves purpose have come believe nobody knows Insights 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looks Burgess battery sitting up cabin placed floor figured weight belly plane would make stable did know ship got turn pendulum effect weight tightened turn ship went just like previous Quaker Flash day some older modeler suggested try placing battery shown plans did no problems guess start accumulation knowledge try pass along Engine Clinic column now think modelers nowadays can appreciate some things went through back early days model engine development lot just taken granted As small boy lived about five miles Grand Central Air Terminal Glendale CA historic flights took place used ride bike over airport several times week just watch Ford Trimotors Curtiss Con dors take off land no way young fellows today can experience type pleasure Baby Cyclone engines also made Grand Central tin shed alongside hangars used spend hours outside fence behind shed watching rnn engines Actually hoping someone might offer reject poor kid later years met Bill Atwood Mel Anderson Ira Hassad told about said should just have come door asked plenty probably would have given era can never dupli cated knew going airplane pilot grew upand eventually spent 11 years Air Corps/Force pilot during following WW II Enough about past column just brings back old memoriesall way back Bill Barnes Air Trails Silver Lancer note has gotten little longer anticipated Wendell Hughes Prince Edward Island Cana da notes address too far complain about flying sites being too far away remarks about Theme models spell out something have always suspected Wendell writes have Theme model Its Me-109F slope glider have taken deviations scale keeps correct sit Continued page 26 24 Model Aviation MASTER AIRSCREW new K Series family propellers has introduced three Sizes 14 x 614 x 8 16 x 6 large propellers have Wider blades thinner airfoil sections best performance fourstroke engines Will also Work very well two-strokes Mold ed same tough glass-filled nylon GIF 1/2A Series props have same incredible strength durability 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folks Au Some CL guys hate word dont blame for. fun am teaching young beginner fly knows nothing recharging has ton fun doesnt crash anymore getting father interested didnt take out bank loan either taught old fellow build mechanically-sound models Stunt Doug tweaks needle have fun watching him teach 17-year-old build better models leaming teach Thats fun plusfun have TD 02-powered ping-pong-pilot plane long has since youve such plane Bill Au Never funnier stuff never ping-pong balls. far safer buy totally-detailed doll $40 place cockpitno danger fun way. des image problems no longer able laugh themselves others toy airplanes think fly-ins low-key let tell about Ballon-Bust Midwest rules dont always win mind thats point have fun design Balloon Bust Goat will stop dead midair no throttle will also back up AuDoug hope goes beep beep beep does won Spirit 1952 award authentic construction Old-Time Stunter Bamstormer am proud award others . same Barnstormer took first overall PAMPA-class 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eec 3rd Leonard Bedford3rd Tony Nacarreto3rd Robert Meboren3rd Tony Nananeto FAI Strip Aetro CO 05 Sateite 200 ILniarre LT-Sdl F-2B lAstro 036 i5 AD-S Aeon 0301 Scora-l27eec Score-22leec meeting 10-sec gas charge flying over carpet limits much trouble beginner can get see June 1983 MA could goon. er No will listen Besides busy having fuii jtrs hard find time write others tell em much fun havg. can say anyone having fun ukie simply touch what going ukie changing fer sure say valley Mark words what going will probably happen rest hobby later time need ukie fun ph etc rattle cage Iwiliget some assuming cannot locate 1982 stuff Au Doug having fun everything including ukie rattling cage fun too files aint Congressional Library Weuns col umnists have choice file write Doug good pLy fun too Read Just Fun September issue says Joe Kovel enjoyed refer ences KG sake record plans KG appeared April May issues ofMANin 1935 1934 Ive trying number years restore original KG Barring unforeseen delays project should completed 1985 also have KG-2 works RC-Assist KG restoration has priority Imagine original KG AMA Mu seum Im trying talk Joe out some pictures Cross fingers Formed 1934 Flying Dutchmen Aero modelers Reading PA nations oldest continuously-active clubsyou can num ber such outfits fingers hand maybe two FDA big un premier example what can done community Unique its exceptional close ties fasno lies FDA shining example what club can FDA Show Team AMAs oldest claims fly exhibits other promised few months ago FDA would back give justly-earned spot own Control Line club Modeling many-splendored thing Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Still Going Circles Continued aoe 20 yearthehigh numberduesolelytotheabilityof CL flown small area cooperation between Flying Dutch men local government can used model other organizations Indeed pos sible government private organizations work hand-in-hand make specific area better place enjoy recreational activity future outlook very bright commitment between Flying Dutchmen city will ensure fine flying site will available future generations enjoy Control Line flying has enjoyed past 50 years Flying Near Al rports Careful Safe Flying No Accident 28 Model Aviation S proud have part OflarUTUIUTiOfl winning team Rena NATS total 27 out 28 contestants placed top three events used ASTRO MOTORS ASTRO MOTORS used First Second place winners Congratulations NATS winners proud 1 leach Ave a Del Roy CA 2 e 213 821 -6243IJ U
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/12
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 28
Bill Winter Just Fun t fi FOR GUY never builds planes appear nowhere keep getting water Gremlins have crazy airplane another new spite draconian efforts get rid old ones todays radios never seem totally crash anything dont deserve such luck rafters filled dust gatherers heirlooms hardy attic trunks did take saw cardboard monster loomed like dinosaur Museum Naturai History dish out airplanes helpless victims Nondescript va grants scattered New England two beyond Mississippi Some gather dust other guys rafters some sail like Flying Dutchman Three actively flown over 20 years old cant take cannibaiized radio adds hulk graveyard ships Ever meet yourself coming going Sunday afternoon Bloody April club site few us threaded back roads tiny rough strip set middle huge field waving long grass wheat-like flew unlikely mixed bag Gas Electric planes mind can imagine generai lend-lease operation barn stormers have failen things get passed aroundplanes engines ra dios some poor things dont know belong Cruising around lazy flight flaps down Eagle watched Krack eliac flashing underneath back forth Far above whining steadily own LeCrate Electric Other planes sat waiting fly Can imaglne three models flying together get pleasure seeing others fly stuff flying myself get invited occasionally try sticks learn far watching flying design flight characteristics bag Literally hundreds flights have made plane before note myriad subtle things good bad may visible just session observing good man pilot planes thing understood anything bites dust thats way cookie crumbles Now about new crazy airplane Know what Simitar some years head MA plans sale Simitar first Star Wars madness series Bill Evans Simitar weird flying wing highly aerobatic flies fastlike bomb flat wing has straight leading edge LE swept-forward trailing edge TE trun cated fuselagechopped off TE elevons its low wingsticking out well forward tractor englne nose strike gear last airplane world would build could never handie like fool dashed angels fear tread needled Bill Evans quip slow enough Id consider flying What want asked Feeling hot breath devil neck gave him list impossible requirements bigger wing much reduced loading low power ability fly hands-off either three four channels would have soar greatest ease Also wanted stable groovy flight rudder-only too asked him make tail-dragger could taxied tipping over thought would go away Sketches flew back forth Odd problems arose Dihedral necessary put twist reflex airfoil youll find reflex Simitar draw median line airfoil What about hands-off stability 360soaring know no spiraling-down rudder control Extend fuselage aft lower billboard-size vertical tail Simitar actually Simitar Deuce move back fuselage extended 8 aft rudder TE Lower aft profile raise forward profile add good-sized canopy far forward Left Don SruIl mad test pilot always gets first try Winters crazy creations sets tfle idle Tor simitar slow Motion unaer Bills watchful gaze Winter cajoled Bill Evans designing saying hed make light could soar fly three four channels rudder alone too have trike baloney Note elevons reflexed 3/32 lengthened fuselage lower vertical tall higher nose forward canopy profiles dihedral East Coast version elevons short full span Right Could tail-dragger Simitar Slow Motion taxi Would nose over Ground handling proved perfect crew taxied out Secret wings Evans airfoil far forward high point reflexed median line Balance point about Inch behind LE first half-speed taxi run looked good Srull lifted off perfect flightincluding high-power rudder turns slow-flight flybys loop K&B Veco 19 venturi came loose Srull made successful dead-stick landing weeds Far easier twas said aileron trainers Has hands-oft stability Pictures first flight sequenced show lift-off holding slight back pressure climb-out slow-flight flyby high-speed flyby hands-off groove mild problem seems odd pilot see plane air stabilizer about ship text photos Tom Schmitt 18 ModelAviation assist nose-high turns Reflex elevons 3/32 i extreme TE Balance far forward about inch behind LE time got builtwith blank assembled fuselage Evans delightful foam wing partially sheeted false cap strips lightnessEvans flown five ofthem flight soared 1 hr 32 mm Cox Conquest 15 Rossi-class demon skids instead wheels launch held ship overhead simply took away hand speed range 15 80 mph time Mad Test Pilot Don Srull put air early August Evans companions fleet going sizes up 40 power call themselves Red Mountain Boys special caps and airplane known Slow Motion Doug Stanek 90 flights 40 version may slow Bill Evans goes like 40-size cabin jobs clean Mine powered beloved K&B-Veco 19 Taxies beautifully Manx cat Runs arrow-true steady Stable easy-handling flight does eights just rudder though normally fly elevons man love things Groovy steady approaches good flares nice touch downs Although short-coupled extreme elevons serve beautifully effective gentle elevators tail-dragger gear Hallco perfect eliminating weight third wheel its penalizing low forward profileand assorted junk does hands-off 360s flying buddies waited impatiently see thing flew interested rubber- electric-powered possibilities asked Evans 6-ft wing core declared that would overkill sent five-footer vertical tail still think six-footer would superb soarer gentle-wind loafer 5 ft makes nifty sport flier sure out ordinary Lincoln Beachey right said Give barn door will fly UPS bringing Red Mountain Boys red peaked capthe Last Star Fighters nothing unorthodox flying wing Physically sheep wolf s clothing same principle say Eaglet has stabilizer pushed wing reflexed median line airfoilplus reflexed elevonsare same deal using angular difference stability wing-plusstab airplane normal airfoil hence wing alone unstable stick stab out behind compensate instability instability comes center pressure travel increases angle attack Eaglet CP moves forward thus changlng required relationship CG stabilizer handles CP travel could handled wing itself could forget horizontal tail CP does change tad flying wing stable enough because its reflexed aft portion supplies enough stab action keep everything happy Basically tis same CG CL setup always fly withnothing really changed II / NOTE AIRCRAFT HELD TOGETHER WITH HUBBER BANDS BLOCKSSHEET / L L L just looks funny Engineers may call Flintstone say beefers make best soldiers Call Sergeant York beef about letters can use editor says quote cop-out Would prefer letters prattle letters get Ross FROM MODEL AIRPLANE NEWS JULY 947 / WINS SECTION EIFFFL 400 WITH FLAT BOTTOM.zIIIiZ ER SPORTSTER designed BILL WINTER WINGSPAN 49 INS WING AREA290 SO INS POWER U INS NOTE WINDSHIELD COMES~ ___ OST FOR ACCESS TOI BATTERY BOX7 CS IAPPROD1 fl/1H SECTION ANOTE DOWNTHRSST A TIMER 0 -I TOP FIN SSB FIN SCALE IN INCHES h1c 0 D 3 4 5 6810ID twin-boom pusher FF built Winter during winter 1946-47 Dont con fused downthrust Bill says because true CG probably vicinity engine mounts close machines center drag should try build RC try put battery radio servos far forward battery extreme nose would fly much dignity OS Max 10 gusto Max 15 Bill thinks December1984 19 Above Hal deBolts Electric Sportster ailerons excit ing approach combined genuine aerobatics soaring Specs 52 span 496 sq area 52 oz flying weight 15 oz loading NACA 65012 airfoil Hoerner tips Astro Cobalt 05 belt drive 12-9 reworked YO prop seven 1 2 Ah cells 1-in Goldberg spin ner 21/4-in Williams Bros wheels Has P-40-style nose air scoop air exits wing saddle Left Lou Roberts flies rare Scientific CL Cyclone circa 1945-46 admires its clas sic lines early Control Line birds showed FF lineage Like could convert nicely RC Electric Lou says Forster 35 adequate power decent sport flier Years mCi No er half century Fl nodelers have enjoyed fi rol Line aircraft main ted interest CL flying ling facilities provided n City Readir worry about losing ig Dutchmen can to general CL flying core pen nit organization holding cli th FDA nt looking ts fou pit area b que grills t situated along scenic Skyt ty Reading ft field Fly ways getting club membe nd friends rties picnics can rips full-scale fl team banquet things bu club these activities on club So h Dutchmen have rer rcentage o fly flying u bench test-run ular r CL fiyiny stayed witn answers Ho ach things lane go iooth Stunt flicj interest edback airc ment felt directed iants grasp oi touch much full-sc es apparent aircra Dutchmen Club 4 main interest ii r However over course uontrol Line being developi leaned toward CL Originally th n baseball diamonds playgrounc ma nly Lflier II find U hear U thered presenteoUVI rages 3 nOws 193 t-ree Flight d flying circles g Dutchmen Aeromode original member toda se guys sai e models Am right Genes abandoned fields necessary tofin 1948 club uri Drenkel Field lnrated betweer mA Orive b used thi tht mem iestCL 20 Model Aviation sigi sign ,owteam voing field er along McMullen quips about fan mail wit letter poured Guys write way write month Id like introduce few ofthese folks random letters would help know prefer occasional columns like Leading off Phillip Bruce Mahony Lime Rock CT zeroed-in remarks about drastic effects big non-free-wheelers glide Electric d flight instructor Pappy Metteson/Armonk Airport told have stretch glide engine quits get nose up stop prop windmilling first thing Makes sense says Phil dont really want drag brake front Trying recapture misspent youth has led MECA engine collecting led happy coincidence back first powered airplane model kept asking everyone about balsa profile modelPenny Glider remember style OK CO-2 blue fuselage rudder yellow wings stabilizer Well Clay Blanton Columbus GA unearthed slightly-tattered box Megow CO-2 Special Most steamed-in dihedral camber disappeared wing 35-36 years sure brings back memories measured incidence wing tail found wing negative tail posi tive NowIdidntflywell. dont really want fly origlnal would like scale about 60 70% Brown/Telco/Shark whatever CO-2 Would fun schoolyard settings Finding old Megow thing awakened another memory Mahony wanders once autoglro three floppy-hinged blades kite some sort bar across nose also lines leading handie manipulated wind kept up Well got away overcontrolled horrible blade-crunching death upon Reynolds Field other side Kensico nowWestchester Airport Can anyone identify Anybody have up grabs Lime Rock national race car site suspect Phil involved flies models adjacent track can tell Armonk recall correctly long gone beastly grass airport L-shaped strips parallel high wires other right angle skimmed over wires flared normally arrived edge slope flew off space just about stalled same elevation hangar roofs Phil tells old Canaan Airport northwest corner Connecticut also no highway bisects Walt Schroder flew 1948 RC Special rented Airknockers X-country now two strips somewhere devoted ultralights onto next guest Selig Solomon president Pharmometrics Corp New Brunswick NJ among wrote regarding Pronto story July issue early 70s Mr Solomon beglns living Annapolis MD wanted teach oldest son 12 years old fly RC went hobby shop looking appropriate model settled Pronto airplane proved best flier trainer ever seen Truthfully secretly began enjoy Pronto Aero master flying son learned quickly soon ready outgrow Pronto day returned home office found him seated drafting table Pronto plans laid out designing strip ailerons linkages still have original plans drawings built what later become Super Pronto fall attended WRAM Show New York Tidewater booth son spoke individual booth great length what done Pronto including photos discussed link ages changes dihedral strengthening center section etc Shortly afterwards first com mercial Super Prontos made appearance original Pronto lasted until two years ago on-board battery failed aircraft reduced itself kit form youngest son now 11 years old Solomon continues has flying trainer 4B-2 built Model Aviation plans some time ago has progressed nicely have intrigued column am preparing scratch-build Super Pronto origlnal plans Ijust finished scratch-building Quarter Scale PRY-S Catalina Sid Mor gan plans have keep myself occupied paint dries history provided column interesting provided warmth depth found normal rendition Thank Continued page 22 December 1984 21 * I VIDEO PROGRAMS K jNEW LANE FUNNIES II The wildest craziest wackiest insane video ever \ 30 minutes aeromodeling insanity Gremlins working overtime OTHER GREAT VIDEOS RENTBUY 14954495 13954495 13954495 12953995 14953995 1 BASIC CONSTRUCTION FOR BEGINNERS IN A/C90 Mm 2 BASIC FLIGHT TRAINING FOR BEGINNERS IN RIC60 Mm Protessional step step instruction Z 3 THE WORLD OF MODEL AVIATION90 Mm Expos static displays AMA NATS scale 4 OSHKOSH OVERVIEW55 Mm Workshops Air Shows Warbirds 5 AIRPLANE FUNNIES II30 Mm ORDERING INFORMATION Programs may rented wioplion purchase Duration rentals 3 days Program No1 is5 days Send Check Money Order lull purchase price tape ordered renting balance will refunded upon return programs ordering specify date desired Club meelings order well advance Allow 10 days checks clear Illinois Residents include 8 per cent tas Shipping charge 5300 purchase 5450 rental Return postage included VHS ONLY SEND ORDERS TO ACADEMY OF AVIATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT POBOX 428139 CHICAGO ILLINOIS 312 8740456 BAKA Features Quick building balsa construction Full scale plans photo illustrated instructions El Good first aileron airplane stable easy fly Send check MO 31 Span MAGUS$2195 049 Engine Pay Shipping FM AGUS MODEL AIRCRAFT 3518 Laurel 4 4 write great column Mrs G Ross Denver flatters love reading about different types airplanes husband new RC read section Peter Miller Put Wings Camera knew ask howl can get copy article Also what types kits would idea work best What Old-Timers can find out about Thank patience questions letter strikes home truly enjoy flying late day cool evenings two other guys want quietly watch birds sail high invariably some hidden-away field parking lot Across some wide field appears young man old man handin-hand couple want get RC know RC exists Few know about magazines often havent heard about AMA An AMA T-shirt leads questions have met six such couples seasonand least dozen men boys Usually have seen something TV newspaper AMA cranks out mountain stuff media folks re porters impressive jobs Questions can fly can meet people fly Whats good kit can get much Ifly Ouch Mothers waiting kids get done soccer far-off corner area furious coaches lousing up dinnertime grow fascinated drifting soaring planes several times have heard same remark beautiful supposes must seen like sailing can identify big nearby flying sites think experts will tell must have bomb ailerons right Gadzooks feels humble helpless much can Point some direction cross fingers thats nothing print language book magazine articles nothing properly adequately serves purpose have come believe nobody knows Insights understanding aimost totally nonexistent booklet just 100 simple questions answers would help dont expect see lifetime havent seen 55 years modeling now Oh have tried just focus impressions may complex hobby world shine lights thousand different corners never illumi nating stage Try next time go Out fly think about object action simple because lucky enough know about themand much us know field box Whats plane radio everything tank clunk pressure plugs props connectors boosters starters batteries chargers gizmos gadgets Think what field action taken range-check starting engine Think start run engine remember stuff Greek Think about know hacker will thinking things weeks end head full buzzing bees have partial answer So So does everybody including model ing industry Tower Babel Want shock After five decades maga zines associations clubs national programs cost well-intentioned well-heeled bundle can assure within twoyear period 50% turnover have hung over years millions have turned off Some come back Most never Mrs Ross dear hubbyyou can Would tell us regularly about progress Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation Burton Michigan 48529 Dealer Inquiries welcome 10 Delta 10 Engine 30 Span LEADER IN SMALL AIRFOIL TECHNOLOGY MFG OF NI-STARTER NI-STARTER revolutronary concept model engines used boats cars airplanes NI STARTERITMI uses HeadlockITMI adapter locks onto glow plugs start engine Fits pocket comes CIlO charger has LED lights up charging Rechargeable hundreds times gives over 50 consecutive starts recharging Available charger Send ad along prepayment receive tree shipping handling $2495 charger NI-STARTER$2495 charger lOV 220V t2V fast chargerl NI-STARTER$1595 charger Chargers$1295 charger Ii 1OV 220V 2V fast charger PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH CHARGER WHEN ORDERING 12421 RANSOM DRIVE GLENN DALE MD 20769301 464-2260 SCALE WH EELS FREE-FLIGHT oco VINTAGESMOOTHGOLDEN AGENEW sizes2/zCONTOURsizes214BALLOON 3/"23h 3/ 13341314132hz414 11443/i11433/411/443/i 4 1145114411/25334 1/a6/24514l/g614 SCALE PILOTS CYUNDERS ENGINE KITS - MACHINE GUN KITS PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS WLLOAIZ SEND $1 FOR COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 9 CONTROL-UNE achievements dearly want know make out Just note let know column first thing read ModelAviation month writes Clarence Lee quite surprised suddenly see name print current issue regards Wally Francisco putting cologne fuel met Wally two three occasions did ask him time what made fuel smell like perfume answer put cologne guess get older tend reminisce about past reading column month brings back old memories hate date myself first gas engine 1937 Bunch Mighty Midget purchased knock down fonn built Megow Quaker Flash think ever successful flight wing badly warped tried correct aluminum trim tab low speed tab some effect model picked up speed warp wing took over would spiral-dive ground Later bought Miss Tiny Ohlsson 23 began get some successful flights However before crashed few times because did like looks Burgess battery sitting up cabin placed floor figured weight belly plane would make stable did know ship got turn pendulum effect weight tightened turn ship went just like previous Quaker Flash day some older modeler suggested try placing battery shown plans did no problems guess start accumulation knowledge try pass along Engine Clinic column now think modelers nowadays can appreciate some things went through back early days model engine development lot just taken granted As small boy lived about five miles Grand Central Air Terminal Glendale CA historic flights took place used ride bike over airport several times week just watch Ford Trimotors Curtiss Con dors take off land no way young fellows today can experience type pleasure Baby Cyclone engines also made Grand Central tin shed alongside hangars used spend hours outside fence behind shed watching rnn engines Actually hoping someone might offer reject poor kid later years met Bill Atwood Mel Anderson Ira Hassad told about said should just have come door asked plenty probably would have given era can never dupli cated knew going airplane pilot grew upand eventually spent 11 years Air Corps/Force pilot during following WW II Enough about past column just brings back old memoriesall way back Bill Barnes Air Trails Silver Lancer note has gotten little longer anticipated Wendell Hughes Prince Edward Island Cana da notes address too far complain about flying sites being too far away remarks about Theme models spell out something have always suspected Wendell writes have Theme model Its Me-109F slope glider have taken deviations scale keeps correct sit Continued page 26 24 Model Aviation MASTER AIRSCREW new K Series family propellers has introduced three Sizes 14 x 614 x 8 16 x 6 large propellers have Wider blades thinner airfoil sections best performance fourstroke engines Will also Work very well two-strokes Mold ed same tough glass-filled nylon GIF 1/2A Series props have same incredible strength durability 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airplane Its little vicious due small stab its real floater 24 oz Eppler 205 airfoil Rudder elevator controls positively indecent fun Ive enjoyed writing MAN 30s Air Trails etc hope someday youll explore artistic ramifications model airplane art has raison dentre moves three dimensions natural element have own flying field fann empty house Write sometime could write endlessly about artistic ramifications Construction art form particularly Rubber Scale Indoor models Beautifully-done machines type cap ture illusive essence full-size thing art forms So some color schemes finishes So flight greatest what Hughes calls artistic ramifications flight itself craft truly becomes air highly individual experience rare will know plane takes Doug Dahike EAA-ville WI Fun game let him anyway Check files July 1982 Doug commands Sent pix ukie stuff Doug tees off Heard nothing naturally assumed lack interest plus mountain mail Au aint joke son March 1984 wonder anyone has fun CL modeling What some ukie folks Au Some CL guys hate word dont blame for. fun am teaching young beginner fly knows nothing recharging has ton fun doesnt crash anymore getting father interested didnt take out bank loan either taught old fellow build mechanically-sound models Stunt Doug tweaks needle have fun watching him teach 17-year-old build better models leaming teach Thats fun plusfun have TD 02-powered ping-pong-pilot plane long has since youve such plane Bill Au Never funnier stuff never ping-pong balls. far safer buy totally-detailed doll $40 place cockpitno danger fun way. des image problems no longer able laugh themselves others toy airplanes think fly-ins low-key let tell about Ballon-Bust Midwest rules dont always win mind thats point have fun design Balloon Bust Goat will stop dead midair no throttle will also back up AuDoug hope goes beep beep beep does won Spirit 1952 award authentic construction Old-Time Stunter Bamstormer am proud award others . same Barnstormer took first overall PAMPA-class event fly ing Intermediate beat the Advancedclass flier Nobler well Expertclass pilot crashed 40-mph-plus wind fun Also great fun now prick memories present Ed Barnstormer construction article issue model Doug speaks indoor CO-2 Stunt model designed spans 21 weighs 30 grams total No concrete slabs oak elevators Got get serious about building Uses new Telco 3000 comes built-on Stunt tank Flies 9-ft lines does go fast medium power setting Allows ukie folks fly Stunt local library after club Continued page 28 K Send SASE Brochure Deeler Inquiries Welcome List Price $28500 AT-6 SNI-HARVARD 63375 Wingspan ngine s Complete Factory Direct $22800 Michigan residents odd 4% sales tax 26 Model Aviation 10031 CiiiSEVEN CiiiUNLIMITEDurnsDoc E/COIDIIMUICSAILPIANERICSAILPEANEEICWJRANORICSCAU lat-iobSIilflet-JoltnBrownlet-Bobioochorat-rorryNaowrmolet-Addiebacenato Playboy Aeon CO OSetentrone Anon CO 05ChallenOar lAstro COOSAOOo TOrO ArOro 036Faroren Movaliqee 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eec 3rd Leonard Bedford3rd Tony Nacarreto3rd Robert Meboren3rd Tony Nananeto FAI Strip Aetro CO 05 Sateite 200 ILniarre LT-Sdl F-2B lAstro 036 i5 AD-S Aeon 0301 Scora-l27eec Score-22leec meeting 10-sec gas charge flying over carpet limits much trouble beginner can get see June 1983 MA could goon. er No will listen Besides busy having fuii jtrs hard find time write others tell em much fun havg. can say anyone having fun ukie simply touch what going ukie changing fer sure say valley Mark words what going will probably happen rest hobby later time need ukie fun ph etc rattle cage Iwiliget some assuming cannot locate 1982 stuff Au Doug having fun everything including ukie rattling cage fun too files aint Congressional Library Weuns col umnists have choice file write Doug good pLy fun too Read Just Fun September issue says Joe Kovel enjoyed refer ences KG sake record plans KG appeared April May issues ofMANin 1935 1934 Ive trying number years restore original KG Barring unforeseen delays project should completed 1985 also have KG-2 works RC-Assist KG restoration has priority Imagine original KG AMA Mu seum Im trying talk Joe out some pictures Cross fingers Formed 1934 Flying Dutchmen Aero modelers Reading PA nations oldest continuously-active clubsyou can num ber such outfits fingers hand maybe two FDA big un premier example what can done community Unique its exceptional close ties fasno lies FDA shining example what club can FDA Show Team AMAs oldest claims fly exhibits other promised few months ago FDA would back give justly-earned spot own Control Line club Modeling many-splendored thing Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Still Going Circles Continued aoe 20 yearthehigh numberduesolelytotheabilityof CL flown small area cooperation between Flying Dutch men local government can used model other organizations Indeed pos sible government private organizations work hand-in-hand make specific area better place enjoy recreational activity future outlook very bright commitment between Flying Dutchmen city will ensure fine flying site will available future generations enjoy Control Line flying has enjoyed past 50 years Flying Near Al rports Careful Safe Flying No Accident 28 Model Aviation S proud have part OflarUTUIUTiOfl winning team Rena NATS total 27 out 28 contestants placed top three events used ASTRO MOTORS ASTRO MOTORS used First Second place winners Congratulations NATS winners proud 1 leach Ave a Del Roy CA 2 e 213 821 -6243IJ U
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/12
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 28
Bill Winter Just Fun t fi FOR GUY never builds planes appear nowhere keep getting water Gremlins have crazy airplane another new spite draconian efforts get rid old ones todays radios never seem totally crash anything dont deserve such luck rafters filled dust gatherers heirlooms hardy attic trunks did take saw cardboard monster loomed like dinosaur Museum Naturai History dish out airplanes helpless victims Nondescript va grants scattered New England two beyond Mississippi Some gather dust other guys rafters some sail like Flying Dutchman Three actively flown over 20 years old cant take cannibaiized radio adds hulk graveyard ships Ever meet yourself coming going Sunday afternoon Bloody April club site few us threaded back roads tiny rough strip set middle huge field waving long grass wheat-like flew unlikely mixed bag Gas Electric planes mind can imagine generai lend-lease operation barn stormers have failen things get passed aroundplanes engines ra dios some poor things dont know belong Cruising around lazy flight flaps down Eagle watched Krack eliac flashing underneath back forth Far above whining steadily own LeCrate Electric Other planes sat waiting fly Can imaglne three models flying together get pleasure seeing others fly stuff flying myself get invited occasionally try sticks learn far watching flying design flight characteristics bag Literally hundreds flights have made plane before note myriad subtle things good bad may visible just session observing good man pilot planes thing understood anything bites dust thats way cookie crumbles Now about new crazy airplane Know what Simitar some years head MA plans sale Simitar first Star Wars madness series Bill Evans Simitar weird flying wing highly aerobatic flies fastlike bomb flat wing has straight leading edge LE swept-forward trailing edge TE trun cated fuselagechopped off TE elevons its low wingsticking out well forward tractor englne nose strike gear last airplane world would build could never handie like fool dashed angels fear tread needled Bill Evans quip slow enough Id consider flying What want asked Feeling hot breath devil neck gave him list impossible requirements bigger wing much reduced loading low power ability fly hands-off either three four channels would have soar greatest ease Also wanted stable groovy flight rudder-only too asked him make tail-dragger could taxied tipping over thought would go away Sketches flew back forth Odd problems arose Dihedral necessary put twist reflex airfoil youll find reflex Simitar draw median line airfoil What about hands-off stability 360soaring know no spiraling-down rudder control Extend fuselage aft lower billboard-size vertical tail Simitar actually Simitar Deuce move back fuselage extended 8 aft rudder TE Lower aft profile raise forward profile add good-sized canopy far forward Left Don SruIl mad test pilot always gets first try Winters crazy creations sets tfle idle Tor simitar slow Motion unaer Bills watchful gaze Winter cajoled Bill Evans designing saying hed make light could soar fly three four channels rudder alone too have trike baloney Note elevons reflexed 3/32 lengthened fuselage lower vertical tall higher nose forward canopy profiles dihedral East Coast version elevons short full span Right Could tail-dragger Simitar Slow Motion taxi Would nose over Ground handling proved perfect crew taxied out Secret wings Evans airfoil far forward high point reflexed median line Balance point about Inch behind LE first half-speed taxi run looked good Srull lifted off perfect flightincluding high-power rudder turns slow-flight flybys loop K&B Veco 19 venturi came loose Srull made successful dead-stick landing weeds Far easier twas said aileron trainers Has hands-oft stability Pictures first flight sequenced show lift-off holding slight back pressure climb-out slow-flight flyby high-speed flyby hands-off groove mild problem seems odd pilot see plane air stabilizer about ship text photos Tom Schmitt 18 ModelAviation assist nose-high turns Reflex elevons 3/32 i extreme TE Balance far forward about inch behind LE time got builtwith blank assembled fuselage Evans delightful foam wing partially sheeted false cap strips lightnessEvans flown five ofthem flight soared 1 hr 32 mm Cox Conquest 15 Rossi-class demon skids instead wheels launch held ship overhead simply took away hand speed range 15 80 mph time Mad Test Pilot Don Srull put air early August Evans companions fleet going sizes up 40 power call themselves Red Mountain Boys special caps and airplane known Slow Motion Doug Stanek 90 flights 40 version may slow Bill Evans goes like 40-size cabin jobs clean Mine powered beloved K&B-Veco 19 Taxies beautifully Manx cat Runs arrow-true steady Stable easy-handling flight does eights just rudder though normally fly elevons man love things Groovy steady approaches good flares nice touch downs Although short-coupled extreme elevons serve beautifully effective gentle elevators tail-dragger gear Hallco perfect eliminating weight third wheel its penalizing low forward profileand assorted junk does hands-off 360s flying buddies waited impatiently see thing flew interested rubber- electric-powered possibilities asked Evans 6-ft wing core declared that would overkill sent five-footer vertical tail still think six-footer would superb soarer gentle-wind loafer 5 ft makes nifty sport flier sure out ordinary Lincoln Beachey right said Give barn door will fly UPS bringing Red Mountain Boys red peaked capthe Last Star Fighters nothing unorthodox flying wing Physically sheep wolf s clothing same principle say Eaglet has stabilizer pushed wing reflexed median line airfoilplus reflexed elevonsare same deal using angular difference stability wing-plusstab airplane normal airfoil hence wing alone unstable stick stab out behind compensate instability instability comes center pressure travel increases angle attack Eaglet CP moves forward thus changlng required relationship CG stabilizer handles CP travel could handled wing itself could forget horizontal tail CP does change tad flying wing stable enough because its reflexed aft portion supplies enough stab action keep everything happy Basically tis same CG CL setup always fly withnothing really changed II / NOTE AIRCRAFT HELD TOGETHER WITH HUBBER BANDS BLOCKSSHEET / L L L just looks funny Engineers may call Flintstone say beefers make best soldiers Call Sergeant York beef about letters can use editor says quote cop-out Would prefer letters prattle letters get Ross FROM MODEL AIRPLANE NEWS JULY 947 / WINS SECTION EIFFFL 400 WITH FLAT BOTTOM.zIIIiZ ER SPORTSTER designed BILL WINTER WINGSPAN 49 INS WING AREA290 SO INS POWER U INS NOTE WINDSHIELD COMES~ ___ OST FOR ACCESS TOI BATTERY BOX7 CS IAPPROD1 fl/1H SECTION ANOTE DOWNTHRSST A TIMER 0 -I TOP FIN SSB FIN SCALE IN INCHES h1c 0 D 3 4 5 6810ID twin-boom pusher FF built Winter during winter 1946-47 Dont con fused downthrust Bill says because true CG probably vicinity engine mounts close machines center drag should try build RC try put battery radio servos far forward battery extreme nose would fly much dignity OS Max 10 gusto Max 15 Bill thinks December1984 19 Above Hal deBolts Electric Sportster ailerons excit ing approach combined genuine aerobatics soaring Specs 52 span 496 sq area 52 oz flying weight 15 oz loading NACA 65012 airfoil Hoerner tips Astro Cobalt 05 belt drive 12-9 reworked YO prop seven 1 2 Ah cells 1-in Goldberg spin ner 21/4-in Williams Bros wheels Has P-40-style nose air scoop air exits wing saddle Left Lou Roberts flies rare Scientific CL Cyclone circa 1945-46 admires its clas sic lines early Control Line birds showed FF lineage Like could convert nicely RC Electric Lou says Forster 35 adequate power decent sport flier Years mCi No er half century Fl nodelers have enjoyed fi rol Line aircraft main ted interest CL flying ling facilities provided n City Readir worry about losing ig Dutchmen can to general CL flying core pen nit organization holding cli th FDA nt looking ts fou pit area b que grills t situated along scenic Skyt ty Reading ft field Fly ways getting club membe nd friends rties picnics can rips full-scale fl team banquet things bu club these activities on club So h Dutchmen have rer rcentage o fly flying u bench test-run ular r CL fiyiny stayed witn answers Ho ach things lane go iooth Stunt flicj interest edback airc ment felt directed iants grasp oi touch much full-sc es apparent aircra Dutchmen Club 4 main interest ii r However over course uontrol Line being developi leaned toward CL Originally th n baseball diamonds playgrounc ma nly Lflier II find U hear U thered presenteoUVI rages 3 nOws 193 t-ree Flight d flying circles g Dutchmen Aeromode original member toda se guys sai e models Am right Genes abandoned fields necessary tofin 1948 club uri Drenkel Field lnrated betweer mA Orive b used thi tht mem iestCL 20 Model Aviation sigi sign ,owteam voing field er along McMullen quips about fan mail wit letter poured Guys write way write month Id like introduce few ofthese folks random letters would help know prefer occasional columns like Leading off Phillip Bruce Mahony Lime Rock CT zeroed-in remarks about drastic effects big non-free-wheelers glide Electric d flight instructor Pappy Metteson/Armonk Airport told have stretch glide engine quits get nose up stop prop windmilling first thing Makes sense says Phil dont really want drag brake front Trying recapture misspent youth has led MECA engine collecting led happy coincidence back first powered airplane model kept asking everyone about balsa profile modelPenny Glider remember style OK CO-2 blue fuselage rudder yellow wings stabilizer Well Clay Blanton Columbus GA unearthed slightly-tattered box Megow CO-2 Special Most steamed-in dihedral camber disappeared wing 35-36 years sure brings back memories measured incidence wing tail found wing negative tail posi tive NowIdidntflywell. dont really want fly origlnal would like scale about 60 70% Brown/Telco/Shark whatever CO-2 Would fun schoolyard settings Finding old Megow thing awakened another memory Mahony wanders once autoglro three floppy-hinged blades kite some sort bar across nose also lines leading handie manipulated wind kept up Well got away overcontrolled horrible blade-crunching death upon Reynolds Field other side Kensico nowWestchester Airport Can anyone identify Anybody have up grabs Lime Rock national race car site suspect Phil involved flies models adjacent track can tell Armonk recall correctly long gone beastly grass airport L-shaped strips parallel high wires other right angle skimmed over wires flared normally arrived edge slope flew off space just about stalled same elevation hangar roofs Phil tells old Canaan Airport northwest corner Connecticut also no highway bisects Walt Schroder flew 1948 RC Special rented Airknockers X-country now two strips somewhere devoted ultralights onto next guest Selig Solomon president Pharmometrics Corp New Brunswick NJ among wrote regarding Pronto story July issue early 70s Mr Solomon beglns living Annapolis MD wanted teach oldest son 12 years old fly RC went hobby shop looking appropriate model settled Pronto airplane proved best flier trainer ever seen Truthfully secretly began enjoy Pronto Aero master flying son learned quickly soon ready outgrow Pronto day returned home office found him seated drafting table Pronto plans laid out designing strip ailerons linkages still have original plans drawings built what later become Super Pronto fall attended WRAM Show New York Tidewater booth son spoke individual booth great length what done Pronto including photos discussed link ages changes dihedral strengthening center section etc Shortly afterwards first com mercial Super Prontos made appearance original Pronto lasted until two years ago on-board battery failed aircraft reduced itself kit form youngest son now 11 years old Solomon continues has flying trainer 4B-2 built Model Aviation plans some time ago has progressed nicely have intrigued column am preparing scratch-build Super Pronto origlnal plans Ijust finished scratch-building Quarter Scale PRY-S Catalina Sid Mor gan plans have keep myself occupied paint dries history provided column interesting provided warmth depth found normal rendition Thank Continued page 22 December 1984 21 * I VIDEO PROGRAMS K jNEW LANE FUNNIES II The wildest craziest wackiest insane video ever \ 30 minutes aeromodeling insanity Gremlins working overtime OTHER GREAT VIDEOS RENTBUY 14954495 13954495 13954495 12953995 14953995 1 BASIC CONSTRUCTION FOR BEGINNERS IN A/C90 Mm 2 BASIC FLIGHT TRAINING FOR BEGINNERS IN RIC60 Mm Protessional step step instruction Z 3 THE WORLD OF MODEL AVIATION90 Mm Expos static displays AMA NATS scale 4 OSHKOSH OVERVIEW55 Mm Workshops Air Shows Warbirds 5 AIRPLANE FUNNIES II30 Mm ORDERING INFORMATION Programs may rented wioplion purchase Duration rentals 3 days Program No1 is5 days Send Check Money Order lull purchase price tape ordered renting balance will refunded upon return programs ordering specify date desired Club meelings order well advance Allow 10 days checks clear Illinois Residents include 8 per cent tas Shipping charge 5300 purchase 5450 rental Return postage included VHS ONLY SEND ORDERS TO ACADEMY OF AVIATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT POBOX 428139 CHICAGO ILLINOIS 312 8740456 BAKA Features Quick building balsa construction Full scale plans photo illustrated instructions El Good first aileron airplane stable easy fly Send check MO 31 Span MAGUS$2195 049 Engine Pay Shipping FM AGUS MODEL AIRCRAFT 3518 Laurel 4 4 write great column Mrs G Ross Denver flatters love reading about different types airplanes husband new RC read section Peter Miller Put Wings Camera knew ask howl can get copy article Also what types kits would idea work best What Old-Timers can find out about Thank patience questions letter strikes home truly enjoy flying late day cool evenings two other guys want quietly watch birds sail high invariably some hidden-away field parking lot Across some wide field appears young man old man handin-hand couple want get RC know RC exists Few know about magazines often havent heard about AMA An AMA T-shirt leads questions have met six such couples seasonand least dozen men boys Usually have seen something TV newspaper AMA cranks out mountain stuff media folks re porters impressive jobs Questions can fly can meet people fly Whats good kit can get much Ifly Ouch Mothers waiting kids get done soccer far-off corner area furious coaches lousing up dinnertime grow fascinated drifting soaring planes several times have heard same remark beautiful supposes must seen like sailing can identify big nearby flying sites think experts will tell must have bomb ailerons right Gadzooks feels humble helpless much can Point some direction cross fingers thats nothing print language book magazine articles nothing properly adequately serves purpose have come believe nobody knows Insights understanding aimost totally nonexistent booklet just 100 simple questions answers would help dont expect see lifetime havent seen 55 years modeling now Oh have tried just focus impressions may complex hobby world shine lights thousand different corners never illumi nating stage Try next time go Out fly think about object action simple because lucky enough know about themand much us know field box Whats plane radio everything tank clunk pressure plugs props connectors boosters starters batteries chargers gizmos gadgets Think what field action taken range-check starting engine Think start run engine remember stuff Greek Think about know hacker will thinking things weeks end head full buzzing bees have partial answer So So does everybody including model ing industry Tower Babel Want shock After five decades maga zines associations clubs national programs cost well-intentioned well-heeled bundle can assure within twoyear period 50% turnover have hung over years millions have turned off Some come back Most never Mrs Ross dear hubbyyou can Would tell us regularly about progress Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation Burton Michigan 48529 Dealer Inquiries welcome 10 Delta 10 Engine 30 Span LEADER IN SMALL AIRFOIL TECHNOLOGY MFG OF NI-STARTER NI-STARTER revolutronary concept model engines used boats cars airplanes NI STARTERITMI uses HeadlockITMI adapter locks onto glow plugs start engine Fits pocket comes CIlO charger has LED lights up charging Rechargeable hundreds times gives over 50 consecutive starts recharging Available charger Send ad along prepayment receive tree shipping handling $2495 charger NI-STARTER$2495 charger lOV 220V t2V fast chargerl NI-STARTER$1595 charger Chargers$1295 charger Ii 1OV 220V 2V fast charger PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH CHARGER WHEN ORDERING 12421 RANSOM DRIVE GLENN DALE MD 20769301 464-2260 SCALE WH EELS FREE-FLIGHT oco VINTAGESMOOTHGOLDEN AGENEW sizes2/zCONTOURsizes214BALLOON 3/"23h 3/ 13341314132hz414 11443/i11433/411/443/i 4 1145114411/25334 1/a6/24514l/g614 SCALE PILOTS CYUNDERS ENGINE KITS - MACHINE GUN KITS PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS WLLOAIZ SEND $1 FOR COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 9 CONTROL-UNE achievements dearly want know make out Just note let know column first thing read ModelAviation month writes Clarence Lee quite surprised suddenly see name print current issue regards Wally Francisco putting cologne fuel met Wally two three occasions did ask him time what made fuel smell like perfume answer put cologne guess get older tend reminisce about past reading column month brings back old memories hate date myself first gas engine 1937 Bunch Mighty Midget purchased knock down fonn built Megow Quaker Flash think ever successful flight wing badly warped tried correct aluminum trim tab low speed tab some effect model picked up speed warp wing took over would spiral-dive ground Later bought Miss Tiny Ohlsson 23 began get some successful flights However before crashed few times because did like looks Burgess battery sitting up cabin placed floor figured weight belly plane would make stable did know ship got turn pendulum effect weight tightened turn ship went just like previous Quaker Flash day some older modeler suggested try placing battery shown plans did no problems guess start accumulation knowledge try pass along Engine Clinic column now think modelers nowadays can appreciate some things went through back early days model engine development lot just taken granted As small boy lived about five miles Grand Central Air Terminal Glendale CA historic flights took place used ride bike over airport several times week just watch Ford Trimotors Curtiss Con dors take off land no way young fellows today can experience type pleasure Baby Cyclone engines also made Grand Central tin shed alongside hangars used spend hours outside fence behind shed watching rnn engines Actually hoping someone might offer reject poor kid later years met Bill Atwood Mel Anderson Ira Hassad told about said should just have come door asked plenty probably would have given era can never dupli cated knew going airplane pilot grew upand eventually spent 11 years Air Corps/Force pilot during following WW II Enough about past column just brings back old memoriesall way back Bill Barnes Air Trails Silver Lancer note has gotten little longer anticipated Wendell Hughes Prince Edward Island Cana da notes address too far complain about flying sites being too far away remarks about Theme models spell out something have always suspected Wendell writes have Theme model Its Me-109F slope glider have taken deviations scale keeps correct sit Continued page 26 24 Model Aviation MASTER AIRSCREW new K Series family propellers has introduced three Sizes 14 x 614 x 8 16 x 6 large propellers have Wider blades thinner airfoil sections best performance fourstroke engines Will also Work very well two-strokes Mold ed same tough glass-filled nylon GIF 1/2A Series props have same incredible strength durability 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airplane Its little vicious due small stab its real floater 24 oz Eppler 205 airfoil Rudder elevator controls positively indecent fun Ive enjoyed writing MAN 30s Air Trails etc hope someday youll explore artistic ramifications model airplane art has raison dentre moves three dimensions natural element have own flying field fann empty house Write sometime could write endlessly about artistic ramifications Construction art form particularly Rubber Scale Indoor models Beautifully-done machines type cap ture illusive essence full-size thing art forms So some color schemes finishes So flight greatest what Hughes calls artistic ramifications flight itself craft truly becomes air highly individual experience rare will know plane takes Doug Dahike EAA-ville WI Fun game let him anyway Check files July 1982 Doug commands Sent pix ukie stuff Doug tees off Heard nothing naturally assumed lack interest plus mountain mail Au aint joke son March 1984 wonder anyone has fun CL modeling What some ukie folks Au Some CL guys hate word dont blame for. fun am teaching young beginner fly knows nothing recharging has ton fun doesnt crash anymore getting father interested didnt take out bank loan either taught old fellow build mechanically-sound models Stunt Doug tweaks needle have fun watching him teach 17-year-old build better models leaming teach Thats fun plusfun have TD 02-powered ping-pong-pilot plane long has since youve such plane Bill Au Never funnier stuff never ping-pong balls. far safer buy totally-detailed doll $40 place cockpitno danger fun way. des image problems no longer able laugh themselves others toy airplanes think fly-ins low-key let tell about Ballon-Bust Midwest rules dont always win mind thats point have fun design Balloon Bust Goat will stop dead midair no throttle will also back up AuDoug hope goes beep beep beep does won Spirit 1952 award authentic construction Old-Time Stunter Bamstormer am proud award others . same Barnstormer took first overall PAMPA-class event fly ing Intermediate beat the Advancedclass flier Nobler well Expertclass pilot crashed 40-mph-plus wind fun Also great fun now prick memories present Ed Barnstormer construction article issue model Doug speaks indoor CO-2 Stunt model designed spans 21 weighs 30 grams total No concrete slabs oak elevators Got get serious about building Uses new Telco 3000 comes built-on Stunt tank Flies 9-ft lines does go fast medium power setting Allows ukie folks fly Stunt local library after club Continued page 28 K Send SASE Brochure Deeler Inquiries Welcome List Price $28500 AT-6 SNI-HARVARD 63375 Wingspan ngine s Complete Factory Direct $22800 Michigan residents odd 4% sales tax 26 Model Aviation 10031 CiiiSEVEN CiiiUNLIMITEDurnsDoc E/COIDIIMUICSAILPIANERICSAILPEANEEICWJRANORICSCAU lat-iobSIilflet-JoltnBrownlet-Bobioochorat-rorryNaowrmolet-Addiebacenato Playboy Aeon CO OSetentrone Anon CO 05ChallenOar lAstro COOSAOOo TOrO ArOro 036Faroren Movaliqee 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eec 3rd Leonard Bedford3rd Tony Nacarreto3rd Robert Meboren3rd Tony Nananeto FAI Strip Aetro CO 05 Sateite 200 ILniarre LT-Sdl F-2B lAstro 036 i5 AD-S Aeon 0301 Scora-l27eec Score-22leec meeting 10-sec gas charge flying over carpet limits much trouble beginner can get see June 1983 MA could goon. er No will listen Besides busy having fuii jtrs hard find time write others tell em much fun havg. can say anyone having fun ukie simply touch what going ukie changing fer sure say valley Mark words what going will probably happen rest hobby later time need ukie fun ph etc rattle cage Iwiliget some assuming cannot locate 1982 stuff Au Doug having fun everything including ukie rattling cage fun too files aint Congressional Library Weuns col umnists have choice file write Doug good pLy fun too Read Just Fun September issue says Joe Kovel enjoyed refer ences KG sake record plans KG appeared April May issues ofMANin 1935 1934 Ive trying number years restore original KG Barring unforeseen delays project should completed 1985 also have KG-2 works RC-Assist KG restoration has priority Imagine original KG AMA Mu seum Im trying talk Joe out some pictures Cross fingers Formed 1934 Flying Dutchmen Aero modelers Reading PA nations oldest continuously-active clubsyou can num ber such outfits fingers hand maybe two FDA big un premier example what can done community Unique its exceptional close ties fasno lies FDA shining example what club can FDA Show Team AMAs oldest claims fly exhibits other promised few months ago FDA would back give justly-earned spot own Control Line club Modeling many-splendored thing Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Still Going Circles Continued aoe 20 yearthehigh numberduesolelytotheabilityof CL flown small area cooperation between Flying Dutch men local government can used model other organizations Indeed pos sible government private organizations work hand-in-hand make specific area better place enjoy recreational activity future outlook very bright commitment between Flying Dutchmen city will ensure fine flying site will available future generations enjoy Control Line flying has enjoyed past 50 years Flying Near Al rports Careful Safe Flying No Accident 28 Model Aviation S proud have part OflarUTUIUTiOfl winning team Rena NATS total 27 out 28 contestants placed top three events used ASTRO MOTORS ASTRO MOTORS used First Second place winners Congratulations NATS winners proud 1 leach Ave a Del Roy CA 2 e 213 821 -6243IJ U
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/12
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 28
Bill Winter Just Fun t fi FOR GUY never builds planes appear nowhere keep getting water Gremlins have crazy airplane another new spite draconian efforts get rid old ones todays radios never seem totally crash anything dont deserve such luck rafters filled dust gatherers heirlooms hardy attic trunks did take saw cardboard monster loomed like dinosaur Museum Naturai History dish out airplanes helpless victims Nondescript va grants scattered New England two beyond Mississippi Some gather dust other guys rafters some sail like Flying Dutchman Three actively flown over 20 years old cant take cannibaiized radio adds hulk graveyard ships Ever meet yourself coming going Sunday afternoon Bloody April club site few us threaded back roads tiny rough strip set middle huge field waving long grass wheat-like flew unlikely mixed bag Gas Electric planes mind can imagine generai lend-lease operation barn stormers have failen things get passed aroundplanes engines ra dios some poor things dont know belong Cruising around lazy flight flaps down Eagle watched Krack eliac flashing underneath back forth Far above whining steadily own LeCrate Electric Other planes sat waiting fly Can imaglne three models flying together get pleasure seeing others fly stuff flying myself get invited occasionally try sticks learn far watching flying design flight characteristics bag Literally hundreds flights have made plane before note myriad subtle things good bad may visible just session observing good man pilot planes thing understood anything bites dust thats way cookie crumbles Now about new crazy airplane Know what Simitar some years head MA plans sale Simitar first Star Wars madness series Bill Evans Simitar weird flying wing highly aerobatic flies fastlike bomb flat wing has straight leading edge LE swept-forward trailing edge TE trun cated fuselagechopped off TE elevons its low wingsticking out well forward tractor englne nose strike gear last airplane world would build could never handie like fool dashed angels fear tread needled Bill Evans quip slow enough Id consider flying What want asked Feeling hot breath devil neck gave him list impossible requirements bigger wing much reduced loading low power ability fly hands-off either three four channels would have soar greatest ease Also wanted stable groovy flight rudder-only too asked him make tail-dragger could taxied tipping over thought would go away Sketches flew back forth Odd problems arose Dihedral necessary put twist reflex airfoil youll find reflex Simitar draw median line airfoil What about hands-off stability 360soaring know no spiraling-down rudder control Extend fuselage aft lower billboard-size vertical tail Simitar actually Simitar Deuce move back fuselage extended 8 aft rudder TE Lower aft profile raise forward profile add good-sized canopy far forward Left Don SruIl mad test pilot always gets first try Winters crazy creations sets tfle idle Tor simitar slow Motion unaer Bills watchful gaze Winter cajoled Bill Evans designing saying hed make light could soar fly three four channels rudder alone too have trike baloney Note elevons reflexed 3/32 lengthened fuselage lower vertical tall higher nose forward canopy profiles dihedral East Coast version elevons short full span Right Could tail-dragger Simitar Slow Motion taxi Would nose over Ground handling proved perfect crew taxied out Secret wings Evans airfoil far forward high point reflexed median line Balance point about Inch behind LE first half-speed taxi run looked good Srull lifted off perfect flightincluding high-power rudder turns slow-flight flybys loop K&B Veco 19 venturi came loose Srull made successful dead-stick landing weeds Far easier twas said aileron trainers Has hands-oft stability Pictures first flight sequenced show lift-off holding slight back pressure climb-out slow-flight flyby high-speed flyby hands-off groove mild problem seems odd pilot see plane air stabilizer about ship text photos Tom Schmitt 18 ModelAviation assist nose-high turns Reflex elevons 3/32 i extreme TE Balance far forward about inch behind LE time got builtwith blank assembled fuselage Evans delightful foam wing partially sheeted false cap strips lightnessEvans flown five ofthem flight soared 1 hr 32 mm Cox Conquest 15 Rossi-class demon skids instead wheels launch held ship overhead simply took away hand speed range 15 80 mph time Mad Test Pilot Don Srull put air early August Evans companions fleet going sizes up 40 power call themselves Red Mountain Boys special caps and airplane known Slow Motion Doug Stanek 90 flights 40 version may slow Bill Evans goes like 40-size cabin jobs clean Mine powered beloved K&B-Veco 19 Taxies beautifully Manx cat Runs arrow-true steady Stable easy-handling flight does eights just rudder though normally fly elevons man love things Groovy steady approaches good flares nice touch downs Although short-coupled extreme elevons serve beautifully effective gentle elevators tail-dragger gear Hallco perfect eliminating weight third wheel its penalizing low forward profileand assorted junk does hands-off 360s flying buddies waited impatiently see thing flew interested rubber- electric-powered possibilities asked Evans 6-ft wing core declared that would overkill sent five-footer vertical tail still think six-footer would superb soarer gentle-wind loafer 5 ft makes nifty sport flier sure out ordinary Lincoln Beachey right said Give barn door will fly UPS bringing Red Mountain Boys red peaked capthe Last Star Fighters nothing unorthodox flying wing Physically sheep wolf s clothing same principle say Eaglet has stabilizer pushed wing reflexed median line airfoilplus reflexed elevonsare same deal using angular difference stability wing-plusstab airplane normal airfoil hence wing alone unstable stick stab out behind compensate instability instability comes center pressure travel increases angle attack Eaglet CP moves forward thus changlng required relationship CG stabilizer handles CP travel could handled wing itself could forget horizontal tail CP does change tad flying wing stable enough because its reflexed aft portion supplies enough stab action keep everything happy Basically tis same CG CL setup always fly withnothing really changed II / NOTE AIRCRAFT HELD TOGETHER WITH HUBBER BANDS BLOCKSSHEET / L L L just looks funny Engineers may call Flintstone say beefers make best soldiers Call Sergeant York beef about letters can use editor says quote cop-out Would prefer letters prattle letters get Ross FROM MODEL AIRPLANE NEWS JULY 947 / WINS SECTION EIFFFL 400 WITH FLAT BOTTOM.zIIIiZ ER SPORTSTER designed BILL WINTER WINGSPAN 49 INS WING AREA290 SO INS POWER U INS NOTE WINDSHIELD COMES~ ___ OST FOR ACCESS TOI BATTERY BOX7 CS IAPPROD1 fl/1H SECTION ANOTE DOWNTHRSST A TIMER 0 -I TOP FIN SSB FIN SCALE IN INCHES h1c 0 D 3 4 5 6810ID twin-boom pusher FF built Winter during winter 1946-47 Dont con fused downthrust Bill says because true CG probably vicinity engine mounts close machines center drag should try build RC try put battery radio servos far forward battery extreme nose would fly much dignity OS Max 10 gusto Max 15 Bill thinks December1984 19 Above Hal deBolts Electric Sportster ailerons excit ing approach combined genuine aerobatics soaring Specs 52 span 496 sq area 52 oz flying weight 15 oz loading NACA 65012 airfoil Hoerner tips Astro Cobalt 05 belt drive 12-9 reworked YO prop seven 1 2 Ah cells 1-in Goldberg spin ner 21/4-in Williams Bros wheels Has P-40-style nose air scoop air exits wing saddle Left Lou Roberts flies rare Scientific CL Cyclone circa 1945-46 admires its clas sic lines early Control Line birds showed FF lineage Like could convert nicely RC Electric Lou says Forster 35 adequate power decent sport flier Years mCi No er half century Fl nodelers have enjoyed fi rol Line aircraft main ted interest CL flying ling facilities provided n City Readir worry about losing ig Dutchmen can to general CL flying core pen nit organization holding cli th FDA nt looking ts fou pit area b que grills t situated along scenic Skyt ty Reading ft field Fly ways getting club membe nd friends rties picnics can rips full-scale fl team banquet things bu club these activities on club So h Dutchmen have rer rcentage o fly flying u bench test-run ular r CL fiyiny stayed witn answers Ho ach things lane go iooth Stunt flicj interest edback airc ment felt directed iants grasp oi touch much full-sc es apparent aircra Dutchmen Club 4 main interest ii r However over course uontrol Line being developi leaned toward CL Originally th n baseball diamonds playgrounc ma nly Lflier II find U hear U thered presenteoUVI rages 3 nOws 193 t-ree Flight d flying circles g Dutchmen Aeromode original member toda se guys sai e models Am right Genes abandoned fields necessary tofin 1948 club uri Drenkel Field lnrated betweer mA Orive b used thi tht mem iestCL 20 Model Aviation sigi sign ,owteam voing field er along McMullen quips about fan mail wit letter poured Guys write way write month Id like introduce few ofthese folks random letters would help know prefer occasional columns like Leading off Phillip Bruce Mahony Lime Rock CT zeroed-in remarks about drastic effects big non-free-wheelers glide Electric d flight instructor Pappy Metteson/Armonk Airport told have stretch glide engine quits get nose up stop prop windmilling first thing Makes sense says Phil dont really want drag brake front Trying recapture misspent youth has led MECA engine collecting led happy coincidence back first powered airplane model kept asking everyone about balsa profile modelPenny Glider remember style OK CO-2 blue fuselage rudder yellow wings stabilizer Well Clay Blanton Columbus GA unearthed slightly-tattered box Megow CO-2 Special Most steamed-in dihedral camber disappeared wing 35-36 years sure brings back memories measured incidence wing tail found wing negative tail posi tive NowIdidntflywell. dont really want fly origlnal would like scale about 60 70% Brown/Telco/Shark whatever CO-2 Would fun schoolyard settings Finding old Megow thing awakened another memory Mahony wanders once autoglro three floppy-hinged blades kite some sort bar across nose also lines leading handie manipulated wind kept up Well got away overcontrolled horrible blade-crunching death upon Reynolds Field other side Kensico nowWestchester Airport Can anyone identify Anybody have up grabs Lime Rock national race car site suspect Phil involved flies models adjacent track can tell Armonk recall correctly long gone beastly grass airport L-shaped strips parallel high wires other right angle skimmed over wires flared normally arrived edge slope flew off space just about stalled same elevation hangar roofs Phil tells old Canaan Airport northwest corner Connecticut also no highway bisects Walt Schroder flew 1948 RC Special rented Airknockers X-country now two strips somewhere devoted ultralights onto next guest Selig Solomon president Pharmometrics Corp New Brunswick NJ among wrote regarding Pronto story July issue early 70s Mr Solomon beglns living Annapolis MD wanted teach oldest son 12 years old fly RC went hobby shop looking appropriate model settled Pronto airplane proved best flier trainer ever seen Truthfully secretly began enjoy Pronto Aero master flying son learned quickly soon ready outgrow Pronto day returned home office found him seated drafting table Pronto plans laid out designing strip ailerons linkages still have original plans drawings built what later become Super Pronto fall attended WRAM Show New York Tidewater booth son spoke individual booth great length what done Pronto including photos discussed link ages changes dihedral strengthening center section etc Shortly afterwards first com mercial Super Prontos made appearance original Pronto lasted until two years ago on-board battery failed aircraft reduced itself kit form youngest son now 11 years old Solomon continues has flying trainer 4B-2 built Model Aviation plans some time ago has progressed nicely have intrigued column am preparing scratch-build Super Pronto origlnal plans Ijust finished scratch-building Quarter Scale PRY-S Catalina Sid Mor gan plans have keep myself occupied paint dries history provided column interesting provided warmth depth found normal rendition Thank Continued page 22 December 1984 21 * I VIDEO PROGRAMS K jNEW LANE FUNNIES II The wildest craziest wackiest insane video ever \ 30 minutes aeromodeling insanity Gremlins working overtime OTHER GREAT VIDEOS RENTBUY 14954495 13954495 13954495 12953995 14953995 1 BASIC CONSTRUCTION FOR BEGINNERS IN A/C90 Mm 2 BASIC FLIGHT TRAINING FOR BEGINNERS IN RIC60 Mm Protessional step step instruction Z 3 THE WORLD OF MODEL AVIATION90 Mm Expos static displays AMA NATS scale 4 OSHKOSH OVERVIEW55 Mm Workshops Air Shows Warbirds 5 AIRPLANE FUNNIES II30 Mm ORDERING INFORMATION Programs may rented wioplion purchase Duration rentals 3 days Program No1 is5 days Send Check Money Order lull purchase price tape ordered renting balance will refunded upon return programs ordering specify date desired Club meelings order well advance Allow 10 days checks clear Illinois Residents include 8 per cent tas Shipping charge 5300 purchase 5450 rental Return postage included VHS ONLY SEND ORDERS TO ACADEMY OF AVIATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT POBOX 428139 CHICAGO ILLINOIS 312 8740456 BAKA Features Quick building balsa construction Full scale plans photo illustrated instructions El Good first aileron airplane stable easy fly Send check MO 31 Span MAGUS$2195 049 Engine Pay Shipping FM AGUS MODEL AIRCRAFT 3518 Laurel 4 4 write great column Mrs G Ross Denver flatters love reading about different types airplanes husband new RC read section Peter Miller Put Wings Camera knew ask howl can get copy article Also what types kits would idea work best What Old-Timers can find out about Thank patience questions letter strikes home truly enjoy flying late day cool evenings two other guys want quietly watch birds sail high invariably some hidden-away field parking lot Across some wide field appears young man old man handin-hand couple want get RC know RC exists Few know about magazines often havent heard about AMA An AMA T-shirt leads questions have met six such couples seasonand least dozen men boys Usually have seen something TV newspaper AMA cranks out mountain stuff media folks re porters impressive jobs Questions can fly can meet people fly Whats good kit can get much Ifly Ouch Mothers waiting kids get done soccer far-off corner area furious coaches lousing up dinnertime grow fascinated drifting soaring planes several times have heard same remark beautiful supposes must seen like sailing can identify big nearby flying sites think experts will tell must have bomb ailerons right Gadzooks feels humble helpless much can Point some direction cross fingers thats nothing print language book magazine articles nothing properly adequately serves purpose have come believe nobody knows Insights understanding aimost totally nonexistent booklet just 100 simple questions answers would help dont expect see lifetime havent seen 55 years modeling now Oh have tried just focus impressions may complex hobby world shine lights thousand different corners never illumi nating stage Try next time go Out fly think about object action simple because lucky enough know about themand much us know field box Whats plane radio everything tank clunk pressure plugs props connectors boosters starters batteries chargers gizmos gadgets Think what field action taken range-check starting engine Think start run engine remember stuff Greek Think about know hacker will thinking things weeks end head full buzzing bees have partial answer So So does everybody including model ing industry Tower Babel Want shock After five decades maga zines associations clubs national programs cost well-intentioned well-heeled bundle can assure within twoyear period 50% turnover have hung over years millions have turned off Some come back Most never Mrs Ross dear hubbyyou can Would tell us regularly about progress Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation Burton Michigan 48529 Dealer Inquiries welcome 10 Delta 10 Engine 30 Span LEADER IN SMALL AIRFOIL TECHNOLOGY MFG OF NI-STARTER NI-STARTER revolutronary concept model engines used boats cars airplanes NI STARTERITMI uses HeadlockITMI adapter locks onto glow plugs start engine Fits pocket comes CIlO charger has LED lights up charging Rechargeable hundreds times gives over 50 consecutive starts recharging Available charger Send ad along prepayment receive tree shipping handling $2495 charger NI-STARTER$2495 charger lOV 220V t2V fast chargerl NI-STARTER$1595 charger Chargers$1295 charger Ii 1OV 220V 2V fast charger PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH CHARGER WHEN ORDERING 12421 RANSOM DRIVE GLENN DALE MD 20769301 464-2260 SCALE WH EELS FREE-FLIGHT oco VINTAGESMOOTHGOLDEN AGENEW sizes2/zCONTOURsizes214BALLOON 3/"23h 3/ 13341314132hz414 11443/i11433/411/443/i 4 1145114411/25334 1/a6/24514l/g614 SCALE PILOTS CYUNDERS ENGINE KITS - MACHINE GUN KITS PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS WLLOAIZ SEND $1 FOR COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 9 CONTROL-UNE achievements dearly want know make out Just note let know column first thing read ModelAviation month writes Clarence Lee quite surprised suddenly see name print current issue regards Wally Francisco putting cologne fuel met Wally two three occasions did ask him time what made fuel smell like perfume answer put cologne guess get older tend reminisce about past reading column month brings back old memories hate date myself first gas engine 1937 Bunch Mighty Midget purchased knock down fonn built Megow Quaker Flash think ever successful flight wing badly warped tried correct aluminum trim tab low speed tab some effect model picked up speed warp wing took over would spiral-dive ground Later bought Miss Tiny Ohlsson 23 began get some successful flights However before crashed few times because did like looks Burgess battery sitting up cabin placed floor figured weight belly plane would make stable did know ship got turn pendulum effect weight tightened turn ship went just like previous Quaker Flash day some older modeler suggested try placing battery shown plans did no problems guess start accumulation knowledge try pass along Engine Clinic column now think modelers nowadays can appreciate some things went through back early days model engine development lot just taken granted As small boy lived about five miles Grand Central Air Terminal Glendale CA historic flights took place used ride bike over airport several times week just watch Ford Trimotors Curtiss Con dors take off land no way young fellows today can experience type pleasure Baby Cyclone engines also made Grand Central tin shed alongside hangars used spend hours outside fence behind shed watching rnn engines Actually hoping someone might offer reject poor kid later years met Bill Atwood Mel Anderson Ira Hassad told about said should just have come door asked plenty probably would have given era can never dupli cated knew going airplane pilot grew upand eventually spent 11 years Air Corps/Force pilot during following WW II Enough about past column just brings back old memoriesall way back Bill Barnes Air Trails Silver Lancer note has gotten little longer anticipated Wendell Hughes Prince Edward Island Cana da notes address too far complain about flying sites being too far away remarks about Theme models spell out something have always suspected Wendell writes have Theme model Its Me-109F slope glider have taken deviations scale keeps correct sit Continued page 26 24 Model Aviation MASTER AIRSCREW new K Series family propellers has introduced three Sizes 14 x 614 x 8 16 x 6 large propellers have Wider blades thinner airfoil sections best performance fourstroke engines Will also Work very well two-strokes Mold ed same tough glass-filled nylon GIF 1/2A Series props have same incredible strength durability Planned future releases series 12 x 6 16 x 8 Priced $395 $495 WINDSOR PROPELLER CO 384 Tesconi Ct Santa Rosa Calif 95401 RADIO CONTROL NEW FOURMOST PRODUCTS! FOURMOST RECOIL TUBING four foot length super-tough fuel-proof urethane tubing pre-formed intoa FOUR-INCH COIL allows placement yourfield box can convenient distance aircraft boat After use tubing will retract its earlier space-saving form price$3 95 FUEL LINE PIPING PROBLEM Size 3/32 0Price $2 00LARGE 1 Tee 1 Elbow 1 Unron 1 Plug WE HAVE THE FITTING c SOLUTION ORsmallSize 1/16 lDPrice $150 1 Tee 2 Elbows Pen Bladder Tee 040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97f f8 FO URMOST PROD UCTS eIephone 503 357-2732 Great Lakes Model Company 100 Michigan Ave AuGres Ml 48703 VISA em 517 876-7825 MODEL MOTOR MUGTM high quality totally glazed ceramic engine mug must modeler holiday season Standing 51/2 inches tall large 10 oz capacity its real attention getter definite collector piece years come ORDER NOW FOR THE HOLIDAYS ONLY $695 ER PLUS $200 POSTAGE & HANDLING PER ORDER California Residents add 6% sales tax RJL INDUSTRIES e PO BOX 5654 DENA CA 91107 818359-0016 TAN COLORED OVEN GLAZED LIMITED PRODUCTION airplane Its little vicious due small stab its real floater 24 oz Eppler 205 airfoil Rudder elevator controls positively indecent fun Ive enjoyed writing MAN 30s Air Trails etc hope someday youll explore artistic ramifications model airplane art has raison dentre moves three dimensions natural element have own flying field fann empty house Write sometime could write endlessly about artistic ramifications Construction art form particularly Rubber Scale Indoor models Beautifully-done machines type cap ture illusive essence full-size thing art forms So some color schemes finishes So flight greatest what Hughes calls artistic ramifications flight itself craft truly becomes air highly individual experience rare will know plane takes Doug Dahike EAA-ville WI Fun game let him anyway Check files July 1982 Doug commands Sent pix ukie stuff Doug tees off Heard nothing naturally assumed lack interest plus mountain mail Au aint joke son March 1984 wonder anyone has fun CL modeling What some ukie folks Au Some CL guys hate word dont blame for. fun am teaching young beginner fly knows nothing recharging has ton fun doesnt crash anymore getting father interested didnt take out bank loan either taught old fellow build mechanically-sound models Stunt Doug tweaks needle have fun watching him teach 17-year-old build better models leaming teach Thats fun plusfun have TD 02-powered ping-pong-pilot plane long has since youve such plane Bill Au Never funnier stuff never ping-pong balls. far safer buy totally-detailed doll $40 place cockpitno danger fun way. des image problems no longer able laugh themselves others toy airplanes think fly-ins low-key let tell about Ballon-Bust Midwest rules dont always win mind thats point have fun design Balloon Bust Goat will stop dead midair no throttle will also back up AuDoug hope goes beep beep beep does won Spirit 1952 award authentic construction Old-Time Stunter Bamstormer am proud award others . same Barnstormer took first overall PAMPA-class event fly ing Intermediate beat the Advancedclass flier Nobler well Expertclass pilot crashed 40-mph-plus wind fun Also great fun now prick memories present Ed Barnstormer construction article issue model Doug speaks indoor CO-2 Stunt model designed spans 21 weighs 30 grams total No concrete slabs oak elevators Got get serious about building Uses new Telco 3000 comes built-on Stunt tank Flies 9-ft lines does go fast medium power setting Allows ukie folks fly Stunt local library after club Continued page 28 K Send SASE Brochure Deeler Inquiries Welcome List Price $28500 AT-6 SNI-HARVARD 63375 Wingspan ngine s Complete Factory Direct $22800 Michigan residents odd 4% sales tax 26 Model Aviation 10031 CiiiSEVEN CiiiUNLIMITEDurnsDoc E/COIDIIMUICSAILPIANERICSAILPEANEEICWJRANORICSCAU lat-iobSIilflet-JoltnBrownlet-Bobioochorat-rorryNaowrmolet-Addiebacenato Playboy Aeon CO OSetentrone Anon CO 05ChallenOar lAstro COOSAOOo TOrO ArOro 036Faroren Movaliqee Snore-lFl5nrinScore-27B2Score-2734Sonre-2i5onrirrAerroO3S 2nd-Nobinrtntrer2ndjobnVanHaaae2nd-BnbSliff2nd-Johninave2nd-MitcfrFoIlng Viking MOo CO 05Elentinna Aerro CO 05Senanar Aeon COtSJO- Aeon 036Snpwith Tabbed Scare- 1032 winScore- 2536Score -2362Score 2600 nrinAeSo 036 3rd -Angoet Fabian3rd Brooe McAvonew3rd -John Brown3rd-Tony Nacarrato ietti oetro Co EIOctIite lAbiro CO OSElectricnv Antro CO 050nppy Biplane Score-lOlflormnScore-2b13Soore-2134lAneroO2Ol 1MB 1110111 0555 AMEl PuoHi CUSS BFREE PUONTINDOCIMDCCI Six Cal ManOven Six CoBsOLD TIMECONTROL LINE RISECOBSTEOL LINE CflN let-JinrOiglet-Leonard Bedfordtvr-BobMaknenlot-FrankOodellet-LonTardiff Satellite 380 Aeno CO 55 FAI Strip term COOSConrrrel Clipper ltntro 030 Zero Aeon 020 F 4-U Itanro 020 Score BIB see Score- 355 eec 2nd Donald Hoahen2nd Addie Nanarreto2nd Frank Godel2nd JoSn Godel2nd Addie Nacarrato Original ltntro 036 Playboy Aetro CO 15 Conrnror Clipperitanoro FOF Aeon 020 Bell invite lAnvo 020 Score -428 eecScore -320 eec 3rd Leonard Bedford3rd Tony Nacarreto3rd Robert Meboren3rd Tony Nananeto FAI Strip Aetro CO 05 Sateite 200 ILniarre LT-Sdl F-2B lAstro 036 i5 AD-S Aeon 0301 Scora-l27eec Score-22leec meeting 10-sec gas charge flying over carpet limits much trouble beginner can get see June 1983 MA could goon. er No will listen Besides busy having fuii jtrs hard find time write others tell em much fun havg. can say anyone having fun ukie simply touch what going ukie changing fer sure say valley Mark words what going will probably happen rest hobby later time need ukie fun ph etc rattle cage Iwiliget some assuming cannot locate 1982 stuff Au Doug having fun everything including ukie rattling cage fun too files aint Congressional Library Weuns col umnists have choice file write Doug good pLy fun too Read Just Fun September issue says Joe Kovel enjoyed refer ences KG sake record plans KG appeared April May issues ofMANin 1935 1934 Ive trying number years restore original KG Barring unforeseen delays project should completed 1985 also have KG-2 works RC-Assist KG restoration has priority Imagine original KG AMA Mu seum Im trying talk Joe out some pictures Cross fingers Formed 1934 Flying Dutchmen Aero modelers Reading PA nations oldest continuously-active clubsyou can num ber such outfits fingers hand maybe two FDA big un premier example what can done community Unique its exceptional close ties fasno lies FDA shining example what club can FDA Show Team AMAs oldest claims fly exhibits other promised few months ago FDA would back give justly-earned spot own Control Line club Modeling many-splendored thing Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Still Going Circles Continued aoe 20 yearthehigh numberduesolelytotheabilityof CL flown small area cooperation between Flying Dutch men local government can used model other organizations Indeed pos sible government private organizations work hand-in-hand make specific area better place enjoy recreational activity future outlook very bright commitment between Flying Dutchmen city will ensure fine flying site will available future generations enjoy Control Line flying has enjoyed past 50 years Flying Near Al rports Careful Safe Flying No Accident 28 Model Aviation S proud have part OflarUTUIUTiOfl winning team Rena NATS total 27 out 28 contestants placed top three events used ASTRO MOTORS ASTRO MOTORS used First Second place winners Congratulations NATS winners proud 1 leach Ave a Del Roy CA 2 e 213 821 -6243IJ U
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/12
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 28
Bill Winter Just Fun t fi FOR GUY never builds planes appear nowhere keep getting water Gremlins have crazy airplane another new spite draconian efforts get rid old ones todays radios never seem totally crash anything dont deserve such luck rafters filled dust gatherers heirlooms hardy attic trunks did take saw cardboard monster loomed like dinosaur Museum Naturai History dish out airplanes helpless victims Nondescript va grants scattered New England two beyond Mississippi Some gather dust other guys rafters some sail like Flying Dutchman Three actively flown over 20 years old cant take cannibaiized radio adds hulk graveyard ships Ever meet yourself coming going Sunday afternoon Bloody April club site few us threaded back roads tiny rough strip set middle huge field waving long grass wheat-like flew unlikely mixed bag Gas Electric planes mind can imagine generai lend-lease operation barn stormers have failen things get passed aroundplanes engines ra dios some poor things dont know belong Cruising around lazy flight flaps down Eagle watched Krack eliac flashing underneath back forth Far above whining steadily own LeCrate Electric Other planes sat waiting fly Can imaglne three models flying together get pleasure seeing others fly stuff flying myself get invited occasionally try sticks learn far watching flying design flight characteristics bag Literally hundreds flights have made plane before note myriad subtle things good bad may visible just session observing good man pilot planes thing understood anything bites dust thats way cookie crumbles Now about new crazy airplane Know what Simitar some years head MA plans sale Simitar first Star Wars madness series Bill Evans Simitar weird flying wing highly aerobatic flies fastlike bomb flat wing has straight leading edge LE swept-forward trailing edge TE trun cated fuselagechopped off TE elevons its low wingsticking out well forward tractor englne nose strike gear last airplane world would build could never handie like fool dashed angels fear tread needled Bill Evans quip slow enough Id consider flying What want asked Feeling hot breath devil neck gave him list impossible requirements bigger wing much reduced loading low power ability fly hands-off either three four channels would have soar greatest ease Also wanted stable groovy flight rudder-only too asked him make tail-dragger could taxied tipping over thought would go away Sketches flew back forth Odd problems arose Dihedral necessary put twist reflex airfoil youll find reflex Simitar draw median line airfoil What about hands-off stability 360soaring know no spiraling-down rudder control Extend fuselage aft lower billboard-size vertical tail Simitar actually Simitar Deuce move back fuselage extended 8 aft rudder TE Lower aft profile raise forward profile add good-sized canopy far forward Left Don SruIl mad test pilot always gets first try Winters crazy creations sets tfle idle Tor simitar slow Motion unaer Bills watchful gaze Winter cajoled Bill Evans designing saying hed make light could soar fly three four channels rudder alone too have trike baloney Note elevons reflexed 3/32 lengthened fuselage lower vertical tall higher nose forward canopy profiles dihedral East Coast version elevons short full span Right Could tail-dragger Simitar Slow Motion taxi Would nose over Ground handling proved perfect crew taxied out Secret wings Evans airfoil far forward high point reflexed median line Balance point about Inch behind LE first half-speed taxi run looked good Srull lifted off perfect flightincluding high-power rudder turns slow-flight flybys loop K&B Veco 19 venturi came loose Srull made successful dead-stick landing weeds Far easier twas said aileron trainers Has hands-oft stability Pictures first flight sequenced show lift-off holding slight back pressure climb-out slow-flight flyby high-speed flyby hands-off groove mild problem seems odd pilot see plane air stabilizer about ship text photos Tom Schmitt 18 ModelAviation assist nose-high turns Reflex elevons 3/32 i extreme TE Balance far forward about inch behind LE time got builtwith blank assembled fuselage Evans delightful foam wing partially sheeted false cap strips lightnessEvans flown five ofthem flight soared 1 hr 32 mm Cox Conquest 15 Rossi-class demon skids instead wheels launch held ship overhead simply took away hand speed range 15 80 mph time Mad Test Pilot Don Srull put air early August Evans companions fleet going sizes up 40 power call themselves Red Mountain Boys special caps and airplane known Slow Motion Doug Stanek 90 flights 40 version may slow Bill Evans goes like 40-size cabin jobs clean Mine powered beloved K&B-Veco 19 Taxies beautifully Manx cat Runs arrow-true steady Stable easy-handling flight does eights just rudder though normally fly elevons man love things Groovy steady approaches good flares nice touch downs Although short-coupled extreme elevons serve beautifully effective gentle elevators tail-dragger gear Hallco perfect eliminating weight third wheel its penalizing low forward profileand assorted junk does hands-off 360s flying buddies waited impatiently see thing flew interested rubber- electric-powered possibilities asked Evans 6-ft wing core declared that would overkill sent five-footer vertical tail still think six-footer would superb soarer gentle-wind loafer 5 ft makes nifty sport flier sure out ordinary Lincoln Beachey right said Give barn door will fly UPS bringing Red Mountain Boys red peaked capthe Last Star Fighters nothing unorthodox flying wing Physically sheep wolf s clothing same principle say Eaglet has stabilizer pushed wing reflexed median line airfoilplus reflexed elevonsare same deal using angular difference stability wing-plusstab airplane normal airfoil hence wing alone unstable stick stab out behind compensate instability instability comes center pressure travel increases angle attack Eaglet CP moves forward thus changlng required relationship CG stabilizer handles CP travel could handled wing itself could forget horizontal tail CP does change tad flying wing stable enough because its reflexed aft portion supplies enough stab action keep everything happy Basically tis same CG CL setup always fly withnothing really changed II / NOTE AIRCRAFT HELD TOGETHER WITH HUBBER BANDS BLOCKSSHEET / L L L just looks funny Engineers may call Flintstone say beefers make best soldiers Call Sergeant York beef about letters can use editor says quote cop-out Would prefer letters prattle letters get Ross FROM MODEL AIRPLANE NEWS JULY 947 / WINS SECTION EIFFFL 400 WITH FLAT BOTTOM.zIIIiZ ER SPORTSTER designed BILL WINTER WINGSPAN 49 INS WING AREA290 SO INS POWER U INS NOTE WINDSHIELD COMES~ ___ OST FOR ACCESS TOI BATTERY BOX7 CS IAPPROD1 fl/1H SECTION ANOTE DOWNTHRSST A TIMER 0 -I TOP FIN SSB FIN SCALE IN INCHES h1c 0 D 3 4 5 6810ID twin-boom pusher FF built Winter during winter 1946-47 Dont con fused downthrust Bill says because true CG probably vicinity engine mounts close machines center drag should try build RC try put battery radio servos far forward battery extreme nose would fly much dignity OS Max 10 gusto Max 15 Bill thinks December1984 19 Above Hal deBolts Electric Sportster ailerons excit ing approach combined genuine aerobatics soaring Specs 52 span 496 sq area 52 oz flying weight 15 oz loading NACA 65012 airfoil Hoerner tips Astro Cobalt 05 belt drive 12-9 reworked YO prop seven 1 2 Ah cells 1-in Goldberg spin ner 21/4-in Williams Bros wheels Has P-40-style nose air scoop air exits wing saddle Left Lou Roberts flies rare Scientific CL Cyclone circa 1945-46 admires its clas sic lines early Control Line birds showed FF lineage Like could convert nicely RC Electric Lou says Forster 35 adequate power decent sport flier Years mCi No er half century Fl nodelers have enjoyed fi rol Line aircraft main ted interest CL flying ling facilities provided n City Readir worry about losing ig Dutchmen can to general CL flying core pen nit organization holding cli th FDA nt looking ts fou pit area b que grills t situated along scenic Skyt ty Reading ft field Fly ways getting club membe nd friends rties picnics can rips full-scale fl team banquet things bu club these activities on club So h Dutchmen have rer rcentage o fly flying u bench test-run ular r CL fiyiny stayed witn answers Ho ach things lane go iooth Stunt flicj interest edback airc ment felt directed iants grasp oi touch much full-sc es apparent aircra Dutchmen Club 4 main interest ii r However over course uontrol Line being developi leaned toward CL Originally th n baseball diamonds playgrounc ma nly Lflier II find U hear U thered presenteoUVI rages 3 nOws 193 t-ree Flight d flying circles g Dutchmen Aeromode original member toda se guys sai e models Am right Genes abandoned fields necessary tofin 1948 club uri Drenkel Field lnrated betweer mA Orive b used thi tht mem iestCL 20 Model Aviation sigi sign ,owteam voing field er along McMullen quips about fan mail wit letter poured Guys write way write month Id like introduce few ofthese folks random letters would help know prefer occasional columns like Leading off Phillip Bruce Mahony Lime Rock CT zeroed-in remarks about drastic effects big non-free-wheelers glide Electric d flight instructor Pappy Metteson/Armonk Airport told have stretch glide engine quits get nose up stop prop windmilling first thing Makes sense says Phil dont really want drag brake front Trying recapture misspent youth has led MECA engine collecting led happy coincidence back first powered airplane model kept asking everyone about balsa profile modelPenny Glider remember style OK CO-2 blue fuselage rudder yellow wings stabilizer Well Clay Blanton Columbus GA unearthed slightly-tattered box Megow CO-2 Special Most steamed-in dihedral camber disappeared wing 35-36 years sure brings back memories measured incidence wing tail found wing negative tail posi tive NowIdidntflywell. dont really want fly origlnal would like scale about 60 70% Brown/Telco/Shark whatever CO-2 Would fun schoolyard settings Finding old Megow thing awakened another memory Mahony wanders once autoglro three floppy-hinged blades kite some sort bar across nose also lines leading handie manipulated wind kept up Well got away overcontrolled horrible blade-crunching death upon Reynolds Field other side Kensico nowWestchester Airport Can anyone identify Anybody have up grabs Lime Rock national race car site suspect Phil involved flies models adjacent track can tell Armonk recall correctly long gone beastly grass airport L-shaped strips parallel high wires other right angle skimmed over wires flared normally arrived edge slope flew off space just about stalled same elevation hangar roofs Phil tells old Canaan Airport northwest corner Connecticut also no highway bisects Walt Schroder flew 1948 RC Special rented Airknockers X-country now two strips somewhere devoted ultralights onto next guest Selig Solomon president Pharmometrics Corp New Brunswick NJ among wrote regarding Pronto story July issue early 70s Mr Solomon beglns living Annapolis MD wanted teach oldest son 12 years old fly RC went hobby shop looking appropriate model settled Pronto airplane proved best flier trainer ever seen Truthfully secretly began enjoy Pronto Aero master flying son learned quickly soon ready outgrow Pronto day returned home office found him seated drafting table Pronto plans laid out designing strip ailerons linkages still have original plans drawings built what later become Super Pronto fall attended WRAM Show New York Tidewater booth son spoke individual booth great length what done Pronto including photos discussed link ages changes dihedral strengthening center section etc Shortly afterwards first com mercial Super Prontos made appearance original Pronto lasted until two years ago on-board battery failed aircraft reduced itself kit form youngest son now 11 years old Solomon continues has flying trainer 4B-2 built Model Aviation plans some time ago has progressed nicely have intrigued column am preparing scratch-build Super Pronto origlnal plans Ijust finished scratch-building Quarter Scale PRY-S Catalina Sid Mor gan plans have keep myself occupied paint dries history provided column interesting provided warmth depth found normal rendition Thank Continued page 22 December 1984 21 * I VIDEO PROGRAMS K jNEW LANE FUNNIES II The wildest craziest wackiest insane video ever \ 30 minutes aeromodeling insanity Gremlins working overtime OTHER GREAT VIDEOS RENTBUY 14954495 13954495 13954495 12953995 14953995 1 BASIC CONSTRUCTION FOR BEGINNERS IN A/C90 Mm 2 BASIC FLIGHT TRAINING FOR BEGINNERS IN RIC60 Mm Protessional step step instruction Z 3 THE WORLD OF MODEL AVIATION90 Mm Expos static displays AMA NATS scale 4 OSHKOSH OVERVIEW55 Mm Workshops Air Shows Warbirds 5 AIRPLANE FUNNIES II30 Mm ORDERING INFORMATION Programs may rented wioplion purchase Duration rentals 3 days Program No1 is5 days Send Check Money Order lull purchase price tape ordered renting balance will refunded upon return programs ordering specify date desired Club meelings order well advance Allow 10 days checks clear Illinois Residents include 8 per cent tas Shipping charge 5300 purchase 5450 rental Return postage included VHS ONLY SEND ORDERS TO ACADEMY OF AVIATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT POBOX 428139 CHICAGO ILLINOIS 312 8740456 BAKA Features Quick building balsa construction Full scale plans photo illustrated instructions El Good first aileron airplane stable easy fly Send check MO 31 Span MAGUS$2195 049 Engine Pay Shipping FM AGUS MODEL AIRCRAFT 3518 Laurel 4 4 write great column Mrs G Ross Denver flatters love reading about different types airplanes husband new RC read section Peter Miller Put Wings Camera knew ask howl can get copy article Also what types kits would idea work best What Old-Timers can find out about Thank patience questions letter strikes home truly enjoy flying late day cool evenings two other guys want quietly watch birds sail high invariably some hidden-away field parking lot Across some wide field appears young man old man handin-hand couple want get RC know RC exists Few know about magazines often havent heard about AMA An AMA T-shirt leads questions have met six such couples seasonand least dozen men boys Usually have seen something TV newspaper AMA cranks out mountain stuff media folks re porters impressive jobs Questions can fly can meet people fly Whats good kit can get much Ifly Ouch Mothers waiting kids get done soccer far-off corner area furious coaches lousing up dinnertime grow fascinated drifting soaring planes several times have heard same remark beautiful supposes must seen like sailing can identify big nearby flying sites think experts will tell must have bomb ailerons right Gadzooks feels humble helpless much can Point some direction cross fingers thats nothing print language book magazine articles nothing properly adequately serves purpose have come believe nobody knows Insights understanding aimost totally nonexistent booklet just 100 simple questions answers would help dont expect see lifetime havent seen 55 years modeling now Oh have tried just focus impressions may complex hobby world shine lights thousand different corners never illumi nating stage Try next time go Out fly think about object action simple because lucky enough know about themand much us know field box Whats plane radio everything tank clunk pressure plugs props connectors boosters starters batteries chargers gizmos gadgets Think what field action taken range-check starting engine Think start run engine remember stuff Greek Think about know hacker will thinking things weeks end head full buzzing bees have partial answer So So does everybody including model ing industry Tower Babel Want shock After five decades maga zines associations clubs national programs cost well-intentioned well-heeled bundle can assure within twoyear period 50% turnover have hung over years millions have turned off Some come back Most never Mrs Ross dear hubbyyou can Would tell us regularly about progress Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation Burton Michigan 48529 Dealer Inquiries welcome 10 Delta 10 Engine 30 Span LEADER IN SMALL AIRFOIL TECHNOLOGY MFG OF NI-STARTER NI-STARTER revolutronary concept model engines used boats cars airplanes NI STARTERITMI uses HeadlockITMI adapter locks onto glow plugs start engine Fits pocket comes CIlO charger has LED lights up charging Rechargeable hundreds times gives over 50 consecutive starts recharging Available charger Send ad along prepayment receive tree shipping handling $2495 charger NI-STARTER$2495 charger lOV 220V t2V fast chargerl NI-STARTER$1595 charger Chargers$1295 charger Ii 1OV 220V 2V fast charger PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH CHARGER WHEN ORDERING 12421 RANSOM DRIVE GLENN DALE MD 20769301 464-2260 SCALE WH EELS FREE-FLIGHT oco VINTAGESMOOTHGOLDEN AGENEW sizes2/zCONTOURsizes214BALLOON 3/"23h 3/ 13341314132hz414 11443/i11433/411/443/i 4 1145114411/25334 1/a6/24514l/g614 SCALE PILOTS CYUNDERS ENGINE KITS - MACHINE GUN KITS PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS WLLOAIZ SEND $1 FOR COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 9 CONTROL-UNE achievements dearly want know make out Just note let know column first thing read ModelAviation month writes Clarence Lee quite surprised suddenly see name print current issue regards Wally Francisco putting cologne fuel met Wally two three occasions did ask him time what made fuel smell like perfume answer put cologne guess get older tend reminisce about past reading column month brings back old memories hate date myself first gas engine 1937 Bunch Mighty Midget purchased knock down fonn built Megow Quaker Flash think ever successful flight wing badly warped tried correct aluminum trim tab low speed tab some effect model picked up speed warp wing took over would spiral-dive ground Later bought Miss Tiny Ohlsson 23 began get some successful flights However before crashed few times because did like looks Burgess battery sitting up cabin placed floor figured weight belly plane would make stable did know ship got turn pendulum effect weight tightened turn ship went just like previous Quaker Flash day some older modeler suggested try placing battery shown plans did no problems guess start accumulation knowledge try pass along Engine Clinic column now think modelers nowadays can appreciate some things went through back early days model engine development lot just taken granted As small boy lived about five miles Grand Central Air Terminal Glendale CA historic flights took place used ride bike over airport several times week just watch Ford Trimotors Curtiss Con dors take off land no way young fellows today can experience type pleasure Baby Cyclone engines also made Grand Central tin shed alongside hangars used spend hours outside fence behind shed watching rnn engines Actually hoping someone might offer reject poor kid later years met Bill Atwood Mel Anderson Ira Hassad told about said should just have come door asked plenty probably would have given era can never dupli cated knew going airplane pilot grew upand eventually spent 11 years Air Corps/Force pilot during following WW II Enough about past column just brings back old memoriesall way back Bill Barnes Air Trails Silver Lancer note has gotten little longer anticipated Wendell Hughes Prince Edward Island Cana da notes address too far complain about flying sites being too far away remarks about Theme models spell out something have always suspected Wendell writes have Theme model Its Me-109F slope glider have taken deviations scale keeps correct sit Continued page 26 24 Model Aviation MASTER AIRSCREW new K Series family propellers has introduced three Sizes 14 x 614 x 8 16 x 6 large propellers have Wider blades thinner airfoil sections best performance fourstroke engines Will also Work very well two-strokes Mold ed same tough glass-filled nylon GIF 1/2A Series props have same incredible strength durability Planned future releases series 12 x 6 16 x 8 Priced $395 $495 WINDSOR PROPELLER CO 384 Tesconi Ct Santa Rosa Calif 95401 RADIO CONTROL NEW FOURMOST PRODUCTS! FOURMOST RECOIL TUBING four foot length super-tough fuel-proof urethane tubing pre-formed intoa FOUR-INCH COIL allows placement yourfield box can convenient distance aircraft boat After use tubing will retract its earlier space-saving form price$3 95 FUEL LINE PIPING PROBLEM Size 3/32 0Price $2 00LARGE 1 Tee 1 Elbow 1 Unron 1 Plug WE HAVE THE FITTING c SOLUTION ORsmallSize 1/16 lDPrice $150 1 Tee 2 Elbows Pen Bladder Tee 040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97f f8 FO URMOST PROD UCTS eIephone 503 357-2732 Great Lakes Model Company 100 Michigan Ave AuGres Ml 48703 VISA em 517 876-7825 MODEL MOTOR MUGTM high quality totally glazed ceramic engine mug must modeler holiday season Standing 51/2 inches tall large 10 oz capacity its real attention getter definite collector piece years come ORDER NOW FOR THE HOLIDAYS ONLY $695 ER PLUS $200 POSTAGE & HANDLING PER ORDER California Residents add 6% sales tax RJL INDUSTRIES e PO BOX 5654 DENA CA 91107 818359-0016 TAN COLORED OVEN GLAZED LIMITED PRODUCTION airplane Its little vicious due small stab its real floater 24 oz Eppler 205 airfoil Rudder elevator controls positively indecent fun Ive enjoyed writing MAN 30s Air Trails etc hope someday youll explore artistic ramifications model airplane art has raison dentre moves three dimensions natural element have own flying field fann empty house Write sometime could write endlessly about artistic ramifications Construction art form particularly Rubber Scale Indoor models Beautifully-done machines type cap ture illusive essence full-size thing art forms So some color schemes finishes So flight greatest what Hughes calls artistic ramifications flight itself craft truly becomes air highly individual experience rare will know plane takes Doug Dahike EAA-ville WI Fun game let him anyway Check files July 1982 Doug commands Sent pix ukie stuff Doug tees off Heard nothing naturally assumed lack interest plus mountain mail Au aint joke son March 1984 wonder anyone has fun CL modeling What some ukie folks Au Some CL guys hate word dont blame for. fun am teaching young beginner fly knows nothing recharging has ton fun doesnt crash anymore getting father interested didnt take out bank loan either taught old fellow build mechanically-sound models Stunt Doug tweaks needle have fun watching him teach 17-year-old build better models leaming teach Thats fun plusfun have TD 02-powered ping-pong-pilot plane long has since youve such plane Bill Au Never funnier stuff never ping-pong balls. far safer buy totally-detailed doll $40 place cockpitno danger fun way. des image problems no longer able laugh themselves others toy airplanes think fly-ins low-key let tell about Ballon-Bust Midwest rules dont always win mind thats point have fun design Balloon Bust Goat will stop dead midair no throttle will also back up AuDoug hope goes beep beep beep does won Spirit 1952 award authentic construction Old-Time Stunter Bamstormer am proud award others . same Barnstormer took first overall PAMPA-class event fly ing Intermediate beat the Advancedclass flier Nobler well Expertclass pilot crashed 40-mph-plus wind fun Also great fun now prick memories present Ed Barnstormer construction article issue model Doug speaks indoor CO-2 Stunt model designed spans 21 weighs 30 grams total No concrete slabs oak elevators Got get serious about building Uses new Telco 3000 comes built-on Stunt tank Flies 9-ft lines does go fast medium power setting Allows ukie folks fly Stunt local library after club Continued page 28 K Send SASE Brochure Deeler Inquiries Welcome List Price $28500 AT-6 SNI-HARVARD 63375 Wingspan ngine s Complete Factory Direct $22800 Michigan residents odd 4% sales tax 26 Model Aviation 10031 CiiiSEVEN CiiiUNLIMITEDurnsDoc E/COIDIIMUICSAILPIANERICSAILPEANEEICWJRANORICSCAU lat-iobSIilflet-JoltnBrownlet-Bobioochorat-rorryNaowrmolet-Addiebacenato Playboy Aeon CO OSetentrone Anon CO 05ChallenOar lAstro COOSAOOo TOrO ArOro 036Faroren Movaliqee Snore-lFl5nrinScore-27B2Score-2734Sonre-2i5onrirrAerroO3S 2nd-Nobinrtntrer2ndjobnVanHaaae2nd-BnbSliff2nd-Johninave2nd-MitcfrFoIlng Viking MOo CO 05Elentinna Aerro CO 05Senanar Aeon COtSJO- Aeon 036Snpwith Tabbed Scare- 1032 winScore- 2536Score -2362Score 2600 nrinAeSo 036 3rd -Angoet Fabian3rd Brooe McAvonew3rd -John Brown3rd-Tony Nacarrato ietti oetro Co EIOctIite lAbiro CO OSElectricnv Antro CO 050nppy Biplane Score-lOlflormnScore-2b13Soore-2134lAneroO2Ol 1MB 1110111 0555 AMEl PuoHi CUSS BFREE PUONTINDOCIMDCCI Six Cal ManOven Six CoBsOLD TIMECONTROL LINE RISECOBSTEOL LINE CflN let-JinrOiglet-Leonard Bedfordtvr-BobMaknenlot-FrankOodellet-LonTardiff Satellite 380 Aeno CO 55 FAI Strip term COOSConrrrel Clipper ltntro 030 Zero Aeon 020 F 4-U Itanro 020 Score BIB see Score- 355 eec 2nd Donald Hoahen2nd Addie Nanarreto2nd Frank Godel2nd JoSn Godel2nd Addie Nacarrato Original ltntro 036 Playboy Aetro CO 15 Conrnror Clipperitanoro FOF Aeon 020 Bell invite lAnvo 020 Score -428 eecScore -320 eec 3rd Leonard Bedford3rd Tony Nacarreto3rd Robert Meboren3rd Tony Nananeto FAI Strip Aetro CO 05 Sateite 200 ILniarre LT-Sdl F-2B lAstro 036 i5 AD-S Aeon 0301 Scora-l27eec Score-22leec meeting 10-sec gas charge flying over carpet limits much trouble beginner can get see June 1983 MA could goon. er No will listen Besides busy having fuii jtrs hard find time write others tell em much fun havg. can say anyone having fun ukie simply touch what going ukie changing fer sure say valley Mark words what going will probably happen rest hobby later time need ukie fun ph etc rattle cage Iwiliget some assuming cannot locate 1982 stuff Au Doug having fun everything including ukie rattling cage fun too files aint Congressional Library Weuns col umnists have choice file write Doug good pLy fun too Read Just Fun September issue says Joe Kovel enjoyed refer ences KG sake record plans KG appeared April May issues ofMANin 1935 1934 Ive trying number years restore original KG Barring unforeseen delays project should completed 1985 also have KG-2 works RC-Assist KG restoration has priority Imagine original KG AMA Mu seum Im trying talk Joe out some pictures Cross fingers Formed 1934 Flying Dutchmen Aero modelers Reading PA nations oldest continuously-active clubsyou can num ber such outfits fingers hand maybe two FDA big un premier example what can done community Unique its exceptional close ties fasno lies FDA shining example what club can FDA Show Team AMAs oldest claims fly exhibits other promised few months ago FDA would back give justly-earned spot own Control Line club Modeling many-splendored thing Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Still Going Circles Continued aoe 20 yearthehigh numberduesolelytotheabilityof CL flown small area cooperation between Flying Dutch men local government can used model other organizations Indeed pos sible government private organizations work hand-in-hand make specific area better place enjoy recreational activity future outlook very bright commitment between Flying Dutchmen city will ensure fine flying site will available future generations enjoy Control Line flying has enjoyed past 50 years Flying Near Al rports Careful Safe Flying No Accident 28 Model Aviation S proud have part OflarUTUIUTiOfl winning team Rena NATS total 27 out 28 contestants placed top three events used ASTRO MOTORS ASTRO MOTORS used First Second place winners Congratulations NATS winners proud 1 leach Ave a Del Roy CA 2 e 213 821 -6243IJ U
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/12
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 28
Bill Winter Just Fun t fi FOR GUY never builds planes appear nowhere keep getting water Gremlins have crazy airplane another new spite draconian efforts get rid old ones todays radios never seem totally crash anything dont deserve such luck rafters filled dust gatherers heirlooms hardy attic trunks did take saw cardboard monster loomed like dinosaur Museum Naturai History dish out airplanes helpless victims Nondescript va grants scattered New England two beyond Mississippi Some gather dust other guys rafters some sail like Flying Dutchman Three actively flown over 20 years old cant take cannibaiized radio adds hulk graveyard ships Ever meet yourself coming going Sunday afternoon Bloody April club site few us threaded back roads tiny rough strip set middle huge field waving long grass wheat-like flew unlikely mixed bag Gas Electric planes mind can imagine generai lend-lease operation barn stormers have failen things get passed aroundplanes engines ra dios some poor things dont know belong Cruising around lazy flight flaps down Eagle watched Krack eliac flashing underneath back forth Far above whining steadily own LeCrate Electric Other planes sat waiting fly Can imaglne three models flying together get pleasure seeing others fly stuff flying myself get invited occasionally try sticks learn far watching flying design flight characteristics bag Literally hundreds flights have made plane before note myriad subtle things good bad may visible just session observing good man pilot planes thing understood anything bites dust thats way cookie crumbles Now about new crazy airplane Know what Simitar some years head MA plans sale Simitar first Star Wars madness series Bill Evans Simitar weird flying wing highly aerobatic flies fastlike bomb flat wing has straight leading edge LE swept-forward trailing edge TE trun cated fuselagechopped off TE elevons its low wingsticking out well forward tractor englne nose strike gear last airplane world would build could never handie like fool dashed angels fear tread needled Bill Evans quip slow enough Id consider flying What want asked Feeling hot breath devil neck gave him list impossible requirements bigger wing much reduced loading low power ability fly hands-off either three four channels would have soar greatest ease Also wanted stable groovy flight rudder-only too asked him make tail-dragger could taxied tipping over thought would go away Sketches flew back forth Odd problems arose Dihedral necessary put twist reflex airfoil youll find reflex Simitar draw median line airfoil What about hands-off stability 360soaring know no spiraling-down rudder control Extend fuselage aft lower billboard-size vertical tail Simitar actually Simitar Deuce move back fuselage extended 8 aft rudder TE Lower aft profile raise forward profile add good-sized canopy far forward Left Don SruIl mad test pilot always gets first try Winters crazy creations sets tfle idle Tor simitar slow Motion unaer Bills watchful gaze Winter cajoled Bill Evans designing saying hed make light could soar fly three four channels rudder alone too have trike baloney Note elevons reflexed 3/32 lengthened fuselage lower vertical tall higher nose forward canopy profiles dihedral East Coast version elevons short full span Right Could tail-dragger Simitar Slow Motion taxi Would nose over Ground handling proved perfect crew taxied out Secret wings Evans airfoil far forward high point reflexed median line Balance point about Inch behind LE first half-speed taxi run looked good Srull lifted off perfect flightincluding high-power rudder turns slow-flight flybys loop K&B Veco 19 venturi came loose Srull made successful dead-stick landing weeds Far easier twas said aileron trainers Has hands-oft stability Pictures first flight sequenced show lift-off holding slight back pressure climb-out slow-flight flyby high-speed flyby hands-off groove mild problem seems odd pilot see plane air stabilizer about ship text photos Tom Schmitt 18 ModelAviation assist nose-high turns Reflex elevons 3/32 i extreme TE Balance far forward about inch behind LE time got builtwith blank assembled fuselage Evans delightful foam wing partially sheeted false cap strips lightnessEvans flown five ofthem flight soared 1 hr 32 mm Cox Conquest 15 Rossi-class demon skids instead wheels launch held ship overhead simply took away hand speed range 15 80 mph time Mad Test Pilot Don Srull put air early August Evans companions fleet going sizes up 40 power call themselves Red Mountain Boys special caps and airplane known Slow Motion Doug Stanek 90 flights 40 version may slow Bill Evans goes like 40-size cabin jobs clean Mine powered beloved K&B-Veco 19 Taxies beautifully Manx cat Runs arrow-true steady Stable easy-handling flight does eights just rudder though normally fly elevons man love things Groovy steady approaches good flares nice touch downs Although short-coupled extreme elevons serve beautifully effective gentle elevators tail-dragger gear Hallco perfect eliminating weight third wheel its penalizing low forward profileand assorted junk does hands-off 360s flying buddies waited impatiently see thing flew interested rubber- electric-powered possibilities asked Evans 6-ft wing core declared that would overkill sent five-footer vertical tail still think six-footer would superb soarer gentle-wind loafer 5 ft makes nifty sport flier sure out ordinary Lincoln Beachey right said Give barn door will fly UPS bringing Red Mountain Boys red peaked capthe Last Star Fighters nothing unorthodox flying wing Physically sheep wolf s clothing same principle say Eaglet has stabilizer pushed wing reflexed median line airfoilplus reflexed elevonsare same deal using angular difference stability wing-plusstab airplane normal airfoil hence wing alone unstable stick stab out behind compensate instability instability comes center pressure travel increases angle attack Eaglet CP moves forward thus changlng required relationship CG stabilizer handles CP travel could handled wing itself could forget horizontal tail CP does change tad flying wing stable enough because its reflexed aft portion supplies enough stab action keep everything happy Basically tis same CG CL setup always fly withnothing really changed II / NOTE AIRCRAFT HELD TOGETHER WITH HUBBER BANDS BLOCKSSHEET / L L L just looks funny Engineers may call Flintstone say beefers make best soldiers Call Sergeant York beef about letters can use editor says quote cop-out Would prefer letters prattle letters get Ross FROM MODEL AIRPLANE NEWS JULY 947 / WINS SECTION EIFFFL 400 WITH FLAT BOTTOM.zIIIiZ ER SPORTSTER designed BILL WINTER WINGSPAN 49 INS WING AREA290 SO INS POWER U INS NOTE WINDSHIELD COMES~ ___ OST FOR ACCESS TOI BATTERY BOX7 CS IAPPROD1 fl/1H SECTION ANOTE DOWNTHRSST A TIMER 0 -I TOP FIN SSB FIN SCALE IN INCHES h1c 0 D 3 4 5 6810ID twin-boom pusher FF built Winter during winter 1946-47 Dont con fused downthrust Bill says because true CG probably vicinity engine mounts close machines center drag should try build RC try put battery radio servos far forward battery extreme nose would fly much dignity OS Max 10 gusto Max 15 Bill thinks December1984 19 Above Hal deBolts Electric Sportster ailerons excit ing approach combined genuine aerobatics soaring Specs 52 span 496 sq area 52 oz flying weight 15 oz loading NACA 65012 airfoil Hoerner tips Astro Cobalt 05 belt drive 12-9 reworked YO prop seven 1 2 Ah cells 1-in Goldberg spin ner 21/4-in Williams Bros wheels Has P-40-style nose air scoop air exits wing saddle Left Lou Roberts flies rare Scientific CL Cyclone circa 1945-46 admires its clas sic lines early Control Line birds showed FF lineage Like could convert nicely RC Electric Lou says Forster 35 adequate power decent sport flier Years mCi No er half century Fl nodelers have enjoyed fi rol Line aircraft main ted interest CL flying ling facilities provided n City Readir worry about losing ig Dutchmen can to general CL flying core pen nit organization holding cli th FDA nt looking ts fou pit area b que grills t situated along scenic Skyt ty Reading ft field Fly ways getting club membe nd friends rties picnics can rips full-scale fl team banquet things bu club these activities on club So h Dutchmen have rer rcentage o fly flying u bench test-run ular r CL fiyiny stayed witn answers Ho ach things lane go iooth Stunt flicj interest edback airc ment felt directed iants grasp oi touch much full-sc es apparent aircra Dutchmen Club 4 main interest ii r However over course uontrol Line being developi leaned toward CL Originally th n baseball diamonds playgrounc ma nly Lflier II find U hear U thered presenteoUVI rages 3 nOws 193 t-ree Flight d flying circles g Dutchmen Aeromode original member toda se guys sai e models Am right Genes abandoned fields necessary tofin 1948 club uri Drenkel Field lnrated betweer mA Orive b used thi tht mem iestCL 20 Model Aviation sigi sign ,owteam voing field er along McMullen quips about fan mail wit letter poured Guys write way write month Id like introduce few ofthese folks random letters would help know prefer occasional columns like Leading off Phillip Bruce Mahony Lime Rock CT zeroed-in remarks about drastic effects big non-free-wheelers glide Electric d flight instructor Pappy Metteson/Armonk Airport told have stretch glide engine quits get nose up stop prop windmilling first thing Makes sense says Phil dont really want drag brake front Trying recapture misspent youth has led MECA engine collecting led happy coincidence back first powered airplane model kept asking everyone about balsa profile modelPenny Glider remember style OK CO-2 blue fuselage rudder yellow wings stabilizer Well Clay Blanton Columbus GA unearthed slightly-tattered box Megow CO-2 Special Most steamed-in dihedral camber disappeared wing 35-36 years sure brings back memories measured incidence wing tail found wing negative tail posi tive NowIdidntflywell. dont really want fly origlnal would like scale about 60 70% Brown/Telco/Shark whatever CO-2 Would fun schoolyard settings Finding old Megow thing awakened another memory Mahony wanders once autoglro three floppy-hinged blades kite some sort bar across nose also lines leading handie manipulated wind kept up Well got away overcontrolled horrible blade-crunching death upon Reynolds Field other side Kensico nowWestchester Airport Can anyone identify Anybody have up grabs Lime Rock national race car site suspect Phil involved flies models adjacent track can tell Armonk recall correctly long gone beastly grass airport L-shaped strips parallel high wires other right angle skimmed over wires flared normally arrived edge slope flew off space just about stalled same elevation hangar roofs Phil tells old Canaan Airport northwest corner Connecticut also no highway bisects Walt Schroder flew 1948 RC Special rented Airknockers X-country now two strips somewhere devoted ultralights onto next guest Selig Solomon president Pharmometrics Corp New Brunswick NJ among wrote regarding Pronto story July issue early 70s Mr Solomon beglns living Annapolis MD wanted teach oldest son 12 years old fly RC went hobby shop looking appropriate model settled Pronto airplane proved best flier trainer ever seen Truthfully secretly began enjoy Pronto Aero master flying son learned quickly soon ready outgrow Pronto day returned home office found him seated drafting table Pronto plans laid out designing strip ailerons linkages still have original plans drawings built what later become Super Pronto fall attended WRAM Show New York Tidewater booth son spoke individual booth great length what done Pronto including photos discussed link ages changes dihedral strengthening center section etc Shortly afterwards first com mercial Super Prontos made appearance original Pronto lasted until two years ago on-board battery failed aircraft reduced itself kit form youngest son now 11 years old Solomon continues has flying trainer 4B-2 built Model Aviation plans some time ago has progressed nicely have intrigued column am preparing scratch-build Super Pronto origlnal plans Ijust finished scratch-building Quarter Scale PRY-S Catalina Sid Mor gan plans have keep myself occupied paint dries history provided column interesting provided warmth depth found normal rendition Thank Continued page 22 December 1984 21 * I VIDEO PROGRAMS K jNEW LANE FUNNIES II The wildest craziest wackiest insane video ever \ 30 minutes aeromodeling insanity Gremlins working overtime OTHER GREAT VIDEOS RENTBUY 14954495 13954495 13954495 12953995 14953995 1 BASIC CONSTRUCTION FOR BEGINNERS IN A/C90 Mm 2 BASIC FLIGHT TRAINING FOR BEGINNERS IN RIC60 Mm Protessional step step instruction Z 3 THE WORLD OF MODEL AVIATION90 Mm Expos static displays AMA NATS scale 4 OSHKOSH OVERVIEW55 Mm Workshops Air Shows Warbirds 5 AIRPLANE FUNNIES II30 Mm ORDERING INFORMATION Programs may rented wioplion purchase Duration rentals 3 days Program No1 is5 days Send Check Money Order lull purchase price 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sail high invariably some hidden-away field parking lot Across some wide field appears young man old man handin-hand couple want get RC know RC exists Few know about magazines often havent heard about AMA An AMA T-shirt leads questions have met six such couples seasonand least dozen men boys Usually have seen something TV newspaper AMA cranks out mountain stuff media folks re porters impressive jobs Questions can fly can meet people fly Whats good kit can get much Ifly Ouch Mothers waiting kids get done soccer far-off corner area furious coaches lousing up dinnertime grow fascinated drifting soaring planes several times have heard same remark beautiful supposes must seen like sailing can identify big nearby flying sites think experts will tell must have bomb ailerons right Gadzooks feels humble helpless much can Point some direction cross fingers thats nothing print language book magazine articles nothing properly adequately serves purpose have come believe nobody knows Insights understanding aimost totally nonexistent booklet just 100 simple questions answers would help dont expect see lifetime havent seen 55 years modeling now Oh have tried just focus impressions may complex hobby world shine lights thousand different corners never illumi nating stage Try next time go Out fly think about object action simple because lucky enough know about themand much us know field box Whats plane radio everything tank clunk pressure plugs props connectors boosters starters batteries chargers gizmos gadgets Think what field action taken range-check starting engine Think start run engine remember stuff Greek Think about know hacker will thinking things weeks end head full buzzing bees have partial answer So So does everybody including model ing industry Tower Babel Want shock After five decades maga zines associations clubs national programs cost well-intentioned well-heeled bundle can assure within twoyear period 50% turnover have hung over years millions have turned off Some come back Most never Mrs Ross dear hubbyyou can Would tell us regularly about progress Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation Burton Michigan 48529 Dealer Inquiries welcome 10 Delta 10 Engine 30 Span LEADER IN SMALL AIRFOIL TECHNOLOGY MFG OF NI-STARTER NI-STARTER revolutronary concept model engines used boats cars airplanes NI STARTERITMI uses HeadlockITMI adapter locks onto glow plugs start engine Fits pocket comes CIlO charger has LED lights up charging Rechargeable hundreds times gives over 50 consecutive starts recharging Available charger Send ad along prepayment receive tree shipping handling $2495 charger NI-STARTER$2495 charger lOV 220V t2V fast chargerl NI-STARTER$1595 charger Chargers$1295 charger Ii 1OV 220V 2V fast charger PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH CHARGER WHEN ORDERING 12421 RANSOM DRIVE GLENN DALE MD 20769301 464-2260 SCALE WH EELS FREE-FLIGHT oco VINTAGESMOOTHGOLDEN AGENEW sizes2/zCONTOURsizes214BALLOON 3/"23h 3/ 13341314132hz414 11443/i11433/411/443/i 4 1145114411/25334 1/a6/24514l/g614 SCALE PILOTS CYUNDERS ENGINE KITS - MACHINE GUN KITS PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS WLLOAIZ SEND $1 FOR COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 9 CONTROL-UNE achievements dearly want know make out Just note let know column first thing read ModelAviation month writes Clarence Lee quite surprised suddenly see name print current issue regards Wally Francisco putting cologne fuel met Wally two three occasions did ask him time what made fuel smell like perfume answer put cologne guess get older tend reminisce about past reading column month brings back old memories hate date myself first gas engine 1937 Bunch Mighty Midget purchased knock down fonn built Megow Quaker Flash think ever successful flight wing badly warped tried correct aluminum trim tab low speed tab some effect model picked up speed warp wing took over would spiral-dive ground Later bought Miss Tiny Ohlsson 23 began get some successful flights However before crashed few times because did like looks Burgess battery sitting up cabin placed floor figured weight belly plane would make stable did know ship got turn pendulum effect weight tightened turn ship went just like previous Quaker Flash day some older modeler suggested try placing battery shown plans did no problems guess start accumulation knowledge try pass along Engine Clinic column now think modelers nowadays can appreciate some things went through back early days model engine development lot just taken granted As small boy lived about five miles Grand Central Air Terminal Glendale CA historic flights took place used ride bike over airport several times week just watch Ford Trimotors Curtiss Con dors take off land no way young fellows today can experience type pleasure Baby Cyclone engines also made Grand Central tin shed alongside hangars used spend hours outside fence behind shed watching rnn engines Actually hoping someone might offer reject poor kid later years met Bill Atwood Mel Anderson Ira Hassad told about said should just have come door asked plenty probably would have given era can never dupli cated knew going airplane pilot grew upand eventually spent 11 years Air Corps/Force pilot during following WW II Enough about past column just brings back old memoriesall way back Bill Barnes Air Trails Silver Lancer note has gotten little longer anticipated Wendell Hughes Prince Edward Island Cana da notes address too far complain about flying sites being too far away remarks about Theme models spell out something have always suspected Wendell writes have Theme model Its Me-109F slope glider have taken deviations scale keeps correct sit Continued page 26 24 Model Aviation MASTER AIRSCREW new K Series family propellers has introduced three Sizes 14 x 614 x 8 16 x 6 large propellers have Wider blades thinner airfoil sections best performance fourstroke engines Will also Work very well two-strokes Mold ed same tough glass-filled nylon GIF 1/2A Series props have same incredible strength durability 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airplane Its little vicious due small stab its real floater 24 oz Eppler 205 airfoil Rudder elevator controls positively indecent fun Ive enjoyed writing MAN 30s Air Trails etc hope someday youll explore artistic ramifications model airplane art has raison dentre moves three dimensions natural element have own flying field fann empty house Write sometime could write endlessly about artistic ramifications Construction art form particularly Rubber Scale Indoor models Beautifully-done machines type cap ture illusive essence full-size thing art forms So some color schemes finishes So flight greatest what Hughes calls artistic ramifications flight itself craft truly becomes air highly individual experience rare will know plane takes Doug Dahike EAA-ville WI Fun game let him anyway Check files July 1982 Doug commands Sent pix ukie stuff Doug tees off Heard nothing naturally assumed lack interest plus mountain mail Au aint joke son March 1984 wonder anyone has fun CL modeling What some ukie folks Au Some CL guys hate word dont blame for. fun am teaching young beginner fly knows nothing recharging has ton fun doesnt crash anymore getting father interested didnt take out bank loan either taught old fellow build mechanically-sound models Stunt Doug tweaks needle have fun watching him teach 17-year-old build better models leaming teach Thats fun plusfun have TD 02-powered ping-pong-pilot plane long has since youve such plane Bill Au Never funnier stuff never ping-pong balls. far safer buy totally-detailed doll $40 place cockpitno danger fun way. des image problems no longer able laugh themselves others toy airplanes think fly-ins low-key let tell about Ballon-Bust Midwest rules dont always win mind thats point have fun design Balloon Bust Goat will stop dead midair no throttle will also back up AuDoug hope goes beep beep beep does won Spirit 1952 award authentic construction Old-Time Stunter Bamstormer am proud award others . same Barnstormer took first overall PAMPA-class event fly ing Intermediate beat the Advancedclass flier Nobler well Expertclass pilot crashed 40-mph-plus wind fun Also great fun now prick memories present Ed Barnstormer construction article issue model Doug speaks indoor CO-2 Stunt model designed spans 21 weighs 30 grams total No concrete slabs oak elevators Got get serious about building Uses new Telco 3000 comes built-on Stunt tank Flies 9-ft lines does go fast medium power setting Allows ukie folks fly Stunt local library after club Continued page 28 K Send SASE Brochure Deeler Inquiries Welcome List Price $28500 AT-6 SNI-HARVARD 63375 Wingspan ngine s Complete Factory Direct $22800 Michigan residents odd 4% sales tax 26 Model Aviation 10031 CiiiSEVEN CiiiUNLIMITEDurnsDoc E/COIDIIMUICSAILPIANERICSAILPEANEEICWJRANORICSCAU lat-iobSIilflet-JoltnBrownlet-Bobioochorat-rorryNaowrmolet-Addiebacenato Playboy Aeon CO OSetentrone Anon CO 05ChallenOar lAstro COOSAOOo TOrO ArOro 036Faroren Movaliqee Snore-lFl5nrinScore-27B2Score-2734Sonre-2i5onrirrAerroO3S 2nd-Nobinrtntrer2ndjobnVanHaaae2nd-BnbSliff2nd-Johninave2nd-MitcfrFoIlng Viking MOo CO 05Elentinna Aerro CO 05Senanar Aeon COtSJO- Aeon 036Snpwith Tabbed Scare- 1032 winScore- 2536Score -2362Score 2600 nrinAeSo 036 3rd -Angoet Fabian3rd Brooe McAvonew3rd -John Brown3rd-Tony Nacarrato ietti oetro Co EIOctIite lAbiro CO OSElectricnv Antro CO 050nppy Biplane Score-lOlflormnScore-2b13Soore-2134lAneroO2Ol 1MB 1110111 0555 AMEl PuoHi CUSS BFREE PUONTINDOCIMDCCI Six Cal ManOven Six CoBsOLD TIMECONTROL LINE RISECOBSTEOL LINE CflN let-JinrOiglet-Leonard Bedfordtvr-BobMaknenlot-FrankOodellet-LonTardiff Satellite 380 Aeno CO 55 FAI Strip term COOSConrrrel Clipper ltntro 030 Zero Aeon 020 F 4-U Itanro 020 Score BIB see Score- 355 eec 2nd Donald Hoahen2nd Addie Nanarreto2nd Frank Godel2nd JoSn Godel2nd Addie Nacarrato Original ltntro 036 Playboy Aetro CO 15 Conrnror Clipperitanoro FOF Aeon 020 Bell invite lAnvo 020 Score -428 eecScore -320 eec 3rd Leonard Bedford3rd Tony Nacarreto3rd Robert Meboren3rd Tony Nananeto FAI Strip Aetro CO 05 Sateite 200 ILniarre LT-Sdl F-2B lAstro 036 i5 AD-S Aeon 0301 Scora-l27eec Score-22leec meeting 10-sec gas charge flying over carpet limits much trouble beginner can get see June 1983 MA could goon. er No will listen Besides busy having fuii jtrs hard find time write others tell em much fun havg. can say anyone having fun ukie simply touch what going ukie changing fer sure say valley Mark words what going will probably happen rest hobby later time need ukie fun ph etc rattle cage Iwiliget some assuming cannot locate 1982 stuff Au Doug having fun everything including ukie rattling cage fun too files aint Congressional Library Weuns col umnists have choice file write Doug good pLy fun too Read Just Fun September issue says Joe Kovel enjoyed refer ences KG sake record plans KG appeared April May issues ofMANin 1935 1934 Ive trying number years restore original KG Barring unforeseen delays project should completed 1985 also have KG-2 works RC-Assist KG restoration has priority Imagine original KG AMA Mu seum Im trying talk Joe out some pictures Cross fingers Formed 1934 Flying Dutchmen Aero modelers Reading PA nations oldest continuously-active clubsyou can num ber such outfits fingers hand maybe two FDA big un premier example what can done community Unique its exceptional close ties fasno lies FDA shining example what club can FDA Show Team AMAs oldest claims fly exhibits other promised few months ago FDA would back give justly-earned spot own Control Line club Modeling many-splendored thing Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Still Going Circles Continued aoe 20 yearthehigh numberduesolelytotheabilityof CL flown small area cooperation between Flying Dutch men local government can used model other organizations Indeed pos sible government private organizations work hand-in-hand make specific area better place enjoy recreational activity future outlook very bright commitment between Flying Dutchmen city will ensure fine flying site will available future generations enjoy Control Line flying has enjoyed past 50 years Flying Near Al rports Careful Safe Flying No Accident 28 Model Aviation S proud have part OflarUTUIUTiOfl winning team Rena NATS total 27 out 28 contestants placed top three events used ASTRO MOTORS ASTRO MOTORS used First Second place winners Congratulations NATS winners proud 1 leach Ave a Del Roy CA 2 e 213 821 -6243IJ U
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/12
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 28
Bill Winter Just Fun t fi FOR GUY never builds planes appear nowhere keep getting water Gremlins have crazy airplane another new spite draconian efforts get rid old ones todays radios never seem totally crash anything dont deserve such luck rafters filled dust gatherers heirlooms hardy attic trunks did take saw cardboard monster loomed like dinosaur Museum Naturai History dish out airplanes helpless victims Nondescript va grants scattered New England two beyond Mississippi Some gather dust other guys rafters some sail like Flying Dutchman Three actively flown over 20 years old cant take cannibaiized radio adds hulk graveyard ships Ever meet yourself coming going Sunday afternoon Bloody April club site few us threaded back roads tiny rough strip set middle huge field waving long grass wheat-like flew unlikely mixed bag Gas Electric planes mind can imagine generai lend-lease operation barn stormers have failen things get passed aroundplanes engines ra dios some poor things dont know belong Cruising around lazy flight flaps down Eagle watched Krack eliac flashing underneath back forth Far above whining steadily own LeCrate Electric Other planes sat waiting fly Can imaglne three models flying together get pleasure seeing others fly stuff flying myself get invited occasionally try sticks learn far watching flying design flight characteristics bag Literally hundreds flights have made plane before note myriad subtle things good bad may visible just session observing good man pilot planes thing understood anything bites dust thats way cookie crumbles Now about new crazy airplane Know what Simitar some years head MA plans sale Simitar first Star Wars madness series Bill Evans Simitar weird flying wing highly aerobatic flies fastlike bomb flat wing has straight leading edge LE swept-forward trailing edge TE trun cated fuselagechopped off TE elevons its low wingsticking out well forward tractor englne nose strike gear last airplane world would build could never handie like fool dashed angels fear tread needled Bill Evans quip slow enough Id consider flying What want asked Feeling hot breath devil neck gave him list impossible requirements bigger wing much reduced loading low power ability fly hands-off either three four channels would have soar greatest ease Also wanted stable groovy flight rudder-only too asked him make tail-dragger could taxied tipping over thought would go away Sketches flew back forth Odd problems arose Dihedral necessary put twist reflex airfoil youll find reflex Simitar draw median line airfoil What about hands-off stability 360soaring know no spiraling-down rudder control Extend fuselage aft lower billboard-size vertical tail Simitar actually Simitar Deuce move back fuselage extended 8 aft rudder TE Lower aft profile raise forward profile add good-sized canopy far forward Left Don SruIl mad test pilot always gets first try Winters crazy creations sets tfle idle Tor simitar slow Motion unaer Bills watchful gaze Winter cajoled Bill Evans designing saying hed make light could soar fly three four channels rudder alone too have trike baloney Note elevons reflexed 3/32 lengthened fuselage lower vertical tall higher nose forward canopy profiles dihedral East Coast version elevons short full span Right Could tail-dragger Simitar Slow Motion taxi Would nose over Ground handling proved perfect crew taxied out Secret wings Evans airfoil far forward high point reflexed median line Balance point about Inch behind LE first half-speed taxi run looked good Srull lifted off perfect flightincluding high-power rudder turns slow-flight flybys loop K&B Veco 19 venturi came loose Srull made successful dead-stick landing weeds Far easier twas said aileron trainers Has hands-oft stability Pictures first flight sequenced show lift-off holding slight back pressure climb-out slow-flight flyby high-speed flyby hands-off groove mild problem seems odd pilot see plane air stabilizer about ship text photos Tom Schmitt 18 ModelAviation assist nose-high turns Reflex elevons 3/32 i extreme TE Balance far forward about inch behind LE time got builtwith blank assembled fuselage Evans delightful foam wing partially sheeted false cap strips lightnessEvans flown five ofthem flight soared 1 hr 32 mm Cox Conquest 15 Rossi-class demon skids instead wheels launch held ship overhead simply took away hand speed range 15 80 mph time Mad Test Pilot Don Srull put air early August Evans companions fleet going sizes up 40 power call themselves Red Mountain Boys special caps and airplane known Slow Motion Doug Stanek 90 flights 40 version may slow Bill Evans goes like 40-size cabin jobs clean Mine powered beloved K&B-Veco 19 Taxies beautifully Manx cat Runs arrow-true steady Stable easy-handling flight does eights just rudder though normally fly elevons man love things Groovy steady approaches good flares nice touch downs Although short-coupled extreme elevons serve beautifully effective gentle elevators tail-dragger gear Hallco perfect eliminating weight third wheel its penalizing low forward profileand assorted junk does hands-off 360s flying buddies waited impatiently see thing flew interested rubber- electric-powered possibilities asked Evans 6-ft wing core declared that would overkill sent five-footer vertical tail still think six-footer would superb soarer gentle-wind loafer 5 ft makes nifty sport flier sure out ordinary Lincoln Beachey right said Give barn door will fly UPS bringing Red Mountain Boys red peaked capthe Last Star Fighters nothing unorthodox flying wing Physically sheep wolf s clothing same principle say Eaglet has stabilizer pushed wing reflexed median line airfoilplus reflexed elevonsare same deal using angular difference stability wing-plusstab airplane normal airfoil hence wing alone unstable stick stab out behind compensate instability instability comes center pressure travel increases angle attack Eaglet CP moves forward thus changlng required relationship CG stabilizer handles CP travel could handled wing itself could forget horizontal tail CP does change tad flying wing stable enough because its reflexed aft portion supplies enough stab action keep everything happy Basically tis same CG CL setup always fly withnothing really changed II / NOTE AIRCRAFT HELD TOGETHER WITH HUBBER BANDS BLOCKSSHEET / L L L just looks funny Engineers may call Flintstone say beefers make best soldiers Call Sergeant York beef about letters can use editor says quote cop-out Would prefer letters prattle letters get Ross FROM MODEL AIRPLANE NEWS JULY 947 / WINS SECTION EIFFFL 400 WITH FLAT BOTTOM.zIIIiZ ER SPORTSTER designed BILL WINTER WINGSPAN 49 INS WING AREA290 SO INS POWER U INS NOTE WINDSHIELD COMES~ ___ OST FOR ACCESS TOI BATTERY BOX7 CS IAPPROD1 fl/1H SECTION ANOTE DOWNTHRSST A TIMER 0 -I TOP FIN SSB FIN SCALE IN INCHES h1c 0 D 3 4 5 6810ID twin-boom pusher FF built Winter during winter 1946-47 Dont con fused downthrust Bill says because true CG probably vicinity engine mounts close machines center drag should try build RC try put battery radio servos far forward battery extreme nose would fly much dignity OS Max 10 gusto Max 15 Bill thinks December1984 19 Above Hal deBolts Electric Sportster ailerons excit ing approach combined genuine aerobatics soaring Specs 52 span 496 sq area 52 oz flying weight 15 oz loading NACA 65012 airfoil Hoerner tips Astro Cobalt 05 belt drive 12-9 reworked YO prop seven 1 2 Ah cells 1-in Goldberg spin ner 21/4-in Williams Bros wheels Has P-40-style nose air scoop air exits wing saddle Left Lou Roberts flies rare Scientific CL Cyclone circa 1945-46 admires its clas sic lines early Control Line birds showed FF lineage Like could convert nicely RC Electric Lou says Forster 35 adequate power decent sport flier Years mCi No er half century Fl nodelers have enjoyed fi rol Line aircraft main ted interest CL flying ling facilities provided n City Readir worry about losing ig Dutchmen can to general CL flying core pen nit organization holding cli th FDA nt looking ts fou pit area b que grills t situated along scenic Skyt ty Reading ft field Fly ways getting club membe nd friends rties picnics can rips full-scale fl team banquet things bu club these activities on club So h Dutchmen have rer rcentage o fly flying u bench test-run ular r CL fiyiny stayed witn answers Ho ach things lane go iooth Stunt flicj interest edback airc ment felt directed iants grasp oi touch much full-sc es apparent aircra Dutchmen Club 4 main interest ii r However over course uontrol Line being developi leaned toward CL Originally th n baseball diamonds playgrounc ma nly Lflier II find U hear U thered presenteoUVI rages 3 nOws 193 t-ree Flight d flying circles g Dutchmen Aeromode original member toda se guys sai e models Am right Genes abandoned fields necessary tofin 1948 club uri Drenkel Field lnrated betweer mA Orive b used thi tht mem iestCL 20 Model Aviation sigi sign ,owteam voing field er along McMullen quips about fan mail wit letter poured Guys write way write month Id like introduce few ofthese folks random letters would help know prefer occasional columns like Leading off Phillip Bruce Mahony Lime Rock CT zeroed-in remarks about drastic effects big non-free-wheelers glide Electric d flight instructor Pappy Metteson/Armonk Airport told have stretch glide engine quits get nose up stop prop windmilling first thing Makes sense says Phil dont really want drag brake front Trying recapture misspent youth has led MECA engine collecting led happy coincidence back first powered airplane model kept asking everyone about balsa profile modelPenny Glider remember style OK CO-2 blue fuselage rudder yellow wings stabilizer Well Clay Blanton Columbus GA unearthed slightly-tattered box Megow CO-2 Special Most steamed-in dihedral camber disappeared wing 35-36 years sure brings back memories measured incidence wing tail found wing negative tail posi tive NowIdidntflywell. dont really want fly origlnal would like scale about 60 70% Brown/Telco/Shark whatever CO-2 Would fun schoolyard settings Finding old Megow thing awakened another memory Mahony wanders once autoglro three floppy-hinged blades kite some sort bar across nose also lines leading handie manipulated wind kept up Well got away overcontrolled horrible blade-crunching death upon Reynolds Field other side Kensico nowWestchester Airport Can anyone identify Anybody have up grabs Lime Rock national race car site suspect Phil involved flies models adjacent track can tell Armonk recall correctly long gone beastly grass airport L-shaped strips parallel high wires other right angle skimmed over wires flared normally arrived edge slope flew off space just about stalled same elevation hangar roofs Phil tells old Canaan Airport northwest corner Connecticut also no highway bisects Walt Schroder flew 1948 RC Special rented Airknockers X-country now two strips somewhere devoted ultralights onto next guest Selig Solomon president Pharmometrics Corp New Brunswick NJ among wrote regarding Pronto story July issue early 70s Mr Solomon beglns living Annapolis MD wanted teach oldest son 12 years old fly RC went hobby shop looking appropriate model settled Pronto airplane proved best flier trainer ever seen Truthfully secretly began enjoy Pronto Aero master flying son learned quickly soon ready outgrow Pronto day returned home office found him seated drafting table Pronto plans laid out designing strip ailerons linkages still have original plans drawings built what later become Super Pronto fall attended WRAM Show New York Tidewater booth son spoke individual booth great length what done Pronto including photos discussed link ages changes dihedral strengthening center section etc Shortly afterwards first com mercial Super Prontos made appearance original Pronto lasted until two years ago on-board battery failed aircraft reduced itself kit form youngest son now 11 years old Solomon continues has flying trainer 4B-2 built Model Aviation plans some time ago has progressed nicely have intrigued column am preparing scratch-build Super Pronto origlnal plans Ijust finished scratch-building Quarter Scale PRY-S Catalina Sid Mor gan plans have keep myself occupied paint dries history provided column interesting provided warmth depth found normal rendition Thank Continued page 22 December 1984 21 * I VIDEO PROGRAMS K jNEW LANE FUNNIES II The wildest craziest wackiest insane video ever \ 30 minutes aeromodeling insanity Gremlins working overtime OTHER GREAT VIDEOS RENTBUY 14954495 13954495 13954495 12953995 14953995 1 BASIC CONSTRUCTION FOR BEGINNERS IN A/C90 Mm 2 BASIC FLIGHT TRAINING FOR BEGINNERS IN RIC60 Mm Protessional step step instruction Z 3 THE WORLD OF MODEL AVIATION90 Mm Expos static displays AMA NATS scale 4 OSHKOSH OVERVIEW55 Mm Workshops Air Shows Warbirds 5 AIRPLANE FUNNIES II30 Mm ORDERING INFORMATION Programs may rented wioplion purchase Duration rentals 3 days Program No1 is5 days Send Check Money Order lull purchase price 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sail high invariably some hidden-away field parking lot Across some wide field appears young man old man handin-hand couple want get RC know RC exists Few know about magazines often havent heard about AMA An AMA T-shirt leads questions have met six such couples seasonand least dozen men boys Usually have seen something TV newspaper AMA cranks out mountain stuff media folks re porters impressive jobs Questions can fly can meet people fly Whats good kit can get much Ifly Ouch Mothers waiting kids get done soccer far-off corner area furious coaches lousing up dinnertime grow fascinated drifting soaring planes several times have heard same remark beautiful supposes must seen like sailing can identify big nearby flying sites think experts will tell must have bomb ailerons right Gadzooks feels humble helpless much can Point some direction cross fingers thats nothing print language book magazine articles nothing properly adequately serves purpose have come believe nobody knows Insights 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looks Burgess battery sitting up cabin placed floor figured weight belly plane would make stable did know ship got turn pendulum effect weight tightened turn ship went just like previous Quaker Flash day some older modeler suggested try placing battery shown plans did no problems guess start accumulation knowledge try pass along Engine Clinic column now think modelers nowadays can appreciate some things went through back early days model engine development lot just taken granted As small boy lived about five miles Grand Central Air Terminal Glendale CA historic flights took place used ride bike over airport several times week just watch Ford Trimotors Curtiss Con dors take off land no way young fellows today can experience type pleasure Baby Cyclone engines also made Grand Central tin shed alongside hangars used spend hours outside fence behind shed watching rnn engines Actually hoping someone might offer reject poor kid later years met Bill Atwood Mel Anderson Ira Hassad told about said should just have come door asked plenty probably would have given era can never dupli cated knew going airplane pilot grew upand eventually spent 11 years Air Corps/Force pilot during following WW II Enough about past column just brings back old memoriesall way back Bill Barnes Air Trails Silver Lancer note has gotten little longer anticipated Wendell Hughes Prince Edward Island Cana da notes address too far complain about flying sites being too far away remarks about Theme models spell out something have always suspected Wendell writes have Theme model Its Me-109F slope glider have taken deviations scale keeps correct sit Continued page 26 24 Model Aviation MASTER AIRSCREW new K Series family propellers has introduced three Sizes 14 x 614 x 8 16 x 6 large propellers have Wider blades thinner airfoil sections best performance fourstroke engines Will also Work very well two-strokes Mold ed same tough glass-filled nylon GIF 1/2A Series props have same incredible strength durability 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folks Au Some CL guys hate word dont blame for. fun am teaching young beginner fly knows nothing recharging has ton fun doesnt crash anymore getting father interested didnt take out bank loan either taught old fellow build mechanically-sound models Stunt Doug tweaks needle have fun watching him teach 17-year-old build better models leaming teach Thats fun plusfun have TD 02-powered ping-pong-pilot plane long has since youve such plane Bill Au Never funnier stuff never ping-pong balls. far safer buy totally-detailed doll $40 place cockpitno danger fun way. des image problems no longer able laugh themselves others toy airplanes think fly-ins low-key let tell about Ballon-Bust Midwest rules dont always win mind thats point have fun design Balloon Bust Goat will stop dead midair no throttle will also back up AuDoug hope goes beep beep beep does won Spirit 1952 award authentic construction Old-Time Stunter Bamstormer am proud award others . same Barnstormer took first overall PAMPA-class 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eec 3rd Leonard Bedford3rd Tony Nacarreto3rd Robert Meboren3rd Tony Nananeto FAI Strip Aetro CO 05 Sateite 200 ILniarre LT-Sdl F-2B lAstro 036 i5 AD-S Aeon 0301 Scora-l27eec Score-22leec meeting 10-sec gas charge flying over carpet limits much trouble beginner can get see June 1983 MA could goon. er No will listen Besides busy having fuii jtrs hard find time write others tell em much fun havg. can say anyone having fun ukie simply touch what going ukie changing fer sure say valley Mark words what going will probably happen rest hobby later time need ukie fun ph etc rattle cage Iwiliget some assuming cannot locate 1982 stuff Au Doug having fun everything including ukie rattling cage fun too files aint Congressional Library Weuns col umnists have choice file write Doug good pLy fun too Read Just Fun September issue says Joe Kovel enjoyed refer ences KG sake record plans KG appeared April May issues ofMANin 1935 1934 Ive trying number years restore original KG Barring unforeseen delays project should completed 1985 also have KG-2 works RC-Assist KG restoration has priority Imagine original KG AMA Mu seum Im trying talk Joe out some pictures Cross fingers Formed 1934 Flying Dutchmen Aero modelers Reading PA nations oldest continuously-active clubsyou can num ber such outfits fingers hand maybe two FDA big un premier example what can done community Unique its exceptional close ties fasno lies FDA shining example what club can FDA Show Team AMAs oldest claims fly exhibits other promised few months ago FDA would back give justly-earned spot own Control Line club Modeling many-splendored thing Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Still Going Circles Continued aoe 20 yearthehigh numberduesolelytotheabilityof CL flown small area cooperation between Flying Dutch men local government can used model other organizations Indeed pos sible government private organizations work hand-in-hand make specific area better place enjoy recreational activity future outlook very bright commitment between Flying Dutchmen city will ensure fine flying site will available future generations enjoy Control Line flying has enjoyed past 50 years Flying Near Al rports Careful Safe Flying No Accident 28 Model Aviation S proud have part OflarUTUIUTiOfl winning team Rena NATS total 27 out 28 contestants placed top three events used ASTRO MOTORS ASTRO MOTORS used First Second place winners Congratulations NATS winners proud 1 leach Ave a Del Roy CA 2 e 213 821 -6243IJ U
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/12
Page Numbers: 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 28
Bill Winter Just Fun t fi FOR GUY never builds planes appear nowhere keep getting water Gremlins have crazy airplane another new spite draconian efforts get rid old ones todays radios never seem totally crash anything dont deserve such luck rafters filled dust gatherers heirlooms hardy attic trunks did take saw cardboard monster loomed like dinosaur Museum Naturai History dish out airplanes helpless victims Nondescript va grants scattered New England two beyond Mississippi Some gather dust other guys rafters some sail like Flying Dutchman Three actively flown over 20 years old cant take cannibaiized radio adds hulk graveyard ships Ever meet yourself coming going Sunday afternoon Bloody April club site few us threaded back roads tiny rough strip set middle huge field waving long grass wheat-like flew unlikely mixed bag Gas Electric planes mind can imagine generai lend-lease operation barn stormers have failen things get passed aroundplanes engines ra dios some poor things dont know belong Cruising around lazy flight flaps down Eagle watched Krack eliac flashing underneath back forth Far above whining steadily own LeCrate Electric Other planes sat waiting fly Can imaglne three models flying together get pleasure seeing others fly stuff flying myself get invited occasionally try sticks learn far watching flying design flight characteristics bag Literally hundreds flights have made plane before note myriad subtle things good bad may visible just session observing good man pilot planes thing understood anything bites dust thats way cookie crumbles Now about new crazy airplane Know what Simitar some years head MA plans sale Simitar first Star Wars madness series Bill Evans Simitar weird flying wing highly aerobatic flies fastlike bomb flat wing has straight leading edge LE swept-forward trailing edge TE trun cated fuselagechopped off TE elevons its low wingsticking out well forward tractor englne nose strike gear last airplane world would build could never handie like fool dashed angels fear tread needled Bill Evans quip slow enough Id consider flying What want asked Feeling hot breath devil neck gave him list impossible requirements bigger wing much reduced loading low power ability fly hands-off either three four channels would have soar greatest ease Also wanted stable groovy flight rudder-only too asked him make tail-dragger could taxied tipping over thought would go away Sketches flew back forth Odd problems arose Dihedral necessary put twist reflex airfoil youll find reflex Simitar draw median line airfoil What about hands-off stability 360soaring know no spiraling-down rudder control Extend fuselage aft lower billboard-size vertical tail Simitar actually Simitar Deuce move back fuselage extended 8 aft rudder TE Lower aft profile raise forward profile add good-sized canopy far forward Left Don SruIl mad test pilot always gets first try Winters crazy creations sets tfle idle Tor simitar slow Motion unaer Bills watchful gaze Winter cajoled Bill Evans designing saying hed make light could soar fly three four channels rudder alone too have trike baloney Note elevons reflexed 3/32 lengthened fuselage lower vertical tall higher nose forward canopy profiles dihedral East Coast version elevons short full span Right Could tail-dragger Simitar Slow Motion taxi Would nose over Ground handling proved perfect crew taxied out Secret wings Evans airfoil far forward high point reflexed median line Balance point about Inch behind LE first half-speed taxi run looked good Srull lifted off perfect flightincluding high-power rudder turns slow-flight flybys loop K&B Veco 19 venturi came loose Srull made successful dead-stick landing weeds Far easier twas said aileron trainers Has hands-oft stability Pictures first flight sequenced show lift-off holding slight back pressure climb-out slow-flight flyby high-speed flyby hands-off groove mild problem seems odd pilot see plane air stabilizer about ship text photos Tom Schmitt 18 ModelAviation assist nose-high turns Reflex elevons 3/32 i extreme TE Balance far forward about inch behind LE time got builtwith blank assembled fuselage Evans delightful foam wing partially sheeted false cap strips lightnessEvans flown five ofthem flight soared 1 hr 32 mm Cox Conquest 15 Rossi-class demon skids instead wheels launch held ship overhead simply took away hand speed range 15 80 mph time Mad Test Pilot Don Srull put air early August Evans companions fleet going sizes up 40 power call themselves Red Mountain Boys special caps and airplane known Slow Motion Doug Stanek 90 flights 40 version may slow Bill Evans goes like 40-size cabin jobs clean Mine powered beloved K&B-Veco 19 Taxies beautifully Manx cat Runs arrow-true steady Stable easy-handling flight does eights just rudder though normally fly elevons man love things Groovy steady approaches good flares nice touch downs Although short-coupled extreme elevons serve beautifully effective gentle elevators tail-dragger gear Hallco perfect eliminating weight third wheel its penalizing low forward profileand assorted junk does hands-off 360s flying buddies waited impatiently see thing flew interested rubber- electric-powered possibilities asked Evans 6-ft wing core declared that would overkill sent five-footer vertical tail still think six-footer would superb soarer gentle-wind loafer 5 ft makes nifty sport flier sure out ordinary Lincoln Beachey right said Give barn door will fly UPS bringing Red Mountain Boys red peaked capthe Last Star Fighters nothing unorthodox flying wing Physically sheep wolf s clothing same principle say Eaglet has stabilizer pushed wing reflexed median line airfoilplus reflexed elevonsare same deal using angular difference stability wing-plusstab airplane normal airfoil hence wing alone unstable stick stab out behind compensate instability instability comes center pressure travel increases angle attack Eaglet CP moves forward thus changlng required relationship CG stabilizer handles CP travel could handled wing itself could forget horizontal tail CP does change tad flying wing stable enough because its reflexed aft portion supplies enough stab action keep everything happy Basically tis same CG CL setup always fly withnothing really changed II / NOTE AIRCRAFT HELD TOGETHER WITH HUBBER BANDS BLOCKSSHEET / L L L just looks funny Engineers may call Flintstone say beefers make best soldiers Call Sergeant York beef about letters can use editor says quote cop-out Would prefer letters prattle letters get Ross FROM MODEL AIRPLANE NEWS JULY 947 / WINS SECTION EIFFFL 400 WITH FLAT BOTTOM.zIIIiZ ER SPORTSTER designed BILL WINTER WINGSPAN 49 INS WING AREA290 SO INS POWER U INS NOTE WINDSHIELD COMES~ ___ OST FOR ACCESS TOI BATTERY BOX7 CS IAPPROD1 fl/1H SECTION ANOTE DOWNTHRSST A TIMER 0 -I TOP FIN SSB FIN SCALE IN INCHES h1c 0 D 3 4 5 6810ID twin-boom pusher FF built Winter during winter 1946-47 Dont con fused downthrust Bill says because true CG probably vicinity engine mounts close machines center drag should try build RC try put battery radio servos far forward battery extreme nose would fly much dignity OS Max 10 gusto Max 15 Bill thinks December1984 19 Above Hal deBolts Electric Sportster ailerons excit ing approach combined genuine aerobatics soaring Specs 52 span 496 sq area 52 oz flying weight 15 oz loading NACA 65012 airfoil Hoerner tips Astro Cobalt 05 belt drive 12-9 reworked YO prop seven 1 2 Ah cells 1-in Goldberg spin ner 21/4-in Williams Bros wheels Has P-40-style nose air scoop air exits wing saddle Left Lou Roberts flies rare Scientific CL Cyclone circa 1945-46 admires its clas sic lines early Control Line birds showed FF lineage Like could convert nicely RC Electric Lou says Forster 35 adequate power decent sport flier Years mCi No er half century Fl nodelers have enjoyed fi rol Line aircraft main ted interest CL flying ling facilities provided n City Readir worry about losing ig Dutchmen can to general CL flying core pen nit organization holding cli th FDA nt looking ts fou pit area b que grills t situated along scenic Skyt ty Reading ft field Fly ways getting club membe nd friends rties picnics can rips full-scale fl team banquet things bu club these activities on club So h Dutchmen have rer rcentage o fly flying u bench test-run ular r CL fiyiny stayed witn answers Ho ach things lane go iooth Stunt flicj interest edback airc ment felt directed iants grasp oi touch much full-sc es apparent aircra Dutchmen Club 4 main interest ii r However over course uontrol Line being developi leaned toward CL Originally th n baseball diamonds playgrounc ma nly Lflier II find U hear U thered presenteoUVI rages 3 nOws 193 t-ree Flight d flying circles g Dutchmen Aeromode original member toda se guys sai e models Am right Genes abandoned fields necessary tofin 1948 club uri Drenkel Field lnrated betweer mA Orive b used thi tht mem iestCL 20 Model Aviation sigi sign ,owteam voing field er along McMullen quips about fan mail wit letter poured Guys write way write month Id like introduce few ofthese folks random letters would help know prefer occasional columns like Leading off Phillip Bruce Mahony Lime Rock CT zeroed-in remarks about drastic effects big non-free-wheelers glide Electric d flight instructor Pappy Metteson/Armonk Airport told have stretch glide engine quits get nose up stop prop windmilling first thing Makes sense says Phil dont really want drag brake front Trying recapture misspent youth has led MECA engine collecting led happy coincidence back first powered airplane model kept asking everyone about balsa profile modelPenny Glider remember style OK CO-2 blue fuselage rudder yellow wings stabilizer Well Clay Blanton Columbus GA unearthed slightly-tattered box Megow CO-2 Special Most steamed-in dihedral camber disappeared wing 35-36 years sure brings back memories measured incidence wing tail found wing negative tail posi tive NowIdidntflywell. dont really want fly origlnal would like scale about 60 70% Brown/Telco/Shark whatever CO-2 Would fun schoolyard settings Finding old Megow thing awakened another memory Mahony wanders once autoglro three floppy-hinged blades kite some sort bar across nose also lines leading handie manipulated wind kept up Well got away overcontrolled horrible blade-crunching death upon Reynolds Field other side Kensico nowWestchester Airport Can anyone identify Anybody have up grabs Lime Rock national race car site suspect Phil involved flies models adjacent track can tell Armonk recall correctly long gone beastly grass airport L-shaped strips parallel high wires other right angle skimmed over wires flared normally arrived edge slope flew off space just about stalled same elevation hangar roofs Phil tells old Canaan Airport northwest corner Connecticut also no highway bisects Walt Schroder flew 1948 RC Special rented Airknockers X-country now two strips somewhere devoted ultralights onto next guest Selig Solomon president Pharmometrics Corp New Brunswick NJ among wrote regarding Pronto story July issue early 70s Mr Solomon beglns living Annapolis MD wanted teach oldest son 12 years old fly RC went hobby shop looking appropriate model settled Pronto airplane proved best flier trainer ever seen Truthfully secretly began enjoy Pronto Aero master flying son learned quickly soon ready outgrow Pronto day returned home office found him seated drafting table Pronto plans laid out designing strip ailerons linkages still have original plans drawings built what later become Super Pronto fall attended WRAM Show New York Tidewater booth son spoke individual booth great length what done Pronto including photos discussed link ages changes dihedral strengthening center section etc Shortly afterwards first com mercial Super Prontos made appearance original Pronto lasted until two years ago on-board battery failed aircraft reduced itself kit form youngest son now 11 years old Solomon continues has flying trainer 4B-2 built Model Aviation plans some time ago has progressed nicely have intrigued column am preparing scratch-build Super Pronto origlnal plans Ijust finished scratch-building Quarter Scale PRY-S Catalina Sid Mor gan plans have keep myself occupied paint dries history provided column interesting provided warmth depth found normal rendition Thank Continued page 22 December 1984 21 * I VIDEO PROGRAMS K jNEW LANE FUNNIES II The wildest craziest wackiest insane video ever \ 30 minutes aeromodeling insanity Gremlins working overtime OTHER GREAT VIDEOS RENTBUY 14954495 13954495 13954495 12953995 14953995 1 BASIC CONSTRUCTION FOR BEGINNERS IN A/C90 Mm 2 BASIC FLIGHT TRAINING FOR BEGINNERS IN RIC60 Mm Protessional step step instruction Z 3 THE WORLD OF MODEL AVIATION90 Mm Expos static displays AMA NATS scale 4 OSHKOSH OVERVIEW55 Mm Workshops Air Shows Warbirds 5 AIRPLANE FUNNIES II30 Mm ORDERING INFORMATION Programs may rented wioplion purchase Duration rentals 3 days Program No1 is5 days Send Check Money Order lull purchase price tape ordered renting balance will refunded upon return programs ordering specify date desired Club meelings order well advance Allow 10 days checks clear Illinois Residents include 8 per cent tas Shipping charge 5300 purchase 5450 rental Return postage included VHS ONLY SEND ORDERS TO ACADEMY OF AVIATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT POBOX 428139 CHICAGO ILLINOIS 312 8740456 BAKA Features Quick building balsa construction Full scale plans photo illustrated instructions El Good first aileron airplane stable easy fly Send check MO 31 Span MAGUS$2195 049 Engine Pay Shipping FM AGUS MODEL AIRCRAFT 3518 Laurel 4 4 write great column Mrs G Ross Denver flatters love reading about different types airplanes husband new RC read section Peter Miller Put Wings Camera knew ask howl can get copy article Also what types kits would idea work best What Old-Timers can find out about Thank patience questions letter strikes home truly enjoy flying late day cool evenings two other guys want quietly watch birds sail high invariably some hidden-away field parking lot Across some wide field appears young man old man handin-hand couple want get RC know RC exists Few know about magazines often havent heard about AMA An AMA T-shirt leads questions have met six such couples seasonand least dozen men boys Usually have seen something TV newspaper AMA cranks out mountain stuff media folks re porters impressive jobs Questions can fly can meet people fly Whats good kit can get much Ifly Ouch Mothers waiting kids get done soccer far-off corner area furious coaches lousing up dinnertime grow fascinated drifting soaring planes several times have heard same remark beautiful supposes must seen like sailing can identify big nearby flying sites think experts will tell must have bomb ailerons right Gadzooks feels humble helpless much can Point some direction cross fingers thats nothing print language book magazine articles nothing properly adequately serves purpose have come believe nobody knows Insights understanding aimost totally nonexistent booklet just 100 simple questions answers would help dont expect see lifetime havent seen 55 years modeling now Oh have tried just focus impressions may complex hobby world shine lights thousand different corners never illumi nating stage Try next time go Out fly think about object action simple because lucky enough know about themand much us know field box Whats plane radio everything tank clunk pressure plugs props connectors boosters starters batteries chargers gizmos gadgets Think what field action taken range-check starting engine Think start run engine remember stuff Greek Think about know hacker will thinking things weeks end head full buzzing bees have partial answer So So does everybody including model ing industry Tower Babel Want shock After five decades maga zines associations clubs national programs cost well-intentioned well-heeled bundle can assure within twoyear period 50% turnover have hung over years millions have turned off Some come back Most never Mrs Ross dear hubbyyou can Would tell us regularly about progress Continued page 24 22 Model Aviation Burton Michigan 48529 Dealer Inquiries welcome 10 Delta 10 Engine 30 Span LEADER IN SMALL AIRFOIL TECHNOLOGY MFG OF NI-STARTER NI-STARTER revolutronary concept model engines used boats cars airplanes NI STARTERITMI uses HeadlockITMI adapter locks onto glow plugs start engine Fits pocket comes CIlO charger has LED lights up charging Rechargeable hundreds times gives over 50 consecutive starts recharging Available charger Send ad along prepayment receive tree shipping handling $2495 charger NI-STARTER$2495 charger lOV 220V t2V fast chargerl NI-STARTER$1595 charger Chargers$1295 charger Ii 1OV 220V 2V fast charger PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH CHARGER WHEN ORDERING 12421 RANSOM DRIVE GLENN DALE MD 20769301 464-2260 SCALE WH EELS FREE-FLIGHT oco VINTAGESMOOTHGOLDEN AGENEW sizes2/zCONTOURsizes214BALLOON 3/"23h 3/ 13341314132hz414 11443/i11433/411/443/i 4 1145114411/25334 1/a6/24514l/g614 SCALE PILOTS CYUNDERS ENGINE KITS - MACHINE GUN KITS PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS WLLOAIZ SEND $1 FOR COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 9 CONTROL-UNE achievements dearly want know make out Just note let know column first thing read ModelAviation month writes Clarence Lee quite surprised suddenly see name print current issue regards Wally Francisco putting cologne fuel met Wally two three occasions did ask him time what made fuel smell like perfume answer put cologne guess get older tend reminisce about past reading column month brings back old memories hate date myself first gas engine 1937 Bunch Mighty Midget purchased knock down fonn built Megow Quaker Flash think ever successful flight wing badly warped tried correct aluminum trim tab low speed tab some effect model picked up speed warp wing took over would spiral-dive ground Later bought Miss Tiny Ohlsson 23 began get some successful flights However before crashed few times because did like looks Burgess battery sitting up cabin placed floor figured weight belly plane would make stable did know ship got turn pendulum effect weight tightened turn ship went just like previous Quaker Flash day some older modeler suggested try placing battery shown plans did no problems guess start accumulation knowledge try pass along Engine Clinic column now think modelers nowadays can appreciate some things went through back early days model engine development lot just taken granted As small boy lived about five miles Grand Central Air Terminal Glendale CA historic flights took place used ride bike over airport several times week just watch Ford Trimotors Curtiss Con dors take off land no way young fellows today can experience type pleasure Baby Cyclone engines also made Grand Central tin shed alongside hangars used spend hours outside fence behind shed watching rnn engines Actually hoping someone might offer reject poor kid later years met Bill Atwood Mel Anderson Ira Hassad told about said should just have come door asked plenty probably would have given era can never dupli cated knew going airplane pilot grew upand eventually spent 11 years Air Corps/Force pilot during following WW II Enough about past column just brings back old memoriesall way back Bill Barnes Air Trails Silver Lancer note has gotten little longer anticipated Wendell Hughes Prince Edward Island Cana da notes address too far complain about flying sites being too far away remarks about Theme models spell out something have always suspected Wendell writes have Theme model Its Me-109F slope glider have taken deviations scale keeps correct sit Continued page 26 24 Model Aviation MASTER AIRSCREW new K Series family propellers has introduced three Sizes 14 x 614 x 8 16 x 6 large propellers have Wider blades thinner airfoil sections best performance fourstroke engines Will also Work very well two-strokes Mold ed same tough glass-filled nylon GIF 1/2A Series props have same incredible strength durability 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airplane Its little vicious due small stab its real floater 24 oz Eppler 205 airfoil Rudder elevator controls positively indecent fun Ive enjoyed writing MAN 30s Air Trails etc hope someday youll explore artistic ramifications model airplane art has raison dentre moves three dimensions natural element have own flying field fann empty house Write sometime could write endlessly about artistic ramifications Construction art form particularly Rubber Scale Indoor models Beautifully-done machines type cap ture illusive essence full-size thing art forms So some color schemes finishes So flight greatest what Hughes calls artistic ramifications flight itself craft truly becomes air highly individual experience rare will know plane takes Doug Dahike EAA-ville WI Fun game let him anyway Check files July 1982 Doug commands Sent pix ukie stuff Doug tees off Heard nothing naturally assumed lack interest plus mountain mail Au aint joke son March 1984 wonder anyone has fun CL modeling What some ukie folks Au Some CL guys hate word dont blame for. fun am teaching young beginner fly knows nothing recharging has ton fun doesnt crash anymore getting father interested didnt take out bank loan either taught old fellow build mechanically-sound models Stunt Doug tweaks needle have fun watching him teach 17-year-old build better models leaming teach Thats fun plusfun have TD 02-powered ping-pong-pilot plane long has since youve such plane Bill Au Never funnier stuff never ping-pong balls. far safer buy totally-detailed doll $40 place cockpitno danger fun way. des image problems no longer able laugh themselves others toy airplanes think fly-ins low-key let tell about Ballon-Bust Midwest rules dont always win mind thats point have fun design Balloon Bust Goat will stop dead midair no throttle will also back up AuDoug hope goes beep beep beep does won Spirit 1952 award authentic construction Old-Time Stunter Bamstormer am proud award others . same Barnstormer took first overall PAMPA-class event fly ing Intermediate beat the Advancedclass flier Nobler well Expertclass pilot crashed 40-mph-plus wind fun Also great fun now prick memories present Ed Barnstormer construction article issue model Doug speaks indoor CO-2 Stunt model designed spans 21 weighs 30 grams total No concrete slabs oak elevators Got get serious about building Uses new Telco 3000 comes built-on Stunt tank Flies 9-ft lines does go fast medium power setting Allows ukie folks fly Stunt local library after club Continued page 28 K Send SASE Brochure Deeler Inquiries Welcome List Price $28500 AT-6 SNI-HARVARD 63375 Wingspan ngine s Complete Factory Direct $22800 Michigan residents odd 4% sales tax 26 Model Aviation 10031 CiiiSEVEN CiiiUNLIMITEDurnsDoc E/COIDIIMUICSAILPIANERICSAILPEANEEICWJRANORICSCAU lat-iobSIilflet-JoltnBrownlet-Bobioochorat-rorryNaowrmolet-Addiebacenato Playboy Aeon CO OSetentrone Anon CO 05ChallenOar lAstro COOSAOOo TOrO ArOro 036Faroren Movaliqee 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eec 3rd Leonard Bedford3rd Tony Nacarreto3rd Robert Meboren3rd Tony Nananeto FAI Strip Aetro CO 05 Sateite 200 ILniarre LT-Sdl F-2B lAstro 036 i5 AD-S Aeon 0301 Scora-l27eec Score-22leec meeting 10-sec gas charge flying over carpet limits much trouble beginner can get see June 1983 MA could goon. er No will listen Besides busy having fuii jtrs hard find time write others tell em much fun havg. can say anyone having fun ukie simply touch what going ukie changing fer sure say valley Mark words what going will probably happen rest hobby later time need ukie fun ph etc rattle cage Iwiliget some assuming cannot locate 1982 stuff Au Doug having fun everything including ukie rattling cage fun too files aint Congressional Library Weuns col umnists have choice file write Doug good pLy fun too Read Just Fun September issue says Joe Kovel enjoyed refer ences KG sake record plans KG appeared April May issues ofMANin 1935 1934 Ive trying number years restore original KG Barring unforeseen delays project should completed 1985 also have KG-2 works RC-Assist KG restoration has priority Imagine original KG AMA Mu seum Im trying talk Joe out some pictures Cross fingers Formed 1934 Flying Dutchmen Aero modelers Reading PA nations oldest continuously-active clubsyou can num ber such outfits fingers hand maybe two FDA big un premier example what can done community Unique its exceptional close ties fasno lies FDA shining example what club can FDA Show Team AMAs oldest claims fly exhibits other promised few months ago FDA would back give justly-earned spot own Control Line club Modeling many-splendored thing Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Still Going Circles Continued aoe 20 yearthehigh numberduesolelytotheabilityof CL flown small area cooperation between Flying Dutch men local government can used model other organizations Indeed pos sible government private organizations work hand-in-hand make specific area better place enjoy recreational activity future outlook very bright commitment between Flying Dutchmen city will ensure fine flying site will available future generations enjoy Control Line flying has enjoyed past 50 years Flying Near Al rports Careful Safe Flying No Accident 28 Model Aviation S proud have part OflarUTUIUTiOfl winning team Rena NATS total 27 out 28 contestants placed top three events used ASTRO MOTORS ASTRO MOTORS used First Second place winners Congratulations NATS winners proud 1 leach Ave a Del Roy CA 2 e 213 821 -6243IJ U