Bill Winter 0 ____Plane Talk____ Left like Parasol romance displayed John Boyds 25 OS Max IIDFIAS II enlarged version Enya 09 model featured Winters September 1983 column Span 18861/4 forBi 5 sq area Thermals nicelywith average glides about 10 mm occasion al forays around 20 mm Also inverts glide too half outside loop entry Right Structural design framing Boyds parasol picture perfect studies impressive becomes Winter thinks would profane change single piece Len 1 fl15 ientIe aay oeiongs ~raig nompeon ana Delles nis age 10 THISS lIKS aream two cnanneis witn orwitnout tne poa irs covered blue trans red trans yellow MonoKote Without pod hethinks gets SOft hand-launched gets 5 mm consistentlywith pod Right Craigsfriend Maft Bishupage 13 isshownwith HOBTwoTee rightafter launch Such glidersarean easywayto learntofly Left Bill Dahigrens CL Original 8-ft twin has flown 15 years assorted engines Fox 25s 356 15 diesels Dahigren says twins fun fly fas cinate spectators thinks biplaie would ultimate because would have two everything Clear dope over red yellow silkand supported two boys twins Below Old-Time Stunt Mercury Monitorkitted UK 1949 powered Taipan 21 glow made 1972 Australia flown Reno 1984 Nats other world famous CLflier MontyTyrell Wrapped sheet some blocks fuse make rather nifty fewyears before Sterling Ringmaster implies tight stuff Wing rubberbanded dowels THERE IS SOMETHING about parasol Some people love Others cant resist lure eventually building lust doodle first hieroglyphic may nifty cabin job zippy low-winger heroic bipe Keep doodling lo behold always parasol Such Rorschach images usu ally appear during phone conversation malden aunt John Boyd Sioux Falls SD has long standing romance pretty birds pretty yes June 1983 column reminds us published couple shots Enya 09-powered IIDFIAS little parasol proved very nice-handling REM no ailerons flew alot decided enlarging 20-size would produce visible model thermaling Which brings up current model called IIDFIAS II span 66 area 615 loading 12 oz/sq ft John informs us Power OS Max 25 RC design adjusted intention making fly exactly like OldTimer doesnt deceptively clean glides rather fast appears slow up lift can disappear through part circle climbing turnwhen gets up Rudder response lags noticeably behind input power-off nearly-stalled regime Kloud King spoiled would really stall rudder would never let go build another IIDFIAS II would increase rudder dl hedral slightly Boyd wished get little negatives out way Actually normal flying parasol would nice respects decided make fly like Old-Timer pictures suggest using about 50 dihedral normal cruising about cabin should yield hands-off 360 safe recovery total sustained stability OldTimer mode parasol will require say 70 An Old-Timer does need rudder power Prob ably adding sheet balsa rudder TE say 1 bottom would couple well 70 dihedral forced hold full rudder during approach turn travel area both required Now lets read about Johns pluses proposed fixes hone Old-Timer performance [Flash increased movement OK] model thermals nicely continues Glides average around 10 min occasional forays around 20-mm mark am sure piloting skills hold model back some Au searching thermaling especially high up need plane requires little no control input always easier better continuously touching up things maintain flight patterns spite crude Clark Y airfoil set 30 incidence measured chord line IIDII flies well upside down Au Flat-bottom bottom sections excessive dihedralespe cially such angular differenceusually dont invert off top half loop Three channels remember may invert en tered half-outside holding full down sometimes held way final recovery bit balancing act can maintain altitude recover half-loop outside glides well inverted Au probably ls holding much down have begun messing around dead-stick aerobatics Its great fun put nose down pick up little speed swoop loop Au Picking up lot speed controlled spiral also usually results loop rudder relaxed thats way rudder-only models looped want fun John Try high altitudeto lengthen fun periodgo idle July1986 17 3/32VERT GRAIN -PULL SPAN I/4XI/23/BXI 1/2 T E 3/8 SQ125%1/8 PLY DOUBLERS XIS L r I- - MAIN SPARS 1/4 X3/B 0I27 1/2 SUNDAY SE-5 -KiEII designed byJOHN T DEDEN SPAN5BCHORD9AIRPOILCLARKY POWER SAITO 45PROP 120 X S PWGT 65 LBS WINGS C/S I/64PLY COVER-TOP B BOTTOM GECALAGEBOTH WINGS ATO-STAB LE AT 0 WING TIPS WASHOUT I/B AT MOST OUTBD RIB FEATURES STRIP AILERONS-BOTTOM WING ONLY 01234BBIAIS hjc Above is SE 5 No Its Sunday fun bipe made look like famous British fighter WW John Deden WW Ii P-38 Jock specializes theme models freewheeied chord tail area used strip ailerons bottom wing flies better scale see text Below misty morning Western Front heimeted pilot waiting hand proping What could realbut scale John doing Waco now Sunday fliem spans 58 weighs 61/2 lb Saito 45 turning 12 x 5 prop takes up ilke Free Flight model fuliy aerobatic Hear ticky idle slides appropriate grassy landing course plane must have least 90you insist / Any good engine Old-Timers should idie enter next 450 heading spiral still steeper forever able pick up speed anytime continue reversal showing after 10 minutes Hold rudder over top plane until swooping arcs begin spiral down about 450 heading actually going through inverted point Mainthe 3600 circle gently go full opposite rudder tan continuous smooth flow never loading up rolling out opposite spiral before nose things elevator stay off rudder comes up enough kill speed let ship essential dont go beyond what may appear excessive speed plane Vagabond lightly built will perform such maneuvers very smooth recoveries sure gets attention People ask you use elevatorsand go blank tell didnt touch elevator People once used repetitive steeper turns banks way other until old rudder-only jobs could forced slow roll model sturdy can snap-rolled after slight nosedown up strong rudder response elevator control use highrate rudder control perfect Old-Timer should capable what looks like death-defying series swoops very deceiving should also able search circle soar nothing trim controls summary John states would describe gentle three-channel sport model good thermaling potential always get raft mail after item like Ive just finished reading Langeweisches 1939 Ill Take High Roadfinally found copy library South Dakota State Uni versityand Im thinking wouldnt take much effort redo IIDll E-2 Cub theme model versions Might just fun Stick Rudder also 30s effort Langeweische still classic eyes pilots interested fine points technique Al Bennett reputed have taught people fly alive Cubs Hightstown NJhe featured old Life magazine used bring Aeroncas Canaan CT fly summer day showed up then-new four-place Sedan invited Langeweisches join us sat grass country airport soul sight whiled away afternoon Pica Enterprises note has Sedan full-size baby carriage easy fly silly Talk about stability Id lie across back seats head port Al did same across front seats head starboard thing droned alon& Giant Scale dream Another baby carriage late 30s Piper side-by-side Coupe forerunner Cruiser Piper E-2 Taylor breathed first life Cub Theres super highway through Canaan alrport hear Progress herd rogue elephants wish contact John Boyd write him 3005 Mayfair Dr Sioux Fails SD 57106 Youth wasted young hoary cliche engine failure takeoff dont have wonder reads column age concerned wonder does am surprised older modelers writeor retirees Nor am surprised hear teenagers Unless tell ages cant tell difference although older ones talk interesting memories dis cussing projects younger ones course deal now Older readers write length frequently longhand Younger guys almost always have typewriters point organized have tell Fifty-two years 59-year modeling career have spent editing writing Because maga zines Ive received tens thousands letters hear much about decline standards good old days know thats over simplification Until early SOs letters young short crudely scribbled inarticulate full misspelled words etc 60s such letters exception Things changed younger Continued page 20 18 Model Aviation Above Bill Gough man seasonshe once published MAN mike-covered Indoor Gee Bee Sportsterinduiges foxy fantasies such 1 2-ft rubber pusher canard 1966 Below left Goughs 1981 Bostonian weighs 7 grams high time 2 mln 11 sec what others seems say Outfitted strange scimitar prop too Below Right Indoor Ceiling Walkers Gough grows mysterIous time look Two freewheeling props V-tall unexplained fin-like object mounted stalk didnt notice its pusher tooka Nats second rubber Ryan ST losing Hank Struck whisker Still kicks himseifl Youve seen justthetip mans iceberg Classy Lassy orIgInal proiltic deslgner/DuIIaerUCOrgC Kyer likes pretty curved lines performawell Davis Head 05 4OFSR Covered SuperCoverite Sig dope Span 62 weight 5 lb Hes dieselized because interest scaleilke realistic flight bigger props less rpm After years diesels hes yielding four-strokes Dont Miss Festival Year BYRON I2ORIG NALS 1 Fun Fly 86 August 15 16 17 Grove Iowa R/C Pilots Choice Fun Fly Festivals Nearly 360 pilots representing 32 states Canada attended Fun Fly 85 displaying flying well over 400 beautiful giant scale models growing number pilots onr effidently run flight line guarantees plenty open flying time everyone worlds unique model aircraft facilities Three Full Days Open Flying Time Byron International Airport 600 ft hard-surfaced runway taxiways cent grass strip e Uncrowded safely run flight line red aircraft storage 024 hr security Exciting R/C Jet Demonstrations Special SR-71 demos on Originals new kits BD-5J F-IS Eagle awd F-20 Tigershark s latest large scale releases Corsair Glasair Christen Eagles Air Show Witness three world class pilots put high performance Eagles through barrel snap rolls hammerheads loops knife edges precise formation copied distinctive Eagle Smokeno other air show performance its equal Striking Back 86 realistic WW II Air Battle Reenactment modeling history hack better ever chance see show everyones talking about Rare WW II Aircraft Vintage WW H aircraft will display throughout weekend Feel rumble huge radial engines perform exciting fly-bys Informative Modeling Forums carefully selected panel experienced modelers will hold dividual seminars such topics radio selection engine set-up finishing Daring Skydivers Fascinating NASA Exhibit Manufacturer Distributor Exhibits Make Plans Today Attend On-site camping hot showers. scenic architecture. improved spectator viewing traffic control food concessions. plenty free parking cated just stones throw Ida Grove Municipal Airport Fun Fly must event anyone interested aviation model full scale full day activities just $500/person Write details AMA Sanction No815 Byron Originals Box 279e1da Grove IA 51445 Pilot Registration $1000 readers now express themselves well adult Things changed So share atypical letter pictures attest writers building flying skills unusual Meet Craig Hampson wrote once before kindly replied says Craig pictures werent printable seeing column returning decided send some new black-and-white pix first veteran Gentle Lady 78-in span two channels uses Futaba FP-5Lk radio Covering blue transparent red transparent yellow MonoKote modified wing rubberband dowels through fuse lage could easily use power pod also bump back wing wont slide back tail fin doesnt have dorsal thats because forgot put prototypical eh second hand launch Gentle Lady Shell go easy 500 ft dont have arm like Nolan Ryan get consistent 5min flights power pod Pic 3 Matt Biskups age 13 Bridgewater NJ HOB Two-Tee too flies power pod will usually get 6 min Would believe started flying less ayear ago last picture Matt right after launch 2T no its going hit him Maybe Ill send some pictures some other time Im building Eaglet bomb drop sure looks funny bomb under fuselage really like new format hope works out Control Line fun Absolutely certainly enjoyed So did family Several kids now middle-aged men literally flew death wonderful all-balsa profile trainers Gold berg during late Forties limited elevator controlthus capable nothing mild wing-overs best primary trainer ever oldest son now 50s taught himself fly time went Army three boys went Army Air Force aerobatics natural Exposed first Stunter approved Old-Timer immediately flew inverted outsides instructions said merely watched wheels wanted go side wheels knew down required wonderful Trixter Profiles Lou Andrews Guillow Id give eager beginners tell put together go down park learn fly would witness until could took about three weeks Ambroid seams major fixes resembled glued-together China vase Sterling Ringmasters Jim Walker Firecats paid dues wide assortment published things like first lA Forty-Niner Ford Trimotor two freewheeling props miss fine profile planesso easy fly loved steep spiral climbs Free Flight models floating glide circles riding weak evening lift pursued barn swallows flattish right-climbing circles Rubber job right pleasures flight adjust mentsworking glide power both together Control Liners unique Through attachment wires felt real live machine physically became Nothing else modeling offers sensation Now receive encouraging letters fine CL newsletters Theyre chatty loaded stuffhomemade magazines really bot tom line think need know what Continued page 22 20 Model Aviation 1OSI -CURE CYANOACRYLATE SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER ListSaleSavings 1 oz Fast Cure 3-5 Sec495$2450% Off 2 oz Fast Cure 3-5 Sec895$39656% Off 1 oz Gap-Filling 5 Sec495$24950% Off 2 oz Gap-Filling 5 Sec895$39656% Off OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU satisfied POSH-CURE please return unused portion within 30 days full refundNo questions asked SHELDONS HOBBY SHOP 3157 Alum Rock Ave Jose CA 95127 FOR ORDERS ONLY PLEASEIVIWI 800 228-3237 251-0789LJ Out State INFO 408 251-0787 California SHIPPING per order Hours Mon-Wed Fri & Sat 930-530 FAST SERVICE Thur 930-900 1200-500 COD ADD $190 going should understand folks really have fun CL Having wondered years about near-vacuum ofCLcontributors asked tongue-in-cheek column anyone having fun CL still get virtually no fun inputs lesser degree same true Free Flight try Are trying But.. Semantics Fun three-letter word means different things different people dont write about competition Yes competition fun Everything anyone us does fun would doing Everybody has fun fun deal individual effort kind model interesting developments design novel ideas pleasures gets building flying feeling-good planes sport environ mentby himself friends groups enjoy things away contest world interested guys interesting comments about thinking solutions problemsin light sort waywhether RC Pattern CL Combat Mulvihill Rubber mindboggling Pennyplane ship Whatever game have waiting audience share individual pleasures us intimate folksy way Im reminded innocent letter Bill Dairigren couple offbeat pix out further ado Webster Time-wasting bother over trivial details.. startled no end says Bill Dahigren flipped open MA found pictures looking back would have included full set specs occurred youd actually use things what may worth heres couple definitely fun variety first OTS model originally kitted England built Australia amazing Monty Terrel flown OTS him 1984 AMA Nats An excellent fellow excellent model other model original whod guess 8-ft wingspan two Fox 25s clear dope over red yellow silk model has honorably retired due doubts about integrity control system flew regu larly well over 15-year period variety engines ranging pair 35s down pair 15 dieseis Twins fun fly fascinating spectatorsmaybe ultimate fun flier would twin-engined bi plane two everything cant believe kind fun ship wrecked lost island Thenic modelsand SE S John Deden Missouri City TX hits its love SE 5s have unfulfilled yen create theme look-alike designs P-40s Zeros Mustangs et alwingy things can fly handsoff float soar yet keep sock-appeal recognizable glamor classics Racers like fight ers float through empty head cheated say tiny-winged pencil-slim Folkerts Racer bigger wings tail sur faces dihedral match flying mode hed have lovely conversation piece own one-of-a-kind escape bird Dedens SE 5 impressive Scale job Its theme design would anyone need theme SE 5 Since already perfect subject form Rubber FF Gas CL RC assumes John ilkes realism doesnt want spend chunks time fussing precision details Hes flying man have look closely realize Scale youd have familiar full-size plane spot differences side trip Prior to 19301 found Joe Otts Continued page 127 22 Model Aviation Safety/Preston Continued page 14 have flying Electrics about two years can fly local Glider field Out noise problem gas However uniquely dangerous hazards Electrics dont happen gas Last night working Astro flight Porterfield workshop left fuselage workbench transmitter charge after its batteries dis charged motor receiver batteries fully charged workshop garage neighborhood kids enjoy visiting kids boy about 13 has built flown several Gliders AA RC models Hes starting some Electric projects completely familiar equipment its dangers As can imagine model too much temptation him experiment Somehow RC equipment switched also motor battery switched fuselage jumped down bench slammed paper bag full balsa scraps Pieces balsa thrown over garage wooden prop broke before friend could turn motor switch off Fortunately no hurt scared embarrassed friend fuselage another position bench damage injury could have resulted danger accidentally starting Elec tric much greater gas engine needs fresh fuel prime ignition start electric needs have proper switches closed chances child inex perienced adult being able start Electric accidentally much greater Please warn readers hazard Readers have warned Methylene chloridea carcinogen couple weeks ago received clipping Popu lar Science magazine sent Jim Newman Hobart IN clipping letter editor MD titled Paint-Stripper Hazards Jims note ac companied clipping said knew modelers have used strippers remove old paint covering especially Free Flight models hazard stems active ingredient strippersmethylene chloride believed both toxic a, possible carcinogen Over four years ago October 1981 issue column mentioned methylene chloride time purchased can Old Adhesive Remover remove old tile adhesive powder room refur bishing After reading warnings can noting contained methylene chloride took back refund used scraper remove old tile adhesive Im glad now made deci sion because just last week found out methylene chloride has focus atten tion three federal government agencies CPSC OSHA EPA because inhaling its vapors may cause cancer Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC has issued press release states agency begin rulemaking proceedings could result products contain methylene chloride being labeled hazardous substances press release states substantial quantities methylene chloride chlorinated solvent found ANEWL FIRST TIME EVER NEW RADIO CONTROLINE INDOOR FLYING ALL WEEKEND LONG ADMISSION Adults$400 Children 6-12$100 Pro-SchoolFree EXHIBITION TIMES SATURDAY 10 AM -6 PM SUNDAY 10 AM -6 PM aerosol spray paints chemical paint strip pers goes state National Toxicology Program has found methylene chloride cause cancer laboratory animals levels air similai humans might encounter occasional use products adequate ventilation press release US Department Labor states OSHA issues guidelines con trolling workplac& exposure methylene chlo ride result petition UAW press release stated addition td beina skin eye lung irri tant methylene chloride has narcotic action acts depressant central nervous system Some studies laboratory animals cluding research conducted National Tox icology Program indicate methylene chlo ride carcinogen two animal species Other animal mid human studies inconclusive have no idea whether aerosol paints distribitted use hobby contain methylene chloride suggest start check ing labels aerosol paints paint strippers BIGGEST LITTLE INDOOR AIRSHOW SPONSORVO SY YOUR HOBBY INDUOTBY MODEL AVIATION ASSOCIATIONS BORDFELDT CANADA & CHCH-TV 11 86 rz21 OUR 16TH YEAR TAM YAg RAOFF ROAD DIOCOtflROCAR RACING methylene chloride present either con sider alternative product use product lots ventilationlike outdoors think thats enough safety advice month As usual have safe John Preston 12235 Tilden wood Dr Rock yule MD 20852 Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 22 rubber-powered SE 5 PopularAviation wonderful series lightweights cluding Nieuport 17 SPAD D-VIII Camel Boeing F-4B Fokker D-7 Tripe oh eve about 20 maybe 24 first Fokker Super Uiii versal weighed l oz bad forJthe Twenties few us kids took blowing up 30 45 bigger Light weight low-powered Japanese-tissue-coyContinued page 130 July1986 127 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL CENTRE 6900 AIRPORT RD MISSISSAUGA ONTARIO CANADA FREE PARKING , FUNN FLY SHOWS RO BOX 548 STATION WESTON ONT M9N 3N3 416 247-3468 ELECTRIC MODEL & SAILPLANE SPECIALISTS 1981 World Soaring Champ DWIGHT HOLLEY IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE NEW COMPANY TO HELP BOTH BEGINNER & EXPERT FLY INTO THE NEW ERA OF ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT WE ALSO OFFER SELECT FEW PURE SAILPLANES FREE DEMONSTRATION FLIGHTS CHECK OUT ANOIOR TEST FLIGHTS OF 13UR NEW PLANES U CALL OR WRITE FOR FREE DESCRIPTIVE FLYER 3 UPS C 00 FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT ELECTRIC KITS IN STOCK i ACROBATIC OLDTIMER O RT SCALE ERS HOLLEYS SILENT FLIGHT O 151203 748-0083 CHESTNUT RIDGE ROAD BETHEL CT 06801 FEATURING ONLY STAT OP THE ART ITEMS Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 127 ered usually unpainted calm sununer evening 30-in SE 5 stretch-wound hand drill walked under it flew 15 feet high across big field its balsa prop everybody carve just swoosh ing like windmill Ive never come out trance time Skywriting Corp America busy over New York Citywinged dots banking turning scripting perfect white letters beginning word slowly vanished windblown streamers Sunday drive stopping aviationss ancient Troy Roosevelt Field Long Island Lindbergh Chamberlain Byrd vied battle first Paris once people like Moissant hangars andlaterAl Williams would practice Curtiss later Grum man Gulfhawks Sunday 20s youd count 25 aircraft flying around field joyriding close home base Open hangar doors lo hangar sign Skywriting Corp America Youve guessedthe airplane An SE 5 rectangle fabric removed its rudder long pipe passed After lindbergh Just big model Perfect pro portions areas dihedral works plane British aces rode WW Deden once pilot aero engineer member Hov-Texans described very low-key laid-back friendiy helpful group kind guys wherever talks about slickly-finished red two-winger First some specs span 58 chord 9 airfoil 12% Clark Y overall length 42 weight 6 lb power Saito 45 four-stroke 12-5 prop matters Tower 4-ch Silver John calls semiscale Senior Citizen Type translation can fly January 25 successful flights flies like dreamright off board 2 ox lead nose 144-in shim under leading edge stab Deden relates Covering MonoKate decals Major Northeast Screen Graphics water-transfer products bit difficult get because micro thin well done results great Would say about SE 5 bit draggy believe Saito 45 pulls around Does beautiful tight round loops want wont spin drop wing stalls landing floats great climbs like FF full power will slow-roll know handie rudder elevator ailerons reminds Stearmandays Cadet 1944 inverts quite nicely thank good bit elevator input attention dihedral-caused yaw Consider SE Ss weight size bipe its power lively climb aero batics 60just half displacement usual 90 four-stroker dont have have hot symmetrical-wingedjob nor put hot 60 4-ft biplane obtain dynamic pleasurable aerobaticsbut nevertheless varying types have places John enjoys theme things Im smitten sketches Waco 10 classic age OX-5s barnstorming Another club member going theme Waco Taperwing mostly posterboard Hov-Texans narrowly focused Some fly Pattern others high-performance sport jobs Some prefer Saliplanes some Old-Timers others Sunday machines Yet John reports compatible Put goggles tie silk scarf around neck climb breezy open cockpit ofan SE 5or whatever Variety spice fun-life Damn torpedoes Im going tell tell guys plane uncle Red 0-Deden flew WW John also tells became double-ace got ace AEF shooting down five enemy planes got ace German air force losing five Allied SE 5s Apparently Phineas Pinkham family sort Phineas Pinkham flew P-38s WW II whole other story SE 5 designed pictures modified interest good flying charac teristics Higher aspect ratio Thicker airfoil decreased gap much enlarged tail surfaces Strip ailerons lower wings Quite obviously red finish never used WW Au dont know about SE 5s Red Baron didnt get name nuttin Some outfits did go white nose rings fins abit coloring front cowl wheels Perhaps Braniff would still going strong instead pink purple airplanes gone dragons skull crossbones wildest-ever colors schemes found Boeings Bahamas color blind wear dark glasses board Classy lassy Thats appropriate name George Keyers Carnation WA curvaceous original says hates straight lines Speak ing putting yourself cocit. specs 66 span 12 chord 24 stab span 48 fuselage length power 40 FSR Davis Diesel head Im frustrated cant see colorbasically white generous yellow trim scalloping fine black out lines shallow cowl fiberglass forward fuselage planked back cockpit stringers George likes lots ribs stringers tail crosspieces Sexy dont mind saying what wheel struts pants open cockpit windshield headrest what difference oval cross section makes Christmas song see what see wings could Spitfire perhaps more-pointed-tip version Narrow D-tube leading edge supposes narrow trailing edge suggest laminations thin strips bent around form profile Ryan ST like Tail surfaces bit like some old lightplane bit leggy good treadand what would racer-like inverted engine short-span ailerons kept away tip sound reasons evidently give George whatever roll-urge wishes pointy tips dont go hanging ship out dry dont get near stalland understand oozing along too long level flight low power always stall-threatening plane wamed adding upyou dont have have nose pointed up stall George probably has washoutwith narrow tips high-taper wings usually couple degrees otherwise carry ailerons /32 perhaps 14 up neutral youve bought good insuranceanytime sport flying Im retired AF colonel Keyer tells us have away modeling since late 40s because career monetary limi tations Im smaller models dont own engine over 40 think misunderstood straight lines meant never design con stant-chord wings tail feathers slabsided fuselages like flowing lines build another Classy Lassy would shorten 130 Model Aviation 0 a 0 S 2 HI S C 2 0 HI S Are Two Sides Story. Both Sides OPS Five Intake Port SLA 60 RC Look Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 37 shortly thereafter should possible fly combination channels con cerning ourselves Image Second- Third-Order Intermodulation Adjacent Chan nel other interferences What about known Interference am lawyer cannot give legal advice doesnt stop having opinions issue now interference What can Con test Director about person shows up contest insists flying RC channel known subject outside inter ference I You can refuse admit person contest AMA Official Model Aircraft Regulations 1986-1987 page 1 Contest Direc tors Authority state addition CD AMA-sanctioned event has authority perform safety inspections equipment prevent participant using equipment CDS opinion deemed unsafe Emphasis added doesnt say CD must perform safety inspections doesnt say CDs opinion has correct says CD has opinion equipment unsafe 2 Suppose person insists flying anyway contestant private citizen using same field What could CD might call police have person ejected arrested disorderly per son approach isnt calculated make friends needs enemies 3 There another way instance may have borrowed districts frequency scanner see photo bought own case need tune bad channel let problem child listen can mad somebody else Over years Ive talked lot about scan ners value someone has listen best time listen time people will flying should obvious surprising number people seem miss point Businesses air during week will often shut down weekends holidays well night So monitoring after 1100 pm because convenient just may will miss signals looking same vein scanner flight line mainly useful four things 1 Verifying channel transmitter radiates Does flag match 2 Verifying channels use pins match 3 Finding transmitters left im pound area 4 Catching two transmitters operating channel want scan outside interference vicinity flight line best way to put scanner car attach outside antenna drive around perimeter field scanner turned Plan route stay mile away flight line minimize interference transmitters use what Bill Hershberger did 85 Nats found new pocket pager 72320 MHz almost goes saying should know what looking An easy way get information perform some tests Have people operate AM FM PCM sets known channels can become accustomed sound Make sure listen both AM FM detector modes because makes difference may surprised discover some RC FM sets make clearer sounds scanner put AM mode other hand Continued page 134 Say0 ~Id T pert iOG 80wio this. fimerS postS IaO9 Matched rsuresaunuu ayalwm TOP PERFORMANCE K&B ENGINtS AirplaneMarine K&B FUELSK&B GLOW PLUGS 5 Blends4 Choices Matched Finish System BEST APPEARANCE K&B FIBERGLASS CLOTH K&B Mrnrs-Ballsons FILLER KSB SUPER POXY RESIN t&B SUPER POXY THINNER K&B SUPER POXY PRIMER K&B SUPER POXY PAINT K&B MIXING CUPS July1986 131 Check out local hobby shop Parts People nose length 1 tall moment 2 just looks present flies well think would look less spindly shorter fuselage Box 26247 e New Orleans LA 701860 504242 201 SE 12th Street Pompano Beach FL 33080 305-785-7978 ENGINEERING THE LANDING GEAR PEOPLE Tired kit lading gears deal lit wear higgle preperly O & II Eegieeenng can salve year prahiems * Caste built year needs & specs guaranteed lit * SIring & durable withstand lnnhnal landing * 0 & 0 Engineering gear will work & keep year higie hying * Ia stack rnptacewent gear br mast popular madels Byrne Pills Christen Eagle CAP 21 Balsa USA J-3 CUB Air Tech Pawn Eagle gases Rig Stick Champ Cilabria R & N endels Snapper Slinger cad Snapper Tan Ignition Engirin Parta Only Over 600 items Send *200 current catalog
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Bill Winter 0 ____Plane Talk____ Left like Parasol romance displayed John Boyds 25 OS Max IIDFIAS II enlarged version Enya 09 model featured Winters September 1983 column Span 18861/4 forBi 5 sq area Thermals nicelywith average glides about 10 mm occasion al forays around 20 mm Also inverts glide too half outside loop entry Right Structural design framing Boyds parasol picture perfect studies impressive becomes Winter thinks would profane change single piece Len 1 fl15 ientIe aay oeiongs ~raig nompeon ana Delles nis age 10 THISS lIKS aream two cnanneis witn orwitnout tne poa irs covered blue trans red trans yellow MonoKote Without pod hethinks gets SOft hand-launched gets 5 mm consistentlywith pod Right Craigsfriend Maft Bishupage 13 isshownwith HOBTwoTee rightafter launch Such glidersarean easywayto learntofly Left Bill Dahigrens CL Original 8-ft twin has flown 15 years assorted engines Fox 25s 356 15 diesels Dahigren says twins fun fly fas cinate spectators thinks biplaie would ultimate because would have two everything Clear dope over red yellow silkand supported two boys twins Below Old-Time Stunt Mercury Monitorkitted UK 1949 powered Taipan 21 glow made 1972 Australia flown Reno 1984 Nats other world famous CLflier MontyTyrell Wrapped sheet some blocks fuse make rather nifty fewyears before Sterling Ringmaster implies tight stuff Wing rubberbanded dowels THERE IS SOMETHING about parasol Some people love Others cant resist lure eventually building lust doodle first hieroglyphic may nifty cabin job zippy low-winger heroic bipe Keep doodling lo behold always parasol Such Rorschach images usu ally appear during phone conversation malden aunt John Boyd Sioux Falls SD has long standing romance pretty birds pretty yes June 1983 column reminds us published couple shots Enya 09-powered IIDFIAS little parasol proved very nice-handling REM no ailerons flew alot decided enlarging 20-size would produce visible model thermaling Which brings up current model called IIDFIAS II span 66 area 615 loading 12 oz/sq ft John informs us Power OS Max 25 RC design adjusted intention making fly exactly like OldTimer doesnt deceptively clean glides rather fast appears slow up lift can disappear through part circle climbing turnwhen gets up Rudder response lags noticeably behind input power-off nearly-stalled regime Kloud King spoiled would really stall rudder would never let go build another IIDFIAS II would increase rudder dl hedral slightly Boyd wished get little negatives out way Actually normal flying parasol would nice respects decided make fly like Old-Timer pictures suggest using about 50 dihedral normal cruising about cabin should yield hands-off 360 safe recovery total sustained stability OldTimer mode parasol will require say 70 An Old-Timer does need rudder power Prob ably adding sheet balsa rudder TE say 1 bottom would couple well 70 dihedral forced hold full rudder during approach turn travel area both required Now lets read about Johns pluses proposed fixes hone Old-Timer performance [Flash increased movement OK] model thermals nicely continues Glides average around 10 min occasional forays around 20-mm mark am sure piloting skills hold model back some Au searching thermaling especially high up need plane requires little no control input always easier better continuously touching up things maintain flight patterns spite crude Clark Y airfoil set 30 incidence measured chord line IIDII flies well upside down Au Flat-bottom bottom sections excessive dihedralespe cially such angular differenceusually dont invert off top half loop Three channels remember may invert en tered half-outside holding full down sometimes held way final recovery bit balancing act can maintain altitude recover half-loop outside glides well inverted Au probably ls holding much down have begun messing around dead-stick aerobatics Its great fun put nose down pick up little speed swoop loop Au Picking up lot speed controlled spiral also usually results loop rudder relaxed thats way rudder-only models looped want fun John Try high altitudeto lengthen fun periodgo idle July1986 17 3/32VERT GRAIN -PULL SPAN I/4XI/23/BXI 1/2 T E 3/8 SQ125%1/8 PLY DOUBLERS XIS L r I- - MAIN SPARS 1/4 X3/B 0I27 1/2 SUNDAY SE-5 -KiEII designed byJOHN T DEDEN SPAN5BCHORD9AIRPOILCLARKY POWER SAITO 45PROP 120 X S PWGT 65 LBS WINGS C/S I/64PLY COVER-TOP B BOTTOM GECALAGEBOTH WINGS ATO-STAB LE AT 0 WING TIPS WASHOUT I/B AT MOST OUTBD RIB FEATURES STRIP AILERONS-BOTTOM WING ONLY 01234BBIAIS hjc Above is SE 5 No Its Sunday fun bipe made look like famous British fighter WW John Deden WW Ii P-38 Jock specializes theme models freewheeied chord tail area used strip ailerons bottom wing flies better scale see text Below misty morning Western Front heimeted pilot waiting hand proping What could realbut scale John doing Waco now Sunday fliem spans 58 weighs 61/2 lb Saito 45 turning 12 x 5 prop takes up ilke Free Flight model fuliy aerobatic Hear ticky idle slides appropriate grassy landing course plane must have least 90you insist / Any good engine Old-Timers should idie enter next 450 heading spiral still steeper forever able pick up speed anytime continue reversal showing after 10 minutes Hold rudder over top plane until swooping arcs begin spiral down about 450 heading actually going through inverted point Mainthe 3600 circle gently go full opposite rudder tan continuous smooth flow never loading up rolling out opposite spiral before nose things elevator stay off rudder comes up enough kill speed let ship essential dont go beyond what may appear excessive speed plane Vagabond lightly built will perform such maneuvers very smooth recoveries sure gets attention People ask you use elevatorsand go blank tell didnt touch elevator People once used repetitive steeper turns banks way other until old rudder-only jobs could forced slow roll model sturdy can snap-rolled after slight nosedown up strong rudder response elevator control use highrate rudder control perfect Old-Timer should capable what looks like death-defying series swoops very deceiving should also able search circle soar nothing trim controls summary John states would describe gentle three-channel sport model good thermaling potential always get raft mail after item like Ive just finished reading Langeweisches 1939 Ill Take High Roadfinally found copy library South Dakota State Uni versityand Im thinking wouldnt take much effort redo IIDll E-2 Cub theme model versions Might just fun Stick Rudder also 30s effort Langeweische still classic eyes pilots interested fine points technique Al Bennett reputed have taught people fly alive Cubs Hightstown NJhe featured old Life magazine used bring Aeroncas Canaan CT fly summer day showed up then-new four-place Sedan invited Langeweisches join us sat grass country airport soul sight whiled away afternoon Pica Enterprises note has Sedan full-size baby carriage easy fly silly Talk about stability Id lie across back seats head port Al did same across front seats head starboard thing droned alon& Giant Scale dream Another baby carriage late 30s Piper side-by-side Coupe forerunner Cruiser Piper E-2 Taylor breathed first life Cub Theres super highway through Canaan alrport hear Progress herd rogue elephants wish contact John Boyd write him 3005 Mayfair Dr Sioux Fails SD 57106 Youth wasted young hoary cliche engine failure takeoff dont have wonder reads column age concerned wonder does am surprised older modelers writeor retirees Nor am surprised hear teenagers Unless tell ages cant tell difference although older ones talk interesting memories dis cussing projects younger ones course deal now Older readers write length frequently longhand Younger guys almost always have typewriters point organized have tell Fifty-two years 59-year modeling career have spent editing writing Because maga zines Ive received tens thousands letters hear much about decline standards good old days know thats over simplification Until early SOs letters young short crudely scribbled inarticulate full misspelled words etc 60s such letters exception Things changed younger Continued page 20 18 Model Aviation Above Bill Gough man seasonshe once published MAN mike-covered Indoor Gee Bee Sportsterinduiges foxy fantasies such 1 2-ft rubber pusher canard 1966 Below left Goughs 1981 Bostonian weighs 7 grams high time 2 mln 11 sec what others seems say Outfitted strange scimitar prop too Below Right Indoor Ceiling Walkers Gough grows mysterIous time look Two freewheeling props V-tall unexplained fin-like object mounted stalk didnt notice its pusher tooka Nats second rubber Ryan ST losing Hank Struck whisker Still kicks himseifl Youve seen justthetip mans iceberg Classy Lassy orIgInal proiltic deslgner/DuIIaerUCOrgC Kyer likes pretty curved lines performawell Davis Head 05 4OFSR Covered SuperCoverite Sig dope Span 62 weight 5 lb Hes dieselized because interest scaleilke realistic flight bigger props less rpm After years diesels hes yielding four-strokes Dont Miss Festival Year BYRON I2ORIG NALS 1 Fun Fly 86 August 15 16 17 Grove Iowa R/C Pilots Choice Fun Fly Festivals Nearly 360 pilots representing 32 states Canada attended Fun Fly 85 displaying flying well over 400 beautiful giant scale models growing number pilots onr effidently run flight line guarantees plenty open flying time everyone worlds unique model aircraft facilities Three Full Days Open Flying Time Byron International Airport 600 ft hard-surfaced runway taxiways cent grass strip e Uncrowded safely run flight line red aircraft storage 024 hr security Exciting R/C Jet Demonstrations Special SR-71 demos on Originals new kits BD-5J F-IS Eagle awd F-20 Tigershark s latest large scale releases Corsair Glasair Christen Eagles Air Show Witness three world class pilots put high performance Eagles through barrel snap rolls hammerheads loops knife edges precise formation copied distinctive Eagle Smokeno other air show performance its equal Striking Back 86 realistic WW II Air Battle Reenactment modeling history hack better ever chance see show everyones talking about Rare WW II Aircraft Vintage WW H aircraft will display throughout weekend Feel rumble huge radial engines perform exciting fly-bys Informative Modeling Forums carefully selected panel experienced modelers will hold dividual seminars such topics radio selection engine set-up finishing Daring Skydivers Fascinating NASA Exhibit Manufacturer Distributor Exhibits Make Plans Today Attend On-site camping hot showers. scenic architecture. improved spectator viewing traffic control food concessions. plenty free parking cated just stones throw Ida Grove Municipal Airport Fun Fly must event anyone interested aviation model full scale full day activities just $500/person Write details AMA Sanction No815 Byron Originals Box 279e1da Grove IA 51445 Pilot Registration $1000 readers now express themselves well adult Things changed So share atypical letter pictures attest writers building flying skills unusual Meet Craig Hampson wrote once before kindly replied says Craig pictures werent printable seeing column returning decided send some new black-and-white pix first veteran Gentle Lady 78-in span two channels uses Futaba FP-5Lk radio Covering blue transparent red transparent yellow MonoKote modified wing rubberband dowels through fuse lage could easily use power pod also bump back wing wont slide back tail fin doesnt have dorsal thats because forgot put prototypical eh second hand launch Gentle Lady Shell go easy 500 ft dont have arm like Nolan Ryan get consistent 5min flights power pod Pic 3 Matt Biskups age 13 Bridgewater NJ HOB Two-Tee too flies power pod will usually get 6 min Would believe started flying less ayear ago last picture Matt right after launch 2T no its going hit him Maybe Ill send some pictures some other time Im building Eaglet bomb drop sure looks funny bomb under fuselage really like new format hope works out Control Line fun Absolutely certainly enjoyed So did family Several kids now middle-aged men literally flew death wonderful all-balsa profile trainers Gold berg during late Forties limited elevator controlthus capable nothing mild wing-overs best primary trainer ever oldest son now 50s taught himself fly time went Army three boys went Army Air Force aerobatics natural Exposed first Stunter approved Old-Timer immediately flew inverted outsides instructions said merely watched wheels wanted go side wheels knew down required wonderful Trixter Profiles Lou Andrews Guillow Id give eager beginners tell put together go down park learn fly would witness until could took about three weeks Ambroid seams major fixes resembled glued-together China vase Sterling Ringmasters Jim Walker Firecats paid dues wide assortment published things like first lA Forty-Niner Ford Trimotor two freewheeling props miss fine profile planesso easy fly loved steep spiral climbs Free Flight models floating glide circles riding weak evening lift pursued barn swallows flattish right-climbing circles Rubber job right pleasures flight adjust mentsworking glide power both together Control Liners unique Through attachment wires felt real live machine physically became Nothing else modeling offers sensation Now receive encouraging letters fine CL newsletters Theyre chatty loaded stuffhomemade magazines really bot tom line think need know what Continued page 22 20 Model Aviation 1OSI -CURE CYANOACRYLATE SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER ListSaleSavings 1 oz Fast Cure 3-5 Sec495$2450% Off 2 oz Fast Cure 3-5 Sec895$39656% Off 1 oz Gap-Filling 5 Sec495$24950% Off 2 oz Gap-Filling 5 Sec895$39656% Off OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU satisfied POSH-CURE please return unused portion within 30 days full refundNo questions asked SHELDONS HOBBY SHOP 3157 Alum Rock Ave Jose CA 95127 FOR ORDERS ONLY PLEASEIVIWI 800 228-3237 251-0789LJ Out State INFO 408 251-0787 California SHIPPING per order Hours Mon-Wed Fri & Sat 930-530 FAST SERVICE Thur 930-900 1200-500 COD ADD $190 going should understand folks really have fun CL Having wondered years about near-vacuum ofCLcontributors asked tongue-in-cheek column anyone having fun CL still get virtually no fun inputs lesser degree same true Free Flight try Are trying But.. Semantics Fun three-letter word means different things different people dont write about competition Yes competition fun Everything anyone us does fun would doing Everybody has fun fun deal individual effort kind model interesting developments design novel ideas pleasures gets building flying feeling-good planes sport environ mentby himself friends groups enjoy things away contest world interested guys interesting comments about thinking solutions problemsin light sort waywhether RC Pattern CL Combat Mulvihill Rubber mindboggling Pennyplane ship Whatever game have waiting audience share individual pleasures us intimate folksy way Im reminded innocent letter Bill Dairigren couple offbeat pix out further ado Webster Time-wasting bother over trivial details.. startled no end says Bill Dahigren flipped open MA found pictures looking back would have included full set specs occurred youd actually use things what may worth heres couple definitely fun variety first OTS model originally kitted England built Australia amazing Monty Terrel flown OTS him 1984 AMA Nats An excellent fellow excellent model other model original whod guess 8-ft wingspan two Fox 25s clear dope over red yellow silk model has honorably retired due doubts about integrity control system flew regu larly well over 15-year period variety engines ranging pair 35s down pair 15 dieseis Twins fun fly fascinating spectatorsmaybe ultimate fun flier would twin-engined bi plane two everything cant believe kind fun ship wrecked lost island Thenic modelsand SE S John Deden Missouri City TX hits its love SE 5s have unfulfilled yen create theme look-alike designs P-40s Zeros Mustangs et alwingy things can fly handsoff float soar yet keep sock-appeal recognizable glamor classics Racers like fight ers float through empty head cheated say tiny-winged pencil-slim Folkerts Racer bigger wings tail sur faces dihedral match flying mode hed have lovely conversation piece own one-of-a-kind escape bird Dedens SE 5 impressive Scale job Its theme design would anyone need theme SE 5 Since already perfect subject form Rubber FF Gas CL RC assumes John ilkes realism doesnt want spend chunks time fussing precision details Hes flying man have look closely realize Scale youd have familiar full-size plane spot differences side trip Prior to 19301 found Joe Otts Continued page 127 22 Model Aviation Safety/Preston Continued page 14 have flying Electrics about two years can fly local Glider field Out noise problem gas However uniquely dangerous hazards Electrics dont happen gas Last night working Astro flight Porterfield workshop left fuselage workbench transmitter charge after its batteries dis charged motor receiver batteries fully charged workshop garage neighborhood kids enjoy visiting kids boy about 13 has built flown several Gliders AA RC models Hes starting some Electric projects completely familiar equipment its dangers As can imagine model too much temptation him experiment Somehow RC equipment switched also motor battery switched fuselage jumped down bench slammed paper bag full balsa scraps Pieces balsa thrown over garage wooden prop broke before friend could turn motor switch off Fortunately no hurt scared embarrassed friend fuselage another position bench damage injury could have resulted danger accidentally starting Elec tric much greater gas engine needs fresh fuel prime ignition start electric needs have proper switches closed chances child inex perienced adult being able start Electric accidentally much greater Please warn readers hazard Readers have warned Methylene chloridea carcinogen couple weeks ago received clipping Popu lar Science magazine sent Jim Newman Hobart IN clipping letter editor MD titled Paint-Stripper Hazards Jims note ac companied clipping said knew modelers have used strippers remove old paint covering especially Free Flight models hazard stems active ingredient strippersmethylene chloride believed both toxic a, possible carcinogen Over four years ago October 1981 issue column mentioned methylene chloride time purchased can Old Adhesive Remover remove old tile adhesive powder room refur bishing After reading warnings can noting contained methylene chloride took back refund used scraper remove old tile adhesive Im glad now made deci sion because just last week found out methylene chloride has focus atten tion three federal government agencies CPSC OSHA EPA because inhaling its vapors may cause cancer Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC has issued press release states agency begin rulemaking proceedings could result products contain methylene chloride being labeled hazardous substances press release states substantial quantities methylene chloride chlorinated solvent found ANEWL FIRST TIME EVER NEW RADIO CONTROLINE INDOOR FLYING ALL WEEKEND LONG ADMISSION Adults$400 Children 6-12$100 Pro-SchoolFree EXHIBITION TIMES SATURDAY 10 AM -6 PM SUNDAY 10 AM -6 PM aerosol spray paints chemical paint strip pers goes state National Toxicology Program has found methylene chloride cause cancer laboratory animals levels air similai humans might encounter occasional use products adequate ventilation press release US Department Labor states OSHA issues guidelines con trolling workplac& exposure methylene chlo ride result petition UAW press release stated addition td beina skin eye lung irri tant methylene chloride has narcotic action acts depressant central nervous system Some studies laboratory animals cluding research conducted National Tox icology Program indicate methylene chlo ride carcinogen two animal species Other animal mid human studies inconclusive have no idea whether aerosol paints distribitted use hobby contain methylene chloride suggest start check ing labels aerosol paints paint strippers BIGGEST LITTLE INDOOR AIRSHOW SPONSORVO SY YOUR HOBBY INDUOTBY MODEL AVIATION ASSOCIATIONS BORDFELDT CANADA & CHCH-TV 11 86 rz21 OUR 16TH YEAR TAM YAg RAOFF ROAD DIOCOtflROCAR RACING methylene chloride present either con sider alternative product use product lots ventilationlike outdoors think thats enough safety advice month As usual have safe John Preston 12235 Tilden wood Dr Rock yule MD 20852 Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 22 rubber-powered SE 5 PopularAviation wonderful series lightweights cluding Nieuport 17 SPAD D-VIII Camel Boeing F-4B Fokker D-7 Tripe oh eve about 20 maybe 24 first Fokker Super Uiii versal weighed l oz bad forJthe Twenties few us kids took blowing up 30 45 bigger Light weight low-powered Japanese-tissue-coyContinued page 130 July1986 127 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL CENTRE 6900 AIRPORT RD MISSISSAUGA ONTARIO CANADA FREE PARKING , FUNN FLY SHOWS RO BOX 548 STATION WESTON ONT M9N 3N3 416 247-3468 ELECTRIC MODEL & SAILPLANE SPECIALISTS 1981 World Soaring Champ DWIGHT HOLLEY IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE NEW COMPANY TO HELP BOTH BEGINNER & EXPERT FLY INTO THE NEW ERA OF ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT WE ALSO OFFER SELECT FEW PURE SAILPLANES FREE DEMONSTRATION FLIGHTS CHECK OUT ANOIOR TEST FLIGHTS OF 13UR NEW PLANES U CALL OR WRITE FOR FREE DESCRIPTIVE FLYER 3 UPS C 00 FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT ELECTRIC KITS IN STOCK i ACROBATIC OLDTIMER O RT SCALE ERS HOLLEYS SILENT FLIGHT O 151203 748-0083 CHESTNUT RIDGE ROAD BETHEL CT 06801 FEATURING ONLY STAT OP THE ART ITEMS Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 127 ered usually unpainted calm sununer evening 30-in SE 5 stretch-wound hand drill walked under it flew 15 feet high across big field its balsa prop everybody carve just swoosh ing like windmill Ive never come out trance time Skywriting Corp America busy over New York Citywinged dots banking turning scripting perfect white letters beginning word slowly vanished windblown streamers Sunday drive stopping aviationss ancient Troy Roosevelt Field Long Island Lindbergh Chamberlain Byrd vied battle first Paris once people like Moissant hangars andlaterAl Williams would practice Curtiss later Grum man Gulfhawks Sunday 20s youd count 25 aircraft flying around field joyriding close home base Open hangar doors lo hangar sign Skywriting Corp America Youve guessedthe airplane An SE 5 rectangle fabric removed its rudder long pipe passed After lindbergh Just big model Perfect pro portions areas dihedral works plane British aces rode WW Deden once pilot aero engineer member Hov-Texans described very low-key laid-back friendiy helpful group kind guys wherever talks about slickly-finished red two-winger First some specs span 58 chord 9 airfoil 12% Clark Y overall length 42 weight 6 lb power Saito 45 four-stroke 12-5 prop matters Tower 4-ch Silver John calls semiscale Senior Citizen Type translation can fly January 25 successful flights flies like dreamright off board 2 ox lead nose 144-in shim under leading edge stab Deden relates Covering MonoKate decals Major Northeast Screen Graphics water-transfer products bit difficult get because micro thin well done results great Would say about SE 5 bit draggy believe Saito 45 pulls around Does beautiful tight round loops want wont spin drop wing stalls landing floats great climbs like FF full power will slow-roll know handie rudder elevator ailerons reminds Stearmandays Cadet 1944 inverts quite nicely thank good bit elevator input attention dihedral-caused yaw Consider SE Ss weight size bipe its power lively climb aero batics 60just half displacement usual 90 four-stroker dont have have hot symmetrical-wingedjob nor put hot 60 4-ft biplane obtain dynamic pleasurable aerobaticsbut nevertheless varying types have places John enjoys theme things Im smitten sketches Waco 10 classic age OX-5s barnstorming Another club member going theme Waco Taperwing mostly posterboard Hov-Texans narrowly focused Some fly Pattern others high-performance sport jobs Some prefer Saliplanes some Old-Timers others Sunday machines Yet John reports compatible Put goggles tie silk scarf around neck climb breezy open cockpit ofan SE 5or whatever Variety spice fun-life Damn torpedoes Im going tell tell guys plane uncle Red 0-Deden flew WW John also tells became double-ace got ace AEF shooting down five enemy planes got ace German air force losing five Allied SE 5s Apparently Phineas Pinkham family sort Phineas Pinkham flew P-38s WW II whole other story SE 5 designed pictures modified interest good flying charac teristics Higher aspect ratio Thicker airfoil decreased gap much enlarged tail surfaces Strip ailerons lower wings Quite obviously red finish never used WW Au dont know about SE 5s Red Baron didnt get name nuttin Some outfits did go white nose rings fins abit coloring front cowl wheels Perhaps Braniff would still going strong instead pink purple airplanes gone dragons skull crossbones wildest-ever colors schemes found Boeings Bahamas color blind wear dark glasses board Classy lassy Thats appropriate name George Keyers Carnation WA curvaceous original says hates straight lines Speak ing putting yourself cocit. specs 66 span 12 chord 24 stab span 48 fuselage length power 40 FSR Davis Diesel head Im frustrated cant see colorbasically white generous yellow trim scalloping fine black out lines shallow cowl fiberglass forward fuselage planked back cockpit stringers George likes lots ribs stringers tail crosspieces Sexy dont mind saying what wheel struts pants open cockpit windshield headrest what difference oval cross section makes Christmas song see what see wings could Spitfire perhaps more-pointed-tip version Narrow D-tube leading edge supposes narrow trailing edge suggest laminations thin strips bent around form profile Ryan ST like Tail surfaces bit like some old lightplane bit leggy good treadand what would racer-like inverted engine short-span ailerons kept away tip sound reasons evidently give George whatever roll-urge wishes pointy tips dont go hanging ship out dry dont get near stalland understand oozing along too long level flight low power always stall-threatening plane wamed adding upyou dont have have nose pointed up stall George probably has washoutwith narrow tips high-taper wings usually couple degrees otherwise carry ailerons /32 perhaps 14 up neutral youve bought good insuranceanytime sport flying Im retired AF colonel Keyer tells us have away modeling since late 40s because career monetary limi tations Im smaller models dont own engine over 40 think misunderstood straight lines meant never design con stant-chord wings tail feathers slabsided fuselages like flowing lines build another Classy Lassy would shorten 130 Model Aviation 0 a 0 S 2 HI S C 2 0 HI S Are Two Sides Story. Both Sides OPS Five Intake Port SLA 60 RC Look Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 37 shortly thereafter should possible fly combination channels con cerning ourselves Image Second- Third-Order Intermodulation Adjacent Chan nel other interferences What about known Interference am lawyer cannot give legal advice doesnt stop having opinions issue now interference What can Con test Director about person shows up contest insists flying RC channel known subject outside inter ference I You can refuse admit person contest AMA Official Model Aircraft Regulations 1986-1987 page 1 Contest Direc tors Authority state addition CD AMA-sanctioned event has authority perform safety inspections equipment prevent participant using equipment CDS opinion deemed unsafe Emphasis added doesnt say CD must perform safety inspections doesnt say CDs opinion has correct says CD has opinion equipment unsafe 2 Suppose person insists flying anyway contestant private citizen using same field What could CD might call police have person ejected arrested disorderly per son approach isnt calculated make friends needs enemies 3 There another way instance may have borrowed districts frequency scanner see photo bought own case need tune bad channel let problem child listen can mad somebody else Over years Ive talked lot about scan ners value someone has listen best time listen time people will flying should obvious surprising number people seem miss point Businesses air during week will often shut down weekends holidays well night So monitoring after 1100 pm because convenient just may will miss signals looking same vein scanner flight line mainly useful four things 1 Verifying channel transmitter radiates Does flag match 2 Verifying channels use pins match 3 Finding transmitters left im pound area 4 Catching two transmitters operating channel want scan outside interference vicinity flight line best way to put scanner car attach outside antenna drive around perimeter field scanner turned Plan route stay mile away flight line minimize interference transmitters use what Bill Hershberger did 85 Nats found new pocket pager 72320 MHz almost goes saying should know what looking An easy way get information perform some tests Have people operate AM FM PCM sets known channels can become accustomed sound Make sure listen both AM FM detector modes because makes difference may surprised discover some RC FM sets make clearer sounds scanner put AM mode other hand Continued page 134 Say0 ~Id T pert iOG 80wio this. fimerS postS IaO9 Matched rsuresaunuu ayalwm TOP PERFORMANCE K&B ENGINtS AirplaneMarine K&B FUELSK&B GLOW PLUGS 5 Blends4 Choices Matched Finish System BEST APPEARANCE K&B FIBERGLASS CLOTH K&B Mrnrs-Ballsons FILLER KSB SUPER POXY RESIN t&B SUPER POXY THINNER K&B SUPER POXY PRIMER K&B SUPER POXY PAINT K&B MIXING CUPS July1986 131 Check out local hobby shop Parts People nose length 1 tall moment 2 just looks present flies well think would look less spindly shorter fuselage Box 26247 e New Orleans LA 701860 504242 201 SE 12th Street Pompano Beach FL 33080 305-785-7978 ENGINEERING THE LANDING GEAR PEOPLE Tired kit lading gears deal lit wear higgle preperly O & II Eegieeenng can salve year prahiems * Caste built year needs & specs guaranteed lit * SIring & durable withstand lnnhnal landing * 0 & 0 Engineering gear will work & keep year higie hying * Ia stack rnptacewent gear br mast popular madels Byrne Pills Christen Eagle CAP 21 Balsa USA J-3 CUB Air Tech Pawn Eagle gases Rig Stick Champ Cilabria R & N endels Snapper Slinger cad Snapper Tan Ignition Engirin Parta Only Over 600 items Send *200 current catalog
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Bill Winter 0 ____Plane Talk____ Left like Parasol romance displayed John Boyds 25 OS Max IIDFIAS II enlarged version Enya 09 model featured Winters September 1983 column Span 18861/4 forBi 5 sq area Thermals nicelywith average glides about 10 mm occasion al forays around 20 mm Also inverts glide too half outside loop entry Right Structural design framing Boyds parasol picture perfect studies impressive becomes Winter thinks would profane change single piece Len 1 fl15 ientIe aay oeiongs ~raig nompeon ana Delles nis age 10 THISS lIKS aream two cnanneis witn orwitnout tne poa irs covered blue trans red trans yellow MonoKote Without pod hethinks gets SOft hand-launched gets 5 mm consistentlywith pod Right Craigsfriend Maft Bishupage 13 isshownwith HOBTwoTee rightafter launch Such glidersarean easywayto learntofly Left Bill Dahigrens CL Original 8-ft twin has flown 15 years assorted engines Fox 25s 356 15 diesels Dahigren says twins fun fly fas cinate spectators thinks biplaie would ultimate because would have two everything Clear dope over red yellow silkand supported two boys twins Below Old-Time Stunt Mercury Monitorkitted UK 1949 powered Taipan 21 glow made 1972 Australia flown Reno 1984 Nats other world famous CLflier MontyTyrell Wrapped sheet some blocks fuse make rather nifty fewyears before Sterling Ringmaster implies tight stuff Wing rubberbanded dowels THERE IS SOMETHING about parasol Some people love Others cant resist lure eventually building lust doodle first hieroglyphic may nifty cabin job zippy low-winger heroic bipe Keep doodling lo behold always parasol Such Rorschach images usu ally appear during phone conversation malden aunt John Boyd Sioux Falls SD has long standing romance pretty birds pretty yes June 1983 column reminds us published couple shots Enya 09-powered IIDFIAS little parasol proved very nice-handling REM no ailerons flew alot decided enlarging 20-size would produce visible model thermaling Which brings up current model called IIDFIAS II span 66 area 615 loading 12 oz/sq ft John informs us Power OS Max 25 RC design adjusted intention making fly exactly like OldTimer doesnt deceptively clean glides rather fast appears slow up lift can disappear through part circle climbing turnwhen gets up Rudder response lags noticeably behind input power-off nearly-stalled regime Kloud King spoiled would really stall rudder would never let go build another IIDFIAS II would increase rudder dl hedral slightly Boyd wished get little negatives out way Actually normal flying parasol would nice respects decided make fly like Old-Timer pictures suggest using about 50 dihedral normal cruising about cabin should yield hands-off 360 safe recovery total sustained stability OldTimer mode parasol will require say 70 An Old-Timer does need rudder power Prob ably adding sheet balsa rudder TE say 1 bottom would couple well 70 dihedral forced hold full rudder during approach turn travel area both required Now lets read about Johns pluses proposed fixes hone Old-Timer performance [Flash increased movement OK] model thermals nicely continues Glides average around 10 min occasional forays around 20-mm mark am sure piloting skills hold model back some Au searching thermaling especially high up need plane requires little no control input always easier better continuously touching up things maintain flight patterns spite crude Clark Y airfoil set 30 incidence measured chord line IIDII flies well upside down Au Flat-bottom bottom sections excessive dihedralespe cially such angular differenceusually dont invert off top half loop Three channels remember may invert en tered half-outside holding full down sometimes held way final recovery bit balancing act can maintain altitude recover half-loop outside glides well inverted Au probably ls holding much down have begun messing around dead-stick aerobatics Its great fun put nose down pick up little speed swoop loop Au Picking up lot speed controlled spiral also usually results loop rudder relaxed thats way rudder-only models looped want fun John Try high altitudeto lengthen fun periodgo idle July1986 17 3/32VERT GRAIN -PULL SPAN I/4XI/23/BXI 1/2 T E 3/8 SQ125%1/8 PLY DOUBLERS XIS L r I- - MAIN SPARS 1/4 X3/B 0I27 1/2 SUNDAY SE-5 -KiEII designed byJOHN T DEDEN SPAN5BCHORD9AIRPOILCLARKY POWER SAITO 45PROP 120 X S PWGT 65 LBS WINGS C/S I/64PLY COVER-TOP B BOTTOM GECALAGEBOTH WINGS ATO-STAB LE AT 0 WING TIPS WASHOUT I/B AT MOST OUTBD RIB FEATURES STRIP AILERONS-BOTTOM WING ONLY 01234BBIAIS hjc Above is SE 5 No Its Sunday fun bipe made look like famous British fighter WW John Deden WW Ii P-38 Jock specializes theme models freewheeied chord tail area used strip ailerons bottom wing flies better scale see text Below misty morning Western Front heimeted pilot waiting hand proping What could realbut scale John doing Waco now Sunday fliem spans 58 weighs 61/2 lb Saito 45 turning 12 x 5 prop takes up ilke Free Flight model fuliy aerobatic Hear ticky idle slides appropriate grassy landing course plane must have least 90you insist / Any good engine Old-Timers should idie enter next 450 heading spiral still steeper forever able pick up speed anytime continue reversal showing after 10 minutes Hold rudder over top plane until swooping arcs begin spiral down about 450 heading actually going through inverted point Mainthe 3600 circle gently go full opposite rudder tan continuous smooth flow never loading up rolling out opposite spiral before nose things elevator stay off rudder comes up enough kill speed let ship essential dont go beyond what may appear excessive speed plane Vagabond lightly built will perform such maneuvers very smooth recoveries sure gets attention People ask you use elevatorsand go blank tell didnt touch elevator People once used repetitive steeper turns banks way other until old rudder-only jobs could forced slow roll model sturdy can snap-rolled after slight nosedown up strong rudder response elevator control use highrate rudder control perfect Old-Timer should capable what looks like death-defying series swoops very deceiving should also able search circle soar nothing trim controls summary John states would describe gentle three-channel sport model good thermaling potential always get raft mail after item like Ive just finished reading Langeweisches 1939 Ill Take High Roadfinally found copy library South Dakota State Uni versityand Im thinking wouldnt take much effort redo IIDll E-2 Cub theme model versions Might just fun Stick Rudder also 30s effort Langeweische still classic eyes pilots interested fine points technique Al Bennett reputed have taught people fly alive Cubs Hightstown NJhe featured old Life magazine used bring Aeroncas Canaan CT fly summer day showed up then-new four-place Sedan invited Langeweisches join us sat grass country airport soul sight whiled away afternoon Pica Enterprises note has Sedan full-size baby carriage easy fly silly Talk about stability Id lie across back seats head port Al did same across front seats head starboard thing droned alon& Giant Scale dream Another baby carriage late 30s Piper side-by-side Coupe forerunner Cruiser Piper E-2 Taylor breathed first life Cub Theres super highway through Canaan alrport hear Progress herd rogue elephants wish contact John Boyd write him 3005 Mayfair Dr Sioux Fails SD 57106 Youth wasted young hoary cliche engine failure takeoff dont have wonder reads column age concerned wonder does am surprised older modelers writeor retirees Nor am surprised hear teenagers Unless tell ages cant tell difference although older ones talk interesting memories dis cussing projects younger ones course deal now Older readers write length frequently longhand Younger guys almost always have typewriters point organized have tell Fifty-two years 59-year modeling career have spent editing writing Because maga zines Ive received tens thousands letters hear much about decline standards good old days know thats over simplification Until early SOs letters young short crudely scribbled inarticulate full misspelled words etc 60s such letters exception Things changed younger Continued page 20 18 Model Aviation Above Bill Gough man seasonshe once published MAN mike-covered Indoor Gee Bee Sportsterinduiges foxy fantasies such 1 2-ft rubber pusher canard 1966 Below left Goughs 1981 Bostonian weighs 7 grams high time 2 mln 11 sec what others seems say Outfitted strange scimitar prop too Below Right Indoor Ceiling Walkers Gough grows mysterIous time look Two freewheeling props V-tall unexplained fin-like object mounted stalk didnt notice its pusher tooka Nats second rubber Ryan ST losing Hank Struck whisker Still kicks himseifl Youve seen justthetip mans iceberg Classy Lassy orIgInal proiltic deslgner/DuIIaerUCOrgC Kyer likes pretty curved lines performawell Davis Head 05 4OFSR Covered SuperCoverite Sig dope Span 62 weight 5 lb Hes dieselized because interest scaleilke realistic flight bigger props less rpm After years diesels hes yielding four-strokes Dont Miss Festival Year BYRON I2ORIG NALS 1 Fun Fly 86 August 15 16 17 Grove Iowa R/C Pilots Choice Fun Fly Festivals Nearly 360 pilots representing 32 states Canada attended Fun Fly 85 displaying flying well over 400 beautiful giant scale models growing number pilots onr effidently run flight line guarantees plenty open flying time everyone worlds unique model aircraft facilities Three Full Days Open Flying Time Byron International Airport 600 ft hard-surfaced runway taxiways cent grass strip e Uncrowded safely run flight line red aircraft storage 024 hr security Exciting R/C Jet Demonstrations Special SR-71 demos on Originals new kits BD-5J F-IS Eagle awd F-20 Tigershark s latest large scale releases Corsair Glasair Christen Eagles Air Show Witness three world class pilots put high performance Eagles through barrel snap rolls hammerheads loops knife edges precise formation copied distinctive Eagle Smokeno other air show performance its equal Striking Back 86 realistic WW II Air Battle Reenactment modeling history hack better ever chance see show everyones talking about Rare WW II Aircraft Vintage WW H aircraft will display throughout weekend Feel rumble huge radial engines perform exciting fly-bys Informative Modeling Forums carefully selected panel experienced modelers will hold dividual seminars such topics radio selection engine set-up finishing Daring Skydivers Fascinating NASA Exhibit Manufacturer Distributor Exhibits Make Plans Today Attend On-site camping hot showers. scenic architecture. improved spectator viewing traffic control food concessions. plenty free parking cated just stones throw Ida Grove Municipal Airport Fun Fly must event anyone interested aviation model full scale full day activities just $500/person Write details AMA Sanction No815 Byron Originals Box 279e1da Grove IA 51445 Pilot Registration $1000 readers now express themselves well adult Things changed So share atypical letter pictures attest writers building flying skills unusual Meet Craig Hampson wrote once before kindly replied says Craig pictures werent printable seeing column returning decided send some new black-and-white pix first veteran Gentle Lady 78-in span two channels uses Futaba FP-5Lk radio Covering blue transparent red transparent yellow MonoKote modified wing rubberband dowels through fuse lage could easily use power pod also bump back wing wont slide back tail fin doesnt have dorsal thats because forgot put prototypical eh second hand launch Gentle Lady Shell go easy 500 ft dont have arm like Nolan Ryan get consistent 5min flights power pod Pic 3 Matt Biskups age 13 Bridgewater NJ HOB Two-Tee too flies power pod will usually get 6 min Would believe started flying less ayear ago last picture Matt right after launch 2T no its going hit him Maybe Ill send some pictures some other time Im building Eaglet bomb drop sure looks funny bomb under fuselage really like new format hope works out Control Line fun Absolutely certainly enjoyed So did family Several kids now middle-aged men literally flew death wonderful all-balsa profile trainers Gold berg during late Forties limited elevator controlthus capable nothing mild wing-overs best primary trainer ever oldest son now 50s taught himself fly time went Army three boys went Army Air Force aerobatics natural Exposed first Stunter approved Old-Timer immediately flew inverted outsides instructions said merely watched wheels wanted go side wheels knew down required wonderful Trixter Profiles Lou Andrews Guillow Id give eager beginners tell put together go down park learn fly would witness until could took about three weeks Ambroid seams major fixes resembled glued-together China vase Sterling Ringmasters Jim Walker Firecats paid dues wide assortment published things like first lA Forty-Niner Ford Trimotor two freewheeling props miss fine profile planesso easy fly loved steep spiral climbs Free Flight models floating glide circles riding weak evening lift pursued barn swallows flattish right-climbing circles Rubber job right pleasures flight adjust mentsworking glide power both together Control Liners unique Through attachment wires felt real live machine physically became Nothing else modeling offers sensation Now receive encouraging letters fine CL newsletters Theyre chatty loaded stuffhomemade magazines really bot tom line think need know what Continued page 22 20 Model Aviation 1OSI -CURE CYANOACRYLATE SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER ListSaleSavings 1 oz Fast Cure 3-5 Sec495$2450% Off 2 oz Fast Cure 3-5 Sec895$39656% Off 1 oz Gap-Filling 5 Sec495$24950% Off 2 oz Gap-Filling 5 Sec895$39656% Off OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU satisfied POSH-CURE please return unused portion within 30 days full refundNo questions asked SHELDONS HOBBY SHOP 3157 Alum Rock Ave Jose CA 95127 FOR ORDERS ONLY PLEASEIVIWI 800 228-3237 251-0789LJ Out State INFO 408 251-0787 California SHIPPING per order Hours Mon-Wed Fri & Sat 930-530 FAST SERVICE Thur 930-900 1200-500 COD ADD $190 going should understand folks really have fun CL Having wondered years about near-vacuum ofCLcontributors asked tongue-in-cheek column anyone having fun CL still get virtually no fun inputs lesser degree same true Free Flight try Are trying But.. Semantics Fun three-letter word means different things different people dont write about competition Yes competition fun Everything anyone us does fun would doing Everybody has fun fun deal individual effort kind model interesting developments design novel ideas pleasures gets building flying feeling-good planes sport environ mentby himself friends groups enjoy things away contest world interested guys interesting comments about thinking solutions problemsin light sort waywhether RC Pattern CL Combat Mulvihill Rubber mindboggling Pennyplane ship Whatever game have waiting audience share individual pleasures us intimate folksy way Im reminded innocent letter Bill Dairigren couple offbeat pix out further ado Webster Time-wasting bother over trivial details.. startled no end says Bill Dahigren flipped open MA found pictures looking back would have included full set specs occurred youd actually use things what may worth heres couple definitely fun variety first OTS model originally kitted England built Australia amazing Monty Terrel flown OTS him 1984 AMA Nats An excellent fellow excellent model other model original whod guess 8-ft wingspan two Fox 25s clear dope over red yellow silk model has honorably retired due doubts about integrity control system flew regu larly well over 15-year period variety engines ranging pair 35s down pair 15 dieseis Twins fun fly fascinating spectatorsmaybe ultimate fun flier would twin-engined bi plane two everything cant believe kind fun ship wrecked lost island Thenic modelsand SE S John Deden Missouri City TX hits its love SE 5s have unfulfilled yen create theme look-alike designs P-40s Zeros Mustangs et alwingy things can fly handsoff float soar yet keep sock-appeal recognizable glamor classics Racers like fight ers float through empty head cheated say tiny-winged pencil-slim Folkerts Racer bigger wings tail sur faces dihedral match flying mode hed have lovely conversation piece own one-of-a-kind escape bird Dedens SE 5 impressive Scale job Its theme design would anyone need theme SE 5 Since already perfect subject form Rubber FF Gas CL RC assumes John ilkes realism doesnt want spend chunks time fussing precision details Hes flying man have look closely realize Scale youd have familiar full-size plane spot differences side trip Prior to 19301 found Joe Otts Continued page 127 22 Model Aviation Safety/Preston Continued page 14 have flying Electrics about two years can fly local Glider field Out noise problem gas However uniquely dangerous hazards Electrics dont happen gas Last night working Astro flight Porterfield workshop left fuselage workbench transmitter charge after its batteries dis charged motor receiver batteries fully charged workshop garage neighborhood kids enjoy visiting kids boy about 13 has built flown several Gliders AA RC models Hes starting some Electric projects completely familiar equipment its dangers As can imagine model too much temptation him experiment Somehow RC equipment switched also motor battery switched fuselage jumped down bench slammed paper bag full balsa scraps Pieces balsa thrown over garage wooden prop broke before friend could turn motor switch off Fortunately no hurt scared embarrassed friend fuselage another position bench damage injury could have resulted danger accidentally starting Elec tric much greater gas engine needs fresh fuel prime ignition start electric needs have proper switches closed chances child inex perienced adult being able start Electric accidentally much greater Please warn readers hazard Readers have warned Methylene chloridea carcinogen couple weeks ago received clipping Popu lar Science magazine sent Jim Newman Hobart IN clipping letter editor MD titled Paint-Stripper Hazards Jims note ac companied clipping said knew modelers have used strippers remove old paint covering especially Free Flight models hazard stems active ingredient strippersmethylene chloride believed both toxic a, possible carcinogen Over four years ago October 1981 issue column mentioned methylene chloride time purchased can Old Adhesive Remover remove old tile adhesive powder room refur bishing After reading warnings can noting contained methylene chloride took back refund used scraper remove old tile adhesive Im glad now made deci sion because just last week found out methylene chloride has focus atten tion three federal government agencies CPSC OSHA EPA because inhaling its vapors may cause cancer Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC has issued press release states agency begin rulemaking proceedings could result products contain methylene chloride being labeled hazardous substances press release states substantial quantities methylene chloride chlorinated solvent found ANEWL FIRST TIME EVER NEW RADIO CONTROLINE INDOOR FLYING ALL WEEKEND LONG ADMISSION Adults$400 Children 6-12$100 Pro-SchoolFree EXHIBITION TIMES SATURDAY 10 AM -6 PM SUNDAY 10 AM -6 PM aerosol spray paints chemical paint strip pers goes state National Toxicology Program has found methylene chloride cause cancer laboratory animals levels air similai humans might encounter occasional use products adequate ventilation press release US Department Labor states OSHA issues guidelines con trolling workplac& exposure methylene chlo ride result petition UAW press release stated addition td beina skin eye lung irri tant methylene chloride has narcotic action acts depressant central nervous system Some studies laboratory animals cluding research conducted National Tox icology Program indicate methylene chlo ride carcinogen two animal species Other animal mid human studies inconclusive have no idea whether aerosol paints distribitted use hobby contain methylene chloride suggest start check ing labels aerosol paints paint strippers BIGGEST LITTLE INDOOR AIRSHOW SPONSORVO SY YOUR HOBBY INDUOTBY MODEL AVIATION ASSOCIATIONS BORDFELDT CANADA & CHCH-TV 11 86 rz21 OUR 16TH YEAR TAM YAg RAOFF ROAD DIOCOtflROCAR RACING methylene chloride present either con sider alternative product use product lots ventilationlike outdoors think thats enough safety advice month As usual have safe John Preston 12235 Tilden wood Dr Rock yule MD 20852 Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 22 rubber-powered SE 5 PopularAviation wonderful series lightweights cluding Nieuport 17 SPAD D-VIII Camel Boeing F-4B Fokker D-7 Tripe oh eve about 20 maybe 24 first Fokker Super Uiii versal weighed l oz bad forJthe Twenties few us kids took blowing up 30 45 bigger Light weight low-powered Japanese-tissue-coyContinued page 130 July1986 127 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL CENTRE 6900 AIRPORT RD MISSISSAUGA ONTARIO CANADA FREE PARKING , FUNN FLY SHOWS RO BOX 548 STATION WESTON ONT M9N 3N3 416 247-3468 ELECTRIC MODEL & SAILPLANE SPECIALISTS 1981 World Soaring Champ DWIGHT HOLLEY IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE NEW COMPANY TO HELP BOTH BEGINNER & EXPERT FLY INTO THE NEW ERA OF ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT WE ALSO OFFER SELECT FEW PURE SAILPLANES FREE DEMONSTRATION FLIGHTS CHECK OUT ANOIOR TEST FLIGHTS OF 13UR NEW PLANES U CALL OR WRITE FOR FREE DESCRIPTIVE FLYER 3 UPS C 00 FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT ELECTRIC KITS IN STOCK i ACROBATIC OLDTIMER O RT SCALE ERS HOLLEYS SILENT FLIGHT O 151203 748-0083 CHESTNUT RIDGE ROAD BETHEL CT 06801 FEATURING ONLY STAT OP THE ART ITEMS Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 127 ered usually unpainted calm sununer evening 30-in SE 5 stretch-wound hand drill walked under it flew 15 feet high across big field its balsa prop everybody carve just swoosh ing like windmill Ive never come out trance time Skywriting Corp America busy over New York Citywinged dots banking turning scripting perfect white letters beginning word slowly vanished windblown streamers Sunday drive stopping aviationss ancient Troy Roosevelt Field Long Island Lindbergh Chamberlain Byrd vied battle first Paris once people like Moissant hangars andlaterAl Williams would practice Curtiss later Grum man Gulfhawks Sunday 20s youd count 25 aircraft flying around field joyriding close home base Open hangar doors lo hangar sign Skywriting Corp America Youve guessedthe airplane An SE 5 rectangle fabric removed its rudder long pipe passed After lindbergh Just big model Perfect pro portions areas dihedral works plane British aces rode WW Deden once pilot aero engineer member Hov-Texans described very low-key laid-back friendiy helpful group kind guys wherever talks about slickly-finished red two-winger First some specs span 58 chord 9 airfoil 12% Clark Y overall length 42 weight 6 lb power Saito 45 four-stroke 12-5 prop matters Tower 4-ch Silver John calls semiscale Senior Citizen Type translation can fly January 25 successful flights flies like dreamright off board 2 ox lead nose 144-in shim under leading edge stab Deden relates Covering MonoKate decals Major Northeast Screen Graphics water-transfer products bit difficult get because micro thin well done results great Would say about SE 5 bit draggy believe Saito 45 pulls around Does beautiful tight round loops want wont spin drop wing stalls landing floats great climbs like FF full power will slow-roll know handie rudder elevator ailerons reminds Stearmandays Cadet 1944 inverts quite nicely thank good bit elevator input attention dihedral-caused yaw Consider SE Ss weight size bipe its power lively climb aero batics 60just half displacement usual 90 four-stroker dont have have hot symmetrical-wingedjob nor put hot 60 4-ft biplane obtain dynamic pleasurable aerobaticsbut nevertheless varying types have places John enjoys theme things Im smitten sketches Waco 10 classic age OX-5s barnstorming Another club member going theme Waco Taperwing mostly posterboard Hov-Texans narrowly focused Some fly Pattern others high-performance sport jobs Some prefer Saliplanes some Old-Timers others Sunday machines Yet John reports compatible Put goggles tie silk scarf around neck climb breezy open cockpit ofan SE 5or whatever Variety spice fun-life Damn torpedoes Im going tell tell guys plane uncle Red 0-Deden flew WW John also tells became double-ace got ace AEF shooting down five enemy planes got ace German air force losing five Allied SE 5s Apparently Phineas Pinkham family sort Phineas Pinkham flew P-38s WW II whole other story SE 5 designed pictures modified interest good flying charac teristics Higher aspect ratio Thicker airfoil decreased gap much enlarged tail surfaces Strip ailerons lower wings Quite obviously red finish never used WW Au dont know about SE 5s Red Baron didnt get name nuttin Some outfits did go white nose rings fins abit coloring front cowl wheels Perhaps Braniff would still going strong instead pink purple airplanes gone dragons skull crossbones wildest-ever colors schemes found Boeings Bahamas color blind wear dark glasses board Classy lassy Thats appropriate name George Keyers Carnation WA curvaceous original says hates straight lines Speak ing putting yourself cocit. specs 66 span 12 chord 24 stab span 48 fuselage length power 40 FSR Davis Diesel head Im frustrated cant see colorbasically white generous yellow trim scalloping fine black out lines shallow cowl fiberglass forward fuselage planked back cockpit stringers George likes lots ribs stringers tail crosspieces Sexy dont mind saying what wheel struts pants open cockpit windshield headrest what difference oval cross section makes Christmas song see what see wings could Spitfire perhaps more-pointed-tip version Narrow D-tube leading edge supposes narrow trailing edge suggest laminations thin strips bent around form profile Ryan ST like Tail surfaces bit like some old lightplane bit leggy good treadand what would racer-like inverted engine short-span ailerons kept away tip sound reasons evidently give George whatever roll-urge wishes pointy tips dont go hanging ship out dry dont get near stalland understand oozing along too long level flight low power always stall-threatening plane wamed adding upyou dont have have nose pointed up stall George probably has washoutwith narrow tips high-taper wings usually couple degrees otherwise carry ailerons /32 perhaps 14 up neutral youve bought good insuranceanytime sport flying Im retired AF colonel Keyer tells us have away modeling since late 40s because career monetary limi tations Im smaller models dont own engine over 40 think misunderstood straight lines meant never design con stant-chord wings tail feathers slabsided fuselages like flowing lines build another Classy Lassy would shorten 130 Model Aviation 0 a 0 S 2 HI S C 2 0 HI S Are Two Sides Story. Both Sides OPS Five Intake Port SLA 60 RC Look Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 37 shortly thereafter should possible fly combination channels con cerning ourselves Image Second- Third-Order Intermodulation Adjacent Chan nel other interferences What about known Interference am lawyer cannot give legal advice doesnt stop having opinions issue now interference What can Con test Director about person shows up contest insists flying RC channel known subject outside inter ference I You can refuse admit person contest AMA Official Model Aircraft Regulations 1986-1987 page 1 Contest Direc tors Authority state addition CD AMA-sanctioned event has authority perform safety inspections equipment prevent participant using equipment CDS opinion deemed unsafe Emphasis added doesnt say CD must perform safety inspections doesnt say CDs opinion has correct says CD has opinion equipment unsafe 2 Suppose person insists flying anyway contestant private citizen using same field What could CD might call police have person ejected arrested disorderly per son approach isnt calculated make friends needs enemies 3 There another way instance may have borrowed districts frequency scanner see photo bought own case need tune bad channel let problem child listen can mad somebody else Over years Ive talked lot about scan ners value someone has listen best time listen time people will flying should obvious surprising number people seem miss point Businesses air during week will often shut down weekends holidays well night So monitoring after 1100 pm because convenient just may will miss signals looking same vein scanner flight line mainly useful four things 1 Verifying channel transmitter radiates Does flag match 2 Verifying channels use pins match 3 Finding transmitters left im pound area 4 Catching two transmitters operating channel want scan outside interference vicinity flight line best way to put scanner car attach outside antenna drive around perimeter field scanner turned Plan route stay mile away flight line minimize interference transmitters use what Bill Hershberger did 85 Nats found new pocket pager 72320 MHz almost goes saying should know what looking An easy way get information perform some tests Have people operate AM FM PCM sets known channels can become accustomed sound Make sure listen both AM FM detector modes because makes difference may surprised discover some RC FM sets make clearer sounds scanner put AM mode other hand Continued page 134 Say0 ~Id T pert iOG 80wio this. fimerS postS IaO9 Matched rsuresaunuu ayalwm TOP PERFORMANCE K&B ENGINtS AirplaneMarine K&B FUELSK&B GLOW PLUGS 5 Blends4 Choices Matched Finish System BEST APPEARANCE K&B FIBERGLASS CLOTH K&B Mrnrs-Ballsons FILLER KSB SUPER POXY RESIN t&B SUPER POXY THINNER K&B SUPER POXY PRIMER K&B SUPER POXY PAINT K&B MIXING CUPS July1986 131 Check out local hobby shop Parts People nose length 1 tall moment 2 just looks present flies well think would look less spindly shorter fuselage Box 26247 e New Orleans LA 701860 504242 201 SE 12th Street Pompano Beach FL 33080 305-785-7978 ENGINEERING THE LANDING GEAR PEOPLE Tired kit lading gears deal lit wear higgle preperly O & II Eegieeenng can salve year prahiems * Caste built year needs & specs guaranteed lit * SIring & durable withstand lnnhnal landing * 0 & 0 Engineering gear will work & keep year higie hying * Ia stack rnptacewent gear br mast popular madels Byrne Pills Christen Eagle CAP 21 Balsa USA J-3 CUB Air Tech Pawn Eagle gases Rig Stick Champ Cilabria R & N endels Snapper Slinger cad Snapper Tan Ignition Engirin Parta Only Over 600 items Send *200 current catalog
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Bill Winter 0 ____Plane Talk____ Left like Parasol romance displayed John Boyds 25 OS Max IIDFIAS II enlarged version Enya 09 model featured Winters September 1983 column Span 18861/4 forBi 5 sq area Thermals nicelywith average glides about 10 mm occasion al forays around 20 mm Also inverts glide too half outside loop entry Right Structural design framing Boyds parasol picture perfect studies impressive becomes Winter thinks would profane change single piece Len 1 fl15 ientIe aay oeiongs ~raig nompeon ana Delles nis age 10 THISS lIKS aream two cnanneis witn orwitnout tne poa irs covered blue trans red trans yellow MonoKote Without pod hethinks gets SOft hand-launched gets 5 mm consistentlywith pod Right Craigsfriend Maft Bishupage 13 isshownwith HOBTwoTee rightafter launch Such glidersarean easywayto learntofly Left Bill Dahigrens CL Original 8-ft twin has flown 15 years assorted engines Fox 25s 356 15 diesels Dahigren says twins fun fly fas cinate spectators thinks biplaie would ultimate because would have two everything Clear dope over red yellow silkand supported two boys twins Below Old-Time Stunt Mercury Monitorkitted UK 1949 powered Taipan 21 glow made 1972 Australia flown Reno 1984 Nats other world famous CLflier MontyTyrell Wrapped sheet some blocks fuse make rather nifty fewyears before Sterling Ringmaster implies tight stuff Wing rubberbanded dowels THERE IS SOMETHING about parasol Some people love Others cant resist lure eventually building lust doodle first hieroglyphic may nifty cabin job zippy low-winger heroic bipe Keep doodling lo behold always parasol Such Rorschach images usu ally appear during phone conversation malden aunt John Boyd Sioux Falls SD has long standing romance pretty birds pretty yes June 1983 column reminds us published couple shots Enya 09-powered IIDFIAS little parasol proved very nice-handling REM no ailerons flew alot decided enlarging 20-size would produce visible model thermaling Which brings up current model called IIDFIAS II span 66 area 615 loading 12 oz/sq ft John informs us Power OS Max 25 RC design adjusted intention making fly exactly like OldTimer doesnt deceptively clean glides rather fast appears slow up lift can disappear through part circle climbing turnwhen gets up Rudder response lags noticeably behind input power-off nearly-stalled regime Kloud King spoiled would really stall rudder would never let go build another IIDFIAS II would increase rudder dl hedral slightly Boyd wished get little negatives out way Actually normal flying parasol would nice respects decided make fly like Old-Timer pictures suggest using about 50 dihedral normal cruising about cabin should yield hands-off 360 safe recovery total sustained stability OldTimer mode parasol will require say 70 An Old-Timer does need rudder power Prob ably adding sheet balsa rudder TE say 1 bottom would couple well 70 dihedral forced hold full rudder during approach turn travel area both required Now lets read about Johns pluses proposed fixes hone Old-Timer performance [Flash increased movement OK] model thermals nicely continues Glides average around 10 min occasional forays around 20-mm mark am sure piloting skills hold model back some Au searching thermaling especially high up need plane requires little no control input always easier better continuously touching up things maintain flight patterns spite crude Clark Y airfoil set 30 incidence measured chord line IIDII flies well upside down Au Flat-bottom bottom sections excessive dihedralespe cially such angular differenceusually dont invert off top half loop Three channels remember may invert en tered half-outside holding full down sometimes held way final recovery bit balancing act can maintain altitude recover half-loop outside glides well inverted Au probably ls holding much down have begun messing around dead-stick aerobatics Its great fun put nose down pick up little speed swoop loop Au Picking up lot speed controlled spiral also usually results loop rudder relaxed thats way rudder-only models looped want fun John Try high altitudeto lengthen fun periodgo idle July1986 17 3/32VERT GRAIN -PULL SPAN I/4XI/23/BXI 1/2 T E 3/8 SQ125%1/8 PLY DOUBLERS XIS L r I- - MAIN SPARS 1/4 X3/B 0I27 1/2 SUNDAY SE-5 -KiEII designed byJOHN T DEDEN SPAN5BCHORD9AIRPOILCLARKY POWER SAITO 45PROP 120 X S PWGT 65 LBS WINGS C/S I/64PLY COVER-TOP B BOTTOM GECALAGEBOTH WINGS ATO-STAB LE AT 0 WING TIPS WASHOUT I/B AT MOST OUTBD RIB FEATURES STRIP AILERONS-BOTTOM WING ONLY 01234BBIAIS hjc Above is SE 5 No Its Sunday fun bipe made look like famous British fighter WW John Deden WW Ii P-38 Jock specializes theme models freewheeied chord tail area used strip ailerons bottom wing flies better scale see text Below misty morning Western Front heimeted pilot waiting hand proping What could realbut scale John doing Waco now Sunday fliem spans 58 weighs 61/2 lb Saito 45 turning 12 x 5 prop takes up ilke Free Flight model fuliy aerobatic Hear ticky idle slides appropriate grassy landing course plane must have least 90you insist / Any good engine Old-Timers should idie enter next 450 heading spiral still steeper forever able pick up speed anytime continue reversal showing after 10 minutes Hold rudder over top plane until swooping arcs begin spiral down about 450 heading actually going through inverted point Mainthe 3600 circle gently go full opposite rudder tan continuous smooth flow never loading up rolling out opposite spiral before nose things elevator stay off rudder comes up enough kill speed let ship essential dont go beyond what may appear excessive speed plane Vagabond lightly built will perform such maneuvers very smooth recoveries sure gets attention People ask you use elevatorsand go blank tell didnt touch elevator People once used repetitive steeper turns banks way other until old rudder-only jobs could forced slow roll model sturdy can snap-rolled after slight nosedown up strong rudder response elevator control use highrate rudder control perfect Old-Timer should capable what looks like death-defying series swoops very deceiving should also able search circle soar nothing trim controls summary John states would describe gentle three-channel sport model good thermaling potential always get raft mail after item like Ive just finished reading Langeweisches 1939 Ill Take High Roadfinally found copy library South Dakota State Uni versityand Im thinking wouldnt take much effort redo IIDll E-2 Cub theme model versions Might just fun Stick Rudder also 30s effort Langeweische still classic eyes pilots interested fine points technique Al Bennett reputed have taught people fly alive Cubs Hightstown NJhe featured old Life magazine used bring Aeroncas Canaan CT fly summer day showed up then-new four-place Sedan invited Langeweisches join us sat grass country airport soul sight whiled away afternoon Pica Enterprises note has Sedan full-size baby carriage easy fly silly Talk about stability Id lie across back seats head port Al did same across front seats head starboard thing droned alon& Giant Scale dream Another baby carriage late 30s Piper side-by-side Coupe forerunner Cruiser Piper E-2 Taylor breathed first life Cub Theres super highway through Canaan alrport hear Progress herd rogue elephants wish contact John Boyd write him 3005 Mayfair Dr Sioux Fails SD 57106 Youth wasted young hoary cliche engine failure takeoff dont have wonder reads column age concerned wonder does am surprised older modelers writeor retirees Nor am surprised hear teenagers Unless tell ages cant tell difference although older ones talk interesting memories dis cussing projects younger ones course deal now Older readers write length frequently longhand Younger guys almost always have typewriters point organized have tell Fifty-two years 59-year modeling career have spent editing writing Because maga zines Ive received tens thousands letters hear much about decline standards good old days know thats over simplification Until early SOs letters young short crudely scribbled inarticulate full misspelled words etc 60s such letters exception Things changed younger Continued page 20 18 Model Aviation Above Bill Gough man seasonshe once published MAN mike-covered Indoor Gee Bee Sportsterinduiges foxy fantasies such 1 2-ft rubber pusher canard 1966 Below left Goughs 1981 Bostonian weighs 7 grams high time 2 mln 11 sec what others seems say Outfitted strange scimitar prop too Below Right Indoor Ceiling Walkers Gough grows mysterIous time look Two freewheeling props V-tall unexplained fin-like object mounted stalk didnt notice its pusher tooka Nats second rubber Ryan ST losing Hank Struck whisker Still kicks himseifl Youve seen justthetip mans iceberg Classy Lassy orIgInal proiltic deslgner/DuIIaerUCOrgC Kyer likes pretty curved lines performawell Davis Head 05 4OFSR Covered SuperCoverite Sig dope Span 62 weight 5 lb Hes dieselized because interest scaleilke realistic flight bigger props less rpm After years diesels hes yielding four-strokes Dont Miss Festival Year BYRON I2ORIG NALS 1 Fun Fly 86 August 15 16 17 Grove Iowa R/C Pilots Choice Fun Fly Festivals Nearly 360 pilots representing 32 states Canada attended Fun Fly 85 displaying flying well over 400 beautiful giant scale models growing number pilots onr effidently run flight line guarantees plenty open flying time everyone worlds unique model aircraft facilities Three Full Days Open Flying Time Byron International Airport 600 ft hard-surfaced runway taxiways cent grass strip e Uncrowded safely run flight line red aircraft storage 024 hr security Exciting R/C Jet Demonstrations Special SR-71 demos on Originals new kits BD-5J F-IS Eagle awd F-20 Tigershark s latest large scale releases Corsair Glasair Christen Eagles Air Show Witness three world class pilots put high performance Eagles through barrel snap rolls hammerheads loops knife edges precise formation copied distinctive Eagle Smokeno other air show performance its equal Striking Back 86 realistic WW II Air Battle Reenactment modeling history hack better ever chance see show everyones talking about Rare WW II Aircraft Vintage WW H aircraft will display throughout weekend Feel rumble huge radial engines perform exciting fly-bys Informative Modeling Forums carefully selected panel experienced modelers will hold dividual seminars such topics radio selection engine set-up finishing Daring Skydivers Fascinating NASA Exhibit Manufacturer Distributor Exhibits Make Plans Today Attend On-site camping hot showers. scenic architecture. improved spectator viewing traffic control food concessions. plenty free parking cated just stones throw Ida Grove Municipal Airport Fun Fly must event anyone interested aviation model full scale full day activities just $500/person Write details AMA Sanction No815 Byron Originals Box 279e1da Grove IA 51445 Pilot Registration $1000 readers now express themselves well adult Things changed So share atypical letter pictures attest writers building flying skills unusual Meet Craig Hampson wrote once before kindly replied says Craig pictures werent printable seeing column returning decided send some new black-and-white pix first veteran Gentle Lady 78-in span two channels uses Futaba FP-5Lk radio Covering blue transparent red transparent yellow MonoKote modified wing rubberband dowels through fuse lage could easily use power pod also bump back wing wont slide back tail fin doesnt have dorsal thats because forgot put prototypical eh second hand launch Gentle Lady Shell go easy 500 ft dont have arm like Nolan Ryan get consistent 5min flights power pod Pic 3 Matt Biskups age 13 Bridgewater NJ HOB Two-Tee too flies power pod will usually get 6 min Would believe started flying less ayear ago last picture Matt right after launch 2T no its going hit him Maybe Ill send some pictures some other time Im building Eaglet bomb drop sure looks funny bomb under fuselage really like new format hope works out Control Line fun Absolutely certainly enjoyed So did family Several kids now middle-aged men literally flew death wonderful all-balsa profile trainers Gold berg during late Forties limited elevator controlthus capable nothing mild wing-overs best primary trainer ever oldest son now 50s taught himself fly time went Army three boys went Army Air Force aerobatics natural Exposed first Stunter approved Old-Timer immediately flew inverted outsides instructions said merely watched wheels wanted go side wheels knew down required wonderful Trixter Profiles Lou Andrews Guillow Id give eager beginners tell put together go down park learn fly would witness until could took about three weeks Ambroid seams major fixes resembled glued-together China vase Sterling Ringmasters Jim Walker Firecats paid dues wide assortment published things like first lA Forty-Niner Ford Trimotor two freewheeling props miss fine profile planesso easy fly loved steep spiral climbs Free Flight models floating glide circles riding weak evening lift pursued barn swallows flattish right-climbing circles Rubber job right pleasures flight adjust mentsworking glide power both together Control Liners unique Through attachment wires felt real live machine physically became Nothing else modeling offers sensation Now receive encouraging letters fine CL newsletters Theyre chatty loaded stuffhomemade magazines really bot tom line think need know what Continued page 22 20 Model Aviation 1OSI -CURE CYANOACRYLATE SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER ListSaleSavings 1 oz Fast Cure 3-5 Sec495$2450% Off 2 oz Fast Cure 3-5 Sec895$39656% Off 1 oz Gap-Filling 5 Sec495$24950% Off 2 oz Gap-Filling 5 Sec895$39656% Off OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU satisfied POSH-CURE please return unused portion within 30 days full refundNo questions asked SHELDONS HOBBY SHOP 3157 Alum Rock Ave Jose CA 95127 FOR ORDERS ONLY PLEASEIVIWI 800 228-3237 251-0789LJ Out State INFO 408 251-0787 California SHIPPING per order Hours Mon-Wed Fri & Sat 930-530 FAST SERVICE Thur 930-900 1200-500 COD ADD $190 going should understand folks really have fun CL Having wondered years about near-vacuum ofCLcontributors asked tongue-in-cheek column anyone having fun CL still get virtually no fun inputs lesser degree same true Free Flight try Are trying But.. Semantics Fun three-letter word means different things different people dont write about competition Yes competition fun Everything anyone us does fun would doing Everybody has fun fun deal individual effort kind model interesting developments design novel ideas pleasures gets building flying feeling-good planes sport environ mentby himself friends groups enjoy things away contest world interested guys interesting comments about thinking solutions problemsin light sort waywhether RC Pattern CL Combat Mulvihill Rubber mindboggling Pennyplane ship Whatever game have waiting audience share individual pleasures us intimate folksy way Im reminded innocent letter Bill Dairigren couple offbeat pix out further ado Webster Time-wasting bother over trivial details.. startled no end says Bill Dahigren flipped open MA found pictures looking back would have included full set specs occurred youd actually use things what may worth heres couple definitely fun variety first OTS model originally kitted England built Australia amazing Monty Terrel flown OTS him 1984 AMA Nats An excellent fellow excellent model other model original whod guess 8-ft wingspan two Fox 25s clear dope over red yellow silk model has honorably retired due doubts about integrity control system flew regu larly well over 15-year period variety engines ranging pair 35s down pair 15 dieseis Twins fun fly fascinating spectatorsmaybe ultimate fun flier would twin-engined bi plane two everything cant believe kind fun ship wrecked lost island Thenic modelsand SE S John Deden Missouri City TX hits its love SE 5s have unfulfilled yen create theme look-alike designs P-40s Zeros Mustangs et alwingy things can fly handsoff float soar yet keep sock-appeal recognizable glamor classics Racers like fight ers float through empty head cheated say tiny-winged pencil-slim Folkerts Racer bigger wings tail sur faces dihedral match flying mode hed have lovely conversation piece own one-of-a-kind escape bird Dedens SE 5 impressive Scale job Its theme design would anyone need theme SE 5 Since already perfect subject form Rubber FF Gas CL RC assumes John ilkes realism doesnt want spend chunks time fussing precision details Hes flying man have look closely realize Scale youd have familiar full-size plane spot differences side trip Prior to 19301 found Joe Otts Continued page 127 22 Model Aviation Safety/Preston Continued page 14 have flying Electrics about two years can fly local Glider field Out noise problem gas However uniquely dangerous hazards Electrics dont happen gas Last night working Astro flight Porterfield workshop left fuselage workbench transmitter charge after its batteries dis charged motor receiver batteries fully charged workshop garage neighborhood kids enjoy visiting kids boy about 13 has built flown several Gliders AA RC models Hes starting some Electric projects completely familiar equipment its dangers As can imagine model too much temptation him experiment Somehow RC equipment switched also motor battery switched fuselage jumped down bench slammed paper bag full balsa scraps Pieces balsa thrown over garage wooden prop broke before friend could turn motor switch off Fortunately no hurt scared embarrassed friend fuselage another position bench damage injury could have resulted danger accidentally starting Elec tric much greater gas engine needs fresh fuel prime ignition start electric needs have proper switches closed chances child inex perienced adult being able start Electric accidentally much greater Please warn readers hazard Readers have warned Methylene chloridea carcinogen couple weeks ago received clipping Popu lar Science magazine sent Jim Newman Hobart IN clipping letter editor MD titled Paint-Stripper Hazards Jims note ac companied clipping said knew modelers have used strippers remove old paint covering especially Free Flight models hazard stems active ingredient strippersmethylene chloride believed both toxic a, possible carcinogen Over four years ago October 1981 issue column mentioned methylene chloride time purchased can Old Adhesive Remover remove old tile adhesive powder room refur bishing After reading warnings can noting contained methylene chloride took back refund used scraper remove old tile adhesive Im glad now made deci sion because just last week found out methylene chloride has focus atten tion three federal government agencies CPSC OSHA EPA because inhaling its vapors may cause cancer Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC has issued press release states agency begin rulemaking proceedings could result products contain methylene chloride being labeled hazardous substances press release states substantial quantities methylene chloride chlorinated solvent found ANEWL FIRST TIME EVER NEW RADIO CONTROLINE INDOOR FLYING ALL WEEKEND LONG ADMISSION Adults$400 Children 6-12$100 Pro-SchoolFree EXHIBITION TIMES SATURDAY 10 AM -6 PM SUNDAY 10 AM -6 PM aerosol spray paints chemical paint strip pers goes state National Toxicology Program has found methylene chloride cause cancer laboratory animals levels air similai humans might encounter occasional use products adequate ventilation press release US Department Labor states OSHA issues guidelines con trolling workplac& exposure methylene chlo ride result petition UAW press release stated addition td beina skin eye lung irri tant methylene chloride has narcotic action acts depressant central nervous system Some studies laboratory animals cluding research conducted National Tox icology Program indicate methylene chlo ride carcinogen two animal species Other animal mid human studies inconclusive have no idea whether aerosol paints distribitted use hobby contain methylene chloride suggest start check ing labels aerosol paints paint strippers BIGGEST LITTLE INDOOR AIRSHOW SPONSORVO SY YOUR HOBBY INDUOTBY MODEL AVIATION ASSOCIATIONS BORDFELDT CANADA & CHCH-TV 11 86 rz21 OUR 16TH YEAR TAM YAg RAOFF ROAD DIOCOtflROCAR RACING methylene chloride present either con sider alternative product use product lots ventilationlike outdoors think thats enough safety advice month As usual have safe John Preston 12235 Tilden wood Dr Rock yule MD 20852 Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 22 rubber-powered SE 5 PopularAviation wonderful series lightweights cluding Nieuport 17 SPAD D-VIII Camel Boeing F-4B Fokker D-7 Tripe oh eve about 20 maybe 24 first Fokker Super Uiii versal weighed l oz bad forJthe Twenties few us kids took blowing up 30 45 bigger Light weight low-powered Japanese-tissue-coyContinued page 130 July1986 127 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL CENTRE 6900 AIRPORT RD MISSISSAUGA ONTARIO CANADA FREE PARKING , FUNN FLY SHOWS RO BOX 548 STATION WESTON ONT M9N 3N3 416 247-3468 ELECTRIC MODEL & SAILPLANE SPECIALISTS 1981 World Soaring Champ DWIGHT HOLLEY IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE NEW COMPANY TO HELP BOTH BEGINNER & EXPERT FLY INTO THE NEW ERA OF ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT WE ALSO OFFER SELECT FEW PURE SAILPLANES FREE DEMONSTRATION FLIGHTS CHECK OUT ANOIOR TEST FLIGHTS OF 13UR NEW PLANES U CALL OR WRITE FOR FREE DESCRIPTIVE FLYER 3 UPS C 00 FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT ELECTRIC KITS IN STOCK i ACROBATIC OLDTIMER O RT SCALE ERS HOLLEYS SILENT FLIGHT O 151203 748-0083 CHESTNUT RIDGE ROAD BETHEL CT 06801 FEATURING ONLY STAT OP THE ART ITEMS Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 127 ered usually unpainted calm sununer evening 30-in SE 5 stretch-wound hand drill walked under it flew 15 feet high across big field its balsa prop everybody carve just swoosh ing like windmill Ive never come out trance time Skywriting Corp America busy over New York Citywinged dots banking turning scripting perfect white letters beginning word slowly vanished windblown streamers Sunday drive stopping aviationss ancient Troy Roosevelt Field Long Island Lindbergh Chamberlain Byrd vied battle first Paris once people like Moissant hangars andlaterAl Williams would practice Curtiss later Grum man Gulfhawks Sunday 20s youd count 25 aircraft flying around field joyriding close home base Open hangar doors lo hangar sign Skywriting Corp America Youve guessedthe airplane An SE 5 rectangle fabric removed its rudder long pipe passed After lindbergh Just big model Perfect pro portions areas dihedral works plane British aces rode WW Deden once pilot aero engineer member Hov-Texans described very low-key laid-back friendiy helpful group kind guys wherever talks about slickly-finished red two-winger First some specs span 58 chord 9 airfoil 12% Clark Y overall length 42 weight 6 lb power Saito 45 four-stroke 12-5 prop matters Tower 4-ch Silver John calls semiscale Senior Citizen Type translation can fly January 25 successful flights flies like dreamright off board 2 ox lead nose 144-in shim under leading edge stab Deden relates Covering MonoKate decals Major Northeast Screen Graphics water-transfer products bit difficult get because micro thin well done results great Would say about SE 5 bit draggy believe Saito 45 pulls around Does beautiful tight round loops want wont spin drop wing stalls landing floats great climbs like FF full power will slow-roll know handie rudder elevator ailerons reminds Stearmandays Cadet 1944 inverts quite nicely thank good bit elevator input attention dihedral-caused yaw Consider SE Ss weight size bipe its power lively climb aero batics 60just half displacement usual 90 four-stroker dont have have hot symmetrical-wingedjob nor put hot 60 4-ft biplane obtain dynamic pleasurable aerobaticsbut nevertheless varying types have places John enjoys theme things Im smitten sketches Waco 10 classic age OX-5s barnstorming Another club member going theme Waco Taperwing mostly posterboard Hov-Texans narrowly focused Some fly Pattern others high-performance sport jobs Some prefer Saliplanes some Old-Timers others Sunday machines Yet John reports compatible Put goggles tie silk scarf around neck climb breezy open cockpit ofan SE 5or whatever Variety spice fun-life Damn torpedoes Im going tell tell guys plane uncle Red 0-Deden flew WW John also tells became double-ace got ace AEF shooting down five enemy planes got ace German air force losing five Allied SE 5s Apparently Phineas Pinkham family sort Phineas Pinkham flew P-38s WW II whole other story SE 5 designed pictures modified interest good flying charac teristics Higher aspect ratio Thicker airfoil decreased gap much enlarged tail surfaces Strip ailerons lower wings Quite obviously red finish never used WW Au dont know about SE 5s Red Baron didnt get name nuttin Some outfits did go white nose rings fins abit coloring front cowl wheels Perhaps Braniff would still going strong instead pink purple airplanes gone dragons skull crossbones wildest-ever colors schemes found Boeings Bahamas color blind wear dark glasses board Classy lassy Thats appropriate name George Keyers Carnation WA curvaceous original says hates straight lines Speak ing putting yourself cocit. specs 66 span 12 chord 24 stab span 48 fuselage length power 40 FSR Davis Diesel head Im frustrated cant see colorbasically white generous yellow trim scalloping fine black out lines shallow cowl fiberglass forward fuselage planked back cockpit stringers George likes lots ribs stringers tail crosspieces Sexy dont mind saying what wheel struts pants open cockpit windshield headrest what difference oval cross section makes Christmas song see what see wings could Spitfire perhaps more-pointed-tip version Narrow D-tube leading edge supposes narrow trailing edge suggest laminations thin strips bent around form profile Ryan ST like Tail surfaces bit like some old lightplane bit leggy good treadand what would racer-like inverted engine short-span ailerons kept away tip sound reasons evidently give George whatever roll-urge wishes pointy tips dont go hanging ship out dry dont get near stalland understand oozing along too long level flight low power always stall-threatening plane wamed adding upyou dont have have nose pointed up stall George probably has washoutwith narrow tips high-taper wings usually couple degrees otherwise carry ailerons /32 perhaps 14 up neutral youve bought good insuranceanytime sport flying Im retired AF colonel Keyer tells us have away modeling since late 40s because career monetary limi tations Im smaller models dont own engine over 40 think misunderstood straight lines meant never design con stant-chord wings tail feathers slabsided fuselages like flowing lines build another Classy Lassy would shorten 130 Model Aviation 0 a 0 S 2 HI S C 2 0 HI S Are Two Sides Story. Both Sides OPS Five Intake Port SLA 60 RC Look Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 37 shortly thereafter should possible fly combination channels con cerning ourselves Image Second- Third-Order Intermodulation Adjacent Chan nel other interferences What about known Interference am lawyer cannot give legal advice doesnt stop having opinions issue now interference What can Con test Director about person shows up contest insists flying RC channel known subject outside inter ference I You can refuse admit person contest AMA Official Model Aircraft Regulations 1986-1987 page 1 Contest Direc tors Authority state addition CD AMA-sanctioned event has authority perform safety inspections equipment prevent participant using equipment CDS opinion deemed unsafe Emphasis added doesnt say CD must perform safety inspections doesnt say CDs opinion has correct says CD has opinion equipment unsafe 2 Suppose person insists flying anyway contestant private citizen using same field What could CD might call police have person ejected arrested disorderly per son approach isnt calculated make friends needs enemies 3 There another way instance may have borrowed districts frequency scanner see photo bought own case need tune bad channel let problem child listen can mad somebody else Over years Ive talked lot about scan ners value someone has listen best time listen time people will flying should obvious surprising number people seem miss point Businesses air during week will often shut down weekends holidays well night So monitoring after 1100 pm because convenient just may will miss signals looking same vein scanner flight line mainly useful four things 1 Verifying channel transmitter radiates Does flag match 2 Verifying channels use pins match 3 Finding transmitters left im pound area 4 Catching two transmitters operating channel want scan outside interference vicinity flight line best way to put scanner car attach outside antenna drive around perimeter field scanner turned Plan route stay mile away flight line minimize interference transmitters use what Bill Hershberger did 85 Nats found new pocket pager 72320 MHz almost goes saying should know what looking An easy way get information perform some tests Have people operate AM FM PCM sets known channels can become accustomed sound Make sure listen both AM FM detector modes because makes difference may surprised discover some RC FM sets make clearer sounds scanner put AM mode other hand Continued page 134 Say0 ~Id T pert iOG 80wio this. fimerS postS IaO9 Matched rsuresaunuu ayalwm TOP PERFORMANCE K&B ENGINtS AirplaneMarine K&B FUELSK&B GLOW PLUGS 5 Blends4 Choices Matched Finish System BEST APPEARANCE K&B FIBERGLASS CLOTH K&B Mrnrs-Ballsons FILLER KSB SUPER POXY RESIN t&B SUPER POXY THINNER K&B SUPER POXY PRIMER K&B SUPER POXY PAINT K&B MIXING CUPS July1986 131 Check out local hobby shop Parts People nose length 1 tall moment 2 just looks present flies well think would look less spindly shorter fuselage Box 26247 e New Orleans LA 701860 504242 201 SE 12th Street Pompano Beach FL 33080 305-785-7978 ENGINEERING THE LANDING GEAR PEOPLE Tired kit lading gears deal lit wear higgle preperly O & II Eegieeenng can salve year prahiems * Caste built year needs & specs guaranteed lit * SIring & durable withstand lnnhnal landing * 0 & 0 Engineering gear will work & keep year higie hying * Ia stack rnptacewent gear br mast popular madels Byrne Pills Christen Eagle CAP 21 Balsa USA J-3 CUB Air Tech Pawn Eagle gases Rig Stick Champ Cilabria R & N endels Snapper Slinger cad Snapper Tan Ignition Engirin Parta Only Over 600 items Send *200 current catalog
Edition: Model Aviation - 1986/07
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Bill Winter 0 ____Plane Talk____ Left like Parasol romance displayed John Boyds 25 OS Max IIDFIAS II enlarged version Enya 09 model featured Winters September 1983 column Span 18861/4 forBi 5 sq area Thermals nicelywith average glides about 10 mm occasion al forays around 20 mm Also inverts glide too half outside loop entry Right Structural design framing Boyds parasol picture perfect studies impressive becomes Winter thinks would profane change single piece Len 1 fl15 ientIe aay oeiongs ~raig nompeon ana Delles nis age 10 THISS lIKS aream two cnanneis witn orwitnout tne poa irs covered blue trans red trans yellow MonoKote Without pod hethinks gets SOft hand-launched gets 5 mm consistentlywith pod Right Craigsfriend Maft Bishupage 13 isshownwith HOBTwoTee rightafter launch Such glidersarean easywayto learntofly Left Bill Dahigrens CL Original 8-ft twin has flown 15 years assorted engines Fox 25s 356 15 diesels Dahigren says twins fun fly fas cinate spectators thinks biplaie would ultimate because would have two everything Clear dope over red yellow silkand supported two boys twins Below Old-Time Stunt Mercury Monitorkitted UK 1949 powered Taipan 21 glow made 1972 Australia flown Reno 1984 Nats other world famous CLflier MontyTyrell Wrapped sheet some blocks fuse make rather nifty fewyears before Sterling Ringmaster implies tight stuff Wing rubberbanded dowels THERE IS SOMETHING about parasol Some people love Others cant resist lure eventually building lust doodle first hieroglyphic may nifty cabin job zippy low-winger heroic bipe Keep doodling lo behold always parasol Such Rorschach images usu ally appear during phone conversation malden aunt John Boyd Sioux Falls SD has long standing romance pretty birds pretty yes June 1983 column reminds us published couple shots Enya 09-powered IIDFIAS little parasol proved very nice-handling REM no ailerons flew alot decided enlarging 20-size would produce visible model thermaling Which brings up current model called IIDFIAS II span 66 area 615 loading 12 oz/sq ft John informs us Power OS Max 25 RC design adjusted intention making fly exactly like OldTimer doesnt deceptively clean glides rather fast appears slow up lift can disappear through part circle climbing turnwhen gets up Rudder response lags noticeably behind input power-off nearly-stalled regime Kloud King spoiled would really stall rudder would never let go build another IIDFIAS II would increase rudder dl hedral slightly Boyd wished get little negatives out way Actually normal flying parasol would nice respects decided make fly like Old-Timer pictures suggest using about 50 dihedral normal cruising about cabin should yield hands-off 360 safe recovery total sustained stability OldTimer mode parasol will require say 70 An Old-Timer does need rudder power Prob ably adding sheet balsa rudder TE say 1 bottom would couple well 70 dihedral forced hold full rudder during approach turn travel area both required Now lets read about Johns pluses proposed fixes hone Old-Timer performance [Flash increased movement OK] model thermals nicely continues Glides average around 10 min occasional forays around 20-mm mark am sure piloting skills hold model back some Au searching thermaling especially high up need plane requires little no control input always easier better continuously touching up things maintain flight patterns spite crude Clark Y airfoil set 30 incidence measured chord line IIDII flies well upside down Au Flat-bottom bottom sections excessive dihedralespe cially such angular differenceusually dont invert off top half loop Three channels remember may invert en tered half-outside holding full down sometimes held way final recovery bit balancing act can maintain altitude recover half-loop outside glides well inverted Au probably ls holding much down have begun messing around dead-stick aerobatics Its great fun put nose down pick up little speed swoop loop Au Picking up lot speed controlled spiral also usually results loop rudder relaxed thats way rudder-only models looped want fun John Try high altitudeto lengthen fun periodgo idle July1986 17 3/32VERT GRAIN -PULL SPAN I/4XI/23/BXI 1/2 T E 3/8 SQ125%1/8 PLY DOUBLERS XIS L r I- - MAIN SPARS 1/4 X3/B 0I27 1/2 SUNDAY SE-5 -KiEII designed byJOHN T DEDEN SPAN5BCHORD9AIRPOILCLARKY POWER SAITO 45PROP 120 X S PWGT 65 LBS WINGS C/S I/64PLY COVER-TOP B BOTTOM GECALAGEBOTH WINGS ATO-STAB LE AT 0 WING TIPS WASHOUT I/B AT MOST OUTBD RIB FEATURES STRIP AILERONS-BOTTOM WING ONLY 01234BBIAIS hjc Above is SE 5 No Its Sunday fun bipe made look like famous British fighter WW John Deden WW Ii P-38 Jock specializes theme models freewheeied chord tail area used strip ailerons bottom wing flies better scale see text Below misty morning Western Front heimeted pilot waiting hand proping What could realbut scale John doing Waco now Sunday fliem spans 58 weighs 61/2 lb Saito 45 turning 12 x 5 prop takes up ilke Free Flight model fuliy aerobatic Hear ticky idle slides appropriate grassy landing course plane must have least 90you insist / Any good engine Old-Timers should idie enter next 450 heading spiral still steeper forever able pick up speed anytime continue reversal showing after 10 minutes Hold rudder over top plane until swooping arcs begin spiral down about 450 heading actually going through inverted point Mainthe 3600 circle gently go full opposite rudder tan continuous smooth flow never loading up rolling out opposite spiral before nose things elevator stay off rudder comes up enough kill speed let ship essential dont go beyond what may appear excessive speed plane Vagabond lightly built will perform such maneuvers very smooth recoveries sure gets attention People ask you use elevatorsand go blank tell didnt touch elevator People once used repetitive steeper turns banks way other until old rudder-only jobs could forced slow roll model sturdy can snap-rolled after slight nosedown up strong rudder response elevator control use highrate rudder control perfect Old-Timer should capable what looks like death-defying series swoops very deceiving should also able search circle soar nothing trim controls summary John states would describe gentle three-channel sport model good thermaling potential always get raft mail after item like Ive just finished reading Langeweisches 1939 Ill Take High Roadfinally found copy library South Dakota State Uni versityand Im thinking wouldnt take much effort redo IIDll E-2 Cub theme model versions Might just fun Stick Rudder also 30s effort Langeweische still classic eyes pilots interested fine points technique Al Bennett reputed have taught people fly alive Cubs Hightstown NJhe featured old Life magazine used bring Aeroncas Canaan CT fly summer day showed up then-new four-place Sedan invited Langeweisches join us sat grass country airport soul sight whiled away afternoon Pica Enterprises note has Sedan full-size baby carriage easy fly silly Talk about stability Id lie across back seats head port Al did same across front seats head starboard thing droned alon& Giant Scale dream Another baby carriage late 30s Piper side-by-side Coupe forerunner Cruiser Piper E-2 Taylor breathed first life Cub Theres super highway through Canaan alrport hear Progress herd rogue elephants wish contact John Boyd write him 3005 Mayfair Dr Sioux Fails SD 57106 Youth wasted young hoary cliche engine failure takeoff dont have wonder reads column age concerned wonder does am surprised older modelers writeor retirees Nor am surprised hear teenagers Unless tell ages cant tell difference although older ones talk interesting memories dis cussing projects younger ones course deal now Older readers write length frequently longhand Younger guys almost always have typewriters point organized have tell Fifty-two years 59-year modeling career have spent editing writing Because maga zines Ive received tens thousands letters hear much about decline standards good old days know thats over simplification Until early SOs letters young short crudely scribbled inarticulate full misspelled words etc 60s such letters exception Things changed younger Continued page 20 18 Model Aviation Above Bill Gough man seasonshe once published MAN mike-covered Indoor Gee Bee Sportsterinduiges foxy fantasies such 1 2-ft rubber pusher canard 1966 Below left Goughs 1981 Bostonian weighs 7 grams high time 2 mln 11 sec what others seems say Outfitted strange scimitar prop too Below Right Indoor Ceiling Walkers Gough grows mysterIous time look Two freewheeling props V-tall unexplained fin-like object mounted stalk didnt notice its pusher tooka Nats second rubber Ryan ST losing Hank Struck whisker Still kicks himseifl Youve seen justthetip mans iceberg Classy Lassy orIgInal proiltic deslgner/DuIIaerUCOrgC Kyer likes pretty curved lines performawell Davis Head 05 4OFSR Covered SuperCoverite Sig dope Span 62 weight 5 lb Hes dieselized because interest scaleilke realistic flight bigger props less rpm After years diesels hes yielding four-strokes Dont Miss Festival Year BYRON I2ORIG NALS 1 Fun Fly 86 August 15 16 17 Grove Iowa R/C Pilots Choice Fun Fly Festivals Nearly 360 pilots representing 32 states Canada attended Fun Fly 85 displaying flying well over 400 beautiful giant scale models growing number pilots onr effidently run flight line guarantees plenty open flying time everyone worlds unique model aircraft facilities Three Full Days Open Flying Time Byron International Airport 600 ft hard-surfaced runway taxiways cent grass strip e Uncrowded safely run flight line red aircraft storage 024 hr security Exciting R/C Jet Demonstrations Special SR-71 demos on Originals new kits BD-5J F-IS Eagle awd F-20 Tigershark s latest large scale releases Corsair Glasair Christen Eagles Air Show Witness three world class pilots put high performance Eagles through barrel snap rolls hammerheads loops knife edges precise formation copied distinctive Eagle Smokeno other air show performance its equal Striking Back 86 realistic WW II Air Battle Reenactment modeling history hack better ever chance see show everyones talking about Rare WW II Aircraft Vintage WW H aircraft will display throughout weekend Feel rumble huge radial engines perform exciting fly-bys Informative Modeling Forums carefully selected panel experienced modelers will hold dividual seminars such topics radio selection engine set-up finishing Daring Skydivers Fascinating NASA Exhibit Manufacturer Distributor Exhibits Make Plans Today Attend On-site camping hot showers. scenic architecture. improved spectator viewing traffic control food concessions. plenty free parking cated just stones throw Ida Grove Municipal Airport Fun Fly must event anyone interested aviation model full scale full day activities just $500/person Write details AMA Sanction No815 Byron Originals Box 279e1da Grove IA 51445 Pilot Registration $1000 readers now express themselves well adult Things changed So share atypical letter pictures attest writers building flying skills unusual Meet Craig Hampson wrote once before kindly replied says Craig pictures werent printable seeing column returning decided send some new black-and-white pix first veteran Gentle Lady 78-in span two channels uses Futaba FP-5Lk radio Covering blue transparent red transparent yellow MonoKote modified wing rubberband dowels through fuse lage could easily use power pod also bump back wing wont slide back tail fin doesnt have dorsal thats because forgot put prototypical eh second hand launch Gentle Lady Shell go easy 500 ft dont have arm like Nolan Ryan get consistent 5min flights power pod Pic 3 Matt Biskups age 13 Bridgewater NJ HOB Two-Tee too flies power pod will usually get 6 min Would believe started flying less ayear ago last picture Matt right after launch 2T no its going hit him Maybe Ill send some pictures some other time Im building Eaglet bomb drop sure looks funny bomb under fuselage really like new format hope works out Control Line fun Absolutely certainly enjoyed So did family Several kids now middle-aged men literally flew death wonderful all-balsa profile trainers Gold berg during late Forties limited elevator controlthus capable nothing mild wing-overs best primary trainer ever oldest son now 50s taught himself fly time went Army three boys went Army Air Force aerobatics natural Exposed first Stunter approved Old-Timer immediately flew inverted outsides instructions said merely watched wheels wanted go side wheels knew down required wonderful Trixter Profiles Lou Andrews Guillow Id give eager beginners tell put together go down park learn fly would witness until could took about three weeks Ambroid seams major fixes resembled glued-together China vase Sterling Ringmasters Jim Walker Firecats paid dues wide assortment published things like first lA Forty-Niner Ford Trimotor two freewheeling props miss fine profile planesso easy fly loved steep spiral climbs Free Flight models floating glide circles riding weak evening lift pursued barn swallows flattish right-climbing circles Rubber job right pleasures flight adjust mentsworking glide power both together Control Liners unique Through attachment wires felt real live machine physically became Nothing else modeling offers sensation Now receive encouraging letters fine CL newsletters Theyre chatty loaded stuffhomemade magazines really bot tom line think need know what Continued page 22 20 Model Aviation 1OSI -CURE CYANOACRYLATE SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER ListSaleSavings 1 oz Fast Cure 3-5 Sec495$2450% Off 2 oz Fast Cure 3-5 Sec895$39656% Off 1 oz Gap-Filling 5 Sec495$24950% Off 2 oz Gap-Filling 5 Sec895$39656% Off OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU satisfied POSH-CURE please return unused portion within 30 days full refundNo questions asked SHELDONS HOBBY SHOP 3157 Alum Rock Ave Jose CA 95127 FOR ORDERS ONLY PLEASEIVIWI 800 228-3237 251-0789LJ Out State INFO 408 251-0787 California SHIPPING per order Hours Mon-Wed Fri & Sat 930-530 FAST SERVICE Thur 930-900 1200-500 COD ADD $190 going should understand folks really have fun CL Having wondered years about near-vacuum ofCLcontributors asked tongue-in-cheek column anyone having fun CL still get virtually no fun inputs lesser degree same true Free Flight try Are trying But.. Semantics Fun three-letter word means different things different people dont write about competition Yes competition fun Everything anyone us does fun would doing Everybody has fun fun deal individual effort kind model interesting developments design novel ideas pleasures gets building flying feeling-good planes sport environ mentby himself friends groups enjoy things away contest world interested guys interesting comments about thinking solutions problemsin light sort waywhether RC Pattern CL Combat Mulvihill Rubber mindboggling Pennyplane ship Whatever game have waiting audience share individual pleasures us intimate folksy way Im reminded innocent letter Bill Dairigren couple offbeat pix out further ado Webster Time-wasting bother over trivial details.. startled no end says Bill Dahigren flipped open MA found pictures looking back would have included full set specs occurred youd actually use things what may worth heres couple definitely fun variety first OTS model originally kitted England built Australia amazing Monty Terrel flown OTS him 1984 AMA Nats An excellent fellow excellent model other model original whod guess 8-ft wingspan two Fox 25s clear dope over red yellow silk model has honorably retired due doubts about integrity control system flew regu larly well over 15-year period variety engines ranging pair 35s down pair 15 dieseis Twins fun fly fascinating spectatorsmaybe ultimate fun flier would twin-engined bi plane two everything cant believe kind fun ship wrecked lost island Thenic modelsand SE S John Deden Missouri City TX hits its love SE 5s have unfulfilled yen create theme look-alike designs P-40s Zeros Mustangs et alwingy things can fly handsoff float soar yet keep sock-appeal recognizable glamor classics Racers like fight ers float through empty head cheated say tiny-winged pencil-slim Folkerts Racer bigger wings tail sur faces dihedral match flying mode hed have lovely conversation piece own one-of-a-kind escape bird Dedens SE 5 impressive Scale job Its theme design would anyone need theme SE 5 Since already perfect subject form Rubber FF Gas CL RC assumes John ilkes realism doesnt want spend chunks time fussing precision details Hes flying man have look closely realize Scale youd have familiar full-size plane spot differences side trip Prior to 19301 found Joe Otts Continued page 127 22 Model Aviation Safety/Preston Continued page 14 have flying Electrics about two years can fly local Glider field Out noise problem gas However uniquely dangerous hazards Electrics dont happen gas Last night working Astro flight Porterfield workshop left fuselage workbench transmitter charge after its batteries dis charged motor receiver batteries fully charged workshop garage neighborhood kids enjoy visiting kids boy about 13 has built flown several Gliders AA RC models Hes starting some Electric projects completely familiar equipment its dangers As can imagine model too much temptation him experiment Somehow RC equipment switched also motor battery switched fuselage jumped down bench slammed paper bag full balsa scraps Pieces balsa thrown over garage wooden prop broke before friend could turn motor switch off Fortunately no hurt scared embarrassed friend fuselage another position bench damage injury could have resulted danger accidentally starting Elec tric much greater gas engine needs fresh fuel prime ignition start electric needs have proper switches closed chances child inex perienced adult being able start Electric accidentally much greater Please warn readers hazard Readers have warned Methylene chloridea carcinogen couple weeks ago received clipping Popu lar Science magazine sent Jim Newman Hobart IN clipping letter editor MD titled Paint-Stripper Hazards Jims note ac companied clipping said knew modelers have used strippers remove old paint covering especially Free Flight models hazard stems active ingredient strippersmethylene chloride believed both toxic a, possible carcinogen Over four years ago October 1981 issue column mentioned methylene chloride time purchased can Old Adhesive Remover remove old tile adhesive powder room refur bishing After reading warnings can noting contained methylene chloride took back refund used scraper remove old tile adhesive Im glad now made deci sion because just last week found out methylene chloride has focus atten tion three federal government agencies CPSC OSHA EPA because inhaling its vapors may cause cancer Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC has issued press release states agency begin rulemaking proceedings could result products contain methylene chloride being labeled hazardous substances press release states substantial quantities methylene chloride chlorinated solvent found ANEWL FIRST TIME EVER NEW RADIO CONTROLINE INDOOR FLYING ALL WEEKEND LONG ADMISSION Adults$400 Children 6-12$100 Pro-SchoolFree EXHIBITION TIMES SATURDAY 10 AM -6 PM SUNDAY 10 AM -6 PM aerosol spray paints chemical paint strip pers goes state National Toxicology Program has found methylene chloride cause cancer laboratory animals levels air similai humans might encounter occasional use products adequate ventilation press release US Department Labor states OSHA issues guidelines con trolling workplac& exposure methylene chlo ride result petition UAW press release stated addition td beina skin eye lung irri tant methylene chloride has narcotic action acts depressant central nervous system Some studies laboratory animals cluding research conducted National Tox icology Program indicate methylene chlo ride carcinogen two animal species Other animal mid human studies inconclusive have no idea whether aerosol paints distribitted use hobby contain methylene chloride suggest start check ing labels aerosol paints paint strippers BIGGEST LITTLE INDOOR AIRSHOW SPONSORVO SY YOUR HOBBY INDUOTBY MODEL AVIATION ASSOCIATIONS BORDFELDT CANADA & CHCH-TV 11 86 rz21 OUR 16TH YEAR TAM YAg RAOFF ROAD DIOCOtflROCAR RACING methylene chloride present either con sider alternative product use product lots ventilationlike outdoors think thats enough safety advice month As usual have safe John Preston 12235 Tilden wood Dr Rock yule MD 20852 Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 22 rubber-powered SE 5 PopularAviation wonderful series lightweights cluding Nieuport 17 SPAD D-VIII Camel Boeing F-4B Fokker D-7 Tripe oh eve about 20 maybe 24 first Fokker Super Uiii versal weighed l oz bad forJthe Twenties few us kids took blowing up 30 45 bigger Light weight low-powered Japanese-tissue-coyContinued page 130 July1986 127 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL CENTRE 6900 AIRPORT RD MISSISSAUGA ONTARIO CANADA FREE PARKING , FUNN FLY SHOWS RO BOX 548 STATION WESTON ONT M9N 3N3 416 247-3468 ELECTRIC MODEL & SAILPLANE SPECIALISTS 1981 World Soaring Champ DWIGHT HOLLEY IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE NEW COMPANY TO HELP BOTH BEGINNER & EXPERT FLY INTO THE NEW ERA OF ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT WE ALSO OFFER SELECT FEW PURE SAILPLANES FREE DEMONSTRATION FLIGHTS CHECK OUT ANOIOR TEST FLIGHTS OF 13UR NEW PLANES U CALL OR WRITE FOR FREE DESCRIPTIVE FLYER 3 UPS C 00 FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT ELECTRIC KITS IN STOCK i ACROBATIC OLDTIMER O RT SCALE ERS HOLLEYS SILENT FLIGHT O 151203 748-0083 CHESTNUT RIDGE ROAD BETHEL CT 06801 FEATURING ONLY STAT OP THE ART ITEMS Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 127 ered usually unpainted calm sununer evening 30-in SE 5 stretch-wound hand drill walked under it flew 15 feet high across big field its balsa prop everybody carve just swoosh ing like windmill Ive never come out trance time Skywriting Corp America busy over New York Citywinged dots banking turning scripting perfect white letters beginning word slowly vanished windblown streamers Sunday drive stopping aviationss ancient Troy Roosevelt Field Long Island Lindbergh Chamberlain Byrd vied battle first Paris once people like Moissant hangars andlaterAl Williams would practice Curtiss later Grum man Gulfhawks Sunday 20s youd count 25 aircraft flying around field joyriding close home base Open hangar doors lo hangar sign Skywriting Corp America Youve guessedthe airplane An SE 5 rectangle fabric removed its rudder long pipe passed After lindbergh Just big model Perfect pro portions areas dihedral works plane British aces rode WW Deden once pilot aero engineer member Hov-Texans described very low-key laid-back friendiy helpful group kind guys wherever talks about slickly-finished red two-winger First some specs span 58 chord 9 airfoil 12% Clark Y overall length 42 weight 6 lb power Saito 45 four-stroke 12-5 prop matters Tower 4-ch Silver John calls semiscale Senior Citizen Type translation can fly January 25 successful flights flies like dreamright off board 2 ox lead nose 144-in shim under leading edge stab Deden relates Covering MonoKate decals Major Northeast Screen Graphics water-transfer products bit difficult get because micro thin well done results great Would say about SE 5 bit draggy believe Saito 45 pulls around Does beautiful tight round loops want wont spin drop wing stalls landing floats great climbs like FF full power will slow-roll know handie rudder elevator ailerons reminds Stearmandays Cadet 1944 inverts quite nicely thank good bit elevator input attention dihedral-caused yaw Consider SE Ss weight size bipe its power lively climb aero batics 60just half displacement usual 90 four-stroker dont have have hot symmetrical-wingedjob nor put hot 60 4-ft biplane obtain dynamic pleasurable aerobaticsbut nevertheless varying types have places John enjoys theme things Im smitten sketches Waco 10 classic age OX-5s barnstorming Another club member going theme Waco Taperwing mostly posterboard Hov-Texans narrowly focused Some fly Pattern others high-performance sport jobs Some prefer Saliplanes some Old-Timers others Sunday machines Yet John reports compatible Put goggles tie silk scarf around neck climb breezy open cockpit ofan SE 5or whatever Variety spice fun-life Damn torpedoes Im going tell tell guys plane uncle Red 0-Deden flew WW John also tells became double-ace got ace AEF shooting down five enemy planes got ace German air force losing five Allied SE 5s Apparently Phineas Pinkham family sort Phineas Pinkham flew P-38s WW II whole other story SE 5 designed pictures modified interest good flying charac teristics Higher aspect ratio Thicker airfoil decreased gap much enlarged tail surfaces Strip ailerons lower wings Quite obviously red finish never used WW Au dont know about SE 5s Red Baron didnt get name nuttin Some outfits did go white nose rings fins abit coloring front cowl wheels Perhaps Braniff would still going strong instead pink purple airplanes gone dragons skull crossbones wildest-ever colors schemes found Boeings Bahamas color blind wear dark glasses board Classy lassy Thats appropriate name George Keyers Carnation WA curvaceous original says hates straight lines Speak ing putting yourself cocit. specs 66 span 12 chord 24 stab span 48 fuselage length power 40 FSR Davis Diesel head Im frustrated cant see colorbasically white generous yellow trim scalloping fine black out lines shallow cowl fiberglass forward fuselage planked back cockpit stringers George likes lots ribs stringers tail crosspieces Sexy dont mind saying what wheel struts pants open cockpit windshield headrest what difference oval cross section makes Christmas song see what see wings could Spitfire perhaps more-pointed-tip version Narrow D-tube leading edge supposes narrow trailing edge suggest laminations thin strips bent around form profile Ryan ST like Tail surfaces bit like some old lightplane bit leggy good treadand what would racer-like inverted engine short-span ailerons kept away tip sound reasons evidently give George whatever roll-urge wishes pointy tips dont go hanging ship out dry dont get near stalland understand oozing along too long level flight low power always stall-threatening plane wamed adding upyou dont have have nose pointed up stall George probably has washoutwith narrow tips high-taper wings usually couple degrees otherwise carry ailerons /32 perhaps 14 up neutral youve bought good insuranceanytime sport flying Im retired AF colonel Keyer tells us have away modeling since late 40s because career monetary limi tations Im smaller models dont own engine over 40 think misunderstood straight lines meant never design con stant-chord wings tail feathers slabsided fuselages like flowing lines build another Classy Lassy would shorten 130 Model Aviation 0 a 0 S 2 HI S C 2 0 HI S Are Two Sides Story. Both Sides OPS Five Intake Port SLA 60 RC Look Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 37 shortly thereafter should possible fly combination channels con cerning ourselves Image Second- Third-Order Intermodulation Adjacent Chan nel other interferences What about known Interference am lawyer cannot give legal advice doesnt stop having opinions issue now interference What can Con test Director about person shows up contest insists flying RC channel known subject outside inter ference I You can refuse admit person contest AMA Official Model Aircraft Regulations 1986-1987 page 1 Contest Direc tors Authority state addition CD AMA-sanctioned event has authority perform safety inspections equipment prevent participant using equipment CDS opinion deemed unsafe Emphasis added doesnt say CD must perform safety inspections doesnt say CDs opinion has correct says CD has opinion equipment unsafe 2 Suppose person insists flying anyway contestant private citizen using same field What could CD might call police have person ejected arrested disorderly per son approach isnt calculated make friends needs enemies 3 There another way instance may have borrowed districts frequency scanner see photo bought own case need tune bad channel let problem child listen can mad somebody else Over years Ive talked lot about scan ners value someone has listen best time listen time people will flying should obvious surprising number people seem miss point Businesses air during week will often shut down weekends holidays well night So monitoring after 1100 pm because convenient just may will miss signals looking same vein scanner flight line mainly useful four things 1 Verifying channel transmitter radiates Does flag match 2 Verifying channels use pins match 3 Finding transmitters left im pound area 4 Catching two transmitters operating channel want scan outside interference vicinity flight line best way to put scanner car attach outside antenna drive around perimeter field scanner turned Plan route stay mile away flight line minimize interference transmitters use what Bill Hershberger did 85 Nats found new pocket pager 72320 MHz almost goes saying should know what looking An easy way get information perform some tests Have people operate AM FM PCM sets known channels can become accustomed sound Make sure listen both AM FM detector modes because makes difference may surprised discover some RC FM sets make clearer sounds scanner put AM mode other hand Continued page 134 Say0 ~Id T pert iOG 80wio this. fimerS postS IaO9 Matched rsuresaunuu ayalwm TOP PERFORMANCE K&B ENGINtS AirplaneMarine K&B FUELSK&B GLOW PLUGS 5 Blends4 Choices Matched Finish System BEST APPEARANCE K&B FIBERGLASS CLOTH K&B Mrnrs-Ballsons FILLER KSB SUPER POXY RESIN t&B SUPER POXY THINNER K&B SUPER POXY PRIMER K&B SUPER POXY PAINT K&B MIXING CUPS July1986 131 Check out local hobby shop Parts People nose length 1 tall moment 2 just looks present flies well think would look less spindly shorter fuselage Box 26247 e New Orleans LA 701860 504242 201 SE 12th Street Pompano Beach FL 33080 305-785-7978 ENGINEERING THE LANDING GEAR PEOPLE Tired kit lading gears deal lit wear higgle preperly O & II Eegieeenng can salve year prahiems * Caste built year needs & specs guaranteed lit * SIring & durable withstand lnnhnal landing * 0 & 0 Engineering gear will work & keep year higie hying * Ia stack rnptacewent gear br mast popular madels Byrne Pills Christen Eagle CAP 21 Balsa USA J-3 CUB Air Tech Pawn Eagle gases Rig Stick Champ Cilabria R & N endels Snapper Slinger cad Snapper Tan Ignition Engirin Parta Only Over 600 items Send *200 current catalog
Edition: Model Aviation - 1986/07
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Bill Winter 0 ____Plane Talk____ Left like Parasol romance displayed John Boyds 25 OS Max IIDFIAS II enlarged version Enya 09 model featured Winters September 1983 column Span 18861/4 forBi 5 sq area Thermals nicelywith average glides about 10 mm occasion al forays around 20 mm Also inverts glide too half outside loop entry Right Structural design framing Boyds parasol picture perfect studies impressive becomes Winter thinks would profane change single piece Len 1 fl15 ientIe aay oeiongs ~raig nompeon ana Delles nis age 10 THISS lIKS aream two cnanneis witn orwitnout tne poa irs covered blue trans red trans yellow MonoKote Without pod hethinks gets SOft hand-launched gets 5 mm consistentlywith pod Right Craigsfriend Maft Bishupage 13 isshownwith HOBTwoTee rightafter launch Such glidersarean easywayto learntofly Left Bill Dahigrens CL Original 8-ft twin has flown 15 years assorted engines Fox 25s 356 15 diesels Dahigren says twins fun fly fas cinate spectators thinks biplaie would ultimate because would have two everything Clear dope over red yellow silkand supported two boys twins Below Old-Time Stunt Mercury Monitorkitted UK 1949 powered Taipan 21 glow made 1972 Australia flown Reno 1984 Nats other world famous CLflier MontyTyrell Wrapped sheet some blocks fuse make rather nifty fewyears before Sterling Ringmaster implies tight stuff Wing rubberbanded dowels THERE IS SOMETHING about parasol Some people love Others cant resist lure eventually building lust doodle first hieroglyphic may nifty cabin job zippy low-winger heroic bipe Keep doodling lo behold always parasol Such Rorschach images usu ally appear during phone conversation malden aunt John Boyd Sioux Falls SD has long standing romance pretty birds pretty yes June 1983 column reminds us published couple shots Enya 09-powered IIDFIAS little parasol proved very nice-handling REM no ailerons flew alot decided enlarging 20-size would produce visible model thermaling Which brings up current model called IIDFIAS II span 66 area 615 loading 12 oz/sq ft John informs us Power OS Max 25 RC design adjusted intention making fly exactly like OldTimer doesnt deceptively clean glides rather fast appears slow up lift can disappear through part circle climbing turnwhen gets up Rudder response lags noticeably behind input power-off nearly-stalled regime Kloud King spoiled would really stall rudder would never let go build another IIDFIAS II would increase rudder dl hedral slightly Boyd wished get little negatives out way Actually normal flying parasol would nice respects decided make fly like Old-Timer pictures suggest using about 50 dihedral normal cruising about cabin should yield hands-off 360 safe recovery total sustained stability OldTimer mode parasol will require say 70 An Old-Timer does need rudder power Prob ably adding sheet balsa rudder TE say 1 bottom would couple well 70 dihedral forced hold full rudder during approach turn travel area both required Now lets read about Johns pluses proposed fixes hone Old-Timer performance [Flash increased movement OK] model thermals nicely continues Glides average around 10 min occasional forays around 20-mm mark am sure piloting skills hold model back some Au searching thermaling especially high up need plane requires little no control input always easier better continuously touching up things maintain flight patterns spite crude Clark Y airfoil set 30 incidence measured chord line IIDII flies well upside down Au Flat-bottom bottom sections excessive dihedralespe cially such angular differenceusually dont invert off top half loop Three channels remember may invert en tered half-outside holding full down sometimes held way final recovery bit balancing act can maintain altitude recover half-loop outside glides well inverted Au probably ls holding much down have begun messing around dead-stick aerobatics Its great fun put nose down pick up little speed swoop loop Au Picking up lot speed controlled spiral also usually results loop rudder relaxed thats way rudder-only models looped want fun John Try high altitudeto lengthen fun periodgo idle July1986 17 3/32VERT GRAIN -PULL SPAN I/4XI/23/BXI 1/2 T E 3/8 SQ125%1/8 PLY DOUBLERS XIS L r I- - MAIN SPARS 1/4 X3/B 0I27 1/2 SUNDAY SE-5 -KiEII designed byJOHN T DEDEN SPAN5BCHORD9AIRPOILCLARKY POWER SAITO 45PROP 120 X S PWGT 65 LBS WINGS C/S I/64PLY COVER-TOP B BOTTOM GECALAGEBOTH WINGS ATO-STAB LE AT 0 WING TIPS WASHOUT I/B AT MOST OUTBD RIB FEATURES STRIP AILERONS-BOTTOM WING ONLY 01234BBIAIS hjc Above is SE 5 No Its Sunday fun bipe made look like famous British fighter WW John Deden WW Ii P-38 Jock specializes theme models freewheeied chord tail area used strip ailerons bottom wing flies better scale see text Below misty morning Western Front heimeted pilot waiting hand proping What could realbut scale John doing Waco now Sunday fliem spans 58 weighs 61/2 lb Saito 45 turning 12 x 5 prop takes up ilke Free Flight model fuliy aerobatic Hear ticky idle slides appropriate grassy landing course plane must have least 90you insist / Any good engine Old-Timers should idie enter next 450 heading spiral still steeper forever able pick up speed anytime continue reversal showing after 10 minutes Hold rudder over top plane until swooping arcs begin spiral down about 450 heading actually going through inverted point Mainthe 3600 circle gently go full opposite rudder tan continuous smooth flow never loading up rolling out opposite spiral before nose things elevator stay off rudder comes up enough kill speed let ship essential dont go beyond what may appear excessive speed plane Vagabond lightly built will perform such maneuvers very smooth recoveries sure gets attention People ask you use elevatorsand go blank tell didnt touch elevator People once used repetitive steeper turns banks way other until old rudder-only jobs could forced slow roll model sturdy can snap-rolled after slight nosedown up strong rudder response elevator control use highrate rudder control perfect Old-Timer should capable what looks like death-defying series swoops very deceiving should also able search circle soar nothing trim controls summary John states would describe gentle three-channel sport model good thermaling potential always get raft mail after item like Ive just finished reading Langeweisches 1939 Ill Take High Roadfinally found copy library South Dakota State Uni versityand Im thinking wouldnt take much effort redo IIDll E-2 Cub theme model versions Might just fun Stick Rudder also 30s effort Langeweische still classic eyes pilots interested fine points technique Al Bennett reputed have taught people fly alive Cubs Hightstown NJhe featured old Life magazine used bring Aeroncas Canaan CT fly summer day showed up then-new four-place Sedan invited Langeweisches join us sat grass country airport soul sight whiled away afternoon Pica Enterprises note has Sedan full-size baby carriage easy fly silly Talk about stability Id lie across back seats head port Al did same across front seats head starboard thing droned alon& Giant Scale dream Another baby carriage late 30s Piper side-by-side Coupe forerunner Cruiser Piper E-2 Taylor breathed first life Cub Theres super highway through Canaan alrport hear Progress herd rogue elephants wish contact John Boyd write him 3005 Mayfair Dr Sioux Fails SD 57106 Youth wasted young hoary cliche engine failure takeoff dont have wonder reads column age concerned wonder does am surprised older modelers writeor retirees Nor am surprised hear teenagers Unless tell ages cant tell difference although older ones talk interesting memories dis cussing projects younger ones course deal now Older readers write length frequently longhand Younger guys almost always have typewriters point organized have tell Fifty-two years 59-year modeling career have spent editing writing Because maga zines Ive received tens thousands letters hear much about decline standards good old days know thats over simplification Until early SOs letters young short crudely scribbled inarticulate full misspelled words etc 60s such letters exception Things changed younger Continued page 20 18 Model Aviation Above Bill Gough man seasonshe once published MAN mike-covered Indoor Gee Bee Sportsterinduiges foxy fantasies such 1 2-ft rubber pusher canard 1966 Below left Goughs 1981 Bostonian weighs 7 grams high time 2 mln 11 sec what others seems say Outfitted strange scimitar prop too Below Right Indoor Ceiling Walkers Gough grows mysterIous time look Two freewheeling props V-tall unexplained fin-like object mounted stalk didnt notice its pusher tooka Nats second rubber Ryan ST losing Hank Struck whisker Still kicks himseifl Youve seen justthetip mans iceberg Classy Lassy orIgInal proiltic deslgner/DuIIaerUCOrgC Kyer likes pretty curved lines performawell Davis Head 05 4OFSR Covered SuperCoverite Sig dope Span 62 weight 5 lb Hes dieselized because interest scaleilke realistic flight bigger props less rpm After years diesels hes yielding four-strokes Dont Miss Festival Year BYRON I2ORIG NALS 1 Fun Fly 86 August 15 16 17 Grove Iowa R/C Pilots Choice Fun Fly Festivals Nearly 360 pilots representing 32 states Canada attended Fun Fly 85 displaying flying well over 400 beautiful giant scale models growing number pilots onr effidently run flight line guarantees plenty open flying time everyone worlds unique model aircraft facilities Three Full Days Open Flying Time Byron International Airport 600 ft hard-surfaced runway taxiways cent grass strip e Uncrowded safely run flight line red aircraft storage 024 hr security Exciting R/C Jet Demonstrations Special SR-71 demos on Originals new kits BD-5J F-IS Eagle awd F-20 Tigershark s latest large scale releases Corsair Glasair Christen Eagles Air Show Witness three world class pilots put high performance Eagles through barrel snap rolls hammerheads loops knife edges precise formation copied distinctive Eagle Smokeno other air show performance its equal Striking Back 86 realistic WW II Air Battle Reenactment modeling history hack better ever chance see show everyones talking about Rare WW II Aircraft Vintage WW H aircraft will display throughout weekend Feel rumble huge radial engines perform exciting fly-bys Informative Modeling Forums carefully selected panel experienced modelers will hold dividual seminars such topics radio selection engine set-up finishing Daring Skydivers Fascinating NASA Exhibit Manufacturer Distributor Exhibits Make Plans Today Attend On-site camping hot showers. scenic architecture. improved spectator viewing traffic control food concessions. plenty free parking cated just stones throw Ida Grove Municipal Airport Fun Fly must event anyone interested aviation model full scale full day activities just $500/person Write details AMA Sanction No815 Byron Originals Box 279e1da Grove IA 51445 Pilot Registration $1000 readers now express themselves well adult Things changed So share atypical letter pictures attest writers building flying skills unusual Meet Craig Hampson wrote once before kindly replied says Craig pictures werent printable seeing column returning decided send some new black-and-white pix first veteran Gentle Lady 78-in span two channels uses Futaba FP-5Lk radio Covering blue transparent red transparent yellow MonoKote modified wing rubberband dowels through fuse lage could easily use power pod also bump back wing wont slide back tail fin doesnt have dorsal thats because forgot put prototypical eh second hand launch Gentle Lady Shell go easy 500 ft dont have arm like Nolan Ryan get consistent 5min flights power pod Pic 3 Matt Biskups age 13 Bridgewater NJ HOB Two-Tee too flies power pod will usually get 6 min Would believe started flying less ayear ago last picture Matt right after launch 2T no its going hit him Maybe Ill send some pictures some other time Im building Eaglet bomb drop sure looks funny bomb under fuselage really like new format hope works out Control Line fun Absolutely certainly enjoyed So did family Several kids now middle-aged men literally flew death wonderful all-balsa profile trainers Gold berg during late Forties limited elevator controlthus capable nothing mild wing-overs best primary trainer ever oldest son now 50s taught himself fly time went Army three boys went Army Air Force aerobatics natural Exposed first Stunter approved Old-Timer immediately flew inverted outsides instructions said merely watched wheels wanted go side wheels knew down required wonderful Trixter Profiles Lou Andrews Guillow Id give eager beginners tell put together go down park learn fly would witness until could took about three weeks Ambroid seams major fixes resembled glued-together China vase Sterling Ringmasters Jim Walker Firecats paid dues wide assortment published things like first lA Forty-Niner Ford Trimotor two freewheeling props miss fine profile planesso easy fly loved steep spiral climbs Free Flight models floating glide circles riding weak evening lift pursued barn swallows flattish right-climbing circles Rubber job right pleasures flight adjust mentsworking glide power both together Control Liners unique Through attachment wires felt real live machine physically became Nothing else modeling offers sensation Now receive encouraging letters fine CL newsletters Theyre chatty loaded stuffhomemade magazines really bot tom line think need know what Continued page 22 20 Model Aviation 1OSI -CURE CYANOACRYLATE SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER ListSaleSavings 1 oz Fast Cure 3-5 Sec495$2450% Off 2 oz Fast Cure 3-5 Sec895$39656% Off 1 oz Gap-Filling 5 Sec495$24950% Off 2 oz Gap-Filling 5 Sec895$39656% Off OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU satisfied POSH-CURE please return unused portion within 30 days full refundNo questions asked SHELDONS HOBBY SHOP 3157 Alum Rock Ave Jose CA 95127 FOR ORDERS ONLY PLEASEIVIWI 800 228-3237 251-0789LJ Out State INFO 408 251-0787 California SHIPPING per order Hours Mon-Wed Fri & Sat 930-530 FAST SERVICE Thur 930-900 1200-500 COD ADD $190 going should understand folks really have fun CL Having wondered years about near-vacuum ofCLcontributors asked tongue-in-cheek column anyone having fun CL still get virtually no fun inputs lesser degree same true Free Flight try Are trying But.. Semantics Fun three-letter word means different things different people dont write about competition Yes competition fun Everything anyone us does fun would doing Everybody has fun fun deal individual effort kind model interesting developments design novel ideas pleasures gets building flying feeling-good planes sport environ mentby himself friends groups enjoy things away contest world interested guys interesting comments about thinking solutions problemsin light sort waywhether RC Pattern CL Combat Mulvihill Rubber mindboggling Pennyplane ship Whatever game have waiting audience share individual pleasures us intimate folksy way Im reminded innocent letter Bill Dairigren couple offbeat pix out further ado Webster Time-wasting bother over trivial details.. startled no end says Bill Dahigren flipped open MA found pictures looking back would have included full set specs occurred youd actually use things what may worth heres couple definitely fun variety first OTS model originally kitted England built Australia amazing Monty Terrel flown OTS him 1984 AMA Nats An excellent fellow excellent model other model original whod guess 8-ft wingspan two Fox 25s clear dope over red yellow silk model has honorably retired due doubts about integrity control system flew regu larly well over 15-year period variety engines ranging pair 35s down pair 15 dieseis Twins fun fly fascinating spectatorsmaybe ultimate fun flier would twin-engined bi plane two everything cant believe kind fun ship wrecked lost island Thenic modelsand SE S John Deden Missouri City TX hits its love SE 5s have unfulfilled yen create theme look-alike designs P-40s Zeros Mustangs et alwingy things can fly handsoff float soar yet keep sock-appeal recognizable glamor classics Racers like fight ers float through empty head cheated say tiny-winged pencil-slim Folkerts Racer bigger wings tail sur faces dihedral match flying mode hed have lovely conversation piece own one-of-a-kind escape bird Dedens SE 5 impressive Scale job Its theme design would anyone need theme SE 5 Since already perfect subject form Rubber FF Gas CL RC assumes John ilkes realism doesnt want spend chunks time fussing precision details Hes flying man have look closely realize Scale youd have familiar full-size plane spot differences side trip Prior to 19301 found Joe Otts Continued page 127 22 Model Aviation Safety/Preston Continued page 14 have flying Electrics about two years can fly local Glider field Out noise problem gas However uniquely dangerous hazards Electrics dont happen gas Last night working Astro flight Porterfield workshop left fuselage workbench transmitter charge after its batteries dis charged motor receiver batteries fully charged workshop garage neighborhood kids enjoy visiting kids boy about 13 has built flown several Gliders AA RC models Hes starting some Electric projects completely familiar equipment its dangers As can imagine model too much temptation him experiment Somehow RC equipment switched also motor battery switched fuselage jumped down bench slammed paper bag full balsa scraps Pieces balsa thrown over garage wooden prop broke before friend could turn motor switch off Fortunately no hurt scared embarrassed friend fuselage another position bench damage injury could have resulted danger accidentally starting Elec tric much greater gas engine needs fresh fuel prime ignition start electric needs have proper switches closed chances child inex perienced adult being able start Electric accidentally much greater Please warn readers hazard Readers have warned Methylene chloridea carcinogen couple weeks ago received clipping Popu lar Science magazine sent Jim Newman Hobart IN clipping letter editor MD titled Paint-Stripper Hazards Jims note ac companied clipping said knew modelers have used strippers remove old paint covering especially Free Flight models hazard stems active ingredient strippersmethylene chloride believed both toxic a, possible carcinogen Over four years ago October 1981 issue column mentioned methylene chloride time purchased can Old Adhesive Remover remove old tile adhesive powder room refur bishing After reading warnings can noting contained methylene chloride took back refund used scraper remove old tile adhesive Im glad now made deci sion because just last week found out methylene chloride has focus atten tion three federal government agencies CPSC OSHA EPA because inhaling its vapors may cause cancer Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC has issued press release states agency begin rulemaking proceedings could result products contain methylene chloride being labeled hazardous substances press release states substantial quantities methylene chloride chlorinated solvent found ANEWL FIRST TIME EVER NEW RADIO CONTROLINE INDOOR FLYING ALL WEEKEND LONG ADMISSION Adults$400 Children 6-12$100 Pro-SchoolFree EXHIBITION TIMES SATURDAY 10 AM -6 PM SUNDAY 10 AM -6 PM aerosol spray paints chemical paint strip pers goes state National Toxicology Program has found methylene chloride cause cancer laboratory animals levels air similai humans might encounter occasional use products adequate ventilation press release US Department Labor states OSHA issues guidelines con trolling workplac& exposure methylene chlo ride result petition UAW press release stated addition td beina skin eye lung irri tant methylene chloride has narcotic action acts depressant central nervous system Some studies laboratory animals cluding research conducted National Tox icology Program indicate methylene chlo ride carcinogen two animal species Other animal mid human studies inconclusive have no idea whether aerosol paints distribitted use hobby contain methylene chloride suggest start check ing labels aerosol paints paint strippers BIGGEST LITTLE INDOOR AIRSHOW SPONSORVO SY YOUR HOBBY INDUOTBY MODEL AVIATION ASSOCIATIONS BORDFELDT CANADA & CHCH-TV 11 86 rz21 OUR 16TH YEAR TAM YAg RAOFF ROAD DIOCOtflROCAR RACING methylene chloride present either con sider alternative product use product lots ventilationlike outdoors think thats enough safety advice month As usual have safe John Preston 12235 Tilden wood Dr Rock yule MD 20852 Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 22 rubber-powered SE 5 PopularAviation wonderful series lightweights cluding Nieuport 17 SPAD D-VIII Camel Boeing F-4B Fokker D-7 Tripe oh eve about 20 maybe 24 first Fokker Super Uiii versal weighed l oz bad forJthe Twenties few us kids took blowing up 30 45 bigger Light weight low-powered Japanese-tissue-coyContinued page 130 July1986 127 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL CENTRE 6900 AIRPORT RD MISSISSAUGA ONTARIO CANADA FREE PARKING , FUNN FLY SHOWS RO BOX 548 STATION WESTON ONT M9N 3N3 416 247-3468 ELECTRIC MODEL & SAILPLANE SPECIALISTS 1981 World Soaring Champ DWIGHT HOLLEY IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE NEW COMPANY TO HELP BOTH BEGINNER & EXPERT FLY INTO THE NEW ERA OF ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT WE ALSO OFFER SELECT FEW PURE SAILPLANES FREE DEMONSTRATION FLIGHTS CHECK OUT ANOIOR TEST FLIGHTS OF 13UR NEW PLANES U CALL OR WRITE FOR FREE DESCRIPTIVE FLYER 3 UPS C 00 FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT ELECTRIC KITS IN STOCK i ACROBATIC OLDTIMER O RT SCALE ERS HOLLEYS SILENT FLIGHT O 151203 748-0083 CHESTNUT RIDGE ROAD BETHEL CT 06801 FEATURING ONLY STAT OP THE ART ITEMS Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 127 ered usually unpainted calm sununer evening 30-in SE 5 stretch-wound hand drill walked under it flew 15 feet high across big field its balsa prop everybody carve just swoosh ing like windmill Ive never come out trance time Skywriting Corp America busy over New York Citywinged dots banking turning scripting perfect white letters beginning word slowly vanished windblown streamers Sunday drive stopping aviationss ancient Troy Roosevelt Field Long Island Lindbergh Chamberlain Byrd vied battle first Paris once people like Moissant hangars andlaterAl Williams would practice Curtiss later Grum man Gulfhawks Sunday 20s youd count 25 aircraft flying around field joyriding close home base Open hangar doors lo hangar sign Skywriting Corp America Youve guessedthe airplane An SE 5 rectangle fabric removed its rudder long pipe passed After lindbergh Just big model Perfect pro portions areas dihedral works plane British aces rode WW Deden once pilot aero engineer member Hov-Texans described very low-key laid-back friendiy helpful group kind guys wherever talks about slickly-finished red two-winger First some specs span 58 chord 9 airfoil 12% Clark Y overall length 42 weight 6 lb power Saito 45 four-stroke 12-5 prop matters Tower 4-ch Silver John calls semiscale Senior Citizen Type translation can fly January 25 successful flights flies like dreamright off board 2 ox lead nose 144-in shim under leading edge stab Deden relates Covering MonoKate decals Major Northeast Screen Graphics water-transfer products bit difficult get because micro thin well done results great Would say about SE 5 bit draggy believe Saito 45 pulls around Does beautiful tight round loops want wont spin drop wing stalls landing floats great climbs like FF full power will slow-roll know handie rudder elevator ailerons reminds Stearmandays Cadet 1944 inverts quite nicely thank good bit elevator input attention dihedral-caused yaw Consider SE Ss weight size bipe its power lively climb aero batics 60just half displacement usual 90 four-stroker dont have have hot symmetrical-wingedjob nor put hot 60 4-ft biplane obtain dynamic pleasurable aerobaticsbut nevertheless varying types have places John enjoys theme things Im smitten sketches Waco 10 classic age OX-5s barnstorming Another club member going theme Waco Taperwing mostly posterboard Hov-Texans narrowly focused Some fly Pattern others high-performance sport jobs Some prefer Saliplanes some Old-Timers others Sunday machines Yet John reports compatible Put goggles tie silk scarf around neck climb breezy open cockpit ofan SE 5or whatever Variety spice fun-life Damn torpedoes Im going tell tell guys plane uncle Red 0-Deden flew WW John also tells became double-ace got ace AEF shooting down five enemy planes got ace German air force losing five Allied SE 5s Apparently Phineas Pinkham family sort Phineas Pinkham flew P-38s WW II whole other story SE 5 designed pictures modified interest good flying charac teristics Higher aspect ratio Thicker airfoil decreased gap much enlarged tail surfaces Strip ailerons lower wings Quite obviously red finish never used WW Au dont know about SE 5s Red Baron didnt get name nuttin Some outfits did go white nose rings fins abit coloring front cowl wheels Perhaps Braniff would still going strong instead pink purple airplanes gone dragons skull crossbones wildest-ever colors schemes found Boeings Bahamas color blind wear dark glasses board Classy lassy Thats appropriate name George Keyers Carnation WA curvaceous original says hates straight lines Speak ing putting yourself cocit. specs 66 span 12 chord 24 stab span 48 fuselage length power 40 FSR Davis Diesel head Im frustrated cant see colorbasically white generous yellow trim scalloping fine black out lines shallow cowl fiberglass forward fuselage planked back cockpit stringers George likes lots ribs stringers tail crosspieces Sexy dont mind saying what wheel struts pants open cockpit windshield headrest what difference oval cross section makes Christmas song see what see wings could Spitfire perhaps more-pointed-tip version Narrow D-tube leading edge supposes narrow trailing edge suggest laminations thin strips bent around form profile Ryan ST like Tail surfaces bit like some old lightplane bit leggy good treadand what would racer-like inverted engine short-span ailerons kept away tip sound reasons evidently give George whatever roll-urge wishes pointy tips dont go hanging ship out dry dont get near stalland understand oozing along too long level flight low power always stall-threatening plane wamed adding upyou dont have have nose pointed up stall George probably has washoutwith narrow tips high-taper wings usually couple degrees otherwise carry ailerons /32 perhaps 14 up neutral youve bought good insuranceanytime sport flying Im retired AF colonel Keyer tells us have away modeling since late 40s because career monetary limi tations Im smaller models dont own engine over 40 think misunderstood straight lines meant never design con stant-chord wings tail feathers slabsided fuselages like flowing lines build another Classy Lassy would shorten 130 Model Aviation 0 a 0 S 2 HI S C 2 0 HI S Are Two Sides Story. Both Sides OPS Five Intake Port SLA 60 RC Look Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 37 shortly thereafter should possible fly combination channels con cerning ourselves Image Second- Third-Order Intermodulation Adjacent Chan nel other interferences What about known Interference am lawyer cannot give legal advice doesnt stop having opinions issue now interference What can Con test Director about person shows up contest insists flying RC channel known subject outside inter ference I You can refuse admit person contest AMA Official Model Aircraft Regulations 1986-1987 page 1 Contest Direc tors Authority state addition CD AMA-sanctioned event has authority perform safety inspections equipment prevent participant using equipment CDS opinion deemed unsafe Emphasis added doesnt say CD must perform safety inspections doesnt say CDs opinion has correct says CD has opinion equipment unsafe 2 Suppose person insists flying anyway contestant private citizen using same field What could CD might call police have person ejected arrested disorderly per son approach isnt calculated make friends needs enemies 3 There another way instance may have borrowed districts frequency scanner see photo bought own case need tune bad channel let problem child listen can mad somebody else Over years Ive talked lot about scan ners value someone has listen best time listen time people will flying should obvious surprising number people seem miss point Businesses air during week will often shut down weekends holidays well night So monitoring after 1100 pm because convenient just may will miss signals looking same vein scanner flight line mainly useful four things 1 Verifying channel transmitter radiates Does flag match 2 Verifying channels use pins match 3 Finding transmitters left im pound area 4 Catching two transmitters operating channel want scan outside interference vicinity flight line best way to put scanner car attach outside antenna drive around perimeter field scanner turned Plan route stay mile away flight line minimize interference transmitters use what Bill Hershberger did 85 Nats found new pocket pager 72320 MHz almost goes saying should know what looking An easy way get information perform some tests Have people operate AM FM PCM sets known channels can become accustomed sound Make sure listen both AM FM detector modes because makes difference may surprised discover some RC FM sets make clearer sounds scanner put AM mode other hand Continued page 134 Say0 ~Id T pert iOG 80wio this. fimerS postS IaO9 Matched rsuresaunuu ayalwm TOP PERFORMANCE K&B ENGINtS AirplaneMarine K&B FUELSK&B GLOW PLUGS 5 Blends4 Choices Matched Finish System BEST APPEARANCE K&B FIBERGLASS CLOTH K&B Mrnrs-Ballsons FILLER KSB SUPER POXY RESIN t&B SUPER POXY THINNER K&B SUPER POXY PRIMER K&B SUPER POXY PAINT K&B MIXING CUPS July1986 131 Check out local hobby shop Parts People nose length 1 tall moment 2 just looks present flies well think would look less spindly shorter fuselage Box 26247 e New Orleans LA 701860 504242 201 SE 12th Street Pompano Beach FL 33080 305-785-7978 ENGINEERING THE LANDING GEAR PEOPLE Tired kit lading gears deal lit wear higgle preperly O & II Eegieeenng can salve year prahiems * Caste built year needs & specs guaranteed lit * SIring & durable withstand lnnhnal landing * 0 & 0 Engineering gear will work & keep year higie hying * Ia stack rnptacewent gear br mast popular madels Byrne Pills Christen Eagle CAP 21 Balsa USA J-3 CUB Air Tech Pawn Eagle gases Rig Stick Champ Cilabria R & N endels Snapper Slinger cad Snapper Tan Ignition Engirin Parta Only Over 600 items Send *200 current catalog
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Bill Winter 0 ____Plane Talk____ Left like Parasol romance displayed John Boyds 25 OS Max IIDFIAS II enlarged version Enya 09 model featured Winters September 1983 column Span 18861/4 forBi 5 sq area Thermals nicelywith average glides about 10 mm occasion al forays around 20 mm Also inverts glide too half outside loop entry Right Structural design framing Boyds parasol picture perfect studies impressive becomes Winter thinks would profane change single piece Len 1 fl15 ientIe aay oeiongs ~raig nompeon ana Delles nis age 10 THISS lIKS aream two cnanneis witn orwitnout tne poa irs covered blue trans red trans yellow MonoKote Without pod hethinks gets SOft hand-launched gets 5 mm consistentlywith pod Right Craigsfriend Maft Bishupage 13 isshownwith HOBTwoTee rightafter launch Such glidersarean easywayto learntofly Left Bill Dahigrens CL Original 8-ft twin has flown 15 years assorted engines Fox 25s 356 15 diesels Dahigren says twins fun fly fas cinate spectators thinks biplaie would ultimate because would have two everything Clear dope over red yellow silkand supported two boys twins Below Old-Time Stunt Mercury Monitorkitted UK 1949 powered Taipan 21 glow made 1972 Australia flown Reno 1984 Nats other world famous CLflier MontyTyrell Wrapped sheet some blocks fuse make rather nifty fewyears before Sterling Ringmaster implies tight stuff Wing rubberbanded dowels THERE IS SOMETHING about parasol Some people love Others cant resist lure eventually building lust doodle first hieroglyphic may nifty cabin job zippy low-winger heroic bipe Keep doodling lo behold always parasol Such Rorschach images usu ally appear during phone conversation malden aunt John Boyd Sioux Falls SD has long standing romance pretty birds pretty yes June 1983 column reminds us published couple shots Enya 09-powered IIDFIAS little parasol proved very nice-handling REM no ailerons flew alot decided enlarging 20-size would produce visible model thermaling Which brings up current model called IIDFIAS II span 66 area 615 loading 12 oz/sq ft John informs us Power OS Max 25 RC design adjusted intention making fly exactly like OldTimer doesnt deceptively clean glides rather fast appears slow up lift can disappear through part circle climbing turnwhen gets up Rudder response lags noticeably behind input power-off nearly-stalled regime Kloud King spoiled would really stall rudder would never let go build another IIDFIAS II would increase rudder dl hedral slightly Boyd wished get little negatives out way Actually normal flying parasol would nice respects decided make fly like Old-Timer pictures suggest using about 50 dihedral normal cruising about cabin should yield hands-off 360 safe recovery total sustained stability OldTimer mode parasol will require say 70 An Old-Timer does need rudder power Prob ably adding sheet balsa rudder TE say 1 bottom would couple well 70 dihedral forced hold full rudder during approach turn travel area both required Now lets read about Johns pluses proposed fixes hone Old-Timer performance [Flash increased movement OK] model thermals nicely continues Glides average around 10 min occasional forays around 20-mm mark am sure piloting skills hold model back some Au searching thermaling especially high up need plane requires little no control input always easier better continuously touching up things maintain flight patterns spite crude Clark Y airfoil set 30 incidence measured chord line IIDII flies well upside down Au Flat-bottom bottom sections excessive dihedralespe cially such angular differenceusually dont invert off top half loop Three channels remember may invert en tered half-outside holding full down sometimes held way final recovery bit balancing act can maintain altitude recover half-loop outside glides well inverted Au probably ls holding much down have begun messing around dead-stick aerobatics Its great fun put nose down pick up little speed swoop loop Au Picking up lot speed controlled spiral also usually results loop rudder relaxed thats way rudder-only models looped want fun John Try high altitudeto lengthen fun periodgo idle July1986 17 3/32VERT GRAIN -PULL SPAN I/4XI/23/BXI 1/2 T E 3/8 SQ125%1/8 PLY DOUBLERS XIS L r I- - MAIN SPARS 1/4 X3/B 0I27 1/2 SUNDAY SE-5 -KiEII designed byJOHN T DEDEN SPAN5BCHORD9AIRPOILCLARKY POWER SAITO 45PROP 120 X S PWGT 65 LBS WINGS C/S I/64PLY COVER-TOP B BOTTOM GECALAGEBOTH WINGS ATO-STAB LE AT 0 WING TIPS WASHOUT I/B AT MOST OUTBD RIB FEATURES STRIP AILERONS-BOTTOM WING ONLY 01234BBIAIS hjc Above is SE 5 No Its Sunday fun bipe made look like famous British fighter WW John Deden WW Ii P-38 Jock specializes theme models freewheeied chord tail area used strip ailerons bottom wing flies better scale see text Below misty morning Western Front heimeted pilot waiting hand proping What could realbut scale John doing Waco now Sunday fliem spans 58 weighs 61/2 lb Saito 45 turning 12 x 5 prop takes up ilke Free Flight model fuliy aerobatic Hear ticky idle slides appropriate grassy landing course plane must have least 90you insist / Any good engine Old-Timers should idie enter next 450 heading spiral still steeper forever able pick up speed anytime continue reversal showing after 10 minutes Hold rudder over top plane until swooping arcs begin spiral down about 450 heading actually going through inverted point Mainthe 3600 circle gently go full opposite rudder tan continuous smooth flow never loading up rolling out opposite spiral before nose things elevator stay off rudder comes up enough kill speed let ship essential dont go beyond what may appear excessive speed plane Vagabond lightly built will perform such maneuvers very smooth recoveries sure gets attention People ask you use elevatorsand go blank tell didnt touch elevator People once used repetitive steeper turns banks way other until old rudder-only jobs could forced slow roll model sturdy can snap-rolled after slight nosedown up strong rudder response elevator control use highrate rudder control perfect Old-Timer should capable what looks like death-defying series swoops very deceiving should also able search circle soar nothing trim controls summary John states would describe gentle three-channel sport model good thermaling potential always get raft mail after item like Ive just finished reading Langeweisches 1939 Ill Take High Roadfinally found copy library South Dakota State Uni versityand Im thinking wouldnt take much effort redo IIDll E-2 Cub theme model versions Might just fun Stick Rudder also 30s effort Langeweische still classic eyes pilots interested fine points technique Al Bennett reputed have taught people fly alive Cubs Hightstown NJhe featured old Life magazine used bring Aeroncas Canaan CT fly summer day showed up then-new four-place Sedan invited Langeweisches join us sat grass country airport soul sight whiled away afternoon Pica Enterprises note has Sedan full-size baby carriage easy fly silly Talk about stability Id lie across back seats head port Al did same across front seats head starboard thing droned alon& Giant Scale dream Another baby carriage late 30s Piper side-by-side Coupe forerunner Cruiser Piper E-2 Taylor breathed first life Cub Theres super highway through Canaan alrport hear Progress herd rogue elephants wish contact John Boyd write him 3005 Mayfair Dr Sioux Fails SD 57106 Youth wasted young hoary cliche engine failure takeoff dont have wonder reads column age concerned wonder does am surprised older modelers writeor retirees Nor am surprised hear teenagers Unless tell ages cant tell difference although older ones talk interesting memories dis cussing projects younger ones course deal now Older readers write length frequently longhand Younger guys almost always have typewriters point organized have tell Fifty-two years 59-year modeling career have spent editing writing Because maga zines Ive received tens thousands letters hear much about decline standards good old days know thats over simplification Until early SOs letters young short crudely scribbled inarticulate full misspelled words etc 60s such letters exception Things changed younger Continued page 20 18 Model Aviation Above Bill Gough man seasonshe once published MAN mike-covered Indoor Gee Bee Sportsterinduiges foxy fantasies such 1 2-ft rubber pusher canard 1966 Below left Goughs 1981 Bostonian weighs 7 grams high time 2 mln 11 sec what others seems say Outfitted strange scimitar prop too Below Right Indoor Ceiling Walkers Gough grows mysterIous time look Two freewheeling props V-tall unexplained fin-like object mounted stalk didnt notice its pusher tooka Nats second rubber Ryan ST losing Hank Struck whisker Still kicks himseifl Youve seen justthetip mans iceberg Classy Lassy orIgInal proiltic deslgner/DuIIaerUCOrgC Kyer likes pretty curved lines performawell Davis Head 05 4OFSR Covered SuperCoverite Sig dope Span 62 weight 5 lb Hes dieselized because interest scaleilke realistic flight bigger props less rpm After years diesels hes yielding four-strokes Dont Miss Festival Year BYRON I2ORIG NALS 1 Fun Fly 86 August 15 16 17 Grove Iowa R/C Pilots Choice Fun Fly Festivals Nearly 360 pilots representing 32 states Canada attended Fun Fly 85 displaying flying well over 400 beautiful giant scale models growing number pilots onr effidently run flight line guarantees plenty open flying time everyone worlds unique model aircraft facilities Three Full Days Open Flying Time Byron International Airport 600 ft hard-surfaced runway taxiways cent grass strip e Uncrowded safely run flight line red aircraft storage 024 hr security Exciting R/C Jet Demonstrations Special SR-71 demos on Originals new kits BD-5J F-IS Eagle awd F-20 Tigershark s latest large scale releases Corsair Glasair Christen Eagles Air Show Witness three world class pilots put high performance Eagles through barrel snap rolls hammerheads loops knife edges precise formation copied distinctive Eagle Smokeno other air show performance its equal Striking Back 86 realistic WW II Air Battle Reenactment modeling history hack better ever chance see show everyones talking about Rare WW II Aircraft Vintage WW H aircraft will display throughout weekend Feel rumble huge radial engines perform exciting fly-bys Informative Modeling Forums carefully selected panel experienced modelers will hold dividual seminars such topics radio selection engine set-up finishing Daring Skydivers Fascinating NASA Exhibit Manufacturer Distributor Exhibits Make Plans Today Attend On-site camping hot showers. scenic architecture. improved spectator viewing traffic control food concessions. plenty free parking cated just stones throw Ida Grove Municipal Airport Fun Fly must event anyone interested aviation model full scale full day activities just $500/person Write details AMA Sanction No815 Byron Originals Box 279e1da Grove IA 51445 Pilot Registration $1000 readers now express themselves well adult Things changed So share atypical letter pictures attest writers building flying skills unusual Meet Craig Hampson wrote once before kindly replied says Craig pictures werent printable seeing column returning decided send some new black-and-white pix first veteran Gentle Lady 78-in span two channels uses Futaba FP-5Lk radio Covering blue transparent red transparent yellow MonoKote modified wing rubberband dowels through fuse lage could easily use power pod also bump back wing wont slide back tail fin doesnt have dorsal thats because forgot put prototypical eh second hand launch Gentle Lady Shell go easy 500 ft dont have arm like Nolan Ryan get consistent 5min flights power pod Pic 3 Matt Biskups age 13 Bridgewater NJ HOB Two-Tee too flies power pod will usually get 6 min Would believe started flying less ayear ago last picture Matt right after launch 2T no its going hit him Maybe Ill send some pictures some other time Im building Eaglet bomb drop sure looks funny bomb under fuselage really like new format hope works out Control Line fun Absolutely certainly enjoyed So did family Several kids now middle-aged men literally flew death wonderful all-balsa profile trainers Gold berg during late Forties limited elevator controlthus capable nothing mild wing-overs best primary trainer ever oldest son now 50s taught himself fly time went Army three boys went Army Air Force aerobatics natural Exposed first Stunter approved Old-Timer immediately flew inverted outsides instructions said merely watched wheels wanted go side wheels knew down required wonderful Trixter Profiles Lou Andrews Guillow Id give eager beginners tell put together go down park learn fly would witness until could took about three weeks Ambroid seams major fixes resembled glued-together China vase Sterling Ringmasters Jim Walker Firecats paid dues wide assortment published things like first lA Forty-Niner Ford Trimotor two freewheeling props miss fine profile planesso easy fly loved steep spiral climbs Free Flight models floating glide circles riding weak evening lift pursued barn swallows flattish right-climbing circles Rubber job right pleasures flight adjust mentsworking glide power both together Control Liners unique Through attachment wires felt real live machine physically became Nothing else modeling offers sensation Now receive encouraging letters fine CL newsletters Theyre chatty loaded stuffhomemade magazines really bot tom line think need know what Continued page 22 20 Model Aviation 1OSI -CURE CYANOACRYLATE SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER ListSaleSavings 1 oz Fast Cure 3-5 Sec495$2450% Off 2 oz Fast Cure 3-5 Sec895$39656% Off 1 oz Gap-Filling 5 Sec495$24950% Off 2 oz Gap-Filling 5 Sec895$39656% Off OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU satisfied POSH-CURE please return unused portion within 30 days full refundNo questions asked SHELDONS HOBBY SHOP 3157 Alum Rock Ave Jose CA 95127 FOR ORDERS ONLY PLEASEIVIWI 800 228-3237 251-0789LJ Out State INFO 408 251-0787 California SHIPPING per order Hours Mon-Wed Fri & Sat 930-530 FAST SERVICE Thur 930-900 1200-500 COD ADD $190 going should understand folks really have fun CL Having wondered years about near-vacuum ofCLcontributors asked tongue-in-cheek column anyone having fun CL still get virtually no fun inputs lesser degree same true Free Flight try Are trying But.. Semantics Fun three-letter word means different things different people dont write about competition Yes competition fun Everything anyone us does fun would doing Everybody has fun fun deal individual effort kind model interesting developments design novel ideas pleasures gets building flying feeling-good planes sport environ mentby himself friends groups enjoy things away contest world interested guys interesting comments about thinking solutions problemsin light sort waywhether RC Pattern CL Combat Mulvihill Rubber mindboggling Pennyplane ship Whatever game have waiting audience share individual pleasures us intimate folksy way Im reminded innocent letter Bill Dairigren couple offbeat pix out further ado Webster Time-wasting bother over trivial details.. startled no end says Bill Dahigren flipped open MA found pictures looking back would have included full set specs occurred youd actually use things what may worth heres couple definitely fun variety first OTS model originally kitted England built Australia amazing Monty Terrel flown OTS him 1984 AMA Nats An excellent fellow excellent model other model original whod guess 8-ft wingspan two Fox 25s clear dope over red yellow silk model has honorably retired due doubts about integrity control system flew regu larly well over 15-year period variety engines ranging pair 35s down pair 15 dieseis Twins fun fly fascinating spectatorsmaybe ultimate fun flier would twin-engined bi plane two everything cant believe kind fun ship wrecked lost island Thenic modelsand SE S John Deden Missouri City TX hits its love SE 5s have unfulfilled yen create theme look-alike designs P-40s Zeros Mustangs et alwingy things can fly handsoff float soar yet keep sock-appeal recognizable glamor classics Racers like fight ers float through empty head cheated say tiny-winged pencil-slim Folkerts Racer bigger wings tail sur faces dihedral match flying mode hed have lovely conversation piece own one-of-a-kind escape bird Dedens SE 5 impressive Scale job Its theme design would anyone need theme SE 5 Since already perfect subject form Rubber FF Gas CL RC assumes John ilkes realism doesnt want spend chunks time fussing precision details Hes flying man have look closely realize Scale youd have familiar full-size plane spot differences side trip Prior to 19301 found Joe Otts Continued page 127 22 Model Aviation Safety/Preston Continued page 14 have flying Electrics about two years can fly local Glider field Out noise problem gas However uniquely dangerous hazards Electrics dont happen gas Last night working Astro flight Porterfield workshop left fuselage workbench transmitter charge after its batteries dis charged motor receiver batteries fully charged workshop garage neighborhood kids enjoy visiting kids boy about 13 has built flown several Gliders AA RC models Hes starting some Electric projects completely familiar equipment its dangers As can imagine model too much temptation him experiment Somehow RC equipment switched also motor battery switched fuselage jumped down bench slammed paper bag full balsa scraps Pieces balsa thrown over garage wooden prop broke before friend could turn motor switch off Fortunately no hurt scared embarrassed friend fuselage another position bench damage injury could have resulted danger accidentally starting Elec tric much greater gas engine needs fresh fuel prime ignition start electric needs have proper switches closed chances child inex perienced adult being able start Electric accidentally much greater Please warn readers hazard Readers have warned Methylene chloridea carcinogen couple weeks ago received clipping Popu lar Science magazine sent Jim Newman Hobart IN clipping letter editor MD titled Paint-Stripper Hazards Jims note ac companied clipping said knew modelers have used strippers remove old paint covering especially Free Flight models hazard stems active ingredient strippersmethylene chloride believed both toxic a, possible carcinogen Over four years ago October 1981 issue column mentioned methylene chloride time purchased can Old Adhesive Remover remove old tile adhesive powder room refur bishing After reading warnings can noting contained methylene chloride took back refund used scraper remove old tile adhesive Im glad now made deci sion because just last week found out methylene chloride has focus atten tion three federal government agencies CPSC OSHA EPA because inhaling its vapors may cause cancer Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC has issued press release states agency begin rulemaking proceedings could result products contain methylene chloride being labeled hazardous substances press release states substantial quantities methylene chloride chlorinated solvent found ANEWL FIRST TIME EVER NEW RADIO CONTROLINE INDOOR FLYING ALL WEEKEND LONG ADMISSION Adults$400 Children 6-12$100 Pro-SchoolFree EXHIBITION TIMES SATURDAY 10 AM -6 PM SUNDAY 10 AM -6 PM aerosol spray paints chemical paint strip pers goes state National Toxicology Program has found methylene chloride cause cancer laboratory animals levels air similai humans might encounter occasional use products adequate ventilation press release US Department Labor states OSHA issues guidelines con trolling workplac& exposure methylene chlo ride result petition UAW press release stated addition td beina skin eye lung irri tant methylene chloride has narcotic action acts depressant central nervous system Some studies laboratory animals cluding research conducted National Tox icology Program indicate methylene chlo ride carcinogen two animal species Other animal mid human studies inconclusive have no idea whether aerosol paints distribitted use hobby contain methylene chloride suggest start check ing labels aerosol paints paint strippers BIGGEST LITTLE INDOOR AIRSHOW SPONSORVO SY YOUR HOBBY INDUOTBY MODEL AVIATION ASSOCIATIONS BORDFELDT CANADA & CHCH-TV 11 86 rz21 OUR 16TH YEAR TAM YAg RAOFF ROAD DIOCOtflROCAR RACING methylene chloride present either con sider alternative product use product lots ventilationlike outdoors think thats enough safety advice month As usual have safe John Preston 12235 Tilden wood Dr Rock yule MD 20852 Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 22 rubber-powered SE 5 PopularAviation wonderful series lightweights cluding Nieuport 17 SPAD D-VIII Camel Boeing F-4B Fokker D-7 Tripe oh eve about 20 maybe 24 first Fokker Super Uiii versal weighed l oz bad forJthe Twenties few us kids took blowing up 30 45 bigger Light weight low-powered Japanese-tissue-coyContinued page 130 July1986 127 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL CENTRE 6900 AIRPORT RD MISSISSAUGA ONTARIO CANADA FREE PARKING , FUNN FLY SHOWS RO BOX 548 STATION WESTON ONT M9N 3N3 416 247-3468 ELECTRIC MODEL & SAILPLANE SPECIALISTS 1981 World Soaring Champ DWIGHT HOLLEY IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE NEW COMPANY TO HELP BOTH BEGINNER & EXPERT FLY INTO THE NEW ERA OF ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT WE ALSO OFFER SELECT FEW PURE SAILPLANES FREE DEMONSTRATION FLIGHTS CHECK OUT ANOIOR TEST FLIGHTS OF 13UR NEW PLANES U CALL OR WRITE FOR FREE DESCRIPTIVE FLYER 3 UPS C 00 FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT ELECTRIC KITS IN STOCK i ACROBATIC OLDTIMER O RT SCALE ERS HOLLEYS SILENT FLIGHT O 151203 748-0083 CHESTNUT RIDGE ROAD BETHEL CT 06801 FEATURING ONLY STAT OP THE ART ITEMS Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 127 ered usually unpainted calm sununer evening 30-in SE 5 stretch-wound hand drill walked under it flew 15 feet high across big field its balsa prop everybody carve just swoosh ing like windmill Ive never come out trance time Skywriting Corp America busy over New York Citywinged dots banking turning scripting perfect white letters beginning word slowly vanished windblown streamers Sunday drive stopping aviationss ancient Troy Roosevelt Field Long Island Lindbergh Chamberlain Byrd vied battle first Paris once people like Moissant hangars andlaterAl Williams would practice Curtiss later Grum man Gulfhawks Sunday 20s youd count 25 aircraft flying around field joyriding close home base Open hangar doors lo hangar sign Skywriting Corp America Youve guessedthe airplane An SE 5 rectangle fabric removed its rudder long pipe passed After lindbergh Just big model Perfect pro portions areas dihedral works plane British aces rode WW Deden once pilot aero engineer member Hov-Texans described very low-key laid-back friendiy helpful group kind guys wherever talks about slickly-finished red two-winger First some specs span 58 chord 9 airfoil 12% Clark Y overall length 42 weight 6 lb power Saito 45 four-stroke 12-5 prop matters Tower 4-ch Silver John calls semiscale Senior Citizen Type translation can fly January 25 successful flights flies like dreamright off board 2 ox lead nose 144-in shim under leading edge stab Deden relates Covering MonoKate decals Major Northeast Screen Graphics water-transfer products bit difficult get because micro thin well done results great Would say about SE 5 bit draggy believe Saito 45 pulls around Does beautiful tight round loops want wont spin drop wing stalls landing floats great climbs like FF full power will slow-roll know handie rudder elevator ailerons reminds Stearmandays Cadet 1944 inverts quite nicely thank good bit elevator input attention dihedral-caused yaw Consider SE Ss weight size bipe its power lively climb aero batics 60just half displacement usual 90 four-stroker dont have have hot symmetrical-wingedjob nor put hot 60 4-ft biplane obtain dynamic pleasurable aerobaticsbut nevertheless varying types have places John enjoys theme things Im smitten sketches Waco 10 classic age OX-5s barnstorming Another club member going theme Waco Taperwing mostly posterboard Hov-Texans narrowly focused Some fly Pattern others high-performance sport jobs Some prefer Saliplanes some Old-Timers others Sunday machines Yet John reports compatible Put goggles tie silk scarf around neck climb breezy open cockpit ofan SE 5or whatever Variety spice fun-life Damn torpedoes Im going tell tell guys plane uncle Red 0-Deden flew WW John also tells became double-ace got ace AEF shooting down five enemy planes got ace German air force losing five Allied SE 5s Apparently Phineas Pinkham family sort Phineas Pinkham flew P-38s WW II whole other story SE 5 designed pictures modified interest good flying charac teristics Higher aspect ratio Thicker airfoil decreased gap much enlarged tail surfaces Strip ailerons lower wings Quite obviously red finish never used WW Au dont know about SE 5s Red Baron didnt get name nuttin Some outfits did go white nose rings fins abit coloring front cowl wheels Perhaps Braniff would still going strong instead pink purple airplanes gone dragons skull crossbones wildest-ever colors schemes found Boeings Bahamas color blind wear dark glasses board Classy lassy Thats appropriate name George Keyers Carnation WA curvaceous original says hates straight lines Speak ing putting yourself cocit. specs 66 span 12 chord 24 stab span 48 fuselage length power 40 FSR Davis Diesel head Im frustrated cant see colorbasically white generous yellow trim scalloping fine black out lines shallow cowl fiberglass forward fuselage planked back cockpit stringers George likes lots ribs stringers tail crosspieces Sexy dont mind saying what wheel struts pants open cockpit windshield headrest what difference oval cross section makes Christmas song see what see wings could Spitfire perhaps more-pointed-tip version Narrow D-tube leading edge supposes narrow trailing edge suggest laminations thin strips bent around form profile Ryan ST like Tail surfaces bit like some old lightplane bit leggy good treadand what would racer-like inverted engine short-span ailerons kept away tip sound reasons evidently give George whatever roll-urge wishes pointy tips dont go hanging ship out dry dont get near stalland understand oozing along too long level flight low power always stall-threatening plane wamed adding upyou dont have have nose pointed up stall George probably has washoutwith narrow tips high-taper wings usually couple degrees otherwise carry ailerons /32 perhaps 14 up neutral youve bought good insuranceanytime sport flying Im retired AF colonel Keyer tells us have away modeling since late 40s because career monetary limi tations Im smaller models dont own engine over 40 think misunderstood straight lines meant never design con stant-chord wings tail feathers slabsided fuselages like flowing lines build another Classy Lassy would shorten 130 Model Aviation 0 a 0 S 2 HI S C 2 0 HI S Are Two Sides Story. Both Sides OPS Five Intake Port SLA 60 RC Look Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 37 shortly thereafter should possible fly combination channels con cerning ourselves Image Second- Third-Order Intermodulation Adjacent Chan nel other interferences What about known Interference am lawyer cannot give legal advice doesnt stop having opinions issue now interference What can Con test Director about person shows up contest insists flying RC channel known subject outside inter ference I You can refuse admit person contest AMA Official Model Aircraft Regulations 1986-1987 page 1 Contest Direc tors Authority state addition CD AMA-sanctioned event has authority perform safety inspections equipment prevent participant using equipment CDS opinion deemed unsafe Emphasis added doesnt say CD must perform safety inspections doesnt say CDs opinion has correct says CD has opinion equipment unsafe 2 Suppose person insists flying anyway contestant private citizen using same field What could CD might call police have person ejected arrested disorderly per son approach isnt calculated make friends needs enemies 3 There another way instance may have borrowed districts frequency scanner see photo bought own case need tune bad channel let problem child listen can mad somebody else Over years Ive talked lot about scan ners value someone has listen best time listen time people will flying should obvious surprising number people seem miss point Businesses air during week will often shut down weekends holidays well night So monitoring after 1100 pm because convenient just may will miss signals looking same vein scanner flight line mainly useful four things 1 Verifying channel transmitter radiates Does flag match 2 Verifying channels use pins match 3 Finding transmitters left im pound area 4 Catching two transmitters operating channel want scan outside interference vicinity flight line best way to put scanner car attach outside antenna drive around perimeter field scanner turned Plan route stay mile away flight line minimize interference transmitters use what Bill Hershberger did 85 Nats found new pocket pager 72320 MHz almost goes saying should know what looking An easy way get information perform some tests Have people operate AM FM PCM sets known channels can become accustomed sound Make sure listen both AM FM detector modes because makes difference may surprised discover some RC FM sets make clearer sounds scanner put AM mode other hand Continued page 134 Say0 ~Id T pert iOG 80wio this. fimerS postS IaO9 Matched rsuresaunuu ayalwm TOP PERFORMANCE K&B ENGINtS AirplaneMarine K&B FUELSK&B GLOW PLUGS 5 Blends4 Choices Matched Finish System BEST APPEARANCE K&B FIBERGLASS CLOTH K&B Mrnrs-Ballsons FILLER KSB SUPER POXY RESIN t&B SUPER POXY THINNER K&B SUPER POXY PRIMER K&B SUPER POXY PAINT K&B MIXING CUPS July1986 131 Check out local hobby shop Parts People nose length 1 tall moment 2 just looks present flies well think would look less spindly shorter fuselage Box 26247 e New Orleans LA 701860 504242 201 SE 12th Street Pompano Beach FL 33080 305-785-7978 ENGINEERING THE LANDING GEAR PEOPLE Tired kit lading gears deal lit wear higgle preperly O & II Eegieeenng can salve year prahiems * Caste built year needs & specs guaranteed lit * SIring & durable withstand lnnhnal landing * 0 & 0 Engineering gear will work & keep year higie hying * Ia stack rnptacewent gear br mast popular madels Byrne Pills Christen Eagle CAP 21 Balsa USA J-3 CUB Air Tech Pawn Eagle gases Rig Stick Champ Cilabria R & N endels Snapper Slinger cad Snapper Tan Ignition Engirin Parta Only Over 600 items Send *200 current catalog
Edition: Model Aviation - 1986/07
Page Numbers: 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 127, 130, 131
Bill Winter 0 ____Plane Talk____ Left like Parasol romance displayed John Boyds 25 OS Max IIDFIAS II enlarged version Enya 09 model featured Winters September 1983 column Span 18861/4 forBi 5 sq area Thermals nicelywith average glides about 10 mm occasion al forays around 20 mm Also inverts glide too half outside loop entry Right Structural design framing Boyds parasol picture perfect studies impressive becomes Winter thinks would profane change single piece Len 1 fl15 ientIe aay oeiongs ~raig nompeon ana Delles nis age 10 THISS lIKS aream two cnanneis witn orwitnout tne poa irs covered blue trans red trans yellow MonoKote Without pod hethinks gets SOft hand-launched gets 5 mm consistentlywith pod Right Craigsfriend Maft Bishupage 13 isshownwith HOBTwoTee rightafter launch Such glidersarean easywayto learntofly Left Bill Dahigrens CL Original 8-ft twin has flown 15 years assorted engines Fox 25s 356 15 diesels Dahigren says twins fun fly fas cinate spectators thinks biplaie would ultimate because would have two everything Clear dope over red yellow silkand supported two boys twins Below Old-Time Stunt Mercury Monitorkitted UK 1949 powered Taipan 21 glow made 1972 Australia flown Reno 1984 Nats other world famous CLflier MontyTyrell Wrapped sheet some blocks fuse make rather nifty fewyears before Sterling Ringmaster implies tight stuff Wing rubberbanded dowels THERE IS SOMETHING about parasol Some people love Others cant resist lure eventually building lust doodle first hieroglyphic may nifty cabin job zippy low-winger heroic bipe Keep doodling lo behold always parasol Such Rorschach images usu ally appear during phone conversation malden aunt John Boyd Sioux Falls SD has long standing romance pretty birds pretty yes June 1983 column reminds us published couple shots Enya 09-powered IIDFIAS little parasol proved very nice-handling REM no ailerons flew alot decided enlarging 20-size would produce visible model thermaling Which brings up current model called IIDFIAS II span 66 area 615 loading 12 oz/sq ft John informs us Power OS Max 25 RC design adjusted intention making fly exactly like OldTimer doesnt deceptively clean glides rather fast appears slow up lift can disappear through part circle climbing turnwhen gets up Rudder response lags noticeably behind input power-off nearly-stalled regime Kloud King spoiled would really stall rudder would never let go build another IIDFIAS II would increase rudder dl hedral slightly Boyd wished get little negatives out way Actually normal flying parasol would nice respects decided make fly like Old-Timer pictures suggest using about 50 dihedral normal cruising about cabin should yield hands-off 360 safe recovery total sustained stability OldTimer mode parasol will require say 70 An Old-Timer does need rudder power Prob ably adding sheet balsa rudder TE say 1 bottom would couple well 70 dihedral forced hold full rudder during approach turn travel area both required Now lets read about Johns pluses proposed fixes hone Old-Timer performance [Flash increased movement OK] model thermals nicely continues Glides average around 10 min occasional forays around 20-mm mark am sure piloting skills hold model back some Au searching thermaling especially high up need plane requires little no control input always easier better continuously touching up things maintain flight patterns spite crude Clark Y airfoil set 30 incidence measured chord line IIDII flies well upside down Au Flat-bottom bottom sections excessive dihedralespe cially such angular differenceusually dont invert off top half loop Three channels remember may invert en tered half-outside holding full down sometimes held way final recovery bit balancing act can maintain altitude recover half-loop outside glides well inverted Au probably ls holding much down have begun messing around dead-stick aerobatics Its great fun put nose down pick up little speed swoop loop Au Picking up lot speed controlled spiral also usually results loop rudder relaxed thats way rudder-only models looped want fun John Try high altitudeto lengthen fun periodgo idle July1986 17 3/32VERT GRAIN -PULL SPAN I/4XI/23/BXI 1/2 T E 3/8 SQ125%1/8 PLY DOUBLERS XIS L r I- - MAIN SPARS 1/4 X3/B 0I27 1/2 SUNDAY SE-5 -KiEII designed byJOHN T DEDEN SPAN5BCHORD9AIRPOILCLARKY POWER SAITO 45PROP 120 X S PWGT 65 LBS WINGS C/S I/64PLY COVER-TOP B BOTTOM GECALAGEBOTH WINGS ATO-STAB LE AT 0 WING TIPS WASHOUT I/B AT MOST OUTBD RIB FEATURES STRIP AILERONS-BOTTOM WING ONLY 01234BBIAIS hjc Above is SE 5 No Its Sunday fun bipe made look like famous British fighter WW John Deden WW Ii P-38 Jock specializes theme models freewheeied chord tail area used strip ailerons bottom wing flies better scale see text Below misty morning Western Front heimeted pilot waiting hand proping What could realbut scale John doing Waco now Sunday fliem spans 58 weighs 61/2 lb Saito 45 turning 12 x 5 prop takes up ilke Free Flight model fuliy aerobatic Hear ticky idle slides appropriate grassy landing course plane must have least 90you insist / Any good engine Old-Timers should idie enter next 450 heading spiral still steeper forever able pick up speed anytime continue reversal showing after 10 minutes Hold rudder over top plane until swooping arcs begin spiral down about 450 heading actually going through inverted point Mainthe 3600 circle gently go full opposite rudder tan continuous smooth flow never loading up rolling out opposite spiral before nose things elevator stay off rudder comes up enough kill speed let ship essential dont go beyond what may appear excessive speed plane Vagabond lightly built will perform such maneuvers very smooth recoveries sure gets attention People ask you use elevatorsand go blank tell didnt touch elevator People once used repetitive steeper turns banks way other until old rudder-only jobs could forced slow roll model sturdy can snap-rolled after slight nosedown up strong rudder response elevator control use highrate rudder control perfect Old-Timer should capable what looks like death-defying series swoops very deceiving should also able search circle soar nothing trim controls summary John states would describe gentle three-channel sport model good thermaling potential always get raft mail after item like Ive just finished reading Langeweisches 1939 Ill Take High Roadfinally found copy library South Dakota State Uni versityand Im thinking wouldnt take much effort redo IIDll E-2 Cub theme model versions Might just fun Stick Rudder also 30s effort Langeweische still classic eyes pilots interested fine points technique Al Bennett reputed have taught people fly alive Cubs Hightstown NJhe featured old Life magazine used bring Aeroncas Canaan CT fly summer day showed up then-new four-place Sedan invited Langeweisches join us sat grass country airport soul sight whiled away afternoon Pica Enterprises note has Sedan full-size baby carriage easy fly silly Talk about stability Id lie across back seats head port Al did same across front seats head starboard thing droned alon& Giant Scale dream Another baby carriage late 30s Piper side-by-side Coupe forerunner Cruiser Piper E-2 Taylor breathed first life Cub Theres super highway through Canaan alrport hear Progress herd rogue elephants wish contact John Boyd write him 3005 Mayfair Dr Sioux Fails SD 57106 Youth wasted young hoary cliche engine failure takeoff dont have wonder reads column age concerned wonder does am surprised older modelers writeor retirees Nor am surprised hear teenagers Unless tell ages cant tell difference although older ones talk interesting memories dis cussing projects younger ones course deal now Older readers write length frequently longhand Younger guys almost always have typewriters point organized have tell Fifty-two years 59-year modeling career have spent editing writing Because maga zines Ive received tens thousands letters hear much about decline standards good old days know thats over simplification Until early SOs letters young short crudely scribbled inarticulate full misspelled words etc 60s such letters exception Things changed younger Continued page 20 18 Model Aviation Above Bill Gough man seasonshe once published MAN mike-covered Indoor Gee Bee Sportsterinduiges foxy fantasies such 1 2-ft rubber pusher canard 1966 Below left Goughs 1981 Bostonian weighs 7 grams high time 2 mln 11 sec what others seems say Outfitted strange scimitar prop too Below Right Indoor Ceiling Walkers Gough grows mysterIous time look Two freewheeling props V-tall unexplained fin-like object mounted stalk didnt notice its pusher tooka Nats second rubber Ryan ST losing Hank Struck whisker Still kicks himseifl Youve seen justthetip mans iceberg Classy Lassy orIgInal proiltic deslgner/DuIIaerUCOrgC Kyer likes pretty curved lines performawell Davis Head 05 4OFSR Covered SuperCoverite Sig dope Span 62 weight 5 lb Hes dieselized because interest scaleilke realistic flight bigger props less rpm After years diesels hes yielding four-strokes Dont Miss Festival Year BYRON I2ORIG NALS 1 Fun Fly 86 August 15 16 17 Grove Iowa R/C Pilots Choice Fun Fly Festivals Nearly 360 pilots representing 32 states Canada attended Fun Fly 85 displaying flying well over 400 beautiful giant scale models growing number pilots onr effidently run flight line guarantees plenty open flying time everyone worlds unique model aircraft facilities Three Full Days Open Flying Time Byron International Airport 600 ft hard-surfaced runway taxiways cent grass strip e Uncrowded safely run flight line red aircraft storage 024 hr security Exciting R/C Jet Demonstrations Special SR-71 demos on Originals new kits BD-5J F-IS Eagle awd F-20 Tigershark s latest large scale releases Corsair Glasair Christen Eagles Air Show Witness three world class pilots put high performance Eagles through barrel snap rolls hammerheads loops knife edges precise formation copied distinctive Eagle Smokeno other air show performance its equal Striking Back 86 realistic WW II Air Battle Reenactment modeling history hack better ever chance see show everyones talking about Rare WW II Aircraft Vintage WW H aircraft will display throughout weekend Feel rumble huge radial engines perform exciting fly-bys Informative Modeling Forums carefully selected panel experienced modelers will hold dividual seminars such topics radio selection engine set-up finishing Daring Skydivers Fascinating NASA Exhibit Manufacturer Distributor Exhibits Make Plans Today Attend On-site camping hot showers. scenic architecture. improved spectator viewing traffic control food concessions. plenty free parking cated just stones throw Ida Grove Municipal Airport Fun Fly must event anyone interested aviation model full scale full day activities just $500/person Write details AMA Sanction No815 Byron Originals Box 279e1da Grove IA 51445 Pilot Registration $1000 readers now express themselves well adult Things changed So share atypical letter pictures attest writers building flying skills unusual Meet Craig Hampson wrote once before kindly replied says Craig pictures werent printable seeing column returning decided send some new black-and-white pix first veteran Gentle Lady 78-in span two channels uses Futaba FP-5Lk radio Covering blue transparent red transparent yellow MonoKote modified wing rubberband dowels through fuse lage could easily use power pod also bump back wing wont slide back tail fin doesnt have dorsal thats because forgot put prototypical eh second hand launch Gentle Lady Shell go easy 500 ft dont have arm like Nolan Ryan get consistent 5min flights power pod Pic 3 Matt Biskups age 13 Bridgewater NJ HOB Two-Tee too flies power pod will usually get 6 min Would believe started flying less ayear ago last picture Matt right after launch 2T no its going hit him Maybe Ill send some pictures some other time Im building Eaglet bomb drop sure looks funny bomb under fuselage really like new format hope works out Control Line fun Absolutely certainly enjoyed So did family Several kids now middle-aged men literally flew death wonderful all-balsa profile trainers Gold berg during late Forties limited elevator controlthus capable nothing mild wing-overs best primary trainer ever oldest son now 50s taught himself fly time went Army three boys went Army Air Force aerobatics natural Exposed first Stunter approved Old-Timer immediately flew inverted outsides instructions said merely watched wheels wanted go side wheels knew down required wonderful Trixter Profiles Lou Andrews Guillow Id give eager beginners tell put together go down park learn fly would witness until could took about three weeks Ambroid seams major fixes resembled glued-together China vase Sterling Ringmasters Jim Walker Firecats paid dues wide assortment published things like first lA Forty-Niner Ford Trimotor two freewheeling props miss fine profile planesso easy fly loved steep spiral climbs Free Flight models floating glide circles riding weak evening lift pursued barn swallows flattish right-climbing circles Rubber job right pleasures flight adjust mentsworking glide power both together Control Liners unique Through attachment wires felt real live machine physically became Nothing else modeling offers sensation Now receive encouraging letters fine CL newsletters Theyre chatty loaded stuffhomemade magazines really bot tom line think need know what Continued page 22 20 Model Aviation 1OSI -CURE CYANOACRYLATE SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER ListSaleSavings 1 oz Fast Cure 3-5 Sec495$2450% Off 2 oz Fast Cure 3-5 Sec895$39656% Off 1 oz Gap-Filling 5 Sec495$24950% Off 2 oz Gap-Filling 5 Sec895$39656% Off OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU satisfied POSH-CURE please return unused portion within 30 days full refundNo questions asked SHELDONS HOBBY SHOP 3157 Alum Rock Ave Jose CA 95127 FOR ORDERS ONLY PLEASEIVIWI 800 228-3237 251-0789LJ Out State INFO 408 251-0787 California SHIPPING per order Hours Mon-Wed Fri & Sat 930-530 FAST SERVICE Thur 930-900 1200-500 COD ADD $190 going should understand folks really have fun CL Having wondered years about near-vacuum ofCLcontributors asked tongue-in-cheek column anyone having fun CL still get virtually no fun inputs lesser degree same true Free Flight try Are trying But.. Semantics Fun three-letter word means different things different people dont write about competition Yes competition fun Everything anyone us does fun would doing Everybody has fun fun deal individual effort kind model interesting developments design novel ideas pleasures gets building flying feeling-good planes sport environ mentby himself friends groups enjoy things away contest world interested guys interesting comments about thinking solutions problemsin light sort waywhether RC Pattern CL Combat Mulvihill Rubber mindboggling Pennyplane ship Whatever game have waiting audience share individual pleasures us intimate folksy way Im reminded innocent letter Bill Dairigren couple offbeat pix out further ado Webster Time-wasting bother over trivial details.. startled no end says Bill Dahigren flipped open MA found pictures looking back would have included full set specs occurred youd actually use things what may worth heres couple definitely fun variety first OTS model originally kitted England built Australia amazing Monty Terrel flown OTS him 1984 AMA Nats An excellent fellow excellent model other model original whod guess 8-ft wingspan two Fox 25s clear dope over red yellow silk model has honorably retired due doubts about integrity control system flew regu larly well over 15-year period variety engines ranging pair 35s down pair 15 dieseis Twins fun fly fascinating spectatorsmaybe ultimate fun flier would twin-engined bi plane two everything cant believe kind fun ship wrecked lost island Thenic modelsand SE S John Deden Missouri City TX hits its love SE 5s have unfulfilled yen create theme look-alike designs P-40s Zeros Mustangs et alwingy things can fly handsoff float soar yet keep sock-appeal recognizable glamor classics Racers like fight ers float through empty head cheated say tiny-winged pencil-slim Folkerts Racer bigger wings tail sur faces dihedral match flying mode hed have lovely conversation piece own one-of-a-kind escape bird Dedens SE 5 impressive Scale job Its theme design would anyone need theme SE 5 Since already perfect subject form Rubber FF Gas CL RC assumes John ilkes realism doesnt want spend chunks time fussing precision details Hes flying man have look closely realize Scale youd have familiar full-size plane spot differences side trip Prior to 19301 found Joe Otts Continued page 127 22 Model Aviation Safety/Preston Continued page 14 have flying Electrics about two years can fly local Glider field Out noise problem gas However uniquely dangerous hazards Electrics dont happen gas Last night working Astro flight Porterfield workshop left fuselage workbench transmitter charge after its batteries dis charged motor receiver batteries fully charged workshop garage neighborhood kids enjoy visiting kids boy about 13 has built flown several Gliders AA RC models Hes starting some Electric projects completely familiar equipment its dangers As can imagine model too much temptation him experiment Somehow RC equipment switched also motor battery switched fuselage jumped down bench slammed paper bag full balsa scraps Pieces balsa thrown over garage wooden prop broke before friend could turn motor switch off Fortunately no hurt scared embarrassed friend fuselage another position bench damage injury could have resulted danger accidentally starting Elec tric much greater gas engine needs fresh fuel prime ignition start electric needs have proper switches closed chances child inex perienced adult being able start Electric accidentally much greater Please warn readers hazard Readers have warned Methylene chloridea carcinogen couple weeks ago received clipping Popu lar Science magazine sent Jim Newman Hobart IN clipping letter editor MD titled Paint-Stripper Hazards Jims note ac companied clipping said knew modelers have used strippers remove old paint covering especially Free Flight models hazard stems active ingredient strippersmethylene chloride believed both toxic a, possible carcinogen Over four years ago October 1981 issue column mentioned methylene chloride time purchased can Old Adhesive Remover remove old tile adhesive powder room refur bishing After reading warnings can noting contained methylene chloride took back refund used scraper remove old tile adhesive Im glad now made deci sion because just last week found out methylene chloride has focus atten tion three federal government agencies CPSC OSHA EPA because inhaling its vapors may cause cancer Consumer Product Safety Commission CPSC has issued press release states agency begin rulemaking proceedings could result products contain methylene chloride being labeled hazardous substances press release states substantial quantities methylene chloride chlorinated solvent found ANEWL FIRST TIME EVER NEW RADIO CONTROLINE INDOOR FLYING ALL WEEKEND LONG ADMISSION Adults$400 Children 6-12$100 Pro-SchoolFree EXHIBITION TIMES SATURDAY 10 AM -6 PM SUNDAY 10 AM -6 PM aerosol spray paints chemical paint strip pers goes state National Toxicology Program has found methylene chloride cause cancer laboratory animals levels air similai humans might encounter occasional use products adequate ventilation press release US Department Labor states OSHA issues guidelines con trolling workplac& exposure methylene chlo ride result petition UAW press release stated addition td beina skin eye lung irri tant methylene chloride has narcotic action acts depressant central nervous system Some studies laboratory animals cluding research conducted National Tox icology Program indicate methylene chlo ride carcinogen two animal species Other animal mid human studies inconclusive have no idea whether aerosol paints distribitted use hobby contain methylene chloride suggest start check ing labels aerosol paints paint strippers BIGGEST LITTLE INDOOR AIRSHOW SPONSORVO SY YOUR HOBBY INDUOTBY MODEL AVIATION ASSOCIATIONS BORDFELDT CANADA & CHCH-TV 11 86 rz21 OUR 16TH YEAR TAM YAg RAOFF ROAD DIOCOtflROCAR RACING methylene chloride present either con sider alternative product use product lots ventilationlike outdoors think thats enough safety advice month As usual have safe John Preston 12235 Tilden wood Dr Rock yule MD 20852 Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 22 rubber-powered SE 5 PopularAviation wonderful series lightweights cluding Nieuport 17 SPAD D-VIII Camel Boeing F-4B Fokker D-7 Tripe oh eve about 20 maybe 24 first Fokker Super Uiii versal weighed l oz bad forJthe Twenties few us kids took blowing up 30 45 bigger Light weight low-powered Japanese-tissue-coyContinued page 130 July1986 127 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL CENTRE 6900 AIRPORT RD MISSISSAUGA ONTARIO CANADA FREE PARKING , FUNN FLY SHOWS RO BOX 548 STATION WESTON ONT M9N 3N3 416 247-3468 ELECTRIC MODEL & SAILPLANE SPECIALISTS 1981 World Soaring Champ DWIGHT HOLLEY IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE NEW COMPANY TO HELP BOTH BEGINNER & EXPERT FLY INTO THE NEW ERA OF ELECTRIC AIRCRAFT WE ALSO OFFER SELECT FEW PURE SAILPLANES FREE DEMONSTRATION FLIGHTS CHECK OUT ANOIOR TEST FLIGHTS OF 13UR NEW PLANES U CALL OR WRITE FOR FREE DESCRIPTIVE FLYER 3 UPS C 00 FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT ELECTRIC KITS IN STOCK i ACROBATIC OLDTIMER O RT SCALE ERS HOLLEYS SILENT FLIGHT O 151203 748-0083 CHESTNUT RIDGE ROAD BETHEL CT 06801 FEATURING ONLY STAT OP THE ART ITEMS Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 127 ered usually unpainted calm sununer evening 30-in SE 5 stretch-wound hand drill walked under it flew 15 feet high across big field its balsa prop everybody carve just swoosh ing like windmill Ive never come out trance time Skywriting Corp America busy over New York Citywinged dots banking turning scripting perfect white letters beginning word slowly vanished windblown streamers Sunday drive stopping aviationss ancient Troy Roosevelt Field Long Island Lindbergh Chamberlain Byrd vied battle first Paris once people like Moissant hangars andlaterAl Williams would practice Curtiss later Grum man Gulfhawks Sunday 20s youd count 25 aircraft flying around field joyriding close home base Open hangar doors lo hangar sign Skywriting Corp America Youve guessedthe airplane An SE 5 rectangle fabric removed its rudder long pipe passed After lindbergh Just big model Perfect pro portions areas dihedral works plane British aces rode WW Deden once pilot aero engineer member Hov-Texans described very low-key laid-back friendiy helpful group kind guys wherever talks about slickly-finished red two-winger First some specs span 58 chord 9 airfoil 12% Clark Y overall length 42 weight 6 lb power Saito 45 four-stroke 12-5 prop matters Tower 4-ch Silver John calls semiscale Senior Citizen Type translation can fly January 25 successful flights flies like dreamright off board 2 ox lead nose 144-in shim under leading edge stab Deden relates Covering MonoKate decals Major Northeast Screen Graphics water-transfer products bit difficult get because micro thin well done results great Would say about SE 5 bit draggy believe Saito 45 pulls around Does beautiful tight round loops want wont spin drop wing stalls landing floats great climbs like FF full power will slow-roll know handie rudder elevator ailerons reminds Stearmandays Cadet 1944 inverts quite nicely thank good bit elevator input attention dihedral-caused yaw Consider SE Ss weight size bipe its power lively climb aero batics 60just half displacement usual 90 four-stroker dont have have hot symmetrical-wingedjob nor put hot 60 4-ft biplane obtain dynamic pleasurable aerobaticsbut nevertheless varying types have places John enjoys theme things Im smitten sketches Waco 10 classic age OX-5s barnstorming Another club member going theme Waco Taperwing mostly posterboard Hov-Texans narrowly focused Some fly Pattern others high-performance sport jobs Some prefer Saliplanes some Old-Timers others Sunday machines Yet John reports compatible Put goggles tie silk scarf around neck climb breezy open cockpit ofan SE 5or whatever Variety spice fun-life Damn torpedoes Im going tell tell guys plane uncle Red 0-Deden flew WW John also tells became double-ace got ace AEF shooting down five enemy planes got ace German air force losing five Allied SE 5s Apparently Phineas Pinkham family sort Phineas Pinkham flew P-38s WW II whole other story SE 5 designed pictures modified interest good flying charac teristics Higher aspect ratio Thicker airfoil decreased gap much enlarged tail surfaces Strip ailerons lower wings Quite obviously red finish never used WW Au dont know about SE 5s Red Baron didnt get name nuttin Some outfits did go white nose rings fins abit coloring front cowl wheels Perhaps Braniff would still going strong instead pink purple airplanes gone dragons skull crossbones wildest-ever colors schemes found Boeings Bahamas color blind wear dark glasses board Classy lassy Thats appropriate name George Keyers Carnation WA curvaceous original says hates straight lines Speak ing putting yourself cocit. specs 66 span 12 chord 24 stab span 48 fuselage length power 40 FSR Davis Diesel head Im frustrated cant see colorbasically white generous yellow trim scalloping fine black out lines shallow cowl fiberglass forward fuselage planked back cockpit stringers George likes lots ribs stringers tail crosspieces Sexy dont mind saying what wheel struts pants open cockpit windshield headrest what difference oval cross section makes Christmas song see what see wings could Spitfire perhaps more-pointed-tip version Narrow D-tube leading edge supposes narrow trailing edge suggest laminations thin strips bent around form profile Ryan ST like Tail surfaces bit like some old lightplane bit leggy good treadand what would racer-like inverted engine short-span ailerons kept away tip sound reasons evidently give George whatever roll-urge wishes pointy tips dont go hanging ship out dry dont get near stalland understand oozing along too long level flight low power always stall-threatening plane wamed adding upyou dont have have nose pointed up stall George probably has washoutwith narrow tips high-taper wings usually couple degrees otherwise carry ailerons /32 perhaps 14 up neutral youve bought good insuranceanytime sport flying Im retired AF colonel Keyer tells us have away modeling since late 40s because career monetary limi tations Im smaller models dont own engine over 40 think misunderstood straight lines meant never design con stant-chord wings tail feathers slabsided fuselages like flowing lines build another Classy Lassy would shorten 130 Model Aviation 0 a 0 S 2 HI S C 2 0 HI S Are Two Sides Story. Both Sides OPS Five Intake Port SLA 60 RC Look Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 37 shortly thereafter should possible fly combination channels con cerning ourselves Image Second- Third-Order Intermodulation Adjacent Chan nel other interferences What about known Interference am lawyer cannot give legal advice doesnt stop having opinions issue now interference What can Con test Director about person shows up contest insists flying RC channel known subject outside inter ference I You can refuse admit person contest AMA Official Model Aircraft Regulations 1986-1987 page 1 Contest Direc tors Authority state addition CD AMA-sanctioned event has authority perform safety inspections equipment prevent participant using equipment CDS opinion deemed unsafe Emphasis added doesnt say CD must perform safety inspections doesnt say CDs opinion has correct says CD has opinion equipment unsafe 2 Suppose person insists flying anyway contestant private citizen using same field What could CD might call police have person ejected arrested disorderly per son approach isnt calculated make friends needs enemies 3 There another way instance may have borrowed districts frequency scanner see photo bought own case need tune bad channel let problem child listen can mad somebody else Over years Ive talked lot about scan ners value someone has listen best time listen time people will flying should obvious surprising number people seem miss point Businesses air during week will often shut down weekends holidays well night So monitoring after 1100 pm because convenient just may will miss signals looking same vein scanner flight line mainly useful four things 1 Verifying channel transmitter radiates Does flag match 2 Verifying channels use pins match 3 Finding transmitters left im pound area 4 Catching two transmitters operating channel want scan outside interference vicinity flight line best way to put scanner car attach outside antenna drive around perimeter field scanner turned Plan route stay mile away flight line minimize interference transmitters use what Bill Hershberger did 85 Nats found new pocket pager 72320 MHz almost goes saying should know what looking An easy way get information perform some tests Have people operate AM FM PCM sets known channels can become accustomed sound Make sure listen both AM FM detector modes because makes difference may surprised discover some RC FM sets make clearer sounds scanner put AM mode other hand Continued page 134 Say0 ~Id T pert iOG 80wio this. fimerS postS IaO9 Matched rsuresaunuu ayalwm TOP PERFORMANCE K&B ENGINtS AirplaneMarine K&B FUELSK&B GLOW PLUGS 5 Blends4 Choices Matched Finish System BEST APPEARANCE K&B FIBERGLASS CLOTH K&B Mrnrs-Ballsons FILLER KSB SUPER POXY RESIN t&B SUPER POXY THINNER K&B SUPER POXY PRIMER K&B SUPER POXY PAINT K&B MIXING CUPS July1986 131 Check out local hobby shop Parts People nose length 1 tall moment 2 just looks present flies well think would look less spindly shorter fuselage Box 26247 e New Orleans LA 701860 504242 201 SE 12th Street Pompano Beach FL 33080 305-785-7978 ENGINEERING THE LANDING GEAR PEOPLE Tired kit lading gears deal lit wear higgle preperly O & II Eegieeenng can salve year prahiems * Caste built year needs & specs guaranteed lit * SIring & durable withstand lnnhnal landing * 0 & 0 Engineering gear will work & keep year higie hying * Ia stack rnptacewent gear br mast popular madels Byrne Pills Christen Eagle CAP 21 Balsa USA J-3 CUB Air Tech Pawn Eagle gases Rig Stick Champ Cilabria R & N endels Snapper Slinger cad Snapper Tan Ignition Engirin Parta Only Over 600 items Send *200 current catalog