Bill Winter _____znn ______Plane Talk BIG BEGINNINGS Big Bang Beetho vens Fifth Al Doerrs Big Cub What am doing talking about 18-ft model weighs 100 lb guy like Doerr suitable flying field such things far away madding crowd makes sense Few ofus should build such model should lived 70-acre 1933 farm flew dink Rubber Scalers Id tempted people hu mongous models dont mix Consider pic ture Al giant J-3 far-out open terrain craftsmanship says is photo latest one-year project interesting challenging problems building size note AMA Life Member 91 IMAA Member 06 model stats something Span 18 ft area 6912 sq wing loading 333 oz/sq ft rather like 12 six-footer weight 100 lb engine 60 cu Sachs Dolmar turning 30 x 8 prop 5200 Radio aFutaba four receivers two S-134 servos control has four packs SR batteries two 500 mAh capacity two 1200 mAli Coverite Chevron paint Plans homemade course Study fittings think about equip ment will know safetyminded safer youand sure Enjoy dont get ideas unless know know must known veteran experienced builder fly crickets far horizons seem follow curvature earth Wonder big wheels what froman earthmover cant keep good man down Elliott Boulous Morgantown PA ran unique model business probably never heard about called Skys Limit serious work injury forced retirementseveral discs removed continuing operationsIm 31 married says though wife RC widow have three children hope teach fly cant get enough Being pipe fitter having background carpentry RC gave chance keep building allows challenge building flying much late 1985 letter got talkina Boulous Well hes lost seven discswhich has no effect bubbling enthusiasm continuous promotion hobby constant building business now Institute Silent Flighthe Gliders Electrics 30 kits build himself custom building models has run afoul zoning board zoned commercially reasons known God zoning board permitted make model planes sale Hes down Electric Thats because friends admire ships much hes given away though horse trades takes wee profits some planes order obtaln plans kits what sounds like Silent Flight Museum project builds himself often helps fellow modelers has suitable trainer RC job allows people fly become dedicated RCers Like write lives pain guys dont complain hate word keep busy get out model aviation means obvious good spirits Any guy like Elliott does hobby/sport tub ofdo good money Elliott gave up Gas seem doing slowly flies geared Electric Gliders tosses air four-minute climb much 45 minutes soaring flight find kind flying powerfully seductive show two pictures year old now comments pride joy first little girl Toney second Marks Model Sunny Bipe bipe well named sunny best sense word Theres story about Sunny kit ye olde Dakota ancestry inspiration its time 30 Model Aviation Above Taking advantage wide open spacea rural Michigan huge dream-ilke fiying ficid lifetime technical expertise sound conservative building skills Al Doerr builds giant models 18-ft Cub example uses four receivers four battey packs well two servos everything Below left landing gear Doerrs J-3 sprung just like full-scale skilled machinist among otherthings Al designed made massive fittings can betthey solidlyattached structure up tothe job 333 oz/sq ft wing loading roughlyequivalenttothe 12 Sigs KadetSr indeed Al perks along snappy 25mph Below right CubGothic farmer wife also half-size Mrs has old-time wire glasses double chin no less blond braids lacy bonnet husband wears Winters discarded hats sports glorious set Civil War whiskers inspect structure Redundancy bit like 747 aIrliner Nontheless everyone should cautioned AMA insurance isnt provided models weighing 55 lb See text details/statistics model Mandrake Cal Shumate Blue Island hiss Navy-style twin Control Line model Cox 09s Cal specializes generally similar twins 049s 35s An im pressive make-believe plenty area know flies well Photo Bill Dahigren Elliott Boulous forced retirement due industrial accident saysthis Marks Sun ny bipe terrific pleasure Hes upbeat himself something called Insti tute Silent Flight gliders mostly electric powerno high-start labors know wants teach three daughters fly has 30 kits waiting built .. move Second Time Around people write returnees whove out modeling years can go home again contrary Thomas Wolfe Keith Wilson has good stuff first began 1937 rubber power later gas Free Flight Control Line gas Free Flight again now retirement RC airplanes As new returnee hobby forgotten early lessons learned Thus learned again hard way mistakes expensive think worth time space would consider few words advice beginner first Goldberg Eagle 63 large easy construct before learning fly Left Flying AMA white-hats during lunch break Winter caught unawares contemplates old Rebelbuilt late SOs kids Still being flown forgags Rosenstock Its gonethrough fourengines oncea Fox 10 Max 10 now has potent OS 25 much downthrust Likethat neat exhaustextensionThetee-shirt says No Mr Nice Guyan identity crisis suspect Right MontyTyrell famed Aussie Control Liner hams upwith detailed B-i 7 could lookatthis picture saythatCLers anything sweet reasonable perfectly ordinary individuals asks Bill Dahigren sent plc Adds Well does fly RC too sort thing has have effect fellow Power two 05 106 two Testors 0498 Has Robertsthree-line setup control engine flaps lights Winnerof 2nds 3rds attheAussle Nats itwas auctioned proceeds donated tothe local hospital November 1986 31 smiling Keith Wilson obviously happywith hisfour-strokeTaibi Powerhouse builds things has great deal say see text about minimizing pitfalls learning fly Eagle instructor built New Era 40 Airtronics multicolored covering pinstriping band-painted pilot other fancy details Eagle covered white plum-colored MonoKotecolors easily lost high-sky area As result Eagle crashed During rebuilding period flight instruction stopped cold New Era test flown experts club flew several times date have Its flight characteristics beyond skill rebuilt Eagle cabin windows engine covering hand-painted pilots pinstriping colors easy see sky Flight training began againthis time success Although have since built Midwest Super Sweet Stik 60 Champion 84 Powerhouse still return Eagle 63 practice basic flight patterns As can see pictures building skills about average Building sake building goal building flying what build embarrassment reviewing mistakes have come following conclusions 1 Establish goal model aviation building flying combination building flying 2 first-time airplanes build large 60 70-in wingspan cabin high wing flat-bottom airfoil fact can afford build second airplane similar first soon first finished event major crash first second ready fly instruction interrupted 3 Build neatness accuracy great amounts finishing details multi colored coverings hand-painted pilots etc 4 Before covering airplane visit flying field watch club members air planes air Select covering colors can see easily 5 Talk flight instructors local club plan work best suits Set aside time flight instruction continuous short spaces time between instruction 6 During construction first air plane read books articles experts ask questions local club members make notes techniques seem solve construction problems best Im sure almost everyone flying today has some secret right left airplane air Glenn Jarvis instructor helped completely eliminated men tal gymnastics determining right left airplane coming towards going away suggests leveling wings airplane flight think low wing high wing As airplane coming toward push ailerons control toward low wing level airplane going away push ailerons control toward high wing Hence no longer have listen someone shout right left wonder what Hopefully before long will get mistakes sorted out corrected point some day can build fly airplane out Whifferdill Eight successfully Keith member Hemet CA Model Masters Inside Instructors Head Thomas Ander son isnt controversial Hes getting something off chest Lets make perfectly clear nothing wrong almost-ready-to-fly models ARTFs Most lovely things Ive yielded temptation once keep eye bouncing ball re member very beginnings weve strived constant hard-sell promotion bring modeling massesand some success attract public cause effect public has its fickle folks try modeling archery golf basket weaving bowling stamp collectingin endiess successionand pass millions already gave up stick-and-tissue whatever before ready-to-fly have friends fly ARTFs otherwise theyd have wait until kids fathom mysteries nest building So Tom Anderson Incidental ly scrawls 19 years old 194 want tell anything can happen planet Earth fly RC New York City member Blue Angels Model Airplane Club am instructor five years Ive hobby have noticed problem does seem have solution no modelers age ever stick hobby few months ex asperating teach students almost solo have disappear never heard again call phone say theyve lost interest cant believe ears am stunned days gave best times calm nice days would like have flown own fun knew could learn could wind never burned motor dinged wing tip 32 Model Aviation SpectacularStarshot wing Bill Evans has 400 forward sweep flies nicely new K&B 20 57 5 lb area 46 sq ft bit underpowered 4500-ft field elevation Evans going 40 wring out put wings ultimate test Winter impressed MPCs Remote Headlock Pratt installed Bills Rookie Convenient use increases hand safety front-slanted plugsany engine matter lock-on booster attaches fitting left rear nose opening AMA Executive Director John Worth Winters prototype LeCrate twin 035s seven cells 12 Ah Slow motion Cavernous interior contains four-tube receiver front decoder clicked numbered steps matching inputs sent telephone dial know learned fly myself hard waywhen 15 years old completely alone golf course 18 snow plane designed built myself sort mini Swizzle Stick Ive hobby five years until two years ago never seen successful RC model fly plenty crashes finally succeeded joined club hand accumulated technical knowledge silver platter still quit Im A&P airframe power plant FAA certified mechanic have built full-scale aircraft too theory advent ARF airplanes people getting RC fly think buying another toy like Mattel Coleco-type thing merely put 10 alkaline cells runs Its like $14 RC car get tired get bored throw away get feeling would just happy driving boat attending party going movie hobby about toys just happen able fly its about building flying aircraft Its about overcoming force grav ity its about creating machine capable soaring heavens above land once birds could fly Its about recreating miniature machines have carried man place 100 years ago thought impossible go dream mankind man has watched birds soar thousands years Galileo greatest minds ever exist earth wanted fly lacked knowledge aerodynamics have Brilliant men have executed saying day man would fly Im getting pretty tired people simply want run toy flies Im losing interest teaching anyone does love model air craft sometimes complain theres too much work involved takes too much time build planes obviously interested model aircraft art goes wantto run fast agile toy might well boat now get slightest hint interest just passing fancy refuse help have anything because Ini wasting time know some people appreciate aircraft love way I will seek out associate Benjamin Franklin once said greatest desire surround myself men intelligent myself greatest desire surround myself men love model airplanes myself adventures iron bird Forgive 1 should passing wonderful contri Big models arent something new Heavy tube-type radios big batteries required bigness back ong-ago beginning Power Herkimer Twin 120 gas/ ignition hatch iifted show gas tank Siot fuselage side landing gear detail shows capacity shock absorption Joes famous plane doublesize BuccaneerWinter saw flown sev eral occasions Including Chicago Nate butions photos really want see read about could talk about 100-in RC Special new Desperadoa surprise Bill Evans strives save soul floaty Electrics guess Purple Plan Kadet Sr talk senile privilege about wacky stuff scattered extended family sends airline tickets command Come time its 50-year-old daughter third oldest picked up Mastersin philosophy no less son got literature As Depression HS dropout Im chicken nine ducks really know swim got go flying Long Island thanks couple swift 737s Twenty-five years ago gave Norm Rosenstockwhen left hurdy-gurdy New York love New York TV says bumper stickers say Virginia isforLovers lam Virginian flock old escapement jobs including Beam Continued page 34 wnen norm Hosenstock recovered prewar Raspante RC New York warenouse Winter day investigate its innards before delivering AMAs Museum Span 131 201/2-in prop flown telephone dial coder now lost 1 wnas winterTermathe decoder want otherterminology removed piane can see contacts selector arm advanced tothe propercontactgoing through others identified bywire leads SCALE WH RADIO CONTROL ROL-UNE EELS FREE-FLIGHT 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Saves Models BA1TCHEKRX-1 $1495 ein USA 4 V4 NW Install RC Models Check receiver battery status press button Small Light 1/2 oz Precise Rugged ORDER TODAY dealer Protune Corp 914 462-6452 PO Box 1808 Poughkeepaie NY 12601 SIX SHOOTER FUEL PUMP NOW AVAILABLE FOR GASOLINE & DIESEL FUEL APPROX 6 oz per revolution HAND CRANKED FOR SAFE RELIABLE USE EITHER VERSION $1095 THE ONLY PUMP AVAILABLE FOR USE WITH DIESEL FUEL Rebel Airknocker twice Flying Mod els etc still fly now toothy servos instead escapement Norm around fly No escape take two folding chairs fly two three Old-Timer models yak afternoon about crazy models flying deeds age chivalry guess what flew Rebel built son high schoolin 50s Fox 10 later Max 10 Rebel aint big Norm has 05 25 know thing goes believes plan ning ahead throttle stuck throttle servo motor spun wildlyno teeth course So Fly wide open no ailerons no engine control Some small hobby shop guy good kind Patchoque directed us bulldozed spot pine barrensan L-shaped paved runway no less no sight Carpets over place keep white sand-dust down Windy man So Up out pinpointsthe limit plane vanished far-out glitch once Krafts antenna screwed Thats range test Circling field low holding down Rebel developed such head steam got dizzy Control Line fell over chair Norm thwarted crosswind did wild cartwheel feet flat skittering dust andtires flying over place So put tires back fly again Rebel safe sound now its ancient brothers until someday came went indulge again what call Rites Spring flew rudder-only got wild snap too Kicking up heels good soulAll three BC craft sad sacks Beam lostmore times man can count including days floating Long Island Sound Monstrous warps cancel other still wildly aerobatic high rate snaps and just rudder throttle Du-Bro wheels Airknocker treadiess cracked blobs oil soaked imbedded weeds has gone through least four engines touch-and- goes Beam people ask can airplane fly elevators Climb power function man Stupid question What controls Hand-Launched Glider Sure both fly seri ously Norm has several giants 12-ft Aeronca low wing Hes hot pilot checks big birds after flight Flying will never get better day funky relic clearing piney woods Separates men boys kiddo Dont die laughing picture Rebel its Right Stufi pilot Fun Things never got funnier old birds may fly together year 2000 Mayday Maydayl Dead water 10 days blame late Joe Raspante 1938 late Rudy Arnold great air-to-air photographer brought Air Trails set remarkable pix Joe successful RC twice-up Buccaneer controlled telephone dial system saw fly timesbefore Hempstead Plains Long Island carpeted postwar housing like Levittownand Nats flight saw ended up hanging high-up left spiral climb Joe madiy dialed controlsas slow reacting molasses flowing up hill January Only man Sal Taibi ever launched heavy low-powered behemoth Its Herkirner OK Twin probably 120 two 60s may have less power good Enya 46 four-stroke considers prop size considerable rpm much Sal would hold monster overhead its wheels run down field run run Runway length vital Chicago Sal Continued page 134 34 Model Aviation MACHINE GUN KITS PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS SEND $2 FOR COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 9 SEE YOUR DEALER OR DISTRIBUTOR DAVE BROWN PRODUCTS 4560 LAYHIGH RD HAMILTON OH 45013513 738-1576 PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT SCA Canopies Available Plans sent Post-Paid within USA Send 5O far Full Catalog Balsa Nick Zfroli 29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA NICK ZIROLI 516-234-5038 Letters Editor Continued page 14 1 1-year-old buddy have taken under wing teach flying plane will ROG hands-offand fly same way article couple months ago Comet Clipper Junior 35% prompted build big AJ Serfass Brookfield MO printing few pictures AJ sent big Clipper resplendent transparent yellow bright red trim Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 34 distance vanished drainage ditch double-Buc flew Until recently another Raspante Giant sat home friendly mice warehouse belonging Long 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30s see visit bull session end bull sessionsall five us raking other everything else over coals AMA taped part itbetter Laurel Hardy Reminded Tlush timed gassie Teterboro 1935he didnt remem ber flying father grandfather hed told 1935 invented safety pin didnt remember either allowed could have happened accidental dis covery Ehling pal water/tissueshrinking plane got wet sold manufacturer spare name elixir slightly tinted green dye $10 quart better deal Brooklyn Bridge sure day Fredericksburg hoped show Norm Bill Kaluf electricpowered Heron flies need big field because can get out very far power circles its glide forever making ap proaches liver bile shakers Giving up after casing four would-be fields ended up flying Bentom rubber-powered models geared front ends Quite stable out-of-box no adjustments AMA guys often fly lunch breaks nearby field Norm joined Doug Pratt brought big Kracketjac Rookie Also Flyline Inland Sport funny squaredoff-cylinder diesel runs like clockbut too windy John Worth LeCrate now twin 035s seven cells horizontal nose pylon showed off new Heron 17 minutes flight Doug date time clock required three go-rounds get onto field against wind finally got wheels extreme end Norm rung out Rookie hed flown 1962 time trip left him glassy-eyed Everyone flew hit show Rebel what else knelt down faced deBolt saw Rookie article ModelBuilder know cautioned operation engine in-front plugs said wideopen high power outsides tended roll out 134 Model Aviation DC-31W 1140 Span$4200 F4U CORSAIR2/ 193 Span$3000 A6MSZERO2A 191 Span$3000 CURTISP402A 194 Span$3000 AT-6TEXAN24 1101 Span$3000 F8FBEARcAT2A 186 Span$3000 FOKKER DR-i27163 Tripe$2700 Order Plans RK-2Oor RK-740 Ducted Fans Phantom35 span$1000 Viggen32 span$1000 F-1536 span$1000 Plan canopy$1500 See Dealer Order U tact Inc ude 51 50 Per raw foe UPS GATOR R/C PRODUCTS S7t3tonnpanobninapens ct Sb 0758635 HOT STUFF INS TANT EXPERT 56 MINUTE VHS CONSTRUCTION TAPE VIDEO-TIPS # 2 IS BUILDING SESSION NOT LECTURE 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Bill Winter _____znn ______Plane Talk BIG BEGINNINGS Big Bang Beetho vens Fifth Al Doerrs Big Cub What am doing talking about 18-ft model weighs 100 lb guy like Doerr suitable flying field such things far away madding crowd makes sense Few ofus should build such model should lived 70-acre 1933 farm flew dink Rubber Scalers Id tempted people hu mongous models dont mix Consider pic ture Al giant J-3 far-out open terrain craftsmanship says is photo latest one-year project interesting challenging problems building size note AMA Life Member 91 IMAA Member 06 model stats something Span 18 ft area 6912 sq wing loading 333 oz/sq ft rather like 12 six-footer weight 100 lb engine 60 cu Sachs Dolmar turning 30 x 8 prop 5200 Radio aFutaba four receivers two S-134 servos control has four packs SR batteries two 500 mAh capacity two 1200 mAli Coverite Chevron paint Plans homemade course Study fittings think about equip ment will know safetyminded safer youand sure Enjoy dont get ideas unless know know must known veteran experienced builder fly crickets far horizons seem follow curvature earth Wonder big wheels what froman earthmover cant keep good man down Elliott Boulous Morgantown PA ran unique model business probably never heard about called Skys Limit serious work injury forced retirementseveral discs removed continuing operationsIm 31 married says though wife RC widow have three children hope teach fly cant get enough Being pipe fitter having background carpentry RC gave chance keep building allows challenge building flying much late 1985 letter got talkina Boulous Well hes lost seven discswhich has no effect bubbling enthusiasm continuous promotion hobby constant building business now Institute Silent Flighthe Gliders Electrics 30 kits build himself custom building models has run afoul zoning board zoned commercially reasons known God zoning board permitted make model planes sale Hes down Electric Thats because friends admire ships much hes given away though horse trades takes wee profits some planes order obtaln plans kits what sounds like Silent Flight Museum project builds himself often helps fellow modelers has suitable trainer RC job allows people fly become dedicated RCers Like write lives pain guys dont complain hate word keep busy get out model aviation means obvious good spirits Any guy like Elliott does hobby/sport tub ofdo good money Elliott gave up Gas seem doing slowly flies geared Electric Gliders tosses air four-minute climb much 45 minutes soaring flight find kind flying powerfully seductive show two pictures year old now comments pride joy first little girl Toney second Marks Model Sunny Bipe bipe well named sunny best sense word Theres story about Sunny kit ye olde Dakota ancestry inspiration its time 30 Model Aviation Above Taking advantage wide open spacea rural Michigan huge dream-ilke fiying ficid lifetime technical expertise sound conservative building skills Al Doerr builds giant models 18-ft Cub example uses four receivers four battey packs well two servos everything Below left landing gear Doerrs J-3 sprung just like full-scale skilled machinist among otherthings Al designed made massive fittings can betthey solidlyattached structure up tothe job 333 oz/sq ft wing loading roughlyequivalenttothe 12 Sigs KadetSr indeed Al perks along snappy 25mph Below right CubGothic farmer wife also half-size Mrs has old-time wire glasses double chin no less blond braids lacy bonnet husband wears Winters discarded hats sports glorious set Civil War whiskers inspect structure Redundancy bit like 747 aIrliner Nontheless everyone should cautioned AMA insurance isnt provided models weighing 55 lb See text details/statistics model Mandrake Cal Shumate Blue Island hiss Navy-style twin Control Line model Cox 09s Cal specializes generally similar twins 049s 35s An im pressive make-believe plenty area know flies well Photo Bill Dahigren Elliott Boulous forced retirement due industrial accident saysthis Marks Sun ny bipe terrific pleasure Hes upbeat himself something called Insti tute Silent Flight gliders mostly electric powerno high-start labors know wants teach three daughters fly has 30 kits waiting built .. move Second Time Around people write returnees whove out modeling years can go home again contrary Thomas Wolfe Keith Wilson has good stuff first began 1937 rubber power later gas Free Flight Control Line gas Free Flight again now retirement RC airplanes As new returnee hobby forgotten early lessons learned Thus learned again hard way mistakes expensive think worth time space would consider few words advice beginner first Goldberg Eagle 63 large easy construct before learning fly Left Flying AMA white-hats during lunch break Winter caught unawares contemplates old Rebelbuilt late SOs kids Still being flown forgags Rosenstock Its gonethrough fourengines oncea Fox 10 Max 10 now has potent OS 25 much downthrust Likethat neat exhaustextensionThetee-shirt says No Mr Nice Guyan identity crisis suspect Right MontyTyrell famed Aussie Control Liner hams upwith detailed B-i 7 could lookatthis picture saythatCLers anything sweet reasonable perfectly ordinary individuals asks Bill Dahigren sent plc Adds Well does fly RC too sort thing has have effect fellow Power two 05 106 two Testors 0498 Has Robertsthree-line setup control engine flaps lights Winnerof 2nds 3rds attheAussle Nats itwas auctioned proceeds donated tothe local hospital November 1986 31 smiling Keith Wilson obviously happywith hisfour-strokeTaibi Powerhouse builds things has great deal say see text about minimizing pitfalls learning fly Eagle instructor built New Era 40 Airtronics multicolored covering pinstriping band-painted pilot other fancy details Eagle covered white plum-colored MonoKotecolors easily lost high-sky area As result Eagle crashed During rebuilding period flight instruction stopped cold New Era test flown experts club flew several times date have Its flight characteristics beyond skill rebuilt Eagle cabin windows engine covering hand-painted pilots pinstriping colors easy see sky Flight training began againthis time success Although have since built Midwest Super Sweet Stik 60 Champion 84 Powerhouse still return Eagle 63 practice basic flight patterns As can see pictures building skills about average Building sake building goal building flying what build embarrassment reviewing mistakes have come following conclusions 1 Establish goal model aviation building flying combination building flying 2 first-time airplanes build large 60 70-in wingspan cabin high wing flat-bottom airfoil fact can afford build second airplane similar first soon first finished event major crash first second ready fly instruction interrupted 3 Build neatness accuracy great amounts finishing details multi colored coverings hand-painted pilots etc 4 Before covering airplane visit flying field watch club members air planes air Select covering colors can see easily 5 Talk flight instructors local club plan work best suits Set aside time flight instruction continuous short spaces time between instruction 6 During construction first air plane read books articles experts ask questions local club members make notes techniques seem solve construction problems best Im sure almost everyone flying today has some secret right left airplane air Glenn Jarvis instructor helped completely eliminated men tal gymnastics determining right left airplane coming towards going away suggests leveling wings airplane flight think low wing high wing As airplane coming toward push ailerons control toward low wing level airplane going away push ailerons control toward high wing Hence no longer have listen someone shout right left wonder what Hopefully before long will get mistakes sorted out corrected point some day can build fly airplane out Whifferdill Eight successfully Keith member Hemet CA Model Masters Inside Instructors Head Thomas Ander son isnt controversial Hes getting something off chest Lets make perfectly clear nothing wrong almost-ready-to-fly models ARTFs Most lovely things Ive yielded temptation once keep eye bouncing ball re member very beginnings weve strived constant hard-sell promotion bring modeling massesand some success attract public cause effect public has its fickle folks try modeling archery golf basket weaving bowling stamp collectingin endiess successionand pass millions already gave up stick-and-tissue whatever before ready-to-fly have friends fly ARTFs otherwise theyd have wait until kids fathom mysteries nest building So Tom Anderson Incidental ly scrawls 19 years old 194 want tell anything can happen planet Earth fly RC New York City member Blue Angels Model Airplane Club am instructor five years Ive hobby have noticed problem does seem have solution no modelers age ever stick hobby few months ex asperating teach students almost solo have disappear never heard again call phone say theyve lost interest cant believe ears am stunned days gave best times calm nice days would like have flown own fun knew could learn could wind never burned motor dinged wing tip 32 Model Aviation SpectacularStarshot wing Bill Evans has 400 forward sweep flies nicely new K&B 20 57 5 lb area 46 sq ft bit underpowered 4500-ft field elevation Evans going 40 wring out put wings ultimate test Winter impressed MPCs Remote Headlock Pratt installed Bills Rookie Convenient use increases hand safety front-slanted plugsany engine matter lock-on booster attaches fitting left rear nose opening AMA Executive Director John Worth Winters prototype LeCrate twin 035s seven cells 12 Ah Slow motion Cavernous interior contains four-tube receiver front decoder clicked numbered steps matching inputs sent telephone dial know learned fly myself hard waywhen 15 years old completely alone golf course 18 snow plane designed built myself sort mini Swizzle Stick Ive hobby five years until two years ago never seen successful RC model fly plenty crashes finally succeeded joined club hand accumulated technical knowledge silver platter still quit Im A&P airframe power plant FAA certified mechanic have built full-scale aircraft too theory advent ARF airplanes people getting RC fly think buying another toy like Mattel Coleco-type thing merely put 10 alkaline cells runs Its like $14 RC car get tired get bored throw away get feeling would just happy driving boat attending party going movie hobby about toys just happen able fly its about building flying aircraft Its about overcoming force grav ity its about creating machine capable soaring heavens above land once birds could fly Its about recreating miniature machines have carried man place 100 years ago thought impossible go dream mankind man has watched birds soar thousands years Galileo greatest minds ever exist earth wanted fly lacked knowledge aerodynamics have Brilliant men have executed saying day man would fly Im getting pretty tired people simply want run toy flies Im losing interest teaching anyone does love model air craft sometimes complain theres too much work involved takes too much time build planes obviously interested model aircraft art goes wantto run fast agile toy might well boat now get slightest hint interest just passing fancy refuse help have anything because Ini wasting time know some people appreciate aircraft love way I will seek out associate Benjamin Franklin once said greatest desire surround myself men intelligent myself greatest desire surround myself men love model airplanes myself adventures iron bird Forgive 1 should passing wonderful contri Big models arent something new Heavy tube-type radios big batteries required bigness back ong-ago beginning Power Herkimer Twin 120 gas/ ignition hatch iifted show gas tank Siot fuselage side landing gear detail shows capacity shock absorption Joes famous plane doublesize BuccaneerWinter saw flown sev eral occasions Including Chicago Nate butions photos really want see read about could talk about 100-in RC Special new Desperadoa surprise Bill Evans strives save soul floaty Electrics guess Purple Plan Kadet Sr talk senile privilege about wacky stuff scattered extended family sends airline tickets command Come time its 50-year-old daughter third oldest picked up Mastersin philosophy no less son got literature As Depression HS dropout Im chicken nine ducks really know swim got go flying Long Island thanks couple swift 737s Twenty-five years ago gave Norm Rosenstockwhen left hurdy-gurdy New York love New York TV says bumper stickers say Virginia isforLovers lam Virginian flock old escapement jobs including Beam Continued page 34 wnen norm Hosenstock recovered prewar Raspante RC New York warenouse Winter day investigate its innards before delivering AMAs Museum Span 131 201/2-in prop flown telephone dial coder now lost 1 wnas winterTermathe decoder want otherterminology removed piane can see contacts selector arm advanced tothe propercontactgoing through others identified bywire leads SCALE WH RADIO CONTROL ROL-UNE EELS FREE-FLIGHT 000 VINTAGESMOOTHGOLDEN AGENEW sizes2hzCONTOURsizes214BALLOON 3/431/a"23/43/431/a 133/413A132h4/z 1144%1143%11/443/i31/454 11/z51144hz1/z533/4 P/a65/a21451/41/a6/z SCALE PILOTS CYUNDERS ENGINE KITS IILNc ATT- CHEKT ON-Board Battery Tester Saves Time. Saves Models BA1TCHEKRX-1 $1495 ein USA 4 V4 NW Install RC Models Check receiver battery status press button Small Light 1/2 oz Precise Rugged ORDER TODAY dealer Protune Corp 914 462-6452 PO Box 1808 Poughkeepaie NY 12601 SIX SHOOTER FUEL PUMP NOW AVAILABLE FOR GASOLINE & DIESEL FUEL APPROX 6 oz per revolution HAND CRANKED FOR SAFE RELIABLE USE EITHER VERSION $1095 THE ONLY PUMP AVAILABLE FOR USE WITH DIESEL FUEL Rebel Airknocker twice Flying Mod els etc still fly now toothy servos instead escapement Norm around fly No escape take two folding chairs fly two three Old-Timer models yak afternoon about crazy models flying deeds age chivalry guess what flew Rebel built son high schoolin 50s Fox 10 later Max 10 Rebel aint big Norm has 05 25 know thing goes believes plan ning ahead throttle stuck throttle servo motor spun wildlyno teeth course So Fly wide open no ailerons no engine control Some small hobby shop guy good kind Patchoque directed us bulldozed spot pine barrensan L-shaped paved runway no less no sight Carpets over place keep white sand-dust down Windy man So Up out pinpointsthe limit plane vanished far-out glitch once Krafts antenna screwed Thats range test Circling field low holding down Rebel developed such head steam got dizzy Control Line fell over chair Norm thwarted crosswind did wild cartwheel feet flat skittering dust andtires flying over place So put tires back fly again Rebel safe sound now its ancient brothers until someday came went indulge again what call Rites Spring flew rudder-only got wild snap too Kicking up heels good soulAll three BC craft sad sacks Beam lostmore times man can count including days floating Long Island Sound Monstrous warps cancel other still wildly aerobatic high rate snaps and just rudder throttle Du-Bro wheels Airknocker treadiess cracked blobs oil soaked imbedded weeds has gone through least four engines touch-and- goes Beam people ask can airplane fly elevators Climb power function man Stupid question What controls Hand-Launched Glider Sure both fly seri ously Norm has several giants 12-ft Aeronca low wing Hes hot pilot checks big birds after flight Flying will never get better day funky relic clearing piney woods Separates men boys kiddo Dont die laughing picture Rebel its Right Stufi pilot Fun Things never got funnier old birds may fly together year 2000 Mayday Maydayl Dead water 10 days blame late Joe Raspante 1938 late Rudy Arnold great air-to-air photographer brought Air Trails set remarkable pix Joe successful RC twice-up Buccaneer controlled telephone dial system saw fly timesbefore Hempstead Plains Long Island carpeted postwar housing like Levittownand Nats flight saw ended up hanging high-up left spiral climb Joe madiy dialed controlsas slow reacting molasses flowing up hill January Only man Sal Taibi ever launched heavy low-powered behemoth Its Herkirner OK Twin probably 120 two 60s may have less power good Enya 46 four-stroke considers prop size considerable rpm much Sal would hold monster overhead its wheels run down field run run Runway length vital Chicago Sal Continued page 134 34 Model Aviation MACHINE GUN KITS PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS SEND $2 FOR COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 9 SEE YOUR DEALER OR DISTRIBUTOR DAVE BROWN PRODUCTS 4560 LAYHIGH RD HAMILTON OH 45013513 738-1576 PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT SCA Canopies Available Plans sent Post-Paid within USA Send 5O far Full Catalog Balsa Nick Zfroli 29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA NICK ZIROLI 516-234-5038 Letters Editor Continued page 14 1 1-year-old buddy have taken under wing teach flying plane will ROG hands-offand fly same way article couple months ago Comet Clipper Junior 35% prompted build big AJ Serfass Brookfield MO printing few pictures AJ sent big Clipper resplendent transparent yellow bright red trim Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 34 distance vanished drainage ditch double-Buc flew Until recently another Raspante Giant sat home friendly mice warehouse belonging Long Island aviation museum Also stored John Roths Volksplane second-placer 1972 RC Scale World Champs Lake hurst Norm Rosenstock swung deal allow museum show historical machines excuse him bug GATOR Makes Winner WN 11613 TAIL 41 DELUX ALL RALSA lIT An oil new Tiger Toil 120 four strokes piped 60 two strokes beautiful peef ormer competitros just showing oft bolso kit mochined wood ports ond complete hardware pockoge thot includes plug-in od justable stob ports ned new wing mounts Wing Spon -72 Wing Ares -860 sq Complete Delun Kit$15995 mm ca An neupensive wit rs55e0 mo dad case protect mat esbensive transmitter botri two st Cl single st cx transmitters Brown earner gran witn ai.minrn tr mono iOCkifl3 $1895 PUIG4N ADIUSTA3LE STA3 UT last cnn optimize stab incidence Ion best tigrat character stics pair ot glass hued riyron adjosteas nciudeo mat provide tot micro screw adlustment ot smaller front rube Main tube aluminum witn matcningpnenoIicsocket95 WING T13 & SOCKETS Aluminum tubing ton plug-inwings Included us pair ot special slip-tt Ottenolic sockets build isto wing snucture Now size ton moctels 7/8 cia 2$895 1 dia u 2$ 995 its dia 3$1495 NEWI WING MOUNTING SIT wing mounting stisteer developed Ron Chidgey mat test neat acco ateaadstaystght Th eenelonbrackets screwsandmachinectwing bocksare ncudeo $595 IVAWS MAGIC GADIT W Ap actonden eat edbytaa Kr e e onc andy Ineasue aer eeaatonadwodrgr ova aes egesswcultou ohm m goua atbacAqasyoc ompete w utnuctons pa bookad arryng use $795 Rebel once beamed up call front door before both headed AMA HQ following day As said before Norm always prepared shot roll out hot Washington sun areas world-famous cussed humidity camera empty Saved heat prostration dehydration better alf repeated routine loaded camera see pix preview Destiny AMA happened oldtimers antiquers better word Frank Ebling Frank Tlush engine competed Brown Jr Free Flighter Mike Granieri arrived simultaneously Tlush has marvelous display Tlush engines dating back turn 30s see visit bull session end bull sessionsall five us raking other everything else over coals AMA taped part itbetter Laurel Hardy Reminded Tlush timed gassie Teterboro 1935he didnt remem ber flying father grandfather hed told 1935 invented safety pin didnt remember either allowed could have happened accidental dis covery Ehling pal water/tissueshrinking plane got wet sold manufacturer spare name elixir slightly tinted green dye $10 quart better deal Brooklyn Bridge sure day Fredericksburg hoped show Norm Bill Kaluf electricpowered Heron flies need big field because can get out very far power circles its glide forever making ap proaches liver bile shakers Giving up after casing four would-be fields ended up flying Bentom rubber-powered models geared front ends Quite stable out-of-box no adjustments AMA guys often fly lunch breaks nearby field Norm joined Doug Pratt brought big Kracketjac Rookie Also Flyline Inland Sport funny squaredoff-cylinder diesel runs like clockbut too windy John Worth LeCrate now twin 035s seven cells horizontal nose pylon showed off new Heron 17 minutes flight Doug date time clock required three go-rounds get onto field against wind finally got wheels extreme end Norm rung out Rookie hed flown 1962 time trip left him glassy-eyed Everyone flew hit show Rebel what else knelt down faced deBolt saw Rookie article ModelBuilder know cautioned operation engine in-front plugs said wideopen high power outsides tended roll out 134 Model Aviation DC-31W 1140 Span$4200 F4U CORSAIR2/ 193 Span$3000 A6MSZERO2A 191 Span$3000 CURTISP402A 194 Span$3000 AT-6TEXAN24 1101 Span$3000 F8FBEARcAT2A 186 Span$3000 FOKKER DR-i27163 Tripe$2700 Order Plans RK-2Oor RK-740 Ducted Fans Phantom35 span$1000 Viggen32 span$1000 F-1536 span$1000 Plan canopy$1500 See Dealer Order U tact Inc ude 51 50 Per raw foe UPS GATOR R/C PRODUCTS S7t3tonnpanobninapens ct Sb 0758635 HOT STUFF INS TANT EXPERT 56 MINUTE VHS CONSTRUCTION TAPE VIDEO-TIPS # 2 IS BUILDING SESSION NOT LECTURE Instant ConstructionTechniques Building Tips See TOP-FLITE Hot Kanary built start finish crashed purposeIr demonstrate bond strength Send Coupon & $3000 Check MO COD Orders Call Satellite City PO Box 836 Simi Valley Calif 93062 805 522-0062 uphill Youll find important pic change made Pratta headlock Model Products Corp designed remote boost also takes lock-on small Ni-Cd boosters better way go almost anything also ironed out outsides beautiful acceptable Before entering takes out up trim enough sinks slightly cruise Entry bottom inverted requires two-thirds throttle Enya 60 four-stroke 14-6 half power entered top Down elevator deflection one-third either case Norm pointed out five ships Only Heron now hangs shop Rebel built kids high school during 50s fly seldom now its mighty pleasant strange watch old birds out cages bystander looking six months someone help testfly Hobby Horn Sky King Old-Timer re eve old Tinier uues 5 thatG jot pOJiS st. oOFrom this. sp~ pOgSto pointS Ignition Engine Parts Only Over 600 items Send $200 current catalog vived Doc Mathews MA about 10 years ago Astro 05 Cobalt think six perhaps seven 12 cells No wonder Sky King popular Smooth stable like rock surfing wind glow Electric Id recommend plane great grandmother Waiting pictures giant mall 3600 parking managed lose Norms van wallet column gets finished will miracle modern science End Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Nats General/Worth Continued page 37 Magnum Hi-Start Co people associated companies endured heat wind rain its doubtful sales could make up cost partici pation came spirit goodwill helped celebration deserve medals efforts efforts still appreciatedthanks helping us 50th Anniversary Birthday Party year fewer officials usual design lot pre-planning went deciding advance exactly what type officials needed event Thus specific worker lists defined ahead time much greater detail recent years event depended much less potluck might show available help Although fewer people involved dollar cost AMA higher greater travel Continued page 138 APPLIED DESIGN CORPORATION 738 Penn SI El Segundo CA 90245 MINI ER ADJUSTABLE TENSION HAND BELT SANDER FIRMLY HOLDS PAPER FOR EASIER SANDING Padded hats sad carves Handy Held Easy Use $2A5 MINI-STRIPSPRECISION DIE-CUT Medium Garnet SAVES TIMEREPLACEMENTFine Garnet ANO EFFORT *155 SANDING BELTSAsold Water Proel TEE ALUMINUM EXTRUSION SANDING BLOCK Ie RUFF-STUFF Sell-adhealee sand paper Large True Surface WaetWearDut 11 inch $211 Handy Use22 Inch $371 RUFF 6 STUFF SELF ADHESIVE SHEET SANDPAPER MAKE YOUR OWN SPECIAL SANDING SHAPES Eany Use No mosy glue drying tIme Medium Fine r Fine 830 MINIsAw $7~ COMPACT 10 inch HACK SAW SAWS ANYTHING ANYWHERE Sam has rugged din-cast multI camlortahin chip-gruel plastIc inart handle Receding ne adstable B hind glees geed garb ~ccmo Cots weed pinstic metal HARDENED MUSIC WIREextra hladns-3/SI99 Add 20% postage Send 25 catalog November1986135 seen tape earlier HOT STUFF could have 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1986/11
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 134, 135
Bill Winter _____znn ______Plane Talk BIG BEGINNINGS Big Bang Beetho vens Fifth Al Doerrs Big Cub What am doing talking about 18-ft model weighs 100 lb guy like Doerr suitable flying field such things far away madding crowd makes sense Few ofus should build such model should lived 70-acre 1933 farm flew dink Rubber Scalers Id tempted people hu mongous models dont mix Consider pic ture Al giant J-3 far-out open terrain craftsmanship says is photo latest one-year project interesting challenging problems building size note AMA Life Member 91 IMAA Member 06 model stats something Span 18 ft area 6912 sq wing loading 333 oz/sq ft rather like 12 six-footer weight 100 lb engine 60 cu Sachs Dolmar turning 30 x 8 prop 5200 Radio aFutaba four receivers two S-134 servos control has four packs SR batteries two 500 mAh capacity two 1200 mAli Coverite Chevron paint Plans homemade course Study fittings think about equip ment will know safetyminded safer youand sure Enjoy dont get ideas unless know know must known veteran experienced builder fly crickets far horizons seem follow curvature earth Wonder big wheels what froman earthmover cant keep good man down Elliott Boulous Morgantown PA ran unique model business probably never heard about called Skys Limit serious work injury forced retirementseveral discs removed continuing operationsIm 31 married says though wife RC widow have three children hope teach fly cant get enough Being pipe fitter having background carpentry RC gave chance keep building allows challenge building flying much late 1985 letter got talkina Boulous Well hes lost seven discswhich has no effect bubbling enthusiasm continuous promotion hobby constant building business now Institute Silent Flighthe Gliders Electrics 30 kits build himself custom building models has run afoul zoning board zoned commercially reasons known God zoning board permitted make model planes sale Hes down Electric Thats because friends admire ships much hes given away though horse trades takes wee profits some planes order obtaln plans kits what sounds like Silent Flight Museum project builds himself often helps fellow modelers has suitable trainer RC job allows people fly become dedicated RCers Like write lives pain guys dont complain hate word keep busy get out model aviation means obvious good spirits Any guy like Elliott does hobby/sport tub ofdo good money Elliott gave up Gas seem doing slowly flies geared Electric Gliders tosses air four-minute climb much 45 minutes soaring flight find kind flying powerfully seductive show two pictures year old now comments pride joy first little girl Toney second Marks Model Sunny Bipe bipe well named sunny best sense word Theres story about Sunny kit ye olde Dakota ancestry inspiration its time 30 Model Aviation Above Taking advantage wide open spacea rural Michigan huge dream-ilke fiying ficid lifetime technical expertise sound conservative building skills Al Doerr builds giant models 18-ft Cub example uses four receivers four battey packs well two servos everything Below left landing gear Doerrs J-3 sprung just like full-scale skilled machinist among otherthings Al designed made massive fittings can betthey solidlyattached structure up tothe job 333 oz/sq ft wing loading roughlyequivalenttothe 12 Sigs KadetSr indeed Al perks along snappy 25mph Below right CubGothic farmer wife also half-size Mrs has old-time wire glasses double chin no less blond braids lacy bonnet husband wears Winters discarded hats sports glorious set Civil War whiskers inspect structure Redundancy bit like 747 aIrliner Nontheless everyone should cautioned AMA insurance isnt provided models weighing 55 lb See text details/statistics model Mandrake Cal Shumate Blue Island hiss Navy-style twin Control Line model Cox 09s Cal specializes generally similar twins 049s 35s An im pressive make-believe plenty area know flies well Photo Bill Dahigren Elliott Boulous forced retirement due industrial accident saysthis Marks Sun ny bipe terrific pleasure Hes upbeat himself something called Insti tute Silent Flight gliders mostly electric powerno high-start labors know wants teach three daughters fly has 30 kits waiting built .. move Second Time Around people write returnees whove out modeling years can go home again contrary Thomas Wolfe Keith Wilson has good stuff first began 1937 rubber power later gas Free Flight Control Line gas Free Flight again now retirement RC airplanes As new returnee hobby forgotten early lessons learned Thus learned again hard way mistakes expensive think worth time space would consider few words advice beginner first Goldberg Eagle 63 large easy construct before learning fly Left Flying AMA white-hats during lunch break Winter caught unawares contemplates old Rebelbuilt late SOs kids Still being flown forgags Rosenstock Its gonethrough fourengines oncea Fox 10 Max 10 now has potent OS 25 much downthrust Likethat neat exhaustextensionThetee-shirt says No Mr Nice Guyan identity crisis suspect Right MontyTyrell famed Aussie Control Liner hams upwith detailed B-i 7 could lookatthis picture saythatCLers anything sweet reasonable perfectly ordinary individuals asks Bill Dahigren sent plc Adds Well does fly RC too sort thing has have effect fellow Power two 05 106 two Testors 0498 Has Robertsthree-line setup control engine flaps lights Winnerof 2nds 3rds attheAussle Nats itwas auctioned proceeds donated tothe local hospital November 1986 31 smiling Keith Wilson obviously happywith hisfour-strokeTaibi Powerhouse builds things has great deal say see text about minimizing pitfalls learning fly Eagle instructor built New Era 40 Airtronics multicolored covering pinstriping band-painted pilot other fancy details Eagle covered white plum-colored MonoKotecolors easily lost high-sky area As result Eagle crashed During rebuilding period flight instruction stopped cold New Era test flown experts club flew several times date have Its flight characteristics beyond skill rebuilt Eagle cabin windows engine covering hand-painted pilots pinstriping colors easy see sky Flight training began againthis time success Although have since built Midwest Super Sweet Stik 60 Champion 84 Powerhouse still return Eagle 63 practice basic flight patterns As can see pictures building skills about average Building sake building goal building flying what build embarrassment reviewing mistakes have come following conclusions 1 Establish goal model aviation building flying combination building flying 2 first-time airplanes build large 60 70-in wingspan cabin high wing flat-bottom airfoil fact can afford build second airplane similar first soon first finished event major crash first second ready fly instruction interrupted 3 Build neatness accuracy great amounts finishing details multi colored coverings hand-painted pilots etc 4 Before covering airplane visit flying field watch club members air planes air Select covering colors can see easily 5 Talk flight instructors local club plan work best suits Set aside time flight instruction continuous short spaces time between instruction 6 During construction first air plane read books articles experts ask questions local club members make notes techniques seem solve construction problems best Im sure almost everyone flying today has some secret right left airplane air Glenn Jarvis instructor helped completely eliminated men tal gymnastics determining right left airplane coming towards going away suggests leveling wings airplane flight think low wing high wing As airplane coming toward push ailerons control toward low wing level airplane going away push ailerons control toward high wing Hence no longer have listen someone shout right left wonder what Hopefully before long will get mistakes sorted out corrected point some day can build fly airplane out Whifferdill Eight successfully Keith member Hemet CA Model Masters Inside Instructors Head Thomas Ander son isnt controversial Hes getting something off chest Lets make perfectly clear nothing wrong almost-ready-to-fly models ARTFs Most lovely things Ive yielded temptation once keep eye bouncing ball re member very beginnings weve strived constant hard-sell promotion bring modeling massesand some success attract public cause effect public has its fickle folks try modeling archery golf basket weaving bowling stamp collectingin endiess successionand pass millions already gave up stick-and-tissue whatever before ready-to-fly have friends fly ARTFs otherwise theyd have wait until kids fathom mysteries nest building So Tom Anderson Incidental ly scrawls 19 years old 194 want tell anything can happen planet Earth fly RC New York City member Blue Angels Model Airplane Club am instructor five years Ive hobby have noticed problem does seem have solution no modelers age ever stick hobby few months ex asperating teach students almost solo have disappear never heard again call phone say theyve lost interest cant believe ears am stunned days gave best times calm nice days would like have flown own fun knew could learn could wind never burned motor dinged wing tip 32 Model Aviation SpectacularStarshot wing Bill Evans has 400 forward sweep flies nicely new K&B 20 57 5 lb area 46 sq ft bit underpowered 4500-ft field elevation Evans going 40 wring out put wings ultimate test Winter impressed MPCs Remote Headlock Pratt installed Bills Rookie Convenient use increases hand safety front-slanted plugsany engine matter lock-on booster attaches fitting left rear nose opening AMA Executive Director John Worth Winters prototype LeCrate twin 035s seven cells 12 Ah Slow motion Cavernous interior contains four-tube receiver front decoder clicked numbered steps matching inputs sent telephone dial know learned fly myself hard waywhen 15 years old completely alone golf course 18 snow plane designed built myself sort mini Swizzle Stick Ive hobby five years until two years ago never seen successful RC model fly plenty crashes finally succeeded joined club hand accumulated technical knowledge silver platter still quit Im A&P airframe power plant FAA certified mechanic have built full-scale aircraft too theory advent ARF airplanes people getting RC fly think buying another toy like Mattel Coleco-type thing merely put 10 alkaline cells runs Its like $14 RC car get tired get bored throw away get feeling would just happy driving boat attending party going movie hobby about toys just happen able fly its about building flying aircraft Its about overcoming force grav ity its about creating machine capable soaring heavens above land once birds could fly Its about recreating miniature machines have carried man place 100 years ago thought impossible go dream mankind man has watched birds soar thousands years Galileo greatest minds ever exist earth wanted fly lacked knowledge aerodynamics have Brilliant men have executed saying day man would fly Im getting pretty tired people simply want run toy flies Im losing interest teaching anyone does love model air craft sometimes complain theres too much work involved takes too much time build planes obviously interested model aircraft art goes wantto run fast agile toy might well boat now get slightest hint interest just passing fancy refuse help have anything because Ini wasting time know some people appreciate aircraft love way I will seek out associate Benjamin Franklin once said greatest desire surround myself men intelligent myself greatest desire surround myself men love model airplanes myself adventures iron bird Forgive 1 should passing wonderful contri Big models arent something new Heavy tube-type radios big batteries required bigness back ong-ago beginning Power Herkimer Twin 120 gas/ ignition hatch iifted show gas tank Siot fuselage side landing gear detail shows capacity shock absorption Joes famous plane doublesize BuccaneerWinter saw flown sev eral occasions Including Chicago Nate butions photos really want see read about could talk about 100-in RC Special new Desperadoa surprise Bill Evans strives save soul floaty Electrics guess Purple Plan Kadet Sr talk senile privilege about wacky stuff scattered extended family sends airline tickets command Come time its 50-year-old daughter third oldest picked up Mastersin philosophy no less son got literature As Depression HS dropout Im chicken nine ducks really know swim got go flying Long Island thanks couple swift 737s Twenty-five years ago gave Norm Rosenstockwhen left hurdy-gurdy New York love New York TV says bumper stickers say Virginia isforLovers lam Virginian flock old escapement jobs including Beam Continued page 34 wnen norm Hosenstock recovered prewar Raspante RC New York warenouse Winter day investigate its innards before delivering AMAs Museum Span 131 201/2-in prop flown telephone dial coder now lost 1 wnas winterTermathe decoder want otherterminology removed piane can see contacts selector arm advanced tothe propercontactgoing through others identified bywire leads SCALE WH RADIO CONTROL ROL-UNE EELS FREE-FLIGHT 000 VINTAGESMOOTHGOLDEN AGENEW sizes2hzCONTOURsizes214BALLOON 3/431/a"23/43/431/a 133/413A132h4/z 1144%1143%11/443/i31/454 11/z51144hz1/z533/4 P/a65/a21451/41/a6/z SCALE PILOTS CYUNDERS ENGINE KITS IILNc ATT- CHEKT ON-Board Battery Tester Saves Time. Saves Models BA1TCHEKRX-1 $1495 ein USA 4 V4 NW Install RC Models Check receiver battery status press button Small Light 1/2 oz Precise Rugged ORDER TODAY dealer Protune Corp 914 462-6452 PO Box 1808 Poughkeepaie NY 12601 SIX SHOOTER FUEL PUMP NOW AVAILABLE FOR GASOLINE & DIESEL FUEL APPROX 6 oz per revolution HAND CRANKED FOR SAFE RELIABLE USE EITHER VERSION $1095 THE ONLY PUMP AVAILABLE FOR USE WITH DIESEL FUEL Rebel Airknocker twice Flying Mod els etc still fly now toothy servos instead escapement Norm around fly No escape take two folding chairs fly two three Old-Timer models yak afternoon about crazy models flying deeds age chivalry guess what flew Rebel built son high schoolin 50s Fox 10 later Max 10 Rebel aint big Norm has 05 25 know thing goes believes plan ning ahead throttle stuck throttle servo motor spun wildlyno teeth course So Fly wide open no ailerons no engine control Some small hobby shop guy good kind Patchoque directed us bulldozed spot pine barrensan L-shaped paved runway no less no sight Carpets over place keep white sand-dust down Windy man So Up out pinpointsthe limit plane vanished far-out glitch once Krafts antenna screwed Thats range test Circling field low holding down Rebel developed such head steam got dizzy Control Line fell over chair Norm thwarted crosswind did wild cartwheel feet flat skittering dust andtires flying over place So put tires back fly again Rebel safe sound now its ancient brothers until someday came went indulge again what call Rites Spring flew rudder-only got wild snap too Kicking up heels good soulAll three BC craft sad sacks Beam lostmore times man can count including days floating Long Island Sound Monstrous warps cancel other still wildly aerobatic high rate snaps and just rudder throttle Du-Bro wheels Airknocker treadiess cracked blobs oil soaked imbedded weeds has gone through least four engines touch-and- goes Beam people ask can airplane fly elevators Climb power function man Stupid question What controls Hand-Launched Glider Sure both fly seri ously Norm has several giants 12-ft Aeronca low wing Hes hot pilot checks big birds after flight Flying will never get better day funky relic clearing piney woods Separates men boys kiddo Dont die laughing picture Rebel its Right Stufi pilot Fun Things never got funnier old birds may fly together year 2000 Mayday Maydayl Dead water 10 days blame late Joe Raspante 1938 late Rudy Arnold great air-to-air photographer brought Air Trails set remarkable pix Joe successful RC twice-up Buccaneer controlled telephone dial system saw fly timesbefore Hempstead Plains Long Island carpeted postwar housing like Levittownand Nats flight saw ended up hanging high-up left spiral climb Joe madiy dialed controlsas slow reacting molasses flowing up hill January Only man Sal Taibi ever launched heavy low-powered behemoth Its Herkirner OK Twin probably 120 two 60s may have less power good Enya 46 four-stroke considers prop size considerable rpm much Sal would hold monster overhead its wheels run down field run run Runway length vital Chicago Sal Continued page 134 34 Model Aviation MACHINE GUN KITS PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS SEND $2 FOR COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 9 SEE YOUR DEALER OR DISTRIBUTOR DAVE BROWN PRODUCTS 4560 LAYHIGH RD HAMILTON OH 45013513 738-1576 PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT SCA Canopies Available Plans sent Post-Paid within USA Send 5O far Full Catalog Balsa Nick Zfroli 29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA NICK ZIROLI 516-234-5038 Letters Editor Continued page 14 1 1-year-old buddy have taken under wing teach flying plane will ROG hands-offand fly same way article couple months ago Comet Clipper Junior 35% prompted build big AJ Serfass Brookfield MO printing few pictures AJ sent big Clipper resplendent transparent yellow bright red trim Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 34 distance vanished drainage ditch double-Buc flew Until recently another Raspante Giant sat home friendly mice warehouse belonging Long Island aviation museum Also stored John Roths Volksplane second-placer 1972 RC Scale World Champs Lake hurst Norm Rosenstock swung deal allow museum show historical machines excuse him bug GATOR Makes Winner WN 11613 TAIL 41 DELUX ALL RALSA lIT An oil new Tiger Toil 120 four strokes piped 60 two strokes beautiful peef ormer competitros just showing oft bolso kit mochined wood ports ond complete hardware pockoge thot includes plug-in od justable stob ports ned new wing mounts Wing Spon -72 Wing Ares -860 sq Complete Delun Kit$15995 mm ca An neupensive wit rs55e0 mo dad case protect mat esbensive transmitter botri two st Cl single st cx transmitters Brown earner gran witn ai.minrn tr mono iOCkifl3 $1895 PUIG4N ADIUSTA3LE STA3 UT last cnn optimize stab incidence Ion best tigrat character stics pair ot glass hued riyron adjosteas nciudeo mat provide tot micro screw adlustment ot smaller front rube Main tube aluminum witn matcningpnenoIicsocket95 WING T13 & SOCKETS Aluminum tubing ton plug-inwings Included us pair ot special slip-tt Ottenolic sockets build isto wing snucture Now size ton moctels 7/8 cia 2$895 1 dia u 2$ 995 its dia 3$1495 NEWI WING MOUNTING SIT wing mounting stisteer developed Ron Chidgey mat test neat acco ateaadstaystght Th eenelonbrackets screwsandmachinectwing bocksare ncudeo $595 IVAWS MAGIC GADIT W Ap actonden eat edbytaa Kr e e onc andy Ineasue aer eeaatonadwodrgr ova aes egesswcultou ohm m goua atbacAqasyoc ompete w utnuctons pa bookad arryng use $795 Rebel once beamed up call front door before both headed AMA HQ following day As said before Norm always prepared shot roll out hot Washington sun areas world-famous cussed humidity camera empty Saved heat prostration dehydration better alf repeated routine loaded camera see pix preview Destiny AMA happened oldtimers antiquers better word Frank Ebling Frank Tlush engine competed Brown Jr Free Flighter Mike Granieri arrived simultaneously Tlush has marvelous display Tlush engines dating back turn 30s see visit bull session end bull sessionsall five us raking other everything else over coals AMA taped part itbetter Laurel Hardy Reminded Tlush timed gassie Teterboro 1935he didnt remem ber flying father grandfather hed told 1935 invented safety pin didnt remember either allowed could have happened accidental dis covery Ehling pal water/tissueshrinking plane got wet sold manufacturer spare name elixir slightly tinted green dye $10 quart better deal Brooklyn Bridge sure day Fredericksburg hoped show Norm Bill Kaluf electricpowered Heron flies need big field because can get out very far power circles its glide forever making ap proaches liver bile shakers Giving up after casing four would-be fields ended up flying Bentom rubber-powered models geared front ends Quite stable out-of-box no adjustments AMA guys often fly lunch breaks nearby field Norm joined Doug Pratt brought big Kracketjac Rookie Also Flyline Inland Sport funny squaredoff-cylinder diesel runs like clockbut too windy John Worth LeCrate now twin 035s seven cells horizontal nose pylon showed off new Heron 17 minutes flight Doug date time clock required three go-rounds get onto field against wind finally got wheels extreme end Norm rung out Rookie hed flown 1962 time trip left him glassy-eyed Everyone flew hit show Rebel what else knelt down faced deBolt saw Rookie article ModelBuilder know cautioned operation engine in-front plugs said wideopen high power outsides tended roll out 134 Model Aviation DC-31W 1140 Span$4200 F4U CORSAIR2/ 193 Span$3000 A6MSZERO2A 191 Span$3000 CURTISP402A 194 Span$3000 AT-6TEXAN24 1101 Span$3000 F8FBEARcAT2A 186 Span$3000 FOKKER DR-i27163 Tripe$2700 Order Plans RK-2Oor RK-740 Ducted Fans Phantom35 span$1000 Viggen32 span$1000 F-1536 span$1000 Plan canopy$1500 See Dealer Order U tact Inc ude 51 50 Per raw foe UPS GATOR R/C PRODUCTS S7t3tonnpanobninapens ct Sb 0758635 HOT STUFF INS TANT EXPERT 56 MINUTE VHS CONSTRUCTION TAPE VIDEO-TIPS # 2 IS BUILDING SESSION NOT LECTURE Instant ConstructionTechniques Building Tips See TOP-FLITE Hot Kanary built start finish crashed purposeIr demonstrate bond strength Send Coupon & $3000 Check MO COD Orders Call Satellite City PO Box 836 Simi Valley Calif 93062 805 522-0062 uphill Youll find important pic change made Pratta headlock Model Products Corp designed remote boost also takes lock-on small Ni-Cd boosters better way go almost anything also ironed out outsides beautiful acceptable Before entering takes out up trim enough sinks slightly cruise Entry bottom inverted requires two-thirds throttle Enya 60 four-stroke 14-6 half power entered top Down elevator deflection one-third either case Norm pointed out five ships Only Heron now hangs shop Rebel built kids high school during 50s fly seldom now its mighty pleasant strange watch old birds out cages bystander looking six months someone help testfly Hobby Horn Sky King Old-Timer re eve old Tinier uues 5 thatG jot pOJiS st. oOFrom this. sp~ pOgSto pointS Ignition Engine Parts Only Over 600 items Send $200 current catalog vived Doc Mathews MA about 10 years ago Astro 05 Cobalt think six perhaps seven 12 cells No wonder Sky King popular Smooth stable like rock surfing wind glow Electric Id recommend plane great grandmother Waiting pictures giant mall 3600 parking managed lose Norms van wallet column gets finished will miracle modern science End Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Nats General/Worth Continued page 37 Magnum Hi-Start Co people associated companies endured heat wind rain its doubtful sales could make up cost partici pation came spirit goodwill helped celebration deserve medals efforts efforts still appreciatedthanks helping us 50th Anniversary Birthday Party year fewer officials usual design lot pre-planning went deciding advance exactly what type officials needed event Thus specific worker lists defined ahead time much greater detail recent years event depended much less potluck might show available help Although fewer people involved dollar cost AMA higher greater travel Continued page 138 APPLIED DESIGN CORPORATION 738 Penn SI El Segundo CA 90245 MINI ER ADJUSTABLE TENSION HAND BELT SANDER FIRMLY HOLDS PAPER FOR EASIER SANDING Padded hats sad carves Handy Held Easy Use $2A5 MINI-STRIPSPRECISION DIE-CUT Medium Garnet SAVES TIMEREPLACEMENTFine Garnet ANO EFFORT *155 SANDING BELTSAsold Water Proel TEE ALUMINUM EXTRUSION SANDING BLOCK Ie RUFF-STUFF Sell-adhealee sand paper Large True Surface WaetWearDut 11 inch $211 Handy Use22 Inch $371 RUFF 6 STUFF SELF ADHESIVE SHEET SANDPAPER MAKE YOUR OWN SPECIAL SANDING SHAPES Eany Use No mosy glue drying tIme Medium Fine r Fine 830 MINIsAw $7~ COMPACT 10 inch HACK SAW SAWS ANYTHING ANYWHERE Sam has rugged din-cast multI camlortahin chip-gruel plastIc inart handle Receding ne adstable B hind glees geed garb ~ccmo Cots weed pinstic metal HARDENED MUSIC WIREextra hladns-3/SI99 Add 20% postage Send 25 catalog November1986135 seen tape earlier HOT STUFF could have saved us another 9OLbs Voyagert Dick Rutan Pilots Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager SPECIAL COUPON $3000 Gets you-VIDEO-TIPS 2 Plus lea SPECIALTTM loz FREE SUPERTTM loz Extra Value KICK-IT 3oz Y$1A0
Edition: Model Aviation - 1986/11
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 134, 135
Bill Winter _____znn ______Plane Talk BIG BEGINNINGS Big Bang Beetho vens Fifth Al Doerrs Big Cub What am doing talking about 18-ft model weighs 100 lb guy like Doerr suitable flying field such things far away madding crowd makes sense Few ofus should build such model should lived 70-acre 1933 farm flew dink Rubber Scalers Id tempted people hu mongous models dont mix Consider pic ture Al giant J-3 far-out open terrain craftsmanship says is photo latest one-year project interesting challenging problems building size note AMA Life Member 91 IMAA Member 06 model stats something Span 18 ft area 6912 sq wing loading 333 oz/sq ft rather like 12 six-footer weight 100 lb engine 60 cu Sachs Dolmar turning 30 x 8 prop 5200 Radio aFutaba four receivers two S-134 servos control has four packs SR batteries two 500 mAh capacity two 1200 mAli Coverite Chevron paint Plans homemade course Study fittings think about equip ment will know safetyminded safer youand sure Enjoy dont get ideas unless know know must known veteran experienced builder fly crickets far horizons seem follow curvature earth Wonder big wheels what froman earthmover cant keep good man down Elliott Boulous Morgantown PA ran unique model business probably never heard about called Skys Limit serious work injury forced retirementseveral discs removed continuing operationsIm 31 married says though wife RC widow have three children hope teach fly cant get enough Being pipe fitter having background carpentry RC gave chance keep building allows challenge building flying much late 1985 letter got talkina Boulous Well hes lost seven discswhich has no effect bubbling enthusiasm continuous promotion hobby constant building business now Institute Silent Flighthe Gliders Electrics 30 kits build himself custom building models has run afoul zoning board zoned commercially reasons known God zoning board permitted make model planes sale Hes down Electric Thats because friends admire ships much hes given away though horse trades takes wee profits some planes order obtaln plans kits what sounds like Silent Flight Museum project builds himself often helps fellow modelers has suitable trainer RC job allows people fly become dedicated RCers Like write lives pain guys dont complain hate word keep busy get out model aviation means obvious good spirits Any guy like Elliott does hobby/sport tub ofdo good money Elliott gave up Gas seem doing slowly flies geared Electric Gliders tosses air four-minute climb much 45 minutes soaring flight find kind flying powerfully seductive show two pictures year old now comments pride joy first little girl Toney second Marks Model Sunny Bipe bipe well named sunny best sense word Theres story about Sunny kit ye olde Dakota ancestry inspiration its time 30 Model Aviation Above Taking advantage wide open spacea rural Michigan huge dream-ilke fiying ficid lifetime technical expertise sound conservative building skills Al Doerr builds giant models 18-ft Cub example uses four receivers four battey packs well two servos everything Below left landing gear Doerrs J-3 sprung just like full-scale skilled machinist among otherthings Al designed made massive fittings can betthey solidlyattached structure up tothe job 333 oz/sq ft wing loading roughlyequivalenttothe 12 Sigs KadetSr indeed Al perks along snappy 25mph Below right CubGothic farmer wife also half-size Mrs has old-time wire glasses double chin no less blond braids lacy bonnet husband wears Winters discarded hats sports glorious set Civil War whiskers inspect structure Redundancy bit like 747 aIrliner Nontheless everyone should cautioned AMA insurance isnt provided models weighing 55 lb See text details/statistics model Mandrake Cal Shumate Blue Island hiss Navy-style twin Control Line model Cox 09s Cal specializes generally similar twins 049s 35s An im pressive make-believe plenty area know flies well Photo Bill Dahigren Elliott Boulous forced retirement due industrial accident saysthis Marks Sun ny bipe terrific pleasure Hes upbeat himself something called Insti tute Silent Flight gliders mostly electric powerno high-start labors know wants teach three daughters fly has 30 kits waiting built .. move Second Time Around people write returnees whove out modeling years can go home again contrary Thomas Wolfe Keith Wilson has good stuff first began 1937 rubber power later gas Free Flight Control Line gas Free Flight again now retirement RC airplanes As new returnee hobby forgotten early lessons learned Thus learned again hard way mistakes expensive think worth time space would consider few words advice beginner first Goldberg Eagle 63 large easy construct before learning fly Left Flying AMA white-hats during lunch break Winter caught unawares contemplates old Rebelbuilt late SOs kids Still being flown forgags Rosenstock Its gonethrough fourengines oncea Fox 10 Max 10 now has potent OS 25 much downthrust Likethat neat exhaustextensionThetee-shirt says No Mr Nice Guyan identity crisis suspect Right MontyTyrell famed Aussie Control Liner hams upwith detailed B-i 7 could lookatthis picture saythatCLers anything sweet reasonable perfectly ordinary individuals asks Bill Dahigren sent plc Adds Well does fly RC too sort thing has have effect fellow Power two 05 106 two Testors 0498 Has Robertsthree-line setup control engine flaps lights Winnerof 2nds 3rds attheAussle Nats itwas auctioned proceeds donated tothe local hospital November 1986 31 smiling Keith Wilson obviously happywith hisfour-strokeTaibi Powerhouse builds things has great deal say see text about minimizing pitfalls learning fly Eagle instructor built New Era 40 Airtronics multicolored covering pinstriping band-painted pilot other fancy details Eagle covered white plum-colored MonoKotecolors easily lost high-sky area As result Eagle crashed During rebuilding period flight instruction stopped cold New Era test flown experts club flew several times date have Its flight characteristics beyond skill rebuilt Eagle cabin windows engine covering hand-painted pilots pinstriping colors easy see sky Flight training began againthis time success Although have since built Midwest Super Sweet Stik 60 Champion 84 Powerhouse still return Eagle 63 practice basic flight patterns As can see pictures building skills about average Building sake building goal building flying what build embarrassment reviewing mistakes have come following conclusions 1 Establish goal model aviation building flying combination building flying 2 first-time airplanes build large 60 70-in wingspan cabin high wing flat-bottom airfoil fact can afford build second airplane similar first soon first finished event major crash first second ready fly instruction interrupted 3 Build neatness accuracy great amounts finishing details multi colored coverings hand-painted pilots etc 4 Before covering airplane visit flying field watch club members air planes air Select covering colors can see easily 5 Talk flight instructors local club plan work best suits Set aside time flight instruction continuous short spaces time between instruction 6 During construction first air plane read books articles experts ask questions local club members make notes techniques seem solve construction problems best Im sure almost everyone flying today has some secret right left airplane air Glenn Jarvis instructor helped completely eliminated men tal gymnastics determining right left airplane coming towards going away suggests leveling wings airplane flight think low wing high wing As airplane coming toward push ailerons control toward low wing level airplane going away push ailerons control toward high wing Hence no longer have listen someone shout right left wonder what Hopefully before long will get mistakes sorted out corrected point some day can build fly airplane out Whifferdill Eight successfully Keith member Hemet CA Model Masters Inside Instructors Head Thomas Ander son isnt controversial Hes getting something off chest Lets make perfectly clear nothing wrong almost-ready-to-fly models ARTFs Most lovely things Ive yielded temptation once keep eye bouncing ball re member very beginnings weve strived constant hard-sell promotion bring modeling massesand some success attract public cause effect public has its fickle folks try modeling archery golf basket weaving bowling stamp collectingin endiess successionand pass millions already gave up stick-and-tissue whatever before ready-to-fly have friends fly ARTFs otherwise theyd have wait until kids fathom mysteries nest building So Tom Anderson Incidental ly scrawls 19 years old 194 want tell anything can happen planet Earth fly RC New York City member Blue Angels Model Airplane Club am instructor five years Ive hobby have noticed problem does seem have solution no modelers age ever stick hobby few months ex asperating teach students almost solo have disappear never heard again call phone say theyve lost interest cant believe ears am stunned days gave best times calm nice days would like have flown own fun knew could learn could wind never burned motor dinged wing tip 32 Model Aviation SpectacularStarshot wing Bill Evans has 400 forward sweep flies nicely new K&B 20 57 5 lb area 46 sq ft bit underpowered 4500-ft field elevation Evans going 40 wring out put wings ultimate test Winter impressed MPCs Remote Headlock Pratt installed Bills Rookie Convenient use increases hand safety front-slanted plugsany engine matter lock-on booster attaches fitting left rear nose opening AMA Executive Director John Worth Winters prototype LeCrate twin 035s seven cells 12 Ah Slow motion Cavernous interior contains four-tube receiver front decoder clicked numbered steps matching inputs sent telephone dial know learned fly myself hard waywhen 15 years old completely alone golf course 18 snow plane designed built myself sort mini Swizzle Stick Ive hobby five years until two years ago never seen successful RC model fly plenty crashes finally succeeded joined club hand accumulated technical knowledge silver platter still quit Im A&P airframe power plant FAA certified mechanic have built full-scale aircraft too theory advent ARF airplanes people getting RC fly think buying another toy like Mattel Coleco-type thing merely put 10 alkaline cells runs Its like $14 RC car get tired get bored throw away get feeling would just happy driving boat attending party going movie hobby about toys just happen able fly its about building flying aircraft Its about overcoming force grav ity its about creating machine capable soaring heavens above land once birds could fly Its about recreating miniature machines have carried man place 100 years ago thought impossible go dream mankind man has watched birds soar thousands years Galileo greatest minds ever exist earth wanted fly lacked knowledge aerodynamics have Brilliant men have executed saying day man would fly Im getting pretty tired people simply want run toy flies Im losing interest teaching anyone does love model air craft sometimes complain theres too much work involved takes too much time build planes obviously interested model aircraft art goes wantto run fast agile toy might well boat now get slightest hint interest just passing fancy refuse help have anything because Ini wasting time know some people appreciate aircraft love way I will seek out associate Benjamin Franklin once said greatest desire surround myself men intelligent myself greatest desire surround myself men love model airplanes myself adventures iron bird Forgive 1 should passing wonderful contri Big models arent something new Heavy tube-type radios big batteries required bigness back ong-ago beginning Power Herkimer Twin 120 gas/ ignition hatch iifted show gas tank Siot fuselage side landing gear detail shows capacity shock absorption Joes famous plane doublesize BuccaneerWinter saw flown sev eral occasions Including Chicago Nate butions photos really want see read about could talk about 100-in RC Special new Desperadoa surprise Bill Evans strives save soul floaty Electrics guess Purple Plan Kadet Sr talk senile privilege about wacky stuff scattered extended family sends airline tickets command Come time its 50-year-old daughter third oldest picked up Mastersin philosophy no less son got literature As Depression HS dropout Im chicken nine ducks really know swim got go flying Long Island thanks couple swift 737s Twenty-five years ago gave Norm Rosenstockwhen left hurdy-gurdy New York love New York TV says bumper stickers say Virginia isforLovers lam Virginian flock old escapement jobs including Beam Continued page 34 wnen norm Hosenstock recovered prewar Raspante RC New York warenouse Winter day investigate its innards before delivering AMAs Museum Span 131 201/2-in prop flown telephone dial coder now lost 1 wnas winterTermathe decoder want otherterminology removed piane can see contacts selector arm advanced tothe propercontactgoing through others identified bywire leads SCALE WH RADIO CONTROL ROL-UNE EELS FREE-FLIGHT 000 VINTAGESMOOTHGOLDEN AGENEW sizes2hzCONTOURsizes214BALLOON 3/431/a"23/43/431/a 133/413A132h4/z 1144%1143%11/443/i31/454 11/z51144hz1/z533/4 P/a65/a21451/41/a6/z SCALE PILOTS CYUNDERS ENGINE KITS IILNc ATT- CHEKT ON-Board Battery Tester Saves Time. Saves Models BA1TCHEKRX-1 $1495 ein USA 4 V4 NW Install RC Models Check receiver battery status press button Small Light 1/2 oz Precise Rugged ORDER TODAY dealer Protune Corp 914 462-6452 PO Box 1808 Poughkeepaie NY 12601 SIX SHOOTER FUEL PUMP NOW AVAILABLE FOR GASOLINE & DIESEL FUEL APPROX 6 oz per revolution HAND CRANKED FOR SAFE RELIABLE USE EITHER VERSION $1095 THE ONLY PUMP AVAILABLE FOR USE WITH DIESEL FUEL Rebel Airknocker twice Flying Mod els etc still fly now toothy servos instead escapement Norm around fly No escape take two folding chairs fly two three Old-Timer models yak afternoon about crazy models flying deeds age chivalry guess what flew Rebel built son high schoolin 50s Fox 10 later Max 10 Rebel aint big Norm has 05 25 know thing goes believes plan ning ahead throttle stuck throttle servo motor spun wildlyno teeth course So Fly wide open no ailerons no engine control Some small hobby shop guy good kind Patchoque directed us bulldozed spot pine barrensan L-shaped paved runway no less no sight Carpets over place keep white sand-dust down Windy man So Up out pinpointsthe limit plane vanished far-out glitch once Krafts antenna screwed Thats range test Circling field low holding down Rebel developed such head steam got dizzy Control Line fell over chair Norm thwarted crosswind did wild cartwheel feet flat skittering dust andtires flying over place So put tires back fly again Rebel safe sound now its ancient brothers until someday came went indulge again what call Rites Spring flew rudder-only got wild snap too Kicking up heels good soulAll three BC craft sad sacks Beam lostmore times man can count including days floating Long Island Sound Monstrous warps cancel other still wildly aerobatic high rate snaps and just rudder throttle Du-Bro wheels Airknocker treadiess cracked blobs oil soaked imbedded weeds has gone through least four engines touch-and- goes Beam people ask can airplane fly elevators Climb power function man Stupid question What controls Hand-Launched Glider Sure both fly seri ously Norm has several giants 12-ft Aeronca low wing Hes hot pilot checks big birds after flight Flying will never get better day funky relic clearing piney woods Separates men boys kiddo Dont die laughing picture Rebel its Right Stufi pilot Fun Things never got funnier old birds may fly together year 2000 Mayday Maydayl Dead water 10 days blame late Joe Raspante 1938 late Rudy Arnold great air-to-air photographer brought Air Trails set remarkable pix Joe successful RC twice-up Buccaneer controlled telephone dial system saw fly timesbefore Hempstead Plains Long Island carpeted postwar housing like Levittownand Nats flight saw ended up hanging high-up left spiral climb Joe madiy dialed controlsas slow reacting molasses flowing up hill January Only man Sal Taibi ever launched heavy low-powered behemoth Its Herkirner OK Twin probably 120 two 60s may have less power good Enya 46 four-stroke considers prop size considerable rpm much Sal would hold monster overhead its wheels run down field run run Runway length vital Chicago Sal Continued page 134 34 Model Aviation MACHINE GUN KITS PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS SEND $2 FOR COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 9 SEE YOUR DEALER OR DISTRIBUTOR DAVE BROWN PRODUCTS 4560 LAYHIGH RD HAMILTON OH 45013513 738-1576 PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT SCA Canopies Available Plans sent Post-Paid within USA Send 5O far Full Catalog Balsa Nick Zfroli 29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA NICK ZIROLI 516-234-5038 Letters Editor Continued page 14 1 1-year-old buddy have taken under wing teach flying plane will ROG hands-offand fly same way article couple months ago Comet Clipper Junior 35% prompted build big AJ Serfass Brookfield MO printing few pictures AJ sent big Clipper resplendent transparent yellow bright red trim Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 34 distance vanished drainage ditch double-Buc flew Until recently another Raspante Giant sat home friendly mice warehouse belonging Long Island aviation museum Also stored John Roths Volksplane second-placer 1972 RC Scale World Champs Lake hurst Norm Rosenstock swung deal allow museum show historical machines excuse him bug GATOR Makes Winner WN 11613 TAIL 41 DELUX ALL RALSA lIT An oil new Tiger Toil 120 four strokes piped 60 two strokes beautiful peef ormer competitros just showing oft bolso kit mochined wood ports ond complete hardware pockoge thot includes plug-in od justable stob ports ned new wing mounts Wing Spon -72 Wing Ares -860 sq Complete Delun Kit$15995 mm ca An neupensive wit rs55e0 mo dad case protect mat esbensive transmitter botri two st Cl single st cx transmitters Brown earner gran witn ai.minrn tr mono iOCkifl3 $1895 PUIG4N ADIUSTA3LE STA3 UT last cnn optimize stab incidence Ion best tigrat character stics pair ot glass hued riyron adjosteas nciudeo mat provide tot micro screw adlustment ot smaller front rube Main tube aluminum witn matcningpnenoIicsocket95 WING T13 & SOCKETS Aluminum tubing ton plug-inwings Included us pair ot special slip-tt Ottenolic sockets build isto wing snucture Now size ton moctels 7/8 cia 2$895 1 dia u 2$ 995 its dia 3$1495 NEWI WING MOUNTING SIT wing mounting stisteer developed Ron Chidgey mat test neat acco ateaadstaystght Th eenelonbrackets screwsandmachinectwing bocksare ncudeo $595 IVAWS MAGIC GADIT W Ap actonden eat edbytaa Kr e e onc andy Ineasue aer eeaatonadwodrgr ova aes egesswcultou ohm m goua atbacAqasyoc ompete w utnuctons pa bookad arryng use $795 Rebel once beamed up call front door before both headed AMA HQ following day As said before Norm always prepared shot roll out hot Washington sun areas world-famous cussed humidity camera empty Saved heat prostration dehydration better alf repeated routine loaded camera see pix preview Destiny AMA happened oldtimers antiquers better word Frank Ebling Frank Tlush engine competed Brown Jr Free Flighter Mike Granieri arrived simultaneously Tlush has marvelous display Tlush engines dating back turn 30s see visit bull session end bull sessionsall five us raking other everything else over coals AMA taped part itbetter Laurel Hardy Reminded Tlush timed gassie Teterboro 1935he didnt remem ber flying father grandfather hed told 1935 invented safety pin didnt remember either allowed could have happened accidental dis covery Ehling pal water/tissueshrinking plane got wet sold manufacturer spare name elixir slightly tinted green dye $10 quart better deal Brooklyn Bridge sure day Fredericksburg hoped show Norm Bill Kaluf electricpowered Heron flies need big field because can get out very far power circles its glide forever making ap proaches liver bile shakers Giving up after casing four would-be fields ended up flying Bentom rubber-powered models geared front ends Quite stable out-of-box no adjustments AMA guys often fly lunch breaks nearby field Norm joined Doug Pratt brought big Kracketjac Rookie Also Flyline Inland Sport funny squaredoff-cylinder diesel runs like clockbut too windy John Worth LeCrate now twin 035s seven cells horizontal nose pylon showed off new Heron 17 minutes flight Doug date time clock required three go-rounds get onto field against wind finally got wheels extreme end Norm rung out Rookie hed flown 1962 time trip left him glassy-eyed Everyone flew hit show Rebel what else knelt down faced deBolt saw Rookie article ModelBuilder know cautioned operation engine in-front plugs said wideopen high power outsides tended roll out 134 Model Aviation DC-31W 1140 Span$4200 F4U CORSAIR2/ 193 Span$3000 A6MSZERO2A 191 Span$3000 CURTISP402A 194 Span$3000 AT-6TEXAN24 1101 Span$3000 F8FBEARcAT2A 186 Span$3000 FOKKER DR-i27163 Tripe$2700 Order Plans RK-2Oor RK-740 Ducted Fans Phantom35 span$1000 Viggen32 span$1000 F-1536 span$1000 Plan canopy$1500 See Dealer Order U tact Inc ude 51 50 Per raw foe UPS GATOR R/C PRODUCTS S7t3tonnpanobninapens ct Sb 0758635 HOT STUFF INS TANT EXPERT 56 MINUTE VHS CONSTRUCTION TAPE VIDEO-TIPS # 2 IS BUILDING SESSION NOT LECTURE Instant ConstructionTechniques Building Tips See TOP-FLITE Hot Kanary built start finish crashed purposeIr demonstrate bond strength Send Coupon & $3000 Check MO COD Orders Call Satellite City PO Box 836 Simi Valley Calif 93062 805 522-0062 uphill Youll find important pic change made Pratta headlock Model Products Corp designed remote boost also takes lock-on small Ni-Cd boosters better way go almost anything also ironed out outsides beautiful acceptable Before entering takes out up trim enough sinks slightly cruise Entry bottom inverted requires two-thirds throttle Enya 60 four-stroke 14-6 half power entered top Down elevator deflection one-third either case Norm pointed out five ships Only Heron now hangs shop Rebel built kids high school during 50s fly seldom now its mighty pleasant strange watch old birds out cages bystander looking six months someone help testfly Hobby Horn Sky King Old-Timer re eve old Tinier uues 5 thatG jot pOJiS st. oOFrom this. sp~ pOgSto pointS Ignition Engine Parts Only Over 600 items Send $200 current catalog vived Doc Mathews MA about 10 years ago Astro 05 Cobalt think six perhaps seven 12 cells No wonder Sky King popular Smooth stable like rock surfing wind glow Electric Id recommend plane great grandmother Waiting pictures giant mall 3600 parking managed lose Norms van wallet column gets finished will miracle modern science End Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Nats General/Worth Continued page 37 Magnum Hi-Start Co people associated companies endured heat wind rain its doubtful sales could make up cost partici pation came spirit goodwill helped celebration deserve medals efforts efforts still appreciatedthanks helping us 50th Anniversary Birthday Party year fewer officials usual design lot pre-planning went deciding advance exactly what type officials needed event Thus specific worker lists defined ahead time much greater detail recent years event depended much less potluck might show available help Although fewer people involved dollar cost AMA higher greater travel Continued page 138 APPLIED DESIGN CORPORATION 738 Penn SI El Segundo CA 90245 MINI ER ADJUSTABLE TENSION HAND BELT SANDER FIRMLY HOLDS PAPER FOR EASIER SANDING Padded hats sad carves Handy Held Easy Use $2A5 MINI-STRIPSPRECISION DIE-CUT Medium Garnet SAVES TIMEREPLACEMENTFine Garnet ANO EFFORT *155 SANDING BELTSAsold Water Proel TEE ALUMINUM EXTRUSION SANDING BLOCK Ie RUFF-STUFF Sell-adhealee sand paper Large True Surface WaetWearDut 11 inch $211 Handy Use22 Inch $371 RUFF 6 STUFF SELF ADHESIVE SHEET SANDPAPER MAKE YOUR OWN SPECIAL SANDING SHAPES Eany Use No mosy glue drying tIme Medium Fine r Fine 830 MINIsAw $7~ COMPACT 10 inch HACK SAW SAWS ANYTHING ANYWHERE Sam has rugged din-cast multI camlortahin chip-gruel plastIc inart handle Receding ne adstable B hind glees geed garb ~ccmo Cots weed pinstic metal HARDENED MUSIC WIREextra hladns-3/SI99 Add 20% postage Send 25 catalog November1986135 seen tape earlier HOT STUFF could have saved us another 9OLbs Voyagert Dick Rutan Pilots Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager SPECIAL COUPON $3000 Gets you-VIDEO-TIPS 2 Plus lea SPECIALTTM loz FREE SUPERTTM loz Extra Value KICK-IT 3oz Y$1A0
Edition: Model Aviation - 1986/11
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 134, 135
Bill Winter _____znn ______Plane Talk BIG BEGINNINGS Big Bang Beetho vens Fifth Al Doerrs Big Cub What am doing talking about 18-ft model weighs 100 lb guy like Doerr suitable flying field such things far away madding crowd makes sense Few ofus should build such model should lived 70-acre 1933 farm flew dink Rubber Scalers Id tempted people hu mongous models dont mix Consider pic ture Al giant J-3 far-out open terrain craftsmanship says is photo latest one-year project interesting challenging problems building size note AMA Life Member 91 IMAA Member 06 model stats something Span 18 ft area 6912 sq wing loading 333 oz/sq ft rather like 12 six-footer weight 100 lb engine 60 cu Sachs Dolmar turning 30 x 8 prop 5200 Radio aFutaba four receivers two S-134 servos control has four packs SR batteries two 500 mAh capacity two 1200 mAli Coverite Chevron paint Plans homemade course Study fittings think about equip ment will know safetyminded safer youand sure Enjoy dont get ideas unless know know must known veteran experienced builder fly crickets far horizons seem follow curvature earth Wonder big wheels what froman earthmover cant keep good man down Elliott Boulous Morgantown PA ran unique model business probably never heard about called Skys Limit serious work injury forced retirementseveral discs removed continuing operationsIm 31 married says though wife RC widow have three children hope teach fly cant get enough Being pipe fitter having background carpentry RC gave chance keep building allows challenge building flying much late 1985 letter got talkina Boulous Well hes lost seven discswhich has no effect bubbling enthusiasm continuous promotion hobby constant building business now Institute Silent Flighthe Gliders Electrics 30 kits build himself custom building models has run afoul zoning board zoned commercially reasons known God zoning board permitted make model planes sale Hes down Electric Thats because friends admire ships much hes given away though horse trades takes wee profits some planes order obtaln plans kits what sounds like Silent Flight Museum project builds himself often helps fellow modelers has suitable trainer RC job allows people fly become dedicated RCers Like write lives pain guys dont complain hate word keep busy get out model aviation means obvious good spirits Any guy like Elliott does hobby/sport tub ofdo good money Elliott gave up Gas seem doing slowly flies geared Electric Gliders tosses air four-minute climb much 45 minutes soaring flight find kind flying powerfully seductive show two pictures year old now comments pride joy first little girl Toney second Marks Model Sunny Bipe bipe well named sunny best sense word Theres story about Sunny kit ye olde Dakota ancestry inspiration its time 30 Model Aviation Above Taking advantage wide open spacea rural Michigan huge dream-ilke fiying ficid lifetime technical expertise sound conservative building skills Al Doerr builds giant models 18-ft Cub example uses four receivers four battey packs well two servos everything Below left landing gear Doerrs J-3 sprung just like full-scale skilled machinist among otherthings Al designed made massive fittings can betthey solidlyattached structure up tothe job 333 oz/sq ft wing loading roughlyequivalenttothe 12 Sigs KadetSr indeed Al perks along snappy 25mph Below right CubGothic farmer wife also half-size Mrs has old-time wire glasses double chin no less blond braids lacy bonnet husband wears Winters discarded hats sports glorious set Civil War whiskers inspect structure Redundancy bit like 747 aIrliner Nontheless everyone should cautioned AMA insurance isnt provided models weighing 55 lb See text details/statistics model Mandrake Cal Shumate Blue Island hiss Navy-style twin Control Line model Cox 09s Cal specializes generally similar twins 049s 35s An im pressive make-believe plenty area know flies well Photo Bill Dahigren Elliott Boulous forced retirement due industrial accident saysthis Marks Sun ny bipe terrific pleasure Hes upbeat himself something called Insti tute Silent Flight gliders mostly electric powerno high-start labors know wants teach three daughters fly has 30 kits waiting built .. move Second Time Around people write returnees whove out modeling years can go home again contrary Thomas Wolfe Keith Wilson has good stuff first began 1937 rubber power later gas Free Flight Control Line gas Free Flight again now retirement RC airplanes As new returnee hobby forgotten early lessons learned Thus learned again hard way mistakes expensive think worth time space would consider few words advice beginner first Goldberg Eagle 63 large easy construct before learning fly Left Flying AMA white-hats during lunch break Winter caught unawares contemplates old Rebelbuilt late SOs kids Still being flown forgags Rosenstock Its gonethrough fourengines oncea Fox 10 Max 10 now has potent OS 25 much downthrust Likethat neat exhaustextensionThetee-shirt says No Mr Nice Guyan identity crisis suspect Right MontyTyrell famed Aussie Control Liner hams upwith detailed B-i 7 could lookatthis picture saythatCLers anything sweet reasonable perfectly ordinary individuals asks Bill Dahigren sent plc Adds Well does fly RC too sort thing has have effect fellow Power two 05 106 two Testors 0498 Has Robertsthree-line setup control engine flaps lights Winnerof 2nds 3rds attheAussle Nats itwas auctioned proceeds donated tothe local hospital November 1986 31 smiling Keith Wilson obviously happywith hisfour-strokeTaibi Powerhouse builds things has great deal say see text about minimizing pitfalls learning fly Eagle instructor built New Era 40 Airtronics multicolored covering pinstriping band-painted pilot other fancy details Eagle covered white plum-colored MonoKotecolors easily lost high-sky area As result Eagle crashed During rebuilding period flight instruction stopped cold New Era test flown experts club flew several times date have Its flight characteristics beyond skill rebuilt Eagle cabin windows engine covering hand-painted pilots pinstriping colors easy see sky Flight training began againthis time success Although have since built Midwest Super Sweet Stik 60 Champion 84 Powerhouse still return Eagle 63 practice basic flight patterns As can see pictures building skills about average Building sake building goal building flying what build embarrassment reviewing mistakes have come following conclusions 1 Establish goal model aviation building flying combination building flying 2 first-time airplanes build large 60 70-in wingspan cabin high wing flat-bottom airfoil fact can afford build second airplane similar first soon first finished event major crash first second ready fly instruction interrupted 3 Build neatness accuracy great amounts finishing details multi colored coverings hand-painted pilots etc 4 Before covering airplane visit flying field watch club members air planes air Select covering colors can see easily 5 Talk flight instructors local club plan work best suits Set aside time flight instruction continuous short spaces time between instruction 6 During construction first air plane read books articles experts ask questions local club members make notes techniques seem solve construction problems best Im sure almost everyone flying today has some secret right left airplane air Glenn Jarvis instructor helped completely eliminated men tal gymnastics determining right left airplane coming towards going away suggests leveling wings airplane flight think low wing high wing As airplane coming toward push ailerons control toward low wing level airplane going away push ailerons control toward high wing Hence no longer have listen someone shout right left wonder what Hopefully before long will get mistakes sorted out corrected point some day can build fly airplane out Whifferdill Eight successfully Keith member Hemet CA Model Masters Inside Instructors Head Thomas Ander son isnt controversial Hes getting something off chest Lets make perfectly clear nothing wrong almost-ready-to-fly models ARTFs Most lovely things Ive yielded temptation once keep eye bouncing ball re member very beginnings weve strived constant hard-sell promotion bring modeling massesand some success attract public cause effect public has its fickle folks try modeling archery golf basket weaving bowling stamp collectingin endiess successionand pass millions already gave up stick-and-tissue whatever before ready-to-fly have friends fly ARTFs otherwise theyd have wait until kids fathom mysteries nest building So Tom Anderson Incidental ly scrawls 19 years old 194 want tell anything can happen planet Earth fly RC New York City member Blue Angels Model Airplane Club am instructor five years Ive hobby have noticed problem does seem have solution no modelers age ever stick hobby few months ex asperating teach students almost solo have disappear never heard again call phone say theyve lost interest cant believe ears am stunned days gave best times calm nice days would like have flown own fun knew could learn could wind never burned motor dinged wing tip 32 Model Aviation SpectacularStarshot wing Bill Evans has 400 forward sweep flies nicely new K&B 20 57 5 lb area 46 sq ft bit underpowered 4500-ft field elevation Evans going 40 wring out put wings ultimate test Winter impressed MPCs Remote Headlock Pratt installed Bills Rookie Convenient use increases hand safety front-slanted plugsany engine matter lock-on booster attaches fitting left rear nose opening AMA Executive Director John Worth Winters prototype LeCrate twin 035s seven cells 12 Ah Slow motion Cavernous interior contains four-tube receiver front decoder clicked numbered steps matching inputs sent telephone dial know learned fly myself hard waywhen 15 years old completely alone golf course 18 snow plane designed built myself sort mini Swizzle Stick Ive hobby five years until two years ago never seen successful RC model fly plenty crashes finally succeeded joined club hand accumulated technical knowledge silver platter still quit Im A&P airframe power plant FAA certified mechanic have built full-scale aircraft too theory advent ARF airplanes people getting RC fly think buying another toy like Mattel Coleco-type thing merely put 10 alkaline cells runs Its like $14 RC car get tired get bored throw away get feeling would just happy driving boat attending party going movie hobby about toys just happen able fly its about building flying aircraft Its about overcoming force grav ity its about creating machine capable soaring heavens above land once birds could fly Its about recreating miniature machines have carried man place 100 years ago thought impossible go dream mankind man has watched birds soar thousands years Galileo greatest minds ever exist earth wanted fly lacked knowledge aerodynamics have Brilliant men have executed saying day man would fly Im getting pretty tired people simply want run toy flies Im losing interest teaching anyone does love model air craft sometimes complain theres too much work involved takes too much time build planes obviously interested model aircraft art goes wantto run fast agile toy might well boat now get slightest hint interest just passing fancy refuse help have anything because Ini wasting time know some people appreciate aircraft love way I will seek out associate Benjamin Franklin once said greatest desire surround myself men intelligent myself greatest desire surround myself men love model airplanes myself adventures iron bird Forgive 1 should passing wonderful contri Big models arent something new Heavy tube-type radios big batteries required bigness back ong-ago beginning Power Herkimer Twin 120 gas/ ignition hatch iifted show gas tank Siot fuselage side landing gear detail shows capacity shock absorption Joes famous plane doublesize BuccaneerWinter saw flown sev eral occasions Including Chicago Nate butions photos really want see read about could talk about 100-in RC Special new Desperadoa surprise Bill Evans strives save soul floaty Electrics guess Purple Plan Kadet Sr talk senile privilege about wacky stuff scattered extended family sends airline tickets command Come time its 50-year-old daughter third oldest picked up Mastersin philosophy no less son got literature As Depression HS dropout Im chicken nine ducks really know swim got go flying Long Island thanks couple swift 737s Twenty-five years ago gave Norm Rosenstockwhen left hurdy-gurdy New York love New York TV says bumper stickers say Virginia isforLovers lam Virginian flock old escapement jobs including Beam Continued page 34 wnen norm Hosenstock recovered prewar Raspante RC New York warenouse Winter day investigate its innards before delivering AMAs Museum Span 131 201/2-in prop flown telephone dial coder now lost 1 wnas winterTermathe decoder want otherterminology removed piane can see contacts selector arm advanced tothe propercontactgoing through others identified bywire leads SCALE WH RADIO CONTROL ROL-UNE EELS FREE-FLIGHT 000 VINTAGESMOOTHGOLDEN AGENEW sizes2hzCONTOURsizes214BALLOON 3/431/a"23/43/431/a 133/413A132h4/z 1144%1143%11/443/i31/454 11/z51144hz1/z533/4 P/a65/a21451/41/a6/z SCALE PILOTS CYUNDERS ENGINE KITS IILNc ATT- CHEKT ON-Board Battery Tester Saves Time. Saves Models BA1TCHEKRX-1 $1495 ein USA 4 V4 NW Install RC Models Check receiver battery status press button Small Light 1/2 oz Precise Rugged ORDER TODAY dealer Protune Corp 914 462-6452 PO Box 1808 Poughkeepaie NY 12601 SIX SHOOTER FUEL PUMP NOW AVAILABLE FOR GASOLINE & DIESEL FUEL APPROX 6 oz per revolution HAND CRANKED FOR SAFE RELIABLE USE EITHER VERSION $1095 THE ONLY PUMP AVAILABLE FOR USE WITH DIESEL FUEL Rebel Airknocker twice Flying Mod els etc still fly now toothy servos instead escapement Norm around fly No escape take two folding chairs fly two three Old-Timer models yak afternoon about crazy models flying deeds age chivalry guess what flew Rebel built son high schoolin 50s Fox 10 later Max 10 Rebel aint big Norm has 05 25 know thing goes believes plan ning ahead throttle stuck throttle servo motor spun wildlyno teeth course So Fly wide open no ailerons no engine control Some small hobby shop guy good kind Patchoque directed us bulldozed spot pine barrensan L-shaped paved runway no less no sight Carpets over place keep white sand-dust down Windy man So Up out pinpointsthe limit plane vanished far-out glitch once Krafts antenna screwed Thats range test Circling field low holding down Rebel developed such head steam got dizzy Control Line fell over chair Norm thwarted crosswind did wild cartwheel feet flat skittering dust andtires flying over place So put tires back fly again Rebel safe sound now its ancient brothers until someday came went indulge again what call Rites Spring flew rudder-only got wild snap too Kicking up heels good soulAll three BC craft sad sacks Beam lostmore times man can count including days floating Long Island Sound Monstrous warps cancel other still wildly aerobatic high rate snaps and just rudder throttle Du-Bro wheels Airknocker treadiess cracked blobs oil soaked imbedded weeds has gone through least four engines touch-and- goes Beam people ask can airplane fly elevators Climb power function man Stupid question What controls Hand-Launched Glider Sure both fly seri ously Norm has several giants 12-ft Aeronca low wing Hes hot pilot checks big birds after flight Flying will never get better day funky relic clearing piney woods Separates men boys kiddo Dont die laughing picture Rebel its Right Stufi pilot Fun Things never got funnier old birds may fly together year 2000 Mayday Maydayl Dead water 10 days blame late Joe Raspante 1938 late Rudy Arnold great air-to-air photographer brought Air Trails set remarkable pix Joe successful RC twice-up Buccaneer controlled telephone dial system saw fly timesbefore Hempstead Plains Long Island carpeted postwar housing like Levittownand Nats flight saw ended up hanging high-up left spiral climb Joe madiy dialed controlsas slow reacting molasses flowing up hill January Only man Sal Taibi ever launched heavy low-powered behemoth Its Herkirner OK Twin probably 120 two 60s may have less power good Enya 46 four-stroke considers prop size considerable rpm much Sal would hold monster overhead its wheels run down field run run Runway length vital Chicago Sal Continued page 134 34 Model Aviation MACHINE GUN KITS PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS SEND $2 FOR COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 9 SEE YOUR DEALER OR DISTRIBUTOR DAVE BROWN PRODUCTS 4560 LAYHIGH RD HAMILTON OH 45013513 738-1576 PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT SCA Canopies Available Plans sent Post-Paid within USA Send 5O far Full Catalog Balsa Nick Zfroli 29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA NICK ZIROLI 516-234-5038 Letters Editor Continued page 14 1 1-year-old buddy have taken under wing teach flying plane will ROG hands-offand fly same way article couple months ago Comet Clipper Junior 35% prompted build big AJ Serfass Brookfield MO printing few pictures AJ sent big Clipper resplendent transparent yellow bright red trim Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 34 distance vanished drainage ditch double-Buc flew Until recently another Raspante Giant sat home friendly mice warehouse belonging Long Island aviation museum Also stored John Roths Volksplane second-placer 1972 RC Scale World Champs Lake hurst Norm Rosenstock swung deal allow museum show historical machines excuse him bug GATOR Makes Winner WN 11613 TAIL 41 DELUX ALL RALSA lIT An oil new Tiger Toil 120 four strokes piped 60 two strokes beautiful peef ormer competitros just showing oft bolso kit mochined wood ports ond complete hardware pockoge thot includes plug-in od justable stob ports ned new wing mounts Wing Spon -72 Wing Ares -860 sq Complete Delun Kit$15995 mm ca An neupensive wit rs55e0 mo dad case protect mat esbensive transmitter botri two st Cl single st cx transmitters Brown earner gran witn ai.minrn tr mono iOCkifl3 $1895 PUIG4N ADIUSTA3LE STA3 UT last cnn optimize stab incidence Ion best tigrat character stics pair ot glass hued riyron adjosteas nciudeo mat provide tot micro screw adlustment ot smaller front rube Main tube aluminum witn matcningpnenoIicsocket95 WING T13 & SOCKETS Aluminum tubing ton plug-inwings Included us pair ot special slip-tt Ottenolic sockets build isto wing snucture Now size ton moctels 7/8 cia 2$895 1 dia u 2$ 995 its dia 3$1495 NEWI WING MOUNTING SIT wing mounting stisteer developed Ron Chidgey mat test neat acco ateaadstaystght Th eenelonbrackets screwsandmachinectwing bocksare ncudeo $595 IVAWS MAGIC GADIT W Ap actonden eat edbytaa Kr e e onc andy Ineasue aer eeaatonadwodrgr ova aes egesswcultou ohm m goua atbacAqasyoc ompete w utnuctons pa bookad arryng use $795 Rebel once beamed up call front door before both headed AMA HQ following day As said before Norm always prepared shot roll out hot Washington sun areas world-famous cussed humidity camera empty Saved heat prostration dehydration better alf repeated routine loaded camera see pix preview Destiny AMA happened oldtimers antiquers better word Frank Ebling Frank Tlush engine competed Brown Jr Free Flighter Mike Granieri arrived simultaneously Tlush has marvelous display Tlush engines dating back turn 30s see visit bull session end bull sessionsall five us raking other everything else over coals AMA taped part itbetter Laurel Hardy Reminded Tlush timed gassie Teterboro 1935he didnt remem ber flying father grandfather hed told 1935 invented safety pin didnt remember either allowed could have happened accidental dis covery Ehling pal water/tissueshrinking plane got wet sold manufacturer spare name elixir slightly tinted green dye $10 quart better deal Brooklyn Bridge sure day Fredericksburg hoped show Norm Bill Kaluf electricpowered Heron flies need big field because can get out very far power circles its glide forever making ap proaches liver bile shakers Giving up after casing four would-be fields ended up flying Bentom rubber-powered models geared front ends Quite stable out-of-box no adjustments AMA guys often fly lunch breaks nearby field Norm joined Doug Pratt brought big Kracketjac Rookie Also Flyline Inland Sport funny squaredoff-cylinder diesel runs like clockbut too windy John Worth LeCrate now twin 035s seven cells horizontal nose pylon showed off new Heron 17 minutes flight Doug date time clock required three go-rounds get onto field against wind finally got wheels extreme end Norm rung out Rookie hed flown 1962 time trip left him glassy-eyed Everyone flew hit show Rebel what else knelt down faced deBolt saw Rookie article ModelBuilder know cautioned operation engine in-front plugs said wideopen high power outsides tended roll out 134 Model Aviation DC-31W 1140 Span$4200 F4U CORSAIR2/ 193 Span$3000 A6MSZERO2A 191 Span$3000 CURTISP402A 194 Span$3000 AT-6TEXAN24 1101 Span$3000 F8FBEARcAT2A 186 Span$3000 FOKKER DR-i27163 Tripe$2700 Order Plans RK-2Oor RK-740 Ducted Fans Phantom35 span$1000 Viggen32 span$1000 F-1536 span$1000 Plan canopy$1500 See Dealer Order U tact Inc ude 51 50 Per raw foe UPS GATOR R/C PRODUCTS S7t3tonnpanobninapens ct Sb 0758635 HOT STUFF INS TANT EXPERT 56 MINUTE VHS CONSTRUCTION TAPE VIDEO-TIPS # 2 IS BUILDING SESSION NOT LECTURE Instant ConstructionTechniques Building Tips See TOP-FLITE Hot Kanary built start finish crashed purposeIr demonstrate bond strength Send Coupon & $3000 Check MO COD Orders Call Satellite City PO Box 836 Simi Valley Calif 93062 805 522-0062 uphill Youll find important pic change made Pratta headlock Model Products Corp designed remote boost also takes lock-on small Ni-Cd boosters better way go almost anything also ironed out outsides beautiful acceptable Before entering takes out up trim enough sinks slightly cruise Entry bottom inverted requires two-thirds throttle Enya 60 four-stroke 14-6 half power entered top Down elevator deflection one-third either case Norm pointed out five ships Only Heron now hangs shop Rebel built kids high school during 50s fly seldom now its mighty pleasant strange watch old birds out cages bystander looking six months someone help testfly Hobby Horn Sky King Old-Timer re eve old Tinier uues 5 thatG jot pOJiS st. oOFrom this. sp~ pOgSto pointS Ignition Engine Parts Only Over 600 items Send $200 current catalog vived Doc Mathews MA about 10 years ago Astro 05 Cobalt think six perhaps seven 12 cells No wonder Sky King popular Smooth stable like rock surfing wind glow Electric Id recommend plane great grandmother Waiting pictures giant mall 3600 parking managed lose Norms van wallet column gets finished will miracle modern science End Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Nats General/Worth Continued page 37 Magnum Hi-Start Co people associated companies endured heat wind rain its doubtful sales could make up cost partici pation came spirit goodwill helped celebration deserve medals efforts efforts still appreciatedthanks helping us 50th Anniversary Birthday Party year fewer officials usual design lot pre-planning went deciding advance exactly what type officials needed event Thus specific worker lists defined ahead time much greater detail recent years event depended much less potluck might show available help Although fewer people involved dollar cost AMA higher greater travel Continued page 138 APPLIED DESIGN CORPORATION 738 Penn SI El Segundo CA 90245 MINI ER ADJUSTABLE TENSION HAND BELT SANDER FIRMLY HOLDS PAPER FOR EASIER SANDING Padded hats sad carves Handy Held Easy Use $2A5 MINI-STRIPSPRECISION DIE-CUT Medium Garnet SAVES TIMEREPLACEMENTFine Garnet ANO EFFORT *155 SANDING BELTSAsold Water Proel TEE ALUMINUM EXTRUSION SANDING BLOCK Ie RUFF-STUFF Sell-adhealee sand paper Large True Surface WaetWearDut 11 inch $211 Handy Use22 Inch $371 RUFF 6 STUFF SELF ADHESIVE SHEET SANDPAPER MAKE YOUR OWN SPECIAL SANDING SHAPES Eany Use No mosy glue drying tIme Medium Fine r Fine 830 MINIsAw $7~ COMPACT 10 inch HACK SAW SAWS ANYTHING ANYWHERE Sam has rugged din-cast multI camlortahin chip-gruel plastIc inart handle Receding ne adstable B hind glees geed garb ~ccmo Cots weed pinstic metal HARDENED MUSIC WIREextra hladns-3/SI99 Add 20% postage Send 25 catalog November1986135 seen tape earlier HOT STUFF could have 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1986/11
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 134, 135
Bill Winter _____znn ______Plane Talk BIG BEGINNINGS Big Bang Beetho vens Fifth Al Doerrs Big Cub What am doing talking about 18-ft model weighs 100 lb guy like Doerr suitable flying field such things far away madding crowd makes sense Few ofus should build such model should lived 70-acre 1933 farm flew dink Rubber Scalers Id tempted people hu mongous models dont mix Consider pic ture Al giant J-3 far-out open terrain craftsmanship says is photo latest one-year project interesting challenging problems building size note AMA Life Member 91 IMAA Member 06 model stats something Span 18 ft area 6912 sq wing loading 333 oz/sq ft rather like 12 six-footer weight 100 lb engine 60 cu Sachs Dolmar turning 30 x 8 prop 5200 Radio aFutaba four receivers two S-134 servos control has four packs SR batteries two 500 mAh capacity two 1200 mAli Coverite Chevron paint Plans homemade course Study fittings think about equip ment will know safetyminded safer youand sure Enjoy dont get ideas unless know know must known veteran experienced builder fly crickets far horizons seem follow curvature earth Wonder big wheels what froman earthmover cant keep good man down Elliott Boulous Morgantown PA ran unique model business probably never heard about called Skys Limit serious work injury forced retirementseveral discs removed continuing operationsIm 31 married says though wife RC widow have three children hope teach fly cant get enough Being pipe fitter having background carpentry RC gave chance keep building allows challenge building flying much late 1985 letter got talkina Boulous Well hes lost seven discswhich has no effect bubbling enthusiasm continuous promotion hobby constant building business now Institute Silent Flighthe Gliders Electrics 30 kits build himself custom building models has run afoul zoning board zoned commercially reasons known God zoning board permitted make model planes sale Hes down Electric Thats because friends admire ships much hes given away though horse trades takes wee profits some planes order obtaln plans kits what sounds like Silent Flight Museum project builds himself often helps fellow modelers has suitable trainer RC job allows people fly become dedicated RCers Like write lives pain guys dont complain hate word keep busy get out model aviation means obvious good spirits Any guy like Elliott does hobby/sport tub ofdo good money Elliott gave up Gas seem doing slowly flies geared Electric Gliders tosses air four-minute climb much 45 minutes soaring flight find kind flying powerfully seductive show two pictures year old now comments pride joy first little girl Toney second Marks Model Sunny Bipe bipe well named sunny best sense word Theres story about Sunny kit ye olde Dakota ancestry inspiration its time 30 Model Aviation Above Taking advantage wide open spacea rural Michigan huge dream-ilke fiying ficid lifetime technical expertise sound conservative building skills Al Doerr builds giant models 18-ft Cub example uses four receivers four battey packs well two servos everything Below left landing gear Doerrs J-3 sprung just like full-scale skilled machinist among otherthings Al designed made massive fittings can betthey solidlyattached structure up tothe job 333 oz/sq ft wing loading roughlyequivalenttothe 12 Sigs KadetSr indeed Al perks along snappy 25mph Below right CubGothic farmer wife also half-size Mrs has old-time wire glasses double chin no less blond braids lacy bonnet husband wears Winters discarded hats sports glorious set Civil War whiskers inspect structure Redundancy bit like 747 aIrliner Nontheless everyone should cautioned AMA insurance isnt provided models weighing 55 lb See text details/statistics model Mandrake Cal Shumate Blue Island hiss Navy-style twin Control Line model Cox 09s Cal specializes generally similar twins 049s 35s An im pressive make-believe plenty area know flies well Photo Bill Dahigren Elliott Boulous forced retirement due industrial accident saysthis Marks Sun ny bipe terrific pleasure Hes upbeat himself something called Insti tute Silent Flight gliders mostly electric powerno high-start labors know wants teach three daughters fly has 30 kits waiting built .. move Second Time Around people write returnees whove out modeling years can go home again contrary Thomas Wolfe Keith Wilson has good stuff first began 1937 rubber power later gas Free Flight Control Line gas Free Flight again now retirement RC airplanes As new returnee hobby forgotten early lessons learned Thus learned again hard way mistakes expensive think worth time space would consider few words advice beginner first Goldberg Eagle 63 large easy construct before learning fly Left Flying AMA white-hats during lunch break Winter caught unawares contemplates old Rebelbuilt late SOs kids Still being flown forgags Rosenstock Its gonethrough fourengines oncea Fox 10 Max 10 now has potent OS 25 much downthrust Likethat neat exhaustextensionThetee-shirt says No Mr Nice Guyan identity crisis suspect Right MontyTyrell famed Aussie Control Liner hams upwith detailed B-i 7 could lookatthis picture saythatCLers anything sweet reasonable perfectly ordinary individuals asks Bill Dahigren sent plc Adds Well does fly RC too sort thing has have effect fellow Power two 05 106 two Testors 0498 Has Robertsthree-line setup control engine flaps lights Winnerof 2nds 3rds attheAussle Nats itwas auctioned proceeds donated tothe local hospital November 1986 31 smiling Keith Wilson obviously happywith hisfour-strokeTaibi Powerhouse builds things has great deal say see text about minimizing pitfalls learning fly Eagle instructor built New Era 40 Airtronics multicolored covering pinstriping band-painted pilot other fancy details Eagle covered white plum-colored MonoKotecolors easily lost high-sky area As result Eagle crashed During rebuilding period flight instruction stopped cold New Era test flown experts club flew several times date have Its flight characteristics beyond skill rebuilt Eagle cabin windows engine covering hand-painted pilots pinstriping colors easy see sky Flight training began againthis time success Although have since built Midwest Super Sweet Stik 60 Champion 84 Powerhouse still return Eagle 63 practice basic flight patterns As can see pictures building skills about average Building sake building goal building flying what build embarrassment reviewing mistakes have come following conclusions 1 Establish goal model aviation building flying combination building flying 2 first-time airplanes build large 60 70-in wingspan cabin high wing flat-bottom airfoil fact can afford build second airplane similar first soon first finished event major crash first second ready fly instruction interrupted 3 Build neatness accuracy great amounts finishing details multi colored coverings hand-painted pilots etc 4 Before covering airplane visit flying field watch club members air planes air Select covering colors can see easily 5 Talk flight instructors local club plan work best suits Set aside time flight instruction continuous short spaces time between instruction 6 During construction first air plane read books articles experts ask questions local club members make notes techniques seem solve construction problems best Im sure almost everyone flying today has some secret right left airplane air Glenn Jarvis instructor helped completely eliminated men tal gymnastics determining right left airplane coming towards going away suggests leveling wings airplane flight think low wing high wing As airplane coming toward push ailerons control toward low wing level airplane going away push ailerons control toward high wing Hence no longer have listen someone shout right left wonder what Hopefully before long will get mistakes sorted out corrected point some day can build fly airplane out Whifferdill Eight successfully Keith member Hemet CA Model Masters Inside Instructors Head Thomas Ander son isnt controversial Hes getting something off chest Lets make perfectly clear nothing wrong almost-ready-to-fly models ARTFs Most lovely things Ive yielded temptation once keep eye bouncing ball re member very beginnings weve strived constant hard-sell promotion bring modeling massesand some success attract public cause effect public has its fickle folks try modeling archery golf basket weaving bowling stamp collectingin endiess successionand pass millions already gave up stick-and-tissue whatever before ready-to-fly have friends fly ARTFs otherwise theyd have wait until kids fathom mysteries nest building So Tom Anderson Incidental ly scrawls 19 years old 194 want tell anything can happen planet Earth fly RC New York City member Blue Angels Model Airplane Club am instructor five years Ive hobby have noticed problem does seem have solution no modelers age ever stick hobby few months ex asperating teach students almost solo have disappear never heard again call phone say theyve lost interest cant believe ears am stunned days gave best times calm nice days would like have flown own fun knew could learn could wind never burned motor dinged wing tip 32 Model Aviation SpectacularStarshot wing Bill Evans has 400 forward sweep flies nicely new K&B 20 57 5 lb area 46 sq ft bit underpowered 4500-ft field elevation Evans going 40 wring out put wings ultimate test Winter impressed MPCs Remote Headlock Pratt installed Bills Rookie Convenient use increases hand safety front-slanted plugsany engine matter lock-on booster attaches fitting left rear nose opening AMA Executive Director John Worth Winters prototype LeCrate twin 035s seven cells 12 Ah Slow motion Cavernous interior contains four-tube receiver front decoder clicked numbered steps matching inputs sent telephone dial know learned fly myself hard waywhen 15 years old completely alone golf course 18 snow plane designed built myself sort mini Swizzle Stick Ive hobby five years until two years ago never seen successful RC model fly plenty crashes finally succeeded joined club hand accumulated technical knowledge silver platter still quit Im A&P airframe power plant FAA certified mechanic have built full-scale aircraft too theory advent ARF airplanes people getting RC fly think buying another toy like Mattel Coleco-type thing merely put 10 alkaline cells runs Its like $14 RC car get tired get bored throw away get feeling would just happy driving boat attending party going movie hobby about toys just happen able fly its about building flying aircraft Its about overcoming force grav ity its about creating machine capable soaring heavens above land once birds could fly Its about recreating miniature machines have carried man place 100 years ago thought impossible go dream mankind man has watched birds soar thousands years Galileo greatest minds ever exist earth wanted fly lacked knowledge aerodynamics have Brilliant men have executed saying day man would fly Im getting pretty tired people simply want run toy flies Im losing interest teaching anyone does love model air craft sometimes complain theres too much work involved takes too much time build planes obviously interested model aircraft art goes wantto run fast agile toy might well boat now get slightest hint interest just passing fancy refuse help have anything because Ini wasting time know some people appreciate aircraft love way I will seek out associate Benjamin Franklin once said greatest desire surround myself men intelligent myself greatest desire surround myself men love model airplanes myself adventures iron bird Forgive 1 should passing wonderful contri Big models arent something new Heavy tube-type radios big batteries required bigness back ong-ago beginning Power Herkimer Twin 120 gas/ ignition hatch iifted show gas tank Siot fuselage side landing gear detail shows capacity shock absorption Joes famous plane doublesize BuccaneerWinter saw flown sev eral occasions Including Chicago Nate butions photos really want see read about could talk about 100-in RC Special new Desperadoa surprise Bill Evans strives save soul floaty Electrics guess Purple Plan Kadet Sr talk senile privilege about wacky stuff scattered extended family sends airline tickets command Come time its 50-year-old daughter third oldest picked up Mastersin philosophy no less son got literature As Depression HS dropout Im chicken nine ducks really know swim got go flying Long Island thanks couple swift 737s Twenty-five years ago gave Norm Rosenstockwhen left hurdy-gurdy New York love New York TV says bumper stickers say Virginia isforLovers lam Virginian flock old escapement jobs including Beam Continued page 34 wnen norm Hosenstock recovered prewar Raspante RC New York warenouse Winter day investigate its innards before delivering AMAs Museum Span 131 201/2-in prop flown telephone dial coder now lost 1 wnas winterTermathe decoder want otherterminology removed piane can see contacts selector arm advanced tothe propercontactgoing through others identified bywire leads SCALE WH RADIO CONTROL ROL-UNE EELS FREE-FLIGHT 000 VINTAGESMOOTHGOLDEN AGENEW sizes2hzCONTOURsizes214BALLOON 3/431/a"23/43/431/a 133/413A132h4/z 1144%1143%11/443/i31/454 11/z51144hz1/z533/4 P/a65/a21451/41/a6/z SCALE PILOTS CYUNDERS ENGINE KITS IILNc ATT- CHEKT ON-Board Battery Tester Saves Time. Saves Models BA1TCHEKRX-1 $1495 ein USA 4 V4 NW Install RC Models Check receiver battery status press button Small Light 1/2 oz Precise Rugged ORDER TODAY dealer Protune Corp 914 462-6452 PO Box 1808 Poughkeepaie NY 12601 SIX SHOOTER FUEL PUMP NOW AVAILABLE FOR GASOLINE & DIESEL FUEL APPROX 6 oz per revolution HAND CRANKED FOR SAFE RELIABLE USE EITHER VERSION $1095 THE ONLY PUMP AVAILABLE FOR USE WITH DIESEL FUEL Rebel Airknocker twice Flying Mod els etc still fly now toothy servos instead escapement Norm around fly No escape take two folding chairs fly two three Old-Timer models yak afternoon about crazy models flying deeds age chivalry guess what flew Rebel built son high schoolin 50s Fox 10 later Max 10 Rebel aint big Norm has 05 25 know thing goes believes plan ning ahead throttle stuck throttle servo motor spun wildlyno teeth course So Fly wide open no ailerons no engine control Some small hobby shop guy good kind Patchoque directed us bulldozed spot pine barrensan L-shaped paved runway no less no sight Carpets over place keep white sand-dust down Windy man So Up out pinpointsthe limit plane vanished far-out glitch once Krafts antenna screwed Thats range test Circling field low holding down Rebel developed such head steam got dizzy Control Line fell over chair Norm thwarted crosswind did wild cartwheel feet flat skittering dust andtires flying over place So put tires back fly again Rebel safe sound now its ancient brothers until someday came went indulge again what call Rites Spring flew rudder-only got wild snap too Kicking up heels good soulAll three BC craft sad sacks Beam lostmore times man can count including days floating Long Island Sound Monstrous warps cancel other still wildly aerobatic high rate snaps and just rudder throttle Du-Bro wheels Airknocker treadiess cracked blobs oil soaked imbedded weeds has gone through least four engines touch-and- goes Beam people ask can airplane fly elevators Climb power function man Stupid question What controls Hand-Launched Glider Sure both fly seri ously Norm has several giants 12-ft Aeronca low wing Hes hot pilot checks big birds after flight Flying will never get better day funky relic clearing piney woods Separates men boys kiddo Dont die laughing picture Rebel its Right Stufi pilot Fun Things never got funnier old birds may fly together year 2000 Mayday Maydayl Dead water 10 days blame late Joe Raspante 1938 late Rudy Arnold great air-to-air photographer brought Air Trails set remarkable pix Joe successful RC twice-up Buccaneer controlled telephone dial system saw fly timesbefore Hempstead Plains Long Island carpeted postwar housing like Levittownand Nats flight saw ended up hanging high-up left spiral climb Joe madiy dialed controlsas slow reacting molasses flowing up hill January Only man Sal Taibi ever launched heavy low-powered behemoth Its Herkirner OK Twin probably 120 two 60s may have less power good Enya 46 four-stroke considers prop size considerable rpm much Sal would hold monster overhead its wheels run down field run run Runway length vital Chicago Sal Continued page 134 34 Model Aviation MACHINE GUN KITS PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS SEND $2 FOR COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 9 SEE YOUR DEALER OR DISTRIBUTOR DAVE BROWN PRODUCTS 4560 LAYHIGH RD HAMILTON OH 45013513 738-1576 PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT SCA Canopies Available Plans sent Post-Paid within USA Send 5O far Full Catalog Balsa Nick Zfroli 29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA NICK ZIROLI 516-234-5038 Letters Editor Continued page 14 1 1-year-old buddy have taken under wing teach flying plane will ROG hands-offand fly same way article couple months ago Comet Clipper Junior 35% prompted build big AJ Serfass Brookfield MO printing few pictures AJ sent big Clipper resplendent transparent yellow bright red trim Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 34 distance vanished drainage ditch double-Buc flew Until recently another Raspante Giant sat home friendly mice warehouse belonging Long Island aviation museum Also stored John Roths Volksplane second-placer 1972 RC Scale World Champs Lake hurst Norm Rosenstock swung deal allow museum show historical machines excuse him bug GATOR Makes Winner WN 11613 TAIL 41 DELUX ALL RALSA lIT An oil new Tiger Toil 120 four strokes piped 60 two strokes beautiful peef ormer competitros just showing oft bolso kit mochined wood ports ond complete hardware pockoge thot includes plug-in od justable stob ports ned new wing mounts Wing Spon -72 Wing Ares -860 sq Complete Delun Kit$15995 mm ca An neupensive wit rs55e0 mo dad case protect mat esbensive transmitter botri two st Cl single st cx transmitters Brown earner gran witn ai.minrn tr mono iOCkifl3 $1895 PUIG4N ADIUSTA3LE STA3 UT last cnn optimize stab incidence Ion best tigrat character stics pair ot glass hued riyron adjosteas nciudeo mat provide tot micro screw adlustment ot smaller front rube Main tube aluminum witn matcningpnenoIicsocket95 WING T13 & SOCKETS Aluminum tubing ton plug-inwings Included us pair ot special slip-tt Ottenolic sockets build isto wing snucture Now size ton moctels 7/8 cia 2$895 1 dia u 2$ 995 its dia 3$1495 NEWI WING MOUNTING SIT wing mounting stisteer developed Ron Chidgey mat test neat acco ateaadstaystght Th eenelonbrackets screwsandmachinectwing bocksare ncudeo $595 IVAWS MAGIC GADIT W Ap actonden eat edbytaa Kr e e onc andy Ineasue aer eeaatonadwodrgr ova aes egesswcultou ohm m goua atbacAqasyoc ompete w utnuctons pa bookad arryng use $795 Rebel once beamed up call front door before both headed AMA HQ following day As said before Norm always prepared shot roll out hot Washington sun areas world-famous cussed humidity camera empty Saved heat prostration dehydration better alf repeated routine loaded camera see pix preview Destiny AMA happened oldtimers antiquers better word Frank Ebling Frank Tlush engine competed Brown Jr Free Flighter Mike Granieri arrived simultaneously Tlush has marvelous display Tlush engines dating back turn 30s see visit bull session end bull sessionsall five us raking other everything else over coals AMA taped part itbetter Laurel Hardy Reminded Tlush timed gassie Teterboro 1935he didnt remem ber flying father grandfather hed told 1935 invented safety pin didnt remember either allowed could have happened accidental dis covery Ehling pal water/tissueshrinking plane got wet sold manufacturer spare name elixir slightly tinted green dye $10 quart better deal Brooklyn Bridge sure day Fredericksburg hoped show Norm Bill Kaluf electricpowered Heron flies need big field because can get out very far power circles its glide forever making ap proaches liver bile shakers Giving up after casing four would-be fields ended up flying Bentom rubber-powered models geared front ends Quite stable out-of-box no adjustments AMA guys often fly lunch breaks nearby field Norm joined Doug Pratt brought big Kracketjac Rookie Also Flyline Inland Sport funny squaredoff-cylinder diesel runs like clockbut too windy John Worth LeCrate now twin 035s seven cells horizontal nose pylon showed off new Heron 17 minutes flight Doug date time clock required three go-rounds get onto field against wind finally got wheels extreme end Norm rung out Rookie hed flown 1962 time trip left him glassy-eyed Everyone flew hit show Rebel what else knelt down faced deBolt saw Rookie article ModelBuilder know cautioned operation engine in-front plugs said wideopen high power outsides tended roll out 134 Model Aviation DC-31W 1140 Span$4200 F4U CORSAIR2/ 193 Span$3000 A6MSZERO2A 191 Span$3000 CURTISP402A 194 Span$3000 AT-6TEXAN24 1101 Span$3000 F8FBEARcAT2A 186 Span$3000 FOKKER DR-i27163 Tripe$2700 Order Plans RK-2Oor RK-740 Ducted Fans Phantom35 span$1000 Viggen32 span$1000 F-1536 span$1000 Plan canopy$1500 See Dealer Order U tact Inc ude 51 50 Per raw foe UPS GATOR R/C PRODUCTS S7t3tonnpanobninapens ct Sb 0758635 HOT STUFF INS TANT EXPERT 56 MINUTE VHS CONSTRUCTION TAPE VIDEO-TIPS # 2 IS BUILDING SESSION NOT LECTURE Instant ConstructionTechniques Building Tips See TOP-FLITE Hot Kanary built start finish crashed purposeIr demonstrate bond strength Send Coupon & $3000 Check MO COD Orders Call Satellite City PO Box 836 Simi Valley Calif 93062 805 522-0062 uphill Youll find important pic change made Pratta headlock Model Products Corp designed remote boost also takes lock-on small Ni-Cd boosters better way go almost anything also ironed out outsides beautiful acceptable Before entering takes out up trim enough sinks slightly cruise Entry bottom inverted requires two-thirds throttle Enya 60 four-stroke 14-6 half power entered top Down elevator deflection one-third either case Norm pointed out five ships Only Heron now hangs shop Rebel built kids high school during 50s fly seldom now its mighty pleasant strange watch old birds out cages bystander looking six months someone help testfly Hobby Horn Sky King Old-Timer re eve old Tinier uues 5 thatG jot pOJiS st. oOFrom this. sp~ pOgSto pointS Ignition Engine Parts Only Over 600 items Send $200 current catalog vived Doc Mathews MA about 10 years ago Astro 05 Cobalt think six perhaps seven 12 cells No wonder Sky King popular Smooth stable like rock surfing wind glow Electric Id recommend plane great grandmother Waiting pictures giant mall 3600 parking managed lose Norms van wallet column gets finished will miracle modern science End Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Nats General/Worth Continued page 37 Magnum Hi-Start Co people associated companies endured heat wind rain its doubtful sales could make up cost partici pation came spirit goodwill helped celebration deserve medals efforts efforts still appreciatedthanks helping us 50th Anniversary Birthday Party year fewer officials usual design lot pre-planning went deciding advance exactly what type officials needed event Thus specific worker lists defined ahead time much greater detail recent years event depended much less potluck might show available help Although fewer people involved dollar cost AMA higher greater travel Continued page 138 APPLIED DESIGN CORPORATION 738 Penn SI El Segundo CA 90245 MINI ER ADJUSTABLE TENSION HAND BELT SANDER FIRMLY HOLDS PAPER FOR EASIER SANDING Padded hats sad carves Handy Held Easy Use $2A5 MINI-STRIPSPRECISION DIE-CUT Medium Garnet SAVES TIMEREPLACEMENTFine Garnet ANO EFFORT *155 SANDING BELTSAsold Water Proel TEE ALUMINUM EXTRUSION SANDING BLOCK Ie RUFF-STUFF Sell-adhealee sand paper Large True Surface WaetWearDut 11 inch $211 Handy Use22 Inch $371 RUFF 6 STUFF SELF ADHESIVE SHEET SANDPAPER MAKE YOUR OWN SPECIAL SANDING SHAPES Eany Use No mosy glue drying tIme Medium Fine r Fine 830 MINIsAw $7~ COMPACT 10 inch HACK SAW SAWS ANYTHING ANYWHERE Sam has rugged din-cast multI camlortahin chip-gruel plastIc inart handle Receding ne adstable B hind glees geed garb ~ccmo Cots weed pinstic metal HARDENED MUSIC WIREextra hladns-3/SI99 Add 20% postage Send 25 catalog November1986135 seen tape earlier HOT STUFF could have saved us another 9OLbs Voyagert Dick Rutan Pilots Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager SPECIAL COUPON $3000 Gets you-VIDEO-TIPS 2 Plus lea SPECIALTTM loz FREE SUPERTTM loz Extra Value KICK-IT 3oz Y$1A0
Edition: Model Aviation - 1986/11
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 134, 135
Bill Winter _____znn ______Plane Talk BIG BEGINNINGS Big Bang Beetho vens Fifth Al Doerrs Big Cub What am doing talking about 18-ft model weighs 100 lb guy like Doerr suitable flying field such things far away madding crowd makes sense Few ofus should build such model should lived 70-acre 1933 farm flew dink Rubber Scalers Id tempted people hu mongous models dont mix Consider pic ture Al giant J-3 far-out open terrain craftsmanship says is photo latest one-year project interesting challenging problems building size note AMA Life Member 91 IMAA Member 06 model stats something Span 18 ft area 6912 sq wing loading 333 oz/sq ft rather like 12 six-footer weight 100 lb engine 60 cu Sachs Dolmar turning 30 x 8 prop 5200 Radio aFutaba four receivers two S-134 servos control has four packs SR batteries two 500 mAh capacity two 1200 mAli Coverite Chevron paint Plans homemade course Study fittings think about equip ment will know safetyminded safer youand sure Enjoy dont get ideas unless know know must known veteran experienced builder fly crickets far horizons seem follow curvature earth Wonder big wheels what froman earthmover cant keep good man down Elliott Boulous Morgantown PA ran unique model business probably never heard about called Skys Limit serious work injury forced retirementseveral discs removed continuing operationsIm 31 married says though wife RC widow have three children hope teach fly cant get enough Being pipe fitter having background carpentry RC gave chance keep building allows challenge building flying much late 1985 letter got talkina Boulous Well hes lost seven discswhich has no effect bubbling enthusiasm continuous promotion hobby constant building business now Institute Silent Flighthe Gliders Electrics 30 kits build himself custom building models has run afoul zoning board zoned commercially reasons known God zoning board permitted make model planes sale Hes down Electric Thats because friends admire ships much hes given away though horse trades takes wee profits some planes order obtaln plans kits what sounds like Silent Flight Museum project builds himself often helps fellow modelers has suitable trainer RC job allows people fly become dedicated RCers Like write lives pain guys dont complain hate word keep busy get out model aviation means obvious good spirits Any guy like Elliott does hobby/sport tub ofdo good money Elliott gave up Gas seem doing slowly flies geared Electric Gliders tosses air four-minute climb much 45 minutes soaring flight find kind flying powerfully seductive show two pictures year old now comments pride joy first little girl Toney second Marks Model Sunny Bipe bipe well named sunny best sense word Theres story about Sunny kit ye olde Dakota ancestry inspiration its time 30 Model Aviation Above Taking advantage wide open spacea rural Michigan huge dream-ilke fiying ficid lifetime technical expertise sound conservative building skills Al Doerr builds giant models 18-ft Cub example uses four receivers four battey packs well two servos everything Below left landing gear Doerrs J-3 sprung just like full-scale skilled machinist among otherthings Al designed made massive fittings can betthey solidlyattached structure up tothe job 333 oz/sq ft wing loading roughlyequivalenttothe 12 Sigs KadetSr indeed Al perks along snappy 25mph Below right CubGothic farmer wife also half-size Mrs has old-time wire glasses double chin no less blond braids lacy bonnet husband wears Winters discarded hats sports glorious set Civil War whiskers inspect structure Redundancy bit like 747 aIrliner Nontheless everyone should cautioned AMA insurance isnt provided models weighing 55 lb See text details/statistics model Mandrake Cal Shumate Blue Island hiss Navy-style twin Control Line model Cox 09s Cal specializes generally similar twins 049s 35s An im pressive make-believe plenty area know flies well Photo Bill Dahigren Elliott Boulous forced retirement due industrial accident saysthis Marks Sun ny bipe terrific pleasure Hes upbeat himself something called Insti tute Silent Flight gliders mostly electric powerno high-start labors know wants teach three daughters fly has 30 kits waiting built .. move Second Time Around people write returnees whove out modeling years can go home again contrary Thomas Wolfe Keith Wilson has good stuff first began 1937 rubber power later gas Free Flight Control Line gas Free Flight again now retirement RC airplanes As new returnee hobby forgotten early lessons learned Thus learned again hard way mistakes expensive think worth time space would consider few words advice beginner first Goldberg Eagle 63 large easy construct before learning fly Left Flying AMA white-hats during lunch break Winter caught unawares contemplates old Rebelbuilt late SOs kids Still being flown forgags Rosenstock Its gonethrough fourengines oncea Fox 10 Max 10 now has potent OS 25 much downthrust Likethat neat exhaustextensionThetee-shirt says No Mr Nice Guyan identity crisis suspect Right MontyTyrell famed Aussie Control Liner hams upwith detailed B-i 7 could lookatthis picture saythatCLers anything sweet reasonable perfectly ordinary individuals asks Bill Dahigren sent plc Adds Well does fly RC too sort thing has have effect fellow Power two 05 106 two Testors 0498 Has Robertsthree-line setup control engine flaps lights Winnerof 2nds 3rds attheAussle Nats itwas auctioned proceeds donated tothe local hospital November 1986 31 smiling Keith Wilson obviously happywith hisfour-strokeTaibi Powerhouse builds things has great deal say see text about minimizing pitfalls learning fly Eagle instructor built New Era 40 Airtronics multicolored covering pinstriping band-painted pilot other fancy details Eagle covered white plum-colored MonoKotecolors easily lost high-sky area As result Eagle crashed During rebuilding period flight instruction stopped cold New Era test flown experts club flew several times date have Its flight characteristics beyond skill rebuilt Eagle cabin windows engine covering hand-painted pilots pinstriping colors easy see sky Flight training began againthis time success Although have since built Midwest Super Sweet Stik 60 Champion 84 Powerhouse still return Eagle 63 practice basic flight patterns As can see pictures building skills about average Building sake building goal building flying what build embarrassment reviewing mistakes have come following conclusions 1 Establish goal model aviation building flying combination building flying 2 first-time airplanes build large 60 70-in wingspan cabin high wing flat-bottom airfoil fact can afford build second airplane similar first soon first finished event major crash first second ready fly instruction interrupted 3 Build neatness accuracy great amounts finishing details multi colored coverings hand-painted pilots etc 4 Before covering airplane visit flying field watch club members air planes air Select covering colors can see easily 5 Talk flight instructors local club plan work best suits Set aside time flight instruction continuous short spaces time between instruction 6 During construction first air plane read books articles experts ask questions local club members make notes techniques seem solve construction problems best Im sure almost everyone flying today has some secret right left airplane air Glenn Jarvis instructor helped completely eliminated men tal gymnastics determining right left airplane coming towards going away suggests leveling wings airplane flight think low wing high wing As airplane coming toward push ailerons control toward low wing level airplane going away push ailerons control toward high wing Hence no longer have listen someone shout right left wonder what Hopefully before long will get mistakes sorted out corrected point some day can build fly airplane out Whifferdill Eight successfully Keith member Hemet CA Model Masters Inside Instructors Head Thomas Ander son isnt controversial Hes getting something off chest Lets make perfectly clear nothing wrong almost-ready-to-fly models ARTFs Most lovely things Ive yielded temptation once keep eye bouncing ball re member very beginnings weve strived constant hard-sell promotion bring modeling massesand some success attract public cause effect public has its fickle folks try modeling archery golf basket weaving bowling stamp collectingin endiess successionand pass millions already gave up stick-and-tissue whatever before ready-to-fly have friends fly ARTFs otherwise theyd have wait until kids fathom mysteries nest building So Tom Anderson Incidental ly scrawls 19 years old 194 want tell anything can happen planet Earth fly RC New York City member Blue Angels Model Airplane Club am instructor five years Ive hobby have noticed problem does seem have solution no modelers age ever stick hobby few months ex asperating teach students almost solo have disappear never heard again call phone say theyve lost interest cant believe ears am stunned days gave best times calm nice days would like have flown own fun knew could learn could wind never burned motor dinged wing tip 32 Model Aviation SpectacularStarshot wing Bill Evans has 400 forward sweep flies nicely new K&B 20 57 5 lb area 46 sq ft bit underpowered 4500-ft field elevation Evans going 40 wring out put wings ultimate test Winter impressed MPCs Remote Headlock Pratt installed Bills Rookie Convenient use increases hand safety front-slanted plugsany engine matter lock-on booster attaches fitting left rear nose opening AMA Executive Director John Worth Winters prototype LeCrate twin 035s seven cells 12 Ah Slow motion Cavernous interior contains four-tube receiver front decoder clicked numbered steps matching inputs sent telephone dial know learned fly myself hard waywhen 15 years old completely alone golf course 18 snow plane designed built myself sort mini Swizzle Stick Ive hobby five years until two years ago never seen successful RC model fly plenty crashes finally succeeded joined club hand accumulated technical knowledge silver platter still quit Im A&P airframe power plant FAA certified mechanic have built full-scale aircraft too theory advent ARF airplanes people getting RC fly think buying another toy like Mattel Coleco-type thing merely put 10 alkaline cells runs Its like $14 RC car get tired get bored throw away get feeling would just happy driving boat attending party going movie hobby about toys just happen able fly its about building flying aircraft Its about overcoming force grav ity its about creating machine capable soaring heavens above land once birds could fly Its about recreating miniature machines have carried man place 100 years ago thought impossible go dream mankind man has watched birds soar thousands years Galileo greatest minds ever exist earth wanted fly lacked knowledge aerodynamics have Brilliant men have executed saying day man would fly Im getting pretty tired people simply want run toy flies Im losing interest teaching anyone does love model air craft sometimes complain theres too much work involved takes too much time build planes obviously interested model aircraft art goes wantto run fast agile toy might well boat now get slightest hint interest just passing fancy refuse help have anything because Ini wasting time know some people appreciate aircraft love way I will seek out associate Benjamin Franklin once said greatest desire surround myself men intelligent myself greatest desire surround myself men love model airplanes myself adventures iron bird Forgive 1 should passing wonderful contri Big models arent something new Heavy tube-type radios big batteries required bigness back ong-ago beginning Power Herkimer Twin 120 gas/ ignition hatch iifted show gas tank Siot fuselage side landing gear detail shows capacity shock absorption Joes famous plane doublesize BuccaneerWinter saw flown sev eral occasions Including Chicago Nate butions photos really want see read about could talk about 100-in RC Special new Desperadoa surprise Bill Evans strives save soul floaty Electrics guess Purple Plan Kadet Sr talk senile privilege about wacky stuff scattered extended family sends airline tickets command Come time its 50-year-old daughter third oldest picked up Mastersin philosophy no less son got literature As Depression HS dropout Im chicken nine ducks really know swim got go flying Long Island thanks couple swift 737s Twenty-five years ago gave Norm Rosenstockwhen left hurdy-gurdy New York love New York TV says bumper stickers say Virginia isforLovers lam Virginian flock old escapement jobs including Beam Continued page 34 wnen norm Hosenstock recovered prewar Raspante RC New York warenouse Winter day investigate its innards before delivering AMAs Museum Span 131 201/2-in prop flown telephone dial coder now lost 1 wnas winterTermathe decoder want otherterminology removed piane can see contacts selector arm advanced tothe propercontactgoing through others identified bywire leads SCALE WH RADIO CONTROL ROL-UNE EELS FREE-FLIGHT 000 VINTAGESMOOTHGOLDEN AGENEW sizes2hzCONTOURsizes214BALLOON 3/431/a"23/43/431/a 133/413A132h4/z 1144%1143%11/443/i31/454 11/z51144hz1/z533/4 P/a65/a21451/41/a6/z SCALE PILOTS CYUNDERS ENGINE KITS IILNc ATT- CHEKT ON-Board Battery Tester Saves Time. Saves Models BA1TCHEKRX-1 $1495 ein USA 4 V4 NW Install RC Models Check receiver battery status press button Small Light 1/2 oz Precise Rugged ORDER TODAY dealer Protune Corp 914 462-6452 PO Box 1808 Poughkeepaie NY 12601 SIX SHOOTER FUEL PUMP NOW AVAILABLE FOR GASOLINE & DIESEL FUEL APPROX 6 oz per revolution HAND CRANKED FOR SAFE RELIABLE USE EITHER VERSION $1095 THE ONLY PUMP AVAILABLE FOR USE WITH DIESEL FUEL Rebel Airknocker twice Flying Mod els etc still fly now toothy servos instead escapement Norm around fly No escape take two folding chairs fly two three Old-Timer models yak afternoon about crazy models flying deeds age chivalry guess what flew Rebel built son high schoolin 50s Fox 10 later Max 10 Rebel aint big Norm has 05 25 know thing goes believes plan ning ahead throttle stuck throttle servo motor spun wildlyno teeth course So Fly wide open no ailerons no engine control Some small hobby shop guy good kind Patchoque directed us bulldozed spot pine barrensan L-shaped paved runway no less no sight Carpets over place keep white sand-dust down Windy man So Up out pinpointsthe limit plane vanished far-out glitch once Krafts antenna screwed Thats range test Circling field low holding down Rebel developed such head steam got dizzy Control Line fell over chair Norm thwarted crosswind did wild cartwheel feet flat skittering dust andtires flying over place So put tires back fly again Rebel safe sound now its ancient brothers until someday came went indulge again what call Rites Spring flew rudder-only got wild snap too Kicking up heels good soulAll three BC craft sad sacks Beam lostmore times man can count including days floating Long Island Sound Monstrous warps cancel other still wildly aerobatic high rate snaps and just rudder throttle Du-Bro wheels Airknocker treadiess cracked blobs oil soaked imbedded weeds has gone through least four engines touch-and- goes Beam people ask can airplane fly elevators Climb power function man Stupid question What controls Hand-Launched Glider Sure both fly seri ously Norm has several giants 12-ft Aeronca low wing Hes hot pilot checks big birds after flight Flying will never get better day funky relic clearing piney woods Separates men boys kiddo Dont die laughing picture Rebel its Right Stufi pilot Fun Things never got funnier old birds may fly together year 2000 Mayday Maydayl Dead water 10 days blame late Joe Raspante 1938 late Rudy Arnold great air-to-air photographer brought Air Trails set remarkable pix Joe successful RC twice-up Buccaneer controlled telephone dial system saw fly timesbefore Hempstead Plains Long Island carpeted postwar housing like Levittownand Nats flight saw ended up hanging high-up left spiral climb Joe madiy dialed controlsas slow reacting molasses flowing up hill January Only man Sal Taibi ever launched heavy low-powered behemoth Its Herkirner OK Twin probably 120 two 60s may have less power good Enya 46 four-stroke considers prop size considerable rpm much Sal would hold monster overhead its wheels run down field run run Runway length vital Chicago Sal Continued page 134 34 Model Aviation MACHINE GUN KITS PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS SEND $2 FOR COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 9 SEE YOUR DEALER OR DISTRIBUTOR DAVE BROWN PRODUCTS 4560 LAYHIGH RD HAMILTON OH 45013513 738-1576 PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT SCA Canopies Available Plans sent Post-Paid within USA Send 5O far Full Catalog Balsa Nick Zfroli 29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA NICK ZIROLI 516-234-5038 Letters Editor Continued page 14 1 1-year-old buddy have taken under wing teach flying plane will ROG hands-offand fly same way article couple months ago Comet Clipper Junior 35% prompted build big AJ Serfass Brookfield MO printing few pictures AJ sent big Clipper resplendent transparent yellow bright red trim Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 34 distance vanished drainage ditch double-Buc flew Until recently another Raspante Giant sat home friendly mice warehouse belonging Long Island aviation museum Also stored John Roths Volksplane second-placer 1972 RC Scale World Champs Lake hurst Norm Rosenstock swung deal allow museum show historical machines excuse him bug GATOR Makes Winner WN 11613 TAIL 41 DELUX ALL RALSA lIT An oil new Tiger Toil 120 four strokes piped 60 two strokes beautiful peef ormer competitros just showing oft bolso kit mochined wood ports ond complete hardware pockoge thot includes plug-in od justable stob ports ned new wing mounts Wing Spon -72 Wing Ares -860 sq Complete Delun Kit$15995 mm ca An neupensive wit rs55e0 mo dad case protect mat esbensive transmitter botri two st Cl single st cx transmitters Brown earner gran witn ai.minrn tr mono iOCkifl3 $1895 PUIG4N ADIUSTA3LE STA3 UT last cnn optimize stab incidence Ion best tigrat character stics pair ot glass hued riyron adjosteas nciudeo mat provide tot micro screw adlustment ot smaller front rube Main tube aluminum witn matcningpnenoIicsocket95 WING T13 & SOCKETS Aluminum tubing ton plug-inwings Included us pair ot special slip-tt Ottenolic sockets build isto wing snucture Now size ton moctels 7/8 cia 2$895 1 dia u 2$ 995 its dia 3$1495 NEWI WING MOUNTING SIT wing mounting stisteer developed Ron Chidgey mat test neat acco ateaadstaystght Th eenelonbrackets screwsandmachinectwing bocksare ncudeo $595 IVAWS MAGIC GADIT W Ap actonden eat edbytaa Kr e e onc andy Ineasue aer eeaatonadwodrgr ova aes egesswcultou ohm m goua atbacAqasyoc ompete w utnuctons pa bookad arryng use $795 Rebel once beamed up call front door before both headed AMA HQ following day As said before Norm always prepared shot roll out hot Washington sun areas world-famous cussed humidity camera empty Saved heat prostration dehydration better alf repeated routine loaded camera see pix preview Destiny AMA happened oldtimers antiquers better word Frank Ebling Frank Tlush engine competed Brown Jr Free Flighter Mike Granieri arrived simultaneously Tlush has marvelous display Tlush engines dating back turn 30s see visit bull session end bull sessionsall five us raking other everything else over coals AMA taped part itbetter Laurel Hardy Reminded Tlush timed gassie Teterboro 1935he didnt remem ber flying father grandfather hed told 1935 invented safety pin didnt remember either allowed could have happened accidental dis covery Ehling pal water/tissueshrinking plane got wet sold manufacturer spare name elixir slightly tinted green dye $10 quart better deal Brooklyn Bridge sure day Fredericksburg hoped show Norm Bill Kaluf electricpowered Heron flies need big field because can get out very far power circles its glide forever making ap proaches liver bile shakers Giving up after casing four would-be fields ended up flying Bentom rubber-powered models geared front ends Quite stable out-of-box no adjustments AMA guys often fly lunch breaks nearby field Norm joined Doug Pratt brought big Kracketjac Rookie Also Flyline Inland Sport funny squaredoff-cylinder diesel runs like clockbut too windy John Worth LeCrate now twin 035s seven cells horizontal nose pylon showed off new Heron 17 minutes flight Doug date time clock required three go-rounds get onto field against wind finally got wheels extreme end Norm rung out Rookie hed flown 1962 time trip left him glassy-eyed Everyone flew hit show Rebel what else knelt down faced deBolt saw Rookie article ModelBuilder know cautioned operation engine in-front plugs said wideopen high power outsides tended roll out 134 Model Aviation DC-31W 1140 Span$4200 F4U CORSAIR2/ 193 Span$3000 A6MSZERO2A 191 Span$3000 CURTISP402A 194 Span$3000 AT-6TEXAN24 1101 Span$3000 F8FBEARcAT2A 186 Span$3000 FOKKER DR-i27163 Tripe$2700 Order Plans RK-2Oor RK-740 Ducted Fans Phantom35 span$1000 Viggen32 span$1000 F-1536 span$1000 Plan canopy$1500 See Dealer Order U tact Inc ude 51 50 Per raw foe UPS GATOR R/C PRODUCTS S7t3tonnpanobninapens ct Sb 0758635 HOT STUFF INS TANT EXPERT 56 MINUTE VHS CONSTRUCTION TAPE VIDEO-TIPS # 2 IS BUILDING SESSION NOT LECTURE Instant ConstructionTechniques Building Tips See TOP-FLITE Hot Kanary built start finish crashed purposeIr demonstrate bond strength Send Coupon & $3000 Check MO COD Orders Call Satellite City PO Box 836 Simi Valley Calif 93062 805 522-0062 uphill Youll find important pic change made Pratta headlock Model Products Corp designed remote boost also takes lock-on small Ni-Cd boosters better way go almost anything also ironed out outsides beautiful acceptable Before entering takes out up trim enough sinks slightly cruise Entry bottom inverted requires two-thirds throttle Enya 60 four-stroke 14-6 half power entered top Down elevator deflection one-third either case Norm pointed out five ships Only Heron now hangs shop Rebel built kids high school during 50s fly seldom now its mighty pleasant strange watch old birds out cages bystander looking six months someone help testfly Hobby Horn Sky King Old-Timer re eve old Tinier uues 5 thatG jot pOJiS st. oOFrom this. sp~ pOgSto pointS Ignition Engine Parts Only Over 600 items Send $200 current catalog vived Doc Mathews MA about 10 years ago Astro 05 Cobalt think six perhaps seven 12 cells No wonder Sky King popular Smooth stable like rock surfing wind glow Electric Id recommend plane great grandmother Waiting pictures giant mall 3600 parking managed lose Norms van wallet column gets finished will miracle modern science End Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fairfax VA 22030 Nats General/Worth Continued page 37 Magnum Hi-Start Co people associated companies endured heat wind rain its doubtful sales could make up cost partici pation came spirit goodwill helped celebration deserve medals efforts efforts still appreciatedthanks helping us 50th Anniversary Birthday Party year fewer officials usual design lot pre-planning went deciding advance exactly what type officials needed event Thus specific worker lists defined ahead time much greater detail recent years event depended much less potluck might show available help Although fewer people involved dollar cost AMA higher greater travel Continued page 138 APPLIED DESIGN CORPORATION 738 Penn SI El Segundo CA 90245 MINI ER ADJUSTABLE TENSION HAND BELT SANDER FIRMLY HOLDS PAPER FOR EASIER SANDING Padded hats sad carves Handy Held Easy Use $2A5 MINI-STRIPSPRECISION DIE-CUT Medium Garnet SAVES TIMEREPLACEMENTFine Garnet ANO EFFORT *155 SANDING BELTSAsold Water Proel TEE ALUMINUM EXTRUSION SANDING BLOCK Ie RUFF-STUFF Sell-adhealee sand paper Large True Surface WaetWearDut 11 inch $211 Handy Use22 Inch $371 RUFF 6 STUFF SELF ADHESIVE SHEET SANDPAPER MAKE YOUR OWN SPECIAL SANDING SHAPES Eany Use No mosy glue drying tIme Medium Fine r Fine 830 MINIsAw $7~ COMPACT 10 inch HACK SAW SAWS ANYTHING ANYWHERE Sam has rugged din-cast multI camlortahin chip-gruel plastIc inart handle Receding ne adstable B hind glees geed garb ~ccmo Cots weed pinstic metal HARDENED MUSIC WIREextra hladns-3/SI99 Add 20% postage Send 25 catalog November1986135 seen tape earlier HOT STUFF could have saved us another 9OLbs Voyagert Dick Rutan Pilots Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager SPECIAL COUPON $3000 Gets you-VIDEO-TIPS 2 Plus lea SPECIALTTM loz FREE SUPERTTM loz Extra Value KICK-IT 3oz Y$1A0