Just for the Fun of It: Plane Talk

Bill Winter 0 --Plane Talk THEY SAY nothing certain death taxes Its also certain never know what am going write about old manual typewriter like horse seems know going presents readout guidance Vibes tell probably intends prance through letters Dont think admonishes Youll hurt yourself think about irrelevant things see Jim Walker master showman doing RC lawn mower actwhen frequency could happen Brook lyn Such innocent looking guys transmitters hidden behind backs Jim survived afterwards frequen cy deep secret 40 watts too readout sputters often remark flying field has little awareness what buddies real life Ronnie himself came out Ugly Stik wed get him flying over pits letters flying site folks see little red flag two-star general club base since built models kid now wants resume Electric Old-Timer Theres another Kansas Wesleyan stationery pick up phone Toto think still Kansas friendly female voice tells offcampus tconference president Methodist minister ministers write Letters will Seat Higher Learning column October 1985 Model Avi ation stirred write letter appreci ation perspective flying things fly always provides interest says Marshall P Stanton few years ago built Crosswind modified construction MA suggestions fuselage made 1/32 ply bent U-shape Funbird frontal profile small half-cowl under engine created bend ing plywood combines make slip pery model cut wing foam installed balsa leading trailing edges put spruce spar covered silkspan using Elmers cut water 50/50 mixture adhesive original covering Saran Wrap painted spray can stuck wing spray adhesive Using Goldberg type main gear mounted wheels gear just ahead wing put tail wheel have three power plants up front little bird Fox 15 Sch Enya 19 Enya 09 no dramatic performance latter will ROG nicely cruise part-throttle does well high winds no wind cold wet foggy days once flew day ice built up wing flight suffice enjoy seeing soar hawks thermals laze around 15-20 feet off ground air dense breeze calm has smashed bashed has amazing resilience Everything has broken least once combination building materials used allows easy repairs now has lost external beauty However dont say out loud its presence still keeps flying nicely log flights know has 30 hours actual flight time Another flyable bird hangar venerable Kloud King Marshall goes call motorized box kite Built MA plans after personal conversation Doc Mathews has logged 65 hours Originally powered Fox 25 now climbs skyward Enya 19 translucent orange wing helps visibility gets high no airplane shape visible Occasionally have give downtrim wait comes altitude Im comfortable Other interesting building/flying proj ects include Aeromaster built 150% 34 Model Aviation Paul Samaras wanted build Quarter Scale-size Tracer designer Bill Evans sent him sketches fine-flying SuperTracer Webra Bully power resulted Span 1895 gross weight 1921 lb Paul says has excellent vertical performance almost fast Rossi-powered Tracer 60 Tracer 48 80 slated appear RCM Bernard Cawley scaled up Ken Willards Showmaster 62 span 600 sq wing area converted electric power Its currently using Jomar controller Astro 15 12 cells 800 mAh Sanyos has done 131/2 mlnhe wonders about 40-size 18cell pack 12s Pictured model belt-driven motor may cobalt version Living seven miles Bong ex-RCer Dick Buege geteto fiy likes Joe Buzzard Konefes Jim Noonan pieasantcom pany ChicagoAeronutsand Bong Eagles Clarence Chapmans marvelous FF Scale jobs inspired Buegeto build stable putt-puffs Two pics above 26-in Teico-powered Pietenpol weighs 2 oz slow scalelike flier its double-size Peck kit Buege thinks undercambered airfoil bit draggy recommends doubling Peanuts Telco CO-2 Below Corbin Ace climbs away larger 60 size pulled Quadra Although fun transformed monoplane cutting new wing reshaping fuselage handle Using Falcon airfoil 17 wide lengthened 10-ft span Although monster didnt roll well flew beautifully fact unless engine power very low would hardly set down Currently Im working cardboard plane powered Zenoali Quartz shampoo-bottle fuel tank foam wings redwood leading-trailing edges spars wood came water tank dismantled several years ago family farm shall learn dramatic ways strong has remained 8-ft span has Beechcraft Bonanza airfoil reduced about 1 8-in chord way neighbor constructs home-builts assembled Sonerai few years ago just finished Avid Flyer resembles Taylor Cub weighs 385 pounds holds two side-by-side like other lot Im 6 ft 3 find riding him must similar sardine experience However bird lifts off nicely payload great weight plane 43-hp Cuyuna engine geared 32-to-l 72-in prop Again plane flies wing just little birds have des cribing Saturday 31st August neighborhood gathered little strip keeps planes along selected other friends took out Eagiet Kloud King flew two gave rides flew two didnt give rides joyful celebration flight complete donuts coffee friendship good weather Well just wanted know life goes m Central Kansas Just Rev Marshall Stanton noted picture old Crosswind several Hal deBoit calls new Electric twin Skeeter because looks like Mosquito HastwoAstro cobalt05s geared 221 14-cell pack 128 Foil symmetrical 65012 spans 60 wing has 650 sq area all-up weight 5 lb loading 178 oz per sq ft Two re worked Zinger 12-98 provide about 6 mm rolls inverted flight much other jazz piece remarkable flier Ken created fly driveway street front have exceptional shortfield performance come over trees Hence Kens banana wing airfoil A cabin model three channels published some years ago RCM urge fun guys get plan Youll delighted amazed Bernard Cawley Washington state flies Mitch Poling telling about Showmaster also mentioned scaled-up Electric asked big go again must add first February 1986 35 months back Ive number com ments about Ken Willards Showmaster often mention design masterJohn Coumos Ugwagon Cessna look-alike really dressed-up Pronto built earlier columns three-view Has flights its second conrod its OS 20 Winter suggests parrot dummy pIlot See text what John learned about dihedral P LAY MATE learned capable 450 climb can go backupandthatMrs Cawleyhadagoatit didnt come down 13 mm seems power setting Jomar controller bit below mid-stick position cruise very much extended have ever wondered much correct prop unloads flight bench duration 3 mm information requested Showmaster scale-up Cawley gins expect youll have pick choose after start waxing enthusiastic First basics essentially 141% scale plan RCA because repro place used could go no larger pass wanted 150% charge foot paper used originally built test bed early Jomar S-i wrote product review Model Builder stretched span bit get back area based calculations 150% spans 62 flat chord 934 giving gross wing area ofjust 600 squares andaloading about 11 oz per sq ft its current weight 45 oz Structurally followed original pretty closely just using lightweight wood Riley Wooten Lone Star 1 times sizes called out eg /16 longerons %2 fuselage sides ribs etc Modifications included trap door bottom battery access soft -in balsa battery cradlesfrom Don Srulls twice-up Sparky published just trying figure out put pack seven 1200 mAh cells cradles way just needed deepened bit handle two six-packs 800s 15 top other also made two-piece wing two -in music wire joiners could carry thing Mazda have room part family least course reshaped nose bit accommodate 05 belt drive has Hailco main gear Trexler #8 wheels perfect grass covered Micaflimthe clear stuff horizontal surfaces yellow fuse lage vertical tail experienced modelers ask silkspan newcomers dont know what other mod dowel-andscrew wing mount arrangement rather rubberbands ships Achilles heel 15 dowels arent really well fastended leading edges get too enthusiastic practicing loops Ill fold wings am sure have come close couple times Thats scary Radio gear currently real smat tering Bernard tells us has Ace Olympic V transmitter receiver two World S-22A servos rudder ele vator Jomar SC-la throttle course 250 mAh receiver battery originally Astro 020 Free Flight battery way Olympic V receiver Silver 7 design completely immune little problem some receivers have Jomar throttles brand deleted before really touchy 36 Model Aviation Above Whats betterthan Pronto ortflree channels Maybe Dave Robellens new Play mate Span IsSO weight 21/2 lb flies 15 25 Itworkethermalseaslly has competed effectively Sport Racing against powerful ships Dave aiso thinks couid easiiy converted Eiectric Pronto Below Gold-helmeted pilot adds nice touch does realistic instrument panel Model will future MA article Olympic V place worst deleted above flight battery shelf working flawlessly Ive flown twice since wrote amazing climb long flights throttled down true charging use Astro Voltage Booster between field box battery Astro AC/DC charger voltage booster makes hellacious whine its working isnt too efficient adequate 12-cell 800s least wonder about 18-cell 1 200s cobalt 40 can deliver enough current 15-mm charge 32A Mitch uses Robbe Automax 21 15 planes dont have dont have too pictures plane enclosed out family album sitting barely coffee table take record-itbefore-I-fly-it pictures still have pictures original glow Showmaster can compare size shot same table glow has hung up awhile still flyable battery charge pur chase some fuel much else report Cawley adds except beloved Schoolboy totaled crash wing survived unclear cause right spiral refused straighten up rudder servo moving after crash until gave output wheel nudge now works fine dont know servo cause effect crash opening up found no stripped gears other obvious ab normality plane getting really ratty need replacement didnt really want forced Id wanting another incorporating changes wanted make based experiences last second Schoolboy first being pulse rudder weak 049 wild paint scheme kit high school flown 7000 ft Santa Fe NMwhich reminds Electric flies fine 7000 ft coarser propS Also just week friend gave copy January 1962 MAN has original Schoolboy construction article showing 36-in builtup wing rather 29-in sheet wing gets thinldng about area such like sheet winglight strong warp-proof Oh well perhaps implement Purple Plan approach 9, booster whine Cawley menti6ns has good ears once could hear up 16000 cycles frequency sound faded outlike out-of-sight flight now see now dont Occhsionally detect wealdy faint booster whine booster general run-ofthe-mill charger handles six eight cells peak six cells have use portion second cyclebeyond normal automati cally-safe 15 mm truly uncharged Continued page 38 / DESIGNED BY HA THOMAS POWERSAITO65 4S ENGINE FEATURES FLAP/AILERON CONFIGURATION WINGSPAN 65 WING AREA680S0 211311 LiiLII ii iiHA THOMAS II liii_______ EI HINGE FLAP________ February 1986 37 HI NGE AILERON Youll have check text HA Thomas OS 25-powered Spitfire seems deBolt Winter Kaluf have kibitzing him about HA watching test pilot check needle setting says goes like rocket Clue local guys said wouldnt 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DISPLAY MODELS cellsand much longer time peak seven cells cant peak eight cells 12-volt car battery unless 1 have charger designed cells 2 use booster am hacker expert expecially Electrics must write someone youd wise ask columnist Kopski MA Poling Model Builder etc After three years Electrics have flock second-generation questions need answers Semetimes feel alene said feels alone crowd would test make solo visit big city zoo summer Sunday range interests fondly described letters should make feel blessed ponder Long ago things simple vir tually everyone build same things cross talk sparkled com mon interest Today common interest exploding cosmos proliferating things receding other nearly speed flight hundred hobbies Letters remind twinkling speck light get closer thriving well-in habited universe self-sufficient feeling good thank Bridging gaps what makes feel lonely mail surprising degree like letter Dick Buege Perhaps will enjoy Just got MA glad see return begins enjoy rambling columns extreme memories share us look model aviation lot us never see Let ramble Have ever seen Joe Konefes fly Buzzard Bombshell An absolutely perfect climb followed perfect transition level flight No stall recovery engine quits nose just comes down level about Eddie Konefes rubber-pow ered ships climb seems last forever flawless glide Jim Noonan compressed-air model Beautiful watch teachers critics am indeed fortunate am located seven miles hallowed fields Bong Buege continues As far am concerned ideal situation have spent Sunday pleasant company Chicago Aero nuts Bong Eagles dont compete contests go watch own thing first started going ran couple fellows flying FF Scale looked like nice now-key way fly What caught eye Clarence Chapmans C 02-powered ships Being stuck RC time thought never crossed mind might try planes belong display Bong about three four years did nothing RC got know Clar ence quite well several Comet Guillow planes wouldnt fly worth darn Three coats colored dope real downer applied small model Guillow Champ converted Continued page 40 38 Model Aviation U 0-AS 65 t20 40B9~P40 35.40 $ 95IS SEND $2 FOR COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED CATALOG DEPT MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 9 So love work balsa wood want build airplane unique Quickie See dealer today available call 800-826-7042 toll free ORDERS ONLY ST CROIX MODELS OX 279 e PARK FALLS WI 54552 1981 World Soaring Champ DWIGHT HOLLEY FEATURES Sailpianes lous Electric Planes ASTROFLIGHI R MOTORS IN STOCK SANYO SANYO SANYOBattery Special N800AR Weigh 36 Grams cut Offcells NEW Lower Price Red Jacket Cut Oft cells N1200SCR Weigh 52 Grams $340 1200MAH Now 2 New Super Cells Sanyo N-9005C SCR Cut Oft cells $375 Both weigh 39 Grams 314 length 1200s same dia N900SC will deliver least 950 MAH N900 5CR will deliver great amperage quickly ELECTRIC MODEL & SAILPLANE SPECIALISTSHOLLEYS SILENT FLIGHT FEATURING ONLY STATE OF THE ART ITEMS203 748-0083 CALL OR WRITE FOR FREE DESCRIPTIVE FLYER151 CHESTNUT RIDGE ROAD BETHEL CT 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3078576897 C02 tried Super flew followed Comet Cub built C02 mind believe kit number 3406 anyone ever wants try C02 best possible chance success plane Much downthrust little right thrust flights just close perfect come would fly circle very little climb go up Flights 1 1 mm matter routine Telco latest effort Pietenpol Span 26 weight 2 oz Flights slow scalelike does fly well Cub place wing area being just about motor will pull undercamber wing quite excessive will corrected ever build another Flat-bottomed might better plan Peck kit doubled modified Double-size Peanuts very good way get designs Most will have modified little strength nothing very bad have tried 26-in Lacey thatwas motor would pull 26-in Fike flies very well 020 running very rich Just dont let go 15 sec worth fuel value plane legs would make great GG Au Galloping Ghost small schoolyard think next will Fike 19 C02 now three us flying C02 regularly Bong Dick relates has nicest way fly No mess no pressure wind up no telling might well learn fly wind think RC days done have found Clarence Derry what missing bunch local RC club ofus does own thing rest us accept no pressure build fly something will meet approval rest group new plane looked over rest us never nit-picking attitude Critics abound always friendly way people flying C02 would welcomed open arms Derry has small electric-powered Goldberg Ranger 30 has seen better days better flights week ago sold him Flyline Travelaire 6000 should really interesting next year Derry real craftsman eventually gets planes fly very well Jim Noonan real gentleman respect first ones look over new planes will speak mind tell went wrong hes usually right have Stahl TCraft 057 built just something build Jim paid highest compliment ever has dont like covering material have say youre master working Jim always selling something meets always buy something time six tubes Aerogloss cement Two bits per tube bargain book Continued page 121 40 Model Aviation full-size Quickie remarkable homebuilt airplane achieves amaz ing l2omphand8ampgpoweredbyanl8 hp engine Now can build fly t/ascaleR/C model sleek little canard quality fit die-cut balsa ply parts good will really enjoy building kit Excellent plans instructions guide step-by-step sna-ee rewarding building experi ence kit includes wood custom metal parts generous hardware package ABS cowl clear canopy.even scale documentation SURPRISE Quickie EASY TO FLY handles much like conventional sport-40 type model L 4 Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 40 Ted DeCook asked wanted few old Comet kits maybe eight 10 27 never turn down free kits out pro duction darned glad get 40-in Super Cruiser real beauty kit Comet some real winners back Phantom Fury still difficult plane build because light entire framework 1/16 sq 32-in plane Keep rambling now does modeling spirit could ever guess Nostalgia rambling guys lead Like last prewar National Air Races 1941 Chicago Nats marked passing era Good brothers spotlanded RC Big Guff close didnt dare move Joe Konefes good now club about 20 identical redand-black Buzzards contentedly climbed steep straight dead ahead nosed down glide Joe won 40 mm plus speck off edge white cloud new Goldberg t2Amet Sailolane everywhere Struck New Rulers sensational Ohlsson 60 lent new zest everything Gibson Reeler changed engines Arrow try Class B Cand won both B George Speckied Bird Perryman way down list Rubbera kid guess So Long landed Midway Airport Paul MacCready no less took oouple firsts place awash modelers become famous fields Jim Walker flying Fireball saw brick string Shows go Jim Noonan Maybe started before did always has finest keeps light hidden under bushel Few could relate Goods impressive display Walker Black magic RC CL would explode war Europe would another Na tional Contest until 1946 Wichita KS Nats proves still Ughwagon ooulda fooled kid kid John Coumo Forked River New Joisey know its really Agwagon pic actually its customizing riot Enclosed photo beloved P#onto sez John built three-view July 1984 MA first took air resembling plane James Bond movie Octopussy Au John have undivided attention left ground delighted almost cried moment later tried make first turn did cry wouldnt come around suddenly knew drawing showed dihedral Iwas able get back piece soon got home cut slot through center top sheeting handsawand kept nib bling away until raised wing panel 8 Next time out little bird ground just long enough fill 4-oz tank What joy Since have flown MonoKote off its beautiful body Au John has waysounds like Jordache commercial Retaining original fuse lage wing made new tail surfaces Au No further comment fashioned caricature Agwagon 05 Max 20 working its way through second connecting rod engine new put Pronto Thanks Bill glorious hours Continued page 124 S aV8 Over 450 Items Send $200 current catalog February 1986 121 Yzrn Lik %LJIIIXZIIiIF Yci Will LAk Zir OPS SLA40 OPS SLA-40 ideal engine QUICKIE 500 well sport flying schnuerle ported ABC 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blood pressure works signal coming receiver processed invisible pulses infra-rad tight travel through fiber optic tight pipe driver circuit converted back electrical signal also being boosted maximum strength Therefore servo 5 ft receiver signal wire long servo plugged directly receiver Heavy duty battery wires provided separate battery pack filtered servo end installation straight forward easy Small size easily detached removing wing / Optic Servo Driver comes 3 models MODELDESCRIPTIONPRICE 121A single unit 1 servo$2495 122A dual unit 2 servos$3995 123A single unit 2 outputs flaps ailerons Order today Include $350 shipping Money order Visa Master Charge include expiration date check allow 20 days clear Sorry no CODs Send free catalog mode/er safety supplies Rlican E#erprises Inc 265 Oxford Lane mingdale Illinois 60108 Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 121 flying design epitomize everything airplane modeler should Au accept thatpraise behalfofDave Robellen designed Pronto passing glory Dave double spades Coumo s praise Aunt Abbeys response First three-channel Pronto Daves Creation slightly larger four-channel Super Pronto Both kits once good-guy little manufacturer Tidewater Hobby Enterprises Daves approval sample Pronto kit tempts exceedingly simple assemble Pron appeared MAN 1972 good kit report RCM flatterwing four-channel Super Pronto has aile rons Sunday hot-shots will tar feather otherwise good pilots dont understand three-channel aerobatics Forget precision Improvised fun aerobat ics barrelhouse Whap stick around wont know what 124 Model Aviation looking Keep pushing youll get high Voss Fokker Triplane must haye good dihedral he-man rudder responseand wear sweat band Follow whims instinct youll need also published old column three-view drawing Jetco Lightning Bug 0 10 decimal correct Enlarge bit smallish 049 09 maybe 15 25 dare Too big too powerful thundering herd may pulverize Lightning Bug another contortionist Too little dihedral skid airplane Throw rudder thing yaws 450 Dihedral key correct amount such stuff dream ofif want changes directions leave looking empty spaceAminimum 70 onacabin 100 low wing think three-channel sissy stuff try Pronto etc think like Rambo Better Pronto coincidence opened letter Robellen written Dave about Bernard Cawleys up scale Pronto Electric Heres Dave Yes have again reports am sending snapshots latest effort Playmate Vital specs 50-in span 2 lb gross 15 25 engine Pronto airfoil construction techniques Like Pronto Playmate three-channel broad performance envelope have worked thermals easily prototype idle power same model has used compete effectively Sport Racing against powerful jobs Editor Playmate will future construction project magazine concept electrifring Pronto seems spreading recent column Electrict flight described very suc cessful electric-powered version Au July RCM Mel Thomas made threeview column believe Play mate will work out better Electric mainly due its cleaner aerodynamins Au Theres downthrustin both Pron andPlaymate guess latter being 20 With flat-bottom wings cant go wrong about 1W incidence 20 downthrust Works well Scale too Behind green door growing grapevine old-timers pass around designs useful info re ports R&D performance dream ships Few ever same twice Curi osity mainly may recall earlier pictures HA Thomas pretty cabin model ground-adjustable flaps flies parking lots ball fields pastures whatever has notion wants big four-cycle version fly Ugly Stiks Ive corresponded artis tically-gifted HA 48 years andjibe him now symptoms aerobatic/go-fast syndrome surprised little 0S 25 Spitfire see pic sensitive think Id need help fly safely said Id inclined move CG forward cut down control throws Hal deBolt long skilled pilot chimed how-to treatise So now sneak-preview HAs proposed four-stroke cabin whispered ailerons seemed bit gentle HA says Bill Kaluf same comment draw broken line left aileron guess what HAs hinge line might become HA stubbornso knows ROLLED 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Bill Winter 0 --Plane Talk THEY SAY nothing certain death taxes Its also certain never know what am going write about old manual typewriter like horse seems know going presents readout guidance Vibes tell probably intends prance through letters Dont think admonishes Youll hurt yourself think about irrelevant things see Jim Walker master showman doing RC lawn mower actwhen frequency could happen Brook lyn Such innocent looking guys transmitters hidden behind backs Jim survived afterwards frequen cy deep secret 40 watts too readout sputters often remark flying field has little awareness what buddies real life Ronnie himself came out Ugly Stik wed get him flying over pits letters flying site folks see little red flag two-star general club base since built models kid now wants resume Electric Old-Timer Theres another Kansas Wesleyan stationery pick up phone Toto think still Kansas friendly female voice tells offcampus tconference president Methodist minister ministers write Letters will Seat Higher Learning column October 1985 Model Avi ation stirred write letter appreci ation perspective flying things fly always provides interest says Marshall P Stanton few years ago built Crosswind modified construction MA suggestions fuselage made 1/32 ply bent U-shape Funbird frontal profile small half-cowl under engine created bend ing plywood combines make slip pery model cut wing foam installed balsa leading trailing edges put spruce spar covered silkspan using Elmers cut water 50/50 mixture adhesive original covering Saran Wrap painted spray can stuck wing spray adhesive Using Goldberg type main gear mounted wheels gear just ahead wing put tail wheel have three power plants up front little bird Fox 15 Sch Enya 19 Enya 09 no dramatic performance latter will ROG nicely cruise part-throttle does well high winds no wind cold wet foggy days once flew day ice built up wing flight suffice enjoy seeing soar hawks thermals laze around 15-20 feet off ground air dense breeze calm has smashed bashed has amazing resilience Everything has broken least once combination building materials used allows easy repairs now has lost external beauty However dont say out loud its presence still keeps flying nicely log flights know has 30 hours actual flight time Another flyable bird hangar venerable Kloud King Marshall goes call motorized box kite Built MA plans after personal conversation Doc Mathews has logged 65 hours Originally powered Fox 25 now climbs skyward Enya 19 translucent orange wing helps visibility gets high no airplane shape visible Occasionally have give downtrim wait comes altitude Im comfortable Other interesting building/flying proj ects include Aeromaster built 150% 34 Model Aviation Paul Samaras wanted build Quarter Scale-size Tracer designer Bill Evans sent him sketches fine-flying SuperTracer Webra Bully power resulted Span 1895 gross weight 1921 lb Paul says has excellent vertical performance almost fast Rossi-powered Tracer 60 Tracer 48 80 slated appear RCM Bernard Cawley scaled up Ken Willards Showmaster 62 span 600 sq wing area converted electric power Its currently using Jomar controller Astro 15 12 cells 800 mAh Sanyos has done 131/2 mlnhe wonders about 40-size 18cell pack 12s Pictured model belt-driven motor may cobalt version Living seven miles Bong ex-RCer Dick Buege geteto fiy likes Joe Buzzard Konefes Jim Noonan pieasantcom pany ChicagoAeronutsand Bong Eagles Clarence Chapmans marvelous FF Scale jobs inspired Buegeto build stable putt-puffs Two pics above 26-in Teico-powered Pietenpol weighs 2 oz slow scalelike flier its double-size Peck kit Buege thinks undercambered airfoil bit draggy recommends doubling Peanuts Telco CO-2 Below Corbin Ace climbs away larger 60 size pulled Quadra Although fun transformed monoplane cutting new wing reshaping fuselage handle Using Falcon airfoil 17 wide lengthened 10-ft span Although monster didnt roll well flew beautifully fact unless engine power very low would hardly set down Currently Im working cardboard plane powered Zenoali Quartz shampoo-bottle fuel tank foam wings redwood leading-trailing edges spars wood came water tank dismantled several years ago family farm shall learn dramatic ways strong has remained 8-ft span has Beechcraft Bonanza airfoil reduced about 1 8-in chord way neighbor constructs home-builts assembled Sonerai few years ago just finished Avid Flyer resembles Taylor Cub weighs 385 pounds holds two side-by-side like other lot Im 6 ft 3 find riding him must similar sardine experience However bird lifts off nicely payload great weight plane 43-hp Cuyuna engine geared 32-to-l 72-in prop Again plane flies wing just little birds have des cribing Saturday 31st August neighborhood gathered little strip keeps planes along selected other friends took out Eagiet Kloud King flew two gave rides flew two didnt give rides joyful celebration flight complete donuts coffee friendship good weather Well just wanted know life goes m Central Kansas Just Rev Marshall Stanton noted picture old Crosswind several Hal deBoit calls new Electric twin Skeeter because looks like Mosquito HastwoAstro cobalt05s geared 221 14-cell pack 128 Foil symmetrical 65012 spans 60 wing has 650 sq area all-up weight 5 lb loading 178 oz per sq ft Two re worked Zinger 12-98 provide about 6 mm rolls inverted flight much other jazz piece remarkable flier Ken created fly driveway street front have exceptional shortfield performance come over trees Hence Kens banana wing airfoil A cabin model three channels published some years ago RCM urge fun guys get plan Youll delighted amazed Bernard Cawley Washington state flies Mitch Poling telling about Showmaster also mentioned scaled-up Electric asked big go again must add first February 1986 35 months back Ive number com ments about Ken Willards Showmaster often mention design masterJohn Coumos Ugwagon Cessna look-alike really dressed-up Pronto built earlier columns three-view Has flights its second conrod its OS 20 Winter suggests parrot dummy pIlot See text what John learned about dihedral P LAY MATE learned capable 450 climb can go backupandthatMrs Cawleyhadagoatit didnt come down 13 mm seems power setting Jomar controller bit below mid-stick position cruise very much extended have ever wondered much correct prop unloads flight bench duration 3 mm information requested Showmaster scale-up Cawley gins expect youll have pick choose after start waxing enthusiastic First basics essentially 141% scale plan RCA because repro place used could go no larger pass wanted 150% charge foot paper used originally built test bed early Jomar S-i wrote product review Model Builder stretched span bit get back area based calculations 150% spans 62 flat chord 934 giving gross wing area ofjust 600 squares andaloading about 11 oz per sq ft its current weight 45 oz Structurally followed original pretty closely just using lightweight wood Riley Wooten Lone Star 1 times sizes called out eg /16 longerons %2 fuselage sides ribs etc Modifications included trap door bottom battery access soft -in balsa battery cradlesfrom Don Srulls twice-up Sparky published just trying figure out put pack seven 1200 mAh cells cradles way just needed deepened bit handle two six-packs 800s 15 top other also made two-piece wing two -in music wire joiners could carry thing Mazda have room part family least course reshaped nose bit accommodate 05 belt drive has Hailco main gear Trexler #8 wheels perfect grass covered Micaflimthe clear stuff horizontal surfaces yellow fuse lage vertical tail experienced modelers ask silkspan newcomers dont know what other mod dowel-andscrew wing mount arrangement rather rubberbands ships Achilles heel 15 dowels arent really well fastended leading edges get too enthusiastic practicing loops Ill fold wings am sure have come close couple times Thats scary Radio gear currently real smat tering Bernard tells us has Ace Olympic V transmitter receiver two World S-22A servos rudder ele vator Jomar SC-la throttle course 250 mAh receiver battery originally Astro 020 Free Flight battery way Olympic V receiver Silver 7 design completely immune little problem some receivers have Jomar throttles brand deleted before really touchy 36 Model Aviation Above Whats betterthan Pronto ortflree channels Maybe Dave Robellens new Play mate Span IsSO weight 21/2 lb flies 15 25 Itworkethermalseaslly has competed effectively Sport Racing against powerful ships Dave aiso thinks couid easiiy converted Eiectric Pronto Below Gold-helmeted pilot adds nice touch does realistic instrument panel Model will future MA article Olympic V place worst deleted above flight battery shelf working flawlessly Ive flown twice since wrote amazing climb long flights throttled down true charging use Astro Voltage Booster between field box battery Astro AC/DC charger voltage booster makes hellacious whine its working isnt too efficient adequate 12-cell 800s least wonder about 18-cell 1 200s cobalt 40 can deliver enough current 15-mm charge 32A Mitch uses Robbe Automax 21 15 planes dont have dont have too pictures plane enclosed out family album sitting barely coffee table take record-itbefore-I-fly-it pictures still have pictures original glow Showmaster can compare size shot same table glow has hung up awhile still flyable battery charge pur chase some fuel much else report Cawley adds except beloved Schoolboy totaled crash wing survived unclear cause right spiral refused straighten up rudder servo moving after crash until gave output wheel nudge now works fine dont know servo cause effect crash opening up found no stripped gears other obvious ab normality plane getting really ratty need replacement didnt really want forced Id wanting another incorporating changes wanted make based experiences last second Schoolboy first being pulse rudder weak 049 wild paint scheme kit high school flown 7000 ft Santa Fe NMwhich reminds Electric flies fine 7000 ft coarser propS Also just week friend gave copy January 1962 MAN has original Schoolboy construction article showing 36-in builtup wing rather 29-in sheet wing gets thinldng about area such like sheet winglight strong warp-proof Oh well perhaps implement Purple Plan approach 9, booster whine Cawley menti6ns has good ears once could hear up 16000 cycles frequency sound faded outlike out-of-sight flight now see now dont Occhsionally detect wealdy faint booster whine booster general run-ofthe-mill charger handles six eight cells peak six cells have use portion second cyclebeyond normal automati cally-safe 15 mm truly uncharged Continued page 38 / DESIGNED BY HA THOMAS POWERSAITO65 4S ENGINE FEATURES FLAP/AILERON CONFIGURATION WINGSPAN 65 WING AREA680S0 211311 LiiLII ii iiHA THOMAS II liii_______ EI HINGE FLAP________ February 1986 37 HI NGE AILERON Youll have check text HA Thomas OS 25-powered Spitfire seems deBolt Winter Kaluf have kibitzing him about HA watching test pilot check needle setting says goes like rocket Clue local guys said wouldnt 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DISPLAY MODELS cellsand much longer time peak seven cells cant peak eight cells 12-volt car battery unless 1 have charger designed cells 2 use booster am hacker expert expecially Electrics must write someone youd wise ask columnist Kopski MA Poling Model Builder etc After three years Electrics have flock second-generation questions need answers Semetimes feel alene said feels alone crowd would test make solo visit big city zoo summer Sunday range interests fondly described letters should make feel blessed ponder Long ago things simple vir tually everyone build same things cross talk sparkled com mon interest Today common interest exploding cosmos proliferating things receding other nearly speed flight hundred hobbies Letters remind twinkling speck light get closer thriving well-in habited universe self-sufficient feeling good thank Bridging gaps what makes feel lonely mail surprising degree like letter Dick Buege Perhaps will enjoy Just got MA glad see return begins enjoy rambling columns extreme memories share us look model aviation lot us never see Let ramble Have ever seen Joe Konefes fly Buzzard Bombshell An absolutely perfect climb followed perfect transition level flight No stall recovery engine quits nose just comes down level about Eddie Konefes rubber-pow ered ships climb seems last forever flawless glide Jim Noonan compressed-air model Beautiful watch teachers critics am indeed fortunate am located seven miles hallowed fields Bong Buege continues As far am concerned ideal situation have spent Sunday pleasant company Chicago Aero nuts Bong Eagles dont compete contests go watch own thing first started going ran couple fellows flying FF Scale looked like nice now-key way fly What caught eye Clarence Chapmans C 02-powered ships Being stuck RC time thought never crossed mind might try planes belong display Bong about three four years did nothing RC got know Clar ence quite well several Comet Guillow planes wouldnt fly worth darn Three coats colored dope 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3078576897 C02 tried Super flew followed Comet Cub built C02 mind believe kit number 3406 anyone ever wants try C02 best possible chance success plane Much downthrust little right thrust flights just close perfect come would fly circle very little climb go up Flights 1 1 mm matter routine Telco latest effort Pietenpol Span 26 weight 2 oz Flights slow scalelike does fly well Cub place wing area being just about motor will pull undercamber wing quite excessive will corrected ever build another Flat-bottomed might better plan Peck kit doubled modified Double-size Peanuts very good way get designs Most will have modified little strength nothing very bad have tried 26-in Lacey thatwas motor would pull 26-in Fike flies very well 020 running very rich Just dont let go 15 sec worth fuel value plane legs would make great GG Au Galloping Ghost small schoolyard think next will Fike 19 C02 now three us flying C02 regularly Bong Dick relates has nicest way fly No mess no pressure wind up no telling might well learn fly wind think RC days done have found Clarence Derry what missing bunch local RC club ofus does own thing rest us accept no pressure build fly something will meet approval rest group new plane looked over rest us never nit-picking attitude Critics abound always friendly way people flying C02 would welcomed open arms Derry has small electric-powered Goldberg Ranger 30 has seen better days better flights week ago sold him Flyline Travelaire 6000 should really interesting next year Derry real craftsman eventually gets planes fly very well Jim Noonan real gentleman respect first ones look over new planes will speak mind tell went wrong hes usually right have Stahl TCraft 057 built just something build Jim paid highest compliment ever has dont like covering material have say youre master working Jim always selling something meets always buy something time six tubes Aerogloss cement Two bits per tube bargain book Continued page 121 40 Model Aviation full-size Quickie remarkable homebuilt airplane achieves amaz ing l2omphand8ampgpoweredbyanl8 hp engine Now can build fly t/ascaleR/C model sleek little canard quality fit die-cut balsa ply parts good will really enjoy building kit Excellent plans instructions guide step-by-step sna-ee rewarding building experi ence kit includes wood custom metal parts generous hardware package ABS cowl clear canopy.even scale documentation SURPRISE Quickie EASY TO FLY handles much like conventional sport-40 type model L 4 Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 40 Ted DeCook asked wanted few old Comet kits maybe eight 10 27 never turn down free kits out pro duction darned glad get 40-in Super Cruiser real beauty kit Comet some real winners back Phantom Fury still difficult plane build because light entire framework 1/16 sq 32-in plane Keep rambling now does modeling spirit could ever guess Nostalgia rambling guys lead Like last prewar National Air Races 1941 Chicago Nats marked passing era Good brothers spotlanded RC Big Guff close didnt dare move Joe Konefes good now club about 20 identical redand-black Buzzards contentedly climbed steep straight dead ahead nosed down glide Joe won 40 mm plus speck off edge white cloud new Goldberg t2Amet Sailolane everywhere Struck New Rulers sensational Ohlsson 60 lent new zest everything Gibson Reeler changed engines Arrow try Class B Cand won both B George Speckied Bird Perryman way down list Rubbera kid guess So Long landed Midway Airport Paul MacCready no less took oouple firsts place awash modelers become famous fields Jim Walker flying Fireball saw brick string Shows go Jim Noonan Maybe started before did always has finest keeps light hidden under bushel Few could relate Goods impressive display Walker Black magic RC CL would explode war Europe would another Na tional Contest until 1946 Wichita KS Nats proves still Ughwagon ooulda fooled kid kid John Coumo Forked River New Joisey know its really Agwagon pic actually its customizing riot Enclosed photo beloved P#onto sez John built three-view July 1984 MA first took air resembling plane James Bond movie Octopussy Au John have undivided attention left ground delighted almost cried moment later tried make first turn did cry wouldnt come around suddenly knew drawing showed dihedral Iwas able get back piece soon got home cut slot through center top sheeting handsawand kept nib bling away until raised wing panel 8 Next time out little bird ground just long enough fill 4-oz tank What joy Since have flown MonoKote off its beautiful body Au John has waysounds like Jordache commercial Retaining original fuse lage wing made new tail surfaces Au No further comment fashioned caricature Agwagon 05 Max 20 working its way through second connecting rod engine new put Pronto Thanks Bill glorious hours Continued page 124 S aV8 Over 450 Items Send $200 current catalog February 1986 121 Yzrn Lik %LJIIIXZIIiIF Yci Will LAk Zir OPS SLA40 OPS SLA-40 ideal engine QUICKIE 500 well sport flying schnuerle ported ABC 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blood pressure works signal coming receiver processed invisible pulses infra-rad tight travel through fiber optic tight pipe driver circuit converted back electrical signal also being boosted maximum strength Therefore servo 5 ft receiver signal wire long servo plugged directly receiver Heavy duty battery wires provided separate battery pack filtered servo end installation straight forward easy Small size easily detached removing wing / Optic Servo Driver comes 3 models MODELDESCRIPTIONPRICE 121A single unit 1 servo$2495 122A dual unit 2 servos$3995 123A single unit 2 outputs flaps ailerons Order today Include $350 shipping Money order Visa Master Charge include expiration date check allow 20 days clear Sorry no CODs Send free catalog mode/er safety supplies Rlican E#erprises Inc 265 Oxford Lane mingdale Illinois 60108 Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 121 flying design epitomize everything airplane modeler should Au accept thatpraise behalfofDave Robellen designed Pronto passing glory Dave double spades Coumo s praise Aunt Abbeys response First three-channel Pronto Daves Creation slightly larger four-channel Super Pronto Both kits once good-guy little manufacturer Tidewater Hobby Enterprises Daves approval sample Pronto kit tempts exceedingly simple assemble Pron appeared MAN 1972 good kit report RCM flatterwing four-channel Super Pronto has aile rons Sunday hot-shots will tar feather otherwise good pilots dont understand three-channel aerobatics Forget precision Improvised fun aerobat ics barrelhouse Whap stick around wont know what 124 Model Aviation looking Keep pushing youll get high Voss Fokker Triplane must haye good dihedral he-man rudder responseand wear sweat band Follow whims instinct youll need also published old column three-view drawing Jetco Lightning Bug 0 10 decimal correct Enlarge bit smallish 049 09 maybe 15 25 dare Too big too powerful thundering herd may pulverize Lightning Bug another contortionist Too little dihedral skid airplane Throw rudder thing yaws 450 Dihedral key correct amount such stuff dream ofif want changes directions leave looking empty spaceAminimum 70 onacabin 100 low wing think three-channel sissy stuff try Pronto etc think like Rambo Better Pronto coincidence opened letter Robellen written Dave about Bernard Cawleys up scale Pronto Electric Heres Dave Yes have again reports am sending snapshots latest effort Playmate Vital specs 50-in span 2 lb gross 15 25 engine Pronto airfoil construction techniques Like Pronto Playmate three-channel broad performance envelope have worked thermals easily prototype idle power same model has used compete effectively Sport Racing against powerful jobs Editor Playmate will future construction project magazine concept electrifring Pronto seems spreading recent column Electrict flight described very suc cessful electric-powered version Au July RCM Mel Thomas made threeview column believe Play mate will work out better Electric mainly due its cleaner aerodynamins Au Theres downthrustin both Pron andPlaymate guess latter being 20 With flat-bottom wings cant go wrong about 1W incidence 20 downthrust Works well Scale too Behind green door growing grapevine old-timers pass around designs useful info re ports R&D performance dream ships Few ever same twice Curi osity mainly may recall earlier pictures HA Thomas pretty cabin model ground-adjustable flaps flies parking lots ball fields pastures whatever has notion wants big four-cycle version fly Ugly Stiks Ive corresponded artis tically-gifted HA 48 years andjibe him now symptoms aerobatic/go-fast syndrome surprised little 0S 25 Spitfire see pic sensitive think Id need help fly safely said Id inclined move CG forward cut down control throws Hal deBolt long skilled pilot chimed how-to treatise So now sneak-preview HAs proposed four-stroke cabin whispered ailerons seemed bit gentle HA says Bill Kaluf same comment draw broken line left aileron guess what HAs hinge line might become HA stubbornso knows ROLLED 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vertical perform ance HA says will shorten nose four-strokes heavier HA once awing walker cool hand Youll enjoy comments letter kidded about being speed power happy retorted Taint Bill Thats put 25 Spit Some guys saw fuselage profile said would never get off ground Its rocket am going enjoy luxury flying around easily halfthrottle FS job Au OS 25 going machine ButI yearn able realistic crossed-control slip landing about cabin Surprised learn Krackerjac weighs 7 lb am shooting around 4 lb morning bought Saito 65 Hartsfield says am crazy 45 would ample reminds John Sadler just stubborn Sadler would say Anything OK HA Just way Sinatra patented Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct FaiPftD4 VA 22030 Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 43 answer No separat ed miles would no 31M Actually spread out trans mitters 40kHz spacing 40 ft 31M effect disappears however transmitters 20kHz spacing have spread out least 80 ft Lets say have decided ig nore 31M deal spreading four flight lines 80-ft intervals Set 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Bill Winter 0 --Plane Talk THEY SAY nothing certain death taxes Its also certain never know what am going write about old manual typewriter like horse seems know going presents readout guidance Vibes tell probably intends prance through letters Dont think admonishes Youll hurt yourself think about irrelevant things see Jim Walker master showman doing RC lawn mower actwhen frequency could happen Brook lyn Such innocent looking guys transmitters hidden behind backs Jim survived afterwards frequen cy deep secret 40 watts too readout sputters often remark flying field has little awareness what buddies real life Ronnie himself came out Ugly Stik wed get him flying over pits letters flying site folks see little red flag two-star general club base since built models kid now wants resume Electric Old-Timer Theres another Kansas Wesleyan stationery pick up phone Toto think still Kansas friendly female voice tells offcampus tconference president Methodist minister ministers write Letters will Seat Higher Learning column October 1985 Model Avi ation stirred write letter appreci ation perspective flying things fly always provides interest says Marshall P Stanton few years ago built Crosswind modified construction MA suggestions fuselage made 1/32 ply bent U-shape Funbird frontal profile small half-cowl under engine created bend ing plywood combines make slip pery model cut wing foam installed balsa leading trailing edges put spruce spar covered silkspan using Elmers cut water 50/50 mixture adhesive original covering Saran Wrap painted spray can stuck wing spray adhesive Using Goldberg type main gear mounted wheels gear just ahead wing put tail wheel have three power plants up front little bird Fox 15 Sch Enya 19 Enya 09 no dramatic performance latter will ROG nicely cruise part-throttle does well high winds no wind cold wet foggy days once flew day ice built up wing flight suffice enjoy seeing soar hawks thermals laze around 15-20 feet off ground air dense breeze calm has smashed bashed has amazing resilience Everything has broken least once combination building materials used allows easy repairs now has lost external beauty However dont say out loud its presence still keeps flying nicely log flights know has 30 hours actual flight time Another flyable bird hangar venerable Kloud King Marshall goes call motorized box kite Built MA plans after personal conversation Doc Mathews has logged 65 hours Originally powered Fox 25 now climbs skyward Enya 19 translucent orange wing helps visibility gets high no airplane shape visible Occasionally have give downtrim wait comes altitude Im comfortable Other interesting building/flying proj ects include Aeromaster built 150% 34 Model Aviation Paul Samaras wanted build Quarter Scale-size Tracer designer Bill Evans sent him sketches fine-flying SuperTracer Webra Bully power resulted Span 1895 gross weight 1921 lb Paul says has excellent vertical performance almost fast Rossi-powered Tracer 60 Tracer 48 80 slated appear RCM Bernard Cawley scaled up Ken Willards Showmaster 62 span 600 sq wing area converted electric power Its currently using Jomar controller Astro 15 12 cells 800 mAh Sanyos has done 131/2 mlnhe wonders about 40-size 18cell pack 12s Pictured model belt-driven motor may cobalt version Living seven miles Bong ex-RCer Dick Buege geteto fiy likes Joe Buzzard Konefes Jim Noonan pieasantcom pany ChicagoAeronutsand Bong Eagles Clarence Chapmans marvelous FF Scale jobs inspired Buegeto build stable putt-puffs Two pics above 26-in Teico-powered Pietenpol weighs 2 oz slow scalelike flier its double-size Peck kit Buege thinks undercambered airfoil bit draggy recommends doubling Peanuts Telco CO-2 Below Corbin Ace climbs away larger 60 size pulled Quadra Although fun transformed monoplane cutting new wing reshaping fuselage handle Using Falcon airfoil 17 wide lengthened 10-ft span Although monster didnt roll well flew beautifully fact unless engine power very low would hardly set down Currently Im working cardboard plane powered Zenoali Quartz shampoo-bottle fuel tank foam wings redwood leading-trailing edges spars wood came water tank dismantled several years ago family farm shall learn dramatic ways strong has remained 8-ft span has Beechcraft Bonanza airfoil reduced about 1 8-in chord way neighbor constructs home-builts assembled Sonerai few years ago just finished Avid Flyer resembles Taylor Cub weighs 385 pounds holds two side-by-side like other lot Im 6 ft 3 find riding him must similar sardine experience However bird lifts off nicely payload great weight plane 43-hp Cuyuna engine geared 32-to-l 72-in prop Again plane flies wing just little birds have des cribing Saturday 31st August neighborhood gathered little strip keeps planes along selected other friends took out Eagiet Kloud King flew two gave rides flew two didnt give rides joyful celebration flight complete donuts coffee friendship good weather Well just wanted know life goes m Central Kansas Just Rev Marshall Stanton noted picture old Crosswind several Hal deBoit calls new Electric twin Skeeter because looks like Mosquito HastwoAstro cobalt05s geared 221 14-cell pack 128 Foil symmetrical 65012 spans 60 wing has 650 sq area all-up weight 5 lb loading 178 oz per sq ft Two re worked Zinger 12-98 provide about 6 mm rolls inverted flight much other jazz piece remarkable flier Ken created fly driveway street front have exceptional shortfield performance come over trees Hence Kens banana wing airfoil A cabin model three channels published some years ago RCM urge fun guys get plan Youll delighted amazed Bernard Cawley Washington state flies Mitch Poling telling about Showmaster also mentioned scaled-up Electric asked big go again must add first February 1986 35 months back Ive number com ments about Ken Willards Showmaster often mention design masterJohn Coumos Ugwagon Cessna look-alike really dressed-up Pronto built earlier columns three-view Has flights its second conrod its OS 20 Winter suggests parrot dummy pIlot See text what John learned about dihedral P LAY MATE learned capable 450 climb can go backupandthatMrs Cawleyhadagoatit didnt come down 13 mm seems power setting Jomar controller bit below mid-stick position cruise very much extended have ever wondered much correct prop unloads flight bench duration 3 mm information requested Showmaster scale-up Cawley gins expect youll have pick choose after start waxing enthusiastic First basics essentially 141% scale plan RCA because repro place used could go no larger pass wanted 150% charge foot paper used originally built test bed early Jomar S-i wrote product review Model Builder stretched span bit get back area based calculations 150% spans 62 flat chord 934 giving gross wing area ofjust 600 squares andaloading about 11 oz per sq ft its current weight 45 oz Structurally followed original pretty closely just using lightweight wood Riley Wooten Lone Star 1 times sizes called out eg /16 longerons %2 fuselage sides ribs etc Modifications included trap door bottom battery access soft -in balsa battery cradlesfrom Don Srulls twice-up Sparky published just trying figure out put pack seven 1200 mAh cells cradles way just needed deepened bit handle two six-packs 800s 15 top other also made two-piece wing two -in music wire joiners could carry thing Mazda have room part family least course reshaped nose bit accommodate 05 belt drive has Hailco main gear Trexler #8 wheels perfect grass covered Micaflimthe clear stuff horizontal surfaces yellow fuse lage vertical tail experienced modelers ask silkspan newcomers dont know what other mod dowel-andscrew wing mount arrangement rather rubberbands ships Achilles heel 15 dowels arent really well fastended leading edges get too enthusiastic practicing loops Ill fold wings am sure have come close couple times Thats scary Radio gear currently real smat tering Bernard tells us has Ace Olympic V transmitter receiver two World S-22A servos rudder ele vator Jomar SC-la throttle course 250 mAh receiver battery originally Astro 020 Free Flight battery way Olympic V receiver Silver 7 design completely immune little problem some receivers have Jomar throttles brand deleted before really touchy 36 Model Aviation Above Whats betterthan Pronto ortflree channels Maybe Dave Robellens new Play mate Span IsSO weight 21/2 lb flies 15 25 Itworkethermalseaslly has competed effectively Sport Racing against powerful ships Dave aiso thinks couid easiiy converted Eiectric Pronto Below Gold-helmeted pilot adds nice touch does realistic instrument panel Model will future MA article Olympic V place worst deleted above flight battery shelf working flawlessly Ive flown twice since wrote amazing climb long flights throttled down true charging use Astro Voltage Booster between field box battery Astro AC/DC charger voltage booster makes hellacious whine its working isnt too efficient adequate 12-cell 800s least wonder about 18-cell 1 200s cobalt 40 can deliver enough current 15-mm charge 32A Mitch uses Robbe Automax 21 15 planes dont have dont have too pictures plane enclosed out family album sitting barely coffee table take record-itbefore-I-fly-it pictures still have pictures original glow Showmaster can compare size shot same table glow has hung up awhile still flyable battery charge pur chase some fuel much else report Cawley adds except beloved Schoolboy totaled crash wing survived unclear cause right spiral refused straighten up rudder servo moving after crash until gave output wheel nudge now works fine dont know servo cause effect crash opening up found no stripped gears other obvious ab normality plane getting really ratty need replacement didnt really want forced Id wanting another incorporating changes wanted make based experiences last second Schoolboy first being pulse rudder weak 049 wild paint scheme kit high school flown 7000 ft Santa Fe NMwhich reminds Electric flies fine 7000 ft coarser propS Also just week friend gave copy January 1962 MAN has original Schoolboy construction article showing 36-in builtup wing rather 29-in sheet wing gets thinldng about area such like sheet winglight strong warp-proof Oh well perhaps implement Purple Plan approach 9, booster whine Cawley menti6ns has good ears once could hear up 16000 cycles frequency sound faded outlike out-of-sight flight now see now dont Occhsionally detect wealdy faint booster whine booster general run-ofthe-mill charger handles six eight cells peak six cells have use portion second cyclebeyond normal automati cally-safe 15 mm truly uncharged Continued page 38 / DESIGNED BY HA THOMAS POWERSAITO65 4S ENGINE FEATURES FLAP/AILERON CONFIGURATION WINGSPAN 65 WING AREA680S0 211311 LiiLII ii iiHA THOMAS II liii_______ EI HINGE FLAP________ February 1986 37 HI NGE AILERON Youll have check text HA Thomas OS 25-powered Spitfire seems deBolt Winter Kaluf have kibitzing him about HA watching test pilot check needle setting says goes like rocket Clue local guys said wouldnt get off ground power Ah local guys. dont always ACCURATE RELIABLE -TOREAD ACCUTACH IN TWO MODELS 7 3 FUNCTION ACCUTACH 1 7995 Digital LCD tachometer has dual scale lOX-bOX stable RPM readout Full scale voltmeter can used check/cycle TXIRX battery com bos Reads load up 20 volts 4 FUNCTION ACCUTACH 2 ties 8995 Same useful capabilities ACCU-TACH 1 includes DC ammeter used check servo cur rent Will find worn bind ing stalled servo condi tions w/SCA1 Add function ATi .$20 AVIONIUS NC Send check MO B Tech Inc iUIon U Tech 5689 Glasgow Troy MI 48098 Michigan add 4% tax Add $2 S&H See dealer first ACCESSORIES OSAl-Quarter Scale Adaptor ATi & AT2-SOOma load.9 95 SCAl -Servo Current Adaptor Airtronics Futaba Kraft 995 SCALE RADIO CONTROL 0 4LLO5 WH CONTROL-UNE EELS FREE-FLIGHT 00 VINTAGESMOOTHGOLDEN AGENEW sizes2/2CONTOURsizes2/2BALLOON %314"234"31/i 133413141334214414 1144114 3%114 43/i314514 l1/5114414114533/4 P/86S/82145141861/a SCALE PILOTS CYLINDERS ENGINE KITS MACHINE GUN KITS PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS cellsand much longer time peak seven cells cant peak eight cells 12-volt car battery unless 1 have charger designed cells 2 use booster am hacker expert expecially Electrics must write someone youd wise ask columnist Kopski MA Poling Model Builder etc After three years Electrics have flock second-generation questions need answers Semetimes feel alene said feels alone crowd would test make solo visit big city zoo summer Sunday range interests fondly described letters should make feel blessed ponder Long ago things simple vir tually everyone build same things cross talk sparkled com mon interest Today common interest exploding cosmos proliferating things receding other nearly speed flight hundred hobbies Letters remind twinkling speck light get closer thriving well-in habited universe self-sufficient feeling good thank Bridging gaps what makes feel lonely mail surprising degree like letter Dick Buege Perhaps will enjoy Just got MA glad see return begins enjoy rambling columns extreme memories share us look model aviation lot us never see Let ramble Have ever seen Joe Konefes fly Buzzard Bombshell An absolutely perfect climb followed perfect transition level flight No stall recovery engine quits nose just comes down level about Eddie Konefes rubber-pow ered ships climb seems last forever flawless glide Jim Noonan compressed-air model Beautiful watch teachers critics am indeed fortunate am located seven miles hallowed fields Bong Buege continues As far am concerned ideal situation have spent Sunday pleasant company Chicago Aero nuts Bong Eagles dont compete contests go watch own thing first started going ran couple fellows flying FF Scale looked like nice now-key way fly What caught eye Clarence Chapmans C 02-powered ships Being stuck RC time thought never crossed mind might try planes belong display Bong about three four years did nothing RC got know Clar ence quite well several Comet Guillow planes wouldnt fly worth darn Three coats colored dope 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3078576897 C02 tried Super flew followed Comet Cub built C02 mind believe kit number 3406 anyone ever wants try C02 best possible chance success plane Much downthrust little right thrust flights just close perfect come would fly circle very little climb go up Flights 1 1 mm matter routine Telco latest effort Pietenpol Span 26 weight 2 oz Flights slow scalelike does fly well Cub place wing area being just about motor will pull undercamber wing quite excessive will corrected ever build another Flat-bottomed might better plan Peck kit doubled modified Double-size Peanuts very good way get designs Most will have modified little strength nothing very bad have tried 26-in Lacey thatwas motor would pull 26-in Fike flies very well 020 running very rich Just dont let go 15 sec worth fuel value plane legs would make great GG Au Galloping Ghost small schoolyard think next will Fike 19 C02 now three us flying C02 regularly Bong Dick relates has nicest way fly No mess no pressure wind up no telling might well learn fly wind think RC days done have found Clarence Derry what missing bunch local RC club ofus does own thing rest us accept no pressure build fly something will meet approval rest group new plane looked over rest us never nit-picking attitude Critics abound always friendly way people flying C02 would welcomed open arms Derry has small electric-powered Goldberg Ranger 30 has seen better days better flights week ago sold him Flyline Travelaire 6000 should really interesting next year Derry real craftsman eventually gets planes fly very well Jim Noonan real gentleman respect first ones look over new planes will speak mind tell went wrong hes usually right have Stahl TCraft 057 built just something build Jim paid highest compliment ever has dont like covering material have say youre master working Jim always selling something meets always buy something time six tubes Aerogloss cement Two bits per tube bargain book Continued page 121 40 Model Aviation full-size Quickie remarkable homebuilt airplane achieves amaz ing l2omphand8ampgpoweredbyanl8 hp engine Now can build fly t/ascaleR/C model sleek little canard quality fit die-cut balsa ply parts good will really enjoy building kit Excellent plans instructions guide step-by-step sna-ee rewarding building experi ence kit includes wood custom metal parts generous hardware package ABS cowl clear canopy.even scale documentation SURPRISE Quickie EASY TO FLY handles much like conventional sport-40 type model L 4 Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 40 Ted DeCook asked wanted few old Comet kits maybe eight 10 27 never turn down free kits out pro duction darned glad get 40-in Super Cruiser real beauty kit Comet some real winners back Phantom Fury still difficult plane build because light entire framework 1/16 sq 32-in plane Keep rambling now does modeling spirit could ever guess Nostalgia rambling guys lead Like last prewar National Air Races 1941 Chicago Nats marked passing era Good brothers spotlanded RC Big Guff close didnt dare move Joe Konefes good now club about 20 identical redand-black Buzzards contentedly climbed steep straight dead ahead nosed down glide Joe won 40 mm plus speck off edge white cloud new Goldberg t2Amet Sailolane everywhere Struck New Rulers sensational Ohlsson 60 lent new zest everything Gibson Reeler changed engines Arrow try Class B Cand won both B George Speckied Bird Perryman way down list Rubbera kid guess So Long landed Midway Airport Paul MacCready no less took oouple firsts place awash modelers become famous fields Jim Walker flying Fireball saw brick string Shows go Jim Noonan Maybe started before did always has finest keeps light hidden under bushel Few could relate Goods impressive display Walker Black magic RC CL would explode war Europe would another Na tional Contest until 1946 Wichita KS Nats proves still Ughwagon ooulda fooled kid kid John Coumo Forked River New Joisey know its really Agwagon pic actually its customizing riot Enclosed photo beloved P#onto sez John built three-view July 1984 MA first took air resembling plane James Bond movie Octopussy Au John have undivided attention left ground delighted almost cried moment later tried make first turn did cry wouldnt come around suddenly knew drawing showed dihedral Iwas able get back piece soon got home cut slot through center top sheeting handsawand kept nib bling away until raised wing panel 8 Next time out little bird ground just long enough fill 4-oz tank What joy Since have flown MonoKote off its beautiful body Au John has waysounds like Jordache commercial Retaining original fuse lage wing made new tail surfaces Au No further comment fashioned caricature Agwagon 05 Max 20 working its way through second connecting rod engine new put Pronto Thanks Bill glorious hours Continued page 124 S aV8 Over 450 Items Send $200 current catalog February 1986 121 Yzrn Lik %LJIIIXZIIiIF Yci Will LAk Zir OPS SLA40 OPS SLA-40 ideal engine QUICKIE 500 well sport flying schnuerle ported ABC 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blood pressure works signal coming receiver processed invisible pulses infra-rad tight travel through fiber optic tight pipe driver circuit converted back electrical signal also being boosted maximum strength Therefore servo 5 ft receiver signal wire long servo plugged directly receiver Heavy duty battery wires provided separate battery pack filtered servo end installation straight forward easy Small size easily detached removing wing / Optic Servo Driver comes 3 models MODELDESCRIPTIONPRICE 121A single unit 1 servo$2495 122A dual unit 2 servos$3995 123A single unit 2 outputs flaps ailerons Order today Include $350 shipping Money order Visa Master Charge include expiration date check allow 20 days clear Sorry no CODs Send free catalog mode/er safety supplies Rlican E#erprises Inc 265 Oxford Lane mingdale Illinois 60108 Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 121 flying design epitomize everything airplane modeler should Au accept thatpraise behalfofDave Robellen designed Pronto passing glory Dave double spades Coumo s praise Aunt Abbeys response First three-channel Pronto Daves Creation slightly larger four-channel Super Pronto Both kits once good-guy little manufacturer Tidewater Hobby Enterprises Daves approval sample Pronto kit tempts exceedingly simple assemble Pron appeared MAN 1972 good kit report RCM flatterwing four-channel Super Pronto has aile rons Sunday hot-shots will tar feather otherwise good pilots dont understand three-channel aerobatics Forget precision Improvised fun aerobat ics barrelhouse Whap stick around wont know what 124 Model Aviation looking Keep pushing youll get high Voss Fokker Triplane must haye good dihedral he-man rudder responseand wear sweat band Follow whims instinct youll need also published old column three-view drawing Jetco Lightning Bug 0 10 decimal correct Enlarge bit smallish 049 09 maybe 15 25 dare Too big too powerful thundering herd may pulverize Lightning Bug another contortionist Too little dihedral skid airplane Throw rudder thing yaws 450 Dihedral key correct amount such stuff dream ofif want changes directions leave looking empty spaceAminimum 70 onacabin 100 low wing think three-channel sissy stuff try Pronto etc think like Rambo Better Pronto coincidence opened letter Robellen written Dave about Bernard Cawleys up scale Pronto Electric Heres Dave Yes have again reports am sending snapshots latest effort Playmate Vital specs 50-in span 2 lb gross 15 25 engine Pronto airfoil construction techniques Like Pronto Playmate three-channel broad performance envelope have worked thermals easily prototype idle power same model has used compete effectively Sport Racing against powerful jobs Editor Playmate will future construction project magazine concept electrifring Pronto seems spreading recent column Electrict flight described very suc cessful electric-powered version Au July RCM Mel Thomas made threeview column believe Play mate will work out better Electric mainly due its cleaner aerodynamins Au Theres downthrustin both Pron andPlaymate guess latter being 20 With flat-bottom wings cant go wrong about 1W incidence 20 downthrust Works well Scale too Behind green door growing grapevine old-timers pass around designs useful info re ports R&D performance dream ships Few ever same twice Curi osity mainly may recall earlier pictures HA Thomas pretty cabin model ground-adjustable flaps flies parking lots ball fields pastures whatever has notion wants big four-cycle version fly Ugly Stiks Ive corresponded artis tically-gifted HA 48 years andjibe him now symptoms aerobatic/go-fast syndrome surprised little 0S 25 Spitfire see pic sensitive think Id need help fly safely said Id inclined move CG forward cut down control throws Hal deBolt long skilled pilot chimed how-to treatise So now sneak-preview HAs proposed four-stroke cabin whispered ailerons seemed bit gentle HA says Bill Kaluf same comment draw broken line left aileron guess what HAs hinge line might become HA stubbornso knows ROLLED 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transmitter off ground Ruggedly built heat treated aluminum finished heavy duty anodize Assembled stainless steel fasteners Designed constructed extended use695O $99Q PIuo 51 50 ohppng COD 550 adrhhonai cash niorwy order ordy Charges apy6y oSy corsoewS US Mass reoclento add 5% TIMER/STOPWATCH Counts up down preset hold additive feature Time Out sounds alarm auto shutoff Easy read outdoors lithium battery 21 95* PROTECTIVE BAG Made space age aluminum coated nylon Reflects suns heat protects TX dirt andg st special fast acting closure 1 D ONCE YOU USE IT YOU WILL NEVER FLY WITHOUT IT does want fly Ugly Stiks Note nice flaps HA envisioned Saito 45but now becomes Saito 65 bigger Krackeijac 7 lb HA shoots 4 lb does consecutive outsides essentially flatbottom airfoil Enya 46 four-stroke 10-7 prop Thats power stick straight up two-thirds downelevator shocked model mag edi tor commented guys would insist 90 four-strokes such beast HA can pull whatever power needed 65 will have superior vertical perform ance HA says will shorten nose four-strokes heavier HA once awing walker cool hand Youll enjoy comments letter kidded about being speed power happy retorted Taint Bill Thats put 25 Spit Some guys saw fuselage profile said would never get off ground Its rocket am going enjoy luxury flying around easily halfthrottle FS job Au OS 25 going machine ButI yearn able realistic crossed-control slip landing about cabin Surprised learn Krackerjac weighs 7 lb am shooting around 4 lb morning bought Saito 65 Hartsfield says am crazy 45 would ample reminds John Sadler just stubborn Sadler would say Anything OK HA Just way Sinatra patented Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct FaiPftD4 VA 22030 Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 43 answer No separat ed miles would no 31M Actually spread out trans mitters 40kHz spacing 40 ft 31M effect disappears however transmitters 20kHz spacing have spread out least 80 ft Lets say have decided ig nore 31M deal spreading four flight lines 80-ft intervals Set back 50 ft runway centerMODEL MOTORTM high quality totally glazed ceramic engine mug must modeler Standing 51/2 inches tall large 10 oz capacity its real attention getter definite collectors piece years come OnlyPlus $200 posrage handling per order $6e7 SOs CA residents add sales tax line look landing situation need Control Transmitter Advan tage M 245/50 ust break get 245 adding three 80-ft intervals between first fourth flight lines add five-ft miss-the-pilot distance Add little wet turf land little closer guy far endsay 25 ftand Con trol Transmitter Advantage need jumps 245/25 ultiplied wet-turf effect factor 17 good guess comes out 167 youll look last months Table 6 wont find Ms equal 167 fre quency spacings under 20kHz Receivers will have selective 1991 now Till better pay attention 31M still people favor splitting band AM FM segments would study list 31M trip lets few seconds would see futile idea repeat last months test results Table 4 may see 31M triplet cover band influence 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Bill Winter 0 --Plane Talk THEY SAY nothing certain death taxes Its also certain never know what am going write about old manual typewriter like horse seems know going presents readout guidance Vibes tell probably intends prance through letters Dont think admonishes Youll hurt yourself think about irrelevant things see Jim Walker master showman doing RC lawn mower actwhen frequency could happen Brook lyn Such innocent looking guys transmitters hidden behind backs Jim survived afterwards frequen cy deep secret 40 watts too readout sputters often remark flying field has little awareness what buddies real life Ronnie himself came out Ugly Stik wed get him flying over pits letters flying site folks see little red flag two-star general club base since built models kid now wants resume Electric Old-Timer Theres another Kansas Wesleyan stationery pick up phone Toto think still Kansas friendly female voice tells offcampus tconference president Methodist minister ministers write Letters will Seat Higher Learning column October 1985 Model Avi ation stirred write letter appreci ation perspective flying things fly always provides interest says Marshall P Stanton few years ago built Crosswind modified construction MA suggestions fuselage made 1/32 ply bent U-shape Funbird frontal profile small half-cowl under engine created bend ing plywood combines make slip pery model cut wing foam installed balsa leading trailing edges put spruce spar covered silkspan using Elmers cut water 50/50 mixture adhesive original covering Saran Wrap painted spray can stuck wing spray adhesive Using Goldberg type main gear mounted wheels gear just ahead wing put tail wheel have three power plants up front little bird Fox 15 Sch Enya 19 Enya 09 no dramatic performance latter will ROG nicely cruise part-throttle does well high winds no wind cold wet foggy days once flew day ice built up wing flight suffice enjoy seeing soar hawks thermals laze around 15-20 feet off ground air dense breeze calm has smashed bashed has amazing resilience Everything has broken least once combination building materials used allows easy repairs now has lost external beauty However dont say out loud its presence still keeps flying nicely log flights know has 30 hours actual flight time Another flyable bird hangar venerable Kloud King Marshall goes call motorized box kite Built MA plans after personal conversation Doc Mathews has logged 65 hours Originally powered Fox 25 now climbs skyward Enya 19 translucent orange wing helps visibility gets high no airplane shape visible Occasionally have give downtrim wait comes altitude Im comfortable Other interesting building/flying proj ects include Aeromaster built 150% 34 Model Aviation Paul Samaras wanted build Quarter Scale-size Tracer designer Bill Evans sent him sketches fine-flying SuperTracer Webra Bully power resulted Span 1895 gross weight 1921 lb Paul says has excellent vertical performance almost fast Rossi-powered Tracer 60 Tracer 48 80 slated appear RCM Bernard Cawley scaled up Ken Willards Showmaster 62 span 600 sq wing area converted electric power Its currently using Jomar controller Astro 15 12 cells 800 mAh Sanyos has done 131/2 mlnhe wonders about 40-size 18cell pack 12s Pictured model belt-driven motor may cobalt version Living seven miles Bong ex-RCer Dick Buege geteto fiy likes Joe Buzzard Konefes Jim Noonan pieasantcom pany ChicagoAeronutsand Bong Eagles Clarence Chapmans marvelous FF Scale jobs inspired Buegeto build stable putt-puffs Two pics above 26-in Teico-powered Pietenpol weighs 2 oz slow scalelike flier its double-size Peck kit Buege thinks undercambered airfoil bit draggy recommends doubling Peanuts Telco CO-2 Below Corbin Ace climbs away larger 60 size pulled Quadra Although fun transformed monoplane cutting new wing reshaping fuselage handle Using Falcon airfoil 17 wide lengthened 10-ft span Although monster didnt roll well flew beautifully fact unless engine power very low would hardly set down Currently Im working cardboard plane powered Zenoali Quartz shampoo-bottle fuel tank foam wings redwood leading-trailing edges spars wood came water tank dismantled several years ago family farm shall learn dramatic ways strong has remained 8-ft span has Beechcraft Bonanza airfoil reduced about 1 8-in chord way neighbor constructs home-builts assembled Sonerai few years ago just finished Avid Flyer resembles Taylor Cub weighs 385 pounds holds two side-by-side like other lot Im 6 ft 3 find riding him must similar sardine experience However bird lifts off nicely payload great weight plane 43-hp Cuyuna engine geared 32-to-l 72-in prop Again plane flies wing just little birds have des cribing Saturday 31st August neighborhood gathered little strip keeps planes along selected other friends took out Eagiet Kloud King flew two gave rides flew two didnt give rides joyful celebration flight complete donuts coffee friendship good weather Well just wanted know life goes m Central Kansas Just Rev Marshall Stanton noted picture old Crosswind several Hal deBoit calls new Electric twin Skeeter because looks like Mosquito HastwoAstro cobalt05s geared 221 14-cell pack 128 Foil symmetrical 65012 spans 60 wing has 650 sq area all-up weight 5 lb loading 178 oz per sq ft Two re worked Zinger 12-98 provide about 6 mm rolls inverted flight much other jazz piece remarkable flier Ken created fly driveway street front have exceptional shortfield performance come over trees Hence Kens banana wing airfoil A cabin model three channels published some years ago RCM urge fun guys get plan Youll delighted amazed Bernard Cawley Washington state flies Mitch Poling telling about Showmaster also mentioned scaled-up Electric asked big go again must add first February 1986 35 months back Ive number com ments about Ken Willards Showmaster often mention design masterJohn Coumos Ugwagon Cessna look-alike really dressed-up Pronto built earlier columns three-view Has flights its second conrod its OS 20 Winter suggests parrot dummy pIlot See text what John learned about dihedral P LAY MATE learned capable 450 climb can go backupandthatMrs Cawleyhadagoatit didnt come down 13 mm seems power setting Jomar controller bit below mid-stick position cruise very much extended have ever wondered much correct prop unloads flight bench duration 3 mm information requested Showmaster scale-up Cawley gins expect youll have pick choose after start waxing enthusiastic First basics essentially 141% scale plan RCA because repro place used could go no larger pass wanted 150% charge foot paper used originally built test bed early Jomar S-i wrote product review Model Builder stretched span bit get back area based calculations 150% spans 62 flat chord 934 giving gross wing area ofjust 600 squares andaloading about 11 oz per sq ft its current weight 45 oz Structurally followed original pretty closely just using lightweight wood Riley Wooten Lone Star 1 times sizes called out eg /16 longerons %2 fuselage sides ribs etc Modifications included trap door bottom battery access soft -in balsa battery cradlesfrom Don Srulls twice-up Sparky published just trying figure out put pack seven 1200 mAh cells cradles way just needed deepened bit handle two six-packs 800s 15 top other also made two-piece wing two -in music wire joiners could carry thing Mazda have room part family least course reshaped nose bit accommodate 05 belt drive has Hailco main gear Trexler #8 wheels perfect grass covered Micaflimthe clear stuff horizontal surfaces yellow fuse lage vertical tail experienced modelers ask silkspan newcomers dont know what other mod dowel-andscrew wing mount arrangement rather rubberbands ships Achilles heel 15 dowels arent really well fastended leading edges get too enthusiastic practicing loops Ill fold wings am sure have come close couple times Thats scary Radio gear currently real smat tering Bernard tells us has Ace Olympic V transmitter receiver two World S-22A servos rudder ele vator Jomar SC-la throttle course 250 mAh receiver battery originally Astro 020 Free Flight battery way Olympic V receiver Silver 7 design completely immune little problem some receivers have Jomar throttles brand deleted before really touchy 36 Model Aviation Above Whats betterthan Pronto ortflree channels Maybe Dave Robellens new Play mate Span IsSO weight 21/2 lb flies 15 25 Itworkethermalseaslly has competed effectively Sport Racing against powerful ships Dave aiso thinks couid easiiy converted Eiectric Pronto Below Gold-helmeted pilot adds nice touch does realistic instrument panel Model will future MA article Olympic V place worst deleted above flight battery shelf working flawlessly Ive flown twice since wrote amazing climb long flights throttled down true charging use Astro Voltage Booster between field box battery Astro AC/DC charger voltage booster makes hellacious whine its working isnt too efficient adequate 12-cell 800s least wonder about 18-cell 1 200s cobalt 40 can deliver enough current 15-mm charge 32A Mitch uses Robbe Automax 21 15 planes dont have dont have too pictures plane enclosed out family album sitting barely coffee table take record-itbefore-I-fly-it pictures still have pictures original glow Showmaster can compare size shot same table glow has hung up awhile still flyable battery charge pur chase some fuel much else report Cawley adds except beloved Schoolboy totaled crash wing survived unclear cause right spiral refused straighten up rudder servo moving after crash until gave output wheel nudge now works fine dont know servo cause effect crash opening up found no stripped gears other obvious ab normality plane getting really ratty need replacement didnt really want forced Id wanting another incorporating changes wanted make based experiences last second Schoolboy first being pulse rudder weak 049 wild paint scheme kit high school flown 7000 ft Santa Fe NMwhich reminds Electric flies fine 7000 ft coarser propS Also just week friend gave copy January 1962 MAN has original Schoolboy construction article showing 36-in builtup wing rather 29-in sheet wing gets thinldng about area such like sheet winglight strong warp-proof Oh well perhaps implement Purple Plan approach 9, booster whine Cawley menti6ns has good ears once could hear up 16000 cycles frequency sound faded outlike out-of-sight flight now see now dont Occhsionally detect wealdy faint booster whine booster general run-ofthe-mill charger handles six eight cells peak six cells have use portion second cyclebeyond normal automati cally-safe 15 mm truly uncharged Continued page 38 / DESIGNED BY HA THOMAS POWERSAITO65 4S ENGINE FEATURES FLAP/AILERON CONFIGURATION WINGSPAN 65 WING AREA680S0 211311 LiiLII ii iiHA THOMAS II liii_______ EI HINGE FLAP________ February 1986 37 HI NGE AILERON Youll have check text HA Thomas OS 25-powered Spitfire seems deBolt Winter Kaluf have kibitzing him about HA watching test pilot check needle setting says goes like rocket Clue local guys said wouldnt get off ground power Ah local guys. dont always ACCURATE RELIABLE -TOREAD ACCUTACH IN TWO MODELS 7 3 FUNCTION ACCUTACH 1 7995 Digital LCD tachometer has dual scale lOX-bOX stable RPM readout Full scale voltmeter can used check/cycle TXIRX battery com bos Reads load up 20 volts 4 FUNCTION ACCUTACH 2 ties 8995 Same useful capabilities ACCU-TACH 1 includes DC ammeter used check servo cur rent Will find worn bind ing stalled servo condi tions w/SCA1 Add function ATi .$20 AVIONIUS NC Send check MO B Tech Inc iUIon U Tech 5689 Glasgow Troy MI 48098 Michigan add 4% tax Add $2 S&H See dealer first ACCESSORIES OSAl-Quarter Scale Adaptor ATi & AT2-SOOma load.9 95 SCAl -Servo Current Adaptor Airtronics Futaba Kraft 995 SCALE RADIO CONTROL 0 4LLO5 WH CONTROL-UNE EELS FREE-FLIGHT 00 VINTAGESMOOTHGOLDEN AGENEW sizes2/2CONTOURsizes2/2BALLOON %314"234"31/i 133413141334214414 1144114 3%114 43/i314514 l1/5114414114533/4 P/86S/82145141861/a SCALE PILOTS CYLINDERS ENGINE KITS MACHINE GUN KITS PLASTIC DISPLAY MODELS cellsand much longer time peak seven cells cant peak eight cells 12-volt car battery unless 1 have charger designed cells 2 use booster am hacker expert expecially Electrics must write someone youd wise ask columnist Kopski MA Poling Model Builder etc After three years Electrics have flock second-generation questions need answers Semetimes feel alene said feels alone crowd would test make solo visit big city zoo summer Sunday range interests fondly described letters should make feel blessed ponder Long ago things simple vir tually everyone build same things cross talk sparkled com mon interest Today common interest exploding cosmos proliferating things receding other nearly speed flight hundred hobbies Letters remind twinkling speck light get closer thriving well-in habited universe self-sufficient feeling good thank Bridging gaps what makes feel lonely mail surprising degree like letter Dick Buege Perhaps will enjoy Just got MA glad see return begins enjoy rambling columns extreme memories share us look model aviation lot us never see Let ramble Have ever seen Joe Konefes fly Buzzard Bombshell An absolutely perfect climb followed perfect transition level flight No stall recovery engine quits nose just comes down level about Eddie Konefes rubber-pow ered ships climb seems last forever flawless glide Jim Noonan compressed-air model Beautiful watch teachers critics am indeed fortunate am located seven miles hallowed fields Bong Buege continues As far am concerned ideal situation have spent Sunday pleasant company Chicago Aero nuts Bong Eagles dont compete contests go watch own thing first started going ran couple fellows flying FF Scale looked like nice now-key way fly What caught eye Clarence Chapmans C 02-powered ships Being stuck RC time thought never crossed mind might try planes belong display Bong about three four years did nothing RC got know Clar ence quite well several Comet Guillow planes wouldnt fly worth darn Three coats colored dope 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3078576897 C02 tried Super flew followed Comet Cub built C02 mind believe kit number 3406 anyone ever wants try C02 best possible chance success plane Much downthrust little right thrust flights just close perfect come would fly circle very little climb go up Flights 1 1 mm matter routine Telco latest effort Pietenpol Span 26 weight 2 oz Flights slow scalelike does fly well Cub place wing area being just about motor will pull undercamber wing quite excessive will corrected ever build another Flat-bottomed might better plan Peck kit doubled modified Double-size Peanuts very good way get designs Most will have modified little strength nothing very bad have tried 26-in Lacey thatwas motor would pull 26-in Fike flies very well 020 running very rich Just dont let go 15 sec worth fuel value plane legs would make great GG Au Galloping Ghost small schoolyard think next will Fike 19 C02 now three us flying C02 regularly Bong Dick relates has nicest way fly No mess no pressure wind up no telling might well learn fly wind think RC days done have found Clarence Derry what missing bunch local RC club ofus does own thing rest us accept no pressure build fly something will meet approval rest group new plane looked over rest us never nit-picking attitude Critics abound always friendly way people flying C02 would welcomed open arms Derry has small electric-powered Goldberg Ranger 30 has seen better days better flights week ago sold him Flyline Travelaire 6000 should really interesting next year Derry real craftsman eventually gets planes fly very well Jim Noonan real gentleman respect first ones look over new planes will speak mind tell went wrong hes usually right have Stahl TCraft 057 built just something build Jim paid highest compliment ever has dont like covering material have say youre master working Jim always selling something meets always buy something time six tubes Aerogloss cement Two bits per tube bargain book Continued page 121 40 Model Aviation full-size Quickie remarkable homebuilt airplane achieves amaz ing l2omphand8ampgpoweredbyanl8 hp engine Now can build fly t/ascaleR/C model sleek little canard quality fit die-cut balsa ply parts good will really enjoy building kit Excellent plans instructions guide step-by-step sna-ee rewarding building experi ence kit includes wood custom metal parts generous hardware package ABS cowl clear canopy.even scale documentation SURPRISE Quickie EASY TO FLY handles much like conventional sport-40 type model L 4 Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 40 Ted DeCook asked wanted few old Comet kits maybe eight 10 27 never turn down free kits out pro duction darned glad get 40-in Super Cruiser real beauty kit Comet some real winners back Phantom Fury still difficult plane build because light entire framework 1/16 sq 32-in plane Keep rambling now does modeling spirit could ever guess Nostalgia rambling guys lead Like last prewar National Air Races 1941 Chicago Nats marked passing era Good brothers spotlanded RC Big Guff close didnt dare move Joe Konefes good now club about 20 identical redand-black Buzzards contentedly climbed steep straight dead ahead nosed down glide Joe won 40 mm plus speck off edge white cloud new Goldberg t2Amet Sailolane everywhere Struck New Rulers sensational Ohlsson 60 lent new zest everything Gibson Reeler changed engines Arrow try Class B Cand won both B George Speckied Bird Perryman way down list Rubbera kid guess So Long landed Midway Airport Paul MacCready no less took oouple firsts place awash modelers become famous fields Jim Walker flying Fireball saw brick string Shows go Jim Noonan Maybe started before did always has finest keeps light hidden under bushel Few could relate Goods impressive display Walker Black magic RC CL would explode war Europe would another Na tional Contest until 1946 Wichita KS Nats proves still Ughwagon ooulda fooled kid kid John Coumo Forked River New Joisey know its really Agwagon pic actually its customizing riot Enclosed photo beloved P#onto sez John built three-view July 1984 MA first took air resembling plane James Bond movie Octopussy Au John have undivided attention left ground delighted almost cried moment later tried make first turn did cry wouldnt come around suddenly knew drawing showed dihedral Iwas able get back piece soon got home cut slot through center top sheeting handsawand kept nib bling away until raised wing panel 8 Next time out little bird ground just long enough fill 4-oz tank What joy Since have flown MonoKote off its beautiful body Au John has waysounds like Jordache commercial Retaining original fuse lage wing made new tail surfaces Au No further comment fashioned caricature Agwagon 05 Max 20 working its way through second connecting rod engine new put Pronto Thanks Bill glorious hours Continued page 124 S aV8 Over 450 Items Send $200 current catalog February 1986 121 Yzrn Lik %LJIIIXZIIiIF Yci Will LAk Zir OPS SLA40 OPS SLA-40 ideal engine QUICKIE 500 well sport flying schnuerle ported ABC 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blood pressure works signal coming receiver processed invisible pulses infra-rad tight travel through fiber optic tight pipe driver circuit converted back electrical signal also being boosted maximum strength Therefore servo 5 ft receiver signal wire long servo plugged directly receiver Heavy duty battery wires provided separate battery pack filtered servo end installation straight forward easy Small size easily detached removing wing / Optic Servo Driver comes 3 models MODELDESCRIPTIONPRICE 121A single unit 1 servo$2495 122A dual unit 2 servos$3995 123A single unit 2 outputs flaps ailerons Order today Include $350 shipping Money order Visa Master Charge include expiration date check allow 20 days clear Sorry no CODs Send free catalog mode/er safety supplies Rlican E#erprises Inc 265 Oxford Lane mingdale Illinois 60108 Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 121 flying design epitomize everything airplane modeler should Au accept thatpraise behalfofDave Robellen designed Pronto passing glory Dave double spades Coumo s praise Aunt Abbeys response First three-channel Pronto Daves Creation slightly larger four-channel Super Pronto Both kits once good-guy little manufacturer Tidewater Hobby Enterprises Daves approval sample Pronto kit tempts exceedingly simple assemble Pron appeared MAN 1972 good kit report RCM flatterwing four-channel Super Pronto has aile rons Sunday hot-shots will tar feather otherwise good pilots dont understand three-channel aerobatics Forget precision Improvised fun aerobat ics barrelhouse Whap stick around wont know what 124 Model Aviation looking Keep pushing youll get high Voss Fokker Triplane must haye good dihedral he-man rudder responseand wear sweat band Follow whims instinct youll need also published old column three-view drawing Jetco Lightning Bug 0 10 decimal correct Enlarge bit smallish 049 09 maybe 15 25 dare Too big too powerful thundering herd may pulverize Lightning Bug another contortionist Too little dihedral skid airplane Throw rudder thing yaws 450 Dihedral key correct amount such stuff dream ofif want changes directions leave looking empty spaceAminimum 70 onacabin 100 low wing think three-channel sissy stuff try Pronto etc think like Rambo Better Pronto coincidence opened letter Robellen written Dave about Bernard Cawleys up scale Pronto Electric Heres Dave Yes have again reports am sending snapshots latest effort Playmate Vital specs 50-in span 2 lb gross 15 25 engine Pronto airfoil construction techniques Like Pronto Playmate three-channel broad performance envelope have worked thermals easily prototype idle power same model has used compete effectively Sport Racing against powerful jobs Editor Playmate will future construction project magazine concept electrifring Pronto seems spreading recent column Electrict flight described very suc cessful electric-powered version Au July RCM Mel Thomas made threeview column believe Play mate will work out better Electric mainly due its cleaner aerodynamins Au Theres downthrustin both Pron andPlaymate guess latter being 20 With flat-bottom wings cant go wrong about 1W incidence 20 downthrust Works well Scale too Behind green door growing grapevine old-timers pass around designs useful info re ports R&D performance dream ships Few ever same twice Curi osity mainly may recall earlier pictures HA Thomas pretty cabin model ground-adjustable flaps flies parking lots ball fields pastures whatever has notion wants big four-cycle version fly Ugly Stiks Ive corresponded artis tically-gifted HA 48 years andjibe him now symptoms aerobatic/go-fast syndrome surprised little 0S 25 Spitfire see pic sensitive think Id need help fly safely said Id inclined move CG forward cut down control throws Hal deBolt long skilled pilot chimed how-to treatise So now sneak-preview HAs proposed four-stroke cabin whispered ailerons seemed bit gentle HA says Bill Kaluf same comment draw broken line left aileron guess what HAs hinge line might become HA stubbornso knows ROLLED 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transmitter off ground Ruggedly built heat treated aluminum finished heavy duty anodize Assembled stainless steel fasteners Designed constructed extended use695O $99Q PIuo 51 50 ohppng COD 550 adrhhonai cash niorwy order ordy Charges apy6y oSy corsoewS US Mass reoclento add 5% TIMER/STOPWATCH Counts up down preset hold additive feature Time Out sounds alarm auto shutoff Easy read outdoors lithium battery 21 95* PROTECTIVE BAG Made space age aluminum coated nylon Reflects suns heat protects TX dirt andg st special fast acting closure 1 D ONCE YOU USE IT YOU WILL NEVER FLY WITHOUT IT does want fly Ugly Stiks Note nice flaps HA envisioned Saito 45but now becomes Saito 65 bigger Krackeijac 7 lb HA shoots 4 lb does consecutive outsides essentially flatbottom airfoil Enya 46 four-stroke 10-7 prop Thats power stick straight up two-thirds downelevator shocked model mag edi tor commented guys would insist 90 four-strokes such beast HA can pull whatever power needed 65 will have superior vertical perform ance HA says will shorten nose four-strokes heavier HA once awing walker cool hand Youll enjoy comments letter kidded about being speed power happy retorted Taint Bill Thats put 25 Spit Some guys saw fuselage profile said would never get off ground Its rocket am going enjoy luxury flying around easily halfthrottle FS job Au OS 25 going machine ButI yearn able realistic crossed-control slip landing about cabin Surprised learn Krackerjac weighs 7 lb am shooting around 4 lb morning bought Saito 65 Hartsfield says am crazy 45 would ample reminds John Sadler just stubborn Sadler would say Anything OK HA Just way Sinatra patented Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct FaiPftD4 VA 22030 Radio Technique/Myers Continued page 43 answer No separat ed miles would no 31M Actually spread out trans mitters 40kHz spacing 40 ft 31M effect disappears however transmitters 20kHz spacing have spread out least 80 ft Lets say have decided ig nore 31M deal spreading four flight lines 80-ft intervals Set 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