Bill Winter _____ fl3g ______Plane Talk YOU SAY love nostalgia think history things past gone Modeling continuum nostalgic things mostly contributed others whats-next beckons would sad loss yesterdays no relationship tomorrows Wright Flyer notnostalgic Itis awesome see National Air Space Museum Todays scientists respect classic sys tems approach produced Now lets pick up Paul Brown runs industrial company Hobart IN Iwas 17 years old Nats 1930 Paul recalls three four people area interested model aircraft got info American Boy magazine Au American Boy wonderful magazine lasted decades until Depression pub lished news plans AMLA predecessor AMA 300000 mem bers Ive continued interest through years flying FF Indoor Control Line Radio Control Electrics pictures shows Don Burnham Aeroplane Model League Na tionals Detroit 1930 model four-prop pusher-puller remember seeing dont know flew busy trying get flights Don retired several years ago president Westing house Au happens Burn ham has common contact won Junior division 1930 back-up model standard twin pusher four-prop model normal wingtail configuration twin tails beyond state art long runs four rubber motors prop Burnham states 1930 appreciation weight energy source Electrics now percentage gross weight arranged ro tation props no torque putting motor side stick avoided typical frame bend ing problem twin pushers During long-ago Nats Burnham put up four-prop whatisit climbing steadily about 150 feet flight fighters Hawks Boeings doesnt recall made high-speed flyby pulling up vertically prop blast blew wing half Selfridge Field did flybys day Picture Chicopee Lee Greenawalt L now R pictures attest has long-standing love forthe gallant Dennypiane Winter admires its realistic easyflight says reminds him Fairchild F-24 Thlsyears-ago shot wastaken atthe GeorgeAAF flying site Victor yule CA site stlii home Cactus Clippers same Lee white-haired now Dennyplane much newer Lee build ing another Dennyplane time new kit plans includes pilot passenger figures went engine size 05 20 HP 25 four-stroke finally 05 40 Saito 40 four-strokes Says ilkes relaxed throttle-back cruising best 32 Model Aviation Chap dark shirt atthe 1930 Nats nitty egg-beaterwinder left hand favors Don Burnhams bird quizzical glance No wonder standard wing/tail configuration four props four motors arranged eliminate torque flight 150 ft vic tim possibiy strangest happening Nate see text Burnham recently retired president Westinghouse won Junior class backupTwin Pusher now flies electric-powered Etude Paul Brown took picture fellow contestant Left stable already includes 15 gorgeous Giant Scale jobs Slick Larsen recently added spare-no-details WW French SPAD built WE Technical Services plan pattern sets Control cables external full-size Right Another Larsens beauties 14-scale Waco white red trim Ship restrained RG Reed Slick props Quadra life safety prop tips painted yellow white SPAD especially using black prop nearly invisible running Takes seconds Nats Blue Angels buzzing joint constantly Hawks stationed Janes says Selfridge home First Pursuit Group consisting three fighter squadronsand other type squad rons So maybe Boeings too Paul Brown included two pictures himself absolutely stunning Legionaire Sailplane another Bridi Two-Meter Glider 05 electric motor 6-4 prop says flies fairly well 39 oz marginal wind must Hall Mirrors because field looks like Shangri-la cant tell difference between Paul lds better Before exit twilight zone Paul Don Burnham touch after 55 years Don about fly electricpowered Etude 1930s Dennypiane always fascinated picture whispers Build time good letter Lee Greenawalt VP Cactus Clipper Club flies George AEB Victorville CA Movie actor Reginald Denny thing modeling aviation Before war produced Dennyplane kit good engine called Dennymite During war producedthousands target drones like realism low-key flying Dennyplane fits better ever Free Flight models 1 930s conglomeration original-design cabins Dennyplane looked like real man-carrying plane well designed fine stable flier time everyone locked wacko fantasies winning contests Denny resembled Fairchild 24 sans struts perfect three-channels no RC Its big windshield windows round aluminum oowl get Doc Mathews did plan January 1977 MA No 169 $400 Greenawalt has Dennyplaning long timesee then-and-now photos Now Denny says have taken out OS 20 installed HP 25 four-cycle Au Hell switch Saito 40 Takeoffs realistic landings easy pleasurable planes have flown recommend plans MA s Plan Service After some dig ging found kit being manufactured Midway available Hobby Shack Fountain Valley stock number 389031 O ordered another Au just got back-ordered kit says wood superb Lee tells us will build pilot passengers Au Left Ride Vaikyrie KaiufsSaito twin 90 four-stroke-powered Big Lift spirited 41/2-min climb 800 ft release Edmonds Apex Sailplane Ailerons added mother ship turns Sailplane aboard made rudder Aileron action disturbs Sailpiane Rudder right stick ailerons left flown CAR rudder primary during lofting phase leaving aile rons inactive Right Close-up EL/Apex combo shows two Apex support pylons exit release mechanism between strut attach ment fo removable panels 11 1/2-ib tug shock-absorbing bolt-on gear Wheel chocks joined bya thin chain isthe best idea Kaluf ever says reworks props tach 7200 four-strokes 16 cut 15 8-in pitch optimum lofting Apex March 1986 33 THIS 1934 7 FREE FLIGHT DESIGN WAS ALSO FLOWN RC thinking now carrying disk camera servo-operated mini-cassette pro duce tower chatter am thinking 05 40 four-cycle will give shorter takeoff mnand throttle back fun fly ing now wants Saito 40 Denny certainly does require ailerons could added easily Flaperons maybe Dihedral overdone Greenawalts club Cactus Clippers does displays demos both big base Apple Valley Airport Open House have good lot people club Lee tells us allow no foolishness field Everyone very safety-minded have no aircraft vs people vehicles can recall Lee also has Buzzard Bombshell probably MEN kit judging fuselage holes sits sun-drenched patio shady porch behind white satellite dish miles nothing framed distant moun tains Hand tissue Only now tells has 10 airplanes including Antic bipeimpressive pic flying wires and raves about its realism flight Also Cox Rallye ultralight threatens race Help HELP Slick Larson another airplane fac tory know someone wind mill building produces nifty creations like rabbits out hat Peanut Scale planes has Walt Mooney created Larsons forte Giant Scale Hes made least 15such P-26 Cub J-3 scale Hawk P-6E Waco UF Piper Vagabond Lysander Curtiss Falcon SPAD uses plan pattern sets WE Technical Services would Bill Effinger operated Berkeley Mod els years Intended 13 31 cu engines SPAD spans 79 has 2120 sq area checked Slick Effmger said answering query SPAD has yet finish bottom wing will get pictures soon finishes Au SPAD photos came same envelope finished Piper Vagabond Westland Lysander building Falcon Slick uses cheap materials lumberyard 34 Model Aviation 1 NO COWL IOPTIONAL LIFTS FROM FRONT B HINGED AT REAR THE 1934 ENGINE SET AT 5T0RONE DOWNTHRUST AZRIGHT DESIGNED BY CHESTER D LANZO WINDSPANB4 INSWING AREAIOIO 50 1N5 POWER BROWN JR I/S RP 14 IN PROF COVERINS SILK RED DOPE WITH BLACK TRIM WEIGRT SR OZS AIRFOILCLARK Y~~1 II GIG CS AT 45 TO 50% OF WINS CHORD FROM LE Left Chet Lanzos 1934 repeat 1934 RC-1 gliding recent 5-mm flight standard winch launch prop removed its Brown Jr engine left onboard ballast Chet now flies ancient design SAM FF competitions decade ahead its time Chet considered unsuccessful RC flying come As young lad best could radio system coherer/spark dated back just after turn century far too slow ships performance Right Joe Elgin Playboy fame enjoying pleasant session Chet 7-ft beauty Material selection construction incredible Its day piece would perfect selected 1988 Newspaper clips prove its early vintage probably built same year Bassetts Natawinner Kovel-Grant KG Wonder lattertwo could bewinched samewsv pine Lauan plywood keeps weight down plenty lightening holes also builds tails wing tips very light models easy control fast builder Slick cuts no corners Scalloped edges external control wires scale rigging SPAD always intimi dated building Rubber Scale Both wings flat boardI felt putting dihedral ship simply didnt result its being same airplane didnt mind increasing already-present dihedral using hefty tail surfaces met myself coming going Youll note rectangular object base outboard interplane strut Larson has Thats unique bellcrank arrangement actuate aileron full-size SPADs top wing EWmgers Berkeley Models incidental ly home scads memorable air planes designerslike Hank Struck Sal Taibi Don McGovern Ben Shere shaw Woody Blanchard Dick Korda Walt Good Ron St Jean Jim Saftig Roy Clough first model Helioopters Au wrote four books Berkeley Effinger Struck dreamed up Wing Thing Rogallo flex-wing theme Strange planes sometimes smash hits wing sold over 200000 kits Effinger graduated Brooklyn Poly mechanical engineering MIT aero engineering yet started Berkeley 1933 over garage first ad MAN cost fat $180 Guadalcanal helped con coct radio-controlled SBDs pilotless raids Rabaul supervised making seven-passenger Avenger wrecked aircraft Later stateside responsi ble overhauling 3600 SNJs Yellow Peril 240 PBYs Theres add haircuts Guadalcanal problem Effinger once told made swiveling chair TBF top turret Hes AMA Hall Fame course WE Technical Services listing oldies well Giant Scale wont disappoint Phantoms Big Lifts Ive often mentioned Bill Kaluf pops 40 miles away stream gems loves build flies now less thats shame Right now seems Hobby Lobby tear hes impressed German-made things Japanese masters RTF glamor Germans make work bit precise thorough little Phantom Hobby Lobby sells 09 landing gear small ply landing skids really fooled Holding convinced RTF built up simple sheet parts fuselage has balsa-skinned frame wing Kaluf MonoKoted what job did saw no seams yet used 35 separate pieces nibbles little pieces around small-radius curves inlays long narrow L shaped pieces surfaces join covers over Kalufs Phantom ba Continued page 36 March 1986 35 Allan Schanzies Vought Crusader F-8U rubber-powered ship off another great flight .. anything lever its bit awesome Developed old ducted-fan kit plan forA spans 27 1s36 long allowing four42-ln strandsof PAl /4-In rubber used Prop huge 16-in folder Blue Ridge Models Coupe dHiver models swept wing allows low dihedral anti-stall Picture Tom Schmitt Another John Worth never-never Bill Harris sturdily-built old RC Sailplane glow power front end Worth put two old Kitty electric motors abouto35 pylons pusher style seven 12 Sanyos Span 1878 area 660 sq weight 3 lb Does B 12 mm de pending air freewheeling props glide dive mechanical prop stops floats around nicely Note new Cox Canarie uses same motor gear drive prop Yes Winter finished updated 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use show displays Theres significant item Phan tom .. g European Bowden cable d Kaluf simply would believe absolute absence play until use three parts 1 outer casing 2 very close-fitting inner casing 3 5mm steel piano wire 5mm soldered threaded coupler clevis can screwed concept think wont work Seems three pieces would give slop does Au checked smooth easy through bends Dont ask Ive included pictures Macchi Big Lift Kaluf writes Note wheel chocksbest little idea ever Mount ed cradle 99-in Edmonds stable Sailplane capable catching thermals best same photo see shock system uses two #64 bands Prop carved own Pattern fly 15-5 prop no load 15-6 load Note climb angle flight shot Steve could haul 600 ft 4 minutes back ground after Sailplane release 35 secondsleaving enough time haul up second Glider first still aloft love airplane Shes built Gear held 16 4-40 bolts blind nuts Now Kaluf fussing AS W22 Elektro 94-in Electric Graupner folder extension shaft Has 31 reduc tion uses two packs 6V Electric power Greek Kaluf knowing him Ive got him interested lifting altitude Big Liftbefore starting motor Staggering isnt noted Big Lift Hobby Lobby ads note things So Peter Miller regular contributor British RC mag sent copy equivalent National Geographic editor chosen comment depth Peters Big Lift used aero photography Petes scientific use model-borne cam eras search out Roman ruins tidal flows etc distinguished achievement Kaluf bounced new Big Lift fitted its cradle Edmonds Apex Sailplane structure mother ship painstakingly engineered Kalufs craftsmanship installations well out league Big Lift three-channel controls thats needs Kaluf wanted ailerons advice make smalljust useful times since aerobatics goal As proved out rudder/elevator/en gine superior Glider release because use ailerons changes airflow between wings two planes Glider does ride wing-steady Big Lift close copy Macchi-Lock heed short-field cargo plane built Italy roughly 1960 afterwards Canada other countries 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______________________ Expiraftion Dafte ___________________________ Signed 250 Pages Producta year Kovel-Grant KG built examined Bassett models timer mid-30s KG similar role 1935 its across-the-board cor rectness layout structure RC-1 difficult believe Radio 1934 know should Chet Lanzo 40- 50year-old design pioneers FF Rubber Gas RC now widely built until two serious operations recently laid him low Chet self-effacing little changed showed up flew Old-Timer meets public never heard RC- 1 Chet has flying Antique FF first RC AMA Museum dated 1937and 1934 airplane design far outclassed pictures three-view speak selves have full-size plans back ground Chet sells plans $800 postage paid Chet Lanzo 1485 Lester Rd Valley City OH 44280 sure doesnt push have know reason structural details Herb Clukeys three-view drawing merely suggestive model used find out some things RC early days Chet tells us spectacular success Radio model quite good-flying machine Au no servos escapements time well before Good brothers learned Chet continues 7ft span Brown power made much too fast slow-operating RC equipment built equipment coherer spark transmitternuff said picture Joe Elgin Playboy fame RC Sailplane 1934 RC-1 flying Sailplane standard tow winch Got flights up 5 mm bad 52-year-old design other picture shows bringing 1934 RC-1 Glider nice long flight used Brown Jr up front ballast standard rudder-elevator controls Have flown RC-1 Antique Gas am very happy its old-timer flying qualities McCoy built beautiful RC-1 placed second Toledo Show believe guy does beautiful work So see pin model real flies up storm Thoughts first gassie FF came two three years later because $2150 en gines like Mercedes $900 wholesale Baby Cyclone needed break first RC came 13 years later RC- 1 because Good brothers gifted impossible radio Frank Schmidt getting old produced prior Orbit first decent reed radio early SOsbecause irritation somewhat unreliable prewar Rockwood reed radios example servos gear trains British toys Frank told long-ago RC flight meandered around Pittsburgh probably out control Harold deBolt says 1923 Continued page 121 R/C FLY DURING YOUR VACATION POINT SEBAGO OUTDOOR RESORT 30 x 260 PAVED RUNWAY GREAT COMBINATION YOUR FAMILY HAS SUMMER RESORT VACATION YOU CAN FLY YOUR FAVORITE R/C MODEL ALL WEEK NEW RENTAL CABINS AND TRAVEL TRAILERS AVAILABLE SEE IT ALL BY ASKING FOR OUR COLOR BROCHURE AND OUR FREE VIDEO BROCHURE ThE R/C FIELD iS FOR POINT SEBAGO GUESTS ONLY FOR MORE INFORMATION WRITE TO POINT SEBAGO RR#1 BOX 712 F CASCO ME 04015 OR CALL 207 655-3821 U SOUTHERN MAINE AT LAST WK GENIE FEE HEEL EN r Center Hold Bobby poorer tools B Betensiorn Work Bench PrhabrOOOmosote top Ocer Partiola Boord IO Poaboard OlSar F Onoptob toot OotOers p Pocet Oottet Styp bost CooCts Coretng Film Corder trend Orm Lamp Oalustoete beroer Costets K btorayOluminomhrame datoe spaCe storage probtems tetth new CompaCt muttr unction cork center Sturdy alominom madolar benches Con tarloredtayoorindmdoal needsOsingauniguetastenrngsystemtheyoan assembled end disassembled minutes ho hots bolts toss eith Bspansiontastenersseouretoietstightly tdealtarapadmentdaellersahere easy disassembly tar storage needed Poeer Center measures t2W r 1d 3bH pedeot bold store small paeer taols chiC t1d99b ltyOueish add Batenston Woerbenoh eith pinable Hamesote top oLer padicle board base dOuW 5 tdC 29rorHcompleteoith pegboard esen bdust-prOOt pads bins CooBring Om holder tool holders tot tlbgBbt Four ore wheels Can aaded needed tar easy P150 acailoble- groonaea receptacle outlet1595 adjustable light tot $5995 Lamp colors Bed Wttte Black STANDARD WORKBENCH reguiring larger work surfaCe 24 48 odD bHHCh Ohert tSp name stardyoohsthsOtiOh aedtastee leg system WarIn Center teatored abooe Complete pleabte ISamesote top aoer partiCle board base aCCessnoes illustrated $16995 Larger sides doarlable SpeCial dtdet PATTERN SHIP AS GOOD AS YOU ARE. 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50K224ACE 460 Kit 5 SPECIFICATIONS Span 0 Area 840sqin Weight 7lbs2oz ap Wine Loading 194oz/sqft Engine four cycle 60 Functions four channels Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 39 Successful RC goes back shortly after 1900 great early inventor Nicholai Tesla rival Edison inVentor alternating current demonstrated work able model submarine Madison Square Garden New York An article appeared 1976 Model Aviation including circuit/installations nothing radio anyone researched such mags ScientUYc American might find Teslas secrets Did like Lanzo 20 years later use spark coherers iron silver filings time Marconi dont find DeForest dictionarydidnt invent vacuum tube What shame Chet probably around 20 make own crude radiofor wantofanailin 1934 want genuine good flying Antique RC merely some ancient FE radio heres chance Yo ho ho bottle rum cutlass nasty member sword family favored pirates Allan Schanzle has thing Cutlass once first-line Navy fighter circa early 50s talking rubber power son seems youthful days Alan creamed akitof beast ducted-fan creation says glided fine under power 049 acted like dive-bomber Midway based Rubber Scale ship old kit drawings found out kit negative angle attack inthe wing tiny to-scale stabilizer What won ders hath God wroth Atid tail moment shortened compensate engine location rubber power Cutlass span 27 root chord 12 lots area swept wingwhich Schanzle saw permitting wee dihedral having great stall resistance allowing mammoth prop 36-in fuselage motor long big strings harp Does fly bet flies says Allan probably good anything ever four loops Vt-in FM strand 42 long bomb really gets up 60% s. last flight about minute least 100 feet Scale jets fantas ticmany can made fly well ol high-wing cabin monoplane beware flight feature build swept-wing jet keep nose down downthrust. youll see gorgeous flat spin fliSht lunatic model went through three flat-spin turns recoveries before returning forgiving grass Dave Smith flying F84 Glen Simpers F-100 opens whole new arena FF Rubber Scale Au Allan rounded radome spinner Faced prop problem Allan Frank Schmitt visited Don Srull After Allan relates Srull can get two minutes cinder block Good grief Don has kinds props well prop forming molds cut 2 x 4s says Waitaminute Ive got some thing ought perfect out comes set preformed prop blades Z-shaped wire Blue Ridge Models designed Coupe kit 16 in diameter Au Well over half span Cutlass very light requirement due obscenely-long nose F-S Life like land Rubber Scale lovable nuts have rubber ized practically machine history Research pig rooting truffles As prehistoric Rubber Scaler rejoice numbers should know maga zme found Rubber Scale model its No 1 plans seller year Try chewing tobaccy Rookie updated version early-60s model MAN proves itself nice bird easy fly basic/advanced trainer traits well mixed Nothing touch second flight rolling inverting near slow flight Don Srull made first six flights Doug Pratt seventh Doug stayed inverted long well out touring country twice during episode ask him side up Usual thoughts original two pounds lighter K&B 45 also 6-ft span 6 sq ft area covered Koverall finished epoxy paint powered hefty Enya 60 four-stroke nevertheless lightly loaded does bounce around wind inverted slight down-elevator needs held Normally advanced fliers dont like thrust lines high because nose rises bit throttling back feel safer trait havent noticed yet case Perhaps off-base-line thrust has advantages high thrust line does seek hold nose down upright interestingly up verted After inverted-engine Chip munk premier aerobatics machine would seem use thrust line can design factor making ship fly way wish Just hindsight impression four-stroke engines notions ratio 60% power two-stroker thin-ice stuff still dont have maximum-performance prop 14-6 pulls like farm tractor Ground checking high power really requires helper have two-hand hold restraint hear air tearinglike ripping silk Only Giant Scale folks seem understand big props brute power terms thrust torque An 118 ship absolute dog bit sad see seemingly mad drive make four-cycles go faster small props trying make behave like familiar two-strokes evident Rookie requires right thrusttoo late now Continued page 122 March 1986 121 Designed DBDoc Mathews ORDERING INFOComplete catalog $200 ACE products available dealer however need order direct send full amo unt plus $200 shipping han dling along catalog num ber 116Wl9StPOBox 511E1 Higginsville MO 64037 call 816 584-7121 New Sensation Towing Friends Glider created first Big modified Clark-Y airfoil realistic docile flying STOL capabilities ideal Quadra precut firewall flies also well 90 Two-Stroke 120 Four-Stroke realistic spring-loaded telescopic landing gear - Flying Weight 18 lbs Weight 6 lbs 702 Functions Full House plus Optionals Optionals Fiaps mixed ailerons own discre tion Releasable tow-hook extra cost own discretion Engine Quadra Irecommended towingi Other Models Also Available Call Write 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1986/03
Page Numbers: 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 121, 122
Bill Winter _____ fl3g ______Plane Talk YOU SAY love nostalgia think history things past gone Modeling continuum nostalgic things mostly contributed others whats-next beckons would sad loss yesterdays no relationship tomorrows Wright Flyer notnostalgic Itis awesome see National Air Space Museum Todays scientists respect classic sys tems approach produced Now lets pick up Paul Brown runs industrial company Hobart IN Iwas 17 years old Nats 1930 Paul recalls three four people area interested model aircraft got info American Boy magazine Au American Boy wonderful magazine lasted decades until Depression pub lished news plans AMLA predecessor AMA 300000 mem bers Ive continued interest through years flying FF Indoor Control Line Radio Control Electrics pictures shows Don Burnham Aeroplane Model League Na tionals Detroit 1930 model four-prop pusher-puller remember seeing dont know flew busy trying get flights Don retired several years ago president Westing house Au happens Burn ham has common contact won Junior division 1930 back-up model standard twin pusher four-prop model normal wingtail configuration twin tails beyond state art long runs four rubber motors prop Burnham states 1930 appreciation weight energy source Electrics now percentage gross weight arranged ro tation props no torque putting motor side stick avoided typical frame bend ing problem twin pushers During long-ago Nats Burnham put up four-prop whatisit climbing steadily about 150 feet flight fighters Hawks Boeings doesnt recall made high-speed flyby pulling up vertically prop blast blew wing half Selfridge Field did flybys day Picture Chicopee Lee Greenawalt L now R pictures attest has long-standing love forthe gallant Dennypiane Winter admires its realistic easyflight says reminds him Fairchild F-24 Thlsyears-ago shot wastaken atthe GeorgeAAF flying site Victor yule CA site stlii home Cactus Clippers same Lee white-haired now Dennyplane much newer Lee build ing another Dennyplane time new kit plans includes pilot passenger figures went engine size 05 20 HP 25 four-stroke finally 05 40 Saito 40 four-strokes Says ilkes relaxed throttle-back cruising best 32 Model Aviation Chap dark shirt atthe 1930 Nats nitty egg-beaterwinder left hand favors Don Burnhams bird quizzical glance No wonder standard wing/tail configuration four props four motors arranged eliminate torque flight 150 ft vic tim possibiy strangest happening Nate see text Burnham recently retired president Westinghouse won Junior class backupTwin Pusher now flies electric-powered Etude Paul Brown took picture fellow contestant Left stable already includes 15 gorgeous Giant Scale jobs Slick Larsen recently added spare-no-details WW French SPAD built WE Technical Services plan pattern sets Control cables external full-size Right Another Larsens beauties 14-scale Waco white red trim Ship restrained RG Reed Slick props Quadra life safety prop tips painted yellow white SPAD especially using black prop nearly invisible running Takes seconds Nats Blue Angels buzzing joint constantly Hawks stationed Janes says Selfridge home First Pursuit Group consisting three fighter squadronsand other type squad rons So maybe Boeings too Paul Brown included two pictures himself absolutely stunning Legionaire Sailplane another Bridi Two-Meter Glider 05 electric motor 6-4 prop says flies fairly well 39 oz marginal wind must Hall Mirrors because field looks like Shangri-la cant tell difference between Paul lds better Before exit twilight zone Paul Don Burnham touch after 55 years Don about fly electricpowered Etude 1930s Dennypiane always fascinated picture whispers Build time good letter Lee Greenawalt VP Cactus Clipper Club flies George AEB Victorville CA Movie actor Reginald Denny thing modeling aviation Before war produced Dennyplane kit good engine called Dennymite During war producedthousands target drones like realism low-key flying Dennyplane fits better ever Free Flight models 1 930s conglomeration original-design cabins Dennyplane looked like real man-carrying plane well designed fine stable flier time everyone locked wacko fantasies winning contests Denny resembled Fairchild 24 sans struts perfect three-channels no RC Its big windshield windows round aluminum oowl get Doc Mathews did plan January 1977 MA No 169 $400 Greenawalt has Dennyplaning long timesee then-and-now photos Now Denny says have taken out OS 20 installed HP 25 four-cycle Au Hell switch Saito 40 Takeoffs realistic landings easy pleasurable planes have flown recommend plans MA s Plan Service After some dig ging found kit being manufactured Midway available Hobby Shack Fountain Valley stock number 389031 O ordered another Au just got back-ordered kit says wood superb Lee tells us will build pilot passengers Au Left Ride Vaikyrie KaiufsSaito twin 90 four-stroke-powered Big Lift spirited 41/2-min climb 800 ft release Edmonds Apex Sailplane Ailerons added mother ship turns Sailplane aboard made rudder Aileron action disturbs Sailpiane Rudder right stick ailerons left flown CAR rudder primary during lofting phase leaving aile rons inactive Right Close-up EL/Apex combo shows two Apex support pylons exit release mechanism between strut attach ment fo removable panels 11 1/2-ib tug shock-absorbing bolt-on gear Wheel chocks joined bya thin chain isthe best idea Kaluf ever says reworks props tach 7200 four-strokes 16 cut 15 8-in pitch optimum lofting Apex March 1986 33 THIS 1934 7 FREE FLIGHT DESIGN WAS ALSO FLOWN RC thinking now carrying disk camera servo-operated mini-cassette pro duce tower chatter am thinking 05 40 four-cycle will give shorter takeoff mnand throttle back fun fly ing now wants Saito 40 Denny certainly does require ailerons could added easily Flaperons maybe Dihedral overdone Greenawalts club Cactus Clippers does displays demos both big base Apple Valley Airport Open House have good lot people club Lee tells us allow no foolishness field Everyone very safety-minded have no aircraft vs people vehicles can recall Lee also has Buzzard Bombshell probably MEN kit judging fuselage holes sits sun-drenched patio shady porch behind white satellite dish miles nothing framed distant moun tains Hand tissue Only now tells has 10 airplanes including Antic bipeimpressive pic flying wires and raves about its realism flight Also Cox Rallye ultralight threatens race Help HELP Slick Larson another airplane fac tory know someone wind mill building produces nifty creations like rabbits out hat Peanut Scale planes has Walt Mooney created Larsons forte Giant Scale Hes made least 15such P-26 Cub J-3 scale Hawk P-6E Waco UF Piper Vagabond Lysander Curtiss Falcon SPAD uses plan pattern sets WE Technical Services would Bill Effinger operated Berkeley Mod els years Intended 13 31 cu engines SPAD spans 79 has 2120 sq area checked Slick Effmger said answering query SPAD has yet finish bottom wing will get pictures soon finishes Au SPAD photos came same envelope finished Piper Vagabond Westland Lysander building Falcon Slick uses cheap materials lumberyard 34 Model Aviation 1 NO COWL IOPTIONAL LIFTS FROM FRONT B HINGED AT REAR THE 1934 ENGINE SET AT 5T0RONE DOWNTHRUST AZRIGHT DESIGNED BY CHESTER D LANZO WINDSPANB4 INSWING AREAIOIO 50 1N5 POWER BROWN JR I/S RP 14 IN PROF COVERINS SILK RED DOPE WITH BLACK TRIM WEIGRT SR OZS AIRFOILCLARK Y~~1 II GIG CS AT 45 TO 50% OF WINS CHORD FROM LE Left Chet Lanzos 1934 repeat 1934 RC-1 gliding recent 5-mm flight standard winch launch prop removed its Brown Jr engine left onboard ballast Chet now flies ancient design SAM FF competitions decade ahead its time Chet considered unsuccessful RC flying come As young lad best could radio system coherer/spark dated back just after turn century far too slow ships performance Right Joe Elgin Playboy fame enjoying pleasant session Chet 7-ft beauty Material selection construction incredible Its day piece would perfect selected 1988 Newspaper clips prove its early vintage probably built same year Bassetts Natawinner Kovel-Grant KG Wonder lattertwo could bewinched samewsv pine Lauan plywood keeps weight down plenty lightening holes also builds tails wing tips very light models easy control fast builder Slick cuts no corners Scalloped edges external control wires scale rigging SPAD always intimi dated building Rubber Scale Both wings flat boardI felt putting dihedral ship simply didnt result its being same airplane didnt mind increasing already-present dihedral using hefty tail surfaces met myself coming going Youll note rectangular object base outboard interplane strut Larson has Thats unique bellcrank arrangement actuate aileron full-size SPADs top wing EWmgers Berkeley Models incidental ly home scads memorable air planes designerslike Hank Struck Sal Taibi Don McGovern Ben Shere shaw Woody Blanchard Dick Korda Walt Good Ron St Jean Jim Saftig Roy Clough first model Helioopters Au wrote four books Berkeley Effinger Struck dreamed up Wing Thing Rogallo flex-wing theme Strange planes sometimes smash hits wing sold over 200000 kits Effinger graduated Brooklyn Poly mechanical engineering MIT aero engineering yet started Berkeley 1933 over garage first ad MAN cost fat $180 Guadalcanal helped con coct radio-controlled SBDs pilotless raids Rabaul supervised making seven-passenger Avenger wrecked aircraft Later stateside responsi ble overhauling 3600 SNJs Yellow Peril 240 PBYs Theres add haircuts Guadalcanal problem Effinger once told made swiveling chair TBF top turret Hes AMA Hall Fame course WE Technical Services listing oldies well Giant Scale wont disappoint Phantoms Big Lifts Ive often mentioned Bill Kaluf pops 40 miles away stream gems loves build flies now less thats shame Right now seems Hobby Lobby tear hes impressed German-made things Japanese masters RTF glamor Germans make work bit precise thorough little Phantom Hobby Lobby sells 09 landing gear small ply landing skids really fooled Holding convinced RTF built up simple sheet parts fuselage has balsa-skinned frame wing Kaluf MonoKoted what job did saw no seams yet used 35 separate pieces nibbles little pieces around small-radius curves inlays long narrow L shaped pieces surfaces join covers over Kalufs Phantom ba Continued page 36 March 1986 35 Allan Schanzies Vought Crusader F-8U rubber-powered ship off another great flight .. anything lever its bit awesome Developed old ducted-fan kit plan forA spans 27 1s36 long allowing four42-ln strandsof PAl /4-In rubber used Prop huge 16-in folder Blue Ridge Models Coupe dHiver models swept wing allows low dihedral anti-stall Picture Tom Schmitt Another John Worth never-never Bill Harris sturdily-built old RC Sailplane glow power front end Worth put two old Kitty electric motors abouto35 pylons pusher style seven 12 Sanyos Span 1878 area 660 sq weight 3 lb Does B 12 mm de pending air freewheeling props glide dive mechanical prop stops floats around nicely Note new Cox Canarie uses same motor gear drive prop Yes Winter finished updated Rookie Enya 80 four-stroke Srull saving neck usual byspray-painting epoxy Don Blildiscusathe idlesetting new engine after successful first flight rolls inverts slow flight has excep tional inverted-flight performance Doug Pratt made ships seventh flight answer Bills Which side up now question side wheels NEW FOURMOST PRODUCTS FUSELAGE FIXTURE FOURMOST FUSELAGE FIXTURE designed AatoeeticIty align foselage structures kant withoat strings measaring eyeballing Srrrtply slide foar centering brackets track until align firewall tail joint two holkheads Clawp fuselage together lightly robberbands stractare will straight track esao.edarot,asosaetafaafC Miter Master Mite Meste tool designed enable craftswan wake perfect joints wood accurately sanding pre-setangles ThesquaringfenceAlallowsforprecisegO angles retracts below sartace Any angle can beset triangalar guide using adjacent side complewent angle will formed waking innalaable truss construction new cyanoacrylate adhesives require accurately fitted joints achieve fall strength Miter Masterwill enableyna wake thett easily FOURMOST PRODUCTS 4040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97116 Price $950 Assembleg boned 503 367-2732 1981 World Soaring Champ DWIGHT HOLLEY FEATURES Sailpianes lous Electric Planes ASIROFUONT R MOTORS IN STOCI SANYO SANYO SANYOBattery Special NBOOAR Weigh 38 Grama Cut Offoella NEW Lower Prica Red Jacket Cut Off cells N1200SCR Weigh 52 Grams $340 1200MAH Now 2 New Super Cells Sanyo N-900SC Ca N900 5CR Cut Off cells $375 Both weigh 39 Grams 314 lertgth 1200s same die N900SC will deliver least 950 MAH IN900 SCR will deliver great amperage quickly ELECTRIC MODEL SAILPLANE SPECIALISTS HOLLEYS SILENT FLIGHT FEATURING ONLY STATE OF THE ART ITEMS 3 748-0083 WCALL OR WRITE FOR FREE DESCRIPTIVE FLYER151 CHESTNUT RIDGE ROAD BETHEL CT 06801 L MS SPEED CONTROLLERS GRAUPNER aASTROFLIGHT KELLER UNGER 0 0 CR 0 2 0 w w -4 0 2 CR C F m x sically white USAF deco red nose black pmstriping gave pretty bird Jim Martin wholl use show displays Theres significant item Phan tom .. g European Bowden cable d Kaluf simply would believe absolute absence play until use three parts 1 outer casing 2 very close-fitting inner casing 3 5mm steel piano wire 5mm soldered threaded coupler clevis can screwed concept think wont work Seems three pieces would give slop does Au checked smooth easy through bends Dont ask Ive included pictures Macchi Big Lift Kaluf writes Note wheel chocksbest little idea ever Mount ed cradle 99-in Edmonds stable Sailplane capable catching thermals best same photo see shock system uses two #64 bands Prop carved own Pattern fly 15-5 prop no load 15-6 load Note climb angle flight shot Steve could haul 600 ft 4 minutes back ground after Sailplane release 35 secondsleaving enough time haul up second Glider first still aloft love airplane Shes built Gear held 16 4-40 bolts blind nuts Now Kaluf fussing AS W22 Elektro 94-in Electric Graupner folder extension shaft Has 31 reduc tion uses two packs 6V Electric power Greek Kaluf knowing him Ive got him interested lifting altitude Big Liftbefore starting motor Staggering isnt noted Big Lift Hobby Lobby ads note things So Peter Miller regular contributor British RC mag sent copy equivalent National Geographic editor chosen comment depth Peters Big Lift used aero photography Petes scientific use model-borne cam eras search out Roman ruins tidal flows etc distinguished achievement Kaluf bounced new Big Lift fitted its cradle Edmonds Apex Sailplane structure mother ship painstakingly engineered Kalufs craftsmanship installations well out league Big Lift three-channel controls thats needs Kaluf wanted ailerons advice make smalljust useful times since aerobatics goal As proved out rudder/elevator/en gine superior Glider release because use ailerons changes airflow between wings two planes Glider does ride wing-steady Big Lift close copy Macchi-Lock heed short-field cargo plane built Italy roughly 1960 afterwards Canada other countries 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50K224ACE 460 Kit 5 SPECIFICATIONS Span 0 Area 840sqin Weight 7lbs2oz ap Wine Loading 194oz/sqft Engine four cycle 60 Functions four channels Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 39 Successful RC goes back shortly after 1900 great early inventor Nicholai Tesla rival Edison inVentor alternating current demonstrated work able model submarine Madison Square Garden New York An article appeared 1976 Model Aviation including circuit/installations nothing radio anyone researched such mags ScientUYc American might find Teslas secrets Did like Lanzo 20 years later use spark coherers iron silver filings time Marconi dont find DeForest dictionarydidnt invent vacuum tube What shame Chet probably around 20 make own crude radiofor wantofanailin 1934 want genuine good flying Antique RC merely some ancient FE radio heres chance Yo ho ho bottle rum cutlass nasty member sword family favored pirates Allan Schanzle has thing Cutlass once first-line Navy fighter circa early 50s talking rubber power son seems youthful days Alan creamed akitof beast ducted-fan creation says glided fine under power 049 acted like dive-bomber Midway based Rubber Scale ship old kit drawings found out kit negative angle attack inthe wing tiny to-scale stabilizer What won ders hath God wroth Atid tail moment shortened compensate engine location rubber power Cutlass span 27 root chord 12 lots area swept wingwhich Schanzle saw permitting wee dihedral having great stall resistance allowing mammoth prop 36-in fuselage motor long big strings harp Does fly bet flies says Allan probably good anything ever four loops Vt-in FM strand 42 long bomb really gets up 60% s. last flight about minute least 100 feet Scale jets fantas ticmany can made fly well ol high-wing cabin monoplane beware flight feature build swept-wing jet keep nose down downthrust. youll see gorgeous flat spin fliSht lunatic model went through three flat-spin turns recoveries before returning forgiving grass Dave Smith flying F84 Glen Simpers F-100 opens whole new arena FF Rubber Scale Au Allan rounded radome spinner Faced prop problem Allan Frank Schmitt visited Don Srull After Allan relates Srull can get two minutes cinder block Good grief Don has kinds props well prop forming molds cut 2 x 4s says Waitaminute Ive got some thing ought perfect out comes set preformed prop blades Z-shaped wire Blue Ridge Models designed Coupe kit 16 in diameter Au Well over half span Cutlass very light requirement due obscenely-long nose F-S Life like land Rubber Scale lovable nuts have rubber ized practically machine history Research pig rooting truffles As prehistoric Rubber Scaler rejoice numbers should know maga zme found Rubber Scale model its No 1 plans seller year Try chewing tobaccy Rookie updated version early-60s model MAN proves itself nice bird easy fly basic/advanced trainer traits well mixed Nothing touch second flight rolling inverting near slow flight Don Srull made first six flights Doug Pratt seventh Doug stayed inverted long well out touring country twice during episode ask him side up Usual thoughts original two pounds lighter K&B 45 also 6-ft span 6 sq ft area covered Koverall finished epoxy paint powered hefty Enya 60 four-stroke nevertheless lightly loaded does bounce around wind inverted slight down-elevator needs held Normally advanced fliers dont like thrust lines high because nose rises bit throttling back feel safer trait havent noticed yet case Perhaps off-base-line thrust has advantages high thrust line does seek hold nose down upright interestingly up verted After inverted-engine Chip munk premier aerobatics machine would seem use thrust line can design factor making ship fly way wish Just hindsight impression four-stroke engines notions ratio 60% power two-stroker thin-ice stuff still dont have maximum-performance prop 14-6 pulls like farm tractor Ground checking high power really requires helper have two-hand hold restraint hear air tearinglike ripping silk Only Giant Scale folks seem understand big props brute power terms thrust torque An 118 ship absolute dog bit sad see seemingly mad drive make four-cycles go faster small props trying make behave like familiar two-strokes evident Rookie requires right thrusttoo late now Continued page 122 March 1986 121 Designed DBDoc Mathews ORDERING INFOComplete catalog $200 ACE products available dealer however need order direct send full amo unt plus $200 shipping han dling along catalog num ber 116Wl9StPOBox 511E1 Higginsville MO 64037 call 816 584-7121 New Sensation Towing Friends Glider created first Big modified Clark-Y airfoil realistic docile flying STOL capabilities ideal Quadra precut firewall flies also well 90 Two-Stroke 120 Four-Stroke realistic spring-loaded telescopic landing gear - Flying Weight 18 lbs Weight 6 lbs 702 Functions Full House plus Optionals Optionals Fiaps mixed ailerons own discre tion Releasable tow-hook extra cost own discretion Engine Quadra Irecommended towingi Other Models Also Available Call Write Information IKAROS INTERNA TIONAL 7035 LAWN WOOD LANE HOUSTON TEXAS 77086 893-1418 Make Towfl torque twists out outsidesso far dont use choke starting quick starter though gross well over 8 lb no apparent need bigger Enyn 80 basically rebored 60 3 oz lighter Maybe hotshots 60 14-6 ship goes airborne during moderately fast taxi upon hitting slightest bump Dont ask plans Rosenstock sells plans authentic 1 960s version thing fourstroke engine necessary place 1000 mAh pack above CG instead nose word caution engine has front plug use remote booster hookup just seven flights two guys have nicked fingers Certain props size could easily remove finger though user responsibility now hold cylinder head same hand takes care detaching battery clip never locked really need metered glow driver sure dont load up engine due no battery contact loosens prop Don t count smart Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fajifax VA 22030 Props/Dunham Continued page 45 framing edges reveal parting line sharp-edged tool deliver few tentative pecking-type blows ham mer several places along parting line mold halves should split apart cleanly trouble encountered getting mold halves separate let matrix cure another hour try again prop exposed halves parted should carefully pried loose removed Assemble halves together again reclamp allowing mold cure fully clamping cured bottom half bowing alignment prob lems top half will straighten out Wash mold remove traces PVA relieve ends tongue area sharp knife gap should approximately Y$2 just enough glass carbon strands extend beyond ends still allowing mold close tightly cutting down part go flush blade surface Leave slight ridge provide outline blade shape removing molding flash mold completed have marked corresponding ends assure correct assembly later Making prop epoxy resin chosen has proven very satisfactory application made Shell Chemical sold under trade name EPON 815 clear syrupy liquid mixed catalyst having tongue-twisting chemical name Tn ethylenetetramine TETA nicely wets FG/CF strands cures produce strong stiff yet too brittle struc tore Usable pot life about 1 hr room temperature ample viscosity sufficiently low permit FG/CF strands easily maneuvered high enough resin stay mold Fiberglass reinforcement rovings bun dle form resembling coarse twine easily handled bundle consists about 30-40 individual glass filaments CertainTeed Owens-Corning just two firms market form strand known gun roving descrip tive process after being chopped small lengths shot under pressure sprayed stream resin Familiar objects such hot tubs shower stalls boat hulls camper tops made using technique Any glass strand form choose unraveled cloth should chrome/silane sized improve wetting resin-compatibility character istics Carbon fiber commonly used alternate fiberglass combination FG same lay-up CF imparts great strength rigidity lighter weight adds color preferred some However CF brittle prone break age landing CF also expensive opinion bit difficult work imply CF desirable choice fact preferred users good quality beam-type scale almost necessity weighing resin catalyst strands As will dealing quantities weighing no 2 oz little small fraction ounce accuracy needed Guessing will get job done necessary build borrow scale better yet buy good such made Ohaus Other items required PVA release agent mixing containers clamps disposable brushes lots paper towels Again word warning about handling epoxies catalysts have history alergies working resins go further project others should take precautions using gloves face mask guard against toxicity materials Adequate ven tilation wash-up after skin contact recommended Cut reinforcing strands length before fingers become sticky resin difficult describe will vary prop size shape general always cut strands pairs starting longest lengths should least 1 longer mold extend well past end relief slots Prepare progressively shorter lengths 1-in increments until get some near half props diameter hub area can stuffed short clippings filling imparting hardness pos sible ratio resin weight roving weight should least 6040 weight strand material required attain ratio hard determine first try corrections can made later attempts 122Model Aviation CLEVIILAND GIANTS 78 onool Cot PSYSA $42621o JN4 Jenny$28 104 Co, Cot FBY5A$5660 V05 Co 945$25 96W gh Nooy8ooe $48 OOVogtCo F40$69 52W W,r0121 RodL$26SASODorrroooIeSI$4B 77WWnro21561$4872Co0251/4LbS045 84 Foblo 07 F52962 Hoooo 6 Rooo lb $46 60 Honoord F Boo 23377 8oe o B hG Fo $25 70 soylco G-5o $22 102 817G Fort $55 -60 Sopornronn 068 $24 68 toog O-46A Dl, $22 89 Soprr~orin 568 $22 108 Sikor 2-38 Aoph 049 * 62 Cort Honob F6E $42 OSBoc 10$ Sport . $26 94 CorOok P6E F, 95490 8oo 100 Spot . $49 02 Lookkeod Vogo 024 90 StinoAtono WI,0 $56 76 SooIrrlo GB 11 $40 8$ Mortir 7424141 $29 95 Monoooopo Sport $26 75 HFoo 5400 Bomb $25 80 BoIl Spr Soildog $42 100 8-Foe 0400 Born $49 107 Aeronoo C3 $pr $32 60 8Eooomoo VToil $29 -41 Doogloo 030 Ok $32 77 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1986/03
Page Numbers: 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 121, 122
Bill Winter _____ fl3g ______Plane Talk YOU SAY love nostalgia think history things past gone Modeling continuum nostalgic things mostly contributed others whats-next beckons would sad loss yesterdays no relationship tomorrows Wright Flyer notnostalgic Itis awesome see National Air Space Museum Todays scientists respect classic sys tems approach produced Now lets pick up Paul Brown runs industrial company Hobart IN Iwas 17 years old Nats 1930 Paul recalls three four people area interested model aircraft got info American Boy magazine Au American Boy wonderful magazine lasted decades until Depression pub lished news plans AMLA predecessor AMA 300000 mem bers Ive continued interest through years flying FF Indoor Control Line Radio Control Electrics pictures shows Don Burnham Aeroplane Model League Na tionals Detroit 1930 model four-prop pusher-puller remember seeing dont know flew busy trying get flights Don retired several years ago president Westing house Au happens Burn ham has common contact won Junior division 1930 back-up model standard twin pusher four-prop model normal wingtail configuration twin tails beyond state art long runs four rubber motors prop Burnham states 1930 appreciation weight energy source Electrics now percentage gross weight arranged ro tation props no torque putting motor side stick avoided typical frame bend ing problem twin pushers During long-ago Nats Burnham put up four-prop whatisit climbing steadily about 150 feet flight fighters Hawks Boeings doesnt recall made high-speed flyby pulling up vertically prop blast blew wing half Selfridge Field did flybys day Picture Chicopee Lee Greenawalt L now R pictures attest has long-standing love forthe gallant Dennypiane Winter admires its realistic easyflight says reminds him Fairchild F-24 Thlsyears-ago shot wastaken atthe GeorgeAAF flying site Victor yule CA site stlii home Cactus Clippers same Lee white-haired now Dennyplane much newer Lee build ing another Dennyplane time new kit plans includes pilot passenger figures went engine size 05 20 HP 25 four-stroke finally 05 40 Saito 40 four-strokes Says ilkes relaxed throttle-back cruising best 32 Model Aviation Chap dark shirt atthe 1930 Nats nitty egg-beaterwinder left hand favors Don Burnhams bird quizzical glance No wonder standard wing/tail configuration four props four motors arranged eliminate torque flight 150 ft vic tim possibiy strangest happening Nate see text Burnham recently retired president Westinghouse won Junior class backupTwin Pusher now flies electric-powered Etude Paul Brown took picture fellow contestant Left stable already includes 15 gorgeous Giant Scale jobs Slick Larsen recently added spare-no-details WW French SPAD built WE Technical Services plan pattern sets Control cables external full-size Right Another Larsens beauties 14-scale Waco white red trim Ship restrained RG Reed Slick props Quadra life safety prop tips painted yellow white SPAD especially using black prop nearly invisible running Takes seconds Nats Blue Angels buzzing joint constantly Hawks stationed Janes says Selfridge home First Pursuit Group consisting three fighter squadronsand other type squad rons So maybe Boeings too Paul Brown included two pictures himself absolutely stunning Legionaire Sailplane another Bridi Two-Meter Glider 05 electric motor 6-4 prop says flies fairly well 39 oz marginal wind must Hall Mirrors because field looks like Shangri-la cant tell difference between Paul lds better Before exit twilight zone Paul Don Burnham touch after 55 years Don about fly electricpowered Etude 1930s Dennypiane always fascinated picture whispers Build time good letter Lee Greenawalt VP Cactus Clipper Club flies George AEB Victorville CA Movie actor Reginald Denny thing modeling aviation Before war produced Dennyplane kit good engine called Dennymite During war producedthousands target drones like realism low-key flying Dennyplane fits better ever Free Flight models 1 930s conglomeration original-design cabins Dennyplane looked like real man-carrying plane well designed fine stable flier time everyone locked wacko fantasies winning contests Denny resembled Fairchild 24 sans struts perfect three-channels no RC Its big windshield windows round aluminum oowl get Doc Mathews did plan January 1977 MA No 169 $400 Greenawalt has Dennyplaning long timesee then-and-now photos Now Denny says have taken out OS 20 installed HP 25 four-cycle Au Hell switch Saito 40 Takeoffs realistic landings easy pleasurable planes have flown recommend plans MA s Plan Service After some dig ging found kit being manufactured Midway available Hobby Shack Fountain Valley stock number 389031 O ordered another Au just got back-ordered kit says wood superb Lee tells us will build pilot passengers Au Left Ride Vaikyrie KaiufsSaito twin 90 four-stroke-powered Big Lift spirited 41/2-min climb 800 ft release Edmonds Apex Sailplane Ailerons added mother ship turns Sailplane aboard made rudder Aileron action disturbs Sailpiane Rudder right stick ailerons left flown CAR rudder primary during lofting phase leaving aile rons inactive Right Close-up EL/Apex combo shows two Apex support pylons exit release mechanism between strut attach ment fo removable panels 11 1/2-ib tug shock-absorbing bolt-on gear Wheel chocks joined bya thin chain isthe best idea Kaluf ever says reworks props tach 7200 four-strokes 16 cut 15 8-in pitch optimum lofting Apex March 1986 33 THIS 1934 7 FREE FLIGHT DESIGN WAS ALSO FLOWN RC thinking now carrying disk camera servo-operated mini-cassette pro duce tower chatter am thinking 05 40 four-cycle will give shorter takeoff mnand throttle back fun fly ing now wants Saito 40 Denny certainly does require ailerons could added easily Flaperons maybe Dihedral overdone Greenawalts club Cactus Clippers does displays demos both big base Apple Valley Airport Open House have good lot people club Lee tells us allow no foolishness field Everyone very safety-minded have no aircraft vs people vehicles can recall Lee also has Buzzard Bombshell probably MEN kit judging fuselage holes sits sun-drenched patio shady porch behind white satellite dish miles nothing framed distant moun tains Hand tissue Only now tells has 10 airplanes including Antic bipeimpressive pic flying wires and raves about its realism flight Also Cox Rallye ultralight threatens race Help HELP Slick Larson another airplane fac tory know someone wind mill building produces nifty creations like rabbits out hat Peanut Scale planes has Walt Mooney created Larsons forte Giant Scale Hes made least 15such P-26 Cub J-3 scale Hawk P-6E Waco UF Piper Vagabond Lysander Curtiss Falcon SPAD uses plan pattern sets WE Technical Services would Bill Effinger operated Berkeley Mod els years Intended 13 31 cu engines SPAD spans 79 has 2120 sq area checked Slick Effmger said answering query SPAD has yet finish bottom wing will get pictures soon finishes Au SPAD photos came same envelope finished Piper Vagabond Westland Lysander building Falcon Slick uses cheap materials lumberyard 34 Model Aviation 1 NO COWL IOPTIONAL LIFTS FROM FRONT B HINGED AT REAR THE 1934 ENGINE SET AT 5T0RONE DOWNTHRUST AZRIGHT DESIGNED BY CHESTER D LANZO WINDSPANB4 INSWING AREAIOIO 50 1N5 POWER BROWN JR I/S RP 14 IN PROF COVERINS SILK RED DOPE WITH BLACK TRIM WEIGRT SR OZS AIRFOILCLARK Y~~1 II GIG CS AT 45 TO 50% OF WINS CHORD FROM LE Left Chet Lanzos 1934 repeat 1934 RC-1 gliding recent 5-mm flight standard winch launch prop removed its Brown Jr engine left onboard ballast Chet now flies ancient design SAM FF competitions decade ahead its time Chet considered unsuccessful RC flying come As young lad best could radio system coherer/spark dated back just after turn century far too slow ships performance Right Joe Elgin Playboy fame enjoying pleasant session Chet 7-ft beauty Material selection construction incredible Its day piece would perfect selected 1988 Newspaper clips prove its early vintage probably built same year Bassetts Natawinner Kovel-Grant KG Wonder lattertwo could bewinched samewsv pine Lauan plywood keeps weight down plenty lightening holes also builds tails wing tips very light models easy control fast builder Slick cuts no corners Scalloped edges external control wires scale rigging SPAD always intimi dated building Rubber Scale Both wings flat boardI felt putting dihedral ship simply didnt result its being same airplane didnt mind increasing already-present dihedral using hefty tail surfaces met myself coming going Youll note rectangular object base outboard interplane strut Larson has Thats unique bellcrank arrangement actuate aileron full-size SPADs top wing EWmgers Berkeley Models incidental ly home scads memorable air planes designerslike Hank Struck Sal Taibi Don McGovern Ben Shere shaw Woody Blanchard Dick Korda Walt Good Ron St Jean Jim Saftig Roy Clough first model Helioopters Au wrote four books Berkeley Effinger Struck dreamed up Wing Thing Rogallo flex-wing theme Strange planes sometimes smash hits wing sold over 200000 kits Effinger graduated Brooklyn Poly mechanical engineering MIT aero engineering yet started Berkeley 1933 over garage first ad MAN cost fat $180 Guadalcanal helped con coct radio-controlled SBDs pilotless raids Rabaul supervised making seven-passenger Avenger wrecked aircraft Later stateside responsi ble overhauling 3600 SNJs Yellow Peril 240 PBYs Theres add haircuts Guadalcanal problem Effinger once told made swiveling chair TBF top turret Hes AMA Hall Fame course WE Technical Services listing oldies well Giant Scale wont disappoint Phantoms Big Lifts Ive often mentioned Bill Kaluf pops 40 miles away stream gems loves build flies now less thats shame Right now seems Hobby Lobby tear hes impressed German-made things Japanese masters RTF glamor Germans make work bit precise thorough little Phantom Hobby Lobby sells 09 landing gear small ply landing skids really fooled Holding convinced RTF built up simple sheet parts fuselage has balsa-skinned frame wing Kaluf MonoKoted what job did saw no seams yet used 35 separate pieces nibbles little pieces around small-radius curves inlays long narrow L shaped pieces surfaces join covers over Kalufs Phantom ba Continued page 36 March 1986 35 Allan Schanzies Vought Crusader F-8U rubber-powered ship off another great flight .. anything lever its bit awesome Developed old ducted-fan kit plan forA spans 27 1s36 long allowing four42-ln strandsof PAl /4-In rubber used Prop huge 16-in folder Blue Ridge Models Coupe dHiver models swept wing allows low dihedral anti-stall Picture Tom Schmitt Another John Worth never-never Bill Harris sturdily-built old RC Sailplane glow power front end Worth put two old Kitty electric motors abouto35 pylons pusher style seven 12 Sanyos Span 1878 area 660 sq weight 3 lb Does B 12 mm de pending air freewheeling props glide dive mechanical prop stops floats around nicely Note new Cox Canarie uses same motor gear drive prop Yes Winter finished updated Rookie Enya 80 four-stroke Srull saving neck usual byspray-painting epoxy Don Blildiscusathe idlesetting new engine after successful first flight rolls inverts slow flight has excep tional inverted-flight performance Doug Pratt made ships seventh flight answer Bills Which side up now question side wheels NEW FOURMOST PRODUCTS FUSELAGE FIXTURE FOURMOST FUSELAGE FIXTURE designed AatoeeticIty align foselage structures kant withoat strings measaring eyeballing Srrrtply slide foar centering brackets track until align firewall tail joint two holkheads Clawp fuselage together lightly robberbands stractare will straight track esao.edarot,asosaetafaafC Miter Master Mite Meste tool designed enable craftswan wake perfect joints wood accurately sanding pre-setangles ThesquaringfenceAlallowsforprecisegO angles retracts below sartace Any angle can beset triangalar guide using adjacent side complewent angle will formed waking innalaable truss construction new cyanoacrylate adhesives require accurately fitted joints achieve fall strength Miter Masterwill enableyna wake thett easily FOURMOST PRODUCTS 4040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97116 Price $950 Assembleg boned 503 367-2732 1981 World Soaring Champ DWIGHT HOLLEY FEATURES Sailpianes lous Electric Planes ASIROFUONT R MOTORS IN STOCI SANYO SANYO SANYOBattery Special NBOOAR Weigh 38 Grama Cut Offoella NEW Lower Prica Red Jacket Cut Off cells N1200SCR Weigh 52 Grams $340 1200MAH Now 2 New Super Cells Sanyo N-900SC Ca N900 5CR Cut Off cells $375 Both weigh 39 Grams 314 lertgth 1200s same die N900SC will deliver least 950 MAH IN900 SCR will deliver great amperage quickly ELECTRIC MODEL SAILPLANE SPECIALISTS HOLLEYS SILENT FLIGHT FEATURING ONLY STATE OF THE ART ITEMS 3 748-0083 WCALL OR WRITE FOR FREE DESCRIPTIVE FLYER151 CHESTNUT RIDGE ROAD BETHEL CT 06801 L MS SPEED CONTROLLERS GRAUPNER aASTROFLIGHT KELLER UNGER 0 0 CR 0 2 0 w w -4 0 2 CR C F m x sically white USAF deco red nose black pmstriping gave pretty bird Jim Martin wholl use show displays Theres significant item Phan tom .. g European Bowden cable d Kaluf simply would believe absolute absence play until use three parts 1 outer casing 2 very close-fitting inner casing 3 5mm steel piano wire 5mm soldered threaded coupler clevis can screwed concept think wont work Seems three pieces would give slop does Au checked smooth easy through bends Dont ask Ive included pictures Macchi Big Lift Kaluf writes Note wheel chocksbest little idea ever Mount ed cradle 99-in Edmonds stable Sailplane capable catching thermals best same photo see shock system uses two #64 bands Prop carved own Pattern fly 15-5 prop no load 15-6 load Note climb angle flight shot Steve could haul 600 ft 4 minutes back ground after Sailplane release 35 secondsleaving enough time haul up second Glider first still aloft love airplane Shes built Gear held 16 4-40 bolts blind nuts Now Kaluf fussing AS W22 Elektro 94-in Electric Graupner folder extension shaft Has 31 reduc tion uses two packs 6V Electric power Greek Kaluf knowing him Ive got him interested lifting altitude Big Liftbefore starting motor Staggering isnt noted Big Lift Hobby Lobby ads note things So Peter Miller regular contributor British RC mag sent copy equivalent National Geographic editor chosen comment depth Peters Big Lift used aero photography Petes scientific use model-borne cam eras search out Roman ruins tidal flows etc distinguished achievement Kaluf bounced new Big Lift fitted its cradle Edmonds Apex Sailplane structure mother ship painstakingly engineered Kalufs craftsmanship installations well out league Big Lift three-channel controls thats needs Kaluf wanted ailerons advice make smalljust useful times since aerobatics goal As proved out rudder/elevator/en gine superior Glider release because use ailerons changes airflow between wings two planes Glider does ride wing-steady Big Lift close copy Macchi-Lock heed short-field cargo plane built Italy roughly 1960 afterwards Canada other countries 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50K224ACE 460 Kit 5 SPECIFICATIONS Span 0 Area 840sqin Weight 7lbs2oz ap Wine Loading 194oz/sqft Engine four cycle 60 Functions four channels Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 39 Successful RC goes back shortly after 1900 great early inventor Nicholai Tesla rival Edison inVentor alternating current demonstrated work able model submarine Madison Square Garden New York An article appeared 1976 Model Aviation including circuit/installations nothing radio anyone researched such mags ScientUYc American might find Teslas secrets Did like Lanzo 20 years later use spark coherers iron silver filings time Marconi dont find DeForest dictionarydidnt invent vacuum tube What shame Chet probably around 20 make own crude radiofor wantofanailin 1934 want genuine good flying Antique RC merely some ancient FE radio heres chance Yo ho ho bottle rum cutlass nasty member sword family favored pirates Allan Schanzle has thing Cutlass once first-line Navy fighter circa early 50s talking rubber power son seems youthful days Alan creamed akitof beast ducted-fan creation says glided fine under power 049 acted like dive-bomber Midway based Rubber Scale ship old kit drawings found out kit negative angle attack inthe wing tiny to-scale stabilizer What won ders hath God wroth Atid tail moment shortened compensate engine location rubber power Cutlass span 27 root chord 12 lots area swept wingwhich Schanzle saw permitting wee dihedral having great stall resistance allowing mammoth prop 36-in fuselage motor long big strings harp Does fly bet flies says Allan probably good anything ever four loops Vt-in FM strand 42 long bomb really gets up 60% s. last flight about minute least 100 feet Scale jets fantas ticmany can made fly well ol high-wing cabin monoplane beware flight feature build swept-wing jet keep nose down downthrust. youll see gorgeous flat spin fliSht lunatic model went through three flat-spin turns recoveries before returning forgiving grass Dave Smith flying F84 Glen Simpers F-100 opens whole new arena FF Rubber Scale Au Allan rounded radome spinner Faced prop problem Allan Frank Schmitt visited Don Srull After Allan relates Srull can get two minutes cinder block Good grief Don has kinds props well prop forming molds cut 2 x 4s says Waitaminute Ive got some thing ought perfect out comes set preformed prop blades Z-shaped wire Blue Ridge Models designed Coupe kit 16 in diameter Au Well over half span Cutlass very light requirement due obscenely-long nose F-S Life like land Rubber Scale lovable nuts have rubber ized practically machine history Research pig rooting truffles As prehistoric Rubber Scaler rejoice numbers should know maga zme found Rubber Scale model its No 1 plans seller year Try chewing tobaccy Rookie updated version early-60s model MAN proves itself nice bird easy fly basic/advanced trainer traits well mixed Nothing touch second flight rolling inverting near slow flight Don Srull made first six flights Doug Pratt seventh Doug stayed inverted long well out touring country twice during episode ask him side up Usual thoughts original two pounds lighter K&B 45 also 6-ft span 6 sq ft area covered Koverall finished epoxy paint powered hefty Enya 60 four-stroke nevertheless lightly loaded does bounce around wind inverted slight down-elevator needs held Normally advanced fliers dont like thrust lines high because nose rises bit throttling back feel safer trait havent noticed yet case Perhaps off-base-line thrust has advantages high thrust line does seek hold nose down upright interestingly up verted After inverted-engine Chip munk premier aerobatics machine would seem use thrust line can design factor making ship fly way wish Just hindsight impression four-stroke engines notions ratio 60% power two-stroker thin-ice stuff still dont have maximum-performance prop 14-6 pulls like farm tractor Ground checking high power really requires helper have two-hand hold restraint hear air tearinglike ripping silk Only Giant Scale folks seem understand big props brute power terms thrust torque An 118 ship absolute dog bit sad see seemingly mad drive make four-cycles go faster small props trying make behave like familiar two-strokes evident Rookie requires right thrusttoo late now Continued page 122 March 1986 121 Designed DBDoc Mathews ORDERING INFOComplete catalog $200 ACE products available dealer however need order direct send full amo unt plus $200 shipping han dling along catalog num ber 116Wl9StPOBox 511E1 Higginsville MO 64037 call 816 584-7121 New Sensation Towing Friends Glider created first Big modified Clark-Y airfoil realistic docile flying STOL capabilities ideal Quadra precut firewall flies also well 90 Two-Stroke 120 Four-Stroke realistic spring-loaded telescopic landing gear - Flying Weight 18 lbs Weight 6 lbs 702 Functions Full House plus Optionals Optionals Fiaps mixed ailerons own discre tion Releasable tow-hook extra cost own discretion Engine Quadra Irecommended towingi Other Models Also Available Call Write Information IKAROS INTERNA TIONAL 7035 LAWN WOOD LANE HOUSTON TEXAS 77086 893-1418 Make Towfl torque twists out outsidesso far dont use choke starting quick starter though gross well over 8 lb no apparent need bigger Enyn 80 basically rebored 60 3 oz lighter Maybe hotshots 60 14-6 ship goes airborne during moderately fast taxi upon hitting slightest bump Dont ask plans Rosenstock sells plans authentic 1 960s version thing fourstroke engine necessary place 1000 mAh pack above CG instead nose word caution engine has front plug use remote booster hookup just seven flights two guys have nicked fingers Certain props size could easily remove finger though user responsibility now hold cylinder head same hand takes care detaching battery clip never locked really need metered glow driver sure dont load up engine due no battery contact loosens prop Don t count smart Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fajifax VA 22030 Props/Dunham Continued page 45 framing edges reveal parting line sharp-edged tool deliver few tentative pecking-type blows ham mer several places along parting line mold halves should split apart cleanly trouble encountered getting mold halves separate let matrix cure another hour try again prop exposed halves parted should carefully pried loose removed Assemble halves together again reclamp allowing mold cure fully clamping cured bottom half bowing alignment prob lems top half will straighten out Wash mold remove traces PVA relieve ends tongue area sharp knife gap should approximately Y$2 just enough glass carbon strands extend beyond ends still allowing mold close tightly cutting down part go flush blade surface Leave slight ridge provide outline blade shape removing molding flash mold completed have marked corresponding ends assure correct assembly later Making prop epoxy resin chosen has proven very satisfactory application made Shell Chemical sold under trade name EPON 815 clear syrupy liquid mixed catalyst having tongue-twisting chemical name Tn ethylenetetramine TETA nicely wets FG/CF strands cures produce strong stiff yet too brittle struc tore Usable pot life about 1 hr room temperature ample viscosity sufficiently low permit FG/CF strands easily maneuvered high enough resin stay mold Fiberglass reinforcement rovings bun dle form resembling coarse twine easily handled bundle consists about 30-40 individual glass filaments CertainTeed Owens-Corning just two firms market form strand known gun roving descrip tive process after being chopped small lengths shot under pressure sprayed stream resin Familiar objects such hot tubs shower stalls boat hulls camper tops made using technique Any glass strand form choose unraveled cloth should chrome/silane sized improve wetting resin-compatibility character istics Carbon fiber commonly used alternate fiberglass combination FG same lay-up CF imparts great strength rigidity lighter weight adds color preferred some However CF brittle prone break age landing CF also expensive opinion bit difficult work imply CF desirable choice fact preferred users good quality beam-type scale almost necessity weighing resin catalyst strands As will dealing quantities weighing no 2 oz little small fraction ounce accuracy needed Guessing will get job done necessary build borrow scale better yet buy good such made Ohaus Other items required PVA release agent mixing containers clamps disposable brushes lots paper towels Again word warning about handling epoxies catalysts have history alergies working resins go further project others should take precautions using gloves face mask guard against toxicity materials Adequate ven tilation wash-up after skin contact recommended Cut reinforcing strands length before fingers become sticky resin difficult describe will vary prop size shape general always cut strands pairs starting longest lengths should least 1 longer mold extend well past end relief slots Prepare progressively shorter lengths 1-in increments until get some near half props diameter 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1986/03
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Bill Winter _____ fl3g ______Plane Talk YOU SAY love nostalgia think history things past gone Modeling continuum nostalgic things mostly contributed others whats-next beckons would sad loss yesterdays no relationship tomorrows Wright Flyer notnostalgic Itis awesome see National Air Space Museum Todays scientists respect classic sys tems approach produced Now lets pick up Paul Brown runs industrial company Hobart IN Iwas 17 years old Nats 1930 Paul recalls three four people area interested model aircraft got info American Boy magazine Au American Boy wonderful magazine lasted decades until Depression pub lished news plans AMLA predecessor AMA 300000 mem bers Ive continued interest through years flying FF Indoor Control Line Radio Control Electrics pictures shows Don Burnham Aeroplane Model League Na tionals Detroit 1930 model four-prop pusher-puller remember seeing dont know flew busy trying get flights Don retired several years ago president Westing house Au happens Burn ham has common contact won Junior division 1930 back-up model standard twin pusher four-prop model normal wingtail configuration twin tails beyond state art long runs four rubber motors prop Burnham states 1930 appreciation weight energy source Electrics now percentage gross weight arranged ro tation props no torque putting motor side stick avoided typical frame bend ing problem twin pushers During long-ago Nats Burnham put up four-prop whatisit climbing steadily about 150 feet flight fighters Hawks Boeings doesnt recall made high-speed flyby pulling up vertically prop blast blew wing half Selfridge Field did flybys day Picture Chicopee Lee Greenawalt L now R pictures attest has long-standing love forthe gallant Dennypiane Winter admires its realistic easyflight says reminds him Fairchild F-24 Thlsyears-ago shot wastaken atthe GeorgeAAF flying site Victor yule CA site stlii home Cactus Clippers same Lee white-haired now Dennyplane much newer Lee build ing another Dennyplane time new kit plans includes pilot passenger figures went engine size 05 20 HP 25 four-stroke finally 05 40 Saito 40 four-strokes Says ilkes relaxed throttle-back cruising best 32 Model Aviation Chap dark shirt atthe 1930 Nats nitty egg-beaterwinder left hand favors Don Burnhams bird quizzical glance No wonder standard wing/tail configuration four props four motors arranged eliminate torque flight 150 ft vic tim possibiy strangest happening Nate see text Burnham recently retired president Westinghouse won Junior class backupTwin Pusher now flies electric-powered Etude Paul Brown took picture fellow contestant Left stable already includes 15 gorgeous Giant Scale jobs Slick Larsen recently added spare-no-details WW French SPAD built WE Technical Services plan pattern sets Control cables external full-size Right Another Larsens beauties 14-scale Waco white red trim Ship restrained RG Reed Slick props Quadra life safety prop tips painted yellow white SPAD especially using black prop nearly invisible running Takes seconds Nats Blue Angels buzzing joint constantly Hawks stationed Janes says Selfridge home First Pursuit Group consisting three fighter squadronsand other type squad rons So maybe Boeings too Paul Brown included two pictures himself absolutely stunning Legionaire Sailplane another Bridi Two-Meter Glider 05 electric motor 6-4 prop says flies fairly well 39 oz marginal wind must Hall Mirrors because field looks like Shangri-la cant tell difference between Paul lds better Before exit twilight zone Paul Don Burnham touch after 55 years Don about fly electricpowered Etude 1930s Dennypiane always fascinated picture whispers Build time good letter Lee Greenawalt VP Cactus Clipper Club flies George AEB Victorville CA Movie actor Reginald Denny thing modeling aviation Before war produced Dennyplane kit good engine called Dennymite During war producedthousands target drones like realism low-key flying Dennyplane fits better ever Free Flight models 1 930s conglomeration original-design cabins Dennyplane looked like real man-carrying plane well designed fine stable flier time everyone locked wacko fantasies winning contests Denny resembled Fairchild 24 sans struts perfect three-channels no RC Its big windshield windows round aluminum oowl get Doc Mathews did plan January 1977 MA No 169 $400 Greenawalt has Dennyplaning long timesee then-and-now photos Now Denny says have taken out OS 20 installed HP 25 four-cycle Au Hell switch Saito 40 Takeoffs realistic landings easy pleasurable planes have flown recommend plans MA s Plan Service After some dig ging found kit being manufactured Midway available Hobby Shack Fountain Valley stock number 389031 O ordered another Au just got back-ordered kit says wood superb Lee tells us will build pilot passengers Au Left Ride Vaikyrie KaiufsSaito twin 90 four-stroke-powered Big Lift spirited 41/2-min climb 800 ft release Edmonds Apex Sailplane Ailerons added mother ship turns Sailplane aboard made rudder Aileron action disturbs Sailpiane Rudder right stick ailerons left flown CAR rudder primary during lofting phase leaving aile rons inactive Right Close-up EL/Apex combo shows two Apex support pylons exit release mechanism between strut attach ment fo removable panels 11 1/2-ib tug shock-absorbing bolt-on gear Wheel chocks joined bya thin chain isthe best idea Kaluf ever says reworks props tach 7200 four-strokes 16 cut 15 8-in pitch optimum lofting Apex March 1986 33 THIS 1934 7 FREE FLIGHT DESIGN WAS ALSO FLOWN RC thinking now carrying disk camera servo-operated mini-cassette pro duce tower chatter am thinking 05 40 four-cycle will give shorter takeoff mnand throttle back fun fly ing now wants Saito 40 Denny certainly does require ailerons could added easily Flaperons maybe Dihedral overdone Greenawalts club Cactus Clippers does displays demos both big base Apple Valley Airport Open House have good lot people club Lee tells us allow no foolishness field Everyone very safety-minded have no aircraft vs people vehicles can recall Lee also has Buzzard Bombshell probably MEN kit judging fuselage holes sits sun-drenched patio shady porch behind white satellite dish miles nothing framed distant moun tains Hand tissue Only now tells has 10 airplanes including Antic bipeimpressive pic flying wires and raves about its realism flight Also Cox Rallye ultralight threatens race Help HELP Slick Larson another airplane fac tory know someone wind mill building produces nifty creations like rabbits out hat Peanut Scale planes has Walt Mooney created Larsons forte Giant Scale Hes made least 15such P-26 Cub J-3 scale Hawk P-6E Waco UF Piper Vagabond Lysander Curtiss Falcon SPAD uses plan pattern sets WE Technical Services would Bill Effinger operated Berkeley Mod els years Intended 13 31 cu engines SPAD spans 79 has 2120 sq area checked Slick Effmger said answering query SPAD has yet finish bottom wing will get pictures soon finishes Au SPAD photos came same envelope finished Piper Vagabond Westland Lysander building Falcon Slick uses cheap materials lumberyard 34 Model Aviation 1 NO COWL IOPTIONAL LIFTS FROM FRONT B HINGED AT REAR THE 1934 ENGINE SET AT 5T0RONE DOWNTHRUST AZRIGHT DESIGNED BY CHESTER D LANZO WINDSPANB4 INSWING AREAIOIO 50 1N5 POWER BROWN JR I/S RP 14 IN PROF COVERINS SILK RED DOPE WITH BLACK TRIM WEIGRT SR OZS AIRFOILCLARK Y~~1 II GIG CS AT 45 TO 50% OF WINS CHORD FROM LE Left Chet Lanzos 1934 repeat 1934 RC-1 gliding recent 5-mm flight standard winch launch prop removed its Brown Jr engine left onboard ballast Chet now flies ancient design SAM FF competitions decade ahead its time Chet considered unsuccessful RC flying come As young lad best could radio system coherer/spark dated back just after turn century far too slow ships performance Right Joe Elgin Playboy fame enjoying pleasant session Chet 7-ft beauty Material selection construction incredible Its day piece would perfect selected 1988 Newspaper clips prove its early vintage probably built same year Bassetts Natawinner Kovel-Grant KG Wonder lattertwo could bewinched samewsv pine Lauan plywood keeps weight down plenty lightening holes also builds tails wing tips very light models easy control fast builder Slick cuts no corners Scalloped edges external control wires scale rigging SPAD always intimi dated building Rubber Scale Both wings flat boardI felt putting dihedral ship simply didnt result its being same airplane didnt mind increasing already-present dihedral using hefty tail surfaces met myself coming going Youll note rectangular object base outboard interplane strut Larson has Thats unique bellcrank arrangement actuate aileron full-size SPADs top wing EWmgers Berkeley Models incidental ly home scads memorable air planes designerslike Hank Struck Sal Taibi Don McGovern Ben Shere shaw Woody Blanchard Dick Korda Walt Good Ron St Jean Jim Saftig Roy Clough first model Helioopters Au wrote four books Berkeley Effinger Struck dreamed up Wing Thing Rogallo flex-wing theme Strange planes sometimes smash hits wing sold over 200000 kits Effinger graduated Brooklyn Poly mechanical engineering MIT aero engineering yet started Berkeley 1933 over garage first ad MAN cost fat $180 Guadalcanal helped con coct radio-controlled SBDs pilotless raids Rabaul supervised making seven-passenger Avenger wrecked aircraft Later stateside responsi ble overhauling 3600 SNJs Yellow Peril 240 PBYs Theres add haircuts Guadalcanal problem Effinger once told made swiveling chair TBF top turret Hes AMA Hall Fame course WE Technical Services listing oldies well Giant Scale wont disappoint Phantoms Big Lifts Ive often mentioned Bill Kaluf pops 40 miles away stream gems loves build flies now less thats shame Right now seems Hobby Lobby tear hes impressed German-made things Japanese masters RTF glamor Germans make work bit precise thorough little Phantom Hobby Lobby sells 09 landing gear small ply landing skids really fooled Holding convinced RTF built up simple sheet parts fuselage has balsa-skinned frame wing Kaluf MonoKoted what job did saw no seams yet used 35 separate pieces nibbles little pieces around small-radius curves inlays long narrow L shaped pieces surfaces join covers over Kalufs Phantom ba Continued page 36 March 1986 35 Allan Schanzies Vought Crusader F-8U rubber-powered ship off another great flight .. anything lever its bit awesome Developed old ducted-fan kit plan forA spans 27 1s36 long allowing four42-ln strandsof PAl /4-In rubber used Prop huge 16-in folder Blue Ridge Models Coupe dHiver models swept wing allows low dihedral anti-stall Picture Tom Schmitt Another John Worth never-never Bill Harris sturdily-built old RC Sailplane glow power front end Worth put two old Kitty electric motors abouto35 pylons pusher style seven 12 Sanyos Span 1878 area 660 sq weight 3 lb Does B 12 mm de pending air freewheeling props glide dive mechanical prop stops floats around nicely Note new Cox Canarie uses same motor gear drive prop Yes Winter finished updated Rookie Enya 80 four-stroke Srull saving neck usual byspray-painting epoxy Don Blildiscusathe idlesetting new engine after successful first flight rolls inverts slow flight has excep tional inverted-flight performance Doug Pratt made ships seventh flight answer Bills Which side up now question side wheels NEW FOURMOST PRODUCTS FUSELAGE FIXTURE FOURMOST FUSELAGE FIXTURE designed AatoeeticIty align foselage structures kant withoat strings measaring eyeballing Srrrtply slide foar centering brackets track until align firewall tail joint two holkheads Clawp fuselage together lightly robberbands stractare will straight track esao.edarot,asosaetafaafC Miter Master Mite Meste tool designed enable craftswan wake perfect joints wood accurately sanding pre-setangles ThesquaringfenceAlallowsforprecisegO angles retracts below sartace Any angle can beset triangalar guide using adjacent side complewent angle will formed waking innalaable truss construction new cyanoacrylate adhesives require 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use show displays Theres significant item Phan tom .. g European Bowden cable d Kaluf simply would believe absolute absence play until use three parts 1 outer casing 2 very close-fitting inner casing 3 5mm steel piano wire 5mm soldered threaded coupler clevis can screwed concept think wont work Seems three pieces would give slop does Au checked smooth easy through bends Dont ask Ive included pictures Macchi Big Lift Kaluf writes Note wheel chocksbest little idea ever Mount ed cradle 99-in Edmonds stable Sailplane capable catching thermals best same photo see shock system uses two #64 bands Prop carved own Pattern fly 15-5 prop no load 15-6 load Note climb angle flight shot Steve could haul 600 ft 4 minutes back ground after Sailplane release 35 secondsleaving enough time haul up second Glider first still aloft love airplane Shes built Gear held 16 4-40 bolts blind nuts Now Kaluf fussing AS W22 Elektro 94-in Electric Graupner folder extension shaft Has 31 reduc tion uses two packs 6V Electric power Greek Kaluf knowing him Ive got him interested lifting altitude Big Liftbefore starting motor Staggering isnt noted Big Lift Hobby Lobby ads note things So Peter Miller regular contributor British RC mag sent copy equivalent National Geographic editor chosen comment depth Peters Big Lift used aero photography Petes scientific use model-borne cam eras search out Roman ruins tidal flows etc distinguished achievement Kaluf bounced new Big Lift fitted its cradle Edmonds Apex Sailplane structure mother ship painstakingly engineered Kalufs craftsmanship installations well out league Big Lift three-channel controls thats needs Kaluf wanted ailerons advice make smalljust useful times since aerobatics goal As proved out rudder/elevator/en gine superior Glider release because use ailerons changes airflow between wings two planes Glider does ride wing-steady Big Lift close copy Macchi-Lock heed short-field cargo plane built Italy roughly 1960 afterwards Canada other countries 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50K224ACE 460 Kit 5 SPECIFICATIONS Span 0 Area 840sqin Weight 7lbs2oz ap Wine Loading 194oz/sqft Engine four cycle 60 Functions four channels Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 39 Successful RC goes back shortly after 1900 great early inventor Nicholai Tesla rival Edison inVentor alternating current demonstrated work able model submarine Madison Square Garden New York An article appeared 1976 Model Aviation including circuit/installations nothing radio anyone researched such mags ScientUYc American might find Teslas secrets Did like Lanzo 20 years later use spark coherers iron silver filings time Marconi dont find DeForest dictionarydidnt invent vacuum tube What shame Chet probably around 20 make own crude radiofor wantofanailin 1934 want genuine good flying Antique RC merely some ancient FE radio heres chance Yo ho ho bottle rum cutlass nasty member sword family favored pirates Allan Schanzle has thing Cutlass once first-line Navy fighter circa early 50s talking rubber power son seems youthful days Alan creamed akitof beast ducted-fan creation says glided fine under power 049 acted like dive-bomber Midway based Rubber Scale ship old kit drawings found out kit negative angle attack inthe wing tiny to-scale stabilizer What won ders hath God wroth Atid tail moment shortened compensate engine location rubber power Cutlass span 27 root chord 12 lots area swept wingwhich Schanzle saw permitting wee dihedral having great stall resistance allowing mammoth prop 36-in fuselage motor long big strings harp Does fly bet flies says Allan probably good anything ever four loops Vt-in FM strand 42 long bomb really gets up 60% s. last flight about minute least 100 feet Scale jets fantas ticmany can made fly well ol high-wing cabin monoplane beware flight feature build swept-wing jet keep nose down downthrust. youll see gorgeous flat spin fliSht lunatic model went through three flat-spin turns recoveries before returning forgiving grass Dave Smith flying F84 Glen Simpers F-100 opens whole new arena FF Rubber Scale Au Allan rounded radome spinner Faced prop problem Allan Frank Schmitt visited Don Srull After Allan relates Srull can get two minutes cinder block Good grief Don has kinds props well prop forming molds cut 2 x 4s says Waitaminute Ive got some thing ought perfect out comes set preformed prop blades Z-shaped wire Blue Ridge Models designed Coupe kit 16 in diameter Au Well over half span Cutlass very light requirement due obscenely-long nose F-S Life like land Rubber Scale lovable nuts have rubber ized practically machine history Research pig rooting truffles As prehistoric Rubber Scaler rejoice numbers should know maga zme found Rubber Scale model its No 1 plans seller year Try chewing tobaccy Rookie updated version early-60s model MAN proves itself nice bird easy fly basic/advanced trainer traits well mixed Nothing touch second flight rolling inverting near slow flight Don Srull made first six flights Doug Pratt seventh Doug stayed inverted long well out touring country twice during episode ask him side up Usual thoughts original two pounds lighter K&B 45 also 6-ft span 6 sq ft area covered Koverall finished epoxy paint powered hefty Enya 60 four-stroke nevertheless lightly loaded does bounce around wind inverted slight down-elevator needs held Normally advanced fliers dont like thrust lines high because nose rises bit throttling back feel safer trait havent noticed yet case Perhaps off-base-line thrust has advantages high thrust line does seek hold nose down upright interestingly up verted After inverted-engine Chip munk premier aerobatics machine would seem use thrust line can design factor making ship fly way wish Just hindsight impression four-stroke engines notions ratio 60% power two-stroker thin-ice stuff still dont have maximum-performance prop 14-6 pulls like farm tractor Ground checking high power really requires helper have two-hand hold restraint hear air tearinglike ripping silk Only Giant Scale folks seem understand big props brute power terms thrust torque An 118 ship absolute dog bit sad see seemingly mad drive make four-cycles go faster small props trying make behave like familiar two-strokes evident Rookie requires right thrusttoo late now Continued page 122 March 1986 121 Designed DBDoc Mathews ORDERING INFOComplete catalog $200 ACE products available dealer however need order direct send full amo unt plus $200 shipping han dling along catalog num ber 116Wl9StPOBox 511E1 Higginsville MO 64037 call 816 584-7121 New Sensation Towing Friends Glider created first Big modified Clark-Y airfoil realistic docile flying STOL capabilities ideal Quadra precut firewall flies also well 90 Two-Stroke 120 Four-Stroke realistic spring-loaded telescopic landing gear - Flying Weight 18 lbs Weight 6 lbs 702 Functions Full House plus Optionals Optionals Fiaps mixed ailerons own discre tion Releasable tow-hook extra cost own discretion Engine Quadra Irecommended towingi Other Models Also Available Call Write Information IKAROS INTERNA TIONAL 7035 LAWN WOOD LANE HOUSTON TEXAS 77086 893-1418 Make Towfl torque twists out outsidesso far dont use choke starting quick starter though gross well over 8 lb no apparent need bigger Enyn 80 basically rebored 60 3 oz lighter Maybe hotshots 60 14-6 ship goes airborne during moderately fast taxi upon hitting slightest bump Dont ask plans Rosenstock sells plans authentic 1 960s version thing fourstroke engine necessary place 1000 mAh pack above CG instead nose word caution engine has front plug use remote booster hookup just seven flights two guys have nicked fingers Certain props size could easily remove finger though user responsibility now hold cylinder head same hand takes care detaching battery clip never locked really need metered glow driver sure dont load up engine due no battery contact loosens prop Don t count smart Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fajifax VA 22030 Props/Dunham Continued page 45 framing edges reveal parting line sharp-edged tool deliver few tentative pecking-type blows ham mer several places along parting line mold halves should split apart cleanly trouble encountered getting mold halves separate let matrix cure another hour try again prop exposed halves parted should carefully pried loose removed Assemble halves together again reclamp allowing mold cure fully clamping cured bottom half bowing alignment prob lems top half will straighten out Wash mold remove traces PVA relieve ends tongue area sharp knife gap should approximately Y$2 just enough glass carbon strands extend beyond ends still allowing mold close tightly cutting down part go flush blade surface Leave slight ridge provide outline blade shape removing molding flash mold completed have marked corresponding ends assure correct assembly later Making prop epoxy resin chosen has proven very satisfactory application made Shell Chemical sold under trade name EPON 815 clear syrupy liquid mixed catalyst having tongue-twisting chemical name Tn ethylenetetramine TETA nicely wets FG/CF strands cures produce strong stiff yet too brittle struc tore Usable pot life about 1 hr room temperature ample viscosity sufficiently low permit FG/CF strands easily maneuvered high enough resin stay mold Fiberglass reinforcement rovings bun dle form resembling coarse twine easily handled bundle consists about 30-40 individual glass filaments CertainTeed Owens-Corning just two firms market form strand known gun roving descrip tive process after being chopped small lengths shot under pressure sprayed stream resin Familiar objects such hot tubs shower stalls boat hulls camper tops made using technique Any glass strand form choose unraveled cloth should chrome/silane sized improve wetting resin-compatibility character istics Carbon fiber commonly used alternate fiberglass combination FG same lay-up CF imparts great strength rigidity lighter weight adds color preferred some However CF brittle prone break age landing CF also expensive opinion bit difficult work imply CF desirable choice fact preferred users good quality beam-type scale almost necessity weighing resin catalyst strands As will dealing quantities weighing no 2 oz little small fraction ounce accuracy needed Guessing will get job done necessary build borrow scale better yet buy good such made Ohaus Other items required PVA release agent mixing containers clamps disposable brushes lots paper towels Again word warning about handling epoxies catalysts have history alergies working resins go further project others should take precautions using gloves face mask guard against toxicity materials Adequate ven tilation wash-up after skin contact recommended Cut reinforcing strands length before fingers become sticky resin difficult describe will vary prop size shape general always cut strands pairs starting longest lengths should least 1 longer mold extend well past end relief slots Prepare progressively shorter lengths 1-in increments until get some near half props diameter 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Bill Winter _____ fl3g ______Plane Talk YOU SAY love nostalgia think history things past gone Modeling continuum nostalgic things mostly contributed others whats-next beckons would sad loss yesterdays no relationship tomorrows Wright Flyer notnostalgic Itis awesome see National Air Space Museum Todays scientists respect classic sys tems approach produced Now lets pick up Paul Brown runs industrial company Hobart IN Iwas 17 years old Nats 1930 Paul recalls three four people area interested model aircraft got info American Boy magazine Au American Boy wonderful magazine lasted decades until Depression pub lished news plans AMLA predecessor AMA 300000 mem bers Ive continued interest through years flying FF Indoor Control Line Radio Control Electrics pictures shows Don Burnham Aeroplane Model League Na tionals Detroit 1930 model four-prop pusher-puller remember seeing dont know flew busy trying get flights Don retired several years ago president Westing house Au happens Burn ham has common contact won Junior division 1930 back-up model standard twin pusher four-prop model normal wingtail configuration twin tails beyond state art long runs four rubber motors prop Burnham states 1930 appreciation weight energy source Electrics now percentage gross weight arranged ro tation props no torque putting motor side stick avoided typical frame bend ing problem twin pushers During long-ago Nats Burnham put up four-prop whatisit climbing steadily about 150 feet flight fighters Hawks Boeings doesnt recall made high-speed flyby pulling up vertically prop blast blew wing half Selfridge Field did flybys day Picture Chicopee Lee Greenawalt L now R pictures attest has long-standing love forthe gallant Dennypiane Winter admires its realistic easyflight says reminds him Fairchild F-24 Thlsyears-ago shot wastaken atthe GeorgeAAF flying site Victor yule CA site stlii home Cactus Clippers same Lee white-haired now Dennyplane much newer Lee build ing another Dennyplane time new kit plans includes pilot passenger figures went engine size 05 20 HP 25 four-stroke finally 05 40 Saito 40 four-strokes Says ilkes relaxed throttle-back cruising best 32 Model Aviation Chap dark shirt atthe 1930 Nats nitty egg-beaterwinder left hand favors Don Burnhams bird quizzical glance No wonder standard wing/tail configuration four props four motors arranged eliminate torque flight 150 ft vic tim possibiy strangest happening Nate see text Burnham recently retired president Westinghouse won Junior class backupTwin Pusher now flies electric-powered Etude Paul Brown took picture fellow contestant Left stable already includes 15 gorgeous Giant Scale jobs Slick Larsen recently added spare-no-details WW French SPAD built WE Technical Services plan pattern sets Control cables external full-size Right Another Larsens beauties 14-scale Waco white red trim Ship restrained RG Reed Slick props Quadra life safety prop tips painted yellow white SPAD especially using black prop nearly invisible running Takes seconds Nats Blue Angels buzzing joint constantly Hawks stationed Janes says Selfridge home First Pursuit Group consisting three fighter squadronsand other type squad rons So maybe Boeings too Paul Brown included two pictures himself absolutely stunning Legionaire Sailplane another Bridi Two-Meter Glider 05 electric motor 6-4 prop says flies fairly well 39 oz marginal wind must Hall Mirrors because field looks like Shangri-la cant tell difference between Paul lds better Before exit twilight zone Paul Don Burnham touch after 55 years Don about fly electricpowered Etude 1930s Dennypiane always fascinated picture whispers Build time good letter Lee Greenawalt VP Cactus Clipper Club flies George AEB Victorville CA Movie actor Reginald Denny thing modeling aviation Before war produced Dennyplane kit good engine called Dennymite During war producedthousands target drones like realism low-key flying Dennyplane fits better ever Free Flight models 1 930s conglomeration original-design cabins Dennyplane looked like real man-carrying plane well designed fine stable flier time everyone locked wacko fantasies winning contests Denny resembled Fairchild 24 sans struts perfect three-channels no RC Its big windshield windows round aluminum oowl get Doc Mathews did plan January 1977 MA No 169 $400 Greenawalt has Dennyplaning long timesee then-and-now photos Now Denny says have taken out OS 20 installed HP 25 four-cycle Au Hell switch Saito 40 Takeoffs realistic landings easy pleasurable planes have flown recommend plans MA s Plan Service After some dig ging found kit being manufactured Midway available Hobby Shack Fountain Valley stock number 389031 O ordered another Au just got back-ordered kit says wood superb Lee tells us will build pilot passengers Au Left Ride Vaikyrie KaiufsSaito twin 90 four-stroke-powered Big Lift spirited 41/2-min climb 800 ft release Edmonds Apex Sailplane Ailerons added mother ship turns Sailplane aboard made rudder Aileron action disturbs Sailpiane Rudder right stick ailerons left flown CAR rudder primary during lofting phase leaving aile rons inactive Right Close-up EL/Apex combo shows two Apex support pylons exit release mechanism between strut attach ment fo removable panels 11 1/2-ib tug shock-absorbing bolt-on gear Wheel chocks joined bya thin chain isthe best idea Kaluf ever says reworks props tach 7200 four-strokes 16 cut 15 8-in pitch optimum lofting Apex March 1986 33 THIS 1934 7 FREE FLIGHT DESIGN WAS ALSO FLOWN RC thinking now carrying disk camera servo-operated mini-cassette pro duce tower chatter am thinking 05 40 four-cycle will give shorter takeoff mnand throttle back fun fly ing now wants Saito 40 Denny certainly does require ailerons could added easily Flaperons maybe Dihedral overdone Greenawalts club Cactus Clippers does displays demos both big base Apple Valley Airport Open House have good lot people club Lee tells us allow no foolishness field Everyone very safety-minded have no aircraft vs people vehicles can recall Lee also has Buzzard Bombshell probably MEN kit judging fuselage holes sits sun-drenched patio shady porch behind white satellite dish miles nothing framed distant moun tains Hand tissue Only now tells has 10 airplanes including Antic bipeimpressive pic flying wires and raves about its realism flight Also Cox Rallye ultralight threatens race Help HELP Slick Larson another airplane fac tory know someone wind mill building produces nifty creations like rabbits out hat Peanut Scale planes has Walt Mooney created Larsons forte Giant Scale Hes made least 15such P-26 Cub J-3 scale Hawk P-6E Waco UF Piper Vagabond Lysander Curtiss Falcon SPAD uses plan pattern sets WE Technical Services would Bill Effinger operated Berkeley Mod els years Intended 13 31 cu engines SPAD spans 79 has 2120 sq area checked Slick Effmger said answering query SPAD has yet finish bottom wing will get pictures soon finishes Au SPAD photos came same envelope finished Piper Vagabond Westland Lysander building Falcon Slick uses cheap materials lumberyard 34 Model Aviation 1 NO COWL IOPTIONAL LIFTS FROM FRONT B HINGED AT REAR THE 1934 ENGINE SET AT 5T0RONE DOWNTHRUST AZRIGHT DESIGNED BY CHESTER D LANZO WINDSPANB4 INSWING AREAIOIO 50 1N5 POWER BROWN JR I/S RP 14 IN PROF COVERINS SILK RED DOPE WITH BLACK TRIM WEIGRT SR OZS AIRFOILCLARK Y~~1 II GIG CS AT 45 TO 50% OF WINS CHORD FROM LE Left Chet Lanzos 1934 repeat 1934 RC-1 gliding recent 5-mm flight standard winch launch prop removed its Brown Jr engine left onboard ballast Chet now flies ancient design SAM FF competitions decade ahead its time Chet considered unsuccessful RC flying come As young lad best could radio system coherer/spark dated back just after turn century far too slow ships performance Right Joe Elgin Playboy fame enjoying pleasant session Chet 7-ft beauty Material selection construction incredible Its day piece would perfect selected 1988 Newspaper clips prove its early vintage probably built same year Bassetts Natawinner Kovel-Grant KG Wonder lattertwo could bewinched samewsv pine Lauan plywood keeps weight down plenty lightening holes also builds tails wing tips very light models easy control fast builder Slick cuts no corners Scalloped edges external control wires scale rigging SPAD always intimi dated building Rubber Scale Both wings flat boardI felt putting dihedral ship simply didnt result its being same airplane didnt mind increasing already-present dihedral using hefty tail surfaces met myself coming going Youll note rectangular object base outboard interplane strut Larson has Thats unique bellcrank arrangement actuate aileron full-size SPADs top wing EWmgers Berkeley Models incidental ly home scads memorable air planes designerslike Hank Struck Sal Taibi Don McGovern Ben Shere shaw Woody Blanchard Dick Korda Walt Good Ron St Jean Jim Saftig Roy Clough first model Helioopters Au wrote four books Berkeley Effinger Struck dreamed up Wing Thing Rogallo flex-wing theme Strange planes sometimes smash hits wing sold over 200000 kits Effinger graduated Brooklyn Poly mechanical engineering MIT aero engineering yet started Berkeley 1933 over garage first ad MAN cost fat $180 Guadalcanal helped con coct radio-controlled SBDs pilotless raids Rabaul supervised making seven-passenger Avenger wrecked aircraft Later stateside responsi ble overhauling 3600 SNJs Yellow Peril 240 PBYs Theres add haircuts Guadalcanal problem Effinger once told made swiveling chair TBF top turret Hes AMA Hall Fame course WE Technical Services listing oldies well Giant Scale wont disappoint Phantoms Big Lifts Ive often mentioned Bill Kaluf pops 40 miles away stream gems loves build flies now less thats shame Right now seems Hobby Lobby tear hes impressed German-made things Japanese masters RTF glamor Germans make work bit precise thorough little Phantom Hobby Lobby sells 09 landing gear small ply landing skids really fooled Holding convinced RTF built up simple sheet parts fuselage has balsa-skinned frame wing Kaluf MonoKoted what job did saw no seams yet used 35 separate pieces nibbles little pieces around small-radius curves inlays long narrow L shaped pieces surfaces join covers over Kalufs Phantom ba Continued page 36 March 1986 35 Allan Schanzies Vought Crusader F-8U rubber-powered ship off another great flight .. anything lever its bit awesome Developed old ducted-fan kit plan forA spans 27 1s36 long allowing four42-ln strandsof PAl /4-In rubber used Prop huge 16-in folder Blue Ridge Models Coupe dHiver models swept wing allows low dihedral anti-stall Picture Tom Schmitt Another John Worth never-never Bill Harris sturdily-built old RC Sailplane glow power front end Worth put two old Kitty electric motors abouto35 pylons pusher style seven 12 Sanyos Span 1878 area 660 sq weight 3 lb Does B 12 mm de pending air freewheeling props glide dive mechanical prop stops floats around nicely Note new Cox Canarie uses same motor gear drive prop Yes Winter finished updated 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use show displays Theres significant item Phan tom .. g European Bowden cable d Kaluf simply would believe absolute absence play until use three parts 1 outer casing 2 very close-fitting inner casing 3 5mm steel piano wire 5mm soldered threaded coupler clevis can screwed concept think wont work Seems three pieces would give slop does Au checked smooth easy through bends Dont ask Ive included pictures Macchi Big Lift Kaluf writes Note wheel chocksbest little idea ever Mount ed cradle 99-in Edmonds stable Sailplane capable catching thermals best same photo see shock system uses two #64 bands Prop carved own Pattern fly 15-5 prop no load 15-6 load Note climb angle flight shot Steve could haul 600 ft 4 minutes back ground after Sailplane release 35 secondsleaving enough time haul up second Glider first still aloft love airplane Shes built Gear held 16 4-40 bolts blind nuts Now Kaluf fussing AS W22 Elektro 94-in Electric Graupner folder extension shaft Has 31 reduc tion uses two packs 6V Electric power Greek Kaluf knowing him Ive got him interested lifting altitude Big Liftbefore starting motor Staggering isnt noted Big Lift Hobby Lobby ads note things So Peter Miller regular contributor British RC mag sent copy equivalent National Geographic editor chosen comment depth Peters Big Lift used aero photography Petes scientific use model-borne cam eras search out Roman ruins tidal flows etc distinguished achievement Kaluf bounced new Big Lift fitted its cradle Edmonds Apex Sailplane structure mother ship painstakingly engineered Kalufs craftsmanship installations well out league Big Lift three-channel controls thats needs Kaluf wanted ailerons advice make smalljust useful times since aerobatics goal As proved out rudder/elevator/en gine superior Glider release because use ailerons changes airflow between wings two planes Glider does ride wing-steady Big Lift close copy Macchi-Lock heed short-field cargo plane built Italy roughly 1960 afterwards Canada other countries 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50K224ACE 460 Kit 5 SPECIFICATIONS Span 0 Area 840sqin Weight 7lbs2oz ap Wine Loading 194oz/sqft Engine four cycle 60 Functions four channels Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 39 Successful RC goes back shortly after 1900 great early inventor Nicholai Tesla rival Edison inVentor alternating current demonstrated work able model submarine Madison Square Garden New York An article appeared 1976 Model Aviation including circuit/installations nothing radio anyone researched such mags ScientUYc American might find Teslas secrets Did like Lanzo 20 years later use spark coherers iron silver filings time Marconi dont find DeForest dictionarydidnt invent vacuum tube What shame Chet probably around 20 make own crude radiofor wantofanailin 1934 want genuine good flying Antique RC merely some ancient FE radio heres chance Yo ho ho bottle rum cutlass nasty member sword family favored pirates Allan Schanzle has thing Cutlass once first-line Navy fighter circa early 50s talking rubber power son seems youthful days Alan creamed akitof beast ducted-fan creation says glided fine under power 049 acted like dive-bomber Midway based Rubber Scale ship old kit drawings found out kit negative angle attack inthe wing tiny to-scale stabilizer What won ders hath God wroth Atid tail moment shortened compensate engine location rubber power Cutlass span 27 root chord 12 lots area swept wingwhich Schanzle saw permitting wee dihedral having great stall resistance allowing mammoth prop 36-in fuselage motor long big strings harp Does fly bet flies says Allan probably good anything ever four loops Vt-in FM strand 42 long bomb really gets up 60% s. last flight about minute least 100 feet Scale jets fantas ticmany can made fly well ol high-wing cabin monoplane beware flight feature build swept-wing jet keep nose down downthrust. youll see gorgeous flat spin fliSht lunatic model went through three flat-spin turns recoveries before returning forgiving grass Dave Smith flying F84 Glen Simpers F-100 opens whole new arena FF Rubber Scale Au Allan rounded radome spinner Faced prop problem Allan Frank Schmitt visited Don Srull After Allan relates Srull can get two minutes cinder block Good grief Don has kinds props well prop forming molds cut 2 x 4s says Waitaminute Ive got some thing ought perfect out comes set preformed prop blades Z-shaped wire Blue Ridge Models designed Coupe kit 16 in diameter Au Well over half span Cutlass very light requirement due obscenely-long nose F-S Life like land Rubber Scale lovable nuts have rubber ized practically machine history Research pig rooting truffles As prehistoric Rubber Scaler rejoice numbers should know maga zme found Rubber Scale model its No 1 plans seller year Try chewing tobaccy Rookie updated version early-60s model MAN proves itself nice bird easy fly basic/advanced trainer traits well mixed Nothing touch second flight rolling inverting near slow flight Don Srull made first six flights Doug Pratt seventh Doug stayed inverted long well out touring country twice during episode ask him side up Usual thoughts original two pounds lighter K&B 45 also 6-ft span 6 sq ft area covered Koverall finished epoxy paint powered hefty Enya 60 four-stroke nevertheless lightly loaded does bounce around wind inverted slight down-elevator needs held Normally advanced fliers dont like thrust lines high because nose rises bit throttling back feel safer trait havent noticed yet case Perhaps off-base-line thrust has advantages high thrust line does seek hold nose down upright interestingly up verted After inverted-engine Chip munk premier aerobatics machine would seem use thrust line can design factor making ship fly way wish Just hindsight impression four-stroke engines notions ratio 60% power two-stroker thin-ice stuff still dont have maximum-performance prop 14-6 pulls like farm tractor Ground checking high power really requires helper have two-hand hold restraint hear air tearinglike ripping silk Only Giant Scale folks seem understand big props brute power terms thrust torque An 118 ship absolute dog bit sad see seemingly mad drive make four-cycles go faster small props trying make behave like familiar two-strokes evident Rookie requires right thrusttoo late now Continued page 122 March 1986 121 Designed DBDoc Mathews ORDERING INFOComplete catalog $200 ACE products available dealer however need order direct send full amo unt plus $200 shipping han dling along catalog num ber 116Wl9StPOBox 511E1 Higginsville MO 64037 call 816 584-7121 New Sensation Towing Friends Glider created first Big modified Clark-Y airfoil realistic docile flying STOL capabilities ideal Quadra precut firewall flies also well 90 Two-Stroke 120 Four-Stroke realistic spring-loaded telescopic landing gear - Flying Weight 18 lbs Weight 6 lbs 702 Functions Full House plus Optionals Optionals Fiaps mixed ailerons own discre tion Releasable tow-hook extra cost own discretion Engine Quadra Irecommended towingi Other Models Also Available Call Write 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1986/03
Page Numbers: 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 121, 122
Bill Winter _____ fl3g ______Plane Talk YOU SAY love nostalgia think history things past gone Modeling continuum nostalgic things mostly contributed others whats-next beckons would sad loss yesterdays no relationship tomorrows Wright Flyer notnostalgic Itis awesome see National Air Space Museum Todays scientists respect classic sys tems approach produced Now lets pick up Paul Brown runs industrial company Hobart IN Iwas 17 years old Nats 1930 Paul recalls three four people area interested model aircraft got info American Boy magazine Au American Boy wonderful magazine lasted decades until Depression pub lished news plans AMLA predecessor AMA 300000 mem bers Ive continued interest through years flying FF Indoor Control Line Radio Control Electrics pictures shows Don Burnham Aeroplane Model League Na tionals Detroit 1930 model four-prop pusher-puller remember seeing dont know flew busy trying get flights Don retired several years ago president Westing house Au happens Burn ham has common contact won Junior division 1930 back-up model standard twin pusher four-prop model normal wingtail configuration twin tails beyond state art long runs four rubber motors prop Burnham states 1930 appreciation weight energy source Electrics now percentage gross weight arranged ro tation props no torque putting motor side stick avoided typical frame bend ing problem twin pushers During long-ago Nats Burnham put up four-prop whatisit climbing steadily about 150 feet flight fighters Hawks Boeings doesnt recall made high-speed flyby pulling up vertically prop blast blew wing half Selfridge Field did flybys day Picture Chicopee Lee Greenawalt L now R pictures attest has long-standing love forthe gallant Dennypiane Winter admires its realistic easyflight says reminds him Fairchild F-24 Thlsyears-ago shot wastaken atthe GeorgeAAF flying site Victor yule CA site stlii home Cactus Clippers same Lee white-haired now Dennyplane much newer Lee build ing another Dennyplane time new kit plans includes pilot passenger figures went engine size 05 20 HP 25 four-stroke finally 05 40 Saito 40 four-strokes Says ilkes relaxed throttle-back cruising best 32 Model Aviation Chap dark shirt atthe 1930 Nats nitty egg-beaterwinder left hand favors Don Burnhams bird quizzical glance No wonder standard wing/tail configuration four props four motors arranged eliminate torque flight 150 ft vic tim possibiy strangest happening Nate see text Burnham recently retired president Westinghouse won Junior class backupTwin Pusher now flies electric-powered Etude Paul Brown took picture fellow contestant Left stable already includes 15 gorgeous Giant Scale jobs Slick Larsen recently added spare-no-details WW French SPAD built WE Technical Services plan pattern sets Control cables external full-size Right Another Larsens beauties 14-scale Waco white red trim Ship restrained RG Reed Slick props Quadra life safety prop tips painted yellow white SPAD especially using black prop nearly invisible running Takes seconds Nats Blue Angels buzzing joint constantly Hawks stationed Janes says Selfridge home First Pursuit Group consisting three fighter squadronsand other type squad rons So maybe Boeings too Paul Brown included two pictures himself absolutely stunning Legionaire Sailplane another Bridi Two-Meter Glider 05 electric motor 6-4 prop says flies fairly well 39 oz marginal wind must Hall Mirrors because field looks like Shangri-la cant tell difference between Paul lds better Before exit twilight zone Paul Don Burnham touch after 55 years Don about fly electricpowered Etude 1930s Dennypiane always fascinated picture whispers Build time good letter Lee Greenawalt VP Cactus Clipper Club flies George AEB Victorville CA Movie actor Reginald Denny thing modeling aviation Before war produced Dennyplane kit good engine called Dennymite During war producedthousands target drones like realism low-key flying Dennyplane fits better ever Free Flight models 1 930s conglomeration original-design cabins Dennyplane looked like real man-carrying plane well designed fine stable flier time everyone locked wacko fantasies winning contests Denny resembled Fairchild 24 sans struts perfect three-channels no RC Its big windshield windows round aluminum oowl get Doc Mathews did plan January 1977 MA No 169 $400 Greenawalt has Dennyplaning long timesee then-and-now photos Now Denny says have taken out OS 20 installed HP 25 four-cycle Au Hell switch Saito 40 Takeoffs realistic landings easy pleasurable planes have flown recommend plans MA s Plan Service After some dig ging found kit being manufactured Midway available Hobby Shack Fountain Valley stock number 389031 O ordered another Au just got back-ordered kit says wood superb Lee tells us will build pilot passengers Au Left Ride Vaikyrie KaiufsSaito twin 90 four-stroke-powered Big Lift spirited 41/2-min climb 800 ft release Edmonds Apex Sailplane Ailerons added mother ship turns Sailplane aboard made rudder Aileron action disturbs Sailpiane Rudder right stick ailerons left flown CAR rudder primary during lofting phase leaving aile rons inactive Right Close-up EL/Apex combo shows two Apex support pylons exit release mechanism between strut attach ment fo removable panels 11 1/2-ib tug shock-absorbing bolt-on gear Wheel chocks joined bya thin chain isthe best idea Kaluf ever says reworks props tach 7200 four-strokes 16 cut 15 8-in pitch optimum lofting Apex March 1986 33 THIS 1934 7 FREE FLIGHT DESIGN WAS ALSO FLOWN RC thinking now carrying disk camera servo-operated mini-cassette pro duce tower chatter am thinking 05 40 four-cycle will give shorter takeoff mnand throttle back fun fly ing now wants Saito 40 Denny certainly does require ailerons could added easily Flaperons maybe Dihedral overdone Greenawalts club Cactus Clippers does displays demos both big base Apple Valley Airport Open House have good lot people club Lee tells us allow no foolishness field Everyone very safety-minded have no aircraft vs people vehicles can recall Lee also has Buzzard Bombshell probably MEN kit judging fuselage holes sits sun-drenched patio shady porch behind white satellite dish miles nothing framed distant moun tains Hand tissue Only now tells has 10 airplanes including Antic bipeimpressive pic flying wires and raves about its realism flight Also Cox Rallye ultralight threatens race Help HELP Slick Larson another airplane fac tory know someone wind mill building produces nifty creations like rabbits out hat Peanut Scale planes has Walt Mooney created Larsons forte Giant Scale Hes made least 15such P-26 Cub J-3 scale Hawk P-6E Waco UF Piper Vagabond Lysander Curtiss Falcon SPAD uses plan pattern sets WE Technical Services would Bill Effinger operated Berkeley Mod els years Intended 13 31 cu engines SPAD spans 79 has 2120 sq area checked Slick Effmger said answering query SPAD has yet finish bottom wing will get pictures soon finishes Au SPAD photos came same envelope finished Piper Vagabond Westland Lysander building Falcon Slick uses cheap materials lumberyard 34 Model Aviation 1 NO COWL IOPTIONAL LIFTS FROM FRONT B HINGED AT REAR THE 1934 ENGINE SET AT 5T0RONE DOWNTHRUST AZRIGHT DESIGNED BY CHESTER D LANZO WINDSPANB4 INSWING AREAIOIO 50 1N5 POWER BROWN JR I/S RP 14 IN PROF COVERINS SILK RED DOPE WITH BLACK TRIM WEIGRT SR OZS AIRFOILCLARK Y~~1 II GIG CS AT 45 TO 50% OF WINS CHORD FROM LE Left Chet Lanzos 1934 repeat 1934 RC-1 gliding recent 5-mm flight standard winch launch prop removed its Brown Jr engine left onboard ballast Chet now flies ancient design SAM FF competitions decade ahead its time Chet considered unsuccessful RC flying come As young lad best could radio system coherer/spark dated back just after turn century far too slow ships performance Right Joe Elgin Playboy fame enjoying pleasant session Chet 7-ft beauty Material selection construction incredible Its day piece would perfect selected 1988 Newspaper clips prove its early vintage probably built same year Bassetts Natawinner Kovel-Grant KG Wonder lattertwo could bewinched samewsv pine Lauan plywood keeps weight down plenty lightening holes also builds tails wing tips very light models easy control fast builder Slick cuts no corners Scalloped edges external control wires scale rigging SPAD always intimi dated building Rubber Scale Both wings flat boardI felt putting dihedral ship simply didnt result its being same airplane didnt mind increasing already-present dihedral using hefty tail surfaces met myself coming going Youll note rectangular object base outboard interplane strut Larson has Thats unique bellcrank arrangement actuate aileron full-size SPADs top wing EWmgers Berkeley Models incidental ly home scads memorable air planes designerslike Hank Struck Sal Taibi Don McGovern Ben Shere shaw Woody Blanchard Dick Korda Walt Good Ron St Jean Jim Saftig Roy Clough first model Helioopters Au wrote four books Berkeley Effinger Struck dreamed up Wing Thing Rogallo flex-wing theme Strange planes sometimes smash hits wing sold over 200000 kits Effinger graduated Brooklyn Poly mechanical engineering MIT aero engineering yet started Berkeley 1933 over garage first ad MAN cost fat $180 Guadalcanal helped con coct radio-controlled SBDs pilotless raids Rabaul supervised making seven-passenger Avenger wrecked aircraft Later stateside responsi ble overhauling 3600 SNJs Yellow Peril 240 PBYs Theres add haircuts Guadalcanal problem Effinger once told made swiveling chair TBF top turret Hes AMA Hall Fame course WE Technical Services listing oldies well Giant Scale wont disappoint Phantoms Big Lifts Ive often mentioned Bill Kaluf pops 40 miles away stream gems loves build flies now less thats shame Right now seems Hobby Lobby tear hes impressed German-made things Japanese masters RTF glamor Germans make work bit precise thorough little Phantom Hobby Lobby sells 09 landing gear small ply landing skids really fooled Holding convinced RTF built up simple sheet parts fuselage has balsa-skinned frame wing Kaluf MonoKoted what job did saw no seams yet used 35 separate pieces nibbles little pieces around small-radius curves inlays long narrow L shaped pieces surfaces join covers over Kalufs Phantom ba Continued page 36 March 1986 35 Allan Schanzies Vought Crusader F-8U rubber-powered ship off another great flight .. anything lever its bit awesome Developed old ducted-fan kit plan forA spans 27 1s36 long allowing four42-ln strandsof PAl /4-In rubber used Prop huge 16-in folder Blue Ridge Models Coupe dHiver models swept wing allows low dihedral anti-stall Picture Tom Schmitt Another John Worth never-never Bill Harris sturdily-built old RC Sailplane glow power front end Worth put two old Kitty electric motors abouto35 pylons pusher style seven 12 Sanyos Span 1878 area 660 sq weight 3 lb Does B 12 mm de pending air freewheeling props glide dive mechanical prop stops floats around nicely Note new Cox Canarie uses same motor gear drive prop Yes Winter finished updated Rookie Enya 80 four-stroke Srull saving neck usual byspray-painting epoxy Don Blildiscusathe idlesetting new engine after successful first flight rolls inverts slow flight has excep tional inverted-flight performance Doug Pratt made ships seventh flight answer Bills Which side up now question side wheels NEW FOURMOST PRODUCTS FUSELAGE FIXTURE FOURMOST FUSELAGE FIXTURE designed AatoeeticIty align foselage structures kant withoat strings measaring eyeballing Srrrtply slide foar centering brackets track until align firewall tail joint two holkheads Clawp fuselage together lightly robberbands stractare will straight track esao.edarot,asosaetafaafC Miter Master Mite Meste tool designed enable craftswan wake perfect joints wood accurately sanding pre-setangles ThesquaringfenceAlallowsforprecisegO angles retracts below sartace Any angle can beset triangalar guide using adjacent side complewent angle will formed waking innalaable truss construction new cyanoacrylate adhesives require accurately fitted joints achieve fall strength Miter Masterwill enableyna wake thett easily FOURMOST PRODUCTS 4040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97116 Price $950 Assembleg boned 503 367-2732 1981 World Soaring Champ DWIGHT HOLLEY FEATURES Sailpianes lous Electric Planes ASIROFUONT R MOTORS IN STOCI SANYO SANYO SANYOBattery Special NBOOAR Weigh 38 Grama Cut Offoella NEW Lower Prica Red Jacket Cut Off cells N1200SCR Weigh 52 Grams $340 1200MAH Now 2 New Super Cells Sanyo N-900SC Ca N900 5CR Cut Off cells $375 Both weigh 39 Grams 314 lertgth 1200s same die N900SC will deliver least 950 MAH IN900 SCR will deliver great amperage quickly ELECTRIC MODEL SAILPLANE SPECIALISTS HOLLEYS SILENT FLIGHT FEATURING ONLY STATE OF THE ART ITEMS 3 748-0083 WCALL OR WRITE FOR FREE DESCRIPTIVE FLYER151 CHESTNUT RIDGE ROAD BETHEL CT 06801 L MS SPEED CONTROLLERS GRAUPNER aASTROFLIGHT KELLER UNGER 0 0 CR 0 2 0 w w -4 0 2 CR C F m x sically white USAF deco red nose black pmstriping gave pretty bird Jim Martin wholl use show displays Theres significant item Phan tom .. g European Bowden cable d Kaluf simply would believe absolute absence play until use three parts 1 outer casing 2 very close-fitting inner casing 3 5mm steel piano wire 5mm soldered threaded coupler clevis can screwed concept think wont work Seems three pieces would give slop does Au checked smooth easy through bends Dont ask Ive included pictures Macchi Big Lift Kaluf writes Note wheel chocksbest little idea ever Mount ed cradle 99-in Edmonds stable Sailplane capable catching thermals best same photo see shock system uses two #64 bands Prop carved own Pattern fly 15-5 prop no load 15-6 load Note climb angle flight shot Steve could haul 600 ft 4 minutes back ground after Sailplane release 35 secondsleaving enough time haul up second Glider first still aloft love airplane Shes built Gear held 16 4-40 bolts blind nuts Now Kaluf fussing AS W22 Elektro 94-in Electric Graupner folder extension shaft Has 31 reduc tion uses two packs 6V Electric power Greek Kaluf knowing him Ive got him interested lifting altitude Big Liftbefore starting motor Staggering isnt noted Big Lift Hobby Lobby ads note things So Peter Miller regular contributor British RC mag sent copy equivalent National Geographic editor chosen comment depth Peters Big Lift used aero photography Petes scientific use model-borne cam eras search out Roman ruins tidal flows etc distinguished achievement Kaluf bounced new Big Lift fitted its cradle Edmonds Apex Sailplane structure mother ship painstakingly engineered Kalufs craftsmanship installations well out league Big Lift three-channel controls thats needs Kaluf wanted ailerons advice make smalljust useful times since aerobatics goal As proved out rudder/elevator/en gine superior Glider release because use ailerons changes airflow between wings two planes Glider does ride wing-steady Big Lift close copy Macchi-Lock heed short-field cargo plane built Italy roughly 1960 afterwards Canada other countries 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50K224ACE 460 Kit 5 SPECIFICATIONS Span 0 Area 840sqin Weight 7lbs2oz ap Wine Loading 194oz/sqft Engine four cycle 60 Functions four channels Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 39 Successful RC goes back shortly after 1900 great early inventor Nicholai Tesla rival Edison inVentor alternating current demonstrated work able model submarine Madison Square Garden New York An article appeared 1976 Model Aviation including circuit/installations nothing radio anyone researched such mags ScientUYc American might find Teslas secrets Did like Lanzo 20 years later use spark coherers iron silver filings time Marconi dont find DeForest dictionarydidnt invent vacuum tube What shame Chet probably around 20 make own crude radiofor wantofanailin 1934 want genuine good flying Antique RC merely some ancient FE radio heres chance Yo ho ho bottle rum cutlass nasty member sword family favored pirates Allan Schanzle has thing Cutlass once first-line Navy fighter circa early 50s talking rubber power son seems youthful days Alan creamed akitof beast ducted-fan creation says glided fine under power 049 acted like dive-bomber Midway based Rubber Scale ship old kit drawings found out kit negative angle attack inthe wing tiny to-scale stabilizer What won ders hath God wroth Atid tail moment shortened compensate engine location rubber power Cutlass span 27 root chord 12 lots area swept wingwhich Schanzle saw permitting wee dihedral having great stall resistance allowing mammoth prop 36-in fuselage motor long big strings harp Does fly bet flies says Allan probably good anything ever four loops Vt-in FM strand 42 long bomb really gets up 60% s. last flight about minute least 100 feet Scale jets fantas ticmany can made fly well ol high-wing cabin monoplane beware flight feature build swept-wing jet keep nose down downthrust. youll see gorgeous flat spin fliSht lunatic model went through three flat-spin turns recoveries before returning forgiving grass Dave Smith flying F84 Glen Simpers F-100 opens whole new arena FF Rubber Scale Au Allan rounded radome spinner Faced prop problem Allan Frank Schmitt visited Don Srull After Allan relates Srull can get two minutes cinder block Good grief Don has kinds props well prop forming molds cut 2 x 4s says Waitaminute Ive got some thing ought perfect out comes set preformed prop blades Z-shaped wire Blue Ridge Models designed Coupe kit 16 in diameter Au Well over half span Cutlass very light requirement due obscenely-long nose F-S Life like land Rubber Scale lovable nuts have rubber ized practically machine history Research pig rooting truffles As prehistoric Rubber Scaler rejoice numbers should know maga zme found Rubber Scale model its No 1 plans seller year Try chewing tobaccy Rookie updated version early-60s model MAN proves itself nice bird easy fly basic/advanced trainer traits well mixed Nothing touch second flight rolling inverting near slow flight Don Srull made first six flights Doug Pratt seventh Doug stayed inverted long well out touring country twice during episode ask him side up Usual thoughts original two pounds lighter K&B 45 also 6-ft span 6 sq ft area covered Koverall finished epoxy paint powered hefty Enya 60 four-stroke nevertheless lightly loaded does bounce around wind inverted slight down-elevator needs held Normally advanced fliers dont like thrust lines high because nose rises bit throttling back feel safer trait havent noticed yet case Perhaps off-base-line thrust has advantages high thrust line does seek hold nose down upright interestingly up verted After inverted-engine Chip munk premier aerobatics machine would seem use thrust line can design factor making ship fly way wish Just hindsight impression four-stroke engines notions ratio 60% power two-stroker thin-ice stuff still dont have maximum-performance prop 14-6 pulls like farm tractor Ground checking high power really requires helper have two-hand hold restraint hear air tearinglike ripping silk Only Giant Scale folks seem understand big props brute power terms thrust torque An 118 ship absolute dog bit sad see seemingly mad drive make four-cycles go faster small props trying make behave like familiar two-strokes evident Rookie requires right thrusttoo late now Continued page 122 March 1986 121 Designed DBDoc Mathews ORDERING INFOComplete catalog $200 ACE products available dealer however need order direct send full amo unt plus $200 shipping han dling along catalog num ber 116Wl9StPOBox 511E1 Higginsville MO 64037 call 816 584-7121 New Sensation Towing Friends Glider created first Big modified Clark-Y airfoil realistic docile flying STOL capabilities ideal Quadra precut firewall flies also well 90 Two-Stroke 120 Four-Stroke realistic spring-loaded telescopic landing gear - Flying Weight 18 lbs Weight 6 lbs 702 Functions Full House plus Optionals Optionals Fiaps mixed ailerons own discre tion Releasable tow-hook extra cost own discretion Engine Quadra Irecommended towingi Other Models Also Available Call Write Information IKAROS INTERNA TIONAL 7035 LAWN WOOD LANE HOUSTON TEXAS 77086 893-1418 Make Towfl torque twists out outsidesso far dont use choke starting quick starter though gross well over 8 lb no apparent need bigger Enyn 80 basically rebored 60 3 oz lighter Maybe hotshots 60 14-6 ship goes airborne during moderately fast taxi upon hitting slightest bump Dont ask plans Rosenstock sells plans authentic 1 960s version thing fourstroke engine necessary place 1000 mAh pack above CG instead nose word caution engine has front plug use remote booster hookup just seven flights two guys have nicked fingers Certain props size could easily remove finger though user responsibility now hold cylinder head same hand takes care detaching battery clip never locked really need metered glow driver sure dont load up engine due no battery contact loosens prop Don t count smart Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fajifax VA 22030 Props/Dunham Continued page 45 framing edges reveal parting line sharp-edged tool deliver few tentative pecking-type blows ham mer several places along parting line mold halves should split apart cleanly trouble encountered getting mold halves separate let matrix cure another hour try again prop exposed halves parted should carefully pried loose removed Assemble halves together again reclamp allowing mold cure fully clamping cured bottom half bowing alignment prob lems top half will straighten out Wash mold remove traces PVA relieve ends tongue area sharp knife gap should approximately Y$2 just enough glass carbon strands extend beyond ends still allowing mold close tightly cutting down part go flush blade surface Leave slight ridge provide outline blade shape removing molding flash mold completed have marked corresponding ends assure correct assembly later Making prop epoxy resin chosen has proven very satisfactory application made Shell Chemical sold under trade name EPON 815 clear syrupy liquid mixed catalyst having tongue-twisting chemical name Tn ethylenetetramine TETA nicely wets FG/CF strands cures produce strong stiff yet too brittle struc tore Usable pot life about 1 hr room temperature ample viscosity sufficiently low permit FG/CF strands easily maneuvered high enough resin stay mold Fiberglass reinforcement rovings bun dle form resembling coarse twine easily handled bundle consists about 30-40 individual glass filaments CertainTeed Owens-Corning just two firms market form strand known gun roving descrip tive process after being chopped small lengths shot under pressure sprayed stream resin Familiar objects such hot tubs shower stalls boat hulls camper tops made using technique Any glass strand form choose unraveled cloth should chrome/silane sized improve wetting resin-compatibility character istics Carbon fiber commonly used alternate fiberglass combination FG same lay-up CF imparts great strength rigidity lighter weight adds color preferred some However CF brittle prone break age landing CF also expensive opinion bit difficult work imply CF desirable choice fact preferred users good quality beam-type scale almost necessity weighing resin catalyst strands As will dealing quantities weighing no 2 oz little small fraction ounce accuracy needed Guessing will get job done necessary build borrow scale better yet buy good such made Ohaus Other items required PVA release agent mixing containers clamps disposable brushes lots paper towels Again word warning about handling epoxies catalysts have history alergies working resins go further project others should take precautions using gloves face mask guard against toxicity materials Adequate ven tilation wash-up after skin contact recommended Cut reinforcing strands length before fingers become sticky resin difficult describe will vary prop size shape general always cut strands pairs starting longest lengths should least 1 longer mold extend well past end relief slots Prepare progressively shorter lengths 1-in increments until get some near half props diameter hub area can stuffed short clippings filling imparting hardness pos sible ratio resin weight roving weight should least 6040 weight strand material required attain ratio hard determine first try corrections can made later attempts 122Model Aviation CLEVIILAND GIANTS 78 onool Cot PSYSA $42621o JN4 Jenny$28 104 Co, Cot FBY5A$5660 V05 Co 945$25 96W gh Nooy8ooe $48 OOVogtCo F40$69 52W W,r0121 RodL$26SASODorrroooIeSI$4B 77WWnro21561$4872Co0251/4LbS045 84 Foblo 07 F52962 Hoooo 6 Rooo lb $46 60 Honoord F Boo 23377 8oe o B hG Fo $25 70 soylco G-5o $22 102 817G Fort $55 -60 Sopornronn 068 $24 68 toog O-46A Dl, $22 89 Soprr~orin 568 $22 108 Sikor 2-38 Aoph 049 * 62 Cort Honob F6E $42 OSBoc 10$ Sport . $26 94 CorOok P6E F, 95490 8oo 100 Spot . $49 02 Lookkeod Vogo 024 90 StinoAtono WI,0 $56 76 SooIrrlo GB 11 $40 8$ Mortir 7424141 $29 95 Monoooopo Sport $26 75 HFoo 5400 Bomb $25 80 BoIl Spr Soildog $42 100 8-Foe 0400 Born $49 107 Aeronoo C3 $pr $32 60 8Eooomoo VToil $29 -41 Doogloo 030 Ok $32 77 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1986/03
Page Numbers: 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 121, 122
Bill Winter _____ fl3g ______Plane Talk YOU SAY love nostalgia think history things past gone Modeling continuum nostalgic things mostly contributed others whats-next beckons would sad loss yesterdays no relationship tomorrows Wright Flyer notnostalgic Itis awesome see National Air Space Museum Todays scientists respect classic sys tems approach produced Now lets pick up Paul Brown runs industrial company Hobart IN Iwas 17 years old Nats 1930 Paul recalls three four people area interested model aircraft got info American Boy magazine Au American Boy wonderful magazine lasted decades until Depression pub lished news plans AMLA predecessor AMA 300000 mem bers Ive continued interest through years flying FF Indoor Control Line Radio Control Electrics pictures shows Don Burnham Aeroplane Model League Na tionals Detroit 1930 model four-prop pusher-puller remember seeing dont know flew busy trying get flights Don retired several years ago president Westing house Au happens Burn ham has common contact won Junior division 1930 back-up model standard twin pusher four-prop model normal wingtail configuration twin tails beyond state art long runs four rubber motors prop Burnham states 1930 appreciation weight energy source Electrics now percentage gross weight arranged ro tation props no torque putting motor side stick avoided typical frame bend ing problem twin pushers During long-ago Nats Burnham put up four-prop whatisit climbing steadily about 150 feet flight fighters Hawks Boeings doesnt recall made high-speed flyby pulling up vertically prop blast blew wing half Selfridge Field did flybys day Picture Chicopee Lee Greenawalt L now R pictures attest has long-standing love forthe gallant Dennypiane Winter admires its realistic easyflight says reminds him Fairchild F-24 Thlsyears-ago shot wastaken atthe GeorgeAAF flying site Victor yule CA site stlii home Cactus Clippers same Lee white-haired now Dennyplane much newer Lee build ing another Dennyplane time new kit plans includes pilot passenger figures went engine size 05 20 HP 25 four-stroke finally 05 40 Saito 40 four-strokes Says ilkes relaxed throttle-back cruising best 32 Model Aviation Chap dark shirt atthe 1930 Nats nitty egg-beaterwinder left hand favors Don Burnhams bird quizzical glance No wonder standard wing/tail configuration four props four motors arranged eliminate torque flight 150 ft vic tim possibiy strangest happening Nate see text Burnham recently retired president Westinghouse won Junior class backupTwin Pusher now flies electric-powered Etude Paul Brown took picture fellow contestant Left stable already includes 15 gorgeous Giant Scale jobs Slick Larsen recently added spare-no-details WW French SPAD built WE Technical Services plan pattern sets Control cables external full-size Right Another Larsens beauties 14-scale Waco white red trim Ship restrained RG Reed Slick props Quadra life safety prop tips painted yellow white SPAD especially using black prop nearly invisible running Takes seconds Nats Blue Angels buzzing joint constantly Hawks stationed Janes says Selfridge home First Pursuit Group consisting three fighter squadronsand other type squad rons So maybe Boeings too Paul Brown included two pictures himself absolutely stunning Legionaire Sailplane another Bridi Two-Meter Glider 05 electric motor 6-4 prop says flies fairly well 39 oz marginal wind must Hall Mirrors because field looks like Shangri-la cant tell difference between Paul lds better Before exit twilight zone Paul Don Burnham touch after 55 years Don about fly electricpowered Etude 1930s Dennypiane always fascinated picture whispers Build time good letter Lee Greenawalt VP Cactus Clipper Club flies George AEB Victorville CA Movie actor Reginald Denny thing modeling aviation Before war produced Dennyplane kit good engine called Dennymite During war producedthousands target drones like realism low-key flying Dennyplane fits better ever Free Flight models 1 930s conglomeration original-design cabins Dennyplane looked like real man-carrying plane well designed fine stable flier time everyone locked wacko fantasies winning contests Denny resembled Fairchild 24 sans struts perfect three-channels no RC Its big windshield windows round aluminum oowl get Doc Mathews did plan January 1977 MA No 169 $400 Greenawalt has Dennyplaning long timesee then-and-now photos Now Denny says have taken out OS 20 installed HP 25 four-cycle Au Hell switch Saito 40 Takeoffs realistic landings easy pleasurable planes have flown recommend plans MA s Plan Service After some dig ging found kit being manufactured Midway available Hobby Shack Fountain Valley stock number 389031 O ordered another Au just got back-ordered kit says wood superb Lee tells us will build pilot passengers Au Left Ride Vaikyrie KaiufsSaito twin 90 four-stroke-powered Big Lift spirited 41/2-min climb 800 ft release Edmonds Apex Sailplane Ailerons added mother ship turns Sailplane aboard made rudder Aileron action disturbs Sailpiane Rudder right stick ailerons left flown CAR rudder primary during lofting phase leaving aile rons inactive Right Close-up EL/Apex combo shows two Apex support pylons exit release mechanism between strut attach ment fo removable panels 11 1/2-ib tug shock-absorbing bolt-on gear Wheel chocks joined bya thin chain isthe best idea Kaluf ever says reworks props tach 7200 four-strokes 16 cut 15 8-in pitch optimum lofting Apex March 1986 33 THIS 1934 7 FREE FLIGHT DESIGN WAS ALSO FLOWN RC thinking now carrying disk camera servo-operated mini-cassette pro duce tower chatter am thinking 05 40 four-cycle will give shorter takeoff mnand throttle back fun fly ing now wants Saito 40 Denny certainly does require ailerons could added easily Flaperons maybe Dihedral overdone Greenawalts club Cactus Clippers does displays demos both big base Apple Valley Airport Open House have good lot people club Lee tells us allow no foolishness field Everyone very safety-minded have no aircraft vs people vehicles can recall Lee also has Buzzard Bombshell probably MEN kit judging fuselage holes sits sun-drenched patio shady porch behind white satellite dish miles nothing framed distant moun tains Hand tissue Only now tells has 10 airplanes including Antic bipeimpressive pic flying wires and raves about its realism flight Also Cox Rallye ultralight threatens race Help HELP Slick Larson another airplane fac tory know someone wind mill building produces nifty creations like rabbits out hat Peanut Scale planes has Walt Mooney created Larsons forte Giant Scale Hes made least 15such P-26 Cub J-3 scale Hawk P-6E Waco UF Piper Vagabond Lysander Curtiss Falcon SPAD uses plan pattern sets WE Technical Services would Bill Effinger operated Berkeley Mod els years Intended 13 31 cu engines SPAD spans 79 has 2120 sq area checked Slick Effmger said answering query SPAD has yet finish bottom wing will get pictures soon finishes Au SPAD photos came same envelope finished Piper Vagabond Westland Lysander building Falcon Slick uses cheap materials lumberyard 34 Model Aviation 1 NO COWL IOPTIONAL LIFTS FROM FRONT B HINGED AT REAR THE 1934 ENGINE SET AT 5T0RONE DOWNTHRUST AZRIGHT DESIGNED BY CHESTER D LANZO WINDSPANB4 INSWING AREAIOIO 50 1N5 POWER BROWN JR I/S RP 14 IN PROF COVERINS SILK RED DOPE WITH BLACK TRIM WEIGRT SR OZS AIRFOILCLARK Y~~1 II GIG CS AT 45 TO 50% OF WINS CHORD FROM LE Left Chet Lanzos 1934 repeat 1934 RC-1 gliding recent 5-mm flight standard winch launch prop removed its Brown Jr engine left onboard ballast Chet now flies ancient design SAM FF competitions decade ahead its time Chet considered unsuccessful RC flying come As young lad best could radio system coherer/spark dated back just after turn century far too slow ships performance Right Joe Elgin Playboy fame enjoying pleasant session Chet 7-ft beauty Material selection construction incredible Its day piece would perfect selected 1988 Newspaper clips prove its early vintage probably built same year Bassetts Natawinner Kovel-Grant KG Wonder lattertwo could bewinched samewsv pine Lauan plywood keeps weight down plenty lightening holes also builds tails wing tips very light models easy control fast builder Slick cuts no corners Scalloped edges external control wires scale rigging SPAD always intimi dated building Rubber Scale Both wings flat boardI felt putting dihedral ship simply didnt result its being same airplane didnt mind increasing already-present dihedral using hefty tail surfaces met myself coming going Youll note rectangular object base outboard interplane strut Larson has Thats unique bellcrank arrangement actuate aileron full-size SPADs top wing EWmgers Berkeley Models incidental ly home scads memorable air planes designerslike Hank Struck Sal Taibi Don McGovern Ben Shere shaw Woody Blanchard Dick Korda Walt Good Ron St Jean Jim Saftig Roy Clough first model Helioopters Au wrote four books Berkeley Effinger Struck dreamed up Wing Thing Rogallo flex-wing theme Strange planes sometimes smash hits wing sold over 200000 kits Effinger graduated Brooklyn Poly mechanical engineering MIT aero engineering yet started Berkeley 1933 over garage first ad MAN cost fat $180 Guadalcanal helped con coct radio-controlled SBDs pilotless raids Rabaul supervised making seven-passenger Avenger wrecked aircraft Later stateside responsi ble overhauling 3600 SNJs Yellow Peril 240 PBYs Theres add haircuts Guadalcanal problem Effinger once told made swiveling chair TBF top turret Hes AMA Hall Fame course WE Technical Services listing oldies well Giant Scale wont disappoint Phantoms Big Lifts Ive often mentioned Bill Kaluf pops 40 miles away stream gems loves build flies now less thats shame Right now seems Hobby Lobby tear hes impressed German-made things Japanese masters RTF glamor Germans make work bit precise thorough little Phantom Hobby Lobby sells 09 landing gear small ply landing skids really fooled Holding convinced RTF built up simple sheet parts fuselage has balsa-skinned frame wing Kaluf MonoKoted what job did saw no seams yet used 35 separate pieces nibbles little pieces around small-radius curves inlays long narrow L shaped pieces surfaces join covers over Kalufs Phantom ba Continued page 36 March 1986 35 Allan Schanzies Vought Crusader F-8U rubber-powered ship off another great flight .. anything lever its bit awesome Developed old ducted-fan kit plan forA spans 27 1s36 long allowing four42-ln strandsof PAl /4-In rubber used Prop huge 16-in folder Blue Ridge Models Coupe dHiver models swept wing allows low dihedral anti-stall Picture Tom Schmitt Another John Worth never-never Bill Harris sturdily-built old RC Sailplane glow power front end Worth put two old Kitty electric motors abouto35 pylons pusher style seven 12 Sanyos Span 1878 area 660 sq weight 3 lb Does B 12 mm de pending air freewheeling props glide dive mechanical prop stops floats around nicely Note new Cox Canarie uses same motor gear drive prop Yes Winter finished updated Rookie Enya 80 four-stroke Srull saving neck usual byspray-painting epoxy Don Blildiscusathe idlesetting new engine after successful first flight rolls inverts slow flight has excep tional inverted-flight performance Doug Pratt made ships seventh flight answer Bills Which side up now question side wheels NEW FOURMOST PRODUCTS FUSELAGE FIXTURE FOURMOST FUSELAGE FIXTURE designed AatoeeticIty align foselage structures kant withoat strings measaring eyeballing Srrrtply slide foar centering brackets track until align firewall tail joint two holkheads Clawp fuselage together lightly robberbands stractare will straight track esao.edarot,asosaetafaafC Miter Master Mite Meste tool designed enable craftswan wake perfect joints wood accurately sanding pre-setangles ThesquaringfenceAlallowsforprecisegO angles retracts below sartace Any angle can beset triangalar guide using adjacent side complewent angle will formed waking innalaable truss construction new cyanoacrylate adhesives require accurately fitted joints achieve fall strength Miter Masterwill enableyna wake thett easily FOURMOST PRODUCTS 4040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97116 Price $950 Assembleg boned 503 367-2732 1981 World Soaring Champ DWIGHT HOLLEY FEATURES Sailpianes lous Electric Planes ASIROFUONT R MOTORS IN STOCI SANYO SANYO SANYOBattery Special NBOOAR Weigh 38 Grama Cut Offoella NEW Lower Prica Red Jacket Cut Off cells N1200SCR Weigh 52 Grams $340 1200MAH Now 2 New Super Cells Sanyo N-900SC Ca N900 5CR Cut Off cells $375 Both weigh 39 Grams 314 lertgth 1200s same die N900SC will deliver least 950 MAH IN900 SCR will deliver great amperage quickly ELECTRIC MODEL SAILPLANE SPECIALISTS HOLLEYS SILENT FLIGHT FEATURING ONLY STATE OF THE ART ITEMS 3 748-0083 WCALL OR WRITE FOR FREE DESCRIPTIVE FLYER151 CHESTNUT RIDGE ROAD BETHEL CT 06801 L MS SPEED CONTROLLERS GRAUPNER aASTROFLIGHT KELLER UNGER 0 0 CR 0 2 0 w w -4 0 2 CR C F m x sically white USAF deco red nose black pmstriping gave pretty bird Jim Martin wholl use show displays Theres significant item Phan tom .. g European Bowden cable d Kaluf simply would believe absolute absence play until use three parts 1 outer casing 2 very close-fitting inner casing 3 5mm steel piano wire 5mm soldered threaded coupler clevis can screwed concept think wont work Seems three pieces would give slop does Au checked smooth easy through bends Dont ask Ive included pictures Macchi Big Lift Kaluf writes Note wheel chocksbest little idea ever Mount ed cradle 99-in Edmonds stable Sailplane capable catching thermals best same photo see shock system uses two #64 bands Prop carved own Pattern fly 15-5 prop no load 15-6 load Note climb angle flight shot Steve could haul 600 ft 4 minutes back ground after Sailplane release 35 secondsleaving enough time haul up second Glider first still aloft love airplane Shes built Gear held 16 4-40 bolts blind nuts Now Kaluf fussing AS W22 Elektro 94-in Electric Graupner folder extension shaft Has 31 reduc tion uses two packs 6V Electric power Greek Kaluf knowing him Ive got him interested lifting altitude Big Liftbefore starting motor Staggering isnt noted Big Lift Hobby Lobby ads note things So Peter Miller regular contributor British RC mag sent copy equivalent National Geographic editor chosen comment depth Peters Big Lift used aero photography Petes scientific use model-borne cam eras search out Roman ruins tidal flows etc distinguished achievement Kaluf bounced new Big Lift fitted its cradle Edmonds Apex Sailplane structure mother ship painstakingly engineered Kalufs craftsmanship installations well out league Big Lift three-channel controls thats needs Kaluf wanted ailerons advice make smalljust useful times since aerobatics goal As proved out rudder/elevator/en gine superior Glider release because use ailerons changes airflow between wings two planes Glider does ride wing-steady Big Lift close copy Macchi-Lock heed short-field cargo plane built Italy roughly 1960 afterwards Canada other countries 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50K224ACE 460 Kit 5 SPECIFICATIONS Span 0 Area 840sqin Weight 7lbs2oz ap Wine Loading 194oz/sqft Engine four cycle 60 Functions four channels Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 39 Successful RC goes back shortly after 1900 great early inventor Nicholai Tesla rival Edison inVentor alternating current demonstrated work able model submarine Madison Square Garden New York An article appeared 1976 Model Aviation including circuit/installations nothing radio anyone researched such mags ScientUYc American might find Teslas secrets Did like Lanzo 20 years later use spark coherers iron silver filings time Marconi dont find DeForest dictionarydidnt invent vacuum tube What shame Chet probably around 20 make own crude radiofor wantofanailin 1934 want genuine good flying Antique RC merely some ancient FE radio heres chance Yo ho ho bottle rum cutlass nasty member sword family favored pirates Allan Schanzle has thing Cutlass once first-line Navy fighter circa early 50s talking rubber power son seems youthful days Alan creamed akitof beast ducted-fan creation says glided fine under power 049 acted like dive-bomber Midway based Rubber Scale ship old kit drawings found out kit negative angle attack inthe wing tiny to-scale stabilizer What won ders hath God wroth Atid tail moment shortened compensate engine location rubber power Cutlass span 27 root chord 12 lots area swept wingwhich Schanzle saw permitting wee dihedral having great stall resistance allowing mammoth prop 36-in fuselage motor long big strings harp Does fly bet flies says Allan probably good anything ever four loops Vt-in FM strand 42 long bomb really gets up 60% s. last flight about minute least 100 feet Scale jets fantas ticmany can made fly well ol high-wing cabin monoplane beware flight feature build swept-wing jet keep nose down downthrust. youll see gorgeous flat spin fliSht lunatic model went through three flat-spin turns recoveries before returning forgiving grass Dave Smith flying F84 Glen Simpers F-100 opens whole new arena FF Rubber Scale Au Allan rounded radome spinner Faced prop problem Allan Frank Schmitt visited Don Srull After Allan relates Srull can get two minutes cinder block Good grief Don has kinds props well prop forming molds cut 2 x 4s says Waitaminute Ive got some thing ought perfect out comes set preformed prop blades Z-shaped wire Blue Ridge Models designed Coupe kit 16 in diameter Au Well over half span Cutlass very light requirement due obscenely-long nose F-S Life like land Rubber Scale lovable nuts have rubber ized practically machine history Research pig rooting truffles As prehistoric Rubber Scaler rejoice numbers should know maga zme found Rubber Scale model its No 1 plans seller year Try chewing tobaccy Rookie updated version early-60s model MAN proves itself nice bird easy fly basic/advanced trainer traits well mixed Nothing touch second flight rolling inverting near slow flight Don Srull made first six flights Doug Pratt seventh Doug stayed inverted long well out touring country twice during episode ask him side up Usual thoughts original two pounds lighter K&B 45 also 6-ft span 6 sq ft area covered Koverall finished epoxy paint powered hefty Enya 60 four-stroke nevertheless lightly loaded does bounce around wind inverted slight down-elevator needs held Normally advanced fliers dont like thrust lines high because nose rises bit throttling back feel safer trait havent noticed yet case Perhaps off-base-line thrust has advantages high thrust line does seek hold nose down upright interestingly up verted After inverted-engine Chip munk premier aerobatics machine would seem use thrust line can design factor making ship fly way wish Just hindsight impression four-stroke engines notions ratio 60% power two-stroker thin-ice stuff still dont have maximum-performance prop 14-6 pulls like farm tractor Ground checking high power really requires helper have two-hand hold restraint hear air tearinglike ripping silk Only Giant Scale folks seem understand big props brute power terms thrust torque An 118 ship absolute dog bit sad see seemingly mad drive make four-cycles go faster small props trying make behave like familiar two-strokes evident Rookie requires right thrusttoo late now Continued page 122 March 1986 121 Designed DBDoc Mathews ORDERING INFOComplete catalog $200 ACE products available dealer however need order direct send full amo unt plus $200 shipping han dling along catalog num ber 116Wl9StPOBox 511E1 Higginsville MO 64037 call 816 584-7121 New Sensation Towing Friends Glider created first Big modified Clark-Y airfoil realistic docile flying STOL capabilities ideal Quadra precut firewall flies also well 90 Two-Stroke 120 Four-Stroke realistic spring-loaded telescopic landing gear - Flying Weight 18 lbs Weight 6 lbs 702 Functions Full House plus Optionals Optionals Fiaps mixed ailerons own discre tion Releasable tow-hook extra cost own discretion Engine Quadra Irecommended towingi Other Models Also Available Call Write Information IKAROS INTERNA TIONAL 7035 LAWN WOOD LANE HOUSTON TEXAS 77086 893-1418 Make Towfl torque twists out outsidesso far dont use choke starting quick starter though gross well over 8 lb no apparent need bigger Enyn 80 basically rebored 60 3 oz lighter Maybe hotshots 60 14-6 ship goes airborne during moderately fast taxi upon hitting slightest bump Dont ask plans Rosenstock sells plans authentic 1 960s version thing fourstroke engine necessary place 1000 mAh pack above CG instead nose word caution engine has front plug use remote booster hookup just seven flights two guys have nicked fingers Certain props size could easily remove finger though user responsibility now hold cylinder head same hand takes care detaching battery clip never locked really need metered glow driver sure dont load up engine due no battery contact loosens prop Don t count smart Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fajifax VA 22030 Props/Dunham Continued page 45 framing edges reveal parting line sharp-edged tool deliver few tentative pecking-type blows ham mer several places along parting line mold halves should split apart cleanly trouble encountered getting mold halves separate let matrix cure another hour try again prop exposed halves parted should carefully pried loose removed Assemble halves together again reclamp allowing mold cure fully clamping cured bottom half bowing alignment prob lems top half will straighten out Wash mold remove traces PVA relieve ends tongue area sharp knife gap should approximately Y$2 just enough glass carbon strands extend beyond ends still allowing mold close tightly cutting down part go flush blade surface Leave slight ridge provide outline blade shape removing molding flash mold completed have marked corresponding ends assure correct assembly later Making prop epoxy resin chosen has proven very satisfactory application made Shell Chemical sold under trade name EPON 815 clear syrupy liquid mixed catalyst having tongue-twisting chemical name Tn ethylenetetramine TETA nicely wets FG/CF strands cures produce strong stiff yet too brittle struc tore Usable pot life about 1 hr room temperature ample viscosity sufficiently low permit FG/CF strands easily maneuvered high enough resin stay mold Fiberglass reinforcement rovings bun dle form resembling coarse twine easily handled bundle consists about 30-40 individual glass filaments CertainTeed Owens-Corning just two firms market form strand known gun roving descrip tive process after being chopped small lengths shot under pressure sprayed stream resin Familiar objects such hot tubs shower stalls boat hulls camper tops made using technique Any glass strand form choose unraveled cloth should chrome/silane sized improve wetting resin-compatibility character istics Carbon fiber commonly used alternate fiberglass combination FG same lay-up CF imparts great strength rigidity lighter weight adds color preferred some However CF brittle prone break age landing CF also expensive opinion bit difficult work imply CF desirable choice fact preferred users good quality beam-type scale almost necessity weighing resin catalyst strands As will dealing quantities weighing no 2 oz little small fraction ounce accuracy needed Guessing will get job done necessary build borrow scale better yet buy good such made Ohaus Other items required PVA release agent mixing containers clamps disposable brushes lots paper towels Again word warning about handling epoxies catalysts have history alergies working resins go further project others should take precautions using gloves face mask guard against toxicity materials Adequate ven tilation wash-up after skin contact recommended Cut reinforcing strands length before fingers become sticky resin difficult describe will vary prop size shape general always cut strands pairs starting longest lengths should least 1 longer mold extend well past end relief slots Prepare progressively shorter lengths 1-in increments until get some near half props diameter 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1986/03
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Bill Winter _____ fl3g ______Plane Talk YOU SAY love nostalgia think history things past gone Modeling continuum nostalgic things mostly contributed others whats-next beckons would sad loss yesterdays no relationship tomorrows Wright Flyer notnostalgic Itis awesome see National Air Space Museum Todays scientists respect classic sys tems approach produced Now lets pick up Paul Brown runs industrial company Hobart IN Iwas 17 years old Nats 1930 Paul recalls three four people area interested model aircraft got info American Boy magazine Au American Boy wonderful magazine lasted decades until Depression pub lished news plans AMLA predecessor AMA 300000 mem bers Ive continued interest through years flying FF Indoor Control Line Radio Control Electrics pictures shows Don Burnham Aeroplane Model League Na tionals Detroit 1930 model four-prop pusher-puller remember seeing dont know flew busy trying get flights Don retired several years ago president Westing house Au happens Burn ham has common contact won Junior division 1930 back-up model standard twin pusher four-prop model normal wingtail configuration twin tails beyond state art long runs four rubber motors prop Burnham states 1930 appreciation weight energy source Electrics now percentage gross weight arranged ro tation props no torque putting motor side stick avoided typical frame bend ing problem twin pushers During long-ago Nats Burnham put up four-prop whatisit climbing steadily about 150 feet flight fighters Hawks Boeings doesnt recall made high-speed flyby pulling up vertically prop blast blew wing half Selfridge Field did flybys day Picture Chicopee Lee Greenawalt L now R pictures attest has long-standing love forthe gallant Dennypiane Winter admires its realistic easyflight says reminds him Fairchild F-24 Thlsyears-ago shot wastaken atthe GeorgeAAF flying site Victor yule CA site stlii home Cactus Clippers same Lee white-haired now Dennyplane much newer Lee build ing another Dennyplane time new kit plans includes pilot passenger figures went engine size 05 20 HP 25 four-stroke finally 05 40 Saito 40 four-strokes Says ilkes relaxed throttle-back cruising best 32 Model Aviation Chap dark shirt atthe 1930 Nats nitty egg-beaterwinder left hand favors Don Burnhams bird quizzical glance No wonder standard wing/tail configuration four props four motors arranged eliminate torque flight 150 ft vic tim possibiy strangest happening Nate see text Burnham recently retired president Westinghouse won Junior class backupTwin Pusher now flies electric-powered Etude Paul Brown took picture fellow contestant Left stable already includes 15 gorgeous Giant Scale jobs Slick Larsen recently added spare-no-details WW French SPAD built WE Technical Services plan pattern sets Control cables external full-size Right Another Larsens beauties 14-scale Waco white red trim Ship restrained RG Reed Slick props Quadra life safety prop tips painted yellow white SPAD especially using black prop nearly invisible running Takes seconds Nats Blue Angels buzzing joint constantly Hawks stationed Janes says Selfridge home First Pursuit Group consisting three fighter squadronsand other type squad rons So maybe Boeings too Paul Brown included two pictures himself absolutely stunning Legionaire Sailplane another Bridi Two-Meter Glider 05 electric motor 6-4 prop says flies fairly well 39 oz marginal wind must Hall Mirrors because field looks like Shangri-la cant tell difference between Paul lds better Before exit twilight zone Paul Don Burnham touch after 55 years Don about fly electricpowered Etude 1930s Dennypiane always fascinated picture whispers Build time good letter Lee Greenawalt VP Cactus Clipper Club flies George AEB Victorville CA Movie actor Reginald Denny thing modeling aviation Before war produced Dennyplane kit good engine called Dennymite During war producedthousands target drones like realism low-key flying Dennyplane fits better ever Free Flight models 1 930s conglomeration original-design cabins Dennyplane looked like real man-carrying plane well designed fine stable flier time everyone locked wacko fantasies winning contests Denny resembled Fairchild 24 sans struts perfect three-channels no RC Its big windshield windows round aluminum oowl get Doc Mathews did plan January 1977 MA No 169 $400 Greenawalt has Dennyplaning long timesee then-and-now photos Now Denny says have taken out OS 20 installed HP 25 four-cycle Au Hell switch Saito 40 Takeoffs realistic landings easy pleasurable planes have flown recommend plans MA s Plan Service After some dig ging found kit being manufactured Midway available Hobby Shack Fountain Valley stock number 389031 O ordered another Au just got back-ordered kit says wood superb Lee tells us will build pilot passengers Au Left Ride Vaikyrie KaiufsSaito twin 90 four-stroke-powered Big Lift spirited 41/2-min climb 800 ft release Edmonds Apex Sailplane Ailerons added mother ship turns Sailplane aboard made rudder Aileron action disturbs Sailpiane Rudder right stick ailerons left flown CAR rudder primary during lofting phase leaving aile rons inactive Right Close-up EL/Apex combo shows two Apex support pylons exit release mechanism between strut attach ment fo removable panels 11 1/2-ib tug shock-absorbing bolt-on gear Wheel chocks joined bya thin chain isthe best idea Kaluf ever says reworks props tach 7200 four-strokes 16 cut 15 8-in pitch optimum lofting Apex March 1986 33 THIS 1934 7 FREE FLIGHT DESIGN WAS ALSO FLOWN RC thinking now carrying disk camera servo-operated mini-cassette pro duce tower chatter am thinking 05 40 four-cycle will give shorter takeoff mnand throttle back fun fly ing now wants Saito 40 Denny certainly does require ailerons could added easily Flaperons maybe Dihedral overdone Greenawalts club Cactus Clippers does displays demos both big base Apple Valley Airport Open House have good lot people club Lee tells us allow no foolishness field Everyone very safety-minded have no aircraft vs people vehicles can recall Lee also has Buzzard Bombshell probably MEN kit judging fuselage holes sits sun-drenched patio shady porch behind white satellite dish miles nothing framed distant moun tains Hand tissue Only now tells has 10 airplanes including Antic bipeimpressive pic flying wires and raves about its realism flight Also Cox Rallye ultralight threatens race Help HELP Slick Larson another airplane fac tory know someone wind mill building produces nifty creations like rabbits out hat Peanut Scale planes has Walt Mooney created Larsons forte Giant Scale Hes made least 15such P-26 Cub J-3 scale Hawk P-6E Waco UF Piper Vagabond Lysander Curtiss Falcon SPAD uses plan pattern sets WE Technical Services would Bill Effinger operated Berkeley Mod els years Intended 13 31 cu engines SPAD spans 79 has 2120 sq area checked Slick Effmger said answering query SPAD has yet finish bottom wing will get pictures soon finishes Au SPAD photos came same envelope finished Piper Vagabond Westland Lysander building Falcon Slick uses cheap materials lumberyard 34 Model Aviation 1 NO COWL IOPTIONAL LIFTS FROM FRONT B HINGED AT REAR THE 1934 ENGINE SET AT 5T0RONE DOWNTHRUST AZRIGHT DESIGNED BY CHESTER D LANZO WINDSPANB4 INSWING AREAIOIO 50 1N5 POWER BROWN JR I/S RP 14 IN PROF COVERINS SILK RED DOPE WITH BLACK TRIM WEIGRT SR OZS AIRFOILCLARK Y~~1 II GIG CS AT 45 TO 50% OF WINS CHORD FROM LE Left Chet Lanzos 1934 repeat 1934 RC-1 gliding recent 5-mm flight standard winch launch prop removed its Brown Jr engine left onboard ballast Chet now flies ancient design SAM FF competitions decade ahead its time Chet considered unsuccessful RC flying come As young lad best could radio system coherer/spark dated back just after turn century far too slow ships performance Right Joe Elgin Playboy fame enjoying pleasant session Chet 7-ft beauty Material selection construction incredible Its day piece would perfect selected 1988 Newspaper clips prove its early vintage probably built same year Bassetts Natawinner Kovel-Grant KG Wonder lattertwo could bewinched samewsv pine Lauan plywood keeps weight down plenty lightening holes also builds tails wing tips very light models easy control fast builder Slick cuts no corners Scalloped edges external control wires scale rigging SPAD always intimi dated building Rubber Scale Both wings flat boardI felt putting dihedral ship simply didnt result its being same airplane didnt mind increasing already-present dihedral using hefty tail surfaces met myself coming going Youll note rectangular object base outboard interplane strut Larson has Thats unique bellcrank arrangement actuate aileron full-size SPADs top wing EWmgers Berkeley Models incidental ly home scads memorable air planes designerslike Hank Struck Sal Taibi Don McGovern Ben Shere shaw Woody Blanchard Dick Korda Walt Good Ron St Jean Jim Saftig Roy Clough first model Helioopters Au wrote four books Berkeley Effinger Struck dreamed up Wing Thing Rogallo flex-wing theme Strange planes sometimes smash hits wing sold over 200000 kits Effinger graduated Brooklyn Poly mechanical engineering MIT aero engineering yet started Berkeley 1933 over garage first ad MAN cost fat $180 Guadalcanal helped con coct radio-controlled SBDs pilotless raids Rabaul supervised making seven-passenger Avenger wrecked aircraft Later stateside responsi ble overhauling 3600 SNJs Yellow Peril 240 PBYs Theres add haircuts Guadalcanal problem Effinger once told made swiveling chair TBF top turret Hes AMA Hall Fame course WE Technical Services listing oldies well Giant Scale wont disappoint Phantoms Big Lifts Ive often mentioned Bill Kaluf pops 40 miles away stream gems loves build flies now less thats shame Right now seems Hobby Lobby tear hes impressed German-made things Japanese masters RTF glamor Germans make work bit precise thorough little Phantom Hobby Lobby sells 09 landing gear small ply landing skids really fooled Holding convinced RTF built up simple sheet parts fuselage has balsa-skinned frame wing Kaluf MonoKoted what job did saw no seams yet used 35 separate pieces nibbles little pieces around small-radius curves inlays long narrow L shaped pieces surfaces join covers over Kalufs Phantom ba Continued page 36 March 1986 35 Allan Schanzies Vought Crusader F-8U rubber-powered ship off another great flight .. anything lever its bit awesome Developed old ducted-fan kit plan forA spans 27 1s36 long allowing four42-ln strandsof PAl /4-In rubber used Prop huge 16-in folder Blue Ridge Models Coupe dHiver models swept wing allows low dihedral anti-stall Picture Tom Schmitt Another John Worth never-never Bill Harris sturdily-built old RC Sailplane glow power front end Worth put two old Kitty electric motors abouto35 pylons pusher style seven 12 Sanyos Span 1878 area 660 sq weight 3 lb Does B 12 mm de pending air freewheeling props glide dive mechanical prop stops floats around nicely Note new Cox Canarie uses same motor gear drive prop Yes Winter finished updated Rookie Enya 80 four-stroke Srull saving neck usual byspray-painting epoxy Don Blildiscusathe idlesetting new engine after successful first flight rolls inverts slow flight has excep tional inverted-flight performance Doug Pratt made ships seventh flight answer Bills Which side up now question side wheels NEW FOURMOST PRODUCTS FUSELAGE FIXTURE FOURMOST FUSELAGE FIXTURE designed AatoeeticIty align foselage structures kant withoat strings measaring eyeballing Srrrtply slide foar centering brackets track until align firewall tail joint two holkheads Clawp fuselage together lightly robberbands stractare will straight track esao.edarot,asosaetafaafC Miter Master Mite Meste tool designed enable craftswan wake perfect joints wood accurately sanding pre-setangles ThesquaringfenceAlallowsforprecisegO angles retracts below sartace Any angle can beset triangalar guide using adjacent side complewent angle will formed waking innalaable truss construction new cyanoacrylate adhesives require 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use show displays Theres significant item Phan tom .. g European Bowden cable d Kaluf simply would believe absolute absence play until use three parts 1 outer casing 2 very close-fitting inner casing 3 5mm steel piano wire 5mm soldered threaded coupler clevis can screwed concept think wont work Seems three pieces would give slop does Au checked smooth easy through bends Dont ask Ive included pictures Macchi Big Lift Kaluf writes Note wheel chocksbest little idea ever Mount ed cradle 99-in Edmonds stable Sailplane capable catching thermals best same photo see shock system uses two #64 bands Prop carved own Pattern fly 15-5 prop no load 15-6 load Note climb angle flight shot Steve could haul 600 ft 4 minutes back ground after Sailplane release 35 secondsleaving enough time haul up second Glider first still aloft love airplane Shes built Gear held 16 4-40 bolts blind nuts Now Kaluf fussing AS W22 Elektro 94-in Electric Graupner folder extension shaft Has 31 reduc tion uses two packs 6V Electric power Greek Kaluf knowing him Ive got him interested lifting altitude Big Liftbefore starting motor Staggering isnt noted Big Lift Hobby Lobby ads note things So Peter Miller regular contributor British RC mag sent copy equivalent National Geographic editor chosen comment depth Peters Big Lift used aero photography Petes scientific use model-borne cam eras search out Roman ruins tidal flows etc distinguished achievement Kaluf bounced new Big Lift fitted its cradle Edmonds Apex Sailplane structure mother ship painstakingly engineered Kalufs craftsmanship installations well out league Big Lift three-channel controls thats needs Kaluf wanted ailerons advice make smalljust useful times since aerobatics goal As proved out rudder/elevator/en gine superior Glider release because use ailerons changes airflow between wings two planes Glider does ride wing-steady Big Lift close copy Macchi-Lock heed short-field cargo plane built Italy roughly 1960 afterwards Canada other countries 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50K224ACE 460 Kit 5 SPECIFICATIONS Span 0 Area 840sqin Weight 7lbs2oz ap Wine Loading 194oz/sqft Engine four cycle 60 Functions four channels Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 39 Successful RC goes back shortly after 1900 great early inventor Nicholai Tesla rival Edison inVentor alternating current demonstrated work able model submarine Madison Square Garden New York An article appeared 1976 Model Aviation including circuit/installations nothing radio anyone researched such mags ScientUYc American might find Teslas secrets Did like Lanzo 20 years later use spark coherers iron silver filings time Marconi dont find DeForest dictionarydidnt invent vacuum tube What shame Chet probably around 20 make own crude radiofor wantofanailin 1934 want genuine good flying Antique RC merely some ancient FE radio heres chance Yo ho ho bottle rum cutlass nasty member sword family favored pirates Allan Schanzle has thing Cutlass once first-line Navy fighter circa early 50s talking rubber power son seems youthful days Alan creamed akitof beast ducted-fan creation says glided fine under power 049 acted like dive-bomber Midway based Rubber Scale ship old kit drawings found out kit negative angle attack inthe wing tiny to-scale stabilizer What won ders hath God wroth Atid tail moment shortened compensate engine location rubber power Cutlass span 27 root chord 12 lots area swept wingwhich Schanzle saw permitting wee dihedral having great stall resistance allowing mammoth prop 36-in fuselage motor long big strings harp Does fly bet flies says Allan probably good anything ever four loops Vt-in FM strand 42 long bomb really gets up 60% s. last flight about minute least 100 feet Scale jets fantas ticmany can made fly well ol high-wing cabin monoplane beware flight feature build swept-wing jet keep nose down downthrust. youll see gorgeous flat spin fliSht lunatic model went through three flat-spin turns recoveries before returning forgiving grass Dave Smith flying F84 Glen Simpers F-100 opens whole new arena FF Rubber Scale Au Allan rounded radome spinner Faced prop problem Allan Frank Schmitt visited Don Srull After Allan relates Srull can get two minutes cinder block Good grief Don has kinds props well prop forming molds cut 2 x 4s says Waitaminute Ive got some thing ought perfect out comes set preformed prop blades Z-shaped wire Blue Ridge Models designed Coupe kit 16 in diameter Au Well over half span Cutlass very light requirement due obscenely-long nose F-S Life like land Rubber Scale lovable nuts have rubber ized practically machine history Research pig rooting truffles As prehistoric Rubber Scaler rejoice numbers should know maga zme found Rubber Scale model its No 1 plans seller year Try chewing tobaccy Rookie updated version early-60s model MAN proves itself nice bird easy fly basic/advanced trainer traits well mixed Nothing touch second flight rolling inverting near slow flight Don Srull made first six flights Doug Pratt seventh Doug stayed inverted long well out touring country twice during episode ask him side up Usual thoughts original two pounds lighter K&B 45 also 6-ft span 6 sq ft area covered Koverall finished epoxy paint powered hefty Enya 60 four-stroke nevertheless lightly loaded does bounce around wind inverted slight down-elevator needs held Normally advanced fliers dont like thrust lines high because nose rises bit throttling back feel safer trait havent noticed yet case Perhaps off-base-line thrust has advantages high thrust line does seek hold nose down upright interestingly up verted After inverted-engine Chip munk premier aerobatics machine would seem use thrust line can design factor making ship fly way wish Just hindsight impression four-stroke engines notions ratio 60% power two-stroker thin-ice stuff still dont have maximum-performance prop 14-6 pulls like farm tractor Ground checking high power really requires helper have two-hand hold restraint hear air tearinglike ripping silk Only Giant Scale folks seem understand big props brute power terms thrust torque An 118 ship absolute dog bit sad see seemingly mad drive make four-cycles go faster small props trying make behave like familiar two-strokes evident Rookie requires right thrusttoo late now Continued page 122 March 1986 121 Designed DBDoc Mathews ORDERING INFOComplete catalog $200 ACE products available dealer however need order direct send full amo unt plus $200 shipping han dling along catalog num ber 116Wl9StPOBox 511E1 Higginsville MO 64037 call 816 584-7121 New Sensation Towing Friends Glider created first Big modified Clark-Y airfoil realistic docile flying STOL capabilities ideal Quadra precut firewall flies also well 90 Two-Stroke 120 Four-Stroke realistic spring-loaded telescopic landing gear - Flying Weight 18 lbs Weight 6 lbs 702 Functions Full House plus Optionals Optionals Fiaps mixed ailerons own discre tion Releasable tow-hook extra cost own discretion Engine Quadra Irecommended towingi Other Models Also Available Call Write Information IKAROS INTERNA TIONAL 7035 LAWN WOOD LANE HOUSTON TEXAS 77086 893-1418 Make Towfl torque twists out outsidesso far dont use choke starting quick starter though gross well over 8 lb no apparent need bigger Enyn 80 basically rebored 60 3 oz lighter Maybe hotshots 60 14-6 ship goes airborne during moderately fast taxi upon hitting slightest bump Dont ask plans Rosenstock sells plans authentic 1 960s version thing fourstroke engine necessary place 1000 mAh pack above CG instead nose word caution engine has front plug use remote booster hookup just seven flights two guys have nicked fingers Certain props size could easily remove finger though user responsibility now hold cylinder head same hand takes care detaching battery clip never locked really need metered glow driver sure dont load up engine due no battery contact loosens prop Don t count smart Bill Winter 4432 Altura Ct Fajifax VA 22030 Props/Dunham Continued page 45 framing edges reveal parting line sharp-edged tool deliver few tentative pecking-type blows ham mer several places along parting line mold halves should split apart cleanly trouble encountered getting mold halves separate let matrix cure another hour try again prop exposed halves parted should carefully pried loose removed Assemble halves together again reclamp allowing mold cure fully clamping cured bottom half bowing alignment prob lems top half will straighten out Wash mold remove traces PVA relieve ends tongue area sharp knife gap should approximately Y$2 just enough glass carbon strands extend beyond ends still allowing mold close tightly cutting down part go flush blade surface Leave slight ridge provide outline blade shape removing molding flash mold completed have marked corresponding ends assure correct assembly later Making prop epoxy resin chosen has proven very satisfactory application made Shell Chemical sold under trade name EPON 815 clear syrupy liquid mixed catalyst having tongue-twisting chemical name Tn ethylenetetramine TETA nicely wets FG/CF strands cures produce strong stiff yet too brittle struc tore Usable pot life about 1 hr room temperature ample viscosity sufficiently low permit FG/CF strands easily maneuvered high enough resin stay mold Fiberglass reinforcement rovings bun dle form resembling coarse twine easily handled bundle consists about 30-40 individual glass filaments CertainTeed Owens-Corning just two firms market form strand known gun roving descrip tive process after being chopped small lengths shot under pressure sprayed stream resin Familiar objects such hot tubs shower stalls boat hulls camper tops made using technique Any glass strand form choose unraveled cloth should chrome/silane sized improve wetting resin-compatibility character istics Carbon fiber commonly used alternate fiberglass combination FG same lay-up CF imparts great strength rigidity lighter weight adds color preferred some However CF brittle prone break age landing CF also expensive opinion bit difficult work imply CF desirable choice fact preferred users good quality beam-type scale almost necessity weighing resin catalyst strands As will dealing quantities weighing no 2 oz little small fraction ounce accuracy needed Guessing will get job done necessary build borrow scale better yet buy good such made Ohaus Other items required PVA release agent mixing containers clamps disposable brushes lots paper towels Again word warning about handling epoxies catalysts have history alergies working resins go further project others should take precautions using gloves face mask guard against toxicity materials Adequate ven tilation wash-up after skin contact recommended Cut reinforcing strands length before fingers become sticky resin difficult describe will vary prop size shape general always cut strands pairs starting longest lengths should least 1 longer mold extend well past end relief slots Prepare progressively shorter lengths 1-in increments until get some near half props diameter 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Bill Winter _____ fl3g ______Plane Talk YOU SAY love nostalgia think history things past gone Modeling continuum nostalgic things mostly contributed others whats-next beckons would sad loss yesterdays no relationship tomorrows Wright Flyer notnostalgic Itis awesome see National Air Space Museum Todays scientists respect classic sys tems approach produced Now lets pick up Paul Brown runs industrial company Hobart IN Iwas 17 years old Nats 1930 Paul recalls three four people area interested model aircraft got info American Boy magazine Au American Boy wonderful magazine lasted decades until Depression pub lished news plans AMLA predecessor AMA 300000 mem bers Ive continued interest through years flying FF Indoor Control Line Radio Control Electrics pictures shows Don Burnham Aeroplane Model League Na tionals Detroit 1930 model four-prop pusher-puller remember seeing dont know flew busy trying get flights Don retired several years ago president Westing house Au happens Burn ham has common contact won Junior division 1930 back-up model standard twin pusher four-prop model normal wingtail configuration twin tails beyond state art long runs four rubber motors prop Burnham states 1930 appreciation weight energy source Electrics now percentage gross weight arranged ro tation props no torque putting motor side stick avoided typical frame bend ing problem twin pushers During long-ago Nats Burnham put up four-prop whatisit climbing steadily about 150 feet flight fighters Hawks Boeings doesnt recall made high-speed flyby pulling up vertically prop blast blew wing half Selfridge Field did flybys day Picture Chicopee Lee Greenawalt L now R pictures attest has long-standing love forthe gallant Dennypiane Winter admires its realistic easyflight says reminds him Fairchild F-24 Thlsyears-ago shot wastaken atthe GeorgeAAF flying site Victor yule CA site stlii home Cactus Clippers same Lee white-haired now Dennyplane much newer Lee build ing another Dennyplane time new kit plans includes pilot passenger figures went engine size 05 20 HP 25 four-stroke finally 05 40 Saito 40 four-strokes Says ilkes relaxed throttle-back cruising best 32 Model Aviation Chap dark shirt atthe 1930 Nats nitty egg-beaterwinder left hand favors Don Burnhams bird quizzical glance No wonder standard wing/tail configuration four props four motors arranged eliminate torque flight 150 ft vic tim possibiy strangest happening Nate see text Burnham recently retired president Westinghouse won Junior class backupTwin Pusher now flies electric-powered Etude Paul Brown took picture fellow contestant Left stable already includes 15 gorgeous Giant Scale jobs Slick Larsen recently added spare-no-details WW French SPAD built WE Technical Services plan pattern sets Control cables external full-size Right Another Larsens beauties 14-scale Waco white red trim Ship restrained RG Reed Slick props Quadra life safety prop tips painted yellow white SPAD especially using black prop nearly invisible running Takes seconds Nats Blue Angels buzzing joint constantly Hawks stationed Janes says Selfridge home First Pursuit Group consisting three fighter squadronsand other type squad rons So maybe Boeings too Paul Brown included two pictures himself absolutely stunning Legionaire Sailplane another Bridi Two-Meter Glider 05 electric motor 6-4 prop says flies fairly well 39 oz marginal wind must Hall Mirrors because field looks like Shangri-la cant tell difference between Paul lds better Before exit twilight zone Paul Don Burnham touch after 55 years Don about fly electricpowered Etude 1930s Dennypiane always fascinated picture whispers Build time good letter Lee Greenawalt VP Cactus Clipper Club flies George AEB Victorville CA Movie actor Reginald Denny thing modeling aviation Before war produced Dennyplane kit good engine called Dennymite During war producedthousands target drones like realism low-key flying Dennyplane fits better ever Free Flight models 1 930s conglomeration original-design cabins Dennyplane looked like real man-carrying plane well designed fine stable flier time everyone locked wacko fantasies winning contests Denny resembled Fairchild 24 sans struts perfect three-channels no RC Its big windshield windows round aluminum oowl get Doc Mathews did plan January 1977 MA No 169 $400 Greenawalt has Dennyplaning long timesee then-and-now photos Now Denny says have taken out OS 20 installed HP 25 four-cycle Au Hell switch Saito 40 Takeoffs realistic landings easy pleasurable planes have flown recommend plans MA s Plan Service After some dig ging found kit being manufactured Midway available Hobby Shack Fountain Valley stock number 389031 O ordered another Au just got back-ordered kit says wood superb Lee tells us will build pilot passengers Au Left Ride Vaikyrie KaiufsSaito twin 90 four-stroke-powered Big Lift spirited 41/2-min climb 800 ft release Edmonds Apex Sailplane Ailerons added mother ship turns Sailplane aboard made rudder Aileron action disturbs Sailpiane Rudder right stick ailerons left flown CAR rudder primary during lofting phase leaving aile rons inactive Right Close-up EL/Apex combo shows two Apex support pylons exit release mechanism between strut attach ment fo removable panels 11 1/2-ib tug shock-absorbing bolt-on gear Wheel chocks joined bya thin chain isthe best idea Kaluf ever says reworks props tach 7200 four-strokes 16 cut 15 8-in pitch optimum lofting Apex March 1986 33 THIS 1934 7 FREE FLIGHT DESIGN WAS ALSO FLOWN RC thinking now carrying disk camera servo-operated mini-cassette pro duce tower chatter am thinking 05 40 four-cycle will give shorter takeoff mnand throttle back fun fly ing now wants Saito 40 Denny certainly does require ailerons could added easily Flaperons maybe Dihedral overdone Greenawalts club Cactus Clippers does displays demos both big base Apple Valley Airport Open House have good lot people club Lee tells us allow no foolishness field Everyone very safety-minded have no aircraft vs people vehicles can recall Lee also has Buzzard Bombshell probably MEN kit judging fuselage holes sits sun-drenched patio shady porch behind white satellite dish miles nothing framed distant moun tains Hand tissue Only now tells has 10 airplanes including Antic bipeimpressive pic flying wires and raves about its realism flight Also Cox Rallye ultralight threatens race Help HELP Slick Larson another airplane fac tory know someone wind mill building produces nifty creations like rabbits out hat Peanut Scale planes has Walt Mooney created Larsons forte Giant Scale Hes made least 15such P-26 Cub J-3 scale Hawk P-6E Waco UF Piper Vagabond Lysander Curtiss Falcon SPAD uses plan pattern sets WE Technical Services would Bill Effinger operated Berkeley Mod els years Intended 13 31 cu engines SPAD spans 79 has 2120 sq area checked Slick Effmger said answering query SPAD has yet finish bottom wing will get pictures soon finishes Au SPAD photos came same envelope finished Piper Vagabond Westland Lysander building Falcon Slick uses cheap materials lumberyard 34 Model Aviation 1 NO COWL IOPTIONAL LIFTS FROM FRONT B HINGED AT REAR THE 1934 ENGINE SET AT 5T0RONE DOWNTHRUST AZRIGHT DESIGNED BY CHESTER D LANZO WINDSPANB4 INSWING AREAIOIO 50 1N5 POWER BROWN JR I/S RP 14 IN PROF COVERINS SILK RED DOPE WITH BLACK TRIM WEIGRT SR OZS AIRFOILCLARK Y~~1 II GIG CS AT 45 TO 50% OF WINS CHORD FROM LE Left Chet Lanzos 1934 repeat 1934 RC-1 gliding recent 5-mm flight standard winch launch prop removed its Brown Jr engine left onboard ballast Chet now flies ancient design SAM FF competitions decade ahead its time Chet considered unsuccessful RC flying come As young lad best could radio system coherer/spark dated back just after turn century far too slow ships performance Right Joe Elgin Playboy fame enjoying pleasant session Chet 7-ft beauty Material selection construction incredible Its day piece would perfect selected 1988 Newspaper clips prove its early vintage probably built same year Bassetts Natawinner Kovel-Grant KG Wonder lattertwo could bewinched samewsv pine Lauan plywood keeps weight down plenty lightening holes also builds tails wing tips very light models easy control fast builder Slick cuts no corners Scalloped edges external control wires scale rigging SPAD always intimi dated building Rubber Scale Both wings flat boardI felt putting dihedral ship simply didnt result its being same airplane didnt mind increasing already-present dihedral using hefty tail surfaces met myself coming going Youll note rectangular object base outboard interplane strut Larson has Thats unique bellcrank arrangement actuate aileron full-size SPADs top wing EWmgers Berkeley Models incidental ly home scads memorable air planes designerslike Hank Struck Sal Taibi Don McGovern Ben Shere shaw Woody Blanchard Dick Korda Walt Good Ron St Jean Jim Saftig Roy Clough first model Helioopters Au wrote four books Berkeley Effinger Struck dreamed up Wing Thing Rogallo flex-wing theme Strange planes sometimes smash hits wing sold over 200000 kits Effinger graduated Brooklyn Poly mechanical engineering MIT aero engineering yet started Berkeley 1933 over garage first ad MAN cost fat $180 Guadalcanal helped con coct radio-controlled SBDs pilotless raids Rabaul supervised making seven-passenger Avenger wrecked aircraft Later stateside responsi ble overhauling 3600 SNJs Yellow Peril 240 PBYs Theres add haircuts Guadalcanal problem Effinger once told made swiveling chair TBF top turret Hes AMA Hall Fame course WE Technical Services listing oldies well Giant Scale wont disappoint Phantoms Big Lifts Ive often mentioned Bill Kaluf pops 40 miles away stream gems loves build flies now less thats shame Right now seems Hobby Lobby tear hes impressed German-made things Japanese masters RTF glamor Germans make work bit precise thorough little Phantom Hobby Lobby sells 09 landing gear small ply landing skids really fooled Holding convinced RTF built up simple sheet parts fuselage has balsa-skinned frame wing Kaluf MonoKoted what job did saw no seams yet used 35 separate pieces nibbles little pieces around small-radius curves inlays long narrow L shaped pieces surfaces join covers over Kalufs Phantom ba Continued page 36 March 1986 35 Allan Schanzies Vought Crusader F-8U rubber-powered ship off another great flight .. anything lever its bit awesome Developed old ducted-fan kit plan forA spans 27 1s36 long allowing four42-ln strandsof PAl /4-In rubber used Prop huge 16-in folder Blue Ridge Models Coupe dHiver models swept wing allows low dihedral anti-stall Picture Tom Schmitt Another John Worth never-never Bill Harris sturdily-built old RC Sailplane glow power front end Worth put two old Kitty electric motors abouto35 pylons pusher style seven 12 Sanyos Span 1878 area 660 sq weight 3 lb Does B 12 mm de pending air freewheeling props glide dive mechanical prop stops floats around nicely Note new Cox Canarie uses same motor gear drive prop Yes Winter finished updated 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use show displays Theres significant item Phan tom .. g European Bowden cable d Kaluf simply would believe absolute absence play until use three parts 1 outer casing 2 very close-fitting inner casing 3 5mm steel piano wire 5mm soldered threaded coupler clevis can screwed concept think wont work Seems three pieces would give slop does Au checked smooth easy through bends Dont ask Ive included pictures Macchi Big Lift Kaluf writes Note wheel chocksbest little idea ever Mount ed cradle 99-in Edmonds stable Sailplane capable catching thermals best same photo see shock system uses two #64 bands Prop carved own Pattern fly 15-5 prop no load 15-6 load Note climb angle flight shot Steve could haul 600 ft 4 minutes back ground after Sailplane release 35 secondsleaving enough time haul up second Glider first still aloft love airplane Shes built Gear held 16 4-40 bolts blind nuts Now Kaluf fussing AS W22 Elektro 94-in Electric Graupner folder extension shaft Has 31 reduc tion uses two packs 6V Electric power Greek Kaluf knowing him Ive got him interested lifting altitude Big Liftbefore starting motor Staggering isnt noted Big Lift Hobby Lobby ads note things So Peter Miller regular contributor British RC mag sent copy equivalent National Geographic editor chosen comment depth Peters Big Lift used aero photography Petes scientific use model-borne cam eras search out Roman ruins tidal flows etc distinguished achievement Kaluf bounced new Big Lift fitted its cradle Edmonds Apex Sailplane structure mother ship painstakingly engineered Kalufs craftsmanship installations well out league Big Lift three-channel controls thats needs Kaluf wanted ailerons advice make smalljust useful times since aerobatics goal As proved out rudder/elevator/en gine superior Glider release because use ailerons changes airflow between wings two planes Glider does ride wing-steady Big Lift close copy Macchi-Lock heed short-field cargo plane built Italy roughly 1960 afterwards Canada other countries 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50K224ACE 460 Kit 5 SPECIFICATIONS Span 0 Area 840sqin Weight 7lbs2oz ap Wine Loading 194oz/sqft Engine four cycle 60 Functions four channels Plane Talk/Winter Continued page 39 Successful RC goes back shortly after 1900 great early inventor Nicholai Tesla rival Edison inVentor alternating current demonstrated work able model submarine Madison Square Garden New York An article appeared 1976 Model Aviation including circuit/installations nothing radio anyone researched such mags ScientUYc American might find Teslas secrets Did like Lanzo 20 years later use spark coherers iron silver filings time Marconi dont find DeForest dictionarydidnt invent vacuum tube What shame Chet probably around 20 make own crude radiofor wantofanailin 1934 want genuine good flying Antique RC merely some ancient FE radio heres chance Yo ho ho bottle rum cutlass nasty member sword family favored pirates Allan Schanzle has thing Cutlass once first-line Navy fighter circa early 50s talking rubber power son seems youthful days Alan creamed akitof beast ducted-fan creation says glided fine under power 049 acted like dive-bomber Midway based Rubber Scale ship old kit drawings found out kit negative angle attack inthe wing tiny to-scale stabilizer What won ders hath God wroth Atid tail moment shortened compensate engine location rubber power Cutlass span 27 root chord 12 lots area swept wingwhich Schanzle saw permitting wee dihedral having great stall resistance allowing mammoth prop 36-in fuselage motor long big strings harp Does fly bet flies says Allan probably good anything ever four loops Vt-in FM strand 42 long bomb really gets up 60% s. last flight about minute least 100 feet Scale jets fantas ticmany can made fly well ol high-wing cabin monoplane beware flight feature build swept-wing jet keep nose down downthrust. youll see gorgeous flat spin fliSht lunatic model went through three flat-spin turns recoveries before returning forgiving grass Dave Smith flying F84 Glen Simpers F-100 opens whole new arena FF Rubber Scale Au Allan rounded radome spinner Faced prop problem Allan Frank Schmitt visited Don Srull After Allan relates Srull can get two minutes cinder block Good grief Don has kinds props well prop forming molds cut 2 x 4s says Waitaminute Ive got some thing ought perfect out comes set preformed prop blades Z-shaped wire Blue Ridge Models designed Coupe kit 16 in diameter Au Well over half span Cutlass very light requirement due obscenely-long nose F-S Life like land Rubber Scale lovable nuts have rubber ized practically machine history Research pig rooting truffles As prehistoric Rubber Scaler rejoice numbers should know maga zme found Rubber Scale model its No 1 plans seller year Try chewing tobaccy Rookie updated version early-60s model MAN proves itself nice bird easy fly basic/advanced trainer traits well mixed Nothing touch second flight rolling inverting near slow flight Don Srull made first six flights Doug Pratt seventh Doug stayed inverted long well out touring country twice during episode ask him side up Usual thoughts original two pounds lighter K&B 45 also 6-ft span 6 sq ft area covered Koverall finished epoxy paint powered hefty Enya 60 four-stroke nevertheless lightly loaded does bounce around wind inverted slight down-elevator needs held Normally advanced fliers dont like thrust lines high because nose rises bit throttling back feel safer trait havent noticed yet case Perhaps off-base-line thrust has advantages high thrust line does seek hold nose down upright interestingly up verted After inverted-engine Chip munk premier aerobatics machine would seem use thrust line can design factor making ship fly way wish Just hindsight impression four-stroke engines notions ratio 60% power two-stroker thin-ice stuff still dont have maximum-performance prop 14-6 pulls like farm tractor Ground checking high power really requires helper have two-hand hold restraint hear air tearinglike ripping silk Only Giant Scale folks seem understand big props brute power terms thrust torque An 118 ship absolute dog bit sad see seemingly mad drive make four-cycles go faster small props trying make behave like familiar two-strokes evident Rookie requires right thrusttoo late now Continued page 122 March 1986 121 Designed DBDoc Mathews ORDERING INFOComplete catalog $200 ACE products available dealer however need order direct send full amo unt plus $200 shipping han dling along catalog num ber 116Wl9StPOBox 511E1 Higginsville MO 64037 call 816 584-7121 New Sensation Towing Friends Glider created first Big modified Clark-Y airfoil realistic docile flying STOL capabilities ideal Quadra precut firewall flies also well 90 Two-Stroke 120 Four-Stroke realistic spring-loaded telescopic landing gear - Flying Weight 18 lbs Weight 6 lbs 702 Functions Full House plus Optionals Optionals Fiaps mixed ailerons own discre tion Releasable tow-hook extra cost own discretion Engine Quadra Irecommended towingi Other Models Also Available Call Write 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