y number years have drawn developments Control Line Precision Aerobatics outside US model caught eye Aeromodeller coverage 1986 World Champs winning model Anatoly Kolesmkov flying Soviet Union seen again along other finalists videos 1988 World Champs Kiev still available Windy Urtnowski particularly interested Kolesnikovs method shutting down engine exactly two laps after last maneuver quick pull lines mechanism effective outlawed FAI Federation Aeronautique Intemationale 1990 Over years have trying get data model shutoff 1991 able get some beautiful drawings shutoff mechanism Svetlana Filippova now Miles through Dan Rutherford totally intimidated intricacy spring-loaded bellcrank need very exact adjustment spring tension decided pass feature Data design remained elusive late 1993 met Roland Surugue worldclass Team Racer France Roland ongoing relationship Soviet Team Racers engine builders offered try track down data model mid-1994 Roland dimensions Kolesnikov model full-size drawing airfoils root tip No construction data available Several versions airplane built Kolesnikov others 1986 model used until 1990 red-and-white rounded rudder shape model later versions swept rudders vertical trailing edge lines Canopies have shifted fore aft slightly dorsal fins made shorter longer cosmetic differences no consequence performance models featured typical Russian swept-forward landing gear inline thrustlwinglstab setup 10cc custom-built rear-exhaust engines lOcc/60 cubic inch engine seems lot model size cases engines run no-intro fuel compared usual 5-10% nitro US 58 Model Aviation 0 U Tom Dixon specifications called 340mm diameter x 14mm pitch prop Thats l3/i X 51/2 inches Such large prop would tend limit engine output somewhat ensure constant maneuvering speed large engine being used power brake Kolesnikovs model especially light1700 grams 591/2 ounces Thats fairly high loading 640-square-inch wing smaller engine performance weight would average 10cc engine large prop plenty power keep wing working astonished find airplane differential flaps inboard flap moves slightly create rolling force aid line tension Most people gave up differential flaps about 1961 has felt outward roll setup creates offset consequent inward yaw also difficulties getting tip weight correct get clean square maneuvers airplane built customary single flap horn nose moment fairly long US standards because hand-built engine weighs about 12 ounces complete silencer silencer weight distributed somewhat rearward shorter nose would require excess ballast heavier engine can result shorter nose airplane uses Vorobiev 60 ST 50 has nose /2 inch shorter KA-lO design presented tribute World Champion Kolesnikov also European Champion several occasions dont know sure KA-lO accurate name model Kolesnikovs airplanes KA-lO large letters bottom wing presume stands Kolesnikov Aerobat 10cc CONSTRUCTION construction engineering see typical US style provided Whether similar originals known known wings built-up paper-covered however used solid 3/ stab elevator model simplicity Wing Begin making root tip rib templates plywood aluminum Twelve blanks 1As balsa stacked between templates carved sanded shape Repeat opposite wing spar 1/g medium balsa Try make rib slots spars slots snug-but- not-forced fit another built wing hand less accurately join spar halves no droop dihedral join two halves 3/ TE cap made TE cap two inches high match spar depth giving automatic jig Draw centerline full span TE cap Insert ribs spar glue Pin rib TE TE cap keeping ribs perpendicular TE satisfied glue cyanoacrylate CyA Add LE strip hold tape pins Double-check center ribs spar glue ribs spar LE strip Add TE sheeting webbing ribs four center bays undercut 1A6 forward spar planked A6 balsa prior addition LE sheeting double covering acts joiner sheeting extra insurance safe handling us pick up models wing root single layer 146 point bit fragile add one-inch-wide wide fiberglass tape LE sheeting joint Add capstrips shape tip blocks cut inboard ribs leadout passage bellcrank movement bellcrank three-inch nylon Top Bite approximation 80mm bellcrank originals four-inch bellcrank could have used prefer mount bellcrank entirely behind spar four-inch crank would place pivot farther aft wanted bellcrank mounted piece 8-32 threaded rod epoxied center ribs After center section sheeting added external 1/i plywood mounts added Carve sand flaps hinge desire used five large Goldberg Klett hinges flap three elevator flap horn used manufactured specifications Karl Siefert has offset holes compensate pushrod angularity inherent all-in line setup Standard control horns will give differential flap elevator rates used inline model also offset leadouts 3/ below centerline wing tip partly compensate landing gear cylinder weight move vertical center gravity CG below wing centerline believe Kolesnikov s leadouts centered tip double-covered wing silkspan using technique Walt Pyron wing structure finish-sanded dust removed coat Hobby Poxy SmoothN Easy brushed heated heat gun immediately wiped off paper towels leaving thinnest possible seal epoxy wood Work panel wing time epoxy will set too much before can wipe off epoxy strengthens seals fuelproofs wood almost no weight gain Subsequent dope coats sit top epoxy rather soaldng wood Apply two coats nitrate dope after sanding epoxy 320 paper apply medium silkspan Fill about three coats nitrate sand usual Re-cover 00 silkspan fill sand second layer paper weighs less fills better contributes far strength usual amount filler coat prefinish wing tail up point silver base coat before installing fuselage October 1997 59 Leadout outlet 38 inch off center properly align theTail surfaces solid sheet balsa K vertical vertical Center Gravity CG locationstabilizer replicates Kolesnikovs own markings Fuselage Cut formers match width engine will use fonners maple mounts cross-grained 1/2 balsa epoxied together form accurate crutch Drill engine mounting holes install blind nuts 1/22 plywood fusetage doublers laminated sides slow-cure epoxy Once cured epoxy engine crutchfirst side otherbeing very careful keep everything square cutouts wing stab made until fuselage roughed out Make template root rib trace shape fuselage sides ball-point pen Tack-glue top bottom blocks cowt place carve sand shape Remove hollow shown thickness wing stab installed cutting fuselage sides top replacing cutouts doublers behind cuts after installation landing gear platform tail wheel mount go just prior final installation bottom block models fuselage covered 56ounce glass cloth applied Hobby Poxy Smooth-N-Easy Landing Gear plan shows A2 wire landing gear custom aluminum version available BJs Mfg carbon-fiber version available author wheel pants held place aluminum LG 4-40 screw blind nut installed plywood insert pant wire landing gear pants should permanently installed soldering wire brace main LG wire epoxying brace balsa pant feel wheel pants mandatory airplane wouldnt look right used Sig Super Chipmunk canopy approximately same shape custommolded canopies originals Flying model built use reworked Supertigre 51 model being constructed received lightweight Vorobiev 60 Russian Team Race engine builder Oleg Vorobiev engine fits perfectly mounts made ST 51 seemed natural match Russian-designed model unfortunate engine readily available West performs world-class manner plain-bearing Vorobiev has power run quality SuperTigre 60 weighs 11 ounces engine use 13 x 5 B-Y&O prop Sig RC plug Tom Muggleton lightweight muffler Taffinder PA fuel either 5 10% nitro depending temperature Line length 68 feet centerline centerline Lap speed 52 seconds Vorobiev almost constant four-stroke Thanks Roland Surugue help gathering data design Mike Garmon inked plans Special thanks Anatoly Kolesnikov design skill providing interesting inspirational experience Dixon Box 671166 Marietta GA 30066 Videos Windy Urtnowski 93 Elliott P1 Rutherford NJ 07070 Control Horns Karl Siefert 2804 Gilbam St Philadelphia PA 19149 Canopy Balsa Paint Sig Mfg 40 1-7 South Front St Montezuma IA 50171 Aluminum Landing Gear BJMfg 5630 SW 176th St Dunnellon FL 32630 Propellers Clarence Bull B-Y&O Props Box 492 Harrisburg OR 97446 Muffler Tom Muggleton 13045 Tom White Way Unit F Norwalk CA 90650 Fuel Doug Taffinder 8345 Delhi Rd N Charleston SC 29406 60 Model Aviation ne Vorobiev plain-bushing 60 Moscow Russia Wheel pants balsa covered fibreglass retained SuperTigre 51 Stunt rework also works well single 4-40 bolt Wheels Dave Brown Lectra-Lites KA-LO Type CL Precision Aerobatics Wingspan 60 inches Engine Vorobiev 60 ST 51 Flying Weight 59/2 ounces original Construction Built-up Covering/finish Silkspan dope
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/10
Page Numbers: 58, 59, 60
y number years have drawn developments Control Line Precision Aerobatics outside US model caught eye Aeromodeller coverage 1986 World Champs winning model Anatoly Kolesmkov flying Soviet Union seen again along other finalists videos 1988 World Champs Kiev still available Windy Urtnowski particularly interested Kolesnikovs method shutting down engine exactly two laps after last maneuver quick pull lines mechanism effective outlawed FAI Federation Aeronautique Intemationale 1990 Over years have trying get data model shutoff 1991 able get some beautiful drawings shutoff mechanism Svetlana Filippova now Miles through Dan Rutherford totally intimidated intricacy spring-loaded bellcrank need very exact adjustment spring tension decided pass feature Data design remained elusive late 1993 met Roland Surugue worldclass Team Racer France Roland ongoing relationship Soviet Team Racers engine builders offered try track down data model mid-1994 Roland dimensions Kolesnikov model full-size drawing airfoils root tip No construction data available Several versions airplane built Kolesnikov others 1986 model used until 1990 red-and-white rounded rudder shape model later versions swept rudders vertical trailing edge lines Canopies have shifted fore aft slightly dorsal fins made shorter longer cosmetic differences no consequence performance models featured typical Russian swept-forward landing gear inline thrustlwinglstab setup 10cc custom-built rear-exhaust engines lOcc/60 cubic inch engine seems lot model size cases engines run no-intro fuel compared usual 5-10% nitro US 58 Model Aviation 0 U Tom Dixon specifications called 340mm diameter x 14mm pitch prop Thats l3/i X 51/2 inches Such large prop would tend limit engine output somewhat ensure constant maneuvering speed large engine being used power brake Kolesnikovs model especially light1700 grams 591/2 ounces Thats fairly high loading 640-square-inch wing smaller engine performance weight would average 10cc engine large prop plenty power keep wing working astonished find airplane differential flaps inboard flap moves slightly create rolling force aid line tension Most people gave up differential flaps about 1961 has felt outward roll setup creates offset consequent inward yaw also difficulties getting tip weight correct get clean square maneuvers airplane built customary single flap horn nose moment fairly long US standards because hand-built engine weighs about 12 ounces complete silencer silencer weight distributed somewhat rearward shorter nose would require excess ballast heavier engine can result shorter nose airplane uses Vorobiev 60 ST 50 has nose /2 inch shorter KA-lO design presented tribute World Champion Kolesnikov also European Champion several occasions dont know sure KA-lO accurate name model Kolesnikovs airplanes KA-lO large letters bottom wing presume stands Kolesnikov Aerobat 10cc CONSTRUCTION construction engineering see typical US style provided Whether similar originals known known wings built-up paper-covered however used solid 3/ stab elevator model simplicity Wing Begin making root tip rib templates plywood aluminum Twelve blanks 1As balsa stacked between templates carved sanded shape Repeat opposite wing spar 1/g medium balsa Try make rib slots spars slots snug-but- not-forced fit another built wing hand less accurately join spar halves no droop dihedral join two halves 3/ TE cap made TE cap two inches high match spar depth giving automatic jig Draw centerline full span TE cap Insert ribs spar glue Pin rib TE TE cap keeping ribs perpendicular TE satisfied glue cyanoacrylate CyA Add LE strip hold tape pins Double-check center ribs spar glue ribs spar LE strip Add TE sheeting webbing ribs four center bays undercut 1A6 forward spar planked A6 balsa prior addition LE sheeting double covering acts joiner sheeting extra insurance safe handling us pick up models wing root single layer 146 point bit fragile add one-inch-wide wide fiberglass tape LE sheeting joint Add capstrips shape tip blocks cut inboard ribs leadout passage bellcrank movement bellcrank three-inch nylon Top Bite approximation 80mm bellcrank originals four-inch bellcrank could have used prefer mount bellcrank entirely behind spar four-inch crank would place pivot farther aft wanted bellcrank mounted piece 8-32 threaded rod epoxied center ribs After center section sheeting added external 1/i plywood mounts added Carve sand flaps hinge desire used five large Goldberg Klett hinges flap three elevator flap horn used manufactured specifications Karl Siefert has offset holes compensate pushrod angularity inherent all-in line setup Standard control horns will give differential flap elevator rates used inline model also offset leadouts 3/ below centerline wing tip partly compensate landing gear cylinder weight move vertical center gravity CG below wing centerline believe Kolesnikov s leadouts centered tip double-covered wing silkspan using technique Walt Pyron wing structure finish-sanded dust removed coat Hobby Poxy SmoothN Easy brushed heated heat gun immediately wiped off paper towels leaving thinnest possible seal epoxy wood Work panel wing time epoxy will set too much before can wipe off epoxy strengthens seals fuelproofs wood almost no weight gain Subsequent dope coats sit top epoxy rather soaldng wood Apply two coats nitrate dope after sanding epoxy 320 paper apply medium silkspan Fill about three coats nitrate sand usual Re-cover 00 silkspan fill sand second layer paper weighs less fills better contributes far strength usual amount filler coat prefinish wing tail up point silver base coat before installing fuselage October 1997 59 Leadout outlet 38 inch off center properly align theTail surfaces solid sheet balsa K vertical vertical Center Gravity CG locationstabilizer replicates Kolesnikovs own markings Fuselage Cut formers match width engine will use fonners maple mounts cross-grained 1/2 balsa epoxied together form accurate crutch Drill engine mounting holes install blind nuts 1/22 plywood fusetage doublers laminated sides slow-cure epoxy Once cured epoxy engine crutchfirst side otherbeing very careful keep everything square cutouts wing stab made until fuselage roughed out Make template root rib trace shape fuselage sides ball-point pen Tack-glue top bottom blocks cowt place carve sand shape Remove hollow shown thickness wing stab installed cutting fuselage sides top replacing cutouts doublers behind cuts after installation landing gear platform tail wheel mount go just prior final installation bottom block models fuselage covered 56ounce glass cloth applied Hobby Poxy Smooth-N-Easy Landing Gear plan shows A2 wire landing gear custom aluminum version available BJs Mfg carbon-fiber version available author wheel pants held place aluminum LG 4-40 screw blind nut installed plywood insert pant wire landing gear pants should permanently installed soldering wire brace main LG wire epoxying brace balsa pant feel wheel pants mandatory airplane wouldnt look right used Sig Super Chipmunk canopy approximately same shape custommolded canopies originals Flying model built use reworked Supertigre 51 model being constructed received lightweight Vorobiev 60 Russian Team Race engine builder Oleg Vorobiev engine fits perfectly mounts made ST 51 seemed natural match Russian-designed model unfortunate engine readily available West performs world-class manner plain-bearing Vorobiev has power run quality SuperTigre 60 weighs 11 ounces engine use 13 x 5 B-Y&O prop Sig RC plug Tom Muggleton lightweight muffler Taffinder PA fuel either 5 10% nitro depending temperature Line length 68 feet centerline centerline Lap speed 52 seconds Vorobiev almost constant four-stroke Thanks Roland Surugue help gathering data design Mike Garmon inked plans Special thanks Anatoly Kolesnikov design skill providing interesting inspirational experience Dixon Box 671166 Marietta GA 30066 Videos Windy Urtnowski 93 Elliott P1 Rutherford NJ 07070 Control Horns Karl Siefert 2804 Gilbam St Philadelphia PA 19149 Canopy Balsa Paint Sig Mfg 40 1-7 South Front St Montezuma IA 50171 Aluminum Landing Gear BJMfg 5630 SW 176th St Dunnellon FL 32630 Propellers Clarence Bull B-Y&O Props Box 492 Harrisburg OR 97446 Muffler Tom Muggleton 13045 Tom White Way Unit F Norwalk CA 90650 Fuel Doug Taffinder 8345 Delhi Rd N Charleston SC 29406 60 Model Aviation ne Vorobiev plain-bushing 60 Moscow Russia Wheel pants balsa covered fibreglass retained SuperTigre 51 Stunt rework also works well single 4-40 bolt Wheels Dave Brown Lectra-Lites KA-LO Type CL Precision Aerobatics Wingspan 60 inches Engine Vorobiev 60 ST 51 Flying Weight 59/2 ounces original Construction Built-up Covering/finish Silkspan dope
Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/10
Page Numbers: 58, 59, 60
y number years have drawn developments Control Line Precision Aerobatics outside US model caught eye Aeromodeller coverage 1986 World Champs winning model Anatoly Kolesmkov flying Soviet Union seen again along other finalists videos 1988 World Champs Kiev still available Windy Urtnowski particularly interested Kolesnikovs method shutting down engine exactly two laps after last maneuver quick pull lines mechanism effective outlawed FAI Federation Aeronautique Intemationale 1990 Over years have trying get data model shutoff 1991 able get some beautiful drawings shutoff mechanism Svetlana Filippova now Miles through Dan Rutherford totally intimidated intricacy spring-loaded bellcrank need very exact adjustment spring tension decided pass feature Data design remained elusive late 1993 met Roland Surugue worldclass Team Racer France Roland ongoing relationship Soviet Team Racers engine builders offered try track down data model mid-1994 Roland dimensions Kolesnikov model full-size drawing airfoils root tip No construction data available Several versions airplane built Kolesnikov others 1986 model used until 1990 red-and-white rounded rudder shape model later versions swept rudders vertical trailing edge lines Canopies have shifted fore aft slightly dorsal fins made shorter longer cosmetic differences no consequence performance models featured typical Russian swept-forward landing gear inline thrustlwinglstab setup 10cc custom-built rear-exhaust engines lOcc/60 cubic inch engine seems lot model size cases engines run no-intro fuel compared usual 5-10% nitro US 58 Model Aviation 0 U Tom Dixon specifications called 340mm diameter x 14mm pitch prop Thats l3/i X 51/2 inches Such large prop would tend limit engine output somewhat ensure constant maneuvering speed large engine being used power brake Kolesnikovs model especially light1700 grams 591/2 ounces Thats fairly high loading 640-square-inch wing smaller engine performance weight would average 10cc engine large prop plenty power keep wing working astonished find airplane differential flaps inboard flap moves slightly create rolling force aid line tension Most people gave up differential flaps about 1961 has felt outward roll setup creates offset consequent inward yaw also difficulties getting tip weight correct get clean square maneuvers airplane built customary single flap horn nose moment fairly long US standards because hand-built engine weighs about 12 ounces complete silencer silencer weight distributed somewhat rearward shorter nose would require excess ballast heavier engine can result shorter nose airplane uses Vorobiev 60 ST 50 has nose /2 inch shorter KA-lO design presented tribute World Champion Kolesnikov also European Champion several occasions dont know sure KA-lO accurate name model Kolesnikovs airplanes KA-lO large letters bottom wing presume stands Kolesnikov Aerobat 10cc CONSTRUCTION construction engineering see typical US style provided Whether similar originals known known wings built-up paper-covered however used solid 3/ stab elevator model simplicity Wing Begin making root tip rib templates plywood aluminum Twelve blanks 1As balsa stacked between templates carved sanded shape Repeat opposite wing spar 1/g medium balsa Try make rib slots spars slots snug-but- not-forced fit another built wing hand less accurately join spar halves no droop dihedral join two halves 3/ TE cap made TE cap two inches high match spar depth giving automatic jig Draw centerline full span TE cap Insert ribs spar glue Pin rib TE TE cap keeping ribs perpendicular TE satisfied glue cyanoacrylate CyA Add LE strip hold tape pins Double-check center ribs spar glue ribs spar LE strip Add TE sheeting webbing ribs four center bays undercut 1A6 forward spar planked A6 balsa prior addition LE sheeting double covering acts joiner sheeting extra insurance safe handling us pick up models wing root single layer 146 point bit fragile add one-inch-wide wide fiberglass tape LE sheeting joint Add capstrips shape tip blocks cut inboard ribs leadout passage bellcrank movement bellcrank three-inch nylon Top Bite approximation 80mm bellcrank originals four-inch bellcrank could have used prefer mount bellcrank entirely behind spar four-inch crank would place pivot farther aft wanted bellcrank mounted piece 8-32 threaded rod epoxied center ribs After center section sheeting added external 1/i plywood mounts added Carve sand flaps hinge desire used five large Goldberg Klett hinges flap three elevator flap horn used manufactured specifications Karl Siefert has offset holes compensate pushrod angularity inherent all-in line setup Standard control horns will give differential flap elevator rates used inline model also offset leadouts 3/ below centerline wing tip partly compensate landing gear cylinder weight move vertical center gravity CG below wing centerline believe Kolesnikov s leadouts centered tip double-covered wing silkspan using technique Walt Pyron wing structure finish-sanded dust removed coat Hobby Poxy SmoothN Easy brushed heated heat gun immediately wiped off paper towels leaving thinnest possible seal epoxy wood Work panel wing time epoxy will set too much before can wipe off epoxy strengthens seals fuelproofs wood almost no weight gain Subsequent dope coats sit top epoxy rather soaldng wood Apply two coats nitrate dope after sanding epoxy 320 paper apply medium silkspan Fill about three coats nitrate sand usual Re-cover 00 silkspan fill sand second layer paper weighs less fills better contributes far strength usual amount filler coat prefinish wing tail up point silver base coat before installing fuselage October 1997 59 Leadout outlet 38 inch off center properly align theTail surfaces solid sheet balsa K vertical vertical Center Gravity CG locationstabilizer replicates Kolesnikovs own markings Fuselage Cut formers match width engine will use fonners maple mounts cross-grained 1/2 balsa epoxied together form accurate crutch Drill engine mounting holes install blind nuts 1/22 plywood fusetage doublers laminated sides slow-cure epoxy Once cured epoxy engine crutchfirst side otherbeing very careful keep everything square cutouts wing stab made until fuselage roughed out Make template root rib trace shape fuselage sides ball-point pen Tack-glue top bottom blocks cowt place carve sand shape Remove hollow shown thickness wing stab installed cutting fuselage sides top replacing cutouts doublers behind cuts after installation landing gear platform tail wheel mount go just prior final installation bottom block models fuselage covered 56ounce glass cloth applied Hobby Poxy Smooth-N-Easy Landing Gear plan shows A2 wire landing gear custom aluminum version available BJs Mfg carbon-fiber version available author wheel pants held place aluminum LG 4-40 screw blind nut installed plywood insert pant wire landing gear pants should permanently installed soldering wire brace main LG wire epoxying brace balsa pant feel wheel pants mandatory airplane wouldnt look right used Sig Super Chipmunk canopy approximately same shape custommolded canopies originals Flying model built use reworked Supertigre 51 model being constructed received lightweight Vorobiev 60 Russian Team Race engine builder Oleg Vorobiev engine fits perfectly mounts made ST 51 seemed natural match Russian-designed model unfortunate engine readily available West performs world-class manner plain-bearing Vorobiev has power run quality SuperTigre 60 weighs 11 ounces engine use 13 x 5 B-Y&O prop Sig RC plug Tom Muggleton lightweight muffler Taffinder PA fuel either 5 10% nitro depending temperature Line length 68 feet centerline centerline Lap speed 52 seconds Vorobiev almost constant four-stroke Thanks Roland Surugue help gathering data design Mike Garmon inked plans Special thanks Anatoly Kolesnikov design skill providing interesting inspirational experience Dixon Box 671166 Marietta GA 30066 Videos Windy Urtnowski 93 Elliott P1 Rutherford NJ 07070 Control Horns Karl Siefert 2804 Gilbam St Philadelphia PA 19149 Canopy Balsa Paint Sig Mfg 40 1-7 South Front St Montezuma IA 50171 Aluminum Landing Gear BJMfg 5630 SW 176th St Dunnellon FL 32630 Propellers Clarence Bull B-Y&O Props Box 492 Harrisburg OR 97446 Muffler Tom Muggleton 13045 Tom White Way Unit F Norwalk CA 90650 Fuel Doug Taffinder 8345 Delhi Rd N Charleston SC 29406 60 Model Aviation ne Vorobiev plain-bushing 60 Moscow Russia Wheel pants balsa covered fibreglass retained SuperTigre 51 Stunt rework also works well single 4-40 bolt Wheels Dave Brown Lectra-Lites KA-LO Type CL Precision Aerobatics Wingspan 60 inches Engine Vorobiev 60 ST 51 Flying Weight 59/2 ounces original Construction Built-up Covering/finish Silkspan dope