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Someplace between typewriter published account trips old-time model contests Earl F Stahl Looking Back Contests June 1991 MA bus took wrong turn No way would ride atop Greyhounds valued model boxes What did climb ubiquitous chromed ladders back old vehicles carefully place secure fragile cargo under canvas coversEarl F Stahl Yorktown Virginia Continued page 8 6 Model Aviation TAKE THE HOBBY SHOP HOME WITH YOUM THE 14th ANNUAL RADIO CONTROL BUYERS GUIDE reference guide oil R/C hobbies Browse through guide find items need ond youll know]ust whot osk fovorite hobby shop RADIO CONTROL BUYERS GUIDE lets turn wish list o shopping list knowing whots ovoiloble con plon new projects improve existing projects Price informotion olso helps odd up just whot plons will cost Look RADIO CONTROL BUYERS GUIDE locol hobby shop coIl 800-446-5489 weekdoys 830 500 CST order RADIO CONTROL BUYERS GUIDE supports Acodemy Model Aeronoutics AMA donoting $100 copy guide purchose outhorize donotion AMA moil hobby 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stating Corsair entered service British 1944 goes write that date months before planes put active duty US Navy dont know what Mr Teague might have seen seen can tell him Corsair entered service Marinesspecifically VMF-124 squadronon February 12 1943 Guadalcanal As Operations NCOIC VMF-221 responsible pilot aircraft engines propeller logs received Corsairs Espiritu Santo May 19 1943 Unless Mr Teague feels Marines should considered part US Navy clearly incorrect can truthfully state Espiritu VMF-124 squadron VMF-22 1 got Corsairs served both squadrons Guadalcanal Russells 1943 Corsairs flown information can verified page 134 Robert Sherrods History Marine Corps Aviation World War II James Yocum Rancho Cordova California Just completed winter project Its Pica Enterprises kit A-scale Cessna powered 0S 120 four-stroke radio Airtronics six-channel FM Im hoping lot flights belong Delaware RC Club has over 100 active members anxious spring season young lady picture daughter Janice Bob Cooper 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thereon clipped tips introduced Corsair II Corsair same rounded tips used US Navy USN also its F4Us operational September 1943 before Royal Navys first use fighter VD-17 flew New Georgia beginning month Royal Navy used off carriers before did Are clear now Charles V ODonnell Bloomington Illinois Continued page 10 AT LAST Z-BEST ENGINE CLEANER oj $200 S & H % ran send check money order ask local dealer An Effective High Tech Engine Gleaner R/G Engines Removes Burned-on Fuel Residue Encrusted Garhon Esild-up Any Bare Metal Engine Outside Inside Z-BESTGIeans MaCtIers Tuned Pipes Headers M7thaul aornhkfaa wont Harm Discolor Metal Four Ounces will Glean 10-15 Engines Glean Engines Run Gaoler Last Longer Dint AIRBORNEHOBBIES 3764 30th 51 San Diego GA 92104 MIC 619 5439703 VISA 8 Model Aviation less tha pnce two magazrles can own conxdiensrve docuTlent wtiat RG Soarthg itckistry has offer NSP So Referente aid Catalog represents two years research effort People ted us 1990 catalog best 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construction content can lower ball-bearing engines about 20% seems okay above-mentioned engine construction have run ABC buggy engine 21 size fuel made up 12% castor oil no distress Fuels high oil content coat model oil necessary important engine develops less power buggy engine would run up peak revs 16% oil fuel Another regrettable omission Boddingtons article mention need add organic nitrates amyl isopropyl hexyl etc fuel 15% 2% sometimes higher concentration additive diesel becomes least smooth glow engineperhaps smoother 05 6 1SF reputed run smoothly converted diesel power glow engine Without additive diesel engine runs much rougher noisier metallic rap cannot reach high speed requires higher compression ratio setting turn increases stress connecting rod crankpin Mr Boddingtons comment Diesels larger [29 size] tend become harsh clunky losing least some charm ease operation years behind times Bob Davis showed effectively no size limit diesels made makesI have trying two years get updated price list success am Japanese distributor heads engines large three 03 cubic inches youre using primitive 111 fuel size limit probably correct modern fuel mix no diesel roughness Perhaps commercial fuel UK does contain nitrate PAW company recommends its instructions chemicals neither unknown nor unavailable Davis fuel still available contains required nitrate hope comments will encourage few modelers try diesel wouldnt want have use glow engine againIan L McQueen Tokyo Japan Continued page 15 10 Model Aviation Letters Editor _PL*N fl,O flCL Continued page 8 Muncie/Mankowski Continued page 12 employees Indiana will initiate shipment museum articles display items newly constructed facility can expect full use flying facility begin soon weather permits 1992 AMA President Don Lowe has indicated desire run additional symposia seminars facility Fwell AMA has also contact IMAA concerning potential holding annual IMAA Festival site June 92 1992 FAI World Championships RC CL Scale will held new site August addition some consideration being given hosting 1992 AMA Nats site well Certainly first big event will Grand Opening Watch pages Model Aviation magazine plans opening take form D Letters Editor Continued page 10 Errata. wish correct two errors article Brickizer published May 1991 issue sentence appears page 192 Make two mounting squares A-in ply drill A-in bit should have written ill /16 bit Another sentence again page 192 reads Neutralize surfaces clamp unit place clothespins scrap ply properly should read Neutralize surfaces clamping flat clothespins scrap ply hope corrections will benefit readers E P Render San Antonio Texas ever learn Twenty-five years ago dropped out FM Power Rubber power seduced Im now retired living area has no Free Flight RC first shock watching pilots fine-tune carburetors engines going close fingers propand yes theyve heard about dollars emergency room patchups stress safetyand correctly after 25 30 years Come So costs couple bucks rotate carb Need call Ralph Nader D G Eggensperger Grand Junction Colorado August 1991 15