mmArn mInE mini mInI mini THE FULL-SIZE miniMAX true ultralighta pilots certificate required designed enthusiastic group people central Tennessee appropriately call themselves TEAM Tennessee Engineering Manufacturing group led Wayne Ison has designed several successful ultralights including geodetic wooden aircraft marketed Fisher Products Ohio goal miniMAX produce true little airplane kit form would cheap build would perform best airframe woodmainly clear white pine commercial ply Geodetic construction forsaken what seemed stronger simpler ways things power unit chosen well-proven 28 hp Rotax two-cycle comes complete built-on reduction gearbox has proven excellent choicethe engines used prototypes have performed flawlessly piloted initial test flights can vouch aircrafts handlingit flies like dream Since time TEAM has built three prototypes accumulated several hundred hours flying time have flown kinds weather motley collection pilots TEAM keeps busy producing miniMAX plans kits Such sweet-flying aircraft just make excellent model full-span differential ailerons would great RC especially since also droop perfonn flaps engine looks like model engine fact whole aircraft has appearance overgrown model version rubber-powered free flight Its nice quiet can flown anywhereanyway like CONSTRUCTION Construction straightforward detailed instructions should necessary general construction follows full-size closely possible Cyanoacrylate CyA glues used throughout except wing struts join epoxy foam pilot attaches aliphatic resin June1993 19 El NE Ni Ni ni mU mu Rubber Scale Mini-miniMAX sits atop its full-scale namesake Authors experiences test pilot large version inspired him design model Continued page 23 Above Three-quarter front view completed framework Right Lightening holes wing ribs burned hot file Mini-miniMAXlClutton Continued page 19 fuselage sides built flat joined together usual manner used /32 sq longerons instead hard A6 sq because larger size gives gluing area resistant general handling damage top fuselage nose covered 1/32 sheet grain chordwise sheet includes small triangles front corners cockpit pierced accept windshield frame windshield acetate can very thin because supported tube frame undercart made rigid just like full-size miniMAX reinforced thin wire tail wheel mounted same size wire built up dummy engine squares 1A2 balsa scrap glued short piece 1/g dowel right side cylinder form attachment point black fuel tube exhaust WING Use reasonably hard C-grain balsa 1/32 wing ribs holes optional save some weight made holes heating old round file butane torch burning reduces chances splits other stress-makers ribs does neat job hole-making tool does have red hot spars positioned simulate full-size miniMAX spars simulate ailerons may omitted save little weight desired wings positioned fuselage short /s dowels root ribs Get wings incidence right first install other match holes fuselage may slotted adjustment Dont worry too much about dihedral until angle incidence has fixed both wings incidence conect use dihedral jig shown plans wing struts left long poke through wing dihedral established struts trimmed inset 1/8 easier before wing covered DETAILS AND TRIM Black fuel tubing perfect simulate forward part exhaust pipe should painted silver used bottom wing struts struts full-size aircraft aluminum tube dowels model should painted silver balsa wheels laminated /32 ply sandwiched between two pieces a wheels can easily sanded shape Dremel Moto-Tool type power drill Make center bushing about 1/2 inch additional length side use chuck always use aluminum tube rear peg rubber anchor because fits winding stooge hardwood peg may substituted Keep tail light small amount clay will needed nose balance model model weighs 46 grams rubber covered white superfine tissue Three coats plasticized dope thinned 50% used Color trim sprayed can white paint model headrest FLYING Power can varied suit perfor mance desired model flies well four 12-inch strands /8 FAI Model Supply rnbber model flew off board no adjustments required flies left under power have since added slight amount right thrust open up left turn allow later change bigger motor model second/third prototype colors royal blue white Other miniMAXes may course color builder desires Some may also have N license numbers although compulsory ultralights * Now Ultra-Light SkyLites Have Become Big Wheels Now bigger planes can have same light-wheel advantages smaller p lanes enjoy Because now re making SkyLite Wheels bigger too Available four new sizes 31/2-#879 4-#881 4112-#882 5-#883 theyre lighter inflatables Yet urethane rubber tread foam-center design just like other sizes Which means tire cant roll off rim theres low bounce no compression set no need inflate tires buy u II ii tire pump So liten up afreadyp PRODUCTS Pick up pair Li es P0 aox 5166 aaIoore MD 21224 Getting Better Ideas Off Ground June1993 23
Edition: Model Aviation - 1993/06
Page Numbers: 19, 23
Edition: Model Aviation - 1993/06
Page Numbers: 19, 23
mmArn mInE mini mInI mini THE FULL-SIZE miniMAX true ultralighta pilots certificate required designed enthusiastic group people central Tennessee appropriately call themselves TEAM Tennessee Engineering Manufacturing group led Wayne Ison has designed several successful ultralights including geodetic wooden aircraft marketed Fisher Products Ohio goal miniMAX produce true little airplane kit form would cheap build would perform best airframe woodmainly clear white pine commercial ply Geodetic construction forsaken what seemed stronger simpler ways things power unit chosen well-proven 28 hp Rotax two-cycle comes complete built-on reduction gearbox has proven excellent choicethe engines used prototypes have performed flawlessly piloted initial test flights can vouch aircrafts handlingit flies like dream Since time TEAM has built three prototypes accumulated several hundred hours flying time have flown kinds weather motley collection pilots TEAM keeps busy producing miniMAX plans kits Such sweet-flying aircraft just make excellent model full-span differential ailerons would great RC especially since also droop perfonn flaps engine looks like model engine fact whole aircraft has appearance overgrown model version rubber-powered free flight Its nice quiet can flown anywhereanyway like CONSTRUCTION Construction straightforward detailed instructions should necessary general construction follows full-size closely possible Cyanoacrylate CyA glues used throughout except wing struts join epoxy foam pilot attaches aliphatic resin June1993 19 El NE Ni Ni ni mU mu Rubber Scale Mini-miniMAX sits atop its full-scale namesake Authors experiences test pilot large version inspired him design model Continued page 23 Above Three-quarter front view completed framework Right Lightening holes wing ribs burned hot file Mini-miniMAXlClutton Continued page 19 fuselage sides built flat joined together usual manner used /32 sq longerons instead hard A6 sq because larger size gives gluing area resistant general handling damage top fuselage nose covered 1/32 sheet grain chordwise sheet includes small triangles front corners cockpit pierced accept windshield frame windshield acetate can very thin because supported tube frame undercart made rigid just like full-size miniMAX reinforced thin wire tail wheel mounted same size wire built up dummy engine squares 1A2 balsa scrap glued short piece 1/g dowel right side cylinder form attachment point black fuel tube exhaust WING Use reasonably hard C-grain balsa 1/32 wing ribs holes optional save some weight made holes heating old round file butane torch burning reduces chances splits other stress-makers ribs does neat job hole-making tool does have red hot spars positioned simulate full-size miniMAX spars simulate ailerons may omitted save little weight desired wings positioned fuselage short /s dowels root ribs Get wings incidence right first install other match holes fuselage may slotted adjustment Dont worry too much about dihedral until angle incidence has fixed both wings incidence conect use dihedral jig shown plans wing struts left long poke through wing dihedral established struts trimmed inset 1/8 easier before wing covered DETAILS AND TRIM Black fuel tubing perfect simulate forward part exhaust pipe should painted silver used bottom wing struts struts full-size aircraft aluminum tube dowels model should painted silver balsa wheels laminated /32 ply sandwiched between two pieces a wheels can easily sanded shape Dremel Moto-Tool type power drill Make center bushing about 1/2 inch additional length side use chuck always use aluminum tube rear peg rubber anchor because fits winding stooge hardwood peg may substituted Keep tail light small amount clay will needed nose balance model model weighs 46 grams rubber covered white superfine tissue Three coats plasticized dope thinned 50% used Color trim sprayed can white paint model headrest FLYING Power can varied suit perfor mance desired model flies well four 12-inch strands /8 FAI Model Supply rnbber model flew off board no adjustments required flies left under power have since added slight amount right thrust open up left turn allow later change bigger motor model second/third prototype colors royal blue white Other miniMAXes may course color builder desires Some may also have N license numbers although compulsory ultralights * Now Ultra-Light SkyLites Have Become Big Wheels Now bigger planes can have same light-wheel advantages smaller p lanes enjoy Because now re making SkyLite Wheels bigger too Available four new sizes 31/2-#879 4-#881 4112-#882 5-#883 theyre lighter inflatables Yet urethane rubber tread foam-center design just like other sizes Which means tire cant roll off rim theres low bounce no compression set no need inflate tires buy u II ii tire pump So liten up afreadyp PRODUCTS Pick up pair Li es P0 aox 5166 aaIoore MD 21224 Getting Better Ideas Off Ground June1993 23
