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Author: B. Underwood


Edition: Model Aviation - 1996/12
Page Numbers: 51, 52

Bob Underwood fifk v@iru WHEN THIS COLUMN born stated would try provide potpourri material NewComers clubs old alike its two-plus years variety programs have featured have located Critics have suggested what AMA should doing generating its own generic program feeding educational modeling worlds have resisted option variety reasons Perhaps first foremost reason centers around fact program no matter good must tailored individual individuals intend present dynamics group unique relationship developed leader program flows around people personalities feed system AMA party hand group syllabus say Begin page 1 continue through page 20 youve got ludicrous program must develop its own life recently received letter Don Park Piper Middle School Kansas Wed like let Don explain project words Dear Bob am responding article November AMA magazine under NewComers would like participate clearinghouse exchange ideas/methods teachers E-Mail address phone # yet mentioned later article missed AMAs Web page address http\\wwwmodelaircraft org have taught Middle School Math six years after retiring military career 22 years first four years taught Math sixth- seventh-graders Two years ago principal asked would like quit Math start new class Math Science applications result Interest Club met twice week build fly paper planes rubber-band models interest level high thought could generate applications class accepted last two years class has grown tiny room total 64 kids day full class meets six periods day five times week include two hours day sixth-graders three hours day seventh-graders hour day eighth-graders sixthgraders take class exploratory class class runs full 18-week session classes seventh- eighthgraders advanced nature include design started SIG kit AMA Cub advanced Peanut Scale kits followed larger kits kids own choosing br kits own design complexity design according students self-determined ability designs accomplished using inexpensive CAD program KeyCad $29 kits & designs built fly indoors days too windy area outdoor flight So far have reached flight time 54 seconds its small gym goal next year two-minute flights have much learn Most us cannot imagine pros get huge flight times far no area has come forward help us have sent some plans kits Indoor Model Supplies Hopefully will give us push toward higher times AMA party hand group syllabus say Begin page 1 continue through page 20 youve got ludicrous program must develop its own life scientific designs hope start making own props [Pitch RTan Pitch angle] Just skim surface kids have learned detailed measurement aeronautical principles structural design applications geometrical/trigonometrical applications teamwork problem solving ton science applications analyzing improving designs flying models have also learned much two simulators use First Microsoft FS5 Right Simulator RC computer simulator F55 applies principles flight control/instrument control complex navigational problems rules general aviation RC simulator also adds incentive team building 99inch-wingspan RC kit called Butterfly learn control simulator will also get try real thing f also help build interest class high have parents asking could take course No student will allow dental appointment scheduled during Design Build can helped parents have said first time son/daughter has wanted something special like architect hope principal will able document correlation between taking course higher grades Math/Science etc Tying language arts natural kids attempt succeed reading complex technical instructions result product really does what made difficult task teacher let fail initially compensated finally succeed second third try has documented video kids love analyze great realize ones youthful hobby can become ones profession joy class diminishd lack time parents become involved kids have hooked parents exciting boys class really have work keep up girls especially exciting father two girls look forward hearing concerning can become linked other teachers have new ideas Maybe can make interschool cooperation competition Thank involvement Don Park Piper Middle School 4420 N 107th St Kansas City KS 66109 Don did go great detail about has structured course clearly achieving goals hits best both worlds students building designing etc scientific math principles has integrated other elements curriculum Model airplanes school can create whole learning experiencenot just so-called scientific technological areas does take dedicated innovative teacher support group recognize implement article come have fantastically well-developed graduate student project university level class developed Dr John R Adams Western Carolina University directed toward scientific math applications centered around group management dynamics procedures report will hopefully carried next issue As first year Education Committee work comes close September some ambivalent feelings floating about negative side took far too long December 1996 51 engine ANNOUNCING NEW PRODUCTS FROM FOX pg iJ UNIVERSAL REMOTE NEEDLE VALVE Will work model airplane PART #190 10 PRICE $995 VI FOX FOX MANUFACTURING CO 5305 TOWSON AVE SMITH AR 72901 PHONE 501 646-1656 501 646-1757 TRU-TURN now offers very finest versatile lightweight PROP HUBS turned solid barstock inside out true running hub new hub will mount motor standard TRU-TURN adapter kit big bird multi-bolt applications TRU-TURN has covered TRU-TURN also has PROP NUT will fit motor precision PROP NUTS come engine thread sizes two different shapes available stock Ask hobby dealer name UAVTM P Made u S PRECISION MODEL PRODUCTS Romco Manufacturing Inc QUALITY VERSATILITY GREAT LOOKS TY PO Box 836 South Houston Texas 77587 713 / 943-1867 U us become presence Web site Its material wasnt readyits just ran other technical roadblocks slippery information highway Another disappointment inability get teacher workshop up going Muncie last summer biggest downer comes meeting individuals adamantly maintain AMA must start doing something youth NewComers talk individuals becomes painfully clear have read bothered look material weve made available Therefore wheels continue reinvented So much downers positive end scene encouraging addition identifying publicizing several dozen programs formal informal networks have taken shape People talking another Plans flowing back forth New ideas springing forth Weve able attend variety conventions meetingsall way local groups state national conventions Some larger ones HASTI Indiana Science Teachers Indianapolis TSA convention Louisville Long Beach Show EAA convention Oshkosh Through other meetings have directly indirectly reached some 1000 teachers Much energy expended interactive TV network programs generated though Indiana Academy Ball State University very conservative number students reached March 32000 Due rooms piggybacking hookup number probably much higher flattered find Indiana Academy indicating initial program mostpopular electronic field trip date next airing September 24 will hopefully entertaining informative subject directed toward fifth through seventh grades concerns basic aerodynamics control aircraft fortunate able have Orville Wright pay visit set can still ride bike group doing something please bring out under barrel its hidden Lets spread word odel Aviation W SPINNER NUTS PART #60510 6 mm PART #60511 7 mm PART #60512 8 mm PRICE $400 EACH NEW AND IMPROVED 2 NEEDLE A/C CARBURETOR Fits Fox 40 size engines soon available Fox larger engines PART #24250 PRICE $3200 PART #27250 E $3800

Author: B. Underwood


Edition: Model Aviation - 1996/12
Page Numbers: 51, 52

Bob Underwood fifk v@iru WHEN THIS COLUMN born stated would try provide potpourri material NewComers clubs old alike its two-plus years variety programs have featured have located Critics have suggested what AMA should doing generating its own generic program feeding educational modeling worlds have resisted option variety reasons Perhaps first foremost reason centers around fact program no matter good must tailored individual individuals intend present dynamics group unique relationship developed leader program flows around people personalities feed system AMA party hand group syllabus say Begin page 1 continue through page 20 youve got ludicrous program must develop its own life recently received letter Don Park Piper Middle School Kansas Wed like let Don explain project words Dear Bob am responding article November AMA magazine under NewComers would like participate clearinghouse exchange ideas/methods teachers E-Mail address phone # yet mentioned later article missed AMAs Web page address http\\wwwmodelaircraft org have taught Middle School Math six years after retiring military career 22 years first four years taught Math sixth- seventh-graders Two years ago principal asked would like quit Math start new class Math Science applications result Interest Club met twice week build fly paper planes rubber-band models interest level high thought could generate applications class accepted last two years class has grown tiny room total 64 kids day full class meets six periods day five times week include two hours day sixth-graders three hours day seventh-graders hour day eighth-graders sixthgraders take class exploratory class class runs full 18-week session classes seventh- eighthgraders advanced nature include design started SIG kit AMA Cub advanced Peanut Scale kits followed larger kits kids own choosing br kits own design complexity design according students self-determined ability designs accomplished using inexpensive CAD program KeyCad $29 kits & designs built fly indoors days too windy area outdoor flight So far have reached flight time 54 seconds its small gym goal next year two-minute flights have much learn Most us cannot imagine pros get huge flight times far no area has come forward help us have sent some plans kits Indoor Model Supplies Hopefully will give us push toward higher times AMA party hand group syllabus say Begin page 1 continue through page 20 youve got ludicrous program must develop its own life scientific designs hope start making own props [Pitch RTan Pitch angle] Just skim surface kids have learned detailed measurement aeronautical principles structural design applications geometrical/trigonometrical applications teamwork problem solving ton science applications analyzing improving designs flying models have also learned much two simulators use First Microsoft FS5 Right Simulator RC computer simulator F55 applies principles flight control/instrument control complex navigational problems rules general aviation RC simulator also adds incentive team building 99inch-wingspan RC kit called Butterfly learn control simulator will also get try real thing f also help build interest class high have parents asking could take course No student will allow dental appointment scheduled during Design Build can helped parents have said first time son/daughter has wanted something special like architect hope principal will able document correlation between taking course higher grades Math/Science etc Tying language arts natural kids attempt succeed reading complex technical instructions result product really does what made difficult task teacher let fail initially compensated finally succeed second third try has documented video kids love analyze great realize ones youthful hobby can become ones profession joy class diminishd lack time parents become involved kids have hooked parents exciting boys class really have work keep up girls especially exciting father two girls look forward hearing concerning can become linked other teachers have new ideas Maybe can make interschool cooperation competition Thank involvement Don Park Piper Middle School 4420 N 107th St Kansas City KS 66109 Don did go great detail about has structured course clearly achieving goals hits best both worlds students building designing etc scientific math principles has integrated other elements curriculum Model airplanes school can create whole learning experiencenot just so-called scientific technological areas does take dedicated innovative teacher support group recognize implement article come have fantastically well-developed graduate student project university level class developed Dr John R Adams Western Carolina University directed toward scientific math applications centered around group management dynamics procedures report will hopefully carried next issue As first year Education Committee work comes close September some ambivalent feelings floating about negative side took far too long December 1996 51 engine ANNOUNCING NEW PRODUCTS FROM FOX pg iJ UNIVERSAL REMOTE NEEDLE VALVE Will work model airplane PART #190 10 PRICE $995 VI FOX FOX MANUFACTURING CO 5305 TOWSON AVE SMITH AR 72901 PHONE 501 646-1656 501 646-1757 TRU-TURN now offers very finest versatile lightweight PROP HUBS turned solid barstock inside out true running hub new hub will mount motor standard TRU-TURN adapter kit big bird multi-bolt applications TRU-TURN has covered TRU-TURN also has PROP NUT will fit motor precision PROP NUTS come engine thread sizes two different shapes available stock Ask hobby dealer name UAVTM P Made u S PRECISION MODEL PRODUCTS Romco Manufacturing Inc QUALITY VERSATILITY GREAT LOOKS TY PO Box 836 South Houston Texas 77587 713 / 943-1867 U us become presence Web site Its material wasnt readyits just ran other technical roadblocks slippery information highway Another disappointment inability get teacher workshop up going Muncie last summer biggest downer comes meeting individuals adamantly maintain AMA must start doing something youth NewComers talk individuals becomes painfully clear have read bothered look material weve made available Therefore wheels continue reinvented So much downers positive end scene encouraging addition identifying publicizing several dozen programs formal informal networks have taken shape People talking another Plans flowing back forth New ideas springing forth Weve able attend variety conventions meetingsall way local groups state national conventions Some larger ones HASTI Indiana Science Teachers Indianapolis TSA convention Louisville Long Beach Show EAA convention Oshkosh Through other meetings have directly indirectly reached some 1000 teachers Much energy expended interactive TV network programs generated though Indiana Academy Ball State University very conservative number students reached March 32000 Due rooms piggybacking hookup number probably much higher flattered find Indiana Academy indicating initial program mostpopular electronic field trip date next airing September 24 will hopefully entertaining informative subject directed toward fifth through seventh grades concerns basic aerodynamics control aircraft fortunate able have Orville Wright pay visit set can still ride bike group doing something please bring out under barrel its hidden Lets spread word odel Aviation W SPINNER NUTS PART #60510 6 mm PART #60511 7 mm PART #60512 8 mm PRICE $400 EACH NEW AND IMPROVED 2 NEEDLE A/C CARBURETOR Fits Fox 40 size engines soon available Fox larger engines PART #24250 PRICE $3200 PART #27250 E $3800

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