IONJEE3 Editors get glory blessed excellent writersas case Model Aviation cant help look good other peo ple keep spelling lan guage within bounds ride shotgun what everybody says never hear type setters can bring editor up short Like editor cut Bill Barnes no vel decided kill several murders gory tale came proofs printers queries green ink margins did body come read Ye ed eliminated murder right five crimes six bodies Now among people found masthead art editor rates film credit An art ed always tolerant editor nec essary nuisance editor fancies graphics de termine box office germ truth first admit things have looking up ever since resident graphics doctor came aboard Youll find him contents pagebeneath editor course have noted FO has new soap box month thanks art departments discontent mat lingers too long picture tooken reason coming out hiding con stantly confused Join Worth heard guy telling buddies Worth found airplane Being Johns stunt man idea peace quite much too chicken leap off roofs precipices people kept asking us about eyes Before found out FO tended think old mans sternly admonishing him triumph art ed just informed us belonged Salvador Dali cant have melting servos transmitters flowing over edges workbench Wed better sign thing too before other horrors wrought pristine presence Ken Simpson see Letters Edi tor considers Beginner Problem sensitive insight gained actual ly working kids FO agrees what says considerations mitigate against manufacturer simply saying will produce beginner kits thereby make great impact numbers young sters coming up isnt simple Theres doubt whether product itself makes difference since takes leadershippeople teachers spirersto make Junior programs e days Wright brothers model aviation has beginner problem may wander hobby has grown through number cycles created revolutions technology witness ROand may told comprise perhaps 2000000 people ages day guess good also stimulus events timeslike Lindberghs flight Golden Age Air Racing World War II wont mind saying prob ably 90% active hobbyists read model magazines alive FO glued first sticks gether May ask first beginners profici ent now Probably strongest motive have helping beginners altruistic instinct people should share pleasures find hobbybut should wish Though goes unsaid probably much moved feeling could modelers feeling guilt people especially kids turned off failure come up continuous suc cessful programs producing products work magic Simpson said really serious AMA began what visibly serious about good insurance making rules organization contests teams supervision re cords want service innumerable needs strongly feel about beginners AMA spend say $100000 30 years ago Plymouth program cost $250000 year year na tional beginner programone real flesh boneswould holla about dues increase AMA members may say sure Ill give buck year will mutter comes times foot bill beginner pro gram other program however es sential Nowhere does say ginner Program AMA mission want Judging apparent apathy clubs real doubt about people consider vital aspect AMA activity have beginner programs past some well organized funded Before war Rocke feller Foundation maintained suite offices Radio City just pur pose came up series graduated kitsone cannot demonstrate obvious approach effective fact could bad Hob Industry Association America af ter war appropriated $30000 study universityone recommen dation series graduated kits Testors firm act upon four control-line models called Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior program effect FO failed notice old Ameri can Boy magazine vanished Great Depression cooperated AMLA Airplane Model League America publishing plans AMLA began Na tionals perpetuated own AMA focused boys men Stray thoughts swarm Whatever done must first appeal imagination thing someone would want to gain pleasure cannot form ally teach lay down compulsory steps based upon some outdated struggles getting started different world Thus cant expect legislate ar bitrary Junior program would have people willing carry out present seems wed like some something Juniorspro vided isnt us apparent major ity modelers kids will build model airplanes Simpson noted 2A% Continued page 96 4 Model Aviation Openers continued page 4 4-H youngsters available him interested program felt badly about Well percentage some millions kids would mighty impressive number Looking current situation real istically wed have say ginners kids mags concerned another beginner adult wants get radio perhaps some other advanced form modeling Parents magazine once tried comic book style True Avi ationit flopped Alas no ad vertising support youth stuff no magazine can live today adver tising Junior Modeler 20000 readers best break-even thing No publisher field nobleminded would support maga zine never shows profit Hence Junior Modeler became Sport Modeler would nice HIAA put $100000 annually Junior promo tion wow listen tortured shouts No else including AMA has much gain money alone important Any promotion successful must gain kids attention maga zines wore white hats before model ing world became commercial kids did read worlds finest ideas projects name could have booksand would have ignored kids dont see magazines newsstands way newsstand circulation todays model magazines amount pitiful hill beans lumped together Hobby shops subscriptions account readers great break out would necessary appropriate media just model mags must skillfully used gain attention follow-up program must ready continuously year year out Flashy one-time things wont Un imaginative theorizing will never pay off need philosophy Just manufactur ing things part picture $64 question Would help young beginnersnow al ways Clarence Haughts Northwest Dakota page 52 special projects add imaginative touch scheme things Older hands may have feeling having beforein deed Dakota designed Joe Wag ner manufactured first Veco right after warand Dumas keeps reappearing like 17-year lo custs knowledge free flight airplane ever honestly designed small-field operation original Dakota all-balsa cabin biplane lots area stagger gaplike some prewar Wacos kit util ized CL structural techniques wings Jedelsky type sturdy leading edges left flat bottom curved top Slots cut leading edgethe sparaccept ed ribs steadied light sheeted rear section bottom wings open breeze did cover ship heavy glide rock-like Se vere left-thrust incorporated engine Left thrust Heresy body knew torque com pensated Wagner went some Cub power Dakota climbed gently circles left engine cut Da kota went righthand glide thanks small rudder tab S-shaped transition minimized over-the-ground distance masterpiece jug gling weight drag power flight pat tern produce genuine fun airplane did fly away nor break up like flimsy stick-and-paper job pow ered K&B Infantthe first 02it would skyrocket 10 feet tank fuel circling like bum ble bee engineers say should fly Thousands enjoyed Dakota Clarences Northwest Dakota en larged 25% built-up wings covered top bottom behaves like Dako ta should Lighter its feet can lost strong thermal activity avoid present modem 049 puts charge its life Its ability stay airborne trifling thrust must seen beSTATEMENT OP OWNERSHIP MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION Required 38 USC 3685 Till ol Puhlioaio MODEL AVIATION Publjcaljo No 087930 2Dale Filing Septenber 26 1978 3Frcuancy Issue Monthly No Ittues Published AOually 12 S Aoual Suboutiplio Prloe $1200 4LoceticO 600 olfic 01 publiOgliot 1st., oily coutty slale ZIP oodel No prittersl SOS Fllleetlb SI NW Wathioglon DC 20005 SLOcation headouerter 0 general busitess ofljoes 01 publishers No prinlertl 815 Fiftetth SI. NW WathigtoO DC 20005 6Nm. 08 complete addcoae 01 Publish, Edjor MategitS Editor Publish CarlO WholySlS Fifteettr St. NW Weshiogto DC 20006 Edilo William J Witer 615 Fifteenth St NW WashigtO DC 20006 Managiog Edltct NONE 7Owne Azedemy 01 Model AtOtoIi 815 Fittearth St. NW Washington DC 20006 8Koown bondholders mortgagee. other seourity holders e,itg ot hold ito 1% total amount 01 bonds mottuaget other seCu8tie. NONE 9FOr completion toterotit crgaicgticns authorized mail speolal rate ISectict 122122 PSMI putoosa tunctico std nonprofit statue ol orgatloatiot aod ecomot status lot Federal income tao putoctas han rot chooged durig preotdig 12 motths Ectetteod Netuneof Circulation 10 Actual Anrageto copies tO cOpies01 single issueissue dorirgpublished precedingnearest c 12 mOnthstiling data ATcral No Copies Pyinted Net Prees RanI4421448600 6 Psid Circulation ISale through Otalers eed Carnsrs Street Veedors Coutter Sate2863A71 2Meil Subsariptices361 6240814 CTotal Paid Cimuleeion3613844685 0Fre Distribution Mail Carrier Other Meaze Sample. Complimentary 0th Fren Copies415421S6 0Total DistrIbution lOom 01 C & Dl4229246782 F Copies 500 DistObuted 1 Office Use LettOcer Utecooutted Spoiled after Printiog 16191208 2 PeturnatmesNeessAgacta I 0Total lOom 01 6 Fl 2ahould equal net pint rut shgen A4421448600 II certify the statementa made byme ton am corrgot aod cempiete CARL P WHEELEY Publisher lieved Its everybodys airplane un equalled sport free flight relaxa tion machine barrel laughs like After dreamlike spectacle Johnsville PAthe Flying Aces Scale ChampionshipsFO put another sundrenched Saturday Maryland Shangri-La Maxecuter scale types running small contest flying absolutely superb things like tiny World War bipes climbing skyhigh smooth circles rack up times 2 minutes plusan eternity watch rubber job World War II combat Srulls wicked little Heinkel 100 fighter continued beat comers Before give inside poop promised last month permit us say fly rubber scale body field aware everyone elses airplane literally everyone pauses watch smooth flight know watch real planes Its same thingthis event air plane watchers Shall Sizes average 20 24 inches span latter optimum Bigger tough wind broken motor wreaks havoc Jumbo use winding tube Rubber motors vary mere ioop 1/8 superlight jobs two 1oops 3/16 powerful ships Rubber length about 2 times dis tance between hooks ideal balance comes same length rubber behind CG front itbut never never 1 behind CG represents rubber length front big new deal braided motor allow long motor lengths braid rubber outside ship given say 20 25 turns 5-I winder ends brought together rubber sort stroked squeezed stretching motion between fingers automatically assumes neatly braided pattern wont sag bunch destroy balance unwound Availability various diameters pitches plastic props allows quickly finding optimum prop/motor combi nationsomething could old days idea find maximum size prop airplane can handle before goes hairy torque perhaps 8 9 incher body plays trial combinations Al though observer cant distinguish tween performance always popu lar high wings like Howard Stin son other types longer durations can efficient configurations like Thompson Trophy WW II fight ers Heinkel 100 Grumman Hellcat Fiat G-50 et al sensational Firecracker Smoothie Chamber maid virtually unbeatable among Thompson types Launch hand power circle 96 Model Aviation SPITFIRE Still best combination looks & pertormance - can buy Nobody ever designed elegant ship Spitfire model flies superbly has won countless standoff scale contests standard kit builds Mk 9 Plan includes details other Marks like beautiful Mk 22 Kit features Machined diecut balsa formed LG nylon fittings metal parts & mouldings Two full-size plans complete radio & retract gear installation shown Isometric diagram & illustrated instructions make building easy fun Six-color accurate decals Span 65 Area 714 Sqs 4 6 channel Engine 40 60 usually left Adjusting circlenot too open too close overbankedis tougher low wings normally require good bit dihedral scale walk edge between winding left wan dering off right torque dies down wind anyway can done wish ultimate youll go low wing Dont try low wing never built scale before dont have tothe great winning flights Johnsville made Stosser Chambermaid both appear Model Aviation Covering tissue Models generally tested adjusted before painting Dope usually 50/50 nitrate Covering lightly pre-stretched water alcohol spray Painting generally 50/50 nitrate tinted Floquil railroad paint Al ways use airbrush Models weigh tween two ounces tess rubber sorts people fly models first love RC Its great way expand ones horizon flying session enthusiasts appear tounded what seeingalmost cant believe FO doesnt believe eitherbut gosh Bill Winter Blue Birds/Willard continued page 14 due sweep leading edge well although quite far Now apply epoxy dowel leading edges rear plane rounded notches ribs dowel fits exerting slight pressure can bend ribs down meet dowel press dowel notches Use five-minute epoxy work fast carefully have ribs dowels notched gether hold place leading edge dowel resting flat surface until dry Naturally will have covered flat surface wax paper work framework doesnt stick working surface After assembly dries let up pressure rear plane wing will spring slightly away surface due flexibility dowels Dont worry about springiness retarded almost completely entire assembly put together dowel leading lead plane back through rear plane installed Assembly begin assembly formation must first locate lead planes wing fuselage match /s X 3k X 3 plywood mountswhich installed fuselage holes drilled mounting screwsto basswood mounting structure wing tem porarily screw wing place Next cut holes nose block bulkheads rear plane fuselage ac cept 5/16 dowel flexrod runs along shown careful main tain alignment shown profile view rear plane points slightly down relation lead plane Note rear plane wing held fuselage rubber-bands loop over little wood screws inserted sides bulkhead locations Place fuse lage under wing apex lead ing edge properly located rubber band two together fairly tightly Run dowel through rear plane fuselage out through nose block forward along centerline bottom sheeting lead plane may have use slight forcing action once have assembly properly lined up epoxy dowel place Thus two fuselages lead plane rear plane really fuselage structure formation plane wingmen fuselages appearance purpose except vertical fins serve purpose adding directional stability connecting dowel between lead plane rear plane fuselages terminates location shown plans because avoids necessity trying bend fuselage shape ward So balsa fairing added ward part since can easily cut fit wingmen fuselages attached wing formation structure rubber bands same manner rear plane fuselage fuselages place streamlining balsa block fairings ahead wing can glued place dry serve align fuselages prop erly dowels fiberglass leadDecember 1978 97 2657 NE 188th Street Miami Florina 33180 Telephone 935-1436 Uncovered structure Blue Birds assemblyconnecting dowel lead plane rear plane installed Willard finds orientation difficult flightthose four finsland requires helper make transmitter trim changes can maintain concentration
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/12
Page Numbers: 4, 96, 97
IONJEE3 Editors get glory blessed excellent writersas case Model Aviation cant help look good other peo ple keep spelling lan guage within bounds ride shotgun what everybody says never hear type setters can bring editor up short Like editor cut Bill Barnes no vel decided kill several murders gory tale came proofs printers queries green ink margins did body come read Ye ed eliminated murder right five crimes six bodies Now among people found masthead art editor rates film credit An art ed always tolerant editor nec essary nuisance editor fancies graphics de termine box office germ truth first admit things have looking up ever since resident graphics doctor came aboard Youll find him contents pagebeneath editor course have noted FO has new soap box month thanks art departments discontent mat lingers too long picture tooken reason coming out hiding con stantly confused Join Worth heard guy telling buddies Worth found airplane Being Johns stunt man idea peace quite much too chicken leap off roofs precipices people kept asking us about eyes Before found out FO tended think old mans sternly admonishing him triumph art ed just informed us belonged Salvador Dali cant have melting servos transmitters flowing over edges workbench Wed better sign thing too before other horrors wrought pristine presence Ken Simpson see Letters Edi tor considers Beginner Problem sensitive insight gained actual ly working kids FO agrees what says considerations mitigate against manufacturer simply saying will produce beginner kits thereby make great impact numbers young sters coming up isnt simple Theres doubt whether product itself makes difference since takes leadershippeople teachers spirersto make Junior programs e days Wright brothers model aviation has beginner problem may wander hobby has grown through number cycles created revolutions technology witness ROand may told comprise perhaps 2000000 people ages day guess good also stimulus events timeslike Lindberghs flight Golden Age Air Racing World War II wont mind saying prob ably 90% active hobbyists read model magazines alive FO glued first sticks gether May ask first beginners profici ent now Probably strongest motive have helping beginners altruistic instinct people should share pleasures find hobbybut should wish Though goes unsaid probably much moved feeling could modelers feeling guilt people especially kids turned off failure come up continuous suc cessful programs producing products work magic Simpson said really serious AMA began what visibly serious about good insurance making rules organization contests teams supervision re cords want service innumerable needs strongly feel about beginners AMA spend say $100000 30 years ago Plymouth program cost $250000 year year na tional beginner programone real flesh boneswould holla about dues increase AMA members may say sure Ill give buck year will mutter comes times foot bill beginner pro gram other program however es sential Nowhere does say ginner Program AMA mission want Judging apparent apathy clubs real doubt about people consider vital aspect AMA activity have beginner programs past some well organized funded Before war Rocke feller Foundation maintained suite offices Radio City just pur pose came up series graduated kitsone cannot demonstrate obvious approach effective fact could bad Hob Industry Association America af ter war appropriated $30000 study universityone recommen dation series graduated kits Testors firm act upon four control-line models called Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior program effect FO failed notice old Ameri can Boy magazine vanished Great Depression cooperated AMLA Airplane Model League America publishing plans AMLA began Na tionals perpetuated own AMA focused boys men Stray thoughts swarm Whatever done must first appeal imagination thing someone would want to gain pleasure cannot form ally teach lay down compulsory steps based upon some outdated struggles getting started different world Thus cant expect legislate ar bitrary Junior program would have people willing carry out present seems wed like some something Juniorspro vided isnt us apparent major ity modelers kids will build model airplanes Simpson noted 2A% Continued page 96 4 Model Aviation Openers continued page 4 4-H youngsters available him interested program felt badly about Well percentage some millions kids would mighty impressive number Looking current situation real istically wed have say ginners kids mags concerned another beginner adult wants get radio perhaps some other advanced form modeling Parents magazine once tried comic book style True Avi ationit flopped Alas no ad vertising support youth stuff no magazine can live today adver tising Junior Modeler 20000 readers best break-even thing No publisher field nobleminded would support maga zine never shows profit Hence Junior Modeler became Sport Modeler would nice HIAA put $100000 annually Junior promo tion wow listen tortured shouts No else including AMA has much gain money alone important Any promotion successful must gain kids attention maga zines wore white hats before model ing world became commercial kids did read worlds finest ideas projects name could have booksand would have ignored kids dont see magazines newsstands way newsstand circulation todays model magazines amount pitiful hill beans lumped together Hobby shops subscriptions account readers great break out would necessary appropriate media just model mags must skillfully used gain attention follow-up program must ready continuously year year out Flashy one-time things wont Un imaginative theorizing will never pay off need philosophy Just manufactur ing things part picture $64 question Would help young beginnersnow al ways Clarence Haughts Northwest Dakota page 52 special projects add imaginative touch scheme things Older hands may have feeling having beforein deed Dakota designed Joe Wag ner manufactured first Veco right after warand Dumas keeps reappearing like 17-year lo custs knowledge free flight airplane ever honestly designed small-field operation original Dakota all-balsa cabin biplane lots area stagger gaplike some prewar Wacos kit util ized CL structural techniques wings Jedelsky type sturdy leading edges left flat bottom curved top Slots cut leading edgethe sparaccept ed ribs steadied light sheeted rear section bottom wings open breeze did cover ship heavy glide rock-like Se vere left-thrust incorporated engine Left thrust Heresy body knew torque com pensated Wagner went some Cub power Dakota climbed gently circles left engine cut Da kota went righthand glide thanks small rudder tab S-shaped transition minimized over-the-ground distance masterpiece jug gling weight drag power flight pat tern produce genuine fun airplane did fly away nor break up like flimsy stick-and-paper job pow ered K&B Infantthe first 02it would skyrocket 10 feet tank fuel circling like bum ble bee engineers say should fly Thousands enjoyed Dakota Clarences Northwest Dakota en larged 25% built-up wings covered top bottom behaves like Dako ta should Lighter its feet can lost strong thermal activity avoid present modem 049 puts charge its life Its ability stay airborne trifling thrust must seen beSTATEMENT OP OWNERSHIP MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION Required 38 USC 3685 Till ol Puhlioaio MODEL AVIATION Publjcaljo No 087930 2Dale Filing Septenber 26 1978 3Frcuancy Issue Monthly No Ittues Published AOually 12 S Aoual Suboutiplio Prloe $1200 4LoceticO 600 olfic 01 publiOgliot 1st., oily coutty slale ZIP oodel No prittersl SOS Fllleetlb SI NW Wathioglon DC 20005 SLOcation headouerter 0 general busitess ofljoes 01 publishers No prinlertl 815 Fiftetth SI. NW WathigtoO DC 20005 6Nm. 08 complete addcoae 01 Publish, Edjor MategitS Editor Publish CarlO WholySlS Fifteettr St. NW Weshiogto DC 20006 Edilo William J Witer 615 Fifteenth St NW WashigtO DC 20006 Managiog Edltct NONE 7Owne Azedemy 01 Model AtOtoIi 815 Fittearth St. NW Washington DC 20006 8Koown bondholders mortgagee. other seourity holders e,itg ot hold ito 1% total amount 01 bonds mottuaget other seCu8tie. NONE 9FOr completion toterotit crgaicgticns authorized mail speolal rate ISectict 122122 PSMI putoosa tunctico std nonprofit statue ol orgatloatiot aod ecomot status lot Federal income tao putoctas han rot chooged durig preotdig 12 motths Ectetteod Netuneof Circulation 10 Actual Anrageto copies tO cOpies01 single issueissue dorirgpublished precedingnearest c 12 mOnthstiling data ATcral No Copies Pyinted Net Prees RanI4421448600 6 Psid Circulation ISale through Otalers eed Carnsrs Street Veedors Coutter Sate2863A71 2Meil Subsariptices361 6240814 CTotal Paid Cimuleeion3613844685 0Fre Distribution Mail Carrier Other Meaze Sample. Complimentary 0th Fren Copies415421S6 0Total DistrIbution lOom 01 C & Dl4229246782 F Copies 500 DistObuted 1 Office Use LettOcer Utecooutted Spoiled after Printiog 16191208 2 PeturnatmesNeessAgacta I 0Total lOom 01 6 Fl 2ahould equal net pint rut shgen A4421448600 II certify the statementa made byme ton am corrgot aod cempiete CARL P WHEELEY Publisher lieved Its everybodys airplane un equalled sport free flight relaxa tion machine barrel laughs like After dreamlike spectacle Johnsville PAthe Flying Aces Scale ChampionshipsFO put another sundrenched Saturday Maryland Shangri-La Maxecuter scale types running small contest flying absolutely superb things like tiny World War bipes climbing skyhigh smooth circles rack up times 2 minutes plusan eternity watch rubber job World War II combat Srulls wicked little Heinkel 100 fighter continued beat comers Before give inside poop promised last month permit us say fly rubber scale body field aware everyone elses airplane literally everyone pauses watch smooth flight know watch real planes Its same thingthis event air plane watchers Shall Sizes average 20 24 inches span latter optimum Bigger tough wind broken motor wreaks havoc Jumbo use winding tube Rubber motors vary mere ioop 1/8 superlight jobs two 1oops 3/16 powerful ships Rubber length about 2 times dis tance between hooks ideal balance comes same length rubber behind CG front itbut never never 1 behind CG represents rubber length front big new deal braided motor allow long motor lengths braid rubber outside ship given say 20 25 turns 5-I winder ends brought together rubber sort stroked squeezed stretching motion between fingers automatically assumes neatly braided pattern wont sag bunch destroy balance unwound Availability various diameters pitches plastic props allows quickly finding optimum prop/motor combi nationsomething could old days idea find maximum size prop airplane can handle before goes hairy torque perhaps 8 9 incher body plays trial combinations Al though observer cant distinguish tween performance always popu lar high wings like Howard Stin son other types longer durations can efficient configurations like Thompson Trophy WW II fight ers Heinkel 100 Grumman Hellcat Fiat G-50 et al sensational Firecracker Smoothie Chamber maid virtually unbeatable among Thompson types Launch hand power circle 96 Model Aviation SPITFIRE Still best combination looks & pertormance - can buy Nobody ever designed elegant ship Spitfire model flies superbly has won countless standoff scale contests standard kit builds Mk 9 Plan includes details other Marks like beautiful Mk 22 Kit features Machined diecut balsa formed LG nylon fittings metal parts & mouldings Two full-size plans complete radio & retract gear installation shown Isometric diagram & illustrated instructions make building easy fun Six-color accurate decals Span 65 Area 714 Sqs 4 6 channel Engine 40 60 usually left Adjusting circlenot too open too close overbankedis tougher low wings normally require good bit dihedral scale walk edge between winding left wan dering off right torque dies down wind anyway can done wish ultimate youll go low wing Dont try low wing never built scale before dont have tothe great winning flights Johnsville made Stosser Chambermaid both appear Model Aviation Covering tissue Models generally tested adjusted before painting Dope usually 50/50 nitrate Covering lightly pre-stretched water alcohol spray Painting generally 50/50 nitrate tinted Floquil railroad paint Al ways use airbrush Models weigh tween two ounces tess rubber sorts people fly models first love RC Its great way expand ones horizon flying session enthusiasts appear tounded what seeingalmost cant believe FO doesnt believe eitherbut gosh Bill Winter Blue Birds/Willard continued page 14 due sweep leading edge well although quite far Now apply epoxy dowel leading edges rear plane rounded notches ribs dowel fits exerting slight pressure can bend ribs down meet dowel press dowel notches Use five-minute epoxy work fast carefully have ribs dowels notched gether hold place leading edge dowel resting flat surface until dry Naturally will have covered flat surface wax paper work framework doesnt stick working surface After assembly dries let up pressure rear plane wing will spring slightly away surface due flexibility dowels Dont worry about springiness retarded almost completely entire assembly put together dowel leading lead plane back through rear plane installed Assembly begin assembly formation must first locate lead planes wing fuselage match /s X 3k X 3 plywood mountswhich installed fuselage holes drilled mounting screwsto basswood mounting structure wing tem porarily screw wing place Next cut holes nose block bulkheads rear plane fuselage ac cept 5/16 dowel flexrod runs along shown careful main tain alignment shown profile view rear plane points slightly down relation lead plane Note rear plane wing held fuselage rubber-bands loop over little wood screws inserted sides bulkhead locations Place fuse lage under wing apex lead ing edge properly located rubber band two together fairly tightly Run dowel through rear plane fuselage out through nose block forward along centerline bottom sheeting lead plane may have use slight forcing action once have assembly properly lined up epoxy dowel place Thus two fuselages lead plane rear plane really fuselage structure formation plane wingmen fuselages appearance purpose except vertical fins serve purpose adding directional stability connecting dowel between lead plane rear plane fuselages terminates location shown plans because avoids necessity trying bend fuselage shape ward So balsa fairing added ward part since can easily cut fit wingmen fuselages attached wing formation structure rubber bands same manner rear plane fuselage fuselages place streamlining balsa block fairings ahead wing can glued place dry serve align fuselages prop erly dowels fiberglass leadDecember 1978 97 2657 NE 188th Street Miami Florina 33180 Telephone 935-1436 Uncovered structure Blue Birds assemblyconnecting dowel lead plane rear plane installed Willard finds orientation difficult flightthose four finsland requires helper make transmitter trim changes can maintain concentration
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/12
Page Numbers: 4, 96, 97
IONJEE3 Editors get glory blessed excellent writersas case Model Aviation cant help look good other peo ple keep spelling lan guage within bounds ride shotgun what everybody says never hear type setters can bring editor up short Like editor cut Bill Barnes no vel decided kill several murders gory tale came proofs printers queries green ink margins did body come read Ye ed eliminated murder right five crimes six bodies Now among people found masthead art editor rates film credit An art ed always tolerant editor nec essary nuisance editor fancies graphics de termine box office germ truth first admit things have looking up ever since resident graphics doctor came aboard Youll find him contents pagebeneath editor course have noted FO has new soap box month thanks art departments discontent mat lingers too long picture tooken reason coming out hiding con stantly confused Join Worth heard guy telling buddies Worth found airplane Being Johns stunt man idea peace quite much too chicken leap off roofs precipices people kept asking us about eyes Before found out FO tended think old mans sternly admonishing him triumph art ed just informed us belonged Salvador Dali cant have melting servos transmitters flowing over edges workbench Wed better sign thing too before other horrors wrought pristine presence Ken Simpson see Letters Edi tor considers Beginner Problem sensitive insight gained actual ly working kids FO agrees what says considerations mitigate against manufacturer simply saying will produce beginner kits thereby make great impact numbers young sters coming up isnt simple Theres doubt whether product itself makes difference since takes leadershippeople teachers spirersto make Junior programs e days Wright brothers model aviation has beginner problem may wander hobby has grown through number cycles created revolutions technology witness ROand may told comprise perhaps 2000000 people ages day guess good also stimulus events timeslike Lindberghs flight Golden Age Air Racing World War II wont mind saying prob ably 90% active hobbyists read model magazines alive FO glued first sticks gether May ask first beginners profici ent now Probably strongest motive have helping beginners altruistic instinct people should share pleasures find hobbybut should wish Though goes unsaid probably much moved feeling could modelers feeling guilt people especially kids turned off failure come up continuous suc cessful programs producing products work magic Simpson said really serious AMA began what visibly serious about good insurance making rules organization contests teams supervision re cords want service innumerable needs strongly feel about beginners AMA spend say $100000 30 years ago Plymouth program cost $250000 year year na tional beginner programone real flesh boneswould holla about dues increase AMA members may say sure Ill give buck year will mutter comes times foot bill beginner pro gram other program however es sential Nowhere does say ginner Program AMA mission want Judging apparent apathy clubs real doubt about people consider vital aspect AMA activity have beginner programs past some well organized funded Before war Rocke feller Foundation maintained suite offices Radio City just pur pose came up series graduated kitsone cannot demonstrate obvious approach effective fact could bad Hob Industry Association America af ter war appropriated $30000 study universityone recommen dation series graduated kits Testors firm act upon four control-line models called Freshman Sophomore Junior Senior program effect FO failed notice old Ameri can Boy magazine vanished Great Depression cooperated AMLA Airplane Model League America publishing plans AMLA began Na tionals perpetuated own AMA focused boys men Stray thoughts swarm Whatever done must first appeal imagination thing someone would want to gain pleasure cannot form ally teach lay down compulsory steps based upon some outdated struggles getting started different world Thus cant expect legislate ar bitrary Junior program would have people willing carry out present seems wed like some something Juniorspro vided isnt us apparent major ity modelers kids will build model airplanes Simpson noted 2A% Continued page 96 4 Model Aviation Openers continued page 4 4-H youngsters available him interested program felt badly about Well percentage some millions kids would mighty impressive number Looking current situation real istically wed have say ginners kids mags concerned another beginner adult wants get radio perhaps some other advanced form modeling Parents magazine once tried comic book style True Avi ationit flopped Alas no ad vertising support youth stuff no magazine can live today adver tising Junior Modeler 20000 readers best break-even thing No publisher field nobleminded would support maga zine never shows profit Hence Junior Modeler became Sport Modeler would nice HIAA put $100000 annually Junior promo tion wow listen tortured shouts No else including AMA has much gain money alone important Any promotion successful must gain kids attention maga zines wore white hats before model ing world became commercial kids did read worlds finest ideas projects name could have booksand would have ignored kids dont see magazines newsstands way newsstand circulation todays model magazines amount pitiful hill beans lumped together Hobby shops subscriptions account readers great break out would necessary appropriate media just model mags must skillfully used gain attention follow-up program must ready continuously year year out Flashy one-time things wont Un imaginative theorizing will never pay off need philosophy Just manufactur ing things part picture $64 question Would help young beginnersnow al ways Clarence Haughts Northwest Dakota page 52 special projects add imaginative touch scheme things Older hands may have feeling having beforein deed Dakota designed Joe Wag ner manufactured first Veco right after warand Dumas keeps reappearing like 17-year lo custs knowledge free flight airplane ever honestly designed small-field operation original Dakota all-balsa cabin biplane lots area stagger gaplike some prewar Wacos kit util ized CL structural techniques wings Jedelsky type sturdy leading edges left flat bottom curved top Slots cut leading edgethe sparaccept ed ribs steadied light sheeted rear section bottom wings open breeze did cover ship heavy glide rock-like Se vere left-thrust incorporated engine Left thrust Heresy body knew torque com pensated Wagner went some Cub power Dakota climbed gently circles left engine cut Da kota went righthand glide thanks small rudder tab S-shaped transition minimized over-the-ground distance masterpiece jug gling weight drag power flight pat tern produce genuine fun airplane did fly away nor break up like flimsy stick-and-paper job pow ered K&B Infantthe first 02it would skyrocket 10 feet tank fuel circling like bum ble bee engineers say should fly Thousands enjoyed Dakota Clarences Northwest Dakota en larged 25% built-up wings covered top bottom behaves like Dako ta should Lighter its feet can lost strong thermal activity avoid present modem 049 puts charge its life Its ability stay airborne trifling thrust must seen beSTATEMENT OP OWNERSHIP MANAGEMENT AND CIRCULATION Required 38 USC 3685 Till ol Puhlioaio MODEL AVIATION Publjcaljo No 087930 2Dale Filing Septenber 26 1978 3Frcuancy Issue Monthly No Ittues Published AOually 12 S Aoual Suboutiplio Prloe $1200 4LoceticO 600 olfic 01 publiOgliot 1st., oily coutty slale ZIP oodel No prittersl SOS Fllleetlb SI NW Wathioglon DC 20005 SLOcation headouerter 0 general busitess ofljoes 01 publishers No prinlertl 815 Fiftetth SI. NW WathigtoO DC 20005 6Nm. 08 complete addcoae 01 Publish, Edjor MategitS Editor Publish CarlO WholySlS Fifteettr St. NW Weshiogto DC 20006 Edilo William J Witer 615 Fifteenth St NW WashigtO DC 20006 Managiog Edltct NONE 7Owne Azedemy 01 Model AtOtoIi 815 Fittearth St. NW Washington DC 20006 8Koown bondholders mortgagee. other seourity holders e,itg ot hold ito 1% total amount 01 bonds mottuaget other seCu8tie. NONE 9FOr completion toterotit crgaicgticns authorized mail speolal rate ISectict 122122 PSMI putoosa tunctico std nonprofit statue ol orgatloatiot aod ecomot status lot Federal income tao putoctas han rot chooged durig preotdig 12 motths Ectetteod Netuneof Circulation 10 Actual Anrageto copies tO cOpies01 single issueissue dorirgpublished precedingnearest c 12 mOnthstiling data ATcral No Copies Pyinted Net Prees RanI4421448600 6 Psid Circulation ISale through Otalers eed Carnsrs Street Veedors Coutter Sate2863A71 2Meil Subsariptices361 6240814 CTotal Paid Cimuleeion3613844685 0Fre Distribution Mail Carrier Other Meaze Sample. 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can buy Nobody ever designed elegant ship Spitfire model flies superbly has won countless standoff scale contests standard kit builds Mk 9 Plan includes details other Marks like beautiful Mk 22 Kit features Machined diecut balsa formed LG nylon fittings metal parts & mouldings Two full-size plans complete radio & retract gear installation shown Isometric diagram & illustrated instructions make building easy fun Six-color accurate decals Span 65 Area 714 Sqs 4 6 channel Engine 40 60 usually left Adjusting circlenot too open too close overbankedis tougher low wings normally require good bit dihedral scale walk edge between winding left wan dering off right torque dies down wind anyway can done wish ultimate youll go low wing Dont try low wing never built scale before dont have tothe great winning flights Johnsville made Stosser Chambermaid both appear Model Aviation Covering tissue Models generally tested adjusted before painting Dope usually 50/50 nitrate Covering lightly pre-stretched water alcohol spray Painting generally 50/50 nitrate tinted Floquil railroad paint Al ways use airbrush Models weigh tween two ounces tess rubber sorts people fly models first love RC Its great way expand ones horizon flying session enthusiasts appear tounded what seeingalmost cant believe FO doesnt believe eitherbut gosh Bill Winter Blue Birds/Willard continued page 14 due sweep leading edge well although quite far Now apply epoxy dowel leading edges rear plane rounded notches ribs dowel fits exerting slight pressure can bend ribs down meet dowel press dowel notches Use five-minute epoxy work fast carefully have ribs dowels notched gether hold place leading edge dowel resting flat surface until dry Naturally will have covered flat surface wax paper work framework doesnt stick working surface After assembly dries let up pressure rear plane wing will spring slightly away surface due flexibility dowels Dont worry about springiness retarded almost completely entire assembly put together dowel leading lead plane back through rear plane installed Assembly begin assembly formation must first locate lead planes wing fuselage match /s X 3k X 3 plywood mountswhich installed fuselage holes drilled mounting screwsto basswood mounting structure wing tem porarily screw wing place Next cut holes nose block bulkheads rear plane fuselage ac cept 5/16 dowel flexrod runs along shown careful main tain alignment shown profile view rear plane points slightly down relation lead plane Note rear plane wing held fuselage rubber-bands loop over little wood screws inserted sides bulkhead locations Place fuse lage under wing apex lead ing edge properly located rubber band two together fairly tightly Run dowel through rear plane fuselage out through nose block forward along centerline bottom sheeting lead plane may have use slight forcing action once have assembly properly lined up epoxy dowel place Thus two fuselages lead plane rear plane really fuselage structure formation plane wingmen fuselages appearance purpose except vertical fins serve purpose adding directional stability connecting dowel between lead plane rear plane fuselages terminates location shown plans because avoids necessity trying bend fuselage shape ward So balsa fairing added ward part since can easily cut fit wingmen fuselages attached wing formation structure rubber bands same manner rear plane fuselage fuselages place streamlining balsa block fairings ahead wing can glued place dry serve align fuselages prop erly dowels fiberglass leadDecember 1978 97 2657 NE 188th Street Miami Florina 33180 Telephone 935-1436 Uncovered structure Blue Birds assemblyconnecting dowel lead plane rear plane installed Willard finds orientation difficult flightthose four finsland requires helper make transmitter trim changes can maintain concentration