BILL WINTERS [ORJEE3 used said pilot fast dangerous nself after oqged 250 hours iat statistics reveal oday now point after sumes has mas tered art vulner able has interest ing parallel model flying will find greater hours years cockpit veteran pilots affirm learning process never over ever watchful FO finds himself pain fully reminded us will ever know everything about hobby back square several times past month flying experience incredible fourth flight 6-foot Sniffer showed picture performance joy behold trimmed cruise mild right required several clicks left rudder trim So took out two degrees right thrust week later joined Worth balmy Sunday afternoon big Buzzard HENDERTOON TM may digress Buzzard published Bob Harrah RCM early 70s has forgotten hundreds flights California East top selling plan RCM yearsdo get Snif fer beefed up like Bridi 40 trainer keep mind John launched Sniffer its 05 35 spinning 11 31/2 grand style Did go left Did go straight tin-type vicious right turn power stalling over place jumped tree holding left rudder kept adding left down trim until reached stops hitting full left sensitive rudder about three seconds Back came throttle level flight cruise Sniffer now flying 150-foot right-hand circles because two degrees right thrust removed Now Buzzard air sunny gentle breeze real buzzards began circle model high always Tired humming around low-altitude cir cles held some steady left gave Sniffer two clicks high started up Soon both ships almost specks lift about 45-degree downwind angle cloud gray motionless Off distance other downwind quadrant ap r 1 couldnt find plans P-30 class built P-40 proaching rainstorm cloud turned black moved toward rainstorm Still soared out front frolicking gether out harmless sky up upwind came terrible torrent air like wind front thunderstorm Instantly thought both ships doomed killed engine put Sniffer prolonged 60-degree dive Now saw what great safety device lifting tail can bealthough section 50% scale Sniffer sturdy ship came boring back never flaring perhaps 1500 feet off side Now figure warp some thing offset thrust mys tery forget itthe deadstick dive arrow true got field about 50 feet away considerable down keep headway During approach heard John cry wont come down Buz zard would dive until went squirrely spins hardly offset monstrous lift Meanwhile cloud rushed meet rainstorm formed sharo front tornado tendrils worked down re ceded Buzzard still under con trol way way off finally disap peared behind distant tree line found about 2% miles away deep woods custodian out walk whole incredible nightmare adven ture took place matter minutes Would put left thrust Snif fer Would restore right thrust Four degrees left would seem needed Only thing evident that direction slip stream fuselage changed high cabin side area acted like pylon model say Zipper left added what effect will severely angled slipstream have left side cabin much downthrust now seems neededit already has two degrees built going trim some left rudder clevis open up right power turn wide diameter enough trans mitter trim left able get straight ____ hands-off flight wanted maybe well speed up bit lead noseit already has 3% ounces balance 35 chord Incidence about half what Sniffer supposed have angular difference adequate reduced drastically true Sniffer putting stab zero Continued page 122 4 Model Aviation ThE HIGH COST OF ROTOR____ BLADES KEEPING YOU GROUNDED LET YOUR COPTER FLY AGAIN WITH BLADES BY BOBCO top quality precision blades made same KAVAN Jet Rangermaterial original equipment No covering material supplied -Scale Expert..$1 295Custom Special Blades Available upon request Write Details COMMANDER -Std Expert WSS 895 H ELIBOY........, 895 COMING SOON REVOLUTION 1 HE LI-BABY 495 10% discount 5 sets Calif residents add 6% sales tax allow time check clearance add 150 postage handling send check money order BOBCO 2504 C-i So Santa Fe Avenue Vista California 92083 Tel 714 727-4130 Finally -A Definitive Work Electric Propulsion Systems complete resource anyone interested elec tric propulsion Over 100 photos detailed draw ings show models type description can build operate Covers aircraft autos boats solar-powered models Loaded dos donts helpful hints com plete index articles electric propulsion leading US magazines $595 dealer order direct Q Is inflation hurting last EZB cost much first RC job Q Should raise dues Lets blow everyones mind lower em Another Helping Handi problems faced Indoor Scale flier hold model safely motor wound Photo shows fixture support scale model during winding owner model could test-fly model helper rear part stand both holds fuselage level has hooks hold rear motor post securely using winding tube slips inside fuselage during winding broken motor poses little hazard model Bud Tenny PO Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 Adventures/Harrah continued page 69 landing nose skid Being lover tail-draggers brought beautiful three-point landing nose tail dihedral joint Lets again am shooting black white color time keep nose higher wind has shifted almost nose stretch line out few feet hold line long can see can pop chute What heck supposed mean Oh have achieved maxi mam under tow Hi-Start lift plane being overcome tension line causing plane stay GYRO FLIGHT IAC PIONEERS IN SILENT FLIGHT 13377 Beach Aye Venice CA 90291 level start descend fly off tow chute immediately pops downward because remaining line tension chute opens floats back earth fast plane like Aquila Grande under ideal conditions might pop chute 75 feet good pop about 50 feet average 1020 feet Eh skeptically launched mumbling Pop chute eh held nose up high Leroy kept straight arrow popped chute about 20 feet shoulders went back broad smile spilt face held gracious glide glanced watch shot some pictures air landed nose over five minutes later neat dead-air flight third launch like second already snap picture popping chute sudden tight spiral zeroing lens wish clicked shutter time looked up dropped about 400 feet 75 feet Leroy given down elevator opposite rudder pulled out zoomed back up about 50 feet leveled off brought safe landing Regaining composure checked out model found towhook loose could have happened during landing Neither us know what went wrong guess overconfidence pop chute still wanted some pictures Leroy game tightened towhook let go about 750 feet thrilling went well chute popped over 50 feet Leroy soared Aquila Grande like eagle over eight minutes dead air left flying site quite pleased quite impressed Cox system flying saliplanes waiting film processing completed able return Torrey Pines cliffs once use Hi-Start twice cameras fun-fly bird Lee Renaud designed radio response fault flight lasted almost 30 minutes first thermal carried almost out sight brought back up wind another thermal landed about ten feet away starting point combination champions also complete package wefly-lab can recommend average builderif want follow instructions advance hobby Openers continued page 4 instead several degrees negative outer panels have half poly called dont knock it remark able gliding soaring responsive ma chine sturdy proverbial brick outhouse Guys answers will please line up right INVERTED FLIGHT nothing special anymore week after bizarre encounter freak storm 122 Model Aviation r avIV BEST OF SHOW BEALETON 1977 1911 AVRO D Beautiful replica worlds first tractor biplane Slow stable joy fly 40 engine 62 SPORT SCALE Deluxe Kit $9400 Metal FittingsScale constnsctton RiggingMosided Pilot Passenger heads Wing building jigHuge decal sheet Illustrated Plans $30 sake attractive snail decoration GEORGE MARSDEN 7621 Mary Cassaff Drive Potomac Md 20854 back square early fifties Californian Alec Snyder flew 7-foot Cub national championship using 5-channel reed re ceiver made late Ed Rockwood Ed pioneered both 3- 5-channel equipment before war probably true father modern RC used servo motors some Englishmade toyit something else Alecs Cub didnt look much like Cub can confer name chooses pet crate Alec told us used enough down obtain moderate divethis being precaution mini mize impact angle case Bob Beckman assures us saw Alec fly invertedwhich suggests Alec probably flew off top half side loop down being limited about time deBolt sprucing up big Live Wireincident ally distributors would handle kit because its exorbitant price Fif teen raspbuckniks Hal forever steal ing marcheshe ukie exper ience see variation called Over Underit symmetri cal airfoil zero just like now Two locals built 5-channel reeds escapements moving barndoor elevators escapement comparable solv ing energy crisis lightning bugs So reasoned semi-symmetri cal airfoil might better usit flat-bottomed world time So K&B 15 original could per form half outside fly out inverted long down held Meanwhile other two guys seeking fly around field inverted reeds late Frank Smiths 5-ch radio improvement Rockwood us line development yielded escapement airplane could outside loop day time stuck down went out sight af ter dozens consecutive loops could fly inverted glide get did dead-engine outside loop continued hold down bitter end After loop would enter se cond loop whip stall top try enter third outside hold inverted Its remarkable glide dirty configuration gear sticking up flippers down cathedral now airfoil its lift downward haunts us after 25 years Never understood Well world went reed crazy Everybody doing three consecutive rollsSaturday Night Fever punched down time went inverted Very soon verted became cinch easy now falling off barstool two years now have fly ing REM ailerons theyd know what lousy flier Now arent sure may have seen recent picture column alightweight 6-foot low wing cross between glider sport jobcockpit dum pilot yet takes off lands like baby carriagewhen buddies fly leastand dives nicely loops al though its forte perpetual glide Youd have about much chance making snap roll would Mirage Bear mind has thick flat-bottomed airfoil narrow-chord elevators clevis outermost hole long horn plenty incidence goodly angular difference So pilot asks us wings strong replied six wide bands holding dived enough know would tuck never pushed So pushes over holds down flew inverted across field came back same way remarking steered better inverted rightside up Now ask What tarna tion crate like doing inverted should checkthe glider boys considered ship Split-S Spe cial much longer must go learning PROBABLY WILL NOT live down column Should say square will know what talking about roughly 30 years have writ ing about radio control us inflict such mental anguish un suspecting multitudes think have down pat trouble view subject side describe way used car salesman realtor describes products PLANS. MAP range plans England largest compre hensive world Buya plans handbook find out yourself handbook contains full details of thousands plans prices plans available US agents listed handbooks Aeromodeiling Model Boats Cars Model Engineering Radio ControlAircraft [-N1Ddel & Allied MAPPubliwtions Ltd Available USA Price $150 including postage Sales Office PO Box 36 BrIdge Street Hemel Hempetead Herts HP1 lEE England Plans & Construction Manual CURTISS HAWK PEESTINSONRELIANT SR9 Scala 940 Span $2250I Seals 12E Span$2500 2Soal 63 Span $12002Seals S4Span1500 lVaSeal47VoSpan 10001iSScaia 63 Span12$O CURTISS GOSHAWK P11CC 2 Seals ea spansic00 CURTISS OuLFHAWK IA . 25ea1e $3 Span 51500 eals 94W Sea, $3000 Pie Ada $150 Per md ft PoeteOa Noodling. 0*side US Add *000Make Cii Peynentsn Richard G Barron1213 Holly SprI, Ln Grand Blanc Michigan 48439 Sand 600 00nPiie iInnetinn September 1979 123 QUARTER SCALE 3 OT GIANT Scale STANDARD PILOT COMPLETE WITH GOGGLES VICKERS PLASTIC MACHINE GUN KITS GNOME ROTARY ENGINE CYLINDERS A{LLIAW VINTAGE WHEELS 6% DIAMETER BROS 50 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 9 BY POPULAR DEMAND Handbook 1 Handbook 2 Handbook 3 Handbook 4 Winning Ideas FOURMOST FUEL FITTING SETS Large Fuel Fitting Set Size % IDPRICE s1 50 1 Tee 1 Elbow 1 Union 1 Plug Both Made Prom Fuel Proof Polyethylene Small Fuel Fitting Set Size lDPRICE 125 1 Tee 2 Elbows 1 Pen Bladder Tee FUEL MANIFOLD This Manifold Provides Convenient Method Tank Filling Draining Priming %z lDPRICE 95 0491051 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT \/REDUCES DRAG \\/VIBRATION FREE NJ/ PRICE 250 FUEL SHUT OFF Can Used Control Fuel Flow Starting 777 Positive Airborn Shutoff PRICE S350 C ustom-DiitRIC Built Order Plans Kitstock choose Piper Tn-Pacer Quarter-Scale 89 wIng span 42 Sq Ft detail ed plans$1699 PP * Curtiss Hawk Send $1OOandselfdP6E stomped envelope fat detaIled list60 wingspan 46 Sq Ft Built-Up RC Models 50% Salesuper detailed scale plans Hobby Capitol Dist$1295 PP 46 N Oak St tura Ca 93001 ne 805 643-7616 now Square have some pretty good mod elers among off-spring now guy Mikehe tends things like F-il A-i0swho wants start off fuii-fledged fireworks Give ailerons sez probabiy never heard FCC 30 hasnt made ROG corres pondence has turned chess game mail What revelation So have him keeping loose ieaf few days outline somethingit growing book Right beginning chapter safety him other people cant talk radio rank beginner falling over safety thing has offshoots elm has roots resumed flying two years ago George Myers pro instructor said get 40-powered Bridi trainer Since dear dead days beyond re call no dared fly 52 airplane vintage 19 figured trainer sounded like bomb Glory no kit engine combo suited Mike rank ginner demands 40 Train er Now going route must have flying site must have instruction someone heip probably means club have instructors make sure acci dents dont happen getting radio join club can find sent Mike list clubs New York state Told him find guys flew watch listen ask questions got know Right now has raw kit burning enthusiasm competent flier show him ropesotherwise hed ex-hobbyist first yank stick flick ail eron got us fascinating telephone conversations Joe Bridi working up special trainer MAso far will have bay panel use semi-symmetri cal airfoil Joe also will work up over next 18 months advanced trainer real fun sport job Wed sur prised pattern-man Bridi thinking sway-back horse says sport Like gotta wait Damn AS THE ENTIRE modeling world knows now Russ Barrera no long er among us editorial desk has come both letters phone calls asking us tell story much-loved gentleman will say something significance trust wide circle friendsjust everywherewill understand words fail us count less flying fields have come know wonderful people walks life unaware dis tinctions flying field great common denominator pleasure ease make lasting friendships flying buddies though circle widens dis tance cant exactly indulge plea surable small talk coast coast beyond loss anyone loss usand case Russ Barrera loss painful heartfelt Like writer has lost too modeling friends unexpec ted tragedies cancer Russ case Mike Schlesinger Top Flite heart failure Jim Walker Cal Smith others young people too perhaps some things can allay feeling helplessness Clubs can something refer alland please look up NOWto item last month AMA News Friends Russ Barrera Organ ize Save Museum make contribution exceedingly worthy causewhich monument good mans endeavors advance airplane modeling behalf meaningful way stop club could see 124 Model Aviation Russ Barrera nis model Chestertons English Wakefield winner old rugged Curtiss Hawk Russ favorite airplane EAA members receive SPORT VIA TION magazine SpecialSPORT AIRCRAFT YOU CAN BUILD $495 pp annually some donation made such funds Cancer Heart etc Per haps also have own friends commemorate Put by-laws will never forgotten Mere words appear print van ish forever within 30 daysor after have read matter se condsare adequate tribute deserve better Donations made such funds within city town tangible means identifying unselfishly community Clubs individuals can least insure lasting success Russ legacy Mu seum will speak us product review product review product review fine engine imported Japan Cannon RC models incorporate built-in throttle assem bly muffler standard equipment nice feature 061 cubic inch displacement engine extra power provided forV2A sport models full-throttle operation Mounting dimensions basically same Cox TO 04 engines engine reported deliver good idle smooth speed transition plus complete selection engine speeds Typical specifications 4800 rpm idle 16500 top end 6/3 propeller performance really very good type aircraft designed As can see photo engine actually miniaturized version larger standard RC en gines accepts standard short-reach glow heads including idle bar Additional information will provided sends SAS envelope Cannon address listed above product review product review product review 128 Model Aviation EXPERIMENI AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION take ANNUAL UUb 8UU FOR FREE BROCHURE WRITE EAA active role sport aviation EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC PO Box 229-A Hales Corners Wisconsin 53130 081 G-Mark engine 5 Cannon Elec tronics Inc 13400-26 5aticoy St h Holly wood CA 91605 exec Buzzard Bombsne. vvouia nox surprisa us mxix naa smignis inn sour rag urns actual Buzzard published RCM early 70sand flown years Coast Bob Harrah Original Enya 35 still sings merrily
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/09
Page Numbers: 4, 122, 123, 124, 126
BILL WINTERS [ORJEE3 used said pilot fast dangerous nself after oqged 250 hours iat statistics reveal oday now point after sumes has mas tered art vulner able has interest ing parallel model flying will find greater hours years cockpit veteran pilots affirm learning process never over ever watchful FO finds himself pain fully reminded us will ever know everything about hobby back square several times past month flying experience incredible fourth flight 6-foot Sniffer showed picture performance joy behold trimmed cruise mild right required several clicks left rudder trim So took out two degrees right thrust week later joined Worth balmy Sunday afternoon big Buzzard HENDERTOON TM may digress Buzzard published Bob Harrah RCM early 70s has forgotten hundreds flights California East top selling plan RCM yearsdo get Snif fer beefed up like Bridi 40 trainer keep mind John launched Sniffer its 05 35 spinning 11 31/2 grand style Did go left Did go straight tin-type vicious right turn power stalling over place jumped tree holding left rudder kept adding left down trim until reached stops hitting full left sensitive rudder about three seconds Back came throttle level flight cruise Sniffer now flying 150-foot right-hand circles because two degrees right thrust removed Now Buzzard air sunny gentle breeze real buzzards began circle model high always Tired humming around low-altitude cir cles held some steady left gave Sniffer two clicks high started up Soon both ships almost specks lift about 45-degree downwind angle cloud gray motionless Off distance other downwind quadrant ap r 1 couldnt find plans P-30 class built P-40 proaching rainstorm cloud turned black moved toward rainstorm Still soared out front frolicking gether out harmless sky up upwind came terrible torrent air like wind front thunderstorm Instantly thought both ships doomed killed engine put Sniffer prolonged 60-degree dive Now saw what great safety device lifting tail can bealthough section 50% scale Sniffer sturdy ship came boring back never flaring perhaps 1500 feet off side Now figure warp some thing offset thrust mys tery forget itthe deadstick dive arrow true got field about 50 feet away considerable down keep headway During approach heard John cry wont come down Buz zard would dive until went squirrely spins hardly offset monstrous lift Meanwhile cloud rushed meet rainstorm formed sharo front tornado tendrils worked down re ceded Buzzard still under con trol way way off finally disap peared behind distant tree line found about 2% miles away deep woods custodian out walk whole incredible nightmare adven ture took place matter minutes Would put left thrust Snif fer Would restore right thrust Four degrees left would seem needed Only thing evident that direction slip stream fuselage changed high cabin side area acted like pylon model say Zipper left added what effect will severely angled slipstream have left side cabin much downthrust now seems neededit already has two degrees built going trim some left rudder clevis open up right power turn wide diameter enough trans mitter trim left able get straight ____ hands-off flight wanted maybe well speed up bit lead noseit already has 3% ounces balance 35 chord Incidence about half what Sniffer supposed have angular difference adequate reduced drastically true Sniffer putting stab zero Continued page 122 4 Model Aviation ThE HIGH COST OF ROTOR____ BLADES KEEPING YOU GROUNDED LET YOUR COPTER FLY AGAIN WITH BLADES BY BOBCO top quality precision blades made same KAVAN Jet Rangermaterial original equipment No covering material supplied -Scale Expert..$1 295Custom Special Blades Available upon request Write Details COMMANDER -Std Expert WSS 895 H ELIBOY........, 895 COMING SOON REVOLUTION 1 HE LI-BABY 495 10% discount 5 sets Calif residents add 6% sales tax allow time check clearance add 150 postage handling send check money order BOBCO 2504 C-i So Santa Fe Avenue Vista California 92083 Tel 714 727-4130 Finally -A Definitive Work Electric Propulsion Systems complete resource anyone interested elec tric propulsion Over 100 photos detailed draw ings show models type description can build operate Covers aircraft autos boats solar-powered models Loaded dos donts helpful hints com plete index articles electric propulsion leading US magazines $595 dealer order direct Q Is inflation hurting last EZB cost much first RC job Q Should raise dues Lets blow everyones mind lower em Another Helping Handi problems faced Indoor Scale flier hold model safely motor wound Photo shows fixture support scale model during winding owner model could test-fly model helper rear part stand both holds fuselage level has hooks hold rear motor post securely using winding tube slips inside fuselage during winding broken motor poses little hazard model Bud Tenny PO Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 Adventures/Harrah continued page 69 landing nose skid Being lover tail-draggers brought beautiful three-point landing nose tail dihedral joint Lets again am shooting black white color time keep nose higher wind has shifted almost nose stretch line out few feet hold line long can see can pop chute What heck supposed mean Oh have achieved maxi mam under tow Hi-Start lift plane being overcome tension line causing plane stay GYRO FLIGHT IAC PIONEERS IN SILENT FLIGHT 13377 Beach Aye Venice CA 90291 level start descend fly off tow chute immediately pops downward because remaining line tension chute opens floats back earth fast plane like Aquila Grande under ideal conditions might pop chute 75 feet good pop about 50 feet average 1020 feet Eh skeptically launched mumbling Pop chute eh held nose up high Leroy kept straight arrow popped chute about 20 feet shoulders went back broad smile spilt face held gracious glide glanced watch shot some pictures air landed nose over five minutes later neat dead-air flight third launch like second already snap picture popping chute sudden tight spiral zeroing lens wish clicked shutter time looked up dropped about 400 feet 75 feet Leroy given down elevator opposite rudder pulled out zoomed back up about 50 feet leveled off brought safe landing Regaining composure checked out model found towhook loose could have happened during landing Neither us know what went wrong guess overconfidence pop chute still wanted some pictures Leroy game tightened towhook let go about 750 feet thrilling went well chute popped over 50 feet Leroy soared Aquila Grande like eagle over eight minutes dead air left flying site quite pleased quite impressed Cox system flying saliplanes waiting film processing completed able return Torrey Pines cliffs once use Hi-Start twice cameras fun-fly bird Lee Renaud designed radio response fault flight lasted almost 30 minutes first thermal carried almost out sight brought back up wind another thermal landed about ten feet away starting point combination champions also complete package wefly-lab can recommend average builderif want follow instructions advance hobby Openers continued page 4 instead several degrees negative outer panels have half poly called dont knock it remark able gliding soaring responsive ma chine sturdy proverbial brick outhouse Guys answers will please line up right INVERTED FLIGHT nothing special anymore week after bizarre encounter freak storm 122 Model Aviation r avIV BEST OF SHOW BEALETON 1977 1911 AVRO D Beautiful replica worlds first tractor biplane Slow stable joy fly 40 engine 62 SPORT SCALE Deluxe Kit $9400 Metal FittingsScale constnsctton RiggingMosided Pilot Passenger heads Wing building jigHuge decal sheet Illustrated Plans $30 sake attractive snail decoration GEORGE MARSDEN 7621 Mary Cassaff Drive Potomac Md 20854 back square early fifties Californian Alec Snyder flew 7-foot Cub national championship using 5-channel reed re ceiver made late Ed Rockwood Ed pioneered both 3- 5-channel equipment before war probably true father modern RC used servo motors some Englishmade toyit something else Alecs Cub didnt look much like Cub can confer name chooses pet crate Alec told us used enough down obtain moderate divethis being precaution mini mize impact angle case Bob Beckman assures us saw Alec fly invertedwhich suggests Alec probably flew off top half side loop down being limited about time deBolt sprucing up big Live Wireincident ally distributors would handle kit because its exorbitant price Fif teen raspbuckniks Hal forever steal ing marcheshe ukie exper ience see variation called Over Underit symmetri cal airfoil zero just like now Two locals built 5-channel reeds escapements moving barndoor elevators escapement comparable solv ing energy crisis lightning bugs So reasoned semi-symmetri cal airfoil might better usit flat-bottomed world time So K&B 15 original could per form half outside fly out inverted long down held Meanwhile other two guys seeking fly around field inverted reeds late Frank Smiths 5-ch radio improvement Rockwood us line development yielded escapement airplane could outside loop day time stuck down went out sight af ter dozens consecutive loops could fly inverted glide get did dead-engine outside loop continued hold down bitter end After loop would enter se cond loop whip stall top try enter third outside hold inverted Its remarkable glide dirty configuration gear sticking up flippers down cathedral now airfoil its lift downward haunts us after 25 years Never understood Well world went reed crazy Everybody doing three consecutive rollsSaturday Night Fever punched down time went inverted Very soon verted became cinch easy now falling off barstool two years now have fly ing REM ailerons theyd know what lousy flier Now arent sure may have seen recent picture column alightweight 6-foot low wing cross between glider sport jobcockpit dum pilot yet takes off lands like baby carriagewhen buddies fly leastand dives nicely loops al though its forte perpetual glide Youd have about much chance making snap roll would Mirage Bear mind has thick flat-bottomed airfoil narrow-chord elevators clevis outermost hole long horn plenty incidence goodly angular difference So pilot asks us wings strong replied six wide bands holding dived enough know would tuck never pushed So pushes over holds down flew inverted across field came back same way remarking steered better inverted rightside up Now ask What tarna tion crate like doing inverted should checkthe glider boys considered ship Split-S Spe cial much longer must go learning PROBABLY WILL NOT live down column Should say square will know what talking about roughly 30 years have writ ing about radio control us inflict such mental anguish un suspecting multitudes think have down pat trouble view subject side describe way used car salesman realtor describes products PLANS. MAP range plans England largest compre hensive world Buya plans handbook find out yourself handbook contains full details of thousands plans prices plans available US agents listed handbooks Aeromodeiling Model Boats Cars Model Engineering Radio ControlAircraft [-N1Ddel & Allied MAPPubliwtions Ltd Available USA Price $150 including postage Sales Office PO Box 36 BrIdge Street Hemel Hempetead Herts HP1 lEE England Plans & Construction Manual CURTISS HAWK PEESTINSONRELIANT SR9 Scala 940 Span $2250I Seals 12E Span$2500 2Soal 63 Span $12002Seals S4Span1500 lVaSeal47VoSpan 10001iSScaia 63 Span12$O CURTISS GOSHAWK P11CC 2 Seals ea spansic00 CURTISS OuLFHAWK IA . 25ea1e $3 Span 51500 eals 94W Sea, $3000 Pie Ada $150 Per md ft PoeteOa Noodling. 0*side US Add *000Make Cii Peynentsn Richard G Barron1213 Holly SprI, Ln Grand Blanc Michigan 48439 Sand 600 00nPiie iInnetinn September 1979 123 QUARTER SCALE 3 OT GIANT Scale STANDARD PILOT COMPLETE WITH GOGGLES VICKERS PLASTIC MACHINE GUN KITS GNOME ROTARY ENGINE CYLINDERS A{LLIAW VINTAGE WHEELS 6% DIAMETER BROS 50 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 9 BY POPULAR DEMAND Handbook 1 Handbook 2 Handbook 3 Handbook 4 Winning Ideas FOURMOST FUEL FITTING SETS Large Fuel Fitting Set Size % IDPRICE s1 50 1 Tee 1 Elbow 1 Union 1 Plug Both Made Prom Fuel Proof Polyethylene Small Fuel Fitting Set Size lDPRICE 125 1 Tee 2 Elbows 1 Pen Bladder Tee FUEL MANIFOLD This Manifold Provides Convenient Method Tank Filling Draining Priming %z lDPRICE 95 0491051 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT \/REDUCES DRAG \\/VIBRATION FREE NJ/ PRICE 250 FUEL SHUT OFF Can Used Control Fuel Flow Starting 777 Positive Airborn Shutoff PRICE S350 C ustom-DiitRIC Built Order Plans Kitstock choose Piper Tn-Pacer Quarter-Scale 89 wIng span 42 Sq Ft detail ed plans$1699 PP * Curtiss Hawk Send $1OOandselfdP6E stomped envelope fat detaIled list60 wingspan 46 Sq Ft Built-Up RC Models 50% Salesuper detailed scale plans Hobby Capitol Dist$1295 PP 46 N Oak St tura Ca 93001 ne 805 643-7616 now Square have some pretty good mod elers among off-spring now guy Mikehe tends things like F-il A-i0swho wants start off fuii-fledged fireworks Give ailerons sez probabiy never heard FCC 30 hasnt made ROG corres pondence has turned chess game mail What revelation So have him keeping loose ieaf few days outline somethingit growing book Right beginning chapter safety him other people cant talk radio rank beginner falling over safety thing has offshoots elm has roots resumed flying two years ago George Myers pro instructor said get 40-powered Bridi trainer Since dear dead days beyond re call no dared fly 52 airplane vintage 19 figured trainer sounded like bomb Glory no kit engine combo suited Mike rank ginner demands 40 Train er Now going route must have flying site must have instruction someone heip probably means club have instructors make sure acci dents dont happen getting radio join club can find sent Mike list clubs New York state Told him find guys flew watch listen ask questions got know Right now has raw kit burning enthusiasm competent flier show him ropesotherwise hed ex-hobbyist first yank stick flick ail eron got us fascinating telephone conversations Joe Bridi working up special trainer MAso far will have bay panel use semi-symmetri cal airfoil Joe also will work up over next 18 months advanced trainer real fun sport job Wed sur prised pattern-man Bridi thinking sway-back horse says sport Like gotta wait Damn AS THE ENTIRE modeling world knows now Russ Barrera no long er among us editorial desk has come both letters phone calls asking us tell story much-loved gentleman will say something significance trust wide circle friendsjust everywherewill understand words fail us count less flying fields have come know wonderful people walks life unaware dis tinctions flying field great common denominator pleasure ease make lasting friendships flying buddies though circle widens dis tance cant exactly indulge plea surable small talk coast coast beyond loss anyone loss usand case Russ Barrera loss painful heartfelt Like writer has lost too modeling friends unexpec ted tragedies cancer Russ case Mike Schlesinger Top Flite heart failure Jim Walker Cal Smith others young people too perhaps some things can allay feeling helplessness Clubs can something refer alland please look up NOWto item last month AMA News Friends Russ Barrera Organ ize Save Museum make contribution exceedingly worthy causewhich monument good mans endeavors advance airplane modeling behalf meaningful way stop club could see 124 Model Aviation Russ Barrera nis model Chestertons English Wakefield winner old rugged Curtiss Hawk Russ favorite airplane EAA members receive SPORT VIA TION magazine SpecialSPORT AIRCRAFT YOU CAN BUILD $495 pp annually some donation made such funds Cancer Heart etc Per haps also have own friends commemorate Put by-laws will never forgotten Mere words appear print van ish forever within 30 daysor after have read matter se condsare adequate tribute deserve better Donations made such funds within city town tangible means identifying unselfishly community Clubs individuals can least insure lasting success Russ legacy Mu seum will speak us product review product review product review fine engine imported Japan Cannon RC models incorporate built-in throttle assem bly muffler standard equipment nice feature 061 cubic inch displacement engine extra power provided forV2A sport models full-throttle operation Mounting dimensions basically same Cox TO 04 engines engine reported deliver good idle smooth speed transition plus complete selection engine speeds Typical specifications 4800 rpm idle 16500 top end 6/3 propeller performance really very good type aircraft designed As can see photo engine actually miniaturized version larger standard RC en gines accepts standard short-reach glow heads including idle bar Additional information will provided sends SAS envelope Cannon address listed above product review product review product review 128 Model Aviation EXPERIMENI AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION take ANNUAL UUb 8UU FOR FREE BROCHURE WRITE EAA active role sport aviation EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC PO Box 229-A Hales Corners Wisconsin 53130 081 G-Mark engine 5 Cannon Elec tronics Inc 13400-26 5aticoy St h Holly wood CA 91605 exec Buzzard Bombsne. vvouia nox surprisa us mxix naa smignis inn sour rag urns actual Buzzard published RCM early 70sand flown years Coast Bob Harrah Original Enya 35 still sings merrily
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/09
Page Numbers: 4, 122, 123, 124, 126
BILL WINTERS [ORJEE3 used said pilot fast dangerous nself after oqged 250 hours iat statistics reveal oday now point after sumes has mas tered art vulner able has interest ing parallel model flying will find greater hours years cockpit veteran pilots affirm learning process never over ever watchful FO finds himself pain fully reminded us will ever know everything about hobby back square several times past month flying experience incredible fourth flight 6-foot Sniffer showed picture performance joy behold trimmed cruise mild right required several clicks left rudder trim So took out two degrees right thrust week later joined Worth balmy Sunday afternoon big Buzzard HENDERTOON TM may digress Buzzard published Bob Harrah RCM early 70s has forgotten hundreds flights California East top selling plan RCM yearsdo get Snif fer beefed up like Bridi 40 trainer keep mind John launched Sniffer its 05 35 spinning 11 31/2 grand style Did go left Did go straight tin-type vicious right turn power stalling over place jumped tree holding left rudder kept adding left down trim until reached stops hitting full left sensitive rudder about three seconds Back came throttle level flight cruise Sniffer now flying 150-foot right-hand circles because two degrees right thrust removed Now Buzzard air sunny gentle breeze real buzzards began circle model high always Tired humming around low-altitude cir cles held some steady left gave Sniffer two clicks high started up Soon both ships almost specks lift about 45-degree downwind angle cloud gray motionless Off distance other downwind quadrant ap r 1 couldnt find plans P-30 class built P-40 proaching rainstorm cloud turned black moved toward rainstorm Still soared out front frolicking gether out harmless sky up upwind came terrible torrent air like wind front thunderstorm Instantly thought both ships doomed killed engine put Sniffer prolonged 60-degree dive Now saw what great safety device lifting tail can bealthough section 50% scale Sniffer sturdy ship came boring back never flaring perhaps 1500 feet off side Now figure warp some thing offset thrust mys tery forget itthe deadstick dive arrow true got field about 50 feet away considerable down keep headway During approach heard John cry wont come down Buz zard would dive until went squirrely spins hardly offset monstrous lift Meanwhile cloud rushed meet rainstorm formed sharo front tornado tendrils worked down re ceded Buzzard still under con trol way way off finally disap peared behind distant tree line found about 2% miles away deep woods custodian out walk whole incredible nightmare adven ture took place matter minutes Would put left thrust Snif fer Would restore right thrust Four degrees left would seem needed Only thing evident that direction slip stream fuselage changed high cabin side area acted like pylon model say Zipper left added what effect will severely angled slipstream have left side cabin much downthrust now seems neededit already has two degrees built going trim some left rudder clevis open up right power turn wide diameter enough trans mitter trim left able get straight ____ hands-off flight wanted maybe well speed up bit lead noseit already has 3% ounces balance 35 chord Incidence about half what Sniffer supposed have angular difference adequate reduced drastically true Sniffer putting stab zero Continued page 122 4 Model Aviation ThE HIGH COST OF ROTOR____ BLADES KEEPING YOU GROUNDED LET YOUR COPTER FLY AGAIN WITH BLADES BY BOBCO top quality precision blades made same KAVAN Jet Rangermaterial original equipment No covering material supplied -Scale Expert..$1 295Custom Special Blades Available upon request Write Details COMMANDER -Std Expert WSS 895 H ELIBOY........, 895 COMING SOON REVOLUTION 1 HE LI-BABY 495 10% discount 5 sets Calif residents add 6% sales tax allow time check clearance add 150 postage handling send check money order BOBCO 2504 C-i So Santa Fe Avenue Vista California 92083 Tel 714 727-4130 Finally -A Definitive Work Electric Propulsion Systems complete resource anyone interested elec tric propulsion Over 100 photos detailed draw ings show models type description can build operate Covers aircraft autos boats solar-powered models Loaded dos donts helpful hints com plete index articles electric propulsion leading US magazines $595 dealer order direct Q Is inflation hurting last EZB cost much first RC job Q Should raise dues Lets blow everyones mind lower em Another Helping Handi problems faced Indoor Scale flier hold model safely motor wound Photo shows fixture support scale model during winding owner model could test-fly model helper rear part stand both holds fuselage level has hooks hold rear motor post securely using winding tube slips inside fuselage during winding broken motor poses little hazard model Bud Tenny PO Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 Adventures/Harrah continued page 69 landing nose skid Being lover tail-draggers brought beautiful three-point landing nose tail dihedral joint Lets again am shooting black white color time keep nose higher wind has shifted almost nose stretch line out few feet hold line long can see can pop chute What heck supposed mean Oh have achieved maxi mam under tow Hi-Start lift plane being overcome tension line causing plane stay GYRO FLIGHT IAC PIONEERS IN SILENT FLIGHT 13377 Beach Aye Venice CA 90291 level start descend fly off tow chute immediately pops downward because remaining line tension chute opens floats back earth fast plane like Aquila Grande under ideal conditions might pop chute 75 feet good pop about 50 feet average 1020 feet Eh skeptically launched mumbling Pop chute eh held nose up high Leroy kept straight arrow popped chute about 20 feet shoulders went back broad smile spilt face held gracious glide glanced watch shot some pictures air landed nose over five minutes later neat dead-air flight third launch like second already snap picture popping chute sudden tight spiral zeroing lens wish clicked shutter time looked up dropped about 400 feet 75 feet Leroy given down elevator opposite rudder pulled out zoomed back up about 50 feet leveled off brought safe landing Regaining composure checked out model found towhook loose could have happened during landing Neither us know what went wrong guess overconfidence pop chute still wanted some pictures Leroy game tightened towhook let go about 750 feet thrilling went well chute popped over 50 feet Leroy soared Aquila Grande like eagle over eight minutes dead air left flying site quite pleased quite impressed Cox system flying saliplanes waiting film processing completed able return Torrey Pines cliffs once use Hi-Start twice cameras fun-fly bird Lee Renaud designed radio response fault flight lasted almost 30 minutes first thermal carried almost out sight brought back up wind another thermal landed about ten feet away starting point combination champions also complete package wefly-lab can recommend average builderif want follow instructions advance hobby Openers continued page 4 instead several degrees negative outer panels have half poly called dont knock it remark able gliding soaring responsive ma chine sturdy proverbial brick outhouse Guys answers will please line up right INVERTED FLIGHT nothing special anymore week after bizarre encounter freak storm 122 Model Aviation r avIV BEST OF SHOW BEALETON 1977 1911 AVRO D Beautiful replica worlds first tractor biplane Slow stable joy fly 40 engine 62 SPORT SCALE Deluxe Kit $9400 Metal FittingsScale constnsctton RiggingMosided Pilot Passenger heads Wing building jigHuge decal sheet Illustrated Plans $30 sake attractive snail decoration GEORGE MARSDEN 7621 Mary Cassaff Drive Potomac Md 20854 back square early fifties Californian Alec Snyder flew 7-foot Cub national championship using 5-channel reed re ceiver made late Ed Rockwood Ed pioneered both 3- 5-channel equipment before war probably true father modern RC used servo motors some Englishmade toyit something else Alecs Cub didnt look much like Cub can confer name chooses pet crate Alec told us used enough down obtain moderate divethis being precaution mini mize impact angle case Bob Beckman assures us saw Alec fly invertedwhich suggests Alec probably flew off top half side loop down being limited about time deBolt sprucing up big Live Wireincident ally distributors would handle kit because its exorbitant price Fif teen raspbuckniks Hal forever steal ing marcheshe ukie exper ience see variation called Over Underit symmetri cal airfoil zero just like now Two locals built 5-channel reeds escapements moving barndoor elevators escapement comparable solv ing energy crisis lightning bugs So reasoned semi-symmetri cal airfoil might better usit flat-bottomed world time So K&B 15 original could per form half outside fly out inverted long down held Meanwhile other two guys seeking fly around field inverted reeds late Frank Smiths 5-ch radio improvement Rockwood us line development yielded escapement airplane could outside loop day time stuck down went out sight af ter dozens consecutive loops could fly inverted glide get did dead-engine outside loop continued hold down bitter end After loop would enter se cond loop whip stall top try enter third outside hold inverted Its remarkable glide dirty configuration gear sticking up flippers down cathedral now airfoil its lift downward haunts us after 25 years Never understood Well world went reed crazy Everybody doing three consecutive rollsSaturday Night Fever punched down time went inverted Very soon verted became cinch easy now falling off barstool two years now have fly ing REM ailerons theyd know what lousy flier Now arent sure may have seen recent picture column alightweight 6-foot low wing cross between glider sport jobcockpit dum pilot yet takes off lands like baby carriagewhen buddies fly leastand dives nicely loops al though its forte perpetual glide Youd have about much chance making snap roll would Mirage Bear mind has thick flat-bottomed airfoil narrow-chord elevators clevis outermost hole long horn plenty incidence goodly angular difference So pilot asks us wings strong replied six wide bands holding dived enough know would tuck never pushed So pushes over holds down flew inverted across field came back same way remarking steered better inverted rightside up Now ask What tarna tion crate like doing inverted should checkthe glider boys considered ship Split-S Spe cial much longer must go learning PROBABLY WILL NOT live down column Should say square will know what talking about roughly 30 years have writ ing about radio control us inflict such mental anguish un suspecting multitudes think have down pat trouble view subject side describe way used car salesman realtor describes products PLANS. MAP range plans England largest compre hensive world Buya plans handbook find out yourself handbook contains full details of thousands plans prices plans available US agents listed handbooks Aeromodeiling Model Boats Cars Model Engineering Radio ControlAircraft [-N1Ddel & Allied MAPPubliwtions Ltd Available USA Price $150 including postage Sales Office PO Box 36 BrIdge Street Hemel Hempetead Herts HP1 lEE England Plans & Construction Manual CURTISS HAWK PEESTINSONRELIANT SR9 Scala 940 Span $2250I Seals 12E Span$2500 2Soal 63 Span $12002Seals S4Span1500 lVaSeal47VoSpan 10001iSScaia 63 Span12$O CURTISS GOSHAWK P11CC 2 Seals ea spansic00 CURTISS OuLFHAWK IA . 25ea1e $3 Span 51500 eals 94W Sea, $3000 Pie Ada $150 Per md ft PoeteOa Noodling. 0*side US Add *000Make Cii Peynentsn Richard G Barron1213 Holly SprI, Ln Grand Blanc Michigan 48439 Sand 600 00nPiie iInnetinn September 1979 123 QUARTER SCALE 3 OT GIANT Scale STANDARD PILOT COMPLETE WITH GOGGLES VICKERS PLASTIC MACHINE GUN KITS GNOME ROTARY ENGINE CYLINDERS A{LLIAW VINTAGE WHEELS 6% DIAMETER BROS 50 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 9 BY POPULAR DEMAND Handbook 1 Handbook 2 Handbook 3 Handbook 4 Winning Ideas FOURMOST FUEL FITTING SETS Large Fuel Fitting Set Size % IDPRICE s1 50 1 Tee 1 Elbow 1 Union 1 Plug Both Made Prom Fuel Proof Polyethylene Small Fuel Fitting Set Size lDPRICE 125 1 Tee 2 Elbows 1 Pen Bladder Tee FUEL MANIFOLD This Manifold Provides Convenient Method Tank Filling Draining Priming %z lDPRICE 95 0491051 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT \/REDUCES DRAG \\/VIBRATION FREE NJ/ PRICE 250 FUEL SHUT OFF Can Used Control Fuel Flow Starting 777 Positive Airborn Shutoff PRICE S350 C ustom-DiitRIC Built Order Plans Kitstock choose Piper Tn-Pacer Quarter-Scale 89 wIng span 42 Sq Ft detail ed plans$1699 PP * Curtiss Hawk Send $1OOandselfdP6E stomped envelope fat detaIled list60 wingspan 46 Sq Ft Built-Up RC Models 50% Salesuper detailed scale plans Hobby Capitol Dist$1295 PP 46 N Oak St tura Ca 93001 ne 805 643-7616 now Square have some pretty good mod elers among off-spring now guy Mikehe tends things like F-il A-i0swho wants start off fuii-fledged fireworks Give ailerons sez probabiy never heard FCC 30 hasnt made ROG corres pondence has turned chess game mail What revelation So have him keeping loose ieaf few days outline somethingit growing book Right beginning chapter safety him other people cant talk radio rank beginner falling over safety thing has offshoots elm has roots resumed flying two years ago George Myers pro instructor said get 40-powered Bridi trainer Since dear dead days beyond re call no dared fly 52 airplane vintage 19 figured trainer sounded like bomb Glory no kit engine combo suited Mike rank ginner demands 40 Train er Now going route must have flying site must have instruction someone heip probably means club have instructors make sure acci dents dont happen getting radio join club can find sent Mike list clubs New York state Told him find guys flew watch listen ask questions got know Right now has raw kit burning enthusiasm competent flier show him ropesotherwise hed ex-hobbyist first yank stick flick ail eron got us fascinating telephone conversations Joe Bridi working up special trainer MAso far will have bay panel use semi-symmetri cal airfoil Joe also will work up over next 18 months advanced trainer real fun sport job Wed sur prised pattern-man Bridi thinking sway-back horse says sport Like gotta wait Damn AS THE ENTIRE modeling world knows now Russ Barrera no long er among us editorial desk has come both letters phone calls asking us tell story much-loved gentleman will say something significance trust wide circle friendsjust everywherewill understand words fail us count less flying fields have come know wonderful people walks life unaware dis tinctions flying field great common denominator pleasure ease make lasting friendships flying buddies though circle widens dis tance cant exactly indulge plea surable small talk coast coast beyond loss anyone loss usand case Russ Barrera loss painful heartfelt Like writer has lost too modeling friends unexpec ted tragedies cancer Russ case Mike Schlesinger Top Flite heart failure Jim Walker Cal Smith others young people too perhaps some things can allay feeling helplessness Clubs can something refer alland please look up NOWto item last month AMA News Friends Russ Barrera Organ ize Save Museum make contribution exceedingly worthy causewhich monument good mans endeavors advance airplane modeling behalf meaningful way stop club could see 124 Model Aviation Russ Barrera nis model Chestertons English Wakefield winner old rugged Curtiss Hawk Russ favorite airplane EAA members receive SPORT VIA TION magazine SpecialSPORT AIRCRAFT YOU CAN BUILD $495 pp annually some donation made such funds Cancer Heart etc Per haps also have own friends commemorate Put by-laws will never forgotten Mere words appear print van ish forever within 30 daysor after have read matter se condsare adequate tribute deserve better Donations made such funds within city town tangible means identifying unselfishly community Clubs individuals can least insure lasting success Russ legacy Mu seum will speak us product review product review product review fine engine imported Japan Cannon RC models incorporate built-in throttle assem bly muffler standard equipment nice feature 061 cubic inch displacement engine extra power provided forV2A sport models full-throttle operation Mounting dimensions basically same Cox TO 04 engines engine reported deliver good idle smooth speed transition plus complete selection engine speeds Typical specifications 4800 rpm idle 16500 top end 6/3 propeller performance really very good type aircraft designed As can see photo engine actually miniaturized version larger standard RC en gines accepts standard short-reach glow heads including idle bar Additional information will provided sends SAS envelope Cannon address listed above product review product review product review 128 Model Aviation EXPERIMENI AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION take ANNUAL UUb 8UU FOR FREE BROCHURE WRITE EAA active role sport aviation EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC PO Box 229-A Hales Corners Wisconsin 53130 081 G-Mark engine 5 Cannon Elec tronics Inc 13400-26 5aticoy St h Holly wood CA 91605 exec Buzzard Bombsne. vvouia nox surprisa us mxix naa smignis inn sour rag urns actual Buzzard published RCM early 70sand flown years Coast Bob Harrah Original Enya 35 still sings merrily
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/09
Page Numbers: 4, 122, 123, 124, 126
BILL WINTERS [ORJEE3 used said pilot fast dangerous nself after oqged 250 hours iat statistics reveal oday now point after sumes has mas tered art vulner able has interest ing parallel model flying will find greater hours years cockpit veteran pilots affirm learning process never over ever watchful FO finds himself pain fully reminded us will ever know everything about hobby back square several times past month flying experience incredible fourth flight 6-foot Sniffer showed picture performance joy behold trimmed cruise mild right required several clicks left rudder trim So took out two degrees right thrust week later joined Worth balmy Sunday afternoon big Buzzard HENDERTOON TM may digress Buzzard published Bob Harrah RCM early 70s has forgotten hundreds flights California East top selling plan RCM yearsdo get Snif fer beefed up like Bridi 40 trainer keep mind John launched Sniffer its 05 35 spinning 11 31/2 grand style Did go left Did go straight tin-type vicious right turn power stalling over place jumped tree holding left rudder kept adding left down trim until reached stops hitting full left sensitive rudder about three seconds Back came throttle level flight cruise Sniffer now flying 150-foot right-hand circles because two degrees right thrust removed Now Buzzard air sunny gentle breeze real buzzards began circle model high always Tired humming around low-altitude cir cles held some steady left gave Sniffer two clicks high started up Soon both ships almost specks lift about 45-degree downwind angle cloud gray motionless Off distance other downwind quadrant ap r 1 couldnt find plans P-30 class built P-40 proaching rainstorm cloud turned black moved toward rainstorm Still soared out front frolicking gether out harmless sky up upwind came terrible torrent air like wind front thunderstorm Instantly thought both ships doomed killed engine put Sniffer prolonged 60-degree dive Now saw what great safety device lifting tail can bealthough section 50% scale Sniffer sturdy ship came boring back never flaring perhaps 1500 feet off side Now figure warp some thing offset thrust mys tery forget itthe deadstick dive arrow true got field about 50 feet away considerable down keep headway During approach heard John cry wont come down Buz zard would dive until went squirrely spins hardly offset monstrous lift Meanwhile cloud rushed meet rainstorm formed sharo front tornado tendrils worked down re ceded Buzzard still under con trol way way off finally disap peared behind distant tree line found about 2% miles away deep woods custodian out walk whole incredible nightmare adven ture took place matter minutes Would put left thrust Snif fer Would restore right thrust Four degrees left would seem needed Only thing evident that direction slip stream fuselage changed high cabin side area acted like pylon model say Zipper left added what effect will severely angled slipstream have left side cabin much downthrust now seems neededit already has two degrees built going trim some left rudder clevis open up right power turn wide diameter enough trans mitter trim left able get straight ____ hands-off flight wanted maybe well speed up bit lead noseit already has 3% ounces balance 35 chord Incidence about half what Sniffer supposed have angular difference adequate reduced drastically true Sniffer putting stab zero Continued page 122 4 Model Aviation ThE HIGH COST OF ROTOR____ BLADES KEEPING YOU GROUNDED LET YOUR COPTER FLY AGAIN WITH BLADES BY BOBCO top quality precision blades made same KAVAN Jet Rangermaterial original equipment No covering material supplied -Scale Expert..$1 295Custom Special Blades Available upon request Write Details COMMANDER -Std Expert WSS 895 H ELIBOY........, 895 COMING SOON REVOLUTION 1 HE LI-BABY 495 10% discount 5 sets Calif residents add 6% sales tax allow time check clearance add 150 postage handling send check money order BOBCO 2504 C-i So Santa Fe Avenue Vista California 92083 Tel 714 727-4130 Finally -A Definitive Work Electric Propulsion Systems complete resource anyone interested elec tric propulsion Over 100 photos detailed draw ings show models type description can build operate Covers aircraft autos boats solar-powered models Loaded dos donts helpful hints com plete index articles electric propulsion leading US magazines $595 dealer order direct Q Is inflation hurting last EZB cost much first RC job Q Should raise dues Lets blow everyones mind lower em Another Helping Handi problems faced Indoor Scale flier hold model safely motor wound Photo shows fixture support scale model during winding owner model could test-fly model helper rear part stand both holds fuselage level has hooks hold rear motor post securely using winding tube slips inside fuselage during winding broken motor poses little hazard model Bud Tenny PO Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 Adventures/Harrah continued page 69 landing nose skid Being lover tail-draggers brought beautiful three-point landing nose tail dihedral joint Lets again am shooting black white color time keep nose higher wind has shifted almost nose stretch line out few feet hold line long can see can pop chute What heck supposed mean Oh have achieved maxi mam under tow Hi-Start lift plane being overcome tension line causing plane stay GYRO FLIGHT IAC PIONEERS IN SILENT FLIGHT 13377 Beach Aye Venice CA 90291 level start descend fly off tow chute immediately pops downward because remaining line tension chute opens floats back earth fast plane like Aquila Grande under ideal conditions might pop chute 75 feet good pop about 50 feet average 1020 feet Eh skeptically launched mumbling Pop chute eh held nose up high Leroy kept straight arrow popped chute about 20 feet shoulders went back broad smile spilt face held gracious glide glanced watch shot some pictures air landed nose over five minutes later neat dead-air flight third launch like second already snap picture popping chute sudden tight spiral zeroing lens wish clicked shutter time looked up dropped about 400 feet 75 feet Leroy given down elevator opposite rudder pulled out zoomed back up about 50 feet leveled off brought safe landing Regaining composure checked out model found towhook loose could have happened during landing Neither us know what went wrong guess overconfidence pop chute still wanted some pictures Leroy game tightened towhook let go about 750 feet thrilling went well chute popped over 50 feet Leroy soared Aquila Grande like eagle over eight minutes dead air left flying site quite pleased quite impressed Cox system flying saliplanes waiting film processing completed able return Torrey Pines cliffs once use Hi-Start twice cameras fun-fly bird Lee Renaud designed radio response fault flight lasted almost 30 minutes first thermal carried almost out sight brought back up wind another thermal landed about ten feet away starting point combination champions also complete package wefly-lab can recommend average builderif want follow instructions advance hobby Openers continued page 4 instead several degrees negative outer panels have half poly called dont knock it remark able gliding soaring responsive ma chine sturdy proverbial brick outhouse Guys answers will please line up right INVERTED FLIGHT nothing special anymore week after bizarre encounter freak storm 122 Model Aviation r avIV BEST OF SHOW BEALETON 1977 1911 AVRO D Beautiful replica worlds first tractor biplane Slow stable joy fly 40 engine 62 SPORT SCALE Deluxe Kit $9400 Metal FittingsScale constnsctton RiggingMosided Pilot Passenger heads Wing building jigHuge decal sheet Illustrated Plans $30 sake attractive snail decoration GEORGE MARSDEN 7621 Mary Cassaff Drive Potomac Md 20854 back square early fifties Californian Alec Snyder flew 7-foot Cub national championship using 5-channel reed re ceiver made late Ed Rockwood Ed pioneered both 3- 5-channel equipment before war probably true father modern RC used servo motors some Englishmade toyit something else Alecs Cub didnt look much like Cub can confer name chooses pet crate Alec told us used enough down obtain moderate divethis being precaution mini mize impact angle case Bob Beckman assures us saw Alec fly invertedwhich suggests Alec probably flew off top half side loop down being limited about time deBolt sprucing up big Live Wireincident ally distributors would handle kit because its exorbitant price Fif teen raspbuckniks Hal forever steal ing marcheshe ukie exper ience see variation called Over Underit symmetri cal airfoil zero just like now Two locals built 5-channel reeds escapements moving barndoor elevators escapement comparable solv ing energy crisis lightning bugs So reasoned semi-symmetri cal airfoil might better usit flat-bottomed world time So K&B 15 original could per form half outside fly out inverted long down held Meanwhile other two guys seeking fly around field inverted reeds late Frank Smiths 5-ch radio improvement Rockwood us line development yielded escapement airplane could outside loop day time stuck down went out sight af ter dozens consecutive loops could fly inverted glide get did dead-engine outside loop continued hold down bitter end After loop would enter se cond loop whip stall top try enter third outside hold inverted Its remarkable glide dirty configuration gear sticking up flippers down cathedral now airfoil its lift downward haunts us after 25 years Never understood Well world went reed crazy Everybody doing three consecutive rollsSaturday Night Fever punched down time went inverted Very soon verted became cinch easy now falling off barstool two years now have fly ing REM ailerons theyd know what lousy flier Now arent sure may have seen recent picture column alightweight 6-foot low wing cross between glider sport jobcockpit dum pilot yet takes off lands like baby carriagewhen buddies fly leastand dives nicely loops al though its forte perpetual glide Youd have about much chance making snap roll would Mirage Bear mind has thick flat-bottomed airfoil narrow-chord elevators clevis outermost hole long horn plenty incidence goodly angular difference So pilot asks us wings strong replied six wide bands holding dived enough know would tuck never pushed So pushes over holds down flew inverted across field came back same way remarking steered better inverted rightside up Now ask What tarna tion crate like doing inverted should checkthe glider boys considered ship Split-S Spe cial much longer must go learning PROBABLY WILL NOT live down column Should say square will know what talking about roughly 30 years have writ ing about radio control us inflict such mental anguish un suspecting multitudes think have down pat trouble view subject side describe way used car salesman realtor describes products PLANS. MAP range plans England largest compre hensive world Buya plans handbook find out yourself handbook contains full details of thousands plans prices plans available US agents listed handbooks Aeromodeiling Model Boats Cars Model Engineering Radio ControlAircraft [-N1Ddel & Allied MAPPubliwtions Ltd Available USA Price $150 including postage Sales Office PO Box 36 BrIdge Street Hemel Hempetead Herts HP1 lEE England Plans & Construction Manual CURTISS HAWK PEESTINSONRELIANT SR9 Scala 940 Span $2250I Seals 12E Span$2500 2Soal 63 Span $12002Seals S4Span1500 lVaSeal47VoSpan 10001iSScaia 63 Span12$O CURTISS GOSHAWK P11CC 2 Seals ea spansic00 CURTISS OuLFHAWK IA . 25ea1e $3 Span 51500 eals 94W Sea, $3000 Pie Ada $150 Per md ft PoeteOa Noodling. 0*side US Add *000Make Cii Peynentsn Richard G Barron1213 Holly SprI, Ln Grand Blanc Michigan 48439 Sand 600 00nPiie iInnetinn September 1979 123 QUARTER SCALE 3 OT GIANT Scale STANDARD PILOT COMPLETE WITH GOGGLES VICKERS PLASTIC MACHINE GUN KITS GNOME ROTARY ENGINE CYLINDERS A{LLIAW VINTAGE WHEELS 6% DIAMETER BROS 50 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG MA PAWNEE ST SAN MARCOS CA 9 BY POPULAR DEMAND Handbook 1 Handbook 2 Handbook 3 Handbook 4 Winning Ideas FOURMOST FUEL FITTING SETS Large Fuel Fitting Set Size % IDPRICE s1 50 1 Tee 1 Elbow 1 Union 1 Plug Both Made Prom Fuel Proof Polyethylene Small Fuel Fitting Set Size lDPRICE 125 1 Tee 2 Elbows 1 Pen Bladder Tee FUEL MANIFOLD This Manifold Provides Convenient Method Tank Filling Draining Priming %z lDPRICE 95 0491051 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT \/REDUCES DRAG \\/VIBRATION FREE NJ/ PRICE 250 FUEL SHUT OFF Can Used Control Fuel Flow Starting 777 Positive Airborn Shutoff PRICE S350 C ustom-DiitRIC Built Order Plans Kitstock choose Piper Tn-Pacer Quarter-Scale 89 wIng span 42 Sq Ft detail ed plans$1699 PP * Curtiss Hawk Send $1OOandselfdP6E stomped envelope fat detaIled list60 wingspan 46 Sq Ft Built-Up RC Models 50% Salesuper detailed scale plans Hobby Capitol Dist$1295 PP 46 N Oak St tura Ca 93001 ne 805 643-7616 now Square have some pretty good mod elers among off-spring now guy Mikehe tends things like F-il A-i0swho wants start off fuii-fledged fireworks Give ailerons sez probabiy never heard FCC 30 hasnt made ROG corres pondence has turned chess game mail What revelation So have him keeping loose ieaf few days outline somethingit growing book Right beginning chapter safety him other people cant talk radio rank beginner falling over safety thing has offshoots elm has roots resumed flying two years ago George Myers pro instructor said get 40-powered Bridi trainer Since dear dead days beyond re call no dared fly 52 airplane vintage 19 figured trainer sounded like bomb Glory no kit engine combo suited Mike rank ginner demands 40 Train er Now going route must have flying site must have instruction someone heip probably means club have instructors make sure acci dents dont happen getting radio join club can find sent Mike list clubs New York state Told him find guys flew watch listen ask questions got know Right now has raw kit burning enthusiasm competent flier show him ropesotherwise hed ex-hobbyist first yank stick flick ail eron got us fascinating telephone conversations Joe Bridi working up special trainer MAso far will have bay panel use semi-symmetri cal airfoil Joe also will work up over next 18 months advanced trainer real fun sport job Wed sur prised pattern-man Bridi thinking sway-back horse says sport Like gotta wait Damn AS THE ENTIRE modeling world knows now Russ Barrera no long er among us editorial desk has come both letters phone calls asking us tell story much-loved gentleman will say something significance trust wide circle friendsjust everywherewill understand words fail us count less flying fields have come know wonderful people walks life unaware dis tinctions flying field great common denominator pleasure ease make lasting friendships flying buddies though circle widens dis tance cant exactly indulge plea surable small talk coast coast beyond loss anyone loss usand case Russ Barrera loss painful heartfelt Like writer has lost too modeling friends unexpec ted tragedies cancer Russ case Mike Schlesinger Top Flite heart failure Jim Walker Cal Smith others young people too perhaps some things can allay feeling helplessness Clubs can something refer alland please look up NOWto item last month AMA News Friends Russ Barrera Organ ize Save Museum make contribution exceedingly worthy causewhich monument good mans endeavors advance airplane modeling behalf meaningful way stop club could see 124 Model Aviation Russ Barrera nis model Chestertons English Wakefield winner old rugged Curtiss Hawk Russ favorite airplane EAA members receive SPORT VIA TION magazine SpecialSPORT AIRCRAFT YOU CAN BUILD $495 pp annually some donation made such funds Cancer Heart etc Per haps also have own friends commemorate Put by-laws will never forgotten Mere words appear print van ish forever within 30 daysor after have read matter se condsare adequate tribute deserve better Donations made such funds within city town tangible means identifying unselfishly community Clubs individuals can least insure lasting success Russ legacy Mu seum will speak us product review product review product review fine engine imported Japan Cannon RC models incorporate built-in throttle assem bly muffler standard equipment nice feature 061 cubic inch displacement engine extra power provided forV2A sport models full-throttle operation Mounting dimensions basically same Cox TO 04 engines engine reported deliver good idle smooth speed transition plus complete selection engine speeds Typical specifications 4800 rpm idle 16500 top end 6/3 propeller performance really very good type aircraft designed As can see photo engine actually miniaturized version larger standard RC en gines accepts standard short-reach glow heads including idle bar Additional information will provided sends SAS envelope Cannon address listed above product review product review product review 128 Model Aviation EXPERIMENI AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION take ANNUAL UUb 8UU FOR FREE BROCHURE WRITE EAA active role sport aviation EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION INC PO Box 229-A Hales Corners Wisconsin 53130 081 G-Mark engine 5 Cannon Elec tronics Inc 13400-26 5aticoy St h Holly wood CA 91605 exec Buzzard Bombsne. vvouia nox surprisa us mxix naa smignis inn sour rag urns actual Buzzard published RCM early 70sand flown years Coast Bob Harrah Original Enya 35 still sings merrily
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/09
Page Numbers: 4, 122, 123, 124, 126
BILL WINTERS [ORJEE3 used said pilot fast dangerous nself after oqged 250 hours iat statistics reveal oday now point after sumes has mas tered art vulner able has interest ing parallel model flying will find greater hours years cockpit veteran pilots affirm learning process never over ever watchful FO finds himself pain fully reminded us will ever know everything about hobby back square several times past month flying experience incredible fourth flight 6-foot Sniffer showed picture performance joy behold trimmed cruise mild right required several clicks left rudder trim So took out two degrees right thrust week later joined Worth balmy Sunday afternoon big Buzzard HENDERTOON TM may digress Buzzard published Bob Harrah RCM early 70s has forgotten hundreds flights California East top selling plan RCM yearsdo get Snif fer beefed up like Bridi 40 trainer keep mind John launched Sniffer its 05 35 spinning 11 31/2 grand style Did go left Did go straight tin-type vicious right turn power stalling over place jumped tree holding left rudder kept adding left down trim until reached stops hitting full left sensitive rudder about three seconds Back came throttle level flight cruise Sniffer now flying 150-foot right-hand circles because two degrees right thrust removed Now Buzzard air sunny gentle breeze real buzzards began circle model high always Tired humming around low-altitude cir cles held some steady left gave Sniffer two clicks high started up Soon both ships almost specks lift about 45-degree downwind angle cloud gray motionless Off distance other downwind quadrant ap r 1 couldnt find plans P-30 class built P-40 proaching rainstorm cloud turned black moved toward rainstorm Still soared out front frolicking gether out harmless sky up upwind came terrible torrent air like wind front thunderstorm Instantly thought both ships doomed killed engine put Sniffer prolonged 60-degree dive Now saw what great safety device lifting tail can bealthough section 50% scale Sniffer sturdy ship came boring back never flaring perhaps 1500 feet off side Now figure warp some thing offset thrust mys tery forget itthe deadstick dive arrow true got field about 50 feet away considerable down keep headway During approach heard John cry wont come down Buz zard would dive until went squirrely spins hardly offset monstrous lift Meanwhile cloud rushed meet rainstorm formed sharo front tornado tendrils worked down re ceded Buzzard still under con trol way way off finally disap peared behind distant tree line found about 2% miles away deep woods custodian out walk whole incredible nightmare adven ture took place matter minutes Would put left thrust Snif fer Would restore right thrust Four degrees left would seem needed Only thing evident that direction slip stream fuselage changed high cabin side area acted like pylon model say Zipper left added what effect will severely angled slipstream have left side cabin much downthrust now seems neededit already has two degrees built going trim some left rudder clevis open up right power turn wide diameter enough trans mitter trim left able get straight ____ hands-off flight wanted maybe well speed up bit lead noseit already has 3% ounces balance 35 chord Incidence about half what Sniffer supposed have angular difference adequate reduced drastically true Sniffer putting stab zero Continued page 122 4 Model Aviation ThE HIGH COST OF ROTOR____ BLADES KEEPING YOU GROUNDED LET YOUR COPTER FLY AGAIN WITH BLADES BY BOBCO top quality precision blades made same KAVAN Jet Rangermaterial original equipment No covering material supplied -Scale Expert..$1 295Custom Special Blades Available upon request Write Details COMMANDER -Std Expert WSS 895 H ELIBOY........, 895 COMING SOON REVOLUTION 1 HE LI-BABY 495 10% discount 5 sets Calif residents add 6% sales tax allow time check clearance add 150 postage handling send check money order BOBCO 2504 C-i So Santa Fe Avenue Vista California 92083 Tel 714 727-4130 Finally -A Definitive Work Electric Propulsion Systems complete resource anyone interested elec tric propulsion Over 100 photos detailed draw ings show models type description can build operate Covers aircraft autos boats solar-powered models Loaded dos donts helpful hints com plete index articles electric propulsion leading US magazines $595 dealer order direct Q Is inflation hurting last EZB cost much first RC job Q Should raise dues Lets blow everyones mind lower em Another Helping Handi problems faced Indoor Scale flier hold model safely motor wound Photo shows fixture support scale model during winding owner model could test-fly model helper rear part stand both holds fuselage level has hooks hold rear motor post securely using winding tube slips inside fuselage during winding broken motor poses little hazard model Bud Tenny PO Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 Adventures/Harrah continued page 69 landing nose skid Being lover tail-draggers brought beautiful three-point landing nose tail dihedral joint Lets again am shooting black white color time keep nose higher wind has shifted almost nose stretch line out few feet hold line long can see can pop chute What heck supposed mean Oh have achieved maxi mam under tow Hi-Start lift plane being overcome tension line causing plane stay GYRO FLIGHT IAC PIONEERS IN SILENT FLIGHT 13377 Beach Aye Venice CA 90291 level start descend fly off tow chute immediately pops downward because remaining line tension chute opens floats back earth fast plane like Aquila Grande under ideal conditions might pop chute 75 feet good pop about 50 feet average 1020 feet Eh skeptically launched mumbling Pop chute eh held nose up high Leroy kept straight arrow popped chute about 20 feet shoulders went back broad smile spilt face held gracious glide glanced watch shot some pictures air landed nose over five minutes later neat dead-air flight third launch like second already snap picture popping chute sudden tight spiral zeroing lens wish clicked shutter time looked up dropped about 400 feet 75 feet Leroy given down elevator opposite rudder pulled out zoomed back up about 50 feet leveled off brought safe landing Regaining composure checked out model found towhook loose could have happened during landing Neither us know what went wrong guess overconfidence pop chute still wanted some pictures Leroy game tightened towhook let go about 750 feet thrilling went well chute popped over 50 feet Leroy soared Aquila Grande like eagle over eight minutes dead air left flying site quite pleased quite impressed Cox system flying saliplanes waiting film processing completed able return Torrey Pines cliffs once use Hi-Start twice cameras fun-fly bird Lee Renaud designed radio response fault flight lasted almost 30 minutes first thermal carried almost out sight brought back up wind another thermal landed about ten feet away starting point combination champions also complete package wefly-lab can recommend average builderif want follow instructions advance hobby Openers continued page 4 instead several degrees negative outer panels have half poly called dont knock it remark able gliding soaring responsive ma chine sturdy proverbial brick outhouse Guys answers will please line up right INVERTED FLIGHT nothing special anymore week after bizarre encounter freak storm 122 Model Aviation r avIV BEST OF SHOW BEALETON 1977 1911 AVRO D Beautiful replica worlds first tractor biplane Slow stable joy fly 40 engine 62 SPORT SCALE Deluxe Kit $9400 Metal FittingsScale constnsctton RiggingMosided Pilot Passenger heads Wing building jigHuge decal sheet Illustrated Plans $30 sake attractive snail decoration GEORGE MARSDEN 7621 Mary Cassaff Drive Potomac Md 20854 back square early fifties Californian Alec Snyder flew 7-foot Cub national championship using 5-channel reed re ceiver made late Ed Rockwood Ed pioneered both 3- 5-channel equipment before war probably true father modern RC used servo motors some Englishmade toyit something else Alecs Cub didnt look much like Cub can confer name chooses pet crate Alec told us used enough down obtain moderate divethis being precaution mini mize impact angle case Bob Beckman assures us saw Alec fly invertedwhich suggests Alec probably flew off top half side loop down being limited about time deBolt sprucing up big Live Wireincident ally distributors would handle kit because its exorbitant price Fif teen raspbuckniks Hal forever steal ing marcheshe ukie exper ience see variation called Over Underit symmetri cal airfoil zero just like now Two locals built 5-channel reeds escapements moving barndoor elevators escapement comparable solv ing energy crisis lightning bugs So reasoned semi-symmetri cal airfoil might better usit flat-bottomed world time So K&B 15 original could per form half outside fly out inverted long down held Meanwhile other two guys seeking fly around field inverted reeds late Frank Smiths 5-ch radio improvement Rockwood us line development yielded escapement airplane could outside loop day time stuck down went out sight af ter dozens consecutive loops could fly inverted glide get did dead-engine outside loop continued hold down bitter end After loop would enter se cond loop whip stall top try enter third outside hold inverted Its remarkable glide dirty configuration gear sticking up flippers down cathedral now airfoil its lift downward haunts us after 25 years Never understood Well world went reed crazy Everybody doing three consecutive rollsSaturday Night Fever punched down time went inverted Very soon verted became cinch easy now falling off barstool two years now have fly ing REM ailerons theyd know what lousy flier Now arent sure may have seen recent picture column alightweight 6-foot low wing cross between glider sport jobcockpit dum pilot yet takes off lands like baby carriagewhen buddies fly leastand dives nicely loops al though its forte perpetual glide Youd have about much chance making snap roll would Mirage Bear mind has thick flat-bottomed airfoil 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questions got know Right now has raw kit burning enthusiasm competent flier show him ropesotherwise hed ex-hobbyist first yank stick flick ail eron got us fascinating telephone conversations Joe Bridi working up special trainer MAso far will have bay panel use semi-symmetri cal airfoil Joe also will work up over next 18 months advanced trainer real fun sport job Wed sur prised pattern-man Bridi thinking sway-back horse says sport Like gotta wait Damn AS THE ENTIRE modeling world knows now Russ Barrera no long er among us editorial desk has come both letters phone calls asking us tell story much-loved gentleman will say something significance trust wide circle friendsjust everywherewill understand words fail us count less flying fields have come know wonderful people walks life unaware dis tinctions flying field great common denominator pleasure ease make lasting friendships flying buddies though circle widens dis tance cant exactly indulge plea surable small talk coast coast beyond 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