It sometimes said person perceptions seem out step marches sound different drummer course normal citizen often views us less understanding terms can hate sound model engine feels odd about people playing toys happily enjoying something cannot fathom Yet us seem hear drums fellow modelers march What gap could wider between Indoor Speed between Wakefield Pattern between Pylon Free Flight dont tend view dedicated ex perimenter specializes deltas ca nards ornithopters Pennyplanes sort harmless nut character Magazines too sometimes can march distant drum course maga zine business has owners exists make money Its contents pragmati cally designed reach maximum number people sort demo graphics attract maximum number advertisersand ad vertisers love make world go around So magazines must appeal kinds people good custo mers advertised products Don Dewey came scene gosh can years al readyhe editorialized hobby ist wasor could should bean adult flew radio control Like Green Bay Packers Lombardi days running daylight sounded like heresy everyone else field perceived need gener alize early 50s Don may have altogether right eyes did prove something field did require all-radio magazine Others ambivalent thoughts should also go radio other magazines seemed tied tradition broad spectrum modeling Oh could see radio tilted direction what common sensebut also came up duty-felt things such Unlimited rubber job Nor dic FAI team racer No segment modeling radio terms dustry support currently pays offand majority readers radio magazine business must responsibly administered admire RCM its achievement al admire MANs successful formula other books quar terbacks game plans Probably altruistic Bill Northrops recent entry Model Builder strongly dedicated less remunerative areas Now too increasing ra dio content assures us wont downgrade efforts behalf minority groups first gath ered under standard decision unavoidable MB grow hope readers will perceive bal anced approach fair Such competition good everybody especially modelers has al ways axiom bother free flight Its dead Make magazine control line Free flight still us going strong magazines gone control line 1940s what would CL readers have done 1950s magazines gone radio Although Model Avia tion publishes RC features vitally concerned preservation endangered species Seven out 10 AMA members can choose now subscribe MA has single letter dissent enlight ened audience can treat modeling sum-of-its-parts RC oldtimer outstanding attributes modern radio control its versatility its unbelievable relia bility Todays hobbyist would describe yesterdays systems appalling Before war Ed Rockwood Wal nut Creek CA developed threeand five-chan nel reed equip ment crude servos motors gear train came wind-up toy TheGood Brothers flew singlevacuum tube receivers several years before war winning prewar Nationals Guff airplane Smithsonian See May FO re Good Brothers late 40s early 50s Ed Lorenz pioneered lightweight equip ment using RK-61 gas-filled tube shorted out would light up spectacular purplish glow late 40s Vernon Macnabbs 465megacycle radio first examina tion-free RC system singlechannel world mid-SOs Babcock ad ded extremely sensitive three-channel system line Escapement rudder two-position throttle off es capement trim servo up down Oh lots variations landmarks will now systems Goods Rock wood Macnabb Lorenz came fore transistor Nor did massive Babcockfive vacuum tubes three sealed relaysuse Continued page 58 - For Openers Model Aviation has owners thousands fact Making money imperativenot losing money MA must serve build AMA member ship Therefore promotes aspects modeling suppose MA seems different Most its readers sport modelers AMAs membership RC dominant interest Competi tive modeling major thrust AMA Model Aviation reflects moti vation Its contents update state art categories believe reader cosmopolitan liberal viewpoint interested bright ideas whether radio free flight control line RC course big thing Well take pages present ideas depth whether something laminated props gears rubber models some molding pro cess mysteries dynamic scale effect FO reminded birth con trol line flying circa 1940 less sophisticated modeling public asked 4 Model Aviation Openers continued page 4 early-SOs before transistor popped up model mag article replace second relay tube Lorenz two-tuber Nicads 10 years future Rockwood used servos al fliers doomed escape ments years Single-channel fliers protested 3-channel Babcock would kill hobby because permit ted plane loopand kind money So almost 20 years average RCer flew single-tube receiver whether gas hard tube enough make strong men scream month fondly recall Lorenz gas-tube receiver Berkeleys Aerotrol similarone several Lo renz designs small light about size match box Like Good Brothers preceeded it op erated on-off carrier later guys would find sorts ways tricky levers motor-driven beep boxes etc manage crude proportional control playing way carrier turned off RK-6 1 tube idled about 13 15 mils signal dropping say 2 mil relay adjusted operate between say 11 13 mils Vibration drove relay arm atures crazy such current settings planes shivered shimmied ways happy hunting ground didnt get escapements would Lorenz receiver stood out like lighthouse Ed gilded lilly little two-tuber break-throughcan imagine day sophisticated equipment two-tuber first-tube cur rent change dropped signal trig gering second tubewhich idled mere 2/10 mil sotriggering walloping rise 25 mils Such cur rent change allowed reliable relay ad justments Moreover two-tuber op erated couple pencells bat teries plus tiny hearing aid battery B Ed magician demonstrated two-tuber basement test panel two meters tube Watching work simultane ously far out experience early fifties RK-61s became short supply Hivac gas tube imported England gas tubes sensitive way attain sensitivity put prolonged idle didnt wear out process attempted flight Sunday baked kitchen ovenJerry Stoloff baked 28 hours before worked properly Saturday despaired field after checking gas-tube receiver 20-foot range Along came two small boys said Mr youve got cook tube Connect booster battery go lunch come back will work gosh did way become expert 1950s Carl Goldberg marking 50th year association hobby has achieved fame own time Magazines will telling about Carl manufacturer and/or Carl modeler may recall us Sail plane Zipper perhaps Valy krie indoor models diamond-fuselage rubber jobs twin-pushers still big may note pop-up tail dethermalizer has attended modern Na tionals Lord knows what else Carl knew always quiet listener talker always thinker weighing attentively word ever said him Always polite Always humble gentle man end less quest perfection can say deserved success prefer say could have happened nicer guy Letters Editor continued page 7 after have scanned old copies Aeroplane Flight Popular Aviation Model Airplane News Flying Aces Cross Cockade Now its gone thing black debris has given up charred OX-S couple Whirlwinds couple Le Rhones some sooty remains un identifiable metal parts board members Aerospace Museum International Aerospace Hall Fame shared building have resolved start museums once again attended emergency meeting held few days after fire Col Owen Clark Col Ed Carey respec tive directors announced new Mu seums would start national solicitation contributions both monetary dis play Clark will DC week seek assistance National Museum Needless say museum loss great scale modelers sig nificant resource think Model Aviation might assist some way spreading word concentrated effort rebuild museums would think modelers particularly scale devotees owe debt gratitude museums act inspiration tangible research re source San Diego Museum nations third largest terms aircraft colateral displays temporary address both Aerospace Museum International Aerospace Hall Fame Room 203 Casa del Prado Balboa Park San Diego California 92101 enclosed photo taken morn ing after fire looking what used entrance Spirit St Louis replica stood immediately side front door Bill Noonan San Diego CA Model Aviation has advised Bill Noonan will act liaison matter stand ready publish information about program restore invaluable facility Also watch future columns Gretz Wischers Takes Exception year ago read article Hal deBolt about high speed flight radio controlled model airplanes Recently read another article Mr deBolt Bet ter Propellers Formula Ones both instances indicated top speed formula airplane 145 150 mph take exception 1976 time trials Sepul veda Basin Los Angeles took fastest time 1669 miles per hour standard formula racer 1977 took fastest time again 18755 av erage way time 20062 mph may some sort record forumula will agree Mr deBolt however importance propeller 1st series runs through traps 1977 using Prather series #2 prop 8 ane prev ious race best time 16469 mph changing Rev Up 9 eased average speed 226 mph 18755 mph am saying race should use large high pitch prop because will lose speed ac celleration turns Mr deBolt article speed does believe formula type air craft could ever take world record 212 mph Russians may right can think few modifica tions LR IA flying would increase speed whole lot First would install retractable landCon tinued page 84 58 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/06
Page Numbers: 4, 58
It sometimes said person perceptions seem out step marches sound different drummer course normal citizen often views us less understanding terms can hate sound model engine feels odd about people playing toys happily enjoying something cannot fathom Yet us seem hear drums fellow modelers march What gap could wider between Indoor Speed between Wakefield Pattern between Pylon Free Flight dont tend view dedicated ex perimenter specializes deltas ca nards ornithopters Pennyplanes sort harmless nut character Magazines too sometimes can march distant drum course maga zine business has owners exists make money Its contents pragmati cally designed reach maximum number people sort demo graphics attract maximum number advertisersand ad vertisers love make world go around So magazines must appeal kinds people good custo mers advertised products Don Dewey came scene gosh can years al readyhe editorialized hobby ist wasor could should bean adult flew radio control Like Green Bay Packers Lombardi days running daylight sounded like heresy everyone else field perceived need gener alize early 50s Don may have altogether right eyes did prove something field did require all-radio magazine Others ambivalent thoughts should also go radio other magazines seemed tied tradition broad spectrum modeling Oh could see radio tilted direction what common sensebut also came up duty-felt things such Unlimited rubber job Nor dic FAI team racer No segment modeling radio terms dustry support currently pays offand majority readers radio magazine business must responsibly administered admire RCM its achievement al admire MANs successful formula other books quar terbacks game plans Probably altruistic Bill Northrops recent entry Model Builder strongly dedicated less remunerative areas Now too increasing ra dio content assures us wont downgrade efforts behalf minority groups first gath ered under standard decision unavoidable MB grow hope readers will perceive bal anced approach fair Such competition good everybody especially modelers has al ways axiom bother free flight Its dead Make magazine control line Free flight still us going strong magazines gone control line 1940s what would CL readers have done 1950s magazines gone radio Although Model Avia tion publishes RC features vitally concerned preservation endangered species Seven out 10 AMA members can choose now subscribe MA has single letter dissent enlight ened audience can treat modeling sum-of-its-parts RC oldtimer outstanding attributes modern radio control its versatility its unbelievable relia bility Todays hobbyist would describe yesterdays systems appalling Before war Ed Rockwood Wal nut Creek CA developed threeand five-chan nel reed equip ment crude servos motors gear train came wind-up toy TheGood Brothers flew singlevacuum tube receivers several years before war winning prewar Nationals Guff airplane Smithsonian See May FO re Good Brothers late 40s early 50s Ed Lorenz pioneered lightweight equip ment using RK-61 gas-filled tube shorted out would light up spectacular purplish glow late 40s Vernon Macnabbs 465megacycle radio first examina tion-free RC system singlechannel world mid-SOs Babcock ad ded extremely sensitive three-channel system line Escapement rudder two-position throttle off es capement trim servo up down Oh lots variations landmarks will now systems Goods Rock wood Macnabb Lorenz came fore transistor Nor did massive Babcockfive vacuum tubes three sealed relaysuse Continued page 58 - For Openers Model Aviation has owners thousands fact Making money imperativenot losing money MA must serve build AMA member ship Therefore promotes aspects modeling suppose MA seems different Most its readers sport modelers AMAs membership RC dominant interest Competi tive modeling major thrust AMA Model Aviation reflects moti vation Its contents update state art categories believe reader cosmopolitan liberal viewpoint interested bright ideas whether radio free flight control line RC course big thing Well take pages present ideas depth whether something laminated props gears rubber models some molding pro cess mysteries dynamic scale effect FO reminded birth con trol line flying circa 1940 less sophisticated modeling public asked 4 Model Aviation Openers continued page 4 early-SOs before transistor popped up model mag article replace second relay tube Lorenz two-tuber Nicads 10 years future Rockwood used servos al fliers doomed escape ments years Single-channel fliers protested 3-channel Babcock would kill hobby because permit ted plane loopand kind money So almost 20 years average RCer flew single-tube receiver whether gas hard tube enough make strong men scream month fondly recall Lorenz gas-tube receiver Berkeleys Aerotrol similarone several Lo renz designs small light about size match box Like Good Brothers preceeded it op erated on-off carrier later guys would find sorts ways tricky levers motor-driven beep boxes etc manage crude proportional control playing way carrier turned off RK-6 1 tube idled about 13 15 mils signal dropping say 2 mil relay adjusted operate between say 11 13 mils Vibration drove relay arm atures crazy such current settings planes shivered shimmied ways happy hunting ground didnt get escapements would Lorenz receiver stood out like lighthouse Ed gilded lilly little two-tuber break-throughcan imagine day sophisticated equipment two-tuber first-tube cur rent change dropped signal trig gering second tubewhich idled mere 2/10 mil sotriggering walloping rise 25 mils Such cur rent change allowed reliable relay ad justments Moreover two-tuber op erated couple pencells bat teries plus tiny hearing aid battery B Ed magician demonstrated two-tuber basement test panel two meters tube Watching work simultane ously far out experience early fifties RK-61s became short supply Hivac gas tube imported England gas tubes sensitive way attain sensitivity put prolonged idle didnt wear out process attempted flight Sunday baked kitchen ovenJerry Stoloff baked 28 hours before worked properly Saturday despaired field after checking gas-tube receiver 20-foot range Along came two small boys said Mr youve got cook tube Connect booster battery go lunch come back will work gosh did way become expert 1950s Carl Goldberg marking 50th year association hobby has achieved fame own time Magazines will telling about Carl manufacturer and/or Carl modeler may recall us Sail plane Zipper perhaps Valy krie indoor models diamond-fuselage rubber jobs twin-pushers still big may note pop-up tail dethermalizer has attended modern Na tionals Lord knows what else Carl knew always quiet listener talker always thinker weighing attentively word ever said him Always polite Always humble gentle man end less quest perfection can say deserved success prefer say could have happened nicer guy Letters Editor continued page 7 after have scanned old copies Aeroplane Flight Popular Aviation Model Airplane News Flying Aces Cross Cockade Now its gone thing black debris has given up charred OX-S couple Whirlwinds couple Le Rhones some sooty remains un identifiable metal parts board members Aerospace Museum International Aerospace Hall Fame shared building have resolved start museums once again attended emergency meeting held few days after fire Col Owen Clark Col Ed Carey respec tive directors announced new Mu seums would start national solicitation contributions both monetary dis play Clark will DC week seek assistance National Museum Needless say museum loss great scale modelers sig nificant resource think Model Aviation might assist some way spreading word concentrated effort rebuild museums would think modelers particularly scale devotees owe debt gratitude museums act inspiration tangible research re source San Diego Museum nations third largest terms aircraft colateral displays temporary address both Aerospace Museum International Aerospace Hall Fame Room 203 Casa del Prado Balboa Park San Diego California 92101 enclosed photo taken morn ing after fire looking what used entrance Spirit St Louis replica stood immediately side front door Bill Noonan San Diego CA Model Aviation has advised Bill Noonan will act liaison matter stand ready publish information about program restore invaluable facility Also watch future columns Gretz Wischers Takes Exception year ago read article Hal deBolt about high speed flight radio controlled model airplanes Recently read another article Mr deBolt Bet ter Propellers Formula Ones both instances indicated top speed formula airplane 145 150 mph take exception 1976 time trials Sepul veda Basin Los Angeles took fastest time 1669 miles per hour standard formula racer 1977 took fastest time again 18755 av erage way time 20062 mph may some sort record forumula will agree Mr deBolt however importance propeller 1st series runs through traps 1977 using Prather series #2 prop 8 ane prev ious race best time 16469 mph changing Rev Up 9 eased average speed 226 mph 18755 mph am saying race should use large high pitch prop because will lose speed ac celleration turns Mr deBolt article speed does believe formula type air craft could ever take world record 212 mph Russians may right can think few modifica tions LR IA flying would increase speed whole lot First would install retractable landCon tinued page 84 58 Model Aviation