arry Kruse Profile Smoothie TO THOSE us started out hobby mid-Fifties name Bob Palmer carries same magic fond remembrances now reserve 1955 Chevies duck-tail haircuts black leather jackets What Bob Palmer did Control Line flying roughly equivalent what Burt Rutan doing full-scale flying now Palmer did style con trast small fast high-powered ships dominating Stunt time Palmers planes relatively large de signed aesthetics mind excep tionally manueverable thanks coupled flaps elevator helped pio neer flight Palmer plane like aerial ballet skyrending rip-snort come accept Stunt Several Palmer designs including beautiful Thunderbird kitted Veco later Dumas Veco went away giving average modeler access some finest designs including Smoothie inspiration profile ship presented flew mar velously well now reside firmly en trenched personal memory hall fame memories came life recently unearthed some photos Id taken some 25 years ago once again encoun tered venerable Smoothie resplendent now-somewhat-faded green-andwhite paint job went immediately drafting table set out recapture bit past way profile version plane would have good looks Palmers ship yet take too much 74 Model Aviation Either front top picture back above plain profile version retains pleasing classical lines seml-eiliptlcal wing pianform typical Bob Paimerdeslgn Cowl cheeks provide padded nose area dampen enginevlbratlon iessen chance stress cracks forming wing/fussiage joint original Smooth important milestone CL Precision Aerobatics flying profilefuselage version 35 engine retains classic lines easy-to-build package fun fly building time away current Scale projects purists aware no intention part replicate exact moments dimensions construction techniques employed original Smoothie kit pur pose renew some pleasurable times past plane looks bit like old Smoothie wing builds quickly stack-saw ribs pre-form tips prior ac tual construction Pin down bottom trailing edge TE piece glue ribs Use small cardboard triangle make sure ribs 900 TE piece Considerable time can saved using Goldbergs Super Jet Hot Stuffs Super T rather slower-drying glue Glue top TE piece set ribs place over pinned-down bottom spar Dont glue yet Put top spar position glue place Turn wing over pin down what origi nally top spar now obviously bottom glue what originally trusty 12-year-old Fox 35 powers authors prototype fuel tank held place white GE silicone sealant rUbber-like properties product help dampen vibration iessen posaibility fuel foaming flight photographs author Qr*mhpr 1 istinctive nose area treatmentand pronounced chin underthe splnnersetihesmoothle apart otherdesigna thisangie model looks like fuil-fuseisge design dead behind generous wing area model piain Note nose rairs thin profile fuselage behind Rudder offset ide circle bottom spar place Confused Dont spar long really doesnt make difference Dinned down other glued position Add TE cap strip leading edge LE Figure out some way apply pressure evenly consistently LE during gluing process make certain remains butted rib notches rib location wing like typically cut six eight 4-in sticks out sturdy spruce stock / x bigger place stick vertically behind spars loop rubberband two end stick around LE back other end stick Spaced evenly along span technique creates pressure rib/LE juncture keeping wood contact wood rather having try fill air gap glue sawdust baking soda whatever bellcrank mount center sheeting A-in support rails can added prior gluing wing tips place Make real effort fair tips main wing panels want emulate Palmers semi-elliptical planform much possi ble unsightly joint lines abrupt changes airfoil shape /6-in ver tical tip fill pieces should sanded rounded contour blending edge wing tip flaps can now slot ted hinges joined A2 wire joiner set aside final assembly Tall surfaces cut medium /IA balsa stab elevator slotted accept Du-Bro hinges before sanding takes place Goldbergs slotting tool must both tail feathers wing flaps Sand tail surfaces contour shown plans connect elevators wire joiner rudder should offset A-in right viewed rear plane fuselage requires 4-in plank A-in balsa some scrap A-in fill canopy turtledeck area two Y4-in chunks nose doublers Cut out openings wing stab very care fully preserve level settings landing gear bent two pieces Y-in wire plugged fuselage mounting tube held place Sig nylon straps Maple englne mounts slipped slots shown faced balsa cheek cowling glve ample surface strength mounting size engine ~JILEAD OUT LINES -N-S4-2AD ro B BOT /4 BAW4EET 11 3/22 TUBES11 jII _____ LEAD OUTII GUIDES 1/4 BALSA SHEET WING TIP-I-'K 4 IK Vtji IiI iQ 3/I A SHEET PILL 0 MW JOINER 3 BASA SHEET 9 up 40 like could omit A-in balsa cheeks use Lite Ply youre opposed carving gouging balsa However part Smoothies charm shape nose area distinct chin under spinner prototype powered faithful Fox 35 now 12 years old model could powered other engine similar displacement might Control linkage uses NC horns ana wheel collars Controls must move smoothly binding hanging-up Fiap notch pushrod cisarance fuli-down eievator appiied enjoy CL fun flyng looking not-too-difficuit-to-bulld ship iook no uucoruuons una Muu nunuuuru wuw Trim MonoKote sheets siid piace after surface sprayed soapy water soiution Air bubbles can squeegeed out under surface smali fiat piece cardboard sheet baisa W-I CENTER SI W-2 MAIN Vi 5 GOLDBERG SPINNER 1/ 2 LANDING GEAR PATTER N FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 180 LW SO BALSAI/B PLY BELLCRANK MOUNT1/2 SO BALSA LEADING EDGE1/4 BALSA SHEET B/C MOUNTING NAILSWING TIP PARTS _- 4 -__- IJfi114 SQ BALSA WING -IiSPARS TOP BROTTOM -I LCRANK/ in-i---1 *2W-2tw-4L4z~ I I W-2WSW-SW-SW-2W-2 1 ~1 ING hlri --~-I MUSIC WIRE WINGPLANTOPVIEWTIP WEIGHT 1/16 BALSA CENTERSECTION SHEETING TOP AND BOTTOMIl-f-IIA I III11---EXITA Ii-11 —PUSHROO TECAPI Aftit 1/16 BALSA FRONT TIP PIECETOP 2: B BOTTOM W-3 VIB BALSA REAR TIP PIECE TOP B BO1TOM -if-h____1/4 BALSA SHEET WING TIP PARTS LEFT FLAPRIGHT FLAP /16 BALSA HEET FLAPSNYLON FLAPLOCATIONSSHEETING TOP B BOTTOM 3/32 MWHORNOFFSET RUDDER 1/16 BALSA A SHEETJOINER4 REQUIREDREAR TIP PIECE1/2 TO THE RIGHT 4 REQUIRED 1/16 BALSA 4 REQUIRED-rFRONT TIP PIECE/3/16 BALSA SHEET COCK PIT TRIM LINE5/55 BALSAI / SHEET 2 BALSA SHEET IJI2 REOUIRED3/4 BALSA SHEETFLAP HORN W-3 RIBI RUDDER CHEEKS NOSE DOUBLERSRIGHT SIDE3/16 BALSA BOTH SIDESf NYLONSHEET I//rI I/S3/B MAPLEOPTIOHAL I/B LITE PLY-MUSIC WIREr 3A6 BALSA SHEET MOTOR MOUNTS/PUSHROU ______/STAB B ELEV __________NYLON HORN ii-FIBERGLASS5/B DIA TAIL WHEEL 4 OUNCE FUEL TANK PROFILE PROFILE FUSELAGEMODEL AVIATION LAND64G SEARIII/B BALSA SHEETSMOOTHIE PROFILE STUNTER LANSING SEAR PAIRING____________________________________________________________[v32][b2253166112600]] BASED ON BOB PALMERS ORIGINAL DESIGN DESIGNED B DRAWN BY LARRY KAUSE 5-1/3 DIA WHEELS 0I5545 B CING BY OE DEMARCO ____________________________________________________________[v32][b9737179613700]]ALL RIGHTS RESERVED want shorten nose about youre using heavier engine Fox Actually anything down strong 25 will probably work well too After engine fuel tank fit satisfaction remove sand everything very carefully preparation finishing Slip wing flaps wing opening first slide wing through Attach flaps via hinges epoxy wing place Using small 900 triangle set rudder stabilizer position Hot Stuff fuselage Hold off installing hooking up control horns pushrods until after final finish applied avoid painting around over during finishing process Covering finishing used white Monoote cover wings two coats white Hobbypoxy wood surfaces since two products very comparable terms color match luster solid surfaces given two coats Hobbypoxy Stuff filler sanded thoroughly remove grain marks Large pits dents filled DAP spackling compound wing fillets formed freehand Continued page 173 September 1984 77 Nylon RC-type hinges slotted stabilizer elevator neat non-binding Installation tail surfaces cut 3/16 balsa sanded shape gible loss scale fidelity sketch almost self-explanatory trick pivot entire horizontal tail about mid-chord sketch show round toothpick used axle used bamboo carefully rounded tapered Music wire say about 032 would probably work also sketch thread rubberbands shown foreshortened fuse actually up close CG Use smallest fuse can obtain Try various twines down local hardware store get skinny rubberbands make Get toy balloon long thin type about inch wide straight deflated Fold piece bond paper half stick balloon inside cut through whole sandwich using sharp scissors 10 minutes youll have years supply hooks bent glass-head pins sure DT rubberband stands away snuffer tube good A6 else fuse might get snuffed before gummyband gets gum enough fracture Fringe benefit See thing called stop sketch model piece /32 x 1-in basswoodmodel railroad stockpoked through slot whittled through fuselage Balsa pads glued bottom limit leading-edge-up position stab can whittled away built up adjust angle incidence Youll probably want add stop some sort limit DT position stab too Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St Oakland CA 94619 Profile SmoothielKruse Continued page 77 Epox-o-Lite wet index finger quick-and-dirty finishing method would totally unacceptable fullblown competition Stunter its good way go everyday fun-type ship like Profile Smoothie have Ag-Wagon nearly seven years old still looks good cleans up easily due its epoxy/MonoKote finish Flying Smoothie just what ex pected manuevers slow almost stately move through pattern plane bobbles just bit corners did original recall Some theorists attribute wing tip shape Ive never delved find out exact pe culiarity Mostly Im just content en joy flying Smoothie knowing its tory place evolution design hope enjoy too TIGER TAIL 4 Ron Chidgeys latest beat series little larger lighter slower retains honest flight character tistics its predecessors Especially recommended sportsman ad vanced pattern also good choice turn-around pattern Plans construction hints $995 WELLER 3 BLADE PROP very stiff molded fiberglas propellor England Its efficient design allows substantial reduction noise level actually improving per formance $2000 NEW NEW CLAMP IT FOREVER STAINLESS STEEL PIPE CLAMPS Light strong Low-profile seiflocking 3/16 width wont cut 4 silicone couplers Pkg 4 clamps $295 CL ScalelBoss Continued page 78 adjustments best operation doors can made 025 piano wire return springs thickness hardwood block gear leg pushes against Contest report first contest season Northeast featuring CL Scale has termed great success two accounts First turnout about 60 contestants can considered good early date May May 20 sec ondly RC CL Scale Aerobatics events brought together successfully great day flying contest took place Anthony Wayne Recreation Area Bear Mountain State Park New York annual contest usually RC-only affair run Interstate Mod el Flying Club turned combi nation meet effort show pub lic two types flying side-by-side John Caglione IMEC prin cipal organizer meet help George Gaydos Garden State Circle Burners Club getting CL fliers out meet Scale events flown Precision Sport GSCB Profile event scale entry 23 models just great five Precision 10 Sport eight Profile George Gaydos placed first both Precision Profile classes F7F Tigercat Guardian re spectively Steven Macbride took top honors Junior Sport PT-19 pleasure winning Open Sport category Airacobra appears Profile event out lined April 1984 issue MA shows NEW NEW WING TUBE & SOCKETS 1 dia aluminum alloy tubing plug-in wings Included pair special slip-fit phenolic sockets build wing-structure 2024 alum tube 1s24 long socket 12 long $8951 set ENGINE SLEEVE & BEARING PULLER Pull tight sleeves bearings easily damage Cone cone expanding brass ring grips sleeve bearing ID new 60s 17MM rear bearing * Special * Both $1395 See Dealer Order Direct Include 75 Per Item UPS GP Gator RIC Products 3713 Pompano Dr Pensacola FL 32514 Phone AC 904 476-8639 signs having fair participation event first run GSCB Club Fall 83 five contestants noted above eight entered IMFC meet addition seeing modest increase entries heard con siderable talk non-Scalers about might try Profile event certainly easy way introduced Scale modeling contest report can closed thought meet good pub lic saw Aerobatic Scale model flying two different forms -Im sure contestants learned something about other guys choice modeling Pointers finishing Jack Patrolia Marshfield MA says method finishing model components will help Scale modeler obtain better overall mod el finish telling Jacks meth od can termed Back Basics item geared beginner Scale modeling Im sure some experienced build ers will also find informative method described used models dope paint finish applied Jack points out very important part finishing method build sand cover seal fill major components before assembW After construction major com ponents such vertical fin rudder elevator completed should fully sanded sanding complete surfaces part should wet down very damp cloth sponge set aside dry overnight procedure will raise compressed areas balsa surface will ready final sanding 220 grit finer sandpaper sanding complete ap ply coat clear epoxy paint seal strengthen surface After September1984 173 Sleeve Puller $795 Bearing Puller $895 responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/09
Page Numbers: 74, 75, 76, 77, 173
arry Kruse Profile Smoothie TO THOSE us started out hobby mid-Fifties name Bob Palmer carries same magic fond remembrances now reserve 1955 Chevies duck-tail haircuts black leather jackets What Bob Palmer did Control Line flying roughly equivalent what Burt Rutan doing full-scale flying now Palmer did style con trast small fast high-powered ships dominating Stunt time Palmers planes relatively large de signed aesthetics mind excep tionally manueverable thanks coupled flaps elevator helped pio neer flight Palmer plane like aerial ballet skyrending rip-snort come accept Stunt Several Palmer designs including beautiful Thunderbird kitted Veco later Dumas Veco went away giving average modeler access some finest designs including Smoothie inspiration profile ship presented flew mar velously well now reside firmly en trenched personal memory hall fame memories came life recently unearthed some photos Id taken some 25 years ago once again encoun tered venerable Smoothie resplendent now-somewhat-faded green-andwhite paint job went immediately drafting table set out recapture bit past way profile version plane would have good looks Palmers ship yet take too much 74 Model Aviation Either front top picture back above plain profile version retains pleasing classical lines seml-eiliptlcal wing pianform typical Bob Paimerdeslgn Cowl cheeks provide padded nose area dampen enginevlbratlon iessen chance stress cracks forming wing/fussiage joint original Smooth important milestone CL Precision Aerobatics flying profilefuselage version 35 engine retains classic lines easy-to-build package fun fly building time away current Scale projects purists aware no intention part replicate exact moments dimensions construction techniques employed original Smoothie kit pur pose renew some pleasurable times past plane looks bit like old Smoothie wing builds quickly stack-saw ribs pre-form tips prior ac tual construction Pin down bottom trailing edge TE piece glue ribs Use small cardboard triangle make sure ribs 900 TE piece Considerable time can saved using Goldbergs Super Jet Hot Stuffs Super T rather slower-drying glue Glue top TE piece set ribs place over pinned-down bottom spar Dont glue yet Put top spar position glue place Turn wing over pin down what origi nally top spar now obviously bottom glue what originally trusty 12-year-old Fox 35 powers authors prototype fuel tank held place white GE silicone sealant rUbber-like properties product help dampen vibration iessen posaibility fuel foaming flight photographs author Qr*mhpr 1 istinctive nose area treatmentand pronounced chin underthe splnnersetihesmoothle apart otherdesigna thisangie model looks like fuil-fuseisge design dead behind generous wing area model piain Note nose rairs thin profile fuselage behind Rudder offset ide circle bottom spar place Confused Dont spar long really doesnt make difference Dinned down other glued position Add TE cap strip leading edge LE Figure out some way apply pressure evenly consistently LE during gluing process make certain remains butted rib notches rib location wing like typically cut six eight 4-in sticks out sturdy spruce stock / x bigger place stick vertically behind spars loop rubberband two end stick around LE back other end stick Spaced evenly along span technique creates pressure rib/LE juncture keeping wood contact wood rather having try fill air gap glue sawdust baking soda whatever bellcrank mount center sheeting A-in support rails can added prior gluing wing tips place Make real effort fair tips main wing panels want emulate Palmers semi-elliptical planform much possi ble unsightly joint lines abrupt changes airfoil shape /6-in ver tical tip fill pieces should sanded rounded contour blending edge wing tip flaps can now slot ted hinges joined A2 wire joiner set aside final assembly Tall surfaces cut medium /IA balsa stab elevator slotted accept Du-Bro hinges before sanding takes place Goldbergs slotting tool must both tail feathers wing flaps Sand tail surfaces contour shown plans connect elevators wire joiner rudder should offset A-in right viewed rear plane fuselage requires 4-in plank A-in balsa some scrap A-in fill canopy turtledeck area two Y4-in chunks nose doublers Cut out openings wing stab very care fully preserve level settings landing gear bent two pieces Y-in wire plugged fuselage mounting tube held place Sig nylon straps Maple englne mounts slipped slots shown faced balsa cheek cowling glve ample surface strength mounting size engine ~JILEAD OUT LINES -N-S4-2AD ro B BOT /4 BAW4EET 11 3/22 TUBES11 jII _____ LEAD OUTII GUIDES 1/4 BALSA SHEET WING TIP-I-'K 4 IK Vtji IiI iQ 3/I A SHEET PILL 0 MW JOINER 3 BASA SHEET 9 up 40 like could omit A-in balsa cheeks use Lite Ply youre opposed carving gouging balsa However part Smoothies charm shape nose area distinct chin under spinner prototype powered faithful Fox 35 now 12 years old model could powered other engine similar displacement might Control linkage uses NC horns ana wheel collars Controls must move smoothly binding hanging-up Fiap notch pushrod cisarance fuli-down eievator appiied enjoy CL fun flyng looking not-too-difficuit-to-bulld ship iook no uucoruuons una Muu nunuuuru wuw Trim MonoKote sheets siid piace after surface sprayed soapy water soiution Air bubbles can squeegeed out under surface smali fiat piece cardboard sheet baisa W-I CENTER SI W-2 MAIN Vi 5 GOLDBERG SPINNER 1/ 2 LANDING GEAR PATTER N FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 180 LW SO BALSAI/B PLY BELLCRANK MOUNT1/2 SO BALSA LEADING EDGE1/4 BALSA SHEET B/C MOUNTING NAILSWING TIP PARTS _- 4 -__- IJfi114 SQ BALSA WING -IiSPARS TOP BROTTOM -I LCRANK/ in-i---1 *2W-2tw-4L4z~ I I W-2WSW-SW-SW-2W-2 1 ~1 ING hlri --~-I MUSIC WIRE WINGPLANTOPVIEWTIP WEIGHT 1/16 BALSA CENTERSECTION SHEETING TOP AND BOTTOMIl-f-IIA I III11---EXITA Ii-11 —PUSHROO TECAPI Aftit 1/16 BALSA FRONT TIP PIECETOP 2: B BOTTOM W-3 VIB BALSA REAR TIP PIECE TOP B BO1TOM -if-h____1/4 BALSA SHEET WING TIP PARTS LEFT FLAPRIGHT FLAP /16 BALSA HEET FLAPSNYLON FLAPLOCATIONSSHEETING TOP B BOTTOM 3/32 MWHORNOFFSET RUDDER 1/16 BALSA A SHEETJOINER4 REQUIREDREAR TIP PIECE1/2 TO THE RIGHT 4 REQUIRED 1/16 BALSA 4 REQUIRED-rFRONT TIP PIECE/3/16 BALSA SHEET COCK PIT TRIM LINE5/55 BALSAI / SHEET 2 BALSA SHEET IJI2 REOUIRED3/4 BALSA SHEETFLAP HORN W-3 RIBI RUDDER CHEEKS NOSE DOUBLERSRIGHT SIDE3/16 BALSA BOTH SIDESf NYLONSHEET I//rI I/S3/B MAPLEOPTIOHAL I/B LITE PLY-MUSIC WIREr 3A6 BALSA SHEET MOTOR MOUNTS/PUSHROU ______/STAB B ELEV __________NYLON HORN ii-FIBERGLASS5/B DIA TAIL WHEEL 4 OUNCE FUEL TANK PROFILE PROFILE FUSELAGEMODEL AVIATION LAND64G SEARIII/B BALSA SHEETSMOOTHIE PROFILE STUNTER LANSING SEAR PAIRING____________________________________________________________[v32][b2253166112600]] BASED ON BOB PALMERS ORIGINAL DESIGN DESIGNED B DRAWN BY LARRY KAUSE 5-1/3 DIA WHEELS 0I5545 B CING BY OE DEMARCO ____________________________________________________________[v32][b9737179613700]]ALL RIGHTS RESERVED want shorten nose about youre using heavier engine Fox Actually anything down strong 25 will probably work well too After engine fuel tank fit satisfaction remove sand everything very carefully preparation finishing Slip wing flaps wing opening first slide wing through Attach flaps via hinges epoxy wing place Using small 900 triangle set rudder stabilizer position Hot Stuff fuselage Hold off installing hooking up control horns pushrods until after final finish applied avoid painting around over during finishing process Covering finishing used white Monoote cover wings two coats white Hobbypoxy wood surfaces since two products very comparable terms color match luster solid surfaces given two coats Hobbypoxy Stuff filler sanded thoroughly remove grain marks Large pits dents filled DAP spackling compound wing fillets formed freehand Continued page 173 September 1984 77 Nylon RC-type hinges slotted stabilizer elevator neat non-binding Installation tail surfaces cut 3/16 balsa sanded shape gible loss scale fidelity sketch almost self-explanatory trick pivot entire horizontal tail about mid-chord sketch show round toothpick used axle used bamboo carefully rounded tapered Music wire say about 032 would probably work also sketch thread rubberbands shown foreshortened fuse actually up close CG Use smallest fuse can obtain Try various twines down local hardware store get skinny rubberbands make Get toy balloon long thin type about inch wide straight deflated Fold piece bond paper half stick balloon inside cut through whole sandwich using sharp scissors 10 minutes youll have years supply hooks bent glass-head pins sure DT rubberband stands away snuffer tube good A6 else fuse might get snuffed before gummyband gets gum enough fracture Fringe benefit See thing called stop sketch model piece /32 x 1-in basswoodmodel railroad stockpoked through slot whittled through fuselage Balsa pads glued bottom limit leading-edge-up position stab can whittled away built up adjust angle incidence Youll probably want add stop some sort limit DT position stab too Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St Oakland CA 94619 Profile SmoothielKruse Continued page 77 Epox-o-Lite wet index finger quick-and-dirty finishing method would totally unacceptable fullblown competition Stunter its good way go everyday fun-type ship like Profile Smoothie have Ag-Wagon nearly seven years old still looks good cleans up easily due its epoxy/MonoKote finish Flying Smoothie just what ex pected manuevers slow almost stately move through pattern plane bobbles just bit corners did original recall Some theorists attribute wing tip shape Ive never delved find out exact pe culiarity Mostly Im just content en joy flying Smoothie knowing its tory place evolution design hope enjoy too TIGER TAIL 4 Ron Chidgeys latest beat series little larger lighter slower retains honest flight character tistics its predecessors Especially recommended sportsman ad vanced pattern also good choice turn-around pattern Plans construction hints $995 WELLER 3 BLADE PROP very stiff molded fiberglas propellor England Its efficient design allows substantial reduction noise level actually improving per formance $2000 NEW NEW CLAMP IT FOREVER STAINLESS STEEL PIPE CLAMPS Light strong Low-profile seiflocking 3/16 width wont cut 4 silicone couplers Pkg 4 clamps $295 CL ScalelBoss Continued page 78 adjustments best operation doors can made 025 piano wire return springs thickness hardwood block gear leg pushes against Contest report first contest season Northeast featuring CL Scale has termed great success two accounts First turnout about 60 contestants can considered good early date May May 20 sec ondly RC CL Scale Aerobatics events brought together successfully great day flying contest took place Anthony Wayne Recreation Area Bear Mountain State Park New York annual contest usually RC-only affair run Interstate Mod el Flying Club turned combi nation meet effort show pub lic two types flying side-by-side John Caglione IMEC prin cipal organizer meet help George Gaydos Garden State Circle Burners Club getting CL fliers out meet Scale events flown Precision Sport GSCB Profile event scale entry 23 models just great five Precision 10 Sport eight Profile George Gaydos placed first both Precision Profile classes F7F Tigercat Guardian re spectively Steven Macbride took top honors Junior Sport PT-19 pleasure winning Open Sport category Airacobra appears Profile event out lined April 1984 issue MA shows NEW NEW WING TUBE & SOCKETS 1 dia aluminum alloy tubing plug-in wings Included pair special slip-fit phenolic sockets build wing-structure 2024 alum tube 1s24 long socket 12 long $8951 set ENGINE SLEEVE & BEARING PULLER Pull tight sleeves bearings easily damage Cone cone expanding brass ring grips sleeve bearing ID new 60s 17MM rear bearing * Special * Both $1395 See Dealer Order Direct Include 75 Per Item UPS GP Gator RIC Products 3713 Pompano Dr Pensacola FL 32514 Phone AC 904 476-8639 signs having fair participation event first run GSCB Club Fall 83 five contestants noted above eight entered IMFC meet addition seeing modest increase entries heard con siderable talk non-Scalers about might try Profile event certainly easy way introduced Scale modeling contest report can closed thought meet good pub lic saw Aerobatic Scale model flying two different forms -Im sure contestants learned something about other guys choice modeling Pointers finishing Jack Patrolia Marshfield MA says method finishing model components will help Scale modeler obtain better overall mod el finish telling Jacks meth od can termed Back Basics item geared beginner Scale modeling Im sure some experienced build ers will also find informative method described used models dope paint finish applied Jack points out very important part finishing method build sand cover seal fill major components before assembW After construction major com ponents such vertical fin rudder elevator completed should fully sanded sanding complete surfaces part should wet down very damp cloth sponge set aside dry overnight procedure will raise compressed areas balsa surface will ready final sanding 220 grit finer sandpaper sanding complete ap ply coat clear epoxy paint seal strengthen surface After September1984 173 Sleeve Puller $795 Bearing Puller $895 responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/09
Page Numbers: 74, 75, 76, 77, 173
arry Kruse Profile Smoothie TO THOSE us started out hobby mid-Fifties name Bob Palmer carries same magic fond remembrances now reserve 1955 Chevies duck-tail haircuts black leather jackets What Bob Palmer did Control Line flying roughly equivalent what Burt Rutan doing full-scale flying now Palmer did style con trast small fast high-powered ships dominating Stunt time Palmers planes relatively large de signed aesthetics mind excep tionally manueverable thanks coupled flaps elevator helped pio neer flight Palmer plane like aerial ballet skyrending rip-snort come accept Stunt Several Palmer designs including beautiful Thunderbird kitted Veco later Dumas Veco went away giving average modeler access some finest designs including Smoothie inspiration profile ship presented flew mar velously well now reside firmly en trenched personal memory hall fame memories came life recently unearthed some photos Id taken some 25 years ago once again encoun tered venerable Smoothie resplendent now-somewhat-faded green-andwhite paint job went immediately drafting table set out recapture bit past way profile version plane would have good looks Palmers ship yet take too much 74 Model Aviation Either front top picture back above plain profile version retains pleasing classical lines seml-eiliptlcal wing pianform typical Bob Paimerdeslgn Cowl cheeks provide padded nose area dampen enginevlbratlon iessen chance stress cracks forming wing/fussiage joint original Smooth important milestone CL Precision Aerobatics flying profilefuselage version 35 engine retains classic lines easy-to-build package fun fly building time away current Scale projects purists aware no intention part replicate exact moments dimensions construction techniques employed original Smoothie kit pur pose renew some pleasurable times past plane looks bit like old Smoothie wing builds quickly stack-saw ribs pre-form tips prior ac tual construction Pin down bottom trailing edge TE piece glue ribs Use small cardboard triangle make sure ribs 900 TE piece Considerable time can saved using Goldbergs Super Jet Hot Stuffs Super T rather slower-drying glue Glue top TE piece set ribs place over pinned-down bottom spar Dont glue yet Put top spar position glue place Turn wing over pin down what origi nally top spar now obviously bottom glue what originally trusty 12-year-old Fox 35 powers authors prototype fuel tank held place white GE silicone sealant rUbber-like properties product help dampen vibration iessen posaibility fuel foaming flight photographs author Qr*mhpr 1 istinctive nose area treatmentand pronounced chin underthe splnnersetihesmoothle apart otherdesigna thisangie model looks like fuil-fuseisge design dead behind generous wing area model piain Note nose rairs thin profile fuselage behind Rudder offset ide circle bottom spar place Confused Dont spar long really doesnt make difference Dinned down other glued position Add TE cap strip leading edge LE Figure out some way apply pressure evenly consistently LE during gluing process make certain remains butted rib notches rib location wing like typically cut six eight 4-in sticks out sturdy spruce stock / x bigger place stick vertically behind spars loop rubberband two end stick around LE back other end stick Spaced evenly along span technique creates pressure rib/LE juncture keeping wood contact wood rather having try fill air gap glue sawdust baking soda whatever bellcrank mount center sheeting A-in support rails can added prior gluing wing tips place Make real effort fair tips main wing panels want emulate Palmers semi-elliptical planform much possi ble unsightly joint lines abrupt changes airfoil shape /6-in ver tical tip fill pieces should sanded rounded contour blending edge wing tip flaps can now slot ted hinges joined A2 wire joiner set aside final assembly Tall surfaces cut medium /IA balsa stab elevator slotted accept Du-Bro hinges before sanding takes place Goldbergs slotting tool must both tail feathers wing flaps Sand tail surfaces contour shown plans connect elevators wire joiner rudder should offset A-in right viewed rear plane fuselage requires 4-in plank A-in balsa some scrap A-in fill canopy turtledeck area two Y4-in chunks nose doublers Cut out openings wing stab very care fully preserve level settings landing gear bent two pieces Y-in wire plugged fuselage mounting tube held place Sig nylon straps Maple englne mounts slipped slots shown faced balsa cheek cowling glve ample surface strength mounting size engine ~JILEAD OUT LINES -N-S4-2AD ro B BOT /4 BAW4EET 11 3/22 TUBES11 jII _____ LEAD OUTII GUIDES 1/4 BALSA SHEET WING TIP-I-'K 4 IK Vtji IiI iQ 3/I A SHEET PILL 0 MW JOINER 3 BASA SHEET 9 up 40 like could omit A-in balsa cheeks use Lite Ply youre opposed carving gouging balsa However part Smoothies charm shape nose area distinct chin under spinner prototype powered faithful Fox 35 now 12 years old model could powered other engine similar displacement might Control linkage uses NC horns ana wheel collars Controls must move smoothly binding hanging-up Fiap notch pushrod cisarance fuli-down eievator appiied enjoy CL fun flyng looking not-too-difficuit-to-bulld ship iook no uucoruuons una Muu nunuuuru wuw Trim MonoKote sheets siid piace after surface sprayed soapy water soiution Air bubbles can squeegeed out under surface smali fiat piece cardboard sheet baisa W-I CENTER SI W-2 MAIN Vi 5 GOLDBERG SPINNER 1/ 2 LANDING GEAR PATTER N FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 180 LW SO BALSAI/B PLY BELLCRANK MOUNT1/2 SO BALSA LEADING EDGE1/4 BALSA SHEET B/C MOUNTING NAILSWING TIP PARTS _- 4 -__- IJfi114 SQ BALSA WING -IiSPARS TOP BROTTOM -I LCRANK/ in-i---1 *2W-2tw-4L4z~ I I W-2WSW-SW-SW-2W-2 1 ~1 ING hlri --~-I MUSIC WIRE WINGPLANTOPVIEWTIP WEIGHT 1/16 BALSA CENTERSECTION SHEETING TOP AND BOTTOMIl-f-IIA I III11---EXITA Ii-11 —PUSHROO TECAPI Aftit 1/16 BALSA FRONT TIP PIECETOP 2: B BOTTOM W-3 VIB BALSA REAR TIP PIECE TOP B BO1TOM -if-h____1/4 BALSA SHEET WING TIP PARTS LEFT FLAPRIGHT FLAP /16 BALSA HEET FLAPSNYLON FLAPLOCATIONSSHEETING TOP B BOTTOM 3/32 MWHORNOFFSET RUDDER 1/16 BALSA A SHEETJOINER4 REQUIREDREAR TIP PIECE1/2 TO THE RIGHT 4 REQUIRED 1/16 BALSA 4 REQUIRED-rFRONT TIP PIECE/3/16 BALSA SHEET COCK PIT TRIM LINE5/55 BALSAI / SHEET 2 BALSA SHEET IJI2 REOUIRED3/4 BALSA SHEETFLAP HORN W-3 RIBI RUDDER CHEEKS NOSE DOUBLERSRIGHT SIDE3/16 BALSA BOTH SIDESf NYLONSHEET I//rI I/S3/B MAPLEOPTIOHAL I/B LITE PLY-MUSIC WIREr 3A6 BALSA SHEET MOTOR MOUNTS/PUSHROU ______/STAB B ELEV __________NYLON HORN ii-FIBERGLASS5/B DIA TAIL WHEEL 4 OUNCE FUEL TANK PROFILE PROFILE FUSELAGEMODEL AVIATION LAND64G SEARIII/B BALSA SHEETSMOOTHIE PROFILE STUNTER LANSING SEAR PAIRING____________________________________________________________[v32][b2253166112600]] BASED ON BOB PALMERS ORIGINAL DESIGN DESIGNED B DRAWN BY LARRY KAUSE 5-1/3 DIA WHEELS 0I5545 B CING BY OE DEMARCO ____________________________________________________________[v32][b9737179613700]]ALL RIGHTS RESERVED want shorten nose about youre using heavier engine Fox Actually anything down strong 25 will probably work well too After engine fuel tank fit satisfaction remove sand everything very carefully preparation finishing Slip wing flaps wing opening first slide wing through Attach flaps via hinges epoxy wing place Using small 900 triangle set rudder stabilizer position Hot Stuff fuselage Hold off installing hooking up control horns pushrods until after final finish applied avoid painting around over during finishing process Covering finishing used white Monoote cover wings two coats white Hobbypoxy wood surfaces since two products very comparable terms color match luster solid surfaces given two coats Hobbypoxy Stuff filler sanded thoroughly remove grain marks Large pits dents filled DAP spackling compound wing fillets formed freehand Continued page 173 September 1984 77 Nylon RC-type hinges slotted stabilizer elevator neat non-binding Installation tail surfaces cut 3/16 balsa sanded shape gible loss scale fidelity sketch almost self-explanatory trick pivot entire horizontal tail about mid-chord sketch show round toothpick used axle used bamboo carefully rounded tapered Music wire say about 032 would probably work also sketch thread rubberbands shown foreshortened fuse actually up close CG Use smallest fuse can obtain Try various twines down local hardware store get skinny rubberbands make Get toy balloon long thin type about inch wide straight deflated Fold piece bond paper half stick balloon inside cut through whole sandwich using sharp scissors 10 minutes youll have years supply hooks bent glass-head pins sure DT rubberband stands away snuffer tube good A6 else fuse might get snuffed before gummyband gets gum enough fracture Fringe benefit See thing called stop sketch model piece /32 x 1-in basswoodmodel railroad stockpoked through slot whittled through fuselage Balsa pads glued bottom limit leading-edge-up position stab can whittled away built up adjust angle incidence Youll probably want add stop some sort limit DT position stab too Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St Oakland CA 94619 Profile SmoothielKruse Continued page 77 Epox-o-Lite wet index finger quick-and-dirty finishing method would totally unacceptable fullblown competition Stunter its good way go everyday fun-type ship like Profile Smoothie have Ag-Wagon nearly seven years old still looks good cleans up easily due its epoxy/MonoKote finish Flying Smoothie just what ex pected manuevers slow almost stately move through pattern plane bobbles just bit corners did original recall Some theorists attribute wing tip shape Ive never delved find out exact pe culiarity Mostly Im just content en joy flying Smoothie knowing its tory place evolution design hope enjoy too TIGER TAIL 4 Ron Chidgeys latest beat series little larger lighter slower retains honest flight character tistics its predecessors Especially recommended sportsman ad vanced pattern also good choice turn-around pattern Plans construction hints $995 WELLER 3 BLADE PROP very stiff molded fiberglas propellor England Its efficient design allows substantial reduction noise level actually improving per formance $2000 NEW NEW CLAMP IT FOREVER STAINLESS STEEL PIPE CLAMPS Light strong Low-profile seiflocking 3/16 width wont cut 4 silicone couplers Pkg 4 clamps $295 CL ScalelBoss Continued page 78 adjustments best operation doors can made 025 piano wire return springs thickness hardwood block gear leg pushes against Contest report first contest season Northeast featuring CL Scale has termed great success two accounts First turnout about 60 contestants can considered good early date May May 20 sec ondly RC CL Scale Aerobatics events brought together successfully great day flying contest took place Anthony Wayne Recreation Area Bear Mountain State Park New York annual contest usually RC-only affair run Interstate Mod el Flying Club turned combi nation meet effort show pub lic two types flying side-by-side John Caglione IMEC prin cipal organizer meet help George Gaydos Garden State Circle Burners Club getting CL fliers out meet Scale events flown Precision Sport GSCB Profile event scale entry 23 models just great five Precision 10 Sport eight Profile George Gaydos placed first both Precision Profile classes F7F Tigercat Guardian re spectively Steven Macbride took top honors Junior Sport PT-19 pleasure winning Open Sport category Airacobra appears Profile event out lined April 1984 issue MA shows NEW NEW WING TUBE & SOCKETS 1 dia aluminum alloy tubing plug-in wings Included pair special slip-fit phenolic sockets build wing-structure 2024 alum tube 1s24 long socket 12 long $8951 set ENGINE SLEEVE & BEARING PULLER Pull tight sleeves bearings easily damage Cone cone expanding brass ring grips sleeve bearing ID new 60s 17MM rear bearing * Special * Both $1395 See Dealer Order Direct Include 75 Per Item UPS GP Gator RIC Products 3713 Pompano Dr Pensacola FL 32514 Phone AC 904 476-8639 signs having fair participation event first run GSCB Club Fall 83 five contestants noted above eight entered IMFC meet addition seeing modest increase entries heard con siderable talk non-Scalers about might try Profile event certainly easy way introduced Scale modeling contest report can closed thought meet good pub lic saw Aerobatic Scale model flying two different forms -Im sure contestants learned something about other guys choice modeling Pointers finishing Jack Patrolia Marshfield MA says method finishing model components will help Scale modeler obtain better overall mod el finish telling Jacks meth od can termed Back Basics item geared beginner Scale modeling Im sure some experienced build ers will also find informative method described used models dope paint finish applied Jack points out very important part finishing method build sand cover seal fill major components before assembW After construction major com ponents such vertical fin rudder elevator completed should fully sanded sanding complete surfaces part should wet down very damp cloth sponge set aside dry overnight procedure will raise compressed areas balsa surface will ready final sanding 220 grit finer sandpaper sanding complete ap ply coat clear epoxy paint seal strengthen surface After September1984 173 Sleeve Puller $795 Bearing Puller $895 responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/09
Page Numbers: 74, 75, 76, 77, 173
arry Kruse Profile Smoothie TO THOSE us started out hobby mid-Fifties name Bob Palmer carries same magic fond remembrances now reserve 1955 Chevies duck-tail haircuts black leather jackets What Bob Palmer did Control Line flying roughly equivalent what Burt Rutan doing full-scale flying now Palmer did style con trast small fast high-powered ships dominating Stunt time Palmers planes relatively large de signed aesthetics mind excep tionally manueverable thanks coupled flaps elevator helped pio neer flight Palmer plane like aerial ballet skyrending rip-snort come accept Stunt Several Palmer designs including beautiful Thunderbird kitted Veco later Dumas Veco went away giving average modeler access some finest designs including Smoothie inspiration profile ship presented flew mar velously well now reside firmly en trenched personal memory hall fame memories came life recently unearthed some photos Id taken some 25 years ago once again encoun tered venerable Smoothie resplendent now-somewhat-faded green-andwhite paint job went immediately drafting table set out recapture bit past way profile version plane would have good looks Palmers ship yet take too much 74 Model Aviation Either front top picture back above plain profile version retains pleasing classical lines seml-eiliptlcal wing pianform typical Bob Paimerdeslgn Cowl cheeks provide padded nose area dampen enginevlbratlon iessen chance stress cracks forming wing/fussiage joint original Smooth important milestone CL Precision Aerobatics flying profilefuselage version 35 engine retains classic lines easy-to-build package fun fly building time away current Scale projects purists aware no intention part replicate exact moments dimensions construction techniques employed original Smoothie kit pur pose renew some pleasurable times past plane looks bit like old Smoothie wing builds quickly stack-saw ribs pre-form tips prior ac tual construction Pin down bottom trailing edge TE piece glue ribs Use small cardboard triangle make sure ribs 900 TE piece Considerable time can saved using Goldbergs Super Jet Hot Stuffs Super T rather slower-drying glue Glue top TE piece set ribs place over pinned-down bottom spar Dont glue yet Put top spar position glue place Turn wing over pin down what origi nally top spar now obviously bottom glue what originally trusty 12-year-old Fox 35 powers authors prototype fuel tank held place white GE silicone sealant rUbber-like properties product help dampen vibration iessen posaibility fuel foaming flight photographs author Qr*mhpr 1 istinctive nose area treatmentand pronounced chin underthe splnnersetihesmoothle apart otherdesigna thisangie model looks like fuil-fuseisge design dead behind generous wing area model piain Note nose rairs thin profile fuselage behind Rudder offset ide circle bottom spar place Confused Dont spar long really doesnt make difference Dinned down other glued position Add TE cap strip leading edge LE Figure out some way apply pressure evenly consistently LE during gluing process make certain remains butted rib notches rib location wing like typically cut six eight 4-in sticks out sturdy spruce stock / x bigger place stick vertically behind spars loop rubberband two end stick around LE back other end stick Spaced evenly along span technique creates pressure rib/LE juncture keeping wood contact wood rather having try fill air gap glue sawdust baking soda whatever bellcrank mount center sheeting A-in support rails can added prior gluing wing tips place Make real effort fair tips main wing panels want emulate Palmers semi-elliptical planform much possi ble unsightly joint lines abrupt changes airfoil shape /6-in ver tical tip fill pieces should sanded rounded contour blending edge wing tip flaps can now slot ted hinges joined A2 wire joiner set aside final assembly Tall surfaces cut medium /IA balsa stab elevator slotted accept Du-Bro hinges before sanding takes place Goldbergs slotting tool must both tail feathers wing flaps Sand tail surfaces contour shown plans connect elevators wire joiner rudder should offset A-in right viewed rear plane fuselage requires 4-in plank A-in balsa some scrap A-in fill canopy turtledeck area two Y4-in chunks nose doublers Cut out openings wing stab very care fully preserve level settings landing gear bent two pieces Y-in wire plugged fuselage mounting tube held place Sig nylon straps Maple englne mounts slipped slots shown faced balsa cheek cowling glve ample surface strength mounting size engine ~JILEAD OUT LINES -N-S4-2AD ro B BOT /4 BAW4EET 11 3/22 TUBES11 jII _____ LEAD OUTII GUIDES 1/4 BALSA SHEET WING TIP-I-'K 4 IK Vtji IiI iQ 3/I A SHEET PILL 0 MW JOINER 3 BASA SHEET 9 up 40 like could omit A-in balsa cheeks use Lite Ply youre opposed carving gouging balsa However part Smoothies charm shape nose area distinct chin under spinner prototype powered faithful Fox 35 now 12 years old model could powered other engine similar displacement might Control linkage uses NC horns ana wheel collars Controls must move smoothly binding hanging-up Fiap notch pushrod cisarance fuli-down eievator appiied enjoy CL fun flyng looking not-too-difficuit-to-bulld ship iook no uucoruuons una Muu nunuuuru wuw Trim MonoKote sheets siid piace after surface sprayed soapy water soiution Air bubbles can squeegeed out under surface smali fiat piece cardboard sheet baisa W-I CENTER SI W-2 MAIN Vi 5 GOLDBERG SPINNER 1/ 2 LANDING GEAR PATTER N FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 180 LW SO BALSAI/B PLY BELLCRANK MOUNT1/2 SO BALSA LEADING EDGE1/4 BALSA SHEET B/C MOUNTING NAILSWING TIP PARTS _- 4 -__- IJfi114 SQ BALSA WING -IiSPARS TOP BROTTOM -I LCRANK/ in-i---1 *2W-2tw-4L4z~ I I W-2WSW-SW-SW-2W-2 1 ~1 ING hlri --~-I MUSIC WIRE WINGPLANTOPVIEWTIP WEIGHT 1/16 BALSA CENTERSECTION SHEETING TOP AND BOTTOMIl-f-IIA I III11---EXITA Ii-11 —PUSHROO TECAPI Aftit 1/16 BALSA FRONT TIP PIECETOP 2: B BOTTOM W-3 VIB BALSA REAR TIP PIECE TOP B BO1TOM -if-h____1/4 BALSA SHEET WING TIP PARTS LEFT FLAPRIGHT FLAP /16 BALSA HEET FLAPSNYLON FLAPLOCATIONSSHEETING TOP B BOTTOM 3/32 MWHORNOFFSET RUDDER 1/16 BALSA A SHEETJOINER4 REQUIREDREAR TIP PIECE1/2 TO THE RIGHT 4 REQUIRED 1/16 BALSA 4 REQUIRED-rFRONT TIP PIECE/3/16 BALSA SHEET COCK PIT TRIM LINE5/55 BALSAI / SHEET 2 BALSA SHEET IJI2 REOUIRED3/4 BALSA SHEETFLAP HORN W-3 RIBI RUDDER CHEEKS NOSE DOUBLERSRIGHT SIDE3/16 BALSA BOTH SIDESf NYLONSHEET I//rI I/S3/B MAPLEOPTIOHAL I/B LITE PLY-MUSIC WIREr 3A6 BALSA SHEET MOTOR MOUNTS/PUSHROU ______/STAB B ELEV __________NYLON HORN ii-FIBERGLASS5/B DIA TAIL WHEEL 4 OUNCE FUEL TANK PROFILE PROFILE FUSELAGEMODEL AVIATION LAND64G SEARIII/B BALSA SHEETSMOOTHIE PROFILE STUNTER LANSING SEAR PAIRING____________________________________________________________[v32][b2253166112600]] BASED ON BOB PALMERS ORIGINAL DESIGN DESIGNED B DRAWN BY LARRY KAUSE 5-1/3 DIA WHEELS 0I5545 B CING BY OE DEMARCO ____________________________________________________________[v32][b9737179613700]]ALL RIGHTS RESERVED want shorten nose about youre using heavier engine Fox Actually anything down strong 25 will probably work well too After engine fuel tank fit satisfaction remove sand everything very carefully preparation finishing Slip wing flaps wing opening first slide wing through Attach flaps via hinges epoxy wing place Using small 900 triangle set rudder stabilizer position Hot Stuff fuselage Hold off installing hooking up control horns pushrods until after final finish applied avoid painting around over during finishing process Covering finishing used white Monoote cover wings two coats white Hobbypoxy wood surfaces since two products very comparable terms color match luster solid surfaces given two coats Hobbypoxy Stuff filler sanded thoroughly remove grain marks Large pits dents filled DAP spackling compound wing fillets formed freehand Continued page 173 September 1984 77 Nylon RC-type hinges slotted stabilizer elevator neat non-binding Installation tail surfaces cut 3/16 balsa sanded shape gible loss scale fidelity sketch almost self-explanatory trick pivot entire horizontal tail about mid-chord sketch show round toothpick used axle used bamboo carefully rounded tapered Music wire say about 032 would probably work also sketch thread rubberbands shown foreshortened fuse actually up close CG Use smallest fuse can obtain Try various twines down local hardware store get skinny rubberbands make Get toy balloon long thin type about inch wide straight deflated Fold piece bond paper half stick balloon inside cut through whole sandwich using sharp scissors 10 minutes youll have years supply hooks bent glass-head pins sure DT rubberband stands away snuffer tube good A6 else fuse might get snuffed before gummyband gets gum enough fracture Fringe benefit See thing called stop sketch model piece /32 x 1-in basswoodmodel railroad stockpoked through slot whittled through fuselage Balsa pads glued bottom limit leading-edge-up position stab can whittled away built up adjust angle incidence Youll probably want add stop some sort limit DT position stab too Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St Oakland CA 94619 Profile SmoothielKruse Continued page 77 Epox-o-Lite wet index finger quick-and-dirty finishing method would totally unacceptable fullblown competition Stunter its good way go everyday fun-type ship like Profile Smoothie have Ag-Wagon nearly seven years old still looks good cleans up easily due its epoxy/MonoKote finish Flying Smoothie just what ex pected manuevers slow almost stately move through pattern plane bobbles just bit corners did original recall Some theorists attribute wing tip shape Ive never delved find out exact pe culiarity Mostly Im just content en joy flying Smoothie knowing its tory place evolution design hope enjoy too TIGER TAIL 4 Ron Chidgeys latest beat series little larger lighter slower retains honest flight character tistics its predecessors Especially recommended sportsman ad vanced pattern also good choice turn-around pattern Plans construction hints $995 WELLER 3 BLADE PROP very stiff molded fiberglas propellor England Its efficient design allows substantial reduction noise level actually improving per formance $2000 NEW NEW CLAMP IT FOREVER STAINLESS STEEL PIPE CLAMPS Light strong Low-profile seiflocking 3/16 width wont cut 4 silicone couplers Pkg 4 clamps $295 CL ScalelBoss Continued page 78 adjustments best operation doors can made 025 piano wire return springs thickness hardwood block gear leg pushes against Contest report first contest season Northeast featuring CL Scale has termed great success two accounts First turnout about 60 contestants can considered good early date May May 20 sec ondly RC CL Scale Aerobatics events brought together successfully great day flying contest took place Anthony Wayne Recreation Area Bear Mountain State Park New York annual contest usually RC-only affair run Interstate Mod el Flying Club turned combi nation meet effort show pub lic two types flying side-by-side John Caglione IMEC prin cipal organizer meet help George Gaydos Garden State Circle Burners Club getting CL fliers out meet Scale events flown Precision Sport GSCB Profile event scale entry 23 models just great five Precision 10 Sport eight Profile George Gaydos placed first both Precision Profile classes F7F Tigercat Guardian re spectively Steven Macbride took top honors Junior Sport PT-19 pleasure winning Open Sport category Airacobra appears Profile event out lined April 1984 issue MA shows NEW NEW WING TUBE & SOCKETS 1 dia aluminum alloy tubing plug-in wings Included pair special slip-fit phenolic sockets build wing-structure 2024 alum tube 1s24 long socket 12 long $8951 set ENGINE SLEEVE & BEARING PULLER Pull tight sleeves bearings easily damage Cone cone expanding brass ring grips sleeve bearing ID new 60s 17MM rear bearing * Special * Both $1395 See Dealer Order Direct Include 75 Per Item UPS GP Gator RIC Products 3713 Pompano Dr Pensacola FL 32514 Phone AC 904 476-8639 signs having fair participation event first run GSCB Club Fall 83 five contestants noted above eight entered IMFC meet addition seeing modest increase entries heard con siderable talk non-Scalers about might try Profile event certainly easy way introduced Scale modeling contest report can closed thought meet good pub lic saw Aerobatic Scale model flying two different forms -Im sure contestants learned something about other guys choice modeling Pointers finishing Jack Patrolia Marshfield MA says method finishing model components will help Scale modeler obtain better overall mod el finish telling Jacks meth od can termed Back Basics item geared beginner Scale modeling Im sure some experienced build ers will also find informative method described used models dope paint finish applied Jack points out very important part finishing method build sand cover seal fill major components before assembW After construction major com ponents such vertical fin rudder elevator completed should fully sanded sanding complete surfaces part should wet down very damp cloth sponge set aside dry overnight procedure will raise compressed areas balsa surface will ready final sanding 220 grit finer sandpaper sanding complete ap ply coat clear epoxy paint seal strengthen surface After September1984 173 Sleeve Puller $795 Bearing Puller $895 responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/09
Page Numbers: 74, 75, 76, 77, 173
arry Kruse Profile Smoothie TO THOSE us started out hobby mid-Fifties name Bob Palmer carries same magic fond remembrances now reserve 1955 Chevies duck-tail haircuts black leather jackets What Bob Palmer did Control Line flying roughly equivalent what Burt Rutan doing full-scale flying now Palmer did style con trast small fast high-powered ships dominating Stunt time Palmers planes relatively large de signed aesthetics mind excep tionally manueverable thanks coupled flaps elevator helped pio neer flight Palmer plane like aerial ballet skyrending rip-snort come accept Stunt Several Palmer designs including beautiful Thunderbird kitted Veco later Dumas Veco went away giving average modeler access some finest designs including Smoothie inspiration profile ship presented flew mar velously well now reside firmly en trenched personal memory hall fame memories came life recently unearthed some photos Id taken some 25 years ago once again encoun tered venerable Smoothie resplendent now-somewhat-faded green-andwhite paint job went immediately drafting table set out recapture bit past way profile version plane would have good looks Palmers ship yet take too much 74 Model Aviation Either front top picture back above plain profile version retains pleasing classical lines seml-eiliptlcal wing pianform typical Bob Paimerdeslgn Cowl cheeks provide padded nose area dampen enginevlbratlon iessen chance stress cracks forming wing/fussiage joint original Smooth important milestone CL Precision Aerobatics flying profilefuselage version 35 engine retains classic lines easy-to-build package fun fly building time away current Scale projects purists aware no intention part replicate exact moments dimensions construction techniques employed original Smoothie kit pur pose renew some pleasurable times past plane looks bit like old Smoothie wing builds quickly stack-saw ribs pre-form tips prior ac tual construction Pin down bottom trailing edge TE piece glue ribs Use small cardboard triangle make sure ribs 900 TE piece Considerable time can saved using Goldbergs Super Jet Hot Stuffs Super T rather slower-drying glue Glue top TE piece set ribs place over pinned-down bottom spar Dont glue yet Put top spar position glue place Turn wing over pin down what origi nally top spar now obviously bottom glue what originally trusty 12-year-old Fox 35 powers authors prototype fuel tank held place white GE silicone sealant rUbber-like properties product help dampen vibration iessen posaibility fuel foaming flight photographs author Qr*mhpr 1 istinctive nose area treatmentand pronounced chin underthe splnnersetihesmoothle apart otherdesigna thisangie model looks like fuil-fuseisge design dead behind generous wing area model piain Note nose rairs thin profile fuselage behind Rudder offset ide circle bottom spar place Confused Dont spar long really doesnt make difference Dinned down other glued position Add TE cap strip leading edge LE Figure out some way apply pressure evenly consistently LE during gluing process make certain remains butted rib notches rib location wing like typically cut six eight 4-in sticks out sturdy spruce stock / x bigger place stick vertically behind spars loop rubberband two end stick around LE back other end stick Spaced evenly along span technique creates pressure rib/LE juncture keeping wood contact wood rather having try fill air gap glue sawdust baking soda whatever bellcrank mount center sheeting A-in support rails can added prior gluing wing tips place Make real effort fair tips main wing panels want emulate Palmers semi-elliptical planform much possi ble unsightly joint lines abrupt changes airfoil shape /6-in ver tical tip fill pieces should sanded rounded contour blending edge wing tip flaps can now slot ted hinges joined A2 wire joiner set aside final assembly Tall surfaces cut medium /IA balsa stab elevator slotted accept Du-Bro hinges before sanding takes place Goldbergs slotting tool must both tail feathers wing flaps Sand tail surfaces contour shown plans connect elevators wire joiner rudder should offset A-in right viewed rear plane fuselage requires 4-in plank A-in balsa some scrap A-in fill canopy turtledeck area two Y4-in chunks nose doublers Cut out openings wing stab very care fully preserve level settings landing gear bent two pieces Y-in wire plugged fuselage mounting tube held place Sig nylon straps Maple englne mounts slipped slots shown faced balsa cheek cowling glve ample surface strength mounting size engine ~JILEAD OUT LINES -N-S4-2AD ro B BOT /4 BAW4EET 11 3/22 TUBES11 jII _____ LEAD OUTII GUIDES 1/4 BALSA SHEET WING TIP-I-'K 4 IK Vtji IiI iQ 3/I A SHEET PILL 0 MW JOINER 3 BASA SHEET 9 up 40 like could omit A-in balsa cheeks use Lite Ply youre opposed carving gouging balsa However part Smoothies charm shape nose area distinct chin under spinner prototype powered faithful Fox 35 now 12 years old model could powered other engine similar displacement might Control linkage uses NC horns ana wheel collars Controls must move smoothly binding hanging-up Fiap notch pushrod cisarance fuli-down eievator appiied enjoy CL fun flyng looking not-too-difficuit-to-bulld ship iook no uucoruuons una Muu nunuuuru wuw Trim MonoKote sheets siid piace after surface sprayed soapy water soiution Air bubbles can squeegeed out under surface smali fiat piece cardboard sheet baisa W-I CENTER SI W-2 MAIN Vi 5 GOLDBERG SPINNER 1/ 2 LANDING GEAR PATTER N FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLE. SEE PAGE 180 LW SO BALSAI/B PLY BELLCRANK MOUNT1/2 SO BALSA LEADING EDGE1/4 BALSA SHEET B/C MOUNTING NAILSWING TIP PARTS _- 4 -__- IJfi114 SQ BALSA WING -IiSPARS TOP BROTTOM -I LCRANK/ in-i---1 *2W-2tw-4L4z~ I I W-2WSW-SW-SW-2W-2 1 ~1 ING hlri --~-I MUSIC WIRE WINGPLANTOPVIEWTIP WEIGHT 1/16 BALSA CENTERSECTION SHEETING TOP AND BOTTOMIl-f-IIA I III11---EXITA Ii-11 —PUSHROO TECAPI Aftit 1/16 BALSA FRONT TIP PIECETOP 2: B BOTTOM W-3 VIB BALSA REAR TIP PIECE TOP B BO1TOM -if-h____1/4 BALSA SHEET WING TIP PARTS LEFT FLAPRIGHT FLAP /16 BALSA HEET FLAPSNYLON FLAPLOCATIONSSHEETING TOP B BOTTOM 3/32 MWHORNOFFSET RUDDER 1/16 BALSA A SHEETJOINER4 REQUIREDREAR TIP PIECE1/2 TO THE RIGHT 4 REQUIRED 1/16 BALSA 4 REQUIRED-rFRONT TIP PIECE/3/16 BALSA SHEET COCK PIT TRIM LINE5/55 BALSAI / SHEET 2 BALSA SHEET IJI2 REOUIRED3/4 BALSA SHEETFLAP HORN W-3 RIBI RUDDER CHEEKS NOSE DOUBLERSRIGHT SIDE3/16 BALSA BOTH SIDESf NYLONSHEET I//rI I/S3/B MAPLEOPTIOHAL I/B LITE PLY-MUSIC WIREr 3A6 BALSA SHEET MOTOR MOUNTS/PUSHROU ______/STAB B ELEV __________NYLON HORN ii-FIBERGLASS5/B DIA TAIL WHEEL 4 OUNCE FUEL TANK PROFILE PROFILE FUSELAGEMODEL AVIATION LAND64G SEARIII/B BALSA SHEETSMOOTHIE PROFILE STUNTER LANSING SEAR PAIRING____________________________________________________________[v32][b2253166112600]] BASED ON BOB PALMERS ORIGINAL DESIGN DESIGNED B DRAWN BY LARRY KAUSE 5-1/3 DIA WHEELS 0I5545 B CING BY OE DEMARCO ____________________________________________________________[v32][b9737179613700]]ALL RIGHTS RESERVED want shorten nose about youre using heavier engine Fox Actually anything down strong 25 will probably work well too After engine fuel tank fit satisfaction remove sand everything very carefully preparation finishing Slip wing flaps wing opening first slide wing through Attach flaps via hinges epoxy wing place Using small 900 triangle set rudder stabilizer position Hot Stuff fuselage Hold off installing hooking up control horns pushrods until after final finish applied avoid painting around over during finishing process Covering finishing used white Monoote cover wings two coats white Hobbypoxy wood surfaces since two products very comparable terms color match luster solid surfaces given two coats Hobbypoxy Stuff filler sanded thoroughly remove grain marks Large pits dents filled DAP spackling compound wing fillets formed freehand Continued page 173 September 1984 77 Nylon RC-type hinges slotted stabilizer elevator neat non-binding Installation tail surfaces cut 3/16 balsa sanded shape gible loss scale fidelity sketch almost self-explanatory trick pivot entire horizontal tail about mid-chord sketch show round toothpick used axle used bamboo carefully rounded tapered Music wire say about 032 would probably work also sketch thread rubberbands shown foreshortened fuse actually up close CG Use smallest fuse can obtain Try various twines down local hardware store get skinny rubberbands make Get toy balloon long thin type about inch wide straight deflated Fold piece bond paper half stick balloon inside cut through whole sandwich using sharp scissors 10 minutes youll have years supply hooks bent glass-head pins sure DT rubberband stands away snuffer tube good A6 else fuse might get snuffed before gummyband gets gum enough fracture Fringe benefit See thing called stop sketch model piece /32 x 1-in basswoodmodel railroad stockpoked through slot whittled through fuselage Balsa pads glued bottom limit leading-edge-up position stab can whittled away built up adjust angle incidence Youll probably want add stop some sort limit DT position stab too Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St Oakland CA 94619 Profile SmoothielKruse Continued page 77 Epox-o-Lite wet index finger quick-and-dirty finishing method would totally unacceptable fullblown competition Stunter its good way go everyday fun-type ship like Profile Smoothie have Ag-Wagon nearly seven years old still looks good cleans up easily due its epoxy/MonoKote finish Flying Smoothie just what ex pected manuevers slow almost stately move through pattern plane bobbles just bit corners did original recall Some theorists attribute wing tip shape Ive never delved find out exact pe culiarity Mostly Im just content en joy flying Smoothie knowing its tory place evolution design hope enjoy too TIGER TAIL 4 Ron Chidgeys latest beat series little larger lighter slower retains honest flight character tistics its predecessors Especially recommended sportsman ad vanced pattern also good choice turn-around pattern Plans construction hints $995 WELLER 3 BLADE PROP very stiff molded fiberglas propellor England Its efficient design allows substantial reduction noise level actually improving per formance $2000 NEW NEW CLAMP IT FOREVER STAINLESS STEEL PIPE CLAMPS Light strong Low-profile seiflocking 3/16 width wont cut 4 silicone couplers Pkg 4 clamps $295 CL ScalelBoss Continued page 78 adjustments best operation doors can made 025 piano wire return springs thickness hardwood block gear leg pushes against Contest report first contest season Northeast featuring CL Scale has termed great success two accounts First turnout about 60 contestants can considered good early date May May 20 sec ondly RC CL Scale Aerobatics events brought together successfully great day flying contest took place Anthony Wayne Recreation Area Bear Mountain State Park New York annual contest usually RC-only affair run Interstate Mod el Flying Club turned combi nation meet effort show pub lic two types flying side-by-side John Caglione IMEC prin cipal organizer meet help George Gaydos Garden State Circle Burners Club getting CL fliers out meet Scale events flown Precision Sport GSCB Profile event scale entry 23 models just great five Precision 10 Sport eight Profile George Gaydos placed first both Precision Profile classes F7F Tigercat Guardian re spectively Steven Macbride took top honors Junior Sport PT-19 pleasure winning Open Sport category Airacobra appears Profile event out lined April 1984 issue MA shows NEW NEW WING TUBE & SOCKETS 1 dia aluminum alloy tubing plug-in wings Included pair special slip-fit phenolic sockets build wing-structure 2024 alum tube 1s24 long socket 12 long $8951 set ENGINE SLEEVE & BEARING PULLER Pull tight sleeves bearings easily damage Cone cone expanding brass ring grips sleeve bearing ID new 60s 17MM rear bearing * Special * Both $1395 See Dealer Order Direct Include 75 Per Item UPS GP Gator RIC Products 3713 Pompano Dr Pensacola FL 32514 Phone AC 904 476-8639 signs having fair participation event first run GSCB Club Fall 83 five contestants noted above eight entered IMFC meet addition seeing modest increase entries heard con siderable talk non-Scalers about might try Profile event certainly easy way introduced Scale modeling contest report can closed thought meet good pub lic saw Aerobatic Scale model flying two different forms -Im sure contestants learned something about other guys choice modeling Pointers finishing Jack Patrolia Marshfield MA says method finishing model components will help Scale modeler obtain better overall mod el finish telling Jacks meth od can termed Back Basics item geared beginner Scale modeling Im sure some experienced build ers will also find informative method described used models dope paint finish applied Jack points out very important part finishing method build sand cover seal fill major components before assembW After construction major com ponents such vertical fin rudder elevator completed should fully sanded sanding complete surfaces part should wet down very damp cloth sponge set aside dry overnight procedure will raise compressed areas balsa surface will ready final sanding 220 grit finer sandpaper sanding complete ap ply coat clear epoxy paint seal strengthen surface After September1984 173 Sleeve Puller $795 Bearing Puller $895 responding advertisers mention read about Model Aviation