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Radio Control: Giant Scale

Author: J.A. de Vries


Edition: Model Aviation - 1991/02
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 158

TWAS good luck last September attend National Championship Air Races Reno NV Things certainly have changed since first tended National Air Races back 1938 year Tony LeVier won Greve Trophy flying Schoenfeldt Firecracker Roscoe Turner triumphed Thompson Pesco Special Today four classes pylon polishers compared two 38 Fl racers closely approximate racing aircraft yester year since theyre primarily home-builts powered common engine other Reno classes include racing bi planes AT-6s Unlimiteds latter attain speeds regularly exceed 1938 World Speed record winner years Gold Race among Unlimiteds Rare Bear modified Grumman F8F tore around ninemile-plus course staggering 469 mph movement afoot duplicate races Gi ant Scale along lines Schneider Cup Re enactment Lake Havasu AZ Although such race series still proposal stage several Giant designs should prove competi tive Pylon Racing appeals Id like suggest some appropriate RC models consideration Unlimited Class youll find modified P 51 Mustangs Sea Furys cranked-wing F4U Cor sairs Grumman F8F Bearcats Theres sin gle Merlin-powered Tsunami lone Curtiss P-40N couple Russian Yak us radial R-2800s exception Yaks construction drawings some semikits available rest Unlimited birds event Unlimited drawings will produce original stock model aircraft dupli cating pylon polishers will require bit mo dification North American 51 thing Byron Byron Originals PO Box 279 Ida Grove IA 51445 produces kit airplane may also find Nosen Mustang available either kit drawings Ray Vaillancourt Vailly Avi ation 18 Oakdale Ave Farmingville NY 11738 produces magnificent drawings British Sea Fury well semikit craft Modi fications would include adding longer cowling since racing Furys have R-4360 corn-cob engines installed scale Lockheed Constella tion cowl would appropriate Nick Ziroli 29 Edgar Drive Smithtown NY 11787 has Giant Scale F-8F drawings well big Corsair Byron produces big F4U kit well Corsair mods would include clipping its wings adding rounded tip fairings 44 Model Aviation Radio Cono Giant Scale John de Vries Colonel USAF Ret 4610 Moffat Ln Colorado Springs CO 80915 British Scale columnist Phil Kents Alexander Bullet Its penultimate version 1929 Ai Mooney-designed low-winger quite avant-garde period Plans aircraft will features Englands Scale Model Quarterly Another fabulous British airplane intricately detailed 1912 Caudron Racer built Mar tin Wilkinson Manchester wing tail warping controls dead-on scale earning model 20% bonus FAI competitive events quarter-scale Fokker DVIII Earl Aune Bob Holman has detail drawings available What splendid idea Giant Scaler Joan Aiyea has formed own company produce nee dlepoint kits Scale models Shown Peppy Boyingtons Corsair several warbirds al ready available Joan shares life Dale Alyca former District IX IMAA vice president se send plans MasterCard handbook CardNo I I intend modify Zirolis Bearcat drawings youll have work cut Out Lyle Sheltons Rare Bear has tiny canopy adds its slip pery appearance certainly helped him set World Land Speed Record 529-plus mph Finally Bert Thompson 219 White City Blvd Springfield IL 62703 has produced some excel lent Giant Scale drawings Tsunami thatll require tiny detail modifications render dead-on Scale todays airplane want duplicate either Maniyak Perestroika two Yak racers youll have acquire some threeviews have own design same goes P-40N substantially differ ent early-mark Warhawks avail able Giant Scale drawings kits Bob Hirsch RS Hirsch 8439 Dale St Bu ens Park CA 90620 will big help Un limited model modifications Hes detailed multiview drawings including Rare Bear Maniyak AT-6/SNJ class racers youre luck Except flashy paint jobs em essentially stock aircraft Nick Zirolis big Texan drawings good starting point anyone tending participate Scale T-6 racing biplane racers practically aerobatic mounts relatively good avallability Giant Scale designs Byron has definitive Pitts Spe cial kit several others produce appropriate Pitts drawings biplane class detailed host multiview drawings Bob Hirsch fastest Fis Reno 90 Miller Specials Two Pushy Galore Pushy Cat participated Theyd make interesting mod els retractable nose gears pusher props havent seen drawings construc tion three-views unique birds some enterprising individual will soon produce arent already available Most Fis Cassutt Racers have yet kitted modeling purposes Three-views however readily available Po gos Owl Racers have produced model form have appeared small RC craft model magazines Enlarging Giant Size wouldnt big deal photographic documentation purposes both Bob Banka Scale Model Research 2334 Ti conderoga Way Costa Mesa CA 92626 Doc Pepino Scale Plans & Photo Service 3209 Madison Ave Greensboro NC 27403 carry great color shots of current racing air craft Giant Scale racing thing multitude available plans kits three-view drawings should satisfy needs Dick Hansen Hansen Scale Videos 10807 SE Stacy Ct Portland OR 97266 has done again tape #9 Scale Masters finals Irving TX available within two weeks event tape has great coverage wind-plagued contest shows models competing Giants also includes extensive reportage San Diego Aviation Museum Spectacular Its bird its modelits needlepoint Shes just finished scratch-built quarter-scale Spacewalker working big Clipped-Wing Cub well Klemm 35 Im talking about good friend Joan Alyea Joans found time go business so-called spare time company Air Crafts 2117 Ridgewood Lane Pueblo CO 81005 producing needlepoint kits Scale airplanes Joans designs suitable application T-shirts sweat shirts jackets well latch-hooked rugs needlepoint can vases Its great pastime ladies Most popular warbirds soon will avail able will WW aircraft Available now T-6 Texan Pappy Boyingtons Corsair J-3 Cub Great idea bit clarification order coverage 1990 Toledo show Model Aviation included photo sporty F4U Corsair retractable tail wheel/tail hook assembly GM Plastics booth turns out GM displaying gear built Earl Aune Bob Holman wrote recently corrected information noted markets gear Two sizes available smaller fits GM Plastics F4U well Bobs semikit bentwinged bird larger fits Byrons kit Contact Bob PO Box 741 San Bernardino CA 92402 want fold up Corsairs tail wheel Bob also has plans Giant 96-in span De Havilland Rapide big biplane lovers Well wind things up month think piece Most us aware existence beautiful ducted-fan models Theyre pic tured model magazines much de lectation Though big sub stantial power plants few ducted fan Scale jobs qualify true Giant status 80-in wingspans defined IMAA/AMA rules Its 80-in-wingspan requirement causes difficulty Since prototype full scale jets have short wingspans relation fuselage lengths models built 80-inspan rule would have monstrously long fuse lages Id like suggest rules modi Continued page 158 February 1991 45 S E beSt sellng spa lgnlttOfl System V Chosen Byron Ovighids ThG Mtg uwI AM Anratt Sqiply tar its outsiuuhg reliablity Comp e e angle cylinder system mc ud ng h o e coup ed spark advance kit spa k spa k pug ead25 pug ba e y pack charger 900 ded 0 Much longer une life Easy hand startsno kickback 1000-12in RPM releble kite 0% inure power fain atTokers oni mstahtimn evulable Lower piced fuels no nitre needed S Shielded uk uul 90 phig cover Ferniuye902lt4strokesktgleuidtwhicyfrders KlMzalWoductsevdmlie ing preparation working time Re-launches allowed except winch failure officials miscue Club winches should used about same power Just get Flight Group up winches ask Everybody ready say Go start task Remember nothing official about suggested rules F3B/USA Board just asks clubs try out during 91 season let us know what happens think will work trying popularize SMT com ing up rules appeal fliers SMT aimed being 11w SMT program works perhaps Americans will get interested multi-task flying move up real F3B flying Well need feedback based actual ex perience meantime new rules sound F3B/USA specialized newsletter F3B SMT enthusiasts $12 six issues per RC Aerobatics/Van Putte Continued page 43 Scale pilots Sport pilots Racing pilots IMAA pilots Old-Timers yes Free Flight pilots hes afraid will end until AMA includes rule Safety Code once safety code club flying sites time will have meet 90-dR rule airplane does meet rule AMA insurance would cover case accident Wow 90 dB 9 must bad rule Hey wait minute Theres no such rule change proposal 98dB 9 ft pro posal Pattern would penalize pilots exceeded 98 dB 5% ex ceeded 102 dB 10% flight score Anyone has tried knows its simple get below 98 dB 9 ft makes wonder someone got upset over something didnt understand went tell RC Contest Board members about lack understanding Ron Van Putte 111 Sleepy Oaks Rd Fort Walton Beach FL 32548 L RC Giant Scale/de Vries Continued page 45 fled modem power source ie ducted fan might included favorite class RC birds Shouldnt ducted-fan model 70-in fuselage qualify brethren fly Peanut Scale have such rule 3-in spans 9in fuselages qualify Peanuts Shouldnt fol low precedent RC Pylon Racing/Hager Continued page 47 minder Q-500 should stock event Dis crepancies disappeared second round flying fast time set provided prop highlighting fact stock equipment necessarily slower kept no flying pointed Out variations rules pro vided legal props start line workers performed exemplary fashion day temperature went 940 humidity high host club NCRCC also 19 record its members flying gotten involved racing working races Expert heats like usual flyoff heats flying thoroughly enjoyed participants Standard class very easy see ready move up Ex pert much formation flying isnt usually case mixed matrix Sunday saw wind rain temperature drop 350 lot people ill-prepared cold weather Forty-four contestants signed up flew four rounds before stop flying due windchill factor under condi tions workers performed flawlessly good time ResultsOverall Champion Standard Class Mark Seiler Overall Champion Expert Class 158 Model Aviation Spar* cola spuk phiis shielded ilkit lead b thideg kits avidde year may subscribed sending check Randy Reynolds 122 E Uintah Colo rado Springs CO 80903 E Fly McDaniel Power New Solid State On-Board Glow-Plug Drivers Now can drive 1 2 glow plugs efficiently automatically new McDaniel On-Board Glow-Plug Drivers engine 2 4 stroke glow has 1 2 cylinders Model 471 472 On-Board Glow-Plug Driver will ease jobs starting maintaining idle during taxiing power down flight maneuvers FEATURES INCLUDE Servo Reversing Optically Coupled Circuitry No RFI Automatic Shutdown Via TX RX Connector Plug Battery Pack Remote Glow Plug Indicator Panels Available Separately Battery Pack AC Charger NOT Included Available Separately See Local Hobby Dealer Contact McDaniel R/C Incvisa MC accepted 1654 Crofton Blvd Suite 4 Crofton MD 21114 e 301721-6303 301721-6306 FLORHO FLYER CORPORATION 837 Johnson burg Dept MA St Marys PA 15857 834-2586 information No Risk Purchase Plan

Author: J.A. de Vries


Edition: Model Aviation - 1991/02
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 158

TWAS good luck last September attend National Championship Air Races Reno NV Things certainly have changed since first tended National Air Races back 1938 year Tony LeVier won Greve Trophy flying Schoenfeldt Firecracker Roscoe Turner triumphed Thompson Pesco Special Today four classes pylon polishers compared two 38 Fl racers closely approximate racing aircraft yester year since theyre primarily home-builts powered common engine other Reno classes include racing bi planes AT-6s Unlimiteds latter attain speeds regularly exceed 1938 World Speed record winner years Gold Race among Unlimiteds Rare Bear modified Grumman F8F tore around ninemile-plus course staggering 469 mph movement afoot duplicate races Gi ant Scale along lines Schneider Cup Re enactment Lake Havasu AZ Although such race series still proposal stage several Giant designs should prove competi tive Pylon Racing appeals Id like suggest some appropriate RC models consideration Unlimited Class youll find modified P 51 Mustangs Sea Furys cranked-wing F4U Cor sairs Grumman F8F Bearcats Theres sin gle Merlin-powered Tsunami lone Curtiss P-40N couple Russian Yak us radial R-2800s exception Yaks construction drawings some semikits available rest Unlimited birds event Unlimited drawings will produce original stock model aircraft dupli cating pylon polishers will require bit mo dification North American 51 thing Byron Byron Originals PO Box 279 Ida Grove IA 51445 produces kit airplane may also find Nosen Mustang available either kit drawings Ray Vaillancourt Vailly Avi ation 18 Oakdale Ave Farmingville NY 11738 produces magnificent drawings British Sea Fury well semikit craft Modi fications would include adding longer cowling since racing Furys have R-4360 corn-cob engines installed scale Lockheed Constella tion cowl would appropriate Nick Ziroli 29 Edgar Drive Smithtown NY 11787 has Giant Scale F-8F drawings well big Corsair Byron produces big F4U kit well Corsair mods would include clipping its wings adding rounded tip fairings 44 Model Aviation Radio Cono Giant Scale John de Vries Colonel USAF Ret 4610 Moffat Ln Colorado Springs CO 80915 British Scale columnist Phil Kents Alexander Bullet Its penultimate version 1929 Ai Mooney-designed low-winger quite avant-garde period Plans aircraft will features Englands Scale Model Quarterly Another fabulous British airplane intricately detailed 1912 Caudron Racer built Mar tin Wilkinson Manchester wing tail warping controls dead-on scale earning model 20% bonus FAI competitive events quarter-scale Fokker DVIII Earl Aune Bob Holman has detail drawings available What splendid idea Giant Scaler Joan Aiyea has formed own company produce nee dlepoint kits Scale models Shown Peppy Boyingtons Corsair several warbirds al ready available Joan shares life Dale Alyca former District IX IMAA vice president se send plans MasterCard handbook CardNo I I intend modify Zirolis Bearcat drawings youll have work cut Out Lyle Sheltons Rare Bear has tiny canopy adds its slip pery appearance certainly helped him set World Land Speed Record 529-plus mph Finally Bert Thompson 219 White City Blvd Springfield IL 62703 has produced some excel lent Giant Scale drawings Tsunami thatll require tiny detail modifications render dead-on Scale todays airplane want duplicate either Maniyak Perestroika two Yak racers youll have acquire some threeviews have own design same goes P-40N substantially differ ent early-mark Warhawks avail able Giant Scale drawings kits Bob Hirsch RS Hirsch 8439 Dale St Bu ens Park CA 90620 will big help Un limited model modifications Hes detailed multiview drawings including Rare Bear Maniyak AT-6/SNJ class racers youre luck Except flashy paint jobs em essentially stock aircraft Nick Zirolis big Texan drawings good starting point anyone tending participate Scale T-6 racing biplane racers practically aerobatic mounts relatively good avallability Giant Scale designs Byron has definitive Pitts Spe cial kit several others produce appropriate Pitts drawings biplane class detailed host multiview drawings Bob Hirsch fastest Fis Reno 90 Miller Specials Two Pushy Galore Pushy Cat participated Theyd make interesting mod els retractable nose gears pusher props havent seen drawings construc tion three-views unique birds some enterprising individual will soon produce arent already available Most Fis Cassutt Racers have yet kitted modeling purposes Three-views however readily available Po gos Owl Racers have produced model form have appeared small RC craft model magazines Enlarging Giant Size wouldnt big deal photographic documentation purposes both Bob Banka Scale Model Research 2334 Ti conderoga Way Costa Mesa CA 92626 Doc Pepino Scale Plans & Photo Service 3209 Madison Ave Greensboro NC 27403 carry great color shots of current racing air craft Giant Scale racing thing multitude available plans kits three-view drawings should satisfy needs Dick Hansen Hansen Scale Videos 10807 SE Stacy Ct Portland OR 97266 has done again tape #9 Scale Masters finals Irving TX available within two weeks event tape has great coverage wind-plagued contest shows models competing Giants also includes extensive reportage San Diego Aviation Museum Spectacular Its bird its modelits needlepoint Shes just finished scratch-built quarter-scale Spacewalker working big Clipped-Wing Cub well Klemm 35 Im talking about good friend Joan Alyea Joans found time go business so-called spare time company Air Crafts 2117 Ridgewood Lane Pueblo CO 81005 producing needlepoint kits Scale airplanes Joans designs suitable application T-shirts sweat shirts jackets well latch-hooked rugs needlepoint can vases Its great pastime ladies Most popular warbirds soon will avail able will WW aircraft Available now T-6 Texan Pappy Boyingtons Corsair J-3 Cub Great idea bit clarification order coverage 1990 Toledo show Model Aviation included photo sporty F4U Corsair retractable tail wheel/tail hook assembly GM Plastics booth turns out GM displaying gear built Earl Aune Bob Holman wrote recently corrected information noted markets gear Two sizes available smaller fits GM Plastics F4U well Bobs semikit bentwinged bird larger fits Byrons kit Contact Bob PO Box 741 San Bernardino CA 92402 want fold up Corsairs tail wheel Bob also has plans Giant 96-in span De Havilland Rapide big biplane lovers Well wind things up month think piece Most us aware existence beautiful ducted-fan models Theyre pic tured model magazines much de lectation Though big sub stantial power plants few ducted fan Scale jobs qualify true Giant status 80-in wingspans defined IMAA/AMA rules Its 80-in-wingspan requirement causes difficulty Since prototype full scale jets have short wingspans relation fuselage lengths models built 80-inspan rule would have monstrously long fuse lages Id like suggest rules modi Continued page 158 February 1991 45 S E beSt sellng spa lgnlttOfl System V Chosen Byron Ovighids ThG Mtg uwI AM Anratt Sqiply tar its outsiuuhg reliablity Comp e e angle cylinder system mc ud ng h o e coup ed spark advance kit spa k spa k pug ead25 pug ba e y pack charger 900 ded 0 Much longer une life Easy hand startsno kickback 1000-12in RPM releble kite 0% inure power fain atTokers oni mstahtimn evulable Lower piced fuels no nitre needed S Shielded uk uul 90 phig cover Ferniuye902lt4strokesktgleuidtwhicyfrders KlMzalWoductsevdmlie ing preparation working time Re-launches allowed except winch failure officials miscue Club winches should used about same power Just get Flight Group up winches ask Everybody ready say Go start task Remember nothing official about suggested rules F3B/USA Board just asks clubs try out during 91 season let us know what happens think will work trying popularize SMT com ing up rules appeal fliers SMT aimed being 11w SMT program works perhaps Americans will get interested multi-task flying move up real F3B flying Well need feedback based actual ex perience meantime new rules sound F3B/USA specialized newsletter F3B SMT enthusiasts $12 six issues per RC Aerobatics/Van Putte Continued page 43 Scale pilots Sport pilots Racing pilots IMAA pilots Old-Timers yes Free Flight pilots hes afraid will end until AMA includes rule Safety Code once safety code club flying sites time will have meet 90-dR rule airplane does meet rule AMA insurance would cover case accident Wow 90 dB 9 must bad rule Hey wait minute Theres no such rule change proposal 98dB 9 ft pro posal Pattern would penalize pilots exceeded 98 dB 5% ex ceeded 102 dB 10% flight score Anyone has tried knows its simple get below 98 dB 9 ft makes wonder someone got upset over something didnt understand went tell RC Contest Board members about lack understanding Ron Van Putte 111 Sleepy Oaks Rd Fort Walton Beach FL 32548 L RC Giant Scale/de Vries Continued page 45 fled modem power source ie ducted fan might included favorite class RC birds Shouldnt ducted-fan model 70-in fuselage qualify brethren fly Peanut Scale have such rule 3-in spans 9in fuselages qualify Peanuts Shouldnt fol low precedent RC Pylon Racing/Hager Continued page 47 minder Q-500 should stock event Dis crepancies disappeared second round flying fast time set provided prop highlighting fact stock equipment necessarily slower kept no flying pointed Out variations rules pro vided legal props start line workers performed exemplary fashion day temperature went 940 humidity high host club NCRCC also 19 record its members flying gotten involved racing working races Expert heats like usual flyoff heats flying thoroughly enjoyed participants Standard class very easy see ready move up Ex pert much formation flying isnt usually case mixed matrix Sunday saw wind rain temperature drop 350 lot people ill-prepared cold weather Forty-four contestants signed up flew four rounds before stop flying due windchill factor under condi tions workers performed flawlessly good time ResultsOverall Champion Standard Class Mark Seiler Overall Champion Expert Class 158 Model Aviation Spar* cola spuk phiis shielded ilkit lead b thideg kits avidde year may subscribed sending check Randy Reynolds 122 E Uintah Colo rado Springs CO 80903 E Fly McDaniel Power New Solid State On-Board Glow-Plug Drivers Now can drive 1 2 glow plugs efficiently automatically new McDaniel On-Board Glow-Plug Drivers engine 2 4 stroke glow has 1 2 cylinders Model 471 472 On-Board Glow-Plug Driver will ease jobs starting maintaining idle during taxiing power down flight maneuvers FEATURES INCLUDE Servo Reversing Optically Coupled Circuitry No RFI Automatic Shutdown Via TX RX Connector Plug Battery Pack Remote Glow Plug Indicator Panels Available Separately Battery Pack AC Charger NOT Included Available Separately See Local Hobby Dealer Contact McDaniel R/C Incvisa MC accepted 1654 Crofton Blvd Suite 4 Crofton MD 21114 e 301721-6303 301721-6306 FLORHO FLYER CORPORATION 837 Johnson burg Dept MA St Marys PA 15857 834-2586 information No Risk Purchase Plan

Author: J.A. de Vries


Edition: Model Aviation - 1991/02
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 158

TWAS good luck last September attend National Championship Air Races Reno NV Things certainly have changed since first tended National Air Races back 1938 year Tony LeVier won Greve Trophy flying Schoenfeldt Firecracker Roscoe Turner triumphed Thompson Pesco Special Today four classes pylon polishers compared two 38 Fl racers closely approximate racing aircraft yester year since theyre primarily home-builts powered common engine other Reno classes include racing bi planes AT-6s Unlimiteds latter attain speeds regularly exceed 1938 World Speed record winner years Gold Race among Unlimiteds Rare Bear modified Grumman F8F tore around ninemile-plus course staggering 469 mph movement afoot duplicate races Gi ant Scale along lines Schneider Cup Re enactment Lake Havasu AZ Although such race series still proposal stage several Giant designs should prove competi tive Pylon Racing appeals Id like suggest some appropriate RC models consideration Unlimited Class youll find modified P 51 Mustangs Sea Furys cranked-wing F4U Cor sairs Grumman F8F Bearcats Theres sin gle Merlin-powered Tsunami lone Curtiss P-40N couple Russian Yak us radial R-2800s exception Yaks construction drawings some semikits available rest Unlimited birds event Unlimited drawings will produce original stock model aircraft dupli cating pylon polishers will require bit mo dification North American 51 thing Byron Byron Originals PO Box 279 Ida Grove IA 51445 produces kit airplane may also find Nosen Mustang available either kit drawings Ray Vaillancourt Vailly Avi ation 18 Oakdale Ave Farmingville NY 11738 produces magnificent drawings British Sea Fury well semikit craft Modi fications would include adding longer cowling since racing Furys have R-4360 corn-cob engines installed scale Lockheed Constella tion cowl would appropriate Nick Ziroli 29 Edgar Drive Smithtown NY 11787 has Giant Scale F-8F drawings well big Corsair Byron produces big F4U kit well Corsair mods would include clipping its wings adding rounded tip fairings 44 Model Aviation Radio Cono Giant Scale John de Vries Colonel USAF Ret 4610 Moffat Ln Colorado Springs CO 80915 British Scale columnist Phil Kents Alexander Bullet Its penultimate version 1929 Ai Mooney-designed low-winger quite avant-garde period Plans aircraft will features Englands Scale Model Quarterly Another fabulous British airplane intricately detailed 1912 Caudron Racer built Mar tin Wilkinson Manchester wing tail warping controls dead-on scale earning model 20% bonus FAI competitive events quarter-scale Fokker DVIII Earl Aune Bob Holman has detail drawings available What splendid idea Giant Scaler Joan Aiyea has formed own company produce nee dlepoint kits Scale models Shown Peppy Boyingtons Corsair several warbirds al ready available Joan shares life Dale Alyca former District IX IMAA vice president se send plans MasterCard handbook CardNo I I intend modify Zirolis Bearcat drawings youll have work cut Out Lyle Sheltons Rare Bear has tiny canopy adds its slip pery appearance certainly helped him set World Land Speed Record 529-plus mph Finally Bert Thompson 219 White City Blvd Springfield IL 62703 has produced some excel lent Giant Scale drawings Tsunami thatll require tiny detail modifications render dead-on Scale todays airplane want duplicate either Maniyak Perestroika two Yak racers youll have acquire some threeviews have own design same goes P-40N substantially differ ent early-mark Warhawks avail able Giant Scale drawings kits Bob Hirsch RS Hirsch 8439 Dale St Bu ens Park CA 90620 will big help Un limited model modifications Hes detailed multiview drawings including Rare Bear Maniyak AT-6/SNJ class racers youre luck Except flashy paint jobs em essentially stock aircraft Nick Zirolis big Texan drawings good starting point anyone tending participate Scale T-6 racing biplane racers practically aerobatic mounts relatively good avallability Giant Scale designs Byron has definitive Pitts Spe cial kit several others produce appropriate Pitts drawings biplane class detailed host multiview drawings Bob Hirsch fastest Fis Reno 90 Miller Specials Two Pushy Galore Pushy Cat participated Theyd make interesting mod els retractable nose gears pusher props havent seen drawings construc tion three-views unique birds some enterprising individual will soon produce arent already available Most Fis Cassutt Racers have yet kitted modeling purposes Three-views however readily available Po gos Owl Racers have produced model form have appeared small RC craft model magazines Enlarging Giant Size wouldnt big deal photographic documentation purposes both Bob Banka Scale Model Research 2334 Ti conderoga Way Costa Mesa CA 92626 Doc Pepino Scale Plans & Photo Service 3209 Madison Ave Greensboro NC 27403 carry great color shots of current racing air craft Giant Scale racing thing multitude available plans kits three-view drawings should satisfy needs Dick Hansen Hansen Scale Videos 10807 SE Stacy Ct Portland OR 97266 has done again tape #9 Scale Masters finals Irving TX available within two weeks event tape has great coverage wind-plagued contest shows models competing Giants also includes extensive reportage San Diego Aviation Museum Spectacular Its bird its modelits needlepoint Shes just finished scratch-built quarter-scale Spacewalker working big Clipped-Wing Cub well Klemm 35 Im talking about good friend Joan Alyea Joans found time go business so-called spare time company Air Crafts 2117 Ridgewood Lane Pueblo CO 81005 producing needlepoint kits Scale airplanes Joans designs suitable application T-shirts sweat shirts jackets well latch-hooked rugs needlepoint can vases Its great pastime ladies Most popular warbirds soon will avail able will WW aircraft Available now T-6 Texan Pappy Boyingtons Corsair J-3 Cub Great idea bit clarification order coverage 1990 Toledo show Model Aviation included photo sporty F4U Corsair retractable tail wheel/tail hook assembly GM Plastics booth turns out GM displaying gear built Earl Aune Bob Holman wrote recently corrected information noted markets gear Two sizes available smaller fits GM Plastics F4U well Bobs semikit bentwinged bird larger fits Byrons kit Contact Bob PO Box 741 San Bernardino CA 92402 want fold up Corsairs tail wheel Bob also has plans Giant 96-in span De Havilland Rapide big biplane lovers Well wind things up month think piece Most us aware existence beautiful ducted-fan models Theyre pic tured model magazines much de lectation Though big sub stantial power plants few ducted fan Scale jobs qualify true Giant status 80-in wingspans defined IMAA/AMA rules Its 80-in-wingspan requirement causes difficulty Since prototype full scale jets have short wingspans relation fuselage lengths models built 80-inspan rule would have monstrously long fuse lages Id like suggest rules modi Continued page 158 February 1991 45 S E beSt sellng spa lgnlttOfl System V Chosen Byron Ovighids ThG Mtg uwI AM Anratt Sqiply tar its outsiuuhg reliablity Comp e e angle cylinder system mc ud ng h o e coup ed spark advance kit spa k spa k pug ead25 pug ba e y pack charger 900 ded 0 Much longer une life Easy hand startsno kickback 1000-12in RPM releble kite 0% inure power fain atTokers oni mstahtimn evulable Lower piced fuels no nitre needed S Shielded uk uul 90 phig cover Ferniuye902lt4strokesktgleuidtwhicyfrders KlMzalWoductsevdmlie ing preparation working time Re-launches allowed except winch failure officials miscue Club winches should used about same power Just get Flight Group up winches ask Everybody ready say Go start task Remember nothing official about suggested rules F3B/USA Board just asks clubs try out during 91 season let us know what happens think will work trying popularize SMT com ing up rules appeal fliers SMT aimed being 11w SMT program works perhaps Americans will get interested multi-task flying move up real F3B flying Well need feedback based actual ex perience meantime new rules sound F3B/USA specialized newsletter F3B SMT enthusiasts $12 six issues per RC Aerobatics/Van Putte Continued page 43 Scale pilots Sport pilots Racing pilots IMAA pilots Old-Timers yes Free Flight pilots hes afraid will end until AMA includes rule Safety Code once safety code club flying sites time will have meet 90-dR rule airplane does meet rule AMA insurance would cover case accident Wow 90 dB 9 must bad rule Hey wait minute Theres no such rule change proposal 98dB 9 ft pro posal Pattern would penalize pilots exceeded 98 dB 5% ex ceeded 102 dB 10% flight score Anyone has tried knows its simple get below 98 dB 9 ft makes wonder someone got upset over something didnt understand went tell RC Contest Board members about lack understanding Ron Van Putte 111 Sleepy Oaks Rd Fort Walton Beach FL 32548 L RC Giant Scale/de Vries Continued page 45 fled modem power source ie ducted fan might included favorite class RC birds Shouldnt ducted-fan model 70-in fuselage qualify brethren fly Peanut Scale have such rule 3-in spans 9in fuselages qualify Peanuts Shouldnt fol low precedent RC Pylon Racing/Hager Continued page 47 minder Q-500 should stock event Dis crepancies disappeared second round flying fast time set provided prop highlighting fact stock equipment necessarily slower kept no flying pointed Out variations rules pro vided legal props start line workers performed exemplary fashion day temperature went 940 humidity high host club NCRCC also 19 record its members flying gotten involved racing working races Expert heats like usual flyoff heats flying thoroughly enjoyed participants Standard class very easy see ready move up Ex pert much formation flying isnt usually case mixed matrix Sunday saw wind rain temperature drop 350 lot people ill-prepared cold weather Forty-four contestants signed up flew four rounds before stop flying due windchill factor under condi tions workers performed flawlessly good time ResultsOverall Champion Standard Class Mark Seiler Overall Champion Expert Class 158 Model Aviation Spar* cola spuk phiis shielded ilkit lead b thideg kits avidde year may subscribed sending check Randy Reynolds 122 E Uintah Colo rado Springs CO 80903 E Fly McDaniel Power New Solid State On-Board Glow-Plug Drivers Now can drive 1 2 glow plugs efficiently automatically new McDaniel On-Board Glow-Plug Drivers engine 2 4 stroke glow has 1 2 cylinders Model 471 472 On-Board Glow-Plug Driver will ease jobs starting maintaining idle during taxiing power down flight maneuvers FEATURES INCLUDE Servo Reversing Optically Coupled Circuitry No RFI Automatic Shutdown Via TX RX Connector Plug Battery Pack Remote Glow Plug Indicator Panels Available Separately Battery Pack AC Charger NOT Included Available Separately See Local Hobby Dealer Contact McDaniel R/C Incvisa MC accepted 1654 Crofton Blvd Suite 4 Crofton MD 21114 e 301721-6303 301721-6306 FLORHO FLYER CORPORATION 837 Johnson burg Dept MA St Marys PA 15857 834-2586 information No Risk Purchase Plan

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