Radio Control Giant Scale John de Vries Colonel USAF Ret LITTLE did realize writing guest column Bob Beckman would result gainful em ployment Model Aviation team However Bobs business has growing leaps bounds left him little modeling timeto say nothing about hours takes bolt together monthly column Needless say Im happy take over Bobs big bird column because gives monthly chance talk because means Bobs company burgeoning bit personal background might appro priate point Ive building model airplanes since 1936from rubber through Gas Free Flight U-Control finally RC escapement days AMA license number 1427 IMAA number real 13 Im member Aviation/Space Writers Association Ive 15 RC designs mostly Scale pub lished model magazines over 200 other articles printed model other publica tions Ive two books published German Taubes Alexander Eaglerocks pres ent Im associated Dick Phillips YiP Aero Publishers Inc followed column RCM will probably remember spent 30 years Uncles Air Force flew 116 different types marks aircraft frotn J-3 Cubs through B-50s emphasis fighters P 40s PF-5 retired 1972 Enough background stufflets talk large radio-controlled miniature aircraft Al though emphasis column will scale biggies wont forget us just like build fly larger-than-normal models fact thats what Id like start out month part world foothills Rockies best big sport model Osprey its immediate successor Osprey Bipe OvPr 900 Ospreys have built flown exception few jiggles ot transmitter trim wheels have flown right off board prototype Osprey has over 500 flights has powered everything OS 90 two-stroke Sachs-Dolmar 37 birds span 84 inches 1440 sq weights range 16 18 pounds designer super-biggie Ed Carroll Eds another USAF retiree whos entitled silver AF wings well Navy Wings Goldhe flew both services spends waking hours building very sophisticated models commercial concerns have ranged outsized version pulsating shower head four feet diameter eight feet long very precise 1/20 scale models Space Shuttle latter models used Martin-Marietta simulator used train ing astronauts handle shuttle payloads feature Eds work presents models company everything about functions Ed first joined AMA 1938 first love involved Waketields teenager designed own course WW II slowed model building down bit got RC 1952 after seeing Good brothers fly Guff remembers first transmitter t out eight watts sitting ground range optimistically estimated 100 yards days werent kits available radio control us adapted large Free Flight models Eds escapement-controlled models homedesigned -built Back 1970 Ed began model kit company called Carroll-Craft Working garage kitted Splinter Quick-Stick both formed plastic fuselages foam wings Royal Products marketed products thousands found extensive vacu-forming experience prevailed him produce featherweight scale cockpit inter iors Royal scale-kit line Ed provided interiors over 20 Scale kits expanded production include scale bubble canopies blisters gun turrets Somehow able find time kit 40/60-powered model Jack Whacker Moving Colorado Springs Ed unsung pioneer big bird movement went through eight airfoils designing Osprey before calculating suited him holds aeronautical engineering degree Air Force Institute Technology Together partner Col Bill Turner Ed turned out 200 Osprey kits proved too good Everything needed build model box except radio engine covering material Anyone except rank beginner could frame up Osprey over weekend have flyable condition following Sunday talking about model employing conven tional balsa construction Preparing kits too bloody much work Ed says today has plans market Osprey semi-kit drawings rib set fiberglass cowling cut bent landing gear plywood parts Osprey experience led Ed two new fields became fiberglass expert sauce pan-sized Osprey cowling produced one-piece fiberglass casting leTT Vince Lopez 1 Will Turnerfire upan Osprey Bipe atthe85 Byron Fun Fly Ed Carroll helpedthe Cadets attheAir ForceAcademy build RPV R Craft spans 14 feet uses Sachs-Dolmar engine Thats snow out folks 52 Model Aviation Ed Carroll L aircraft designer par excel lence two favorites Osprey Bipe Above primogenitor Osprey Below Osprey Rocky Mountain states plane higher altitudes can powered anything 120 37 now out production bent some cabane wires produced Osprey Ripe Although didnt kit Ripe gener ous drawings soon host kit-built Ospreys sported two wings big surprise biplane version flew well low winger albeit requiring substantially larger en gines beginning three-cubic-inch Quadra 50 handle extra drag Chronologically speaking Carrolls Lazy Boy followed Ripe air high-wing monoplane 84-inch span Lazy Boy flew easily 90 four-cycle engine Its models stable once trimmed will let lay transmitter ground go Coke Satisfied its performance Ed has added flaps drooping leading edge Would believe 20 mph takeoffs under full control member IMAA Ed belongs both Colorado chapters recently hes bitten scale big bird bug Although hes talked about big Fokker DVIII adapted British kit hes hard work largish SE-SA Itll have 1800 square inches its 60-inch-span wings motivated 12 four-cycle ignition Ive hefted framed fuselage radio installed looks stronger axe-handle its light-as-a-feather class SEs outlines will dead-on scale Ed taking some liberties airfoil tail feather areas assurance good flight char acteristics spare time Eds working Cadets Air-Force Academy RPV Remotely Piloted Vehicledrone pro gram consults design zoatters comes time fly outsized birds 14-foot wingspans takes turn transmitter sticks appreciation Class 86 presented him saber engraved words Ed Carrollwho finally made fly Two mentions may interest Royal Products Denver CO will introduce A-scale Boeing P-26 Peashooter kit near future 90s up has span of67 inches estimated flight weight 9 pounds Its very close scale kit features spunaluminum cowling plastic moldings radial engine headrest wheel spats Good friend Bill Hannan PO Box Es condido CA 92025 has published newest epicPeanuts& Pistachios $395 plus postage note Because Bill has found bunch us big-bird builders have buying books sole intention enlarging scale three-views Giant RC sizes Bill happy prospect hes decided concentrate books primarily collec tions three-viewsand let readers enlarge anything Peanuts miniature airplanes should see drawings 1926 Farman Sport La Carte Postale book Itll knock sox off See next month John de Vries 4610 MoffattLn Colorado Springs CO 80915 FLYING NEAR AIRPORTS BE CAREFUL PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY DISTRIBUTED BY BOB SAYAflflHI zNawraTazaD MODEL MOTOR MUGTM high quality totally glazed ceramic engine mug must modeler Standing 51/2 inches tall large 10 oz capacity its real attention getter definite collectors piece years come Only Plus $200 postage handling per order $695 60 CA residents add sales tax 7564 Sm Gebiel 504 cdeO CA 93422 486-1717 REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR Kraft Engines Teatorl McCoy Talpen 40 RJL ENGINES Call Only Factory Source RJL INDUSTRIES Free Parts Catalog Available RJL Industries ox 5654 dena CA 91107 Phone 818 359-0016 Fiberglass Cowls BALSA USA Citabna Aerobatic Pro20 00 derlager2200 Fly Ba / scale2200 BUD NOSEN-A&A INDUSTRIES Aeronca Champ 40 size12 00 Citabnascale Decathlon e2000 P 47 full length flaps2400 P 51 full length cowl 0 GREAT PIANES CAP21 40size.1200 CAP 21 60 size18 00 Cherokee 40 size1200 PICA Aeronca Sedan scale1550 Cessnal821400 Cessna 182 scale2000 FW190091100 PILOT Christen Eagle 60 size2000 Christen Eagle e2500 Decathlon 40 size1500 Decathlon / scale2000 PT 19Ascale 2000 Rainbow SIG J-3 & Clipped Wing Cub Super Cub 40 size 00 J3 Cub e1500 engine . 0 Super Cub scale 18 00 KadetSr 800 Liberty Sport1200 Skybolt. .1025 TOP FUGHT F4U1A Corsair 0 P40 Warhawk1000 P4lDThunderboll11 00 PiperJ3Cub 800 OThER KITS ASTRO FLIGHT Porterlield CONCEPT Fleet Biplane 0 GOLDBERG J-3 Cub1000 MIDWEST PitIs Special1800 TOWER HOBBY RV34osize1200 WORLD ENGINE CAP 21 TOM ThUMB e MonocoupeQOAL2000 Pietenpol Sky Scout1500 PiltsSpecialS-2A2200 WE TECHNICAL SERVICES PLANS Cutiss Falcon 0-1B-A3 Cowl Spinner 3000 Mighty Hog1500 Snow White8 00 SpadXlllCl2500 WacoSRE850 BERGLASS Dept MA lit 1 Boz sse Goodview VA 244395 ORDERING INFORMATION WIthIn Ihe 48 contInental states add $3U shipping charge Va residents add 4% sales tax COD accepted add $2B5 shipping charge Out sIde 48 contInental states write shIpping charges before ordering include $190 US return postage handling PHONE ORDERI & INFORMATION 703-890-60179 am 109pm EDT Also available radial cowls wheelpants hundreds cowls other kits plans Send SASE 6-page brochure February 1987 53 $425$795AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS FINEST HOBBY SHOPS $795$425 1 LOOTED PRODUCTON U SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/02
Page Numbers: 52, 53
Radio Control Giant Scale John de Vries Colonel USAF Ret LITTLE did realize writing guest column Bob Beckman would result gainful em ployment Model Aviation team However Bobs business has growing leaps bounds left him little modeling timeto say nothing about hours takes bolt together monthly column Needless say Im happy take over Bobs big bird column because gives monthly chance talk because means Bobs company burgeoning bit personal background might appro priate point Ive building model airplanes since 1936from rubber through Gas Free Flight U-Control finally RC escapement days AMA license number 1427 IMAA number real 13 Im member Aviation/Space Writers Association Ive 15 RC designs mostly Scale pub lished model magazines over 200 other articles printed model other publica tions Ive two books published German Taubes Alexander Eaglerocks pres ent Im associated Dick Phillips YiP Aero Publishers Inc followed column RCM will probably remember spent 30 years Uncles Air Force flew 116 different types marks aircraft frotn J-3 Cubs through B-50s emphasis fighters P 40s PF-5 retired 1972 Enough background stufflets talk large radio-controlled miniature aircraft Al though emphasis column will scale biggies wont forget us just like build fly larger-than-normal models fact thats what Id like start out month part world foothills Rockies best big sport model Osprey its immediate successor Osprey Bipe OvPr 900 Ospreys have built flown exception few jiggles ot transmitter trim wheels have flown right off board prototype Osprey has over 500 flights has powered everything OS 90 two-stroke Sachs-Dolmar 37 birds span 84 inches 1440 sq weights range 16 18 pounds designer super-biggie Ed Carroll Eds another USAF retiree whos entitled silver AF wings well Navy Wings Goldhe flew both services spends waking hours building very sophisticated models commercial concerns have ranged outsized version pulsating shower head four feet diameter eight feet long very precise 1/20 scale models Space Shuttle latter models used Martin-Marietta simulator used train ing astronauts handle shuttle payloads feature Eds work presents models company everything about functions Ed first joined AMA 1938 first love involved Waketields teenager designed own course WW II slowed model building down bit got RC 1952 after seeing Good brothers fly Guff remembers first transmitter t out eight watts sitting ground range optimistically estimated 100 yards days werent kits available radio control us adapted large Free Flight models Eds escapement-controlled models homedesigned -built Back 1970 Ed began model kit company called Carroll-Craft Working garage kitted Splinter Quick-Stick both formed plastic fuselages foam wings Royal Products marketed products thousands found extensive vacu-forming experience prevailed him produce featherweight scale cockpit inter iors Royal scale-kit line Ed provided interiors over 20 Scale kits expanded production include scale bubble canopies blisters gun turrets Somehow able find time kit 40/60-powered model Jack Whacker Moving Colorado Springs Ed unsung pioneer big bird movement went through eight airfoils designing Osprey before calculating suited him holds aeronautical engineering degree Air Force Institute Technology Together partner Col Bill Turner Ed turned out 200 Osprey kits proved too good Everything needed build model box except radio engine covering material Anyone except rank beginner could frame up Osprey over weekend have flyable condition following Sunday talking about model employing conven tional balsa construction Preparing kits too bloody much work Ed says today has plans market Osprey semi-kit drawings rib set fiberglass cowling cut bent landing gear plywood parts Osprey experience led Ed two new fields became fiberglass expert sauce pan-sized Osprey cowling produced one-piece fiberglass casting leTT Vince Lopez 1 Will Turnerfire upan Osprey Bipe atthe85 Byron Fun Fly Ed Carroll helpedthe Cadets attheAir ForceAcademy build RPV R Craft spans 14 feet uses Sachs-Dolmar engine Thats snow out folks 52 Model Aviation Ed Carroll L aircraft designer par excel lence two favorites Osprey Bipe Above primogenitor Osprey Below Osprey Rocky Mountain states plane higher altitudes can powered anything 120 37 now out production bent some cabane wires produced Osprey Ripe Although didnt kit Ripe gener ous drawings soon host kit-built Ospreys sported two wings big surprise biplane version flew well low winger albeit requiring substantially larger en gines beginning three-cubic-inch Quadra 50 handle extra drag Chronologically speaking Carrolls Lazy Boy followed Ripe air high-wing monoplane 84-inch span Lazy Boy flew easily 90 four-cycle engine Its models stable once trimmed will let lay transmitter ground go Coke Satisfied its performance Ed has added flaps drooping leading edge Would believe 20 mph takeoffs under full control member IMAA Ed belongs both Colorado chapters recently hes bitten scale big bird bug Although hes talked about big Fokker DVIII adapted British kit hes hard work largish SE-SA Itll have 1800 square inches its 60-inch-span wings motivated 12 four-cycle ignition Ive hefted framed fuselage radio installed looks stronger axe-handle its light-as-a-feather class SEs outlines will dead-on scale Ed taking some liberties airfoil tail feather areas assurance good flight char acteristics spare time Eds working Cadets Air-Force Academy RPV Remotely Piloted Vehicledrone pro gram consults design zoatters comes time fly outsized birds 14-foot wingspans takes turn transmitter sticks appreciation Class 86 presented him saber engraved words Ed Carrollwho finally made fly Two mentions may interest Royal Products Denver CO will introduce A-scale Boeing P-26 Peashooter kit near future 90s up has span of67 inches estimated flight weight 9 pounds Its very close scale kit features spunaluminum cowling plastic moldings radial engine headrest wheel spats Good friend Bill Hannan PO Box Es condido CA 92025 has published newest epicPeanuts& Pistachios $395 plus postage note Because Bill has found bunch us big-bird builders have buying books sole intention enlarging scale three-views Giant RC sizes Bill happy prospect hes decided concentrate books primarily collec tions three-viewsand let readers enlarge anything Peanuts miniature airplanes should see drawings 1926 Farman Sport La Carte Postale book Itll knock sox off See next month John de Vries 4610 MoffattLn Colorado Springs CO 80915 FLYING NEAR AIRPORTS BE CAREFUL PROTECT YOUR RIGHT TO FLY DISTRIBUTED BY BOB SAYAflflHI zNawraTazaD MODEL MOTOR MUGTM high quality totally glazed ceramic engine mug must modeler Standing 51/2 inches tall large 10 oz capacity its real attention getter definite collectors piece years come Only Plus $200 postage handling per order $695 60 CA residents add sales tax 7564 Sm Gebiel 504 cdeO CA 93422 486-1717 REPLACEMENT PARTS FOR Kraft Engines Teatorl McCoy Talpen 40 RJL ENGINES Call Only Factory Source RJL INDUSTRIES Free Parts Catalog Available RJL Industries ox 5654 dena CA 91107 Phone 818 359-0016 Fiberglass Cowls BALSA USA Citabna Aerobatic Pro20 00 derlager2200 Fly Ba / scale2200 BUD NOSEN-A&A INDUSTRIES Aeronca Champ 40 size12 00 Citabnascale Decathlon e2000 P 47 full length flaps2400 P 51 full length cowl 0 GREAT PIANES CAP21 40size.1200 CAP 21 60 size18 00 Cherokee 40 size1200 PICA Aeronca Sedan scale1550 Cessnal821400 Cessna 182 scale2000 FW190091100 PILOT Christen Eagle 60 size2000 Christen Eagle e2500 Decathlon 40 size1500 Decathlon / scale2000 PT 19Ascale 2000 Rainbow SIG J-3 & Clipped Wing Cub Super Cub 40 size 00 J3 Cub e1500 engine . 0 Super Cub scale 18 00 KadetSr 800 Liberty Sport1200 Skybolt. .1025 TOP FUGHT F4U1A Corsair 0 P40 Warhawk1000 P4lDThunderboll11 00 PiperJ3Cub 800 OThER KITS ASTRO FLIGHT Porterlield CONCEPT Fleet Biplane 0 GOLDBERG J-3 Cub1000 MIDWEST PitIs Special1800 TOWER HOBBY RV34osize1200 WORLD ENGINE CAP 21 TOM ThUMB e MonocoupeQOAL2000 Pietenpol Sky Scout1500 PiltsSpecialS-2A2200 WE TECHNICAL SERVICES PLANS Cutiss Falcon 0-1B-A3 Cowl Spinner 3000 Mighty Hog1500 Snow White8 00 SpadXlllCl2500 WacoSRE850 BERGLASS Dept MA lit 1 Boz sse Goodview VA 244395 ORDERING INFORMATION WIthIn Ihe 48 contInental states add $3U shipping charge Va residents add 4% sales tax COD accepted add $2B5 shipping charge Out sIde 48 contInental states write shIpping charges before ordering include $190 US return postage handling PHONE ORDERI & INFORMATION 703-890-60179 am 109pm EDT Also available radial cowls wheelpants hundreds cowls other kits plans Send SASE 6-page brochure February 1987 53 $425$795AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS FINEST HOBBY SHOPS $795$425 1 LOOTED PRODUCTON U SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT