Radio Control Giant Scale John de Vries Colonel USAF Ret AH Merry Month Junewhen youll reading words dust workshop well settled us spending long evenings weekends ripping beautiful holes sky Some us have just returned IMAA Festival Converse IN getting ready big un Nats Lincoln NE July 11-18 flying season upon us sun shining alls right world youre old honker like Yours Truly some nagging thoughts back head Gotta start thinking about upgrading radios old Krafts Orbits Cannons still transmitting receiving OK theyll soon illegal Since some date late Sixties rve retirement Have start looking around new narrowband transmitter few matching receivers Go straight 1991 equipment maybe switch single-stick Ed Carroll said hed help convert Most servos still work well though Ive double-up stand gaff Big Birds Maybe old budget will stretch set real Giant Scale servos therere engines old Quadra Dick Smith got getting kind wheezy Guess needs updating Q-40 specs OS Gemini twin Enya 120 fourstroker practically new Pacific C-i might fly better ST 2500 3000 Im it might good idea get rid old fuel thats sitting safety can winterand get some new glow fuel well Should clean supply tank fuel line filters too Dont want get goop models fuel tanks Ni-Cds have cycled several times seem good shape Might have get new battery charger handle 1200 mAh flight batteries though Thats kind cheap insurance besides old charger its last legs Might good idea follow lead real experts get redundant power supply hookups know kind allows have two flight batteries big modeland switch over other first battery quits some unexplained reason Probably biggest job left to really clean out old workshop can done stages during evenings First agenda has balsa scrap box Gotta throw out bits pieces cant used segregate strips sheets seem acquiring lot plywood spruce scraps result change materials caused switch bigger models Like wire coat hangers seem have ac quired big stack bits pieces various grits sandpaper Going have ashcan em No big loss though Old friend Mike Genovese down Sedona AZ sent bunch new Grate-Shapes work beautifully Theyre formed pieces hardwood coated black grit come variety shapes sizes Ive using form wing leading edges work lot better sandpaper glued odd-sized hunks plywood Mike partner call themselves Bell Rock Industries 6486 Hwy 179 Suite 108 Sedona AZ 86336 After everything workshop cleaned dusted put back its supposed look forward replacing blades X Acto knives getting some new razor saws Actually leave two tasks until last because represent getting ready repair ing flight mistakes occur over summer Repairing big model considerably easier task theres room workbench cluttered stuff left over build ing other models nine-foot wing needs lot space particularly eight-foot workbench purpose discussion course suggest some things flying season brings Although primary interest out field sunshine its also good time consider immediate future Besides flying really icing cake real fun model building unless youre rich Croesus can afford buy Giant Scale models ready fly host nonflying tasks need done concurrently Quarter-scale Monocoupe 110 Special CL Just right 120 four-stroker Plans offered builder Lynn Lockrow 723 Mercer Circle Auburn AL 36830 Wendell Hostetiers Giant model fabulous Laird-Turner Special R 1937/39 Order plans him 1041 Heatherwood Ln Orrvllie OH 44667 prototype made famous bythe legendary Col Roscoc Turner Golden Age air races Denvers Joe Dolan monster J-3 Cub L Flight quite scalelike hes used variety engines including OS Gemini twin Author de Vries apologetic remembering builder magnificent Bowers Fly Baby R Photo taken Pikes Peak RC Clubs 7200-ft-high field Note belly tankwhich actually suitcase prototypel 56 Model Aviation supportive days boring pleasant holes sky isnt news us Giant Builders IMAA safety code requires use switches ignition systems engines rule requires method shut down Quadras Zenoahs Sachs-Dolmers right now two installations suggested Either provide external switch can man ually operated kill ignition install servo-operated switch does same thing Prudent safety considerations suggest however provide both switches inthe ignition line Admittedly both switches have to get engine fire Yes Ive done lot prop ffipping servo-switch Offi transmitter should youre cranldng engine model its part start procedure flip servo switch before activating external switch models external switch has inconvenient positionright behind engine/propeller Its darned good idea point its position out whoever helping start engine crew~ much better position activate external switch advent big two-cycle engines poses some new engine shutoff problems us Starting Idle good idea youre using two-bangers particularly youve set up engine fill aft trim throttle stick acts engine cutoff Setting up engine way does take bit fiddling its well worth effort Nothing spoils day runaway engine didnt expect super-careful builder doesnt take much effort engineer some sort carburetor intake plug shuts off engines alr can manually operated hooked small servo operated off unused auxiliary channel transmitter plug talking about can just thata shaped plug balsa other material can dropped alr intake engine can also sliding metal shutter positioned cylindrical tube big idea plug will cut off carburetor air stop engine command another method closing down big two-cycle engine particularly youre using glow plug heater battery keep popping idle servo-operated switch heater line turned Off plus full engine-servo Retard plus full-aft engine-servo trimcomplicated may soundcan quiet big two-banger hurry Although sounds like recommending engine control systems have ways work function properly what talking about safe model being able stop noise up front command goes long way toward Giant Scale model operation thats safe John de Vries 4610 MoffatLn Colorado Springs CO 80915 Flying Near Airports Careful Free Flight RadioControl flying nearairports situation might involve possibility models being vicinity fullscale aircraft operations must avoidedor conducted eliminate dangerous situations Models should flown proximity offull-scale aircraft operations unless flier has someone else him sole purpose watching full-scale aircraft supervising flying prevent accident possibilities 0/S TRIBUTED BY SMIflFH RUfflE 13538 7554 Sm Gb,eI Road dme CA 93422 466-1717 72 wingspan875 sq Balsa stab fin rudder a skin fuse & wings NEW Plywood dihedral braces eight 10 lbs complete decals py cowl Fiberglas cowl extra cost hardware supplied ed landing gear Four channel Complete instructions Rec engines 2-cycie 75108 4-cycle 80120 F4U Sport Scale Corsair Muost ready fly handling characteristics Gull Winged Beauty greatl Either slow fast tracks straight true No stalls no U wingovers can install retracts Fully aerobatic Easy quick assembly VISA MasterCard COD Watch new 90 size P-SI early summer $18900 Complete Kit 0 shipping & handling D & R AIRCRAFT MFG PO Box 23056 Austin Texas 78736 512 288-2055 Formerly Lance Mach & 1Mg2 July1987 57 5395 $795$795 AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS FINEST HOBBY SHOPS
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/07
Page Numbers: 56, 57
Radio Control Giant Scale John de Vries Colonel USAF Ret AH Merry Month Junewhen youll reading words dust workshop well settled us spending long evenings weekends ripping beautiful holes sky Some us have just returned IMAA Festival Converse IN getting ready big un Nats Lincoln NE July 11-18 flying season upon us sun shining alls right world youre old honker like Yours Truly some nagging thoughts back head Gotta start thinking about upgrading radios old Krafts Orbits Cannons still transmitting receiving OK theyll soon illegal Since some date late Sixties rve retirement Have start looking around new narrowband transmitter few matching receivers Go straight 1991 equipment maybe switch single-stick Ed Carroll said hed help convert Most servos still work well though Ive double-up stand gaff Big Birds Maybe old budget will stretch set real Giant Scale servos therere engines old Quadra Dick Smith got getting kind wheezy Guess needs updating Q-40 specs OS Gemini twin Enya 120 fourstroker practically new Pacific C-i might fly better ST 2500 3000 Im it might good idea get rid old fuel thats sitting safety can winterand get some new glow fuel well Should clean supply tank fuel line filters too Dont want get goop models fuel tanks Ni-Cds have cycled several times seem good shape Might have get new battery charger handle 1200 mAh flight batteries though Thats kind cheap insurance besides old charger its last legs Might good idea follow lead real experts get redundant power supply hookups know kind allows have two flight batteries big modeland switch over other first battery quits some unexplained reason Probably biggest job left to really clean out old workshop can done stages during evenings First agenda has balsa scrap box Gotta throw out bits pieces cant used segregate strips sheets seem acquiring lot plywood spruce scraps result change materials caused switch bigger models Like wire coat hangers seem have ac quired big stack bits pieces various grits sandpaper Going have ashcan em No big loss though Old friend Mike Genovese down Sedona AZ sent bunch new Grate-Shapes work beautifully Theyre formed pieces hardwood coated black grit come variety shapes sizes Ive using form wing leading edges work lot better sandpaper glued odd-sized hunks plywood Mike partner call themselves Bell Rock Industries 6486 Hwy 179 Suite 108 Sedona AZ 86336 After everything workshop cleaned dusted put back its supposed look forward replacing blades X Acto knives getting some new razor saws Actually leave two tasks until last because represent getting ready repair ing flight mistakes occur over summer Repairing big model considerably easier task theres room workbench cluttered stuff left over build ing other models nine-foot wing needs lot space particularly eight-foot workbench purpose discussion course suggest some things flying season brings Although primary interest out field sunshine its also good time consider immediate future Besides flying really icing cake real fun model building unless youre rich Croesus can afford buy Giant Scale models ready fly host nonflying tasks need done concurrently Quarter-scale Monocoupe 110 Special CL Just right 120 four-stroker Plans offered builder Lynn Lockrow 723 Mercer Circle Auburn AL 36830 Wendell Hostetiers Giant model fabulous Laird-Turner Special R 1937/39 Order plans him 1041 Heatherwood Ln Orrvllie OH 44667 prototype made famous bythe legendary Col Roscoc Turner Golden Age air races Denvers Joe Dolan monster J-3 Cub L Flight quite scalelike hes used variety engines including OS Gemini twin Author de Vries apologetic remembering builder magnificent Bowers Fly Baby R Photo taken Pikes Peak RC Clubs 7200-ft-high field Note belly tankwhich actually suitcase prototypel 56 Model Aviation supportive days boring pleasant holes sky isnt news us Giant Builders IMAA safety code requires use switches ignition systems engines rule requires method shut down Quadras Zenoahs Sachs-Dolmers right now two installations suggested Either provide external switch can man ually operated kill ignition install servo-operated switch does same thing Prudent safety considerations suggest however provide both switches inthe ignition line Admittedly both switches have to get engine fire Yes Ive done lot prop ffipping servo-switch Offi transmitter should youre cranldng engine model its part start procedure flip servo switch before activating external switch models external switch has inconvenient positionright behind engine/propeller Its darned good idea point its position out whoever helping start engine crew~ much better position activate external switch advent big two-cycle engines poses some new engine shutoff problems us Starting Idle good idea youre using two-bangers particularly youve set up engine fill aft trim throttle stick acts engine cutoff Setting up engine way does take bit fiddling its well worth effort Nothing spoils day runaway engine didnt expect super-careful builder doesnt take much effort engineer some sort carburetor intake plug shuts off engines alr can manually operated hooked small servo operated off unused auxiliary channel transmitter plug talking about can just thata shaped plug balsa other material can dropped alr intake engine can also sliding metal shutter positioned cylindrical tube big idea plug will cut off carburetor air stop engine command another method closing down big two-cycle engine particularly youre using glow plug heater battery keep popping idle servo-operated switch heater line turned Off plus full engine-servo Retard plus full-aft engine-servo trimcomplicated may soundcan quiet big two-banger hurry Although sounds like recommending engine control systems have ways work function properly what talking about safe model being able stop noise up front command goes long way toward Giant Scale model operation thats safe John de Vries 4610 MoffatLn Colorado Springs CO 80915 Flying Near Airports Careful Free Flight RadioControl flying nearairports situation might involve possibility models being vicinity fullscale aircraft operations must avoidedor conducted eliminate dangerous situations Models should flown proximity offull-scale aircraft operations unless flier has someone else him sole purpose watching full-scale aircraft supervising flying prevent accident possibilities 0/S TRIBUTED BY SMIflFH RUfflE 13538 7554 Sm Gb,eI Road dme CA 93422 466-1717 72 wingspan875 sq Balsa stab fin rudder a skin fuse & wings NEW Plywood dihedral braces eight 10 lbs complete decals py cowl Fiberglas cowl extra cost hardware supplied ed landing gear Four channel Complete instructions Rec engines 2-cycie 75108 4-cycle 80120 F4U Sport Scale Corsair Muost ready fly handling characteristics Gull Winged Beauty greatl Either slow fast tracks straight true No stalls no U wingovers can install retracts Fully aerobatic Easy quick assembly VISA MasterCard COD Watch new 90 size P-SI early summer $18900 Complete Kit 0 shipping & handling D & R AIRCRAFT MFG PO Box 23056 Austin Texas 78736 512 288-2055 Formerly Lance Mach & 1Mg2 July1987 57 5395 $795$795 AVAILABLE AT AMERICAS FINEST HOBBY SHOPS