THERES real hope future model building During recent sojourn Toledo bash met future form seven-and-a-half-year-old boy Aaron Buczkowski Derby NY precocious young fellow father Dr Joseph Bucz kowski calls him 40-year-old midg et Aaron model airplane busi ness vengeance Hes competent RC car driver has gone through plastic model stage intent learning fly RC summer Aarons already pro cess selecting trainer radio Al though major purchase Toledo battery-powered 2-scale off-road race car instrumental convincing dad buy Giant Junkers Stuka kit Thatll second model Aaron declared Ill betcha flies before hes nine Hes quite boy Big news local Giant front nual Dawn Patrol Chapter 90 IMAAs nual project review Fifty chapter members participated 20 model projects dis played review much super show n tellit day packed seminars Giant Scale modeling tech niques also featuring flea market Jerry Van Heeswyk QSAA trophy win ner gave fine seminar kitting scratch-building Giants Buzz Butler held forth finishing models Greg Tiernan Roy Murray demonstrated art foam wing cutting pair showed foam cutting table can simultane ously cut both top bottom surfaces wing panel Bob Eson District IX IMAA director discussed finer points making decals Larry Stoughton expostulated build ing safe Giant Scale control rods pushrods last seminar conducted Vail Kinsey expert noise exhib ited effective mufflers explained shock mounting engines will re duce noise thanks correspondent Leo Ford description worth Saturday As always happens during annual pil grimage Toledo mountain mail awaiting return letter friend Delmar Waterson Dighton KS de manded immediate attention Del did something yours truly has advocated years took existing A-scale kit modified substantially different model aircraft Dels basic starting point Nosen Mr Mulligan documentation hand emulated Benny Howard modified Giant Howard DGA 15-P mods included making new-style fiberglass cowling wheel pants DGA 15-P wing area stubby-winged Mulli gan required Delmar add extra rib bay wing panel designed built scale fiberglass P&W engine crankcase adorned cylinders machined 35mm plastic film canisters produce latter Del fitted wood dowel through cannisters turned cooling fins lathe complete scale power unit bor rowed chrome prop spinner ron Beech Staggerwing kit Sachs 31 electronic ignition provides go seems problem facing Big Bird bunch Although see wonder ful variety models fly-in rally 50 Model Aviation Radio Confrol Giant Scale John de Vries Colonel USAF Ret 4610 Moffat Ln Colorado Springs CO 80915 Delmar Watersons masterpiece Would believe beauty started life Nosen A-scale Mr Mulligan Delmar modified beautiful Giant kit Howard DGA 15-P IMAA Chapter 90s Buzz Butler Tray elaire Mystery Ship Take look finish Larry Stoughton son John justifiably proud Nosen Cessna 310 Al Ward Akron C0 nearly com plete P-38 Lightning Al participated Dawn Patrol Chapters annual project review John Fletcher DC-3 earlier-day happier Eastern Airline markings Wendell Hostetlers charming wife shows us hubbys clipped-wing J-3 built triple-threat drawings Its wingspan 102 flight lines relatively few seem available scratch-build drawings over 350 different Giant draw ings now have available us problem substantial number prototypes covered two plan sets Warbirds such Mustang Hellcat Jug P-47 frequently duplicated know least four Bucker Jungmeisters two Wedell-Williams Rac ers two Springfield Bulldogs three Great Lakes trainers Hurri canes galore Fleet bipes available least three flavors Ive lost count Pitts drawings seems lot designing talent go ing waste Duplicating prototype model drawings already exist seems like exercise futility Admittedly some plans leave lot desiredand covering accurate represen tations smart business too design ers go mail order plans busi ness sensitive what sells Theyre about market totally obscure birds suggest talented model air craft draftsmen pause before committing pencil Mylar punching up CAD program monitor quick swing through current magazines IMAAs High Flight will reveal whats currently available bit research old mag azine stacks will produce list whats done Thendazzle us some thing thats new fresh exciting easy document Im sure youll well rewarded gang whos jaded same old thing Anyone Giant Curtiss P-40N YA-18 C-46 Folkerts SK-3 Lock heed Air Express Orion Bell P-63 YMF-lA Rumpler C-V Morane Saulnier N Grumman F2F- 1 Seversky P-35 lot em Tis logical after annual Ohio orgy wed up news com mercial end hobby No different 89well try keep within reason Giant Scale kits three particular purveyors have come attention re cently AHS Manufacturing 17 N Main St Centerville OH 45459 phone1-513-4330752 has particularly neat fiberglass foam -scale AT-6 Texan kit among oth ers Ohio Superstar Products Inc 11376 Ridgeway Road Kensington OH 44427 phone1-216-223-1950 produces great Kraft Super Fli two Giant sizesboth fiberglass foamand other kits well Quay Barber Models 27106 Butternut Ridge North Olmsted OH 44070 phone 1-216-777-6172 forte largish Goodyear racer kits has five fiberglass n foamers its line soon-to-be-produced Art Chester Swee Pea its V-tail looks like fun Quays moving force large-scale Pylon Racing Contact him Continued page 139 K Bomber Field has scheduled first gathering majestic old War-Birds practice formation flying air-borne photography bombing missions over Monaville Texas conjunction Annual Big Bird Meet have decided make annual event its kind world have seven B-17s confirmed want 15 Come help make nostalgic event conducted RC World Mr Wesley Hartberg Westcraft owner designer & producer B-17 kit will attend bringing least B-17s California Trophys will awarded Spectacular air-borne VHS nose camera footage taken B-17 @ Bomber Field available Witness bombardiers viewpoint B-17 lifting off asphalt runway misting rain hear sounds 2-engines failing resulting srunning inverted crash landing demolishing B-17 Bomber Fields runway 50x 600 asphalt paved taxiways auxiliary runway 75x 400 Bermuda grass hangar 5Qx 150 covered upper observation deck spectators entire flying area flat farmland no obstructions specific information tape availability call write B B Weber President Bomber Field Inc PO Box 721950Office 713 498-7935 Houston Texas 77272Fax 713 495-1203 BOMBERFIELDA MONAVILLETEXAS10000 rn m August 1989 51 2 magical sound RC Aerobatics/Van Putte Continued page 47 made John Burts eyes Butterfly Mike Laumans Ugly Stik met violating others airspace See landing paved runway will help Spoken writer Mike Lauman asked what would help prevent high grass popping holes MonoKote Did notice Mike Lauman made three quotes four quotes three above Mike volved three funniest think clubs newsletter has pub lished something youd like share oth ers via column please send Thanks now everybody knows OS longstroke engines tough bearings received nice letter Lewis Schwab LCS Perform ance Box 1273 Melville NY 11747 claims bearing wear due radial load rear bearing being higher bear ings can tolerate regardless type con struction claims new larger-diameter bearing way solve problem Ap parently OS agrees new engines have new crankcase/larger rear bearing can retro fit older engines getting new crankcase new rear bearing Tower Hobbies has 05MG4355 @ $6695 crankcase 05MG3108 @ $11 rear bearing Lewis also has some tips dont want whole conversion want ex tend bearing life include using bear ings installing rear bearing ex posed balls facing front engine use lower nitromethane percentages fuel will reduce/eliminate detonation hammers bearings Keeping engine speed down us ing props keep rpm below 11500 ground 11000 better also helps Idling engine half minute prior going full power will ensure full lubrication rear bearing prior putting heavy load Obviously some tips will also extend bearing life fliers make conversion too Thanks information Lewis RC Giant Scale/de Vries Continued page 51 youre interested some giant-sized speed competition Enginewise able get fin gers new Mike GR6- 120 radial en gine Radial Engine Technologies Inc 7 Greenwood Lane Valhalla NY 10595 phone1-914-686-9373 uses six 20 two-stroke cylinders weighs 525 lb twists 18 x 6 prop 8150 rpm puts out 21 hp features im pressed its needle valve may remotely located either convenience safety price reasonable compared other Giant radials may have seen em Robart PO Box 1247 St Charles IL 60174 now building scale retractable landing gears B-17 Flying Fortress models Neat Finally ol buddy Wendell Hostetler has Continued page 14i Adjustable side frames free-flow ventilation Extremely light weight added comfort Attractive case included Wraparound frame fits comfortably over prescription glasses Blocks harmful aviolet radiation- Ouartz mist coated scratch resistance Made entirely Polycarbonate impact protection ANSI Z871 specifications Available in Clear shop work S1325 Amber overcast days & late afternoons S1495 Gray S1495 & Mirror S19~ sunny days CA Mask S15~ Paint Mask S2O~ member club hit prop blade thrown 60 engine close range tip blade struck Safety Plus glasses saved him serious injury possibly tbe loss eye incident convinced everyone should wear safety glasses near model airplane engines being run upEd Saul Secretary Treasurer Pikes Peak RC Club Prices include shipping handling FLU5 See hobby dealer firsl doesnt have what need order direct SAFETY PLUS PO Box 1173 Dept iM Clinton MS 39056 ORDERS ONLY 1-800-842-7233 ICont USI Mississippi 16011 924-9640 VISAIMC August 1989 139 PILOT GLASSES. HOW VALUABLE IS YOUR EYESIGHT HANDSOFFCUTII Especially Oesigned Tapered Wings unique device cutting high quality loam wing cores HANDS OFF cutting both sides same time Available hardware package assemble own board.Specify 30 -40 50 or 80 ordering Size may changed anytime Max chord tandard Larger chords available Easy assemble Requires 24 Volt Variable Output Power Supyly DEALERS WANTED Hands ott cut II hardware packagel $8750 S & H 24 Volt Variable Output power supply$6250 -i $300 S & H VIDEO FOAM SHOP Foam Shop Part OneCutting Foam Wings hour long cuts made using HANDS OFF CuT II VH SOnly $2595 includes S & H iowei 48 Foam Shop Part TwoCutting Foam Fuselages hour long cuts made using simple bow VHSOnly $2995 includes S & H lower 48 SUPER BOND ACT ADHESIVE best contact cement have ever used Only $375 8 oz squeeze bottle tnough 4 t400 square inch wingAdd $200 S & H lower 48 1/8 inch Phenolic Board Templates Only $500 v $200 S & H NORRAY PRODUCTS 5008 Sandbeach Road Wichita Falls Texas 7631 Tel t81 76924475 RC Giant Scale/de Vries Continued page 139 produced triple plan celebrate 10th year fine Scale model designing busi ness latest drawing permits building long-wing J-3 Cub 127-in span clippedwing Cub 102-in span Super Cub Accessories cowls bent gears etc available Wendell 1041 Heatherwood Lane Orrville OH 667 phone 1-216682-8896 also has some neat Giant Scale 60-in Edo float drawings Fly safelywell meet next month RC Old-Timers/Mathews Continued page 53 built flown several long phone conver sations John Pond reference docu mentation used prepare drawings finally revealed source enlarge ment small drawings Col Bowdens book Petrol Engine Aircraft wrote late Ben Buckle England put problem before readers Aeromodeller column received several replies including Tony Perihall longtime Bowden fan After considerable research have both now concluded reason no pho tos other documentation exist Mallard simple model never constructed Bowden did build subsequent low-winged model called Gulla much-simplified versionbut absolutely nothing indi cate Mallard ever built flown spring 1985 flew Mallard would turn received very little damage since no idea plane flew poorly hung up two years 1987 took bull horns rebuilt wing dihedral doesnt look nice now does fly fairly well still no sport plane flown local SAM 41 contests danger getting type wild let ter exchange Ken Willard set off several years ago downwind turn thing Ive gotta ad mit Im getting lost Bowden designs April 89 column speculated turn problems Mouse Blue Dragon designs likely associated too much di edral seemed supported letter Ross Thomas citing tendency PLW 4 another Bowden low-wing design become spirally unstable thermal subsequent Improvement situation reduction dihedral SAM does allow Now Dr Butler comes along improves Mallard increasing dihedral dunno Kick around next two months meantime Enjoy RC Helicopters/Jolly Continued page 54 Concept 30 distributed America Great Planes Model Distributors also han dles OS Max engines So unlike Hirobo Shut tle Concept 30 distributed 05 32 FSRH 05 28 FSRH Kyosho selected design engines Concept Great Planes has done excellent job promoting its new little Helicopter Because diligent work its excellent reputation distributor Great Planes has insured Concept 30 will very successful available model shops Great Planes has supplied Concept 30 kit testing received yesterday have time assemble task should take about four hours did open box checked out contents though Concept comes packed foam shipping container much same condition Hirobos Shuttle about 80% assembled Looking over Concept 30 reveals pure Kyosho beautifully molded parts fit well Kyosho has prepared excellent instruction manual obvi ously aimed novice itself will go long way toward flying success Since havent assembled Concept yet Id like save comments until next month However would like state Kyo sho Taya should congratulated ef forts highly competitive 30-size class Concept 30 very viable machine showing great strides design production techniques Id also like thank Great Planes making Concept 30 available both So dont tune next month well see what Concept 30 like assemble fly BCNU RC Pylon Racing/Hager Continued page 55 Wow guess what Jerry Small Brian raced other As luck would have Brian cut race trying catch Jerry turned 11000 smoke cleared Bruce Richmond Jerry Small tied first place Brian fast waswas still third place just point down Well flyoff first place both flamed out Jerry ended up winning first Formula race ever best time Boy What great contest Ft Worth Thunderbirds results Sunday 1 Jerry Smallll0t9 2 Bruce Richmondl 1457 two tied result de cided fast time 3 Brian Richmond 10591 4 Randy Ritchl1803 two tied result decided fast time 5 Rich Tocci 11702 6 JP Hanwayl1331 7 Dub Jett 10963 8 Norm Johnsonl1702 9 Ed Ran kinl1433 10 Red Cranfilll1632 21 entries Two new racers showed up contest Bob Miller Roger Shaller look forward seeing two future Now its West Virginia report RC Pylon Racing Al Ritch Back November Tn-State Flyers ftom Huntington WV Mountaineers Flying Hillbillies clubs Charleston WV area completed fourth year Q-25 Pylon Racing fly Q500-type airplanes usually ScatCats powered 05 25 FSRs past permitted use modified engines including some OS 25 VF-DFs 1988 required engines strictly stock use stock muffler 9 x 4 Master Airscrew propeller club-supplied 25 %-nitro fuel changes made attempt tract newcomers Racing reducing cost equipment slowing airplanes down SPECIALISTS IN CUSTOM COX TEE DEE & REED ENGINES 020S 049S 051S & 09S ALL CUS TOM & STOCK PARTS VAILABLEINDIVIDUALL V COMPETITION ACCESSORIES & CUSTOMIZED K&B ENGINES RACING WHEELS KLOTZ OIL CARBON FIBER SOLID LINES ALL KINDS OF FUEL TUBING FOUR BRANDS OF GLOW PLUGS HARD-TO-FIND HA RD WA RE OLD TIMER SUPPLIES COILS CONDENSERS NGK & STITT SPARK PLUGS SILK 12 COLORS QUALITY DOPE BRUSHES 5& 7LOOP 1/4RUBBER BANDS TRANSISTOR IGNITION SYSTEMS RESISTOR HIGH TENSION LEADS 1/2A TEXACO PLA YBOY SR KIT 1/2A TEXACO ENGINES & PARTS KSB & IGNITION TIMERS RUBBER POWER KITS PROPS TISSUE AND OTHER SUPPLIES C YANOA CR YLA TES & EPOXIES ORDER DY MAIL OR PHONE 619 728-4395 SORRY NO C OD VISA & MASTERCARD WELCOME MINIMUM MERCHANDISE ORDER $1000 SHIPFINO LING FEE $150 FOR INSURANCE ADO $100 STOCK ORDERS SHIPPED WITHIN 24 HRS A monthly publication covering International RO Soaring Scene US $17 yr 21/yr IsIClass] Canada/MexIco $22/yr US funds Asia&Pacific S28/yr USfunds Europe UK $28/yr USfunds Surface Mail Foreign $18/yr US funds RO SOARING DIGEST PO Box 1079 Payson AZ 85547 August 1989 143 JUH HV-UI INVMILItfT VERAGES OVER 9000 PROPS III IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT ON VISA/MC
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/08
Page Numbers: 50, 51, 139, 143
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/08
Page Numbers: 50, 51, 139, 143
THERES real hope future model building During recent sojourn Toledo bash met future form seven-and-a-half-year-old boy Aaron Buczkowski Derby NY precocious young fellow father Dr Joseph Bucz kowski calls him 40-year-old midg et Aaron model airplane busi ness vengeance Hes competent RC car driver has gone through plastic model stage intent learning fly RC summer Aarons already pro cess selecting trainer radio Al though major purchase Toledo battery-powered 2-scale off-road race car instrumental convincing dad buy Giant Junkers Stuka kit Thatll second model Aaron declared Ill betcha flies before hes nine Hes quite boy Big news local Giant front nual Dawn Patrol Chapter 90 IMAAs nual project review Fifty chapter members participated 20 model projects dis played review much super show n tellit day packed seminars Giant Scale modeling tech niques also featuring flea market Jerry Van Heeswyk QSAA trophy win ner gave fine seminar kitting scratch-building Giants Buzz Butler held forth finishing models Greg Tiernan Roy Murray demonstrated art foam wing cutting pair showed foam cutting table can simultane ously cut both top bottom surfaces wing panel Bob Eson District IX IMAA director discussed finer points making decals Larry Stoughton expostulated build ing safe Giant Scale control rods pushrods last seminar conducted Vail Kinsey expert noise exhib ited effective mufflers explained shock mounting engines will re duce noise thanks correspondent Leo Ford description worth Saturday As always happens during annual pil grimage Toledo mountain mail awaiting return letter friend Delmar Waterson Dighton KS de manded immediate attention Del did something yours truly has advocated years took existing A-scale kit modified substantially different model aircraft Dels basic starting point Nosen Mr Mulligan documentation hand emulated Benny Howard modified Giant Howard DGA 15-P mods included making new-style fiberglass cowling wheel pants DGA 15-P wing area stubby-winged Mulli gan required Delmar add extra rib bay wing panel designed built scale fiberglass P&W engine crankcase adorned cylinders machined 35mm plastic film canisters produce latter Del fitted wood dowel through cannisters turned cooling fins lathe complete scale power unit bor rowed chrome prop spinner ron Beech Staggerwing kit Sachs 31 electronic ignition provides go seems problem facing Big Bird bunch Although see wonder ful variety models fly-in rally 50 Model Aviation Radio Confrol Giant Scale John de Vries Colonel USAF Ret 4610 Moffat Ln Colorado Springs CO 80915 Delmar Watersons masterpiece Would believe beauty started life Nosen A-scale Mr Mulligan Delmar modified beautiful Giant kit Howard DGA 15-P IMAA Chapter 90s Buzz Butler Tray elaire Mystery Ship Take look finish Larry Stoughton son John justifiably proud Nosen Cessna 310 Al Ward Akron C0 nearly com plete P-38 Lightning Al participated Dawn Patrol Chapters annual project review John Fletcher DC-3 earlier-day happier Eastern Airline markings Wendell Hostetlers charming wife shows us hubbys clipped-wing J-3 built triple-threat drawings Its wingspan 102 flight lines relatively few seem available scratch-build drawings over 350 different Giant draw ings now have available us problem substantial number prototypes covered two plan sets Warbirds such Mustang Hellcat Jug P-47 frequently duplicated know least four Bucker Jungmeisters two Wedell-Williams Rac ers two Springfield Bulldogs three Great Lakes trainers Hurri canes galore Fleet bipes available least three flavors Ive lost count Pitts drawings seems lot designing talent go ing waste Duplicating prototype model drawings already exist seems like exercise futility Admittedly some plans leave lot desiredand covering accurate represen tations smart business too design ers go mail order plans busi ness sensitive what sells Theyre about market totally obscure birds suggest talented model air craft draftsmen pause before committing pencil Mylar punching up CAD program monitor quick swing through current magazines IMAAs High Flight will reveal whats currently available bit research old mag azine stacks will produce list whats done Thendazzle us some thing thats new fresh exciting easy document Im sure youll well rewarded gang whos jaded same old thing Anyone Giant Curtiss P-40N YA-18 C-46 Folkerts SK-3 Lock heed Air Express Orion Bell P-63 YMF-lA Rumpler C-V Morane Saulnier N Grumman F2F- 1 Seversky P-35 lot em Tis logical after annual Ohio orgy wed up news com mercial end hobby No different 89well try keep within reason Giant Scale kits three particular purveyors have come attention re cently AHS Manufacturing 17 N Main St Centerville OH 45459 phone1-513-4330752 has particularly neat fiberglass foam -scale AT-6 Texan kit among oth ers Ohio Superstar Products Inc 11376 Ridgeway Road Kensington OH 44427 phone1-216-223-1950 produces great Kraft Super Fli two Giant sizesboth fiberglass foamand other kits well Quay Barber Models 27106 Butternut Ridge North Olmsted OH 44070 phone 1-216-777-6172 forte largish Goodyear racer kits has five fiberglass n foamers its line soon-to-be-produced Art Chester Swee Pea its V-tail looks like fun Quays moving force large-scale Pylon Racing Contact him Continued page 139 K Bomber Field has scheduled first gathering majestic old War-Birds practice formation flying air-borne photography bombing missions over Monaville Texas conjunction Annual Big Bird Meet have decided make annual event its kind world have seven B-17s confirmed want 15 Come help make nostalgic event conducted RC World Mr Wesley Hartberg Westcraft owner designer & producer B-17 kit will attend bringing least B-17s California Trophys will awarded Spectacular air-borne VHS nose camera footage taken B-17 @ Bomber Field available Witness bombardiers viewpoint B-17 lifting off asphalt runway misting rain hear sounds 2-engines failing resulting srunning inverted crash landing demolishing B-17 Bomber Fields runway 50x 600 asphalt paved taxiways auxiliary runway 75x 400 Bermuda grass hangar 5Qx 150 covered upper observation deck spectators entire flying area flat farmland no obstructions specific information tape availability call write B B Weber President Bomber Field Inc PO Box 721950Office 713 498-7935 Houston Texas 77272Fax 713 495-1203 BOMBERFIELDA MONAVILLETEXAS10000 rn m August 1989 51 2 magical sound RC Aerobatics/Van Putte Continued page 47 made John Burts eyes Butterfly Mike Laumans Ugly Stik met violating others airspace See landing paved runway will help Spoken writer Mike Lauman asked what would help prevent high grass popping holes MonoKote Did notice Mike Lauman made three quotes four quotes three above Mike volved three funniest think clubs newsletter has pub lished something youd like share oth ers via column please send Thanks now everybody knows OS longstroke engines tough bearings received nice letter Lewis Schwab LCS Perform ance Box 1273 Melville NY 11747 claims bearing wear due radial load rear bearing being higher bear ings can tolerate regardless type con struction claims new larger-diameter bearing way solve problem Ap parently OS agrees new engines have new crankcase/larger rear bearing can retro fit older engines getting new crankcase new rear bearing Tower Hobbies has 05MG4355 @ $6695 crankcase 05MG3108 @ $11 rear bearing Lewis also has some tips dont want whole conversion want ex tend bearing life include using bear ings installing rear bearing ex posed balls facing front engine use lower nitromethane percentages fuel will reduce/eliminate detonation hammers bearings Keeping engine speed down us ing props keep rpm below 11500 ground 11000 better also helps Idling engine half minute prior going full power will ensure full lubrication rear bearing prior putting heavy load Obviously some tips will also extend bearing life fliers make conversion too Thanks information Lewis RC Giant Scale/de Vries Continued page 51 youre interested some giant-sized speed competition Enginewise able get fin gers new Mike GR6- 120 radial en gine Radial Engine Technologies Inc 7 Greenwood Lane Valhalla NY 10595 phone1-914-686-9373 uses six 20 two-stroke cylinders weighs 525 lb twists 18 x 6 prop 8150 rpm puts out 21 hp features im pressed its needle valve may remotely located either convenience safety price reasonable compared other Giant radials may have seen em Robart PO Box 1247 St Charles IL 60174 now building scale retractable landing gears B-17 Flying Fortress models Neat Finally ol buddy Wendell Hostetler has Continued page 14i Adjustable side frames free-flow ventilation Extremely light weight added comfort Attractive case included Wraparound frame fits comfortably over prescription glasses Blocks harmful aviolet radiation- Ouartz mist coated scratch resistance Made entirely Polycarbonate impact protection ANSI Z871 specifications Available in Clear shop work S1325 Amber overcast days & late afternoons S1495 Gray S1495 & Mirror S19~ sunny days CA Mask S15~ Paint Mask S2O~ member club hit prop blade thrown 60 engine close range tip blade struck Safety Plus glasses saved him serious injury possibly tbe loss eye incident convinced everyone should wear safety glasses near model airplane engines being run upEd Saul Secretary Treasurer Pikes Peak RC Club Prices include shipping handling FLU5 See hobby dealer firsl doesnt have what need order direct SAFETY PLUS PO Box 1173 Dept iM Clinton MS 39056 ORDERS ONLY 1-800-842-7233 ICont USI Mississippi 16011 924-9640 VISAIMC August 1989 139 PILOT GLASSES. HOW VALUABLE IS YOUR EYESIGHT HANDSOFFCUTII Especially Oesigned Tapered Wings unique device cutting high quality loam wing cores HANDS OFF cutting both sides same time Available hardware package assemble own board.Specify 30 -40 50 or 80 ordering Size may changed anytime Max chord tandard Larger chords available Easy assemble Requires 24 Volt Variable Output Power Supyly DEALERS WANTED Hands ott cut II hardware packagel $8750 S & H 24 Volt Variable Output power supply$6250 -i $300 S & H VIDEO FOAM SHOP Foam Shop Part OneCutting Foam Wings hour long cuts made using HANDS OFF CuT II VH SOnly $2595 includes S & H iowei 48 Foam Shop Part TwoCutting Foam Fuselages hour long cuts made using simple bow VHSOnly $2995 includes S & H lower 48 SUPER BOND ACT ADHESIVE best contact cement have ever used Only $375 8 oz squeeze bottle tnough 4 t400 square inch wingAdd $200 S & H lower 48 1/8 inch Phenolic Board Templates Only $500 v $200 S & H NORRAY PRODUCTS 5008 Sandbeach Road Wichita Falls Texas 7631 Tel t81 76924475 RC Giant Scale/de Vries Continued page 139 produced triple plan celebrate 10th year fine Scale model designing busi ness latest drawing permits building long-wing J-3 Cub 127-in span clippedwing Cub 102-in span Super Cub Accessories cowls bent gears etc available Wendell 1041 Heatherwood Lane Orrville OH 667 phone 1-216682-8896 also has some neat Giant Scale 60-in Edo float drawings Fly safelywell meet next month RC Old-Timers/Mathews Continued page 53 built flown several long phone conver sations John Pond reference docu mentation used prepare drawings finally revealed source enlarge ment small drawings Col Bowdens book Petrol Engine Aircraft wrote late Ben Buckle England put problem before readers Aeromodeller column received several replies including Tony Perihall longtime Bowden fan After considerable research have both now concluded reason no pho tos other documentation exist Mallard simple model never constructed Bowden did build subsequent low-winged model called Gulla much-simplified versionbut absolutely nothing indi cate Mallard ever built flown spring 1985 flew Mallard would turn received very little damage since no idea plane flew poorly hung up two years 1987 took bull horns rebuilt wing dihedral doesnt look nice now does fly fairly well still no sport plane flown local SAM 41 contests danger getting type wild let ter exchange Ken Willard set off several years ago downwind turn thing Ive gotta ad mit Im getting lost Bowden designs April 89 column speculated turn problems Mouse Blue Dragon designs likely associated too much di edral seemed supported letter Ross Thomas citing tendency PLW 4 another Bowden low-wing design become spirally unstable thermal subsequent Improvement situation reduction dihedral SAM does allow Now Dr Butler comes along improves Mallard increasing dihedral dunno Kick around next two months meantime Enjoy RC Helicopters/Jolly Continued page 54 Concept 30 distributed America Great Planes Model Distributors also han dles OS Max engines So unlike Hirobo Shut tle Concept 30 distributed 05 32 FSRH 05 28 FSRH Kyosho selected design engines Concept Great Planes has done excellent job promoting its new little Helicopter Because diligent work its excellent reputation distributor Great Planes has insured Concept 30 will very successful available model shops Great Planes has supplied Concept 30 kit testing received yesterday have time assemble task should take about four hours did open box checked out contents though Concept comes packed foam shipping container much same condition Hirobos Shuttle about 80% assembled Looking over Concept 30 reveals pure Kyosho beautifully molded parts fit well Kyosho has prepared excellent instruction manual obvi ously aimed novice itself will go long way toward flying success Since havent assembled Concept yet Id like save comments until next month However would like state Kyo sho Taya should congratulated ef forts highly competitive 30-size class Concept 30 very viable machine showing great strides design production techniques Id also like thank Great Planes making Concept 30 available both So dont tune next month well see what Concept 30 like assemble fly BCNU RC Pylon Racing/Hager Continued page 55 Wow guess what Jerry Small Brian raced other As luck would have Brian cut race trying catch Jerry turned 11000 smoke cleared Bruce Richmond Jerry Small tied first place Brian fast waswas still third place just point down Well flyoff first place both flamed out Jerry ended up winning first Formula race ever best time Boy What great contest Ft Worth Thunderbirds results Sunday 1 Jerry Smallll0t9 2 Bruce Richmondl 1457 two tied result de cided fast time 3 Brian Richmond 10591 4 Randy Ritchl1803 two tied result decided fast time 5 Rich Tocci 11702 6 JP Hanwayl1331 7 Dub Jett 10963 8 Norm Johnsonl1702 9 Ed Ran kinl1433 10 Red Cranfilll1632 21 entries Two new racers showed up contest Bob Miller Roger Shaller look forward seeing two future Now its West Virginia report RC Pylon Racing Al Ritch Back November Tn-State Flyers ftom Huntington WV Mountaineers Flying Hillbillies clubs Charleston WV area completed fourth year Q-25 Pylon Racing fly Q500-type airplanes usually ScatCats powered 05 25 FSRs past permitted use modified engines including some OS 25 VF-DFs 1988 required engines strictly stock use stock muffler 9 x 4 Master Airscrew propeller club-supplied 25 %-nitro fuel changes made attempt tract newcomers Racing reducing cost equipment slowing airplanes down SPECIALISTS IN CUSTOM COX TEE DEE & REED ENGINES 020S 049S 051S & 09S ALL CUS TOM & STOCK PARTS VAILABLEINDIVIDUALL V COMPETITION ACCESSORIES & CUSTOMIZED K&B ENGINES RACING WHEELS KLOTZ OIL CARBON FIBER SOLID LINES ALL KINDS OF FUEL TUBING FOUR BRANDS OF GLOW PLUGS HARD-TO-FIND HA RD WA RE OLD TIMER SUPPLIES COILS CONDENSERS NGK & STITT SPARK PLUGS SILK 12 COLORS QUALITY DOPE BRUSHES 5& 7LOOP 1/4RUBBER BANDS TRANSISTOR IGNITION SYSTEMS RESISTOR HIGH TENSION LEADS 1/2A TEXACO PLA YBOY SR KIT 1/2A TEXACO ENGINES & PARTS KSB & IGNITION TIMERS RUBBER POWER KITS PROPS TISSUE AND OTHER SUPPLIES C YANOA CR YLA TES & EPOXIES ORDER DY MAIL OR PHONE 619 728-4395 SORRY NO C OD VISA & MASTERCARD WELCOME MINIMUM MERCHANDISE ORDER $1000 SHIPFINO LING FEE $150 FOR INSURANCE ADO $100 STOCK ORDERS SHIPPED WITHIN 24 HRS A monthly publication covering International RO Soaring Scene US $17 yr 21/yr IsIClass] Canada/MexIco $22/yr US funds Asia&Pacific S28/yr USfunds Europe UK $28/yr USfunds Surface Mail Foreign $18/yr US funds RO SOARING DIGEST PO Box 1079 Payson AZ 85547 August 1989 143 JUH HV-UI INVMILItfT VERAGES OVER 9000 PROPS III IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT ON VISA/MC
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/08
Page Numbers: 50, 51, 139, 143
THERES real hope future model building During recent sojourn Toledo bash met future form seven-and-a-half-year-old boy Aaron Buczkowski Derby NY precocious young fellow father Dr Joseph Bucz kowski calls him 40-year-old midg et Aaron model airplane busi ness vengeance Hes competent RC car driver has gone through plastic model stage intent learning fly RC summer Aarons already pro cess selecting trainer radio Al though major purchase Toledo battery-powered 2-scale off-road race car instrumental convincing dad buy Giant Junkers Stuka kit Thatll second model Aaron declared Ill betcha flies before hes nine Hes quite boy Big news local Giant front nual Dawn Patrol Chapter 90 IMAAs nual project review Fifty chapter members participated 20 model projects dis played review much super show n tellit day packed seminars Giant Scale modeling tech niques also featuring flea market Jerry Van Heeswyk QSAA trophy win ner gave fine seminar kitting scratch-building Giants Buzz Butler held forth finishing models Greg Tiernan Roy Murray demonstrated art foam wing cutting pair showed foam cutting table can simultane ously cut both top bottom surfaces wing panel Bob Eson District IX IMAA director discussed finer points making decals Larry Stoughton expostulated build ing safe Giant Scale control rods pushrods last seminar conducted Vail Kinsey expert noise exhib ited effective mufflers explained shock mounting engines will re duce noise thanks correspondent Leo Ford description worth Saturday As always happens during annual pil grimage Toledo mountain mail awaiting return letter friend Delmar Waterson Dighton KS de manded immediate attention Del did something yours truly has advocated years took existing A-scale kit modified substantially different model aircraft Dels basic starting point Nosen Mr Mulligan documentation hand emulated Benny Howard modified Giant Howard DGA 15-P mods included making new-style fiberglass cowling wheel pants DGA 15-P wing area stubby-winged Mulli gan required Delmar add extra rib bay wing panel designed built scale fiberglass P&W engine crankcase adorned cylinders machined 35mm plastic film canisters produce latter Del fitted wood dowel through cannisters turned cooling fins lathe complete scale power unit bor rowed chrome prop spinner ron Beech Staggerwing kit Sachs 31 electronic ignition provides go seems problem facing Big Bird bunch Although see wonder ful variety models fly-in rally 50 Model Aviation Radio Confrol Giant Scale John de Vries Colonel USAF Ret 4610 Moffat Ln Colorado Springs CO 80915 Delmar Watersons masterpiece Would believe beauty started life Nosen A-scale Mr Mulligan Delmar modified beautiful Giant kit Howard DGA 15-P IMAA Chapter 90s Buzz Butler Tray elaire Mystery Ship Take look finish Larry Stoughton son John justifiably proud Nosen Cessna 310 Al Ward Akron C0 nearly com plete P-38 Lightning Al participated Dawn Patrol Chapters annual project review John Fletcher DC-3 earlier-day happier Eastern Airline markings Wendell Hostetlers charming wife shows us hubbys clipped-wing J-3 built triple-threat drawings Its wingspan 102 flight lines relatively few seem available scratch-build drawings over 350 different Giant draw ings now have available us problem substantial number prototypes covered two plan sets Warbirds such Mustang Hellcat Jug P-47 frequently duplicated know least four Bucker Jungmeisters two Wedell-Williams Rac ers two Springfield Bulldogs three Great Lakes trainers Hurri canes galore Fleet bipes available least three flavors Ive lost count Pitts drawings seems lot designing talent go ing waste Duplicating prototype model drawings already exist seems like exercise futility Admittedly some plans leave lot desiredand covering accurate represen tations smart business too design ers go mail order plans busi ness sensitive what sells Theyre about market totally obscure birds suggest talented model air craft draftsmen pause before committing pencil Mylar punching up CAD program monitor quick swing through current magazines IMAAs High Flight will reveal whats currently available bit research old mag azine stacks will produce list whats done Thendazzle us some thing thats new fresh exciting easy document Im sure youll well rewarded gang whos jaded same old thing Anyone Giant Curtiss P-40N YA-18 C-46 Folkerts SK-3 Lock heed Air Express Orion Bell P-63 YMF-lA Rumpler C-V Morane Saulnier N Grumman F2F- 1 Seversky P-35 lot em Tis logical after annual Ohio orgy wed up news com mercial end hobby No different 89well try keep within reason Giant Scale kits three particular purveyors have come attention re cently AHS Manufacturing 17 N Main St Centerville OH 45459 phone1-513-4330752 has particularly neat fiberglass foam -scale AT-6 Texan kit among oth ers Ohio Superstar Products Inc 11376 Ridgeway Road Kensington OH 44427 phone1-216-223-1950 produces great Kraft Super Fli two Giant sizesboth fiberglass foamand other kits well Quay Barber Models 27106 Butternut Ridge North Olmsted OH 44070 phone 1-216-777-6172 forte largish Goodyear racer kits has five fiberglass n foamers its line soon-to-be-produced Art Chester Swee Pea its V-tail looks like fun Quays moving force large-scale Pylon Racing Contact him Continued page 139 K Bomber Field has scheduled first gathering majestic old War-Birds practice formation flying air-borne photography bombing missions over Monaville Texas conjunction Annual Big Bird Meet have decided make annual event its kind world have seven B-17s confirmed want 15 Come help make nostalgic event conducted RC World Mr Wesley Hartberg Westcraft owner designer & producer B-17 kit will attend bringing least B-17s California Trophys will awarded Spectacular air-borne VHS nose camera footage taken B-17 @ Bomber Field available Witness bombardiers viewpoint B-17 lifting off asphalt runway misting rain hear sounds 2-engines failing resulting srunning inverted crash landing demolishing B-17 Bomber Fields runway 50x 600 asphalt paved taxiways auxiliary runway 75x 400 Bermuda grass hangar 5Qx 150 covered upper observation deck spectators entire flying area flat farmland no obstructions specific information tape availability call write B B Weber President Bomber Field Inc PO Box 721950Office 713 498-7935 Houston Texas 77272Fax 713 495-1203 BOMBERFIELDA MONAVILLETEXAS10000 rn m August 1989 51 2 magical sound RC Aerobatics/Van Putte Continued page 47 made John Burts eyes Butterfly Mike Laumans Ugly Stik met violating others airspace See landing paved runway will help Spoken writer Mike Lauman asked what would help prevent high grass popping holes MonoKote Did notice Mike Lauman made three quotes four quotes three above Mike volved three funniest think clubs newsletter has pub lished something youd like share oth ers via column please send Thanks now everybody knows OS longstroke engines tough bearings received nice letter Lewis Schwab LCS Perform ance Box 1273 Melville NY 11747 claims bearing wear due radial load rear bearing being higher bear ings can tolerate regardless type con struction claims new larger-diameter bearing way solve problem Ap parently OS agrees new engines have new crankcase/larger rear bearing can retro fit older engines getting new crankcase new rear bearing Tower Hobbies has 05MG4355 @ $6695 crankcase 05MG3108 @ $11 rear bearing Lewis also has some tips dont want whole conversion want ex tend bearing life include using bear ings installing rear bearing ex posed balls facing front engine use lower nitromethane percentages fuel will reduce/eliminate detonation hammers bearings Keeping engine speed down us ing props keep rpm below 11500 ground 11000 better also helps Idling engine half minute prior going full power will ensure full lubrication rear bearing prior putting heavy load Obviously some tips will also extend bearing life fliers make conversion too Thanks information Lewis RC Giant Scale/de Vries Continued page 51 youre interested some giant-sized speed competition Enginewise able get fin gers new Mike GR6- 120 radial en gine Radial Engine Technologies Inc 7 Greenwood Lane Valhalla NY 10595 phone1-914-686-9373 uses six 20 two-stroke cylinders weighs 525 lb twists 18 x 6 prop 8150 rpm puts out 21 hp features im pressed its needle valve may remotely located either convenience safety price reasonable compared other Giant radials may have seen em Robart PO Box 1247 St Charles IL 60174 now building scale retractable landing gears B-17 Flying Fortress models Neat Finally ol buddy Wendell Hostetler has Continued page 14i Adjustable side frames free-flow ventilation Extremely light weight added comfort Attractive case included Wraparound frame fits comfortably over prescription glasses Blocks harmful aviolet radiation- Ouartz mist coated scratch resistance Made entirely Polycarbonate impact protection ANSI Z871 specifications Available in Clear shop work S1325 Amber overcast days & late afternoons S1495 Gray S1495 & Mirror S19~ sunny days CA Mask S15~ Paint Mask S2O~ member club hit prop blade thrown 60 engine close range tip blade struck Safety Plus glasses saved him serious injury possibly tbe loss eye incident convinced everyone should wear safety glasses near model airplane engines being run upEd Saul Secretary Treasurer Pikes Peak RC Club Prices include shipping handling FLU5 See hobby dealer firsl doesnt have what need order direct SAFETY PLUS PO Box 1173 Dept iM Clinton MS 39056 ORDERS ONLY 1-800-842-7233 ICont USI Mississippi 16011 924-9640 VISAIMC August 1989 139 PILOT GLASSES. HOW VALUABLE IS YOUR EYESIGHT HANDSOFFCUTII Especially Oesigned Tapered Wings unique device cutting high quality loam wing cores HANDS OFF cutting both sides same time Available hardware package assemble own board.Specify 30 -40 50 or 80 ordering Size may changed anytime Max chord tandard Larger chords available Easy assemble Requires 24 Volt Variable Output Power Supyly DEALERS WANTED Hands ott cut II hardware packagel $8750 S & H 24 Volt Variable Output power supply$6250 -i $300 S & H VIDEO FOAM SHOP Foam Shop Part OneCutting Foam Wings hour long cuts made using HANDS OFF CuT II VH SOnly $2595 includes S & H iowei 48 Foam Shop Part TwoCutting Foam Fuselages hour long cuts made using simple bow VHSOnly $2995 includes S & H lower 48 SUPER BOND ACT ADHESIVE best contact cement have ever used Only $375 8 oz squeeze bottle tnough 4 t400 square inch wingAdd $200 S & H lower 48 1/8 inch Phenolic Board Templates Only $500 v $200 S & H NORRAY PRODUCTS 5008 Sandbeach Road Wichita Falls Texas 7631 Tel t81 76924475 RC Giant Scale/de Vries Continued page 139 produced triple plan celebrate 10th year fine Scale model designing busi ness latest drawing permits building long-wing J-3 Cub 127-in span clippedwing Cub 102-in span Super Cub Accessories cowls bent gears etc available Wendell 1041 Heatherwood Lane Orrville OH 667 phone 1-216682-8896 also has some neat Giant Scale 60-in Edo float drawings Fly safelywell meet next month RC Old-Timers/Mathews Continued page 53 built flown several long phone conver sations John Pond reference docu mentation used prepare drawings finally revealed source enlarge ment small drawings Col Bowdens book Petrol Engine Aircraft wrote late Ben Buckle England put problem before readers Aeromodeller column received several replies including Tony Perihall longtime Bowden fan After considerable research have both now concluded reason no pho tos other documentation exist Mallard simple model never constructed Bowden did build subsequent low-winged model called Gulla much-simplified versionbut absolutely nothing indi cate Mallard ever built flown spring 1985 flew Mallard would turn received very little damage since no idea plane flew poorly hung up two years 1987 took bull horns rebuilt wing dihedral doesnt look nice now does fly fairly well still no sport plane flown local SAM 41 contests danger getting type wild let ter exchange Ken Willard set off several years ago downwind turn thing Ive gotta ad mit Im getting lost Bowden designs April 89 column speculated turn problems Mouse Blue Dragon designs likely associated too much di edral seemed supported letter Ross Thomas citing tendency PLW 4 another Bowden low-wing design become spirally unstable thermal subsequent Improvement situation reduction dihedral SAM does allow Now Dr Butler comes along improves Mallard increasing dihedral dunno Kick around next two months meantime Enjoy RC Helicopters/Jolly Continued page 54 Concept 30 distributed America Great Planes Model Distributors also han dles OS Max engines So unlike Hirobo Shut tle Concept 30 distributed 05 32 FSRH 05 28 FSRH Kyosho selected design engines Concept Great Planes has done excellent job promoting its new little Helicopter Because diligent work its excellent reputation distributor Great Planes has insured Concept 30 will very successful available model shops Great Planes has supplied Concept 30 kit testing received yesterday have time assemble task should take about four hours did open box checked out contents though Concept comes packed foam shipping container much same condition Hirobos Shuttle about 80% assembled Looking over Concept 30 reveals pure Kyosho beautifully molded parts fit well Kyosho has prepared excellent instruction manual obvi ously aimed novice itself will go long way toward flying success Since havent assembled Concept yet Id like save comments until next month However would like state Kyo sho Taya should congratulated ef forts highly competitive 30-size class Concept 30 very viable machine showing great strides design production techniques Id also like thank Great Planes making Concept 30 available both So dont tune next month well see what Concept 30 like assemble fly BCNU RC Pylon Racing/Hager Continued page 55 Wow guess what Jerry Small Brian raced other As luck would have Brian cut race trying catch Jerry turned 11000 smoke cleared Bruce Richmond Jerry Small tied first place Brian fast waswas still third place just point down Well flyoff first place both flamed out Jerry ended up winning first Formula race ever best time Boy What great contest Ft Worth Thunderbirds results Sunday 1 Jerry Smallll0t9 2 Bruce Richmondl 1457 two tied result de cided fast time 3 Brian Richmond 10591 4 Randy Ritchl1803 two tied result decided fast time 5 Rich Tocci 11702 6 JP Hanwayl1331 7 Dub Jett 10963 8 Norm Johnsonl1702 9 Ed Ran kinl1433 10 Red Cranfilll1632 21 entries Two new racers showed up contest Bob Miller Roger Shaller look forward seeing two future Now its West Virginia report RC Pylon Racing Al Ritch Back November Tn-State Flyers ftom Huntington WV Mountaineers Flying Hillbillies clubs Charleston WV area completed fourth year Q-25 Pylon Racing fly Q500-type airplanes usually ScatCats powered 05 25 FSRs past permitted use modified engines including some OS 25 VF-DFs 1988 required engines strictly stock use stock muffler 9 x 4 Master Airscrew propeller club-supplied 25 %-nitro fuel changes made attempt tract newcomers Racing reducing cost equipment slowing airplanes down SPECIALISTS IN CUSTOM COX TEE DEE & REED ENGINES 020S 049S 051S & 09S ALL CUS TOM & STOCK PARTS VAILABLEINDIVIDUALL V COMPETITION ACCESSORIES & CUSTOMIZED K&B ENGINES RACING WHEELS KLOTZ OIL CARBON FIBER SOLID LINES ALL KINDS OF FUEL TUBING FOUR BRANDS OF GLOW PLUGS HARD-TO-FIND HA RD WA RE OLD TIMER SUPPLIES COILS CONDENSERS NGK & STITT SPARK PLUGS SILK 12 COLORS QUALITY DOPE BRUSHES 5& 7LOOP 1/4RUBBER BANDS TRANSISTOR IGNITION SYSTEMS RESISTOR HIGH TENSION LEADS 1/2A TEXACO PLA YBOY SR KIT 1/2A TEXACO ENGINES & PARTS KSB & IGNITION TIMERS RUBBER POWER KITS PROPS TISSUE AND OTHER SUPPLIES C YANOA CR YLA TES & EPOXIES ORDER DY MAIL OR PHONE 619 728-4395 SORRY NO C OD VISA & MASTERCARD WELCOME MINIMUM MERCHANDISE ORDER $1000 SHIPFINO LING FEE $150 FOR INSURANCE ADO $100 STOCK ORDERS SHIPPED WITHIN 24 HRS A monthly publication covering International RO Soaring Scene US $17 yr 21/yr IsIClass] Canada/MexIco $22/yr US funds Asia&Pacific S28/yr USfunds Europe UK $28/yr USfunds Surface Mail Foreign $18/yr US funds RO SOARING DIGEST PO Box 1079 Payson AZ 85547 August 1989 143 JUH HV-UI INVMILItfT VERAGES OVER 9000 PROPS III IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT ON VISA/MC
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/08
Page Numbers: 50, 51, 139, 143
THERES real hope future model building During recent sojourn Toledo bash met future form seven-and-a-half-year-old boy Aaron Buczkowski Derby NY precocious young fellow father Dr Joseph Bucz kowski calls him 40-year-old midg et Aaron model airplane busi ness vengeance Hes competent RC car driver has gone through plastic model stage intent learning fly RC summer Aarons already pro cess selecting trainer radio Al though major purchase Toledo battery-powered 2-scale off-road race car instrumental convincing dad buy Giant Junkers Stuka kit Thatll second model Aaron declared Ill betcha flies before hes nine Hes quite boy Big news local Giant front nual Dawn Patrol Chapter 90 IMAAs nual project review Fifty chapter members participated 20 model projects dis played review much super show n tellit day packed seminars Giant Scale modeling tech niques also featuring flea market Jerry Van Heeswyk QSAA trophy win ner gave fine seminar kitting scratch-building Giants Buzz Butler held forth finishing models Greg Tiernan Roy Murray demonstrated art foam wing cutting pair showed foam cutting table can simultane ously cut both top bottom surfaces wing panel Bob Eson District IX IMAA director discussed finer points making decals Larry Stoughton expostulated build ing safe Giant Scale control rods pushrods last seminar conducted Vail Kinsey expert noise exhib ited effective mufflers explained shock mounting engines will re duce noise thanks correspondent Leo Ford description worth Saturday As always happens during annual pil grimage Toledo mountain mail awaiting return letter friend Delmar Waterson Dighton KS de manded immediate attention Del did something yours truly has advocated years took existing A-scale kit modified substantially different model aircraft Dels basic starting point Nosen Mr Mulligan documentation hand emulated Benny Howard modified Giant Howard DGA 15-P mods included making new-style fiberglass cowling wheel pants DGA 15-P wing area stubby-winged Mulli gan required Delmar add extra rib bay wing panel designed built scale fiberglass P&W engine crankcase adorned cylinders machined 35mm plastic film canisters produce latter Del fitted wood dowel through cannisters turned cooling fins lathe complete scale power unit bor rowed chrome prop spinner ron Beech Staggerwing kit Sachs 31 electronic ignition provides go seems problem facing Big Bird bunch Although see wonder ful variety models fly-in rally 50 Model Aviation Radio Confrol Giant Scale John de Vries Colonel USAF Ret 4610 Moffat Ln Colorado Springs CO 80915 Delmar Watersons masterpiece Would believe beauty started life Nosen A-scale Mr Mulligan Delmar modified beautiful Giant kit Howard DGA 15-P IMAA Chapter 90s Buzz Butler Tray elaire Mystery Ship Take look finish Larry Stoughton son John justifiably proud Nosen Cessna 310 Al Ward Akron C0 nearly com plete P-38 Lightning Al participated Dawn Patrol Chapters annual project review John Fletcher DC-3 earlier-day happier Eastern Airline markings Wendell Hostetlers charming wife shows us hubbys clipped-wing J-3 built triple-threat drawings Its wingspan 102 flight lines relatively few seem available scratch-build drawings over 350 different Giant draw ings now have available us problem substantial number prototypes covered two plan sets Warbirds such Mustang Hellcat Jug P-47 frequently duplicated know least four Bucker Jungmeisters two Wedell-Williams Rac ers two Springfield Bulldogs three Great Lakes trainers Hurri canes galore Fleet bipes available least three flavors Ive lost count Pitts drawings seems lot designing talent go ing waste Duplicating prototype model drawings already exist seems like exercise futility Admittedly some plans leave lot desiredand covering accurate represen tations smart business too design ers go mail order plans busi ness sensitive what sells Theyre about market totally obscure birds suggest talented model air craft draftsmen pause before committing pencil Mylar punching up CAD program monitor quick swing through current magazines IMAAs High Flight will reveal whats currently available bit research old mag azine stacks will produce list whats done Thendazzle us some thing thats new fresh exciting easy document Im sure youll well rewarded gang whos jaded same old thing Anyone Giant Curtiss P-40N YA-18 C-46 Folkerts SK-3 Lock heed Air Express Orion Bell P-63 YMF-lA Rumpler C-V Morane Saulnier N Grumman F2F- 1 Seversky P-35 lot em Tis logical after annual Ohio orgy wed up news com mercial end hobby No different 89well try keep within reason Giant Scale kits three particular purveyors have come attention re cently AHS Manufacturing 17 N Main St Centerville OH 45459 phone1-513-4330752 has particularly neat fiberglass foam -scale AT-6 Texan kit among oth ers Ohio Superstar Products Inc 11376 Ridgeway Road Kensington OH 44427 phone1-216-223-1950 produces great Kraft Super Fli two Giant sizesboth fiberglass foamand other kits well Quay Barber Models 27106 Butternut Ridge North Olmsted OH 44070 phone 1-216-777-6172 forte largish Goodyear racer kits has five fiberglass n foamers its line soon-to-be-produced Art Chester Swee Pea its V-tail looks like fun Quays moving force large-scale Pylon Racing Contact him Continued page 139 K Bomber Field has scheduled first gathering majestic old War-Birds practice formation flying air-borne photography bombing missions over Monaville Texas conjunction Annual Big Bird Meet have decided make annual event its kind world have seven B-17s confirmed want 15 Come help make nostalgic event conducted RC World Mr Wesley Hartberg Westcraft owner designer & producer B-17 kit will attend bringing least B-17s California Trophys will awarded Spectacular air-borne VHS nose camera footage taken B-17 @ Bomber Field available Witness bombardiers viewpoint B-17 lifting off asphalt runway misting rain hear sounds 2-engines failing resulting srunning inverted crash landing demolishing B-17 Bomber Fields runway 50x 600 asphalt paved taxiways auxiliary runway 75x 400 Bermuda grass hangar 5Qx 150 covered upper observation deck spectators entire flying area flat farmland no obstructions specific information tape availability call write B B Weber President Bomber Field Inc PO Box 721950Office 713 498-7935 Houston Texas 77272Fax 713 495-1203 BOMBERFIELDA MONAVILLETEXAS10000 rn m August 1989 51 2 magical sound RC Aerobatics/Van Putte Continued page 47 made John Burts eyes Butterfly Mike Laumans Ugly Stik met violating others airspace See landing paved runway will help Spoken writer Mike Lauman asked what would help prevent high grass popping holes MonoKote Did notice Mike Lauman made three quotes four quotes three above Mike volved three funniest think clubs newsletter has pub lished something youd like share oth ers via column please send Thanks now everybody knows OS longstroke engines tough bearings received nice letter Lewis Schwab LCS Perform ance Box 1273 Melville NY 11747 claims bearing wear due radial load rear bearing being higher bear ings can tolerate regardless type con struction claims new larger-diameter bearing way solve problem Ap parently OS agrees new engines have new crankcase/larger rear bearing can retro fit older engines getting new crankcase new rear bearing Tower Hobbies has 05MG4355 @ $6695 crankcase 05MG3108 @ $11 rear bearing Lewis also has some tips dont want whole conversion want ex tend bearing life include using bear ings installing rear bearing ex posed balls facing front engine use lower nitromethane percentages fuel will reduce/eliminate detonation hammers bearings Keeping engine speed down us ing props keep rpm below 11500 ground 11000 better also helps Idling engine half minute prior going full power will ensure full lubrication rear bearing prior putting heavy load Obviously some tips will also extend bearing life fliers make conversion too Thanks information Lewis RC Giant Scale/de Vries Continued page 51 youre interested some giant-sized speed competition Enginewise able get fin gers new Mike GR6- 120 radial en gine Radial Engine Technologies Inc 7 Greenwood Lane Valhalla NY 10595 phone1-914-686-9373 uses six 20 two-stroke cylinders weighs 525 lb twists 18 x 6 prop 8150 rpm puts out 21 hp features im pressed its needle valve may remotely located either convenience safety price reasonable compared other Giant radials may have seen em Robart PO Box 1247 St Charles IL 60174 now building scale retractable landing gears B-17 Flying Fortress models Neat Finally ol buddy Wendell Hostetler has Continued page 14i Adjustable side frames free-flow ventilation Extremely light weight added comfort Attractive case included Wraparound frame fits comfortably over prescription glasses Blocks harmful aviolet radiation- Ouartz mist coated scratch resistance Made entirely Polycarbonate impact protection ANSI Z871 specifications Available in Clear shop work S1325 Amber overcast days & late afternoons S1495 Gray S1495 & Mirror S19~ sunny days CA Mask S15~ Paint Mask S2O~ member club hit prop blade thrown 60 engine close range tip blade struck Safety Plus glasses saved him serious injury possibly tbe loss eye incident convinced everyone should wear safety glasses near model airplane engines being run upEd Saul Secretary Treasurer Pikes Peak RC Club Prices include shipping handling FLU5 See hobby dealer firsl doesnt have what need order direct SAFETY PLUS PO Box 1173 Dept iM Clinton MS 39056 ORDERS ONLY 1-800-842-7233 ICont USI Mississippi 16011 924-9640 VISAIMC August 1989 139 PILOT GLASSES. HOW VALUABLE IS YOUR EYESIGHT HANDSOFFCUTII Especially Oesigned Tapered Wings unique device cutting high quality loam wing cores HANDS OFF cutting both sides same time Available hardware package assemble own board.Specify 30 -40 50 or 80 ordering Size may changed anytime Max chord tandard Larger chords available Easy assemble Requires 24 Volt Variable Output Power Supyly DEALERS WANTED Hands ott cut II hardware packagel $8750 S & H 24 Volt Variable Output power supply$6250 -i $300 S & H VIDEO FOAM SHOP Foam Shop Part OneCutting Foam Wings hour long cuts made using HANDS OFF CuT II VH SOnly $2595 includes S & H iowei 48 Foam Shop Part TwoCutting Foam Fuselages hour long cuts made using simple bow VHSOnly $2995 includes S & H lower 48 SUPER BOND ACT ADHESIVE best contact cement have ever used Only $375 8 oz squeeze bottle tnough 4 t400 square inch wingAdd $200 S & H lower 48 1/8 inch Phenolic Board Templates Only $500 v $200 S & H NORRAY PRODUCTS 5008 Sandbeach Road Wichita Falls Texas 7631 Tel t81 76924475 RC Giant Scale/de Vries Continued page 139 produced triple plan celebrate 10th year fine Scale model designing busi ness latest drawing permits building long-wing J-3 Cub 127-in span clippedwing Cub 102-in span Super Cub Accessories cowls bent gears etc available Wendell 1041 Heatherwood Lane Orrville OH 667 phone 1-216682-8896 also has some neat Giant Scale 60-in Edo float drawings Fly safelywell meet next month RC Old-Timers/Mathews Continued page 53 built flown several long phone conver sations John Pond reference docu mentation used prepare drawings finally revealed source enlarge ment small drawings Col Bowdens book Petrol Engine Aircraft wrote late Ben Buckle England put problem before readers Aeromodeller column received several replies including Tony Perihall longtime Bowden fan After considerable research have both now concluded reason no pho tos other documentation exist Mallard simple model never constructed Bowden did build subsequent low-winged model called Gulla much-simplified versionbut absolutely nothing indi cate Mallard ever built flown spring 1985 flew Mallard would turn received very little damage since no idea plane flew poorly hung up two years 1987 took bull horns rebuilt wing dihedral doesnt look nice now does fly fairly well still no sport plane flown local SAM 41 contests danger getting type wild let ter exchange Ken Willard set off several years ago downwind turn thing Ive gotta ad mit Im getting lost Bowden designs April 89 column speculated turn problems Mouse Blue Dragon designs likely associated too much di edral seemed supported letter Ross Thomas citing tendency PLW 4 another Bowden low-wing design become spirally unstable thermal subsequent Improvement situation reduction dihedral SAM does allow Now Dr Butler comes along improves Mallard increasing dihedral dunno Kick around next two months meantime Enjoy RC Helicopters/Jolly Continued page 54 Concept 30 distributed America Great Planes Model Distributors also han dles OS Max engines So unlike Hirobo Shut tle Concept 30 distributed 05 32 FSRH 05 28 FSRH Kyosho selected design engines Concept Great Planes has done excellent job promoting its new little Helicopter Because diligent work its excellent reputation distributor Great Planes has insured Concept 30 will very successful available model shops Great Planes has supplied Concept 30 kit testing received yesterday have time assemble task should take about four hours did open box checked out contents though Concept comes packed foam shipping container much same condition Hirobos Shuttle about 80% assembled Looking over Concept 30 reveals pure Kyosho beautifully molded parts fit well Kyosho has prepared excellent instruction manual obvi ously aimed novice itself will go long way toward flying success Since havent assembled Concept yet Id like save comments until next month However would like state Kyo sho Taya should congratulated ef forts highly competitive 30-size class Concept 30 very viable machine showing great strides design production techniques Id also like thank Great Planes making Concept 30 available both So dont tune next month well see what Concept 30 like assemble fly BCNU RC Pylon Racing/Hager Continued page 55 Wow guess what Jerry Small Brian raced other As luck would have Brian cut race trying catch Jerry turned 11000 smoke cleared Bruce Richmond Jerry Small tied first place Brian fast waswas still third place just point down Well flyoff first place both flamed out Jerry ended up winning first Formula race ever best time Boy What great contest Ft Worth Thunderbirds results Sunday 1 Jerry Smallll0t9 2 Bruce Richmondl 1457 two tied result de cided fast time 3 Brian Richmond 10591 4 Randy Ritchl1803 two tied result decided fast time 5 Rich Tocci 11702 6 JP Hanwayl1331 7 Dub Jett 10963 8 Norm Johnsonl1702 9 Ed Ran kinl1433 10 Red Cranfilll1632 21 entries Two new racers showed up contest Bob Miller Roger Shaller look forward seeing two future Now its West Virginia report RC Pylon Racing Al Ritch Back November Tn-State Flyers ftom Huntington WV Mountaineers Flying Hillbillies clubs Charleston WV area completed fourth year Q-25 Pylon Racing fly Q500-type airplanes usually ScatCats powered 05 25 FSRs past permitted use modified engines including some OS 25 VF-DFs 1988 required engines strictly stock use stock muffler 9 x 4 Master Airscrew propeller club-supplied 25 %-nitro fuel changes made attempt tract newcomers Racing reducing cost equipment slowing airplanes down SPECIALISTS IN CUSTOM COX TEE DEE & REED ENGINES 020S 049S 051S & 09S ALL CUS TOM & STOCK PARTS VAILABLEINDIVIDUALL V COMPETITION ACCESSORIES & CUSTOMIZED K&B ENGINES RACING WHEELS KLOTZ OIL CARBON FIBER SOLID LINES ALL KINDS OF FUEL TUBING FOUR BRANDS OF GLOW PLUGS HARD-TO-FIND HA RD WA RE OLD TIMER SUPPLIES COILS CONDENSERS NGK & STITT SPARK PLUGS SILK 12 COLORS QUALITY DOPE BRUSHES 5& 7LOOP 1/4RUBBER BANDS TRANSISTOR IGNITION SYSTEMS RESISTOR HIGH TENSION LEADS 1/2A TEXACO PLA YBOY SR KIT 1/2A TEXACO ENGINES & PARTS KSB & IGNITION TIMERS RUBBER POWER KITS PROPS TISSUE AND OTHER SUPPLIES C YANOA CR YLA TES & EPOXIES ORDER DY MAIL OR PHONE 619 728-4395 SORRY NO C OD VISA & MASTERCARD WELCOME MINIMUM MERCHANDISE ORDER $1000 SHIPFINO LING FEE $150 FOR INSURANCE ADO $100 STOCK ORDERS SHIPPED WITHIN 24 HRS A monthly publication covering International RO Soaring Scene US $17 yr 21/yr IsIClass] Canada/MexIco $22/yr US funds Asia&Pacific S28/yr USfunds Europe UK $28/yr USfunds Surface Mail Foreign $18/yr US funds RO SOARING DIGEST PO Box 1079 Payson AZ 85547 August 1989 143 JUH HV-UI INVMILItfT VERAGES OVER 9000 PROPS III IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT ON VISA/MC
