COMPLEX PROBLEMS require complex solu tions someone once said Whoever some may have certainly Wasnt Giant Scale builder some Giant Scale designers adhere line complicated better happily theyre minority After airplanes model otherwise have two things common First under skins have basic struc tures tie wing fuselage stabilizer rud der together proper relationships load-bearing structure strength airframe lies need complex perform its basic function Second skin aircraft gives its char acter Its Scale modelers add detail makes Mustang Mustang Cub Cub Too often though well go overboard add nonfiAnctional weight models attempt duplicate prototype agree light airframe adequate strength results model flies well Within practical limits shouldnt skimp build ing fundamental structure model Weight located functional comes skin its attendant detail should make effort lighten up Thick blocks balsa balsa planking heavy fiberglass resin coverings used flesh out scale shape Giant modelall totally unneces sary weight Blocks plastic foam shaped covered lightweight fiberglass cloth achieve necessary scale outlines accomplish same purpose substantial savings weight discussion inspired letter readers interested building big C-130 Hercules drawings avail able Skip Masts Skip outstanding ad vocate using foam 130 design uses mas sive hunks reader searching Hercules built using traditional former-and-planking tech niques Although recommended couple methods developing necessary formers all-balsa C-130 heart wasnt model built way bound end up heavier Skips original will take longer build need paint filler achieve good fin ish also take power fly well moral story Build basic struc ture take stresses imposed model flight Flesh out using lightest materials pos sible consistent producing necessary scale outlines live western part US theres going minifestival Big Bird IMAA en thusiasts over Labor Day weekend Jim Al ley IMAA vice president driving force along members IMAA Chapters 187 10 242 idea have great get-together US Navys Crows Landing Auxiliary Air Station Californias San Joaquin Valley about 70 miles southeast San Francisco three miles off Interstate 5 West Coast Giant modelers have found diffi cult attend IMAA Festivals because theyve concentrated central east ern parts country want partici pate write either Dwight Cathcart 3401 E Service Road Ceres CA 95307 tel 1-209/5378341 Budd Crane 453 Maple St Liver CA 94550 tel 1-415/447-2158 Dwight Budd codirectors event acres rete $10 landing fee should whiz-dinger minifestial Concern about producing realistic aluminum surface Giant models prompted Jim Henry Apple Creek OH write Hes found bare-aluminum look may created aluminum-coated paper thats used food pack aging sent along some samples Although itd require panel-by-panel application aluminized paper because relatively small size usual food packages sure would look good Retired Army Warrant Officer Frank Gordon Rochester NY mighty fine Giant builder Grumman AGCat has already pages now latest model included edification Its Waterman Aerobile tailless roadable aircraft Waldo Waterman designed built 1935 Franks model will powered OS 3500 will weigh about 20 lb ready fly Wingspan 91 model has 1804 squares Old friend Emil Neely Ikon NWest PO Box 48 Model Aviation Rado Control Giant Scale John de Vries Colonel USAF Ret 4610 Moffat Ln Colorado Springs CO 80915 Left Jim Brotton built Al Wards Mahier PJ295 Wait Moucha kit Bipe weighs 21 lb spans 81 powered Zenoah 62 Right Leo Ford latest 40%-scale Don Quixote scratch-built reversed SuperTigre 2500 has 10-ff-apn weighs 20 lb Left Ikon NWests recently upgraded its DeHaviliand Beaver kit Emil Neely Right Frank Gordon scratch-built Waterman Aerobile 0@ Frank Tianos 1A-scale Pratt & Whitney en gines made resin microbal loans Left engine arrives completely unfinished Right Custom detailing requires paints aluminum pushrods spark plugs GM Plastics produces Corsair retract able scale landing gear Notice tall hook 306 Post Falls ID 83854 has done something thats seldom seen Giant Scale model kit business Although marketing kit DeHavilland Beaver felt needed true Scale upgrading some super-accurate three views hes completely revamped kit deadon Scale airfoil properly duplicated Ive flown Air Force version birdan L-20 floats skisso Emils spiffy new kit brings back lot Alaskan memories saw couple items Toledo year caught eye first scale retractable tail wheel de signed WW II Navy warbirds particularly F4U Corsair thats really super GM Plastics makes includes scale tail hook installation other item although restricted Gi ant Scale fliers LAW Racing Products 1229 Capitol Dr Addison IL 60101 radio transmitter tray Adjflstable size fliers tray has two padded aluminum hooks suspend over ones shoulders tray self made Komatex closed-cell PVC sulator infinitely adjustable fit just about two-stick transmitter know itll fit minethey using radio just like new 1991 PCM demonstrate tray Toledo Frank Tiano Frank Tiano Enterprises 2460 SW 85th Terrace Davie FL 33324 has come up half-engine Actually its front half nine-cylinder Pratt & Whitney scale engine designed fit inside radial cowlings Frank makes -scale sizes Its cast polyester resin microbalboons flat back Epoxy sheet plywood rein forcement add some aluminum tubing pushrods simulated spark plugs bit paint voilaa scale engine Big Bird Itll add bit nose weight too Giant Scale friends England have bur geoning Large Model Association LMA publish quarterly journal/newsletter thats full great information interest big model builder/flier recent issue touted advantages Continued page 165 SUPERMICRO & NOVAi WORLDS SMALLEST R/C SYSTEMS- NOW AVAILABLE IMADE New 910 Transmitter has servo reversing end Ipoint adjustments lite-touch sticks optional dual rate & mixer circuits Tx Gold Sticker Imeets new AMA specs New Super-Micro Rx still smallest & Super Nova Rx versatile NarrowBanded new treqs & work 1991 20 KHz Narrow Band spacing Super-Micro servos now 43 oz tougher faster ever Available separately $4595 MICRO SYSTEM PRICES 72 MHZ 2 CH 237 OZ 3 OH 281 OZ 4 OH 325 OZ 5 OH 325 OZ MSM91O-22A$24495 MSM91O-33A$29145 MSM91O-44A$33895 MSM91O-54A$34995 I 1990 Narrow-anO8O j-ti-ivvA TX DUAL RATES $1500 MIXER $3995 Charlies CLASSIC Systems both slightly larger lower cost GMARK 03 R/ C & 061 RI C PLUS1 Please write newest brochuresSPARES ARE NOW IN STOd K IS&H 5ys $975 Paks $775 RxServos $575 CA Add Sales TaxI CODs 20% Deposit Catalog $100 us $300 Foreign Cash Pricesi ~ Shown Using Charge Cards Add 6% nelow $100 5% Above 8 Cochran St Suite 281 Simi Valley Ca 93065FAX 8055279114t805 581-5061 September 1990 49 Put Fun Back Fun Fly Get ROUN TUIT Today Its round sflat flies 30 Flying DISC STOL SUPERIOR Small Field S FUN FLY Aircraft STABLE PREDICTABLE B AGILE S47 VISA Foam ft Lite Ply construction ELE VON MIxer Included 25- 46 cid 3-35lbs Accurate QUALITY Mateuiale SAFE-T-DAMPER PROVEN TRUE DAMPING ACTION NOT SNAP OFF $ 995FUEL PROOF ORDER TOLL FREE0-462-2940 IORDERS DULY NEAaal WE HONOR ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS CODS CHECKS OR MONEY ORDERS ACCEPTED FLAT$ 250 POSTAGE AND HANDLING CHARGE PER ORDER UP TO6 SETS DEALER INQUIRY INVITED HOBBYTECH INC 2631 N W 20th St. Miami Flonda 33142 PH 305 638-9439 305 633-7183 RC Old-Timers/MathewsRC Giant Scale/de Vries Continued page 47Continued page 49 Leave Dick Lyons now provide us way hang up coversor put frames Dick selling faithful full-color repro ductions trio original Thirties-era model magazine covers covers Frank Tins ley September 1937 Air Trails August Shomberg February 1937 Flying Aces J0 Kotula November 1939 Model Airplane News Color density chroma absolutely excel lent perhaps better looked originally certainly better faded copies price very reasonable $10 three Order Richard E Lyons 552 Camino Concordia Camarillo CA 93010 should some Old-Timers home would make wonderful prizes next event Hey first effort sells well perhaps Dick will develop some additional ones Remember GHQ engine have aston ished flood letters Ive received about negative comments relative GHQ en gines Several readers still angry over lousy things after 50 years have com mented through dumb luck hav ing observed engine hands others did avoid donating cause Its safe say no other modeling product has ever such bad reputation Incredibly oneand onereader pleased comments felt engine much maligned other hand another reader suggested good-running reproduc tion would sell know just might no other reason finally get Ive told using 45 volts battery ig nition remember usually used three volts two dry cells fuel mix one-to-one gas/ oil can lead some degree success measures ones short building new piston sleeve dam thing able confirm extreme measures actually work Finally My supply photos Old-Timers growing thin againthat subjects out rut would sure appreciate would share color black-andwhite photos might have collection Barring receipt some fresh material may have resort photos Playboys Bombers addition Id greatly appreciate receiving photos reports activities arena RC Scale Duration pet subject using gasoline engines power large models listing titled Petrol Main Benefits cluded following low initial cost low run ning costs rugged design reliable long lasting good low-end torque swings large props no bat teries needed built-in fuel pump self-contained ignition system no oil-sodden model no needle valve fiddling easy starting longer life model minimum support equipment needed flying field need take field model petrol can light weight sheer power pretty well sums up positive reasons heartily agree British counter parts Gas engines require care mixing fuel refueling model good safety practices will minimize fire danger Nuff reading about Lets go flying RC Electrics/Kopski Continued page 51 Over five years ago July 85 column dis cussed simple charge accessory warrants revisit case since Electric modelers now routinely use multiple interchangeable battery packs get air time Therefore Ive elected repeat earlier offering time photos herein associated sketch illustrate charge splitter sim ple homemade device its really wiring har ness allows charging two battery packs same time single charger charger needs capable charging number cells equal greater total number two packs packs can out models concept limited two packs can expanded particular splitter shown utilizes round charge plug-and-jack Switchcraft combination popularized Astro jack wiring sembled old 35mm film canister small container OK its made electrically insulating material idea plug highcapability charger jack get two separate outputs connected individ ual battery packs harness electrically con nects packs series simultaneous charg ing does matter packs same cell count However does matter cells same capacity Thus SPECIALISTS IN CUSTOM COX TEE DEE & REED ENGINES 020S 049S 051S 074S & 09S ALL CUS TOM & STOCK PARTS VAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY COMPETITIONACCESSORIES RACING WHEELS KLOTZOIL CARBON FIBER SOLID LINES ALL KINDS OFFUEL TUBING THREEBRANDSOFGLOWPLUGS HARD-TO-FIND HA RD WA RE OLD TIMER SUPPLIES COILS CONDENSERS NGK& 5T177 SPARK PLUGS SILK8 COLORS QUALITYDOPE BRUSHES 5& 7LOOP 1/4RUBBERBANDS TRANSISTORIGNITIONSYSTEMS RESIS TOR HIGH TENSION LEADS 1/2A TEXACO PLA YBOYSR KIT 1/2A TEXACO ENGINES & PARTS KSB & IGNITION TIMERS RUBBER POWER KITS PROPS TISSUEAND OTHER SUPPLIES C YANOA CR YLA TES & EPOXIES ORDER BY MAIL OR PHONE 919 728-4365 SORRY NO COD VISA & MASTERCARD WELCOME MINIMUM MERCHANDISE ORDER $1000 SHIPPING HANDLING AND INSURANCE FEE $300 STOCK ORDERS SHIPPED WITHIN 24 HRS September 1990 165 VINYLWRITE CUSTOM LETFERING Providing elegant time saving economical finishing touch modelers EZ TO APPLY Our lettering comes prespaced prealignedsaving hours cutting fuss aligning individual letters decals text custom corn p uter cut 3M PROTECTIVEPremium17 type sty ~in Military B ock vinyl 2 mil thin high NOW Al~ Stencil ask & 1 Color Outlining Priced right no minimum charge castcolors es Incsuu Eg AMA plus number PEELOPFTNECARRIERTAPEJhigh 2high plus $125P&H Call write complete info AS orderu procamed upon recAMAYOURE DONEpack & sample ITS FREE shipped via Brat class VINVLWRITE CUSTOM LETNUING 16043 Tulsa StreetCustom Letter Today Granada Hills CA 91344 8181363-7131 lNoooto6PMPawMailordeonivCAruadltax LJUI%I1 V-Ut IN VIVI JIlT VERA GES 0 VER 9000 PROPS! IMMEDIA TESHIPMENTON VISA/MC
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/09
Page Numbers: 48, 49, 165
COMPLEX PROBLEMS require complex solu tions someone once said Whoever some may have certainly Wasnt Giant Scale builder some Giant Scale designers adhere line complicated better happily theyre minority After airplanes model otherwise have two things common First under skins have basic struc tures tie wing fuselage stabilizer rud der together proper relationships load-bearing structure strength airframe lies need complex perform its basic function Second skin aircraft gives its char acter Its Scale modelers add detail makes Mustang Mustang Cub Cub Too often though well go overboard add nonfiAnctional weight models attempt duplicate prototype agree light airframe adequate strength results model flies well Within practical limits shouldnt skimp build ing fundamental structure model Weight located functional comes skin its attendant detail should make effort lighten up Thick blocks balsa balsa planking heavy fiberglass resin coverings used flesh out scale shape Giant modelall totally unneces sary weight Blocks plastic foam shaped covered lightweight fiberglass cloth achieve necessary scale outlines accomplish same purpose substantial savings weight discussion inspired letter readers interested building big C-130 Hercules drawings avail able Skip Masts Skip outstanding ad vocate using foam 130 design uses mas sive hunks reader searching Hercules built using traditional former-and-planking tech niques Although recommended couple methods developing necessary formers all-balsa C-130 heart wasnt model built way bound end up heavier Skips original will take longer build need paint filler achieve good fin ish also take power fly well moral story Build basic struc ture take stresses imposed model flight Flesh out using lightest materials pos sible consistent producing necessary scale outlines live western part US theres going minifestival Big Bird IMAA en thusiasts over Labor Day weekend Jim Al ley IMAA vice president driving force along members IMAA Chapters 187 10 242 idea have great get-together US Navys Crows Landing Auxiliary Air Station Californias San Joaquin Valley about 70 miles southeast San Francisco three miles off Interstate 5 West Coast Giant modelers have found diffi cult attend IMAA Festivals because theyve concentrated central east ern parts country want partici pate write either Dwight Cathcart 3401 E Service Road Ceres CA 95307 tel 1-209/5378341 Budd Crane 453 Maple St Liver CA 94550 tel 1-415/447-2158 Dwight Budd codirectors event acres rete $10 landing fee should whiz-dinger minifestial Concern about producing realistic aluminum surface Giant models prompted Jim Henry Apple Creek OH write Hes found bare-aluminum look may created aluminum-coated paper thats used food pack aging sent along some samples Although itd require panel-by-panel application aluminized paper because relatively small size usual food packages sure would look good Retired Army Warrant Officer Frank Gordon Rochester NY mighty fine Giant builder Grumman AGCat has already pages now latest model included edification Its Waterman Aerobile tailless roadable aircraft Waldo Waterman designed built 1935 Franks model will powered OS 3500 will weigh about 20 lb ready fly Wingspan 91 model has 1804 squares Old friend Emil Neely Ikon NWest PO Box 48 Model Aviation Rado Control Giant Scale John de Vries Colonel USAF Ret 4610 Moffat Ln Colorado Springs CO 80915 Left Jim Brotton built Al Wards Mahier PJ295 Wait Moucha kit Bipe weighs 21 lb spans 81 powered Zenoah 62 Right Leo Ford latest 40%-scale Don Quixote scratch-built reversed SuperTigre 2500 has 10-ff-apn weighs 20 lb Left Ikon NWests recently upgraded its DeHaviliand Beaver kit Emil Neely Right Frank Gordon scratch-built Waterman Aerobile 0@ Frank Tianos 1A-scale Pratt & Whitney en gines made resin microbal loans Left engine arrives completely unfinished Right Custom detailing requires paints aluminum pushrods spark plugs GM Plastics produces Corsair retract able scale landing gear Notice tall hook 306 Post Falls ID 83854 has done something thats seldom seen Giant Scale model kit business Although marketing kit DeHavilland Beaver felt needed true Scale upgrading some super-accurate three views hes completely revamped kit deadon Scale airfoil properly duplicated Ive flown Air Force version birdan L-20 floats skisso Emils spiffy new kit brings back lot Alaskan memories saw couple items Toledo year caught eye first scale retractable tail wheel de signed WW II Navy warbirds particularly F4U Corsair thats really super GM Plastics makes includes scale tail hook installation other item although restricted Gi ant Scale fliers LAW Racing Products 1229 Capitol Dr Addison IL 60101 radio transmitter tray Adjflstable size fliers tray has two padded aluminum hooks suspend over ones shoulders tray self made Komatex closed-cell PVC sulator infinitely adjustable fit just about two-stick transmitter know itll fit minethey using radio just like new 1991 PCM demonstrate tray Toledo Frank Tiano Frank Tiano Enterprises 2460 SW 85th Terrace Davie FL 33324 has come up half-engine Actually its front half nine-cylinder Pratt & Whitney scale engine designed fit inside radial cowlings Frank makes -scale sizes Its cast polyester resin microbalboons flat back Epoxy sheet plywood rein forcement add some aluminum tubing pushrods simulated spark plugs bit paint voilaa scale engine Big Bird Itll add bit nose weight too Giant Scale friends England have bur geoning Large Model Association LMA publish quarterly journal/newsletter thats full great information interest big model builder/flier recent issue touted advantages Continued page 165 SUPERMICRO & NOVAi WORLDS SMALLEST R/C SYSTEMS- NOW AVAILABLE IMADE New 910 Transmitter has servo reversing end Ipoint adjustments lite-touch sticks optional dual rate & mixer circuits Tx Gold Sticker Imeets new AMA specs New Super-Micro Rx still smallest & Super Nova Rx versatile NarrowBanded new treqs & work 1991 20 KHz Narrow Band spacing Super-Micro servos now 43 oz tougher faster ever Available separately $4595 MICRO SYSTEM PRICES 72 MHZ 2 CH 237 OZ 3 OH 281 OZ 4 OH 325 OZ 5 OH 325 OZ MSM91O-22A$24495 MSM91O-33A$29145 MSM91O-44A$33895 MSM91O-54A$34995 I 1990 Narrow-anO8O j-ti-ivvA TX DUAL RATES $1500 MIXER $3995 Charlies CLASSIC Systems both slightly larger lower cost GMARK 03 R/ C & 061 RI C PLUS1 Please write newest brochuresSPARES ARE NOW IN STOd K IS&H 5ys $975 Paks $775 RxServos $575 CA Add Sales TaxI CODs 20% Deposit Catalog $100 us $300 Foreign Cash Pricesi ~ Shown Using Charge Cards Add 6% nelow $100 5% Above 8 Cochran St Suite 281 Simi Valley Ca 93065FAX 8055279114t805 581-5061 September 1990 49 Put Fun Back Fun Fly Get ROUN TUIT Today Its round sflat flies 30 Flying DISC STOL SUPERIOR Small Field S FUN FLY Aircraft STABLE PREDICTABLE B AGILE S47 VISA Foam ft Lite Ply construction ELE VON MIxer Included 25- 46 cid 3-35lbs Accurate QUALITY Mateuiale SAFE-T-DAMPER PROVEN TRUE DAMPING ACTION NOT SNAP OFF $ 995FUEL PROOF ORDER TOLL FREE0-462-2940 IORDERS DULY NEAaal WE HONOR ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS CODS CHECKS OR MONEY ORDERS ACCEPTED FLAT$ 250 POSTAGE AND HANDLING CHARGE PER ORDER UP TO6 SETS DEALER INQUIRY INVITED HOBBYTECH INC 2631 N W 20th St. Miami Flonda 33142 PH 305 638-9439 305 633-7183 RC Old-Timers/MathewsRC Giant Scale/de Vries Continued page 47Continued page 49 Leave Dick Lyons now provide us way hang up coversor put frames Dick selling faithful full-color repro ductions trio original Thirties-era model magazine covers covers Frank Tins ley September 1937 Air Trails August Shomberg February 1937 Flying Aces J0 Kotula November 1939 Model Airplane News Color density chroma absolutely excel lent perhaps better looked originally certainly better faded copies price very reasonable $10 three Order Richard E Lyons 552 Camino Concordia Camarillo CA 93010 should some Old-Timers home would make wonderful prizes next event Hey first effort sells well perhaps Dick will develop some additional ones Remember GHQ engine have aston ished flood letters Ive received about negative comments relative GHQ en gines Several readers still angry over lousy things after 50 years have com mented through dumb luck hav ing observed engine hands others did avoid donating cause Its safe say no other modeling product has ever such bad reputation Incredibly oneand onereader pleased comments felt engine much maligned other hand another reader suggested good-running reproduc tion would sell know just might no other reason finally get Ive told using 45 volts battery ig nition remember usually used three volts two dry cells fuel mix one-to-one gas/ oil can lead some degree success measures ones short building new piston sleeve dam thing able confirm extreme measures actually work Finally My supply photos Old-Timers growing thin againthat subjects out rut would sure appreciate would share color black-andwhite photos might have collection Barring receipt some fresh material may have resort photos Playboys Bombers addition Id greatly appreciate receiving photos reports activities arena RC Scale Duration pet subject using gasoline engines power large models listing titled Petrol Main Benefits cluded following low initial cost low run ning costs rugged design reliable long lasting good low-end torque swings large props no bat teries needed built-in fuel pump self-contained ignition system no oil-sodden model no needle valve fiddling easy starting longer life model minimum support equipment needed flying field need take field model petrol can light weight sheer power pretty well sums up positive reasons heartily agree British counter parts Gas engines require care mixing fuel refueling model good safety practices will minimize fire danger Nuff reading about Lets go flying RC Electrics/Kopski Continued page 51 Over five years ago July 85 column dis cussed simple charge accessory warrants revisit case since Electric modelers now routinely use multiple interchangeable battery packs get air time Therefore Ive elected repeat earlier offering time photos herein associated sketch illustrate charge splitter sim ple homemade device its really wiring har ness allows charging two battery packs same time single charger charger needs capable charging number cells equal greater total number two packs packs can out models concept limited two packs can expanded particular splitter shown utilizes round charge plug-and-jack Switchcraft combination popularized Astro jack wiring sembled old 35mm film canister small container OK its made electrically insulating material idea plug highcapability charger jack get two separate outputs connected individ ual battery packs harness electrically con nects packs series simultaneous charg ing does matter packs same cell count However does matter cells same capacity Thus SPECIALISTS IN CUSTOM COX TEE DEE & REED ENGINES 020S 049S 051S 074S & 09S ALL CUS TOM & STOCK PARTS VAILABLE INDIVIDUALLY COMPETITIONACCESSORIES RACING WHEELS KLOTZOIL CARBON FIBER SOLID LINES ALL KINDS OFFUEL TUBING THREEBRANDSOFGLOWPLUGS HARD-TO-FIND HA RD WA RE OLD TIMER SUPPLIES COILS CONDENSERS NGK& 5T177 SPARK PLUGS SILK8 COLORS QUALITYDOPE BRUSHES 5& 7LOOP 1/4RUBBERBANDS TRANSISTORIGNITIONSYSTEMS RESIS TOR HIGH TENSION LEADS 1/2A TEXACO PLA YBOYSR KIT 1/2A TEXACO ENGINES & PARTS KSB & IGNITION TIMERS RUBBER POWER KITS PROPS TISSUEAND OTHER SUPPLIES C YANOA CR YLA TES & EPOXIES ORDER BY MAIL OR PHONE 919 728-4365 SORRY NO COD VISA & MASTERCARD WELCOME MINIMUM MERCHANDISE ORDER $1000 SHIPPING HANDLING AND INSURANCE FEE $300 STOCK ORDERS SHIPPED WITHIN 24 HRS September 1990 165 VINYLWRITE CUSTOM LETFERING Providing elegant time saving economical finishing touch modelers EZ TO APPLY Our lettering comes prespaced prealignedsaving hours cutting fuss aligning individual letters decals text custom corn p uter cut 3M PROTECTIVEPremium17 type sty ~in Military B ock vinyl 2 mil thin high NOW Al~ Stencil ask & 1 Color Outlining Priced right no minimum charge castcolors es Incsuu Eg AMA plus number PEELOPFTNECARRIERTAPEJhigh 2high plus $125P&H Call write complete info AS orderu procamed upon recAMAYOURE DONEpack & sample ITS FREE shipped via Brat class VINVLWRITE CUSTOM LETNUING 16043 Tulsa StreetCustom Letter Today Granada Hills CA 91344 8181363-7131 lNoooto6PMPawMailordeonivCAruadltax LJUI%I1 V-Ut IN VIVI JIlT VERA GES 0 VER 9000 PROPS! IMMEDIA TESHIPMENTON VISA/MC
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/09
Page Numbers: 48, 49, 165
COMPLEX PROBLEMS require complex solu tions someone once said Whoever some may have certainly Wasnt Giant Scale builder some Giant Scale designers adhere line complicated better happily theyre minority After airplanes model otherwise have two things common First under skins have basic struc tures tie wing fuselage stabilizer rud der together proper relationships load-bearing structure strength airframe lies need complex perform its basic function Second skin aircraft gives its char acter Its Scale modelers add detail makes Mustang Mustang Cub Cub Too often though well go overboard add nonfiAnctional weight models attempt duplicate prototype agree light airframe adequate strength results model flies well Within practical limits shouldnt skimp build ing fundamental structure model Weight located functional comes skin its attendant detail should make effort lighten up Thick blocks balsa balsa planking heavy fiberglass resin coverings used flesh out scale shape Giant modelall totally unneces sary weight Blocks plastic foam shaped covered lightweight fiberglass cloth achieve necessary scale outlines accomplish same purpose substantial savings weight discussion inspired letter readers interested building big C-130 Hercules drawings avail able Skip Masts Skip outstanding ad vocate using foam 130 design uses mas sive hunks reader searching Hercules built using traditional former-and-planking tech niques Although recommended couple methods developing necessary formers all-balsa C-130 heart wasnt model built way bound end up heavier Skips original will take longer build need paint filler achieve good fin ish also take power fly well moral story Build basic struc ture take stresses imposed model flight Flesh out using lightest materials pos sible consistent producing necessary scale outlines live western part US theres going minifestival Big Bird IMAA en thusiasts over Labor Day weekend Jim Al ley IMAA vice president driving force along members IMAA Chapters 187 10 242 idea have great get-together US Navys Crows Landing Auxiliary Air Station Californias San Joaquin Valley about 70 miles southeast San Francisco three miles off Interstate 5 West Coast Giant modelers have found diffi cult attend IMAA Festivals because theyve concentrated central east ern parts country want partici pate write either Dwight Cathcart 3401 E Service Road Ceres CA 95307 tel 1-209/5378341 Budd Crane 453 Maple St Liver CA 94550 tel 1-415/447-2158 Dwight Budd codirectors event acres rete $10 landing fee should whiz-dinger minifestial Concern about producing realistic aluminum surface Giant models prompted Jim Henry Apple Creek OH write Hes found bare-aluminum look may created aluminum-coated paper thats used food pack aging sent along some samples Although itd require panel-by-panel application aluminized paper because relatively small size usual food packages sure would look good Retired Army Warrant Officer Frank Gordon Rochester NY mighty fine Giant builder Grumman AGCat has already pages now latest model included edification Its Waterman Aerobile tailless roadable aircraft Waldo Waterman designed built 1935 Franks model will powered OS 3500 will weigh about 20 lb ready fly Wingspan 91 model has 1804 squares Old friend Emil Neely Ikon NWest PO Box 48 Model Aviation Rado Control Giant Scale John de Vries Colonel USAF Ret 4610 Moffat Ln Colorado Springs CO 80915 Left Jim Brotton built Al Wards Mahier PJ295 Wait Moucha kit Bipe weighs 21 lb spans 81 powered Zenoah 62 Right Leo Ford latest 40%-scale Don Quixote scratch-built reversed SuperTigre 2500 has 10-ff-apn weighs 20 lb Left Ikon NWests recently upgraded its DeHaviliand Beaver kit Emil Neely Right Frank Gordon scratch-built Waterman Aerobile 0@ Frank Tianos 1A-scale Pratt & Whitney en gines made resin microbal loans Left engine arrives completely unfinished Right Custom detailing requires paints aluminum pushrods spark plugs GM Plastics produces Corsair retract able scale landing gear Notice tall hook 306 Post Falls ID 83854 has done something thats seldom seen Giant Scale model kit business Although marketing kit DeHavilland Beaver felt needed true Scale upgrading some super-accurate three views hes completely revamped kit deadon Scale airfoil properly duplicated Ive flown Air Force version birdan L-20 floats skisso Emils spiffy new kit brings back lot Alaskan memories saw couple items Toledo year caught eye first scale retractable tail wheel de signed WW II Navy warbirds particularly F4U Corsair thats really super GM Plastics makes includes scale tail hook installation other item although restricted Gi ant Scale fliers LAW Racing Products 1229 Capitol Dr Addison IL 60101 radio transmitter tray Adjflstable size fliers tray has two padded aluminum hooks suspend over ones shoulders tray self made Komatex closed-cell PVC sulator infinitely adjustable fit just about two-stick transmitter know itll fit minethey using radio just like new 1991 PCM demonstrate tray Toledo Frank Tiano Frank Tiano Enterprises 2460 SW 85th Terrace Davie FL 33324 has come up half-engine Actually its front half nine-cylinder Pratt & Whitney scale engine designed fit inside radial cowlings Frank makes -scale sizes Its cast polyester resin microbalboons flat back Epoxy sheet plywood rein forcement add some aluminum tubing pushrods simulated spark plugs bit paint voilaa scale engine Big Bird Itll add bit nose weight too Giant Scale friends England have bur geoning Large Model Association LMA publish quarterly journal/newsletter thats full great information interest big model builder/flier recent issue touted advantages Continued page 165 SUPERMICRO & NOVAi WORLDS SMALLEST R/C SYSTEMS- NOW AVAILABLE IMADE New 910 Transmitter has servo reversing end Ipoint adjustments lite-touch sticks optional dual rate & mixer circuits Tx Gold Sticker Imeets new AMA specs New Super-Micro Rx still smallest & Super Nova Rx versatile NarrowBanded new treqs & work 1991 20 KHz Narrow Band spacing Super-Micro servos now 43 oz tougher faster ever Available separately $4595 MICRO SYSTEM PRICES 72 MHZ 2 CH 237 OZ 3 OH 281 OZ 4 OH 325 OZ 5 OH 325 OZ MSM91O-22A$24495 MSM91O-33A$29145 MSM91O-44A$33895 MSM91O-54A$34995 I 1990 Narrow-anO8O j-ti-ivvA TX DUAL RATES $1500 MIXER $3995 Charlies CLASSIC Systems both slightly larger lower cost GMARK 03 R/ C & 061 RI C PLUS1 Please write newest brochuresSPARES ARE NOW IN STOd K IS&H 5ys $975 Paks $775 RxServos $575 CA Add Sales TaxI CODs 20% Deposit Catalog $100 us $300 Foreign Cash Pricesi ~ Shown Using Charge Cards Add 6% nelow $100 5% Above 8 Cochran St Suite 281 Simi Valley Ca 93065FAX 8055279114t805 581-5061 September 1990 49 Put Fun Back Fun Fly Get ROUN TUIT Today Its round sflat flies 30 Flying DISC STOL SUPERIOR Small Field S FUN FLY Aircraft STABLE PREDICTABLE B AGILE S47 VISA Foam ft Lite Ply construction ELE VON MIxer Included 25- 46 cid 3-35lbs Accurate QUALITY Mateuiale SAFE-T-DAMPER PROVEN TRUE DAMPING ACTION NOT SNAP OFF $ 995FUEL PROOF ORDER TOLL FREE0-462-2940 IORDERS DULY NEAaal WE HONOR ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS CODS CHECKS OR MONEY ORDERS ACCEPTED FLAT$ 250 POSTAGE AND HANDLING CHARGE PER ORDER UP TO6 SETS DEALER INQUIRY INVITED HOBBYTECH INC 2631 N W 20th St. Miami Flonda 33142 PH 305 638-9439 305 633-7183 RC Old-Timers/MathewsRC Giant Scale/de Vries Continued page 47Continued page 49 Leave Dick Lyons now provide us way hang up coversor put frames Dick selling faithful full-color repro ductions trio original Thirties-era model magazine covers covers Frank Tins ley September 1937 Air Trails August Shomberg February 1937 Flying Aces J0 Kotula November 1939 Model Airplane News Color density chroma absolutely excel lent perhaps better looked originally certainly better faded copies price very reasonable $10 three Order Richard E Lyons 552 Camino Concordia Camarillo CA 93010 should some Old-Timers home would make wonderful prizes next event Hey first effort sells well perhaps Dick will develop some additional ones Remember GHQ engine have aston ished flood letters Ive received about negative comments relative GHQ en gines Several readers still angry over lousy things after 50 years have com mented through dumb luck hav ing observed engine hands others did avoid donating cause Its safe say no other modeling product has ever such bad reputation Incredibly oneand onereader pleased comments felt engine much maligned other hand another reader suggested good-running reproduc tion would sell know just might no other reason finally get Ive told using 45 volts battery ig nition remember usually used three volts two dry cells fuel mix one-to-one gas/ oil can lead some degree success measures ones short building new piston sleeve dam thing able confirm extreme measures actually work Finally My supply photos Old-Timers growing thin againthat subjects out rut would sure appreciate would share color black-andwhite photos might have collection Barring receipt some fresh material may have resort photos Playboys Bombers addition Id greatly appreciate receiving photos reports activities arena RC Scale Duration pet subject using gasoline engines power large models listing titled Petrol Main Benefits cluded following low initial cost low run ning costs rugged design reliable long lasting good low-end torque swings large props no bat teries needed built-in fuel pump self-contained ignition system no oil-sodden model no needle valve fiddling easy starting longer life model minimum support equipment needed flying field need take field model petrol can light weight sheer power pretty well sums up positive reasons heartily agree British counter parts Gas engines require care mixing fuel refueling model good safety practices will minimize fire danger Nuff reading about Lets go flying RC Electrics/Kopski Continued page 51 Over five years ago July 85 column dis cussed simple charge accessory warrants revisit case since Electric modelers now routinely use multiple interchangeable battery packs get air time 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