A CCESSis magic word month Life will pleasant keep mind glue bolt Giant scale model together Later getting innards bird minimum fuss can go long way toward keeping frustration factor down Lets take brief look full-scale aircraft historically provided access maintenance aircraft produced during World War laced fuselage covering together undoing laces early mechanics reached aircrafts structure attend maintenance chores Between wars fabric-covered aircraft often provided zippers same purpose World War II warbirds made metal posed new access problems Removable skin panels designed held place Dzus fasteners equivalent warbird its maintenance panels removed its access inspection panels open looks rather like big piece metallic Swiss cheese Would believe some Giant scale model drawings exist suggesting builder installs fuel tank makes sure lines arent kinked because wont able get after fuselage planked Man thats dumb lines arrow-straight what happens clunk works itself off fuel line Other drawings show elevator horns literally buried rear fuselage aileron pushrods out sight totally inaccessible within wing Clevises have known crystallize break locknuts plastic tubing theyve known unscrew under severe air loads prone come adrift consequences loss connection between servo control surface too well-known require further discussion cant get em can fix em cant see wire has parted company radio installation wont know isnt responding should Solder joints prone vibration breakage genuinely ugly consequences What suggested consider modifying Giant scale model include hatches access ports wherever theres mechanical electronic connection might fail dire results scale appearance bird doesnt have destroyed either Check documentation closely full-scale access inspection panels make functional model Itll take bit horseback engineering things such fuel tank can removed replaced cutting beautiful paint job bit effort possible inspect control linkages assured radios battery wires secure couple three techniques thatll make addition inspection panels hatches scalelike also functional fabric-covered birds inspection panels can boxed installing vertical strips between stringers between stringers longerons close fitting balsa-strip box fits within fuselage wing structure may constructed turn covered fabric covering film before its slipped place Friction holds panel place 84 Model Aviation HO CONTROL GIANTS 1 op 1nniver5 Uoor Foto R Bob Bankas new catalog aircraft documentation Covers color catalog literally book Five bucks Delmar Watersons 1A-scale Piper Super Cruiser Davey Models kit hangar backaround adds areatly realism Dhoto Its details count Delmar Watersons position lights Piper mean isnt full-scale Somebody has kidding superior scale suitably shaped plastic beads cockpit detail Delmar Watersons Piper Super Cruiser should buy SR ban ery pack Thats great question Usually people call us first time want know packs really worth $5 S6 price ordinary pack Theyve heard friends read R/C magazines packs best what really makes better fact make packs Space Shuffle Program Army Navy Marines Air Force NASA Lockheed Boeing name few might sound impressive However important thing packs make Military Aerospace industry identical packs make use same cells same construction same testing same people over o years SR Batteries has leader R/ C field Just few tue things make SR pack better Only SR uses screened matched Aerospace grade cells. Only SR guarantees pack never form memory gives year warranty. Only SR puts pack through 5 days electronic testing make sure pack perfect. Only SR vibration tests pack. Only SR tests pack charge retention. welded internal external construction. SR packs can fast charged. SR packs give flying time less size lighter weight. Only SR will custom make size shape pack specifications no extra charge. Only SR maintains Hotline phone number can call help R/C problem question Well answer questions help select what need what dont place order receiver transmitter Electric Flight pack other Electric Flight needs Just give us call 516 286-0079 send $5 new product technical information guides both Electric Flight well Aerospace grade receiver transmitter battery packs open 9 3 Eastern Time Zone Monday through Friday SR BATTERIES INC BOX 287 BELLPORT NEW YORK 11713 516 286-0079 FAX 516 286-0901 necessary may opened slipping thin metal strip joint prying loose Scale-size screws bolts may used hold things together youre antsy about panels coming loose flight installing inspection panels metal scale model consider lining edges both panel orifice thin 1/32-in 1/16-in plywood use harder wood achieves well-defined stable peripheral joint also helps maintain panels shape particularly planked surfaces larger panels hatches may stay place friction holding Hinges simple interior latches keep closed under negative air loads prime consideration simple way keep things closed add hook interior panel anchor rubber band models interior structure hold place hook such installation dress hooks work well should epoxied interior plywood scab turn glued removable panel host techniques may used permit reach inspect important components Giant scale model ideal situation would model could field stripped component replaced affecting its scale appearance bit care preplanning during construction ideal may closely approached Bobs latest catalog literally book well worth five-buck price Bob course Scale Model Research 2334 Ticonderoga Way Costa Mesa CA 92626 book includes listing Bobs Foto-Paaks available three-view drawings variety sources also includes host articles interest scale modelers example theres international scale expert Cliff Tacie document scale models competition Another Bob himself provides guide photographing full-size aircraft documentation purposes new book will go long way toward helping modelers produce miniature aircraft April 1993 85 Old friend Bob Banka has just published new offering Scale Aircraft Documentation Resource Guide its doozerContinued page 155 Dead-on scale instrument panel Dels Another superb Giant scale model Delmar Waterson Dighton Kansas Its Byron Originals Husky doors operate Christen Husky 1A-scale Airport background again tops realism and seat upholstered Magnificent flight regimes can introduced good anecdote out question Finally proofread everything Because eye sees what brain wants see have someone else read well Make project simple editor possible Send complete package article plans photographs establish credibility dont promise something editor cant deliver project starts crumble write include SASE suggestions possible last resort cant write meaningful insult freshly painted rest room wallseek collaborator Norman Mailer comes mind tends dangle modifiers mentationlSears Continued page 30 builder model required RC Fun Scale sign sheet bottom Now grab dividers Label tab first Description put beautiful notebook admiring just minute ago Insert first page pages documentation right behind precision scale FM make separate index tab labeled Declaration insert behind page containing declaration parts did make statement builder model next index tab labeled Three-view Its convenient have separate three-view judge suggest including three sets five FAI Photographs should come next Youre way ahead selective choice photos Dont use show detail found model Sport Scale documentation youre limited about four pages photos pick out overall views stay away detail shots unless course need show something up close have negatives can have enlargements made few larger photos very helpful Mount photos inside plastic sheet protectors use small piece double-coated tape secure photo black sheet under plastic nothing slips out gets lost Label last index tab Color youve able take color photo model prototype use Other wise use color chips both photo color chips available use Try avoid using color photos prototype alone proof color because hues will vary photo photo its absolutely necessary choose single photo label Color Only Precision Scale FAI should label tabs arrange order given various judging categories shown page 119 AMA rule book 1992-1993 page 103 FAI Sporting Code Include enough photos within tabbed subjects allow judges properly score category Okay scale modelers Youve gathered documentation Youve learned what scale documentation explained above Youve put together professional-looking presentation will impress judges make work whole lot easier short youve done everything possible give yourself edge whatever scale event youve chosen enter iantsldeVries Continued page 85 Talk about versatilityNick Ziroli s designs have found great favor among Giant scale fraternity build well fly better Now Chuck Gill Aeroplane Works 2134 Gilbride Road Martinsville NJ 08836 kitting Nicks designs variety forms Chuck features full kits wing empennage kits use fiberglass warbird fuselages advises plans canopies cowls can obtained directly Nick 29 Edgar Drive Smithtown NY 11787 Scratch-building suddenly has become lot easier Chuck also kits Rich Uravitchs WW giants Rich provides drawings plastic detail parts 15 Newcomb Trail Ridge NY 11961 Doug Dahlke posed interesting dilemma suggested should celebrating 60th anniversary Giant scale backed up suggestion Xerox copy GHQ Model Airplane Company ad March 1935 issue Air Trails ad featured five-foot flying scale models dollar Yours truly built GHQs big Monocoupe back rubber powered flew tolerably well GHQ stretched truth touted models being One-third Size Real Planes though 15-foot-span real Monocoupe would kind small reply Doug intimated RC Giant scale lot younger 60 consider began availability Quadra other gas-burning big engines looking 1976 Thatll make 30th anniversaryin 1996 What YOU think Ive just finished reading fascinating book Dave Thornburg Its titled Speak Model Airplane history model aviation Exhaustive research subject sticks out over book Daves facile writing style makes book Continued page 157 Rgt 30 Ana S 61 VDQ Ectrhi ReImU 250 Mbrimtl C Cg-anltrguI Hal & aadt tnsat Hmalq Recogniced CertifiedA Aedeesee File NoFile NoPower E26226 LR2S1 64 feC Only certified checks o money odes accepted Minimom ode $1400 three packages old Powerpoles $400 per package $200 shippieg handling CT residents add sales tao Prices sohiect change snithoot notice DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED torther information dealer p ceo send SASE Business Card SERMOS R/C SNAP CONNECTORS Inc Cedar Corners Station Box 16787 Stgmford CT 06905 203 322-6294 April 1993 155 plot airfoils dot matrix pesoter FOILED_AGAIN! PLOT AIRFOILS IN ANY CHORD UP TO 24 INCHES MODIFY THICKNESS CAMBEIt & TRAILING EDGE o PLOT SKIN THICKNESS FOR SHEEIED WINGS o ENTER DATA EASILY VIA NTELLIGENT EDITOR USERFRIKNDLY MENUDRIVEN OPERATION sINCLUDES 511 AIRFOIL FILES 26-PAGE USER MANUAL CA dl0l $4500 loll itoo.tioI 5k d5 lJ55tt ROOifl I5s4PCflAT ooortibt ag oeoel ael 00 edolo Clot ooeo & 0011 lye 0 oa1q tetoip fiT SF ahIa 501 0510k mooq eel CYGNET Software619 792-8021 3525 Del Mar Heights #237b San Diego 92130 reader-written publication about R/C soaring dedicated sharing technical educational information theory practical application $19 Bulk/Third Class $26 First Class Outside USA Please write R/C Soaring Digest PO Box 2108 Wylie TX 75098-2108 groove clamp shaft springloaded block released parts adjustable note screw visible protractor block allows protractor moved respect groove prop blade can perpendicular protractor blade iantsldeVries Continued page 155 easy read subject covered Penaud Planophore latest ducted fan helicopter models includes among host other topics history National Model Airplane Championships So youre interested learning things like balsa first used model construction won first national RC contest get book Contact Dave 5 Monticello Drive Albuquerque NM 87123 enclose #10 SASE purchase particulars Youll notice model photos accompanying column sent Giant scale expert Delmar Waterson Dighton Kansas does beautiful job detailing birds particularly cockpits also has come up nifty way store models Ill tell about next month Flying season fast approaching Give transmitter receiver batteries good recycle recharge Ill back Giant builders next month 4RC Soaring/Blakeslee Continued page 83 Soaring Society will hosting second annual Mid-South Soaring Championships June 26-27 1993 70 entries last year expect bigger better year Now over Ron Swinehart would like give input sailplane feel best buys market especially consider finished product type construction amount work required builder get plane ready fly sailplane am talking about RnRs all-composite-construction Synergy 91 its molded hollow-core wing S-91 has finished weight 92 ounces wing area 975 sq wing loading might seem high 136 ozIsq ft however plane will thermal up through floaters feature makes S-9 ls 5D2048 airfoil really perform ability camber total trailing edge using computer radio Im using Airtronics Module set ATRCS conversion Adding overall appearance efficiency fact control linkages interual wing plus flap aileron hinge lines completely sealed have built two planes date first took 34 hours complete second finished 25 hours Construction time vastly lowered because plane comes completely fabricated structural standpoint Only joint flashing needs removed wings fuselage color fuselage wings stabs rudder molded Since no painting covering required finishing process builders hate eliminated Once air speed range plane has seen believed airfoil fast side thickness just 87% 19% camber Good cruising speed allows covering lot sky searching up air plane indicates lift feed approximately 20 positive camber mixed 80 nose-up elevator slows sailplane really allows climb like lonesome dove Last summer flying field Redstone Arsenal managed complete one-hour forty-two-minute flight ship 115 flight down about 30 feet altitude plane indicated lift dialed some camber started circle plane held its own what seemed like forever slowly began climb fellows Rob Glover yelled managed work up hed really brag Well make long story short next 10 minutes managed work up about 800 feet Boy will plane thermal Additionally indicates lift well sailplane have flown S-91 very strong being stressed 35 Gs will launch well asor betterthan anything have seen Despite its weight speed will slow down fast walk landing Just apply 850 down flap 100 up aileron crow configuration flight plane very stable Yet has very fast roll rate due coupling flaps ailerons Anyone has flown aileron plane before will have no problem sailplane am convinced once person learns fly land aileron sailplane flaps modeler will never want use other type plane Four years ago club aileron ship Now 10 regulars flying April 1993 157 Clamp end gauge features grooved fixed block clamps prop shaft release spring-loaded block SAMS MODELS England NEW Scale Free Flight Kits /WARBIRDA uxwku PM SPITFIRE MK 22/24 241/2$1995 also available Westland Widgeon 24-Th$1495 Hawker Super Fury 2$2195 add $7 airmail SAMS Chapel Sandon Buntingford Herts SG9 OQJ England GASPAFtIN C02 Motors now SAMS Note us Checks & Stamps valid UK VISA & Mastercard accepted S-bills SUNGLASSES $ii95 0~ 100% VV Protection Shatterproof Excellent Optical Quality Tints Fit Over Prescriptions S Kys PO BOX 1000 DUMFRIES VA 22026 liii 800-227-9318 QUICK-BUILT SUPER TOUGH Quick-Built Super Tough AirCore 40 family Trainer NEW VHS VIDEO CATALOG $695 &h Texas esden s please add sales las US ArCore 4576 Claire Chennault Hangar 7 Dallas TX 75248 1-800-336-02 orders 1214 250-1914 info
Edition: Model Aviation - 1993/04
Page Numbers: 84, 85, 155, 157
A CCESSis magic word month Life will pleasant keep mind glue bolt Giant scale model together Later getting innards bird minimum fuss can go long way toward keeping frustration factor down Lets take brief look full-scale aircraft historically provided access maintenance aircraft produced during World War laced fuselage covering together undoing laces early mechanics reached aircrafts structure attend maintenance chores Between wars fabric-covered aircraft often provided zippers same purpose World War II warbirds made metal posed new access problems Removable skin panels designed held place Dzus fasteners equivalent warbird its maintenance panels removed its access inspection panels open looks rather like big piece metallic Swiss cheese Would believe some Giant scale model drawings exist suggesting builder installs fuel tank makes sure lines arent kinked because wont able get after fuselage planked Man thats dumb lines arrow-straight what happens clunk works itself off fuel line Other drawings show elevator horns literally buried rear fuselage aileron pushrods out sight totally inaccessible within wing Clevises have known crystallize break locknuts plastic tubing theyve known unscrew under severe air loads prone come adrift consequences loss connection between servo control surface too well-known require further discussion cant get em can fix em cant see wire has parted company radio installation wont know isnt responding should Solder joints prone vibration breakage genuinely ugly consequences What suggested consider modifying Giant scale model include hatches access ports wherever theres mechanical electronic connection might fail dire results scale appearance bird doesnt have destroyed either Check documentation closely full-scale access inspection panels make functional model Itll take bit horseback engineering things such fuel tank can removed replaced cutting beautiful paint job bit effort possible inspect control linkages assured radios battery wires secure couple three techniques thatll make addition inspection panels hatches scalelike also functional fabric-covered birds inspection panels can boxed installing vertical strips between stringers between stringers longerons close fitting balsa-strip box fits within fuselage wing structure may constructed turn covered fabric covering film before its slipped place Friction holds panel place 84 Model Aviation HO CONTROL GIANTS 1 op 1nniver5 Uoor Foto R Bob Bankas new catalog aircraft documentation Covers color catalog literally book Five bucks Delmar Watersons 1A-scale Piper Super Cruiser Davey Models kit hangar backaround adds areatly realism Dhoto Its details count Delmar Watersons position lights Piper mean isnt full-scale Somebody has kidding superior scale suitably shaped plastic beads cockpit detail Delmar Watersons Piper Super Cruiser should buy SR ban ery pack Thats great question Usually people call us first time want know packs really worth $5 S6 price ordinary pack Theyve heard friends read R/C magazines packs best what really makes better fact make packs Space Shuffle Program Army Navy Marines Air Force NASA Lockheed Boeing name few might sound impressive However important thing packs make Military Aerospace industry identical packs make use same cells same construction same testing same people over o years SR Batteries has leader R/ C field Just few tue things make SR pack better Only SR uses screened matched Aerospace grade cells. Only SR guarantees pack never form memory gives year warranty. Only SR puts pack through 5 days electronic testing make sure pack perfect. Only SR vibration tests pack. Only SR tests pack charge retention. welded internal external construction. SR packs can fast charged. SR packs give flying time less size lighter weight. Only SR will custom make size shape pack specifications no extra charge. Only SR maintains Hotline phone number can call help R/C problem question Well answer questions help select what need what dont place order receiver transmitter Electric Flight pack other Electric Flight needs Just give us call 516 286-0079 send $5 new product technical information guides both Electric Flight well Aerospace grade receiver transmitter battery packs open 9 3 Eastern Time Zone Monday through Friday SR BATTERIES INC BOX 287 BELLPORT NEW YORK 11713 516 286-0079 FAX 516 286-0901 necessary may opened slipping thin metal strip joint prying loose Scale-size screws bolts may used hold things together youre antsy about panels coming loose flight installing inspection panels metal scale model consider lining edges both panel orifice thin 1/32-in 1/16-in plywood use harder wood achieves well-defined stable peripheral joint also helps maintain panels shape particularly planked surfaces larger panels hatches may stay place friction holding Hinges simple interior latches keep closed under negative air loads prime consideration simple way keep things closed add hook interior panel anchor rubber band models interior structure hold place hook such installation dress hooks work well should epoxied interior plywood scab turn glued removable panel host techniques may used permit reach inspect important components Giant scale model ideal situation would model could field stripped component replaced affecting its scale appearance bit care preplanning during construction ideal may closely approached Bobs latest catalog literally book well worth five-buck price Bob course Scale Model Research 2334 Ticonderoga Way Costa Mesa CA 92626 book includes listing Bobs Foto-Paaks available three-view drawings variety sources also includes host articles interest scale modelers example theres international scale expert Cliff Tacie document scale models competition Another Bob himself provides guide photographing full-size aircraft documentation purposes new book will go long way toward helping modelers produce miniature aircraft April 1993 85 Old friend Bob Banka has just published new offering Scale Aircraft Documentation Resource Guide its doozerContinued page 155 Dead-on scale instrument panel Dels Another superb Giant scale model Delmar Waterson Dighton Kansas Its Byron Originals Husky doors operate Christen Husky 1A-scale Airport background again tops realism and seat upholstered Magnificent flight regimes can introduced good anecdote out question Finally proofread everything Because eye sees what brain wants see have someone else read well Make project simple editor possible Send complete package article plans photographs establish credibility dont promise something editor cant deliver project starts crumble write include SASE suggestions possible last resort cant write meaningful insult freshly painted rest room wallseek collaborator Norman Mailer comes mind tends dangle modifiers mentationlSears Continued page 30 builder model required RC Fun Scale sign sheet bottom Now grab dividers Label tab first Description put beautiful notebook admiring just minute ago Insert first page pages documentation right behind precision scale FM make separate index tab labeled Declaration insert behind page containing declaration parts did make statement builder model next index tab labeled Three-view Its convenient have separate three-view judge suggest including three sets five FAI Photographs should come next Youre way ahead selective choice photos Dont use show detail found model Sport Scale documentation youre limited about four pages photos pick out overall views stay away detail shots unless course need show something up close have negatives can have enlargements made few larger photos very helpful Mount photos inside plastic sheet protectors use small piece double-coated tape secure photo black sheet under plastic nothing slips out gets lost Label last index tab Color youve able take color photo model prototype use Other wise use color chips both photo color chips available use Try avoid using color photos prototype alone proof color because hues will vary photo photo its absolutely necessary choose single photo label Color Only Precision Scale FAI should label tabs arrange order given various judging categories shown page 119 AMA rule book 1992-1993 page 103 FAI Sporting Code Include enough photos within tabbed subjects allow judges properly score category Okay scale modelers Youve gathered documentation Youve learned what scale documentation explained above Youve put together professional-looking presentation will impress judges make work whole lot easier short youve done everything possible give yourself edge whatever scale event youve chosen enter iantsldeVries Continued page 85 Talk about versatilityNick Ziroli s designs have found great favor among Giant scale fraternity build well fly better Now Chuck Gill Aeroplane Works 2134 Gilbride Road Martinsville NJ 08836 kitting Nicks designs variety forms Chuck features full kits wing empennage kits use fiberglass warbird fuselages advises plans canopies cowls can obtained directly Nick 29 Edgar Drive Smithtown NY 11787 Scratch-building suddenly has become lot easier Chuck also kits Rich Uravitchs WW giants Rich provides drawings plastic detail parts 15 Newcomb Trail Ridge NY 11961 Doug Dahlke posed interesting dilemma suggested should celebrating 60th anniversary Giant scale backed up suggestion Xerox copy GHQ Model Airplane Company ad March 1935 issue Air Trails ad featured five-foot flying scale models dollar Yours truly built GHQs big Monocoupe back rubber powered flew tolerably well GHQ stretched truth touted models being One-third Size Real Planes though 15-foot-span real Monocoupe would kind small reply Doug intimated RC Giant scale lot younger 60 consider began availability Quadra other gas-burning big engines looking 1976 Thatll make 30th anniversaryin 1996 What YOU think Ive just finished reading fascinating book Dave Thornburg Its titled Speak Model Airplane history model aviation Exhaustive research subject sticks out over book Daves facile writing style makes book Continued page 157 Rgt 30 Ana S 61 VDQ Ectrhi ReImU 250 Mbrimtl C Cg-anltrguI Hal & aadt tnsat Hmalq Recogniced CertifiedA Aedeesee File NoFile NoPower E26226 LR2S1 64 feC Only certified checks o money odes accepted Minimom ode $1400 three packages old Powerpoles $400 per package $200 shippieg handling CT residents add sales tao Prices sohiect change snithoot notice DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED torther information dealer p ceo send SASE Business Card SERMOS R/C SNAP CONNECTORS Inc Cedar Corners Station Box 16787 Stgmford CT 06905 203 322-6294 April 1993 155 plot airfoils dot matrix pesoter FOILED_AGAIN! PLOT AIRFOILS IN ANY CHORD UP TO 24 INCHES MODIFY THICKNESS CAMBEIt & TRAILING EDGE o PLOT SKIN THICKNESS FOR SHEEIED WINGS o ENTER DATA EASILY VIA NTELLIGENT EDITOR USERFRIKNDLY MENUDRIVEN OPERATION sINCLUDES 511 AIRFOIL FILES 26-PAGE USER MANUAL CA dl0l $4500 loll itoo.tioI 5k d5 lJ55tt ROOifl I5s4PCflAT ooortibt ag oeoel ael 00 edolo Clot ooeo & 0011 lye 0 oa1q tetoip fiT SF ahIa 501 0510k mooq eel CYGNET Software619 792-8021 3525 Del Mar Heights #237b San Diego 92130 reader-written publication about R/C soaring dedicated sharing technical educational information theory practical application $19 Bulk/Third Class $26 First Class Outside USA Please write R/C Soaring Digest PO Box 2108 Wylie TX 75098-2108 groove clamp shaft springloaded block released parts adjustable note screw visible protractor block allows protractor moved respect groove prop blade can perpendicular protractor blade iantsldeVries Continued page 155 easy read subject covered Penaud Planophore latest ducted fan helicopter models includes among host other topics history National Model Airplane Championships So youre interested learning things like balsa first used model construction won first national RC contest get book Contact Dave 5 Monticello Drive Albuquerque NM 87123 enclose #10 SASE purchase particulars Youll notice model photos accompanying column sent Giant scale expert Delmar Waterson Dighton Kansas does beautiful job detailing birds particularly cockpits also has come up nifty way store models Ill tell about next month Flying season fast approaching Give transmitter receiver batteries good recycle recharge Ill back Giant builders next month 4RC Soaring/Blakeslee Continued page 83 Soaring Society will hosting second annual Mid-South Soaring Championships June 26-27 1993 70 entries last year expect bigger better year Now over Ron Swinehart would like give input sailplane feel best buys market especially consider finished product type construction amount work required builder get plane ready fly sailplane am talking about RnRs all-composite-construction Synergy 91 its molded hollow-core wing S-91 has finished weight 92 ounces wing area 975 sq wing loading might seem high 136 ozIsq ft however plane will thermal up through floaters feature makes S-9 ls 5D2048 airfoil really perform ability camber total trailing edge using computer radio Im using Airtronics Module set ATRCS conversion Adding overall appearance efficiency fact control linkages interual wing plus flap aileron hinge lines completely sealed have built two planes date first took 34 hours complete second finished 25 hours Construction time vastly lowered because plane comes completely fabricated structural standpoint Only joint flashing needs removed wings fuselage color fuselage wings stabs rudder molded Since no painting covering required finishing process builders hate eliminated Once air speed range plane has seen believed airfoil fast side thickness just 87% 19% camber Good cruising speed allows covering lot sky searching up air plane indicates lift feed approximately 20 positive camber mixed 80 nose-up elevator slows sailplane really allows climb like lonesome dove Last summer flying field Redstone Arsenal managed complete one-hour forty-two-minute flight ship 115 flight down about 30 feet altitude plane indicated lift dialed some camber started circle plane held its own what seemed like forever slowly began climb fellows Rob Glover yelled managed work up hed really brag Well make long story short next 10 minutes managed work up about 800 feet Boy will plane thermal Additionally indicates lift well sailplane have flown S-91 very strong being stressed 35 Gs will launch well asor betterthan anything have seen Despite its weight speed will slow down fast walk landing Just apply 850 down flap 100 up aileron crow configuration flight plane very stable Yet has very fast roll rate due coupling flaps ailerons Anyone has flown aileron plane before will have no problem sailplane am convinced once person learns fly land aileron sailplane flaps modeler will never want use other type plane Four years ago club aileron ship Now 10 regulars flying April 1993 157 Clamp end gauge features grooved fixed block clamps prop shaft release spring-loaded block SAMS MODELS England NEW Scale Free Flight Kits /WARBIRDA uxwku PM SPITFIRE MK 22/24 241/2$1995 also available Westland Widgeon 24-Th$1495 Hawker Super Fury 2$2195 add $7 airmail SAMS Chapel Sandon Buntingford Herts SG9 OQJ England GASPAFtIN C02 Motors now SAMS Note us Checks & Stamps valid UK VISA & Mastercard accepted S-bills SUNGLASSES $ii95 0~ 100% VV Protection Shatterproof Excellent Optical Quality Tints Fit Over Prescriptions S Kys PO BOX 1000 DUMFRIES VA 22026 liii 800-227-9318 QUICK-BUILT SUPER TOUGH Quick-Built Super Tough AirCore 40 family Trainer NEW VHS VIDEO CATALOG $695 &h Texas esden s please add sales las US ArCore 4576 Claire Chennault Hangar 7 Dallas TX 75248 1-800-336-02 orders 1214 250-1914 info
Edition: Model Aviation - 1993/04
Page Numbers: 84, 85, 155, 157
A CCESSis magic word month Life will pleasant keep mind glue bolt Giant scale model together Later getting innards bird minimum fuss can go long way toward keeping frustration factor down Lets take brief look full-scale aircraft historically provided access maintenance aircraft produced during World War laced fuselage covering together undoing laces early mechanics reached aircrafts structure attend maintenance chores Between wars fabric-covered aircraft often provided zippers same purpose World War II warbirds made metal posed new access problems Removable skin panels designed held place Dzus fasteners equivalent warbird its maintenance panels removed its access inspection panels open looks rather like big piece metallic Swiss cheese Would believe some Giant scale model drawings exist suggesting builder installs fuel tank makes sure lines arent kinked because wont able get after fuselage planked Man thats dumb lines arrow-straight what happens clunk works itself off fuel line Other drawings show elevator horns literally buried rear fuselage aileron pushrods out sight totally inaccessible within wing Clevises have known crystallize break locknuts plastic tubing theyve known unscrew under severe air loads prone come adrift consequences loss connection between servo control surface too well-known require further discussion cant get em can fix em cant see wire has parted company radio installation wont know isnt responding should Solder joints prone vibration breakage genuinely ugly consequences What suggested consider modifying Giant scale model include hatches access ports wherever theres mechanical electronic connection might fail dire results scale appearance bird doesnt have destroyed either Check documentation closely full-scale access inspection panels make functional model Itll take bit horseback engineering things such fuel tank can removed replaced cutting beautiful paint job bit effort possible inspect control linkages assured radios battery wires secure couple three techniques thatll make addition inspection panels hatches scalelike also functional fabric-covered birds inspection panels can boxed installing vertical strips between stringers between stringers longerons close fitting balsa-strip box fits within fuselage wing structure may constructed turn covered fabric covering film before its slipped place Friction holds panel place 84 Model Aviation HO CONTROL GIANTS 1 op 1nniver5 Uoor Foto R Bob Bankas new catalog aircraft documentation Covers color catalog literally book Five bucks Delmar Watersons 1A-scale Piper Super Cruiser Davey Models kit hangar backaround adds areatly realism Dhoto Its details count Delmar Watersons position lights Piper mean isnt full-scale Somebody has kidding superior scale suitably shaped plastic beads cockpit detail Delmar Watersons Piper Super Cruiser should buy SR ban ery pack Thats great question Usually people call us first time want know packs really worth $5 S6 price ordinary pack Theyve heard friends read R/C magazines packs best what really makes better fact make packs Space Shuffle Program Army Navy Marines Air Force NASA Lockheed Boeing name few might sound impressive However important thing packs make Military Aerospace industry identical packs make use same cells same construction same testing same people over o years SR Batteries has leader R/ C field Just few tue things make SR pack better Only SR uses screened matched Aerospace grade cells. Only SR guarantees pack never form memory gives year warranty. Only SR puts pack through 5 days electronic testing make sure pack perfect. Only SR vibration tests pack. Only SR tests pack charge retention. welded internal external construction. SR packs can fast charged. SR packs give flying time less size lighter weight. Only SR will custom make size shape pack specifications no extra charge. Only SR maintains Hotline phone number can call help R/C problem question Well answer questions help select what need what dont place order receiver transmitter Electric Flight pack other Electric Flight needs Just give us call 516 286-0079 send $5 new product technical information guides both Electric Flight well Aerospace grade receiver transmitter battery packs open 9 3 Eastern Time Zone Monday through Friday SR BATTERIES INC BOX 287 BELLPORT NEW YORK 11713 516 286-0079 FAX 516 286-0901 necessary may opened slipping thin metal strip joint prying loose Scale-size screws bolts may used hold things together youre antsy about panels coming loose flight installing inspection panels metal scale model consider lining edges both panel orifice thin 1/32-in 1/16-in plywood use harder wood achieves well-defined stable peripheral joint also helps maintain panels shape particularly planked surfaces larger panels hatches may stay place friction holding Hinges simple interior latches keep closed under negative air loads prime consideration simple way keep things closed add hook interior panel anchor rubber band models interior structure hold place hook such installation dress hooks work well should epoxied interior plywood scab turn glued removable panel host techniques may used permit reach inspect important components Giant scale model ideal situation would model could field stripped component replaced affecting its scale appearance bit care preplanning during construction ideal may closely approached Bobs latest catalog literally book well worth five-buck price Bob course Scale Model Research 2334 Ticonderoga Way Costa Mesa CA 92626 book includes listing Bobs Foto-Paaks available three-view drawings variety sources also includes host articles interest scale modelers example theres international scale expert Cliff Tacie document scale models competition Another Bob himself provides guide photographing full-size aircraft documentation purposes new book will go long way toward helping modelers produce miniature aircraft April 1993 85 Old friend Bob Banka has just published new offering Scale Aircraft Documentation Resource Guide its doozerContinued page 155 Dead-on scale instrument panel Dels Another superb Giant scale model Delmar Waterson Dighton Kansas Its Byron Originals Husky doors operate Christen Husky 1A-scale Airport background again tops realism and seat upholstered Magnificent flight regimes can introduced good anecdote out question Finally proofread everything Because eye sees what brain wants see have someone else read well Make project simple editor possible Send complete package article plans photographs establish credibility dont promise something editor cant deliver project starts crumble write include SASE suggestions possible last resort cant write meaningful insult freshly painted rest room wallseek collaborator Norman Mailer comes mind tends dangle modifiers mentationlSears Continued page 30 builder model required RC Fun Scale sign sheet bottom Now grab dividers Label tab first Description put beautiful notebook admiring just minute ago Insert first page pages documentation right behind precision scale FM make separate index tab labeled Declaration insert behind page containing declaration parts did make statement builder model next index tab labeled Three-view Its convenient have separate three-view judge suggest including three sets five FAI Photographs should come next Youre way ahead selective choice photos Dont use show detail found model Sport Scale documentation youre limited about four pages photos pick out overall views stay away detail shots unless course need show something up close have negatives can have enlargements made few larger photos very helpful Mount photos inside plastic sheet protectors use small piece double-coated tape secure photo black sheet under plastic nothing slips out gets lost Label last index tab Color youve able take color photo model prototype use Other wise use color chips both photo color chips available use Try avoid using color photos prototype alone proof color because hues will vary photo photo its absolutely necessary choose single photo label Color Only Precision Scale FAI should label tabs arrange order given various judging categories shown page 119 AMA rule book 1992-1993 page 103 FAI Sporting Code Include enough photos within tabbed subjects allow judges properly score category Okay scale modelers Youve gathered documentation Youve learned what scale documentation explained above Youve put together professional-looking presentation will impress judges make work whole lot easier short youve done everything possible give yourself edge whatever scale event youve chosen enter iantsldeVries Continued page 85 Talk about versatilityNick Ziroli s designs have found great favor among Giant scale fraternity build well fly better Now Chuck Gill Aeroplane Works 2134 Gilbride Road Martinsville NJ 08836 kitting Nicks designs variety forms Chuck features full kits wing empennage kits use fiberglass warbird fuselages advises plans canopies cowls can obtained directly Nick 29 Edgar Drive Smithtown NY 11787 Scratch-building suddenly has become lot easier Chuck also kits Rich Uravitchs WW giants Rich provides drawings plastic detail parts 15 Newcomb Trail Ridge NY 11961 Doug Dahlke posed interesting dilemma suggested should celebrating 60th anniversary Giant scale backed up suggestion Xerox copy GHQ Model Airplane Company ad March 1935 issue Air Trails ad featured five-foot flying scale models dollar Yours truly built GHQs big Monocoupe back rubber powered flew tolerably well GHQ stretched truth touted models being One-third Size Real Planes though 15-foot-span real Monocoupe would kind small reply Doug intimated RC Giant scale lot younger 60 consider began availability Quadra other gas-burning big engines looking 1976 Thatll make 30th anniversaryin 1996 What YOU think Ive just finished reading fascinating book Dave Thornburg Its titled Speak Model Airplane history model aviation Exhaustive research subject sticks out over book Daves facile writing style makes book Continued page 157 Rgt 30 Ana S 61 VDQ Ectrhi ReImU 250 Mbrimtl C Cg-anltrguI Hal & aadt tnsat Hmalq Recogniced CertifiedA Aedeesee File NoFile NoPower E26226 LR2S1 64 feC Only certified checks o money odes accepted Minimom ode $1400 three packages old Powerpoles $400 per package $200 shippieg handling CT residents add sales tao Prices sohiect change snithoot notice DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED torther information dealer p ceo send SASE Business Card SERMOS R/C SNAP CONNECTORS Inc Cedar Corners Station Box 16787 Stgmford CT 06905 203 322-6294 April 1993 155 plot airfoils dot matrix pesoter FOILED_AGAIN! PLOT AIRFOILS IN ANY CHORD UP TO 24 INCHES MODIFY THICKNESS CAMBEIt & TRAILING EDGE o PLOT SKIN THICKNESS FOR SHEEIED WINGS o ENTER DATA EASILY VIA NTELLIGENT EDITOR USERFRIKNDLY MENUDRIVEN OPERATION sINCLUDES 511 AIRFOIL FILES 26-PAGE USER MANUAL CA dl0l $4500 loll itoo.tioI 5k d5 lJ55tt ROOifl I5s4PCflAT ooortibt ag oeoel ael 00 edolo Clot ooeo & 0011 lye 0 oa1q tetoip fiT SF ahIa 501 0510k mooq eel CYGNET Software619 792-8021 3525 Del Mar Heights #237b San Diego 92130 reader-written publication about R/C soaring dedicated sharing technical educational information theory practical application $19 Bulk/Third Class $26 First Class Outside USA Please write R/C Soaring Digest PO Box 2108 Wylie TX 75098-2108 groove clamp shaft springloaded block released parts adjustable note screw visible protractor block allows protractor moved respect groove prop blade can perpendicular protractor blade iantsldeVries Continued page 155 easy read subject covered Penaud Planophore latest ducted fan helicopter models includes among host other topics history National Model Airplane Championships So youre interested learning things like balsa first used model construction won first national RC contest get book Contact Dave 5 Monticello Drive Albuquerque NM 87123 enclose #10 SASE purchase particulars Youll notice model photos accompanying column sent Giant scale expert Delmar Waterson Dighton Kansas does beautiful job detailing birds particularly cockpits also has come up nifty way store models Ill tell about next month Flying season fast approaching Give transmitter receiver batteries good recycle recharge Ill back Giant builders next month 4RC Soaring/Blakeslee Continued page 83 Soaring Society will hosting second annual Mid-South Soaring Championships June 26-27 1993 70 entries last year expect bigger better year Now over Ron Swinehart would like give input sailplane feel best buys market especially consider finished product type construction amount work required builder get plane ready fly sailplane am talking about RnRs all-composite-construction Synergy 91 its molded hollow-core wing S-91 has finished weight 92 ounces wing area 975 sq wing loading might seem high 136 ozIsq ft however plane will thermal up through floaters feature makes S-9 ls 5D2048 airfoil really perform ability camber total trailing edge using computer radio Im using Airtronics Module set ATRCS conversion Adding overall appearance efficiency fact control linkages interual wing plus flap aileron hinge lines completely sealed have built two planes date first took 34 hours complete second finished 25 hours Construction time vastly lowered because plane comes completely fabricated structural standpoint Only joint flashing needs removed wings fuselage color fuselage wings stabs rudder molded Since no painting covering required finishing process builders hate eliminated Once air speed range plane has seen believed airfoil fast side thickness just 87% 19% camber Good cruising speed allows covering lot sky searching up air plane indicates lift feed approximately 20 positive camber mixed 80 nose-up elevator slows sailplane really allows climb like lonesome dove Last summer flying field Redstone Arsenal managed complete one-hour forty-two-minute flight ship 115 flight down about 30 feet altitude plane indicated lift dialed some camber started circle plane held its own what seemed like forever slowly began climb fellows Rob Glover yelled managed work up hed really brag Well make long story short next 10 minutes managed work up about 800 feet Boy will plane thermal Additionally indicates lift well sailplane have flown S-91 very strong being stressed 35 Gs will launch well asor betterthan anything have seen Despite its weight speed will slow down fast walk landing Just apply 850 down flap 100 up aileron crow configuration flight plane very stable Yet has very fast roll rate due coupling flaps ailerons Anyone has flown aileron plane before will have no problem sailplane am convinced once person learns fly land aileron sailplane flaps modeler will never want use other type plane Four years ago club aileron ship Now 10 regulars flying April 1993 157 Clamp end gauge features grooved fixed block clamps prop shaft release spring-loaded block SAMS MODELS England NEW Scale Free Flight Kits /WARBIRDA uxwku PM SPITFIRE MK 22/24 241/2$1995 also available Westland Widgeon 24-Th$1495 Hawker Super Fury 2$2195 add $7 airmail SAMS Chapel Sandon Buntingford Herts SG9 OQJ England GASPAFtIN C02 Motors now SAMS Note us Checks & Stamps valid UK VISA & Mastercard accepted S-bills SUNGLASSES $ii95 0~ 100% VV Protection Shatterproof Excellent Optical Quality Tints Fit Over Prescriptions S Kys PO BOX 1000 DUMFRIES VA 22026 liii 800-227-9318 QUICK-BUILT SUPER TOUGH Quick-Built Super Tough AirCore 40 family Trainer NEW VHS VIDEO CATALOG $695 &h Texas esden s please add sales las US ArCore 4576 Claire Chennault Hangar 7 Dallas TX 75248 1-800-336-02 orders 1214 250-1914 info
Edition: Model Aviation - 1993/04
Page Numbers: 84, 85, 155, 157
A CCESSis magic word month Life will pleasant keep mind glue bolt Giant scale model together Later getting innards bird minimum fuss can go long way toward keeping frustration factor down Lets take brief look full-scale aircraft historically provided access maintenance aircraft produced during World War laced fuselage covering together undoing laces early mechanics reached aircrafts structure attend maintenance chores Between wars fabric-covered aircraft often provided zippers same purpose World War II warbirds made metal posed new access problems Removable skin panels designed held place Dzus fasteners equivalent warbird its maintenance panels removed its access inspection panels open looks rather like big piece metallic Swiss cheese Would believe some Giant scale model drawings exist suggesting builder installs fuel tank makes sure lines arent kinked because wont able get after fuselage planked Man thats dumb lines arrow-straight what happens clunk works itself off fuel line Other drawings show elevator horns literally buried rear fuselage aileron pushrods out sight totally inaccessible within wing Clevises have known crystallize break locknuts plastic tubing theyve known unscrew under severe air loads prone come adrift consequences loss connection between servo control surface too well-known require further discussion cant get em can fix em cant see wire has parted company radio installation wont know isnt responding should Solder joints prone vibration breakage genuinely ugly consequences What suggested consider modifying Giant scale model include hatches access ports wherever theres mechanical electronic connection might fail dire results scale appearance bird doesnt have destroyed either Check documentation closely full-scale access inspection panels make functional model Itll take bit horseback engineering things such fuel tank can removed replaced cutting beautiful paint job bit effort possible inspect control linkages assured radios battery wires secure couple three techniques thatll make addition inspection panels hatches scalelike also functional fabric-covered birds inspection panels can boxed installing vertical strips between stringers between stringers longerons close fitting balsa-strip box fits within fuselage wing structure may constructed turn covered fabric covering film before its slipped place Friction holds panel place 84 Model Aviation HO CONTROL GIANTS 1 op 1nniver5 Uoor Foto R Bob Bankas new catalog aircraft documentation Covers color catalog literally book Five bucks Delmar Watersons 1A-scale Piper Super Cruiser Davey Models kit hangar backaround adds areatly realism Dhoto Its details count Delmar Watersons position lights Piper mean isnt full-scale Somebody has kidding superior scale suitably shaped plastic beads cockpit detail Delmar Watersons Piper Super Cruiser should buy SR ban ery pack Thats great question Usually people call us first time want know packs really worth $5 S6 price ordinary pack Theyve heard friends read R/C magazines packs best what really makes better fact make packs Space Shuffle Program Army Navy Marines Air Force NASA Lockheed Boeing name few might sound impressive However important thing packs make Military Aerospace industry identical packs make use same cells same construction same testing same people over o years SR Batteries has leader R/ C field Just few tue things make SR pack better Only SR uses screened matched Aerospace grade cells. Only SR guarantees pack never form memory gives year warranty. Only SR puts pack through 5 days electronic testing make sure pack perfect. Only SR vibration tests pack. Only SR tests pack charge retention. welded internal external construction. SR packs can fast charged. SR packs give flying time less size lighter weight. Only SR will custom make size shape pack specifications no extra charge. Only SR maintains Hotline phone number can call help R/C problem question Well answer questions help select what need what dont place order receiver transmitter Electric Flight pack other Electric Flight needs Just give us call 516 286-0079 send $5 new product technical information guides both Electric Flight well Aerospace grade receiver transmitter battery packs open 9 3 Eastern Time Zone Monday through Friday SR BATTERIES INC BOX 287 BELLPORT NEW YORK 11713 516 286-0079 FAX 516 286-0901 necessary may opened slipping thin metal strip joint prying loose Scale-size screws bolts may used hold things together youre antsy about panels coming loose flight installing inspection panels metal scale model consider lining edges both panel orifice thin 1/32-in 1/16-in plywood use harder wood achieves well-defined stable peripheral joint also helps maintain panels shape particularly planked surfaces larger panels hatches may stay place friction holding Hinges simple interior latches keep closed under negative air loads prime consideration simple way keep things closed add hook interior panel anchor rubber band models interior structure hold place hook such installation dress hooks work well should epoxied interior plywood scab turn glued removable panel host techniques may used permit reach inspect important components Giant scale model ideal situation would model could field stripped component replaced affecting its scale appearance bit care preplanning during construction ideal may closely approached Bobs latest catalog literally book well worth five-buck price Bob course Scale Model Research 2334 Ticonderoga Way Costa Mesa CA 92626 book includes listing Bobs Foto-Paaks available three-view drawings variety sources also includes host articles interest scale modelers example theres international scale expert Cliff Tacie document scale models competition Another Bob himself provides guide photographing full-size aircraft documentation purposes new book will go long way toward helping modelers produce miniature aircraft April 1993 85 Old friend Bob Banka has just published new offering Scale Aircraft Documentation Resource Guide its doozerContinued page 155 Dead-on scale instrument panel Dels Another superb Giant scale model Delmar Waterson Dighton Kansas Its Byron Originals Husky doors operate Christen Husky 1A-scale Airport background again tops realism and seat upholstered Magnificent flight regimes can introduced good anecdote out question Finally proofread everything Because eye sees what brain wants see have someone else read well Make project simple editor possible Send complete package article plans photographs establish credibility dont promise something editor cant deliver project starts crumble write include SASE suggestions possible last resort cant write meaningful insult freshly painted rest room wallseek collaborator Norman Mailer comes mind tends dangle modifiers mentationlSears Continued page 30 builder model required RC Fun Scale sign sheet bottom Now grab dividers Label tab first Description put beautiful notebook admiring just minute ago Insert first page pages documentation right behind precision scale FM make separate index tab labeled Declaration insert behind page containing declaration parts did make statement builder model next index tab labeled Three-view Its convenient have separate three-view judge suggest including three sets five FAI Photographs should come next Youre way ahead selective choice photos Dont use show detail found model Sport Scale documentation youre limited about four pages photos pick out overall views stay away detail shots unless course need show something up close have negatives can have enlargements made few larger photos very helpful Mount photos inside plastic sheet protectors use small piece double-coated tape secure photo black sheet under plastic nothing slips out gets lost Label last index tab Color youve able take color photo model prototype use Other wise use color chips both photo color chips available use Try avoid using color photos prototype alone proof color because hues will vary photo photo its absolutely necessary choose single photo label Color Only Precision Scale FAI should label tabs arrange order given various judging categories shown page 119 AMA rule book 1992-1993 page 103 FAI Sporting Code Include enough photos within tabbed subjects allow judges properly score category Okay scale modelers Youve gathered documentation Youve learned what scale documentation explained above Youve put together professional-looking presentation will impress judges make work whole lot easier short youve done everything possible give yourself edge whatever scale event youve chosen enter iantsldeVries Continued page 85 Talk about versatilityNick Ziroli s designs have found great favor among Giant scale fraternity build well fly better Now Chuck Gill Aeroplane Works 2134 Gilbride Road Martinsville NJ 08836 kitting Nicks designs variety forms Chuck features full kits wing empennage kits use fiberglass warbird fuselages advises plans canopies cowls can obtained directly Nick 29 Edgar Drive Smithtown NY 11787 Scratch-building suddenly has become lot easier Chuck also kits Rich Uravitchs WW giants Rich provides drawings plastic detail parts 15 Newcomb Trail Ridge NY 11961 Doug Dahlke posed interesting dilemma suggested should celebrating 60th anniversary Giant scale backed up suggestion Xerox copy GHQ Model Airplane Company ad March 1935 issue Air Trails ad featured five-foot flying scale models dollar Yours truly built GHQs big Monocoupe back rubber powered flew tolerably well GHQ stretched truth touted models being One-third Size Real Planes though 15-foot-span real Monocoupe would kind small reply Doug intimated RC Giant scale lot younger 60 consider began availability Quadra other gas-burning big engines looking 1976 Thatll make 30th anniversaryin 1996 What YOU think Ive just finished reading fascinating book Dave Thornburg Its titled Speak Model Airplane history model aviation Exhaustive research subject sticks out over book Daves facile writing style makes book Continued page 157 Rgt 30 Ana S 61 VDQ Ectrhi ReImU 250 Mbrimtl C Cg-anltrguI Hal & aadt tnsat Hmalq Recogniced CertifiedA Aedeesee File NoFile NoPower E26226 LR2S1 64 feC Only certified checks o money odes accepted Minimom ode $1400 three packages old Powerpoles $400 per package $200 shippieg handling CT residents add sales tao Prices sohiect change snithoot notice DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED torther information dealer p ceo send SASE Business Card SERMOS R/C SNAP CONNECTORS Inc Cedar Corners Station Box 16787 Stgmford CT 06905 203 322-6294 April 1993 155 plot airfoils dot matrix pesoter FOILED_AGAIN! PLOT AIRFOILS IN ANY CHORD UP TO 24 INCHES MODIFY THICKNESS CAMBEIt & TRAILING EDGE o PLOT SKIN THICKNESS FOR SHEEIED WINGS o ENTER DATA EASILY VIA NTELLIGENT EDITOR USERFRIKNDLY MENUDRIVEN OPERATION sINCLUDES 511 AIRFOIL FILES 26-PAGE USER MANUAL CA dl0l $4500 loll itoo.tioI 5k d5 lJ55tt ROOifl I5s4PCflAT ooortibt ag oeoel ael 00 edolo Clot ooeo & 0011 lye 0 oa1q tetoip fiT SF ahIa 501 0510k mooq eel CYGNET Software619 792-8021 3525 Del Mar Heights #237b San Diego 92130 reader-written publication about R/C soaring dedicated sharing technical educational information theory practical application $19 Bulk/Third Class $26 First Class Outside USA Please write R/C Soaring Digest PO Box 2108 Wylie TX 75098-2108 groove clamp shaft springloaded block released parts adjustable note screw visible protractor block allows protractor moved respect groove prop blade can perpendicular protractor blade iantsldeVries Continued page 155 easy read subject covered Penaud Planophore latest ducted fan helicopter models includes among host other topics history National Model Airplane Championships So youre interested learning things like balsa first used model construction won first national RC contest get book Contact Dave 5 Monticello Drive Albuquerque NM 87123 enclose #10 SASE purchase particulars Youll notice model photos accompanying column sent Giant scale expert Delmar Waterson Dighton Kansas does beautiful job detailing birds particularly cockpits also has come up nifty way store models Ill tell about next month Flying season fast approaching Give transmitter receiver batteries good recycle recharge Ill back Giant builders next month 4RC Soaring/Blakeslee Continued page 83 Soaring Society will hosting second annual Mid-South Soaring Championships June 26-27 1993 70 entries last year expect bigger better year Now over Ron Swinehart would like give input sailplane feel best buys market especially consider finished product type construction amount work required builder get plane ready fly sailplane am talking about RnRs all-composite-construction Synergy 91 its molded hollow-core wing S-91 has finished weight 92 ounces wing area 975 sq wing loading might seem high 136 ozIsq ft however plane will thermal up through floaters feature makes S-9 ls 5D2048 airfoil really perform ability camber total trailing edge using computer radio Im using Airtronics Module set ATRCS conversion Adding overall appearance efficiency fact control linkages interual wing plus flap aileron hinge lines completely sealed have built two planes date first took 34 hours complete second finished 25 hours Construction time vastly lowered because plane comes completely fabricated structural standpoint Only joint flashing needs removed wings fuselage color fuselage wings stabs rudder molded Since no painting covering required finishing process builders hate eliminated Once air speed range plane has seen believed airfoil fast side thickness just 87% 19% camber Good cruising speed allows covering lot sky searching up air plane indicates lift feed approximately 20 positive camber mixed 80 nose-up elevator slows sailplane really allows climb like lonesome dove Last summer flying field Redstone Arsenal managed complete one-hour forty-two-minute flight ship 115 flight down about 30 feet altitude plane indicated lift dialed some camber started circle plane held its own what seemed like forever slowly began climb fellows Rob Glover yelled managed work up hed really brag Well make long story short next 10 minutes managed work up about 800 feet Boy will plane thermal Additionally indicates lift well sailplane have flown S-91 very strong being stressed 35 Gs will launch well asor betterthan anything have seen Despite its weight speed will slow down fast walk landing Just apply 850 down flap 100 up aileron crow configuration flight plane very stable Yet has very fast roll rate due coupling flaps ailerons Anyone has flown aileron plane before will have no problem sailplane am convinced once person learns fly land aileron sailplane flaps modeler will never want use other type plane Four years ago club aileron ship Now 10 regulars flying April 1993 157 Clamp end gauge features grooved fixed block clamps prop shaft release spring-loaded block SAMS MODELS England NEW Scale Free Flight Kits /WARBIRDA uxwku PM SPITFIRE MK 22/24 241/2$1995 also available Westland Widgeon 24-Th$1495 Hawker Super Fury 2$2195 add $7 airmail SAMS Chapel Sandon Buntingford Herts SG9 OQJ England GASPAFtIN C02 Motors now SAMS Note us Checks & Stamps valid UK VISA & Mastercard accepted S-bills SUNGLASSES $ii95 0~ 100% VV Protection Shatterproof Excellent Optical Quality Tints Fit Over Prescriptions S Kys PO BOX 1000 DUMFRIES VA 22026 liii 800-227-9318 QUICK-BUILT SUPER TOUGH Quick-Built Super Tough AirCore 40 family Trainer NEW VHS VIDEO CATALOG $695 &h Texas esden s please add sales las US ArCore 4576 Claire Chennault Hangar 7 Dallas TX 75248 1-800-336-02 orders 1214 250-1914 info