RADIO CONTROL GIANTS JUST finished installing pushrods fuselage current Giant kit called two -inch dowels connect servos rudder elevator installation will almost assure model will tajlheavy birch back 90 up front will require bit lead bolted firewall before model will balanced Happily added weight probably wont adversely effect models performance has bunch wing area will fly slowly Since dowels pre-drilled grooved making wire ends simple installI went along kit designers method move tail despite disadvantages heavy pushrods several other methods connect servos rudders elevators Using semiflexible plastic pushrods would have lighter alternative added cost about eight bucks would have taken two 48-inch Golden Rods could have installed elevator rudder servos tail model Hidden under stabilizer control runs would have substantially shorter providing positive action would have required couple four-foot servo wire extensions though price penalty would have almost $25 might have buy couple electroaic traps install lines between receiver servos wire back might have competed RC antenna resulted erratic receiver operation Probably lightest solution shifting movable surfaces back fuselage would have install pull-pull wire connections certain cost pull-pull would price nyloncoated steel wire special connectors additional set control horns $10 $12 However cost time money providing installing intermediate aligning pulley wheels wires would get straight shot control horns Since model wasnt designed pull-pull would have bit horseback engineering required develop wire exits compatible models structure So took cowards way out used kit-furnished birch dowel pushrods knowing would have bolt some used tire weights firewall get center gravity CG right Since concerned Giant Scale appearance l semi-trainer ed least expensive way waggle rudder elevators did forego hard engine pushrod provided model however way would have worked would have find fuel tank hole bored through isnt available alternative install bellcrank line throttle lead push around fuel February 1994 91 Jim Thompson used own drawings build RV-6 Giant Scale model Jim owns full-scale version hangar just outside workshop photo Paul Samaras outstanding Weeks Solution biplane Giant taken IMAA Chapter 124 Giant Scale Fly-In seems month Weeks biplanes Diego Lopez owns foreground model Eric Lopezs model background Both Chapter 90 IMAA members Goklberg Ultimate CowIWheel Pants Wing Skinning Video Desafioll GoldbergExtra 300 Wing Span 685 WeIgi 85-95 Wbeel Pants 615 455-0735 tank solved problem spending three bucks cable installation Bowden cable easily bends around fuel tank gives positive throttle control moral story before begin stick part part B Giant Scale model check plans draw control runs between recommended servo locations surfaces other mechanical features necessary adjust planned position parts insure positive control Also build model install control runs things open easily adjustable Dont wait until model practically completed before install radio integral part early construction effort major league ad cutter-outer Doug McMillan latest mailing stunning fourteen double-sided pages jam-packed advertisements culled host magazines ads hundreds Giant Scale drawings currently available Doug course owner AllAmerican Kit Cutters 365 Dutch Neck Road Hightstown NJ 08520 Tel 609 443-3175 As company name implies AllAmerican will make kits available scratch-building RC drawings Given catalog Doug furnished thats heck lot Giant Scale aircraft Doug has quite library plans kits outfit has cut doesnt have just Please send $100 Catalog - WIiIilIVl 215 Bi Spnns Avenue ahoma TN 37388 model want hell cut necessary parts provide drawings Doug crew use best materials 150 kits produce year quality work well worth cost bunch Giant Scale modelers ambition qualify Year Round Flyer Patch much US means flying during cold snowy monthsa very frigid prospect Before advent electric starters winter flying often meant sticking head engine tailpipe running car Thats did Fairbanks Alaska engine got warm enough vaporize glow fuel cranked hand hoped would start todays engines startersplus fully charged glowplug batterywinter starting lot easier same holds true gas burners However few precautions necessary colder climates achieve satisfactory RC flight First cold batteries system receiver transmitter ignition won t put out much during summer months Thus youll get fewer flights per charge youre used quicker get model radio air after take warm vehicle reliable batteries will Coldsoaked youll lucky get satisfactory flights Second give engine warm up before attempting flight Make sure moving parts sufficiently heated FAX 615 455-0677 continue running same holds true fly model Prolonged idling may allow engine parts cool engine quit An auxiliary glowplug battery may required additional battery power ignition engines can keep engine operating Third plastic fuel lines tanks prone splitting under extremely cold conditions Check both before fly suffer fuselage full fuel starved engine same holds true non-wooden propellers Cold tends make brittle such dire consequences thrown blades Fourth flexible stranded wires RC system tend dislike getting cold Sometimes contract enough crack attaching solder joints can imagine what erratic radio behavior will result course dress warmly might consider getting transmitter muff muff will keep hands fingers warm allowing sensitive movements necessary control model some advantages flying model winter colder denser air will give lots lift keep warm engine will respond live snow falls replacing wheels model pontoons will give broad white smooth takeoff landing surface event take precautions noted above will qualify AIvIA Year-Round Flyer Patch minimum strain pain Big beautiful regardless season odel Aviation 4C 0 0 Extra 300ture Wing Span 62 Welgit 95-100 lbS Wing Span 68 WeIgt 85-95 lbS Wing Area 965sq Engine 0 Wing Area 9X sq h Engine 12 Lre.U Wing Span 66 WeIght 85-90 lbS Wing Span 7Y WelgiW 85-95 Area 940 sq h Engine 120 Wing Area 860 sq n Engine 120
Edition: Model Aviation - 1994/02
Page Numbers: 91, 92
RADIO CONTROL GIANTS JUST finished installing pushrods fuselage current Giant kit called two -inch dowels connect servos rudder elevator installation will almost assure model will tajlheavy birch back 90 up front will require bit lead bolted firewall before model will balanced Happily added weight probably wont adversely effect models performance has bunch wing area will fly slowly Since dowels pre-drilled grooved making wire ends simple installI went along kit designers method move tail despite disadvantages heavy pushrods several other methods connect servos rudders elevators Using semiflexible plastic pushrods would have lighter alternative added cost about eight bucks would have taken two 48-inch Golden Rods could have installed elevator rudder servos tail model Hidden under stabilizer control runs would have substantially shorter providing positive action would have required couple four-foot servo wire extensions though price penalty would have almost $25 might have buy couple electroaic traps install lines between receiver servos wire back might have competed RC antenna resulted erratic receiver operation Probably lightest solution shifting movable surfaces back fuselage would have install pull-pull wire connections certain cost pull-pull would price nyloncoated steel wire special connectors additional set control horns $10 $12 However cost time money providing installing intermediate aligning pulley wheels wires would get straight shot control horns Since model wasnt designed pull-pull would have bit horseback engineering required develop wire exits compatible models structure So took cowards way out used kit-furnished birch dowel pushrods knowing would have bolt some used tire weights firewall get center gravity CG right Since concerned Giant Scale appearance l semi-trainer ed least expensive way waggle rudder elevators did forego hard engine pushrod provided model however way would have worked would have find fuel tank hole bored through isnt available alternative install bellcrank line throttle lead push around fuel February 1994 91 Jim Thompson used own drawings build RV-6 Giant Scale model Jim owns full-scale version hangar just outside workshop photo Paul Samaras outstanding Weeks Solution biplane Giant taken IMAA Chapter 124 Giant Scale Fly-In seems month Weeks biplanes Diego Lopez owns foreground model Eric Lopezs model background Both Chapter 90 IMAA members Goklberg Ultimate CowIWheel Pants Wing Skinning Video Desafioll GoldbergExtra 300 Wing Span 685 WeIgi 85-95 Wbeel Pants 615 455-0735 tank solved problem spending three bucks cable installation Bowden cable easily bends around fuel tank gives positive throttle control moral story before begin stick part part B Giant Scale model check plans draw control runs between recommended servo locations surfaces other mechanical features necessary adjust planned position parts insure positive control Also build model install control runs things open easily adjustable Dont wait until model practically completed before install radio integral part early construction effort major league ad cutter-outer Doug McMillan latest mailing stunning fourteen double-sided pages jam-packed advertisements culled host magazines ads hundreds Giant Scale drawings currently available Doug course owner AllAmerican Kit Cutters 365 Dutch Neck Road Hightstown NJ 08520 Tel 609 443-3175 As company name implies AllAmerican will make kits available scratch-building RC drawings Given catalog Doug furnished thats heck lot Giant Scale aircraft Doug has quite library plans kits outfit has cut doesnt have just Please send $100 Catalog - WIiIilIVl 215 Bi Spnns Avenue ahoma TN 37388 model want hell cut necessary parts provide drawings Doug crew use best materials 150 kits produce year quality work well worth cost bunch Giant Scale modelers ambition qualify Year Round Flyer Patch much US means flying during cold snowy monthsa very frigid prospect Before advent electric starters winter flying often meant sticking head engine tailpipe running car Thats did Fairbanks Alaska engine got warm enough vaporize glow fuel cranked hand hoped would start todays engines startersplus fully charged glowplug batterywinter starting lot easier same holds true gas burners However few precautions necessary colder climates achieve satisfactory RC flight First cold batteries system receiver transmitter ignition won t put out much during summer months Thus youll get fewer flights per charge youre used quicker get model radio air after take warm vehicle reliable batteries will Coldsoaked youll lucky get satisfactory flights Second give engine warm up before attempting flight Make sure moving parts sufficiently heated FAX 615 455-0677 continue running same holds true fly model Prolonged idling may allow engine parts cool engine quit An auxiliary glowplug battery may required additional battery power ignition engines can keep engine operating Third plastic fuel lines tanks prone splitting under extremely cold conditions Check both before fly suffer fuselage full fuel starved engine same holds true non-wooden propellers Cold tends make brittle such dire consequences thrown blades Fourth flexible stranded wires RC system tend dislike getting cold Sometimes contract enough crack attaching solder joints can imagine what erratic radio behavior will result course dress warmly might consider getting transmitter muff muff will keep hands fingers warm allowing sensitive movements necessary control model some advantages flying model winter colder denser air will give lots lift keep warm engine will respond live snow falls replacing wheels model pontoons will give broad white smooth takeoff landing surface event take precautions noted above will qualify AIvIA Year-Round Flyer Patch minimum strain pain Big beautiful regardless season odel Aviation 4C 0 0 Extra 300ture Wing Span 62 Welgit 95-100 lbS Wing Span 68 WeIgt 85-95 lbS Wing Area 965sq Engine 0 Wing Area 9X sq h Engine 12 Lre.U Wing Span 66 WeIght 85-90 lbS Wing Span 7Y WelgiW 85-95 Area 940 sq h Engine 120 Wing Area 860 sq n Engine 120