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Radio Control: Giants

Author: J.A. de Vries


Edition: Model Aviation - 1995/11
Page Numbers: 70, 71, 72

RADIO CONTROL GIANTS REMEMBER WHEN YOU simulated scale engine wrapping heavy thread around cork length dowel extra nickel two could buy celluloid engine nibber-powered modelwith rocker boxes pushrods everything got Control Line Scale fake scale cylinders improved along state art plastic castings advent Radio Control Scale improved simulated engines became universally available looked lot like real thing lot lighter good fuelproof paint job represented scale engine Scale model Came millenium Functional metal scale engines Giant Scale models first curiositiesintended primarily engine collector Modelers reluctant trust gas/glow quarter-scale engines vagaries flight because cost Lets examine impact combining scale power scale airframes few full-scale aircraft single-cylinder reciprocating engines Therefore definition scale model power plant multicylinder device simplest usually twin appropriate models look lot like venerable Aeronca C-2 model duplicates Ed Heaths Baby Bullet prototype British Comper Swift both powered Cherub 32 hp twin youre luck OS four-stroke Gemini twins although intended scale power plants almost dead-on Cherub particularly theyre mounted upside downwith exhaust pipes facing up first purposely-designed scale model engine know Kavan four-stroke representation Continental four-banger host Giant Scale Cubs really took true Scale appearance Kavan 4 Continental impressed its scale valve covers newly available scale four-stroke 12-cubic-inch flat four American Precision Engines also duplicates Continental engines found host Cessnas Beech Bonanzas other aircraft 70 Model Aviation Nuckles h-scale Model D Gee Bee Sportster won second Power Phil Nuckles big Gee Bee YS 91 Phils place 1995 Rocky Mountain Scale Masters Qualifier proprietor Eagles Nest Hobby Shop Colorado Springs Bob McLeod Pikes Peak R/O Club cranks engine Scratch-A-Plane Fokker DVIII Brian Paul helps Jim Thompson owns full-size prototype designed thisSemi-Spinks designed built Gus Gustafson Span super RV-4 built Al Vacchio Flies good looks80 inches YS 120 power 130 flights Although didnt dont iepresent particular prototype engine Technopower cadials three five seven cylinders have added appearance great RC model gemlike fully functional radials Seidel Saito Robart combine almost-scale appearance more-thanadequate power Giant Scale models rare scale radials custom-crafted Cirrus inline scale engines V 8 OX5s rotaries have available latter know have installed models primarily because theres no way can thmtttled Fullscale rotaries throttled coupe switch cut off ignition cylindersa difficult impossible mechanism scale power plants WW era Speaking custom-built scale engines cant forget jewels Forest Edwaids machines magical shop do-ityourself projects detailed machinists magazine Strictly IC youre handy metal lathes drill presses milling machines can whip up quarter-scale Kinner K5 other model power plant drawings 24920 43rd Ave S Kent WA 980324160 sad lack scale engines representing liquid-cooled prototypes Allisons Merlins conspicuous absence Complicated plumbing radiators difficult duplicate miniature form reliable coolant pump 1/4 scale true engineering challenge late Doc Pepino intended get around problem mounting normal air-cooled model engine scale mid-fuselage location Giant Bell P-39 ducting cooling air scale carb radiator locations Dont know worked liquid cooling would have better cooling solution Other ambitious modelers have varying levels success attempting cool aircraft engines using water cooling jackets intended boat engines Kits come Complete Full Size Rolled Plans Select Balsa Ply Machine Cut Parts Fiberglass Cowling Wheel Pants Crystal Clear Canopy Quality Formed Gear Complete Hardware Pack Ve4ze Model Price 10181Super Chipmunk$289 10282DHC-1 Chipmunk$279 10381Pepsi Chipmunk$299 11162Ultimate 10-3005$359 12084Extra 260$379 12284Extra 3005$389 12587Extra 300$379 12770Extra 3005$259 13084Sukhoi SU-26mx$389 14069Sukhoi SU-26mx$259 210G101T-6G Texan$549 210D101AT-6D/SNJ-5 Texan$549 SerdSd1 % oIog er Inquiries Invited AI 7Oeod 4ames oa4 nem .hio A/C Models 4251 Lutheron Church Ad Germantown Oh 45327 Phone 513 8591660 FAX 5138597202 November1995 71 FOLLOW THE LEADER Galveston ra ie ACAMPDELL TOOLS Co 2100M Saline Rand Springfield OH 45505 /JAIocili513 3228562 800 number orders Cataleg $L99 r4ee4d Kit No Sukhoi SU-26mx Iepsi Lhlpmunk NEED SCALE DOCUMENTATION, Antiques Military Civilian Helicopters Sailplanes have the worlds largest aircraft documentation collection 5500 different full color photo studies 1905-1995 30000 3-view line drawings New 1995 Catalog/Guide 168 pages Only $800 Canada $900 Overseas $1400 Bob Banka s Scale Model Research 3114 Yukon Avenue e Costa Mesa CA 92626 ATHER CUT creates new standard ease accuracy cutting white blue foam wing cores s off Precise single wire tracking concert micro-adjustable balance weights guided exclusive three-point tracking system guarantees ripple-free surfaces No trailing edge burn-out common two wire systems Couple FEATHER CUT Tekoas THERMAL GENERATOR fool proof temperature control youll Pro st time out Cuts straight taper wings fins stabilizers matically ts tape edge workbench dining table stores its own heavy duty mailing tube lete kit anodized plated components no hardware store trips ructions include cutting first wing making templates dd Bow 40 52 Available Power supply required Guaranteed out perform rest Simply best TEKOA THE CENTER OF DESIGN 49380 SKYHARBOR WAY AGUANGA CA 92536 FEATHER CuT $14950 S & H THERMAL GENERATOR Power Supply $11950 S & H have have heard some folks going give liquid-cooled scale RC engine go things too preliminary discuss column well let know Although Giant Scale column emphasis model side things fascinated documentation side hobby end wed like announce weve found superb draftsman aircraft drawings plans league themselves talking about drawings rival Bill Wylam late Paul Matt artist Stanley Teachman 71 East Ave Fairport NY 14450-1430 pen work literally stunning So far Stan has Curtiss P-361H-75 Mitsubishi A5M4 Claude RC drawings sale $40 plus $3 P&H lend themselves easy copying enlarging Giant Scale sizes Curtiss drawings show both retract fixedgear versions Stan also has Albatros Dll Bristol Scout multiview drawings truly definitive Theyre expensive worth penny particularly enlarge Big Bird sizes Its beck dilemma baffles understanding recent months have some truly outstanding Scale RC models published stunning aircraft have failing Giant viewpoint monoplane wingspans have 70 inch category Close no cigar designers played nudge scale bit come up same models five ten inches wingspan theyd have attained magic 80 inches models would qualify Big Bird status need us visit folks operate humongous enlarging photocopiers marginally larger models would still fly same power plants able use same accessories like retracts * N HOG-BIPE SIG KIT #RC-69 SIG MANUFACTURING CO INC. Montezuma Iowa 50 171-9990 PH 515-623-5154 FAX 515-623-3922 TOLL FREE ORDERS 800-247-5008 MODELERS HOT LINE 800-524-7805 SIG Manufacturing has moved State-of-the-Art Laser Cutting kit production LT-40 Tn-Star Hog-Bipe first pre miere laser cut parts Watch future IUz 72 Model Aviation

Author: J.A. de Vries


Edition: Model Aviation - 1995/11
Page Numbers: 70, 71, 72

RADIO CONTROL GIANTS REMEMBER WHEN YOU simulated scale engine wrapping heavy thread around cork length dowel extra nickel two could buy celluloid engine nibber-powered modelwith rocker boxes pushrods everything got Control Line Scale fake scale cylinders improved along state art plastic castings advent Radio Control Scale improved simulated engines became universally available looked lot like real thing lot lighter good fuelproof paint job represented scale engine Scale model Came millenium Functional metal scale engines Giant Scale models first curiositiesintended primarily engine collector Modelers reluctant trust gas/glow quarter-scale engines vagaries flight because cost Lets examine impact combining scale power scale airframes few full-scale aircraft single-cylinder reciprocating engines Therefore definition scale model power plant multicylinder device simplest usually twin appropriate models look lot like venerable Aeronca C-2 model duplicates Ed Heaths Baby Bullet prototype British Comper Swift both powered Cherub 32 hp twin youre luck OS four-stroke Gemini twins although intended scale power plants almost dead-on Cherub particularly theyre mounted upside downwith exhaust pipes facing up first purposely-designed scale model engine know Kavan four-stroke representation Continental four-banger host Giant Scale Cubs really took true Scale appearance Kavan 4 Continental impressed its scale valve covers newly available scale four-stroke 12-cubic-inch flat four American Precision Engines also duplicates Continental engines found host Cessnas Beech Bonanzas other aircraft 70 Model Aviation Nuckles h-scale Model D Gee Bee Sportster won second Power Phil Nuckles big Gee Bee YS 91 Phils place 1995 Rocky Mountain Scale Masters Qualifier proprietor Eagles Nest Hobby Shop Colorado Springs Bob McLeod Pikes Peak R/O Club cranks engine Scratch-A-Plane Fokker DVIII Brian Paul helps Jim Thompson owns full-size prototype designed thisSemi-Spinks designed built Gus Gustafson Span super RV-4 built Al Vacchio Flies good looks80 inches YS 120 power 130 flights Although didnt dont iepresent particular prototype engine Technopower cadials three five seven cylinders have added appearance great RC model gemlike fully functional radials Seidel Saito Robart combine almost-scale appearance more-thanadequate power Giant Scale models rare scale radials custom-crafted Cirrus inline scale engines V 8 OX5s rotaries have available latter know have installed models primarily because theres no way can thmtttled Fullscale rotaries throttled coupe switch cut off ignition cylindersa difficult impossible mechanism scale power plants WW era Speaking custom-built scale engines cant forget jewels Forest Edwaids machines magical shop do-ityourself projects detailed machinists magazine Strictly IC youre handy metal lathes drill presses milling machines can whip up quarter-scale Kinner K5 other model power plant drawings 24920 43rd Ave S Kent WA 980324160 sad lack scale engines representing liquid-cooled prototypes Allisons Merlins conspicuous absence Complicated plumbing radiators difficult duplicate miniature form reliable coolant pump 1/4 scale true engineering challenge late Doc Pepino intended get around problem mounting normal air-cooled model engine scale mid-fuselage location Giant Bell P-39 ducting cooling air scale carb radiator locations Dont know worked liquid cooling would have better cooling solution Other ambitious modelers have varying levels success attempting cool aircraft engines using water cooling jackets intended boat engines Kits come Complete Full Size Rolled Plans Select Balsa Ply Machine Cut Parts Fiberglass Cowling Wheel Pants Crystal Clear Canopy Quality Formed Gear Complete Hardware Pack Ve4ze Model Price 10181Super Chipmunk$289 10282DHC-1 Chipmunk$279 10381Pepsi Chipmunk$299 11162Ultimate 10-3005$359 12084Extra 260$379 12284Extra 3005$389 12587Extra 300$379 12770Extra 3005$259 13084Sukhoi SU-26mx$389 14069Sukhoi SU-26mx$259 210G101T-6G Texan$549 210D101AT-6D/SNJ-5 Texan$549 SerdSd1 % oIog er Inquiries Invited AI 7Oeod 4ames oa4 nem .hio A/C Models 4251 Lutheron Church Ad Germantown Oh 45327 Phone 513 8591660 FAX 5138597202 November1995 71 FOLLOW THE LEADER Galveston ra ie ACAMPDELL TOOLS Co 2100M Saline Rand Springfield OH 45505 /JAIocili513 3228562 800 number orders Cataleg $L99 r4ee4d Kit No Sukhoi SU-26mx Iepsi Lhlpmunk NEED SCALE DOCUMENTATION, Antiques Military Civilian Helicopters Sailplanes have the worlds largest aircraft documentation collection 5500 different full color photo studies 1905-1995 30000 3-view line drawings New 1995 Catalog/Guide 168 pages Only $800 Canada $900 Overseas $1400 Bob Banka s Scale Model Research 3114 Yukon Avenue e Costa Mesa CA 92626 ATHER CUT creates new standard ease accuracy cutting white blue foam wing cores s off Precise single wire tracking concert micro-adjustable balance weights guided exclusive three-point tracking system guarantees ripple-free surfaces No trailing edge burn-out common two wire systems Couple FEATHER CUT Tekoas THERMAL GENERATOR fool proof temperature control youll Pro st time out Cuts straight taper wings fins stabilizers matically ts tape edge workbench dining table stores its own heavy duty mailing tube lete kit anodized plated components no hardware store trips ructions include cutting first wing making templates dd Bow 40 52 Available Power supply required Guaranteed out perform rest Simply best TEKOA THE CENTER OF DESIGN 49380 SKYHARBOR WAY AGUANGA CA 92536 FEATHER CuT $14950 S & H THERMAL GENERATOR Power Supply $11950 S & H have have heard some folks going give liquid-cooled scale RC engine go things too preliminary discuss column well let know Although Giant Scale column emphasis model side things fascinated documentation side hobby end wed like announce weve found superb draftsman aircraft drawings plans league themselves talking about drawings rival Bill Wylam late Paul Matt artist Stanley Teachman 71 East Ave Fairport NY 14450-1430 pen work literally stunning So far Stan has Curtiss P-361H-75 Mitsubishi A5M4 Claude RC drawings sale $40 plus $3 P&H lend themselves easy copying enlarging Giant Scale sizes Curtiss drawings show both retract fixedgear versions Stan also has Albatros Dll Bristol Scout multiview drawings truly definitive Theyre expensive worth penny particularly enlarge Big Bird sizes Its beck dilemma baffles understanding recent months have some truly outstanding Scale RC models published stunning aircraft have failing Giant viewpoint monoplane wingspans have 70 inch category Close no cigar designers played nudge scale bit come up same models five ten inches wingspan theyd have attained magic 80 inches models would qualify Big Bird status need us visit folks operate humongous enlarging photocopiers marginally larger models would still fly same power plants able use same accessories like retracts * N HOG-BIPE SIG KIT #RC-69 SIG MANUFACTURING CO INC. Montezuma Iowa 50 171-9990 PH 515-623-5154 FAX 515-623-3922 TOLL FREE ORDERS 800-247-5008 MODELERS HOT LINE 800-524-7805 SIG Manufacturing has moved State-of-the-Art Laser Cutting kit production LT-40 Tn-Star Hog-Bipe first pre miere laser cut parts Watch future IUz 72 Model Aviation

Author: J.A. de Vries


Edition: Model Aviation - 1995/11
Page Numbers: 70, 71, 72

RADIO CONTROL GIANTS REMEMBER WHEN YOU simulated scale engine wrapping heavy thread around cork length dowel extra nickel two could buy celluloid engine nibber-powered modelwith rocker boxes pushrods everything got Control Line Scale fake scale cylinders improved along state art plastic castings advent Radio Control Scale improved simulated engines became universally available looked lot like real thing lot lighter good fuelproof paint job represented scale engine Scale model Came millenium Functional metal scale engines Giant Scale models first curiositiesintended primarily engine collector Modelers reluctant trust gas/glow quarter-scale engines vagaries flight because cost Lets examine impact combining scale power scale airframes few full-scale aircraft single-cylinder reciprocating engines Therefore definition scale model power plant multicylinder device simplest usually twin appropriate models look lot like venerable Aeronca C-2 model duplicates Ed Heaths Baby Bullet prototype British Comper Swift both powered Cherub 32 hp twin youre luck OS four-stroke Gemini twins although intended scale power plants almost dead-on Cherub particularly theyre mounted upside downwith exhaust pipes facing up first purposely-designed scale model engine know Kavan four-stroke representation Continental four-banger host Giant Scale Cubs really took true Scale appearance Kavan 4 Continental impressed its scale valve covers newly available scale four-stroke 12-cubic-inch flat four American Precision Engines also duplicates Continental engines found host Cessnas Beech Bonanzas other aircraft 70 Model Aviation Nuckles h-scale Model D Gee Bee Sportster won second Power Phil Nuckles big Gee Bee YS 91 Phils place 1995 Rocky Mountain Scale Masters Qualifier proprietor Eagles Nest Hobby Shop Colorado Springs Bob McLeod Pikes Peak R/O Club cranks engine Scratch-A-Plane Fokker DVIII Brian Paul helps Jim Thompson owns full-size prototype designed thisSemi-Spinks designed built Gus Gustafson Span super RV-4 built Al Vacchio Flies good looks80 inches YS 120 power 130 flights Although didnt dont iepresent particular prototype engine Technopower cadials three five seven cylinders have added appearance great RC model gemlike fully functional radials Seidel Saito Robart combine almost-scale appearance more-thanadequate power Giant Scale models rare scale radials custom-crafted Cirrus inline scale engines V 8 OX5s rotaries have available latter know have installed models primarily because theres no way can thmtttled Fullscale rotaries throttled coupe switch cut off ignition cylindersa difficult impossible mechanism scale power plants WW era Speaking custom-built scale engines cant forget jewels Forest Edwaids machines magical shop do-ityourself projects detailed machinists magazine Strictly IC youre handy metal lathes drill presses milling machines can whip up quarter-scale Kinner K5 other model power plant drawings 24920 43rd Ave S Kent WA 980324160 sad lack scale engines representing liquid-cooled prototypes Allisons Merlins conspicuous absence Complicated plumbing radiators difficult duplicate miniature form reliable coolant pump 1/4 scale true engineering challenge late Doc Pepino intended get around problem mounting normal air-cooled model engine scale mid-fuselage location Giant Bell P-39 ducting cooling air scale carb radiator locations Dont know worked liquid cooling would have better cooling solution Other ambitious modelers have varying levels success attempting cool aircraft engines using water cooling jackets intended boat engines Kits come Complete Full Size Rolled Plans Select Balsa Ply Machine Cut Parts Fiberglass Cowling Wheel Pants Crystal Clear Canopy Quality Formed Gear Complete Hardware Pack Ve4ze Model Price 10181Super Chipmunk$289 10282DHC-1 Chipmunk$279 10381Pepsi Chipmunk$299 11162Ultimate 10-3005$359 12084Extra 260$379 12284Extra 3005$389 12587Extra 300$379 12770Extra 3005$259 13084Sukhoi SU-26mx$389 14069Sukhoi SU-26mx$259 210G101T-6G Texan$549 210D101AT-6D/SNJ-5 Texan$549 SerdSd1 % oIog er Inquiries Invited AI 7Oeod 4ames oa4 nem .hio A/C Models 4251 Lutheron Church Ad Germantown Oh 45327 Phone 513 8591660 FAX 5138597202 November1995 71 FOLLOW THE LEADER Galveston ra ie ACAMPDELL TOOLS Co 2100M Saline Rand Springfield OH 45505 /JAIocili513 3228562 800 number orders Cataleg $L99 r4ee4d Kit No Sukhoi SU-26mx Iepsi Lhlpmunk NEED SCALE DOCUMENTATION, Antiques Military Civilian Helicopters Sailplanes have the worlds largest aircraft documentation collection 5500 different full color photo studies 1905-1995 30000 3-view line drawings New 1995 Catalog/Guide 168 pages Only $800 Canada $900 Overseas $1400 Bob Banka s Scale Model Research 3114 Yukon Avenue e Costa Mesa CA 92626 ATHER CUT creates new standard ease accuracy cutting white blue foam wing cores s off Precise single wire tracking concert micro-adjustable balance weights guided exclusive three-point tracking system guarantees ripple-free surfaces No trailing edge burn-out common two wire systems Couple FEATHER CUT Tekoas THERMAL GENERATOR fool proof temperature control youll Pro st time out Cuts straight taper wings fins stabilizers matically ts tape edge workbench dining table stores its own heavy duty mailing tube lete kit anodized plated components no hardware store trips ructions include cutting first wing making templates dd Bow 40 52 Available Power supply required Guaranteed out perform rest Simply best TEKOA THE CENTER OF DESIGN 49380 SKYHARBOR WAY AGUANGA CA 92536 FEATHER CuT $14950 S & H THERMAL GENERATOR Power Supply $11950 S & H have have heard some folks going give liquid-cooled scale RC engine go things too preliminary discuss column well let know Although Giant Scale column emphasis model side things fascinated documentation side hobby end wed like announce weve found superb draftsman aircraft drawings plans league themselves talking about drawings rival Bill Wylam late Paul Matt artist Stanley Teachman 71 East Ave Fairport NY 14450-1430 pen work literally stunning So far Stan has Curtiss P-361H-75 Mitsubishi A5M4 Claude RC drawings sale $40 plus $3 P&H lend themselves easy copying enlarging Giant Scale sizes Curtiss drawings show both retract fixedgear versions Stan also has Albatros Dll Bristol Scout multiview drawings truly definitive Theyre expensive worth penny particularly enlarge Big Bird sizes Its beck dilemma baffles understanding recent months have some truly outstanding Scale RC models published stunning aircraft have failing Giant viewpoint monoplane wingspans have 70 inch category Close no cigar designers played nudge scale bit come up same models five ten inches wingspan theyd have attained magic 80 inches models would qualify Big Bird status need us visit folks operate humongous enlarging photocopiers marginally larger models would still fly same power plants able use same accessories like retracts * N HOG-BIPE SIG KIT #RC-69 SIG MANUFACTURING CO INC. Montezuma Iowa 50 171-9990 PH 515-623-5154 FAX 515-623-3922 TOLL FREE ORDERS 800-247-5008 MODELERS HOT LINE 800-524-7805 SIG Manufacturing has moved State-of-the-Art Laser Cutting kit production LT-40 Tn-Star Hog-Bipe first pre miere laser cut parts Watch future IUz 72 Model Aviation

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