RADIO CONTROL GIANTS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT Leonardo da Vinci would amazed uses invention fostered Among other aerial hardware Old Leo designed pyramidal parachute got idea right got shape wrong aerial lifesaver has worked over lot people Theyve adapted found number uses have extended its usefulness utility course parachutes made silk rip-stop nylon worn aircrewmen emergency purposes RC model front theyve adapted air shows Charlie torso stuffed receivers batteries servos has known bail out radio-controlled descent delight modelers spectators late scale ribbon-drogue chutes have appeared market duplicate full-scale practice slow ducted-fan models after landing Theyre available MRM Products Box 7383 Macon GA 31209-7383 Tel 912 477-1317 RC models aerodynamic support scale-size parachute currently favored rectangular pattern arent Giants though Yet appear Charlie copies old barnstorming jumpers technique parachute slipping thrill airshow crowds 20s 30s aerial daredevils loaded packs several canopies As fell would cut canopies loosealways reserve ensure soft landing Also RC modelers havent scaled antispin parachutes installed experimental aircraft bring out unusual positions might assume during testing Nor have seen safety chutes available full-scale ultralight homebuilt aircraft Theyre designed let aircraft down softly pilot runs out airspeed altitude ideasat same time Finally weve yet see F-l 11 swing-wing model equipped emergency capsule Early versions fighter/bomber featured ejectable cockpit provided pressurized environment its own massive parachute system carried pilot systems officer safely ground emergency As modelers usual tribute parachute include pilots aerobatic military airplanes Now could design scale ejection seat save plastic pilots event unthinkable happens model heads powder job course nonfunctional ejection seats have shown up detailed Scale models nobodys adapted blank 22-caliber cartridge ejection mechanisms Early full-scale ejection seats used blank 37mm cannon shells later models used rocket power Photographically speaking months column features Brian Reeds great Cutting Edge biplane According reports Brians 108-powered model some kind aerobatic phenomenon beauty design its performance easy duplicatethe mark truly competent set drawings want build fly beautiful Giant sky dancer Brian can contacted Rd #3 Box 89 Franklin PA 16323 Tel 814 437-1627 yoare more-adventuresome Giant Scalers have $11 Bob Holman man contact Bobs latest press release announces availability model bauplane German plans catalog Talk about exotic model-construction plans 2000 plans listed catalog include sailplanes RC scale ships steam engines automobiles truck models catalogs real attraction its list Scale RC airplanes includes four-engine airplanes like Focke-Wulf Fw 200 transport Heinkel 177 transoceanic bomber catalog costs $8 plus $3 postage handling Bobs address Box 741 San Bernardino CA 92402 Bob currently featuring 1/6-scale drawings Don Wilsons May1996 83 A Lynn Lockrows latest almost-1k-scale Monocoupe 90A 251/4-pound 116-inch-span model has SuperTigre 3000 power Brian Reeds 108-powered version Giant Cutting Edge biplane Brian has set drawings available text has details Designed built UKs Don Wilson A-scale Westland Lysander spans 100 inches yet weighs 11 pounds Jay Dillons Cutting Edge Jay held contest among Texas RCers design color scheme 108-powered Giant 3-25 Mitcheu Ju-87B Stuka DC-3 1C47 F4U Corsair PTI 7 Stearman P40 Warhawk AT-6 / SMJ Texan F8F Bearcat A6U5 Zero Fokker Dri Triplane Taube Isemi-scalel Beech D-1 8/ C45 P-SID Mustang P47 Thunderbolt F9F Panther P41 Black Widow Ole TIger 42% Racer FOF Hellcat A-I Skyralder P47 Thunderbolt 101 100 140 3. 77. 94. 101 86 9. 63 88 114 96 72 72 114 72 96 100 92 $4600 4200 4800 4200 3400 4200 4200 4200 4200 3200 2700 4800 4200 3400 3800 4800 3800 4200 4600 4600 ILLUSTRATED CATALOG SZ FREE WITH ORDER FIBERGLASS COMPONENTS AND CAEJOPIES AVAILABLE MAsTERCARDANOv1SAACcEprED FAX 15161 467-1752 84 Model Aviation land Lysander model has 100inch wingspan weighs 11-11 /2 pounds may powered four-stroke 90 Check bones photograph column see version stunning model might look friends Custom Cutters 4302N 750W Ligonier IN 46767 have gone 100% mail-order great kits Lance Maresh company offer 1/3 scale Cessna 150/152 among kits dont take credit-card orders Custom Cutters kit prices include shipping charges continental USa nice touch Readers column will remember Lynn Lockrow Monocoupe Man Over years Lynn has devoted lot time energy documenting drawing sensational plans Giant Scale versions Monocoupe aircraft labors recognized mid- 80s quarter-scale model Lil Butch beautiful red clipped-wing model won Toledo latest effort SuperTigre 3000powered 116-inch-span Monocoupe 90A has built Henry Hemlke test-flown son Rick drawings model 33 inches foot being completed Lynn will offer through company Classic AirPlans 321 Camellia Drive Auburn AL 36830 Next Lynns agenda A-scale clipped-wing should doozer Although next months column will devoted primarily Giant Scale newcomer Ill also feature Larry Klingbergs Sopwith Schneider racing biplane has covered painted beautiful bones showed March issue results truly stunning LANS SCALE rr j z I 0 z 0 U z U a
Edition: Model Aviation - 1996/05
Page Numbers: 83, 84
Edition: Model Aviation - 1996/05
Page Numbers: 83, 84
RADIO CONTROL GIANTS NO QUESTION ABOUT IT Leonardo da Vinci would amazed uses invention fostered Among other aerial hardware Old Leo designed pyramidal parachute got idea right got shape wrong aerial lifesaver has worked over lot people Theyve adapted found number uses have extended its usefulness utility course parachutes made silk rip-stop nylon worn aircrewmen emergency purposes RC model front theyve adapted air shows Charlie torso stuffed receivers batteries servos has known bail out radio-controlled descent delight modelers spectators late scale ribbon-drogue chutes have appeared market duplicate full-scale practice slow ducted-fan models after landing Theyre available MRM Products Box 7383 Macon GA 31209-7383 Tel 912 477-1317 RC models aerodynamic support scale-size parachute currently favored rectangular pattern arent Giants though Yet appear Charlie copies old barnstorming jumpers technique parachute slipping thrill airshow crowds 20s 30s aerial daredevils loaded packs several canopies As fell would cut canopies loosealways reserve ensure soft landing Also RC modelers havent scaled antispin parachutes installed experimental aircraft bring out unusual positions might assume during testing Nor have seen safety chutes available full-scale ultralight homebuilt aircraft Theyre designed let aircraft down softly pilot runs out airspeed altitude ideasat same time Finally weve yet see F-l 11 swing-wing model equipped emergency capsule Early versions fighter/bomber featured ejectable cockpit provided pressurized environment its own massive parachute system carried pilot systems officer safely ground emergency As modelers usual tribute parachute include pilots aerobatic military airplanes Now could design scale ejection seat save plastic pilots event unthinkable happens model heads powder job course nonfunctional ejection seats have shown up detailed Scale models nobodys adapted blank 22-caliber cartridge ejection mechanisms Early full-scale ejection seats used blank 37mm cannon shells later models used rocket power Photographically speaking months column features Brian Reeds great Cutting Edge biplane According reports Brians 108-powered model some kind aerobatic phenomenon beauty design its performance easy duplicatethe mark truly competent set drawings want build fly beautiful Giant sky dancer Brian can contacted Rd #3 Box 89 Franklin PA 16323 Tel 814 437-1627 yoare more-adventuresome Giant Scalers have $11 Bob Holman man contact Bobs latest press release announces availability model bauplane German plans catalog Talk about exotic model-construction plans 2000 plans listed catalog include sailplanes RC scale ships steam engines automobiles truck models catalogs real attraction its list Scale RC airplanes includes four-engine airplanes like Focke-Wulf Fw 200 transport Heinkel 177 transoceanic bomber catalog costs $8 plus $3 postage handling Bobs address Box 741 San Bernardino CA 92402 Bob currently featuring 1/6-scale drawings Don Wilsons May1996 83 A Lynn Lockrows latest almost-1k-scale Monocoupe 90A 251/4-pound 116-inch-span model has SuperTigre 3000 power Brian Reeds 108-powered version Giant Cutting Edge biplane Brian has set drawings available text has details Designed built UKs Don Wilson A-scale Westland Lysander spans 100 inches yet weighs 11 pounds Jay Dillons Cutting Edge Jay held contest among Texas RCers design color scheme 108-powered Giant 3-25 Mitcheu Ju-87B Stuka DC-3 1C47 F4U Corsair PTI 7 Stearman P40 Warhawk AT-6 / SMJ Texan F8F Bearcat A6U5 Zero Fokker Dri Triplane Taube Isemi-scalel Beech D-1 8/ C45 P-SID Mustang P47 Thunderbolt F9F Panther P41 Black Widow Ole TIger 42% Racer FOF Hellcat A-I Skyralder P47 Thunderbolt 101 100 140 3. 77. 94. 101 86 9. 63 88 114 96 72 72 114 72 96 100 92 $4600 4200 4800 4200 3400 4200 4200 4200 4200 3200 2700 4800 4200 3400 3800 4800 3800 4200 4600 4600 ILLUSTRATED CATALOG SZ FREE WITH ORDER FIBERGLASS COMPONENTS AND CAEJOPIES AVAILABLE MAsTERCARDANOv1SAACcEprED FAX 15161 467-1752 84 Model Aviation land Lysander model has 100inch wingspan weighs 11-11 /2 pounds may powered four-stroke 90 Check bones photograph column see version stunning model might look friends Custom Cutters 4302N 750W Ligonier IN 46767 have gone 100% mail-order great kits Lance Maresh company offer 1/3 scale Cessna 150/152 among kits dont take credit-card orders Custom Cutters kit prices include shipping charges continental USa nice touch Readers column will remember Lynn Lockrow Monocoupe Man Over years Lynn has devoted lot time energy documenting drawing sensational plans Giant Scale versions Monocoupe aircraft labors recognized mid- 80s quarter-scale model Lil Butch beautiful red clipped-wing model won Toledo latest effort SuperTigre 3000powered 116-inch-span Monocoupe 90A has built Henry Hemlke test-flown son Rick drawings model 33 inches foot being completed Lynn will offer through company Classic AirPlans 321 Camellia Drive Auburn AL 36830 Next Lynns agenda A-scale clipped-wing should doozer Although next months column will devoted primarily Giant Scale newcomer Ill also feature Larry Klingbergs Sopwith Schneider racing biplane has covered painted beautiful bones showed March issue results truly stunning LANS SCALE rr j z I 0 z 0 U z U a
