RADIO CONTROL GIANTS TO SET THE TONE years Newcomer Giant Scale column Id like quote elder statesman Big Beautiful Dick Phillips magazine columnist past president International Miniature Aircraft Association IMAA expressed doubts him about modelers building Giant Scale models first RC projects dont agree hypothesis nobody should begin large airplane said However some caveats should absolutely stick trainer should have lot good experienced help available Without two details should assuredly stay away big stuff Although dont have survey support contention modelers involved Giant Scale came long varied background building flying smaller RC models Anyone contemplating Giant Scale model should certainly follow Dick Phillips adviceexperience conventionally sized models would great-big plus define Giant RC model basic JMAA definition includes monoplanes wingspans 80 inches biplanes have least wing spans 60 inches True -scale models meet criteria ducted fan jet model qualifies its fuselage length combined its wingspan totals 140 inches Although weight criterion Giants weigh 10 55 pounds powered wide variety engines 90 four-strokes largest gas-burners Gas engines pose new problems model builder Big propellers gas-oil mixtures manual servo-operated kill switches unique Giant Scale models Because inflight stresses Giants experience theres lot plywood spruce carbon fiber construction Although theres lot balsa average Giant construction closely approximates full-scale rather traditional model-building techniques Although few ways save money building operating Giant Scale models arent faint heart comes cracking old wallet pocketbook Suitable engines begin $300 can go high $3000 Kits begin same neighborhood can top $2000 Giant radios relative bargain although extra high-torque servos 140 inch/ounces class can add cost Extracapacity battery packs 1200-1500 mAh tad expensive standard 400 mAh packs usually come radios Often two packs per model redundancy safety Some Giant Scale props cost $20 wont want bust too Starting scratch $1000 investment isnt unusual just put Giant Scale RC model air kind investment prudent modeler will want cast-iron assurance effort will crowned success fundamental ideas behind Giant Scale RC models theyre built flown fun IMAA AMAs Giant Scale Special Interest Group founded 1980 noncompetitive basis An IMAA Fly-In reflects philosophy No judging no competitionjust get-together modelers 94 Model Aviation y Klingbergs stunning Sopwith Schneiderpainted lacking scale engine See March 1996 Giants column photos framework Plywood crankcase Larrys Sopwith Note scale cylinders Scale engine Larry Klingbergs Sopwith Note aluminum supports crankcase pieces engine mounting holes streamliners behind cylinders Scale perfection common interest evaluation IMAA Fly-In safety reasons meets organizers will inspect model make sure airworthya practice old SIG itself Its given properly set up Giant model will fly better its smaller brethren majesty Giant Scale flight big attraction RC modelers appreciate increased visibility Giant Scale models provide youre newcomer clan Giant Scale model owners please take suggestions Ive put forth column heart First start out Giant trainer model Second get much experienced help can find keep using throughout process Third get competent assistance learn fly Giant Scale model Finally throughout learning experience have someone double-check safety model opportunity No has ever claimed Giant Scale easy conscientious approach can very satisfying last months column promised include some photographs Larry Klingenberg s masterpiecehis 1A-scale Sopwith biplane Schneider Cup racer As can see Larry has covered painted superb model writing its almost ready flight Note scale engine has built perfection Mr Klingenbergs construction breathtaking Jerry Nelson has come up some sturdy devises Giant Scaler Two varieties available both made steel secured cotter pins drilled soldered applications other threaded accept 2-56 pushrod ends would nice Jerry would produce great devises 4-40 thread bigger models Contact Nelson Aircraft 21550 NW Nicholas Ct Unit D Hillsboro ON AIL L HOY odel Aviation RON FOR MORE SCALE REALISM YOU COULD GET SOME ROBART ROO-STRUTS . OH V O GLAD JUST AWESOME DONT HAVE IT FEELS LIKE THOSE UGLY HAVE WHOLE~CHICKEN LEGS~ NEW AIRILANEII MOREI LANDINGS 8REEZE. AND WHAT CONTROL RoLart Manufacturing Inc FOox 1247 StCharles Illinois 60174 Jerry Nelsons steel devises Note pins secured cotter pins Two styles available address text Strange photo Giant Scale column Its Bill Hannans C02powered Farman Moustique mosquito See text OR 97124 Tel 503 629-5277 Among other talents old buddy Dick Smith graduated same high school together 42 writes Century Flier newsletter IMAA Chapter 100 latest issue reports stroke true genius Ill let him describe shaft G-62 badly bent crashed Pitts S-2 model put engine P-Si shook badly lost aileron flight removed engine attempted straighten crankshaft lathe got running pretty true last part shaft out threads still running out 0 10 As reinstalling crankshaft noticed shaft identical front back two halves shaft identical installed shaft back end front runs very true no vibration experience bent shaft G-62 can use same method save engine Dick master machinist years experience knows what hes talking about Ive included rather strange photograph column Its Farman Moustique C02-powered model designed built Bill Hannan Ive included 18-year-old model plug another old friend Norm Rosenstock Norm has some great Giant Scale drawings available same Farman enjoy building flying early models contact Norm 124 Granada St Royal Palm Beach FL 33411 AlsoBill Hannan has fine books thatll provide documentation youll need model Contact Bill Hannans Runway Box 210 Magalia CA 95954 EACH shpg per order OK Cub 049A Radial mount Nylon tank High RPM True Carburetion 58 years OK engine history 80 page book Includes complete engine listings full color photos COLLECTOR EDITION $1195 p/p Set five color posters $15 year catalog/newsletter $2 accept VISA MASTERCARD PO BOX 355 MOHAWK NY 13407 98 Model Aviation ub 049B Lug & radial mount Metal tank High RPM True Carburetion
Edition: Model Aviation - 1996/06
Page Numbers: 94, 96, 98
Edition: Model Aviation - 1996/06
Page Numbers: 94, 96, 98
RADIO CONTROL GIANTS TO SET THE TONE years Newcomer Giant Scale column Id like quote elder statesman Big Beautiful Dick Phillips magazine columnist past president International Miniature Aircraft Association IMAA expressed doubts him about modelers building Giant Scale models first RC projects dont agree hypothesis nobody should begin large airplane said However some caveats should absolutely stick trainer should have lot good experienced help available Without two details should assuredly stay away big stuff Although dont have survey support contention modelers involved Giant Scale came long varied background building flying smaller RC models Anyone contemplating Giant Scale model should certainly follow Dick Phillips adviceexperience conventionally sized models would great-big plus define Giant RC model basic JMAA definition includes monoplanes wingspans 80 inches biplanes have least wing spans 60 inches True -scale models meet criteria ducted fan jet model qualifies its fuselage length combined its wingspan totals 140 inches Although weight criterion Giants weigh 10 55 pounds powered wide variety engines 90 four-strokes largest gas-burners Gas engines pose new problems model builder Big propellers gas-oil mixtures manual servo-operated kill switches unique Giant Scale models Because inflight stresses Giants experience theres lot plywood spruce carbon fiber construction Although theres lot balsa average Giant construction closely approximates full-scale rather traditional model-building techniques Although few ways save money building operating Giant Scale models arent faint heart comes cracking old wallet pocketbook Suitable engines begin $300 can go high $3000 Kits begin same neighborhood can top $2000 Giant radios relative bargain although extra high-torque servos 140 inch/ounces class can add cost Extracapacity battery packs 1200-1500 mAh tad expensive standard 400 mAh packs usually come radios Often two packs per model redundancy safety Some Giant Scale props cost $20 wont want bust too Starting scratch $1000 investment isnt unusual just put Giant Scale RC model air kind investment prudent modeler will want cast-iron assurance effort will crowned success fundamental ideas behind Giant Scale RC models theyre built flown fun IMAA AMAs Giant Scale Special Interest Group founded 1980 noncompetitive basis An IMAA Fly-In reflects philosophy No judging no competitionjust get-together modelers 94 Model Aviation y Klingbergs stunning Sopwith Schneiderpainted lacking scale engine See March 1996 Giants column photos framework Plywood crankcase Larrys Sopwith Note scale cylinders Scale engine Larry Klingbergs Sopwith Note aluminum supports crankcase pieces engine mounting holes streamliners behind cylinders Scale perfection common interest evaluation IMAA Fly-In safety reasons meets organizers will inspect model make sure airworthya practice old SIG itself Its given properly set up Giant model will fly better its smaller brethren majesty Giant Scale flight big attraction RC modelers appreciate increased visibility Giant Scale models provide youre newcomer clan Giant Scale model owners please take suggestions Ive put forth column heart First start out Giant trainer model Second get much experienced help can find keep using throughout process Third get competent assistance learn fly Giant Scale model Finally throughout learning experience have someone double-check safety model opportunity No has ever claimed Giant Scale easy conscientious approach can very satisfying last months column promised include some photographs Larry Klingenberg s masterpiecehis 1A-scale Sopwith biplane Schneider Cup racer As can see Larry has covered painted superb model writing its almost ready flight Note scale engine has built perfection Mr Klingenbergs construction breathtaking Jerry Nelson has come up some sturdy devises Giant Scaler Two varieties available both made steel secured cotter pins drilled soldered applications other threaded accept 2-56 pushrod ends would nice Jerry would produce great devises 4-40 thread bigger models Contact Nelson Aircraft 21550 NW Nicholas Ct Unit D Hillsboro ON AIL L HOY odel Aviation RON FOR MORE SCALE REALISM YOU COULD GET SOME ROBART ROO-STRUTS . OH V O GLAD JUST AWESOME DONT HAVE IT FEELS LIKE THOSE UGLY HAVE WHOLE~CHICKEN LEGS~ NEW AIRILANEII MOREI LANDINGS 8REEZE. AND WHAT CONTROL RoLart Manufacturing Inc FOox 1247 StCharles Illinois 60174 Jerry Nelsons steel devises Note pins secured cotter pins Two styles available address text Strange photo Giant Scale column Its Bill Hannans C02powered Farman Moustique mosquito See text OR 97124 Tel 503 629-5277 Among other talents old buddy Dick Smith graduated same high school together 42 writes Century Flier newsletter IMAA Chapter 100 latest issue reports stroke true genius Ill let him describe shaft G-62 badly bent crashed Pitts S-2 model put engine P-Si shook badly lost aileron flight removed engine attempted straighten crankshaft lathe got running pretty true last part shaft out threads still running out 0 10 As reinstalling crankshaft noticed shaft identical front back two halves shaft identical installed shaft back end front runs very true no vibration experience bent shaft G-62 can use same method save engine Dick master machinist years experience knows what hes talking about Ive included rather strange photograph column Its Farman Moustique C02-powered model designed built Bill Hannan Ive included 18-year-old model plug another old friend Norm Rosenstock Norm has some great Giant Scale drawings available same Farman enjoy building flying early models contact Norm 124 Granada St Royal Palm Beach FL 33411 AlsoBill Hannan has fine books thatll provide documentation youll need model Contact Bill Hannans Runway Box 210 Magalia CA 95954 EACH shpg per order OK Cub 049A Radial mount Nylon tank High RPM True Carburetion 58 years OK engine history 80 page book Includes complete engine listings full color photos COLLECTOR EDITION $1195 p/p Set five color posters $15 year catalog/newsletter $2 accept VISA MASTERCARD PO BOX 355 MOHAWK NY 13407 98 Model Aviation ub 049B Lug & radial mount Metal tank High RPM True Carburetion
Edition: Model Aviation - 1996/06
Page Numbers: 94, 96, 98
RADIO CONTROL GIANTS TO SET THE TONE years Newcomer Giant Scale column Id like quote elder statesman Big Beautiful Dick Phillips magazine columnist past president International Miniature Aircraft Association IMAA expressed doubts him about modelers building Giant Scale models first RC projects dont agree hypothesis nobody should begin large airplane said However some caveats should absolutely stick trainer should have lot good experienced help available Without two details should assuredly stay away big stuff Although dont have survey support contention modelers involved Giant Scale came long varied background building flying smaller RC models Anyone contemplating Giant Scale model should certainly follow Dick Phillips adviceexperience conventionally sized models would great-big plus define Giant RC model basic JMAA definition includes monoplanes wingspans 80 inches biplanes have least wing spans 60 inches True -scale models meet criteria ducted fan jet model qualifies its fuselage length combined its wingspan totals 140 inches Although weight criterion Giants weigh 10 55 pounds powered wide variety engines 90 four-strokes largest gas-burners Gas engines pose new problems model builder Big propellers gas-oil mixtures manual servo-operated kill switches unique Giant Scale models Because inflight stresses Giants experience theres lot plywood spruce carbon fiber construction Although theres lot balsa average Giant construction closely approximates full-scale rather traditional model-building techniques Although few ways save money building operating Giant Scale models arent faint heart comes cracking old wallet pocketbook Suitable engines begin $300 can go high $3000 Kits begin same neighborhood can top $2000 Giant radios relative bargain although extra high-torque servos 140 inch/ounces class can add cost Extracapacity battery packs 1200-1500 mAh tad expensive standard 400 mAh packs usually come radios Often two packs per model redundancy safety Some Giant Scale props cost $20 wont want bust too Starting scratch $1000 investment isnt unusual just put Giant Scale RC model air kind investment prudent modeler will want cast-iron assurance effort will crowned success fundamental ideas behind Giant Scale RC models theyre built flown fun IMAA AMAs Giant Scale Special Interest Group founded 1980 noncompetitive basis An IMAA Fly-In reflects philosophy No judging no competitionjust get-together modelers 94 Model Aviation y Klingbergs stunning Sopwith Schneiderpainted lacking scale engine See March 1996 Giants column photos framework Plywood crankcase Larrys Sopwith Note scale cylinders Scale engine Larry Klingbergs Sopwith Note aluminum supports crankcase pieces engine mounting holes streamliners behind cylinders Scale perfection common interest evaluation IMAA Fly-In safety reasons meets organizers will inspect model make sure airworthya practice old SIG itself Its given properly set up Giant model will fly better its smaller brethren majesty Giant Scale flight big attraction RC modelers appreciate increased visibility Giant Scale models provide youre newcomer clan Giant Scale model owners please take suggestions Ive put forth column heart First start out Giant trainer model Second get much experienced help can find keep using throughout process Third get competent assistance learn fly Giant Scale model Finally throughout learning experience have someone double-check safety model opportunity No has ever claimed Giant Scale easy conscientious approach can very satisfying last months column promised include some photographs Larry Klingenberg s masterpiecehis 1A-scale Sopwith biplane Schneider Cup racer As can see Larry has covered painted superb model writing its almost ready flight Note scale engine has built perfection Mr Klingenbergs construction breathtaking Jerry Nelson has come up some sturdy devises Giant Scaler Two varieties available both made steel secured cotter pins drilled soldered applications other threaded accept 2-56 pushrod ends would nice Jerry would produce great devises 4-40 thread bigger models Contact Nelson Aircraft 21550 NW Nicholas Ct Unit D Hillsboro ON AIL L HOY odel Aviation RON FOR MORE SCALE REALISM YOU COULD GET SOME ROBART ROO-STRUTS . OH V O GLAD JUST AWESOME DONT HAVE IT FEELS LIKE THOSE UGLY HAVE WHOLE~CHICKEN LEGS~ NEW AIRILANEII MOREI LANDINGS 8REEZE. AND WHAT CONTROL RoLart Manufacturing Inc FOox 1247 StCharles Illinois 60174 Jerry Nelsons steel devises Note pins secured cotter pins Two styles available address text Strange photo Giant Scale column Its Bill Hannans C02powered Farman Moustique mosquito See text OR 97124 Tel 503 629-5277 Among other talents old buddy Dick Smith graduated same high school together 42 writes Century Flier newsletter IMAA Chapter 100 latest issue reports stroke true genius Ill let him describe shaft G-62 badly bent crashed Pitts S-2 model put engine P-Si shook badly lost aileron flight removed engine attempted straighten crankshaft lathe got running pretty true last part shaft out threads still running out 0 10 As reinstalling crankshaft noticed shaft identical front back two halves shaft identical installed shaft back end front runs very true no vibration experience bent shaft G-62 can use same method save engine Dick master machinist years experience knows what hes talking about Ive included rather strange photograph column Its Farman Moustique C02-powered model designed built Bill Hannan Ive included 18-year-old model plug another old friend Norm Rosenstock Norm has some great Giant Scale drawings available same Farman enjoy building flying early models contact Norm 124 Granada St Royal Palm Beach FL 33411 AlsoBill Hannan has fine books thatll provide documentation youll need model Contact Bill Hannans Runway Box 210 Magalia CA 95954 EACH shpg per order OK Cub 049A Radial mount Nylon tank High RPM True Carburetion 58 years OK engine history 80 page book Includes complete engine listings full color photos COLLECTOR EDITION $1195 p/p Set five color posters $15 year catalog/newsletter $2 accept VISA MASTERCARD PO BOX 355 MOHAWK NY 13407 98 Model Aviation ub 049B Lug & radial mount Metal tank High RPM True Carburetion
