RADIO CONTROL GIANTS q r1 ii mwW WITH YOUR KIND INDULGENCE Im going begin months column fairy story Like good fairy stories begins Once upon time . Once upon time poor-but-honest Radio Control builder flier building small but-flyable Scale models basement workshop evening after supper would descend stairs shop begin tinker balsa plywood other magical materials time time skillful efforts would realized beautiful multicolored model airplane complete glow-plug engine complex array electronic equipment Saturday afternoons weather fair wind hinting zephyr hed take beautiful airplane out club field After checking radio filling gas tank glow fuel hed entrust current masterpiece mercy air Most time model would fly give him much pleasure bent through routine aerobatics Alas however poor-but-honest model airplane builder flier began feel effects age eyes reactions dimmed slowed difficulty keeping track beautiful Scale models air Woe lamented hero Whatever can maintain flying pleasures came himhe would build bigger Scale models would easier see would also fly slowly Unfortunately one-time model engine powerhouses proved woefully inadequate Giant model Taylor Cub building Once again inspirationthis time trimming trees backyard Theres nothing says can t remove gasoline-powered engine chain saw adapt big Cub did First removed extraneous bits pieces chain-saw engine wouldnt contribute working airplane power plant called machining skills adapted engine turn big propeller find gas tank fuel lines wouldnt affected gas/oil mixture engine required concerned effects engines ignition system operation radio faced engine compartment flat piece aluminum shielded chain saws high-tension spark-plug lead bit copper screening Wonder wonders Giant Scale Cub flew ease real airplane Nice slow soared Saturday afternoon sun hero could keep track aging eyes able keep big model sight easily happy man price chain sawless $90he reliable power plant would motivate Giant Scale models story doesnt quite end Some very clever Canadians heard heros magical engine transformation reasoned should Giant Scale model builders have buy chain saw throw away useless bits pieces order make suitable Giant model airplane engine Well buy chain-saw engines manufacturer modify model aircraft use production-line basis did hero able buy airplane-ready engine power second Giant Scaler very reasonable $85 Remember fairy story Soon others saw trend larger-and-larger radio controlled models decided get gasolinepowered model engine business used everything small weed-trimmer engines massive hummers biggest chain saws converted engines intended snowmobiles model airplanes almost big enough builders get fly fairy story starts unravel new engine converters soon became overly enthusiastic came pricing engines Inflation effects currency value fluctuations between countries jlayed big part much charged big model engines hero story soon found $1000 engines way too expensive modeling budget least-expensive engines airplanes $300 So what did hero went neighborhood hardware store purchased simple gas-powered weed whacker retired basement workshop took out tools once againand made himself engine $7395 plus sales tax labor moral story Its good idea take shop high school least learn machining skills want minimize cost Giant Scale models Philip Kents version Tipsy Junior almost-1/a-scale Charles Lindbergh flew full-scale Mohawk Pinto thought model uses engines 75- 120-cubic-inch range great airplane Philip Kents model flies just well October1996 83 Philip Kents 1/4-scaIe Little Toot finished Hawk Pshaw colors full-scale home-built aerobatic capabilities British friend columnist Phillip Kent mostprolific model designers know may remember Alexander Bullet November 1995 Model Aviation Aeronca C-I Razorback graced pages another US model airplane journal recent letter Phil advised has several other attractive designsmost International Miniature Aircraft Association-legal example hes just finished dazzling quarter-scale Little Toot home-built biplane chose decorate model Hawk Pshaw duplicated 30s Curtiss P-6E color scheme has drawn building plans Tipsy Junior almost- scale Tipsy suitable four-stroke engines 75 120 cubic-inch range also has great set plans Mohawk Pinto low-wing monoplaneanother biggie Phil has drawings Miles Sparrowhawk quarter-scale has completed plans great Fairchild 24 Warner radial engine has A-scale version British Comper Swift light high-wing monoplane 30s plus two other quarterscalersa Hendy Hobo Taylorcraft 12D Prototype models being constructed latter designsas good designers Phil makes sure airplanes fly before offering plans sale want bolt together Phils great airplanes drawings readily available US Bob Holman Box 741 San Bernardino CA 92402 Bob has Phils flight-proven drawings Scale three-views Although never checked out did get sit cockpit Republic P-47N young short lieutenant After bunch time Mustangs relatively compact office cockpit Jug seemed like big bowling alley exception stick rudder pedals heck time reaching anything under canopy Ive always admired Scale versions big Thunderbolt Roy Vaillancourt 18 Oakdale Ave Farmingville NY 11738 offers some really neat kits drawings razorback bubble-canopy versions airplane models big 92-inch wingspan its suitable 32 42 cubic-inch engines dollar brings copy Roys catalog youre fascinated between-the-wars military airplanes JC Fredriksen 461 Loring Ave Salem MA 01970 produces slim reference volume thats jam-packed sorts model plans period currently available Volume 2 contains 94 pages detailed references plans eminently adaptable enlargement Giant Scale sizes Johns books well worth $15 purchase five volumes series WW Jet Age youll save $20 leaves will soon turning itll about time consider project next year Make Giant make Scaleitll worth effort Vaillancourt Vailly Aviation has kits accessories drawings available 92-inch-span P-47 Thunderbolts
Edition: Model Aviation - 1996/10
Page Numbers: 83, 84
RADIO CONTROL GIANTS q r1 ii mwW WITH YOUR KIND INDULGENCE Im going begin months column fairy story Like good fairy stories begins Once upon time . Once upon time poor-but-honest Radio Control builder flier building small but-flyable Scale models basement workshop evening after supper would descend stairs shop begin tinker balsa plywood other magical materials time time skillful efforts would realized beautiful multicolored model airplane complete glow-plug engine complex array electronic equipment Saturday afternoons weather fair wind hinting zephyr hed take beautiful airplane out club field After checking radio filling gas tank glow fuel hed entrust current masterpiece mercy air Most time model would fly give him much pleasure bent through routine aerobatics Alas however poor-but-honest model airplane builder flier began feel effects age eyes reactions dimmed slowed difficulty keeping track beautiful Scale models air Woe lamented hero Whatever can maintain flying pleasures came himhe would build bigger Scale models would easier see would also fly slowly Unfortunately one-time model engine powerhouses proved woefully inadequate Giant model Taylor Cub building Once again inspirationthis time trimming trees backyard Theres nothing says can t remove gasoline-powered engine chain saw adapt big Cub did First removed extraneous bits pieces chain-saw engine wouldnt contribute working airplane power plant called machining skills adapted engine turn big propeller find gas tank fuel lines wouldnt affected gas/oil mixture engine required concerned effects engines ignition system operation radio faced engine compartment flat piece aluminum shielded chain saws high-tension spark-plug lead bit copper screening Wonder wonders Giant Scale Cub flew ease real airplane Nice slow soared Saturday afternoon sun hero could keep track aging eyes able keep big model sight easily happy man price chain sawless $90he reliable power plant would motivate Giant Scale models story doesnt quite end Some very clever Canadians heard heros magical engine transformation reasoned should Giant Scale model builders have buy chain saw throw away useless bits pieces order make suitable Giant model airplane engine Well buy chain-saw engines manufacturer modify model aircraft use production-line basis did hero able buy airplane-ready engine power second Giant Scaler very reasonable $85 Remember fairy story Soon others saw trend larger-and-larger radio controlled models decided get gasolinepowered model engine business used everything small weed-trimmer engines massive hummers biggest chain saws converted engines intended snowmobiles model airplanes almost big enough builders get fly fairy story starts unravel new engine converters soon became overly enthusiastic came pricing engines Inflation effects currency value fluctuations between countries jlayed big part much charged big model engines hero story soon found $1000 engines way too expensive modeling budget least-expensive engines airplanes $300 So what did hero went neighborhood hardware store purchased simple gas-powered weed whacker retired basement workshop took out tools once againand made himself engine $7395 plus sales tax labor moral story Its good idea take shop high school least learn machining skills want minimize cost Giant Scale models Philip Kents version Tipsy Junior almost-1/a-scale Charles Lindbergh flew full-scale Mohawk Pinto thought model uses engines 75- 120-cubic-inch range great airplane Philip Kents model flies just well October1996 83 Philip Kents 1/4-scaIe Little Toot finished Hawk Pshaw colors full-scale home-built aerobatic capabilities British friend columnist Phillip Kent mostprolific model designers know may remember Alexander Bullet November 1995 Model Aviation Aeronca C-I Razorback graced pages another US model airplane journal recent letter Phil advised has several other attractive designsmost International Miniature Aircraft Association-legal example hes just finished dazzling quarter-scale Little Toot home-built biplane chose decorate model Hawk Pshaw duplicated 30s Curtiss P-6E color scheme has drawn building plans Tipsy Junior almost- scale Tipsy suitable four-stroke engines 75 120 cubic-inch range also has great set plans Mohawk Pinto low-wing monoplaneanother biggie Phil has drawings Miles Sparrowhawk quarter-scale has completed plans great Fairchild 24 Warner radial engine has A-scale version British Comper Swift light high-wing monoplane 30s plus two other quarterscalersa Hendy Hobo Taylorcraft 12D Prototype models being constructed latter designsas good designers Phil makes sure airplanes fly before offering plans sale want bolt together Phils great airplanes drawings readily available US Bob Holman Box 741 San Bernardino CA 92402 Bob has Phils flight-proven drawings Scale three-views Although never checked out did get sit cockpit Republic P-47N young short lieutenant After bunch time Mustangs relatively compact office cockpit Jug seemed like big bowling alley exception stick rudder pedals heck time reaching anything under canopy Ive always admired Scale versions big Thunderbolt Roy Vaillancourt 18 Oakdale Ave Farmingville NY 11738 offers some really neat kits drawings razorback bubble-canopy versions airplane models big 92-inch wingspan its suitable 32 42 cubic-inch engines dollar brings copy Roys catalog youre fascinated between-the-wars military airplanes JC Fredriksen 461 Loring Ave Salem MA 01970 produces slim reference volume thats jam-packed sorts model plans period currently available Volume 2 contains 94 pages detailed references plans eminently adaptable enlargement Giant Scale sizes Johns books well worth $15 purchase five volumes series WW Jet Age youll save $20 leaves will soon turning itll about time consider project next year Make Giant make Scaleitll worth effort Vaillancourt Vailly Aviation has kits accessories drawings available 92-inch-span P-47 Thunderbolts