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Radio Control: Giants

Author: J.A. de Vries


Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/07
Page Numbers: 92, 93, 94

RADIO CONTROL GIANTS W IS] II WITH ALL common technological distractions its amazing people have time build fly Radio Control Giant models isnt television its computer monitor isnt fax its collection E-mail Internet Somewhere person has go work eat sleep find hours glue stick longeron B Although might mean much Id like send attaboys readers have bolted together Giant can find couple extra minutes shoot some great photographs pride joy can use column No Substitute Real Thing After Giant Scaler decides subject building flying begins project collecting documentation usually consists papers photographs conscientious builder may order photo packs Bob Bankas Scale Model Research Pepino Scale Plans & Photo Service Giant Scale modelers sticklers scale detail As documentation file builds frequent problem three-views scratch-building plans agree photographs have collected and/or documentation sources differ measurements prototype frustration can monumental Two massive cases disagreement prototype documentation bad ended up writing couple books subjects never did build Taube Alexander Eaglerock model found seeing touching photographing full-scale airplanes eliminated much confusion Going see representative restored current airplane may mean foregGing vacation missing International Miniature Aircraft Association IMAA Fun-Fly would worth Take trusty 35mm camera plenty film maybe tape measure will take bit search locate exact prototype will want duplicate books list aircraft museums around world Veteran Vintage Aircraft Leslie Hunt good place start also several organizations specialize keeping track specific types airplanes Society Air Racing Historians publishes newsletter Golden Pylons edited Don Berliner tracks old new original reproduced racing aircraft Type organizations exist WACOs Monocoupes Beechcrafts Mooneys Stinsons other vintage aircraft organizations can located looking Sport Aviation Experimental Aircraft Association magazine ago designed 105-inch-span version Martin B-b bomber primary documentation came Cleveland rubber-powered kit Photos bomber revolutionized military aviation 1930s give impression big airplane During Toledo Show visit day 92 Model Aviation t aerobatic model de Havilland Chipmunk looks though Giant Scale Bell P-39 has pups sanitary model Japanese Zero better-flying WW fightersSE5 model form before things picked up drove down Air Force Museum WrightPatterson Air Force Base Dayton Ohio happy learn museum fully-restored Martin B-b display much smaller led believe pilot could almost lean out cockpit touch engine nacelles However did find out something omitted documentation collected engine instruments cockpit mounted inboard sections two engine nacelles Checking instruments during night flight would have dicey never would have known hadnt seen fullscale B-b super-conscientious Giant Scale builder/flier no substitute real thing Locating prototype desire may require extensive research may require extensive trip get airplane models full-scale version museum its good idea write curator prior visit particularly museum near home may pleasantly surprised arrive lack modesty bunch pride Id like announce latest book published ViP Publishers Inc publishing company Dick Phillips started 1985 Curtiss Hawk 75 Gerry Beauchamp Jean Cuny Its big book 352 pages soft-bound tells entire Curtiss P-36/Hawk 75 story story airplanes offspring XP-37 XP-42 prototype P-40 book includes photographs 11 pages color profiles extensive documentation model builder cost $4995 plus $4 postage handling ViP Publishers Inc Box 16103 Colorado Springs CO 80935 Its worth penny flying season trust winter efforts produced beautiful new Giant Scale model flies good looks MOUNTABLE HINGE Demountable easy *Construction *Finishing Fourmost Demountable Hinge gapless Nylon hinge allows modeler easily remove control surfaces model 1/32 inch piano wire holds hinge place Hinge may installed easily CA adhesives Hinge sold packages 12 6 inch segments sufficient span 3 feet hinge Although manufactured white Hinge may dyed painted match finish Hinge deflects plus minus 45 degrees Product No 141 Fourmost Products 503 357-2732 FIJSELAOE JIA STATIONS MORE GATOR PRODUCTS Provides solid support accurate building Rugged 7ply aircraft plywood construction Three sizes available Standard fuse up 7-1/2 wide Jumbo fuse up 10, wide Giant Scale fuse up 15 wide Use building board base mount Uni-Strut Guide Rails versatile set-up contains hardware & instructions including Uni-Strut inlormation Box 4 Standard Jig Stations $2195 Box 4 Jumbo Jig Stations 2395 Box 4 Giant Scale Jig Stations $3895 2 Five Ft Guide Rails & Mounting Nuts.$2295 MV-i Typhoon Nats FAI winner Plans Parts available 909 1000 22 1140 versions Plug-in Wing Tube & Socket Sets 7/16 5/8 7/8 1-1/2 dia Special Lengths Order Plug-in Wing Adjusters 4-pack Adjust Both Wing Panels Plug-in Adjustable Stab Kits Micro-Adjustment Both Stab Panels Soft-N-Safe Engine Mounts 120 91 60 size engines Feather Lite Glass Cloth lose weave Fast Filling Lightest Finished Weight 3713 Pompano Drive Pensacola FL 32514 GATORPhone 904 494-0203 RIC Products Inc lMasterCard Welcomed ____________________________________________ SCALE AIRCRAFT IA06 ________________________________________________ Ohio Antiques Military Civilian Helicopters Sailplanes have worlds largest aircraft documentation collection 6 400 different full color photo studies 1905-1996 Q 35000 3-view line drawings 1997 Catalog/Guide 200 pages Canada/Mexico $1000 Bob Bankas Only $8w Overseas $15 00 Scale Model Research 3114 Yukon Avenue a Mesa CA 92626 714 979-8a58 Look us net http//imfnet/ims/scalehfml Price 3 ft $495 July1997 93 Best Balsa Aircraft Grade Plywood Spruce & USA Gold CA Adhesives Call Write BALSA USA PO Box 164 Marinette WI 54143 1-800-225-7287 Fax 1-906-863-5878 Send $100 new Catalog Catalog Free order Check us out Internet http//wwwbalsausacom [ Simply fill helium available local discount department party supply stores mount motor unit install 1 batteries ready start flying battenes hehum induded $393 S & H w p --U ng Saucer WA Exect I, U ementus* / / / 2-Stick Transmitter Single-Frequency 27 Mhz Transmitter Requires 9V rectangular battery Twin Turbo Receiver Only 2 ounces 2 independent motors Requires 0L123A 3V ithium battery Build Own Kit Kit includes Transmitter receiver motor unit plans mylar sheet build three airvraft X-33 Space Shuttle Blimp Flying Saucer battenes helium indudect $3495 S & H Checks & Ordering Infot Ready toBlimp* stem t Use Vsa Mastercard Decat Batteries included Outside North Am L 54 Blimp 11S4 -I

Author: J.A. de Vries


Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/07
Page Numbers: 92, 93, 94

RADIO CONTROL GIANTS W IS] II WITH ALL common technological distractions its amazing people have time build fly Radio Control Giant models isnt television its computer monitor isnt fax its collection E-mail Internet Somewhere person has go work eat sleep find hours glue stick longeron B Although might mean much Id like send attaboys readers have bolted together Giant can find couple extra minutes shoot some great photographs pride joy can use column No Substitute Real Thing After Giant Scaler decides subject building flying begins project collecting documentation usually consists papers photographs conscientious builder may order photo packs Bob Bankas Scale Model Research Pepino Scale Plans & Photo Service Giant Scale modelers sticklers scale detail As documentation file builds frequent problem three-views scratch-building plans agree photographs have collected and/or documentation sources differ measurements prototype frustration can monumental Two massive cases disagreement prototype documentation bad ended up writing couple books subjects never did build Taube Alexander Eaglerock model found seeing touching photographing full-scale airplanes eliminated much confusion Going see representative restored current airplane may mean foregGing vacation missing International Miniature Aircraft Association IMAA Fun-Fly would worth Take trusty 35mm camera plenty film maybe tape measure will take bit search locate exact prototype will want duplicate books list aircraft museums around world Veteran Vintage Aircraft Leslie Hunt good place start also several organizations specialize keeping track specific types airplanes Society Air Racing Historians publishes newsletter Golden Pylons edited Don Berliner tracks old new original reproduced racing aircraft Type organizations exist WACOs Monocoupes Beechcrafts Mooneys Stinsons other vintage aircraft organizations can located looking Sport Aviation Experimental Aircraft Association magazine ago designed 105-inch-span version Martin B-b bomber primary documentation came Cleveland rubber-powered kit Photos bomber revolutionized military aviation 1930s give impression big airplane During Toledo Show visit day 92 Model Aviation t aerobatic model de Havilland Chipmunk looks though Giant Scale Bell P-39 has pups sanitary model Japanese Zero better-flying WW fightersSE5 model form before things picked up drove down Air Force Museum WrightPatterson Air Force Base Dayton Ohio happy learn museum fully-restored Martin B-b display much smaller led believe pilot could almost lean out cockpit touch engine nacelles However did find out something omitted documentation collected engine instruments cockpit mounted inboard sections two engine nacelles Checking instruments during night flight would have dicey never would have known hadnt seen fullscale B-b super-conscientious Giant Scale builder/flier no substitute real thing Locating prototype desire may require extensive research may require extensive trip get airplane models full-scale version museum its good idea write curator prior visit particularly museum near home may pleasantly surprised arrive lack modesty bunch pride Id like announce latest book published ViP Publishers Inc publishing company Dick Phillips started 1985 Curtiss Hawk 75 Gerry Beauchamp Jean Cuny Its big book 352 pages soft-bound tells entire Curtiss P-36/Hawk 75 story story airplanes offspring XP-37 XP-42 prototype P-40 book includes photographs 11 pages color profiles extensive documentation model builder cost $4995 plus $4 postage handling ViP Publishers Inc Box 16103 Colorado Springs CO 80935 Its worth penny flying season trust winter efforts produced beautiful new Giant Scale model flies good looks MOUNTABLE HINGE Demountable easy *Construction *Finishing Fourmost Demountable Hinge gapless Nylon hinge allows modeler easily remove control surfaces model 1/32 inch piano wire holds hinge place Hinge may installed easily CA adhesives Hinge sold packages 12 6 inch segments sufficient span 3 feet hinge Although manufactured white Hinge may dyed painted match finish Hinge deflects plus minus 45 degrees Product No 141 Fourmost Products 503 357-2732 FIJSELAOE JIA STATIONS MORE GATOR PRODUCTS Provides solid support accurate building Rugged 7ply aircraft plywood construction Three sizes available Standard fuse up 7-1/2 wide Jumbo fuse up 10, wide Giant Scale fuse up 15 wide Use building board base mount Uni-Strut Guide Rails versatile set-up contains hardware & instructions including Uni-Strut inlormation Box 4 Standard Jig Stations $2195 Box 4 Jumbo Jig Stations 2395 Box 4 Giant Scale Jig Stations $3895 2 Five Ft Guide Rails & Mounting Nuts.$2295 MV-i Typhoon Nats FAI winner Plans Parts available 909 1000 22 1140 versions Plug-in Wing Tube & Socket Sets 7/16 5/8 7/8 1-1/2 dia Special Lengths Order Plug-in Wing Adjusters 4-pack Adjust Both Wing Panels Plug-in Adjustable Stab Kits Micro-Adjustment Both Stab Panels Soft-N-Safe Engine Mounts 120 91 60 size engines Feather Lite Glass Cloth lose weave Fast Filling Lightest Finished Weight 3713 Pompano Drive Pensacola FL 32514 GATORPhone 904 494-0203 RIC Products Inc lMasterCard Welcomed ____________________________________________ SCALE AIRCRAFT IA06 ________________________________________________ Ohio Antiques Military Civilian Helicopters Sailplanes have worlds largest aircraft documentation collection 6 400 different full color photo studies 1905-1996 Q 35000 3-view line drawings 1997 Catalog/Guide 200 pages Canada/Mexico $1000 Bob Bankas Only $8w Overseas $15 00 Scale Model Research 3114 Yukon Avenue a Mesa CA 92626 714 979-8a58 Look us net http//imfnet/ims/scalehfml Price 3 ft $495 July1997 93 Best Balsa Aircraft Grade Plywood Spruce & USA Gold CA Adhesives Call Write BALSA USA PO Box 164 Marinette WI 54143 1-800-225-7287 Fax 1-906-863-5878 Send $100 new Catalog Catalog Free order Check us out Internet http//wwwbalsausacom [ Simply fill helium available local discount department party supply stores mount motor unit install 1 batteries ready start flying battenes hehum induded $393 S & H w p --U ng Saucer WA Exect I, U ementus* / / / 2-Stick Transmitter Single-Frequency 27 Mhz Transmitter Requires 9V rectangular battery Twin Turbo Receiver Only 2 ounces 2 independent motors Requires 0L123A 3V ithium battery Build Own Kit Kit includes Transmitter receiver motor unit plans mylar sheet build three airvraft X-33 Space Shuttle Blimp Flying Saucer battenes helium indudect $3495 S & H Checks & Ordering Infot Ready toBlimp* stem t Use Vsa Mastercard Decat Batteries included Outside North Am L 54 Blimp 11S4 -I

Author: J.A. de Vries


Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/07
Page Numbers: 92, 93, 94

RADIO CONTROL GIANTS W IS] II WITH ALL common technological distractions its amazing people have time build fly Radio Control Giant models isnt television its computer monitor isnt fax its collection E-mail Internet Somewhere person has go work eat sleep find hours glue stick longeron B Although might mean much Id like send attaboys readers have bolted together Giant can find couple extra minutes shoot some great photographs pride joy can use column No Substitute Real Thing After Giant Scaler decides subject building flying begins project collecting documentation usually consists papers photographs conscientious builder may order photo packs Bob Bankas Scale Model Research Pepino Scale Plans & Photo Service Giant Scale modelers sticklers scale detail As documentation file builds frequent problem three-views scratch-building plans agree photographs have collected and/or documentation sources differ measurements prototype frustration can monumental Two massive cases disagreement prototype documentation bad ended up writing couple books subjects never did build Taube Alexander Eaglerock model found seeing touching photographing full-scale airplanes eliminated much confusion Going see representative restored current airplane may mean foregGing vacation missing International Miniature Aircraft Association IMAA Fun-Fly would worth Take trusty 35mm camera plenty film maybe tape measure will take bit search locate exact prototype will want duplicate books list aircraft museums around world Veteran Vintage Aircraft Leslie Hunt good place start also several organizations specialize keeping track specific types airplanes Society Air Racing Historians publishes newsletter Golden Pylons edited Don Berliner tracks old new original reproduced racing aircraft Type organizations exist WACOs Monocoupes Beechcrafts Mooneys Stinsons other vintage aircraft organizations can located looking Sport Aviation Experimental Aircraft Association magazine ago designed 105-inch-span version Martin B-b bomber primary documentation came Cleveland rubber-powered kit Photos bomber revolutionized military aviation 1930s give impression big airplane During Toledo Show visit day 92 Model Aviation t aerobatic model de Havilland Chipmunk looks though Giant Scale Bell P-39 has pups sanitary model Japanese Zero better-flying WW fightersSE5 model form before things picked up drove down Air Force Museum WrightPatterson Air Force Base Dayton Ohio happy learn museum fully-restored Martin B-b display much smaller led believe pilot could almost lean out cockpit touch engine nacelles However did find out something omitted documentation collected engine instruments cockpit mounted inboard sections two engine nacelles Checking instruments during night flight would have dicey never would have known hadnt seen fullscale B-b super-conscientious Giant Scale builder/flier no substitute real thing Locating prototype desire may require extensive research may require extensive trip get airplane models full-scale version museum its good idea write curator prior visit particularly museum near home may pleasantly surprised arrive lack modesty bunch pride Id like announce latest book published ViP Publishers Inc publishing company Dick Phillips started 1985 Curtiss Hawk 75 Gerry Beauchamp Jean Cuny Its big book 352 pages soft-bound tells entire Curtiss P-36/Hawk 75 story story airplanes offspring XP-37 XP-42 prototype P-40 book includes photographs 11 pages color profiles extensive documentation model builder cost $4995 plus $4 postage handling ViP Publishers Inc Box 16103 Colorado Springs CO 80935 Its worth penny flying season trust winter efforts produced beautiful new Giant Scale model flies good looks MOUNTABLE HINGE Demountable easy *Construction *Finishing Fourmost Demountable Hinge gapless Nylon hinge allows modeler easily remove control surfaces model 1/32 inch piano wire holds hinge place Hinge may installed easily CA adhesives Hinge sold packages 12 6 inch segments sufficient span 3 feet hinge Although manufactured white Hinge may dyed painted match finish Hinge deflects plus minus 45 degrees Product No 141 Fourmost Products 503 357-2732 FIJSELAOE JIA STATIONS MORE GATOR PRODUCTS Provides solid support accurate building Rugged 7ply aircraft plywood construction Three sizes available Standard fuse up 7-1/2 wide Jumbo fuse up 10, wide Giant Scale fuse up 15 wide Use building board base mount Uni-Strut Guide Rails versatile set-up contains hardware & instructions including Uni-Strut inlormation Box 4 Standard Jig Stations $2195 Box 4 Jumbo Jig Stations 2395 Box 4 Giant Scale Jig Stations $3895 2 Five Ft Guide Rails & Mounting Nuts.$2295 MV-i Typhoon Nats FAI winner Plans Parts available 909 1000 22 1140 versions Plug-in Wing Tube & Socket Sets 7/16 5/8 7/8 1-1/2 dia Special Lengths Order Plug-in Wing Adjusters 4-pack Adjust Both Wing Panels Plug-in Adjustable Stab Kits Micro-Adjustment Both Stab Panels Soft-N-Safe Engine Mounts 120 91 60 size engines Feather Lite Glass Cloth lose weave Fast Filling Lightest Finished Weight 3713 Pompano Drive Pensacola FL 32514 GATORPhone 904 494-0203 RIC Products Inc lMasterCard Welcomed ____________________________________________ SCALE AIRCRAFT IA06 ________________________________________________ Ohio Antiques Military Civilian Helicopters Sailplanes have worlds largest aircraft documentation collection 6 400 different full color photo studies 1905-1996 Q 35000 3-view line drawings 1997 Catalog/Guide 200 pages Canada/Mexico $1000 Bob Bankas Only $8w Overseas $15 00 Scale Model Research 3114 Yukon Avenue a Mesa CA 92626 714 979-8a58 Look us net http//imfnet/ims/scalehfml Price 3 ft $495 July1997 93 Best Balsa Aircraft Grade Plywood Spruce & USA Gold CA Adhesives Call Write BALSA USA PO Box 164 Marinette WI 54143 1-800-225-7287 Fax 1-906-863-5878 Send $100 new Catalog Catalog Free order Check us out Internet http//wwwbalsausacom [ Simply fill helium available local discount department party supply stores mount motor unit install 1 batteries ready start flying battenes hehum induded $393 S & H w p --U ng Saucer WA Exect I, U ementus* / / / 2-Stick Transmitter Single-Frequency 27 Mhz Transmitter Requires 9V rectangular battery Twin Turbo Receiver Only 2 ounces 2 independent motors Requires 0L123A 3V ithium battery Build Own Kit Kit includes Transmitter receiver motor unit plans mylar sheet build three airvraft X-33 Space Shuttle Blimp Flying Saucer battenes helium indudect $3495 S & H Checks & Ordering Infot Ready toBlimp* stem t Use Vsa Mastercard Decat Batteries included Outside North Am L 54 Blimp 11S4 -I

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