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Radio Control: Giants

Author: J.A. de Vries


Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/09
Page Numbers: 94, 96, 97

RADIO CONTROL GIANTS GIANT SCALE MODELERS have strong opinions comes models build Although number potential prototypes vast builders narrow field subjects please World War aircraft preferred Fokker products DVII triplane DrI Sopwiths Pup Nieuports 28 usually chosen Good Giant drawings kits available modelers prefer between-the-wars aircraft field wide open Curtiss Robins Boeing biplane fighters host great Golden Age racers Gee Bees Folkerts others have drafted Giant Scale sizes favoritethe Bell YFM- lA Airacuda World War II era provides widest variety Scale subjects everything ubiquitous Mustangs Thunderbolts B-29s B-24s B 17s available kits plans heavy iron fan Recently however interesting set drawings offered old master Nick Ziroli bigmodel version fascinating Northrop Black Widow twin-engined P-6 1 P-61 unique several ways Its ailerons vestigal rolling airplane accomplished spoilers heavily armed four forwardfiring 20mm cannons four 50-caliber machine guns mounted fuselage top turret carried crew three radar operator twoengined craft designated night fighter d dark skies Pacific European theatersto good effect despite its weight size P-61 extremely maneuverable aircraft particularly lower altitudes watched fascinating encounter between P-61 P-S lD latter flown Bill Hook operations officer 40th Fighter Squadron Bill pilot Widow 3 39th Night Fighter Squadron squared off above Johnson Air Force Base Japan bright morning wasnt much contest After couple head-on passes Widow Mustangs tail nothing Captain Hook could would shake acknowledged master Mustang could have broken off ring-around-the-rosy exercise bending throttle around front quadrant streaking away high speed long stayed Lufberry circle P-61 glued tail feathers Marty Young Oklahoma City OK has hots Northrop night fighter Using Ziroli drawings Marty bolted together 50-pound version aircraft Two Brison Sachs 32s provide power JR PCM 10 controls model Marty has installed 17 servos P-61 control standard flight functions along scale spoilers gear retraction gear doors flaps wheel brakes remote engine kill best part Martys 114-inchspan model has inherited great flight qualities prototype says model flies beautifully its fast smooth well-mannered took touch down-elevator trim during its initial flight What job must have align both engine booms crew nacelle making sure elevator/stabilizer remained parallel wing Manys model masterful recreation complex prototype P61A part E-mail address Bill Witte Bath NH fan betweenthe-wars airplanes featured great Longwing Alexander Eaglerock earlier column sent photo rare model Bellanca Airmaster 1/6 scale full-scale Airmaster big aircraft model smaller-than-usual Giant Scale spans 130 inches Bill used Cleveland plans other documentation design aircraft Its 94 Model Aviation y Young 7 standing Jarrett Young 9 kneeling beside dad Martys Giant Scale Northrop night fighter Built Ziroli drawings Bill Wittes Bath NH 26-pound A-scale 130-inch-span BellancaKansan Ron Oplands /4-scale 1941 Taylorcraft built Aircruiser SuperTigre 3000 provides powerdrawings April 1993 Model Aviation & Easiest Use ouEu or Money Back predSlOcatiO~ 1ite 96 Model Aviation ingBoard pros hobbyists demand robust precision 2D tools DB THE complete full-featured 2D CAD package chosen engineers serious project builders alike Get DrawingBoard incredible low price $145 regularly $245 DrawingBoard software features patented Drafting Assistant & Smart Cursor technology help draw quickly accurately Easiest use CAD Graphical User Interface Airfoil Generation FREE model aviation plans & symbols web site limited time Automatic Associative Dimensioning Integrated Parametrics Powerful Edit Objects Stroke commands Pan Zoom construction line creation Exchange drawings Autocad other programs File interchange formats include DXF PICT BMP WMF EPS ASCII Text Available Mac Power Mac Windows 95/31 Call TOLL FREE get Software FREE Woods World CD $30 value purchase Visit http//wwwmcesoftcom information & FREE Sample Software Pricing free CD offer available limited time Drawjng Board Dave Reids Phelps NY new Cheetah engine designed Giant Scale use available three sizes details text powered modified SuperTigre 3000 replaced ST carburetor carburetor OS 61 achieve reliable engine operation model four years old features operating flaps inflight adjustable stabilizer plains Kansas comes scale 1941 Taylorcraft built Ron Opland used plan 733 April 1993 Model Aviation produced model weighs less 11 pounds dry Ron chose YS 120 power high winger offset 20 right says left turns may made ailerons right turns require bit coordinated rudder Ron MonoKoted model glassed painted metal areas prototype created spiffy Giant Scale model High-wing monoplanes Giant Scale sizes generally coordination modelsthey usually require bit rudder along aileron input produce coordinated turns positive control will realized model has differential aileron control up down built Given Giants have servo aileron differential relatively easy achieveby offsetting aileron pushrods servo 01 Phelps NY buddy Dave Reid Reids Model Products 30 Clifton St Phelps NY 14532 has announced new engine line Cheetah designed Giant Scale applications Available engine models 25 15 cu 2 hp 42 lb 35 21 cu 24 hp 45 lb 42 25 cu 30 hp 45 lb Cheetahs equipped CH Electronic Jump Start ignition allows safe sure hand-starts best part Cheetahs come mufflers really muffle Prices reasonable $29595 25 $30995 35 $31995 42 youre interested drop Dave line Tel 315 548-3779 E-mail dreid@epixnet Hope youre having successful flying season -IN WING ADJUSTER KIT New iiImproved Wing Adjuster Very strong rigid also light weight Use two adjusters wing panel key panel fuselage allowing quick accurate alignment tor straight flight 4-Pack both wing panels $1295 GLASS CLOTH 7 oziSq Yard Fastest Filling Closest Weave Lightest Finished Weight Includes Detailed Instructions Big 3 Square Yard Pkg$895 GATOR WING TUBE AND SOCKET SETS Aluminum alloy tubing plug-in wings Includes special slip-fit phenolic sockets build wing panels Special lengths order 7/16 die x 2 ft precision fit sockets$695 5/8 dia x 2 ft precision fit sockets$1095 7/8 die x 2 ft precision fit sockets$1195 1-1/4diax2ft$995 1-1/2diax3ft$1495 PLUG-IN ADJUSTABLE STAB KIT Now can optimize stab incidence best flight characteristics pair glass-filled nylon adjusters included provide simple quick micro screw adjustment smaller front stab tube Main tube alloy aluminum matching phenolic socket Complete Package$995 3713 Pompano Drive Pensacola FL 32514 Phone 904 494-0203 RIC Products Inc z VISA/MasterCard Welcomed $450 per item S&S esidents add 6% Tax September 1997 97 TRU-TURN now offers very finest versatile lightweight PROP HUBS turned solid barstock inside out true running hub new hub will mount motor standard TRU-TURN adapter kit big bird multi-bolt applications TRIJ-TURN has covered TRU-TURN also has PROP NUT will fit motor precision PROP NUTS come engine thread sizes two different shapes available stock Ask hobby dealer name uSA PRECISION MODEL PRODUCTS Romco Manufacturing Inc QUALITY VERSA TILITY GREAT LOOKS TY PO Box 836 South Houston Texas 77587 713 / 943-1867 Z E

Author: J.A. de Vries


Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/09
Page Numbers: 94, 96, 97

RADIO CONTROL GIANTS GIANT SCALE MODELERS have strong opinions comes models build Although number potential prototypes vast builders narrow field subjects please World War aircraft preferred Fokker products DVII triplane DrI Sopwiths Pup Nieuports 28 usually chosen Good Giant drawings kits available modelers prefer between-the-wars aircraft field wide open Curtiss Robins Boeing biplane fighters host great Golden Age racers Gee Bees Folkerts others have drafted Giant Scale sizes favoritethe Bell YFM- lA Airacuda World War II era provides widest variety Scale subjects everything ubiquitous Mustangs Thunderbolts B-29s B-24s B 17s available kits plans heavy iron fan Recently however interesting set drawings offered old master Nick Ziroli bigmodel version fascinating Northrop Black Widow twin-engined P-6 1 P-61 unique several ways Its ailerons vestigal rolling airplane accomplished spoilers heavily armed four forwardfiring 20mm cannons four 50-caliber machine guns mounted fuselage top turret carried crew three radar operator twoengined craft designated night fighter d dark skies Pacific European theatersto good effect despite its weight size P-61 extremely maneuverable aircraft particularly lower altitudes watched fascinating encounter between P-61 P-S lD latter flown Bill Hook operations officer 40th Fighter Squadron Bill pilot Widow 3 39th Night Fighter Squadron squared off above Johnson Air Force Base Japan bright morning wasnt much contest After couple head-on passes Widow Mustangs tail nothing Captain Hook could would shake acknowledged master Mustang could have broken off ring-around-the-rosy exercise bending throttle around front quadrant streaking away high speed long stayed Lufberry circle P-61 glued tail feathers Marty Young Oklahoma City OK has hots Northrop night fighter Using Ziroli drawings Marty bolted together 50-pound version aircraft Two Brison Sachs 32s provide power JR PCM 10 controls model Marty has installed 17 servos P-61 control standard flight functions along scale spoilers gear retraction gear doors flaps wheel brakes remote engine kill best part Martys 114-inchspan model has inherited great flight qualities prototype says model flies beautifully its fast smooth well-mannered took touch down-elevator trim during its initial flight What job must have align both engine booms crew nacelle making sure elevator/stabilizer remained parallel wing Manys model masterful recreation complex prototype P61A part E-mail address Bill Witte Bath NH fan betweenthe-wars airplanes featured great Longwing Alexander Eaglerock earlier column sent photo rare model Bellanca Airmaster 1/6 scale full-scale Airmaster big aircraft model smaller-than-usual Giant Scale spans 130 inches Bill used Cleveland plans other documentation design aircraft Its 94 Model Aviation y Young 7 standing Jarrett Young 9 kneeling beside dad Martys Giant Scale Northrop night fighter Built Ziroli drawings Bill Wittes Bath NH 26-pound A-scale 130-inch-span BellancaKansan Ron Oplands /4-scale 1941 Taylorcraft built Aircruiser SuperTigre 3000 provides powerdrawings April 1993 Model Aviation & Easiest Use ouEu or Money Back predSlOcatiO~ 1ite 96 Model Aviation ingBoard pros hobbyists demand robust precision 2D tools DB THE complete full-featured 2D CAD package chosen engineers serious project builders alike Get DrawingBoard incredible low price $145 regularly $245 DrawingBoard software features patented Drafting Assistant & Smart Cursor technology help draw quickly accurately Easiest use CAD Graphical User Interface Airfoil Generation FREE model aviation plans & symbols web site limited time Automatic Associative Dimensioning Integrated Parametrics Powerful Edit Objects Stroke commands Pan Zoom construction line creation Exchange drawings Autocad other programs File interchange formats include DXF PICT BMP WMF EPS ASCII Text Available Mac Power Mac Windows 95/31 Call TOLL FREE get Software FREE Woods World CD $30 value purchase Visit http//wwwmcesoftcom information & FREE Sample Software Pricing free CD offer available limited time Drawjng Board Dave Reids Phelps NY new Cheetah engine designed Giant Scale use available three sizes details text powered modified SuperTigre 3000 replaced ST carburetor carburetor OS 61 achieve reliable engine operation model four years old features operating flaps inflight adjustable stabilizer plains Kansas comes scale 1941 Taylorcraft built Ron Opland used plan 733 April 1993 Model Aviation produced model weighs less 11 pounds dry Ron chose YS 120 power high winger offset 20 right says left turns may made ailerons right turns require bit coordinated rudder Ron MonoKoted model glassed painted metal areas prototype created spiffy Giant Scale model High-wing monoplanes Giant Scale sizes generally coordination modelsthey usually require bit rudder along aileron input produce coordinated turns positive control will realized model has differential aileron control up down built Given Giants have servo aileron differential relatively easy achieveby offsetting aileron pushrods servo 01 Phelps NY buddy Dave Reid Reids Model Products 30 Clifton St Phelps NY 14532 has announced new engine line Cheetah designed Giant Scale applications Available engine models 25 15 cu 2 hp 42 lb 35 21 cu 24 hp 45 lb 42 25 cu 30 hp 45 lb Cheetahs equipped CH Electronic Jump Start ignition allows safe sure hand-starts best part Cheetahs come mufflers really muffle Prices reasonable $29595 25 $30995 35 $31995 42 youre interested drop Dave line Tel 315 548-3779 E-mail dreid@epixnet Hope youre having successful flying season -IN WING ADJUSTER KIT New iiImproved Wing Adjuster Very strong rigid also light weight Use two adjusters wing panel key panel fuselage allowing quick accurate alignment tor straight flight 4-Pack both wing panels $1295 GLASS CLOTH 7 oziSq Yard Fastest Filling Closest Weave Lightest Finished Weight Includes Detailed Instructions Big 3 Square Yard Pkg$895 GATOR WING TUBE AND SOCKET SETS Aluminum alloy tubing plug-in wings Includes special slip-fit phenolic sockets build wing panels Special lengths order 7/16 die x 2 ft precision fit sockets$695 5/8 dia x 2 ft precision fit sockets$1095 7/8 die x 2 ft precision fit sockets$1195 1-1/4diax2ft$995 1-1/2diax3ft$1495 PLUG-IN ADJUSTABLE STAB KIT Now can optimize stab incidence best flight characteristics pair glass-filled nylon adjusters included provide simple quick micro screw adjustment smaller front stab tube Main tube alloy aluminum matching phenolic socket Complete Package$995 3713 Pompano Drive Pensacola FL 32514 Phone 904 494-0203 RIC Products Inc z VISA/MasterCard Welcomed $450 per item S&S esidents add 6% Tax September 1997 97 TRU-TURN now offers very finest versatile lightweight PROP HUBS turned solid barstock inside out true running hub new hub will mount motor standard TRU-TURN adapter kit big bird multi-bolt applications TRIJ-TURN has covered TRU-TURN also has PROP NUT will fit motor precision PROP NUTS come engine thread sizes two different shapes available stock Ask hobby dealer name uSA PRECISION MODEL PRODUCTS Romco Manufacturing Inc QUALITY VERSA TILITY GREAT LOOKS TY PO Box 836 South Houston Texas 77587 713 / 943-1867 Z E

Author: J.A. de Vries


Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/09
Page Numbers: 94, 96, 97

RADIO CONTROL GIANTS GIANT SCALE MODELERS have strong opinions comes models build Although number potential prototypes vast builders narrow field subjects please World War aircraft preferred Fokker products DVII triplane DrI Sopwiths Pup Nieuports 28 usually chosen Good Giant drawings kits available modelers prefer between-the-wars aircraft field wide open Curtiss Robins Boeing biplane fighters host great Golden Age racers Gee Bees Folkerts others have drafted Giant Scale sizes favoritethe Bell YFM- lA Airacuda World War II era provides widest variety Scale subjects everything ubiquitous Mustangs Thunderbolts B-29s B-24s B 17s available kits plans heavy iron fan Recently however interesting set drawings offered old master Nick Ziroli bigmodel version fascinating Northrop Black Widow twin-engined P-6 1 P-61 unique several ways Its ailerons vestigal rolling airplane accomplished spoilers heavily armed four forwardfiring 20mm cannons four 50-caliber machine guns mounted fuselage top turret carried crew three radar operator twoengined craft designated night fighter d dark skies Pacific European theatersto good effect despite its weight size P-61 extremely maneuverable aircraft particularly lower altitudes watched fascinating encounter between P-61 P-S lD latter flown Bill Hook operations officer 40th Fighter Squadron Bill pilot Widow 3 39th Night Fighter Squadron squared off above Johnson Air Force Base Japan bright morning wasnt much contest After couple head-on passes Widow Mustangs tail nothing Captain Hook could would shake acknowledged master Mustang could have broken off ring-around-the-rosy exercise bending throttle around front quadrant streaking away high speed long stayed Lufberry circle P-61 glued tail feathers Marty Young Oklahoma City OK has hots Northrop night fighter Using Ziroli drawings Marty bolted together 50-pound version aircraft Two Brison Sachs 32s provide power JR PCM 10 controls model Marty has installed 17 servos P-61 control standard flight functions along scale spoilers gear retraction gear doors flaps wheel brakes remote engine kill best part Martys 114-inchspan model has inherited great flight qualities prototype says model flies beautifully its fast smooth well-mannered took touch down-elevator trim during its initial flight What job must have align both engine booms crew nacelle making sure elevator/stabilizer remained parallel wing Manys model masterful recreation complex prototype P61A part E-mail address Bill Witte Bath NH fan betweenthe-wars airplanes featured great Longwing Alexander Eaglerock earlier column sent photo rare model Bellanca Airmaster 1/6 scale full-scale Airmaster big aircraft model smaller-than-usual Giant Scale spans 130 inches Bill used Cleveland plans other documentation design aircraft Its 94 Model Aviation y Young 7 standing Jarrett Young 9 kneeling beside dad Martys Giant Scale Northrop night fighter Built Ziroli drawings Bill Wittes Bath NH 26-pound A-scale 130-inch-span BellancaKansan Ron Oplands /4-scale 1941 Taylorcraft built Aircruiser SuperTigre 3000 provides powerdrawings April 1993 Model Aviation & Easiest Use ouEu or Money Back predSlOcatiO~ 1ite 96 Model Aviation ingBoard pros hobbyists demand robust precision 2D tools DB THE complete full-featured 2D CAD package chosen engineers serious project builders alike Get DrawingBoard incredible low price $145 regularly $245 DrawingBoard software features patented Drafting Assistant & Smart Cursor technology help draw quickly accurately Easiest use CAD Graphical User Interface Airfoil Generation FREE model aviation plans & symbols web site limited time Automatic Associative Dimensioning Integrated Parametrics Powerful Edit Objects Stroke commands Pan Zoom construction line creation Exchange drawings Autocad other programs File interchange formats include DXF PICT BMP WMF EPS ASCII Text Available Mac Power Mac Windows 95/31 Call TOLL FREE get Software FREE Woods World CD $30 value purchase Visit http//wwwmcesoftcom information & FREE Sample Software Pricing free CD offer available limited time Drawjng Board Dave Reids Phelps NY new Cheetah engine designed Giant Scale use available three sizes details text powered modified SuperTigre 3000 replaced ST carburetor carburetor OS 61 achieve reliable engine operation model four years old features operating flaps inflight adjustable stabilizer plains Kansas comes scale 1941 Taylorcraft built Ron Opland used plan 733 April 1993 Model Aviation produced model weighs less 11 pounds dry Ron chose YS 120 power high winger offset 20 right says left turns may made ailerons right turns require bit coordinated rudder Ron MonoKoted model glassed painted metal areas prototype created spiffy Giant Scale model High-wing monoplanes Giant Scale sizes generally coordination modelsthey usually require bit rudder along aileron input produce coordinated turns positive control will realized model has differential aileron control up down built Given Giants have servo aileron differential relatively easy achieveby offsetting aileron pushrods servo 01 Phelps NY buddy Dave Reid Reids Model Products 30 Clifton St Phelps NY 14532 has announced new engine line Cheetah designed Giant Scale applications Available engine models 25 15 cu 2 hp 42 lb 35 21 cu 24 hp 45 lb 42 25 cu 30 hp 45 lb Cheetahs equipped CH Electronic Jump Start ignition allows safe sure hand-starts best part Cheetahs come mufflers really muffle Prices reasonable $29595 25 $30995 35 $31995 42 youre interested drop Dave line Tel 315 548-3779 E-mail dreid@epixnet Hope youre having successful flying season -IN WING ADJUSTER KIT New iiImproved Wing Adjuster Very strong rigid also light weight Use two adjusters wing panel key panel fuselage allowing quick accurate alignment tor straight flight 4-Pack both wing panels $1295 GLASS CLOTH 7 oziSq Yard Fastest Filling Closest Weave Lightest Finished Weight Includes Detailed Instructions Big 3 Square Yard Pkg$895 GATOR WING TUBE AND SOCKET SETS Aluminum alloy tubing plug-in wings Includes special slip-fit phenolic sockets build wing panels Special lengths order 7/16 die x 2 ft precision fit sockets$695 5/8 dia x 2 ft precision fit sockets$1095 7/8 die x 2 ft precision fit sockets$1195 1-1/4diax2ft$995 1-1/2diax3ft$1495 PLUG-IN ADJUSTABLE STAB KIT Now can optimize stab incidence best flight characteristics pair glass-filled nylon adjusters included provide simple quick micro screw adjustment smaller front stab tube Main tube alloy aluminum matching phenolic socket Complete Package$995 3713 Pompano Drive Pensacola FL 32514 Phone 904 494-0203 RIC Products Inc z VISA/MasterCard Welcomed $450 per item S&S esidents add 6% Tax September 1997 97 TRU-TURN now offers very finest versatile lightweight PROP HUBS turned solid barstock inside out true running hub new hub will mount motor standard TRU-TURN adapter kit big bird multi-bolt applications TRIJ-TURN has covered TRU-TURN also has PROP NUT will fit motor precision PROP NUTS come engine thread sizes two different shapes available stock Ask hobby dealer name uSA PRECISION MODEL PRODUCTS Romco Manufacturing Inc QUALITY VERSA TILITY GREAT LOOKS TY PO Box 836 South Houston Texas 77587 713 / 943-1867 Z E

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