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Radio Control: Giants

Author: J.A. de Vries


Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/11
Page Numbers: 99, 100

RADIO CONTROL GIANTS tober 1995 column featured whiz dinger model built Ralph Beck Beloit Wisconsin Ralphs model duplicated full-scale Lincoln Sport single-place biplane homebuilt 30s copied Sport was/is owned Dennis Trone major exception Mr Trones aircraft powered three-cylinder engine Ralph two-cylinder Saito 270 available Although versions Lincoln Sport built twocylinder engines Ralph make compromise wasnt able duplicate Denny Trones aircraft exactly featured Mr Becks model included photo bones well shot prototype thats based airport just down road home Ralph finished up model its Saito hummer satisfied Giant heard three-cylinder model engine marketed CB Associates early 80s Ralph advertised RIC Report magazine attempt acquire 235 cu displacement four-stroke engines Happily Cliff Bumpus builder engine saw ad volunteered build F3R engines Ralph course Ralph rebuild front end model accomodate close-toscale three-banger Part inspiration additional work fact F3R matches Szeldey engine 30s almost exactly Its scale engine deadon-scale model case have hots scale three-cylinder four-stroke engine last report Cliff two sale price right up $1395 per Mr Bumpus engines beautifully precisionturned bar stock Cliff Bumpus 835 Yale Drive Mansfield OH 44907 Ralph Beck attests fact run good look Longtime readers column will remember 1978 Paul Matt published book about Taube airplanes Frank Newman Deer Park TX has proved big fan unique pre-WW German/Austrian monoplanes am dint some very serious research Frank produced particularly beautiful replica 1913 Etrich D2 Taube Giant Scale started Balsa USA Taube kit replicates rather generic version 500 real Taubes built 50 Teutonic manufacturers Some enhancements Frank applied basic kit design include Fully detailed cockpits completely detailed Daimler-Mercedes engine son did basic structure Frank did final touches functional scale bomb-dropping mechanism mechanism works perfectly has used 30 50 successful flights model bomb drop works November1997 99 Close-up three-cylinder four-stroke F3R engine RalphRalph Becks Scale Lincoln Sport its new three-cylinder Becks Beloit WI Lincoln Sportbeautifulengine built Cliff Bumpus Mansfield OH Frank Newman R son Franks super-scale TaubeThe 100-horsepower Daimler-Mercedes engine Frank Posters background give aircrafts history models detailsNewmans Giant Scale Taube son did basic structure internal fuselage-mounted servo activated transmitters flap channel mechanism designed release two bombs sequentially Frank can make two bomb drops per flight Four e-sized figures Frank included two models cockpits Lt Neumann pilot German Crown Prince Wilhelm passenger/observer Both aeronauts duplicated standing figures well Prince being clothed Death Head Hussars dress uniform Solartex fabric Japanese tissue patee crosses insignia give model old timey look Frank selected OS 91 power 10-pound model spans 82 inches 63 inches long talking about supersanitary Scale model flies very scale fashion Spectacular Bob Holman working harder retirement us did regular jobs Hes offering wide array Scale model plans kits hes gone hi-tech Hes now providing laser-cut parts several available designs latest Brian Taytors Giant Scale 81-inch span de Havilland Mosquito Bob has plans $45 fiberglass cowls gear door covers clear canopy nose fairing plus two aluminum spinners $125 laser-cut parts $75 $10 P&H whole package Bob also has E-mail address bhplans@aolcom Snail-mail can reach him Box 741 San Bernardino CA 92402 Fax 909 889-9307 Charles W Reeves 8310 Moore Road Paducah KY 42001 has problem has urge build fly 1/5-scale model Japanese Judy model featured article Bob Taylor December 1981 issue Scale RIC Modeler drawings available time Charles has tried contact Bob Vic Tomeo carried drawings sale Frank Tiano Ray Kleeber built model plans featured September 1993 Model Airplane News no avail have set Bob Taylors Judy drawings Charles would like hear volunteers provide postage both ways l loan him plans copying note CDs plan advertise Giant Scale Fly-Ins Most announcements get too late included column Id like mention traditional Fly-Ins magazines lead time before publication frustrates desire want plug event please forward particulars three months advance No Giant Scale column next months Model Aviationits annual Nationals issue January issue will feature photo supersanitary 82-inch de Havilland Chipmunk built Gary Miller Charlotte North Carolina Its beauty full military camouflage Model Aviation n Taylors Giant Scale Mosquito Bob Holman has plans necessary accessories build model great WW II airplane Real Shock Absorbing Action ____________________________________________________ w w w w w Straight Offset ONLY ROBART ROBOSTRUTS CARRY THE TST AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE Best Replacement Wire Gear Big Performance Increase Sizes Right Any Model Easy Install Minutes Aircraft Grade Materials Robart Reliability Strut Right Stuff Robart Manufacturing Inc POBox 1247 Dept StCharles IL 60174 Phone 630-584-7616 E-mail robart@robartcom 0 right stuff web @ httfsIlwwwrobart corn Industry Leader Retractable landing Gear Fixed Scale Struts ConirnI Hams HingePoint Hinges Modeling Tools Morel Now 4 Sizes RobStrutsl t real aircraft performance model live Hobo5tut88Ofunctioning oleo strut suspension Robart RoboStruts Smooth stick-totheground Hohotrut44Ocontrolled Iandinfs no bounce Precision manufactured aircraft grade chrome Hobo Strut500moly steel lightweight units attest proven Robart reliability performance Robo8tutG25 iom f 185O lb Models

Author: J.A. de Vries


Edition: Model Aviation - 1997/11
Page Numbers: 99, 100

RADIO CONTROL GIANTS tober 1995 column featured whiz dinger model built Ralph Beck Beloit Wisconsin Ralphs model duplicated full-scale Lincoln Sport single-place biplane homebuilt 30s copied Sport was/is owned Dennis Trone major exception Mr Trones aircraft powered three-cylinder engine Ralph two-cylinder Saito 270 available Although versions Lincoln Sport built twocylinder engines Ralph make compromise wasnt able duplicate Denny Trones aircraft exactly featured Mr Becks model included photo bones well shot prototype thats based airport just down road home Ralph finished up model its Saito hummer satisfied Giant heard three-cylinder model engine marketed CB Associates early 80s Ralph advertised RIC Report magazine attempt acquire 235 cu displacement four-stroke engines Happily Cliff Bumpus builder engine saw ad volunteered build F3R engines Ralph course Ralph rebuild front end model accomodate close-toscale three-banger Part inspiration additional work fact F3R matches Szeldey engine 30s almost exactly Its scale engine deadon-scale model case have hots scale three-cylinder four-stroke engine last report Cliff two sale price right up $1395 per Mr Bumpus engines beautifully precisionturned bar stock Cliff Bumpus 835 Yale Drive Mansfield OH 44907 Ralph Beck attests fact run good look Longtime readers column will remember 1978 Paul Matt published book about Taube airplanes Frank Newman Deer Park TX has proved big fan unique pre-WW German/Austrian monoplanes am dint some very serious research Frank produced particularly beautiful replica 1913 Etrich D2 Taube Giant Scale started Balsa USA Taube kit replicates rather generic version 500 real Taubes built 50 Teutonic manufacturers Some enhancements Frank applied basic kit design include Fully detailed cockpits completely detailed Daimler-Mercedes engine son did basic structure Frank did final touches functional scale bomb-dropping mechanism mechanism works perfectly has used 30 50 successful flights model bomb drop works November1997 99 Close-up three-cylinder four-stroke F3R engine RalphRalph Becks Scale Lincoln Sport its new three-cylinder Becks Beloit WI Lincoln Sportbeautifulengine built Cliff Bumpus Mansfield OH Frank Newman R son Franks super-scale TaubeThe 100-horsepower Daimler-Mercedes engine Frank Posters background give aircrafts history models detailsNewmans Giant Scale Taube son did basic structure internal fuselage-mounted servo activated transmitters flap channel mechanism designed release two bombs sequentially Frank can make two bomb drops per flight Four e-sized figures Frank included two models cockpits Lt Neumann pilot German Crown Prince Wilhelm passenger/observer Both aeronauts duplicated standing figures well Prince being clothed Death Head Hussars dress uniform Solartex fabric Japanese tissue patee crosses insignia give model old timey look Frank selected OS 91 power 10-pound model spans 82 inches 63 inches long talking about supersanitary Scale model flies very scale fashion Spectacular Bob Holman working harder retirement us did regular jobs Hes offering wide array Scale model plans kits hes gone hi-tech Hes now providing laser-cut parts several available designs latest Brian Taytors Giant Scale 81-inch span de Havilland Mosquito Bob has plans $45 fiberglass cowls gear door covers clear canopy nose fairing plus two aluminum spinners $125 laser-cut parts $75 $10 P&H whole package Bob also has E-mail address bhplans@aolcom Snail-mail can reach him Box 741 San Bernardino CA 92402 Fax 909 889-9307 Charles W Reeves 8310 Moore Road Paducah KY 42001 has problem has urge build fly 1/5-scale model Japanese Judy model featured article Bob Taylor December 1981 issue Scale RIC Modeler drawings available time Charles has tried contact Bob Vic Tomeo carried drawings sale Frank Tiano Ray Kleeber built model plans featured September 1993 Model Airplane News no avail have set Bob Taylors Judy drawings Charles would like hear volunteers provide postage both ways l loan him plans copying note CDs plan advertise Giant Scale Fly-Ins Most announcements get too late included column Id like mention traditional Fly-Ins magazines lead time before publication frustrates desire want plug event please forward particulars three months advance No Giant Scale column next months Model Aviationits annual Nationals issue January issue will feature photo supersanitary 82-inch de Havilland Chipmunk built Gary Miller Charlotte North Carolina Its beauty full military camouflage Model Aviation n Taylors Giant Scale Mosquito Bob Holman has plans necessary accessories build model great WW II airplane Real Shock Absorbing Action ____________________________________________________ w w w w w Straight Offset ONLY ROBART ROBOSTRUTS CARRY THE TST AIRCRAFT PERFORMANCE Best Replacement Wire Gear Big Performance Increase Sizes Right Any Model Easy Install Minutes Aircraft Grade Materials Robart Reliability Strut Right Stuff Robart Manufacturing Inc POBox 1247 Dept StCharles IL 60174 Phone 630-584-7616 E-mail robart@robartcom 0 right stuff web @ httfsIlwwwrobart corn Industry Leader Retractable landing Gear Fixed Scale Struts ConirnI Hams HingePoint Hinges Modeling Tools Morel Now 4 Sizes RobStrutsl t real aircraft performance model live Hobo5tut88Ofunctioning oleo strut suspension Robart RoboStruts Smooth stick-totheground Hohotrut44Ocontrolled Iandinfs no bounce Precision manufactured aircraft grade chrome Hobo Strut500moly steel lightweight units attest proven Robart reliability performance Robo8tutG25 iom f 185O lb Models

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