RADIO CONTROL GIANTS JERRY SMARTT IS absolutely fascinated big Radio Control RC models figures aircraft 84-inch wingspans certainly IMAA [International Miniature Aircraft Association]-legal schoolyard scale Nothing fleet spans less nine feet Jerry Warsaw Missouri builds flies gigantic modelsnot say theyre heavy monsters Jerrys latest construction project enough take breath away Its 52% version Sopwith Babya pre-Worid War Schneider Cup racer Hes going build landplane version biplane wingspan works out 13 feet chord 32 inches will produce about 9200 square inches wing area power will electric Jerrys Sopwith has motor gear box outfit Germany produces motors ultralights power plant pots out two horsepower sporty laminated propeller model 36 inches diameter Ive included photo models partially framed-up fuselage give idea big will Jerry says hell take model Utah salt flats its initial test flights Jerry advocate mounting multiple RC receivers models two double-sized Miss Philly 1933 Free Flight design high-wing model spans 15 feet 27inch chord order keep wire runs short Jerry installed two servos rudder two servos elevators receiver receiver battery tail model second receiver its battery single servo mounted nose aircraft control engine Ready fly model weighs 20 pounds gives wing loading 10 ounces per square foot Jerry has built models usedfour receiversand claims hes person has used Whos argue Transporting oversized models posed some unique problems Mr Smartt solved buying truck Smartts Flying Circus travels style Although isnt Stop presses item Giant Scale modelers computer operators can use information acquired Great Planes RC simulator brush up what very little expertise around flying models Im hitting runway now rather regularly isnt conceru faux Futaba transmitter came RC simulator add local supply aviation-related computer programs took plunge acquired Sierras Red Baron II beauty exercise Futaba controls WW aeroplanes change its calibration Better yet switch front transmitter just above left stick Mode II acts machine guns trigger control responses Red Baron bit slower particularly engine speed adds reality flying Camels Albatroses Its kick particularly choose outside camera viewpoint airplane can see ailerons elevators rudder move response transmitters inputs Im working becoming German acesince Ive crashed five SPADs far Bolting column together month anything else chore finding something new different Giant Scale columnists practically model airplane magazine published US order keep up things duplicate others monthly efforts subscribe current model aviation magazines amounts great deal reading because pore over cover cover however plus information published theres much learned about construction covering painting radio installation engine capabilities just cant help November1998 95 Jerry Smartts wife inside 52% Sopwith Giants framework half-sized model will have 9000 sq wing area Two horsepower bolted 36-inch propellerthe German Half-scale pilot sitting Jerrys Giant-sized SopwithElectric motor will power Jerrys huge WW aeroplane absorb Although dont profess expert entire field model aviation know enough allow answer questions get mail three months get CARE Package friend Phil Kent jolly ol England addition being superb model designer RC pilot Phil writes Scale column British magazine Radio Control Models & Electronics RCM&E Since met Scale Internats Paris 1984 Phil have exchanging copies respective model airplane journals find RCM&E fascinating because its English approach RC modeling modelers have pretty much same inventory kits engines radios although theyre much expensive convert US prices directly pounds adds about 50-60% cost However real fascination reading British publications methods use get around modeling problems Most techniques differ ingenious well worth reading about adopting Except major fly-ins contests usually held full-scale airfields British dont have wide-open spaces US enjoy flying fields have share some better facilities football soccer clubs horsey set want different slant RC Scale Giant Scale news its Large Modeling Association subscription foreign model airplane magazine will open eyes British magazines preferred other foreign publications because theyre printed language can understand Wise Owl Worldwide Publications can set up subscription can pay Yankee dollars address Wise Owl Worldwide Publications 4314 W 238th St Torrance CA 90505-4509 Tel 310 375-6258 E-mail wiseowl@ sprintmail com will just about monthand next Decembers Model Aviation will feature results 1998 Nationals Ill back January edition tTheR tStuffwith Real Shock Absorbing Action Sizes Right Any Model Straight Offset Easy Install Minutes Best Replacement Wire Gear Aircraft Grade Materials Big Performance Increase Robart Reliability direct replacement standard wire tear Robotruna breeze install increase performance big-time Robotruta can alno attached Robart other pneumatic retracts Get real aircraft Now 4 Sizes RoboStrutslperformance model live o$tut38G 3/8 Diem 4 10 lb Modelsfunctioning oleo strut Isuspension Robart / HoboStut44ORobotruts Smooth stick-to-the-ground I716 Diem 8-14 lb Modelscontrolled landings no bounce Precision factured aircraft grade chrome flohoStputEGO moly steel lightweight units attest 1/2 Diam 12-20 lb Models proven Robart reliability performance Stut825Robart Manufacturing Inc 5/8 Diem 18-50 lb ModelsROBox 247 Dept StCharles IL 60174 Phone630-584-7616 E-mail mbart@mbartcom right stuff en web @ httpI/wwwroba rtcom Industry Leader Retractable Lending Ceer Fined Scale Struts centre Hnrns HingePoint Hinges Medehng Teels Morn 96 Model Aviation y Smartt gets around big models Shown double-sized Miss Philly featuring two RC receivers Jerry travels first class
Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/11
Page Numbers: 95, 96
Edition: Model Aviation - 1998/11
Page Numbers: 95, 96
RADIO CONTROL GIANTS JERRY SMARTT IS absolutely fascinated big Radio Control RC models figures aircraft 84-inch wingspans certainly IMAA [International Miniature Aircraft Association]-legal schoolyard scale Nothing fleet spans less nine feet Jerry Warsaw Missouri builds flies gigantic modelsnot say theyre heavy monsters Jerrys latest construction project enough take breath away Its 52% version Sopwith Babya pre-Worid War Schneider Cup racer Hes going build landplane version biplane wingspan works out 13 feet chord 32 inches will produce about 9200 square inches wing area power will electric Jerrys Sopwith has motor gear box outfit Germany produces motors ultralights power plant pots out two horsepower sporty laminated propeller model 36 inches diameter Ive included photo models partially framed-up fuselage give idea big will Jerry says hell take model Utah salt flats its initial test flights Jerry advocate mounting multiple RC receivers models two double-sized Miss Philly 1933 Free Flight design high-wing model spans 15 feet 27inch chord order keep wire runs short Jerry installed two servos rudder two servos elevators receiver receiver battery tail model second receiver its battery single servo mounted nose aircraft control engine Ready fly model weighs 20 pounds gives wing loading 10 ounces per square foot Jerry has built models usedfour receiversand claims hes person has used Whos argue Transporting oversized models posed some unique problems Mr Smartt solved buying truck Smartts Flying Circus travels style Although isnt Stop presses item Giant Scale modelers computer operators can use information acquired Great Planes RC simulator brush up what very little expertise around flying models Im hitting runway now rather regularly isnt conceru faux Futaba transmitter came RC simulator add local supply aviation-related computer programs took plunge acquired Sierras Red Baron II beauty exercise Futaba controls WW aeroplanes change its calibration Better yet switch front transmitter just above left stick Mode II acts machine guns trigger control responses Red Baron bit slower particularly engine speed adds reality flying Camels Albatroses Its kick particularly choose outside camera viewpoint airplane can see ailerons elevators rudder move response transmitters inputs Im working becoming German acesince Ive crashed five SPADs far Bolting column together month anything else chore finding something new different Giant Scale columnists practically model airplane magazine published US order keep up things duplicate others monthly efforts subscribe current model aviation magazines amounts great deal reading because pore over cover cover however plus information published theres much learned about construction covering painting radio installation engine capabilities just cant help November1998 95 Jerry Smartts wife inside 52% Sopwith Giants framework half-sized model will have 9000 sq wing area Two horsepower bolted 36-inch propellerthe German Half-scale pilot sitting Jerrys Giant-sized SopwithElectric motor will power Jerrys huge WW aeroplane absorb Although dont profess expert entire field model aviation know enough allow answer questions get mail three months get CARE Package friend Phil Kent jolly ol England addition being superb model designer RC pilot Phil writes Scale column British magazine Radio Control Models & Electronics RCM&E Since met Scale Internats Paris 1984 Phil have exchanging copies respective model airplane journals find RCM&E fascinating because its English approach RC modeling modelers have pretty much same inventory kits engines radios although theyre much expensive convert US prices directly pounds adds about 50-60% cost However real fascination reading British publications methods use get around modeling problems Most techniques differ ingenious well worth reading about adopting Except major fly-ins contests usually held full-scale airfields British dont have wide-open spaces US enjoy flying fields have share some better facilities football soccer clubs horsey set want different slant RC Scale Giant Scale news its Large Modeling Association subscription foreign model airplane magazine will open eyes British magazines preferred other foreign publications because theyre printed language can understand Wise Owl Worldwide Publications can set up subscription can pay Yankee dollars address Wise Owl Worldwide Publications 4314 W 238th St Torrance CA 90505-4509 Tel 310 375-6258 E-mail wiseowl@ sprintmail com will just about monthand next Decembers Model Aviation will feature results 1998 Nationals Ill back January edition tTheR tStuffwith Real Shock Absorbing Action Sizes Right Any Model Straight Offset Easy Install Minutes Best Replacement Wire Gear Aircraft Grade Materials Big Performance Increase Robart Reliability direct replacement standard wire tear Robotruna breeze install increase performance big-time Robotruta can alno attached Robart other pneumatic retracts Get real aircraft Now 4 Sizes RoboStrutslperformance model live o$tut38G 3/8 Diem 4 10 lb Modelsfunctioning oleo strut Isuspension Robart / HoboStut44ORobotruts Smooth stick-to-the-ground I716 Diem 8-14 lb Modelscontrolled landings no bounce Precision factured aircraft grade chrome flohoStputEGO moly steel lightweight units attest 1/2 Diam 12-20 lb Models proven Robart reliability performance Stut825Robart Manufacturing Inc 5/8 Diem 18-50 lb ModelsROBox 247 Dept StCharles IL 60174 Phone630-584-7616 E-mail mbart@mbartcom right stuff en web @ httpI/wwwroba rtcom Industry Leader Retractable Lending Ceer Fined Scale Struts centre Hnrns HingePoint Hinges Medehng Teels Morn 96 Model Aviation y Smartt gets around big models Shown double-sized Miss Philly featuring two RC receivers Jerry travels first class
