WELCOME BACK hope get ting some flying evenings now summer sure makes days work go faster youve got flight session look forward Last month talked about large UH-ls Id made movie said would tak ing look Hirobos new Boeing Vertol Id like save next month really time discussed Miniature Aircraft Supplys first solo venture X-Cell Anyone has hobby length time knows Walt Schoonard youve around long enough know Walt first believe Helicopter colum nist Model Aviation back early Seven ties Anyway Walt has always avid Hel icopter flier promoter years Walt Schoonard acted US distributor German Schluter com pany Miniature Aircraft Supply Walts com pany soon marketed both Helicopters accessories middle Eighties witnessed success Schluter Superior Champion Reportedly Walt made design put both theac ships About same time Miniature Aircraft started promoting distrib uting Ewald Heims Helicopters Also early Eighties started hearing about Walts sons Ted Tim Both now well known excellent craftsmen fliers Walts experience strong family sup port coupled US dollars plummeting value world market advent new American-made Helicopter certainly inevita ble though conceived executed total secrecy X-Cell total surprise finally unveiled Nurenburg Toy Fair As expected X-Cell exhibits Walt Schoonard has learned long involvement hobby So what X-Cell highly competitive American-designed -manufactured RC Heli copter features composite construction basic machine built kit has pod-andboom fuselage single-axle Bell/Hiller rotor sys tem underslung flybar available two sizes smaller suitable 50-size en gines larger 60-size engines Since description little vague Ill elaborate further kit X-Cell shipped beautiful box shows ship good advantage Open ing box soon becomes acqualnted X-Cells excellent 42-page instruction man ual update sheets building-sheet summary go instructions equally excellent isometric-view drawings As manufacturer myself am always im pressed see kit such high quality count right 313 parts X-Cell kit Think about amount work effort goes designing manufacturing pro curing parts Dont think about instructional paperwork Think about high cost time money putting first X-Cell kit its box can tell firsthand its wonder kit ever gets production Anyway investigating kit reveals certainly high-quality item parts bagged accordance eight ma jor assembly steps Without comparing X-Cell other ma chines sufficient say X-Cells con struction accepted standard form mod em Helis X-Cells fea tures have seen before Walt crew have done very nice job planning refin ing much attention detail instance Continued page 146 56 Model Aviation Radio Conoi Helicopters Larry Jolly 5501 W Conto Santa Ana CA 92703 miniature ircran uppiy A-Leii Uuick iIver body shell standard X-Cell installs easily pro vides great access adjustments adds mere 10 oz all-up weight X-Cell parts except canopy needed make X-Cell 50made America boot X-Cell details L General layout X-Cell 60 mechanics shows straight pusnroa runs unaerslung Tiybar eievator servo behind main shaft tail tube support Middle molded fiber-filled plastic rotor head sports optional aluminum cap allows placing palm hand stop rotor system shutdown R tail rotors counterbalanced blades Note molded fins custom nylon standoffs tail rotor pushrod Recommended charge current Article index Ni-Cd cell weights DC-DC Super Charger mod parts list Connector wire resis tance Leisure 05 perform ance Caliph power systems Astm 15 props/power Geared Astro 05 15 props/power Popular equipment 85 Electric Fly 19 Weight Importance Plane/power system Radio servo receiver battery Covering Framework examples 20 Wfring Size/kind/loss/weight Soldering Connectors Auto model chargers Organizer Twins 6/85 9/85 4/87 9/87 12/87 2/88 2/88 7/88 8/88 3/86 1/84 4/84 8/87 1/84 1/84 4/84 10/84 11/84 2/84 10/87 12/87 2/84 2/84 3/85 7/85 2/86 6/87 So ends another columnalbeit somewhat unus ual hope find useful doing couldnt help think useful master index Electric articles magazines last 15 years would Would ever killer project Next month back normal column format Please forward comment question SASE please photo ad dress given very top column Thanks five years fun everyone RC Helicopters/Jolly Continued page 56 side frames tail tube gyro mount engine mount bearing mounts made fa miliar friend aluminum However landing gear tail rotor housing washout assembly blade grips blade mounts tail rotor mounts bellcranks yoke main reduction gear tail rotor blades molded fiber-filled plastic rest X-Cell made accepted materials Included smoked Lexan canopy all-metal inline swashplate metal clutch steel starting shaft both main tail rotor shafts centerless ground hardened steel As layout X-Cell conventional two side frames trapping engine mounts bearing mounts tail tube engine mounted vertically glow plug pointing aft starting shaft positioned forward main rotor shaft main reduction gear nylon has tail-rotor-drive takeoff track molded side covered least mistake 60-size X-Cell has ball bearings something rotates would expect control system virtually slop-free featur ing four-point attachment swashplate Col lective pitch activated via mixer roll servo output arm Using method 200 col lective pitch travel possible fore-and-aft cyclic pitch elevator servo mounted unique position just aft main rotor shaft its pushrod both straight short As matter fact pushrods straight runs course adds precise response al ready tight controls As far physical statistics go X-Cell 60 has overall length 53 height 16 main rotor diameter 57 engine-torotor reduction gear ratio 91 feature unique X-Cell use delta hinge tail rotor Theoretically reduces effect side gusts machine cant tell difference tell truth feature interesting Making use stock flybar weights adjust able head dampening wide collective range produces very adaptable machine can made respond needs wide range fliers novices all-out aerobatic perform ers looking X-Cell should get accessories designed adaptable other machines First would Rotor-Sport blades have proven give great performance well made ex hibit good characteristics during aerobatics cluding autorotations have commend Miniature Aircraft its use sticky-back vinyl blade covering excellent choice nd will lift off use Also available Magna pipes ex haust system allows smooth power keeps mass Helicopters longitudinal centerof-gravity As mentioned earlier instruction manual excellent Following letter will yield very easily built smooth-flying aerobatic per former After flying X-Cell have say few machines will match its flight performance probably best-rolling Helicop ter available today Just before mailed off months colusim magazines editorial office Ted Schoonard kindly sent photos some accessories X-Cell noteworthy Quick Silver version basically three-piece lightweight fiberglass molding turns stock X-Cell full-bodied FM-style machine addition 10 oz all-up weight mechanics have modified ac cept fuselage Merely remove canopy tail rotor housing install two fuselage halves over mechanics Theres real good thinking total adjustments can made removing mechanics shell will report other updates later column am now getting close running out space summary would like state X-Cell combination quality parts sound cur rent Helicopter design thinking brought together great kit yielding Helicopter great performance Because Schoonards strong interest improving products expect will see still excellent products coming years now personal note Wait Schoonard has very ill during first part 1988 behalf fraternity RC Helicopter enthusi asts congratulate Walt X-Cell wish speedy recovery can get back Helicopters love much BCNU RC Pylon Racing/Hager Continued page 57 brush cleaning place paper towel Spray fine mist WD4O other com parable lubricant parts Inspect interior crankcase flash sharp edges around ports machined areas spect carefully presence foreign materi al Using #11 X-Acto blade gently clean rough and/or sharp edges Inspect area sleeve goes case high spots rough edges detected wrap piece #400or #600-grit wet/dry sandpaper around fin ger dowel spray some WD4O sandpa per gently rotate sandpaper bore area Inspect rear crankcase cover appears crankshaft hitting cover some places polish rear covers face portion faces crankshaft things assem 146 Model Aviation I I II U UHuA Send $1 tO toupon lsrwithysurssme andsddresallsADDRESS MlcroMark 340-569Snyder Ave flvkeIeYHIhta NJ O722CITYSTATEZIP3
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/09
Page Numbers: 56, 146
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/09
Page Numbers: 56, 146
WELCOME BACK hope get ting some flying evenings now summer sure makes days work go faster youve got flight session look forward Last month talked about large UH-ls Id made movie said would tak ing look Hirobos new Boeing Vertol Id like save next month really time discussed Miniature Aircraft Supplys first solo venture X-Cell Anyone has hobby length time knows Walt Schoonard youve around long enough know Walt first believe Helicopter colum nist Model Aviation back early Seven ties Anyway Walt has always avid Hel icopter flier promoter years Walt Schoonard acted US distributor German Schluter com pany Miniature Aircraft Supply Walts com pany soon marketed both Helicopters accessories middle Eighties witnessed success Schluter Superior Champion Reportedly Walt made design put both theac ships About same time Miniature Aircraft started promoting distrib uting Ewald Heims Helicopters Also early Eighties started hearing about Walts sons Ted Tim Both now well known excellent craftsmen fliers Walts experience strong family sup port coupled US dollars plummeting value world market advent new American-made Helicopter certainly inevita ble though conceived executed total secrecy X-Cell total surprise finally unveiled Nurenburg Toy Fair As expected X-Cell exhibits Walt Schoonard has learned long involvement hobby So what X-Cell highly competitive American-designed -manufactured RC Heli copter features composite construction basic machine built kit has pod-andboom fuselage single-axle Bell/Hiller rotor sys tem underslung flybar available two sizes smaller suitable 50-size en gines larger 60-size engines Since description little vague Ill elaborate further kit X-Cell shipped beautiful box shows ship good advantage Open ing box soon becomes acqualnted X-Cells excellent 42-page instruction man ual update sheets building-sheet summary go instructions equally excellent isometric-view drawings As manufacturer myself am always im pressed see kit such high quality count right 313 parts X-Cell kit Think about amount work effort goes designing manufacturing pro curing parts Dont think about instructional paperwork Think about high cost time money putting first X-Cell kit its box can tell firsthand its wonder kit ever gets production Anyway investigating kit reveals certainly high-quality item parts bagged accordance eight ma jor assembly steps Without comparing X-Cell other ma chines sufficient say X-Cells con struction accepted standard form mod em Helis X-Cells fea tures have seen before Walt crew have done very nice job planning refin ing much attention detail instance Continued page 146 56 Model Aviation Radio Conoi Helicopters Larry Jolly 5501 W Conto Santa Ana CA 92703 miniature ircran uppiy A-Leii Uuick iIver body shell standard X-Cell installs easily pro vides great access adjustments adds mere 10 oz all-up weight X-Cell parts except canopy needed make X-Cell 50made America boot X-Cell details L General layout X-Cell 60 mechanics shows straight pusnroa runs unaerslung Tiybar eievator servo behind main shaft tail tube support Middle molded fiber-filled plastic rotor head sports optional aluminum cap allows placing palm hand stop rotor system shutdown R tail rotors counterbalanced blades Note molded fins custom nylon standoffs tail rotor pushrod Recommended charge current Article index Ni-Cd cell weights DC-DC Super Charger mod parts list Connector wire resis tance Leisure 05 perform ance Caliph power systems Astm 15 props/power Geared Astro 05 15 props/power Popular equipment 85 Electric Fly 19 Weight Importance Plane/power system Radio servo receiver battery Covering Framework examples 20 Wfring Size/kind/loss/weight Soldering Connectors Auto model chargers Organizer Twins 6/85 9/85 4/87 9/87 12/87 2/88 2/88 7/88 8/88 3/86 1/84 4/84 8/87 1/84 1/84 4/84 10/84 11/84 2/84 10/87 12/87 2/84 2/84 3/85 7/85 2/86 6/87 So ends another columnalbeit somewhat unus ual hope find useful doing couldnt help think useful master index Electric articles magazines last 15 years would Would ever killer project Next month back normal column format Please forward comment question SASE please photo ad dress given very top column Thanks five years fun everyone RC Helicopters/Jolly Continued page 56 side frames tail tube gyro mount engine mount bearing mounts made fa miliar friend aluminum However landing gear tail rotor housing washout assembly blade grips blade mounts tail rotor mounts bellcranks yoke main reduction gear tail rotor blades molded fiber-filled plastic rest X-Cell made accepted materials Included smoked Lexan canopy all-metal inline swashplate metal clutch steel starting shaft both main tail rotor shafts centerless ground hardened steel As layout X-Cell conventional two side frames trapping engine mounts bearing mounts tail tube engine mounted vertically glow plug pointing aft starting shaft positioned forward main rotor shaft main reduction gear nylon has tail-rotor-drive takeoff track molded side covered least mistake 60-size X-Cell has ball bearings something rotates would expect control system virtually slop-free featur ing four-point attachment swashplate Col lective pitch activated via mixer roll servo output arm Using method 200 col lective pitch travel possible fore-and-aft cyclic pitch elevator servo mounted unique position just aft main rotor shaft its pushrod both straight short As matter fact pushrods straight runs course adds precise response al ready tight controls As far physical statistics go X-Cell 60 has overall length 53 height 16 main rotor diameter 57 engine-torotor reduction gear ratio 91 feature unique X-Cell use delta hinge tail rotor Theoretically reduces effect side gusts machine cant tell difference tell truth feature interesting Making use stock flybar weights adjust able head dampening wide collective range produces very adaptable machine can made respond needs wide range fliers novices all-out aerobatic perform ers looking X-Cell should get accessories designed adaptable other machines First would Rotor-Sport blades have proven give great performance well made ex hibit good characteristics during aerobatics cluding autorotations have commend Miniature Aircraft its use sticky-back vinyl blade covering excellent choice nd will lift off use Also available Magna pipes ex haust system allows smooth power keeps mass Helicopters longitudinal centerof-gravity As mentioned earlier instruction manual excellent Following letter will yield very easily built smooth-flying aerobatic per former After flying X-Cell have say few machines will match its flight performance probably best-rolling Helicop ter available today Just before mailed off months colusim magazines editorial office Ted Schoonard kindly sent photos some accessories X-Cell noteworthy Quick Silver version basically three-piece lightweight fiberglass molding turns stock X-Cell full-bodied FM-style machine addition 10 oz all-up weight mechanics have modified ac cept fuselage Merely remove canopy tail rotor housing install two fuselage halves over mechanics Theres real good thinking total adjustments can made removing mechanics shell will report other updates later column am now getting close running out space summary would like state X-Cell combination quality parts sound cur rent Helicopter design thinking brought together great kit yielding Helicopter great performance Because Schoonards strong interest improving products expect will see still excellent products coming years now personal note Wait Schoonard has very ill during first part 1988 behalf fraternity RC Helicopter enthusi asts congratulate Walt X-Cell wish speedy recovery can get back Helicopters love much BCNU RC Pylon Racing/Hager Continued page 57 brush cleaning place paper towel Spray fine mist WD4O other com parable lubricant parts Inspect interior crankcase flash sharp edges around ports machined areas spect carefully presence foreign materi al Using #11 X-Acto blade gently clean rough and/or sharp edges Inspect area sleeve goes case high spots rough edges detected wrap piece #400or #600-grit wet/dry sandpaper around fin ger dowel spray some WD4O sandpa per gently rotate sandpaper bore area Inspect rear crankcase cover appears crankshaft hitting cover some places polish rear covers face portion faces crankshaft things assem 146 Model Aviation I I II U UHuA Send $1 tO toupon lsrwithysurssme andsddresallsADDRESS MlcroMark 340-569Snyder Ave flvkeIeYHIhta NJ O722CITYSTATEZIP3
