Helicopters THE MRC SCHLUTER Super-Baby ar rived market before #761 con version-collective kit can fitted Heli-Baby fact can fitted 40-size helicopter now available favorite dealer di rect MRC Edison NJ Upon examining Super-Baby kit helicopter has changed alljust head related collective parts took head package out first laid out parts separate trays related bolts tray lock nuts another flat nuts another way things much easier identify can tell anything missing laid out read sembly manual kept referring part number so parts have numbers fact neither packages Fortunately have pur chased Super-Baby kit contains Schluters 1976 catalog has very good pictorial collective parts related numbers catalog German numbers Eng lish assembled parts per instruc tions would like point out several things need done First sure blue lock-tite screws nuts have other locking devices shouldered brass bearing should carefully fitted bellcrank head side plates also collective mixers will rotate freely yet no slop Also observe shoulder direc tion Next ball joints should threaded 2-mm tap use vari able-speed reversible drill drive tap Hold ball joint fingers slowly drive tap ball joint reaches bottom will turn fingers cause no damage Now reverse drill remove tap process will greatly lengthen ball joints life Forcing joints onto threaded rods causes split later kit contains least 21 cracked place could cause dis astrous crash strap steel blade holders re placed custom machined blade holders prevents pitch change tight cyclic turns also prevents blades striking tail boom hard landings very easy set pitch prevent coning angle changing also damage proof will outlast helicopter making pushrods mix ers fly bar make sure identical lengths go slider mixer part #553 fly bar adjusting part #553 make sure identical distances side rotor head Also adjust ments must made fly bar Wall Schoonard MRC Schiuter Super-Baby arrived market before conversion-collective kit now available Right Walts Super-Baby reported text Note muffler Below close-up shows collective head custom blade holders 90 degrees main rotor shaft setup later column Fuselage After seeing Super-Baby display MRC booth Toledo determined paint washed metal parts painted lacquer thinner remove traces oil further washed DuPont Preps-AlI sanded Scotch-Brite pads 400 grit paper can used degreased again primed Super-Poxy primer left dry primer sanded 400-grit sandpaper tacked off re move lint sprayed Super Poxy gloss white quite lot work well-worth photo shows seat assembled painted 3-3/16 1/16 MUSIC WIRE red auto touch-up spray can in-flight visibility has improved thousand times Setup Flight have never too im pressed standard kit collective power relationship setup having continued page 81 0 4-9/32 44OALLEN BOLT// SKETCH OF BELT HOLDER DRAWINGS BY TIM SCHOONARD January 1977 21 RC Pylon Racing/Lane continued page 20 ance Sorceress Racing Bi plane event Pat Hines right tail Sun Dancer AT-6/SNJ races exciting ever planes pilots really put show planes evenly matched ends up willing fly lowest closest pylons being winner fortunate enough able work #1 pylon Vein Bolt #1 pylon common pylon classes racing same pylon Washburn hit last year pilots gave #1 little room time incident Racing Biplane ground-looped takeoff during quali fying round Fridayno injuries pilot plane almost totaled overall show Reno really some thing see start days events last race always something going Confederate Air Force put Tora Tora Tora made think December 7th 1941 over again use beautiful B-17 P-39 P40 have restored almost perfect condition Zeros revamped AT-6s look like Zeros used movie Tora Tora Tora Thats nowgo fast turn left Dave Lane 4477 136th Hawthorne CA 90250 RC Helicopters/Schoonard continued page 21 flown Super-Baby before decided set up per instructions used MRC Webra 40 front rotor speed Kavan carburetor Semco 202 BCT muffler 18M adapter EK Logictrol singlestick Super Pro radio customized Calvin Wollitz Jacksonville FL radio transmitter has dual rate fore aft roll cyclic must competitive flying about later main rotor tail rotor blades covered balanced per instruc tions Tail rotor disc kept 8 inches diameter set plus 7 degrees Upon rotating main rotor blades ap parent rear cyclic command main tail rotor blades would come contacta circumstance dont want think about Nothing said about instructions Several things cause happen First M/R blades longer usual collective head longer making larger M/R disc short en M/R blades 3/4 inch make clear tail rotor Everything else set up per instructions use starting belts Heli-Babies Super-Baby caused real January 1977 81 1st RC Masters Class 1st RC Advanced 1st RC Novice 1st Formula Pylon 1st Quarter Midget Pylon 1st CL Stunt Open 1st CL Stunt Senior 1st CL Stunt Junior WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1976 HOLLAND 1st 2nd 3rd CL STUNT MORE 1976 NATIONALS 1st CL Combat Op & Sr 1st CL Slow Comb Op & Sr 1st CL Carrier II Op Jr Sr 1st CL Carrier Sr Jr 1st CL Class D Speed Open 1st CL Class C Speed Sr & Jr 1st CL Class B Speed Op& Sr 1st CL Cl ASpeed Op SrJr 1st CL Formula 40 Open 1st CL Class B Proto Jr 1st FF Class B Open 1st FF Class C Open HIGH PERFORMANCE * COMPETITION PROVEN * THIN RIGID BLADES OF HARD MAPLE WOOD * SUPERBLY FINISHED COMPLETELY FUEL PROOF SPECIAL PRO SERIES 2 FOQ RC-FREE FLIGHT CONTROL LINE DIAPITcHPRIcE 5%34e9 63459 733%4119 S3%456119 945677%129 10467139 106W ew139 10SEW149 114677% 7A7%5159 11SEW159 11%67169 126179 125W179 1356219 1456249 1556299 164%6379 W WIOE5LAOE EW EXTRA WIDE SERIES 400 B FOR SPEED NG AovANCED OESIGN NO 1 IN PYLON RAcING LEAOING SPEED RECORD HOLDER OF ALL TIMES RC PYLON RACING OIA PITCH PRICE 5/3%4119 7 55h6 129 7 SN 5%N SN 129 5% SA77A 169 9 5577% 169 CONTROL LINE EED& RACING DIA PITCH PRICE 4%657119 4%55%119 6755%129 77510% 11139 55149 59N 9%N149 5%77%149 91213199 N NARROW RC Helicopters continued storage problem usually store belt notches cut flange upper part cooling fan housing wont work Super-Baby because gets way collective bellcrank simple 1/16 music-wire clip made side fuselage plates see sketch has worked well no problems M/R pitch set plus 2 degrees full collective carburetor-needle valve richened tail-rotor speed lift-off 7000 rpms Super-Baby 48 M/R half-throttle stick half-carburetor barrel open per kit instructions Throt tle trim set half start full engage clutch shut off en gine full close Blade tracking checked brought dead simple turn ball joints pitch arm much needed welcome change everything checked out Super-Baby both ready fly First flight Super-Baby flew very first attempt took small trim change tail rotor fly hands off ran several tankfulls through ing take-offs landings hovering did things very well novice someone learning fly However translational flying left great deal desired will list some undesira ble things did case should read further will also tell Dixie-Gal/Haught continued page 37 Apply two coats dope add microballoon fillets around base pylon desired Continue finish trim until desired effect achieved Fabricate landing skid 3/32 music wire install fuselage Make up DT line control-line cable Rig stop using short piece fuel tubing tied DT line bear against aluminum tube line guide rear fuselage 40-degree stab pop up will bring Dixie-Gal down damage Check alignment pylon rudder straightedge taut thread held against edge pylon alignment rudder perfect correct neces sary Band wing align carefully measuring base rudder tips satisfied square install wing keys Mount engine 7-4 prop timer fuel line Assemble complete airplane check CG Model should balance ard wing trailing edge Ballast necessary Nose weight can added securing sheet lead under engine mount screws within fuselage beneath timer Make final check specified warps undesirable character istics have eliminated now really super Super-Baby Undesirable Characteristics I Collective undefined lift-off 2 Causes helicopter swim lift-offs 3 Blade speed constant 4 Helicopter porpoising hover flight 5 Very sluggish cyclic control 6 Hard turn stop 7 Obvious need tail-rotor mix 8 Excessive head tilt before fuselage follows 9 Reduction collective causes instant reduction blade speed Fortunately have quite lot experience Schluter collective head Gazelle problems quickly recognized solutions hard come Next months column will deal solutions one Helicopter Holdouts have holding off getting RC helicopters cause price Kavan has announced new prices Jet Ranger $32000 Alouette $16000 am sure prices will never lower now time RC helicopters no longer mys tery part help may need now readily available Just call will see Walt Schoonard 2080 Sharon Rd Winter Park FL 32789 Phone 305 4221531 days 305 647-1335 nights time may occur you view assembled model may have created monster Half-A-size model twice normal engine size may feel inclined wear hard hat have pre-dug fox hole near launch site Let assure will necessary Flight Testing may begin few hand glides over legendary tall grass However personally have never located phenomena Actually couple tosses determine model n ither diving stalling sufficient Hand gliding cant really tell much too variables exist Glide trim best worked out after power pattern established Dixie-Gal should tested full power using fuel prop plan use competition first flight launch 60-degree angle slightly right wind right wing down slightly three-second engine run model should move out smartly maintaining 60-degree climbing angle should turn approximately onequarter turn right Try remember exactly what happened test flight Transition may may good such short engine run speed will built up normal Glide point should safe Use 30-second DT fuse avoid extensive chasing 82 Model Aviation OUT- PERFORMS ALL OTHERS AT THE 1976 NATIONALS
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/01
Page Numbers: 21, 81, 82
Helicopters THE MRC SCHLUTER Super-Baby ar rived market before #761 con version-collective kit can fitted Heli-Baby fact can fitted 40-size helicopter now available favorite dealer di rect MRC Edison NJ Upon examining Super-Baby kit helicopter has changed alljust head related collective parts took head package out first laid out parts separate trays related bolts tray lock nuts another flat nuts another way things much easier identify can tell anything missing laid out read sembly manual kept referring part number so parts have numbers fact neither packages Fortunately have pur chased Super-Baby kit contains Schluters 1976 catalog has very good pictorial collective parts related numbers catalog German numbers Eng lish assembled parts per instruc tions would like point out several things need done First sure blue lock-tite screws nuts have other locking devices shouldered brass bearing should carefully fitted bellcrank head side plates also collective mixers will rotate freely yet no slop Also observe shoulder direc tion Next ball joints should threaded 2-mm tap use vari able-speed reversible drill drive tap Hold ball joint fingers slowly drive tap ball joint reaches bottom will turn fingers cause no damage Now reverse drill remove tap process will greatly lengthen ball joints life Forcing joints onto threaded rods causes split later kit contains least 21 cracked place could cause dis astrous crash strap steel blade holders re placed custom machined blade holders prevents pitch change tight cyclic turns also prevents blades striking tail boom hard landings very easy set pitch prevent coning angle changing also damage proof will outlast helicopter making pushrods mix ers fly bar make sure identical lengths go slider mixer part #553 fly bar adjusting part #553 make sure identical distances side rotor head Also adjust ments must made fly bar Wall Schoonard MRC Schiuter Super-Baby arrived market before conversion-collective kit now available Right Walts Super-Baby reported text Note muffler Below close-up shows collective head custom blade holders 90 degrees main rotor shaft setup later column Fuselage After seeing Super-Baby display MRC booth Toledo determined paint washed metal parts painted lacquer thinner remove traces oil further washed DuPont Preps-AlI sanded Scotch-Brite pads 400 grit paper can used degreased again primed Super-Poxy primer left dry primer sanded 400-grit sandpaper tacked off re move lint sprayed Super Poxy gloss white quite lot work well-worth photo shows seat assembled painted 3-3/16 1/16 MUSIC WIRE red auto touch-up spray can in-flight visibility has improved thousand times Setup Flight have never too im pressed standard kit collective power relationship setup having continued page 81 0 4-9/32 44OALLEN BOLT// SKETCH OF BELT HOLDER DRAWINGS BY TIM SCHOONARD January 1977 21 RC Pylon Racing/Lane continued page 20 ance Sorceress Racing Bi plane event Pat Hines right tail Sun Dancer AT-6/SNJ races exciting ever planes pilots really put show planes evenly matched ends up willing fly lowest closest pylons being winner fortunate enough able work #1 pylon Vein Bolt #1 pylon common pylon classes racing same pylon Washburn hit last year pilots gave #1 little room time incident Racing Biplane ground-looped takeoff during quali fying round Fridayno injuries pilot plane almost totaled overall show Reno really some thing see start days events last race always something going Confederate Air Force put Tora Tora Tora made think December 7th 1941 over again use beautiful B-17 P-39 P40 have restored almost perfect condition Zeros revamped AT-6s look like Zeros used movie Tora Tora Tora Thats nowgo fast turn left Dave Lane 4477 136th Hawthorne CA 90250 RC Helicopters/Schoonard continued page 21 flown Super-Baby before decided set up per instructions used MRC Webra 40 front rotor speed Kavan carburetor Semco 202 BCT muffler 18M adapter EK Logictrol singlestick Super Pro radio customized Calvin Wollitz Jacksonville FL radio transmitter has dual rate fore aft roll cyclic must competitive flying about later main rotor tail rotor blades covered balanced per instruc tions Tail rotor disc kept 8 inches diameter set plus 7 degrees Upon rotating main rotor blades ap parent rear cyclic command main tail rotor blades would come contacta circumstance dont want think about Nothing said about instructions Several things cause happen First M/R blades longer usual collective head longer making larger M/R disc short en M/R blades 3/4 inch make clear tail rotor Everything else set up per instructions use starting belts Heli-Babies Super-Baby caused real January 1977 81 1st RC Masters Class 1st RC Advanced 1st RC Novice 1st Formula Pylon 1st Quarter Midget Pylon 1st CL Stunt Open 1st CL Stunt Senior 1st CL Stunt Junior WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1976 HOLLAND 1st 2nd 3rd CL STUNT MORE 1976 NATIONALS 1st CL Combat Op & Sr 1st CL Slow Comb Op & Sr 1st CL Carrier II Op Jr Sr 1st CL Carrier Sr Jr 1st CL Class D Speed Open 1st CL Class C Speed Sr & Jr 1st CL Class B Speed Op& Sr 1st CL Cl ASpeed Op SrJr 1st CL Formula 40 Open 1st CL Class B Proto Jr 1st FF Class B Open 1st FF Class C Open HIGH PERFORMANCE * COMPETITION PROVEN * THIN RIGID BLADES OF HARD MAPLE WOOD * SUPERBLY FINISHED COMPLETELY FUEL PROOF SPECIAL PRO SERIES 2 FOQ RC-FREE FLIGHT CONTROL LINE DIAPITcHPRIcE 5%34e9 63459 733%4119 S3%456119 945677%129 10467139 106W ew139 10SEW149 114677% 7A7%5159 11SEW159 11%67169 126179 125W179 1356219 1456249 1556299 164%6379 W WIOE5LAOE EW EXTRA WIDE SERIES 400 B FOR SPEED NG AovANCED OESIGN NO 1 IN PYLON RAcING LEAOING SPEED RECORD HOLDER OF ALL TIMES RC PYLON RACING OIA PITCH PRICE 5/3%4119 7 55h6 129 7 SN 5%N SN 129 5% SA77A 169 9 5577% 169 CONTROL LINE EED& RACING DIA PITCH PRICE 4%657119 4%55%119 6755%129 77510% 11139 55149 59N 9%N149 5%77%149 91213199 N NARROW RC Helicopters continued storage problem usually store belt notches cut flange upper part cooling fan housing wont work Super-Baby because gets way collective bellcrank simple 1/16 music-wire clip made side fuselage plates see sketch has worked well no problems M/R pitch set plus 2 degrees full collective carburetor-needle valve richened tail-rotor speed lift-off 7000 rpms Super-Baby 48 M/R half-throttle stick half-carburetor barrel open per kit instructions Throt tle trim set half start full engage clutch shut off en gine full close Blade tracking checked brought dead simple turn ball joints pitch arm much needed welcome change everything checked out Super-Baby both ready fly First flight Super-Baby flew very first attempt took small trim change tail rotor fly hands off ran several tankfulls through ing take-offs landings hovering did things very well novice someone learning fly However translational flying left great deal desired will list some undesira ble things did case should read further will also tell Dixie-Gal/Haught continued page 37 Apply two coats dope add microballoon fillets around base pylon desired Continue finish trim until desired effect achieved Fabricate landing skid 3/32 music wire install fuselage Make up DT line control-line cable Rig stop using short piece fuel tubing tied DT line bear against aluminum tube line guide rear fuselage 40-degree stab pop up will bring Dixie-Gal down damage Check alignment pylon rudder straightedge taut thread held against edge pylon alignment rudder perfect correct neces sary Band wing align carefully measuring base rudder tips satisfied square install wing keys Mount engine 7-4 prop timer fuel line Assemble complete airplane check CG Model should balance ard wing trailing edge Ballast necessary Nose weight can added securing sheet lead under engine mount screws within fuselage beneath timer Make final check specified warps undesirable character istics have eliminated now really super Super-Baby Undesirable Characteristics I Collective undefined lift-off 2 Causes helicopter swim lift-offs 3 Blade speed constant 4 Helicopter porpoising hover flight 5 Very sluggish cyclic control 6 Hard turn stop 7 Obvious need tail-rotor mix 8 Excessive head tilt before fuselage follows 9 Reduction collective causes instant reduction blade speed Fortunately have quite lot experience Schluter collective head Gazelle problems quickly recognized solutions hard come Next months column will deal solutions one Helicopter Holdouts have holding off getting RC helicopters cause price Kavan has announced new prices Jet Ranger $32000 Alouette $16000 am sure prices will never lower now time RC helicopters no longer mys tery part help may need now readily available Just call will see Walt Schoonard 2080 Sharon Rd Winter Park FL 32789 Phone 305 4221531 days 305 647-1335 nights time may occur you view assembled model may have created monster Half-A-size model twice normal engine size may feel inclined wear hard hat have pre-dug fox hole near launch site Let assure will necessary Flight Testing may begin few hand glides over legendary tall grass However personally have never located phenomena Actually couple tosses determine model n ither diving stalling sufficient Hand gliding cant really tell much too variables exist Glide trim best worked out after power pattern established Dixie-Gal should tested full power using fuel prop plan use competition first flight launch 60-degree angle slightly right wind right wing down slightly three-second engine run model should move out smartly maintaining 60-degree climbing angle should turn approximately onequarter turn right Try remember exactly what happened test flight Transition may may good such short engine run speed will built up normal Glide point should safe Use 30-second DT fuse avoid extensive chasing 82 Model Aviation OUT- PERFORMS ALL OTHERS AT THE 1976 NATIONALS
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/01
Page Numbers: 21, 81, 82
Helicopters THE MRC SCHLUTER Super-Baby ar rived market before #761 con version-collective kit can fitted Heli-Baby fact can fitted 40-size helicopter now available favorite dealer di rect MRC Edison NJ Upon examining Super-Baby kit helicopter has changed alljust head related collective parts took head package out first laid out parts separate trays related bolts tray lock nuts another flat nuts another way things much easier identify can tell anything missing laid out read sembly manual kept referring part number so parts have numbers fact neither packages Fortunately have pur chased Super-Baby kit contains Schluters 1976 catalog has very good pictorial collective parts related numbers catalog German numbers Eng lish assembled parts per instruc tions would like point out several things need done First sure blue lock-tite screws nuts have other locking devices shouldered brass bearing should carefully fitted bellcrank head side plates also collective mixers will rotate freely yet no slop Also observe shoulder direc tion Next ball joints should threaded 2-mm tap use vari able-speed reversible drill drive tap Hold ball joint fingers slowly drive tap ball joint reaches bottom will turn fingers cause no damage Now reverse drill remove tap process will greatly lengthen ball joints life Forcing joints onto threaded rods causes split later kit contains least 21 cracked place could cause dis astrous crash strap steel blade holders re placed custom machined blade holders prevents pitch change tight cyclic turns also prevents blades striking tail boom hard landings very easy set pitch prevent coning angle changing also damage proof will outlast helicopter making pushrods mix ers fly bar make sure identical lengths go slider mixer part #553 fly bar adjusting part #553 make sure identical distances side rotor head Also adjust ments must made fly bar Wall Schoonard MRC Schiuter Super-Baby arrived market before conversion-collective kit now available Right Walts Super-Baby reported text Note muffler Below close-up shows collective head custom blade holders 90 degrees main rotor shaft setup later column Fuselage After seeing Super-Baby display MRC booth Toledo determined paint washed metal parts painted lacquer thinner remove traces oil further washed DuPont Preps-AlI sanded Scotch-Brite pads 400 grit paper can used degreased again primed Super-Poxy primer left dry primer sanded 400-grit sandpaper tacked off re move lint sprayed Super Poxy gloss white quite lot work well-worth photo shows seat assembled painted 3-3/16 1/16 MUSIC WIRE red auto touch-up spray can in-flight visibility has improved thousand times Setup Flight have never too im pressed standard kit collective power relationship setup having continued page 81 0 4-9/32 44OALLEN BOLT// SKETCH OF BELT HOLDER DRAWINGS BY TIM SCHOONARD January 1977 21 RC Pylon Racing/Lane continued page 20 ance Sorceress Racing Bi plane event Pat Hines right tail Sun Dancer AT-6/SNJ races exciting ever planes pilots really put show planes evenly matched ends up willing fly lowest closest pylons being winner fortunate enough able work #1 pylon Vein Bolt #1 pylon common pylon classes racing same pylon Washburn hit last year pilots gave #1 little room time incident Racing Biplane ground-looped takeoff during quali fying round Fridayno injuries pilot plane almost totaled overall show Reno really some thing see start days events last race always something going Confederate Air Force put Tora Tora Tora made think December 7th 1941 over again use beautiful B-17 P-39 P40 have restored almost perfect condition Zeros revamped AT-6s look like Zeros used movie Tora Tora Tora Thats nowgo fast turn left Dave Lane 4477 136th Hawthorne CA 90250 RC Helicopters/Schoonard continued page 21 flown Super-Baby before decided set up per instructions used MRC Webra 40 front rotor speed Kavan carburetor Semco 202 BCT muffler 18M adapter EK Logictrol singlestick Super Pro radio customized Calvin Wollitz Jacksonville FL radio transmitter has dual rate fore aft roll cyclic must competitive flying about later main rotor tail rotor blades covered balanced per instruc tions Tail rotor disc kept 8 inches diameter set plus 7 degrees Upon rotating main rotor blades ap parent rear cyclic command main tail rotor blades would come contacta circumstance dont want think about Nothing said about instructions Several things cause happen First M/R blades longer usual collective head longer making larger M/R disc short en M/R blades 3/4 inch make clear tail rotor Everything else set up per instructions use starting belts Heli-Babies Super-Baby caused real January 1977 81 1st RC Masters Class 1st RC Advanced 1st RC Novice 1st Formula Pylon 1st Quarter Midget Pylon 1st CL Stunt Open 1st CL Stunt Senior 1st CL Stunt Junior WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1976 HOLLAND 1st 2nd 3rd CL STUNT MORE 1976 NATIONALS 1st CL Combat Op & Sr 1st CL Slow Comb Op & Sr 1st CL Carrier II Op Jr Sr 1st CL Carrier Sr Jr 1st CL Class D Speed Open 1st CL Class C Speed Sr & Jr 1st CL Class B Speed Op& Sr 1st CL Cl ASpeed Op SrJr 1st CL Formula 40 Open 1st CL Class B Proto Jr 1st FF Class B Open 1st FF Class C Open HIGH PERFORMANCE * COMPETITION PROVEN * THIN RIGID BLADES OF HARD MAPLE WOOD * SUPERBLY FINISHED COMPLETELY FUEL PROOF SPECIAL PRO SERIES 2 FOQ RC-FREE FLIGHT CONTROL LINE DIAPITcHPRIcE 5%34e9 63459 733%4119 S3%456119 945677%129 10467139 106W ew139 10SEW149 114677% 7A7%5159 11SEW159 11%67169 126179 125W179 1356219 1456249 1556299 164%6379 W WIOE5LAOE EW EXTRA WIDE SERIES 400 B FOR SPEED NG AovANCED OESIGN NO 1 IN PYLON RAcING LEAOING SPEED RECORD HOLDER OF ALL TIMES RC PYLON RACING OIA PITCH PRICE 5/3%4119 7 55h6 129 7 SN 5%N SN 129 5% SA77A 169 9 5577% 169 CONTROL LINE EED& RACING DIA PITCH PRICE 4%657119 4%55%119 6755%129 77510% 11139 55149 59N 9%N149 5%77%149 91213199 N NARROW RC Helicopters continued storage problem usually store belt notches cut flange upper part cooling fan housing wont work Super-Baby because gets way collective bellcrank simple 1/16 music-wire clip made side fuselage plates see sketch has worked well no problems M/R pitch set plus 2 degrees full collective carburetor-needle valve richened tail-rotor speed lift-off 7000 rpms Super-Baby 48 M/R half-throttle stick half-carburetor barrel open per kit instructions Throt tle trim set half start full engage clutch shut off en gine full close Blade tracking checked brought dead simple turn ball joints pitch arm much needed welcome change everything checked out Super-Baby both ready fly First flight Super-Baby flew very first attempt took small trim change tail rotor fly hands off ran several tankfulls through ing take-offs landings hovering did things very well novice someone learning fly However translational flying left great deal desired will list some undesira ble things did case should read further will also tell Dixie-Gal/Haught continued page 37 Apply two coats dope add microballoon fillets around base pylon desired Continue finish trim until desired effect achieved Fabricate landing skid 3/32 music wire install fuselage Make up DT line control-line cable Rig stop using short piece fuel tubing tied DT line bear against aluminum tube line guide rear fuselage 40-degree stab pop up will bring Dixie-Gal down damage Check alignment pylon rudder straightedge taut thread held against edge pylon alignment rudder perfect correct neces sary Band wing align carefully measuring base rudder tips satisfied square install wing keys Mount engine 7-4 prop timer fuel line Assemble complete airplane check CG Model should balance ard wing trailing edge Ballast necessary Nose weight can added securing sheet lead under engine mount screws within fuselage beneath timer Make final check specified warps undesirable character istics have eliminated now really super Super-Baby Undesirable Characteristics I Collective undefined lift-off 2 Causes helicopter swim lift-offs 3 Blade speed constant 4 Helicopter porpoising hover flight 5 Very sluggish cyclic control 6 Hard turn stop 7 Obvious need tail-rotor mix 8 Excessive head tilt before fuselage follows 9 Reduction collective causes instant reduction blade speed Fortunately have quite lot experience Schluter collective head Gazelle problems quickly recognized solutions hard come Next months column will deal solutions one Helicopter Holdouts have holding off getting RC helicopters cause price Kavan has announced new prices Jet Ranger $32000 Alouette $16000 am sure prices will never lower now time RC helicopters no longer mys tery part help may need now readily available Just call will see Walt Schoonard 2080 Sharon Rd Winter Park FL 32789 Phone 305 4221531 days 305 647-1335 nights time may occur you view assembled model may have created monster Half-A-size model twice normal engine size may feel inclined wear hard hat have pre-dug fox hole near launch site Let assure will necessary Flight Testing may begin few hand glides over legendary tall grass However personally have never located phenomena Actually couple tosses determine model n ither diving stalling sufficient Hand gliding cant really tell much too variables exist Glide trim best worked out after power pattern established Dixie-Gal should tested full power using fuel prop plan use competition first flight launch 60-degree angle slightly right wind right wing down slightly three-second engine run model should move out smartly maintaining 60-degree climbing angle should turn approximately onequarter turn right Try remember exactly what happened test flight Transition may may good such short engine run speed will built up normal Glide point should safe Use 30-second DT fuse avoid extensive chasing 82 Model Aviation OUT- PERFORMS ALL OTHERS AT THE 1976 NATIONALS