S Old Timers 0 Dee B Mathews GOLDEN OLDIE Ben Shershaw de signed published numerous models during golden era free flight Among notable Berkeley Models Cavalier series Cloud Cruiser months feature Cumulus Published Flying Aces Sept 1937 Cumulus departed standard high-wing cabin models being midwinged open cabin Although Cumulus gives impression sport type model us fortunate enough have seen fly can quickly dispel notion design anything less spectacular floater huge wing 96 X 13 coupled Grant G-8 airfoil pro duces highly competitive model Tex aco well 20-and 30-second antique construction Cumulus really complex first glance might dicate fuselage essentially amed box bulkheads rounding top bottom using / ingers tailfeathers rib spar style can easily developed using technique illustrated Dennyplane MA Dec 1976 wing constructed 3/32 sheet ribs 3/16 X /2 spars 1/16 sheet D-tube leading edge planked tips Note modification tips Mike Birdwells Cumulus four-spar wing lends itself well sheer web mod ification mentioned Feb column EMPENNAGEBULKHGS I/B GHT 3/32 RIBSSTRINGERS /8 G 1/4 PLY 85 ACES SEPT 937 SPAN 96 CR095 3 FUSELAGE SG OA 4 2 W SE looking quicker way build Cumulus own advised Schmidt Custom Kits 11948 Frank lin Blvd Elk Grove CA 95624 has available rib former kit short kit contains required parts less strip sheet wood can also provide pre-bent landing gear dis like wire bending Send SSAE above address prices details list includes over 300 other Golden Oldies Birdwells Cumulus uses long Sig con trol horns no reduction move elevator rudder Fox 45 plainLU 0J50 rho z 0 LU S 5 5 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 bearing moves model briskly does appear overly touchy power pattern glide thermal rid ing truely spectacular Birdwells model actually gained altitude doing consecutive inside loops has forced shut down motor fuel-al lotment because model going out sight within legal altitude limits course summary youd like have model doesnt look like elses will compete very well Continued page 90 28 Model Aviation UU old-timer month Originally designed Ben Shereshaw 8-ft bird built Mike Birdwell Covered yellow silk red white trim powered plain-bearing Fox 45 Picture taken Larry Kruse Pyramid Acres Fort Worth Plainsmen contest Launching Comet Goldberg-designed Clip per Don McClusky Covered red yel low silk powered ignition Madewll 49 Clip per big just before Zipper Stiegler pic P-NUT KITS N BEARINGS BROWN CO-2 ENGINES REAL JAPANRSE TISSUE-PROPS COMPLETE CATALOG 50f MANY HARD TO FIND ITEMS r KITS S OACCESSORIES 174 SPAN L KIT S4 25 BOX 2496 hekw LA MESA CALIF 92041 J Last Sunday went down Bill Youmans backyard flying site watched him smooth round loops rolls first Bill very con servative flyeror should say John Gorham has doing loops rolls split Ss Cuban eights has let others also loop got dared fly-off well-known West Coast flyer flies fly-barless beat him new Heli-Boy will say What great about loops rolls Other RC pilots have doing least two years great part Heli-Boy flies through maneuvers effortlessly no loss heading altitude comes light weight great power reserve rigid head direct blade steering high blade-tip speed stock out-of-the-box kit helicopter sells less $32500 predict helicopter will advance RC helicopter flying summer others have done together now have looping rolling rolling over still climbing split-S recovery smooth airplane needless say very real thrill Single-skid landings very easy strong winds Next months column will deal some building trimming hints 1-leli-Boy Walt Schoonard 2080 Sharon Road Winter Park FL 32789 RC Old-Timers/Mathews continued page 28 ordinary designs Cumu lus would certainly fill bill Full-sized plans available John Pond PO Box 3215 San Jose CA 95156 send 75 Old Timer list ask plan #1E3 Between Eyeballs Tom MehI Sand Lake Michigan newcomer OldTimer scene quote letter its though old-timer columns written select club deliberate ef fort made keep hardware within fraternity ..lll bet Ive read 12 times name deleted plans available John Pond Mv reaction has heck John Pond Does have address Tom further says however keen interest may information planes virtually nonexistant lot us have no idea what size glow engines suitable planes us dont know what AB C gas means Well Tom point well taken effort will made column address points coming months will try provide basic information needed get others started facinating aspect hobby will send interested copy SAMs Supplier List too long print Send large self-addressed stamped envelope list yours Anyone terested Old-Timer should join SAM membership application often appears MA SAM list covers anything everything needed construct ra dio-assist old-timer does answer such questions what ABC gas term refers engine sizes spelled out SAM section AMA rule book John Pond sort Senior Prophet Old-Timer movement has list plans nearly model kitted ot printed prior 1942 What Motor Herb Whal best known creator Anniversery Brown currently Whal 90 Model Aviation IF YOU GODU-BRO 20 FLEX-CABLE MOTOR CONTROL Provides ultimate rnj YOU INin control cable- assembly HighlyBOATS CARS Wu GET flexible free running adjis1abIe at0 control horn BIND__ ____ A______ No165$149 NY-STEEL KWIK-ROD ASSEMBLY ZZ~-- 31 ~7 MAKES STRONG ATTRAC TIVE AND EASY TO SOLDERZ No shrink no stretch free running fully adjustable CONNECTOR FOR SERVO OR control horn Strong simple easy install Hot wetHORN INCLUDES 2 SOLDERZ days wont affect trim setting Complete 31 LiNKS AND2 LINK GUARDS assembly Kwik-LinksNo 102$149No 112 69C0 CUSTOM TUNED ENGINES COMPETITION ACCESSORIES Cos O49O51 Specialists brochure send 13C stamp Kustom Krattsmanship Brochure Box 2699 Laguna Hills CA 92653 714 830-5162 twins concerned old-timers usually think Herkimer Hurleman 96 Brown Whal Banger However long fore Herb became involved splen did Brown reproductions found Hurleman parts storage about 25 years Starting out few engines assembled old parts Herb gradually has developed large clientele collectors fliers appreciate high quality impeccable honesty Included previously mentioned parts remains several opposedtwin prototypes quote Herb What Ive done design construct lowvolume crankcase crankshaft con rods induction system following techniques old prototypes used two original 48 cylinders two original pistons result splendid horizontal-op posed simultaneous-firing twin feel completion fine engine proto typed 30 40 years ago address Herbs Model Motors PO Box 61 Forksville PA 18616 Johnson Space Center JSC/RCC held R/C Old-Timer contest Sept 18 according Owen Morris flew two events 10-second duration 15minute precision 15-minute precision run follows 1 Total target time 15 minutes 2 second off second over under 3 Longest single flight seven minutes 4 Ten-point bonus per flight stopping inside 25-foot cir cle 5 Motor runs 20 seconds glow 40 seconds ignition JSC/RCC flying site space center have about 700 acres paved runway 2500 feet two steel towers middle field no other problems Owen Morris project engineer Space Shuttle Program modeler years experience Poly Ive received several letters re cently concerning covering technique described several articles Seems some confusion fabric shops over term acetate sheathing really shouldnt because acetate same polyester sheathing use intended lining home-sewn dresses coats available bolts fabric shop Ive Produced multitude colors has sheen grain much like heavy weight silk shopkeeper gives blank stare look around store Chances have just what want apply wet using classic silking techniques Mine does fade irregularly water dries recently purchased some sweat proof elimi nates water spots other columns recently suggested using heat gun shrink sheathing after is ap plied frame work shrinkage heavy dope can se vere enough tear material tried hair dryer several years ago split acetate shreds use two thin coats butyrate shrinkage fin ished up plasticizd castor oil TCP dope Nitrate dope ideal using glow-plug engine Dr D B Mathews 506 South Walnut Greensburg KS 67054 Fokker Universal/Noonan continued page 35 bearing surfaces same plane longeron edgesjust real aircraft vertical components /8-sq dium balsa exception two form window separations X 1/16 diagonal members Lay laminated longerons over waxpaper protected plans cement ver ticals diagonals Repeat process second side keeping mind lamination arrangement longerons have right left orientation allow stringers After glue dry remove frames plans separ ate Add stringers after sides joined Back up stringers /8 X 1/16 balsa doublers form top bottom window frames Cut triangle shaped gussets 1/16 plywood high-stress points landing gear strut wire ends contact fuselage cemented April1978 91
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/04
Page Numbers: 28, 90, 91
S Old Timers 0 Dee B Mathews GOLDEN OLDIE Ben Shershaw de signed published numerous models during golden era free flight Among notable Berkeley Models Cavalier series Cloud Cruiser months feature Cumulus Published Flying Aces Sept 1937 Cumulus departed standard high-wing cabin models being midwinged open cabin Although Cumulus gives impression sport type model us fortunate enough have seen fly can quickly dispel notion design anything less spectacular floater huge wing 96 X 13 coupled Grant G-8 airfoil pro duces highly competitive model Tex aco well 20-and 30-second antique construction Cumulus really complex first glance might dicate fuselage essentially amed box bulkheads rounding top bottom using / ingers tailfeathers rib spar style can easily developed using technique illustrated Dennyplane MA Dec 1976 wing constructed 3/32 sheet ribs 3/16 X /2 spars 1/16 sheet D-tube leading edge planked tips Note modification tips Mike Birdwells Cumulus four-spar wing lends itself well sheer web mod ification mentioned Feb column EMPENNAGEBULKHGS I/B GHT 3/32 RIBSSTRINGERS /8 G 1/4 PLY 85 ACES SEPT 937 SPAN 96 CR095 3 FUSELAGE SG OA 4 2 W SE looking quicker way build Cumulus own advised Schmidt Custom Kits 11948 Frank lin Blvd Elk Grove CA 95624 has available rib former kit short kit contains required parts less strip sheet wood can also provide pre-bent landing gear dis like wire bending Send SSAE above address prices details list includes over 300 other Golden Oldies Birdwells Cumulus uses long Sig con trol horns no reduction move elevator rudder Fox 45 plainLU 0J50 rho z 0 LU S 5 5 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 bearing moves model briskly does appear overly touchy power pattern glide thermal rid ing truely spectacular Birdwells model actually gained altitude doing consecutive inside loops has forced shut down motor fuel-al lotment because model going out sight within legal altitude limits course summary youd like have model doesnt look like elses will compete very well Continued page 90 28 Model Aviation UU old-timer month Originally designed Ben Shereshaw 8-ft bird built Mike Birdwell Covered yellow silk red white trim powered plain-bearing Fox 45 Picture taken Larry Kruse Pyramid Acres Fort Worth Plainsmen contest Launching Comet Goldberg-designed Clip per Don McClusky Covered red yel low silk powered ignition Madewll 49 Clip per big just before Zipper Stiegler pic P-NUT KITS N BEARINGS BROWN CO-2 ENGINES REAL JAPANRSE TISSUE-PROPS COMPLETE CATALOG 50f MANY HARD TO FIND ITEMS r KITS S OACCESSORIES 174 SPAN L KIT S4 25 BOX 2496 hekw LA MESA CALIF 92041 J Last Sunday went down Bill Youmans backyard flying site watched him smooth round loops rolls first Bill very con servative flyeror should say John Gorham has doing loops rolls split Ss Cuban eights has let others also loop got dared fly-off well-known West Coast flyer flies fly-barless beat him new Heli-Boy will say What great about loops rolls Other RC pilots have doing least two years great part Heli-Boy flies through maneuvers effortlessly no loss heading altitude comes light weight great power reserve rigid head direct blade steering high blade-tip speed stock out-of-the-box kit helicopter sells less $32500 predict helicopter will advance RC helicopter flying summer others have done together now have looping rolling rolling over still climbing split-S recovery smooth airplane needless say very real thrill Single-skid landings very easy strong winds Next months column will deal some building trimming hints 1-leli-Boy Walt Schoonard 2080 Sharon Road Winter Park FL 32789 RC Old-Timers/Mathews continued page 28 ordinary designs Cumu lus would certainly fill bill Full-sized plans available John Pond PO Box 3215 San Jose CA 95156 send 75 Old Timer list ask plan #1E3 Between Eyeballs Tom MehI Sand Lake Michigan newcomer OldTimer scene quote letter its though old-timer columns written select club deliberate ef fort made keep hardware within fraternity ..lll bet Ive read 12 times name deleted plans available John Pond Mv reaction has heck John Pond Does have address Tom further says however keen interest may information planes virtually nonexistant lot us have no idea what size glow engines suitable planes us dont know what AB C gas means Well Tom point well taken effort will made column address points coming months will try provide basic information needed get others started facinating aspect hobby will send interested copy SAMs Supplier List too long print Send large self-addressed stamped envelope list yours Anyone terested Old-Timer should join SAM membership application often appears MA SAM list covers anything everything needed construct ra dio-assist old-timer does answer such questions what ABC gas term refers engine sizes spelled out SAM section AMA rule book John Pond sort Senior Prophet Old-Timer movement has list plans nearly model kitted ot printed prior 1942 What Motor Herb Whal best known creator Anniversery Brown currently Whal 90 Model Aviation IF YOU GODU-BRO 20 FLEX-CABLE MOTOR CONTROL Provides ultimate rnj YOU INin control cable- assembly HighlyBOATS CARS Wu GET flexible free running adjis1abIe at0 control horn BIND__ ____ A______ No165$149 NY-STEEL KWIK-ROD ASSEMBLY ZZ~-- 31 ~7 MAKES STRONG ATTRAC TIVE AND EASY TO SOLDERZ No shrink no stretch free running fully adjustable CONNECTOR FOR SERVO OR control horn Strong simple easy install Hot wetHORN INCLUDES 2 SOLDERZ days wont affect trim setting Complete 31 LiNKS AND2 LINK GUARDS assembly Kwik-LinksNo 102$149No 112 69C0 CUSTOM TUNED ENGINES COMPETITION ACCESSORIES Cos O49O51 Specialists brochure send 13C stamp Kustom Krattsmanship Brochure Box 2699 Laguna Hills CA 92653 714 830-5162 twins concerned old-timers usually think Herkimer Hurleman 96 Brown Whal Banger However long fore Herb became involved splen did Brown reproductions found Hurleman parts storage about 25 years Starting out few engines assembled old parts Herb gradually has developed large clientele collectors fliers appreciate high quality impeccable honesty Included previously mentioned parts remains several opposedtwin prototypes quote Herb What Ive done design construct lowvolume crankcase crankshaft con rods induction system following techniques old prototypes used two original 48 cylinders two original pistons result splendid horizontal-op posed simultaneous-firing twin feel completion fine engine proto typed 30 40 years ago address Herbs Model Motors PO Box 61 Forksville PA 18616 Johnson Space Center JSC/RCC held R/C Old-Timer contest Sept 18 according Owen Morris flew two events 10-second duration 15minute precision 15-minute precision run follows 1 Total target time 15 minutes 2 second off second over under 3 Longest single flight seven minutes 4 Ten-point bonus per flight stopping inside 25-foot cir cle 5 Motor runs 20 seconds glow 40 seconds ignition JSC/RCC flying site space center have about 700 acres paved runway 2500 feet two steel towers middle field no other problems Owen Morris project engineer Space Shuttle Program modeler years experience Poly Ive received several letters re cently concerning covering technique described several articles Seems some confusion fabric shops over term acetate sheathing really shouldnt because acetate same polyester sheathing use intended lining home-sewn dresses coats available bolts fabric shop Ive Produced multitude colors has sheen grain much like heavy weight silk shopkeeper gives blank stare look around store Chances have just what want apply wet using classic silking techniques Mine does fade irregularly water dries recently purchased some sweat proof elimi nates water spots other columns recently suggested using heat gun shrink sheathing after is ap plied frame work shrinkage heavy dope can se vere enough tear material tried hair dryer several years ago split acetate shreds use two thin coats butyrate shrinkage fin ished up plasticizd castor oil TCP dope Nitrate dope ideal using glow-plug engine Dr D B Mathews 506 South Walnut Greensburg KS 67054 Fokker Universal/Noonan continued page 35 bearing surfaces same plane longeron edgesjust real aircraft vertical components /8-sq dium balsa exception two form window separations X 1/16 diagonal members Lay laminated longerons over waxpaper protected plans cement ver ticals diagonals Repeat process second side keeping mind lamination arrangement longerons have right left orientation allow stringers After glue dry remove frames plans separ ate Add stringers after sides joined Back up stringers /8 X 1/16 balsa doublers form top bottom window frames Cut triangle shaped gussets 1/16 plywood high-stress points landing gear strut wire ends contact fuselage cemented April1978 91
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/04
Page Numbers: 28, 90, 91
S Old Timers 0 Dee B Mathews GOLDEN OLDIE Ben Shershaw de signed published numerous models during golden era free flight Among notable Berkeley Models Cavalier series Cloud Cruiser months feature Cumulus Published Flying Aces Sept 1937 Cumulus departed standard high-wing cabin models being midwinged open cabin Although Cumulus gives impression sport type model us fortunate enough have seen fly can quickly dispel notion design anything less spectacular floater huge wing 96 X 13 coupled Grant G-8 airfoil pro duces highly competitive model Tex aco well 20-and 30-second antique construction Cumulus really complex first glance might dicate fuselage essentially amed box bulkheads rounding top bottom using / ingers tailfeathers rib spar style can easily developed using technique illustrated Dennyplane MA Dec 1976 wing constructed 3/32 sheet ribs 3/16 X /2 spars 1/16 sheet D-tube leading edge planked tips Note modification tips Mike Birdwells Cumulus four-spar wing lends itself well sheer web mod ification mentioned Feb column EMPENNAGEBULKHGS I/B GHT 3/32 RIBSSTRINGERS /8 G 1/4 PLY 85 ACES SEPT 937 SPAN 96 CR095 3 FUSELAGE SG OA 4 2 W SE looking quicker way build Cumulus own advised Schmidt Custom Kits 11948 Frank lin Blvd Elk Grove CA 95624 has available rib former kit short kit contains required parts less strip sheet wood can also provide pre-bent landing gear dis like wire bending Send SSAE above address prices details list includes over 300 other Golden Oldies Birdwells Cumulus uses long Sig con trol horns no reduction move elevator rudder Fox 45 plainLU 0J50 rho z 0 LU S 5 5 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 bearing moves model briskly does appear overly touchy power pattern glide thermal rid ing truely spectacular Birdwells model actually gained altitude doing consecutive inside loops has forced shut down motor fuel-al lotment because model going out sight within legal altitude limits course summary youd like have model doesnt look like elses will compete very well Continued page 90 28 Model Aviation UU old-timer month Originally designed Ben Shereshaw 8-ft bird built Mike Birdwell Covered yellow silk red white trim powered plain-bearing Fox 45 Picture taken Larry Kruse Pyramid Acres Fort Worth Plainsmen contest Launching Comet Goldberg-designed Clip per Don McClusky Covered red yel low silk powered ignition Madewll 49 Clip per big just before Zipper Stiegler pic P-NUT KITS N BEARINGS BROWN CO-2 ENGINES REAL JAPANRSE TISSUE-PROPS COMPLETE CATALOG 50f MANY HARD TO FIND ITEMS r KITS S OACCESSORIES 174 SPAN L KIT S4 25 BOX 2496 hekw LA MESA CALIF 92041 J Last Sunday went down Bill Youmans backyard flying site watched him smooth round loops rolls first Bill very con servative flyeror should say John Gorham has doing loops rolls split Ss Cuban eights has let others also loop got dared fly-off well-known West Coast flyer flies fly-barless beat him new Heli-Boy will say What great about loops rolls Other RC pilots have doing least two years great part Heli-Boy flies through maneuvers effortlessly no loss heading altitude comes light weight great power reserve rigid head direct blade steering high blade-tip speed stock out-of-the-box kit helicopter sells less $32500 predict helicopter will advance RC helicopter flying summer others have done together now have looping rolling rolling over still climbing split-S recovery smooth airplane needless say very real thrill Single-skid landings very easy strong winds Next months column will deal some building trimming hints 1-leli-Boy Walt Schoonard 2080 Sharon Road Winter Park FL 32789 RC Old-Timers/Mathews continued page 28 ordinary designs Cumu lus would certainly fill bill Full-sized plans available John Pond PO Box 3215 San Jose CA 95156 send 75 Old Timer list ask plan #1E3 Between Eyeballs Tom MehI Sand Lake Michigan newcomer OldTimer scene quote letter its though old-timer columns written select club deliberate ef fort made keep hardware within fraternity ..lll bet Ive read 12 times name deleted plans available John Pond Mv reaction has heck John Pond Does have address Tom further says however keen interest may information planes virtually nonexistant lot us have no idea what size glow engines suitable planes us dont know what AB C gas means Well Tom point well taken effort will made column address points coming months will try provide basic information needed get others started facinating aspect hobby will send interested copy SAMs Supplier List too long print Send large self-addressed stamped envelope list yours Anyone terested Old-Timer should join SAM membership application often appears MA SAM list covers anything everything needed construct ra dio-assist old-timer does answer such questions what ABC gas term refers engine sizes spelled out SAM section AMA rule book John Pond sort Senior Prophet Old-Timer movement has list plans nearly model kitted ot printed prior 1942 What Motor Herb Whal best known creator Anniversery Brown currently Whal 90 Model Aviation IF YOU GODU-BRO 20 FLEX-CABLE MOTOR CONTROL Provides ultimate rnj YOU INin control cable- assembly HighlyBOATS CARS Wu GET flexible free running adjis1abIe at0 control horn BIND__ ____ A______ No165$149 NY-STEEL KWIK-ROD ASSEMBLY ZZ~-- 31 ~7 MAKES STRONG ATTRAC TIVE AND EASY TO SOLDERZ No shrink no stretch free running fully adjustable CONNECTOR FOR SERVO OR control horn Strong simple easy install Hot wetHORN INCLUDES 2 SOLDERZ days wont affect trim setting Complete 31 LiNKS AND2 LINK GUARDS assembly Kwik-LinksNo 102$149No 112 69C0 CUSTOM TUNED ENGINES COMPETITION ACCESSORIES Cos O49O51 Specialists brochure send 13C stamp Kustom Krattsmanship Brochure Box 2699 Laguna Hills CA 92653 714 830-5162 twins concerned old-timers usually think Herkimer Hurleman 96 Brown Whal Banger However long fore Herb became involved splen did Brown reproductions found Hurleman parts storage about 25 years Starting out few engines assembled old parts Herb gradually has developed large clientele collectors fliers appreciate high quality impeccable honesty Included previously mentioned parts remains several opposedtwin prototypes quote Herb What Ive done design construct lowvolume crankcase crankshaft con rods induction system following techniques old prototypes used two original 48 cylinders two original pistons result splendid horizontal-op posed simultaneous-firing twin feel completion fine engine proto typed 30 40 years ago address Herbs Model Motors PO Box 61 Forksville PA 18616 Johnson Space Center JSC/RCC held R/C Old-Timer contest Sept 18 according Owen Morris flew two events 10-second duration 15minute precision 15-minute precision run follows 1 Total target time 15 minutes 2 second off second over under 3 Longest single flight seven minutes 4 Ten-point bonus per flight stopping inside 25-foot cir cle 5 Motor runs 20 seconds glow 40 seconds ignition JSC/RCC flying site space center have about 700 acres paved runway 2500 feet two steel towers middle field no other problems Owen Morris project engineer Space Shuttle Program modeler years experience Poly Ive received several letters re cently concerning covering technique described several articles Seems some confusion fabric shops over term acetate sheathing really shouldnt because acetate same polyester sheathing use intended lining home-sewn dresses coats available bolts fabric shop Ive Produced multitude colors has sheen grain much like heavy weight silk shopkeeper gives blank stare look around store Chances have just what want apply wet using classic silking techniques Mine does fade irregularly water dries recently purchased some sweat proof elimi nates water spots other columns recently suggested using heat gun shrink sheathing after is ap plied frame work shrinkage heavy dope can se vere enough tear material tried hair dryer several years ago split acetate shreds use two thin coats butyrate shrinkage fin ished up plasticizd castor oil TCP dope Nitrate dope ideal using glow-plug engine Dr D B Mathews 506 South Walnut Greensburg KS 67054 Fokker Universal/Noonan continued page 35 bearing surfaces same plane longeron edgesjust real aircraft vertical components /8-sq dium balsa exception two form window separations X 1/16 diagonal members Lay laminated longerons over waxpaper protected plans cement ver ticals diagonals Repeat process second side keeping mind lamination arrangement longerons have right left orientation allow stringers After glue dry remove frames plans separ ate Add stringers after sides joined Back up stringers /8 X 1/16 balsa doublers form top bottom window frames Cut triangle shaped gussets 1/16 plywood high-stress points landing gear strut wire ends contact fuselage cemented April1978 91