OLD TIMERS Dee B Mathews THE ATTRACTION building flying miniature replicas full-scale aircraft very essence hobby us stimulated Scale models Peanut Monster Control Line Radio Control Glider Some undefinable chemistry flows between modeler Scale model catalyzing some Herculean efforts creating magnificent reproductions complex prototypes Meanwhile others us receive equal gratification creating rather simplistic Scale models closely re semble prototype fly beautifully can reasonably presumed nearly modeler reading lines selected Scale model kit first purchase youth Depending upon readers age kit may have Ideal Megow Whitman per haps Joe Ott Comet orif much younger excellent kits available today lightly-constructed usually stick-andtissue models did represent ultra-high fidelity scale rather possessed outlines shapes identifiable specific prototype derived great satisfaction building flying inexpensive models could again Some popular published designs time near-classic works Earl Stahl much fact kits some 35year-old designs being produced today Flyline may shock some readers Stahl Free Flight Scale designs well such other greats Struhl Winter Lindberg Struck majority kits exact scale Rather outlines dimensions compromises between flyability construction ease replication So cared What important average builder could create model resembled prototype flew well two models pictured month ex aniples aforementioned philosophy both instantly recognizable yet no over whelming emphasis has placed complex detail essentially Free Flight Scale models having good flight characteristics radio-assist simplify retrieval spaces too small conventional Free Flight lack better name have coined term Silhouette Scale describe type model silhouettes particularly flight immediately recognizable viewed angle two well Taylor E-2 Cub presented inRCMs Sept 80 issue design presented magazine soon plus several others practical purposes over-sized Free Flight Scale models radios writer predicts type model will turn try like nothing else since Old-Timer RC concept first emerged Silhouette Scale models such great fun wonder competition events might self-defeating Something nature Old Warden gathering England might appropriate could gettogether socially just enjoy watching others models fly gracefully elegantly about No need deciding greatest eyre great Ed Packard Cleveland Models contra diction observations scale deviation flights sake series classic Cleveland CD models As general rule kits designed perfect replicas prototype really intended static display models fliers Over last 55 years Cleveland models have built literally thousands youngsters men walks life Countless examples cited successful men recall fondness introduction aviation through building Cleveland models sense accomplishment felt upon complet ing rather complex kits will cherished forever us fortunate enough have opportunity youngsters Cleveland line dates back 1919 major activity started Great Lakes Trainer introduced 1933 Before kits discon tinued 600 designs intro duced including such non-scale subjects immortal Playboy series Viking Cloudster group rubber-power endurance types line tethered models pay royalty Jim Walker name U-Control used 1971 foundation established funds donated Gene Kettering preserve origlnal kit drawings Case-Western University archives Science Technology Dept now contains drawings grand would such foundation estab lished preserve plans other memorabilia other manufacturers such Megow Berkeley Interestingly Ed Packard still operates plans service has available drawings fondly-remembered kits SASE sent Cleve 30 Model Aviation land Model Supply Co 10307 S Detroit Cleveland OH 44102 will get list Spark plugs. way really little paragraph souvenir AC spark plugs preceding advent true miniature engine elicited following Ira Hassad Bill AtwoodI will say late Bill writers opinion spirit will live foreverwas fist bring back California miniature AC plugs Southern California bursting activity time 1933 everyone trying get ahead other engine experi menters Bill front group always maintained greatest secrecy Thirty cc 180 cu engine size era can imagine size Free Flight models created Spark plugs 12mm Bosch few laminated mica plugs few using 10mm Champion units designed Packard car engine latter would accept t-24 die losing thread Bills appearance new small plug created real stir said nothing about its source usual Indianapolis October 1933 went Chicago Worlds Fair Vernon Boehle Cahills other modelers Upon entering General Motors building lo behold before coin machine loaded packaged AC plugs l0 about $900 ticket home TWA Ford Tn-motor put machine sold plugs California up $150 very good profit plugs made fair sophisticated equipment available amateur Later contact AC made possible manufacturers pur chase excellent little plugs As surmised fair GMs desire souvenir gave small engine real boost Like Bill Atwood did reveal source wonderous times young man 17 years unforgettable Ira Hass ad uninitiated Ira Hassad no small force development miniature engines Sky Devil Blue Strea designs also man beat n tethered car racing years currently operates machine shop air transport industry El Cajon CA speculated AC plugs developed small engine use picked up eager PR type use Chicago Continued page 108 January 1981 31 Woody Woodard builtthis Aeronca Defenderto Coconut Scale fourtlmesthe sizeof Peanut 52-in span model weighs 35 oz has 380 sq wing area uses 09 powerand 3-ch radio Several have built West Coastfrom Woodys sketches As can seen photo disassembled unpainted model really just oversized rubber-power plane Woody Ilkesthis Silhouette Scale-type model because itcan made reasonable length time low costand flies beautifully because its lightness simplicity MIDWEST PRODUCTS COMPANY INC 400 S Indiana St Kbart IndIana 46342 219 942-1134 Send 50 catalog NEW FOURMOST PRODUCTS Fuselage Fixture Th POIJRMOST FUSELAGE FIXTURE designed Aiefo.heIIy uhgs fuoelage structures built strings inesouring eyeballing Simply slide four centering brack eta truck until align firewall tail joint two bulkheads Clamp fuoeloge together lightly rubber baudo structure will straight track eiee pj nonsedotess.spfosof. FOURMOST PRODUCTS Bomb Release flourtasot Bomb Itelcue nism oiwple hobtoright nhst ideul foe fun fly eceota unit tour Muse provided attach spring larch thread connect throttle roddeeseero Coerosion out prohieso unit nnlded spins g stainless Icti UNit WfiCtit~WU 4040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97116503 357-2732 GEE BEE RI / ORGANIZED R/C SCALEHeesaset of4ststdy ties hues see 42 Span & For4 peam uf foot fasomie Ss s 11 magesises 35 40 Eng 4 MAG FILES $495 Send 54 96 pIus SI 50 ABUILDERSKiHiuuuo add $5 Shipping mIas TIC R/C PRODUCTS P0 BOX 388-K Rt 1 Box 282 Prospect VA 23901 ER NH 03820 RC Old-Timers/Mathews Continued page 31 Worlds Fair would appear opposite case truly egg preceded chicken thanks Ira interesting historical sidelight Doings Davis Diesel about something youve read years Would believe Bob Davis has lowered prices diesel fuel gallon size has recently repriced downward has also reduced list price conver sion heads Cox units better reflect savings quantity production conversion head has made available OS Max 25 FSR unit should used engines produced last 18 months have improved lowspeed needle valve tougher rod improved motors can identified number 2601 stamped case bottom changes OS 25 FSR brought about spinoff 05 35cc race car units Whatever done seems right currently running 25 diesel conversion 11-7 Rev-Ups runs like clock flying Scale model previously powered 35 glow. seemingly pulls better larger unit fact diesel fuel delivers two three times minutes-per-ounce does glow fuel certainly increases cost effec tiveness should noted gallon-sized fuel no longer suitable use small Cox con versions Also newly available Davis Diesel Box 141 Milford CT 06460 adapter retrofit Perry carb onto Fox 15 BB Are baffled subject largebore diesels ST 35 conversion head must used engines produced within last seven eight years older baffled-piston 35s cannot converted However understand World Engiens has available liner/piston sets can used convert old Tigres Perry ports Grinding off old baffle absolutely will work fuel blown straight out exhaust youve gotta Peny-ported have also advised contrary rumor 35 has discontinued new batch will run through factory sometime 1981 Diesel fuel vs Sullivan tanks have using Sullivan polyethylene fuel tanks diesels several years tubing inside out must changed black rubber Sonic Tronics gas/diesel line Unused fuel never allowed remain tank overnight effort prevent possible softening tank stopper Apparently warning newer tanks applies included tubing rather tank itself have encountered trouble Nitrate vs butyrate last time letter H H Rice Lakewood NJ countrys outstanding antique classic aircraft restorers states tyrate stays soft underneath although surface appears hard will shrink dries unless retarder mixed Ceconite stuck airframe full-sized aircraft nitrate dope fully stuck down Ceconite heat-shrunk point nitrate dope applied stop shrinkage area finished butyrate can use butyrate over nitrate never reverse Mr Rice also advises Airtex Products Fallingston Industrial Park Fallingston PA 19054 stocks nitrate quarts gallons well colored dopes similar materials Nostalgia plans mushrooming interest Nostalgia events designs published kitted tweenJan 1943 andJan 1957 attractingmany have inthe Old-Timer activity Some aware John Pond plans list contains designs era Also plans Air Trails American Modeler avail able Hobby Helpers PO Box 217 Glen ville Station Greenwich CT 06830 Send us photos nostalgia-era models particularly RC assist L&L As write midSeptember numerous readers reporting inability contact L&L Electronics Albuquer que unable learn out business merely relocating will advise soon find out Dee B Mathews 506 South Walnui Greens buig KS 67054 RC Giant Scale/Beckman Continued page 33 4 exhaust port carburetor mounting faces have increased size add strength Overall cylinder block has much cleaner general appearance importantly areas considered weak have now corrected Internal changes 1 bypass ports have increased size deflection angles changed 2 new connecting rod being used 3 new crankshaft being incorporated internal changes add up much 10% increase peak horsepower performance Bob went say order reduce customs problems delays US orders will filled Port Huron MI facility Dario Brisighella will doing Quadra repair factory warranty service US Christen Eagle kit coming Another new acquain tance Napoleon Darrell Higgins Higgins Aero Composites Inc producing Giant Scale CAP 20L using fiberglass urethane foam incidentally impervious gaso line production techniques used both RVs full-scale aircraft Dont confuse fiberglass fuselagefoam core wing con struction Its much sophisticated Ill have say about future columns point already tooling up second offering Christen Eagle size slightly larger -scale Darrell says kit will include ultra-thin vinyl peel-and-stick-on decals full color dupli cating Eagles fantastic color scheme Fiberglass cowls seems place go run Tom Keeling yes Napoleon Since first met him Las Vegas 79 Ive hinting him Im going need cowl Sparrowhawk Toms T&D Fiberglass Specialties puts out cowls kits plans available Giant Scale youre interested whats available send SASE T&D Fiberglass Specialties 30925 Block Garden City MI 48135 Fleet Finch Fan got letter Harold Lake asking source plans 1942 Fleet Finch wants build -scale version Old Rhinebeck could him steer him onto drawings earlier models Fleet biplanes anyone knows drawings Finch let Harold know address RD #3 Mexico NY 13114 Continued page 110 108 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1981/01
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 108
OLD TIMERS Dee B Mathews THE ATTRACTION building flying miniature replicas full-scale aircraft very essence hobby us stimulated Scale models Peanut Monster Control Line Radio Control Glider Some undefinable chemistry flows between modeler Scale model catalyzing some Herculean efforts creating magnificent reproductions complex prototypes Meanwhile others us receive equal gratification creating rather simplistic Scale models closely re semble prototype fly beautifully can reasonably presumed nearly modeler reading lines selected Scale model kit first purchase youth Depending upon readers age kit may have Ideal Megow Whitman per haps Joe Ott Comet orif much younger excellent kits available today lightly-constructed usually stick-andtissue models did represent ultra-high fidelity scale rather possessed outlines shapes identifiable specific prototype derived great satisfaction building flying inexpensive models could again Some popular published designs time near-classic works Earl Stahl much fact kits some 35year-old designs being produced today Flyline may shock some readers Stahl Free Flight Scale designs well such other greats Struhl Winter Lindberg Struck majority kits exact scale Rather outlines dimensions compromises between flyability construction ease replication So cared What important average builder could create model resembled prototype flew well two models pictured month ex aniples aforementioned philosophy both instantly recognizable yet no over whelming emphasis has placed complex detail essentially Free Flight Scale models having good flight characteristics radio-assist simplify retrieval spaces too small conventional Free Flight lack better name have coined term Silhouette Scale describe type model silhouettes particularly flight immediately recognizable viewed angle two well Taylor E-2 Cub presented inRCMs Sept 80 issue design presented magazine soon plus several others practical purposes over-sized Free Flight Scale models radios writer predicts type model will turn try like nothing else since Old-Timer RC concept first emerged Silhouette Scale models such great fun wonder competition events might self-defeating Something nature Old Warden gathering England might appropriate could gettogether socially just enjoy watching others models fly gracefully elegantly about No need deciding greatest eyre great Ed Packard Cleveland Models contra diction observations scale deviation flights sake series classic Cleveland CD models As general rule kits designed perfect replicas prototype really intended static display models fliers Over last 55 years Cleveland models have built literally thousands youngsters men walks life Countless examples cited successful men recall fondness introduction aviation through building Cleveland models sense accomplishment felt upon complet ing rather complex kits will cherished forever us fortunate enough have opportunity youngsters Cleveland line dates back 1919 major activity started Great Lakes Trainer introduced 1933 Before kits discon tinued 600 designs intro duced including such non-scale subjects immortal Playboy series Viking Cloudster group rubber-power endurance types line tethered models pay royalty Jim Walker name U-Control used 1971 foundation established funds donated Gene Kettering preserve origlnal kit drawings Case-Western University archives Science Technology Dept now contains drawings grand would such foundation estab lished preserve plans other memorabilia other manufacturers such Megow Berkeley Interestingly Ed Packard still operates plans service has available drawings fondly-remembered kits SASE sent Cleve 30 Model Aviation land Model Supply Co 10307 S Detroit Cleveland OH 44102 will get list Spark plugs. way really little paragraph souvenir AC spark plugs preceding advent true miniature engine elicited following Ira Hassad Bill AtwoodI will say late Bill writers opinion spirit will live foreverwas fist bring back California miniature AC plugs Southern California bursting activity time 1933 everyone trying get ahead other engine experi menters Bill front group always maintained greatest secrecy Thirty cc 180 cu engine size era can imagine size Free Flight models created Spark plugs 12mm Bosch few laminated mica plugs few using 10mm Champion units designed Packard car engine latter would accept t-24 die losing thread Bills appearance new small plug created real stir said nothing about its source usual Indianapolis October 1933 went Chicago Worlds Fair Vernon Boehle Cahills other modelers Upon entering General Motors building lo behold before coin machine loaded packaged AC plugs l0 about $900 ticket home TWA Ford Tn-motor put machine sold plugs California up $150 very good profit plugs made fair sophisticated equipment available amateur Later contact AC made possible manufacturers pur chase excellent little plugs As surmised fair GMs desire souvenir gave small engine real boost Like Bill Atwood did reveal source wonderous times young man 17 years unforgettable Ira Hass ad uninitiated Ira Hassad no small force development miniature engines Sky Devil Blue Strea designs also man beat n tethered car racing years currently operates machine shop air transport industry El Cajon CA speculated AC plugs developed small engine use picked up eager PR type use Chicago Continued page 108 January 1981 31 Woody Woodard builtthis Aeronca Defenderto Coconut Scale fourtlmesthe sizeof Peanut 52-in span model weighs 35 oz has 380 sq wing area uses 09 powerand 3-ch radio Several have built West Coastfrom Woodys sketches As can seen photo disassembled unpainted model really just oversized rubber-power plane Woody Ilkesthis Silhouette Scale-type model because itcan made reasonable length time low costand flies beautifully because its lightness simplicity MIDWEST PRODUCTS COMPANY INC 400 S Indiana St Kbart IndIana 46342 219 942-1134 Send 50 catalog NEW FOURMOST PRODUCTS Fuselage Fixture Th POIJRMOST FUSELAGE FIXTURE designed Aiefo.heIIy uhgs fuoelage structures built strings inesouring eyeballing Simply slide four centering brack eta truck until align firewall tail joint two bulkheads Clamp fuoeloge together lightly rubber baudo structure will straight track eiee pj nonsedotess.spfosof. FOURMOST PRODUCTS Bomb Release flourtasot Bomb Itelcue nism oiwple hobtoright nhst ideul foe fun fly eceota unit tour Muse provided attach spring larch thread connect throttle roddeeseero Coerosion out prohieso unit nnlded spins g stainless Icti UNit WfiCtit~WU 4040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97116503 357-2732 GEE BEE RI / ORGANIZED R/C SCALEHeesaset of4ststdy ties hues see 42 Span & For4 peam uf foot fasomie Ss s 11 magesises 35 40 Eng 4 MAG FILES $495 Send 54 96 pIus SI 50 ABUILDERSKiHiuuuo add $5 Shipping mIas TIC R/C PRODUCTS P0 BOX 388-K Rt 1 Box 282 Prospect VA 23901 ER NH 03820 RC Old-Timers/Mathews Continued page 31 Worlds Fair would appear opposite case truly egg preceded chicken thanks Ira interesting historical sidelight Doings Davis Diesel about something youve read years Would believe Bob Davis has lowered prices diesel fuel gallon size has recently repriced downward has also reduced list price conver sion heads Cox units better reflect savings quantity production conversion head has made available OS Max 25 FSR unit should used engines produced last 18 months have improved lowspeed needle valve tougher rod improved motors can identified number 2601 stamped case bottom changes OS 25 FSR brought about spinoff 05 35cc race car units Whatever done seems right currently running 25 diesel conversion 11-7 Rev-Ups runs like clock flying Scale model previously powered 35 glow. seemingly pulls better larger unit fact diesel fuel delivers two three times minutes-per-ounce does glow fuel certainly increases cost effec tiveness should noted gallon-sized fuel no longer suitable use small Cox con versions Also newly available Davis Diesel Box 141 Milford CT 06460 adapter retrofit Perry carb onto Fox 15 BB Are baffled subject largebore diesels ST 35 conversion head must used engines produced within last seven eight years older baffled-piston 35s cannot converted However understand World Engiens has available liner/piston sets can used convert old Tigres Perry ports Grinding off old baffle absolutely will work fuel blown straight out exhaust youve gotta Peny-ported have also advised contrary rumor 35 has discontinued new batch will run through factory sometime 1981 Diesel fuel vs Sullivan tanks have using Sullivan polyethylene fuel tanks diesels several years tubing inside out must changed black rubber Sonic Tronics gas/diesel line Unused fuel never allowed remain tank overnight effort prevent possible softening tank stopper Apparently warning newer tanks applies included tubing rather tank itself have encountered trouble Nitrate vs butyrate last time letter H H Rice Lakewood NJ countrys outstanding antique classic aircraft restorers states tyrate stays soft underneath although surface appears hard will shrink dries unless retarder mixed Ceconite stuck airframe full-sized aircraft nitrate dope fully stuck down Ceconite heat-shrunk point nitrate dope applied stop shrinkage area finished butyrate can use butyrate over nitrate never reverse Mr Rice also advises Airtex Products Fallingston Industrial Park Fallingston PA 19054 stocks nitrate quarts gallons well colored dopes similar materials Nostalgia plans mushrooming interest Nostalgia events designs published kitted tweenJan 1943 andJan 1957 attractingmany have inthe Old-Timer activity Some aware John Pond plans list contains designs era Also plans Air Trails American Modeler avail able Hobby Helpers PO Box 217 Glen ville Station Greenwich CT 06830 Send us photos nostalgia-era models particularly RC assist L&L As write midSeptember numerous readers reporting inability contact L&L Electronics Albuquer que unable learn out business merely relocating will advise soon find out Dee B Mathews 506 South Walnui Greens buig KS 67054 RC Giant Scale/Beckman Continued page 33 4 exhaust port carburetor mounting faces have increased size add strength Overall cylinder block has much cleaner general appearance importantly areas considered weak have now corrected Internal changes 1 bypass ports have increased size deflection angles changed 2 new connecting rod being used 3 new crankshaft being incorporated internal changes add up much 10% increase peak horsepower performance Bob went say order reduce customs problems delays US orders will filled Port Huron MI facility Dario Brisighella will doing Quadra repair factory warranty service US Christen Eagle kit coming Another new acquain tance Napoleon Darrell Higgins Higgins Aero Composites Inc producing Giant Scale CAP 20L using fiberglass urethane foam incidentally impervious gaso line production techniques used both RVs full-scale aircraft Dont confuse fiberglass fuselagefoam core wing con struction Its much sophisticated Ill have say about future columns point already tooling up second offering Christen Eagle size slightly larger -scale Darrell says kit will include ultra-thin vinyl peel-and-stick-on decals full color dupli cating Eagles fantastic color scheme Fiberglass cowls seems place go run Tom Keeling yes Napoleon Since first met him Las Vegas 79 Ive hinting him Im going need cowl Sparrowhawk Toms T&D Fiberglass Specialties puts out cowls kits plans available Giant Scale youre interested whats available send SASE T&D Fiberglass Specialties 30925 Block Garden City MI 48135 Fleet Finch Fan got letter Harold Lake asking source plans 1942 Fleet Finch wants build -scale version Old Rhinebeck could him steer him onto drawings earlier models Fleet biplanes anyone knows drawings Finch let Harold know address RD #3 Mexico NY 13114 Continued page 110 108 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1981/01
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 108
OLD TIMERS Dee B Mathews THE ATTRACTION building flying miniature replicas full-scale aircraft very essence hobby us stimulated Scale models Peanut Monster Control Line Radio Control Glider Some undefinable chemistry flows between modeler Scale model catalyzing some Herculean efforts creating magnificent reproductions complex prototypes Meanwhile others us receive equal gratification creating rather simplistic Scale models closely re semble prototype fly beautifully can reasonably presumed nearly modeler reading lines selected Scale model kit first purchase youth Depending upon readers age kit may have Ideal Megow Whitman per haps Joe Ott Comet orif much younger excellent kits available today lightly-constructed usually stick-andtissue models did represent ultra-high fidelity scale rather possessed outlines shapes identifiable specific prototype derived great satisfaction building flying inexpensive models could again Some popular published designs time near-classic works Earl Stahl much fact kits some 35year-old designs being produced today Flyline may shock some readers Stahl Free Flight Scale designs well such other greats Struhl Winter Lindberg Struck majority kits exact scale Rather outlines dimensions compromises between flyability construction ease replication So cared What important average builder could create model resembled prototype flew well two models pictured month ex aniples aforementioned philosophy both instantly recognizable yet no over whelming emphasis has placed complex detail essentially Free Flight Scale models having good flight characteristics radio-assist simplify retrieval spaces too small conventional Free Flight lack better name have coined term Silhouette Scale describe type model silhouettes particularly flight immediately recognizable viewed angle two well Taylor E-2 Cub presented inRCMs Sept 80 issue design presented magazine soon plus several others practical purposes over-sized Free Flight Scale models radios writer predicts type model will turn try like nothing else since Old-Timer RC concept first emerged Silhouette Scale models such great fun wonder competition events might self-defeating Something nature Old Warden gathering England might appropriate could gettogether socially just enjoy watching others models fly gracefully elegantly about No need deciding greatest eyre great Ed Packard Cleveland Models contra diction observations scale deviation flights sake series classic Cleveland CD models As general rule kits designed perfect replicas prototype really intended static display models fliers Over last 55 years Cleveland models have built literally thousands youngsters men walks life Countless examples cited successful men recall fondness introduction aviation through building Cleveland models sense accomplishment felt upon complet ing rather complex kits will cherished forever us fortunate enough have opportunity youngsters Cleveland line dates back 1919 major activity started Great Lakes Trainer introduced 1933 Before kits discon tinued 600 designs intro duced including such non-scale subjects immortal Playboy series Viking Cloudster group rubber-power endurance types line tethered models pay royalty Jim Walker name U-Control used 1971 foundation established funds donated Gene Kettering preserve origlnal kit drawings Case-Western University archives Science Technology Dept now contains drawings grand would such foundation estab lished preserve plans other memorabilia other manufacturers such Megow Berkeley Interestingly Ed Packard still operates plans service has available drawings fondly-remembered kits SASE sent Cleve 30 Model Aviation land Model Supply Co 10307 S Detroit Cleveland OH 44102 will get list Spark plugs. way really little paragraph souvenir AC spark plugs preceding advent true miniature engine elicited following Ira Hassad Bill AtwoodI will say late Bill writers opinion spirit will live foreverwas fist bring back California miniature AC plugs Southern California bursting activity time 1933 everyone trying get ahead other engine experi menters Bill front group always maintained greatest secrecy Thirty cc 180 cu engine size era can imagine size Free Flight models created Spark plugs 12mm Bosch few laminated mica plugs few using 10mm Champion units designed Packard car engine latter would accept t-24 die losing thread Bills appearance new small plug created real stir said nothing about its source usual Indianapolis October 1933 went Chicago Worlds Fair Vernon Boehle Cahills other modelers Upon entering General Motors building lo behold before coin machine loaded packaged AC plugs l0 about $900 ticket home TWA Ford Tn-motor put machine sold plugs California up $150 very good profit plugs made fair sophisticated equipment available amateur Later contact AC made possible manufacturers pur chase excellent little plugs As surmised fair GMs desire souvenir gave small engine real boost Like Bill Atwood did reveal source wonderous times young man 17 years unforgettable Ira Hass ad uninitiated Ira Hassad no small force development miniature engines Sky Devil Blue Strea designs also man beat n tethered car racing years currently operates machine shop air transport industry El Cajon CA speculated AC plugs developed small engine use picked up eager PR type use Chicago Continued page 108 January 1981 31 Woody Woodard builtthis Aeronca Defenderto Coconut Scale fourtlmesthe sizeof Peanut 52-in span model weighs 35 oz has 380 sq wing area uses 09 powerand 3-ch radio Several have built West Coastfrom Woodys sketches As can seen photo disassembled unpainted model really just oversized rubber-power plane Woody Ilkesthis Silhouette Scale-type model because itcan made reasonable length time low costand flies beautifully because its lightness simplicity MIDWEST PRODUCTS COMPANY INC 400 S Indiana St Kbart IndIana 46342 219 942-1134 Send 50 catalog NEW FOURMOST PRODUCTS Fuselage Fixture Th POIJRMOST FUSELAGE FIXTURE designed Aiefo.heIIy uhgs fuoelage structures built strings inesouring eyeballing Simply slide four centering brack eta truck until align firewall tail joint two bulkheads Clamp fuoeloge together lightly rubber baudo structure will straight track eiee pj nonsedotess.spfosof. FOURMOST PRODUCTS Bomb Release flourtasot Bomb Itelcue nism oiwple hobtoright nhst ideul foe fun fly eceota unit tour Muse provided attach spring larch thread connect throttle roddeeseero Coerosion out prohieso unit nnlded spins g stainless Icti UNit WfiCtit~WU 4040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97116503 357-2732 GEE BEE RI / ORGANIZED R/C SCALEHeesaset of4ststdy ties hues see 42 Span & For4 peam uf foot fasomie Ss s 11 magesises 35 40 Eng 4 MAG FILES $495 Send 54 96 pIus SI 50 ABUILDERSKiHiuuuo add $5 Shipping mIas TIC R/C PRODUCTS P0 BOX 388-K Rt 1 Box 282 Prospect VA 23901 ER NH 03820 RC Old-Timers/Mathews Continued page 31 Worlds Fair would appear opposite case truly egg preceded chicken thanks Ira interesting historical sidelight Doings Davis Diesel about something youve read years Would believe Bob Davis has lowered prices diesel fuel gallon size has recently repriced downward has also reduced list price conver sion heads Cox units better reflect savings quantity production conversion head has made available OS Max 25 FSR unit should used engines produced last 18 months have improved lowspeed needle valve tougher rod improved motors can identified number 2601 stamped case bottom changes OS 25 FSR brought about spinoff 05 35cc race car units Whatever done seems right currently running 25 diesel conversion 11-7 Rev-Ups runs like clock flying Scale model previously powered 35 glow. seemingly pulls better larger unit fact diesel fuel delivers two three times minutes-per-ounce does glow fuel certainly increases cost effec tiveness should noted gallon-sized fuel no longer suitable use small Cox con versions Also newly available Davis Diesel Box 141 Milford CT 06460 adapter retrofit Perry carb onto Fox 15 BB Are baffled subject largebore diesels ST 35 conversion head must used engines produced within last seven eight years older baffled-piston 35s cannot converted However understand World Engiens has available liner/piston sets can used convert old Tigres Perry ports Grinding off old baffle absolutely will work fuel blown straight out exhaust youve gotta Peny-ported have also advised contrary rumor 35 has discontinued new batch will run through factory sometime 1981 Diesel fuel vs Sullivan tanks have using Sullivan polyethylene fuel tanks diesels several years tubing inside out must changed black rubber Sonic Tronics gas/diesel line Unused fuel never allowed remain tank overnight effort prevent possible softening tank stopper Apparently warning newer tanks applies included tubing rather tank itself have encountered trouble Nitrate vs butyrate last time letter H H Rice Lakewood NJ countrys outstanding antique classic aircraft restorers states tyrate stays soft underneath although surface appears hard will shrink dries unless retarder mixed Ceconite stuck airframe full-sized aircraft nitrate dope fully stuck down Ceconite heat-shrunk point nitrate dope applied stop shrinkage area finished butyrate can use butyrate over nitrate never reverse Mr Rice also advises Airtex Products Fallingston Industrial Park Fallingston PA 19054 stocks nitrate quarts gallons well colored dopes similar materials Nostalgia plans mushrooming interest Nostalgia events designs published kitted tweenJan 1943 andJan 1957 attractingmany have inthe Old-Timer activity Some aware John Pond plans list contains designs era Also plans Air Trails American Modeler avail able Hobby Helpers PO Box 217 Glen ville Station Greenwich CT 06830 Send us photos nostalgia-era models particularly RC assist L&L As write midSeptember numerous readers reporting inability contact L&L Electronics Albuquer que unable learn out business merely relocating will advise soon find out Dee B Mathews 506 South Walnui Greens buig KS 67054 RC Giant Scale/Beckman Continued page 33 4 exhaust port carburetor mounting faces have increased size add strength Overall cylinder block has much cleaner general appearance importantly areas considered weak have now corrected Internal changes 1 bypass ports have increased size deflection angles changed 2 new connecting rod being used 3 new crankshaft being incorporated internal changes add up much 10% increase peak horsepower performance Bob went say order reduce customs problems delays US orders will filled Port Huron MI facility Dario Brisighella will doing Quadra repair factory warranty service US Christen Eagle kit coming Another new acquain tance Napoleon Darrell Higgins Higgins Aero Composites Inc producing Giant Scale CAP 20L using fiberglass urethane foam incidentally impervious gaso line production techniques used both RVs full-scale aircraft Dont confuse fiberglass fuselagefoam core wing con struction Its much sophisticated Ill have say about future columns point already tooling up second offering Christen Eagle size slightly larger -scale Darrell says kit will include ultra-thin vinyl peel-and-stick-on decals full color dupli cating Eagles fantastic color scheme Fiberglass cowls seems place go run Tom Keeling yes Napoleon Since first met him Las Vegas 79 Ive hinting him Im going need cowl Sparrowhawk Toms T&D Fiberglass Specialties puts out cowls kits plans available Giant Scale youre interested whats available send SASE T&D Fiberglass Specialties 30925 Block Garden City MI 48135 Fleet Finch Fan got letter Harold Lake asking source plans 1942 Fleet Finch wants build -scale version Old Rhinebeck could him steer him onto drawings earlier models Fleet biplanes anyone knows drawings Finch let Harold know address RD #3 Mexico NY 13114 Continued page 110 108 Model Aviation