Radio Control Pylon Racing Bill Hager RACING prospering just about club USA Yes have some Racing blood Some us race Indoor models end some us faster end race Formula competition Q500 racer what seems popular now Just about club regardless size has will have Q500 race future received letter friend havent seen yearsTom Clark Tom living Sarasota FL racing Q500 area club called Valkyries held first sanctioned Q500 race during summer 1984 report sent Tom club Valkyriesyou know Greek God flying something like first sanc tioned Q500 race use 457-ft course along four other clubs SW Florida also hold races main event day have fun definitely blood good com petition rules AMA Class III exception pipes allowed Matter fact tuned muffled pipes mandatory after January 1 1985 hold noise way down have average 25/30 contest ants races 25 entered day Winners 1stCharlie Poulton 2ndRick Cranmer 3rdJim Skupien Fast time 1377 usually bet ter really hot seems slow things down racing Expert Novice classes races gives new comers better chance enjoy Tom lost elevator fifth lap first race spent rest con test flying slower back-up finishing eleventh another article concerning wheel pants sent person wishing remain anonymous Wheel pants/Formula first started flying Formula wheel pants worst enemy Now outlast airplane bought made kind could think reinforced fiberglass used plywood inserts attached blind nuts still continued fall apart told land better slowerwhatever Well admit beginning nothing would have lasted greased landings grass fields still fell apart best landings would create hairline cracks joined together would lead final destruction point convinced cause shock good bad landing Before going correct simple problem will tell have quick-change wheel pants Start cutting normal landing gear wheel slots out Drill out wheel-attaching hole Mount wheel pant wheel can done reversing nut portion unit Next put some ink black paint end bolt squeeze wheel pant until mark made outside pant Drill out mark quarter-inch drill bit enlarge hole sanding disc until four-way wrench will fit hole Right now probably thinking guy nut Truebut read wheel pant gets painted paint bottom portion darker top halfI used black Use color choice just long matches colors available vinyl tape As said used black Because electri cal tape inexpensive Y4-inch wide will attach about anything took peo ple two years find out Also black wear tear can easily painted over has effect making wheel pants look smaller Continued page 152 54 Model Aviation Tom Clarks scratchbuilt 0500 racer weighs 3 lb uses OS 40 ABC Fast time 127 themselves about 50 fiiers racing 0500 TampalSt PetelSarasotalBradenton FL area show up contest bunch flew Valkyrles first race held June 6 1984 0500 very popular national basis 4 THE COMPETITIONS VIEW 'I OF THE WINDSONG I. C, 0 0 N 0 DODGSON DESIGNS 2904 SW CAMANO DRIVE CAMANO ISLAND WA 9825i2J What makes Windsong best plane have deadair lightlift gusting 25 MPH winds thermal contest What makes windsong best plane have x-country race Some say 11to 1 aspect ratio clean solidcore wing no spoiler bays disturb airflow Others say Eppler 214 airfoil combined exclusive full-span camber changing capability including elevator compensated 80 degree flaps reflexible ailerons fact design innovations contribute Windsongs total design concept its unprecedented performance WITH THE WINOSONG THE WHOLE IS TRULY GREATER THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS Windsong 19995Camano 15995Pixy 14995 Send 2 stamps catalog VHS video tape too can made readily-avail able materials youll have build some sophisticated electronics make work Please forward questions SASE author Happy Electric Landings Bob Kopski 25 West End Dr Lansdale PA 19446 RC Giant Scale/Beckman Continued page 53 dont miss information con tact Lee Taylor 216 Willow Ave Rose ville CA 95678 phone number 916 783-4190 next have information all-time favorite events STARS Scale Rally Olean NY scheduled July 6 7 year another event limited Giant Scale dont see much else flying site hospitality fantastic place might see Giant Scale aircraft IMAA Fun-Fly Festival IMAA bash year set July 18-21 Mobile AL fifth year event note time change August July Like Nats FFF rotating around different loca tions year like idea since gives IMAA members around country chance participate what Im hearing will another great Im putting weight just reading menus picnic ban quet Yes Mortimer Giant Scalers other things besides fly big birds things eat info available Don Godfrey 91 Blackstone Ave Binghamton NY 13903 telephone 607 724-0115 Bob Beckman 8248 Holly Grove Ct Manassas VA 22110 RC Pylon Racing/Hager Continued page 54 does make wheel pants last longer Well doesnt shock actually destroys wheel pants eliminated attaching land ing gear General Electrics clear bath tub caulking compound assure get proper shock mount slide wheel pant up landing gear place caulking compound backside landing gear pant gear meet Slide back down line up hole gear pant clean unwant ed caulk away Caution Clean out screw hole could lock up wheels install Now assuming final attach ment ie wheel pants painted use Loc-Tite product secure wheels tighten down Allen wrench four-way wrench Place piece vinyl tape over hole unit complete experience using method has nothing convenience factor No special wrench tighten nut easy replacement easy paint touch-up lower-portion damage easy in-field repair replacement longer life wheel pants Hopefully experience will same See next mouth Bill Hager 706 Glen Haven Dr Conroe TX 77385 RC Helicopters/Jolly Continued page 55 really impressed some particular Airtronics 94554 heavyduty servo has proved excellent choice use Helicopter servo features coreless motor ball-bearingsupported output shaft good centering great strength Ive found servo particular value using flybarless rotor system Because heavy feed back loads some servos fail short time have putting lot hours set 94554s prototype GMP flybarless system over last nine months am very satisfied After reading above might think 94554 good flybarless machine quite contrary little thing works well under strenuous en vironment theyre better Bell Hiller system Another product found very useful American RCs new Lok N-Start starting system really dont like starting belts have admit starting cones work fine until starter slips off cone either goes through cabin adds burnished look finish Scale ship So what Lok-N-Start Basically unit consists two parts adapter shaft telescopes over starting shaft machine held place setscrews starter-adap ter another shaft screws onto end starter has Torrington clutch other end Starting accom plished inserting starter over adapter squeezing switch Because Torrington one-way clutch starter cannot keep engine ac celerating once have gotten fire Best off no friction necessary except transferred Torrington very clean simple system should have thought years ago works great months photos addition photo Jack Schultzs coaxial scratchbuilt have scratch-built-fuselage 152 ModelAviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1985/05
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Radio Control Pylon Racing Bill Hager RACING prospering just about club USA Yes have some Racing blood Some us race Indoor models end some us faster end race Formula competition Q500 racer what seems popular now Just about club regardless size has will have Q500 race future received letter friend havent seen yearsTom Clark Tom living Sarasota FL racing Q500 area club called Valkyries held first sanctioned Q500 race during summer 1984 report sent Tom club Valkyriesyou know Greek God flying something like first sanc tioned Q500 race use 457-ft course along four other clubs SW Florida also hold races main event day have fun definitely blood good com petition rules AMA Class III exception pipes allowed Matter fact tuned muffled pipes mandatory after January 1 1985 hold noise way down have average 25/30 contest ants races 25 entered day Winners 1stCharlie Poulton 2ndRick Cranmer 3rdJim Skupien Fast time 1377 usually bet ter really hot seems slow things down racing Expert Novice classes races gives new comers better chance enjoy Tom lost elevator fifth lap first race spent rest con test flying slower back-up finishing eleventh another article concerning wheel pants sent person wishing remain anonymous Wheel pants/Formula first started flying Formula wheel pants worst enemy Now outlast airplane bought made kind could think reinforced fiberglass used plywood inserts attached blind nuts still continued fall apart told land better slowerwhatever Well admit beginning nothing would have lasted greased landings grass fields still fell apart best landings would create hairline cracks joined together would lead final destruction point convinced cause shock good bad landing Before going correct simple problem will tell have quick-change wheel pants Start cutting normal landing gear wheel slots out Drill out wheel-attaching hole Mount wheel pant wheel can done reversing nut portion unit Next put some ink black paint end bolt squeeze wheel pant until mark made outside pant Drill out mark quarter-inch drill bit enlarge hole sanding disc until four-way wrench will fit hole Right now probably thinking guy nut Truebut read wheel pant gets painted paint bottom portion darker top halfI used black Use color choice just long matches colors available vinyl tape As said used black Because electri cal tape inexpensive Y4-inch wide will attach about anything took peo ple two years find out Also black wear tear can easily painted over has effect making wheel pants look smaller Continued page 152 54 Model Aviation Tom Clarks scratchbuilt 0500 racer weighs 3 lb uses OS 40 ABC Fast time 127 themselves about 50 fiiers racing 0500 TampalSt PetelSarasotalBradenton FL area show up contest bunch flew Valkyrles first race held June 6 1984 0500 very popular national basis 4 THE COMPETITIONS VIEW 'I OF THE WINDSONG I. C, 0 0 N 0 DODGSON DESIGNS 2904 SW CAMANO DRIVE CAMANO ISLAND WA 9825i2J What makes Windsong best plane have deadair lightlift gusting 25 MPH winds thermal contest What makes windsong best plane have x-country race Some say 11to 1 aspect ratio clean solidcore wing no spoiler bays disturb airflow Others say Eppler 214 airfoil combined exclusive full-span camber changing capability including elevator compensated 80 degree flaps reflexible ailerons fact design innovations contribute Windsongs total design concept its unprecedented performance WITH THE WINOSONG THE WHOLE IS TRULY GREATER THAN THE SUM OF ITS PARTS Windsong 19995Camano 15995Pixy 14995 Send 2 stamps catalog VHS video tape too can made readily-avail able materials youll have build some sophisticated electronics make work Please forward questions SASE author Happy Electric Landings Bob Kopski 25 West End Dr Lansdale PA 19446 RC Giant Scale/Beckman Continued page 53 dont miss information con tact Lee Taylor 216 Willow Ave Rose ville CA 95678 phone number 916 783-4190 next have information all-time favorite events STARS Scale Rally Olean NY scheduled July 6 7 year another event limited Giant Scale dont see much else flying site hospitality fantastic place might see Giant Scale aircraft IMAA Fun-Fly Festival IMAA bash year set July 18-21 Mobile AL fifth year event note time change August July Like Nats FFF rotating around different loca tions year like idea since gives IMAA members around country chance participate what Im hearing will another great Im putting weight just reading menus picnic ban quet Yes Mortimer Giant Scalers other things besides fly big birds things eat info available Don Godfrey 91 Blackstone Ave Binghamton NY 13903 telephone 607 724-0115 Bob Beckman 8248 Holly Grove Ct Manassas VA 22110 RC Pylon Racing/Hager Continued page 54 does make wheel pants last longer Well doesnt shock actually destroys wheel pants eliminated attaching land ing gear General Electrics clear bath tub caulking compound assure get proper shock mount slide wheel pant up landing gear place caulking compound backside landing gear pant gear meet Slide back down line up hole gear pant clean unwant ed caulk away Caution Clean out screw hole could lock up wheels install Now assuming final attach ment ie wheel pants painted use Loc-Tite product secure wheels tighten down Allen wrench four-way wrench Place piece vinyl tape over hole unit complete experience using method has nothing convenience factor No special wrench tighten nut easy replacement easy paint touch-up lower-portion damage easy in-field repair replacement longer life wheel pants Hopefully experience will same See next mouth Bill Hager 706 Glen Haven Dr Conroe TX 77385 RC Helicopters/Jolly Continued page 55 really impressed some particular Airtronics 94554 heavyduty servo has proved excellent choice use Helicopter servo features coreless motor ball-bearingsupported output shaft good centering great strength Ive found servo particular value using flybarless rotor system Because heavy feed back loads some servos fail short time have putting lot hours set 94554s prototype GMP flybarless system over last nine months am very satisfied After reading above might think 94554 good flybarless machine quite contrary little thing works well under strenuous en vironment theyre better Bell Hiller system Another product found very useful American RCs new Lok N-Start starting system really dont like starting belts have admit starting cones work fine until starter slips off cone either goes through cabin adds burnished look finish Scale ship So what Lok-N-Start Basically unit consists two parts adapter shaft telescopes over starting shaft machine held place setscrews starter-adap ter another shaft screws onto end starter has Torrington clutch other end Starting accom plished inserting starter over adapter squeezing switch Because Torrington one-way clutch starter cannot keep engine ac celerating once have gotten fire Best off no friction necessary except transferred Torrington very clean simple system should have thought years ago works great months photos addition photo Jack Schultzs coaxial scratchbuilt have scratch-built-fuselage 152 ModelAviation