SEVERAL times within last year have guest columnist column have pri marily covered how-to subjects time Im going concentrate heart soul RC Scale modeling flying Ill covering several interesting Scale models enjoyed seeing fly various locations around country last year big Nosen P-51 has around since early days big plane movement popularity 105-in kit fighter ap pears steadily increasing However has observation during years very large model has usually underpowered sometimes grossly resulting mediocre performance especially rolling verti cal maneuvers does justice Out standing proud warbird Well Joe Pasztor enthusiastic gung ho flier Lake Jackson TX showed IMAA Festival 89 Odessa what properly powered Nosen P-Si can Joe flown beautiful 33-lb P-Si two years Sachs-Dolmar 37 told flew well lacked proper vertical performance So replaced 37 Sachs Dolmar 58 obtained A&M Aircraft problem has solved 58 flies Joes Nosen P-Si through slow rolls four- eight-point rolls big loops Cuban eights etc manner emulates full-scale P-Si turned pride joy over can vouch its performance experience further reinforces point large RC versions WW II fighters underpowered Oh have suffi cient power take off fly around circles often high enough speeds have tempt slow roll point rolls ioop Cuban eight other vertical maneuvers lack power quickly forces unrealistic ma neuvers arent close fullscale fighters would perform ask have arrived opinion performance capabilities full-scale WW II fighter planes doing air show-style aerobatics has primarily observing up close Lefty Gardner Gerald Martin flying full-scale fight ers Leftys private airfield during several week ends Big Iron fun flys Going out own private air shows Lefty flying famous P-38 Gerald flying Leftys beautiful P-Si performed aerobatics reached ulti mate WW II fighter capabilitiesthe best have seen anywhere being content just let observe ground Lefty Gerald insisted ride during aero batic routines over seven years ago Im sure have recovered yet Further evidence proper power WW II fighters flown Festival 89 provided Ken Spears Ziroli Corsair Ted Whites ron P-47 Both planes Sachs-Dolmar 37s up front Fun watch flown individually two planes put inspirational show got air together peel-offs about 1000 ft coming down together leveling off wing tip wing tip about five feet thundering along far edge run way kind show quickens pulse stirs ones imagination formation pullups huge climbing turn back altitude beautiful watch way Ted White learned well-known style flying air show aerobatics WW II fighters carefully studying aerobatic rou tines Gerald Martin Lefty Gardner flying Big Irons other end flying spectrum during Festival 89 Lloyd Roberts exquisite elec tric-powered 102-in 12-lb Turbo Beaver De tailed absolute scale used 28 1 2-Ah cells power cobalt 60 motor skillfully flew light underpowered model 20/25-mph winds Lloyd solved problems bringing rather large plane way Camden ME airliner him two steps First de signing Beaver could disassembled much usual RC model second designing building shipping box just squeezed under maximum-size rule baggage Thus cost him $30 ship Turbo Beaver excess baggage Inge nious New Englanders Another outstanding Scale model IMAA Festival 89 Tom Holmsleys 144-in DC-3 Ziroli kit Powered Zenoah G-38s masterfully flown Stinger Wallace Lufirin TX low flyby engines purring one-third throttle beautiful realistic sight/sound experience greased-on wheel landings exactly per full-size DC-3 swore could hear chirp tires touchdown Stingers expert handling big DC-3 again brought home importance smooth fly ing create illusion full-scale plane 44 Model Aviation Radio Control Scale Dan Parsons II80 Fumier Dr Mbuquerque NM 87111 left BB Weber strides past lineup Giant Scale B-17s annual Big Bird Meet very own Bomber Field down Texas Thirteen Giant Scale Flying Fortresses flew right author Dan Parsons El Mirage Dry Lake CA nonflying A-scale Grumman A-6 intruder used special effects shots upcoming movie Flight Intruder Dan tells about events column left Tom Hoimsieys big DC-3 Ziroli plans swoops perfect wheel landing under guidance Stinger Wallace Middle photo catches Joe Pasztors three-year-old Nosen P-Si sIzzling flyby Bomber Field big Sachs-Dolmar 58 engine gives breathtaking per formance far right Ken Spears Ziroli Corsair about make carrier-type landing wheres tail hook info column flight last two weekends October 89 saw backto-back Big Bird fly-ins Houston TX first fly-in sponsored HARKS held fine field out countryside west Houston Giant Scale planes flown 700-ft grass runway Too bad cant have soft clean nonscraping grass runwaystheyre best Late Sunday afternoon five us put big fighters air provide escort Tom Streets veteran 120-in B-17 must have good top cover over years because has logged over 330 missions five-year-old model Painted marked after Confederate Air Forces B-17 Texas Raiders sta tioned Houston area Toms plane Wescraft kit amply powered four purring OS 61 four-strokers mounted inverted yet Near end formation escort-flying Toms B-17 lost engine dH Hor net twin Finally realizing engine quit throttled back good engine land discovered landing gear wouldnt come down Coming hot Hornet touched down undersides nacelles slid straight arrow least 400 ft down grass runwaya pretty sight no dam age broken props Tom land B-17 wheel stuck up stuck down skillfully held level wheel long could fi nally right wing tip gently touched run way B-17 slewed around 1800 before coming stop Shades Twelve Oclock High again no damage love grass runways During trip Houston looking ward seeing outstanding aerial show put two areas best pilots Tommy Jacomini Harold Roberts Flying gor geous 14-scale Lasers see cover April 89 RCM scratch-built Ulery plans powered Sachs-Dolmar 37s smoke-trail generators Id heard aerial ballet rare beautiful show During earlier show Lasers met head-on collision ripped off right wing both planes after Continued page 154 SEE YOUR DEALER OR ORIER DIRECT PLEASE ENTER MY ORDER lORFUEL WJZZARDS AT $ 750 EACh POSTAGE PAID NAMESTREET_______________________ CITYSTATE_______________ ZIP_________ CARBON FIBER LAMINATES Aerospace Composite Products off e s va ety gid carbon fiber/epoxy sheets add stiffness almost material- fiberglass foam bal sawood laminates can used reinforce foam wings leading trailing edges wing spars Carbon Fiber bonds easily slow setting cyanoacrylates 5-minute epoxies laminate can stripped narrower widths CL-i 007 thick 1x48-$500 1x72-$70C CL-2 014 thick 1x48-$800 1x72-$1100 Send SASE information addit lanai sizes products Add $300 shipping handling Calif residents add 6% tax Larger sizes Overseas orders add 15%-Order COD available TYPICAL INSTALLATION send check money order IIThe source lightweight materials PO Box 16621 Dept R Irvine CA 92714 714 250-1107 August 1990 45 Canadian Ted Russell leading buiider/ flier muitiengine seapianes two fly ing boiats testify workmanship Piane above Canadair 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myself probably will time goes along no particular order Choose RC Model Engines Mo torbooks International has extensive electric motor section Advanced Guide RC Sport Flying TAB books has chapter Electrics Beginners Guide Electric RC Flying Im sure publisher written Doug Pratt also gentleman runs ModelNetAMAs CompuServe forum may have realized column some others transmit ted Model Aviation via CompuServe upload monthly text using computer use write modem sends infor mation digitally over phone lines can think CompuServe sort holding tank information send usually next day Doug downloads AMA modem right AMAs computer Presto Great stuff just like Electric back references turns out ambitious Doug also has segments dealing Electric several RC Video Magazine tapes dont have complete list Im sure check folks can find Out Building Flying Electric-Powered Model Aircraft Mitch Poling Model Builders Elec tric columnist Its published Kalmbach Electric Flight Dave Day published Ar gus Books Introduction Electric Flight written Ian Peacock dont know publisher Quiet Revolution Bob Boucher As tro granddaddy Electric books believe oldest above Incidentally publications tapes available Zenith Books P0 Box 1 Osceola WI 54020 Send catalog possible course Ive missed some Id appreciate input Ill list ad ditions ftiture columns Finally monthly Electric columns several magazines besides MA include no special order RCM Flying Models RC Re port Model Builder Model Airplane News latter quiet column including just Electric might say interesting fact about authors columns friendly among ourselves Now never knew worthy note until recently pointed out some readers perceive us ri vals Rivals Nope No way As far Im concerned thats just case may other Electric areas authors dont feel myself dont see coming way dont sense among other Elec tric columnists thing know some other colum nists personally both respect con sider friends fact us have flown together Weve shared certain col umns beforehand upon occasion some us have never met routinely communicate letter sometimes phone No other author has need view rival far Im concerned does mean see everything exactly same way time variance opinion preference Thats good area endeavor ever got unpleasant manner implied rivalry Id back away hobby happy has way what another column closes Please ad dress comment query author given column header will respond mail accompanied SASE Happy Hununmmmimg Landings Everyone RC Scale/Parsons Continued page 45 arced over impacted ground simultaneous ly Spectacular end reports RC history made following weekend big bird fly-in BB Webers Bomber Field 13 B-17s parked pit area No didnt get air together grand flyby Saturday afternoon tied down nose-to-tail taxiway 52 count em engines runningquite sight sound Bomber Field BB Webers own private RC field really something Its 650 x 60ft blacktop runway surrounded grass has ample overruns huge pavil ion expansive workbenches 40-ft-high air-conditioned control tower Ah Texans BB loves B-17s having four five 10-footers exactly noon Sunday 130 pilots spectators treated piece de resistance fly-in CAFs B-17 Tex Raiders appeared distance pro ceeded make several close-in one-wing-low flybys magnificent sight extra treat photographers video camerapersons present took in-flight pictures both CAFs Tom Streets Texas Raiders similar flight titudes cannot tell apart Scale RCers have come long way Word has two outstanding Big Bird fly-ins will again play same back-to-back weekends October year Watch big change pace location lets go 154 Model Aviation PROP NUT ADAPTORS V THE GUARDIAN ANGEL TM CRASH PREVENTION SYSTEM 1 Tests monitors R/C electronics CALL 18007299210 FREE information ThIE j Antiques Military Civiliar Helicopters Sajiptanes 2700 plus" -cow *awings color FOTO-PAKSrig KO4CUFAN 01 L4TNES MILLS METIILS BOOKS ourPRECISIIN INSTRUMENTS COMPLETE TITILOC $200 1OOOs items cRihff2C4MPIELLODU Ce ~'Sprgf1d OH 5505 M513 3028562 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120-in 43-lb four-engined Short S-23 British Empire flying boat powered Enya 80 four-strokes planes sight behold video especially British Empire flying boat quadruple four-stroke engines make beautiful sound imaginable close-in low flybys magnificent model awe some Teds present project half-completed 120in Canadair CL-215 water bomber will powered two 120 four-strokes will have onboard starters water-delivery capability prolific designer-builder excellent pilot all-around good guy Ted arguably top water-flier North American continent reasons Canadians fly multien gined flying boats allows use dif ferential throttle control provides excel lent steering during taxiing water planes will turn dime have no steering problems taxiing during windy conditions Scale Masters qualifier held Phoenix AZ January 20-2 1 saw usual models very high quality also produced some highquality flying likes veteran Scale model ers Shailesh Patel Al Casey Bob Frey Chuck Collier Tony Arand Gene Barton really interesting thing occurred contest Kent Walters use radar gun obtain accurate model speeds radar gun used $20000 unit modi fled precisely measure velocity small ob jects like golf balls baseballs listed speeds straight level flight suspects majority models full throttle Byron Staggerwing Beech Q-50 mph 72-in Mig 3 OS 61 FSR 93 mph Curtiss Jenny 51 mph Baker 80-in P-47 Webra Bully mph Lewis 90-in Douglas 75 mph Skyraider Webra Bully Landing speeds monitored approxi mately five feet altitude between 4050 mph except Jenny around 30 mph Kent commented landing speeds slow side approximately 40 mph could visually sense models near stall becoming difficult con trol Another interesting comment Kent speeds much repre sentative aerodynamically proper dynami cally similar scale speeds mythical geometric scale speeds mentioned earlier articles same subject Scale flight real ism Well put Kent Scale flight judges please note Recent articles model magazines describe highly successful use RC Scale models movies Skillfully built flown large RC models add action realism unobtainable other practical way latest use Paramount movie Flight Intruder scheduled re leased summer Several -scale 120-in fly ing static models Navy A-6 Intruder designed built Eaglery Co Special Effects Unlimited A-6 Intruders flown RC weighed 42 lb powered Rossi 91s turning two ducted fans iden tical-looking nonflying static models mounted controllable booms allowed different camera angles special effects became aware interesting project because both Eaglery Co Special Effects Unlimited used 06-oz glass cloth cover wings tail surfaces 120-in A-6s Wanting examine models watch action went El Mirage Dry Lake near Victorville CA observe final flying sequences Unfortunately winds ar rived about same time flying operations cancelled several days spite lack flying day teresting aspects operation continued long trip worthwhile course fol lowing week couldnt weather perfect very successful flying operations conducted Interestingly top RC Scale compet itors Garland Hamilton heavily involved project Taking leave Marine Corps duties El Toro Garland did realistic paint ing markings Intruders fine job did went much final important flying models movie adapted best-selling nov el Flight Intruder Stephen Coonts flew A-6 Intruders against targets South North Vietnam June 71 May 73 should some show An air-hydraulic cylinder being developed Lee Robinson Robinaire Florida men tioned January 90 RC Scale column wrote MA discussed item also listed phone number Unfortunately area code changed after originally got Continued page 156 August 1990 155 ZENOAH SACHS-DOLMAR QUADRA ENGINES ERCOUPE TOMAHAWK & J-3 KITTEN KITS ZINGER & DYNATHRUST PROPS FUEL TANKS Carbon-Fiber Arrowahafta Ceconite Glue DGA MGA PILOTS Send Si 00 catalog JIM MESSERS QUALITY MODEL PRODUCTS Valley View Dr Box 43 Allegany NY 14706 VEND MOUNTS THE VIBRATION KIILER Fail fuel proof thfl Bees iolation 25 120 engines Fits eitcaliy firewall engine rr-a 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can certainly make use power Enforcer has 05 32 Helicopter en gine Concept-style muffler guid ance Im using JR PCM 10 radio featuring NES 901 servos havent used servos before find perfectly acceptable Helicop ter use minimal backlash good power instruction manual supplied excellent Mine happened Space Baron manual English translations kit version assembled modules nine steps should difficult anybody complete As follow along however should watch few items step #2-2 planetaiy gear box kit some spacers look like thin washers mentioned instruction manual cost one-hour teardown transmis sion case put underneath idler gears spacers keep gears having up-and-down travel hence stop transmis sion vibration through manual Kalt properly tells use grease what call Kalt Tite disassemble part tail rotor found put too much Kalt Tite tail rotor housing screws As result difficult time disassembling So go sparingly Kalt Tite goes long way Make sure grease everything transmission could source howling dont Also watch gears tail rotor drive Keep ball bearings greased clean going over step #2-3 found swashplate appeared have lot slop have honest youI contacted Hobby Dynamics sent new swash plate got little bit further along construction found didnt need new part true ball tight Id like see works just fine because similar old Schluter Heli-Boy system swashplate suspended mixer arms bellcranks such extent really dont no tice slop ball overall lack slop Enforcers rotor head pretty unbelievable Im used old Hirobo Shuttle situation literally much slop throw Enforcers reaches new pinnacle accuracy virtually no slopat least models parts reasonably freely mov ing balls dont seem have much drag no flybar slopmeaning can rotate flybar hand moving ser vos cant get rotation slop minimal blade slop rotating blade hand little bit slop mixer noth ing like weve seen before Enforcer prob ably tightest Helicopters have ever flown Going construction step #8 put decals before try mount tail fins complaint have kit decals didnt want stick very tractive make very good-looking ship however just tended lift sun other nine steps ones would received ready-to-fly version cover putting tail boom mounting rotor head installing servos re ceiver gyro Enforcer comes good Kalt ball links fit pretty well right off bat Theyre snug theres no slop evident Japanese have commonly used Z-bends servo connections pushrods way dont have additional slop drag ball link must very careful drill servo arm accept pushrod dont drill hole oversize object drill hole pushrod just fits dont want force may have disas ter cracking servo arms think youre going have trouble prac tice arm youre going use Back final nine steps Basically going cover rotor blades heatshrink covering supplied attach tail boom install radio equipment Kalt very nice us supplies gyro box goes right underneath main shaft has cover theres no fuel residue getting gyro its right yaw axis its effective other thoughtful thing giving servo tape foam rubber mounting battery receiver gyro box cabin way through Enforcer saw commit ment quality Kalt its subcontractors Enforcers parts fit very well Im both awe intrigued ability Japa nese put Helicopters box manufacturing standpoint highquality molded parts also because amount time engineering effort goes Enforcer very well laid out executed very pleasing machine work point Id like talk about features Enforcer Well go right down begin ning basic structure composed side frames molded reinforced plastic method now commonly accepted Like 30-size ma chines lot plastic nylon used throughout airframe An aluminum tail boom houses piano wire drive shaft tail rotor tail rotor gear box contains common beveled-gear 900 box features plastic housing two ball bearings shaft Tail rotor blades molded nylon grip has two ball races engine already mentioned sits about 150 cant vertical angled ward main shaft Collective pitch via rod sliding up through hollow 10mm main shaft main rotor head unique 30-size Helicopter basic hub molded nylon piece rigidly attached main shaft flybar pivoted through center two housings trap blade mounts made 156 Model Aviation Radio Control Monitor --* All RC Channels Bands * Local NOAA Weather * Local Air Traffic * Local Police/Fire/Rescue * Local FM/TV Sound * New800 MHZ Bands * International Shortwave Bands * Any Frequency 8- 600 805-1300MHZ Compact Scanner HAS ITALL * 1000 Memory Channels * Search Up 40 Ch/Sec * Built NiCad Pack * LCD Readout AR1000 Only $49900 plus $4 UPS ICOM R7000 Covers ItAll
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SEVERAL times within last year have guest columnist column have pri marily covered how-to subjects time Im going concentrate heart soul RC Scale modeling flying Ill covering several interesting Scale models enjoyed seeing fly various locations around country last year big Nosen P-51 has around since early days big plane movement popularity 105-in kit fighter ap pears steadily increasing However has observation during years very large model has usually underpowered sometimes grossly resulting mediocre performance especially rolling verti cal maneuvers does justice Out standing proud warbird Well Joe Pasztor enthusiastic gung ho flier Lake Jackson TX showed IMAA Festival 89 Odessa what properly powered Nosen P-Si can Joe flown beautiful 33-lb P-Si two years Sachs-Dolmar 37 told flew well lacked proper vertical performance So replaced 37 Sachs Dolmar 58 obtained A&M Aircraft problem has solved 58 flies Joes Nosen P-Si through slow rolls four- eight-point rolls big loops Cuban eights etc manner emulates full-scale P-Si turned pride joy over can vouch its performance experience further reinforces point large RC versions WW II fighters underpowered Oh have suffi cient power take off fly around circles often high enough speeds have tempt slow roll point rolls ioop Cuban eight other vertical maneuvers lack power quickly forces unrealistic ma neuvers arent close fullscale fighters would perform ask have arrived opinion performance capabilities full-scale WW II fighter planes doing air show-style aerobatics has primarily observing up close Lefty Gardner Gerald Martin flying full-scale fight ers Leftys private airfield during several week ends Big Iron fun flys Going out own private air shows Lefty flying famous P-38 Gerald flying Leftys beautiful P-Si performed aerobatics reached ulti mate WW II fighter capabilitiesthe best have seen anywhere being content just let observe ground Lefty Gerald insisted ride during aero batic routines over seven years ago Im sure have recovered yet Further evidence proper power WW II fighters flown Festival 89 provided Ken Spears Ziroli Corsair Ted Whites ron P-47 Both planes Sachs-Dolmar 37s up front Fun watch flown individually two planes put inspirational show got air together peel-offs about 1000 ft coming down together leveling off wing tip wing tip about five feet thundering along far edge run way kind show quickens pulse stirs ones imagination formation pullups huge climbing turn back altitude beautiful watch way Ted White learned well-known style flying air show aerobatics WW II fighters carefully studying aerobatic rou tines Gerald Martin Lefty Gardner flying Big Irons other end flying spectrum during Festival 89 Lloyd Roberts exquisite elec tric-powered 102-in 12-lb Turbo Beaver De tailed absolute scale used 28 1 2-Ah cells power cobalt 60 motor skillfully flew light underpowered model 20/25-mph winds Lloyd solved problems bringing rather large plane way Camden ME airliner him two steps First de signing Beaver could disassembled much usual RC model second designing building shipping box just squeezed under maximum-size rule baggage Thus cost him $30 ship Turbo Beaver excess baggage Inge nious New Englanders Another outstanding Scale model IMAA Festival 89 Tom Holmsleys 144-in DC-3 Ziroli kit Powered Zenoah G-38s masterfully flown Stinger Wallace Lufirin TX low flyby engines purring one-third throttle beautiful realistic sight/sound experience greased-on wheel landings exactly per full-size DC-3 swore could hear chirp tires touchdown Stingers expert handling big DC-3 again brought home importance smooth fly ing create illusion full-scale plane 44 Model Aviation Radio Control Scale Dan Parsons II80 Fumier Dr Mbuquerque NM 87111 left BB Weber strides past lineup Giant Scale B-17s annual Big Bird Meet very own Bomber Field down Texas Thirteen Giant Scale Flying Fortresses flew right author Dan Parsons El Mirage Dry Lake CA nonflying A-scale Grumman A-6 intruder used special effects shots upcoming movie Flight Intruder Dan tells about events column left Tom Hoimsieys big DC-3 Ziroli plans swoops perfect wheel landing under guidance Stinger Wallace Middle photo catches Joe Pasztors three-year-old Nosen P-Si sIzzling flyby Bomber Field big Sachs-Dolmar 58 engine gives breathtaking per formance far right Ken Spears Ziroli Corsair about make carrier-type landing wheres tail hook info column flight last two weekends October 89 saw backto-back Big Bird fly-ins Houston TX first fly-in sponsored HARKS held fine field out countryside west Houston Giant Scale planes flown 700-ft grass runway Too bad cant have soft clean nonscraping grass runwaystheyre best Late Sunday afternoon five us put big fighters air provide escort Tom Streets veteran 120-in B-17 must have good top cover over years because has logged over 330 missions five-year-old model Painted marked after Confederate Air Forces B-17 Texas Raiders sta tioned Houston area Toms plane Wescraft kit amply powered four purring OS 61 four-strokers mounted inverted yet Near end formation escort-flying Toms B-17 lost engine dH Hor net twin Finally realizing engine quit throttled back good engine land discovered landing gear wouldnt come down Coming hot Hornet touched down undersides nacelles slid straight arrow least 400 ft down grass runwaya pretty sight no dam age broken props Tom land B-17 wheel stuck up stuck down skillfully held level wheel long could fi nally right wing tip gently touched run way B-17 slewed around 1800 before coming stop Shades Twelve Oclock High again no damage love grass runways During trip Houston looking ward seeing outstanding aerial show put two areas best pilots Tommy Jacomini Harold Roberts Flying gor geous 14-scale Lasers see cover April 89 RCM scratch-built Ulery plans powered Sachs-Dolmar 37s smoke-trail generators Id heard aerial ballet rare beautiful show During earlier show Lasers met head-on collision ripped off right wing both planes after Continued page 154 SEE YOUR DEALER OR ORIER DIRECT PLEASE ENTER MY ORDER lORFUEL WJZZARDS AT $ 750 EACh POSTAGE PAID NAMESTREET_______________________ CITYSTATE_______________ ZIP_________ CARBON FIBER LAMINATES Aerospace Composite Products off e s va ety gid carbon fiber/epoxy sheets add stiffness almost material- fiberglass foam bal sawood laminates can used reinforce foam wings leading trailing edges wing spars Carbon Fiber bonds easily slow setting cyanoacrylates 5-minute epoxies laminate can stripped narrower widths CL-i 007 thick 1x48-$500 1x72-$70C CL-2 014 thick 1x48-$800 1x72-$1100 Send SASE information addit lanai sizes products Add $300 shipping handling Calif residents add 6% tax Larger sizes Overseas orders add 15%-Order COD available TYPICAL INSTALLATION send check money order IIThe source lightweight materials PO Box 16621 Dept R Irvine CA 92714 714 250-1107 August 1990 45 Canadian Ted Russell leading buiider/ flier muitiengine seapianes two fly ing boiats testify workmanship Piane above Canadair CL-215 water bomber used fighting forest fires biggie iow British Empire transport Both seen anchor smaii iake near Prince Rupert British Columbia Photos T Russell TM FUEL WIZZARD THE WORLDS FASTEST AND MOST CONVENIENT FUEL PUMP EVER * FITS ALL GALLON FUEL BOTTLES * FAST ONE STROKE LL OUNCE OF FUEL * ALL FUEL SAFE GLO FUEL & GASOLINE SUGGESTED RETAIL $995 NOW JUST $750 ORDER FROM ACME PLASTIC PUvlP CO P 0 BOX 24551 MINNEAPOLIS MN 55424 DEALER INQUIRIES INVITEI FILLS THE LARGEST MODEL FUEL TANKS IN SECONDS iWIN ENGINE SYNC SYSTEM IN PRODUCflON SINCE 83 USED BY FM MASTERS CHAMP RAMONNE TORRES AND MANY OTHERSI WORKS ON ANY GAS GLOW OR DIESEL ENGINES MATCHES SLAVE ENGINE RPM TO MASTER FULL ONE ENGINE CONTROL Zas aadSte 444fz1 JOMAR PRODUCTS513-474-0985 2028 Knightsbridge Dr Cinti OH 45244 PRECISION MODEL PRODUCTS rzzzjz Made USA BARSTOCK ALUMINUM SPINNERS Part NoSize 11-150-B .. 1-1/2 11-175-B ..1-3/4 11-200-B 11-225-B 4 11-226-B .. 2-114 FAt . 11-250-B .. 2-1/2 11-251-B .. 2-1I2FAI 75-B .. 2-3/4 11-276-B 3/4 FAt 00-B 11-301-BFAt 11-325-B 14 11-350-B '3-112 11-375-B /4 11-400-B4 RetailApprox PriceWeight S1395056 oz 1495095 02 1595100 02 1695160 02 1895150ox 1695190ox 2095170oz 229522002 249520002 269526002 289525002 3695340ox 499547002 5995520ox 699557002 3 Pieces Cone Back Plate Retainer Screw Note 3 4 Blade Spinners Available Sizes Add $300 Per Spinner Part NoSize 11-140-A -26 T1-147-A '114-2817mm . 11-610-A . 6x 10mm TT-710-A 10mm TT-516-A 5/16-24 16-A 5/16-24/8mm 11-810-A . 8 x 10mm 11-625-A . 8 x 125mm 11-375-A 3/824 11-125-A 125mm RetailApprox PriceWeight $495061 02 49506102 49506302 49568202 495. 076 02 495. 076 02 495 .076 02 495075 02 595117 02 59511502 3 Pieces Nut Washer Machined Bushing Add $350 Shipping Handling Prices subject change notice ROMCO MFG INC OX 836 SOUTH HOUSTON TEXAS 77587 713 943-1867 RC Electrics/Kopski Continued page 151 ctubs around country Go Electric references often requested read ers Im listing some Id like com ment Ive yet seen myself probably will time goes along no particular order Choose RC Model Engines Mo torbooks International has extensive electric motor section Advanced Guide RC Sport Flying TAB books has chapter Electrics Beginners Guide Electric RC Flying Im sure publisher written Doug Pratt also gentleman runs ModelNetAMAs CompuServe forum may have realized column some others transmit ted Model Aviation via CompuServe upload monthly text using computer use write modem sends infor mation digitally over phone lines can think CompuServe sort holding tank information send usually next day Doug downloads AMA modem right AMAs computer Presto Great stuff just like Electric back references turns out ambitious Doug also has segments dealing Electric several RC Video Magazine tapes dont have complete list Im sure check folks can find Out Building Flying Electric-Powered Model Aircraft Mitch Poling Model Builders Elec tric columnist Its published Kalmbach Electric Flight Dave Day published Ar gus Books Introduction Electric Flight written Ian Peacock dont know publisher Quiet Revolution Bob Boucher As tro granddaddy Electric books believe oldest above Incidentally publications tapes available Zenith Books P0 Box 1 Osceola WI 54020 Send catalog possible course Ive missed some Id appreciate input Ill list ad ditions ftiture columns Finally monthly Electric columns several magazines besides MA include no special order RCM Flying Models RC Re port Model Builder Model Airplane News latter quiet column including just Electric might say interesting fact about authors columns friendly among ourselves Now never knew worthy note until recently pointed out some readers perceive us ri vals Rivals Nope No way As far Im concerned thats just case may other Electric areas authors dont feel myself dont see coming way dont sense among other Elec tric columnists thing know some other colum nists personally both respect con sider friends fact us have flown together Weve shared certain col umns beforehand upon occasion some us have never met routinely communicate letter sometimes phone No other author has need view rival far Im concerned does mean see everything exactly same way time variance opinion preference Thats good area endeavor ever got unpleasant manner implied rivalry Id back away hobby happy has way what another column closes Please ad dress comment query author given column header will respond mail accompanied SASE Happy Hununmmmimg Landings Everyone RC Scale/Parsons Continued page 45 arced over impacted ground simultaneous ly Spectacular end reports RC history made following weekend big bird fly-in BB Webers Bomber Field 13 B-17s parked pit area No didnt get air together grand flyby Saturday afternoon tied down nose-to-tail taxiway 52 count em engines runningquite sight sound Bomber Field BB Webers own private RC field really something Its 650 x 60ft blacktop runway surrounded grass has ample overruns huge pavil ion expansive workbenches 40-ft-high air-conditioned control tower Ah Texans BB loves B-17s having four five 10-footers exactly noon Sunday 130 pilots spectators treated piece de resistance fly-in CAFs B-17 Tex Raiders appeared distance pro ceeded make several close-in one-wing-low flybys magnificent sight extra treat photographers video camerapersons present took in-flight pictures both CAFs Tom Streets Texas Raiders similar flight titudes cannot tell apart Scale RCers have come long way Word has two outstanding Big Bird fly-ins will again play same back-to-back weekends October year Watch big change pace location lets go 154 Model Aviation PROP NUT ADAPTORS V THE GUARDIAN ANGEL TM CRASH PREVENTION SYSTEM 1 Tests monitors R/C electronics CALL 18007299210 FREE information ThIE j Antiques Military Civiliar Helicopters Sajiptanes 2700 plus" -cow *awings color FOTO-PAKSrig KO4CUFAN 01 L4TNES MILLS METIILS BOOKS ourPRECISIIN INSTRUMENTS COMPLETE TITILOC $200 1OOOs items cRihff2C4MPIELLODU Ce ~'Sprgf1d OH 5505 M513 3028562 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NEW TOLL FREE ORDER LINE 1-800-962-7802 orders please 0Featuring fast servIce byit qualified people tAll9 — latest equIpment IncludIng SPECTRUM ANAL YZER --All Orders COD C VISA MC Prices subject change notice 9003 N Davis Hwy Pensacola FL 32514 FREQUENCY CONVERSIONS AAIA Frequencs Comtniriee 4pproted L~I stock Futaba JR radio YS engines parts Hatori headers pipes Repair Heli Sets Gyros repair information 904 478-6745 up south-central British Columbia starting Labor Day weekend year continuing two consecutive weekends intrepid water fliers western Canada hold three big water-flys second year Ted Russell Prince Rupert BC masterful designer flier big RC flying boats has sent edited videotapes three water-flys immediately obvious Canadians several flying multiengined flying boats far advanced water flying Scale models Take Ted Russell example presently flying 96-in 25-lb Canadair CL-215 water bomber powered two OS 61 fourstrokes 108-in 26-lb Twin Otter floats powered OS 61 two-strokes 120-in 43-lb four-engined Short S-23 British Empire flying boat powered Enya 80 four-strokes planes sight behold video especially British Empire flying boat quadruple four-stroke engines make beautiful sound imaginable close-in low flybys magnificent model awe some Teds present project half-completed 120in Canadair CL-215 water bomber will powered two 120 four-strokes will have onboard starters water-delivery capability prolific designer-builder excellent pilot all-around good guy Ted arguably top water-flier North American continent reasons Canadians fly multien gined flying boats allows use dif ferential throttle control provides excel lent steering during taxiing water planes will turn dime have no steering problems taxiing during windy conditions Scale Masters qualifier held Phoenix AZ January 20-2 1 saw usual models very high quality also produced some highquality flying likes veteran Scale model ers Shailesh Patel Al Casey Bob Frey Chuck Collier Tony Arand Gene Barton really interesting thing occurred contest Kent Walters use radar gun obtain accurate model speeds radar gun used $20000 unit modi fled precisely measure velocity small ob jects like golf balls baseballs listed speeds straight level flight suspects majority models full throttle Byron Staggerwing Beech Q-50 mph 72-in Mig 3 OS 61 FSR 93 mph Curtiss Jenny 51 mph Baker 80-in P-47 Webra Bully mph Lewis 90-in Douglas 75 mph Skyraider Webra Bully Landing speeds monitored approxi mately five feet altitude between 4050 mph except Jenny around 30 mph Kent commented landing speeds slow side approximately 40 mph could visually sense models near stall becoming difficult con trol Another interesting comment Kent speeds much repre sentative aerodynamically proper dynami cally similar scale speeds mythical geometric scale speeds mentioned earlier articles same subject Scale flight real ism Well put Kent Scale flight judges please note Recent articles model magazines describe highly successful use RC Scale models movies Skillfully built flown large RC models add action realism unobtainable other practical way latest use Paramount movie Flight Intruder scheduled re leased summer Several -scale 120-in fly ing static models Navy A-6 Intruder designed built Eaglery Co Special Effects Unlimited A-6 Intruders flown RC weighed 42 lb powered Rossi 91s turning two ducted fans iden tical-looking nonflying static models mounted controllable booms allowed different camera angles special effects became aware interesting project because both Eaglery Co Special Effects Unlimited used 06-oz glass cloth cover wings tail surfaces 120-in A-6s Wanting examine models watch action went El Mirage Dry Lake near Victorville CA observe final flying sequences Unfortunately winds ar rived about same time flying operations cancelled several days spite lack flying day teresting aspects operation continued long trip worthwhile course fol lowing week couldnt weather perfect very successful flying operations conducted Interestingly top RC Scale compet itors Garland Hamilton heavily involved project Taking leave Marine Corps duties El Toro Garland did realistic paint ing markings Intruders fine job did went much final important flying models movie adapted best-selling nov el Flight Intruder Stephen Coonts flew A-6 Intruders against targets South North Vietnam June 71 May 73 should some show An air-hydraulic cylinder being developed Lee Robinson Robinaire Florida men tioned January 90 RC Scale column wrote MA discussed item also listed phone number Unfortunately area code changed after originally got Continued page 156 August 1990 155 ZENOAH SACHS-DOLMAR QUADRA ENGINES ERCOUPE TOMAHAWK & J-3 KITTEN KITS ZINGER & DYNATHRUST PROPS FUEL TANKS Carbon-Fiber Arrowahafta Ceconite Glue DGA MGA PILOTS Send Si 00 catalog JIM MESSERS QUALITY MODEL PRODUCTS Valley View Dr Box 43 Allegany NY 14706 VEND MOUNTS THE VIBRATION KIILER Fail fuel proof thfl Bees iolation 25 120 engines Fits eitcaliy firewall engine rr-a mount Typical dOnation reduction 0170% Mu 85% kit Consist mounts iOtate lou Ooint tetound rr , washer, trifling instuctiong Send $1285 Check money ode Per cit G&A PRODIPOTS PS BOlt gages gARASOTA FL 54258 3 3774252 Fl resident add 725 soles tao IRFORMATION send CASE 1st US R/C Flight School Stop Crashing Start Learning CLASSES FILLING FAST Info pack $300 1st US RIC FLIGHT SCHOOL 521 5 Sawyer. Shawano WI 54166 171515242985 25- 2000 MHZ 100 Memory Channels 1201220 VAC 138 VDC optional Never Before Has So Much Quality Been Offered Such Low Price List $119900 EEB 101900 pIus $12 UPS FREE Shortwave/Scanner Catalog Write Call FAX Today ORDERS 800-368-3270 Td/inf 703 038-3350 FAX 703-033 6011 Elec EEB tronic Equipment Bank 323 Miii Street EEB Vienna Virginia 22180 Just Minutes Washington DC him modelers called him infor mation ended up frustrated Heres correct number 1-407/439-6965 Lee now selling units slow ac tion air-operated retract systems realistic cy cle times recently sent check Out have bench checked extensively now have installed MB-5 working fine RC Helicopters/Jolly Continued page 51 icopters can make its own merits Enforcer truly excellent new machine lot great features should really fun chopper fly Enforcer supplied kit will available Hobby Dynamics either form ready fly understand readyto-fly version will have new Webra 35 engine itwhich should exciting because ship can certainly make use power Enforcer has 05 32 Helicopter en gine Concept-style muffler guid ance Im using JR PCM 10 radio featuring NES 901 servos havent used servos before find perfectly acceptable Helicop ter use minimal backlash good power instruction manual supplied excellent Mine happened Space Baron manual English translations kit version assembled modules nine steps should difficult anybody complete As follow along however should watch few items step #2-2 planetaiy gear box kit some spacers look like thin washers mentioned instruction manual cost one-hour teardown transmis sion case put underneath idler gears spacers keep gears having up-and-down travel hence stop transmis sion vibration through manual Kalt properly tells use grease what call Kalt Tite disassemble part tail rotor found put too much Kalt Tite tail rotor housing screws As result difficult time disassembling So go sparingly Kalt Tite goes long way Make sure grease everything transmission could source howling dont Also watch gears tail rotor drive Keep ball bearings greased clean going over step #2-3 found swashplate appeared have lot slop have honest youI contacted Hobby Dynamics sent new swash plate got little bit further along construction found didnt need new part true ball tight Id like see works just fine because similar old Schluter Heli-Boy system swashplate suspended mixer arms bellcranks such extent really dont no tice slop ball overall lack slop Enforcers rotor head pretty unbelievable Im used old Hirobo Shuttle situation literally much slop throw Enforcers reaches new pinnacle accuracy virtually no slopat least models parts reasonably freely mov ing balls dont seem have much drag no flybar slopmeaning can rotate flybar hand moving ser vos cant get rotation slop minimal blade slop rotating blade hand little bit slop mixer noth ing like weve seen before Enforcer prob ably tightest Helicopters have ever flown Going construction step #8 put decals before try mount tail fins complaint have kit decals didnt want stick very tractive make very good-looking ship however just tended lift sun other nine steps ones would received ready-to-fly version cover putting tail boom mounting rotor head installing servos re ceiver gyro Enforcer comes good Kalt ball links fit pretty well right off bat Theyre snug theres no slop evident Japanese have commonly used Z-bends servo connections pushrods way dont have additional slop drag ball link must very careful drill servo arm accept pushrod dont drill hole oversize object drill hole pushrod just fits dont want force may have disas ter cracking servo arms think youre going have trouble prac tice arm youre going use Back final nine steps Basically going cover rotor blades heatshrink covering supplied attach tail boom install radio equipment Kalt very nice us supplies gyro box goes right underneath main shaft has cover theres no fuel residue getting gyro its right yaw axis its effective other thoughtful thing giving servo tape foam rubber mounting battery receiver gyro box cabin way through Enforcer saw commit ment quality Kalt its subcontractors Enforcers parts fit very well Im both awe intrigued ability Japa nese put Helicopters box manufacturing standpoint highquality molded parts also because amount time engineering effort goes Enforcer very well laid out executed very pleasing machine work point Id like talk about features Enforcer Well go right down begin ning basic structure composed side frames molded reinforced plastic method now commonly accepted Like 30-size ma chines lot plastic nylon used throughout airframe An aluminum tail boom houses piano wire drive shaft tail rotor tail rotor gear box contains common beveled-gear 900 box features plastic housing two ball bearings shaft Tail rotor blades molded nylon grip has two ball races engine already mentioned sits about 150 cant vertical angled ward main shaft Collective pitch via rod sliding up through hollow 10mm main shaft main rotor head unique 30-size Helicopter basic hub molded nylon piece rigidly attached main shaft flybar pivoted through center two housings trap blade mounts made 156 Model Aviation Radio Control Monitor --* All RC Channels Bands * Local NOAA Weather * Local Air Traffic * Local Police/Fire/Rescue * Local FM/TV Sound * New800 MHZ Bands * International Shortwave Bands * Any Frequency 8- 600 805-1300MHZ Compact Scanner HAS ITALL * 1000 Memory Channels * Search Up 40 Ch/Sec * Built NiCad Pack * LCD Readout AR1000 Only $49900 plus $4 UPS ICOM R7000 Covers ItAll
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/08
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 154, 155, 156
SEVERAL times within last year have guest columnist column have pri marily covered how-to subjects time Im going concentrate heart soul RC Scale modeling flying Ill covering several interesting Scale models enjoyed seeing fly various locations around country last year big Nosen P-51 has around since early days big plane movement popularity 105-in kit fighter ap pears steadily increasing However has observation during years very large model has usually underpowered sometimes grossly resulting mediocre performance especially rolling verti cal maneuvers does justice Out standing proud warbird Well Joe Pasztor enthusiastic gung ho flier Lake Jackson TX showed IMAA Festival 89 Odessa what properly powered Nosen P-Si can Joe flown beautiful 33-lb P-Si two years Sachs-Dolmar 37 told flew well lacked proper vertical performance So replaced 37 Sachs Dolmar 58 obtained A&M Aircraft problem has solved 58 flies Joes Nosen P-Si through slow rolls four- eight-point rolls big loops Cuban eights etc manner emulates full-scale P-Si turned pride joy over can vouch its performance experience further reinforces point large RC versions WW II fighters underpowered Oh have suffi cient power take off fly around circles often high enough speeds have tempt slow roll point rolls ioop Cuban eight other vertical maneuvers lack power quickly forces unrealistic ma neuvers arent close fullscale fighters would perform ask have arrived opinion performance capabilities full-scale WW II fighter planes doing air show-style aerobatics has primarily observing up close Lefty Gardner Gerald Martin flying full-scale fight ers Leftys private airfield during several week ends Big Iron fun flys Going out own private air shows Lefty flying famous P-38 Gerald flying Leftys beautiful P-Si performed aerobatics reached ulti mate WW II fighter capabilitiesthe best have seen anywhere being content just let observe ground Lefty Gerald insisted ride during aero batic routines over seven years ago Im sure have recovered yet Further evidence proper power WW II fighters flown Festival 89 provided Ken Spears Ziroli Corsair Ted Whites ron P-47 Both planes Sachs-Dolmar 37s up front Fun watch flown individually two planes put inspirational show got air together peel-offs about 1000 ft coming down together leveling off wing tip wing tip about five feet thundering along far edge run way kind show quickens pulse stirs ones imagination formation pullups huge climbing turn back altitude beautiful watch way Ted White learned well-known style flying air show aerobatics WW II fighters carefully studying aerobatic rou tines Gerald Martin Lefty Gardner flying Big Irons other end flying spectrum during Festival 89 Lloyd Roberts exquisite elec tric-powered 102-in 12-lb Turbo Beaver De tailed absolute scale used 28 1 2-Ah cells power cobalt 60 motor skillfully flew light underpowered model 20/25-mph winds Lloyd solved problems bringing rather large plane way Camden ME airliner him two steps First de signing Beaver could disassembled much usual RC model second designing building shipping box just squeezed under maximum-size rule baggage Thus cost him $30 ship Turbo Beaver excess baggage Inge nious New Englanders Another outstanding Scale model IMAA Festival 89 Tom Holmsleys 144-in DC-3 Ziroli kit Powered Zenoah G-38s masterfully flown Stinger Wallace Lufirin TX low flyby engines purring one-third throttle beautiful realistic sight/sound experience greased-on wheel landings exactly per full-size DC-3 swore could hear chirp tires touchdown Stingers expert handling big DC-3 again brought home importance smooth fly ing create illusion full-scale plane 44 Model Aviation Radio Control Scale Dan Parsons II80 Fumier Dr Mbuquerque NM 87111 left BB Weber strides past lineup Giant Scale B-17s annual Big Bird Meet very own Bomber Field down Texas Thirteen Giant Scale Flying Fortresses flew right author Dan Parsons El Mirage Dry Lake CA nonflying A-scale Grumman A-6 intruder used special effects shots upcoming movie Flight Intruder Dan tells about events column left Tom Hoimsieys big DC-3 Ziroli plans swoops perfect wheel landing under guidance Stinger Wallace Middle photo catches Joe Pasztors three-year-old Nosen P-Si sIzzling flyby Bomber Field big Sachs-Dolmar 58 engine gives breathtaking per formance far right Ken Spears Ziroli Corsair about make carrier-type landing wheres tail hook info column flight last two weekends October 89 saw backto-back Big Bird fly-ins Houston TX first fly-in sponsored HARKS held fine field out countryside west Houston Giant Scale planes flown 700-ft grass runway Too bad cant have soft clean nonscraping grass runwaystheyre best Late Sunday afternoon five us put big fighters air provide escort Tom Streets veteran 120-in B-17 must have good top cover over years because has logged over 330 missions five-year-old model Painted marked after Confederate Air Forces B-17 Texas Raiders sta tioned Houston area Toms plane Wescraft kit amply powered four purring OS 61 four-strokers mounted inverted yet Near end formation escort-flying Toms B-17 lost engine dH Hor net twin Finally realizing engine quit throttled back good engine land discovered landing gear wouldnt come down Coming hot Hornet touched down undersides nacelles slid straight arrow least 400 ft down grass runwaya pretty sight no dam age broken props Tom land B-17 wheel stuck up stuck down skillfully held level wheel long could fi nally right wing tip gently touched run way B-17 slewed around 1800 before coming stop Shades Twelve Oclock High again no damage love grass runways During trip Houston looking ward seeing outstanding aerial show put two areas best pilots Tommy Jacomini Harold Roberts Flying gor geous 14-scale Lasers see cover April 89 RCM scratch-built Ulery plans powered Sachs-Dolmar 37s smoke-trail generators Id heard aerial ballet rare beautiful show During earlier show Lasers met head-on collision ripped off right wing both planes after Continued page 154 SEE YOUR 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.. 2-3/4 11-276-B 3/4 FAt 00-B 11-301-BFAt 11-325-B 14 11-350-B '3-112 11-375-B /4 11-400-B4 RetailApprox PriceWeight S1395056 oz 1495095 02 1595100 02 1695160 02 1895150ox 1695190ox 2095170oz 229522002 249520002 269526002 289525002 3695340ox 499547002 5995520ox 699557002 3 Pieces Cone Back Plate Retainer Screw Note 3 4 Blade Spinners Available Sizes Add $300 Per Spinner Part NoSize 11-140-A -26 T1-147-A '114-2817mm . 11-610-A . 6x 10mm TT-710-A 10mm TT-516-A 5/16-24 16-A 5/16-24/8mm 11-810-A . 8 x 10mm 11-625-A . 8 x 125mm 11-375-A 3/824 11-125-A 125mm RetailApprox PriceWeight $495061 02 49506102 49506302 49568202 495. 076 02 495. 076 02 495 .076 02 495075 02 595117 02 59511502 3 Pieces Nut Washer Machined Bushing Add $350 Shipping Handling Prices subject change notice ROMCO MFG INC OX 836 SOUTH HOUSTON TEXAS 77587 713 943-1867 RC Electrics/Kopski Continued page 151 ctubs around country Go Electric references often requested read ers Im listing some Id like com ment Ive yet seen myself probably will time goes along no particular order Choose RC Model Engines Mo torbooks International has extensive electric motor section Advanced Guide RC Sport Flying TAB books has chapter Electrics Beginners Guide Electric RC Flying Im sure publisher written Doug Pratt also gentleman runs ModelNetAMAs CompuServe forum may have realized column some others transmit ted Model Aviation via CompuServe upload monthly text using computer use write modem sends infor mation digitally over phone lines can think CompuServe sort holding tank information send usually next day Doug downloads AMA modem right AMAs computer Presto Great stuff just like Electric back references turns out ambitious Doug also has segments dealing Electric several RC Video Magazine tapes dont have complete list Im sure check folks can find Out Building Flying Electric-Powered Model Aircraft Mitch Poling Model Builders Elec tric columnist Its published Kalmbach Electric Flight Dave Day published Ar gus Books Introduction Electric Flight written Ian Peacock dont know publisher Quiet Revolution Bob Boucher As tro granddaddy Electric books believe oldest above Incidentally publications tapes available Zenith Books P0 Box 1 Osceola WI 54020 Send catalog possible course Ive missed some Id appreciate input Ill list ad ditions ftiture columns Finally monthly Electric columns several magazines besides MA include no special order RCM Flying Models RC Re port Model Builder Model Airplane News latter quiet column including just Electric might say interesting fact about authors columns friendly among ourselves Now never knew worthy note until recently pointed out some readers perceive us ri vals Rivals Nope No way As far Im concerned thats just case may other Electric areas authors dont feel myself dont see coming way dont sense among other Elec tric columnists thing know some other colum nists personally both respect con sider friends fact us have flown together Weve shared certain col umns beforehand upon occasion some us have never met routinely communicate letter sometimes phone No other author has need view rival far Im concerned does mean see everything exactly same way time variance opinion preference Thats good area endeavor ever got unpleasant manner implied rivalry Id back away hobby happy has way what another column closes Please ad dress comment query author given column header will respond mail accompanied SASE Happy Hununmmmimg Landings Everyone RC Scale/Parsons Continued page 45 arced over impacted ground simultaneous ly Spectacular end reports RC history made following weekend big bird fly-in BB Webers Bomber Field 13 B-17s parked pit area No didnt get air together grand flyby Saturday afternoon tied down nose-to-tail taxiway 52 count em engines runningquite sight sound Bomber Field BB Webers own private RC field really something Its 650 x 60ft blacktop runway surrounded grass has ample overruns huge pavil ion expansive workbenches 40-ft-high air-conditioned control tower Ah Texans BB loves B-17s having four five 10-footers exactly noon Sunday 130 pilots spectators treated piece de resistance fly-in CAFs B-17 Tex Raiders appeared distance pro ceeded make several close-in one-wing-low flybys magnificent sight extra treat photographers video camerapersons present took in-flight pictures both CAFs Tom Streets Texas Raiders similar flight titudes cannot tell apart Scale RCers have come long way Word has two outstanding Big Bird fly-ins will again play same back-to-back weekends October year Watch big change pace location lets go 154 Model Aviation PROP NUT ADAPTORS V THE GUARDIAN ANGEL TM CRASH PREVENTION SYSTEM 1 Tests monitors R/C electronics CALL 18007299210 FREE information ThIE j Antiques Military Civiliar Helicopters Sajiptanes 2700 plus" -cow *awings color FOTO-PAKSrig KO4CUFAN 01 L4TNES MILLS METIILS BOOKS ourPRECISIIN INSTRUMENTS COMPLETE TITILOC $200 1OOOs items cRihff2C4MPIELLODU Ce ~'Sprgf1d OH 5505 M513 3028562 RADIO SOUTH KiCTh AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER Cali Tony Stiliman Ken Dudley custom work competition needs stock complete hobby line specIalizing competitIon accessorIesall discounted prices WE STOCK FUTABA JR & ACE RADIOS & ACCESS YS&OS ENGINES HATORI PIPES & HEADERS AND MUCH MORE!! NEW TOLL FREE ORDER LINE 1-800-962-7802 orders please 0Featuring fast servIce byit qualified people tAll9 — latest equIpment IncludIng SPECTRUM ANAL YZER --All Orders COD C VISA MC Prices subject change notice 9003 N Davis Hwy Pensacola FL 32514 FREQUENCY CONVERSIONS AAIA Frequencs Comtniriee 4pproted L~I stock Futaba JR radio YS engines parts Hatori headers pipes Repair Heli Sets Gyros repair information 904 478-6745 up south-central British Columbia starting Labor Day weekend year continuing two consecutive weekends intrepid water fliers western Canada hold three big water-flys second year Ted Russell Prince Rupert BC masterful designer flier big RC flying boats has sent edited videotapes three water-flys immediately obvious Canadians several flying multiengined flying boats far advanced water flying Scale models Take Ted Russell example presently flying 96-in 25-lb Canadair CL-215 water bomber powered two OS 61 fourstrokes 108-in 26-lb Twin Otter floats powered OS 61 two-strokes 120-in 43-lb four-engined Short S-23 British Empire flying boat powered Enya 80 four-strokes planes sight behold video especially British Empire flying boat quadruple four-stroke engines make beautiful sound imaginable close-in low flybys magnificent model awe some Teds present project half-completed 120in Canadair CL-215 water bomber will powered two 120 four-strokes will have onboard starters water-delivery capability prolific designer-builder excellent pilot all-around good guy Ted arguably top water-flier North American continent reasons Canadians fly multien gined flying boats allows use dif ferential throttle control provides excel lent steering during taxiing water planes will turn dime have no steering problems taxiing during windy conditions Scale Masters qualifier held Phoenix AZ January 20-2 1 saw usual models very high quality also produced some highquality flying likes veteran Scale model ers Shailesh Patel Al Casey Bob Frey Chuck Collier Tony Arand Gene Barton really interesting thing occurred contest Kent Walters use radar gun obtain accurate model speeds radar gun used $20000 unit modi fled precisely measure velocity small ob jects like golf balls baseballs listed speeds straight level flight suspects majority models full throttle Byron Staggerwing Beech Q-50 mph 72-in Mig 3 OS 61 FSR 93 mph Curtiss Jenny 51 mph Baker 80-in P-47 Webra Bully mph Lewis 90-in Douglas 75 mph Skyraider Webra Bully Landing speeds monitored approxi mately five feet altitude between 4050 mph except Jenny around 30 mph Kent commented landing speeds slow side approximately 40 mph could visually sense models near stall becoming difficult con trol Another interesting comment Kent speeds much repre sentative aerodynamically proper dynami cally similar scale speeds mythical geometric scale speeds mentioned earlier articles same subject Scale flight real ism Well put Kent Scale flight judges please note Recent articles model magazines describe highly successful use RC Scale models movies Skillfully built flown large RC models add action realism unobtainable other practical way latest use Paramount movie Flight Intruder scheduled re leased summer Several -scale 120-in fly ing static models Navy A-6 Intruder designed built Eaglery Co Special Effects Unlimited A-6 Intruders flown RC weighed 42 lb powered Rossi 91s turning two ducted fans iden tical-looking nonflying static models mounted controllable booms allowed different camera angles special effects became aware interesting project because both Eaglery Co Special Effects Unlimited used 06-oz glass cloth cover wings tail surfaces 120-in A-6s Wanting examine models watch action went El Mirage Dry Lake near Victorville CA observe final flying sequences Unfortunately winds ar rived about same time flying operations cancelled several days spite lack flying day teresting aspects operation continued long trip worthwhile course fol lowing week couldnt weather perfect very successful flying operations conducted Interestingly top RC Scale compet itors Garland Hamilton heavily involved project Taking leave Marine Corps duties El Toro Garland did realistic paint ing markings Intruders fine job did went much final important flying models movie adapted best-selling nov el Flight Intruder Stephen Coonts flew A-6 Intruders against targets South North Vietnam June 71 May 73 should some show An air-hydraulic cylinder being developed Lee Robinson Robinaire Florida men tioned January 90 RC Scale column wrote MA discussed item also listed phone number Unfortunately area code changed after originally got Continued page 156 August 1990 155 ZENOAH SACHS-DOLMAR QUADRA ENGINES ERCOUPE TOMAHAWK & J-3 KITTEN KITS ZINGER & DYNATHRUST PROPS FUEL TANKS Carbon-Fiber Arrowahafta Ceconite Glue DGA MGA PILOTS Send Si 00 catalog JIM MESSERS QUALITY MODEL PRODUCTS Valley View Dr Box 43 Allegany NY 14706 VEND MOUNTS THE VIBRATION KIILER Fail fuel proof thfl Bees iolation 25 120 engines Fits eitcaliy firewall engine rr-a mount Typical dOnation reduction 0170% Mu 85% kit Consist mounts iOtate lou Ooint tetound rr , washer, trifling instuctiong Send $1285 Check money ode Per cit G&A PRODIPOTS PS BOlt gages gARASOTA FL 54258 3 3774252 Fl resident add 725 soles tao IRFORMATION send CASE 1st US R/C Flight School Stop Crashing Start Learning CLASSES FILLING FAST Info pack $300 1st US RIC FLIGHT SCHOOL 521 5 Sawyer. Shawano WI 54166 171515242985 25- 2000 MHZ 100 Memory Channels 1201220 VAC 138 VDC optional Never Before Has So Much Quality Been Offered Such Low Price List $119900 EEB 101900 pIus $12 UPS FREE Shortwave/Scanner Catalog Write Call FAX Today ORDERS 800-368-3270 Td/inf 703 038-3350 FAX 703-033 6011 Elec EEB tronic Equipment Bank 323 Miii Street EEB Vienna Virginia 22180 Just Minutes Washington DC him modelers called him infor mation ended up frustrated Heres correct number 1-407/439-6965 Lee now selling units slow ac tion air-operated retract systems realistic cy cle times recently sent check Out have bench checked extensively now have installed MB-5 working fine RC Helicopters/Jolly Continued page 51 icopters can make its own merits Enforcer truly excellent new machine lot great features should really fun chopper fly Enforcer supplied kit will available Hobby Dynamics either form ready fly understand readyto-fly version will have new Webra 35 engine itwhich should exciting because ship can certainly make use power Enforcer has 05 32 Helicopter en gine Concept-style muffler guid ance Im using JR PCM 10 radio featuring NES 901 servos havent used servos before find perfectly acceptable Helicop ter use minimal backlash good power instruction manual supplied excellent Mine happened Space Baron manual English translations kit version assembled modules nine steps should difficult anybody complete As follow along however should watch few items step #2-2 planetaiy gear box kit some spacers look like thin washers mentioned instruction manual cost one-hour teardown transmis sion case put underneath idler gears spacers keep gears having up-and-down travel hence stop transmis sion vibration through manual Kalt properly tells use grease what call Kalt Tite disassemble part tail rotor found put too much Kalt Tite tail rotor housing screws As result difficult time disassembling So go sparingly Kalt Tite goes long way Make sure grease everything transmission could source howling dont Also watch gears tail rotor drive Keep ball bearings greased clean going over step #2-3 found swashplate appeared have lot slop have honest youI contacted Hobby Dynamics sent new swash plate got little bit further along construction found didnt need new part true ball tight Id like see works just fine because similar old Schluter Heli-Boy system swashplate suspended mixer arms bellcranks such extent really dont no tice slop ball overall lack slop Enforcers rotor head pretty unbelievable Im used old Hirobo Shuttle situation literally much slop throw Enforcers reaches new pinnacle accuracy virtually no slopat least models parts reasonably freely mov ing balls dont seem have much drag no flybar slopmeaning can rotate flybar hand moving ser vos cant get rotation slop minimal blade slop rotating blade hand little bit slop mixer noth ing like weve seen before Enforcer prob ably tightest Helicopters have ever flown Going construction step #8 put decals before try mount tail fins complaint have kit decals didnt want stick very tractive make very good-looking ship however just tended lift sun other nine steps ones would received ready-to-fly version cover putting tail boom mounting rotor head installing servos re ceiver gyro Enforcer comes good Kalt ball links fit pretty well right off bat Theyre snug theres no slop evident Japanese have commonly used Z-bends servo connections pushrods way dont have additional slop drag ball link must very careful drill servo arm accept pushrod dont drill hole oversize object drill hole pushrod just fits dont want force may have disas ter cracking servo arms think youre going have trouble prac tice arm youre going use Back final nine steps Basically going cover rotor blades heatshrink covering supplied attach tail boom install radio equipment Kalt very nice us supplies gyro box goes right underneath main shaft has cover theres no fuel residue getting gyro its right yaw axis its effective other thoughtful thing giving servo tape foam rubber mounting battery receiver gyro box cabin way through Enforcer saw commit ment quality Kalt its subcontractors Enforcers parts fit very well Im both awe intrigued ability Japa nese put Helicopters box manufacturing standpoint highquality molded parts also because amount time engineering effort goes Enforcer very well laid out executed very pleasing machine work point Id like talk about features Enforcer Well go right down begin ning basic structure composed side frames molded reinforced plastic method now commonly accepted Like 30-size ma chines lot plastic nylon used throughout airframe An aluminum tail boom houses piano wire drive shaft tail rotor tail rotor gear box contains common beveled-gear 900 box features plastic housing two ball bearings shaft Tail rotor blades molded nylon grip has two ball races engine already mentioned sits about 150 cant vertical angled ward main shaft Collective pitch via rod sliding up through hollow 10mm main shaft main rotor head unique 30-size Helicopter basic hub molded nylon piece rigidly attached main shaft flybar pivoted through center two housings trap blade mounts made 156 Model Aviation Radio Control Monitor --* All RC Channels Bands * Local NOAA Weather * Local Air Traffic * Local Police/Fire/Rescue * Local FM/TV Sound * New800 MHZ Bands * International Shortwave Bands * Any Frequency 8- 600 805-1300MHZ Compact Scanner HAS ITALL * 1000 Memory Channels * Search Up 40 Ch/Sec * Built NiCad Pack * LCD Readout AR1000 Only $49900 plus $4 UPS ICOM R7000 Covers ItAll
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/08
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 154, 155, 156
SEVERAL times within last year have guest columnist column have pri marily covered how-to subjects time Im going concentrate heart soul RC Scale modeling flying Ill covering several interesting Scale models enjoyed seeing fly various locations around country last year big Nosen P-51 has around since early days big plane movement popularity 105-in kit fighter ap pears steadily increasing However has observation during years very large model has usually underpowered sometimes grossly resulting mediocre performance especially rolling verti cal maneuvers does justice Out standing proud warbird Well Joe Pasztor enthusiastic gung ho flier Lake Jackson TX showed IMAA Festival 89 Odessa what properly powered Nosen P-Si can Joe flown beautiful 33-lb P-Si two years Sachs-Dolmar 37 told flew well lacked proper vertical performance So replaced 37 Sachs Dolmar 58 obtained A&M Aircraft problem has solved 58 flies Joes Nosen P-Si through slow rolls four- eight-point rolls big loops Cuban eights etc manner emulates full-scale P-Si turned pride joy over can vouch its performance experience further reinforces point large RC versions WW II fighters underpowered Oh have suffi cient power take off fly around circles often high enough speeds have tempt slow roll point rolls ioop Cuban eight other vertical maneuvers lack power quickly forces unrealistic ma neuvers arent close fullscale fighters would perform ask have arrived opinion performance capabilities full-scale WW II fighter planes doing air show-style aerobatics has primarily observing up close Lefty Gardner Gerald Martin flying full-scale fight ers Leftys private airfield during several week ends Big Iron fun flys Going out own private air shows Lefty flying famous P-38 Gerald flying Leftys beautiful P-Si performed aerobatics reached ulti mate WW II fighter capabilitiesthe best have seen anywhere being content just let observe ground Lefty Gerald insisted ride during aero batic routines over seven years ago Im sure have recovered yet Further evidence proper power WW II fighters flown Festival 89 provided Ken Spears Ziroli Corsair Ted Whites ron P-47 Both planes Sachs-Dolmar 37s up front Fun watch flown individually two planes put inspirational show got air together peel-offs about 1000 ft coming down together leveling off wing tip wing tip about five feet thundering along far edge run way kind show quickens pulse stirs ones imagination formation pullups huge climbing turn back altitude beautiful watch way Ted White learned well-known style flying air show aerobatics WW II fighters carefully studying aerobatic rou tines Gerald Martin Lefty Gardner flying Big Irons other end flying spectrum during Festival 89 Lloyd Roberts exquisite elec tric-powered 102-in 12-lb Turbo Beaver De tailed absolute scale used 28 1 2-Ah cells power cobalt 60 motor skillfully flew light underpowered model 20/25-mph winds Lloyd solved problems bringing rather large plane way Camden ME airliner him two steps First de signing Beaver could disassembled much usual RC model second designing building shipping box just squeezed under maximum-size rule baggage Thus cost him $30 ship Turbo Beaver excess baggage Inge nious New Englanders Another outstanding Scale model IMAA Festival 89 Tom Holmsleys 144-in DC-3 Ziroli kit Powered Zenoah G-38s masterfully flown Stinger Wallace Lufirin TX low flyby engines purring one-third throttle beautiful realistic sight/sound experience greased-on wheel landings exactly per full-size DC-3 swore could hear chirp tires touchdown Stingers expert handling big DC-3 again brought home importance smooth fly ing create illusion full-scale plane 44 Model Aviation Radio Control Scale Dan Parsons II80 Fumier Dr Mbuquerque NM 87111 left BB Weber strides past lineup Giant Scale B-17s annual Big Bird Meet very own Bomber Field down Texas Thirteen Giant Scale Flying Fortresses flew right author Dan Parsons El Mirage Dry Lake CA nonflying A-scale Grumman A-6 intruder used special effects shots upcoming movie Flight Intruder Dan tells about events column left Tom Hoimsieys big DC-3 Ziroli plans swoops perfect wheel landing under guidance Stinger Wallace Middle photo catches Joe Pasztors three-year-old Nosen P-Si sIzzling flyby Bomber Field big Sachs-Dolmar 58 engine gives breathtaking per formance far right Ken Spears Ziroli Corsair about make carrier-type landing wheres tail hook info column flight last two weekends October 89 saw backto-back Big Bird fly-ins Houston TX first fly-in sponsored HARKS held fine field out countryside west Houston Giant Scale planes flown 700-ft grass runway Too bad cant have soft clean nonscraping grass runwaystheyre best Late Sunday afternoon five us put big fighters air provide escort Tom Streets veteran 120-in B-17 must have good top cover over years because has logged over 330 missions five-year-old model Painted marked after Confederate Air Forces B-17 Texas Raiders sta tioned Houston area Toms plane Wescraft kit amply powered four purring OS 61 four-strokers mounted inverted yet Near end formation escort-flying Toms B-17 lost engine dH Hor net twin Finally realizing engine quit throttled back good engine land discovered landing gear wouldnt come down Coming hot Hornet touched down undersides nacelles slid straight arrow least 400 ft down grass runwaya pretty sight no dam age broken props Tom land B-17 wheel stuck up stuck down skillfully held level wheel long could fi nally right wing tip gently touched run way B-17 slewed around 1800 before coming stop Shades Twelve Oclock High again no damage love grass runways During trip Houston looking ward seeing outstanding aerial show put two areas best pilots Tommy Jacomini Harold Roberts Flying gor geous 14-scale Lasers see cover April 89 RCM scratch-built Ulery plans powered Sachs-Dolmar 37s smoke-trail generators Id heard aerial ballet rare beautiful show During earlier show Lasers met head-on collision ripped off right wing both planes after Continued page 154 SEE YOUR 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beforehand upon occasion some us have never met routinely communicate letter sometimes phone No other author has need view rival far Im concerned does mean see everything exactly same way time variance opinion preference Thats good area endeavor ever got unpleasant manner implied rivalry Id back away hobby happy has way what another column closes Please ad dress comment query author given column header will respond mail accompanied SASE Happy Hununmmmimg Landings Everyone RC Scale/Parsons Continued page 45 arced over impacted ground simultaneous ly Spectacular end reports RC history made following weekend big bird fly-in BB Webers Bomber Field 13 B-17s parked pit area No didnt get air together grand flyby Saturday afternoon tied down nose-to-tail taxiway 52 count em engines runningquite sight sound Bomber Field BB Webers own private RC field really something Its 650 x 60ft blacktop runway surrounded grass has ample overruns huge pavil ion expansive workbenches 40-ft-high air-conditioned control tower Ah Texans BB loves B-17s having four five 10-footers exactly noon Sunday 130 pilots spectators treated piece de resistance fly-in CAFs B-17 Tex Raiders appeared distance pro ceeded make several close-in one-wing-low flybys magnificent sight extra treat photographers video camerapersons present took in-flight pictures both CAFs Tom Streets Texas Raiders similar flight titudes cannot tell apart Scale RCers have come long way Word has two outstanding Big Bird fly-ins will again play same back-to-back weekends October year Watch big change pace location lets go 154 Model Aviation PROP NUT ADAPTORS V THE GUARDIAN ANGEL TM CRASH PREVENTION SYSTEM 1 Tests monitors R/C electronics CALL 18007299210 FREE information ThIE j Antiques Military Civiliar Helicopters Sajiptanes 2700 plus" -cow *awings color FOTO-PAKSrig KO4CUFAN 01 L4TNES MILLS METIILS BOOKS ourPRECISIIN INSTRUMENTS COMPLETE TITILOC $200 1OOOs items cRihff2C4MPIELLODU Ce ~'Sprgf1d OH 5505 M513 3028562 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120-in 43-lb four-engined Short S-23 British Empire flying boat powered Enya 80 four-strokes planes sight behold video especially British Empire flying boat quadruple four-stroke engines make beautiful sound imaginable close-in low flybys magnificent model awe some Teds present project half-completed 120in Canadair CL-215 water bomber will powered two 120 four-strokes will have onboard starters water-delivery capability prolific designer-builder excellent pilot all-around good guy Ted arguably top water-flier North American continent reasons Canadians fly multien gined flying boats allows use dif ferential throttle control provides excel lent steering during taxiing water planes will turn dime have no steering problems taxiing during windy conditions Scale Masters qualifier held Phoenix AZ January 20-2 1 saw usual models very high quality also produced some highquality flying likes veteran Scale model ers Shailesh Patel Al Casey Bob Frey Chuck Collier Tony Arand Gene Barton really interesting thing occurred contest Kent Walters use radar gun obtain accurate model speeds radar gun used $20000 unit modi fled precisely measure velocity small ob jects like golf balls baseballs listed speeds straight level flight suspects majority models full throttle Byron Staggerwing Beech Q-50 mph 72-in Mig 3 OS 61 FSR 93 mph Curtiss Jenny 51 mph Baker 80-in P-47 Webra Bully mph Lewis 90-in Douglas 75 mph Skyraider Webra Bully Landing speeds monitored approxi mately five feet altitude between 4050 mph except Jenny around 30 mph Kent commented landing speeds slow side approximately 40 mph could visually sense models near stall becoming difficult con trol Another interesting comment Kent speeds much repre sentative aerodynamically proper dynami cally similar scale speeds mythical geometric scale speeds mentioned earlier articles same subject Scale flight real ism Well put Kent Scale flight judges please note Recent articles model magazines describe highly successful use RC Scale models movies Skillfully built flown large RC models add action realism unobtainable other practical way latest use Paramount movie Flight Intruder scheduled re leased summer Several -scale 120-in fly ing static models Navy A-6 Intruder designed built Eaglery Co Special Effects Unlimited A-6 Intruders flown RC weighed 42 lb powered Rossi 91s turning two ducted fans iden tical-looking nonflying static models mounted controllable booms allowed different camera angles special effects became aware interesting project because both Eaglery Co Special Effects Unlimited used 06-oz glass cloth cover wings tail surfaces 120-in A-6s Wanting examine models watch action went El Mirage Dry Lake near Victorville CA observe final flying sequences Unfortunately winds ar rived about same time flying operations cancelled several days spite lack flying day teresting aspects operation continued long trip worthwhile course fol lowing week couldnt weather perfect very successful flying operations conducted Interestingly top RC Scale compet itors Garland Hamilton heavily involved project Taking leave Marine Corps duties El Toro Garland did realistic paint ing markings Intruders fine job did went much final important flying models movie adapted best-selling nov el Flight Intruder Stephen Coonts flew A-6 Intruders against targets South North Vietnam June 71 May 73 should some show An air-hydraulic cylinder being developed Lee Robinson Robinaire Florida men tioned January 90 RC Scale column wrote MA discussed item also listed phone number Unfortunately area code changed after originally got Continued page 156 August 1990 155 ZENOAH SACHS-DOLMAR QUADRA ENGINES ERCOUPE TOMAHAWK & J-3 KITTEN KITS ZINGER & DYNATHRUST PROPS FUEL TANKS Carbon-Fiber Arrowahafta Ceconite Glue DGA MGA PILOTS Send Si 00 catalog JIM MESSERS QUALITY MODEL PRODUCTS Valley View Dr Box 43 Allegany NY 14706 VEND MOUNTS THE VIBRATION KIILER Fail fuel proof thfl Bees iolation 25 120 engines Fits eitcaliy firewall engine rr-a mount Typical dOnation reduction 0170% Mu 85% kit Consist mounts iOtate lou Ooint tetound rr , washer, trifling instuctiong Send $1285 Check money ode Per cit G&A PRODIPOTS PS BOlt gages gARASOTA FL 54258 3 3774252 Fl resident add 725 soles tao IRFORMATION send CASE 1st US R/C Flight School Stop Crashing Start Learning CLASSES FILLING FAST Info pack $300 1st US RIC FLIGHT SCHOOL 521 5 Sawyer. Shawano WI 54166 171515242985 25- 2000 MHZ 100 Memory Channels 1201220 VAC 138 VDC optional Never Before Has So Much Quality Been Offered Such Low Price List $119900 EEB 101900 pIus $12 UPS FREE Shortwave/Scanner Catalog Write Call FAX Today ORDERS 800-368-3270 Td/inf 703 038-3350 FAX 703-033 6011 Elec EEB tronic Equipment Bank 323 Miii Street EEB Vienna Virginia 22180 Just Minutes Washington DC him modelers called him infor mation ended up frustrated Heres correct number 1-407/439-6965 Lee now selling units slow ac tion air-operated retract systems realistic cy cle times recently sent check Out have bench checked extensively now have installed MB-5 working fine RC Helicopters/Jolly Continued page 51 icopters can make its own merits Enforcer truly excellent new machine lot great features should really fun chopper fly Enforcer supplied kit will available Hobby Dynamics either form ready fly understand readyto-fly version will have new Webra 35 engine itwhich should exciting because ship can certainly make use power Enforcer has 05 32 Helicopter en gine Concept-style muffler guid ance Im using JR PCM 10 radio featuring NES 901 servos havent used servos before find perfectly acceptable Helicop ter use minimal backlash good power instruction manual supplied excellent Mine happened Space Baron manual English translations kit version assembled modules nine steps should difficult anybody complete As follow along however should watch few items step #2-2 planetaiy gear box kit some spacers look like thin washers mentioned instruction manual cost one-hour teardown transmis sion case put underneath idler gears spacers keep gears having up-and-down travel hence stop transmis sion vibration through manual Kalt properly tells use grease what call Kalt Tite disassemble part tail rotor found put too much Kalt Tite tail rotor housing screws As result difficult time disassembling So go sparingly Kalt Tite goes long way Make sure grease everything transmission could source howling dont Also watch gears tail rotor drive Keep ball bearings greased clean going over step #2-3 found swashplate appeared have lot slop have honest youI contacted Hobby Dynamics sent new swash plate got little bit further along construction found didnt need new part true ball tight Id like see works just fine because similar old Schluter Heli-Boy system swashplate suspended mixer arms bellcranks such extent really dont no tice slop ball overall lack slop Enforcers rotor head pretty unbelievable Im used old Hirobo Shuttle situation literally much slop throw Enforcers reaches new pinnacle accuracy virtually no slopat least models parts reasonably freely mov ing balls dont seem have much drag no flybar slopmeaning can rotate flybar hand moving ser vos cant get rotation slop minimal blade slop rotating blade hand little bit slop mixer noth ing like weve seen before Enforcer prob ably tightest Helicopters have ever flown Going construction step #8 put decals before try mount tail fins complaint have kit decals didnt want stick very tractive make very good-looking ship however just tended lift sun other nine steps ones would received ready-to-fly version cover putting tail boom mounting rotor head installing servos re ceiver gyro Enforcer comes good Kalt ball links fit pretty well right off bat Theyre snug theres no slop evident Japanese have commonly used Z-bends servo connections pushrods way dont have additional slop drag ball link must very careful drill servo arm accept pushrod dont drill hole oversize object drill hole pushrod just fits dont want force may have disas ter cracking servo arms think youre going have trouble prac tice arm youre going use Back final nine steps Basically going cover rotor blades heatshrink covering supplied attach tail boom install radio equipment Kalt very nice us supplies gyro box goes right underneath main shaft has cover theres no fuel residue getting gyro its right yaw axis its effective other thoughtful thing giving servo tape foam rubber mounting battery receiver gyro box cabin way through Enforcer saw commit ment quality Kalt its subcontractors Enforcers parts fit very well Im both awe intrigued ability Japa nese put Helicopters box manufacturing standpoint highquality molded parts also because amount time engineering effort goes Enforcer very well laid out executed very pleasing machine work point Id like talk about features Enforcer Well go right down begin ning basic structure composed side frames molded reinforced plastic method now commonly accepted Like 30-size ma chines lot plastic nylon used throughout airframe An aluminum tail boom houses piano wire drive shaft tail rotor tail rotor gear box contains common beveled-gear 900 box features plastic housing two ball bearings shaft Tail rotor blades molded nylon grip has two ball races engine already mentioned sits about 150 cant vertical angled ward main shaft Collective pitch via rod sliding up through hollow 10mm main shaft main rotor head unique 30-size Helicopter basic hub molded nylon piece rigidly attached main shaft flybar pivoted through center two housings trap blade mounts made 156 Model Aviation Radio Control Monitor --* All RC Channels Bands * Local NOAA Weather * Local Air Traffic * Local Police/Fire/Rescue * Local FM/TV Sound * New800 MHZ Bands * International Shortwave Bands * Any Frequency 8- 600 805-1300MHZ Compact Scanner HAS ITALL * 1000 Memory Channels * Search Up 40 Ch/Sec * Built NiCad Pack * LCD Readout AR1000 Only $49900 plus $4 UPS ICOM R7000 Covers ItAll
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/08
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 154, 155, 156
SEVERAL times within last year have guest columnist column have pri marily covered how-to subjects time Im going concentrate heart soul RC Scale modeling flying Ill covering several interesting Scale models enjoyed seeing fly various locations around country last year big Nosen P-51 has around since early days big plane movement popularity 105-in kit fighter ap pears steadily increasing However has observation during years very large model has usually underpowered sometimes grossly resulting mediocre performance especially rolling verti cal maneuvers does justice Out standing proud warbird Well Joe Pasztor enthusiastic gung ho flier Lake Jackson TX showed IMAA Festival 89 Odessa what properly powered Nosen P-Si can Joe flown beautiful 33-lb P-Si two years Sachs-Dolmar 37 told flew well lacked proper vertical performance So replaced 37 Sachs Dolmar 58 obtained A&M Aircraft problem has solved 58 flies Joes Nosen P-Si through slow rolls four- eight-point rolls big loops Cuban eights etc manner emulates full-scale P-Si turned pride joy over can vouch its performance experience further reinforces point large RC versions WW II fighters underpowered Oh have suffi cient power take off fly around circles often high enough speeds have tempt slow roll point rolls ioop Cuban eight other vertical maneuvers lack power quickly forces unrealistic ma neuvers arent close fullscale fighters would perform ask have arrived opinion performance capabilities full-scale WW II fighter planes doing air show-style aerobatics has primarily observing up close Lefty Gardner Gerald Martin flying full-scale fight ers Leftys private airfield during several week ends Big Iron fun flys Going out own private air shows Lefty flying famous P-38 Gerald flying Leftys beautiful P-Si performed aerobatics reached ulti mate WW II fighter capabilitiesthe best have seen anywhere being content just let observe ground Lefty Gerald insisted ride during aero batic routines over seven years ago Im sure have recovered yet Further evidence proper power WW II fighters flown Festival 89 provided Ken Spears Ziroli Corsair Ted Whites ron P-47 Both planes Sachs-Dolmar 37s up front Fun watch flown individually two planes put inspirational show got air together peel-offs about 1000 ft coming down together leveling off wing tip wing tip about five feet thundering along far edge run way kind show quickens pulse stirs ones imagination formation pullups huge climbing turn back altitude beautiful watch way Ted White learned well-known style flying air show aerobatics WW II fighters carefully studying aerobatic rou tines Gerald Martin Lefty Gardner flying Big Irons other end flying spectrum during Festival 89 Lloyd Roberts exquisite elec tric-powered 102-in 12-lb Turbo Beaver De tailed absolute scale used 28 1 2-Ah cells power cobalt 60 motor skillfully flew light underpowered model 20/25-mph winds Lloyd solved problems bringing rather large plane way Camden ME airliner him two steps First de signing Beaver could disassembled much usual RC model second designing building shipping box just squeezed under maximum-size rule baggage Thus cost him $30 ship Turbo Beaver excess baggage Inge nious New Englanders Another outstanding Scale model IMAA Festival 89 Tom Holmsleys 144-in DC-3 Ziroli kit Powered Zenoah G-38s masterfully flown Stinger Wallace Lufirin TX low flyby engines purring one-third throttle beautiful realistic sight/sound experience greased-on wheel landings exactly per full-size DC-3 swore could hear chirp tires touchdown Stingers expert handling big DC-3 again brought home importance smooth fly ing create illusion full-scale plane 44 Model Aviation Radio Control Scale Dan Parsons II80 Fumier Dr Mbuquerque NM 87111 left BB Weber strides past lineup Giant Scale B-17s annual Big Bird Meet very own Bomber Field down Texas Thirteen Giant Scale Flying Fortresses flew right author Dan Parsons El Mirage Dry Lake CA nonflying A-scale Grumman A-6 intruder used special effects shots upcoming movie Flight Intruder Dan tells about events column left Tom Hoimsieys big DC-3 Ziroli plans swoops perfect wheel landing under guidance Stinger Wallace Middle photo catches Joe Pasztors three-year-old Nosen P-Si sIzzling flyby Bomber Field big Sachs-Dolmar 58 engine gives breathtaking per formance far right Ken Spears Ziroli Corsair about make carrier-type landing wheres tail hook info column flight last two weekends October 89 saw backto-back Big Bird fly-ins Houston TX first fly-in sponsored HARKS held fine field out countryside west Houston Giant Scale planes flown 700-ft grass runway Too bad cant have soft clean nonscraping grass runwaystheyre best Late Sunday afternoon five us put big fighters air provide escort Tom Streets veteran 120-in B-17 must have good top cover over years because has logged over 330 missions five-year-old model Painted marked after Confederate Air Forces B-17 Texas Raiders sta tioned Houston area Toms plane Wescraft kit amply powered four purring OS 61 four-strokers mounted inverted yet Near end formation escort-flying Toms B-17 lost engine dH Hor net twin Finally realizing engine quit throttled back good engine land discovered landing gear wouldnt come down Coming hot Hornet touched down undersides nacelles slid straight arrow least 400 ft down grass runwaya pretty sight no dam age broken props Tom land B-17 wheel stuck up stuck down skillfully held level wheel long could fi nally right wing tip gently touched run way B-17 slewed around 1800 before coming stop Shades Twelve Oclock High again no damage love grass runways During trip Houston looking ward seeing outstanding aerial show put two areas best pilots Tommy Jacomini Harold Roberts Flying gor geous 14-scale Lasers see cover April 89 RCM scratch-built Ulery plans powered Sachs-Dolmar 37s smoke-trail generators Id heard aerial ballet rare beautiful show During earlier show Lasers met head-on collision ripped off right wing both planes after Continued page 154 SEE YOUR 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models movies Skillfully built flown large RC models add action realism unobtainable other practical way latest use Paramount movie Flight Intruder scheduled re leased summer Several -scale 120-in fly ing static models Navy A-6 Intruder designed built Eaglery Co Special Effects Unlimited A-6 Intruders flown RC weighed 42 lb powered Rossi 91s turning two ducted fans iden tical-looking nonflying static models mounted controllable booms allowed different camera angles special effects became aware interesting project because both Eaglery Co Special Effects Unlimited used 06-oz glass cloth cover wings tail surfaces 120-in A-6s Wanting examine models watch action went El Mirage Dry Lake near Victorville CA observe final flying sequences Unfortunately winds ar rived about same time flying operations cancelled several days spite lack flying day teresting aspects operation continued long trip worthwhile course fol lowing week couldnt weather perfect very successful flying operations conducted 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can certainly make use power Enforcer has 05 32 Helicopter en gine Concept-style muffler guid ance Im using JR PCM 10 radio featuring NES 901 servos havent used servos before find perfectly acceptable Helicop ter use minimal backlash good power instruction manual supplied excellent Mine happened Space Baron manual English translations kit version assembled modules nine steps should difficult anybody complete As follow along however should watch few items step #2-2 planetaiy gear box kit some spacers look like thin washers mentioned instruction manual cost one-hour teardown transmis sion case put underneath idler gears spacers keep gears having up-and-down travel hence stop transmis sion vibration through manual Kalt properly tells use grease what call Kalt Tite disassemble part tail rotor found put too much Kalt Tite tail rotor housing screws As result difficult time disassembling So go sparingly Kalt Tite goes long way Make sure grease everything transmission could source howling dont Also watch gears tail rotor drive Keep ball bearings greased clean going over step #2-3 found swashplate appeared have lot slop have honest youI contacted Hobby Dynamics sent new swash plate got little bit further along construction found didnt need new part true ball tight Id like see works just fine because similar old Schluter Heli-Boy system swashplate suspended mixer arms bellcranks such extent really dont no tice slop ball overall lack slop Enforcers rotor head pretty unbelievable Im used old Hirobo Shuttle situation literally much slop throw Enforcers reaches new pinnacle accuracy virtually no slopat least models parts reasonably freely mov ing balls dont seem have much drag no flybar slopmeaning can rotate flybar hand moving ser vos cant get rotation slop minimal blade slop rotating blade hand little bit slop mixer noth ing like weve seen before Enforcer prob ably tightest Helicopters have ever flown Going construction step #8 put decals before try mount tail fins complaint have kit decals didnt want stick very tractive make very good-looking ship however just tended lift sun other nine steps ones would received ready-to-fly version cover putting tail boom mounting rotor head installing servos re ceiver gyro Enforcer comes good Kalt ball links fit pretty well right off bat Theyre snug theres no slop evident Japanese have commonly used Z-bends servo connections pushrods way dont have additional slop drag ball link must very careful drill servo arm accept pushrod dont drill hole oversize object drill hole pushrod just fits dont want force may have disas ter cracking servo arms think youre going have trouble prac tice arm youre going use Back final nine steps Basically going cover rotor blades heatshrink covering supplied attach tail boom install radio equipment Kalt very nice us supplies gyro box goes right underneath main shaft has cover theres no fuel residue getting gyro its right yaw axis its effective other thoughtful thing giving servo tape foam rubber mounting battery receiver gyro box cabin way through Enforcer saw commit ment quality Kalt its subcontractors Enforcers parts fit very well Im both awe intrigued ability Japa nese put Helicopters box manufacturing standpoint highquality molded parts also because amount time engineering effort goes Enforcer very well laid out executed very pleasing machine work point Id like talk about features Enforcer Well go right down begin ning basic structure composed side frames molded reinforced plastic method now commonly accepted Like 30-size ma chines lot plastic nylon used throughout airframe An aluminum tail boom houses piano wire drive shaft tail rotor tail rotor gear box contains common beveled-gear 900 box features plastic housing two ball bearings shaft Tail rotor blades molded nylon grip has two ball races engine already mentioned sits about 150 cant vertical angled ward main shaft Collective pitch via rod sliding up through hollow 10mm main shaft main rotor head unique 30-size 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