Radio Control: Scale

Radio Control SCALE Bob & Dolly Wischer FAI RULES PROPOSALS agenda years 1982 FAI plenary session Paris con tains no surprises except absence nation proposal increase model weight above present 6kg 132 lb fuel has considerable agitation US increaseand yet no has made official proposal must assume absence action everyone satisfied 132 lb limit Yet magazine columnist recentlyDecember 1982deplored limit being II lb have now flown two World Championships 13 lb Its true couple 1982 Reno entries slightly overweight needed have some superfluous internal parts removed reach limit weight restric tion seems have imposed no real hardship expected clamor larger engine displace ments didnt materialize rule proposal agenda either Switzerland asking fourstroke engine displacement Scale models brought line current allowable size Pattern airplanes permits 20cc 122 Cu Swiss proposal goes further asking 40cc total limit four-stroke multiengined models change 20cc fourstroke single-engine models could have enacted 1981 except agenda item specified 15cc Scale Scale sub committee obligated vote ts actually agenda Committee members aren t privileged change proposals meet10g voting carried out item written 1982 agenda contains no Scale proposals US proposal containing sweeping change concerns combining Precision Sport Scale single event reason change lack interest worldwide Preci sion Scale competition Reno World Championship two classes models looked alike needed read place cards exhibition tables determine class entered Static judging under new proposed rules would done 3 meters 10 ft distance details judged separately meter 39 Measurements scale ruler would eliminated Twin problems first twin Douglas A-20G Havoc has convinced us need fora practice model preferably having flight char acteristics similar Douglas have kept least non-scale single-engine model readiness training sessions Isis flown about 10 hours hour Scale planes prefer shouldnt too forgiving flier really helps flying model needs flown watched constantly stay out trouble trainer has too light wing loading teaches nothing about handling Scale planes have overabun dance weighty detail trainers greatest valuc practicing takeoff landing endless touch-and-go routines sharpen reflexes first inclination regard twinengined Douglas just another airplane though time effort spent construction quite high However after having reassemble several times following accidents have arrived conclusion twin traincr desirable preference model having essentially similar wing loading flight habits need twin trainer became apparent friend similar model almost identical problems landing approaches Scale twins tend toward weightiness probably single-engine types joy fly though heavy landings slow flight can pain tend glide like prover bial streamlined brick After glide angle has established model nears touch down usual slight touch up-elevator doesnt have usual result rounding out flared landing Instead model clobbers itself runway amid loud crashing noises wiping out fancy homemade retracting nose gear possibly creating large rents structure What caused Too slow approach throttle near idle up-elevator produce expected flare before landing merely stalled wing rate descent wasnt slowed bir anything application ele Warbirds Pylon entries L couple Fliteglas P-51s Roger Abbott Ralph White puweru unm witn webra SP i ana Supertigre X 60 respectively Ralph finished 3rd R MonoKoted Jemco PT-i 9 HP 40 engine flown 5th place John Delafosse 40 Model Aviation f llagoerg won 1st place Sf 01 St Louis Warbirds Unlimited Pylon Races Jemco P-51 Its powered K&B 64cc pnnin 14e fastest time round Ken Oden used scratch-built Kawasaki KI-61 Tony place 2nd Warbirds Unlimited Pylon Races model features Robart retracts uses Webra 61 power Pete Reed fits wing struts Quadra-pow ered Starduster Too Bud Gay photo vator probably accelerated descent Actu ally bit flare initially just would full speed pull-up turn elevator used maintain altitude Under conditions up-elevator adds cen trifugal force models weight gravity due curving flight path happened near touchdown two forces combined slow-moving wing could lift model continued its descent run way esen though f nose has up amount elevator travel inconsequential Lack flying speed caused accident slow-speed stall elevator travel wouldnt have saved model An airplane high wing-loading needs flown down tothe surfacc gliding like lighttrainer requires throttle near mid-position can closed just before after touchdown situation can consider ably improved keeping last pound off airplane during construction full throttle 450 bank up-elevator applied avoid altitude loss 12 lb model weight plus G forces increases load wing about 24 lb happens models top speed havejust read description reason classic high-speed stall wings angle attack increased applica tion up-elevator generate enough lift support airplanes weight multiplied cen trifugal force turn high angle attack wing will stall High G-forces combination high angle attack precipitate highspeed stall Spitfire would stall spin Out steep turn 250 mph Performing steep turn low altitude heavy model invita tion disaster Information-seekers greatest share correspondence column readers form requests nformation about proto type aircraft secondary quantity appeals construel ion ideas Its first group information-seekers tells us large number Scale projects modes rare aircraft being undertaken b diligent dedicated modelers Little know research efforts will often lead icem become solitary experts particular plane order design build model may have gathered information about construc tion historical background airplane available since craft built couple examples Bob Lopshire Dave Reid Over period two years Bob has gathering data Focke-WuIf Stosser Fw56 prc-WWII German sweptwing parasol fightet-trainer using Continued page 126 BYRON ORIGINALSJ 5, 114455 544 5545 Items included kit Hinges z- fuel tank Detailed canopy Cockpit floor Nose cone Armament Special tools Wheels fairing Landing gear Control horns fasteners Balsa & plywood die-cut pali Ichoice 4 availablel Hand layed fiberglass fuselage ssary linkage Control surface injection molded polystyrenel Premolded wings pivots & torque rods molded Shock-absorbing nose wheel assembly Pre-cut trailing edge stock Detailed & fully illustrated assembly book Three-view detailed painting instructions Fuselage consists hand-layed fiberglass lpolyesterl following items factory installed Fan bulkhead/wing mounting spar Sealed radio compartment Nyrods Gontrol rods Aluminum vertical fin spars Thrust tube Aileron bell-crank mounts Locating marks armament Reg Factory Price-$14508 Special Sale Price $7254 Iplus saoo shipping Authentic Scale MiG-1 5 Authentic Scale Features Includes split ruoner Wings easily removed far transporting wing fences gear doors antmnna cannons accurate canopy frame outline clsned hinge lines 4-molded speed brakes & gunsight samera Powered Proven BLjiJQt Ducted Fan & 60 Er Byro-Jets eselusive quick start capabilities makes engine starting fast easy safe No complicated belt starc procedures no hatches remove reassemble Simply attach starter estensios Sullivan starter. insert assembly through tail pipe until contact made rotor.and hit starter addition increasing power output unique Custom Byro-Jet Pipv System provides necessary noise suppression means completely conceal tuned pipe within fuselage Available both side rear eshaust 60 engines detailed information send $200 postage handling Byron Originals PO Box 279 Ida Grove Iowa 51445 Ph 712-364-3165 March 1983 41 ua taay ouiius pretty airplanes too MIS toroen Ace assemoiea trom v Kit coverea witn MonoKote powered K&B 40 Photo Bud Gay - Fascinating Experience Authentic Jet Flight SPECIAL update loug Spreng\ Battery Manage ment System puhlishtd RCVI has ss jthstood test ol timi orks off 12 volt batters gets oh done less hour eases Yoti can usc SR900 packs hut will take longe built kits fes months ago have used good results Sinee people ask time timh tor good fteld charger now feel can sas ou Il like Its simple operate temperature-compensated reasonably priced charges common four-cell eight-cell combination unIv charges 5011 mA about 85 full charge flight pack 5fl full charge transmitter reverts both safe 35 mA constant charge rate George tIAIier 70 kroehlich Foroi Rd Hiiksx die \ lht0l AMA Building/Mankowski Continued page 34 tanooga RC Club Mt Rainer RC Society Alexander & Alexander Drew Allen Milwau kee Flying Electrons Radio Control League North Carolina Larry Regier Billy Johnston Gold Members donated $50 Building Fund Bill Hinnant John Kirk III Douglas KnothThomas Lacey Philip Judith Coopy Donald Conneil Jesse R Mitchell Boeing Marine Systems Frieda Homer Smith Collins RC Club LARKS Aero Bats Show Team Lee Minim Roy E Hoover Harry C Seth Judson Cushing Bob Burnett Leo Gabriels Nick Nicholson Nick Johnen Charles Alicks Ukiah Prop Busters Leonard Kendy Irvin Aker Tn Valley Radio Control Club William R Bigge Ukiah Prop Busters Leonard Kendy Irvin Aker Tn Valley RC Club William R Bigge Howard L Chapman Herbert Consolvo Allan L Crane DR Cummings AlexanderJ Drum mond Israel Dubin Robert R Erickson Nor man Evans Morton R Ferrell FL Friedli Kenneth L Glemby Elonzo C Gollaher RS Graham Alfred W Griesbach John R Hooker Also included list Gold Members Arthur J Johnson Edgar M Joiley John L Koenreich Dan McDonald Johnny L Mathis Ronald W Merrill John E Miller Robert Miller Joseph M Nunes Lawrence p ott Robert L Payne Russell J Petersen Paul Plecan Kee C Pohar Jay M Replogle Richard Roe Richard C Speidel KF Spiller Edmund W Stone James R Tyndall RA Varcoe Robert W Waterman Robert WinchBig Bangers/Beckman Continued page 39 eases painted red cylinders black After reassembly die-east alumi num manifold aluminum tube exhaust pipe added ready go engine started briefly test run before being shipped final produet reaches customer finest Big Bangers available today some details may differ people converting engines use go through essentially same process exception worth noting Hobby Lobbys Evra 190 19 cu engine has spe eially designed crankcase similar smaller model engines rest parts engine used weed whip crankcase design owned Hobby Lobby engines made manufacturer original engine put ting somewhat same category Quadra Whatever source fine Big Bangers available today what make possible us enjoy Giant Scale modeling convert own engines wouldnt see fly-ins like IMAA Fun Fly Festival hundreds Giant Scale aircraft participating RC Scale/Wischers Continued page 41 available information sources including factory After weeding out misinforma tion producing set correct drawings RCM&E magazine Bob now finds himself leading authority plane Similarly Dave Reid researched Kinney Sportster after finding rare originals 100 miles home has pro duced set drawings quarter-Scale model DGA Designs 135 E Main St Phelps NY 14532 Dave asks stamped envelope gathered information home-drawn three-views photo enlargements nega tives rare birds may greater value modeler suspects Museums very grateful receive such dataand place dollar value upon can used tax break GRISH LARGE eli William R Wronski William D Zobel Vince Mankowski Assistant Executive Director Plasticote Prope new wood blades have phenolic coating extra stiffness makes propeller stiffer stronger . yet thinner best efficiency Propeller 24x92O 22x617 Other sizes will soon available HARDER LIGHTER STIFFER 3/8 Bore bushing 5/16 bores Usable Big engines up 42 cubic AT YOUR DEALER GRISH ST JOHN IND 46373 126 Model Aviation Nor AVIONIUS ACCU ETACH 1 LITALQUICK TACHOME get contiflUjDeterrThn8of CHARGE ate RPM thr accuruharg ~pend ibatteries with-safe es 0sstbIe out Select ual scaleadcadMal peal battery ,nabi1itYoOX aclfast cha volt Jiiw bullt withrge bY d preCt tery combosage drop signals full harge sior eleCtronicS Send check money order no CODs NorCal AVIONICS Inc PO Box 70956 Sunnyvale CA 94086 California residents add 6% tax Add $300 shipping oufaide continental USA Dealer inquiries invited APPLIED DESIGN CORPORATION 738 Penn St El Segundo CA 90245 MINI SANDER ADJIISTABIE TENSION HAND BELT SANDER FIRMLY HOIDS PAPER FOR EASIER SANDING Padded flats carves Handy Held Eanyta Use $210 author legitimate return modelers effort money time spent accumulating data plane already wellcovered museums archives material received donation museum writes letter submitter stating donated items worth number dollars has already done serious modelers both printed material models donated course donation would have mate rial containing detailed research work good photos drawings airplane too familiar museum must need Information sourceOshkosh Nowhere earth information-seekers paradise compare Oshkosh during Experimental Aircraft Association annual convention unfortunately always seems coincide Nats dates 1982 gathering brought together number aircraft jewels would delight Scale modeler Jim Younkins Mr Mulligan reproduction made its first appearance instantly center attention swarms photographers surrounding plane absolutely accurate full-size copy Benny Howards DGA-6 original respect its mighty 650 hp Pratt & Whitney engine odd non-steerable tailwheel Most remarkable modelers sources information Jim used design build plane including Paul Matts Historical Aviation Album drawings Cleveland Model Supply As Jim done earlier Travel Air Mystery Ship photos used verify shape locations details much would model Parked alongside Mulligan Bill Turners Gee Bee Z built Ed Marquart Flabob Airport near Riverside CA Eds Charger - TEE ALUMINUM EXTRUSION MZ DING BLOCK Icr ann RUFF-STUFF Self-adhesIve sand paper Large Tree Surface Went Wur Out 11 Inch -5225 Handy ft Une 22 inch 5335 $ STUFF SELF ADHESIVE SHEET SANDPAPER MAKE YOUR OWN SPECIAL SANDING SHAPES Ne mensy glee ar drying time Medium Finn r Fine $ 75 MINI1jsAw $610 COMPACT 10 inch HACK SAW SAWS ANYTHING ANYWHERE Sum han rugged dIc-caut trame comlertable chip-pruot pleutic inK Snert handle Receding nine ad lautable 6 hlade gives Bend merk acceuu Cuts wand plastic metal HARDENED MUSIC WIRE Xtr blades-3/S1 75 biplane hasnt modeled quantity will soon become popular Starduster Skybolt models Charger 1982 Oshkosh Grand Champion homebuilt Next line classic antique reproduc tionwas WW German fighter Siemans Schuckert D IV Carl Swanson Carl also builder ofthe Sopwith Triplane Nieuport 17 Canadian National Collection Ottawa somehow found original Siemens Halske rotary engine like rotarys no throttle Carl taxied Schuckert cutting off ignition its cylinders plane has sold Swiss museum wanted because its rare engine Outnumbered classic antique aircraft homebuilts nucleus show planes Oshkosh Almost 500 homebuilts would adapt themselves easily modeling sub jects top five common Oshkosh Rutan VariEze Thorp T-l8 Christen Eagle Monnett Sonerai II Wittman Tailwind Eagle has enjoyed popularity model Close behind top five Pitts Skybolt two commonly-modeled homebuilts Thirty-eight examples two present along 63 VariEzes waiting modelers cameras record varied color schemes Modelers looking different Mustang AT-6 would have found total about 70 two types Also present Boeing B-29 Consolidated B-24 Liberator three Boeing B- l7s two B-25 M itchells three P-38 Lightnings four Hawker Sea Furys usual contingent Bearcats Helleats WildcatsCorsairs Avengerall privately owned various paint schemes rare Russian Yakolev Yak C-Il equivalent AT-6 performed airshowsand proved itself quite capableofflying Mustangs An AMA membership card few dollars will get flight line pass make close up photos needed complete model pass also permits front row seat afternoon airshows certain days almost military big iron flown However interior photos permission individual owners forbidden touching plane Owners usually flattered modeler conNOTICENOTICE Hot Stuff Video-Tips Youve no doubt seen ads onehour VHS cassettes loaned Satellite City clubs others requiring $30 refundable deposit Has club seen Heres what club spokesman say about Video-Tips rri fic demonstration decrease building time well worth watching again Some procedures totally new members arent anymorel last report good number have begun use methods shown Thanks also allowing us make copy li brary already being borrowed members Tapes such invaluable BC world.. club hasnt yet opportuni ty seeing Hot Stuff Video-Tips suggest dont put off longer order send name address phone number check $30 Satellite City PO Box 838 Simi CA 93062 Weve just heard Satellite City pr-ocess making new Hot Stuff Video-Tips II No release date mentioned though 128 Model Aviation ORDER YOURS NOWrepaid MINI-STRIPSPRECISION DIE-CUT Medium Garnet SAVES TIME $REPLACEMENTFine Garnet AND EFFORT135 SANDING BELTSAmId Water Print Add 20% postege Send 25C catalog sidershis craft worthy subject over 12000 airplanes Wittman airport problem carrying enough film find ourselves becoming very selective photo choices long sclephoto200 300mmis preferred lens airshows Vintage rare aircraft included mint-condition 1935 Kinner Sportwing Auster AOP IV deHavilland Rapide Harold Neumanns Monocoupe Little Mulligan Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 two Stinson Trimotors high- low-wing assortments Stinson Reliants Staggerwing Beechcrafts Ryan ST SC PT-17s -19s -22s conceivable form early Piper Cessna Aeronca weeks end grass around Dick Borre mans award-winning Osprey II worn away roots amphibian demands modeled design handiwork Burt Rutan represented II different aircraft including VariEze Gemini side-by-side two-place VW powered twin Grizzly STOL Solitaire powered soarer NASA AD-I pivot-wing research plane Quickie Q2 Van Viggen Defiant twin Long EZ flown often homebuilts seen Oshkosh Sequoia Frati Falco looks like enlarged model its tapered wing trike retracts Falco would need small modification become Pattern model visit Oshkosh will provide lifetime ideas modeling subjects Bob Do//v Wiseher S-22/ Laphani Peak Rd Delafield WI 53018 RC Aerobatics/Van Putte Continued page 43 such cases flier required find out flight order posted determine names flicrs immediately ahead him note go up flight line flier goes flight line should have caller him assist carrying airplane transmitter associated equipment hold airplane flier starts time comes carry airplane head takeoff run call maneuver sequence pilot will forget everything includ ing own name heat competition give pilot verbal assistance maneuver placement airplane heading wind direction retrieve airplane end flight Most fliers ask friend caller novice may know anyone contest case flier has super-looking airplane should asked because will probably know whats going its good way meet other fliers Its bad idea ask someone great flier assist acalierbecause since judges fallible subject influence tend assume anyone associating great flier must too deserves high scores Thats known basking someone elses halo effect lot pilots use Seriously some best advice can ob tained great pilots smart novice Pattern fliers make good use asking callers pilot should hand fresh score sheets judges soon previous flights score sheets picked up airplane should placed runway near thejudges engine exhaust direction pointing anywhere judges Smart pilots check proper radio operation after putting airplane run way hut heflsre attaching gli icplug battery way radio problem discovered pilot has option asking put end flight order glow-plug battery NORTHERN CALIFORNIAS LARGESTU 17 DISCOUNT HOBBY SHOPI well FUELyou New high film strength lubricantU increased power engine lifeI Highest quality ingredients Deteraent action cut varnish U 1J II II II II II II II II II II II IHOURS Monday thru weonesgay 930-630 Thursday & Friday 930-800 U m mm m m Saturday 930-600Sunday 1200-500 connected first discovery radio problem means loss round flying Once engine started caller should carry airplane head runway pilot should blow Out engine advancing throttle high few seconds pilot should position himself will interfere judges view flight close enough judges can hear him call maneuvers usually try stand upwind judges wind will carry voice back ask caller tell next maneuver soon finish way plenty ol time tell judges what next maneuver get airplane ready usually tell thejudges next maneuver isa Triple Wiffer dill perform turn-around normally Split-S maneuver followed saying heading Triple Wifferdill Finally say Maneuver starting now Maneuver complete pilot caller should comment quality maneu ver Thejudges will take care score sheets After flight complete judges should thanked--after work can p/ai Thats enough get novice Pattern flier started first Contest feeling foolish After confidence what youre doing correct big help new situation like first Pattern contest Next month will cover Reverse Outside loop promised month Ron Van Pitt/i / / / Sleepy Oaks Rd F Wa/iou Beach Fl 32548 writing advertisers mention yau read about Model Aviation March 1983 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Radio Control SCALE Bob & Dolly Wischer FAI RULES PROPOSALS agenda years 1982 FAI plenary session Paris con tains no surprises except absence nation proposal increase model weight above present 6kg 132 lb fuel has considerable agitation US increaseand yet no has made official proposal must assume absence action everyone satisfied 132 lb limit Yet magazine columnist recentlyDecember 1982deplored limit being II lb have now flown two World Championships 13 lb Its true couple 1982 Reno entries slightly overweight needed have some superfluous internal parts removed reach limit weight restric tion seems have imposed no real hardship expected clamor larger engine displace ments didnt materialize rule proposal agenda either Switzerland asking fourstroke engine displacement Scale models brought line current allowable size Pattern airplanes permits 20cc 122 Cu Swiss proposal goes further asking 40cc total limit four-stroke multiengined models change 20cc fourstroke single-engine models could have enacted 1981 except agenda item specified 15cc Scale Scale sub committee obligated vote ts actually agenda Committee members aren t privileged change proposals meet10g voting carried out item written 1982 agenda contains no Scale proposals US proposal containing sweeping change concerns combining Precision Sport Scale single event reason change lack interest worldwide Preci sion Scale competition Reno World Championship two classes models looked alike needed read place cards exhibition tables determine class entered Static judging under new proposed rules would done 3 meters 10 ft distance details judged separately meter 39 Measurements scale ruler would eliminated Twin problems first twin Douglas A-20G Havoc has convinced us need fora practice model preferably having flight char acteristics similar Douglas have kept least non-scale single-engine model readiness training sessions Isis flown about 10 hours hour Scale planes prefer shouldnt too forgiving flier really helps flying model needs flown watched constantly stay out trouble trainer has too light wing loading teaches nothing about handling Scale planes have overabun dance weighty detail trainers greatest valuc practicing takeoff landing endless touch-and-go routines sharpen reflexes first inclination regard twinengined Douglas just another airplane though time effort spent construction quite high However after having reassemble several times following accidents have arrived conclusion twin traincr desirable preference model having essentially similar wing loading flight habits need twin trainer became apparent friend similar model almost identical problems landing approaches Scale twins tend toward weightiness probably single-engine types joy fly though heavy landings slow flight can pain tend glide like prover bial streamlined brick After glide angle has established model nears touch down usual slight touch up-elevator doesnt have usual result rounding out flared landing Instead model clobbers itself runway amid loud crashing noises wiping out fancy homemade retracting nose gear possibly creating large rents structure What caused Too slow approach throttle near idle up-elevator produce expected flare before landing merely stalled wing rate descent wasnt slowed bir anything application ele Warbirds Pylon entries L couple Fliteglas P-51s Roger Abbott Ralph White puweru unm witn webra SP i ana Supertigre X 60 respectively Ralph finished 3rd R MonoKoted Jemco PT-i 9 HP 40 engine flown 5th place John Delafosse 40 Model Aviation f llagoerg won 1st place Sf 01 St Louis Warbirds Unlimited Pylon Races Jemco P-51 Its powered K&B 64cc pnnin 14e fastest time round Ken Oden used scratch-built Kawasaki KI-61 Tony place 2nd Warbirds Unlimited Pylon Races model features Robart retracts uses Webra 61 power Pete Reed fits wing struts Quadra-pow ered Starduster Too Bud Gay photo vator probably accelerated descent Actu ally bit flare initially just would full speed pull-up turn elevator used maintain altitude Under conditions up-elevator adds cen trifugal force models weight gravity due curving flight path happened near touchdown two forces combined slow-moving wing could lift model continued its descent run way esen though f nose has up amount elevator travel inconsequential Lack flying speed caused accident slow-speed stall elevator travel wouldnt have saved model An airplane high wing-loading needs flown down tothe surfacc gliding like lighttrainer requires throttle near mid-position can closed just before after touchdown situation can consider ably improved keeping last pound off airplane during construction full throttle 450 bank up-elevator applied avoid altitude loss 12 lb model weight plus G forces increases load wing about 24 lb happens models top speed havejust read description reason classic high-speed stall wings angle attack increased applica tion up-elevator generate enough lift support airplanes weight multiplied cen trifugal force turn high angle attack wing will stall High G-forces combination high angle attack precipitate highspeed stall Spitfire would stall spin Out steep turn 250 mph Performing steep turn low altitude heavy model invita tion disaster Information-seekers greatest share correspondence column readers form requests nformation about proto type aircraft secondary quantity appeals construel ion ideas Its first group information-seekers tells us large number Scale projects modes rare aircraft being undertaken b diligent dedicated modelers Little know research efforts will often lead icem become solitary experts particular plane order design build model may have gathered information about construc tion historical background airplane available since craft built couple examples Bob Lopshire Dave Reid Over period two years Bob has gathering data Focke-WuIf Stosser Fw56 prc-WWII German sweptwing parasol fightet-trainer using Continued page 126 BYRON ORIGINALSJ 5, 114455 544 5545 Items included kit Hinges z- fuel tank Detailed canopy Cockpit floor Nose cone Armament Special tools Wheels fairing Landing gear Control horns fasteners Balsa & plywood die-cut pali Ichoice 4 availablel Hand layed fiberglass fuselage ssary linkage Control surface injection molded polystyrenel Premolded wings pivots & torque rods molded Shock-absorbing nose wheel assembly Pre-cut trailing edge stock Detailed & fully illustrated assembly book Three-view detailed painting instructions Fuselage consists hand-layed fiberglass lpolyesterl following items factory installed Fan bulkhead/wing mounting spar Sealed radio compartment Nyrods Gontrol rods Aluminum vertical fin spars Thrust tube Aileron bell-crank mounts Locating marks armament Reg Factory Price-$14508 Special Sale Price $7254 Iplus saoo shipping Authentic Scale MiG-1 5 Authentic Scale Features Includes split ruoner Wings easily removed far transporting wing fences gear doors antmnna cannons accurate canopy frame outline clsned hinge lines 4-molded speed brakes & gunsight samera Powered Proven BLjiJQt Ducted Fan & 60 Er Byro-Jets eselusive quick start capabilities makes engine starting fast easy safe No complicated belt starc procedures no hatches remove reassemble Simply attach starter estensios Sullivan starter. insert assembly through tail pipe until contact made rotor.and hit starter addition increasing power output unique Custom Byro-Jet Pipv System provides necessary noise suppression means completely conceal tuned pipe within fuselage Available both side rear eshaust 60 engines detailed information send $200 postage handling Byron Originals PO Box 279 Ida Grove Iowa 51445 Ph 712-364-3165 March 1983 41 ua taay ouiius pretty airplanes too MIS toroen Ace assemoiea trom v Kit coverea witn MonoKote powered K&B 40 Photo Bud Gay - Fascinating Experience Authentic Jet Flight SPECIAL update loug Spreng\ Battery Manage ment System puhlishtd RCVI has ss jthstood test ol timi orks off 12 volt batters gets oh done less hour eases Yoti can usc SR900 packs hut will take longe built kits fes months ago have used good results Sinee people ask time timh tor good fteld charger now feel can sas ou Il like Its simple operate temperature-compensated reasonably priced charges common four-cell eight-cell combination unIv charges 5011 mA about 85 full charge flight pack 5fl full charge transmitter reverts both safe 35 mA constant charge rate George tIAIier 70 kroehlich Foroi Rd Hiiksx die \ lht0l AMA Building/Mankowski Continued page 34 tanooga RC Club Mt Rainer RC Society Alexander & Alexander Drew Allen Milwau kee Flying Electrons Radio Control League North Carolina Larry Regier Billy Johnston Gold Members donated $50 Building Fund Bill Hinnant John Kirk III Douglas KnothThomas Lacey Philip Judith Coopy Donald Conneil Jesse R Mitchell Boeing Marine Systems Frieda Homer Smith Collins RC Club LARKS Aero Bats Show Team Lee Minim Roy E Hoover Harry C Seth Judson Cushing Bob Burnett Leo Gabriels Nick Nicholson Nick Johnen Charles Alicks Ukiah Prop Busters Leonard Kendy Irvin Aker Tn Valley Radio Control Club William R Bigge Ukiah Prop Busters Leonard Kendy Irvin Aker Tn Valley RC Club William R Bigge Howard L Chapman Herbert Consolvo Allan L Crane DR Cummings AlexanderJ Drum mond Israel Dubin Robert R Erickson Nor man Evans Morton R Ferrell FL Friedli Kenneth L Glemby Elonzo C Gollaher RS Graham Alfred W Griesbach John R Hooker Also included list Gold Members Arthur J Johnson Edgar M Joiley John L Koenreich Dan McDonald Johnny L Mathis Ronald W Merrill John E Miller Robert Miller Joseph M Nunes Lawrence p ott Robert L Payne Russell J Petersen Paul Plecan Kee C Pohar Jay M Replogle Richard Roe Richard C Speidel KF Spiller Edmund W Stone James R Tyndall RA Varcoe Robert W Waterman Robert WinchBig Bangers/Beckman Continued page 39 eases painted red cylinders black After reassembly die-east alumi num manifold aluminum tube exhaust pipe added ready go engine started briefly test run before being shipped final produet reaches customer finest Big Bangers available today some details may differ people converting engines use go through essentially same process exception worth noting Hobby Lobbys Evra 190 19 cu engine has spe eially designed crankcase similar smaller model engines rest parts engine used weed whip crankcase design owned Hobby Lobby engines made manufacturer original engine put ting somewhat same category Quadra Whatever source fine Big Bangers available today what make possible us enjoy Giant Scale modeling convert own engines wouldnt see fly-ins like IMAA Fun Fly Festival hundreds Giant Scale aircraft participating RC Scale/Wischers Continued page 41 available information sources including factory After weeding out misinforma tion producing set correct drawings RCM&E magazine Bob now finds himself leading authority plane Similarly Dave Reid researched Kinney Sportster after finding rare originals 100 miles home has pro duced set drawings quarter-Scale model DGA Designs 135 E Main St Phelps NY 14532 Dave asks stamped envelope gathered information home-drawn three-views photo enlargements nega tives rare birds may greater value modeler suspects Museums very grateful receive such dataand place dollar value upon can used tax break GRISH LARGE eli William R Wronski William D Zobel Vince Mankowski Assistant Executive Director Plasticote Prope new wood blades have phenolic coating extra stiffness makes propeller stiffer stronger . yet thinner best efficiency Propeller 24x92O 22x617 Other sizes will soon available HARDER LIGHTER STIFFER 3/8 Bore bushing 5/16 bores Usable Big engines up 42 cubic AT YOUR DEALER GRISH ST JOHN IND 46373 126 Model Aviation Nor AVIONIUS ACCU ETACH 1 LITALQUICK TACHOME get contiflUjDeterrThn8of CHARGE ate RPM thr accuruharg ~pend ibatteries with-safe es 0sstbIe out Select ual scaleadcadMal peal battery ,nabi1itYoOX aclfast cha volt Jiiw bullt withrge bY d preCt tery combosage drop signals full harge sior eleCtronicS Send check money order no CODs NorCal AVIONICS Inc PO Box 70956 Sunnyvale CA 94086 California residents add 6% tax Add $300 shipping oufaide continental USA Dealer inquiries invited APPLIED DESIGN CORPORATION 738 Penn St El Segundo CA 90245 MINI SANDER ADJIISTABIE TENSION HAND BELT SANDER FIRMLY HOIDS PAPER FOR EASIER SANDING Padded flats carves Handy Held Eanyta Use $210 author legitimate return modelers effort money time spent accumulating data plane already wellcovered museums archives material received donation museum writes letter submitter stating donated items worth number dollars has already done serious modelers both printed material models donated course donation would have mate rial containing detailed research work good photos drawings airplane too familiar museum must need Information sourceOshkosh Nowhere earth information-seekers paradise compare Oshkosh during Experimental Aircraft Association annual convention unfortunately always seems coincide Nats dates 1982 gathering brought together number aircraft jewels would delight Scale modeler Jim Younkins Mr Mulligan reproduction made its first appearance instantly center attention swarms photographers surrounding plane absolutely accurate full-size copy Benny Howards DGA-6 original respect its mighty 650 hp Pratt & Whitney engine odd non-steerable tailwheel Most remarkable modelers sources information Jim used design build plane including Paul Matts Historical Aviation Album drawings Cleveland Model Supply As Jim done earlier Travel Air Mystery Ship photos used verify shape locations details much would model Parked alongside Mulligan Bill Turners Gee Bee Z built Ed Marquart Flabob Airport near Riverside CA Eds Charger - TEE ALUMINUM EXTRUSION MZ DING BLOCK Icr ann RUFF-STUFF Self-adhesIve sand paper Large Tree Surface Went Wur Out 11 Inch -5225 Handy ft Une 22 inch 5335 $ STUFF SELF ADHESIVE SHEET SANDPAPER MAKE YOUR OWN SPECIAL SANDING SHAPES Ne mensy glee ar drying time Medium Finn r Fine $ 75 MINI1jsAw $610 COMPACT 10 inch HACK SAW SAWS ANYTHING ANYWHERE Sum han rugged dIc-caut trame comlertable chip-pruot pleutic inK Snert handle Receding nine ad lautable 6 hlade gives Bend merk acceuu Cuts wand plastic metal HARDENED MUSIC WIRE Xtr blades-3/S1 75 biplane hasnt modeled quantity will soon become popular Starduster Skybolt models Charger 1982 Oshkosh Grand Champion homebuilt Next line classic antique reproduc tionwas WW German fighter Siemans Schuckert D IV Carl Swanson Carl also builder ofthe Sopwith Triplane Nieuport 17 Canadian National Collection Ottawa somehow found original Siemens Halske rotary engine like rotarys no throttle Carl taxied Schuckert cutting off ignition its cylinders plane has sold Swiss museum wanted because its rare engine Outnumbered classic antique aircraft homebuilts nucleus show planes Oshkosh Almost 500 homebuilts would adapt themselves easily modeling sub jects top five common Oshkosh Rutan VariEze Thorp T-l8 Christen Eagle Monnett Sonerai II Wittman Tailwind Eagle has enjoyed popularity model Close behind top five Pitts Skybolt two commonly-modeled homebuilts Thirty-eight examples two present along 63 VariEzes waiting modelers cameras record varied color schemes Modelers looking different Mustang AT-6 would have found total about 70 two types Also present Boeing B-29 Consolidated B-24 Liberator three Boeing B- l7s two B-25 M itchells three P-38 Lightnings four Hawker Sea Furys usual contingent Bearcats Helleats WildcatsCorsairs Avengerall privately owned various paint schemes rare Russian Yakolev Yak C-Il equivalent AT-6 performed airshowsand proved itself quite capableofflying Mustangs An AMA membership card few dollars will get flight line pass make close up photos needed complete model pass also permits front row seat afternoon airshows certain days almost military big iron flown However interior photos permission individual owners forbidden touching plane Owners usually flattered modeler conNOTICENOTICE Hot Stuff Video-Tips Youve no doubt seen ads onehour VHS cassettes loaned Satellite City clubs others requiring $30 refundable deposit Has club seen Heres what club spokesman say about Video-Tips rri fic demonstration decrease building time well worth watching again Some procedures totally new members arent anymorel last report good number have begun use methods shown Thanks also allowing us make copy li brary already being borrowed members Tapes such invaluable BC world.. club hasnt yet opportuni ty seeing Hot Stuff Video-Tips suggest dont put off longer order send name address phone number check $30 Satellite City PO Box 838 Simi CA 93062 Weve just heard Satellite City pr-ocess making new Hot Stuff Video-Tips II No release date mentioned though 128 Model Aviation ORDER YOURS NOWrepaid MINI-STRIPSPRECISION DIE-CUT Medium Garnet SAVES TIME $REPLACEMENTFine Garnet AND EFFORT135 SANDING BELTSAmId Water Print Add 20% postege Send 25C catalog sidershis craft worthy subject over 12000 airplanes Wittman airport problem carrying enough film find ourselves becoming very selective photo choices long sclephoto200 300mmis preferred lens airshows Vintage rare aircraft included mint-condition 1935 Kinner Sportwing Auster AOP IV deHavilland Rapide Harold Neumanns Monocoupe Little Mulligan Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 two Stinson Trimotors high- low-wing assortments Stinson Reliants Staggerwing Beechcrafts Ryan ST SC PT-17s -19s -22s conceivable form early Piper Cessna Aeronca weeks end grass around Dick Borre mans award-winning Osprey II worn away roots amphibian demands modeled design handiwork Burt Rutan represented II different aircraft including VariEze Gemini side-by-side two-place VW powered twin Grizzly STOL Solitaire powered soarer NASA AD-I pivot-wing research plane Quickie Q2 Van Viggen Defiant twin Long EZ flown often homebuilts seen Oshkosh Sequoia Frati Falco looks like enlarged model its tapered wing trike retracts Falco would need small modification become Pattern model visit Oshkosh will provide lifetime ideas modeling subjects Bob Do//v Wiseher S-22/ Laphani Peak Rd Delafield WI 53018 RC Aerobatics/Van Putte Continued page 43 such cases flier required find out flight order posted determine names flicrs immediately ahead him note go up flight line flier goes flight line should have caller him assist carrying airplane transmitter associated equipment hold airplane flier starts time comes carry airplane head takeoff run call maneuver sequence pilot will forget everything includ ing own name heat competition give pilot verbal assistance maneuver placement airplane heading wind direction retrieve airplane end flight Most fliers ask friend caller novice may know anyone contest case flier has super-looking airplane should asked because will probably know whats going its good way meet other fliers Its bad idea ask someone great flier assist acalierbecause since judges fallible subject influence tend assume anyone associating great flier must too deserves high scores Thats known basking someone elses halo effect lot pilots use Seriously some best advice can ob tained great pilots smart novice Pattern fliers make good use asking callers pilot should hand fresh score sheets judges soon previous flights score sheets picked up airplane should placed runway near thejudges engine exhaust direction pointing anywhere judges Smart pilots check proper radio operation after putting airplane run way hut heflsre attaching gli icplug battery way radio problem discovered pilot has option asking put end flight order glow-plug battery NORTHERN CALIFORNIAS LARGESTU 17 DISCOUNT HOBBY SHOPI well FUELyou New high film strength lubricantU increased power engine lifeI Highest quality ingredients Deteraent action cut varnish U 1J II II II II II II II II II II II IHOURS Monday thru weonesgay 930-630 Thursday & Friday 930-800 U m mm m m Saturday 930-600Sunday 1200-500 connected first discovery radio problem means loss round flying Once engine started caller should carry airplane head runway pilot should blow Out engine advancing throttle high few seconds pilot should position himself will interfere judges view flight close enough judges can hear him call maneuvers usually try stand upwind judges wind will carry voice back ask caller tell next maneuver soon finish way plenty ol time tell judges what next maneuver get airplane ready usually tell thejudges next maneuver isa Triple Wiffer dill perform turn-around normally Split-S maneuver followed saying heading Triple Wifferdill Finally say Maneuver starting now Maneuver complete pilot caller should comment quality maneu ver Thejudges will take care score sheets After flight complete judges should thanked--after work can p/ai Thats enough get novice Pattern flier started first Contest feeling foolish After confidence what youre doing correct big help new situation like first Pattern contest Next month will cover Reverse Outside loop promised month Ron Van Pitt/i / / / Sleepy Oaks Rd F Wa/iou Beach Fl 32548 writing advertisers mention yau read about Model Aviation March 1983 129 Professionals Choice AT Quality hobby Products Fiber-Glass Tapes Fiber-Glass Cloths Polyester Resin Air-O-Fill Micro-Balloons Primers Thinner Engine Oil Engine Cleaner Protective Gloves Dust Masks Sponge & Applicator Kits Ask products local hobby shop send self-addressed stamped envelopeforfree catalogue discount KIN-CRAfT MFG INC R#2 Box 481E Ashland Kentucky 41101 606 928A763