Radio Control Sport Aerobatics RonVan Putte ONE OF THE things radio control fliers known assistance provide newcomers endless stories told beginners about experi enced fliers took time help build trim teach fly first airplane credit hobby provide help needed new fliers people will experienced modelers tomor row will help other novices first airplanes such fine record welcoming helping new fliers puzzling see way clubs react two groups people spectators fellow modelers visit flying site spectator curious about radio control flying probably wants watch some flying talk some fliers about hobby can make decision about whether take up RC flying hobby However typical treatment give spectators ignore worst lock out flying site Take look clubs attitude toward spectators spectator field thinking about joining club would feel about club hobby about way treat fellow mod elers come field visit seems two distinct ways treated very little between first club welcomes visitor open arms inviting him get out airplane has him have fers him airplane fly doesnt have Club members come over find out hes what flies other things talk about among themselves second club treats RC visitor coolness open hostility visitor may told field open club members may fly airplane after paying $25 initi ation fee Boy would like run bunch next trip Have exaggerated two stories above No two situations happened fellow club member during trip same day two club flying sites within ten miles other actually hap pened opposite order way pre sented probably would never have gotten past first group hardnoses friend pressed found friendly group expected find first place about club Can pin friendly label can power hope visit sometime cant maybe should examine motives acting like way plan visit Northwest Florida panhandle drop note Ill send map get flying field have some guys can talk ear off elephant club members commented Model viation improving issue wished magazine other magazines would publish annual index construction articles major features appeared regular col umns thought great idea ever publish such index would take extra effort part Model via dons Washington staff So youd like see such index published drop editor Bill Winter line tell him about 20 Model Aviation Demonstrating ~big airplanes dont have scale complicated Bob Heilman showed fine original Toledo Powered Quadra clean-lined straight-winged cabin model used 3M Contactrol Coverite covering Only curve airfoil Note lifting stab han pattern planes RC Tarno 4 may littleonly 4 ftbut rolls loops kicks up its heels four Cox enginesTarno 1/2A carburetorsit weighs less 4 lbs unusual craft WRAMS Show Fred Strauss autogyro Powered CAn4 5.- 7fl s Tiger Tail 3 among first pattern jobs sportDont allow rough-field landings tear off tail tail-dragger hidden tuned pipe model kitted Southern R/C ProductsThe text describes Dick Pearsalls shock-absorbing wheel shoe flying field rough some Ive flown Several years ago flew great group guys Prince Georges County Radio Control Club Maryland near Washington DC Its thriving club 100 members great flying field now back 1969 dozen us flew abandoned gravel pit affectionately called pea patch regularly took bottoms off airplanes trying keep landing gear Tail draggers particularly hard bit since tail wheel assembly often removed rudder rest empennage departed airplane Richard Pearsall San Francisco California seems have solved tailwheel problem hell tell about like airplanes tailwheels cause fields fly full ruts tailwheel would often catch hole tear off airplanes empennage especially frustrating happened after flight solve problem now use rubberbanded-on tailwheel shoe system has used two 19-powered planes 40-powered train er great success shoe made 1/16 plywood 3/16 plywood sub-rudder Two short pieces brass tube epoxied trailing edge 3/16 sub-rudder act steering pivot bear ing separate plastic tube pushrod trans mits steering control rudder servo berband pass through hole ioop tailwheel steering arm around dowel glued fuselage 3/16 plywood sub-rudder allows rub- Continued page 87 August1978 21 Appropriately named Wizard Bill BasIers exotic Dirty Birdy took Rest Show Toledo dreamy hand-painted artwork wings done 50 colors Finish acrylic lacquer still interested prosaic details engine OS Max 60 fly Left Trike gear has added Bill Evans famous Simitar Dec 1976 MA Actually improved version 40 power Right Twin Simitars almost sizes now flying uses un throttled Cox 09s Engine-out performance excellent r HOBBYPOXY FORMULA 3 THIXOTROPIC EPOXY GLUE NO SAGS. NO RUNS. NO DRIPS. Formula 3 specially formulated gel-like viscosity allowing applied vertical surfaces thin edges other problem areas other glues just run off makes Formula 3 perfect planking building up reinforcing fillets joints sealing cracks filling holes joining poorly fitted badly die-crushed parts . hundred other things youve always wished kind glue now its made Hobbypoxy leader epoxy glues model building Formula 3 packaged two four-ounce cans has working time hour cures hard overnight mmmxv renews L Division Pettit Paint co Inc 36 Pine Street Rockaway NJ 07866 favorite ways used Silron dope works extremely well requires lit tie effort provides excellent durability Cover forward section fuselage pod -oz fiberglass cloth finishing resin durable 100% fuelproof Cover aft section fu selage tail Silkspan paper dope Finish heavy coat Super Poxy primer followed colored Hobby Poxy desired final step coat clear Hobby Poxy seal everything place wish super finish sanding out clear adding coats will give optimum hope Solution will add flying pleasure know will save money RC Aerobatics/VanPutte continued page 21 Since adopting tailwheel shoe sys tem have lost single empennage due snagged tailwheels tailwheel runs gopher hole rubberband breaks taliwbeel shoe comes free fuse lage plastic clevis pops open plane lands safely ready flown again after assembly new rubberband short time ago received note editor contained following formation have fantastic success Simitar number plan As two months ago Bill Evans sold 3000 wing cores indicates state fusion goes beyond mag azine saw happen once before Model Airplane News sold 8000 Smog Hog plans What makes new information interesting vari ety types Bill derived original design Theres no doubt different looking airplane always draws interest flying field flies well bound lot copies building board shortly afterward Thats what happened Bill Evans Simitar Simitar XV first product review product review product review appeared contruction article De cember 76 issue Model Aviation Na tionwide interest response defi nitely different craft gives indication Simitar design will given credit making flying wing practical reality within grasp RC pilots Bill has designed built no less 30 flying wings Among have both gliders powered airplanes Glid ers Saracen RCM April 1976 72 glider Little Saracen 48 glider Super Saracen 120 glider Power Simitar RCM December 1976 Simitar XV MA December 1976 Simitar XV now has improved upon include motor control steerable tri cycle landing gear epoxy fiberglass fuselage molded-in canopy air takes firewall removable engine cowl Simitar XV K&B 40 have Simitar 540 thats end Bill has now de veloped series Simitar Twins first pictured above powered two Cox Medallion 09s two channel using elevons no engine control After engine quits 31/2-pounder main tains altitude 09 also 049 Twin well 19 Twin now flying 40 Twin soon come What next Well Bill says bot tom line will complete negative stagger twin-engine Simitar Bi Wing Guess well have wait see Next months column will include August1978 87 product review product review product review Seen loledo Four-bladed rigid rotor fully aerobatic helicopter American RC Helicop ters Inc 23811 Via Fabricante Mission Vie jo CA 92675 description perform another pat tern maneuver some new ideas fun fly events Ron Van Putte 12 Connie Drive Shah mar FL 32579 RC Scale Wischers continued page 22 smaller no 18 stranded lengths short possible avoid age drop long leads use heavier wire Wiring glow plugs can hidden inside cowl no need provide holes glow connector phone jack easily concealed Wires external battery used must properly -polarized insertion phone plug does cause momentary short reliable starting cowled-in en gines use pair 4-ampere nickel cadmium batteries either wet cells D cells connected series 6-ampere diode acts voltage regulator reduce 24 volts useable 14 volts arrangement have large supply available current provides brilliant glow either two plugs Fox plugs last sev eral seasons older engines still have original plugs Nickel cadmiums series boon winter flying can used heat engine through plug will start engine badly flooded connections should made through solder lugs leads battery plane no 18 wire should kept short 12 18 ideas intended show approach solution scale modelers special problems can improved upon Other Mini Switch Applications Electric wheel brakes useful taxiing although necessity Precision Scale class competition flying taxi maneuver hangar main wheels stopping within marked circle will add points accomplish manner requiring minimum installation minia ture snap-action switch mounted above elevator servo actuated servo arm full down elevator pair 450-mah A-A size nickel cadmium cells 24 volts will energize two Aero piccola electric brakes con nected parallel braking action two cells will bring 9-pound plane gentle stop Three cells will provide drastic action have found some planes will try nose over Brakes never used high speed tended taxi adding two switches rudder servo actuated full right left rudder differential steering action can obtained aid taxiing high wind normally closed contacts used opened full rudder servo action switch right brake opened left rudder operation down elevator applied energize brakes rudder direction other cuts off energy unwanted brake normal taxiing no brake action until down elevator applied Down elevator used rather up el evator because tail-wheel plane full up elevator used stall land ing brake action landing speed desirable Individual brakes weigh slightly 1 ounce 2 pen cells weigh 1 ounces switch weighs e total about 4 ounces including wiring Wire size preferably no 20 A-A pen cell nickel cadmiums charged often servo flight pack Aeropiccola electric brakes obtainable Hobby Lobby other complete suppliers number years ago circuits product review product review product review Gapless Hinge Slotter New hinge assembly tool makes accurate centered slots four popular sizes balsa sheet 3/32 1/8 3/16 1/4 After placing sheet against guide tool run back forth along edge until blade has reached full depth Price including blade $195 Fourmost Racing Pro ducts 4040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97116 product review product review product review published employed signal unused receiver channels proportional operation brakes switches prefer automatic operation actua tion existing servos Sport Scale competitors noncompeting fliers add brakes satisfaction gain scalelike operation experience add realism taxi operations Some planes brakes impossible stop pavement engine idling grass fields brakes really required First Steps RC Scale receive let ters modelers inspired build first radio controlled plane multi-engine ship retracting landing gear flaps addition other op erating features prefer nobto discour age ambitious person because possible may eventually succeed become active sport hobby advise first attempt RC should simple trainer-type plane person has previous experience free flight control-line possibility loss damage during learning proc ess too great step controlline radio control demanding expected scale model less ex pendable trainer Another common question asked regard sources drawings informa tion about particular prototype modeler has seen photo small kit desires enlarge drawings size suitable RC searching easy quick method procedure advice multiply dimensions suitable factor job mathemat ically electronic calculator available question material strength enlarging kit can best answered copying what others have done larger planes Quite often search memories find draw ing desired plane has already published available through plans services may kit plane first step RC Scale modeling way go using experience designer determine strength requirements building methods Toledo Again Radio Control Scale has made rapid progress number par ticipants credit must given increase Sport Scale activity Approximately half products kits displays Toledo year scale oriented what seemed prejudiced outlook Most new kits large engines scale Large en gines well prop drive units stan dard glow engines slanted toward scale model market Fox Midwest showing two-cylinder engines Quadra engine evidence planes some builders insisting must mounted solidly avoid vibration problems others equally vocal favor 88 Model Aviation SUPER COVER ITE NOW COMES IN NEW COLOR zz ANTIQUE FABRIC simulates look old t rplane cover ngs TEJ L
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/08
Page Numbers: 20, 21, 87, 88
Radio Control Sport Aerobatics RonVan Putte ONE OF THE things radio control fliers known assistance provide newcomers endless stories told beginners about experi enced fliers took time help build trim teach fly first airplane credit hobby provide help needed new fliers people will experienced modelers tomor row will help other novices first airplanes such fine record welcoming helping new fliers puzzling see way clubs react two groups people spectators fellow modelers visit flying site spectator curious about radio control flying probably wants watch some flying talk some fliers about hobby can make decision about whether take up RC flying hobby However typical treatment give spectators ignore worst lock out flying site Take look clubs attitude toward spectators spectator field thinking about joining club would feel about club hobby about way treat fellow mod elers come field visit seems two distinct ways treated very little between first club welcomes visitor open arms inviting him get out airplane has him have fers him airplane fly doesnt have Club members come over find out hes what flies other things talk about among themselves second club treats RC visitor coolness open hostility visitor may told field open club members may fly airplane after paying $25 initi ation fee Boy would like run bunch next trip Have exaggerated two stories above No two situations happened fellow club member during trip same day two club flying sites within ten miles other actually hap pened opposite order way pre sented probably would never have gotten past first group hardnoses friend pressed found friendly group expected find first place about club Can pin friendly label can power hope visit sometime cant maybe should examine motives acting like way plan visit Northwest Florida panhandle drop note Ill send map get flying field have some guys can talk ear off elephant club members commented Model viation improving issue wished magazine other magazines would publish annual index construction articles major features appeared regular col umns thought great idea ever publish such index would take extra effort part Model via dons Washington staff So youd like see such index published drop editor Bill Winter line tell him about 20 Model Aviation Demonstrating ~big airplanes dont have scale complicated Bob Heilman showed fine original Toledo Powered Quadra clean-lined straight-winged cabin model used 3M Contactrol Coverite covering Only curve airfoil Note lifting stab han pattern planes RC Tarno 4 may littleonly 4 ftbut rolls loops kicks up its heels four Cox enginesTarno 1/2A carburetorsit weighs less 4 lbs unusual craft WRAMS Show Fred Strauss autogyro Powered CAn4 5.- 7fl s Tiger Tail 3 among first pattern jobs sportDont allow rough-field landings tear off tail tail-dragger hidden tuned pipe model kitted Southern R/C ProductsThe text describes Dick Pearsalls shock-absorbing wheel shoe flying field rough some Ive flown Several years ago flew great group guys Prince Georges County Radio Control Club Maryland near Washington DC Its thriving club 100 members great flying field now back 1969 dozen us flew abandoned gravel pit affectionately called pea patch regularly took bottoms off airplanes trying keep landing gear Tail draggers particularly hard bit since tail wheel assembly often removed rudder rest empennage departed airplane Richard Pearsall San Francisco California seems have solved tailwheel problem hell tell about like airplanes tailwheels cause fields fly full ruts tailwheel would often catch hole tear off airplanes empennage especially frustrating happened after flight solve problem now use rubberbanded-on tailwheel shoe system has used two 19-powered planes 40-powered train er great success shoe made 1/16 plywood 3/16 plywood sub-rudder Two short pieces brass tube epoxied trailing edge 3/16 sub-rudder act steering pivot bear ing separate plastic tube pushrod trans mits steering control rudder servo berband pass through hole ioop tailwheel steering arm around dowel glued fuselage 3/16 plywood sub-rudder allows rub- Continued page 87 August1978 21 Appropriately named Wizard Bill BasIers exotic Dirty Birdy took Rest Show Toledo dreamy hand-painted artwork wings done 50 colors Finish acrylic lacquer still interested prosaic details engine OS Max 60 fly Left Trike gear has added Bill Evans famous Simitar Dec 1976 MA Actually improved version 40 power Right Twin Simitars almost sizes now flying uses un throttled Cox 09s Engine-out performance excellent r HOBBYPOXY FORMULA 3 THIXOTROPIC EPOXY GLUE NO SAGS. NO RUNS. NO DRIPS. Formula 3 specially formulated gel-like viscosity allowing applied vertical surfaces thin edges other problem areas other glues just run off makes Formula 3 perfect planking building up reinforcing fillets joints sealing cracks filling holes joining poorly fitted badly die-crushed parts . hundred other things youve always wished kind glue now its made Hobbypoxy leader epoxy glues model building Formula 3 packaged two four-ounce cans has working time hour cures hard overnight mmmxv renews L Division Pettit Paint co Inc 36 Pine Street Rockaway NJ 07866 favorite ways used Silron dope works extremely well requires lit tie effort provides excellent durability Cover forward section fuselage pod -oz fiberglass cloth finishing resin durable 100% fuelproof Cover aft section fu selage tail Silkspan paper dope Finish heavy coat Super Poxy primer followed colored Hobby Poxy desired final step coat clear Hobby Poxy seal everything place wish super finish sanding out clear adding coats will give optimum hope Solution will add flying pleasure know will save money RC Aerobatics/VanPutte continued page 21 Since adopting tailwheel shoe sys tem have lost single empennage due snagged tailwheels tailwheel runs gopher hole rubberband breaks taliwbeel shoe comes free fuse lage plastic clevis pops open plane lands safely ready flown again after assembly new rubberband short time ago received note editor contained following formation have fantastic success Simitar number plan As two months ago Bill Evans sold 3000 wing cores indicates state fusion goes beyond mag azine saw happen once before Model Airplane News sold 8000 Smog Hog plans What makes new information interesting vari ety types Bill derived original design Theres no doubt different looking airplane always draws interest flying field flies well bound lot copies building board shortly afterward Thats what happened Bill Evans Simitar Simitar XV first product review product review product review appeared contruction article De cember 76 issue Model Aviation Na tionwide interest response defi nitely different craft gives indication Simitar design will given credit making flying wing practical reality within grasp RC pilots Bill has designed built no less 30 flying wings Among have both gliders powered airplanes Glid ers Saracen RCM April 1976 72 glider Little Saracen 48 glider Super Saracen 120 glider Power Simitar RCM December 1976 Simitar XV MA December 1976 Simitar XV now has improved upon include motor control steerable tri cycle landing gear epoxy fiberglass fuselage molded-in canopy air takes firewall removable engine cowl Simitar XV K&B 40 have Simitar 540 thats end Bill has now de veloped series Simitar Twins first pictured above powered two Cox Medallion 09s two channel using elevons no engine control After engine quits 31/2-pounder main tains altitude 09 also 049 Twin well 19 Twin now flying 40 Twin soon come What next Well Bill says bot tom line will complete negative stagger twin-engine Simitar Bi Wing Guess well have wait see Next months column will include August1978 87 product review product review product review Seen loledo Four-bladed rigid rotor fully aerobatic helicopter American RC Helicop ters Inc 23811 Via Fabricante Mission Vie jo CA 92675 description perform another pat tern maneuver some new ideas fun fly events Ron Van Putte 12 Connie Drive Shah mar FL 32579 RC Scale Wischers continued page 22 smaller no 18 stranded lengths short possible avoid age drop long leads use heavier wire Wiring glow plugs can hidden inside cowl no need provide holes glow connector phone jack easily concealed Wires external battery used must properly -polarized insertion phone plug does cause momentary short reliable starting cowled-in en gines use pair 4-ampere nickel cadmium batteries either wet cells D cells connected series 6-ampere diode acts voltage regulator reduce 24 volts useable 14 volts arrangement have large supply available current provides brilliant glow either two plugs Fox plugs last sev eral seasons older engines still have original plugs Nickel cadmiums series boon winter flying can used heat engine through plug will start engine badly flooded connections should made through solder lugs leads battery plane no 18 wire should kept short 12 18 ideas intended show approach solution scale modelers special problems can improved upon Other Mini Switch Applications Electric wheel brakes useful taxiing although necessity Precision Scale class competition flying taxi maneuver hangar main wheels stopping within marked circle will add points accomplish manner requiring minimum installation minia ture snap-action switch mounted above elevator servo actuated servo arm full down elevator pair 450-mah A-A size nickel cadmium cells 24 volts will energize two Aero piccola electric brakes con nected parallel braking action two cells will bring 9-pound plane gentle stop Three cells will provide drastic action have found some planes will try nose over Brakes never used high speed tended taxi adding two switches rudder servo actuated full right left rudder differential steering action can obtained aid taxiing high wind normally closed contacts used opened full rudder servo action switch right brake opened left rudder operation down elevator applied energize brakes rudder direction other cuts off energy unwanted brake normal taxiing no brake action until down elevator applied Down elevator used rather up el evator because tail-wheel plane full up elevator used stall land ing brake action landing speed desirable Individual brakes weigh slightly 1 ounce 2 pen cells weigh 1 ounces switch weighs e total about 4 ounces including wiring Wire size preferably no 20 A-A pen cell nickel cadmiums charged often servo flight pack Aeropiccola electric brakes obtainable Hobby Lobby other complete suppliers number years ago circuits product review product review product review Gapless Hinge Slotter New hinge assembly tool makes accurate centered slots four popular sizes balsa sheet 3/32 1/8 3/16 1/4 After placing sheet against guide tool run back forth along edge until blade has reached full depth Price including blade $195 Fourmost Racing Pro ducts 4040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97116 product review product review product review published employed signal unused receiver channels proportional operation brakes switches prefer automatic operation actua tion existing servos Sport Scale competitors noncompeting fliers add brakes satisfaction gain scalelike operation experience add realism taxi operations Some planes brakes impossible stop pavement engine idling grass fields brakes really required First Steps RC Scale receive let ters modelers inspired build first radio controlled plane multi-engine ship retracting landing gear flaps addition other op erating features prefer nobto discour age ambitious person because possible may eventually succeed become active sport hobby advise first attempt RC should simple trainer-type plane person has previous experience free flight control-line possibility loss damage during learning proc ess too great step controlline radio control demanding expected scale model less ex pendable trainer Another common question asked regard sources drawings informa tion about particular prototype modeler has seen photo small kit desires enlarge drawings size suitable RC searching easy quick method procedure advice multiply dimensions suitable factor job mathemat ically electronic calculator available question material strength enlarging kit can best answered copying what others have done larger planes Quite often search memories find draw ing desired plane has already published available through plans services may kit plane first step RC Scale modeling way go using experience designer determine strength requirements building methods Toledo Again Radio Control Scale has made rapid progress number par ticipants credit must given increase Sport Scale activity Approximately half products kits displays Toledo year scale oriented what seemed prejudiced outlook Most new kits large engines scale Large en gines well prop drive units stan dard glow engines slanted toward scale model market Fox Midwest showing two-cylinder engines Quadra engine evidence planes some builders insisting must mounted solidly avoid vibration problems others equally vocal favor 88 Model Aviation SUPER COVER ITE NOW COMES IN NEW COLOR zz ANTIQUE FABRIC simulates look old t rplane cover ngs TEJ L
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/08
Page Numbers: 20, 21, 87, 88
Radio Control Sport Aerobatics RonVan Putte ONE OF THE things radio control fliers known assistance provide newcomers endless stories told beginners about experi enced fliers took time help build trim teach fly first airplane credit hobby provide help needed new fliers people will experienced modelers tomor row will help other novices first airplanes such fine record welcoming helping new fliers puzzling see way clubs react two groups people spectators fellow modelers visit flying site spectator curious about radio control flying probably wants watch some flying talk some fliers about hobby can make decision about whether take up RC flying hobby However typical treatment give spectators ignore worst lock out flying site Take look clubs attitude toward spectators spectator field thinking about joining club would feel about club hobby about way treat fellow mod elers come field visit seems two distinct ways treated very little between first club welcomes visitor open arms inviting him get out airplane has him have fers him airplane fly doesnt have Club members come over find out hes what flies other things talk about among themselves second club treats RC visitor coolness open hostility visitor may told field open club members may fly airplane after paying $25 initi ation fee Boy would like run bunch next trip Have exaggerated two stories above No two situations happened fellow club member during trip same day two club flying sites within ten miles other actually hap pened opposite order way pre sented probably would never have gotten past first group hardnoses friend pressed found friendly group expected find first place about club Can pin friendly label can power hope visit sometime cant maybe should examine motives acting like way plan visit Northwest Florida panhandle drop note Ill send map get flying field have some guys can talk ear off elephant club members commented Model viation improving issue wished magazine other magazines would publish annual index construction articles major features appeared regular col umns thought great idea ever publish such index would take extra effort part Model via dons Washington staff So youd like see such index published drop editor Bill Winter line tell him about 20 Model Aviation Demonstrating ~big airplanes dont have scale complicated Bob Heilman showed fine original Toledo Powered Quadra clean-lined straight-winged cabin model used 3M Contactrol Coverite covering Only curve airfoil Note lifting stab han pattern planes RC Tarno 4 may littleonly 4 ftbut rolls loops kicks up its heels four Cox enginesTarno 1/2A carburetorsit weighs less 4 lbs unusual craft WRAMS Show Fred Strauss autogyro Powered CAn4 5.- 7fl s Tiger Tail 3 among first pattern jobs sportDont allow rough-field landings tear off tail tail-dragger hidden tuned pipe model kitted Southern R/C ProductsThe text describes Dick Pearsalls shock-absorbing wheel shoe flying field rough some Ive flown Several years ago flew great group guys Prince Georges County Radio Control Club Maryland near Washington DC Its thriving club 100 members great flying field now back 1969 dozen us flew abandoned gravel pit affectionately called pea patch regularly took bottoms off airplanes trying keep landing gear Tail draggers particularly hard bit since tail wheel assembly often removed rudder rest empennage departed airplane Richard Pearsall San Francisco California seems have solved tailwheel problem hell tell about like airplanes tailwheels cause fields fly full ruts tailwheel would often catch hole tear off airplanes empennage especially frustrating happened after flight solve problem now use rubberbanded-on tailwheel shoe system has used two 19-powered planes 40-powered train er great success shoe made 1/16 plywood 3/16 plywood sub-rudder Two short pieces brass tube epoxied trailing edge 3/16 sub-rudder act steering pivot bear ing separate plastic tube pushrod trans mits steering control rudder servo berband pass through hole ioop tailwheel steering arm around dowel glued fuselage 3/16 plywood sub-rudder allows rub- Continued page 87 August1978 21 Appropriately named Wizard Bill BasIers exotic Dirty Birdy took Rest Show Toledo dreamy hand-painted artwork wings done 50 colors Finish acrylic lacquer still interested prosaic details engine OS Max 60 fly Left Trike gear has added Bill Evans famous Simitar Dec 1976 MA Actually improved version 40 power Right Twin Simitars almost sizes now flying uses un throttled Cox 09s Engine-out performance excellent r HOBBYPOXY FORMULA 3 THIXOTROPIC EPOXY GLUE NO SAGS. NO RUNS. NO DRIPS. Formula 3 specially formulated gel-like viscosity allowing applied vertical surfaces thin edges other problem areas other glues just run off makes Formula 3 perfect planking building up reinforcing fillets joints sealing cracks filling holes joining poorly fitted badly die-crushed parts . hundred other things youve always wished kind glue now its made Hobbypoxy leader epoxy glues model building Formula 3 packaged two four-ounce cans has working time hour cures hard overnight mmmxv renews L Division Pettit Paint co Inc 36 Pine Street Rockaway NJ 07866 favorite ways used Silron dope works extremely well requires lit tie effort provides excellent durability Cover forward section fuselage pod -oz fiberglass cloth finishing resin durable 100% fuelproof Cover aft section fu selage tail Silkspan paper dope Finish heavy coat Super Poxy primer followed colored Hobby Poxy desired final step coat clear Hobby Poxy seal everything place wish super finish sanding out clear adding coats will give optimum hope Solution will add flying pleasure know will save money RC Aerobatics/VanPutte continued page 21 Since adopting tailwheel shoe sys tem have lost single empennage due snagged tailwheels tailwheel runs gopher hole rubberband breaks taliwbeel shoe comes free fuse lage plastic clevis pops open plane lands safely ready flown again after assembly new rubberband short time ago received note editor contained following formation have fantastic success Simitar number plan As two months ago Bill Evans sold 3000 wing cores indicates state fusion goes beyond mag azine saw happen once before Model Airplane News sold 8000 Smog Hog plans What makes new information interesting vari ety types Bill derived original design Theres no doubt different looking airplane always draws interest flying field flies well bound lot copies building board shortly afterward Thats what happened Bill Evans Simitar Simitar XV first product review product review product review appeared contruction article De cember 76 issue Model Aviation Na tionwide interest response defi nitely different craft gives indication Simitar design will given credit making flying wing practical reality within grasp RC pilots Bill has designed built no less 30 flying wings Among have both gliders powered airplanes Glid ers Saracen RCM April 1976 72 glider Little Saracen 48 glider Super Saracen 120 glider Power Simitar RCM December 1976 Simitar XV MA December 1976 Simitar XV now has improved upon include motor control steerable tri cycle landing gear epoxy fiberglass fuselage molded-in canopy air takes firewall removable engine cowl Simitar XV K&B 40 have Simitar 540 thats end Bill has now de veloped series Simitar Twins first pictured above powered two Cox Medallion 09s two channel using elevons no engine control After engine quits 31/2-pounder main tains altitude 09 also 049 Twin well 19 Twin now flying 40 Twin soon come What next Well Bill says bot tom line will complete negative stagger twin-engine Simitar Bi Wing Guess well have wait see Next months column will include August1978 87 product review product review product review Seen loledo Four-bladed rigid rotor fully aerobatic helicopter American RC Helicop ters Inc 23811 Via Fabricante Mission Vie jo CA 92675 description perform another pat tern maneuver some new ideas fun fly events Ron Van Putte 12 Connie Drive Shah mar FL 32579 RC Scale Wischers continued page 22 smaller no 18 stranded lengths short possible avoid age drop long leads use heavier wire Wiring glow plugs can hidden inside cowl no need provide holes glow connector phone jack easily concealed Wires external battery used must properly -polarized insertion phone plug does cause momentary short reliable starting cowled-in en gines use pair 4-ampere nickel cadmium batteries either wet cells D cells connected series 6-ampere diode acts voltage regulator reduce 24 volts useable 14 volts arrangement have large supply available current provides brilliant glow either two plugs Fox plugs last sev eral seasons older engines still have original plugs Nickel cadmiums series boon winter flying can used heat engine through plug will start engine badly flooded connections should made through solder lugs leads battery plane no 18 wire should kept short 12 18 ideas intended show approach solution scale modelers special problems can improved upon Other Mini Switch Applications Electric wheel brakes useful taxiing although necessity Precision Scale class competition flying taxi maneuver hangar main wheels stopping within marked circle will add points accomplish manner requiring minimum installation minia ture snap-action switch mounted above elevator servo actuated servo arm full down elevator pair 450-mah A-A size nickel cadmium cells 24 volts will energize two Aero piccola electric brakes con nected parallel braking action two cells will bring 9-pound plane gentle stop Three cells will provide drastic action have found some planes will try nose over Brakes never used high speed tended taxi adding two switches rudder servo actuated full right left rudder differential steering action can obtained aid taxiing high wind normally closed contacts used opened full rudder servo action switch right brake opened left rudder operation down elevator applied energize brakes rudder direction other cuts off energy unwanted brake normal taxiing no brake action until down elevator applied Down elevator used rather up el evator because tail-wheel plane full up elevator used stall land ing brake action landing speed desirable Individual brakes weigh slightly 1 ounce 2 pen cells weigh 1 ounces switch weighs e total about 4 ounces including wiring Wire size preferably no 20 A-A pen cell nickel cadmiums charged often servo flight pack Aeropiccola electric brakes obtainable Hobby Lobby other complete suppliers number years ago circuits product review product review product review Gapless Hinge Slotter New hinge assembly tool makes accurate centered slots four popular sizes balsa sheet 3/32 1/8 3/16 1/4 After placing sheet against guide tool run back forth along edge until blade has reached full depth Price including blade $195 Fourmost Racing Pro ducts 4040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97116 product review product review product review published employed signal unused receiver channels proportional operation brakes switches prefer automatic operation actua tion existing servos Sport Scale competitors noncompeting fliers add brakes satisfaction gain scalelike operation experience add realism taxi operations Some planes brakes impossible stop pavement engine idling grass fields brakes really required First Steps RC Scale receive let ters modelers inspired build first radio controlled plane multi-engine ship retracting landing gear flaps addition other op erating features prefer nobto discour age ambitious person because possible may eventually succeed become active sport hobby advise first attempt RC should simple trainer-type plane person has previous experience free flight control-line possibility loss damage during learning proc ess too great step controlline radio control demanding expected scale model less ex pendable trainer Another common question asked regard sources drawings informa tion about particular prototype modeler has seen photo small kit desires enlarge drawings size suitable RC searching easy quick method procedure advice multiply dimensions suitable factor job mathemat ically electronic calculator available question material strength enlarging kit can best answered copying what others have done larger planes Quite often search memories find draw ing desired plane has already published available through plans services may kit plane first step RC Scale modeling way go using experience designer determine strength requirements building methods Toledo Again Radio Control Scale has made rapid progress number par ticipants credit must given increase Sport Scale activity Approximately half products kits displays Toledo year scale oriented what seemed prejudiced outlook Most new kits large engines scale Large en gines well prop drive units stan dard glow engines slanted toward scale model market Fox Midwest showing two-cylinder engines Quadra engine evidence planes some builders insisting must mounted solidly avoid vibration problems others equally vocal favor 88 Model Aviation SUPER COVER ITE NOW COMES IN NEW COLOR zz ANTIQUE FABRIC simulates look old t rplane cover ngs TEJ L
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/08
Page Numbers: 20, 21, 87, 88
Radio Control Sport Aerobatics RonVan Putte ONE OF THE things radio control fliers known assistance provide newcomers endless stories told beginners about experi enced fliers took time help build trim teach fly first airplane credit hobby provide help needed new fliers people will experienced modelers tomor row will help other novices first airplanes such fine record welcoming helping new fliers puzzling see way clubs react two groups people spectators fellow modelers visit flying site spectator curious about radio control flying probably wants watch some flying talk some fliers about hobby can make decision about whether take up RC flying hobby However typical treatment give spectators ignore worst lock out flying site Take look clubs attitude toward spectators spectator field thinking about joining club would feel about club hobby about way treat fellow mod elers come field visit seems two distinct ways treated very little between first club welcomes visitor open arms inviting him get out airplane has him have fers him airplane fly doesnt have Club members come over find out hes what flies other things talk about among themselves second club treats RC visitor coolness open hostility visitor may told field open club members may fly airplane after paying $25 initi ation fee Boy would like run bunch next trip Have exaggerated two stories above No two situations happened fellow club member during trip same day two club flying sites within ten miles other actually hap pened opposite order way pre sented probably would never have gotten past first group hardnoses friend pressed found friendly group expected find first place about club Can pin friendly label can power hope visit sometime cant maybe should examine motives acting like way plan visit Northwest Florida panhandle drop note Ill send map get flying field have some guys can talk ear off elephant club members commented Model viation improving issue wished magazine other magazines would publish annual index construction articles major features appeared regular col umns thought great idea ever publish such index would take extra effort part Model via dons Washington staff So youd like see such index published drop editor Bill Winter line tell him about 20 Model Aviation Demonstrating ~big airplanes dont have scale complicated Bob Heilman showed fine original Toledo Powered Quadra clean-lined straight-winged cabin model used 3M Contactrol Coverite covering Only curve airfoil Note lifting stab han pattern planes RC Tarno 4 may littleonly 4 ftbut rolls loops kicks up its heels four Cox enginesTarno 1/2A carburetorsit weighs less 4 lbs unusual craft WRAMS Show Fred Strauss autogyro Powered CAn4 5.- 7fl s Tiger Tail 3 among first pattern jobs sportDont allow rough-field landings tear off tail tail-dragger hidden tuned pipe model kitted Southern R/C ProductsThe text describes Dick Pearsalls shock-absorbing wheel shoe flying field rough some Ive flown Several years ago flew great group guys Prince Georges County Radio Control Club Maryland near Washington DC Its thriving club 100 members great flying field now back 1969 dozen us flew abandoned gravel pit affectionately called pea patch regularly took bottoms off airplanes trying keep landing gear Tail draggers particularly hard bit since tail wheel assembly often removed rudder rest empennage departed airplane Richard Pearsall San Francisco California seems have solved tailwheel problem hell tell about like airplanes tailwheels cause fields fly full ruts tailwheel would often catch hole tear off airplanes empennage especially frustrating happened after flight solve problem now use rubberbanded-on tailwheel shoe system has used two 19-powered planes 40-powered train er great success shoe made 1/16 plywood 3/16 plywood sub-rudder Two short pieces brass tube epoxied trailing edge 3/16 sub-rudder act steering pivot bear ing separate plastic tube pushrod trans mits steering control rudder servo berband pass through hole ioop tailwheel steering arm around dowel glued fuselage 3/16 plywood sub-rudder allows rub- Continued page 87 August1978 21 Appropriately named Wizard Bill BasIers exotic Dirty Birdy took Rest Show Toledo dreamy hand-painted artwork wings done 50 colors Finish acrylic lacquer still interested prosaic details engine OS Max 60 fly Left Trike gear has added Bill Evans famous Simitar Dec 1976 MA Actually improved version 40 power Right Twin Simitars almost sizes now flying uses un throttled Cox 09s Engine-out performance excellent r HOBBYPOXY FORMULA 3 THIXOTROPIC EPOXY GLUE NO SAGS. NO RUNS. NO DRIPS. Formula 3 specially formulated gel-like viscosity allowing applied vertical surfaces thin edges other problem areas other glues just run off makes Formula 3 perfect planking building up reinforcing fillets joints sealing cracks filling holes joining poorly fitted badly die-crushed parts . hundred other things youve always wished kind glue now its made Hobbypoxy leader epoxy glues model building Formula 3 packaged two four-ounce cans has working time hour cures hard overnight mmmxv renews L Division Pettit Paint co Inc 36 Pine Street Rockaway NJ 07866 favorite ways used Silron dope works extremely well requires lit tie effort provides excellent durability Cover forward section fuselage pod -oz fiberglass cloth finishing resin durable 100% fuelproof Cover aft section fu selage tail Silkspan paper dope Finish heavy coat Super Poxy primer followed colored Hobby Poxy desired final step coat clear Hobby Poxy seal everything place wish super finish sanding out clear adding coats will give optimum hope Solution will add flying pleasure know will save money RC Aerobatics/VanPutte continued page 21 Since adopting tailwheel shoe sys tem have lost single empennage due snagged tailwheels tailwheel runs gopher hole rubberband breaks taliwbeel shoe comes free fuse lage plastic clevis pops open plane lands safely ready flown again after assembly new rubberband short time ago received note editor contained following formation have fantastic success Simitar number plan As two months ago Bill Evans sold 3000 wing cores indicates state fusion goes beyond mag azine saw happen once before Model Airplane News sold 8000 Smog Hog plans What makes new information interesting vari ety types Bill derived original design Theres no doubt different looking airplane always draws interest flying field flies well bound lot copies building board shortly afterward Thats what happened Bill Evans Simitar Simitar XV first product review product review product review appeared contruction article De cember 76 issue Model Aviation Na tionwide interest response defi nitely different craft gives indication Simitar design will given credit making flying wing practical reality within grasp RC pilots Bill has designed built no less 30 flying wings Among have both gliders powered airplanes Glid ers Saracen RCM April 1976 72 glider Little Saracen 48 glider Super Saracen 120 glider Power Simitar RCM December 1976 Simitar XV MA December 1976 Simitar XV now has improved upon include motor control steerable tri cycle landing gear epoxy fiberglass fuselage molded-in canopy air takes firewall removable engine cowl Simitar XV K&B 40 have Simitar 540 thats end Bill has now de veloped series Simitar Twins first pictured above powered two Cox Medallion 09s two channel using elevons no engine control After engine quits 31/2-pounder main tains altitude 09 also 049 Twin well 19 Twin now flying 40 Twin soon come What next Well Bill says bot tom line will complete negative stagger twin-engine Simitar Bi Wing Guess well have wait see Next months column will include August1978 87 product review product review product review Seen loledo Four-bladed rigid rotor fully aerobatic helicopter American RC Helicop ters Inc 23811 Via Fabricante Mission Vie jo CA 92675 description perform another pat tern maneuver some new ideas fun fly events Ron Van Putte 12 Connie Drive Shah mar FL 32579 RC Scale Wischers continued page 22 smaller no 18 stranded lengths short possible avoid age drop long leads use heavier wire Wiring glow plugs can hidden inside cowl no need provide holes glow connector phone jack easily concealed Wires external battery used must properly -polarized insertion phone plug does cause momentary short reliable starting cowled-in en gines use pair 4-ampere nickel cadmium batteries either wet cells D cells connected series 6-ampere diode acts voltage regulator reduce 24 volts useable 14 volts arrangement have large supply available current provides brilliant glow either two plugs Fox plugs last sev eral seasons older engines still have original plugs Nickel cadmiums series boon winter flying can used heat engine through plug will start engine badly flooded connections should made through solder lugs leads battery plane no 18 wire should kept short 12 18 ideas intended show approach solution scale modelers special problems can improved upon Other Mini Switch Applications Electric wheel brakes useful taxiing although necessity Precision Scale class competition flying taxi maneuver hangar main wheels stopping within marked circle will add points accomplish manner requiring minimum installation minia ture snap-action switch mounted above elevator servo actuated servo arm full down elevator pair 450-mah A-A size nickel cadmium cells 24 volts will energize two Aero piccola electric brakes con nected parallel braking action two cells will bring 9-pound plane gentle stop Three cells will provide drastic action have found some planes will try nose over Brakes never used high speed tended taxi adding two switches rudder servo actuated full right left rudder differential steering action can obtained aid taxiing high wind normally closed contacts used opened full rudder servo action switch right brake opened left rudder operation down elevator applied energize brakes rudder direction other cuts off energy unwanted brake normal taxiing no brake action until down elevator applied Down elevator used rather up el evator because tail-wheel plane full up elevator used stall land ing brake action landing speed desirable Individual brakes weigh slightly 1 ounce 2 pen cells weigh 1 ounces switch weighs e total about 4 ounces including wiring Wire size preferably no 20 A-A pen cell nickel cadmiums charged often servo flight pack Aeropiccola electric brakes obtainable Hobby Lobby other complete suppliers number years ago circuits product review product review product review Gapless Hinge Slotter New hinge assembly tool makes accurate centered slots four popular sizes balsa sheet 3/32 1/8 3/16 1/4 After placing sheet against guide tool run back forth along edge until blade has reached full depth Price including blade $195 Fourmost Racing Pro ducts 4040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97116 product review product review product review published employed signal unused receiver channels proportional operation brakes switches prefer automatic operation actua tion existing servos Sport Scale competitors noncompeting fliers add brakes satisfaction gain scalelike operation experience add realism taxi operations Some planes brakes impossible stop pavement engine idling grass fields brakes really required First Steps RC Scale receive let ters modelers inspired build first radio controlled plane multi-engine ship retracting landing gear flaps addition other op erating features prefer nobto discour age ambitious person because possible may eventually succeed become active sport hobby advise first attempt RC should simple trainer-type plane person has previous experience free flight control-line possibility loss damage during learning proc ess too great step controlline radio control demanding expected scale model less ex pendable trainer Another common question asked regard sources drawings informa tion about particular prototype modeler has seen photo small kit desires enlarge drawings size suitable RC searching easy quick method procedure advice multiply dimensions suitable factor job mathemat ically electronic calculator available question material strength enlarging kit can best answered copying what others have done larger planes Quite often search memories find draw ing desired plane has already published available through plans services may kit plane first step RC Scale modeling way go using experience designer determine strength requirements building methods Toledo Again Radio Control Scale has made rapid progress number par ticipants credit must given increase Sport Scale activity Approximately half products kits displays Toledo year scale oriented what seemed prejudiced outlook Most new kits large engines scale Large en gines well prop drive units stan dard glow engines slanted toward scale model market Fox Midwest showing two-cylinder engines Quadra engine evidence planes some builders insisting must mounted solidly avoid vibration problems others equally vocal favor 88 Model Aviation SUPER COVER ITE NOW COMES IN NEW COLOR zz ANTIQUE FABRIC simulates look old t rplane cover ngs TEJ L