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RC Giant Scale at Toledo


Edition: Model Aviation - 1981/07
Page Numbers: 10, 11, 12, 106

RC GIANT SCALE AT NEW KITS new engines new acces sories new materials im portant new commitments further development obvious through out three-day Rites Spring known Weak Signals Radio Control Exposition trend ward Giant Scale evident last years Toledo show carried through strongly year Most items seen last year back again real story new items Since space limited Ill concentrate new improved goodies apologize advance being able cover everything readers conveni ence list names addresses included end column Engines continue big story Giant Scale big really word want converted chainsaw engines up 56 cu displacement available Except TOLEDO very special applications personal feeling 4 cu reasonable limit yours special applications however its nice know power available Both Gibbs Hobby & Research Roush Mfg offering larger Kioritz chainsaw engines custom basis along standard 24 cu Kioritz blower engine JC Enterprises has introduced new model 23 cu McCulloch chainsaw engine very similar original Husky EWH has made significant changes Super Hustler II World Engines showed ignition version Tartan Higgins Contempo bringing out 26 cu engine based Homelite professional chainsaw Trail Manufacturing planning 3 Cu companion popular Quadra Giant Scalers choice power plants continues expand lot new accessories engines too Quadra Trail Manufacturing offering extensive line useful items Included two different choke assemblies die cast motor mount recoil pull-starter fits inside mount fuel tanks 16-oz 32-oz sizes fuel line prop hubs etc items available Quadra uSA Dario Brisi ghella item particular interest yet available will soon adapter allows carburetor rotated throttle linkage needle valves accessible B&B Specialties new supplier Giant Scale material wide range engine-related 10 Model Aviationliper omanawk Kit trom uons Lustom Moacs has beautiful fiberglass fuselage Higgins Contempos Eagle all-fiberglass shellswith injected foam Fantastictrim scheme uses full-color vinyl press-ons come kit BIG engines Gibbs Hobby & Research Theyre available special order displacements up about 6 cu Models built Dick Barrons plans always have beautiful frameworks wonder has heart cover latest PT-i 7 uon odfreys 6-25 has 2 Kioritz engines weighs 50 lb First flight due early May Jim Messeroffers PiperTomahawk either plans-only complete kit Heres Schmidt semi-kit Barrons PT-i 7 cutting done Quadra moves extensive line accessories plus new engine way items including mufflers mounts prop hubs engines currently available Vortac has add-on choke Quadra Kioritz Roush Mfg has intake velocity stacks exhaust manifold kits 24 Kioritz prop hubs several different engines fact almost engine supplier has six-bolt hubs almost engine C B Associates has new die cast Quadra mount muffler/ex haust systems Quadra Kawasaki engines Weve got bumper crop new kits plans year counted 18 kits shown last year didnt try count plans Christen Eagle seems taking place Pitts favorite subject addition several scratch-built versions dis play three very different kits Eagle T&D Fiberglass has conventional built-up structure course fiberglass cowl pants Bob Dively goes step father fiberglass fuselage Finally Higgins Contempo formerly Higgins Aero Comp ver sion fuselage wings tail surfaces made fiberglass shell/injected-foam tech nique used CAP-20L Realistic Models uses still different method Stinson Voyager pre-cut plywood parts key together like egg carton addition full kits semi-kits being offered plans available semi-kit usually consists formers wing ribs other shaped parts builder supplies stick sheet wood appropriate fiber glass cowls wheel pants may included Fittings accessories obvious big beautiful birds lot things around dug deep enougit encouraging thing area willingness part manufacturers talk about what Giant Scale modeler needs ready listen try give us what want As whats available now some items saw DuBros 4-40 ball link quarterscale full-figure pilot Giezendanner USAs fiberglass two-bladed props sizes 24-10 three-bladed 20-10 34 Aerolite Products control cable turnbuckles miscellaneous fittings Parker R/C Planes nose wheel assembly Aeromarines electric retracts B&B Specialties ball links Quadras pushrod/clevis/hom assem bly big wheels C B Associates stainless steel tumbuckles ANNCOs pneumatic retracts 6-in foam-filled wheels Jim Messers quarter-scale Lewis machine gun plus other things need Jims catalog sort out materials area saw some things exclusively Giant Scale certainly useful us Top Flites new FabriKote like fact goes same temperature MonoKote Another great material foam-core board Ive using some time Aerolite products has come up improved version instead paper out side covering has four mil ABS plastic sheeting comes 1/16-in -in 3/16-in thicknesses Aerolites list useful materials long its worth SASE get final item want mention isnt engine kit accesory will help find Bill Wilbur has stuffed computers memory full everything can find Giant Scale Ten dollars Data Resources gets copy current list $200 credit toward next printout copy has already gotten lot use Im sure other new items missed deliberately apologies omitted items firms youll send July1981 11 iom IeeIIng iau 1-loergiass ouiau nimser Christen Eagle kit Balsa USAs trio Giant Scale kits new Fly Baby Bipe lA-scale middle Hobby Shacks new Pilot series includes DH Tiger Moth also Pifts Citabria Execuive Design Corp offers kit charm ing Monocoupe 90-A Wendell Hostetlers latest plan beautiful P 6E Cowl pants T&D Fiberglass Behrens new JB Special Non-scale very scale-like flies either monoplane bipe real mover man Bonzo uave nails 74-scale ureat LSKC5 Trainer kit will available later year Chipmunk RIC Kits features foam wings rolled plywood fuselage Scale certainly Giant R&Rs Snapper sport model Quadra-size engines r think retracts. THINK information and/or samples Ill try get word out future columns Heres list organizations mentoned text photo captions Aerolite Products 1325 Millersport Hwy Buf falo NY 14221 Aeromarine Enterprise 709 Longboat Ave Beachwood NJ 08722 ANNCO Mfg Co P0 Box 23089 Minneapolis MN 55423 B&B Specialties 14234 Cleveland Rd Granger IN 46530 Balsa USA P0 Box 164 Marinette WI 54143 Barrons Scale Classics 1213 Holly Spring Lane Grand Blanc MI 48439 Bebrens Plan Service 31-27 Healy Ave Far Rockaway NY 11691 Bob Dively Model Aircraft lnc28001 Chagrin Blvd Suite #206 Woodmere OH 44122 Bud Noven Models Inc P0 Box 105 Two Harbors MN 55616 C B Associates Inc 21658 Cloud Way Hay ward CA 94545 Data Resources 6 Laurel Ave Kittery ME 03904 Dave Platt Models 6940 NW 15th St Planta tion FL 33313 Dons Custom Models 9892 Vicksburg Drive Huntington Beach CA 02646 Du-Bro Products Inc 480 Bonner Road Wau conda IL 60084 EWH Specialties Inc 3012 Ave E East Ar lington TX 76011 Continued page 106 12 Model Aviation Uessna kyhawk kit Parker R/C Planes features foam fiberglass Construction engines Roush Mfg 24 lastandard Kioritz others special order KIORITZ NiINES BY GIBBS HOBBY & RESEARCH Original Developer Factory Trained Authorized Master Service Dealer Year limited Warranty Pre-Drilled Props Avail Ask About Custom- Built KIORITZ Engines Deep Fins Optimum Cooling 21/4 Flywheel 5mall Magneto 15/8 Six Bolt Aluminum Hub Carb Needles & Throttle Accessible Engine Running Don Godfrey 722-1765 Points Sealed Rear Housing $18995 pay shipping pre-paid orders DEALERS WELCOME 242 co n 397ccSaIl 5earngs Cenk 32 HP 05 5000 PCased Ro em Rod Pnto, Ps WeghtS b GIBBS HOBBY & RESEARCH 6195 HIlifleld St N W N CANTON OHIO 44720 Phone 21 6 499-8854 after 6 00 PM Toledo/Beckman Continued page ~ Higgins Contempo Magnum II engine 26 Cu haselectronicignition Flywheelfinswillbe trimmed production units Mightilne shirts have got covered One-liner Shirts $1050 Plane ShIrts $725 top quality football shIrts complete history back sky blue blue printing war- ground colorful WWII irds red printing Pitt airplanes applied sky blue shirts fine line followed seunoeeeauealu P38 Ugh5Sng xipw nf t claexic airntne FSFW FSF Hellcat P47 Thcatdett05 PiP ilgemnat P-SI Miteang PBF Bearcat PSI Black Widew AT-S Texan Fw90 P-SE Hawk A6M Zero e humor gags lot people Sky blue T-shirts printed two colors Pitts shirt white printed red black Theres such thing grasity. gk1ouiteaaaeei otOsio S SOMETIffiG SPECIALlF Order PS nnrcfzoOrder Thu earth socks.j313U34 nvs Order MN Order SHVl~ot Order SD Mens sizes Sm 132-361 Med 38-401 Lg 42-441 XL 1461Order PP~ahlatakydlvlg NameSend check money order Iplus 51 P/H Add 65% mx AddressFlightllne ShIrts Etcin california 12504 Saratoga Avenue CityStateZipsaratoga CA 95070 SizeStyleDesignTotal SAllow 44 weeks tar dellvesyl 106 Model Aviation Giezendanner USA P0 Box 818 Pottstown PA 19464 Higgins Contempo 11611 Cantara St. No Hollywood CA 9l605 Hobby Shack 18480 Bandilier Circle Fountain Valley CA 92708 International Miniature Aircraft Association 254 Washington St. Binghamton NY 1390l JC Enterprises 2551 SW 28th Terrace Ft Lauderdale FL 33312 J-5 Enterprises P0 Box 82 Belmont Ontario Canada NOL IBO Jim Messers Quality Model Products 106 Valley View Drive Allegany NY 14706 Midwest Products Co. 400 S Indiana Hobart IN 46342 Parker R/C Planes P0 Box 8l95 Van Nuys CA 91409 Quadra USA 1032 Manitowac Ave Oak Creek WI 53154 R&R Models 161 Red Bud Dr. Northwood OH 43619 R/C Kits 706 Easton NE N Canton OH 4472 Realistic Models 4 lOS Wadsworth Ct Annan dale VA 22003 Roush Mfg. P0 Box 251 Sandyville OH 4467 Schmidt Custom Kits I948 Franklin Blvd. Elk Grove CA 95624 T&D Fiberglass 30926 Block Garden City Ml 48135 Top Elite Models l90l N Narragansett Chi cago IL 60639 Trail Mfg Co. P0 Box 549 Huron Park Ontario canada NOM YO Vortac Mfg Co. P0 Box 469 Oak Lawn IL 60453 Wendell Hostetler Super Scale Plans l04l Heatherwood Lane Orville OH 44667 World Engines 8960 Rossash Ave. Cincinnati OH 45236 Ill back next month til thenlots happy safe flying Bob Beckman 8248 Holly Grove Court Ma nassas VA 22110 Fun/Winter Continued page 18 electric specialist showed up Kopaki 15mm flight electric glider before Heinz released reached max altitude Bob already air second time got 300 400 ft higher Heinzs Windrifter airborne 0-mm longer went morning wind shifted Heinz plodded out relocate hi-start stake Now Heinz launch lift area plowed field maneuver back over field losing considerable altitude Bob just flew lift over over again day grew hot After another 1600-ft hike retrieve hi-start huffing puffing red face found Bob sitting shade car flying electric glider Without taking eye off crate Bob asked Heinz didnt fly electric After leg cramps night running Heinz decided cant beat em join em Bob built aerobatic jobsBob has 460 flights Astro 075 Don Srull have picnic 6ft Spitfire using Astro 05 prop drive 12-or 13-8 Asking Heinz recommendation good place start people already building four-motor Connie mentioned have switched mysterious tn-motor sash Heres Heinz 02 flider own design borrowed Olympic nice beginners plane electric low budget Span 56 airfoil 10% see drawing Good forward speed penetration 6/i-min motor run Continued page 108 SPECIFICATIONS WnIbo Ponp cb 3 Ring Piston stock Ouadra adapter reposi tions carb easy access needles/throttle Executive Design Corp. I67-B New Highway North Amityville NY I701 Gibbs Hobby & Research 6195 HilIfield St NW Canton OH 44720 TypSoon a-li FIyIeg Foeteets B-24 Liberator 8-25 M5c5ell 8-29 5sperfortress


Edition: Model Aviation - 1981/07
Page Numbers: 10, 11, 12, 106

RC GIANT SCALE AT NEW KITS new engines new acces sories new materials im portant new commitments further development obvious through out three-day Rites Spring known Weak Signals Radio Control Exposition trend ward Giant Scale evident last years Toledo show carried through strongly year Most items seen last year back again real story new items Since space limited Ill concentrate new improved goodies apologize advance being able cover everything readers conveni ence list names addresses included end column Engines continue big story Giant Scale big really word want converted chainsaw engines up 56 cu displacement available Except TOLEDO very special applications personal feeling 4 cu reasonable limit yours special applications however its nice know power available Both Gibbs Hobby & Research Roush Mfg offering larger Kioritz chainsaw engines custom basis along standard 24 cu Kioritz blower engine JC Enterprises has introduced new model 23 cu McCulloch chainsaw engine very similar original Husky EWH has made significant changes Super Hustler II World Engines showed ignition version Tartan Higgins Contempo bringing out 26 cu engine based Homelite professional chainsaw Trail Manufacturing planning 3 Cu companion popular Quadra Giant Scalers choice power plants continues expand lot new accessories engines too Quadra Trail Manufacturing offering extensive line useful items Included two different choke assemblies die cast motor mount recoil pull-starter fits inside mount fuel tanks 16-oz 32-oz sizes fuel line prop hubs etc items available Quadra uSA Dario Brisi ghella item particular interest yet available will soon adapter allows carburetor rotated throttle linkage needle valves accessible B&B Specialties new supplier Giant Scale material wide range engine-related 10 Model Aviationliper omanawk Kit trom uons Lustom Moacs has beautiful fiberglass fuselage Higgins Contempos Eagle all-fiberglass shellswith injected foam Fantastictrim scheme uses full-color vinyl press-ons come kit BIG engines Gibbs Hobby & Research Theyre available special order displacements up about 6 cu Models built Dick Barrons plans always have beautiful frameworks wonder has heart cover latest PT-i 7 uon odfreys 6-25 has 2 Kioritz engines weighs 50 lb First flight due early May Jim Messeroffers PiperTomahawk either plans-only complete kit Heres Schmidt semi-kit Barrons PT-i 7 cutting done Quadra moves extensive line accessories plus new engine way items including mufflers mounts prop hubs engines currently available Vortac has add-on choke Quadra Kioritz Roush Mfg has intake velocity stacks exhaust manifold kits 24 Kioritz prop hubs several different engines fact almost engine supplier has six-bolt hubs almost engine C B Associates has new die cast Quadra mount muffler/ex haust systems Quadra Kawasaki engines Weve got bumper crop new kits plans year counted 18 kits shown last year didnt try count plans Christen Eagle seems taking place Pitts favorite subject addition several scratch-built versions dis play three very different kits Eagle T&D Fiberglass has conventional built-up structure course fiberglass cowl pants Bob Dively goes step father fiberglass fuselage Finally Higgins Contempo formerly Higgins Aero Comp ver sion fuselage wings tail surfaces made fiberglass shell/injected-foam tech nique used CAP-20L Realistic Models uses still different method Stinson Voyager pre-cut plywood parts key together like egg carton addition full kits semi-kits being offered plans available semi-kit usually consists formers wing ribs other shaped parts builder supplies stick sheet wood appropriate fiber glass cowls wheel pants may included Fittings accessories obvious big beautiful birds lot things around dug deep enougit encouraging thing area willingness part manufacturers talk about what Giant Scale modeler needs ready listen try give us what want As whats available now some items saw DuBros 4-40 ball link quarterscale full-figure pilot Giezendanner USAs fiberglass two-bladed props sizes 24-10 three-bladed 20-10 34 Aerolite Products control cable turnbuckles miscellaneous fittings Parker R/C Planes nose wheel assembly Aeromarines electric retracts B&B Specialties ball links Quadras pushrod/clevis/hom assem bly big wheels C B Associates stainless steel tumbuckles ANNCOs pneumatic retracts 6-in foam-filled wheels Jim Messers quarter-scale Lewis machine gun plus other things need Jims catalog sort out materials area saw some things exclusively Giant Scale certainly useful us Top Flites new FabriKote like fact goes same temperature MonoKote Another great material foam-core board Ive using some time Aerolite products has come up improved version instead paper out side covering has four mil ABS plastic sheeting comes 1/16-in -in 3/16-in thicknesses Aerolites list useful materials long its worth SASE get final item want mention isnt engine kit accesory will help find Bill Wilbur has stuffed computers memory full everything can find Giant Scale Ten dollars Data Resources gets copy current list $200 credit toward next printout copy has already gotten lot use Im sure other new items missed deliberately apologies omitted items firms youll send July1981 11 iom IeeIIng iau 1-loergiass ouiau nimser Christen Eagle kit Balsa USAs trio Giant Scale kits new Fly Baby Bipe lA-scale middle Hobby Shacks new Pilot series includes DH Tiger Moth also Pifts Citabria Execuive Design Corp offers kit charm ing Monocoupe 90-A Wendell Hostetlers latest plan beautiful P 6E Cowl pants T&D Fiberglass Behrens new JB Special Non-scale very scale-like flies either monoplane bipe real mover man Bonzo uave nails 74-scale ureat LSKC5 Trainer kit will available later year Chipmunk RIC Kits features foam wings rolled plywood fuselage Scale certainly Giant R&Rs Snapper sport model Quadra-size engines r think retracts. THINK information and/or samples Ill try get word out future columns Heres list organizations mentoned text photo captions Aerolite Products 1325 Millersport Hwy Buf falo NY 14221 Aeromarine Enterprise 709 Longboat Ave Beachwood NJ 08722 ANNCO Mfg Co P0 Box 23089 Minneapolis MN 55423 B&B Specialties 14234 Cleveland Rd Granger IN 46530 Balsa USA P0 Box 164 Marinette WI 54143 Barrons Scale Classics 1213 Holly Spring Lane Grand Blanc MI 48439 Bebrens Plan Service 31-27 Healy Ave Far Rockaway NY 11691 Bob Dively Model Aircraft lnc28001 Chagrin Blvd Suite #206 Woodmere OH 44122 Bud Noven Models Inc P0 Box 105 Two Harbors MN 55616 C B Associates Inc 21658 Cloud Way Hay ward CA 94545 Data Resources 6 Laurel Ave Kittery ME 03904 Dave Platt Models 6940 NW 15th St Planta tion FL 33313 Dons Custom Models 9892 Vicksburg Drive Huntington Beach CA 02646 Du-Bro Products Inc 480 Bonner Road Wau conda IL 60084 EWH Specialties Inc 3012 Ave E East Ar lington TX 76011 Continued page 106 12 Model Aviation Uessna kyhawk kit Parker R/C Planes features foam fiberglass Construction engines Roush Mfg 24 lastandard Kioritz others special order KIORITZ NiINES BY GIBBS HOBBY & RESEARCH Original Developer Factory Trained Authorized Master Service Dealer Year limited Warranty Pre-Drilled Props Avail Ask About Custom- Built KIORITZ Engines Deep Fins Optimum Cooling 21/4 Flywheel 5mall Magneto 15/8 Six Bolt Aluminum Hub Carb Needles & Throttle Accessible Engine Running Don Godfrey 722-1765 Points Sealed Rear Housing $18995 pay shipping pre-paid orders DEALERS WELCOME 242 co n 397ccSaIl 5earngs Cenk 32 HP 05 5000 PCased Ro em Rod Pnto, Ps WeghtS b GIBBS HOBBY & RESEARCH 6195 HIlifleld St N W N CANTON OHIO 44720 Phone 21 6 499-8854 after 6 00 PM Toledo/Beckman Continued page ~ Higgins Contempo Magnum II engine 26 Cu haselectronicignition Flywheelfinswillbe trimmed production units Mightilne shirts have got covered One-liner Shirts $1050 Plane ShIrts $725 top quality football shIrts complete history back sky blue blue printing war- ground colorful WWII irds red printing Pitt airplanes applied sky blue shirts fine line followed seunoeeeauealu P38 Ugh5Sng xipw nf t claexic airntne FSFW FSF Hellcat P47 Thcatdett05 PiP ilgemnat P-SI Miteang PBF Bearcat PSI Black Widew AT-S Texan Fw90 P-SE Hawk A6M Zero e humor gags lot people Sky blue T-shirts printed two colors Pitts shirt white printed red black Theres such thing grasity. gk1ouiteaaaeei otOsio S SOMETIffiG SPECIALlF Order PS nnrcfzoOrder Thu earth socks.j313U34 nvs Order MN Order SHVl~ot Order SD Mens sizes Sm 132-361 Med 38-401 Lg 42-441 XL 1461Order PP~ahlatakydlvlg NameSend check money order Iplus 51 P/H Add 65% mx AddressFlightllne ShIrts Etcin california 12504 Saratoga Avenue CityStateZipsaratoga CA 95070 SizeStyleDesignTotal SAllow 44 weeks tar dellvesyl 106 Model Aviation Giezendanner USA P0 Box 818 Pottstown PA 19464 Higgins Contempo 11611 Cantara St. No Hollywood CA 9l605 Hobby Shack 18480 Bandilier Circle Fountain Valley CA 92708 International Miniature Aircraft Association 254 Washington St. Binghamton NY 1390l JC Enterprises 2551 SW 28th Terrace Ft Lauderdale FL 33312 J-5 Enterprises P0 Box 82 Belmont Ontario Canada NOL IBO Jim Messers Quality Model Products 106 Valley View Drive Allegany NY 14706 Midwest Products Co. 400 S Indiana Hobart IN 46342 Parker R/C Planes P0 Box 8l95 Van Nuys CA 91409 Quadra USA 1032 Manitowac Ave Oak Creek WI 53154 R&R Models 161 Red Bud Dr. Northwood OH 43619 R/C Kits 706 Easton NE N Canton OH 4472 Realistic Models 4 lOS Wadsworth Ct Annan dale VA 22003 Roush Mfg. P0 Box 251 Sandyville OH 4467 Schmidt Custom Kits I948 Franklin Blvd. Elk Grove CA 95624 T&D Fiberglass 30926 Block Garden City Ml 48135 Top Elite Models l90l N Narragansett Chi cago IL 60639 Trail Mfg Co. P0 Box 549 Huron Park Ontario canada NOM YO Vortac Mfg Co. P0 Box 469 Oak Lawn IL 60453 Wendell Hostetler Super Scale Plans l04l Heatherwood Lane Orville OH 44667 World Engines 8960 Rossash Ave. Cincinnati OH 45236 Ill back next month til thenlots happy safe flying Bob Beckman 8248 Holly Grove Court Ma nassas VA 22110 Fun/Winter Continued page 18 electric specialist showed up Kopaki 15mm flight electric glider before Heinz released reached max altitude Bob already air second time got 300 400 ft higher Heinzs Windrifter airborne 0-mm longer went morning wind shifted Heinz plodded out relocate hi-start stake Now Heinz launch lift area plowed field maneuver back over field losing considerable altitude Bob just flew lift over over again day grew hot After another 1600-ft hike retrieve hi-start huffing puffing red face found Bob sitting shade car flying electric glider Without taking eye off crate Bob asked Heinz didnt fly electric After leg cramps night running Heinz decided cant beat em join em Bob built aerobatic jobsBob has 460 flights Astro 075 Don Srull have picnic 6ft Spitfire using Astro 05 prop drive 12-or 13-8 Asking Heinz recommendation good place start people already building four-motor Connie mentioned have switched mysterious tn-motor sash Heres Heinz 02 flider own design borrowed Olympic nice beginners plane electric low budget Span 56 airfoil 10% see drawing Good forward speed penetration 6/i-min motor run Continued page 108 SPECIFICATIONS WnIbo Ponp cb 3 Ring Piston stock Ouadra adapter reposi tions carb easy access needles/throttle Executive Design Corp. I67-B New Highway North Amityville NY I701 Gibbs Hobby & Research 6195 HilIfield St NW Canton OH 44720 TypSoon a-li FIyIeg Foeteets B-24 Liberator 8-25 M5c5ell 8-29 5sperfortress


Edition: Model Aviation - 1981/07
Page Numbers: 10, 11, 12, 106

RC GIANT SCALE AT NEW KITS new engines new acces sories new materials im portant new commitments further development obvious through out three-day Rites Spring known Weak Signals Radio Control Exposition trend ward Giant Scale evident last years Toledo show carried through strongly year Most items seen last year back again real story new items Since space limited Ill concentrate new improved goodies apologize advance being able cover everything readers conveni ence list names addresses included end column Engines continue big story Giant Scale big really word want converted chainsaw engines up 56 cu displacement available Except TOLEDO very special applications personal feeling 4 cu reasonable limit yours special applications however its nice know power available Both Gibbs Hobby & Research Roush Mfg offering larger Kioritz chainsaw engines custom basis along standard 24 cu Kioritz blower engine JC Enterprises has introduced new model 23 cu McCulloch chainsaw engine very similar original Husky EWH has made significant changes Super Hustler II World Engines showed ignition version Tartan Higgins Contempo bringing out 26 cu engine based Homelite professional chainsaw Trail Manufacturing planning 3 Cu companion popular Quadra Giant Scalers choice power plants continues expand lot new accessories engines too Quadra Trail Manufacturing offering extensive line useful items Included two different choke assemblies die cast motor mount recoil pull-starter fits inside mount fuel tanks 16-oz 32-oz sizes fuel line prop hubs etc items available Quadra uSA Dario Brisi ghella item particular interest yet available will soon adapter allows carburetor rotated throttle linkage needle valves accessible B&B Specialties new supplier Giant Scale material wide range engine-related 10 Model Aviationliper omanawk Kit trom uons Lustom Moacs has beautiful fiberglass fuselage Higgins Contempos Eagle all-fiberglass shellswith injected foam Fantastictrim scheme uses full-color vinyl press-ons come kit BIG engines Gibbs Hobby & Research Theyre available special order displacements up about 6 cu Models built Dick Barrons plans always have beautiful frameworks wonder has heart cover latest PT-i 7 uon odfreys 6-25 has 2 Kioritz engines weighs 50 lb First flight due early May Jim Messeroffers PiperTomahawk either plans-only complete kit Heres Schmidt semi-kit Barrons PT-i 7 cutting done Quadra moves extensive line accessories plus new engine way items including mufflers mounts prop hubs engines currently available Vortac has add-on choke Quadra Kioritz Roush Mfg has intake velocity stacks exhaust manifold kits 24 Kioritz prop hubs several different engines fact almost engine supplier has six-bolt hubs almost engine C B Associates has new die cast Quadra mount muffler/ex haust systems Quadra Kawasaki engines Weve got bumper crop new kits plans year counted 18 kits shown last year didnt try count plans Christen Eagle seems taking place Pitts favorite subject addition several scratch-built versions dis play three very different kits Eagle T&D Fiberglass has conventional built-up structure course fiberglass cowl pants Bob Dively goes step father fiberglass fuselage Finally Higgins Contempo formerly Higgins Aero Comp ver sion fuselage wings tail surfaces made fiberglass shell/injected-foam tech nique used CAP-20L Realistic Models uses still different method Stinson Voyager pre-cut plywood parts key together like egg carton addition full kits semi-kits being offered plans available semi-kit usually consists formers wing ribs other shaped parts builder supplies stick sheet wood appropriate fiber glass cowls wheel pants may included Fittings accessories obvious big beautiful birds lot things around dug deep enougit encouraging thing area willingness part manufacturers talk about what Giant Scale modeler needs ready listen try give us what want As whats available now some items saw DuBros 4-40 ball link quarterscale full-figure pilot Giezendanner USAs fiberglass two-bladed props sizes 24-10 three-bladed 20-10 34 Aerolite Products control cable turnbuckles miscellaneous fittings Parker R/C Planes nose wheel assembly Aeromarines electric retracts B&B Specialties ball links Quadras pushrod/clevis/hom assem bly big wheels C B Associates stainless steel tumbuckles ANNCOs pneumatic retracts 6-in foam-filled wheels Jim Messers quarter-scale Lewis machine gun plus other things need Jims catalog sort out materials area saw some things exclusively Giant Scale certainly useful us Top Flites new FabriKote like fact goes same temperature MonoKote Another great material foam-core board Ive using some time Aerolite products has come up improved version instead paper out side covering has four mil ABS plastic sheeting comes 1/16-in -in 3/16-in thicknesses Aerolites list useful materials long its worth SASE get final item want mention isnt engine kit accesory will help find Bill Wilbur has stuffed computers memory full everything can find Giant Scale Ten dollars Data Resources gets copy current list $200 credit toward next printout copy has already gotten lot use Im sure other new items missed deliberately apologies omitted items firms youll send July1981 11 iom IeeIIng iau 1-loergiass ouiau nimser Christen Eagle kit Balsa USAs trio Giant Scale kits new Fly Baby Bipe lA-scale middle Hobby Shacks new Pilot series includes DH Tiger Moth also Pifts Citabria Execuive Design Corp offers kit charm ing Monocoupe 90-A Wendell Hostetlers latest plan beautiful P 6E Cowl pants T&D Fiberglass Behrens new JB Special Non-scale very scale-like flies either monoplane bipe real mover man Bonzo uave nails 74-scale ureat LSKC5 Trainer kit will available later year Chipmunk RIC Kits features foam wings rolled plywood fuselage Scale certainly Giant R&Rs Snapper sport model Quadra-size engines r think retracts. THINK information and/or samples Ill try get word out future columns Heres list organizations mentoned text photo captions Aerolite Products 1325 Millersport Hwy Buf falo NY 14221 Aeromarine Enterprise 709 Longboat Ave Beachwood NJ 08722 ANNCO Mfg Co P0 Box 23089 Minneapolis MN 55423 B&B Specialties 14234 Cleveland Rd Granger IN 46530 Balsa USA P0 Box 164 Marinette WI 54143 Barrons Scale Classics 1213 Holly Spring Lane Grand Blanc MI 48439 Bebrens Plan Service 31-27 Healy Ave Far Rockaway NY 11691 Bob Dively Model Aircraft lnc28001 Chagrin Blvd Suite #206 Woodmere OH 44122 Bud Noven Models Inc P0 Box 105 Two Harbors MN 55616 C B Associates Inc 21658 Cloud Way Hay ward CA 94545 Data Resources 6 Laurel Ave Kittery ME 03904 Dave Platt Models 6940 NW 15th St Planta tion FL 33313 Dons Custom Models 9892 Vicksburg Drive Huntington Beach CA 02646 Du-Bro Products Inc 480 Bonner Road Wau conda IL 60084 EWH Specialties Inc 3012 Ave E East Ar lington TX 76011 Continued page 106 12 Model Aviation Uessna kyhawk kit Parker R/C Planes features foam fiberglass Construction engines Roush Mfg 24 lastandard Kioritz others special order KIORITZ NiINES BY GIBBS HOBBY & RESEARCH Original Developer Factory Trained Authorized Master Service Dealer Year limited Warranty Pre-Drilled Props Avail Ask About Custom- Built KIORITZ Engines Deep Fins Optimum Cooling 21/4 Flywheel 5mall Magneto 15/8 Six Bolt Aluminum Hub Carb Needles & Throttle Accessible Engine Running Don Godfrey 722-1765 Points Sealed Rear Housing $18995 pay shipping pre-paid orders DEALERS WELCOME 242 co n 397ccSaIl 5earngs Cenk 32 HP 05 5000 PCased Ro em Rod Pnto, Ps WeghtS b GIBBS HOBBY & RESEARCH 6195 HIlifleld St N W N CANTON OHIO 44720 Phone 21 6 499-8854 after 6 00 PM Toledo/Beckman Continued page ~ Higgins Contempo Magnum II engine 26 Cu haselectronicignition Flywheelfinswillbe trimmed production units Mightilne shirts have got covered One-liner Shirts $1050 Plane ShIrts $725 top quality football shIrts complete history back sky blue blue printing war- ground colorful WWII irds red printing Pitt airplanes applied sky blue shirts fine line followed seunoeeeauealu P38 Ugh5Sng xipw nf t claexic airntne FSFW FSF Hellcat P47 Thcatdett05 PiP ilgemnat P-SI Miteang PBF Bearcat PSI Black Widew AT-S Texan Fw90 P-SE Hawk A6M Zero e humor gags lot people Sky blue T-shirts printed two colors Pitts shirt white printed red black Theres such thing grasity. gk1ouiteaaaeei otOsio S SOMETIffiG SPECIALlF Order PS nnrcfzoOrder Thu earth socks.j313U34 nvs Order MN Order SHVl~ot Order SD Mens sizes Sm 132-361 Med 38-401 Lg 42-441 XL 1461Order PP~ahlatakydlvlg NameSend check money order Iplus 51 P/H Add 65% mx AddressFlightllne ShIrts Etcin california 12504 Saratoga Avenue CityStateZipsaratoga CA 95070 SizeStyleDesignTotal SAllow 44 weeks tar dellvesyl 106 Model Aviation Giezendanner USA P0 Box 818 Pottstown PA 19464 Higgins Contempo 11611 Cantara St. No Hollywood CA 9l605 Hobby Shack 18480 Bandilier Circle Fountain Valley CA 92708 International Miniature Aircraft Association 254 Washington St. Binghamton NY 1390l JC Enterprises 2551 SW 28th Terrace Ft Lauderdale FL 33312 J-5 Enterprises P0 Box 82 Belmont Ontario Canada NOL IBO Jim Messers Quality Model Products 106 Valley View Drive Allegany NY 14706 Midwest Products Co. 400 S Indiana Hobart IN 46342 Parker R/C Planes P0 Box 8l95 Van Nuys CA 91409 Quadra USA 1032 Manitowac Ave Oak Creek WI 53154 R&R Models 161 Red Bud Dr. Northwood OH 43619 R/C Kits 706 Easton NE N Canton OH 4472 Realistic Models 4 lOS Wadsworth Ct Annan dale VA 22003 Roush Mfg. P0 Box 251 Sandyville OH 4467 Schmidt Custom Kits I948 Franklin Blvd. Elk Grove CA 95624 T&D Fiberglass 30926 Block Garden City Ml 48135 Top Elite Models l90l N Narragansett Chi cago IL 60639 Trail Mfg Co. P0 Box 549 Huron Park Ontario canada NOM YO Vortac Mfg Co. P0 Box 469 Oak Lawn IL 60453 Wendell Hostetler Super Scale Plans l04l Heatherwood Lane Orville OH 44667 World Engines 8960 Rossash Ave. Cincinnati OH 45236 Ill back next month til thenlots happy safe flying Bob Beckman 8248 Holly Grove Court Ma nassas VA 22110 Fun/Winter Continued page 18 electric specialist showed up Kopaki 15mm flight electric glider before Heinz released reached max altitude Bob already air second time got 300 400 ft higher Heinzs Windrifter airborne 0-mm longer went morning wind shifted Heinz plodded out relocate hi-start stake Now Heinz launch lift area plowed field maneuver back over field losing considerable altitude Bob just flew lift over over again day grew hot After another 1600-ft hike retrieve hi-start huffing puffing red face found Bob sitting shade car flying electric glider Without taking eye off crate Bob asked Heinz didnt fly electric After leg cramps night running Heinz decided cant beat em join em Bob built aerobatic jobsBob has 460 flights Astro 075 Don Srull have picnic 6ft Spitfire using Astro 05 prop drive 12-or 13-8 Asking Heinz recommendation good place start people already building four-motor Connie mentioned have switched mysterious tn-motor sash Heres Heinz 02 flider own design borrowed Olympic nice beginners plane electric low budget Span 56 airfoil 10% see drawing Good forward speed penetration 6/i-min motor run Continued page 108 SPECIFICATIONS WnIbo Ponp cb 3 Ring Piston stock Ouadra adapter reposi tions carb easy access needles/throttle Executive Design Corp. I67-B New Highway North Amityville NY I701 Gibbs Hobby & Research 6195 HilIfield St NW Canton OH 44720 TypSoon a-li FIyIeg Foeteets B-24 Liberator 8-25 M5c5ell 8-29 5sperfortress


Edition: Model Aviation - 1981/07
Page Numbers: 10, 11, 12, 106

RC GIANT SCALE AT NEW KITS new engines new acces sories new materials im portant new commitments further development obvious through out three-day Rites Spring known Weak Signals Radio Control Exposition trend ward Giant Scale evident last years Toledo show carried through strongly year Most items seen last year back again real story new items Since space limited Ill concentrate new improved goodies apologize advance being able cover everything readers conveni ence list names addresses included end column Engines continue big story Giant Scale big really word want converted chainsaw engines up 56 cu displacement available Except TOLEDO very special applications personal feeling 4 cu reasonable limit yours special applications however its nice know power available Both Gibbs Hobby & Research Roush Mfg offering larger Kioritz chainsaw engines custom basis along standard 24 cu Kioritz blower engine JC Enterprises has introduced new model 23 cu McCulloch chainsaw engine very similar original Husky EWH has made significant changes Super Hustler II World Engines showed ignition version Tartan Higgins Contempo bringing out 26 cu engine based Homelite professional chainsaw Trail Manufacturing planning 3 Cu companion popular Quadra Giant Scalers choice power plants continues expand lot new accessories engines too Quadra Trail Manufacturing offering extensive line useful items Included two different choke assemblies die cast motor mount recoil pull-starter fits inside mount fuel tanks 16-oz 32-oz sizes fuel line prop hubs etc items available Quadra uSA Dario Brisi ghella item particular interest yet available will soon adapter allows carburetor rotated throttle linkage needle valves accessible B&B Specialties new supplier Giant Scale material wide range engine-related 10 Model Aviationliper omanawk Kit trom uons Lustom Moacs has beautiful fiberglass fuselage Higgins Contempos Eagle all-fiberglass shellswith injected foam Fantastictrim scheme uses full-color vinyl press-ons come kit BIG engines Gibbs Hobby & Research Theyre available special order displacements up about 6 cu Models built Dick Barrons plans always have beautiful frameworks wonder has heart cover latest PT-i 7 uon odfreys 6-25 has 2 Kioritz engines weighs 50 lb First flight due early May Jim Messeroffers PiperTomahawk either plans-only complete kit Heres Schmidt semi-kit Barrons PT-i 7 cutting done Quadra moves extensive line accessories plus new engine way items including mufflers mounts prop hubs engines currently available Vortac has add-on choke Quadra Kioritz Roush Mfg has intake velocity stacks exhaust manifold kits 24 Kioritz prop hubs several different engines fact almost engine supplier has six-bolt hubs almost engine C B Associates has new die cast Quadra mount muffler/ex haust systems Quadra Kawasaki engines Weve got bumper crop new kits plans year counted 18 kits shown last year didnt try count plans Christen Eagle seems taking place Pitts favorite subject addition several scratch-built versions dis play three very different kits Eagle T&D Fiberglass has conventional built-up structure course fiberglass cowl pants Bob Dively goes step father fiberglass fuselage Finally Higgins Contempo formerly Higgins Aero Comp ver sion fuselage wings tail surfaces made fiberglass shell/injected-foam tech nique used CAP-20L Realistic Models uses still different method Stinson Voyager pre-cut plywood parts key together like egg carton addition full kits semi-kits being offered plans available semi-kit usually consists formers wing ribs other shaped parts builder supplies stick sheet wood appropriate fiber glass cowls wheel pants may included Fittings accessories obvious big beautiful birds lot things around dug deep enougit encouraging thing area willingness part manufacturers talk about what Giant Scale modeler needs ready listen try give us what want As whats available now some items saw DuBros 4-40 ball link quarterscale full-figure pilot Giezendanner USAs fiberglass two-bladed props sizes 24-10 three-bladed 20-10 34 Aerolite Products control cable turnbuckles miscellaneous fittings Parker R/C Planes nose wheel assembly Aeromarines electric retracts B&B Specialties ball links Quadras pushrod/clevis/hom assem bly big wheels C B Associates stainless steel tumbuckles ANNCOs pneumatic retracts 6-in foam-filled wheels Jim Messers quarter-scale Lewis machine gun plus other things need Jims catalog sort out materials area saw some things exclusively Giant Scale certainly useful us Top Flites new FabriKote like fact goes same temperature MonoKote Another great material foam-core board Ive using some time Aerolite products has come up improved version instead paper out side covering has four mil ABS plastic sheeting comes 1/16-in -in 3/16-in thicknesses Aerolites list useful materials long its worth SASE get final item want mention isnt engine kit accesory will help find Bill Wilbur has stuffed computers memory full everything can find Giant Scale Ten dollars Data Resources gets copy current list $200 credit toward next printout copy has already gotten lot use Im sure other new items missed deliberately apologies omitted items firms youll send July1981 11 iom IeeIIng iau 1-loergiass ouiau nimser Christen Eagle kit Balsa USAs trio Giant Scale kits new Fly Baby Bipe lA-scale middle Hobby Shacks new Pilot series includes DH Tiger Moth also Pifts Citabria Execuive Design Corp offers kit charm ing Monocoupe 90-A Wendell Hostetlers latest plan beautiful P 6E Cowl pants T&D Fiberglass Behrens new JB Special Non-scale very scale-like flies either monoplane bipe real mover man Bonzo uave nails 74-scale ureat LSKC5 Trainer kit will available later year Chipmunk RIC Kits features foam wings rolled plywood fuselage Scale certainly Giant R&Rs Snapper sport model Quadra-size engines r think retracts. THINK information and/or samples Ill try get word out future columns Heres list organizations mentoned text photo captions Aerolite Products 1325 Millersport Hwy Buf falo NY 14221 Aeromarine Enterprise 709 Longboat Ave Beachwood NJ 08722 ANNCO Mfg Co P0 Box 23089 Minneapolis MN 55423 B&B Specialties 14234 Cleveland Rd Granger IN 46530 Balsa USA P0 Box 164 Marinette WI 54143 Barrons Scale Classics 1213 Holly Spring Lane Grand Blanc MI 48439 Bebrens Plan Service 31-27 Healy Ave Far Rockaway NY 11691 Bob Dively Model Aircraft lnc28001 Chagrin Blvd Suite #206 Woodmere OH 44122 Bud Noven Models Inc P0 Box 105 Two Harbors MN 55616 C B Associates Inc 21658 Cloud Way Hay ward CA 94545 Data Resources 6 Laurel Ave Kittery ME 03904 Dave Platt Models 6940 NW 15th St Planta tion FL 33313 Dons Custom Models 9892 Vicksburg Drive Huntington Beach CA 02646 Du-Bro Products Inc 480 Bonner Road Wau conda IL 60084 EWH Specialties Inc 3012 Ave E East Ar lington TX 76011 Continued page 106 12 Model Aviation Uessna kyhawk kit Parker R/C Planes features foam fiberglass Construction engines Roush Mfg 24 lastandard Kioritz others special order KIORITZ NiINES BY GIBBS HOBBY & RESEARCH Original Developer Factory Trained Authorized Master Service Dealer Year limited Warranty Pre-Drilled Props Avail Ask About Custom- Built KIORITZ Engines Deep Fins Optimum Cooling 21/4 Flywheel 5mall Magneto 15/8 Six Bolt Aluminum Hub Carb Needles & Throttle Accessible Engine Running Don Godfrey 722-1765 Points Sealed Rear Housing $18995 pay shipping pre-paid orders DEALERS WELCOME 242 co n 397ccSaIl 5earngs Cenk 32 HP 05 5000 PCased Ro em Rod Pnto, Ps WeghtS b GIBBS HOBBY & RESEARCH 6195 HIlifleld St N W N CANTON OHIO 44720 Phone 21 6 499-8854 after 6 00 PM Toledo/Beckman Continued page ~ Higgins Contempo Magnum II engine 26 Cu haselectronicignition Flywheelfinswillbe trimmed production units Mightilne shirts have got covered One-liner Shirts $1050 Plane ShIrts $725 top quality football shIrts complete history back sky blue blue printing war- ground colorful WWII irds red printing Pitt airplanes applied sky blue shirts fine line followed seunoeeeauealu P38 Ugh5Sng xipw nf t claexic airntne FSFW FSF Hellcat P47 Thcatdett05 PiP ilgemnat P-SI Miteang PBF Bearcat PSI Black Widew AT-S Texan Fw90 P-SE Hawk A6M Zero e humor gags lot people Sky blue T-shirts printed two colors Pitts shirt white printed red black Theres such thing grasity. gk1ouiteaaaeei otOsio S SOMETIffiG SPECIALlF Order PS nnrcfzoOrder Thu earth socks.j313U34 nvs Order MN Order SHVl~ot Order SD Mens sizes Sm 132-361 Med 38-401 Lg 42-441 XL 1461Order PP~ahlatakydlvlg NameSend check money order Iplus 51 P/H Add 65% mx AddressFlightllne ShIrts Etcin california 12504 Saratoga Avenue CityStateZipsaratoga CA 95070 SizeStyleDesignTotal SAllow 44 weeks tar dellvesyl 106 Model Aviation Giezendanner USA P0 Box 818 Pottstown PA 19464 Higgins Contempo 11611 Cantara St. No Hollywood CA 9l605 Hobby Shack 18480 Bandilier Circle Fountain Valley CA 92708 International Miniature Aircraft Association 254 Washington St. Binghamton NY 1390l JC Enterprises 2551 SW 28th Terrace Ft Lauderdale FL 33312 J-5 Enterprises P0 Box 82 Belmont Ontario Canada NOL IBO Jim Messers Quality Model Products 106 Valley View Drive Allegany NY 14706 Midwest Products Co. 400 S Indiana Hobart IN 46342 Parker R/C Planes P0 Box 8l95 Van Nuys CA 91409 Quadra USA 1032 Manitowac Ave Oak Creek WI 53154 R&R Models 161 Red Bud Dr. Northwood OH 43619 R/C Kits 706 Easton NE N Canton OH 4472 Realistic Models 4 lOS Wadsworth Ct Annan dale VA 22003 Roush Mfg. P0 Box 251 Sandyville OH 4467 Schmidt Custom Kits I948 Franklin Blvd. Elk Grove CA 95624 T&D Fiberglass 30926 Block Garden City Ml 48135 Top Elite Models l90l N Narragansett Chi cago IL 60639 Trail Mfg Co. P0 Box 549 Huron Park Ontario canada NOM YO Vortac Mfg Co. P0 Box 469 Oak Lawn IL 60453 Wendell Hostetler Super Scale Plans l04l Heatherwood Lane Orville OH 44667 World Engines 8960 Rossash Ave. Cincinnati OH 45236 Ill back next month til thenlots happy safe flying Bob Beckman 8248 Holly Grove Court Ma nassas VA 22110 Fun/Winter Continued page 18 electric specialist showed up Kopaki 15mm flight electric glider before Heinz released reached max altitude Bob already air second time got 300 400 ft higher Heinzs Windrifter airborne 0-mm longer went morning wind shifted Heinz plodded out relocate hi-start stake Now Heinz launch lift area plowed field maneuver back over field losing considerable altitude Bob just flew lift over over again day grew hot After another 1600-ft hike retrieve hi-start huffing puffing red face found Bob sitting shade car flying electric glider Without taking eye off crate Bob asked Heinz didnt fly electric After leg cramps night running Heinz decided cant beat em join em Bob built aerobatic jobsBob has 460 flights Astro 075 Don Srull have picnic 6ft Spitfire using Astro 05 prop drive 12-or 13-8 Asking Heinz recommendation good place start people already building four-motor Connie mentioned have switched mysterious tn-motor sash Heres Heinz 02 flider own design borrowed Olympic nice beginners plane electric low budget Span 56 airfoil 10% see drawing Good forward speed penetration 6/i-min motor run Continued page 108 SPECIFICATIONS WnIbo Ponp cb 3 Ring Piston stock Ouadra adapter reposi tions carb easy access needles/throttle Executive Design Corp. I67-B New Highway North Amityville NY I701 Gibbs Hobby & Research 6195 HilIfield St NW Canton OH 44720 TypSoon a-li FIyIeg Foeteets B-24 Liberator 8-25 M5c5ell 8-29 5sperfortress

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