Marcy’s Marvelous
Wheel Chocks are a
great way to secure
your aircra for
storage. The chocks
have a slot in which
the landing gear rests.
The ASM B-17 is about to be
attacked by a Japanese Zero.
Nine-year-old Andrew Sabini displays
his electric-powered ASM B-17
A new product and two great
Giant Scale o erings
by Sal Calvagna
[email protected]
Welcome back to the “RC
Giants” column. In this issue
there are a couple of superbly
done Giant Scale models from
members.
Occasionally I come across a product
that just seems to make sense. Marcy
Jones of Brattleboro, Vermont, hopes
you think so too.
I’ve met with Marcy at different
modeling events in the Northeast for
a number of years, but I never knew
how inventive he was until he showed
me a product he designed that bore
his name: Marcy’s Marvelous Wheel
Chocks. They are offered by Sullivan
Products and are used to stabilize
model aircraft in transport, storage,
display, etc.
These wheel chocks are made from
high-strength aluminum and come
with mounting screws. They allow
you to securely store your fuselage in
a vertical or horizontal position. The
chocks have a slot in
which the landing
gear axle rests.
The slot is large
enough to handle
most axle sizes
and is designed to
capture the axle
so the gear will
not slide off. It can be mounted on the
inside or outside of the wheel.
Marcy’s Marvelous Wheel Chocks
are a great way to neatly organize
aircraft for storage. Of course, these
work best for aircraft where the
landing gear is mounted directly to the
fuselage.
For more information, visit the
Sullivan Products’ website, listed in
“Sources.”
Advanced Scale Models B-17
Nine-year-old RC pilot, Andrew
Sabini, of Brentwood, New York, is
pictured with
his Advanced
Scale Models
(ASM) B-17
that he
commands at fl ying events throughout
the East Coast.
The ASM B-17 spans 120 inches
and is powered by four E-fl ite 46
electric motors and four E-fl ite 60-
amp ESCs. Four 4S 5000 mAh LiPo
packs allow for 8- to 10-minute fl ights.
The model was assembled and detailed
by Andrew’s dad, who produced a
realistic fi nish.
The model is fi nished as the
Scheherazade of the 4th Bomb Wing/3rd
Air Division, 447th Bomber Group
based in Rattlesden, England. It is one
of the original
447th aircraft
Ground crew Charlie Fisher, Vinnie Gui re, and Ben DiPietro help prepare
Walt’s Nieuport for flight.
Walt Moucha stands by his framed-up,
162-inch wingspan, 1/2-scale Nieuport 17.
that survived the war and returned to
the United States. It was credited with
accomplishing 126 missions without a
single loss or aborted fl ight.
The aircraft’s nickname,
Scheherazade, is after a legendary
queen and storyteller in the book One
Thousand and One Arabian Nights.
The tale goes that every day the
king would
marry a new
wife and have
her disappear the next day. This was
done in anger after having found his
fi rst wife had betrayed him.
Scheherazade asked the king if she
might tell a story during the long
night. The king lay awake and listened
with awe as Scheherazade told her
fi rst story. The night passed by and
Scheherazade stopped in the middle
of the story. The king asked her to
fi nish, but Scheherazade said there
was no time, as dawn was breaking. So,
the king spared her life for one day to
fi nish the story the next night.
The next night, Scheherazade
fi nished the story, and then began a
second, even more exciting tale which
she again stopped halfway through. So
the king again spared her life for one
day to fi nish the second story.
The king kept Scheherazade alive
day by day, as he eagerly anticipated
the finishing of the previous night’s
story.
During these one thousand and
one nights, the king fell in love with
Scheherazade. Having made him a
wiser and kinder man, he spared her
life and made her his queen.
Lt. Philip Zanoya, the pilot of
Scheherazade, having read the story,
named the B-17 after Scheherazade in
the hopes that he, too, could be spared
and return safely every evening from
his bombing missions.
A Huge Nieuport 17
Walt Moucha of Fort Pierce,
Florida, sent in information about his
latest project, a humongous 1/2-scale
Nieuport 17. The Nieuport spans
162 inches, has a chord of 26 inches,
fuselage length of 114 inches, and
weighs in at a whopping 84 pounds.
The Nieuport is powered by a 3W
140 gas engine swinging a 32 x 10
propeller. The model is covered with
100 linear feet of silver Solartex.
Thanks to the AMA’s Large Model
Airplane Program for models heavier
than 55 pounds, members can build
and fly models up to 125 pounds.
For more information about the
restrictions and requirements of this
program, visit the AMA website’s
“AMA Documents” section, listed in
“Sources.”
If you’re interested in building this
model, please call or write to Walt
at the contact information listed in
“Sources.”
That’s all for now. See you in June.
SOURCES:
Sullivan Products
(410) 732-3500
www.sullivanproducts.com
Walt Moucha
(772) 460-6436
[email protected]
AMA Large Model Airplane Program, Documents
520A, 520B, 520C
www.modelaircraft.org/documents.aspx
International Miniature Aircraft Association
www.fly-imaa.org
Edition: Model Aviation - 2013/04
Page Numbers: 109,110,111
Edition: Model Aviation - 2013/04
Page Numbers: 109,110,111
Marcy’s Marvelous
Wheel Chocks are a
great way to secure
your aircra for
storage. The chocks
have a slot in which
the landing gear rests.
The ASM B-17 is about to be
attacked by a Japanese Zero.
Nine-year-old Andrew Sabini displays
his electric-powered ASM B-17
A new product and two great
Giant Scale o erings
by Sal Calvagna
[email protected]
Welcome back to the “RC
Giants” column. In this issue
there are a couple of superbly
done Giant Scale models from
members.
Occasionally I come across a product
that just seems to make sense. Marcy
Jones of Brattleboro, Vermont, hopes
you think so too.
I’ve met with Marcy at different
modeling events in the Northeast for
a number of years, but I never knew
how inventive he was until he showed
me a product he designed that bore
his name: Marcy’s Marvelous Wheel
Chocks. They are offered by Sullivan
Products and are used to stabilize
model aircraft in transport, storage,
display, etc.
These wheel chocks are made from
high-strength aluminum and come
with mounting screws. They allow
you to securely store your fuselage in
a vertical or horizontal position. The
chocks have a slot in
which the landing
gear axle rests.
The slot is large
enough to handle
most axle sizes
and is designed to
capture the axle
so the gear will
not slide off. It can be mounted on the
inside or outside of the wheel.
Marcy’s Marvelous Wheel Chocks
are a great way to neatly organize
aircraft for storage. Of course, these
work best for aircraft where the
landing gear is mounted directly to the
fuselage.
For more information, visit the
Sullivan Products’ website, listed in
“Sources.”
Advanced Scale Models B-17
Nine-year-old RC pilot, Andrew
Sabini, of Brentwood, New York, is
pictured with
his Advanced
Scale Models
(ASM) B-17
that he
commands at fl ying events throughout
the East Coast.
The ASM B-17 spans 120 inches
and is powered by four E-fl ite 46
electric motors and four E-fl ite 60-
amp ESCs. Four 4S 5000 mAh LiPo
packs allow for 8- to 10-minute fl ights.
The model was assembled and detailed
by Andrew’s dad, who produced a
realistic fi nish.
The model is fi nished as the
Scheherazade of the 4th Bomb Wing/3rd
Air Division, 447th Bomber Group
based in Rattlesden, England. It is one
of the original
447th aircraft
Ground crew Charlie Fisher, Vinnie Gui re, and Ben DiPietro help prepare
Walt’s Nieuport for flight.
Walt Moucha stands by his framed-up,
162-inch wingspan, 1/2-scale Nieuport 17.
that survived the war and returned to
the United States. It was credited with
accomplishing 126 missions without a
single loss or aborted fl ight.
The aircraft’s nickname,
Scheherazade, is after a legendary
queen and storyteller in the book One
Thousand and One Arabian Nights.
The tale goes that every day the
king would
marry a new
wife and have
her disappear the next day. This was
done in anger after having found his
fi rst wife had betrayed him.
Scheherazade asked the king if she
might tell a story during the long
night. The king lay awake and listened
with awe as Scheherazade told her
fi rst story. The night passed by and
Scheherazade stopped in the middle
of the story. The king asked her to
fi nish, but Scheherazade said there
was no time, as dawn was breaking. So,
the king spared her life for one day to
fi nish the story the next night.
The next night, Scheherazade
fi nished the story, and then began a
second, even more exciting tale which
she again stopped halfway through. So
the king again spared her life for one
day to fi nish the second story.
The king kept Scheherazade alive
day by day, as he eagerly anticipated
the finishing of the previous night’s
story.
During these one thousand and
one nights, the king fell in love with
Scheherazade. Having made him a
wiser and kinder man, he spared her
life and made her his queen.
Lt. Philip Zanoya, the pilot of
Scheherazade, having read the story,
named the B-17 after Scheherazade in
the hopes that he, too, could be spared
and return safely every evening from
his bombing missions.
A Huge Nieuport 17
Walt Moucha of Fort Pierce,
Florida, sent in information about his
latest project, a humongous 1/2-scale
Nieuport 17. The Nieuport spans
162 inches, has a chord of 26 inches,
fuselage length of 114 inches, and
weighs in at a whopping 84 pounds.
The Nieuport is powered by a 3W
140 gas engine swinging a 32 x 10
propeller. The model is covered with
100 linear feet of silver Solartex.
Thanks to the AMA’s Large Model
Airplane Program for models heavier
than 55 pounds, members can build
and fly models up to 125 pounds.
For more information about the
restrictions and requirements of this
program, visit the AMA website’s
“AMA Documents” section, listed in
“Sources.”
If you’re interested in building this
model, please call or write to Walt
at the contact information listed in
“Sources.”
That’s all for now. See you in June.
SOURCES:
Sullivan Products
(410) 732-3500
www.sullivanproducts.com
Walt Moucha
(772) 460-6436
[email protected]
AMA Large Model Airplane Program, Documents
520A, 520B, 520C
www.modelaircraft.org/documents.aspx
International Miniature Aircraft Association
www.fly-imaa.org
Edition: Model Aviation - 2013/04
Page Numbers: 109,110,111
Marcy’s Marvelous
Wheel Chocks are a
great way to secure
your aircra for
storage. The chocks
have a slot in which
the landing gear rests.
The ASM B-17 is about to be
attacked by a Japanese Zero.
Nine-year-old Andrew Sabini displays
his electric-powered ASM B-17
A new product and two great
Giant Scale o erings
by Sal Calvagna
[email protected]
Welcome back to the “RC
Giants” column. In this issue
there are a couple of superbly
done Giant Scale models from
members.
Occasionally I come across a product
that just seems to make sense. Marcy
Jones of Brattleboro, Vermont, hopes
you think so too.
I’ve met with Marcy at different
modeling events in the Northeast for
a number of years, but I never knew
how inventive he was until he showed
me a product he designed that bore
his name: Marcy’s Marvelous Wheel
Chocks. They are offered by Sullivan
Products and are used to stabilize
model aircraft in transport, storage,
display, etc.
These wheel chocks are made from
high-strength aluminum and come
with mounting screws. They allow
you to securely store your fuselage in
a vertical or horizontal position. The
chocks have a slot in
which the landing
gear axle rests.
The slot is large
enough to handle
most axle sizes
and is designed to
capture the axle
so the gear will
not slide off. It can be mounted on the
inside or outside of the wheel.
Marcy’s Marvelous Wheel Chocks
are a great way to neatly organize
aircraft for storage. Of course, these
work best for aircraft where the
landing gear is mounted directly to the
fuselage.
For more information, visit the
Sullivan Products’ website, listed in
“Sources.”
Advanced Scale Models B-17
Nine-year-old RC pilot, Andrew
Sabini, of Brentwood, New York, is
pictured with
his Advanced
Scale Models
(ASM) B-17
that he
commands at fl ying events throughout
the East Coast.
The ASM B-17 spans 120 inches
and is powered by four E-fl ite 46
electric motors and four E-fl ite 60-
amp ESCs. Four 4S 5000 mAh LiPo
packs allow for 8- to 10-minute fl ights.
The model was assembled and detailed
by Andrew’s dad, who produced a
realistic fi nish.
The model is fi nished as the
Scheherazade of the 4th Bomb Wing/3rd
Air Division, 447th Bomber Group
based in Rattlesden, England. It is one
of the original
447th aircraft
Ground crew Charlie Fisher, Vinnie Gui re, and Ben DiPietro help prepare
Walt’s Nieuport for flight.
Walt Moucha stands by his framed-up,
162-inch wingspan, 1/2-scale Nieuport 17.
that survived the war and returned to
the United States. It was credited with
accomplishing 126 missions without a
single loss or aborted fl ight.
The aircraft’s nickname,
Scheherazade, is after a legendary
queen and storyteller in the book One
Thousand and One Arabian Nights.
The tale goes that every day the
king would
marry a new
wife and have
her disappear the next day. This was
done in anger after having found his
fi rst wife had betrayed him.
Scheherazade asked the king if she
might tell a story during the long
night. The king lay awake and listened
with awe as Scheherazade told her
fi rst story. The night passed by and
Scheherazade stopped in the middle
of the story. The king asked her to
fi nish, but Scheherazade said there
was no time, as dawn was breaking. So,
the king spared her life for one day to
fi nish the story the next night.
The next night, Scheherazade
fi nished the story, and then began a
second, even more exciting tale which
she again stopped halfway through. So
the king again spared her life for one
day to fi nish the second story.
The king kept Scheherazade alive
day by day, as he eagerly anticipated
the finishing of the previous night’s
story.
During these one thousand and
one nights, the king fell in love with
Scheherazade. Having made him a
wiser and kinder man, he spared her
life and made her his queen.
Lt. Philip Zanoya, the pilot of
Scheherazade, having read the story,
named the B-17 after Scheherazade in
the hopes that he, too, could be spared
and return safely every evening from
his bombing missions.
A Huge Nieuport 17
Walt Moucha of Fort Pierce,
Florida, sent in information about his
latest project, a humongous 1/2-scale
Nieuport 17. The Nieuport spans
162 inches, has a chord of 26 inches,
fuselage length of 114 inches, and
weighs in at a whopping 84 pounds.
The Nieuport is powered by a 3W
140 gas engine swinging a 32 x 10
propeller. The model is covered with
100 linear feet of silver Solartex.
Thanks to the AMA’s Large Model
Airplane Program for models heavier
than 55 pounds, members can build
and fly models up to 125 pounds.
For more information about the
restrictions and requirements of this
program, visit the AMA website’s
“AMA Documents” section, listed in
“Sources.”
If you’re interested in building this
model, please call or write to Walt
at the contact information listed in
“Sources.”
That’s all for now. See you in June.
SOURCES:
Sullivan Products
(410) 732-3500
www.sullivanproducts.com
Walt Moucha
(772) 460-6436
[email protected]
AMA Large Model Airplane Program, Documents
520A, 520B, 520C
www.modelaircraft.org/documents.aspx
International Miniature Aircraft Association
www.fly-imaa.org
