L F Randolph D POVflD LtfiDIfl tNfS K Round leading edges have defi nite appeal because ad ditional gluing area afforded ribs eliminate need round after wing construc tion complete Hardwood dow els too heavy soda straws much too weak pictures show make balsa dowels just right job Fun/Winter Continued pace 26 just short piece thin wire attached rudder Indoor site Kansas City probably 1948 Olathe Nats blasted 100watt transmitter wire bent slightly response heated slowflying job would steer away walls laughed put RC Towline Glider slightly later Olathe Natsuntil flew caused bliz zard protests Among fantasies foolishly revealed earlier column 8-ft Korda either K&B 19 appropriate ly geared belt-reduction 15 electric motor paralyzed size Quarter Scale barn laid out paper Suddenly unpredictable Don Srull cranked out scaled-up Comet Sparky plans article issue editor subsequently has laid out big Simmers Jabberwock also geared Leisure 05 others has pushed own gear systems ratios high 51 15-in-dia lO-in-pitch folding fans blind man can see bottom line old Rubber jobs probably finest efficient configurations ever built Ill bet RC Pattern ffiers understand Wanings Wake spent last night surrounded Frank Zaics yearbooks now Tues day praise Lord looking mighty old-rule Wakes Gosh what beautiful machines Half-up Wakes about 5- 6-ft spans superb Elec trics reduction-drive 15s 19 glow sleek super-gliding sport jobs could superior Old-Ti mer Gassies often awkward attempts handling power Wakes allow shoot ideal No bet ter beautiful aerodynamically speaking Bob Coplands prewar Wake England has ever de signed see drawing People still recall Coplands Stream liner awe 1939 Wakefield Cup contest expected win ner night before contest day av eraged easy 4 mm Because thermals werent factor England US British jobs long motor runs Copland job its perfectly streamlined fuselage cir cular cross section plug-in tapered wings epitome beauty efficiency failure British black rubberwe used brown rubber dayssabotaged model won over England Continent Theres chance Coplands ship still exists clues have fed Hurst Bowers AMA Museum coordina tor reposed Air Trails fice after Paul Plecan drew plans April 1940 issue crushed falling book brought tears Frank Zaics eyeswho re 40 Model Aviation 1 Fold three-inch square 1 00-grit sandpaper half Staple form channel about twice wide balsa strip thick 2 Rotate balsa strip between fingers move through sandpaper same time along full length strip round corners 3 Coat back full sheet 100-grit sandpaper rubber cement Attach flat smooth piece plywood Masonite workbench built flew Chicago Nats Dick Sherman reports Chet Lanzo swapped models Copland both team mem bers Dick says Chet still has ever writer suspects earlier Copland creationgenerally similar box fuselage cross section Folks discovering won ders 09-l 0-powered soaring planes tail-dragger gear reinventing wheeL Dozens hundreds mag nificent designs waiting touch genius didnt want write about Wakes voices made spring young mans fancy turns servos batteries late March written first flying session year took place same day nationally could called National Demolition Derby Day local guys 19 wipeouts first good Sunday last year Just because everything worked flaw lessly usually last winters chill winds intruded doesnt mean can take things granted new season Sneaky battery cells defect enemy Servo pots get filthy occasionally pot contacts wipers too weary bother Ignored en gines give up ghostusually right after lift-off Rust flakes grind up ball bearings Preventive maintenance 11th commandment Hopefully youve made New Years resolution some thing about annoying erratic things turned last years flying battle wits Being incurable procrastinator Lower Slobovian Air Force rag-tag vintage darn near thing incompatible have trying months get something shape summer skirmishing AU batter ies charged 30 45 days now charge recycle about go off flying battle discovered Old-Timer has flying just three good cells much servo use got away six years have flying again havent cracked-up due equipment 1000 flights Dumb luck havent piled-in due batteries must doing something right As hacker guarantee cannot operate indefinitely some kind problem unless have cycler chargercrack-ups certain death taxes otherwise happen have Ace Digipace Taylor former provides digital readout minutes latter has knobs click indicate capacity mAh cycler runs-down batteries under appropriate load safe minimum voltage automatically goes charge cycler warns tiring pack betrays bad cells example Continued page 74 July 1983 41 4 Use wide sanding block roll strip between block sandpaper figure-eight motion along full strip length 5 just few passes strip will round true technique has mainstay Indoor fliers produce round balsa dowels used wing mounts u rIupeper wreppea arouna oowei usea gang-sand noicnes ribs same time gives perfect match leading edge ribs 7 The round leading edge installed using white glue iron-on technique described March 1983 MA June 1982 MAN 1/16 balsa sheet can ironed completely around leading edge
Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/07
Page Numbers: 40, 41
L F Randolph D POVflD LtfiDIfl tNfS K Round leading edges have defi nite appeal because ad ditional gluing area afforded ribs eliminate need round after wing construc tion complete Hardwood dow els too heavy soda straws much too weak pictures show make balsa dowels just right job Fun/Winter Continued pace 26 just short piece thin wire attached rudder Indoor site Kansas City probably 1948 Olathe Nats blasted 100watt transmitter wire bent slightly response heated slowflying job would steer away walls laughed put RC Towline Glider slightly later Olathe Natsuntil flew caused bliz zard protests Among fantasies foolishly revealed earlier column 8-ft Korda either K&B 19 appropriate ly geared belt-reduction 15 electric motor paralyzed size Quarter Scale barn laid out paper Suddenly unpredictable Don Srull cranked out scaled-up Comet Sparky plans article issue editor subsequently has laid out big Simmers Jabberwock also geared Leisure 05 others has pushed own gear systems ratios high 51 15-in-dia lO-in-pitch folding fans blind man can see bottom line old Rubber jobs probably finest efficient configurations ever built Ill bet RC Pattern ffiers understand Wanings Wake spent last night surrounded Frank Zaics yearbooks now Tues day praise Lord looking mighty old-rule Wakes Gosh what beautiful machines Half-up Wakes about 5- 6-ft spans superb Elec trics reduction-drive 15s 19 glow sleek super-gliding sport jobs could superior Old-Ti mer Gassies often awkward attempts handling power Wakes allow shoot ideal No bet ter beautiful aerodynamically speaking Bob Coplands prewar Wake England has ever de signed see drawing People still recall Coplands Stream liner awe 1939 Wakefield Cup contest expected win ner night before contest day av eraged easy 4 mm Because thermals werent factor England US British jobs long motor runs Copland job its perfectly streamlined fuselage cir cular cross section plug-in tapered wings epitome beauty efficiency failure British black rubberwe used brown rubber dayssabotaged model won over England Continent Theres chance Coplands ship still exists clues have fed Hurst Bowers AMA Museum coordina tor reposed Air Trails fice after Paul Plecan drew plans April 1940 issue crushed falling book brought tears Frank Zaics eyeswho re 40 Model Aviation 1 Fold three-inch square 1 00-grit sandpaper half Staple form channel about twice wide balsa strip thick 2 Rotate balsa strip between fingers move through sandpaper same time along full length strip round corners 3 Coat back full sheet 100-grit sandpaper rubber cement Attach flat smooth piece plywood Masonite workbench built flew Chicago Nats Dick Sherman reports Chet Lanzo swapped models Copland both team mem bers Dick says Chet still has ever writer suspects earlier Copland creationgenerally similar box fuselage cross section Folks discovering won ders 09-l 0-powered soaring planes tail-dragger gear reinventing wheeL Dozens hundreds mag nificent designs waiting touch genius didnt want write about Wakes voices made spring young mans fancy turns servos batteries late March written first flying session year took place same day nationally could called National Demolition Derby Day local guys 19 wipeouts first good Sunday last year Just because everything worked flaw lessly usually last winters chill winds intruded doesnt mean can take things granted new season Sneaky battery cells defect enemy Servo pots get filthy occasionally pot contacts wipers too weary bother Ignored en gines give up ghostusually right after lift-off Rust flakes grind up ball bearings Preventive maintenance 11th commandment Hopefully youve made New Years resolution some thing about annoying erratic things turned last years flying battle wits Being incurable procrastinator Lower Slobovian Air Force rag-tag vintage darn near thing incompatible have trying months get something shape summer skirmishing AU batter ies charged 30 45 days now charge recycle about go off flying battle discovered Old-Timer has flying just three good cells much servo use got away six years have flying again havent cracked-up due equipment 1000 flights Dumb luck havent piled-in due batteries must doing something right As hacker guarantee cannot operate indefinitely some kind problem unless have cycler chargercrack-ups certain death taxes otherwise happen have Ace Digipace Taylor former provides digital readout minutes latter has knobs click indicate capacity mAh cycler runs-down batteries under appropriate load safe minimum voltage automatically goes charge cycler warns tiring pack betrays bad cells example Continued page 74 July 1983 41 4 Use wide sanding block roll strip between block sandpaper figure-eight motion along full strip length 5 just few passes strip will round true technique has mainstay Indoor fliers produce round balsa dowels used wing mounts u rIupeper wreppea arouna oowei usea gang-sand noicnes ribs same time gives perfect match leading edge ribs 7 The round leading edge installed using white glue iron-on technique described March 1983 MA June 1982 MAN 1/16 balsa sheet can ironed completely around leading edge