Many modeler has inspired Foikerts Speed King SK-3 Jupiter Rudy Kiing added Pride Lemont sake back ers truly very clean functional machine win Thompson Trophy against airplanes much four times its 250 hp modeler note shares recollections preteen days parents lived Illinois town Rudy Klings 1937 Thompson Trophy winner Jupiter Pride Le mont named EClarence Mather NINETEEN HUNDRED eighty-seven marked 50 years since Clayton Folkerts air racer design SK-3 its days glory its tragic finale Rudy Klings Jupiter Pride Lemont Id like share memories some people places events era Ill accurate mediocre memory permits Lemont IL situated Des Plaines river flood plains hilly southeastward-facing bank about 30 miles southwest Chicago Albert Kling farm couple miles town gravel road few turns down road John Mather farm born Among earliest memories riding town family Model T way passed Kling farm somewhat unusual house side road barn other Often Kling boysTom Rudy Fritz would property waye passed Lemont elsewhere pace life quickening day gang workmen some horse-drawn earth scoops concrete mixer appeared gravel roads paving completed named Highway 66a concrete ribbon travel years later way Los Angeles Soon after Highway 66 complete Rudy Fritz Kling gifted mechanically worked farm machinery motorcycles cars built gas station-garage opened business Some time probably several years later noticed yellow biplane parked pasture across highway garage Rudy Kling become flier Occasionally Id get lucky airplane would landing drove believe Rudy kept plane Art Chesters airport near Joliet just few miles away biplane flies certain days Rudy would fly pasture squeeze some airtime during breaks garage routine next thing heard Rudy purchased racing plane kept garage part time During trips 68 Model Aviation 000___ II II 10-feet / 05 2iI 3-meter AlI LKERTS SPEED KING SK-3ZJUPITEW Lemont Id beg Dad stop garage order ogle racer Keith-Riders purchased used Named Suzie craft painted light-llue-and-yellow carried flatbed car trailer wing removed Frequently engine cowling would off engine being worked Once puzzled see someone rubbing tail surface piece gray paper puddle water introduction wet-or-dry sandpaper Suzie placed number air races Rudy Kling pilot airplane met premature end Los Angeles Air Races car drove right front Rudy setting down Considering high landing speed fragility tight-fitting aircraft miracle Rudy escaped uninjured Dad predicted eerie accuracy Rudy would kill himself someday flying racing planes After accident learned Rudy building new racing plane Lemont Jupiter Pride Lemontthe project being sponsored least part group Lemont businessmen being constructed building formerly housed Wurtzlers drugstore family went town supplies banking would hurry over check airplanes progress Lemont although home farmers such Albert Klings father own typical Midwestern farm town population stood about 1100 early Thirties Nearby limestone quarries local aluminum products plant employed some inhabitants others rode streetcar Chicago area industries majority population Catholic Incongruously enough though Lemont French name town no French Catholic church did have Irish German Polish Catholic parishes During preteen years Prohibition effect course often violated day father walking Lemont sidewalk met uncles After short discussion headed small dress shop entered walked rear lady proprietress ushered us through curtained doorway back room watched men down couple shots bootleg whiskey Judging facial grimaces tear-filled eyes got lot internal action money Just few years ago Lemont services father astounded see same dress shop still being operated same lady amounted over 50 years same owner same building Chicago Drainage Canal really just huge open sewer city Chicago ran edge Lemont Barges plied filthy waters wondered bargemen could stand stench days time canal served other purposes irregular intervals corpses fished vile waters Some remains despairing souls decided end earthly life Continued page 170 February 1989 69 AIR WOLF EPOXY FIBERGLASS FUSELAGE S TAKES MOST 50-60 MECHANICS OTHER MODELS AVAILABLE LARRY JOLLY MODEL PRODUCTS $20000 5501 WCOMO SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA 92703 714 826-6861 NEW IMPROVED * * * ~gin wili weela Peww p IT *USPatentNooes *276 *Dealers InvItedp * p *p *lone 5ea wattantya10ftCORDJ * * WetoeDry * Stick Abrasives *p *A Keen Machine gives esceptional p *sanding control excellent finish 995 6asH mcI 1 fIat Wand 1 each p ot gntsp 1 O8 Braider Specinal nct2flat 1 haIt p 1 29 DeII2w Incxdes3tlat2halt rOoTS p *6 gntsp * dronal Wands Abrasives available * p *WANDIT MANUFACTURING 214 288-5789 * * ox 266 uite Texas 75149 INTRODUCING THE FOR HZH-035-0S0 ELECTRIC LENGTH 30 PLYING WT 20 T030 02 Designed built Electric Model Co 216 Oyster Ck r Land TX 77478 242-6229 Souths largest inventory seeo motors & accessories Needhehe yew electric akplaae gilder Asic Deal tion model should quite stable Note two factors will make dras tic changes location computed CG area stabilizer its tail moment Tm correct CG important might wish check out formula some models already built trimmed Also try out some pop ular kit plans see close come designers CG location always same should very close design is considered stably flying model Well hope will help layman model designers may tuned column However model crashes anyway please dont write tell about Ive got own problems new Fazadis 450 See ya downwind Rudy KIing/Mather Continued page 69 Others rumored induced take terminal dive canal after offending notorious Chicagoland underworld hierarchy some having received preliminary dose lead poisoning help along way hit men conveniently avoided littering streets vacant lots Chicagoland Illinois Central Railroad passed right through business area Lemont several crossings gates lights bells terrifying experience especially night waiting tracks red warning lights flashed alarm bells clanged earth shook whistle shrieked crescendo steel monster thundered its pale eye peering out darkness spite warnings occasional impatient motorist zigzagged around lowered gates beat train few lost race given swift violent ride eternity courtesy steam locomotive known City New Orleans Obviously good old days murky underside Lemont picturesque town lot friendly people Its also place Jupiter Pride Lemont spawned have mental image sleek uncovered fuselage crafted metal tubing wooden formers lots stringers Later completed airplane often found its trailer Klings garage Usually cowling off engine being worked September 1937 Chicago Tribune headline bannered exciting news Kling wins Thompson Actually won both Greve Thompson Trophy races Cleveland Greve race restricted engines certain displacement Jupiters 250-hp Menasco small enough qualify Thompson race other hand no engine size restriction Rudy competing against racers much 1000 hp tremendous thrill have farmboy neighbor make good sport required extremely specialized aircraft highly skilled piloting Whats hed passed ultimate test doing Cleveland Air Races Indy 500 air modem standards winning speeds impressive Fritz Kling later indicated Rudy taken easy throttle because Jupiter new plane its first race racer capable much higher speeds certainly seems plausible Jupiters fuselage slim oval tube tapering smoothly rear just wide deep enough enclose parts mechanisms bullet-shaped spinner covered part high-drag propeller hub provided easy entry air retracted gear openings completely covered doors conformed fuselage lines windshield smooth curve small safe viewing would allow tapered wing low aspect ratio plywood covered Its zero dihedral shoulder mounting produced large-angle low-drag junctions fuselage very high pitch propeller provided low acceleration outset helped airplane really move out top speeds Overall Jupiter small very clean lightweight racer thin airfoil combination added up great reserves speed least among beautiful aircraft 170 Model Aviation AMA Logo Ring Approved ACADEMy OF MODEL AERONAUTICS Pines cast Solid 10K Gold Pdce Siesso es plus $250 Shipping Ordering lflHtnrotiono send Check Money Order Name Address Ring Size AMA No NAYCO Ce Bee 21 Stratterd NJ 05e54 Please RIIHW 4tH 6 weekn deliHery hew Jersey Residents add 6% tao Instantly removable Wi-cycle gesr whesls Pee-built boom landing gesr sockets & push-rods Asiro motor mount cobalt edapter PPe-forrned laading edges knotched Wailing edges AirframeS oi 75 oz landing gear Perfect performance 020-036-38 systems Maximum duration & glider-like motor-ofi flight characteristmcs ARF build & cover wing Alleles completely built tail surfaces hinged --- $7896 selo gear $8696 gear ledd $3 shipping TX res add 6% esles taxi THE TWELFTH ANNUAL IMODELSPORT&HOBBYSHOWI INDUSTRY MEMBERS ONLY FRIDAY JAN 131989 10am- 5pm GENERAL PUBLIC RDAY JANUARY 14 1989 10am -6 pm GENERAL PUBLIC AY JANUARY 15 1989 10 am 5 pm 11 SEE THE LATEST PRODUCTS AND VISIT WITH MAJOR MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF MODEL AIRCRAFT MODEL ENGINES GIANT RAFFLE L BOATS RADIO CONTROL SYSTEMS SHOP MODEL CARS LING ACCESSORIES * POND e AR TRACK wwu /* sw WEfT/ ADMISSION Adults $5 00 under 13 -$300 under 6 free adult STATIC DISPLAY COMPETITION IN MANY CATEGORIES see.cc ee INTERNATIONAL MODELER SHOW OFFICE P0 Box 10127 Costa Mesa CA 92627 Ph 714 5484700 yet also very functional Just three months after victory Cleveland Rudy Kling Frank Haines victims fatal crash Miami Air Races us stunned felt terrible sense loss Kling Haines onetwo start Miami race both stalled out first pylon turn Although have never seen mentioned other accounts Chicago Tribune reported gusty winds present racers tight pylon turn likely near stall speed wind shear several miles per hour could produce fatal stall Also excitement close race pilot could easily exceed safe flight limits Its possible too Jupiter very marginal stability SK-4 later design very similar Jupiter also crashed killing pilot Most articles mention Rudy relatively inexperienced rather low overall flight time Yet having flown Suzie several races Jupiter least several times unquestionably acquired considerable piloting skills Anyone could fly high-speed plane narrow-tread gear tiny wheels off dirt fields clearly has what takes Moreover experience no guarantee against disaster Veteran air racer Art Chester killed pylon turn much docile aircraft Jupiter shown itself Jupiter crashed red spinner popped off hardly damaged Fritz Kling kept garage years After war several us rode Harleys habit stopping garage gas up talk Fritz red spinner would remind us days used Rudy quite bit older although didnt really know him well plenty opportunity form some impressions rather short average build quiet neither stufI nor arrogant Rudy always friendly grin willingly cordially answered questions put him scrawny fannboy bib overalls CaBinair/Peterson Continued page 72 Covering Prepare covering brash ing clear dope anywhere plan glue tissue outside framework plan apply piece tissue Without dope application glue water solution used attach tissue will seep wood too fast causing warped fly ing surfaces requiring second applica tion during covering process Select good quality tissue covering used yellow Japanese tissue Oldtimer Models Make sure tissue grain spanwise flying surfaces lengthwise fuselage cant tell grain direction holding up light try small tear tissue will tear easily straight against grain Try avoid heavier domestic tissues have little no grain characteristics Such covering tissue may available colors heavier does manip ulate well Use soft water color brush paint solution 50% white glue 50% water outside framework area covered Lay tissue over framework gently pat down pull out wrinldes go dry carefully trim away excess tissue sharp razor blade cover lower wing mount area because glue used attach wing will bond well enough doped tis sue everything covered shrink tissue misting water satur ate want just little sag tis sue use plastic spay bottle adjusta ble spray nozzle sold garden supply coun ters Finishing Brush thinned coat nonshrink dope Sig Lite-Coat good buty rate dope Old-timer Models sells good non-shrink nitrate dope wing sun burst stripes cut red tissue laid place dope thinner brushed soften dope underneath create bond Numbers cut black tissue applied same way Continued page 174 172 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/02
Page Numbers: 68, 69, 170, 172
Many modeler has inspired Foikerts Speed King SK-3 Jupiter Rudy Kiing added Pride Lemont sake back ers truly very clean functional machine win Thompson Trophy against airplanes much four times its 250 hp modeler note shares recollections preteen days parents lived Illinois town Rudy Klings 1937 Thompson Trophy winner Jupiter Pride Le mont named EClarence Mather NINETEEN HUNDRED eighty-seven marked 50 years since Clayton Folkerts air racer design SK-3 its days glory its tragic finale Rudy Klings Jupiter Pride Lemont Id like share memories some people places events era Ill accurate mediocre memory permits Lemont IL situated Des Plaines river flood plains hilly southeastward-facing bank about 30 miles southwest Chicago Albert Kling farm couple miles town gravel road few turns down road John Mather farm born Among earliest memories riding town family Model T way passed Kling farm somewhat unusual house side road barn other Often Kling boysTom Rudy Fritz would property waye passed Lemont elsewhere pace life quickening day gang workmen some horse-drawn earth scoops concrete mixer appeared gravel roads paving completed named Highway 66a concrete ribbon travel years later way Los Angeles Soon after Highway 66 complete Rudy Fritz Kling gifted mechanically worked farm machinery motorcycles cars built gas station-garage opened business Some time probably several years later noticed yellow biplane parked pasture across highway garage Rudy Kling become flier Occasionally Id get lucky airplane would landing drove believe Rudy kept plane Art Chesters airport near Joliet just few miles away biplane flies certain days Rudy would fly pasture squeeze some airtime during breaks garage routine next thing heard Rudy purchased racing plane kept garage part time During trips 68 Model Aviation 000___ II II 10-feet / 05 2iI 3-meter AlI LKERTS SPEED KING SK-3ZJUPITEW Lemont Id beg Dad stop garage order ogle racer Keith-Riders purchased used Named Suzie craft painted light-llue-and-yellow carried flatbed car trailer wing removed Frequently engine cowling would off engine being worked Once puzzled see someone rubbing tail surface piece gray paper puddle water introduction wet-or-dry sandpaper Suzie placed number air races Rudy Kling pilot airplane met premature end Los Angeles Air Races car drove right front Rudy setting down Considering high landing speed fragility tight-fitting aircraft miracle Rudy escaped uninjured Dad predicted eerie accuracy Rudy would kill himself someday flying racing planes After accident learned Rudy building new racing plane Lemont Jupiter Pride Lemontthe project being sponsored least part group Lemont businessmen being constructed building formerly housed Wurtzlers drugstore family went town supplies banking would hurry over check airplanes progress Lemont although home farmers such Albert Klings father own typical Midwestern farm town population stood about 1100 early Thirties Nearby limestone quarries local aluminum products plant employed some inhabitants others rode streetcar Chicago area industries majority population Catholic Incongruously enough though Lemont French name town no French Catholic church did have Irish German Polish Catholic parishes During preteen years Prohibition effect course often violated day father walking Lemont sidewalk met uncles After short discussion headed small dress shop entered walked rear lady proprietress ushered us through curtained doorway back room watched men down couple shots bootleg whiskey Judging facial grimaces tear-filled eyes got lot internal action money Just few years ago Lemont services father astounded see same dress shop still being operated same lady amounted over 50 years same owner same building Chicago Drainage Canal really just huge open sewer city Chicago ran edge Lemont Barges plied filthy waters wondered bargemen could stand stench days time canal served other purposes irregular intervals corpses fished vile waters Some remains despairing souls decided end earthly life Continued page 170 February 1989 69 AIR WOLF EPOXY FIBERGLASS FUSELAGE S TAKES MOST 50-60 MECHANICS OTHER MODELS AVAILABLE LARRY JOLLY MODEL PRODUCTS $20000 5501 WCOMO SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA 92703 714 826-6861 NEW IMPROVED * * * ~gin wili weela Peww p IT *USPatentNooes *276 *Dealers InvItedp * p *p *lone 5ea wattantya10ftCORDJ * * WetoeDry * Stick Abrasives *p *A Keen Machine gives esceptional p *sanding control excellent finish 995 6asH mcI 1 fIat Wand 1 each p ot gntsp 1 O8 Braider Specinal nct2flat 1 haIt p 1 29 DeII2w Incxdes3tlat2halt rOoTS p *6 gntsp * dronal Wands Abrasives available * p *WANDIT MANUFACTURING 214 288-5789 * * ox 266 uite Texas 75149 INTRODUCING THE FOR HZH-035-0S0 ELECTRIC LENGTH 30 PLYING WT 20 T030 02 Designed built Electric Model Co 216 Oyster Ck r Land TX 77478 242-6229 Souths largest inventory seeo motors & accessories Needhehe yew electric akplaae gilder Asic Deal tion model should quite stable Note two factors will make dras tic changes location computed CG area stabilizer its tail moment Tm correct CG important might wish check out formula some models already built trimmed Also try out some pop ular kit plans see close come designers CG location always same should very close design is considered stably flying model Well hope will help layman model designers may tuned column However model crashes anyway please dont write tell about Ive got own problems new Fazadis 450 See ya downwind Rudy KIing/Mather Continued page 69 Others rumored induced take terminal dive canal after offending notorious Chicagoland underworld hierarchy some having received preliminary dose lead poisoning help along way hit men conveniently avoided littering streets vacant lots Chicagoland Illinois Central Railroad passed right through business area Lemont several crossings gates lights bells terrifying experience especially night waiting tracks red warning lights flashed alarm bells clanged earth shook whistle shrieked crescendo steel monster thundered its pale eye peering out darkness spite warnings occasional impatient motorist zigzagged around lowered gates beat train few lost race given swift violent ride eternity courtesy steam locomotive known City New Orleans Obviously good old days murky underside Lemont picturesque town lot friendly people Its also place Jupiter Pride Lemont spawned have mental image sleek uncovered fuselage crafted metal tubing wooden formers lots stringers Later completed airplane often found its trailer Klings garage Usually cowling off engine being worked September 1937 Chicago Tribune headline bannered exciting news Kling wins Thompson Actually won both Greve Thompson Trophy races Cleveland Greve race restricted engines certain displacement Jupiters 250-hp Menasco small enough qualify Thompson race other hand no engine size restriction Rudy competing against racers much 1000 hp tremendous thrill have farmboy neighbor make good sport required extremely specialized aircraft highly skilled piloting Whats hed passed ultimate test doing Cleveland Air Races Indy 500 air modem standards winning speeds impressive Fritz Kling later indicated Rudy taken easy throttle because Jupiter new plane its first race racer capable much higher speeds certainly seems plausible Jupiters fuselage slim oval tube tapering smoothly rear just wide deep enough enclose parts mechanisms bullet-shaped spinner covered part high-drag propeller hub provided easy entry air retracted gear openings completely covered doors conformed fuselage lines windshield smooth curve small safe viewing would allow tapered wing low aspect ratio plywood covered Its zero dihedral shoulder mounting produced large-angle low-drag junctions fuselage very high pitch propeller provided low acceleration outset helped airplane really move out top speeds Overall Jupiter small very clean lightweight racer thin airfoil combination added up great reserves speed least among beautiful aircraft 170 Model Aviation AMA Logo Ring Approved ACADEMy OF MODEL AERONAUTICS Pines cast Solid 10K Gold Pdce Siesso es plus $250 Shipping Ordering lflHtnrotiono send Check Money Order Name Address Ring Size AMA No NAYCO Ce Bee 21 Stratterd NJ 05e54 Please RIIHW 4tH 6 weekn deliHery hew Jersey Residents add 6% tao Instantly removable Wi-cycle gesr whesls Pee-built boom landing gesr sockets & push-rods Asiro motor mount cobalt edapter PPe-forrned laading edges knotched Wailing edges AirframeS oi 75 oz landing gear Perfect performance 020-036-38 systems Maximum duration & glider-like motor-ofi flight characteristmcs ARF build & cover wing Alleles completely built tail surfaces hinged --- $7896 selo gear $8696 gear ledd $3 shipping TX res add 6% esles taxi THE TWELFTH ANNUAL IMODELSPORT&HOBBYSHOWI INDUSTRY MEMBERS ONLY FRIDAY JAN 131989 10am- 5pm GENERAL PUBLIC RDAY JANUARY 14 1989 10am -6 pm GENERAL PUBLIC AY JANUARY 15 1989 10 am 5 pm 11 SEE THE LATEST PRODUCTS AND VISIT WITH MAJOR MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF MODEL AIRCRAFT MODEL ENGINES GIANT RAFFLE L BOATS RADIO CONTROL SYSTEMS SHOP MODEL CARS LING ACCESSORIES * POND e AR TRACK wwu /* sw WEfT/ ADMISSION Adults $5 00 under 13 -$300 under 6 free adult STATIC DISPLAY COMPETITION IN MANY CATEGORIES see.cc ee INTERNATIONAL MODELER SHOW OFFICE P0 Box 10127 Costa Mesa CA 92627 Ph 714 5484700 yet also very functional Just three months after victory Cleveland Rudy Kling Frank Haines victims fatal crash Miami Air Races us stunned felt terrible sense loss Kling Haines onetwo start Miami race both stalled out first pylon turn Although have never seen mentioned other accounts Chicago Tribune reported gusty winds present racers tight pylon turn likely near stall speed wind shear several miles per hour could produce fatal stall Also excitement close race pilot could easily exceed safe flight limits Its possible too Jupiter very marginal stability SK-4 later design very similar Jupiter also crashed killing pilot Most articles mention Rudy relatively inexperienced rather low overall flight time Yet having flown Suzie several races Jupiter least several times unquestionably acquired considerable piloting skills Anyone could fly high-speed plane narrow-tread gear tiny wheels off dirt fields clearly has what takes Moreover experience no guarantee against disaster Veteran air racer Art Chester killed pylon turn much docile aircraft Jupiter shown itself Jupiter crashed red spinner popped off hardly damaged Fritz Kling kept garage years After war several us rode Harleys habit stopping garage gas up talk Fritz red spinner would remind us days used Rudy quite bit older although didnt really know him well plenty opportunity form some impressions rather short average build quiet neither stufI nor arrogant Rudy always friendly grin willingly cordially answered questions put him scrawny fannboy bib overalls CaBinair/Peterson Continued page 72 Covering Prepare covering brash ing clear dope anywhere plan glue tissue outside framework plan apply piece tissue Without dope application glue water solution used attach tissue will seep wood too fast causing warped fly ing surfaces requiring second applica tion during covering process Select good quality tissue covering used yellow Japanese tissue Oldtimer Models Make sure tissue grain spanwise flying surfaces lengthwise fuselage cant tell grain direction holding up light try small tear tissue will tear easily straight against grain Try avoid heavier domestic tissues have little no grain characteristics Such covering tissue may available colors heavier does manip ulate well Use soft water color brush paint solution 50% white glue 50% water outside framework area covered Lay tissue over framework gently pat down pull out wrinldes go dry carefully trim away excess tissue sharp razor blade cover lower wing mount area because glue used attach wing will bond well enough doped tis sue everything covered shrink tissue misting water satur ate want just little sag tis sue use plastic spay bottle adjusta ble spray nozzle sold garden supply coun ters Finishing Brush thinned coat nonshrink dope Sig Lite-Coat good buty rate dope Old-timer Models sells good non-shrink nitrate dope wing sun burst stripes cut red tissue laid place dope thinner brushed soften dope underneath create bond Numbers cut black tissue applied same way Continued page 174 172 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/02
Page Numbers: 68, 69, 170, 172
Many modeler has inspired Foikerts Speed King SK-3 Jupiter Rudy Kiing added Pride Lemont sake back ers truly very clean functional machine win Thompson Trophy against airplanes much four times its 250 hp modeler note shares recollections preteen days parents lived Illinois town Rudy Klings 1937 Thompson Trophy winner Jupiter Pride Le mont named EClarence Mather NINETEEN HUNDRED eighty-seven marked 50 years since Clayton Folkerts air racer design SK-3 its days glory its tragic finale Rudy Klings Jupiter Pride Lemont Id like share memories some people places events era Ill accurate mediocre memory permits Lemont IL situated Des Plaines river flood plains hilly southeastward-facing bank about 30 miles southwest Chicago Albert Kling farm couple miles town gravel road few turns down road John Mather farm born Among earliest memories riding town family Model T way passed Kling farm somewhat unusual house side road barn other Often Kling boysTom Rudy Fritz would property waye passed Lemont elsewhere pace life quickening day gang workmen some horse-drawn earth scoops concrete mixer appeared gravel roads paving completed named Highway 66a concrete ribbon travel years later way Los Angeles Soon after Highway 66 complete Rudy Fritz Kling gifted mechanically worked farm machinery motorcycles cars built gas station-garage opened business Some time probably several years later noticed yellow biplane parked pasture across highway garage Rudy Kling become flier Occasionally Id get lucky airplane would landing drove believe Rudy kept plane Art Chesters airport near Joliet just few miles away biplane flies certain days Rudy would fly pasture squeeze some airtime during breaks garage routine next thing heard Rudy purchased racing plane kept garage part time During trips 68 Model Aviation 000___ II II 10-feet / 05 2iI 3-meter AlI LKERTS SPEED KING SK-3ZJUPITEW Lemont Id beg Dad stop garage order ogle racer Keith-Riders purchased used Named Suzie craft painted light-llue-and-yellow carried flatbed car trailer wing removed Frequently engine cowling would off engine being worked Once puzzled see someone rubbing tail surface piece gray paper puddle water introduction wet-or-dry sandpaper Suzie placed number air races Rudy Kling pilot airplane met premature end Los Angeles Air Races car drove right front Rudy setting down Considering high landing speed fragility tight-fitting aircraft miracle Rudy escaped uninjured Dad predicted eerie accuracy Rudy would kill himself someday flying racing planes After accident learned Rudy building new racing plane Lemont Jupiter Pride Lemontthe project being sponsored least part group Lemont businessmen being constructed building formerly housed Wurtzlers drugstore family went town supplies banking would hurry over check airplanes progress Lemont although home farmers such Albert Klings father own typical Midwestern farm town population stood about 1100 early Thirties Nearby limestone quarries local aluminum products plant employed some inhabitants others rode streetcar Chicago area industries majority population Catholic Incongruously enough though Lemont French name town no French Catholic church did have Irish German Polish Catholic parishes During preteen years Prohibition effect course often violated day father walking Lemont sidewalk met uncles After short discussion headed small dress shop entered walked rear lady proprietress ushered us through curtained doorway back room watched men down couple shots bootleg whiskey Judging facial grimaces tear-filled eyes got lot internal action money Just few years ago Lemont services father astounded see same dress shop still being operated same lady amounted over 50 years same owner same building Chicago Drainage Canal really just huge open sewer city Chicago ran edge Lemont Barges plied filthy waters wondered bargemen could stand stench days time canal served other purposes irregular intervals corpses fished vile waters Some remains despairing souls decided end earthly life Continued page 170 February 1989 69 AIR WOLF EPOXY FIBERGLASS FUSELAGE S TAKES MOST 50-60 MECHANICS OTHER MODELS AVAILABLE LARRY JOLLY MODEL PRODUCTS $20000 5501 WCOMO SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA 92703 714 826-6861 NEW IMPROVED * * * ~gin wili weela Peww p IT *USPatentNooes *276 *Dealers InvItedp * p *p *lone 5ea wattantya10ftCORDJ * * WetoeDry * Stick Abrasives *p *A Keen Machine gives esceptional p *sanding control excellent finish 995 6asH mcI 1 fIat Wand 1 each p ot gntsp 1 O8 Braider Specinal nct2flat 1 haIt p 1 29 DeII2w Incxdes3tlat2halt rOoTS p *6 gntsp * dronal Wands Abrasives available * p *WANDIT MANUFACTURING 214 288-5789 * * ox 266 uite Texas 75149 INTRODUCING THE FOR HZH-035-0S0 ELECTRIC LENGTH 30 PLYING WT 20 T030 02 Designed built Electric Model Co 216 Oyster Ck r Land TX 77478 242-6229 Souths largest inventory seeo motors & accessories Needhehe yew electric akplaae gilder Asic Deal tion model should quite stable Note two factors will make dras tic changes location computed CG area stabilizer its tail moment Tm correct CG important might wish check out formula some models already built trimmed Also try out some pop ular kit plans see close come designers CG location always same should very close design is considered stably flying model Well hope will help layman model designers may tuned column However model crashes anyway please dont write tell about Ive got own problems new Fazadis 450 See ya downwind Rudy KIing/Mather Continued page 69 Others rumored induced take terminal dive canal after offending notorious Chicagoland underworld hierarchy some having received preliminary dose lead poisoning help along way hit men conveniently avoided littering streets vacant lots Chicagoland Illinois Central Railroad passed right through business area Lemont several crossings gates lights bells terrifying experience especially night waiting tracks red warning lights flashed alarm bells clanged earth shook whistle shrieked crescendo steel monster thundered its pale eye peering out darkness spite warnings occasional impatient motorist zigzagged around lowered gates beat train few lost race given swift violent ride eternity courtesy steam locomotive known City New Orleans Obviously good old days murky underside Lemont picturesque town lot friendly people Its also place Jupiter Pride Lemont spawned have mental image sleek uncovered fuselage crafted metal tubing wooden formers lots stringers Later completed airplane often found its trailer Klings garage Usually cowling off engine being worked September 1937 Chicago Tribune headline bannered exciting news Kling wins Thompson Actually won both Greve Thompson Trophy races Cleveland Greve race restricted engines certain displacement Jupiters 250-hp Menasco small enough qualify Thompson race other hand no engine size restriction Rudy competing against racers much 1000 hp tremendous thrill have farmboy neighbor make good sport required extremely specialized aircraft highly skilled piloting Whats hed passed ultimate test doing Cleveland Air Races Indy 500 air modem standards winning speeds impressive Fritz Kling later indicated Rudy taken easy throttle because Jupiter new plane its first race racer capable much higher speeds certainly seems plausible Jupiters fuselage slim oval tube tapering smoothly rear just wide deep enough enclose parts mechanisms bullet-shaped spinner covered part high-drag propeller hub provided easy entry air retracted gear openings completely covered doors conformed fuselage lines windshield smooth curve small safe viewing would allow tapered wing low aspect ratio plywood covered Its zero dihedral shoulder mounting produced large-angle low-drag junctions fuselage very high pitch propeller provided low acceleration outset helped airplane really move out top speeds Overall Jupiter small very clean lightweight racer thin airfoil combination added up great reserves speed least among beautiful aircraft 170 Model Aviation AMA Logo Ring Approved ACADEMy OF MODEL AERONAUTICS Pines cast Solid 10K Gold Pdce Siesso es plus $250 Shipping Ordering lflHtnrotiono send Check Money Order Name Address Ring Size AMA No NAYCO Ce Bee 21 Stratterd NJ 05e54 Please RIIHW 4tH 6 weekn deliHery hew Jersey Residents add 6% tao Instantly removable Wi-cycle gesr whesls Pee-built boom landing gesr sockets & push-rods Asiro motor mount cobalt edapter PPe-forrned laading edges knotched Wailing edges AirframeS oi 75 oz landing gear Perfect performance 020-036-38 systems Maximum duration & glider-like motor-ofi flight characteristmcs ARF build & cover wing Alleles completely built tail surfaces hinged --- $7896 selo gear $8696 gear ledd $3 shipping TX res add 6% esles taxi THE TWELFTH ANNUAL IMODELSPORT&HOBBYSHOWI INDUSTRY MEMBERS ONLY FRIDAY JAN 131989 10am- 5pm GENERAL PUBLIC RDAY JANUARY 14 1989 10am -6 pm GENERAL PUBLIC AY JANUARY 15 1989 10 am 5 pm 11 SEE THE LATEST PRODUCTS AND VISIT WITH MAJOR MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS OF MODEL AIRCRAFT MODEL ENGINES GIANT RAFFLE L BOATS RADIO CONTROL SYSTEMS SHOP MODEL CARS LING ACCESSORIES * POND e AR TRACK wwu /* sw WEfT/ ADMISSION Adults $5 00 under 13 -$300 under 6 free adult STATIC DISPLAY COMPETITION IN MANY CATEGORIES see.cc ee INTERNATIONAL MODELER SHOW OFFICE P0 Box 10127 Costa Mesa CA 92627 Ph 714 5484700 yet also very functional Just three months after victory Cleveland Rudy Kling Frank Haines victims fatal crash Miami Air Races us stunned felt terrible sense loss Kling Haines onetwo start Miami race both stalled out first pylon turn Although have never seen mentioned other accounts Chicago Tribune reported gusty winds present racers tight pylon turn likely near stall speed wind shear several miles per hour could produce fatal stall Also excitement close race pilot could easily exceed safe flight limits Its possible too Jupiter very marginal stability SK-4 later design very similar Jupiter also crashed killing pilot Most articles mention Rudy relatively inexperienced rather low overall flight time Yet having flown Suzie several races Jupiter least several times unquestionably acquired considerable piloting skills Anyone could fly high-speed plane narrow-tread gear tiny wheels off dirt fields clearly has what takes Moreover experience no guarantee against disaster Veteran air racer Art Chester killed pylon turn much docile aircraft Jupiter shown itself Jupiter crashed red spinner popped off hardly damaged Fritz Kling kept garage years After war several us rode Harleys habit stopping garage gas up talk Fritz red spinner would remind us days used Rudy quite bit older although didnt really know him well plenty opportunity form some impressions rather short average build quiet neither stufI nor arrogant Rudy always friendly grin willingly cordially answered questions put him scrawny fannboy bib overalls CaBinair/Peterson Continued page 72 Covering Prepare covering brash ing clear dope anywhere plan glue tissue outside framework plan apply piece tissue Without dope application glue water solution used attach tissue will seep wood too fast causing warped fly ing surfaces requiring second applica tion during covering process Select good quality tissue covering used yellow Japanese tissue Oldtimer Models Make sure tissue grain spanwise flying surfaces lengthwise fuselage cant tell grain direction holding up light try small tear tissue will tear easily straight against grain Try avoid heavier domestic tissues have little no grain characteristics Such covering tissue may available colors heavier does manip ulate well Use soft water color brush paint solution 50% white glue 50% water outside framework area covered Lay tissue over framework gently pat down pull out wrinldes go dry carefully trim away excess tissue sharp razor blade cover lower wing mount area because glue used attach wing will bond well enough doped tis sue everything covered shrink tissue misting water satur ate want just little sag tis sue use plastic spay bottle adjusta ble spray nozzle sold garden supply coun ters Finishing Brush thinned coat nonshrink dope Sig Lite-Coat good buty rate dope Old-timer Models sells good non-shrink nitrate dope wing sun burst stripes cut red tissue laid place dope thinner brushed soften dope underneath create bond Numbers cut black tissue applied same way Continued page 174 172 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/02
Page Numbers: 68, 69, 170, 172
Many modeler has inspired Foikerts Speed King SK-3 Jupiter Rudy Kiing added Pride Lemont sake back ers truly very clean functional machine win Thompson Trophy against airplanes much four times its 250 hp modeler note shares recollections preteen days parents lived Illinois town Rudy Klings 1937 Thompson Trophy winner Jupiter Pride Le mont named EClarence Mather NINETEEN HUNDRED eighty-seven marked 50 years since Clayton Folkerts air racer design SK-3 its days glory its tragic finale Rudy Klings Jupiter Pride Lemont Id like share memories some people places events era Ill accurate mediocre memory permits Lemont IL situated Des Plaines river flood plains hilly southeastward-facing bank about 30 miles southwest Chicago Albert Kling farm couple miles town gravel road few turns down road John Mather farm born Among earliest memories riding town family Model T way passed Kling farm somewhat unusual house side road barn other Often Kling boysTom Rudy Fritz would property waye passed Lemont elsewhere pace life quickening day gang workmen some horse-drawn earth scoops concrete mixer appeared gravel roads paving completed named Highway 66a concrete ribbon travel years later way Los Angeles Soon after Highway 66 complete Rudy Fritz Kling gifted mechanically worked farm machinery motorcycles cars built gas station-garage opened business Some time probably several years later noticed yellow biplane parked pasture across highway garage Rudy Kling become flier Occasionally Id get lucky airplane would landing drove believe Rudy kept plane Art Chesters airport near Joliet just few miles away biplane flies certain days Rudy would fly pasture squeeze some airtime during breaks garage routine next thing heard Rudy purchased racing plane kept garage part time During trips 68 Model Aviation 000___ II II 10-feet / 05 2iI 3-meter AlI LKERTS SPEED KING SK-3ZJUPITEW Lemont Id beg Dad stop garage order ogle racer Keith-Riders purchased used Named Suzie craft painted light-llue-and-yellow carried flatbed car trailer wing removed Frequently engine cowling would off engine being worked Once puzzled see someone rubbing tail surface piece gray paper puddle water introduction wet-or-dry sandpaper Suzie placed number air races Rudy Kling pilot airplane met premature end Los Angeles Air Races car drove right front Rudy setting down Considering high landing speed fragility tight-fitting aircraft miracle Rudy escaped uninjured Dad predicted eerie accuracy Rudy would kill himself someday flying racing planes After accident learned Rudy building new racing plane Lemont Jupiter Pride Lemontthe project being sponsored least part group Lemont businessmen being constructed building formerly housed Wurtzlers drugstore family went town supplies banking would hurry over check airplanes progress Lemont although home farmers such Albert Klings father own typical Midwestern farm town population stood about 1100 early Thirties Nearby limestone quarries local aluminum products plant employed some inhabitants others rode streetcar Chicago area industries majority population Catholic Incongruously enough though Lemont French name town no French Catholic church did have Irish German Polish Catholic parishes During preteen years Prohibition effect course often violated day father walking Lemont sidewalk met uncles After short discussion headed small dress shop entered walked rear lady proprietress ushered us through curtained doorway back room watched men down couple shots bootleg whiskey Judging facial grimaces tear-filled eyes got lot internal action money Just few years ago Lemont services father astounded see same dress shop still being operated same lady amounted over 50 years same owner same building Chicago Drainage Canal really just huge open sewer city Chicago ran edge Lemont Barges plied filthy waters wondered bargemen could stand stench days time canal served other purposes irregular intervals corpses fished vile waters Some remains despairing souls decided end earthly life Continued page 170 February 1989 69 AIR WOLF EPOXY FIBERGLASS FUSELAGE S TAKES MOST 50-60 MECHANICS OTHER MODELS AVAILABLE LARRY JOLLY MODEL PRODUCTS $20000 5501 WCOMO SANTA ANA CALIFORNIA 92703 714 826-6861 NEW IMPROVED * * * ~gin wili weela Peww p IT *USPatentNooes *276 *Dealers InvItedp * p *p *lone 5ea wattantya10ftCORDJ * * WetoeDry * Stick Abrasives *p *A Keen Machine gives esceptional p *sanding control excellent finish 995 6asH mcI 1 fIat Wand 1 each p ot gntsp 1 O8 Braider Specinal nct2flat 1 haIt p 1 29 DeII2w Incxdes3tlat2halt rOoTS p *6 gntsp * dronal Wands Abrasives available * p *WANDIT MANUFACTURING 214 288-5789 * * ox 266 uite Texas 75149 INTRODUCING THE FOR HZH-035-0S0 ELECTRIC LENGTH 30 PLYING WT 20 T030 02 Designed built Electric Model Co 216 Oyster Ck r Land TX 77478 242-6229 Souths largest inventory seeo motors & accessories Needhehe yew electric akplaae gilder Asic Deal tion model should quite stable Note two factors will make dras tic changes location computed CG area stabilizer its tail moment Tm correct CG important might wish check out formula some models already built trimmed Also try out some pop ular kit plans see close come designers CG location always same should very close design is considered stably flying model Well hope will help layman model designers may tuned column However model crashes anyway please dont write tell about Ive got own problems new Fazadis 450 See ya downwind Rudy KIing/Mather Continued page 69 Others rumored induced take terminal dive canal after offending notorious Chicagoland underworld hierarchy some having received preliminary dose lead poisoning help along way hit men conveniently avoided littering streets vacant lots Chicagoland Illinois Central Railroad passed right through business area Lemont several crossings gates lights bells terrifying experience especially night waiting tracks red warning lights flashed alarm bells clanged earth shook whistle shrieked crescendo steel monster thundered its pale eye peering out darkness spite warnings occasional impatient motorist zigzagged around lowered gates beat train few lost race given swift violent ride eternity courtesy steam locomotive known City New Orleans Obviously good old days murky underside Lemont picturesque town lot friendly people Its also place Jupiter Pride Lemont spawned have mental image sleek uncovered fuselage crafted metal tubing wooden formers lots stringers Later completed airplane often found its trailer Klings garage Usually cowling off engine being worked September 1937 Chicago Tribune headline bannered exciting news Kling wins Thompson Actually won both Greve Thompson Trophy races Cleveland Greve race restricted engines certain displacement Jupiters 250-hp Menasco small enough qualify Thompson race other hand no engine size restriction Rudy competing against racers much 1000 hp tremendous thrill have farmboy neighbor make good sport required extremely specialized aircraft highly skilled piloting Whats hed passed ultimate test doing Cleveland Air Races Indy 500 air modem standards winning speeds impressive Fritz Kling later indicated Rudy taken easy throttle because Jupiter new plane its first race racer capable much higher speeds certainly seems plausible Jupiters fuselage slim oval tube tapering smoothly rear just wide deep enough enclose parts mechanisms bullet-shaped spinner covered part high-drag propeller hub provided easy entry air retracted gear openings completely covered doors conformed fuselage lines windshield smooth curve small safe viewing would allow tapered wing low aspect ratio plywood covered Its zero dihedral shoulder mounting produced large-angle low-drag junctions fuselage very high pitch propeller provided low acceleration outset helped airplane really move out top speeds Overall Jupiter small very clean lightweight racer thin airfoil combination added up great reserves speed least among beautiful aircraft 170 Model Aviation AMA Logo Ring Approved 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ENGINES GIANT RAFFLE L BOATS RADIO CONTROL SYSTEMS SHOP MODEL CARS LING ACCESSORIES * POND e AR TRACK wwu /* sw WEfT/ ADMISSION Adults $5 00 under 13 -$300 under 6 free adult STATIC DISPLAY COMPETITION IN MANY CATEGORIES see.cc ee INTERNATIONAL MODELER SHOW OFFICE P0 Box 10127 Costa Mesa CA 92627 Ph 714 5484700 yet also very functional Just three months after victory Cleveland Rudy Kling Frank Haines victims fatal crash Miami Air Races us stunned felt terrible sense loss Kling Haines onetwo start Miami race both stalled out first pylon turn Although have never seen mentioned other accounts Chicago Tribune reported gusty winds present racers tight pylon turn likely near stall speed wind shear several miles per hour could produce fatal stall Also excitement close race pilot could easily exceed safe flight limits Its possible too Jupiter very marginal stability SK-4 later design very similar Jupiter also crashed killing pilot Most articles mention Rudy relatively inexperienced rather low overall flight time Yet having flown Suzie several races Jupiter least several times unquestionably acquired considerable piloting skills Anyone could fly high-speed plane narrow-tread gear tiny wheels off dirt fields clearly has what takes Moreover experience no guarantee against disaster Veteran air racer Art Chester killed pylon turn much docile aircraft Jupiter shown itself Jupiter crashed red spinner popped off hardly damaged Fritz Kling kept garage years After war several us rode Harleys habit stopping garage gas up talk Fritz red spinner would remind us days used Rudy quite bit older although didnt really know him well plenty opportunity form some impressions rather short average build quiet neither stufI nor arrogant Rudy always friendly grin willingly cordially answered questions put him scrawny fannboy bib overalls CaBinair/Peterson Continued page 72 Covering Prepare covering brash ing clear dope anywhere plan glue tissue outside framework plan apply piece tissue Without dope application glue water solution used attach tissue will seep wood too fast causing warped fly ing surfaces requiring second applica tion during covering process Select good quality tissue covering used yellow Japanese tissue Oldtimer Models Make sure tissue grain spanwise flying surfaces lengthwise fuselage cant tell grain direction holding up light try small tear tissue will tear easily straight against grain Try avoid heavier domestic tissues have little no grain characteristics Such covering tissue may available colors heavier does manip ulate well Use soft water color brush paint solution 50% white glue 50% water outside framework area covered Lay tissue over framework gently pat down pull out wrinldes go dry carefully trim away excess tissue sharp razor blade cover lower wing mount area because glue used attach wing will bond well enough doped tis sue everything covered shrink tissue misting water satur ate want just little sag tis sue use plastic spay bottle adjusta ble spray nozzle sold garden supply coun ters Finishing Brush thinned coat nonshrink dope Sig Lite-Coat good buty rate dope Old-timer Models sells good non-shrink nitrate dope wing sun burst stripes cut red tissue laid place dope thinner brushed soften dope underneath create bond Numbers cut black tissue applied same way Continued page 174 172 Model Aviation