THE FOLLOWING statement printed December 1979 issue MECAP News monthly newsletter published US Con sumer Product Safety Commission contains reports deaths recorded participating medical examiners coroners around nation ~2O-year-old male spectator football game struck head radiocontrolled model airplane died five days later Model airplane demonstration part scheduled half-time entertainment Shea Stadium nearby spectator received injuries same accident Reported Office Chief Medical Examiner New York City No doubt have read newspaper accounts incident occurred De cember 9 1979 Further details will pub lished become available THIS month going let column support itself present some excerpts club newsletters personal correspondence relate hazardous pro pellers Although have already talked about hazards high frequency cidents convinces us subject merits second mention also have twinge remorse about what said last months col umn regarding hazards operating big models Perhaps underestimated extra damage potential present propeller turned chain saw engine least overlooked hazard using conventional starting tech niques monster models follow ing account first appeared Monster News Lee Taylor editor newsletter Quarter Scale Association QSAA came attention via Knight Flyer Larry Scaglione editor Quite few out still havent fully realized just yet what dealing big models miniature aircraft toy planes couple now paying dearly attitude What am get ting propellers power engines swinging propellers Since started modeling standard starting procedure has grab model hand kneel down front model flip prop other well good long still playing little birds toothpick pro pellers tiny engines 60s could restrained way albeit some difficulty Now however entirely different situa tion has come being almost still starting planes same way planes powerful anchorman has really strain hold onto birds full throttle propellers big darned hard reach around Hasnt affected starting procedures though still kneel down front no chance getting away charging plane reach around prop hold plane no thought propeller tips Vz forearm start birds anchorman holding dont worry its low throttle Guys gotta break habit Ill tell planes arent toys anymore big powerful props big have quite bit ertia get tangled up mean Several long time members sporting scarred forearms propeller tips got little too close member lucky alive QAUUI~T 1tILI1 COM ES FIRST glider people may find months column theoretical inter est modeler flies propeller-driven plane better pay some attention us too complacent about potential dangers life limb whirl ing blade models U John Preston Scene local flying field no around known help out holding big bird starting member goes ahead begins start bird normal kneels down front reaches around propeller hand hold onto monstrous smooth surfaced fuselage flips prop other No problem hes done same thing countless times before time however slight change program some unknown reason bird starts up full throttle no way can hold bird awkwardly positioned hand no way can get away kneeling position bird charges midsection propeller making like very efficient meat chopper result disastrous Severe cuts insides both legs far serious shredded forearm cut maln artery Very luckily individual two field per sonnel trained emergency medicine able stop him bleeding death cut maln artery help him hospital However because muscles forearm severely cut up dividual has lost use arm hand next year half will fully recover now six months after ac cident can just barely move fingers arm has lifted placed wherever has go author account reiterates isnt fictional tale actually happened QSAA members No explanation given fact engine started throttle wide open must presume oversight part models owner report does go offer some constructive advice safe engine start ing techniques follows First dont ever start biggie some kind restraint preferably helper well-braced restrain bird full throttle no around help drive stake ground tie tail down Always start bird full ex pectation will go full throttle stantly Second possible start bird standing position Most birds big enough easy deed easiest posi tion starting important two reasons kneel down front plane directly front propeller tied down unable move quickly should plane lurch forward standing position usually off side can move quickly should need arise position also gets forearm farther away propeller tips still restrain bird opposite hand Third avoid almost danger props stop flipping hand start engine really want show off totally impress crowd fly front install on-board electric starter safest possible alternative really work great can attest Eastcraft Specialties makes thoroughly engineered units have ever seen hobby Safety tip would like add three Always check throttle wide open before attempting start engine throttle must opened say clear flooded engine either cut off mag switch yes should have previously stated have model anchored either robust helper stake ground As addendum recommendation use on-board electric starter have another story came us way club newsletter Unfortunately cannot give credit newsletter editor since didnt note before clipping out story Jacksfather sonwent Toledo last year both quite taken Eastcraft on-board engine starting system ordered system received young Jack proceeded install Sig Skybolt went out yard check Out Sure enough worked started engine time Jack played Continued page 124 April 1980 57 NO NONSENSE BALSA STRIPPERS NN U f7 -r- - Strips Balsa Fuzz-Freew/out Adjustments Small -$1000 Large sliown-$20OO Please add $100 postage P Kits ature Realicas 3EE BEE shown $525 please sdc $100 Compiese .as S 5 VOL. U~ GENE DUBOIS P0 Box c Acuslinet MA 027431 .....DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED February 1932 wasnt enough time organize flight across Africa ideal time felt European winter during full moon airplane ing tested Americans Boardman Polando pushed record 5012 miles flight New York Turkey waiting next winter roll around RAF per formed formal service trials Fairey installed auto-pilot Additional tests variable-pitch propeller showed no particular benefit idea dropped last early February 1933 everything seemed ready time year wind weather airplane crew would consist Sqdr Ldr Gayford Flt Lt U E Nicho letts replaced Betts latter passed away goal deep Southwest Africa required distance being least 62 miles 100 kin beyond current record 5075 miles would almost 1000 miles British airplane yet flown 715 morning Feb 6 1933 Fairey lifted its 17500 lbs off grass Cranwell after rolling almost mile first 12 hours Gayford Nicholetts aver aged excellent 110 mph thanks tall winds time across Medi terranean over North Africa midnight TS WINNER Yellow Fever SPORT&PYLON 5odEASY Build & Fly ALL Balsa & Ply Const Al Parts MACHINE CUT ROLLED PLANSDEALERS AND HALLACO GEARSDISTRIBUTORS I500 onlyINVITED ICj flflfl flCJS 881 Wellerburn Ave Severna Pk MD 21148 500 miles south Tunis almost course sun rose Feb 7 over featureless sands Sahara Desert time sun setting look ing down Nigerian farmland visibility severely reduced blowing sand build-ups cumulous clouds Fur ther straining navigational skills gradual failure experimental automatic pilot matter hanging looking out Adding work load switch winds during night dawn Feb 8 faced serious reduc tion ground speed also drifting off course due undetected wind change noon 8th errors reading landmarks thoroughly confused thought approaching Walvis Bay Southwest Africa probably good 300 miles North Gayford Nicholetts solved naviga tion problem flying down west coast Africa last few hours landing Walvis Bay 440 pm pretty much schedule 2 days flown great circle distance 5309 miles break old record almost 300 miles 57V2-hour flight average ground speed 92 mph fuel tanks checked Walvis Bay found 10 gallons re mained enough 20 minutes flying under ideal conditions total distance covered cluding several wanderings off course estimated 5400 miles works out fuel consumption 24 US ghp After appropriate ceremonies airplane its two-hero crew flew Cape Town South Africa official celebra tions Minor repairs engine change made return trip begun made way north easy stages stops show off historic craft fi nally landing Farnborough southwest London May 2 Aside two public displays Fairey Long Range Monoplane Mark Two kept Farnborough least year lot thought given modifications another record try LRMs mark stood until August 1933 broken Rossi Codos pair Frenchmen flew Bleriot-Zappata 5657 miles New York Syria plan replace Napier Lion German-built Junkers Jumo IV diesel engine retract landing gear Another use Bristol Phoenix diesel engine variable-pitch propeller July 1934 report estimated would take 1 /2 years lot money make changes best could hoped 7600 miles less ultimate range Bleriot-Zappata conclusion would better design completely new airplane no new distance-record airplane got yond drawing board late 1938 RAF Vickers Wellesley medium bomber flew 7162 miles Egypt Australia break record 6295 miles set 1937 Russian ANT-25 landed farm California Vickers record stood seven years until broken B-29 Superfortress USAAF world changed much distance records no longer seemed important Only other prop-driven airplane ever set world straight-line distance record Oc tober 1947 US Navy Lockheed P2V Nep tune flew Perth Australia Columbus Ohio covering 11236 miles record still stands airplanes powered piston engines unless eccentric Jim Bede has com plete reversal personality actually pulls off non-stop round-the-world flight used talk about Neptune mark could stand forever no matter much aviation has changed no matter much world has changed achievement Gayford Nicholetts Fairey LRM Mk 2 stands proudly Back before days fully elec tronic navigation using signals beamed orbiting spacecraft two brave men flew across unknown territory 2 days landed intended right start Thats quite accomplishment anybodys book Safety/Preston Continued page 57 brought back house Now Jack keeps airplanes radios bedroom keep undesirable people ani mals destroying precious belongings Only thing wrong forgot turn off starter switch also receiver switch 124 Model Aviation B0 Southern R/C Accessories ARE NOW DAVE BROWN PRODUCTS ALSOMRMUSCLEFUTURE STARTER PACK & CHARGER 12v1NEW PRODUCTS SEE YOUR DEALER OR DISTRIBUTOR 8534 HUDDLESTON CINCINNATI OHIO 45236 AREA CODE 513 791-07 SOUTHERN PRO RETRACTS SIX-SHOOTERFLEXALL O BALOONS NOWAVAILABLE FORSORGUHM OFT GASOLINE GLASS FILLED NYLON MOTOR MOUNTS 12&131980 ckg0 Plan now attend unquestionably worlds greatest radio control show Open public three great days Presented Weak Signals R/C Club P0 Box 5772 Toledo Ohio 43613 April FRIDAY9 am 6 pm SATURDAY9am 6pm SUNDAY9am 430pm know what happens servos switch has left batteries drain servos go extreme end Thats exactly what happened about 230 morning Jack awoke start loud noise snapped light see Super Tiger 60 Skybolt come life tear across room proceed chew big hunks Out dads Bud Nosen /4 scale Aeronca Champ friends enough scare hell out anyone have suspected some time hobby becoming too complex. have strong suspicion preceding tale tall other hand friend brand new car selfstarted during night parked driveway ended up inside garage after having smashed hole through door No name wasnt Ripley illustrate propellers dont have mounted huge engines cause lot grief following comes letter received reader Nappanee Indiana starting Craft-Air Butterfly Two must admit accident really happened positioned myself front plane due very large wing area Once engine started reached across engine remove attached glowplug clip thought reached over arc prop alas didnt prop caught very tip first finger finger nail middle finger noticed blood shirt opposite hand wing plane before looked right hand prop made very clean deep cut tip first finger just under nail exposed deeper tissue finger middle finger prop smashed through nail cut deep tissue under nail hospital three stitches required close cut first finger nothing could done deep cut under nail middle finger except splint isnt major accident stretch mind John could have Im commercial artist loss finger loss nerve response could have very devastating family main reason elected reprint letter concerns statement last sentence above us stop think effect livelihood loss finger might have Any job requiring finger dexterity could jeopardized accident such involves 60 size engine instead mere 15 cu correspondent also stated time accident flying alone makes us shudder think what might have outcome engine ex-chainsaw powerplant wind up months safety column letter Larry Miles Mission KS has some worthwhile tips use chicken sticks engine starting have seen modelers using chicken sticks made rather hard material such aluminum rods hard fiberglass dowels etc engine backfires hits stick modeler does clear arc prop rapidly enoughWhack course thats idea device prop hits stick rather fingers potential safety hazard exists prop hits hard stick prop may crack internally visible later fail disastrous results think suggestion recommends chicken stick should also warn stick should covered softer material such several layers electrical friction duct tape perhaps leather Larry goes suggest alter native chicken stick leather glove finger thimble effective protective device agree Larry concludes letter saying following term chicken stick feel should discarded favor something such starter stick smart stick smart starter stick etc As presently named use term chicken stick encourages people especially ignorant beginner avoid like plague After wants chicken So have Whether youre ig norant beginner macho pattern pylon flier Smart Sticks make sense Have safe month John Preston 7012 Elvira Ct Falls Church VA 22042 Musee de lAir/Berliner Continued page 68 museum looking world like fugitive Magnificent Men Flying Machines copy Farman derivative flown film though modem engine rear half building taken up airplanes World War much fought above France little Voisin April 1980 125
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/04
Page Numbers: 57, 124, 125
THE FOLLOWING statement printed December 1979 issue MECAP News monthly newsletter published US Con sumer Product Safety Commission contains reports deaths recorded participating medical examiners coroners around nation ~2O-year-old male spectator football game struck head radiocontrolled model airplane died five days later Model airplane demonstration part scheduled half-time entertainment Shea Stadium nearby spectator received injuries same accident Reported Office Chief Medical Examiner New York City No doubt have read newspaper accounts incident occurred De cember 9 1979 Further details will pub lished become available THIS month going let column support itself present some excerpts club newsletters personal correspondence relate hazardous pro pellers Although have already talked about hazards high frequency cidents convinces us subject merits second mention also have twinge remorse about what said last months col umn regarding hazards operating big models Perhaps underestimated extra damage potential present propeller turned chain saw engine least overlooked hazard using conventional starting tech niques monster models follow ing account first appeared Monster News Lee Taylor editor newsletter Quarter Scale Association QSAA came attention via Knight Flyer Larry Scaglione editor Quite few out still havent fully realized just yet what dealing big models miniature aircraft toy planes couple now paying dearly attitude What am get ting propellers power engines swinging propellers Since started modeling standard starting procedure has grab model hand kneel down front model flip prop other well good long still playing little birds toothpick pro pellers tiny engines 60s could restrained way albeit some difficulty Now however entirely different situa tion has come being almost still starting planes same way planes powerful anchorman has really strain hold onto birds full throttle propellers big darned hard reach around Hasnt affected starting procedures though still kneel down front no chance getting away charging plane reach around prop hold plane no thought propeller tips Vz forearm start birds anchorman holding dont worry its low throttle Guys gotta break habit Ill tell planes arent toys anymore big powerful props big have quite bit ertia get tangled up mean Several long time members sporting scarred forearms propeller tips got little too close member lucky alive QAUUI~T 1tILI1 COM ES FIRST glider people may find months column theoretical inter est modeler flies propeller-driven plane better pay some attention us too complacent about potential dangers life limb whirl ing blade models U John Preston Scene local flying field no around known help out holding big bird starting member goes ahead begins start bird normal kneels down front reaches around propeller hand hold onto monstrous smooth surfaced fuselage flips prop other No problem hes done same thing countless times before time however slight change program some unknown reason bird starts up full throttle no way can hold bird awkwardly positioned hand no way can get away kneeling position bird charges midsection propeller making like very efficient meat chopper result disastrous Severe cuts insides both legs far serious shredded forearm cut maln artery Very luckily individual two field per sonnel trained emergency medicine able stop him bleeding death cut maln artery help him hospital However because muscles forearm severely cut up dividual has lost use arm hand next year half will fully recover now six months after ac cident can just barely move fingers arm has lifted placed wherever has go author account reiterates isnt fictional tale actually happened QSAA members No explanation given fact engine started throttle wide open must presume oversight part models owner report does go offer some constructive advice safe engine start ing techniques follows First dont ever start biggie some kind restraint preferably helper well-braced restrain bird full throttle no around help drive stake ground tie tail down Always start bird full ex pectation will go full throttle stantly Second possible start bird standing position Most birds big enough easy deed easiest posi tion starting important two reasons kneel down front plane directly front propeller tied down unable move quickly should plane lurch forward standing position usually off side can move quickly should need arise position also gets forearm farther away propeller tips still restrain bird opposite hand Third avoid almost danger props stop flipping hand start engine really want show off totally impress crowd fly front install on-board electric starter safest possible alternative really work great can attest Eastcraft Specialties makes thoroughly engineered units have ever seen hobby Safety tip would like add three Always check throttle wide open before attempting start engine throttle must opened say clear flooded engine either cut off mag switch yes should have previously stated have model anchored either robust helper stake ground As addendum recommendation use on-board electric starter have another story came us way club newsletter Unfortunately cannot give credit newsletter editor since didnt note before clipping out story Jacksfather sonwent Toledo last year both quite taken Eastcraft on-board engine starting system ordered system received young Jack proceeded install Sig Skybolt went out yard check Out Sure enough worked started engine time Jack played Continued page 124 April 1980 57 NO NONSENSE BALSA STRIPPERS NN U f7 -r- - Strips Balsa Fuzz-Freew/out Adjustments Small -$1000 Large sliown-$20OO Please add $100 postage P Kits ature Realicas 3EE BEE shown $525 please sdc $100 Compiese .as S 5 VOL. U~ GENE DUBOIS P0 Box c Acuslinet MA 027431 .....DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED February 1932 wasnt enough time organize flight across Africa ideal time felt European winter during full moon airplane ing tested Americans Boardman Polando pushed record 5012 miles flight New York Turkey waiting next winter roll around RAF per formed formal service trials Fairey installed auto-pilot Additional tests variable-pitch propeller showed no particular benefit idea dropped last early February 1933 everything seemed ready time year wind weather airplane crew would consist Sqdr Ldr Gayford Flt Lt U E Nicho letts replaced Betts latter passed away goal deep Southwest Africa required distance being least 62 miles 100 kin beyond current record 5075 miles would almost 1000 miles British airplane yet flown 715 morning Feb 6 1933 Fairey lifted its 17500 lbs off grass Cranwell after rolling almost mile first 12 hours Gayford Nicholetts aver aged excellent 110 mph thanks tall winds time across Medi terranean over North Africa midnight TS WINNER Yellow Fever SPORT&PYLON 5odEASY Build & Fly ALL Balsa & Ply Const Al Parts MACHINE CUT ROLLED PLANSDEALERS AND HALLACO GEARSDISTRIBUTORS I500 onlyINVITED ICj flflfl flCJS 881 Wellerburn Ave Severna Pk MD 21148 500 miles south Tunis almost course sun rose Feb 7 over featureless sands Sahara Desert time sun setting look ing down Nigerian farmland visibility severely reduced blowing sand build-ups cumulous clouds Fur ther straining navigational skills gradual failure experimental automatic pilot matter hanging looking out Adding work load switch winds during night dawn Feb 8 faced serious reduc tion ground speed also drifting off course due undetected wind change noon 8th errors reading landmarks thoroughly confused thought approaching Walvis Bay Southwest Africa probably good 300 miles North Gayford Nicholetts solved naviga tion problem flying down west coast Africa last few hours landing Walvis Bay 440 pm pretty much schedule 2 days flown great circle distance 5309 miles break old record almost 300 miles 57V2-hour flight average ground speed 92 mph fuel tanks checked Walvis Bay found 10 gallons re mained enough 20 minutes flying under ideal conditions total distance covered cluding several wanderings off course estimated 5400 miles works out fuel consumption 24 US ghp After appropriate ceremonies airplane its two-hero crew flew Cape Town South Africa official celebra tions Minor repairs engine change made return trip begun made way north easy stages stops show off historic craft fi nally landing Farnborough southwest London May 2 Aside two public displays Fairey Long Range Monoplane Mark Two kept Farnborough least year lot thought given modifications another record try LRMs mark stood until August 1933 broken Rossi Codos pair Frenchmen flew Bleriot-Zappata 5657 miles New York Syria plan replace Napier Lion German-built Junkers Jumo IV diesel engine retract landing gear Another use Bristol Phoenix diesel engine variable-pitch propeller July 1934 report estimated would take 1 /2 years lot money make changes best could hoped 7600 miles less ultimate range Bleriot-Zappata conclusion would better design completely new airplane no new distance-record airplane got yond drawing board late 1938 RAF Vickers Wellesley medium bomber flew 7162 miles Egypt Australia break record 6295 miles set 1937 Russian ANT-25 landed farm California Vickers record stood seven years until broken B-29 Superfortress USAAF world changed much distance records no longer seemed important Only other prop-driven airplane ever set world straight-line distance record Oc tober 1947 US Navy Lockheed P2V Nep tune flew Perth Australia Columbus Ohio covering 11236 miles record still stands airplanes powered piston engines unless eccentric Jim Bede has com plete reversal personality actually pulls off non-stop round-the-world flight used talk about Neptune mark could stand forever no matter much aviation has changed no matter much world has changed achievement Gayford Nicholetts Fairey LRM Mk 2 stands proudly Back before days fully elec tronic navigation using signals beamed orbiting spacecraft two brave men flew across unknown territory 2 days landed intended right start Thats quite accomplishment anybodys book Safety/Preston Continued page 57 brought back house Now Jack keeps airplanes radios bedroom keep undesirable people ani mals destroying precious belongings Only thing wrong forgot turn off starter switch also receiver switch 124 Model Aviation B0 Southern R/C Accessories ARE NOW DAVE BROWN PRODUCTS ALSOMRMUSCLEFUTURE STARTER PACK & CHARGER 12v1NEW PRODUCTS SEE YOUR DEALER OR DISTRIBUTOR 8534 HUDDLESTON CINCINNATI OHIO 45236 AREA CODE 513 791-07 SOUTHERN PRO RETRACTS SIX-SHOOTERFLEXALL O BALOONS NOWAVAILABLE FORSORGUHM OFT GASOLINE GLASS FILLED NYLON MOTOR MOUNTS 12&131980 ckg0 Plan now attend unquestionably worlds greatest radio control show Open public three great days Presented Weak Signals R/C Club P0 Box 5772 Toledo Ohio 43613 April FRIDAY9 am 6 pm SATURDAY9am 6pm SUNDAY9am 430pm know what happens servos switch has left batteries drain servos go extreme end Thats exactly what happened about 230 morning Jack awoke start loud noise snapped light see Super Tiger 60 Skybolt come life tear across room proceed chew big hunks Out dads Bud Nosen /4 scale Aeronca Champ friends enough scare hell out anyone have suspected some time hobby becoming too complex. have strong suspicion preceding tale tall other hand friend brand new car selfstarted during night parked driveway ended up inside garage after having smashed hole through door No name wasnt Ripley illustrate propellers dont have mounted huge engines cause lot grief following comes letter received reader Nappanee Indiana starting Craft-Air Butterfly Two must admit accident really happened positioned myself front plane due very large wing area Once engine started reached across engine remove attached glowplug clip thought reached over arc prop alas didnt prop caught very tip first finger finger nail middle finger noticed blood shirt opposite hand wing plane before looked right hand prop made very clean deep cut tip first finger just under nail exposed deeper tissue finger middle finger prop smashed through nail cut deep tissue under nail hospital three stitches required close cut first finger nothing could done deep cut under nail middle finger except splint isnt major accident stretch mind John could have Im commercial artist loss finger loss nerve response could have very devastating family main reason elected reprint letter concerns statement last sentence above us stop think effect livelihood loss finger might have Any job requiring finger dexterity could jeopardized accident such involves 60 size engine instead mere 15 cu correspondent also stated time accident flying alone makes us shudder think what might have outcome engine ex-chainsaw powerplant wind up months safety column letter Larry Miles Mission KS has some worthwhile tips use chicken sticks engine starting have seen modelers using chicken sticks made rather hard material such aluminum rods hard fiberglass dowels etc engine backfires hits stick modeler does clear arc prop rapidly enoughWhack course thats idea device prop hits stick rather fingers potential safety hazard exists prop hits hard stick prop may crack internally visible later fail disastrous results think suggestion recommends chicken stick should also warn stick should covered softer material such several layers electrical friction duct tape perhaps leather Larry goes suggest alter native chicken stick leather glove finger thimble effective protective device agree Larry concludes letter saying following term chicken stick feel should discarded favor something such starter stick smart stick smart starter stick etc As presently named use term chicken stick encourages people especially ignorant beginner avoid like plague After wants chicken So have Whether youre ig norant beginner macho pattern pylon flier Smart Sticks make sense Have safe month John Preston 7012 Elvira Ct Falls Church VA 22042 Musee de lAir/Berliner Continued page 68 museum looking world like fugitive Magnificent Men Flying Machines copy Farman derivative flown film though modem engine rear half building taken up airplanes World War much fought above France little Voisin April 1980 125
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/04
Page Numbers: 57, 124, 125
THE FOLLOWING statement printed December 1979 issue MECAP News monthly newsletter published US Con sumer Product Safety Commission contains reports deaths recorded participating medical examiners coroners around nation ~2O-year-old male spectator football game struck head radiocontrolled model airplane died five days later Model airplane demonstration part scheduled half-time entertainment Shea Stadium nearby spectator received injuries same accident Reported Office Chief Medical Examiner New York City No doubt have read newspaper accounts incident occurred De cember 9 1979 Further details will pub lished become available THIS month going let column support itself present some excerpts club newsletters personal correspondence relate hazardous pro pellers Although have already talked about hazards high frequency cidents convinces us subject merits second mention also have twinge remorse about what said last months col umn regarding hazards operating big models Perhaps underestimated extra damage potential present propeller turned chain saw engine least overlooked hazard using conventional starting tech niques monster models follow ing account first appeared Monster News Lee Taylor editor newsletter Quarter Scale Association QSAA came attention via Knight Flyer Larry Scaglione editor Quite few out still havent fully realized just yet what dealing big models miniature aircraft toy planes couple now paying dearly attitude What am get ting propellers power engines swinging propellers Since started modeling standard starting procedure has grab model hand kneel down front model flip prop other well good long still playing little birds toothpick pro pellers tiny engines 60s could restrained way albeit some difficulty Now however entirely different situa tion has come being almost still starting planes same way planes powerful anchorman has really strain hold onto birds full throttle propellers big darned hard reach around Hasnt affected starting procedures though still kneel down front no chance getting away charging plane reach around prop hold plane no thought propeller tips Vz forearm start birds anchorman holding dont worry its low throttle Guys gotta break habit Ill tell planes arent toys anymore big powerful props big have quite bit ertia get tangled up mean Several long time members sporting scarred forearms propeller tips got little too close member lucky alive QAUUI~T 1tILI1 COM ES FIRST glider people may find months column theoretical inter est modeler flies propeller-driven plane better pay some attention us too complacent about potential dangers life limb whirl ing blade models U John Preston Scene local flying field no around known help out holding big bird starting member goes ahead begins start bird normal kneels down front reaches around propeller hand hold onto monstrous smooth surfaced fuselage flips prop other No problem hes done same thing countless times before time however slight change program some unknown reason bird starts up full throttle no way can hold bird awkwardly positioned hand no way can get away kneeling position bird charges midsection propeller making like very efficient meat chopper result disastrous Severe cuts insides both legs far serious shredded forearm cut maln artery Very luckily individual two field per sonnel trained emergency medicine able stop him bleeding death cut maln artery help him hospital However because muscles forearm severely cut up dividual has lost use arm hand next year half will fully recover now six months after ac cident can just barely move fingers arm has lifted placed wherever has go author account reiterates isnt fictional tale actually happened QSAA members No explanation given fact engine started throttle wide open must presume oversight part models owner report does go offer some constructive advice safe engine start ing techniques follows First dont ever start biggie some kind restraint preferably helper well-braced restrain bird full throttle no around help drive stake ground tie tail down Always start bird full ex pectation will go full throttle stantly Second possible start bird standing position Most birds big enough easy deed easiest posi tion starting important two reasons kneel down front plane directly front propeller tied down unable move quickly should plane lurch forward standing position usually off side can move quickly should need arise position also gets forearm farther away propeller tips still restrain bird opposite hand Third avoid almost danger props stop flipping hand start engine really want show off totally impress crowd fly front install on-board electric starter safest possible alternative really work great can attest Eastcraft Specialties makes thoroughly engineered units have ever seen hobby Safety tip would like add three Always check throttle wide open before attempting start engine throttle must opened say clear flooded engine either cut off mag switch yes should have previously stated have model anchored either robust helper stake ground As addendum recommendation use on-board electric starter have another story came us way club newsletter Unfortunately cannot give credit newsletter editor since didnt note before clipping out story Jacksfather sonwent Toledo last year both quite taken Eastcraft on-board engine starting system ordered system received young Jack proceeded install Sig Skybolt went out yard check Out Sure enough worked started engine time Jack played Continued page 124 April 1980 57 NO NONSENSE BALSA STRIPPERS NN U f7 -r- - Strips Balsa Fuzz-Freew/out Adjustments Small -$1000 Large sliown-$20OO Please add $100 postage P Kits ature Realicas 3EE BEE shown $525 please sdc $100 Compiese .as S 5 VOL. U~ GENE DUBOIS P0 Box c Acuslinet MA 027431 .....DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED February 1932 wasnt enough time organize flight across Africa ideal time felt European winter during full moon airplane ing tested Americans Boardman Polando pushed record 5012 miles flight New York Turkey waiting next winter roll around RAF per formed formal service trials Fairey installed auto-pilot Additional tests variable-pitch propeller showed no particular benefit idea dropped last early February 1933 everything seemed ready time year wind weather airplane crew would consist Sqdr Ldr Gayford Flt Lt U E Nicho letts replaced Betts latter passed away goal deep Southwest Africa required distance being least 62 miles 100 kin beyond current record 5075 miles would almost 1000 miles British airplane yet flown 715 morning Feb 6 1933 Fairey lifted its 17500 lbs off grass Cranwell after rolling almost mile first 12 hours Gayford Nicholetts aver aged excellent 110 mph thanks tall winds time across Medi terranean over North Africa midnight TS WINNER Yellow Fever SPORT&PYLON 5odEASY Build & Fly ALL Balsa & Ply Const Al Parts MACHINE CUT ROLLED PLANSDEALERS AND HALLACO GEARSDISTRIBUTORS I500 onlyINVITED ICj flflfl flCJS 881 Wellerburn Ave Severna Pk MD 21148 500 miles south Tunis almost course sun rose Feb 7 over featureless sands Sahara Desert time sun setting look ing down Nigerian farmland visibility severely reduced blowing sand build-ups cumulous clouds Fur ther straining navigational skills gradual failure experimental automatic pilot matter hanging looking out Adding work load switch winds during night dawn Feb 8 faced serious reduc tion ground speed also drifting off course due undetected wind change noon 8th errors reading landmarks thoroughly confused thought approaching Walvis Bay Southwest Africa probably good 300 miles North Gayford Nicholetts solved naviga tion problem flying down west coast Africa last few hours landing Walvis Bay 440 pm pretty much schedule 2 days flown great circle distance 5309 miles break old record almost 300 miles 57V2-hour flight average ground speed 92 mph fuel tanks checked Walvis Bay found 10 gallons re mained enough 20 minutes flying under ideal conditions total distance covered cluding several wanderings off course estimated 5400 miles works out fuel consumption 24 US ghp After appropriate ceremonies airplane its two-hero crew flew Cape Town South Africa official celebra tions Minor repairs engine change made return trip begun made way north easy stages stops show off historic craft fi nally landing Farnborough southwest London May 2 Aside two public displays Fairey Long Range Monoplane Mark Two kept Farnborough least year lot thought given modifications another record try LRMs mark stood until August 1933 broken Rossi Codos pair Frenchmen flew Bleriot-Zappata 5657 miles New York Syria plan replace Napier Lion German-built Junkers Jumo IV diesel engine retract landing gear Another use Bristol Phoenix diesel engine variable-pitch propeller July 1934 report estimated would take 1 /2 years lot money make changes best could hoped 7600 miles less ultimate range Bleriot-Zappata conclusion would better design completely new airplane no new distance-record airplane got yond drawing board late 1938 RAF Vickers Wellesley medium bomber flew 7162 miles Egypt Australia break record 6295 miles set 1937 Russian ANT-25 landed farm California Vickers record stood seven years until broken B-29 Superfortress USAAF world changed much distance records no longer seemed important Only other prop-driven airplane ever set world straight-line distance record Oc tober 1947 US Navy Lockheed P2V Nep tune flew Perth Australia Columbus Ohio covering 11236 miles record still stands airplanes powered piston engines unless eccentric Jim Bede has com plete reversal personality actually pulls off non-stop round-the-world flight used talk about Neptune mark could stand forever no matter much aviation has changed no matter much world has changed achievement Gayford Nicholetts Fairey LRM Mk 2 stands proudly Back before days fully elec tronic navigation using signals beamed orbiting spacecraft two brave men flew across unknown territory 2 days landed intended right start Thats quite accomplishment anybodys book Safety/Preston Continued page 57 brought back house Now Jack keeps airplanes radios bedroom keep undesirable people ani mals destroying precious belongings Only thing wrong forgot turn off starter switch also receiver switch 124 Model Aviation B0 Southern R/C Accessories ARE NOW DAVE BROWN PRODUCTS ALSOMRMUSCLEFUTURE STARTER PACK & CHARGER 12v1NEW PRODUCTS SEE YOUR DEALER OR DISTRIBUTOR 8534 HUDDLESTON CINCINNATI OHIO 45236 AREA CODE 513 791-07 SOUTHERN PRO RETRACTS SIX-SHOOTERFLEXALL O BALOONS NOWAVAILABLE FORSORGUHM OFT GASOLINE GLASS FILLED NYLON MOTOR MOUNTS 12&131980 ckg0 Plan now attend unquestionably worlds greatest radio control show Open public three great days Presented Weak Signals R/C Club P0 Box 5772 Toledo Ohio 43613 April FRIDAY9 am 6 pm SATURDAY9am 6pm SUNDAY9am 430pm know what happens servos switch has left batteries drain servos go extreme end Thats exactly what happened about 230 morning Jack awoke start loud noise snapped light see Super Tiger 60 Skybolt come life tear across room proceed chew big hunks Out dads Bud Nosen /4 scale Aeronca Champ friends enough scare hell out anyone have suspected some time hobby becoming too complex. have strong suspicion preceding tale tall other hand friend brand new car selfstarted during night parked driveway ended up inside garage after having smashed hole through door No name wasnt Ripley illustrate propellers dont have mounted huge engines cause lot grief following comes letter received reader Nappanee Indiana starting Craft-Air Butterfly Two must admit accident really happened positioned myself front plane due very large wing area Once engine started reached across engine remove attached glowplug clip thought reached over arc prop alas didnt prop caught very tip first finger finger nail middle finger noticed blood shirt opposite hand wing plane before looked right hand prop made very clean deep cut tip first finger just under nail exposed deeper tissue finger middle finger prop smashed through nail cut deep tissue under nail hospital three stitches required close cut first finger nothing could done deep cut under nail middle finger except splint isnt major accident stretch mind John could have Im commercial artist loss finger loss nerve response could have very devastating family main reason elected reprint letter concerns statement last sentence above us stop think effect livelihood loss finger might have Any job requiring finger dexterity could jeopardized accident such involves 60 size engine instead mere 15 cu correspondent also stated time accident flying alone makes us shudder think what might have outcome engine ex-chainsaw powerplant wind up months safety column letter Larry Miles Mission KS has some worthwhile tips use chicken sticks engine starting have seen modelers using chicken sticks made rather hard material such aluminum rods hard fiberglass dowels etc engine backfires hits stick modeler does clear arc prop rapidly enoughWhack course thats idea device prop hits stick rather fingers potential safety hazard exists prop hits hard stick prop may crack internally visible later fail disastrous results think suggestion recommends chicken stick should also warn stick should covered softer material such several layers electrical friction duct tape perhaps leather Larry goes suggest alter native chicken stick leather glove finger thimble effective protective device agree Larry concludes letter saying following term chicken stick feel should discarded favor something such starter stick smart stick smart starter stick etc As presently named use term chicken stick encourages people especially ignorant beginner avoid like plague After wants chicken So have Whether youre ig norant beginner macho pattern pylon flier Smart Sticks make sense Have safe month John Preston 7012 Elvira Ct Falls Church VA 22042 Musee de lAir/Berliner Continued page 68 museum looking world like fugitive Magnificent Men Flying Machines copy Farman derivative flown film though modem engine rear half building taken up airplanes World War much fought above France little Voisin April 1980 125