You dont have Top Gun contender want realistic-looking model Scale details can make difference Duke Iden EVERY modeler wants build better-looking airplane article focuses few simple inexpensive ideas adding eye appeal realism Scale nonscale models alike Most us use wheel collars hold airplanes wheels nylon wing bolts rubberbands attach wings devices fast easy familiarand often downright ugly Lets see can make P-51D Mustang look scalelike make Telemaster appear realistic course therell questions field Jus did flying buddies will want know Hide wheel collar make hubcap building 1/6-scale Sig Cub occurred wheels needed Wire Insulation Screw Wheel Collar End Scalelike Wheel & Hubcap TEM~ LP3 ap After like other full-scale planes Piper Cubs have wheel hub covers have ever seen plane humongous wheel collar local airport real world learned through article EAA magazine Sport Aviation full-scale aircraft wheel secured bolt threaded axle Since am neither wealthy nor machinist went workshop determined come up easy way imitate idea junk already hand First off make Du-Bro wheel fit music wire axle Id need slip K&S brass tube see first sketch Next cutting axle back oh say quarter-inch see Im machinist Id able slip something threaded space end Thread screw teamed retaining washer voilaa wheel retainer actually resembles full-scale kind Luckily threaded end 2-56 clevis just fits brass tube Okay now cut off ends save threaded goody Ply Plate Angle Music Wire Ply Mount Pull Spring Triangle Stock IDowel XHatchHinge Nylon Wire lie 30 Model Aviation Annette Iden poses autnors 1j~ scale Sig Cub done up military training colors custom-cut five-pointed stars wing Simple inexpensive details add scale realism model insert tube glue place shown drawing cutting brass tube leave just bunny tweak past wheel hub can add retaining washer before installing screw can make whole system removable using wheel collar back wheel hub ground flat spot music wire axle cut little notch brass tube through little wheel collar nut could pass bite onto flat spot have change wheel simply loosen wheel collar slide whole thing off Okay now weve moved wheel collar inside looks almost like brake drum what about hubcap going take some thinking can Coors Lite would help process along drank stuff down glanced empty beer canand found answer bottom aluminum can concave cut out center have light free well dont count return value recycling cost hubcap three-inch wheel checked out hubcap didnt clear retaining screw So scrounged up small piece insulated wire removed copper wire produce hollow black tube glued tube outside rim hubcap little silicone cement RIC-56 keeps cap wheel Say mister just wing held anyhow Most modelers accept common practice drilling two big holes top wing center section unquestioningly accept use wheel collars Talk about sacrifice Instead drilling holes hold wing inside bottom springs As shown second drawing bent piece music wire U shape finishing curled hook spring end Front Hold Down hanging springs attached birch dowel pegs fuselage bottom near cabin floor wire bracket epoxied quarter-inch birch-ply plate bottom rear wing case high-wing plane sure use some solid balsa area youre gluing plate something besides wing sheeting prevent wing shifting side side glue some scrap balsa strips inside edge just top rear sides cabin plywood plate will keep wing sliding backward Locate hardware store carries variety springs ones used about two inches long have pull tension like Grandmas screen door fact thats came up idea Push-type springs wouldnt work worth hoot purposes painted springs wire peg mount olive drab match interior nylon wire tie around bottom ring spring makes easier get spring off little peg Now get springs get off As shown third drawing cut hatch bottom rear section cabin area installed Robart Scale hinges front used spring ball-point pen catch should emphasized wing struts functional consequently beefed up Hex-head machine screws attach struts structure end wing has aircraft plywood pieces blind nuts embedded fuselage Top View Notch Hinge Nyrod E-Z CoonBallpoint SpringSet CyA 1 Baking Sod Stiffener Wire Hatch OetaiI end attached blind nuts brass plates turn screwed onto maple landing gear mounts jury struts epoxied maple inserts main struts three end points main strut fitted brass plates plate has drilled two small holes pinned place short pieces music wire complete brass end piece wrapped lightweight fiberglass cloth Continued page 136 draw five-pointed star 1 layout paper draw circle diameter need 2 Locate top point 3600 location 3 Using protractor start center mark arc points determine 720 AB line 4 Using dividers set length AB carefully using ruler start top point step oft around radius 5 Connect points shown Cut out star use pattern 2-mil vinyl material June 1992 31 Above The wing held internal springs Note roundel star wing bottom Below 65-hp dummy engine made styrene plastic balsa Tap Point cemented place CyA cyanoacrylate glue wing came off turkey once pastnever again So now have Piper Cub hubcaps Its Easy To LYY t1N1 S Safety Starter Safe one-push starting Recommended John Prestons Safety Comes First column Mode/A vation Nov 90 Easy assemble battery starter Add $700 packaging shipping UPS Texan residento add 825% sales tax Allow approximately two weeks delivery 136 Model Aviation no wing bolts wheel collar looks like afterthought back hub Inexpensive custom decals graphics Having gotten far quest scale effect last thing wanted just another yellow Piper Cub model deserved Army Air Corps training color schemeyellow wing tail army roundel star Although Sig Major Decals both make beautiful star decals theyre always available size want Also hobby shops carry Toy making own first step find local printing shop produces transfer letters Ask two-mil vinyl letter material print shop cuts stuff computer graphics use signs doors windows etc two-anil vinyl thin can see weave doped cloth covering once graphic has affixed comes almost color including metal flakes needed stars about seven inches diameter wing first step cut out blue circle using fresh #11 X-Acto blade careful cut vinyl backing Keep backing now captioned sketch shows make thin cardboard pattern five-pointed star Youll need protractor some basic geometry Cut out pattern use cut star white two-mil vinyl Check inside size red circle cut out Take big blue circle pull off backing let inside adhesive touch Carefully move circle exactly want roll slowly top bottom avoid trapping air dont want horrid little blisters Apply white star finally red circle same way smoothing Out carefully go Yeah know its three layers stuff thin Dave Platt would never guess would local print shop can custom make letters numbers possibly some graphics experiment come up own also used vinyl make red blue No NITRo Runs 5% Oil 95% Methano Gets about 1 minute ounce fuel OPS MAxI 30 18 Statically dynamically balanced 5 intake ports shaft induction roller ball bearings long stroke pump carb readily available parts l8x8TopfightM.8l8Srpm 2Qx6Zinger8036 rpm 24 x 8 Zinger 30 rpm stock VS parts Part Scale Tips/Iden Continued page 31 I PATENT PENDING See ACE RIC dealer send check money order KRANKING Safety Starters PO Box 2563 Beaumont Texas 77704 strips white-painted rudder local print shop does work graphics will spaced special adhesive paper front Position letters way want remove sticky paper Engine engine whos got engine Now needed cute little 65-hp dummy engine sticking out left side cowl balance 40 05 four-cycle sticking out right Being basically lazy began looking company sells cast cylinders separatelythat already attached cowl search proved unsuccessful nothing make engine myself Though Sig anufactudng unable provide scale-size drawing company did furnish tiny three-view yielded enough clues about shape proportion see through made engine about hour cylinders 1/16 balsa sheet 1/32 plastic styrene sheet valve covers 1/4-in balsa Thin K&S tinplate made great shroud Have inspired Dummy engines easy make theyre good addition practically model Show Beginllden Continued page 33 heli landed incident Bobs story continues already moved back about 50 yards taxiway keep being blown away home-builts Canadian copter decided hover over grassy triangle between juncture main runway taxiway After hovering about five 10 seconds altitude around 50 feet big copter started descend Like car parked hill parking brake slips started slowly descend sound rotors changed jhe pilot grabbed lift despite engine quickly picked up speed until 10 feet ground knew going crash question point bad would Sea King hit hollow bang sounding like trash dumpster being dropped second-story building hit almost nose-on us tail section breaking away tail rotor gone copter slewed around clockwise portside landing gear pod breaking away tipping rotor blades toward us action slow motion us blades churned up infield grass copter continued slew around As Sea King completed its circle blades dug further grass started shear off Metal parts chunks rotor blades large clods turf thrown way up air Several large pieces rotor blade flew out toward runway away us crowd tail broken completely away come Jet Fuel Tanks So Inexpensive Theyre Going Ihst Somebodys finally come up ducted fan fuel tank costs less Boeing 747 Whats 1 1-ounce Sullivan fuel tank #380 has advantages higher priced tanks well some sought-after features its own instance its seamless greater protection against leaks its reversible left iight tank Only /16 thick fits aroundvirtually 4 6 diameter fan units because uses standard Suffivan hardware replacement parts readily available Fully equipped glow fueVpartsa simple kit enables convert gasoline use easily vent tube bubble also gives maximum capacity longer ffights between re-fuelings Fly down dealer soon ask about Sullivan jet fuel tanks prices p PRODUCI downto earth weve made easier P0 Box5166Baltimore MD 21224 ever take off Getting Better Ideas Off Ground rest dozens Feet fuse body copter lay its left side small tongue flame engines quickly extinguished onboard fire bottles preventing bird blowing up Debris still raining down area National Guardmen scheduled give demonstration later day ran towards copter assist crew Two five-man crew severely injured medivacked out air Two crewmen suffered minor injuries taken ambulance local hospital man managed walk away injury Viewing accident tape could imagine badly injured crewman survived launched out doorway hit copter crashing down him force rotor blades snapping off lifted copter off him put him path wildly churning blades tearing up ground around him harrowing story has very serious message group AMA show team club flies full-scale air shows Sometimes people charge fully understand respect performing modeler Bob relates situation year gave us okay start promptly forgot out put full-scale aircraft right through middle act just about send up signal flares light bonfires before show June 1992 137
Edition: Model Aviation - 1992/06
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 136, 137
You dont have Top Gun contender want realistic-looking model Scale details can make difference Duke Iden EVERY modeler wants build better-looking airplane article focuses few simple inexpensive ideas adding eye appeal realism Scale nonscale models alike Most us use wheel collars hold airplanes wheels nylon wing bolts rubberbands attach wings devices fast easy familiarand often downright ugly Lets see can make P-51D Mustang look scalelike make Telemaster appear realistic course therell questions field Jus did flying buddies will want know Hide wheel collar make hubcap building 1/6-scale Sig Cub occurred wheels needed Wire Insulation Screw Wheel Collar End Scalelike Wheel & Hubcap TEM~ LP3 ap After like other full-scale planes Piper Cubs have wheel hub covers have ever seen plane humongous wheel collar local airport real world learned through article EAA magazine Sport Aviation full-scale aircraft wheel secured bolt threaded axle Since am neither wealthy nor machinist went workshop determined come up easy way imitate idea junk already hand First off make Du-Bro wheel fit music wire axle Id need slip K&S brass tube see first sketch Next cutting axle back oh say quarter-inch see Im machinist Id able slip something threaded space end Thread screw teamed retaining washer voilaa wheel retainer actually resembles full-scale kind Luckily threaded end 2-56 clevis just fits brass tube Okay now cut off ends save threaded goody Ply Plate Angle Music Wire Ply Mount Pull Spring Triangle Stock IDowel XHatchHinge Nylon Wire lie 30 Model Aviation Annette Iden poses autnors 1j~ scale Sig Cub done up military training colors custom-cut five-pointed stars wing Simple inexpensive details add scale realism model insert tube glue place shown drawing cutting brass tube leave just bunny tweak past wheel hub can add retaining washer before installing screw can make whole system removable using wheel collar back wheel hub ground flat spot music wire axle cut little notch brass tube through little wheel collar nut could pass bite onto flat spot have change wheel simply loosen wheel collar slide whole thing off Okay now weve moved wheel collar inside looks almost like brake drum what about hubcap going take some thinking can Coors Lite would help process along drank stuff down glanced empty beer canand found answer bottom aluminum can concave cut out center have light free well dont count return value recycling cost hubcap three-inch wheel checked out hubcap didnt clear retaining screw So scrounged up small piece insulated wire removed copper wire produce hollow black tube glued tube outside rim hubcap little silicone cement RIC-56 keeps cap wheel Say mister just wing held anyhow Most modelers accept common practice drilling two big holes top wing center section unquestioningly accept use wheel collars Talk about sacrifice Instead drilling holes hold wing inside bottom springs As shown second drawing bent piece music wire U shape finishing curled hook spring end Front Hold Down hanging springs attached birch dowel pegs fuselage bottom near cabin floor wire bracket epoxied quarter-inch birch-ply plate bottom rear wing case high-wing plane sure use some solid balsa area youre gluing plate something besides wing sheeting prevent wing shifting side side glue some scrap balsa strips inside edge just top rear sides cabin plywood plate will keep wing sliding backward Locate hardware store carries variety springs ones used about two inches long have pull tension like Grandmas screen door fact thats came up idea Push-type springs wouldnt work worth hoot purposes painted springs wire peg mount olive drab match interior nylon wire tie around bottom ring spring makes easier get spring off little peg Now get springs get off As shown third drawing cut hatch bottom rear section cabin area installed Robart Scale hinges front used spring ball-point pen catch should emphasized wing struts functional consequently beefed up Hex-head machine screws attach struts structure end wing has aircraft plywood pieces blind nuts embedded fuselage Top View Notch Hinge Nyrod E-Z CoonBallpoint SpringSet CyA 1 Baking Sod Stiffener Wire Hatch OetaiI end attached blind nuts brass plates turn screwed onto maple landing gear mounts jury struts epoxied maple inserts main struts three end points main strut fitted brass plates plate has drilled two small holes pinned place short pieces music wire complete brass end piece wrapped lightweight fiberglass cloth Continued page 136 draw five-pointed star 1 layout paper draw circle diameter need 2 Locate top point 3600 location 3 Using protractor start center mark arc points determine 720 AB line 4 Using dividers set length AB carefully using ruler start top point step oft around radius 5 Connect points shown Cut out star use pattern 2-mil vinyl material June 1992 31 Above The wing held internal springs Note roundel star wing bottom Below 65-hp dummy engine made styrene plastic balsa Tap Point cemented place CyA cyanoacrylate glue wing came off turkey once pastnever again So now have Piper Cub hubcaps Its Easy To LYY t1N1 S Safety Starter Safe one-push starting Recommended John Prestons Safety Comes First column Mode/A vation Nov 90 Easy assemble battery starter Add $700 packaging shipping UPS Texan residento add 825% sales tax Allow approximately two weeks delivery 136 Model Aviation no wing bolts wheel collar looks like afterthought back hub Inexpensive custom decals graphics Having gotten far quest scale effect last thing wanted just another yellow Piper Cub model deserved Army Air Corps training color schemeyellow wing tail army roundel star Although Sig Major Decals both make beautiful star decals theyre always available size want Also hobby shops carry Toy making own first step find local printing shop produces transfer letters Ask two-mil vinyl letter material print shop cuts stuff computer graphics use signs doors windows etc two-anil vinyl thin can see weave doped cloth covering once graphic has affixed comes almost color including metal flakes needed stars about seven inches diameter wing first step cut out blue circle using fresh #11 X-Acto blade careful cut vinyl backing Keep backing now captioned sketch shows make thin cardboard pattern five-pointed star Youll need protractor some basic geometry Cut out pattern use cut star white two-mil vinyl Check inside size red circle cut out Take big blue circle pull off backing let inside adhesive touch Carefully move circle exactly want roll slowly top bottom avoid trapping air dont want horrid little blisters Apply white star finally red circle same way smoothing Out carefully go Yeah know its three layers stuff thin Dave Platt would never guess would local print shop can custom make letters numbers possibly some graphics experiment come up own also used vinyl make red blue No NITRo Runs 5% Oil 95% Methano Gets about 1 minute ounce fuel OPS MAxI 30 18 Statically dynamically balanced 5 intake ports shaft induction roller ball bearings long stroke pump carb readily available parts l8x8TopfightM.8l8Srpm 2Qx6Zinger8036 rpm 24 x 8 Zinger 30 rpm stock VS parts Part Scale Tips/Iden Continued page 31 I PATENT PENDING See ACE RIC dealer send check money order KRANKING Safety Starters PO Box 2563 Beaumont Texas 77704 strips white-painted rudder local print shop does work graphics will spaced special adhesive paper front Position letters way want remove sticky paper Engine engine whos got engine Now needed cute little 65-hp dummy engine sticking out left side cowl balance 40 05 four-cycle sticking out right Being basically lazy began looking company sells cast cylinders separatelythat already attached cowl search proved unsuccessful nothing make engine myself Though Sig anufactudng unable provide scale-size drawing company did furnish tiny three-view yielded enough clues about shape proportion see through made engine about hour cylinders 1/16 balsa sheet 1/32 plastic styrene sheet valve covers 1/4-in balsa Thin K&S tinplate made great shroud Have inspired Dummy engines easy make theyre good addition practically model Show Beginllden Continued page 33 heli landed incident Bobs story continues already moved back about 50 yards taxiway keep being blown away home-builts Canadian copter decided hover over grassy triangle between juncture main runway taxiway After hovering about five 10 seconds altitude around 50 feet big copter started descend Like car parked hill parking brake slips started slowly descend sound rotors changed jhe pilot grabbed lift despite engine quickly picked up speed until 10 feet ground knew going crash question point bad would Sea King hit hollow bang sounding like trash dumpster being dropped second-story building hit almost nose-on us tail section breaking away tail rotor gone copter slewed around clockwise portside landing gear pod breaking away tipping rotor blades toward us action slow motion us blades churned up infield grass copter continued slew around As Sea King completed its circle blades dug further grass started shear off Metal parts chunks rotor blades large clods turf thrown way up air Several large pieces rotor blade flew out toward runway away us crowd tail broken completely away come Jet Fuel Tanks So Inexpensive Theyre Going Ihst Somebodys finally come up ducted fan fuel tank costs less Boeing 747 Whats 1 1-ounce Sullivan fuel tank #380 has advantages higher priced tanks well some sought-after features its own instance its seamless greater protection against leaks its reversible left iight tank Only /16 thick fits aroundvirtually 4 6 diameter fan units because uses standard Suffivan hardware replacement parts readily available Fully equipped glow fueVpartsa simple kit enables convert gasoline use easily vent tube bubble also gives maximum capacity longer ffights between re-fuelings Fly down dealer soon ask about Sullivan jet fuel tanks prices p PRODUCI downto earth weve made easier P0 Box5166Baltimore MD 21224 ever take off Getting Better Ideas Off Ground rest dozens Feet fuse body copter lay its left side small tongue flame engines quickly extinguished onboard fire bottles preventing bird blowing up Debris still raining down area National Guardmen scheduled give demonstration later day ran towards copter assist crew Two five-man crew severely injured medivacked out air Two crewmen suffered minor injuries taken ambulance local hospital man managed walk away injury Viewing accident tape could imagine badly injured crewman survived launched out doorway hit copter crashing down him force rotor blades snapping off lifted copter off him put him path wildly churning blades tearing up ground around him harrowing story has very serious message group AMA show team club flies full-scale air shows Sometimes people charge fully understand respect performing modeler Bob relates situation year gave us okay start promptly forgot out put full-scale aircraft right through middle act just about send up signal flares light bonfires before show June 1992 137
Edition: Model Aviation - 1992/06
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 136, 137
You dont have Top Gun contender want realistic-looking model Scale details can make difference Duke Iden EVERY modeler wants build better-looking airplane article focuses few simple inexpensive ideas adding eye appeal realism Scale nonscale models alike Most us use wheel collars hold airplanes wheels nylon wing bolts rubberbands attach wings devices fast easy familiarand often downright ugly Lets see can make P-51D Mustang look scalelike make Telemaster appear realistic course therell questions field Jus did flying buddies will want know Hide wheel collar make hubcap building 1/6-scale Sig Cub occurred wheels needed Wire Insulation Screw Wheel Collar End Scalelike Wheel & Hubcap TEM~ LP3 ap After like other full-scale planes Piper Cubs have wheel hub covers have ever seen plane humongous wheel collar local airport real world learned through article EAA magazine Sport Aviation full-scale aircraft wheel secured bolt threaded axle Since am neither wealthy nor machinist went workshop determined come up easy way imitate idea junk already hand First off make Du-Bro wheel fit music wire axle Id need slip K&S brass tube see first sketch Next cutting axle back oh say quarter-inch see Im machinist Id able slip something threaded space end Thread screw teamed retaining washer voilaa wheel retainer actually resembles full-scale kind Luckily threaded end 2-56 clevis just fits brass tube Okay now cut off ends save threaded goody Ply Plate Angle Music Wire Ply Mount Pull Spring Triangle Stock IDowel XHatchHinge Nylon Wire lie 30 Model Aviation Annette Iden poses autnors 1j~ scale Sig Cub done up military training colors custom-cut five-pointed stars wing Simple inexpensive details add scale realism model insert tube glue place shown drawing cutting brass tube leave just bunny tweak past wheel hub can add retaining washer before installing screw can make whole system removable using wheel collar back wheel hub ground flat spot music wire axle cut little notch brass tube through little wheel collar nut could pass bite onto flat spot have change wheel simply loosen wheel collar slide whole thing off Okay now weve moved wheel collar inside looks almost like brake drum what about hubcap going take some thinking can Coors Lite would help process along drank stuff down glanced empty beer canand found answer bottom aluminum can concave cut out center have light free well dont count return value recycling cost hubcap three-inch wheel checked out hubcap didnt clear retaining screw So scrounged up small piece insulated wire removed copper wire produce hollow black tube glued tube outside rim hubcap little silicone cement RIC-56 keeps cap wheel Say mister just wing held anyhow Most modelers accept common practice drilling two big holes top wing center section unquestioningly accept use wheel collars Talk about sacrifice Instead drilling holes hold wing inside bottom springs As shown second drawing bent piece music wire U shape finishing curled hook spring end Front Hold Down hanging springs attached birch dowel pegs fuselage bottom near cabin floor wire bracket epoxied quarter-inch birch-ply plate bottom rear wing case high-wing plane sure use some solid balsa area youre gluing plate something besides wing sheeting prevent wing shifting side side glue some scrap balsa strips inside edge just top rear sides cabin plywood plate will keep wing sliding backward Locate hardware store carries variety springs ones used about two inches long have pull tension like Grandmas screen door fact thats came up idea Push-type springs wouldnt work worth hoot purposes painted springs wire peg mount olive drab match interior nylon wire tie around bottom ring spring makes easier get spring off little peg Now get springs get off As shown third drawing cut hatch bottom rear section cabin area installed Robart Scale hinges front used spring ball-point pen catch should emphasized wing struts functional consequently beefed up Hex-head machine screws attach struts structure end wing has aircraft plywood pieces blind nuts embedded fuselage Top View Notch Hinge Nyrod E-Z CoonBallpoint SpringSet CyA 1 Baking Sod Stiffener Wire Hatch OetaiI end attached blind nuts brass plates turn screwed onto maple landing gear mounts jury struts epoxied maple inserts main struts three end points main strut fitted brass plates plate has drilled two small holes pinned place short pieces music wire complete brass end piece wrapped lightweight fiberglass cloth Continued page 136 draw five-pointed star 1 layout paper draw circle diameter need 2 Locate top point 3600 location 3 Using protractor start center mark arc points determine 720 AB line 4 Using dividers set length AB carefully using ruler start top point step oft around radius 5 Connect points shown Cut out star use pattern 2-mil vinyl material June 1992 31 Above The wing held internal springs Note roundel star wing bottom Below 65-hp dummy engine made styrene plastic balsa Tap Point cemented place CyA cyanoacrylate glue wing came off turkey once pastnever again So now have Piper Cub hubcaps Its Easy To LYY t1N1 S Safety Starter Safe one-push starting Recommended John Prestons Safety Comes First column Mode/A vation Nov 90 Easy assemble battery starter Add $700 packaging shipping UPS Texan residento add 825% sales tax Allow approximately two weeks delivery 136 Model Aviation no wing bolts wheel collar looks like afterthought back hub Inexpensive custom decals graphics Having gotten far quest scale effect last thing wanted just another yellow Piper Cub model deserved Army Air Corps training color schemeyellow wing tail army roundel star Although Sig Major Decals both make beautiful star decals theyre always available size want Also hobby shops carry Toy making own first step find local printing shop produces transfer letters Ask two-mil vinyl letter material print shop cuts stuff computer graphics use signs doors windows etc two-anil vinyl thin can see weave doped cloth covering once graphic has affixed comes almost color including metal flakes needed stars about seven inches diameter wing first step cut out blue circle using fresh #11 X-Acto blade careful cut vinyl backing Keep backing now captioned sketch shows make thin cardboard pattern five-pointed star Youll need protractor some basic geometry Cut out pattern use cut star white two-mil vinyl Check inside size red circle cut out Take big blue circle pull off backing let inside adhesive touch Carefully move circle exactly want roll slowly top bottom avoid trapping air dont want horrid little blisters Apply white star finally red circle same way smoothing Out carefully go Yeah know its three layers stuff thin Dave Platt would never guess would local print shop can custom make letters numbers possibly some graphics experiment come up own also used vinyl make red blue No NITRo Runs 5% Oil 95% Methano Gets about 1 minute ounce fuel OPS MAxI 30 18 Statically dynamically balanced 5 intake ports shaft induction roller ball bearings long stroke pump carb readily available parts l8x8TopfightM.8l8Srpm 2Qx6Zinger8036 rpm 24 x 8 Zinger 30 rpm stock VS parts Part Scale Tips/Iden Continued page 31 I PATENT PENDING See ACE RIC dealer send check money order KRANKING Safety Starters PO Box 2563 Beaumont Texas 77704 strips white-painted rudder local print shop does work graphics will spaced special adhesive paper front Position letters way want remove sticky paper Engine engine whos got engine Now needed cute little 65-hp dummy engine sticking out left side cowl balance 40 05 four-cycle sticking out right Being basically lazy began looking company sells cast cylinders separatelythat already attached cowl search proved unsuccessful nothing make engine myself Though Sig anufactudng unable provide scale-size drawing company did furnish tiny three-view yielded enough clues about shape proportion see through made engine about hour cylinders 1/16 balsa sheet 1/32 plastic styrene sheet valve covers 1/4-in balsa Thin K&S tinplate made great shroud Have inspired Dummy engines easy make theyre good addition practically model Show Beginllden Continued page 33 heli landed incident Bobs story continues already moved back about 50 yards taxiway keep being blown away home-builts Canadian copter decided hover over grassy triangle between juncture main runway taxiway After hovering about five 10 seconds altitude around 50 feet big copter started descend Like car parked hill parking brake slips started slowly descend sound rotors changed jhe pilot grabbed lift despite engine quickly picked up speed until 10 feet ground knew going crash question point bad would Sea King hit hollow bang sounding like trash dumpster being dropped second-story building hit almost nose-on us tail section breaking away tail rotor gone copter slewed around clockwise portside landing gear pod breaking away tipping rotor blades toward us action slow motion us blades churned up infield grass copter continued slew around As Sea King completed its circle blades dug further grass started shear off Metal parts chunks rotor blades large clods turf thrown way up air Several large pieces rotor blade flew out toward runway away us crowd tail broken completely away come Jet Fuel Tanks So Inexpensive Theyre Going Ihst Somebodys finally come up ducted fan fuel tank costs less Boeing 747 Whats 1 1-ounce Sullivan fuel tank #380 has advantages higher priced tanks well some sought-after features its own instance its seamless greater protection against leaks its reversible left iight tank Only /16 thick fits aroundvirtually 4 6 diameter fan units because uses standard Suffivan hardware replacement parts readily available Fully equipped glow fueVpartsa simple kit enables convert gasoline use easily vent tube bubble also gives maximum capacity longer ffights between re-fuelings Fly down dealer soon ask about Sullivan jet fuel tanks prices p PRODUCI downto earth weve made easier P0 Box5166Baltimore MD 21224 ever take off Getting Better Ideas Off Ground rest dozens Feet fuse body copter lay its left side small tongue flame engines quickly extinguished onboard fire bottles preventing bird blowing up Debris still raining down area National Guardmen scheduled give demonstration later day ran towards copter assist crew Two five-man crew severely injured medivacked out air Two crewmen suffered minor injuries taken ambulance local hospital man managed walk away injury Viewing accident tape could imagine badly injured crewman survived launched out doorway hit copter crashing down him force rotor blades snapping off lifted copter off him put him path wildly churning blades tearing up ground around him harrowing story has very serious message group AMA show team club flies full-scale air shows Sometimes people charge fully understand respect performing modeler Bob relates situation year gave us okay start promptly forgot out put full-scale aircraft right through middle act just about send up signal flares light bonfires before show June 1992 137
Edition: Model Aviation - 1992/06
Page Numbers: 30, 31, 136, 137
You dont have Top Gun contender want realistic-looking model Scale details can make difference Duke Iden EVERY modeler wants build better-looking airplane article focuses few simple inexpensive ideas adding eye appeal realism Scale nonscale models alike Most us use wheel collars hold airplanes wheels nylon wing bolts rubberbands attach wings devices fast easy familiarand often downright ugly Lets see can make P-51D Mustang look scalelike make Telemaster appear realistic course therell questions field Jus did flying buddies will want know Hide wheel collar make hubcap building 1/6-scale Sig Cub occurred wheels needed Wire Insulation Screw Wheel Collar End Scalelike Wheel & Hubcap TEM~ LP3 ap After like other full-scale planes Piper Cubs have wheel hub covers have ever seen plane humongous wheel collar local airport real world learned through article EAA magazine Sport Aviation full-scale aircraft wheel secured bolt threaded axle Since am neither wealthy nor machinist went workshop determined come up easy way imitate idea junk already hand First off make Du-Bro wheel fit music wire axle Id need slip K&S brass tube see first sketch Next cutting axle back oh say quarter-inch see Im machinist Id able slip something threaded space end Thread screw teamed retaining washer voilaa wheel retainer actually resembles full-scale kind Luckily threaded end 2-56 clevis just fits brass tube Okay now cut off ends save threaded goody Ply Plate Angle Music Wire Ply Mount Pull Spring Triangle Stock IDowel XHatchHinge Nylon Wire lie 30 Model Aviation Annette Iden poses autnors 1j~ scale Sig Cub done up military training colors custom-cut five-pointed stars wing Simple inexpensive details add scale realism model insert tube glue place shown drawing cutting brass tube leave just bunny tweak past wheel hub can add retaining washer before installing screw can make whole system removable using wheel collar back wheel hub ground flat spot music wire axle cut little notch brass tube through little wheel collar nut could pass bite onto flat spot have change wheel simply loosen wheel collar slide whole thing off Okay now weve moved wheel collar inside looks almost like brake drum what about hubcap going take some thinking can Coors Lite would help process along drank stuff down glanced empty beer canand found answer bottom aluminum can concave cut out center have light free well dont count return value recycling cost hubcap three-inch wheel checked out hubcap didnt clear retaining screw So scrounged up small piece insulated wire removed copper wire produce hollow black tube glued tube outside rim hubcap little silicone cement RIC-56 keeps cap wheel Say mister just wing held anyhow Most modelers accept common practice drilling two big holes top wing center section unquestioningly accept use wheel collars Talk about sacrifice Instead drilling holes hold wing inside bottom springs As shown second drawing bent piece music wire U shape finishing curled hook spring end Front Hold Down hanging springs attached birch dowel pegs fuselage bottom near cabin floor wire bracket epoxied quarter-inch birch-ply plate bottom rear wing case high-wing plane sure use some solid balsa area youre gluing plate something besides wing sheeting prevent wing shifting side side glue some scrap balsa strips inside edge just top rear sides cabin plywood plate will keep wing sliding backward Locate hardware store carries variety springs ones used about two inches long have pull tension like Grandmas screen door fact thats came up idea Push-type springs wouldnt work worth hoot purposes painted springs wire peg mount olive drab match interior nylon wire tie around bottom ring spring makes easier get spring off little peg Now get springs get off As shown third drawing cut hatch bottom rear section cabin area installed Robart Scale hinges front used spring ball-point pen catch should emphasized wing struts functional consequently beefed up Hex-head machine screws attach struts structure end wing has aircraft plywood pieces blind nuts embedded fuselage Top View Notch Hinge Nyrod E-Z CoonBallpoint SpringSet CyA 1 Baking Sod Stiffener Wire Hatch OetaiI end attached blind nuts brass plates turn screwed onto maple landing gear mounts jury struts epoxied maple inserts main struts three end points main strut fitted brass plates plate has drilled two small holes pinned place short pieces music wire complete brass end piece wrapped lightweight fiberglass cloth Continued page 136 draw five-pointed star 1 layout paper draw circle diameter need 2 Locate top point 3600 location 3 Using protractor start center mark arc points determine 720 AB line 4 Using dividers set length AB carefully using ruler start top point step oft around radius 5 Connect points shown Cut out star use pattern 2-mil vinyl material June 1992 31 Above The wing held internal springs Note roundel star wing bottom Below 65-hp dummy engine made styrene plastic balsa Tap Point cemented place CyA cyanoacrylate glue wing came off turkey once pastnever again So now have Piper Cub hubcaps Its Easy To LYY t1N1 S Safety Starter Safe one-push starting Recommended John Prestons Safety Comes First column Mode/A vation Nov 90 Easy assemble battery starter Add $700 packaging shipping UPS Texan residento add 825% sales tax Allow approximately two weeks delivery 136 Model Aviation no wing bolts wheel collar looks like afterthought back hub Inexpensive custom decals graphics Having gotten far quest scale effect last thing wanted just another yellow Piper Cub model deserved Army Air Corps training color schemeyellow wing tail army roundel star Although Sig Major Decals both make beautiful star decals theyre always available size want Also hobby shops carry Toy making own first step find local printing shop produces transfer letters Ask two-mil vinyl letter material print shop cuts stuff computer graphics use signs doors windows etc two-anil vinyl thin can see weave doped cloth covering once graphic has affixed comes almost color including metal flakes needed stars about seven inches diameter wing first step cut out blue circle using fresh #11 X-Acto blade careful cut vinyl backing Keep backing now captioned sketch shows make thin cardboard pattern five-pointed star Youll need protractor some basic geometry Cut out pattern use cut star white two-mil vinyl Check inside size red circle cut out Take big blue circle pull off backing let inside adhesive touch Carefully move circle exactly want roll slowly top bottom avoid trapping air dont want horrid little blisters Apply white star finally red circle same way smoothing Out carefully go Yeah know its three layers stuff thin Dave Platt would never guess would local print shop can custom make letters numbers possibly some graphics experiment come up own also used vinyl make red blue No NITRo Runs 5% Oil 95% Methano Gets about 1 minute ounce fuel OPS MAxI 30 18 Statically dynamically balanced 5 intake ports shaft induction roller ball bearings long stroke pump carb readily available parts l8x8TopfightM.8l8Srpm 2Qx6Zinger8036 rpm 24 x 8 Zinger 30 rpm stock VS parts Part Scale Tips/Iden Continued page 31 I PATENT PENDING See ACE RIC dealer send check money order KRANKING Safety Starters PO Box 2563 Beaumont Texas 77704 strips white-painted rudder local print shop does work graphics will spaced special adhesive paper front Position letters way want remove sticky paper Engine engine whos got engine Now needed cute little 65-hp dummy engine sticking out left side cowl balance 40 05 four-cycle sticking out right Being basically lazy began looking company sells cast cylinders separatelythat already attached cowl search proved unsuccessful nothing make engine myself Though Sig anufactudng unable provide scale-size drawing company did furnish tiny three-view yielded enough clues about shape proportion see through made engine about hour cylinders 1/16 balsa sheet 1/32 plastic styrene sheet valve covers 1/4-in balsa Thin K&S tinplate made great shroud Have inspired Dummy engines easy make theyre good addition practically model Show Beginllden Continued page 33 heli landed incident Bobs story continues already moved back about 50 yards taxiway keep being blown away home-builts Canadian copter decided hover over grassy triangle between juncture main runway taxiway After hovering about five 10 seconds altitude around 50 feet big copter started descend Like car parked hill parking brake slips started slowly descend sound rotors changed jhe pilot grabbed lift despite engine quickly picked up speed until 10 feet ground knew going crash question point bad would Sea King hit hollow bang sounding like trash dumpster being dropped second-story building hit almost nose-on us tail section breaking away tail rotor gone copter slewed around clockwise portside landing gear pod breaking away tipping rotor blades toward us action slow motion us blades churned up infield grass copter continued slew around As Sea King completed its circle blades dug further grass started shear off Metal parts chunks rotor blades large clods turf thrown way up air Several large pieces rotor blade flew out toward runway away us crowd tail broken completely away come Jet Fuel Tanks So Inexpensive Theyre Going Ihst Somebodys finally come up ducted fan fuel tank costs less Boeing 747 Whats 1 1-ounce Sullivan fuel tank #380 has advantages higher priced tanks well some sought-after features its own instance its seamless greater protection against leaks its reversible left iight tank Only /16 thick fits aroundvirtually 4 6 diameter fan units because uses standard Suffivan hardware replacement parts readily available Fully equipped glow fueVpartsa simple kit enables convert gasoline use easily vent tube bubble also gives maximum capacity longer ffights between re-fuelings Fly down dealer soon ask about Sullivan jet fuel tanks prices p PRODUCI downto earth weve made easier P0 Box5166Baltimore MD 21224 ever take off Getting Better Ideas Off Ground rest dozens Feet fuse body copter lay its left side small tongue flame engines quickly extinguished onboard fire bottles preventing bird blowing up Debris still raining down area National Guardmen scheduled give demonstration later day ran towards copter assist crew Two five-man crew severely injured medivacked out air Two crewmen suffered minor injuries taken ambulance local hospital man managed walk away injury Viewing accident tape could imagine badly injured crewman survived launched out doorway hit copter crashing down him force rotor blades snapping off lifted copter off him put him path wildly churning blades tearing up ground around him harrowing story has very serious message group AMA show team club flies full-scale air shows Sometimes people charge fully understand respect performing modeler Bob relates situation year gave us okay start promptly forgot out put full-scale aircraft right through middle act just about send up signal flares light bonfires 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