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Shopping for `Necessities'

Author: J.N. Young


Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/12
Page Numbers: 80, 162

6~9 Shopping U might sur prised number common house hold items containers useful modeling workshop BAN BASIC Sucrets Stanley Tools Twice Fresh Craftsman Raidwhat does unlikely partnership product brands have common As Hitachi Coors Anheuser Busch RCM might Arid Band Aids Mr Clean Kelloggs Black Decker Renuzit appropriate sponsors contests fun flys say surely jest just few examples endless list products brands modeling fraternity RC buy specifically aid abet pursuit happiness hobby/sport Read went shopping wife yesterday local general purpose store K-Mart loaded shopping cart bunch goodies needed order get started new Hobby Shack/Pilot F-16A kit yes under guise household necessities Smile buddiesthere wont problem getting wife pay necessities First picked up non-aerosol pump bottle Ban Basic spray caps screw-on type easily removed bottle perfect filling water using ultra-fine mist atomizer warp ing wing fuselage balsa sheeting mist Japanese tissue silkspan youre still using instead heat-applied coverings problem finding way use deodorant tomorrow want wing skins course could spray Ban right skins nahhh guys field have called planes names never stinker fore noticed wife coughing pharmacy area thoughtfully suggested buy can Sucrets throat lozenges thanked concern put can cart Now handy can perfect new bag T-pins arrived mail last week carpentry section 1 picked up other Stanley carpenters angle steel straightedge sliding 900 V-leg having bubble level wife agreed needed second addition already could work efficiently together 22-month sons backyard playhouse building Ive already removed slide attachment old tool can use steel straight edge its perfect cutting balsa thin plywood X-Acto knife single-edge razor blade Stanley utility knife depend ing work done Over household area wife wanted room deodorizer suggested Twice Fresh no apparent reason other scent has appealing light bulb over head lit up envisioned slicing slot piggy bank top cannister just large enough slipU Jonathan N Young ping worn-out razor blades keeping sons prying fingers out Some epoxy cyanoacrylate around base would forever prevent reopening cannister Hmmm can get rid pads tomorrow Somehow somewhere during move Denver Dover DE six months ago lost large California Hotel craps dice needed something new clean vertical sides holding wing ribs perfectly upright during construction Passing automotive section some shiny little bug gers caught corner eyesocket heads Since have relatively new car metric nuts bolts convinced wife needed bunch new sockets metric sizes could maintain car chose larger sizes because added height weight perfect hold ing ribs place Unfortunately sockets somewhat expensive dice unless youre unlucky craps tables Lost Wages Nevada Walking cashiers noticed some Raid House Garden Bug Killer sale reminded hint seen previ ously RCM some cyanoacrylate bottles fit nicely caps some aero sol cans preventing accidental spillage What heck needed some Raid took two cansone cap workshop field box son grabs things checkout line time know dont have explain phenomenon parents Dont touch put back way goes time grabbed nifty little pencil sharpener rotating top prevents shavings falling out Patting sons head took couple sharpenersone playhouse backyard playhouse sure has benefit hobby bed room will soon disappear garage workbench located wont have run house everytime pencils dull finally made cashier bill rang up $2050 shouldnt have bought too sockets items necessities meaning wifes budget pays bill grinned myselfhardly able wait get started F-16A Honey wife said looked wallet bought groceries today used cash May borrow $20 Continued page 162 80 Model Aviation handy things acquired during family shopping trip local general merchan dise store uses arent readily apparent read story Lots rather ordinary household goods come real handy modelers workshop Lots uses leftovers too fiwnddO PROPELLERS Made 0 yeste bo color Go GRiSH No 1 propeller True helical pitch airfoil win-power 2 Blade Tractor 53each 54535~4Soc 6364SOc 747678SOc 848688Nc 9-4969-7 9810410-6SOc 11411-611881 12412512-61U 2 Blade Pusher 5 3 5-4 6364Oc 86SOc 98106*1 3 BladeTractor 53 6364 3 BladePusher 63SOc Sizes pitches styles needs AT YOUR DEALER / Blade Metallic Aluminum color Tractor76i 8668iZ 96 106104iSO Pusher106 1U substituting sheet built-up structures Beef-up built-ups' policy universal use dethermalizers has led necessity strengthening wing structures models seems land ing shock negative load anyone planned pre-DT days popular solutions problem adding spars upper surface wing usually three evenly-spaced strips /x-in deep needed equally-spaced first 30% chord Hmm things look awful lot like torbulaiors devices disturb airflow ever slightly effect increase lift multi-spars called de signers also help maintain airfoil shape reducing covering sag between ribs question comes up fairly often skull sessions does modi fication violate modification rule no question turbulators improve lift Some time ago Ive lost issue National Free Flight Society pub lished paper Symposium report effective placement turbulator cords upper surface Nordic glider wings author advocated trimming glider perfectly straight hand-glide dead-calm conditions preferably gymnasium Once achieved turhulator cord taped place wing other remaining unturbulated model hand glided observed turning ten dency turbulated wing would rise its additional lift causing model turn toward unturbulated wing cord position relocated test re peated final proper location turbulator determined position generating turn As further evidence affects multispars once Starduster 900 mediocre glide No amount trimming seemed increase glide performance GRISH LARGE WOOD PROPELLERS HARDWOOD too hard minimizes Thance costly plane engine damage True pitch airfoil fully finished balanced ready coating 3/B BOREALL SIZES IN18 57 6810 12 PITCH 20B 22 10 24 13 IN 8&1OPITCH 26 $16 inUBROS 0 ST JOHN INDIANA 46373 Out desperation removed covering installed three /x X /4 edge auxil iary spars spaced between leading edge main spar Result instant glide im provement Let make perfectly clear have heard before am condemning practice myself Im relating concern Contest Di rector could disquality such modified model welcome comments subject New kits Old-Timer modelers would never consider building kit some its matter pride others its selec tion wood deters hut us finding free time getting little scar cer year kits substantially reduce building time years P&W Models has pro ducing partial kits selected Old-Timers case wondering what partial kit simply curved pans ribs formers wing tips rudder outline etc modeler supplies strip wood sheet stock local hobby shop Hobby Horn 15173 Moran St PO Box 2212 Westminister CA 92683 has carried P&W line some time Chit Sheet edited Bob Sliff has just announced four new P&W partial kits will also offer ing full kits some popular models circuit Lanzo Record Breaker 96-in span 1256 sq Megow Super Quaker 76-in span 746 sq Kloud King 66-in span Berkeley Brigadeer 58-in span 473 sq Most us have building projects list could ever hope build lifetime partial kits can get us little further down list Clarence Haught 3226 Honeysuckle Dr Coeur dAlene ID 83814 Two Profiles/Haught Continued oaae 69 rather extreme measure should used last resort effort takes build just models almost same required build both try both Whoever heard race chal lenger Miss Los Angeles has longer fuse lage longer motor run use balance out race Wind both models pin propellers Launch Miss Los Angeles first thenquicklythe Travel Air flight times patterns should about same Have own Bendix Trophy Race own backyard Hows fun Bet ter yet get whole club fun CL Speed/Hempel Continued paqe 73 products mentioned months Speed column Master 25cc Cipilla 15 diesel available Bayou Products PO Box 8628 New Orleans LA 70182 Phone 1-800-535-2568 Graphite Ultra-Ply avail able Twinn-K Inc PO Box 31228 Indianapolis IN 46231 K&B Ccx 15 avail able K&B Manufacturing 12152 Woodruff Ave. Downey CA 90241 Piston Reset Tool available Davis Diesel De velopment PO Box 141 Milford CT 06460 OPS 15 available P&G Metal Products 301 N Yale Dr Garland TX 75042 Gene Hempel 301 N Yale Dr Garland TX 75042 Shopping/Young Continued oaae 80 pay grin disap pearing forked over $20 bill knowing borrow spouses never repay As left store noticed wife now wide grin face asked Whats funny dear re plied Sometimes dont realize need things Im glad came along tonight Next time think Ill stay home watch ball game boob tube CL Scale/Boss Continued page 71 models Convair XF-92A deltawing research aircraft other Grumman F9F-2 Panther Jetnot orig inal Mefhanix Illustrated design hut own Both models powered Dyna Jet engines weigh about 6 lb built scale equals ft provides models 31- 40-in wingspans respectively Both models fly ex tremely well attain speeds 75-90 mph Continued page 164 162 Model Aviation A RIGHT HAND TRACTOR

Author: J.N. Young


Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/12
Page Numbers: 80, 162

6~9 Shopping U might sur prised number common house hold items containers useful modeling workshop BAN BASIC Sucrets Stanley Tools Twice Fresh Craftsman Raidwhat does unlikely partnership product brands have common As Hitachi Coors Anheuser Busch RCM might Arid Band Aids Mr Clean Kelloggs Black Decker Renuzit appropriate sponsors contests fun flys say surely jest just few examples endless list products brands modeling fraternity RC buy specifically aid abet pursuit happiness hobby/sport Read went shopping wife yesterday local general purpose store K-Mart loaded shopping cart bunch goodies needed order get started new Hobby Shack/Pilot F-16A kit yes under guise household necessities Smile buddiesthere wont problem getting wife pay necessities First picked up non-aerosol pump bottle Ban Basic spray caps screw-on type easily removed bottle perfect filling water using ultra-fine mist atomizer warp ing wing fuselage balsa sheeting mist Japanese tissue silkspan youre still using instead heat-applied coverings problem finding way use deodorant tomorrow want wing skins course could spray Ban right skins nahhh guys field have called planes names never stinker fore noticed wife coughing pharmacy area thoughtfully suggested buy can Sucrets throat lozenges thanked concern put can cart Now handy can perfect new bag T-pins arrived mail last week carpentry section 1 picked up other Stanley carpenters angle steel straightedge sliding 900 V-leg having bubble level wife agreed needed second addition already could work efficiently together 22-month sons backyard playhouse building Ive already removed slide attachment old tool can use steel straight edge its perfect cutting balsa thin plywood X-Acto knife single-edge razor blade Stanley utility knife depend ing work done Over household area wife wanted room deodorizer suggested Twice Fresh no apparent reason other scent has appealing light bulb over head lit up envisioned slicing slot piggy bank top cannister just large enough slipU Jonathan N Young ping worn-out razor blades keeping sons prying fingers out Some epoxy cyanoacrylate around base would forever prevent reopening cannister Hmmm can get rid pads tomorrow Somehow somewhere during move Denver Dover DE six months ago lost large California Hotel craps dice needed something new clean vertical sides holding wing ribs perfectly upright during construction Passing automotive section some shiny little bug gers caught corner eyesocket heads Since have relatively new car metric nuts bolts convinced wife needed bunch new sockets metric sizes could maintain car chose larger sizes because added height weight perfect hold ing ribs place Unfortunately sockets somewhat expensive dice unless youre unlucky craps tables Lost Wages Nevada Walking cashiers noticed some Raid House Garden Bug Killer sale reminded hint seen previ ously RCM some cyanoacrylate bottles fit nicely caps some aero sol cans preventing accidental spillage What heck needed some Raid took two cansone cap workshop field box son grabs things checkout line time know dont have explain phenomenon parents Dont touch put back way goes time grabbed nifty little pencil sharpener rotating top prevents shavings falling out Patting sons head took couple sharpenersone playhouse backyard playhouse sure has benefit hobby bed room will soon disappear garage workbench located wont have run house everytime pencils dull finally made cashier bill rang up $2050 shouldnt have bought too sockets items necessities meaning wifes budget pays bill grinned myselfhardly able wait get started F-16A Honey wife said looked wallet bought groceries today used cash May borrow $20 Continued page 162 80 Model Aviation handy things acquired during family shopping trip local general merchan dise store uses arent readily apparent read story Lots rather ordinary household goods come real handy modelers workshop Lots uses leftovers too fiwnddO PROPELLERS Made 0 yeste bo color Go GRiSH No 1 propeller True helical pitch airfoil win-power 2 Blade Tractor 53each 54535~4Soc 6364SOc 747678SOc 848688Nc 9-4969-7 9810410-6SOc 11411-611881 12412512-61U 2 Blade Pusher 5 3 5-4 6364Oc 86SOc 98106*1 3 BladeTractor 53 6364 3 BladePusher 63SOc Sizes pitches styles needs AT YOUR DEALER / Blade Metallic Aluminum color Tractor76i 8668iZ 96 106104iSO Pusher106 1U substituting sheet built-up structures Beef-up built-ups' policy universal use dethermalizers has led necessity strengthening wing structures models seems land ing shock negative load anyone planned pre-DT days popular solutions problem adding spars upper surface wing usually three evenly-spaced strips /x-in deep needed equally-spaced first 30% chord Hmm things look awful lot like torbulaiors devices disturb airflow ever slightly effect increase lift multi-spars called de signers also help maintain airfoil shape reducing covering sag between ribs question comes up fairly often skull sessions does modi fication violate modification rule no question turbulators improve lift Some time ago Ive lost issue National Free Flight Society pub lished paper Symposium report effective placement turbulator cords upper surface Nordic glider wings author advocated trimming glider perfectly straight hand-glide dead-calm conditions preferably gymnasium Once achieved turhulator cord taped place wing other remaining unturbulated model hand glided observed turning ten dency turbulated wing would rise its additional lift causing model turn toward unturbulated wing cord position relocated test re peated final proper location turbulator determined position generating turn As further evidence affects multispars once Starduster 900 mediocre glide No amount trimming seemed increase glide performance GRISH LARGE WOOD PROPELLERS HARDWOOD too hard minimizes Thance costly plane engine damage True pitch airfoil fully finished balanced ready coating 3/B BOREALL SIZES IN18 57 6810 12 PITCH 20B 22 10 24 13 IN 8&1OPITCH 26 $16 inUBROS 0 ST JOHN INDIANA 46373 Out desperation removed covering installed three /x X /4 edge auxil iary spars spaced between leading edge main spar Result instant glide im provement Let make perfectly clear have heard before am condemning practice myself Im relating concern Contest Di rector could disquality such modified model welcome comments subject New kits Old-Timer modelers would never consider building kit some its matter pride others its selec tion wood deters hut us finding free time getting little scar cer year kits substantially reduce building time years P&W Models has pro ducing partial kits selected Old-Timers case wondering what partial kit simply curved pans ribs formers wing tips rudder outline etc modeler supplies strip wood sheet stock local hobby shop Hobby Horn 15173 Moran St PO Box 2212 Westminister CA 92683 has carried P&W line some time Chit Sheet edited Bob Sliff has just announced four new P&W partial kits will also offer ing full kits some popular models circuit Lanzo Record Breaker 96-in span 1256 sq Megow Super Quaker 76-in span 746 sq Kloud King 66-in span Berkeley Brigadeer 58-in span 473 sq Most us have building projects list could ever hope build lifetime partial kits can get us little further down list Clarence Haught 3226 Honeysuckle Dr Coeur dAlene ID 83814 Two Profiles/Haught Continued oaae 69 rather extreme measure should used last resort effort takes build just models almost same required build both try both Whoever heard race chal lenger Miss Los Angeles has longer fuse lage longer motor run use balance out race Wind both models pin propellers Launch Miss Los Angeles first thenquicklythe Travel Air flight times patterns should about same Have own Bendix Trophy Race own backyard Hows fun Bet ter yet get whole club fun CL Speed/Hempel Continued paqe 73 products mentioned months Speed column Master 25cc Cipilla 15 diesel available Bayou Products PO Box 8628 New Orleans LA 70182 Phone 1-800-535-2568 Graphite Ultra-Ply avail able Twinn-K Inc PO Box 31228 Indianapolis IN 46231 K&B Ccx 15 avail able K&B Manufacturing 12152 Woodruff Ave. Downey CA 90241 Piston Reset Tool available Davis Diesel De velopment PO Box 141 Milford CT 06460 OPS 15 available P&G Metal Products 301 N Yale Dr Garland TX 75042 Gene Hempel 301 N Yale Dr Garland TX 75042 Shopping/Young Continued oaae 80 pay grin disap pearing forked over $20 bill knowing borrow spouses never repay As left store noticed wife now wide grin face asked Whats funny dear re plied Sometimes dont realize need things Im glad came along tonight Next time think Ill stay home watch ball game boob tube CL Scale/Boss Continued page 71 models Convair XF-92A deltawing research aircraft other Grumman F9F-2 Panther Jetnot orig inal Mefhanix Illustrated design hut own Both models powered Dyna Jet engines weigh about 6 lb built scale equals ft provides models 31- 40-in wingspans respectively Both models fly ex tremely well attain speeds 75-90 mph Continued page 164 162 Model Aviation A RIGHT HAND TRACTOR

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