tanks etcrain woe 0 11*1 two up faded up gad kS U Bill Airi NO OCR TEXT could see engine quit Since flight handling changed couldnt tell feel low pass showed right stopped Altitude maintained left engine flying weight 3 lbs real test came left right turns well loops fairly decent roll engine great help keep air speed up nose down engine Both engines stopped landing well placed center line runway piece beamed ear ear Bills smile made clear though never voiced doubt too shared appre hensions again began rain ran car Bill said about NSST B #1 Negative Stagger Simitar Twin Bipe #1 Simitar Twin 09 project successful maintained flight Medallion 09 3 lbs Simitar Twin 049 followed also flew very welL Work began Twin19 included tricycle landing gear separate engine controls conduct single engine tests 19 Twin set up left engine control normal throttle stick right engine control auxiliary channeL Flight tests using independent engine con trols showed excellent singieengine performance either engine throttled back No opposite trim stick pressure required single engine except both engines throttled back instant full throttle applied engine case sudden surge power side required opposite stick pressure correct However until initial torque overcome flying business usuaL Though single engine flight piece cake takeoff engine difficult ample power singleengine takeoff difficult hold ship straight takeoff roll due tendency nose wheel skip bounce trying ground turn ship single engine being used takeoff Single-engine landings fine plan approach require instant full power 12 Model Aviation political cartoonist did exaggerated sketches some real aircraft might look very much like truncatea Iwin urer success um 4-lb 09 Twin followed bya Cox049 Medallion bird itwasdecidedthat 19 Twin would have fixed tricycle landing gear independent engine controls Its eyecatcher both rest air especially latteri Above 049 version longer nosed because absence nose-wheel weight Note CG shown plans 1/45/S LEADING EDGE E / /I //WALl IA3/R—/ IloJESM/DIHEDRAiSNEDRAI.I SHETCH-NO ISCALE 3A6RAISA II OCHEESC WELsL./I I'I_ 3/AHAIl/II SPINNER ~U&JQE..JI III III aEVONS3RD II I-- -~r1TftTHROTTLE SERVO OWE ---- INEACHNACEUE DINGER r-L- rATTACH WITH SERVO TAPETO SRAHE HATCH CONTOUR FUSELAGE THEON~iA SLOTS ACROSS FRONT U4 PROPGOLORENG NOSE SEARN0 HA CR AS SHOWN HER RHMT ENGINE MOLHIT STEERING su S AS NG AT H ACTo q IN-3/I SHEET RERIHENSINERALSAOWCS HA ML55I1/SPLY - SLIT HERE TO i V41 i \MASHATCHy3/16 ~ESISP SOLOTI 5 -i_ DESIGNED 65-RIV _____________________________________NOSE WRE~SLEEVEI SIMITAR TWIN XIX ___________________________________________________________KDRJREDTOR5ODCWTIO5RVSISEWSEEI COHINSERCIAL GHTS RESERVED Co N w w w Cd w __-J eJ -J Cd z -J w N -J Ufor mentioned before instant full power single engine will require opposite roll correction some down elevator until speed constant convenience cores 1/64 ply sheeted cores available Soaring Research 19216 Calvert St Reseda CA 91335 Construction Glue pin a leading trailing edges foam cores sure keep surfaces free bends warps Placing cores leading trailing edges attached foam cradles glue drying will help keep straight Set assemblies aside dry Cut out parts fuselage engine nacelles Sides bottoms tops firewalls etc Pin fuselage bottom down flat surface glue pin fuse Editors Note December 1976 issue published all-time Sleepers Bill Evans Simitar top plan list two years built thousands plans passed around reasons its stark simplicity phenomenalflying per formance did require super pilots nothing afoam wingandafin Since suggestion purist Evans conceded landing gear would enhance realism extend performance envelopeand used gear later versions Simitars have built sizes tiny 02 version Vulcan like Quadra Twin Simitar Novice won WinterNatsagainst Dirty Birdy other famous pattern craft leaves room thought twin-engined versions have spinetingling performance handle extremely well engine ou4 again super pilot required think Daves twin presented may another sleeper April 1980 13 Tank uIN OLdSUu LU UT UTUIU ndUeIe radio gear fuiry expaseu wnen cocpisinaicn removed Pushrods run elevator/aileron servo slides servo tray down up allowing surface controlled independently like normal ailerons 3/4 SQ BALSA COWL CHEEKS PLASTIC CANOPYHATCH IS CUT OUT 0 FUSELAGE TOP THRU TRIANGL ACCESS COVER 1/8 BALSA 4 7I/2TRIANGLE CORNERS IN NACELLES AND FUSELAGE7SOLID BALSA NOSE BLOCK 7 4-GOLDBERG NOSE STEERING GEAR- 7 TO NYROD TO SERVO AT STA 2 7 17, BULKHEAD 2 1/4 NOSE WHEEL 6 3/4 SPINNER K S B 19 ENGINE ON KRAFT METAL MOUNT Ic ANKci trlTh~- 4dItf1Th V8 PLYVID BULKHEAD 7 1/4 PLYWOD FIREWALL 14 Model Aviation 3/16 X 3 SHEET BALSAGOLDBERG ADJUSTABLE BUTTED UP FOR FINCONTROL HORNS WfTh ILOCKING SET SCREWS 1/8 RODS INTO BULKHEAD 3 1/8 PLYWOOD SERVOTRAY Ii MOVES FORE AND AFT FOR ELEVATOR ACTION FILLER ANCHOR SERVONYROD SLEEVES GWE TO PUSH ROD INTOTRAY BOTTOM AND SUDE TOP OF BULKHEADON FiXED RODS 1/4 SHEET BALSA FUSELAGE PANELS TOP SIDES AND BOTTOM 3/8 X 2 BALSAELEVONS P$ 1 1/32 PLYWOOD PLANKING OVER FOAM WING CORE TOP AND BOTTOM 1/4 X 318 SPAR TRAILING EDGE OKOTE HNGES WIRING TUNNEL THROiTLE SERVO 1/2 X 3/4 HARDWOOD BLOCK FOR LGEARI/4X 5 1/4 BALSA L EDGE i. 2 1/2 MAIN WHEELS5/32 MUSIC WIRE -----1/4 SHEET BALSA NACELLES TOP BOTTOM AND SIDES3/16 BALSA TIP RIB 1/2 BALSA TRIANGLE SlOCK ALL CORNERS April 1980 15 sides fuse bottom Glue pin corner bottom triangles glue top triangles fuse top Glue pin nose block plywood nose-wheel mount rear former set assembly aside dry Pin nacelle bottom flat surface glue pin nacelle side bottom finally glue pin top corner squares Glue pin place firewalL Pin glue nacelle top place front rear nacelle formers Glue pin nacelle cheek blocks repeat second nacelle set aside dry Remove pins wing leading trailing edges trim sand leading trailing edges skins will fit nicely over Cut wing sheeting size using 1/16 sheet balsa 1/64 plywood Use water-base contact cement Corefllm sheeting tape bond wing sheeting cores Use five-minute epoxy join wing panels setting 1 blocks under tip correct dihedral Glue pin a wing tips wings Sand fuselage nacelles shape make hatch cutouts per plans Make cutout install landing gear blocks Cut sand elevons rudder shape Sand wing Cover compo nents using favorite iron-on covering Install engine mounts tanks throttle servos links arms original Simitar19 twin built servo nacelle Servo exten sion leads used plug receiver Both servos may plugged receiver engine control using Y connector facilitate single-engine performance origlnal ship left engine servo set up operate normal transmitter throttle stick right engine control set up auxiliary channeL Since separate engine control set up test suggest may wish use Y set-up will permit operating both engine servos same stick Mark wing cut-outs accept fuselage nacelles notch same Fit nacelles fuselage wing Remove portion covering fuse nacelles will epoxied wing Set wing flat surface slide nacelles place Block wing up have same clearance surface under tip Square nacelles wing dead ahead right angle leading edge thrust line zero wing wing incidence zero engine thrust zero After checking nacelle alignment attach nacelles wing 5-minute epoxy After nacelles epoxied run bead epoxy around nacelles nacelles meet wing Fit fuselage wing epoxy place Use same alignment technique did nacelles Install radio landing gear per plans modify necessary particular radio Epoxy rudder place Install elevon hinges per plans provide necessary reflex elevons should set about e normal neutral aileron position special detail Clarks cutaway drawing shows aileron set-up Two servos ride tray slides two dowelsso servos can moved fore aft elevator action tray made slide means second servo has anchor wire attached bulkhead Front view shows landing gear detail Retracts particular configurationeven biggercould shift CG beyond limits stability control ranges Paper toweling stuffed nacelles absorbs fuel obviates spills car seat
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/04
Page Numbers: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
tanks etcrain woe 0 11*1 two up faded up gad kS U Bill Airi NO OCR TEXT could see engine quit Since flight handling changed couldnt tell feel low pass showed right stopped Altitude maintained left engine flying weight 3 lbs real test came left right turns well loops fairly decent roll engine great help keep air speed up nose down engine Both engines stopped landing well placed center line runway piece beamed ear ear Bills smile made clear though never voiced doubt too shared appre hensions again began rain ran car Bill said about NSST B #1 Negative Stagger Simitar Twin Bipe #1 Simitar Twin 09 project successful maintained flight Medallion 09 3 lbs Simitar Twin 049 followed also flew very welL Work began Twin19 included tricycle landing gear separate engine controls conduct single engine tests 19 Twin set up left engine control normal throttle stick right engine control auxiliary channeL Flight tests using independent engine con trols showed excellent singieengine performance either engine throttled back No opposite trim stick pressure required single engine except both engines throttled back instant full throttle applied engine case sudden surge power side required opposite stick pressure correct However until initial torque overcome flying business usuaL Though single engine flight piece cake takeoff engine difficult ample power singleengine takeoff difficult hold ship straight takeoff roll due tendency nose wheel skip bounce trying ground turn ship single engine being used takeoff Single-engine landings fine plan approach require instant full power 12 Model Aviation political cartoonist did exaggerated sketches some real aircraft might look very much like truncatea Iwin urer success um 4-lb 09 Twin followed bya Cox049 Medallion bird itwasdecidedthat 19 Twin would have fixed tricycle landing gear independent engine controls Its eyecatcher both rest air especially latteri Above 049 version longer nosed because absence nose-wheel weight Note CG shown plans 1/45/S LEADING EDGE E / /I //WALl IA3/R—/ IloJESM/DIHEDRAiSNEDRAI.I SHETCH-NO ISCALE 3A6RAISA II OCHEESC WELsL./I I'I_ 3/AHAIl/II SPINNER ~U&JQE..JI III III aEVONS3RD II I-- -~r1TftTHROTTLE SERVO OWE ---- INEACHNACEUE DINGER r-L- rATTACH WITH SERVO TAPETO SRAHE HATCH CONTOUR FUSELAGE THEON~iA SLOTS ACROSS FRONT U4 PROPGOLORENG NOSE SEARN0 HA CR AS SHOWN HER RHMT ENGINE MOLHIT STEERING su S AS NG AT H ACTo q IN-3/I SHEET RERIHENSINERALSAOWCS HA ML55I1/SPLY - SLIT HERE TO i V41 i \MASHATCHy3/16 ~ESISP SOLOTI 5 -i_ DESIGNED 65-RIV _____________________________________NOSE WRE~SLEEVEI SIMITAR TWIN XIX ___________________________________________________________KDRJREDTOR5ODCWTIO5RVSISEWSEEI COHINSERCIAL GHTS RESERVED Co N w w w Cd w __-J eJ -J Cd z -J w N -J Ufor mentioned before instant full power single engine will require opposite roll correction some down elevator until speed constant convenience cores 1/64 ply sheeted cores available Soaring Research 19216 Calvert St Reseda CA 91335 Construction Glue pin a leading trailing edges foam cores sure keep surfaces free bends warps Placing cores leading trailing edges attached foam cradles glue drying will help keep straight Set assemblies aside dry Cut out parts fuselage engine nacelles Sides bottoms tops firewalls etc Pin fuselage bottom down flat surface glue pin fuse Editors Note December 1976 issue published all-time Sleepers Bill Evans Simitar top plan list two years built thousands plans passed around reasons its stark simplicity phenomenalflying per formance did require super pilots nothing afoam wingandafin Since suggestion purist Evans conceded landing gear would enhance realism extend performance envelopeand used gear later versions Simitars have built sizes tiny 02 version Vulcan like Quadra Twin Simitar Novice won WinterNatsagainst Dirty Birdy other famous pattern craft leaves room thought twin-engined versions have spinetingling performance handle extremely well engine ou4 again super pilot required think Daves twin presented may another sleeper April 1980 13 Tank uIN OLdSUu LU UT UTUIU ndUeIe radio gear fuiry expaseu wnen cocpisinaicn removed Pushrods run elevator/aileron servo slides servo tray down up allowing surface controlled independently like normal ailerons 3/4 SQ BALSA COWL CHEEKS PLASTIC CANOPYHATCH IS CUT OUT 0 FUSELAGE TOP THRU TRIANGL ACCESS COVER 1/8 BALSA 4 7I/2TRIANGLE CORNERS IN NACELLES AND FUSELAGE7SOLID BALSA NOSE BLOCK 7 4-GOLDBERG NOSE STEERING GEAR- 7 TO NYROD TO SERVO AT STA 2 7 17, BULKHEAD 2 1/4 NOSE WHEEL 6 3/4 SPINNER K S B 19 ENGINE ON KRAFT METAL MOUNT Ic ANKci trlTh~- 4dItf1Th V8 PLYVID BULKHEAD 7 1/4 PLYWOD FIREWALL 14 Model Aviation 3/16 X 3 SHEET BALSAGOLDBERG ADJUSTABLE BUTTED UP FOR FINCONTROL HORNS WfTh ILOCKING SET SCREWS 1/8 RODS INTO BULKHEAD 3 1/8 PLYWOOD SERVOTRAY Ii MOVES FORE AND AFT FOR ELEVATOR ACTION FILLER ANCHOR SERVONYROD SLEEVES GWE TO PUSH ROD INTOTRAY BOTTOM AND SUDE TOP OF BULKHEADON FiXED RODS 1/4 SHEET BALSA FUSELAGE PANELS TOP SIDES AND BOTTOM 3/8 X 2 BALSAELEVONS P$ 1 1/32 PLYWOOD PLANKING OVER FOAM WING CORE TOP AND BOTTOM 1/4 X 318 SPAR TRAILING EDGE OKOTE HNGES WIRING TUNNEL THROiTLE SERVO 1/2 X 3/4 HARDWOOD BLOCK FOR LGEARI/4X 5 1/4 BALSA L EDGE i. 2 1/2 MAIN WHEELS5/32 MUSIC WIRE -----1/4 SHEET BALSA NACELLES TOP BOTTOM AND SIDES3/16 BALSA TIP RIB 1/2 BALSA TRIANGLE SlOCK ALL CORNERS April 1980 15 sides fuse bottom Glue pin corner bottom triangles glue top triangles fuse top Glue pin nose block plywood nose-wheel mount rear former set assembly aside dry Pin nacelle bottom flat surface glue pin nacelle side bottom finally glue pin top corner squares Glue pin place firewalL Pin glue nacelle top place front rear nacelle formers Glue pin nacelle cheek blocks repeat second nacelle set aside dry Remove pins wing leading trailing edges trim sand leading trailing edges skins will fit nicely over Cut wing sheeting size using 1/16 sheet balsa 1/64 plywood Use water-base contact cement Corefllm sheeting tape bond wing sheeting cores Use five-minute epoxy join wing panels setting 1 blocks under tip correct dihedral Glue pin a wing tips wings Sand fuselage nacelles shape make hatch cutouts per plans Make cutout install landing gear blocks Cut sand elevons rudder shape Sand wing Cover compo nents using favorite iron-on covering Install engine mounts tanks throttle servos links arms original Simitar19 twin built servo nacelle Servo exten sion leads used plug receiver Both servos may plugged receiver engine control using Y connector facilitate single-engine performance origlnal ship left engine servo set up operate normal transmitter throttle stick right engine control set up auxiliary channeL Since separate engine control set up test suggest may wish use Y set-up will permit operating both engine servos same stick Mark wing cut-outs accept fuselage nacelles notch same Fit nacelles fuselage wing Remove portion covering fuse nacelles will epoxied wing Set wing flat surface slide nacelles place Block wing up have same clearance surface under tip Square nacelles wing dead ahead right angle leading edge thrust line zero wing wing incidence zero engine thrust zero After checking nacelle alignment attach nacelles wing 5-minute epoxy After nacelles epoxied run bead epoxy around nacelles nacelles meet wing Fit fuselage wing epoxy place Use same alignment technique did nacelles Install radio landing gear per plans modify necessary particular radio Epoxy rudder place Install elevon hinges per plans provide necessary reflex elevons should set about e normal neutral aileron position special detail Clarks cutaway drawing shows aileron set-up Two servos ride tray slides two dowelsso servos can moved fore aft elevator action tray made slide means second servo has anchor wire attached bulkhead Front view shows landing gear detail Retracts particular configurationeven biggercould shift CG beyond limits stability control ranges Paper toweling stuffed nacelles absorbs fuel obviates spills car seat
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/04
Page Numbers: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
tanks etcrain woe 0 11*1 two up faded up gad kS U Bill Airi NO OCR TEXT could see engine quit Since flight handling changed couldnt tell feel low pass showed right stopped Altitude maintained left engine flying weight 3 lbs real test came left right turns well loops fairly decent roll engine great help keep air speed up nose down engine Both engines stopped landing well placed center line runway piece beamed ear ear Bills smile made clear though never voiced doubt too shared appre hensions again began rain ran car Bill said about NSST B #1 Negative Stagger Simitar Twin Bipe #1 Simitar Twin 09 project successful maintained flight Medallion 09 3 lbs Simitar Twin 049 followed also flew very welL Work began Twin19 included tricycle landing gear separate engine controls conduct single engine tests 19 Twin set up left engine control normal throttle stick right engine control auxiliary channeL Flight tests using independent engine con trols showed excellent singieengine performance either engine throttled back No opposite trim stick pressure required single engine except both engines throttled back instant full throttle applied engine case sudden surge power side required opposite stick pressure correct However until initial torque overcome flying business usuaL Though single engine flight piece cake takeoff engine difficult ample power singleengine takeoff difficult hold ship straight takeoff roll due tendency nose wheel skip bounce trying ground turn ship single engine being used takeoff Single-engine landings fine plan approach require instant full power 12 Model Aviation political cartoonist did exaggerated sketches some real aircraft might look very much like truncatea Iwin urer success um 4-lb 09 Twin followed bya Cox049 Medallion bird itwasdecidedthat 19 Twin would have fixed tricycle landing gear independent engine controls Its eyecatcher both rest air especially latteri Above 049 version longer nosed because absence nose-wheel weight Note CG shown plans 1/45/S LEADING EDGE E / /I //WALl IA3/R—/ IloJESM/DIHEDRAiSNEDRAI.I SHETCH-NO ISCALE 3A6RAISA II OCHEESC WELsL./I I'I_ 3/AHAIl/II SPINNER ~U&JQE..JI III III aEVONS3RD II I-- -~r1TftTHROTTLE SERVO OWE ---- INEACHNACEUE DINGER r-L- rATTACH WITH SERVO TAPETO SRAHE HATCH CONTOUR FUSELAGE THEON~iA SLOTS ACROSS FRONT U4 PROPGOLORENG NOSE SEARN0 HA CR AS SHOWN HER RHMT ENGINE MOLHIT STEERING su S AS NG AT H ACTo q IN-3/I SHEET RERIHENSINERALSAOWCS HA ML55I1/SPLY - SLIT HERE TO i V41 i \MASHATCHy3/16 ~ESISP SOLOTI 5 -i_ DESIGNED 65-RIV _____________________________________NOSE WRE~SLEEVEI SIMITAR TWIN XIX ___________________________________________________________KDRJREDTOR5ODCWTIO5RVSISEWSEEI COHINSERCIAL GHTS RESERVED Co N w w w Cd w __-J eJ -J Cd z -J w N -J Ufor mentioned before instant full power single engine will require opposite roll correction some down elevator until speed constant convenience cores 1/64 ply sheeted cores available Soaring Research 19216 Calvert St Reseda CA 91335 Construction Glue pin a leading trailing edges foam cores sure keep surfaces free bends warps Placing cores leading trailing edges attached foam cradles glue drying will help keep straight Set assemblies aside dry Cut out parts fuselage engine nacelles Sides bottoms tops firewalls etc Pin fuselage bottom down flat surface glue pin fuse Editors Note December 1976 issue published all-time Sleepers Bill Evans Simitar top plan list two years built thousands plans passed around reasons its stark simplicity phenomenalflying per formance did require super pilots nothing afoam wingandafin Since suggestion purist Evans conceded landing gear would enhance realism extend performance envelopeand used gear later versions Simitars have built sizes tiny 02 version Vulcan like Quadra Twin Simitar Novice won WinterNatsagainst Dirty Birdy other famous pattern craft leaves room thought twin-engined versions have spinetingling performance handle extremely well engine ou4 again super pilot required think Daves twin presented may another sleeper April 1980 13 Tank uIN OLdSUu LU UT UTUIU ndUeIe radio gear fuiry expaseu wnen cocpisinaicn removed Pushrods run elevator/aileron servo slides servo tray down up allowing surface controlled independently like normal ailerons 3/4 SQ BALSA COWL CHEEKS PLASTIC CANOPYHATCH IS CUT OUT 0 FUSELAGE TOP THRU TRIANGL ACCESS COVER 1/8 BALSA 4 7I/2TRIANGLE CORNERS IN NACELLES AND FUSELAGE7SOLID BALSA NOSE BLOCK 7 4-GOLDBERG NOSE STEERING GEAR- 7 TO NYROD TO SERVO AT STA 2 7 17, BULKHEAD 2 1/4 NOSE WHEEL 6 3/4 SPINNER K S B 19 ENGINE ON KRAFT METAL MOUNT Ic ANKci trlTh~- 4dItf1Th V8 PLYVID BULKHEAD 7 1/4 PLYWOD FIREWALL 14 Model Aviation 3/16 X 3 SHEET BALSAGOLDBERG ADJUSTABLE BUTTED UP FOR FINCONTROL HORNS WfTh ILOCKING SET SCREWS 1/8 RODS INTO BULKHEAD 3 1/8 PLYWOOD SERVOTRAY Ii MOVES FORE AND AFT FOR ELEVATOR ACTION FILLER ANCHOR SERVONYROD SLEEVES GWE TO PUSH ROD INTOTRAY BOTTOM AND SUDE TOP OF BULKHEADON FiXED RODS 1/4 SHEET BALSA FUSELAGE PANELS TOP SIDES AND BOTTOM 3/8 X 2 BALSAELEVONS P$ 1 1/32 PLYWOOD PLANKING OVER FOAM WING CORE TOP AND BOTTOM 1/4 X 318 SPAR TRAILING EDGE OKOTE HNGES WIRING TUNNEL THROiTLE SERVO 1/2 X 3/4 HARDWOOD BLOCK FOR LGEARI/4X 5 1/4 BALSA L EDGE i. 2 1/2 MAIN WHEELS5/32 MUSIC WIRE -----1/4 SHEET BALSA NACELLES TOP BOTTOM AND SIDES3/16 BALSA TIP RIB 1/2 BALSA TRIANGLE SlOCK ALL CORNERS April 1980 15 sides fuse bottom Glue pin corner bottom triangles glue top triangles fuse top Glue pin nose block plywood nose-wheel mount rear former set assembly aside dry Pin nacelle bottom flat surface glue pin nacelle side bottom finally glue pin top corner squares Glue pin place firewalL Pin glue nacelle top place front rear nacelle formers Glue pin nacelle cheek blocks repeat second nacelle set aside dry Remove pins wing leading trailing edges trim sand leading trailing edges skins will fit nicely over Cut wing sheeting size using 1/16 sheet balsa 1/64 plywood Use water-base contact cement Corefllm sheeting tape bond wing sheeting cores Use five-minute epoxy join wing panels setting 1 blocks under tip correct dihedral Glue pin a wing tips wings Sand fuselage nacelles shape make hatch cutouts per plans Make cutout install landing gear blocks Cut sand elevons rudder shape Sand wing Cover compo nents using favorite iron-on covering Install engine mounts tanks throttle servos links arms original Simitar19 twin built servo nacelle Servo exten sion leads used plug receiver Both servos may plugged receiver engine control using Y connector facilitate single-engine performance origlnal ship left engine servo set up operate normal transmitter throttle stick right engine control set up auxiliary channeL Since separate engine control set up test suggest may wish use Y set-up will permit operating both engine servos same stick Mark wing cut-outs accept fuselage nacelles notch same Fit nacelles fuselage wing Remove portion covering fuse nacelles will epoxied wing Set wing flat surface slide nacelles place Block wing up have same clearance surface under tip Square nacelles wing dead ahead right angle leading edge thrust line zero wing wing incidence zero engine thrust zero After checking nacelle alignment attach nacelles wing 5-minute epoxy After nacelles epoxied run bead epoxy around nacelles nacelles meet wing Fit fuselage wing epoxy place Use same alignment technique did nacelles Install radio landing gear per plans modify necessary particular radio Epoxy rudder place Install elevon hinges per plans provide necessary reflex elevons should set about e normal neutral aileron position special detail Clarks cutaway drawing shows aileron set-up Two servos ride tray slides two dowelsso servos can moved fore aft elevator action tray made slide means second servo has anchor wire attached bulkhead Front view shows landing gear detail Retracts particular configurationeven biggercould shift CG beyond limits stability control ranges Paper toweling stuffed nacelles absorbs fuel obviates spills car seat
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/04
Page Numbers: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
tanks etcrain woe 0 11*1 two up faded up gad kS U Bill Airi NO OCR TEXT could see engine quit Since flight handling changed couldnt tell feel low pass showed right stopped Altitude maintained left engine flying weight 3 lbs real test came left right turns well loops fairly decent roll engine great help keep air speed up nose down engine Both engines stopped landing well placed center line runway piece beamed ear ear Bills smile made clear though never voiced doubt too shared appre hensions again began rain ran car Bill said about NSST B #1 Negative Stagger Simitar Twin Bipe #1 Simitar Twin 09 project successful maintained flight Medallion 09 3 lbs Simitar Twin 049 followed also flew very welL Work began Twin19 included tricycle landing gear separate engine controls conduct single engine tests 19 Twin set up left engine control normal throttle stick right engine control auxiliary channeL Flight tests using independent engine con trols showed excellent singieengine performance either engine throttled back No opposite trim stick pressure required single engine except both engines throttled back instant full throttle applied engine case sudden surge power side required opposite stick pressure correct However until initial torque overcome flying business usuaL Though single engine flight piece cake takeoff engine difficult ample power singleengine takeoff difficult hold ship straight takeoff roll due tendency nose wheel skip bounce trying ground turn ship single engine being used takeoff Single-engine landings fine plan approach require instant full power 12 Model Aviation political cartoonist did exaggerated sketches some real aircraft might look very much like truncatea Iwin urer success um 4-lb 09 Twin followed bya Cox049 Medallion bird itwasdecidedthat 19 Twin would have fixed tricycle landing gear independent engine controls Its eyecatcher both rest air especially latteri Above 049 version longer nosed because absence nose-wheel weight Note CG shown plans 1/45/S LEADING EDGE E / /I //WALl IA3/R—/ IloJESM/DIHEDRAiSNEDRAI.I SHETCH-NO ISCALE 3A6RAISA II OCHEESC WELsL./I I'I_ 3/AHAIl/II SPINNER ~U&JQE..JI III III aEVONS3RD II I-- -~r1TftTHROTTLE SERVO OWE ---- INEACHNACEUE DINGER r-L- rATTACH WITH SERVO TAPETO SRAHE HATCH CONTOUR FUSELAGE THEON~iA SLOTS ACROSS FRONT U4 PROPGOLORENG NOSE SEARN0 HA CR AS SHOWN HER RHMT ENGINE MOLHIT STEERING su S AS NG AT H ACTo q IN-3/I SHEET RERIHENSINERALSAOWCS HA ML55I1/SPLY - SLIT HERE TO i V41 i \MASHATCHy3/16 ~ESISP SOLOTI 5 -i_ DESIGNED 65-RIV _____________________________________NOSE WRE~SLEEVEI SIMITAR TWIN XIX ___________________________________________________________KDRJREDTOR5ODCWTIO5RVSISEWSEEI COHINSERCIAL GHTS RESERVED Co N w w w Cd w __-J eJ -J Cd z -J w N -J Ufor mentioned before instant full power single engine will require opposite roll correction some down elevator until speed constant convenience cores 1/64 ply sheeted cores available Soaring Research 19216 Calvert St Reseda CA 91335 Construction Glue pin a leading trailing edges foam cores sure keep surfaces free bends warps Placing cores leading trailing edges attached foam cradles glue drying will help keep straight Set assemblies aside dry Cut out parts fuselage engine nacelles Sides bottoms tops firewalls etc Pin fuselage bottom down flat surface glue pin fuse Editors Note December 1976 issue published all-time Sleepers Bill Evans Simitar top plan list two years built thousands plans passed around reasons its stark simplicity phenomenalflying per formance did require super pilots nothing afoam wingandafin Since suggestion purist Evans conceded landing gear would enhance realism extend performance envelopeand used gear later versions Simitars have built sizes tiny 02 version Vulcan like Quadra Twin Simitar Novice won WinterNatsagainst Dirty Birdy other famous pattern craft leaves room thought twin-engined versions have spinetingling performance handle extremely well engine ou4 again super pilot required think Daves twin presented may another sleeper April 1980 13 Tank uIN OLdSUu LU UT UTUIU ndUeIe radio gear fuiry expaseu wnen cocpisinaicn removed Pushrods run elevator/aileron servo slides servo tray down up allowing surface controlled independently like normal ailerons 3/4 SQ BALSA COWL CHEEKS PLASTIC CANOPYHATCH IS CUT OUT 0 FUSELAGE TOP THRU TRIANGL ACCESS COVER 1/8 BALSA 4 7I/2TRIANGLE CORNERS IN NACELLES AND FUSELAGE7SOLID BALSA NOSE BLOCK 7 4-GOLDBERG NOSE STEERING GEAR- 7 TO NYROD TO SERVO AT STA 2 7 17, BULKHEAD 2 1/4 NOSE WHEEL 6 3/4 SPINNER K S B 19 ENGINE ON KRAFT METAL MOUNT Ic ANKci trlTh~- 4dItf1Th V8 PLYVID BULKHEAD 7 1/4 PLYWOD FIREWALL 14 Model Aviation 3/16 X 3 SHEET BALSAGOLDBERG ADJUSTABLE BUTTED UP FOR FINCONTROL HORNS WfTh ILOCKING SET SCREWS 1/8 RODS INTO BULKHEAD 3 1/8 PLYWOOD SERVOTRAY Ii MOVES FORE AND AFT FOR ELEVATOR ACTION FILLER ANCHOR SERVONYROD SLEEVES GWE TO PUSH ROD INTOTRAY BOTTOM AND SUDE TOP OF BULKHEADON FiXED RODS 1/4 SHEET BALSA FUSELAGE PANELS TOP SIDES AND BOTTOM 3/8 X 2 BALSAELEVONS P$ 1 1/32 PLYWOOD PLANKING OVER FOAM WING CORE TOP AND BOTTOM 1/4 X 318 SPAR TRAILING EDGE OKOTE HNGES WIRING TUNNEL THROiTLE SERVO 1/2 X 3/4 HARDWOOD BLOCK FOR LGEARI/4X 5 1/4 BALSA L EDGE i. 2 1/2 MAIN WHEELS5/32 MUSIC WIRE -----1/4 SHEET BALSA NACELLES TOP BOTTOM AND SIDES3/16 BALSA TIP RIB 1/2 BALSA TRIANGLE SlOCK ALL CORNERS April 1980 15 sides fuse bottom Glue pin corner bottom triangles glue top triangles fuse top Glue pin nose block plywood nose-wheel mount rear former set assembly aside dry Pin nacelle bottom flat surface glue pin nacelle side bottom finally glue pin top corner squares Glue pin place firewalL Pin glue nacelle top place front rear nacelle formers Glue pin nacelle cheek blocks repeat second nacelle set aside dry Remove pins wing leading trailing edges trim sand leading trailing edges skins will fit nicely over Cut wing sheeting size using 1/16 sheet balsa 1/64 plywood Use water-base contact cement Corefllm sheeting tape bond wing sheeting cores Use five-minute epoxy join wing panels setting 1 blocks under tip correct dihedral Glue pin a wing tips wings Sand fuselage nacelles shape make hatch cutouts per plans Make cutout install landing gear blocks Cut sand elevons rudder shape Sand wing Cover compo nents using favorite iron-on covering Install engine mounts tanks throttle servos links arms original Simitar19 twin built servo nacelle Servo exten sion leads used plug receiver Both servos may plugged receiver engine control using Y connector facilitate single-engine performance origlnal ship left engine servo set up operate normal transmitter throttle stick right engine control set up auxiliary channeL Since separate engine control set up test suggest may wish use Y set-up will permit operating both engine servos same stick Mark wing cut-outs accept fuselage nacelles notch same Fit nacelles fuselage wing Remove portion covering fuse nacelles will epoxied wing Set wing flat surface slide nacelles place Block wing up have same clearance surface under tip Square nacelles wing dead ahead right angle leading edge thrust line zero wing wing incidence zero engine thrust zero After checking nacelle alignment attach nacelles wing 5-minute epoxy After nacelles epoxied run bead epoxy around nacelles nacelles meet wing Fit fuselage wing epoxy place Use same alignment technique did nacelles Install radio landing gear per plans modify necessary particular radio Epoxy rudder place Install elevon hinges per plans provide necessary reflex elevons should set about e normal neutral aileron position special detail Clarks cutaway drawing shows aileron set-up Two servos ride tray slides two dowelsso servos can moved fore aft elevator action tray made slide means second servo has anchor wire attached bulkhead Front view shows landing gear detail Retracts particular configurationeven biggercould shift CG beyond limits stability control ranges Paper toweling stuffed nacelles absorbs fuel obviates spills car seat
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/04
Page Numbers: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
tanks etcrain woe 0 11*1 two up faded up gad kS U Bill Airi NO OCR TEXT could see engine quit Since flight handling changed couldnt tell feel low pass showed right stopped Altitude maintained left engine flying weight 3 lbs real test came left right turns well loops fairly decent roll engine great help keep air speed up nose down engine Both engines stopped landing well placed center line runway piece beamed ear ear Bills smile made clear though never voiced doubt too shared appre hensions again began rain ran car Bill said about NSST B #1 Negative Stagger Simitar Twin Bipe #1 Simitar Twin 09 project successful maintained flight Medallion 09 3 lbs Simitar Twin 049 followed also flew very welL Work began Twin19 included tricycle landing gear separate engine controls conduct single engine tests 19 Twin set up left engine control normal throttle stick right engine control auxiliary channeL Flight tests using independent engine con trols showed excellent singieengine performance either engine throttled back No opposite trim stick pressure required single engine except both engines throttled back instant full throttle applied engine case sudden surge power side required opposite stick pressure correct However until initial torque overcome flying business usuaL Though single engine flight piece cake takeoff engine difficult ample power singleengine takeoff difficult hold ship straight takeoff roll due tendency nose wheel skip bounce trying ground turn ship single engine being used takeoff Single-engine landings fine plan approach require instant full power 12 Model Aviation political cartoonist did exaggerated sketches some real aircraft might look very much like truncatea Iwin urer success um 4-lb 09 Twin followed bya Cox049 Medallion bird itwasdecidedthat 19 Twin would have fixed tricycle landing gear independent engine controls Its eyecatcher both rest air especially latteri Above 049 version longer nosed because absence nose-wheel weight Note CG shown plans 1/45/S LEADING EDGE E / /I //WALl IA3/R—/ IloJESM/DIHEDRAiSNEDRAI.I SHETCH-NO ISCALE 3A6RAISA II OCHEESC WELsL./I I'I_ 3/AHAIl/II SPINNER ~U&JQE..JI III III aEVONS3RD II I-- -~r1TftTHROTTLE SERVO OWE ---- INEACHNACEUE DINGER r-L- rATTACH WITH SERVO TAPETO SRAHE HATCH CONTOUR FUSELAGE THEON~iA SLOTS ACROSS FRONT U4 PROPGOLORENG NOSE SEARN0 HA CR AS SHOWN HER RHMT ENGINE MOLHIT STEERING su S AS NG AT H ACTo q IN-3/I SHEET RERIHENSINERALSAOWCS HA ML55I1/SPLY - SLIT HERE TO i V41 i \MASHATCHy3/16 ~ESISP SOLOTI 5 -i_ DESIGNED 65-RIV _____________________________________NOSE WRE~SLEEVEI SIMITAR TWIN XIX ___________________________________________________________KDRJREDTOR5ODCWTIO5RVSISEWSEEI COHINSERCIAL GHTS RESERVED Co N w w w Cd w __-J eJ -J Cd z -J w N -J Ufor mentioned before instant full power single engine will require opposite roll correction some down elevator until speed constant convenience cores 1/64 ply sheeted cores available Soaring Research 19216 Calvert St Reseda CA 91335 Construction Glue pin a leading trailing edges foam cores sure keep surfaces free bends warps Placing cores leading trailing edges attached foam cradles glue drying will help keep straight Set assemblies aside dry Cut out parts fuselage engine nacelles Sides bottoms tops firewalls etc Pin fuselage bottom down flat surface glue pin fuse Editors Note December 1976 issue published all-time Sleepers Bill Evans Simitar top plan list two years built thousands plans passed around reasons its stark simplicity phenomenalflying per formance did require super pilots nothing afoam wingandafin Since suggestion purist Evans conceded landing gear would enhance realism extend performance envelopeand used gear later versions Simitars have built sizes tiny 02 version Vulcan like Quadra Twin Simitar Novice won WinterNatsagainst Dirty Birdy other famous pattern craft leaves room thought twin-engined versions have spinetingling performance handle extremely well engine ou4 again super pilot required think Daves twin presented may another sleeper April 1980 13 Tank uIN OLdSUu LU UT UTUIU ndUeIe radio gear fuiry expaseu wnen cocpisinaicn removed Pushrods run elevator/aileron servo slides servo tray down up allowing surface controlled independently like normal ailerons 3/4 SQ BALSA COWL CHEEKS PLASTIC CANOPYHATCH IS CUT OUT 0 FUSELAGE TOP THRU TRIANGL ACCESS COVER 1/8 BALSA 4 7I/2TRIANGLE CORNERS IN NACELLES AND FUSELAGE7SOLID BALSA NOSE BLOCK 7 4-GOLDBERG NOSE STEERING GEAR- 7 TO NYROD TO SERVO AT STA 2 7 17, BULKHEAD 2 1/4 NOSE WHEEL 6 3/4 SPINNER K S B 19 ENGINE ON KRAFT METAL MOUNT Ic ANKci trlTh~- 4dItf1Th V8 PLYVID BULKHEAD 7 1/4 PLYWOD FIREWALL 14 Model Aviation 3/16 X 3 SHEET BALSAGOLDBERG ADJUSTABLE BUTTED UP FOR FINCONTROL HORNS WfTh ILOCKING SET SCREWS 1/8 RODS INTO BULKHEAD 3 1/8 PLYWOOD SERVOTRAY Ii MOVES FORE AND AFT FOR ELEVATOR ACTION FILLER ANCHOR SERVONYROD SLEEVES GWE TO PUSH ROD INTOTRAY BOTTOM AND SUDE TOP OF BULKHEADON FiXED RODS 1/4 SHEET BALSA FUSELAGE PANELS TOP SIDES AND BOTTOM 3/8 X 2 BALSAELEVONS P$ 1 1/32 PLYWOOD PLANKING OVER FOAM WING CORE TOP AND BOTTOM 1/4 X 318 SPAR TRAILING EDGE OKOTE HNGES WIRING TUNNEL THROiTLE SERVO 1/2 X 3/4 HARDWOOD BLOCK FOR LGEARI/4X 5 1/4 BALSA L EDGE i. 2 1/2 MAIN WHEELS5/32 MUSIC WIRE -----1/4 SHEET BALSA NACELLES TOP BOTTOM AND SIDES3/16 BALSA TIP RIB 1/2 BALSA TRIANGLE SlOCK ALL CORNERS April 1980 15 sides fuse bottom Glue pin corner bottom triangles glue top triangles fuse top Glue pin nose block plywood nose-wheel mount rear former set assembly aside dry Pin nacelle bottom flat surface glue pin nacelle side bottom finally glue pin top corner squares Glue pin place firewalL Pin glue nacelle top place front rear nacelle formers Glue pin nacelle cheek blocks repeat second nacelle set aside dry Remove pins wing leading trailing edges trim sand leading trailing edges skins will fit nicely over Cut wing sheeting size using 1/16 sheet balsa 1/64 plywood Use water-base contact cement Corefllm sheeting tape bond wing sheeting cores Use five-minute epoxy join wing panels setting 1 blocks under tip correct dihedral Glue pin a wing tips wings Sand fuselage nacelles shape make hatch cutouts per plans Make cutout install landing gear blocks Cut sand elevons rudder shape Sand wing Cover compo nents using favorite iron-on covering Install engine mounts tanks throttle servos links arms original Simitar19 twin built servo nacelle Servo exten sion leads used plug receiver Both servos may plugged receiver engine control using Y connector facilitate single-engine performance origlnal ship left engine servo set up operate normal transmitter throttle stick right engine control set up auxiliary channeL Since separate engine control set up test suggest may wish use Y set-up will permit operating both engine servos same stick Mark wing cut-outs accept fuselage nacelles notch same Fit nacelles fuselage wing Remove portion covering fuse nacelles will epoxied wing Set wing flat surface slide nacelles place Block wing up have same clearance surface under tip Square nacelles wing dead ahead right angle leading edge thrust line zero wing wing incidence zero engine thrust zero After checking nacelle alignment attach nacelles wing 5-minute epoxy After nacelles epoxied run bead epoxy around nacelles nacelles meet wing Fit fuselage wing epoxy place Use same alignment technique did nacelles Install radio landing gear per plans modify necessary particular radio Epoxy rudder place Install elevon hinges per plans provide necessary reflex elevons should set about e normal neutral aileron position special detail Clarks cutaway drawing shows aileron set-up Two servos ride tray slides two dowelsso servos can moved fore aft elevator action tray made slide means second servo has anchor wire attached bulkhead Front view shows landing gear detail Retracts particular configurationeven biggercould shift CG beyond limits stability control ranges Paper toweling stuffed nacelles absorbs fuel obviates spills car seat
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/04
Page Numbers: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
tanks etcrain woe 0 11*1 two up faded up gad kS U Bill Airi NO OCR TEXT could see engine quit Since flight handling changed couldnt tell feel low pass showed right stopped Altitude maintained left engine flying weight 3 lbs real test came left right turns well loops fairly decent roll engine great help keep air speed up nose down engine Both engines stopped landing well placed center line runway piece beamed ear ear Bills smile made clear though never voiced doubt too shared appre hensions again began rain ran car Bill said about NSST B #1 Negative Stagger Simitar Twin Bipe #1 Simitar Twin 09 project successful maintained flight Medallion 09 3 lbs Simitar Twin 049 followed also flew very welL Work began Twin19 included tricycle landing gear separate engine controls conduct single engine tests 19 Twin set up left engine control normal throttle stick right engine control auxiliary channeL Flight tests using independent engine con trols showed excellent singieengine performance either engine throttled back No opposite trim stick pressure required single engine except both engines throttled back instant full throttle applied engine case sudden surge power side required opposite stick pressure correct However until initial torque overcome flying business usuaL Though single engine flight piece cake takeoff engine difficult ample power singleengine takeoff difficult hold ship straight takeoff roll due tendency nose wheel skip bounce trying ground turn ship single engine being used takeoff Single-engine landings fine plan approach require instant full power 12 Model Aviation political cartoonist did exaggerated sketches some real aircraft might look very much like truncatea Iwin urer success um 4-lb 09 Twin followed bya Cox049 Medallion bird itwasdecidedthat 19 Twin would have fixed tricycle landing gear independent engine controls Its eyecatcher both rest air especially latteri Above 049 version longer nosed because absence nose-wheel weight Note CG shown plans 1/45/S LEADING EDGE E / /I //WALl IA3/R—/ IloJESM/DIHEDRAiSNEDRAI.I SHETCH-NO ISCALE 3A6RAISA II OCHEESC WELsL./I I'I_ 3/AHAIl/II SPINNER ~U&JQE..JI III III aEVONS3RD II I-- -~r1TftTHROTTLE SERVO OWE ---- INEACHNACEUE DINGER r-L- rATTACH WITH SERVO TAPETO SRAHE HATCH CONTOUR FUSELAGE THEON~iA SLOTS ACROSS FRONT U4 PROPGOLORENG NOSE SEARN0 HA CR AS SHOWN HER RHMT ENGINE MOLHIT STEERING su S AS NG AT H ACTo q IN-3/I SHEET RERIHENSINERALSAOWCS HA ML55I1/SPLY - SLIT HERE TO i V41 i \MASHATCHy3/16 ~ESISP SOLOTI 5 -i_ DESIGNED 65-RIV _____________________________________NOSE WRE~SLEEVEI SIMITAR TWIN XIX ___________________________________________________________KDRJREDTOR5ODCWTIO5RVSISEWSEEI COHINSERCIAL GHTS RESERVED Co N w w w Cd w __-J eJ -J Cd z -J w N -J Ufor mentioned before instant full power single engine will require opposite roll correction some down elevator until speed constant convenience cores 1/64 ply sheeted cores available Soaring Research 19216 Calvert St Reseda CA 91335 Construction Glue pin a leading trailing edges foam cores sure keep surfaces free bends warps Placing cores leading trailing edges attached foam cradles glue drying will help keep straight Set assemblies aside dry Cut out parts fuselage engine nacelles Sides bottoms tops firewalls etc Pin fuselage bottom down flat surface glue pin fuse Editors Note December 1976 issue published all-time Sleepers Bill Evans Simitar top plan list two years built thousands plans passed around reasons its stark simplicity phenomenalflying per formance did require super pilots nothing afoam wingandafin Since suggestion purist Evans conceded landing gear would enhance realism extend performance envelopeand used gear later versions Simitars have built sizes tiny 02 version Vulcan like Quadra Twin Simitar Novice won WinterNatsagainst Dirty Birdy other famous pattern craft leaves room thought twin-engined versions have spinetingling performance handle extremely well engine ou4 again super pilot required think Daves twin presented may another sleeper April 1980 13 Tank uIN OLdSUu LU UT UTUIU ndUeIe radio gear fuiry expaseu wnen cocpisinaicn removed Pushrods run elevator/aileron servo slides servo tray down up allowing surface controlled independently like normal ailerons 3/4 SQ BALSA COWL CHEEKS PLASTIC CANOPYHATCH IS CUT OUT 0 FUSELAGE TOP THRU TRIANGL ACCESS COVER 1/8 BALSA 4 7I/2TRIANGLE CORNERS IN NACELLES AND FUSELAGE7SOLID BALSA NOSE BLOCK 7 4-GOLDBERG NOSE STEERING GEAR- 7 TO NYROD TO SERVO AT STA 2 7 17, BULKHEAD 2 1/4 NOSE WHEEL 6 3/4 SPINNER K S B 19 ENGINE ON KRAFT METAL MOUNT Ic ANKci trlTh~- 4dItf1Th V8 PLYVID BULKHEAD 7 1/4 PLYWOD FIREWALL 14 Model Aviation 3/16 X 3 SHEET BALSAGOLDBERG ADJUSTABLE BUTTED UP FOR FINCONTROL HORNS WfTh ILOCKING SET SCREWS 1/8 RODS INTO BULKHEAD 3 1/8 PLYWOOD SERVOTRAY Ii MOVES FORE AND AFT FOR ELEVATOR ACTION FILLER ANCHOR SERVONYROD SLEEVES GWE TO PUSH ROD INTOTRAY BOTTOM AND SUDE TOP OF BULKHEADON FiXED RODS 1/4 SHEET BALSA FUSELAGE PANELS TOP SIDES AND BOTTOM 3/8 X 2 BALSAELEVONS P$ 1 1/32 PLYWOOD PLANKING OVER FOAM WING CORE TOP AND BOTTOM 1/4 X 318 SPAR TRAILING EDGE OKOTE HNGES WIRING TUNNEL THROiTLE SERVO 1/2 X 3/4 HARDWOOD BLOCK FOR LGEARI/4X 5 1/4 BALSA L EDGE i. 2 1/2 MAIN WHEELS5/32 MUSIC WIRE -----1/4 SHEET BALSA NACELLES TOP BOTTOM AND SIDES3/16 BALSA TIP RIB 1/2 BALSA TRIANGLE SlOCK ALL CORNERS April 1980 15 sides fuse bottom Glue pin corner bottom triangles glue top triangles fuse top Glue pin nose block plywood nose-wheel mount rear former set assembly aside dry Pin nacelle bottom flat surface glue pin nacelle side bottom finally glue pin top corner squares Glue pin place firewalL Pin glue nacelle top place front rear nacelle formers Glue pin nacelle cheek blocks repeat second nacelle set aside dry Remove pins wing leading trailing edges trim sand leading trailing edges skins will fit nicely over Cut wing sheeting size using 1/16 sheet balsa 1/64 plywood Use water-base contact cement Corefllm sheeting tape bond wing sheeting cores Use five-minute epoxy join wing panels setting 1 blocks under tip correct dihedral Glue pin a wing tips wings Sand fuselage nacelles shape make hatch cutouts per plans Make cutout install landing gear blocks Cut sand elevons rudder shape Sand wing Cover compo nents using favorite iron-on covering Install engine mounts tanks throttle servos links arms original Simitar19 twin built servo nacelle Servo exten sion leads used plug receiver Both servos may plugged receiver engine control using Y connector facilitate single-engine performance origlnal ship left engine servo set up operate normal transmitter throttle stick right engine control set up auxiliary channeL Since separate engine control set up test suggest may wish use Y set-up will permit operating both engine servos same stick Mark wing cut-outs accept fuselage nacelles notch same Fit nacelles fuselage wing Remove portion covering fuse nacelles will epoxied wing Set wing flat surface slide nacelles place Block wing up have same clearance surface under tip Square nacelles wing dead ahead right angle leading edge thrust line zero wing wing incidence zero engine thrust zero After checking nacelle alignment attach nacelles wing 5-minute epoxy After nacelles epoxied run bead epoxy around nacelles nacelles meet wing Fit fuselage wing epoxy place Use same alignment technique did nacelles Install radio landing gear per plans modify necessary particular radio Epoxy rudder place Install elevon hinges per plans provide necessary reflex elevons should set about e normal neutral aileron position special detail Clarks cutaway drawing shows aileron set-up Two servos ride tray slides two dowelsso servos can moved fore aft elevator action tray made slide means second servo has anchor wire attached bulkhead Front view shows landing gear detail Retracts particular configurationeven biggercould shift CG beyond limits stability control ranges Paper toweling stuffed nacelles absorbs fuel obviates spills car seat
Edition: Model Aviation - 1980/04
Page Numbers: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
tanks etcrain woe 0 11*1 two up faded up gad kS U Bill Airi NO OCR TEXT could see engine quit Since flight handling changed couldnt tell feel low pass showed right stopped Altitude maintained left engine flying weight 3 lbs real test came left right turns well loops fairly decent roll engine great help keep air speed up nose down engine Both engines stopped landing well placed center line runway piece beamed ear ear Bills smile made clear though never voiced doubt too shared appre hensions again began rain ran car Bill said about NSST B #1 Negative Stagger Simitar Twin Bipe #1 Simitar Twin 09 project successful maintained flight Medallion 09 3 lbs Simitar Twin 049 followed also flew very welL Work began Twin19 included tricycle landing gear separate engine controls conduct single engine tests 19 Twin set up left engine control normal throttle stick right engine control auxiliary channeL Flight tests using independent engine con trols showed excellent singieengine performance either engine throttled back No opposite trim stick pressure required single engine except both engines throttled back instant full throttle applied engine case sudden surge power side required opposite stick pressure correct However until initial torque overcome flying business usuaL Though single engine flight piece cake takeoff engine difficult ample power singleengine takeoff difficult hold ship straight takeoff roll due tendency nose wheel skip bounce trying ground turn ship single engine being used takeoff Single-engine landings fine plan approach require instant full power 12 Model Aviation political cartoonist did exaggerated sketches some real aircraft might look very much like truncatea Iwin urer success um 4-lb 09 Twin followed bya Cox049 Medallion bird itwasdecidedthat 19 Twin would have fixed tricycle landing gear independent engine controls Its eyecatcher both rest air especially latteri Above 049 version longer nosed because absence nose-wheel weight Note CG shown plans 1/45/S LEADING EDGE E / /I //WALl IA3/R—/ IloJESM/DIHEDRAiSNEDRAI.I SHETCH-NO ISCALE 3A6RAISA II OCHEESC WELsL./I I'I_ 3/AHAIl/II SPINNER ~U&JQE..JI III III aEVONS3RD II I-- -~r1TftTHROTTLE SERVO OWE ---- INEACHNACEUE DINGER r-L- rATTACH WITH SERVO TAPETO SRAHE HATCH CONTOUR FUSELAGE THEON~iA SLOTS ACROSS FRONT U4 PROPGOLORENG NOSE SEARN0 HA CR AS SHOWN HER RHMT ENGINE MOLHIT STEERING su S AS NG AT H ACTo q IN-3/I SHEET RERIHENSINERALSAOWCS HA ML55I1/SPLY - SLIT HERE TO i V41 i \MASHATCHy3/16 ~ESISP SOLOTI 5 -i_ DESIGNED 65-RIV _____________________________________NOSE WRE~SLEEVEI SIMITAR TWIN XIX ___________________________________________________________KDRJREDTOR5ODCWTIO5RVSISEWSEEI COHINSERCIAL GHTS RESERVED Co N w w w Cd w __-J eJ -J Cd z -J w N -J Ufor mentioned before instant full power single engine will require opposite roll correction some down elevator until speed constant convenience cores 1/64 ply sheeted cores available Soaring Research 19216 Calvert St Reseda CA 91335 Construction Glue pin a leading trailing edges foam cores sure keep surfaces free bends warps Placing cores leading trailing edges attached foam cradles glue drying will help keep straight Set assemblies aside dry Cut out parts fuselage engine nacelles Sides bottoms tops firewalls etc Pin fuselage bottom down flat surface glue pin fuse Editors Note December 1976 issue published all-time Sleepers Bill Evans Simitar top plan list two years built thousands plans passed around reasons its stark simplicity phenomenalflying per formance did require super pilots nothing afoam wingandafin Since suggestion purist Evans conceded landing gear would enhance realism extend performance envelopeand used gear later versions Simitars have built sizes tiny 02 version Vulcan like Quadra Twin Simitar Novice won WinterNatsagainst Dirty Birdy other famous pattern craft leaves room thought twin-engined versions have spinetingling performance handle extremely well engine ou4 again super pilot required think Daves twin presented may another sleeper April 1980 13 Tank uIN OLdSUu LU UT UTUIU ndUeIe radio gear fuiry expaseu wnen cocpisinaicn removed Pushrods run elevator/aileron servo slides servo tray down up allowing surface controlled independently like normal ailerons 3/4 SQ BALSA COWL CHEEKS PLASTIC CANOPYHATCH IS CUT OUT 0 FUSELAGE TOP THRU TRIANGL ACCESS COVER 1/8 BALSA 4 7I/2TRIANGLE CORNERS IN NACELLES AND FUSELAGE7SOLID BALSA NOSE BLOCK 7 4-GOLDBERG NOSE STEERING GEAR- 7 TO NYROD TO SERVO AT STA 2 7 17, BULKHEAD 2 1/4 NOSE WHEEL 6 3/4 SPINNER K S B 19 ENGINE ON KRAFT METAL MOUNT Ic ANKci trlTh~- 4dItf1Th V8 PLYVID BULKHEAD 7 1/4 PLYWOD FIREWALL 14 Model Aviation 3/16 X 3 SHEET BALSAGOLDBERG ADJUSTABLE BUTTED UP FOR FINCONTROL HORNS WfTh ILOCKING SET SCREWS 1/8 RODS INTO BULKHEAD 3 1/8 PLYWOOD SERVOTRAY Ii MOVES FORE AND AFT FOR ELEVATOR ACTION FILLER ANCHOR SERVONYROD SLEEVES GWE TO PUSH ROD INTOTRAY BOTTOM AND SUDE TOP OF BULKHEADON FiXED RODS 1/4 SHEET BALSA FUSELAGE PANELS TOP SIDES AND BOTTOM 3/8 X 2 BALSAELEVONS P$ 1 1/32 PLYWOOD PLANKING OVER FOAM WING CORE TOP AND BOTTOM 1/4 X 318 SPAR TRAILING EDGE OKOTE HNGES WIRING TUNNEL THROiTLE SERVO 1/2 X 3/4 HARDWOOD BLOCK FOR LGEARI/4X 5 1/4 BALSA L EDGE i. 2 1/2 MAIN WHEELS5/32 MUSIC WIRE -----1/4 SHEET BALSA NACELLES TOP BOTTOM AND SIDES3/16 BALSA TIP RIB 1/2 BALSA TRIANGLE SlOCK ALL CORNERS April 1980 15 sides fuse bottom Glue pin corner bottom triangles glue top triangles fuse top Glue pin nose block plywood nose-wheel mount rear former set assembly aside dry Pin nacelle bottom flat surface glue pin nacelle side bottom finally glue pin top corner squares Glue pin place firewalL Pin glue nacelle top place front rear nacelle formers Glue pin nacelle cheek blocks repeat second nacelle set aside dry Remove pins wing leading trailing edges trim sand leading trailing edges skins will fit nicely over Cut wing sheeting size using 1/16 sheet balsa 1/64 plywood Use water-base contact cement Corefllm sheeting tape bond wing sheeting cores Use five-minute epoxy join wing panels setting 1 blocks under tip correct dihedral Glue pin a wing tips wings Sand fuselage nacelles shape make hatch cutouts per plans Make cutout install landing gear blocks Cut sand elevons rudder shape Sand wing Cover compo nents using favorite iron-on covering Install engine mounts tanks throttle servos links arms original Simitar19 twin built servo nacelle Servo exten sion leads used plug receiver Both servos may plugged receiver engine control using Y connector facilitate single-engine performance origlnal ship left engine servo set up operate normal transmitter throttle stick right engine control set up auxiliary channeL Since separate engine control set up test suggest may wish use Y set-up will permit operating both engine servos same stick Mark wing cut-outs accept fuselage nacelles notch same Fit nacelles fuselage wing Remove portion covering fuse nacelles will epoxied wing Set wing flat surface slide nacelles place Block wing up have same clearance surface under tip Square nacelles wing dead ahead right angle leading edge thrust line zero wing wing incidence zero engine thrust zero After checking nacelle alignment attach nacelles wing 5-minute epoxy After nacelles epoxied run bead epoxy around nacelles nacelles meet wing Fit fuselage wing epoxy place Use same alignment technique did nacelles Install radio landing gear per plans modify necessary particular radio Epoxy rudder place Install elevon hinges per plans provide necessary reflex elevons should set about e normal neutral aileron position special detail Clarks cutaway drawing shows aileron set-up Two servos ride tray slides two dowelsso servos can moved fore aft elevator action tray made slide means second servo has anchor wire attached bulkhead Front view shows landing gear detail Retracts particular configurationeven biggercould shift CG beyond limits stability control ranges Paper toweling stuffed nacelles absorbs fuel obviates spills car seat