Toledo 1997: New Products

The 43rd Annual Toledo Radio Control Exposition held April 4-6 SeaGate Center Toledo Ohio As has case recent years report will focus new productsitems released Toledo show release imminent Note See Del Ellis RC Jets column issue latest ducted fans turbines Although plenty new merchandise see Toledo fewer total new products past years number manufacturers both large small holding steady product lines anticipating releases latter part 1997 Heres sampling what found August1997 23 Great Planes semiscale F-4 Phantom II 60-75 two-stroke engines four-channel radios Wingspan 50 inches wood ABS pans Weight 81/~91/ pounds Photos author Granhic Desian Carta Hart Kunz K&B Manufacturings new ABC 61 two-stroke #61 50 features twist-on head revised porting tuned muffler JRs new XP642 computer radio available helicopter aircraft versions Thats Karen Veagers hand [illD [IUI1Im Great Planes Box 9021 Champaign IL 61826 has new 60-size F-4 Phantom II semiscale sport model kit Wingspan 50 inches weight 81/291/2 pounds four-channel radio intended modelers some kit-building experience coolest model show said Laniers Bubba Spivey Speaking Lamer Box 458 Oakwood GA 30566 its latest release Extra 325 19-32 two-strokes Rich Uravitch design laser-cut kit has 471/2-inch wingspan weighs 31/241/2 pounds standard servos John Helgesens Pro-Cub profile version Cub 32-46 twostrokes also shown Its also fourchannel radios weighs 4-5 pounds has 688-square-inch wing ElectroDynamics 31185 Schoolcraft Rd Livonia MI 48150 showed EDR 105 Onboard Battery Monitor monitors receiver battery packs whenever 24 Model Aviation troFlights new brushless 020 motor weighs 23 ounces turns 6 x 3 prop 16000 rpm seven cells direct drive Harold Hester Sig Manufacturing holds Four-Star 60 complement existing 40 120 models series Aveox L60 microprocessor-based speed controller bottom Electrics Older model top w Byron Originals 225% Cessna 195 has laser-cut balsa plywood parts plug-in wings Mustang 50 power suggested *1 4ma Wing Manufacturings HP-200 Hal Parenti design available short kit 120-160 four-strokes weighs 14-16 pounds receiver Five LEDs show battery voltage 5V 45V lV increments 6V five-cell receiver packs also available EDR-103 Super Glowlite now available multicylinder engines version handles three- five-cylinder engines another handles seven-cylinder power plants 4400-mAh Ni-Cd can light up five glow plugs 7000-mAb will light plugs seven-cylinder engine Futaba J/JR compatible system connectors Sermos connectors plug circuits provided dare throw Tantrum says Dave Corven about Acme Aircrafts 61501 N Ridge Trail Washington MI 48094 newest RC Hand-Launched Glider kit V-tail model has sheeted white foam cores Kevlar pod fiberglass boom Weight 10-11 ounces airfoil SD 7037 variation Doubleor triple-taper wing options available August1997 25 Jerry Smith Lanier RCs Extra 325 Rich Uravitch design Lucien Miller LDM Industries Secret Weapon Span 36 19-32 two-strokes spans 471h inches 3141A pounds inches weight 30 ounces standard servos 250 mAh pack Ace RCs Simple 400 Electric glow slope power latest addition companys Simple Series Miniature Aircrafts XL-Pro II features CNC-machined parts boxed frame layout improved structural rigidity CAP 232 Ohio RIC has 70-inch wingspan 120 power IrnnmuIUR Hitec RCD Inc 10729 Wheatlands Ave Suite C Santee CA 92071 has two new ball-bearing servos HS-85BB Mighty Micro Servo HS-225BB Mighty Mini Mighty Micro has 448 inloz torque 14 sec/600 measures 11 x 05 x 11 inches weighs 7 ounces Mighty Mini has 658 inloz torque 11 sec/60 measures 13 x 6 x 13 inches weighs 11 ounces metal gear optional Windsor Propeller 3219 Monier Circle Rancho Cordova CA 95742 has released series three-bladed Master Airscrew propellers Three sizes currently available 11 x 8 12 x 6 13 x 8 Several other sizes works diameters between 10 16 inches pitches between six 10 inches various combinations suggested rule two-blade threeblade conversion decrease diameter inch increase pitch inch Air Wings series all-balsa Free Flight gliders rubber-powered models Carl Goldberg Models 4734 West Chicago Ave Chicago IL 60651 Three skill-level series available primarily featuring profile versions military aircraft well Berlin Gulf War sets Sullivan Products 1 North Haven St Baltimore MD 21224 displayed its Genesys inflight generator system can used keep receiver batteries charged flight recharge separate 26 Model Aviation Giles 202 trom Bob Godfrey Designs seven-cubic-inch engines Span 111 inches length 101 inches 16-17 pounds Do-it-yourself instrument panel kits --scale modern WW II military models now available Midwest Desert Aircrafts Seidel 525-STGL 125cc engine Composite Structures Technology carries handy precise Olfa circle cutterputs out 8 hp weighs 10 pounds battery pack supply current receiver servos engine runs setting above idle and/or operate Genesys accessories Latest among accessories 5667 Landing Lights package previously released accessories include navigation lights simulates strobe light Lite Machines 1291 Cumberland Ave West Lafayette IN 47906 has switched NorVel Vmax-6 engine its popular 100 helicopter 061 twostroke engine has Schnuerle porting intended run 15-25% nitro application Altechs F-22 Four Pi Inc 4944 N Orange AveLightning II Jeff Norridge IL 60656 showed profileTray design ARC Stand-Off Scale P-47 Span 52 inchesmodel has 11 wing area 788 square inches power acomponents intended 28-45 two-stroke weight 4856second RC airplane ounces ViaGrafix Corp 1 American Way Pryor OK 74361 released DesignCAD 97 2D 3D Computer Aided Design system Windows 95 Windows NT version has advances customization Internet-ready has improved user interface expanded HELP free tech support 800 233-3223 1997 version ModelCAD also available plans upgrade Wingmaster wing-design software Bob Smith Industries 8060 Mono Rd Atascadero CA 93422 has solved packaging difficulties its new cyanoacrylate gel Charlee Smith reports should ready release fall Miller RC Products 159 Greene St Kenwood CA 95452 working new starter six-cubic-inch engines up Working title Brutis Nancy Miller told production companys 1/2A starter has put hold because problems obtaining motors Mabuchi high minimum quantities required beyond market product alternate sources being explored Bob Bankas Scale Model Research 3114 Yukon Ave Costa Mesa CA 92626 reports no new specific releases avalanche things progress stack some 5000 three-views Foto Paaks 170 rolls film Oshkosh alone says Bob off Sun n Fun Florida right after Toledo show doubtless gather documentation information make things stack higher 1998 RC Expo scheduled April 3-5 SeaGate Center st1997 27 Joe Begany CD Libraries demonstrated features new compact-disc version 1996 issues Model Aviation New video releases Bob Hunt Robins View Productions feature noted CL Aerobatics flier Bill Werwage hrnriiiriuriin Voltage Proof 14C monitors receiver battery pack Alarm sounds LED flashes voltage less 11 volts per cell Weak Signals personnel staffed Scholarship Fund booth JP Products offers variety photo-reduced instruments various scales F VrBdUCIS NorVel has added BigMi 28 Model Aviation Poser Dave Brown Products mounts transmitter handle Upright position keeps transmitter cleaner 61 sport engine its popular product line RJL Industries Mammoth -scale models double-ball-bearing crank Waibro carburetor August 1997 29 Walston Retrieval Systems has new Ultralite Long Range Lite retrieval transmitters old style left

The 43rd Annual Toledo Radio Control Exposition held April 4-6 SeaGate Center Toledo Ohio As has case recent years report will focus new productsitems released Toledo show release imminent Note See Del Ellis RC Jets column issue latest ducted fans turbines Although plenty new merchandise see Toledo fewer total new products past years number manufacturers both large small holding steady product lines anticipating releases latter part 1997 Heres sampling what found August1997 23 Great Planes semiscale F-4 Phantom II 60-75 two-stroke engines four-channel radios Wingspan 50 inches wood ABS pans Weight 81/~91/ pounds Photos author Granhic Desian Carta Hart Kunz K&B Manufacturings new ABC 61 two-stroke #61 50 features twist-on head revised porting tuned muffler JRs new XP642 computer radio available helicopter aircraft versions Thats Karen Veagers hand [illD [IUI1Im Great Planes Box 9021 Champaign IL 61826 has new 60-size F-4 Phantom II semiscale sport model kit Wingspan 50 inches weight 81/291/2 pounds four-channel radio intended modelers some kit-building experience coolest model show said Laniers Bubba Spivey Speaking Lamer Box 458 Oakwood GA 30566 its latest release Extra 325 19-32 two-strokes Rich Uravitch design laser-cut kit has 471/2-inch wingspan weighs 31/241/2 pounds standard servos John Helgesens Pro-Cub profile version Cub 32-46 twostrokes also shown Its also fourchannel radios weighs 4-5 pounds has 688-square-inch wing ElectroDynamics 31185 Schoolcraft Rd Livonia MI 48150 showed EDR 105 Onboard Battery Monitor monitors receiver battery packs whenever 24 Model Aviation troFlights new brushless 020 motor weighs 23 ounces turns 6 x 3 prop 16000 rpm seven cells direct drive Harold Hester Sig Manufacturing holds Four-Star 60 complement existing 40 120 models series Aveox L60 microprocessor-based speed controller bottom Electrics Older model top w Byron Originals 225% Cessna 195 has laser-cut balsa plywood parts plug-in wings Mustang 50 power suggested *1 4ma Wing Manufacturings HP-200 Hal Parenti design available short kit 120-160 four-strokes weighs 14-16 pounds receiver Five LEDs show battery voltage 5V 45V lV increments 6V five-cell receiver packs also available EDR-103 Super Glowlite now available multicylinder engines version handles three- five-cylinder engines another handles seven-cylinder power plants 4400-mAh Ni-Cd can light up five glow plugs 7000-mAb will light plugs seven-cylinder engine Futaba J/JR compatible system connectors Sermos connectors plug circuits provided dare throw Tantrum says Dave Corven about Acme Aircrafts 61501 N Ridge Trail Washington MI 48094 newest RC Hand-Launched Glider kit V-tail model has sheeted white foam cores Kevlar pod fiberglass boom Weight 10-11 ounces airfoil SD 7037 variation Doubleor triple-taper wing options available August1997 25 Jerry Smith Lanier RCs Extra 325 Rich Uravitch design Lucien Miller LDM Industries Secret Weapon Span 36 19-32 two-strokes spans 471h inches 3141A pounds inches weight 30 ounces standard servos 250 mAh pack Ace RCs Simple 400 Electric glow slope power latest addition companys Simple Series Miniature Aircrafts XL-Pro II features CNC-machined parts boxed frame layout improved structural rigidity CAP 232 Ohio RIC has 70-inch wingspan 120 power IrnnmuIUR Hitec RCD Inc 10729 Wheatlands Ave Suite C Santee CA 92071 has two new ball-bearing servos HS-85BB Mighty Micro Servo HS-225BB Mighty Mini Mighty Micro has 448 inloz torque 14 sec/600 measures 11 x 05 x 11 inches weighs 7 ounces Mighty Mini has 658 inloz torque 11 sec/60 measures 13 x 6 x 13 inches weighs 11 ounces metal gear optional Windsor Propeller 3219 Monier Circle Rancho Cordova CA 95742 has released series three-bladed Master Airscrew propellers Three sizes currently available 11 x 8 12 x 6 13 x 8 Several other sizes works diameters between 10 16 inches pitches between six 10 inches various combinations suggested rule two-blade threeblade conversion decrease diameter inch increase pitch inch Air Wings series all-balsa Free Flight gliders rubber-powered models Carl Goldberg Models 4734 West Chicago Ave Chicago IL 60651 Three skill-level series available primarily featuring profile versions military aircraft well Berlin Gulf War sets Sullivan Products 1 North Haven St Baltimore MD 21224 displayed its Genesys inflight generator system can used keep receiver batteries charged flight recharge separate 26 Model Aviation Giles 202 trom Bob Godfrey Designs seven-cubic-inch engines Span 111 inches length 101 inches 16-17 pounds Do-it-yourself instrument panel kits --scale modern WW II military models now available Midwest Desert Aircrafts Seidel 525-STGL 125cc engine Composite Structures Technology carries handy precise Olfa circle cutterputs out 8 hp weighs 10 pounds battery pack supply current receiver servos engine runs setting above idle and/or operate Genesys accessories Latest among accessories 5667 Landing Lights package previously released accessories include navigation lights simulates strobe light Lite Machines 1291 Cumberland Ave West Lafayette IN 47906 has switched NorVel Vmax-6 engine its popular 100 helicopter 061 twostroke engine has Schnuerle porting intended run 15-25% nitro application Altechs F-22 Four Pi Inc 4944 N Orange AveLightning II Jeff Norridge IL 60656 showed profileTray design ARC Stand-Off Scale P-47 Span 52 inchesmodel has 11 wing area 788 square inches power acomponents intended 28-45 two-stroke weight 4856second RC airplane ounces ViaGrafix Corp 1 American Way Pryor OK 74361 released DesignCAD 97 2D 3D Computer Aided Design system Windows 95 Windows NT version has advances customization Internet-ready has improved user interface expanded HELP free tech support 800 233-3223 1997 version ModelCAD also available plans upgrade Wingmaster wing-design software Bob Smith Industries 8060 Mono Rd Atascadero CA 93422 has solved packaging difficulties its new cyanoacrylate gel Charlee Smith reports should ready release fall Miller RC Products 159 Greene St Kenwood CA 95452 working new starter six-cubic-inch engines up Working title Brutis Nancy Miller told production companys 1/2A starter has put hold because problems obtaining motors Mabuchi high minimum quantities required beyond market product alternate sources being explored Bob Bankas Scale Model Research 3114 Yukon Ave Costa Mesa CA 92626 reports no new specific releases avalanche things progress stack some 5000 three-views Foto Paaks 170 rolls film Oshkosh alone says Bob off Sun n Fun Florida right after Toledo show doubtless gather documentation information make things stack higher 1998 RC Expo scheduled April 3-5 SeaGate Center st1997 27 Joe Begany CD Libraries demonstrated features new compact-disc version 1996 issues Model Aviation New video releases Bob Hunt Robins View Productions feature noted CL Aerobatics flier Bill Werwage hrnriiiriuriin Voltage Proof 14C monitors receiver battery pack Alarm sounds LED flashes voltage less 11 volts per cell Weak Signals personnel staffed Scholarship Fund booth JP Products offers variety photo-reduced instruments various scales F VrBdUCIS NorVel has added BigMi 28 Model Aviation Poser Dave Brown Products mounts transmitter handle Upright position keeps transmitter cleaner 61 sport engine its popular product line RJL Industries Mammoth -scale models double-ball-bearing crank Waibro carburetor August 1997 29 Walston Retrieval Systems has new Ultralite Long Range Lite retrieval transmitters old style left

The 43rd Annual Toledo Radio Control Exposition held April 4-6 SeaGate Center Toledo Ohio As has case recent years report will focus new productsitems released Toledo show release imminent Note See Del Ellis RC Jets column issue latest ducted fans turbines Although plenty new merchandise see Toledo fewer total new products past years number manufacturers both large small holding steady product lines anticipating releases latter part 1997 Heres sampling what found August1997 23 Great Planes semiscale F-4 Phantom II 60-75 two-stroke engines four-channel radios Wingspan 50 inches wood ABS pans Weight 81/~91/ pounds Photos author Granhic Desian Carta Hart Kunz K&B Manufacturings new ABC 61 two-stroke #61 50 features twist-on head revised porting tuned muffler JRs new XP642 computer radio available helicopter aircraft versions Thats Karen Veagers hand [illD [IUI1Im Great Planes Box 9021 Champaign IL 61826 has new 60-size F-4 Phantom II semiscale sport model kit Wingspan 50 inches weight 81/291/2 pounds four-channel radio intended modelers some kit-building experience coolest model show said Laniers Bubba Spivey Speaking Lamer Box 458 Oakwood GA 30566 its latest release Extra 325 19-32 two-strokes Rich Uravitch design laser-cut kit has 471/2-inch wingspan weighs 31/241/2 pounds standard servos John Helgesens Pro-Cub profile version Cub 32-46 twostrokes also shown Its also fourchannel radios weighs 4-5 pounds has 688-square-inch wing ElectroDynamics 31185 Schoolcraft Rd Livonia MI 48150 showed EDR 105 Onboard Battery Monitor monitors receiver battery packs whenever 24 Model Aviation troFlights new brushless 020 motor weighs 23 ounces turns 6 x 3 prop 16000 rpm seven cells direct drive Harold Hester Sig Manufacturing holds Four-Star 60 complement existing 40 120 models series Aveox L60 microprocessor-based speed controller bottom Electrics Older model top w Byron Originals 225% Cessna 195 has laser-cut balsa plywood parts plug-in wings Mustang 50 power suggested *1 4ma Wing Manufacturings HP-200 Hal Parenti design available short kit 120-160 four-strokes weighs 14-16 pounds receiver Five LEDs show battery voltage 5V 45V lV increments 6V five-cell receiver packs also available EDR-103 Super Glowlite now available multicylinder engines version handles three- five-cylinder engines another handles seven-cylinder power plants 4400-mAh Ni-Cd can light up five glow plugs 7000-mAb will light plugs seven-cylinder engine Futaba J/JR compatible system connectors Sermos connectors plug circuits provided dare throw Tantrum says Dave Corven about Acme Aircrafts 61501 N Ridge Trail Washington MI 48094 newest RC Hand-Launched Glider kit V-tail model has sheeted white foam cores Kevlar pod fiberglass boom Weight 10-11 ounces airfoil SD 7037 variation Doubleor triple-taper wing options available August1997 25 Jerry Smith Lanier RCs Extra 325 Rich Uravitch design Lucien Miller LDM Industries Secret Weapon Span 36 19-32 two-strokes spans 471h inches 3141A pounds inches weight 30 ounces standard servos 250 mAh pack Ace RCs Simple 400 Electric glow slope power latest addition companys Simple Series Miniature Aircrafts XL-Pro II features CNC-machined parts boxed frame layout improved structural rigidity CAP 232 Ohio RIC has 70-inch wingspan 120 power IrnnmuIUR Hitec RCD Inc 10729 Wheatlands Ave Suite C Santee CA 92071 has two new ball-bearing servos HS-85BB Mighty Micro Servo HS-225BB Mighty Mini Mighty Micro has 448 inloz torque 14 sec/600 measures 11 x 05 x 11 inches weighs 7 ounces Mighty Mini has 658 inloz torque 11 sec/60 measures 13 x 6 x 13 inches weighs 11 ounces metal gear optional Windsor Propeller 3219 Monier Circle Rancho Cordova CA 95742 has released series three-bladed Master Airscrew propellers Three sizes currently available 11 x 8 12 x 6 13 x 8 Several other sizes works diameters between 10 16 inches pitches between six 10 inches various combinations suggested rule two-blade threeblade conversion decrease diameter inch increase pitch inch Air Wings series all-balsa Free Flight gliders rubber-powered models Carl Goldberg Models 4734 West Chicago Ave Chicago IL 60651 Three skill-level series available primarily featuring profile versions military aircraft well Berlin Gulf War sets Sullivan Products 1 North Haven St Baltimore MD 21224 displayed its Genesys inflight generator system can used keep receiver batteries charged flight recharge separate 26 Model Aviation Giles 202 trom Bob Godfrey Designs seven-cubic-inch engines Span 111 inches length 101 inches 16-17 pounds Do-it-yourself instrument panel kits --scale modern WW II military models now available Midwest Desert Aircrafts Seidel 525-STGL 125cc engine Composite Structures Technology carries handy precise Olfa circle cutterputs out 8 hp weighs 10 pounds battery pack supply current receiver servos engine runs setting above idle and/or operate Genesys accessories Latest among accessories 5667 Landing Lights package previously released accessories include navigation lights simulates strobe light Lite Machines 1291 Cumberland Ave West Lafayette IN 47906 has switched NorVel Vmax-6 engine its popular 100 helicopter 061 twostroke engine has Schnuerle porting intended run 15-25% nitro application Altechs F-22 Four Pi Inc 4944 N Orange AveLightning II Jeff Norridge IL 60656 showed profileTray design ARC Stand-Off Scale P-47 Span 52 inchesmodel has 11 wing area 788 square inches power acomponents intended 28-45 two-stroke weight 4856second RC airplane ounces ViaGrafix Corp 1 American Way Pryor OK 74361 released DesignCAD 97 2D 3D Computer Aided Design system Windows 95 Windows NT version has advances customization Internet-ready has improved user interface expanded HELP free tech support 800 233-3223 1997 version ModelCAD also available plans upgrade Wingmaster wing-design software Bob Smith Industries 8060 Mono Rd Atascadero CA 93422 has solved packaging difficulties its new cyanoacrylate gel Charlee Smith reports should ready release fall Miller RC Products 159 Greene St Kenwood CA 95452 working new starter six-cubic-inch engines up Working title Brutis Nancy Miller told production companys 1/2A starter has put hold because problems obtaining motors Mabuchi high minimum quantities required beyond market product alternate sources being explored Bob Bankas Scale Model Research 3114 Yukon Ave Costa Mesa CA 92626 reports no new specific releases avalanche things progress stack some 5000 three-views Foto Paaks 170 rolls film Oshkosh alone says Bob off Sun n Fun Florida right after Toledo show doubtless gather documentation information make things stack higher 1998 RC Expo scheduled April 3-5 SeaGate Center st1997 27 Joe Begany CD Libraries demonstrated features new compact-disc version 1996 issues Model Aviation New video releases Bob Hunt Robins View Productions feature noted CL Aerobatics flier Bill Werwage hrnriiiriuriin Voltage Proof 14C monitors receiver battery pack Alarm sounds LED flashes voltage less 11 volts per cell Weak Signals personnel staffed Scholarship Fund booth JP Products offers variety photo-reduced instruments various scales F VrBdUCIS NorVel has added BigMi 28 Model Aviation Poser Dave Brown Products mounts transmitter handle Upright position keeps transmitter cleaner 61 sport engine its popular product line RJL Industries Mammoth -scale models double-ball-bearing crank Waibro carburetor August 1997 29 Walston Retrieval Systems has new Ultralite Long Range Lite retrieval transmitters old style left