U.S. Indoor Champs

Left Larry Louca stands 50-yard line watches FiD model rises toward 122-ft ceiling Right Walt Van Gorder checks out thrust bearing FiD model Below Left four-time World Champ Jim Richmond can ruin wing balloon steering Below Center Bud Romak 1976 World Champ repairs FAI FiD ship Below right IndoorNews Views editor Rich Doig releases FAI model THERE IS ALWAYS certain magic about Indoor flying modelsthose superlight craft cruise slowly through air undisturbed vagrant winds safe evil clutches thermal god Hung magic tripled spades see gossamer flying machines spectacular field house ceiling high could place 1 1-story building inside Gently ascending toward 116ft-high ceiling arches over football field world-class Free Flight models United States Indoor Champs seemed like magical hallucinations floating toward heaven time 41 planes circling overhead awestruck spectators stood sidelines Astro-Turf covered floor As has six years USIC cosponsored National Free Flight Society National Indoor Model Airplane Society Low attendance last year Niagara Falls Convention Hall sparked search new site new location up Smokey Mountains two-hour drive east Knoxville TN may seem secluded off beaten path ver Mini-Dome East Tennes see State University effectively touted NFFS prexy Tony Italiano na tional publicity attracted 98 competitors USA Canada shared site MIAMA Clubs Peanut Gran Prix fliers wore souvenir T-shirts Indoor Week West Baden INa site thats now converted luxury spa hotel As Mini-Dome no danger conversion definite site next years USIC may nomi nated 1988 Indoor World Champion ships well quite high Cardington Airship Sheds 1986 World Champs site certainly has better lighting draft control Dormitory hotel accommodation nearby superb West Baden spoiled us rooms enclosed atrium flying site dorms two blocks away ETSU certainly comfortable Comfort flying important well entrants spread out pit areas along football field sidelines Con test Director Italiano 50-yard line Don Lindley Charlie Sotich Hardy Bro dersen Gordy Wisniewski backed up Tony Ray LeFrancois Tony Becker George Leffler judged 58 Scale entries display end zone pits consisted tables chairs littered paraphernalia Indoor model stands winding stooges exotic winders packets thermos bottles vintage rubber 1978 Pirelli legendary helium retrieval balloons model boxes descrip tion cardboard custom plywood plexiglas creations Out floor timers relaxing chaise lounges simply lying backs timing flights over half-hour mark thousands seats available grandstands spectators preferred up-close view pits delicate models could studied detail Detail certainly evidence Scale judges judge models twice first AMA Rules Gran Prix standards Doc Martin CD Gran Prix competition cut its former length 24 hours during its days glory mere eight hours verified U5 Indoor Champ5 Nothing can give organizers better sense satisfaction see ing event increase its vitality Thanks lots hard work part few people thats what happened US Indoor Champs moved college town Tennessee U Dave Linstrum IIIIIIIII III 80 Model Aviation latter Mooney rankings Most Scale entries would top-ranked Nationalsand did theyfly small strip Astro-Turf ever removed ROGs could performed Scale builders showed great imagi nation ingenuity putting lightweight detailing models capable remarkable flight performance no parade Laceys Fikesthis serious stuff obscure types thoroughly researched have ever heard 1909 Aero drome Silver Dart 1921 Curtiss CT-i Torpedo Plane floats yet 1961 French Monet Push-Pull Twin Scale fans found tour de force unusual subjects Delicate microfilm models stickand-tissue Scale ships stereotypical Indoor models other configurations seen flying extrava ganza classes Old-Timer microfilm saw models Thirties heyday Carl Goldberg Pennyplanes covered plastic Mylar film Easy B models covered condenser paper shared air space 10-gram Indoor Bostonians Manhattans Peanut Unlimited Speed models whizzed around balloon py Ions near floor Hand-launched Gliders thrown like discus athletes reached apogees near roof floated down wide circles Less athletic fliers used rubber catapults 12-in Gliders get similar altitude special event Omithopters flapped delicate wings like butterflies autogiros rotated about floor low-key conclusion mass hand-launching Profile Scale ships air Mini-Dome swarming models Built two-dimensional bodies flying surfaces single covered Stand-off Scale detail ships proved simple yet satisfying Socializing intense flying meet like usually sidelines such super site modelers always trying get maximum air time event augmented Saturday night banquet AMA President Don Lowe presented AMA Distinguished Service Award Don Lindley Contest Board Coordinator Hewitt Phillips Dave Linstruni both received NFFS Service Awards Symposium work meets winning models Serendipity Easy B Jerry Nolin featured winner NFFS Top Ten Model Award 1987 Symposium model will soon appear construction article Model Aviation such prestigious national competi tion legendary figures bound appear Two FID World champs Jim Richmond Bud Romak defending reputations Imagine Richard Doigs glee besting Richmond F ID microfilm two flights 3819 3444 ever Richmond did have high time meet flight 4136 AMA recordholder Jerry Nolin could match time 2325 set atthe Santa Ana Blimp Hangar 150-ft site last year finished first out 62 entries Easy B1840 amere 8 sec ahead Walt Van Gorder 1832 Dick Obarski chased both 1821 tight field indeed believe some famous names times important record posterity old modeling mags always make good reading going bore list winners strings accolades Instead will profile few legends-in-the-making take closer October 1987 81 Left Chris Slater entered grern iiying ieanut Scale model French Mone aou puwi pull twin Right Juer en Kortenbachs stunning AMA Scale 1909 Aerodrome Silver Dart Al though hard trim tie model flew beautifully Below left Doc Martin admires detail Nancy Beitz s 1916 Curtiss 5-1 Speedster pilot sports tuft Nancys real hair Below Right Patti Smith Peanut WW Ansaldo SVA5 Colorful insignia hand painted beautifully done AMA Scale Stinson SR-10 Reliant belongs builder John Blair incredible Junker JU 52 finished pre-WW II colors built Kevin Smith features triple flex drives props single rubber motor located fuselage Doc Martin came up plans built offbeat 1912 Polish Canard Drzewiecki Contest Director Tony Italiano interviewed what resulted excellent half-page photo article local Johnson City Press Top Hewitt Phillips loads Proper Boston ian its rather elaborate winding stooge Middle Torontos Ken Groves decked out Curtiss Robin Bostonian out Canadian markings Above Leopardskin tissue covers Vance Gilberts distinct potbellied Bostonian look some models produced experts good example 20-year-old Jeurgen Kortenbach Toronto researched Continued page 174 Left Pete Staehling shows Ornithopter INAV editor Rich Doig Above Gordon Wisniewskis winning bipe Pennyplane Right Jim Thornberry won $40 Speed event out-of-the-bag Guillos Jet stream three times normal rubber 82 Model Aviation Left Charles Slater could dream Bahamas stayed up until 6 am finish EZB entries Right Charlie Sotich 1 discusses Jim Jones flex-blade prop EZB models Len Lnuck Markos tried out Chicago Aeronut 12-in catapult Glider after tiring out arm IHIG Right Frank Schlarb won 12-in catapult event after being FFer 50 years Above Known Arm Indianas Ber nie Boehm won IHLG again 5th time Right Paul Shailor Detroit Balsa Bugs boxes 2nd place Hand-Launched Gliders oldr perfectly proportionecz modeling Curtiss Robin 049 Engines -Channel R/C 41 Wingspan Electric Power Optional 82295 0 rO3 Very ten full soale aircraft ideally suited model flight appealing old Curtiss Robin born spruce lines age beaatrfally proportioned rubber electric glow engines Easy fan build trainer-like performance Flylne Models Catalog hOe Phone 17031 273-9593 INE MODELS INC PO Box 2138 FaIrfax VirgInIa 22031 USA Folding INTERCEPTOR Ready Fly $695 U-build Kit $495 Note Please add $3 P & H lst3 models. Add 10 % price foe additional modal AmedtAIUA~P AIRCRAFT COM PAN P0 Box 68132 Portland OR 97268 NOWA 30% Size VA ILA BLE Standoff Scale Extra 230 Kits199 new scaleetyle cowl plus $14 shipping 87 Wingspan 150 sq Wing Area Power 038 G38 ST2SOO ST3000 Also Avallahiet 1/3 Scale Kit $19995 plus $14 shipping 1/4 Scale Kit $16995 pius $8 shipping cash MO -VISA Mc ceilified check RIC EX1R4S 712-943-4102 RRI Box 283 Sergeant Bluff IA 51054 diagonals come together Hit pene trating CyA Install A2 ply timer plate blind nuts timer Dont forget install whatever dethermalizer DT hardware auto con trol setups going use proper phase construction Accurately cut pylon slot top deck remove ties bulk heads Note slot made long can made longer adjust center-ofgravity positioning Install cheeks carve shape Laminate add blind nuts install firewall Install stab platform incidence block VTO vertical takeoft peg Laminate build pylon wing platform inset carbon fiber strips both pylon platform flush makes neater job Fit pylon fuselage making sure angle attack correct Covering can use covering ma terial desire worries about structural rigidity lightest strongest rigid construction ever lightest flexible ironon plastics acceptable use Micafilm light strong difficult handle Heres method rear fuselage stab fin wing tips use clear lightestweight Micafilm main wing pan els covered stronger heavier white film Use 3M 77 contact spray Balsarite thinned 60% glue 40% thin ner Put two coats thinned Balsarite coat 3M 77 spray surfaces will contact covering except carbon fiber cap strips Cover bottom first Securely adhere cover wing outline Shrink cover gently low heat Trim outline go over glue contact line inside carbon fiber rods penetrating CyA too much no accelerator Cover top using -in-minimum overlaps Use 3M 77 spray two coats thinned Balsarite overlaps Shrink top gently low heat Now hit edges overlaps penetrating CyAand again no accelerator Shrink completely high heat top bottom Check remove undesired warps Now run iron low heat over surface contacts covering ribs sparsbut carbon fiber cap strips way to slowly run iron over small contact area rub firmly finger until cools set Dont burn fingers After completing step go over entire surface high heat check warps locks covering up tight everywhere easier patch outline wing stab fluorescent orange paint its exceptional visibility Clean area painted dope thinner better adhesion After orange paint sprayed apply coat Super Poxy over Center-of-gravity CG Before finishing front end assemble parts hard ware modeland means thing safe side add about two grams weight rear Now shift pylon forward backward case may indicated CGabout 66% 69% model becomes unstable Mter disassembly glue pylon position Follow own favorite time-proven method finish front end use light weight fiberglass tissue nitrate dope Super Poxy Add decals AMA number nameplate etc assemble Make sure wing exactly 900 key Note puzzling power patterns high-speed models can tributed wing perfectly lined up especially true very hot model Recheck CG Hying Check out systems ground engine running use pacifier fuel system pressure pinch-off fuel cutoff very close prox imity pinch-off venturi provides very quick positive shutoff no danger leaning out blowing plug As result plugs last longer can consistently run higher nitro could old flood-off system first flights 40% nitro 3- 3-second run quick DT four five seconds use rudder tab adjust incidence block control power pattern ideal pattern just about vertical slight twist right looks good gradually increase engine run about second time adjust Whenthe model can hold power pattern seven seconds longer test adjust variable incidence tail VIT glide use stab tilt glide circle seven-second engine run 15-to 20-second glide DT should keep model out trouble Once glide has adjusted increase fuel 50% nitro start over pattern 3-to 3-second engine run adjust etc time nitro percent fuel increased now have model super-light superstrong very competitive Handle TLC see flyoffs Sources carbon fiber material 1 Bob Violett 1373 Citrus Rd Winter Springs FL 32708 050-dia rod mat rope laminates 2 Twinn-K Inc PO Box 31228 Indian apolis IN 46231 070-dia rod laminates 3 Jim Bradley 1337 Pine Sap Ct Orlando FL 32817 060-dia rod mat laminates 4 Aerospace Composite Products PO Box 16621 Irvine CA 92714 050- 060- 070dia rods mat rope laminates Indoor Champs/Linstrum Continued page 82 built magnificent 1909 Aerodrome Silver Dart mentioned earlier first Canadian-designed aircraft fly canard pusher configuration model reminiscent Wright flyer Jeurgen MAAC member protege Scale expert Ken Groves mechanical engineering student University Waterloo Toronto Jack Humphries sug gested build researched model finding information Hammonds Sport Era covers pioneering types modeler since 1980 Jeurgen devoted over month building-time gem Complete wire bracing controls museum qualityyet has flight times over 30 sec Another up-and-coming Scale flier 24year-old Kevin Smith Ft Lauderdale FL labored long night Continued page 176 174 Model Aviation contest floor complete magnificent version Iron Anniethe venerable Junker JU52 trimotor Lufthansa Luftwaffe fame silver-and-black beau ty complete swastika fin corrugated tissue simulate alumi num skin original Kevin involved leading-edge research medical field go-for-broke solution trimotor use flex drives nose block single rubber motor fuselage hi-tech drive system fabricated heart pacemaker materials did job ancient Junker flew rails three props pulling peer flying buddy Kevins Charles Slater also Ft Lauderdale Skunk Works produces exotic unique flying craft including true Flying Scale version Sikorsky Sky Crane chopper Latest Slater workbench French Monet push-pull executive twin thrilled spectators could tell whether doing pushing pulling no cared sleek silver bullet sped upward must something contagious SUPERIOR QUALITY ULTIMATE PERFORMANCE GUARANTEED AGGRESSOR SPORT SHARK VIPER JET KITS VIOJETT FAN SYSTEM KBV 72 ALL ACCESSORIES Je jdonaton LET Ns.IetI, Subr ripijo, Spot SkarL Sqoad-on HS ido $300 51000 $250 about Scale lady friends Kevin Charles also built unusual good flying models finishing contest site Patti Smith superb Ansaldo SVA 5 WWI bipe complete full squadron markings Nancy Beitz Curtiss S-i Speedster 1916 air brushed pleasant tan fabric scheme scale pilot crafted foam few strands Nancys hair flowing under helmet open cockpit Now putting Scale detail content upstaged young fliers under tutelage King Peanuts Doc Martin Miami pro duced three very obscure point-getters unusual subject AMA Scale 1912 Polish Drzewiecki canardan openframe pusher everything including spoke wheels hanging out wind Bleriot born Warsaw knows what might have streamlined subjects still sporting pontoons Martin MO-l floatplane Curtiss CT-i torpedo plane both relics early 1920s US Navy planes bright silver yellow star insignia era THE NAME IN COMPOSITE MATERIALS FOR MODEL AIRPI ANES CARBON FIBER EPOXY GLASS END GRAIN BALSA PURE CARBON SPARS lA6NALiT[ HO' NAMPI I- NIT 0 BOB ViOl 1 FT MODLL 1373 CITRUS ROAD WINTER SPRINGS FL 32708 305 365-5869 DEAF ER INQIIHES IN' r1-D water birds ROGd slick floor headed roof Doc offered prize Scale model could hit roof 116 ft no collected Retired high school teacher Jim Miller Ohio paid homage Albert Santos Dumont two versions canard pusher biplane designed famous Frenchmanone AMA Pea nut Scale anxiously awaiting Jims Pistachio Scale version content two French models Jim also entered magnificent Bleriot VII AMA Scale Yet another French design Voisin got him first Peanut Scale Certainly legendary fliers under Mini-Dome actually barrel vault parallel-arch trusses Hoosier four-time F 1 D World Cham pion Jim Richmond has recently selected Paul Tissandier Award FAT contributions sporting avia tion wife Mariana knows award given father Hungary 1967 full-scale aviation achievement Jim won AMA Stick microfilm 4136 flew Easy B Pennyplane spent lots time helping 9 year-old son Mark events Mark took second place both Pennyplane Novice Pennyplane above American heroes Indoor cannot slight neighbors north Canadians awed Scale judges models best seemed Bill Hendersons magnificent Peanut Bleriot VII gamered top Scale point value 1075 Torontos Ken Groves Jack McGillivray after other AMA Scale Kens modern home-built Fike Dream everyday Fike besting Jacks venerable SESA WWI bipe 10 points ever Jack turned tables Ken Bostonian flying over three minutes Himalayan Airlines Yetithe obvious choice high altitudes Kens lovely Curtiss Robin Canadian markings other hand must have meant flatlands Ken did go home emptyhanded however won Grand Champion award seven events entered barely beating Chuck Markos remarkable performances may sound like dead-serious competition mood lighthearted fun Few models hung structure salvaged models elegance slow motion seemed cast relaxed mood things Unlimited Speed event sponsored once again Hardy Broder sen likes fast models Nordic expert Jim Thornbery Wisconsin won out-of-the-bag Guillow Jetstream allbalsa ROG powered three times normal rubber streaked around bal loons flight Jims formula success Lotsa rubber lotsa attempts spirit moves us excel Free Flight still having fun seems diminish age case point 65year-old Ralph Schlarb Hoosier has modeling over 50 years Like Continued page 178 176 Model Aviation Name Street Anfrirono __________________________ City StateZip young Tom Cruise flying Danger Zone Ralph pushed limit win 12-in Catapult Glider category sleek vee-dihedral red-finished birds hard decide biggest grin Junior IHLG winner Jim Buxton use young-arm senior citizen Ralph Schlarb tiny rubber catapult collected awards genial Tony Italiano Like reporter plan back flying under MiniDome next year FF Mini-Electrics/SruII Continued page 92 standard two-cell 50 mAh 70 mAh flight packs near-optimum will discuss some alternative battery combinations little later Table 1 summarizes three mini-electric systems Charging flight batteries Lets talk little about charging flight bat teries between flights since likely trouble-spot newcomer typical flight mini-electric motors will draw about two amperes current 30 60 sec means battery needs charged two ampere-minutes two amperes x -minute re minute etc juice does field charger provide necessary two ampere-minutes charge charger supplied MRC airplane package typical simple drycell charger contains four standard Csize flashlight batteries connected series obtain six volts charging terminals connected flight batteries current about two amperes pumped Thats exactly what current model flying remember Therefore charger attached -minute charge ampere-minute two amps x -minute obtained charger attached minute charge two ampere-minutes two amps x minute obtained Easy eh small 50 mAh flight batteries can theoretically take larger charge three ampere-minutes maximum after minute charging two amperes become rather warm further charging high rate can damage So its safest fast-charge 75% less maximum capacity tiny cells Slower charge rates safer course time charge up lengthened proportionately example half charge rate charge time doubled way converting conventional mAh milliampere-hour capacity ratings cells convenient ampere-minute rating easy As example cell rated 50 mAh can take charge 50 milli amperes 50/1000 amperes hour 60 minutes capacity therefore 50/1000 x 60 e ampere-minutes Likewise 70 mAh cell has 42 ampere-minute capacity 100 mAh cell has six ampere-minute capacity Although slower MRC VL chargers chargers provided FE somewhat safer well FE sells simple nice charger uses three C-size dry cell batteries charge current about 1 amperes charging time between 50 100 sec FE also markets slow charger FEs designation uses two D-size dry cell batteries Charging case much lower rate takes five minutes longer danger overcharging almost elimi nated simple dry battery chargers after little practice can begin tell long charge model needs given flight duration must course use watch shows seconds accurately keep track charge time simple dry battery charger does have two main shortcomings First since dry cells dont have lot capacity soon begin wear down necessitating everlonger charge times some point de pending upon much fly new batteries needed Second no ammeter measure charge current total charge put flight batteries cannot known degree ac curacy decide like mini-electric flying after giving try recommend consider upgrading charger both following types will greatly add convenience enjoyment elec trio-powered Free Flight VL sells charger system FC-40 1 fits small field box powered either 12-volt wet cell plugging cars cigarette lighter socket has 0-to 4-amp 178 Model Aviation ZMA MACHINE SHOP SUPPLIES ING MACHINES LATH ES BLUE /RID%ETOOLS lOMACHINERY AND tOOLS INC tion Ii0 Modeler POOoHSCOY nWV25926 5023938Cevloo$1Ce UNIMAT 3 FREE dH dook Ii, o,o SPECIAL FREE froight FOEE driv halE Save Over 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Left Larry Louca stands 50-yard line watches FiD model rises toward 122-ft ceiling Right Walt Van Gorder checks out thrust bearing FiD model Below Left four-time World Champ Jim Richmond can ruin wing balloon steering Below Center Bud Romak 1976 World Champ repairs FAI FiD ship Below right IndoorNews Views editor Rich Doig releases FAI model THERE IS ALWAYS certain magic about Indoor flying modelsthose superlight craft cruise slowly through air undisturbed vagrant winds safe evil clutches thermal god Hung magic tripled spades see gossamer flying machines spectacular field house ceiling high could place 1 1-story building inside Gently ascending toward 116ft-high ceiling arches over football field world-class Free Flight models United States Indoor Champs seemed like magical hallucinations floating toward heaven time 41 planes circling overhead awestruck spectators stood sidelines Astro-Turf covered floor As has six years USIC cosponsored National Free Flight Society National Indoor Model Airplane Society Low attendance last year Niagara Falls Convention Hall sparked search new site new location up Smokey Mountains two-hour drive east Knoxville TN may seem secluded off beaten path ver Mini-Dome East Tennes see State University effectively touted NFFS prexy Tony Italiano na tional publicity attracted 98 competitors USA Canada shared site MIAMA Clubs Peanut Gran Prix fliers wore souvenir T-shirts Indoor Week West Baden INa site thats now converted luxury spa hotel As Mini-Dome no danger conversion definite site next years USIC may nomi nated 1988 Indoor World Champion ships well quite high Cardington Airship Sheds 1986 World Champs site certainly has better lighting draft control Dormitory hotel accommodation nearby superb West Baden spoiled us rooms enclosed atrium flying site dorms two blocks away ETSU certainly comfortable Comfort flying important well entrants spread out pit areas along football field sidelines Con test Director Italiano 50-yard line Don Lindley Charlie Sotich Hardy Bro dersen Gordy Wisniewski backed up Tony Ray LeFrancois Tony Becker George Leffler judged 58 Scale entries display end zone pits consisted tables chairs littered paraphernalia Indoor model stands winding stooges exotic winders packets thermos bottles vintage rubber 1978 Pirelli legendary helium retrieval balloons model boxes descrip tion cardboard custom plywood plexiglas creations Out floor timers relaxing chaise lounges simply lying backs timing flights over half-hour mark thousands seats available grandstands spectators preferred up-close view pits delicate models could studied detail Detail certainly evidence Scale judges judge models twice first AMA Rules Gran Prix standards Doc Martin CD Gran Prix competition cut its former length 24 hours during its days glory mere eight hours verified U5 Indoor Champ5 Nothing can give organizers better sense satisfaction see ing event increase its vitality Thanks lots hard work part few people thats what happened US Indoor Champs moved college town Tennessee U Dave Linstrum IIIIIIIII III 80 Model Aviation latter Mooney rankings Most Scale entries would top-ranked Nationalsand did theyfly small strip Astro-Turf ever removed ROGs could performed Scale builders showed great imagi nation ingenuity putting lightweight detailing models capable remarkable flight performance no parade Laceys Fikesthis serious stuff obscure types thoroughly researched have ever heard 1909 Aero drome Silver Dart 1921 Curtiss CT-i Torpedo Plane floats yet 1961 French Monet Push-Pull Twin Scale fans found tour de force unusual subjects Delicate microfilm models stickand-tissue Scale ships stereotypical Indoor models other configurations seen flying extrava ganza classes Old-Timer microfilm saw models Thirties heyday Carl Goldberg Pennyplanes covered plastic Mylar film Easy B models covered condenser paper shared air space 10-gram Indoor Bostonians Manhattans Peanut Unlimited Speed models whizzed around balloon py Ions near floor Hand-launched Gliders thrown like discus athletes reached apogees near roof floated down wide circles Less athletic fliers used rubber catapults 12-in Gliders get similar altitude special event Omithopters flapped delicate wings like butterflies autogiros rotated about floor low-key conclusion mass hand-launching Profile Scale ships air Mini-Dome swarming models Built two-dimensional bodies flying surfaces single covered Stand-off Scale detail ships proved simple yet satisfying Socializing intense flying meet like usually sidelines such super site modelers always trying get maximum air time event augmented Saturday night banquet AMA President Don Lowe presented AMA Distinguished Service Award Don Lindley Contest Board Coordinator Hewitt Phillips Dave Linstruni both received NFFS Service Awards Symposium work meets winning models Serendipity Easy B Jerry Nolin featured winner NFFS Top Ten Model Award 1987 Symposium model will soon appear construction article Model Aviation such prestigious national competi tion legendary figures bound appear Two FID World champs Jim Richmond Bud Romak defending reputations Imagine Richard Doigs glee besting Richmond F ID microfilm two flights 3819 3444 ever Richmond did have high time meet flight 4136 AMA recordholder Jerry Nolin could match time 2325 set atthe Santa Ana Blimp Hangar 150-ft site last year finished first out 62 entries Easy B1840 amere 8 sec ahead Walt Van Gorder 1832 Dick Obarski chased both 1821 tight field indeed believe some famous names times important record posterity old modeling mags always make good reading going bore list winners strings accolades Instead will profile few legends-in-the-making take closer October 1987 81 Left Chris Slater entered grern iiying ieanut Scale model French Mone aou puwi pull twin Right Juer en Kortenbachs stunning AMA Scale 1909 Aerodrome Silver Dart Al though hard trim tie model flew beautifully Below left Doc Martin admires detail Nancy Beitz s 1916 Curtiss 5-1 Speedster pilot sports tuft Nancys real hair Below Right Patti Smith Peanut WW Ansaldo SVA5 Colorful insignia hand painted beautifully done AMA Scale Stinson SR-10 Reliant belongs builder John Blair incredible Junker JU 52 finished pre-WW II colors built Kevin Smith features triple flex drives props single rubber motor located fuselage Doc Martin came up plans built offbeat 1912 Polish Canard Drzewiecki Contest Director Tony Italiano interviewed what resulted excellent half-page photo article local Johnson City Press Top Hewitt Phillips loads Proper Boston ian its rather elaborate winding stooge Middle Torontos Ken Groves decked out Curtiss Robin Bostonian out Canadian markings Above Leopardskin tissue covers Vance Gilberts distinct potbellied Bostonian look some models produced experts good example 20-year-old Jeurgen Kortenbach Toronto researched Continued page 174 Left Pete Staehling shows Ornithopter INAV editor Rich Doig Above Gordon Wisniewskis winning bipe Pennyplane Right Jim Thornberry won $40 Speed event out-of-the-bag Guillos Jet stream three times normal rubber 82 Model Aviation Left Charles Slater could dream Bahamas stayed up until 6 am finish EZB entries Right Charlie Sotich 1 discusses Jim Jones flex-blade prop EZB models Len Lnuck Markos tried out Chicago Aeronut 12-in catapult Glider after tiring out arm IHIG Right Frank Schlarb won 12-in catapult event after being FFer 50 years Above Known Arm Indianas Ber nie Boehm won IHLG again 5th time Right Paul Shailor Detroit Balsa Bugs boxes 2nd place Hand-Launched Gliders oldr perfectly proportionecz modeling Curtiss Robin 049 Engines -Channel R/C 41 Wingspan Electric Power Optional 82295 0 rO3 Very ten full soale aircraft ideally suited model flight appealing old Curtiss Robin born spruce lines age beaatrfally proportioned rubber electric glow engines Easy fan build trainer-like performance Flylne Models Catalog hOe Phone 17031 273-9593 INE MODELS INC PO Box 2138 FaIrfax VirgInIa 22031 USA Folding INTERCEPTOR Ready Fly $695 U-build Kit $495 Note Please add $3 P & H lst3 models. Add 10 % price foe additional modal AmedtAIUA~P AIRCRAFT COM PAN P0 Box 68132 Portland OR 97268 NOWA 30% Size VA ILA BLE Standoff Scale Extra 230 Kits199 new scaleetyle cowl plus $14 shipping 87 Wingspan 150 sq Wing Area Power 038 G38 ST2SOO ST3000 Also Avallahiet 1/3 Scale Kit $19995 plus $14 shipping 1/4 Scale Kit $16995 pius $8 shipping cash MO -VISA Mc ceilified check RIC EX1R4S 712-943-4102 RRI Box 283 Sergeant Bluff IA 51054 diagonals come together Hit pene trating CyA Install A2 ply timer plate blind nuts timer Dont forget install whatever dethermalizer DT hardware auto con trol setups going use proper phase construction Accurately cut pylon slot top deck remove ties bulk heads Note slot made long can made longer adjust center-ofgravity positioning Install cheeks carve shape Laminate add blind nuts install firewall Install stab platform incidence block VTO vertical takeoft peg Laminate build pylon wing platform inset carbon fiber strips both pylon platform flush makes neater job Fit pylon fuselage making sure angle attack correct Covering can use covering ma terial desire worries about structural rigidity lightest strongest rigid construction ever lightest flexible ironon plastics acceptable use Micafilm light strong difficult handle Heres method rear fuselage stab fin wing tips use clear lightestweight Micafilm main wing pan els covered stronger heavier white film Use 3M 77 contact spray Balsarite thinned 60% glue 40% thin ner Put two coats thinned Balsarite coat 3M 77 spray surfaces will contact covering except carbon fiber cap strips Cover bottom first Securely adhere cover wing outline Shrink cover gently low heat Trim outline go over glue contact line inside carbon fiber rods penetrating CyA too much no accelerator Cover top using -in-minimum overlaps Use 3M 77 spray two coats thinned Balsarite overlaps Shrink top gently low heat Now hit edges overlaps penetrating CyAand again no accelerator Shrink completely high heat top bottom Check remove undesired warps Now run iron low heat over surface contacts covering ribs sparsbut carbon fiber cap strips way to slowly run iron over small contact area rub firmly finger until cools set Dont burn fingers After completing step go over entire surface high heat check warps locks covering up tight everywhere easier patch outline wing stab fluorescent orange paint its exceptional visibility Clean area painted dope thinner better adhesion After orange paint sprayed apply coat Super Poxy over Center-of-gravity CG Before finishing front end assemble parts hard ware modeland means thing safe side add about two grams weight rear Now shift pylon forward backward case may indicated CGabout 66% 69% model becomes unstable Mter disassembly glue pylon position Follow own favorite time-proven method finish front end use light weight fiberglass tissue nitrate dope Super Poxy Add decals AMA number nameplate etc assemble Make sure wing exactly 900 key Note puzzling power patterns high-speed models can tributed wing perfectly lined up especially true very hot model Recheck CG Hying Check out systems ground engine running use pacifier fuel system pressure pinch-off fuel cutoff very close prox imity pinch-off venturi provides very quick positive shutoff no danger leaning out blowing plug As result plugs last longer can consistently run higher nitro could old flood-off system first flights 40% nitro 3- 3-second run quick DT four five seconds use rudder tab adjust incidence block control power pattern ideal pattern just about vertical slight twist right looks good gradually increase engine run about second time adjust Whenthe model can hold power pattern seven seconds longer test adjust variable incidence tail VIT glide use stab tilt glide circle seven-second engine run 15-to 20-second glide DT should keep model out trouble Once glide has adjusted increase fuel 50% nitro start over pattern 3-to 3-second engine run adjust etc time nitro percent fuel increased now have model super-light superstrong very competitive Handle TLC see flyoffs Sources carbon fiber material 1 Bob Violett 1373 Citrus Rd Winter Springs FL 32708 050-dia rod mat rope laminates 2 Twinn-K Inc PO Box 31228 Indian apolis IN 46231 070-dia rod laminates 3 Jim Bradley 1337 Pine Sap Ct Orlando FL 32817 060-dia rod mat laminates 4 Aerospace Composite Products PO Box 16621 Irvine CA 92714 050- 060- 070dia rods mat rope laminates Indoor Champs/Linstrum Continued page 82 built magnificent 1909 Aerodrome Silver Dart mentioned earlier first Canadian-designed aircraft fly canard pusher configuration model reminiscent Wright flyer Jeurgen MAAC member protege Scale expert Ken Groves mechanical engineering student University Waterloo Toronto Jack Humphries sug gested build researched model finding information Hammonds Sport Era covers pioneering types modeler since 1980 Jeurgen devoted over month building-time gem Complete wire bracing controls museum qualityyet has flight times over 30 sec Another up-and-coming Scale flier 24year-old Kevin Smith Ft Lauderdale FL labored long night Continued page 176 174 Model Aviation contest floor complete magnificent version Iron Anniethe venerable Junker JU52 trimotor Lufthansa Luftwaffe fame silver-and-black beau ty complete swastika fin corrugated tissue simulate alumi num skin original Kevin involved leading-edge research medical field go-for-broke solution trimotor use flex drives nose block single rubber motor fuselage hi-tech drive system fabricated heart pacemaker materials did job ancient Junker flew rails three props pulling peer flying buddy Kevins Charles Slater also Ft Lauderdale Skunk Works produces exotic unique flying craft including true Flying Scale version Sikorsky Sky Crane chopper Latest Slater workbench French Monet push-pull executive twin thrilled spectators could tell whether doing pushing pulling no cared sleek silver bullet sped upward must something contagious SUPERIOR QUALITY ULTIMATE PERFORMANCE GUARANTEED AGGRESSOR SPORT SHARK VIPER JET KITS VIOJETT FAN SYSTEM KBV 72 ALL ACCESSORIES Je jdonaton LET Ns.IetI, Subr ripijo, Spot SkarL Sqoad-on HS ido $300 51000 $250 about Scale lady friends Kevin Charles also built unusual good flying models finishing contest site Patti Smith superb Ansaldo SVA 5 WWI bipe complete full squadron markings Nancy Beitz Curtiss S-i Speedster 1916 air brushed pleasant tan fabric scheme scale pilot crafted foam few strands Nancys hair flowing under helmet open cockpit Now putting Scale detail content upstaged young fliers under tutelage King Peanuts Doc Martin Miami pro duced three very obscure point-getters unusual subject AMA Scale 1912 Polish Drzewiecki canardan openframe pusher everything including spoke wheels hanging out wind Bleriot born Warsaw knows what might have streamlined subjects still sporting pontoons Martin MO-l floatplane Curtiss CT-i torpedo plane both relics early 1920s US Navy planes bright silver yellow star insignia era THE NAME IN COMPOSITE MATERIALS FOR MODEL AIRPI ANES CARBON FIBER EPOXY GLASS END GRAIN BALSA PURE CARBON SPARS lA6NALiT[ HO' NAMPI I- NIT 0 BOB ViOl 1 FT MODLL 1373 CITRUS ROAD WINTER SPRINGS FL 32708 305 365-5869 DEAF ER INQIIHES IN' r1-D water birds ROGd slick floor headed roof Doc offered prize Scale model could hit roof 116 ft no collected Retired high school teacher Jim Miller Ohio paid homage Albert Santos Dumont two versions canard pusher biplane designed famous Frenchmanone AMA Pea nut Scale anxiously awaiting Jims Pistachio Scale version content two French models Jim also entered magnificent Bleriot VII AMA Scale Yet another French design Voisin got him first Peanut Scale Certainly legendary fliers under Mini-Dome actually barrel vault parallel-arch trusses Hoosier four-time F 1 D World Cham pion Jim Richmond has recently selected Paul Tissandier Award FAT contributions sporting avia tion wife Mariana knows award given father Hungary 1967 full-scale aviation achievement Jim won AMA Stick microfilm 4136 flew Easy B Pennyplane spent lots time helping 9 year-old son Mark events Mark took second place both Pennyplane Novice Pennyplane above American heroes Indoor cannot slight neighbors north Canadians awed Scale judges models best seemed Bill Hendersons magnificent Peanut Bleriot VII gamered top Scale point value 1075 Torontos Ken Groves Jack McGillivray after other AMA Scale Kens modern home-built Fike Dream everyday Fike besting Jacks venerable SESA WWI bipe 10 points ever Jack turned tables Ken Bostonian flying over three minutes Himalayan Airlines Yetithe obvious choice high altitudes Kens lovely Curtiss Robin Canadian markings other hand must have meant flatlands Ken did go home emptyhanded however won Grand Champion award seven events entered barely beating Chuck Markos remarkable performances may sound like dead-serious competition mood lighthearted fun Few models hung structure salvaged models elegance slow motion seemed cast relaxed mood things Unlimited Speed event sponsored once again Hardy Broder sen likes fast models Nordic expert Jim Thornbery Wisconsin won out-of-the-bag Guillow Jetstream allbalsa ROG powered three times normal rubber streaked around bal loons flight Jims formula success Lotsa rubber lotsa attempts spirit moves us excel Free Flight still having fun seems diminish age case point 65year-old Ralph Schlarb Hoosier has modeling over 50 years Like Continued page 178 176 Model Aviation Name Street Anfrirono __________________________ City StateZip young Tom Cruise flying Danger Zone Ralph pushed limit win 12-in Catapult Glider category sleek vee-dihedral red-finished birds hard decide biggest grin Junior IHLG winner Jim Buxton use young-arm senior citizen Ralph Schlarb tiny rubber catapult collected awards genial Tony Italiano Like reporter plan back flying under MiniDome next year FF Mini-Electrics/SruII Continued page 92 standard two-cell 50 mAh 70 mAh flight packs near-optimum will discuss some alternative battery combinations little later Table 1 summarizes three mini-electric systems Charging flight batteries Lets talk little about charging flight bat teries between flights since likely trouble-spot newcomer typical flight mini-electric motors will draw about two amperes current 30 60 sec means battery needs charged two ampere-minutes two amperes x -minute re minute etc juice does field charger provide necessary two ampere-minutes charge charger supplied MRC airplane package typical simple drycell charger contains four standard Csize flashlight batteries connected series obtain six volts charging terminals connected flight batteries current about two amperes pumped Thats exactly what current model flying remember Therefore charger attached -minute charge ampere-minute two amps x -minute obtained charger attached minute charge two ampere-minutes two amps x minute obtained Easy eh small 50 mAh flight batteries can theoretically take larger charge three ampere-minutes maximum after minute charging two amperes become rather warm further charging high rate can damage So its safest fast-charge 75% less maximum capacity tiny cells Slower charge rates safer course time charge up lengthened proportionately example half charge rate charge time doubled way converting conventional mAh milliampere-hour capacity ratings cells convenient ampere-minute rating easy As example cell rated 50 mAh can take charge 50 milli amperes 50/1000 amperes hour 60 minutes capacity therefore 50/1000 x 60 e ampere-minutes Likewise 70 mAh cell has 42 ampere-minute capacity 100 mAh cell has six ampere-minute capacity Although slower MRC VL chargers chargers provided FE somewhat safer well FE sells simple nice charger uses three C-size dry cell batteries charge current about 1 amperes charging time between 50 100 sec FE also markets slow charger FEs designation uses two D-size dry cell batteries Charging case much lower rate takes five minutes longer danger overcharging almost elimi nated simple dry battery chargers after little practice can begin tell long charge model needs given flight duration must course use watch shows seconds accurately keep track charge time simple dry battery charger does have two main shortcomings First since dry cells dont have lot capacity soon begin wear down necessitating everlonger charge times some point de pending upon much fly new batteries needed Second no ammeter measure charge current total charge put flight batteries cannot known degree ac curacy decide like mini-electric flying after giving try recommend consider upgrading charger both following types will greatly add convenience enjoyment elec trio-powered Free Flight VL sells charger system FC-40 1 fits small field box powered either 12-volt wet cell plugging cars cigarette lighter socket has 0-to 4-amp 178 Model Aviation ZMA MACHINE SHOP SUPPLIES ING MACHINES LATH ES BLUE /RID%ETOOLS lOMACHINERY AND tOOLS INC tion Ii0 Modeler POOoHSCOY nWV25926 5023938Cevloo$1Ce UNIMAT 3 FREE dH dook Ii, o,o SPECIAL FREE froight FOEE driv halE Save Over 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