7 THE WAKEFIELD class plane presented aircraft flown success fully two Team Selection Finals two World Championships two Pierre Trebod Contests Marigny France Following list some Number Eights accomplishments 1972 USFF Champs Taft Calif First Place Maxed plus 4-mm fly-off 1972 Caddo Mills TexasEarned place US Team 1973 World Champs Wiener Neu stadt Austria Maxed out 5th fly-off 1973 First Place after maxing Pierre Trebod Marigny le Grand France 1974 Taft CalifMaxed out earn place US Team 1975 Plovdiv Bulgaria d out placed second after third flyoff W C 1975 Marigny FranceThird Pierre Trebod 1975 Amberieu FranceOnly Wake field flier get seven maxes French Nationals Prior advent Number Eight planes similar design also successA frequent winner against top-notch competition including second place World Championships 1975this Wakefield truly worlds finest designs its category EU Bob White ful 1970 No 2 earned place US Team Finals Albuquerque NM 1971 World Contest Sweden planes No 6 7 maxed worn third place fly-off History Number Eight built Winter 197 1-72 finished just before US FF Champs Spring Taft Calif maxed out along Walt Ghios plane made four-minute flight win contest summer 1972 Caddo Mills Texas No 8 flew well placed team Austria again maxed out placed fifth World Contest week later Pierre Trebod France No 8 maxed out again did Louis Dupuis Wakefield fly-off Louis propeller blade broke launch No 8 maxed win Pierre Trebodthe first American Wakefield 1974 Team trials Taft plane came model box dont fly much anymore covering too crisp maxed out again thus winning place US Team compete Bulgaria 1975 took us back Europe interesting trip behind Iron Curtain Again No 8 maxed out went place second world after three fly-off flights wonder what outcome would have three strands hadnt broken last fly-off flight plane flew its best might mention won derful chase team Bob Isaacson young man Eastern Europe re trieved No 8 flight handed Bob return occasion restricted military reservation guard distracted companion Bob Isaacson witness later told episode After Bulgarian adventure No 8 travelled France nightmare drive through Yugoslavia Austrian Alps Ger 44 Model Aviation Marigny second time Number Eight missed first max two seconds due fatigue error judgment still went place third Pierre Trebod After week rest visiting France friends Pierre Josette Chaussebourg old No 8 flew unofficially guest French Nationals near Lyon France made seven maxes max winner competition will years World Con test plane similar design will flown Dr Robert Piserchio San Diego Calif member 1977 Team No ever does much unaided others must mention Bill Bogart technical advice help de sign have met week years talked about airplaneswhy fly dont fly Also Fudo Takagi has helped keep head screwed straight provided best motors good air-picking advice have wife Toni likes go flying anywhere monthly rho awards ceremony 75 World Cham pionships 11 Paik Chang Sun North Korea 2 Robert White USA Hans Zachhalmel Austria World Championships photos Mach Zdenek others Tom Medley turkey shoots bomb out down er come last As will notice plans am presenting No 8 Vol Libre Wakefield criticism information Vol Libre means free flight Frenchalso symbol FAI feel free ex change information quite important health growth sport successful version design can see draw ing radical departure Wakefields flown today present have made 18 versions design Let sure however vary great deal fly attempt made build identical airframes Wakefield best frustrating experience performance limitations restrict flight potential such ex tent max 180 seconds cannot obtained good air good power Maybe what keeps us going feel interesting parts July1977 45 Top Rear view nose block Left nose block propeller hub assembly solder joints must oerfect Right An alternate front end using Cole stop Left In fast fading light hard-fought day White gets off 10th final flight WC Bulgaria 1975 placing second world Above Winding fly-off flight Bulgaria Bob Piserchio assisting Ihe will fly Vol Libre ass member 1977 team flying testing new variation design usually build two planes same time spend about six months con struction As can see am fast builder work feel like important us old-timers cause pushing yourself build makes work have building years care admit main considerations classic free-flight plane low drag high lift moderate lift No 8 Wing This complex structure must made best possible wood straight hard toward center inner panels gradually lighter tip dihedral break lighter yet soft tips ribs C-grain cut straight portion grain near trailing edge trailing edge inner panels hard straight B-grain balsa spars tapered shown plan top made spruce bottom spar very hard balsa spruce leading edge medium hard balsa above straight wing-tip outline laminated form glued Titebond Assembly wing done fol lowing sequence leading edge ribs trailing edge inner panel laid out glued flat board propping up trailing edge conform wing section Let dry day remove board sand formed sanding blocks near actual shape wing tips built sanded wing assembled together ribs notched spars installed final shaping now started Use sanding blocks templates get shape being very careful duplicate leading edge shown impor tant part wing After final shaping use thin Titebond re-glue joints wing must have perfect glue joints Check wing warps straighten necessary let age two three weeks Continuedonpage9l 46 Model Aviation View ot Center portion wing shows off construction method wing hold-down neat folding prop turbulatorsat rear leading edge along rear spar fully assembled airplane Note reflective band tail boom extreme value sighting drift excessive Top view stabilizer showing holddown hooks twin rudders covered tissue painted red visibility view wing tip shows clearly positioning turbulators Bob emphasizes fact work Wash-out shown plans essential prevent stalls wing mount beautifully streamlined Note positioning keys keep wing aligned flight Ship well fulfills requirement low drag high moderate lift VOL LIBRE 8 FIELD 1W BQB WHITE drawn Gill Blonchard wij 2 SO IN51 GM STABI&F6 53 SQ IN13 GM MV BMLAST RCRT ElO2 GM fJUIAL2RDS IN191 GM 2 V4 TURGJAIOR fl16 WRE HOOKS STAB~ RN RIGI-It POWER-LEFT I5fl ISEE STAB RAN RIB AIR RJL SHAPE f2tRATFORW-MATCH LIII STAB DIHEDRAL SNUFFER TU WOROME D/T WIRE 13SH C EAV3 WIRE HOOK IER FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLESEE PAGE 96 Americas Partial list wins 76 NATS SR 76 NATS OPEN 76 SAN VALEERS ANNUAL 76 SHOC ANNUAL 73 74 75 TULSA GLUE DOBBERS 73 EASTERN STATES CHAMP PLUS OVER 35 OTHER FIRSTSI ALSO CURRENT SR OHLG RECORD HOLDER 1206 74 NFFS MODEL OF THE YEAR PEA TURES Hand selected contest grade balsa size plans 24 page instruction book including trimming flying Screw tab trim adjustment up stab D T Full hardware pack launch glider ~NMaIYurMk U Ray Harper House Balsa 2814 East 56th Way Long Beach Ca 90805 formers fuselage should have stalled formers fuselage first could used templates sand ing shape covered foam Silkspan cause its wet strength needed try ing smooth out white glue mixture Perhaps tissue would work just well lighter model completely finished prior foam dissolving attempt joy put details such trim colors inked outlines control surfaces working against solid foam core now visions peanut plane would have holes covering weed tree contact patched hypodermic type syringe used apply gasoline deep fuselage also through some holes wings gasoline did good job dissolving foam attacking finish paint Most gel residue foam removed cotton swab foam after dissolved can removed coats inside Silkspan coating styrene too much weight can removed method careful covering foam first place plane bit heavy peanutsized airplane Silkspan saturated Knox gelatin-white glue mixture really strong tends little brittle Perhaps another filler place gela tin order method does work feel justifies building other peanuts type part country has K-Mart hardware drug store carries necessary materials urge modelers build favorite scale plane via styrofoam method control line free flight just shelf model display wont try complete model foam least make styrofoam pilot next scale job try hard duplicate exact scale model strangely forget scale pilot am sure modelers can come up better ideas methods materials can heighten interest Let mind wander ponder scheme plan would anxious hear ideas ad dress 1371 Ashover Bloomfield Hills Mich 48013 Editors Note reader directed December 1976 issue contained illustrated articleSuper Fiberglass Fuse lagesby Dan Mauch system basically similar suited Pat tern Scale RC types Vol Libre/White continued page 46 Covering The wing covered good quality Japanese tissue doped lightly moderately plasticized dope just enough seal tissue live damp climate little dope Scotchguard spray will seal moist ure Before covering wing structure doped two coats moderately thinned nitrate dope contact area tissue outside surfaces important adds much strength structure Use little dope possible covering because too much dope will warp wing After covering doping wing can straightened necessary left cure again Please observe note wash-out wing tips less wash-out plane will have stall problems fly turbulent air may have add 1/32 wash-out tip Stabilizer This constructed same wing except wood should light er soft Follow same procedure covering Rudders These very soft C-Grain sanded shape glued stab after stab covered before water shrinking Cover rudders tissue paint red some high visibility color Motor Tube made two lamina tions hard A-Grain balsa formed 1 form 4-in-wide sheet balsa Tail Boom made tapered form medium A-Grain balsa tail boom tail plane must kept light strong same time care must taken wood precision con struction No poor part fitting bad glue joints Wing Mount made mediumweight sheet balsa carved balsa blocks fillets Assemble tail boom motor tube glue wing mount place before covering Next coat motor tube two coats thick dope tail boom coat thin dope Cover motor tube glass cloth using nitrate dope Sand smooth cover heavy Silkspan Cover tail boom Japanese tissuedouble cover inch wide rear bulk head located Pour nitrate dope inside motor tube after everything dry slosh around pour out hang tail can drain overnight sure bulkhead already installed end motor tube Front End Assembly made shown plan using good steel prop hub extreme care soldering Tin parts before assembly solder ing Use good piano wire shaft hangers bearings need shielded type lubricated light oil Propeller prop precise job take time Use rock-hard balsa cut similar accurate shape similar grain structure blade present rubber situation may need make blade little narrower after com plete prop carved Keep blades thin possible because seems work best good rule follow too thick July1977 91 N ATTENTION ALL AMA CLUBS Need Working Capital Earn $2000 0 next contest EASY WAY complete docket send $995 plus 50 cents postage Godfrey & Son Inc 254 Washington St Binghamton NV 13901 THE BIG HIs AM CCOMING dont work well too thin break finish blade few coats plasticized nitrate dope dont fill grain wood turbulator does work keeps prop pulling slower portion power run winding loop made solid heat-treated aluminum may ordered Jim Crocket Flying No 8 designed fly right un der power glide left glide right recommended because have never plane design fly well right glide Tape ballast motor tube ballast consists lead weight making up difference between weight plane 190 grams location plane balances shown plan Glide plane over soft area dont have tall grass live just cactus sagebrush Put shims under stab until plane glides Adjust rudder tabs get wide left turn Wind about 50 turns gently launch straight ahead Make thrust adjustments get moderate too steep right turn pow er climb pattern should straight steep first turning right tightening power decreases near end power run rudders turn plane left glide can tighten glide turn after climb correct use 16 strands strong Pirelli wind 330 340 turns fully wound motor should have 110 120 in/oz torque FAI rubber use 14 strands wind about 310 320 turns should give torque 120 130 in/oz should mention factors consider winding motors maximum rubber must well broken test wound find out actual breaking point takes place wind winding tube protect plane help remove broken motors motor tube will stand broken motor difficult remove shock other parts also lessened motor tube Flying Wakefield both joy frustration above unend ing challenge never easy make good flight As things life difficult task greater reward CL Aerobatics/Paul continued page 36 Focke Wuif TA-152 first appeared MAN Dec 1968 Originally set up 35 Keith built new 1976 about same size ST 46 flew quite well picture plane appeared Nov 76 Nats report Model via tion German Me-109 can built top bottom blocks rather molded balsa evidenced Jack Sheeks two versions 35 size FM April 1970 46 size FM May 1977 trike gear could try Bill Si mons P-39 FM August 1968 35-size airplane Both Lew Woolard Charlie Reeves have flown P-39s success Woolard quali fied 72 Nats Two Hawker Typhoons have appeared over years Dennis Adamisin won Ju nior 69 Nats got third Senior 70 35 version appeared AM September 1970 now available RC Sportsman Steve Ashby 46-size Typhoon FM January 1976 writer Seafang F 31/32 final version WW-II Spit fire look closely Bruce Robert sons book Spitfire will see good choice semi-scale has adequate nose length laminar-flow non-elliptical wing enlarged tailplane air scoop under engine wide landing gear placement Unfortunately came out very heavy very warped got very scattered around runway 73 Nats However still think would good semi-scale plane Another favorite warbird would Martin-Baker 5 looks rather like Mustang stretched nose Frank Mc Millan started apparently never completed Ive never seen Zero competition Bernie Ash sent picture Don Ogran Indianapolis way back 1961 campaigned several years like find just little diffi cult watch WW-II fighter plane doing square-eights F-14 Tomcat doing tri angles might try Dennis Duvalls Miss Dara 35-powered pylon racer ap peared FM December 1973 Tom Dixon developed Stephens Akro AAM March 1975 fullscale aerobatics airplane Use ST 46 does Jon Ramsden order plans RC Sportsman Speaking Akros Lew McFarlands Akromaster AAM November 1974 plans also available same source one-of-a-kind prototype campaigned Lew several years finishing high fourth 72 Nats Speaking real thing have Jim Van Loo s version Hal Kriers Chip munk appeared MAN March 1968 35 40 engines 55-in wing course ship later evolved Sig Chipmunk dandy kit built correctly Pete Tindals 40-size Chipmonk Model Aviation April 1977 57-in wing should fly well use ST 46 engine Lew McFarland built beautiful Chipmunk McCoy 40 never got around flying much looked great air Some planes have left out because plans available could get magazine article work Dave Hemstroughts PT-19 AM Febru ary 1960 Lew McFarlands Vega 35 AM June 1962 Aldrichs AG-l Duster MAN August 1966 Jack Sheeks Spit fire Mk FM September 1968 course Sea Fury Al Rabe AAM March 1973 Al suggests no try because its difficult build Well list few could de veloped competitive stunt planes can obtain old magazine adapt plans contemporary design Mac chi 202 FM October 1974 plans avail92 Model Aviation product review product review product review New K & B Engines addition 7 new airplane engines ranging size 325cc 65cc K & Bs line now totals 16 airplane 4 marine engines seven new engines 325cc 19 front rotor 35cc 21 front rotor 49cc 29 58cc 35 front rotorall F F CL 35 RIO Sport 65 RIO 40 front rotor Perry carburetor 65cc 40 front rotorfor FF Pylon Total line 20 engines provides range sizes types powerplant demand available dealers K & B Manufacturing 12152 Woodruff Ave Downey CA 90241 product review product review product review
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/07
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 46, 47, 91, 92
7 THE WAKEFIELD class plane presented aircraft flown success fully two Team Selection Finals two World Championships two Pierre Trebod Contests Marigny France Following list some Number Eights accomplishments 1972 USFF Champs Taft Calif First Place Maxed plus 4-mm fly-off 1972 Caddo Mills TexasEarned place US Team 1973 World Champs Wiener Neu stadt Austria Maxed out 5th fly-off 1973 First Place after maxing Pierre Trebod Marigny le Grand France 1974 Taft CalifMaxed out earn place US Team 1975 Plovdiv Bulgaria d out placed second after third flyoff W C 1975 Marigny FranceThird Pierre Trebod 1975 Amberieu FranceOnly Wake field flier get seven maxes French Nationals Prior advent Number Eight planes similar design also successA frequent winner against top-notch competition including second place World Championships 1975this Wakefield truly worlds finest designs its category EU Bob White ful 1970 No 2 earned place US Team Finals Albuquerque NM 1971 World Contest Sweden planes No 6 7 maxed worn third place fly-off History Number Eight built Winter 197 1-72 finished just before US FF Champs Spring Taft Calif maxed out along Walt Ghios plane made four-minute flight win contest summer 1972 Caddo Mills Texas No 8 flew well placed team Austria again maxed out placed fifth World Contest week later Pierre Trebod France No 8 maxed out again did Louis Dupuis Wakefield fly-off Louis propeller blade broke launch No 8 maxed win Pierre Trebodthe first American Wakefield 1974 Team trials Taft plane came model box dont fly much anymore covering too crisp maxed out again thus winning place US Team compete Bulgaria 1975 took us back Europe interesting trip behind Iron Curtain Again No 8 maxed out went place second world after three fly-off flights wonder what outcome would have three strands hadnt broken last fly-off flight plane flew its best might mention won derful chase team Bob Isaacson young man Eastern Europe re trieved No 8 flight handed Bob return occasion restricted military reservation guard distracted companion Bob Isaacson witness later told episode After Bulgarian adventure No 8 travelled France nightmare drive through Yugoslavia Austrian Alps Ger 44 Model Aviation Marigny second time Number Eight missed first max two seconds due fatigue error judgment still went place third Pierre Trebod After week rest visiting France friends Pierre Josette Chaussebourg old No 8 flew unofficially guest French Nationals near Lyon France made seven maxes max winner competition will years World Con test plane similar design will flown Dr Robert Piserchio San Diego Calif member 1977 Team No ever does much unaided others must mention Bill Bogart technical advice help de sign have met week years talked about airplaneswhy fly dont fly Also Fudo Takagi has helped keep head screwed straight provided best motors good air-picking advice have wife Toni likes go flying anywhere monthly rho awards ceremony 75 World Cham pionships 11 Paik Chang Sun North Korea 2 Robert White USA Hans Zachhalmel Austria World Championships photos Mach Zdenek others Tom Medley turkey shoots bomb out down er come last As will notice plans am presenting No 8 Vol Libre Wakefield criticism information Vol Libre means free flight Frenchalso symbol FAI feel free ex change information quite important health growth sport successful version design can see draw ing radical departure Wakefields flown today present have made 18 versions design Let sure however vary great deal fly attempt made build identical airframes Wakefield best frustrating experience performance limitations restrict flight potential such ex tent max 180 seconds cannot obtained good air good power Maybe what keeps us going feel interesting parts July1977 45 Top Rear view nose block Left nose block propeller hub assembly solder joints must oerfect Right An alternate front end using Cole stop Left In fast fading light hard-fought day White gets off 10th final flight WC Bulgaria 1975 placing second world Above Winding fly-off flight Bulgaria Bob Piserchio assisting Ihe will fly Vol Libre ass member 1977 team flying testing new variation design usually build two planes same time spend about six months con struction As can see am fast builder work feel like important us old-timers cause pushing yourself build makes work have building years care admit main considerations classic free-flight plane low drag high lift moderate lift No 8 Wing This complex structure must made best possible wood straight hard toward center inner panels gradually lighter tip dihedral break lighter yet soft tips ribs C-grain cut straight portion grain near trailing edge trailing edge inner panels hard straight B-grain balsa spars tapered shown plan top made spruce bottom spar very hard balsa spruce leading edge medium hard balsa above straight wing-tip outline laminated form glued Titebond Assembly wing done fol lowing sequence leading edge ribs trailing edge inner panel laid out glued flat board propping up trailing edge conform wing section Let dry day remove board sand formed sanding blocks near actual shape wing tips built sanded wing assembled together ribs notched spars installed final shaping now started Use sanding blocks templates get shape being very careful duplicate leading edge shown impor tant part wing After final shaping use thin Titebond re-glue joints wing must have perfect glue joints Check wing warps straighten necessary let age two three weeks Continuedonpage9l 46 Model Aviation View ot Center portion wing shows off construction method wing hold-down neat folding prop turbulatorsat rear leading edge along rear spar fully assembled airplane Note reflective band tail boom extreme value sighting drift excessive Top view stabilizer showing holddown hooks twin rudders covered tissue painted red visibility view wing tip shows clearly positioning turbulators Bob emphasizes fact work Wash-out shown plans essential prevent stalls wing mount beautifully streamlined Note positioning keys keep wing aligned flight Ship well fulfills requirement low drag high moderate lift VOL LIBRE 8 FIELD 1W BQB WHITE drawn Gill Blonchard wij 2 SO IN51 GM STABI&F6 53 SQ IN13 GM MV BMLAST RCRT ElO2 GM fJUIAL2RDS IN191 GM 2 V4 TURGJAIOR fl16 WRE HOOKS STAB~ RN RIGI-It POWER-LEFT I5fl ISEE STAB RAN RIB AIR RJL SHAPE f2tRATFORW-MATCH LIII STAB DIHEDRAL SNUFFER TU WOROME D/T WIRE 13SH C EAV3 WIRE HOOK IER FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLESEE PAGE 96 Americas Partial list wins 76 NATS SR 76 NATS OPEN 76 SAN VALEERS ANNUAL 76 SHOC ANNUAL 73 74 75 TULSA GLUE DOBBERS 73 EASTERN STATES CHAMP PLUS OVER 35 OTHER FIRSTSI ALSO CURRENT SR OHLG RECORD HOLDER 1206 74 NFFS MODEL OF THE YEAR PEA TURES Hand selected contest grade balsa size plans 24 page instruction book including trimming flying Screw tab trim adjustment up stab D T Full hardware pack launch glider ~NMaIYurMk U Ray Harper House Balsa 2814 East 56th Way Long Beach Ca 90805 formers fuselage should have stalled formers fuselage first could used templates sand ing shape covered foam Silkspan cause its wet strength needed try ing smooth out white glue mixture Perhaps tissue would work just well lighter model completely finished prior foam dissolving attempt joy put details such trim colors inked outlines control surfaces working against solid foam core now visions peanut plane would have holes covering weed tree contact patched hypodermic type syringe used apply gasoline deep fuselage also through some holes wings gasoline did good job dissolving foam attacking finish paint Most gel residue foam removed cotton swab foam after dissolved can removed coats inside Silkspan coating styrene too much weight can removed method careful covering foam first place plane bit heavy peanutsized airplane Silkspan saturated Knox gelatin-white glue mixture really strong tends little brittle Perhaps another filler place gela tin order method does work feel justifies building other peanuts type part country has K-Mart hardware drug store carries necessary materials urge modelers build favorite scale plane via styrofoam method control line free flight just shelf model display wont try complete model foam least make styrofoam pilot next scale job try hard duplicate exact scale model strangely forget scale pilot am sure modelers can come up better ideas methods materials can heighten interest Let mind wander ponder scheme plan would anxious hear ideas ad dress 1371 Ashover Bloomfield Hills Mich 48013 Editors Note reader directed December 1976 issue contained illustrated articleSuper Fiberglass Fuse lagesby Dan Mauch system basically similar suited Pat tern Scale RC types Vol Libre/White continued page 46 Covering The wing covered good quality Japanese tissue doped lightly moderately plasticized dope just enough seal tissue live damp climate little dope Scotchguard spray will seal moist ure Before covering wing structure doped two coats moderately thinned nitrate dope contact area tissue outside surfaces important adds much strength structure Use little dope possible covering because too much dope will warp wing After covering doping wing can straightened necessary left cure again Please observe note wash-out wing tips less wash-out plane will have stall problems fly turbulent air may have add 1/32 wash-out tip Stabilizer This constructed same wing except wood should light er soft Follow same procedure covering Rudders These very soft C-Grain sanded shape glued stab after stab covered before water shrinking Cover rudders tissue paint red some high visibility color Motor Tube made two lamina tions hard A-Grain balsa formed 1 form 4-in-wide sheet balsa Tail Boom made tapered form medium A-Grain balsa tail boom tail plane must kept light strong same time care must taken wood precision con struction No poor part fitting bad glue joints Wing Mount made mediumweight sheet balsa carved balsa blocks fillets Assemble tail boom motor tube glue wing mount place before covering Next coat motor tube two coats thick dope tail boom coat thin dope Cover motor tube glass cloth using nitrate dope Sand smooth cover heavy Silkspan Cover tail boom Japanese tissuedouble cover inch wide rear bulk head located Pour nitrate dope inside motor tube after everything dry slosh around pour out hang tail can drain overnight sure bulkhead already installed end motor tube Front End Assembly made shown plan using good steel prop hub extreme care soldering Tin parts before assembly solder ing Use good piano wire shaft hangers bearings need shielded type lubricated light oil Propeller prop precise job take time Use rock-hard balsa cut similar accurate shape similar grain structure blade present rubber situation may need make blade little narrower after com plete prop carved Keep blades thin possible because seems work best good rule follow too thick July1977 91 N ATTENTION ALL AMA CLUBS Need Working Capital Earn $2000 0 next contest EASY WAY complete docket send $995 plus 50 cents postage Godfrey & Son Inc 254 Washington St Binghamton NV 13901 THE BIG HIs AM CCOMING dont work well too thin break finish blade few coats plasticized nitrate dope dont fill grain wood turbulator does work keeps prop pulling slower portion power run winding loop made solid heat-treated aluminum may ordered Jim Crocket Flying No 8 designed fly right un der power glide left glide right recommended because have never plane design fly well right glide Tape ballast motor tube ballast consists lead weight making up difference between weight plane 190 grams location plane balances shown plan Glide plane over soft area dont have tall grass live just cactus sagebrush Put shims under stab until plane glides Adjust rudder tabs get wide left turn Wind about 50 turns gently launch straight ahead Make thrust adjustments get moderate too steep right turn pow er climb pattern should straight steep first turning right tightening power decreases near end power run rudders turn plane left glide can tighten glide turn after climb correct use 16 strands strong Pirelli wind 330 340 turns fully wound motor should have 110 120 in/oz torque FAI rubber use 14 strands wind about 310 320 turns should give torque 120 130 in/oz should mention factors consider winding motors maximum rubber must well broken test wound find out actual breaking point takes place wind winding tube protect plane help remove broken motors motor tube will stand broken motor difficult remove shock other parts also lessened motor tube Flying Wakefield both joy frustration above unend ing challenge never easy make good flight As things life difficult task greater reward CL Aerobatics/Paul continued page 36 Focke Wuif TA-152 first appeared MAN Dec 1968 Originally set up 35 Keith built new 1976 about same size ST 46 flew quite well picture plane appeared Nov 76 Nats report Model via tion German Me-109 can built top bottom blocks rather molded balsa evidenced Jack Sheeks two versions 35 size FM April 1970 46 size FM May 1977 trike gear could try Bill Si mons P-39 FM August 1968 35-size airplane Both Lew Woolard Charlie Reeves have flown P-39s success Woolard quali fied 72 Nats Two Hawker Typhoons have appeared over years Dennis Adamisin won Ju nior 69 Nats got third Senior 70 35 version appeared AM September 1970 now available RC Sportsman Steve Ashby 46-size Typhoon FM January 1976 writer Seafang F 31/32 final version WW-II Spit fire look closely Bruce Robert sons book Spitfire will see good choice semi-scale has adequate nose length laminar-flow non-elliptical wing enlarged tailplane air scoop under engine wide landing gear placement Unfortunately came out very heavy very warped got very scattered around runway 73 Nats However still think would good semi-scale plane Another favorite warbird would Martin-Baker 5 looks rather like Mustang stretched nose Frank Mc Millan started apparently never completed Ive never seen Zero competition Bernie Ash sent picture Don Ogran Indianapolis way back 1961 campaigned several years like find just little diffi cult watch WW-II fighter plane doing square-eights F-14 Tomcat doing tri angles might try Dennis Duvalls Miss Dara 35-powered pylon racer ap peared FM December 1973 Tom Dixon developed Stephens Akro AAM March 1975 fullscale aerobatics airplane Use ST 46 does Jon Ramsden order plans RC Sportsman Speaking Akros Lew McFarlands Akromaster AAM November 1974 plans also available same source one-of-a-kind prototype campaigned Lew several years finishing high fourth 72 Nats Speaking real thing have Jim Van Loo s version Hal Kriers Chip munk appeared MAN March 1968 35 40 engines 55-in wing course ship later evolved Sig Chipmunk dandy kit built correctly Pete Tindals 40-size Chipmonk Model Aviation April 1977 57-in wing should fly well use ST 46 engine Lew McFarland built beautiful Chipmunk McCoy 40 never got around flying much looked great air Some planes have left out because plans available could get magazine article work Dave Hemstroughts PT-19 AM Febru ary 1960 Lew McFarlands Vega 35 AM June 1962 Aldrichs AG-l Duster MAN August 1966 Jack Sheeks Spit fire Mk FM September 1968 course Sea Fury Al Rabe AAM March 1973 Al suggests no try because its difficult build Well list few could de veloped competitive stunt planes can obtain old magazine adapt plans contemporary design Mac chi 202 FM October 1974 plans avail92 Model Aviation product review product review product review New K & B Engines addition 7 new airplane engines ranging size 325cc 65cc K & Bs line now totals 16 airplane 4 marine engines seven new engines 325cc 19 front rotor 35cc 21 front rotor 49cc 29 58cc 35 front rotorall F F CL 35 RIO Sport 65 RIO 40 front rotor Perry carburetor 65cc 40 front rotorfor FF Pylon Total line 20 engines provides range sizes types powerplant demand available dealers K & B Manufacturing 12152 Woodruff Ave Downey CA 90241 product review product review product review
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/07
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 46, 47, 91, 92
7 THE WAKEFIELD class plane presented aircraft flown success fully two Team Selection Finals two World Championships two Pierre Trebod Contests Marigny France Following list some Number Eights accomplishments 1972 USFF Champs Taft Calif First Place Maxed plus 4-mm fly-off 1972 Caddo Mills TexasEarned place US Team 1973 World Champs Wiener Neu stadt Austria Maxed out 5th fly-off 1973 First Place after maxing Pierre Trebod Marigny le Grand France 1974 Taft CalifMaxed out earn place US Team 1975 Plovdiv Bulgaria d out placed second after third flyoff W C 1975 Marigny FranceThird Pierre Trebod 1975 Amberieu FranceOnly Wake field flier get seven maxes French Nationals Prior advent Number Eight planes similar design also successA frequent winner against top-notch competition including second place World Championships 1975this Wakefield truly worlds finest designs its category EU Bob White ful 1970 No 2 earned place US Team Finals Albuquerque NM 1971 World Contest Sweden planes No 6 7 maxed worn third place fly-off History Number Eight built Winter 197 1-72 finished just before US FF Champs Spring Taft Calif maxed out along Walt Ghios plane made four-minute flight win contest summer 1972 Caddo Mills Texas No 8 flew well placed team Austria again maxed out placed fifth World Contest week later Pierre Trebod France No 8 maxed out again did Louis Dupuis Wakefield fly-off Louis propeller blade broke launch No 8 maxed win Pierre Trebodthe first American Wakefield 1974 Team trials Taft plane came model box dont fly much anymore covering too crisp maxed out again thus winning place US Team compete Bulgaria 1975 took us back Europe interesting trip behind Iron Curtain Again No 8 maxed out went place second world after three fly-off flights wonder what outcome would have three strands hadnt broken last fly-off flight plane flew its best might mention won derful chase team Bob Isaacson young man Eastern Europe re trieved No 8 flight handed Bob return occasion restricted military reservation guard distracted companion Bob Isaacson witness later told episode After Bulgarian adventure No 8 travelled France nightmare drive through Yugoslavia Austrian Alps Ger 44 Model Aviation Marigny second time Number Eight missed first max two seconds due fatigue error judgment still went place third Pierre Trebod After week rest visiting France friends Pierre Josette Chaussebourg old No 8 flew unofficially guest French Nationals near Lyon France made seven maxes max winner competition will years World Con test plane similar design will flown Dr Robert Piserchio San Diego Calif member 1977 Team No ever does much unaided others must mention Bill Bogart technical advice help de sign have met week years talked about airplaneswhy fly dont fly Also Fudo Takagi has helped keep head screwed straight provided best motors good air-picking advice have wife Toni likes go flying anywhere monthly rho awards ceremony 75 World Cham pionships 11 Paik Chang Sun North Korea 2 Robert White USA Hans Zachhalmel Austria World Championships photos Mach Zdenek others Tom Medley turkey shoots bomb out down er come last As will notice plans am presenting No 8 Vol Libre Wakefield criticism information Vol Libre means free flight Frenchalso symbol FAI feel free ex change information quite important health growth sport successful version design can see draw ing radical departure Wakefields flown today present have made 18 versions design Let sure however vary great deal fly attempt made build identical airframes Wakefield best frustrating experience performance limitations restrict flight potential such ex tent max 180 seconds cannot obtained good air good power Maybe what keeps us going feel interesting parts July1977 45 Top Rear view nose block Left nose block propeller hub assembly solder joints must oerfect Right An alternate front end using Cole stop Left In fast fading light hard-fought day White gets off 10th final flight WC Bulgaria 1975 placing second world Above Winding fly-off flight Bulgaria Bob Piserchio assisting Ihe will fly Vol Libre ass member 1977 team flying testing new variation design usually build two planes same time spend about six months con struction As can see am fast builder work feel like important us old-timers cause pushing yourself build makes work have building years care admit main considerations classic free-flight plane low drag high lift moderate lift No 8 Wing This complex structure must made best possible wood straight hard toward center inner panels gradually lighter tip dihedral break lighter yet soft tips ribs C-grain cut straight portion grain near trailing edge trailing edge inner panels hard straight B-grain balsa spars tapered shown plan top made spruce bottom spar very hard balsa spruce leading edge medium hard balsa above straight wing-tip outline laminated form glued Titebond Assembly wing done fol lowing sequence leading edge ribs trailing edge inner panel laid out glued flat board propping up trailing edge conform wing section Let dry day remove board sand formed sanding blocks near actual shape wing tips built sanded wing assembled together ribs notched spars installed final shaping now started Use sanding blocks templates get shape being very careful duplicate leading edge shown impor tant part wing After final shaping use thin Titebond re-glue joints wing must have perfect glue joints Check wing warps straighten necessary let age two three weeks Continuedonpage9l 46 Model Aviation View ot Center portion wing shows off construction method wing hold-down neat folding prop turbulatorsat rear leading edge along rear spar fully assembled airplane Note reflective band tail boom extreme value sighting drift excessive Top view stabilizer showing holddown hooks twin rudders covered tissue painted red visibility view wing tip shows clearly positioning turbulators Bob emphasizes fact work Wash-out shown plans essential prevent stalls wing mount beautifully streamlined Note positioning keys keep wing aligned flight Ship well fulfills requirement low drag high moderate lift VOL LIBRE 8 FIELD 1W BQB WHITE drawn Gill Blonchard wij 2 SO IN51 GM STABI&F6 53 SQ IN13 GM MV BMLAST RCRT ElO2 GM fJUIAL2RDS IN191 GM 2 V4 TURGJAIOR fl16 WRE HOOKS STAB~ RN RIGI-It POWER-LEFT I5fl ISEE STAB RAN RIB AIR RJL SHAPE f2tRATFORW-MATCH LIII STAB DIHEDRAL SNUFFER TU WOROME D/T WIRE 13SH C EAV3 WIRE HOOK IER FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLESEE PAGE 96 Americas Partial list wins 76 NATS SR 76 NATS OPEN 76 SAN VALEERS ANNUAL 76 SHOC ANNUAL 73 74 75 TULSA GLUE DOBBERS 73 EASTERN STATES CHAMP PLUS OVER 35 OTHER FIRSTSI ALSO CURRENT SR OHLG RECORD HOLDER 1206 74 NFFS MODEL OF THE YEAR PEA TURES Hand selected contest grade balsa size plans 24 page instruction book including trimming flying Screw tab trim adjustment up stab D T Full hardware pack launch glider ~NMaIYurMk U Ray Harper House Balsa 2814 East 56th Way Long Beach Ca 90805 formers fuselage should have stalled formers fuselage first could used templates sand ing shape covered foam Silkspan cause its wet strength needed try ing smooth out white glue mixture Perhaps tissue would work just well lighter model completely finished prior foam dissolving attempt joy put details such trim colors inked outlines control surfaces working against solid foam core now visions peanut plane would have holes covering weed tree contact patched hypodermic type syringe used apply gasoline deep fuselage also through some holes wings gasoline did good job dissolving foam attacking finish paint Most gel residue foam removed cotton swab foam after dissolved can removed coats inside Silkspan coating styrene too much weight can removed method careful covering foam first place plane bit heavy peanutsized airplane Silkspan saturated Knox gelatin-white glue mixture really strong tends little brittle Perhaps another filler place gela tin order method does work feel justifies building other peanuts type part country has K-Mart hardware drug store carries necessary materials urge modelers build favorite scale plane via styrofoam method control line free flight just shelf model display wont try complete model foam least make styrofoam pilot next scale job try hard duplicate exact scale model strangely forget scale pilot am sure modelers can come up better ideas methods materials can heighten interest Let mind wander ponder scheme plan would anxious hear ideas ad dress 1371 Ashover Bloomfield Hills Mich 48013 Editors Note reader directed December 1976 issue contained illustrated articleSuper Fiberglass Fuse lagesby Dan Mauch system basically similar suited Pat tern Scale RC types Vol Libre/White continued page 46 Covering The wing covered good quality Japanese tissue doped lightly moderately plasticized dope just enough seal tissue live damp climate little dope Scotchguard spray will seal moist ure Before covering wing structure doped two coats moderately thinned nitrate dope contact area tissue outside surfaces important adds much strength structure Use little dope possible covering because too much dope will warp wing After covering doping wing can straightened necessary left cure again Please observe note wash-out wing tips less wash-out plane will have stall problems fly turbulent air may have add 1/32 wash-out tip Stabilizer This constructed same wing except wood should light er soft Follow same procedure covering Rudders These very soft C-Grain sanded shape glued stab after stab covered before water shrinking Cover rudders tissue paint red some high visibility color Motor Tube made two lamina tions hard A-Grain balsa formed 1 form 4-in-wide sheet balsa Tail Boom made tapered form medium A-Grain balsa tail boom tail plane must kept light strong same time care must taken wood precision con struction No poor part fitting bad glue joints Wing Mount made mediumweight sheet balsa carved balsa blocks fillets Assemble tail boom motor tube glue wing mount place before covering Next coat motor tube two coats thick dope tail boom coat thin dope Cover motor tube glass cloth using nitrate dope Sand smooth cover heavy Silkspan Cover tail boom Japanese tissuedouble cover inch wide rear bulk head located Pour nitrate dope inside motor tube after everything dry slosh around pour out hang tail can drain overnight sure bulkhead already installed end motor tube Front End Assembly made shown plan using good steel prop hub extreme care soldering Tin parts before assembly solder ing Use good piano wire shaft hangers bearings need shielded type lubricated light oil Propeller prop precise job take time Use rock-hard balsa cut similar accurate shape similar grain structure blade present rubber situation may need make blade little narrower after com plete prop carved Keep blades thin possible because seems work best good rule follow too thick July1977 91 N ATTENTION ALL AMA CLUBS Need Working Capital Earn $2000 0 next contest EASY WAY complete docket send $995 plus 50 cents postage Godfrey & Son Inc 254 Washington St Binghamton NV 13901 THE BIG HIs AM CCOMING dont work well too thin break finish blade few coats plasticized nitrate dope dont fill grain wood turbulator does work keeps prop pulling slower portion power run winding loop made solid heat-treated aluminum may ordered Jim Crocket Flying No 8 designed fly right un der power glide left glide right recommended because have never plane design fly well right glide Tape ballast motor tube ballast consists lead weight making up difference between weight plane 190 grams location plane balances shown plan Glide plane over soft area dont have tall grass live just cactus sagebrush Put shims under stab until plane glides Adjust rudder tabs get wide left turn Wind about 50 turns gently launch straight ahead Make thrust adjustments get moderate too steep right turn pow er climb pattern should straight steep first turning right tightening power decreases near end power run rudders turn plane left glide can tighten glide turn after climb correct use 16 strands strong Pirelli wind 330 340 turns fully wound motor should have 110 120 in/oz torque FAI rubber use 14 strands wind about 310 320 turns should give torque 120 130 in/oz should mention factors consider winding motors maximum rubber must well broken test wound find out actual breaking point takes place wind winding tube protect plane help remove broken motors motor tube will stand broken motor difficult remove shock other parts also lessened motor tube Flying Wakefield both joy frustration above unend ing challenge never easy make good flight As things life difficult task greater reward CL Aerobatics/Paul continued page 36 Focke Wuif TA-152 first appeared MAN Dec 1968 Originally set up 35 Keith built new 1976 about same size ST 46 flew quite well picture plane appeared Nov 76 Nats report Model via tion German Me-109 can built top bottom blocks rather molded balsa evidenced Jack Sheeks two versions 35 size FM April 1970 46 size FM May 1977 trike gear could try Bill Si mons P-39 FM August 1968 35-size airplane Both Lew Woolard Charlie Reeves have flown P-39s success Woolard quali fied 72 Nats Two Hawker Typhoons have appeared over years Dennis Adamisin won Ju nior 69 Nats got third Senior 70 35 version appeared AM September 1970 now available RC Sportsman Steve Ashby 46-size Typhoon FM January 1976 writer Seafang F 31/32 final version WW-II Spit fire look closely Bruce Robert sons book Spitfire will see good choice semi-scale has adequate nose length laminar-flow non-elliptical wing enlarged tailplane air scoop under engine wide landing gear placement Unfortunately came out very heavy very warped got very scattered around runway 73 Nats However still think would good semi-scale plane Another favorite warbird would Martin-Baker 5 looks rather like Mustang stretched nose Frank Mc Millan started apparently never completed Ive never seen Zero competition Bernie Ash sent picture Don Ogran Indianapolis way back 1961 campaigned several years like find just little diffi cult watch WW-II fighter plane doing square-eights F-14 Tomcat doing tri angles might try Dennis Duvalls Miss Dara 35-powered pylon racer ap peared FM December 1973 Tom Dixon developed Stephens Akro AAM March 1975 fullscale aerobatics airplane Use ST 46 does Jon Ramsden order plans RC Sportsman Speaking Akros Lew McFarlands Akromaster AAM November 1974 plans also available same source one-of-a-kind prototype campaigned Lew several years finishing high fourth 72 Nats Speaking real thing have Jim Van Loo s version Hal Kriers Chip munk appeared MAN March 1968 35 40 engines 55-in wing course ship later evolved Sig Chipmunk dandy kit built correctly Pete Tindals 40-size Chipmonk Model Aviation April 1977 57-in wing should fly well use ST 46 engine Lew McFarland built beautiful Chipmunk McCoy 40 never got around flying much looked great air Some planes have left out because plans available could get magazine article work Dave Hemstroughts PT-19 AM Febru ary 1960 Lew McFarlands Vega 35 AM June 1962 Aldrichs AG-l Duster MAN August 1966 Jack Sheeks Spit fire Mk FM September 1968 course Sea Fury Al Rabe AAM March 1973 Al suggests no try because its difficult build Well list few could de veloped competitive stunt planes can obtain old magazine adapt plans contemporary design Mac chi 202 FM October 1974 plans avail92 Model Aviation product review product review product review New K & B Engines addition 7 new airplane engines ranging size 325cc 65cc K & Bs line now totals 16 airplane 4 marine engines seven new engines 325cc 19 front rotor 35cc 21 front rotor 49cc 29 58cc 35 front rotorall F F CL 35 RIO Sport 65 RIO 40 front rotor Perry carburetor 65cc 40 front rotorfor FF Pylon Total line 20 engines provides range sizes types powerplant demand available dealers K & B Manufacturing 12152 Woodruff Ave Downey CA 90241 product review product review product review
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/07
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 46, 47, 91, 92
7 THE WAKEFIELD class plane presented aircraft flown success fully two Team Selection Finals two World Championships two Pierre Trebod Contests Marigny France Following list some Number Eights accomplishments 1972 USFF Champs Taft Calif First Place Maxed plus 4-mm fly-off 1972 Caddo Mills TexasEarned place US Team 1973 World Champs Wiener Neu stadt Austria Maxed out 5th fly-off 1973 First Place after maxing Pierre Trebod Marigny le Grand France 1974 Taft CalifMaxed out earn place US Team 1975 Plovdiv Bulgaria d out placed second after third flyoff W C 1975 Marigny FranceThird Pierre Trebod 1975 Amberieu FranceOnly Wake field flier get seven maxes French Nationals Prior advent Number Eight planes similar design also successA frequent winner against top-notch competition including second place World Championships 1975this Wakefield truly worlds finest designs its category EU Bob White ful 1970 No 2 earned place US Team Finals Albuquerque NM 1971 World Contest Sweden planes No 6 7 maxed worn third place fly-off History Number Eight built Winter 197 1-72 finished just before US FF Champs Spring Taft Calif maxed out along Walt Ghios plane made four-minute flight win contest summer 1972 Caddo Mills Texas No 8 flew well placed team Austria again maxed out placed fifth World Contest week later Pierre Trebod France No 8 maxed out again did Louis Dupuis Wakefield fly-off Louis propeller blade broke launch No 8 maxed win Pierre Trebodthe first American Wakefield 1974 Team trials Taft plane came model box dont fly much anymore covering too crisp maxed out again thus winning place US Team compete Bulgaria 1975 took us back Europe interesting trip behind Iron Curtain Again No 8 maxed out went place second world after three fly-off flights wonder what outcome would have three strands hadnt broken last fly-off flight plane flew its best might mention won derful chase team Bob Isaacson young man Eastern Europe re trieved No 8 flight handed Bob return occasion restricted military reservation guard distracted companion Bob Isaacson witness later told episode After Bulgarian adventure No 8 travelled France nightmare drive through Yugoslavia Austrian Alps Ger 44 Model Aviation Marigny second time Number Eight missed first max two seconds due fatigue error judgment still went place third Pierre Trebod After week rest visiting France friends Pierre Josette Chaussebourg old No 8 flew unofficially guest French Nationals near Lyon France made seven maxes max winner competition will years World Con test plane similar design will flown Dr Robert Piserchio San Diego Calif member 1977 Team No ever does much unaided others must mention Bill Bogart technical advice help de sign have met week years talked about airplaneswhy fly dont fly Also Fudo Takagi has helped keep head screwed straight provided best motors good air-picking advice have wife Toni likes go flying anywhere monthly rho awards ceremony 75 World Cham pionships 11 Paik Chang Sun North Korea 2 Robert White USA Hans Zachhalmel Austria World Championships photos Mach Zdenek others Tom Medley turkey shoots bomb out down er come last As will notice plans am presenting No 8 Vol Libre Wakefield criticism information Vol Libre means free flight Frenchalso symbol FAI feel free ex change information quite important health growth sport successful version design can see draw ing radical departure Wakefields flown today present have made 18 versions design Let sure however vary great deal fly attempt made build identical airframes Wakefield best frustrating experience performance limitations restrict flight potential such ex tent max 180 seconds cannot obtained good air good power Maybe what keeps us going feel interesting parts July1977 45 Top Rear view nose block Left nose block propeller hub assembly solder joints must oerfect Right An alternate front end using Cole stop Left In fast fading light hard-fought day White gets off 10th final flight WC Bulgaria 1975 placing second world Above Winding fly-off flight Bulgaria Bob Piserchio assisting Ihe will fly Vol Libre ass member 1977 team flying testing new variation design usually build two planes same time spend about six months con struction As can see am fast builder work feel like important us old-timers cause pushing yourself build makes work have building years care admit main considerations classic free-flight plane low drag high lift moderate lift No 8 Wing This complex structure must made best possible wood straight hard toward center inner panels gradually lighter tip dihedral break lighter yet soft tips ribs C-grain cut straight portion grain near trailing edge trailing edge inner panels hard straight B-grain balsa spars tapered shown plan top made spruce bottom spar very hard balsa spruce leading edge medium hard balsa above straight wing-tip outline laminated form glued Titebond Assembly wing done fol lowing sequence leading edge ribs trailing edge inner panel laid out glued flat board propping up trailing edge conform wing section Let dry day remove board sand formed sanding blocks near actual shape wing tips built sanded wing assembled together ribs notched spars installed final shaping now started Use sanding blocks templates get shape being very careful duplicate leading edge shown impor tant part wing After final shaping use thin Titebond re-glue joints wing must have perfect glue joints Check wing warps straighten necessary let age two three weeks Continuedonpage9l 46 Model Aviation View ot Center portion wing shows off construction method wing hold-down neat folding prop turbulatorsat rear leading edge along rear spar fully assembled airplane Note reflective band tail boom extreme value sighting drift excessive Top view stabilizer showing holddown hooks twin rudders covered tissue painted red visibility view wing tip shows clearly positioning turbulators Bob emphasizes fact work Wash-out shown plans essential prevent stalls wing mount beautifully streamlined Note positioning keys keep wing aligned flight Ship well fulfills requirement low drag high moderate lift VOL LIBRE 8 FIELD 1W BQB WHITE drawn Gill Blonchard wij 2 SO IN51 GM STABI&F6 53 SQ IN13 GM MV BMLAST RCRT ElO2 GM fJUIAL2RDS IN191 GM 2 V4 TURGJAIOR fl16 WRE HOOKS STAB~ RN RIGI-It POWER-LEFT I5fl ISEE STAB RAN RIB AIR RJL SHAPE f2tRATFORW-MATCH LIII STAB DIHEDRAL SNUFFER TU WOROME D/T WIRE 13SH C EAV3 WIRE HOOK IER FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLESEE PAGE 96 Americas Partial list wins 76 NATS SR 76 NATS OPEN 76 SAN VALEERS ANNUAL 76 SHOC ANNUAL 73 74 75 TULSA GLUE DOBBERS 73 EASTERN STATES CHAMP PLUS OVER 35 OTHER FIRSTSI ALSO CURRENT SR OHLG RECORD HOLDER 1206 74 NFFS MODEL OF THE YEAR PEA TURES Hand selected contest grade balsa size plans 24 page instruction book including trimming flying Screw tab trim adjustment up stab D T Full hardware pack launch glider ~NMaIYurMk U Ray Harper House Balsa 2814 East 56th Way Long Beach Ca 90805 formers fuselage should have stalled formers fuselage first could used templates sand ing shape covered foam Silkspan cause its wet strength needed try ing smooth out white glue mixture Perhaps tissue would work just well lighter model completely finished prior foam dissolving attempt joy put details such trim colors inked outlines control surfaces working against solid foam core now visions peanut plane would have holes covering weed tree contact patched hypodermic type syringe used apply gasoline deep fuselage also through some holes wings gasoline did good job dissolving foam attacking finish paint Most gel residue foam removed cotton swab foam after dissolved can removed coats inside Silkspan coating styrene too much weight can removed method careful covering foam first place plane bit heavy peanutsized airplane Silkspan saturated Knox gelatin-white glue mixture really strong tends little brittle Perhaps another filler place gela tin order method does work feel justifies building other peanuts type part country has K-Mart hardware drug store carries necessary materials urge modelers build favorite scale plane via styrofoam method control line free flight just shelf model display wont try complete model foam least make styrofoam pilot next scale job try hard duplicate exact scale model strangely forget scale pilot am sure modelers can come up better ideas methods materials can heighten interest Let mind wander ponder scheme plan would anxious hear ideas ad dress 1371 Ashover Bloomfield Hills Mich 48013 Editors Note reader directed December 1976 issue contained illustrated articleSuper Fiberglass Fuse lagesby Dan Mauch system basically similar suited Pat tern Scale RC types Vol Libre/White continued page 46 Covering The wing covered good quality Japanese tissue doped lightly moderately plasticized dope just enough seal tissue live damp climate little dope Scotchguard spray will seal moist ure Before covering wing structure doped two coats moderately thinned nitrate dope contact area tissue outside surfaces important adds much strength structure Use little dope possible covering because too much dope will warp wing After covering doping wing can straightened necessary left cure again Please observe note wash-out wing tips less wash-out plane will have stall problems fly turbulent air may have add 1/32 wash-out tip Stabilizer This constructed same wing except wood should light er soft Follow same procedure covering Rudders These very soft C-Grain sanded shape glued stab after stab covered before water shrinking Cover rudders tissue paint red some high visibility color Motor Tube made two lamina tions hard A-Grain balsa formed 1 form 4-in-wide sheet balsa Tail Boom made tapered form medium A-Grain balsa tail boom tail plane must kept light strong same time care must taken wood precision con struction No poor part fitting bad glue joints Wing Mount made mediumweight sheet balsa carved balsa blocks fillets Assemble tail boom motor tube glue wing mount place before covering Next coat motor tube two coats thick dope tail boom coat thin dope Cover motor tube glass cloth using nitrate dope Sand smooth cover heavy Silkspan Cover tail boom Japanese tissuedouble cover inch wide rear bulk head located Pour nitrate dope inside motor tube after everything dry slosh around pour out hang tail can drain overnight sure bulkhead already installed end motor tube Front End Assembly made shown plan using good steel prop hub extreme care soldering Tin parts before assembly solder ing Use good piano wire shaft hangers bearings need shielded type lubricated light oil Propeller prop precise job take time Use rock-hard balsa cut similar accurate shape similar grain structure blade present rubber situation may need make blade little narrower after com plete prop carved Keep blades thin possible because seems work best good rule follow too thick July1977 91 N ATTENTION ALL AMA CLUBS Need Working Capital Earn $2000 0 next contest EASY WAY complete docket send $995 plus 50 cents postage Godfrey & Son Inc 254 Washington St Binghamton NV 13901 THE BIG HIs AM CCOMING dont work well too thin break finish blade few coats plasticized nitrate dope dont fill grain wood turbulator does work keeps prop pulling slower portion power run winding loop made solid heat-treated aluminum may ordered Jim Crocket Flying No 8 designed fly right un der power glide left glide right recommended because have never plane design fly well right glide Tape ballast motor tube ballast consists lead weight making up difference between weight plane 190 grams location plane balances shown plan Glide plane over soft area dont have tall grass live just cactus sagebrush Put shims under stab until plane glides Adjust rudder tabs get wide left turn Wind about 50 turns gently launch straight ahead Make thrust adjustments get moderate too steep right turn pow er climb pattern should straight steep first turning right tightening power decreases near end power run rudders turn plane left glide can tighten glide turn after climb correct use 16 strands strong Pirelli wind 330 340 turns fully wound motor should have 110 120 in/oz torque FAI rubber use 14 strands wind about 310 320 turns should give torque 120 130 in/oz should mention factors consider winding motors maximum rubber must well broken test wound find out actual breaking point takes place wind winding tube protect plane help remove broken motors motor tube will stand broken motor difficult remove shock other parts also lessened motor tube Flying Wakefield both joy frustration above unend ing challenge never easy make good flight As things life difficult task greater reward CL Aerobatics/Paul continued page 36 Focke Wuif TA-152 first appeared MAN Dec 1968 Originally set up 35 Keith built new 1976 about same size ST 46 flew quite well picture plane appeared Nov 76 Nats report Model via tion German Me-109 can built top bottom blocks rather molded balsa evidenced Jack Sheeks two versions 35 size FM April 1970 46 size FM May 1977 trike gear could try Bill Si mons P-39 FM August 1968 35-size airplane Both Lew Woolard Charlie Reeves have flown P-39s success Woolard quali fied 72 Nats Two Hawker Typhoons have appeared over years Dennis Adamisin won Ju nior 69 Nats got third Senior 70 35 version appeared AM September 1970 now available RC Sportsman Steve Ashby 46-size Typhoon FM January 1976 writer Seafang F 31/32 final version WW-II Spit fire look closely Bruce Robert sons book Spitfire will see good choice semi-scale has adequate nose length laminar-flow non-elliptical wing enlarged tailplane air scoop under engine wide landing gear placement Unfortunately came out very heavy very warped got very scattered around runway 73 Nats However still think would good semi-scale plane Another favorite warbird would Martin-Baker 5 looks rather like Mustang stretched nose Frank Mc Millan started apparently never completed Ive never seen Zero competition Bernie Ash sent picture Don Ogran Indianapolis way back 1961 campaigned several years like find just little diffi cult watch WW-II fighter plane doing square-eights F-14 Tomcat doing tri angles might try Dennis Duvalls Miss Dara 35-powered pylon racer ap peared FM December 1973 Tom Dixon developed Stephens Akro AAM March 1975 fullscale aerobatics airplane Use ST 46 does Jon Ramsden order plans RC Sportsman Speaking Akros Lew McFarlands Akromaster AAM November 1974 plans also available same source one-of-a-kind prototype campaigned Lew several years finishing high fourth 72 Nats Speaking real thing have Jim Van Loo s version Hal Kriers Chip munk appeared MAN March 1968 35 40 engines 55-in wing course ship later evolved Sig Chipmunk dandy kit built correctly Pete Tindals 40-size Chipmonk Model Aviation April 1977 57-in wing should fly well use ST 46 engine Lew McFarland built beautiful Chipmunk McCoy 40 never got around flying much looked great air Some planes have left out because plans available could get magazine article work Dave Hemstroughts PT-19 AM Febru ary 1960 Lew McFarlands Vega 35 AM June 1962 Aldrichs AG-l Duster MAN August 1966 Jack Sheeks Spit fire Mk FM September 1968 course Sea Fury Al Rabe AAM March 1973 Al suggests no try because its difficult build Well list few could de veloped competitive stunt planes can obtain old magazine adapt plans contemporary design Mac chi 202 FM October 1974 plans avail92 Model Aviation product review product review product review New K & B Engines addition 7 new airplane engines ranging size 325cc 65cc K & Bs line now totals 16 airplane 4 marine engines seven new engines 325cc 19 front rotor 35cc 21 front rotor 49cc 29 58cc 35 front rotorall F F CL 35 RIO Sport 65 RIO 40 front rotor Perry carburetor 65cc 40 front rotorfor FF Pylon Total line 20 engines provides range sizes types powerplant demand available dealers K & B Manufacturing 12152 Woodruff Ave Downey CA 90241 product review product review product review
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/07
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 46, 47, 91, 92
7 THE WAKEFIELD class plane presented aircraft flown success fully two Team Selection Finals two World Championships two Pierre Trebod Contests Marigny France Following list some Number Eights accomplishments 1972 USFF Champs Taft Calif First Place Maxed plus 4-mm fly-off 1972 Caddo Mills TexasEarned place US Team 1973 World Champs Wiener Neu stadt Austria Maxed out 5th fly-off 1973 First Place after maxing Pierre Trebod Marigny le Grand France 1974 Taft CalifMaxed out earn place US Team 1975 Plovdiv Bulgaria d out placed second after third flyoff W C 1975 Marigny FranceThird Pierre Trebod 1975 Amberieu FranceOnly Wake field flier get seven maxes French Nationals Prior advent Number Eight planes similar design also successA frequent winner against top-notch competition including second place World Championships 1975this Wakefield truly worlds finest designs its category EU Bob White ful 1970 No 2 earned place US Team Finals Albuquerque NM 1971 World Contest Sweden planes No 6 7 maxed worn third place fly-off History Number Eight built Winter 197 1-72 finished just before US FF Champs Spring Taft Calif maxed out along Walt Ghios plane made four-minute flight win contest summer 1972 Caddo Mills Texas No 8 flew well placed team Austria again maxed out placed fifth World Contest week later Pierre Trebod France No 8 maxed out again did Louis Dupuis Wakefield fly-off Louis propeller blade broke launch No 8 maxed win Pierre Trebodthe first American Wakefield 1974 Team trials Taft plane came model box dont fly much anymore covering too crisp maxed out again thus winning place US Team compete Bulgaria 1975 took us back Europe interesting trip behind Iron Curtain Again No 8 maxed out went place second world after three fly-off flights wonder what outcome would have three strands hadnt broken last fly-off flight plane flew its best might mention won derful chase team Bob Isaacson young man Eastern Europe re trieved No 8 flight handed Bob return occasion restricted military reservation guard distracted companion Bob Isaacson witness later told episode After Bulgarian adventure No 8 travelled France nightmare drive through Yugoslavia Austrian Alps Ger 44 Model Aviation Marigny second time Number Eight missed first max two seconds due fatigue error judgment still went place third Pierre Trebod After week rest visiting France friends Pierre Josette Chaussebourg old No 8 flew unofficially guest French Nationals near Lyon France made seven maxes max winner competition will years World Con test plane similar design will flown Dr Robert Piserchio San Diego Calif member 1977 Team No ever does much unaided others must mention Bill Bogart technical advice help de sign have met week years talked about airplaneswhy fly dont fly Also Fudo Takagi has helped keep head screwed straight provided best motors good air-picking advice have wife Toni likes go flying anywhere monthly rho awards ceremony 75 World Cham pionships 11 Paik Chang Sun North Korea 2 Robert White USA Hans Zachhalmel Austria World Championships photos Mach Zdenek others Tom Medley turkey shoots bomb out down er come last As will notice plans am presenting No 8 Vol Libre Wakefield criticism information Vol Libre means free flight Frenchalso symbol FAI feel free ex change information quite important health growth sport successful version design can see draw ing radical departure Wakefields flown today present have made 18 versions design Let sure however vary great deal fly attempt made build identical airframes Wakefield best frustrating experience performance limitations restrict flight potential such ex tent max 180 seconds cannot obtained good air good power Maybe what keeps us going feel interesting parts July1977 45 Top Rear view nose block Left nose block propeller hub assembly solder joints must oerfect Right An alternate front end using Cole stop Left In fast fading light hard-fought day White gets off 10th final flight WC Bulgaria 1975 placing second world Above Winding fly-off flight Bulgaria Bob Piserchio assisting Ihe will fly Vol Libre ass member 1977 team flying testing new variation design usually build two planes same time spend about six months con struction As can see am fast builder work feel like important us old-timers cause pushing yourself build makes work have building years care admit main considerations classic free-flight plane low drag high lift moderate lift No 8 Wing This complex structure must made best possible wood straight hard toward center inner panels gradually lighter tip dihedral break lighter yet soft tips ribs C-grain cut straight portion grain near trailing edge trailing edge inner panels hard straight B-grain balsa spars tapered shown plan top made spruce bottom spar very hard balsa spruce leading edge medium hard balsa above straight wing-tip outline laminated form glued Titebond Assembly wing done fol lowing sequence leading edge ribs trailing edge inner panel laid out glued flat board propping up trailing edge conform wing section Let dry day remove board sand formed sanding blocks near actual shape wing tips built sanded wing assembled together ribs notched spars installed final shaping now started Use sanding blocks templates get shape being very careful duplicate leading edge shown impor tant part wing After final shaping use thin Titebond re-glue joints wing must have perfect glue joints Check wing warps straighten necessary let age two three weeks Continuedonpage9l 46 Model Aviation View ot Center portion wing shows off construction method wing hold-down neat folding prop turbulatorsat rear leading edge along rear spar fully assembled airplane Note reflective band tail boom extreme value sighting drift excessive Top view stabilizer showing holddown hooks twin rudders covered tissue painted red visibility view wing tip shows clearly positioning turbulators Bob emphasizes fact work Wash-out shown plans essential prevent stalls wing mount beautifully streamlined Note positioning keys keep wing aligned flight Ship well fulfills requirement low drag high moderate lift VOL LIBRE 8 FIELD 1W BQB WHITE drawn Gill Blonchard wij 2 SO IN51 GM STABI&F6 53 SQ IN13 GM MV BMLAST RCRT ElO2 GM fJUIAL2RDS IN191 GM 2 V4 TURGJAIOR fl16 WRE HOOKS STAB~ RN RIGI-It POWER-LEFT I5fl ISEE STAB RAN RIB AIR RJL SHAPE f2tRATFORW-MATCH LIII STAB DIHEDRAL SNUFFER TU WOROME D/T WIRE 13SH C EAV3 WIRE HOOK IER FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLESEE PAGE 96 Americas Partial list wins 76 NATS SR 76 NATS OPEN 76 SAN VALEERS ANNUAL 76 SHOC ANNUAL 73 74 75 TULSA GLUE DOBBERS 73 EASTERN STATES CHAMP PLUS OVER 35 OTHER FIRSTSI ALSO CURRENT SR OHLG RECORD HOLDER 1206 74 NFFS MODEL OF THE YEAR PEA TURES Hand selected contest grade balsa size plans 24 page instruction book including trimming flying Screw tab trim adjustment up stab D T Full hardware pack launch glider ~NMaIYurMk U Ray Harper House Balsa 2814 East 56th Way Long Beach Ca 90805 formers fuselage should have stalled formers fuselage first could used templates sand ing shape covered foam Silkspan cause its wet strength needed try ing smooth out white glue mixture Perhaps tissue would work just well lighter model completely finished prior foam dissolving attempt joy put details such trim colors inked outlines control surfaces working against solid foam core now visions peanut plane would have holes covering weed tree contact patched hypodermic type syringe used apply gasoline deep fuselage also through some holes wings gasoline did good job dissolving foam attacking finish paint Most gel residue foam removed cotton swab foam after dissolved can removed coats inside Silkspan coating styrene too much weight can removed method careful covering foam first place plane bit heavy peanutsized airplane Silkspan saturated Knox gelatin-white glue mixture really strong tends little brittle Perhaps another filler place gela tin order method does work feel justifies building other peanuts type part country has K-Mart hardware drug store carries necessary materials urge modelers build favorite scale plane via styrofoam method control line free flight just shelf model display wont try complete model foam least make styrofoam pilot next scale job try hard duplicate exact scale model strangely forget scale pilot am sure modelers can come up better ideas methods materials can heighten interest Let mind wander ponder scheme plan would anxious hear ideas ad dress 1371 Ashover Bloomfield Hills Mich 48013 Editors Note reader directed December 1976 issue contained illustrated articleSuper Fiberglass Fuse lagesby Dan Mauch system basically similar suited Pat tern Scale RC types Vol Libre/White continued page 46 Covering The wing covered good quality Japanese tissue doped lightly moderately plasticized dope just enough seal tissue live damp climate little dope Scotchguard spray will seal moist ure Before covering wing structure doped two coats moderately thinned nitrate dope contact area tissue outside surfaces important adds much strength structure Use little dope possible covering because too much dope will warp wing After covering doping wing can straightened necessary left cure again Please observe note wash-out wing tips less wash-out plane will have stall problems fly turbulent air may have add 1/32 wash-out tip Stabilizer This constructed same wing except wood should light er soft Follow same procedure covering Rudders These very soft C-Grain sanded shape glued stab after stab covered before water shrinking Cover rudders tissue paint red some high visibility color Motor Tube made two lamina tions hard A-Grain balsa formed 1 form 4-in-wide sheet balsa Tail Boom made tapered form medium A-Grain balsa tail boom tail plane must kept light strong same time care must taken wood precision con struction No poor part fitting bad glue joints Wing Mount made mediumweight sheet balsa carved balsa blocks fillets Assemble tail boom motor tube glue wing mount place before covering Next coat motor tube two coats thick dope tail boom coat thin dope Cover motor tube glass cloth using nitrate dope Sand smooth cover heavy Silkspan Cover tail boom Japanese tissuedouble cover inch wide rear bulk head located Pour nitrate dope inside motor tube after everything dry slosh around pour out hang tail can drain overnight sure bulkhead already installed end motor tube Front End Assembly made shown plan using good steel prop hub extreme care soldering Tin parts before assembly solder ing Use good piano wire shaft hangers bearings need shielded type lubricated light oil Propeller prop precise job take time Use rock-hard balsa cut similar accurate shape similar grain structure blade present rubber situation may need make blade little narrower after com plete prop carved Keep blades thin possible because seems work best good rule follow too thick July1977 91 N ATTENTION ALL AMA CLUBS Need Working Capital Earn $2000 0 next contest EASY WAY complete docket send $995 plus 50 cents postage Godfrey & Son Inc 254 Washington St Binghamton NV 13901 THE BIG HIs AM CCOMING dont work well too thin break finish blade few coats plasticized nitrate dope dont fill grain wood turbulator does work keeps prop pulling slower portion power run winding loop made solid heat-treated aluminum may ordered Jim Crocket Flying No 8 designed fly right un der power glide left glide right recommended because have never plane design fly well right glide Tape ballast motor tube ballast consists lead weight making up difference between weight plane 190 grams location plane balances shown plan Glide plane over soft area dont have tall grass live just cactus sagebrush Put shims under stab until plane glides Adjust rudder tabs get wide left turn Wind about 50 turns gently launch straight ahead Make thrust adjustments get moderate too steep right turn pow er climb pattern should straight steep first turning right tightening power decreases near end power run rudders turn plane left glide can tighten glide turn after climb correct use 16 strands strong Pirelli wind 330 340 turns fully wound motor should have 110 120 in/oz torque FAI rubber use 14 strands wind about 310 320 turns should give torque 120 130 in/oz should mention factors consider winding motors maximum rubber must well broken test wound find out actual breaking point takes place wind winding tube protect plane help remove broken motors motor tube will stand broken motor difficult remove shock other parts also lessened motor tube Flying Wakefield both joy frustration above unend ing challenge never easy make good flight As things life difficult task greater reward CL Aerobatics/Paul continued page 36 Focke Wuif TA-152 first appeared MAN Dec 1968 Originally set up 35 Keith built new 1976 about same size ST 46 flew quite well picture plane appeared Nov 76 Nats report Model via tion German Me-109 can built top bottom blocks rather molded balsa evidenced Jack Sheeks two versions 35 size FM April 1970 46 size FM May 1977 trike gear could try Bill Si mons P-39 FM August 1968 35-size airplane Both Lew Woolard Charlie Reeves have flown P-39s success Woolard quali fied 72 Nats Two Hawker Typhoons have appeared over years Dennis Adamisin won Ju nior 69 Nats got third Senior 70 35 version appeared AM September 1970 now available RC Sportsman Steve Ashby 46-size Typhoon FM January 1976 writer Seafang F 31/32 final version WW-II Spit fire look closely Bruce Robert sons book Spitfire will see good choice semi-scale has adequate nose length laminar-flow non-elliptical wing enlarged tailplane air scoop under engine wide landing gear placement Unfortunately came out very heavy very warped got very scattered around runway 73 Nats However still think would good semi-scale plane Another favorite warbird would Martin-Baker 5 looks rather like Mustang stretched nose Frank Mc Millan started apparently never completed Ive never seen Zero competition Bernie Ash sent picture Don Ogran Indianapolis way back 1961 campaigned several years like find just little diffi cult watch WW-II fighter plane doing square-eights F-14 Tomcat doing tri angles might try Dennis Duvalls Miss Dara 35-powered pylon racer ap peared FM December 1973 Tom Dixon developed Stephens Akro AAM March 1975 fullscale aerobatics airplane Use ST 46 does Jon Ramsden order plans RC Sportsman Speaking Akros Lew McFarlands Akromaster AAM November 1974 plans also available same source one-of-a-kind prototype campaigned Lew several years finishing high fourth 72 Nats Speaking real thing have Jim Van Loo s version Hal Kriers Chip munk appeared MAN March 1968 35 40 engines 55-in wing course ship later evolved Sig Chipmunk dandy kit built correctly Pete Tindals 40-size Chipmonk Model Aviation April 1977 57-in wing should fly well use ST 46 engine Lew McFarland built beautiful Chipmunk McCoy 40 never got around flying much looked great air Some planes have left out because plans available could get magazine article work Dave Hemstroughts PT-19 AM Febru ary 1960 Lew McFarlands Vega 35 AM June 1962 Aldrichs AG-l Duster MAN August 1966 Jack Sheeks Spit fire Mk FM September 1968 course Sea Fury Al Rabe AAM March 1973 Al suggests no try because its difficult build Well list few could de veloped competitive stunt planes can obtain old magazine adapt plans contemporary design Mac chi 202 FM October 1974 plans avail92 Model Aviation product review product review product review New K & B Engines addition 7 new airplane engines ranging size 325cc 65cc K & Bs line now totals 16 airplane 4 marine engines seven new engines 325cc 19 front rotor 35cc 21 front rotor 49cc 29 58cc 35 front rotorall F F CL 35 RIO Sport 65 RIO 40 front rotor Perry carburetor 65cc 40 front rotorfor FF Pylon Total line 20 engines provides range sizes types powerplant demand available dealers K & B Manufacturing 12152 Woodruff Ave Downey CA 90241 product review product review product review
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/07
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 46, 47, 91, 92
7 THE WAKEFIELD class plane presented aircraft flown success fully two Team Selection Finals two World Championships two Pierre Trebod Contests Marigny France Following list some Number Eights accomplishments 1972 USFF Champs Taft Calif First Place Maxed plus 4-mm fly-off 1972 Caddo Mills TexasEarned place US Team 1973 World Champs Wiener Neu stadt Austria Maxed out 5th fly-off 1973 First Place after maxing Pierre Trebod Marigny le Grand France 1974 Taft CalifMaxed out earn place US Team 1975 Plovdiv Bulgaria d out placed second after third flyoff W C 1975 Marigny FranceThird Pierre Trebod 1975 Amberieu FranceOnly Wake field flier get seven maxes French Nationals Prior advent Number Eight planes similar design also successA frequent winner against top-notch competition including second place World Championships 1975this Wakefield truly worlds finest designs its category EU Bob White ful 1970 No 2 earned place US Team Finals Albuquerque NM 1971 World Contest Sweden planes No 6 7 maxed worn third place fly-off History Number Eight built Winter 197 1-72 finished just before US FF Champs Spring Taft Calif maxed out along Walt Ghios plane made four-minute flight win contest summer 1972 Caddo Mills Texas No 8 flew well placed team Austria again maxed out placed fifth World Contest week later Pierre Trebod France No 8 maxed out again did Louis Dupuis Wakefield fly-off Louis propeller blade broke launch No 8 maxed win Pierre Trebodthe first American Wakefield 1974 Team trials Taft plane came model box dont fly much anymore covering too crisp maxed out again thus winning place US Team compete Bulgaria 1975 took us back Europe interesting trip behind Iron Curtain Again No 8 maxed out went place second world after three fly-off flights wonder what outcome would have three strands hadnt broken last fly-off flight plane flew its best might mention won derful chase team Bob Isaacson young man Eastern Europe re trieved No 8 flight handed Bob return occasion restricted military reservation guard distracted companion Bob Isaacson witness later told episode After Bulgarian adventure No 8 travelled France nightmare drive through Yugoslavia Austrian Alps Ger 44 Model Aviation Marigny second time Number Eight missed first max two seconds due fatigue error judgment still went place third Pierre Trebod After week rest visiting France friends Pierre Josette Chaussebourg old No 8 flew unofficially guest French Nationals near Lyon France made seven maxes max winner competition will years World Con test plane similar design will flown Dr Robert Piserchio San Diego Calif member 1977 Team No ever does much unaided others must mention Bill Bogart technical advice help de sign have met week years talked about airplaneswhy fly dont fly Also Fudo Takagi has helped keep head screwed straight provided best motors good air-picking advice have wife Toni likes go flying anywhere monthly rho awards ceremony 75 World Cham pionships 11 Paik Chang Sun North Korea 2 Robert White USA Hans Zachhalmel Austria World Championships photos Mach Zdenek others Tom Medley turkey shoots bomb out down er come last As will notice plans am presenting No 8 Vol Libre Wakefield criticism information Vol Libre means free flight Frenchalso symbol FAI feel free ex change information quite important health growth sport successful version design can see draw ing radical departure Wakefields flown today present have made 18 versions design Let sure however vary great deal fly attempt made build identical airframes Wakefield best frustrating experience performance limitations restrict flight potential such ex tent max 180 seconds cannot obtained good air good power Maybe what keeps us going feel interesting parts July1977 45 Top Rear view nose block Left nose block propeller hub assembly solder joints must oerfect Right An alternate front end using Cole stop Left In fast fading light hard-fought day White gets off 10th final flight WC Bulgaria 1975 placing second world Above Winding fly-off flight Bulgaria Bob Piserchio assisting Ihe will fly Vol Libre ass member 1977 team flying testing new variation design usually build two planes same time spend about six months con struction As can see am fast builder work feel like important us old-timers cause pushing yourself build makes work have building years care admit main considerations classic free-flight plane low drag high lift moderate lift No 8 Wing This complex structure must made best possible wood straight hard toward center inner panels gradually lighter tip dihedral break lighter yet soft tips ribs C-grain cut straight portion grain near trailing edge trailing edge inner panels hard straight B-grain balsa spars tapered shown plan top made spruce bottom spar very hard balsa spruce leading edge medium hard balsa above straight wing-tip outline laminated form glued Titebond Assembly wing done fol lowing sequence leading edge ribs trailing edge inner panel laid out glued flat board propping up trailing edge conform wing section Let dry day remove board sand formed sanding blocks near actual shape wing tips built sanded wing assembled together ribs notched spars installed final shaping now started Use sanding blocks templates get shape being very careful duplicate leading edge shown impor tant part wing After final shaping use thin Titebond re-glue joints wing must have perfect glue joints Check wing warps straighten necessary let age two three weeks Continuedonpage9l 46 Model Aviation View ot Center portion wing shows off construction method wing hold-down neat folding prop turbulatorsat rear leading edge along rear spar fully assembled airplane Note reflective band tail boom extreme value sighting drift excessive Top view stabilizer showing holddown hooks twin rudders covered tissue painted red visibility view wing tip shows clearly positioning turbulators Bob emphasizes fact work Wash-out shown plans essential prevent stalls wing mount beautifully streamlined Note positioning keys keep wing aligned flight Ship well fulfills requirement low drag high moderate lift VOL LIBRE 8 FIELD 1W BQB WHITE drawn Gill Blonchard wij 2 SO IN51 GM STABI&F6 53 SQ IN13 GM MV BMLAST RCRT ElO2 GM fJUIAL2RDS IN191 GM 2 V4 TURGJAIOR fl16 WRE HOOKS STAB~ RN RIGI-It POWER-LEFT I5fl ISEE STAB RAN RIB AIR RJL SHAPE f2tRATFORW-MATCH LIII STAB DIHEDRAL SNUFFER TU WOROME D/T WIRE 13SH C EAV3 WIRE HOOK IER FULL-SIZE PLANS AVAILABLESEE PAGE 96 Americas Partial list wins 76 NATS SR 76 NATS OPEN 76 SAN VALEERS ANNUAL 76 SHOC ANNUAL 73 74 75 TULSA GLUE DOBBERS 73 EASTERN STATES CHAMP PLUS OVER 35 OTHER FIRSTSI ALSO CURRENT SR OHLG RECORD HOLDER 1206 74 NFFS MODEL OF THE YEAR PEA TURES Hand selected contest grade balsa size plans 24 page instruction book including trimming flying Screw tab trim adjustment up stab D T Full hardware pack launch glider ~NMaIYurMk U Ray Harper House Balsa 2814 East 56th Way Long Beach Ca 90805 formers fuselage should have stalled formers fuselage first could used templates sand ing shape covered foam Silkspan cause its wet strength needed try ing smooth out white glue mixture Perhaps tissue would work just well lighter model completely finished prior foam dissolving attempt joy put details such trim colors inked outlines control surfaces working against solid foam core now visions peanut plane would have holes covering weed tree contact patched hypodermic type syringe used apply gasoline deep fuselage also through some holes wings gasoline did good job dissolving foam attacking finish paint Most gel residue foam removed cotton swab foam after dissolved can removed coats inside Silkspan coating styrene too much weight can removed method careful covering foam first place plane bit heavy peanutsized airplane Silkspan saturated Knox gelatin-white glue mixture really strong tends little brittle Perhaps another filler place gela tin order method does work feel justifies building other peanuts type part country has K-Mart hardware drug store carries necessary materials urge modelers build favorite scale plane via styrofoam method control line free flight just shelf model display wont try complete model foam least make styrofoam pilot next scale job try hard duplicate exact scale model strangely forget scale pilot am sure modelers can come up better ideas methods materials can heighten interest Let mind wander ponder scheme plan would anxious hear ideas ad dress 1371 Ashover Bloomfield Hills Mich 48013 Editors Note reader directed December 1976 issue contained illustrated articleSuper Fiberglass Fuse lagesby Dan Mauch system basically similar suited Pat tern Scale RC types Vol Libre/White continued page 46 Covering The wing covered good quality Japanese tissue doped lightly moderately plasticized dope just enough seal tissue live damp climate little dope Scotchguard spray will seal moist ure Before covering wing structure doped two coats moderately thinned nitrate dope contact area tissue outside surfaces important adds much strength structure Use little dope possible covering because too much dope will warp wing After covering doping wing can straightened necessary left cure again Please observe note wash-out wing tips less wash-out plane will have stall problems fly turbulent air may have add 1/32 wash-out tip Stabilizer This constructed same wing except wood should light er soft Follow same procedure covering Rudders These very soft C-Grain sanded shape glued stab after stab covered before water shrinking Cover rudders tissue paint red some high visibility color Motor Tube made two lamina tions hard A-Grain balsa formed 1 form 4-in-wide sheet balsa Tail Boom made tapered form medium A-Grain balsa tail boom tail plane must kept light strong same time care must taken wood precision con struction No poor part fitting bad glue joints Wing Mount made mediumweight sheet balsa carved balsa blocks fillets Assemble tail boom motor tube glue wing mount place before covering Next coat motor tube two coats thick dope tail boom coat thin dope Cover motor tube glass cloth using nitrate dope Sand smooth cover heavy Silkspan Cover tail boom Japanese tissuedouble cover inch wide rear bulk head located Pour nitrate dope inside motor tube after everything dry slosh around pour out hang tail can drain overnight sure bulkhead already installed end motor tube Front End Assembly made shown plan using good steel prop hub extreme care soldering Tin parts before assembly solder ing Use good piano wire shaft hangers bearings need shielded type lubricated light oil Propeller prop precise job take time Use rock-hard balsa cut similar accurate shape similar grain structure blade present rubber situation may need make blade little narrower after com plete prop carved Keep blades thin possible because seems work best good rule follow too thick July1977 91 N ATTENTION ALL AMA CLUBS Need Working Capital Earn $2000 0 next contest EASY WAY complete docket send $995 plus 50 cents postage Godfrey & Son Inc 254 Washington St Binghamton NV 13901 THE BIG HIs AM CCOMING dont work well too thin break finish blade few coats plasticized nitrate dope dont fill grain wood turbulator does work keeps prop pulling slower portion power run winding loop made solid heat-treated aluminum may ordered Jim Crocket Flying No 8 designed fly right un der power glide left glide right recommended because have never plane design fly well right glide Tape ballast motor tube ballast consists lead weight making up difference between weight plane 190 grams location plane balances shown plan Glide plane over soft area dont have tall grass live just cactus sagebrush Put shims under stab until plane glides Adjust rudder tabs get wide left turn Wind about 50 turns gently launch straight ahead Make thrust adjustments get moderate too steep right turn pow er climb pattern should straight steep first turning right tightening power decreases near end power run rudders turn plane left glide can tighten glide turn after climb correct use 16 strands strong Pirelli wind 330 340 turns fully wound motor should have 110 120 in/oz torque FAI rubber use 14 strands wind about 310 320 turns should give torque 120 130 in/oz should mention factors consider winding motors maximum rubber must well broken test wound find out actual breaking point takes place wind winding tube protect plane help remove broken motors motor tube will stand broken motor difficult remove shock other parts also lessened motor tube Flying Wakefield both joy frustration above unend ing challenge never easy make good flight As things life difficult task greater reward CL Aerobatics/Paul continued page 36 Focke Wuif TA-152 first appeared MAN Dec 1968 Originally set up 35 Keith built new 1976 about same size ST 46 flew quite well picture plane appeared Nov 76 Nats report Model via tion German Me-109 can built top bottom blocks rather molded balsa evidenced Jack Sheeks two versions 35 size FM April 1970 46 size FM May 1977 trike gear could try Bill Si mons P-39 FM August 1968 35-size airplane Both Lew Woolard Charlie Reeves have flown P-39s success Woolard quali fied 72 Nats Two Hawker Typhoons have appeared over years Dennis Adamisin won Ju nior 69 Nats got third Senior 70 35 version appeared AM September 1970 now available RC Sportsman Steve Ashby 46-size Typhoon FM January 1976 writer Seafang F 31/32 final version WW-II Spit fire look closely Bruce Robert sons book Spitfire will see good choice semi-scale has adequate nose length laminar-flow non-elliptical wing enlarged tailplane air scoop under engine wide landing gear placement Unfortunately came out very heavy very warped got very scattered around runway 73 Nats However still think would good semi-scale plane Another favorite warbird would Martin-Baker 5 looks rather like Mustang stretched nose Frank Mc Millan started apparently never completed Ive never seen Zero competition Bernie Ash sent picture Don Ogran Indianapolis way back 1961 campaigned several years like find just little diffi cult watch WW-II fighter plane doing square-eights F-14 Tomcat doing tri angles might try Dennis Duvalls Miss Dara 35-powered pylon racer ap peared FM December 1973 Tom Dixon developed Stephens Akro AAM March 1975 fullscale aerobatics airplane Use ST 46 does Jon Ramsden order plans RC Sportsman Speaking Akros Lew McFarlands Akromaster AAM November 1974 plans also available same source one-of-a-kind prototype campaigned Lew several years finishing high fourth 72 Nats Speaking real thing have Jim Van Loo s version Hal Kriers Chip munk appeared MAN March 1968 35 40 engines 55-in wing course ship later evolved Sig Chipmunk dandy kit built correctly Pete Tindals 40-size Chipmonk Model Aviation April 1977 57-in wing should fly well use ST 46 engine Lew McFarland built beautiful Chipmunk McCoy 40 never got around flying much looked great air Some planes have left out because plans available could get magazine article work Dave Hemstroughts PT-19 AM Febru ary 1960 Lew McFarlands Vega 35 AM June 1962 Aldrichs AG-l Duster MAN August 1966 Jack Sheeks Spit fire Mk FM September 1968 course Sea Fury Al Rabe AAM March 1973 Al suggests no try because its difficult build Well list few could de veloped competitive stunt planes can obtain old magazine adapt plans contemporary design Mac chi 202 FM October 1974 plans avail92 Model Aviation product review product review product review New K & B Engines addition 7 new airplane engines ranging size 325cc 65cc K & Bs line now totals 16 airplane 4 marine engines seven new engines 325cc 19 front rotor 35cc 21 front rotor 49cc 29 58cc 35 front rotorall F F CL 35 RIO Sport 65 RIO 40 front rotor Perry carburetor 65cc 40 front rotorfor FF Pylon Total line 20 engines provides range sizes types powerplant demand available dealers K & B Manufacturing 12152 Woodruff Ave Downey CA 90241 product review product review product review