Way Models taught designers skills necessary haul man aloft put sparkle young boys eyes Take look back us ex amine origins greatest hobby world EJim Noonan WHATEVER YOUR AGE chances word Old-Timer evokes series model aircraft past Actually era flying models began ancestors alive having ushered Englishman named George Cayley 1840 first models experiments heavier-than-air mechanical flight became reality 1903 rapid improvement design led sport flyingand related activity model flying innovative influ ential early model designers builders Wilhelm Kress Vienna Between 1865 1900 Kress experi mentation model construction took him first drachenflieger kite Top Original drawings Wilhelm Kress 1877 Aeroveloce model two configura tions designs result studies under Alphonse Penaud MA Dec 1986 Models History Bill Hannan 1871 1872 Left Bill Noonansrec reatlon original Kress models 64 Model Aviation -j / / fliers eventually equipped special elastic air screws propel lers much sophisticated rub ber-powered models called aeroveloce Emboldened mastery model flight Kress designed constructed mancarrying flying boat 1901 experiment successful Two 1877 aeroveloce models shown accompanying photos Kress began using rubber motors airplanes after studies under Alphonse Penaud Paris 1871-72 extensive experiments model Gliders led work cambered wings use stabilizing effect tail surfaces claimed aeroveloce first stable Free Flight models Other improvements readily apparent design aeroveloce important wing-stabil izer-rudder layout twin screws cancel torque effect alighting skids takeoff landing Kress engineer profession brilliant often traveled vari ous European countries lecturing chanical flight no ordinary talks content merely explaining theories designer would bring life through demonstrations model flight launching aeroveloce table stage letting circle right over audiences heads People must have loved third-dimensional touch Kress wrote several books subject II / N II flight Aeroveloce-Lenkbare Flugma schine Controlled Flying Machine published 1880 Bird Flies Man Will Fly came out 1900 invitation American aviation pioneer Octave Chanute Austrian came Chicago 1894 attend lecture First Aeronautical Congress pa pers given event important because English can found Aero nautics magazine July-October 1894 have made detailed study Kress models preliminary replica 741 I I I I 1 -w shown photo same size original model intended study goals build both actual flying model show model National Air Space Museum origin model plane materials Model flying began sport England France Germany US about 1907 1912 model plane clubs active cities eastern United States pioneer having New Continued page 145 L I I I IIII1 V V AhZ SILVER t234-V4 September1987 65 Ourauthors modern-day replica SilverAce model 1928 Advanced foritstime features components made celluloid boasted super flying characteristics Limited would outlaw auto-surface have minimum weight requirements reduce climb rates Record slots would reduced current 90 39 RC-assisted events CD would need authority establish maxi mum flight times needed preclude allday flying thermal next well maximum time return models field after maximum flight time achieved closing Id like thank reader careful consideration ideas expressed two articles share thoughts famous philosopher .The pain new idea greatest pains human nature. after favorite notions may wrong firmest beliefs ill-founded Walter Bagehot Ron St Jean 3394 Dale Dr Carson City NV 89701 Way Was/Noonan Continued page 65 York Model Aero Club 1915 clubs existed major cities across country leading aviation mag azines carried Model Page document ing activities good way exchange practical information advantages balsa tissue cellulose cement modeling materials became bet ter known 1930 materials fairly common America other countries until exposed balsa tissue cellulose through first international contact 1930s modelers used whatever ma terials locally available Amer ican model builders brought balsaand-tissue models 1930 Wakefield International Contest England Brit ish still building models birch thin plywood silk walnut propellers increasing international contact 1 930s onward American standards came universally adopted early models crude heavy produced short flights usually indoors As models im proved structure became increasingly refined flying moved outdoors Lightness strength goals modelers achieving long flights Buoyed attainments some advanced modelersthose financial capabil ity matched ambitionestablished model supply houses Before balsa tissue came staples American modeling spruce commonly used woodbut white pine holly cedar poplar basswood reed also popular Bamboo came 30-in lengths standard allpurpose wood best bamboo Tonkin variety interior China named after shipping port what Indo-China Balsa modeling material dis covered New York City docks 1911 John Carisi prominent member New York Model Aero Club came South America used pack expensive mahogany logs shipped deck cargo Soft wormy balsa lacked quality control enjoy today New York group used motor sticks props plan model using balsa appeared Aeronautics 1913 1918 Chicago modelers using wood Nevertheless hard find long time obtain club leader usually purchased rough planks cut meet club needs remember seeing first balsa arrive Milwaukee 1928 came band-sawed sheets 6 x 36 normal pro cedure time shape own strips sand crude sheet thickness needed 1930 however fair variety cut balsa available both stock packaged kits supply houses also carried variety small gears ball bearing prop shafts aluminum-disc wire-spoked wheels rubber tires well other small hardware like egg-beater winders Interestingly enough two modelbuilding staples supply houses carried came hobby way casket manufacturing industry cellulose cement dope China silk Both materials originally used casket-making Amberoid 1911 spell ing usual cement Clear nitrate Best New Design Award Sun Fun Lakeland Florida Features 1/4 Scale 90 span 4 cycle 45 2 cycle 40 Plans $1750 ppd Dry Ridge Models 59 McCurry Rd. Weaverville NC 28787 ** * * * * ** * ** * ************** ***** **** * * ***** 0 BALSA WOOD 72 complete setGLIDER PLANS 0 INEXPEN5IVE 0- EASY TO BUILD __jf \40 FLYING MODELS MOUS AIRCRAFT REPLICAS %zz% 0-RUBBER BAND HAND LAUNCH ADIIA EACH UNIQUE FIT INC TO ORDER COMPLETE STAR KRAFT MADE FRAN I/IA SHEETSET OE PLANSPO BOX 321 BALSA 3/16 STICK BALSASEND 5750 PLUSBOUNTIFUL UT 84010 USC LESS THAN ONE SHEET$150 POSTAGE TO AND ANF 551 IE FF6 MODEL I 17 DIFFERENT PLANS INCLUDING F-isF-iS F-18F-4 U-2A-S SPACE SHUTTLE 10 OTHERS September1987 145 TWIN STAR Newest Opposed Twin 2-Cycle Low Price Weighs Only 27 Lbs* first own brand new lightweights Peoples Republic China just arrived U S Simultaneous firing minimizes vibration Massive crankshaft riding double ball bearings increases performance reduces maintenance Youll have fly believe EHS TRADING would like thank IMAA hospitality during RALLY OF GIANTS 87 Converse Indiana EHS TRADING LTD information contact PO Box 4325 RNa PiB Introductory PRICE 995* WItHOUT MUFFLER 400 Hualani St Bldg 13E Hilo Hawaii 96720Phone 800-634-6229 x 634486 EHS UW j- KITTEN ULTRALIGHT 1 EUSELAIE JKI STATIONS t01\ THE BEST FUSELAGE JIG EVER PERIOD Provides Solid Support Accurate Building Rugged Construction 7 Ply Aircraft Plywood Provides Lifetime Use Two Sizes Available Regular Fuselages Up 6 Wide Jumbo Fuselages Up 9 Wide Use Own Building Board Work Bench Base Mount Jig Station Uni-Strut Guide Rails Most Versatile Set-Up Contains Complete Hardware Instructions Including Uni-Strut Information Box 4 Standard Jig Stations$1795 Box 4 Jumbo Jig Stations1995 Two 5 ft long Guide Rails including mounting nuts21 95 See Dealer ci Order Direct Include $250 Per Item Ic ups GATOR RIC PRODUCTS 3713 Pompano 0 a F 325 4 4 6-8639 dope known bamboo varnish bananaoilwas alsoused asadope China silk much thinner lighter present-day Japanese silk used casket lining became common model covering material simulating rubber ized fabric used cover wings full-size aircraft variety tissue too available covering exception imported Far East ranged silk tissue superfine bamboo paper large models Rice paper sold lens tissue could drugstore form bamboo paper available local Chinese laundrythe wrap ping whenever proprietor got package homeland Goldbeaters skinthe lining cows pancreaswas another covering option Sheets averaged 9 x 28 sold 25 cents Because its leak-proof nature material long used make balboonets gas bags dirigibles Rubber available various crosssections both square rectangular sometimes light red often black found superior became known Para rubber used until about 1932 T-56 brown rubber came market Since rubber thread commercial uses cheap andplentiful 1915 Percy Pierce well-known Philadelphia modeler came first supplier deal quantities rubber clubs could order full years supply Model supply houseswhose stock also included variety kits both pure flying models twin pushers etc Scale modelswere rare exceptions lo cated East until late 1920s began appear larger Mid western cities like Chicago However far ubiquitous phe nomenon neighborhood shop know today did have its beginnings until mid-1930s onset World War 1917 model supply trade slowed remained sluggish until Lindberghs 1927 transatlantic flight sparked wave all-consuming popular interest aviation industry reached peak 1941 declining went war again Model magazines Model plane pages magazines like Aeronautics Aerial Age Aviation Fly Flying contained first printed accounts model contests drawings winning models boom before 1917 model flying declined during Great War enthusiasts written contrib uted model airplane literature came instructors pilots engineers boys went off Europe 1917 returned hardened shellshocked men soberer new perspective mod eling must have seemed like childish hobby club members few chose rejoin small number clubs survived AerialAge continued publish Model Page until magazine folded 1923 After published material models rarity until Lindberghs historic 1927 flight exploded front pages dailies across country igniting country new enthusiasm anything out fitted wings Lindbergh touched ground Paris newspaper land carried banner aviation daring ocean flights rapid development new better planes minutely chronicled comic pages Suddenly youngsters wanted models too new surge interest model building ar tides appeared numerous magazines reflecting frantic search good de signs meet unprecedented demand Naturally everyone wanted model Spirit St Louis plans appeared vaguely resembled real thing Flights such Scale models brief leaving great desire good long flightavailable time so-called scientific models made bare-minimum structure better twin-pushers large propellers circa 1915 resurrected well some primitive single-tractor models Twin-pushers became popular designs day due ease could adjusted good flight Adjustment single-tractors largely unknownand good flights mostly matter luck good planform design balance forces used today still future September 1927 Bill Stout Mer rill Hamburg Detroit founded Air plane Model League America AMLA Sponsored American Boy maga zine League nearly half million members 1931 issue mag azine featured great deal information model aviation boasting newest best modern all-balsa plans techniques world boom years before Depression superb sponsorship American Boy others made first official National Meets Detroit possible Usually three- five-day meet Indoor Outdoor events capped grand prize-giving banquet Nationals attracted best builders country Naturally liberal exchange ideas among expert builders resulted very rapid improvement model design example Indoor tractor duration record rose three minutes 1927 12 minutes 1930 1929 first National Meet Detroit attendees handed sample new magazine Model Airplane News modelers probably terribly impressed contents early issue dated July reprinted Ideal Scale models basswood reed adventure fiction serial somewhat unsophisti cated ads model kits materials among real gas engine models reality ModelAirplane News altogether new its first incarnation magazine actually begun some months earlierthe earliest issue No vember 1928continuing somewhat irregular basis until April 1929 first crudely written issues probably effort person apparently knew next nothing about models would sometimes merely churn out repeat previous months volume Seeing diamond-in-the-rough New York empire-building publisher Bernarr McFadden acquired transformed magazine hiring late Jesse Davidson write draw plans Thus July Continued page 149 146 Modet Aviation edition handed modelers 1929 Nationals first Model Airplane News merit hobbyists attention magazine has continued day miss ing issue 1933 information about model aviation maga zines see ModelAirplanes Ameri can Boy Frank Zaic Model Aero nautics Publications Box 136 Northridge CA 91324 Silver Acea milestone As noted before fever interest aviation swept country wake Lindberghs triumph other boy seemed longed fly publications kinds sought satisfy youngsters curiosity some oldsters well both about famous flights about build model airplane could really fly Ar ticles appeared daily papers well magazines description Ladies Home Journal Scientific American Obviously huge market just waiting airplane kit novice could put together Up till kits available Ideal US Model Company Mostly basswood reed bamboo paperbalsa just becoming known modelers around country required woodworkers skill build Moreover built handled correctly models doubtful flying ability Thus appearance Silver Ace model 1928 filled very real need its fabulous celluloid radial engine silver prop enormous spinner neat cabin fuselage balsa-framed silk-covered wings working wire shock absorbers landing gear celluloid struts wheels Silver Ace very advanced design its time Added attractions ready-to-fly model removable wings motor stick complete winder spare rubber motors new arrival quintessence boys dream real plane would also fly design J Murkland Shutte time member famed illinois Model Aero Club Silver Ace massproduced Aero Model Company Chicago price $1250 high 1928 standards $125 month considered high wage $500 would buy new Ford Only boys affluent families could afford models appearances magazine ads toy departments Christmas time least fueled fantasies less well-off youngsters Occasionally mod el seen movies flown some young actor Using concepts introduced very advanced Illinois Model Aero Club Shuttes design evolved over period several years its 1928 version Silver Ace simple yet goodlooking model realistic appearance greatly enhanced parts made moulded flat celluloid Celluloid parts made Japan designs Aero Model Company worth noting years long after Silver Ace other makes off market designsas well others features like ball bearing shafts wheels carved wood propellers etc tooling existed Japancontinued manufactured sold US firms Depression-era prices extreme ly low Remember Paulowina props Japan Mr Kitamura expediter manufacturing American market still capacity after World War II Assembly Silver Ace models carried out primarily female workers assisted few men operated various machines Fuselage sides made shaping block balsa outline shape band-sawing 6-in-sheet thickness finishing final sanding Bulkheads die-cut cardboard sides fitted aug glued After fitting wire parts landing gear tail skid top bottom silk-covered doped final spray coat color first silver later red other colors finished fuselage Wings stabs made literally mile Wing panels identical holes drilled spar ends both sides thus com pletely interchangeable Balsa die-cut ribs slipped dowel spars lighter dowels formed leading trailing edges entire assembly fitted onto jig dipped thin Ambroid like stuff use today effectively gluing joints well preparing surface frame China silk covering Wing tail frames slipped sewn silk tubes ends gathered tight whole assembly sprayed dope filled silk did shrink Result no sags warps wings orange-colored frameworks nicely showing through white silk Today Silver Ace owned Mr C Werve Kenosha WI sits its original box still totally intact after 59 years Thats convincing evidence just durable models could 1928 kids could admire Silver Ace afar moment finally came around 1965 few celluloid parts turned up built Its now Dave Shiptons model museum illinois recently original plan redrawn adapting present-day all-balsa methods dupli catmg celluloid parts balsa other materials model photo features updated construction wheels made hand using bottoms beer cans hub plates can obtain copy full-size plan $250 Oldtimer Models PO Box 7334 Van Nuys CA 91409 Old-Timers have large file model history often build replica mod els using original materials com ments old photos drawings concern ing early model aircraft can copy NEW MALONEY 125 SEE BACK COVER AD THIS ISSUE Wel IUEU inK uieru marked difference m price between Maioney 100 Maloney 126 M100 Hat pnce $17996 M1 25 $22995 ma difference $5000 feel some people going want trade M100 new M-125 isa program establishing wE ac commodate model brilderL have M100 has never instated iti airplane bench run can send back check difference $5000 wilsendyouanewM-125 have airacet new W 100 theta bench run al nicked up flown extensively wE make trade $6000 have engitie running weE brA has flown lot well make trade $7000 haveanld 100 over hill broken running condition weI take such engine $9000 trade decide take Maloney 125 deal send engine money directly World Engines no dealer discount involved hers ltcouldbe given dealer may beat price deal have no way knowing main thing trying accom modate model brilder may have luet bought M-100 knowing M-125 about uinounce new M-125 has much pulteg power perhaps 120 four stroke engines market today can consider itfor kits being recont IUUTKUU 101 LIU LU four stroke market opens up slot kits designs some distinct advarteges two stroke glow engines four stroke glow engines two strom ignition engines burn gasoline Four stroke engines very good nose stanoint two stroke glow engines very good power weight stanoint two stroke gasoline ignitlon engines very good smnoint gasoline costs about 1110 much glow fuel AJso gasoline solvent glow fuel mit doesntgetunderthe decorated tape mod eis off easily glow fuel wIL fuel mIxture bums 32 parts gasolneto pan ol makes clean up airplane much easier clean up glow fuel powered modela Also two stroke magneto ignition engines donl need glow pitig batteries Magneto ignition engines have sound realistw sound lice something comes out fuN scale man carrying airplane engine magneto ignitions once set up relieve operator constant needle valve arrmtmg seems go glow fuel engines Dick Sarpoks article intheMayl7mueofFljktg Atedais featured M-100 powered ErrtIcei said John Maloney comes up bigger engine hed go back drawing board design another plane Well Dick isI Trade hr offer expires 103087 Bald Maioneyl00 . $17996 Maloney 125 2995 WORLD ENGINES 89W Rossosh Ave Cholnnall Oh 45236 Ph 51 3 793-5900 214 557 September 1987 149 race flexible push rod serves servo best nothing beats Gold-N-Rod Sullivan Products Because Gold-N-Rods unique design allows lowest friction accurate transfer motion around curves push rod market Heres Exclusive spline design dramatically reduces friction between inner outer rod Sullivans demanding quality control insures tight fit minimal play between inner outer rods Gold-N-Rods special temperature-resistant resins help keep model trim comes convenient applications Gold-N-Rod soars above competition Youll find installation snap adjustments easier using Gold-N-Rods complete kit push rods studs Gold-N-Clevises So dont get thrown curve Instead go gold Gold-N-Rod Sullivan return welcomed valuable contributions future articles Please con tact directly James J Noonan 7454 West Thurston Circle Milwaukee WI 53218 T-60/Dixon Continued page 69 Weight can readily saved hol lowing out spar within about /4 ribs sheeting after wing fully constructed hollow inboard landing gear locations Ribs should also hollowed leave bar vertically about halfway between spar trailing edge guard against covering shrink age flattening airfoil curvature Light5fP7oDroR PRODUC OeeNonhHa nO p Bo66 Bn 66022243000 0.JZ .k.d p. Made n ening holes should also cut nose sections ribs before sheeting grind away back leading edge strip using Robart sanding drum Dremel tool triangle shape left between ribs Fuselage Note 007-in carbon fiber strip reinforcing shown plans greatly augments fuselages resistance bending under air loads adding almost no weight also very important accurately shape wing cutouts perform wing-to-fuselage assembly parts inverted flat surface avoid bending fuselage crutch out alignment during assembly top crutch must remain straight line after wing installed avoid building unwanted incidence tail wheel mount much easier stronger method traditional copper wire lacing Simply place oversized 1/16 ply mount blanks vise drill between /16 drill make groove wire Sandwich tail gear wire between two ply pieces using thick CyA glue join Add maple anchor protruding end wire resist twisting trim whole assembly fit rear fuselage takes longer describe Moving other end take pains keep cowl very light Hollow out much possible coat inside nose cowl Hobby Poxy Formula 2 glue strength fuel resistance heated after application heat gun excess merely poured out heat thins glue soaks ac celerating cure-time Covering out side cowl silkspan helps finishing adds some strength Some people advocate covering nose glass cloth have found necessary canopy shown plans built up sheet balsa origlnal model used cut-down Sig 11-in WW II canopy softened distorted slightly during painting As result future models will have wood possibly fiberglass canopy Ex-Atlantan Lou Melancon avoid ed whole problem T-60 simulating canopy nose section much like Stan Powells Dove Lous plane finished MonoKote came out 4 oz lighter 53 oz also used Sig Chipmunk wheel pants distinctive touch Finishing choice finishing discretion builder model covered Sig Light Flite Plyspan tissue finished Sig nitrate butyrate Lite Coat dope rubbed out using progressively finer grades steel wool polished Dupont white compound waxed As mentioned Lou Melancon MonoKoted plane ex cellent results tip shape prevents usual problems covering wing tips MonoKote Take choice business family pressures am leaning more towards iron-on coverings timesaving ad vantages Further developments next gener ation T-60s will have two-piece plug-in wing removable tail surfaces twin enthusiasms large planes small automobiles forcing move another great advantage ease finishing maintenance individual components Easier storage shipping distant contest sites also pluses Europeans have building way years Well hint adapt plug-in system Byron Originals Continued page 152 150 Model Aviation push comes shove Sullivans Gold-N-Rod smoothest around curves
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/09
Page Numbers: 64, 65, 145, 146, 149, 150
Way Models taught designers skills necessary haul man aloft put sparkle young boys eyes Take look back us ex amine origins greatest hobby world EJim Noonan WHATEVER YOUR AGE chances word Old-Timer evokes series model aircraft past Actually era flying models began ancestors alive having ushered Englishman named George Cayley 1840 first models experiments heavier-than-air mechanical flight became reality 1903 rapid improvement design led sport flyingand related activity model flying innovative influ ential early model designers builders Wilhelm Kress Vienna Between 1865 1900 Kress experi mentation model construction took him first drachenflieger kite Top Original drawings Wilhelm Kress 1877 Aeroveloce model two configura tions designs result studies under Alphonse Penaud MA Dec 1986 Models History Bill Hannan 1871 1872 Left Bill Noonansrec reatlon original Kress models 64 Model Aviation -j / / fliers eventually equipped special elastic air screws propel lers much sophisticated rub ber-powered models called aeroveloce Emboldened mastery model flight Kress designed constructed mancarrying flying boat 1901 experiment successful Two 1877 aeroveloce models shown accompanying photos Kress began using rubber motors airplanes after studies under Alphonse Penaud Paris 1871-72 extensive experiments model Gliders led work cambered wings use stabilizing effect tail surfaces claimed aeroveloce first stable Free Flight models Other improvements readily apparent design aeroveloce important wing-stabil izer-rudder layout twin screws cancel torque effect alighting skids takeoff landing Kress engineer profession brilliant often traveled vari ous European countries lecturing chanical flight no ordinary talks content merely explaining theories designer would bring life through demonstrations model flight launching aeroveloce table stage letting circle right over audiences heads People must have loved third-dimensional touch Kress wrote several books subject II / N II flight Aeroveloce-Lenkbare Flugma schine Controlled Flying Machine published 1880 Bird Flies Man Will Fly came out 1900 invitation American aviation pioneer Octave Chanute Austrian came Chicago 1894 attend lecture First Aeronautical Congress pa pers given event important because English can found Aero nautics magazine July-October 1894 have made detailed study Kress models preliminary replica 741 I I I I 1 -w shown photo same size original model intended study goals build both actual flying model show model National Air Space Museum origin model plane materials Model flying began sport England France Germany US about 1907 1912 model plane clubs active cities eastern United States pioneer having New Continued page 145 L I I I IIII1 V V AhZ SILVER t234-V4 September1987 65 Ourauthors modern-day replica SilverAce model 1928 Advanced foritstime features components made celluloid boasted super flying characteristics Limited would outlaw auto-surface have minimum weight requirements reduce climb rates Record slots would reduced current 90 39 RC-assisted events CD would need authority establish maxi mum flight times needed preclude allday flying thermal next well maximum time return models field after maximum flight time achieved closing Id like thank reader careful consideration ideas expressed two articles share thoughts famous philosopher .The pain new idea greatest pains human nature. after favorite notions may wrong firmest beliefs ill-founded Walter Bagehot Ron St Jean 3394 Dale Dr Carson City NV 89701 Way Was/Noonan Continued page 65 York Model Aero Club 1915 clubs existed major cities across country leading aviation mag azines carried Model Page document ing activities good way exchange practical information advantages balsa tissue cellulose cement modeling materials became bet ter known 1930 materials fairly common America other countries until exposed balsa tissue cellulose through first international contact 1930s modelers used whatever ma terials locally available Amer ican model builders brought balsaand-tissue models 1930 Wakefield International Contest England Brit ish still building models birch thin plywood silk walnut propellers increasing international contact 1 930s onward American standards came universally adopted early models crude heavy produced short flights usually indoors As models im proved structure became increasingly refined flying moved outdoors Lightness strength goals modelers achieving long flights Buoyed attainments some advanced modelersthose financial capabil ity matched ambitionestablished model supply houses Before balsa tissue came staples American modeling spruce commonly used woodbut white pine holly cedar poplar basswood reed also popular Bamboo came 30-in lengths standard allpurpose wood best bamboo Tonkin variety interior China named after shipping port what Indo-China Balsa modeling material dis covered New York City docks 1911 John Carisi prominent member New York Model Aero Club came South America used pack expensive mahogany logs shipped deck cargo Soft wormy balsa lacked quality control enjoy today New York group used motor sticks props plan model using balsa appeared Aeronautics 1913 1918 Chicago modelers using wood Nevertheless hard find long time obtain club leader usually purchased rough planks cut meet club needs remember seeing first balsa arrive Milwaukee 1928 came band-sawed sheets 6 x 36 normal pro cedure time shape own strips sand crude sheet thickness needed 1930 however fair variety cut balsa available both stock packaged kits supply houses also carried variety small gears ball bearing prop shafts aluminum-disc wire-spoked wheels rubber tires well other small hardware like egg-beater winders Interestingly enough two modelbuilding staples supply houses carried came hobby way casket manufacturing industry cellulose cement dope China silk Both materials originally used casket-making Amberoid 1911 spell ing usual cement Clear nitrate Best New Design Award Sun Fun Lakeland Florida Features 1/4 Scale 90 span 4 cycle 45 2 cycle 40 Plans $1750 ppd Dry Ridge Models 59 McCurry Rd. Weaverville NC 28787 ** * * * * ** * ** * ************** ***** **** * * ***** 0 BALSA WOOD 72 complete setGLIDER PLANS 0 INEXPEN5IVE 0- EASY TO BUILD __jf \40 FLYING MODELS MOUS AIRCRAFT REPLICAS %zz% 0-RUBBER BAND HAND LAUNCH ADIIA EACH UNIQUE FIT INC TO ORDER COMPLETE STAR KRAFT MADE FRAN I/IA SHEETSET OE PLANSPO BOX 321 BALSA 3/16 STICK BALSASEND 5750 PLUSBOUNTIFUL UT 84010 USC LESS THAN ONE SHEET$150 POSTAGE TO AND ANF 551 IE FF6 MODEL I 17 DIFFERENT PLANS INCLUDING F-isF-iS F-18F-4 U-2A-S SPACE SHUTTLE 10 OTHERS September1987 145 TWIN STAR Newest Opposed Twin 2-Cycle Low Price Weighs Only 27 Lbs* first own brand new lightweights Peoples Republic China just arrived U S Simultaneous firing minimizes vibration Massive crankshaft riding double ball bearings increases performance reduces maintenance Youll have fly believe EHS TRADING would like thank IMAA hospitality during RALLY OF GIANTS 87 Converse Indiana EHS TRADING LTD information contact PO Box 4325 RNa PiB Introductory PRICE 995* WItHOUT MUFFLER 400 Hualani St Bldg 13E Hilo Hawaii 96720Phone 800-634-6229 x 634486 EHS UW j- KITTEN ULTRALIGHT 1 EUSELAIE JKI STATIONS t01\ THE BEST FUSELAGE JIG EVER PERIOD Provides Solid Support Accurate Building Rugged Construction 7 Ply Aircraft Plywood Provides Lifetime Use Two Sizes Available Regular Fuselages Up 6 Wide Jumbo Fuselages Up 9 Wide Use Own Building Board Work Bench Base Mount Jig Station Uni-Strut Guide Rails Most Versatile Set-Up Contains Complete Hardware Instructions Including Uni-Strut Information Box 4 Standard Jig Stations$1795 Box 4 Jumbo Jig Stations1995 Two 5 ft long Guide Rails including mounting nuts21 95 See Dealer ci Order Direct Include $250 Per Item Ic ups GATOR RIC PRODUCTS 3713 Pompano 0 a F 325 4 4 6-8639 dope known bamboo varnish bananaoilwas alsoused asadope China silk much thinner lighter present-day Japanese silk used casket lining became common model covering material simulating rubber ized fabric used cover wings full-size aircraft variety tissue too available covering exception imported Far East ranged silk tissue superfine bamboo paper large models Rice paper sold lens tissue could drugstore form bamboo paper available local Chinese laundrythe wrap ping whenever proprietor got package homeland Goldbeaters skinthe lining cows pancreaswas another covering option Sheets averaged 9 x 28 sold 25 cents Because its leak-proof nature material long used make balboonets gas bags dirigibles Rubber available various crosssections both square rectangular sometimes light red often black found superior became known Para rubber used until about 1932 T-56 brown rubber came market Since rubber thread commercial uses cheap andplentiful 1915 Percy Pierce well-known Philadelphia modeler came first supplier deal quantities rubber clubs could order full years supply Model supply houseswhose stock also included variety kits both pure flying models twin pushers etc Scale modelswere rare exceptions lo cated East until late 1920s began appear larger Mid western cities like Chicago However far ubiquitous phe nomenon neighborhood shop know today did have its beginnings until mid-1930s onset World War 1917 model supply trade slowed remained sluggish until Lindberghs 1927 transatlantic flight sparked wave all-consuming popular interest aviation industry reached peak 1941 declining went war again Model magazines Model plane pages magazines like Aeronautics Aerial Age Aviation Fly Flying contained first printed accounts model contests drawings winning models boom before 1917 model flying declined during Great War enthusiasts written contrib uted model airplane literature came instructors pilots engineers boys went off Europe 1917 returned hardened shellshocked men soberer new perspective mod eling must have seemed like childish hobby club members few chose rejoin small number clubs survived AerialAge continued publish Model Page until magazine folded 1923 After published material models rarity until Lindberghs historic 1927 flight exploded front pages dailies across country igniting country new enthusiasm anything out fitted wings Lindbergh touched ground Paris newspaper land carried banner aviation daring ocean flights rapid development new better planes minutely chronicled comic pages Suddenly youngsters wanted models too new surge interest model building ar tides appeared numerous magazines reflecting frantic search good de signs meet unprecedented demand Naturally everyone wanted model Spirit St Louis plans appeared vaguely resembled real thing Flights such Scale models brief leaving great desire good long flightavailable time so-called scientific models made bare-minimum structure better twin-pushers large propellers circa 1915 resurrected well some primitive single-tractor models Twin-pushers became popular designs day due ease could adjusted good flight Adjustment single-tractors largely unknownand good flights mostly matter luck good planform design balance forces used today still future September 1927 Bill Stout Mer rill Hamburg Detroit founded Air plane Model League America AMLA Sponsored American Boy maga zine League nearly half million members 1931 issue mag azine featured great deal information model aviation boasting newest best modern all-balsa plans techniques world boom years before Depression superb sponsorship American Boy others made first official National Meets Detroit possible Usually three- five-day meet Indoor Outdoor events capped grand prize-giving banquet Nationals attracted best builders country Naturally liberal exchange ideas among expert builders resulted very rapid improvement model design example Indoor tractor duration record rose three minutes 1927 12 minutes 1930 1929 first National Meet Detroit attendees handed sample new magazine Model Airplane News modelers probably terribly impressed contents early issue dated July reprinted Ideal Scale models basswood reed adventure fiction serial somewhat unsophisti cated ads model kits materials among real gas engine models reality ModelAirplane News altogether new its first incarnation magazine actually begun some months earlierthe earliest issue No vember 1928continuing somewhat irregular basis until April 1929 first crudely written issues probably effort person apparently knew next nothing about models would sometimes merely churn out repeat previous months volume Seeing diamond-in-the-rough New York empire-building publisher Bernarr McFadden acquired transformed magazine hiring late Jesse Davidson write draw plans Thus July Continued page 149 146 Modet Aviation edition handed modelers 1929 Nationals first Model Airplane News merit hobbyists attention magazine has continued day miss ing issue 1933 information about model aviation maga zines see ModelAirplanes Ameri can Boy Frank Zaic Model Aero nautics Publications Box 136 Northridge CA 91324 Silver Acea milestone As noted before fever interest aviation swept country wake Lindberghs triumph other boy seemed longed fly publications kinds sought satisfy youngsters curiosity some oldsters well both about famous flights about build model airplane could really fly Ar ticles appeared daily papers well magazines description Ladies Home Journal Scientific American Obviously huge market just waiting airplane kit novice could put together Up till kits available Ideal US Model Company Mostly basswood reed bamboo paperbalsa just becoming known modelers around country required woodworkers skill build Moreover built handled correctly models doubtful flying ability Thus appearance Silver Ace model 1928 filled very real need its fabulous celluloid radial engine silver prop enormous spinner neat cabin fuselage balsa-framed silk-covered wings working wire shock absorbers landing gear celluloid struts wheels Silver Ace very advanced design its time Added attractions ready-to-fly model removable wings motor stick complete winder spare rubber motors new arrival quintessence boys dream real plane would also fly design J Murkland Shutte time member famed illinois Model Aero Club Silver Ace massproduced Aero Model Company Chicago price $1250 high 1928 standards $125 month considered high wage $500 would buy new Ford Only boys affluent families could afford models appearances magazine ads toy departments Christmas time least fueled fantasies less well-off youngsters Occasionally mod el seen movies flown some young actor Using concepts introduced very advanced Illinois Model Aero Club Shuttes design evolved over period several years its 1928 version Silver Ace simple yet goodlooking model realistic appearance greatly enhanced parts made moulded flat celluloid Celluloid parts made Japan designs Aero Model Company worth noting years long after Silver Ace other makes off market designsas well others features like ball bearing shafts wheels carved wood propellers etc tooling existed Japancontinued manufactured sold US firms Depression-era prices extreme ly low Remember Paulowina props Japan Mr Kitamura expediter manufacturing American market still capacity after World War II Assembly Silver Ace models carried out primarily female workers assisted few men operated various machines Fuselage sides made shaping block balsa outline shape band-sawing 6-in-sheet thickness finishing final sanding Bulkheads die-cut cardboard sides fitted aug glued After fitting wire parts landing gear tail skid top bottom silk-covered doped final spray coat color first silver later red other colors finished fuselage Wings stabs made literally mile Wing panels identical holes drilled spar ends both sides thus com pletely interchangeable Balsa die-cut ribs slipped dowel spars lighter dowels formed leading trailing edges entire assembly fitted onto jig dipped thin Ambroid like stuff use today effectively gluing joints well preparing surface frame China silk covering Wing tail frames slipped sewn silk tubes ends gathered tight whole assembly sprayed dope filled silk did shrink Result no sags warps wings orange-colored frameworks nicely showing through white silk Today Silver Ace owned Mr C Werve Kenosha WI sits its original box still totally intact after 59 years Thats convincing evidence just durable models could 1928 kids could admire Silver Ace afar moment finally came around 1965 few celluloid parts turned up built Its now Dave Shiptons model museum illinois recently original plan redrawn adapting present-day all-balsa methods dupli catmg celluloid parts balsa other materials model photo features updated construction wheels made hand using bottoms beer cans hub plates can obtain copy full-size plan $250 Oldtimer Models PO Box 7334 Van Nuys CA 91409 Old-Timers have large file model history often build replica mod els using original materials com ments old photos drawings concern ing early model aircraft can copy NEW MALONEY 125 SEE BACK COVER AD THIS ISSUE Wel IUEU inK uieru marked difference m price between Maioney 100 Maloney 126 M100 Hat pnce $17996 M1 25 $22995 ma difference $5000 feel some people going want trade M100 new M-125 isa program establishing wE ac commodate model brilderL have M100 has never instated iti airplane bench run can send back check difference $5000 wilsendyouanewM-125 have airacet new W 100 theta bench run al nicked up flown extensively wE make trade $6000 have engitie running weE brA has flown lot well make trade $7000 haveanld 100 over hill broken running condition weI take such engine $9000 trade decide take Maloney 125 deal send engine money directly World Engines no dealer discount involved hers ltcouldbe given dealer may beat price deal have no way knowing main thing trying accom modate model brilder may have luet bought M-100 knowing M-125 about uinounce new M-125 has much pulteg power perhaps 120 four stroke engines market today can consider itfor kits being recont IUUTKUU 101 LIU LU four stroke market opens up slot kits designs some distinct advarteges two stroke glow engines four stroke glow engines two strom ignition engines burn gasoline Four stroke engines very good nose stanoint two stroke glow engines very good power weight stanoint two stroke gasoline ignitlon engines very good smnoint gasoline costs about 1110 much glow fuel AJso gasoline solvent glow fuel mit doesntgetunderthe decorated tape mod eis off easily glow fuel wIL fuel mIxture bums 32 parts gasolneto pan ol makes clean up airplane much easier clean up glow fuel powered modela Also two stroke magneto ignition engines donl need glow pitig batteries Magneto ignition engines have sound realistw sound lice something comes out fuN scale man carrying airplane engine magneto ignitions once set up relieve operator constant needle valve arrmtmg seems go glow fuel engines Dick Sarpoks article intheMayl7mueofFljktg Atedais featured M-100 powered ErrtIcei said John Maloney comes up bigger engine hed go back drawing board design another plane Well Dick isI Trade hr offer expires 103087 Bald Maioneyl00 . $17996 Maloney 125 2995 WORLD ENGINES 89W Rossosh Ave Cholnnall Oh 45236 Ph 51 3 793-5900 214 557 September 1987 149 race flexible push rod serves servo best nothing beats Gold-N-Rod Sullivan Products Because Gold-N-Rods unique design allows lowest friction accurate transfer motion around curves push rod market Heres Exclusive spline design dramatically reduces friction between inner outer rod Sullivans demanding quality control insures tight fit minimal play between inner outer rods Gold-N-Rods special temperature-resistant resins help keep model trim comes convenient applications Gold-N-Rod soars above competition Youll find installation snap adjustments easier using Gold-N-Rods complete kit push rods studs Gold-N-Clevises So dont get thrown curve Instead go gold Gold-N-Rod Sullivan return welcomed valuable contributions future articles Please con tact directly James J Noonan 7454 West Thurston Circle Milwaukee WI 53218 T-60/Dixon Continued page 69 Weight can readily saved hol lowing out spar within about /4 ribs sheeting after wing fully constructed hollow inboard landing gear locations Ribs should also hollowed leave bar vertically about halfway between spar trailing edge guard against covering shrink age flattening airfoil curvature Light5fP7oDroR PRODUC OeeNonhHa nO p Bo66 Bn 66022243000 0.JZ .k.d p. Made n ening holes should also cut nose sections ribs before sheeting grind away back leading edge strip using Robart sanding drum Dremel tool triangle shape left between ribs Fuselage Note 007-in carbon fiber strip reinforcing shown plans greatly augments fuselages resistance bending under air loads adding almost no weight also very important accurately shape wing cutouts perform wing-to-fuselage assembly parts inverted flat surface avoid bending fuselage crutch out alignment during assembly top crutch must remain straight line after wing installed avoid building unwanted incidence tail wheel mount much easier stronger method traditional copper wire lacing Simply place oversized 1/16 ply mount blanks vise drill between /16 drill make groove wire Sandwich tail gear wire between two ply pieces using thick CyA glue join Add maple anchor protruding end wire resist twisting trim whole assembly fit rear fuselage takes longer describe Moving other end take pains keep cowl very light Hollow out much possible coat inside nose cowl Hobby Poxy Formula 2 glue strength fuel resistance heated after application heat gun excess merely poured out heat thins glue soaks ac celerating cure-time Covering out side cowl silkspan helps finishing adds some strength Some people advocate covering nose glass cloth have found necessary canopy shown plans built up sheet balsa origlnal model used cut-down Sig 11-in WW II canopy softened distorted slightly during painting As result future models will have wood possibly fiberglass canopy Ex-Atlantan Lou Melancon avoid ed whole problem T-60 simulating canopy nose section much like Stan Powells Dove Lous plane finished MonoKote came out 4 oz lighter 53 oz also used Sig Chipmunk wheel pants distinctive touch Finishing choice finishing discretion builder model covered Sig Light Flite Plyspan tissue finished Sig nitrate butyrate Lite Coat dope rubbed out using progressively finer grades steel wool polished Dupont white compound waxed As mentioned Lou Melancon MonoKoted plane ex cellent results tip shape prevents usual problems covering wing tips MonoKote Take choice business family pressures am leaning more towards iron-on coverings timesaving ad vantages Further developments next gener ation T-60s will have two-piece plug-in wing removable tail surfaces twin enthusiasms large planes small automobiles forcing move another great advantage ease finishing maintenance individual components Easier storage shipping distant contest sites also pluses Europeans have building way years Well hint adapt plug-in system Byron Originals Continued page 152 150 Model Aviation push comes shove Sullivans Gold-N-Rod smoothest around curves
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/09
Page Numbers: 64, 65, 145, 146, 149, 150
Way Models taught designers skills necessary haul man aloft put sparkle young boys eyes Take look back us ex amine origins greatest hobby world EJim Noonan WHATEVER YOUR AGE chances word Old-Timer evokes series model aircraft past Actually era flying models began ancestors alive having ushered Englishman named George Cayley 1840 first models experiments heavier-than-air mechanical flight became reality 1903 rapid improvement design led sport flyingand related activity model flying innovative influ ential early model designers builders Wilhelm Kress Vienna Between 1865 1900 Kress experi mentation model construction took him first drachenflieger kite Top Original drawings Wilhelm Kress 1877 Aeroveloce model two configura tions designs result studies under Alphonse Penaud MA Dec 1986 Models History Bill Hannan 1871 1872 Left Bill Noonansrec reatlon original Kress models 64 Model Aviation -j / / fliers eventually equipped special elastic air screws propel lers much sophisticated rub ber-powered models called aeroveloce Emboldened mastery model flight Kress designed constructed mancarrying flying boat 1901 experiment successful Two 1877 aeroveloce models shown accompanying photos Kress began using rubber motors airplanes after studies under Alphonse Penaud Paris 1871-72 extensive experiments model Gliders led work cambered wings use stabilizing effect tail surfaces claimed aeroveloce first stable Free Flight models Other improvements readily apparent design aeroveloce important wing-stabil izer-rudder layout twin screws cancel torque effect alighting skids takeoff landing Kress engineer profession brilliant often traveled vari ous European countries lecturing chanical flight no ordinary talks content merely explaining theories designer would bring life through demonstrations model flight launching aeroveloce table stage letting circle right over audiences heads People must have loved third-dimensional touch Kress wrote several books subject II / N II flight Aeroveloce-Lenkbare Flugma schine Controlled Flying Machine published 1880 Bird Flies Man Will Fly came out 1900 invitation American aviation pioneer Octave Chanute Austrian came Chicago 1894 attend lecture First Aeronautical Congress pa pers given event important because English can found Aero nautics magazine July-October 1894 have made detailed study Kress models preliminary replica 741 I I I I 1 -w shown photo same size original model intended study goals build both actual flying model show model National Air Space Museum origin model plane materials Model flying began sport England France Germany US about 1907 1912 model plane clubs active cities eastern United States pioneer having New Continued page 145 L I I I IIII1 V V AhZ SILVER t234-V4 September1987 65 Ourauthors modern-day replica SilverAce model 1928 Advanced foritstime features components made celluloid boasted super flying characteristics Limited would outlaw auto-surface have minimum weight requirements reduce climb rates Record slots would reduced current 90 39 RC-assisted events CD would need authority establish maxi mum flight times needed preclude allday flying thermal next well maximum time return models field after maximum flight time achieved closing Id like thank reader careful consideration ideas expressed two articles share thoughts famous philosopher .The pain new idea greatest pains human nature. after favorite notions may wrong firmest beliefs ill-founded Walter Bagehot Ron St Jean 3394 Dale Dr Carson City NV 89701 Way Was/Noonan Continued page 65 York Model Aero Club 1915 clubs existed major cities across country leading aviation mag azines carried Model Page document ing activities good way exchange practical information advantages balsa tissue cellulose cement modeling materials became bet ter known 1930 materials fairly common America other countries until exposed balsa tissue cellulose through first international contact 1930s modelers used whatever ma terials locally available Amer ican model builders brought balsaand-tissue models 1930 Wakefield International Contest England Brit ish still building models birch thin plywood silk walnut propellers increasing international contact 1 930s onward American standards came universally adopted early models crude heavy produced short flights usually indoors As models im proved structure became increasingly refined flying moved outdoors Lightness strength goals modelers achieving long flights Buoyed attainments some advanced modelersthose financial capabil ity matched ambitionestablished model supply houses Before balsa tissue came staples American modeling spruce commonly used woodbut white pine holly cedar poplar basswood reed also popular Bamboo came 30-in lengths standard allpurpose wood best bamboo Tonkin variety interior China named after shipping port what Indo-China Balsa modeling material dis covered New York City docks 1911 John Carisi prominent member New York Model Aero Club came South America used pack expensive mahogany logs shipped deck cargo Soft wormy balsa lacked quality control enjoy today New York group used motor sticks props plan model using balsa appeared Aeronautics 1913 1918 Chicago modelers using wood Nevertheless hard find long time obtain club leader usually purchased rough planks cut meet club needs remember seeing first balsa arrive Milwaukee 1928 came band-sawed sheets 6 x 36 normal pro cedure time shape own strips sand crude sheet thickness needed 1930 however fair variety cut balsa available both stock packaged kits supply houses also carried variety small gears ball bearing prop shafts aluminum-disc wire-spoked wheels rubber tires well other small hardware like egg-beater winders Interestingly enough two modelbuilding staples supply houses carried came hobby way casket manufacturing industry cellulose cement dope China silk Both materials originally used casket-making Amberoid 1911 spell ing usual cement Clear nitrate Best New Design Award Sun Fun Lakeland Florida Features 1/4 Scale 90 span 4 cycle 45 2 cycle 40 Plans $1750 ppd Dry Ridge Models 59 McCurry Rd. Weaverville NC 28787 ** * * * * ** * ** * ************** ***** **** * * ***** 0 BALSA WOOD 72 complete setGLIDER PLANS 0 INEXPEN5IVE 0- EASY TO BUILD __jf \40 FLYING MODELS MOUS AIRCRAFT REPLICAS %zz% 0-RUBBER BAND HAND LAUNCH ADIIA EACH UNIQUE FIT INC TO ORDER COMPLETE STAR KRAFT MADE FRAN I/IA SHEETSET OE PLANSPO BOX 321 BALSA 3/16 STICK BALSASEND 5750 PLUSBOUNTIFUL UT 84010 USC LESS THAN ONE SHEET$150 POSTAGE TO AND ANF 551 IE FF6 MODEL I 17 DIFFERENT PLANS INCLUDING F-isF-iS F-18F-4 U-2A-S SPACE SHUTTLE 10 OTHERS September1987 145 TWIN STAR Newest Opposed Twin 2-Cycle Low Price Weighs Only 27 Lbs* first own brand new lightweights Peoples Republic China just arrived U S Simultaneous firing minimizes vibration Massive crankshaft riding double ball bearings increases performance reduces maintenance Youll have fly believe EHS TRADING would like thank IMAA hospitality during RALLY OF GIANTS 87 Converse Indiana EHS TRADING LTD information contact PO Box 4325 RNa PiB Introductory PRICE 995* WItHOUT MUFFLER 400 Hualani St Bldg 13E Hilo Hawaii 96720Phone 800-634-6229 x 634486 EHS UW j- KITTEN ULTRALIGHT 1 EUSELAIE JKI STATIONS t01\ THE BEST FUSELAGE JIG EVER PERIOD Provides Solid Support Accurate Building Rugged Construction 7 Ply Aircraft Plywood Provides Lifetime Use Two Sizes Available Regular Fuselages Up 6 Wide Jumbo Fuselages Up 9 Wide Use Own Building Board Work Bench Base Mount Jig Station Uni-Strut Guide Rails Most Versatile Set-Up Contains Complete Hardware Instructions Including Uni-Strut Information Box 4 Standard Jig Stations$1795 Box 4 Jumbo Jig Stations1995 Two 5 ft long Guide Rails including mounting nuts21 95 See Dealer ci Order Direct Include $250 Per Item Ic ups GATOR RIC PRODUCTS 3713 Pompano 0 a F 325 4 4 6-8639 dope known bamboo varnish bananaoilwas alsoused asadope China silk much thinner lighter present-day Japanese silk used casket lining became common model covering material simulating rubber ized fabric used cover wings full-size aircraft variety tissue too available covering exception imported Far East ranged silk tissue superfine bamboo paper large models Rice paper sold lens tissue could drugstore form bamboo paper available local Chinese laundrythe wrap ping whenever proprietor got package homeland Goldbeaters skinthe lining cows pancreaswas another covering option Sheets averaged 9 x 28 sold 25 cents Because its leak-proof nature material long used make balboonets gas bags dirigibles Rubber available various crosssections both square rectangular sometimes light red often black found superior became known Para rubber used until about 1932 T-56 brown rubber came market Since rubber thread commercial uses cheap andplentiful 1915 Percy Pierce well-known Philadelphia modeler came first supplier deal quantities rubber clubs could order full years supply Model supply houseswhose stock also included variety kits both pure flying models twin pushers etc Scale modelswere rare exceptions lo cated East until late 1920s began appear larger Mid western cities like Chicago However far ubiquitous phe nomenon neighborhood shop know today did have its beginnings until mid-1930s onset World War 1917 model supply trade slowed remained sluggish until Lindberghs 1927 transatlantic flight sparked wave all-consuming popular interest aviation industry reached peak 1941 declining went war again Model magazines Model plane pages magazines like Aeronautics Aerial Age Aviation Fly Flying contained first printed accounts model contests drawings winning models boom before 1917 model flying declined during Great War enthusiasts written contrib uted model airplane literature came instructors pilots engineers boys went off Europe 1917 returned hardened shellshocked men soberer new perspective mod eling must have seemed like childish hobby club members few chose rejoin small number clubs survived AerialAge continued publish Model Page until magazine folded 1923 After published material models rarity until Lindberghs historic 1927 flight exploded front pages dailies across country igniting country new enthusiasm anything out fitted wings Lindbergh touched ground Paris newspaper land carried banner aviation daring ocean flights rapid development new better planes minutely chronicled comic pages Suddenly youngsters wanted models too new surge interest model building ar tides appeared numerous magazines reflecting frantic search good de signs meet unprecedented demand Naturally everyone wanted model Spirit St Louis plans appeared vaguely resembled real thing Flights such Scale models brief leaving great desire good long flightavailable time so-called scientific models made bare-minimum structure better twin-pushers large propellers circa 1915 resurrected well some primitive single-tractor models Twin-pushers became popular designs day due ease could adjusted good flight Adjustment single-tractors largely unknownand good flights mostly matter luck good planform design balance forces used today still future September 1927 Bill Stout Mer rill Hamburg Detroit founded Air plane Model League America AMLA Sponsored American Boy maga zine League nearly half million members 1931 issue mag azine featured great deal information model aviation boasting newest best modern all-balsa plans techniques world boom years before Depression superb sponsorship American Boy others made first official National Meets Detroit possible Usually three- five-day meet Indoor Outdoor events capped grand prize-giving banquet Nationals attracted best builders country Naturally liberal exchange ideas among expert builders resulted very rapid improvement model design example Indoor tractor duration record rose three minutes 1927 12 minutes 1930 1929 first National Meet Detroit attendees handed sample new magazine Model Airplane News modelers probably terribly impressed contents early issue dated July reprinted Ideal Scale models basswood reed adventure fiction serial somewhat unsophisti cated ads model kits materials among real gas engine models reality ModelAirplane News altogether new its first incarnation magazine actually begun some months earlierthe earliest issue No vember 1928continuing somewhat irregular basis until April 1929 first crudely written issues probably effort person apparently knew next nothing about models would sometimes merely churn out repeat previous months volume Seeing diamond-in-the-rough New York empire-building publisher Bernarr McFadden acquired transformed magazine hiring late Jesse Davidson write draw plans Thus July Continued page 149 146 Modet Aviation edition handed modelers 1929 Nationals first Model Airplane News merit hobbyists attention magazine has continued day miss ing issue 1933 information about model aviation maga zines see ModelAirplanes Ameri can Boy Frank Zaic Model Aero nautics Publications Box 136 Northridge CA 91324 Silver Acea milestone As noted before fever interest aviation swept country wake Lindberghs triumph other boy seemed longed fly publications kinds sought satisfy youngsters curiosity some oldsters well both about famous flights about build model airplane could really fly Ar ticles appeared daily papers well magazines description Ladies Home Journal Scientific American Obviously huge market just waiting airplane kit novice could put together Up till kits available Ideal US Model Company Mostly basswood reed bamboo paperbalsa just becoming known modelers around country required woodworkers skill build Moreover built handled correctly models doubtful flying ability Thus appearance Silver Ace model 1928 filled very real need its fabulous celluloid radial engine silver prop enormous spinner neat cabin fuselage balsa-framed silk-covered wings working wire shock absorbers landing gear celluloid struts wheels Silver Ace very advanced design its time Added attractions ready-to-fly model removable wings motor stick complete winder spare rubber motors new arrival quintessence boys dream real plane would also fly design J Murkland Shutte time member famed illinois Model Aero Club Silver Ace massproduced Aero Model Company Chicago price $1250 high 1928 standards $125 month considered high wage $500 would buy new Ford Only boys affluent families could afford models appearances magazine ads toy departments Christmas time least fueled fantasies less well-off youngsters Occasionally mod el seen movies flown some young actor Using concepts introduced very advanced Illinois Model Aero Club Shuttes design evolved over period several years its 1928 version Silver Ace simple yet goodlooking model realistic appearance greatly enhanced parts made moulded flat celluloid Celluloid parts made Japan designs Aero Model Company worth noting years long after Silver Ace other makes off market designsas well others features like ball bearing shafts wheels carved wood propellers etc tooling existed Japancontinued manufactured sold US firms Depression-era prices extreme ly low Remember Paulowina props Japan Mr Kitamura expediter manufacturing American market still capacity after World War II Assembly Silver Ace models carried out primarily female workers assisted few men operated various machines Fuselage sides made shaping block balsa outline shape band-sawing 6-in-sheet thickness finishing final sanding Bulkheads die-cut cardboard sides fitted aug glued After fitting wire parts landing gear tail skid top bottom silk-covered doped final spray coat color first silver later red other colors finished fuselage Wings stabs made literally mile Wing panels identical holes drilled spar ends both sides thus com pletely interchangeable Balsa die-cut ribs slipped dowel spars lighter dowels formed leading trailing edges entire assembly fitted onto jig dipped thin Ambroid like stuff use today effectively gluing joints well preparing surface frame China silk covering Wing tail frames slipped sewn silk tubes ends gathered tight whole assembly sprayed dope filled silk did shrink Result no sags warps wings orange-colored frameworks nicely showing through white silk Today Silver Ace owned Mr C Werve Kenosha WI sits its original box still totally intact after 59 years Thats convincing evidence just durable models could 1928 kids could admire Silver Ace afar moment finally came around 1965 few celluloid parts turned up built Its now Dave Shiptons model museum illinois recently original plan redrawn adapting present-day all-balsa methods dupli catmg celluloid parts balsa other materials model photo features updated construction wheels made hand using bottoms beer cans hub plates can obtain copy full-size plan $250 Oldtimer Models PO Box 7334 Van Nuys CA 91409 Old-Timers have large file model history often build replica mod els using original materials com ments old photos drawings concern ing early model aircraft can copy NEW MALONEY 125 SEE BACK COVER AD THIS ISSUE Wel IUEU inK uieru marked difference m price between Maioney 100 Maloney 126 M100 Hat pnce $17996 M1 25 $22995 ma difference $5000 feel some people going want trade M100 new M-125 isa program establishing wE ac commodate model brilderL have M100 has never instated iti airplane bench run can send back check difference $5000 wilsendyouanewM-125 have airacet new W 100 theta bench run al nicked up flown extensively wE make trade $6000 have engitie running weE brA has flown lot well make trade $7000 haveanld 100 over hill broken running condition weI take such engine $9000 trade decide take Maloney 125 deal send engine money directly World Engines no dealer discount involved hers ltcouldbe given dealer may beat price deal have no way knowing main thing trying accom modate model brilder may have luet bought M-100 knowing M-125 about uinounce new M-125 has much pulteg power perhaps 120 four stroke engines market today can consider itfor kits being recont IUUTKUU 101 LIU LU four stroke market opens up slot kits designs some distinct advarteges two stroke glow engines four stroke glow engines two strom ignition engines burn gasoline Four stroke engines very good nose stanoint two stroke glow engines very good power weight stanoint two stroke gasoline ignitlon engines very good smnoint gasoline costs about 1110 much glow fuel AJso gasoline solvent glow fuel mit doesntgetunderthe decorated tape mod eis off easily glow fuel wIL fuel mIxture bums 32 parts gasolneto pan ol makes clean up airplane much easier clean up glow fuel powered modela Also two stroke magneto ignition engines donl need glow pitig batteries Magneto ignition engines have sound realistw sound lice something comes out fuN scale man carrying airplane engine magneto ignitions once set up relieve operator constant needle valve arrmtmg seems go glow fuel engines Dick Sarpoks article intheMayl7mueofFljktg Atedais featured M-100 powered ErrtIcei said John Maloney comes up bigger engine hed go back drawing board design another plane Well Dick isI Trade hr offer expires 103087 Bald Maioneyl00 . $17996 Maloney 125 2995 WORLD ENGINES 89W Rossosh Ave Cholnnall Oh 45236 Ph 51 3 793-5900 214 557 September 1987 149 race flexible push rod serves servo best nothing beats Gold-N-Rod Sullivan Products Because Gold-N-Rods unique design allows lowest friction accurate transfer motion around curves push rod market Heres Exclusive spline design dramatically reduces friction between inner outer rod Sullivans demanding quality control insures tight fit minimal play between inner outer rods Gold-N-Rods special temperature-resistant resins help keep model trim comes convenient applications Gold-N-Rod soars above competition Youll find installation snap adjustments easier using Gold-N-Rods complete kit push rods studs Gold-N-Clevises So dont get thrown curve Instead go gold Gold-N-Rod Sullivan return welcomed valuable contributions future articles Please con tact directly James J Noonan 7454 West Thurston Circle Milwaukee WI 53218 T-60/Dixon Continued page 69 Weight can readily saved hol lowing out spar within about /4 ribs sheeting after wing fully constructed hollow inboard landing gear locations Ribs should also hollowed leave bar vertically about halfway between spar trailing edge guard against covering shrink age flattening airfoil curvature Light5fP7oDroR PRODUC OeeNonhHa nO p Bo66 Bn 66022243000 0.JZ .k.d p. Made n ening holes should also cut nose sections ribs before sheeting grind away back leading edge strip using Robart sanding drum Dremel tool triangle shape left between ribs Fuselage Note 007-in carbon fiber strip reinforcing shown plans greatly augments fuselages resistance bending under air loads adding almost no weight also very important accurately shape wing cutouts perform wing-to-fuselage assembly parts inverted flat surface avoid bending fuselage crutch out alignment during assembly top crutch must remain straight line after wing installed avoid building unwanted incidence tail wheel mount much easier stronger method traditional copper wire lacing Simply place oversized 1/16 ply mount blanks vise drill between /16 drill make groove wire Sandwich tail gear wire between two ply pieces using thick CyA glue join Add maple anchor protruding end wire resist twisting trim whole assembly fit rear fuselage takes longer describe Moving other end take pains keep cowl very light Hollow out much possible coat inside nose cowl Hobby Poxy Formula 2 glue strength fuel resistance heated after application heat gun excess merely poured out heat thins glue soaks ac celerating cure-time Covering out side cowl silkspan helps finishing adds some strength Some people advocate covering nose glass cloth have found necessary canopy shown plans built up sheet balsa origlnal model used cut-down Sig 11-in WW II canopy softened distorted slightly during painting As result future models will have wood possibly fiberglass canopy Ex-Atlantan Lou Melancon avoid ed whole problem T-60 simulating canopy nose section much like Stan Powells Dove Lous plane finished MonoKote came out 4 oz lighter 53 oz also used Sig Chipmunk wheel pants distinctive touch Finishing choice finishing discretion builder model covered Sig Light Flite Plyspan tissue finished Sig nitrate butyrate Lite Coat dope rubbed out using progressively finer grades steel wool polished Dupont white compound waxed As mentioned Lou Melancon MonoKoted plane ex cellent results tip shape prevents usual problems covering wing tips MonoKote Take choice business family pressures am leaning more towards iron-on coverings timesaving ad vantages Further developments next gener ation T-60s will have two-piece plug-in wing removable tail surfaces twin enthusiasms large planes small automobiles forcing move another great advantage ease finishing maintenance individual components Easier storage shipping distant contest sites also pluses Europeans have building way years Well hint adapt plug-in system Byron Originals Continued page 152 150 Model Aviation push comes shove Sullivans Gold-N-Rod smoothest around curves
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/09
Page Numbers: 64, 65, 145, 146, 149, 150
Way Models taught designers skills necessary haul man aloft put sparkle young boys eyes Take look back us ex amine origins greatest hobby world EJim Noonan WHATEVER YOUR AGE chances word Old-Timer evokes series model aircraft past Actually era flying models began ancestors alive having ushered Englishman named George Cayley 1840 first models experiments heavier-than-air mechanical flight became reality 1903 rapid improvement design led sport flyingand related activity model flying innovative influ ential early model designers builders Wilhelm Kress Vienna Between 1865 1900 Kress experi mentation model construction took him first drachenflieger kite Top Original drawings Wilhelm Kress 1877 Aeroveloce model two configura tions designs result studies under Alphonse Penaud MA Dec 1986 Models History Bill Hannan 1871 1872 Left Bill Noonansrec reatlon original Kress models 64 Model Aviation -j / / fliers eventually equipped special elastic air screws propel lers much sophisticated rub ber-powered models called aeroveloce Emboldened mastery model flight Kress designed constructed mancarrying flying boat 1901 experiment successful Two 1877 aeroveloce models shown accompanying photos Kress began using rubber motors airplanes after studies under Alphonse Penaud Paris 1871-72 extensive experiments model Gliders led work cambered wings use stabilizing effect tail surfaces claimed aeroveloce first stable Free Flight models Other improvements readily apparent design aeroveloce important wing-stabil izer-rudder layout twin screws cancel torque effect alighting skids takeoff landing Kress engineer profession brilliant often traveled vari ous European countries lecturing chanical flight no ordinary talks content merely explaining theories designer would bring life through demonstrations model flight launching aeroveloce table stage letting circle right over audiences heads People must have loved third-dimensional touch Kress wrote several books subject II / N II flight Aeroveloce-Lenkbare Flugma schine Controlled Flying Machine published 1880 Bird Flies Man Will Fly came out 1900 invitation American aviation pioneer Octave Chanute Austrian came Chicago 1894 attend lecture First Aeronautical Congress pa pers given event important because English can found Aero nautics magazine July-October 1894 have made detailed study Kress models preliminary replica 741 I I I I 1 -w shown photo same size original model intended study goals build both actual flying model show model National Air Space Museum origin model plane materials Model flying began sport England France Germany US about 1907 1912 model plane clubs active cities eastern United States pioneer having New Continued page 145 L I I I IIII1 V V AhZ SILVER t234-V4 September1987 65 Ourauthors modern-day replica SilverAce model 1928 Advanced foritstime features components made celluloid boasted super flying characteristics Limited would outlaw auto-surface have minimum weight requirements reduce climb rates Record slots would reduced current 90 39 RC-assisted events CD would need authority establish maxi mum flight times needed preclude allday flying thermal next well maximum time return models field after maximum flight time achieved closing Id like thank reader careful consideration ideas expressed two articles share thoughts famous philosopher .The pain new idea greatest pains human nature. after favorite notions may wrong firmest beliefs ill-founded Walter Bagehot Ron St Jean 3394 Dale Dr Carson City NV 89701 Way Was/Noonan Continued page 65 York Model Aero Club 1915 clubs existed major cities across country leading aviation mag azines carried Model Page document ing activities good way exchange practical information advantages balsa tissue cellulose cement modeling materials became bet ter known 1930 materials fairly common America other countries until exposed balsa tissue cellulose through first international contact 1930s modelers used whatever ma terials locally available Amer ican model builders brought balsaand-tissue models 1930 Wakefield International Contest England Brit ish still building models birch thin plywood silk walnut propellers increasing international contact 1 930s onward American standards came universally adopted early models crude heavy produced short flights usually indoors As models im proved structure became increasingly refined flying moved outdoors Lightness strength goals modelers achieving long flights Buoyed attainments some advanced modelersthose financial capabil ity matched ambitionestablished model supply houses Before balsa tissue came staples American modeling spruce commonly used woodbut white pine holly cedar poplar basswood reed also popular Bamboo came 30-in lengths standard allpurpose wood best bamboo Tonkin variety interior China named after shipping port what Indo-China Balsa modeling material dis covered New York City docks 1911 John Carisi prominent member New York Model Aero Club came South America used pack expensive mahogany logs shipped deck cargo Soft wormy balsa lacked quality control enjoy today New York group used motor sticks props plan model using balsa appeared Aeronautics 1913 1918 Chicago modelers using wood Nevertheless hard find long time obtain club leader usually purchased rough planks cut meet club needs remember seeing first balsa arrive Milwaukee 1928 came band-sawed sheets 6 x 36 normal pro cedure time shape own strips sand crude sheet thickness needed 1930 however fair variety cut balsa available both stock packaged kits supply houses also carried variety small gears ball bearing prop shafts aluminum-disc wire-spoked wheels rubber tires well other small hardware like egg-beater winders Interestingly enough two modelbuilding staples supply houses carried came hobby way casket manufacturing industry cellulose cement dope China silk Both materials originally used casket-making Amberoid 1911 spell ing usual cement Clear nitrate Best New Design Award Sun Fun Lakeland Florida Features 1/4 Scale 90 span 4 cycle 45 2 cycle 40 Plans $1750 ppd Dry Ridge Models 59 McCurry Rd. Weaverville NC 28787 ** * * * * ** * ** * ************** ***** **** * * ***** 0 BALSA WOOD 72 complete setGLIDER PLANS 0 INEXPEN5IVE 0- EASY TO BUILD __jf \40 FLYING MODELS MOUS AIRCRAFT REPLICAS %zz% 0-RUBBER BAND HAND LAUNCH ADIIA EACH UNIQUE FIT INC TO ORDER COMPLETE STAR KRAFT MADE FRAN I/IA SHEETSET OE PLANSPO BOX 321 BALSA 3/16 STICK BALSASEND 5750 PLUSBOUNTIFUL UT 84010 USC LESS THAN ONE SHEET$150 POSTAGE TO AND ANF 551 IE FF6 MODEL I 17 DIFFERENT PLANS INCLUDING F-isF-iS F-18F-4 U-2A-S SPACE SHUTTLE 10 OTHERS September1987 145 TWIN STAR Newest Opposed Twin 2-Cycle Low Price Weighs Only 27 Lbs* first own brand new lightweights Peoples Republic China just arrived U S Simultaneous firing minimizes vibration Massive crankshaft riding double ball bearings increases performance reduces maintenance Youll have fly believe EHS TRADING would like thank IMAA hospitality during RALLY OF GIANTS 87 Converse Indiana EHS TRADING LTD information contact PO Box 4325 RNa PiB Introductory PRICE 995* WItHOUT MUFFLER 400 Hualani St Bldg 13E Hilo Hawaii 96720Phone 800-634-6229 x 634486 EHS UW j- KITTEN ULTRALIGHT 1 EUSELAIE JKI STATIONS t01\ THE BEST FUSELAGE JIG EVER PERIOD Provides Solid Support Accurate Building Rugged Construction 7 Ply Aircraft Plywood Provides Lifetime Use Two Sizes Available Regular Fuselages Up 6 Wide Jumbo Fuselages Up 9 Wide Use Own Building Board Work Bench Base Mount Jig Station Uni-Strut Guide Rails Most Versatile Set-Up Contains Complete Hardware Instructions Including Uni-Strut Information Box 4 Standard Jig Stations$1795 Box 4 Jumbo Jig Stations1995 Two 5 ft long Guide Rails including mounting nuts21 95 See Dealer ci Order Direct Include $250 Per Item Ic ups GATOR RIC PRODUCTS 3713 Pompano 0 a F 325 4 4 6-8639 dope known bamboo varnish bananaoilwas alsoused asadope China silk much thinner lighter present-day Japanese silk used casket lining became common model covering material simulating rubber ized fabric used cover wings full-size aircraft variety tissue too available covering exception imported Far East ranged silk tissue superfine bamboo paper large models Rice paper sold lens tissue could drugstore form bamboo paper available local Chinese laundrythe wrap ping whenever proprietor got package homeland Goldbeaters skinthe lining cows pancreaswas another covering option Sheets averaged 9 x 28 sold 25 cents Because its leak-proof nature material long used make balboonets gas bags dirigibles Rubber available various crosssections both square rectangular sometimes light red often black found superior became known Para rubber used until about 1932 T-56 brown rubber came market Since rubber thread commercial uses cheap andplentiful 1915 Percy Pierce well-known Philadelphia modeler came first supplier deal quantities rubber clubs could order full years supply Model supply houseswhose stock also included variety kits both pure flying models twin pushers etc Scale modelswere rare exceptions lo cated East until late 1920s began appear larger Mid western cities like Chicago However far ubiquitous phe nomenon neighborhood shop know today did have its beginnings until mid-1930s onset World War 1917 model supply trade slowed remained sluggish until Lindberghs 1927 transatlantic flight sparked wave all-consuming popular interest aviation industry reached peak 1941 declining went war again Model magazines Model plane pages magazines like Aeronautics Aerial Age Aviation Fly Flying contained first printed accounts model contests drawings winning models boom before 1917 model flying declined during Great War enthusiasts written contrib uted model airplane literature came instructors pilots engineers boys went off Europe 1917 returned hardened shellshocked men soberer new perspective mod eling must have seemed like childish hobby club members few chose rejoin small number clubs survived AerialAge continued publish Model Page until magazine folded 1923 After published material models rarity until Lindberghs historic 1927 flight exploded front pages dailies across country igniting country new enthusiasm anything out fitted wings Lindbergh touched ground Paris newspaper land carried banner aviation daring ocean flights rapid development new better planes minutely chronicled comic pages Suddenly youngsters wanted models too new surge interest model building ar tides appeared numerous magazines reflecting frantic search good de signs meet unprecedented demand Naturally everyone wanted model Spirit St Louis plans appeared vaguely resembled real thing Flights such Scale models brief leaving great desire good long flightavailable time so-called scientific models made bare-minimum structure better twin-pushers large propellers circa 1915 resurrected well some primitive single-tractor models Twin-pushers became popular designs day due ease could adjusted good flight Adjustment single-tractors largely unknownand good flights mostly matter luck good planform design balance forces used today still future September 1927 Bill Stout Mer rill Hamburg Detroit founded Air plane Model League America AMLA Sponsored American Boy maga zine League nearly half million members 1931 issue mag azine featured great deal information model aviation boasting newest best modern all-balsa plans techniques world boom years before Depression superb sponsorship American Boy others made first official National Meets Detroit possible Usually three- five-day meet Indoor Outdoor events capped grand prize-giving banquet Nationals attracted best builders country Naturally liberal exchange ideas among expert builders resulted very rapid improvement model design example Indoor tractor duration record rose three minutes 1927 12 minutes 1930 1929 first National Meet Detroit attendees handed sample new magazine Model Airplane News modelers probably terribly impressed contents early issue dated July reprinted Ideal Scale models basswood reed adventure fiction serial somewhat unsophisti cated ads model kits materials among real gas engine models reality ModelAirplane News altogether new its first incarnation magazine actually begun some months earlierthe earliest issue No vember 1928continuing somewhat irregular basis until April 1929 first crudely written issues probably effort person apparently knew next nothing about models would sometimes merely churn out repeat previous months volume Seeing diamond-in-the-rough New York empire-building publisher Bernarr McFadden acquired transformed magazine hiring late Jesse Davidson write draw plans Thus July Continued page 149 146 Modet Aviation edition handed modelers 1929 Nationals first Model Airplane News merit hobbyists attention magazine has continued day miss ing issue 1933 information about model aviation maga zines see ModelAirplanes Ameri can Boy Frank Zaic Model Aero nautics Publications Box 136 Northridge CA 91324 Silver Acea milestone As noted before fever interest aviation swept country wake Lindberghs triumph other boy seemed longed fly publications kinds sought satisfy youngsters curiosity some oldsters well both about famous flights about build model airplane could really fly Ar ticles appeared daily papers well magazines description Ladies Home Journal Scientific American Obviously huge market just waiting airplane kit novice could put together Up till kits available Ideal US Model Company Mostly basswood reed bamboo paperbalsa just becoming known modelers around country required woodworkers skill build Moreover built handled correctly models doubtful flying ability Thus appearance Silver Ace model 1928 filled very real need its fabulous celluloid radial engine silver prop enormous spinner neat cabin fuselage balsa-framed silk-covered wings working wire shock absorbers landing gear celluloid struts wheels Silver Ace very advanced design its time Added attractions ready-to-fly model removable wings motor stick complete winder spare rubber motors new arrival quintessence boys dream real plane would also fly design J Murkland Shutte time member famed illinois Model Aero Club Silver Ace massproduced Aero Model Company Chicago price $1250 high 1928 standards $125 month considered high wage $500 would buy new Ford Only boys affluent families could afford models appearances magazine ads toy departments Christmas time least fueled fantasies less well-off youngsters Occasionally mod el seen movies flown some young actor Using concepts introduced very advanced Illinois Model Aero Club Shuttes design evolved over period several years its 1928 version Silver Ace simple yet goodlooking model realistic appearance greatly enhanced parts made moulded flat celluloid Celluloid parts made Japan designs Aero Model Company worth noting years long after Silver Ace other makes off market designsas well others features like ball bearing shafts wheels carved wood propellers etc tooling existed Japancontinued manufactured sold US firms Depression-era prices extreme ly low Remember Paulowina props Japan Mr Kitamura expediter manufacturing American market still capacity after World War II Assembly Silver Ace models carried out primarily female workers assisted few men operated various machines Fuselage sides made shaping block balsa outline shape band-sawing 6-in-sheet thickness finishing final sanding Bulkheads die-cut cardboard sides fitted aug glued After fitting wire parts landing gear tail skid top bottom silk-covered doped final spray coat color first silver later red other colors finished fuselage Wings stabs made literally mile Wing panels identical holes drilled spar ends both sides thus com pletely interchangeable Balsa die-cut ribs slipped dowel spars lighter dowels formed leading trailing edges entire assembly fitted onto jig dipped thin Ambroid like stuff use today effectively gluing joints well preparing surface frame China silk covering Wing tail frames slipped sewn silk tubes ends gathered tight whole assembly sprayed dope filled silk did shrink Result no sags warps wings orange-colored frameworks nicely showing through white silk Today Silver Ace owned Mr C Werve Kenosha WI sits its original box still totally intact after 59 years Thats convincing evidence just durable models could 1928 kids could admire Silver Ace afar moment finally came around 1965 few celluloid parts turned up built Its now Dave Shiptons model museum illinois recently original plan redrawn adapting present-day all-balsa methods dupli catmg celluloid parts balsa other materials model photo features updated construction wheels made hand using bottoms beer cans hub plates can obtain copy full-size plan $250 Oldtimer Models PO Box 7334 Van Nuys CA 91409 Old-Timers have large file model history often build replica mod els using original materials com ments old photos drawings concern ing early model aircraft can copy NEW MALONEY 125 SEE BACK COVER AD THIS ISSUE Wel IUEU inK uieru marked difference m price between Maioney 100 Maloney 126 M100 Hat pnce $17996 M1 25 $22995 ma difference $5000 feel some people going want trade M100 new M-125 isa program establishing wE ac commodate model brilderL have M100 has never instated iti airplane bench run can send back check difference $5000 wilsendyouanewM-125 have airacet new W 100 theta bench run al nicked up flown extensively wE make trade $6000 have engitie running weE brA has flown lot well make trade $7000 haveanld 100 over hill broken running condition weI take such engine $9000 trade decide take Maloney 125 deal send engine money directly World Engines no dealer discount involved hers ltcouldbe given dealer may beat price deal have no way knowing main thing trying accom modate model brilder may have luet bought M-100 knowing M-125 about uinounce new M-125 has much pulteg power perhaps 120 four stroke engines market today can consider itfor kits being recont IUUTKUU 101 LIU LU four stroke market opens up slot kits designs some distinct advarteges two stroke glow engines four stroke glow engines two strom ignition engines burn gasoline Four stroke engines very good nose stanoint two stroke glow engines very good power weight stanoint two stroke gasoline ignitlon engines very good smnoint gasoline costs about 1110 much glow fuel AJso gasoline solvent glow fuel mit doesntgetunderthe decorated tape mod eis off easily glow fuel wIL fuel mIxture bums 32 parts gasolneto pan ol makes clean up airplane much easier clean up glow fuel powered modela Also two stroke magneto ignition engines donl need glow pitig batteries Magneto ignition engines have sound realistw sound lice something comes out fuN scale man carrying airplane engine magneto ignitions once set up relieve operator constant needle valve arrmtmg seems go glow fuel engines Dick Sarpoks article intheMayl7mueofFljktg Atedais featured M-100 powered ErrtIcei said John Maloney comes up bigger engine hed go back drawing board design another plane Well Dick isI Trade hr offer expires 103087 Bald Maioneyl00 . $17996 Maloney 125 2995 WORLD ENGINES 89W Rossosh Ave Cholnnall Oh 45236 Ph 51 3 793-5900 214 557 September 1987 149 race flexible push rod serves servo best nothing beats Gold-N-Rod Sullivan Products Because Gold-N-Rods unique design allows lowest friction accurate transfer motion around curves push rod market Heres Exclusive spline design dramatically reduces friction between inner outer rod Sullivans demanding quality control insures tight fit minimal play between inner outer rods Gold-N-Rods special temperature-resistant resins help keep model trim comes convenient applications Gold-N-Rod soars above competition Youll find installation snap adjustments easier using Gold-N-Rods complete kit push rods studs Gold-N-Clevises So dont get thrown curve Instead go gold Gold-N-Rod Sullivan return welcomed valuable contributions future articles Please con tact directly James J Noonan 7454 West Thurston Circle Milwaukee WI 53218 T-60/Dixon Continued page 69 Weight can readily saved hol lowing out spar within about /4 ribs sheeting after wing fully constructed hollow inboard landing gear locations Ribs should also hollowed leave bar vertically about halfway between spar trailing edge guard against covering shrink age flattening airfoil curvature Light5fP7oDroR PRODUC OeeNonhHa nO p Bo66 Bn 66022243000 0.JZ .k.d p. Made n ening holes should also cut nose sections ribs before sheeting grind away back leading edge strip using Robart sanding drum Dremel tool triangle shape left between ribs Fuselage Note 007-in carbon fiber strip reinforcing shown plans greatly augments fuselages resistance bending under air loads adding almost no weight also very important accurately shape wing cutouts perform wing-to-fuselage assembly parts inverted flat surface avoid bending fuselage crutch out alignment during assembly top crutch must remain straight line after wing installed avoid building unwanted incidence tail wheel mount much easier stronger method traditional copper wire lacing Simply place oversized 1/16 ply mount blanks vise drill between /16 drill make groove wire Sandwich tail gear wire between two ply pieces using thick CyA glue join Add maple anchor protruding end wire resist twisting trim whole assembly fit rear fuselage takes longer describe Moving other end take pains keep cowl very light Hollow out much possible coat inside nose cowl Hobby Poxy Formula 2 glue strength fuel resistance heated after application heat gun excess merely poured out heat thins glue soaks ac celerating cure-time Covering out side cowl silkspan helps finishing adds some strength Some people advocate covering nose glass cloth have found necessary canopy shown plans built up sheet balsa origlnal model used cut-down Sig 11-in WW II canopy softened distorted slightly during painting As result future models will have wood possibly fiberglass canopy Ex-Atlantan Lou Melancon avoid ed whole problem T-60 simulating canopy nose section much like Stan Powells Dove Lous plane finished MonoKote came out 4 oz lighter 53 oz also used Sig Chipmunk wheel pants distinctive touch Finishing choice finishing discretion builder model covered Sig Light Flite Plyspan tissue finished Sig nitrate butyrate Lite Coat dope rubbed out using progressively finer grades steel wool polished Dupont white compound waxed As mentioned Lou Melancon MonoKoted plane ex cellent results tip shape prevents usual problems covering wing tips MonoKote Take choice business family pressures am leaning more towards iron-on coverings timesaving ad vantages Further developments next gener ation T-60s will have two-piece plug-in wing removable tail surfaces twin enthusiasms large planes small automobiles forcing move another great advantage ease finishing maintenance individual components Easier storage shipping distant contest sites also pluses Europeans have building way years Well hint adapt plug-in system Byron Originals Continued page 152 150 Model Aviation push comes shove Sullivans Gold-N-Rod smoothest around curves
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/09
Page Numbers: 64, 65, 145, 146, 149, 150
Way Models taught designers skills necessary haul man aloft put sparkle young boys eyes Take look back us ex amine origins greatest hobby world EJim Noonan WHATEVER YOUR AGE chances word Old-Timer evokes series model aircraft past Actually era flying models began ancestors alive having ushered Englishman named George Cayley 1840 first models experiments heavier-than-air mechanical flight became reality 1903 rapid improvement design led sport flyingand related activity model flying innovative influ ential early model designers builders Wilhelm Kress Vienna Between 1865 1900 Kress experi mentation model construction took him first drachenflieger kite Top Original drawings Wilhelm Kress 1877 Aeroveloce model two configura tions designs result studies under Alphonse Penaud MA Dec 1986 Models History Bill Hannan 1871 1872 Left Bill Noonansrec reatlon original Kress models 64 Model Aviation -j / / fliers eventually equipped special elastic air screws propel lers much sophisticated rub ber-powered models called aeroveloce Emboldened mastery model flight Kress designed constructed mancarrying flying boat 1901 experiment successful Two 1877 aeroveloce models shown accompanying photos Kress began using rubber motors airplanes after studies under Alphonse Penaud Paris 1871-72 extensive experiments model Gliders led work cambered wings use stabilizing effect tail surfaces claimed aeroveloce first stable Free Flight models Other improvements readily apparent design aeroveloce important wing-stabil izer-rudder layout twin screws cancel torque effect alighting skids takeoff landing Kress engineer profession brilliant often traveled vari ous European countries lecturing chanical flight no ordinary talks content merely explaining theories designer would bring life through demonstrations model flight launching aeroveloce table stage letting circle right over audiences heads People must have loved third-dimensional touch Kress wrote several books subject II / N II flight Aeroveloce-Lenkbare Flugma schine Controlled Flying Machine published 1880 Bird Flies Man Will Fly came out 1900 invitation American aviation pioneer Octave Chanute Austrian came Chicago 1894 attend lecture First Aeronautical Congress pa pers given event important because English can found Aero nautics magazine July-October 1894 have made detailed study Kress models preliminary replica 741 I I I I 1 -w shown photo same size original model intended study goals build both actual flying model show model National Air Space Museum origin model plane materials Model flying began sport England France Germany US about 1907 1912 model plane clubs active cities eastern United States pioneer having New Continued page 145 L I I I IIII1 V V AhZ SILVER t234-V4 September1987 65 Ourauthors modern-day replica SilverAce model 1928 Advanced foritstime features components made celluloid boasted super flying characteristics Limited would outlaw auto-surface have minimum weight requirements reduce climb rates Record slots would reduced current 90 39 RC-assisted events CD would need authority establish maxi mum flight times needed preclude allday flying thermal next well maximum time return models field after maximum flight time achieved closing Id like thank reader careful consideration ideas expressed two articles share thoughts famous philosopher .The pain new idea greatest pains human nature. after favorite notions may wrong firmest beliefs ill-founded Walter Bagehot Ron St Jean 3394 Dale Dr Carson City NV 89701 Way Was/Noonan Continued page 65 York Model Aero Club 1915 clubs existed major cities across country leading aviation mag azines carried Model Page document ing activities good way exchange practical information advantages balsa tissue cellulose cement modeling materials became bet ter known 1930 materials fairly common America other countries until exposed balsa tissue cellulose through first international contact 1930s modelers used whatever ma terials locally available Amer ican model builders brought balsaand-tissue models 1930 Wakefield International Contest England Brit ish still building models birch thin plywood silk walnut propellers increasing international contact 1 930s onward American standards came universally adopted early models crude heavy produced short flights usually indoors As models im proved structure became increasingly refined flying moved outdoors Lightness strength goals modelers achieving long flights Buoyed attainments some advanced modelersthose financial capabil ity matched ambitionestablished model supply houses Before balsa tissue came staples American modeling spruce commonly used woodbut white pine holly cedar poplar basswood reed also popular Bamboo came 30-in lengths standard allpurpose wood best bamboo Tonkin variety interior China named after shipping port what Indo-China Balsa modeling material dis covered New York City docks 1911 John Carisi prominent member New York Model Aero Club came South America used pack expensive mahogany logs shipped deck cargo Soft wormy balsa lacked quality control enjoy today New York group used motor sticks props plan model using balsa appeared Aeronautics 1913 1918 Chicago modelers using wood Nevertheless hard find long time obtain club leader usually purchased rough planks cut meet club needs remember seeing first balsa arrive Milwaukee 1928 came band-sawed sheets 6 x 36 normal pro cedure time shape own strips sand crude sheet thickness needed 1930 however fair variety cut balsa available both stock packaged kits supply houses also carried variety small gears ball bearing prop shafts aluminum-disc wire-spoked wheels rubber tires well other small hardware like egg-beater winders Interestingly enough two modelbuilding staples supply houses carried came hobby way casket manufacturing industry cellulose cement dope China silk Both materials originally used casket-making Amberoid 1911 spell ing usual cement Clear nitrate Best New Design Award Sun Fun Lakeland Florida Features 1/4 Scale 90 span 4 cycle 45 2 cycle 40 Plans $1750 ppd Dry Ridge Models 59 McCurry Rd. Weaverville NC 28787 ** * * * * ** * ** * ************** ***** **** * * ***** 0 BALSA WOOD 72 complete setGLIDER PLANS 0 INEXPEN5IVE 0- EASY TO BUILD __jf \40 FLYING MODELS MOUS AIRCRAFT REPLICAS %zz% 0-RUBBER BAND HAND LAUNCH ADIIA EACH UNIQUE FIT INC TO ORDER COMPLETE STAR KRAFT MADE FRAN I/IA SHEETSET OE PLANSPO BOX 321 BALSA 3/16 STICK BALSASEND 5750 PLUSBOUNTIFUL UT 84010 USC LESS THAN ONE SHEET$150 POSTAGE TO AND ANF 551 IE FF6 MODEL I 17 DIFFERENT PLANS INCLUDING F-isF-iS F-18F-4 U-2A-S SPACE SHUTTLE 10 OTHERS September1987 145 TWIN STAR Newest Opposed Twin 2-Cycle Low Price Weighs Only 27 Lbs* first own brand new lightweights Peoples Republic China just arrived U S Simultaneous firing minimizes vibration Massive crankshaft riding double ball bearings increases performance reduces maintenance Youll have fly believe EHS TRADING would like thank IMAA hospitality during RALLY OF GIANTS 87 Converse Indiana EHS TRADING LTD information contact PO Box 4325 RNa PiB Introductory PRICE 995* WItHOUT MUFFLER 400 Hualani St Bldg 13E Hilo Hawaii 96720Phone 800-634-6229 x 634486 EHS UW j- KITTEN ULTRALIGHT 1 EUSELAIE JKI STATIONS t01\ THE BEST FUSELAGE JIG EVER PERIOD Provides Solid Support Accurate Building Rugged Construction 7 Ply Aircraft Plywood Provides Lifetime Use Two Sizes Available Regular Fuselages Up 6 Wide Jumbo Fuselages Up 9 Wide Use Own Building Board Work Bench Base Mount Jig Station Uni-Strut Guide Rails Most Versatile Set-Up Contains Complete Hardware Instructions Including Uni-Strut Information Box 4 Standard Jig Stations$1795 Box 4 Jumbo Jig Stations1995 Two 5 ft long Guide Rails including mounting nuts21 95 See Dealer ci Order Direct Include $250 Per Item Ic ups GATOR RIC PRODUCTS 3713 Pompano 0 a F 325 4 4 6-8639 dope known bamboo varnish bananaoilwas alsoused asadope China silk much thinner lighter present-day Japanese silk used casket lining became common model covering material simulating rubber ized fabric used cover wings full-size aircraft variety tissue too available covering exception imported Far East ranged silk tissue superfine bamboo paper large models Rice paper sold lens tissue could drugstore form bamboo paper available local Chinese laundrythe wrap ping whenever proprietor got package homeland Goldbeaters skinthe lining cows pancreaswas another covering option Sheets averaged 9 x 28 sold 25 cents Because its leak-proof nature material long used make balboonets gas bags dirigibles Rubber available various crosssections both square rectangular sometimes light red often black found superior became known Para rubber used until about 1932 T-56 brown rubber came market Since rubber thread commercial uses cheap andplentiful 1915 Percy Pierce well-known Philadelphia modeler came first supplier deal quantities rubber clubs could order full years supply Model supply houseswhose stock also included variety kits both pure flying models twin pushers etc Scale modelswere rare exceptions lo cated East until late 1920s began appear larger Mid western cities like Chicago However far ubiquitous phe nomenon neighborhood shop know today did have its beginnings until mid-1930s onset World War 1917 model supply trade slowed remained sluggish until Lindberghs 1927 transatlantic flight sparked wave all-consuming popular interest aviation industry reached peak 1941 declining went war again Model magazines Model plane pages magazines like Aeronautics Aerial Age Aviation Fly Flying contained first printed accounts model contests drawings winning models boom before 1917 model flying declined during Great War enthusiasts written contrib uted model airplane literature came instructors pilots engineers boys went off Europe 1917 returned hardened shellshocked men soberer new perspective mod eling must have seemed like childish hobby club members few chose rejoin small number clubs survived AerialAge continued publish Model Page until magazine folded 1923 After published material models rarity until Lindberghs historic 1927 flight exploded front pages dailies across country igniting country new enthusiasm anything out fitted wings Lindbergh touched ground Paris newspaper land carried banner aviation daring ocean flights rapid development new better planes minutely chronicled comic pages Suddenly youngsters wanted models too new surge interest model building ar tides appeared numerous magazines reflecting frantic search good de signs meet unprecedented demand Naturally everyone wanted model Spirit St Louis plans appeared vaguely resembled real thing Flights such Scale models brief leaving great desire good long flightavailable time so-called scientific models made bare-minimum structure better twin-pushers large propellers circa 1915 resurrected well some primitive single-tractor models Twin-pushers became popular designs day due ease could adjusted good flight Adjustment single-tractors largely unknownand good flights mostly matter luck good planform design balance forces used today still future September 1927 Bill Stout Mer rill Hamburg Detroit founded Air plane Model League America AMLA Sponsored American Boy maga zine League nearly half million members 1931 issue mag azine featured great deal information model aviation boasting newest best modern all-balsa plans techniques world boom years before Depression superb sponsorship American Boy others made first official National Meets Detroit possible Usually three- five-day meet Indoor Outdoor events capped grand prize-giving banquet Nationals attracted best builders country Naturally liberal exchange ideas among expert builders resulted very rapid improvement model design example Indoor tractor duration record rose three minutes 1927 12 minutes 1930 1929 first National Meet Detroit attendees handed sample new magazine Model Airplane News modelers probably terribly impressed contents early issue dated July reprinted Ideal Scale models basswood reed adventure fiction serial somewhat unsophisti cated ads model kits materials among real gas engine models reality ModelAirplane News altogether new its first incarnation magazine actually begun some months earlierthe earliest issue No vember 1928continuing somewhat irregular basis until April 1929 first crudely written issues probably effort person apparently knew next nothing about models would sometimes merely churn out repeat previous months volume Seeing diamond-in-the-rough New York empire-building publisher Bernarr McFadden acquired transformed magazine hiring late Jesse Davidson write draw plans Thus July Continued page 149 146 Modet Aviation edition handed modelers 1929 Nationals first Model Airplane News merit hobbyists attention magazine has continued day miss ing issue 1933 information about model aviation maga zines see ModelAirplanes Ameri can Boy Frank Zaic Model Aero nautics Publications Box 136 Northridge CA 91324 Silver Acea milestone As noted before fever interest aviation swept country wake Lindberghs triumph other boy seemed longed fly publications kinds sought satisfy youngsters curiosity some oldsters well both about famous flights about build model airplane could really fly Ar ticles appeared daily papers well magazines description Ladies Home Journal Scientific American Obviously huge market just waiting airplane kit novice could put together Up till kits available Ideal US Model Company Mostly basswood reed bamboo paperbalsa just becoming known modelers around country required woodworkers skill build Moreover built handled correctly models doubtful flying ability Thus appearance Silver Ace model 1928 filled very real need its fabulous celluloid radial engine silver prop enormous spinner neat cabin fuselage balsa-framed silk-covered wings working wire shock absorbers landing gear celluloid struts wheels Silver Ace very advanced design its time Added attractions ready-to-fly model removable wings motor stick complete winder spare rubber motors new arrival quintessence boys dream real plane would also fly design J Murkland Shutte time member famed illinois Model Aero Club Silver Ace massproduced Aero Model Company Chicago price $1250 high 1928 standards $125 month considered high wage $500 would buy new Ford Only boys affluent families could afford models appearances magazine ads toy departments Christmas time least fueled fantasies less well-off youngsters Occasionally mod el seen movies flown some young actor Using concepts introduced very advanced Illinois Model Aero Club Shuttes design evolved over period several years its 1928 version Silver Ace simple yet goodlooking model realistic appearance greatly enhanced parts made moulded flat celluloid Celluloid parts made Japan designs Aero Model Company worth noting years long after Silver Ace other makes off market designsas well others features like ball bearing shafts wheels carved wood propellers etc tooling existed Japancontinued manufactured sold US firms Depression-era prices extreme ly low Remember Paulowina props Japan Mr Kitamura expediter manufacturing American market still capacity after World War II Assembly Silver Ace models carried out primarily female workers assisted few men operated various machines Fuselage sides made shaping block balsa outline shape band-sawing 6-in-sheet thickness finishing final sanding Bulkheads die-cut cardboard sides fitted aug glued After fitting wire parts landing gear tail skid top bottom silk-covered doped final spray coat color first silver later red other colors finished fuselage Wings stabs made literally mile Wing panels identical holes drilled spar ends both sides thus com pletely interchangeable Balsa die-cut ribs slipped dowel spars lighter dowels formed leading trailing edges entire assembly fitted onto jig dipped thin Ambroid like stuff use today effectively gluing joints well preparing surface frame China silk covering Wing tail frames slipped sewn silk tubes ends gathered tight whole assembly sprayed dope filled silk did shrink Result no sags warps wings orange-colored frameworks nicely showing through white silk Today Silver Ace owned Mr C Werve Kenosha WI sits its original box still totally intact after 59 years Thats convincing evidence just durable models could 1928 kids could admire Silver Ace afar moment finally came around 1965 few celluloid parts turned up built Its now Dave Shiptons model museum illinois recently original plan redrawn adapting present-day all-balsa methods dupli catmg celluloid parts balsa other materials model photo features updated construction wheels made hand using bottoms beer cans hub plates can obtain copy full-size plan $250 Oldtimer Models PO Box 7334 Van Nuys CA 91409 Old-Timers have large file model history often build replica mod els using original materials com ments old photos drawings concern ing early model aircraft can copy NEW MALONEY 125 SEE BACK COVER AD THIS ISSUE Wel IUEU inK uieru marked difference m price between Maioney 100 Maloney 126 M100 Hat pnce $17996 M1 25 $22995 ma difference $5000 feel some people going want trade M100 new M-125 isa program establishing wE ac commodate model brilderL have M100 has never instated iti airplane bench run can send back check difference $5000 wilsendyouanewM-125 have airacet new W 100 theta bench run al nicked up flown extensively wE make trade $6000 have engitie running weE brA has flown lot well make trade $7000 haveanld 100 over hill broken running condition weI take such engine $9000 trade decide take Maloney 125 deal send engine money directly World Engines no dealer discount involved hers ltcouldbe given dealer may beat price deal have no way knowing main thing trying accom modate model brilder may have luet bought M-100 knowing M-125 about uinounce new M-125 has much pulteg power perhaps 120 four stroke engines market today can consider itfor kits being recont IUUTKUU 101 LIU LU four stroke market opens up slot kits designs some distinct advarteges two stroke glow engines four stroke glow engines two strom ignition engines burn gasoline Four stroke engines very good nose stanoint two stroke glow engines very good power weight stanoint two stroke gasoline ignitlon engines very good smnoint gasoline costs about 1110 much glow fuel AJso gasoline solvent glow fuel mit doesntgetunderthe decorated tape mod eis off easily glow fuel wIL fuel mIxture bums 32 parts gasolneto pan ol makes clean up airplane much easier clean up glow fuel powered modela Also two stroke magneto ignition engines donl need glow pitig batteries Magneto ignition engines have sound realistw sound lice something comes out fuN scale man carrying airplane engine magneto ignitions once set up relieve operator constant needle valve arrmtmg seems go glow fuel engines Dick Sarpoks article intheMayl7mueofFljktg Atedais featured M-100 powered ErrtIcei said John Maloney comes up bigger engine hed go back drawing board design another plane Well Dick isI Trade hr offer expires 103087 Bald Maioneyl00 . $17996 Maloney 125 2995 WORLD ENGINES 89W Rossosh Ave Cholnnall Oh 45236 Ph 51 3 793-5900 214 557 September 1987 149 race flexible push rod serves servo best nothing beats Gold-N-Rod Sullivan Products Because Gold-N-Rods unique design allows lowest friction accurate transfer motion around curves push rod market Heres Exclusive spline design dramatically reduces friction between inner outer rod Sullivans demanding quality control insures tight fit minimal play between inner outer rods Gold-N-Rods special temperature-resistant resins help keep model trim comes convenient applications Gold-N-Rod soars above competition Youll find installation snap adjustments easier using Gold-N-Rods complete kit push rods studs Gold-N-Clevises So dont get thrown curve Instead go gold Gold-N-Rod Sullivan return welcomed valuable contributions future articles Please con tact directly James J Noonan 7454 West Thurston Circle Milwaukee WI 53218 T-60/Dixon Continued page 69 Weight can readily saved hol lowing out spar within about /4 ribs sheeting after wing fully constructed hollow inboard landing gear locations Ribs should also hollowed leave bar vertically about halfway between spar trailing edge guard against covering shrink age flattening airfoil curvature Light5fP7oDroR PRODUC OeeNonhHa nO p Bo66 Bn 66022243000 0.JZ .k.d p. Made n ening holes should also cut nose sections ribs before sheeting grind away back leading edge strip using Robart sanding drum Dremel tool triangle shape left between ribs Fuselage Note 007-in carbon fiber strip reinforcing shown plans greatly augments fuselages resistance bending under air loads adding almost no weight also very important accurately shape wing cutouts perform wing-to-fuselage assembly parts inverted flat surface avoid bending fuselage crutch out alignment during assembly top crutch must remain straight line after wing installed avoid building unwanted incidence tail wheel mount much easier stronger method traditional copper wire lacing Simply place oversized 1/16 ply mount blanks vise drill between /16 drill make groove wire Sandwich tail gear wire between two ply pieces using thick CyA glue join Add maple anchor protruding end wire resist twisting trim whole assembly fit rear fuselage takes longer describe Moving other end take pains keep cowl very light Hollow out much possible coat inside nose cowl Hobby Poxy Formula 2 glue strength fuel resistance heated after application heat gun excess merely poured out heat thins glue soaks ac celerating cure-time Covering out side cowl silkspan helps finishing adds some strength Some people advocate covering nose glass cloth have found necessary canopy shown plans built up sheet balsa origlnal model used cut-down Sig 11-in WW II canopy softened distorted slightly during painting As result future models will have wood possibly fiberglass canopy Ex-Atlantan Lou Melancon avoid ed whole problem T-60 simulating canopy nose section much like Stan Powells Dove Lous plane finished MonoKote came out 4 oz lighter 53 oz also used Sig Chipmunk wheel pants distinctive touch Finishing choice finishing discretion builder model covered Sig Light Flite Plyspan tissue finished Sig nitrate butyrate Lite Coat dope rubbed out using progressively finer grades steel wool polished Dupont white compound waxed As mentioned Lou Melancon MonoKoted plane ex cellent results tip shape prevents usual problems covering wing tips MonoKote Take choice business family pressures am leaning more towards iron-on coverings timesaving ad vantages Further developments next gener ation T-60s will have two-piece plug-in wing removable tail surfaces twin enthusiasms large planes small automobiles forcing move another great advantage ease finishing maintenance individual components Easier storage shipping distant contest sites also pluses Europeans have building way years Well hint adapt plug-in system Byron Originals Continued page 152 150 Model Aviation push comes shove Sullivans Gold-N-Rod smoothest around curves
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/09
Page Numbers: 64, 65, 145, 146, 149, 150
Way Models taught designers skills necessary haul man aloft put sparkle young boys eyes Take look back us ex amine origins greatest hobby world EJim Noonan WHATEVER YOUR AGE chances word Old-Timer evokes series model aircraft past Actually era flying models began ancestors alive having ushered Englishman named George Cayley 1840 first models experiments heavier-than-air mechanical flight became reality 1903 rapid improvement design led sport flyingand related activity model flying innovative influ ential early model designers builders Wilhelm Kress Vienna Between 1865 1900 Kress experi mentation model construction took him first drachenflieger kite Top Original drawings Wilhelm Kress 1877 Aeroveloce model two configura tions designs result studies under Alphonse Penaud MA Dec 1986 Models History Bill Hannan 1871 1872 Left Bill Noonansrec reatlon original Kress models 64 Model Aviation -j / / fliers eventually equipped special elastic air screws propel lers much sophisticated rub ber-powered models called aeroveloce Emboldened mastery model flight Kress designed constructed mancarrying flying boat 1901 experiment successful Two 1877 aeroveloce models shown accompanying photos Kress began using rubber motors airplanes after studies under Alphonse Penaud Paris 1871-72 extensive experiments model Gliders led work cambered wings use stabilizing effect tail surfaces claimed aeroveloce first stable Free Flight models Other improvements readily apparent design aeroveloce important wing-stabil izer-rudder layout twin screws cancel torque effect alighting skids takeoff landing Kress engineer profession brilliant often traveled vari ous European countries lecturing chanical flight no ordinary talks content merely explaining theories designer would bring life through demonstrations model flight launching aeroveloce table stage letting circle right over audiences heads People must have loved third-dimensional touch Kress wrote several books subject II / N II flight Aeroveloce-Lenkbare Flugma schine Controlled Flying Machine published 1880 Bird Flies Man Will Fly came out 1900 invitation American aviation pioneer Octave Chanute Austrian came Chicago 1894 attend lecture First Aeronautical Congress pa pers given event important because English can found Aero nautics magazine July-October 1894 have made detailed study Kress models preliminary replica 741 I I I I 1 -w shown photo same size original model intended study goals build both actual flying model show model National Air Space Museum origin model plane materials Model flying began sport England France Germany US about 1907 1912 model plane clubs active cities eastern United States pioneer having New Continued page 145 L I I I IIII1 V V AhZ SILVER t234-V4 September1987 65 Ourauthors modern-day replica SilverAce model 1928 Advanced foritstime features components made celluloid boasted super flying characteristics Limited would outlaw auto-surface have minimum weight requirements reduce climb rates Record slots would reduced current 90 39 RC-assisted events CD would need authority establish maxi mum flight times needed preclude allday flying thermal next well maximum time return models field after maximum flight time achieved closing Id like thank reader careful consideration ideas expressed two articles share thoughts famous philosopher .The pain new idea greatest pains human nature. after favorite notions may wrong firmest beliefs ill-founded Walter Bagehot Ron St Jean 3394 Dale Dr Carson City NV 89701 Way Was/Noonan Continued page 65 York Model Aero Club 1915 clubs existed major cities across country leading aviation mag azines carried Model Page document ing activities good way exchange practical information advantages balsa tissue cellulose cement modeling materials became bet ter known 1930 materials fairly common America other countries until exposed balsa tissue cellulose through first international contact 1930s modelers used whatever ma terials locally available Amer ican model builders brought balsaand-tissue models 1930 Wakefield International Contest England Brit ish still building models birch thin plywood silk walnut propellers increasing international contact 1 930s onward American standards came universally adopted early models crude heavy produced short flights usually indoors As models im proved structure became increasingly refined flying moved outdoors Lightness strength goals modelers achieving long flights Buoyed attainments some advanced modelersthose financial capabil ity matched ambitionestablished model supply houses Before balsa tissue came staples American modeling spruce commonly used woodbut white pine holly cedar poplar basswood reed also popular Bamboo came 30-in lengths standard allpurpose wood best bamboo Tonkin variety interior China named after shipping port what Indo-China Balsa modeling material dis covered New York City docks 1911 John Carisi prominent member New York Model Aero Club came South America used pack expensive mahogany logs shipped deck cargo Soft wormy balsa lacked quality control enjoy today New York group used motor sticks props plan model using balsa appeared Aeronautics 1913 1918 Chicago modelers using wood Nevertheless hard find long time obtain club leader usually purchased rough planks cut meet club needs remember seeing first balsa arrive Milwaukee 1928 came band-sawed sheets 6 x 36 normal pro cedure time shape own strips sand crude sheet thickness needed 1930 however fair variety cut balsa available both stock packaged kits supply houses also carried variety small gears ball bearing prop shafts aluminum-disc wire-spoked wheels rubber tires well other small hardware like egg-beater winders Interestingly enough two modelbuilding staples supply houses carried came hobby way casket manufacturing industry cellulose cement dope China silk Both materials originally used casket-making Amberoid 1911 spell ing usual cement Clear nitrate Best New Design Award Sun Fun Lakeland 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variety tissue too available covering exception imported Far East ranged silk tissue superfine bamboo paper large models Rice paper sold lens tissue could drugstore form bamboo paper available local Chinese laundrythe wrap ping whenever proprietor got package homeland Goldbeaters skinthe lining cows pancreaswas another covering option Sheets averaged 9 x 28 sold 25 cents Because its leak-proof nature material long used make balboonets gas bags dirigibles Rubber available various crosssections both square rectangular sometimes light red often black found superior became known Para rubber used until about 1932 T-56 brown rubber came market Since rubber thread commercial uses cheap andplentiful 1915 Percy Pierce well-known Philadelphia modeler came first supplier deal quantities rubber clubs could order full years supply Model supply houseswhose stock also included variety kits both pure flying models twin pushers etc Scale modelswere rare exceptions lo cated East until late 1920s began appear larger Mid western cities like Chicago However far ubiquitous phe nomenon neighborhood shop know today did have its beginnings until mid-1930s onset World War 1917 model supply trade slowed remained sluggish until Lindberghs 1927 transatlantic flight sparked wave all-consuming popular interest aviation industry reached peak 1941 declining went war again Model magazines Model plane pages magazines like Aeronautics Aerial Age Aviation Fly Flying contained first printed accounts model contests drawings winning models boom before 1917 model flying declined during Great War enthusiasts written contrib uted model airplane literature came instructors pilots engineers boys went off Europe 1917 returned hardened shellshocked men soberer new perspective mod eling must have seemed like childish hobby club members few chose rejoin small number clubs survived AerialAge continued publish Model Page until magazine folded 1923 After published material models rarity until Lindberghs historic 1927 flight exploded front pages dailies across country igniting country new enthusiasm anything out fitted wings Lindbergh touched ground Paris newspaper land carried banner aviation daring ocean flights rapid development new better planes minutely chronicled comic pages Suddenly youngsters wanted models too new surge interest model building ar tides appeared numerous magazines reflecting frantic search good de signs meet unprecedented demand Naturally everyone wanted model Spirit St Louis plans appeared vaguely resembled real thing Flights such Scale models brief leaving great desire good long flightavailable time so-called scientific models made bare-minimum structure better twin-pushers large propellers circa 1915 resurrected well some primitive single-tractor models Twin-pushers became popular designs day due ease could adjusted good flight Adjustment single-tractors largely unknownand good flights mostly matter luck good planform design balance forces used today still future September 1927 Bill Stout Mer rill Hamburg Detroit founded Air plane Model League America AMLA Sponsored American Boy maga zine League nearly half million members 1931 issue mag azine featured great deal information model aviation boasting newest best modern all-balsa plans techniques world boom years before Depression superb sponsorship American Boy others made first official National Meets Detroit possible Usually three- five-day meet Indoor Outdoor events capped grand prize-giving banquet Nationals attracted best builders country Naturally liberal exchange ideas among expert builders resulted very rapid improvement model design example Indoor tractor duration record rose three minutes 1927 12 minutes 1930 1929 first National Meet Detroit attendees handed sample new magazine Model Airplane News modelers probably terribly impressed contents early issue dated July reprinted Ideal Scale models basswood reed adventure fiction serial somewhat unsophisti cated ads model kits materials among real gas engine models reality ModelAirplane News altogether new its first incarnation magazine actually begun some months earlierthe earliest issue No vember 1928continuing somewhat irregular basis until April 1929 first crudely written issues probably effort person apparently knew next nothing about models would sometimes merely churn out repeat previous months volume Seeing diamond-in-the-rough New York empire-building publisher Bernarr McFadden acquired transformed magazine hiring late Jesse Davidson write draw plans Thus July Continued page 149 146 Modet Aviation edition handed modelers 1929 Nationals first Model Airplane News merit hobbyists attention magazine has continued day miss ing issue 1933 information about model aviation maga zines see ModelAirplanes Ameri can Boy Frank Zaic Model Aero nautics Publications Box 136 Northridge CA 91324 Silver Acea milestone As noted before fever interest aviation swept country wake Lindberghs triumph other boy seemed longed fly publications kinds sought satisfy youngsters curiosity some oldsters well both about famous flights about build model airplane could really fly Ar ticles appeared daily papers well magazines description Ladies Home Journal Scientific American Obviously huge market just waiting airplane kit novice could put together Up till kits available Ideal US Model Company Mostly basswood reed bamboo paperbalsa just becoming known modelers around country required woodworkers skill build Moreover built handled correctly models doubtful flying ability Thus appearance Silver Ace model 1928 filled very real need its fabulous celluloid radial engine silver prop enormous spinner neat cabin fuselage balsa-framed silk-covered wings working wire shock absorbers landing gear celluloid struts wheels Silver Ace very advanced design its time Added attractions ready-to-fly model removable wings motor stick complete winder spare rubber motors new arrival quintessence boys dream real plane would also fly design J Murkland Shutte time member famed illinois Model Aero Club Silver Ace massproduced Aero Model Company Chicago price $1250 high 1928 standards $125 month considered high wage $500 would buy new Ford Only boys affluent families could afford models appearances magazine ads toy departments Christmas time least fueled fantasies less well-off youngsters Occasionally mod el seen movies flown some young actor Using concepts introduced very advanced Illinois Model Aero Club Shuttes design evolved over period several years its 1928 version Silver Ace simple yet goodlooking model realistic appearance greatly enhanced parts made moulded flat celluloid Celluloid parts made Japan designs Aero Model Company worth noting years long after Silver Ace other makes off market designsas well others features like ball bearing shafts wheels carved wood propellers etc tooling existed Japancontinued manufactured sold US firms Depression-era prices extreme ly low Remember Paulowina props Japan Mr Kitamura expediter manufacturing American market still capacity after World War II Assembly Silver Ace models carried out primarily female workers assisted few men operated various machines Fuselage sides made shaping block balsa outline shape band-sawing 6-in-sheet thickness finishing final sanding Bulkheads die-cut cardboard sides fitted aug glued After fitting wire parts landing gear tail skid top bottom silk-covered doped final spray coat color first silver later red other colors finished fuselage Wings stabs made literally mile Wing panels identical holes drilled spar ends both sides thus com pletely interchangeable Balsa die-cut ribs slipped dowel spars lighter dowels formed leading trailing edges entire assembly fitted onto jig dipped thin Ambroid like stuff use today effectively gluing joints well preparing surface frame China silk covering Wing tail frames slipped sewn silk tubes ends gathered tight whole assembly sprayed dope filled silk did shrink Result no sags warps wings orange-colored frameworks nicely showing through white silk Today Silver Ace owned Mr C Werve Kenosha WI sits its original box still totally intact after 59 years Thats convincing evidence just durable models could 1928 kids could admire Silver Ace afar moment finally came around 1965 few celluloid parts turned up built Its now Dave Shiptons model museum illinois recently original plan redrawn adapting present-day all-balsa methods dupli catmg celluloid parts balsa other materials model photo features updated construction wheels made hand using bottoms beer cans hub plates can obtain copy full-size plan $250 Oldtimer Models PO Box 7334 Van Nuys CA 91409 Old-Timers have large file model history often build replica mod els using original materials com ments old photos drawings concern ing early model aircraft can copy NEW MALONEY 125 SEE BACK COVER AD THIS ISSUE Wel IUEU inK uieru marked difference m price between Maioney 100 Maloney 126 M100 Hat pnce $17996 M1 25 $22995 ma difference $5000 feel some people going want trade M100 new M-125 isa program establishing wE ac commodate model brilderL have M100 has never instated iti airplane bench run can send back check difference $5000 wilsendyouanewM-125 have airacet new W 100 theta bench run al nicked up flown extensively wE make trade $6000 have engitie running weE brA has flown lot well make trade $7000 haveanld 100 over hill broken running condition weI take such engine $9000 trade decide take Maloney 125 deal send engine money directly World Engines no dealer discount involved hers ltcouldbe given dealer may beat price deal have no way knowing main thing trying accom modate model brilder may have luet bought M-100 knowing M-125 about uinounce new M-125 has much pulteg power perhaps 120 four stroke engines market today can consider itfor kits being recont IUUTKUU 101 LIU LU four stroke market opens up slot kits designs some distinct advarteges two stroke glow engines four stroke glow engines two strom ignition 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after wing fully constructed hollow inboard landing gear locations Ribs should also hollowed leave bar vertically about halfway between spar trailing edge guard against covering shrink age flattening airfoil curvature Light5fP7oDroR PRODUC OeeNonhHa nO p Bo66 Bn 66022243000 0.JZ .k.d p. Made n ening holes should also cut nose sections ribs before sheeting grind away back leading edge strip using Robart sanding drum Dremel tool triangle shape left between ribs Fuselage Note 007-in carbon fiber strip reinforcing shown plans greatly augments fuselages resistance bending under air loads adding almost no weight also very important accurately shape wing cutouts perform wing-to-fuselage assembly parts inverted flat surface avoid bending fuselage crutch out alignment during assembly top crutch must remain straight line after wing installed avoid building unwanted incidence tail wheel mount much easier stronger method traditional copper wire lacing Simply place oversized 1/16 ply mount blanks vise drill between /16 drill make groove wire Sandwich tail gear wire between two ply pieces using thick CyA glue join Add maple anchor protruding end wire resist twisting trim whole assembly fit rear fuselage takes longer describe Moving other end take pains keep cowl very light Hollow out much possible coat inside nose cowl Hobby Poxy Formula 2 glue strength fuel resistance heated after application heat gun excess merely poured out heat thins glue soaks ac celerating cure-time Covering out side cowl silkspan helps finishing adds some strength Some people advocate covering nose glass cloth have found necessary canopy shown plans built up sheet balsa origlnal model used cut-down Sig 11-in WW II canopy softened distorted slightly during painting As result future models will have wood possibly fiberglass canopy Ex-Atlantan Lou Melancon avoid ed whole problem T-60 simulating canopy nose section much like Stan Powells Dove Lous plane finished MonoKote came out 4 oz lighter 53 oz also used Sig Chipmunk wheel pants distinctive touch Finishing choice finishing discretion builder model covered Sig Light Flite Plyspan tissue finished Sig nitrate butyrate Lite Coat dope rubbed out using progressively finer grades steel wool polished Dupont white compound waxed As mentioned Lou Melancon MonoKoted plane ex cellent results tip shape prevents usual problems covering wing tips MonoKote Take choice business family pressures am leaning more towards iron-on coverings timesaving ad vantages Further developments next gener ation T-60s will have two-piece plug-in wing removable tail surfaces twin enthusiasms large planes small automobiles forcing move another great advantage ease finishing maintenance individual components Easier storage shipping distant contest sites also pluses Europeans have building way years Well hint adapt plug-in system Byron Originals Continued page 152 150 Model Aviation push comes shove Sullivans Gold-N-Rod smoothest around curves