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WRAM Show '87

Author: G.M. Myers


Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/05
Page Numbers: 40, 41

EGeorge M Myers FEBRUARY 21 22 beautiful warm sunny days heavy snowstorm held off till Sunday night predicted year WRAM Show moved Yonkers Race Track provided much better parking modem facilities ability have everything level As am somewhat restricted movements year due fact am re covering illness really appre ciated change usual three-floor setup other hand years ar rangement put three rows booths end containing Byron Onginals Ace RC AMA booth food concession created some choke points rest show booths two across fine Taking whole show consideration have agree layout much improved seemed people visited display models usually visit White Plains Civic Center lot trouble getting position photo graph models some beauties photograph Bob Fiorenze F- 18 Hornet looks like another winner Nats big crowd sur rounded Joe Saittas metal-clad 13-footspan B-i 7 impressive F-15 PBY Catalina looked like sure winners didnt have contend B-17 Photo 1 gives look third airplanes Photo 2 shows Helicopter lineup new RC system displayed view Cannon booth tiny new narrow-band six-channel receiver display Cannon Micro System seen right Photo 3 top bottom see micro receiver its plastic case naked receiver ball-point pen size comparison 75 mAh battery pack features battery charging jack mounted switch Cannon micro servo center Cannon Mini System mini receiver uses same circuit micro constructed larger pre sumably less expensive components transmitter shown common both sys tems now includes servo reversing under back cover safe inquisitive fingers new controls available outside case dualrate switch throttle end-point ad justment via hole back cover left Charlies radio shares forgoing adds seventh channel Shipments will start couple months whim slowest parts vendor Bill quoted leadtimes 26 months some special items believe him because face lead times quoted years some Grummans aircraft space craft components subject radios should take look AMAs Gold Star transmitter checkout Photo 4 taken over shoulder Fred Marks years recipient McEntee Medal Bill Hershberger George P Steiner also Frequency Committee members swamped transmitters test year Sometimes success hard take Electric-powered models getting more support trade Photo 5 shows new line folding propellers K&W Enterprises Derived folders previously built FAI models line extends 7D x 2P 13D x 7P dimensions inches hubs alumi num present soon will filled polycarbonate plastic blades made continuous-filament fiberglass rein forcing epoxy resin Distribution will handled Sonic-Tromcs Warren Kronberger explains features new Carl Goldberg UltraCote ironon covering material Photo 6 Mattefinish polyethylene film coated AO Model Aviation glossy-colored adhesive becomes active 2300F comes silicontreated paper backing extremely easy separate UltraCote Mounting mistakes should rare Some features new covering material dude adhesive minimizes offgassing thereby eliminated problem bubbles ironing film over another make mistake have remove film repositioning comes up cleanly leaving colored specks behind accepts polyurethane epoxy acrylic paintsbut dope Deliveries 12 colors scheduled start month Seaglen Model Co offered sticks tissue models kind used buy $25 now go $800 Glenn ORoak enthusiastically pushed prod ucts Photo 7 sold Pacific Ace 30 exactly what would ex pect printed wood parts cutout slotted sheet sticks two colors tissue turned wooden wheels plastic propeller big improvement over old days rubber wire landing gear thrust button pro peller shaft washers clear set plans expect grandson Caleb will have no trouble building flying other end building picture Bubba Spivey Lanier RC models checked two new items compact seaplane Seawinds Photo 8 40 twostroke 60 four-stroke Laser Photo 9 aerobatic model 60 two-stroke up Bubba enthusiastic vendor flier models thinks best value dollar ARF RC planes Fiberglass Master Gerald Olinstead checked generous array cowls wheel pants done blue fiber glass Photo 10 seemed doing brisk business satisfying needs large number Scale modelers Equally enthusiastic Joe Utasi Jomar Products Photo 11 MOSFET speed controllers 05 25 Cobalt larger electric motors also prop drive washer Hall-effect transducer crankcase Joe also now has Aramid rigging cable made mixture boron glass Kevlar coated black polyethylene prevent UV degradation Kevlar keep precious fingers away boron 048 inches diameter cable four times strong steel wire same diameter exhibits negligible stretch just thing cable controls next Sailplane WW Scale model Joes TG 1 Throttle Governor makes engines act like attached constant-speed pro peller should especially useful preventing blowouts 90 engines Byrons Pitts due over-speeding coming out loop item discontinued 1988 want better get now Joe also accepting firm commitments buy Peak Reading Altimeter gets 100 such commitments will put altimeter production notify committed parties Walt Schoonard Miniature Aircraft USA showing X-Cell 50 60 Helicopters Shielded ball bearings used throughout model includes underslung stabilizer paddle setup special black polycarbonate parts parts will offered through dealers machine care use neat rotor blade has plastic hub molded place root should very safe dependable machine very pleasant year WRAM Show Dont wish attended May1987 41 offers well-known twin four-en gine synchronizer throttle controller systems true feedback control lers feedback being done magnets on

Author: G.M. Myers


Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/05
Page Numbers: 40, 41

EGeorge M Myers FEBRUARY 21 22 beautiful warm sunny days heavy snowstorm held off till Sunday night predicted year WRAM Show moved Yonkers Race Track provided much better parking modem facilities ability have everything level As am somewhat restricted movements year due fact am re covering illness really appre ciated change usual three-floor setup other hand years ar rangement put three rows booths end containing Byron Onginals Ace RC AMA booth food concession created some choke points rest show booths two across fine Taking whole show consideration have agree layout much improved seemed people visited display models usually visit White Plains Civic Center lot trouble getting position photo graph models some beauties photograph Bob Fiorenze F- 18 Hornet looks like another winner Nats big crowd sur rounded Joe Saittas metal-clad 13-footspan B-i 7 impressive F-15 PBY Catalina looked like sure winners didnt have contend B-17 Photo 1 gives look third airplanes Photo 2 shows Helicopter lineup new RC system displayed view Cannon booth tiny new narrow-band six-channel receiver display Cannon Micro System seen right Photo 3 top bottom see micro receiver its plastic case naked receiver ball-point pen size comparison 75 mAh battery pack features battery charging jack mounted switch Cannon micro servo center Cannon Mini System mini receiver uses same circuit micro constructed larger pre sumably less expensive components transmitter shown common both sys tems now includes servo reversing under back cover safe inquisitive fingers new controls available outside case dualrate switch throttle end-point ad justment via hole back cover left Charlies radio shares forgoing adds seventh channel Shipments will start couple months whim slowest parts vendor Bill quoted leadtimes 26 months some special items believe him because face lead times quoted years some Grummans aircraft space craft components subject radios should take look AMAs Gold Star transmitter checkout Photo 4 taken over shoulder Fred Marks years recipient McEntee Medal Bill Hershberger George P Steiner also Frequency Committee members swamped transmitters test year Sometimes success hard take Electric-powered models getting more support trade Photo 5 shows new line folding propellers K&W Enterprises Derived folders previously built FAI models line extends 7D x 2P 13D x 7P dimensions inches hubs alumi num present soon will filled polycarbonate plastic blades made continuous-filament fiberglass rein forcing epoxy resin Distribution will handled Sonic-Tromcs Warren Kronberger explains features new Carl Goldberg UltraCote ironon covering material Photo 6 Mattefinish polyethylene film coated AO Model Aviation glossy-colored adhesive becomes active 2300F comes silicontreated paper backing extremely easy separate UltraCote Mounting mistakes should rare Some features new covering material dude adhesive minimizes offgassing thereby eliminated problem bubbles ironing film over another make mistake have remove film repositioning comes up cleanly leaving colored specks behind accepts polyurethane epoxy acrylic paintsbut dope Deliveries 12 colors scheduled start month Seaglen Model Co offered sticks tissue models kind used buy $25 now go $800 Glenn ORoak enthusiastically pushed prod ucts Photo 7 sold Pacific Ace 30 exactly what would ex pect printed wood parts cutout slotted sheet sticks two colors tissue turned wooden wheels plastic propeller big improvement over old days rubber wire landing gear thrust button pro peller shaft washers clear set plans expect grandson Caleb will have no trouble building flying other end building picture Bubba Spivey Lanier RC models checked two new items compact seaplane Seawinds Photo 8 40 twostroke 60 four-stroke Laser Photo 9 aerobatic model 60 two-stroke up Bubba enthusiastic vendor flier models thinks best value dollar ARF RC planes Fiberglass Master Gerald Olinstead checked generous array cowls wheel pants done blue fiber glass Photo 10 seemed doing brisk business satisfying needs large number Scale modelers Equally enthusiastic Joe Utasi Jomar Products Photo 11 MOSFET speed controllers 05 25 Cobalt larger electric motors also prop drive washer Hall-effect transducer crankcase Joe also now has Aramid rigging cable made mixture boron glass Kevlar coated black polyethylene prevent UV degradation Kevlar keep precious fingers away boron 048 inches diameter cable four times strong steel wire same diameter exhibits negligible stretch just thing cable controls next Sailplane WW Scale model Joes TG 1 Throttle Governor makes engines act like attached constant-speed pro peller should especially useful preventing blowouts 90 engines Byrons Pitts due over-speeding coming out loop item discontinued 1988 want better get now Joe also accepting firm commitments buy Peak Reading Altimeter gets 100 such commitments will put altimeter production notify committed parties Walt Schoonard Miniature Aircraft USA showing X-Cell 50 60 Helicopters Shielded ball bearings used throughout model includes underslung stabilizer paddle setup special black polycarbonate parts parts will offered through dealers machine care use neat rotor blade has plastic hub molded place root should very safe dependable machine very pleasant year WRAM Show Dont wish attended May1987 41 offers well-known twin four-en gine synchronizer throttle controller systems true feedback control lers feedback being done magnets on

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