Radio Control: Scale
YOU SAY YOU ARE having heat problems with your new super scale job? Don't feel badly; I'm sure you have plenty of company. Many of us have had this problem. First off, we are flying heavier models in most cases and should be using larger diameter props. By the way, I have found with most scale jobs, with the exception of a very large biplane or, say, a radial-engined craft-such as a Hellcat-a 12/6 prop will fly the model much better than a pattern prop in the range of 11/7 to 11/8. And, of course, to get the prop blades outside of the cowling on larger models, you need a 13- or even 14-in. prop-but keep the pitch lower.
Radio Control: Scale
WITH WINTER upon us and flying shut down to a minimum in most of the country, it is time for building. Have you started on that new scale bird? If you are thinking of building a war bird you may be having typical problems. I have received a lot of mail concerning the difficulties of obtaining a suitable color picture for reference in finishing war birds. I covered this subject some months back but evidently this is a very common problem, probably the hardest in authenticating WW-II U.S. Navy aircraft. Hangar flying with several of the local scale builders, one of whom is building a Corsair and another finishing a Hellcat, the question of color arose.
Radio Control: Scale
LOOKING BACK on the contest season of 1976, it was a great year for Scale and Stand-Off Scale! Especially Stand-Off Scale, which made a tremendous leap forward in more active participation by more modelers. The most interesting aspect was the great variety of aircraft types from the primitive Wrights, through WW I to the golden age of the 20's and 30's-and, of course, the fabulous WW II aircraft. We also had a look into the future of Scale, the jet, or ducted-fan age. Predictions are that this mode of power will become commonplace in a few years. I'm sure you noticed a twin-fan scale model was entered in the U-control FAI competition.
Radio Control: Scale
NOW WITH THE elections and the football season over, we can devote more time to that new scale job. And this is the time of year we all start thinking about the many trade shows. In the last several years the kit and accessory manufacturers definitely have leaned toward Stand-off Scale. It is amazing how many different types of aircraft are possible to build and fly compared to just five years ago, when the J-3 Cub or Fairchild PT-19 was the backbone of scale types to build. I can hardly wait to see some of the new subjects the kit manufacturers will come up with this year.
Nats Radio Control: Scale
THE BICENTENNIAL YEAR and the 50th AMA Nationals arrived on the same year and, as spectacular as the Bicentennial is, so were the Nats' Scale events. I'm sure it is stated every year about this time that the Nats were the biggest and best ever, but it is definitely true in connection with AMA and Stand-Off Scale for 1976. Would you believe there were 18 AMA Scale and 80 Stand-Off Scale entries? That's right, 80 Stand-Off Scale! At least 70 scale models actually flew. We were fortunate in having the FAI Scale Champion, Bob Nelitz, from Canada to compete in our 1976 Nats. I'd bet that when the Scale static judges saw all of those RC aircraft they felt they had a nightmare in judging so many fine models.
