Radio Control: Old-Timers
SON of a gun! Our March 1984 column asked: "Who will be the first to send us a photo of a Peerless Blackhawk? Since we had never seen one or even heard it mentioned in other columns, we presumed the best we could hope for would be to stimulate someone to build the Blackhawk. Several modelers responded with fond memories of the design and a desire to build one. But, Albert Counsellor of Turnersville, NJ is actually flying one. This is Albert's second Blackhawk: the first was built from a kit he bought in 1939 at the Aviation Building of the New York World's Fair.
1/2A Miss America
It's an old-timer model, and it's an old-timer setting, but the model is displayed by Sandy Skelton, 15, of today's generation. The place is Fort Larned in Kansas, a completely restored cavalry post from the Santa Fe Trail era (the 1870s).
Radio Control: Old-Timers
CORRECTION. The January 1984 column gave a source for plans of those immortal deBolt Live Wire kits. Unfortunately, I gave the wrong address, and several modelers have had their letters returned. The correct source is: Fran Ptaszkiewicz, 23 Marlee Drive, Tonawanda, NY 14150. Cleveland Cloudster Mk I and Mk II. One of the more popular kits in the old Cleveland line was the Cloudster. Graceful lines, combined with scalelike appearance, made the Cloudster most attractive to kit buyers. Excellent aerodynamics also added to the appeal, since they always seemed to fly well.
Radio Control: Old-Timers
ONE MORE TIME! To join, rejoin, or renew your membership in the Society of Antique Modelers (SAM), send $10 to S.A.M., 4269 Sayoko Circle, San Jose, CA 95136. An exception. When is a model SAM-legal, even though it was not "designed, kitted, or plans published prior to December 31, 1942?" When its an Old Ruler. Though the event has never really caught on, some rather exciting possibilities exist for models to be developed to meet the requirements of this event.
4-40
PLEASE DO NOT glance at this construction article and just mentally write it off as just another lightweight sport trainer! The 4-40 is comfortable with sustained inverted flight, consecutive outside loops, vertical eights, and all the more usual aerobatics. Its looks are deceiving! Our design objective was to develop a model to best utilize the potentials in four-cycle power plants. These remarkable engines produce outstanding pulling power rather than high speeds. For that reason we felt that a relatively low wing loading and generous moments would produce outstanding flight qualities. Fortunately, we were right on target. Models of this design have been a pure delight.
