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SR oe FREE BOOK )p sssze starrer neces at BOX 4927-F, SCRANTON 9, PENNA. tot ct otetin son me “HOW to SUCCEED” a th kl bt te cure BEFORE which Suge on Trine Serta” Besta ae £ btaters resonance Bieter rset nd Oder Shpetaleum ta Gas Becta Orting Qian le Bc Per on BB Satona frames RABIG, TELEVISION SommuNicATIONS. co RetmdeN tseine ido end TY Sevei ‘ons ELECTRICAL occa treneting 90900 BO00 BODDD! 5 Ei ss Drewes eis Ban shine Hur AM WPI Canaien esiets ted eoupos to nanan Carxpndene Seok Candas, Lt, Nota, Gunes,» Special tion rates menbers of bw U5. Armed Forces >Come on, Hal —tell the ““Big Boys’ how you do it! Hal Roth of Richmond, Calif. Hal won a record-smashing first place in the model Clipper* Cargo PAA Load Event at the '53 NATS. His 6-oz. model carried 23% ounces of payload—a ratio of weight empty to payload which never has been approached by the “Big Boys” in full-scale aviation! PAA LOAD EVENT: ig You're reading about the hottest activity in competitive aviation modeling! Sponsored first by Pan American in 1948, these weight-carrying eveats for free-fiight gas models have caught on like wildire. ‘This year they will spark many local and regional meets—and the spotlight will be on PAA Load Events at the NATS. In designing your entries, remember that the purpose of the event is to encourage the building and flying of model aircraft which resemble full-scale airplanes with respect to carrying a payload safely through the air. Alter all, isn’e ial aviatios Start on your PAA Loader now. For rules and specifications for 1954, write to: Educa- tional Director, Pan American World Air- ‘ways, 28-19 Bridge Plaza North, Long Island City 1, New York. rmtemrn ny vt on Paw American WORLD’S MOST EXPERIENCED AIRLINE‘dere—a tribute to America's No. 1 modeler Convair’e Delta Wing XF-S2A jet ‘powered control ine model by Prank Lasbeke and Cel Smith [Launch and Pray. Circular Stuff, 12 ideas for the ‘contra line fan Directory of Active American Model Aero Clubs. College Mode! Club... World Power Championships Photos and data on the FAI. Free Flight Competition by Bill Pletcher... ‘Slinger, unique flying wing hand launched glider by Barl Cayton ae [National Model Aircraft Records Construction Techniques 1 keen ‘suggestions for all types. of flyers oe ‘A-Pay, hattle-tested welght-lif ‘ing PAA-Load design by Frank ‘World's Top Towliners, pictorial 6 » report on The International © Nordic event by Bill Fletcher ‘Motor and Auxiliary Controls for ‘R/C—with 14 helpful explana- tory diagrams ... Republic P-47, control line fying feale by Walter Musciano. B, Dand N versions... Hore's to the Ladies! Little Freak “27." Half-A radio central monoplane “by Dale Root ess cnons Popular Engine Plants, 21 three- views and data on model Model Soar-cery, 9 worthwhile ™ % 2 2 u 36 4 Crazy Crate by Ted Graeseezake ‘Swanee, majestic radio controlled ‘paddle wheol river boat by Cap'n Frank Van Burea..... Shop Talk and Tool Techniques AMA. 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WALKER -the mat | wonders ie Menystine winner of U.S. radio control chompionshin, Walter psc oHOR 5 sorts tole-of with 1950 entry: Jm'e R/C stunt lawnmower (be J low) has emused thousands ond Ts popular part of hit show The power mower con turn on dima, rune batwoen JWt leg, sor We 109 SOM We tor Hs OO aeAlthough Jim Walker of Portland, Ore., did the sport are many, probably his greatest was the introduction of contral line fying, or U- Control as he called it. Yet we must not 0 13s thousands of modelplane fans who started out with one of Jim's AS ruber models. Or the fell 1 because the peerless 0 much fun. (On further thought let's agree that Jim Walker's major air-medeling contribution is end has been that he makes the hobby-sport ook like real fun. . . wateh Jim perform at his one-man air show. He convinces everybody time, emai een Hy eee pa are ieee See eee is car eta a ener eer eedJET POWERED MODEL: AF gp Convair's Delta Wing XF-92A By FRANK LASHEK and CAL SMITH ‘Thousands have seen this model fly; now you can duplicate it for powering The paper dart finally came into ite own with the advent of the delta-wing sireraft. Convala's XF-92 was built as & high-speed research alreraft and was the frst complotely successful design of this type flown anywhere. "The fying ‘equilateral triangle has turned in such ‘ine performance that many designers ‘and engineers believe this shape to be the most promising for future aircraft. From the experimental XP-02, Convair hhas developed the Sea-Dart, « twin-jet hhydro-ski delta fighter, and the up- coming F-102, supersonic interceptor ‘The Intest modification of the 2XF-02A features addition of afterburner to the J-35-A-29 turbojet, boosting thrust to ‘over 8200 Ibs ‘Combining the Dyna-Jet and delta wing shape results in a scale model that isa real show-stopper. The white paint job is dazzling and the Dyna-Jet boosts the ship along at 95 mph. ‘The model handles well and fies very smoothly. ‘There has been no trouble with ex hheat from the engine and the odd con- figuration will fy right if ‘balanced properly. The model is sealed at 1"— making a pretty big job. Length is 4 in. and span i 31% in. This size is necessary oo that thore is ample eloar~ tance around the Dyna-Jet in the fuse- lige. “Complete accurate data has not been released on the big X¥-82A, so the ‘model does not have all details ‘com- plete, notably on the landing gear. ‘You will note on the plan side view that outlines of the scale tail cone are f bit higher than the model construc tion. The model was laid out with fase- lage symmetrical about the center line for case of building. If you should wish to match the seale outlines shown, the ‘center line should’ angle up. from former 7 to scale position at tall cone ‘The short cone at Tear cannot be used because the tail opening would be too small "The nase air inlet opening on the big ship forms practically a knife edge: however, the fuselage planking does not permit this on the model, so outside Air Tras Medel Annual 54the secenor fo Mr, Lauhe's widely publicized DynaJe powered Fellase plane ore ovalable of the XFS2A; wite Air Trail for ine diameter is 4" larger than scale. A turned aluminum ring could be made to proper size for the nose section. ‘The main landing gear is a single strut father than the complex scale gear, and the tread is wider for better ground stability. The drawings of scale landing fear are,based on photzs, 50 the ac- Curacy i not guaranteed, ‘The gear could not be made retractable anyway, Since there is inadequate room in the mmoded fuselage Construction af the XF-82A is faisly complex and. therefore not recom- ‘mended for beginners. ‘The fucclage is built on a jig made up of 1"x3" blocks at each former station (see construction Stepe drawing). The blocks are nailed fr serewed to a 6” wide plank forming = base board. Lay out the fusolage centor Line and erutch postions om the top of 1x8" blocks, Cut the formers from 14" plywood except #3 which is 3/16" plywood and #7 which is 14” plywood. Make duplicate top segments of formers 3 and 6 for hinged hatch on top. To ‘Ale Trolls Model Annet 4 ’JET POWERED MODEL save plywood, formers 1, 2 and 4 can bbe eut from same plece since they are concentric. Formers 8 10 and Il can also be cut in same way. ‘The crutch pieces are laid out over the fig block with formers 5,°0 and 7 slipped in place. Working from these formers toward nose and tall, cement the other formers to the crutch and pin crutch down to jig block as you ‘go flong. Formers should lie fat ‘against the vertical face of jig blocks for good alignment. Leave center hole in formers 1 and IL under-rise for strength until planking is done, then opening ean be filed out to ‘proper size.” Put stripe of ‘waned between mating surfacer ‘of hatch rails and hatch formers for ‘ease of removal later. ‘While basie fuselage structure is dry ing, proceed with construction of the fin, Build up frame consisting of leading ledge, spars and ribs ever the plan. Put 5/16" thick scrap blocks under leading edge and 34” thick blocks under spars 0 that ribs will clear work board, This fin frame ean be planked on one side while still in place over the plan or it ean be removed and planked in hand before attaching to fuselage. Either way check alignment as worl advances, GONSTRUCTION STEPS Now cement fin in place on fuselage top. ‘Note how spars extend dawn be- hind formers 8 and 9 and leading edge bbohind former 6. (See skin detail) With fin in place, fuselage planking ean be Started. Use "34° medium hard strips land make a snug Bt along fin junction. Plan down to erutch top. Build land wing utilize same construction and duplieato ribs. Wing. leading edge should be blockod up 9/16" and spars 50" for rib clearance. Note that right wing construction is same as fin while left" wing has additional spar in. the elevator. ‘The right wing ean be planked before joining to the fuselage, but the Jeft wisig should be left unplanked until it is attached and controls installed. Complete building details are avail~ able on the full-size plane IETAIL, INSULATION SKIN DETAILS vetesse" Pann FRONT ENGINE MOUNT ‘Ale Trae Medel Aaaoat “54‘Ae Trae Mae Amant “54Inland Sty Devil’ member Je Brown (I) — A'MeCoy 119 jab; note fallow thre, Ted Weber, Miomi oF Bip meth ‘Air Force-Nats-lymouth champ Tommy Bolet demonstrates his lounching the quarter Once it was just @ matter of getting your twin-pusher up and away... new you gotte bbe © track man-deep sea diver-gymnast combined—or just good decathlon material! = Proyerful attitude is osumed by Stu Richmond, Air Fore leutenont of Piancacie, Fo., ot he wile his ROW of during: Netionale plus quick eye drops nervous fol 2 ‘Ate Trae Medel Anwual “54See aed ea) oe ee Circular Stuff ‘ie Tells Model Ames “4iE ih : i" i Ha ACTIVE AMERICAN Im Since the end of the lagt war Air Trails has maintained a Directory of Modelplane Clubs. This lists those clube currently ‘active which responded to a questionnaire sent by mail: Orgent. zations which do not appeat here but are él active are urged to Fegister immediately with Air Trails by Alling out the coumos atthe end of the listing. ote: abbreviations are ag follows: MAC—Model Airplane Glub: MC—Model Cicty: A Airplane Club, OMC-Gas Model Club; GMAA—Ges Medel Airplane Association, MPECC-Mod 1 Plane & Car Club; SMIE—Society of Model Engineers: MPC Model Plane Club. ‘The contact man's city is seme as that in ‘which the club is located If not otherwise listed Note: For information on organized contest activity, model regulations and meet sanctions it the US, contact the Acton ‘of Model Aeronautic, 1095 Connecticut Ave, NW. Washingtey, 6 D.C. In Canada write the Model Aeronautics Associtiog ot Cana, 45 Josephine Ave. Windsor, Ontario. ‘Arisgna: Phoenix Brophy Bolsa Butchers, e/o George Meno GOT N. Central Ave. Phoenix MAC, c/o Quentin Webster, SE. Van Buren. ‘Tucron Cholla Choppers, c/o Frank ©: Town: ‘end, ZI5LN. Campbell Ave. Golifornia: Bakersfield GMAA, c/o Francis Stewart, 90) 2st ‘St Ockland Cloud Dusters, c/o’ Hal Roth, P.O. How 60, Berke: ley 1 Fresno Gas MAC, c/o Ocle Randall, 16 Waterman Ave. Long Beach Thunderbugs. c/o Fl. Swaney, S21 E. Ssth St Lyntoood Loopers, c/o 0. D. Barkirt, 17H Bulis Road, Mos ddesto Aerial Robots c/o Leland Reiswg. 1405 Pelton St Ocklend Two Cycle Terrors c/o Dale W. Root, 6 Telegraph Ave, Oule, land Bast Bay Radio Controllers, e/0 Dale W. Rost, Sse Tele aph Ave. “Sen Bernardino Fiving Wheels, c/o Wallace 1. Short 1985 College Ave. Redlands. Sun Frencieco Vultsres, 2/0 William Gunther 1s Ocean Ave. San Leandro Line Twist. fr, c/o Stove Marcil, 306 Edt St, Sun Moteo Peninatla Brop-Twisters, ¢/0 Howard R. Yonkers, 1) So. BS. Santa Barbera Modelers, c/o Stanley Hill, 18 Dawlish Place. Twsin Cities MAC, c/o Mrs. Franke Hauser, P. O: Box 8. Yuba City Golorede: Aurors Prop Busters, c/o R. W. Bénnett, 110 Elmira Grand Junction Modleers, c/o Ralph Mulford, 319 S. Redland Road, Connecticut: Bridgeport Air Barons of Fairfield County, c/o Barl “Bud” Gay, 62 Boston Ave. Hartford Model Aero Bog, neers, c/o Chesier F. Ehman, 61 Grand St. New Britaty MAC; /0 Mike Adajian, 39 Brooklawn St. Southington Flite Timers, c/o Willard R. Ballou, Stuart Drive, Walliagford Lufoery Cir ‘leers, c/o Mheedare Keblish, 190 8 Orchard St Florida: Deyione Beach MPECC, c/o William. Thomas, 105 NN Halifax Ave. Lakeland Balsa Termites, €/0 C. G. Logan, iT Ailamanda Drive “Lakeland Balua Termites, c/o 91 Jube Tack MIT So. Florida Ave. Mlam: Modelcers AC. clo. Willams 9 Lumley, 121 NW. Zand Ave, ‘Mian Tropic Acros clo Ey 3 Scoville, 1896 N: W. 6th St Georgia: Albomy AC, c/o Charlie R. Bentley, 105 S. Jackson. Alana ¥iying Rebels, c/o Bob Barton, 98 Bien Ave, SE Mineis: Chicago Model Nuts, c/o James J. Baron, 5025 N. Pula- ‘ki Road. Chicago U-Line Pilots, o/0 Fritr Lindgren, 32 Marshfield, Washburne GMC. c/o AJ. Heinmiller. 125 Seda. Wick St, Chicago. DeKalb “Cloud Dusters c/o “Dutch” Hoss, 114 Lincoln. Galesburg MAC, e/0 Ray Johonsen, Hays Hobby Shop, 22 Kast North Street. Osklowon Aeromodelers, c/o Vernon A. Novak, SUL W. 09th St. Quincy Lawht £70 Harold Daeballichn, 020 Ohio. Rockford Aero Aces, 70 How, ard Heminger, $96 Diamond Court. Dubuque GMA, c/o Lyle Hefel, 288 Fim St Kansas: Almena Model Builders Club, c/o Elden D. Sprague Wichita West Y-Flyers, c/o Jess W. Taylor, Wee Wickitn Branch YMCA, 12 South Seneca Kentucky: Louisville MC, c/o H. O. Wise, 202 Rodman Siréet. Owensboro MAC, e7o Le 0. Davis, Je. 1119 West Taint St Owensboro MC, c/o P. D: Wilson, Wilson Bros. Hlectrical, Louislona: Alexandria Flying Pelicans, e/0 Donald J. Smith, 49 Linda ‘Road. “New Orleans AC, fo Whalen J. Norman 394 Baronne Street, Maryland: Riverdale Sky Devil, c/o James G, Gray, 562 Sth ‘Avenue. Botheade Prop Twister, 0 Kenneth Ingram, 1t00 Inwood Ave. Silver ‘Spring. Silver Spring DCURG, Clat c/o Herb Honecker, #103 Tahoma Drive. teModel Aero Clubs Massachusetts; Norwood SME, c/o Albert L. ‘Trefethen, 163 Gaklite Aves ox ts, Dedham” Pltsfleld Flying Maniacs, c/o To Rowil, Hayee Place. Mickigas: Almont Glow-Bugs, c/o B. N. Kun, Sky Bench, 110 Soatitnia St. Birmingham Sey Bugs c/o Gerald Meweniger, {aero Sen Diego. Detrowe Sky Guys, c/o Tack Jost, 989) Wyoming. Minnesote: St, Poul Plaza Drugs Modeleers c/o Dick Gebbard, WW. Nebraska, St Poul Polar Bos Bugs, c/6 Tom Kelleher, ib St Paul Ave Missouri: Affton Greater St. Louis Modelers, c/o Gene Winn, Mte"Wynwood ‘Drive. ‘Kirkwood Thermalcers, c/o Parneli Schoenity, 125 E. Maple Ave. Maplewood Alrvaleers, c/o Gil bert A. Frankenberg, 2902 Wismir Hood, Overland, 14. “Rolls Modelairs c/o J.T Harris, Harris Cabinet Shop. 'St.Joveph oltures, c/o Floyd Pollock, 1013 Frederick Montona: Red Lodge Alrscrews, c/o C.J. Brck, Box 21, 617. MoGilien Ave Nebraska; Lincoln Aero-Design Flying Club, c/o Raymond MSMoER Stoth St Lincole Link Modelares, c/o Bartlett's Hobbies & Toys, 121 P St New Jersey: Hillside Aero Nuts, c/o Roscoe 1, Mullican, J, MSUUIBEESY Avenue. Linden MAC, c/o Pranic M, Krysiak, Lin- en ecreation Commision, Old City. Hall, So, Wood Ave. Derik Amboy MAG, c/o Richard S. Mikula, Fishkin Bros, In, 151 Smith Steet Trenton MAC, c/o Leo %. Fox, 18 California ‘Ave Weehetsken Aero Zombies, c/o Jack Fischer, sith St. New York Stote: Beacon Air Trailers, c/o Leonard Bloomer. 1 Weshinglon Ave. Bronzille Flying Maniacs, ¢/» Robert Jer~ ‘ings, 6 Milson Clove, Bufelo Miniature Airefaft Engineers, © Hiavold Keller, 99 Lorfild ‘De, Snyder. Croton-on-Hudson ‘Westchester Fiying Flet, c/o Roger Grand, Albeny Post Road, Toate &. Oriskany Hell Razors, 0 C. K. Nelson, 123 Oklahoma ‘Ave, Syracuse MAC, /o Harry C. Copeland, 101 Lincoln Ave. Westbury Modeleers, c/0 Scott Lewis, #9. Cypress Lane, Now York City: Bronz Model Knights, c/o Art Hasselbach, 0€7 hina’ Ave. ‘Staten Island Group-CAP, c/o Capt. H. H. ice, Mille Pld, CAP Bide. Worth Coraline: Greensboro Prop-Twisters. Model Club, c/o Wan Harold Bunting, Jit & Elam Ave. Salisbury Aeronauts, yo Ralph N, Covelle, 72 8. Elia St. Winston-Salem Seywriters HMA.G, c/o Ba Aldridge, 858 Watson Ave. (Oblos Lake Brie Gas Model Club, /o John W. Grogs, 35 Grand Bhd’ Bedford Celina Flying Hornets Model Club, c/o Gene Koniermany RR. & ‘Chilicathe Fly Guys, e/o Gene Osborne, Route 8 Cincinnati Controlliners, Ine, elo John MM. Kaeser 2468 Maclson Road. Cleveland American Airlines Gas Model Giub. eye Harry D, MeCeil, 9009 Lorain Ave. Dayton Buzzin Buseads, fo HL. Roo, Jr, 06 Harvard Blvd. Cleveland Rey~ burn Hocketeers c/o Bill’ Strack, 72 Reyburn Road, East Gleteinnd 12 Buel U Liners Motel Club, e/0 G- Koepplinge, lf your Club is not listed register NOW! i ! 1 1 1 rn 1 ' 1 ' 1 1 Be sure thet on offcll of your leplane | 1 ! ' ! 1 1 1 1 1 ! it tmedel lub ile out this form ond raturs it immediately to. Ate Trails, so thot your (group can be incloded in the master Di Fctory iting. When changes occur in the ficars of the club, be sore to notify Ale Tra. Thie "AT" et i teed by mony sponers to natty cubs of co peltons ond special evens, ‘Ale Trols Model Aneal 54 DIRECTORY OF MODEL AERO CLUBS, Air Trails 304 E. 450h St, New York 17, N.Y. ince the folowing mods! sirlane cub in your I of active sere ‘modeling raanizatons Nome of cab (pt [Nome of contact mon (rin) Shoat Address iy, Zone, Stole... Member of menbent Sponer, amy Spomor's eddres. Meetogs hel Newer of meni. here, Dees db wpeca 19751 Naumann Ave. Lima Line Tamers, c/o J. W. Botkin, £17 Si MeDonel Sc Shelby Bales Bussards, co Howard L, Robin- Sn, Shelby Puse Milk Co, Wickliffe Fying Tigers MAC, ¢/0 ‘Thomas D; Haney, Jr. 815 Harding Drive Oklahoma: Ade Prop Spinners, c/o Roland E. Deseans, 528 E. Main" Oklahome City Flying Maniocs,e/> Harold Hardy, M3 8. Reding. Coauille Glo-Devile, c/o Earl Butler, 20. sth St. Cortullis Comets, c/o John N. Riley, 213 North 2st, rrigon MC, S/o Bud Pouneuf, Box McMinnville Skywolves, ee Boling ‘Thompson, TH Sed Street, Portlond “Oregon Aeromodelers ‘Go Ken Thorsted, 634 N. E.8th Ave. Satem Capital Sky Cats ‘Go Don Santee, 1190 S. Commercial. Salem MAC, c/o Elmer J oth, Bed Market Street. Tillemook GMC, e/o Don H. Helfer, Fait ded St Pennsylvania: Bristol Aeroriodeleers, c/o Albert B. Abrams, Felt’ Soee Strect_ Barton Model "Asrplane Dector, Easton Maove ‘Lodge, So. th St.” Hasleton Flying Gremlins, e/0 Michael J. Gochalla, 128 N. Wyoming St. Levittown Aerobugs, Clodebniny Garlich Grove Lane. Meeesport National Assoe. St Model Hngincers! Keystone Clippers, ¢/0 Andrew C. Kistner, Sti Hazel St Carlile Prop Spinners, c/o Joseph I, Auer, Box (4 re Helly Speings. Me Wolf Skymaster, c/o C. M, Ehrhart BT South Fifth St. Olney Stunt Masters, c/o Lou Neebe, S28) N. and St. Phila” Pettlle Piston Pushers. c/o Jack W Zin- Terman, Brown's Hobby Shop, 291 North 2nd St Olean MAC, (o Rimer & Evans, 7 Lincoln Ave, Shlnglehouse. Texas: Sabine Area MC, c/o F. D. Paterson, 2190 Pecos, Beat ont, Kingeville MC, c/o R. C. Blateie, dx, 82, Doddridge Be" Plainsiew Skocusters c/o J. B. Oberihicr, 708 Osldand St. Sem Antonio GMAA, c/o Sonny Mosel, 310 Taft Blvd. Talia Skplincrs, e/ Herbert Jennings, Box I Virginie: Danville Glue Daubers, c/o Neal Howard, Jr. 504 West MS2y'St Hamprom BreinBusters, /0 Jaseph Boyle 29 Shenan- an Road, Wemhngtos: Boinohem Flying Bee's co Ral. Graham, AYE: Holly St. Bremerton Prop-Spinners, c/o Doug Beagley, LGB Onk St Erhreta Piston Poppers, c/o Andy Beoudry, S&S BSt. NW. Everett Model Air Force, c/o J. Sigmon, 2008 Colby Ave. Mount Vernon LC., e/0 ‘Bud Peck, Dependable ‘Motor Co. Paseo Liens Modelairs /9 Mylo H. Candee, 221 W. Lewis Bt. Spolerne Northwest Hobby MAC, c/o Hendrick S. Perry, So. If? Wail Street Vencouver Glo-Bugs, c/o RK Ragan, 2006 Main Street West Virginia: Beckley Modeleers, c/o Mrs. Gene Keatley, 217~ MBece Seon 3, Werrion Prop Twitehers 10 Harry Gab~ ler, 814 Sth Strct Wisconsin; Beloit Hangar No. 13 MLC. c/o John H. Bort, 1699 Sherman "Ave. Burlington Pivin' Liars. c/o James Pihvinger, Kendall Steet, Bcheauicee Flying Gremlins, e/0 Fred Bretsch, Mot N. 42nd St Sheboygan Flying Tomahawks, c/o Danno ‘Modis, 190 No. Mth St Manitowoc Air Pirates MPC, c/o Ken~ ‘eth Tate, 1088 8 8th Se ? Organized when? When. ‘Are you steking new members? In one type of modeling? fs, what?World Power Championships As Kansas City Star requested before meet: “Advise our paper when Kneeland wins—Dave did! Unusual Yolgion ED. 246 pows pent hod high dihedral ‘ond small uddars, The ploced inpylen entry by George Lip- th Hing pale of ships by John Carall of inernetional standards, they wed Elin land. Srall by 149 ce motors for power 1@ When all the shouting died down at Cranfeld's Colle ‘of Acronauties field in Bedfordshire, England, the FAT International power competition winners’ li 1. Kneeland, D.; USA. total—15:00 2 Puller, G.; G. B.; total—12:18 8 Vidossich, G.; Italy; total 12:54 Four dozen entrants flew, representing 12 countries, ‘The three other Americans placed 6th (Stan Hill with 12-02), ith (oe Elgin with 11:45) and 18th (Carl Wheeley with 10:15) ‘The performance of these coupled with Kneeland’s win gave the Team Power Trophy ta the USA, too. Tho K&B 15 engine, used hy all the American f Im for some kind words by one British observer: were many whose minds were already set on a high Ameri- ‘an position after viewing test lights and having heard their KAB Torpedo motors on test runs. Tt was, in fact, a victory for the K&B factory who equipped the US. team with stand- ard production motors...” ‘Annual’s Man-of-the-Year: Dave Kneeland.Dietel-powered Dutch entry of C, Kempen. Ploced 9h, 11:4. Did wall in Switteriand loxt yeor. Spirit tight: geod recovery. ny by. idowich: Supe Tare, low pls lon 24 ch odin inch off wing: endplates, ‘Anton Ledered of Au! Prony-flown Swedish entry by K Grctsm ilutrotes high thrust Placed Sth in oll lw which finds fovor overous. PoSLINGER by EARL CAYTON clay to obtain long, smooth glide; adjust rudder tab for gentle left Slinger should be thrown with quite a bit of right bank, causing a sharp right climb and then “S"=ing out on top into a left glide. I model dives or climbs too shallow on throw, add a bit more negative to the elevone—Is" at 4 time, “If she loope in the throw, reduce the negative angle 14” each time. ‘As you adjust the elevons, add or subtract elay to retrim the glide. After model is adjusted, spot-cement on each clevon to keep it from bending. ee TYPICAL AIRFOIL, ‘SECTION VIEW. exzxzzzzzaaarn 3/8" eineats SECTION OF WING CUT NOTCH FOR FINGER GRIP COVER TOP OF WING JOINT WITH A STRIP OF SILK OR GAUZE ADD CLAY TO NOSE FOR PROPER BALANCE \732"DIA. COPPER WIRE HINGES, Va"X 1" X 11-38" V6" SHEET PLASTIC WOOD FILLET SUB RUDDER tones. 4. 5 6 7 ‘Ale Toile Medel Aameat tdOo ee ee ee FOE eS ee + + + * eR ee eek ee wk kk ek Oe eee National Model Aircraft Records GAS MODELS—FREE FLIGHT ROG, A/2, Jr, 18:560, Don Puakarich, Oildale, Cal, 7/53 ROG, A/2, Sr, 17:280, Harvey Wolen, Los Angeles, Cal, 4/53 OG, A/2, Op, 20:324, Jack Oxley, Artesia, Cal, 10/5 ROG, A, Jr, 28:482, Ronald D. Rounds, Los Angeles, Cal, 4/53. OG, A, Sr, 22:56, Don Bates, Arlington Hts, Il, 8/53 ROG, A, Op, 35:29 F. L. Swaney, Long Beach, Cal, 10/58 ROG, B, Jr, 16:168, Wm. Schlarb, South Bend, Ind, 8/53. ROG, B, Sr, 27:420, D. Bisenbelss, Long Beach, Cal, 8/53, ROG, B, Op, 24:004, Jack Oxley, Artesia, Cal, 3/53 ROG, C, Je, 11:11, Joseph P. White, Sacramento, Cal, 6/53 ROG, C, Sr, 14:11, David Repen, New York, N. ¥., 8/53 ROG, C, Op, 28:484, Jack Oxley, Artesia, Cal, 5/53 ROW, A/2, Jr, T:118, Martin Wolff, Downey, Cal, 3/53 ROW, A/2, Sr, 9:192, Bob Gelvin, Topeka, Kans, 7/53 ROW, A/2, Op, 15:488, Jas. P. Taylor, Albuquerque, 1/53 ROW, A, Jr, 2:1532, Jay Poggiali, Hicksville, LI, N. ¥., 7/58 ROW, A) Sr, 10:072, James Kelly, Mission, Kans, 1/53 ROW, A, Op, 9:040, James M. Coffin, Long Beach, Cal, 3/53 ROW, B, Jr, No Record Established ROW, B, Sr, No Record Established ROW, B, Op, 13:006, Sel Taibi, Long Beach, Cal, 7/53 ROW, C, Jr, No Record Established ROW, C, Sr, No Record Established ROW, C, Op, No Record Established PAA, A/2, Jr, 19:152, Don Puskarich, Oildale, Cal, 4/53 PAA, A/2, Sr, 13:05, Lloyd Miles, Medford, Ore, 3/53, PAA, A/2, Op, 11:48.0, Tom Henebry, Chula Vista, Cal, 5/58 PAA. AB, Jr, 9:272, Martin Wolff, Downey, Cal, 10/53, PAA, AB, Sr., No Record Established PAA, AB, Op, 1:264, Ray Van De Walker, Norwalk, Cal, 10/53 Cargo, Jr, No Record Bstablished (Cargo, Se, No. Record Hetablished Cargo, Op, 234 ozs, Hal Roth, Richmond, Cal, 1/53 GAS MODELS—CONTROL LINE SPEED A/2, Se, TAST, Robert Chojnacki, Perth Amboy, N. Jy 7/58 ‘A/2, Sx, 1828, Walter Vrablie, Perth Amboy, N. J, 7/58 ‘A/2, Op, 9410, J. E Morrell, Bristol, Va., 8/53 A, Je, 12824 Walton Pyron, Decatur, Ga,, 7/58 ‘A, Se, No Record Hetablishod A. Op, 188.28, Thomas P. Baker, Kings Mountain, N. C, 8/58 B, Jr, 19038, Walton Pyron, Decatur, Ga, 7/58. B, Se, 12469, Herbert L. Davis, Birmingham, Ala, 7/53 B, Op, 145.69, Harry Roe, Jr, Dayton, 0. 8/53 INDOOR HL, Stick, B, Jr, 21:082, Ron, Cummings, Los Angeles, 7/52 HLL. Stick, B, Sr, 25:87, Don Kennedy, Burbank, Cal, 4/48 HL, Stick, B, Op, 26:53, W. F. Tyler, New City, N. ¥, 9/48 HLL. Stick, C, Jr, 19:173, R. Jagiello (deceased), Chi, 7/40 HL, Stick, C, Se, 24:528, A. D/Alessancro, Phila, 8/49 HE. Stick, C, Op, 82198, Pete Andrews, Forest Hills, N.Y, a9 HL, Stick, D, Jr, 15:064, Paul Simon, Detroit, Mich, 7/49, HI Stick, D, Sr, 22:548, Thomas Greet, Phila, HLL, Stick, D, Op, 90:372, W. F. Tyler, New Ci ROG Cabin, B, Jt, 12:423, H. Kacryneki, Detroit, 7/40 ROG Cabin, B, Se, 15:093, David Call, Philadelphia, 4/41 ROG Cabin, B, Op, 38:44, Don Kennedy, Burbank, 7/49 ROG Cabin, C, Jr, 11:32, B. Jagiello (deceased), Chi, 7/40 ROG Cabin, C, Sr. 16:52, Erwin Rodemsky, Detroit, 8/50 ROG Cabin, C, Op, 25:288, James B. Grant, Manchester, Conn, 1/58 ©, Jr, 14047, William Weissbrodt, Milwaukee, Wise, 8/53 Se, 155411, Paul Hutt, Brooklyn, N. ¥, 8/53 Op, 18068, Frank Stone, Dallas, Tex, 8/53 JET MODELS—CONTROLINE SPEED Jr, 198.62, Kenneth Mattingly, Hialeah, Fla, 8/51 Sr, 157.89, Herbert L. Davis, Birmingham, Ala, 6/51 Op, 15495, Thomas P. Baker, Kings Mountain, N.C, 7/51 MODELS ROW Cabin, B, Jr, 0:87, Hermann Andresen, Chi, 11/49 ROW Cabin, B, Sr, 13:180, David Call, Phila, 6/42 ROW Cabin, B, Op, 11:170, David Call, Phila, 9/47 Autogiro, Jr, 3:58, Edward A. Vargo, Chicago, Tl, 4/52 ‘Autogiro, Se, 2:512, Ralph Brown (deceased), Arlington, Mass, 4/40 Autogiro, Op,,2:455, Joseph P. Matulis, Chicago, Ill, 11/41 Ornithopter, Je, 1:180, Edward A. Vargo, Chicago, I, 12/41 ‘Omithopter, Sr, 3:220, John Bock, Chicage, I, 1/42 Ornithopter, Op, 4:054, Carl Goldberg, Chicago, I, 8/41 Helicopter, Jr, 3:546, Dick Quermann, Bayside, N.Y, 1/41 Helicopter, Sr, 5:344, James Broderick, Chicago, Ill, 12/41 Helicopter, Op., 5:250, Carl Goldberg, Chicago, IL, 11/61 HL Glider, Jr, 0:483, Dick Culver, Oak Ridge, Tenn. 7/53 HL Glider, Se, 0:582, Charles Corbett, Brooklyn, N. ¥., 1/53 HL Glider, Op, 1:09. William Dunwoody, Brooklyn, N.Y, 1158 OUTDOOR MODELS—RUBBER AND GLIDER Limited Rubber, Jr, 12:184, Dennis Geller, Omaha, 8/58 Limited Rubber, Sr, 21:520, Charles Sotich, Chi, 8/53. Limited Rubber, Op, 16/326, Merrill Combs, Encino, Cal, 6/5 Limited Rubber ROW, Jr, No Record Established Limited Rubber ROW, Sr, No Record Established Limited Rubber ROW, Op., No Record Established Wakefield, Jr, 10:008, Gary Grenoble, Yuba City, Cal, 8/53 Wakefield, Sr, 12:042, Don Tune, Las Angeles, Cal, 8/52 Wakefield, Op, 15:000, Joe Bilgrl, San Jose, Cal, 4/51 Wakefield, Op. 15:009, Tom R. Quermann, Bayside, 8/52 ‘Autogiro, Jr, No Record Established ‘Autogire, Sr, 0.202, Wm. F. Foshag, Washington, D. C., 7/48 ‘Autogiro, Op, 0:50.4, Parnell Schoenky, Kirkwood, Mo, 5/51 Ornithopter, Jr, No Record Established Ornithopter, Sr, 1:254, W. R. Bigge, Washington, D. C, 7/48 Ornithopter, Op., 0:48, P. Schoenky, Kirkwood, Mo,” 7/48 Helicopter, Jr, 2114, Thane Bopp, Kitlwood, Mo, 8/51 Helicopter, Sr, 5:226;H. S. Robbers, Jr, Oakland, Cal, 6/48 Helicopter, Op, 8:55.0, Frank Ebling, Jersey City, N. J, 1/48, HL Glider, Jr, 11:57, Wm. Sehlarb, South Bend, Ind, 8/58 HL Glider, St, 10:424, Hermann Andresen, Chi, 8/58. HL Glider, Op, 12:124, Rob, Barney, Salt Lake City, 8/53 ‘TL Limited, Jr, 9:582, Bawin Ryan, Tempe, Ariz, 10/53 ‘TL Limited, Sr, 11:46, Gable Ray, Smyrna, Ga, 7/58 ‘TL Limited, Op. 12:130, Geo. Perryman, Decatur, Ga, 7/53 Nordic TL, Jr, 11:192, John Watson, FL Des Moines, Tows, 8/53 Nordic TL, Sr, 18:0T8, Jerry Robertson, Phoenix, Ariz, 9/58, Nordic TL, Op. 12:022, 8. S. Hachenburg, Hl Paso, Tex, 6/53 Dikhit ge ak ct ke oR ka > ee he ea FOE he La ee + * Pe toh tot ahUIST ATHBy FRANK EHLING Plans By FRANK ZAIC A ra reece corn Creat Ce ee arr ae Pee eae errr ks Beer eer Rac omyu PHOTOS AND DATA By BILL FLETCHER Christine Zoic ond "Prof." Perrymon in “Nordic” champion Hans Honten of Denmark made 3 S.min. fights Wide toling ledorLesce high-speed tox (I horsepower). adge on canter i WORLD'S TOP Towliners After American flyers walked off with top Individval and team honors in both the Inter= national Wakefield and FA. power champion- ships, it seemed only logical that we might make a clean sweep of the “big three” by taking the Nordic model glider championships in Yugoslavia. But it was not to be, though we could not have asked for « better experienced tressing—the lust too o: =a hearty cheer for the winning Danes! nal hinged flop to be sfilzed for foal trim if necesary. “te ‘rieky ‘entry hod fo smell hinge surface for pe US, tam: Perryman, Ed Small, Fletcher and Miss Zoe valiant efor! despite the bod ‘wealmae if he te Tt ni ne oF HE ag ai rau HGH ff anal 5 lg nueh entalLow Speed hate ‘on thts sae of ‘ner tube. Hi Speed hole on this side of fnaer tube HINGE: Det through beth after copper Yo Spring aligned flat on nfoke ‘mete Slone 4 abet Midget 22 804 Motor ‘Tubing of the size shown should be ample simply sending three pulses to the plane; market are entirely satisfactory, since the {for any 18 engine, and larger engines can the third will click the motor escapement, current change is from zero to the normal be adapted to this system with larger or you can hold this pulse, to get motor operate value. By using a relay such as bes: Needles 10 sy, all joints must be cut-off if your particular system is set up 4 200 ohm Neomatic Model 852, you can tweight setup, sutable for ‘entirely is handy, for choking the engine Some of the English escapements sold the srallest planes. Iti helpful to add a ght. Some ‘arrangement to cut off sir for this fet a very i fosters; pad of felt may be held on a in this country (ED. and F.C.) have variable resistor Ry to control the delay. Fig. 9 add up to only 236 ‘pring strip over the high speed hola, snd contacts on them that may be adapted for All the parts shed apnnat st with » Tod from the Such win Or you can cay At'any ex. ge if'you use cells inllar to Eveready Sutsige of the fuselage. Sapement with 2 pair of electrical con- te trval to place the Bonner motor tavis"The usual way t do this-if you The same cells may be used to work te cxapement, or the valve of fig'S inside sre using a two-arm escapement—is to motor control exaapements if {has a rea {he fuselage, and above the level of the have the contacts clase in one of the two sonably high resistance, and ‘docan® tke Decale valves on the cnging,so Ue excess nevtral positions of the armm Thus, to get too much current. Or you.ean se your Piel doesn't drain back and gum up the olor dtange, you pulse to this particular regular rudder escapement cells as part soni heutral, the motor eseapement abifsen- of the 6 V. ausilary control circuit power ‘One last method for getting two-speed zine speed, then you pulse to the ether supply, adding midget pencells as required alo utilizes the air cutoff system, buts news) All this can be dome oo faot thet tovget up lo the nevewary 6 V. The circuit Intended for easy construction and fing the plane docs not deviate from a straight ill prowide enough delay o that you ean. {engines with front rotary valves—which curse Pulse through the two-speed pation with tmeans the Majority of those made today, Users of four-arm eacepements haye an out tipping it, but longer delay may be Gia Schmacdiy showed us the version ideal way to get a motor control pulse, a2 had by increasing Uh size of C. The ext ‘iesribed here. The valve is a clapper that contacts may be arranged to clorg in one large standard size is $00 mt iS Towered over the sir intake of the en- Cor more) af the “halfpostions,” which Another simple way to work your motor fine i reduce speed. The tp of the intake | sre not normally needed for rudder action. control escapement iz depicted in ig. 10 fay have fo be fled eff to get'a smooth "For thi arrangemost, and alan for that Here a square cam has been attached Surface for the clapper, ands good tight whore. the added cireull it closed as a the rudder eacapement shaft: the contacts At here ssoures relable operation. Car) two-arm ‘scapement passes one of the close four times per’ revolution of the Attached the velve by soldering a hinge neutrals, a delay ‘circuit ir required, 20 shaft, but are open in all four of the nor= piece to the apring that rupplies tension that the motor control doesn't click into mal operating positions. When the rudder {orikeep the needle ‘sive from turning. operation every time you pass through, in escapement i either in neutral of in a Since the air intake must be adjustable normal rudler movement. Two main fypee turn position, the added contacts are open. fo you can set the low speed to mut, a of delays have been used, the thermal, and To clase the relay, and change motor speed iitde vane le pivoted over the center hole the capacity-loaded ‘relay. The thermal four quick pulses are sent: this charges tf the clapper. A 2-36 nut te soldered on delay males use of a strip of thermal up the delay condenser suiciently to pull the underside of the later, and 2 sew to meal, with a heating coll connected as in in the relay, and brings the rudder back Bt holds the vane tight, after it har been Fig. 7 es nocesuary to hold the rudder to the postion It had before you sent the fjusted to. the desired setting ‘ctapement in the auxillary position for sequence of pulses. The relay should be ‘A simple linkage goes back ta’ escase- Several seconds to heat up the thermal st with rather large contact spacing, and tment in the fuselage, and fexbilty ofthe strip and step the motor eszpement along. the tension adjusted so that the armature torque rod holds the clapper tightly shut, As soon as the strip cools of the con pulls on the four fast pulses. The cara con- ferlow speed Ie is only necestary to raise tacts open and are ready for another ope- tacts should be set as close as possible, but the clapper 1/16" t9 2/32" for top speed. ration. This system has boon widely usod not so clove that engine vibration might ‘We aw know several proven, ways to and io cimple and rellable, but it takes close them An escapement with a tight set iwo-speethow sre they to be ope- ute lot of current, and is rather slow well-Ating dhaft ts a nocesty. Howard Filed by Fado? Well again the simplest in operaation Bonner dreamed up this arrangement be- way ly to purchase an escapement with s ‘The capaclty-loaded relay arrangement fore he and Herb Owbridge had perfected Tair of electsical contacts builtin, which takes very Ute power, and can be made the Compound escapement. fll allow you to work the motor control to operate aa fast es you want; connections ‘The cireuit of Fig. 11 is of interest as (scaperent has. "The Bonner Comoound sre shown in Fig. 8 will czeuit constants it takes very litle power, and works the h contact, and. you for a Sigma 4F felay. In a circuit of this emapement with a real bang. In principle, {in chouge motor sontsel at any lime, By type-some of the tiny relays now on the is something” (Continued. on ‘page 90)When Alexander de Seversky produced the P-35 pursuit plane in 1987, litle did he dream that st would develop into the death-dealing monster of World War I known as the, Thunderbolt. The US. Army Ai Corps purchased 136 of the 810 mph, 1200 hp PEW powered P-35s, Grose weight of this craft was 6,085 Ibs ‘The last P-85 was reworked into the XP-41 equipped with turbo-superchargingy which was quickly developed into the P-43 Lancer, The Lancer's ability to climb to 44000 feet set the pace for the yet-to-come P-A7. Two hundred and Afty~ two of the 260 mph, 7800-Ib. “Lancers” were delivered. ‘Stringent requirements worked out by the Wright Field ‘Army Board in 1940 for a high-altitude escort, heavy fire~ ower, armored fighter gave birth to the P-A?—an enlarged ‘and, of course, improved version of the Lancer. Speed of this early P-ATB (P-AT and P-ATA were canceled) was 429 mpl, while it tipped the seales at 13,96 Ibe. Power was the 2000 hp Pratt & Whitney twin row engine. ‘Externally, the ‘Thunderbolt did not change until the mile of the “D” modifications. The P-47D-RE and P-47D- RA were revised to include a bubble canopy during 1043-1944, All subsequent models sported the canopy; later ‘models included a dorsal fin for added directional stability. ‘Speed of the P-47D was 420 mph and weight jumped to 14300 Ths, Over 13000 P-4TD fighters were built! ‘Modifications continued up to the P-A7N with speeds top- Republic P-47 son Famous World War It “flying jug” is back as eye-catching control mo: ping 510 mph on some experimental models. The P-A7N was fitted with an enlarged wing and doreal fin. Power was a 2100 hp BAW engine which Upped the plane's speed to over {80 mph. The gross weight was 21200 Tha, and 117 were built, In view of the fact that the P-47D was, by far, the most ‘widely used Thunderbolt, we decided to duplicate it in model form, For the benelit of those readers who are interested In the early P-47B and the’ later P-ATN Thunderbolts, these craft have also been iflustrated. ((We wish to thank Dr. Thad S. McCulloch and Mr. Leon ‘Shloss for their kind efforts this article would not have been possible ) ‘Any engine from 4 to 85 eubieplant installation can be wed successfully. An inverted Engine, has the advantage of being entirely or partially tnelosed, thereby providing @ more pleasing and. realistic appearance. ‘Constroetion can begin with the wing by cutting the spars to the correct taper. Follow this by sawing the plywood joiner in one plece and cementing it to the spars, thus forming the correst dihedral automatically. While this is drying. cut the ribs to shape, The sheet covering can now be out to outline shape and buttjoined to form the correct chord width. Cemeht the spar to the lower covering, holding fin place with straight pins until dry. Attach the ribs to ‘both the spar and lower covering. ‘Bend the wire landing gear struts. Make sure to form one left and one right hand strut. These struts are then sand ‘iched between two plywood sheets. Use plenty of cement 4nd hold together with clamps until dry. ‘Slip the strut through the wing lower covering, from the top, and cement the plywood securely to the ribs, lower ‘covering and spar. Pour several coats of cement around this joint to insure a Grm installation as this is a point of great stress, ‘Carefully bevel the leading and trailing edges until tho bevel meets the angle of the rib upper camber. Sand well Cut the upper covering to shape, buit-join and cement it to the top of the spar. Hold in place with pins. Using a line shape. Coment the elevator halves to the dowel spar and ‘edi the control hom. Hinge the elevator assembly’ to the Stabilizer using standard fabric hinges. This assembly should then be securely cemented atop the pylon mount ‘Many standard commercial metal or plastic belleranks will ‘it yout model. Attach the musie wire lead-out lines securely bby twisting and solder-sealing the twisted portion. ‘The bell= crank is belted to the mount after the wire control rod has been attached. Either oflset-bend the ends of the rod as shown or solder # washer to the ends to prevent the control rod from slipping off the horn or bellerank. Bolt the bell- frank to the mount in such a manner as tovallow free movement of the control system. It is advisable to insert ‘Washors between the belleranie and motint to total 1/16” Tf the engine you choose has an atiached tenk-—use it, ‘otherwise many standard tanks can St this model. Be sure to select the proper size fuel tank for your engine. This should be very Srmaly mounted within the fuselage. On some {nstallstions, it will be necessary to cut away the leading portion of the wing inorder to ft the tank. Do not, however, fever cut away the spar or any portion of it. Add the plastic tubing filling, vent and fed line extensions at this time. "The fuselage is now planked after the remaining formers ‘are cemented to the bottom of the wing. Begin by cementing ‘one planking strip on each side and the very top and bottom fof the fuselage. Hold these strips to the formers with pins slow-drying cement, apply it liberally to the ribs and beveled portion of the lower covering. Attach the top cover- {ng to the cemented surfaces and hold in place with straight ping until dry. It is suggested that the wing be set aside {odry overnight after the solid wing tips have been cemented S : place ‘While the wing is drying, the fuselage horizontal keel can “be cut fo shape as well asthe formers and firewall. If a beam ‘ype engine mount is contemplated, it should. be. firmly ‘cemented to the keel at this time. The hardwood bellerank cunt should also be cemented frmly to the keel now. Follow this by altaching the formers and firewall to the top and bottom of the keel. Add the stabilizer pylon mount 10: the keel. ‘Sandpaper the wing thoroughly and then attach the fuse lage frame to it by cementing the formers to the wing covering. Check for correct incidence during this operation. ‘This ehould be 2er0. ‘Cut the tail surface to outline form and sand to a stream- ‘Ale Tolle Medel Anmel °4 tuntil the cement has dried. Follow with another strip cemented to each side of the four already in place and tontinue in this manner. Make certain to cement all strips to the formers ae well as to each other. Teper and bevel the last few strips in order to ineure s good ft in the confined Tl in all cracks and crevices. with Plastic Balsa, forcing the compound deep into the spaces with the fingers. When dry, the fuselage should receive a thorough sanding with 1/0 fand then 3/0 sandpaper. It may be well to note that the forward ends of the planking strips, rest on ledge formed bby the difference in size of formers “A” and “B". "With sheet balsa as a pattern and foundation, the fillet ig ‘built of many layers of Plastic Balsa, This should be applied swith the fingers to form 2 smooth contour -between the fuselage and wing. Do not hesitato to apply added thickness to the fillet in order to be able to form a truly smooth fairing ‘without the fear of oversanding. Much filet sanding is done by wrapping the sandpaper around the fingers and sanding ”REPUBLIC THUNDERBOLT with rolling motion to achieve the smooth convex surface. In view of the unusual dihedral, it was found necessary to run the control Jead-out lines through the wing in lew ‘of using the more common guides. We ‘could have raised the belleranke location but this would cause a "mushing” ten dency at high angles of attack. Care- fully pass a sharpened shaft of 3/22" or 4" wire through the wing. Enlarge this hhole with a long drill er by passing the wire throiigh several times, Line these hholes with plastic tubing. ‘This should be the hard variety of plastic similar to the sipping straws available at the dime store. Cement these in place, and when, ‘the upper and A decent nich cannot be attained without applying several coats of sand- ing scaler or similar wood-Slling mix ture before the paint is added. The first ‘coat should he applied liberally with a brush and sanded with 3/0 sandpaper, Follow with at least four more coals and sand well. ‘This can be continued if ‘desired until glass-like finish result, Carefully cut away the cockpit open ing and the engine hatch using « very sharp razor blade. Apply silver dope to the cowl interior and follow this with several coats of clear fuel proofer. Fit * the engine in place and bolt securely. We have successfully used %" wood eres on engines up to 1” size; how- fever, this is optional. The engine eyi- inder should elear the cow! by at least 3/32” and preferably 14", Openings must bbe cut for needle valve extension and far engine choking. It may be wise to add a rubber tube extension to engines with intakes at the rear, This extension can be Jed out through the fuselage side to insure easy choking and fresh air supply to the engine, ‘The ontire model is painted silver spit ris utrated. We brushed on six coats, thinning ft {WO pro- iressively 10 and 25 percent Sand the first two coats with very fine finishing paper. The last coat can be rubbed to a high luster by applying rubbing com- pound with a wad of absorbent cotton. Finish off with a soft annel cloth, Complete building details are avail~ able on the fullsize plans, ‘Air Tre Medal Annas! “84‘ie Tats Model Aneel 34,Winsome woman Watailder et) Mr | Samaen oi Gory many made 3 fight of 6, 5 and 4:24 min, fo Capture Bh place ‘Oh, for mechanics te thal Above—Morlyn Olwin, St. Pou, helps hubby Dick at Plymocth mast. He wor Bf in sun, Sih in Spe A. Exwin Rodamsly of Detroit (below) gets Kiss from the beter hall fer Ist ln A/2 Plymouth fre fight. 3ed in A speed, too, here's to the Whether they put up the lunch, fly, help or just sit and watch, the nicest thing about aeromedeling ix Ruth and Raber Edseiin from Merttown, Pox (ch) set out for PAA-Lood ot Notional, Notice she's cary sd International rubber contest wos Mes. Father of Belgium teom (ebove). She placed Sth ond harstoom to 5th place standing. Bost foot in historyLADIES! daughter shouting @ word of encouragement to Pop out in the center of the circle. But be they grandmas, ‘gal friends, mothors, daughters or wives—hooray for all the gals who help to keep ‘em fying! ‘As we were saying, more mechanics Ike his (I). Prey lice Malis ond Joho Leach, 16, who wos sich in jet ot Plymouth Carle Ping above] of Woodhaven, LI aus Hichard Becker ot Mirror Model Flying Fair he readios Pewerhos Florence Christy (below), only feminine eatrant in Navy Cartier Svent ot Miner mech, Boowtifel Skyretder flow with MeCoy 60, Lt ond Mes for fightin N ot Wright-Pot te Compeltion cles endo Zine: winner of Mebiil Trophy »Here you have one of the thoroughly proven, very successful W. Coast Half-A radio control airplanes By DALE ROOT Dale Root, geniol propritor of Roct's Hobby Hut, Onklond, Calif, radio contok He called it "Lite Freq’ #27” which we modi ‘This Half-A R/C stunt ship has all the features of good precision and stunt flying trually found in langer and heavier R/C models. Little Freak "27" travels fact and clean, giving ‘0d wind penetration. ‘The incorporation of both rudder and levator controls allows positive and very ‘snappy Mights. Yet it recovers from tight turns and manouvers aa fast a2 i enters them. It has 300 oq. in. of area and weighs 20 07. ready to fly. Not too big for a Thermal Hopper engine on a 1/3 propeller ‘The wood fying characteristics of Little Freak “27° were developed over a period of testing and flying various force setups and airfoils. The semi-symmetrical airfoil has low center of pressure travel which adds greatly to the longi- tudinal stability of the ship. The thrust line, wing, and stabilizer are nearly on the same line., The wing is close to the CG. All heavy equipment such 9s batteries, escape ments and receivers are as close to the center of gravity ‘as is practical. These features make for quick maneuvers land quick recovery at a touch of rudder or elevator. Hecnuse the greatest weight of the ship is centered about the pivot point or C.G, Ht takes very little foree of the control surfaces ‘o change its fight path, and consequently the stabilizing force of the vertical and horizontal fins returns it quickly to level ight. So much for why you will have @ good safe R/C stunt Job. ‘An Aerotrol recciver of 2% os. was used, but any other receiver of a similar weight will work as well. The Twin tube receiver of North American Products is reliable and lightweight. A Bonner Campound escaperent is used on the rudder. This escapement in tum will operate the elevator ‘escapement. For elevator escapement, a Citisn-Ship PSN, Gr similar reliable lightweight escapement should be used When flying you must remember the elevator works in a sequence; up-neutral-dewn-neutral-up ete, So if you wish “up” twice, for instance, you must run “down” off after the first “up” to get “up” again when you need it. |. The compound eseapement iz an amazing and reliable bit ‘of precision machinery. It gives you “right” when you want it and “left” when you want it. You obtain elevator by beeping three times rapidly. The controls will follow as fast as you can snap the transmitter bution on and off. The ship will respond very rapidly to your signal. If at frst you ‘get confused attempting maneuvers with Little Freak “27” don't do anything; as the Cub instructors say, “the ship will come out level and Aying safe” ve ‘Perhaps taking you through one short flight would be of help when you're ready for the ship's first solo hop. Be eure you check and correct for warps in the wing, stabilizer and udder. The escapements and controls must not be sticky 4 ‘or sluggish. Thay should work freely on a practically un- wound loop of 36" rubber. Hither F.O.G. or hand launch is safe. When the model has climbed twenty feet or more, beep the transmitter once. This gives right rudder. If you wish a full 360-deg. circle around the tranemitter, keep beeping fence and holding momentarily. You can get a tight turn cr a wide circle depending on the number of heeps you sive it. For left turns, do the same, except give two rapid Deeps; holding the second beep will give left rudder. Keep the Little Freck “27” heading upwind while you're gaining altitude, but practice right and left turns. ‘This way you'll feet used to timing and ‘response of controls. ‘When you have 100 fe. or more of altitude try your tec 9 overcme he [| ff Gadency to oom after |g d a Give, ti necewery in [EEG T® ‘crease the rudder move~ J a ‘Ale Trails Medel Annual “34ment from 14" each way to about 3" and you'll have enough. Start your 25 fe. dive about 20 dog. to the left of upwind. ‘As the ship starts the pull-out, just ax it's level, hit left if tise less dihedral to improve th ‘stability for level fight, and the a SaK&B TORPEDO 049 Displacement: 047 cu. In; stroke: .280 in: bore: 406 in, Bare Wwelght. ets ton: 1.27 ox Strokecbore ratio: 935. C son ratio head: 5.8; comp. ratie bare: 1.62. wide blade weod-plastic prop, 10,800; 5/4 wide 00: 5.5/3 plastic, 12,700; 5/3 wood, 15,300. Rpm with 6/3 1M The most fortunate model builders live in the United States of Americal How can we (I) make a statement like that, and (2) what proof have we? All you'd have to do is show this and the following 4 pager 10 any model fan anywhere in the world, explain that these inexpensive miniature powerplants are for sale throughout your country at prices a lot less than he'd encounter anywhere else, You know what that foreign modeler would excloi “Gee, American modelers are the luckiest in the world! Now how does a lucky fellow like yourself ever decide just what engine you wan? One way is to hold. membership in an active model ero club and check with older ond more experienced members. Then there's your hobby shop man; when he knows what ‘you want to use your engine for (contest or sport? free fight or control line? speed or stunt?) he can offer good aulvice. If you're the contest-minded type you'll find the Notional and Plymouth mest data in this Annval of much interest, since it lists most of the winning engines. Sorry to say, Allyn’s Sky Fury, the new Fox 1 ‘and Cameron's .09 marine engine were not released early enough 10 appear here, but coverage of these will be found in Air Trails. The three-view drawings cre just HALE SIZE for quick “sizing up" by you. "OK" CUB DIESEL 075 Displacement: .075 cu. in: stroke: 417 in; bore: 478 Ia. ‘Weight, less tank: 2.03 os. Stroke-bore ratio: 87. Com: pression ratio head: vorlable; compression ratio base: 1:47. 7/4 wood-plastic. 12.200; 55/22 plastic, 16,800. Spring loaded contra piston wood, “OK” CUB 14 Displacement: .149 ca, im bore: .600 in. Weight: 274 ox Stroke-bore retle: 8. Compression ratlo head: 8.0; comp. ratio base: 1:47. Rpm with 9/6 wide blade woed prop, 8,700; 8/6 wide blade wood, 11,400; 7/4 wood plastic. 16,000; 5/6 wood-plastic, 17,200; 6/3 wide blode weed, 18,500, ‘Ale Tras Model Aanust “84HOLLAND WASP 049 356; bore: 421. Weight, with 133 ox Stroke-bore ratio: 846. ratio 64: comp. vatlo basa: 1.65. Figures are early Wasp (new ‘version is H:ported): 5/2, 15,000, 2 0495 stroke: 206; hore: 405. Weight: 1.5 ox. Stroke-bore ratio: 93. Comp. ratio head: variable; comp. ratio base: 1.82. Performance: comp. ratio ‘with 6/3 wood prop, 1,900 rpm: with 5.5/4 plastic prop. 13,500 rpm: with §/3 wood prop, 16200 rpm. "OK" CUB 049% head: 4.75: comp. ratio base: 1.50. Performance with 5.5/3.5 wood prop, 10200 rom; 5.5/3 plastic prep, 12,100 rpm: 5/3 ined from ‘wood prop, 13,800 rpm. All parts ma: Ae Trott Mode! Anwat “54 K&B TORP JUNIOR 035 Dieplacoment A; stroke: 80; ore: 243, Welt, toe fake ay cu Srekerbere fle UIT, Comprasion vole pte 4 ©- POPULAR POWER PLANTS COX SPACE BUG JUNIOR 049 COX SPACE BUG 049 Disp. .0499; stroke: .386; bore: 406. Weight, with font, 1.6 or Stroke-bore ratio: 15. Comp. ratio he ‘comp. ratio bese: 1.41. With 7/4 ‘wood, 10,500 rpm; 5/3 plastie-wood. 19.600 rpm. + MeCoY "9" 098 Displacement: .098; stroke: 500; bore: 500. Weight, 26 er Performance with MeCoy "9" prop, 13,000 rpm; 7/3 woed prop, 13,000; 7/4, 12,000. First McCoy with crankshaft retary valve. K&B TORPEDO 19 Displacement: .199: stroke: .620; bore: 424, Weight 536 ox Stroke-bore ratio: 993. Compression ratio head! 83: comp. rote base: 1.28. Rpm with 10/6 wood prop. 7.500; 3/8 wood, 11,600: 7/6 woed-plastie, 17,500. CAMERON Lepped version disp: .193; stroke: 620; bore: .628. Stroke-bore ratie: 1.02, Comp. ratio hood: 5.5. 15,400 with 7/4 CHEMINOL O&R 33 Interchangeable with O&R 23 and O88 29. “Displacement: .23; stroke: 730; bore: .760. Weight: 5.37 02. Stroke- bore ratio: .961. Compression ratio fe ‘comp. ratio base: 1.37. 10/8 lade wood prop. 7/800; 8/6 nar- j= / row, 14200; without venturi, 15,000. ‘Ale Tals Model Annas “84COX THERMAL HOPPER 049 Disp: .099; stroke: 480; bore: 51 Performance: 8/6 prop, 7.800 rpm: 6/3: 13,000; 7/2, 12,000. Connecting rod is ca piston Is steel, fully lapped with slightly domed head. ratie bere: 1.52. Performance: 8/8 narrow wood prop. 9.300 rpm: wide 0/2.5, 13,500; narrow 7/4, 17,200. DOOLING 29 K&B TORPEDO 23 ap: 23; stroke: .624; bore: 690, eight, 5.9 ox. Stroke-bore ratio: 915. wide blade wood prop, 8,300; 7/4 wood-plaste, 18,000. Racing mixtures Increate rpm In high-speed ronge. ‘Ale ros Medel Aamal 34POPULAR POWER PLANTS K&B TORPEDO 29 Displacement: .295; stroke: .653; bore: .758, Weight with ywhecl, wale versal ond thrast hearing: 11 ot. Strke-bore rata: 442. Compresion ratio head: 8. Perfermance: 15,000 rpm with 2-blade 1% x1 im. prop. CHEMINOL OZR MARINE a seTMNT rt eC Se pee eas eee CeCe Ale Teas Mada Ane *54 “2 CRAZY CRATE By TED GRZESZCZAK 1 If you're one of those fortunate individuals with an old K&B Infant engine or you know someone who is no longer using his, then Crazy Crate is your dish. This little crackpot is a tether line job, which means that it flies by itself on the end of a single guide line with no controls. ‘The full-size plans will enable you to produce the Infant size in a jiffy; for larger engines just double all measurements. Attach the tether wire to a mounting bolt and run it out through the dowel. This serves as a guide. The model should be balanced along this line. To fly, hold one end of the flying wire; have your mechanie start the engine. Just hang on and allow the model to take off by itself. It will as it picks up speed. Because the center of gravity is so far ahead of the wing, the wing acts like a stabilizer during flight, preventing pitching. : Keep your Crate as light as possible. Dope it with clear, then spray on fuel proofing. FULL SIZE PLANS FOR “ANNUAL” MODELS Just about all the models presented in this 1954 Air Trails Model Annual are available in full-size plan form. 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With no intrferenee he can oper ate at will, and if any interference, io ‘round, he is not at the mesty of gravity, ‘Swaree was built 9 est proportions! control without andangering the equi ment in'a crash if things went wrong Tt Jnns plenty of room, which irs help when fiat ‘testing any new system. ‘The paddle wheel propulsion involved too many gears and Tevers to operate in scale manner, so we used a standard pr Deller and Tet the paddle freevihoel. his ception cannat be detected in’ actual ‘operation, s0 realistically does the paddle ‘wheel rotate when the craft saris moving ‘An electric motor was Used to give Us a telief from the vibration and oly dirt ‘hat alow or ignition engine is bound fo ‘reduce. Also, any city ponds tay be losed fo ensine power while none iy for lecric power. A’ simple neoprene. tube Universal proved Ox; perfest motor alignment i not necessary Bo not let the detailed look scare you from building. The entire model can’ be Duilt in afew evenings Cut the Ill sides to outline. Cement enough 14" sheets together to form the Fotiom. Cement the sides to the bottom. fand add crose bulkheads. Finish hall by cementing in bow blocks and planing the ‘tern, and adding extra bulkdieads behind the Bow and in front of stern ‘This is a good place to prepere your hardware, rudders and prop thaft and sleeve. Paction them temporarily loe tie hole “The main deck is also made by cement- Ing "4" sheets together ont fat surta sad sanded to provide even surface: When ementing, main deck to hull, be sure to Ihave weights hold the deck against hull so that cement will contact all portions ‘Now, position the rudders and the shaft tubing: Pores the eyelet and the washer Which are soldered to the tube. into the deck so thet there will be no chance of ft becoming loose. Be generous with cement Note the two types ef rudders one is for manual adjustment: while the other is ‘controlled by radio ‘Cut the sides of the main deck cabin, CCement them together over plan (apaide down) to assure squareness. Then cement lunt tothe main deck. The wind board ean be cut and cemented to the deck. This is braced with triangular blocks ‘Second deck is made from 3/16" sheets. ‘And second-deck cabin can be made in sate manner as the lower cabin. In this case the second- deck eabin is cemented to the second deck which is mounted above the first deck cabin so that t can be lifted off for inspection anid adjustinent of the ‘equipment: Coal ral, whish is around the ‘thokestacks, is lao cemented to the see fond deck. Gover the second cabin, with 3/16" shoot “deck.” and make the plot house on the third deck ‘Make the paddle wheel as shown. Co- ‘ment all joints well to Keep them water= roofed. Bend the wite axle and solder the ‘Spoke, hub eyelets to it The connecting Feds “freewheel” inthe watertight box. “The boilers and smokestacks are card- ‘board mailing tubes, with coat of primes te seal pares, "This i» good time to start painting. The exact color combination and type of paint is up to you. However, itis advisable to use enargel. The original model had white slides and grey decks. Hull was green with ® black Mystic tape alang the upper edge, While paint is drying, make the stirs and other ods and ends, ch 25 corner fangles, Peint corner angles red, and co tant thom in place after tho paints dry Do cewiso’ wit window trimming and lattice work, and the stairs, The avming can be best made by veur womenfalk on the sewing machine. Te is a "must" as provides an authentle air to the. model Use wire frame to hold f taut. ‘The controlling equipment can be va- sed, We used a Fly-Ball Actuator for pro- portional control, which works well with pulser. An ED. mechanical excapement fan also be used. it has the advantage of « four-way escapement. ‘The amount of control that can be 2c- ‘complished is not limited by Task of spac for maximum weight. It ir more or fess limited to your ability, knowledge and pocketbook. ‘ie Tall Model Annual “54F ef. ern ernest.Haney uses for empty CO, capsules Small: modelers’ file Proed Fit WD 0 satay razor (Gillette een) makes asefct Sadating: tokqucer co] ate) a PYG"6." ta design dratiamon In Son Diego, Calf At 25 hae ho ‘wotked on the Comet it Trentl shore, wor wih de Hevllnd for 6 Yuore Hobbies Include photography end. de “oeinghllie Fibergls sport cor. Ukes svt B/C cand Jetex jobs more, wile's nome Ts Yrenne har 15D hours duel in Kghtplones toted modeling in’. Mambar 8. D. Airs tnd Mutehinson, Kent, Bale Butcher. m The flying saucer is by no means a ‘new idea although very few control line ‘madels ofthis type have been successful to date, The circular wing form is recognized as being very efficient in {hat the entire surface contributes to the Mgt and such unnecessary items as the fuselage and tail are eliminated, thus reducing weight and drag. ‘Our Sassy Saucer is the last of a series of eireular wing models, the frst fof which was built in 1846 in England after the designer witnessed a demen- stration of a fiying saucer at © model ‘meet. The first few models showed prom- ising signs of being highly maneuvera- ble but were all slightly unstable in certain ways. Further experimenting with airfoils and C.G. positions elim- Inated the stability problem and re- sulted in a very ruccessful stunt ‘model, a number of which were built and flown by modelers on the West Coast. This particular design was also fm action at the 1852 Nationals when no lest than five were flown in one Girele, (And stole the show!—EorroR’s Nore) After obiaining a satisfactory performance, aitempis were now made to improve the appearance of the model and to clean ‘up a few constructional details “The final result was Sassy ‘Saucer. ‘The model is stable at all speeds and is very ensy to fly, in fact the designer's ‘wife practiced with one while learning to fly Due to the absence of a fuselage or other encumbrances the finished ship is exceptionally light for its size and is easly overpowered. A good 19 will pall it through the full stunt ‘pattern with ase, a 29 makes the ideal com bination, while a 35 turns the ship into a tethered frecracker. Most of the test ‘models were flown with a Fox 29 up front and circulated at about 73 mph. ‘The main point to remember in bu ing Sassy is that the CG. should not be any further aft than the position shown fon the plans or the model will make [Ae Trolls Model Auwal “54 like a wildest. ‘The forward position is not critical and has varied as much 38 {wo inches in some of the models. The further aft the C.G. 58 located the more Sensitive the model will be, v0 the posi= tion depends on your flying ability "The construction is. simplo and rugged enough to withstand plenty of ough treatment. All the ribs and spas are interlocking and if the slots are cut {rue the finshed structure will auto- matically be aligned and virtually warp- proof. "The first step isto cut out all the ribs and spars and slot them together i thelr ‘correct postions as shown on the plans. ‘After cementing all joints carefully, the framework may be laid aside while the circumference sections are cut from 5/18" sheet helen. The circumference sections are then Gtted into place and fligned to form a perfect circle, the ‘levator being built in place along with the main structure if desired. ‘The motor mounts are firmly ce mented to the ribs Rand all surround Ing structure, eare being taken to use fa good penetrating cement at Us point [Next the bellerank mounting plate may be added together with the 34" x 4" bracing strips. These bracing strips have saved the day of many occasions as its highly embarrassing to try and loop she ccontral aystem while the model heads into the wild blue yonder. ‘The fuel tank is sdded along with the landing gear which is bolted or bound to the plywood spar FW. All of the tect models were fitted with a single wheel gear or with no gear at al, although @ fonventional two-wheel gear may be used if preferred. However, SS. takes off 20 fest that any extra wheels are a sheer waste. ‘The leading edge should now be sheeted and the various sections sheeted in where indicated on the plans. When {installing the eap strips around the fins, ‘care should be taken to make the slots good St as the fing are not added ‘until after covering ‘The entire structure is now sanded, the cireumference edges rounded and the spar S5 and the elevator spar ES ‘lo rounded. ‘The type of elevator hinges shown will hold the = SL a Bas OS RE RO Sak | Rene Poe cme menace | nan g RR ope |e see ata in, HC pn: Geodata, eit cage: Pe dette, 3 | SEC, nea sibmser eras sR es cit ny nse |e par we ates 9 pa, gdp Mapes, iba ue, a use ce. | TM aie maces Rhea men SMa aD Pah ad eee 4 poe ee an ER. 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