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Since this month's cover transparency is courtesy of Coverite, you can ues what the bipe is covered with, (Photo by Michael Furmany. Poge 40 Page 47 MODELS 28 SEQUEL Lev cveeeeveees Cari Weber 40 TONY(S) ..... + Archie Adamisin and Paul Denson 48 PHANTASY secs nee es Cael Berryman 62 LITTLE LIGHTNING ...... teees+Don Srall FEATURES 18 SCHWEIZER SPORTSMANSHIP AWARD ... see. sin Gray 22 BOB GIESEKE: PROFILE ... Wynn Pout 52 GERMANY'S QUIET BIROMEN .. cee Patricia T. Groves 84 KRAINOCK DOES IT AGAIN teeess+ Ed Slobod 85 SOARING FOR RECORDS .... ses erry Krainock CONTEST REPORTS 8 THE ABORTED MASTERS TOURNAMENT . .. Don Lowe 36 TAFT FREE FLIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS ........... Bob Meuser 65 WESTERN STATES PYLON CHAMPIONSHIPS Ed Hotelling WHERE THE ACTION IS 68 DURATION cecvseee Carl Maronay 69 L/D teccserenes Erle Lister 70 SCALE Claude McCullough 73. BIPES 'N TRIPES : eee Qs b, (Ofie) Olson 74 MODEL TECHNIQUES a Fred Marks 74 STUNT Lew MeFarland 76 RACING Johnnie Smith 77 COMBAT... vec tetettteeetees = Dan Rutherford 79 FREE FLIGHT Bob Mouser 82 ELECTRIC FLIGHT cevereeee ss eulliteh Poting 83 HELICOPTERS ee tee dohin Burkasn DEPARTMENTS 4 MODELER MAIL 18 MODELER’S BOOKSHELF .. sees dames Nordhoft 20 GUEST EDITORIAL: “BURNING ISSUES" hack Frater 38 GETTING STARTED IN RC ........2000220.++4iin MoNerney 50 NEW PRODUCTS CHECKLIST : Eric W. Moyers 100 PLANS SERVICE 129 PHOTO CREDITS 131 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS 182. OFF THE SCENE (Humor) ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS 109. UP FROM THE ASHES-RC MASTERS 114 CL PROFILE CARRIER INTERPRETATIONS 110 EXECUTIVE COUNCIL SUMMER MEETING 116 CONTEST CALENDAR 111 RESIDENT'S MEMO {A substantia dscount for a subscription to American A= 112 AMA NEWS BITS Gipecty to he Acelomy of Made) Reronavls for further 113. SHOW TEAM FLIGHTLINE information. See 2d, Boge 121) 2 January 1975 é. ite ae abeMOUNTING BOLTS. 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S and-at low temperatures, X= R205... 102 81.35 R206 | avr 02... | $2.50 MM R-208.. . toz... . $1.70storage cont ‘The Bayou Blahs Even though I did not attend the Lake Charles NATS, 1 consider this attack (see Editorial, November AAM) fon the South and the NATS very low and very poor taste. The NATS is, has been, and will be a “National Championship.” It is the | ‘gest traditional contest in the United States. That is as it should be. At the NATS, endurance should be part of the ‘game, The real champion is the one who overcomes all the obstacles. The “Indy '500" isn’t always won by the fastest Mr, Potega speaks of few entrants in some events. Considering some of the names, just two or three would make it fa real contest, At any major champion: ship contest, normally those competing have previously qualified. Maybe our NNATS will be much better when those competing are truly qualified, Mr. Potega is concorned over a lack of spectators, Is the NATS required to furnish a cheering section for the gladia tors in the arena? Champions don’t need cheers. Leave that for those that are really unsure of their talent, Joo Blow fof Strectsville is just as amused by a ‘Sunday fun fly as a National Champion: ships. Anyway, the Bayou country of Southern Louisiana has so much to offer that most people have more activi ties than time to do them allows, Now Mr, Potega thinks the modelers are unhappy getting what they want, He is the only one thet has told me this, and I've talked to several. Did he have to put out some effort to cover the events this year? Shame! What about those that were working? ‘Any modeler building the Handyman’s Retracts which ap- peared on page 68 of the December issue should be warned of the potential danger of misusing an aerosol spray can as a retract While the retract system, as shown, worked well when AAM built a test set, the manufacturers of such cans warn that they will explode if pushed to 50 Ib. of air. We urge all modelers to substitute a Rhom-Air or comparable storage cylinder. 4 January 1975 oy c ae 5 “1 i ony 10795" a is Doin a? ‘a 5 EDWARD C. SWEENEY, JR. ‘9d Publ PATRICK H. POTEGA ioiin"eunkam PATRICIA SROvES Janes NORDBOFE DAN RUTHERFORD CARL MARONEY SOMNNIE SMITH LEW MPARLAND ‘CLAUDE MecULLOUGH HERBERT L. SILBERMANN 40's &. woover CAROLYN A. MUNSON Since Mr. Potega has no experience Ra iastane in working at a NATS, yet he knows lots of answers, then he must be very, very observant, very smart, or simply & typieally ignorant bitcher searching for rational fame through the news media Since his observations are so lacking in ‘aets, and he has not demonstrated any knowledge of anything concerning com- petitive modeling, geography, weather, contest logistics, or people, then one can only assume the third category above for Mr. Potesa Mr, Potega, you must know ways to critique an event, oven if you must per sonelly confront those responsible. But come, come gentlemen, such garbage in ‘8 national magezine-surely even you ‘can do better than this. JACK CUMMINS, Soy eaitor WILLIAM P. KOCHANSK Computer compositor HARVEY ©. CANTRELL Buines Manaaer ‘Subsetption Manager ADVERTISING SALES DOUGLAS #1. 3oYNTON Aiotagerc Advartiena sates one W MEYERS BETH GARDINER Raousnea monihly ty Potomag Aviation ab Soeor™™ Rend, evade 49510. Edward C. Steeniy dry monaens aie ue TRUTH IN, ADVERTISING: ay wit not Horrace D. Cain Mt. Prospect, Il. 1 have confronted those responsible, That's why | wrote the Editorial—to confront the modelers, tike Mr. Cain, who allow their servants (the AMA) to run a WATS such as the ane at Lake Charles. Mr. Cain, as AMA's District VI RC Contest Coordinator, has been “con- fromed” by a 1,000-word personal re- ply from me. 1 trust that he will use his office to make sure | never again have to write such Editorials, or ever again attend or compete in such a NATS.~ php Bsthe. PosTiaasten: Sena Foun 2579 to Am 813, Bae Youo™. steno, Nevaca B95%0. IRee *hiation "Puoteationsy ey Just finished reading your Editoriat “Bayou Blues." | don’t normally write otters to Editors, but your article de- serves my response {Continued on poge 861—: he 4 RAS on. 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You may be asking yourself: "Why in the world was he in Kansas for such an event when the wind blows there all the time?’” 1 honestly don’t know=it ‘was one of those mysterious decisions, apparently based on the merit of a free site, centrally located, But one very necessary element was overlooked: fly: ing conditions! The average winds for Hutchinson, Kan., during October, | un: derstand, are reported to be 18 mph. It ‘wes certainly that and much more! We had winds at times averaging 25-30 moh and gusting to 40 mph, It is possible to sport fly in winds of that velocity, but to try and select the three best fliers in the US. to compete in Europe is 2 dif ferent matter. ‘A number of us arrived at Hutchin- son a couple of days early for practice. We flow, but had to quit at times, due to gevat difficulty in gotting the aircraft safely on the ground, During one ses sion, we had to literally grab my 8 January 1975 Phoenix out of the air to get it safely down (Brave man who caught itt). It ‘was totally impossible to perform cross: wind recognizable maneuvers since, at times, the aircraft would be crabbing 450 to maintain track! In addition, the winds were so high that it was very hazardous earrying your aircraft fan assistant ‘and model were blown over while trying to set the aircraft down on the runway. | sprained my wrist hanging on to my plane in the high winds. Ralph Brook did an unpowered liftoff at zero ground speed, when he gave his ship up elevator while testing the controls! ‘When the winds got so high that we couldn't safely fly, we held impromptu beer can races. The procedure wes to pil let the wind sweep it away! Poor Ralph Brook wondered where all the flying beer cans came from while he was prac ticing on the far downwind end of the runway! In one instance, ‘an empty can on the runway and How many Figure Ms have you done in which the second wing over is down- wind of the first? 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Musciano Herman Publishing, 245 pages Although its adherents probably represent a majority of model airplane ‘enthusiasts, CL seems to be generally overlooked by authors, Walter Musciano helps fil this gap by devoting most of his book, Building And Flying Scale Model Aircraft, to planes for the circu la set, It wil be of as much value to the flier making the move from ready-built plastic jobs into. simple profile and trainer Kits, as to those entering the area ff more sophisticated scale aircraft. “Just enough theory is given to sup. ply some insight into the “whys” of de- Fign, but not so much that confusion results. Plans and building notes for eight CL models are included, starting with very basic Aeronea Sedan and ending with a jet-powered model of the Shooting Star. In ‘between are multiwingers, a fine Building and Flying ScaleeModele Aitcraft looking Vickers Wellesley, the twin Mustang and a King Cobre in the 100 ph-plus range for those who like to Spin ‘around faster than most of us. Musciano also offers a section on CL Seaplanes which can’ add an interesting dimension to the sport for many fliers, ‘with. all its emphasis on CL, the book doesn't ignore other scale flying. There's a handsome weA Curtis Racer, designed as a FF model, that's a natural tor a conversion to single channel, and a Douglas Mailplane bipe rubber-power job. is. also included. Completing Coverage of scale planes are plans and hotes fora solid-uel, Heinkel 162 jet ‘and a towline Waco glider. There's a sec- tion on RC, plus plans for a 65” Cub, but fortunately technology has out! Stripped the equipment described, so it's interesting only asa memory pioce on how awkward things used to De. “The book is @ good one for the pro gressive CL. modeler. Numerous ilustra tions of fair-to-good quality provide all important detail for the aircraft covered and dozens of others. All this, and Building tips from a man who has been at it Jong enough to know, make the $7.95 priee tag reasonable, AUST FOR FUN. ‘A book telling you everything you always wanted to know bout. hang aliding-and perhaps 2 bit_more—has Been written by Dan Poynter. He calls ‘he sport "skysurting’ and covers it from historic beginnings (Otto Lilienthal, Chanute ef al) to the current state of ‘he art, An exhaustive listing of Kits and plans available Is included. Hang Gliding ie fun reading and has interesting sec: tions on aerodynamics, design and con: struction techniques. if you can work ‘out a way to servo-actuate a parallel ber, this book can help you be first on the slope with 2 Rogallo wing. (See April AAM ‘for an RC hang glider.) I's 2 $5.95 paperback, Schweizer Sportsmanship Award Fullscale aviation manufacturer honors RC sailplaner. /by Jim Gray, Secretary, Harris Hill L/D fn Sept, 14, at 2 banquet Jattended by over 100 fellow sailplaners and their families fromthe U.S. and Canada, Donald Clark of Kensington, Md., became the first re cipient of the Schweizer Sportsmanship Award... Steuben Glass eagle, sym: bolizing the epitome of soaring flight. The unique trophy, donated by Harris Hill Lift-Over-Drag, the sailplane ‘lub in Elmira, N.Y., was presented to Clark by Ernest Schweizer of Schweizer Aircraft Corp., leader in full-scale sail: plane production in the U.S. ‘The award is perpetual in nature, and will be given annually to the man or woman who best represents the ideal of ‘gentlemanly and sportsmanlike conduct through his or her efforts in RC sosring. The recipient is chosen from a group of candidates nominated by RC sailplane ‘groups throughout the nation, and he or she need not be a championship soaring pilot or even a keen competitor. 18 January 1975 Sab aiy aa ka AS Clark is one of the founders of the National Soaring Society and an early member of the League of Silent Flight. He is a quiet, unassuming man; a dedicated gentleman and sportsman ‘whose actions speak louder than words among his fellow pilots and associates. Don’s efforts are unselfish and represent the highest motives and ideals. His name (Continued an page 117) est Schweizer (left) presents Sportsmanship Award to Don Goughnour of Red Lion, Pa., who accepts on elf of Don Clark, 1974 winner of the Stouben Eagle trophy, POON , ee(eT =r a ae] icol gt] paeenniaal SiU)st IN MRSS U] SS ¥ i and issues | feel are important precision | had expected.aa ia Pa Perri) MOTO-TOOLa © win the World Champion: ship in any activity takes a great amount of dedication, skill, and hard work, For Bob Gieseke ff Irving, Tex., it has meant five at: tempts in the World Championship meet, 12 years of top-level competition, and hundreds of gallons of fuel con: sumed in prac ticing his art: Control Line Pre cision Aerobatics, Bob Geiseke represented the USA in the FAI World Champion- ships in 1964, "68, '70, °72, and "74 before be coming World Champion in Model Airplane Precision Aero: batics on July 28, 1974, His name has become a byword of stunt flying among the closely knit stunt enthusiasts, But few outside this circle know of him because of his lack of con: ‘cern with public: ity. However, anyone who has ‘ever been to a Na: tionals or FA team tryout will find his name quite conspicuous on the score sheet, because he is always up with the leaders, if not in frst place. Bob completed what can be called the Grand Siam in model Precision Aero: batics last year. He had won the first leg back in September, 1973, when he was ‘the first place qualifier for the FAI team and, thus, won the right to go to Europe for the World meet, He then won the FAI World title in July, 1974, beating PROFILE OF THE WORLD CL STUNT CHAMPION Bob Gieseke Within two weeks, he captured not only the World title, but won the NATS and was awarded the Walker Cup. / by Wynn Paul 46 performers from all over the globe. Thirteen days later, he won his third Na tional Model Airplane Championships Precision Aerobatics title, Then, three hours later, he won the Walker Cup, symbolic of overall stunt supremacy in the USS,, beating two excellent younger flios. ‘The World CL Stunt Champion with hie notorious Nobler and just 2 few of his With these accomplishments one ‘would think that, after 12 years of com: petition, Bob might consider retiring from the strain of contests. “I've stil got one more plane in me for this win ter, and I've just got to go back and defend my title,” he said, while getting ready for the Walker Cup fly-off at the Nationals in Lake Charles, La. Bob's father taught him to fly on his 10th birthday back in Greemille, II, in 1942, His Dad flew models and Bob re ‘allod, “I asked my Dad to let me fly 30 ‘we wouldn't lose any more models. Dad never flew again.”” Bob attended the Spartan School of ‘Aeronautics in Tulsa in 1951-'62, study: ing meteorology. He entered the Air Force for a hitch from 1952 to 1956. Braniff Airlines offered him a job in Dallas in March of 1956, and he's been ever since as a meteor ologist for pilots in North and South America, Bob started fiying in competi tion in 1952, but then quit until 1959, Then he re turned, flying among other planes a Veco ‘Smoothie with a ‘areen head Torpe- do 35, "I erashed more airplanes than you can shake a stick at,” he said of his early competi tion. “In 1960, 1 took @ notebook to the Nationals and bugged every- body with ques: s tions. Jim Silhavy flew a blue Nob- Jer so well that | decided to use that basic design.” Bob first flew in a Nationals in 1962, and was tied with eventual winner Lew MeFarland in the first round of qualif cations; but he scored low in the second round, and didn’t qualify. In 1963, an levator horn broke, cutting short his Nationals’ hopes. ‘The tryouts for the 1964 FAI team were held in May of that year, and Bob ‘American Aircraft Modeler 23‘won a place on the team that left in the summer for Budapest, necessitating his missing the U.S. Nationals. Bob flew the first of his "Gieseke Noblers” that year and placed eighth in the World Cham- pionships. That first Nobler was painted red, and they still are, although they now sport a blue and white stripe on the fuselage, Bob has a reputation for being an advocate of lots of practice. “I started fiying a lot in 1959, and I try to get in somewhere between 300 to 500 flights a year, A lot of those flights are to get the airplane in trim, After that, about 60 flights and | ean be ready for anything,’ he said, He usually starts in April or ‘May and practices every day, weather permitting. "Sometimes, | purposefully {90 out whan it’s too windy so I can get used to wind flying,” he said He used to practice at Garland, Tex., about 20 miles from his home, and had to take an extra pair of shoes each day to wade through the mud, getting to the circle. He now practices at Texas Stadium in Irving. He uses 2 stooge ‘about 76% of the time, although his brother, Don, and his older son, Joe {age 16) have been a great help to him. In his words, “Don really helped me be- fore he moved away, and now Joe is great. Joe has a better ear for engine runs than I do, 1 go by what he says.” Bob's international competition re- cord has been nothing short of sense tional. Starting with his eighth place in 11964, he placed third in 1968, second in 1970, sixth in 1972 and first in 1974. 24 January 1975 “1 can't do a Wing Over without the pips In 1970, Bill Werwoge of Berea, Ohio, and Bob completed 2 one-two ‘sweep of the world, a feat which was reversed last_year when Bill finished second, Bill has the distinction of win- ring the World Championships twice in 4 row: 1970 and '72. Bill's three trips and Bob's five have prompted some to suggest that they leave @ couple of planes over in Europe so they don’t hhave to keep transporting them back and forth, The U.S.A. team has won the World ‘Team title in Precision Aerobatics every time since 1964. In ‘64, it was the un- official title, and in 1966, @ World Jim Welker Cup was established for the team title, Bob has been on that champion: ship team five times, more than any ‘other man. Why does the United States team do. so well in international competition? “Competition is better here in the States,” Bob says. “There are more good fliers in the Nationals than at the last several FAls, There are probably 2 dozen really good fliers in the world, and four to six who are capable of win: ning the whole thing. “One thing that helps us is that the USS. team goes eatly enough to get prac: tice. It seems to me that the other courr tries don’t practice enough. The US. team comes trudging in with their oily job and wife, Anna Mae, watch the action at the'74 NATS. (Photo by Wynn Pau {Bob dows & Wing Over in ¢Czachoslovekia, Note the pips i in his left hanal (Photo by Laird Jackson) airplanes while all the others are eating supper," says Bob. One thing enviously pointed out by Bob, “Model flying in Europe is a pro- sport, Plotsin, the Latvian stunt and team race flier, gets paid to teach people how to fly models. Top model fliers are accepted as sports idols in Europe.” Gene Schaffer, sixth place this year in Czechostovakia, said, "The Czech team had just returned from a three: eek camp whore they flew airplanes all day long." That's pretty demoralizing when you figure that Gene had to dodge bottles and free flight models at his old practice field in Astoria, N.Y., and Bill fessional Giesske gathars the piooas of his 10-year-old ‘etremoniously buries the brie, Next year, sans pipe, he says that he's “Just gt to go back and dafend my Werwage shares the field with Ring: masters and slow combat ships. However, Bob feels that the FAL meet is a wonderful contest: “There is @ spirit of competition among countries— with everyone getting along, The Russians come across the dining hall to shake hands with the Americans. There were no politics this year; there have been in the past, but not significantly. Almost everybody is sweating engines and flaps.” He thinks the model sites in Europe are very good. Many have 3 clubhouse. This year's site at Hradec Kralove, Czechoslovakia, was excellent, ‘There were three paved circles. Besides the red Gieseke Nobler, Bob's other trademark is the ever-pre sent pipe in his mouth when flying. “I started smoking a pipe in 1952. 1 can’t do @ Wing Over without the pipe. The other maneuvers, | can feel the air on my ears,” he said. His beloved 10-year- old pipe, a veteran of all FAI meets, was ceremoniously buried on the circle in Czechoslovakia after Bob's winning flight, Bob's slow flying style is in sharp contrast to the New York quick-corner style, and to the Midwest soft corner and small-figure style, “I've always flown slow. It’s probably more difficult and when it's off it looks terrible, but that's my style” he asserted, pipe, digs @ hole on the spot where he just completed his last world competition Might, and (Photo by Laird Jackson) Pee I American Aircraft Modeler 25He has used Fox 36s since the first ‘of his Noblers and puts them together himself, although in the past he has used engines from Don Jehlik. The '74 engine used parts from six Foxes, and there is “no engine work, as such.” His Gieseke Nobler is slightly modified from the criginal, Same basic airfoil, slightly longer span, more area in the elevators and flaps and different wing tips. “Joe helps me in building, too; we discuss things, and it really helps o lot,” Bob ‘This super-competitor feels that the stunt event “, is getting more competi: tive; the quality is getting better, even if the quantity is less, Stunt is a hard event; maybe fewer people are inter ested because of the difficult road to AMA President John Clemens, a fel low Texan, says of Bob, “He is quiet, unassuming, every bit the gentleman; ‘The Master and son Joe tak about 2 fight at (2 aiseves things it really (Proto by Wynn Pau) helpful and doesn't hold back on seorets; it’s @ pleasure to congratulate him because he is such a gentleman and "ve known Bob as long 3s anybody.” Bob's wife, Anna Mae, and their four children, Joe, Christy, Linda, and Max, all attended the 1974 Nationals to see Bob wrap up his Grand Slam. Anna Mae said, "The FAI was an extreme relief. | knew it would happen, and | was con: \inced this was the year.” This year, that red Nobler will be flying again as Bob makes his bid for another berth on the FA tear. “This Skill event has intrigued me sinoe way bback, It's individual competition~you ‘and the airplane,” he observed at the conclusion of a somewhat reserved and reluctant interview at the Nationals. All of Bob's competitors know that, when the new pipe and the old Fox start up in "75, they will get all the competition they need from the World Champion and gentleman—Bob Gioseke, Czechoslovakian flower gitt salutes Bab with 2 bouauet, (Photo by Laird Jackson) 26 January 1975encanta Bere Cremer Pee ee aetc isl tea) cen} Nee tod eu eiedtaneied Roce aalci ered re acta ee Peed eller er tae ieee caamMere ecle us ieee Cerne een RS We've putin extras ikehigh-stross ase em eas) rer elaemas N econ eae Mcetereo! prea eu aaa nl Dele eanelcoie Aoi oncaea) to Se ce Peed aera fener etc! erty eta ea eT eed PENN ey ear eure td er) Soe eae acral Futaba ete aye Peet feo eer aey22)THE SEQUEL So you've never built a pattern ship. Just follow the Sequel sequence and you're guar- anteed success. (Part 1 of two parts) / by Carl Weber Pa Ce Ia ca eee ee Mes a eee Been Le Ta pe Me CL i ac Pee CTiet ae ae hs Ue enn ea ee 1s ee pare eR Mee ben i ll P : Fe aA a ae a Dee Te ee I A a Pe ee Le oi Pert ae ea ga cided to present the Sequel as a step-by-step, pic- i Peer ec ae ae a ee Mn eee ead ed ee OL es Seeing. . wel, it was won atan RC contest!) Norm Page often suggested that, in or- der to really get to the top, one must design a good bread-and-butter airplane, right for his own stylet So, after goofing Lup six takeoffs and six landings at the “erosswind Oshkosh NATS" (the stuff in between was great-like eights and nines), and noticing that 33 1/3% of the ‘qualifying score was for takeotts, land- ings and spots, Gary and | concurred that this was enough! We'd design a win- rer for '74. ‘After experimenting with 2 swept: ‘wing Mach I, | decided that I was more comfortable with a wing of that con- figuration. ..more stability in the loop ing maneuvers. After chatting with Jim Kirkland, before his untimely death, | was convinced that a constant radius leading edge, quite blunt, was the way to 90. Very little dihedral is necessary with this wing, a la AG Intruder, with 1" under each tip, or %"" under the cen ter, inverted, When I saw Dean Koger’s ‘Super Duck fly at Davenport, ! was con- vinced that the flying stab was a great instrument in smoothing out maneuve without ereating drag. As short a nose moment as possible seemed to. make sense, since this close couples that gyro scopic effect ahead of the CG. A longer tail moment would permit smaller tall surfaces; thus, less crosswind effect when Bob Violett showed up with his Flying Fork, | knew that a flying stab ‘could be made strong and effective. Since | wanted to use a Kraft:Hayes tank, instead of the hard-to-get Revion 30 Jonuary 1975 bottle (I think Norm Page bought them all), the front end had to be a little more blunt, The engine was canted to bring the pick-up nearer to the needle valve level. Since we use muffler pres sure (I think we were some of the first to apply this principle), tank placement is not too important. But, since Mur- phy's Law prevails, | tried to design out anything that_might go. wrong. ..90 wrong. ..go wrong. . .g0 wrong. Watching Jim Martin fly knife-edge prompted me to bring the wing chord center line up into the fuselage, 1” be Jow the thrust line. Also, the flying stab was placed 1” above the thrust line, | tried to build a lifting section design to the fuselage sides. A thick fin and rud- der also should help in moving that cen- ‘ter of drag back, well beyond the CG. Of course, Kirkland's diamond stab conformation was a must...2 little thicker to accommodate the Flying Fork apparatus. Intruder tips were in- corporated, to spill the air cleanly at the tends of the wing. A 16.2% root chord section (with the apex back at about the CG) and 14.2% tip chord section (with the apex sweeping toward the leading edge) should give good penetration, ‘lean rolls, picture-slow main gear land ings, and. optimum takeotts. Other significant concepts were easy, basic construction, a la Kaos, clean lines like the Nuteracker, and balanced side areas fore and aft of the CG. ‘A. good aluminum engine mount is a rmust...either the Tatone or the Fox ‘mount. I'm certain that this method of mounting (if everything is solid and tight) reduces the vibration effects on the vital parts (the radio, not you) and ‘ives about 500 more rpm. You need that extra “tiger in the tank" to pull you through those unbelievable FAI maneuvers! Many interesting discussions with my good friend Dr. Hollis Boren, in Tampa, Fla, prompted me to do some homework on airfoils, side areas Reynolds Numbers and aspect ratios. He pointed out that my formula for aspect ratios, as used on the plans, was for rec- ‘angular wing planforms only. The eor- rect method of calculating A/R. for ‘tapered sections is to square the span of ‘the wing, and divide by the area in square inches. This comes out about the same. (The Sequel has proven out its de sign theory rather well. In its first year ‘of competition, the plane has placed in every contest entered. Many of these were major contests, such as Chicago- land and the Huntsvilo, Als., affair. With the help of such a reliable per- former, | was able to make the cut and ‘ly at the masters Tournament.) CONSTRUCTION Building Techniques. You've heard them all, but maybe you need a push! Visit your local shop, and drive the hobby dealer nuts by going through every piece of balsa in the place. Re- mind him that you are planning to buy a new seven-channel rig from him, so that he won't chase you out when you sight down every stick or sheet of balsa for trueness, correct grain and tack of |warps. The stuff keeps up with the price (of gold in London, so remember—you pay as much for the scrap pieces as you do for the good ones! Spend a little time, start with good, true lumber, and ‘you can build a true ship. 'A warped flying surface is good for fone thing...to smack little kids when they come into your shop to borrow {glue or paint! Don't put it on your air- plane. 1 use our pool table top to check ‘out every flying surface, incidence in: ‘cluded. Just be certain to carefully level ‘your pool table top, or you might end ‘up with an aileron in the side pocket! Keep your ships light...use glue sparingly (it really adds up). t's always easier to add 2 Ib. of lead than it is t0 subtract 2 02. of weight after your bird is sprayed and rubbed outt Buy two sets of plans! (AAM is soconvinced that this method of construc- tion is first-class that we are offering @ special price on a twoplan package, See our Plans Service page for details.—php) ‘Make one set expendable by chopping it up into small parts, Determine how many sets (kits) you wish to make, in cluding one for your best flying buddy, then rough-cut lumber of correct thick: ness, grade, grain and weight. Now stack the rough places, using small pigces of double-sided Scotch tape between layers, Put the printed plan part on top also with double-sided tape, Now, rough-eut about 1/32” around peri meter. Using a medium grit disk on your sander, start the final shaping of parts. Just sand the line off each part. Now cut notches where necessary with & Zona saw, of on a jig saw. Drill holes in parts where shown (drill press if possi ble, again to assure uniformity through the stack). Now step back and admire your smooth, perfectly kitted airplane, Leave the stacks together, and peel off the parts as you build, it saves a lot of shuffling, and the part number is always ‘on the top piece, until you peel it off to build You'll need the completed stab while building the fuselage, £0 get the hhardest part done first. The diamond stab is built flat (that’s another reason | like it), and eliminates the “lap type” technique. Set the rear spar in place on the plans. A slight bevel on the bottom side will bring each rib end flush with the spar. Slide ribs over the flying stab tubing (see Violett’s instructions, too). | se a fiberglass arrow shaft through the aluminum kingpin tube, epoxied inside. {tis lighter and stronger than the dowel provided, and you can extend it beyond ‘the aluminum tube for more rigidity. When all isin place, mix your 5-min, epoxy and glue carefully and quickly. Caution: remember not to epoxy any points that are bearing or sliding con: tacts, Visualize the center section float ing free of the two ends, except the ‘turning point around bearings, Add the remainder of the ribs. Add center spruce longeron, and leading edge. With small plane, bevel the LE and TE to conform with rib shapes, Lightly sand the bottom of stab after glue has set to prepare for plank: ing. Time now to add the little TE ribs, ‘At this point, just scribe LE, TE and Using cho plans as templates insures acc {In building the model, a wall as easy identifica tion of parts, Hora, the stab ribs are cut and sanded to shape. TOP: Tho diamond airfolled stab was org ~ 1 by Ed Kazmyrski on his Taurus, vera decade ht block, helps “level” the ib, ‘American Aircraft Modeler 31LEFT The stab, ready tobe installed, RIGHT: Shosted wing core, with wheel wells, cutouts and retract mounting plates intalled spar with a razor saw. Don’t cut all the way through! You want to keep the stab flat and in one piace unti it is com- pletely planked, shaped and sanded. Tum stab over, and plane and sand smooth, Now, rough-cut the 1/16” planking to shape, Plank the top rear first, blocking it dead flat on the board. Novy plank the bottom rear and, while still weighted and pinned, plank the front of the stab. Let everything dry overnight while still weighted flat, top side down. Next morning, before work, plane and sand to shape. Now, finish cutting through the spars, leading and trailing ‘edge and planking, Wow! Look at the flying stab, It moves, provided you used the epoxy sparingly! Now add tips and final sand, At this point, | covered and primed the flying stab (except center must be out and 32 January 1975 section where it will join the fuse). Fuselage: Proceed with cutting out all fuselage formers, sides and doublers, using the same system with cutup plan ‘and double sided tape. It's fun, andl fast! Drill holes, epoxy in blind nuts, attach engine mount and test engine placement and thrust. Cut the triangular stock, as. per plans, and glue to the fuse sides. Add the 1/32" doubler with contact cement {Weldwood, not the water base cement) Lay sides over plans and scribe the loca- tion of the main bulkheads With the top view of the plans taped to your flat building board, lightly spot: glue the formers (remember to build the fuse inverted) directly to the plan in ex actly the right positions. The plane can be built completely inverted, so that everything, including flying stab and. Do ‘thrust fines, can be true, Block the formers 90° to the board (I use small triangular blooks of balsa, trued 90° on the sander) Check the side pieces previously glued up, to be certain that they ft like 2 glove, With a little sanding and chip: ping, you are ready to epoxy the sides to the formers, . ust the center three! When these are set, insert the stab, pull the sides together front and rear, square up everything, and wait for the aliphatic. resin to dry (or if you are a genius, use 5-0 15min, epoxy for this). Now add the bottom rear sheeting ‘and start building your mountain of shavings. Rough-cut the top block, but don’t glue it on. Wing: After sanding the foam cores lightly, line the wheel wells with 1/64" ply, then epoxy in the retract gear “Toke your time. BELOW RIGHT: Note the triangles, weights, ee,LEFT: Cut out canter section of stab with razor saw. RIGHT: When planking stab, use wai blocks, and glue on the trailing edge. With the core cradled in its original form blank, sheet the bottom first Then cut out the wheel wells and retract, holes, Now, sheet the top of the wing, keeping the cores in their cutout blanks to assure true shape, A 1/8” warp in the wing half at this time spells disaster. If you goof, better to start over again. Use the bad one for a canoe paddle! ‘The LE added, it should be shaped toa constant 3/8” radius. Add the tips; shape them and hollow them out. Cut ‘the 1/4” LE stock wide enough so that, if it warps slightly before applying, you need not force the warp out. Cut and shape the ailerons full length. When you are satisfied with the fit, tack-glue the whole piece to the Detail views of the nose, Chede the engine {ovith muffler and spinner) to make sure thet All items have proper clearance. The nose gear ‘unit ean be fited into place now, ‘tailing edge and final sand to shape. Remove the finished ailerons, cut off center sections, and hollow out for ‘torque tubes. Prepare torque tubes Kirk~ landstyle, using Rocket City threaded torque arms and three sizes of brass tube, from 1/8" up. Use a high silver content solder, making sure the tubes and rods are clean and lightly sanded. Be certain that the joints run, by os mosis, deep into the tubes, to make & super-strong torque tube. Now, fit the wing to its saddle Check for exact incidence (09). Check that the wing is level with the fuse sides and stab. The fuse top is still completely flat at this point, so now is the time to double-check all alignments, Run a pencil line the full length of the fuselage along the thrust line. Use this for a re. ference line after the top block is added ‘and shaped. Scribe a similar fine down the center of the fuse top block. The top block can be attached now, The nose bottom block and nose blocks ere now added, cut out and shaped. With the triangular bracing added, the engine ‘cut-out is complete. Now that your Sequel is beginning 10 look like an airplane, we'll leave you 10 admire it until next month, If you get bored in the interim, take your spare pplan set and start another one. Most ‘competition fliers have learned the wis- dom of having two identical planes, and 1 urge thet you adopt this approach to flying. 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