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famous war pianos.............................................

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Famous racing p l a n e .........................
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an d PHOTOS of
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is extremely light when compared
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ties. At right is an un-retouched
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WEDELL-W ILLIAMS RACER
No. 24— 24" W in g
M odel of th e ship th a t carried J im m y W ed ell,
R oscoe Turner and J im m y H aizlip to n e w
records. W eighs 2 oz. P la n s con tain co m p lete
se t of photographs sh o w in g e v er y d eta il o f
construction. Sh ip design ed for m a x im u m fly­
in g perform ances and for a u th e n tic ity o f d e­
ta il. A ll parts im p rin ted on
builder of model airplanes
W a n n e r 's C o lo re d A irp la n e
LACQUERS
Large size bottles in the following b ril­
liant colors: Red, Blue, Green, Yellow,
Black, W hite. Of right consistency for
general model airplane use.
Per Bottlo ...................................S .15
12 Bottles ..................................... Γ.80
144 Bottles ..................................... 21.80
W anner's Aluminum
Powder, per env elo p e.......................10
Span
Wanner’s CEMENT
Transparent and waterproof, dries rap ­
idly, can be substituted for banana oil
in covering planes. Mixed w ith W an­
BALSA WOOD
Every piece so carefully selected
that It is recognized as finest
balsa obtainable. UC-ineh lengths
double price of 18-inch lengths.
1/3 2 "x '/2" x l8 " .....1 0 tor S .05
l/3 2 " x l " x 18" .. . . 5 for .05
1/32"x2 " x l8 " ... . . 3 tor .10
l/3 2 "x 3 " x !8 " .. , . . 2 lor .15
1/ IG "xl/ I6 "x l8 " ..2 5 for .05
I/IG " x'/8" xI8" .....2 0 for .05
I / I 6 ” x'/2" x I8" .., . . 15 tor .10
1/ 16"x 1 " x l8 " .. , . . 4 for .05
l/I G ”x2 " x l8 " .. . . 2 for .05
1/ I6"x3 " x l8 " .. . . 3 for .10
'/e"x'/e"xl8" . . . . ...1 5 for .05
'/β "χ3 /Ι6 "χΙ8 " ..,..1 0 for
•/e"x5/IG "xl8" .. ..1 5 for .10
. . . . ..1 0 for .05
TRUE P IT C H
PROPELLERS
In the scmi-curved true pitch b ab a pro­
pellers shown below. Wanner has pro­
duced tho finest propellers obtainable.
True pitch gives them highest efficiency
in flying your various models and being
semi-finished tlujy eliminate such
laborious carving which only the most
expert can do satisfactorily.
Sizes Price each
5" .............................3 tor 10c
6" .............................3 tor 10c
7" .............................2 for 15c
8" ............................. 2 for 15c
9" .............................I for 10c
10” ...........................I for 12c
05

$1.00
balsa ready to cu t out and 1 η " χ '/·»" χ Ι 8 ”
ner's aluminum powder makes a supe­ !e"x % "x l8 " . . . . .05
assem ble. S em i-fin ish ed tru e '/e"xl " x l8 " ___. . . G for .10
pitch propeller. Order by rior metallic cement. '/„"x2 "Xl8" . . . . .10
n u m b e r tod ay. S p e c i a l l y Small Size Tube .......................... S .05 '/i,"x3 "X l8" . . . . .15
priced. Large Sizo, Singlo Tube....................15 '/4 " x ! 4 " x I 8 " .... .05
% "x % "x !8 " . . . . .10
12 Large Tubes............................. 1.80 % "x'/2"x !8 " . . . . .05
144 Large Tubes............................... 21.60 '/2" x'/j " xI8" . . . . .IU

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K its c o n ta in a c u ta l p h o to s sh o w in g all d e ta ils o f c o n ­
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o u r p la n s a r e c o m p le te in e v e ry d e ta il a n d B A L S A
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on tests condu cted by th e go v ern m en t at
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app roxim ately 200 m iles per hou r. T his m o d el 1. Go to y o u r d ealer first. If h e can n ot su p p ly y o u , send you r
is authentic to th e m in u test order to u s. A ll orders m u st be accom p an ied b y p ostal m on ey
detail. W eighs 1.7 oz. T he p a ­ order or ch eck . Stam ps not accep ted .
rasol typ e w in g m ak es it an
outstan ding flyer. E very m od ­
e l enth usiast should h a v e
th is ship. Send y o u r order to ­
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3. A ll k its and su p p lies ca re fu lly c h e ck ed and packed.
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DO NOT SE N D ORDERS FO R L ESS T H A N $1.00
Wanner’s BANANA OIL
For fastening tissue, (loping covering, sealing balsa
parts. Allied with aluminum powder makes finish tor
propellers, windows, otc. Specially prepared for model
use.
GEORGE D. W ANNER & CO.
Largo Bottlo ...................................................................S .15
12 Bottles ..................................................................... 1.80
107 W e b b S tre e t, D ay to n , O h io offle,^ » yA House of
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In O ur N ext Issue
Wings of the Army Sk y F igh ters of T he R is­
ing Sun te lls yo u how
by H. La tane Lewis I I ......................................... G J ap an is b ecom in g air
m in d ed .

How the Aeroplane Was Created E lm er P ilze r also sh o w s

y o u h o w to con stru ct a
by David Cooper ................................................ 9 flyin g scale m o d el o f on e
o f Jap an ’s le a d in g fight­
in g p la n es in B u ild a K a­
w asak i F ighter.
The Development of the Fokker Fighters
by Robert C. H a r e .............................................. 10 A su rprise b y on e of
you r w e ll k n ow n a u ­
th ors, w ill sh o w th e b e­
gin n ers h o w to bu ild
On the Frontiers of Aviation su c ce ssfu l m od el plan es,
and w ill provid e e x p e ri­
m en ters w ith a sou rce o f
by Robert C. M orrison......................................... 12 great pleasure.

Build the Thunder Cloud Camera Model J oe N ie to presen ts th e

first o f a series o f articles
g iv in g m an y little k n o w n
by R. C. C ru m ....................................... 1G facts, w ith pictu res and
plan s o f th e G erm an A l­
batros F igh ters.

Aerodynamic Design of the Model Plane

O ther m o n th ly articles
by Charles Hampson G r a n t............................... 23 such as On th e F rontiers
of A viation , T he A ero­
d yn am ic D esign of th e
M odel P lan e, H ow th e
A erop lane Was C reated,
Air Ways—Here and There......................................... 2G and A ir W ays m ak e th e
M ay issu e o f U n iversal
M odel A irp lan e N e w s o f
great va lu e to th e m od el
N. A. A. Junior Membership News............................. 28 bu ilder.

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How You Can Build a Simple Glider v ersal M odel A irp lan e
N e w s from you r n e w s­
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by Marion T h o m as............................................... >30 for you r y ea r’s su b scrip ­
tion to th is office, 551
F ifth A v e n u e , N e w York
C ity. C anadian su b scrip ­
Aviation Advisory B o a rd ............................................. 32 tion s, $2.00 per year. AU
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MADISON! th at a re D E P E N D A B L E
Fine Models (whether solid or flying) must be made from fine materials,
and only a reliable firm such as Madison can be depended upon for con­
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quality model materials make fine models. Don’t take chances! Deal with
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Madison.
ALUMINUM ITEMS Acetone
Bamboo NOTE
Genuine straight gTalned,
no-knot TONKIN Bam­ All Balsa shown hero in
for Quality Drag Rings For thinning out liquid«.
2 oz. cm« ..................... 7c
4 oz. can« ......................13o
boo. S t r o n e and light. 18" lengths can also be Used on the real ships for 1 pt. can«.....................75c
Splits easily. Doz.
1 / 1 0 i 1 / 4 X 1 1 " ----- 9c
1 / 3 2 X 1 / 4 X 8 " ----- 8c
had in 36" lengths, if
requested. H alf the quan­ for Service cutting down wind resist­
ance. Makes a beautiful
1/16 X 1/16 X 9 " . . . . 5c tity at tlie same price. addition to a n y · radial Colored Dope
motored model.
Japanese Tissue Balsa Wood
for Value 114"
2"
diam ....................... 15c
dlam ........................17c
H ighest quality pigment­
ed dopo. Do not confute
2% " dlam....................... 22c w i t h In f o r l o r grade«.
A fine tissue for covering 3" dlam....................... 25c Leaves a smooth even color
f l y i n g s c a l e m o d e ls . This balsa is dear, upon drying.
Strong, light, and takes straight grained stock. It Blue. Red, Yellow. Or­
dope well. ange, Silver, Black, Ol­
20 X 24................ 3 for 5c is strong, light, and free N.A.C.A. Cowling« ivo Drab.
from defects. If hard or 2 oz. cans....................... 9c
soft wood is desired, spec­ 4 oz. earn ..................... 17c
V eri-Fine Tissue No dummy motor needed 1 pint cant ................... 75c
ify when ordering. when this cowling Is used.
Has a hole f o r t h r u s t
Ono of the lightest tissues bearing in the nose.
known. Excellent for en­
durance models, because of 114" diam. .................15c Clear Dope
its extremely light weight. 18" Lengths diam. .................. 17c
20 X 15............................ 4c 214" diam. Just suited for the model
1 /1 6 I 1/16 .30 for 5c 3" diam. user’s requirements.
1/16 X 1/8 .24 for ÓC 2 oz. can» .................... 7e
Colored Tissue 1/16 X 1/4 .24 for 7c 4 oz. cans ..................... 13c
1/8 X 1/8 .24 for 8c 1 pt. ca m .....................75c
1/8 X 3/16 .24 for 9c 12 ’ Sheet Aluminum
Just the thing for tho new 1/8 X 1/4 .24 for 12c
bright colored ships that 3/16 X 3/16 .10 for 6c .003, 12c ft. .005, 12c ft.
arc so popular nowadays. 3/16 X 1/4 .10 for 7c .010, 25c ft. Aluminum Leaf
Red, O r a n g e , B r o w n , 1/4 X 1/4 .10 for 8c W ith e a c h p u r c h a s e o f $1.00 or m o re,
Blue, Green. 1 /4 X 3/8 .6 for 8c c o m p le te k i t to b u ild a lif e lik e r e p lic a of
20 X 21.................. 2 for 5c X 1/2 .6 for 9c
Beal sheet aluminum yet
1/4 almost as light as paper.
3/8 X 3/8 .6 for 9c Aluminum Tubing
Wood Veneer Paper
3/8
1 /2
X 1/2
X 1/2
.6
.4
for
for
* for
15c
10c Dirigible LOS ANCELES .010 wall thlckneii ft.
Makes a beautiful cover­
ing job.
.0003 thick
1 X 16c w ith M O O R IN G M A S T . K it in c lu d e s 1/8 O.D.................... ..7 c 314" wide—5 ft. for .05
Very useful In scale and 3/16 O.D.................... ..8 c
flying-scale models. e v e r y th in g ! S e n d .y o u r o rd er N O W ! 1 /4 O.D.................... ..9 c
Strong, yet light enough
to fly. 40" Lengths ■— * ^ —■ Clear Cement
20 X 30.......................... 17c
Rubber Thread
1/8
1/8
X 3 / 8 ..
X 1 /2 ..
5c
6c
PLANS The fastest drying, light­
est and strongest cement
Celluloid Wheels 3/16 X 3 / 8 .. 8c Careful testing has proven on tho market. Try some
3/16 X 1 /2 .. 10c 24" Flying Model Twin Pusher........ 10c this rubbor to be tho now. You’ll be amazed at
Travel Air Puss Moth He highest In energy content its marvelous properties.
Experience h a s p r o v e n "Texaco 1 3 "......... 25c Haviland per unit of weight. This 1 oz. tubes .................. 6c
these wheels best for fly­ Bellanra Pacemaker Flying Scale means more turns and less 2 oz. tubes .................. 8c
ing scalo models. P air 18” Sheet Balsa Flying Scale Model. 12"........ 10c breakage. 4 oz. cans ...................ICc
% " wheels ................. 5c Model 14"........... 15c R. O. O. 3 d r a w i n g 1 pin t cans ................... 75e
1" wheels ................... 7c c o n s i s t i n g of S r . .045 sq. ...5 0 ft. for 12c
1% " wheels ................. 9c Lockheed Vega H.O.O. E n d u r a n c e 3/32 fla t....r>0 ft. for 13c
1/32 X 2 ............ 3c Winnie Mao T r a c t o r and h i g h 1 /8 f l a t . . . 50 ft. for 13c
1 % " wheels ................. H e 1/16 X 2 ........ Oc Flying Scale Twill Brushes
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The 94th pursuit squadron protects a formation of bombers (Army Oif. Photo)
ÍT HE past few years have witnessed vast strides in mili­
tary aircraft. They have brought forth new designs which
are radical departures from anything that has ever «been
seen before and which may revolutionize the science of
war in the air.
The keynote of all this development is speed. Some of
the new planes exceed in speed the former models by as
much as 60 miles per hour. Better streamlining, more
power, and “cleaner” design make the higher perform­
ance possible. However, there has been no sacrifice of
the other factors desirable in a military airplane, such as
ability to carry adequate armament, maneuverability,
cruising radius, and factor of
safety.
The Air Corps has been work­
ing for some time toward adopt­
ing the metal monocoque fuse­
lage and the low-wing mono­
plane. This design has at last
been successfully accomplished
and is the decided trend in the
new models being produced for
the Army.
The trend in power plants has
been toward the air-cooled en­
gine. The chief disadvantage of
this type in the past has been
the difficulty of properly stream­
lining the engine and still giving
adequate ventilation. The per­
fection of the ring cowl and the
other streamlining aids, how­
ever, has reduced the drag of
the air-cooled job to equal that
of the liquid-cooled power plant.
The exception is for high alti­
tude flying where a side type
supercharger is used. Here a A fleet of Boeing Pursuits attack a Condor bomber.»
better performance is obtained
WINGS OF
Interesting Features of th e V ari­
ous Types of A irplanes Used
By H . L A T A N E L E W IS II
with a liquid-cooled engine than air-cooled.
Military flying involves a number of wide­
ly varying missions and specialized types of
airplanes must -be employed, just as in the
Navy. The four phases of military aero­
nautics are Pursuit, Attack, Bombardment
(known as the air force) and Observation
(known as the air service). Each of these
phases· must have a plane designed specifical­
ly to meet its particular requirements.
Pursuit airplanes are those which are used
exclusively for fighting purposes. It is their
mission to clear the sky of enemy aircra-ft
and-to protect the other types of friendly air­
craft irom hostile attack. This type of plane must have
a very high ceiling, for in <a dogfight the man on top has;
the advantage. It-must also be fast and maneuverable.
Pursuit planes are usually sent out in forn*itions of
nine. Frequently their job is to convoy a formation of
cumbersome bombers to a point deep within enemy ter­
ritory. At other times they may be called upon to “stay
upstairs” and protect a· squadron of attack planes which
are down on the carpet shooting up trenches or cavalry.
One pilot remarked that such operations made him feel
like an old hen watching over her brood of chicks.
If *a formation of enemy planes should come roaring
down out of the sun, it is the
duty of the pursuit planes to in­
tercept them and hold them off
while the bombers, or attack
planes, perform their mission.
The Air Corps has recently
placed a large order for Boeing
P-26s, which are to become
standard pursuit equipment.
The P-26 is the last word in
fighting aircraft and is probably
superior to any other plane of
its type in the world. It is posi­
tively vicious looking. It is a
low-wing all-metal monoplane,
with a monocoque fuselage, and
is streamlined to the bone. The
wheels are provided with pants
and the landing gear is of the
single-strut, wire braced type.
The whole job is exceptionally
clean.
The little ship registers a true
air speed in excess of 200 miles
an hour at 8,000 feet. In a six
thousand foot power dive it at­
(Army Off. Photo) tains a velocity of over 400 miles
THE ARMY
by the U . S. A rm y and H ow
T hey A re Suited to the Purposes
for W hich T hey A re Designed

an hour. Its acrobatic ability is such that it

is said to be possible to almost turn it inside
out.
Another radically new design is the Ber-
liner-Joyce P-16 (Curtiss Conqueror en­
gine), with which the 94th Pursuit Squadron
at Selfridge Field, is equipped. This ship is
the first two-seater pursuit in the history of
the Air Corps and is revolutionizing aerial
combat tactics. Heretofore, all pursuit planes
have been of the single-place type. The new
ship carries a gunner whose cockpit faces
The B/J P-16 Fighter. (Army Official Photo)
the rear, thus permitting him to cover the
tail and ward off attack from this quarter at
all times. These planes will probably be used to protect High speed, maneuverability, and capacity for carry­
bombardment, attack and observation squadrons, and ing a good military load are the necessary characteristics
perhaps other pursuit squadrons, fighting off rear guard of this type. Good visibility is essential. A high ceiling
actions. The plane has a speed of 185 miles per hour. is not necessary as these planes hedgehop along, fre­
The other two standard models of pursuit planes in quently below the level of the tree tops.
the Air Corps at present are the Boeing P-12E (Wasp Until recently, attack airplanes have simply been con­
engine) and the Curtiss P-6E (Conqueror liquid-cooled verted observation models of the biplane type. However,
engine). Both of these models are of the conventional a distinctly new design, built from stem to stern for attack
biplane design. They have a top speed of about 200 miles purposes, has been developed. This is the Curtiss A-8.
per hour, and a service ceiling slightly over 26,000 feet. (The latest development of this type is the A-12).
Attack airplanes are used for attacking hostile troops This plane embodies many of the features of a pursuit
in the trenches and on the march, with small bombs and job. It is a low-wing, internally braced, metal monoplane,
continuous machine-gun fire, and powered with a Conqueror en­
;for laying smoke screens to cover gine. The exceedingly thin wing
movements of friendly troops. is of cantilever two-spar con­
They usually take their target struction and is equipped with
completely by surprise. They slots and flaps. The landing gear
suddenly come roaring over the is of the split axle type with cileo
tree tops, spouting fire like a shock absorbing system. An in­
Roman candle, and are in the teresting feature of the plané is
midst of the enemy before he the hooded cockpits. Both pilot
knows what is happening. and gunner are carried in trans­
Attack is a comparatively new parent enclosures, with the cov­
branch of the Air Corps. Dur­ ering streamlined into the fuse­
ing the World War, pursuit lage. Thus they are afforded the
squadrons were sent out on maximum of visibility with com­
”‘ground strafing” missions. This plete protection from the air
type of work was found to be blast.
highly effective. In addition to The ship is literally a flying
the actual damage inflicted, arsenal, carrying an armament
which is considerable, the morale consisting of 6 machine-guns
of the troops being attacked is and 20 small bombs.
completely broken. A squad­ The other attack type chiefly
ron of airplanes roaring down in use in the Air Corps is the
out of the sky, each spitting lead Curtiss Falcon A-3, with D-12
-.from a half dozen machine-guns engine. This is simply a modi­
.and dropping fragmentation fied observation plane with gun
bombs as well, is something that and bomb racks inside the lower
A formation of YA-8 attack planes over Galveston,
cannot be ignored. Texas. (Army Off. Photo) wings.
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The role of bombardment aviation is to destroy by
means of bombs, important military and naval objectives.
Bombing planes are depended upon to cripple the enemy
by destroying munitions factories, railway centers, air­
dromes, artillery, shipyards, water systems, or any other
objects that are of value to a hostile nation. The bombing
plane must be able to carry great weights at sufficient
speed and altitude and must have a long cruising radius,
for many of its objectives lie deep within enemy territory.
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It must carry machine-guns, radio and photographieequip-
ment. The crew consists of a pilot and two or more men.
Bombardment airplanes have perhaps made greater
progress than those in any of the other branches. Huge
bombers have been developed with speeds equal to that
of pursuit planes.
Notable is the Army’s new mystery bomber, the Martin
XP-907. While the performance of this plane is being kept
(Continued on ■page 36)
 How the Aeroplane
Was Created
H ow the W right Brothers Built and Flew the
First Powered A irplane to C arry a H um an Being
By DAVID COOPER
1 T IS true that many of civilization’s
greatest steps forward can be traced back
to the birth of a very simple idea. So it
was in the final development of the aero­
plane. A simple toy a helicopter, a pair of
blades mounted on a stick, presented to a
couple of eager, enthusiastic boys and
there you have the story.
In 1878 the Right Reverend
Dr. Milton W right gave such a
toy to his two sons, Wilbur and
Orville. But these boys were more
than amused with this toy, they
were curious about it and this curi­
osity took on the proportions of an
investigation. However, boy-like,
it was soon dropped from their
minds.
Later, while engaged in the bi­
cycle business in Dayton, Ohio,
their attention was drawn to press
notices of the death of the pio­
neer, Otto Lilienthal, and there
Haired up anew their old interest
in the helicopter of their youth.
Being of a decidedly mechani­
cal turn of mind, the two brothers
began to do some investigating of
their own. Their first step was to ascertain
just what was known about flying and to
assimilate as much of this knowledge as
possible.
Part No. 4
Four years of study and speculation on
the subject and they decided that Lilien­
thal was correct, that it was better to con­
quer control and know how to fly before
applying power to flight. It occurred to
them, too, that the hazard was all out of
proportion to any gains made, since for
all the months spent in preparation and
hundreds of flights made, only a few min­
utes, comparatively, had been spent in the
air and with far too insufficient observa­
tions made. Still, mindful of the penalty
paid by Lilienthal, it appeared to them
that better observation with less hazard
was possible by tethering the glider in a
manner similar to the box kite.
So, fired with this idea, they decided to
These articles pro­
vide a chance for
th e s c a le m odel
builder to construct
a complete series
of models that will
g r a p h ic a lly show
the development of
the airplane from
the t i m e of Da
Vinci to the pres­
ent day.
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build a biplane glider similar in design
and incorporating the ideas of Lilienthal,
Pilcher and Chanute, planning to fly it
tethered as a kite and observe its operation
even though according to their calculation
it could easily carry a man. While engaged
in this task, they conceived the idea of
warping the wings to obtain lateral con­
trol and immediately decided to incor­
porate this idea in their plane. They ar­
ranged the controls so that the rear of
the wing tips were warped by
means of cables moved by the op­
erator stationed on the ground.
In 1900 the plane was tried out
at Dayton. It proved very satisfac­
tory and they were much enthused
over the practicability of the new
method of control. Convinced that
it was a great step forward and
that they themselves could fly, they
began to look around for a suitable
place for further experimenting.
From the U. S. Weather Bureau,
they learned that Kitty Hawk,
North Carolina, was a location
well suited to their needs both in
terrain and for the prevailing
winds necessary to fly their glider.
A glider of 200 square feet of surface
area was decided upon and late in 1900
they went to Kitty Hawk to begin work.
Due to lack of available material they
were forced to change to a smaller sized
glider having 165 square feet of surface.
Their first trials were satisfactory to a
certain degree and later they dispensed
with the ground method of control and
arranged to warp the wings by means of
a control attached to the operator’s hips.
The operator’s position in this glider was
prone, flat on his stomach. This was done
to eliminate some of the head resistance,
since in all gliders previous to this, the
operator was in an upright position with
the legs dangling below. Thus it will be
seen that the W rights were somewhat in
advance of others in the important step of
eliminating unnecessary drag.
However, they discovered a marked dis­
crepancy between Langley’s tables and
the data on which they were working.
According to Langley, with an area of
165 square feet, the glider should have
been supported at an angle of three de­
grees at twenty-one miles per hour. In­
i' Continued on fa g e 38)
 A Fokker D.II. Speed 93 m.p.h. with 100 h.p. motor
The Development of the
JLHE year 1916 was
about seven months
old when the Fokker
D.I had received its
Fokker Fighters
final baptism of war
on the Western Front. Al­ Little Known Details of the Class “D ” Fokkers
most immediately after
the success of the D.I, and H ow T hey Displaced the A lbatros
Fokker brought out the
D.II which was easier to
Planes T hrough T heir Superior Performance
build, lighter, and al­
though it had the same
speed as the D.I, the D .II had
a much faster climb and ma­
neuvered more easily.
The D .II Fokker followed
closely the general design of
its biplane ancestors and em­
ployed the use of a rotary type
motor once again. With less
horse-power available, the
plane was proportionally
smaller. Both wings had a span
of 28' 10" and were made up
of twelve full ribs in each
panel, mounted on two spars.
Wing warp was resorted to for
lateral control, while the up­
turned trailing edge described The Junkers J.II produced in 1916 by Junkers and Fokker. It
last month was used to the same resembles our latest planes in its streamline perfection
advantages. The lower wing
was fastened directly to the lower longe­
rons by means of forged steel fittings,
while the upper wing was attached to a
curiously raised center section. The upper
wing was actually set so close to the
body that in order to provide the pilot
with a good view and to allow for ma­
chine gun placement, this section was
elevated. Center section struts were sim­
ply steel tubes of small diameter welded
to the upper longerons, with fittings for
attaching to the upper wing.
All four pairs of interplane struts were
made of steel tubes with a fairing of
wood at their trailing edges for the sake
of streamline. On the inner pairs of
struts, sections of the fairing were again
removed to allow passage for control and
brace wires. Being a rather lightly con­
structed plane, the D .II was fitted with
extra rigging wires running from the in­
ner strut sockets to a fitting on the cowl
bearer. These wires greatly reduced the
possibility of the wings folding back in a
dive.
As was standard on most Fokker craft
of this time, the old monoplane type of
tail assembly was included in the D.II.
Comprised of only rudder and elevator
The first Fokker to use a 160 h.p. Mercedes» the D.IV
n
By R O B E R T C. H A R E
PART NO. 8 D .II was identical to that of
(no fin or stabilizer) precariously at­
tached with only two hinges each, it
leaves much to one’s imagination as to
how these members ever remained with
the ship during a fight.
A' rather deep, roomy fuselage was
provided the D.II through the use of a
radial type engine. The exact make was
Oberursel 100 h.p., probably an old 80
h.p. motor of the same type with im­
provements here and there. It is inter­
esting to note that while these motors were
of the same design and construction as
the French Le Rhone, they were slightly
heavier. Their weight was overcome by
the use of a ‘‘synthetic fuel”, principally
a mixture of gasoline and benzine in cer­
tain quantities. Motors taken from cap­
tured German planes of this type show a
decidedly inferior finish compared with
the French motor.
Behind the motor an aluminum firewall
was built in the fuselage, attached to a
back motor plate or bulkhead. Forward
longeron extremities were welded to this
bulkhead, as well as the landing gear fit­
tings. Four longerons as usual made up
the outline of the body, supported by up­
rights and cross bracing wires of steel.
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In side elevation, the
fuselage outline ap­
proximates the latter
t w o - t h i r d s of a
streamline, the upper
longerons dropping and
the lower longerons curv­
ing up to the center line.
In plain view the body is
a \rery slight taper from
front to rear, the end fin­
ishing off in a horizontal
knife edge.
The undercarriage of the
the D .I; “V” type struts with a
spreader bar and axles sprung
on rubber shock cord. The tail
skid was of the ‘‘tripod” type.
When the Fokker D .II was
sent to the Fronts in the early
part of July, 1916, it was an
immediate success, and back
once again to his drawing
board, Fokker drafted specifi­
cations and details of con­
struction for the third of the
Fokker D type series, for
which he had great hopes.
In this model, the 160 h.p.
Oberursel motor of the type
used in the Immelmann E.IV monoplane,
was trotted out of storage. It is inter­
esting to compare the two machines in
weight and performance.
On the whole, only the critical spec­
tator could tell the Fokker D .III from
the D.II standing on the line. The side
view of the D .III shown here will give
the reader an idea of the business-like
appearance of these ships. A t the same
time, notice the identification mark on
the fuselage, giving the make, type, num­
ber and date of manufacture.
Since the D .II and D.I 11 models are
identical in construction, only interesting
facts about the types will be dealt with
here. The D.I 11 Fokker is the type with
which the famous Oswald Boelke swathed
the skies at Verdun. Boelke was one of
the first of the old Fokker monoplane
pilots to forsake the speedy Albatros D.I
for the more maneuverable Fokker D.III.
Boelke had much success with this type,
and its pilot’s words of approval to gov­
ernment officials in Germany had a great
deal to do with Fokketr’s future as a
builder in that country. It was later
thought that the maneuverability of the
D .III could be improved by the addition
 APRIL
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Boelke’s Fokker D.III with 160 h.p. Oberursel motor

of ailerons instead of wing warping. This tide. W ith the Fokker D.IV, the Albatros ailerons of the balanced type. Since the
change proved to be a benefit and made D.IV made its appearance, quickly fol­ D.IV was so similar to the D .l Fokker,
the D.III a highly sensitive plane which lowed by the Albatros D.V. To follow up the former will not be described in detail
was capable of getting out of tight places this race for contracts, you will· recall that again. The three view drawings shown
in a hurry. Many D .II and D .III type Fokker finished the W ar with a D.VIII, here will reveal the aileron shape and posi­
Fokkers were sent to the training stations while the Albatros D.V was replaced tion and the general disposition of the
for advance combat training purposes. by Fokker machines in- the summer of machine. A fter better types were devel­
They served in the same capacity as the 1918. oped, the Fokker D.IV was also sent to
Thomas-Morse Scout planes in the United To continue with our story, the Fokker training fields.
States during the War. D.IV may rightly be called an outstand­ Previously described in Universal
The D .III Fokker was received with ing success. It proved Fokker’s plea of Model Airplane News, the combination of
such enthusiasm and warmth by the fight­ early 1916 that his plane would be better Professor Junkers and Anthony H. G.
ing pilots at the Front that their influ­ than any then in use if he could fit it with Fokker is quite well known. Shown here
ence, most particularly that of Boelke, a new Mercedes. But outside of the added is a side view of the Junkers J.II which
convinced the German authorities to give horse-power, Fokker had little to do other shows to excellent advantage, the advance
Fokker a few new 160 h.p. Mercedes en­ than enlarge the plane slightly and add design worked out by this combiimtion.
gines which had been Notice that the identi­
denied him before. fication mark and
After being almost number on the fuse­
shoulders-down, this lage bears the number
jrenewed confidence “ 16”, which indicates
displayed by the gov­ that this product is of
ernment, inspired F ok­ 1916 manufacture.
ker to greater things Although he has no
in aeronautics. Imme­ proof, the author be­
diately plans were lieves it only logical
drawn for the new that Fokker got his
160 h.p. type to be inspiration for canti­
known as the D.IV. lever c o n s tr u c tio n
Following closely through his associa­
the design of the D.l, tion with Junkers.
the Fokker D.IV be­ Shortly after these
gan its regular pa­ two aeronautical mas­
trols in the latter part ter-men d isso lv e d
of September, 1916. partnership, Fokker
It was the first Fok­ began his experiments
ker to be built around with cantilever wings,
the excellent Merce­ examples of which
des 160 h.p. motor will be described in
and its appearance the near future.
marked the beginning As soon as the
of the gradual come­ Fokker D.IV con­
back of the Fokker struction began, An­
aeroplanes which con­ thony Fokker re-de­
tinued to grow until signed the Fokker
the Armistice in D .III. The result was
1918. Aerial suprem­ the Fokker D.V. Of
acy was waning for all the Fokker types
the Albatros types. this is perhaps -the
It is interesting to most unusual and un­
note that the Albatros heard of included in
concern was content to accepted types. Be­
continue producing cause it was more
the D.l without im­ easily built than the
provements until the D.IV (D .III jigs and
Fokker D.l threaten­ fittings were on hand
ed to replace it. The and were used), it
Albatros D.II was the was actually finished
result. With the Fok­ sooner. The D.V.
ker D.II came the Al­ in September, 1916,
batros D .III as a dam was test flown early
to the rising Fokker ( Coni. on -page 36)
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The Northrop Delta is the fastest transport in existence. It has
On the Frontiers of Aviation
i f IE latest development of Intim ate Details of Airplanes T h at A re Lead­
Mr. Igor I. Sikorsky, famous
airplane designer, is the large ing the W orld in the Field of Aviation. H ow
t r a n s - A t l a n t i c flying boat
You Can Build Tw o M odern Transports
which is to undergo its first
test flights this month. The
plane, three of which are to be
built for Pan-A'merican A ir­
ways, will be tested on Pan-
American’s t r a n s - Caribbean
routes before going into service
between New York and Eu­
rope next year. For test flights,
the giant plane will be fitted as
a thirty-two passenger airliner.
Later in the year the ship
will be flown between New
York and Bermuda, carrying
thirty-two .passengers, a crew
of five and a thousand pounds
of mail and express. This plane
will have a cruising range of
1200 miles, twice the distance
between New York and Ber­
muda.
The Glen L. Martin Com­
pany is also building flying
boats of similar design for Pan-
American Airways.
The Waco Airplane Compa­
ny of Troy, Ohio, has recently
completed its first of a new line
of high speed aircraft known
as Model W H D. The plane is said to have
a top speed of 200 m.p.h. and is adopted
for sportsman pilots and military pur­
poses, as well.
Edo floats are available to convert all
the new models except the ground attack
into seaplanes. When so converted, only
one bombrack may be used for five-thirty
pound or two-one hundred pound bombs.
When two bombracks are used, ten-thirty
pound bombs may be used but only two-
one hundred pound bombs, due to fore and
aft location of racks.
A direct electric starter and generator,
adjustable steel propeller, landing lights,
a high speed of 221 m.p.h.
By ROBERT C. MORRISON
ARTICLE No. 3
The Delta in flight, driven by 710 h.p.
flares (3-1 Y minute or 5-1 minute), Lear
radio, complete engine shielding and air­
plane bonding, wheel pants, wing root
fairing, coupe top (dual or single) and
all standard equipment will be contained
in this ship.
As the Waco WHD is still undergoing
its first flight tests, it has not yet been en­ used as a mail plane. Plans and specifi­
tered into quantity production.
Within the last two years the United
States has made great strides in airplane
designing unparalleled by any other coun­
try. It has only been recently that the
European countries have been able to pro­
duce airplanes with performances in the
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vicinity of those attained by
our foremost designers.
Holland has recently com­
pleted a large tri-engined mail-
plane, the Bandar Post jager,
for the Dutch Indies service,
with lines very similar to our
transports. It is a low-wing
craft and has very much the
same appearance as General
Aviation’s . new tri-engined
transport now being built.
Another popular craft is
France’s Dewoitine D-332
transport, which is also a tri-
engined craft of fascinating de­
sign. Marcel Doret, famous
French aviator, set a new cross-
Channel speed record in the
ship.
Flight Lieut. N. Comper has
designed a new sport plane
known as the Comper “ Mouse.”
It is very popular in England,
satisfying the sportsman’s
needs to the utmost. The craft
seats three people and is a full
cantilever low-wing monoplane
with retractable landing gear.
A folding wing is employed
for storage in a small place.
The power plant is a 130 h.p.
Gipsy Major engine.
The plane’s dimensions are: length
overall, 25 ft. 1 in.; span, 37 ft. 6 in.;
height, 5 ft. 6 in.
The B /J A ircraft Corp. of Baltimore,
Maryland, has announced its proposal to
build a single place enclosed biplane simi­
lar to its military fighters which is to be
cations of it will appear in this magazine
in the near future.
A fleet of new improved Lockheed
Orions have been ordered by Northwest
Airways. These planes carry five passen­
gers at a maximum speed of 225 m.p.h.
and at a cruising speed of 200 m.p.h.
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The Waco WHD, a fighter of recent development. Note the bombracks under the fuselage

These are the fastest transports in the
world. Their performances even surpass
those of our military planes.
A new Kinner Play Boy has recently
been completed. It is a two place, low-
wing cabin ship of racing design and is
for the sportsman pilot.
The power plant consists of one Kinner
R-5 160 h.p. engine on a detachable steel
tube welded engine mount. The small
plane has a high speed of 135 m.p.h.,
cruises at 125 m.p.h. and climbs 800 feet
the first minute at sea level. The absolute
ceiling is 16,000 feet. A cruising dura­
tion of five hours may be obtained in the
Kinner.
Its dimensions are as follows:
Span, 29 feet. Height, 7 ft. 9 in.
Length overall, 24 ft. 2 in. Useful load,
800 pounds.
Mr. Grover Loening completed a new
amphibian last month similar to the Key-
stone-Loening “Commuter” that is de­
signed several years ago. The ship is a
monoplane and has many refinements over
the old “ Commuters."
A rocket plane is now being built for
Jack O’Meara, noted glider pilot, and
will be tested by him this summer.
Jimmy Wedell, world’s land plane
speed record holder, is also contemplating
building a new racing plane capable of a
speed of 440 m.p.h., to be used in the Eng-
land-Australia race ($55,000 first prize)
this autumn.
How You Can Build Solid Wood Scale
Models of the Douglas and
Northrop Transports
Both of these planes, the Douglas
DC-1 and the Northrop Delta, are to
be used by Trans-continental and West­
ern Air, Inc., the “ Lindbergh Line,” in its
eighteen hour coast-to-coast service.
T.W.A. is still using the first North-
rops ever built. They are none other than
the Northrop Alphas that carry large car­
goes of mail daily across the United
States. The next Northrops that were
built were the Betas. These were small
one and two place high speed · noplanes
for sport purposes, powered by several
different types of in-line and radial en­
gines. The Northrop Company was then
taken over by its closely affiliated com­
pany, the Stearman Aircraft Corporation.
Two years ago the new’ Northrop
Corporation was formed by Jack North­
rop, and with the co-operation of the
Douglas Aircraft Company, Mr. North­
rop produced another new model known
as the Gamma. This plane contained tvro
enclosed cockpits and a cabin well forward.
It was built for Lincoln Ellsworth and
Bernt Balchen for their flight across the
Antarctic this summer. A Gamma of sim­
ilar design was also built for Lieut.-Com­
mander Frank Hawks.
The Delta is now the latest develop­
ment of the Northrop Corporation. Its
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 Build the
Thunder Cloud
Camera Model ■
H ow Y ou Can Create a Six Foot
Biplane T h a t W ill Take Photos
From the A ir W hile in Flight.
By R. C. CRUM
B UILDING a model capable of carry­
ing dead weight is not a new experience
to many of us, but to balance over half a
pound in the fuselage of a model and have
it rise to a sufficient height to carry out its
objective, maneuver gracefully, and land
without “washing up” , has taxed the
model ingenuity of many.
Here is a model which boasts of these
features and makes use of its nine ounces
of “pay load”— a standard No. 127 box
camera, mounted in the nose of the model
at a twenty degree angle. The key of
the camera is connected by a fine wire to
one of the rubber motors, in such a way
that when the model is at its maximum
height the key is pulled and we have a
picture. A fter a few practice flights and
close observations of the model, photos
may be taken of almost any desired ipot.
To a few the model may at first appear
rather awkward, but when completed and
in flight she is a beauty. By using motor
nacelles, construction is made simpler and
the center of gravity is made easily ad­
justable by sliding the motors to the front
or to the rear.
Every part of ‘he model is quickly and
easily detachable making it very simple
to transport. The upper wing may be re­
moved from the fuselage, the motor na­
celles from the upper wing, the lower wing
slips out of a slot in the fuselage, the
wing struts are detached by pulling piano
wire pins and the elevators and rudder are
merely clipped to the fuselage and can be
removed. However, sturdiness of the
model has not been sacrificed for its
“knockdown” qualities.
Whe n t h e motor is wound u p
t h e c r o s s - b d r is at <D
W h e n u n w o u n d it is a t ®
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h‘ n a t
Rubber
Motor
D e t a i l s Of Ca me r a S h u t t e r
The “Thunder Cloud” in flight ready to take an aerial photo. The
camera may be seen in the nose
Fuselage
The fuselage longerons are Y " square
balsa with the outside corners well round­
ed. All cross bracing is of l/\5" x Y "
balsa. The nose section of the fuselage is
made of 1/16" plywood, heated and bent
Gaining altitude after a take off with its
mechanical “eye”
into shape. It is wise to make a paper pat­
tern of the nose and make all cut-outs be­
fore the wood is bent into shape, then glue
the nose to the main fuselage. The nose
will need two or three internal cross braces
which may be placed at the best points of
vantage. The bottom cut-away section is
Galvaniz-ed Iron
Release W ire
Piano Wire Gu i d e s
Rubber Spring'
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formed by a frame of No. 18 piano wire
with braces of 1/16" x 3/32" bamboo,
then covered with cellophane. The camera
release wire tripod is made of balsa with
bamboo bracing and glued to the fuselage.
(See drawing). A small eyelet of piano
wire is mounted on the outer end of the
tripod as a guide to the camera shutter re­
lease wire.
Landing Gear
The landing gear has a full shock ab­
sorbing unit. To make the shocks, take
two pieces of O.D. aluminum tubing
6" long (one for each side), d rilla 1/16"
hole 3/16" from the end of each. These
will be your upper ends and the hinge
pins will slip through the holes. Measure
off two pieces of 3/16" O.D. aluminum
tubing about 9" long, slip a piece of Y\"
tubing about 2 Y " long over one end of
each, then bend these ends slowly and
carefully so they will not break. Bend
them 1Yz" from the end until you have
the right angle on them for your axles.
Now put a two inch light push spring in
the first pieces of Y " tubing and shove
the 3 / 16" tubing, with axles, up until they
are just snug against the springs. Cut the
surplus ends off the 3 /1 6 " tubing until
you have a distance of 1Y " between the
two pieces of Y " tubing, as shown in the
drawing.
The lower landing gear struts are mere­
ly No. 24 piano wire bent into a V,
wrapped and glued to the axle at the
apex of the V. The other ends are bent
parallel to the fuselage and slipped
through the 1/16" brass tubing which is
soldered onto brass strips and mounted on
the main fuselage longerons. Construction
of these strips are shown full size in the
drawings. The brass strips are wrapped
around the fuselage longerons (the tubing
being on the outside corners), the sur­
plus length cut.off and the ends soldered
together. A drop of solder may be put
on the ends of the piano wire undercar­
riage struts after they have been slipped
through the brass tubings. This will pre­
vent them from slipping out of place.
Wings
The upper wing span is 72" with a
chord of 9 Y " . The two spars are Y t" x<
Y " of box construction. The spars are

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The finished model ready to go aloft
built up of two pieces of one-eighth inch
square balsa with two pieces of Y z" x
1/16" balsa, one piece glued on each side
of the Y&" square pieces. The ribs are
spaced two inches apart and every third
rib is solid while the other two are carved
out according to the drawing. The wing
is made in halves, assembled, and glued
together in the center with three inches
dihedral in each tip. The tips are carved
from balsa blocks 1Y z" wide by 1% "
thick by 9 % " long. They are hollowed out
and glued to the ends of the wing spars.
The space between two ribs eight inches
each side of the center rib, is left uncov­
ered and piano wire hooks installed to
hold the motor nacelles in place. Twenty-
four inches each side of the center rib on
each spar, are mounted aluminum seats
for fastening the outer struts. A full size
of this is illustrated in the plans.
The lower wing has a length of 48"
and a chord of 6 )4 ". The front spar is of
3/16" x Y z" balsa. The rear spar is of
Scale '/(>-l ·
Balance is obtained by moving the nacelles
3 /1 6 " x 5/16" balsa. The ribs are cut
from 1/16" sheet balsa and are spaced two
inches apart. The leading edge is 3/16"
X 3/32" balsa and the trailing edge
1/16" X 3/ 16" balsa. The tips are of
1/16" bamboo, heated and bent into
shape. Two inches dihedral is given each
wing tip. Between the last two ribs on
each tip are glued notched balsa blocks
An aerial photo taken from the plane in
flight
to the wing spars for admitting the alumi­
num fittings of the wing struts.
Tail Assembly
The rudder details may be easily fol­
lowed out in the drawing. The rudder is
mounted directly on top and in the center
of the elevators and is braced to the eleva­
tors by four threads.
The elevator details are also plainly
given in the drawings. The elevator spar
may be hinged to the tail
of the fuselage, making
adjustments easy.
Upper Wing Center
Section Struts
A half size drawing
shows all necessary dt -
tails for building the up­
per wing center section
struts. These struts are
made from 1/16" weld­
ing rod with all joints
soldered. The two upper
spars slip through brass
cups soldered on the struts.
Thread is wrapped around
these cups and the spar
and glued, forming a sim­
ple and snug joint. The
upper end of the struts
may be left long enough
and bent horizontal with
the upper wing spars and
wrapped with thread and
glued which also will
make a satisfactory job.
The center section struts
are not stationarv on the
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fuselage but may be slid back and forth
to help regulate the performance of your
model. These struts are fastened to the
main fuselage longerons by either alumi­
num wire or aluminum strips wrapped
around the main fuselage longerons and
horizontal strut base.
Outer Bay Struts
The four outer wing struts are of
streamlined balsa 3/16" x Y z" and 7"
long. On the lower ends they are slit and
a piece of fairly heavy aluminum l Y "
long by 3 /1 6 " wide with a 1/32" hole
Y&" from the end, and slipped into the slit
so that Υ Υ ' of the aluminum is below the
strut with the drilled end down. The end
of the strut is then wrapped with thread
and given a coating of glue. This is the
end of the strut which goes into the lower
wing. The upper end of the struts are slit
for Y z" and drilled with a 1/32" hole to
allow a pin to slip through. This end of
the strut is also wrapped and glued; see
drawing. The slit slides over aluminum
fittings on the upper spars and a pin
slides through the hole in the strut and
the fitting, which makes the struts and
wings detachable. The upper wing strut
fittings are shown in the drawings and are
mounted on the spars 24" each side of the
center of the upper wing.
Motor Nacelles
The motor nacelle longerons are 3/16"
square balsa with outside corners rounded.
All bracing is of Y&" square balsa. The
nacelles are 1 Y " square outside dimen­
sions. The rear of each nacelle is tipped
with a 2 Yz" long carved balsa tip with
the rubber hook mounted securely. The
front of the nacelles have a 2" long carved
balsa block. The inside of the front blocks
are carved out Y " square for the prop
bearings. The outside of these blocks are
carved down to í f i " on the front. Both
front and rear blocks are carved to shape,
then sawed open, hollowed out and glued
together.
Camera Shutter Control
The camera shutter control can more
easily be seen and understood in the draw­
ing than by minute description. The con­
trol is located in the rear of the right hand
motor nacelle. The last two inch section
of the nacelle is left uncovered on the in­
side that the rubbers may be easily in­
stalled.
A No. 24 piano wire hook is securely an­
chored in the rear balsa nacelle tip. A rub­
ber spring of ten strands of 3/16" flat,
good live rubber is fastened over the sta-
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tionary hook. The other end of this

rubber spring is fastened to the
sliding hook. A zinc or sheet met­
al cross bar 1)/%" long drilled with
a 1/32" hole 3/16" from each end,
is soldered to the sliding S hook.
Two pieces of piano wire No. 20
are slipped through the holes in
each end of the metal strip. The
piano wires are mounted in balsa
blocks which are securely glued to
diagonal corners of the motor na­
celle. These piano wires are the
guides for the sliding S hook and
stand the strain of the wound up
motor. The success of your camera
relies upon the smoothness with
which the cross bar and S hook will
slide down these piano wire
guides.
Fine piano wire eyelets are
fastened every ten inches apart
along the bottom corner of the mo­
\ ^ tor nacelle. A fine metal wire, not
\\ z too stiff or heavy, is run from the
\\ o sliding S hook through the eyelets
to the camera key. The motor is
1\ -j λvound up tightly, then the wire is
pulled tightly and fastened to the
CM camera key by means of a short
O piano wire hook which fastens to
the camera key and projects
through the side of the fuselage.
\\ -J When your model is at its maxi­
1 u mum height and the motor has
spent its best, the rubber spring
pulls the sliding rubber hook back
and you have your picture.
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Propellers
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One of the propellers is

carved left and the other
right to offset torque. They
are of 14" diameters, carved
1 of balsa, and have a medi­
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TOP

Prop bearings are made

of a piece of zinc or sheet
metal 1 in diameter, a
1/16" hole drilled in the
center and a 1/16" piece of
brass tubing $/&" long in­
serted and soldered fast. A
balsa block y%" thick by
24" square is drilled and
slipped over the tubing,
then a strip of zinc J4"
wide is drilled and slipped
over the tubing, bent snugly
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around the block and sol­
dered to the front disk. (See
drawing). The prop shafts
are made of No. 24 piano
wire which fits perfectly
through the 1/16" tubing.
Covering
Outdoor Japanese tissue
paper is used for covering
and given one coat of pure
j 1 1 dope.
Assembling
The motor nacelles are
held to the upper wing by
rubber bands and the lower
wing is put through the slot
( Coni. on -page 47)
 The Aerodynamic Design of
the Model Plane
1 S TH ER E a model
builder who has not
struggled through ex­
asperating moments
during which his wayward
brain child proceeded to execute Arrangem ents of Forces T h at W ill
a succession of tantrums in the
nature of stalls, tail spins, dives Endow Y our Airplane with Longitudi­
and rolls, in spite of any persua­ nal Stability and H ow T hey Operate.
sion or adjustment he might
try? I think not. That is, not any
real model builder. It seems that
By CHARLES HAMPSON GRANT
such experiences are necessery for
Article No. 26
a thorough education in this art. It
is through the study involved in
discovering the reason for such
antics, that the model builder be­
comes grounded in the principles
of aerodynamics. Many fall by the
wayside, so to speak, and give up
before the difficulties have been
overcome, to pursue a pastime that
will not demand so much of their
meager ability. The worth while
enthusiast sticks to the job until
he has licked it.
To disentangle the problem of
correctly balancing the forces act­
ing on an airplane, is not easy. In
fact I have been accused of making
these problems and this series of
articles too difficult to under­
stand. After all I have not created
the problems. They existed even
before the first plane took to the
air, only at that time we were not
interested in them. It has been my
endeavor in these pages merely to
■present a solution to them in a
manner which could be understood
by those who are interested enough
to read this series of articles from
the very beginning.
The only way to solve the puzzle
of correct arrangement of forces acting
on a plane in flight, is by patient analysis,
experiment and study.
So far in our discussion of the theory
of longitudinal stability, we have deter­
mined what forces act upon an airplane in
flight, and lurw each one acts or changes
when the plane assumes various possible
flight attitudes. A complete understand­
ing of their proper arrangement is neces­
sary, if you do not wish to waste many
valuable hours trying to get your plane
to fly by a hit or miss procedure. A'll that
is required is that your plane be so de­
signed that these forces change and act to
bring the ship back to normal flight po­
sition whenever it deviates from such a
position.
Let us see in what way a plane can devi­
ate from a normal flight position, and how
our changing forces will have to be ar­
ranged in order that they stabilize our
ship, bringing it back to a level keel so
to speak.
It is obvious that there are two general
conditions of longitudinal instability. One
exists when the airplane noses upward and
loses its flying speed due to excessive climb.
(See fig. No. 89). The other occurs when
the plane dives and increases its speed.
line on which it acts
passing through the
c. of g. and c. of 1.
The resistance of the
ship acts directly parallel to and
coincident with the line of
thrust, as shown by arrow R.
These forces will remain in bal­
ance as long as the plane’s atti­
tude and speed remain un­
changed in respect to the rela­
tive wind. However, anyone who
has attempted to fly a model plane
Chapter No. 3 knows that it is impossible for a
plane to continue in flight without
some change in these conditions.
For instance, we will assume that
the plane noses upward because of
some air disturbance. How do our
forces act now? Gravity always
acts vertically downward and is
indicated by the arrow G. The
lift still acts vertically upward but
unfortunately' not at the same
point, for, when the plane noses
upward and the angle of attack
of the wing increases, the center
of lift moves forward into the po­
sition shown by arrow L, fig No.
89. Immediately we can see that
an unstable couple is formed by
gravity and the lift force, which
tends to rotate the plane clockwise,
and lift the nose still higher; an
effect which is directly opposite
from what we desire.
The line of thrust is now tilted
upwards but still acts through the
center of gravity, and the center
of lift. The resistance R, is acting
at an angle to the line of thrust as
the angle of attack of the wings
has been increased, and the plane
is moving through the air as indi­
Suppose we design our plane so that the cated by' arrow M. The line of resistance
forces acting on it are balanced when it is parallel to M. For the sake of argu­
is in level flight. As long as it continues ment, we will say that .the center of re­
on in this position, the forces are in bal­ sistance has not changed and is still co­
ance. However, suppose it noses up for incident with the center of gravity. This
some reason or other. The change in al­ assumption is \vell within possibilities.
titude and speed of the ship will cause an The line of resistance may pass slightly
immediate change in our forces. This above or below the center of gravity, in
change in the forces can either cause great­ which case it would cause a force couple
er displacement from the normal flight po­ with the thrust T. If it acted on a line
sition or a return to this position. It de­ above the center of gravity, the couple
pends entirely upon how they are ar­ would cause a nosing up effect, and if
ranged, relative to one another. below the c. of g., a righting effect. In
The forces that we know will always act any event the righting effect of such a
on an airplane in normal flight are, lift, couple is not sufficient in value to over­
gravity, thrust and resistance. How should come the unstable couple caused by the
they be arranged? Suppose we arrange forward movement of the lift, L.
them as shown in fig. No. 88 in order to So here we have a set up of forces which
have them in balance when the plane is in is in balance while the plane is in normal
normal horizontal flight. In the figure, level flight, but which causes extreme un­
the lift is acting virtually upward on the stable reactions as soon as the ship noses
wing about 50% back from its lead­ up. The more it noses up or tends to
ing edge. In order to have balance be­ stall, the worse the condition becomes.
tween this force and gravity, gravity must What can we do about it?
act vertically' downward from a point co­ We can help matters by' lowering the
incident with the lift or from one directly c. of g., relative to the center of lift, for
below or above it. Iu the figure, the center one thing. By doing this, the c. of g.
of gravity is shown as coincident with the moves forward slightly when the plane
center of lift. noses upward, and if the vertical distance
The thrust is acting as shown at T, the ( Continued on page 34)
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1933 Curtiss F9C-2

1934 BOEING P26
H ere is a m od el a n y o n e w o u ld b e proud to d isp la y. T h e p roto­
ty p e is a radical departure from th e usual U . S. figh tin g aircraft,
bein g a lo w w in g d esig n and capable o f w e ll o ver 240 m p h. w ith
fu ll arm am ent. T he m od el is detailed as a u th e n tic a lly as p os­
sib le w ith its nu m erou s little gad g ets, th e P-W W asp m otor and
B oeing end rin g w h ic h y o u e a sily m ake, etc., etc. O ne of th e
p rettiest and m ost m od ern o f all C lev ela n d -D esig n ed m od els.
D ue to its fa irly large w in g area, it has e x ce lle n t flyin g qu alities.
3A" scale. Span 20% , le n g th 17%"; w eigh t 2.5 oz. Cjoolored io r e a y e llo
uow
w in g s and tail surfaces, e v er y th in g e lse o live drab
ex ce p t th e fe w d eta ils colored black. C om plete
$ 1.75
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M acon w ill w a n t it as a m em en to. D ra w ­
in gs fo r it are th e sam e as for th e 1932
A kron F ig h ter, e x ce p t th at th ey also in ­
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d irigib le h o o k -o n attach m en t (m ake eith er
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block for p ilo t’s bu st. %" sca le . Sp an 19%",
len gth 15Vb", w e ig h t 2.2 oz. C olored silv er,
b lu e and red . C om plete K it SE 22B,
w ith p r in ted -o u t w ood,
$1.75
o n ly ............................................
1931 CURTISS Ä-8 ATTACK PLANE
A fa st-fly in g %" rep lica of th e b ig p lan e th a t operates on U n c le S a m ’s air fo rces.
S h e ’s a u th e n tic righ t d ow n to th e w e a lth of am azing d etails, in clu d in g m ach in e gun s,
w in d o w s, gas tan k, w in g flaps, du m m y m otor in cid en tals, v en tu ri and p itot tu b es—and
th en y o u ’ll g e t a real app reciation of th e sta r tlin g a u th e n tic ity th is b e a u tifu l C -D m od el
em bod ies. A n d th er e ’s “n o fo o lin ’ ” ab ou t its flights, eith er—ju st as tha o uu g h n it re a ix y
XI really
sen sed th e im p ortan t plan e it rep resen ts. %" scale. Span is 33", le n g th ‘
24", w e ig h t 4.7 oz. C olored A rm y y e llo w and o liv e drab. C om p lete K it
$ 2.75 Vought Corsair V65
SF-25 (w ith e v er y th in g need ed , in c lu d in g p r in ted -o u t w ood parts) o n ly . % sca le of on e of th e n e w 2 -p lace C orsairs.
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T his is lik e th e C urtiss H elld iver, alth o

1933 Lincoln Sport Plane m ore sta b le flying on g u sty d ays. S u per
B oein g 247—T his great kit now d eta iled and e x tr em ely rea listic. E m b od ies
Tills Is creating a sensation red uced . (S hipp ed exp ress 7 lbs. n e w C levelan d featu res, in clu d in g n e w
among lig h t piano enthusiasts. C harges co lle ct bu t not C.O.D. p rin cip le gray flying blad e. Sp an 27",
It's a pippin, and exceedingly le n g th . 19%", w e ig h t 4.2 oz. C olored b lu e,
interesting to build. scale, KIT SF-35 y e llo w , red, black and silv e r. (7 b o ttle s of
T h e Re-Designed j and tiles boautlfully. Span 15", N ow O n l y ..............................$ 4 . 9 5 liq u id s a lo n e ). C om plete K it Qť
length 12% ". weight 1 oz. Col- SF -41, p ostfree, n o w o n ly .........
j ored cream and black ta ll, de­
1931 Bayle’s Gee-Bee tails and trimming. Complete
T h ere’s no com parison b e tw e e n th is and K it SF-36, with everything in ­
our origin al B a y le ’s G e e -B ee . E veryb od y’s cluding printed-out wood parts.
ravin g abou t it. B e su re to g e t it—as y o u ’ll (P ilo t block Included,
prize it v e ry h ig h ly . %" sca le. C olored y e l­ easily carved.) Only 98c
low and black. Sp an 17%", le n g th 12",
w eig h t 2.1 oz. C om plete K it SF-17B (w ith
e v er y th in g in c lu d in g p rin ted -ou t balsa
and p ilo t b lo c k ), p o stfree, n o w CJQ 1933 Buhl Bull-Pup
A decidedly unusual model—and
one that gives a very good ac­
count of Itself in performance.
Λ keen, steady flyer. Colored
standard yellow wings and tail,
balance blue, dotalls black.
Span 22% ", length 15", weight
1.9 oz. Complete K it SF-38
(with everything needed, in ­
cluding printed-out wood parts
and pilot block)
 A flashy model, both in looks
and flights. Ever since this
1930 Howard Racer model was first introduced, it
A ll H ow ard en th u sia sts w ill w a n t th is has been in great demand, for it
m u ch finer, classier r e-d esig n ed m odel. In is ono of tho prettiest scale mod-
fact, all m od el lovers w ill g e t a th rill out J els we’ve produced. Span is
of it. B egin n ers w ill find it sim p le to 30?4", length 21", weight 3.7
build—ex p erts w ill th rill at its detail, and oz. Colored brillian t red wings,
ta il surfaces and wheel shoes:
realism . %■" sca le. C olored all w h ite, black everything else cream except
details. Span 15", len g th 13V«", w eig h t 1.5 black details. Complete K it SF-
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clu g in g p rin ted -o u t balsa and p ilo t g o . V» parts.
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1933 B E R L I N E R . J O Y C E P-16
This very interesting model, the
1933 AERONCA C-3 LIGHTPLANE
prototSTC of which is hailed as T he m od el ev er y A eron ca lo v er h as w a ite d for—true in d etail, b e a u tifu l in app earance,
the first successful American two- ju st as th e p h otograph sh ow s, and g iv e s e x c itin g flights. It carries a ll th e realism of its
p rototyp e— prom ises to b e THE m od el h it o f 1934. N o lig h tp la n e lo v e r shnou ou ld
ia d elay in
seater pursuit design, was planned g e ttin g and b u ild in g it. V ery e a sy for b eg in n ers to b u ild . %" scale.
and designed after repeated re ­ Span 27". le n g th 151/»", w e ig h t 1.9 oz. C olored red and silv e r . C om p lete
quests by many model enthusiasts, K it SF -40, w ith p rin ted -o u t w ood, p o stfree, n ow o n ly .................................. $ 1.75
both men and boys alike. You’ll
find it extremely fascinating to
build and when ready, to put on 1933 Waco C
some real flights. Span 251,3",
length 21". weight 3.9 oz. Col­ T his n e w a u th e n tic m od el of “A m e r ica ’s
ored the standard Army yellow m ost pop ular cabin b ip la n e ” h as silv e r
wings and tail surfaces, balance w in g s and ta il su rfaces, red fu se la g e and
olive drab, with black details. K it lan d in g gear, d e ftly trim m ed in b lack .
comes complete with all printed Span 243,4", le n g th 19'/e", w e ig h t 3.7 oz.
out wood and parts, and com­ F lig h ts v e ry un u su al for this ty p e of
pletely detailed full sizo authen­ m od el. C om es w ith p r in ted -o u t w ood .
tic C -P drawing, together with
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p rin ted -ou t. It is capable of e x c e lle n t flights du e to its cen ter of g ra v ity
being m u ch lo w e r, w ith its h ea v ier b alloon w h e e ls and d ih ed ral in both
w in g s and in creased size of all tail su rfaces. A lso in clu d es C le v ela n d ’s n e w
strip in g tap e, and gray flying blad e to sim u la te a lu m in u m propeller. Span
20". len g th 15Ve", w e ig h t 2.1 oz. C olored cream fu sela g e and rudder, b al­
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 Air Ways—Here and There
W h at Readers A re Doing to Increase T heir Knowledge
of Aviation in A ll Parts of the Country. Send in Pic­
tures and Details of Y our Experiments in A viation

Igotten
T SEEMS that our readers have
over their Christmas holi­
days and have settled down to their
winter’s work on model aircraft,
for we have been flooded this month
with pictures and data on some ex­
ceptionally fine model planes. In
fact the flood of Air Ways con­
tributions have taken us cpiite by
surprise.
An inadequate amount of space
in our columns has been allowed for
Air Ways material, so we will ask
our readers to have patience until
C U R T IS S F IIC -2
next month, when we will endeavor
to put forth an enlarged Air Ways
section.
Our heading this month has been
supplied by William C. Drake of
3 Pine Street, Malden, Mass. This
sketch of the Curtiss FI 1C-2 Fight­
er is a credit to its creator.
Activity in building gas models
continues. Picture No. 1 shows a
ship of this type which was recently
completed by Harold Mitchell of
6 Baldwin Terrace. Everett, Mass.
It was test hopped on Jan. 1st.
Mitchell says, “On its first flight
it got off the ground a few inches
and came back again safely after a short
hop; however it kept on going and took
off again. A fter traveling in this leap
frog manner a stone wall seemed to get
in the way. This successfully stopped the
machine without damage to the wall. How­
ever, the plane was not smashed too bad­
ly, only the prop was broken. The second
flight, after a change of elevator setting,
was rather unusual. It took off in 5' and
zoomed up to about 75' altitude, where­
upon it stalled, dove, and zoomed up
again. This time it reached a height of
125'. The ship proceeded in this roller
coaster manner until it zoomed up to a
200' altitude and continued to stretch
the zoom into a loop. The ground was a
little too close for it to recover from the
loop successfully, for the ship crashed
just as it was about to level off. This did
not result in a complete washout. The
landing gear, prop and wing struts were
damaged.”
After these are fixed Mitchel intends
to experiment further with his “brain
child.” He asks us particularly to let him
know if we know of any other gas job
that made a successful loop and landed
with little damage. Perhaps some of our
readers can enlighten us in this respect.

Piet. No. 2. Maynard Clark’s gas job in full flight.

It has a seven foot spread

Piet. No. 1. One of the recent successful develop­

ments in gas models, by Harold Michcll

No. 5. Thurston De Groff shows us what a Piet. No. 3. Jack Smith

Boeing F4B-4 looks like and his 14 foot glider,
Piet. No. 8. This solid scale Douglas Dolphin re­ which has flown for 3
cently won first place for Russell Camp minutes

Piet. No. 9. Glen Courtwright builds ’em right.

A detail flying scale Nieuport No. 28 Piet. No. 4. A Nieuport and Albatros built by Arnold Smith
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 U N IV E R S A L M O D EL A IR P L A N E N E W S 27

Piet. No. 6. Two fine solid scale models, a Handley Page and a Hawker Super Fury
built to the same scale by Wm. Peterson
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Piet. No. 7. A com­ Piet. No. 10. A miniature Fleet-Kinner in careful

plete model airport detail by Martin Schrader
beautifully built by
Stanley Rampey

Piet. No. 11. Ä

realistic S'. E. 5-A
built by L. E. Man-
ley

Mitchell’s plane has a 65" span, 9" chord have been well carried out, as
and a 38" fuselage. The engine is a can be seen by a close exami­
Hurleman Aristocrat. nation of the picture. This is
Here we have a surprise for you in pic­ Smith’s first attempt at pho­
ture No. 2, in the form of Maynard tographing his planes in­
Clark’s gas model in actual flight. It doors. In.spite of this fact,
seems that gas models have a great aver­ this is one of the best photo­
sion to being photographed in action; graphs of models that we have
however Clark managed to snap a shot of seen.
his in one of its unguarded moments. Some time ago we gave a
Clark lives at 707 Valnett St., Arcadia, discourse on the quality of
Calif. He says that he is going to groom photographs being sent to
his ship for an assault on the world’s Air Ways and how to im­ Piet. No. 12. One of the best solid scale Hawks we have
record. The ship has a 7' span and prove them. Mr. W. Thurs­ seen, by Clinton Hardin
weighs 5 lbs. Clark designed and built ton De Groff of Westport
the motor himself which develops .4 Ave., Norwalk, Conn, comes
horse-power at 4000 r.p.m. We would say back at us with a very exqellent
that this is a swell looking job. The pic­ “shot” of his Boeing F4B-4,
ture of it in flight speaks well of its per­ shown in picture No. 5. The only
formance. criticism that we have of this
Picture No. 3 makes us wonder whether photograph is that the dark back­
or not we need glasses. Either the size of ground back of the wheels pre­
our airplanes are increasing or our model vents them from showing up very
builders are shrinking. Bill Stevenson well. In other respects this is one
sends us this picture of his friend, Jack of the best photographs that we
Smith of 1712 Wyoming St., Dayton, have received this month.
Ohio, with his 14' glider which he built. William A. Peterson of Fraser­
This is a most unusual ship. We can dale, Ont., Canada, favors us with
testify as to its flying ability, for pictures picture No. 6, showing two mod­
of it in flight were sent to us which we els of British planes. The large
are unable to print this month. On its one is the Handley Page Ileyford Piet. No. 15. Some of the judges of the T.W.A.
first flight, it flew to an altitude of 300' Express Night Bomber. The Aero Model Builders Guild Scale Contest
and remained in the air for three minutes. smaller one is the Hawker Super
It took Smith 175 hours to complete. A Fury Pursuit, which, he says is
few more inches of wing spread and the world’s fastest mili­
Smith would be able to ride in it himself. tary airplane. We ques­
It appears that all the “ Smiths” have tion this statement inas­ Piet. No. 13.
gone into the airplane business. Arnold much as the Boeing P-26 Here is an Aer-
Smith of 2887 Beechwood Blvd., Pitts­ has a high speed of at onca that flies,
by D. T. Hall
burgh, Pa. sends us picture No. 4, which least 250 miles per hour.
shows his Nieuport 27 and Albatros D3 We would say that the
of solid balsa construction. The details ( Co/it. on -page 42)

Piet. No. 14. The Ry-

mer-Wilson Model Club
has been busy as shown
by this collection. They
are:—An F.9C2, an A.8
Attack, a Gee Bee, a
Hall Springfield, a Boe­
ing 247, a Monocoupe,
a Flectster, a Howard
Pete and a Boeing P.26
 THE NATIONAL
'JUNIOR
jÅ New M odel P lane R ecords
THE Contest Committee has ac­
cepted the four new records listed below.
These include all records under consid­
eration up to the end of 1933.
STICK MODEL R.O.G. Class B.
INDOORS.
Senior: Jimmy Throckmorton, 19; Atlan­
tic City.
6 minutes 24 seconds.
STICK MODEL R.O.W. Class B.
INDOORS.
Junior: George Waite, 15; Philadelphia.
4 minutes 07 seconds.
STICK MODEL Hand-launched. Class B.
INDOORS.
Senior: Mayhew Webster, 17; Philadel­
phia.
8 minutes 35 3 /5 seconds.
FUSELAGE MODEL, R.O.G. Class B.
INDOORS.
Senior: Harry Broder, 16; Philadelphia.
5 minutes 14 1/5 seconds.
The R.O.W. record of 4 minutes 07 sec­
onds made by George Waite, displaces the
former record of 2 minutes 43 seconds
held by Alex Ostrow who, like Waite, is
from Philadelphia.
The other three new records are the
first of their class and category to appear
in the record hooks. It is evident that the
Philadelphia model flyers are demonstra­
ting an active assault on the existing rec­
ords as well as setting up brand new
marks for others to attempt to surpass.
A l of the Philadelphia model flying ac­
tivity is under the guidance of the Phil­
adelphia Model Aeroplane Association,
1427 Spruce Street. Mr. C. H. English is
the Director of the Association, Mr. \^ictor
R. Fritz is Field Director and Mr. Walter
L. Bendon is Assistant Field Director.
The P.M.A.A. is sponsored by the Aero
Club of Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin and Playgrounds Asso­
ciation of Philadelphia. The Aero Club of
Pennsylvania is affiliated with the Na­
tional Aeronautic Association. The P.M.
A.A. numbering over two thousand mem­
bers has decided upon the formation of a
junior chapter of the N.A.A. Many in­
dividual members have already joined
the N.A.A. as junior members.
B am b erg er Aero Club F orm s
N. A. A. J u n io r C hapter
THE Bamberger Aero Club of Newark,
New Jersey has formed a junior chapter
of the National Aeronautic Association
AERONAUTIC ASSOCIATION
MEMBERSHIP NEWS
with fifty charter members. Mr. Irwin S.
Polk is club director and the club’s head­
quarters are provided hy L. Bamberger
and Company. The Bamberger Aero Club
has long been one of the most active model
airplane organizations in the country.
Members of the club hold a good share of
the official model records.
The club plans to hold a series of meets
this Spring, the winners to be sent to the
National Championship Meet in Akron
next June. One of the outstanding events
on the schedule of contests sponsored by
the Bamberger Aero Club is the New
Jersey Exhibition Scale Model Contest,
open to any resident of the state. This
event promises to be the largest of its
kind ever arranged.
The Bloomingdale Cup for indoor fuselage
model competition, standing nearly
thirty-eight inches in height, is
now held by Albert Levy
of Toronto, Ontario
— 28—
F resno J u n io r C h ap ter Elections
THE Fresno California Junior Chapter
of the N.A.A. held its first annual election
of officers in January. The results: Presi­
dent, Virgil Weidner; Vice-President,
Jack Paxton; Secretary, Morris Bogucli-
wal; Treasurer, William Bennett. Four
directors elected are Noble Jackson, Jack
Paxton, Howard Roberts and Luther Si-
monian.
The Fresno Chapter plans to hold its
annual model plane contest May 5 in con­
junction with the California Air Pageant.
Model Flying Club of A ustralia
MR. IVOR FRESHMAN, Secretary of
the Model Flying Club of Australia writes
that there is a possibility that one of the
newspapers of Sydney will send an Aus­
tralian model flyer to the National Cham­
pionship Meet.
The Australian model aviators are de­
termined to be represented in the Moffett
International Contest. It would be a big
thing for one of their number to be the
personal representative of that country
and fly the Australian models. This trip,
if made, will he the longest one ever made
by a contestant to take part in a model
airplane meet. The traveling time from
Sydney to Akron is between 25 and 30
days and the traveler would leave Sydney
in the Australian winter to find himself in
the American summer. Mr. Freshman has
been promised that a royal welcome will
he accorded to any representative from
Australia.
Cleveland Jim m ie Allen A ir Races
THE largest indoor model airplane meet
ever held in Cleveland took place January
6 in the Public Auditorium when the
Jimmie Allen Air Races drew a crowd of
over 11,000 spectators. This affair was
sponsored by the Pocoliontas Oil Corpora­
tion and several service clubs. Contest
Director was Mr. W. L. Osmun who holds
an appointment from the N.A.A. The size
of the crowd indicates how strong an ap­
peal a model flying contest holds for the
public.
Changes in Contest Rules
MANY suggestions for changes in the
N.A.A. Model Airplane Competition
Rules have been received from Contest
Directors and Junior Members. All of
this material will be considered by the
Contest Committee and by the time this is
in print, the new rules will have been
formulated. It is interesting to note the
variety of suggestions. For instance, one
suggestion says there are too many classes,
■while another suggestion recommends
that the classes be retained in their pres­
ent form as it gives a wider spread to the
honors gained in holding records. One
recommendation even suggests additional
classes.
It is only by telling the committee what
the members want that anything can be
accomplished toward making the rules
generally acceptable to everybody. Those
who have made suggestions are to be con­
gratulated on their cooperative spirit. It
shows an earnest desire and intention to
make the association a self-governing
body.
The action of the Contest Committee
will probably be conservative, hut it is
expected that after the contemplated re­
vision, the rules will he fairly stable for
Ilotvard Roberts, newly elected director of
the Fresno, California, N.A.A. Junior Chap­
ter, with some of his models.
the next several years. It is obviously un­
desirable to make a great number of
changes in the rules annually because
such action would tend to throw model
builders out of stride in their individual
progress. It is pleasing to learn from the
suggestions as a whole that the rules in
their present form are, except for some
minor changes, generally acceptable to
the majority of the builders and flyers.
The next issue will contain the new rules
as approved by the Contest Committee.
Λ The W akefield Cup f o r Inter-
natio n al C om petition
THE Society of Model Aeronautical En­
gineers of England has forwarded the
rules for the 1934 Wakefield Cup Contest
and has expressed the hope that the
United States will take part again. Last
year the sole entry from this country was
Gordon Light of Lebanon, Pennsylvania,
who finished third with only one-fifth of a
second less duration than the British en­
trant who placed second. The 1933 Wake­
field Cup Contest was won by J. W. Ken­
worthy, a member of the S.M.A.E., with
a flight time of 5 minutes 21 seconds.
The 1934 rules follow.
1. The competition shall be open to all
nations, whose teams may consist of not
more than six individual competitors.
2. The competition will he held in Eng­ National Aeronautic Association for com­
land this year at the Leamington and petitors representing the United States.
Warwick Model Aero Club’s flying There shall be a fee of five shillings or
ground, Warwick; on Sunday, the 24th of its equivalent in foreign currency per en­
June, at 4.00 p.m. trant to be paid through each competing
3. The contest shall he for rubber driv­ Society and sent with the notice of entry.
en fuselage models. The rubber motor This fee is returnable after the event.
must be concealed and the fuselage or In the event of the entrant not being
fuselages must be fully covered and con­ able to attend in person or able to appoint
form to the formula;— a proxy, every effort will be made by the
(Overall length of model)2 S.M.A.E. to appoint an experienced model
flyer to fly such model, but no responsibil­
100 ity for damage will be accepted by that
to determine the minimum value of the Society.
maximum.cross-sectional area of the fuse­ The National Aeronautic Association
lage. hopes to have a full representation from
the United States at the 1934 Wakefield
4. The following conditions must be
Cup Contest. All those who are desirous
complied with regarding the wing area
of entering the contest should write to the
and Aveight of the model;—
Association at Dupont Circle, Washing­
(a) Total area of main plane to ton, D. C. Entrants are expected to pay
be 200 square inches plus or the shipping costs of their models to Eng­
minus a tolerance of ten land. This amounts to about $6.00 from
square inches. New York if the model is very compactly
(b) No model shall have a total boxed.
weight of less than 4 ounces.
5. The competition shall be for dura­
tion of flight, such duration being taken JOIN THE N.A.A. as a junior mem­
from the time the model is released until ber because it is the surest way to
it first touches some solid obstacle after keep informed of the latest word in
flight or until passing out of sight of the all model airplane contest matters.
judges. Join now because the big meets of the
6. Each model must rise from the Spring and Summer are just ahead
ground from a stand-still entirely under and you surely xvill want to be eli­
its own power; no push whatever being gible to compete for N.A.A. trophies
permitted.
and establish recognized official rec­
7. Each entrant shall be allo\ved three ords. Join for all the good you will
attempts during the competition. The av­ be doing and receiving with your
erage duration of the three attempts to N.A.A. membership. Get a crowd of
be counted. model enthusiasts in your community
8. The winning Nation shall Jjc that to form an N.A.A. Junior Chapter.
which attains the highest average duration Individual membership is fifty cents
of the three flights made by any one of for the first year and only twenty-five
the individual competitors of its team. cents annually thereafter. Or as many
as fifty may form a chapter at the low
group total cost of $5.00 which in­
Prizes cludes a handsome charter with the
names of the members embossed on it
WINNER to hold the Wakefield Cup for for record. Individual members re­
one year, Silver Medal and £2/2/0 cash, ceive the N.A.A. silver pin. The Asso­
(about $10.50). 2nd Prize, Bronze medal ciation furnishes pins to group mem­
and £1/1/0, (about $5.25). 3rd Prize, Di­ bers at twenty-five cents each. Write
ploma and 10/6, (about $2.60). for details about forming a chapter.
All entries shall be made through the
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The glider completed and ready to fly
t h i s is a simple all balsa glider which
though sturdy, is capable of long soaring
glides. Most model gliders depend on
strong winds or rising currents for a suc­
cessful flight. However, this little ship
will make beautiful flights on the calmest
of days in level country.
The fuselage is made of square
material and is 8" long. Beginning 4"
from the rear, the bottom is tapered up­
wards to a thickness of 1/16" at the rear.
The front end is slightly leveled on all
four sides as shown.
The supporting surfaces are all made
of 1/16" flat material, sanded down to a
thickness of about 3/64". However, if you
have some strong 1 /3 2 " material, this is
really better as it reduces the weight.
The wing is made in one piece, shaped
as shown in the drawing. A fairly large
amount of dihedral is given to the wing
as the bent tips do not give the plane much
stability. The tips are bent up by scoring
How to Build
a Simple Glider ■
A Little Plane W ith a Big Perform ­
ance T h at A nyone Can Build and Fly
By MARION THOMAS
the undersurface of the wing with a razor
blade and then breaking the wood over
the edge of a table. Care should be taken
not to cut too deeply a’s this greatly weak­
ens the joint. Be very careful to bend the
tips to the angle shown, as a very small
change in this feature greatly changes
the performance. Cover the joint with
glue on both sides. Glue the wing onto
the body as shown, taking care to have
the wing squarely on and also level when
the body is laid- flat on the table.
The elevators and rudder are now cut
to shape and put in place, the rudder being
first glued to the elevator. The elevator
should be given a very slight dihedral
angle and a small negative angle of in­
cidence. The rudder positively must be
placed on straight so as to prevent any
turning effects. A large paper dip of the
kind shown is carefully driven into the
nose to add weight. The plane may be
colored but this only adds weight and
takes the chance of warping the wing.
To fly the plane, find an open field as
it climbs very high. Launch the ship up­
ward with a vigorous push. It will start
a loop but just at the top of the loop,
apparently changing its mind, it will start
another loop, this time an outside one,
from· the top of the first loop, and con­
tinue climbing until it levels off.
This unusual flight is apparently due to
the bent wing tips. On account of the long
soaring flight after the top of the climb is
reached, very fine endurance can be ob­
tained. On calm days the plane averages
about 17 or 18 seconds and has flown as
long as 21 seconds. On windy days or
with helping air currents, much better
flights have been made. Also this ship will
give many fine flights without cracking up
as many endurance gliders do.
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OU probably have heard the old say­
ing, “ You cannot learn anything unless
you ask questions.” This is quite true.
However, it is important that the right
answers be given to these questions in or­
der that accurate knowledge may flourish.
We will endeavor to give you the correct
answers to a number of interesting queries
that we have received in the last few
months.
George R. Schreck of 33 Kelsey St.,
Hartford, Conn., wants to know the fol­
lowing :
Question: Will you kindly explain the
advantages of the underslung lower wing
featured in the Berliner Joyce Shipboard
Fighter?
Answer: There are two distinct ad­
vantages. The first one is that the upper
wing is not in the line of vision of the
pilot and it does not create a “blind spot”
which would allow the enemy to approach
unnoticed. The second reason may be seen
by imagining that the lower wing is raised
at the bottom of the body and the upper
wing is raised a corresponding amount
above the body or fuselage of the ship.
We can see from this that it will be neces­
sary to add center section struts and at­
tendant bracing, while we still have the
landing gear struts as before. By lower­
ing the wing belo\v the body, the center
section struts would be done away with
and the landing gear struts do double
duty. They act in this case both as landing
gear struts and struts which hold the
lower wing to the fuselage. It is of pos­
sible advantage also, that the lower wing
being closer to the ground
when the ship is taking off
and landing, it creates a
cushioning effect upon the
air close to the ground, thus
giving added buoyancy.
The most important reason
of the three given here un­
questionably is the increased
visibility allowed the pilot.
Question: What is the
speed of this ship?
Answer: It is practically
impossible to get accurate
figures regarding the high
speed of military and naval
ships. For obvious reasons
they are kept secret. How­ The new British day and night fighter “Gaundct” . It is powered with a
ever, it is understood, that Bristol Mercury 550 h.p. motor. It has a speed of 232 m.p.h. at 16,500
this ship travels in the feet altitude. It lands at 58 m.p.h. (Soibleman Syndicate)
neighborhood of 190 m.p.h.
Question: What is the name and maxi­
mum speed of the fastest plane in the
United States Air Corps?
Answer: The fastest ship of the United
States Air Corps that we have record of,
up to date, is the Boeing P.26. It is
understood that this ship travels in the
neighborhood of 250 m.p.h.
Here are a few questions that are
puzzling William Mee, of Springfield,
Ohio, Ř. R. No. 4:
Question: If large aspect ratios make
for better wing efficiency, \vhat determines stalls or tends to stall, the stabilizer is
how large this aspect ratio may be on
models ?
Answer: From a purely theoretical
standpoint, the aspect ratio of a wing may
be infinite. However, construction diffi­
culties enter our problem when we attempt
to apply theory to practice. For aspect
ratios above twelve, the efficiency of the
wing increases very slightly while the
weight of the wing increases enormously;
due to the fact that it is necessary to have cal standpoint. However, if the stabilizer
exceedingly heavy spars to withstand the
stress imposed upon them by a large span.
It is inadvisable to make wings with an
aspect ratio greater than twelve.
Question: Does tapering the wing have
any other advantages other than reducing
end spill?
Answer: Yes. On a tapered wing the
center of pressure is closer to the body
than on ordinary ones. Thus, the pressure
of the air on the wings does not create as
large a stress at the center as on wings
of the ordinary type. For this reason the
—32—
wing may be made lighter, less material
being used for the structure. A tapered
wing also has less tendency to flutter or
rotate about its axis.
Question: Why is a large aspect ratio
desirable on the horizontal tail, when it
usually produces no lift but merely serves
as a righting factor?
Answer: This question infers a wrong
assumption. The horizontal tail plane
does produce lift, otherwise it could not
serve as a righting factor. Though the
stabilizer may be set at a negative angle to
the line of thrust, as soon as the ship
passing through the air at a positive angle
and creating lift. It is this lift on the
stabilizer during the stalling period that
helps to lift the tail of the ship and causes
it to assume a correct flying attitude again.
It is this fact also which causes an air­
plane to pull out of a dive into normal
flight. In this case we are speaking of
models. A large aspect ratio is desirable
on the horizontal stability from a theoreti­
is made too long and thin, it has a tend­
ency to weave unless it is made exces­
sively heavy and strong. The whole idea
of model design is to make the stabilizer
very light. This idea is prevalent also in
large ship designing. Practically, it is
advisable not to make the aspect ratio of
the horizontal tail surface greater than
four.
Question: On non scale models do you
advise the use of internal bracing as su­
perior to external bracing?
Answer: Yes. The'model may be braced
in a satisfactory manner by
using internal bracing. Ex­
ternal bracing always causes
added air resistance and
prevents the possibility of
equipping the model with an
adjustable wing. The only
satisfactory manner of ad­
justing longitudinal stabil­
ity of a plane in flight is by
moving the wing backward
or forward, unless you wish
to add weight to the nose or
to the tail.
Question: Why do you
not publish the plans of a
speed model?
Answer: There is no ob­
jection to publishing the
( Continued on -page 48)
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The Aerodynamic Design of the readily assume a level flight position
Model Plane again. Thus we have our forces arranged
( Continued from page 23)
so that they change to restore the balance
of the airplane when it noses upwa»d.
between the c. of g. and the c. of 1. is great
enough, a righting couple can be created
This arrangement also noses the ship up
out of a dive, should it assume this un­
between these two forces. However, even stable attitude. When the plane noses
though this might be the case, the action down, its speed increases, which in turn
of the plane would be erratic. It would causes the downward force on the tail to
nose up quickly and react quickly, with a increase. This increased down pressure
tendency for the nose to accelerate up­ on the tail of the ship, forces the tail down
ward and downward. and the nose up, thus bringing the plane
Now if we examine the action of the back to level flight. Anyone who has
plane when it noses downward from level flown a model glider has had this maneu­
flight position, we Will find that the center ver demonstrated to them many times.
of lift on the wing will move backward, The design of practically every large
thus causing the ship to nose over still airplane flying today, is based upon this
more; a very unstable condition. A low arrangement of Orces shown in figures
c. of g. helps in this case as in the nosing No. 90 and No. 91. In fact this is the
up action. However, it is advisable that only one that the average model builder
some other means be used to offset the un­ is acquainted with. He does not suspect
stable action of the center of lift, which the existence of any other practical sys­
will not only cause the plane to seek a tem so he continues in ignorant satisfac­
level flight position when it has been dis­ tion to endure the consequent stalls, dives
placed longitudinally, but will also steady and spins resulting from this arrangement.
I wonder how many of my readers have
the ship and reduce longitudinal oscilla­
tions. flown “close hauled” flying scale jobs with
If it is possible to cause an upward the customary negative stabilizer, and
force on the tail of the airplane when it wondered naively what made the “dern”
noses upward and a downward force at thing zoom like th a t; or when it was ad­
this point when it noses downward, then justed not to zoom, dove or glided steep­
we can be assured of having the ship ly to earth. Another cute trick that is a
brought back to normal flight position joy to merchants of balsa wood, is a steep
when it becomes displaced. This can be climb, stall and a sudden reactionary dive.
accomplished easily by the proper appli­ The 'cause is none other than your negative
cation of a fixed horizontal stabilizer. stabilizer and the location of the c. of g.
There are three positions in which we ahead of the center of lift, as shown in
may place the stabilizer relative to the fig. No. 91. Yes, this applies to large
line of thrust; at a negative angle, fig. planes too and recently I tried to convince
No. 90; horizontal to the thrust line; or at one of our foremost aeronautical engi­
a positive angle, fig. No. 92. All three neers of this fact through a practical
of these settings may be used with good demonstration of another set up of forces,
effect. However, which one should be which did not follow the standard ar­
rangement. The demonstration proved suc­
used in any particular case depends upon
the set up of the other forces acting on the cessful but he still does not believe it can
plane. be successfully applied to full size ships.
(An eight foot gas model was used to dem­
First let us consider the set up of forces
required when a negative setting is used. onstrate the principle). Perhaps he can be
shown that the study of these problems by
Fig. No. 90 shows the forces arranged
properly for such a condition. First we means of flying models is practical, en­
have the lift on the wings acting as shown lightening and less expensive than the
wind tunnel combined with intricate
by arrow L. Second you will notice that
a downward force is created by the nega­ mathematical calculations.
tive stabilizer. This is obviously the case However, the proof of the pudding is
as the air strikes the top of a negative in the eating and I shall do my best to
stabilizer. Therefore, to balance the force explain it here so you may try it for your­
S, acting downward on the stabilizer, selves. It is quite simple and irs shown
against the force L acting upward at C.G., in fig. No. 92. First the center of gravity
the center of gravity, C.G., must be lo­ of the airplane is located at such a point
that it is 50% of the wing chord to the
cated ahead of the lift force, L. This set
up is similar to the arrangement of rear of the wing leading edge. Second,
weights and the point of support on a the stabilizer is placed parallel to the line
scale. With the forces acting in this man­ of thrust or slightly -positive to it. Third,
ner, they are in balance when the plane the wing should have an angle of inci­
dence which is two or three degrees great­
is flying at normal speed in level flight.
suddenly nosed up? The angle of attack of the angle of incidence for the wing
and stabilizer are:— -Wing 2 ^ ° , Stabi­
is increased. Consequently the lift L
moves forward into the position L, fig. lizer y í° positive; these angles being
No. 91, approximately over the center of measured from the line of thrust.
gravity, and the stabilizer now passes From fig. No. 92 it can be seen that
through the air at a positwe angle instead the weight of the airplane (force of grav­
year of a negative angle. The downward force ity, arrow G ), is supported by the lift L,
on this tail surface disappears and an acting vertically upward slightly ahead
upward lift is generated. It is obvious of gravity, G, and by the lift force S act­
under these conditions, that the force up­ ing on the stabilizer and generated by it
ward on the stabilizer will lift the tail in lieu of its positive angle af incidence.
of the airplane sø that the machine will ( Continued on page 46)
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When re-designed to the D .III, this
The Development of the Fokker
Fighters type showed considerable promise since
many of the defects of the D.II were re­
( Continued from page 11) moved. With the use of a 160 h.p. motor,
the speed was boosted to 99 m.p.h. A
and proved to be the fastest of the Fok­ to*al weight of about 300 pounds more
ker line up to that time. Characteristics hindered further speed. At the same time
and performance figures printed else­ the increased wing area of the D .III let
where in this issue will verify this fact. the take-off run remain the same. The ad­
Since an actual photo of the D.V was not ditional speed, of course cut down maneu­
available, the sketch printed here will have verability to some extent, but the addi­
to suffice for the time being. tional power of the D .III gave it a higher
Generally clean design and efficient ceiling, about 15,500 feet, to which alti­
p’:cement of weights was the greatest tude it climbed in less than thirty minutes.
boon co the superior performance of the The D .III maneuvered well under 11,000
D.V. The overall length of 20' 0 " and feet altitude, but like its predecessor, be­
wing span of 28' 10" made a compact came rather unhandy near its ceiling.
fighting machine. Both wings were of
The D.IV Fokker was perhaps the first
equal span except for aileron balance over­ of the “high altitude” types of the “ D”
hang, and sweepback. The upper plane class fighters. Its steadily throbbing Mer­
was made in two pieces and carried the cedes 160 h.p. motor pulled it well over
ailerons. Beside the center section fittings the 16,500 feet altitude mark and its time
and struts, the two panels were joined di­ en route was slightly above thirty min­
rectly together by forged steel fittings utes. It was not a mile faster than the D.III
attached to spars and leading edges. In­ because of its rather low power loading.
terplane struts of steel tubes streamlined At the same time it was exactly 290 pounds
with wood, were located far out on the heavier than the D .III with the same
wing span, and were set slightly off paral­ horse-power. Being much larger in wing
lel to aid in counteracting any movement area the D.IV had no trouble maneuver­
caused by the sweepback. The usual inter­ ing at reasonable altitudes and because of
50C
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plane wiring strengthened the cellule con­ its balanced ailerons, could get out of
siderably. Tail surfaces were identical to most any Allied pilot’s gun range above
those of the previous D. types in design
although their dimensions might be vari­
15,000 feet.
With speed the prime requisite at the
able. time, the Fokker D.V was built with this
Because of the rotary motor, a large factor in mind. It was made as small as
roomy fuselage was possible. In order to any of the previous biplane Fokkers, yet
help maintain an even flow of air around was nearly 40 pounds lighter than the
the fuselage, a large spinner or “pot” as lightest one so far. With less wing area
the Germans termed it, was fitted over the than any heretofore accepted Fokker types,
propeller boss. A large stringer on each the D.V. wing and power loadings were in­
side of the fuselage running its entire dicative of speed. Good streamlining along
50c Plus Postage length did much to form an efficient fusel­ with the above mentioned factors gave the
age. D.V a top speed of 105 m.p.h. which was
A landing gear was of the same “V” the greatest speed yet readied by an ac­
type used on the previous “ D” type Fok­ cepted Fokker. However, much was sacri­
kers, but was set back on the body about ficed to obtain this speed, particularly
15" farther than on the earlier models. climb. The ceiling of the D.V was few feet
This member was wire braced in the usual over 13,000 feet and the climb to 10,000
fashion and rubber cord was the shock feet was made in the surprising time of
absorbing medium. Like its older brothers, nineteen minutes! The initial rate of climb
50c Pius Postaoo the Fokker D.V was finally relegated to could not have been more than 600 feet
the training schools for the duration of the first minute. This, of course is ridicu­
the War. lously low, which probably accounts for
These early Fokker D. type machines the fact that the D.V enjoyed a short fight­
are like many of the other early makes: ing life in the air force.
they are very seldom mentioned, photos Next month, Fokker’s interest in the
of them are very scarce, and to most read­ sea and its vehicles will be shown in the
ers are probably little more than myths. form of the Fokker seaplanes, W .I to
Therefore, this writer is pleased to pre­ W.IV inclusive.
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planes of the German Imperial Air Force. ( Continued from page 8)
The Fokker D.II was one of the most
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get off the ground with a comparatively 213 miles per hour. The air monster re­
short run and had a fair climb. Its ceiling sembles a huge flying bathtub. It is a mid­
was not high, around 14,000 feet, at wing monoplane and is constructed en­
which altitude it arrived in some thirty tirely of aluminum alloy sheets riveted to­
50c Plus Postage odd minutes. It was essentially a low alti­ gether. The wings are internally braced,
tude fighter since its top speed, 93 m.p.h. eliminating all struts and wires on the
at sea level, dropped off rapidly with alti­ outside. Power is furnished by two W right
tude, and its climbing ability was poor 9-cylinder radial engines equipped with
above 10,000 feet. Like most of the ships ring cowls. A retractable landing gear
contemporary to the Fokker D.II, it was cuts down resistance when the machine is
loggy at speeds much below its high speed in the air.
NEWARK. N. J. and slipped badly at high altitudes. ( Continued on page 40)
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How The Aeroplane Was Created
THE OLD
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stead, they discovered that at twenty-five
miles per hour it Avould be supported at
an angle of twenty degrees rather than
three degrees.
Notwithstanding some attending suc­
cess, they were disappointed to discover
that they had spent totally only a little over
VON HAUPTMAUN’S DV11 two minutes in the air. So, back to Day-
ton they went for further experimenting.
.A N D NE ! In 1901 they built a new biplane glider of
308 square feet surface area. It was four­
teen feet long and had a wing spread of
twenty-two feet with a gap of six feet be­
tween surfaces. During a trial flight in a
thirteen mile wind, from a height of three
hundred feet, it nose dived and nearly end­
ed in disaster. Its flights were very erratic
although better flights were made after
the wing was trimmed down to reduce the
curvature. Despite this, they were dissat­
isfied and decided that a small fore surface
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death head Insignia. The Boeing is an exact scale dupli­
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duplicate of those used by the Navy’s crack air unit,
They also decided that a rudder and the
the famous High H at Squadron. Every detail ha3 been
faithfully carried out In this sensational model. Order
warping wings supplied the best method
them both. Compare the difference. Noto tho advances of lateral control. For all of this, the fall
made in aviation since those memorable days of the War.
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an institute of nine hundred engineers,
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At the end of 1902 they again headed to­
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work and assisted them. During Septem­
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seven hundred and one thousand glides in
winds with a velocity as high as thirty-six
miles per hour and remained aloft as long
as sixty seconds.
Since 1842 during the days of Henson
and Stringfellow, almost all experiment­
ers had attempted to solve the problems
of stability and power application in one
gesture. The W right Brothers realized
that these were two separate and distinct
problems and the solution of one did not
solve the other.
As early as 1903, the brothers decided
that with the problem of stability fairly
well conquered, they had learned enough
about gliding to warrant the application
of power to their machine. They also real­
ized that, although their wind tunnel ex­
periments had given them much valuable
information, this still was not sufficient to
determine all of the controlling factors in
flight.
Diligent search failed to reveal a sat­
isfactory motor for their use, so they con­
structed their own power plant. It was a
four cylinder engine with a four inch bore
and stroke, and weighed 179 pounds. It
developed twelve horse-power at 1090 rev­
olutions per minute and was geared down
to twin propellers through bicycle chains
and sprockets. Much trouble was ex­
perienced with propellers although the
Wrights had hoped that the researches of
marine engineers would help. But unfor­
tunately these engineers were as much in
the dark themselves, even years after the
marine propeller had been in use. They
solved it as best they could and soon had
a pair of laminated propellers ready.
These turned in opposite directions at
three hundred fifty revolutions per minute
through the reduction drive.
By September 23, 1903, the machine
was ready for trial at Kitty Hawk, N. C.,
but unexpected trouble developed in the
propeller shafts and W ilbur had to hasten
back to Dayton to make others. December
12th saw the machine ready once more, but
freezing, squally winds delayed them until
the 14th.
A flip of a coin elected W ilbur to first
trial and he took his place in the machine.
A short run on the monorail track pre­
pared for it and the machine took a sud­
den hop, rose several feet and slipped back
to the ground due to a slipping, restrain­
ing wire. It was damaged in landing and
three days more were consumed in re­
pairing it. On December 17th, 1903, with
the machine ready again and Orville’s
turn at the controls, the trials were re­
sumed. The motor started perfectly and
the machine moved forward with Wilbur
running alongside to steady it on the track
until it reached the end of its run. This
time the machine rose slowly to a height of
ten feet and suddenly darted forward in a
very erratic fashion, with the forward
control seeming to give Orville difficulty.
Finally, after a flight of twelve seconds,
it settled back to earth.
Thus is recorded the first power-driven
flight by man, the first flying machine to
raise itself in full flight and land as high
as it started.
Wilbur was next in turn that day and
he succeeded in making a flight of 852
feet from the starting point, for a dura­
tion of 59 seconds. Altogether four flights
were made, the best time, however, being
recorded on the second flight. Later, a sud­
den gust of wind caught the wings of the
machine and overturned it, inflicting such
damage that further flight was impossible.
This momentous event was witnessed by
five people, four of whom were members
of the U. S. Coast Guard.
Reassured by this success, they sought
to correct some weaknesses of structure
and also to devise a new method of launch­
ing. Later in 1904 they developed a tower
with a pulley over which ran a rope at­
tached to a six hundred pound weight
somewhat similar to a pile driver. This
made it easier to take off by virtue of a
higher initial speed. In this same year
they attempted to demonstrate their ma-
( Continued· on fage. 40)
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Wings Of The Army
( Continued from 'page 36)
Another new model that is attracting
considerable attention is the Boeing B-9.
This ship is a low-wing monoplane, pow­
ered with two Hornet 525 horse-power en­
gines, carried in nacelles faired into the
wings on either side of the fuselage. It is
manned by a crew of five. A bomb load of
one ton is carried. The speed of the ship is
188 miles per hour, which is faster than
standard pursuit planes of a few years
ago. The landing gear is of the retractable
type.
The Douglas B-7, another late design,
is a gull-wing monoplane. This means that
the wings drop into the fuselage much as
the wings of a sea gull curve downward
into its body. The B-7 is externally braced
with a metal monocoque fuselage. Power
is provided by two Conqueror engines,
carried in nacelles suspended by struts
from the wings on either side of the fuse­
lage. A crew of three is carried in tandem.
Machine-guns are carried fore and aft and
a complement of bombs is slung beneath
the fuselage.
Other types of bombers in the Air Corps
are the Curtiss Condor B-2, a biplane type,
with a wingspread of 90 feet, two Con­
queror engines, a crew of five, a maximum
bomb load of 4,000 pounds and a top speed
of 143 miles per hour and the Keystone
B-3A biplane with a wingspread of 75
feet, two Hornet engines, a crew of five,
a bomb load of 2,000 pounds and a top
speed of 120 miles per hour. These ships
are now being replaced, however, by the
new Martin Bomber that has been termed
the world’s most deadly airplane.
Observation planes are the “eyes of the
Army.” They are sky spies, flying deep
within enemy lines and obtaining informa­
tion as to movements, troop concentration
and other essential facts. They map and
photograph enemy positions. Photographs
are also taken of enemy targets that have
been bombed by friendly bombardment so
that the exact damage inflicted can be com­
puted. The big guns of the field artillery
are directed by observation planes.
While not as spectacular as the other
branches, observation is essential to their
satisfactory operation, for it locates tar­
gets for the bombardment; it directs, by
means of radio, the attack planes to the
scene of battle; and it informs the pur­
suit of concentrations of enemy aircraft.
The observation plane must carry at
least one observer besides the pilot. It must
be able to stay in the air for at least four
hours at a time and must have a high ceil­
ing. Excellent visibility is of prime im­
portance. Considerable radio and photo­
graphic equipment must be carried in ad­
dition to adequate armament for protec­
tion.
The latest thing in observation equip­
ment is the Douglas 0-31. This is a mono­
plane with a smooth skin fuselage, wheel
pants, and enclosed tail wheel. Power is
furnished by a Conqueror engine, driving
a geared, three-bladed propeller. A trans­
parent cover fits over the pilot’s and ob­
server’s cockpits serving the dual purpose
of better streamlining and protection for
personnel.
The wings are of gull-type construction,
affording unusually good visibility and are
faired directly into the fuselage. In place
of a center section, there are four struts
forming a “cabane” from which wires ex­
tend down to the wings to give support.
Seen in the air, this strange craft looks
like a gigantic bat.
The plane is very fast, being in the
200-miles-an-hour class and is highly ma­
neuverable.
The standard observation models in the
Air Corps are all biplanes, being the
Thomas Morse O -l9E (Wasp engine), all-
metal except for the covering of the wings,
elevator and fin; Douglas 0-25C (Con­
queror engine) ; Douglas 0 -3 8 B (Hornet
engine) ; and Curtiss 0-39 (Conqueror en­
gine), a rejuvenated Falcon with wheel
pants and other improvements.
Military aircraft will probably not un­
dergo any such radical changes in the next
few years as have marked the progress of
the past year or two. Rather, engineers
will doubtless be occupied with minor re­
finements and in exacting a full measure
of usefulness from present types. Major
C. W. Howard, Chief of the Engineering
Section of the Air Corps, states: “The
step taken in adopting the metal mono­
coque and low-wing monoplane was a
long one, and for engineering and eco­
nomical reasons it will be well to continue
these new types in production for some
time. There remains a great deal to be
accomplished, however, towards taking
advantage of all the potential possibilities
of these new designs and types of struc­
tures.”
How The Airplane Was Created
( Continued from page 38)
chine before a group of news reporters,
but due to lagging winds and general sur­
roundings, they failed. Despite this, by
September 15 th they had their flying
machine aloft and succeeded in making a
half circle and, on September 20th a full
circular turn. December 1st they recorded
a flight of three miles and of five minutes
duration. The motor of their 1904 ma­
chine had a l/& inch larger bore and gave
greater horse-power.
In 1905 they still further improved on
their work with a machine of forty feet
span and six hundred square feet area,
weighing 125 pounds. It developed a
speed of 38 miles per hour and was fur­
ther improved by having the controls for
the wing warping and vertical rudder
combined into one. In this machine they
corrected many of the faults of its prede­
cessors and by September they had made
fifty flights. On October 5th they flew for
thirty-eight minutes, three seconds, for a
distance of 24.2 miles, making 29 unin­
terrupted circuits of a course. This same
year they appeared before the U. S. gov­
ernment and offered their machine but it
was rejected. Meanwhile the French gov­
ernment became interested in it and sought
to enter negotiations for the rights.
Official recognition by the U. S. came
in 1907 at the instigation of President
Theodore Roosevelt who read of it in the
Scientific American and they were invited
to enter bids to the government. In May
( Continued on page 44)
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.020 ..................................... 100 ft. 20c A lum inum T ubing
1/16 X V s .................................. 200 for 27c 1/16" OD—per 3 ft..............................23c
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1 X 3 ............................................. 1 for 11c R ubber Balsa W heels
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p e r dozen Y i" , 1", 1Ys" same as Balsa wheels
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V2 X % x 6 ....................................... 7c Vi oz. Btls., per doz.............................35c V/2" diam. ..................................3 for 40c
% X 1 X 7 ............................................ 16c 1 oz. tubes, per doz............................60c 2" diam...........................................3 for 55c
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stro n g est w in d s. A n y b eg in n er can build it in 10 m in. and get rem ark able flights. T h ese k its se ll th em ­
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c o m p lete fu ll sized plan , tu b e of cem en t, rubber, b u sh in gs, etc., e v er y th in g n ecessa ry to b u ild com plete
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Air-Ways—Here And There

DISTINCTIVE MODELS (Continued front -page 27)
A lle n to w n M o d e ls r e p r e s e n t s o m e o f th e tr u e s t s c a le fly in g m o d e ls p ro d u ce d on th e
m a r k e t to d a y . T h e y a r e o u t s t a n d in g fo r th e ir b e a u t y o f d e ta il, p h e n o m e n a l flig h ts ,
u n s u r p a s s e d d e s ig n a n d s t r e n g t h in m o d e l c o n s tr u c tio n . Fury is similar to the Curtiss Hawk in its
performance. Both of these models are
built to a scale of ^4" equals 1'.
In picture No. 7 we have a “shot” of
an airport that is located in the middle of
New York City, believe it or not. It is
the private property of Stanley Rampey
of 480 Convent Avenue, New York City,
its builder. Rampey tells us that the name
of the airport was inspired by his favor­
SEVERSKY AM PH IB ION
ite magazine. We will let you guess what
BERLINER-JOYCE P-IG ARMY PURSUIT » it is. This miniature was built to scale of
F irs t with the finest Is Allentown’s creed so here Is ono Tills plane is an excellent «lider and proportionately
every hoy In the U. S. should have. better flier. It Is capable of five hundred foot flights l/ i " to 1'. As you can see, it is most
A bronr.e beauty just out of the sky with speed and with ease. Color is khaki and yellow and stands aloof
in attractiveness and distinction, rharaeterlstie of complete, even to the realistic background
detail. 20" wingspread S I.50
Allentown Kits. Weight 2 ox. 22" wingspreadQ 1 Ctf!
K it complete ..................... K it complete .................................................... and the dirigible in full flight over the
6 SOLID SCALE MODELS a t ISc each P .P.
(Large lull s h e plan—insignia—2 colored dopes— cement—body balsa— printed balsa sheet) hangars. All of the planes are constructed
Wedell Williams
Boeing P-26 Pursuit
Curtiss Condor Transport
Boeing Low-Wing Transport
Laird Super-Solution
Pitcairn Cabin Autogiro
of pine. The mechanics and pilots shown
Send for illu stra ted fo ld er on k its and supplies. A ll K its Sent P ostpaid are a little less than 24" in height. Their
Mr. D ealer: A ll dealers acq u ain ted w ith our lin e are h an dling th em e x clu siv ely . It pays placing is very ingenious to say the least.
w e ll to h a n d le d istin ctiv e m od els. W rite n o w for your prices.
Allentown Model Airplane & Supply Shop allentown,rpenna. You will notice that two of them are plac­
_______________ Eastern Distributor—C. W. Sensenbach, 6966 Clinton Road, Upper Darby, Pa. ing the cowling of the Boeing F4B-3 in
position. The propeller for this plane is
ALUMINUM PARTS being carried by two other figures im­

LOOK! LOOK!
COLORED TISSUE
SHEETS 12" WIDE 2 sheets ........................ 5o mediately to the right of the ship. The
.003...........................ft. 12c I doz. shts....................20c
.005...........................ft. I2e
.008...........................ft. 15c per SU PER FIN E TISSUE administration building and the hangars
sheet. 18x24..........8c
W ith ev ery order of $1.00 or m ore, w e w ill .010...........................ft. 18c WOOD VENEER PAPER are made of cardboard; the field is of
g iv e you A B SO L U TE L Y FREE our sp ecial TUBING .010 WALL
TW IN PU SH ER KIT. We m ake no e x tr a v a ­ 1/16 O. D.................ft. 5c
per sheet, 20x30............15c similar construction. The whole layout
gant claim s for th is m od el, b u t ex p erien ce 3/32 O. D.................ft. 6c l/IG X BAMBOO X 15 per doz. 9c has been finished in enamel which ac­
has proven th at it w ill fly for at lea st 8 m ins. 1/ 8 0. D................. ft. 7c
D on’t forget— IT ’S FREE—w ith ev ery order 3 'IG 0. D................. ft. 8c .045 sq...............50 RUBBER
ft. 12c
counts for the reflections which are shown
o f $1.00 or over. Sim ply add 15c for packin g DOPE. BANANA OIL,
and postage. __________ THINNER
1/16" sq...........50 ft. 15c
1 / 8 flat ........ 25 ft. 8c
in the picture. The streaks of sunlight
BALSA WOOD SHEETS
2 oz.................................. 7c 3/1 6 flat ........ 25 ft. 12c
1 p t.................................. 40c
which radiate from the windows and the
STRIPS 18" Longths BEARINGS roof of the middle hangar, give a very
1 /3 2 X 2 ................2 fo r 3c COLORLESS CEMENT Large and Small
18" Lengths 1 /1 6 X 2 ................3 for 5c 2 oz.................................. 9c each .......................... I Vic
Γ/Ι6 X 1/16....... 30 for 5e 3 / 3 2 X 2 ....................2c each 1 p t...................................55c per doz....................... 15c
realistic effect. The background is done
l/IG X 1/ 8 .........22 for 5c 1/ 8 X 2 ................2 for 5c COLORED DOPE WASHERS in water colors. Unquestionably this job
1/ 8 X 1/ 8 .........16 for 5c 3 / 1 6 X 2 .................. 3c each 2 oz.................................. 9c Va or Ά X 15 per doz. 2c
1/ 8 X 1/ 4 ...........9 for 5c 1 / 4 X 2 .................. 4c each I pt...................................55c WINDERS is one of the neatest jobs of this type
1/ 4 X 1 / 4 ..........6 for 5c BALSA BALLOON
WHEELS MUSIC WIRE
dbl. geared—4(4 tol. 25c which has been called to our attention.
PLANKS No order
Vi in dia. per p a ir . . 2c 10 ft..................................3c cepted. Add 15c for pack­
under 50e ac­
36" Lengths 3/ λ in. d ia. per p a ir. 3c REED
The Douglas Dolphin, shown in picture
ing. postago on orders
1 X 2X 3 6 ................18c each
2 X 2X 3 6 ...............30c each 2
I'/ t in. d ia. per p a ir. be 1/1 6 " dia............ 12 ft. 5c
in. d ia . p er p a ir. 10c 1 / 8" dia............ 12 ft. 6c
under $1.50. Over SI.50 No. 8, was constructed by Russell Camp.
add 10%. West of Miss,
2 X 3X 36 ........... 40c each
2 X 6X 3 6 ...............75c each
CELLULO ID PARTS JAPANESE TISSUE add 10c to above. For­ This ship won first place for him in one
WH ZELS 3 sheets ...................... 6c eign orders add 25c. No
PROP BLOCKS 3A 5'c I doz. shts......................15c stamps. of the major contests in 1933. All the
1 6c parts are hand-made, including the pro­
% X % X 5 . . . . 8 fo r 1% 8e
.7 for
Vi X % X 6.
% XI X 7. .4 for 1% ............Pr. 12c
M o d e l S u p p l y Co. peller and wheels. This is one of the

AIRO
SHEETS
% X Ι '/β X 8 .
% X l'/ j X 10.
.2 for
2 for 2" X 6 " . . . . 3c 3 2 8 Park Ave. swellest jobs of model building that we
Va X I '/ j X 12. .2 for 10c COWLINGS
15c Baltimore - Maryland have seen. Close examination will show
Va X iV i X 14___ 2 for 13c 2 '/,’ diam .
the great detail into which Camp has gone,
to make this model realistic.
Look fo r the May Issue o f Glen Courtwright of 222 College St.,
Lincoln, 111., one of our old contributors,
Universal Model Airplane News sends us picture No. 9 of his Nieuport
28. This is a detail scale flying model
on Sale a t A ll Newsstands built to a scale of 24” to T- The wing
April 6 contains thirty ribs. Back of the cockpit,
twenty-four stringers resemble the con­
struction of the big ship. The rotary mo­
N E W ! ! N E W ! ! “ folder-pah” K IT S tor spins wifn the prop. Courtwright has
T he b ig g est k it im p ro v em en t in y ea rs . . . A ll y o u can see w h a t’s in it, n oth in g s h id d en , even scaled down the smell of the motor,
parts are n e a tly fa sten ed on a fo ld ed p a n el ORDER YOUR “ fold cr-p ak ” T ODAY; th e se having smeared it with castor oil and then
17 in. b y 11 in. E v er y th in g ’s read y fo r u s e a re th e m ost com plete Kits on th e m arket,
w h e n need ed . Sm all parts ca n ’t b e lo st . . . T h ey en a b le you to bu ild h an dsom e, au th e n - heated it to give the characteristic odor.
W hen a d ea ler sh o w s y o u a “ fo ld er -p a k ” tic, sca le m od els th a t are w o n d e r fu l flyers.
Courtwright passes on a hint which
P O S T P A ID may be of benefit to the readers. Having
(1 6 ” model)
\ WOOD '
‘ parts ONLY run out of banana oil he bought some
each
clear gum lacquer from a casket factory,
Kits Contain:
Printed milk-white balsa. which he then thinned down with acetone.
Whitfield colored tissue.
Hollow aluminum wheels.
He says it works very well for sticking
Complete colored Insignia. on tissue paper. He used two thin coats
Printed wing lettering. on the Nieuport before coloring, and one
Dope and cement.
Instrument board. GU3TI55 SWIFT after. He says that the lacquer is much
Dummy pilot. better than banana oil for filling in balsa,
Aluminum motor plato on
P-12 before coloring is applied. A’ very glossy
Windshield, rubber,
washers, etc. finish is obtained with it and little weight
D E A L E R S , JOBBERS, is added.
“ folder - paks’* sell fa s t, Martin B. Schrader of 3 Rockland
W rite today.
Ave., Yonkers, N. Y., proves himself to
VIKING AIRCRAFT COMPANY Dept. 1-D Hamilton, Ohio be another excellent model builder who
has joined our Air Ways section. He
 U N IV E R S A L M O D E L A IR P L A N E N EW S A P R IL
1 -9 -3 -4 43
sends us picture No. 10 of his Fleet Kin- C om pare w ith
ner Trainer. We cannot call this ship a
model airplane for it is in exact detail. In
A n y K itl iv h e g o w s
fact, it is a true miniature of the large
ship; even the stabilizer is adjustable.
Honorable mention must be given to
L. E. Manley of 1521 Diana Ave., Cin­
cinnati, Ohio, for his excellent work
ABBOWr f LEIET MODEL ^ PLANES
shown in the construction of the S.E.5A A orcat scries for serious model airplane builders . . . real replicas . . . and what features: cut-out Noso
Block, New Illustrated Instruction Sheet. . . . Not a mass of hard-to-read type.
in picture No. 11. It has a wing span of . Full size 3-view working drawings, with ILLUSTRATED INSTRUCTIONS th a t aro
A A j í a A O . arranged in a simple manner, so th a t any one can follow them without having to tathom
68^4//. The fuselage is solid except for a mass of unnecessary details. Balsa sheet with printed ribs and formers: CUT-OUT NOSE BLOCK; balsa strips
the hollowed-out cockpit and turtle-back cut to size: hardwood thrust bearing; carved balsa propeller: finished hardwood wheels: two sheets of japaneso
tissue; ono bottle each cement and banana o il; rubber for motor; washers and finished w ire-fittings.
which is built up. The glossy finish on
the ship was obtained by a coat of Duco
applied over the doped parts.
Here is another beauty. It is the Curtiss
Hawk P6E shown in picture No. 12,
built by Clinton Hardin of 924 S. Hill
St., Los Angeles, Cal. It is a solid scale
model with a silk covering over ribs made
of thread. It has controls, instrument
board, machine-guns and sight. The pro­
peller is metal and hand-made.
In order not to slight the flying scale 20" CURTISS HAW K P6E 50c Plus Sc Plus 5c
Postaoc Postaoc
model builders we have inserted picture
No. 13, which shows a model Aeronca
in full flight. It was built by D. T.
Hall of 728,^2 Haywood Road, W. Ashe­
ville, N. C. As the picture shows, this
ship is no slouch at flying. It takes its
place among the finest flying models that
we have seen.

CLUB NEWS
Rymer-Wilson Model Club
Picture No. 14 shows a collection of 20" Great Lakes Trainer 50c Postaqc 20" POLISH FIGHŤER 50c -pňnus
« ta n5
nc
models built by members of the Rymer-
Wilson Model Club of Akron, Ohio. This
club now has a membership of one hun­
dred boys, all of whom are excellent
model builders. The club holds excellent
contests every two weeks in one of the
large gyms of Akron. Dues of five cents
a week from each member help to provide
prizes and take care of other expenses of
the club. The club is especially interested
in exact detail flying scale models. Like 20" NEW FAIRCHILD “22” 50c Plus 5e
Postáno 20" AERONCA Postaoc
many other model builders they have M E G O W 'S 18"
found that it is very difficult to keep the WE CONTINUE
model true to scale and yet have it fly Flying Scale Models
properly. Two or three big contests are Complete to - TO GIVE TO
last detail. I I | p
held every year at the Municipal Airport. BELLANCA
WACO CABIN
I K U DEALERS
MONOCOUPE U |J KITS THEY CAN
Comet Replica Model Contest Plus C di
Postaoo
18" VOUGHT CORSAIR
CONTINUE
With the avowed purpose of increas­ (ILLUSTRATED) ^ Γ » TO SELL
The type plane ordered “I t C
ing the ranks of the nation’s model air­ by U. S. N avy.. . . . . .
plane builders, the Comet Model Airplane
& Supply Company has launched a na­ Flying Scale
tion-wide contest for replica models. Models
Thirty prizes, including a fifty-five dollar
bicycle, moving picture camera and pro­ V
jector, wrist watch and many other valu­
able prizes, will be presented to the win­ HELL BOEING
PI2B
ners of this contest. DIVER
The contest will be judged on the basis
of accuracy and workmanship in building
one or more of the types and wing spans
shown in the announcement of this con­ SPAD
test on the inside back cover of this issue.
Entry blanks may be obtained by ap­
plying to your local dealer or by sending
the name and address of your dealer direct
to the Comet Model Airplane & Supply
M odel » A irplane· S hop
N. E. COR. HOWARD & NORRIS STS., PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Company. DEALERS: Write for Details and Discounts
rin g rem it cash o r M oney O rd ers A d d 5 c ( in coin o r sta m p s) f o r p o sta g e on each k it
( Continued on -page 45)
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How The Airplane Was Created

»K ««·
G-inch
Scale M odel K its
2 for 30c postpaid
(If Insured Oc extra)
Including scalo drawing, instructions, balsa wood, 2 wliools,
metal prop, sandnaper, cement and lacquer. Your cliolco of
the following 24 snappy models:
NC I Gee-Bee Sportster
NC 2 Lockheed Sirius
NC 3 Wcdell Williams
Racer
NC 4 Heath Parasol
NC 5 Lockheed Voga
NC G Fairchild 24
NC 7 Boeing Pursuit
NC 8 French Brcguet
NC 9 Pitcairn Super-
Mailwing
NC 10 Curtiss P ursuit
NC II Pi-Haviland Gypsy
Moth
NC 12 Curtiss Fledgeling
NC 13 British Super-
marine
NC 14 Hawks’ Sky Chief
NC 15 Boeing Multi Mo­
tor Transport
NC IG Boeing P26 P u r­
suit
NC 17 Curtiss A8 Shrike
NC 18 Pitcairn Auto Giro
NC 19 Vought Corsair
NC 20 British Gloucester
Fighter
NC 21 Bristol Fighter
NC 22 German Fokker
1918
NC 23 Nieuport 1918
NC 24 Spad 1918
( Continued from -page 40)
1907, Orville went to Kill Devil Hill to
conduct tests on a new machine. The spe­
cifications called for a machine capable
of carrying a pilot and passenger, plus
fuel for a flight of 125 miles at forty
miles per hour. They were to receive $25,-
000 and an additional bonus of $2,500
for each mile over forty miles per hour.
Meanwhile, hoping to close a contract
with the French government, W ilbur went
to France in June 1907, but their machine
was tied up in a customs house due to
political intrigue and negotiations failed,
so he came back to assist Orville with his
work for the U. S. government. However,
in 1908 he returned to Europe and con­
cluded a deal with a French syndicate,
receiving $100,000 for the foreign rights,
F a s te s t S p e e d S h ip
in the Air!
T1 U F T? APT F
rlL l
—New kind of plane—build
lt {rom Ο ΙΛΧΤ G f00t
square “ Step” Plan, New "S p carth ru st" Power
prop design. Thu EAGLE Jumps off «round like
a shot—levels, streaks thru air like madl NEW
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top, Forward-Angled landing «ear. NO longerons
to bend, NEW EA GLE-CRAFT Designed pants!
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PAUL K. GUILLOW Orville’s work completed, the new ma­
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U N IV E R S A L M O D EL AIRPLA*NE N EW S I-9 -3 -4 45
control was accomplished by movable flaps Picture No. 15 shows some of the in the country. It has grown to such pro­
placed between the wings, thereby differ­ judges o.f the contest. The judges are, left portions that they found it propitious to
ing from the warping wing of the to right, Casey Jones, Capt. E. V. Ricken- form a club paper for interesting news of
Wrights’. backer, Comdr. Frank W. fflwvks, and the activities of this club. We suggest that
It was to settle this controversy that the T. Park Hay. Your eefitor, Cliarle's H. you write to Mr. J. E. Konkle of 185 S.
Wrights were forced into a long legal Grant is also ond of the judges. He was High St., Columbus, Ohio, for more in­
battle to establish their rights and our there in spirit but does not show in formation.
next chapter will deal with this and also the picture. From the interest taken in
this contest, it is one of the greatest ifcale
“Call” Model Contest
show how quickly the art of flying devel­
oped with the increasing number of en­ model contests ever held in the country. No doubt you have beard of the solid
scale model contest being run by the New­
trants into the field. Freeland Model Club ark Sunday Call newspaper.
Gordon L. Everett of 408 Adams St., The first model in the series was a Pit­
Air-Ways—Here And There Freeland, Pa., writes us and tells us some­ cairn Mailwing scaled down to a foot.
(Continued from -page 43) thing qf the model activity in his home The winner was William Koch, a member
town. He has recently formed a m.odel of the Orion Aero Shop. Some of the
Notice clqb. This club started with three mem­ details of his ship are: movable controls,
We wish to rectify a mistake made in bers and now has over fifty. The dub is instrument board, complete built-up mo­
.the A ir Ways section of the February aided by an aviation expert from a near-by tor, flare chutes, mail compartment with
issue. Picture No. 4 shows a plane which city. The contest which was held last sum­ hinged hatchway, etc.
was built by Jack Berry, Jr., not De mer aroused the whole community and at
Bremond Hoffman. present, plans have been formed to have Correspondents Wanted
contests this winter. The club uses a very F. Leroy Hart of Fairland, Okla.,
T.W.A. Scale Model Contest excellent system of operation. It is di­ wishes to get in touch with persons who
The contest being held by the T.W.A. vided into squadrons of considerable size, have back issues of Model Airplane News
Lines, sponsored by the Aero Model each headed by a veteran builder. for sale or trade. He is also willing to
Builders Guild, Hempstead, L. I., is pro­ Thus beginners may take advantage of the swap a chemical la'b, plans, etc., for any­
gressing with leaps and bounds. A tre­ experience of the boys who have been in thing concerned with the making of model
mendous response has been received from the model game for a longer time. The airplanes. (Here is a model fan for you).
model enthusiasts in every section of the members meet twice a week in rooms at Joseph Feder of 2618 S. 6th St., Phila­
country. For this reason it has been de­ the local Y.M.C.A'. where they have been delphia, Pa., wants young men to write
cided to extend the period of the contest given facilities for working, through the to him who have pictures, magazines, pho­
for one month, to midnight, March 28, courtesy of the local Y.M.C.A. superin­ tos, airplane supplies and other sundries
1934. The contestants are required to tendent. to trade.
send pictures of a model which they have Albert J. Durst of 11 Martin Street,
built from a Zip Kit of the new Douglas Columbus Society of Model Engineers Haber-field, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia,
Transport. This club is one of the must active ones ( Continued on page 48)

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46 1-9 -3- 4 U N IV ERSA L M ODEL A IR PL A N E NEW S
The Aerodynamic Design Of The
*90-F00T HIGH Indoor RECORD!* Model Plane
( Continued from -page 34)
At ^ 2° or 1° this force S is quite small.
However, suppose the airplane is nosed
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Gliding angle without flaps. 15 to 1
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headroom, control of temperature and ven­ Both planes are built in the same man­ may be most easily made with a sharp
tilation. ner. If you desire to construct the models razor blade.
Motor and propeller noises are reduced in the same prooortions as the real planes, Next carve out propeller. Pin it in place
to a minimum through the use of sound double the dimensions of the Douglas on plane and continue the rest of the
deadening insulation throughout the cabin, plans on pages No. 10 and No. 12. assembly.
and vibration is absorbed by insulating the Draw the outline of the wing on plank Using plenty of ambroid, connect the
engine on rubber-cushioned mountings. of wood and cut to shape with jig saw. wing to fuselage. When connections have
Features of easy servicing and main­ The wing is more easily made in three dried, put on tail units. Next join landing
tenance have been given special attention. pieces (the stub and right and left wing gear in place. Brush all dust off model
These include a quickly detachable rubber sections). The dihedral angle may then and then apply several coats of dope. Gray
bushed steel alloy engine mount, jigged be put in when the three parts are am- or silver dope may be used.
interchangeable cowling, fully enclosed broided (glued) together. After top view
ball bearings on all controls and oversize The model or models will then be com*
is shaped out, draw front view on piece pleted.
bushings and joints at all points of wear. and cut with small, sharp chisel. Then
Stability is positive in all directions shape out the airfoil section referring to
and flight can be made for long periods cross section views. Go over the parts with Build the Thunder Cloud
with hands and feet off the controls. Full coarse and fine sandpaper. Draw lines
lateral control is maintained beyond the Camera Model
outlining flaps and ailerons on wings.
stalling point of the wing, even with flaps The same procedure is followed in form­ ( Continued from page 22)
doivn. ing the fuselage, beginning first with the
A large reduction in landing speed and in the fuselage. The upper wing center
side view, then top and front views. The
length of glide has been obtained by the section struts are strapped to the fuselage,
wing fillets may be made of putty when
use of split trailing edge flaps. With the the tail assemblies are installed, and the
the wing has been connected to the fuse­
flaps in full down position, the maximum camera fitted firmly in the nose section,
lage. outer bay struts are fitted into place and
lift of the airfoil is increased 35% and
the drag by 300% . The combination ex­ The cabins may be hollowed out and a pins slipped in.
tends the usefulness and safety of the ship dummy motor may be inserted in cowling.
by a large margin for the reason that small If you wish to do so, sandpaper all of Flying
and obstructed fields hitherto considered fuselage. The builders of the “Thunder Cloud”
unsafe, can now be flown into and out of Make all tail surfaces in same manner first tested their model at a nearby airport
by any average pilot. By the same reason, as wing, but substitute razor blade for and found it held more attraction than did
forced landings lose much of their terror chisel in cutting around outline. The tail the airplanes. Here is a word to the wise
and liability to accidents and crash. surfaces are composed of the rudder, fin, in first testing their model. Get as large
The accompanying plans will give full stabilizer, and elevators. a level space as possible, do your first test­
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V* O. 11. . 01% doz.,
Small slzo:
.15 for 100

1 /8 x l/S 18 for .08 14 O. » . .0114 doz..

.15 for 100
1 /8 x3/10 18 for .00
PROPELLER BLOCKS CELLULOID BALLOON ALUMINUM IT.&MS MAJESTIC CEMENT
1 /8 x l/ 4 18 for .12 TIRE WHEELS TUBING
*1 DO OUP PART
%x %X 5 ..........6 for .05 1 oz. tuho ..................... 06
3/16x3/16 9 for .06 Vj X % x 6 .......... 6 for .07 1%·" .................... 15c pair 1 /8 O. D.................ft.. .07 WE DO OUR PART
2 oz. tuho ..................... 08
3/16x1/4 8 for .07 % xl X 7 .......... 3 for .05 1% " .................... 20c pair 3 /1 6 O. D.................ft.. .09 4 oz cans ..................... 16
1 /4 x l / l 8 for .08 % xl X S ..........2 for .05 1 /4 Ο. I).................ft.. .11
% xl% xl0 .......... 2 for .09 REED DRAG RINGS CLEAR DOPE
1 /4 x3/S 6 for .08 ?ίχ1%χ11 ...........2 for .10 1 /1 6 or 1 / 8 . . . . 1 ft. .01 1" ..................................... 15
%χ1Μχ12 .......................06 2 oz. ........................... 09
1 /4 x l/ 2 5 for .09 COLORED TISSUE H 4 " ......................... .15 4 oz.....................................17
% xl% xl2 .......................07 Blue, Bed, Brown, Orniutc. 2" ..................................... 19
3 /8 x3/8 4 for .09 1x114x13 .......................08 2 Μ;" .................................23 COLORED DOPE
20x24 ................ 2 for .1X3
1 /2 x l/ 2 4 for .10 % x l!4 x l4 .......................09 3" .....................................28 Bed. bluo. orange, yellow,
lx l% x l6 .......................15 BUSHINGS SHEET ALUMINUM silver, black and olivo
Sheets— 18" Lengths 4 for........................ A .02 12" wide drab.
DOWELS 18" Lengths .003 ...............ft.. .12 2 oz....................................12
1 / 8 ............................ 0114 MUSIC WIRE .005 .............. ft.. .15 4 oz....................................20
1/32x1 ............... 4 for .04 3 /1 6 ............................ 02 2 feet................................ 01
1/32x2 ............... 3 for .05 N. A. C. A. COWLINGS
1 / 4 ............................ 03 1" ..................................... 15 ACETONE
1/16x1 ............... 4 for .05 DUMMY MOTORS
1/16x2 ............... 5 for .10 BAMBOO 1 % " (flam............. .16 114" .................................15 Otherwise known as
1 /8 xl ............... 4 for .03 1/16x1/4x11...........01 each 2" ..................................... 19 thinner
3" dium.........................30 2 oz.....................................09
1 /8 x2 ............... 4 for .10 dor.......................... .09 214" ............... 23
3/16x1 ............... 2 for .06 1/16x1/ lx S...........01 each TURNED BALSA 3 " .......................... 29 4 oz.....................................17
3/16x2 ............... 2 for .08 doz. ..................... .08 WHEELS THRUST BEARINGS
1 /4 x l ............... 2 for .07 1" ........................ 5c pair
1 /4 x2 ............... 2 for .09 SHREDDED BAMBOO HOW TO ORDER — We Small .025 hole:
1 /2 xl ............... 2 for .11 1 /64x1/64 .............04 doz. 1?»" .................... 8c«palr pay postago on all orders Doz., 13 . . . .each. 0114
1/32x1/32 .............03 doz. 1% " ..................... 10c pair In t h e U n i to d States Largo .035 hole:
1 /2 x2 ............... 2 for .15 2" ......................... 12c pair amounting to $1.00 or over. Doz.. 15 . . t^ach, 0114
PLANK BALSA JAPANESE TISSUE SHEET CELLULOID Wo do not accept C.O .D.'s
W hite 20x24___ 3 for .05 or foreign money. A ll Ca­ MODELMAKING PINS
XTRA FIN E TISSUE P e r Sheet......................... 5c
1x1x18 nadian orders 25c addi­ P kgc................................... 05
1x2x18 20x15 ............................... 05 RUBBER tional for packago postage.
1x3x18 CELLULOID WHEELS 1/3 2 Bit............... 50 ft. .12 All orders under $1.00 add SAND PAPER
1x6x18 ■31" .......................06 pair 1 /1 6 Bit............... 30 ft. .16 15c for packago and post­ 2 sheets .......................05
2x2x18 1" .......................08 pair 3 /3 2 f l a t .......... 50 ft. .17 age. Add 10c additional
2x3x18 1% " .......................13 pair 1 /8 f l a t .......... 50 ft. .17 when plank balsa is or­ BRUSHES
2x6xlS 45 1% " ....................... 15 pair 3 /1 6 f l a t .......... 50 ft. .22 dered. each ................................. 05

Majestic Model Airplanes * A m e r ic a s M o st C om plete M o d e l A irp la n e S u p p ly H ou se

815 BROADWAY, Dept. AN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

 APRIL
48 1-9-3-4 UNIVERSAL MODEL A IR PL A N E NEWS

Air-Ways—Here And There

CLASSIFIED ( Continued- from page 45)
would like to correspond with any model
DIRECTORY builder who is interested in gasoline
planes and engines.
John G. Pritchard of 344 S. Second $3.00
Advertise in this directory for quick profitable results. St., Bangor, Pa., would like to correspond
Rato: 10c per word. Cash with order. Minimum space,
IG words. May ads. must he in by March 5th. with English model builders. Will some­
one in England get in touch with him?
BALSA Sheets; 1/16 x 2 x 30, 2 for 5c. Minimum 10 Joseph Shields ot 76 State St., Auburn, BOYS
THESE
sheets, 10c postage. Prico list, postcard. Alpine Supply,
4912 i::th Ave., Bklyn. N. V.__________________________
N. Y., would like to correspond with any SHIPS
ARE
NEW Manual and price list for model airplanes, 5c coin. one in Germany or Austria (H err Hitler GREAT
Includes scicntilic, fly imt scale models, Mlcrotilm and STUFF
many special items. Healers write! A rt’s Supply, 215 included). He wishes to exchange pic­
Mountain Ave,, Arlington, Mass._______________________ tures of wartime, individual or squadron
FINISH ED 3% " Booing 1* 12 K or 3 3 /1 6 " Spad “ 13.” Send 10c
55c; 1 !4" Waco Cabin, 05c; Fokker D7 or D8. 35c. insignia markings used on army airplanes. for Lt. Powers’ Aero­
nautical Dictionary.
5c bring3 complete catalog. Gcneseo A ircraft, 141 Wcst-
ilcid St., ltochester. Is’. Y.______________________________ Letters may be written in German. Price list
GENERAL A ristocrat cabin monoplane, 24" living scalo
model. K it, complete $1.25. 1L & 0 . Model Shop, 1731
Oak. New Albany. Indiana._____________________________
CATALOG on Special Indoor Supplies;
Francis C. Powers of 5 Meadow St.,
Salem, Mass., would like to correspond
3c stamp.Wo with some young fellow about 21 years
arc "the Indoor S pecialists." Jasco, 328 East Gtli St.,
FLYING
KITS
e n « F ly in g M odels— 18 in . W ingspan
SOLID
O U D W A SP— HORNET— TRAVE LAIR
New York City,________________________________________ old, interested in aviation, who lives in STINSO N —CURTISS ROBIN —FLEET
BALSA Cutter, 5l)c postpaid. Guaranteed safe and efll- A ll parts cu t, n otch ed , turned,
cienl. Hubert J. H cthurington, 4526 Corliss S t., Los Calif. (We wonder if this young man is a
Angeles, Cal.__________________________________________ read y for stream lin in g. EACH, D U C
FREE Airplane K its. Any make. D etails 10c. Michael
stamp collector and whether or not Calif, A IR C R A F T M O D E L S CO. O F A M E R IC A
Mango, 223 So. Orange Ave., Newark, X. J.____________ has just issued a new stamp). 29 Bartholomew Avenue Hartford, Conn.
FREE i ’rlce List. Your address on a post card brings it. Alien Clark of 1 St. Minuer Ave., N.
Model Aero Shop. Huntington. X. Y.___________________
SAVE Monoy! Balsa scrap bundle. All wood usable. L ib ­
eral assortment of strips, sheets, blocks, $2.00 value for
Sydney, Australia, wants someone to cor­ BIG MONEY Assembling
respond with him. He will be glad to
75c postpaid. Lim ited supply. Model Co., 1140 53rd
St., Itklvii, N. Y.______________________________________
NEW 12" R. O. G. kit. 15c postpaid. Guaranteed com-
plete. Oi Ion Aero Shop, 319 So. 21st St., Irvington, X, J.
exchange plans, planes or other articles.
Here is a chance for someone to acquire
N EWBOATdays
M.k. Μ;«.η onlUi IIlbK„1Κ1-ΓΛΚ
NEW! 1‘lastlc Balsa Wood. Wonderful to make things. you «only αιι··ιΜι at hora· in t di)i from
Send 10c for large sample. P lastic Balsa Co.. 1428 A t- an Australian model. r«»yUl< “cut-to-ar KIL |1LH r o . f i .
»•*ct'-ry it-Hexter. CaVl
lantle Ave., Bklyn, N. V.______________________________ paddle worthy K**t · s+arpust iMnr «Jio*t (Cora·
JOBBERS, K it Manufacturers and Clubs. Wo manufac­ now GIVEN plete Silling Rig. λ tew doHere «xtrftl. Reek
with your Offer*
tor for Uluatrnud iold*r tad Free I· PtMt
ture balsa wood wheels, thrust bearings, and balsa
cowlings. Our quality is tho best obtainable yet low Aviation Advisory Board Kl-Ynk — if M
EADGLIDERS 1ŽS.M
ark·«
ptlces. Send for samples and price list. Hainoy Model you burry!
Supply Co., 1966 W. Davison, D etroit. Mich,___________ ( Continued from page 32)
ANNOUNCING a New Line of Scale F lying Models
FM -1 Curtiss F9C-2 D irigible Scout, span 19%". This
model is accurately reproduced even to radio antenna,
guns, gun sights, compass, pilot tube, liook-on gear, pants
plans of a speed model, provided there
are a sufficient number of readers that
15" S T A R c
(servlre type) and navigation lights. All Insignia and
lettering drawn to correct sizes nnd In proper positions. would like to have such plans. However, F L Y E R S each
Colored: Grey fuselage, yellow and silver wings, black True-to-scalo models. Every kit
motor, ring and pnnts. Drawings only 35c postpaid. the mania for speed models has not been complete in every detail. Plus 5e Postage
2 or more Postpaid
Reynolds Model A ircraft, Box 601, Newton. Iowa._______ Guaranteed to -
EARN Money selling kits, supplies. Not merely agent universally apparent. There are other dif­
proposition. Real help starting and building business.
W rite, enclosing stamp. Don’t delay. W illiam Snow.
ficulties and reasons. For instance, speed
Bor 521. Pawtucket. It, T._____ models must be flown indoors in order to
TRAVIS M ulti-Flex Bearing—New I entirely different, ascertain their speed accurately. If there
amazing performance. Prico 30c. Travis Model A lr-
plane Co.. Colorado Springs, Colo.____________________ is a slight wind blowing, obviously this
DEALERS and Clubs— Wrlto for our I’rlco List of Model
Alrplnne Supplies. Wo guarantee you won’t bo sorry. adds or detracts from the speed of the
1’rlces lower than ovcrl Wholesale only. United Model
Supply Co., P . O. Box 351, 16 Court St.· Bklyn, N. Y. model. The fact that these ships must be
FREE Tube Cement with price list. Send 3c stamp. flown indoors brings up another difficulty;
Universal, 139a Emerson PL. Bklyn. N. V._____________
DOPE. Acetone. Glue— % pint 30c; pint 55c; quart $1.05. that of restricted space. The model must
Add 15c packing, postage. Vesp3, 80G Exchange B ldg..
Kansas City, Mo._____________________________________ _
be confined to an exceedingly short flight
COMPLETE Kits. 12" Tractor or lfi" primary Glider. which is difficult to measure accurately
20c postpaid. Wlro parts formed, colorod tissue. Frco
Glider Included. Glenn W alters, Broad S t., Grove City. as to speed; or else it must be flown until
Pennsylvania.__________________________________________ it collides with the wall or some other
JAPANESE Model Airplano Tissue. 32 colors, also Wood
Veneer. Send for samples. See our ad. this paper with part of the building, with disastrous re­
Jap. G irl’s Face. W hitfield Paper Works. Importers.
12 Vestry Street. New York City._______________________ sults. These factors limit the activity in
AVIATION— INSTRUCTION— EQUIPMENT
this sphere of the sport, for it to make
ARMY A ir Corps gives one year free Hying course. 258 universal and rapid progress. D E A L E R S ·. W r ite fo r S p ecia l D iscou nts
hours solo flying. Salary while learning. Information
booklet telling how to qualify and apply, 28c. ’ Used
Airplanes, $85 and up. Catalog 10c. Fedoral Equipment S ta r M o d e l A e r o S h o p l?"arn . sí:
Co.· I)ept. 10. Deerpark, Ohio._________________________
ROBOT releases parachute jumper and steers ship. D irec­
tions and metal parts adaptable to 13" planes and larger;
30 cents coin postpaid. Ponus Model Co., Box 170,
Springdale. Conn._________________________ __
PRICE-QUALITY-SERVICE
18" BALSA WOOD MACHINE-CUT BALSA
1/18x1/16 55 for .05 PROPS
______________________ PATENTS______________________ 1 /1 8 x 1 /8 50 for .05 5" or G " ...........................07
PERSONAL Attention. Reasonable terms. Book and In­ l / S x l / 8 ........... 20 for .05 7" or 8 " ...........................10
formation free. L. F . Randolph, Dept. 523, W ashing­ 1 /8 x 1 / I ............10 for .05 TH IN NER-DO PE-
ton. D. C. 1 / l x l / l .......... 7 for .05 CEMENT
PROP. BLOCKS 1 /2 oz.............................. 01
1 /2 x 3 / 1x0 ........... 7 for .05 1 oz................................... 08
5 / 8x1x8 ............... 3 for .08 2 oz................................... 09
3/4x1 1/4x10 . . . 2 for .08 TURNED BALSA
JAPANESE TISSUE WHEELS
White—3 sheets . . . .05 ’{·" or or l " . . . P r . .03
Colored—2 sheets ___ .05 H i or 114 or 1 : 4 . . IT. .05
CELLULOID WHEELS U. S. SPEC. COLORED
3 /4 " or 1", pr................ 07 DOPE
1 3 /8 " . pr.......................09 Orange, yellow, bluo. red.
18" BALSA SHEETS green, white, etc. 1 oz. .09
New Construction-Replica Models 1/32x2 ___ ........ 7 for .10
1/16x2 ___
3/32x2 ___
BEST PARA RUBBER
1/52 sq. or 1/16 flat. 30
ft..................................05
8 Inch Wingspan 1/8x2 ___ ........ 1 for .10 1/16 sq. or 1/16x3/32
Can bo b u ilt Into scale or flying modele. A ll parts 1/1x2 . . . . 20 ft............................. 05
and insignia arc printed in actual slzo and orig­ Reed: 1/18 or 1 32 dia.. ft. 2c. W ire: All sizes.
ft. 2c. Bamboo: 1/18x1/4x15, doz. 8c, 1/1 6 sq.
inal colors on spccal coated paper. Three view
PACKED 2 drawing, Instructions and all parts for motor unit,
50 fur 5c
20" FLYING SCALE MODELS— Monoooupo. Boe­
So* except cement ing I*-12 F. P-26, N ortluup Gamma. Akron F-9C2,
Curtis Swift, k it 05r. Plans 3 for 35c.
COMPLETE K IT .. ................ : 1 0 C POSTPAID Log Balsa—25c a bd. foot—shipped collect.
Fokker D-7 Vance Flying Wing Tlic3c prices are subject to change without notice.
Consolidated-Commodore Bcllanea-Skyrocket TTOW TO ORDKR—No rrder3 under 25c accepted.
P R IC E _ Add 15c to orders under $1.50. over $1.50 add ΙΟΊ·.
D ealer and J o b b e r W an ted Through ou t th e Add 10c for 36" lengths. Canada 10c extra.
YOUR DEALER OULY C ou n try. Dealers— W rite for Wholesale Price List
MODEL AIRPLANE CO. THE AIRCRAFT & MARINE MODEL CO. AMERICAN MODEL PRODUCTS
_____ H a ls e y S t, N e w a rk , N . J 1970 Ryder Street Brooklyn, N. Y. 1132 DcKalh Ave. Brooklyn. N. Y.
 ENTER THIS GREAT CONTEST!
Win one of these P
J u s t look a t th a t FIR ST P R IZ E! T h e very SECOND PRIZE — th e fam ous K eystone
finest R an ge r Bike t h a t ’s m ad e— th e fa ­ M ovie C am era an d electrically driven movie
mous “ A C E ” Su p cr-D cL u x c M o to r B ike p ro je c to r— ta k e s an d shows real m ovies—
w ith fu ll b a llo o n tir e s , N ew D e p a r tu r e A C T U A L V A L U E — $37.50.
C oaster B rak e, ball b earin g pedals, a u to P R IZ E T HIR D PRIZE—fam ous E lgin W rist W atch.
style electric lam p a n d ho rn w ith b a tte ry 7 jew els, 14K G old filled case, com plete w ith
and b a tte ry case, red lig h t on re a r m ud s tra p an d b u c k le — A C T U A L V A L U E —
guard, pum p , re a r carrier, 12-inch M -x ican $25.00
style saddle — A C T U A L V A LU E $55.00.
RANGER
M O VING P I C T U R E
BIKE
CAMERA+PROJ ECTOR

All y o u have to do is to2.22 PRIZE

1. Boeing F ig h ter 7. B oeing Low W ing BUILD ONE or MORE
2. Boeing T ra n s p o rt
3. D ouglas A irliner
4. R ed B ullet
5. Gee-Bee
8. C u rtiss G oshaw k
9. F o k k er D-7
10. Spad
1 1 . N o rth ro p D elta
OF THESE SOLI D REPLICAS W O R TH 37-
6 . C u rtis sH a w k P 6 -E 12. V ou g h t C orsair
All 8 " w ingspan except N os. 4 an d 5— 6 '
w ingspan. at o n l y 15 C EACH ELGIN WRI$T WATCH
Comet announces a sensational new contest, for the
purpose of introducing the new Comet line of solid
Replicas at only 15c each! Here are the simple rules
in this great contest— anybody can enter—anybody
has a chance to win one of the thirty big sensational
prizes! Start right now—go to the model airplane
dealer in your community and ask for the official
Comet Entry Blank!
RULES:
1— Any boy ag e t 5 o r u n d e r may enter.
2— M odels m ust be solid scale, o f types and w in g sp an s sh o w n in
this ad; o th e r than C om et m odels may be e n te re d .
3— E nter as m any m odels as you w ish. O nly o ne prize aw ard ed to
each co n testan t.
4— M odels w ill be judged for neatness, accuracy and w o rk m a n sh ip .
5— M odels w ill first be jud g ed by dealers and m ust be in d e a le r’s
h an d s by Ju n e 2 , 1 9 3 4 .
6— Each d ealer w ill sen d best th re e m odels to C om et to be judged

CONTENTS OF KITS
P rinted p arts on Balsa, c o lo re d dope,
cem ent, full-sized p lan, a n d all o th e r
parts necessary to build th ese m odels.
A sensational value at only
7—
in finals on Ju n e 1 6 th.
D ecisions o f judges to be final. In case o f tie, d u p lic a te prizes
w ill be aw ard ed .
W O R T H Ä S °-2
8— M odels are to be left fo r display at C om et until July 3 ts t, then
re tu rn e d to ow n ers.
9— R ew ard s w ill be given shortly after final contest is judged.
Π Γ Α Ι E D O . W rite us fo r quantity o f Entry
U L r t L t . n o · Blanks—this contest w ill be a real
business· builder fo r you, i f you w ill co-operate.
OT HER- 4th Prize —G ilbert T o o l C abinet a nd W o rk Bench · 5 th —Eversharp P en and Pencil Sc.

15c PRIZES 6 th — T e n n is R acket · 7 t h —F ootball · 8 t h —W ilso n C atcher's M itt · 9 t h —F ielder's

G love · 1 0 th —League Baseball and Louisville S lu g g er Bat · 11 th — R o lle r Skates, ball
b e arin g P lan ert · Next 9 Prize s—O n e Y e arS u b sc rip tio n s to P o p u la r A viation, M odel N ew s
and M odel A ircraft E ngineers · Next 10 Prizes—Com et K its, in c lu d in g such w ell-know n
m odels as V ought C orsair, C urtiss Falcon, W ed c ll W illiam s, B oeing 2 4 7 , C urtiss Swift.
If You Don’t Want to Enter Contest
b u t w o u ld lik e to bu ild th ese n e w 15c C o m et R e p lica
m odels, bu y jr o m y o u r d e a le r o r m a il th is coupon. GET ENTRY BLANK If You Want to Enter This Contest
- - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 FROM YOUR a n d if y o u r dealer has no e n try blan k s, or th ere is no dealer in
J C om et M odel A irplane & S u p p ly Co., D e p t. M C-44 DEALER y o u r com m unity, m ail th e coupon below. Fill in th e nam e and
address of y o u r m odel a irp la n e dealer, or if th e re is no model
J 2509 W . C erm ak R o ad , C hicago
G o to th e d e a l e r in y o u r a irp la n e dealer, th e nam e of th e leading h ard w are, bicycle,
I Please send me R eplica K its listed: co m m unity w ho sells model sportin g goods, statio n e ry , dru g or d e p a rtm e n t store.
I (N o orders for less th a n 3 accep ted ; a d d 5c p o stag e for I airp lane supplies and ask for
I each k it if you ord er less th a n 6 ; 6 k its for $ 1 . 00, p o stp aid .) I th e o ffic ia l C o m e t E n t r y
B lank, w hich you need to C om et M odel A irplane & S upply Co., D e p t. M C-44
e n te r this contest. If he does
n o t have these blanks, or if 2509 W . C erm ak R o ad , C hicago
th ere is no model airplane I
d ealer in y o u r com m unity, D e a le r 's N a m e ..................................................................... I
m ail th e coupon a t th e rig h t
I N a m e ........................... I to C om et, giving us your A d d r e s s ..................................... j
d ealer's nam e a nd address,
j S t r e e t a n d N o ................................................................. J a n d w e w ill s e n d h im a
q u antity' of these blanks, and Y o u r n a m e ............. J
notify you w hen th e y have
I C ity a n d S t a t e ....................................................... | been sent, so you can get Y o u r a d d r e s s ................................................................ .. |
............................. . . . . . . . J yours.
 C O M E T —>fAe LINE th a t LEA D S!
The Neivest Models — the Highest Q u a lity — the B iggest Values!

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The CURTISS SWIFT

XP—934 Wingspan— 15" Length— 11"
A rm y ’s n e w e s t p u r s u i t p lan e. S trid e s th r o u g h th e a i r a t te rrific
sp e ed s, e q u ip p e d w ith n ew d e a th - d e a lin g m a c h in e - s u n s , a n d h u llet
pro o f c o c k p it e n c lo s u re . T h is C o m e t m odel is a r e m a rk a b le flyer.
F u ll-s iz e p la n le a v e s n o th in g to g u e s sw o rk . A ll d e ta ils sh o w n w ith
am p le, c a re fu lly d r a w n s k e tc h e s . T h is p a r t i a l lis t g iv e s a n id e a of
w h a t’s in th e k its F u s e la g e s tr ip s , w in g s p a r s , p r in te d fo rm e rs a n d
rib s, c o v e rin g tis s u e , c e m e n t, b a n a n a liq u id , r u b b e r, tr a n s p a r e n t
c o c k p it c o v e rin g , m a c h in e g u n p a r ts , w heel p a n t co res, p r in te d p a n t
co v er p la te s , w h e e ls, m e ta l f ittin g s a n d w a s h e rs , b r ig h tly colored
a r m y in s ig n ia d re s s in g s , g u n - s i g h t tu b e , fin ish ed b a ls a p ro p eller
sp in n e r, o u tlin e d p ro p d e s ig n on b a ls a , p le n ty of yellow a n d k h a k i
N u -D o p e, e tc. C o m e t u se s b e s t g r a d e of m a te r ia ls —d o n ’t co n fu se
w ith c h e a p s tu f f flooding m a r k e t. T h e C o m e t t r a d e m a r k ^ C
is y o u r g u a r a n te e of h o n e s t m a te r ia ls a n d w o r k m a n s h ip . / ^ C
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$1.95 23" wingspan ......................... $1.50
24" wingspan................................

CURTISS HAWK
1XV i" wingspan . . 50c

THE NEW WEDELL WILLIAMS THE NEW VOUGHT CORSAIR

25 >.«" wingspan ................................ $1.95 DIPPER
12VŽ" wingspan 50c 21!" wingspan .................................. $2.50

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