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exhibition 1969°70
31 December ’69 -1 0 January 7 0
Seymour Hall, London, W.1
SEE A N D ENJOY
T h e re w i ll be a m a g n ific e n t c o lle c tio n o f m odels o f a ll s o rts , shapes and Sizes,
c o v e rin g lo c o m o tiv e s , tr a c tio n engines, steam to lle rs , ships, y a c h ts , cars,
a ir c r a ft In fa c t, a n y th in g w h ic h can be m o d e lle d . These e n trie s w ill be
c o m p e tin g f o r a w id e s e le c tio n o f tro p h ie s , cups an d o th e r a w ard s as
in d iv id u a l e n trie s In a d d itio n , th is y e a r th e em phasis w ill be v e ry m uch on
th e clu b aspect, and n o t o n ly th e g o v e rn in g bodies b u t som e o f th e la rg e r
in d iv id u a l clu b s have com e to g e th e r to g iv e a c o m p o s ite e x h ib it
o f t h e ir e ffo rts .
In the g a lle ry , th e p o p u la r ‘ B o ys' E x h ib itio n ' o rg a n is e d by C o m m a n d e r
G u ffic k w ill be th e re a g a in - b ig g e r an d b e tte r T h e re w i ll be a M eccano
c o m p e titio n an d a fin e d isp la y
W O R KIN G MODELS
The e v c r-p o p u la r liv e steam e x h ib it w ill be o p e ra te d by th e S o c ie ty o f M o d e
and E x p e rim e n ta l E n g in e rs and yo u n g s te rs o f a ll ages, fiv e to seven ty, w ii
be able to have a rid e b e h in d th e steam engine
T h e S .M .E .E .'s o w n sta n d w i ll also, o f course, have its usual s e le c tio n o f
m odels o p e ra tin g u n d e r com pressed a ir
COME A N D HAVE A RUN
. . . Yes, y o u can n o w , w ith y o u r lo c o m o tiv e .
A second tra c k w i ll be in o p e ra tio n th is y ear w ith 2 % (yes. 2 % in . g a u g e ').
an d 5 in . F a cilitie s. W e are open to accep t v is its fro m clu bs b r in g in g
th e ir lo c o m o tiv e s t o 'p u t on a Show' d u r in g th e e x h ib itio n .
L im ite d tim e aval a b le , so m ake u p a p a r ty and get a firm date
H ISTO R IC MODEL AIR C RA FT COLLECTION
L t. C o m m a n d e r G re e n h a la h 's c o lle c tio n o f fa m o u s m o d e l a ir c r a f t and pow er
u n its f ro m th e b irth o f f ly in g to th e present day w ill be on d is p la y .
POND FOR LITTLE SHIPS
( a b o u t 2 f t . l.o .a . is th e lim it ) w h e re ra d io -c o n tr o lle d b o a ts w ill be
d e m o n s tra te d . W h y n o t a rra n g e t o b rin g y o u rs ?
M ECCANO D IS PLAY
In a d d itio n to a M e cca n o m odel class th e re w ill be a fa s c in a tin g a rra y o f
w o rk in g M e cca n o m od e ls, in c lu d in g th e fa m o u s F e rris W heel ( fr o m
V ie n n a 's P ra te n _ R e m em ber 'T h e T h ir d M a n '?
ECRA CAR C IR C U IT
(a s b u ilt f o r N a tio n a l C h a m p io n s h ip s ) A ll d a y ru n n in g , in d iv id u a l, clu b ,
in te r - c lu b c o m p e titio n s a n d v is ito rs ' races. B o th 1 / 2 a n d 1 /3 2 scales
o p e ra tin g : s ix -la n e tra c k . P rize s f o r novices an d e x p e rt a lik e . Send f o r
d e ta ile d d a y-b y-d a y p ro g ra m m e .
W ORKSHOP EQUIPMENT
T oo ls to m ake th in g s , la th e accessories, c o m p le te la the s, s m a ll to o ls an d the
liv e , m a k in g a s tro n g a n d p o p u la r class. S m a lle r ite m s w ill be displaye d
s a fe ly u n d e r glass. A special a t tr a c tio n w i ll be a s e le c tio n o f ‘ D u p le x ’ to o ls
and m o d e ls - m a in ly fro m th e tre a s u re chest o f Ia n B ra d le y ,
one h a lf o f th e fa m o u s c o m b in a tio n .
CLOCKS
H o ro lo g ic a l w o rk is one o f th e m ost re w a rd in g o f h o m e w o rk s h o p e ffo rts
In re c e n t years we have had e x c e lle n t s u p p o rt f ro m e n thusiasts.
R ADIO CONTROLLED CARS in a ctio n
A n o p e ra tin g area ro u n d th e p a rk w i ll be used by e le c tric r / c cars i f you
have one, b rin g i t a lo n g l
STA M P COLLECTORS
S p e c ia lly fra n k e d covers a n d o th e r item s o f p h ila te lic in te re s t w i i
be a v a ila b le . A c o m m e m o ra tiv e c o v e r w i ll be a v a ila b le a n d m ay be posted
fro m th e e x h ib itio n w ith a sp e cia l fr a n k .
MODEL TRADE SUPPORT
O n ce a g a in we w e lcom e m em b ers o f th e m odel tra d e w h o w ill De d is p la y in g
t h e ir w ares a n d in m o s t cases s e llin g t h e ir p ro d u c ts . W e have B e a ttie s o f
L o n d o n , K c n n io n s , M y fo r d s , H is to re x , F ly in g D u tc h m a n .
M a in s tre a m P ro d u c tio n s . H o w a rd T a y lo r , A rm s & A r m o u r Press.
S a rtg le n E n g ., A r lin g t o n S u pplies, C r o m a r W h ite . T u r n ta b le ar.d G .R .P .
M a rin e . In fa c t th e re s h o u ld be s o m ebod y to please th e e n th u s ;ast in every
a n g le o f m o d e l m a k in g . O u r o w n M .A .P . b oo ks w ill be o n sale and a n u m b e r
o f re p re s e n ta tiv e m odel g o v e rn in g bodies w lil be e x h ib itin g , in c lu d in g T h e
Society o f M o d e l and E x p e rim e n ta l E n g in e e rs , S o c ie ty o f M o d e l A e ro n a u tic a l
E n g in e e rs . In te r n a tio n a l P la s tic M o d e lle rs ' S o c ie ty , M o d e l P o w e r B o at
A s s o c ia tio n , a ll o f w h ic h are N a tio n a l N o n - te r r ito r ia l bod ies, in a d d itio n th e re
w ill be n n u m b e r o f c lu b fe a tu re s to s h o w w h a t can be done.
SOUVENIR GUIDE
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o n D e cem b er 12th. T h is w ill be th e E x h ib itio n S o u v e n ir H a n d b o o k an d G uide .
: t w ill c o n ta in E x h ib itio n e n trie s , d e ta ils o f S tands, plus a rtic le s by le a d in g
m odel c o n tr ib u to r s . O n sale e v e ry w h e re and a t th e S h ow . I f y o j c a n n o t com e,
g e t a co p y an d it s h o u ld persuade y o u . I f y o u expe ct to com e,
read a ll a b o u t i t firs t

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lunches, teas o r o th e r m eals w e ll in advance.
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M o d e lle r INCORPORATING

MODEL AIRCRAFT
COM M ENT
January 1970 VOLUME XXXV No. 408 By reinstating the silencer requirement
for power models as of 1st January,
1970, the Society of Model Aeronautical
CO N TEN TS Engineers resumes its progressive
HEARD AT THE HANG AR DOORS 15 attitude to public relations, and in
U S. N A T IO N A L C H AM PIO N SH IP S 16 particular, local authorities. The
A IR C R A FT DESCRIBED - J o d e l D.117 19
FREE FLIGHT COMM ENT 22 requirement (initiated 1st January,
GOLDEN W IN G S CLUB 24 1965) had been relaxed, by majority
•K A M A N ' HELICOPTER 25
vote, effective 21st October, 1967, so
LATEST ENGINE NEWS 28
O LE TIGER’ 30 that control line and free-flight models
YE M EANDERINGS OF A MODEL FLIER 35 were exempted. But this led to
ENGINE T E S T - T a ifu n S p rin t 36 ambiguous situations where fields were
•THE G R AD UATE' A /2 GLIDER 38
SCHLUETER S HELICOPTERS 41 shared by the 'haves' and ‘have nots'.
CONTROL LINE NEWS 42 Only exemptions permitted now are for
TO P IC A L TW IS TS 44 all compression-ignition engines
READERS’ LETTERS 46
RALLIES 48 ('diesel') of up to 1.5 c.c. and the
CLUB NEWS 50 International Championship classes for
Team Race, Speed and Free Flight
Power where the F A.I does not call
Jma£>HOBBY MAGAZINE for a silenced engine.
Such exemptions are both tolerable and
sensible in our view; but it remains
very much the modeller's responsibility
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Transmitter
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CIRRUS R/C SAILPLANE £17.15.0
N early 10 ft. sp a n ! A fa n ta s tic a lly en gineered k it w h ic h in ­
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BALSA MODELS FLY BETTER . . .
Most everyone is familiar with the folded paper aeroplane - a
simple model which flies remarkably well, in fact, despite the
absence of fin and tailplane. (The 'fuselage' must be the first
practical example of the vee-tail!) We thought we would try
the same design in balsa, just to compare performance.
After that, paper aeroplanes are out! The balsa model did fly
better and, unlike its paper counterpart, stayed in trim. The one
thing we would endorse about the original design layout is that
it is a very good one for small indoor chuck gliders! Perhaps you
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sary details are given in the drawing on the left. The only'modi­
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TUTELAGE parts. You may, or may not, need a little additional trim weight.
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FAI RULE CHANGES from the
November meeting in Paris elimi­
nate the tuned exhaust system for
free flight, but not for control-line,
though a silencer is now essential
for C /L aerobatics as well as R C
aerobatics. Binoculars arc to be
employed by timekeepers at free
flight World Championships (at
least one per pair of timekeepers)
and only one grade of standard
fuel is to be used, 75 per cent
Methanol, 25 per cent Castor Oil.
In radio control, a new manoeuvre,
the figure ‘M* is introduced and
the schedule revised. This, and the
provisional rules for F.A.I. Pylon
Racing based on U.S. Formula 2
are detailed in our companion
magazine Radio Control Models &
Electronics. Provisional rules for
thermal and slope soaring are also
circulated for National Aero Clubs
to try. Some extra Options are
added to Radio Controlled Scale,
to permit fairer scoring by touring
or pioneer subject models and all
the Options now have a standard
score value of K =6.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS are
to be held in the U.K. in 1970 and
1971 ! First ever World Champs
for the R /C and C /L scale classes
will be held at the College of Aero­
nautics, Cranficld, Beds, August
29/ 30/ 31st. This promises to be a
tremendous ‘scale festival' to be
noted right now on all aero-
modeller's calendars. Next year,
the SMAE will be host for the
World Champs in the R /C Aero­
batic class, a meeting which will
attract the biggest ever entrv.
AEROBATIC CHAMPIONSHIPS
(FULL SIZE) take place at R.A.F.
popular with the modellers as well
as spectators from the immediate
Some o f the 26 locality and is already well known
N a tio n a l de le gate s to the ‘regulars'
in s e ssio n a t F .A .I.
Headquarters PICTURE POSTCARDS arrive
P aris in N ovem ber. each day at our ofTices. Many are
T h is w e ll attende d
m e e tin g p roduce d collected to grace the walls with
m a n y c o n s tru c tiv e illustrations of strange or exotic
re s u lts u n d e r the parts of the globe. But it is not
P r e s i d e n c y of
S andy P im enoff every day that we have something
(F in la n d ). from Timbuctoo, Mali. Doc Haw-
HEARD
AT THE
HANGAR
DOORS
Hullavington, July 13-26th, with Y oun g B. D ay c o lle c ts the 'F ro g ' J r.
T ro p h y fro m M rs . G reenh algh a t the
400 participants from 20 Nations. S .M .A .E . a n nual p riz e g iv in g .
Many aerobatic specials from
Germany, Switzerland, U .S.A , kins, who writes as resident M.O.
U.S.S.R., S. Africa and Czechoslo­ for the Ministry of Technology
vakia can be expected among the sent a card of a Touarcg horse­
'planes.· It will certainly not be an man with the sad note that Tim­
all Jak-18, Zlin 526 affair with the buctoo appears to be devoid of all
Chipmunks, Pitts. Klemms, etc., aeromodelling. We're sure Doc
being prepared. will do something about that if he
THE NATIONALS are also is there for very long!
booked for R.A.F. Hullavington, MODEL ENGINEER EXHIBI­
May 24, 25th, thanks to the very TION visitors can send something
kind co-operation of Station Com­ rather special to friends (or them­
mander, Wing Cdr. E. H. Coombs. selves) when a commemorative
This venue has proved to be colour cover with official G.P.O.
T u rn in g up th is p ic tu re o f Bob D o w n e y 's approved one day special hand-
fa m o u s 'o le T ig e r' ra cer, w e w ere stamp can be purchased for Exhi­
a b o u t to d is c a rd i t fo r the e a rly c o lo u r bition posting on January 10th.
schem e w h e n w e sp o tte d the scale
m odel in the b a c k g ro u n d . M a kes a Cost is 3/10d.
m o del p y lo n ra ce r appear q u ite large,
a g a in s t the d im in u tiv e p ro p o rtio n s of
the real T ig e r ! A t rig h t, L t.-C d r. A lw y n
G re enh algh. R.N. (R e t.) w e a rs the
s p e c ia lly prepared H ono rary M e m b e r­
s h ip badge p resented by SM AE C h a ir­
m an, N orm an C o u lin g (in b a c k g ro u n d ),
a t the SMAE D in n e r in Le ice ster.
U.S. N A T I O N A L S
HAVING taken a first-hand look at the modelling
scene in the U.S., I now appreciate just how well
our modellers have done in contests over the years, in
spite of the most serious drawback to modelling in
this c o u n try -th e weather. The Californians un­
doubtedly have everything in their favour in this
respect, having a fairly constant type of warm weather
with dry air. Just imagine what it would be like to
model under these conditions, when you can go flying
on almost any day of the year without getting wind­
swept, frozen or soaked, or as often happens here, a
combination of all three.
The U.S. Nationals were this year held at Willow
Grove, Philadelphia, on the eastern seaboard of the
country, and although climatic conditions in this part of
the States are not so constant, the Nationals enjoyed
the very finest week of weather by our standards,
and on only one morning was there a heavy shower
of rain to offer a break in the almost limitless sun­
shine. With temperatures of over 90 deg. F and a
relative humidity approaching 1(K) per cent, both con­
testants and engines found it rather wearing at times,
but fortunately the former were sustained by fre­
quent trips to the Coca Cola stalls, whilst the latter
had to be nursed with a reduced nitro content in the
fuel. In the control line speed events where high nitro
fuels were being used, engines and glow plugs were
being consumed at a fantastic rate, one competitor
alone getting through seven engines and ‘nine dozen'
glow plugs.
Here we can see one of the other main differences
between modelling in the U.S. and Britain, that is the
sheer amount of money which American modellers
have available to spend on their hobby. It is, of
course, a reflection on the different living standards
in the two countries - the British approach to the
hobby going almost to the other extreme, how­
ever, I think that we demonstrate admirably that en­
thusiasm and skill can very often overcome other
shortcomings.
It was very reassuring to find how strong is the
bond of friendship which exists between modellers
of differing nationalities. I have found this before in
visits to European contests and now it was also con­
firmed for me here in the States. I arrived on the busy
Nats, scene as a complete stranger, but was made
very welcome by Nats, officials and contestants alike,
and by the time the week’s events were over. I had
made many friends.
As mentioned in the previous article (Nov. 69), the
Nats, events spanned virtually a complete week, with
competitors, officials and guests living in and around
the base. A huge hangar was given over completely
to workshop and model storage facilities for con­
testants, and like many others, I spent a lot of time
in the evenings just wandering around the benches,
studying models and chatting to contestants. A fully
stocked model shop run by A.M.A. officials was set
up on one side of this hangar, and I was very in-
From to p to b o tto m , Pete B ra n d t ru n s u p h is F .A .I. team
ra ce r in the W o rld C h a m p s, tea m e lim in a to rs , he ld at Los
A n g e le s b a sin . B e lo w is A l R ake's 'B e a rc a t', a 57 in . span
m o del p o w e re d b y an ST.46. Flies as w e ll as i t lo o k s , as i t
to o k s e co n d place in O pen S tu n t. In te re s tin g s w e p t w in g
ra t-ra c e r is by Jam es H airer. Its speed m o d e l pa re n ta g e is
o b v io u s , in c lu d in g the use of a fu ll-le n g th m a gnesiu m pan.
B elow is J im K o s te c k y 's s u p e rb ly fin is h e d 'A m e ric a '. Pow er
p la n t fo r th is w o rk o f a rt is a M cC o y 40. E ngine in s ta lla tio n
of the M c ln ty re -M a c a rth y te a m 's 'Ba H a' ra t. N ote the u n ­
u su a l 45 deg. c a rb u re tto r to a id s ta rtin g , and the Tatone
p ro to -p a n .
as seen by Ron Irvine
lerested to see that quite a few competitors arrived
early in the week, and then sat down at their benches
in this hangar to completely construct models which
they had entered in events later in the week. The
hangar, therefore, formed a base and meeting place
for most contestants, and something like this might
be well worth incorporating at our own Nationals,
although it could not be done to the same extent, in
view of the fact that our contest is purely a weekend
event.
One further point which I noted might be of in­
terest to readers was that there were relatively few
pure spectators present, even on the final day, despite
the fact that no charge was made for admission. 1
do not have any actual figures of the numbers pre­
sent, but certainly in terms of density the numbers
present were very much less than at our own Nats.
On reflection. I can only think that somehow the U.S.
Nats, does not evoke the same kind of pilgrimage of
all types of modellers that one finds at the British
equivalent.
My main interest lay in the control line events, and
as the eight main control line circles were laid out
adjacent to the workshop hangar, this was where 1
spent a large proportion of my time. A further three
circles by the main hangar were set aside for Navy
Carrier and F.A.I. team race scheduled to take place
on the last two days of the contest. With the spread
of events over the C L area alone, it proved very
difficult to try to cover these adequately, and im­
possible in view of the fact that 1 also wanted to see
some of the free-flight and radio events. However. I
can make a few comments on what I was able to see.
C/L Stunt
This event seems to me to be rather in a rut, with
models following either a theme similar to George
Aldrich’s famous Nobler or, alternatively, utilising a
semi-scale jet-type fuselage profile with the cockpit
mounted right up front over the engine and tank com­
partments. I saw only two notable exceptions: 1. A1
Rake's semi-scale Bearcat. This 625 sq. in. 57 in. span
model is powered by a Super Tigre 46. weighs 53 oz.
and features dihedral and coupled elevator and rudder,
the latter system having already been described in
American Aircraft Modeller's article on Rake's
Mustang. 2. Twin boom Humbug stunter by aero-
dynamicist, Bob Baron. This model carries 560 sq. in.
wing area, weighs 39 oz. and is powered by a Lee
Vcco 19 swinging an 8 in. x 41 in. Rev-up prop. This
is a very effective combination, as can be gathered
from the fact that this model flics quite comfortably
on 70 ft. lines at a level speed of 60 m.p.h., and
obtained some very good flight points. Unfortunately,
under the current stunt rules, this model is penalised
very heavily on appearance and finish points, par­
ticularly as the designer covered the model with
MonoKote to show just how much the final results
of most stunt comps, are based on the amount of

From to p to b o tto m , Paul K a s to ry p lace d fo u rth w ith his

T.D . .09 p o w e red H uey h e lic o p te r. ‘A w s h u c k s m a w , tw e r n 't
n u ttin !' H erb W a h l d is p la y s h is H urle m an 48 po w e red
C om e t C lip p e r, en te re d in the O ld T im e r' eve nt. B elow tw in
M e rc o 49 p o w e re d B.26 by Jam es R om ano p lace d f ir s t in
S e n io r S cale, m odel is 8 7 } in . spa n and w e ig h s 143 lb s!
H o w 's th a t fo r a fa n c y p ro p ? G eorge P errym an a p p lie s the
tu r n s on h is che quered W a k e fie ld . T h irte e n -y e a r-o ld R obert
Postage s e t a new A .M .A . ju n io r o rn ith o p te r re c o rd w ith a
tim e of 1:58, and no w h o ld s fo u r J u n io r o rn ith o p te r re cords.
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points awarded for construction and finish.
It would, I think, be fair comment to say that the
standards set for finish on American stunt models arc
far above that normally seen in Europe, two of the
best that 1 saw being Jim Kostecky's McCoy 40
Spirit of America, and Dave Gierke's Novi.
Fox 35s still seem to be the most popular engine,
with a smattering of McCoys, Super Tigres and O.S.
Rat Race
This event didn't appear appreciably different from
rat race at our own Nats., although times were
generally faster, and in view of the number of en­
trants, was organised better under Don Jehlik's cap­
able administration. It was, however, rather un­
fortunate that the Open final was somewhat marred
by a timekeeping mix-up followed by the inevitable
arguments over the results. The time for the final
was 5.40, the fastest heat time 2.29, and the fastest
speed noted in traffic, 141 m.p.h.
Models were mostly based on the upright engine
layout, in conjunction with a full-length Midwest
magnesium pan and fully cowled engines. There were
also a number of sidewinder layouts, but generally
these are not so neat, and are more complex to build,
so that undoubtedly the upright layout will dominate
in future. The inverted engine offers certain ad­
vantages, but in the rough and tumble of races, the
engine is very vulnerable to damage.
Harry Roe predicted earlier in the year that the
K&B 40 series 69 would oust Super Tigre from their
victorious position after last year's Nats., and this
certainly proved the case, with K&B powering all four
models in the open final, and many others in Junior
and Senior. The times were fast even in Junior
as may be judged by the final time of 6.05.8.
Speed
The two circles allocated to this event were kept
in almost continuous use, under the direction of
Contest Directors John Smith and Luther Roy. Some
arguments did prevail over the safety aspect of some
18
A t le ft. R ichard S a w ic k i poses w ith S ky Pirate* C a rrie r D eck
m o del, w h ic h is p o w e re d b y an H P.61.
two line models, but as 95 per cent of the models
were mono-line, not too much difficulty was en­
countered. The whole event appeared to run very
well, and I didn't see one model come off the lines.
This is probably due to the very heavy line dia­
meters stipulated in the U.S., whereas in this
country any thickness of wire may be used, provided
it passes the standard pull test. That this may not
always be an adequate criterion, I judge by the num­
ber of *60' models which I have seen break away
from one .018 wire. In U.S.A., wire diameter for this
class is .031.
I was present, fortunately, when Jerry Roselle and
Jack Frye flew their record-breaking 60 model at
193.65 m.p.h. followed by back-up flights of 188.21 and
197.07 for a new U.S. record. Jack's arm was pulled
right through the pylon on their second run. Their
model is set up for clockwise flight, and the engine is
hand-started to save loading the shaft bearings in a
mechanical starter. With 24 in. span, their model has
60 sq. in. wing area and a total area of 90 sq. in.
The engine which is a home-built bar-stock 60 based
on Bill Wisncwski's T.W.A. but uses a chromed brass
liner, aluminium piston with Dykes ring and a Rossi
front end. It also features a high and low speed needle
valve operated by a centrifugal fuel switch (see photo
in previous article), and a fuel shut-off for control of
the pen bladder tank. Ground r.p.m. on the 9f x 12
Steegans prop is 19,800-20.000.
The next four places in Class *C' were won at
speeds between 177-179 m.p.h., using Super Tigre 65
engines unpiped. Jerry Roselle and Jack Frye won ‘B-
speed at 167.40, Charles Fitzpatrick and George
Aldrich tying for second place at 164.35.
‘A* speed was won by Robert Baltes at 154.6 m.p.h.
using a T.W.A. 15. F.A.I. speed was rather a washout,
the top time of 189.53 km./h. being recorded by Doc
Jackson; however, ‘jA ' speed was quite good with a
top speed of 109.71 m.p.h. by Charles Lege.
Some of the times set up in Junior speed were not
far short of Senior and Open times, and it was quite
an eye-opener to see kids flying effortlessly monoline
Class ‘C ’ models at 170 m.p.h. plus. There is a move
afoot, however, to limit engine capacity in future
Junior events to .40, which would probably be a good
move from the point of view of safety, as a ‘60*
model takes quite some holding on to.
Before leaving this event, I must mention one of
America's famous speed fliers, 16-year-old Mary Lou
Brown, who was entered in eleven different events
including almost all the speed classes. She didn't
have too much success this year, but she can cer­
tainly put some of the male fraternity to shame when
it comes to flying jet speed.
F.A.I. Team Race
This event did not have a big entry, and regrettably
Herb Stockton and Don Jehlik did not compete this
year. John Franklin travelled dowrn specially from
Toronto, but unfortunately, owing to a mix-up over
entries, was not allowed to fly his model, although
he piloted for Denis Showring in the heats, as Denis’s
own pilot, Dan Jones, didn't arrive until late.
The Canadian team of Parent . Kelly won, with a
final time of 10.12. They flew very consistently for a
well deserved win. quite a long way in front of Mar­
vin Albritton's second place time of 12.47.2.
 19 January, 1970

TO ANYONE with just the slightest knowledge of

aviation affairs, the name of Jodel immediately stimu­
lates thoughts of France, and her vast movement of
light aircraft, a huge number of which have been self-
made by their owners. To ourselves, the name also
brings other memories, for although at a most con­
servative count there must have been over 5,000 Jodel
types registered in the World we shall always recall
our encounters with designer Jean Dclemontez in his
modest working dress of khaki overalls and sandals.
If ever there was an ////affected aircraft designer it
would be Jean. It has never been too late to call upon
him (twice while working on prototypes at 11 p.m.)
nor has his sage advice ever failed, and this includes
gastronomic as well as aviation subjects! For that rea­
son we remain addicted to the Jodel local brew of
Cotes de Beaune - a Burgundy that is as reliable as
the products of the tiny Beaune workshop and draw­
ing office.
lean Delemontcz started to make his first single
seater, the Beb£‘ for an old Poinsard motor in 1946.
His father-in-law, Edouard Joly, made the first test
hop (inadvertently) in January 1948 and so the Jo-
Del partnership was created. That first D.9 was to be
followed by over 600 other Bebes (547 of them in
France up to 31st December, 1967) throughout the
World, and it was not long before the encouragement
of Silvain Badez and the Doctor Houard made the
two-seater an inevitable derivation.
A IR C R A F T D E S C R IB E D N o . 1 8 9 It was preceded by a design exercise for a three-
seater. the D.10, of which the wing was made. The
idea came to Jean that a two-seater was a far better

JODGL proposition and he proceeded with two - in five

months! One. the original D .ll was fitted with the
45 h.p. radial Salmson, still a very highly prized
possession among home-constructors. The other had a
75 h.p. Μίηίέ, and it was this variant which first
entered series production with a small fleet of ten

D.117 examples.
The Continental C-90-14F fiat four air cooled
engine was to prove the making of the D .ll and
when a production line was established by the Soci0t6
Aeroriautique Normande under the guidance of Lucien
Querey at Bernay, and also by Wassmer in Paris and
the South, the Jodel D.117 and D.120 became a
familiar sight at any French aero club. Thanks to a
far-sighted Government policy which has since re­
sulted in French aviation industrial ascendancy, the
clubs could claim generous grants for purchase and
operation of training types. Total commercial produc­
tion of the D.117 and D.120 amounted to about 800
examples but if one counts all the D .ll derivatives,
the total is an outstanding 3,400, this including no
less than 799 made by amateurs.
Why should the Jodel be so popular in France (and
for that matter in Germany, Switzerland, Spain,
Sweden, Canada and the USA, totals for which are
not included above) and yet only recently has the
type become favoured in the U.K ? There are, at
present, only 13 examples of the D.117 and four
D.117As on the British register, though the more
sophisticated DR series developed by Pierre Robin
T o p le ft, one of a fle e t o f W a s s m e r D.120s o p erated a t
T o u s s u s -le -N o b le near P aris fo r c lu b tra in in g in o ve ra ll blue
schem e w ith m a roon and w h ite trim . D esign is id e n tic a l to
the S .A .N . b u ilt D.117. N ext p h o to s h o w s M a rg a re t French
p o lis h in g h u b b y 's D .117A , a fa irly re c e n t a c q u is itio n fro m
the C o n tin e n t w here i t w a s re g is te re d F -B IT J. A t b o tto m
le ft is a sid e e le v a tio n o f G eorge F re n c h 's Jo d e l in its red
and w h ite schem e. It co m pare s w ith o u r p h o to o f the fir s t
D .11 p ro to ty p e w ith a ra d ia l S alm son en gine a t its b irth ­
place, Beaune. N ote h o w th e w in g d e sig n has n o t cha nged ,
th o u g h s m a ll s p o ile r ty p e fla p s are fitte d to th e 117A.
 21 January, 1970

REPRINTS OF TH IS FEATURE, TOGETHER W IT H 1 /2 4 th SCALE

DYE LINE PRINTS OF THE O R IG IN A L D R A W IN G . ARE A V A IL ­
ABLE AS PLAN PACK 2899, PRICE 2 /6 d p lu s 6d. POST
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OPPOSITE IS TO 1 /4 8 th SCALE

through to the elegant Regent’ have found wider

acceptance. The answer lies partly in the official pre­
ference for the Druine design features in this country,
and partly because for a long time the huge box spar
upon which the whole of the wing design is based,
was generally considered to be a tougher proposition
than most British amateurs are prepared to tackle. It
is a pretty big piece of furniture to make by any
standards, and the 14 degrees of dihedral, combined

One of the 350 D.117s m ade b y S .A .N . d e p a rts the p a in t

shop a t B ernay lo o k in g n o th in g m ore th a n a g re a tly enlarged
m o d e l. A s s e m b ly and inde ed th e c o n s tru c tio n o f a ll the
Jod el serie s is s trik in g ly s im ila r to a e ro m o d e llin g te c h n iq u e s .
A t le ft, a nasal v ie w of a D 117 san s s p in n e r sh o w s the
ty p ic a lly s h a rp ly ta p e re d French p ro p e lle r and th e sim p le
lin e s of the c o w lin g .

Mediterranean tour from the works at Bernay, cover­

ing in the ten-day tiip, Corsica, Tunisia, Algeria,
Portugal, in a demonstration that few other types
could match for reliability and economy. It could
also, in the hands of the late Lucien Biancotto with
whom Delemontez was closely associated, perform
some remarkable acrobatics; but that is not the pur­
pose of the design!
Success of the basic type which is the subject of
our drawing and must always be regarded as the true
Jodel, led to the much larger D.140 Mousquetaire,
with a 6 degree twist makes construction critical in then the sleek Ambassadeur, the Mascaret, the Sicilc,
this region. But once this part is overcome, the Jodel Excellence, Dauphin and Regent. In each of these,
is just a ‘blown up’ model. Section is basically NACA the fuselage lines have altered slightly, a fixed fin has
23012 though D61emontez has talked of some with 15 been used, the undercarriage has become a tricycle in
per cent thickness/chord ratio and the Wassmer the ultimate Regent, and, of course, the power has
D.120s are all 23013. Only real difference among the been increased by leaps and bounds. The trainer has
D.l 1 wings is the use of the air brake under the wing become a distance tourer with high standards of com­
as found on the 117A, amateur built 119A (same fort, full radio aids, and latterly with trailing edge
design) the Wassmer 120A and AR. These brakes, flaps. To the tremendous credit of the designers, that
adapted from Wassmer sailplane designs, are used to kinky basic wing design remains unaltered through­
increase rate of descent. That thick wing and the light out the range. Known as Deremontez’s trapezoidal
loading of the Jodel provides a docile control through it is incredibly strong being the unique trade mark
a wide speed range and a floating glide which can be of the world’s most successful ‘amateur’ aircraft de­
embarrassing on small strips. signer.
Reliability of the D.l 17 has enabled it to establish
many records Flights to South Africa. Madagascar, Dimensions (D.l 17)
around the Sahara have been taken into its stride. In Span: 8m22 (26 ft. 11 in.), Length : 6m 17 (20 ft. 6 in.),
1958, a formation of 39 (imagine that!) made a H eight: 2m07 (6ft. 10 in.).
Left, A .D .117 sp a r re ceives its box fa c in g , se t u p on
tre s tle s and w ith the tip an gles a lign ed by tw o p ie ce s o f
tim b e r ta c k e d to th e tip s . N ote th e hand h o ld is 'b u ilt- in '
the s p a r end c a p p in g . C entre is th e s p a r ha vin g its
ce n tre panel rib s s lid o v e r and ta c k e d . T h is s im p le
o p e ra tio n o ve r the large bo x e lim in a te s com m on jig g in g .
R ight, the tra d e m a rk s w h ic h have earned France its high
place in lig h t a v ia tio n . G reen s ta r s ig n ifie s th a t a
G o v e rn m e n t g ra n t w a s m ade to w a rd s pu rchase .
Aero M odeller
FREE-FLIGHT
COMMENT
by John O’Donnell
THE LENGTH o f the E nglish c o n te s t season can oe ju d g e d
fro m m y re p o rtin g the last o f the 1969 e v e n ts, one issu e '
a fte r the p u b lic a tio n o f the S.M A .E . c o n te s t pro g ra m m e fo r
1970.
The Y o rk C lu b 's R ally on 19th O c to b e r w a s c a re fu lly tim e d
to avo id c la s h in g w ith any o th e r free flig h t eve nt - as the
o rg a n is e rs in te nded to in te re s t m o d e lle rs fro m a ll o v e r the
c o u n try . T h e ir m e thod o f p ro v id in g s u ffic ie n t a ttra c tio n s w a s
s im p le in c o n c e p t, even if jo m « w h s t ris k y to o tte m p t. Λ
very s u b s ta n tia l fir s t p riz e o f £10 fo r the A /2 g lid e r event,
and lesser b u t s t ill w o rth w h ile firs t p rize s o f £3 fo r open
ru b b e r and p o w e r, w e re guaran tee d regardless o f w e a th e r or
e n trie s . F u rth e rm o re , th is in fo rm a tio n w as w e ll p u b lic is e d
both by m agazine and ne w s-sh e e t p u b lic a tio n s and by
ha n d o u ts a t c o n te s ts I have been s p e c ific ab out the a m ounts
os the y are b y fo r the larg est cash prizes offered at any
m e e tin g th is year
O rig in a lly sch e d u le d fo r R .A.F E lv in g to n , the m e eting w a s
m oved a t a ra ther late stage to R A F R uffo rth - a drom e
n o t n o rm a lly a v a ila b le fo r f / f m e e tin g s . A d m is s io n to the
fie ld and e n try to the c o n te s ts w ere c o m b in e d in a single
charge o f 5 / - per 'e n tra n t' - and a t least one such w as
e xp ected p e r v e h ic le . The e a rly s ta rt o f c o n te s ts at 9 o 'c lo c k
w a s n o t to m o s t p e o p le ’ s lik in g - b u t a stea dy stre am of
a rriv a ls soon bore te s tim o n y to the appeal o f the m e eting
M a ny o f the lo n g -d is ta n c e p a rtic ip a n ts had d rive n throug h
c o n s id e ra b le q u a n titie s o f m is t to attend
A c tiv ity w as v e ry s lo w a t fir s t as the said m is t gave very
in d iffe re n t v is ib ility even tho ugh it w a s q u ite calm Several
ru b b e r flie rs 'ca m e u n s tu c k ' th ro u g h fly in g too soon - and
having th e ir m o d e ls c lim b o r g lid e 0 0 S. Those w ho
a p p re c ia te d the s itu a tio n in tim e , fle w th e ir la rg e st m odels
(u s u a l y reserved fo r fly -o ffs ) on a fra c tio n o f n o rm a l tu rn s.
T h is is o b v io u s ly a ris k y pro ce d u re - and perhaps e xp la in s
w h y there w ere o n ly fo u r tre b le s in rubber.
N a tu ra lly en ough , A /2 w a s treated p re tty s e rio u s ly by m o st
e n tra n ts . Once v is ib ility had im p ro v e d s u ffic ie n tly fo r g lid e rs
to be seen fo r m axs, a la u n c h in g s ite fo rm e d in m id a irfie ld .
T h is p e rm itte d ta c tic a l fly in g u n d e r those te s tin g fro m th e ir
pa rked c a rs o r those w ho to o k ( w illin g ly o r o th e rw is e ) the
o p p o rtu n ity to to w u p w in d fo r th e ir o w n lift. Such to w in g
c o u ld , and in som e cases d id , re s u lt in the m odel going
0 . 0 . S. s till on the lin e . Steve B o w le s and m o del disap pea red
on one a tte m p t - w ith the g lid e r s u b s e q u e n tly reappe arin g
w e ll up in o b v io u s lift. The p o rtio n o f the flig h t in s ig h t w as
no w h ere near a max so he to o k the flig h t again. N o t so
c le a rc u t ( if the term w ill be fo rg iv e n ) w as o r e of Jim
B a g u le y’ s e a rly flig h ts Release o f the p e n n a n t v/as judg ed
ra ther than seen - and su b s e q u e n t tim e to D /T 'd de sce n t
w as 2:53. This score w a s a c c e p te d - and J im w e n t o n to
m ax on h is o th e r flig h ts .
H ow ever, th is w a s to prove c ritic a l. Pete O live r sta rte d
late th ro u g h ha vin g to re p a ir a ta ilp la n e broken on a D /T 'd
la n d in g , and s lo w ly re corde d a s trin g of fiv e m axes. He has
the v irtu e o f p a tie n c e w hen it com es to ta c tic a l fly in g - but
s till had to fin d tw o th e rm a ls h im s e lf w hen the 'p ilo t m o c e "
proved to in d ic a te in a d e q u a te lift. His m o d e l has Sans Ega!
su rfa ce s on a s tra ig h tfo rw a rd pod and fis h in g -ro d boom
fu se la g e - and v/as b u ilt in m id -s e a s o n fo llo w in g the loss of
its p redece ssor. See the N ovem ber is s u e (p G19) fo r a
p h o to .
J im B aau le y v/as second I managed th ird , ju s t a few
seconds ahead o f H enry Tu bbs fly in g the W ic h ita he used to
w in A /2 at the N ats
S lig h t driz z le com m ence d to w a rd s the end o f the c o n te st
and there v/as little te m p ta tio n to delay the fly -o ffs . The fo u r
v/a y ru b b e r fly -o ff w a s held fir s t - and proved u n c o n tro -
v e rs ia l. D rift w a s a lm o s t n il, so the m u rk y v is ib ility gave no
tro u b le . H enry T u b b s fle w fir s t w ith h is 250 sq in fly -o ff
m o d e l', d id n 't appear to g e t p a rtic u la rly h igh - b u t g lid e d
very w e ll fo r a flig h t o f ju s t o v e r 6 m in u te s The o th e r three
22
P ow er D ept: 1 J a c k A lle n 's s h u t-o ff c o n tro l fo r S uper Tigre
G.15 v /h ic h is m o u n te d u p on tv /o p ie ce s o f angle, s u ita b ly
shaped fo r the cra n kca se . N ote bo th a ir-b le e d and fu e l
s h u t-o ff.
a ll p o w e r-s ta lle d , w ith B rian Day m a kin g a rare appearance
to take second pla ce , ha lf a m in u te ahead o f Brian P ic k e n 's
N ats, w in n e r. M c A s k ie 's m odel e m p lo ye d a m o s t novel
a p proa ch to the w in d in g tu b e syste m s The tu b e ' its e lf w as
s p lit lo n g itu d in a lly , so th a t it c o u ld be s lid over the prop
sh a ft (h e ld a t 90 dogrees to the m o to r) a fte r w in d in g This
g ive s the ra ther d o u b tfu l a d vanta ge o f be«ng able to w in d
w ith the prop a ttached to the rubber.
The p o w e r fly -o ff w a s re a lly tw o sep arate o n e s ' There
w ere o n ly tw o tre b le s - fro m Ray M o n k s and R ussell Peers -
b u t there w as also a tie fo r second place Roger B agg ott
and I had bo th re corde d 8:21. His p o o r flig h t had been
tim e d 0 . 0 . S. - w h ils t I w a s ha vin g tro u b le w ith the OS 35
in m y open m odel g o in g o ff-tu n e m the a ir T h is w as la te r
tra ced to a leak in the p re ssu rise d tank!
In the fly -o ff Ray M o n ks used one o f his W o rld C h a m p io n ­
s h ip piped F A I. m o dels to o u t-c lim b R ussell Peers’ ETA 29
open m odel W ith s im ila r g lid e s . Ray w o n by a b o u t 25
seco nds. To be fa ir. I have seen R u s s e ll's m odel c lim b m uch
b e tte r. The o th e r fly -o ff proved an a n ti-c lim a x as Roger
B a g g o tt ove r-ra n w ith his n e w G.15 open m cd e l - le a vin g
me to take th ird place
Prizes w ere a w arded do v/n to fo u rth in A /2 , and th ird in
the o th e r ca te g o rie s. N e verthele ss, by d in t o f ru n n in g a
raffle, the w h o le m e e tin g w as run at a sm a ll p ro fit! A fte r tw o
years o f a c tu a lly try in g o u t t h e r idea s, the Y o rk C lu b are
c o n v in c e d th a t th e y are on the rig h t lin e s w hen it com es to
p ro v id in g w h a t c o n te s t flie rs re a lly w a n t. A p a rt fro m the
prize s, the h o s t c lu b re fraine d fro m p a rtic ip a tio n so as to
p ro v id e tim e rs and o rg a n is a tio n a l staff. Y ork se cre ta ry Dave
W h ite p a id trib u te to th e ir ra d io m em bers w h o m anned the
gate fo r several h o u rs There can be no d o u b t th a t th is
ra lly w a s s u c c e s s fu l - w h e th e r ju d g e d by a tte n d a n ce , fly in g
o r general s a tis fa c tio n Λ fe w m ore m e etings like it w o u ld
n o t com e a m is s - even if o b ta in e d by. say. d ro p p in g or
c o m b in in g s m a ll m e etings.
A d o m e s tic , b u t u n iq u e and the re fo re , in te re s tin g event in
the N W s c a le n d a r is the lo n g e s ta b lis h e d R ootes T roph y
event This is a c lu b team eve nt, flo w n as a s in g le , c e n tra lis e d
c o n te s t as d is tin c t fro m the k n o c k -o u t s yste m s on ce p o p u la r
in the N orthern and London areas P la cin g s in the Rootes
are de te rm in e d by to ta llin g up a c lu b 's be st tv/o in d iv id u a l
scores m each event. This p e rm its a ll w h o w is h , to fly
H ow ever, by h o ld in g the c o n te s t late in the year and p r e v i­
o u s ly on a fo u r-flig h t b a sis, it w a s hoped to d isco u ra g e a ll-
ro u n d e rs fro m Hying s u ffic ie n t eve n ts to influ e n ce the re­
s u lts u n d u ly.
A lth o u g h th is a rrang em e nt has stood the te s t o f tim e , there
w ere a fe w m in o r changes fo r th is yea r's event at C h e tw yn d
on 2nd N ovem ber. The n u m b e r o f flig h ts v/as c u t to three,
and c h u c k g lid e r w a s added to the usu al R./G/P eve nts The
la tte r arose o u t o f re ce n t in te re s t and s u p p o rt fo r c h u c k
g lid e r eve n ts a t N .W . a re a -c e n tra lis e d m e etings over the
la s t year o r so. There w as a lso the p ro v is io n o f a cash prize
fo r the w in n in g c lu b , in a d d itio n to the c u s to m a ry in d iv id u a l
s w a rd s , b u t I c o n s id e r th a t th is v/a s an n o u n ce d so late as to
fa il as an in d u c e m e n t.
The run of reasonable w e a th e r c e rta in ly broke fo r th is
c o n te s t - as it v/a s w in d y by any s ta n d a rd s It v/as n o t qu ite
so w m d y at 8 00 a m. w hen the e ve n t sta rte d - b u t o n ly the
re la tiv e ly local C ong leton C lu b to o k advantage o f th is . In
con seque nce, they m ade an im p re ssive , b u t exp ensive set ol
in itia l flig h ts Both Ted P rince, fly in g a la rg ish open ru b b e r
m o del, and John B oon, w ith a scaled up (T.2 size) C oprice.
g o t aw ay v /c ll b u t failed to fin d th e ir m odels That th e flig h ts
w ere tim e d u n d e r maxes w a s som e in d ic a tio n o f d is ta n c e
R ussell Peers m ade three ve ry q u ic k flig h ts in ru b b e r by
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m a k in g a s h o rt fir s t flig h t and then fly in g tw o m o d e ls. His
ag gregate of 7:24, in c lu d in g n o m axes, m ig h t sound lo w . bu t
w a s the d a y 's to p score.
N evertheless, o v e ra ll c o n s is te n c y and d e te rm in a tio n w ere
to prove an e sse ntial re q u ire m e n t. M y c lu b . W h ite fie ld ,
solved th is p roblem by o rg a n is in g o u r fly in g so th a t w e had
a fu ll c o m p le m e n t ol team m em bers fly in g ca te g o rie s as re ­
q u ire d This enabled the load to be sp re a d ' by a v o id in g the
need fo r fly in g m u ltip le e v e n ts . A lth o u g h th in g s w e n t far
fro m s m o o th ly , w ith ro u g h la n d in g s p ro d u c in g a fa ir c a s u a lty
ra te, w e had s u ffic ie n t m a n p o w e r to em erge as w in n e rs
o v e r C ong leton .
The in d iv id u a l aw ards w e re w e ll spread out. R ussell w on
R ubber, w ith m y s e lf se c o n d , fly in g an o ld is h W a k e fie ld w ith
extra ru b b e r Pow er w a s top p e d by C o n g le to n 's J a c k Cooke,
u sin g a P A W 1.49 d iese l in a s tre tc h e d G a u c h o '. Brian
W o rth in g to n w a s second w ith a G15 po w e red F A .I. m odel
d e s p ite a fin a l flig h t being tim e d 0 . 0 . S. w e ll up at a
m in u te - and n e c e s s ita tin g a fu ll scale c lu b search in the
g a th e rin g d u s k l A lan W o o d w as th ird w ith w h a t s o u n d s an
a n a c h ro n is m - a G15 pow e red S w iss M is s .
Open g lid e r w a s w o n by T e rry D ilk e s w ith his lo w aspect
ra tio , high p y lo n de sig n th a t eve ryone else re c k o n s looks
lik e a po w e r m o d e l! B rian P icken persevered a fte r to w in c in
his C a p ric e , and c o n s e q u e n tly re sorte d to his c o n v e n tio n a l
(fis h in g -r o d i A /2 to fin a lly place second - h a lf a m in u te
ahead o f W a y n e P ritc h a rd , w h o w as fly in g D ilk e s ’ d e sig n.
C huck g lid e r w a s d o m in a te d by frie n d s Roy R oberts and
Ken R obin son, w h o p lace d in th a t o rd e r. Roy s to ta l o f 5:41
fo r the be st five flig h ts (w ith a H m in u te m ax) w a s q u ite
re m a rka b le in the c o n d itio n s . His m o del has a S w eepe tte
s ty le w in g , b u t is re a lly a m o d ific a tio n o f Nat A n to n io li's
D o lp h in d e s ig n fro m Z a ic 's 1964-5 Y ear B ook. C o n g le to n 's
A la n M o ss p ro v id e d the o th e r real o p p o s itio n .
The N o rth e rn A re a 's E xperim enta l S e s s io n ' a t T o p c liffe on
the same da y suffered fro m s im ila r w e a th e r The progra m m e
c o m p ris e d an open ru b b e r eve nt w ith an a d ju s ta b le bu t high
max, an a n ti-t3 c tic a l g lid e r event, and w h a t the y c a ll a
M in i-c o m p ' (c o m b in e d A /1 . C oupe d 'H iv e r and } A p o w e r)
The real n o v e lty , h o w e v e r, w a s an e x te n s iv e lis t o f q u ite
m o d e s t p riz e s , a p p o rtio n e d in a m a nner in te n d e d to e n ­
cou rage everyone. There w ere a w a rd s fo r the h ig h e s t placed
and o th e rw is e u n rew arded 's p e c ific a tio n ' m o d e l, 'n o v ic e ',
n e w m odel e tc ., in a d d itio n to the n o rm a l w in n e r.
John Pool w ro te to say th a t th is schem e seem s m ost
p ro m is in g in th a t m o d e lle rs flo w w hen th e y re alised they
c o u ld w in s o m e th in g - and he, a t least, is c o n v in c e d that
such a spread of a w a rd s w ill en coura ge o th e r than the
c o n te s t re g u la rs . He d id n o t p ro v id e me w ith a c o n te s t
re p o rt, so I can o n ly re fe r those in te re s te d to the Free-Fhght
N ew s fo r fu lle r d e ta ils
The D ecem ber issue of A e ro rro d e lle r co n ta in e d th e 1970
S .M .A .E c o m p e titio n progra m m e as fa r as A u g u s t, w h ich
w a s all th a t space p e rm itte d . T h is is a fin a lis e d , as d is tin c t
fro m p ro v is io n a l progra m m e - and is a ll b u t id e n tic a l to that
o f la s t yoar, and a n u m b e r o f years p re v io u s ly . In sho rt,
there are h a lf-a-d ozen a re a -c e n tra lis e d m e e tin g s and a
n u m b e r o f c e n tra lis e d c o n te s ts .
The N o rth W e s te rn Area a t le a s t w ill be pleased that
Easter and the A u g u s t, s o rry A u tu m n ', Bank H o lida y dates
have been le ft c le a r H ow ever. I p e rs o n a lly am d is a p p o in te d
P ow er D ept: 2. B o ris V e rb its k y w a s u n lu c k y w ith th is very
fa s t tun ed p ip e en gine o f h is o w n m ake w h ic h 'b le w u p '
d u rin g p ra c tic e a t th e W o rld C ham ps. N ote pan m o u n t,
p ip e th ro u g h p y lo n s , tim e r 'fla g ' and s tru t bra ce d sheeted
w in g .
January, 1970
P ow er D e p t: 3. Long nose and c o m p le x p lu m b in g fo r p ip e d
S upe r T ig re G.15 w ith flo o d -o ff used by D ic k Jo h n so n of
(S t. A lb a n s w ith S eelig tim e r b u rie d un d e r the ru b b e r!
th a t I c o u ld w e ll re peat w h a t I said (in m y F ebruary, 1969
’ C o m m e n ts ’ ) a b o u t the in d iv id u a l and c lu b c h a m p io n s h ip
events. If these eve nts, in p a rtic u la r the in d iv id u a l, are to be
en couraged th e n use of the sam e c o n te s ts (fo r c lu b and
in d iv id u a l) a t area m e e tin g s, and re a rra n g e m e n ts o f eve nts
a t the N a ts ' w o u ld seem w o rth w h ile I m ig h t be biased on
th is to p ic , b u t I w o u ld p o in t o u t th a t I have m ore e x p e ri­
ence than m o st p e ople o f co p in g w ith several eve nts on a
d a y! For ju n io rs , the p ro s p e c ts o f three c h a m p io n s h ip events
p lu s the separate Frog J u n io r' c o n te s t (w h ic h c a n n o t be
d o u b le d u p ') a ll in one day m u st in d e e d be d a u n tin g !
A s areas had the o p p o rtu n ity to d is c u s s the progra m m e
in its d ra ft fo rm it appears th a t the above c o n s id e ra tio n s are
o f little g e nera l in te re s t. Perhaps the re sh o u ld be a lo g ic a l
fo llo w -u p to th is d e d u c tio n !
T w o T ria ls M e e tin g s are sch e d u le d fo r the w e e ke n d s
o f 22nd and 23rd A u g u s t and 3rd and 4th O cto b e r, 1970 -
p re s u m a b ly on the e sta b lish e d b a sis o f a sequence o f
a lte rn a te R /G /P ro unds o v e r the S a tu rd a y s and S u n d a ys. I am
s till fa r fro m c o n v in c e d th a t s e le c tio n the year before the
C h a m p io n s h ip is the ideal system - e s p e c ia lly as the a ctu a l
F in als' are a te s t of so m uch a d d itio n a l to m odel p e rfo r­
m ance. In these c irc u m s ta n c e s , w h a t is needed is a person
'o n fo rm ' - n o t in the a n ti-c lim a x sta te th a t can fo llo w fro m
q u a lific a tio n s u n d e r th e p re se n t system .
One th in g w ill c e rta in ly need to be e s ta b lis h e d p re tty
q u ic k ly This is the q u e s tio n of w h a t rules F .A .I. p o w e r w ill
use fo r 1970 events The d e c is io n ju s t m ade by the F.A .I
does no t com e in to fo rce t i l l J a n u a ry 1971 - b u t the T ria ls at
least w o u ld seem to need the fo llo w in g y e a r's ru le s.
The la st paragraph leads n a tu ra lly to co m m e n t on the
M e e tin g o f the C .I.A .M . (o f the F .A .I.) in P aris fro m 5th to
8th N ovem ber.
The m o st im p o rta n t f / f d e c is io n is u n q u e s tio n a b ly th a t of
ba n n in g the use o f tun ed p ip e s. The actu a l w o rd in g is rather
m ore ge neral in th a t "No e xte n sio n s w h a ts o e v e r are allo w e d
to the exh a u st o p o n in g (s ) o f the m o to r' A s alre a d y stated,
th is does n o t a p p ly fo r 1970
It w ill be noted th a t th is ru le m eans th a t s ile n c e rs can n o t
be used on an F A . I P ow er m odel T h is has in te re s tin g
im p lic a tio n s , e s p e c ia lly as the s ile n c e r re q u ire m e n t re d is ­
cussed a t the S .M .A .E C o u n c il M e e tin g of 29th N ovem ber,
1969 re su lte d in F .A .I. W o rld C ham ps classes being exclud ed
from th e s ile n c e r rule.
S tand ard fue l is to be a va ila b le in the s in g u la r - being
75 per c e n t m e th a n o l and 25 p e r c e n t c a s to r o il. The
p re v io u s , and m ore p o p u la r, 80 /20 a lte rn a tiv e m ix tu re has
been w ith d ra w n . Use o f the d e tu n in g agent, is o p ro p a n o l
(is o p ro p y l a lc o h o l) w a s no t a p p ro ve d .
A ll the above d e c is io n s w ere made on q u ite sw eeping
m a jo ritie s . N o t q u ite so cle a r c u t w a s the d e c is io n to a llo w
the use o f b in o c u la rs in tim in g fre e -flig h t m o d e ls. A s s u m in g
th a t th is 'c a rrie s -o v e r' to d o m e s tic e ve n ts, as it m ig h t w e ll,
I w o n d e r ju s t w h o is g o in g to p ro v id e the n e ce ssa ry aids to
v is io n - and w h e th e r it w i l l re a lly h e lp the th e rm a l fly -o ff
s itu a tio n .
Release o f g lid e r to w lin e s is n o w p ro h ib ite d in the same
w a y th a t release o f the w in c h has been barred fo r some
years. C la rific a tio n o f the s itu a tio n w hen the lin e breaks is
n o w re q u ire d - as I w o u ld re cko n th a t th is c o n s titu te s re ­
lease and hence d is q u a lifie s the flig h t. T h is is n o t in ag ree­
m e n t w ith the d o m e s tic re g u la tio n s !
Of the above, the e lim in a tio n o f pipe s w ill p ro b a b ly b rin g
the m o s t im m e d ia te re a c tio n s - if fro m a lim ite d n u m b e r of
e n th u s ia s ts By n e xt m o n th I hope to have som e idea s as to
h o w a m o to r 's e t u p ' fo r a p ip e behaves w ith o u t such an
appendage.
A ero M odeller
'KIT ONLY' CONTEST FOR YOUNG MODELLERS
RESPONSE TO o u r la s t m o n th s a n ­
n o u n c e m e n t o f a c o n te s t fo r ju n io rs
has m et w ith o v e rw h e lm in g re sponse
- and th e re 's s till p le n ty o f tim e fo r
a ll o f you to prepare y o u r o w n e n try
M a n u fa c tu re rs to o are s h o w in g a keen
in te re s t, and the re is every lik e lih o o d
of genero us s u p p o rt fro m the tra de.
The lis t o f e lig ib le g lid e r k its has
n o w been exte nde d to in c lu d e the
V eron C irro s o n ic to g ive an even
v /id e r c h o ic e , b u t no o th e r a d d itio n s
w ill n o w be m ade.
The c o n te s t is to be run a t the
1970 B ritis h N a tio n a ls , w h ic h w ill be
held a t R A F. H u lla v m g to n o ve r the
W h its u n w e e k e n d . P rovide d you have
in s u ra n c e (M A P w ill do fin e ), th e n it
w ill be open to an yone 16 years or
y o u n g e r on the day o f the c o n te s t.
E n tra n ts m u s t fly m o d e ls c ho sen and
b u ilt fro m the fo llo w in g k its o n ly :
R ubber V ero n S e n tin e l. K e ilk ra ft A ja x
or S ena tor. M e rc u ry M e n to r.
G lid e r V e ro n V e ro s o n ic or C irro s o n ic .
K e ilk ra ft In va d e r. M e rc u ry M a rtin or
Sw an.
A ll c o s t be tw een 1 5 /- and 2 5 /-.
The c o n te s t w ill be d iv id e d into
R u bb er-pow ered and G lid e r s e c tio n s
and y ou c an e n te r e ith e r or both (yo u
can e n te r both fo r th e p ric e of one
e n try fee o f 2 / - ) . You can e n te r on
the da y o r in advance and you can
Dear J o h n .
I have a 50 in . M u s ta n g , in w h ic h I
am g o in g to p u t m y P .A .W . 19D
(3.2 c .c .) en gine, b u t to make i t scale
I w ill have to p u t a fo u r blad ed prop
on b u t I am pu zzle d as to the diam eter
and p itc h o f the p r o p ( s ) .
I w o u ld also lik e to k n o w if it w o u ld
be p o s s ib le to m ake a fo u r-b la d e d prop
o u t o f tw o -b la d e d p ro p s , jo in in g them
by a h a lf-la p jo in t.
Peterlee. C. D urh am . R obert S to a c k le y .
A lth o u g h it is p o s s ib le to m a ke a
fo u r-b la d e d p ro p e lle r b y h a lt-la p jo in tin g
tw o n o rm a l p ro p s , th e re s u lt is o fte n a
little w e a k , un le ss d o n e w ith a b s o lu te
Dear John Bridge.
I am between 10 & 16 years of age and would like to become a
member of the “Golden Wings Club". With this application I enclose
postal order (international Money Order) for 2 6d. to cover cost of
the enamel club badge, two coloured transfers and membership card.
NAME IN FULL ........................................
ADDRESS....................................... .................................................
YEAR OF BIRTH SCHOOI............................................................
NAME OF ANY OTHER CLUB OR CLUBS TO WHICH I
BELONG (if any) .......................................................................................
SEND TO: GOLDEN WINGS CLUB, AEROMODELLER, 13-35
BRIDGE STREET. HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HERTS
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have as m any m odels as you w is h ,
w ith in the above ch o ice , a lth ough
o n ly one e n try per person per sectio n
The rules w ill be s im p le and ye t
g iv e you som e idea o f h o w no rm al
c o n te s ts are ru n . There w ill be prizes
fo r be st pe rfo rm a n ce in each sectio n
and a lso fo r the be$t b u ilt.
The aim is to ge t YOU to en ter a
c o n te s t w ith o u t fe e lin g th a t a ll the
o th e rs are b e tte r than you - in th is
c o n te s t e ve ryone m u st s ta rt from
m o re o r less th e sam e p o te n tia l
pe rfo rm a n ce . C are ful b u ild in g to in ­
s tru c tio n s . som e p ra c tic e , and a b it
o f lu c k on the da y w ill d e c id e the
w in n e r.
H ow do you feel a b o u t it? W h y not
w rite to th e o rg a n is e r fo r m ore in ­
fo rm a tio n :
M r. R. A . FAVRE.
90 COURTLANDS DRIVE.
W ATFORD.
HERTS.. W D1 3JA
m a rk in g the e n velope ’K IT CONTEST
and e n c lo s in g a S tam ped A ddressed
E nvelope. It w o n 't c o m m it you to
a n y th in g if you w rite , b u t it w ill give
the o rg a n is e r som e idea o f the re ­
a c tio n to the co n te s t
D o n 't fo rg e t, if som eone asks you
w h a t you w a n t fo r C h ristm a s, how
a b o u t ono o f th o se k its - it w ill g ive
y ou am ple tim e to b u ild and p ra ctice .
a c c u ra c y . Even so, a s lig h t n o se-ove r
c o u ld break one o f th e b la d e s. Y our
be st s o lu tio n w o u ld be to m ake a fo u r-
b la d e d p ro p fo r s ta tic use. b u t fly on a
'n o rm a l· a irs c re w , o f a ro u n d 10 in . x
4 in . o r 9 in . x 6 in .
Dear Jo h n ,
A fe w w eeks ago I p u rchase d a
d ie s e l en gine fro m a se co nd-h and shop,
so please c o u ld you try and id e n tify it
fo r me. It has g o t A -M on e ith e r side of
the cra n kca se , u n dern eath the c y lin d e r,
the c o lo u r o f the c y lin d e r is blue, it
has three scre w s in the c y lin d e r at the
top It is q u ite a p o w e rfu l en gine of
a b o u t 1 c .c A nd please c o u ld you te ll
...........................
Are you between 10 and
16 years of age? Then
don't delay, join today
me w here I can send aw ay and ge t
som e spares fo r it
F a lm o u th , C o rn w a ll. M a rtin R. D o th c o tt.
The e n g in e w h ic h y o u d e s c rib e is the
A lie n -M e rc u ry 15 - a 1.5 c .c . p la in b e a r­
in g d ie s e l en g in e . The m a n u fa c tu re r s
ad dress is D . J. A lle n E n g in e e rin g , ol
28 A n g e l F a c to ry C o lo n y. London. N.18.
I can q u ite u n d e rs ta n d y o u r c o n fu s io n
as th is m o to r is in fre q u e n tly illu s tra te d
these days, and a lso because it is
p h y s ic a lly id e n tic a l w ith its 1 c .c .
va ria n t, th e A .M .1 0 , w h ic h has a green
c y lin d e r head. In c id e n ta lly , if the c y lin ­
d e r fin n in g has a 's q u a re ' appearance
w ith a d e ep to p fin - th is in d ic a te s th a t
i t is o M k . I I versio n — as the M k . I hart
a ro u n d e d appearance w ith fin s o f a
u n ifo rm th ic k n e s s .
Dear John.
A fte r ha vin g flo w n m y 'C o y La dy' fo r
the fir s t tim e . I am re lu c ta n t to fly a n y ­
th in g else b u t 5 and 6 c .c . 'p la n e s I
fly the plane on 62 ft. lines as you
sp e cifie d , and fin d the K eil K ra ft handle
very good fo r the jo b . The M e rc o .35"
en gine s ta rts and ru n s a tre at; one can
n e arly go to sleep fly in g , the e n g in e is
so even!
I am no w b u ild in g the A .P .S 'G eisha-
G irl· , and m a kin g it in to a 86N2 ‘J i l l ’
w h ic h is q u ite easy, b u t I have one or
tw o qu e rie s : -
(a ) W h e re can I o b ta in Japanese
tra n s fe rs , a b o u t 5 in d iam eter?
(b ) W h a t is the m in im u m clearance
betw een the c o w l sid e s and the
c y lin d e r I can a llo w .
(c ) W here can I ge t d e ta ils o f c o lo u r
schem es?
The B6N2 Tenzan is Japanese.
G oole. W . Y o rks. R. F rank.
A s yo u say. a larg e s tu n t c o n tro l-lin e
m o d e l is one o f the easiest to fly - a
p ity s o m a n y b e g in n e rs, g u id e d b y cost,
choose th e s m a ll m o d e ls w ith th e ir
te m p e ra m e n ta l m o to rs . W ith re g a rd s to
y o u r n e xt p ro je c t, y o u w i l l fin d it im ­
p o s s ib le to bu y Japanese tra n s fe rs o f
th e size yo u re q u ire , b u t th e y are
s im p le to p a in t on d ire c tly u s in g som e
C o n ta c t or s im ila r s e lf-a d h e s iv e c o v e r­
in g as a m a sk. On the re verse side,
d ra w a c irc le o f th e rig h t d ia m e te r and
c u t it o u t. N ext, place th e 's te n c il' on
th e w in g and a p p ly a th in coa t o l dope
a ro u n d the edges to p revent the p a in t
fro m c re e p in g u n d e r. A p p ly th e red
p a in t, and w hen d ry . c a re fu lly pe el off
th e m a s k in g pie ce . T o o b ta in th e th in
w h ite s u rro u n d , use a com pass pen
fille d w ith w h ite p a in t - p ro te c tin g the
w in g s u rfa c e w ith a piece o f c e llu lo id
e tc., w here th e com pass p o in t p iv o ts .
W hen an en gine is c o w le d in . the
im p o rta n t th in g is to en sure th a t p le n ty
o f c o o l a ir passes th ro u g h th e c y lin d e r
fin s - th is m eans m a k in g the a ir o u tle t
b ig g e r th a n the fro n ta l a ir in le t. A llo w
at least \ in . clearance e ith e r s id e of
the c y lin d e r head.
D e ta ils o f Jap anese a irc ra ft c o lo u r
schem es m a y be fo u n d in 'Japanese
A ir Fo rce C am o uflag e and M a rk in g s
W o rld W a r I I b y A . W . Thorpe, p u b ­
lish e d by A ero P u b lish e rs In c .. F all-
bro o k. C a lifo rn ia .
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‘ΚΑΜΑΝ’
DESPITE THEIR SIMPLICITY, the free-flight, power-
driven helicopter has always been something of a mystery
to aeromodellers - the designer included! However,
‘nothing ventured - nothing gained’, it was decided to
press on with this design three years ago. After it was
built, the question arose, ‘How does one trim it for
flight?’- you cannot test glide the thing! The engine was
adjusted to peak revs, and the model allowed to fly out
of the designer’s hand. No one could have been more
surprised to see it climb in a large, left hand spiral until it
disappeared O.O.S. into cloud! The engine cut and after
a short time it reappeared out of the clouds on an
auto-rotation descent. From that day to this it has always
performed to the satisfaction of the many modellers who
have seen it fly, especially those at the last two Scale
meetings at Old Warden. What more could one ask of a
simple helicopter design?
Construction of the fuselage is straightforward, but
the rotor-head may give some trouble if one is not careful
with the wire bending. The fuselage sides are cut from
1/16 in. sheet balsa, 6 in. w id e -if your local shop does
not stock this width, change your model shop or glue
smaller sheets edge-to-edge. It is framed with 1/16 in. x
1/8 in. where shown. The cross-grain laminations at the
front are essential to give it rigidity prior to fixing the
celluloid cabin windows.
It is important to note the anti-rotation chute opening
is on the port side only. Cut formers F.l and F.2 from
1/8 in. sheet balsa. The rotor-mast support beams may
be made out of engine bearer material or even obechi.
Holes are drilled and 14 s.w.g. brass tubes are epoxied
in where shown. The formers are glued to the two support
beams and then the sides are glued to the formers. The
1/8 in. square cross pieces are now added, so forming a
basic box to which the rest of the components are added.
The front landing gear support wire is bound and glued
to the 1/8 in. sheet which is then glued into the basic
fuselage before the bottom sheeting is added. The top
and bottom of the fuselage is largely left open except for
the strips as shown, so that the prop-wash can pass
through the fuselage rather than round it, thereby causing
less drag. The booms are completed as per drawing by
adding the 3/16 in. wide spacers, top and bottom followed
by the soft 3/16 in. sheet ends. The two fins are cut from
1/16 in. sheet balsa, edges sanded round, and glued on the
outside of the booms. The rear 1/8 in. sheet spacer at the
tail end is sanded to an airfoil section before it is glued
between the booms. The rear landing gear support wire
is fixed with a small woodscrew' and washer to the bottom
rotor-mast support beam. The two 3/16 in. diameter
dowels are then bound and glued to the landing gear
support wires. At this stage, with the cabin window
material still to be fitted, put in whatever type of cockpit
detail you wish, but keep it light. When this is done the
celluloid can be inserted. The last and the most important
item is now fitted - the anti-rotation chute. This is made
out of thin card (Bristol Board) and is cut to the width
shown - the length can be obtained from the cross-
section A-A. Take a piece of 1/I6in. square balsa and glue
to one end of the card and when dry, it is glued and
pinned to the bottom edge of the anti-rotation chute
opening. The other end is glued and pinned to the side of
the top rotor-mast support beam, once again refer to
cross-section A-A for details. The whole of the airframe
is now sanded and the corners rounded off. As there is a
weight limit of 11 oz., coloured tissue doped on will give
the best and lightest finish to the airframe. If you must use
coloured dope, apply it sparingly.
The construction of the rotor-head is started by making
the rotor-mast. This is a length of 14 s.w.g. piano wire cut
to the length shown on the plan with a small length of
14 s.w.g. brass tube soldered on the end. The next parts
are the blade support wires. Four are required all made
out of 16 s.w.g. piano wire. These are bent to the shape
shown on the plan but note, only bend them up to and
including the 3rd bend, and make sure they arc all
identical. The rotor-shaft bearing is made from a length
of 14 s.w.g. brass tube and two brass washers which have
four holes drilled in them (see plan) to take the four
blade support wires. A w'asher is placed at each end of the
brass tube and the blade support wires are inserted into
the holes, then the whole assembly is soldered together,
so forming a complete unit. If spirit flux is used, wash the
bearing after soldering to get rid of any spirits, otherwise
you will end up with a corroded rotor-shaft. The engine
mounting discs can now be cut from 1/16 in. plywood.
R.3 and R.2 are glued together, and then epoxied to the
blade support wrires, but R.l is not glued at all - this is
 A ero M odeller 26

V ie w o f u n d e rsid e s h o w s the open s tru c tu re and the a n ti­

ro ta tio n c h u te on the le ft hand s id e o n ly .

There are two blade stops and one is cut to the shape
shown and epoxied to the top of the blade-holders. A
piece of 16 s.w.g. brass tube is glued and bound to the
underside of the blade-holder. The 18 s.w.g. blade re­
taining wire and 20 s.w.g. weight arm link are bent to
shape, bound together with fuse wire, and soldered. The
blade retaining wire with the weight arm link attached is
then bound and glued to the blade-holder. The 18 s.w.g.
weight arm is bent to shape and then the lead balance
weight is made. You may be able to buy a weight of the
correct shape from a fishing tackle dealer, but if not, you
will have to cast your own from a simple mould. The
weights are attached by a small piece of 18 s.w.g. brass
tube soldered to the end of the weight arm. The hinge is
made out of a small length of J/8 in. diameter brass-
so that it can be removed at intervals to lubricate the » 1/8 in. square brass would do, but 1/8 in. diameter brass
rotor-shaft bearing. The rotor-head in its present state is just that bit lighter. It has two holes drilled through it,
can now be laid aside whilst the blade-holders and their at right angles to each other - one is to take the weight
fittings are made. The blade-holders are cut from 2 mm. arm, the other the blade-support wire. The hinge is re­
or 3/32 in. plywood to the shape on the plan. The saw- tained by a small piece of brass tube soldered to the end
cuts are to allow one to bind the various components to it. of the weight arm. Cut the blade from 3/32 in. medium
Referring to the exploded view of the blade-holding hard balsa and let in the 3/32 in. spruce sheet reinforce­
means you will see all the components that are required. ment.
As this only shows one blade, and there are four blades Note the wash-out in the blade. This is carved-in
on the model, it means you have to make four of every­ first before the blade is shaped to an airfoil section.
thing that is shown in this view. How many of you have The blades can be covered in Jap Tissue, Modelspan or
given up now and gone back to the simple life of T.V. nylon. The original used Jap Tissue and a new set have
watching? For those of you who are still with it, each only just been made after three years’ use. An 8 B.A. bolt
component is described in turn. complete with washers and nut is used to hold the blades

F u ll-s iz e c o p ie s o f th is 1 /6 th re p ro d u c tio n are a va ila b le th ro u g h A .P .S . as Plan N o. U 1055, p ric e 8s. in c . p o s t.

KAMAN HELICOPTER
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to the blade-holder, but do not over tighten it as the
blade has to pivot on this bolt, should the rotor strike
the ground. A short length of fuel tubing fits between the
third bend on the blade support wire and the inner end of
the blade-holder. It not only acts as a shock absorber, but
stops the blade-holder jamming up against the third bend
ana also enables one to complete the fourth bend in the
blade support wire.
This completes the components required for the blade
holding means except for the second blade stop, which is
made out of 20 s.w.g. wire, but this cannot be fitted until
the fourth bend is made on the blade support wire.
To do this, the short length of fuel tubing is pushed
onto the end of the blade support wire and is pushed
along until it passes round the third bend. Position a
blade-holder on the wire and push this along until it hits
the third bend. Now mark the wire where the fourth
bend is to be made. Looking at the plans you will see that
the wire is bent not only at right angles to the length of
wire that the blade-holder pivots on, but also at an angle
of 10 degrees in a downward direction. This is important
as it gives the blades the required angle of pitch for auto-
rotation. This fourth bend is made on each blade support
wire in turn, at the same time trying to make sure each
bend is identical. When all the final bends are completed
the blade stops can be bent to an angle of 8 degrees and
then soldered to the blade support wires. The fuel tubing
is then pulled back around the third bend and positioned
as shown. Now take a weight-arm and pass the end
through the eye in the weight-arm link. It is pulled through
until the hinge can be attached to it and the end of the
blade support wire. The hinge is retained on the support
C lose up o f e n g in e in s ta lla tio n s h o w s a Cox Therm al
H opper, fitte d to the o rig in a l m o del w ith a s p e c ia l ta n k
m o u n t.
27 January, 1970
D esign er J, B ish o p d is p la y s the m e th o d o f hand la u n ch in g
the h o lic o p te r - b u t m ake sure th a t th o se ro to r bla d e s have
reached m a xim u m revs be fore re le asing .
w'ire by a small length of 16 s.w\g. brass tube soldered to
the end. When all the weight arms are fitted and checked
for freedom of movement, the blades can be attached with
their 8 B.A. bolts and a rubber band, which passes around
each end of the blade retaining wire and over the top of
the blade. Now adjust the blades for pitch - this is done by
holding the weight-arm in a horizontal position and view­
ing the tips of the blade, it should have a positive pitch
of 5 degrees. If this is not so, adjust it by bending the
weight-arm link. Earlier in the description an angle of
8 degrees for the blade stop was given - this was just a
nominal figure to start with as each blade stop is adjusted
by bending to give the blades a maximum pitch angle of
10 degrees at the tip. This is adjusted now, prior to
balancing the rotor-head, which is done by holding the
rotor-mast with the rotor-head attached, in a horizontal
position - the heavier blade will then tend to rotate to the
lowest position. If it is in balance you should be able to
place the blades in any position and they will stay there.
At the same time check to see that it is not friction be­
tween the rotor-mast and rotor-bearing that is allowing
the blades to stay put.
The engine can now be mounted on the rotor-head. A
Cox “Babe Bee’ is shown on the plans. This is probably
the easiest engine to mount onto the rotor-head, owing
to the built-in fuel tank. The engine cylinder and head
have to be counter-balanced, the method of doing this is
shown on the plans. A propeller is then fitted to the engine
in the 3 o’clock-9 o’clock position with the piston half
way up the cylinder. With the propeller in this position
it is balanced on a pair of knife edges, if an excess of lead
has been added for the balance weight it can be filed off
until the engine balances horizontallty. Please note the
position of the fuel pick-up, this is to allow' for the centri­
fugal force acting on the fuel.
Should you use any engine other than a Cox .049 with
a built-in fuel tank, then you will have to devise a mount­
ing and tank, but keep it light.
As the engine specified is a glow-plug type the body of
the helicopter will need fuel-proofing. Try and fuel-proof
inside the open fuselage as much as you can, also the
windows. The blades do not need proofing but the ply­
wood discs of the rotor-head must be heavily proofed.
The assembled rotor-head can now be attached to the
fuselage in the position shown on the plan. This can be
varied by using the other positions, but the original
model has flown in the position shown since it was made.
First a small collar or wheel retainer is positioned and
tightened on the shaft so that the rotor-head can rotate
freely, but with no undue slop. A light compression
spring is then fitted, in order to take some of the shock
during landing. The rotor-mast is then pushed through
the top support and another collar is then fitted to the
shaft with the tail of the shaft through the bottom support,
see plans for position. Make sure that this second collar
is screwed up tight as it is this one that stops the rotor-
head from flying out of the fuselage.
Use a 6 x 3 or 5^ x 3 prop on the engine and give it a
full-throttle run up without releasing the model. This will
indicate the fuel is feeding correctly. Before the model is
launched, the engine must be giving its maximum revs, so
this calls for an engine that is in good condition. Do not
put any old worn motor on this machine, then blame the
model because it will not fly, it does! The model will
R.O.G. very well, but if you hand-launch it, do not give
it a push into the air, just let it rise from out of your hand.
It will do so when the rotor-blades are spinning fast
enough.
A ero M odeller
The 'K o e llik e r' s ile n c e r is a v e ry
v e n tu ri ty p e . F itte d to a M c rc o 61
n o tic e a b le in cre a se in p o w e r (a nd
the sta n d a rd M e rco
New Super-Tigre Silencers
T w o exa m ples o f a ne w range of
S u p e r-T ig re s ile n c e rs have reached
us fro m W o rld E ngines Ltd. These are
o f an e n tire ly d iffe re n t de sig n fro m the
sta n d a rd S T. baffled exp a n sio n cha m ber
and, p re s u m a b ly , are in te nded to re ­
du ce po w e r loss at the c o s t o f s lig h tly
incre ased w e ig h t (a nd in som e cases,
b u lk ) p lu s , w e w o u ld guess, s lig h tly
less e ffe c tiv e n e s s in re d u c in g no ise
level.
T h is n e w de sig n fo llo w s the Eta
v e n tu ri e x tra c to r type and c e rta in M in i-
V o x (G e rm a n ) and K o e llik e r (S w is s )
s ile n c e rs in th a t gasses are fir s t e x ­
ha usted in to an a n n u la r ch a m b e r and
then d is c h a rg e d into a tub e, open at
both en d s, th ro u g h w h ic h the airstream
flo w s fo r e x tra c to r a s s is ta n c e and
c o o lin g .
W e hope to che ck the e ffe c tiv e n e s s
o f th is a rra n g e m e n t in o u r n e x t te s t o f
a S u p e r-T ig re en g in e . M e a n w h ile , w e
have an assu rance fro m M ic k W ils h e re
o f W o rld E ngines, w h o has trie d one on
a G .21 /29 eq u ip p e d R /C m o del, th a t it
re a lly does w o rk and, he be lie ves,
a c tu a lly lib e ra te s m ore p o w e r than
w h e n the en gine is o p erated w ith o u t a
sile n c e r.
N ew ty p e S u p e r-T ig re lo w -lo s s s ile n c e r
fitte d to a G .21 /29 R /C m o to r. U ser has
c h o ic e of c o n v e n tio n a l m e tal s tra p fix ­
in g o r w ire c lip as sh o w n .
Interesting E.D. Racer Conversion
In a le tte r to the MODEL ENGINEER,
D r. A . J . P ontin of W o k in g , has d e s ­
c rib e d an in te re s tin g and h ig h ly o rig in a l
g lo w p lu g en gine th a t he has b u ilt,
based on the b o tto m end o f an E.D.
2.46 diese l.
The idea behind th is is to achieve a
u n iflo w p o rtin g system in w h ic h the in ­
le t (tra n s fe r) and exh aust p o rts are
s itu a te d at o p p o s ite ends o f the c y lin ­
der. In s ep aratin g the p o rts in th is w a y ,
it sh o u ld be p o s s ib le to reduce charge
loss th ro u g h the exh a u st. The fresh
cha rge, e n te rin g at one end, d riv e s the
e x h a u s t gas be fore it and c a n n o t
escape th ro u g h the ex h a u s t p o rt u n til
m o s t o f the s p e n t gasses have been
The team o f P lo ts in and T im o fe e v fro m
the U .S .S .R . have been h ig h ly s u c c e s s ­
fu l in in te rn a tio n a l team ra c in g . T h is
is one o f V a le ry T im o fe e v 's m o to rs , a
m u ch m o d ifie d S u p e r-T ig re G .2 0/15 -D .
28
LATEST
ENGINE
w e ll m ade u n it o f the
NEWS
R /C , the re s u lt w a s a
n o is e !), com pare d w ith B y Peter Chinn
fittin g .
d is c h a rg e d a t the o th e r end. sleeve and take in fre sh cha rge via
In D r. P o n tin 's e n g in e , the exh aust b y-p a ss pa ssages to the to p o f the
p o rts are s itu a te d , at the to p o f the c y lin d e r. S uch an a rra n g e m e n t is p u t
c y lin d e r and, to c o n tro l th e ir opening fo rw a rd by K. G D rap er in his book
and c lo s in g , the p is to n has a sleeve- The T w o -S tro k e E ngine, as a be tte r
lik e e xte n sio n o f its d ia m e te r above s o lu tio n . T h is m ig h t w e ll p ro vid e im ­
the p isto n c ro w n . A t BDC, the top of proved lu b ric a tio n and c o o lin g o f the
the sleeve c o m p le te ly u n co ve rs the e x­ up per c y lin d e r and p is to n sleeve.
ha u st p o rts . A t TDC, the sleeve is A g a in s t it is the re duced p rim a ry c o m ­
acco m m o d a te d in an a n n u la r space p re ssio n ra tio th a t w o u ld re s u lt from
A b o v e , R olf M ie b a c h 's la te s t p ip e , the
M Z T ric o n e is an u ltr a -lig h tw e ig h t -
u n d e r $ 02 - v e rs io n fo r fre e -flig h t (a t
le a s t u n til the end of 1970!) as used
b y K a rl-H e inz R ieke. A t rig h t, th e la te st
'g o ld h e ad' O .S . M a x 60 R /C - fo u n d
in p ra c tic a l te s ts to be e xtre m e ly
p o w e rfu l.
such le n g th y tra n s fe r passages. T h is is
a q u e s tio n th a t is p ro b a b ly be st re­
s u rro u n d in g a ve ry deep c y lin d e r-h e a d
T ra n s fe r is effected th ro u g h n o rm a lly solved by p ra c tic a l e xp e rim e n t
Dr. P ontin sta te s th a t the p e rfo rm ­
lo c a te d p o rts in the c y lin d e r w a ll and ance o f his e n g in e is ’o n ly average"
the nce th ro u g h p o rts in the p isto n and q u o te s a fig u re o f a p p ro x im a te ly
sleeve im m e d ia te ly above the p is to n 11.000 r.p .m . w ith a 9 x 4 nylon prop.
c ro w n .
P ort tim in g is m uch the same as in In fa c t, if th is fig u re is re asona bly
a ccu ra te and the prop used w a s of
a c o n v e n tio n a l en gine. The exh a u st p o rt average 9 x 4 p o w e r a b s o rp tio n c h a ra c ­
opens firs t as the p is to n approa ches
te ris tic s . the p e rfo rm a n ce w o u ld appear
BDC and p re ssu re d ro p s as exh aust gas to be above th a t of a s to c k E.D. Racer
is released fro m the u p p e r p a rt o f the
diese l and. perhaps, b e tte r than average
c y lin d e r. S h o rtly a fte rw a rd s , the tra n s ­ fo r 2.5 c .c . en gines in general. (A q u ic k
fer p o rts are opened and fre sh gas
ch e ck o f o u r fig u re s fo r e ig h t c u rre n t
e n te rs a t p is to n c ro w n level to fill the
lo v /e r p a rt o f the c y lin d e r, d riv in g the 2 .5 s, both d ie s e l and g lo w , gave an
average o f 10,800 r.p .m . on 9 x 4 T op-
re m a in in g exh aust gassos up and o u t F lite nylon p ro p s .) Be th a t as it may.
o f the c y lin d e r as the p is to n rises
again.
the fa c t th a t the system a p p a re n tly
w o rk s so w e ll is a ve ry en co u ra g in g
It is n o t e s s e n tia l to have the ex­
s ta rt and, as Dr P ontin says, fu rth e r
ha u st a t the to p o f the c y lin d e r. One
d e v e lo p m e n t is o b v io u s ly p o s s ib le and
c o u ld pass the exh a u st gases th ro u g h
a w in d o w in the b o tto m o f the pisto n sho uld lead to hig h e r le ve ls o f p e r­
form an ce.

New Sparking Plug
Mr A B enn ett o f W ith n e ll. Lancs,
w rite s to te ll us th a t he is s h o rtly to
begin m a n u fa c tu re o f s p a rk in g p lu g s
fo r m odel p e tro l en gines. These plu g s,
w h ic h w ill sell at a very reasona ble five
s h illin g s each, should be o f real in ­
te re s t to 'V in ta g e ' e n th u s ia s ts w h o take
th is branch o f h o bby s e rio u s ly en ough
to in s is t on p o w e rin g th e ir m o dels w ith
ge n u in e s p a rk -ig n itio n en gines o f the
pe rio d .
The p re -p ro d u c tio n p lu g w h ic h M r
B en n e tt sent along fo r o u r in s p e c tio n
is a c tu a lly a 10 m m . si 2 e w h ic h , o
c o u rs e , does n o t m ake it a s u ita b le re­
p la c e m e n t fo r the p o p u la r f in x 24
t.p .i. and J in. x 32 t.p .i. size p lu g s
fo rm e rly m ade by C ha m p io n , K .L .6 ..
Lodge. A .C .. etc. fo r m o del en gines,
bu t w e hope th a t M r. B e n n e tt w ill, in
fa c t, also p ro d u c e p lu g s in these s ta n ­
da rd m odel sizes.
A s the p h o to s h o w s , the plug is
u n lik e c o m m e rc ia l m odel p lu g s in th a t
it has no side e le c tro d e , the sp a rk
ju m p in g fro m the c e n tra l ele c tro d e
d ire c tly to the p lu g bo dy. In th is re­
sp e ct. it re sem ble s the C ham pion
U K-16V p lu g m ade fo r th e Saab 96
S p o rt tw o -s tro k e car en gine. A n o th e r
un usual fe a tu re is the use of a non-
m e ta llic p lu g w a s h e r w h ic h , it is
c la im e d , m eans th a t a s a tis fa c to ry gas
seal is o b ta in e d w ith firm fin g e r­
tig h te n in g o f the p lug o n ly - hence the
kn u rle d body. P ro d u c tio n p lu g s w ill,
ho w e v e r, have a hexagonal bo dy, w h ic h
is p re fe ra b le , if o n ly to en sure th a t, as
it is o f a lu m in iu m inste ad of the usual
stee l, the p lu g re m ains easy to rem ove
fro m the en gine w hen hot.
'ware Hybrids
W e cam e a c ro s s an e x a m p le , re c e n tly ,
o f a s lig h t case o f d e c e p tio n c o n c e rn ­
ing a w e ll-k n o w n im p o rte d en gine: the
s o rt o f th in g th a t p u rc h a s e rs s ho uld bo
on th e ir gu a rd a b o u t O ur a tte n tio n
w as d ra w n to it by a c o n s c ie n tio u s
m odel shop m anager w h o had received
The B e n n e tt 10 m m . m in ia tu re s p a rk in g
p lu g , o f w h ic h a p ro d u c tio n v e rs io n
w ith o rth o d o x he xagon al body is
p la n n e d . I t is hoped th a t i t w ill also be
m ade in the p o p u la r $ in . and $ in.
sizes.
a c o n s ig n m e n t o f en g in e s fro m the im ­
p o rte r, am ong w h ic h w a s a ty p e he
w a s un able to p o s itiv e ly id e n tify . On
in s p e c tio n , w e w e re ab le to e s ta b lis h
th a t the engine had o r ig in a lly been an
R /C m o del b u t the th ro ttle ty p e c a rb u r­
e tto r had been rem oved (p re s u m a b ly
29 January, 1970
Large d is p la c e m e n t R /C en g in e s have
ten ded to g e t b ig g e r, he avier and m ore
exp ensive. N o t everyone w a n ts a 16-
18 oz. p o w e r p la n t c o s tin g £25-£30.
T w o lig h te r, less exp ensive ones o f
good p e rfo rm a n ce th a t are s till a v a il­
able are the Λ 2\ oz. O .S . M ax-58 at
£19 (a b o v e ), and the 13 oz. S uper-
Tig re ST.60 at £1? 14s. te rm in a l; the 'S u p e r' p lu g has a n ic k e l
because of sho rtag e o f spare p a rts ) fin is h and the 'S p e e d ' p lu g is all black.
and re placed by an o rd in a ry choke In a d d itio n , the y have c o lo u r-c o d e d
and n e e dle-valve a sse m b ly o f the same p a cka g in g .
m ake. Super-Tigre Tuned Pipe at last
O u tw a rd ly (e x c e p t fo r ha vin g w h a t The lo n g -a w a ite d S.T. re s o n a n t p ip e
a m o u n te d to a s tu n t size c h o k e ), the f o r G .1 5 e n g in e s is now in p r o d u c t io n .
e n gine looke d lik e the m a n u fa c tu re r’ s
A s the p h o to s h o w s , it is o f the d o u b le
h o t ra t-ra c in g engine th a t is b u ilt cone p a tte rn w ith a fa ir ly large d ia ­
around the same cra nkcase. U n fo rtu ­
m e ter ta ilp ip e . W hen fitte d d ire c tly
n a te ly , an yone b u yin g th is m o to r under in to the e xh a u st e lb o w s u p p lie d , its
the im p re s s io n th a t it w as the ra t v e r­
leng th is such as to s u it the b lo w d o w n
sion w o u ld be in fo r so m e th in g o f a p e rio d and peak r.p .m . o f an a p p ro p ri­
d is a p p o in tm e n t a$ such a h y b rid w o u ld
ate ly tun ed G.15 in s ta lla tio n - i.e . w hen
u n d o u b te d ly fa ll w e ll s h o rt o f the p o te n ­ the e xh a u st pe rio d is in cre ased to 160
tia l o f the RR m o del w h ic h , in fa c t, has degrees o f c ra n k angle and p ro p load
a d iffe re n t p is to n and c y lin d e r, d iffe re n t is such as to a llo w the e n gine to reach
c o m b u s tio n cha m ber shape, d iffe re n t a p p ro x im a te ly 26.000 r.p .m . To re -tu n c
p o rtin g , re v is e d in d u c tio n tim in g and a the p ip e to s u it lo w e r speeds, its leng th
high er c o m p re s s io n ra tio , p lu s , of can be exte nde d and the fa c to ry gives
cou rse, a w id e open in ta ke and p re s ­ a lis t o f the v a rio u s in s e rt le n g th s re­
sure feed. P rob ably these fa c ts w ere q u ire d to s u it load speeds d o w n to
u n k n o w n to the pe rson re s p o n s ib le fo r 19,000 r.p .m .
the s w itc h .
Front Induction HP.61
For the c o m in g season, the A u s tria n
H irte n b e rg e r P a tro n e n fa b rik plan to in ­
tro d u c e a s h a ft-v a lv e ve rsio n o f the
HP 61 R /C en gine, to be k n o w n as the
HP 61F R /C . W e have a p ro to ty p e fo r
e va lu a tio n and it lo o k s p ro m is in g .
S h o rte r, a little lig h te r and w ith s im p le r
c a rb u re tto r c o n tro ls , th is n e w m odel
sh o u ld prove a w o rth y a lte rn a tiv e to
the sta n d a rd re ar in ta ke b e ll-v a lv e e n ­
gine . W h ile the long sh a ft and in c lin e d
rear in ta ke o f the la tte r has its uses fo r
scale (in p a rtic u la r in ve rte d in -lin e type
in s ta lla tio n s ) a n o rm a l fro n t in d u c tio n
A t la s t! G a ro fa li's tu n e d p ip e n o w la y o u t is s till preferred by the m a jo rity
a v a ila b le in the U .K. fro m W o rld En­ o f R /C m u lti e n th u s ia s ts w h o se in ­
gin e s L td ., c o m p le te w ith m a n ifo ld fo r te re s ts ce n tre a round re g u la r a e ro b a tic
c u rre n t G.15 and G.15RV. m o d e ls and the HP 61F is o b v io u s ly
FK Glowplugs aim ed a t th is w id e r m a rket. The rear
in d u c tio n m odel w ill, ho w e ve r, c o n tin u e
The la te s t p ro d u c t fro m German to be a va ila b le : the n e w m o del w ill
a c c e s s o ry m a n u fa c tu re r Franz Kavan is
s u p p le m e n t it. n o t re place it.
a new range o f g lo w p lu g s . These w ill
be o b ta in a b le in five d iffe re n t ra tin g s
e n a b lin g the user to s e le c t by tria l tne
type be st s u ite d to his p a rtic u la r m o to r
and o p e ra tin g c o n d itio n s F ila m e n ts are
o f p la tin u m -irid iu m (th e a llo y m ost
c o m m o n ly used fo r m o del g lo w p lu g s ),
the w ire being o f v a ry in g th ic k n e s s
a c c o rd in g to heat ra tin g The p lu g s are
ra ted h o t’ , 'm id d le ', 'c o ld '. S upe r'
and 'S p e e d '. No fig u re s o r le tte rs id e n ­
tify them in ste a d , the firs t three can
be d is tin g u is h e d by the n u m b e r of
g rooves, one. tw o o r three, on the plug
Left, s p e c ia l d o w n d ra u g h t p a tte rn R /C
c a rb u re tto r b a c k p la te u n it is n o w o p ­
tio n a l fo r the 2.5 c .c . E.D. Racer diese l.
A t rig h t, p ro to ty p e HP 61F. P lanned fo r
e a rly 1970 p ro d u c tio n a lo n g sid e e x is tin g
rear in d u c tio n m o d e l. Engine re ta in s
S ch n u e rle ty p e p o rtin g , b u t has new
s in g le -rin g p is to n .

AMERICAN MIDGET RACING aircraft have al­
ways been popular subjects for acromodellcrs - Art
Chesters Goon and Jeep, Bill Falck’s Rivets, Steve
Wittraan’s Bonzo, have all appeared in model form.
Now we proudly present, simplified to profile type,
a model of perhaps the sleekest, and certainly one of
the four fastest midgets ever built - Bob Downey's
Ole Tiger. In its colour scheme of white with red and
blue trim the model is a real eye-catcher, and if you
follow carefully the instructions and building sketches
you should have no difficulty in building and flying
this fascinating little job. (Sec also, this month's
R.C.M.&E.)
Start by cutting the basic fuselage shape (A) from
medium /,· in. sheet. Cut out the engine, undercarriage
mounting piece (B) from J in. ply. Bend the under­
carriage wire to shape using a vice, insert into the
slot in piece B and firmly bind with thread and
cement. Assemble piece B to the fuselage shape A.
Cut out two side pieces (C) from 1/16 in. ply and
cement firmly both sides of the nose. Drill holes to
suit the engine you intend to use. You may have to
enlarge the cut-out for some engines. You can do this
with a fretsaw or file. The plan shows the Cox .049
Medallion installation. This particular engine is most
suitable, both from the power and easy-starting points
of view. Performance will obviously be pepped-up'
by motors of 1 c.c. Araldite a ‘KK’ 7j c.c. team race
tank in the position shown on the starboard side.
30
M a e stro M a /m strom
strikes again !
Ray produces another sparkling sport
design in this profile control-line model
OLE TIGER
for .049 (.8c.c.)-.06 (1 c.c.) engines
‘ Go to i t - Lad' d e s ig n e r Ray M a lm -
s tro m urges a y o u n g m o d e lle r to check
h is L i'l M id g e t ra cer. Real b ird is at
b o tto m o f page o p p o s ite - ge t off th a t
te n d e r fin . yo u b u rly C op! Teeny,
is n 't it?
Now is the best time to construct the wheel fairings.
Start by bending a 20 s.w.g. piece of wire to the
shape shown, then bind with fuse wire and solder to
the undercarriage leg. Bind and cement two balsa
blocks to the ends of this wire. Wheel fairing piece
D from i in. sheet fits over these blocks and is firmly
cemented to them. A ;K K ’ l j in. diam. plastic wheel
is then slipped on the axle and retained with a small
soldered washer. Fairing pieces E are then cemented
either side of piece D. Carefully carve and sandpaper
the fairing to shape. Repeat for opposite leg. We
have slightly modified the fairings to give more wheel
clearance for take-offs from short grass. You can use
smaller diameter wheels and add to the scale appear­
ance if you intend to operate from tarmac. Construct
the tailplanc and elevator from the plan, using tape,
nylon or silk for the hinges. Give the tailplanc two
coats of clear dope, sanding between coats and
pinning fiat on a board while the dope dries. Make
sure the two parts of the elevator move freely before
cementing the completed tailplane firmly into the
tailplane slot. Add the filler piece. Cut the fin from
£ in. sheet and give two coats of clear dope. Note the
rear portion of the fin is cut away and re-cemented at
an angle, oilsetting it { in. to the right. (Model viewed
from the rear.) Cement fin to fuselage. Check that
tailplanc and fin are at right angles. Construct tail-
wheel as shown and insert dowel rod firmly into a
l in. diam. hole drilled in the lower rear end of the
C -A v :
 fuselage. Cement and add tailwheel fairing pieces
H and J. Give fuselage and wheel fairings two coats
of clear dope. The engine should now be bolted in
position. Two 1/16 in. thick metal or plywood
washers should be placed between the engine lugs
and fuselage on the front mounting bolts as shown.
This points the centre line of the engine slightly to
the right (model viewed from the rear), and when
flying, this adjustment helps to maintain line-tension.
Connect engine to fuel tank with a length of neo­
prene tubing. Cut the wing from i in. sheet. (The
wing chord requires two pieces of f in. sheet be
joined spanwise, unless you are using 6 in. wide £ in.
sheet, which is fairly costly!) Sandpaper the wing to
correct section. Cut out the recess for bellcrank
mounting piece F. Cut bellcrank from 1/16 in. ply,
drill and attach the control rod (18 s.w.g.) and two
lead-out wires (22 s.w.g.), but do not bend the ends
of these wires at this stage. Assemble the bellcrank
and control-wires to piece F as shown. Note carefully
the distance washer between wing and bellcrank,
and do make sure that the bolt holding the bellcrank
is screwed lightly into the ply piece F. This is most
important. The wing may now be pushed through the
fuselage wing slot and firmly cemented in place. Add
starboard wing-tip weight. Check that wing is at right
angles to the fuselage, using a set-square. Cement the
1/16 in. ply control horn into the small slot cut in
the left-hand elevator. Further secure the control
horn by a small nylon, silk or tape patch as shown.
With pins, lock the bellcrank at neutral and bend the
end of the control rod and insert it into the hole in
the control horn, checking that the elevator is also at
neutral. Secure the control rod with a small soldered
washer. Make the lead-out wire guide from \ in. sheet
and 1/32 in. ply. Drill, and slip on to the lead-out
wires. Cement guide on port wing tip. With the bell-
crank and elevator still locked at neutral, form the
hooks on the end of the lead-out wires. Remove pins
locking bellcrank.
The 'cheek' cowlings are made up from i in. sheet
and block as shown. Carve, and sandpaper carefully
to shape. Note that the port cowling has a drain hole
cut in the undersurface. The sketch of the star­
board cowling shows the cut-outs and recesses to fit
the Cox 049 Medallion, to afford access to the con­
trols and cylinder head for battery clip connection
and priming. These will differ slightly for variant
engines. Incidentally, if you are really in a hurry to
get your O le Tiger* airborne you can omit these
cowlings, but as they are so characteristic of this
type of aeroplane they arc well worth the little extra
time and trouble. It is up to you! Complete the
cowlings by adding front pieces G and sanding to
shape. Give cowlings two coats of clear dope, and
cement in position, sliding them onto the wing lead­
ing edge and flush with the fuselage. The propeller
spinner is made from } in. sheet (pieces K), 1/32 in.
ply (disc L) and block (piece M). Assemble, carve to
shape shown, sandpaper and give three coats of clear
dope. Now bolt the propeller onto the engine drive
shaft. Fit the spinner over the front of the propeller
using an impact adhesive, such as Evo-Stik or
Humbrol Universal adhesive. Ole Tiger is now ready
for painting and trimming. We used Humbrol enamel
in the handy tinlets. This does not require additional
fuel-proofing. The colour scheme, trim and insignia
are detailed on the plan. Ole Tiger is then complete.
Before flying, balance your model bv suspending
from a length of thread tied to a pin, which is firmly
pushed into the top of the fuselage at the indicated
Balance Point. The model should hang level. A small
amount of tail weight will probably be needed and
the position of this weight is shown on the plan. Sheet
lead is ideal and must be firmly attached with impact
adhesive. A slight nose-down trim is O.K. but avoid
any tendency to tail heaviness. With the balance
correct, you are all ready for the first exciting test
flight. Choose a calm day, operate preferably over
grass, and fly on 30 ft. thin steel or nylon lines. We
know you’ll find your Ole Tiger a thrilling and
colourful little job to fly -s o we ll be seeing you at
the Air Races! FULL SIZE PLANS
Engine Offset: 1/16" Right Balance

BOB DOWNEYS N . B . use mediun

II grade Bals<

^ 1/2 cc Team Race

OLE TIGER thro u gh o u t
a ll parts ft

Tank ONE OF THE FOUR FASTEST

MIDGETS EVER BUILT
1/4 P l y . En g in e M

(In which 1 go hack to the early days of man
powered flight, and learn how Icarus came to he
founder member of the Goldfish Club.)
'D a e d a lu s ? , I asked.
77/ s a y i t ’s a d e a d lo s s ’, replied a rather feathery-
looking young· man, 7 k e e p te llin g th e o ld g o a t" l
w o n ’t w in th e M a n P o w e r e d flig h t p r iz e w ith th e s e
ta t t y o ld e a g le w in g s .’
‘H a v e y o u tr ie d P u ffin ? 91 I queried.
77/ iay, he snorted, ‘A n d b lo w in g , b u t its th e w a x .’
‘W h a c k s ! , cried Daedalus, 7 h a v e n ’t la id a fin g e r o n
h im . . ?
7 w a s ta lk in g a b o u t th a t g o o e y o ld w a x y o u s tic k
th e s e fe a t h e r s o n w it h ’, replied Icarus. J o l l y g o o d
th e r m a l d e te c to r s , t h o u g h , as s o o n as l h it a b it o f
w a r m a ir m e w in g s f a l l of f .
‘H a v e y o u tr ie d A r a ld i te ? ’, I asked
Ye M eanderings o f a
M o d e llflie r
illustrated by ‘Sherry’
‘D o n ’t m e n t i o n w i m m i n to h im ', cried his father.
‘C a n ’t y o u s e e th e la d ’s in tr a in in g ? ’
‘S till, h e ’s a c le v e r c h a p , th o u g h , I commented. 'B e ­
in g th e fir s t h u m a n b e in g to fl y .’
‘N o w , d o n ’t s ta r t fla tte r in g h im ,' warned his father.
G iv e h im a b ig h e a d a n d m e C G . c a lc u la tio n s go
a ll to p o t . ’
(I hear a distant splash. Get involved in a dog
fight, and contemplate a Baron prospect.)
A c h t u n g ! S c h p i t f i r e ! ’, cried Baron von Richthofen
'C a lm d o w n , B a r o n ’, saith I. ‘T h i s is o n ly W . W . I . ’
‘C o o t . Z e n w e h a v e r e a c h e d L o n d o n a t la s t. Z e
W i n d m i ll . .
‘N o t W . l , b u t W o r ld W a r O n e . Y o u s h o u l d b e
th i n k in g o f y o u r T r i p e ’, I suggested.
Z.iss ’o r r id E e n g lis li f o o d . W h a t w ith z a t. a n d B lu e
M a x a n d h is fi lm s h o w s . I m ig h t j u s t as w e ll jo in a
a r c u s . . .’
(In which I join a circus and enjoy all the fun of
the lair.)
‘F ly i n g A c e ? ’, queried the old gentleman with the
hippie fungus.
‘S h o o t t h e p i p o u t o f o n e a t te n y a r d s .’
He then proceeded to blindfold himself, hold his
January, 1970
gun over his left shoulder and aim at a cigarette in
a squaw's mouth.
‘I s n 't th a t d a n g e r o u s ? ’ I asked.
‘N o t m u c h ’, replied Colonel Cody, *I t 's filte r ti p p e d .’
After that he took me to a field in which stood a
petrified tree which had a huge tent-like contraption
tethered to it.
‘W h a t d o y o u th i n k o f th a t, p a r d n e r ? ’ he asked
proudly.
‘U s e fu l f o r a m o d e l c o m p ’, I observed politely.
4T a k e q u it e a f e w b u c k e t s .’
D o n ’t b e s o ta r n a tio n t o t t y ’, he snorted. ‘C a n ’t y o u
s e e i t ’s m e la te s t fl y in g c a th e d r a l.’
‘C a th e d r a l? ’, I queried. ‘P e r p e n d ic u la r .”
O n ly w h e n it g o e s i n t o a s t a ll .’
I left him climbing up the steeple to fix an extra
wing. τ γ ™ _
(I visit Brooklands in search of a pioneer.)
‘M o o r e B r a b a z o n ? * , I enquired of a bcgogglcd
gentleman.
‘N o , o n e w a s e n o u g h ’, he replied. 'W e g o in f o r
ju m b o je ts .’
‘Y o u ’re ju m p i n g f o r w a r d a b i t ’, I suggested.
7 k n o w . I t ’s th e o n l y w a y l c a n g e t t h e u n d c r c a r t
r o llin g .’
‘T e ll m e ’, I asked. ‘W h e r e c a n I f i n d A . V . R o e ? ’
‘D o n ’t k n o w . D o n ’t h a v e m u c h tim e to e a t r o u n d
h e r e , b u t y o u m ig h t a s k th a t c h a p o v e r th e r e .’
I walked over to a very pioneering looking gentle­
man. He even had his hat on back to front.
‘H a v in g tr o u b le ? ’, I asked.
‘I t ’s th e c a m b e r , he replied.
7 c a n s e e w h a t y o u m e a n ’, I commented, looking
down at the near vertical banking.
‘A n d a ll m e r ib s h a v e g o t o u t o f p la c e .’
'C a n ’t w o n d e r a t i t ’, I replied. ‘C r a n k in g th a t p r o ­
p e lle r .’
'T h e n y o u k e e p h a v in g to d o d g e th e c a rs . M u s t b e
m a d d r iv in g th o s e c o n tr a p tio n s . B e a s p o r t, o ld c h a p .
S e e th a t b o o tla c e h o ld i n g t h e r u d d e r o n , ju s t ti e it
i n t o a n ic e b o w .’ .— _
A ero M odeller
E N G IN E T E S T
TAIFUN SPRINT R/C
a well made engine of 1.7 cc, with
exceptional th ro ttle control
THE STANDARD MODEL Taifun Sprint glow engine
was tested in this series nearly two years ago. At the time,
we summed it up as being ‘a well-made, nice handling
motor of very good performance'.
Using a powerful fuel containing a full 30 percent pure
nitromethane and without having a silencer fitted, this
engine, intended for free-flight and control-line use,
recorded just over 0.17 b.h.p. at 15,000 r.p.m. This was
with the stock 4.5 mm. choke and 2.8 mm. spraybar
which obviously restricts the top end output quite a bit
and a worthwhile improvement is possible (effective only
on props allowing speeds of over 14,000 r.p.m.) by ream­
ing the venturi to at least 5.5 mm. A very big increase in
power was obtained by discarding the choke insert
entirely, thereby opening up the intake to 7 mm. A
quick check with the engine in this condition indicated
that the output was then in the region of 0.22-0.23 b.h.p.
S P E C IFIC A T IO N
Typo: S ingle-cylin der, air-coole d g lo w p lu g ig n itio n tw o -
stroke shaft rotary-valve ind u c tio n and tw in b a ll­
bearings. Throttle type carburettor.
Bore: 13·5 mm. (0 5315 in.)
Stroke: 12-5 mm. (0-4921 in.)
Swept Volume: 1 -789 cc. (0 -109 2 cu. in.)
Stroke/Bore Ratio: 0-926:1
Checked W eight: 103 grammes - 3 63 oz. (less silencer)
134 grammes - 4.73 oz. (w ith silencer)
General Structural Data:
Pressure diecast alum inium alloy cra nkcase!cylin der unit
w ith d ro p -in steel cylinde r-line r. Pressure diecast alum inium
alloy m ain bearing ho using secured to main casting w ith
four screws and c o n taining tw o 8 mm i d. x 16 mm o d.
8 - ball, brass-caged ball journal bearings. Hardened steel,
d is c -w e b crankshaft w ith crescent counterbalance. 8 mm.
journal, 4 mm. solid crankpin and 5-2 mm. bore gas
passage. Lapped c ast-iron pisto n w ith straight baffle and
hardened 3 mm. dia. g u d g e o n -p in having alum inium end
pads. M achined alum inium allo y unbushed con necting -
rod. Pressure diecast alum inium finned cylinde r-h ead
secured to cylinde r w ith fo u r screws and c om position gasket.
M achined alum inium alloy p ro p driver fitte d to taper on
crankshaft. M achined alum inium alloy spinner nut.
M achined alum inium alloy carburettor b o d y w ith brass
th ro ttle barrel and stationary coaxial brass spraybar assem­
bly. Separate id lin g and airbleed adjustm ent screws. Beam
m o unting lugs.
T E S T CON DITIO N S
Running time prior to te st: 1£ hours.
Fuel used: 5 per cent pure nitrom ethane. 25 per cent
Duckham s Racing C astor-O il. 70 per cent ICI
M ethanol.
Glowplugs used: O.S. No. 7 bar type platinum filam ent.
medium reach w ith extra washer.
Air temperature: 50 deg. F.
Barometer: 29-4 in. Hg.
Silencer: M aker's expansion cham ber type as supplied.
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by Peter Chinn
at around 18,000 r.p.m. One would not, of course, adopt
such a measure if the engine were to be used for, say, C/L
stunt where the maintenance of fuel suction through
manoeuvres is of the utmost importance. At very high
speeds, however, there was still reasonable fuel lift —
sufficient, probably, to enable the engine to be operated
in this condition in a contest free-flight model on a 7x3
prop without resorting to pressure teed.
Our present report deals with the Sprint R/C. Basically,
this motor is identical with the standard model, but is
equipped with a throttle-type carburettor in place of the
normal choke tube and spraybar. Our engine was also
supplied with the maker's recommended silencer and, in
accordance with R/C rules requiring the use of silencers,
w-as tested in this condition.
In many ways, the Sprint R/C is quite distinctive. Un­
like other engines in this particular group (1.6 to 1.8 c.c.)
it has a twin ball-bearing shaft, its appearance is a little
unusual by virtue of the square cut lines of its crankcase
and, in contrast to most small R/C engines, it throttles
really well. (In our experience, only the O.S. M ax-10
R C and Enya 09-111 TV arc comparable in this respect).
This is in spite of a rather odd airbleed arrangement.
The carburettor body is machined from 12 mm. square
aluminium alloy bar with a trumpet-shaped intake. It is
fitted with a brass throttle barrel and a fixed brass spray­
bar with a felt outer seal to eliminate air leaks between the
two. There is the usual idling adjustment screw, spring
loaded, located vertically in the rear part of the body and
an airbleed adjustment screw on the left hand side.
Theoretically, the airbleed hole is wrongly located. The
primary purpose of an airbleed is to prevent an engine
from drawing an excessively rich mixture at idling speed.
It is usually best to have the hole so located that it will be
closed at intermediate throttle openings, thereby avoid­
ing the risk of the mixture becoming too w-eak. On our
example of the Sprint carburettor, however, the airbleed
hole was located so high in the body that it was still partly
open when the throttle was wide open, remained fully
open over the entire intermediate range and had actually
begun to close again at the idle setting.
It must be admitted that, despite this anomaly, the
Sprint R/C responded uncommonly well to throttle
control. Not surprisingly, however, this response was
achieved with no help from the airbleed, the throttle
working best when the airbleed adjustment was screwed
in to blank off the hole completely.
Just how well the Sprint R/C idled on test is showm by
the fact that, on an 8 x 4 Tornado nylon prop, it throttled
dowm from 9.900 r.p.m. to 2,200 r.p.m. Wc let it idle like
this for twenty minutes, then opened the throttle again;
whereupon it picked up unhesitatingly to full power.
This was with the silencer fitted and running on our
standard 5 per cent nitro R/C fuel mix. The plug was an
O.S. No. 7 bar type, 3/16 in. reach, with two plug washers.
No plug was supplied with the engine, and we chose the
O.S. plug, as Johannes Graupner, for whom the Taifun
engines are made, are the German distributors for O.S.
engines.
An 8 x 4 prop would seem to be the most useful size for
the Sprint R /C A fairly ‘fast* 8 x 4 (such as a Power-Prop
or Trucut) or an 8 x 3 ^ Top-Flite will allow the engine to
get up to around the 11.000 r.p.m. mark and thereby make
better use of its power in the air.
Starting was very good. No provision is made for
priming through the exhaust with the silencer installed.
For an initial cold start, therefore, we primed through
the plug hole to dispose of residual gumminess: thereafter,
simply priming into the carburettor, or finger choking,
was quite adequate.
As the graph shows, r.p.m. and torque figures obtained
on test indicated a maximum b.h.p. of 0.14 at 14,000
r.p.m. This, obtained, as already stated, with the silencer
and on 5 per cent nitromethane fuel, is comparable with
other good R/C engines in this capacity group (e.g.
Webra Sport-Glo R/C and O.S. M ax-10 R/C). The
effective choke area of the Sprint R/C carburettor is
about the same as for the standard engine’s venturi and,
in fact, the performance of the two engines with silencer
and on the same fuel is very similar. The silencer does not
further restrict breathing to any great extent when these
small intake areas are used and removing the silencer on
our test unit had a negligible effect when running on
8 x 4 and 8 x 3Vprops.
The silencer’itself has a diecast aluminium body and is
of a simple expansion chamber type without baffles. It
attaches to the engine’s exhaust duct by means of two
long screws which hold it securely and prevent any
tendency to vibrate loose.
Overall, the Sprint R/C is of neat and attractive appear­
ance. The pressure cast aluminium crankcase includes the
cylinder casing in which is inserted a steel liner. The front
housing is a separate casting and, as previously men­
tioned, the engine has two ball journal bearings w'hich
support a hardened crankshaft having an 8 mm. journal.
The piston and conrod arc conventional, as is the diecast
cylinder head with its shallow, hemispherical combustion
chamber, slotted for piston baffle clearance and having a
centrally-located plug hole. A machined prop driver and
colour anodised spinner nut make a neat finish to the
front end.
The Sprint R/C is not a cheap engine and the recent
revaluation of the Deutschmark will make it still more
costly in the U.K., but for those who do not mind paying
a relatively high price, this is a well made engine, easy to
handle and of useful performance.
Power,'Weight Ratio (as tested): 0.47 b.h.p./lb.
Specific Output (as tested): 78 b.h.p./litre.
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CAREFUL CALCULATION of total area on my
1968 models indicated that there was 12 sq. ins. spare,
and this enabled 2 in. extra span, not because that
much area mattered, but because it increased the aspect
ratio from 15 to 15.7. It was not possible with ihe
new pylon set-up to fit the timer in the region of the
wing mount as before, and the fuselage had to be
made slightly wider to accommodate the timer ahead
of the dural pylon. To counter the effect of the extra
frontal area presented to the air stream, and to re­
duce drag, the front of the nose was made more
streamlined, although this probably only had a psycho­
logical effect! The wing and tail section were the
same as for 68-2 and 68-3. The extra wing span was
put on the tips. The model was completed early in
February of this year and labelled 69-1. It was some
months before it was tested, but testing eventually
commenced in April. The model had a reluctance to
turn from the outset and tended to fly ‘square
corners'. I finally decided that the pylon was reducing
the effect of the fin, and the fin area could safely be
increased. This was duly done. Incidentally, the new
autowhook was used on this model, but with a slight
modification which made the whole thing neater. The
hook was made considerably shorter, and a stronger
spring was used with just as much success as the first
hook on 68-3. Anyway, testing continued, with
apparently favourable results. The tow was as good as
all the previous models of the series. The glide was
certainly the best yet, as it ought to have been, with
the highest aspect ratio, and the cleanest wing
mount. Although the model had not really been
tested as much as I normally like to test them before
use in contests, the glide was so much better than my
other A/2's. that I decided to risk using 69-1 in the
Nationals Open Glider fly-off this year, after the three
max's had been achieved using 68-3. As it turned out,
69-1 won the fly off, but more 1 think because of the
sheeted surfaces providing more waterproofing than
the others, not a superior performance. What a fly-
off! I spent the rest of the weekend drying out; I am
sure that it will be remembered for a long time by
those who flew, and swam back! It was necessary to
use 69-1 on the second flight the following day in the
A/2 competition, after 68-3 had been temporarily lost
on the first flight (apparently some character in a
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co n clu d in g
Jim P u n te r’s series
on th e d esign and
d evelopm ent o f th e A /2
g lid e r — and in tro d u c in g
Graduate'
Minivan downwind had picked it up, together with
Ray Monk's model, and held them both to ransom).
On this occasion, 69-1 spun in off the top of the line,
when I had released it into a very strong thermal. A
the time I put it down to warps following the
thorough soaking that it had received the previous
day. Since being repaired and retrimmed, it had done
exactly the same thing when put in a strong lift, only
this time the fuselage was a complete write off; both
times the wings knocked off perfectly safely, sustain­
ing no damage. My diagnosis of this is twofold, firstly
I think that the fin area w'as increased too much, it
never spun in before the fin area was increased, and
secondly, warps. As I mentioned before. I do not
normally wash out the tips, but let the tip curvature do
it for me. Close inspection of the wings of 69-1 shows
that the inner tip has a lot of washout, with none on
the outer; naturally, this will act as an aileron and
spin the model in. A new fuselage is under con­
struction. and when finished, tests will continue, and
I shall find out if the diagnosis is correct or if a
major design fault is responsible. Well, that just about
brings things up to date, as far as the latest model.
As for future developments, I think that the chord
could be reduced by an eighth of an inch, and the
span increased by another two inches, bringing the
aspect ratio up to 16.4. This could probably be
achieved using the same structure, without sacrificing
performance 'consistency. Of course, if 69-1 turns
out O.K., this would be using the dural pylon wing
mount. I am also toying with the idea of fully en­
closing the timer, autorudder and D /T. lines to reduce
drag. This docs bring about problems though, and so
far a satisfactory means of doing it conveniently
has not been found. There is also the old problem
of aerofoil section. Although the Hirschcl section has
been used successfully so far. there is probably a
better section, and experiments may be tried in this
direction.
A final word on gadgets and systems. This means,
for a glider, autorudder, D/T lines, and towhook. On
all models before 69-1 external lines were used. The
release pin was 20 s.wr.g. wire which was loosely fitted
into an 18 s.w.g. brass bush set into the fuselage, the
tension of the timer release line and autorudder line
holding the pin in position. The D/T was simply a
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large rubber band, and all the tensioning etc. was
done by rubber bands of varying sizes. Although
this system works well in practice, the bands have to
be replaced when they perish, which could easily be
overlooked. On 69-1 ] decided to alter this system,
and eliminate all the bands if possible. This proved
to be fairly easy, and the way it was done can be
seen in the various photographs. The D T line was
attached to a length of wire looped at one end to
engage the D/T timer release arm. and bent to form a
simple spring at· the other. All the tensioning of the
autorudder, and timer return mechanisms was
achieved using light coil springs.
Well, that just about winds up the development
story to date. I am sure that if I have made a blunder
somewhere in the text the experts will be sure to
put me right. Nevertheless. I hope the article has been
interesting, and perhaps has given a slightly dilTerent
approach. wfhich will stimulate thought on the matter.
1 would like to add that throughout the development,
which took just over a year, involving four models,
discussions with, and criticisms and comment from
my clubmate Jim Baguley have been most helpful,
even though we don't always agree on the subject.
The model in the plan is 68-3. because this design
is the most thoroughly tested of the series, and the
latest model is by no means sorted out yet. I still use
68-3 for most competitions, and it docs not seem to
have any vices at all. The construction looks more
complicated than it is, and most people who build it
will realise this once they start.
Before starting the wing, a word on selection of
material. The author feels that w'ood selection is of
vital importance when constructing an A/2. and
especially for the wing. Make sure that the wood
selected -is the same for both halves of the wing,
this is normally quite easy because batches of wood
in the model shop often come from the same original
piece of timber and are all of similar grain type and
hardness. Even selection of wood for both wing
halves is important to balance the strength of the
wing as much as to balance their weights.
Choose very hard trailing edge material for the
inner wing panels. I normally use straight grained
3/16 in. sheet for this, and use the same sheet for two
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models, stripping olf i in. strips for the centre sec­
tion leading edge from the same material. The centre
section wing sheeting is from straight grained, light
medium 1/16 in sheet balsa. Selection of the sheeting
is difficult, the best balsa to use is light, but not soft.
The surface is white, and it has fairly ‘open’ grain
structure. If the sheeting is too heavy, then a heavy-
wing may result. The tips arc made of very soft, light
balsa, although this docs not mean that the wood is
necessarily weak. Try using springy balsa, not the
‘pithy' stuff. For the ribs it goes without saying to use
quarter grain material. Failing this, one could dope
lightweight modelspan onto both sides of the l / l 6 in.
sheet before cutting out the ribs, to achieve the same
result. Use medium balsa for the ribs in the centre
section .and soft for those in the tips. The l/32 in.
strips for tip lamination are soft and springy and
must be straight grained. All gussets are of hard
quarter grained material. The geodetic ribs are of
hard l/32 in. quarter grain balsa.
After cutting out all the ribs, cut but do not carve
the centre section trailing edge. Mark out the posi­
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whole width of the trailing edge; leave 1/16 in. at the
top to accommodate the sheeting so that ugly rib
slots do not appear where the sheeting joins the
trailing edge. Mark out and cut the rib grooves for
the leading edge. Using the appropriate packing be­
neath the trailing edge, construct the wing with the
ribs in the usual way. Next build the wing boxes from
ply, being careful to cut the slot to take the spar.
Lift the skeleton wing structure from the building
board and carve the leading edge to take the upper
surface sheeting. Replace the structure on the board,
packing beneath the ribs, with scrap to support them
for putting on the sheeting, which is first sanded to
remove the saw marks. Stick the sheeting on with
P.V.A. using pins for temporary fixing. The sheeting
is butted up to the trailing edge, and overlaps the
leading edge. While the sheeting is drying, lay out
the tip. When the sheeting on the centre section has
dried, the three root ribs can be carved to take the
wing box, which is epoxied in place. Both wing centre*
sections can now be finished by cementing in the box
spar and T spar, together with the geodetic ribs etc.
At this stage the tips arc attached to the wing, making
sure that they are square and at the correct dihedral.
Finally, insert all gussets, pre-cementing them before
final insertion. The leading and trailing may now' be
carved and sanded to shape.
The fuselage is very straightforward; initially con­
struct the basic 1 in. sheet box structure with the
longerons, making sure that the ply strengthening
pieces are in place, then cement the block in place
for the wing attachment, and glue in the tongue with
epoxy. Drill through the two holes from the tongue
to the base of the fuselage for the threaded rods, or
long bolts, which anchor the towhook to the wing
tongue. The heads of the bolts are locked in position
with epoxy. The rest of the fuselage construction is
self explanatory. The noseblock on the original was
turned out of aluminium, but it could easily be made
out of wooden block. Leave the nose uncovered until
the rest of the model has been covered and doped;
the centre of gravity can then be set with the addition
of ballast, finally cover and dope the nose. The tail-
plane is constructed in much the same manner as the
wing, although a great deal of care has to be taken
or it will turn out too heavy. The 1/32 in. sheeting
is sanded to remove all evidence of sawcuts in the
surface; this will result in a sheet only a little over
1/64 in. thick. The sheeting on the tailplane is best
attached with P.V.A. because balsa cement is likely
C lose up o t fin s h o w s the use of lig h t s p rin g te n sioned
a u to -ru d d e r, and th in a lu m in iu m ru dder s to p - ea sily be nt
if re q u ire d . P lyw o od ru b b e r band anchorage and ta ilp la n e
stop also v is ib le .
40
In the fo re g ro u n d , the 'G ra d u a te ' a lias '6 8 -3 ', w h ils t behind
re sts '69-1'. B oth p ro v id e fo rm id a b le o p p o s itio n a t any
co n te s t.
to distort the thin balsa as it contracts when drying.
One final point on construction, make sure that the
fin is built and positioned accurately, as the model
may be sensitive to changes in fin area.
Cover the upper surfaces of the centre section with
lightweight modelspan and the lower surface with
heavyweight. The tips arc covered with Jap tissue,
as are the tailplane and fin. The centre section is
doped with iwo coats of thick, and two coats of thin
clear dope. The remaining covered surfaces have one
coat of slightly thinned and one coat of very thinned
clear dope. The fuselage is first covered with light­
weight modelspan, given about three coats of clear
dope, sanding lightly between coats, and two final
coats of thinned colour dope.
Build the wing tips fiat, with about 3/16 in. wash-in
on the inner wing panel of the wing on the inside of
the turn. This helps keep this wing up. and should
the model encounter a thermal, this panel w ill initially
stall the model into the thermal, then when the whole
model is in the lifting air it will stabilise into its
normal turn. 1 think that the wash-in lightens the
turn up slightly in lift, and this enables the model to
be trimmed to a comparatively wide turning circle,
which is very useful since it has the advantage of
taking the model over a wider territory to find lift
when inadvertently released out of lift. If a thermal
is encountered it will immediately tighten its turn,
and stay in the thermal.
Check the glide on a calm day by hand launching.
Adjust the autorudder so that the glide is stra ght
when it is in the touting position, and has turn
which ever way you require when in the released
position, it is now safe to use the towlinc. with a
short D T . The model flics best when trimmed near to
the stall, in fact until this trim is reached, the model
will seem to be right off trim; on all the models
using the Hirschel section I have noticed that when
the right elevation is reached the whole flight pattern
changes to a much more stable configuration. Trim
the model until it just stalls, then reduce the packing
with sandpaper to bring it to perfect trim. For the
final packing, always use 1/32 in. ply, this will ensure
trim consistency from week to week, and can be
adjusted by carving small slivers off whth a knife, or
with sandpaper.
I will say nothing about flying in competitions, be­
cause I am not too good myself, and often make
mistakes. There is plenty of written advice available
in past issues of Aeromodeller. Best of luck, then,
but not too much when i am flying!
 41 January, 1970

A bove , the H ughes 269A even c o n ta in s c o c k p it d e ta il and

p ilo t, d e s p ite its e x p e rim e n ta l na ture . Note the w e ig h te d
ro to r tip s fo r added s ta b ility . A t rig h t, S chlueter d e scrib e s
h is m o del to H anna R eitsch w h o fle w the o rig in a l F o c k e -W u lf MODEL
FW61 in 1939 - up on w h ic h de sig n the 'D u e tto ' m o del is

H E L IC O P T E R
based.

DIETER SCHLUETER who wrote the fascinating

article on radio controlled model helicopters in the
1969-1970 Aero Modeller Annual, has just sent us PROGRESS
details of his latest developments.
Since winning the prize for the best flight at the Two experiments in Germany
first International R/C Helicopter Contest - where his
Sikorsky S.58 achieved a duration of 4 seconds with with encouraging results
an altitude of 8-9 feet, he has progressed a great deal
using two very different designs. The 'Duetto’, which is and an R/C operated clutch. The rotor blade tips are
based on the 1939 Focke-Wulf FW 61, features two weighted to give a flywheel effect, which aids stability.
rotors suspended on outriggers on either side of the Schliieter’s best flight with this model consisted of a
fuselage. Each rotor has a diameter of 39} in. and duration of 35 seconds at an altitude of approximately
feature collective pitch (non-cyclic) and differential 20 feet, followed by a ‘soft’ landing. Flights of over
control for steering. Lateral control is also achieved one minute have been achieved but terminated with a
by ducting the exhaust through the body and deflect­ crash-landing.
ing it with a rudder mounted at the end of the fuselage.
Best flights to date have been three minutes hovering
at a height of 16-30 inches. The lack of height is mainly
due to an overweight model (10} lbs.), and also because
the exhaust steering absorbs too much power. A lighter
version has now been built, and will be test flown
shortly.
The other design is a Hughes 269A, which has a
rotor diameter of 55 in., weighs 10} lbs. and is powered
by a Super Tigre G60. The main rotor has both collective
and cyclic pitch control for steering, an automatic
electric powered gyro controlled anti-torque rotor,
These three v ie w s o f the 'D u e tto ' in d ic a te the size and
c o m p le x ity o f the m o del. The m o to r can be seen p ro tru d in g
fro m the m id d le o f the fuse lage, fro m w here the d riv e is
take n o u t to the ro to rs - w h ic h re vo lve in o p p o s ite d ire c ­
tio n s . The large ru dder is also v is ib le , c o n tro llin g ya w by
d e fle c tin g air fro m a fan d riv e n by the engine.
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A 'Good Year' for 1970
A CLASS of racing which seems to be rapidly gaining
support is the newly-introduced Profile 'Goodyear’ event,
as described in the July 1969 issue of Aero Modeller.
Although as yet no contests have been held, there are
promises of several this coming season, and many people
are expressing interest for this class in preference to rat-
racing, which is becoming increasingly expensive (and
noisy). Perhaps the main reason for the declining interest
in rat-racing is the lack of suitable engines-only the
K & B and Super Tigres are really competitive - and
this is also true in team-race circles, where the choice is
between only a few diesels. Goodyear, however, could
well introduce keen rivalry between diesel and glow
devotees - both having their advantages as in the prover­
bial case of the tortoise and the hare. The major advantage
with regards engines is, of course, the wide range avail­
able (names such as E.T.A. Oliver, Cox, Super Tigre,
P.A.W., Enva, O.S., K & B, E.D., spring immediately to
mind), and the quiet reasonable prices at which many are
available.
Plans are easy to draw - once a three-view drawing has
been selected - and construction is very basic. The models
have a lot of wing area (and drag) thus speeds are not
likely to be exceptional, which may encourage the younger
or less experienced modellers to ‘have a go’, as they may
have been somewhat disturbed by the antics of the rat-
race pilots with their very much faster models. These
cheap, colourful racers could even succeed where the ^A
class failed, and provide an inexpensive form of racing
for the younger element.
42
Left, the S w iss N ation al C h a m p io n sh ip s w e re he ld a t th is
su p e rb ne w site near B re te in b a ch - ju s t lo o k at those
s u rro u n d in g pine trees, no noise pro b le m s here ! A t rig h t is
B rian D yke of S t. A lb a n s, w h o is b e co m in g a fa m ilia r figure
w ith h is 72in. span, M e rco 49 p o w e re d , se m i-sca le Ju 87.
M o del is fu lly a e ro b a tic and w e ig h s 5£ lb s . fo r its 920 sq. in .
w in g area.
F.A.I. Matters
Following on from the combat debacle at the Criterium,
several of the top combat fliers produced a set of rules,
based on the existing F.A.I. regulations, aimed at clarify­
ing and ironing out the problems experienced in Belgium.
These proposed rules have been sent to the F.A.I. (via
our delegate} for their consideration - but could not be
discussed at the recent meeting of the C.I.A.M. as they
were not on the Agenda, although the various committee
members will have plenty of opportunity to consider
these amendments prior to the next meeting. Full marks
to those concerned who have made a positive action to
remedy the anomalies in the ‘Sporting Code’ rather than
utter the more traditional cry of 'Why doesn't somebody
. . .T
Rule changes which did emerge from the C.I.A.M.
meeting affecting combat were that mechanics must wear
crash helmets (would those top hats sported by some
combat fliers a few years ago qualify?) and also that each
bout is to be watched by a panel of three judges. A
proposal from the Netherlands that the Knock Out
system should be dropped was referred back w'ith a
request for details of an alternative - presumably a
points system. Quite how this could possibly work is
quite beyond our comprehension, and tends to indicate
a complete lack of understanding about combat. Combat
is essentially a personal event. You strive to defeat your
opponent - whilst preserving your own model/streamer
- not to rack up sufficient points to beat an anonymous
competitor. Let’s hope that sanity prevails.
Other F.A.I. rule changes are that control-line stunt
models must be fitted with silencers, and in team-race,
the warm-up period is now- increased to 90 seconds. Also,
the team-race pilot may now place one foot outside the
circle when refuelling.
Silencers on - round two
So the silencer rule is back with u s-a lb e it in a less
stringent and fairer manner. The new ruling is that
all engines must be equipped with silencers, with the
exception of diesel motors under 1.5 c.c. (what a
blessing that Mr. Oliver’s smallest engine has a
capacity of 1.46 c.c. . . .) and F.A.I. class models
where the rules do not require a silencer. This in
ctTect allows F.A.I. team racers, F.A.I. speed models
and. of course. F.A.I. free-flight power models tc re­
main unstrangled. The combat class provides an in­
teresting problem, as at present the F.A.I. combat
rules are provisional only, thus combat flyers will
Left, a ty p ic a l 'G o o d ye a r' ra cer is th is 'C a s s u tt' by M .
G ilb e rt (Three K in g s ). P ow er is by a Cox M e d a llio n 15.
B elow , these perspex dom es illu s tra te the im p o s s ib ility of
p e rfo rm in g a p e rfe c t clo v e r-le a f. The exam ple at le ft is w hat
is a c tu a lly flo w n , at rig h t, th e 'b o o k s ' in te rp re ta tio n .

have to fit silencers. However, when a set of rules
have been adopted, then silencers may, or may not
be required, depending on the F.A.I.'s views-which
are leaning towards silencers, witness silencers are
now obligatory on stunt models.
The other important resolution passed at the
S.M.A.E. council meeting was that silencers used
must be standard, unmodified, commercial u n its-o r
if home-made, then they must satisfy the contest
director. It is essential that organisers adhere closely
to these rules, otherwise chaos will result. No baffles -
no flying, it's up to you.
rUIAlU -W
43 January, 1970
The 10th ’RufTorth 1000’ Class B team-race event took
place on 2nd November - a day of above average tem­
perature but with a strong wind and even a little rain.
The preliminary heats were held over 200 laps - and sur­
prisingly only six of the twelve teams managed to com­
plete this distance. The finals were run in two different
circles at the same time - the extremely useful graph
supplied by the organiser, John Horton, showing how
the entrants fared. It is interesting to see that the only two
finishers were both using diesels (overbored ETA 15’s ) -
the only ones in the race! Winner was the Turner/Hughes
(Wharfedale) team with 53:43 (12 stops) second spot
being occupied by Place/Howarth recording 55:33 after
14 pit stops.
W o r ld C h a m p io n s h ip T e a m s
Latest news from Italy is that their stunt team for the
1970 World Championships, to be held at Namur in
Belgium, will again consist of Cappi, Compostella and
Rossi, whilst theirspeed interests will be looked after by
Dusi, Grandesso and Prati.
Bagalani, so often a stunt team member, is now devot­
ing his interests to R/C aerobatics and missed the last
three Italian national events. Cappi, however, had an
excellent season, resulting in his winning the Italian
Aerobatic Champs, as well as second spot at the Swiss
Nationals and eighth place attheCriterium. Apparently,
his last national win was in 1955! Persistence . . .
The Czechs, too, have selected their World Champs,
representatives, by choosing the top three in each cate­
gory at their recent Nationals. The speed event was won
by Pech who achieved 235 km/h. with an unpiped MVVS
2.5 followed by J. Konarch (235 km/h.) and J. Gurtler
(209 km /h.)-both using piped versions of the same
engine. Their stunt team will be J. Gabris, I. Gani and
J. Bartos, while the team race contingent will be Drazek/
Trnka, Votypka/lComurka and Klemm/Dolejs, all of
whom qualified with times around the 4:45 mark.
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C(r) ashing In
Why do they call it 'Half A* flying? Because when
you go to retrieve it. you find only half a model.
Reason : the vandals have found the confines of the
public phone box too claustrophobic, and have moved
out into the wide open spaces. Just by way of feeling
their hobnailed boots, as it were, they have limited
their immediate attentions to ]A models, but we can
expect them to come to grips with the big stulT before
long; so keep a tight hold on those radio buttons.
Feeling the Draught
What is perhaps worse than vandalism, are the
good intentions of those who treat models with the
same gentleness with which they handle the garden
roller.
7s this yours'?' asks some gent. 'Right, put it down
there, Rex.'
This is frightful enough, but when this sort of
heavy-handed helpfulness is organised on a big scale,
things get a bit desperate. Just imagine what the
downdraught of a helicopter can do to your fragile
craft, or what its fate might be in the clutch of a 60
m.p.h. motor cyclist. Perhaps even more devastating
arc the regimented timekeeping corps, members of
which have only the haziest idea of how to read a
stop watch. Just after you have jubilantly made a
certain max., you return to find you have been booked
five to eleven.
TOPICAL
T WV s T S
by "Pylonius",
illustrated by "Sherry"
One man's meet
Perhaps I am being a bit over pedantic, but to des­
cribe the modern, off-the-cuff meeting as a ‘Gala' or
44
‘Rally’ does seem to stretch the capacity of the English
language to the 40 gramme motor limit. The idea of
claiming an event to be a ‘Gala’, where the only festoon
is a bit of pasteboard perched on the bonnet of a car, is
like referring to a meeting of the Temperance Society as
an orgy. Equally, it seems utterly ludicrous to describe
something as a ‘Rally’ when, far from rallying, the par­
ticipants huddle into little separatist groups, and where
the only sign of mutual activity is to be seen when the
ice cream van arrives.
Quite a lot to do with the fragmentation of the modern
model meeting is the private pursuit of one’s own special
thermal. Opinion differs as to the most bountiful source
of these model boosters; some aic convinced llmi they lie
half a mile upwind of the contest centre, whereas others
are equally convinced that they are to be found half a mile
downwind. This tends to leave something of a hole in the
middle, peopled only by the bloke and his girl who are
running the event, and a few couldn’t-care-less types who
have only come along in order to get a day off the domes­
tic do-it-yourself routine.
Apropos to the foregoing, we are now' told that there
are too few contesters half-heartedly chasing too many
meetings. For some reason, known only to those with a
taste fer the cross-country chase, the free-flight following
is not what it was. Some of the falling off is due to sheer
old age. Whatever fortifies the over forties has not the
same sustaining effect on the over fifties. In any case, the
shaking up of those few', last, sad, grey hairs over the
Chobham assault course is not everyone’s dea of a
peaceful old age.
Trouble is we are not recruiting the young people into
the thinning free-flight ranks. Those who don’t elect to
become skinheads and hippies now opt for an initiation
in Radio. And that’s where it often ends, too, at the
initiation stage. After doing a few circuits the initiate
feels that he has ‘done’ model flying, flogs his gear and
looks around for new worlds to conquer. It’s at this point
that he may well be ripe for a spot of free-flight in­
doctrination, or so it is said. But the signs are not
propitious. Free-flight flying may not be so expensive in
itself, but contest fees seem to have gone tactical in that

they are outsoaring the contest flyers’ ability or desire to
meet them. I don’t know what twenty-five new pence
means to the younger generation, but at the last contest
I went to, it certainly meant something to the older
generation who kept a tight hold of their curvilinear
heptagons.
A Sight Worse
All very imaginative stuff, but not merely so far
fetched, or should I say far sighted, as some of the
feats of timekeeping we so often witness. I happen
to be one of those sceptics who is apt to regard the
U.F.O. spotter as a bit of a crank, but it may well
be that 1 fail to see such objects because I rely on
the sort cf normal vision that can detect a traffic
warden at 25 yards and read the top ten on the wall
chart, whereas the U.F.O. spotter and the more gifted
timekeepers seem to have the advantage of sxtra-
sensory perception.
What convinces me in this belief is the admission
of a countryman model flyer I know that his own
re p u te d ly keen vision is a g o o d m i n u te hclo w th e
accepted contest norm, though he can spot a widgeon
on the wing a mile off. But does the use of E.S.P.
come within the scope of the model movement
rules? I am not expert enough in these matters to
know, but I do know that the use of same puts the
lone hander at a disadvantage, because, from observa­
tion, it would seem that the acuteness of E.S.P. in­
creases in proportion to the number of timekeeping
assistants available per flight. Even so, I have a
sneaking suspicion that the ability to sec spots in
front of one's eyes can derive from other causes
than super vision; many a max being not so much a
record of a flight as the medical testimony of a mild
liver disorder.
Bubble Trouble
Free Flight flying is not considered a particularly
hazardous occupation, though there is always the
odd engine planter to look out for, and the ar.guish
of holding on to the end of a sixteen strand motor
to avoid. When you see characters from another
branch of the sport walking around with tin hats on
you come to think the odd water hole or two on
45 January, 1970
Chobham do not constitute a too considerable threat
to personal survival.
Not so serious, then, the latest hazard to be met
with on the free flight field: the plop of a sticky
bubble against your ear. But do not be deceived: you
are not the victim of a childish indulgence, but an
unwitting participant in a highly scientific operation.
Technically, the indication here would be that you
were not standing in a patch of hyper-thermic air;
for the ear plopping bubble would be one of thou­
sands being watted over the flying field in search of
rich, upswinging air. Had you been standing in a
patch of such air the errant bubble would have over­
shot your head by a three minute plus margin, and
some hopeful, seeking a bubble reputation, would
have already have launched his model in pursuit of
the piloting'sphere.
Now. I can t recall just how the little chap in the
famous soap advert picture manufactured his bubbles
- 1 think it was with pater's clay smoking pipe - but
I am sure he would have been fascinated by the in­
credible bubble producing machine I saw in opera­
tion the other week; it streamed out whole succes­
sions of large, long lasting bubbles at the pull of a
string. Each one was critically scrutinized by the
tactical experts for any sign of risibility, and even a
flight of birds were seen to join in the fun - no doubt
happy to give their own sensory’ thermal detecting
equipment a rest.
it may well be that, in terms of tactical flying, the
bubble machine will he considered the ultimate
detergent. We might yet see the various washing up
liquid popsies on the telly lisping the merits of
bubble sensitivity, or perhaps a be-spectacled boffin
approach to that extra bubble power; the red bubble
floating happily along after the inferior blue bubble
plopped way back through lack of that special skin
strength additive.
This is sinister enough, but the tactical scientists
might have even worse horrors to inflict upon u s -
possibly some sort of Doomsday Machine. I am
thinking on the lines of an air colourant. Not the
atmospheric blueness that occurs when a fully
trimmed model spins in. but a form of aerial dye
that would delineate the cherished thermal in a huge
orange blaze and at the sane time fix the dreaded
downdraught in a deep, depressing purple.
Adoring Multitude
It is a pity that Radio flying provides such a spec­
tator magnet, because with all the gallery concen­
trated down the Radio end of the field, the eccentrics
of our hobby are left out in the cold. In fact, they
have become as thin on the ground as they were
in the air.
At the last big rally the sideshow content was sadly
diminished. 1 did spot the chap with the collection of
static semi-scale models, all covered in the same
orange tissue, and the helicopter gentleman who, if
he didn’t quite have the crowd in a whirl, had a few
whirls into the small crowrd. But what else? There
were a few monsters of much the same antiquity of
of the Loch NesS one, but far less elegant in appear­
ance. I refer to those portly reminders of the days
when models were powered by petrol engines some­
what larger than are now to be seen on the T.T.
circuit
All good unflyable stuff, but some of us miss all
the quaint old fun of the fair: the living saucers,
the wingless models, the flapping machines, and all
that wonderful diversity that seems to have resolved
itself into the mediocratic multi.
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Free-flight increases n o uncem ents you say: 'P ity the poor On the s u b je c t o f fu e l c o n s titu e n ts
D utch m an, e tc .' in ge neral, I s till m a in ta in th a t the m ost
Dear S ir, I m u st info rm you th a t a ll D utch da ngerous in g re d ie n t in d ie se l fu e ls is
There is a p o in t made in John team m em bers and m anagers c o u ld o rd in a ry d ie th y l ether, fo r th is sim ple
O 'D o n n e ll's Free F lig h t C om m ent in un derstand and speak German and reason, it is take n too m u ch fo r
the N ovem ber issue o f A e ro m o d e lle r E nglish, w h ils t som e o f us (n o t m e) g ra n te d . W ith all the 'd a n g e r' p u b lic ity
th a t I fee l needs c la rify in g . He s u g ­ are flu e n t in Germ an, E nglish and g o in g to am yl n itra te and nitroben zene ,
gests th a t c o n te s t e n trie s in 1969 have French. an othe r reason to fe a r e th e r (a p a rt fro m
d e c lin e d ; w h ile ha vin g no fig u re s re­ So you to o k a ra ther u n fo rtu n a te ex­ the an a e sth e tic p ro p e rtie s th a t can be
g a rd in g c lu b organised ga la s, I feel a m ple. Furtherm ore, you say ab o u t le th a l) is th a t the va p o u r w ill creep
th a t the s u b s ta n tia l increases in e n tries P a ta k i's la st flig h t, th a t s k ilfu l lin e -p la y along a bench top and w ill ig n ite s p o n ­
in S .M .A .E . con tests are a very healthy b ro u g h t his model d o w n A c tu a lly , he ta n e o u sly on co n ta c t w ith a sp a rk or
sign fo r the s p o rt as a w h o le and fo r w as forced to b rin g i t d o w n because flam e. For th is reason no flam es sho uld
free flig h t in p a rtic u la r. w in g -flu tte r occu rre d , so he c o u ld not be a n yw h ere w ith in 20 feet of the ether
P ercentage g e t it in to its norm al to w pa ttern . b o ttle (I rem em ber an e xp e rim e n t at
1969 1968 Increase The line playin g you ta lk e d a b o u t, I scho ol d e m o n stra tin g the cre e p in g p ro ­
1st Area Event 134 78 72% d o n ’ t k n o w if th is typ e of to w in g is perties of ether once seen, ne ver fo r­
2nd Area Event 177 119 49% alre ady kn o w n n B rita in (M ik e W o o d - g o tte n !). The dangers o f am yl n itra te
3rd Area Event 178 123 45% house calls them Those b ....... y y o ­ are w e ll kn o w n so I w ill n o t go in to
4th Area Event 131 118 11% y o 's !) is callec ‘ zw ie p e n ' in H olland them .
5th Area Event 100 110 - 9% and ra p id ly g ro w in g p o p u la r as a B ath, S om erset. S tu a rt Lodge
6th Area Event 129 58 122% seco nd to w in g te ch n iq u e fo r less
T o ta l E ntries 849 606 plus 40%
w in d c o n d itio n s . Credit terms
F in a lly, c o n g ra tu la tio n s fo r a w o n ­ Dear S ir,
d e rfu l w in ! A fte r a lapse of som e 10 years I d e ­
B ritis h N ation als R y s w ijk , * P eter den Ouden
Frog J u n io r 14 17 - 17% cid e d to take up m o d e llin g ag a in , th is
N etherlands. tim e w ith Radio C o n tro l.
Open P ow er 130 113 15%
41 % In the area in w h ic h I no w liv e (C elle,
Open R ubb er 97 69
Open G lid e r 195 123 58% in W e s t G erm any) there are b u t tw o
T a ille s s 29 24 21% m odel shops. From one o f these (S p e il-
20 135% w are n U lric h ) , w h ic h , in fa c t, m eans
FAI R ubber 47

READERS'
FAI G lid e r 131 66 85% U lric h 's Toy Shop, I o b ta in e d a G run-
FAI P ow er 50 15 230% d ig 4 ch a nnel TX, RX, DEAC and B ella-
-}A P ow or 63 50% m a tic servos ta c o m p le te the k it. a
42
W o m e n 's C up 10 9 T a ifu n B ison 3.5 m o to r c o m p le te w ith
11% e v e ry th in g , in c lu d in g w a te r c o o lin g k it.
The la rg e s t incre ases
N ation als are seen to be in all three
at

F .A .I. C lasses, and the o v e ra ll increase

a t the Nationa s w a s 54% com pared
the

w ith 1908. U n d o u b te d ly , the in tro d u c ­

tio n of the C o m p e tito r's Licence fo r
S o c ie ty m embers has had a good deal
to do w ith the im p ro ve m e n t, b u t if th is
p ro vided the in c e n tiv e needed fo r
g re a te r p a rtic ip a tio n , then th is is ju s t
w h a t the s p o rt needs. C learly, m ore
people are re alising th a t c o m p e titiv e
free flig h t is a h ig h ly e n jo y a b le branch
of a e ro m o d e llirg and not one open
o n ly to som e s o rt of e lite . L e t's hope
th a t 1970 w ill see m any m ore people
ta k in g advantage o f the ne w benefits
of S o c ie ty m e m bership.
W e s t W ic k h a m , K ent. M a rtin D illy
Woodford Rally-1969
Dear S ir.
It has been reported in the m o d e llin g
press th a t the w in n e r of the Neild
Trophy fo r R/C Scale at W o o d fo rd
th is year, used a m o del w h ic h he had
b o u g h t fro m last y e a r's w in n e r. This
u n fo rtu n a te in c id e n t w as p e rm itte d as
a re s u lt of m is in te rp re ta tio n o f S .M .A .E .
rules.
On be half of the N orth W e s te rn Area
C om m ittee. I w o u ld lik e to:
1. A p o lo g is e to W o o d fo rd c o m p e ti­
to rs , p a rtic u la rly those d ire c tly
affected .
2. A ssu re you r readers th a t rigo rou s
step s w il be taken at fu tu re
W o o d fo rd R allies to ensure th a t
a ll c o m p e tito rs are the b u ild e rs
o f th e ir m odels.
In m itig a tio n , no o ffic ia l p ro te s ts ,
e ith e r on the da y o r s u b s e q u e n tly
reached the C ontest D ire c to r, w h o w as
the Area C o m p e titio n S ecre tary, or any
o th e r A rea Officer.
R ochdale, Lancs. M . C. Reeves
H on. C hairm an. N .W .A . C o m m itte e
o f S .M .A .E . Ltd.
Free-flight languages
Dear S ir.
A fte r reading y o u r re p o rt on the
W o rld C ham p io n sh ip s fo r free flig h t, I
c a n 't h e lp m aking som o c o m m e n t. As
you m e n tio n the p u b lic a d d re ss an­
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Hot fuels
Dear S ir,
I w a s reading in the D ecem ber issue
o f A e ro m o d e lle r th a t it w a s the w is h of
the Three K ings' c lu b th a t the use of
n itroben zene in d ie se l o r g lo w fu e ls be
o u tla w e d fo r c o m p e titio n . M o s t m o dellers
w ho use nitroben zene (fo rtu n a te ly )
k n o w th a t th is c o m p o u n d is a c o n ta c t
p o is o n and can cause ca n ce ro u s g ro w th s
a io u n d and in the kid n e y s , and one
assum es th a t they take the necessary
p re c a u tio n s w hen usin g the sub sta n ce
(I, fo r one, alw ays w e a r ru b b e r gloves
w h e n e ve r I use the c o m p o u n d ). A s fo r
the idea th a t t sh o u ld be banned I
w h o le h e a rte d ly disag ree w ith the c lu b
fe e lin g th a t it sh o u ld be banned. It
seem s to me th a t in a ll w a lk s o f life
the se days the a ttitu d e is 'i f it's a n y­
th in g like dangerous, ban i t ! - an
exam ple o f th is is the a n ti-fire w o rk s
c a m paign th a t d id so m u ch to lessen
sales o f fire w o rk s . I m a in ta in tha t th is
a ttitu d e is not go in g to m ake the
nam e of B rita in great ag ain, and s lig h t
ris k s are w o rth w h ile , lik e a d ding n itr o ­
benzene to a fu e l to get b e tte r b a l­
anced ru n n in g d u rin g a team race.' You
note I stre ssed th a t the pe rform ance of
the engine and m odel be im p ro ve d , fo r
I have co n te m p t fo r tho se people w ho
ju s t use the a d d itive 'fo r the s m e ll·, or
ju s t to appear exp ert am ong th e ir
frie n d s . Like m ost users of the a d d itiv e
I acce pt th a t n o t all engines show
advantage w hen being run on a fue l
w ith nitrobenzene. The idea is sim p le ,
if it w o rk s use it, if it d o e s n 't b rin g in
b e tte r tim e s and c o n s is te n c y , then
d o n 't.
A t the tim e I d id n o t have any
m oney w ith me. The m anager of the
shop (w h o . in fa c t, is the o w n e r's
son ) gave me these on tru s t. I signed
n o th in g , p a id n o th in g , and d id not
even have to prove m y id e n tity or
a d d re ss. He ju s t w ro te the name and
address d o w n w h ich I gave him v e r­
b a lly . W o u ld any shop o r co m p a n y in
England do an yth in g lik e th is fo r an
E nglishm an, le t alone a fo re ig n e r? I
d o u b t i t very m u ch ! The mere fa c t
th a t I am a S ervicem an prevents me
fro m even o b ta in in g item s on H P. For
som e reason a S ervicem an o c c u p ie s a
p o s itio n o f d is tru s t in life ; w h y I d o n 't
k n o w . A n o th e r th in g , even w h e n w r it ­
ing to firm s m a kin g e n q u irie s , a lot
d o n 't even take the tro u b le to reply,
even w hen I enclose a sta m p e d , a d ­
dressed envelope.
J u s t as a pa rting shot, the item s
m e n tio n e d w ere paid fo r in fu ll tw o
days la te r, and a t the tim e of pa yin g I
w a s the n given a d is c o u n t (b ecause I
am a S ervicem an) o f a lm o s t £10. I
d o u b t very m uch if anyone c o u ld o b ­
ta in service lika th is an yw h ere in the
w o rld , o th e r then in W e s t G erm any.
J . S. M a rle y (C p I.)
B .A .O .R .. B.F.P.O. 23.
T hanks fo r th e in te re s tin g d e ta ils . There
m o s t c e rta in ly are m a n y B ritis h m o d e l
shops w h ic h offer extended c re d it to
th e ir custo m ers. In som e cases, these
arc. in o u r view , p r e ju d ic in g th e ir
bu sin ess b y a llo w in g to o m u ch s to c k
o u t w ith o u t incom e. It is a fa c t th a t
H.P. te rm s and c re d its have re duced
sho p p ro fits to a d a n g e ro u sly lo w le ve l
in 1968 and 1969. One p ro m in e n t shop
in cre ased tu rn o ve r in th e c u rre n t fin a n ­
c ia l ye a r b u t reduced p ro fit at the same
tim e . Here lie s th e re a l da nger o f the
B asem ent O p e ra tio n ' as kn o w n in the
U .S .A ., w here d is c o u n t houses and
cheap s u p p lie s fro m spa re tim e dealers
un d e rm in e th e ge nuine m o d e l shops
w h ic h give such e x c e lle n t se rvice . W e
have n o t th e s lig h te s t d o u b t th a t if
th e y c o u ld spare th e ir blush es w hen
a d m ittin g to s p e n d th rift ten d e n cie s,
there are m any B ritis h m o d e lle rs w ho
c o u ld w rite in eq ually g lo w in g te rm s of
th e fa ith fu l M o d e l sh o p p ro p rie to rs in
the U .K . w h o so fre q u e n tly serve th e ir
cu sto m e rs w ith a g e n e ro s ity and g o o d ­
w ill s u ffic ie n t to m a ke any a cco u n ta n t
c u rI u p and die w ith frig h t.

Tailless record ?
Dear S ir,
In S epte m be r's e d itio n of C lub New s
the re s u lts fo r H alifax In te rn a tio n a l
T a ille s s w ere p u b lish e d , in w h ic h you
com m ented on m y three maxes and
e n q u ire d w h y the re w as no reason for
fly -o ff- M y flig h ts w e n t as fo llo w s :
3 m inu tes 45 seconds
3 4
27 .. 47
w h ic h . I believe, is a B ritis h d u ra tio n
record fo r ta ille s s g lid e r.
The tailless g lid e r P enum bra (an APS
d e s ig n ) w a s la s t seen go in g u p w a rd s -
th e n my le g s gave out under e x tre m o
s tra in .
I entered again th is yea r at the S .C .G .
Gala held a: C hobham and I w as very
d is a p p o in te d . p e rs o n a lly , w ith the
am o u n t o f in te re s t and c o m p e tito rs
there.
Perhaps later on in y o u r magazine
you w o u ld em phasise ta ille s s m odel
de sig n s anc te c h n iq u e s . I w ill, fo r a
s ta rt, be w llin g to prom ote a c o n tro l
te n t fo r e n trie s , at R.A.F. O diham 1970
fo r ta ille s s m odels and perhaps in c o n ­
ju n c tio n w iih c h u c k g lid e r - as Tony
S la te r has no w m oved to S hro pshire .
A ll my c lu b m em bers (Leatherhead
M o del Flying C lu b ) are agreeable to
th is proposal.
A shtea d. S urrey. G. K. H ills
F a ir enough M r. H ills . It is n o w up
to y o u to approach th e S outh ern Area
fo r pe rm is s io n to have T a ille ss in c lu d e d
in th e 1970 Gala progra m m e .
47
Dear S ir,
Have ju s t re turn ed fro m S w itze rla n d
and no te w th in te re s t M r. W o o d ro w 's
le tte r on page 486. In th e second para­
graph of my a rtic le I w ro te ' - l i m i t a ­
tio n s on to o ls a n d ap para tus w e re such
as to re s tric t th e ra nge a n d c o s t ol
the se ite m s ro a bare m in im u m ' - hence
th e use o f a scra p ha cksaw blad e. Ref.
fig . 4 - it dees, a d m itte d ly , lo o k h a ir y -
and is a posed' ph o to g ra p h . B ut the
te x t does refer to s lic in g c u ts , w h ic h
w o u ld c a rry the blade aw ay from the
Left th u m b to som e e xte n t - even if it
s lip p e d . As the m a te ria l (E .P .) offers so
little resistance to a sha rp blad e, and
as c u t fingers are u su ally caused by
the sud den release o f stored energy -
e g . k n ife slips a fte r ja m m in g in in-
c a lc itra n t m a terial - th e a c tu a l hazard is
v irtu a lly n il. (A n y o n e ca p able o f g r in d ­
ing and s tro p p in g a blade w o u ld . I'm
sure, be p e rfe ctly at hom e w ith the
te c h n iq u e illu s tra te d - and th e p o ly s ty ­
rene m u st be c u t in such a d ire c tio n
as to evoid fra g m e n ta ry breakage)
H ow ever, if anyone has c u t h im s e lf
because o f fig. 4. please le t me a p o lo ­
gise. I intend to try M r. W o o d ro w 's
p la n n in g tech nique : perhaps he in turn
w o u ld lik e to try m in e ?
S heffield T re vo r F a ulkner
Down under
Dear S ir,
In A u s tra ia w e have a p o p u la r free
flig h t p o w e r event spread o ve r an hour
o r ha lf hour. F lig h ts are tim e d and
m u s t n o t be less than 15 secs, or m ore
tha n 120 s e :s . No tim e less than 15 or
January, 1970
g re a te r than 120 is c re d ite d to the flie r.
This has a lw a y s been a popular
eve nt fo r me and I have w o n several
and h o ld an A u s tra lia n re cord since
bro ke n .
In a recent c h a m p io n s h ip , m y m odel
hooked a therm al and w a s in s ig h t fo r
15 m ins. I w a lk e d h a lf a m ile and
the n g o t in th e ca r and drove three
m ile s to the nearest to w n w here w e
sp o tte d th e m odel s till c irc lin g p a rt of
the to w n . I parked the ca r - ju m p e d a
w ire fence and the m odel c irc le d lo w
over a te n ris c o u rt, across the m ain
road, back to the fo o tp a th and landed
rig h t at m y fe e t. I w o u ld have cau ght
it in the air. w h ic h I had trie d to do.
b u t th is high w ire tence prevented th is .
The m o to r appeared betw een m y ankles
un der the tu b u la r steel lo w e r ra il o f the
fen ce but the m odel d id n o t h it the
fe n ce . I have ne ver had th is experience
o ve r such a long period and d ista n ce .
W h ile w ritin g I w o n d e r if you c o u ld
m anage some tim e to in c lu d e a sm a ll
re quest to c lu b s in E ngland fo r c lu b
in sig n ia tra n sfe rs I have b u ilt a larger
scra m b le model po w e red by an O live r
T ig e r 2.5 and am co ve rin g the m odel
w ith as many ae ro m o d e llm g tra nsfers
as I can. I c o u ld use a co u p le o f
dozen tra nsfers and w o u ld g la d ly e x ­
change my c lu b tra n s fe rs . W o u ld like
to add a few E nglish. S c o ttis h . W elsh
and Irish badges to my sm a ll c o lle c ­
tio n if po ssib le . Am n o t lo o kin g fo r
g ifts .
604 S tanle y S tree t. A rth u r G orrie
W oollo o n g a a b a ,
B risbane, A u s tra lia .
Aero M odeller
Recent RALLIES
NORTHERN AREA RALLY
RAF Lindholme 26 October 1969
TH IS MEETING w as arranged ra th e r late in the year, fo llo w ­
ing the w ith d ra w in g of the N orthern Gala. The re placem ent
w a s very m uch a ‘p riv a te v e n tu re ' but fea ture d a c o m p re ­
hensive lis t o f e v e n ts , and w a s ad vertised so as to a ttra c t
the p u b lic ,
O c to b e r is h a rd ly an ideal tim e to expect a large s p e cta to r
tu rn -o u t and it d id n o t m a te ria lise . A ls o d is a p p o in tin g
w as the a ttenda nce from the m odellers - c e rta in ly a t free-
flig h t. In th is it c o n tra s te d w ith the Y ork Hally held the
p re v io u s Sunday.
In free flig h t, no one c o u ld have grum ble d a t fly in g c o n d i-
tio n s in the m o rn in g - ex c e p t g lid e r axponents an xio us fo r
lift. It w a s o v e rc a s t, calm and ideal for ru b b e r and po w e r
Later a breeze sprang up - d ire c tly onto the w o o d s and peat
bog a t the edge o f the drom e. L ift w as s till scarce and
rem ained so u n til w e ll in to the afternoon
48
Coupe d 'H iv e r In te rn a tio n a l 1970
M o d e lle rs w is h in g to jo in the organise d p a rty tra v e l­
lin g to Pans fo r the a n nual A n g lo -F re n ch challenge.
22nd February, sh o u ld m ake a p p lic a tio n to the Editor,
in w ritin g , prio r to 31st D ecem ber. C ost o f the trip
is u n lik e ly to exceed £18.
The w in n in g g lid e r scores cam e fro m tho se w h o started
late. C e rta in ly, Jack Kay had to do some sm a rt re trie v in g , as
both his maxs cleared the a irfie ld These, plus a fin a l 2-J
m in u te flig h t gave him a c le a r w in . M odel w as a W ic h ita .
Ray M o n k s w a s second w ith a fis h in g rod A /2 . An unusual,
fo r these days, model secured th ird place fo r C harlie W y a tt -
a 10 f t span lig h tw e ig h t d e sig n (b y Ian E llis o n ) th a t has
served him w e ll over the years. His fin a l flig h t ended w e I
o ve r the boo and may o r m ay n o t have been recovered.
F irst o f the tw o fly -o ffs w a s R u b b e r - w it h o n ly five c o n ­
ten ders. M ik e Duce had fa ile d to fin d his single -blad e
featherer m o del, and used a C oupe d 'H iv e r m o del fo r o
n o m in a l fo u rth flig h t. Of the re st, three fle w ne arly s im u l­
ta n e o u sly in poor a ir, w ith Brian P icken u sin g , and losing,
an o ld open model to record ne arly fo u r m inu tes
O 'D o n n e ll had reached the pe at boa in h is re trie v in g at
ju s t the rig h t m om ent fo r the p o w e r fly -o ff p a rtic ip a n ts . A I
three to p m odels a lig h te d w ith in easy c o lle c tin g distance,
and hence saved th e ir o w n e rs m uch searching. R ussell Peers'
Eta 29 W oo d p e cke r (see A e ro m o d e lle r A n n u a l) g lid e d dow n,
w h ile Roger B a g co tt’ s G.15 open m odel and Dave W ise m a n 's
pipe d F A I m odel descended on D /T . The la tte r w a s 3t
co n sid e ra b le he ig ht w hen it fle w overhead - b u t W iz was
very c a u tio u s w i:h the D /T s e ttin g . T h is proved his undoing
as fin a l scores gave R ussell to p place by ju s t three seconds
In team race, en tries w ere on the lo w side and, therefore,
it w a s decided to o m it the se m i-fin a ls - the three fastest
heat tim e s w o u ld go s tra ig h t to the fin a ls .
F A .I produced the best heat tim e s w ith 4:27 by H eaton/
Ross and 4:35 by H u g h e s/T u rn e r. For the fin a l, Don H a w o rti
elected to use r is ow n de sig n m o to r in preference to his
m odded ETA The three m odels w ere c irc u la tin g at about
ihp same speed w ith the fin a l re s u lt being a c le a r w in for
the H ugh e s/T u rn e r team due to th e ir ve ry q u ic k , co n s is te n t
p its to p s and the extra range of th e ir m o d e l g iv in g them four
p its to p s to the o th e r tw o te a m 's five.
The ^ A C lass fin a l w a s d o m in a te d by H ugh es/T urne r.
a lth o u g h Hi I Ι/C la rk e had the speed to m a tch them , b u t the r
la ck o f range kept them w e ll behind. The m o s t notable
pe rfo rm a n ce w a s by C a m p b e ll/P e rk in s , w h o co m p le te d five
laps on the ground - b a c k w a rd s !
The firs t round o f C lass B o n ly pro d u ce d three heat tim es.
P la ce /H a w o rth were un der 4 m in u te s w ith th e ir oversize
ETA 15 d o in g ju s t over 70 la p s /ta n k . fo llo w e d by tw o tim es
o ve r 9 m in u te s! F o rtu n a te ly, th in g s im p ro ve d in the second
ro und w ith tim es being p u t in by m ore team s. The fin;.!
m atched the oversize d ie se l o f P la c e /H a w o rth w h ic h w ould
need o n ly one p it stop in the fin a l, a g a in st tw o ETA 29’s
needing 3 o r more p it sto p s . W o u ld the b igg er g lo w s have
s u ffic ie n t speed to com pensa te fo r the extra p it stops?
U n fo rtu n a te ly no:, and the d ie se l em erged a clear w in n e r n
fro n t of L a n a w o rth /L a u rie in second place
The R /C M u lti ae ro b a tic eve nt g o t off a fte r a de la yed Stan
caused by the arrival of a T ig e r M o th (fu ll size!) T w o flig h t
lines w ere used - w ith c o m p e tito rs fly in g a t d iffe re n t flig h t
lin e s on each round C o n d itio n s w ere go od, and the w ind
th o t d id oriac lo tc r o n ly affected the less exp erien ced com ­
p e tito rs . The top placed men w ere o b v io u s by th e ir more
serio us a ttitu d e :o the p a tte rn , and in th e ir be tter presenta­
tio n o f m anoeuvres to the ju d g e s
Due to the lack of Form ula 1 racers, the G oodyear e v e rt
w as changed to an Open P ylon Race. R acing w a s clo se , f
n o t p a rtic u la rly fast - m ost of the c o m p e titio n co m in g iro n
s tu n t m odels Eventual w in n e r, Peter R ussell, m anaged to
b rin g his old fa vo u rite D en ig h t S p e c ia l in ahead o f Terry
C o o p e r's very fa st R ivets - m a in ly by fly in g a tig h te r,
sm o o th e r cou rse around the pylon s.
RESULTS
G lid e r: 1. J. Kay (B a iid o n ); 2 R M o n k s (B irm in g h a m );
3 C W y a tt. Rubber: 1 B P icken (L iv e rp o o l); 2 G. T id e sw e ll
(B a iid o n ); 3 J. O 'D o n n e ll ( W h ite fie ld ) . Power: 1 R. Peers
(C o n g le to n ); 2. D. W isem an (Y o rk s ); 3. R. B ag g o tt (B irm in c -
ha m ). F .A .I. Team Race: 1. H u g h e s/T u rn e r; 2. H eaton/R oss.
3. P la ce /H a w o rth . $A Team Race: 1, H u g h e s/T u rn e r; 2. H ill/
C larke; 3. P e rk in s /C a m p b e ll. B Team Race: 1. P la ce /H a w o rth ;
2. L a n g w o rth /L a u rie ; 3. S k itt/P itta w a y . M u lti A e ro b a tics:
1. T C ooper (3.171 p t s ) ; 2 D. G la d w in (2,928 p ts .) ; 3. D.
H am m ent (2,900 p ts ) . O pen P ylon Race: 1 P. R ussell. 2. T
C ooper, 3. D Beaum ont.
Top le ft: Graham D rin k e ll (15) w o n the £A e ve n t at the
R .A .F. C h a m p io n sh ip s w ith h is Cox TD 049 'S k o o te r'. Centre
p h o to is J /T B roadbent, o f W itte rin g , w h o w o n C o n tro l Line
Scale w ith h is 1 /7 th M ile s M a g is tc r. B elow , fro m the same
m e e tin g is Fit. Lt. T. C. P otesta w ith h is 1 /1 8 th Scale
S .M . 81.
 January, 1970

F ra n c is Boreham (a bove) w o n the h e lic o p te r eve nt fo r the

T h u rs to n tro p h y at the S outh M id la n d A rea ra lly . The Trophy
is in his LEFT hand! A t rig h t. Ian D o w s e tt prepares his
ru b b e r drive n e n try w h ic h is 48 inche s lo n g and has 36 inch
d ia m e te r b u ilt up ro to rs . The p o w e r is no less than 24
s tra n d s o f £ x 1 /2 4 th ru b b e r!
ST. A LB AN S THERMAL SOARING R A LLY - 1 6 N ovem ber 1969
D espite a w e a th e r fo re c a s t o f fo rc e 8 gales, ra in , rain
and ra in , people s till tu rn e d o u t to fly ! Those w h o arr ved
w ere w e ll rew arded as. a p a rt from a very heavy do w n p o u r
betw een 10.30 a m. and 12 o 'c lo c k , the day w a s fai* and
the w in d s varied fro m 0-10 m p.h One odd c h a ra c te ris tic
w a s th a t for the e n tire da y the w in d d ire c tio n at ground
level w as about 60 deg. d iffe re n t fro m th a t 300 feet up,
w h ic h m ade to w in g -u p som e w h a t c u rio u s !
Due to the w e a th e r c o n d itio n s , h a rd ly an y c o m p e titio n
flig h ts w ere m ade before 1 o 'c lo c k - b u t a fte r th a t, life g o t
fa irly busy, and by 4.30 p m ., all 11 e n trie s had each c o m ­
pleted three c o m p e titio n flig h ts .
Bob B a ile y w a s u n fo rtu n a te w ith his ra dio fa ilin g efese to
the g ro u n d , fo rc in g him to land o u ts id e the square on
several o cca sio n s, thus c a u s iiiy llie c a n c e lla tio n o f several
good tim e s. V ic D ris c o ll had a s im ila r fate, lo sin g the tim e
o f one flig h t. The w in n in g p a ir fro m Stevenage, M essrs. g ^ s3( 4 i ^ ^ i c$et e)p i ^
D yer and D z llim e r fo u n d w h a t little lif t there w a s around,
p u ttin g up c o n s is te n tly go od scores. / ;1C
8io k3e ^ o n » d6 « " D W o ^ .n X
RESULTS W h ite fie ld ) 5:50; 3. A. W ood (W h ite fie ld ) 4:48
(W C huck
I. D J. D yer (S teve nag e) 11:41; 2 G W D allim er G lilid e r: 1. R. R oberts ( C /M ) 5:41; 2. K R obinson (W h ite -
(S te ve n a g e ) 11:19; 3. R. Favre (S t. A lb a n s ) 8:47. ,ie ld ) 3:51; 3 A . M o ss (C o n g le to n ) 3:40 Team R esults: 1.
ST. A LBAN S W INTER G A LA - C hobham , 26 O c to b e r. 1S69 ΐΛ/κ,-nfmiH 91-09- 9 C n nn leton 26:20· 3 S n itfire s 15:30
W ith the sun s h in in g all m o rn in g and a w a rm n o rth e rly
breeze, g lid e r to w in g w as a dre a m , a lth ough re trie v in g w as Y ork R ally - R .A .F. R uffo rth, 19th O cto ber, 1969
a little try in g , and indeed a n ig h tm a re fo r som e. A t about A /2 (46 e n trie s ) 1. P. O live r (W h ite fie ld ) 15:00; 2. J.
2 o 'c lo c k , the sun disa p p e a re d , and w ith it the lif t , w h ich B aguley (H aye s) 14:53: 3. J . O 'D onn ell (W h ite fie ld ) 14:16.
had been so a b u n d a n t in the m o rning . O pen R ubber (24 e n trie s ) 1. H. “ ubbs (B a ild o n ) 9:0 0+ 6:0 5;
E ntries w ere average fo r th is typ e o f in fo rm a l c o m p ., w ith 2. B. D ay ( C /M ) 9:0 0 + 4 :4 6 ; 3. B. P icken (L iv e rp o o l) 9:00
the sta n d a rd n o t p a rtic u la rly high, a lth o u g h an in te re stin g + 4 :1 6 . Open P ow er (22 e n trie s ) 1. R M o n ks (B ham ) 9:00
tu ssle developed in F A I. g lid e r, w ith the fir s t seven or so (C o n g le to n ) 9 :0 0+ 4:2 5; 3. J . O 'D o n n e ll
place s changing all the tim e . F .A .I. p o w e r had on ly tw o (W h ite fie ld ) 8:21.
e n trie s , b u t w a s hard fo u g h t, w ith Fred C h ilto n losing
h is m odel after the la s t flig h t - feared to have fa lle n v ic tim
to the lig h t-fin g e re d g e n try . A :I w ith in e a rs h o t had th e ir
vo c a b u la ry broadened w h e n George F u lle r c a u g h t som e k id s
in a g ip s y e n cam pm ent w ith a m odel.
W a k e fie ld Ted s ix e n trie s , b u t appeared to be a tw o -h o rse
race u n til Laurie B arr entered and ra ttle d o ff five good
flig h ts to w ir .
In the 'm in i' c la s s e s , the e n trie s w e re reasonable in
q u a lity and q u a n tity . A ll pro d u ce d go od scores, in fact, the
o n ly fu ll house scores o f the day b e in g in } A and A /1.
It w a s intended at one tim e to have p re s e n ta tio n plaques
fo r priz e s , t u t arra n g e m e n ts w ere n o t co m p le te d in tim e ,
th u s , the w in n e rs had cash prize s. Plaques w ill be given
ne xt year, as these seem to be m ore p o p u la r.
RESULTS
F .A .I. G lid e r 1. E. Rose (S 'h a m p to n ) 13:22; 2. J. M ;N e ill
(S t. A lb a n s ) 13:30; 3. B Chapm an (H aye s) 13:17. F .A .I.
P ow er: 1. P. B usked (S u rb ito n ) 14:58; 2. P. C h ilto n (C ro o k-
ham ) 14:22. F .A .I. R ubber: 1. L. B arr (H aye s) 13:07: 2. F.
B o xa ll (B rig h to n ) 12:02; 3. J. A lle n (B rig h to n ) 11:52 A /1
G lid e r: 1. J. H ook (S 'h a m p to n ) 9:00; 2. R K enw ard (C ro y ­
d o n ) 7:43; 3. A . T u rn e r (S 'h a m p to n ) 5:35. $A Power: 1.
B. S pooner iC ro y d o n ) 9:00; 2 R. B ailey (S t. A lb a n s ) 8:38:
3. G. F u lle r (S t. A lb a n s ) 8 06 C oupe d 'H iv e r: 1. D. Digby
(Leath erhe adi 5:36; 2 J L o rim er (C ro o k h a m ) 5:34; 3. E
t l l i s (E. G rin stead ) 4:55. C huck G lid e r: 1 A C ris p (FACCT)
2:55; 2. W . H oughton ( C /M ) 2:14; 3. E. E llis (E. G rin stead )
1:54.
N .W . AREA 'ROOTES TROPHY' - C h e tw y n d . 2 N ovem ber 1969
O pen R ubber; 1. R. Peers (C o n g le to n ) 7:24; 2. ... O'
R ight: S w itc h in g on th e ir 'h o t g lo v e ' b a tte ry c o n n e c tio n , the
S k itt/P itta w a y tea m re s ta rt th e ir B' team ra cer at the
N o rth e rn A rea R ally.
A ero M odeller
THE TROUBLE w ith s u b s c rip tio n s and o th e r annual expenses is
n o t th a t they are n o t a ll th a t high, if m easured on a w eek by
w eek or m onth by m o nth b a sis, but th e y com e as q u ite a
sh o ck to the p o c k e t w hen a rriv in g in one ye a rly lu m p . T h us,
when th e O ld h a m & D . M . A . C . m o k e r e p ly to th o p o o r m a n 's
plea, w h ic h appeared in the N ovem ber is s u e , by e m p h a sisin g
th a t th e ir s u b s c rip tio n fee is less than a s h illin g a w eek,
th e y sh o u ld pe rhap s bear in m in d the m a g n itu d e o f fifty
s h illin g s to the y o u n g s te r w h o may have to squeeze his
ho bby o u t o f a fe w s h illin g s a w eek p o c k e t m oney. O b v i­
o u s ly there m u s t be m any you ng m odel flyers w ho e x is t
as su c h o n ly in a v e ry m a rg in a l sense, and fo r th a t reason -
m oney. I mean - may n o t be so c lu b b a b le as the m u lti
fly e rs w h o , the O ldham c lu b sta te s, make up the greate r pa rt
o f the c lu b . N ow , I am p re tty sure the O ldham c lu b , like
m any o th e r c lu b s , m akes spe cia l a llow a nces fo r the needs
o f ju n io rs , b u t the a c tiv e young m cdel fly e r is a rare and
p re c io u s c o m m o d ity these da ys, and it w o u ld be a p ity if
h is de ve lo p in g in te re s t w e re to be stifled by la ck of fu n d s.
If m e m bership o f a c lu b is n o w v ita l fo r the p u rs u it o f the
h o b b y because o f the tie d -in nature of fly in g fie ld s , w e m u st
e n d e a vo u r to keep »he gate open to the ju n io r m em ber. I
d o n 't mean w id e op en to a floo d of paper flye rs, b u t w id e
enough fo r the re ally e n th u s ia s tic y o u n g s te r to squeeze
th ro u g h . A n y w a y , o ld o r yo u n g , rich or poor, you are w e l­
com e at the G ow e r S ch o o l, O ldh am , w here the c lu b m eets
on Friday e ve nings a t 7.30 p.m .
Q u e s tio n : Is a p la s tic m odel aeroplane by d e s c rip tio n a
tru e m o del a irc ra ft? In s p ite o f all p re ju d ic e d v ie w s iu the
c o n tra ry , the H e s w a ll M .A .C . have decided th a t, th o u g h the
p la s tic e n te rp ris e m ay n o t be too dem anding on c o n s tru c ­
tio n a l te c h n iq u e , it is the fin is h that c o u n ts , and a w e ll
fin is h e d p la s tic m o del is. w e ll, a w ell fin is h e d m odel! A n y ­
w a y , it a ll helps to e n liv e n the c lu b scene, and a com p fo r
sam e takes as its them e 'The B attle of B rita in ', th u s g iv in g
it a c e rta in o b je c tiv ity and a t the sam e tim e lim itin g the
fie ld to a fe w w e ll-k n o w n m achines w h ic h g ive s a fa ire r
b a s is fo r c o m p a ris o n than if le ft w ide open to a ll so rts of
s p e c ta c u la r c ra ft. There is re fere nce in the n e w s le tte r to a
C lubs Plan L ib ra ry. Q uite a w o rth w h ile a m e n ity fo r any
c lu b . W e are to ld th a t the ne w e st a d d itio n , an A .P .S . H eron
w a s q u ic k ly snapped up by a keen s u b s c rib e r. Let us hope,
ho w e ve r, th a t he does m o re tha n m erely s tu d y the french
cu rve s, fo r M a rk W in s ta n le y , th e B u lle tin e d ito r, is w o rrie d
ove r tho lim ite d use the c lu b fie ld is p u t to - a t least fo r
m o del fly in g - as the S unday tu rn -o u t does n o t m a tch the
s trik in g ly high m e m bership of 78. A rd since the c o s t to the
c lu b is £1 14s. 6d.. per fly in g session, the m ore w ho ab sorb
the c o s t, the lig h te r the bu rden . In c id e n ta lly , th is s o rt of
pre s s u re on the c lu b fina nces is ju s t the s o rt o f th in g tha t
te n d s to push up c lu b fees to the p o in t of e x c lu s iv ity ,
althoucjh. th is does not appear to be the case in a high
m e m bership c lu b lik e H esw all.
W a tfo rd W a y fa re rs M .A .C .'s new s e tte r makes m e n tio n of
a n o tic e tha t the R ic k m a n s w o rth U .D .C . have erected on
the M o or. T h is is , in effe ct, a w arn ing a g a in s t ca u sin g
n u is a n c e by fly in g n o is y m o dels near a d ja c e n t houses. The
c lu b hopes th a t a ll users o f the M oor w ill take heed o f the
w a rn in g , o th e rw is e fu rth e r c o m p la in ts m ig h t lead to a
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CLUB
NEWS
Left: Ά la s t-m in u te c ra fty k ic k (hope the ju d g e d id n 't see),
and aw ay she g o e s!' R. F. W e tz e l prepares to m ake a rapid
e x it a fte r re le asing h is K&B T o rpe do 19 p o w e re d , G len Lee
d e sig ned , h e lic o p te r a t the U .S . N a tio n a ls.
s tro n g e r fo rm of n o tic e —one ba n n in g p o w e r fly in g co m ­
p le te ly .
S om ething is s tirrin g d o w n in the fa stnesses o f g lo rio u s
D evon - a new c lu b is in the m a kin g . No name y e t given,
o r o t least, no m e n tio n o f such, fro m Pr 003 Socrotary
'J u m b o ' Reeves, b u t alre ady tw e lv e good men and true
have been sprung fro m the w ild heart o f the Doone co u n try,
and the search is on fo r a good fly in g site. One o f tho
d o u g h ty dozen w ho, w ith h is F lig h t Link tra in e r gear, should
c e rta in ly be an asse t to the c lu b , is H arry S tillin g s , a radio
fan fro m w a y back. If you have the lu ck to live w ith in a
phone c a ll o f B arn staple, then g ive M r. W (J u m b o l Reeves
a c a ll a t B arnstaple 2069 - b u t d o n ’ t ask fo r tru n k s !
Y e t an othe r problem to vex and an noy the p o o r o ld model
fly e r - the airfie ld p ira te . N ow th a t fly in g s ite s are hard and
e xp e n sive to com e by. there are c h a ra cte rs w h o seek to en­
jo y the p riv ile g e o f same g ra tis and fo r free. A n d the y ere
d o in g ju s t th a t on W h ite fie ld 's ve ry o w n L ittle to n Road site.
T ro u b le is the jo lly roger in te rlo p e rs are n o t too choosy
ho w they fly , end, n a tu ra lly , any n u isa n ce they c o m m it is
la id a t the door o f the W h ite fie ld te n a n ts . In consequence,
m em bers are asked to keep a w e a th e r eye open fo r these
u n w a n te d guests From hom e g ro u n d tro u b le s to con test
c ir c u it success, the b u lle tin sets o u t q u ite an im pressive
lis t o f c o n te s t successes, th a n k s la rg e ly to the in te n s iv e and
u b iq u ito u s efforts o f the fa m o u s M r. J. O 'D o n n e ll, nobly
sup ported by M r M . Reeves. Y esl i t c o u ld be 'B rin g a B ird '
n ig h t at the clu b ho use! M e m b e rs w ith a fatal a d d ic tio n to
d u llie s oth er than u n d e rc a rts ore asked to b rin g them along
if they c a n 't give them up (N a tte r and S nog ain ?)
A m azing the n u m b e r o f c lu b s th a t give d is p la y s up and
d o w n the c o u rtry . A n d ve ry a c tiv e in th is sphere is ihe
B ils to n M A C ., fro m w h e n ce se cre ta ry J. M arsh has sent us
a long re p o rt in w h ic h he h ig h lig h ts som e o f the problem s
and hazards to be m et w ith a t Fete and C arn ival. He also
offers a fe w w o rth w h ile tip s to the in e xp e rie n ce d c lu b , much
on the lines of tho se g ive n , fro m tim e to tim e , in these
co lu m n s . W e c e rta in ly agree th a t w h a t m akes a d is p la y is
p le n ty o f varie c and s tim u la tin g a c tio n . The s p e c ta to r soon
g e ts bored w ith w a tc h in g the plan es go ro u n d , and here it is
suggested th a t a spo t o f b a llo on b u rs tin g gets the rig h t sort
o f c ro w d re action B ut. ju s t in case you are in c lin e d to s p l i t ­
te r yo u r m odel ag a in st the a n ch o rin g p o st, w h y n o t try hang­
ing the ba llo ons fro m g a llo w s ? A n o th e r c ro w d p u lle r, the e-
p o rt avers, is fo u r up co m b a t, and so, of c o u rse , is a large,
fo u r engined jo b Its q u ite a c liffh a n g e r ju s t g e ttin g the engines
g o in g , a lth o u g h fo r the big s tu ff you need p le n ty of elbow
room . 1970 is to be the year o f the big s p e c ta c u la r fo r ihe
c lu b Four 35 po w e red , se m i-sca le B attle o f B rita in fig h te rs
are being prepared; each to be fitte d w ith th r o ttle c o n tro l ior
m o ck scra m b le and d o g -fig h t d in g d o n g s . A lso m em bers are
lin in g up a few W .W .I a irc ra ft. These to have expanded
p o ly s ty re n e fuselages w h ic h are stru n g , l i g h t - a n d , most
im p o rta n t, cheap A team o f five is co n sid e re d the ideal
d is p la y size, w ith a reserve item at the ready. E ssentia l, too.
is a good P.A. syste m , g iv in g a c o n s ta n t o u tp u t o f light,
b u t in fo rm a tiv e cha t. B u t perhaps m o st im p o rta n t o f all is
the safety fa c to r, and here, it is sug geste d, a 50 yard
dia m e te r, roped o ff c irc le sho uld be in s is te d upon as an
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acce p ta n ce o r o th e rw is e fa c to r. Interested in sucn C /L Elton D rew to w in G lid e r. In s e d itio n , there is a fu ll page

an tic s ? Then d ro p in fo r a ch a t at the c lu b ro o m a t 23 re p o rt on the 2nd In t. T a illo ss C o n te st. Of in te re s t to
W e llin g to n Road, B ils to n , on any Friday n ig h t W a k e fie ld fly e rs - and to a ll rubber fly e rs , com e to th a t - is a
Those w ho believe in kee ping sex o u t o f m o del fly in g (yo u fu lly angled d iag ram o f C hristia n S c h w a rtz b a c h 's W ake
c a n 't see 'em w hen y o u 're to w in g up ) w ill be alarmed to Prop. A c c o rd in g to the la te s t p u n d itry . the key to th a t
learn th a t they are th in k in g of re -in tro d u c in g M is s Some- extra prop urge lies in a highly acce n tu a te d tw is t and a
th in g -o r-O th e r fo r the W o o d fo rd R ally. I t ’ s a ll v e ry w e ll fo r fla t, kn ife th in s e c tio n . Says here th a t A /2 fly in g is very
the p u rita n and p u ris t c ritic s , bu t, as the N o rth W estern p o p u la r in the isla n d s - w h ic h is as go od a w a y o f e n jo y ­
A re a 's Message says, it does get the p u b lic ity , and of course, ing the ho bby as lo w b u d g e t s im p lic ity co u ld de vise . The
the p ic tu re s in the pa pers. S how a m in i m iss holding a n e w s le tte r ca rries a su rve y o f c o n te s t lite ra tu re th ro u g h o u t
m o del and ihe press and p u b lic ity m edia go a b s o lu te ly gaga. the w o rld , but fa ils to c o n g ra tu la te its e lf on its o w n w o rth ­
B ut w h a t to c a ll the o b lig in g young lady? M is s M in i A /ia tio n w h ile c o n trib u tio n .
is suggested as a p ro b a b le , g iv in g m ore a cc e p ta b le o v e r­ S till in th is p a rt o f the w o rld , w h e re the ro u n d the w o rld
tones than a p u re ly m o d e llin g s o u b riq u e t such as M iss yach tsm e n c a ll in once a year w ith ra dio gear fo r the
M o d e l Flyer, a lth o u g h I c a n ’ t sec th a t c a llin g a spade a n a tiv e s , o u r eye ca tch e s q u ite a s o p h is tic a te d c h u c k g lid e r
m anual s o il e x c a v a to r has any s o rt of v irtu e . M o del flying is, in the N ew Zeland N e w s le tte r, th e b u lle tin o f the N ew
a fte r a ll, m odel fly in g , very m uch in its o w n rig h t ana not Zealand M .A .A . M ore lik e a s lig h tly undersize d A /1 , the
a w o rs h ip p ng m in i-p ro d u c tio n o l the man ca rry in g cra ft. de sig n in q u e s tio n has eggbox g e o d e tic ce n tre d w in g s and
I p lu m p for M is s M o d e l Flyer - b u t n o t to o p lum p. The a m in i E lm ic tim e r o p e ra tin g a nose w e ig h t d / t . Fuselage is
M essage also gives the message in c le a r bo ld p rin t on the o f ced ar or spruce - ve ry m u ch to be recom m e nde d c o n ­
s u b je c t o f unsile nced m o dels. R A F W o o d v a le . the absolute sid e rin g the nu m ber o f d isco n n e cte d ta il e n ds you see lyin g
ideal s ite fo r R /C fly in g , w e n t m e rrily along fo r a long spe ll, a b o u t. Turn to page 25 of the 1969-70 A e ro m o d e lle r A n n u a l
but the p e rs is te n t use o f u n s iie n c e d e n gines fin a lly stirred and b u ild yo u r o w n !
nearby re sid e n ts to p ro te s t. C onsequence: the e x ilin g o f the Facts sh o u ld stare you in the face, b u t it seem s I have
fly e rs to a re m ote and u n co n g e n ia l corner o f the a irfie ld. o ve rlo o ke d the F .A .C .C .T . C lub re p o rt fro m w a y back in
A n y m ore c o m p la in ts and it w ill be c o m p le te e v ic tio n Full the sum m er. The c lu b , w h ic h is ce n tre d som ew here in
m arks then to ra dio fly e rs I saw the o th e r w eek on W anstead O x fo rd sh ire , has been g ra d u a lly e xte n d in g the scope of its
Flats: silence d m o dels o p e ra tin g in a safe area. News. too. c o n te s t su cce sses: the c ry p tic in itia ls c ro p p in g up in
in M essage o f pedal pow e red P uffin. This is ra th e r like an Radio and Free F lig h t events as w e ll as in C /L . M a in ly ,
o ve rsize m odel, p ilo te d fro m w ith in ra th e r than fro m w ith o u t. ho w e ver, the re p o rt con cerne d its e lf w ith the la tte r a c tiv ity .
A n y w a y , it has been taken over by L iverpoo l U n ive rsity P rin c ip a l ite m w a s a b o u t the w in n in g w ays o f the new
stu d e n ts fo r an othe r man po w e red series of a ttjm p ts . w h ip p e t-q u ic k lig h tw e ig h t breed o f C om b at m o d e ls These
S ugg estion here is th a t the p ilo t/ c y c lis t should grow have been ru n n in g c irc le s around the o ld to u g h ie o p p o s itio n ,
h a ndleb ar m oustaches in o rd e r to reduce w e ig h t. A good b u t are by w a y o f being som ew hat v u ln e ra b le . You have to
pu n, and so. com e to th in k o f it, is the h o ld in g of the w o rk on the ba sis o f three m odels per co n te s t.
N .W . C om m ittee m e eting in the 'P lo ugh In n '. It's q u ite a paradox, re a lly , but w e , in o u r o v e rc ro w d e d
It m akes a change to re p o rt o f a c lu b being ha ppy on its little is la n d , seem to have m ore square m iles o f fly in g space
p a tc h , b u t such is the b lis s fu l state of the H and sw orth per square m o d e lle r tha n they e /e r dream o f in the land of
M .A .C . In fa ct, they fin d th in g s so c o n g e n ia l - no noise or the v e ld t and the p ra in e . You need n o t ask the n, w h a t
o th e r c o m p la in ts - th a t they have ap proached the C ouncil the e d ito ria l in th e S outh A frica n N e w sle tte r. W IP M A C . is
w ith a v ie w to a p o s s ib le exte n sio n o f fly a b le acreage To a ll a b o u t. S hortage o f fly in g space, n a tu ra lly . H ow ever, the
som e extent, th e ir na ppy s itu a tio n is due to the d is c re e t use c lu b has a cq u ire d a b it o f ju n g le c le a rin g fo r C /L . . .
o f silence rs, p a rtic u la rly on the la rg e r en g in e s, anc i t is A p a rt fro m s h iftin g the e le p h a n t bones you have to take yo u r
hoped th a t users o f the p a tc h w ill c o n tin u e to keep ear plu g tin o f Snake B ite serum alon g - th is is n o t the o n ly land
p ro d u c tio n do w n to a reasonable level. On th is note of of the S trik e ! To en coura ge m em bers to fly the c lu b o ffe rs
c a u tio n , the H a n d s w o rth C lu b exte nds a w e lc o m e to all life m e m b e rsh ip , b u t you have to s u rv iv e firs t. A n o th e r
c lu b s and s un dry flyers to Perry H all P ark. A v a ila b le on ly fo r in d u c e m e n t to re ca p tu rin g the fe rvo u r o f the o ld e n tim e s is
C /L and lim ite d to S und ays. If the hom e tid in g s are good, a series o f ta lk s and slid e show s on those ha lcyo n days of
the aw ay news is n o t q u ite so hot: the c lu b has had a bad m o del fly in g , w hen the m a gic w t s s till ve ry m uch there.
c o n te s t year, b u t p u t th is d o w n to in e x p e rie n c e . Remedy, o f B ut s till hope fo r m o del fly in g on the d a rk c o n tin e n t, fo r
cou rse, is plen ty of p ra c tic e - and ho w m uch m ore effective w e learn fro m R hod esia's Tarm ac T o rqu e th a t a c tiv ity is on
th is w o u ld be if th e y o n ly had a s tre tc h of ta rm a c. S jc c e s s the u p s w in g in the Rand C lub. One exam ple is an increase
w o u ld also be e a sie r to re alise w ith m ore m em bers C /L and fro m tw o to fiv e in the an nual S tu n t co m p . B u t th is is o n ly
in te re s te d , then w rite to M . S m ith , 61 Farm S tree t. N ew tow n ,
B irm ing ham
W h a te v e r the w e a th e r w a s lik e in D u b lin 's fa ir c ity , o u t­
side at the C urragh, it w a s b lo w in g fit to to p p le N elson off
h is pe rch, if he w ere s till up there. O cca sio n w as the
P hoenix A e ro m o d e llin g C lu b 's A n n u a l Gala (P hoenix, you
rem em ber, s the b ird w ith the b ig , big th e rm a l), re p o rt of
w h ic h com es in the M o d e l A e ro C o u n c il's n e w s le tte r. Q uite
a good tu rn out fo r w h a t is. in e ffect, a N o rth /S o u th Derby,
fo r in s p ite o f the o ff-p u ttin g w eather, a s tro n g c o n tin g e n t
tu rn e d up from B elfast, led oy the re d o u b ta b le Doyle clan.
B ost perform ance o f the day w a s a fu ll house score in
R ubber by G. F itz p a tric k o f Phoenix. N o w I d o n 't kno w
a b o u t the te s t laid p la n s etc , b u t I c o u ld n 't m ake o u t the
one p rin te d here - looks as if the m ice had g o t at it.
An idea we in th is c o u n try have n o t yet k n u c k le d dow n
to is the Sm all Field M eet. O ur is la n d may be tin y c o m ­
pared w ith o u r fo rm e r c o lo n y , b u t w e s till have an em pire
m a kin g a ttitu d e to m o del fly in g , e n jo y in g fu ll o u t fly -o ff's
ove r h ill and dale. A n y w a y , w e a ll k n o w by no w how the
fa m o u s S epulvedc B asin has been s h ru n k to the size o f a
w a s h in g up b o w l, and it w as here th a t the San V aleers
held th e ir m ini m e eting fo r )A Pow er, Coupe D 'H ive r and
G lid e r, a ll to a tw o m in u te max. A nd such priz e s ! How do
you fan cy ε G o lly w o c k K it and o th e r G oodies? S till, I'm all
in fa v o u r o ; the J u n io r c a te g o ry in c lu d e d . W e c o u ld take a
leaf e tc . M jc h ta lk in S a te llite of C a m p e r s - s o r t o f m o b ile
liv in g quarters fo r long d is ta n c e tre k k in g to fa r off meets.
W o n d e r if the idea w ill ca tch on here w hen w e get ou r
fly in g fie ld s exchanged fo r ten lane h igh w ays?
D ow n in ;he S outhern ha lf o f N e w Zealand the y are n o t so
o u t of touch w ith w h a t g iv e s in the up per hem isphere as
you m ig h t im agine. For insta nce, the S o u th Is la n d News
ca rrie s a long re p o rt o f the c o n tro l lin e events a t the B ritish
N ats. I t also g iv e s its v e ry o w n pre W o rld Champ tip :

The A n tiq u e M o d e l A s s o c ia tio n tu rn e d o u t in fo rc e at the

C ranfield P ally w ith m any e x tre m e ly im p re s s iv e vinta ge
m o dels. It's q u ite a s ig h t w a tc h in g these s lo w -fly in g a ir­
c ra ft w ith the ir s p a rk ig n itio n p e tro l en gines. V in ta g e fly in g
is re a lly c a tc h in g o n , and an e v e n t w ill be he ld fo r these
'O ld T im e rs ' at th is y e a r's N a tio n a ls .
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a b e ginnin g, fo r w e n o w have the u ltim a te in c o n te s t fly in g : A re p o rt from J. R. B arfoot, the n e w ly a p p o in te d P R O.

the in d iv id u a l c h a lle n g e . The chap w h o is th ro w in g do w n
the gage is offe rin g a ne arly ne w E.T.A. 29 to anyone w ho
can o u tc h u c k him in a c h u c k g lid e r jo u s t. Not co n te n t
w ith tha t, he has also c h a lle nge d a p a rtic u la r m em ber to
due c o m b a t in seven d iffe re n t free flig h t events, fo rfe itin g
an unused M k . 2 Cox T O .15 if beaten.
V ery od d. Lo oking th ro u g h W in d s o c k , the jo u rnal of the
A ll W e s t C oast o f A u s tra lia , I cam e across a feature sin g in g
the praises o f the o ld e s t m em ber in the area. It w a s in tr o ­
duced £s som e s o rt of re v e la tio n ; su g g e s tin g that, in A u s ­
tra lia 's n e a rly c la s s le s s s o c ie ty , pe ople o f such d is tin c tio n
d o n 't gat the defere nce th e ir c o u n te rp a rts receive in Lo n ­
d o n 's c lu b la n d . The c lu b la n d the y m u s t be th in k in g o f are
the d a c d y -o -fre q u e n te d h a unts o f Soho, fo r no one gets
any deference in any o f the London c lu b s I know , and
anyone w ho th in k s he deserves any is give n the o ld razz­
matazz rn no u n c e rta in fa s h io n . W here do th e y get these
ideas ab o u t us L o rd /s e rf E nglish? Come to th in k o f it.
th o u g h , w e m u s t have m any m ore o ld ie s in the London
Area than pe rhaps an yw h ere else in the w o rld - all pre -w a r
v in ta g e . N ext to th is fea tu re is one e n q u irin g in to the o rig in s
o f a e rom o deiling in W e s te rn A u s tra lia , n o t co u n tin g the
boom erang Seems th a t c lo c k w o rk and ro c k e t m odels were
being flow n as fa r back as 1909. S ig n ific a n tly , the m o d e llin g
m ovem ent w a s an expand ng one rig h t up to i9 6 0 w hen
te le v is io n w a s in tro d u c e d .
N ew s fro m the A n g lia M .F .C . is o f the de velopm ent of a
lig h t and cheap su p e rh e t re c e iv e r fo r S ingle Channel. W e ig h t
ta rg e t is 3 o u nces in c lu d in g esca pem e nt and single c e ll
p o w e r un it. The advantages are o b v io u s to anyone w ho
n o w tries to fly sup er-rege n in a sup er-h et w o rld .
o f the H avering M o d e l C lub, g iv e s ne w s o f a h ig h ly s a tis ­
fa c to ry fly in g fie ld s itu a tio n . For Free F lig h t and R /C it has
the q u ite sp a cio u s use o f the o ld H o rn ch u rch A erodrom e
s ite , th a n k s to the good offices o f the g ra ve l p it firm no w in
re sid ence . The o th e r fie ld is a b it w a y o u t. at N orth
O cken don , b u t ideal fo r C /L a c tiv itie s , and ju s t large
enough fo r a sp o t o f m o del F/F. In a d d itio n there are the
g ro u n d s o f the m e eting place, S u tto n s S econdary S choo l,
w h ic h are ava ila b le d u rin g t i e sum m er m o n th s fo r C /L and
sm a ll F /F . The c lu b co ve rs m ost a c tiv itie s , and w e are to ld
th a t there is a g ro w in g en thusiasm fo r F /F scale, p a r­
tic u la r ly W .W 1 m o dels. The W .W .1 in te re s t also exte nds
to C /L ; the c lu b d is p la y team , w h ic h p ra c tic e s each f o r t­
n ig h t at N orth O cken don . has a w h o le team o f such m o dels.
1 /1 2 th scale. N ew m em bers w e lco m e . J u s t phone tho Sec..
B ill Fraser. Ro 63892.
If the Le ice ste r M .A .C . news sheet lacks an ap p e n d ix, it
is because D. P layer, the Hon. Sec , is in h o s p ita l having
sam e rem oved. L e t's hope i t d o e s n 't tu rn o u t to be a m is s in g
tub e o f g lue . The c lu b , as a lw a ys, sees th a t it is w e ll
sto cke d w ith fly in g fie ld s , and the 1969 C h a irm a n 's re p o rt
in c lu d e s m e n tio n o f licensed fly in g at the o ld R.A.F.
W y m e s w o ld drom e T h is fa c ility augm ents the e x is tin g
pa tch a t A rn e sb y. C lu b S enior C ham pion fo r 1969 is D.
S irre ll and J u n io r C ham pion G. Player
F in a lly , anyone in te re ste d in s w a p p in g a ll 1969 co p ie s of
A e ro m o d e lle r fo r P olish and East German p la s tic k its can
w rite to Tem asz P io tro w s k i. W re c la w -2 , u l.S m o lu c h o w s k ie g e
52 /8, P oland.
L e t's see m ore o f tho se b u lle tin s and re p o rts.
THE C LU B M A N

M a y 2 5 th FAI Glider 5 Flights

1970 S.M.A.E. 2 n d Day FAI Rubber 5 Flights
FAI Power
JA Power
5 Flights

CONTEST FAI Team Race (Davies Trophy)

W omen's Cup R /G /P
Other Events C ontinuing

PROGRAMME From 1st Day

M u lti R/C, Scale R /C , Pylon R /C . Combat,
Extra Events;
J u n io r kit contest. Vintage (S. Bristol rules)
M a rc h 22nd (x ) R /C and C /L Centralised R .A .C. June 14th 3rd Area Centralised Area Venues
M eeting (C om bat, R /R , Cottesmore M eeting
FAI T /R . S tunt) (P L) FAI Rubber (W eston C up)
March 22nd 1st Area Centralised Area Venues (C ) Open Power (W hite Cup)
(P L) FAI G lider (L M A A C u p ) Open Glider
Open Power (Frog Senior) Ju n e1 2 st C /L Centralised M eeting, £A T/R , B.T/R
(C ) Open Rubber (Davies Trophy) Speed
April 26th 2nd Area Centralised Area Venues Ju ly 12th 4th Area Centralised Area Venues
M eeting M eeting
(P L) FAI Power (H alifa x Trophy) (P L) Team Glider (M .E. Cup)
Open Rubber (Gamage Cup) (C ) Open Power (Astral Trophy)
(C ) Open Glider Coupe D 'H iver
1970 Scale Trials
May 10th SOUTHERN GALA July 19th (x) R /C Centralised M eeting (T aplin Trophy)
(P rovisional) Opon Rubber (F lig h t Cup) August 9th 5th Area Centralised Area Venues
Opon Power (S h o rt Cup) M eeting
Open G lider (P ilcher Cup) Team Power ( Keif Trophy)
(P L)
JA Power (Q uickstartT rophy)
(C ) FAI Rubber (G u tterid ge Trophy)
C huck Glider
A /1 Glider
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£ A Team Race
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C ranfie/d
C /L Aerobatics Aug. 11/13rd 1st Team Trials
Combat
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(C ) Open G lider (Thurston Cup) M eeting
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C /L Aerobatics (G o ld Trophy) (1971 Criterium Trials)
C /L Scale (Knokke No. 2 Trophy) Oct. 3rd/4th 2nd Team Trials. FAI R /G /P
H andicap Speed and R /C Trials (4 th on ly)
Combat Oct. 15th Spare Date
R /C Pylon Race (C ) Senior and J u n io r C ham pionship Events
i A Team Race (R A F M A A Trophv) (P L) Plugge Cup
Rat Race (x) R /C Individual C ham pionship
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Private M in im u m 18 w o rd s 6 /- and 4d per extra w o rd
Trade M in im u m 18 w o rd s 1 2 /- and 8d. per extra w o rd . D is p la y box rate £2.10.0 per
s ng le c o lu m n inch.
Box N um b ers to c o u n t as s ix w o rd s w hen costin g
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P o w e rfu l R M . S in g le t T x .. T in y T o n e R x.,
E rn ie C o m p a ct, D E A C . in s ta lle d new A .P .S -
T / r o . O ffers? M . Evans. 27 M o ld R o ad. M y n -
ydd Isa. M o ld . F lin ts h ire , O.
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1 1 0 /-, lia r d ly r u n . M . K«>»l>aw, 10 U lh w n le r
Close, D e w sb u ry. Y o rk s h ire . O.
E T A 29 V I C £5 O .S. M a x 35 R /C £4 - both
new a nd unused. C ox T . D . 09 £3.10.0. litt le
used. F ox S tu n t 35 - 5 0 /- . M a c G re g o r C / W T x
and R x tun e d a nd tested, n eve r used. £3. P.
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lift. Ire la n d . O.
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System, in s ta lle d C ra fts m a n : C o m p a c t, C o rp o ra l
escapements; O .S M a x 10 R /C . £26. 249 G reys
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ju st ru n in . O o o lin g 29 in g o o d ru n n in g o rd e r.
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K a nt.
F ox 15 4 5 /- . M ills 1.3 5 0 /- . 3 F ro g 500 4 5 /-
O.
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9 5 /-. Box N o . 862 (L e e d s ). A e ro m o d c llc r O ffices,
Hemel H em pstead , H e rts . O.
Rat Racers, P y lo n Racers. Special Czech
M V V S p ro p s. 7 % " x 8 % " . 77/„" x 9 " . 4 /6 d .
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K & B 15 R R F a c to ry S p ecial, test ru n once
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Lewes. Sussex. O.
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6 T / R P ro p e lle rs . 2 E x id e n o n -s p il a c c u m u la to rs ,
a d ju s ta lin c h a n d le , 2 sots o f lin e s , 1 p in t D iesel
and 1 p in t h o t g lo w fu e l, a ll as new . £10 o .n .o .
J L e o n a rd . 3 E x m o o r W a lk , M a n c h e s te r, 23. O .
RC S G uid a n ce System M k . 3 in M o d e l £10,
A arom odeM ers 1953 to 1969 c o m p le te , £8. M c C o y
35, M ills 75, E D R a cer. A M 2.5. M o d e ls and
_ ROLAND SCOTT LTD.
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and B aby Boo. V . G . C . N * w A . M . 2 5 C ' a n k .
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B irm in g h a m , 23 P h one 021-373 7183. O.
M c C o y 60 + Pan - r S ile n c e r 2 0 0 /-. Fox 35
6 0 /- O liv e r T ig e r ■*· Pan 1 0 0 /-. T ig e r C ud +
Pan 1 0 0 /·. E D . R a c e r 4 0 /- O.S. 15 4 0 /-. E T A
29 + Pan 8 0 /-. S. T ig re G .20 + Pan 8 0 /-.
E T A 15 (E d m o n d s ) + Pan 9 0 /- . 2 S tanzell
M o n o lin e u n its + S tanzell M o n o lin e handle
4 0 /- . O .N .O . B o x N o . 859 (E s s e x ) A e ro m o d e lle r
O ffices. H e m el H e m pstead . H e rts . O.
O .b P et .09, h a r d ly used. £2. K & B . T o rp e d o
19, n o t ru n in , £2. 24 C h u rc h b u rn D riv e , M o r ­
p e th , N o rth u m b e rla n d .
H ir te n b c rg e r b ra n d new unp acked eng ine atost
ty p e e n g in e m o d e l H P 61 R C £23.10.0. Box 860
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F lig h t L in k . S in g le S tic k w ith 4 serves. 2
D E A C s £100. A ls o L au nch L in k , 2 servos and
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M oreCam be, L a n ca sh ire . O. C e n tre , W o lv e rh a m p to n . T /C .
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M a k e rs ’ g u a ra n te e , £3.5.0. A .P .S . Lum pers £1. 861. A e ro m o d e lle r O ffices, H o m el H em pstead, new gassies, p lus o th e rs ) 20c. ( 2 / - ) . 550 M useum
v.g.c. 1 S o uthd ean R o ad, K ilm a r n o c k , A y rs h ire . H e rts- 0. q u a lity fly in g a ir c r a f t plans, som e k its ! C a ta lo g u e
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c y lin d e r engines. G e o ff B ro w n , 9 L o a rto n m odels A e rosp ace T r a in in g Supplies, 10307H .
F alcon 2.0 c.c. £3.0.0. L itt le used E T A 29
£4.10.0. E T A 15 £3.10.0. T .D . 09 £4.10.0. C ox A ve nue. M a rd e n E state. T y n e m o u th . N o rth u m b e r­ D e tr o it, C le v e la n d , O h io 44102. O.
D 'u m V a lv e O ly m p ic £3.0.0. F ro g 500. F r og 249. la n d . O.
Frog 150 £2.10.0 each. E . D . 346 £2.5.0. O ix ie - H as anyo ne, a n y w h e re in th e W o r ld , a M o r-
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M u lti c h a n n e l re c e iv e r £3. R o w b o th a m , 4 C ro y - M S F o u rs o m e , L c e s il, D y n o , D yn e, e tc ., and S H E 2366. J -U .
den R o ad. B irm in g h a m . 29. O. S p a rk Ig n itio n , com pressed A i r and C o2 engines.
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INDEX 1969
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H erts. W o k in g 62621.
a d v e rtis e rs .

M.A.N. PLANS ADDITIONS

M.A.N. 77 M.A.N. 86A M.A.N. 90B
K ra zy K a t C / L S tu n t and c o m b a t .09·.19 F. W . T a 1 5 2 5 6 " Span sem i-scale C / L stunt C o n tin e n ta l 5 8 " span F o rm u la II p r o to ­
(1 .5 -3 .5 cc) 36 In. m odel f o r .3 5 . cu, in . m o to rs 600 type R /C p y lo n racer f o r .40
T ip sy F / F , R /C o r C / L scale. 39 In. V u ite e V - lA Scale fre e -flig h t m odel o f 3 3 " cu. in engines. 600 sq. in .
‘ N ip p e r’ w in g span using .020 eng ine w in g area.
Super F /F e le m e n ta ry ’ s tic k ' ru b b e r C o rb e n D im in u tiv e 19y4" span scale C u rtis XP -55 C o n tr o l- lin e p r o file v e rs io n o f
R .O .G . m o d e l 37 In. Super Ace m o d e l f o r fre e -flig h t o r R /C A sce nder th is u n u sual c a n a rd a ir c r a f t f o r
( T w o p la n s o n one sheet 7 /6 using .010 e ng ine. (3 olans on .049 cu In ( .8 c c .) m o to rs .
post fre e .) ono shee t. 1 0 /- post fre e . 20* span . ( T w o plans on one
sheet 1 0 /- p o s t fre e ).
MA.N. 87A
M.A.N. 83 C.47 C o n tro l lin e p r o file v e rs io n of M.A.N. 91A
th is tw in -e n g in e d tra n s p o r t a i r ­ T h e rm u s R /C g lid e r o f 9 9 " w in g span,
Tee Dee F /F sp o rste r .010 ( .2 c .c .) c r a ft. W in g s p a n 35 in ., and w ith o p tio n a l p o w e r p y lo n fo r
B ird 34 in . using tw o .049 cu. in . m o to rs . .09 (1 .5 c c .) e ng ine.
W ireless R /C scale s in g le o r m u lti 48 in . Span. S h o rth o rn Class ‘ A* fre e -flig h t pow er
W id g e o n t r a in e r .29 (5 c .c .) 52 In. (T w o A /l A / l class g lid e r , fe a tu rin g a ll m odel o f 6 6 " span f o r 2.5cc.
plans on one sheet, 7 /6 post sheet surfa ces. engines. ( T w o p la n s o n one
fre e .) T o p C a t IV In d o o r ru b b e r pow ered, tissue sheet 1 0 /- post fre e ).
covered m o d e l. W in n e r o f 1967
L it t le P ro
U .S . N a tio n a ls 27 in . span.
*A A P ro to speed m o d e l o f tftin M.A.N. 92A
M.A.N. 85 span using m o n o -lin e c o n tro l
( F o u r p la n s o n o ne sheet. 1 0 /-
F o k k e r D V II 31"
m odel
span
fo r
c o n tr o l- lin e
.19*.23 cu.
scale
in .
Lo w d o w n F / F In d o o r m o d e l ( m ic r o film j engines.
31 In. post fre e .)
O sprey 7 9 " span, h ig h aspect r a tio
The R /C S in g le c h an nel a e ro b a tic
Scorcher .049 ( .8 c .c .) 32 in . M.A.N. 88A g lid e r w ith a n ti-v o rte x
( T w o p la n s o n o ne sheet
tip s .
1 0 /-
Fam ous C / L F4U C o rs a ir .020 14y2 In. M ira g e i l l 5 5 *& in . Span s tre a m lin e d c o n tro l post fre e ).
P ro file (T h re e p la n s o n one sheet. 7 /6 lin e s tu n t m ode· f o r .35 cu. in
post fre e .) m o to rs .
S e a p p re n tic e D e ta ils fo r m o d ify in g the
•A p p re n tic e ’ to rls e -o ff-w a te r
( T w o plans o n one sheet. 10/- JUST ARRIVED!
M.A.N. 82A oost fre e )
M.A.N. 93A
B a r-F li P h il K r a f t's w in d y w e a th e r m u lti
R /C f o r .60 cu. in . (1 0 c .c .) LATEST! S p itfire M k .lP r o file scale flapped s tu n te r de­
m o to rs .
N ig h t T r a in F . A . I. po w e r c o n te s t m o d e l by M.A.N. 89A sig n f o r .29—35 c u . in . ( 5 —6.5
c c ) eng ines. 4 1 " span .
F rench .15 cu. in . ( 2 .5 c .c .} L i l D o o z c y 4 0 " span seaplane f o r s in gle
m o to rs (T w o p la n s on one c h an nel R /C using e le v a to r and S quare 4 7 " span , lo w w in g m o d e l f o r
sheet. 1 0 /- post fre e .) ru d d e r f o r .049 cu. in . ( 8 c .c .) S h o o te r p r o p o r tio n a l R /C , using .29 cu.
M o ra n e - R u bber pow ered scale m o d e l o f in . (5 c c ) engines.
S a u ln ie r 2 4 " w in g span.

M.A.N. 83A
M .S . 1500
L a rk 95 Scale C o n tr o l lin e m o d e l fo r
M.A.N. 94A
.75-1 c.c . m o to rs . Easy to b u ild E y e b a ll H o t R /C m u lti a e ro b a tic m odel
Banzo U .S . N a ts w in n in g fre e flig h t and fly . ( T h re e p la n s on one f o r 10 cc engines, a n d fe a tu rin g
scale o f fa m o u s racer. sheet 1 0 /- post fre e ) a fo a m w in g .
K e strel S in g le o r m u lt f R /C s o a rin g M a r t in - C o n tr o l-lin e scale m odel o f 2 3 "
? lid e r. ( T w o p la n s on one sheet
0 / - post fre e ). M.A.N. 90A B a k e r M B .2 span, f o r 1 .5 -2 .5 cc engines.
S tra to m a x U n lim ite d ru b b e r d u ra tio n m odel
P h a n to m C la·» 8 ‘ fre e -flig h t p o w e r m odel
M.A.N. 85A o f 8 2 " span, f o r .29-,40 c u . in .
m o to rs .
o f 47V a " span.
Nemesis S leek m u lti a e ro b a tic m odel of
74" w in g span fo r .45 - .60 S k ip p e r A irs c re w d riv e n b o a t f o r R /C ,
f o r .09 (1.5CC.) cu . In signs.
M.A.N. 95A
cu. In. m o to rs fe a tu rin g a fo a m P la g ia ris t 78" span Class B fre e -flig h t
w in g . O v e ra ll le n g th 2 4 ". ( T w o plans
o n one sheet 1 0 /- post fre e ). p o w e r d u ra tio n m o d e l.
Ryan ST A fre e -flig h t p r o file fuselaged
ve rsio n o f the fa m o u s A rm y L im ite d s to c k , o rd e r w h ils t th e y last. New T w o -th ird s size m o d e l o f ’ N ow
tra in e r , using .020 - 024 engines F o r a f u ll lis t o f M o d e l A irp la n e News O rle a n ia n O rle a n ia n ’ , g iv in g w in g span o f
w ith a w in g span o f 3 0 ". (2 P lans, send a 4d. stam ped addressed envelope. J n r. 4 2 " span a nd .19 cu. in . m o to r
plans on o ne sheet 1 0 /· post A e ro m o d e lle r P lans S e rvice, 13-35 B rid g e f o r lig h tw e ig h t p r o p o r tio n a l R /C
fre e ). S treet, H e m e l H em pstead , H e rts . gear.

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C losed M o nday
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The S how ro om of the M id la n d s w ith fu ll
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64 CANBERRA ROAD. LEYLAND
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Revell, R iko. Frog, etc C a n b e rra S ervice S t a tio n " and y o u 'r e h»re.
W ith " O f f th e R o a d ” p a rk in g areas p ro ­
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Tel: 53691 MODEL CENTRE
24 NEW LAND
206 WEST STREET. FAREHAM

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Big S to c k s o f K its , Engines. Balsa
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Open on M o n d a y to Friday 8 30 p m Fridays
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PAISLEY ·' 8244 ST. ALBANS Tel 592: WIGAN Tel 83208
THE HOBBY SHOP TONY'S D.I.Y. CENTRE
43 BROOMLANDS STREET, PAiSLEY
BOLD & BURROWS LTD 10 CHAPEL STREET.
Book», A irc ra ft. B oats, R ailw ays, Cars, 19-23 CHEQUERS STREET PEMBERTON, W IG A N
Engines galore. R /C e q u ip m e n t. R a dio C o n tr o l eau tp m e n t, A ir c r a f t & 8oa t
ST. A LBAN S. HERTS. K its a n d a ll y o u r m o d e llin g requirem ents.
A ll accessories. T rade -ins acce pted . P e rson al a tte n tio n assured.
IT W I L L P A Y Y O U T O V I S I T US
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The M o d e lle rs ' Oen
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READING Re8dinfl 61558 STOCKPORT T·· ST0 5478 WOLVERHAMPTON

READING THE MODEL SHOP Tel: 26709
MODEL SUPPLIES 280 W ELLINGTON ROAD SOUTH MODELS & HOBBIES
5 C H A T H A M STR EE T. CAR PARK
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L N C IN C S , R A D IO E Q U IP M E N T . R a ilw a ys. C a r/R a cm g , P la stic K its EXPERTS COME TO US
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BY RETURN POSTAL SERVICE 491 DUDLEY ROAD. W OLVERHAMPTON
the la rg e s t M o d e l S to c k s in the Everything^ fo r the M o deller
S outh o f E ngland. C om plete s to c k o f a ll A e ro m o d e llin g K its , E ngines, Radio C o n tro l E quipm ent
___________ re q u ire m e n ts etc.
M a il O rder S ervice
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144 NORTH S T .. ROMFORD, ESSEX MAYKIT LTD. T e l.: 01-337 OS83
56 GROSVENOR ROAD
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K eil - v e ro n - Frog - lo p M ite - AIRCRAFT— BOAT— CAR— R /C K IT S PARK MODEL CENTRE
M a cG reg or - A P S Radio C o n tro l and A c tu a to rs — Engines 16/18 CENTRAL ROAD.
Late C lo s in g F rid a y s 7 p .m . WORCESTER PARK, SURREY
C A LL. PHONE OR M A IL ORDER M o n. to S at. 9 a.m . to 6 p.m . For ihe
e n th u s ia s tic M o d e lle r. P la stic K its
SHAW WALSALL T·' 23382
The b e s t to y s . N earby Parking

THE HOBBY LOBBY S. H. GRAINGER & CO. WORKSOP ™ 2855

86 M a rk e t S tre e t, S haw , Lancs, CALDMORE MODELS
(b etw een O ldham and R ochdale)
M odel A irc ra ft, a c c e s s o rie s . Cars,
108 CALDMORE ROAD MODEL CENTRE
E veryth ing fo r the M o d e lle r
B oats. Camera s P la s tic k its , (P yro. RYTON STREET
A irc ra ft - R ailw ays - B oats · E le ctric Cars
Revell, R ik o ) S /H 00 R ailw ay bo ught R epairs - Rabores · O ve rh a u ls - Spares ·
and sold. Radio C o n tro l · Part Exchanges M ain ag encies fo r all K its. Engines and
_________Lots o f in te re s tin g Item s.________ R adio C o n tro l e q u ip m e n t
M a il O rd er S ervice
Tel.: SHI 3374
SOLIHULL Tel: W a tfo rd 43026

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71 S A IN T A LB A N S ROAD MODEL SHOPS EVERYWHERE
02 S T R A T FO R D ROAD W ATFO RD, H E R T F O R D S H IR E
The shop w ith stock and expert advice
SHIRLEY Free radio and engine te s tin g service
S /H e n g in e s and ra d io b o u g h t and sold
This is the cheapest form of ad­
Triang, S c a le x tric , A irfix , Balsa K its , etc.
Personal a tte n tio n and a d vice to young any tim e M o d e ls b u ilt to cu s to m e rs ' vertising in the entire field of
m o d e lle rs. s p e c ific a tio n , speedy service , reasonable
________________ p ric e s modelling publications. Become
known to Aeromodellers every­
SOUTHAMPTON Tel 25565 WELWYN where w ith your name and ad­
THE MODEL SHOP H. A. BLUNT dress in this directory.
R. G. LEW IS (S O T O N ) LTD..
17 HANOVER B U ILD IN G S .
& SONS LTD.
SOUTH AM PTO N . 38 FRETHEKNE ROAD
F o r a ll y o u r A ir c r a f t and M a rin e K lU . W ELW Y N GARDEN C ITY . HERTS
Engines and accessories. R a d io C o n tro l
eq u ip m e n t by F u ta b a , F lig h t L in k . C om p lete range o f m odel a irc ra ft,
enquiries to:
M a c G re g o r, S p re n g b ro o k , etc. en gines and a cce ssories, bo a ts, cars
EASY T E R M S M A IL O R D E R
O P E N S IX D A Y S A W E E K 9 a .m ..6 p .m .
and ra ilw a y s
MODEL & ALLIED
STAFFORD 3420 WESTON-SUPER-MARE PUBLICATIONS, LTD,
Tel: W e s to n 6600
JOHN W. BAGNALL LTD RADIO CONTROL 13/35 Bridge Street
M .E .T .A .
18 SALTER STREET. STAFFORD
SUPPLIES LTD. Hemel Hempstead,
1 THE CENTRE, W ESTON-SUPER-MARE.
SOMERSET
C om prehensive s to c k o f K its , Engines.
Radio C o n tro l E quipm ent. Spares, etc Open u n til 8.30 p .m . Friday Herts, England
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PUBLIC LIA B IL IT Y INSURANCE
13-35 Bridge St..
Hemel Hempstead.
Herts.
The in surance a p p lie s in re spect o f the H olde r's legal
lia b ility fo r dam ages co n s e q u e n t upon:
(a ) a c c id e n ta l b o d ily in ju ry to any person (w h e th e r
or n o t de ath re s u lts ).
(b ) a c c id e n ta l lo ss o f or dam age to property
o c c u rrin g d u rin g the Period of In su ra n ce w ith in the
lim its o f G reat B rita in , N orthern Ire la n d , t ie Channel
Is la n d s o r the Isle o f M an and a ris in g o u t o f and in
the course o f the use of any of the un derm entio ned
type m o dels throug h the fa u lt or ne gligen ce of the
H older a n d /o r any pe rson a c tin g on his behalf or for
w h o m he m ay be re s p o n s ib le o r by any de fect in
any such m odel.
MODfcLS
(1 ) M o del A irc ra ft po w e red by eith e r ru bber m o to rs ,
in te rn a l c o m b u s tio n e n g in e s o f p e tro l o r diesel type
or m a ch in e s o f the G low Plug type o r m achines
operated by e x p ansion e n g in e s o r propelle d
e le c tric a lly . E x c lu d in g an y k in d o f ro c k e t o f pulse
je t u n it o th e r than 'J e te x ' p o w e r un it.
(2) M o d e l G lid e rs , M o d e l Cars. M o d e l Y achis and
Boats and M o d e l L o com otive s up to 7-J in. gauge and
o th e r m odels pow ered in ac c o rd a n c e w ith ( f ) above.
N ote: M odel A irc ra ft pow e red by in te rn a l c o m b u s tio n
e n gines o f p e tro l ana d ie se l are re s tric te d to the
fo llo w in g type:
(a ) Radio c o n tro lle d — T o ta l engine c a p a c ity up to but
n o t exce eding 20 c.c.
(b ) Free flig h t— T o ta l en gine c a p a c ity up to b u t n o t
exceeding 10 c .c .
(c ) Line C o n tro lle d — T o ta l engine c a p a c ity up to but
n o t exce eding 40 c .c .
L im it of In d e m n ity — £100,000 any one a ccide nt The
H olde r m u s t, ho w e ver bear the fir s t £5 o f each claim
o th e rw is e pa yable.
C O N D ITIO NS
(1 ) M o d e ls m u s t be flo w n o r operated w ith reasonable
care and a tte n tio n to the s a fe ty o f o th e r persons and
p ro p e rty and to c o m p ly w ith any s ta tu to ry e n a c tm e n t
o r in s tru m e n t, b y e -la w o r o th e r local re gulatio n.
(2 ) The In d e m n ity p ro v id e d by the aforesaid P olicy
does NOT a p p ly to:
(a ) death or b o d ily in ju ry to any pe rson em ployed
u n der a c o n tra c t o f service or a p p re n tic e s h ip w ith the
H o ld e r if 3uch b o d ily in ju ry arises o u t o f and in the
course of such em p lo ym e n t.
(b ) loss o f o r dam age to p ro p e rty in the c u s to d y or
c o n tro l o f the H older.
(c ) death o r b o d ily in ju ry o r loss o f o r damage to
p ro p e rty .
( i) caused by m o dels sold o r s u p p lie d by the H older.
( ii) o f pa ssenge rs in o r on any m odel.
(3 ) In the eve nt o f an a c c id e n t lia b ility m u st n o t be
a d m itte d by the H older no r m u st the existe nce o f th is
in s u ra n c e be m e ntione d
(4 ) N o tific a tio n o f an a c c id e n t m u st be made to the
EAGLE STAR INSURANCE C O M PAN Y LIMITED
o f F o untain H ouse. 130 Fenchurch S tree t. London,
E.C 3, im m e d ia te ly even if it is n o t c ertain a claim
w ill re s u lt. A n y c la im made upon the H older a n d /o r
c o rre s p o n d e n t re la tin g to an a c c id e n t m ust be
fo rw a rd e d , u n a c k n o w le d g e d , im m e d ia te ly tog ethe r
w ith a le tte r o f exp la n a tio n
(5 ) T h is in s u ra n c e does n o t a p p ly to any lia b ility
w h ic h is in s u re d by o r w o u ld b u t fo r the existence of
th is in s u ra n c e be in s u re d by an othe r P olicy or
P o licie s e x c e p t in re s p e c t o r any a m o u n t in excess
of the a m o u n t p a id u n d e r such o th e r P olicy or
w h ic h w o u ld have been pa yable thereunder hod th is
in s u ra n c e n o t been effected.
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W e are ha ppy to an nounce th a t ou r a lre ady w e ll-k n o w n th ird p a rty
in surance fo r readers has no w been incre ased to o ffe r in d e m n ity of
£100.0001 This m a g n ifice n t in su ra n ce schem e w h ic h covers m o delling
a c tiv itie s w ith in G reat E rita in , N o rth e rn Ire la n d . C hannel Is la n d s a rd the
Is ’e o f M a n , has been negotiated w ith a lead ing in su ra n ce com pany.
It is s u ffic ie n tly e m b ra e n g to co ve r a ll fo rm s o f m odel a c tiv ity , anc so
should be c o m p le te ly a cce ptab le to Local A u th o ritie s re q u irin g some cove r
fo r m o d e lle rs u s in g the ir b o a tin g lakes or c o n tro l lin e fly in g c irc le s .
It is e q u a lly a p p lic a b le to free flig h t m o dels, c o n tro l lin e m o dels,
ra dio c o n tro l m o d e ls, a irc ra ft, bo ats, cars and lo co m o tive s
A ll th a t is necessary fo r you to do to o b ta in the b e nefits o f th is
m a g n ifice n t co ve r is to c o m p le te the fo rm s at the b o tto m o f th is an n o u n ce ­
m e nt, sending the fir s t p a rt to us to g e th e r w ith y o u r re m itta n c e o f 5 /-.
w h ic h cove rs you fo r o re yea r, and ha n d in g the seco nd p a rt to your usual
m agazine s u p p lie r. W heth er o r n o t you alre ady have an o rd e r in hand
fo r the re gular su p p ly o ; y o u r m agazine, th is fo rm sh o u ld s till be handed
m and y o u r d e aler w ill a d ju s t his re q u ire m e n ts a c c o rd in g to w h e th e r you
are a ne w c u s to m e r o r m erely c o n tin u in g yo u r o ld arrang em e nt.
T h is in su ra n ce is the p ru d e n t th in g fo r every m o d e lle r to take ou t, but
a is a sad fa c t th a t u n til n o w . a lth o u g h the g o ve rn in g bo dies o f the ho bby
have offered th is co ve r to th e ir m e m bers, so m e th in g lik e 90 pe r cent of
the m o d e lle rs in the U K. have never taken up th is o p p o rtu n ity and are
o p e ra tin g 'w ith o u t in surance p ro te c tio n '. Those w h o w is h to m ake the
m o st o f fly in g and oth er m o d e llin g o p p o rtu n itie s m u st be nsu red not
o n ly fo r th e ir o w n peace o f m in d - a c c id e n ts do som e tim e s happen —
b u t also because lo ca l A u th o ritie s . M in is te rs and o th e rs are sh o w in g an
in c re a s in g aw areness o f th is need fo r in su ra n ce and are dem and ing p ro o f
o f adequate cove r. By jo in in g M A P. 'M o d e lle rs ' A c c id e n t P ro te c tio n ' you
com e in to the w o rld 's BIGGEST MODEL CLUB. For y o u r in itia l s u b s c rip tio n
you o b ta in a lapel badge fo r id e n tific a tio n and tra n s fe rs to p u t on >our
m odel.
C om plete the fo rm and send off at o n ce . W e w ill send you back you r
m e m bership ca rd , lapel badge and w a te rs lid e tra n s fe rs im m e diate ly.
M A P. IN SURANCE MEMBERSHIP FORM
PART I to be handed to N ew sagent
To ___________________________________
Please re s e rv e /d e liv e r one c o p y o f AEROM ODELLER/MODEL B O A T S /
MODEL C A R S / R ADIO CONTROL MODELS & ELECTRONICS/
SCALE M ODELS/M O DEL ENGINEER/MODEL R A IL W A Y N E W S /
M ECCANO M A G A ZIN E , com m e n cin g
w ith th e ____________________issue (D e le te as a p p lic a b le .)
N a m e ___________________________________________________________________ ______
A d d r e s s _______________________________________________________________________
PART II o f the Form should be co m p le te d and se n t to us at the address
above, to g e th e r w ith your re m itta n c e o f 5 /- . PART I sh o u ld be handed to
yo u r usual s u p p lie r, eith e r n e w sa g e n t, m o del sho p, b o o kse lle r
o r w h e re ve r you no rm a lly e xp e ct to get y o u r m agazine.
PART II to be sent to M A P. Ltd
Name (in fu ll) ______ __ ________________________________________________
A d d re ss __________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________ D a te ,______________________________________
I enclose h e re w ith postal o rd e r value 5 /- fo r m e m bership o f M A P.
£100.000 in su ra n ce scheme. T h is sum , I u n d e rsta n d , in c lu d e s tw o transfers
and a lapel badge, and is c o n d itio n a l upon m y o rd e rin g .
AEROMODELLER/MODEL B O A T S /M O D E L C A R S /R A D IO CONTROL
MODELS & ELECTRONICS/SCALE M O D E LS /M O D E L ENGINEER/
MODEL R A IL W A Y N E W S /M E C C A N O M A G A ZIN E .
(•D e le te tho se n o t a p p lic a b le .)
I have tod ay in s tru c te d m y n e w s a g e n t________________________________________
A d d r e s s __________________________________________________________________________
to d e liv e r me the m a g a z in e ____________________________ u n til fu rth e r no tice .
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