September 2021 Articles

• While we enjoy our RC hobby, it is easy to take for granted the people behind the models, events, and articles published in Model Airplane News. We have enjoyed working with many of these personalities, most of whom we consider close and valued friends. The total knowledge included here spans decades. This article includes several […]

  

  The Pros Tell All – Tips and Hints from the Experts

  While we enjoy our RC hobby, it is easy to take for granted the people behind the models, events, and articles published in Model Airplane News. We have enjoyed working with many of these personalities, most of whom we consider close and valued friends. The total knowledge included here spans decades. This article includes several […]
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• A while back, when I was seriously involved in scale competition, one topic that was often talked about was scale speed, which is usually thrown into the general catchall 10th maneuver in the AMA rule book and as Scale Realism at the Top Gun Scale Invitational. Scale-like speed is not an actual maneuver on your […]

  

  Speed Props and Power – Engine choices and power loading explained

  A while back, when I was seriously involved in scale competition, one topic that was often talked about was scale speed, which is usually thrown into the general catchall 10th maneuver in the AMA rule book and as Scale Realism at the Top Gun Scale Invitational. Scale-like speed is not an actual maneuver on your […]
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• I started flying RC in 1992, when I noticed that a friend at work had a picture of a model airplane on his desk. He taught me to fly, and I was hooked. My new favorite flier was a 60-inch-span Ugly Stik I found at a swap meet. I replaced the engine with an O.S. […]

  

  Gone Fishing – Improvising an engine recovery

  I started flying RC in 1992, when I noticed that a friend at work had a picture of a model airplane on his desk. He taught me to fly, and I was hooked. My new favorite flier was a 60-inch-span Ugly Stik I found at a swap meet. I replaced the engine with an O.S. […]
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• Everyone reading this should be familiar with the story of two guys from Ohio making the trek to the outer banks of North Carolina. History was made on December 17th, 1903, when Orville Wright successfully made the first powered flight on the windswept sands of Kitty Hawk. Borrowing the motto “First in Flight” from the […]

  

  First In Flight Jet Rally – A first-class fly-in

  Everyone reading this should be familiar with the story of two guys from Ohio making the trek to the outer banks of North Carolina. History was made on December 17th, 1903, when Orville Wright successfully made the first powered flight on the windswept sands of Kitty Hawk. Borrowing the motto “First in Flight” from the […]
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• A longtime scale competitor, Jack Buckley has many years of scale modeling under his belt and we can always count on him to show up with something new. We caught up with Jack at the AMA Scale Nationals and got the lowdown on his newest competition model. Here’s what he had to say. Model Airplane […]

  

  Jack Buckley’s 16-foot Fairchild 24-3

  A longtime scale competitor, Jack Buckley has many years of scale modeling under his belt and we can always count on him to show up with something new. We caught up with Jack at the AMA Scale Nationals and got the lowdown on his newest competition model. Here’s what he had to say. Model Airplane […]
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• Gene designed and built this unusual 1/3-scale Pfalz E.IV. Despite good performance data, the Pfalz monoplanes were overshadowed by the more maneuverable and powerful Fokker Eindeckers and considered obsolete in 1916. Covered in Solartex, Gene’s 132 inch-span model is powered by a DLE 111 twin-cylinder gas engine turning a 28×10 Menz prop. “Spartan Special” Aero […]

  

  Pilot Project – Pfalz E.IV

  Gene designed and built this unusual 1/3-scale Pfalz E.IV. Despite good performance data, the Pfalz monoplanes were overshadowed by the more maneuverable and powerful Fokker Eindeckers and considered obsolete in 1916. Covered in Solartex, Gene’s 132 inch-span model is powered by a DLE 111 twin-cylinder gas engine turning a 28×10 Menz prop. “Spartan Special” Aero […]
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• Axle Alignment To ensure main landing gear alignment, cut a piano-wire rod the same diameter as the axles. Slide sections of close-fitting brass tube over the rod ends, which then slip onto the axles. With this tool in place, fasten down the gear mounts. Orin Humphries, Lynnwood, Washington Secure Screws While installing hardware, I often […]

  

  HOBBY HACKS – Helpful Reader Hints

  Axle Alignment To ensure main landing gear alignment, cut a piano-wire rod the same diameter as the axles. Slide sections of close-fitting brass tube over the rod ends, which then slip onto the axles. With this tool in place, fasten down the gear mounts. Orin Humphries, Lynnwood, Washington Secure Screws While installing hardware, I often […]
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• Astute readers of MAN know you can’t fly if your radio control equipment isn’t working … and it won’t if components can’t draw on enough electricity. I have a modeling buddy who struggles mightily with power for his equipment. For this story, he wants me to call him “Flash.” When he comes to the field […]

  

  ON THE FLIGHTLINE The Great RC Transmitter Espionage Caper … Or Not!

  Astute readers of MAN know you can’t fly if your radio control equipment isn’t working … and it won’t if components can’t draw on enough electricity. I have a modeling buddy who struggles mightily with power for his equipment. For this story, he wants me to call him “Flash.” When he comes to the field […]
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