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Twenty-Five Years Ago in MA:
July
1981
• Construction articles are for D.B.
Mathews' almost-scale RC Rearwin Junior for
.30-.40 engines and Gil Morris's big brother
to the 1980 National Free Flight Society
Model of the Year, 1/2A Toothpicks—A-B-C
Toothpicks—for .19-.36 engines.
• Part 2 of Bob Beckman and Kirby Crawford's
"Big Bangers for Big Birds" and Part 2 of
Tom Burdin's tutorial on learning to fly RC
helicopters.
• E.J. Hartmangruber reports on
the Delta Dart II AMAzer designed by Frank Ehling. This little
model starts life as a whip model and is then transformed into a
CL trainer by adding an .049 engine. The AMAzer is part of a
program to teach young beginners the joy of model aviation.
• Bob Petro explains how to convert a Kraft
electric-powered Chipmunk model to gas power. He shows the steps
involved in removing the motor and installing a Cox Tee Dee .049
engine.
• New products include B and B Specialties'
modified Kawasaki TA-51 gas engine for $30 and Vortac
Manufacturing's Manual Choke that fits Walbro carburetors on
Giant Scale engines. Robart introduces its Super Hinge Point
Pockets and Super Hinge Points at 15 for $3.98. Midwest Products
offers spruce lumber in 72-inch lengths, and RAM Radio
Controlled Models is selling a new Strobe Light for $19.95.
New airplanes include a .40-powered J-3 Cub from Top Flite,
and improved Coyote glider from Bob Martin's RC Models, and
plans for an 84-inch-span Curtiss P-6E Hawk from Wendell
Hostetler's Super Scale Plans. MA
—Rich
LaGrange
AMA Librarian
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