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25 Years Ago in MA:
September
1983
The cover features D.B. Mathews'
daughter, Shell, with his Luton Minor
Prototype (plans set 418), which is this
month's RC construction project. The
semiscale model spans 56 inches and is made
to be powered by .19-.30 engines.
The FF construction project for this month
is the Buck 600 (plans set 420) by Joe
Foster. It was the 1981 National Free Flight
Society Model of the Year for the Large
Power Model category. The 65-inch-wingspan
Class AB design is for hot .19s and .21s
with variable-incidence tail and auto
rudder.
This month's CL construction project is
Stan Powell's Dove 650 (plans set 419). This
59-inch-span model won the Precision
Aerobatics Concours d'Elegance award at the
1982 Nats. But it's not just pretty; it
finished a respectable eighth place in the
flying portion of the contest.
In other features, Larry Jolly reports on
the Two-Meter World Cup held near Modesto,
California. Mike Regan won the event. Dave
Ritchie gives us Part 1 of the historical
story of Bill Brown and Maxwell Bassett's
teaming up to fly the first gas-powered
model airplane.
Bob Meuser gives his account of the 1983 U.S. FF
Championships in Taft, California. Bob
Kopski's "All About Electrics," part 1, is
an overview of electric-power modeling,
explaining what it is and what it isn't. And
Don Berliner writes about the AJ-2, which is
a full-scale aircraft built especially for
Oshkosh 500: a test of speed and fuel
efficiency.
New products this month include the
Skybrite Paint System in cans and spray from
Sig Manufacturing; Ultra Super Solvent,
which debonds cyanoacrylate, from Golden
West Fuels for $3.95 per 2-ounce bottle; and
Tower Hobbies announces the HP .21 for
$79.98. This is the smallest four-stroke
engine on the market. MA
Rich LaGrange
AMA Librarian
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