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SFM News Letter
January 2006
by: David P. Andersen |
See You at Our Next
Meeting! |
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The next meeting
of The Scale Flyers of Minnesota will be Friday, January 27,
2006
7:00 p.m. at the American Legion Post, 6501 Portland, Richfield.
East entrance, downstairs. Guests are always welcome. Come early and
dine in the restaurant. Meetings will be held on the last Friday of
every month thru March, but not December.
( Directions ) |
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If
there is a "06" after your name on the address label of your
newsletter, you are on record as a paid-up member of the Scale
Flyers of Minnesota. Thank you & Congratulations! |
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At Our Last Meeting... |
Notam |
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Master Scale Molder Dan Schmidt is
moving to Oregon where he will fly with the Proctor guys. His Waco
and Albatross are for sale. His email address is
Fly-ingdms@usfamily.net
We will miss his company and
expertise. Best Wishes from all of us Dan! |
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John Baligrodzki volunteered to continue being the CD
of the Upper Midwest Scale Masters Qualifier. He said he
will "keep having it until you start to like it!"
...Applause..." The next Qualifier Event will be a one day
event at Anoka County RC. Please consider entering.
Competition flying is an adventure unlike any other form of
flying. Try it!
The 2006 Scale Masters Championships will be held in
Muncie, IN on October 18th thru 22nd. |
| John Baligrodzki
presented his 1/4 scale Fokker D8 built from a Balsa USA
kit. To be more scale, John Shorten the nose, lowered the
wing and redrew the tail shape. Glen Torrence fabric (not
heat shrink) attached with Stix-it and painted with
"countless coats of dope". It weighs 14lbs and is powered by
a Saito 180. Williams Bros dummy cylinders (they are back in
production again) with lots of changes. Removable Struts
slide into the fuselage. |
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Tim Johnson enlarged a set of Sig Spacewalker plans to 1/2
scale! There was discussion of the structural issues when
enlarging plans on such a large scale. i.e. metal hinges, oak LE for
stiffness. Tim performed a test of Popular versus aspen. He found
popular be 10% heavier the Aspen but much stronger. A 3W 4 Cylinder
engine at 21 HP will be used. Estimated weight of 80lbs with a 17.5
foot wingspan. Further discussion of covering and painting the very
large bird followed. Tim also is building a 2/3 Scale Cub. ...Mr.
T.J. Giant Scale... |
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Wayne Siewert showed a plug for a new Porsche
Mooney M120L. (Elongated Fuse) 3/8" balsa planking and a solid
balsa nose. Wayne described the mold making process - Formica Board
method, 6 coats of wax, 2 coats PVA, 2 more coats of wax. Hatches
are aluminum embossed with special tools for screws and rivets.
Catalyzed polyester primer (clean your gun before it hardens!) |
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Rudy Olson presented his completed Ziroli Hellcat (between
1/5 and 1/6 scale) Roundhead rivets on the wing. Tool made from
brass tubing and straight bar were used to emboss flush rivets.
Wayne Siewert's dummy engine. Water based paint from Hirschfield is
difficult to weather - you can't use thinner. Own cockpit details
made by blowing up to very large size, redrawing, rub-on numbers and
reducing at Kinko's while reversing colors. Scale functional exhaust
ports.4lbs of lead in the nose. Made an extra pair of Navigation
light covers in case of repair. |
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Scott Russell brought his P-38 from yellow kit. Its aluminum
covered - lots of curves! weights 36 lbs with 14 servos. It has
counter rotating props with the right prop being the pusher. Scale
Flower Flaps of his own design which move back 3 inches. 4 flap
servos synchronized from transmitter. Without flaps it comes in like
a missile! Two Brisson 3.2 engines, one of them reversed. Air
cylinder doors, 4 battery packs. Retracting the gear moves CG back 1
1/2" Flown at Owatonna Northern Alliance Military Fly-in where it
gleamed like a mirror in the sky! |
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Dave Schwantz pioneered new territory with a Cermark MB 339
ARF ... ON Skies! 20lbs with a JetCat P60 turbine pushing 14lbs of
thrust. The P80 does not tolerate FOD screen. Skies trackable but
fills with snow so wheel well had to be sealed off. Flown off fluffy
snow the following weekend at Tri-Valley. |
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Dave Schwantz also brought a new sky master F18E ( E = more
wing area) Super Hornet ARF built for one of his customers. ARTES
Rhino turbines are made in Mexico City. Paul Hopkins Nav lights are
very bright clusters of LEDs. 10 gear doors, each with its own
cylinder. Low-vis color scheme makes the plane difficult to see in
flight. A discussion of turbine service time followed. Simjet is the
longest because they have to be returned to Denmark. |
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Jeff Quesenberry discussed the wing of his
1/4 scale Lavochkin La-7 being
built from Dave Andersen's (Grand Poo-bah) plans. He change the wing
design from a plug-in to a one piece design and redesigned the wing
fillets. Eric Malkerson retracts
www.rcmfg.com or
www.aerotechmodels.com and Shindinm Custom Struts at
www.shindinmachine.com |
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"One thing about scale is that I
don't ever think you come to a place where you think you have
reached the ultimate in modeling, there is always something else to
do, or try, or the next degree of difficulty" - Dan Schmidt" |
