Episode 29 - Laser Cutting
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Bernard and John discuss their ongoing projects, Nats anticipations as well as a detailed look into the science and art of laser cutting parts. New Products: Howard Littman Ukranian Resistance Embryo, $29.95 The Ukrainian Resistance Embryo is inspired by the valiant resistance of Ukraine to Russian invasion. $5 from every kit sold will be donated to Ukrainian relief. This is an Embryo model with all the extra points, 30 degree windscreen, wheel pants and exhaust stacks. This is a complete kit with laser cut sheet parts, strip wood, hardware and rubber. Alignment tools are part of the kit. The...
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Laser Cutting
Free Flight Fanatic
Bernard and John discuss their ongoing projects, Nats anticipations as well as a detailed look into the science and art of laser cutting parts.
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Episode 28 - The Indoor and Outdoor Nats
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John and Bernard catch up on their activities, as well as tips and tricks for cutting out print wood parts. Safety first: Save your lungs and your relationship with your cohabitants/family members and build yourself a vacuum sanding table: Plus: How do participants and their models travel to distant free flight competitions? New Products: J&H Aerospace 8" WS Spitfire Half Size Nocal, $18 Full kit for Steven Wrigley’s delightful 8″ span nocal (“no calories”) scale Spitfire. Includes full set of printed tissue using Epson waterproof ink, 4″ plastic propeller, preformed prop...
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Episode 27 - The Box
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Bernard and John catch up regarding the goings on in March. After a listener writes in about covering tissue over mylar, Bernard explains how he handles this intriguing aspect of our hobby. We wrap up this episode with a conversation with Bernard's F1B teammate, Tony Mathews. New Products: J&H Aerospace TSA (Technology Student Association) and SO 2022 RULES GAGES, $7 each Convenient jigs for displaying all measurements for 2022 TSA MS and HS and SO flight rules. Laser Cut Planes 45cm or 17 3/4" WS Sea Story–Wright Stuff C Div, $21 The “C-Story” is designed for the 2022 Wright...
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Episode 26 - Aeromodeling Survival Needs, Part 3 - Materials
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Caution when listening amongst our younger modelers - this episode contains adult language. Please welcome Bernard Guest as my new co-host! We talk about the third and final (sort of) element of "Aeromodeling Survival Needs", new products, the differences between jet catapult and rocket propelled profile jet models. We also attempt to wrap our brains around the horrible news coming out of the Ukraine. This is meant to be a podcast free of politics and world news, and we will try to maintain that degree of separation. That being said, I think all of us in the modeling community (plastic...
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Episode 25 - Lost Hills Rubber
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Happy New Year! It's been a couple months but getting back into the swing of modelling and podcasting after a busy holiday season. John is joined by Bernard Guest and they talk about the Lost Hills October competition, April 2016 rubber and why the "Eastern Block" countries (especially Ukraine) are so good at designing F1B models. New Products: Rubber Front End, $70 plus $5 shipping CONUS Wayne Smith is now offering a reverse Montreal stop front end, limited production. These units are primarily designed for use in the new Vintage Wakefield event and are a copy of the larger 3/32" shaft...
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Episode 24 - Aeromodeling Survival Needs, Part 2 - Tools
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John dives into the subject of "Tools That We Use". Albatross progress report is brief. Also John goes over the following new products: BMJR Models: J&H Aerospace Laser Cut Planes Retro R/C Volare Products
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Episode 23.2 - News and Notes from September
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Email me at [email protected] just to say hi, to let me know what projects you are working on, or if you have a free flight modeling question or problem you need help with! Show Notes: Tom Hallman's Favorites: From Episode 23.1, Tom’s favorite aircraft that he has modeled is the Nicholas Beazley NB-3. As far as full scale aircraft, he’s a big fan of the 1926 Winstead Special. Our current giveaway: Listen to the podcast for how to enter your name for a chance to win a Diel’s Engineering TA-152H rubber scale kit New Products: Volare Products: 22" WS...
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Episode 23.1 - Use the Good Wood; An Interview with Tom Hallman
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This is Part 1 of the "September Issue". Master builder, flier and photographer Tom Hallman was kind enough to "sit down" with me on a Saturday morning for some hangar talk. For those of you not familiar with his YouTube channel maxfliart, you are in for a real treat. Tom's Hydravion:
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Episode 22 - Market Forces Part II and the Big Four
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Updates on the status of John's Olhsson .60 as well as the accompanying Albatross. John wraps up the two part discussion on market forces on our hobby.
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New Products:
Howard Littman
Ukranian Resistance Embryo, $29.95
The Ukrainian Resistance Embryo is inspired by the valiant resistance of Ukraine to Russian
invasion. $5 from every kit sold will be donated to Ukrainian relief. This is an Embryo model with
all the extra points, 30 degree windscreen, wheel pants and exhaust stacks. This is a complete kit
with laser cut sheet parts, strip wood, hardware and rubber. Alignment tools are part of the kit.
The propeller included is North Pacific. Includes a tissue sheet with Ukrainian Air Force markings
and "Ghost of Kyiv" pilot figure.
http://www.hjlmodels.com/sre.html
J&H Aerospace
SPIN – BEGINNER’S INDOOR AUTOGYRO, $35
Spin is a simple model legal for the AMA Autogyro competition class. At 12" span, it easily flies in
a large living room with flights approaching 3 minutes. Flights in the 4 minute range are possible
in a large gymnasium. The rotor design is based on Don Slusarczyk’s record setting Rotare which
has won multitudes of national championships since its introduction in the early 1990s.
https://jhaerospace.com/product/spin/
PHANTOM FLASH FULL KIT, $25
The Comet “Phantom Flash” is an enduring 1930’s stick and tissue model designed by the
legendary Joe Konefes. Josh Finn almost always recommends this design to those wishing to try
their hand at rubber powered free flight. This is a full laser cut kit for an outdoor-capable Phantom
Flash, so it doesn’t build to a super light sub-5g airplane, but if you pay close attention to weight
and scrape some excess material off the propeller, you can achieve 5-6g airframe weights which
provide a 2 minute capable airplane.
https://jhaerospace.com/product/phantom-flash-full-kit/
36" WS MERCURY, $65
Albert Hatful's beautiful Mercury rubber model was introduced by Worcraft at a time when
customers wanted gas models. A few years later, the smaller Senator took the model airplane
world by storm, leaving the Mercury lost to the sands of history. Those who have built the
Mercury know that it flies every bit as well as the Senator, if not better. 36" flat wingspan, 168 sq
in projected wing area, and uses a 11 to 14 inch propeller. With a 14" carver prop, we
recommend 16-20 strands of 1/8" rubber, 30" long. The included 11" plastic prop is best on 12
strands of 1/8" rubber, 30" long, which provides a very strong climb. Our full kit for the Mercury
includes all of the laser cut balsa parts - ribs, hardpoints, nose block, wingtips, and even the
uprights and cross pieces! The kit also includes stripwood, tissue, clear window material, and a
full hardware pack including materials for a fuse DT.
https://jhaerospace.com/product/mercury-full-kit/
Paul and Ralph Bradley
About 13" WS J4F Plans, Free to Download
They've added the J4F sport Free Flight model designed by Hank Sperzelhe. J4F (Just For Fun)
is a easy to build sport Free Flight model. While a bit different in configuration from other sport
Free Flight models, it delivers good performance for a lot of fun relaxed flying.
And you can download both the build plan and an assembly guide for free from their website.
http://parmodels.com/j4f-by-hank-sperzel
Retro R/C
30" WS Fortastrop 30 Kit, $65.98
LASER CUT KIT 1/4A Nostalgia Free Flight, 30"; span, for 020 Replica or electric. Original 36"
1/2A model designed and developed by F.S. Garcer. 1938-1941, to win Class A duration at the
1941 Nationals.
http://retrorc.us.com/retroemoth-1-2-1-3-1-1-5-2-1-2-3.aspx
More New Old Stock Items for Sale
Used kits in excellent condition, plus some new and used engines for sale.
Volare Products
Peanut Electric Power Packs, $15.00 – $20.00
This is the power pack from “the Rookie” from Wooden Shoe Aviation Toys. I have successfully
used this to power a Peanut model. I estimate you could use this for free flight models up to 50
square inches. It appears that you can add a Gizmo Geezer Nose Button for an additional $5.
These units are a small motor pre-wired to a circuit board. The circuit board has a charge jack
and a 5 Farad capacitor. The capacitor is the energy storage unit – no batteries onboard the
model. The weight of the onboard package is just a sliver over 5 grams. They are originally
designed for a Pusher configuration. To use these unit in Tractor configuration, you will need to
rewire the wires coming from the motor to the circuit board. Then remove the prop from the motor
and reverse it and reinstall.
https://volareproducts.com/blog/?product=peanut-electric-power-pack