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25 Years Ago in MA:
October
1983
The cover shows designer/author Leon
Kincaid with his Scooter Two-Meter RC
Sailplane, which has demonstrated its
winning ways in competition. It won both the
1982 and 1983 AMA Nats Two-Meter Soaring
events and is the subject of this month's
feature RC construction article (plans set
422).
This month's CL construction article
features Anne's Plane (plans set 421). This
simple yet effective design by Anne's
father—Ron McNally—utilizes a 1/2A engine
that gives it a surprising amount of
maneuverability. The profile fuselage and
flat wing make this design easy to build and
fun to fly.
Bill Warner presents this month's FF
model: the Zippy Sport Peanut Scale. The
little rubber-powered airplane has
exceptional flight characteristics, which
gives usual flight times of more than 11/2
minutes. Complete full-size plans are
printed in the magazine.
Effective July 5, 1983, your CB license is
void. George M. Myers reports that the
Federal Communications Commission has
discontinued the licenses formerly required
to fly on 27, 72, and 75 MHz channels.
However, there has been no change in the Ham
licenses required to fly on the 50.8 and 53
MHz channels.
For the beginning electric-power modeler,
Bob Kopski continues his "All About
Electrics" articles with Part 2. In this
installment, Bob deals with the heart of
electrics: the motor.
Brad Powers gives a 20-question
multiple-choice test in his "Let's Talk
about Airplane Design" article. The quiz is
designed to determine how much you know
about why an airplane behaves as it does.
Bob Clemens reports on the U.S. Indoor
Championships: a weeklong FF Indoor event at
West Baden, Indiana. All forms of Indoor
flying were contested.
New products this month include K&S
Engineering's Mini Wire Bender priced at
$7.95, Roush Manufacturing's Cobra Jr. 1.3
cu. in. gasoline engine for $159.95,
Airtronics' single-stick Championship Series
7 RC transmitter for AM and FM modulation in
72, 53, and 27 MHz frequencies, and Ace RC's
coreless 35 inch-ounce Ultra Servo in kit
form for $39.95 or assembled for $49.95.
MA
Rich LaGrange
AMA Librarian
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