Issue 226February 2002AMA Chapter #108

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JFCh~cJ('youraddJess label on this issue - if~,.itreads;,uExpiresDec 2001 U my records';;sti9~thatyour dues are payable now. To'cayoid;'cthJ?"being your last issue of the/~nljque;"I~Jyerj::'.send'your $15 ($18 for:;JlVe(~~8.$,lllembers) to Rod Persons, 115j~·K~~rYc'.La[le, Cloverdale, CA 95425.',{C;.Qecksshould be made out to SAM 27c and'JtlL U:S.j·~pplications should include a

copyo;"of> your 2002 AMA membershiptcara:

John Dammuler showed a couple of compressed air motorsin November One motor was from a model that he pickedup at Big Lots. It was in the damaged section; the wingswere damaged. John mounted it to a Baby Boomer with aT-tail and flew it last weekend. The other one is from an AirHog that he mounted a Peck Polymers prop on. He still hasto figure a way to mount it in an airplane. That's a winterproject, to have both flying by next spring.

John Carlson mentioned that we used to have memberssend in their personal biographies and publish them in theAntique Flyer. John has volunteered to do this by calling andinterviewing members on the phone. SAM 27 members atthe December meeting nominated the first members to beinterviewed by John. They are Don Bekins, Bud Romak, RonKeil and Ed Hamler. (Thank you: editor)

The SAM Western Contest Schedule for 2002 was brought

up at the December meeting. This is the tentative schedule:Old Timers at Weagell Field - April 7th.; SAM 21 RanchRomp - June 1,2 at Elk Grove; Our Annual Small Rubber FF- July 20th. run by Jerry Rocha; Crash & Bash - October 4,5& 6 the reason for changing from the our traditional weekendin September is the SAM Champs ends the 30th of Augustwhich would make it extremely difficult to run the weekendafter Labor Day.

Steve Remington needs help with the Antique Flyer. Pleasehelp out by sending contributions. Send contributions for theAntique Flyer to Steve - no handwritten copy please unlessit's relativel short. Always can use Scrap Box Feature, Mys­tery Model or Modeler Photos and photos of member'sshops. '

Dues for 2002 are now being taken! $15.00 for USAmembers, $18.00 for foreign members.

Rocco Ferrario reported for the Junior Old Timers that thetimers are ordered, the T-Bird kits are on the way and theLil Dip kits will be ordered when the funding comesthrough from AMA. The junior team is already gettingready for next years contest season.

Chapter Meetings

Christmas Party as reported by John Hlebcar: We had agreat time. We want to thank Park Abbott and his sweety

for arranging the raffle prizes,Don Bekins for MCing, Mywife for helping with the raffletickets, Larry Kramer for takingpictures, Jerry & Phobi Longfor providing music, BrianRamsey for singing three newsongs.

John Dammuler video taped Mike Fulmer's presentation afew months ago and donated a copy to the library forthose who are interested to watch.

The Club Project for next year has been decided. Theevent is going to be A1 Towline Glider (Lil Dip, Jetstream,and Ghost). A BMJR Lil Dip will be raffled off next monthfollowed by a Jetstream in January and a Ghost inFebruary. The Ghost is rumored to being produced as apartial kit by Bob Holman. Rod Persons was unanimouslyvoted in as Director of the Club Project for 2002. BMJR ismaking kits of the Lil Dip (the Lil dip was-raffled off tonight)and Jetstream (to be raffled off in a later meeting) BobHolman sent a partial kit for the Ghost that will be raffledoff at the January meeting. Bob also has partial kits for theLil Dip and Jetstream.

TOFFF : The field off Lakeville highway is now mud and itis not advisable to park on it as somebody found out thehard way. They were able to get him freed by using thetake off mats. Remember to be very safety consciouswhen flying at the Lakeville site; we don't want to get any­body injured.

The election of officers for 2002 was held and all of theofficers for 2001 have been re-elected for 2002.

Congratulations!

The following minutes for November and December are acompilation of information from Loren Kramer who is ourrecording secretary.

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TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS (continued)Buzz Passarino made the December presentation. Buzzbrought in several items that he used to manufacture. Thefirst item was a motor mount that solved the problem ofmaking thrust adjustments. The normal way was to loosenthe mount screws and put a shim under it hoping it wouldmake a difference but most of the time didn't. These are

TD motor mounts that you can adjust up, down, right, leftand diagonally or any way you can think of. It reallyincreased Buzz's ability to get what he wanted out of theplane. Buzz made everything from the mold to casting tofinish machining and polishing. There were numerous sam­ples of different stages of manufacture. The mount basical­ly consists of a plate that mounts to the firewall with a hard­ened brass drive screw that fits a hole in the mount andfour cap screws to adjust the thrust angle.

",,""-The next item was a tone

tachometer that has an adjust­able pitch to determine theRPM of a motor; you adjust thetone until it sounds the sameas the engine and you read thescale that you calibrated.Buzz showed an innovative

material for making ribtemplates. The material isPrinted Circuit Board that is cut

t.! to your rib design and then drill.. register holes to align the ribs,;1 for sanding to final shape.

These templates will not bend or break like the aluminum orwood templates. It was mentioned that this material hasmany uses in model building such as servo trays andgearboxes. Another item is a balsa stripper that you pushthe balsa through like a table saw. It is clamped to a tableand adjusted to the size you want and locked in place. Theblade used is an ordinary Utility Knife blade that is rigidenough to even cut thin plywood. It also has the ability toadjust the height of the blade so you can cut thicker balsaby adjusting to cut a little over half way and flipping after thefirst cut and get a nice square cut. In the era when all theprops were plastic Buzz saw a need for a better propeller sohe started making them to fit the equipment. People wereready for a wooden prop and he was behind on the ordersfrom the first magazine ad. Buzz manufactured them andJohn Tatone marketed them. Buzz had several examplesfrom prop blanks to finished props. He used fixtures anddial indicators to make sure everything was correct to acouple of thousandths. Buzz also made the machines tomanufacture the props. The machinery is still in existence, itwas sold to a couple in Cloverdale who then sold it to Mas­ter Airscrew who used it to come up with their own line ofprops.

The next item Buzz showed was an Auto-Rudder for towlinegliders. When tension is put on the tow hook it causes theruder to straighten out and you can tow it till you are readyto launch. Then you give it a tug and it releases the hookand the rudder moves over to the stop to cause the glider tocircle.

SIIo"r &'l'I~IJIJBill Curry brought in his new model. A Playboy Sr. Cabin byBob Holman. It is a replacement for his Mercury, which wasdamaged in a crash. It was lost in the clouds and then spot­ted but was too close to the ground. The new plane is elec­tric powered by the same power system used in theMercury, Aveox 10102Y80 with an 18 x 10 prop. The Mer­cury weighed 570z. this one about 35 oz. Bill modified thedrawings by making it a cabin model. Jack brought in hislatest model, a T-Bird that he started the samr day. It's allbuilt up and the wings and tail are covered waiting to shrinkthe tissue and a finish. Ed Hamler showed his Lil Dip builtfrom a BMJR kit. The kit comes with everything except theglue, covering and the button timer. It builds quickly, every­thing fits and just about falls together. It has an auto rudder,witch allows you to tow straight and when released goes toa preset circle. The model weights in at 6 oz.

Sean Andrews brought in another of his models. A TailFirster by BMJR. Jack showed a P-30 model. It is ready forcovering after 10 hours of building. Kevin had a control lineplane, a Baby Flight Streak by Brodak. Ready for the engineand tank to be mounted. Ned Nevels brought in a DallaireSportster built from a John Pond plan. Ned had to redrawvirtually all the patterns. This was done with CorelDRAWand then converted to CAD so they can be laser cut whichBob Holman did for the wing ribs. He reworked the landinggear so that it is removable, by forming them and then' cut­ting in half and installing tubing in the fuselage to mountthem. It makes it easier to transport. John Dammulershowed off his model that he got at this years Christmasparty gift exchange. It is a Fumanchu covered with SAMSpan stuck on with white glue. The landing gear has beenmodified to two wheels for easier ROG. John built this in two

days. Remo Galeazzi showed an English Electric Wrenscale model that he was built after finally finding a threeview of in a vintage aircraft magazine. It was originally builtto fly in competition started in 1922 for a cheap minimalairplane. This one had a 2-% H.P. engine that got excep­tional fuel mileage. The trailing edge was made of a uniquematerial; 1/16 aluminum tubing was formed between his fin­gers to match the drawing. Powered with a Cox .049 with adummy cylinder to make it look like a twin. It's covered withSAM Span except for the wing, which is covered with tissue.Remo also brought as model for the raffle. It is a FarmanSport 1923 that he built but never got around to flying.

Bill Curry with his colorful "Lanzo Classic."

Some photos from the JanuaryAMA Convention in Pasadena.You saw it here first!

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A feature in the Antique Flyer, Shops of SAM 27. member,s shops are "exposed" to the world. What wives have knownall along and what balsa dust clogged vacuums have attested to, are now shared with fellow members of the modelingfraternity. The A-F is asking that you humble yourself and submit photos and a write-up of your favorite working area,warts and all. Now there will be some shops exposed which will put most of us to shame for our lack of neatness andpaucity of equipment, but which will give us an incentive to clean up our act - well, maybe your act.

Loren Kramer's terrrific shop is featured this month. Loren offered the following comments about his building space:"These are some pictures of my shop. I started putting this shop together when I was racing RlC boats and couldn't buythe parts I needed. Since then I have had numerous projects in this shop. Starting out with RlC boat parts such as con­necting rods, crankshafts, heads, motormounts, then getting into model trains and live steam, both stationary engines andlocomotives. Then onto slot cars including making chassis fixtures and blue printing and modifying the motors. Now I'mbuilding airplane models, both free flight and RlC." What's next Loren? Loren's shop has lots of space with adequatemachinery and building space plus storage.

What make of engine is this?

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Left, clockwise: John Dammuler shows a scale Farman; a tailfirster by Sean Andrews; framing up by Jake Engelskirger;Kevin shows his Baby Flight Streak by Brodak; Remo Galea­zzi with his English Electric Wren, and Ned Nevels explainsthe construction details of his Dallaire Sportster.

Above: Farman Sport 1923 donatedto raffle by Remo. Right: JakeEngelskirger with a nice HLG

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Stew Bennett (above) is shown with his "Jaberwacky" after It was retrieved from asix-month "tie-down" in a vineyard; it was lost at the June Club Rubber Contest.

Ed Hamler brought his ten-foot wing­span Dallaire to show at the January2002 SAM 27 meeting - classic!

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Ron's 15" Dallaire Sportstershown below at "Two Rock"field - he had a J-3 Cub flyaround it to check this bird out!

He's holding the 32 sq. ft. wingat Merwin Ranch in the oldphoto above. Huge! (undated).

12' Lanzo RIB with Taplin Twin Diesel. :Tatum made the ex­haust extension from a french horn part - blew smoke rings.

Ron and son in Germanyin 1956 with a 1/2 Chero­

kee Free Flight.

SAM 27 is indebted to Ron for his founding efforts and con­tinuing support.

mufflers. Ron and a few of his buddies also fly monthlyindoors at the local National Guard Armory. The modelsrange from Hanger Rats, Peanut Scale to Ron's own designelectric RlC. Ron is also greatly into engine collecting andis a frequent attendee at MECA Collectos where he buysand sells. He does a fair amount of engine work and has alot of spare parts. For anyone with engine questions, Ron isa good place to start, and maybe finish.

As a youth in San Francisco he lived almost across thestreet from the Columbia Park Boys Club, so naturally hehung out there, where there was a room with many modelairplanes hanging from the ceiling and building classes forthe boys. Ron says he was hooked and from that time on itwas hard to find him without his hands on a model. Whenhe visited his Grandmother he would fashion gliders fromstrawberry baskets which, at that time were made from thin­ly shaved wood. After starting with stick ROG models, thefirst real model that flew well was a Pacific Ace. His favor­ite model was a monster 15' span Dallaire, originally pow­ered by an O&R 60 and later by a higher power convertedO&R industrial engine.

Over the years Ron has built and flown many types ofmodels, U/Control, FF rubber indoor and outdoor, slopegliders, etc. While in Germany he belonged to a modelclub and there built and flew his first RlC model, a rudder

only escapement. Ron has elonged to a number of clubsand has flown all types of models in many locations in theBay Area. He seldom flew in competitions until he joinedSAM. Ron was one of the founders of SAM 27 and hasserved as President, VIP and C/O.

Ron is also a member of SAM 74 in the Clear Lake area.

For a number of years they had a great flying field. Theowners decided to plant grapes so now Ron flies at theClear Lake Modelers field. Because of noise restrictions hehas had to convert models from ignition to glow with

Ron is a retired Sergeant of the SFPD and a real rarity: anative born (1936)San Franciscan. Ron was raised in theSan Francisco Mission District, ("South of the Slot"),wentinto the Army as a BAR infantryman and became a trom­bone player in an Army band. He was stationed in Germa­ny where he met and married Hilda, a World Class bakerand most gracious hostess. They lived for a time in MarinCounty and later moved to Kelseyville to a house on a hillwith a sweeping view of Clear Lake. Despite the long drive,Ron is a regular attendee of the monthly SAM 27 meetings.

John Carlson is now interviewing SAM 27 members forfuture Member Profiles in the A-F. This month John caughtRon Keil in an unguarded moment and squeezed theessense of Ron's modeling career out of him. Thanks Ronand John.

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CARTOON BY CAnON

Don't take it so hard doctor. Modelers are a bit dif­ferent from the rest of us - and they're almost always

incurable.

MERCURY. The original Fleetwind 60 engine installation inmy Mercury has been changed to an Ohlsson 60. TheFleetwind proved to be somewhat balky and temperamentalbut an article in the Engine Collectors' Journal, Volume 26 ­#3, August 2001, convinced me that I would just as soonnot blow up what is otherwise a very nice display engine.The early Fleetwind's had a stamping or drawn piston withthe rod permanently attached by means of a yoke riveted tothe piston crown. Apparently this led to failures and Hoofchanged to a conventional, cast and ground piston/rodarrangement on later production and offered the new pistonas a kit. My Fleetwind has the early piston. The writer of thearticle states, "...my advice is, do not try to run a Fleetwindwith the type one piston ... " Since I'd already been runningthe engine, I decid ed that discretion was in order; no moreFleetwind unless I can get a type two piston/rod, so now I'min the market for one. The Mercury was constructed usingthe Holman kit; those of you who used a flying horizontal tailmade the better choice. I chose a conventionalstabilizer/elevator and found during the first few flights thatthe longitudinal dihedral or decalage was excessive; thefuselage cabin wing rest has a subtle angle built in giving fartoo much wing incidence. I raised the stabilizer L.E. by 3.5degrees of positive incidence, almost matching the wingchord, and the first flight with this setup proved successful.In addition, I'm trying out a "secret Weapon", an Ikarusmicro gyro yaw damper which is set at a very low sensitivitybut which I plan on increasing to observe results - I'll let youknow how it works on an old timer. It only weighs 5.2grams.

Club and City and Points1. SAM N-X-211, St. Louis, MO 10022. SAM 27, Napa, CA 9223. SAM 1, Denver, CO 9054. Scale Staffel, San Diego, CA 7815. Thermaleers, St Louis, MO 7246. Cloudbusters, Metro Detroit, MI 5547. Michigan Antique Modelers, Wyoming, MI 4398. Old Time Eagles SAM II, Monsey, NY 4319. Utah State Aeromodelers, Salt Lake, UT 33610. Hawkeye Aeroneers, Cedar Rapids, IA 177

SAM N-X-211 will be the host for the Jimmie Allen 2002Postal Contest. Their address for information is RonCarr,418 Madrina Court,Ballwin, MO 63021(636) 394-9709

Keep'em Flying - John H

JIMMIE ALLEN POSTAL. John Hlebcar got the followingresults from Jerry Rocha:

GianFranco Lusso's shop was featured in the last issue ofthe A-F and several mystery airplanes were presented.Gianco has written to clear up several of the mysteries, butdidn't solve the question of the one that he's holding.

"I was delighted to see my story in the last Antique Flier,thanks for correcting my "frintlish, namely cocktail of french,italian, english", not the best cocktail better a good Dry Mar­tini or an Americano (50% Camapri,50% Martini sweet).

"I take the opportunity to clear the 'mysteries on my shop':The wing belongs to the Thermic 100 I had prepared for LasVegas. I entered the model in two competitions in Italy: onein San Marino on a very very windy day (ask Nik he wasvery upset) where I got the first place and than to the ItalianChampionship in Siena, when on a lot better condition, themodel got again the first place. The Thermic is really asuperb flier which can cope easily also in windy conditionand capable of getting the best from the smallest mini­thermic. The fuselage bone behind me is the fuselage of aKA 8 scale 1:4, this is the glider on which I got my silverbadge and made the beginning of the cross country flights.I hope to finish the HB 847 for this summer only or autumnbecause the priority is for the models for competition. Thelast, the fuselage of the german fighter, is the fuselage of apark flier semiscale Taube which I fly on the beach in frontof my flat at the seaside for the benefit of my grandchildren.Hoping to see in Muncie I send my best whishes for theNew Year and a lot of fun with the models."

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(707) 763-9170

FIRE HOUSE

Send dues to Rod Persons, Treasurer. Make checks payableto SAM 27.

Me~tings: The Third Wednesday,Each Month, 7:30.p.m. atthe Novato

FireI~~pa~ment~Training Room

Associate members will receive the newsletter and may attendmeetings, but may not fly at the Club's Lakeville Field or inClub contests.

Full membership requires proof of current AMA membership tobe presented at the time of joining or renewal by means ofphotocopy or presentation to the treasurer.

MEMBERSHIPMembership is $15 ($18 Foreign) for the calendar year forboth full and associate members. Dues are payable January1st.

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Loren Kramer1513 Sierra DrivePetaluma, CA 94954

(415) 924-3068

(805) 560-1323

(707) 255-3547

(707) 894-5788

(707) 546-2358

(707) 252-8482

(707) 462-1311

EditorSteve Remington1324 De La Vina StreetSanta Barbara, CA 93101

PresidentJohn Dammuler301 Empire Drive

. Ukiah, CA 95482Vice President

Park Abbott2423 Jenes LaneSanta Rosa, CA 95403

SecretaryJohn Hlebcar201 Foster Road

Napa, CA 94558Treasurer

Rod Persons

115 Kerry LaneCloverdale, CA 95425

Contest DirectorEd Hamler3379 Crystal CourtNapa, CA 94558

Official PhotographerLarry Kramer36 Olive AvenueLarkspur, CA 94939

FIRST CLASS MAIL

TO:

Bones of Ron Keil's Clipper - date unknown. See page 8 for aMember Profile of Ron and his magnificent Dallaire, built dur­ing his "big is better" period.

SPECIAL IN THIS ISSUE: Photos of the SAM booth at the

January AMA Convention along with additional pies.