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Sketch Book
Have you developed something new in construction, control, or flying that might
interest other modeler? Send a rough sketch - we'll redraw it and pay $2 for each
one accepted
• Compact functional design is evident in speed model dreamed up by Bill
Shellman and James LaPointe, Detroit, Mich. Body is chiefly a plywood former with
hollowed blocks fore and aft. Incidentally, fellows, don't forget an air outlet!
By the way - Sketchbook is open to an occasional "dream design" that has not been
tried out in actual tests. Sort of Airmen of Vision along model lines.
• Tom Wardlaw, Kansas City, Mo., veteran free-flighter, patches gas model
wings with leading edge sheet covering. Lapping ribs gives flush-fitting patch.
• Microfilm patching material is held by static elec tricity between newspaper
layers. When needed, cut to size through paper. By Dick Baxter, Detroit, Mich.
• Joseph Johnson, Greenfield, Mass., uses additional pushrod to rudder horn
on flying scale control models to assure an outward pull in climbing maneuvers."
• Wing spars of tapered trailing edge stock suggested by John Maloney, Warren,
O. Points of maximum fibre tension are thus heavier and stronger.
• Lubed rubber strands tied securely by first knotting ends; small rubber
bands secure loop ends for easier handling. From Merwin Bristol, Oak Park, Ill.
• From French Morocco, North Africa, comes idea by Paul Fredericq for rubber-loaded
mechanism to turn the rudder of your towline glider for circling glide.
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