Sampey & Company’s Starlite 300 3+1 system (the 3+1 designation refers to the possibility of adding a fourth control function) (at left) was based on their “Starlite 500” quad system at a lower cost. Instant installations with Citizen-Ship’s new “Superhet R/C Pak” (above), completely wired unit includes a SSH Single Channel Receiver, choice PSN-2 or SE-2 escapements, battery holder, switch, pushrod, hook, bearing at 4½ ounces and price of $39.95.
tem for $299.95 direct with power packs and chargers included. This PCS system was a real price buster. Royal Products and F&M Electronics put together a very nice system for the sport fly- er consisting of a single channel Echo trans- mitter, a superhet Vanguard receiver, with wiring harness and switch for $87.50. Ster- ling Models launched into the radio control field with their Command Master equip- ment, probably the first to use a two-piece ABS molded transmitter case. Bonner Spe- cialties, Inc. announced their Digimite 4 with Integrated Micrologic Circuits. Bon- ner’s advertisement stated “A new standard for R/C from Bonner: Micrologic circuits in a digital system to give more accurate control with greater control security by far than any other R/C system”. The Digimite 4 system came complete with four servos, power pack and charger listed at $425. World Engines introduced their 10-chan-
nel reed system in kit form for $225 vs. the price for the assembled system at $310. The Digilog VI featuring six proportional servos was announced by Airborne Control Labs, Poughkeepsie. NY. While the address is Poughkeepsie where its president lived, the entire system was built in Endicott, NY by a few IBM employees and members of the Aeroguidance Society. Top Flite introduced their original MonoKote, the stuff that would stick to it- self without application of heat. I covered a deBolt Acrobat biplane and thank goodness Super MonoKote came along. Compared to Super MonoKote, the original stuff was hard to work with and almost immediately began to sag as the adhesive would “cold flow”. The Acrobat was released in 1966, the 20th an- niversary of deBolt Model Engineering. De- Bolt also released his P-Shooter, a simplified low wing multi and the shoulder wing ver- sion, the Jenny that year. Lanier Industries added three planes to
their line of ARFs with the Transit, a “tran- sition trainer”, the Bronco and their Deluxe
FLYING MODELS
Mustang. The Class II Nats winning Aristo Cat kit became available from Midwest Products Co. Designed for 6 to 10 channels or proportional, the price of the kit was $24.95. Jensen Enterprises announced the Kwik-Fli II kit designed by Phil Kraft for $34.95. Carl Goldberg Models released their Shoestring Goodyear Racer, prompted by the tremendous increased interest in Goodyear pylon racing. Midwest Products introduced their Sky Squire, a multi 6 to 10 channel trainer. Sig Manufacturing came out with their pylon racer, the Buster, a semi-scale version of Steve Wittman’s fa- mous winning racer. Williams Brothers joined the pylon ranks
with their La Jollita at $29.95. This kit fea- tured 29 weight and labor saving high im- pact plastic parts such as ribs, cheek cowls and wheel pants. I campaigned on the pylon circuit with this model and it truly was an easy build. Ken Willard’s Top Dawg was published by RCM. The Top Dawg was cho- sen by the Vintage RC Society for their first “Theme Plane” design. I built one of these great planes and have flown it every year since then on an OS .10 engine and love the plane. The price of kits and balsa was reported
then as “going up”! The two sources for bal- sa wood in South America both increased their prices to U.S. bulk suppliers such as Sig and Midwest. However, balsa has re- mained as one of the least expensive items in our hobby. 1966 saw the availability of channels on
the 72 MHz band given to R/C by the FCC. However, equipment manufacturers were having a heck of a time producing this new equipment without interferring with TV sets and more particularly with aviation guidance equipment. For those of you who are like me and want
to look back at the AMA Nats, see the box with the rundown of placing at that Glen- view N.A.S, Chicago, IL. By now the flying season in the Northeast
is drawing to a close although there is some beautiful Fall flying days still ahead. I hope all of you have already selected your winter building projects. I’ve been looking over an Andrews Aeromaster kit in my stash which looks very inviting. Maybe a small plane for a .10 will be on the list. Whatever you chose, have fun building. So many of my fellow club members have never developed building skills and I feel sorry for them. Happy Holidays!
1966 AMA Nats Standings Glenview N.A.S, Chicago, IL
Class I Open
1st Jackie Gardner 2nd Gary Villard 3rd Bernie Williams
Class II
1st Bill Thomas 2nd Bill Knost 3rd C. W. Reed
Class III
1st James Whitley 2nd Neal Kilby 3rd Cliff Weirick
Scale
1st Bud Atkinson 2nd Ralph Jackson 3rd Charlie Smith
Goodyear Pylon
1st Phil Kraft 2nd Lou Penrod 3rd Cliff Weirick
AMA Pylon
1st Austin Leftwich 2nd Ted White 3rd Pete Reed
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