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4 His son, Don, best summarized his fa-
ther’s artistry: “With a meticulous eye he chose each piece of balsa, each subject, each piece of paper. From his earliest Fike he pro- gressed to multi-engine subjects of incredi- ble difficulty like the B-36. Each subject was researched thoroughly before beginning work. He chose the most difficult subjects he could locate. Working with gas, CO2, rubber, and electric motors, he pioneered systems for each. Dave pursued each task in build- ing with the idea of making the lightest most accurate representation of the airplane possible. With the patience of a monk he penned each rivet by hand, painted each spoked wheel, and cockpit.” As Don wrote, there were many more tal-
ents he possessed that FM’s readers never knew about: music, drawing, carving and even building his own harpsichord. Don jus- tifiably wrote that he could have been the true Renaissance man. It is fitting that I also mention his wife
Marie, who was a partner in his modeling for many years. They were always a famil- iar pair at many contests. To her and to the rest of Dave’s family we say he will be great- ly missed not simply for his significant con- tributions to modeling but also because of the wonderful person he was.
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t was a pure pleasure to know Dave Rees. I’m sure many others will tell you the same thing, and it’s obvious from the many fellow modelers and friends
who offered their own accolades to this unassuming but very creative and talented man, who just recently died. To say he was talented is a very gross un- derstatement just based on the 23 designs he shared with FM readers through the years. He started in control line but then mi- grated to what many justifiably consider one of the pinnacles of model aviation, freeflight scale. His freeflight designs are elegant and the
plans he provided for them superb. And his subjects are thoroughly engrossing, fresh and in many instances, innovative models.
The articles in this magazine are pretty eclectic and perhaps the best way to intro- duce them is to start with two newcomers to FM, Clark Salisbury and Dick Adams. Once you see their work I think you’ll agree with me that they’ll be very welcome here. Clark’s SkySport begs to be modeled in all
kinds of sizes because it flies and looks neat. He got his inspiration from the current crop of the new LSA category full-size planes. In this instance the A22 Valor was pretty much the inspiration but it wouldn’t surprise me if a full-size company took a look and turned the model into a good 2-seat LSA. ARF foam models are supposed to save
time, right? Well, that was Dick Adam’s in- tent when he looked for a “no-brainer” mod- el. But that’s not what happened. Instead his experience with the foam ElectriFly Tiger Moth turned into a saga. His adven- ture provides us with plenty of good, practi- cal info. Have to confess that one of the planes that
always grabs my attention is the Cosmic Wind. Despite its race plane heritage and genesis, I always thought it could make a cool, good-looking sport model. That’s what ElectriFly did with it. They
turned it into a neat R/C model. When it ar- rived at the office, I had to close my eyes and pass it off to Larry Kruse who reviews it in this issue. He found out that it is a very neat model and while it can scoot like its full-size forebear, it also has rather good handling qualities and a docile nature when landing. Spektrum RC was the first to introduce
the 2.4 GHz spread spectrum radios five years ago. Spread spectrum in different fla- vors is now pretty much the dominant type of radio in the hobby. Just about a year agoFMpublished Dave Lockhart’s review of the Spektrum DX8. It featured a revised menu structure based on Spektrum’s new AirWare software. Besides that it included a telemetry system for a host of applications. Spektrum has followed up with a new ra-
dio, the DX7s, that is aimed directly at the sport modelers who want the benefit of Air- Ware and telemetry in a slightly less, more economical radio. So if you want to see what this new system has to offer, take a look at my article on page 28. Not very long ago we started a series we
called “A Blast from the Past”. It touched a resonant chord. So this month we bring it back with Joe Johnson’s article about his model of the 1920s Baby Bomber homebuilt published in the August 1978 issue of FLY- INGMODELS. In his article he sang the prais- es of CO2 power. That’s a little hard to come by these days, and if he wrote his article now I bet he’d sing the praise of electric power. But it’s your choice, go with gas or electrons! This issue definitely feels lighter. That’s because FMhas cut back 8 pages, courtesy of the current economic times. We’ve consol- idated some house advertising so the impact on the editorial content is minimal. We’ll keep doing so. –FRANK FANELLI
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