PHOTOS: VINCE BURTON
Ernie Linn (seated) and his wife flanked by Carl Spielmaker, Tom McCoy and Vince Burton at a Muncie Champs (above left) where Ernie was honored, and he signed Kansas Wakefields for those who built them. Vince Burton always
tank easily. Another modeler had an early Cessna cabin ship with a compressed air motor. The Electric Replica event that I men-
tioned in the March column was flown at Eloy in January. Six modelers entered with six different designs; a Playboy, a Sailplane, a Dodger, a Zipper, a So Long and a Simplex. The models all flew well. Some of them were built for the contest, while others were “re- furbished” from existing 020 Replica mod- els. At 36 inches, this is a handy size for an everyday sport flyer old timer model that you can fly in the local park or school yard. The Black Sheep Squadron members fly a
lot of different types of models, including some old timer stuff. While not all the Black Sheep members fly old time models, they do us all a great service by running a “build, fly and take” service for kids at the AMA Con- vention in Ontario each year. Gene Drake reports that the Black Sheep went through some 500 Guillow’s Sky Streaks at the three
PHOTO: PETER MICHEL
builds a tasty looking model and this Jimmie Allen Spartan Bomber (above right) is no exception. Mike thinks Vince may have won the SAM Concours event with this model as the covering job is simply exquisite.
day show, using 4 pounds of rubber to pow- er them all. In addition the kids built 75 hand launch gliders. Future modelers have to start somewhere so thank you to the Black Sheep! Bill Schmidt out in Kansas has a problem
with Zipper A’s. He just can’t stop building them. He sez he can build them down to 8 or 9 ounces using either Atoms or Arden 09s and an Electro Mite coil with a single cell 400 mAh Li-Po. Electro Mite’s weigh just 2⁄3 ounce (viz 2 ounces or so for an Aero Spark Featherweight coil). They’re the diameter of a penny and are ¾ inch long. They came on the market in 1948 just as the glow plug train was pulling out of the station, so they’re hard to find. Bill says you almost have to wait for someone to die before you can find one for sale. Bill says he loves the Zipper A because it’s honest and always a good flyer. I’ve got a flying tip rather than a building tip to finish this column. Ralph Cooke in
Bakersfield, California likes to fly in the Glow SAM R/C classes. He flies in a number of events and is competitive in all of them. He’s not using fancy and expensive modern glow engines to do it either. Pressure sys- tems, whether they are crankcase, muffler or bladder pressure make for more consis- tent contest engine runs. But older engines and their needle valves may not do well un- der high pressure fuel feed—a gentler “squeeze” is needed. Ralph gets that “gentler” squeeze by using
“Little Red Caps” available at Ace Hardware stores. Ace sells them to people for use in capping glue bottles and such. We won’t tell Ace that modelers use them in pressure fuel systems. As you can see from the photo, Ralph nestles the Little Red Cap in an old 35 mm film canister behind the engine. I be- lieve that the fueling “T” in the system comes from Hank Nystrom’s Texas Timer Company, and the shutoff valve comes from Fourmost Products.
PHOTO: BILL SCHMIDT
PHOTO: RALPH COOKE
The Fillontowline glider is a favorite in Europe. Peter Michel (at left) sent this photo of a Fillonon the infield grass at Epsom Downs outside London. This very lightweight Electro Mite coil (above center) is rare—and something to look for. The “Little Red Cap” (above right) makes a great pressure installation if you’re flying Glow SAM R/C events. This is one of Ralph Cooke’s airplanes.
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