Antique FlyerIssue /35OC:f05er /993~MA Chapter #/08

We had 22 attendees at

the September 15 meeting,three of which are now newmembers of SAM 27. Thenew members are Sean

Crowley, Robert Stasko, andTim Molsberry. Sean andRobert will both be

participating in our JuniorOld Timer Program. Timstarted building models at theage of 8. His father (age 88)

Ron Keil with his 1/2A Texaco

Scale Huntington H-12

occasionally still buildsmodels. Welcome Sean,Robert and Tim.

A colleague of RoccoFerrario, AI Bera, visited SAM27 for the first time. AIteaches science at Silverado

Middle School in Napa. Healso promotes a modelprogram similar to Rocco's atSilverado.

Old Business

A Preview copy of the1994 EM calendar wascirculated and it was agreedSAM 27 would order 15 forresale to members at cost ­about $6 each.

It is now confirmed that

our 1993 Christmas party willbe held at Papas' Taverna onSunday December 12 at 12:00pm. Cost per person will be@ $12. Last year we hadabout 25 members, spousesand friends, let's get more thisyear! Menu choices anddetails will be -discussed at the

October meeting. We willhave a sign-up at the Octoberand November meetings andJohn Carlson will take phonesign-ups at (707) 996-8820.

Suggestions were solicitedfor prizes to be awarded inthe year-end raffle to be heldeither at the Christmas partyor the December meeting.(Remember - all tickets forthe monthly raffles have beensaved and will be used in the

drawing in addition to thoseearned or sold at the date of

the raffle) Suggestionsincluded a rubber stripper,polo shirts (SAM 27 Logo),stooge & winder, radio,torque meter, tools fromMicro Mart, etc. Bring yourideas to the October meeting.

Rocco Ferrario and Rod

Persons reported in detailtheir proposed JuniorOldtimer program. Theproposal was very favorablyreceived and resulted in anumber of comments and

suggestions. Rocco and Rodare to commended on the

thought and effort put intotheir proposal. It was votedto proceed. The first juniorOldtimers are Sean Crowleyand Robert Stasko who were

presented with a Zoomer OITglider kit and special bindersto preserve related material.It was agreed that the exactform of the program maydiffer in some ways from theproposal by the process of

Eut Tileston with his WeathersWestemer

evolution. This will be a

subject for discussion atfuture meetings, It is hopedthat members will think about

ways they and the chapter can

Nick Sanford getting ready to fly his airplane at this years Crash alld Bash

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support this worthwhileprogram.

Ed Hamler reported thatSAM 27 placed 3rd in the1993 1/2A Texaco ScalePostal meet, only 28 secondsbehind No.2. Jerry Rochawas the only one of all entries(7 chapters) with a doublemax. The sponsor, SAM 82 ofHouston, Texas was thewinner (3rd in a row) andmade a plea for someone elseto win next year so they canavoid the chore of running itagain.

New Business

At the September meetingEd Hamler advised that

through Carl's Hobby shop inNapa he was put in touchwith an elderly gentleman inVallejo who had stored a lotof old hobby shop material.

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Ed agreed to coordinate a visitby some SAM 27 members.

On September 18, RonKeil, John Carlson, JerryRocha, Ed Heikell and RayMcGowan went to Vallejo tosee what he had. After

digging through his garage fora couple of hours Ron Keilbought all the spare parts,balsa wood, etc. from theman. Those present then metback in Napa at Jerry Rocha'shouse and sorted through themany boxes of parts and hadfirst dibs on everything thatRon had bought. A few things

were also set aside for Crash

& Bash prizes. Ron seemedvery excited and stated that itwould take him a couple ofweeks to sort through all ofhis purchase. Ron also statedthat he would be selling muchof it at the SAM Champs ..

Show & Tell

Several months ago RonKeil showed the MooneyPeanut plans for theHuntington H-12 1920'shornebuilt he had enlarged to1/2A Texaco size. Ron nowhad the finished product todisplay. It was covered inyellow Micafilm, pilot wasBarney Rubble, beautifulHungerford wheels, and aWilliams plastic cylinder witha Cox head to complete the 2­cylinder Vee engine of theoriginal: Ron had it at theCrash & Bash and commented

that it is a very "dicey flyer."

Pete Samuelson showed-rus-l/2A Texaco Foote- ~

Westerner. The designer (Mr.Foote) was a friend of Pete's.Pete has built several in ClassA & c. This 1/2A wasorigfually built in 1980 andhas had 70 + flights andseveral coverings over theyears including Monocoat, silkand tissue. The presentversion is red Monocoat

fuselage and yellow Japanesetissue wings and stab. Themodel has a pylon mounted 'wing with good looking swepttips, 384 sq. in., 21 oz. and60" ws. Several SAM 27

members saw it nearly OOS atthe Napa RlC field the daybefore the meeting. Plans areavailable from John Pond.

Loren Schmidt flying at the Crash and Bash

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Don Parmenter showed his

Megow Ranger Class A pylonmodel powered with a Hornetrepro which turns 10,000 rpmwith and 8-4 prop. Abeautifully constructed modelwith a clever arrangement foraccess to the vitals. thebottom half of the front third

of the fuselage is removablegiving complete access to thebatteries, Rx, servos, etc.

Earl Hoffman brought abox of scrap material fromHewlett Packard includingbrass blocks, nylon and teftonrods and sheet and otheritems which the group pickedover on Earl's "help yourself'invitation.

Ed Hamler brought thecompleted Red Zepher clubproject. All present gave a biground of applause, havingpreviously seen several stagesof the construction during theyear. Covering is white Silk­Span with red trim per theoriginal. The fin displaysS.M.A.-2 standing forScientific Model Airplane No2 as kitted by Scientific in the30's/40's? The model hasseveral unique featuresincluding a small bead knotretainer to secure the pull-pullleads to the small nylonclevises at the control horns.

Lead length adjustmen~ is at

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the servo where they arelooped around small nylonbolts. Also the model has a

combination fuse/armingswitch utilizing a modifiedSerrnos type connector toaccommodate a standard auto

blade fuse. We hope to seetest flights at the Crash &Bash.

Brian Ramsey happened tovisit a candy store inWashington whose proprietorhad previously worked at thePaul Garber/Silver Hill

storage and restorationfacility of the Smithsonian Air& Space Museum. Heexchanged that job foroperating the candy store to"avoid the heat." Brian didn't

explain whether the "heat"was from the hot, humid DCweather or job stress.Anyway the shop had a

number of colored, printedcardboard historical aircraftwhich could be cu out, foldedand assembled. Brian boughta number including a FokkerD-VIII, Taube, Bleriot, SPAD,Spitfire and several others,three of which were donated

as raffle prizes.

Junior Old TimerProposal

Goal: To expose andencourage youngsters in thesport of olt time modelaviation by facilitating:- Active club membership inSAM 27 and AMA

- A sequential series of OTbuilding projects- OT contest participation

Student responsibilities:

cont on pg 9, Jr. OT'er

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Outdoor Large Rubber

ClASSIC. A 1938WakefieldDesigned by Chet Lanzoby Tom McCoy

The Forgotten Wakefield

When I received the NFFS

letter naming Chet's Classic asone of the models of the yearI thought how pleased andproud Chetwould havebeen. Chetdied in 1989

and his giftto us is the

pleasure wederive from

building and~flying hisdesigns.Chetwas a

modest, softspoken man.The closest Iever heardChet

braggingwas his little saying when hesaw one of his designs beingflown by another modeliRg:"A beautifully engineeredmodel," He'd say, and justbeam. Chet was easy to meetand made everyone fed good.He would offer no advice, butwould tell you everything heknew on a subject if youasked.

Presented here is Chet'sClassic. His 1938 Wakefield,which can best be described

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as ''The Forgotten Wakefield."I remember when I first

showed my model to Chet.We were at SAM 39's Annual

Picnic and I handed my brandnew model to him. His eyesfilled as he inspected it and hesaid, "Excuse me, but this wasmy youth."

In August 1987, Chet and Iwere en route to the 50th

Anniversary Wakefield Meetat Warwick, England. It was

to be Chet's first rubber free

flight meet in 16 years. Chetwas recovering from backsurgery and could neitherwind nor chase, but he saidwe had better go because weprobably would not make it tothe 100th Anniversary. Iasked Chet what model heflew after 1937 and that

question led to the Classic,Chet's Forgotten Wakefield.

Prior to 1937 he had been

flying his Duplex, the 1935

design, modified over theyears with polyhedral, 2 bladefolder, subrudder, revisedlanding gear, and new rubber.Chet made the wakefield teamin 1937 with the muchmodified Duplex, and decidedit was time for a new airplane,the Classic. He did not attendthe meet in 1938 since he was

married and trying to raise afamily. In 1938, his goodfriend and flying buddy Dick

Korda wonthe World

Championship,and Chet

thoughtDick's

airplane wasthe model of

the year; sowhen

approachedby ModelAirplaneNews to

publish the

~\ ... , Clas~ic, Chet"\ declmed. He'\ - did not want

to diminish or draw attention

from his buddy'saccomplishment.

the war years came alongand we all forgot about theWakefield. By the time thewar was over and we got backto normal, there were newdesigns and nobody wasinterested in the Classic.

Then in 1988 it wasannounced that an

anniversary Wakefield meetwould be held at Taft in May,

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1989, so I persuaded Chet toattend in,·spite of his poorhealth. I still had myoIdpatched Duplex but decidedto build a new model. Iremembered our conversationabout the Classic, and Chetsent me all his photos andplans. the model was not anapproved SAM Design and itwould have to be approved bythe SAM Committee,sometimes a lengthy process.I made copies of all Chet'sstuff and sent them to Jim

Adams, SAM President,hoping this would speed upthe process. I went to workand built one in the hope itwould be approved. Chet washesitant to build one forhimself as it was not approvedand he needed a model to fly,so he built a new Duplex.

Sending the materials toJim Adams was the rightmove. Jim is a rubber flyerhimself and expedited theprocess for quick approval.He was so impressed with thedesign he built one himselfand sent a copy of the plansto Dave Baker in England.When Chet and I arrived in

Taft we were surprised to find3 Classics; Jim's, Dave's andmine. Chet spent half of histime there meeting peopleand posing for pictures withdifferent modelers. Sal Taibi

timed one of Chet's flights for12 minutes overhead whenthe DT failed to operate. Salsaid, "I guess Chet can still do

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it, but he's just a little out ofpractice."

A few notes on the modelitself. As with most old time

designs this model is shortcoupled and was designed forT56 brown rubber which

would deliver fairly lowtorque with high winds.Modem rubber is very hightorque and great care must betaken to slowly increase theturns as you adjust thismodel. The wing should beleft where it is shown on the

plans. Do not shift the wingto balance to airplane; if it istail heavy, add ballast. Othermodelers have run into

adjustment problems and

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most have been caused byshifting the wing. My modelflies with 26 strands of 1/8"

FA! tn rubber 34" long. Donot wind over 800 turns.

the excellent ZAIC styledrawing which accompaniesthis article was inked by DaveLindstrom from plans drawnby Bob Bienenstein in 1991,which in turn were taken

from a 1980 Lanzo drawing.The DT System is Bob's andthe original plans showbamboo tips.

This article was taken from:

NFFS Report of the Twenty­Fourth Annual Symposium ofthe NFFS 1991, pgs 78-80.

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The

'Hcyshckers'5.A.M.30

EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL

JOHN POND COMMEMORATIVE OLD TIME R/C CONTEST

At The Schmidt Ranch, Elk Grove California, Nov. 6 & 7 1993.Sponsored jointly by SAM 26 and SAM 30.

EVENTS: Saturday-

Sunday-

Class A LERClass B LEROhlsson Special

Class C LER1/2A Texaco1/2A Scale

TexacoElectric TexacoOfT Glider

AntiquePure AntiqueElectric LMR

TROPHIES: Through third place will be awarded in ~ach of eleven eventsplus one for 1/2A scale, plus the John Pond Commemorative Trophy.SPECIAL FEATURES THIS YEAR: Two sponsors for the price of one! SAM30 joins SAM 26 in sponsorship this year due to the schedulingsqueeze of the SAM Champs in California. SAM 30 will conduct prizedrawings, arrange the Friday night pasta feed, the Saturday nightBanquet, and the daily lunches at the site. SAM 26 will be basicGU.llt8St C.D., with as.31staIice f:r-om SAf.1 30.ENTRY FEES: $6/event for 1st 4 events entered, $4/event after.RULES: Current SAM and AMA rule books will be used, including"Samchamps" criteria for the John Pond sweepstakes. The newly votedin (1994) rules for electric will be used. The Ohlsson Special,OfT Glider, and 1/2A Scale event rules are on the back of this flyer.SCHEDULE: Registration open 8 A.M. both days. Pilots briefing 9 A.M.Saturday, 8:30 Sunday, with flying immediately after. Last flightmust be in the air by 4 P.M. Saturday, 3 P.M. Sunday.

C.D: Bob Angel Ass't. C.D:1001 Patterson Rd.Santa Maria, CA 93455(805)-937-5145

Hardy Robinson804 E. TangerineLompoc, CA 93436(805)-736-8741

SAM 30 Logistics Coordinator: Nick Nicholau, 2329 Hall St.,Marysville, CA 95901. (916) 742-1231

Pond Commemorative special event rules.

Ohlsson Special Event. Any Ohlsson Sideport ignition engine isallowed. Model must meet all SAM pure antique criteria.

1) Engine run time is 35 seconds.2) Three 7 minute max. flights.3) Four attempts for three officials.Exception: Qualified Ohlsson 23 special event ships may be flownwith either .19 or .23 S.P. or F.R.Y. ignition engines. If an O&R.19 or.23 sideport (only) engine is used, it will be alowed 45 secondsrun time.

OfT Towline R/C Glider. Pre-Nordic, pre-1947 designs only. May bescaled to a maximum of 120" span. Up to 3 official flights toaccumulate a total time of 20 minutes. Each second over 1200 to bededucted from 1200. Any final score within ±3 seconds of target timewill be adjusted to 1200 for flyoff purposes.

1/2A Scale Duration:1) Model must be a replica of a reciprocating engine powered mancarrying aircraft of pre - 1943 design. No powered sailplanes.2) Must be a reasonable "stand off" scale facsimile of the original.Realistic scale colors and markings are encouraged. Contestants maybe asked to judge entries on a "go" or "no gO"-basis for acceptabilityfor flight competition.3) All construction criteria, including engine, wing loading, etc.,is the same as for 1/2A Texaco. Exception: Some minor deviation inrelative empennage areas is allowed to facilitate flight.4) Flight competition criteria is identical to 1/2A Texaco.

Electric Events: Refer to SAM Speaks #108, where these rules werepublished as a proposal. They have since been voted in, and willbe published in the 1994 SAM rule book.

Directions to the Schmidt Ranch: 11948 Franklin Blvd., Elk Grove(916) 684-2265. Elk Grove is just East of Highway I-5, North ofStockton and South of Sacramento. You'll be travelling along a flatrural section of I-5. Take the Twin Cities Drive exit, and go Easta mile or so to Franklin Blvd. (stop Sign). Turn left (North) andproceed a mile or so to the ranch. There's a stop sign at a crossroadjust before you reach the ranch. Camping and RY's OK. No Hookups.

Area Motels:Motel 6. Mack Road at Highway 99, Sacramento (916) 689 9141Motel 6, 7407 Elsie Ave., Sacramento (916) 689-6555Overnighter. 1040 North Lincoln, Galt, Ca. (209) 745-9181

r----------- -----------,Ito Petaluma !Y ~ This is a map to Ted's IIHiway 116 ra § Hanger which is the II_~'. ~ ~ location of the October II Hlwa 121 +' meeting I

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Ted's hangerI J: ~ T ree entries into Schellville Airport II 5: D F st exit going south. goes direct to Io H nger.I Z Airport 5 cond exit takes you to main old II parking h nger. turn left on gravel taxiway II [g lot ich leads to hanger. II iij' T ird exit is the Airport parking lot II .~ to 37 Y u can park here and walk to Ted's I

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contfrompg3,Jr.OT'er- Maintain at least two yearsof active-dub membership inAMA and SAM 27, and attendat least 2/3 of the meetingsprior to high schoolgraduation.- Complete the following 5levels of OT activity.

1) OT Handlaunched/Catapult Glider (Zoomer)2) Small OT ROG Stick Type(Phantom Flash)3) Small OT Rubber Cabin(FA Moth or Pacific Ace)

.020 Replica FF (StratoStreak)4) Small/Large OT Rubber(Gollywock or Lanzo Stick)

1/2A Texaco RC (PlayboySr.)5) Any LERlTexaco Event, FFor RC, no Schnuerle porting

- Student completes each levelby receiving 1/2 of a maxscore as an official entry in asanctioned contest.

SAM 27 Responsibilities:- Upon joining SAM 27, eachstudent will be provided with

Prize

omain Chandon CarnerosBlanc de Noiro

-Mini servosardboard Models (3)

Spirit of St. LouisSPAD

Spitfire

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the wood, plans~ andguidance inthe completion ofeach successive level as listedabove.

- The student will be giveninfo on where they can mailorder supplies, location anddates of contests, and whothey can call in the club forassistance.

- Student progress in the 5levels will be reported on aregular basis through theAntique Flyer.- Upon the completion of all 5levels of OT activity andgraduation trom high school,SAM 27 will award the

student a cash scholarship ofsome modest amount.

Raffle ResultsDonor

Ed Hamler

SAM 27

Brian Ramsey

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Crash and BashAs the editor I would like

to thank everyone who helpedat the Crash and Bash. I and

everyone in SAM 27 wouldespecially like to thankMirium and Loren Schmidt for

allowing us to use their ranch.I have not yet received the

results from the Crash andBash due to uncontrollable

circumstances, although theywill appear in the NovemberAntique Flyer.

Story IdeasSend them to Ed Heikell if

you have any. Thank you.

Winner

John Carlson

Pete Samuelson

Jerry RochaRon Keil

Rod Persons

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AMA Chapter #108

OFFICERS

Membership is $15 for the calendar year. AfterFebruary. the dues for a new member will beprorated.

Due to increasing cost of publication andmailing. the Associate Member category hasbeen dropped.

Send dues to John'~earlson. Treasurer. Make(415)474-5175 I checks payable to SAM 27.

MeetingsMembership meetings are held on the third

(707) 258-1705 I Wednesday of each month at the NovatoFire Department. Training Room. onAtherton Ave. at 7:30 P.M.

President:Brian RamSEY2001 Van Ness,Suite 409ASan Francisco.CA94109

Vise President:RoccoFerrario2063 LoneOak Ave.Napa.CA 94558

Treasurer:John Carlson353 Las Casitas Ct.Sonoma,CA95476

Contest Diredor:Don Bekins85 BellevueAve.Belvedere.CA94920

Editor:Ed Heikell1043 Century Dr.Napa. CA-94S58

(707) 996-8820

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Atherton AVe.

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