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At the Field At The Field Offbeat Stories About R/C Model Airplanes And The People Who Fly Them by David P. Andersen January 2004 Contents Introduction 5 Acknowledgements 6 Stories: “Would Your Club Mind If…?” 7 A Crosswind For Sally 11 Baron Melvin von Richtofen 17 Borne Free 19 Channel Crossing 20 Duck Herding 26 Flight 140 29 Fly It Again 32 Fly Me 36 Forbidden Flight 40 Joe Brenland’s Transmitter 46 The Courting of Longeron Lovely 51 Poem by John Masefield 57 Poem by Edgar Allen Poe 58 Poem by Lord Byron 59 Poem by William Wordsworth 60 Ronnie The Rat 61 Straight Flight Back 66 STUFF 72 The Plane 73 Too Realistic 76 Two Kinds of Mischief 81 Unity Scale 83 Where Ancient Craft No Longer Fly 85 Still There 86 The Adventures of Dewey Goddit: Badger Hair Brush 89 The Bolton Wing 90 Flying in the NATS 92 2 Just a Bit Nose Heavy 94 None for Me 97 Painting the Outhouse 99 Float Fly Outbreak 101 The Wisdom of Klotz the Kat: A Perfect Elephant 103 Acoustic Impedance 104 Biplane Ailerons 106 Bounce 107 Call It in German 110 Be Careful What You Wish For 111 Cooling 112 Copyright Law For Modelers 114 The Detail Man 116 Epoxy or Polyester? 118 D’Alembert’s Paradox 120 Fuel Foaming 121 Internet and GPS 123 An International Coalition 125 The Only Truth 126 Is Big Better? 127 Klotz Predicts 129 Props and Jets 131 Safety First—Never Reach Over A Prop 133 So You’ve Decided To Win Top Gun 135 Tai Chi Flying 137 Mustang Magic 139 Burt Rutan’s Dethermalizer 141 Vibration 143 How To Crash 145 When Good Modelers Go To Heaven 147 Engineering Rules 148 Construction Article Highlights: Arado 96B 150 Boulton Paul Defiant 152 3 Focke Wulf TA 152H 154 Tachikawa Ki-15 “Ida” 157 Mitsubishi “Babs” 159 Howard “Pete” 161 Ilyushun Stormovick 166 Lavochkin La-7 168 Thomas Morse Scout S4C 170 Commentary: How To Build A Model Airplane 172 See Better, Fly better 174 The Toledo Expo, Is It Rigged? 176 What Are We Doing When We’re Not Having Fun? 178 Ten Signs You’re Becoming A Scale Modeler 180 Such A Deal 181 Scale Flyers of Minnesota 183 About the Author: 186 What the Reviewers Say: Back cover 4 Introduction This book is an anthology of the best of David P. Andersen’s writing to date. All of the material presented here has been published before in Model Aviation, R/C Modeler, R/C Report, Flare-Out, the newsletter of the Twin City Radio Controllers and other magazines. This book is unique among modeling books because of its intentional lack of focus. It includes fiction, technical stuff, flying techniques, humor, aviation history, theory, building tips, the full gamut of R/C modeling. Consider the short story, Fly It Again, for example. It’s about a man fondly remembering his dad and how they flew free flight airplanes before the invention of radio control. But it takes place while he is flying in a pattern contest, so the underlying message is a lesson in how to adjust aerobatics to a crosswind. Or consider the story, Forbidden Flight. It is about how a typical modeler invents solutions to modeling problems. But it takes place in ancient Egypt. It speculates on how a model airplane could have built at that time, maybe even a hang glider. Alas, poor Dewey Goddit, a big-hearted ditz who takes everything literally. He gets into messes as most modelers do, but on a bigger scale. Yet he perseveres, as all modelers must. There really was a Klotz the Kat. He was a homeless kitten someone “released” at the TCRC flying field. He hung out with the flyers who shared their sandwiches with him. He became so comfortable around model airplanes that he once climbed onto a wing while the engine was running. After that incident, one of the flyers found a new home for him, but the legend continues. The premise is that Klotz is present at the field all the time, so he observes everything that happens. Sometimes he stows away in a modeler’s minivan to report from Toledo or Top Gun. The TCRC Flare-Out newsletter editor leaves his laptop overnight once in a while for Klotz to write his monthly column. He continues to this day. This book was written for R/C modelers and their friends and families. Modelers will find much valuable information buried in the silliness and humor. Non-modelers will find insight into the lifestyle of R/C modelers. 5 Modelers who write for their club newsletter are welcomed and encouraged to copy anything they find here—permission to copy is granted to all, but please credit the source. You may contact the author at [email protected] for email copies or any other correspondence. Acknowledgements Thanks to my fellow flyers in Minnesota and the many acquaintances around the world whom I have met thru R/C modeling. They taught me what I know about model aviation. Special thanks to the editors of the Twin City Radio Controllers Flare-Out, Bill Altenhofen and Jim Cook, who gave me a forum and tolerated my excesses. Thanks to the editors of Model Aviation and R/C Modeler who cultivate writers like us and make our stuff look good. Thanks to Hilary A. Knight, Chipley and Art Nelson for their expressive artwork. And thanks to the late Dick Kidd and the late Bill Winters on whose wings I and all other model magazine contributors have been carried aloft. 6 “Would Your Club Mind If…?” “Clear the helicopter pad. The President’s plane is about to land,” the loudspeaker shouted. Reporters and officials scurried off the small grass landing strip in the back of the White House and gathered in the assembly area adjacent to the entrance of the famous residence. The President’s plane appeared above the tall pine trees that decorated the outer limits of the White House lawn. It descended steeply, flared, slowed, touched down and rolled to a stop. It was a red, white and blue Kaos with a tiny presidential seal on the nose and the letters “AMA 1” on the fuselage. The spectators applauded as the small radio controlled airplane taxied to the President’s field box and the propeller stopped turning. It’s like flying in an air show every time he goes up, I thought as I watched from the back of the crowd. I was, of course, surprised and flattered to be invited to visit the President. I had never met him before, so I was very 7 curious about why he wanted to see me. The only things we have in common are that we both fly R/C and I am also a president— but I’m only the president of a model airplane club. “I must ask you to keep the details of this meeting in the strictest secrecy,” the President said as he showed me to a seat in the Oval Office. “I, and therefore the country, need your help. You and your club can perform a great national service.” I responded, “We’ll do what we can. How can we help?” “As you know,” he went on. “R/C pilots such as ourselves need to keep flying. The pressures and strains of the workaday world must be balanced by the refreshing diversion of our flying. For people like us, a good run thru Advanced Pattern is more than an afternoon lark. It is an emotional necessity to maintain our mental and emotional health. Some people unwind with a good book, or they jog, or they merely watch TV. But for an R/C flyer, the joy that comes with the grace of controlled flight against a deep blue sky revives his grasp of the meaning of the physical world and cleanses his tired brain of the chores of civilization. With an R/C transmitter in his hand, his reach is extended to the sky, and he can stretch out and feel space and time.” “You mean it’s fun to fly,” I suggested. “Precisely,” he said. “Furthermore, the more burdened the R/C flyer is with the problems of the world, the more he needs that occasional escape to the fantasy of flight.” “And you’re not getting enough flying,” I said. “You’re getting the idea,” he continued. “You saw my problem out there on the White House lawn. No room to maneuver, too many trees and too many people. I’ve tried float flying off the Reflecting Pool at the Lincoln Memorial, but some folks said it was disrespectful.” “They never understand,” I replied. “Right. And I’ve been criticized for spending too much time on model airplanes. When I created the Department of Model Aviation, I was criticized. And what a storm of protest when I ordered the FCC to allocate a hundred new frequencies for R/C! In fact, if I get any more noise complaints about flying off the White House lawn, I might lose my flying site.” “Yes. We’ve had that kind of problem too.” “What I need is a flying site like your club field. I need a place where I can get away and fly without being observed. Your 8 field is surrounded by swamp, has only one road, and it is very secluded. Would your club mind if I fly at your field?” “Well,” I said, “you’ll have to pay the dues.” It wasn’t long after that meeting when the President arrived at the club field for the first time.
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