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THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF '£ i' ^ visS^i ^argainBooksi GENERAL EDITOR From WoMenbooks VIC SMEED ONiy$ 4.98 FOREWORD BY WALTSCHRODE •^AYF 8106 5 0706409884 k ''"^ 0«t« 0«pt IS8N THE ENCYCLOPEDIAOF PHOT ^'^^ ^^• I PHONE 432-4274 (21J;^) FOREWORDBY WALTSCHRODER Model aircraft havebeenbuiltfor morethanacentury,but inallthattimetherehasnever beenabookquitelikethisone.Ascoreof thebest-knownauthoritiesintheir respectivefieldshavebeenbrought togethertowriteabouttheirsubjects inamannercomprehensiveand help-' fultothenewcomer,yetstillofinterest toexperiencedmodelers.Evenexperts willlearnsomethingwithinitspages. Tosupporttheauthoritativetext,awealthofcolor photographsisincluded,mostofthemspecially commissioned.Inaddition,awholerangeoffine drawingsandanumberofworkingplansfor models,alsospeciallyproduced,emphasisethe practicalaswellasdescriptivenatureofthebook. Thequalityofillustrationcanconfidentlybeclaimed tosetanewstandardinmodelingliterature,andfor ""r. ^ thisreasonalonetheEncyclopediacanbeexpected tobecomeatreasuredadditiontothebookshelves ofaeromodelersand,indeed,allaviation enthusiasts,theworldover -^ •• » --v.«aCJ(. — -^ * ,» -.-: «cr • ENCYCLOPEDIA OF iiiH^"--- ENCYCLOPEDIA OF bR ^^- Smeed General EditorVic Foreword byWalt Schroder First published 1979by Octopus Books Limited 59 GrosvenorStreet London Wl C' 1979 Octopus Books Limited ISBN 7064 09884 Manufactured in United States ofAmerica 28 . Contents Foreword 1 HistoryofModelAircraftVicSmeed 8 8. RadioControl EquipmentBill Burkinshaw 120 2. PlasticKits 9. Radio-controlled Models WorldWarh RayRimell 16 GliderS:VicSmeed 132 BetweentheWarS: Fred Henderson 24 PowerandSport: PeterRussell 140 1939tothePresent: BryanPhilpott 28 Helicopters:John Barnard 148 3. Building in Plastic Plans-QuasarFreeFlightPowerModel 154 PlasticCard: HarryWoodman 34 10. Electric FligtitGeorgeBushell 158 Vacuum-formed ModelS: RoyRimell 42 11. Flying ScaleModels 4.WMoodoedlasnidnOMtettiaelr:MFarteedrHieanldserson 46 CForneterFolligLhti:neAlaanndColloghan 170 Industrial ModelS: Ron Moulton 52 Radio-controlled DennisThumpston 178 : 5. FirstSteps in FligtitDaveLinstrum 56 Plans-AsteroidChuckGlider 66 12. Materialsand BuildingTectiniques 186 Building aSimpleKit, Martin Dilly 68 Ian Peacock 6. Free Fligtit 13. EnginesRonWarring 196 Competition PowerModelS: MartinCowley 74 14. Howto FlyVicSmeed 212 RubberandGliderClasseS: JohnO'Donnell 82 IndoorFlyerS: Mike Fontham 88 GlossaryVicSmeed Plans-MeteoriteTow-lineGlider 92 Index 7. Control Line BasicTroiners: GlenAlison 96 Team Racing DaveClorkson 08 : 1 Speed andCombat: PeterRichardson 1 1 Plans-PulsarControl LinePowerModel 1 1 Foreword I would not believe it possible, after more than forty active years in the model aircraft hobby and having read most every book written on the subject, that I could find another that could hold my interest for any reasonable period of time. I did however, with the Encyclopedia of Model Aircraft. It covers every major facet of the model aircraft field ofendeavors in good, even great depth and is compiled in such an interesting manner as to hold your attention right to the very end. Even on such subjects that may have never drawn your interest before! In my more than thirty years of editing model aircraft material of many categories, it is difficult to work up ^
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