sya 0 2 ESS. ts : J Ui} eae eth LUTON BUZZARD | ee Fi NATIONALS mreconus tee ee iC Mar een iran) ae ee ee ec as Ca Coe en Cece nnn beet ics BER Ti amet tine ees pee Eo eat en pedestal Poser rnaeertn) HANGAR 9 De ee euTHE ISSUE AHEAD... RIMATION... FLYING SCALE MODELS - THE WORLD’S ONLY MAGAZINE FOR SCALE MODEL FLYERS ‘N Cire ON THE COVER You have to admit - it has ‘character’. Dennis Richardson's 1/43th scale, 69” (1753mm) wingspan Handley- Page Heyford bomber is pow- ‘ered by two 0.8.30 engines, models the aircraft on which has father was a crew member during the late 1930s. (Photo: Alex Whittaker) NOVEMBER 2013 NO.168 6 CONTACT Just for openers 8 CLU3MAN SCALE HANDLEY PAGE HEYFORD Dennis Richardson's father crewed Heylords in pre-WW2 RAF, ‘soit had to be on his 'must-build' scale modelling list. Alex Whittaker reports the result. 2 HEYFORD FLYING COLOURS Colour scheme for the big 1930s biplane bomber 14 HEYFORD SCALE DRAWING 1:70 scale three views Yo HEYFORD TYPE HISTORY The last of the R.A.Fs biplane bombers, FULLSIZE FREE PLAN FEATURE 20 DHG PART 2 Conclucing the construction for Peter Rake's 48” wingspan, electric powered WWI trainer a | 24 WESTLAND I_YSAI NDER Build Frank Mizer’s 87.5" (2223mm) span 1/8th scale model for .50-,60 size engines. 29 LYSANDER IN Di Close-up photo aid to detailing the Lysander 32 LYSANDER TYPE HISTORY Service history of a celebrated aircraft 34 LYSANDER SCALE DRAWING 1:70 scale super-cetalled three-views. 38 LYS) SANDER COI. Colour schemes for the ‘Lizzie’ 42 SUBJECTS FOR SCALE: LUTON BUZZARD A one-off Brish ullrasight aircralt from the 1930s era 46 SCALE SOARING Chri Williams goes looking for inspiration at the international Vintage Glider Club's annual gathering, 50 SURVIVING FREE FLIGHT SCALE in Part 6, Andrew Hewit looks at power sources other than I/C power. 54 Bi ‘Alex Whittaker takes his camera to the annual festival of Scale QUIET ZONE ‘The concluding part of Peter lake's pint-size Sperry Monoplane 64 TECHNO SCALI Click on 10 scale orientated web sites NOVEMBER 2013 FLYING SCALE MODELS 3eee eg Reece Seam eC Se ena ne eae Cok RE Bea an The people have spoken... CTS ge Benn oO a atc Re OSTee we listened. the peoples radio turnigy9xr.com TURNIGY. £35 Fe eke Se) eee te Oe er Coen}Editor: Tony Dowdeswell Publisher: Alan Harman Design: Peter Hutchinson, Wobsite: ADH Wobteam Advertisement Manager: ColinSpinner and Paul Bardos Advertisement Assistant: Joe Brown Admin Manager: Honnch MeLourie Office Manager: Paula Gray FLYING SCALE MODELS js published monthly by ADH Publishing, Doolittie MIL Doolitie Lane, Tottemhoe, Beds, LU6 1@X, Reproduction in part or whole of any text, photograph or ilustration without written permission from the publisher is strictly prohibited While due care Is taken to ensure the is of Py le Models is. ‘accurate, the publishers and printers cannot accept ligbilty for errors and omissions, Advertisements are ‘ecepted for publication in FLYING. SCALE MODELS only upon ADH Publishing's standard terms of ‘acceptance of advertising, copies of which are available from the ‘advertising soles deporiment of FLYING SCALE MODELS. 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The mill Conforms fully with the fequitements of both FSC and PEFC ‘and carries the full accreditations for thelr environmental polcies. 6 FLYING SCALE MODELS NOVEMBER 2013 CONTACT GETTING THE BUZZ Ack nthe May issue of FSM we appealed for photos ofthe false Luton Buzzard. A number of readers Kindly responded, and thoes ‘eeponees were much appreciated, We wore not irmediaaly able to accumulate what was needed To produce the Kind of Subjects for Sealo"Yeature we wanted but finally, via a somewhat tortuous route, we managed to get what we needed, fit through tipttom Mike Oakey, who, some of ur readers wil eriember ao. previous edtor of Aeroplane magazine, Mike Kindly passed on our request oFicharéFidng, te tuch editor of ‘oroplane and Richard came of what wes needed to enable our presentation in thi ese of FSM of thie interesting and detinctvely Shaped ie 1990s light aerate that der upon the technology of Gliders and sailplanes ofthat rato produce a low c private sport tying. We hope someone wil ris to the challenge modeling this subject and meanwhile, our thanks are dae to all who responded to the cal NEXT MONTH IN FSM The Fokker Dr-1 Triplane has, so far, escaped FSM as a major construction feature. Finally, we have one, from the ever-busy drawing board of Peter Rake. Peter's model may not sound all that large, with a wingspan of 47° (1194mm), but itis quite big at 1/6th scale, and the tailplane alone, spans 20” (508mm). So due to it’s size, this, FREE PLAN feature will run over three parts, commencing in the December issue. As with all Peter's designs, itis electric powered and we plan to make a set of laser-cut wood parts to complement the plans - nicely timed for the winter building season, That's in FSM December issue, on sale from Thursday November 14th.Fotos pense beni onh eee et eter nee oC iipeerenretemn aep ona rnas PEt A ment ere ee Pee ee te ee ee eee ee erred ae een Nee eer wea rary pel nero penta aio eat eee ea nT is aero rer ‘Operational scale flaps enhance take of and ancngs whist the teyel ending gear with steerable nose feared Peper tc) PL pee) cea ecm Peng mC es) Se Un a at eee ad More about this giant-scale civilian classic can be found on horizonhobby.co.uk Sem ee aLUBMAN SCALE leyford gp Died lea in a Heyford, Seay Peete h SE iealaak)Ministry specification for ¢ heavy night ‘bomber to supersede the unimpressive Vickes Viginia. The spectication required a bomber able to carry 1.546 Ibs of bombs over 920 mies at 118 mph. The Fairey Hendon, the Vickers types 160 and 163, and Hondley page's exising HP 38 were the Heyford's competitor. The Heyford was designed by HP's top mon, G.R, Vokert fist few on 12 June 1930 atthe HP factory at Radlett. t was powored by two Rols Royce Kestrel engines euch developing 526hp when dfiving two-bladed propeleis, The fuselage wos an aluminium monocoque, ‘and the wings were metalffamed, but atric covered. The configuration was odd, with the fuselage attached to the upper wings, and the bomb bay being an ‘extension of the thickened lower wing. ‘The crew of four comprised pict, @ bomb gimer/navigator/ gunner, a radio operator nd @ dorsal ventral gunner. The dustoin turret on the nose was retractuble, and the undercarriage wes fixed, with massive trade-mark Heyford spats. n al, 125 were bull before the Heyford fleet were retired from service as obsolete In 1941. Despite this, the HP Heyford with tts ‘enormous spats and biplane layout is an ndeniably characterful and quitky scale subject. It's alte know fact of aviation. history, that some amateur al-historans stil clam that two Heyfords were buried in the The HP Heyford is powered ly twin OS 30 feurstrohe glow engines.MODEL. SPECIFICATION Built from the Gerry Rathband plan but enlarged to accommodate glow power. Scale: Wingspan: Weight Engines: lmprcisive tn lhe atr:pubha twin glow pow: vicinity of RAF Cosford at the conckusion of Wl, sady. no trace of them has come: to light. Family connection The appealing and rather cinosaurish HP Heyfordis a scondalously under- modelled scale subject, and how Dennis came to bbulld his own example is a very interesting story. The fact is that Dennisis currentiy ‘working his way through his Dad’s RAF sds, Richardson Senior joined the RAFin This angle displays the quite high aspect ratio of the wing. 10 FLYING SCALE MODELS NOVEMBER 2013 1986, and trained as Arcrew (Wireless Operator / Air Gunnen, firstly in 99 Squadron and later 149 Squacton, both flying HP Heyford. n fact, Dennis stil has his father's RAF Logbook which contahns many interesting entries including a crash ot night when they fon out of fuel and landed in a wood. The akcraft was witen off and his father was admitted to hospital, but thank fully he was not seriousy hurt The Model The model is bosed on an original Plan drawn up by Gerry Rathoand. n fact, the original was 57” in span and designed and for elactiic motors, Dennis enlarged the plan by 20%, yielding a span of 69° and a scale of ground 1/13ih. Dennis made moaiticattons to the nacelles to take the fuel tanks and O'S. 30S glow motors Construction Traditional construction, mostly bals and birch ply, wih some cypatis wood for high load bearing component Wings Dennis made the wings ‘plug in’, Just itoatd of the nacelles for ease of transport, Wing construction is of traditional balsa and ply. and the wing ribs are of a Clatk-Y flat bottomed s The atiginal electric plan shows the ri threaded onto carbon rods, but Dennis chose to use 1/4” square Cyparis spt top and bottom, This enabled him tc1/4” ply wing joiners that side between the spars. Hard points (One of the key buiding assembiiesis the conjunction of the central spat. undercarriage strut, engine nacelle, ‘and upper ond lower wing ri formers. All those elements ore cut from a single piece of 1/8" Birch ply. Undercarriage The undercarriage struts were reinforced with 12g piano wire and doubled over with 1/8” py, then sanded to shape. Everything was assembled around these two main formers. Covering The whole attrome ks covered in Natur Solartex, primed with Horfords grey pimex. The model was them Pointed ushg Wrbos colous, made Up of vatious half used ins of UK / ttalan and Geran paint, to attempt {he orignal RAF NO colour- Nght wisble Orforchess() Hard to tnd ‘exociiy the shade, but Dennis is content with the outcome, Dennis reckons hat hs Solartexing snot the best, and on the warm day ft bubbles and stretches o bit Legending Reundels ore hand painted. Squacton insignia, laters, decals, and umbbets were sourced from Fightine Graphics, whose service Dennis Gescribes as “excellent” Crew These are characterful 1/12 scale resin figures from fomed Pete Richardson at Pete's Piiofs. Maybe sightly large, but not enough to stand out. Dennis fabricated the scale Lewis guns trom scrap, Radio installation Dus to the long tal moment and the two mini servos that operate the rudders being buted in the base of the fins, the model requited 2007 of lecd right Up in the nose, under the front gunners feet. This wos a bit worrying, and after the fist fight 4oz was removed, Flying impressions Removing some lead nosewelght Improved the flying characteristics matkedly. On the fest fight of the Heyford, Dennis didn’t feel comfortable fving it sow. Also, oF jonding, Dennis had trouble keeping the nose up, and she ran out of up elevator, Removing the lead mace the Heyford much more pleasant to fly. It also made it possible to hold her off tne runway with elevator os the aispeed bled away. Quoth Dennis “Thank goodness it never met any Melor's.. . The Inverted ‘08.20 four stroke glow engines ‘are neatly contained Inthe nacelles. Enormous trademark spats on the HP. Heyford, The nose ‘gunner does look abit ‘exposed, ‘NOVEMBER 2013 FLYING SCALE MODELS 11Handley Pog The unofficial badge of No, 1088) extensive research has fale to produce absolute confirmation of the cobours ofthe shied, but this is beloved to be an authentic representation feyfrd IA of No, 108) Squadron RAF; K4023 of "B” Fight, based at Boscombe Down, wish, UK. in 1995 unofficial badge of No.7) San. Undering lad shown here comprises sx 120b., bombs and eight lb, practice bombs; 20, bombs and flaes could also be cried on the cule acksHandi Page Heyford | of No.9) Son,, RAF: 2404 0 “A Flight, based at Upper Heyora Cordshie, UK. March, 1934, Lia Th > MI Nt ~7SCALE DRAWING NOT To SCALE ee Scale 1:70 \ - . 7 os WINDOW, PORT _ i 1h ‘ — SIDE ONLY a Do POR et eae ie}PART SECTIONAL VIEWS SHOWING STRUT ARRANGEMENT. as —— 7 INTERIOR VIEW LOOKING fs earty i FORWARD FROM W/OPS MovEL SEAT Lb MASS BALANCE K | REAR VIEW, TWICE FULL | SIZE, OF RETRACTABLE MIG RETRACTED “DUSTBIN® CANVAS COVEREO— FOOT HOLES PADDED SEAT NOE ED notre to ReeTYPE HISTORY The last of the Royal Stir Force byrlene lambers indsight is, as they say, a rfl hing - But anyone faced with the shape of the Handley Page Heyford forthe fst time ever today, might surely be forgiven for wondering why and how this ‘ireratt got as far asi did, atthe time that it ‘lg, and then serve in Royal Alt Force ‘squadrons fora surprising length of time. Token in context of the tie of ts inception, one wonders why this visual throw-back from the 1918 days of the Handley Poge 0/400 and Viekeis Vimy could be contemplated when, at the other side of the Atlantic, the US. Army Ai Comps ‘was pursuing the Glen L. Martin Company's seek twin engine, retractable undercarriage, monoplane B-10, which entered Air Corps Service at much the some time as the Heyford. Furthermore, Boeing's frst version of the B-17 was only two oF three years down the line! However, in the order-starved 1920s and 1930s, aircraft manufacturers were rorely moved to take much commercial rik ancl inthe Heyford, ‘Their Airships’ ot the British Air Ministry got what they asked for in Air Ministry specification B,19/27 issued to interested partes in the British aviation. industry in 1928. tt called for a ‘heavy night bomber’ capable of delivering a 1,500 ibs bomb load over a distance of 900 miles at 115) mph (ater 16 FLYING SCALE MODELS NOVEMBER 2013 improved to 145 mphin later versions), But given that the Handley Page 0/400 of 1918 ‘coud deliver much the same bom load ‘over a range of 700 mies at 95 mph, the new operational requirement. might perhaps bs considered unambttious!LEFT: The first production Heyiord at Radlett, November 1953, Mit erage ore cried de propels, BELOW: Bombing up a Heporgusnge special wi sorrom A i Mi Heyford, with semi-enclosed NOVEMBER 2013 FLYING SCALE MODELS 17‘4.19308 era cutaway illustation of the Heyford, showing the crew positions. The Al Ministry's invitation to tender crow Proposals ftom Fairey Aviation and Vickers In adattion to Handey Page, of which the latter's HP 38 was the successful submission ‘and fist flew in June 1930, powered by two Rolls Royce Kestrel Il engines, each capable of delivering §25 hp. The aitcratt was of mixed construction having fabric-covered, two-bay meicl-trame wings, while the fuselage hag an aluminium menecoque forward section with a fabric-covered frame to the rear, It had a crew of four, consisting of a plot. a Precarious perch! The fuselage unclerside ‘dustbin’ gun turret could be retracted into the fuselage. Single machine gun Is slowed vertically. bomb gimer/novigator/gunner & radio operator and a dorsal/ventral gunner Open postions were provided for the pilot and both the nose and dorsal gunners The Heyford had a novel configuration ‘wth the fuselage attached to the upper \wing and the bomb bay in the thickened centre lower wing, This provided a good defensive field of fre for the nose and Gorsol guns as well as the ventral refractable ‘dustbin’ turet, each equiped with a single 0,303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis Gun. The fixed undercariage consisted of large, spat-covered wheels The design allowed ground crews to safely attach bombs while the engines were running, but the resut ‘was that the pilot was some 17 t (§ m) off the ground, The HP.38 proved successful during service trials at Martlesnam Heath and in addtional trials with No. 10 Squacron RAF ‘and was chosen asthe winner of the B19/27 competition, being ordered into production € the HP50 Heyford Production Heytord Is were fitted wih 575 ho (429 kW) Kestral I engines and retained the two-blade propellers, while the IAs had fourblade propellets. Engine Variations marked the subsequent main M&I cond Il diferences: the former being equipped ‘with 640 hp (480 KW) Kestrel Ms, supercharged to 695 hp (18 KW) in the Heyford I 18 FLYING SCALE MODELS NOVEMBER 2013 Into service Tne Heyford | entered service with No. 99 Squadron RAF, somewhat appronriately at RAF Upper Heyford, Oxtorashire in November 1933, and later with No, 10 Squadron and 7 Squadron, re-equioping wih the Heytord IA and Ilin August 1934 ‘and Apill 1935 respectively. As part of the RAF's Expansion Scheme, orders were laced for 70 Heyford Ils in 1936, with steam condenser-cooled Rolls Royce Kestrel VI engines. The delivery of these aicratt olowed the RAF to have nine ‘operational Heyford Squadrons by the ‘end of 1936. These squadtons of Heyfords formed the ‘Major part of Bomber Command's night ‘bomber strength in the late 1930s. Heytords flew many long night exercises, sometimes flying mock attacks against targets in France, Disaster struck on one of these long-range exercises on 12 December 1936, when a fight of seven Heytords of No. 102 Squacron RAF flying from Noxthem, Ireland, encountered tog and icy weather ‘coneftions as they approached their base {at RAF Finningley, Yorkshire. Four crashed, ‘and two had to moke forced landings, resuiting in three crewmen kiled and’ three injured. The Heyford started to be replaced in 1997, with the artval in service of Armstrong Whitworth Whilleys and Vickers Wellesley finaly being retired from fronting service in 1999, Some remained tying unt 1940 as bombing and gunnery trainers, being declared obsolete in July 1939. wih two Used os glider tugs until Apt 1941 (Other examples found experimental use, ‘one Iooned to Fight Refueling Lid for inflight refueling experiments during 1939. Eater, in 1936 Biitish scientists were stiving to create radar equisment to a size and weight cable of being installed and ‘operated in an alreratt - at a time when oxisling ground-based equipment weight tons and requited an ger! up to 240 fn height. During early 1937 a workable ROF (fadon) ronsmitter was successtully insted ing Heyford for the purpose of detectingABOVE: Low level beatupt Te fst (hen) new aired at Raclen im HerseaeaN or’ Ml low over Handloy BELOW: Fully manned prototype Heyford, tin cred 19 UP or takeoff crn splay af the aligrass Hendon aie sn e® ther aircraft, Further experiments using Raed CEE eet OOO eet See uae Rueda ag Renae rants er meee uu cd ech di lcomn lca Reo ke ee Re kere Ted work in August 1944, being under aimed the prototype’ fst fight in June 1930, ice Prtitene aa en ete oRoa dere lus ener sl Sem eke ania eM eck Mel CRC ucla ue occ) delivered from June 1933 up until July 1936, No.166 Squadron at Cea Pent ns eee kaa kee occ) Ere Pou Wheremicw eer eae CIC eceh mecca a Me cae toaag Fee Ree Aare Ne enh MRC shoei one h ough At CO led at gel T- Wer) heel alse MTP eae eerie) Reman are Cee ea gael Ores mae ame) At the time of the Munich crisis in 1938, Lee onset) the RAF stil had sx squadrons of 2.9m, Poe Mewar a EU omC ete ccd ere ae er dg ean enn CCL ee eed men aloo tact tele omits Peace Pane u ne mms cn a Mere een een oly oa a eb heir eh Cee)Part 2: Concluding the construction article for the 48” span electric powered COR CC CCR e Lec eC hAnnS Sera sat ccreciae Cnt ere eT une eee eee coy Cree ieee maa) Wo tcc aaa gently with g simple building tosk aay ae enoretaet) Pare Met aera ani ec) ‘Assemble these over the plan using Cera een ocr) Coretta) eet beet ter ae a Cel Renee ee unRene lt cen) is ea eR aos after the basic sanding is completed. That way you know they are all sanded evenly Petes asa) err cree ener vea launch eee ela tee say reesei PUR en einen naC spacing wrong. Cut out the gop after the er etc ge te teeth) inves hae eer een cee a Although the builder added more engine detail later, even this Pee a Susie Mee eu ute eel ewan era CR RNa med ene ery eran elec tke oios evar Rnoie hiee SP en eee ere nee olen Se an eis) Ceneenk ene ems cine) the Wings Poueemac lemme ced em eines ecu Mossad nekodese ibe the nstruction. 16 upper pane’s ore fairly basic ang have no root boy sheeting. while the lower panels have root bay sheeting, cable holes in the tbs (marked X’ on the plan) ‘and ply plates tor Installing the aileron servos. Additionally, ‘the lower panels have hom plates and hardwood rals to which the servo plates are screwed, The root ts, R3T, RAT R3B and 4B, have holes for the joiner tubes but it is important to get the correct rib in the Tight location because the holes are not ‘ihe same piace on RS 1/8 and RéT/B, The hole locations were worked out af the drawing stage to provide the correct dihedral when the panels ore plugged onto ther respective joiners, So, if you aren't working with the laser cut parts, please take extreme care to get those holes exactly as shown on the plan, ‘othenwise I Make no guarantee that you wil end up with even dihedral on all four ‘wing panels, or the same incidence on all Panels. As you can possioly imagine, either stuation will do nothing for the way your Model fies - oF looks for that matter! ‘A side-effect of this system of wing mounting is that you have a choice between either removable wing cells (four struts to a pair of wings make for a fairly Tigid assembly that can be removed as a complete unit) of make the model a one-piece airframe. At 48° span itis hardly huge. so g one-piece structure isn’t out of the question and does speed up things at the flying field. The only proviso I make involves temovable wings on @ mode! ‘without rigging to hold them in place while the model is fying. Simple hooks let int the fuselage, with smal fishing swivels on the innermost cables. is one way of holding the wings in place. Another, and possibly better method, isto install hardwood blocks in the lower wing ro {and 1un @ brass strap across the fuselage. A couple of small screws will secure the lower panels to the strap so ‘the loads will be postive G (unless you fly your model ike Bjorn) neither set of wings can move outwards on thelr Joiners. in this Instance, the rigging cen terminate ot each root fib, providing you with completely rigged cells that slide on and off the model without the need for functional rigging. If, however, you do Intend to atfempt the extreme aerobatics opted for, | sincerely urge you to secure both upper and lower wing roots. Top wings As im sure you've spotted. thers is o Centre section (¢/s) for the top wing, Build this over the plan in the usual manner, with Gl ribs upright. Note that bs RI are shaped to ft the o/s struts you took such core to get accurctely algned. Thismeans ‘that once completed and covered, the Tall surfaces really don't get any easier than this, Nothing but straight bits of wood as far ‘as the eye ean see. The wing tip packed up while the root rib is glued In place at the correct angle for dihe- rai. (all four panels) c/s.can simply be epoxied onto the struts. The joys of drawing in CAD. and the extreme accuracy it allows {i the person doing the crowing gets it ight) means that the simpte gluing in place task will automaticaly set up the corect incidence. Therefore, assuring similar accuracy about the joiner tube postions, the wing panels have to plug on at the correct incidence angle too. if you do intend to aerobat your poor ittle DH6 I strongly recommend that you replace the carbon joiners wih 3mm, pione wire Bagin the wing panels by adding the scrap balsa pieces to R6T ang ROT. These form the sockets into which the interpiane struts wil fi. With that done, proceed to build the ‘wing panels in much the same way as you The top wing centre section, complete with Jolner tubes and carbon red wing dowels. > pee re Ss i | rial ‘A good shot showing how the sirut sockets are ‘created and how the servo fray fits nto the bottom wings. No servo arm exit slot yet though. bull the c/s. Add the root ro last, with the ‘wing panel propped up at the correct dihedral angle. A much more accurate method of setting the root rib angle than ‘ying to lean it while the wing Is flat on the board. Epoxy in place the wing tubes last of all. So you can be absolutely su ‘they'll align perfectly with those in the c/s, slip the wings onto the joiners fitted to said C/s while the glue dies, Just make sure you don't glue the tubes to the joiners, or the wings to the o/s. Otherwise you have inadvertently opted for a one-piece model Bottom wings These ate bul In precisely the same manner as the top wing panels, but have hom plates and servo hatch ras fitted. The fais should be recessed so that the ply NOVEMBER 2013 FLYING SCALE MODELS 21Passing gently overhead the model shows off the seale ‘overlap between upper and lower surface covering. plates wil fi of the wings. flush with the lower surfac Covering and ‘Athough Vidualy any lightweight covering could be used, Bjom chose to cover his model using dark green and cream coloured Lifespan, Although the green isn't exact a WW1 type (t's Olive Drab Isa quick, simple way to ‘arrive at an approximation of the PC 10 on these aitcraft, The cream is for simulating a clear doped linen finish, The rudder was cover Cd using white Litespan and had the rudder stripes was for the painted on. However, i Toundels that Bjorn ui never seen bet Paint drectly onto the wings and fuselage, 3) \dels onto white em out and lroned them 4@ foo was using the Litespan, cut onto the model ner photos, however, shows them 121d, which would have made His ife a whole lot smpler. Rudder serials ware printed onto piain oper, carefuly cut out to provide a white ‘outing and then stuck onto the model. Assembly Asiniimated eatler, much of the assemioh Issolt-igning. The wing Joiners set up both incidence ond dinedkal and the siut sockets mean the incidence will continue for the entie length of each wing pane All you have to do fs make sure you don’t induce any twist as you rig the model. Bern wisely opted for functional rigging, with wire loops atthe fuselage ond struts ond metal snap links on the detachable ends of the rlgging cables - those end attach the win ‘The obligatory naked model photo demonstrates how straightforward fo bulld the model is. 22 FLYING SCALE MODELS NOVEMBER 2013 Those Ironed on foundels work well 100. fe the top wing ¢/s ack the o/s struts, Having the wing wil assst with checking correct alig but ensuring the glue joints are pushed fully home should take care of that. depends how accurately you got the st sat up while building the fuselage. Once: ‘that assembly is completely set, olug on the lower panels and glue the interplane (Wp) struts into thelr sockets. | think we can foke it as read that Bjom has proven that glued in sttuts are amply strong enough to withstand fight loads for anything we car to throw at the model Now use the wing/fuselage assembly as guide to alignment while gluing on the tall surfaces. That part Is entirely down to youto get aligned correctly, so spend a litle time getting fright. Accurately much nicer than just to count ts Control runs for rudder and elevators are closed loop arrangements, The cables run itectly from the servo output arms, through the nyion jbesin the fuselage sides and ;ontrol homs. The elevator cables cross over en then ¢ cable materials g matter of pe taste, but nyion coated trace wire works very well indeed, Each end of the cable being secured by atube CA, These cables tend not fo stretch, so Gdfustment int really needes However, if you want to in some. those little fittings that 4 ute pushrods t ce able end. . ) 7With the sheet decking trimmed to clear them, Bjern uses the ¢/s to ald alignment as the struts are glued In place. Note how they fit into the o/s. The drawings show quite clearly how the aileron Iinkages re effected s0 | won't bore you by tepeating what is on the plan. The only comment Il make is to ensure that the spli-pin glued into the alierons is bent over ang glued into a {groove 50 It isn’t visible on the finished model. The alleron t/e being bass, rather than balsa, helps to ensure they ‘can't pull right through. If you stress them that much, | doubt that loose alleron inkagesis going to be the greatest of your problems. Motor notes The plan shows an AX! 2814/20 and 28 LiPo. This is perfectly dequate for scale-Ike performance in most conaitions, Bjom, knowing how he intended to fly the model, fitted a Turnigy D3536/8 to his DH6, powered by c 3S 2200 mah, Pack, To say he has sightly more power than the model requires is fo undetstate the matter somewhat. Contrary to popular belief, you CAN have too much Power. Bjom got i about right for what he wanted, but others have been less fortunate, A chap who'd butt my 36” SSPAD Xill couldn't understand why it wanted to climb ike a lunatic even at low throttle, but glided well. Having a potential 150 watts/io of power had a great deal fo do with it, Even throttled right back the moter was sill producing too much power for the model. That's an extreme case, but 100 much power can moke landing g nightmare. One single click of frm may be allt takes between reasonably steady, Ifast, fight and o model that wants to climb. If the model has lots of drag, like the DH6 you get three spots on the throttle tim: tying asif i's hit G wall It really fs quite ¢ fine line. Ihad a Flair Taube with an 0.8.48 Surpass that did just that, but with an old 40FS became g pleasure to land. Flying As you've akeady gathered Bion has been thoroughly ‘enjoying his DH6 model with the power level he chose. Not net it ke a DH6 all the time, but having fun Jess. Balanced as indicated the mode just required ‘a couple of clicks of down and aileron trim to be tying ly. So nicely, in fact that even during the 6 minute maiden fight ne felt confident enough To try loops and rolls with her. That 6 minute fight used 900 mA trom his pack, so 12 minutes is easly possible. even with his set-up. Flown mote sedataly on o 28 pack fight times should become iderably 1use of the lower current crow. The prototype model ended up weighing in the region of ibs: not particulary lightweight. and fles really well. For gantio stooging, as bets the prototype, the reduced ‘weight of g 28 pack will make this @ wonderful model for those caim summer evenings and ‘autumn momings otter the mist clears. Even with the reduced power set-up, loops and stall turns are well within the model's scope and low fy pasts will really show off its’ rather quirky outline, Exactly the things l loved about this modet’s smaller sister. ll Get straignt down to construction without delay! This month's ful size free plan feature is supported: by a laser-cut set of ready-to-use balsa and Plywood components. This provides all the parts | ‘that, otherwise, you would need to trace out onto the wood before cutting out. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE STRIP AND SHEET MATERIAL OR SHAPED WIRE PARTS Price £89.00 plus carriage: £11.50 (UK); Europe £2600 Order set CUT477 Shioping Note: For chipping fo destinations outside the UK and Europe, you willbe charged our standard flat-rate price of $49. This covers most destinations andl vecures your order wih us However, we wil contact you accoreingly with an accurats ‘olal shipping charge prior to dispatch and either isve c refund or a PayPal money request for the balance. Visit our secure website: www.flyingscalemodels.com to order yours NOVEMBER 2013 FLYING SCALE MODELS 23R/C SCALE TONIC USN aoe oe feo SMUAISY 87.5” (2223mm) span, 1/8th: 1ft R/C scale model for .50-.60 size two-stroke motors Re aaa n eee Sat ccrE race Pemeamo ker ate hud Imagination more than 20 Sr ee ee ec ie eae a i Bee eae se oot edgy eh amet torre! Pete ie heehee euch outa) using this short-land-an¢-take-off aircratt Cee ene ee ene) Teer enn Tee rma eee anon aun eee ee RC a) 8-17s based near Ridgewall. Oniy three Rue need Rares tel a ke mane) Peeeeazeln See nicky OCG emet ice Mt cree Urea sere cen eer ea CRC R TA cum where the Brish camp was located. My son and | took pictures of the Interior Ce Ra en ane een et ed eee) pictures were also acquired from Scale Plans and Photo Service in North Carolina and the Westland Aircraft Co, ere eae Meer eran eu eC eta Mcrae) Dae ere aol Cee eee Toe From pencil and paper to the finished ee Roan on tues A ecm ircratt plywoods, basswood, aluminum ei meceea se fee Renrc hia Ce ra POI Aa ae ae eee kun ieee ee Ce oe ca eee ae ans Comte deeutr sl) construction spacing throughout all areas, ere akee Caclay i) Sea cane cat ua)lodol features seale stringer spacingthroughout fuselage. Wing Streture uses 1/4” sq, spruce or hard basswood. Two wing tubes glued and taped to structure. 2: Sheeted area ahead of cockpit forward to firewall. Undercarriage anchors at bottom. Battery and first-aid hatch Is thin plywood. 2: Engine cow! and cow! ring, make from In wood - no glass fibre mouldin ‘are wrapped with 1/32” plywood in four layers. sang and shape cll wood as shown on the plans - a tie at @ time, and keep checking the dfferent views is o must, To keep the model ight as possible, liteply was used for the fuselage formers from front and back to the tal sectio where balsa was used on the formers, Depending on the builder, more or less detall can be gpplied. | enjoyed bulicing the most detail that | could fing in the ful size Lysonder, this one is the "Special Duties’ Mark il. Fuselage ‘Again, this fuselage structure mimics the ful sze Lysander starting with the fwo side frames, which must be identica to each other, ftom the nose firewall fo the spice by the climb up ladder, | used hardwood or basswood 1/4” square. Thisis at the top and bottom of the side frames. From the spice going back to the tall section | use 1/4” square balsa Fuselage stringers are 1/8" square, selected with great care (no bows). Wing plugein section used 1/4” hardwood oF basswood square. These are glued with threaded tod info the fuselage. Cord stock shapes ore dampened and glued over wing plugrin areas. White glue drops are used for ves in these areas of card stock. Inside, the cockpit 2106 Bilis green is painted over this assembly, including the navigators table. The fuselage firewall Is made up with one 1/8" aitratt plywood, and iwo 1/4" Ie ply layers which can be bolted and removed with hex bolts. Between the bottom formers 2.and 3is g removable section for serve WESTLAND LYSANDER Get straight down to construction without deloy! ‘This months full size free pian feature is supported, by G loser-cut set of ready-to-use balsa and plywood components. This provides ail the parts that. otherwise, you would need to trace out onto the wood before cutting out. IT DOES NOT INCLUDE STRI AND SHEET MATERIAL OR SHAPED WIRE PARTS Price £135.00 plus carriage: £11.50 (UK); Europe £26.00 Order set CUT 109 Shipping Note: For shipping to destnations outside the UK and Europe, you wil be charged out standasd fate price of 649, ‘his covers mort destinations and secues you order wih Us However, wo wil contact you accorcingly with an accurate ‘otal sipping charge pri to dispaich and ether isue c refund ora PayPal money request for the balance, Visit our secure website: www-flyingscalemodels.com to order yours NOVEMBER 2013 FLYING SCALE MODELS 251¢ cowl complete and fitted. Note cardborad over cockpit area for marking off ‘greenhouse frames, to be mad Caen een nea ioneeaen ea? ‘The fully finished with dummy exhaust stack, cowl dummy engine Dee rest eer) Priori nme ree rears seure) hides .56 two-strole engine, mounted side-winder. Prete ee LS Leer Mercury radial engi Cores eek cure et Ren eee ree eae eS) ence kea ren ngs er tes time for you to think about the next Cone a eancrs Cer aT ere es challenging, out rewarding. Most of the persed ee ear’ per here ameter teen) ee oer eet ee eee eee ry Pee er tate Se eae RC Rec noe cy Sees erage Sunk tod peclee oe eRe eek enn ee iss ole een eee emer ag eee ene cnegi a) Cee ee oer ate aucic Use rectangular sheeting, and then sand to streamline shape. Rio stitching on ere eee en eee Cae Cur Maat) Dera aed Pe ceeees leat eee Mee) Peres oer ery De Cen Ree eee ee ecg aoe ea Cee ea elec Meena) ee eee ey ems Reece ert er oes eed arte odes) eer) ee mae a eed tecler ecm ae encore) er atone c) shape is sanded. 1/8” and 1/4" lite ply eae ken eee cette ss Meteors top of this assembly. you glue four panels RT am sees eedowels to ne up and glue the front ring to this rum, The whole ossembly is held, to the firewall by four small fthead sctews. Cowl gils attach (glued) to the fear of the drum. These ore 1/32" plywood pieces. held together with heovy Oper ships. These air flops Gro in o sight ‘pen Postion. The rocker box fotings on the cowl are basswood, Landing gear The 5/32" main undercamiage wire has to be shaped accorcing to the tront view: Cond side view on the plons. A second Wite struts soldered to the rear of the front wire and the space between i filed with lite ply. This lows coptive wing bolts (@ylon) fo come through the landing gear to the wing strut. (As shown on front view enplon). 1/2" and 1/4" bolo suround this wire, ond near the wheel well | used sh 1/4” baa sheet with In-il where needed. At the wheel oreo, | used Commercial shock absorbing spring unit. Do not giue londing gear where il meets the fuselage. Leove a 1/64" oir gap. Two formers are clamped to the gear and, WESTLAND Pat) Bre tea eter then glued up into fuselage. but not glue Ike | said where a nyion batt goes meeting fuselage). Dummy scale engine This simulates the Bistol Mercury nine- yinder engine that powered the full size arcraft, with one cyinder removed and some creas of two other cylinders. Most 6f the dummy engine on my model was made from bosswood. aluminum tubes, small springs, wire, and small hex bolts The muffier was made from a cigor = uit from layers of shee! balsa. 10: The fully 9: Main undecariage “trousers, Undercartiage. side covers, as per full sz eae <4 dluminum tube that somebody gave me, Wing and struts Scole spacing is what we have here in the wing construction. Holes in the middle of fds serve lo lighten, yet retoin strength. The main spars ore bull fist with webs on both sides. Ribs ore 3/32 balsa sheet. Front ribs and midale ros ‘ie put together with the main spor on the boord. then the flaps ond ailerons xe added. Sheeting at the ‘ront represents metal leading edge surface Temoved to reveal ine wheel. NOVEMBER 2013 FLYING SCALE MODELS 27NLS SO eee eas Penh ees eee mete ear yet) Creel eau eerie Pee eae ghee tt Sea age ne een en mean) een ee aa Cn Cee eek At ey Cee een oS eer et eee rg Cece CRI etry ead ea Rae octane Rectal or thin plywood. Acrylic lacquer in three eae ut Rd en) cus Prat ec) Nee chuce ete eee nena eA] Pieraccioni Cota eeky Reece ne] ener ea eRe Pee eae cere race Cree tk eur enna Coe eaee ec ceaces eae let ina Sen Aircraft Co. in Yeovil for vor enon otal a) aoecue ead one Senger ec smooth and stable, gentle and forgiving, Cee et] oes With so much cabin area exposed to view, It's Internal detail that made the difference fo Frank Mizer's model. PR beet Kea OG}pene EP LY a DERPer Pe cc) Pima rere Reseed Cee rear prose enter POL Perry ae tad Perrin ore meres pore Incidence setting. Pee cea ed Ce ee) Pei Cones psec tare oe Crom peel 17: close-up of the mounting Peer et eR eer eet 19: Fixed, welded tube stop on the right hand fuselage side for rear cabin access, 20: Lower anchor point of the wing strut at the top of the main ee 30 FLYING SCALE MODELS NOVEMBER 2013,21; Fairing over the upper front wing Peed eno Primes ree ace) Upper strut anchor point, showing the Perris Nt ea Pree hcn eed eer RC scr Ss ae eos Pree eee Eres PAL eee panier eben ea a] rere Oe Cee) Soe tee) Peet ore ete aR ea) Seok Pros r ces ‘NOVEMBER 2013 FLYING SCALE MODELS 31ee ete aie See eee kegs ees eee eee etl etaer) Neen needs wala Berea Meuron PO Koester ect eaten | See teen cer tacaets lorgoly standard machine for this role procucing, insted, oe eee iene tea et i) success inthis may be Judged by the fact that the ere aeee he ees Peete lots keto ten ieee ee torte osm eet eres en ee cer eet et acs kre eie eee ray ere Naa cee) Pears Cee tek aern Nereis arr en any Deere ee eae eae keh DAV AN select eee ei) etna eek DU mcs eee Cleve er ae cote ae ea eer RON ea nemo cancel Reena ea Rea etter ea BORN eee at APS Uta ear Pedi age ae ete ee ar) ee dea ae egy fee nal iaelor ease ny eee ace tte eae tir i) iMate eee a ha ed ea Peau ae un ee eeu eee Rak Aa) er ee ope nega dh eg aS Rego Teme ara eee deere aliases Sore e MER P terete gy cre ale taaie Caetano ea) a eR etre sas tasgen seater Ta Paes ore Dice acta letra tah seco ia Cuetec pea : ec ee ae Reape eeu lac ea taste] vo Sener rea Monee a Noemie anger eal tee ge) ies aaa eee ee ry y ee ee ena atk acl) 3 operate, They fought many gallant Ss Bete oe tena Tse eee lost rer ton eas EE beret) Rea ee} acd ybe ‘ . a \ i Y NOVEMBER 2013.LYING SCALE MODELS 33enti’ ‘te a) mua (ore a se cen a, ena wa) ‘i ce | Slits or res pean Reproduction fis ana um 0 ae pas) at oe, aya iz wastelands eieetee | 4 as ee ele ID ee eeu He, ton, ernie SH ple fe ot 6 WESTLAND LYSANDER; Mks.I,1 & IIA.) iiss o: rteLn eee ra 12m arn caine ae ae — cae Son IN, “| vera Alem yin vr ” Wag PB "2 se cs e ~ Dw an-rogu, best po. wan ree sau a ives wi «ot Fa ae a = : ve oe) 7(C) JAMES GOULDING SPECIFICATION Dimensions: ‘Span: 501 Length: 30 ft. 6in. loaded weight: Mk. |-5,920 los. Mik. 116,015 lbs. Mk. 16.318 Ibs Performance: Max. speed: Mk |-219mp.h Take-off run to 50 tt Landing run from 50 ft Mk. 11-230m ph, Mk. 111-212 mph, Min, speed: 55 m.p.h, heavy and by the end of May. the survivers ‘were back in Britain with about £0 arcratt lett from the otighat 174. For allthis, production of the Lysander continued, but various problems conceming the Perseus engine dictated a change back to the relidble Mercury and the Lysander Mk. Ilemerged, powered by the Mercury XX 30, diving g D.H. variable pitch propeter number of Mk. I's, fogether with some Mk I's and I's were fitted with twin 03 in Browning guns i the rear cockpit, others being modified for towing targets, oF {uly loaded) Handy Page Hotspur traning giors. {Mi the beghnning of the Battio of Brain in ZIoADych GOWN —_ Une 1940, Lyscnders were Used for 310% MD yck Grown) Crea ‘antiinvasion patrols, but at the end of July. they commenced Ai Sec Rescue duties and a year later four Squadrons were employed on this work, their morale uplitted by the twin Brownings and an ‘escort of Spitfires! On the night of ath/Sth Septemiber. 1941 the unique copabities of the Lysander ‘came into their own again as a black- Painted specimen landed in g French fleld, ‘sgorged one secret agent. picked UD ‘another and retumed to England. Ths single ‘operation heralded the hazordous work of Nos. 138 and 161 Squadrons which, over the next three yeuts, delvered 298 persons to foreh-signalled French landing places andTamed Ge ding _— fe brought more than 00 petsons out, some of whom were shot-down aircrew. On more than one occasion the Germans ambushed the lysandeers ond one pilot managed to tly @buletsiddled machine all the way back to ‘bose with one hand on the controls ang the other stemming the flew of blood from a neck wound. Iniitoly. No. 148 Squadron carried out similar clandestine work, as did oth ysanders in the Far Eas, al these activities boing asisted by the titing of a 160-gation, overload fuel tank and an external ladder. During 1940/41, some Lysandiers were modified for experimental purposes, the fist three being antiinvasion machines The orignal prototype, K 6127, wos fitted with & rondem wing and @ mockup Boutton-Pau four-gun turret. L4$73 had & four 203 in. belly gun pack, and beth K6127 (in standard form) and 4673 (standara) wore tied with a pa of 20 mm. Madsen ‘cannons on the undercarriage logs, P1723 Undergoing tests with a power-chiven turet att of the mainpiane. Another machine carried bench-type ar brakes, while 11443 receNved a Dowty castoring undercarriage for cross wing landing trials. P9105 was ftted with a Steiger highilff wing, Incorporating ful span slots and flops without ailerons, lateral contol being achieved by spoilers, Lysander production ceased in January, 1942, after 1,368 machines had been bul in this country and a futher 228 in Canada. Apart from its vitualy worldwide operation boy the RA, the Lysander served with the Air Forces of the Canadians lis, Fee French, Turks, Egyptians, Finns, South Africans, ‘and Portuguese. 7 NOVEMBER 2013 FLYING SCALE MODELS 37