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The World's Best Climate
BROOKINGS-HARBOR PILOT, BROOKINGS, OREGON
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ODEL AIRPLANES
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F,fteen-year-old Ronnie Thorsen of Portland
bed'riddr^ mcst of his life with recurrent attacks of
re riatic fever. But that hasn’t dampened his enthusiasm for
™P*ne building which he does with such skill that last
Vi^-inn
p?Wn hy,ar{nend’.to°k first place in the junior
of the Plymouth International Model Plane Contest at
Detroit against a field of several hundred contestants. With
plans for another entry this year, Ronnie tells in this series of
In - ^maion10 *** started ln one
fhe fastest growing hobbies
Asdel is owner and founder of
Oregon Coast Berry Co., propa
gators of blueberries. He told the
Pilot he had quite a number of
customers here and in the Smith
River area.’
BUT LETS LOOK AT BOTH
< JUST
AT th ;.
Mrs. C. II. Barnes and daugh
ter, Mrs. Miriam Norton, were
hostessess for a dinner party in
honor of Wesley E. Gurr, Sun-
day. Other guests were Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Ault and son, Gary,
Mrs. Barnes and her daughter
are now living at Smith River,
in their home, recently completed.
CHAPTER FIVE
duct your test glide over grass,
E. II. Grootendorst and sons
Balancing and Adjusting
keeping in mind a possible crash
were
Grants Pass visitors, Sat-
For every model plane maker, landing. Most modelers hold the
urday,
to see the annual glad
there is a feeling of satisfastion fuselage well back of the wing,
that comes when his model is and push the craft with the nose show, staged at that place, They
finally completed and ready to aimed at a point on the grass complained of the terrific heat
on their return home.
fly. Let’s say that you have spent about 25 to 30 feet ahead.
hours of time in planning and
If there is any stalling ten
Miss Edith Ott, who has been
constructing a neat design and dency, try moving the wing back.
spending her annual vacation in
everything is all finished up to A diving tendency is corrected this area, will leave Saturday
the point of actual trying it out. by moving the wing forward.
loi Portland. She was a former
What will be your next step? Sometimes it is made advisable resident of this vicinity.
You won’t want to wind up your to raise the leading edge a a
R. G. Sabin, county sheriff,
prop or start your engine and wing to correct diving or to
while
let ’er go into the wild blue yon raise the trailing edge to correct
a visitor in Brookings last
week, told the Pilot he had be-
der without knowing just what a stalling position.
come a land owner in this area,
is going to happen. You’d be the
Some models having fixed wings when
he completed the purchase
luckiest builder in the country
and tail have to be altered to
of
the
Farmer place up the Chet-
if your plane had perfect flight
correct stalling by adding weight
co River. Mr. Sabin intimated he
qualities without any adjustments
such as solder or BB shot in a
living necessary.
would start a dude ranch in the
small box cemented within the future.
Consider that you have se-
plane’s nose. In most cases, ad-
lected a sound design to begin
dition or more weights cuts the
Rev. E. C. Hicks, pastor of the
with and that you built your ’ Dnrínrmonn/i
_ __ • > Smith River Methodist church,
performance and is ± to ~ i be
avoid-
model carefully, following all in-
ed if possible.
was business caller here Wednes
structions. There the big differ
day
morning. He recently re
Adjustments
in
most
cases
are
ence between getting top qual
dependent on what is to be ex- turned from a three-weeks trip
ity flight performance or maybe
pected of the plane. If your to Salem and Portland to visit
a disappointing crack-up will de
pend on how you adjust your model is to be a good flyer, there friends and relatives.
will be a problem of making it
model for flight. Patience plays
Mrs. .Hilda Hallowell of Grants
operated
within a certain area.
a big part in proper adjusting.
Pass
spent the w’eek-end visiting
e don t w’ant to have to hunt
Remember that before trying lor a plane that disappears from her brother-in-law and sister, Mr.
a power flight, test glide your sight, so let’s adjust our model and Mrs. Elmer Kennedy
model. By studying gliding char so on a power flight it will circle
acteristics and making proper and remain in our immediate
adjustments you’ll soon be get- area. A slight turn is desirable
FOR BIDS
ting real tun out of owning a
in most models. This may be
successful little plane. Keep in
Notice is hereby given that the
accomplished by twisting the rud
mind that it you don’t know what der. For every 30 feet forward undersigned will receive sealed
your craft will do on every flight, the ship should turn about ten bids to and including September
it isn't adj listed. Before the model
leet to the right and when com 6th, 1949, at the office of the
leaves your hand for the first pleted, the craft should glide in County Clerk of Curry County
lor the conversion of our wood
glide, see that you have selected circles about
70
feet
in
diameter,
a breezeless day in order to test
furnace to oil furnace and in
Generally speaking, adjusting stalling fuel tank.
accurately. There are a few simple
The right to reject any and
checks of balance and alignment and aligning is an extremely im-
portant
part
of good model per- all bids is hereby reserved.
which w ill go far toward prevent
formance. Experience will add
ing future headaches.
County Court, Curry County.
much
to
your
skill
in
preparing
Oregon, By Oleta A. Walker,
Look at you I !’ modt'l first from
planes for flight. In competitive
Clerk.
A4.11
above. Check to see
wings
meets
it
is
easy
to
see
whv
And tail are in alignment with
modelers must h ive all the bugs
each
and with the
out
of their planes and keep them
as a
ment here will cause pooi' flying, in top shape. The best perform-'
country will be at !
Take another look directly head ers in
Detroit
summer and you !
on and correct anything out of
can just bet that they got there
lino.
only because their planes did,
Now check the ship's balance
y what was expected oi
by supporting it beneath the win« 1 hem
at the preliminary state I
with your tin gers. Balance points
accord ini
<\\ith this article, I conclude j
mid moie accurate adjustment
my series, and I hope that I have!
using weights fore
helped you in your modeling. It '
Your plans will
usually indicate where the plan« is modeling that keeps me going!
should balance, I nless it docs trom day to day. and I think it
ba lanci', at leasi roughly, at this should be even greater joy to
a boy who is able to be outdoors
Mid, it "’quid be unwise to it
All the tune.)
tempt flying,
Take a look at the w*ay your
propeller “tracks. When viewed
from the sides, does it seem to
Fade's Beauty Shop unit be
wobble? Maybe the center hole closed from August 1 to 30.
in the prop hasn’t been drilled
O
Mr. & Mrs. C. A. Dimond. Port
true. Maybe the hole for the
*baft is too large or perhaps th land were brief callers here Sun
bearing for the prop shaft is day, on route to Portland after
faulty. These are things to con- a trip over central Oregon. Mi
fiider, should JOU have trouble Dimond is one of the owners of
Paper Mills Agency of Oregon,
here.
Room 1, Central
w
holesale paper merchants.
Having checked alignment and
LOCAL NEWS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 4. 1949
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PILOT CLASSIFIED ADVER TISING PAYS—TRY IT NOW!
YOUR NEIGHBOR FEEDS
He Buys Them From the
Smith River Feed & Seed Co
BUSINESS REASON COMPELS SALE
Lovely, modern Three-Bedroom home (24x60
feet); has insulation, built-in refrigeration and
automatic lire protection. Large 2-story connect
ing garage 24x48 feet, with upstairs living quar
ters. Six acres of level ground, all clear and till-
posession. Courtesy to brokers.
H. T. JAMES, Harbor, Oregon
T 0
WE
HAVE
R
BROOKINGS LAND & TOWNSITE CO
balance, let's have a look at the
Mr. and Mrs. George Asdel and
actual test glide and see what children, of Port Orford, were
we can learn by doing this. Con- callers in this area Friday. Mr.1
Building
Brookings, Oregon