A question frequently asked on the flying field is about my choice covering material for rubber model fuselages. It’s not surprising because silk is an attractive medium with a slightly mythical status. Oiled silk was a covering of choice in a bye-gone era, later replaced by tissues like modelspan and jap, which in turn were outmoded by a variety of junk-spans that, for the most part, seem singularly unsuitable for rubber models, relying as they do on a tight covering to sustain torsional strength.

This is not the first time the process has been explained on the digital highway but perhaps not in this detail. It is pretty much as I learned it from Mike Kemp who first wrote about it in the August 1984 Sam35Speaks Rubber Column. Mike learned it from Peter Michel, who learned it from David Baker who learned it from Danny (two e's if you please) Sheelds who learned it from ….

And now everybody can learn it from here. I would add however that yours truly does not expect too many of our fraternity to actually try this method as there seems to be less and less interest in these esoteric art-forms. However, included in the process is an amazing secret that one can only share, in reality, by following the process and waiting several years. Confused? Then read or download the process from this PDF link:

http://uk.geocities.com/ramon.alban@btinternet.com/Silk01.pdf

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Ramon

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“Voodoo” was one of the more famous British post-war Wakefield designs by Ron Warring. Known as “The Witchdoctor” because of his unique ROG launching style he was arguably the greatest among his British contemporaries and probably unlucky never to have won the Wakefield Trophy.

His famous design was the last in a line of truly competitive models before the rules changed in 1951. I built my version in 1985 and am still flying the same model 21 years later.

For me, “Voodoo” was a watershed choice of model as it marked the start of a gradual departure from flying power models until in 1987 with several other rubber models added to my stable I gave up on internal combustion and concentrated totally on the Crazy Rubberband.

Read or download my story of this famous design at the following PDF link:

http://uk.geocities.com/ramon.alban@btinternet.com/Voodoo01.pdf

See close-up image of Single Band DT Function and Adjustable Trim Tab here:

http://uk.geocities.com/ramon.alban@btinternet.com/Voodoo03.pdf

And this is a scanned image of the Voodoo Plan from which this model was built:

http://uk.geocities.com/ramon.alban@btinternet.com/VoodooPlan.pdf

Find other stories from the Blogroll in the left hand pane or the Blog link below.

Ramon
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The 2006 SAM Euro Champs took place at Little Rissington this year, instead of the traditional venue of Middle Wallop.

This move of venue and the appalling weather forecast kept the turnout down and the hardy souls who braved the elements, particularly the first two days, were confronted with some challenging conditions and arduous retrieves.

This is my personal account and observations of the Crazy Rubberband events as they unfolded. Read or download the story in PDF format from this link:

http://uk.geocities.com/ramon.alban@btinternet.com/2006euro01.pdf

Also available from this page are all the results from the meeting including those for power and glider events. With acknowledgement to the SAM 1066 Results Service, who published them on their home web-site, I have retabulated them and presented them in PDF form for easy reading and downloading. To read them in conjunction with the above story, click this link:

http://uk.geocities.com/ramon.alban@btinternet.com/2006euro02.pdf

Ramon
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