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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1978-08-23, Page 5Carl Graber Flies mode planes for a hobby Everybody has a favorite passion. Carl Graber of Brussels has one too. His radio controlled airplanes. "I was alviays interested in model airplanes. I used to build a lot of plastic kits when I was a kid," Carl said. Carl said he has always wanted to get into radio control models but it has just been in the last four years that -he's been able to affoid- it.- "My interests are scale models of prototypes," he said. Carl explained .how the radio controlled planes work. , "The fellow 'on the ground has a radio transmitter and with this transmitter con- trols the functioris of the plane. In the planes are little Electric Motors and each functiori is controlled by a motor. Right now Carl has about six of the planes which weigh about eight or. nine pounds • each. Carl now belongs to the Kitchener- Waterloo Flying Dutchmen Club - a decision he made after smashing up four plane's. It is the biggest scale model club in Cariada with 75 members. Carl is now starting his fourth season with the club. To make one of the planes he usually buys the lumber then follows a set of drawings. In a kit, the majority of the parts are already pre-cut so it's more a matter of sanding and glueing A to B., Carl said. ' Carl recently took part in a demonstration of the radio controlled aircraft at the Antique Car Rally and Flea Market held in Brussels. • Carl has had four or five. requests for airshows and has put on demonstrations in Kitchener, Goderich and London. As well as flying the planes himself, ' Carl is also teaching other people how to operate then and they get together for a night and go out to Jim Arnistrong'S airport.- He has had a small amount of stick time on a real plane. "I have a desire for the real thing but I still have a great desire for modelling in miniature," Carl said. Of the radio flying he said, "It is difficult but that makes it seem ,a challenge. . Is the hobby expensive? Compared to something like needlepoint, yes. The initial cost fora good radio would Nil around $350, a good kit would run around $70, a engine around $100 and around $25 for miscellaneous expenses. If the batteries are fully charged up the planes are good for approximately three hours before they need recharging. The engine sizes run anywhere from, .3 Worse- power to 12 horsepower. These are what' they call glow engines and they run on a two cycle principle. These planes can fly as fast as 90 to 100 miles per hour. Carl flies his planes as far as he can see within a half mile radiug. The range on his flight packs are approximately a mile and a quarter. The duration of flying time is usually a minute to the ounce on his 60 size motors so that a 15 ounce fuel tank gives him 15 minutes of flying time. Carl is enthusiastic about his pet subject as he explains that it can be a year round hobby because you can build the planes all winter and fly them all summer. It's a difficult art trying to fly the planes because the pilot isn't in the plane and therefore can't feel what the plane is doing. The pilot on the ground has to have in mind what moves he's going to make with "the plane long before he does them. - As Carl explains, when the plane is flying away from you left is left and right is right but when the plane is coming back things are the opposite way round so the operator has to be careful in•controlling his actions so the plane doesn't come crashing to the ground. There's even a world contest that involves the flying of these planes and Carl says Canadian are really coming up in the competitions. He said some of the Europeani are saying the Canadians are going to the ones to watch in the coming years. These model aircraft are also now being used as more than just hobby figures. Carl who obviously reads a lot on his pet topic said they use radio controlled heliciopters in the U.S.; Australian, and English military servies for target practice. it they bring, out a design fora new aircraft they will do a mock-up of it radio control form helping' them to build the right one. They are also using them to sense atmospheric conditions well: netthey are used in the movie industry as. Carl plans to enter contests in London,- Kitchener and other areas around Ontario and if he feels he does all right' in these contests he might consider going into national level competition. Cad obviously has plans for flying, high with his hobby. • —„ Carl Graber RENOVATION SALE You'll ,never ever find better values on .all our new and used motorcycles and accessories than we're offering right now. We've expanded our sales and service facilities 'and everything has been in a real mess for the past month. 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