Harold deBolt remembered - 2012/08
Harold deBolt, who passed away
in 2005, was known as Hal, or
in later years as “Pappy” deBolt. I
never met him, but neither did I meet
Charlton Heston. Still, I feel as though I
knew them both.
Old-Timers - 2012/02
SAM Champs 2011
Old-Timers - 2011/04
TWIN-PUSHER RUBBER designs dominated early modeling
competition. Later, Vernon Boehle and others showed that singlemotor,
rubber-powered airplanes could also be competitive.
Old-Timers - 2010/06
IN THE FEBRUARY column I requested
comments from aerodynamicists regarding
the apparent sudden tail-heaviness and control
difficulties that occurred when a model’s
covering released from the undercambered
portion of the wing. Thanks to Edmund (Ned)
Smith, Alan Brown, Basil Cooper, and Dick
Fischer for their responses.
The four were in basic agreement, and
their answers differed only in the amount of
detail. I had a rough idea of what had
happened, but I wanted to keep it simple and
accurate while sounding like an
aerodynamicist myself, by tossing in a proper
aerodynamic term or two. Following is a
condensed version of their composite answer.
Old-Timers - 2010/10
JIM WALKER Is
probably a familiar
name to most Old-
Timers.
