How to Build and Fly Old Timer Model airplanes

Engine Basics, Fuel Pressure Bladder System, Uniflow Tanks and other information.

Engines Ignition, Trouble Shooting, Fuels, Circuit Diagrams

Diesel Basics, Fuel Re-furbishing, ED History and Ian McQueen's Every Thing You Need to Know about Diesels

Rubber Models How-to's, Motor List, Classic W/F Rules and Proceedures, 36" Rubber Cub

Electric Model How-To's, Battery Calculator, Electric Boehle Giant and Spirit of SAM models, Design an Electric LMR, Tandy's Speed 400 Cloudster

Covering How-to's, including Pollyspan, Tissue over Mylar, Silk, Printing Graphics, Weight Comparisons

SAMTalk E-mail Message Board HowTo, Set up a SAMTalk Email filter, Subscribe/Unsubscribe, SAM Electric discussion group

Engine Basics, Fuel Pressure Bladder System, Uniflow Tanks and other information. Engines Ignition, Trouble Shooting, Fuels, Circuit Diagrams Diesel Basics, Fuel Re-furbishing, ED History and Ian McQueen's Every Thing You Need to Know about Diesels Rubber Models How-to's, Motor List, Classic W/F Rules and Proceedures, 36" Rubber Cub Electric Model How-To's, Battery Calculator, Electric Boehle Giant and Spirit of SAM models, Design an Electric LMR, Tandy's Speed 400 Cloudster Covering How-to's, including Pollyspan, Tissue over Mylar, Silk, Printing Graphics, Weight Comparisons SAMTalk E-mail Message Board HowTo, Set up a SAMTalk Email filter, Subscribe/Unsubscribe, SAM Electric discussion group
Airtronics 2.4GHz FHSS – A Review in regard to ignition interference, by Ed Hamler
Tips and Hints to Build an R/C OT Model by Tandy Walker, 4 pages
Dan McLeod's method of building stick models on a glass surface.
Tandy builds a full-sized Lanzo Bomber web page
Gary Sherman's tips and hints on building a 1/2 A Texaco Taibi Powerhouse. You could also build this model for 1/2 A Texaco or Speed 400 Electric RC Assist classes.
Ramon Alban's Vintage Model Airplanes web site.
Web Site with many old Italian Model Magazine articles
Dave Harding's Boehle's Giant a landmark model web page
The vintage models flown by SAM members are those designed, published or available as kits during the golden era of model aviation, the decade of the thirties to the beginning of WWII. During this period, the methods of construction and flight preparation were perfected and formed the foundation for all model aviation that followed. They are flown in free flight, powered by gas and rubber motors, and gliders. For the RC enthusiast, or for those whose flying field limits free flight, there are categories for ignition and glow powered engines. Recently several electric powered classes have been introduced to allow flying of these models quietly from fields where glow and ignition engines are not allowed. Old Timer models were built largely from balsa wood and covered with various tissues or fabrics. Few people now build models this way and the skills to do so are vanishing with those who did so. It is our objective to use this website as a resource to preserve the skills necesary to build and fly Old Timer model airplanes by publishing and archiving articles on various related topics. Should you have these skills and wish to contribute, please contact the webmaster at the Contact us page. Earl's article and plan and construction guidance;- care of Ed. Hamler and Ned Nevels.	Ed Hamler holds building sessions at his SAM 27 Chapter in Napa, California. Here he is showing the Earl Stahl Fokker D-VIII model that was the featured design for the 2006 SAM Champs.
SAM Links Other sites with "how to" articles of interest below:- SAM 27 How To web pages Charles River Club "How To" web articles. Not Old Timer but an excellent resource for modelers. SAM 17 Thermalier "How To" web articles Mike Stuart's superb web site with many free flight scale models featured.
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