Ted’s “CL Scale” column appears bi-monthly in the February, April, June, August, October, and December issues of Model Aviation. His email address is [email protected].
Hi! I was born-reared in Medina, Ohio, and came to live in Phoenix, Arizona, after college. I started flying in 1948 with 10-cent Comet kits in a coal shed converted to a model shop, and progressed to a Cleveland Condo, FuBar, and Veco Warrier and my own flying field on our small farm. I claim innovator honors for the first foam Combat ship, a 1955 Half-Fast. Before I took off for MIT in 1956, I was designing my own Navy Carrier airplanes and winning trophies in Cleveland contests.
My turbulent engineer/entrepreneur career found me designing/developing commuter turbofan and jet engines, test equipment for nuclear warheads, variable speed accessory drives, and blowing up Saturn 5 components. I founded a biotech company that produced pigskin dressings for burn units and a software company supporting the largest New York City and London banks.
In 1976, I founded the Navy Carrier newsletter and setup the founding dinner for the Navy Carrier Society at the 1977 Nationals. I have been a contest director for many local contests, plus events at the Nationals. Most recently I had a stint writing and editing the National Association of Scale Aeromodelers newsletter and the Scale NatsNews for AMA.
Most of my flying is with the Central Arizona Control Line Club. I write and publish their newsletter, and do my building in an 800-square-foot model shop with a “silenced” engine test cell. My three dozen ceiling mounted airplanes are waiting to be tossed on the heap in the tin shed while I have eight new Scale and Navy Carrier designs under construction. The Beachey Little Looper will do ”Z” maneuvers and the Pogo does vertical anything. Now if I could just finish one!
For the “CL Scale” column I am covering all kinds of Scale contests, from local 1/2A Profile to the Nationals. I will focus on the unique aspects of CL Scale and advocate for growing participation. Your job is to talk to me!
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