128 AEROMODELLER ANNUAL STANDARD CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS TAILPLANE CENTRE TAILPLANE OUTER RIB RIB AEROMODELLING WITH STANDARD PARTS “Standard”-Construction does for aeromodelling what Meccano has done for the general model builder in supplying parts which can...
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128 AEROMODELLER ANNUAL STANDARD CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS TAILPLANE CENTRE TAILPLANE OUTER RIB RIB AEROMODELLING WITH STANDARD PARTS “Standard”-Construction does for aeromodelling what Meccano has done for the general model builder in supplying parts which can be built up into an infinite number of components. By Erich Jedelsky, who has done so much to promote this modern con structional method. Λ FTER three years of development and practical testing of production ^ facilities, machines, tools, etc. and wood-materials, an assortment of “ Standard”-parts is obtainable in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, all of good quality and made to close tolerances. Object of “ Standard”-Construction is the quick assembly of finished parts. Modern modelling must be quick, simple and require a minimum of tools, if it is to have a general appeal. In the very early days of modelling, stringers, longerons and ribs had to be split off a bamboo cane. By contrast modern techniques demand prefabricated parts
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