- Rover Scout
- Explorer Scout
- Emergency Service
Fig. 1: AS-31-Front
- Size: 66 mm x 17 mm
- Shape: Rectangle
- Material: Twill
- Border: Cut-edge red
- Background: Red
- Lettering Color:
- Design: Black inverted V inside white circle
Fig. 2: AS-31-Reverse
- Back: Gauze reinforced starched
Item Name: Air Scout Builder - Observer
Item ID: AS-31
Collector Rating: 0
Requirements (1947-49)
1. A. Point out the following with accuracy on a plane, a model plane, a photograph, or diagram, and explain their use-- fuselage, cabin, cockpit; landing gear, struts, wheels, wheel pants brakes, skiis; engine, cowling, spinner, properller, cylinders, wings; camber, leading and trailing edges, ailerons, flaps, slots; empennage, fin, rudder, elevator, tabs, stabilizer.
B. Make rough diagrams, distinguishing between landplane, seaplane, flying boat, amphibian, autogiro, helicopter.
2. Build a flying model plane (kit may be used) and cover with transparent material so that structure may be observed. Discuss arrangement of structure with Ace Builder or leader.
3. Carve, for a flying model, two propellers having the same diameter (about 2/5 of the wing span) and approxiametely the same pitch, but with different blade areas, one 1/10 and the other 1/6 of the wing area. Test in flight and report.
4. Build and compare for takeoff speed and stability, two simple stick flying models, and same in every respect except one to be Rise off ground and the other Rise off water.
5. Explain to a Crew or Squadron, with a rough diagram or model the chief structural differeneces between rigid, semi-rigid airships, non-rigid blimps, free and captive balloons, poiting out the advantages and uses of each. Make a balloon from gores or patterns cut from tissue paper and fly, using hot air generated with a wick fastened at the mouth of the balloon.
6. Demonstrate before a Crew or Squadron your ability to start and operate a model gas engine successfully. Show with a rough diagram the difference in the working of a two-cycle and four-cycle engines.