1975 Dan Pruss IIfeague &Iiournament IN 1970 first LSF Tournament scheduled registration mark 100 seemed milestone contest attendance fact LSF mem bership just pushing 100 mark made contest figure improbability year limit 150 placed pre-registration tournament could remain manage able dates August 30 31 1975 place Costa Mesa Calif site Mile Square Co-Contest Directors John Donelson Bob Hahn tasks 5-minute duration 7-minute duration 10-minute precision-duration 2-minute precision 4-lap speed-distance task over 150-meter course 10-minute duration tasks except speed-distance normalizing factors perfect score netted 1000 points would make cal culating easier old system whereby best score task resulted 1000 points others pro-rated respect top scorer speed-duration task flat 480 points 40 per quarter lap awarded just finishing course finished four laps time plotted graph bonus would earned interesting concept well thought out Donelson Hahn Held August 30-3 1 Mile Square Costa Mesa event popular pre-registration limit 1 50 contestants necessary Since published rule book graph presented 1000 800 600 Time-Points 400 200 0 I 123 Time-Minutes rules stated time points will awarded finishing task less four minutes open-ended task possibility achieving 1000 points task flown ex ceptionally fast task purposely sized long enough contestants will complete distance therefore considerable judgment will required de cide whether fly fast slow ballast wind lift etc b Completing course L/D max should result approximately 800 points c Ballasting good lift can result 1300 plus possible score task merit open-ended feature wouldnt necessarily allow anyone run away disproportionately high score evident top score task posted 1020 points task placed fifth order give contestant opportunity fly conservatively boldly depending standing So long speed distance tasks thermal sailplane competition will also controversy pro ponents speed tasks denounce distance events because luck factors involved order achieve mileage defend distance tasks claim speed merely test structural integrity model two tasks can combinedas Donelson Hahn---then perhaps new event will encouraged both camps As did finish course 13 quarter laps still encourage clubs try task attempt out cluck factor rounds possible should flown given contest Due early morning fog Sunny Cali fornia didnt happen until about 930 both days spite late start tasks run quick times around two hours exception being speeddistance closer three hours expected because time manpower required identify sail plane prior launch again time 46 Model Aviation Dr Barbara Henon 1972 Tournament winner being coached Dick Shilling Timer Bob Von Hellens First Tournament held 1970 Denny Darnell checking sky before launching Aquila Next years Tournament planned site optimists think perhaps 600 1SF members might compete far pylon flight group call-up system used seems answer best managing contests 100 fliers Six winches used assigned winch master Six 12 volts available Landing zones two circleseach 25-foot radius tape per circle point per three-in increments marked direct read-outs Landing values 0-100 points Landing judges utilized measurements Flying done off hard surface runway Mile Square once military airfield used World War II has since made recreational park hard-surfaced runways remain Land ings Mile Square probably smoothest seen sailplane contest factor skills techniques have improved over years However runway made concrete best virtue prudence exer cised lest grind crafts fuse lage back servo compartment Both wind lift light com pared conditions back East found anyone lives east Sierra Madre also considered live back East Saturday saw five- seven- ten-minute duration tasks held saw some names lights became just names roster after Sundays twominute precision task speed-dura tion event Scale judged static points Saturday flew under proposed NSS rules Lee Renaud Taylor Col lins spent greater part Saturday judging Colonel Bob Thackers Baby Bowlus high point earner claim also Soaring Nationals Sundays banquet emceed LSF/ 009Le Gray League Silent Flights founders tribute paid John Baxter LSF/024 first attain Level V Steve Work LSF/ 571 other member out 1575 reach Level V Awards first through tenth place best overall both Unlimited Stand ard classes first through fifth Scale climaxed 1975 Tournament Some familiar names along some new ones came out top SCALE P1 Name 1 Ken Wajjner 2 Don Edberg 3 Bob Thacker 4 Bob Elliott 5 Terry Koplan Unlimited Class 5020 Points Possible P1 Name 1 Bill Nibley 2 Dave Shadel 3 Rick Walters 4 Rick Pearson 5 Terry Koplan 6 Dave Thornburg 7 NeilNolte 8 Pete Parszik 9 Jim Tomblin 10 Fred Weaver Model Pierce 970 Jacana 0 Rainbow 0 Leo Windrifter Mod Cumulus Kestral Javelin II ASW 17 Aquila Controls RE REF RE RE RE RE RES RE RE RE Model Libelle Duster Baby Bowlus Glastlugel l3lasflugel Pouts 766 754 701 650 587 Standard Class Points 5767 5583 5557 5096 5011 4999 4851 4826 4787 4726 P1 Name 1 Bob Thacker 2 Red Smith 3 Lono Bleweti 4 Mark Smith 5 Steve Work 6 Bob Slater 7 Jim Wiseman 8 Jim White 9 Howard Sears 10 KeNy Pike Model Hobie Hawk Windfree Windritter Windtree Windritter Windritter Hobie Hawk Aquila Pokey 808 Hobie Hawk Controls RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RES RE RE Points 5345 5330 5312 5134 4961 4842 4791 4619 4593 4577 0Original Design RRudder FFlaps EElevator SSpoilers One-hundred thirty-four fliers nine states participated California dominated contest because sheer numbers talent skills reckoned Next years tournament scheduled planned site five being consid ered Six-hundred LSF members could compete maybe Easterner could place continued page 78 December1975 47 Scale winner Ken Wagner modified Soarcraft Libelle fifth static points first flight points Scale flown under proposed National Soaring Society rules first two Level Vs Steve Work LSF/571 Albuquerque John Baxter LSF/024 California Tasks indeed formidable Allen Hough Diamant getting pointers first achieve Level V John Baxter Below Dave Thornburg saluting son god Tom Williams seems amusing himself 1SF Tournament/Pruss continued page 47 ida Illinois comes same idea practicing precision aspect precision-duration flight John Nielsen has using Pana sonic pocket tape recorder count down information has put tape Bill Layers West Palm Beach has elaborate system own input reading stop watch record side tape counting up starting zero count up seconds Jets Friends Challenges RIC Modeler Magazine Western Wind isa new kind air. plane slope soaring trainer made special water resistant card board carefully engineered help computer strongest least expensive easiest flying craft possible A/C Modeler reported August75 issue Western Wind doesnt what claim ACM gave Western Winda poor wri te up reason product review based guesswork hearsay ACM did bother fly Western Wind What way test kit know ACM wrong Thats whr making challenge mv te ACM modeling press public 1 Observe Western Wind being flown iefs FrIends mutually agreeable slope site ACM can see well flies 2 Test Western Wind pilot chosen ACM shal attempt cause crash pieces upon impact claimed ACM review No Western Wind have ever flown has broken up Impact fact however ACM crashes West ern Wind win probably remain fly able no repairs whatever WE WiLL SULECT THE WESTERN WIND TO PUBliC SCRUTINY WiLL ACM ACCEPT Iyoud like pedoirn test self peshCws Just ant learn slope soar see hobby dealer order Ms Friends Box 511 Bris bane CA 94005 direct orders send $1295 plus $100 handing California residents add $78 tax please CODs accepted Dealer distributor inquiries invited calling out minute goes set cassette zero time push play button glider comes off tow ring Use other side tape count-down side Starting count seven minutes count down seconds calling out minute goes until reach zero time Before flight target time concern fast forward cassette stop flight time have selected practice Example 3 minutes 54 seconds plane released press play button automatic count-down starts Remember however timers watch still official Hot Stuff Zap adhesives cyanoacrylate family have more uses being found modelers sides being almost instant repair kit field other uses bench worth considering Sometimes canopies have turned out less perfect though rest plane could show stopper new adhesives literally weld cano pies frames no evidence dis torting canopy itself After frame has carefully matched fuselage lay untrimmed canopy around frame holding CL Navy Carrier/Perry continued page 23 less frequent will feature special purpose paint distinctive markings limited Navy aircraft have questions about markings particular time period special paint schemes let know will try find answer Aero-Challenge Muscular Dystrophy DeKaib Ill best Carrier contests have attended highlight meet setting new Class record Dave Wallick score 61496 modi fied K&B 40 swinging left-hand fiberglass prop pulled Daves Guardian along 11916 mph flaps ailerons aided achieving 2056 mph slow speed Congratulations Dave address 5016 Angelita Ave Dayton Ohio 45424 frame canopy place dropa tiny dropof adhesive either front back former frame canopy will welded almost instantly holding assembly check bottom frame straight-edge being sure pressure holding doesnt dis tort frame Spot weld opposite former Double-check straightness spot-weld sides canopy bottom frame Now cupping canopy around former apply normal size drop adhesive allow ing canopy frame act trough Let excess glue run around trough Hold few seconds excess glue remains quickly blot away corner paper towel Repeat procedure other former two sides finished cut away canopy overhang about time took read will have assembled perfect canopy Points remember 1 sure frame surfaces glued dressed good contact canopy 2 Use glue sparingly 3 Double-check canopy/frame alignment during assembly 4 spot-weld technique allows canopy separation #1 1 X-acto blade ideal mistake made productreviewproductrviwproductrviewproductreveew Monitaire Board Air-Pressure Gauge Linear motion can used operate warn ing light raise lower pilots arm other action ingenuity suggests Unit mounts instrument panel fuselage external reading Indicator piston plunger 1/4 dia denotes pressure position As air-pressure indicator Monitaire shows low pressure 30 psi good pressure 70 psi high pressure 100 psi Also dicates leaks pressure system Needs no extra air operationeliminates external plug-in gauges Weight 6 grams 12 high pressure tubing T-fitting indicator $595 hobby shops 50t extra mail Sonic Systems P 0 Box 192 Whippany NJ 07981 78 Model Aviation US NATIONAL MARKINGS 1947 ENT UPPER LEFT b LOWER RIGLIT WING LEFT 4T FUSELAGE SIDES IJll REDDWWTEBLUE
Edition: Model Aviation - 1975/12
Page Numbers: 46, 47, 78
1975 Dan Pruss IIfeague &Iiournament IN 1970 first LSF Tournament scheduled registration mark 100 seemed milestone contest attendance fact LSF mem bership just pushing 100 mark made contest figure improbability year limit 150 placed pre-registration tournament could remain manage able dates August 30 31 1975 place Costa Mesa Calif site Mile Square Co-Contest Directors John Donelson Bob Hahn tasks 5-minute duration 7-minute duration 10-minute precision-duration 2-minute precision 4-lap speed-distance task over 150-meter course 10-minute duration tasks except speed-distance normalizing factors perfect score netted 1000 points would make cal culating easier old system whereby best score task resulted 1000 points others pro-rated respect top scorer speed-duration task flat 480 points 40 per quarter lap awarded just finishing course finished four laps time plotted graph bonus would earned interesting concept well thought out Donelson Hahn Held August 30-3 1 Mile Square Costa Mesa event popular pre-registration limit 1 50 contestants necessary Since published rule book graph presented 1000 800 600 Time-Points 400 200 0 I 123 Time-Minutes rules stated time points will awarded finishing task less four minutes open-ended task possibility achieving 1000 points task flown ex ceptionally fast task purposely sized long enough contestants will complete distance therefore considerable judgment will required de cide whether fly fast slow ballast wind lift etc b Completing course L/D max should result approximately 800 points c Ballasting good lift can result 1300 plus possible score task merit open-ended feature wouldnt necessarily allow anyone run away disproportionately high score evident top score task posted 1020 points task placed fifth order give contestant opportunity fly conservatively boldly depending standing So long speed distance tasks thermal sailplane competition will also controversy pro ponents speed tasks denounce distance events because luck factors involved order achieve mileage defend distance tasks claim speed merely test structural integrity model two tasks can combinedas Donelson Hahn---then perhaps new event will encouraged both camps As did finish course 13 quarter laps still encourage clubs try task attempt out cluck factor rounds possible should flown given contest Due early morning fog Sunny Cali fornia didnt happen until about 930 both days spite late start tasks run quick times around two hours exception being speeddistance closer three hours expected because time manpower required identify sail plane prior launch again time 46 Model Aviation Dr Barbara Henon 1972 Tournament winner being coached Dick Shilling Timer Bob Von Hellens First Tournament held 1970 Denny Darnell checking sky before launching Aquila Next years Tournament planned site optimists think perhaps 600 1SF members might compete far pylon flight group call-up system used seems answer best managing contests 100 fliers Six winches used assigned winch master Six 12 volts available Landing zones two circleseach 25-foot radius tape per circle point per three-in increments marked direct read-outs Landing values 0-100 points Landing judges utilized measurements Flying done off hard surface runway Mile Square once military airfield used World War II has since made recreational park hard-surfaced runways remain Land ings Mile Square probably smoothest seen sailplane contest factor skills techniques have improved over years However runway made concrete best virtue prudence exer cised lest grind crafts fuse lage back servo compartment Both wind lift light com pared conditions back East found anyone lives east Sierra Madre also considered live back East Saturday saw five- seven- ten-minute duration tasks held saw some names lights became just names roster after Sundays twominute precision task speed-dura tion event Scale judged static points Saturday flew under proposed NSS rules Lee Renaud Taylor Col lins spent greater part Saturday judging Colonel Bob Thackers Baby Bowlus high point earner claim also Soaring Nationals Sundays banquet emceed LSF/ 009Le Gray League Silent Flights founders tribute paid John Baxter LSF/024 first attain Level V Steve Work LSF/ 571 other member out 1575 reach Level V Awards first through tenth place best overall both Unlimited Stand ard classes first through fifth Scale climaxed 1975 Tournament Some familiar names along some new ones came out top SCALE P1 Name 1 Ken Wajjner 2 Don Edberg 3 Bob Thacker 4 Bob Elliott 5 Terry Koplan Unlimited Class 5020 Points Possible P1 Name 1 Bill Nibley 2 Dave Shadel 3 Rick Walters 4 Rick Pearson 5 Terry Koplan 6 Dave Thornburg 7 NeilNolte 8 Pete Parszik 9 Jim Tomblin 10 Fred Weaver Model Pierce 970 Jacana 0 Rainbow 0 Leo Windrifter Mod Cumulus Kestral Javelin II ASW 17 Aquila Controls RE REF RE RE RE RE RES RE RE RE Model Libelle Duster Baby Bowlus Glastlugel l3lasflugel Pouts 766 754 701 650 587 Standard Class Points 5767 5583 5557 5096 5011 4999 4851 4826 4787 4726 P1 Name 1 Bob Thacker 2 Red Smith 3 Lono Bleweti 4 Mark Smith 5 Steve Work 6 Bob Slater 7 Jim Wiseman 8 Jim White 9 Howard Sears 10 KeNy Pike Model Hobie Hawk Windfree Windritter Windtree Windritter Windritter Hobie Hawk Aquila Pokey 808 Hobie Hawk Controls RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RES RE RE Points 5345 5330 5312 5134 4961 4842 4791 4619 4593 4577 0Original Design RRudder FFlaps EElevator SSpoilers One-hundred thirty-four fliers nine states participated California dominated contest because sheer numbers talent skills reckoned Next years tournament scheduled planned site five being consid ered Six-hundred LSF members could compete maybe Easterner could place continued page 78 December1975 47 Scale winner Ken Wagner modified Soarcraft Libelle fifth static points first flight points Scale flown under proposed National Soaring Society rules first two Level Vs Steve Work LSF/571 Albuquerque John Baxter LSF/024 California Tasks indeed formidable Allen Hough Diamant getting pointers first achieve Level V John Baxter Below Dave Thornburg saluting son god Tom Williams seems amusing himself 1SF Tournament/Pruss continued page 47 ida Illinois comes same idea practicing precision aspect precision-duration flight John Nielsen has using Pana sonic pocket tape recorder count down information has put tape Bill Layers West Palm Beach has elaborate system own input reading stop watch record side tape counting up starting zero count up seconds Jets Friends Challenges RIC Modeler Magazine Western Wind isa new kind air. plane slope soaring trainer made special water resistant card board carefully engineered help computer strongest least expensive easiest flying craft possible A/C Modeler reported August75 issue Western Wind doesnt what claim ACM gave Western Winda poor wri te up reason product review based guesswork hearsay ACM did bother fly Western Wind What way test kit know ACM wrong Thats whr making challenge mv te ACM modeling press public 1 Observe Western Wind being flown iefs FrIends mutually agreeable slope site ACM can see well flies 2 Test Western Wind pilot chosen ACM shal attempt cause crash pieces upon impact claimed ACM review No Western Wind have ever flown has broken up Impact fact however ACM crashes West ern Wind win probably remain fly able no repairs whatever WE WiLL SULECT THE WESTERN WIND TO PUBliC SCRUTINY WiLL ACM ACCEPT Iyoud like pedoirn test self peshCws Just ant learn slope soar see hobby dealer order Ms Friends Box 511 Bris bane CA 94005 direct orders send $1295 plus $100 handing California residents add $78 tax please CODs accepted Dealer distributor inquiries invited calling out minute goes set cassette zero time push play button glider comes off tow ring Use other side tape count-down side Starting count seven minutes count down seconds calling out minute goes until reach zero time Before flight target time concern fast forward cassette stop flight time have selected practice Example 3 minutes 54 seconds plane released press play button automatic count-down starts Remember however timers watch still official Hot Stuff Zap adhesives cyanoacrylate family have more uses being found modelers sides being almost instant repair kit field other uses bench worth considering Sometimes canopies have turned out less perfect though rest plane could show stopper new adhesives literally weld cano pies frames no evidence dis torting canopy itself After frame has carefully matched fuselage lay untrimmed canopy around frame holding CL Navy Carrier/Perry continued page 23 less frequent will feature special purpose paint distinctive markings limited Navy aircraft have questions about markings particular time period special paint schemes let know will try find answer Aero-Challenge Muscular Dystrophy DeKaib Ill best Carrier contests have attended highlight meet setting new Class record Dave Wallick score 61496 modi fied K&B 40 swinging left-hand fiberglass prop pulled Daves Guardian along 11916 mph flaps ailerons aided achieving 2056 mph slow speed Congratulations Dave address 5016 Angelita Ave Dayton Ohio 45424 frame canopy place dropa tiny dropof adhesive either front back former frame canopy will welded almost instantly holding assembly check bottom frame straight-edge being sure pressure holding doesnt dis tort frame Spot weld opposite former Double-check straightness spot-weld sides canopy bottom frame Now cupping canopy around former apply normal size drop adhesive allow ing canopy frame act trough Let excess glue run around trough Hold few seconds excess glue remains quickly blot away corner paper towel Repeat procedure other former two sides finished cut away canopy overhang about time took read will have assembled perfect canopy Points remember 1 sure frame surfaces glued dressed good contact canopy 2 Use glue sparingly 3 Double-check canopy/frame alignment during assembly 4 spot-weld technique allows canopy separation #1 1 X-acto blade ideal mistake made productreviewproductrviwproductrviewproductreveew Monitaire Board Air-Pressure Gauge Linear motion can used operate warn ing light raise lower pilots arm other action ingenuity suggests Unit mounts instrument panel fuselage external reading Indicator piston plunger 1/4 dia denotes pressure position As air-pressure indicator Monitaire shows low pressure 30 psi good pressure 70 psi high pressure 100 psi Also dicates leaks pressure system Needs no extra air operationeliminates external plug-in gauges Weight 6 grams 12 high pressure tubing T-fitting indicator $595 hobby shops 50t extra mail Sonic Systems P 0 Box 192 Whippany NJ 07981 78 Model Aviation US NATIONAL MARKINGS 1947 ENT UPPER LEFT b LOWER RIGLIT WING LEFT 4T FUSELAGE SIDES IJll REDDWWTEBLUE
Edition: Model Aviation - 1975/12
Page Numbers: 46, 47, 78
1975 Dan Pruss IIfeague &Iiournament IN 1970 first LSF Tournament scheduled registration mark 100 seemed milestone contest attendance fact LSF mem bership just pushing 100 mark made contest figure improbability year limit 150 placed pre-registration tournament could remain manage able dates August 30 31 1975 place Costa Mesa Calif site Mile Square Co-Contest Directors John Donelson Bob Hahn tasks 5-minute duration 7-minute duration 10-minute precision-duration 2-minute precision 4-lap speed-distance task over 150-meter course 10-minute duration tasks except speed-distance normalizing factors perfect score netted 1000 points would make cal culating easier old system whereby best score task resulted 1000 points others pro-rated respect top scorer speed-duration task flat 480 points 40 per quarter lap awarded just finishing course finished four laps time plotted graph bonus would earned interesting concept well thought out Donelson Hahn Held August 30-3 1 Mile Square Costa Mesa event popular pre-registration limit 1 50 contestants necessary Since published rule book graph presented 1000 800 600 Time-Points 400 200 0 I 123 Time-Minutes rules stated time points will awarded finishing task less four minutes open-ended task possibility achieving 1000 points task flown ex ceptionally fast task purposely sized long enough contestants will complete distance therefore considerable judgment will required de cide whether fly fast slow ballast wind lift etc b Completing course L/D max should result approximately 800 points c Ballasting good lift can result 1300 plus possible score task merit open-ended feature wouldnt necessarily allow anyone run away disproportionately high score evident top score task posted 1020 points task placed fifth order give contestant opportunity fly conservatively boldly depending standing So long speed distance tasks thermal sailplane competition will also controversy pro ponents speed tasks denounce distance events because luck factors involved order achieve mileage defend distance tasks claim speed merely test structural integrity model two tasks can combinedas Donelson Hahn---then perhaps new event will encouraged both camps As did finish course 13 quarter laps still encourage clubs try task attempt out cluck factor rounds possible should flown given contest Due early morning fog Sunny Cali fornia didnt happen until about 930 both days spite late start tasks run quick times around two hours exception being speeddistance closer three hours expected because time manpower required identify sail plane prior launch again time 46 Model Aviation Dr Barbara Henon 1972 Tournament winner being coached Dick Shilling Timer Bob Von Hellens First Tournament held 1970 Denny Darnell checking sky before launching Aquila Next years Tournament planned site optimists think perhaps 600 1SF members might compete far pylon flight group call-up system used seems answer best managing contests 100 fliers Six winches used assigned winch master Six 12 volts available Landing zones two circleseach 25-foot radius tape per circle point per three-in increments marked direct read-outs Landing values 0-100 points Landing judges utilized measurements Flying done off hard surface runway Mile Square once military airfield used World War II has since made recreational park hard-surfaced runways remain Land ings Mile Square probably smoothest seen sailplane contest factor skills techniques have improved over years However runway made concrete best virtue prudence exer cised lest grind crafts fuse lage back servo compartment Both wind lift light com pared conditions back East found anyone lives east Sierra Madre also considered live back East Saturday saw five- seven- ten-minute duration tasks held saw some names lights became just names roster after Sundays twominute precision task speed-dura tion event Scale judged static points Saturday flew under proposed NSS rules Lee Renaud Taylor Col lins spent greater part Saturday judging Colonel Bob Thackers Baby Bowlus high point earner claim also Soaring Nationals Sundays banquet emceed LSF/ 009Le Gray League Silent Flights founders tribute paid John Baxter LSF/024 first attain Level V Steve Work LSF/ 571 other member out 1575 reach Level V Awards first through tenth place best overall both Unlimited Stand ard classes first through fifth Scale climaxed 1975 Tournament Some familiar names along some new ones came out top SCALE P1 Name 1 Ken Wajjner 2 Don Edberg 3 Bob Thacker 4 Bob Elliott 5 Terry Koplan Unlimited Class 5020 Points Possible P1 Name 1 Bill Nibley 2 Dave Shadel 3 Rick Walters 4 Rick Pearson 5 Terry Koplan 6 Dave Thornburg 7 NeilNolte 8 Pete Parszik 9 Jim Tomblin 10 Fred Weaver Model Pierce 970 Jacana 0 Rainbow 0 Leo Windrifter Mod Cumulus Kestral Javelin II ASW 17 Aquila Controls RE REF RE RE RE RE RES RE RE RE Model Libelle Duster Baby Bowlus Glastlugel l3lasflugel Pouts 766 754 701 650 587 Standard Class Points 5767 5583 5557 5096 5011 4999 4851 4826 4787 4726 P1 Name 1 Bob Thacker 2 Red Smith 3 Lono Bleweti 4 Mark Smith 5 Steve Work 6 Bob Slater 7 Jim Wiseman 8 Jim White 9 Howard Sears 10 KeNy Pike Model Hobie Hawk Windfree Windritter Windtree Windritter Windritter Hobie Hawk Aquila Pokey 808 Hobie Hawk Controls RE RE RE RE RE RE RE RES RE RE Points 5345 5330 5312 5134 4961 4842 4791 4619 4593 4577 0Original Design RRudder FFlaps EElevator SSpoilers One-hundred thirty-four fliers nine states participated California dominated contest because sheer numbers talent skills reckoned Next years tournament scheduled planned site five being consid ered Six-hundred LSF members could compete maybe Easterner could place continued page 78 December1975 47 Scale winner Ken Wagner modified Soarcraft Libelle fifth static points first flight points Scale flown under proposed National Soaring Society rules first two Level Vs Steve Work LSF/571 Albuquerque John Baxter LSF/024 California Tasks indeed formidable Allen Hough Diamant getting pointers first achieve Level V John Baxter Below Dave Thornburg saluting son god Tom Williams seems amusing himself 1SF Tournament/Pruss continued page 47 ida Illinois comes same idea practicing precision aspect precision-duration flight John Nielsen has using Pana sonic pocket tape recorder count down information has put tape Bill Layers West Palm Beach has elaborate system own input reading stop watch record side tape counting up starting zero count up seconds Jets Friends Challenges RIC Modeler Magazine Western Wind isa new kind air. plane slope soaring trainer made special water resistant card board carefully engineered help computer strongest least expensive easiest flying craft possible A/C Modeler reported August75 issue Western Wind doesnt what claim ACM gave Western Winda poor wri te up reason product review based guesswork hearsay ACM did bother fly Western Wind What way test kit know ACM wrong Thats whr making challenge mv te ACM modeling press public 1 Observe Western Wind being flown iefs FrIends mutually agreeable slope site ACM can see well flies 2 Test Western Wind pilot chosen ACM shal attempt cause crash pieces upon impact claimed ACM review No Western Wind have ever flown has broken up Impact fact however ACM crashes West ern Wind win probably remain fly able no repairs whatever WE WiLL SULECT THE WESTERN WIND TO PUBliC SCRUTINY WiLL ACM ACCEPT Iyoud like pedoirn test self peshCws Just ant learn slope soar see hobby dealer order Ms Friends Box 511 Bris bane CA 94005 direct orders send $1295 plus $100 handing California residents add $78 tax please CODs accepted Dealer distributor inquiries invited calling out minute goes set cassette zero time push play button glider comes off tow ring Use other side tape count-down side Starting count seven minutes count down seconds calling out minute goes until reach zero time Before flight target time concern fast forward cassette stop flight time have selected practice Example 3 minutes 54 seconds plane released press play button automatic count-down starts Remember however timers watch still official Hot Stuff Zap adhesives cyanoacrylate family have more uses being found modelers sides being almost instant repair kit field other uses bench worth considering Sometimes canopies have turned out less perfect though rest plane could show stopper new adhesives literally weld cano pies frames no evidence dis torting canopy itself After frame has carefully matched fuselage lay untrimmed canopy around frame holding CL Navy Carrier/Perry continued page 23 less frequent will feature special purpose paint distinctive markings limited Navy aircraft have questions about markings particular time period special paint schemes let know will try find answer Aero-Challenge Muscular Dystrophy DeKaib Ill best Carrier contests have attended highlight meet setting new Class record Dave Wallick score 61496 modi fied K&B 40 swinging left-hand fiberglass prop pulled Daves Guardian along 11916 mph flaps ailerons aided achieving 2056 mph slow speed Congratulations Dave address 5016 Angelita Ave Dayton Ohio 45424 frame canopy place dropa tiny dropof adhesive either front back former frame canopy will welded almost instantly holding assembly check bottom frame straight-edge being sure pressure holding doesnt dis tort frame Spot weld opposite former Double-check straightness spot-weld sides canopy bottom frame Now cupping canopy around former apply normal size drop adhesive allow ing canopy frame act trough Let excess glue run around trough Hold few seconds excess glue remains quickly blot away corner paper towel Repeat procedure other former two sides finished cut away canopy overhang about time took read will have assembled perfect canopy Points remember 1 sure frame surfaces glued dressed good contact canopy 2 Use glue sparingly 3 Double-check canopy/frame alignment during assembly 4 spot-weld technique allows canopy separation #1 1 X-acto blade ideal mistake made productreviewproductrviwproductrviewproductreveew Monitaire Board Air-Pressure Gauge Linear motion can used operate warn ing light raise lower pilots arm other action ingenuity suggests Unit mounts instrument panel fuselage external reading Indicator piston plunger 1/4 dia denotes pressure position As air-pressure indicator Monitaire shows low pressure 30 psi good pressure 70 psi high pressure 100 psi Also dicates leaks pressure system Needs no extra air operationeliminates external plug-in gauges Weight 6 grams 12 high pressure tubing T-fitting indicator $595 hobby shops 50t extra mail Sonic Systems P 0 Box 192 Whippany NJ 07981 78 Model Aviation US NATIONAL MARKINGS 1947 ENT UPPER LEFT b LOWER RIGLIT WING LEFT 4T FUSELAGE SIDES IJll REDDWWTEBLUE