Top Control Line fliers gathered Sweden last part July biennial running World Championships four categories Aerobatics Combat Team Racing Speed US individuals teams victorious Aerobatics Combat have some catching-up other events@ Dr Laird Jackson SWEDEN IN JULY doesnt sound nearly good actually 1982 Control Line World Championships held glorious weather small seacoast town Oxelosund oxel name local tree o means island sund means sound about hours drive south Stockholm along Swedens Baltic coast line town has large steel mill depressed like current steel mills sum mer tourist population parts displaying themselves enticingly local boats beaches US Control Line Team consisting three Speed three Aerobatics fliers de fending World Champion Aerobatics three Team Race three Combat pilots mechanicsplus two team managers sorted supportersarrived about week ad vance contest direct flight New York Stockholm trip Oxelosund rental vehicles easy two-hour drive over excellent highway via outskirts Stockholm Local accommodations small comfortable hotel situated towns contem porary square shopping center Stores banks restaurants close hand though limited number Almost everyone group took opportunity visits back Stockholm shopping sightseeing during course two-week stay Swedish hosts very cordial help ful especially Team Race fliers Bengt-Olaf Samuelsson Kjell Axtiliuswho did major portion hard work oforganizing setting up competition site shown several choices practicing well contest site itself facilities used processing eating meetings contest field part sports complex within walking distance hotel Two large fenced circles Speed Team Racing laid out parking lot Another newly phalted Aerobatics circle located across road grass area bordered side fairly tall trees trees created moderate turbulence circle wind direction seemed minor prob lem Combat circles marked out grass soccer field complex sur rounded track bordered spectator stands Spectator seating provided other events well same stadium area utilized opening closing ceremonies Included usual marching band competitors parade speeches flag raising national anthems awardswith flower girls local national aeroclub officials physical arrangements superb organization also very good few incidents major significance during meeting team members soon settled got down sorting Out equipment accli mating themselves local conditions through practice usual spate problems arose overall practice showed US teams about would have expected preparation recent performances Aerobatics Team has strong through years continues sowith good competition team spots results winning combination Combat fliers have improved organi zation team selection program ap peared cohesive year ever before contrast Speed Team Race contin gents have slowly diminishing numbers recent years havent able field teams strong used practice flying Aerobatics fliers looking good principle concern over might finish relative another Combat fliers seemed confident have Speed people usually know stand years case left mildly depressed Team Race practice producing broken parts declining airspeeds general run nagging problems note competition opened accompanying reports detail results event US did well overall Much learned Old friendships renewed new ones made team left contest feel ing accomplishment satisfaction successful US teams World Cham pionships competition memories Sweden 82 will cherished years come 66 Model Aviation Most US contingent attending 1982 Control Line World Championships Standing L-R Don Jehlik seam manager Tom Fluker Sr George Cleveland Larry Jolly Richard Stubblefield Gary Arnold Jed Kusik Ed Gifford Dave Elias assistant team manager Rich Lopez Carl Dodge Chuck Schuette Kneeling L-R Tom Fluker Jr Mitchell Cleveland John Albritton Walt Perkins Ted Fancher Bob Baron Ron Colum bo Tom Knoppi Bill Werwage John McCollum Keith Trostle attended asan Aerobatics judge author DocJacksonwasonthe FAI jury ICLAerobaticsWorld Championships AEROBATICS F2B just plain good old Stunt has always US stronghold WC since least 1966 have won Team World Championship individual title fell Bill Werwage 1970 first unbroken string US Individual World Champions hasnt always easy things seem going too well team members fiddles needle valve too long run Out fuel clover leaf forgets count three doing inside loopsor something equally brilliant Spices up proceedings know Anyway some new faces US team year Ted Fancher Bob Baron both California Both long time competitors top quality Bob particu lar flying extremely well last years team finals Neither seemed have too much first years nervous attacks practice pat terns looked pretty good Fanchers looked good after explained should pretend looking round figures carnival side-show mirror never told kind did make easier under stand flying once everybody team plenty own personal brand fuel no panic searches nitro anything else youre xx ondering national debt creep ing up should see fuel shipping bill Werwage Baron appeared happy things like build apparently because lot epoxy smell sanding patching forays wood forth room also seemed friendly hotel manager came around often discuss electrical service Les McDonald competing reigning World Champnot member US team arrived Arlands Airport good shape put November 198267 Les McDonald won Individual CL Aerobatics World Champion ship latest version Stiletto As reigning World Champ competed individual member US team Hes first three-time winner single World Championship Chinas Aerobatics Team rapidly advancing toward top though country has participated internationally eventson ly short Clever ship shown has crankcase pressure retracts Bob Baron TIew well piacea fifth Probably would have scored higher wind gusts bothered him Les McDonald launches Bill Werwages 10-year-old USA-i another good flight netting Werwage sixth place Werwage two-time WC Workmanship detailing Les McDonalds winning Stiletto beautiful PAl World Champ rules require use muffler down quickly SAS pilot way through baggage area fascinated large airplane boxes especially Les its numerous testimonials considerable prowess things model Maybe commercial blatancy Hot Stuff decals maybe just whole image Swed ish pilot said Les Youre what call 5 I-lOT Right get wives Nancy Shareen Barbara off bag gage carousel quietly con vulsed appreciative laughter group settled began remembering order things few flights park ing lot local OBS A&P-type store initial psychomotor seizures viewing trees bending wind official circle seemed moderate slightly time some quiet reading local literature Keith Trostle US contribution solid judges panelnever enviable jobwhich seemed keep scores day day two guys disputed eveness routine No big scores seen dont know what caused Practice flights did show Europeans outstanding threats Its werent flying welljust no demon strated exciting ship style pretty much included guys well Continued page 153 __________________ Results __________________ 1 L McDonald USA WC5813 2 Dazhong Wu China5622 3 0 Andersson Sweden5609 4 T Fancher USA5592 5 R Baron USA5567 6 B Werwage USA5560 Teams 1 USA. 9 2 China 594 3 France 9 4 Italy 5451 CL Combat World Championships WHAT ARE YOU going say about event like Combat bunch guys chasing other over sky littering field debris torching everybodys eardrums tune four engines screaming away solid four minutes Its great event big spectator appeal model competition Combat E2D Sweden no exception Gary Arnold pit man Ron Columbo arrived big part US group Texas contingent showed up later week understand tried deport George Cleve land Stockholm Airport just because hat mustache son Mitchell kicked cried signal claimed wasnt going home seeing action Rich Stubblefield promised keep Cleveland under control until banquet Swedes let him stay nice ordinary American family somehow gotten mixed up same flight something really wasnt way could actually have involved rest groupon other hand George Cleveland really good father maybe trying expose Mitchell regular world graded doses Anyway hotel restaurant forth really never same Practice Combat fliers kindof surreal 68 Model Aviation Bill Werwage flew old model comfort couldnt find magic third win good flight shot Ted Fancher model viewnotes say hes doing Horiz 8 Let er go appears signal Ted Fancher giving fourth place best US Aerobatics Team Tom Fluker Jr right new Combat World Championhere bout R Maestrelli Italy late rounds Ron Columbo Rich Stubblefield IL-RI get Gary Arnolds model off match Everybody pitched help US team win Gary Arnold checking pants match Uand Weiman China Gary won did lot of/2A flying got engines set sharpened reflexesI guess got used air other US team good fliers Tom Fluker Jr dad pits Rich Stubblefield George Cleveland pits Gary Amold Fluker Stubblefield used Fox engines ample nitro Amold using Adamisin tuned Supertigres engines sounded good hut superior Rossi engines Europeans used An occasional person like Fred Meijer Holland used new Nelson engines did sound impressive Combat ships sort separate out two basic types large foamies various covering spar schemes somewhat smaller ex cept Soviets framework ships covered Mylar Most people again except Soviets used bladder pressure tanks some sort either tuhing pacifier can run two ships per bout practice get both running ready launch second model soon first down have switched streamer over Everybody wears helmets except spectators theore tically safe two flyaways cut lines Fred Meijer ship came down full bore through trees bordering Speed circle struck ground less two meters spectator anybodys fault grounds thought second German ship ran forever gently looping climbing afternoon sky until engine quite speck darn thing transition would make Free Flighter droolafter soared thermal quite before disappearing over hill skyline found floating bay undamaged little later first rounds Combat fairly un eventful except showed American weakness getting too much streamer first pass Maybe reflex kill Fast Combat take whole streamer FAI just get 100 points like other cut have long four minutes hide because have nothing left go after opponent faster now streamer can nibble away 100 points nibble Stubblefield fell first bout bounced back losers round Arnold Fluker survived Tommy Fluker drew extra bouts narrow field 32 pilots final field Fluker Arnold won matches 16-bout round Stubblefield fell waysidepartly due streamer overeating plus false assumption opponent would crash uncontrollable ship Didnt happen lost round eight bouts Gary also suc cumbed appetite problem good match Americans flew well other fliers also very quick used good equipment tactics some times surprising fliers Only Tom Fluker left quarter-finals Fluker drew Titov two fast Russians bout good getting two cuts before line tangle caused both go ground battle stopped line tangle tangle apparently got cleared Titov back up first win few points air time alone Fluker Don Jehlik filed protest im mediately saying Titov cleared Tommys lines before going second ship Fluker tried call circle marshalls tention fact lines hadnt cleared hadnt succeeded also went second ship claimed delay cost him match over uncleared line tangle Combat judges didnt agree Fluker jury ruled favor judges Titov Fluker out last match four ended morning flying everybody broke lunch Almost everybody gone field Fluker still disconsolately shuffling around pit area jury members strolled over say sorry see him lose Tommys head pretty low asked jury member would please just look lines ship moment i know cant anything Tommy said Im asking would please just look lines can show what happened jury member said Sure bent down inspect lines clearly wrapped tangled mess some other lines indicating cleared rules require rest jury hastily assembled inspect lines hear Tommys story Sandy Pimenoff FAI ClAM president said young man cannot possibly inventing story must refly match Soviet team tried avoid rematch holding out disqualification decision bluff called did go back air Americans except Fluker holding Continued page 154 Results 1 T Pluker Jr USA 5 Beckers Beig 2 U Edslev Denmark5 C Gibson Can 3 P Salerma Finland9 G Arnold USA 5 D Vegetti Italy17 R Stubbefield 5 0 TitOv USSR 3 Denmark 4 Spain17 Doroshenko USSR right 1980 World Champnot up form year ni men Cleveland ano ii mcii LUU flank team memoer Rich Stubblefield AMA funded Dit man Der Combat entry Whoopee won Tommy Team Manager Don Jehlik hugs Fluker after big victory Teams 1USA11 2Italy12 Rich Stubbefield right lost Tall gren Sweden bounced back help US win Team World Championship November 198269 CL Speed World Championships SPEED F2A run over first three days four-day competition schedule com petitor gets two attempts single official flight per day draw determines flying order Speed Team Carl Dodge Chuck Schuette Ed Gifford relatively weak compared several European teams Ed late replacement Charlie Lieber Eds recent marriage left him short preparation time Carl Dodge has worked development own engine several years hut recent experiments have yielded enough progress performance keep pace Europeans Rossi engines Chuck Schuette uses Rossi engines help Rossi factory generally par European competitionhut no luck new engines knew past performance Schuette should 260 kph range Dodge 240s Gifford 220s contrast results some European competitions showed six eight fliers able top speeds Luis Parramon Spain worked small motorcycle firm exhaust tuning recently rccorded speeds over 280 Barce lona practice results two late spring competitions showed both Hun garian Polish teams capable speeds 270s Returning World Champ Patrick Constant France flown much Pietro Fontana Italy claimed recent performances up level 1980 second place first day opened Carl Dodge flying fairly earlx posting 243 exceed own best speed Chuck Schuette soon followed clean run inboard-engined asymmetrical sidewinder speed 2662 went near top board put him good spot place move up pressure fuel system appeared working smoothly felt might have little gain better prop Ed Gifford resorted older ship post 223 flight ensure full team score Soon other flights started posted several runs sounded good trail off too lean Parramon ran well fairly straightfor ward upright ship inboard asym metrical wing posted clean runjust topping Schuette 268 Hungarians coming up everyone awaiting demonstration per formance shown earlier year didnt disappoint onlookers exceeded 265Szegedi leading way 274 followed Molnar 271 Mult trailing Parramon 267 order changed Mult following days also reached 270 mark second-place clock ing 272 give Hungarian Speed Team clean sweep individual placings plus team title Polish fliers did seem get untracked although Rusek pushed Schuette very closely 266 China surprised everybody consider ing newness competition placing flier 7th winning 2nd team spot Poland followed 3rd team slot US 10th Most Speed competitors used some vari ation asymmetrical flying surface layout About half sidewinder engine orientations almost engine cylinder laid over outboard side Chuck Schuette notable exception used valve-controlled pressure fuel feed manage venturi feed requirements 70 Model Aviation Tail end winning Hungarian Speed ship S Szegedi Note small exhaust opening tuned pipe Went 2754 kph 171 mphL Italian Speed flier Pietro Fontana caught doing some delicate re pair work Second 1980 dropped eighth year Chuck Schuette puts wraps old Mult Hungary placed second Wing faithful ship after another fast flight model resembles own lanky build fifth older equipment winners used system others almost used centrifugal fuel switches either made Emil Rumpel same type Some especially Italians used suction uniflow type tended emphasis large ramair induction area carburetor relatively small exhaust exit area tuned exhaust pipe Variations pipe shape seen other departing constant-diameter center sections seen previously no obvious pattern Hungarians appeared team able extract competitive performance newer Rossi engine received about two dozen piston/liner sets Fontana last fall apparently successfully learned operation engine asked secret success obtain new-model Rossi engine Szegedi winner replied dont know play violin buying new wont help thats name tune gang Results 1S Szegedi Hungary2754kph 2J Mult Hungary2723kPh 3J Molnar Hungary2719kph 4L Parramon Spain2688kph 5C Schuette USA2662kph 28C Dodge USA2472kph 42E Gifford USA2338kph 3 Poland 3 10 USA 2 j OLTeam Racing World Championships TEAM RACING F2C tractive popular Control Line events spectator viewpoint Racing action generally close among top teams takes place inside cage pit men liter ally spectators fingertips way excitement right hand everyone safe easy pick favorite cheer jury calling fouls elevated tower has lap-counting lights team usually visible digital clock aid keeping track race progress good spectator event circle site Sweden excel lent no interference elements during competition US team good potential new air planes aroundincluding fancy new retractinggear models handt Albrirton/Perkins MeCollum/Knoppi using Nelson engine talked team shortly before leaving Sweden arrival John MeCollum Tom Knoppi thought progressing well estimated air speed low 19-second rangegood heat times 330s Walt Perkins John Albritton background 330s competition new ships tested initially over July 4 weekend Because accident testing cut short ques tions remained unanswered first test sessions Sweden flashes speed performance erratic Albritton Perkins soon back old 1980 ships account fractured crutches new models Larry Jolly Jed Kusik tested quietly Larry reported speeds 19 seconds flat below November 198271 Carl Dodge returned World Champs pylon after six years development has winning potential Placed 28th Chuck Schuette Carl Dodge LRI good spirits won der discussing glory days yesteryears US teams Italian models show use large ram-air ducts venturi Cooling slots generally used northern Europeans story World Championships Victor Onufrienko LI Val entim Shapovalov C wrap up Team Racer after qualifying final race Walt Perkins RI begins planning 1984 over 40 laps per tank assured Onufrienko watches ship roar away fast pit stop its way victory Italians second kilometerand good range Being basic cynic see Jolly Kusik performance myself Lo behold first watched practice speed got times 188 192 strong sounding engine good starting strong surge out pit Achilles heel seemed range counting 33 35 laps per tank engine actually cutting 31 33 lapswith extra two laps occurring gliding pit race two laps can disap pear magically sometimes three four will go away rigors traffic So worried setting would hold up race Albritton/Perkins finally got old #12 ship rolling about 192 fairly happy sound certainly didnt give advantage over other teams McCollum/Knoppi constant trouble equipment finally abandoned retracts newer valves still having troubles wasnt auspicious way approach race day However no other team except Soviets appeared better position Metkemeijer brothers World Champs 78 par Albritton/Perkins British two Italian Cipolla teams other Dutch team Vissar/Buys Rossi boys Italy Danish team Geschwendt ncr/Mau similar slower airspeed quicker pits would help Soviets two teams superior airspeeds Both Shapovalov/Onufrienko Barkov/Suraev could run comfortably 186 188 happy sounding engines no apparent problems first heats confirmed impressions practice Albritton/Perkins up early used #12 comfortable fast pits good speed record 336 time would probably hold up semi-final spot assurance looked like would struggle improve Results 1 Shapovlov/Onufrienko USSR F6 563 2 Rossi/Rossi ItalyF 7233 3 Barkov/Suraev USSRF no time 4 Metkemeyer/Metkemeyer NethE 3344 5 Geschwendtner/Mau Neth WC E3365 6 Albritton/Perkins USAE 3369 43 McCollum/Knoppi USA 171 44 JoIly/Kusik USAE no time Teams 1 England 7 3 Netherlands 11168 2 USSR. 11018 15 USA 2 10540 Soviets came up soon after S&O flashed 326 B&S topping 323 new heat records Other teams followed times hovering near recorded Albritton/ PerkinsMetkemeijer 334 Smith/Brown Great Britain 336 two Italians Visser/Buys disqualifying DQ themselves lousy flying equipment failure Jolly/Kusik got off well heat troubleending Jolly losing ship takeoff 2nd pit resulting no time McCollum/Knoppi also troubles lost ship pit stop no time handwriting wall Day 2 saw little change except two Italian teams340 Voghera/Menozzi 337 Rossi brothers Sal Rossi stunt flier father Danes 336 Gray Hancock Britain completed semis field 338 McCollum/Knoppi too cold engine warm-up finished far down Jolly/Kusik ran strongly pitted laps 32 62 needed third pit finish race pit equipment malfunction prevented recording time Semi-final day looked like dogfight 3rd 72 Model Aviation Third-place team L-R V Suraev V Barkov speed range match winners Didnt finish final race Europeans sometimes complain hear US pit men make high catches case Walt Perkins shows may right Continued page 154 John McCollum Tom Knoppi made too mistakes have chance Knoppi running account Shapovalov winning USSR tea, right passes over Martin Germany Former World Champ Rob Metkemeyer about make catch Couldnt quite find enough speed qualify final race NO OCR TEXT NEW Airtronics Championship Series 5 7 channel systems response customer demand CS5 CS systems now equipped use variety ne mixer coupler modules plug th transmitter modules can control such func tions elevons V-Tail flaperons may bE used provide automatic elevator compensatior deploying flaps spoilers An elevon/V-Tai mixer included CS7 mixer modules extra cost option CS5 have also added dual rate rudder CS7 system Both CS5 CS7 fully compatable new proposed frequencies Standard features CS5 CS7 include Dual rate linear exponential controls aileron elevator Trainer system compatable XL4 XL6 systems End point adjustment aileron elevator Total throw adjustment rudder throttle retract channels Aileron/rudder coupler couples onto right stick Servo reversing channels Direct servo control system Airborne battery tester Contest open gimbal sticks Variety servo options CS5S SYSTEM sailplane enthusiasts have special version featuring fantastic 94401 micro servo ideal sailplane servo CS5H SYSTEM Helicopter pilots will like inverted flight switch built automatic tail rotor compensatiori feature system Also available heavy duty ball bearing servos above systems include transmitter balanced mixer receiver 4 servos Tx Rx batteries dual charger switch harness DSC battery test cable servo trays output arms frequency flag instruction manual 2753 72 MHZ See above Championship systems local hobby shop. sure will agree WE DID IT RIGHT NO OCR TEXT
Edition: Model Aviation - 1982/11
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Top Control Line fliers gathered Sweden last part July biennial running World Championships four categories Aerobatics Combat Team Racing Speed US individuals teams victorious Aerobatics Combat have some catching-up other events@ Dr Laird Jackson SWEDEN IN JULY doesnt sound nearly good actually 1982 Control Line World Championships held glorious weather small seacoast town Oxelosund oxel name local tree o means island sund means sound about hours drive south Stockholm along Swedens Baltic coast line town has large steel mill depressed like current steel mills sum mer tourist population parts displaying themselves enticingly local boats beaches US Control Line Team consisting three Speed three Aerobatics fliers de fending World Champion Aerobatics three Team Race three Combat pilots mechanicsplus two team managers sorted supportersarrived about week ad vance contest direct flight New York Stockholm trip Oxelosund rental vehicles easy two-hour drive over excellent highway via outskirts Stockholm Local accommodations small comfortable hotel situated towns contem porary square shopping center Stores banks restaurants close hand though limited number Almost everyone group took opportunity visits back Stockholm shopping sightseeing during course two-week stay Swedish hosts very cordial help ful especially Team Race fliers Bengt-Olaf Samuelsson Kjell Axtiliuswho did major portion hard work oforganizing setting up competition site shown several choices practicing well contest site itself facilities used processing eating meetings contest field part sports complex within walking distance hotel Two large fenced circles Speed Team Racing laid out parking lot Another newly phalted Aerobatics circle located across road grass area bordered side fairly tall trees trees created moderate turbulence circle wind direction seemed minor prob lem Combat circles marked out grass soccer field complex sur rounded track bordered spectator stands Spectator seating provided other events well same stadium area utilized opening closing ceremonies Included usual marching band competitors parade speeches flag raising national anthems awardswith flower girls local national aeroclub officials physical arrangements superb organization also very good few incidents major significance during meeting team members soon settled got down sorting Out equipment accli mating themselves local conditions through practice usual spate problems arose overall practice showed US teams about would have expected preparation recent performances Aerobatics Team has strong through years continues sowith good competition team spots results winning combination Combat fliers have improved organi zation team selection program ap peared cohesive year ever before contrast Speed Team Race contin gents have slowly diminishing numbers recent years havent able field teams strong used practice flying Aerobatics fliers looking good principle concern over might finish relative another Combat fliers seemed confident have Speed people usually know stand years case left mildly depressed Team Race practice producing broken parts declining airspeeds general run nagging problems note competition opened accompanying reports detail results event US did well overall Much learned Old friendships renewed new ones made team left contest feel ing accomplishment satisfaction successful US teams World Cham pionships competition memories Sweden 82 will cherished years come 66 Model Aviation Most US contingent attending 1982 Control Line World Championships Standing L-R Don Jehlik seam manager Tom Fluker Sr George Cleveland Larry Jolly Richard Stubblefield Gary Arnold Jed Kusik Ed Gifford Dave Elias assistant team manager Rich Lopez Carl Dodge Chuck Schuette Kneeling L-R Tom Fluker Jr Mitchell Cleveland John Albritton Walt Perkins Ted Fancher Bob Baron Ron Colum bo Tom Knoppi Bill Werwage John McCollum Keith Trostle attended asan Aerobatics judge author DocJacksonwasonthe FAI jury ICLAerobaticsWorld Championships AEROBATICS F2B just plain good old Stunt has always US stronghold WC since least 1966 have won Team World Championship individual title fell Bill Werwage 1970 first unbroken string US Individual World Champions hasnt always easy things seem going too well team members fiddles needle valve too long run Out fuel clover leaf forgets count three doing inside loopsor something equally brilliant Spices up proceedings know Anyway some new faces US team year Ted Fancher Bob Baron both California Both long time competitors top quality Bob particu lar flying extremely well last years team finals Neither seemed have too much first years nervous attacks practice pat terns looked pretty good Fanchers looked good after explained should pretend looking round figures carnival side-show mirror never told kind did make easier under stand flying once everybody team plenty own personal brand fuel no panic searches nitro anything else youre xx ondering national debt creep ing up should see fuel shipping bill Werwage Baron appeared happy things like build apparently because lot epoxy smell sanding patching forays wood forth room also seemed friendly hotel manager came around often discuss electrical service Les McDonald competing reigning World Champnot member US team arrived Arlands Airport good shape put November 198267 Les McDonald won Individual CL Aerobatics World Champion ship latest version Stiletto As reigning World Champ competed individual member US team Hes first three-time winner single World Championship Chinas Aerobatics Team rapidly advancing toward top though country has participated internationally eventson ly short Clever ship shown has crankcase pressure retracts Bob Baron TIew well piacea fifth Probably would have scored higher wind gusts bothered him Les McDonald launches Bill Werwages 10-year-old USA-i another good flight netting Werwage sixth place Werwage two-time WC Workmanship detailing Les McDonalds winning Stiletto beautiful PAl World Champ rules require use muffler down quickly SAS pilot way through baggage area fascinated large airplane boxes especially Les its numerous testimonials considerable prowess things model Maybe commercial blatancy Hot Stuff decals maybe just whole image Swed ish pilot said Les Youre what call 5 I-lOT Right get wives Nancy Shareen Barbara off bag gage carousel quietly con vulsed appreciative laughter group settled began remembering order things few flights park ing lot local OBS A&P-type store initial psychomotor seizures viewing trees bending wind official circle seemed moderate slightly time some quiet reading local literature Keith Trostle US contribution solid judges panelnever enviable jobwhich seemed keep scores day day two guys disputed eveness routine No big scores seen dont know what caused Practice flights did show Europeans outstanding threats Its werent flying welljust no demon strated exciting ship style pretty much included guys well Continued page 153 __________________ Results __________________ 1 L McDonald USA WC5813 2 Dazhong Wu China5622 3 0 Andersson Sweden5609 4 T Fancher USA5592 5 R Baron USA5567 6 B Werwage USA5560 Teams 1 USA. 9 2 China 594 3 France 9 4 Italy 5451 CL Combat World Championships WHAT ARE YOU going say about event like Combat bunch guys chasing other over sky littering field debris torching everybodys eardrums tune four engines screaming away solid four minutes Its great event big spectator appeal model competition Combat E2D Sweden no exception Gary Arnold pit man Ron Columbo arrived big part US group Texas contingent showed up later week understand tried deport George Cleve land Stockholm Airport just because hat mustache son Mitchell kicked cried signal claimed wasnt going home seeing action Rich Stubblefield promised keep Cleveland under control until banquet Swedes let him stay nice ordinary American family somehow gotten mixed up same flight something really wasnt way could actually have involved rest groupon other hand George Cleveland really good father maybe trying expose Mitchell regular world graded doses Anyway hotel restaurant forth really never same Practice Combat fliers kindof surreal 68 Model Aviation Bill Werwage flew old model comfort couldnt find magic third win good flight shot Ted Fancher model viewnotes say hes doing Horiz 8 Let er go appears signal Ted Fancher giving fourth place best US Aerobatics Team Tom Fluker Jr right new Combat World Championhere bout R Maestrelli Italy late rounds Ron Columbo Rich Stubblefield IL-RI get Gary Arnolds model off match Everybody pitched help US team win Gary Arnold checking pants match Uand Weiman China Gary won did lot of/2A flying got engines set sharpened reflexesI guess got used air other US team good fliers Tom Fluker Jr dad pits Rich Stubblefield George Cleveland pits Gary Amold Fluker Stubblefield used Fox engines ample nitro Amold using Adamisin tuned Supertigres engines sounded good hut superior Rossi engines Europeans used An occasional person like Fred Meijer Holland used new Nelson engines did sound impressive Combat ships sort separate out two basic types large foamies various covering spar schemes somewhat smaller ex cept Soviets framework ships covered Mylar Most people again except Soviets used bladder pressure tanks some sort either tuhing pacifier can run two ships per bout practice get both running ready launch second model soon first down have switched streamer over Everybody wears helmets except spectators theore tically safe two flyaways cut lines Fred Meijer ship came down full bore through trees bordering Speed circle struck ground less two meters spectator anybodys fault grounds thought second German ship ran forever gently looping climbing afternoon sky until engine quite speck darn thing transition would make Free Flighter droolafter soared thermal quite before disappearing over hill skyline found floating bay undamaged little later first rounds Combat fairly un eventful except showed American weakness getting too much streamer first pass Maybe reflex kill Fast Combat take whole streamer FAI just get 100 points like other cut have long four minutes hide because have nothing left go after opponent faster now streamer can nibble away 100 points nibble Stubblefield fell first bout bounced back losers round Arnold Fluker survived Tommy Fluker drew extra bouts narrow field 32 pilots final field Fluker Arnold won matches 16-bout round Stubblefield fell waysidepartly due streamer overeating plus false assumption opponent would crash uncontrollable ship Didnt happen lost round eight bouts Gary also suc cumbed appetite problem good match Americans flew well other fliers also very quick used good equipment tactics some times surprising fliers Only Tom Fluker left quarter-finals Fluker drew Titov two fast Russians bout good getting two cuts before line tangle caused both go ground battle stopped line tangle tangle apparently got cleared Titov back up first win few points air time alone Fluker Don Jehlik filed protest im mediately saying Titov cleared Tommys lines before going second ship Fluker tried call circle marshalls tention fact lines hadnt cleared hadnt succeeded also went second ship claimed delay cost him match over uncleared line tangle Combat judges didnt agree Fluker jury ruled favor judges Titov Fluker out last match four ended morning flying everybody broke lunch Almost everybody gone field Fluker still disconsolately shuffling around pit area jury members strolled over say sorry see him lose Tommys head pretty low asked jury member would please just look lines ship moment i know cant anything Tommy said Im asking would please just look lines can show what happened jury member said Sure bent down inspect lines clearly wrapped tangled mess some other lines indicating cleared rules require rest jury hastily assembled inspect lines hear Tommys story Sandy Pimenoff FAI ClAM president said young man cannot possibly inventing story must refly match Soviet team tried avoid rematch holding out disqualification decision bluff called did go back air Americans except Fluker holding Continued page 154 Results 1 T Pluker Jr USA 5 Beckers Beig 2 U Edslev Denmark5 C Gibson Can 3 P Salerma Finland9 G Arnold USA 5 D Vegetti Italy17 R Stubbefield 5 0 TitOv USSR 3 Denmark 4 Spain17 Doroshenko USSR right 1980 World Champnot up form year ni men Cleveland ano ii mcii LUU flank team memoer Rich Stubblefield AMA funded Dit man Der Combat entry Whoopee won Tommy Team Manager Don Jehlik hugs Fluker after big victory Teams 1USA11 2Italy12 Rich Stubbefield right lost Tall gren Sweden bounced back help US win Team World Championship November 198269 CL Speed World Championships SPEED F2A run over first three days four-day competition schedule com petitor gets two attempts single official flight per day draw determines flying order Speed Team Carl Dodge Chuck Schuette Ed Gifford relatively weak compared several European teams Ed late replacement Charlie Lieber Eds recent marriage left him short preparation time Carl Dodge has worked development own engine several years hut recent experiments have yielded enough progress performance keep pace Europeans Rossi engines Chuck Schuette uses Rossi engines help Rossi factory generally par European competitionhut no luck new engines knew past performance Schuette should 260 kph range Dodge 240s Gifford 220s contrast results some European competitions showed six eight fliers able top speeds Luis Parramon Spain worked small motorcycle firm exhaust tuning recently rccorded speeds over 280 Barce lona practice results two late spring competitions showed both Hun garian Polish teams capable speeds 270s Returning World Champ Patrick Constant France flown much Pietro Fontana Italy claimed recent performances up level 1980 second place first day opened Carl Dodge flying fairly earlx posting 243 exceed own best speed Chuck Schuette soon followed clean run inboard-engined asymmetrical sidewinder speed 2662 went near top board put him good spot place move up pressure fuel system appeared working smoothly felt might have little gain better prop Ed Gifford resorted older ship post 223 flight ensure full team score Soon other flights started posted several runs sounded good trail off too lean Parramon ran well fairly straightfor ward upright ship inboard asym metrical wing posted clean runjust topping Schuette 268 Hungarians coming up everyone awaiting demonstration per formance shown earlier year didnt disappoint onlookers exceeded 265Szegedi leading way 274 followed Molnar 271 Mult trailing Parramon 267 order changed Mult following days also reached 270 mark second-place clock ing 272 give Hungarian Speed Team clean sweep individual placings plus team title Polish fliers did seem get untracked although Rusek pushed Schuette very closely 266 China surprised everybody consider ing newness competition placing flier 7th winning 2nd team spot Poland followed 3rd team slot US 10th Most Speed competitors used some vari ation asymmetrical flying surface layout About half sidewinder engine orientations almost engine cylinder laid over outboard side Chuck Schuette notable exception used valve-controlled pressure fuel feed manage venturi feed requirements 70 Model Aviation Tail end winning Hungarian Speed ship S Szegedi Note small exhaust opening tuned pipe Went 2754 kph 171 mphL Italian Speed flier Pietro Fontana caught doing some delicate re pair work Second 1980 dropped eighth year Chuck Schuette puts wraps old Mult Hungary placed second Wing faithful ship after another fast flight model resembles own lanky build fifth older equipment winners used system others almost used centrifugal fuel switches either made Emil Rumpel same type Some especially Italians used suction uniflow type tended emphasis large ramair induction area carburetor relatively small exhaust exit area tuned exhaust pipe Variations pipe shape seen other departing constant-diameter center sections seen previously no obvious pattern Hungarians appeared team able extract competitive performance newer Rossi engine received about two dozen piston/liner sets Fontana last fall apparently successfully learned operation engine asked secret success obtain new-model Rossi engine Szegedi winner replied dont know play violin buying new wont help thats name tune gang Results 1S Szegedi Hungary2754kph 2J Mult Hungary2723kPh 3J Molnar Hungary2719kph 4L Parramon Spain2688kph 5C Schuette USA2662kph 28C Dodge USA2472kph 42E Gifford USA2338kph 3 Poland 3 10 USA 2 j OLTeam Racing World Championships TEAM RACING F2C tractive popular Control Line events spectator viewpoint Racing action generally close among top teams takes place inside cage pit men liter ally spectators fingertips way excitement right hand everyone safe easy pick favorite cheer jury calling fouls elevated tower has lap-counting lights team usually visible digital clock aid keeping track race progress good spectator event circle site Sweden excel lent no interference elements during competition US team good potential new air planes aroundincluding fancy new retractinggear models handt Albrirton/Perkins MeCollum/Knoppi using Nelson engine talked team shortly before leaving Sweden arrival John MeCollum Tom Knoppi thought progressing well estimated air speed low 19-second rangegood heat times 330s Walt Perkins John Albritton background 330s competition new ships tested initially over July 4 weekend Because accident testing cut short ques tions remained unanswered first test sessions Sweden flashes speed performance erratic Albritton Perkins soon back old 1980 ships account fractured crutches new models Larry Jolly Jed Kusik tested quietly Larry reported speeds 19 seconds flat below November 198271 Carl Dodge returned World Champs pylon after six years development has winning potential Placed 28th Chuck Schuette Carl Dodge LRI good spirits won der discussing glory days yesteryears US teams Italian models show use large ram-air ducts venturi Cooling slots generally used northern Europeans story World Championships Victor Onufrienko LI Val entim Shapovalov C wrap up Team Racer after qualifying final race Walt Perkins RI begins planning 1984 over 40 laps per tank assured Onufrienko watches ship roar away fast pit stop its way victory Italians second kilometerand good range Being basic cynic see Jolly Kusik performance myself Lo behold first watched practice speed got times 188 192 strong sounding engine good starting strong surge out pit Achilles heel seemed range counting 33 35 laps per tank engine actually cutting 31 33 lapswith extra two laps occurring gliding pit race two laps can disap pear magically sometimes three four will go away rigors traffic So worried setting would hold up race Albritton/Perkins finally got old #12 ship rolling about 192 fairly happy sound certainly didnt give advantage over other teams McCollum/Knoppi constant trouble equipment finally abandoned retracts newer valves still having troubles wasnt auspicious way approach race day However no other team except Soviets appeared better position Metkemeijer brothers World Champs 78 par Albritton/Perkins British two Italian Cipolla teams other Dutch team Vissar/Buys Rossi boys Italy Danish team Geschwendt ncr/Mau similar slower airspeed quicker pits would help Soviets two teams superior airspeeds Both Shapovalov/Onufrienko Barkov/Suraev could run comfortably 186 188 happy sounding engines no apparent problems first heats confirmed impressions practice Albritton/Perkins up early used #12 comfortable fast pits good speed record 336 time would probably hold up semi-final spot assurance looked like would struggle improve Results 1 Shapovlov/Onufrienko USSR F6 563 2 Rossi/Rossi ItalyF 7233 3 Barkov/Suraev USSRF no time 4 Metkemeyer/Metkemeyer NethE 3344 5 Geschwendtner/Mau Neth WC E3365 6 Albritton/Perkins USAE 3369 43 McCollum/Knoppi USA 171 44 JoIly/Kusik USAE no time Teams 1 England 7 3 Netherlands 11168 2 USSR. 11018 15 USA 2 10540 Soviets came up soon after S&O flashed 326 B&S topping 323 new heat records Other teams followed times hovering near recorded Albritton/ PerkinsMetkemeijer 334 Smith/Brown Great Britain 336 two Italians Visser/Buys disqualifying DQ themselves lousy flying equipment failure Jolly/Kusik got off well heat troubleending Jolly losing ship takeoff 2nd pit resulting no time McCollum/Knoppi also troubles lost ship pit stop no time handwriting wall Day 2 saw little change except two Italian teams340 Voghera/Menozzi 337 Rossi brothers Sal Rossi stunt flier father Danes 336 Gray Hancock Britain completed semis field 338 McCollum/Knoppi too cold engine warm-up finished far down Jolly/Kusik ran strongly pitted laps 32 62 needed third pit finish race pit equipment malfunction prevented recording time Semi-final day looked like dogfight 3rd 72 Model Aviation Third-place team L-R V Suraev V Barkov speed range match winners Didnt finish final race Europeans sometimes complain hear US pit men make high catches case Walt Perkins shows may right Continued page 154 John McCollum Tom Knoppi made too mistakes have chance Knoppi running account Shapovalov winning USSR tea, right passes over Martin Germany Former World Champ Rob Metkemeyer about make catch Couldnt quite find enough speed qualify final race NO OCR TEXT NEW Airtronics Championship Series 5 7 channel systems response customer demand CS5 CS systems now equipped use variety ne mixer coupler modules plug th transmitter modules can control such func tions elevons V-Tail flaperons may bE used provide automatic elevator compensatior deploying flaps spoilers An elevon/V-Tai mixer included CS7 mixer modules extra cost option CS5 have also added dual rate rudder CS7 system Both CS5 CS7 fully compatable new proposed frequencies Standard features CS5 CS7 include Dual rate linear exponential controls aileron elevator Trainer system compatable XL4 XL6 systems End point adjustment aileron elevator Total throw adjustment rudder throttle retract channels Aileron/rudder coupler couples onto right stick Servo reversing channels Direct servo control system Airborne battery tester Contest open gimbal sticks Variety servo options CS5S SYSTEM sailplane enthusiasts have special version featuring fantastic 94401 micro servo ideal sailplane servo CS5H SYSTEM Helicopter pilots will like inverted flight switch built automatic tail rotor compensatiori feature system Also available heavy duty ball bearing servos above systems include transmitter balanced mixer receiver 4 servos Tx Rx batteries dual charger switch harness DSC battery test cable servo trays output arms frequency flag instruction manual 2753 72 MHZ See above Championship systems local hobby shop. sure will agree WE DID IT RIGHT NO OCR TEXT
Edition: Model Aviation - 1982/11
Page Numbers: 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 154, 155
Top Control Line fliers gathered Sweden last part July biennial running World Championships four categories Aerobatics Combat Team Racing Speed US individuals teams victorious Aerobatics Combat have some catching-up other events@ Dr Laird Jackson SWEDEN IN JULY doesnt sound nearly good actually 1982 Control Line World Championships held glorious weather small seacoast town Oxelosund oxel name local tree o means island sund means sound about hours drive south Stockholm along Swedens Baltic coast line town has large steel mill depressed like current steel mills sum mer tourist population parts displaying themselves enticingly local boats beaches US Control Line Team consisting three Speed three Aerobatics fliers de fending World Champion Aerobatics three Team Race three Combat pilots mechanicsplus two team managers sorted supportersarrived about week ad vance contest direct flight New York Stockholm trip Oxelosund rental vehicles easy two-hour drive over excellent highway via outskirts Stockholm Local accommodations small comfortable hotel situated towns contem porary square shopping center Stores banks restaurants close hand though limited number Almost everyone group took opportunity visits back Stockholm shopping sightseeing during course two-week stay Swedish hosts very cordial help ful especially Team Race fliers Bengt-Olaf Samuelsson Kjell Axtiliuswho did major portion hard work oforganizing setting up competition site shown several choices practicing well contest site itself facilities used processing eating meetings contest field part sports complex within walking distance hotel Two large fenced circles Speed Team Racing laid out parking lot Another newly phalted Aerobatics circle located across road grass area bordered side fairly tall trees trees created moderate turbulence circle wind direction seemed minor prob lem Combat circles marked out grass soccer field complex sur rounded track bordered spectator stands Spectator seating provided other events well same stadium area utilized opening closing ceremonies Included usual marching band competitors parade speeches flag raising national anthems awardswith flower girls local national aeroclub officials physical arrangements superb organization also very good few incidents major significance during meeting team members soon settled got down sorting Out equipment accli mating themselves local conditions through practice usual spate problems arose overall practice showed US teams about would have expected preparation recent performances Aerobatics Team has strong through years continues sowith good competition team spots results winning combination Combat fliers have improved organi zation team selection program ap peared cohesive year ever before contrast Speed Team Race contin gents have slowly diminishing numbers recent years havent able field teams strong used practice flying Aerobatics fliers looking good principle concern over might finish relative another Combat fliers seemed confident have Speed people usually know stand years case left mildly depressed Team Race practice producing broken parts declining airspeeds general run nagging problems note competition opened accompanying reports detail results event US did well overall Much learned Old friendships renewed new ones made team left contest feel ing accomplishment satisfaction successful US teams World Cham pionships competition memories Sweden 82 will cherished years come 66 Model Aviation Most US contingent attending 1982 Control Line World Championships Standing L-R Don Jehlik seam manager Tom Fluker Sr George Cleveland Larry Jolly Richard Stubblefield Gary Arnold Jed Kusik Ed Gifford Dave Elias assistant team manager Rich Lopez Carl Dodge Chuck Schuette Kneeling L-R Tom Fluker Jr Mitchell Cleveland John Albritton Walt Perkins Ted Fancher Bob Baron Ron Colum bo Tom Knoppi Bill Werwage John McCollum Keith Trostle attended asan Aerobatics judge author DocJacksonwasonthe FAI jury ICLAerobaticsWorld Championships AEROBATICS F2B just plain good old Stunt has always US stronghold WC since least 1966 have won Team World Championship individual title fell Bill Werwage 1970 first unbroken string US Individual World Champions hasnt always easy things seem going too well team members fiddles needle valve too long run Out fuel clover leaf forgets count three doing inside loopsor something equally brilliant Spices up proceedings know Anyway some new faces US team year Ted Fancher Bob Baron both California Both long time competitors top quality Bob particu lar flying extremely well last years team finals Neither seemed have too much first years nervous attacks practice pat terns looked pretty good Fanchers looked good after explained should pretend looking round figures carnival side-show mirror never told kind did make easier under stand flying once everybody team plenty own personal brand fuel no panic searches nitro anything else youre xx ondering national debt creep ing up should see fuel shipping bill Werwage Baron appeared happy things like build apparently because lot epoxy smell sanding patching forays wood forth room also seemed friendly hotel manager came around often discuss electrical service Les McDonald competing reigning World Champnot member US team arrived Arlands Airport good shape put November 198267 Les McDonald won Individual CL Aerobatics World Champion ship latest version Stiletto As reigning World Champ competed individual member US team Hes first three-time winner single World Championship Chinas Aerobatics Team rapidly advancing toward top though country has participated internationally eventson ly short Clever ship shown has crankcase pressure retracts Bob Baron TIew well piacea fifth Probably would have scored higher wind gusts bothered him Les McDonald launches Bill Werwages 10-year-old USA-i another good flight netting Werwage sixth place Werwage two-time WC Workmanship detailing Les McDonalds winning Stiletto beautiful PAl World Champ rules require use muffler down quickly SAS pilot way through baggage area fascinated large airplane boxes especially Les its numerous testimonials considerable prowess things model Maybe commercial blatancy Hot Stuff decals maybe just whole image Swed ish pilot said Les Youre what call 5 I-lOT Right get wives Nancy Shareen Barbara off bag gage carousel quietly con vulsed appreciative laughter group settled began remembering order things few flights park ing lot local OBS A&P-type store initial psychomotor seizures viewing trees bending wind official circle seemed moderate slightly time some quiet reading local literature Keith Trostle US contribution solid judges panelnever enviable jobwhich seemed keep scores day day two guys disputed eveness routine No big scores seen dont know what caused Practice flights did show Europeans outstanding threats Its werent flying welljust no demon strated exciting ship style pretty much included guys well Continued page 153 __________________ Results __________________ 1 L McDonald USA WC5813 2 Dazhong Wu China5622 3 0 Andersson Sweden5609 4 T Fancher USA5592 5 R Baron USA5567 6 B Werwage USA5560 Teams 1 USA. 9 2 China 594 3 France 9 4 Italy 5451 CL Combat World Championships WHAT ARE YOU going say about event like Combat bunch guys chasing other over sky littering field debris torching everybodys eardrums tune four engines screaming away solid four minutes Its great event big spectator appeal model competition Combat E2D Sweden no exception Gary Arnold pit man Ron Columbo arrived big part US group Texas contingent showed up later week understand tried deport George Cleve land Stockholm Airport just because hat mustache son Mitchell kicked cried signal claimed wasnt going home seeing action Rich Stubblefield promised keep Cleveland under control until banquet Swedes let him stay nice ordinary American family somehow gotten mixed up same flight something really wasnt way could actually have involved rest groupon other hand George Cleveland really good father maybe trying expose Mitchell regular world graded doses Anyway hotel restaurant forth really never same Practice Combat fliers kindof surreal 68 Model Aviation Bill Werwage flew old model comfort couldnt find magic third win good flight shot Ted Fancher model viewnotes say hes doing Horiz 8 Let er go appears signal Ted Fancher giving fourth place best US Aerobatics Team Tom Fluker Jr right new Combat World Championhere bout R Maestrelli Italy late rounds Ron Columbo Rich Stubblefield IL-RI get Gary Arnolds model off match Everybody pitched help US team win Gary Arnold checking pants match Uand Weiman China Gary won did lot of/2A flying got engines set sharpened reflexesI guess got used air other US team good fliers Tom Fluker Jr dad pits Rich Stubblefield George Cleveland pits Gary Amold Fluker Stubblefield used Fox engines ample nitro Amold using Adamisin tuned Supertigres engines sounded good hut superior Rossi engines Europeans used An occasional person like Fred Meijer Holland used new Nelson engines did sound impressive Combat ships sort separate out two basic types large foamies various covering spar schemes somewhat smaller ex cept Soviets framework ships covered Mylar Most people again except Soviets used bladder pressure tanks some sort either tuhing pacifier can run two ships per bout practice get both running ready launch second model soon first down have switched streamer over Everybody wears helmets except spectators theore tically safe two flyaways cut lines Fred Meijer ship came down full bore through trees bordering Speed circle struck ground less two meters spectator anybodys fault grounds thought second German ship ran forever gently looping climbing afternoon sky until engine quite speck darn thing transition would make Free Flighter droolafter soared thermal quite before disappearing over hill skyline found floating bay undamaged little later first rounds Combat fairly un eventful except showed American weakness getting too much streamer first pass Maybe reflex kill Fast Combat take whole streamer FAI just get 100 points like other cut have long four minutes hide because have nothing left go after opponent faster now streamer can nibble away 100 points nibble Stubblefield fell first bout bounced back losers round Arnold Fluker survived Tommy Fluker drew extra bouts narrow field 32 pilots final field Fluker Arnold won matches 16-bout round Stubblefield fell waysidepartly due streamer overeating plus false assumption opponent would crash uncontrollable ship Didnt happen lost round eight bouts Gary also suc cumbed appetite problem good match Americans flew well other fliers also very quick used good equipment tactics some times surprising fliers Only Tom Fluker left quarter-finals Fluker drew Titov two fast Russians bout good getting two cuts before line tangle caused both go ground battle stopped line tangle tangle apparently got cleared Titov back up first win few points air time alone Fluker Don Jehlik filed protest im mediately saying Titov cleared Tommys lines before going second ship Fluker tried call circle marshalls tention fact lines hadnt cleared hadnt succeeded also went second ship claimed delay cost him match over uncleared line tangle Combat judges didnt agree Fluker jury ruled favor judges Titov Fluker out last match four ended morning flying everybody broke lunch Almost everybody gone field Fluker still disconsolately shuffling around pit area jury members strolled over say sorry see him lose Tommys head pretty low asked jury member would please just look lines ship moment i know cant anything Tommy said Im asking would please just look lines can show what happened jury member said Sure bent down inspect lines clearly wrapped tangled mess some other lines indicating cleared rules require rest jury hastily assembled inspect lines hear Tommys story Sandy Pimenoff FAI ClAM president said young man cannot possibly inventing story must refly match Soviet team tried avoid rematch holding out disqualification decision bluff called did go back air Americans except Fluker holding Continued page 154 Results 1 T Pluker Jr USA 5 Beckers Beig 2 U Edslev Denmark5 C Gibson Can 3 P Salerma Finland9 G Arnold USA 5 D Vegetti Italy17 R Stubbefield 5 0 TitOv USSR 3 Denmark 4 Spain17 Doroshenko USSR right 1980 World Champnot up form year ni men Cleveland ano ii mcii LUU flank team memoer Rich Stubblefield AMA funded Dit man Der Combat entry Whoopee won Tommy Team Manager Don Jehlik hugs Fluker after big victory Teams 1USA11 2Italy12 Rich Stubbefield right lost Tall gren Sweden bounced back help US win Team World Championship November 198269 CL Speed World Championships SPEED F2A run over first three days four-day competition schedule com petitor gets two attempts single official flight per day draw determines flying order Speed Team Carl Dodge Chuck Schuette Ed Gifford relatively weak compared several European teams Ed late replacement Charlie Lieber Eds recent marriage left him short preparation time Carl Dodge has worked development own engine several years hut recent experiments have yielded enough progress performance keep pace Europeans Rossi engines Chuck Schuette uses Rossi engines help Rossi factory generally par European competitionhut no luck new engines knew past performance Schuette should 260 kph range Dodge 240s Gifford 220s contrast results some European competitions showed six eight fliers able top speeds Luis Parramon Spain worked small motorcycle firm exhaust tuning recently rccorded speeds over 280 Barce lona practice results two late spring competitions showed both Hun garian Polish teams capable speeds 270s Returning World Champ Patrick Constant France flown much Pietro Fontana Italy claimed recent performances up level 1980 second place first day opened Carl Dodge flying fairly earlx posting 243 exceed own best speed Chuck Schuette soon followed clean run inboard-engined asymmetrical sidewinder speed 2662 went near top board put him good spot place move up pressure fuel system appeared working smoothly felt might have little gain better prop Ed Gifford resorted older ship post 223 flight ensure full team score Soon other flights started posted several runs sounded good trail off too lean Parramon ran well fairly straightfor ward upright ship inboard asym metrical wing posted clean runjust topping Schuette 268 Hungarians coming up everyone awaiting demonstration per formance shown earlier year didnt disappoint onlookers exceeded 265Szegedi leading way 274 followed Molnar 271 Mult trailing Parramon 267 order changed Mult following days also reached 270 mark second-place clock ing 272 give Hungarian Speed Team clean sweep individual placings plus team title Polish fliers did seem get untracked although Rusek pushed Schuette very closely 266 China surprised everybody consider ing newness competition placing flier 7th winning 2nd team spot Poland followed 3rd team slot US 10th Most Speed competitors used some vari ation asymmetrical flying surface layout About half sidewinder engine orientations almost engine cylinder laid over outboard side Chuck Schuette notable exception used valve-controlled pressure fuel feed manage venturi feed requirements 70 Model Aviation Tail end winning Hungarian Speed ship S Szegedi Note small exhaust opening tuned pipe Went 2754 kph 171 mphL Italian Speed flier Pietro Fontana caught doing some delicate re pair work Second 1980 dropped eighth year Chuck Schuette puts wraps old Mult Hungary placed second Wing faithful ship after another fast flight model resembles own lanky build fifth older equipment winners used system others almost used centrifugal fuel switches either made Emil Rumpel same type Some especially Italians used suction uniflow type tended emphasis large ramair induction area carburetor relatively small exhaust exit area tuned exhaust pipe Variations pipe shape seen other departing constant-diameter center sections seen previously no obvious pattern Hungarians appeared team able extract competitive performance newer Rossi engine received about two dozen piston/liner sets Fontana last fall apparently successfully learned operation engine asked secret success obtain new-model Rossi engine Szegedi winner replied dont know play violin buying new wont help thats name tune gang Results 1S Szegedi Hungary2754kph 2J Mult Hungary2723kPh 3J Molnar Hungary2719kph 4L Parramon Spain2688kph 5C Schuette USA2662kph 28C Dodge USA2472kph 42E Gifford USA2338kph 3 Poland 3 10 USA 2 j OLTeam Racing World Championships TEAM RACING F2C tractive popular Control Line events spectator viewpoint Racing action generally close among top teams takes place inside cage pit men liter ally spectators fingertips way excitement right hand everyone safe easy pick favorite cheer jury calling fouls elevated tower has lap-counting lights team usually visible digital clock aid keeping track race progress good spectator event circle site Sweden excel lent no interference elements during competition US team good potential new air planes aroundincluding fancy new retractinggear models handt Albrirton/Perkins MeCollum/Knoppi using Nelson engine talked team shortly before leaving Sweden arrival John MeCollum Tom Knoppi thought progressing well estimated air speed low 19-second rangegood heat times 330s Walt Perkins John Albritton background 330s competition new ships tested initially over July 4 weekend Because accident testing cut short ques tions remained unanswered first test sessions Sweden flashes speed performance erratic Albritton Perkins soon back old 1980 ships account fractured crutches new models Larry Jolly Jed Kusik tested quietly Larry reported speeds 19 seconds flat below November 198271 Carl Dodge returned World Champs pylon after six years development has winning potential Placed 28th Chuck Schuette Carl Dodge LRI good spirits won der discussing glory days yesteryears US teams Italian models show use large ram-air ducts venturi Cooling slots generally used northern Europeans story World Championships Victor Onufrienko LI Val entim Shapovalov C wrap up Team Racer after qualifying final race Walt Perkins RI begins planning 1984 over 40 laps per tank assured Onufrienko watches ship roar away fast pit stop its way victory Italians second kilometerand good range Being basic cynic see Jolly Kusik performance myself Lo behold first watched practice speed got times 188 192 strong sounding engine good starting strong surge out pit Achilles heel seemed range counting 33 35 laps per tank engine actually cutting 31 33 lapswith extra two laps occurring gliding pit race two laps can disap pear magically sometimes three four will go away rigors traffic So worried setting would hold up race Albritton/Perkins finally got old #12 ship rolling about 192 fairly happy sound certainly didnt give advantage over other teams McCollum/Knoppi constant trouble equipment finally abandoned retracts newer valves still having troubles wasnt auspicious way approach race day However no other team except Soviets appeared better position Metkemeijer brothers World Champs 78 par Albritton/Perkins British two Italian Cipolla teams other Dutch team Vissar/Buys Rossi boys Italy Danish team Geschwendt ncr/Mau similar slower airspeed quicker pits would help Soviets two teams superior airspeeds Both Shapovalov/Onufrienko Barkov/Suraev could run comfortably 186 188 happy sounding engines no apparent problems first heats confirmed impressions practice Albritton/Perkins up early used #12 comfortable fast pits good speed record 336 time would probably hold up semi-final spot assurance looked like would struggle improve Results 1 Shapovlov/Onufrienko USSR F6 563 2 Rossi/Rossi ItalyF 7233 3 Barkov/Suraev USSRF no time 4 Metkemeyer/Metkemeyer NethE 3344 5 Geschwendtner/Mau Neth WC E3365 6 Albritton/Perkins USAE 3369 43 McCollum/Knoppi USA 171 44 JoIly/Kusik USAE no time Teams 1 England 7 3 Netherlands 11168 2 USSR. 11018 15 USA 2 10540 Soviets came up soon after S&O flashed 326 B&S topping 323 new heat records Other teams followed times hovering near recorded Albritton/ PerkinsMetkemeijer 334 Smith/Brown Great Britain 336 two Italians Visser/Buys disqualifying DQ themselves lousy flying equipment failure Jolly/Kusik got off well heat troubleending Jolly losing ship takeoff 2nd pit resulting no time McCollum/Knoppi also troubles lost ship pit stop no time handwriting wall Day 2 saw little change except two Italian teams340 Voghera/Menozzi 337 Rossi brothers Sal Rossi stunt flier father Danes 336 Gray Hancock Britain completed semis field 338 McCollum/Knoppi too cold engine warm-up finished far down Jolly/Kusik ran strongly pitted laps 32 62 needed third pit finish race pit equipment malfunction prevented recording time Semi-final day looked like dogfight 3rd 72 Model Aviation Third-place team L-R V Suraev V Barkov speed range match winners Didnt finish final race Europeans sometimes complain hear US pit men make high catches case Walt Perkins shows may right Continued page 154 John McCollum Tom Knoppi made too mistakes have chance Knoppi running account Shapovalov winning USSR tea, right passes over Martin Germany Former World Champ Rob Metkemeyer about make catch Couldnt quite find enough speed qualify final race NO OCR TEXT NEW Airtronics Championship Series 5 7 channel systems response customer demand CS5 CS systems now equipped use variety ne mixer coupler modules plug th transmitter modules can control such func tions elevons V-Tail flaperons may bE used provide automatic elevator compensatior deploying flaps spoilers An elevon/V-Tai mixer included CS7 mixer modules extra cost option CS5 have also added dual rate rudder CS7 system Both CS5 CS7 fully compatable new proposed frequencies Standard features CS5 CS7 include Dual rate linear exponential controls aileron elevator Trainer system compatable XL4 XL6 systems End point adjustment aileron elevator Total throw adjustment rudder throttle retract channels Aileron/rudder coupler couples onto right stick Servo reversing channels Direct servo control system Airborne battery tester Contest open gimbal sticks Variety servo options CS5S SYSTEM sailplane enthusiasts have special version featuring fantastic 94401 micro servo ideal sailplane servo CS5H SYSTEM Helicopter pilots will like inverted flight switch built automatic tail rotor compensatiori feature system Also available heavy duty ball bearing servos above systems include transmitter balanced mixer receiver 4 servos Tx Rx batteries dual charger switch harness DSC battery test cable servo trays output arms frequency flag instruction manual 2753 72 MHZ See above Championship systems local hobby shop. sure will agree WE DID IT RIGHT NO OCR TEXT
Edition: Model Aviation - 1982/11
Page Numbers: 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 154, 155
Top Control Line fliers gathered Sweden last part July biennial running World Championships four categories Aerobatics Combat Team Racing Speed US individuals teams victorious Aerobatics Combat have some catching-up other events@ Dr Laird Jackson SWEDEN IN JULY doesnt sound nearly good actually 1982 Control Line World Championships held glorious weather small seacoast town Oxelosund oxel name local tree o means island sund means sound about hours drive south Stockholm along Swedens Baltic coast line town has large steel mill depressed like current steel mills sum mer tourist population parts displaying themselves enticingly local boats beaches US Control Line Team consisting three Speed three Aerobatics fliers de fending World Champion Aerobatics three Team Race three Combat pilots mechanicsplus two team managers sorted supportersarrived about week ad vance contest direct flight New York Stockholm trip Oxelosund rental vehicles easy two-hour drive over excellent highway via outskirts Stockholm Local accommodations small comfortable hotel situated towns contem porary square shopping center Stores banks restaurants close hand though limited number Almost everyone group took opportunity visits back Stockholm shopping sightseeing during course two-week stay Swedish hosts very cordial help ful especially Team Race fliers Bengt-Olaf Samuelsson Kjell Axtiliuswho did major portion hard work oforganizing setting up competition site shown several choices practicing well contest site itself facilities used processing eating meetings contest field part sports complex within walking distance hotel Two large fenced circles Speed Team Racing laid out parking lot Another newly phalted Aerobatics circle located across road grass area bordered side fairly tall trees trees created moderate turbulence circle wind direction seemed minor prob lem Combat circles marked out grass soccer field complex sur rounded track bordered spectator stands Spectator seating provided other events well same stadium area utilized opening closing ceremonies Included usual marching band competitors parade speeches flag raising national anthems awardswith flower girls local national aeroclub officials physical arrangements superb organization also very good few incidents major significance during meeting team members soon settled got down sorting Out equipment accli mating themselves local conditions through practice usual spate problems arose overall practice showed US teams about would have expected preparation recent performances Aerobatics Team has strong through years continues sowith good competition team spots results winning combination Combat fliers have improved organi zation team selection program ap peared cohesive year ever before contrast Speed Team Race contin gents have slowly diminishing numbers recent years havent able field teams strong used practice flying Aerobatics fliers looking good principle concern over might finish relative another Combat fliers seemed confident have Speed people usually know stand years case left mildly depressed Team Race practice producing broken parts declining airspeeds general run nagging problems note competition opened accompanying reports detail results event US did well overall Much learned Old friendships renewed new ones made team left contest feel ing accomplishment satisfaction successful US teams World Cham pionships competition memories Sweden 82 will cherished years come 66 Model Aviation Most US contingent attending 1982 Control Line World Championships Standing L-R Don Jehlik seam manager Tom Fluker Sr George Cleveland Larry Jolly Richard Stubblefield Gary Arnold Jed Kusik Ed Gifford Dave Elias assistant team manager Rich Lopez Carl Dodge Chuck Schuette Kneeling L-R Tom Fluker Jr Mitchell Cleveland John Albritton Walt Perkins Ted Fancher Bob Baron Ron Colum bo Tom Knoppi Bill Werwage John McCollum Keith Trostle attended asan Aerobatics judge author DocJacksonwasonthe FAI jury ICLAerobaticsWorld Championships AEROBATICS F2B just plain good old Stunt has always US stronghold WC since least 1966 have won Team World Championship individual title fell Bill Werwage 1970 first unbroken string US Individual World Champions hasnt always easy things seem going too well team members fiddles needle valve too long run Out fuel clover leaf forgets count three doing inside loopsor something equally brilliant Spices up proceedings know Anyway some new faces US team year Ted Fancher Bob Baron both California Both long time competitors top quality Bob particu lar flying extremely well last years team finals Neither seemed have too much first years nervous attacks practice pat terns looked pretty good Fanchers looked good after explained should pretend looking round figures carnival side-show mirror never told kind did make easier under stand flying once everybody team plenty own personal brand fuel no panic searches nitro anything else youre xx ondering national debt creep ing up should see fuel shipping bill Werwage Baron appeared happy things like build apparently because lot epoxy smell sanding patching forays wood forth room also seemed friendly hotel manager came around often discuss electrical service Les McDonald competing reigning World Champnot member US team arrived Arlands Airport good shape put November 198267 Les McDonald won Individual CL Aerobatics World Champion ship latest version Stiletto As reigning World Champ competed individual member US team Hes first three-time winner single World Championship Chinas Aerobatics Team rapidly advancing toward top though country has participated internationally eventson ly short Clever ship shown has crankcase pressure retracts Bob Baron TIew well piacea fifth Probably would have scored higher wind gusts bothered him Les McDonald launches Bill Werwages 10-year-old USA-i another good flight netting Werwage sixth place Werwage two-time WC Workmanship detailing Les McDonalds winning Stiletto beautiful PAl World Champ rules require use muffler down quickly SAS pilot way through baggage area fascinated large airplane boxes especially Les its numerous testimonials considerable prowess things model Maybe commercial blatancy Hot Stuff decals maybe just whole image Swed ish pilot said Les Youre what call 5 I-lOT Right get wives Nancy Shareen Barbara off bag gage carousel quietly con vulsed appreciative laughter group settled began remembering order things few flights park ing lot local OBS A&P-type store initial psychomotor seizures viewing trees bending wind official circle seemed moderate slightly time some quiet reading local literature Keith Trostle US contribution solid judges panelnever enviable jobwhich seemed keep scores day day two guys disputed eveness routine No big scores seen dont know what caused Practice flights did show Europeans outstanding threats Its werent flying welljust no demon strated exciting ship style pretty much included guys well Continued page 153 __________________ Results __________________ 1 L McDonald USA WC5813 2 Dazhong Wu China5622 3 0 Andersson Sweden5609 4 T Fancher USA5592 5 R Baron USA5567 6 B Werwage USA5560 Teams 1 USA. 9 2 China 594 3 France 9 4 Italy 5451 CL Combat World Championships WHAT ARE YOU going say about event like Combat bunch guys chasing other over sky littering field debris torching everybodys eardrums tune four engines screaming away solid four minutes Its great event big spectator appeal model competition Combat E2D Sweden no exception Gary Arnold pit man Ron Columbo arrived big part US group Texas contingent showed up later week understand tried deport George Cleve land Stockholm Airport just because hat mustache son Mitchell kicked cried signal claimed wasnt going home seeing action Rich Stubblefield promised keep Cleveland under control until banquet Swedes let him stay nice ordinary American family somehow gotten mixed up same flight something really wasnt way could actually have involved rest groupon other hand George Cleveland really good father maybe trying expose Mitchell regular world graded doses Anyway hotel restaurant forth really never same Practice Combat fliers kindof surreal 68 Model Aviation Bill Werwage flew old model comfort couldnt find magic third win good flight shot Ted Fancher model viewnotes say hes doing Horiz 8 Let er go appears signal Ted Fancher giving fourth place best US Aerobatics Team Tom Fluker Jr right new Combat World Championhere bout R Maestrelli Italy late rounds Ron Columbo Rich Stubblefield IL-RI get Gary Arnolds model off match Everybody pitched help US team win Gary Arnold checking pants match Uand Weiman China Gary won did lot of/2A flying got engines set sharpened reflexesI guess got used air other US team good fliers Tom Fluker Jr dad pits Rich Stubblefield George Cleveland pits Gary Amold Fluker Stubblefield used Fox engines ample nitro Amold using Adamisin tuned Supertigres engines sounded good hut superior Rossi engines Europeans used An occasional person like Fred Meijer Holland used new Nelson engines did sound impressive Combat ships sort separate out two basic types large foamies various covering spar schemes somewhat smaller ex cept Soviets framework ships covered Mylar Most people again except Soviets used bladder pressure tanks some sort either tuhing pacifier can run two ships per bout practice get both running ready launch second model soon first down have switched streamer over Everybody wears helmets except spectators theore tically safe two flyaways cut lines Fred Meijer ship came down full bore through trees bordering Speed circle struck ground less two meters spectator anybodys fault grounds thought second German ship ran forever gently looping climbing afternoon sky until engine quite speck darn thing transition would make Free Flighter droolafter soared thermal quite before disappearing over hill skyline found floating bay undamaged little later first rounds Combat fairly un eventful except showed American weakness getting too much streamer first pass Maybe reflex kill Fast Combat take whole streamer FAI just get 100 points like other cut have long four minutes hide because have nothing left go after opponent faster now streamer can nibble away 100 points nibble Stubblefield fell first bout bounced back losers round Arnold Fluker survived Tommy Fluker drew extra bouts narrow field 32 pilots final field Fluker Arnold won matches 16-bout round Stubblefield fell waysidepartly due streamer overeating plus false assumption opponent would crash uncontrollable ship Didnt happen lost round eight bouts Gary also suc cumbed appetite problem good match Americans flew well other fliers also very quick used good equipment tactics some times surprising fliers Only Tom Fluker left quarter-finals Fluker drew Titov two fast Russians bout good getting two cuts before line tangle caused both go ground battle stopped line tangle tangle apparently got cleared Titov back up first win few points air time alone Fluker Don Jehlik filed protest im mediately saying Titov cleared Tommys lines before going second ship Fluker tried call circle marshalls tention fact lines hadnt cleared hadnt succeeded also went second ship claimed delay cost him match over uncleared line tangle Combat judges didnt agree Fluker jury ruled favor judges Titov Fluker out last match four ended morning flying everybody broke lunch Almost everybody gone field Fluker still disconsolately shuffling around pit area jury members strolled over say sorry see him lose Tommys head pretty low asked jury member would please just look lines ship moment i know cant anything Tommy said Im asking would please just look lines can show what happened jury member said Sure bent down inspect lines clearly wrapped tangled mess some other lines indicating cleared rules require rest jury hastily assembled inspect lines hear Tommys story Sandy Pimenoff FAI ClAM president said young man cannot possibly inventing story must refly match Soviet team tried avoid rematch holding out disqualification decision bluff called did go back air Americans except Fluker holding Continued page 154 Results 1 T Pluker Jr USA 5 Beckers Beig 2 U Edslev Denmark5 C Gibson Can 3 P Salerma Finland9 G Arnold USA 5 D Vegetti Italy17 R Stubbefield 5 0 TitOv USSR 3 Denmark 4 Spain17 Doroshenko USSR right 1980 World Champnot up form year ni men Cleveland ano ii mcii LUU flank team memoer Rich Stubblefield AMA funded Dit man Der Combat entry Whoopee won Tommy Team Manager Don Jehlik hugs Fluker after big victory Teams 1USA11 2Italy12 Rich Stubbefield right lost Tall gren Sweden bounced back help US win Team World Championship November 198269 CL Speed World Championships SPEED F2A run over first three days four-day competition schedule com petitor gets two attempts single official flight per day draw determines flying order Speed Team Carl Dodge Chuck Schuette Ed Gifford relatively weak compared several European teams Ed late replacement Charlie Lieber Eds recent marriage left him short preparation time Carl Dodge has worked development own engine several years hut recent experiments have yielded enough progress performance keep pace Europeans Rossi engines Chuck Schuette uses Rossi engines help Rossi factory generally par European competitionhut no luck new engines knew past performance Schuette should 260 kph range Dodge 240s Gifford 220s contrast results some European competitions showed six eight fliers able top speeds Luis Parramon Spain worked small motorcycle firm exhaust tuning recently rccorded speeds over 280 Barce lona practice results two late spring competitions showed both Hun garian Polish teams capable speeds 270s Returning World Champ Patrick Constant France flown much Pietro Fontana Italy claimed recent performances up level 1980 second place first day opened Carl Dodge flying fairly earlx posting 243 exceed own best speed Chuck Schuette soon followed clean run inboard-engined asymmetrical sidewinder speed 2662 went near top board put him good spot place move up pressure fuel system appeared working smoothly felt might have little gain better prop Ed Gifford resorted older ship post 223 flight ensure full team score Soon other flights started posted several runs sounded good trail off too lean Parramon ran well fairly straightfor ward upright ship inboard asym metrical wing posted clean runjust topping Schuette 268 Hungarians coming up everyone awaiting demonstration per formance shown earlier year didnt disappoint onlookers exceeded 265Szegedi leading way 274 followed Molnar 271 Mult trailing Parramon 267 order changed Mult following days also reached 270 mark second-place clock ing 272 give Hungarian Speed Team clean sweep individual placings plus team title Polish fliers did seem get untracked although Rusek pushed Schuette very closely 266 China surprised everybody consider ing newness competition placing flier 7th winning 2nd team spot Poland followed 3rd team slot US 10th Most Speed competitors used some vari ation asymmetrical flying surface layout About half sidewinder engine orientations almost engine cylinder laid over outboard side Chuck Schuette notable exception used valve-controlled pressure fuel feed manage venturi feed requirements 70 Model Aviation Tail end winning Hungarian Speed ship S Szegedi Note small exhaust opening tuned pipe Went 2754 kph 171 mphL Italian Speed flier Pietro Fontana caught doing some delicate re pair work Second 1980 dropped eighth year Chuck Schuette puts wraps old Mult Hungary placed second Wing faithful ship after another fast flight model resembles own lanky build fifth older equipment winners used system others almost used centrifugal fuel switches either made Emil Rumpel same type Some especially Italians used suction uniflow type tended emphasis large ramair induction area carburetor relatively small exhaust exit area tuned exhaust pipe Variations pipe shape seen other departing constant-diameter center sections seen previously no obvious pattern Hungarians appeared team able extract competitive performance newer Rossi engine received about two dozen piston/liner sets Fontana last fall apparently successfully learned operation engine asked secret success obtain new-model Rossi engine Szegedi winner replied dont know play violin buying new wont help thats name tune gang Results 1S Szegedi Hungary2754kph 2J Mult Hungary2723kPh 3J Molnar Hungary2719kph 4L Parramon Spain2688kph 5C Schuette USA2662kph 28C Dodge USA2472kph 42E Gifford USA2338kph 3 Poland 3 10 USA 2 j OLTeam Racing World Championships TEAM RACING F2C tractive popular Control Line events spectator viewpoint Racing action generally close among top teams takes place inside cage pit men liter ally spectators fingertips way excitement right hand everyone safe easy pick favorite cheer jury calling fouls elevated tower has lap-counting lights team usually visible digital clock aid keeping track race progress good spectator event circle site Sweden excel lent no interference elements during competition US team good potential new air planes aroundincluding fancy new retractinggear models handt Albrirton/Perkins MeCollum/Knoppi using Nelson engine talked team shortly before leaving Sweden arrival John MeCollum Tom Knoppi thought progressing well estimated air speed low 19-second rangegood heat times 330s Walt Perkins John Albritton background 330s competition new ships tested initially over July 4 weekend Because accident testing cut short ques tions remained unanswered first test sessions Sweden flashes speed performance erratic Albritton Perkins soon back old 1980 ships account fractured crutches new models Larry Jolly Jed Kusik tested quietly Larry reported speeds 19 seconds flat below November 198271 Carl Dodge returned World Champs pylon after six years development has winning potential Placed 28th Chuck Schuette Carl Dodge LRI good spirits won der discussing glory days yesteryears US teams Italian models show use large ram-air ducts venturi Cooling slots generally used northern Europeans story World Championships Victor Onufrienko LI Val entim Shapovalov C wrap up Team Racer after qualifying final race Walt Perkins RI begins planning 1984 over 40 laps per tank assured Onufrienko watches ship roar away fast pit stop its way victory Italians second kilometerand good range Being basic cynic see Jolly Kusik performance myself Lo behold first watched practice speed got times 188 192 strong sounding engine good starting strong surge out pit Achilles heel seemed range counting 33 35 laps per tank engine actually cutting 31 33 lapswith extra two laps occurring gliding pit race two laps can disap pear magically sometimes three four will go away rigors traffic So worried setting would hold up race Albritton/Perkins finally got old #12 ship rolling about 192 fairly happy sound certainly didnt give advantage over other teams McCollum/Knoppi constant trouble equipment finally abandoned retracts newer valves still having troubles wasnt auspicious way approach race day However no other team except Soviets appeared better position Metkemeijer brothers World Champs 78 par Albritton/Perkins British two Italian Cipolla teams other Dutch team Vissar/Buys Rossi boys Italy Danish team Geschwendt ncr/Mau similar slower airspeed quicker pits would help Soviets two teams superior airspeeds Both Shapovalov/Onufrienko Barkov/Suraev could run comfortably 186 188 happy sounding engines no apparent problems first heats confirmed impressions practice Albritton/Perkins up early used #12 comfortable fast pits good speed record 336 time would probably hold up semi-final spot assurance looked like would struggle improve Results 1 Shapovlov/Onufrienko USSR F6 563 2 Rossi/Rossi ItalyF 7233 3 Barkov/Suraev USSRF no time 4 Metkemeyer/Metkemeyer NethE 3344 5 Geschwendtner/Mau Neth WC E3365 6 Albritton/Perkins USAE 3369 43 McCollum/Knoppi USA 171 44 JoIly/Kusik USAE no time Teams 1 England 7 3 Netherlands 11168 2 USSR. 11018 15 USA 2 10540 Soviets came up soon after S&O flashed 326 B&S topping 323 new heat records Other teams followed times hovering near recorded Albritton/ PerkinsMetkemeijer 334 Smith/Brown Great Britain 336 two Italians Visser/Buys disqualifying DQ themselves lousy flying equipment failure Jolly/Kusik got off well heat troubleending Jolly losing ship takeoff 2nd pit resulting no time McCollum/Knoppi also troubles lost ship pit stop no time handwriting wall Day 2 saw little change except two Italian teams340 Voghera/Menozzi 337 Rossi brothers Sal Rossi stunt flier father Danes 336 Gray Hancock Britain completed semis field 338 McCollum/Knoppi too cold engine warm-up finished far down Jolly/Kusik ran strongly pitted laps 32 62 needed third pit finish race pit equipment malfunction prevented recording time Semi-final day looked like dogfight 3rd 72 Model Aviation Third-place team L-R V Suraev V Barkov speed range match winners Didnt finish final race Europeans sometimes complain hear US pit men make high catches case Walt Perkins shows may right Continued page 154 John McCollum Tom Knoppi made too mistakes have chance Knoppi running account Shapovalov winning USSR tea, right passes over Martin Germany Former World Champ Rob Metkemeyer about make catch Couldnt quite find enough speed qualify final race NO OCR TEXT NEW Airtronics Championship Series 5 7 channel systems response customer demand CS5 CS systems now equipped use variety ne mixer coupler modules plug th transmitter modules can control such func tions elevons V-Tail flaperons may bE used provide automatic elevator compensatior deploying flaps spoilers An elevon/V-Tai mixer included CS7 mixer modules extra cost option CS5 have also added dual rate rudder CS7 system Both CS5 CS7 fully compatable new proposed frequencies Standard features CS5 CS7 include Dual rate linear exponential controls aileron elevator Trainer system compatable XL4 XL6 systems End point adjustment aileron elevator Total throw adjustment rudder throttle retract channels Aileron/rudder coupler couples onto right stick Servo reversing channels Direct servo control system Airborne battery tester Contest open gimbal sticks Variety servo options CS5S SYSTEM sailplane enthusiasts have special version featuring fantastic 94401 micro servo ideal sailplane servo CS5H SYSTEM Helicopter pilots will like inverted flight switch built automatic tail rotor compensatiori feature system Also available heavy duty ball bearing servos above systems include transmitter balanced mixer receiver 4 servos Tx Rx batteries dual charger switch harness DSC battery test cable servo trays output arms frequency flag instruction manual 2753 72 MHZ See above Championship systems local hobby shop. sure will agree WE DID IT RIGHT NO OCR TEXT
Edition: Model Aviation - 1982/11
Page Numbers: 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 154, 155
Top Control Line fliers gathered Sweden last part July biennial running World Championships four categories Aerobatics Combat Team Racing Speed US individuals teams victorious Aerobatics Combat have some catching-up other events@ Dr Laird Jackson SWEDEN IN JULY doesnt sound nearly good actually 1982 Control Line World Championships held glorious weather small seacoast town Oxelosund oxel name local tree o means island sund means sound about hours drive south Stockholm along Swedens Baltic coast line town has large steel mill depressed like current steel mills sum mer tourist population parts displaying themselves enticingly local boats beaches US Control Line Team consisting three Speed three Aerobatics fliers de fending World Champion Aerobatics three Team Race three Combat pilots mechanicsplus two team managers sorted supportersarrived about week ad vance contest direct flight New York Stockholm trip Oxelosund rental vehicles easy two-hour drive over excellent highway via outskirts Stockholm Local accommodations small comfortable hotel situated towns contem porary square shopping center Stores banks restaurants close hand though limited number Almost everyone group took opportunity visits back Stockholm shopping sightseeing during course two-week stay Swedish hosts very cordial help ful especially Team Race fliers Bengt-Olaf Samuelsson Kjell Axtiliuswho did major portion hard work oforganizing setting up competition site shown several choices practicing well contest site itself facilities used processing eating meetings contest field part sports complex within walking distance hotel Two large fenced circles Speed Team Racing laid out parking lot Another newly phalted Aerobatics circle located across road grass area bordered side fairly tall trees trees created moderate turbulence circle wind direction seemed minor prob lem Combat circles marked out grass soccer field complex sur rounded track bordered spectator stands Spectator seating provided other events well same stadium area utilized opening closing ceremonies Included usual marching band competitors parade speeches flag raising national anthems awardswith flower girls local national aeroclub officials physical arrangements superb organization also very good few incidents major significance during meeting team members soon settled got down sorting Out equipment accli mating themselves local conditions through practice usual spate problems arose overall practice showed US teams about would have expected preparation recent performances Aerobatics Team has strong through years continues sowith good competition team spots results winning combination Combat fliers have improved organi zation team selection program ap peared cohesive year ever before contrast Speed Team Race contin gents have slowly diminishing numbers recent years havent able field teams strong used practice flying Aerobatics fliers looking good principle concern over might finish relative another Combat fliers seemed confident have Speed people usually know stand years case left mildly depressed Team Race practice producing broken parts declining airspeeds general run nagging problems note competition opened accompanying reports detail results event US did well overall Much learned Old friendships renewed new ones made team left contest feel ing accomplishment satisfaction successful US teams World Cham pionships competition memories Sweden 82 will cherished years come 66 Model Aviation Most US contingent attending 1982 Control Line World Championships Standing L-R Don Jehlik seam manager Tom Fluker Sr George Cleveland Larry Jolly Richard Stubblefield Gary Arnold Jed Kusik Ed Gifford Dave Elias assistant team manager Rich Lopez Carl Dodge Chuck Schuette Kneeling L-R Tom Fluker Jr Mitchell Cleveland John Albritton Walt Perkins Ted Fancher Bob Baron Ron Colum bo Tom Knoppi Bill Werwage John McCollum Keith Trostle attended asan Aerobatics judge author DocJacksonwasonthe FAI jury ICLAerobaticsWorld Championships AEROBATICS F2B just plain good old Stunt has always US stronghold WC since least 1966 have won Team World Championship individual title fell Bill Werwage 1970 first unbroken string US Individual World Champions hasnt always easy things seem going too well team members fiddles needle valve too long run Out fuel clover leaf forgets count three doing inside loopsor something equally brilliant Spices up proceedings know Anyway some new faces US team year Ted Fancher Bob Baron both California Both long time competitors top quality Bob particu lar flying extremely well last years team finals Neither seemed have too much first years nervous attacks practice pat terns looked pretty good Fanchers looked good after explained should pretend looking round figures carnival side-show mirror never told kind did make easier under stand flying once everybody team plenty own personal brand fuel no panic searches nitro anything else youre xx ondering national debt creep ing up should see fuel shipping bill Werwage Baron appeared happy things like build apparently because lot epoxy smell sanding patching forays wood forth room also seemed friendly hotel manager came around often discuss electrical service Les McDonald competing reigning World Champnot member US team arrived Arlands Airport good shape put November 198267 Les McDonald won Individual CL Aerobatics World Champion ship latest version Stiletto As reigning World Champ competed individual member US team Hes first three-time winner single World Championship Chinas Aerobatics Team rapidly advancing toward top though country has participated internationally eventson ly short Clever ship shown has crankcase pressure retracts Bob Baron TIew well piacea fifth Probably would have scored higher wind gusts bothered him Les McDonald launches Bill Werwages 10-year-old USA-i another good flight netting Werwage sixth place Werwage two-time WC Workmanship detailing Les McDonalds winning Stiletto beautiful PAl World Champ rules require use muffler down quickly SAS pilot way through baggage area fascinated large airplane boxes especially Les its numerous testimonials considerable prowess things model Maybe commercial blatancy Hot Stuff decals maybe just whole image Swed ish pilot said Les Youre what call 5 I-lOT Right get wives Nancy Shareen Barbara off bag gage carousel quietly con vulsed appreciative laughter group settled began remembering order things few flights park ing lot local OBS A&P-type store initial psychomotor seizures viewing trees bending wind official circle seemed moderate slightly time some quiet reading local literature Keith Trostle US contribution solid judges panelnever enviable jobwhich seemed keep scores day day two guys disputed eveness routine No big scores seen dont know what caused Practice flights did show Europeans outstanding threats Its werent flying welljust no demon strated exciting ship style pretty much included guys well Continued page 153 __________________ Results __________________ 1 L McDonald USA WC5813 2 Dazhong Wu China5622 3 0 Andersson Sweden5609 4 T Fancher USA5592 5 R Baron USA5567 6 B Werwage USA5560 Teams 1 USA. 9 2 China 594 3 France 9 4 Italy 5451 CL Combat World Championships WHAT ARE YOU going say about event like Combat bunch guys chasing other over sky littering field debris torching everybodys eardrums tune four engines screaming away solid four minutes Its great event big spectator appeal model competition Combat E2D Sweden no exception Gary Arnold pit man Ron Columbo arrived big part US group Texas contingent showed up later week understand tried deport George Cleve land Stockholm Airport just because hat mustache son Mitchell kicked cried signal claimed wasnt going home seeing action Rich Stubblefield promised keep Cleveland under control until banquet Swedes let him stay nice ordinary American family somehow gotten mixed up same flight something really wasnt way could actually have involved rest groupon other hand George Cleveland really good father maybe trying expose Mitchell regular world graded doses Anyway hotel restaurant forth really never same Practice Combat fliers kindof surreal 68 Model Aviation Bill Werwage flew old model comfort couldnt find magic third win good flight shot Ted Fancher model viewnotes say hes doing Horiz 8 Let er go appears signal Ted Fancher giving fourth place best US Aerobatics Team Tom Fluker Jr right new Combat World Championhere bout R Maestrelli Italy late rounds Ron Columbo Rich Stubblefield IL-RI get Gary Arnolds model off match Everybody pitched help US team win Gary Arnold checking pants match Uand Weiman China Gary won did lot of/2A flying got engines set sharpened reflexesI guess got used air other US team good fliers Tom Fluker Jr dad pits Rich Stubblefield George Cleveland pits Gary Amold Fluker Stubblefield used Fox engines ample nitro Amold using Adamisin tuned Supertigres engines sounded good hut superior Rossi engines Europeans used An occasional person like Fred Meijer Holland used new Nelson engines did sound impressive Combat ships sort separate out two basic types large foamies various covering spar schemes somewhat smaller ex cept Soviets framework ships covered Mylar Most people again except Soviets used bladder pressure tanks some sort either tuhing pacifier can run two ships per bout practice get both running ready launch second model soon first down have switched streamer over Everybody wears helmets except spectators theore tically safe two flyaways cut lines Fred Meijer ship came down full bore through trees bordering Speed circle struck ground less two meters spectator anybodys fault grounds thought second German ship ran forever gently looping climbing afternoon sky until engine quite speck darn thing transition would make Free Flighter droolafter soared thermal quite before disappearing over hill skyline found floating bay undamaged little later first rounds Combat fairly un eventful except showed American weakness getting too much streamer first pass Maybe reflex kill Fast Combat take whole streamer FAI just get 100 points like other cut have long four minutes hide because have nothing left go after opponent faster now streamer can nibble away 100 points nibble Stubblefield fell first bout bounced back losers round Arnold Fluker survived Tommy Fluker drew extra bouts narrow field 32 pilots final field Fluker Arnold won matches 16-bout round Stubblefield fell waysidepartly due streamer overeating plus false assumption opponent would crash uncontrollable ship Didnt happen lost round eight bouts Gary also suc cumbed appetite problem good match Americans flew well other fliers also very quick used good equipment tactics some times surprising fliers Only Tom Fluker left quarter-finals Fluker drew Titov two fast Russians bout good getting two cuts before line tangle caused both go ground battle stopped line tangle tangle apparently got cleared Titov back up first win few points air time alone Fluker Don Jehlik filed protest im mediately saying Titov cleared Tommys lines before going second ship Fluker tried call circle marshalls tention fact lines hadnt cleared hadnt succeeded also went second ship claimed delay cost him match over uncleared line tangle Combat judges didnt agree Fluker jury ruled favor judges Titov Fluker out last match four ended morning flying everybody broke lunch Almost everybody gone field Fluker still disconsolately shuffling around pit area jury members strolled over say sorry see him lose Tommys head pretty low asked jury member would please just look lines ship moment i know cant anything Tommy said Im asking would please just look lines can show what happened jury member said Sure bent down inspect lines clearly wrapped tangled mess some other lines indicating cleared rules require rest jury hastily assembled inspect lines hear Tommys story Sandy Pimenoff FAI ClAM president said young man cannot possibly inventing story must refly match Soviet team tried avoid rematch holding out disqualification decision bluff called did go back air Americans except Fluker holding Continued page 154 Results 1 T Pluker Jr USA 5 Beckers Beig 2 U Edslev Denmark5 C Gibson Can 3 P Salerma Finland9 G Arnold USA 5 D Vegetti Italy17 R Stubbefield 5 0 TitOv USSR 3 Denmark 4 Spain17 Doroshenko USSR right 1980 World Champnot up form year ni men Cleveland ano ii mcii LUU flank team memoer Rich Stubblefield AMA funded Dit man Der Combat entry Whoopee won Tommy Team Manager Don Jehlik hugs Fluker after big victory Teams 1USA11 2Italy12 Rich Stubbefield right lost Tall gren Sweden bounced back help US win Team World Championship November 198269 CL Speed World Championships SPEED F2A run over first three days four-day competition schedule com petitor gets two attempts single official flight per day draw determines flying order Speed Team Carl Dodge Chuck Schuette Ed Gifford relatively weak compared several European teams Ed late replacement Charlie Lieber Eds recent marriage left him short preparation time Carl Dodge has worked development own engine several years hut recent experiments have yielded enough progress performance keep pace Europeans Rossi engines Chuck Schuette uses Rossi engines help Rossi factory generally par European competitionhut no luck new engines knew past performance Schuette should 260 kph range Dodge 240s Gifford 220s contrast results some European competitions showed six eight fliers able top speeds Luis Parramon Spain worked small motorcycle firm exhaust tuning recently rccorded speeds over 280 Barce lona practice results two late spring competitions showed both Hun garian Polish teams capable speeds 270s Returning World Champ Patrick Constant France flown much Pietro Fontana Italy claimed recent performances up level 1980 second place first day opened Carl Dodge flying fairly earlx posting 243 exceed own best speed Chuck Schuette soon followed clean run inboard-engined asymmetrical sidewinder speed 2662 went near top board put him good spot place move up pressure fuel system appeared working smoothly felt might have little gain better prop Ed Gifford resorted older ship post 223 flight ensure full team score Soon other flights started posted several runs sounded good trail off too lean Parramon ran well fairly straightfor ward upright ship inboard asym metrical wing posted clean runjust topping Schuette 268 Hungarians coming up everyone awaiting demonstration per formance shown earlier year didnt disappoint onlookers exceeded 265Szegedi leading way 274 followed Molnar 271 Mult trailing Parramon 267 order changed Mult following days also reached 270 mark second-place clock ing 272 give Hungarian Speed Team clean sweep individual placings plus team title Polish fliers did seem get untracked although Rusek pushed Schuette very closely 266 China surprised everybody consider ing newness competition placing flier 7th winning 2nd team spot Poland followed 3rd team slot US 10th Most Speed competitors used some vari ation asymmetrical flying surface layout About half sidewinder engine orientations almost engine cylinder laid over outboard side Chuck Schuette notable exception used valve-controlled pressure fuel feed manage venturi feed requirements 70 Model Aviation Tail end winning Hungarian Speed ship S Szegedi Note small exhaust opening tuned pipe Went 2754 kph 171 mphL Italian Speed flier Pietro Fontana caught doing some delicate re pair work Second 1980 dropped eighth year Chuck Schuette puts wraps old Mult Hungary placed second Wing faithful ship after another fast flight model resembles own lanky build fifth older equipment winners used system others almost used centrifugal fuel switches either made Emil Rumpel same type Some especially Italians used suction uniflow type tended emphasis large ramair induction area carburetor relatively small exhaust exit area tuned exhaust pipe Variations pipe shape seen other departing constant-diameter center sections seen previously no obvious pattern Hungarians appeared team able extract competitive performance newer Rossi engine received about two dozen piston/liner sets Fontana last fall apparently successfully learned operation engine asked secret success obtain new-model Rossi engine Szegedi winner replied dont know play violin buying new wont help thats name tune gang Results 1S Szegedi Hungary2754kph 2J Mult Hungary2723kPh 3J Molnar Hungary2719kph 4L Parramon Spain2688kph 5C Schuette USA2662kph 28C Dodge USA2472kph 42E Gifford USA2338kph 3 Poland 3 10 USA 2 j OLTeam Racing World Championships TEAM RACING F2C tractive popular Control Line events spectator viewpoint Racing action generally close among top teams takes place inside cage pit men liter ally spectators fingertips way excitement right hand everyone safe easy pick favorite cheer jury calling fouls elevated tower has lap-counting lights team usually visible digital clock aid keeping track race progress good spectator event circle site Sweden excel lent no interference elements during competition US team good potential new air planes aroundincluding fancy new retractinggear models handt Albrirton/Perkins MeCollum/Knoppi using Nelson engine talked team shortly before leaving Sweden arrival John MeCollum Tom Knoppi thought progressing well estimated air speed low 19-second rangegood heat times 330s Walt Perkins John Albritton background 330s competition new ships tested initially over July 4 weekend Because accident testing cut short ques tions remained unanswered first test sessions Sweden flashes speed performance erratic Albritton Perkins soon back old 1980 ships account fractured crutches new models Larry Jolly Jed Kusik tested quietly Larry reported speeds 19 seconds flat below November 198271 Carl Dodge returned World Champs pylon after six years development has winning potential Placed 28th Chuck Schuette Carl Dodge LRI good spirits won der discussing glory days yesteryears US teams Italian models show use large ram-air ducts venturi Cooling slots generally used northern Europeans story World Championships Victor Onufrienko LI Val entim Shapovalov C wrap up Team Racer after qualifying final race Walt Perkins RI begins planning 1984 over 40 laps per tank assured Onufrienko watches ship roar away fast pit stop its way victory Italians second kilometerand good range Being basic cynic see Jolly Kusik performance myself Lo behold first watched practice speed got times 188 192 strong sounding engine good starting strong surge out pit Achilles heel seemed range counting 33 35 laps per tank engine actually cutting 31 33 lapswith extra two laps occurring gliding pit race two laps can disap pear magically sometimes three four will go away rigors traffic So worried setting would hold up race Albritton/Perkins finally got old #12 ship rolling about 192 fairly happy sound certainly didnt give advantage over other teams McCollum/Knoppi constant trouble equipment finally abandoned retracts newer valves still having troubles wasnt auspicious way approach race day However no other team except Soviets appeared better position Metkemeijer brothers World Champs 78 par Albritton/Perkins British two Italian Cipolla teams other Dutch team Vissar/Buys Rossi boys Italy Danish team Geschwendt ncr/Mau similar slower airspeed quicker pits would help Soviets two teams superior airspeeds Both Shapovalov/Onufrienko Barkov/Suraev could run comfortably 186 188 happy sounding engines no apparent problems first heats confirmed impressions practice Albritton/Perkins up early used #12 comfortable fast pits good speed record 336 time would probably hold up semi-final spot assurance looked like would struggle improve Results 1 Shapovlov/Onufrienko USSR F6 563 2 Rossi/Rossi ItalyF 7233 3 Barkov/Suraev USSRF no time 4 Metkemeyer/Metkemeyer NethE 3344 5 Geschwendtner/Mau Neth WC E3365 6 Albritton/Perkins USAE 3369 43 McCollum/Knoppi USA 171 44 JoIly/Kusik USAE no time Teams 1 England 7 3 Netherlands 11168 2 USSR. 11018 15 USA 2 10540 Soviets came up soon after S&O flashed 326 B&S topping 323 new heat records Other teams followed times hovering near recorded Albritton/ PerkinsMetkemeijer 334 Smith/Brown Great Britain 336 two Italians Visser/Buys disqualifying DQ themselves lousy flying equipment failure Jolly/Kusik got off well heat troubleending Jolly losing ship takeoff 2nd pit resulting no time McCollum/Knoppi also troubles lost ship pit stop no time handwriting wall Day 2 saw little change except two Italian teams340 Voghera/Menozzi 337 Rossi brothers Sal Rossi stunt flier father Danes 336 Gray Hancock Britain completed semis field 338 McCollum/Knoppi too cold engine warm-up finished far down Jolly/Kusik ran strongly pitted laps 32 62 needed third pit finish race pit equipment malfunction prevented recording time Semi-final day looked like dogfight 3rd 72 Model Aviation Third-place team L-R V Suraev V Barkov speed range match winners Didnt finish final race Europeans sometimes complain hear US pit men make high catches case Walt Perkins shows may right Continued page 154 John McCollum Tom Knoppi made too mistakes have chance Knoppi running account Shapovalov winning USSR tea, right passes over Martin Germany Former World Champ Rob Metkemeyer about make catch Couldnt quite find enough speed qualify final race NO OCR TEXT NEW Airtronics Championship Series 5 7 channel systems response customer demand CS5 CS systems now equipped use variety ne mixer coupler modules plug th transmitter modules can control such func tions elevons V-Tail flaperons may bE used provide automatic elevator compensatior deploying flaps spoilers An elevon/V-Tai mixer included CS7 mixer modules extra cost option CS5 have also added dual rate rudder CS7 system Both CS5 CS7 fully compatable new proposed frequencies Standard features CS5 CS7 include Dual rate linear exponential controls aileron elevator Trainer system compatable XL4 XL6 systems End point adjustment aileron elevator Total throw adjustment rudder throttle retract channels Aileron/rudder coupler couples onto right stick Servo reversing channels Direct servo control system Airborne battery tester Contest open gimbal sticks Variety servo options CS5S SYSTEM sailplane enthusiasts have special version featuring fantastic 94401 micro servo ideal sailplane servo CS5H SYSTEM Helicopter pilots will like inverted flight switch built automatic tail rotor compensatiori feature system Also available heavy duty ball bearing servos above systems include transmitter balanced mixer receiver 4 servos Tx Rx batteries dual charger switch harness DSC battery test cable servo trays output arms frequency flag instruction manual 2753 72 MHZ See above Championship systems local hobby shop. sure will agree WE DID IT RIGHT NO OCR TEXT
Edition: Model Aviation - 1982/11
Page Numbers: 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 154, 155
Top Control Line fliers gathered Sweden last part July biennial running World Championships four categories Aerobatics Combat Team Racing Speed US individuals teams victorious Aerobatics Combat have some catching-up other events@ Dr Laird Jackson SWEDEN IN JULY doesnt sound nearly good actually 1982 Control Line World Championships held glorious weather small seacoast town Oxelosund oxel name local tree o means island sund means sound about hours drive south Stockholm along Swedens Baltic coast line town has large steel mill depressed like current steel mills sum mer tourist population parts displaying themselves enticingly local boats beaches US Control Line Team consisting three Speed three Aerobatics fliers de fending World Champion Aerobatics three Team Race three Combat pilots mechanicsplus two team managers sorted supportersarrived about week ad vance contest direct flight New York Stockholm trip Oxelosund rental vehicles easy two-hour drive over excellent highway via outskirts Stockholm Local accommodations small comfortable hotel situated towns contem porary square shopping center Stores banks restaurants close hand though limited number Almost everyone group took opportunity visits back Stockholm shopping sightseeing during course two-week stay Swedish hosts very cordial help ful especially Team Race fliers Bengt-Olaf Samuelsson Kjell Axtiliuswho did major portion hard work oforganizing setting up competition site shown several choices practicing well contest site itself facilities used processing eating meetings contest field part sports complex within walking distance hotel Two large fenced circles Speed Team Racing laid out parking lot Another newly phalted Aerobatics circle located across road grass area bordered side fairly tall trees trees created moderate turbulence circle wind direction seemed minor prob lem Combat circles marked out grass soccer field complex sur rounded track bordered spectator stands Spectator seating provided other events well same stadium area utilized opening closing ceremonies Included usual marching band competitors parade speeches flag raising national anthems awardswith flower girls local national aeroclub officials physical arrangements superb organization also very good few incidents major significance during meeting team members soon settled got down sorting Out equipment accli mating themselves local conditions through practice usual spate problems arose overall practice showed US teams about would have expected preparation recent performances Aerobatics Team has strong through years continues sowith good competition team spots results winning combination Combat fliers have improved organi zation team selection program ap peared cohesive year ever before contrast Speed Team Race contin gents have slowly diminishing numbers recent years havent able field teams strong used practice flying Aerobatics fliers looking good principle concern over might finish relative another Combat fliers seemed confident have Speed people usually know stand years case left mildly depressed Team Race practice producing broken parts declining airspeeds general run nagging problems note competition opened accompanying reports detail results event US did well overall Much learned Old friendships renewed new ones made team left contest feel ing accomplishment satisfaction successful US teams World Cham pionships competition memories Sweden 82 will cherished years come 66 Model Aviation Most US contingent attending 1982 Control Line World Championships Standing L-R Don Jehlik seam manager Tom Fluker Sr George Cleveland Larry Jolly Richard Stubblefield Gary Arnold Jed Kusik Ed Gifford Dave Elias assistant team manager Rich Lopez Carl Dodge Chuck Schuette Kneeling L-R Tom Fluker Jr Mitchell Cleveland John Albritton Walt Perkins Ted Fancher Bob Baron Ron Colum bo Tom Knoppi Bill Werwage John McCollum Keith Trostle attended asan Aerobatics judge author DocJacksonwasonthe FAI jury ICLAerobaticsWorld Championships AEROBATICS F2B just plain good old Stunt has always US stronghold WC since least 1966 have won Team World Championship individual title fell Bill Werwage 1970 first unbroken string US Individual World Champions hasnt always easy things seem going too well team members fiddles needle valve too long run Out fuel clover leaf forgets count three doing inside loopsor something equally brilliant Spices up proceedings know Anyway some new faces US team year Ted Fancher Bob Baron both California Both long time competitors top quality Bob particu lar flying extremely well last years team finals Neither seemed have too much first years nervous attacks practice pat terns looked pretty good Fanchers looked good after explained should pretend looking round figures carnival side-show mirror never told kind did make easier under stand flying once everybody team plenty own personal brand fuel no panic searches nitro anything else youre xx ondering national debt creep ing up should see fuel shipping bill Werwage Baron appeared happy things like build apparently because lot epoxy smell sanding patching forays wood forth room also seemed friendly hotel manager came around often discuss electrical service Les McDonald competing reigning World Champnot member US team arrived Arlands Airport good shape put November 198267 Les McDonald won Individual CL Aerobatics World Champion ship latest version Stiletto As reigning World Champ competed individual member US team Hes first three-time winner single World Championship Chinas Aerobatics Team rapidly advancing toward top though country has participated internationally eventson ly short Clever ship shown has crankcase pressure retracts Bob Baron TIew well piacea fifth Probably would have scored higher wind gusts bothered him Les McDonald launches Bill Werwages 10-year-old USA-i another good flight netting Werwage sixth place Werwage two-time WC Workmanship detailing Les McDonalds winning Stiletto beautiful PAl World Champ rules require use muffler down quickly SAS pilot way through baggage area fascinated large airplane boxes especially Les its numerous testimonials considerable prowess things model Maybe commercial blatancy Hot Stuff decals maybe just whole image Swed ish pilot said Les Youre what call 5 I-lOT Right get wives Nancy Shareen Barbara off bag gage carousel quietly con vulsed appreciative laughter group settled began remembering order things few flights park ing lot local OBS A&P-type store initial psychomotor seizures viewing trees bending wind official circle seemed moderate slightly time some quiet reading local literature Keith Trostle US contribution solid judges panelnever enviable jobwhich seemed keep scores day day two guys disputed eveness routine No big scores seen dont know what caused Practice flights did show Europeans outstanding threats Its werent flying welljust no demon strated exciting ship style pretty much included guys well Continued page 153 __________________ Results __________________ 1 L McDonald USA WC5813 2 Dazhong Wu China5622 3 0 Andersson Sweden5609 4 T Fancher USA5592 5 R Baron USA5567 6 B Werwage USA5560 Teams 1 USA. 9 2 China 594 3 France 9 4 Italy 5451 CL Combat World Championships WHAT ARE YOU going say about event like Combat bunch guys chasing other over sky littering field debris torching everybodys eardrums tune four engines screaming away solid four minutes Its great event big spectator appeal model competition Combat E2D Sweden no exception Gary Arnold pit man Ron Columbo arrived big part US group Texas contingent showed up later week understand tried deport George Cleve land Stockholm Airport just because hat mustache son Mitchell kicked cried signal claimed wasnt going home seeing action Rich Stubblefield promised keep Cleveland under control until banquet Swedes let him stay nice ordinary American family somehow gotten mixed up same flight something really wasnt way could actually have involved rest groupon other hand George Cleveland really good father maybe trying expose Mitchell regular world graded doses Anyway hotel restaurant forth really never same Practice Combat fliers kindof surreal 68 Model Aviation Bill Werwage flew old model comfort couldnt find magic third win good flight shot Ted Fancher model viewnotes say hes doing Horiz 8 Let er go appears signal Ted Fancher giving fourth place best US Aerobatics Team Tom Fluker Jr right new Combat World Championhere bout R Maestrelli Italy late rounds Ron Columbo Rich Stubblefield IL-RI get Gary Arnolds model off match Everybody pitched help US team win Gary Arnold checking pants match Uand Weiman China Gary won did lot of/2A flying got engines set sharpened reflexesI guess got used air other US team good fliers Tom Fluker Jr dad pits Rich Stubblefield George Cleveland pits Gary Amold Fluker Stubblefield used Fox engines ample nitro Amold using Adamisin tuned Supertigres engines sounded good hut superior Rossi engines Europeans used An occasional person like Fred Meijer Holland used new Nelson engines did sound impressive Combat ships sort separate out two basic types large foamies various covering spar schemes somewhat smaller ex cept Soviets framework ships covered Mylar Most people again except Soviets used bladder pressure tanks some sort either tuhing pacifier can run two ships per bout practice get both running ready launch second model soon first down have switched streamer over Everybody wears helmets except spectators theore tically safe two flyaways cut lines Fred Meijer ship came down full bore through trees bordering Speed circle struck ground less two meters spectator anybodys fault grounds thought second German ship ran forever gently looping climbing afternoon sky until engine quite speck darn thing transition would make Free Flighter droolafter soared thermal quite before disappearing over hill skyline found floating bay undamaged little later first rounds Combat fairly un eventful except showed American weakness getting too much streamer first pass Maybe reflex kill Fast Combat take whole streamer FAI just get 100 points like other cut have long four minutes hide because have nothing left go after opponent faster now streamer can nibble away 100 points nibble Stubblefield fell first bout bounced back losers round Arnold Fluker survived Tommy Fluker drew extra bouts narrow field 32 pilots final field Fluker Arnold won matches 16-bout round Stubblefield fell waysidepartly due streamer overeating plus false assumption opponent would crash uncontrollable ship Didnt happen lost round eight bouts Gary also suc cumbed appetite problem good match Americans flew well other fliers also very quick used good equipment tactics some times surprising fliers Only Tom Fluker left quarter-finals Fluker drew Titov two fast Russians bout good getting two cuts before line tangle caused both go ground battle stopped line tangle tangle apparently got cleared Titov back up first win few points air time alone Fluker Don Jehlik filed protest im mediately saying Titov cleared Tommys lines before going second ship Fluker tried call circle marshalls tention fact lines hadnt cleared hadnt succeeded also went second ship claimed delay cost him match over uncleared line tangle Combat judges didnt agree Fluker jury ruled favor judges Titov Fluker out last match four ended morning flying everybody broke lunch Almost everybody gone field Fluker still disconsolately shuffling around pit area jury members strolled over say sorry see him lose Tommys head pretty low asked jury member would please just look lines ship moment i know cant anything Tommy said Im asking would please just look lines can show what happened jury member said Sure bent down inspect lines clearly wrapped tangled mess some other lines indicating cleared rules require rest jury hastily assembled inspect lines hear Tommys story Sandy Pimenoff FAI ClAM president said young man cannot possibly inventing story must refly match Soviet team tried avoid rematch holding out disqualification decision bluff called did go back air Americans except Fluker holding Continued page 154 Results 1 T Pluker Jr USA 5 Beckers Beig 2 U Edslev Denmark5 C Gibson Can 3 P Salerma Finland9 G Arnold USA 5 D Vegetti Italy17 R Stubbefield 5 0 TitOv USSR 3 Denmark 4 Spain17 Doroshenko USSR right 1980 World Champnot up form year ni men Cleveland ano ii mcii LUU flank team memoer Rich Stubblefield AMA funded Dit man Der Combat entry Whoopee won Tommy Team Manager Don Jehlik hugs Fluker after big victory Teams 1USA11 2Italy12 Rich Stubbefield right lost Tall gren Sweden bounced back help US win Team World Championship November 198269 CL Speed World Championships SPEED F2A run over first three days four-day competition schedule com petitor gets two attempts single official flight per day draw determines flying order Speed Team Carl Dodge Chuck Schuette Ed Gifford relatively weak compared several European teams Ed late replacement Charlie Lieber Eds recent marriage left him short preparation time Carl Dodge has worked development own engine several years hut recent experiments have yielded enough progress performance keep pace Europeans Rossi engines Chuck Schuette uses Rossi engines help Rossi factory generally par European competitionhut no luck new engines knew past performance Schuette should 260 kph range Dodge 240s Gifford 220s contrast results some European competitions showed six eight fliers able top speeds Luis Parramon Spain worked small motorcycle firm exhaust tuning recently rccorded speeds over 280 Barce lona practice results two late spring competitions showed both Hun garian Polish teams capable speeds 270s Returning World Champ Patrick Constant France flown much Pietro Fontana Italy claimed recent performances up level 1980 second place first day opened Carl Dodge flying fairly earlx posting 243 exceed own best speed Chuck Schuette soon followed clean run inboard-engined asymmetrical sidewinder speed 2662 went near top board put him good spot place move up pressure fuel system appeared working smoothly felt might have little gain better prop Ed Gifford resorted older ship post 223 flight ensure full team score Soon other flights started posted several runs sounded good trail off too lean Parramon ran well fairly straightfor ward upright ship inboard asym metrical wing posted clean runjust topping Schuette 268 Hungarians coming up everyone awaiting demonstration per formance shown earlier year didnt disappoint onlookers exceeded 265Szegedi leading way 274 followed Molnar 271 Mult trailing Parramon 267 order changed Mult following days also reached 270 mark second-place clock ing 272 give Hungarian Speed Team clean sweep individual placings plus team title Polish fliers did seem get untracked although Rusek pushed Schuette very closely 266 China surprised everybody consider ing newness competition placing flier 7th winning 2nd team spot Poland followed 3rd team slot US 10th Most Speed competitors used some vari ation asymmetrical flying surface layout About half sidewinder engine orientations almost engine cylinder laid over outboard side Chuck Schuette notable exception used valve-controlled pressure fuel feed manage venturi feed requirements 70 Model Aviation Tail end winning Hungarian Speed ship S Szegedi Note small exhaust opening tuned pipe Went 2754 kph 171 mphL Italian Speed flier Pietro Fontana caught doing some delicate re pair work Second 1980 dropped eighth year Chuck Schuette puts wraps old Mult Hungary placed second Wing faithful ship after another fast flight model resembles own lanky build fifth older equipment winners used system others almost used centrifugal fuel switches either made Emil Rumpel same type Some especially Italians used suction uniflow type tended emphasis large ramair induction area carburetor relatively small exhaust exit area tuned exhaust pipe Variations pipe shape seen other departing constant-diameter center sections seen previously no obvious pattern Hungarians appeared team able extract competitive performance newer Rossi engine received about two dozen piston/liner sets Fontana last fall apparently successfully learned operation engine asked secret success obtain new-model Rossi engine Szegedi winner replied dont know play violin buying new wont help thats name tune gang Results 1S Szegedi Hungary2754kph 2J Mult Hungary2723kPh 3J Molnar Hungary2719kph 4L Parramon Spain2688kph 5C Schuette USA2662kph 28C Dodge USA2472kph 42E Gifford USA2338kph 3 Poland 3 10 USA 2 j OLTeam Racing World Championships TEAM RACING F2C tractive popular Control Line events spectator viewpoint Racing action generally close among top teams takes place inside cage pit men liter ally spectators fingertips way excitement right hand everyone safe easy pick favorite cheer jury calling fouls elevated tower has lap-counting lights team usually visible digital clock aid keeping track race progress good spectator event circle site Sweden excel lent no interference elements during competition US team good potential new air planes aroundincluding fancy new retractinggear models handt Albrirton/Perkins MeCollum/Knoppi using Nelson engine talked team shortly before leaving Sweden arrival John MeCollum Tom Knoppi thought progressing well estimated air speed low 19-second rangegood heat times 330s Walt Perkins John Albritton background 330s competition new ships tested initially over July 4 weekend Because accident testing cut short ques tions remained unanswered first test sessions Sweden flashes speed performance erratic Albritton Perkins soon back old 1980 ships account fractured crutches new models Larry Jolly Jed Kusik tested quietly Larry reported speeds 19 seconds flat below November 198271 Carl Dodge returned World Champs pylon after six years development has winning potential Placed 28th Chuck Schuette Carl Dodge LRI good spirits won der discussing glory days yesteryears US teams Italian models show use large ram-air ducts venturi Cooling slots generally used northern Europeans story World Championships Victor Onufrienko LI Val entim Shapovalov C wrap up Team Racer after qualifying final race Walt Perkins RI begins planning 1984 over 40 laps per tank assured Onufrienko watches ship roar away fast pit stop its way victory Italians second kilometerand good range Being basic cynic see Jolly Kusik performance myself Lo behold first watched practice speed got times 188 192 strong sounding engine good starting strong surge out pit Achilles heel seemed range counting 33 35 laps per tank engine actually cutting 31 33 lapswith extra two laps occurring gliding pit race two laps can disap pear magically sometimes three four will go away rigors traffic So worried setting would hold up race Albritton/Perkins finally got old #12 ship rolling about 192 fairly happy sound certainly didnt give advantage over other teams McCollum/Knoppi constant trouble equipment finally abandoned retracts newer valves still having troubles wasnt auspicious way approach race day However no other team except Soviets appeared better position Metkemeijer brothers World Champs 78 par Albritton/Perkins British two Italian Cipolla teams other Dutch team Vissar/Buys Rossi boys Italy Danish team Geschwendt ncr/Mau similar slower airspeed quicker pits would help Soviets two teams superior airspeeds Both Shapovalov/Onufrienko Barkov/Suraev could run comfortably 186 188 happy sounding engines no apparent problems first heats confirmed impressions practice Albritton/Perkins up early used #12 comfortable fast pits good speed record 336 time would probably hold up semi-final spot assurance looked like would struggle improve Results 1 Shapovlov/Onufrienko USSR F6 563 2 Rossi/Rossi ItalyF 7233 3 Barkov/Suraev USSRF no time 4 Metkemeyer/Metkemeyer NethE 3344 5 Geschwendtner/Mau Neth WC E3365 6 Albritton/Perkins USAE 3369 43 McCollum/Knoppi USA 171 44 JoIly/Kusik USAE no time Teams 1 England 7 3 Netherlands 11168 2 USSR. 11018 15 USA 2 10540 Soviets came up soon after S&O flashed 326 B&S topping 323 new heat records Other teams followed times hovering near recorded Albritton/ PerkinsMetkemeijer 334 Smith/Brown Great Britain 336 two Italians Visser/Buys disqualifying DQ themselves lousy flying equipment failure Jolly/Kusik got off well heat troubleending Jolly losing ship takeoff 2nd pit resulting no time McCollum/Knoppi also troubles lost ship pit stop no time handwriting wall Day 2 saw little change except two Italian teams340 Voghera/Menozzi 337 Rossi brothers Sal Rossi stunt flier father Danes 336 Gray Hancock Britain completed semis field 338 McCollum/Knoppi too cold engine warm-up finished far down Jolly/Kusik ran strongly pitted laps 32 62 needed third pit finish race pit equipment malfunction prevented recording time Semi-final day looked like dogfight 3rd 72 Model Aviation Third-place team L-R V Suraev V Barkov speed range match winners Didnt finish final race Europeans sometimes complain hear US pit men make high catches case Walt Perkins shows may right Continued page 154 John McCollum Tom Knoppi made too mistakes have chance Knoppi running account Shapovalov winning USSR tea, right passes over Martin Germany Former World Champ Rob Metkemeyer about make catch Couldnt quite find enough speed qualify final race NO OCR TEXT NEW Airtronics Championship Series 5 7 channel systems response customer demand CS5 CS systems now equipped use variety ne mixer coupler modules plug th transmitter modules can control such func tions elevons V-Tail flaperons may bE used provide automatic elevator compensatior deploying flaps spoilers An elevon/V-Tai mixer included CS7 mixer modules extra cost option CS5 have also added dual rate rudder CS7 system Both CS5 CS7 fully compatable new proposed frequencies Standard features CS5 CS7 include Dual rate linear exponential controls aileron elevator Trainer system compatable XL4 XL6 systems End point adjustment aileron elevator Total throw adjustment rudder throttle retract channels Aileron/rudder coupler couples onto right stick Servo reversing channels Direct servo control system Airborne battery tester Contest open gimbal sticks Variety servo options CS5S SYSTEM sailplane enthusiasts have special version featuring fantastic 94401 micro servo ideal sailplane servo CS5H SYSTEM Helicopter pilots will like inverted flight switch built automatic tail rotor compensatiori feature system Also available heavy duty ball bearing servos above systems include transmitter balanced mixer receiver 4 servos Tx Rx batteries dual charger switch harness DSC battery test cable servo trays output arms frequency flag instruction manual 2753 72 MHZ See above Championship systems local hobby shop. sure will agree WE DID IT RIGHT NO OCR TEXT
Edition: Model Aviation - 1982/11
Page Numbers: 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 154, 155
Top Control Line fliers gathered Sweden last part July biennial running World Championships four categories Aerobatics Combat Team Racing Speed US individuals teams victorious Aerobatics Combat have some catching-up other events@ Dr Laird Jackson SWEDEN IN JULY doesnt sound nearly good actually 1982 Control Line World Championships held glorious weather small seacoast town Oxelosund oxel name local tree o means island sund means sound about hours drive south Stockholm along Swedens Baltic coast line town has large steel mill depressed like current steel mills sum mer tourist population parts displaying themselves enticingly local boats beaches US Control Line Team consisting three Speed three Aerobatics fliers de fending World Champion Aerobatics three Team Race three Combat pilots mechanicsplus two team managers sorted supportersarrived about week ad vance contest direct flight New York Stockholm trip Oxelosund rental vehicles easy two-hour drive over excellent highway via outskirts Stockholm Local accommodations small comfortable hotel situated towns contem porary square shopping center Stores banks restaurants close hand though limited number Almost everyone group took opportunity visits back Stockholm shopping sightseeing during course two-week stay Swedish hosts very cordial help ful especially Team Race fliers Bengt-Olaf Samuelsson Kjell Axtiliuswho did major portion hard work oforganizing setting up competition site shown several choices practicing well contest site itself facilities used processing eating meetings contest field part sports complex within walking distance hotel Two large fenced circles Speed Team Racing laid out parking lot Another newly phalted Aerobatics circle located across road grass area bordered side fairly tall trees trees created moderate turbulence circle wind direction seemed minor prob lem Combat circles marked out grass soccer field complex sur rounded track bordered spectator stands Spectator seating provided other events well same stadium area utilized opening closing ceremonies Included usual marching band competitors parade speeches flag raising national anthems awardswith flower girls local national aeroclub officials physical arrangements superb organization also very good few incidents major significance during meeting team members soon settled got down sorting Out equipment accli mating themselves local conditions through practice usual spate problems arose overall practice showed US teams about would have expected preparation recent performances Aerobatics Team has strong through years continues sowith good competition team spots results winning combination Combat fliers have improved organi zation team selection program ap peared cohesive year ever before contrast Speed Team Race contin gents have slowly diminishing numbers recent years havent able field teams strong used practice flying Aerobatics fliers looking good principle concern over might finish relative another Combat fliers seemed confident have Speed people usually know stand years case left mildly depressed Team Race practice producing broken parts declining airspeeds general run nagging problems note competition opened accompanying reports detail results event US did well overall Much learned Old friendships renewed new ones made team left contest feel ing accomplishment satisfaction successful US teams World Cham pionships competition memories Sweden 82 will cherished years come 66 Model Aviation Most US contingent attending 1982 Control Line World Championships Standing L-R Don Jehlik seam manager Tom Fluker Sr George Cleveland Larry Jolly Richard Stubblefield Gary Arnold Jed Kusik Ed Gifford Dave Elias assistant team manager Rich Lopez Carl Dodge Chuck Schuette Kneeling L-R Tom Fluker Jr Mitchell Cleveland John Albritton Walt Perkins Ted Fancher Bob Baron Ron Colum bo Tom Knoppi Bill Werwage John McCollum Keith Trostle attended asan Aerobatics judge author DocJacksonwasonthe FAI jury ICLAerobaticsWorld Championships AEROBATICS F2B just plain good old Stunt has always US stronghold WC since least 1966 have won Team World Championship individual title fell Bill Werwage 1970 first unbroken string US Individual World Champions hasnt always easy things seem going too well team members fiddles needle valve too long run Out fuel clover leaf forgets count three doing inside loopsor something equally brilliant Spices up proceedings know Anyway some new faces US team year Ted Fancher Bob Baron both California Both long time competitors top quality Bob particu lar flying extremely well last years team finals Neither seemed have too much first years nervous attacks practice pat terns looked pretty good Fanchers looked good after explained should pretend looking round figures carnival side-show mirror never told kind did make easier under stand flying once everybody team plenty own personal brand fuel no panic searches nitro anything else youre xx ondering national debt creep ing up should see fuel shipping bill Werwage Baron appeared happy things like build apparently because lot epoxy smell sanding patching forays wood forth room also seemed friendly hotel manager came around often discuss electrical service Les McDonald competing reigning World Champnot member US team arrived Arlands Airport good shape put November 198267 Les McDonald won Individual CL Aerobatics World Champion ship latest version Stiletto As reigning World Champ competed individual member US team Hes first three-time winner single World Championship Chinas Aerobatics Team rapidly advancing toward top though country has participated internationally eventson ly short Clever ship shown has crankcase pressure retracts Bob Baron TIew well piacea fifth Probably would have scored higher wind gusts bothered him Les McDonald launches Bill Werwages 10-year-old USA-i another good flight netting Werwage sixth place Werwage two-time WC Workmanship detailing Les McDonalds winning Stiletto beautiful PAl World Champ rules require use muffler down quickly SAS pilot way through baggage area fascinated large airplane boxes especially Les its numerous testimonials considerable prowess things model Maybe commercial blatancy Hot Stuff decals maybe just whole image Swed ish pilot said Les Youre what call 5 I-lOT Right get wives Nancy Shareen Barbara off bag gage carousel quietly con vulsed appreciative laughter group settled began remembering order things few flights park ing lot local OBS A&P-type store initial psychomotor seizures viewing trees bending wind official circle seemed moderate slightly time some quiet reading local literature Keith Trostle US contribution solid judges panelnever enviable jobwhich seemed keep scores day day two guys disputed eveness routine No big scores seen dont know what caused Practice flights did show Europeans outstanding threats Its werent flying welljust no demon strated exciting ship style pretty much included guys well Continued page 153 __________________ Results __________________ 1 L McDonald USA WC5813 2 Dazhong Wu China5622 3 0 Andersson Sweden5609 4 T Fancher USA5592 5 R Baron USA5567 6 B Werwage USA5560 Teams 1 USA. 9 2 China 594 3 France 9 4 Italy 5451 CL Combat World Championships WHAT ARE YOU going say about event like Combat bunch guys chasing other over sky littering field debris torching everybodys eardrums tune four engines screaming away solid four minutes Its great event big spectator appeal model competition Combat E2D Sweden no exception Gary Arnold pit man Ron Columbo arrived big part US group Texas contingent showed up later week understand tried deport George Cleve land Stockholm Airport just because hat mustache son Mitchell kicked cried signal claimed wasnt going home seeing action Rich Stubblefield promised keep Cleveland under control until banquet Swedes let him stay nice ordinary American family somehow gotten mixed up same flight something really wasnt way could actually have involved rest groupon other hand George Cleveland really good father maybe trying expose Mitchell regular world graded doses Anyway hotel restaurant forth really never same Practice Combat fliers kindof surreal 68 Model Aviation Bill Werwage flew old model comfort couldnt find magic third win good flight shot Ted Fancher model viewnotes say hes doing Horiz 8 Let er go appears signal Ted Fancher giving fourth place best US Aerobatics Team Tom Fluker Jr right new Combat World Championhere bout R Maestrelli Italy late rounds Ron Columbo Rich Stubblefield IL-RI get Gary Arnolds model off match Everybody pitched help US team win Gary Arnold checking pants match Uand Weiman China Gary won did lot of/2A flying got engines set sharpened reflexesI guess got used air other US team good fliers Tom Fluker Jr dad pits Rich Stubblefield George Cleveland pits Gary Amold Fluker Stubblefield used Fox engines ample nitro Amold using Adamisin tuned Supertigres engines sounded good hut superior Rossi engines Europeans used An occasional person like Fred Meijer Holland used new Nelson engines did sound impressive Combat ships sort separate out two basic types large foamies various covering spar schemes somewhat smaller ex cept Soviets framework ships covered Mylar Most people again except Soviets used bladder pressure tanks some sort either tuhing pacifier can run two ships per bout practice get both running ready launch second model soon first down have switched streamer over Everybody wears helmets except spectators theore tically safe two flyaways cut lines Fred Meijer ship came down full bore through trees bordering Speed circle struck ground less two meters spectator anybodys fault grounds thought second German ship ran forever gently looping climbing afternoon sky until engine quite speck darn thing transition would make Free Flighter droolafter soared thermal quite before disappearing over hill skyline found floating bay undamaged little later first rounds Combat fairly un eventful except showed American weakness getting too much streamer first pass Maybe reflex kill Fast Combat take whole streamer FAI just get 100 points like other cut have long four minutes hide because have nothing left go after opponent faster now streamer can nibble away 100 points nibble Stubblefield fell first bout bounced back losers round Arnold Fluker survived Tommy Fluker drew extra bouts narrow field 32 pilots final field Fluker Arnold won matches 16-bout round Stubblefield fell waysidepartly due streamer overeating plus false assumption opponent would crash uncontrollable ship Didnt happen lost round eight bouts Gary also suc cumbed appetite problem good match Americans flew well other fliers also very quick used good equipment tactics some times surprising fliers Only Tom Fluker left quarter-finals Fluker drew Titov two fast Russians bout good getting two cuts before line tangle caused both go ground battle stopped line tangle tangle apparently got cleared Titov back up first win few points air time alone Fluker Don Jehlik filed protest im mediately saying Titov cleared Tommys lines before going second ship Fluker tried call circle marshalls tention fact lines hadnt cleared hadnt succeeded also went second ship claimed delay cost him match over uncleared line tangle Combat judges didnt agree Fluker jury ruled favor judges Titov Fluker out last match four ended morning flying everybody broke lunch Almost everybody gone field Fluker still disconsolately shuffling around pit area jury members strolled over say sorry see him lose Tommys head pretty low asked jury member would please just look lines ship moment i know cant anything Tommy said Im asking would please just look lines can show what happened jury member said Sure bent down inspect lines clearly wrapped tangled mess some other lines indicating cleared rules require rest jury hastily assembled inspect lines hear Tommys story Sandy Pimenoff FAI ClAM president said young man cannot possibly inventing story must refly match Soviet team tried avoid rematch holding out disqualification decision bluff called did go back air Americans except Fluker holding Continued page 154 Results 1 T Pluker Jr USA 5 Beckers Beig 2 U Edslev Denmark5 C Gibson Can 3 P Salerma Finland9 G Arnold USA 5 D Vegetti Italy17 R Stubbefield 5 0 TitOv USSR 3 Denmark 4 Spain17 Doroshenko USSR right 1980 World Champnot up form year ni men Cleveland ano ii mcii LUU flank team memoer Rich Stubblefield AMA funded Dit man Der Combat entry Whoopee won Tommy Team Manager Don Jehlik hugs Fluker after big victory Teams 1USA11 2Italy12 Rich Stubbefield right lost Tall gren Sweden bounced back help US win Team World Championship November 198269 CL Speed World Championships SPEED F2A run over first three days four-day competition schedule com petitor gets two attempts single official flight per day draw determines flying order Speed Team Carl Dodge Chuck Schuette Ed Gifford relatively weak compared several European teams Ed late replacement Charlie Lieber Eds recent marriage left him short preparation time Carl Dodge has worked development own engine several years hut recent experiments have yielded enough progress performance keep pace Europeans Rossi engines Chuck Schuette uses Rossi engines help Rossi factory generally par European competitionhut no luck new engines knew past performance Schuette should 260 kph range Dodge 240s Gifford 220s contrast results some European competitions showed six eight fliers able top speeds Luis Parramon Spain worked small motorcycle firm exhaust tuning recently rccorded speeds over 280 Barce lona practice results two late spring competitions showed both Hun garian Polish teams capable speeds 270s Returning World Champ Patrick Constant France flown much Pietro Fontana Italy claimed recent performances up level 1980 second place first day opened Carl Dodge flying fairly earlx posting 243 exceed own best speed Chuck Schuette soon followed clean run inboard-engined asymmetrical sidewinder speed 2662 went near top board put him good spot place move up pressure fuel system appeared working smoothly felt might have little gain better prop Ed Gifford resorted older ship post 223 flight ensure full team score Soon other flights started posted several runs sounded good trail off too lean Parramon ran well fairly straightfor ward upright ship inboard asym metrical wing posted clean runjust topping Schuette 268 Hungarians coming up everyone awaiting demonstration per formance shown earlier year didnt disappoint onlookers exceeded 265Szegedi leading way 274 followed Molnar 271 Mult trailing Parramon 267 order changed Mult following days also reached 270 mark second-place clock ing 272 give Hungarian Speed Team clean sweep individual placings plus team title Polish fliers did seem get untracked although Rusek pushed Schuette very closely 266 China surprised everybody consider ing newness competition placing flier 7th winning 2nd team spot Poland followed 3rd team slot US 10th Most Speed competitors used some vari ation asymmetrical flying surface layout About half sidewinder engine orientations almost engine cylinder laid over outboard side Chuck Schuette notable exception used valve-controlled pressure fuel feed manage venturi feed requirements 70 Model Aviation Tail end winning Hungarian Speed ship S Szegedi Note small exhaust opening tuned pipe Went 2754 kph 171 mphL Italian Speed flier Pietro Fontana caught doing some delicate re pair work Second 1980 dropped eighth year Chuck Schuette puts wraps old Mult Hungary placed second Wing faithful ship after another fast flight model resembles own lanky build fifth older equipment winners used system others almost used centrifugal fuel switches either made Emil Rumpel same type Some especially Italians used suction uniflow type tended emphasis large ramair induction area carburetor relatively small exhaust exit area tuned exhaust pipe Variations pipe shape seen other departing constant-diameter center sections seen previously no obvious pattern Hungarians appeared team able extract competitive performance newer Rossi engine received about two dozen piston/liner sets Fontana last fall apparently successfully learned operation engine asked secret success obtain new-model Rossi engine Szegedi winner replied dont know play violin buying new wont help thats name tune gang Results 1S Szegedi Hungary2754kph 2J Mult Hungary2723kPh 3J Molnar Hungary2719kph 4L Parramon Spain2688kph 5C Schuette USA2662kph 28C Dodge USA2472kph 42E Gifford USA2338kph 3 Poland 3 10 USA 2 j OLTeam Racing World Championships TEAM RACING F2C tractive popular Control Line events spectator viewpoint Racing action generally close among top teams takes place inside cage pit men liter ally spectators fingertips way excitement right hand everyone safe easy pick favorite cheer jury calling fouls elevated tower has lap-counting lights team usually visible digital clock aid keeping track race progress good spectator event circle site Sweden excel lent no interference elements during competition US team good potential new air planes aroundincluding fancy new retractinggear models handt Albrirton/Perkins MeCollum/Knoppi using Nelson engine talked team shortly before leaving Sweden arrival John MeCollum Tom Knoppi thought progressing well estimated air speed low 19-second rangegood heat times 330s Walt Perkins John Albritton background 330s competition new ships tested initially over July 4 weekend Because accident testing cut short ques tions remained unanswered first test sessions Sweden flashes speed performance erratic Albritton Perkins soon back old 1980 ships account fractured crutches new models Larry Jolly Jed Kusik tested quietly Larry reported speeds 19 seconds flat below November 198271 Carl Dodge returned World Champs pylon after six years development has winning potential Placed 28th Chuck Schuette Carl Dodge LRI good spirits won der discussing glory days yesteryears US teams Italian models show use large ram-air ducts venturi Cooling slots generally used northern Europeans story World Championships Victor Onufrienko LI Val entim Shapovalov C wrap up Team Racer after qualifying final race Walt Perkins RI begins planning 1984 over 40 laps per tank assured Onufrienko watches ship roar away fast pit stop its way victory Italians second kilometerand good range Being basic cynic see Jolly Kusik performance myself Lo behold first watched practice speed got times 188 192 strong sounding engine good starting strong surge out pit Achilles heel seemed range counting 33 35 laps per tank engine actually cutting 31 33 lapswith extra two laps occurring gliding pit race two laps can disap pear magically sometimes three four will go away rigors traffic So worried setting would hold up race Albritton/Perkins finally got old #12 ship rolling about 192 fairly happy sound certainly didnt give advantage over other teams McCollum/Knoppi constant trouble equipment finally abandoned retracts newer valves still having troubles wasnt auspicious way approach race day However no other team except Soviets appeared better position Metkemeijer brothers World Champs 78 par Albritton/Perkins British two Italian Cipolla teams other Dutch team Vissar/Buys Rossi boys Italy Danish team Geschwendt ncr/Mau similar slower airspeed quicker pits would help Soviets two teams superior airspeeds Both Shapovalov/Onufrienko Barkov/Suraev could run comfortably 186 188 happy sounding engines no apparent problems first heats confirmed impressions practice Albritton/Perkins up early used #12 comfortable fast pits good speed record 336 time would probably hold up semi-final spot assurance looked like would struggle improve Results 1 Shapovlov/Onufrienko USSR F6 563 2 Rossi/Rossi ItalyF 7233 3 Barkov/Suraev USSRF no time 4 Metkemeyer/Metkemeyer NethE 3344 5 Geschwendtner/Mau Neth WC E3365 6 Albritton/Perkins USAE 3369 43 McCollum/Knoppi USA 171 44 JoIly/Kusik USAE no time Teams 1 England 7 3 Netherlands 11168 2 USSR. 11018 15 USA 2 10540 Soviets came up soon after S&O flashed 326 B&S topping 323 new heat records Other teams followed times hovering near recorded Albritton/ PerkinsMetkemeijer 334 Smith/Brown Great Britain 336 two Italians Visser/Buys disqualifying DQ themselves lousy flying equipment failure Jolly/Kusik got off well heat troubleending Jolly losing ship takeoff 2nd pit resulting no time McCollum/Knoppi also troubles lost ship pit stop no time handwriting wall Day 2 saw little change except two Italian teams340 Voghera/Menozzi 337 Rossi brothers Sal Rossi stunt flier father Danes 336 Gray Hancock Britain completed semis field 338 McCollum/Knoppi too cold engine warm-up finished far down Jolly/Kusik ran strongly pitted laps 32 62 needed third pit finish race pit equipment malfunction prevented recording time Semi-final day looked like dogfight 3rd 72 Model Aviation Third-place team L-R V Suraev V Barkov speed range match winners Didnt finish final race Europeans sometimes complain hear US pit men make high catches case Walt Perkins shows may right Continued page 154 John McCollum Tom Knoppi made too mistakes have chance Knoppi running account Shapovalov winning USSR tea, right passes over Martin Germany Former World Champ Rob Metkemeyer about make catch Couldnt quite find enough speed qualify final race NO OCR TEXT NEW Airtronics Championship Series 5 7 channel systems response customer demand CS5 CS systems now equipped use variety ne mixer coupler modules plug th transmitter modules can control such func tions elevons V-Tail flaperons may bE used provide automatic elevator compensatior deploying flaps spoilers An elevon/V-Tai mixer included CS7 mixer modules extra cost option CS5 have also added dual rate rudder CS7 system Both CS5 CS7 fully compatable new proposed frequencies Standard features CS5 CS7 include Dual rate linear exponential controls aileron elevator Trainer system compatable XL4 XL6 systems End point adjustment aileron elevator Total throw adjustment rudder throttle retract channels Aileron/rudder coupler couples onto right stick Servo reversing channels Direct servo control system Airborne battery tester Contest open gimbal sticks Variety servo options CS5S SYSTEM sailplane enthusiasts have special version featuring fantastic 94401 micro servo ideal sailplane servo CS5H SYSTEM Helicopter pilots will like inverted flight switch built automatic tail rotor compensatiori feature system Also available heavy duty ball bearing servos above systems include transmitter balanced mixer receiver 4 servos Tx Rx batteries dual charger switch harness DSC battery test cable servo trays output arms frequency flag instruction manual 2753 72 MHZ See above Championship systems local hobby shop. sure will agree WE DID IT RIGHT NO OCR TEXT
Edition: Model Aviation - 1982/11
Page Numbers: 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 154, 155
Top Control Line fliers gathered Sweden last part July biennial running World Championships four categories Aerobatics Combat Team Racing Speed US individuals teams victorious Aerobatics Combat have some catching-up other events@ Dr Laird Jackson SWEDEN IN JULY doesnt sound nearly good actually 1982 Control Line World Championships held glorious weather small seacoast town Oxelosund oxel name local tree o means island sund means sound about hours drive south Stockholm along Swedens Baltic coast line town has large steel mill depressed like current steel mills sum mer tourist population parts displaying themselves enticingly local boats beaches US Control Line Team consisting three Speed three Aerobatics fliers de fending World Champion Aerobatics three Team Race three Combat pilots mechanicsplus two team managers sorted supportersarrived about week ad vance contest direct flight New York Stockholm trip Oxelosund rental vehicles easy two-hour drive over excellent highway via outskirts Stockholm Local accommodations small comfortable hotel situated towns contem porary square shopping center Stores banks restaurants close hand though limited number Almost everyone group took opportunity visits back Stockholm shopping sightseeing during course two-week stay Swedish hosts very cordial help ful especially Team Race fliers Bengt-Olaf Samuelsson Kjell Axtiliuswho did major portion hard work oforganizing setting up competition site shown several choices practicing well contest site itself facilities used processing eating meetings contest field part sports complex within walking distance hotel Two large fenced circles Speed Team Racing laid out parking lot Another newly phalted Aerobatics circle located across road grass area bordered side fairly tall trees trees created moderate turbulence circle wind direction seemed minor prob lem Combat circles marked out grass soccer field complex sur rounded track bordered spectator stands Spectator seating provided other events well same stadium area utilized opening closing ceremonies Included usual marching band competitors parade speeches flag raising national anthems awardswith flower girls local national aeroclub officials physical arrangements superb organization also very good few incidents major significance during meeting team members soon settled got down sorting Out equipment accli mating themselves local conditions through practice usual spate problems arose overall practice showed US teams about would have expected preparation recent performances Aerobatics Team has strong through years continues sowith good competition team spots results winning combination Combat fliers have improved organi zation team selection program ap peared cohesive year ever before contrast Speed Team Race contin gents have slowly diminishing numbers recent years havent able field teams strong used practice flying Aerobatics fliers looking good principle concern over might finish relative another Combat fliers seemed confident have Speed people usually know stand years case left mildly depressed Team Race practice producing broken parts declining airspeeds general run nagging problems note competition opened accompanying reports detail results event US did well overall Much learned Old friendships renewed new ones made team left contest feel ing accomplishment satisfaction successful US teams World Cham pionships competition memories Sweden 82 will cherished years come 66 Model Aviation Most US contingent attending 1982 Control Line World Championships Standing L-R Don Jehlik seam manager Tom Fluker Sr George Cleveland Larry Jolly Richard Stubblefield Gary Arnold Jed Kusik Ed Gifford Dave Elias assistant team manager Rich Lopez Carl Dodge Chuck Schuette Kneeling L-R Tom Fluker Jr Mitchell Cleveland John Albritton Walt Perkins Ted Fancher Bob Baron Ron Colum bo Tom Knoppi Bill Werwage John McCollum Keith Trostle attended asan Aerobatics judge author DocJacksonwasonthe FAI jury ICLAerobaticsWorld Championships AEROBATICS F2B just plain good old Stunt has always US stronghold WC since least 1966 have won Team World Championship individual title fell Bill Werwage 1970 first unbroken string US Individual World Champions hasnt always easy things seem going too well team members fiddles needle valve too long run Out fuel clover leaf forgets count three doing inside loopsor something equally brilliant Spices up proceedings know Anyway some new faces US team year Ted Fancher Bob Baron both California Both long time competitors top quality Bob particu lar flying extremely well last years team finals Neither seemed have too much first years nervous attacks practice pat terns looked pretty good Fanchers looked good after explained should pretend looking round figures carnival side-show mirror never told kind did make easier under stand flying once everybody team plenty own personal brand fuel no panic searches nitro anything else youre xx ondering national debt creep ing up should see fuel shipping bill Werwage Baron appeared happy things like build apparently because lot epoxy smell sanding patching forays wood forth room also seemed friendly hotel manager came around often discuss electrical service Les McDonald competing reigning World Champnot member US team arrived Arlands Airport good shape put November 198267 Les McDonald won Individual CL Aerobatics World Champion ship latest version Stiletto As reigning World Champ competed individual member US team Hes first three-time winner single World Championship Chinas Aerobatics Team rapidly advancing toward top though country has participated internationally eventson ly short Clever ship shown has crankcase pressure retracts Bob Baron TIew well piacea fifth Probably would have scored higher wind gusts bothered him Les McDonald launches Bill Werwages 10-year-old USA-i another good flight netting Werwage sixth place Werwage two-time WC Workmanship detailing Les McDonalds winning Stiletto beautiful PAl World Champ rules require use muffler down quickly SAS pilot way through baggage area fascinated large airplane boxes especially Les its numerous testimonials considerable prowess things model Maybe commercial blatancy Hot Stuff decals maybe just whole image Swed ish pilot said Les Youre what call 5 I-lOT Right get wives Nancy Shareen Barbara off bag gage carousel quietly con vulsed appreciative laughter group settled began remembering order things few flights park ing lot local OBS A&P-type store initial psychomotor seizures viewing trees bending wind official circle seemed moderate slightly time some quiet reading local literature Keith Trostle US contribution solid judges panelnever enviable jobwhich seemed keep scores day day two guys disputed eveness routine No big scores seen dont know what caused Practice flights did show Europeans outstanding threats Its werent flying welljust no demon strated exciting ship style pretty much included guys well Continued page 153 __________________ Results __________________ 1 L McDonald USA WC5813 2 Dazhong Wu China5622 3 0 Andersson Sweden5609 4 T Fancher USA5592 5 R Baron USA5567 6 B Werwage USA5560 Teams 1 USA. 9 2 China 594 3 France 9 4 Italy 5451 CL Combat World Championships WHAT ARE YOU going say about event like Combat bunch guys chasing other over sky littering field debris torching everybodys eardrums tune four engines screaming away solid four minutes Its great event big spectator appeal model competition Combat E2D Sweden no exception Gary Arnold pit man Ron Columbo arrived big part US group Texas contingent showed up later week understand tried deport George Cleve land Stockholm Airport just because hat mustache son Mitchell kicked cried signal claimed wasnt going home seeing action Rich Stubblefield promised keep Cleveland under control until banquet Swedes let him stay nice ordinary American family somehow gotten mixed up same flight something really wasnt way could actually have involved rest groupon other hand George Cleveland really good father maybe trying expose Mitchell regular world graded doses Anyway hotel restaurant forth really never same Practice Combat fliers kindof surreal 68 Model Aviation Bill Werwage flew old model comfort couldnt find magic third win good flight shot Ted Fancher model viewnotes say hes doing Horiz 8 Let er go appears signal Ted Fancher giving fourth place best US Aerobatics Team Tom Fluker Jr right new Combat World Championhere bout R Maestrelli Italy late rounds Ron Columbo Rich Stubblefield IL-RI get Gary Arnolds model off match Everybody pitched help US team win Gary Arnold checking pants match Uand Weiman China Gary won did lot of/2A flying got engines set sharpened reflexesI guess got used air other US team good fliers Tom Fluker Jr dad pits Rich Stubblefield George Cleveland pits Gary Amold Fluker Stubblefield used Fox engines ample nitro Amold using Adamisin tuned Supertigres engines sounded good hut superior Rossi engines Europeans used An occasional person like Fred Meijer Holland used new Nelson engines did sound impressive Combat ships sort separate out two basic types large foamies various covering spar schemes somewhat smaller ex cept Soviets framework ships covered Mylar Most people again except Soviets used bladder pressure tanks some sort either tuhing pacifier can run two ships per bout practice get both running ready launch second model soon first down have switched streamer over Everybody wears helmets except spectators theore tically safe two flyaways cut lines Fred Meijer ship came down full bore through trees bordering Speed circle struck ground less two meters spectator anybodys fault grounds thought second German ship ran forever gently looping climbing afternoon sky until engine quite speck darn thing transition would make Free Flighter droolafter soared thermal quite before disappearing over hill skyline found floating bay undamaged little later first rounds Combat fairly un eventful except showed American weakness getting too much streamer first pass Maybe reflex kill Fast Combat take whole streamer FAI just get 100 points like other cut have long four minutes hide because have nothing left go after opponent faster now streamer can nibble away 100 points nibble Stubblefield fell first bout bounced back losers round Arnold Fluker survived Tommy Fluker drew extra bouts narrow field 32 pilots final field Fluker Arnold won matches 16-bout round Stubblefield fell waysidepartly due streamer overeating plus false assumption opponent would crash uncontrollable ship Didnt happen lost round eight bouts Gary also suc cumbed appetite problem good match Americans flew well other fliers also very quick used good equipment tactics some times surprising fliers Only Tom Fluker left quarter-finals Fluker drew Titov two fast Russians bout good getting two cuts before line tangle caused both go ground battle stopped line tangle tangle apparently got cleared Titov back up first win few points air time alone Fluker Don Jehlik filed protest im mediately saying Titov cleared Tommys lines before going second ship Fluker tried call circle marshalls tention fact lines hadnt cleared hadnt succeeded also went second ship claimed delay cost him match over uncleared line tangle Combat judges didnt agree Fluker jury ruled favor judges Titov Fluker out last match four ended morning flying everybody broke lunch Almost everybody gone field Fluker still disconsolately shuffling around pit area jury members strolled over say sorry see him lose Tommys head pretty low asked jury member would please just look lines ship moment i know cant anything Tommy said Im asking would please just look lines can show what happened jury member said Sure bent down inspect lines clearly wrapped tangled mess some other lines indicating cleared rules require rest jury hastily assembled inspect lines hear Tommys story Sandy Pimenoff FAI ClAM president said young man cannot possibly inventing story must refly match Soviet team tried avoid rematch holding out disqualification decision bluff called did go back air Americans except Fluker holding Continued page 154 Results 1 T Pluker Jr USA 5 Beckers Beig 2 U Edslev Denmark5 C Gibson Can 3 P Salerma Finland9 G Arnold USA 5 D Vegetti Italy17 R Stubbefield 5 0 TitOv USSR 3 Denmark 4 Spain17 Doroshenko USSR right 1980 World Champnot up form year ni men Cleveland ano ii mcii LUU flank team memoer Rich Stubblefield AMA funded Dit man Der Combat entry Whoopee won Tommy Team Manager Don Jehlik hugs Fluker after big victory Teams 1USA11 2Italy12 Rich Stubbefield right lost Tall gren Sweden bounced back help US win Team World Championship November 198269 CL Speed World Championships SPEED F2A run over first three days four-day competition schedule com petitor gets two attempts single official flight per day draw determines flying order Speed Team Carl Dodge Chuck Schuette Ed Gifford relatively weak compared several European teams Ed late replacement Charlie Lieber Eds recent marriage left him short preparation time Carl Dodge has worked development own engine several years hut recent experiments have yielded enough progress performance keep pace Europeans Rossi engines Chuck Schuette uses Rossi engines help Rossi factory generally par European competitionhut no luck new engines knew past performance Schuette should 260 kph range Dodge 240s Gifford 220s contrast results some European competitions showed six eight fliers able top speeds Luis Parramon Spain worked small motorcycle firm exhaust tuning recently rccorded speeds over 280 Barce lona practice results two late spring competitions showed both Hun garian Polish teams capable speeds 270s Returning World Champ Patrick Constant France flown much Pietro Fontana Italy claimed recent performances up level 1980 second place first day opened Carl Dodge flying fairly earlx posting 243 exceed own best speed Chuck Schuette soon followed clean run inboard-engined asymmetrical sidewinder speed 2662 went near top board put him good spot place move up pressure fuel system appeared working smoothly felt might have little gain better prop Ed Gifford resorted older ship post 223 flight ensure full team score Soon other flights started posted several runs sounded good trail off too lean Parramon ran well fairly straightfor ward upright ship inboard asym metrical wing posted clean runjust topping Schuette 268 Hungarians coming up everyone awaiting demonstration per formance shown earlier year didnt disappoint onlookers exceeded 265Szegedi leading way 274 followed Molnar 271 Mult trailing Parramon 267 order changed Mult following days also reached 270 mark second-place clock ing 272 give Hungarian Speed Team clean sweep individual placings plus team title Polish fliers did seem get untracked although Rusek pushed Schuette very closely 266 China surprised everybody consider ing newness competition placing flier 7th winning 2nd team spot Poland followed 3rd team slot US 10th Most Speed competitors used some vari ation asymmetrical flying surface layout About half sidewinder engine orientations almost engine cylinder laid over outboard side Chuck Schuette notable exception used valve-controlled pressure fuel feed manage venturi feed requirements 70 Model Aviation Tail end winning Hungarian Speed ship S Szegedi Note small exhaust opening tuned pipe Went 2754 kph 171 mphL Italian Speed flier Pietro Fontana caught doing some delicate re pair work Second 1980 dropped eighth year Chuck Schuette puts wraps old Mult Hungary placed second Wing faithful ship after another fast flight model resembles own lanky build fifth older equipment winners used system others almost used centrifugal fuel switches either made Emil Rumpel same type Some especially Italians used suction uniflow type tended emphasis large ramair induction area carburetor relatively small exhaust exit area tuned exhaust pipe Variations pipe shape seen other departing constant-diameter center sections seen previously no obvious pattern Hungarians appeared team able extract competitive performance newer Rossi engine received about two dozen piston/liner sets Fontana last fall apparently successfully learned operation engine asked secret success obtain new-model Rossi engine Szegedi winner replied dont know play violin buying new wont help thats name tune gang Results 1S Szegedi Hungary2754kph 2J Mult Hungary2723kPh 3J Molnar Hungary2719kph 4L Parramon Spain2688kph 5C Schuette USA2662kph 28C Dodge USA2472kph 42E Gifford USA2338kph 3 Poland 3 10 USA 2 j OLTeam Racing World Championships TEAM RACING F2C tractive popular Control Line events spectator viewpoint Racing action generally close among top teams takes place inside cage pit men liter ally spectators fingertips way excitement right hand everyone safe easy pick favorite cheer jury calling fouls elevated tower has lap-counting lights team usually visible digital clock aid keeping track race progress good spectator event circle site Sweden excel lent no interference elements during competition US team good potential new air planes aroundincluding fancy new retractinggear models handt Albrirton/Perkins MeCollum/Knoppi using Nelson engine talked team shortly before leaving Sweden arrival John MeCollum Tom Knoppi thought progressing well estimated air speed low 19-second rangegood heat times 330s Walt Perkins John Albritton background 330s competition new ships tested initially over July 4 weekend Because accident testing cut short ques tions remained unanswered first test sessions Sweden flashes speed performance erratic Albritton Perkins soon back old 1980 ships account fractured crutches new models Larry Jolly Jed Kusik tested quietly Larry reported speeds 19 seconds flat below November 198271 Carl Dodge returned World Champs pylon after six years development has winning potential Placed 28th Chuck Schuette Carl Dodge LRI good spirits won der discussing glory days yesteryears US teams Italian models show use large ram-air ducts venturi Cooling slots generally used northern Europeans story World Championships Victor Onufrienko LI Val entim Shapovalov C wrap up Team Racer after qualifying final race Walt Perkins RI begins planning 1984 over 40 laps per tank assured Onufrienko watches ship roar away fast pit stop its way victory Italians second kilometerand good range Being basic cynic see Jolly Kusik performance myself Lo behold first watched practice speed got times 188 192 strong sounding engine good starting strong surge out pit Achilles heel seemed range counting 33 35 laps per tank engine actually cutting 31 33 lapswith extra two laps occurring gliding pit race two laps can disap pear magically sometimes three four will go away rigors traffic So worried setting would hold up race Albritton/Perkins finally got old #12 ship rolling about 192 fairly happy sound certainly didnt give advantage over other teams McCollum/Knoppi constant trouble equipment finally abandoned retracts newer valves still having troubles wasnt auspicious way approach race day However no other team except Soviets appeared better position Metkemeijer brothers World Champs 78 par Albritton/Perkins British two Italian Cipolla teams other Dutch team Vissar/Buys Rossi boys Italy Danish team Geschwendt ncr/Mau similar slower airspeed quicker pits would help Soviets two teams superior airspeeds Both Shapovalov/Onufrienko Barkov/Suraev could run comfortably 186 188 happy sounding engines no apparent problems first heats confirmed impressions practice Albritton/Perkins up early used #12 comfortable fast pits good speed record 336 time would probably hold up semi-final spot assurance looked like would struggle improve Results 1 Shapovlov/Onufrienko USSR F6 563 2 Rossi/Rossi ItalyF 7233 3 Barkov/Suraev USSRF no time 4 Metkemeyer/Metkemeyer NethE 3344 5 Geschwendtner/Mau Neth WC E3365 6 Albritton/Perkins USAE 3369 43 McCollum/Knoppi USA 171 44 JoIly/Kusik USAE no time Teams 1 England 7 3 Netherlands 11168 2 USSR. 11018 15 USA 2 10540 Soviets came up soon after S&O flashed 326 B&S topping 323 new heat records Other teams followed times hovering near recorded Albritton/ PerkinsMetkemeijer 334 Smith/Brown Great Britain 336 two Italians Visser/Buys disqualifying DQ themselves lousy flying equipment failure Jolly/Kusik got off well heat troubleending Jolly losing ship takeoff 2nd pit resulting no time McCollum/Knoppi also troubles lost ship pit stop no time handwriting wall Day 2 saw little change except two Italian teams340 Voghera/Menozzi 337 Rossi brothers Sal Rossi stunt flier father Danes 336 Gray Hancock Britain completed semis field 338 McCollum/Knoppi too cold engine warm-up finished far down Jolly/Kusik ran strongly pitted laps 32 62 needed third pit finish race pit equipment malfunction prevented recording time Semi-final day looked like dogfight 3rd 72 Model Aviation Third-place team L-R V Suraev V Barkov speed range match winners Didnt finish final race Europeans sometimes complain hear US pit men make high catches case Walt Perkins shows may right Continued page 154 John McCollum Tom Knoppi made too mistakes have chance Knoppi running account Shapovalov winning USSR tea, right passes over Martin Germany Former World Champ Rob Metkemeyer about make catch Couldnt quite find enough speed qualify final race NO OCR TEXT NEW Airtronics Championship Series 5 7 channel systems response customer demand CS5 CS systems now equipped use variety ne mixer coupler modules plug th transmitter modules can control such func tions elevons V-Tail flaperons may bE used provide automatic elevator compensatior deploying flaps spoilers An elevon/V-Tai mixer included CS7 mixer modules extra cost option CS5 have also added dual rate rudder CS7 system Both CS5 CS7 fully compatable new proposed frequencies Standard features CS5 CS7 include Dual rate linear exponential controls aileron elevator Trainer system compatable XL4 XL6 systems End point adjustment aileron elevator Total throw adjustment rudder throttle retract channels Aileron/rudder coupler couples onto right stick Servo reversing channels Direct servo control system Airborne battery tester Contest open gimbal sticks Variety servo options CS5S SYSTEM sailplane enthusiasts have special version featuring fantastic 94401 micro servo ideal sailplane servo CS5H SYSTEM Helicopter pilots will like inverted flight switch built automatic tail rotor compensatiori feature system Also available heavy duty ball bearing servos above systems include transmitter balanced mixer receiver 4 servos Tx Rx batteries dual charger switch harness DSC battery test cable servo trays output arms frequency flag instruction manual 2753 72 MHZ See above Championship systems local hobby shop. sure will agree WE DID IT RIGHT NO OCR TEXT
Edition: Model Aviation - 1982/11
Page Numbers: 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 154, 155
Top Control Line fliers gathered Sweden last part July biennial running World Championships four categories Aerobatics Combat Team Racing Speed US individuals teams victorious Aerobatics Combat have some catching-up other events@ Dr Laird Jackson SWEDEN IN JULY doesnt sound nearly good actually 1982 Control Line World Championships held glorious weather small seacoast town Oxelosund oxel name local tree o means island sund means sound about hours drive south Stockholm along Swedens Baltic coast line town has large steel mill depressed like current steel mills sum mer tourist population parts displaying themselves enticingly local boats beaches US Control Line Team consisting three Speed three Aerobatics fliers de fending World Champion Aerobatics three Team Race three Combat pilots mechanicsplus two team managers sorted supportersarrived about week ad vance contest direct flight New York Stockholm trip Oxelosund rental vehicles easy two-hour drive over excellent highway via outskirts Stockholm Local accommodations small comfortable hotel situated towns contem porary square shopping center Stores banks restaurants close hand though limited number Almost everyone group took opportunity visits back Stockholm shopping sightseeing during course two-week stay Swedish hosts very cordial help ful especially Team Race fliers Bengt-Olaf Samuelsson Kjell Axtiliuswho did major portion hard work oforganizing setting up competition site shown several choices practicing well contest site itself facilities used processing eating meetings contest field part sports complex within walking distance hotel Two large fenced circles Speed Team Racing laid out parking lot Another newly phalted Aerobatics circle located across road grass area bordered side fairly tall trees trees created moderate turbulence circle wind direction seemed minor prob lem Combat circles marked out grass soccer field complex sur rounded track bordered spectator stands Spectator seating provided other events well same stadium area utilized opening closing ceremonies Included usual marching band competitors parade speeches flag raising national anthems awardswith flower girls local national aeroclub officials physical arrangements superb organization also very good few incidents major significance during meeting team members soon settled got down sorting Out equipment accli mating themselves local conditions through practice usual spate problems arose overall practice showed US teams about would have expected preparation recent performances Aerobatics Team has strong through years continues sowith good competition team spots results winning combination Combat fliers have improved organi zation team selection program ap peared cohesive year ever before contrast Speed Team Race contin gents have slowly diminishing numbers recent years havent able field teams strong used practice flying Aerobatics fliers looking good principle concern over might finish relative another Combat fliers seemed confident have Speed people usually know stand years case left mildly depressed Team Race practice producing broken parts declining airspeeds general run nagging problems note competition opened accompanying reports detail results event US did well overall Much learned Old friendships renewed new ones made team left contest feel ing accomplishment satisfaction successful US teams World Cham pionships competition memories Sweden 82 will cherished years come 66 Model Aviation Most US contingent attending 1982 Control Line World Championships Standing L-R Don Jehlik seam manager Tom Fluker Sr George Cleveland Larry Jolly Richard Stubblefield Gary Arnold Jed Kusik Ed Gifford Dave Elias assistant team manager Rich Lopez Carl Dodge Chuck Schuette Kneeling L-R Tom Fluker Jr Mitchell Cleveland John Albritton Walt Perkins Ted Fancher Bob Baron Ron Colum bo Tom Knoppi Bill Werwage John McCollum Keith Trostle attended asan Aerobatics judge author DocJacksonwasonthe FAI jury ICLAerobaticsWorld Championships AEROBATICS F2B just plain good old Stunt has always US stronghold WC since least 1966 have won Team World Championship individual title fell Bill Werwage 1970 first unbroken string US Individual World Champions hasnt always easy things seem going too well team members fiddles needle valve too long run Out fuel clover leaf forgets count three doing inside loopsor something equally brilliant Spices up proceedings know Anyway some new faces US team year Ted Fancher Bob Baron both California Both long time competitors top quality Bob particu lar flying extremely well last years team finals Neither seemed have too much first years nervous attacks practice pat terns looked pretty good Fanchers looked good after explained should pretend looking round figures carnival side-show mirror never told kind did make easier under stand flying once everybody team plenty own personal brand fuel no panic searches nitro anything else youre xx ondering national debt creep ing up should see fuel shipping bill Werwage Baron appeared happy things like build apparently because lot epoxy smell sanding patching forays wood forth room also seemed friendly hotel manager came around often discuss electrical service Les McDonald competing reigning World Champnot member US team arrived Arlands Airport good shape put November 198267 Les McDonald won Individual CL Aerobatics World Champion ship latest version Stiletto As reigning World Champ competed individual member US team Hes first three-time winner single World Championship Chinas Aerobatics Team rapidly advancing toward top though country has participated internationally eventson ly short Clever ship shown has crankcase pressure retracts Bob Baron TIew well piacea fifth Probably would have scored higher wind gusts bothered him Les McDonald launches Bill Werwages 10-year-old USA-i another good flight netting Werwage sixth place Werwage two-time WC Workmanship detailing Les McDonalds winning Stiletto beautiful PAl World Champ rules require use muffler down quickly SAS pilot way through baggage area fascinated large airplane boxes especially Les its numerous testimonials considerable prowess things model Maybe commercial blatancy Hot Stuff decals maybe just whole image Swed ish pilot said Les Youre what call 5 I-lOT Right get wives Nancy Shareen Barbara off bag gage carousel quietly con vulsed appreciative laughter group settled began remembering order things few flights park ing lot local OBS A&P-type store initial psychomotor seizures viewing trees bending wind official circle seemed moderate slightly time some quiet reading local literature Keith Trostle US contribution solid judges panelnever enviable jobwhich seemed keep scores day day two guys disputed eveness routine No big scores seen dont know what caused Practice flights did show Europeans outstanding threats Its werent flying welljust no demon strated exciting ship style pretty much included guys well Continued page 153 __________________ Results __________________ 1 L McDonald USA WC5813 2 Dazhong Wu China5622 3 0 Andersson Sweden5609 4 T Fancher USA5592 5 R Baron USA5567 6 B Werwage USA5560 Teams 1 USA. 9 2 China 594 3 France 9 4 Italy 5451 CL Combat World Championships WHAT ARE YOU going say about event like Combat bunch guys chasing other over sky littering field debris torching everybodys eardrums tune four engines screaming away solid four minutes Its great event big spectator appeal model competition Combat E2D Sweden no exception Gary Arnold pit man Ron Columbo arrived big part US group Texas contingent showed up later week understand tried deport George Cleve land Stockholm Airport just because hat mustache son Mitchell kicked cried signal claimed wasnt going home seeing action Rich Stubblefield promised keep Cleveland under control until banquet Swedes let him stay nice ordinary American family somehow gotten mixed up same flight something really wasnt way could actually have involved rest groupon other hand George Cleveland really good father maybe trying expose Mitchell regular world graded doses Anyway hotel restaurant forth really never same Practice Combat fliers kindof surreal 68 Model Aviation Bill Werwage flew old model comfort couldnt find magic third win good flight shot Ted Fancher model viewnotes say hes doing Horiz 8 Let er go appears signal Ted Fancher giving fourth place best US Aerobatics Team Tom Fluker Jr right new Combat World Championhere bout R Maestrelli Italy late rounds Ron Columbo Rich Stubblefield IL-RI get Gary Arnolds model off match Everybody pitched help US team win Gary Arnold checking pants match Uand Weiman China Gary won did lot of/2A flying got engines set sharpened reflexesI guess got used air other US team good fliers Tom Fluker Jr dad pits Rich Stubblefield George Cleveland pits Gary Amold Fluker Stubblefield used Fox engines ample nitro Amold using Adamisin tuned Supertigres engines sounded good hut superior Rossi engines Europeans used An occasional person like Fred Meijer Holland used new Nelson engines did sound impressive Combat ships sort separate out two basic types large foamies various covering spar schemes somewhat smaller ex cept Soviets framework ships covered Mylar Most people again except Soviets used bladder pressure tanks some sort either tuhing pacifier can run two ships per bout practice get both running ready launch second model soon first down have switched streamer over Everybody wears helmets except spectators theore tically safe two flyaways cut lines Fred Meijer ship came down full bore through trees bordering Speed circle struck ground less two meters spectator anybodys fault grounds thought second German ship ran forever gently looping climbing afternoon sky until engine quite speck darn thing transition would make Free Flighter droolafter soared thermal quite before disappearing over hill skyline found floating bay undamaged little later first rounds Combat fairly un eventful except showed American weakness getting too much streamer first pass Maybe reflex kill Fast Combat take whole streamer FAI just get 100 points like other cut have long four minutes hide because have nothing left go after opponent faster now streamer can nibble away 100 points nibble Stubblefield fell first bout bounced back losers round Arnold Fluker survived Tommy Fluker drew extra bouts narrow field 32 pilots final field Fluker Arnold won matches 16-bout round Stubblefield fell waysidepartly due streamer overeating plus false assumption opponent would crash uncontrollable ship Didnt happen lost round eight bouts Gary also suc cumbed appetite problem good match Americans flew well other fliers also very quick used good equipment tactics some times surprising fliers Only Tom Fluker left quarter-finals Fluker drew Titov two fast Russians bout good getting two cuts before line tangle caused both go ground battle stopped line tangle tangle apparently got cleared Titov back up first win few points air time alone Fluker Don Jehlik filed protest im mediately saying Titov cleared Tommys lines before going second ship Fluker tried call circle marshalls tention fact lines hadnt cleared hadnt succeeded also went second ship claimed delay cost him match over uncleared line tangle Combat judges didnt agree Fluker jury ruled favor judges Titov Fluker out last match four ended morning flying everybody broke lunch Almost everybody gone field Fluker still disconsolately shuffling around pit area jury members strolled over say sorry see him lose Tommys head pretty low asked jury member would please just look lines ship moment i know cant anything Tommy said Im asking would please just look lines can show what happened jury member said Sure bent down inspect lines clearly wrapped tangled mess some other lines indicating cleared rules require rest jury hastily assembled inspect lines hear Tommys story Sandy Pimenoff FAI ClAM president said young man cannot possibly inventing story must refly match Soviet team tried avoid rematch holding out disqualification decision bluff called did go back air Americans except Fluker holding Continued page 154 Results 1 T Pluker Jr USA 5 Beckers Beig 2 U Edslev Denmark5 C Gibson Can 3 P Salerma Finland9 G Arnold USA 5 D Vegetti Italy17 R Stubbefield 5 0 TitOv USSR 3 Denmark 4 Spain17 Doroshenko USSR right 1980 World Champnot up form year ni men Cleveland ano ii mcii LUU flank team memoer Rich Stubblefield AMA funded Dit man Der Combat entry Whoopee won Tommy Team Manager Don Jehlik hugs Fluker after big victory Teams 1USA11 2Italy12 Rich Stubbefield right lost Tall gren Sweden bounced back help US win Team World Championship November 198269 CL Speed World Championships SPEED F2A run over first three days four-day competition schedule com petitor gets two attempts single official flight per day draw determines flying order Speed Team Carl Dodge Chuck Schuette Ed Gifford relatively weak compared several European teams Ed late replacement Charlie Lieber Eds recent marriage left him short preparation time Carl Dodge has worked development own engine several years hut recent experiments have yielded enough progress performance keep pace Europeans Rossi engines Chuck Schuette uses Rossi engines help Rossi factory generally par European competitionhut no luck new engines knew past performance Schuette should 260 kph range Dodge 240s Gifford 220s contrast results some European competitions showed six eight fliers able top speeds Luis Parramon Spain worked small motorcycle firm exhaust tuning recently rccorded speeds over 280 Barce lona practice results two late spring competitions showed both Hun garian Polish teams capable speeds 270s Returning World Champ Patrick Constant France flown much Pietro Fontana Italy claimed recent performances up level 1980 second place first day opened Carl Dodge flying fairly earlx posting 243 exceed own best speed Chuck Schuette soon followed clean run inboard-engined asymmetrical sidewinder speed 2662 went near top board put him good spot place move up pressure fuel system appeared working smoothly felt might have little gain better prop Ed Gifford resorted older ship post 223 flight ensure full team score Soon other flights started posted several runs sounded good trail off too lean Parramon ran well fairly straightfor ward upright ship inboard asym metrical wing posted clean runjust topping Schuette 268 Hungarians coming up everyone awaiting demonstration per formance shown earlier year didnt disappoint onlookers exceeded 265Szegedi leading way 274 followed Molnar 271 Mult trailing Parramon 267 order changed Mult following days also reached 270 mark second-place clock ing 272 give Hungarian Speed Team clean sweep individual placings plus team title Polish fliers did seem get untracked although Rusek pushed Schuette very closely 266 China surprised everybody consider ing newness competition placing flier 7th winning 2nd team spot Poland followed 3rd team slot US 10th Most Speed competitors used some vari ation asymmetrical flying surface layout About half sidewinder engine orientations almost engine cylinder laid over outboard side Chuck Schuette notable exception used valve-controlled pressure fuel feed manage venturi feed requirements 70 Model Aviation Tail end winning Hungarian Speed ship S Szegedi Note small exhaust opening tuned pipe Went 2754 kph 171 mphL Italian Speed flier Pietro Fontana caught doing some delicate re pair work Second 1980 dropped eighth year Chuck Schuette puts wraps old Mult Hungary placed second Wing faithful ship after another fast flight model resembles own lanky build fifth older equipment winners used system others almost used centrifugal fuel switches either made Emil Rumpel same type Some especially Italians used suction uniflow type tended emphasis large ramair induction area carburetor relatively small exhaust exit area tuned exhaust pipe Variations pipe shape seen other departing constant-diameter center sections seen previously no obvious pattern Hungarians appeared team able extract competitive performance newer Rossi engine received about two dozen piston/liner sets Fontana last fall apparently successfully learned operation engine asked secret success obtain new-model Rossi engine Szegedi winner replied dont know play violin buying new wont help thats name tune gang Results 1S Szegedi Hungary2754kph 2J Mult Hungary2723kPh 3J Molnar Hungary2719kph 4L Parramon Spain2688kph 5C Schuette USA2662kph 28C Dodge USA2472kph 42E Gifford USA2338kph 3 Poland 3 10 USA 2 j OLTeam Racing World Championships TEAM RACING F2C tractive popular Control Line events spectator viewpoint Racing action generally close among top teams takes place inside cage pit men liter ally spectators fingertips way excitement right hand everyone safe easy pick favorite cheer jury calling fouls elevated tower has lap-counting lights team usually visible digital clock aid keeping track race progress good spectator event circle site Sweden excel lent no interference elements during competition US team good potential new air planes aroundincluding fancy new retractinggear models handt Albrirton/Perkins MeCollum/Knoppi using Nelson engine talked team shortly before leaving Sweden arrival John MeCollum Tom Knoppi thought progressing well estimated air speed low 19-second rangegood heat times 330s Walt Perkins John Albritton background 330s competition new ships tested initially over July 4 weekend Because accident testing cut short ques tions remained unanswered first test sessions Sweden flashes speed performance erratic Albritton Perkins soon back old 1980 ships account fractured crutches new models Larry Jolly Jed Kusik tested quietly Larry reported speeds 19 seconds flat below November 198271 Carl Dodge returned World Champs pylon after six years development has winning potential Placed 28th Chuck Schuette Carl Dodge LRI good spirits won der discussing glory days yesteryears US teams Italian models show use large ram-air ducts venturi Cooling slots generally used northern Europeans story World Championships Victor Onufrienko LI Val entim Shapovalov C wrap up Team Racer after qualifying final race Walt Perkins RI begins planning 1984 over 40 laps per tank assured Onufrienko watches ship roar away fast pit stop its way victory Italians second kilometerand good range Being basic cynic see Jolly Kusik performance myself Lo behold first watched practice speed got times 188 192 strong sounding engine good starting strong surge out pit Achilles heel seemed range counting 33 35 laps per tank engine actually cutting 31 33 lapswith extra two laps occurring gliding pit race two laps can disap pear magically sometimes three four will go away rigors traffic So worried setting would hold up race Albritton/Perkins finally got old #12 ship rolling about 192 fairly happy sound certainly didnt give advantage over other teams McCollum/Knoppi constant trouble equipment finally abandoned retracts newer valves still having troubles wasnt auspicious way approach race day However no other team except Soviets appeared better position Metkemeijer brothers World Champs 78 par Albritton/Perkins British two Italian Cipolla teams other Dutch team Vissar/Buys Rossi boys Italy Danish team Geschwendt ncr/Mau similar slower airspeed quicker pits would help Soviets two teams superior airspeeds Both Shapovalov/Onufrienko Barkov/Suraev could run comfortably 186 188 happy sounding engines no apparent problems first heats confirmed impressions practice Albritton/Perkins up early used #12 comfortable fast pits good speed record 336 time would probably hold up semi-final spot assurance looked like would struggle improve Results 1 Shapovlov/Onufrienko USSR F6 563 2 Rossi/Rossi ItalyF 7233 3 Barkov/Suraev USSRF no time 4 Metkemeyer/Metkemeyer NethE 3344 5 Geschwendtner/Mau Neth WC E3365 6 Albritton/Perkins USAE 3369 43 McCollum/Knoppi USA 171 44 JoIly/Kusik USAE no time Teams 1 England 7 3 Netherlands 11168 2 USSR. 11018 15 USA 2 10540 Soviets came up soon after S&O flashed 326 B&S topping 323 new heat records Other teams followed times hovering near recorded Albritton/ PerkinsMetkemeijer 334 Smith/Brown Great Britain 336 two Italians Visser/Buys disqualifying DQ themselves lousy flying equipment failure Jolly/Kusik got off well heat troubleending Jolly losing ship takeoff 2nd pit resulting no time McCollum/Knoppi also troubles lost ship pit stop no time handwriting wall Day 2 saw little change except two Italian teams340 Voghera/Menozzi 337 Rossi brothers Sal Rossi stunt flier father Danes 336 Gray Hancock Britain completed semis field 338 McCollum/Knoppi too cold engine warm-up finished far down Jolly/Kusik ran strongly pitted laps 32 62 needed third pit finish race pit equipment malfunction prevented recording time Semi-final day looked like dogfight 3rd 72 Model Aviation Third-place team L-R V Suraev V Barkov speed range match winners Didnt finish final race Europeans sometimes complain hear US pit men make high catches case Walt Perkins shows may right Continued page 154 John McCollum Tom Knoppi made too mistakes have chance Knoppi running account Shapovalov winning USSR tea, right passes over Martin Germany Former World Champ Rob Metkemeyer about make catch Couldnt quite find enough speed qualify final race NO OCR TEXT NEW Airtronics Championship Series 5 7 channel systems response customer demand CS5 CS systems now equipped use variety ne mixer coupler modules plug th transmitter modules can control such func tions elevons V-Tail flaperons may bE used provide automatic elevator compensatior deploying flaps spoilers An elevon/V-Tai mixer included CS7 mixer modules extra cost option CS5 have also added dual rate rudder CS7 system Both CS5 CS7 fully compatable new proposed frequencies Standard features CS5 CS7 include Dual rate linear exponential controls aileron elevator Trainer system compatable XL4 XL6 systems End point adjustment aileron elevator Total throw adjustment rudder throttle retract channels Aileron/rudder coupler couples onto right stick Servo reversing channels Direct servo control system Airborne battery tester Contest open gimbal sticks Variety servo options CS5S SYSTEM sailplane enthusiasts have special version featuring fantastic 94401 micro servo ideal sailplane servo CS5H SYSTEM Helicopter pilots will like inverted flight switch built automatic tail rotor compensatiori feature system Also available heavy duty ball bearing servos above systems include transmitter balanced mixer receiver 4 servos Tx Rx batteries dual charger switch harness DSC battery test cable servo trays output arms frequency flag instruction manual 2753 72 MHZ See above Championship systems local hobby shop. sure will agree WE DID IT RIGHT NO OCR TEXT