NO OCR TEXT 1984 cham pionships Hungary saw Petr Jirmus Czech oslovakia win mens individual competition US mens team recapture Nesterov Trophy best team score womens division Soviets took both individual team trophies As air planes sparkling new comer Extra 230 built Walter Extra West Germany EDon Berliner great gaps between wings ailerons fiberglass wing tips lacked final few steps finishing process new Yak-55 has wing tapered thickness place bulky seen 1982 retains CAP-20 tail section Cessna-style landing gear West Ger man prop has always marked collection best features lot other airplanes latest attempt combine parts several airplanes no successful past Left Nine little airplanes very large American teams aerobatic mounts inside cargo hold Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy 30000 ft 500 mph Right Feeding time zoo biplanes went C5A easily hangar Super Star turned sideways because its greater span Two transatlantic trips made no damage planes September 1985 77 main hangar Bekescsaba decorated emblems National SpOrT5 Association welcome sign both Hungarian us could read FnaIih new plane showed promise Extra 230 desi j compeiior waiter Exira ui W Germany infield fitted temporary cowl isWaiters prototype Next order interest Extra tor Walter Extra being built limited 230 two entered devel- number has overall lines oped West Germany active competi- Continued page 80 cleaned-up Stephens Akro simpli fied control system similar Pitts Special Good tines relatively low weight plenty power control strongly suggest good future Sukhoi people sisted returning racy have such obviously high wingloading aerobatic airplane built Sukhoi design bureau previously known jet fighters Most would muchneeded replacement ill-fated Yak-50 top Soviet pilots assigned Yak-55 couple rookies Su-26 Some answers would emerge first round flying course whole point complicated expensive exercise American team mem bers put up uncomfortable aft passenger compartment Lockheed C-5A Galaxy droned across Atlantic team s nine air planes neatly tied down hold enormous flying freighter Eight hours Dover AFB DE Rhein-Main AFB Frankfurt West Germa ny battle through nasty weather lovely soaring field east Vienna Austria two weeks intensive training flight videotaped Finally off furthest corner Hun garyin air nine little airplanes neat formation ground two team vans five cars full relatives supporters Americans usual collec tion custom-modified Pitts Specials 300 hp Pitts-inspired Weeks Solution Henry Haighs original Super Star resembles Leo Loudenslagers Laser 200 though developed separately fewer half pilots inter national experience team special feeling comes pilot being totally familiar own airplane years practice 80 Model Aviation TOP bUKflOl ju-26 final landing approach Note American-Inspired Plexiglas panels side downward visibility Left same aircraft front showing tightly-cowled nine-cylinder M-1 4P radial engine Note West German prop Cessnastyle landing gear Right close look cockpit Su-26 Below Arrival first Su-28 seen public Antonov An-2 background carried Soviet teams support crew spare oarts vodka supply Su-26 looks remarkably like Thirties racer Another Zlln 50L popular plane Europeans Later plane flown byrne Romanlans broke rudder cable ground-looped landing tore off its landing gear pilots 1984 US Champion Kermit Weeks 1980/82 World Championships runner-up Henry Haigh experienced rookies Harold Chappell Alan Bush spin expert Gene Beggs women 1982 World Championship veterans Linda Meyers Brigitte de St Phalle newcomers level Dr Julie Pfile Debby Rihn World Champion 1980 seven-time US Champion Louden slager absent having failed qualify 1983 US Nationals Aligned against worlds best 1983 European Champion Petr Jir mus Czechoslovakia new Zlin 50L5 300 hp perennial top finisher Manfred Strossenreuther West Germany another 50L5 1982 World Championship Victor Smolin USSR Yak-55 Swiss Champion/Author Eric Muller Extra 230 stake two premier awards sport Nesterov Trophy World Champion Mens Team Aresti Trophy Mens Individual Champion USSR held both well title World Champion Womens Team other major titleWomens Individual Champion belonged Americas Betty Stewart won second time 1982 retired Bekescsaba pilot got 20 minutes practice 1000-meter acrobatic box over airfield Enough time study landmarks dis cover white ground panels mark ing corners sides center box small becoming less distinct got dirty two weeks solid practice Austria American team ready first round flying 48 men 16 women 13 countries Known-Compulsory sequence everyone practicing months won fair square Jirmus led team narrow lead over US wide over usually competitive Soviets flying sloppy side big surprise Gold Medal Linda Meyers. birthday Next came Free Style flights pilot designed accordance rules guarantee wide variety maneuvers Again Jirmus won Mens Gold Medal cleanly Americans Weeks Haigh third fourth respectively brought US lead just 33 points out 30000 Mens Team competition clear Soviet Team going factor contest first time since 1960 Some felt problem new airplanes others felt lack practice time new airplanes clear neither Yak-55 nor Su-26 answer acro pilots prayers Soviet pilots continued lurch around rolling 3600 circles fly across top hammerhead turns dove spins rather waiting airplanes slow enough true stall occur little confidence clim bing capability began upward September 1985 81 Nine planes American team seen control tower Prom front Julie Pf lie Pitta S-is Kerm Weeks Weeks Solu tion Linda Meyers Weeks Special Henry Haigh Super Star Harold Chappeil PiUs 5-15 Gene Begga Pitts S-i T Alan Bush PiUs S-iS Brigitte de St Phaile Pitts S-IS newly-modified Yak-55 window mu wing TO ioong aown anne bOx mark ers maybe border guards Below two Yak-55s brought Soviet team closer undergoing some engine work Betterthan Yak-50 its still no world-beater Hey contest propellers Ac tually Hungarian Air Force MiG-23 practicing grand finale close best-organized fairest events far rolls before reaching let alone extending required vertical line Yak-55 certainly better air plane 1982 no world beater new Su-26 dis turbing tendency high-speed stall pulled hard progress its funny kind source lot problem may nose compact powerful dependable radial engine now produces 360 hp just too heavy demands large airplane built around makes maneuvering limited space box dif ficult Soviets others Next schedule UnknownCompulsory flight something unknown elsewhere sports sequence com posed during contest pilots have no opportunity fly practice leads strange sight grown men women completely engrossed hand-flying maneuvers walking back forth imaginary box behind hangar between rows airplanes hotel lobby Victory flight goes pilot can just fly maneu vers under immense pressure must able think through entire flight including gains losses speed gains losses altitude ef fects inevitable crosswind individual maneuvers may familiar particular combination never before flown anyone US Team spar kled Chappel 4th Weeks 6th Haigh 8th Bush 11th Beggs 12th. out 48 men Czechs Jirmus first again two teammates scores combined give second-place team score blew Srnec dropped 23rd 2ni Sa11er Rth Americans traditional team depth paid off big won prestigious Nesterov Trophy donated years ago Soviets honor Petr Nes terov flew first loop 1913 solid 615 points So strong posi tion could have won using scores 2nd 3rd 4th-place men Among women different familiar story After good start relatively inexperienced Americans dropped behind always strong Soviets brightest light cute little Debby Rihn though first big meet 3rd place 50 points out second response pressures cluded long wait major wing repairs after run-in taxiway marker now trophy war suggests happy future sport finally starting attract women quantity completion third flight team trophies awarded fourth flight remained before indi vidual champions would known incompletely understood 4-Minute Free discipline having fly precision discarded pilots allowed anything within bounds box safety such uncontrolled Continued page 155 82 Model Aviation Above Australian Frank Frys Laserdeveloped separately other similar airplanes Below new Extra 230 owned flown Nicola Colangelo Italy Debby Rihn hand-flies Unknown Com pulsory sequence before trying air first timein front 10-judge panel practice good enough en able placing second Nemkova USSR just 21/2 points out first place seventh production French CAP-21 lines up final approach Berliner photos ADVERTISERSINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX AMA Membership84 Academy Aviation Research & Development140 Ace Radio Control8 Airtronics2 Altech MarketingCover 2 Applied Design Corp118 Astro Flight34 Balsa USA7 Bergeron Enterprises124 Blue Ridge Models151 Bru Line Industries127 Byron Originals31 CB Associates120 CaRa Products128 Carolina-Taffinder144 Johnnie Casburn Mfg49 Champion Model Products146 Chicago Model & Hobby Show152 Cleveland Model & Supply Co136 Eric Clutton150 Condor Trading Co113 Consumers Guide53 Coverite147 D&D Engineering138 DGA Designs150 Davey Systems Corp12 Detroit Expo121 Larry Dodge Aero Inc151 Dodgson Designs124 Dougs Hobby Shop142-143 Du-Bro Products Inc15 FAI Model Supply148 FHS Supply Inc4 Flyline Models146 Fourmost Products40 Fox Mfg Co132 141 Fults Tooling151 Futaba Corp America19 3ator RC Products42 Dan Goldberg Memorial154 Dan Goldberg Models137 Golden Gate Hobbies128 Gorham Model Products9 Great Planes Model Mfg Co132 Historic Aviation5 Hobby Barn116-117 Hobby Capitol Distributors124 Hobby Hideaway136 Hobby Horn51 Hobby Lobby International149 Hobby World Imports148 Hobbypoxy126 Holleys Silent Flight145 Ikon Northwest Co141 Indy RC Sales Inc130-131 Jomar Products113153 K&BMfgCo149 K&S Engineering153 Knights Air138 Kraft RC Electronics34 Kraft Systems Inc21 Kustom Kraftsmanship14 L&L Model Products125 Lindsey Micro Products147 Lone Star Models47 Lutmi Enterprises144 MACS Products138 Master Kit149 McDaniel RC Service40 Jim Messers Quality Model Prod138 Micro Mark43 Micro Model Engineering147 Model Magic Products128 Model Products Corp120 Model Rectifier CorpCover 3 Sid Morgan Plans146 Morley Helicopters USA34 Mutchiers Hobbies122-123 North Products151 Northeast Screen Graphics148 Off Ground Models129 PFR/CM RC Exposition6 PKProducts18 Hal Payne Enterprises53 Peck-Polymers144 Penn Valley Hobby Center150 Peripheral Systems Inc133 Pica Products17 Polks Model Craft Hobby114-115 RC Buyers Guide10 RC Novelties127 RC Soaring Digest144 RC Video Magazine42 Repla-Tech International150 Robbee Modelisport75 Jim Roberts Flying Model Aircraft132 Roush Mfg141 SR Batteries12 SachsbyTG136 Sailpianes World121 Satellite City41 Scratch-A-Plane119 Shamrock Competition Imports125 Sheldons Hobby Shop20 134-135 SigMfgCo11147 Simcoe RC Aircraft Co35 Specialty Hardware Co154 St Croix Park Falls10 Standale Aircraft151 Swanson Associates140 John Tatone Model Eng Access119 Tatone Products Co126 Texxon Precision Products18 Top Flite Models Inc1 Tower Hobbies139 VK Model Aircraft120 VL Products140 WE Technical Services8 Williams Bros40 Wilshire Model Center118 Windsor Propeller Co51 World EnginesCover 4 Zenith Aviation Publications13 Nick Ziroli Models126 ADVEPtiV SINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX 709 Crescent Sunnyside WA 98944 complete listing propellers fuel engine parts etc J&J brochure pro duced Joe Just Recently observed new finger pro tector seemed work very well John Thompson/Mike Hazel rac ing team pitting Rat used Y6-in piece rubber stitched together center over two fingers instead give down force starting Rat engine am enclosing picture showing finger protector during re cent Racing contest past majori ty competitors have used leather glove reduce finger injury item would seem protect fingers little better standard work glove As always comments photo graphs solicited appreciated Aerobatics WC/Berliner Continued page 82 maneuvers lomcevak variations torque rolls as-yet-unnamed gyrations flown objective impress judges ultimate can achieved airplane/pilot combination Only twice since 4-Minute introduced 1972 has Gold Medal gone non-American favorite year 1982 Gold Medallist Kermit Weeks shiny black Solution power controls things no other airplane could yet manage opening torque roll consisting seven full rolls straight up four airplane slid down backwards set tone winning flight Petr Jirmus flew cautiously protect writing advertisers mention II John C Ballard 10102 Kimblewick read about Model Aviation Dr Louisville KY 40223 lead succeeded finishing undis tinguished third flight hanging first place overall other Americans along Strossenreuther Muller few other top pilots charged over box twisting turn ing whirling available direc tion Soviets usual flew very con servatively using few unusuai maneuvers producing yawns gasps judge reportedly able manipulate scoring system previous rounds give pilots points may have deserved failed 4-Minute Victor Smolin completed lackluster defense title ninth place flight fifth contest over Petr Jirmus won Aresti Trophy 300 points out 16000 Womens Champion Khalide Makaganova USSR Strossenreuther added second place 1982 3rd 1980 4th Kermit Weeks September 1985 155 I Circle numbers plans wish order 193239262299302310314I 326332358386398414422I 426430433437438439440I 441442444445446447449I 452453454456457458460 461462463464465466467I 468469470471472473474I 475476477478479480481I 482483484485486 Plan puce includes first class postage US delivery Ii Air Mall over 300 mIlesI orders autaide US e add $250 Air Mail 125 surface mailI Make check money order payable US funds Model Aviation AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Roston VAI 22090 Please allow 3 6 weeks deliveryI Please print carefully Enclosed$_______________ I NAMEI STREETI CITYI STATE __________________________ ZIPt third Henry Haigh fourth among men Debby Rihn finished overall Bronze Medal Linda Meyers sixth Julie Pfile ninth rankings airplanes showed Zlin 5OLS top two places no others top 10 select group two Yak-55s two Pitts Specials three mid-wing monoplanes Weeks Solutionthree biplanes seven monoplanes new types Extra 230 looked best sure popular airplane future despite its $75000 price tag Soviets improved Yak-55 new Su-26 impres sive rumored plan improve latter boosting its engine 420 hp hardly seems like logical step Twenty-two pilots flew Zlins leaving no doubt big favorite among European teams countries economic political factors rule out homebuilt airplane movement means Eastern Europe such Western countries Spain rest West homebuilt plans popping up like weeds Pitts Specials mid-wing monoplanes thing World Championship aerobatics has come long way since 1976 meet USSR dominated manipulated Soviet officials results bore little relation flying major changes taken place doubtful would have 1984 Championships Hungary introduction Bauer System com puter analysis judges scoring con sistency pretty well eliminates national bias cheating points things back right direction contest operation Bekescsaba fair efficient anyone has yet seen future looks good too next World Championships will August 1-17 1986 Cranfield England ex cellent physical facilities include two 6000-foot hard-surface runways larger hangars dormitories field British Aerobatic Association can put together operations staff hard working anxious please Hungarians emphasis will continue airplanes pilots fly ing instead politics scheming As aerobatic airplanes next few years can expect lot use composite materials because marvelous strength-to-weight ratio turn will permit designs vary con siderably standard strut-braced biplanes cantilever monoplanes have popular years because generally effective rules game predominance pilot over airplane should remain will still take hundreds hours prac tice top-notch flying machine get within reach Aresti Nester ov Championships began 1960 event has produced performances old-timers would 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NO OCR TEXT 1984 cham pionships Hungary saw Petr Jirmus Czech oslovakia win mens individual competition US mens team recapture Nesterov Trophy best team score womens division Soviets took both individual team trophies As air planes sparkling new comer Extra 230 built Walter Extra West Germany EDon Berliner great gaps between wings ailerons fiberglass wing tips lacked final few steps finishing process new Yak-55 has wing tapered thickness place bulky seen 1982 retains CAP-20 tail section Cessna-style landing gear West Ger man prop has always marked collection best features lot other airplanes latest attempt combine parts several airplanes no successful past Left Nine little airplanes very large American teams aerobatic mounts inside cargo hold Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy 30000 ft 500 mph Right Feeding time zoo biplanes went C5A easily hangar Super Star turned sideways because its greater span Two transatlantic trips made no damage planes September 1985 77 main hangar Bekescsaba decorated emblems National SpOrT5 Association welcome sign both Hungarian us could read FnaIih new plane showed promise Extra 230 desi j compeiior waiter Exira ui W Germany infield fitted temporary cowl isWaiters prototype Next order interest Extra tor Walter Extra being built limited 230 two entered devel- number has overall lines oped West Germany active competi- Continued page 80 cleaned-up Stephens Akro simpli fied control system similar Pitts Special Good tines relatively low weight plenty power control strongly suggest good future Sukhoi people sisted returning racy have such obviously high wingloading aerobatic airplane built Sukhoi design bureau previously known jet fighters Most would muchneeded replacement ill-fated Yak-50 top Soviet pilots assigned Yak-55 couple rookies Su-26 Some answers would emerge first round flying course whole point complicated expensive exercise American team mem bers put up uncomfortable aft passenger compartment Lockheed C-5A Galaxy droned across Atlantic team s nine air planes neatly tied down hold enormous flying freighter Eight hours Dover AFB DE Rhein-Main AFB Frankfurt West Germa ny battle through nasty weather lovely soaring field east Vienna Austria two weeks intensive training flight videotaped Finally off furthest corner Hun garyin air nine little airplanes neat formation ground two team vans five cars full relatives supporters Americans usual collec tion custom-modified Pitts Specials 300 hp Pitts-inspired Weeks Solution Henry Haighs original Super Star resembles Leo Loudenslagers Laser 200 though developed separately fewer half pilots inter national experience team special feeling comes pilot being totally familiar own airplane years practice 80 Model Aviation TOP bUKflOl ju-26 final landing approach Note American-Inspired Plexiglas panels side downward visibility Left same aircraft front showing tightly-cowled nine-cylinder M-1 4P radial engine Note West German prop Cessnastyle landing gear Right close look cockpit Su-26 Below Arrival first Su-28 seen public Antonov An-2 background carried Soviet teams support crew spare oarts vodka supply Su-26 looks remarkably like Thirties racer Another Zlln 50L popular plane Europeans Later plane flown byrne Romanlans broke rudder cable ground-looped landing tore off its landing gear pilots 1984 US Champion Kermit Weeks 1980/82 World Championships runner-up Henry Haigh experienced rookies Harold Chappell Alan Bush spin expert Gene Beggs women 1982 World Championship veterans Linda Meyers Brigitte de St Phalle newcomers level Dr Julie Pfile Debby Rihn World Champion 1980 seven-time US Champion Louden slager absent having failed qualify 1983 US Nationals Aligned against worlds best 1983 European Champion Petr Jir mus Czechoslovakia new Zlin 50L5 300 hp perennial top finisher Manfred Strossenreuther West Germany another 50L5 1982 World Championship Victor Smolin USSR Yak-55 Swiss Champion/Author Eric Muller Extra 230 stake two premier awards sport Nesterov Trophy World Champion Mens Team Aresti Trophy Mens Individual Champion USSR held both well title World Champion Womens Team other major titleWomens Individual Champion belonged Americas Betty Stewart won second time 1982 retired Bekescsaba pilot got 20 minutes practice 1000-meter acrobatic box over airfield Enough time study landmarks dis cover white ground panels mark ing corners sides center box small becoming less distinct got dirty two weeks solid practice Austria American team ready first round flying 48 men 16 women 13 countries Known-Compulsory sequence everyone practicing months won fair square Jirmus led team narrow lead over US wide over usually competitive Soviets flying sloppy side big surprise Gold Medal Linda Meyers. birthday Next came Free Style flights pilot designed accordance rules guarantee wide variety maneuvers Again Jirmus won Mens Gold Medal cleanly Americans Weeks Haigh third fourth respectively brought US lead just 33 points out 30000 Mens Team competition clear Soviet Team going factor contest first time since 1960 Some felt problem new airplanes others felt lack practice time new airplanes clear neither Yak-55 nor Su-26 answer acro pilots prayers Soviet pilots continued lurch around rolling 3600 circles fly across top hammerhead turns dove spins rather waiting airplanes slow enough true stall occur little confidence clim bing capability began upward September 1985 81 Nine planes American team seen control tower Prom front Julie Pf lie Pitta S-is Kerm Weeks Weeks Solu tion Linda Meyers Weeks Special Henry Haigh Super Star Harold Chappeil PiUs 5-15 Gene Begga Pitts S-i T Alan Bush PiUs S-iS Brigitte de St Phaile Pitts S-IS newly-modified Yak-55 window mu wing TO ioong aown anne bOx mark ers maybe border guards Below two Yak-55s brought Soviet team closer undergoing some engine work Betterthan Yak-50 its still no world-beater Hey contest propellers Ac tually Hungarian Air Force MiG-23 practicing grand finale close best-organized fairest events far rolls before reaching let alone extending required vertical line Yak-55 certainly better air plane 1982 no world beater new Su-26 dis turbing tendency high-speed stall pulled hard progress its funny kind source lot problem may nose compact powerful dependable radial engine now produces 360 hp just too heavy demands large airplane built around makes maneuvering limited space box dif ficult Soviets others Next schedule UnknownCompulsory flight something unknown elsewhere sports sequence com posed during contest pilots have no opportunity fly practice leads strange sight grown men women completely engrossed hand-flying maneuvers walking back forth imaginary box behind hangar between rows airplanes hotel lobby Victory flight goes pilot can just fly maneu vers under immense pressure must able think through entire flight including gains losses speed gains losses altitude ef fects inevitable crosswind individual maneuvers may familiar particular combination never before flown anyone US Team spar kled Chappel 4th Weeks 6th Haigh 8th Bush 11th Beggs 12th. out 48 men Czechs Jirmus first again two teammates scores combined give second-place team score blew Srnec dropped 23rd 2ni Sa11er Rth Americans traditional team depth paid off big won prestigious Nesterov Trophy donated years ago Soviets honor Petr Nes terov flew first loop 1913 solid 615 points So strong posi tion could have won using scores 2nd 3rd 4th-place men Among women different familiar story After good start relatively inexperienced Americans dropped behind always strong Soviets brightest light cute little Debby Rihn though first big meet 3rd place 50 points out second response pressures cluded long wait major wing repairs after run-in taxiway marker now trophy war suggests happy future sport finally starting attract women quantity completion third flight team trophies awarded fourth flight remained before indi vidual champions would known incompletely understood 4-Minute Free discipline having fly precision discarded pilots allowed anything within bounds box safety such uncontrolled Continued page 155 82 Model Aviation Above Australian Frank Frys Laserdeveloped separately other similar airplanes Below new Extra 230 owned flown Nicola Colangelo Italy Debby Rihn hand-flies Unknown Com pulsory sequence before trying air first timein front 10-judge panel practice good enough en able placing second Nemkova USSR just 21/2 points out first place seventh production French CAP-21 lines up final approach Berliner photos ADVERTISERSINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX AMA Membership84 Academy Aviation Research & Development140 Ace Radio Control8 Airtronics2 Altech MarketingCover 2 Applied Design Corp118 Astro Flight34 Balsa USA7 Bergeron Enterprises124 Blue Ridge Models151 Bru Line Industries127 Byron Originals31 CB Associates120 CaRa Products128 Carolina-Taffinder144 Johnnie Casburn Mfg49 Champion Model Products146 Chicago Model & Hobby Show152 Cleveland Model & Supply Co136 Eric Clutton150 Condor Trading Co113 Consumers Guide53 Coverite147 D&D Engineering138 DGA Designs150 Davey Systems Corp12 Detroit Expo121 Larry Dodge Aero Inc151 Dodgson Designs124 Dougs Hobby Shop142-143 Du-Bro Products Inc15 FAI Model Supply148 FHS Supply Inc4 Flyline Models146 Fourmost Products40 Fox Mfg Co132 141 Fults Tooling151 Futaba Corp America19 3ator RC Products42 Dan Goldberg Memorial154 Dan Goldberg Models137 Golden Gate Hobbies128 Gorham Model Products9 Great Planes Model Mfg Co132 Historic Aviation5 Hobby Barn116-117 Hobby Capitol Distributors124 Hobby Hideaway136 Hobby Horn51 Hobby Lobby International149 Hobby World Imports148 Hobbypoxy126 Holleys Silent Flight145 Ikon Northwest Co141 Indy RC Sales Inc130-131 Jomar Products113153 K&BMfgCo149 K&S Engineering153 Knights Air138 Kraft RC Electronics34 Kraft Systems Inc21 Kustom Kraftsmanship14 L&L Model Products125 Lindsey Micro Products147 Lone Star Models47 Lutmi Enterprises144 MACS Products138 Master Kit149 McDaniel RC Service40 Jim Messers Quality Model Prod138 Micro Mark43 Micro Model Engineering147 Model Magic Products128 Model Products Corp120 Model Rectifier CorpCover 3 Sid Morgan Plans146 Morley Helicopters USA34 Mutchiers Hobbies122-123 North Products151 Northeast Screen Graphics148 Off Ground Models129 PFR/CM RC Exposition6 PKProducts18 Hal Payne Enterprises53 Peck-Polymers144 Penn Valley Hobby Center150 Peripheral Systems Inc133 Pica Products17 Polks Model Craft Hobby114-115 RC Buyers Guide10 RC Novelties127 RC Soaring Digest144 RC Video Magazine42 Repla-Tech International150 Robbee Modelisport75 Jim Roberts Flying Model Aircraft132 Roush Mfg141 SR Batteries12 SachsbyTG136 Sailpianes World121 Satellite City41 Scratch-A-Plane119 Shamrock Competition Imports125 Sheldons Hobby Shop20 134-135 SigMfgCo11147 Simcoe RC Aircraft Co35 Specialty Hardware Co154 St Croix Park Falls10 Standale Aircraft151 Swanson Associates140 John Tatone Model Eng Access119 Tatone Products Co126 Texxon Precision Products18 Top Flite Models Inc1 Tower Hobbies139 VK Model Aircraft120 VL Products140 WE Technical Services8 Williams Bros40 Wilshire Model Center118 Windsor Propeller Co51 World EnginesCover 4 Zenith Aviation Publications13 Nick Ziroli Models126 ADVEPtiV SINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX 709 Crescent Sunnyside WA 98944 complete listing propellers fuel engine parts etc J&J brochure pro duced Joe Just Recently observed new finger pro tector seemed work very well John Thompson/Mike Hazel rac ing team pitting Rat used Y6-in piece rubber stitched together center over two fingers instead give down force starting Rat engine am enclosing picture showing finger protector during re cent Racing contest past majori ty competitors have used leather glove reduce finger injury item would seem protect fingers little better standard work glove As always comments photo graphs solicited appreciated Aerobatics WC/Berliner Continued page 82 maneuvers lomcevak variations torque rolls as-yet-unnamed gyrations flown objective impress judges ultimate can achieved airplane/pilot combination Only twice since 4-Minute introduced 1972 has Gold Medal gone non-American favorite year 1982 Gold Medallist Kermit Weeks shiny black Solution power controls things no other airplane could yet manage opening torque roll consisting seven full rolls straight up four airplane slid down backwards set tone winning flight Petr Jirmus flew cautiously protect writing advertisers mention II John C Ballard 10102 Kimblewick read about Model Aviation Dr Louisville KY 40223 lead succeeded finishing undis tinguished third flight hanging first place overall other Americans along Strossenreuther Muller few other top pilots charged over box twisting turn ing whirling available direc tion Soviets usual flew very con servatively using few unusuai maneuvers producing yawns gasps judge reportedly able manipulate scoring system previous rounds give pilots points may have deserved failed 4-Minute Victor Smolin completed lackluster defense title ninth place flight fifth contest over Petr Jirmus won Aresti Trophy 300 points out 16000 Womens Champion Khalide Makaganova USSR Strossenreuther added second place 1982 3rd 1980 4th Kermit Weeks September 1985 155 I Circle numbers plans wish order 193239262299302310314I 326332358386398414422I 426430433437438439440I 441442444445446447449I 452453454456457458460 461462463464465466467I 468469470471472473474I 475476477478479480481I 482483484485486 Plan puce includes first class postage US delivery Ii Air Mall over 300 mIlesI orders autaide US e add $250 Air Mail 125 surface mailI Make check money order payable US funds Model Aviation AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Roston VAI 22090 Please allow 3 6 weeks deliveryI Please print carefully Enclosed$_______________ I NAMEI STREETI CITYI STATE __________________________ ZIPt third Henry Haigh fourth among men Debby Rihn finished overall Bronze Medal Linda Meyers sixth Julie Pfile ninth rankings airplanes showed Zlin 5OLS top two places no others top 10 select group two Yak-55s two Pitts Specials three mid-wing monoplanes Weeks Solutionthree biplanes seven monoplanes new types Extra 230 looked best sure popular airplane future despite its $75000 price tag Soviets improved Yak-55 new Su-26 impres sive rumored plan improve latter boosting its engine 420 hp hardly seems like logical step Twenty-two pilots flew Zlins leaving no doubt big favorite among European teams countries economic political factors rule out homebuilt airplane movement means Eastern Europe such Western countries Spain rest West homebuilt plans popping up like weeds Pitts Specials mid-wing monoplanes thing World Championship aerobatics has come long way since 1976 meet USSR dominated manipulated Soviet officials results bore little relation flying major changes taken place doubtful would have 1984 Championships Hungary introduction Bauer System com puter analysis judges scoring con sistency pretty well eliminates national bias cheating points things back right direction contest operation Bekescsaba fair efficient anyone has yet seen future looks good too next World Championships will August 1-17 1986 Cranfield England ex cellent physical facilities include two 6000-foot hard-surface runways larger hangars dormitories field British Aerobatic Association can put together operations staff hard working anxious please Hungarians emphasis will continue airplanes pilots fly ing instead politics scheming As aerobatic airplanes next few years can expect lot use composite materials because marvelous strength-to-weight ratio turn will permit designs vary con siderably standard strut-braced biplanes cantilever monoplanes have popular years because generally effective rules game predominance pilot over airplane should remain will still take hundreds hours prac tice top-notch flying machine get within reach Aresti Nester ov Championships began 1960 event has produced performances old-timers would have thought impossible 156 Model Aviation FULL SIZE PLANS No 485 Hawker Hunter$ 175 CL Fun-scale British jet fighter has 1 8%-in foam wing uses 1AA power No 486 MIles-Atwood Special$ 825 RC Sport-scale 21 -powered 45-in span Golden Age air-racer lIe 103SUette CL Stunt model Mcoenald winner 1976 1980 1982 FAI World Champ 5 lIe 239DIuc Duds RC Ken Willards formation plane 4-channel 1 0-power$375 lie 262craaieautm- CL Crash-proof trainer two sizesl 5-30- 35.40-pnwer$125 lIe 299See Bee Sr Speefoter RC h-scale Haiftie 91 power Prototype span 3011 Two-and-a-half sheets$1175 Ne 302Mini P-16 AC 5arpoleo 049 ducted fan sport flier 2-channel Balsa wings tail fuse structure$ 275 3101980 Fleet Spice AC Sport Scale 35-40 4-channel Wingspan se h scale Two sheets$ 625 314Dreke t AC Ken Willards flying boat 3-channel 15-power Fly land removable gear$ 375 326Taylercelc AC Don Sinus Schoolyard-Scale 049s 2-3 channel Spans 50 in$ 350 332Zephyr RC Small 2-channel glider hand-launch low thermal slope soanog$ 200 356PIeces FF Indoor Easy B Aubber-power contest-winner W Van Gorder$100 3MLanen 200 RC Sport Scale replica championship Aerobatic flier Uses 40 power 4-5 channel Two sheets$1075 396Bee Des R-1 RC Haffkes latest 4-scale spans 75 weighs IS lb flies 90 larger Poor sheets no doc$2225 414ElectrIc Sparky AC electric-powered fon flier 05 motor 3-channel AC scaled up 1939 robber-power funorfte$ 850 422Seeder AC Two-Meter Sailplane han won Nato enent 1982 1983 plas other contests$ 550 426chhta capper AC Pababons 74-in-spon Sport Scale flying boat four 10-size engines 4-channel Three sheets no doc$2000 430heeside AC Zippy little sportoter 1 0-1 S power 3-channel nc$ 400 Ne 433WaNe Up AC Electric-powered glider 2-3 channels 035 motor spons 52 50 437Kieglsher CL Profile Carrier plane spans 4014 ases 35 engine$ 600 436cnuIuer PP Embryo Endurance robber-power ton ship han big-model characteristics $ 200 439Deepenade AC flying wing unique ongalive dihedrul flies 4 channels 1 9-40 power Poam wing$ 450 440cavahe AC Old-Timer-like new design has huge wing slow easy flights Por 35 power 3 channels Two sheets$1 725 441DIlUtE PP Hot omall lightweight competition ship 15 power designer Harry Marphy$ 475 442Lasy Deck AC Big canard sport flier AA-og power 2 channels Uses foam board parts$ 650 444Fleehelt AC posher canard sporslpattem uses 40 pusher engine 4-channel Has swept-forward foam wings$ 650 No 445heumtfli Ooegar CL Scale model popular homeboilt won Nuts Uses 21 engine spaas 41 in$ 025 446La crete AC Electric-powered sport flier 05 motors 3-channels Two veroinos parasol cabin$ 550 447teA Miss Anseulca AC Old-Timer hA Texaco model 040 glow 2-channels$ 650 449Seflee CL SportJSlonl plane 40-sizo 4-stroke engine builds f ant essy$ 600 452Bee Dee 2 AC Ooarter-scale spans 71 4 uses 90 power Poor sheets$1600 453Smeethle Pooftie CL Profile rendition Bob Palmers sopor-St onter early Fifties 35 power$ 550 454Sweat P-SO PP Neat stick-and-f issee Ootdoar Aubbor P30-doss model iso contest-winner$ 200 45619-Tech 2061 AC Dacted-fan futurist ic-looking canard 25-size engines Built-up construction Three sheets$1175 457Spectra AC Electric-power OS-size motor uses 3 different wings sport soaring aerobatics$ 700 456Deeclfeas CL Profile Carrier 15-power evonts Two sheets$ 575 4604-40 AC Shoolder-wing sport flier 4-cycle 40-size engine 4 channels$ 650 461Tifofer Osniateneec CL Pamoos ont lopped Stanter late Forties Uses 35 engine$ 650 462Pereth PS PP Jambo Aubber Scale WW Italian oboervaline plane$ 400 463Platyhelmlethes Vk AC 4A Pylon racer uses lots ito ply built-op rect ore strength lightness$ 475 464Sendeecer CL 4A sport flier all-sheet-balsa can ose Toe Doe 049$ 325 Ne 465Sloe Bias t AC Pun-fly sportsfer 40-size engines spans 52 Lightweight stroclore$ 700 466Oempetiter CL Stonter 60 power has 650 sq wing ares$ 575 467Rice Span PP Aubber Scale design woo 83 Nuts designer Don Srofl Wingspan 26 in$ 250 466Seroother CL Stonter 29135 power Dosigo hosed hybrid Smoothielhobler$ 675 469Dee lOcket AC Sport Scale rendering Polish homebuill pusher Spans 75 uses 40-size 4-cycle engine Poor sheets$2075 470Sfrefrer AC Mid-wing sportoter noes 40145 four-stroke engine spans 5014 tail-dragger$ 650 471Mesas Aetna CL Profile Stunt trainer opons 54 in. uses 3S140 engine Flapped wing$ 575 472Panacraft AC Craft has flexible parofoil wing uses 3 AC channels 60 engine$ 550 473Tecaner AC Sport scale furheprop trainer spans 66 uses 60175 engines Throe sheets$1 250 474Pacer 15 PP Nordic A-i Towline Glider won 1983 World Champs$ 500 475Beeglltyulcat CL Slow Combat model uses geodetic wing construction 36 engine Two-sheet plan has parts patterns$ 400 476Meeta 250 PP competition hA plane has mant a-roy-shaped wing spans 43 in$ 500 477Maedaufa CL Sport Stunter uses sport 15 engine spans 35 in$ 325 476Buttercup AC Cute elfin oportoter uses micro 2-ch AC pulse-rudder Spans 27 in. 020-035 power$ 300 479Feer-Streke Roaster AC SportiAerobatics ship has 1 920s ofyliog uses 00 4-stroke engine spans 8S 2 sheets$1100 460Htdlceleus CL Fabulous competif ion Stunter has 550 sq wing area flies TO 0491051 spans 47% in$ 600 461Eurepa AC Sailplane PAl competition has fiberglass fuselage foam wings wing flaps stabilator tail Spans 110 ing 700 462Beldea-Ager AC SportlAerobotic model looko like Golden Age sportoter 60 engines spans 62 in$ 750 463ci hawk lRtriltt PP Ootdoor Gas Scale plane uses CO-2 power spans 29 $ 300 464 Aereeca K AC Guarter-Scule 30s lightplooe spons Oft eons 12 co 2-cyt. 4-stroke engine weighs 1114 lb Three sheets $1975 us us coo 0 N 0 us COO Eli -us CD zus us 0 CO CO 0 us- t 3 nb onus 00 us us us us c V onus oii C- -on 0 us 0 usus Eli 0 con us 0 us U or eec C -in cus Uc N IL
Edition: Model Aviation - 1985/09
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NO OCR TEXT 1984 cham pionships Hungary saw Petr Jirmus Czech oslovakia win mens individual competition US mens team recapture Nesterov Trophy best team score womens division Soviets took both individual team trophies As air planes sparkling new comer Extra 230 built Walter Extra West Germany EDon Berliner great gaps between wings ailerons fiberglass wing tips lacked final few steps finishing process new Yak-55 has wing tapered thickness place bulky seen 1982 retains CAP-20 tail section Cessna-style landing gear West Ger man prop has always marked collection best features lot other airplanes latest attempt combine parts several airplanes no successful past Left Nine little airplanes very large American teams aerobatic mounts inside cargo hold Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy 30000 ft 500 mph Right Feeding time zoo biplanes went C5A easily hangar Super Star turned sideways because its greater span Two transatlantic trips made no damage planes September 1985 77 main hangar Bekescsaba decorated emblems National SpOrT5 Association welcome sign both Hungarian us could read FnaIih new plane showed promise Extra 230 desi j compeiior waiter Exira ui W Germany infield fitted temporary cowl isWaiters prototype Next order interest Extra tor Walter Extra being built limited 230 two entered devel- number has overall lines oped West Germany active competi- Continued page 80 cleaned-up Stephens Akro simpli fied control system similar Pitts Special Good tines relatively low weight plenty power control strongly suggest good future Sukhoi people sisted returning racy have such obviously high wingloading aerobatic airplane built Sukhoi design bureau previously known jet fighters Most would muchneeded replacement ill-fated Yak-50 top Soviet pilots assigned Yak-55 couple rookies Su-26 Some answers would emerge first round flying course whole point complicated expensive exercise American team mem bers put up uncomfortable aft passenger compartment Lockheed C-5A Galaxy droned across Atlantic team s nine air planes neatly tied down hold enormous flying freighter Eight hours Dover AFB DE Rhein-Main AFB Frankfurt West Germa ny battle through nasty weather lovely soaring field east Vienna Austria two weeks intensive training flight videotaped Finally off furthest corner Hun garyin air nine little airplanes neat formation ground two team vans five cars full relatives supporters Americans usual collec tion custom-modified Pitts Specials 300 hp Pitts-inspired Weeks Solution Henry Haighs original Super Star resembles Leo Loudenslagers Laser 200 though developed separately fewer half pilots inter national experience team special feeling comes pilot being totally familiar own airplane years practice 80 Model Aviation TOP bUKflOl ju-26 final landing approach Note American-Inspired Plexiglas panels side downward visibility Left same aircraft front showing tightly-cowled nine-cylinder M-1 4P radial engine Note West German prop Cessnastyle landing gear Right close look cockpit Su-26 Below Arrival first Su-28 seen public Antonov An-2 background carried Soviet teams support crew spare oarts vodka supply Su-26 looks remarkably like Thirties racer Another Zlln 50L popular plane Europeans Later plane flown byrne Romanlans broke rudder cable ground-looped landing tore off its landing gear pilots 1984 US Champion Kermit Weeks 1980/82 World Championships runner-up Henry Haigh experienced rookies Harold Chappell Alan Bush spin expert Gene Beggs women 1982 World Championship veterans Linda Meyers Brigitte de St Phalle newcomers level Dr Julie Pfile Debby Rihn World Champion 1980 seven-time US Champion Louden slager absent having failed qualify 1983 US Nationals Aligned against worlds best 1983 European Champion Petr Jir mus Czechoslovakia new Zlin 50L5 300 hp perennial top finisher Manfred Strossenreuther West Germany another 50L5 1982 World Championship Victor Smolin USSR Yak-55 Swiss Champion/Author Eric Muller Extra 230 stake two premier awards sport Nesterov Trophy World Champion Mens Team Aresti Trophy Mens Individual Champion USSR held both well title World Champion Womens Team other major titleWomens Individual Champion belonged Americas Betty Stewart won second time 1982 retired Bekescsaba pilot got 20 minutes practice 1000-meter acrobatic box over airfield Enough time study landmarks dis cover white ground panels mark ing corners sides center box small becoming less distinct got dirty two weeks solid practice Austria American team ready first round flying 48 men 16 women 13 countries Known-Compulsory sequence everyone practicing months won fair square Jirmus led team narrow lead over US wide over usually competitive Soviets flying sloppy side big surprise Gold Medal Linda Meyers. birthday Next came Free Style flights pilot designed accordance rules guarantee wide variety maneuvers Again Jirmus won Mens Gold Medal cleanly Americans Weeks Haigh third fourth respectively brought US lead just 33 points out 30000 Mens Team competition clear Soviet Team going factor contest first time since 1960 Some felt problem new airplanes others felt lack practice time new airplanes clear neither Yak-55 nor Su-26 answer acro pilots prayers Soviet pilots continued lurch around rolling 3600 circles fly across top hammerhead turns dove spins rather waiting airplanes slow enough true stall occur little confidence clim bing capability began upward September 1985 81 Nine planes American team seen control tower Prom front Julie Pf lie Pitta S-is Kerm Weeks Weeks Solu tion Linda Meyers Weeks Special Henry Haigh Super Star Harold Chappeil PiUs 5-15 Gene Begga Pitts S-i T Alan Bush PiUs S-iS Brigitte de St Phaile Pitts S-IS newly-modified Yak-55 window mu wing TO ioong aown anne bOx mark ers maybe border guards Below two Yak-55s brought Soviet team closer undergoing some engine work Betterthan Yak-50 its still no world-beater Hey contest propellers Ac tually Hungarian Air Force MiG-23 practicing grand finale close best-organized fairest events far rolls before reaching let alone extending required vertical line Yak-55 certainly better air plane 1982 no world beater new Su-26 dis turbing tendency high-speed stall pulled hard progress its funny kind source lot problem may nose compact powerful dependable radial engine now produces 360 hp just too heavy demands large airplane built around makes maneuvering limited space box dif ficult Soviets others Next schedule UnknownCompulsory flight something unknown elsewhere sports sequence com posed during contest pilots have no opportunity fly practice leads strange sight grown men women completely engrossed hand-flying maneuvers walking back forth imaginary box behind hangar between rows airplanes hotel lobby Victory flight goes pilot can just fly maneu vers under immense pressure must able think through entire flight including gains losses speed gains losses altitude ef fects inevitable crosswind individual maneuvers may familiar particular combination never before flown anyone US Team spar kled Chappel 4th Weeks 6th Haigh 8th Bush 11th Beggs 12th. out 48 men Czechs Jirmus first again two teammates scores combined give second-place team score blew Srnec dropped 23rd 2ni Sa11er Rth Americans traditional team depth paid off big won prestigious Nesterov Trophy donated years ago Soviets honor Petr Nes terov flew first loop 1913 solid 615 points So strong posi tion could have won using scores 2nd 3rd 4th-place men Among women different familiar story After good start relatively inexperienced Americans dropped behind always strong Soviets brightest light cute little Debby Rihn though first big meet 3rd place 50 points out second response pressures cluded long wait major wing repairs after run-in taxiway marker now trophy war suggests happy future sport finally starting attract women quantity completion third flight team trophies awarded fourth flight remained before indi vidual champions would known incompletely understood 4-Minute Free discipline having fly precision discarded pilots allowed anything within bounds box safety such uncontrolled Continued page 155 82 Model Aviation Above Australian Frank Frys Laserdeveloped separately other similar airplanes Below new Extra 230 owned flown Nicola Colangelo Italy Debby Rihn hand-flies Unknown Com pulsory sequence before trying air first timein front 10-judge panel practice good enough en able placing second Nemkova USSR just 21/2 points out first place seventh production French CAP-21 lines up final approach Berliner photos ADVERTISERSINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX AMA Membership84 Academy Aviation Research & Development140 Ace Radio Control8 Airtronics2 Altech MarketingCover 2 Applied Design Corp118 Astro Flight34 Balsa USA7 Bergeron Enterprises124 Blue Ridge Models151 Bru Line Industries127 Byron Originals31 CB Associates120 CaRa Products128 Carolina-Taffinder144 Johnnie Casburn Mfg49 Champion Model Products146 Chicago Model & Hobby Show152 Cleveland Model & Supply 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torque rolls as-yet-unnamed gyrations flown objective impress judges ultimate can achieved airplane/pilot combination Only twice since 4-Minute introduced 1972 has Gold Medal gone non-American favorite year 1982 Gold Medallist Kermit Weeks shiny black Solution power controls things no other airplane could yet manage opening torque roll consisting seven full rolls straight up four airplane slid down backwards set tone winning flight Petr Jirmus flew cautiously protect writing advertisers mention II John C Ballard 10102 Kimblewick read about Model Aviation Dr Louisville KY 40223 lead succeeded finishing undis tinguished third flight hanging first place overall other Americans along Strossenreuther Muller few other top pilots charged over box twisting turn ing whirling available direc tion Soviets usual flew very con servatively using few unusuai maneuvers producing yawns gasps judge reportedly able manipulate scoring system previous rounds give pilots points may have deserved failed 4-Minute Victor Smolin completed lackluster defense title ninth place flight fifth contest over Petr Jirmus won Aresti Trophy 300 points out 16000 Womens Champion Khalide Makaganova USSR Strossenreuther added second place 1982 3rd 1980 4th Kermit Weeks September 1985 155 I Circle numbers plans wish order 193239262299302310314I 326332358386398414422I 426430433437438439440I 441442444445446447449I 452453454456457458460 461462463464465466467I 468469470471472473474I 475476477478479480481I 482483484485486 Plan puce includes first class postage US delivery Ii Air Mall over 300 mIlesI orders autaide US e add $250 Air Mail 125 surface mailI Make check money order payable US funds Model Aviation AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Roston VAI 22090 Please allow 3 6 weeks deliveryI Please print carefully Enclosed$_______________ I NAMEI STREETI CITYI STATE __________________________ ZIPt third Henry Haigh fourth among men Debby Rihn finished overall Bronze Medal Linda Meyers sixth Julie Pfile ninth rankings airplanes showed Zlin 5OLS top two places no others top 10 select group two Yak-55s two Pitts Specials three mid-wing monoplanes Weeks Solutionthree biplanes seven monoplanes new types Extra 230 looked best sure popular airplane future despite its $75000 price tag Soviets improved Yak-55 new Su-26 impres sive rumored plan improve latter boosting its engine 420 hp hardly seems like logical step Twenty-two pilots flew Zlins leaving no doubt big favorite among European teams countries economic political factors rule out homebuilt airplane movement means Eastern Europe such Western countries Spain rest West homebuilt plans popping up like weeds Pitts Specials mid-wing monoplanes thing World Championship aerobatics has come long way since 1976 meet USSR dominated manipulated Soviet officials results bore little relation flying major changes taken place doubtful would have 1984 Championships Hungary introduction Bauer System com puter analysis judges scoring con sistency pretty well eliminates national bias cheating points things back right direction contest operation Bekescsaba fair efficient anyone has yet seen future looks good too next World Championships will August 1-17 1986 Cranfield England ex cellent physical facilities include two 6000-foot hard-surface runways larger hangars dormitories field British Aerobatic Association can put together operations staff hard working anxious please Hungarians emphasis will continue airplanes pilots fly ing instead politics scheming As aerobatic airplanes next few years can expect lot use composite materials because marvelous strength-to-weight ratio turn will permit designs vary con siderably standard strut-braced biplanes cantilever monoplanes have popular years because generally effective rules game predominance pilot over airplane should remain will still take hundreds hours prac tice top-notch flying machine get within reach Aresti Nester ov Championships began 1960 event has produced performances old-timers would have thought impossible 156 Model Aviation FULL SIZE PLANS No 485 Hawker Hunter$ 175 CL Fun-scale British jet fighter has 1 8%-in foam wing uses 1AA power No 486 MIles-Atwood Special$ 825 RC Sport-scale 21 -powered 45-in span Golden Age air-racer lIe 103SUette CL Stunt model Mcoenald winner 1976 1980 1982 FAI World Champ 5 lIe 239DIuc Duds RC Ken Willards formation plane 4-channel 1 0-power$375 lie 262craaieautm- CL Crash-proof trainer two sizesl 5-30- 35.40-pnwer$125 lIe 299See Bee Sr Speefoter RC h-scale Haiftie 91 power Prototype span 3011 Two-and-a-half sheets$1175 Ne 302Mini P-16 AC 5arpoleo 049 ducted fan sport flier 2-channel Balsa wings tail fuse structure$ 275 3101980 Fleet Spice AC Sport Scale 35-40 4-channel Wingspan se h scale Two sheets$ 625 314Dreke t AC Ken Willards flying boat 3-channel 15-power Fly land removable gear$ 375 326Taylercelc AC Don Sinus Schoolyard-Scale 049s 2-3 channel Spans 50 in$ 350 332Zephyr RC Small 2-channel glider hand-launch low thermal slope soanog$ 200 356PIeces FF Indoor Easy B Aubber-power contest-winner W Van Gorder$100 3MLanen 200 RC Sport Scale replica championship Aerobatic flier Uses 40 power 4-5 channel Two sheets$1075 396Bee Des R-1 RC Haffkes latest 4-scale spans 75 weighs IS lb flies 90 larger Poor sheets no doc$2225 414ElectrIc Sparky AC electric-powered fon flier 05 motor 3-channel AC scaled up 1939 robber-power funorfte$ 850 422Seeder AC Two-Meter Sailplane han won Nato enent 1982 1983 plas other contests$ 550 426chhta capper AC Pababons 74-in-spon Sport Scale flying boat four 10-size engines 4-channel Three sheets no doc$2000 430heeside AC Zippy little sportoter 1 0-1 S power 3-channel nc$ 400 Ne 433WaNe Up AC Electric-powered glider 2-3 channels 035 motor spons 52 50 437Kieglsher CL Profile Carrier plane spans 4014 ases 35 engine$ 600 436cnuIuer PP Embryo Endurance robber-power ton ship han big-model characteristics $ 200 439Deepenade AC flying wing unique ongalive dihedrul flies 4 channels 1 9-40 power Poam wing$ 450 440cavahe AC Old-Timer-like new design has huge wing slow easy flights Por 35 power 3 channels Two sheets$1 725 441DIlUtE PP Hot omall lightweight competition ship 15 power designer Harry Marphy$ 475 442Lasy Deck AC Big canard sport flier AA-og power 2 channels Uses foam board parts$ 650 444Fleehelt AC posher canard sporslpattem uses 40 pusher engine 4-channel Has swept-forward foam wings$ 650 No 445heumtfli Ooegar CL Scale model popular homeboilt won Nuts Uses 21 engine spaas 41 in$ 025 446La crete AC Electric-powered sport flier 05 motors 3-channels Two veroinos parasol cabin$ 550 447teA Miss Anseulca AC Old-Timer hA Texaco model 040 glow 2-channels$ 650 449Seflee CL SportJSlonl plane 40-sizo 4-stroke engine builds f ant essy$ 600 452Bee Dee 2 AC Ooarter-scale spans 71 4 uses 90 power Poor sheets$1600 453Smeethle Pooftie CL Profile rendition Bob Palmers sopor-St onter early Fifties 35 power$ 550 454Sweat P-SO PP Neat stick-and-f issee Ootdoar Aubbor P30-doss model iso contest-winner$ 200 45619-Tech 2061 AC Dacted-fan futurist ic-looking canard 25-size engines Built-up construction Three sheets$1175 457Spectra AC Electric-power OS-size motor uses 3 different wings sport soaring aerobatics$ 700 456Deeclfeas CL Profile Carrier 15-power evonts Two sheets$ 575 4604-40 AC Shoolder-wing sport flier 4-cycle 40-size engine 4 channels$ 650 461Tifofer Osniateneec CL Pamoos ont lopped Stanter late Forties Uses 35 engine$ 650 462Pereth PS PP Jambo Aubber Scale WW Italian oboervaline plane$ 400 463Platyhelmlethes Vk AC 4A Pylon racer uses lots ito ply built-op rect ore strength lightness$ 475 464Sendeecer CL 4A sport flier all-sheet-balsa can ose Toe Doe 049$ 325 Ne 465Sloe Bias t AC Pun-fly sportsfer 40-size engines spans 52 Lightweight stroclore$ 700 466Oempetiter CL Stonter 60 power has 650 sq wing ares$ 575 467Rice Span PP Aubber Scale design woo 83 Nuts designer Don Srofl Wingspan 26 in$ 250 466Seroother CL Stonter 29135 power Dosigo hosed hybrid Smoothielhobler$ 675 469Dee lOcket AC Sport Scale rendering Polish homebuill pusher Spans 75 uses 40-size 4-cycle engine Poor sheets$2075 470Sfrefrer AC Mid-wing sportoter noes 40145 four-stroke engine spans 5014 tail-dragger$ 650 471Mesas Aetna CL Profile Stunt trainer opons 54 in. uses 3S140 engine Flapped wing$ 575 472Panacraft AC Craft has flexible parofoil wing uses 3 AC channels 60 engine$ 550 473Tecaner AC Sport scale furheprop trainer spans 66 uses 60175 engines Throe sheets$1 250 474Pacer 15 PP Nordic A-i Towline Glider won 1983 World Champs$ 500 475Beeglltyulcat CL Slow Combat model uses geodetic wing construction 36 engine Two-sheet plan has parts patterns$ 400 476Meeta 250 PP competition hA plane has mant a-roy-shaped wing spans 43 in$ 500 477Maedaufa CL Sport Stunter uses sport 15 engine spans 35 in$ 325 476Buttercup AC Cute elfin oportoter uses micro 2-ch AC pulse-rudder Spans 27 in. 020-035 power$ 300 479Feer-Streke Roaster AC SportiAerobatics ship has 1 920s ofyliog uses 00 4-stroke engine spans 8S 2 sheets$1100 460Htdlceleus CL Fabulous competif ion Stunter has 550 sq wing area flies TO 0491051 spans 47% in$ 600 461Eurepa AC Sailplane PAl competition has fiberglass fuselage foam wings wing flaps stabilator tail Spans 110 ing 700 462Beldea-Ager AC SportlAerobotic model looko like Golden Age sportoter 60 engines spans 62 in$ 750 463ci hawk lRtriltt PP Ootdoor Gas Scale plane uses CO-2 power spans 29 $ 300 464 Aereeca K AC Guarter-Scule 30s lightplooe spons Oft eons 12 co 2-cyt. 4-stroke engine weighs 1114 lb Three sheets $1975 us us coo 0 N 0 us COO Eli -us CD zus us 0 CO CO 0 us- t 3 nb onus 00 us us us us c V onus oii C- -on 0 us 0 usus Eli 0 con us 0 us U or eec C -in cus Uc N IL
Edition: Model Aviation - 1985/09
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NO OCR TEXT 1984 cham pionships Hungary saw Petr Jirmus Czech oslovakia win mens individual competition US mens team recapture Nesterov Trophy best team score womens division Soviets took both individual team trophies As air planes sparkling new comer Extra 230 built Walter Extra West Germany EDon Berliner great gaps between wings ailerons fiberglass wing tips lacked final few steps finishing process new Yak-55 has wing tapered thickness place bulky seen 1982 retains CAP-20 tail section Cessna-style landing gear West Ger man prop has always marked collection best features lot other airplanes latest attempt combine parts several airplanes no successful past Left Nine little airplanes very large American teams aerobatic mounts inside cargo hold Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy 30000 ft 500 mph Right Feeding time zoo biplanes went C5A easily hangar Super Star turned sideways because its greater span Two transatlantic trips made no damage planes September 1985 77 main hangar Bekescsaba decorated emblems National SpOrT5 Association welcome sign both Hungarian us could read FnaIih new plane showed promise Extra 230 desi j compeiior waiter Exira ui W Germany infield fitted temporary cowl isWaiters prototype Next order interest Extra tor Walter Extra being built limited 230 two entered devel- number has overall lines oped West Germany active competi- Continued page 80 cleaned-up Stephens Akro simpli fied control system similar Pitts Special Good tines relatively low weight plenty power control strongly suggest good future Sukhoi people sisted returning racy have such obviously high wingloading aerobatic airplane built Sukhoi design bureau previously known jet fighters Most would muchneeded replacement ill-fated Yak-50 top Soviet pilots assigned Yak-55 couple rookies Su-26 Some answers would emerge first round flying course whole point complicated expensive exercise American team mem bers put up uncomfortable aft passenger compartment Lockheed C-5A Galaxy droned across Atlantic team s nine air planes neatly tied down hold enormous flying freighter Eight hours Dover AFB DE Rhein-Main AFB Frankfurt West Germa ny battle through nasty weather lovely soaring field east Vienna Austria two weeks intensive training flight videotaped Finally off furthest corner Hun garyin air nine little airplanes neat formation ground two team vans five cars full relatives supporters Americans usual collec tion custom-modified Pitts Specials 300 hp Pitts-inspired Weeks Solution Henry Haighs original Super Star resembles Leo Loudenslagers Laser 200 though developed separately fewer half pilots inter national experience team special feeling comes pilot being totally familiar own airplane years practice 80 Model Aviation TOP bUKflOl ju-26 final landing approach Note American-Inspired Plexiglas panels side downward visibility Left same aircraft front showing tightly-cowled nine-cylinder M-1 4P radial engine Note West German prop Cessnastyle landing gear Right close look cockpit Su-26 Below Arrival first Su-28 seen public Antonov An-2 background carried Soviet teams support crew spare oarts vodka supply Su-26 looks remarkably like Thirties racer Another Zlln 50L popular plane Europeans Later plane flown byrne Romanlans broke rudder cable ground-looped landing tore off its landing gear pilots 1984 US Champion Kermit Weeks 1980/82 World Championships runner-up Henry Haigh experienced rookies Harold Chappell Alan Bush spin expert Gene Beggs women 1982 World Championship veterans Linda Meyers Brigitte de St Phalle newcomers level Dr Julie Pfile Debby Rihn World Champion 1980 seven-time US Champion Louden slager absent having failed qualify 1983 US Nationals Aligned against worlds best 1983 European Champion Petr Jir mus Czechoslovakia new Zlin 50L5 300 hp perennial top finisher Manfred Strossenreuther West Germany another 50L5 1982 World Championship Victor Smolin USSR Yak-55 Swiss Champion/Author Eric Muller Extra 230 stake two premier awards sport Nesterov Trophy World Champion Mens Team Aresti Trophy Mens Individual Champion USSR held both well title World Champion Womens Team other major titleWomens Individual Champion belonged Americas Betty Stewart won second time 1982 retired Bekescsaba pilot got 20 minutes practice 1000-meter acrobatic box over airfield Enough time study landmarks dis cover white ground panels mark ing corners sides center box small becoming less distinct got dirty two weeks solid practice Austria American team ready first round flying 48 men 16 women 13 countries Known-Compulsory sequence everyone practicing months won fair square Jirmus led team narrow lead over US wide over usually competitive Soviets flying sloppy side big surprise Gold Medal Linda Meyers. birthday Next came Free Style flights pilot designed accordance rules guarantee wide variety maneuvers Again Jirmus won Mens Gold Medal cleanly Americans Weeks Haigh third fourth respectively brought US lead just 33 points out 30000 Mens Team competition clear Soviet Team going factor contest first time since 1960 Some felt problem new airplanes others felt lack practice time new airplanes clear neither Yak-55 nor Su-26 answer acro pilots prayers Soviet pilots continued lurch around rolling 3600 circles fly across top hammerhead turns dove spins rather waiting airplanes slow enough true stall occur little confidence clim bing capability began upward September 1985 81 Nine planes American team seen control tower Prom front Julie Pf lie Pitta S-is Kerm Weeks Weeks Solu tion Linda Meyers Weeks Special Henry Haigh Super Star Harold Chappeil PiUs 5-15 Gene Begga Pitts S-i T Alan Bush PiUs S-iS Brigitte de St Phaile Pitts S-IS newly-modified Yak-55 window mu wing TO ioong aown anne bOx mark ers maybe border guards Below two Yak-55s brought Soviet team closer undergoing some engine work Betterthan Yak-50 its still no world-beater Hey contest propellers Ac tually Hungarian Air Force MiG-23 practicing grand finale close best-organized fairest events far rolls before reaching let alone extending required vertical line Yak-55 certainly better air plane 1982 no world beater new Su-26 dis turbing tendency high-speed stall pulled hard progress its funny kind source lot problem may nose compact powerful dependable radial engine now produces 360 hp just too heavy demands large airplane built around makes maneuvering limited space box dif ficult Soviets others Next schedule UnknownCompulsory flight something unknown elsewhere sports sequence com posed during contest pilots have no opportunity fly practice leads strange sight grown men women completely engrossed hand-flying maneuvers walking back forth imaginary box behind hangar between rows airplanes hotel lobby Victory flight goes pilot can just fly maneu vers under immense pressure must able think through entire flight including gains losses speed gains losses altitude ef fects inevitable crosswind individual maneuvers may familiar particular combination never before flown anyone US Team spar kled Chappel 4th Weeks 6th Haigh 8th Bush 11th Beggs 12th. out 48 men Czechs Jirmus first again two teammates scores combined give second-place team score blew Srnec dropped 23rd 2ni Sa11er Rth Americans traditional team depth paid off big won prestigious Nesterov Trophy donated years ago Soviets honor Petr Nes terov flew first loop 1913 solid 615 points So strong posi tion could have won using scores 2nd 3rd 4th-place men Among women different familiar story After good start relatively inexperienced Americans dropped behind always strong Soviets brightest light cute little Debby Rihn though first big meet 3rd place 50 points out second response pressures cluded long wait major wing repairs after run-in taxiway marker now trophy war suggests happy future sport finally starting attract women quantity completion third flight team trophies awarded fourth flight remained before indi vidual champions would known incompletely understood 4-Minute Free discipline having fly precision discarded pilots allowed anything within bounds box safety such uncontrolled Continued page 155 82 Model Aviation Above Australian Frank Frys Laserdeveloped separately other similar airplanes Below new Extra 230 owned flown Nicola Colangelo Italy Debby Rihn hand-flies Unknown Com pulsory sequence before trying air first timein front 10-judge panel practice good enough en able placing second Nemkova USSR just 21/2 points out first place seventh production French CAP-21 lines up final approach Berliner photos ADVERTISERSINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX AMA Membership84 Academy Aviation Research & Development140 Ace Radio Control8 Airtronics2 Altech MarketingCover 2 Applied Design Corp118 Astro Flight34 Balsa USA7 Bergeron Enterprises124 Blue Ridge Models151 Bru Line Industries127 Byron Originals31 CB Associates120 CaRa Products128 Carolina-Taffinder144 Johnnie Casburn Mfg49 Champion Model Products146 Chicago Model & Hobby Show152 Cleveland Model & Supply Co136 Eric Clutton150 Condor Trading Co113 Consumers Guide53 Coverite147 D&D Engineering138 DGA Designs150 Davey Systems Corp12 Detroit Expo121 Larry Dodge Aero Inc151 Dodgson Designs124 Dougs Hobby Shop142-143 Du-Bro Products Inc15 FAI Model Supply148 FHS Supply Inc4 Flyline Models146 Fourmost Products40 Fox Mfg Co132 141 Fults Tooling151 Futaba Corp America19 3ator RC Products42 Dan Goldberg Memorial154 Dan Goldberg Models137 Golden Gate Hobbies128 Gorham Model Products9 Great Planes Model Mfg Co132 Historic Aviation5 Hobby Barn116-117 Hobby Capitol Distributors124 Hobby Hideaway136 Hobby Horn51 Hobby Lobby International149 Hobby World Imports148 Hobbypoxy126 Holleys Silent Flight145 Ikon Northwest Co141 Indy RC Sales Inc130-131 Jomar Products113153 K&BMfgCo149 K&S Engineering153 Knights Air138 Kraft RC Electronics34 Kraft Systems Inc21 Kustom Kraftsmanship14 L&L Model Products125 Lindsey Micro Products147 Lone Star Models47 Lutmi Enterprises144 MACS Products138 Master Kit149 McDaniel RC Service40 Jim Messers Quality Model Prod138 Micro Mark43 Micro Model Engineering147 Model Magic Products128 Model Products Corp120 Model Rectifier CorpCover 3 Sid Morgan Plans146 Morley Helicopters USA34 Mutchiers Hobbies122-123 North Products151 Northeast Screen Graphics148 Off Ground Models129 PFR/CM RC Exposition6 PKProducts18 Hal Payne Enterprises53 Peck-Polymers144 Penn Valley Hobby Center150 Peripheral Systems Inc133 Pica Products17 Polks Model Craft Hobby114-115 RC Buyers Guide10 RC Novelties127 RC Soaring Digest144 RC Video Magazine42 Repla-Tech International150 Robbee Modelisport75 Jim Roberts Flying Model Aircraft132 Roush Mfg141 SR Batteries12 SachsbyTG136 Sailpianes World121 Satellite City41 Scratch-A-Plane119 Shamrock Competition Imports125 Sheldons Hobby Shop20 134-135 SigMfgCo11147 Simcoe RC Aircraft Co35 Specialty Hardware Co154 St Croix Park Falls10 Standale Aircraft151 Swanson Associates140 John Tatone Model Eng Access119 Tatone Products Co126 Texxon Precision Products18 Top Flite Models Inc1 Tower Hobbies139 VK Model Aircraft120 VL Products140 WE Technical Services8 Williams Bros40 Wilshire Model Center118 Windsor Propeller Co51 World EnginesCover 4 Zenith Aviation Publications13 Nick Ziroli Models126 ADVEPtiV SINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX 709 Crescent Sunnyside WA 98944 complete listing propellers fuel engine parts etc J&J brochure pro duced Joe Just Recently observed new finger pro tector seemed work very well John Thompson/Mike Hazel rac ing team pitting Rat used Y6-in piece rubber stitched together center over two fingers instead give down force starting Rat engine am enclosing picture showing finger protector during re cent Racing contest past majori ty competitors have used leather glove reduce finger injury item would seem protect fingers little better standard work glove As always comments photo graphs solicited appreciated Aerobatics WC/Berliner Continued page 82 maneuvers lomcevak variations torque rolls as-yet-unnamed gyrations flown objective impress judges ultimate can achieved airplane/pilot combination Only twice since 4-Minute introduced 1972 has Gold Medal gone non-American favorite year 1982 Gold Medallist Kermit Weeks shiny black Solution power controls things no other airplane could yet manage opening torque roll consisting seven full rolls straight up four airplane slid down backwards set tone winning flight Petr Jirmus flew cautiously protect writing advertisers mention II John C Ballard 10102 Kimblewick read about Model Aviation Dr Louisville KY 40223 lead succeeded finishing undis tinguished third flight hanging first place overall other Americans along Strossenreuther Muller few other top pilots charged over box twisting turn ing whirling available direc tion Soviets usual flew very con servatively using few unusuai maneuvers producing yawns gasps judge reportedly able manipulate scoring system previous rounds give pilots points may have deserved failed 4-Minute Victor Smolin completed lackluster defense title ninth place flight fifth contest over Petr Jirmus won Aresti Trophy 300 points out 16000 Womens Champion Khalide Makaganova USSR Strossenreuther added second place 1982 3rd 1980 4th Kermit Weeks September 1985 155 I Circle numbers plans wish order 193239262299302310314I 326332358386398414422I 426430433437438439440I 441442444445446447449I 452453454456457458460 461462463464465466467I 468469470471472473474I 475476477478479480481I 482483484485486 Plan puce includes first class postage US delivery Ii Air Mall over 300 mIlesI orders autaide US e add $250 Air Mail 125 surface mailI Make check money order payable US funds Model Aviation AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Roston VAI 22090 Please allow 3 6 weeks deliveryI Please print carefully Enclosed$_______________ I NAMEI STREETI CITYI STATE __________________________ ZIPt third Henry Haigh fourth among men Debby Rihn finished overall Bronze Medal Linda Meyers sixth Julie Pfile ninth rankings airplanes showed Zlin 5OLS top two places no others top 10 select group two Yak-55s two Pitts Specials three mid-wing monoplanes Weeks Solutionthree biplanes seven monoplanes new types Extra 230 looked best sure popular airplane future despite its $75000 price tag Soviets improved Yak-55 new Su-26 impres sive rumored plan improve latter boosting its engine 420 hp hardly seems like logical step Twenty-two pilots flew Zlins leaving no doubt big favorite among European teams countries economic political factors rule out homebuilt airplane movement means Eastern Europe such Western countries Spain rest West homebuilt plans popping up like weeds Pitts Specials mid-wing monoplanes thing World Championship aerobatics has come long way since 1976 meet USSR dominated manipulated Soviet officials results bore little relation flying major changes taken place doubtful would have 1984 Championships Hungary introduction Bauer System com puter analysis judges scoring con sistency pretty well eliminates national bias cheating points things back right direction contest operation Bekescsaba fair efficient anyone has yet seen future looks good too next World Championships will August 1-17 1986 Cranfield England ex cellent physical facilities include two 6000-foot hard-surface runways larger hangars dormitories field British Aerobatic Association can put together operations staff hard working anxious please Hungarians emphasis will continue airplanes pilots fly ing instead politics scheming As aerobatic airplanes next few years can expect lot use composite materials because marvelous strength-to-weight ratio turn will permit designs vary con siderably standard strut-braced biplanes cantilever monoplanes have popular years because generally effective rules game predominance pilot over airplane should remain will still take hundreds hours prac tice top-notch flying machine get within reach Aresti Nester ov Championships began 1960 event has produced performances old-timers would 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NO OCR TEXT 1984 cham pionships Hungary saw Petr Jirmus Czech oslovakia win mens individual competition US mens team recapture Nesterov Trophy best team score womens division Soviets took both individual team trophies As air planes sparkling new comer Extra 230 built Walter Extra West Germany EDon Berliner great gaps between wings ailerons fiberglass wing tips lacked final few steps finishing process new Yak-55 has wing tapered thickness place bulky seen 1982 retains CAP-20 tail section Cessna-style landing gear West Ger man prop has always marked collection best features lot other airplanes latest attempt combine parts several airplanes no successful past Left Nine little airplanes very large American teams aerobatic mounts inside cargo hold Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy 30000 ft 500 mph Right Feeding time zoo biplanes went C5A easily hangar Super Star turned sideways because its greater span Two transatlantic trips made no damage planes September 1985 77 main hangar Bekescsaba decorated emblems National SpOrT5 Association welcome sign both Hungarian us could read FnaIih new plane showed promise Extra 230 desi j compeiior waiter Exira ui W Germany infield fitted temporary cowl isWaiters prototype Next order interest Extra tor Walter Extra being built limited 230 two entered devel- number has overall lines oped West Germany active competi- Continued page 80 cleaned-up Stephens Akro simpli fied control system similar Pitts Special Good tines relatively low weight plenty power control strongly suggest good future Sukhoi people sisted returning racy have such obviously high wingloading aerobatic airplane built Sukhoi design bureau previously known jet fighters Most would muchneeded replacement ill-fated Yak-50 top Soviet pilots assigned Yak-55 couple rookies Su-26 Some answers would emerge first round flying course whole point complicated expensive exercise American team mem bers put up uncomfortable aft passenger compartment Lockheed C-5A Galaxy droned across Atlantic team s nine air planes neatly tied down hold enormous flying freighter Eight hours Dover AFB DE Rhein-Main AFB Frankfurt West Germa ny battle through nasty weather lovely soaring field east Vienna Austria two weeks intensive training flight videotaped Finally off furthest corner Hun garyin air nine little airplanes neat formation ground two team vans five cars full relatives supporters Americans usual collec tion custom-modified Pitts Specials 300 hp Pitts-inspired Weeks Solution Henry Haighs original Super Star resembles Leo Loudenslagers Laser 200 though developed separately fewer half pilots inter national experience team special feeling comes pilot being totally familiar own airplane years practice 80 Model Aviation TOP bUKflOl ju-26 final landing approach Note American-Inspired Plexiglas panels side downward visibility Left same aircraft front showing tightly-cowled nine-cylinder M-1 4P radial engine Note West German prop Cessnastyle landing gear Right close look cockpit Su-26 Below Arrival first Su-28 seen public Antonov An-2 background carried Soviet teams support crew spare oarts vodka supply Su-26 looks remarkably like Thirties racer Another Zlln 50L popular plane Europeans Later plane flown byrne Romanlans broke rudder cable ground-looped landing tore off its landing gear pilots 1984 US Champion Kermit Weeks 1980/82 World Championships runner-up Henry Haigh experienced rookies Harold Chappell Alan Bush spin expert Gene Beggs women 1982 World Championship veterans Linda Meyers Brigitte de St Phalle newcomers level Dr Julie Pfile Debby Rihn World Champion 1980 seven-time US Champion Louden slager absent having failed qualify 1983 US Nationals Aligned against worlds best 1983 European Champion Petr Jir mus Czechoslovakia new Zlin 50L5 300 hp perennial top finisher Manfred Strossenreuther West Germany another 50L5 1982 World Championship Victor Smolin USSR Yak-55 Swiss Champion/Author Eric Muller Extra 230 stake two premier awards sport Nesterov Trophy World Champion Mens Team Aresti Trophy Mens Individual Champion USSR held both well title World Champion Womens Team other major titleWomens Individual Champion belonged Americas Betty Stewart won second time 1982 retired Bekescsaba pilot got 20 minutes practice 1000-meter acrobatic box over airfield Enough time study landmarks dis cover white ground panels mark ing corners sides center box small becoming less distinct got dirty two weeks solid practice Austria American team ready first round flying 48 men 16 women 13 countries Known-Compulsory sequence everyone practicing months won fair square Jirmus led team narrow lead over US wide over usually competitive Soviets flying sloppy side big surprise Gold Medal Linda Meyers. birthday Next came Free Style flights pilot designed accordance rules guarantee wide variety maneuvers Again Jirmus won Mens Gold Medal cleanly Americans Weeks Haigh third fourth respectively brought US lead just 33 points out 30000 Mens Team competition clear Soviet Team going factor contest first time since 1960 Some felt problem new airplanes others felt lack practice time new airplanes clear neither Yak-55 nor Su-26 answer acro pilots prayers Soviet pilots continued lurch around rolling 3600 circles fly across top hammerhead turns dove spins rather waiting airplanes slow enough true stall occur little confidence clim bing capability began upward September 1985 81 Nine planes American team seen control tower Prom front Julie Pf lie Pitta S-is Kerm Weeks Weeks Solu tion Linda Meyers Weeks Special Henry Haigh Super Star Harold Chappeil PiUs 5-15 Gene Begga Pitts S-i T Alan Bush PiUs S-iS Brigitte de St Phaile Pitts S-IS newly-modified Yak-55 window mu wing TO ioong aown anne bOx mark ers maybe border guards Below two Yak-55s brought Soviet team closer undergoing some engine work Betterthan Yak-50 its still no world-beater Hey contest propellers Ac tually Hungarian Air Force MiG-23 practicing grand finale close best-organized fairest events far rolls before reaching let alone extending required vertical line Yak-55 certainly better air plane 1982 no world beater new Su-26 dis turbing tendency high-speed stall pulled hard progress its funny kind source lot problem may nose compact powerful dependable radial engine now produces 360 hp just too heavy demands large airplane built around makes maneuvering limited space box dif ficult Soviets others Next schedule UnknownCompulsory flight something unknown elsewhere sports sequence com posed during contest pilots have no opportunity fly practice leads strange sight grown men women completely engrossed hand-flying maneuvers walking back forth imaginary box behind hangar between rows airplanes hotel lobby Victory flight goes pilot can just fly maneu vers under immense pressure must able think through entire flight including gains losses speed gains losses altitude ef fects inevitable crosswind individual maneuvers may familiar particular combination never before flown anyone US Team spar kled Chappel 4th Weeks 6th Haigh 8th Bush 11th Beggs 12th. out 48 men Czechs Jirmus first again two teammates scores combined give second-place team score blew Srnec dropped 23rd 2ni Sa11er Rth Americans traditional team depth paid off big won prestigious Nesterov Trophy donated years ago Soviets honor Petr Nes terov flew first loop 1913 solid 615 points So strong posi tion could have won using scores 2nd 3rd 4th-place men Among women different familiar story After good start relatively inexperienced Americans dropped behind always strong Soviets brightest light cute little Debby Rihn though first big meet 3rd place 50 points out second response pressures cluded long wait major wing repairs after run-in taxiway marker now trophy war suggests happy future sport finally starting attract women quantity completion third flight team trophies awarded fourth flight remained before indi vidual champions would known incompletely understood 4-Minute Free discipline having fly precision discarded pilots allowed anything within bounds box safety such uncontrolled Continued page 155 82 Model Aviation Above Australian Frank Frys Laserdeveloped separately other similar airplanes Below new Extra 230 owned flown Nicola Colangelo Italy Debby Rihn hand-flies Unknown Com pulsory sequence before trying air first timein front 10-judge panel practice good enough en able placing second Nemkova USSR just 21/2 points out first place seventh production French CAP-21 lines up final approach Berliner photos ADVERTISERSINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX AMA Membership84 Academy Aviation Research & Development140 Ace Radio Control8 Airtronics2 Altech MarketingCover 2 Applied Design Corp118 Astro Flight34 Balsa USA7 Bergeron Enterprises124 Blue Ridge Models151 Bru Line Industries127 Byron Originals31 CB Associates120 CaRa Products128 Carolina-Taffinder144 Johnnie Casburn Mfg49 Champion Model Products146 Chicago Model & Hobby Show152 Cleveland Model & Supply Co136 Eric Clutton150 Condor Trading Co113 Consumers Guide53 Coverite147 D&D Engineering138 DGA Designs150 Davey Systems Corp12 Detroit Expo121 Larry Dodge Aero Inc151 Dodgson Designs124 Dougs Hobby Shop142-143 Du-Bro Products Inc15 FAI Model Supply148 FHS Supply Inc4 Flyline Models146 Fourmost Products40 Fox Mfg Co132 141 Fults Tooling151 Futaba Corp America19 3ator RC Products42 Dan Goldberg Memorial154 Dan Goldberg Models137 Golden Gate Hobbies128 Gorham Model Products9 Great Planes Model Mfg Co132 Historic Aviation5 Hobby Barn116-117 Hobby Capitol Distributors124 Hobby Hideaway136 Hobby Horn51 Hobby Lobby International149 Hobby World Imports148 Hobbypoxy126 Holleys Silent Flight145 Ikon Northwest Co141 Indy RC Sales Inc130-131 Jomar Products113153 K&BMfgCo149 K&S Engineering153 Knights Air138 Kraft RC Electronics34 Kraft Systems Inc21 Kustom Kraftsmanship14 L&L Model Products125 Lindsey Micro Products147 Lone Star Models47 Lutmi Enterprises144 MACS Products138 Master Kit149 McDaniel RC Service40 Jim Messers Quality Model Prod138 Micro Mark43 Micro Model Engineering147 Model Magic Products128 Model Products Corp120 Model Rectifier CorpCover 3 Sid Morgan Plans146 Morley Helicopters USA34 Mutchiers Hobbies122-123 North Products151 Northeast Screen Graphics148 Off Ground Models129 PFR/CM RC Exposition6 PKProducts18 Hal Payne Enterprises53 Peck-Polymers144 Penn Valley Hobby Center150 Peripheral Systems Inc133 Pica Products17 Polks Model Craft Hobby114-115 RC Buyers Guide10 RC Novelties127 RC Soaring Digest144 RC Video Magazine42 Repla-Tech International150 Robbee Modelisport75 Jim Roberts Flying Model Aircraft132 Roush Mfg141 SR Batteries12 SachsbyTG136 Sailpianes World121 Satellite City41 Scratch-A-Plane119 Shamrock Competition Imports125 Sheldons Hobby Shop20 134-135 SigMfgCo11147 Simcoe RC Aircraft Co35 Specialty Hardware Co154 St Croix Park Falls10 Standale Aircraft151 Swanson Associates140 John Tatone Model Eng Access119 Tatone Products Co126 Texxon Precision Products18 Top Flite Models Inc1 Tower Hobbies139 VK Model Aircraft120 VL Products140 WE Technical Services8 Williams Bros40 Wilshire Model Center118 Windsor Propeller Co51 World EnginesCover 4 Zenith Aviation Publications13 Nick Ziroli Models126 ADVEPtiV SINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX 709 Crescent Sunnyside WA 98944 complete listing propellers fuel engine parts etc J&J brochure pro duced Joe Just Recently observed new finger pro tector seemed work very well John Thompson/Mike Hazel rac ing team pitting Rat used Y6-in piece rubber stitched together center over two fingers instead give down force starting Rat engine am enclosing picture showing finger protector during re cent Racing contest past majori ty competitors have used leather glove reduce finger injury item would seem protect fingers little better standard work glove As always comments photo graphs solicited appreciated Aerobatics WC/Berliner Continued page 82 maneuvers lomcevak variations torque rolls as-yet-unnamed gyrations flown objective impress judges ultimate can achieved airplane/pilot combination Only twice since 4-Minute introduced 1972 has Gold Medal gone non-American favorite year 1982 Gold Medallist Kermit Weeks shiny black Solution power controls things no other airplane could yet manage opening torque roll consisting seven full rolls straight up four airplane slid down backwards set tone winning flight Petr Jirmus flew cautiously protect writing advertisers mention II John C Ballard 10102 Kimblewick read about Model Aviation Dr Louisville KY 40223 lead succeeded finishing undis tinguished third flight hanging first place overall other Americans along Strossenreuther Muller few other top pilots charged over box twisting turn ing whirling available direc tion Soviets usual flew very con servatively using few unusuai maneuvers producing yawns gasps judge reportedly able manipulate scoring system previous rounds give pilots points may have deserved failed 4-Minute Victor Smolin completed lackluster defense title ninth place flight fifth contest over Petr Jirmus won Aresti Trophy 300 points out 16000 Womens Champion Khalide Makaganova USSR Strossenreuther added second place 1982 3rd 1980 4th Kermit Weeks September 1985 155 I Circle numbers plans wish order 193239262299302310314I 326332358386398414422I 426430433437438439440I 441442444445446447449I 452453454456457458460 461462463464465466467I 468469470471472473474I 475476477478479480481I 482483484485486 Plan puce includes first class postage US delivery Ii Air Mall over 300 mIlesI orders autaide US e add $250 Air Mail 125 surface mailI Make check money order payable US funds Model Aviation AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Roston VAI 22090 Please allow 3 6 weeks deliveryI Please print carefully Enclosed$_______________ I NAMEI STREETI CITYI STATE __________________________ ZIPt third Henry Haigh fourth among men Debby Rihn finished overall Bronze Medal Linda Meyers sixth Julie Pfile ninth rankings airplanes showed Zlin 5OLS top two places no others top 10 select group two Yak-55s two Pitts Specials three mid-wing monoplanes Weeks Solutionthree biplanes seven monoplanes new types Extra 230 looked best sure popular airplane future despite its $75000 price tag Soviets improved Yak-55 new Su-26 impres sive rumored plan improve latter boosting its engine 420 hp hardly seems like logical step Twenty-two pilots flew Zlins leaving no doubt big favorite among European teams countries economic political factors rule out homebuilt airplane movement means Eastern Europe such Western countries Spain rest West homebuilt plans popping up like weeds Pitts Specials mid-wing monoplanes thing World Championship aerobatics has come long way since 1976 meet USSR dominated manipulated Soviet officials results bore little relation flying major changes taken place doubtful would have 1984 Championships Hungary introduction Bauer System com puter analysis judges scoring con sistency pretty well eliminates national bias cheating points things back right direction contest operation Bekescsaba fair efficient anyone has yet seen future looks good too next World Championships will August 1-17 1986 Cranfield England ex cellent physical facilities include two 6000-foot hard-surface runways larger hangars dormitories field British Aerobatic Association can put together operations staff hard working anxious please Hungarians emphasis will continue airplanes pilots fly ing instead politics scheming As aerobatic airplanes next few years can expect lot use composite materials because marvelous strength-to-weight ratio turn will permit designs vary con siderably standard strut-braced biplanes cantilever monoplanes have popular years because generally effective rules game predominance pilot over airplane should remain will still take hundreds hours prac tice top-notch flying machine get within reach Aresti Nester ov Championships began 1960 event has produced performances old-timers would have thought impossible 156 Model Aviation FULL SIZE PLANS No 485 Hawker Hunter$ 175 CL Fun-scale British jet fighter has 1 8%-in foam wing uses 1AA power No 486 MIles-Atwood Special$ 825 RC Sport-scale 21 -powered 45-in span Golden Age air-racer lIe 103SUette CL Stunt model Mcoenald winner 1976 1980 1982 FAI World Champ 5 lIe 239DIuc Duds RC Ken Willards formation plane 4-channel 1 0-power$375 lie 262craaieautm- CL Crash-proof trainer two sizesl 5-30- 35.40-pnwer$125 lIe 299See Bee Sr Speefoter RC h-scale Haiftie 91 power Prototype span 3011 Two-and-a-half sheets$1175 Ne 302Mini P-16 AC 5arpoleo 049 ducted fan sport flier 2-channel Balsa wings tail fuse structure$ 275 3101980 Fleet Spice AC Sport Scale 35-40 4-channel Wingspan se h scale Two sheets$ 625 314Dreke t AC Ken Willards flying boat 3-channel 15-power Fly land removable gear$ 375 326Taylercelc AC Don Sinus Schoolyard-Scale 049s 2-3 channel Spans 50 in$ 350 332Zephyr RC Small 2-channel glider hand-launch low thermal slope soanog$ 200 356PIeces FF Indoor Easy B Aubber-power contest-winner W Van Gorder$100 3MLanen 200 RC Sport Scale replica championship Aerobatic flier Uses 40 power 4-5 channel Two sheets$1075 396Bee Des R-1 RC Haffkes latest 4-scale spans 75 weighs IS lb flies 90 larger Poor sheets no doc$2225 414ElectrIc Sparky AC electric-powered fon flier 05 motor 3-channel AC scaled up 1939 robber-power funorfte$ 850 422Seeder AC Two-Meter Sailplane han won Nato enent 1982 1983 plas other contests$ 550 426chhta capper AC Pababons 74-in-spon Sport Scale flying boat four 10-size engines 4-channel Three sheets no doc$2000 430heeside AC Zippy little sportoter 1 0-1 S power 3-channel nc$ 400 Ne 433WaNe Up AC Electric-powered glider 2-3 channels 035 motor spons 52 50 437Kieglsher CL Profile Carrier plane spans 4014 ases 35 engine$ 600 436cnuIuer PP Embryo Endurance robber-power ton ship han big-model characteristics $ 200 439Deepenade AC flying wing unique ongalive dihedrul flies 4 channels 1 9-40 power Poam wing$ 450 440cavahe AC Old-Timer-like new design has huge wing slow easy flights Por 35 power 3 channels Two sheets$1 725 441DIlUtE PP Hot omall lightweight competition ship 15 power designer Harry Marphy$ 475 442Lasy Deck AC Big canard sport flier AA-og power 2 channels Uses foam board parts$ 650 444Fleehelt AC posher canard sporslpattem uses 40 pusher engine 4-channel Has swept-forward foam wings$ 650 No 445heumtfli Ooegar CL Scale model popular homeboilt won Nuts Uses 21 engine spaas 41 in$ 025 446La crete AC Electric-powered sport flier 05 motors 3-channels Two veroinos parasol cabin$ 550 447teA Miss Anseulca AC Old-Timer hA Texaco model 040 glow 2-channels$ 650 449Seflee CL SportJSlonl plane 40-sizo 4-stroke engine builds f ant essy$ 600 452Bee Dee 2 AC Ooarter-scale spans 71 4 uses 90 power Poor sheets$1600 453Smeethle Pooftie CL Profile rendition Bob Palmers sopor-St onter early Fifties 35 power$ 550 454Sweat P-SO PP Neat stick-and-f issee Ootdoar Aubbor P30-doss model iso contest-winner$ 200 45619-Tech 2061 AC Dacted-fan futurist ic-looking canard 25-size engines Built-up construction Three sheets$1175 457Spectra AC Electric-power OS-size motor uses 3 different wings sport soaring aerobatics$ 700 456Deeclfeas CL Profile Carrier 15-power evonts Two sheets$ 575 4604-40 AC Shoolder-wing sport flier 4-cycle 40-size engine 4 channels$ 650 461Tifofer Osniateneec CL Pamoos ont lopped Stanter late Forties Uses 35 engine$ 650 462Pereth PS PP Jambo Aubber Scale WW Italian oboervaline plane$ 400 463Platyhelmlethes Vk AC 4A Pylon racer uses lots ito ply built-op rect ore strength lightness$ 475 464Sendeecer CL 4A sport flier all-sheet-balsa can ose Toe Doe 049$ 325 Ne 465Sloe Bias t AC Pun-fly sportsfer 40-size engines spans 52 Lightweight stroclore$ 700 466Oempetiter CL Stonter 60 power has 650 sq wing ares$ 575 467Rice Span PP Aubber Scale design woo 83 Nuts designer Don Srofl Wingspan 26 in$ 250 466Seroother CL Stonter 29135 power Dosigo hosed hybrid Smoothielhobler$ 675 469Dee lOcket AC Sport Scale rendering Polish homebuill pusher Spans 75 uses 40-size 4-cycle engine Poor sheets$2075 470Sfrefrer AC Mid-wing sportoter noes 40145 four-stroke engine spans 5014 tail-dragger$ 650 471Mesas Aetna CL Profile Stunt trainer opons 54 in. uses 3S140 engine Flapped wing$ 575 472Panacraft AC Craft has flexible parofoil wing uses 3 AC channels 60 engine$ 550 473Tecaner AC Sport scale furheprop trainer spans 66 uses 60175 engines Throe sheets$1 250 474Pacer 15 PP Nordic A-i Towline Glider won 1983 World Champs$ 500 475Beeglltyulcat CL Slow Combat model uses geodetic wing construction 36 engine Two-sheet plan has parts patterns$ 400 476Meeta 250 PP competition hA plane has mant a-roy-shaped wing spans 43 in$ 500 477Maedaufa CL Sport Stunter uses sport 15 engine spans 35 in$ 325 476Buttercup AC Cute elfin oportoter uses micro 2-ch AC pulse-rudder Spans 27 in. 020-035 power$ 300 479Feer-Streke Roaster AC SportiAerobatics ship has 1 920s ofyliog uses 00 4-stroke engine spans 8S 2 sheets$1100 460Htdlceleus CL Fabulous competif ion Stunter has 550 sq wing area flies TO 0491051 spans 47% in$ 600 461Eurepa AC Sailplane PAl competition has fiberglass fuselage foam wings wing flaps stabilator tail Spans 110 ing 700 462Beldea-Ager AC SportlAerobotic model looko like Golden Age sportoter 60 engines spans 62 in$ 750 463ci hawk lRtriltt PP Ootdoor Gas Scale plane uses CO-2 power spans 29 $ 300 464 Aereeca K AC Guarter-Scule 30s lightplooe spons Oft eons 12 co 2-cyt. 4-stroke engine weighs 1114 lb Three sheets $1975 us us coo 0 N 0 us COO Eli -us CD zus us 0 CO CO 0 us- t 3 nb onus 00 us us us us c V onus oii C- -on 0 us 0 usus Eli 0 con us 0 us U or eec C -in cus Uc N IL
Edition: Model Aviation - 1985/09
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NO OCR TEXT 1984 cham pionships Hungary saw Petr Jirmus Czech oslovakia win mens individual competition US mens team recapture Nesterov Trophy best team score womens division Soviets took both individual team trophies As air planes sparkling new comer Extra 230 built Walter Extra West Germany EDon Berliner great gaps between wings ailerons fiberglass wing tips lacked final few steps finishing process new Yak-55 has wing tapered thickness place bulky seen 1982 retains CAP-20 tail section Cessna-style landing gear West Ger man prop has always marked collection best features lot other airplanes latest attempt combine parts several airplanes no successful past Left Nine little airplanes very large American teams aerobatic mounts inside cargo hold Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy 30000 ft 500 mph Right Feeding time zoo biplanes went C5A easily hangar Super Star turned sideways because its greater span Two transatlantic trips made no damage planes September 1985 77 main hangar Bekescsaba decorated emblems National SpOrT5 Association welcome sign both Hungarian us could read FnaIih new plane showed promise Extra 230 desi j compeiior waiter Exira ui W Germany infield fitted temporary cowl isWaiters prototype Next order interest Extra tor Walter Extra being built limited 230 two entered devel- number has overall lines oped West Germany active competi- Continued page 80 cleaned-up Stephens Akro simpli fied control system similar Pitts Special Good tines relatively low weight plenty power control strongly suggest good future Sukhoi people sisted returning racy have such obviously high wingloading aerobatic airplane built Sukhoi design bureau previously known jet fighters Most would muchneeded replacement ill-fated Yak-50 top Soviet pilots assigned Yak-55 couple rookies Su-26 Some answers would emerge first round flying course whole point complicated expensive exercise American team mem bers put up uncomfortable aft passenger compartment Lockheed C-5A Galaxy droned across Atlantic team s nine air planes neatly tied down hold enormous flying freighter Eight hours Dover AFB DE Rhein-Main AFB Frankfurt West Germa ny battle through nasty weather lovely soaring field east Vienna Austria two weeks intensive training flight videotaped Finally off furthest corner Hun garyin air nine little airplanes neat formation ground two team vans five cars full relatives supporters Americans usual collec tion custom-modified Pitts Specials 300 hp Pitts-inspired Weeks Solution Henry Haighs original Super Star resembles Leo Loudenslagers Laser 200 though developed separately fewer half pilots inter national experience team special feeling comes pilot being totally familiar own airplane years practice 80 Model Aviation TOP bUKflOl ju-26 final landing approach Note American-Inspired Plexiglas panels side downward visibility Left same aircraft front showing tightly-cowled nine-cylinder M-1 4P radial engine Note West German prop Cessnastyle landing gear Right close look cockpit Su-26 Below Arrival first Su-28 seen public Antonov An-2 background carried Soviet teams support crew spare oarts vodka supply Su-26 looks remarkably like Thirties racer Another Zlln 50L popular plane Europeans Later plane flown byrne Romanlans broke rudder cable ground-looped landing tore off its landing gear pilots 1984 US Champion Kermit Weeks 1980/82 World Championships runner-up Henry Haigh experienced rookies Harold Chappell Alan Bush spin expert Gene Beggs women 1982 World Championship veterans Linda Meyers Brigitte de St Phalle newcomers level Dr Julie Pfile Debby Rihn World Champion 1980 seven-time US Champion Louden slager absent having failed qualify 1983 US Nationals Aligned against worlds best 1983 European Champion Petr Jir mus Czechoslovakia new Zlin 50L5 300 hp perennial top finisher Manfred Strossenreuther West Germany another 50L5 1982 World Championship Victor Smolin USSR Yak-55 Swiss Champion/Author Eric Muller Extra 230 stake two premier awards sport Nesterov Trophy World Champion Mens Team Aresti Trophy Mens Individual Champion USSR held both well title World Champion Womens Team other major titleWomens Individual Champion belonged Americas Betty Stewart won second time 1982 retired Bekescsaba pilot got 20 minutes practice 1000-meter acrobatic box over airfield Enough time study landmarks dis cover white ground panels mark ing corners sides center box small becoming less distinct got dirty two weeks solid practice Austria American team ready first round flying 48 men 16 women 13 countries Known-Compulsory sequence everyone practicing months won fair square Jirmus led team narrow lead over US wide over usually competitive Soviets flying sloppy side big surprise Gold Medal Linda Meyers. birthday Next came Free Style flights pilot designed accordance rules guarantee wide variety maneuvers Again Jirmus won Mens Gold Medal cleanly Americans Weeks Haigh third fourth respectively brought US lead just 33 points out 30000 Mens Team competition clear Soviet Team going factor contest first time since 1960 Some felt problem new airplanes others felt lack practice time new airplanes clear neither Yak-55 nor Su-26 answer acro pilots prayers Soviet pilots continued lurch around rolling 3600 circles fly across top hammerhead turns dove spins rather waiting airplanes slow enough true stall occur little confidence clim bing capability began upward September 1985 81 Nine planes American team seen control tower Prom front Julie Pf lie Pitta S-is Kerm Weeks Weeks Solu tion Linda Meyers Weeks Special Henry Haigh Super Star Harold Chappeil PiUs 5-15 Gene Begga Pitts S-i T Alan Bush PiUs S-iS Brigitte de St Phaile Pitts S-IS newly-modified Yak-55 window mu wing TO ioong aown anne bOx mark ers maybe border guards Below two Yak-55s brought Soviet team closer undergoing some engine work Betterthan Yak-50 its still no world-beater Hey contest propellers Ac tually Hungarian Air Force MiG-23 practicing grand finale close best-organized fairest events far rolls before reaching let alone extending required vertical line Yak-55 certainly better air plane 1982 no world beater new Su-26 dis turbing tendency high-speed stall pulled hard progress its funny kind source lot problem may nose compact powerful dependable radial engine now produces 360 hp just too heavy demands large airplane built around makes maneuvering limited space box dif ficult Soviets others Next schedule UnknownCompulsory flight something unknown elsewhere sports sequence com posed during contest pilots have no opportunity fly practice leads strange sight grown men women completely engrossed hand-flying maneuvers walking back forth imaginary box behind hangar between rows airplanes hotel lobby Victory flight goes pilot can just fly maneu vers under immense pressure must able think through entire flight including gains losses speed gains losses altitude ef fects inevitable crosswind individual maneuvers may familiar particular combination never before flown anyone US Team spar kled Chappel 4th Weeks 6th Haigh 8th Bush 11th Beggs 12th. out 48 men Czechs Jirmus first again two teammates scores combined give second-place team score blew Srnec dropped 23rd 2ni Sa11er Rth Americans traditional team depth paid off big won prestigious Nesterov Trophy donated years ago Soviets honor Petr Nes terov flew first loop 1913 solid 615 points So strong posi tion could have won using scores 2nd 3rd 4th-place men Among women different familiar story After good start relatively inexperienced Americans dropped behind always strong Soviets brightest light cute little Debby Rihn though first big meet 3rd place 50 points out second response pressures cluded long wait major wing repairs after run-in taxiway marker now trophy war suggests happy future sport finally starting attract women quantity completion third flight team trophies awarded fourth flight remained before indi vidual champions would known incompletely understood 4-Minute Free discipline having fly precision discarded pilots allowed anything within bounds box safety such uncontrolled Continued page 155 82 Model Aviation Above Australian Frank Frys Laserdeveloped separately other similar airplanes Below new Extra 230 owned flown Nicola Colangelo Italy Debby Rihn hand-flies Unknown Com pulsory sequence before trying air first timein front 10-judge panel practice good enough en able placing second Nemkova USSR just 21/2 points out first place seventh production French CAP-21 lines up final approach Berliner photos ADVERTISERSINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX ADVERTISERSINDEX AMA Membership84 Academy Aviation Research & Development140 Ace Radio Control8 Airtronics2 Altech MarketingCover 2 Applied Design Corp118 Astro Flight34 Balsa USA7 Bergeron Enterprises124 Blue Ridge Models151 Bru Line Industries127 Byron Originals31 CB Associates120 CaRa Products128 Carolina-Taffinder144 Johnnie Casburn Mfg49 Champion Model Products146 Chicago Model & Hobby Show152 Cleveland Model & Supply 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torque rolls as-yet-unnamed gyrations flown objective impress judges ultimate can achieved airplane/pilot combination Only twice since 4-Minute introduced 1972 has Gold Medal gone non-American favorite year 1982 Gold Medallist Kermit Weeks shiny black Solution power controls things no other airplane could yet manage opening torque roll consisting seven full rolls straight up four airplane slid down backwards set tone winning flight Petr Jirmus flew cautiously protect writing advertisers mention II John C Ballard 10102 Kimblewick read about Model Aviation Dr Louisville KY 40223 lead succeeded finishing undis tinguished third flight hanging first place overall other Americans along Strossenreuther Muller few other top pilots charged over box twisting turn ing whirling available direc tion Soviets usual flew very con servatively using few unusuai maneuvers producing yawns gasps judge reportedly able manipulate scoring system previous rounds give pilots points may have deserved failed 4-Minute Victor Smolin completed lackluster defense title ninth place flight fifth contest over Petr Jirmus won Aresti Trophy 300 points out 16000 Womens Champion Khalide Makaganova USSR Strossenreuther added second place 1982 3rd 1980 4th Kermit Weeks September 1985 155 I Circle numbers plans wish order 193239262299302310314I 326332358386398414422I 426430433437438439440I 441442444445446447449I 452453454456457458460 461462463464465466467I 468469470471472473474I 475476477478479480481I 482483484485486 Plan puce includes first class postage US delivery Ii Air Mall over 300 mIlesI orders autaide US e add $250 Air Mail 125 surface mailI Make check money order payable US funds Model Aviation AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Roston VAI 22090 Please allow 3 6 weeks deliveryI Please print carefully Enclosed$_______________ I NAMEI STREETI CITYI STATE __________________________ ZIPt third Henry Haigh fourth among men Debby Rihn finished overall Bronze Medal Linda Meyers sixth Julie Pfile ninth rankings airplanes showed Zlin 5OLS top two places no others top 10 select group two Yak-55s two Pitts Specials three mid-wing monoplanes Weeks Solutionthree biplanes seven monoplanes new types Extra 230 looked best sure popular airplane future despite its $75000 price tag Soviets improved Yak-55 new Su-26 impres sive rumored plan improve latter boosting its engine 420 hp hardly seems like logical step Twenty-two pilots flew Zlins leaving no doubt big favorite among European teams countries economic political factors rule out homebuilt airplane movement means Eastern Europe such Western countries Spain rest West homebuilt plans popping up like weeds Pitts Specials mid-wing monoplanes thing World Championship aerobatics has come long way since 1976 meet USSR dominated manipulated Soviet officials results bore little relation flying major changes taken place doubtful would have 1984 Championships Hungary introduction Bauer System com puter analysis judges scoring con sistency pretty well eliminates national bias cheating points things back right direction contest operation Bekescsaba fair efficient anyone has yet seen future looks good too next World Championships will August 1-17 1986 Cranfield England ex cellent physical facilities include two 6000-foot hard-surface runways larger hangars dormitories field British Aerobatic Association can put together operations staff hard working anxious please Hungarians emphasis will continue airplanes pilots fly ing instead politics scheming As aerobatic airplanes next few years can expect lot use composite materials because marvelous strength-to-weight ratio turn will permit designs vary con siderably standard strut-braced biplanes cantilever monoplanes have popular years because generally effective rules game predominance pilot over airplane should remain will still take hundreds hours prac tice top-notch flying machine get within reach Aresti Nester ov Championships began 1960 event has produced performances old-timers would have thought impossible 156 Model Aviation FULL SIZE PLANS No 485 Hawker Hunter$ 175 CL Fun-scale British jet fighter has 1 8%-in foam wing uses 1AA power No 486 MIles-Atwood Special$ 825 RC Sport-scale 21 -powered 45-in span Golden Age air-racer lIe 103SUette CL Stunt model Mcoenald winner 1976 1980 1982 FAI World Champ 5 lIe 239DIuc Duds RC Ken Willards formation plane 4-channel 1 0-power$375 lie 262craaieautm- CL Crash-proof trainer two sizesl 5-30- 35.40-pnwer$125 lIe 299See Bee Sr Speefoter RC h-scale Haiftie 91 power Prototype span 3011 Two-and-a-half sheets$1175 Ne 302Mini P-16 AC 5arpoleo 049 ducted fan sport flier 2-channel Balsa wings tail fuse structure$ 275 3101980 Fleet Spice AC Sport Scale 35-40 4-channel Wingspan se h scale Two sheets$ 625 314Dreke t AC Ken Willards flying boat 3-channel 15-power Fly land removable gear$ 375 326Taylercelc AC Don Sinus Schoolyard-Scale 049s 2-3 channel Spans 50 in$ 350 332Zephyr RC Small 2-channel glider hand-launch low thermal slope soanog$ 200 356PIeces FF Indoor Easy B Aubber-power contest-winner W Van Gorder$100 3MLanen 200 RC Sport Scale replica championship Aerobatic flier Uses 40 power 4-5 channel Two sheets$1075 396Bee Des R-1 RC Haffkes latest 4-scale spans 75 weighs IS lb flies 90 larger Poor sheets no doc$2225 414ElectrIc Sparky AC electric-powered fon flier 05 motor 3-channel AC scaled up 1939 robber-power funorfte$ 850 422Seeder AC Two-Meter Sailplane han won Nato enent 1982 1983 plas other contests$ 550 426chhta capper AC Pababons 74-in-spon Sport Scale flying boat four 10-size engines 4-channel Three sheets no doc$2000 430heeside AC Zippy little sportoter 1 0-1 S power 3-channel nc$ 400 Ne 433WaNe Up AC Electric-powered glider 2-3 channels 035 motor spons 52 50 437Kieglsher CL Profile Carrier plane spans 4014 ases 35 engine$ 600 436cnuIuer PP Embryo Endurance robber-power ton ship han big-model characteristics $ 200 439Deepenade AC flying wing unique ongalive dihedrul flies 4 channels 1 9-40 power Poam wing$ 450 440cavahe AC Old-Timer-like new design has huge wing slow easy flights Por 35 power 3 channels Two sheets$1 725 441DIlUtE PP Hot omall lightweight competition ship 15 power designer Harry Marphy$ 475 442Lasy Deck AC Big canard sport flier AA-og power 2 channels Uses foam board parts$ 650 444Fleehelt AC posher canard sporslpattem uses 40 pusher engine 4-channel Has swept-forward foam wings$ 650 No 445heumtfli Ooegar CL Scale model popular homeboilt won Nuts Uses 21 engine spaas 41 in$ 025 446La crete AC Electric-powered sport flier 05 motors 3-channels Two veroinos parasol cabin$ 550 447teA Miss Anseulca AC Old-Timer hA Texaco model 040 glow 2-channels$ 650 449Seflee CL SportJSlonl plane 40-sizo 4-stroke engine builds f ant essy$ 600 452Bee Dee 2 AC Ooarter-scale spans 71 4 uses 90 power Poor sheets$1600 453Smeethle Pooftie CL Profile rendition Bob Palmers sopor-St onter early Fifties 35 power$ 550 454Sweat P-SO PP Neat stick-and-f issee Ootdoar Aubbor P30-doss model iso contest-winner$ 200 45619-Tech 2061 AC Dacted-fan futurist ic-looking canard 25-size engines Built-up construction Three sheets$1175 457Spectra AC Electric-power OS-size motor uses 3 different wings sport soaring aerobatics$ 700 456Deeclfeas CL Profile Carrier 15-power evonts Two sheets$ 575 4604-40 AC Shoolder-wing sport flier 4-cycle 40-size engine 4 channels$ 650 461Tifofer Osniateneec CL Pamoos ont lopped Stanter late Forties Uses 35 engine$ 650 462Pereth PS PP Jambo Aubber Scale WW Italian oboervaline plane$ 400 463Platyhelmlethes Vk AC 4A Pylon racer uses lots ito ply built-op rect ore strength lightness$ 475 464Sendeecer CL 4A sport flier all-sheet-balsa can ose Toe Doe 049$ 325 Ne 465Sloe Bias t AC Pun-fly sportsfer 40-size engines spans 52 Lightweight stroclore$ 700 466Oempetiter CL Stonter 60 power has 650 sq wing ares$ 575 467Rice Span PP Aubber Scale design woo 83 Nuts designer Don Srofl Wingspan 26 in$ 250 466Seroother CL Stonter 29135 power Dosigo hosed hybrid Smoothielhobler$ 675 469Dee lOcket AC Sport Scale rendering Polish homebuill pusher Spans 75 uses 40-size 4-cycle engine Poor sheets$2075 470Sfrefrer AC Mid-wing sportoter noes 40145 four-stroke engine spans 5014 tail-dragger$ 650 471Mesas Aetna CL Profile Stunt trainer opons 54 in. uses 3S140 engine Flapped wing$ 575 472Panacraft AC Craft has flexible parofoil wing uses 3 AC channels 60 engine$ 550 473Tecaner AC Sport scale furheprop trainer spans 66 uses 60175 engines Throe sheets$1 250 474Pacer 15 PP Nordic A-i Towline Glider won 1983 World Champs$ 500 475Beeglltyulcat CL Slow Combat model uses geodetic wing construction 36 engine Two-sheet plan has parts patterns$ 400 476Meeta 250 PP competition hA plane has mant a-roy-shaped wing spans 43 in$ 500 477Maedaufa CL Sport Stunter uses sport 15 engine spans 35 in$ 325 476Buttercup AC Cute elfin oportoter uses micro 2-ch AC pulse-rudder Spans 27 in. 020-035 power$ 300 479Feer-Streke Roaster AC SportiAerobatics ship has 1 920s ofyliog uses 00 4-stroke engine spans 8S 2 sheets$1100 460Htdlceleus CL Fabulous competif ion Stunter has 550 sq wing area flies TO 0491051 spans 47% in$ 600 461Eurepa AC Sailplane PAl competition has fiberglass fuselage foam wings wing flaps stabilator tail Spans 110 ing 700 462Beldea-Ager AC SportlAerobotic model looko like Golden Age sportoter 60 engines spans 62 in$ 750 463ci hawk lRtriltt PP Ootdoor Gas Scale plane uses CO-2 power spans 29 $ 300 464 Aereeca K AC Guarter-Scule 30s lightplooe spons Oft eons 12 co 2-cyt. 4-stroke engine weighs 1114 lb Three sheets $1975 us us coo 0 N 0 us COO Eli -us CD zus us 0 CO CO 0 us- t 3 nb onus 00 us us us us c V onus oii C- -on 0 us 0 usus Eli 0 con us 0 us U or eec C -in cus Uc N IL
Edition: Model Aviation - 1985/09
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NO OCR TEXT 1984 cham pionships Hungary saw Petr Jirmus Czech oslovakia win mens individual competition US mens team recapture Nesterov Trophy best team score womens division Soviets took both individual team trophies As air planes sparkling new comer Extra 230 built Walter Extra West Germany EDon Berliner great gaps between wings ailerons fiberglass wing tips lacked final few steps finishing process new Yak-55 has wing tapered thickness place bulky seen 1982 retains CAP-20 tail section Cessna-style landing gear West Ger man prop has always marked collection best features lot other airplanes latest attempt combine parts several airplanes no successful past Left Nine little airplanes very large American teams aerobatic mounts inside cargo hold Air Force Lockheed C-5A Galaxy 30000 ft 500 mph Right Feeding time zoo biplanes went C5A easily hangar Super Star turned sideways because its greater span Two transatlantic trips made no damage planes September 1985 77 main hangar Bekescsaba decorated emblems National SpOrT5 Association welcome sign both Hungarian us could read FnaIih new plane showed promise Extra 230 desi j compeiior waiter Exira ui W Germany infield fitted temporary cowl isWaiters prototype Next order interest Extra tor Walter Extra being built limited 230 two entered devel- number has overall lines oped West Germany active competi- Continued page 80 cleaned-up Stephens Akro simpli fied control system similar Pitts Special Good tines relatively low weight plenty power control strongly suggest good future Sukhoi people sisted returning racy have such obviously high wingloading aerobatic airplane built Sukhoi design bureau previously known jet fighters Most would muchneeded replacement ill-fated Yak-50 top Soviet pilots assigned Yak-55 couple rookies Su-26 Some answers would emerge first round flying course whole point complicated expensive exercise American team mem bers put up uncomfortable aft passenger compartment Lockheed C-5A Galaxy droned across Atlantic team s nine air planes neatly tied down hold enormous flying freighter Eight hours Dover AFB DE Rhein-Main AFB Frankfurt West Germa ny battle through nasty weather lovely soaring field east Vienna Austria two weeks intensive training flight videotaped Finally off furthest corner Hun garyin air nine little airplanes neat formation ground two team vans five cars full relatives supporters Americans usual collec tion custom-modified Pitts Specials 300 hp Pitts-inspired Weeks Solution Henry Haighs original Super Star resembles Leo Loudenslagers Laser 200 though developed separately fewer half pilots inter national experience team special feeling comes pilot being totally familiar own airplane years practice 80 Model Aviation TOP bUKflOl ju-26 final landing approach Note American-Inspired Plexiglas panels side downward visibility Left same aircraft front showing tightly-cowled nine-cylinder M-1 4P radial engine Note West German prop Cessnastyle landing gear Right close look cockpit Su-26 Below Arrival first Su-28 seen public Antonov An-2 background carried Soviet teams support crew spare oarts vodka supply Su-26 looks remarkably like Thirties racer Another Zlln 50L popular plane Europeans Later plane flown byrne Romanlans broke rudder cable ground-looped landing tore off its landing gear pilots 1984 US Champion Kermit Weeks 1980/82 World Championships runner-up Henry Haigh experienced rookies Harold Chappell Alan Bush spin expert Gene Beggs women 1982 World Championship veterans Linda Meyers Brigitte de St Phalle newcomers level Dr Julie Pfile Debby Rihn World Champion 1980 seven-time US Champion Louden slager absent having failed qualify 1983 US Nationals Aligned against worlds best 1983 European Champion Petr Jir mus Czechoslovakia new Zlin 50L5 300 hp perennial top finisher Manfred Strossenreuther West Germany another 50L5 1982 World Championship Victor Smolin USSR Yak-55 Swiss Champion/Author Eric Muller Extra 230 stake two premier awards sport Nesterov Trophy World Champion Mens Team Aresti Trophy Mens Individual Champion USSR held both well title World Champion Womens Team other major titleWomens Individual Champion belonged Americas Betty Stewart won second time 1982 retired Bekescsaba pilot got 20 minutes practice 1000-meter acrobatic box over airfield Enough time study landmarks dis cover white ground panels mark ing corners sides center box small becoming less distinct got dirty two weeks solid practice Austria American team ready first round flying 48 men 16 women 13 countries Known-Compulsory sequence everyone practicing months won fair square Jirmus led team narrow lead over US wide over usually competitive Soviets flying sloppy side big surprise Gold Medal Linda Meyers. birthday Next came Free Style flights pilot designed accordance rules guarantee wide variety maneuvers Again Jirmus won Mens Gold Medal cleanly Americans Weeks Haigh third fourth respectively brought US lead just 33 points out 30000 Mens Team competition clear Soviet Team going factor contest first time since 1960 Some felt problem new airplanes others felt lack practice time new airplanes clear neither Yak-55 nor Su-26 answer acro pilots prayers Soviet pilots continued lurch around rolling 3600 circles fly across top hammerhead turns dove spins rather waiting airplanes slow enough true stall occur little confidence clim bing capability began upward September 1985 81 Nine planes American team seen control tower Prom front Julie Pf lie Pitta S-is Kerm Weeks Weeks Solu tion Linda Meyers Weeks Special Henry Haigh Super Star Harold Chappeil PiUs 5-15 Gene Begga Pitts S-i T Alan Bush PiUs S-iS Brigitte de St Phaile Pitts S-IS newly-modified Yak-55 window mu wing TO ioong aown anne bOx mark ers maybe border guards Below two Yak-55s brought Soviet team closer undergoing some engine work Betterthan Yak-50 its still no world-beater Hey contest propellers Ac tually Hungarian Air Force MiG-23 practicing grand finale close best-organized fairest events far rolls before reaching let alone extending required vertical line Yak-55 certainly better air plane 1982 no world beater new Su-26 dis turbing tendency high-speed stall pulled hard progress its funny kind source lot problem may nose compact powerful dependable radial engine now produces 360 hp just too heavy demands large airplane built around makes maneuvering limited space box dif ficult Soviets others Next schedule UnknownCompulsory flight something unknown elsewhere sports sequence com posed during contest pilots have no opportunity fly practice leads strange sight grown men women completely engrossed hand-flying maneuvers walking back forth imaginary box behind hangar between rows airplanes hotel lobby Victory flight goes pilot can just fly maneu vers under immense pressure must able think through entire flight including gains losses speed gains losses altitude ef fects inevitable crosswind individual maneuvers may familiar particular combination never before flown anyone US Team spar kled Chappel 4th Weeks 6th Haigh 8th Bush 11th Beggs 12th. out 48 men Czechs Jirmus first again two teammates scores combined give second-place team score blew Srnec dropped 23rd 2ni Sa11er Rth Americans traditional team depth paid off big won prestigious Nesterov Trophy donated years ago Soviets honor Petr Nes terov flew first loop 1913 solid 615 points So strong posi tion could have won using scores 2nd 3rd 4th-place men Among women different familiar story After good start relatively inexperienced Americans dropped behind always strong Soviets brightest light cute little Debby Rihn though first big meet 3rd place 50 points out second response pressures cluded long wait major wing repairs after run-in taxiway marker now trophy war suggests happy future sport finally starting attract women quantity completion third flight team trophies awarded fourth flight remained before indi vidual champions would known incompletely understood 4-Minute Free discipline having fly 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torque rolls as-yet-unnamed gyrations flown objective impress judges ultimate can achieved airplane/pilot combination Only twice since 4-Minute introduced 1972 has Gold Medal gone non-American favorite year 1982 Gold Medallist Kermit Weeks shiny black Solution power controls things no other airplane could yet manage opening torque roll consisting seven full rolls straight up four airplane slid down backwards set tone winning flight Petr Jirmus flew cautiously protect writing advertisers mention II John C Ballard 10102 Kimblewick read about Model Aviation Dr Louisville KY 40223 lead succeeded finishing undis tinguished third flight hanging first place overall other Americans along Strossenreuther Muller few other top pilots charged over box twisting turn ing whirling available direc tion Soviets usual flew very con servatively using few unusuai maneuvers producing yawns gasps judge reportedly able manipulate scoring system previous rounds give pilots points may have deserved failed 4-Minute Victor Smolin completed lackluster defense title ninth place flight fifth contest over Petr Jirmus won Aresti Trophy 300 points out 16000 Womens Champion Khalide Makaganova USSR Strossenreuther added second place 1982 3rd 1980 4th Kermit Weeks September 1985 155 I Circle numbers plans wish order 193239262299302310314I 326332358386398414422I 426430433437438439440I 441442444445446447449I 452453454456457458460 461462463464465466467I 468469470471472473474I 475476477478479480481I 482483484485486 Plan puce includes first class postage US delivery Ii Air Mall over 300 mIlesI orders autaide US e add $250 Air Mail 125 surface mailI Make check money order payable US funds Model Aviation AMA 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Roston VAI 22090 Please allow 3 6 weeks deliveryI Please print carefully Enclosed$_______________ I NAMEI STREETI CITYI STATE __________________________ ZIPt third Henry Haigh fourth among men Debby Rihn finished overall Bronze Medal Linda Meyers sixth Julie Pfile ninth rankings airplanes showed Zlin 5OLS top two places no others top 10 select group two Yak-55s two Pitts Specials three mid-wing monoplanes Weeks Solutionthree biplanes seven monoplanes new types Extra 230 looked best sure popular airplane future despite its $75000 price tag Soviets improved Yak-55 new Su-26 impres sive rumored plan improve latter boosting its engine 420 hp hardly seems like logical step Twenty-two pilots flew Zlins leaving no doubt big favorite among European teams countries economic political factors rule out homebuilt airplane movement means Eastern Europe such Western countries Spain rest West homebuilt plans popping up like weeds Pitts Specials mid-wing monoplanes thing World Championship aerobatics has come long way since 1976 meet USSR dominated manipulated Soviet officials results bore little relation flying major changes taken place doubtful would have 1984 Championships Hungary introduction Bauer System com puter analysis judges scoring con sistency pretty well 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