0 1988 Free Flight Nab Canceled Tidewater Virginia location events re scheduled Illinois October Turnout great considering short time pub licity modelers U Harry Murphy THE 1988 AMA NATIONAL Model Air plane Championships will enter history books no other reason long est Nats ever championships began July 23rd State Virginia didnt see final curtain drawn until midOctober plains southern Illinois Especially Free Flighters arranged vacation time around tendance Tidewater Nats July last-minute cancellation Outdoor Free Flight events except Scale came severe disappointment least initially Charles Catons K&B 325-powered Humming bird plans April 1986 MA captured everyones attention Class Gorgeous yel low model virtually ignored high winds log six max flights took first place National Free Flight Society President Tony Italiano starts engine Class B Power model Tony key figure rescheduling Free Flight Nats also topped Open B field model waning minutes weekend three quick maxes sun came out finalize Sunday began wind rain Once Nats over though attention AMA Headquarters could again revert dilemma Free Flight contingent make amends unfor tunate turn events canceled outdoor competition solution proposal made around first September NFFS Na tional Free Right Society belatedly re schedule canceled Free Flight events complete unused Nats trophies NFFS accepted challenge Within about nine days viable site confirmed Contest Director drafted volunteer force event directors tabulators necessities AMA FF Nats would clude CD Dick Smith left annuai contestant Sal Talbi pictured Starduster 900 Minus WW Ii years TaibIs 49th consecutIve National Contest 60 Model Aviation waiiace bucKets Johnson starts Su perTigre 60 huge Class D bird Wind breakers jackets vogue week end despite mostly sunny cloudless skies Left Warren Kurth repeated last years Payload win Pay-triot beautifully built September 1971 Model Airplane News plans Windy conditions forced flights hand launched Right Georgian Gawg Perryman C02-powered model Great Speck led Bird fleet prop speckled calls See-O-To does fly set new Category ill Open record meet Left Convened RCer Ed Keck gives pensive glance authors camera Brad Bane-designed Windwhip bested Open Class C Power contestants mere seven seconds six perfect maxes Right Ed Konefes lights dethermalizer fuse Guenther Nowak fifth Mulvihill Rubber pair joined Joe Macay comprised Watermelon Team won Three-Man Mulvihill Team event other helpers assembled Events recharted compression three days Arrangements ship awards Res ton VA made other odds ends least problem efficiently informing prospec tive contestants about rescheduled meet handled within space about Left FF Contest Board member Chris Matsuno sniffs thermal heaving HL Glider entry Center Bill Schiarb prepares fly A-2 Towline Glider entry Battle scars repaired Scotch tape carried him fourth place Right Tony Hutchins US team members Free Flight Junior World Championships Poland brought back exotic North Korean FAI Power model obtained trade Complete metal covering gadgetry galore make wonder well builder-of-the-model rule followed some countries February 1989 61 five weeksbooked Annual Tn-County Aero contest slated weekend ofClub/SAM 57 two-day contest seeOctober 14-16 Lawrencevile IL Theond weekend left third weekend small group scrambling ar- weekend October 14-16 looked range affair discounted firstlike favorable tuning corn crop weekend October too soon permit athad plagued SAM Champs contestants least some semblance proper notifica-at 3000-acre Mid-America Airport back tion seleeted facilityLawrence-in mid-July would gone should villes Mid-America Airportwas alreadyclear way unobstructed down wind chase least mile-and-a-half perimeter fences roads open fields beyond Indian summer region Left This study group Buckets Johnson Jim Summersett Charles Caton review remains Marvin Maces Pilfered Pearl lost argument concrete runway An unprecedented high wind took its toll Power models Right Father-son combo Bill Ja mie Jackson wind rubber motor Jamies P-30 stick model second P-30 copped first Junior Mulvihill Rubber event Left Duane Renkens CO2 entry powered tiny Brown Twin placed second Open three maxes Author thinks CO2 needs some rules tweaking make obtaining 2-mm max difficult some motors seem run forever Right Another split second cameraman would have completely missed Dick Rikels launch Class B Witch Doctor Rickel sixth Open age group Left Joe Macay launches huge Mulvihill shipsecond Open escape wind Rubber jobs wound downwind vehicles behind hastily rigged tarps Right Vicki Veach Muncie md Visitors Bureau shows off new CIA Central Indiana Aeromodelers honorary T-shirt caught AMA President Don Lowe Don circulated neariy whole session converse fliers officials usually stretched out good flying weather until about first November could expect beautiful outdoor experience previewed conditions taking TCAC/SAM 57 affair 8th 9th October As expected pesky corn gone fine flying weather marred slight drizzle moved part midday Sunday 88 contestants registered winners went home variety beautiful nate sterling silver platters Everyone went home bellyful good food cookout Saturday night door prizes worth well over $1 OOO doled out meal ticket holdersincluding lifetime SAM membership final ticket drawn final touch superb dinner arrange ments awards banquet showed group its best SAM 57 crowd sure knows put capstone its flying season Good show folks As Free Flight Nats began Friday fitful Indian summer weather van ished Instead faced blus tery strong southerly winds blowing mass unfriendly looking rain clouds However forecast upcoming weekend optimistic frontal clouds expected blow past Fri day sunny skies predicted told ourselves may make under wire frostbitten fingers yet Friday came though south erly wind still blowing unprece 62 Model Aviation dented 20 25 mph Fortunately skies sunnyour thermometers gratefully acknowledged 750 timesbut wind ever-present would remain us entire three-day weekend least some consolation flat ex panse airport itself well its oneand-a-half-mile downwind chase facility leading open fields Wabash Val ley flatlands beyond undaunted would flyand fly did Above combined din model engine noise chase bikes sputtering about sunny October skies presented motley picturehere gyrations streaking gas-powered missiles Rubber models comparatively lazy ascents Wheth er July October its still thrill Free Flighter absence contestants both Jun ior Senior poles age spectrum noticeable schools col leges session parents whod already expended vacation time expected 343 total entries fell oaly nine short published pre-regis tered Virginia Nats count Free Flight events addition Tidewater total pre sumably included Free Flight Gas Rubber Scale events making artificially high numerical comparison purposes Open Gas Charles Catons beauti fully finished K&B-powered Hummingbird Model Aviation April 1986 flew perContinued page 165 Bob Perkins launches 1/2A Bitch Hawk Bud Ellen Brown ready Buds Coupe placed fifth Tree line behind good dHiver entry its final flight Bud chal two miles distant strong drift took mod- lenged 25-mph winds capture first els right trees open fields ever Nats win Ellen excited rooter February 1989 63 ADOve senior age flier Paul Spangler flew Midwest Gollywock first place Mulvihill Paul chased foot model always win ning downwind race strong air currents Right jubilant Zygfryd Sullsz right once Poland now Chicago ac cepts Nats award FAI Power NFFS President Tony ital iano Plaques canceled FF events Virginia Nats Left LInwood Cochran readies unique quad-finned CO2 entry official flight Most models event used Cox 020 Pee Wee en gines Davis CO2 conversion head two tanks Center Thermistors reading 750F strong winds caused Mylar streamers fly nearly horizontal throughout weekend Most everyone wore warm coats jackets ward off chill felt Right Larry Veasman assembles Coupe dHiver entry Small Rubber models difficult keep sight two-minute-max flight time Models would usu ally beat chasers bikes 1 l/2-mile fence line downwind overfly conditions flat harvested farmland horizon excellent RADIO CONTROL SHORT KITS FOR THE SPORT MODELER BY POPULAR REQUEST WE HAVE ADDED THE CORSAIR TO OUR SHORT KIT LINE DESIGNED BY THE PROFESSIONAL R/C BUILDER AND FLIER LEMAR ALEXANDER THE CORSAIR IS BUILT AROUND FOAM CORE WING AND BOX FRAME FUSELAGE FOR SIMPLE BUT STURDY CONSTRUCTION IT IS VERY STABLE IN FLIGHT WITH NO TIP STALL HABITS THE CORSAIR HAS PLENTY OF WING AND TAIL AREA FOR THOSE SMOOTH FLARE OUT LANDINGS THE IDEA BEHIND OUR SHORT KIT LINE IS TO OFFER INEXPENSIVE WAY FOR MODELERS TO STEP UP INTO GOOD LOOKING SCALE WAR BIRD THAT IS EASY TO BUILD AND FUN TO FLY VISIT OUR OUTLET STORE AT IS MORGAN STREET IN CRYSTAL LAKE IL Phone 815/459-0417 THESE TWINS WERE DESIGNED BY NATIONALS CHAMPION HAL PARENTI AND REFLECT HIGH CALIBER OF MODEL ENGINEERING THAT IS HARD TO BEAT THEY HAVE OUTSTANDING FLIGHT PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SPEED RANGE P-38 LIGHTNING 70 SPAN . 7495 FOR 25 TO 50 ENGINES A-26 INVADER 68 SPAN . 6495 8%iWG MEG MORE SINGLE ENGINE FIGHTERS FOR 25 TO 50 ENGINES AGM2 ZERO 54 SPAN3750 F-AD TOMAHAWK 55 SPAN3750 P-39 AIRACOBRA 55 SPAN3750 F-SlD MUSTANG 54 SPAN3750 C202 FOLGORE 56 SPAN3750 FOCKE WULF 90 54 SPAN3750 SHORT KITS INCLUDE STYROFOAM WING CORES CANOPIES COWLS PLANS ENGINE MOUNTS FIREWALLS MOLDED MISC PARTS SOME HARDWARE AND MATERIALS LIST FOR BALSA AND ADDITIONAL OFF THE SHELF ITEMS NEEDED ORDERING SEND CHECK OR MONEY ORDER FOR REQUIRED AMOUNT PLUS $450 PER KIT CANADIANS ADD 5750 TO WING MFG PO BOX 33 CRYSTAL LAKE IL 60014 ILLINOIS RESIDENTS ADD 6% SALES TAX ALL ORDERS MUST BE IN US FUNDS SEND 5350 FOR PRODUCTS CATALOG native Mississippian active modeling since late 1940s retired Navy officer lives 900 Main Ave La Grande OR 97850 recently published article Chip Net Safety Baffler August 1987 Model Aviation Support/Palko Continued page 59 member people neigh bors friends like support Tell something need want Tell something dont like Speak up always bear mind much have done try express criticisms sug gestions diplomatically can FF Nats/Murphy Continued page 63 fectly constructed logged six maxes top Bob Dunhams Motovator gale force such saw least two flights model went up slight left pattern rather desired righthand groove Catons well-adjusted Hbird seemed impervious distortions its power pattern airplane must un doubtedly regarded finest AMA class model contest Although AMA Gas classes av eraged between 35-40 entries per event Open D Gas drew respectable 17 contend ers pair Texans down Al amo way would carry home top hard ware baffle big uns Lee Camp bell quipped earlier hed like see Nit Wit win Pearl coming sec ond score could simply read Nit Pearl two outcome instead Pearl Pearl two Marvin Maces Pilfered Pearl bested teammate Jim Summersetts similar design mere sev en seconds Third-place winner Bill Dunlops carbon fiber Ex-Cels went OOS out of-sight fourth max Seelig de thermalizer timer failed function model spotted next day air 20 miles north across Wabash River Indiana average Gas flier AMA class events appeared relatively less scien tific Rubber power counterpart regard use exotic thermal detection devices fiberglass pole adorned lar tape served Gas fliers standard di vining rod seemed satisfied keeping eye some other fellows pole other guy always tal ler pole located better posi tion anyway contrast gumband gang came well equipped deci mal-reading Haverhill digital thermometerson-a-stick accompanied assorted ver sions bubble machine contraption rang ing totally commercial custom-made origin something mystery bubble machines could deliver observable thermal detection ground winds streaking along horizontal paths seldom higher 10 ft off turf case often good air above ground gusts boom ers prevalent weekend long Fred Blom captured coveted Wake field trophy Ed Konefes Martin Richardson close behind popular P-30 event saw Frank Heeb eking out onesecond win over relative newcomer Bill Jackson obviously learning fast get maximum energy out rubberband First third places four seconds apart event longtime rubberband expert Gawg Perryman log ging four-second deficit third place Completing first days event card A-i Towline 020 Cargo Bill Schlarb took A-i Towline going away max-out-plus model flown Cargo belonging Robert Nich ols bucked wind lifting respectable 45 oz Nichols Cox 020 must surely suf fering hernia problem after feat No report Free Flight session com plete unless preceded account weather case Saturdays weather however can brief Conditions second day competition ex act replica Fridays sunny windy Ed Kecks model designed Brad Bane well named Windwhip attacked wayward gusts admira ble consistency Keck turned six maxes Charles Caton pulled up 7 sec short 13 sec ahead veteran Sal Taibis Starduster 900 Sal lone Cali fornia entrant motored across US once again seemingly ageless 56 Chevy will have turned over 600000 miles its speedometer trek home 49th consecutive Natsdisre garding course World War II years Nats held Thats some attendance record Keith Fulmer took V3A second year row though thought saw him dork model process Nat Comforts Max Hog missed third max 3 sec puffing him second slot James Thoruberry pulled tugged A-2 Towline first place FlA saw Andrew Barron stumbling around corn stubble field couple times attempting circle tow model occurred time could have moved about 30 ft left onto grass strip lined run way less hazardous situationbut maybe thermals concentrated over corn stubble Oh well what know Anyway Andy chugged third place hind Tennessee dance man 0 C Stewart Coupe dHiver Lawrenceville resi dent Bud Brown led scant six seconds over omnipresent Gawg Perryman George once heard say powers Gas jobs A-in Pirelli Roger Wathen Indianapolis brought down vanload youngsters participate February 1989 165 I-fl FOR 40 TO 60 ENGINE Hand-Launched Glider thereby making competitive both Junior Senior events Paul Wicks Paul Spangler earned top awards Junior Senior respectively Strong man Ber nie Boehm captured Open competition Al Beletz tied second place tall lanky Kevin Anderson final event Saturday Electric won Bob Nichols Electric B Sunday Both Electric events poorly supported leaving wonder side Rockies concept will ever gain enough momentum justifi split ting two classes Sundays weather presented contrast what first two days contest brought winds didnt stop un til around 9 am lot rain augment Clouds cooler tempera tures prevailed until midafternoon skies cleared After sun popped out again NFFS Prexy Tony Italiano put up three late after noon flightsand three maxesfor first place Open B Gas Shocer Tying second place Greg Hinrichs Bill Jenkins stymied just two seconds short three maxes well flyoff called CD Dick Smith gave Hinrichs sec ond-place award Like Electric FM Power saw poor sup port since some group used up energies participating US team finals Seguin TX previous weekend may Zyg fryd Sulisz posted respectable score top Doug Rabe fine-performing metalcovered model metal-covered jobs surely handsome make feel inadequate attempting fly silk- film-covered model against Tony Hutchins showed up metal-covered Korean power model swapped Junior World Champs Poland last August aircraft something behold no 16-year-old built sure Youth did win out over old masters traditional Mulvihill Rubber Open event Milwaukees Greg Hinrichs hatcheted old hands Joe Macay Chris Matsuno Gawg Perryman Guenther Nowak right down list 23 entrants Watermel team Nowak Konefes Macay outscored Sodhusters Perryman Mat suno Brown three-man Mulvihill honors Unlimited Dawn Rubber flown both Saturday Sunday mornings could fly either day both Ed Ko nefes outfiew Dave Platt honors event Warren Kurth repeated Payload champ attractive rendition colum nists PAY-TRIOT design Model Airplane News September 1971 design 20 years old year am still getting re quests plans Makes feel humble right Hand-launching permitted lieu ROG rise-off-ground requirement because gusty wind conditions George Perryman does own engine af ter alleven though evident record-setting seven-max performance Payload converted CO2 keeping rest stash colorful birds Perrymans original-design model came complete lotsa speckies Payload ap pears dire need some rule tweak ing since engines usually run nearly whole two-minute max way thinking event seems have go ing Electric categories cause model weights CO2 provide lighter wing loadings less model weight per sq wing area over missed pomp ceremony conventional unified Nats least absence grumbling about inadequate flying site facilities reprieve having simple ques tions met military-type runarounds uninformed officials welcome compen sations wind blewand blew never let upat least size field its accessibility model chasing helped us cope Most important tangible undercurrent appreciation put Free Flight Nats 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0 1988 Free Flight Nab Canceled Tidewater Virginia location events re scheduled Illinois October Turnout great considering short time pub licity modelers U Harry Murphy THE 1988 AMA NATIONAL Model Air plane Championships will enter history books no other reason long est Nats ever championships began July 23rd State Virginia didnt see final curtain drawn until midOctober plains southern Illinois Especially Free Flighters arranged vacation time around tendance Tidewater Nats July last-minute cancellation Outdoor Free Flight events except Scale came severe disappointment least initially Charles Catons K&B 325-powered Humming bird plans April 1986 MA captured everyones attention Class Gorgeous yel low model virtually ignored high winds log six max flights took first place National Free Flight Society President Tony Italiano starts engine Class B Power model Tony key figure rescheduling Free Flight Nats also topped Open B field model waning minutes weekend three quick maxes sun came out finalize Sunday began wind rain Once Nats over though attention AMA Headquarters could again revert dilemma Free Flight contingent make amends unfor tunate turn events canceled outdoor competition solution proposal made around first September NFFS Na tional Free Right Society belatedly re schedule canceled Free Flight events complete unused Nats trophies NFFS accepted challenge Within about nine days viable site confirmed Contest Director drafted volunteer force event directors tabulators necessities AMA FF Nats would clude CD Dick Smith left annuai contestant Sal Talbi pictured Starduster 900 Minus WW Ii years TaibIs 49th consecutIve National Contest 60 Model Aviation waiiace bucKets Johnson starts Su perTigre 60 huge Class D bird Wind breakers jackets vogue week end despite mostly sunny cloudless skies Left Warren Kurth repeated last years Payload win Pay-triot beautifully built September 1971 Model Airplane News plans Windy conditions forced flights hand launched Right Georgian Gawg Perryman C02-powered model Great Speck led Bird fleet prop speckled calls See-O-To does fly set new Category ill Open record meet Left Convened RCer Ed Keck gives pensive glance authors camera Brad Bane-designed Windwhip bested Open Class C Power contestants mere seven seconds six perfect maxes Right Ed Konefes lights dethermalizer fuse Guenther Nowak fifth Mulvihill Rubber pair joined Joe Macay comprised Watermelon Team won Three-Man Mulvihill Team event other helpers assembled Events recharted compression three days Arrangements ship awards Res ton VA made other odds ends least problem efficiently informing prospec tive contestants about rescheduled meet handled within space about Left FF Contest Board member Chris Matsuno sniffs thermal heaving HL Glider entry Center Bill Schiarb prepares fly A-2 Towline Glider entry Battle scars repaired Scotch tape carried him fourth place Right Tony Hutchins US team members Free Flight Junior World Championships Poland brought back exotic North Korean FAI Power model obtained trade Complete metal covering gadgetry galore make wonder well builder-of-the-model rule followed some countries February 1989 61 five weeksbooked Annual Tn-County Aero contest slated weekend ofClub/SAM 57 two-day contest seeOctober 14-16 Lawrencevile IL Theond weekend left third weekend small group scrambling ar- weekend October 14-16 looked range affair discounted firstlike favorable tuning corn crop weekend October too soon permit athad plagued SAM Champs contestants least some semblance proper notifica-at 3000-acre Mid-America Airport back tion seleeted facilityLawrence-in mid-July would gone should villes Mid-America Airportwas alreadyclear way unobstructed down wind chase least mile-and-a-half perimeter fences roads open fields beyond Indian summer region Left This study group Buckets Johnson Jim Summersett Charles Caton review remains Marvin Maces Pilfered Pearl lost argument concrete runway An unprecedented high wind took its toll Power models Right Father-son combo Bill Ja mie Jackson wind rubber motor Jamies P-30 stick model second P-30 copped first Junior Mulvihill Rubber event Left Duane Renkens CO2 entry powered tiny Brown Twin placed second Open three maxes Author thinks CO2 needs some rules tweaking make obtaining 2-mm max difficult some motors seem run forever Right Another split second cameraman would have completely missed Dick Rikels launch Class B Witch Doctor Rickel sixth Open age group Left Joe Macay launches huge Mulvihill shipsecond Open escape wind Rubber jobs wound downwind vehicles behind hastily rigged tarps Right Vicki Veach Muncie md Visitors Bureau shows off new CIA Central Indiana Aeromodelers honorary T-shirt caught AMA President Don Lowe Don circulated neariy whole session converse fliers officials usually stretched out good flying weather until about first November could expect beautiful outdoor experience previewed conditions taking TCAC/SAM 57 affair 8th 9th October As expected pesky corn gone fine flying weather marred slight drizzle moved part midday Sunday 88 contestants registered winners went home variety beautiful nate sterling silver platters Everyone went home bellyful good food cookout Saturday night door prizes worth well over $1 OOO doled out meal ticket holdersincluding lifetime SAM membership final ticket drawn final touch superb dinner arrange ments awards banquet showed group its best SAM 57 crowd sure knows put capstone its flying season Good show folks As Free Flight Nats began Friday fitful Indian summer weather van ished Instead faced blus tery strong southerly winds blowing mass unfriendly looking rain clouds However forecast upcoming weekend optimistic frontal clouds expected blow past Fri day sunny skies predicted told ourselves may make under wire frostbitten fingers yet Friday came though south erly wind still blowing unprece 62 Model Aviation dented 20 25 mph Fortunately skies sunnyour thermometers gratefully acknowledged 750 timesbut wind ever-present would remain us entire three-day weekend least some consolation flat ex panse airport itself well its oneand-a-half-mile downwind chase facility leading open fields Wabash Val ley flatlands beyond undaunted would flyand fly did Above combined din model engine noise chase bikes sputtering about sunny October skies presented motley picturehere gyrations streaking gas-powered missiles Rubber models comparatively lazy ascents Wheth er July October its still thrill Free Flighter absence contestants both Jun ior Senior poles age spectrum noticeable schools col leges session parents whod already expended vacation time expected 343 total entries fell oaly nine short published pre-regis tered Virginia Nats count Free Flight events addition Tidewater total pre sumably included Free Flight Gas Rubber Scale events making artificially high numerical comparison purposes Open Gas Charles Catons beauti fully finished K&B-powered Hummingbird Model Aviation April 1986 flew perContinued page 165 Bob Perkins launches 1/2A Bitch Hawk Bud Ellen Brown ready Buds Coupe placed fifth Tree line behind good dHiver entry its final flight Bud chal two miles distant strong drift took mod- lenged 25-mph winds capture first els right trees open fields ever Nats win Ellen excited rooter February 1989 63 ADOve senior age flier Paul Spangler flew Midwest Gollywock first place Mulvihill Paul chased foot model always win ning downwind race strong air currents Right jubilant Zygfryd Sullsz right once Poland now Chicago ac cepts Nats award FAI Power NFFS President Tony ital iano Plaques canceled FF events Virginia Nats Left LInwood Cochran readies unique quad-finned CO2 entry official flight Most models event used Cox 020 Pee Wee en gines Davis CO2 conversion head two tanks Center Thermistors reading 750F strong winds caused Mylar streamers fly nearly horizontal throughout weekend Most everyone wore warm coats jackets ward off chill felt Right Larry Veasman assembles Coupe dHiver entry Small Rubber models difficult keep sight two-minute-max flight time Models would usu ally beat chasers bikes 1 l/2-mile fence line downwind overfly conditions flat harvested farmland horizon excellent RADIO CONTROL SHORT KITS FOR THE SPORT MODELER BY POPULAR REQUEST WE HAVE ADDED THE CORSAIR TO OUR SHORT KIT LINE DESIGNED BY THE PROFESSIONAL R/C BUILDER AND FLIER LEMAR ALEXANDER THE CORSAIR IS BUILT AROUND FOAM CORE WING AND BOX FRAME FUSELAGE FOR SIMPLE BUT STURDY CONSTRUCTION IT IS VERY STABLE IN FLIGHT WITH NO TIP STALL HABITS THE CORSAIR HAS PLENTY OF WING AND TAIL AREA FOR THOSE SMOOTH FLARE OUT LANDINGS THE IDEA BEHIND OUR SHORT KIT LINE IS TO OFFER INEXPENSIVE WAY FOR MODELERS TO STEP UP INTO GOOD LOOKING SCALE WAR BIRD THAT IS EASY TO BUILD AND FUN TO FLY VISIT OUR OUTLET STORE AT IS MORGAN STREET IN CRYSTAL LAKE IL Phone 815/459-0417 THESE TWINS WERE DESIGNED BY NATIONALS CHAMPION HAL PARENTI AND REFLECT HIGH CALIBER OF MODEL ENGINEERING THAT IS HARD TO BEAT THEY HAVE OUTSTANDING FLIGHT PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SPEED RANGE P-38 LIGHTNING 70 SPAN . 7495 FOR 25 TO 50 ENGINES A-26 INVADER 68 SPAN . 6495 8%iWG MEG MORE SINGLE ENGINE FIGHTERS FOR 25 TO 50 ENGINES AGM2 ZERO 54 SPAN3750 F-AD TOMAHAWK 55 SPAN3750 P-39 AIRACOBRA 55 SPAN3750 F-SlD MUSTANG 54 SPAN3750 C202 FOLGORE 56 SPAN3750 FOCKE WULF 90 54 SPAN3750 SHORT KITS INCLUDE STYROFOAM WING CORES CANOPIES COWLS PLANS ENGINE MOUNTS FIREWALLS MOLDED MISC PARTS SOME HARDWARE AND MATERIALS LIST FOR BALSA AND ADDITIONAL OFF THE SHELF ITEMS NEEDED ORDERING SEND CHECK OR MONEY ORDER FOR REQUIRED AMOUNT PLUS $450 PER KIT CANADIANS ADD 5750 TO WING MFG PO BOX 33 CRYSTAL LAKE IL 60014 ILLINOIS RESIDENTS ADD 6% SALES TAX ALL ORDERS MUST BE IN US FUNDS SEND 5350 FOR PRODUCTS CATALOG native Mississippian active modeling since late 1940s retired Navy officer lives 900 Main Ave La Grande OR 97850 recently published article Chip Net Safety Baffler August 1987 Model Aviation Support/Palko Continued page 59 member people neigh bors friends like support Tell something need want Tell something dont like Speak up always bear mind much have done try express criticisms sug gestions diplomatically can FF Nats/Murphy Continued page 63 fectly constructed logged six maxes top Bob Dunhams Motovator gale force such saw least two flights model went up slight left pattern rather desired righthand groove Catons well-adjusted Hbird seemed impervious distortions its power pattern airplane must un doubtedly regarded finest AMA class model contest Although AMA Gas classes av eraged between 35-40 entries per event Open D Gas drew respectable 17 contend ers pair Texans down Al amo way would carry home top hard ware baffle big uns Lee Camp bell quipped earlier hed like see Nit Wit win Pearl coming sec ond score could simply read Nit Pearl two outcome instead Pearl Pearl two Marvin Maces Pilfered Pearl bested teammate Jim Summersetts similar design mere sev en seconds Third-place winner Bill Dunlops carbon fiber Ex-Cels went OOS out of-sight fourth max Seelig de thermalizer timer failed function model spotted next day air 20 miles north across Wabash River Indiana average Gas flier AMA class events appeared relatively less scien tific Rubber power counterpart regard use exotic thermal detection devices fiberglass pole adorned lar tape served Gas fliers standard di vining rod seemed satisfied keeping eye some other fellows pole other guy always tal ler pole located better posi tion anyway contrast gumband gang came well equipped deci mal-reading Haverhill digital thermometerson-a-stick accompanied assorted ver sions bubble machine contraption rang ing totally commercial custom-made origin something mystery bubble machines could deliver observable thermal detection ground winds streaking along horizontal paths seldom higher 10 ft off turf case often good air above ground gusts boom ers prevalent weekend long Fred Blom captured coveted Wake field trophy Ed Konefes Martin Richardson close behind popular P-30 event saw Frank Heeb eking out onesecond win over relative newcomer Bill Jackson obviously learning fast get maximum energy out rubberband First third places four seconds apart event longtime rubberband expert Gawg Perryman log ging four-second deficit third place Completing first days event card A-i Towline 020 Cargo Bill Schlarb took A-i Towline going away max-out-plus model flown Cargo belonging Robert Nich ols bucked wind lifting respectable 45 oz Nichols Cox 020 must surely suf fering hernia problem after feat No report Free Flight session com plete unless preceded account weather case Saturdays weather however can brief Conditions second day competition ex act replica Fridays sunny windy Ed Kecks model designed Brad Bane well named Windwhip attacked wayward gusts admira ble consistency Keck turned six maxes Charles Caton pulled up 7 sec short 13 sec ahead veteran Sal Taibis Starduster 900 Sal lone Cali fornia entrant motored across US once again seemingly ageless 56 Chevy will have turned over 600000 miles its speedometer trek home 49th consecutive Natsdisre garding course World War II years Nats held Thats some attendance record Keith Fulmer took V3A second year row though thought saw him dork model process Nat Comforts Max Hog missed third max 3 sec puffing him second slot James Thoruberry pulled tugged A-2 Towline first place FlA saw Andrew Barron stumbling around corn stubble field couple times attempting circle tow model occurred time could have moved about 30 ft left onto grass strip lined run way less hazardous situationbut maybe thermals concentrated over corn stubble Oh well what know Anyway Andy chugged third place hind Tennessee dance man 0 C Stewart Coupe dHiver Lawrenceville resi dent Bud Brown led scant six seconds over omnipresent Gawg Perryman George once heard say powers Gas jobs A-in Pirelli Roger Wathen Indianapolis brought down vanload youngsters participate February 1989 165 I-fl FOR 40 TO 60 ENGINE Hand-Launched Glider thereby making competitive both Junior Senior events Paul Wicks Paul Spangler earned top awards Junior Senior respectively Strong man Ber nie Boehm captured Open competition Al Beletz tied second place tall lanky Kevin Anderson final event Saturday Electric won Bob Nichols Electric B Sunday Both Electric events poorly supported leaving wonder side Rockies concept will ever gain enough momentum justifi split ting two classes Sundays weather presented contrast what first two days contest brought winds didnt stop un til around 9 am lot rain augment Clouds cooler tempera tures prevailed until midafternoon skies cleared After sun popped out again NFFS Prexy Tony Italiano put up three late after noon flightsand three maxesfor first place Open B Gas Shocer Tying second place Greg Hinrichs Bill Jenkins stymied just two seconds short three maxes well flyoff called CD Dick Smith gave Hinrichs sec ond-place award Like Electric FM Power saw poor sup port since some group used up energies participating US team finals Seguin TX previous weekend may Zyg fryd Sulisz posted respectable score top Doug Rabe fine-performing metalcovered model metal-covered jobs surely handsome make feel inadequate attempting fly silk- film-covered model against Tony Hutchins showed up metal-covered Korean power model swapped Junior World Champs Poland last August aircraft something behold no 16-year-old built sure Youth did win out over old masters traditional Mulvihill Rubber Open event Milwaukees Greg Hinrichs hatcheted old hands Joe Macay Chris Matsuno Gawg Perryman Guenther Nowak right down list 23 entrants Watermel team Nowak Konefes Macay outscored Sodhusters Perryman Mat suno Brown three-man Mulvihill honors Unlimited Dawn Rubber flown both Saturday Sunday mornings could fly either day both Ed Ko nefes outfiew Dave Platt honors event Warren Kurth repeated Payload champ attractive rendition colum nists PAY-TRIOT design Model Airplane News September 1971 design 20 years old year am still getting re quests plans Makes feel humble right Hand-launching permitted lieu ROG rise-off-ground requirement because gusty wind conditions George Perryman does own engine af ter alleven though evident record-setting seven-max performance Payload converted CO2 keeping rest stash colorful birds Perrymans original-design model came complete lotsa speckies Payload ap pears dire need some rule tweak ing since engines usually run nearly whole two-minute max way thinking event seems have go ing Electric categories cause model weights CO2 provide lighter wing loadings less model weight per sq wing area over missed pomp ceremony conventional unified Nats least absence grumbling about inadequate flying site facilities reprieve having simple ques tions met military-type runarounds uninformed officials welcome compen sations wind blewand blew never let upat least size field its accessibility model chasing helped us cope Most important tangible undercurrent appreciation put Free Flight Nats togetherthose made happen despite knowing two strikes al ready posted swat remaining result lots fun came hearty thank due dared Made America American Technology RIG & U/C ENGINES 15 thru 61 Glow Plugs & Spark Plugs Ignition Engines 29 35 ORIGINAL REPLACEMENT PARTS Kraft 61 Cox Conquest 15 Testor/McCoy Series 21 Taipan 40 HGK Forster Remco Viking twin DC 09 diesel Call wrtte free inforreotion RJL Industries PO Box 5 Sierra Macire CA 91024 818 359-0016 166 Model Aviation wen 1 5-2L ... Design weight 3-3% lbs Wing loading 3 lbs z Kit Features easy building balsa constructioni Mepie Engine Rails isoisted Tank Compartment Formed Music Wire Lending Gear THE FLORTO FLYER Zh SUNSHINE HOBBY READY TO FLY Call 1-800-45-TO FLY ACCESSORIES INCLUDED PIPER CHEROKEE-40$12999 PIPER CHEROKEE-2510899 FOKKER E111-4011999 FANCY STICK-4011499 FANCY STICK-256999 CESSNA 172-2010899 CONDOR-40L11999 TERCEL-4512199 ENGINE NOT INCLUDED PIONEER CAR$6000 ENGINE INCLUDED 17221 South Western Avenue Gardena California 90247 CONTACT us FOR THIS MONTHS SPECIAL yflEARAFL40j265 SIZE SHARK SSSS-SPANSTRAIGHT SHOULDER WING SHARK ST SPAN TAPERED SHOULDER WING 105 WING CORD S7USU IN 4 TO S5L5PIBRRGLASS COWL ALUMINUM MAIN GEAR FLY AS TRI GEAR OR TAILORAGGER BALSA PeE-BUILT FUSALAGE BALSA SHEATED iLS FOAM CORE WING MACHINE CUT B HAND SANDED STABLLIZER INTRODUCTORY PRICE Eu 569 9U54O0 HANDLING MC VISA 9 MO UPS CODE 5275 AMEOP ADDA1/2 TAD IN TEXAS KINGSWAY ENTERPRISES TAMPIO4506 WILDACRES SASEHOUSTON TEXAS 77072 FOR CATALOG CALL1-7i3-621 7782 Advanced Transmitter Capabilities Low Cost ATRCSTM Stores Four Aircraft Setups Includes Seven Different Servo Configurations Individual Surface Travel Limits Centering Single Switch Presets Launch Speed Modes Full Trailing Edge Control Enhanced Mixing Functions Crow Landing Capability Fully installed kit Control Systems 238 5 Hillview Dr Milpitas CA 95035 408 946-4142 Air mnimlM Module 75pTM registered trademarks Airironics Inc A-tracks Works with standard FM/PPM Receivers Airtronics PCM Receivers Convertsthe Module advanced computerized control system Advanced Technology Radio Control System See downwind instance w-a-a-a-y downwind FF Scale/Warner Continued page 65 passing out copies famous Flying Aces Club newsletter fliers attended Bridgeport-based twice-yearly meets Connec ticut Stott Thompson later began sending out copies newsletter key people model ing help propagate back real model ing brand laid-back modeling caught Since its beginnings early Sixties FAC has gone international Peanut Scale largely clubs invention now standard event countries England France Bel gium Czechoslovakia name few Dave Stott restates what may rea sons popularity Flying Aces move ment its emphasis Rubber Scale nonserious competition cites case Ken Groves heavily Mulvihill Wakefield Rubber competition Ken said him self way back third max flight contest Im working too hard So went Rubber Scale about sums up excites us play work presentiy number Hying Aces oriented clubs around country ing formed time national comman dant Lin Reichel holds loose confed eration together publishes official na tional newsletter youd like part fun send nine bucks years membership Flying Aces News 3301 Cindy Lane Erie PA 16506 DC Maxecuters active accomplished clubs country has super newsletter available anyone sends $10 year Allan Schanzle 20008 Spur Hill Dr Gaithersburg MD 20879 Flightmasters southern California area has decided go Flying Aces orien tation membership year stands $15 its just $12 newsletter alone Send check Flightmasters Byron Calomiris 3406 Fda Ave Long Beach CA 90808 Arizonas Cactus Squadron can contacted through Dave Smith Cactus Squadron GHQ 1041 East Rawhide Gilbert AZ 85234 publish good newsletter yearly dues $10 San Diego Scale Staffel also well worthy mention its emphasis Rubber Scale FAC spirit FAC member Tom Arnold does newsletter dues $10/year payable Scale Staffel/Dave Kemp 8905 Idyllwild Lane San Diego CA 92119 Dec Martins legendary MIAMA Hangar Pilot newsletter Miami FL has Indoor orienta tion can get $10/year Dr John Martin 2180 Tigertail Ave Miami FL 33133 Other newsletters often contain FF Scale stuff interest Michigan Antique Mod eler Newsletter comes out four times year $275 Karl Spielmaker Editor 4690 Burlingame SW Wyoming MI 49509 Winding Stooge $10 eight issues Tom Winter 1010 Eastridge Dr Lincoln NE 68510 Nebraska Free Flighters Wing Tips Mid-Hudson Model Masters $7/year Scott Smith RD #1 Box 290 Athens NY 12015 NMFF Newsletter New Mexico Free Flighters $7/year Ann Eckerson 810 Baird Circle Aztec NM 87410 Several newsletters relatively dormant moment may have inadvertently omit ted some groups action area please let know am constantly getting let ters modelers wanting know get air like-minded souls neck woods Most newsletters excellent sources plans hints tips news upeoming events information-wanted requests like Sup port em keeping real modeling alive Murphy alive well Africa lat est issue MIAMA Hangar Pilot comes item having excerpted turn Golf ers World Matthieu Boya lives small West African country Benin practicing golf ad jacent countrys prime military airfield drives hit bird smashed windshield jet mid-takeoff pi lot lost control plane careened off runway crashed remaining four planes Benins air force Benin govermnent held Boya responsible tune 44 million bucks charged him hooliganism offense punishable six-month prison term Good news Boya received seven-day suspended jail sentence fine reduce $45 Bad news Boya makes $325 year bad news Benin still doesnt have air force Wow some guy can damage golf bail just think what could 55lb model airplane Stay away birds air bases flying under legal altitude limit skysters unofficial Peanut World Championships Flemalle Belgium have attracting cream European Peanutters last few years year report comes Lubomir Koutny Czechoslovakia start months advance arrange trip Belgium First money arranged special account set up just trip abroad Czech government allowed him take $20 per day out country hardly pays hotel days year make two trips Brno pronounced Bruno capital Prague get through red tape Lubomir accompanied Flemalle year Tonda Alfery creator fantastic vacu-formed polystyrene-sheet Peanuts Having used 40-meter-high ceiling Brno shock two intrepid Czechs find Belgian hall mere eight-to-ilmeter ceiling big wooden ribs sides ceiling Lubomirs own words very friendly condition gave forget us handicap soon Peanut Scale divided two events favoring Scale favoring duration Belgian Peanut Scale rules require fly three flights ROG 15-sec qualifying time flight winners deter mined based static-judging scores have validated flying requirement winner event George Kandyla February 1989 167
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/02
Page Numbers: 60, 61, 62, 63, 165, 166, 167
0 1988 Free Flight Nab Canceled Tidewater Virginia location events re scheduled Illinois October Turnout great considering short time pub licity modelers U Harry Murphy THE 1988 AMA NATIONAL Model Air plane Championships will enter history books no other reason long est Nats ever championships began July 23rd State Virginia didnt see final curtain drawn until midOctober plains southern Illinois Especially Free Flighters arranged vacation time around tendance Tidewater Nats July last-minute cancellation Outdoor Free Flight events except Scale came severe disappointment least initially Charles Catons K&B 325-powered Humming bird plans April 1986 MA captured everyones attention Class Gorgeous yel low model virtually ignored high winds log six max flights took first place National Free Flight Society President Tony Italiano starts engine Class B Power model Tony key figure rescheduling Free Flight Nats also topped Open B field model waning minutes weekend three quick maxes sun came out finalize Sunday began wind rain Once Nats over though attention AMA Headquarters could again revert dilemma Free Flight contingent make amends unfor tunate turn events canceled outdoor competition solution proposal made around first September NFFS Na tional Free Right Society belatedly re schedule canceled Free Flight events complete unused Nats trophies NFFS accepted challenge Within about nine days viable site confirmed Contest Director drafted volunteer force event directors tabulators necessities AMA FF Nats would clude CD Dick Smith left annuai contestant Sal Talbi pictured Starduster 900 Minus WW Ii years TaibIs 49th consecutIve National Contest 60 Model Aviation waiiace bucKets Johnson starts Su perTigre 60 huge Class D bird Wind breakers jackets vogue week end despite mostly sunny cloudless skies Left Warren Kurth repeated last years Payload win Pay-triot beautifully built September 1971 Model Airplane News plans Windy conditions forced flights hand launched Right Georgian Gawg Perryman C02-powered model Great Speck led Bird fleet prop speckled calls See-O-To does fly set new Category ill Open record meet Left Convened RCer Ed Keck gives pensive glance authors camera Brad Bane-designed Windwhip bested Open Class C Power contestants mere seven seconds six perfect maxes Right Ed Konefes lights dethermalizer fuse Guenther Nowak fifth Mulvihill Rubber pair joined Joe Macay comprised Watermelon Team won Three-Man Mulvihill Team event other helpers assembled Events recharted compression three days Arrangements ship awards Res ton VA made other odds ends least problem efficiently informing prospec tive contestants about rescheduled meet handled within space about Left FF Contest Board member Chris Matsuno sniffs thermal heaving HL Glider entry Center Bill Schiarb prepares fly A-2 Towline Glider entry Battle scars repaired Scotch tape carried him fourth place Right Tony Hutchins US team members Free Flight Junior World Championships Poland brought back exotic North Korean FAI Power model obtained trade Complete metal covering gadgetry galore make wonder well builder-of-the-model rule followed some countries February 1989 61 five weeksbooked Annual Tn-County Aero contest slated weekend ofClub/SAM 57 two-day contest seeOctober 14-16 Lawrencevile IL Theond weekend left third weekend small group scrambling ar- weekend October 14-16 looked range affair discounted firstlike favorable tuning corn crop weekend October too soon permit athad plagued SAM Champs contestants least some semblance proper notifica-at 3000-acre Mid-America Airport back tion seleeted facilityLawrence-in mid-July would gone should villes Mid-America Airportwas alreadyclear way unobstructed down wind chase least mile-and-a-half perimeter fences roads open fields beyond Indian summer region Left This study group Buckets Johnson Jim Summersett Charles Caton review remains Marvin Maces Pilfered Pearl lost argument concrete runway An unprecedented high wind took its toll Power models Right Father-son combo Bill Ja mie Jackson wind rubber motor Jamies P-30 stick model second P-30 copped first Junior Mulvihill Rubber event Left Duane Renkens CO2 entry powered tiny Brown Twin placed second Open three maxes Author thinks CO2 needs some rules tweaking make obtaining 2-mm max difficult some motors seem run forever Right Another split second cameraman would have completely missed Dick Rikels launch Class B Witch Doctor Rickel sixth Open age group Left Joe Macay launches huge Mulvihill shipsecond Open escape wind Rubber jobs wound downwind vehicles behind hastily rigged tarps Right Vicki Veach Muncie md Visitors Bureau shows off new CIA Central Indiana Aeromodelers honorary T-shirt caught AMA President Don Lowe Don circulated neariy whole session converse fliers officials usually stretched out good flying weather until about first November could expect beautiful outdoor experience previewed conditions taking TCAC/SAM 57 affair 8th 9th October As expected pesky corn gone fine flying weather marred slight drizzle moved part midday Sunday 88 contestants registered winners went home variety beautiful nate sterling silver platters Everyone went home bellyful good food cookout Saturday night door prizes worth well over $1 OOO doled out meal ticket holdersincluding lifetime SAM membership final ticket drawn final touch superb dinner arrange ments awards banquet showed group its best SAM 57 crowd sure knows put capstone its flying season Good show folks As Free Flight Nats began Friday fitful Indian summer weather van ished Instead faced blus tery strong southerly winds blowing mass unfriendly looking rain clouds However forecast upcoming weekend optimistic frontal clouds expected blow past Fri day sunny skies predicted told ourselves may make under wire frostbitten fingers yet Friday came though south erly wind still blowing unprece 62 Model Aviation dented 20 25 mph Fortunately skies sunnyour thermometers gratefully acknowledged 750 timesbut wind ever-present would remain us entire three-day weekend least some consolation flat ex panse airport itself well its oneand-a-half-mile downwind chase facility leading open fields Wabash Val ley flatlands beyond undaunted would flyand fly did Above combined din model engine noise chase bikes sputtering about sunny October skies presented motley picturehere gyrations streaking gas-powered missiles Rubber models comparatively lazy ascents Wheth er July October its still thrill Free Flighter absence contestants both Jun ior Senior poles age spectrum noticeable schools col leges session parents whod already expended vacation time expected 343 total entries fell oaly nine short published pre-regis tered Virginia Nats count Free Flight events addition Tidewater total pre sumably included Free Flight Gas Rubber Scale events making artificially high numerical comparison purposes Open Gas Charles Catons beauti fully finished K&B-powered Hummingbird Model Aviation April 1986 flew perContinued page 165 Bob Perkins launches 1/2A Bitch Hawk Bud Ellen Brown ready Buds Coupe placed fifth Tree line behind good dHiver entry its final flight Bud chal two miles distant strong drift took mod- lenged 25-mph winds capture first els right trees open fields ever Nats win Ellen excited rooter February 1989 63 ADOve senior age flier Paul Spangler flew Midwest Gollywock first place Mulvihill Paul chased foot model always win ning downwind race strong air currents Right jubilant Zygfryd Sullsz right once Poland now Chicago ac cepts Nats award FAI Power NFFS President Tony ital iano Plaques canceled FF events Virginia Nats Left LInwood Cochran readies unique quad-finned CO2 entry official flight Most models event used Cox 020 Pee Wee en gines Davis CO2 conversion head two tanks Center Thermistors reading 750F strong winds caused Mylar streamers fly nearly horizontal throughout weekend Most everyone wore warm coats jackets ward off chill felt Right Larry Veasman assembles Coupe dHiver entry Small Rubber models difficult keep sight two-minute-max flight time Models would usu ally beat chasers bikes 1 l/2-mile fence line downwind overfly conditions flat harvested farmland horizon excellent RADIO CONTROL SHORT KITS FOR THE SPORT MODELER BY POPULAR REQUEST WE HAVE ADDED THE CORSAIR TO OUR SHORT KIT LINE DESIGNED BY THE PROFESSIONAL R/C BUILDER AND FLIER LEMAR ALEXANDER THE CORSAIR IS BUILT AROUND FOAM CORE WING AND BOX FRAME FUSELAGE FOR SIMPLE BUT STURDY CONSTRUCTION IT IS VERY STABLE IN FLIGHT WITH NO TIP STALL HABITS THE CORSAIR HAS PLENTY OF WING AND TAIL AREA FOR THOSE SMOOTH FLARE OUT LANDINGS THE IDEA BEHIND OUR SHORT KIT LINE IS TO OFFER INEXPENSIVE WAY FOR MODELERS TO STEP UP INTO GOOD LOOKING SCALE WAR BIRD THAT IS EASY TO BUILD AND FUN TO FLY VISIT OUR OUTLET STORE AT IS MORGAN STREET IN CRYSTAL LAKE IL Phone 815/459-0417 THESE TWINS WERE DESIGNED BY NATIONALS CHAMPION HAL PARENTI AND REFLECT HIGH CALIBER OF MODEL ENGINEERING THAT IS HARD TO BEAT THEY HAVE OUTSTANDING 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people neigh bors friends like support Tell something need want Tell something dont like Speak up always bear mind much have done try express criticisms sug gestions diplomatically can FF Nats/Murphy Continued page 63 fectly constructed logged six maxes top Bob Dunhams Motovator gale force such saw least two flights model went up slight left pattern rather desired righthand groove Catons well-adjusted Hbird seemed impervious distortions its power pattern airplane must un doubtedly regarded finest AMA class model contest Although AMA Gas classes av eraged between 35-40 entries per event Open D Gas drew respectable 17 contend ers pair Texans down Al amo way would carry home top hard ware baffle big uns Lee Camp bell quipped earlier hed like see Nit Wit win Pearl coming sec ond score could simply read Nit Pearl two outcome instead Pearl Pearl two Marvin Maces Pilfered Pearl bested teammate Jim Summersetts similar design mere sev en seconds Third-place winner Bill Dunlops carbon fiber Ex-Cels went OOS out of-sight fourth max Seelig de thermalizer timer failed function model spotted next day air 20 miles north across Wabash River Indiana average Gas flier AMA class events appeared relatively less scien tific Rubber power counterpart regard use exotic thermal detection devices fiberglass pole adorned lar tape served Gas fliers standard di vining rod seemed satisfied keeping eye some other fellows pole other guy always tal ler pole located better posi tion anyway contrast gumband gang came well equipped deci mal-reading Haverhill digital thermometerson-a-stick accompanied assorted ver sions bubble machine contraption rang ing totally commercial custom-made origin something mystery bubble machines could deliver observable thermal detection ground winds streaking along horizontal paths seldom higher 10 ft off turf case often good air above ground gusts boom ers prevalent weekend long Fred Blom captured coveted Wake field trophy Ed Konefes Martin Richardson close behind popular P-30 event saw Frank Heeb eking out onesecond win over relative newcomer Bill Jackson obviously learning fast get maximum energy out rubberband First third places four seconds apart event longtime rubberband expert Gawg Perryman log ging four-second deficit third place Completing first days event card A-i Towline 020 Cargo Bill Schlarb took A-i Towline going away max-out-plus model flown Cargo belonging Robert Nich ols bucked wind lifting respectable 45 oz Nichols Cox 020 must surely suf fering hernia problem after feat No report Free Flight session com plete unless preceded account weather case Saturdays weather however can brief Conditions second day competition ex act replica Fridays sunny windy Ed Kecks model designed Brad Bane well named Windwhip attacked wayward gusts admira ble consistency Keck turned six maxes Charles Caton pulled up 7 sec short 13 sec ahead veteran Sal Taibis Starduster 900 Sal lone Cali fornia entrant motored across US once again seemingly ageless 56 Chevy will have turned over 600000 miles its speedometer trek home 49th consecutive Natsdisre garding course World War II years Nats held Thats some attendance record Keith Fulmer took V3A second year row though thought saw him dork model process Nat Comforts Max Hog missed third max 3 sec puffing him second slot James Thoruberry pulled tugged A-2 Towline first place FlA saw Andrew Barron stumbling around corn stubble field couple times attempting circle tow model occurred time could have moved about 30 ft left onto grass strip lined run way less hazardous situationbut maybe thermals concentrated over corn stubble Oh well what know Anyway Andy chugged third place hind Tennessee dance man 0 C Stewart Coupe dHiver Lawrenceville resi dent Bud Brown led scant six seconds over omnipresent Gawg Perryman George once heard say powers Gas jobs A-in Pirelli Roger Wathen Indianapolis brought down vanload youngsters participate February 1989 165 I-fl FOR 40 TO 60 ENGINE Hand-Launched Glider thereby making competitive both Junior Senior events Paul Wicks Paul Spangler earned top awards Junior Senior respectively Strong man Ber nie Boehm captured Open competition Al Beletz tied second place tall lanky Kevin Anderson final event Saturday Electric won Bob Nichols Electric B Sunday Both Electric events poorly supported leaving wonder side Rockies concept will ever gain enough momentum justifi split ting two classes Sundays weather presented contrast what first two days contest brought winds didnt stop un til around 9 am lot rain augment Clouds cooler tempera tures prevailed until midafternoon skies cleared After sun popped out again NFFS Prexy Tony Italiano put up three late after noon flightsand three maxesfor first place Open B Gas Shocer Tying second place Greg Hinrichs Bill Jenkins stymied just two seconds short three maxes well flyoff called CD Dick Smith gave Hinrichs sec ond-place award Like Electric FM Power saw poor sup port since some group used up energies participating US team finals Seguin TX previous weekend may Zyg fryd Sulisz posted respectable score top Doug Rabe fine-performing metalcovered model metal-covered jobs surely handsome make feel inadequate attempting fly silk- film-covered model against Tony Hutchins showed up metal-covered Korean power model swapped Junior World Champs Poland last August aircraft something behold no 16-year-old built sure Youth did win out over old masters traditional Mulvihill Rubber Open event Milwaukees Greg Hinrichs hatcheted old hands Joe Macay Chris Matsuno Gawg Perryman Guenther Nowak right down list 23 entrants Watermel team Nowak Konefes Macay outscored Sodhusters Perryman Mat suno Brown three-man Mulvihill honors Unlimited Dawn Rubber flown both Saturday Sunday mornings could fly either day both Ed Ko nefes outfiew Dave Platt honors event Warren Kurth repeated Payload champ attractive rendition colum nists PAY-TRIOT design Model Airplane News September 1971 design 20 years old year am still getting re quests plans Makes feel humble right Hand-launching permitted lieu ROG rise-off-ground requirement because gusty wind conditions George Perryman does own engine af ter alleven though evident record-setting seven-max performance Payload converted CO2 keeping rest stash colorful birds Perrymans original-design model came complete lotsa speckies Payload ap pears dire need some rule tweak ing since engines usually run nearly whole two-minute max way thinking event seems have go ing Electric categories cause model weights CO2 provide lighter wing loadings less model weight per sq wing area over missed pomp ceremony conventional unified Nats least absence grumbling about inadequate flying site facilities reprieve having simple ques tions met military-type runarounds uninformed officials welcome compen sations wind blewand blew never let upat least size field its accessibility model chasing helped us cope Most important tangible undercurrent appreciation put Free Flight Nats togetherthose made happen despite knowing two strikes al ready posted swat remaining result lots fun came hearty thank due dared Made America American Technology RIG & U/C ENGINES 15 thru 61 Glow Plugs & Spark Plugs Ignition Engines 29 35 ORIGINAL REPLACEMENT PARTS Kraft 61 Cox Conquest 15 Testor/McCoy Series 21 Taipan 40 HGK Forster Remco Viking twin DC 09 diesel Call wrtte free inforreotion RJL Industries PO Box 5 Sierra Macire CA 91024 818 359-0016 166 Model Aviation wen 1 5-2L ... Design weight 3-3% lbs Wing loading 3 lbs z Kit Features easy building balsa constructioni Mepie Engine Rails isoisted Tank Compartment Formed Music Wire Lending Gear THE FLORTO FLYER Zh SUNSHINE HOBBY READY TO FLY Call 1-800-45-TO FLY ACCESSORIES INCLUDED PIPER CHEROKEE-40$12999 PIPER CHEROKEE-2510899 FOKKER E111-4011999 FANCY STICK-4011499 FANCY STICK-256999 CESSNA 172-2010899 CONDOR-40L11999 TERCEL-4512199 ENGINE NOT INCLUDED PIONEER CAR$6000 ENGINE INCLUDED 17221 South Western Avenue Gardena California 90247 CONTACT us FOR THIS MONTHS SPECIAL yflEARAFL40j265 SIZE SHARK SSSS-SPANSTRAIGHT SHOULDER WING SHARK ST SPAN TAPERED SHOULDER WING 105 WING CORD S7USU IN 4 TO S5L5PIBRRGLASS COWL ALUMINUM MAIN GEAR FLY AS TRI GEAR OR TAILORAGGER BALSA PeE-BUILT FUSALAGE BALSA SHEATED iLS FOAM CORE WING MACHINE CUT B HAND SANDED STABLLIZER INTRODUCTORY PRICE Eu 569 9U54O0 HANDLING MC VISA 9 MO UPS CODE 5275 AMEOP ADDA1/2 TAD IN TEXAS KINGSWAY ENTERPRISES TAMPIO4506 WILDACRES SASEHOUSTON TEXAS 77072 FOR CATALOG CALL1-7i3-621 7782 Advanced Transmitter Capabilities Low Cost ATRCSTM Stores Four Aircraft Setups Includes Seven Different Servo Configurations Individual Surface Travel Limits Centering Single Switch Presets Launch Speed Modes Full Trailing Edge Control Enhanced Mixing Functions Crow Landing Capability Fully installed kit Control Systems 238 5 Hillview Dr Milpitas CA 95035 408 946-4142 Air mnimlM Module 75pTM registered trademarks Airironics Inc A-tracks Works with standard FM/PPM Receivers Airtronics PCM Receivers Convertsthe Module advanced computerized control system Advanced Technology Radio Control System See downwind instance w-a-a-a-y downwind FF Scale/Warner Continued page 65 passing out copies famous Flying Aces Club newsletter fliers attended Bridgeport-based twice-yearly meets Connec ticut Stott Thompson later began sending out copies newsletter key people model ing help propagate back real model ing brand laid-back modeling caught Since its beginnings early Sixties FAC has gone international Peanut Scale largely clubs invention now standard event countries England France Bel gium Czechoslovakia name few Dave Stott restates what may rea sons popularity Flying Aces move ment its emphasis Rubber Scale nonserious competition cites case Ken Groves heavily Mulvihill Wakefield Rubber competition Ken said him self way back third max flight contest Im working too hard So went Rubber Scale about sums up excites us play work presentiy number Hying Aces oriented clubs around country ing formed time national comman dant Lin Reichel holds loose confed eration together publishes official na tional newsletter youd like part fun send nine bucks years membership Flying Aces News 3301 Cindy Lane Erie PA 16506 DC Maxecuters active accomplished clubs country has super newsletter available anyone sends $10 year Allan Schanzle 20008 Spur Hill Dr Gaithersburg MD 20879 Flightmasters southern California area has decided go Flying Aces orien tation membership year stands $15 its just $12 newsletter alone Send check Flightmasters Byron Calomiris 3406 Fda Ave Long Beach CA 90808 Arizonas Cactus Squadron can contacted through Dave Smith Cactus Squadron GHQ 1041 East Rawhide Gilbert AZ 85234 publish good newsletter yearly dues $10 San Diego Scale Staffel also well worthy mention its emphasis Rubber Scale FAC spirit FAC member Tom Arnold does newsletter dues $10/year payable Scale Staffel/Dave Kemp 8905 Idyllwild Lane San Diego CA 92119 Dec Martins legendary MIAMA Hangar Pilot newsletter Miami FL has Indoor orienta tion can get $10/year Dr John Martin 2180 Tigertail Ave Miami FL 33133 Other newsletters often contain FF Scale stuff interest Michigan Antique Mod eler Newsletter comes out four times year $275 Karl Spielmaker Editor 4690 Burlingame SW Wyoming MI 49509 Winding Stooge $10 eight issues Tom Winter 1010 Eastridge Dr Lincoln NE 68510 Nebraska Free Flighters Wing Tips Mid-Hudson Model Masters $7/year Scott Smith RD #1 Box 290 Athens NY 12015 NMFF Newsletter New Mexico Free Flighters $7/year Ann Eckerson 810 Baird Circle Aztec NM 87410 Several newsletters relatively dormant moment may have inadvertently omit ted some groups action area please let know am constantly getting let ters modelers wanting know get air like-minded souls neck woods Most newsletters excellent sources plans hints tips news upeoming events information-wanted requests like Sup port em keeping real modeling alive Murphy alive well Africa lat est issue MIAMA Hangar Pilot comes item having excerpted turn Golf ers World Matthieu Boya lives small West African country Benin practicing golf ad jacent countrys prime military airfield drives hit bird smashed windshield jet mid-takeoff pi lot lost control plane careened off runway crashed remaining four planes Benins air force Benin govermnent held Boya responsible tune 44 million bucks charged him hooliganism offense punishable six-month prison term Good news Boya received seven-day suspended jail sentence fine reduce $45 Bad news Boya makes $325 year bad news Benin still doesnt have air force Wow some guy can damage golf bail just think what could 55lb model airplane Stay away birds air bases flying under legal altitude limit skysters unofficial Peanut World Championships Flemalle Belgium have attracting cream European Peanutters last few years year report comes Lubomir Koutny Czechoslovakia start months advance arrange trip Belgium First money arranged special account set up just trip abroad Czech government allowed him take $20 per day out country hardly pays hotel days year make two trips Brno pronounced Bruno capital Prague get through red tape Lubomir accompanied Flemalle year Tonda Alfery creator fantastic vacu-formed polystyrene-sheet Peanuts Having used 40-meter-high ceiling Brno shock two intrepid Czechs find Belgian hall mere eight-to-ilmeter ceiling big wooden ribs sides ceiling Lubomirs own words very friendly condition gave forget us handicap soon Peanut Scale divided two events favoring Scale favoring duration Belgian Peanut Scale rules require fly three flights ROG 15-sec qualifying time flight winners deter mined based static-judging scores have validated flying requirement winner event George Kandyla February 1989 167
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/02
Page Numbers: 60, 61, 62, 63, 165, 166, 167
0 1988 Free Flight Nab Canceled Tidewater Virginia location events re scheduled Illinois October Turnout great considering short time pub licity modelers U Harry Murphy THE 1988 AMA NATIONAL Model Air plane Championships will enter history books no other reason long est Nats ever championships began July 23rd State Virginia didnt see final curtain drawn until midOctober plains southern Illinois Especially Free Flighters arranged vacation time around tendance Tidewater Nats July last-minute cancellation Outdoor Free Flight events except Scale came severe disappointment least initially Charles Catons K&B 325-powered Humming bird plans April 1986 MA captured everyones attention Class Gorgeous yel low model virtually ignored high winds log six max flights took first place National Free Flight Society President Tony Italiano starts engine Class B Power model Tony key figure rescheduling Free Flight Nats also topped Open B field model waning minutes weekend three quick maxes sun came out finalize Sunday began wind rain Once Nats over though attention AMA Headquarters could again revert dilemma Free Flight contingent make amends unfor tunate turn events canceled outdoor competition solution proposal made around first September NFFS Na tional Free Right Society belatedly re schedule canceled Free Flight events complete unused Nats trophies NFFS accepted challenge Within about nine days viable site confirmed Contest Director drafted volunteer force event directors tabulators necessities AMA FF Nats would clude CD Dick Smith left annuai contestant Sal Talbi pictured Starduster 900 Minus WW Ii years TaibIs 49th consecutIve National Contest 60 Model Aviation waiiace bucKets Johnson starts Su perTigre 60 huge Class D bird Wind breakers jackets vogue week end despite mostly sunny cloudless skies Left Warren Kurth repeated last years Payload win Pay-triot beautifully built September 1971 Model Airplane News plans Windy conditions forced flights hand launched Right Georgian Gawg Perryman C02-powered model Great Speck led Bird fleet prop speckled calls See-O-To does fly set new Category ill Open record meet Left Convened RCer Ed Keck gives pensive glance authors camera Brad Bane-designed Windwhip bested Open Class C Power contestants mere seven seconds six perfect maxes Right Ed Konefes lights dethermalizer fuse Guenther Nowak fifth Mulvihill Rubber pair joined Joe Macay comprised Watermelon Team won Three-Man Mulvihill Team event other helpers assembled Events recharted compression three days Arrangements ship awards Res ton VA made other odds ends least problem efficiently informing prospec tive contestants about rescheduled meet handled within space about Left FF Contest Board member Chris Matsuno sniffs thermal heaving HL Glider entry Center Bill Schiarb prepares fly A-2 Towline Glider entry Battle scars repaired Scotch tape carried him fourth place Right Tony Hutchins US team members Free Flight Junior World Championships Poland brought back exotic North Korean FAI Power model obtained trade Complete metal covering gadgetry galore make wonder well builder-of-the-model rule followed some countries February 1989 61 five weeksbooked Annual Tn-County Aero contest slated weekend ofClub/SAM 57 two-day contest seeOctober 14-16 Lawrencevile IL Theond weekend left third weekend small group scrambling ar- weekend October 14-16 looked range affair discounted firstlike favorable tuning corn crop weekend October too soon permit athad plagued SAM Champs contestants least some semblance proper notifica-at 3000-acre Mid-America Airport back tion seleeted facilityLawrence-in mid-July would gone should villes Mid-America Airportwas alreadyclear way unobstructed down wind chase least mile-and-a-half perimeter fences roads open fields beyond Indian summer region Left This study group Buckets Johnson Jim Summersett Charles Caton review remains Marvin Maces Pilfered Pearl lost argument concrete runway An unprecedented high wind took its toll Power models Right Father-son combo Bill Ja mie Jackson wind rubber motor Jamies P-30 stick model second P-30 copped first Junior Mulvihill Rubber event Left Duane Renkens CO2 entry powered tiny Brown Twin placed second Open three maxes Author thinks CO2 needs some rules tweaking make obtaining 2-mm max difficult some motors seem run forever Right Another split second cameraman would have completely missed Dick Rikels launch Class B Witch Doctor Rickel sixth Open age group Left Joe Macay launches huge Mulvihill shipsecond Open escape wind Rubber jobs wound downwind vehicles behind hastily rigged tarps Right Vicki Veach Muncie md Visitors Bureau shows off new CIA Central Indiana Aeromodelers honorary T-shirt caught AMA President Don Lowe Don circulated neariy whole session converse fliers officials usually stretched out good flying weather until about first November could expect beautiful outdoor experience previewed conditions taking TCAC/SAM 57 affair 8th 9th October As expected pesky corn gone fine flying weather marred slight drizzle moved part midday Sunday 88 contestants registered winners went home variety beautiful nate sterling silver platters Everyone went home bellyful good food cookout Saturday night door prizes worth well over $1 OOO doled out meal ticket holdersincluding lifetime SAM membership final ticket drawn final touch superb dinner arrange ments awards banquet showed group its best SAM 57 crowd sure knows put capstone its flying season Good show folks As Free Flight Nats began Friday fitful Indian summer weather van ished Instead faced blus tery strong southerly winds blowing mass unfriendly looking rain clouds However forecast upcoming weekend optimistic frontal clouds expected blow past Fri day sunny skies predicted told ourselves may make under wire frostbitten fingers yet Friday came though south erly wind still blowing unprece 62 Model Aviation dented 20 25 mph Fortunately skies sunnyour thermometers gratefully acknowledged 750 timesbut wind ever-present would remain us entire three-day weekend least some consolation flat ex panse airport itself well its oneand-a-half-mile downwind chase facility leading open fields Wabash Val ley flatlands beyond undaunted would flyand fly did Above combined din model engine noise chase bikes sputtering about sunny October skies presented motley picturehere gyrations streaking gas-powered missiles Rubber models comparatively lazy ascents Wheth er July October its still thrill Free Flighter absence contestants both Jun ior Senior poles age spectrum noticeable schools col leges session parents whod already expended vacation time expected 343 total entries fell oaly nine short published pre-regis tered Virginia Nats count Free Flight events addition Tidewater total pre sumably included Free Flight Gas Rubber Scale events making artificially high numerical comparison purposes Open Gas Charles Catons beauti fully finished K&B-powered Hummingbird Model Aviation April 1986 flew perContinued page 165 Bob Perkins launches 1/2A Bitch Hawk Bud Ellen Brown ready Buds Coupe placed fifth Tree line behind good dHiver entry its final flight Bud chal two miles distant strong drift took mod- lenged 25-mph winds capture first els right trees open fields ever Nats win Ellen excited rooter February 1989 63 ADOve senior age flier Paul Spangler flew Midwest Gollywock first place Mulvihill Paul chased foot model always win ning downwind race strong air currents Right jubilant Zygfryd Sullsz right once Poland now Chicago ac cepts Nats award FAI Power NFFS President Tony ital iano Plaques canceled FF events Virginia Nats Left LInwood Cochran readies unique quad-finned CO2 entry official flight Most models event used Cox 020 Pee Wee en gines Davis CO2 conversion head two tanks Center Thermistors reading 750F strong winds caused Mylar streamers fly nearly horizontal throughout weekend Most everyone wore warm coats jackets ward off chill felt Right Larry Veasman assembles Coupe dHiver entry Small Rubber models difficult keep sight two-minute-max flight time Models would usu ally beat chasers bikes 1 l/2-mile fence line downwind overfly conditions flat harvested farmland horizon excellent RADIO CONTROL SHORT KITS FOR THE SPORT MODELER BY POPULAR REQUEST WE HAVE ADDED THE CORSAIR TO OUR SHORT KIT LINE DESIGNED BY THE PROFESSIONAL R/C BUILDER AND FLIER LEMAR ALEXANDER THE CORSAIR IS BUILT AROUND FOAM CORE WING AND BOX FRAME FUSELAGE FOR SIMPLE BUT STURDY CONSTRUCTION IT IS VERY STABLE IN FLIGHT WITH NO TIP STALL HABITS THE CORSAIR HAS PLENTY OF WING AND TAIL AREA FOR THOSE SMOOTH FLARE OUT LANDINGS THE IDEA BEHIND OUR SHORT KIT LINE IS TO OFFER INEXPENSIVE WAY FOR MODELERS TO STEP UP INTO GOOD LOOKING SCALE WAR BIRD THAT IS EASY TO BUILD AND FUN TO FLY VISIT OUR OUTLET STORE AT IS MORGAN STREET IN CRYSTAL LAKE IL Phone 815/459-0417 THESE TWINS WERE DESIGNED BY NATIONALS CHAMPION HAL PARENTI AND REFLECT HIGH CALIBER OF MODEL ENGINEERING THAT IS HARD TO BEAT THEY HAVE OUTSTANDING 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people neigh bors friends like support Tell something need want Tell something dont like Speak up always bear mind much have done try express criticisms sug gestions diplomatically can FF Nats/Murphy Continued page 63 fectly constructed logged six maxes top Bob Dunhams Motovator gale force such saw least two flights model went up slight left pattern rather desired righthand groove Catons well-adjusted Hbird seemed impervious distortions its power pattern airplane must un doubtedly regarded finest AMA class model contest Although AMA Gas classes av eraged between 35-40 entries per event Open D Gas drew respectable 17 contend ers pair Texans down Al amo way would carry home top hard ware baffle big uns Lee Camp bell quipped earlier hed like see Nit Wit win Pearl coming sec ond score could simply read Nit Pearl two outcome instead Pearl Pearl two Marvin Maces Pilfered Pearl bested teammate Jim Summersetts similar design mere sev en seconds Third-place winner Bill Dunlops carbon fiber Ex-Cels went OOS out of-sight fourth max Seelig de thermalizer timer failed function model spotted next day air 20 miles north across Wabash River Indiana average Gas flier AMA class events appeared relatively less scien tific Rubber power counterpart regard use exotic thermal detection devices fiberglass pole adorned lar tape served Gas fliers standard di vining rod seemed satisfied keeping eye some other fellows pole other guy always tal ler pole located better posi tion anyway contrast gumband gang came well equipped deci mal-reading Haverhill digital thermometerson-a-stick accompanied assorted ver sions bubble machine contraption rang ing totally commercial custom-made origin something mystery bubble machines could deliver observable thermal detection ground winds streaking along horizontal paths seldom higher 10 ft off turf case often good air above ground gusts boom ers prevalent weekend long Fred Blom captured coveted Wake field trophy Ed Konefes Martin Richardson close behind popular P-30 event saw Frank Heeb eking out onesecond win over relative newcomer Bill Jackson obviously learning fast get maximum energy out rubberband First third places four seconds apart event longtime rubberband expert Gawg Perryman log ging four-second deficit third place Completing first days event card A-i Towline 020 Cargo Bill Schlarb took A-i Towline going away max-out-plus model flown Cargo belonging Robert Nich ols bucked wind lifting respectable 45 oz Nichols Cox 020 must surely suf fering hernia problem after feat No report Free Flight session com plete unless preceded account weather case Saturdays weather however can brief Conditions second day competition ex act replica Fridays sunny windy Ed Kecks model designed Brad Bane well named Windwhip attacked wayward gusts admira ble consistency Keck turned six maxes Charles Caton pulled up 7 sec short 13 sec ahead veteran Sal Taibis Starduster 900 Sal lone Cali fornia entrant motored across US once again seemingly ageless 56 Chevy will have turned over 600000 miles its speedometer trek home 49th consecutive Natsdisre garding course World War II years Nats held Thats some attendance record Keith Fulmer took V3A second year row though thought saw him dork model process Nat Comforts Max Hog missed third max 3 sec puffing him second slot James Thoruberry pulled tugged A-2 Towline first place FlA saw Andrew Barron stumbling around corn stubble field couple times attempting circle tow model occurred time could have moved about 30 ft left onto grass strip lined run way less hazardous situationbut maybe thermals concentrated over corn stubble Oh well what know Anyway Andy chugged third place hind Tennessee dance man 0 C Stewart Coupe dHiver Lawrenceville resi dent Bud Brown led scant six seconds over omnipresent Gawg Perryman George once heard say powers Gas jobs A-in Pirelli Roger Wathen Indianapolis brought down vanload youngsters participate February 1989 165 I-fl FOR 40 TO 60 ENGINE Hand-Launched Glider thereby making competitive both Junior Senior events Paul Wicks Paul Spangler earned top awards Junior Senior respectively Strong man Ber nie Boehm captured Open competition Al Beletz tied second place tall lanky Kevin Anderson final event Saturday Electric won Bob Nichols Electric B Sunday Both Electric events poorly supported leaving wonder side Rockies concept will ever gain enough momentum justifi split ting two classes Sundays weather presented contrast what first two days contest brought winds didnt stop un til around 9 am lot rain augment Clouds cooler tempera tures prevailed until midafternoon skies cleared After sun popped out again NFFS Prexy Tony Italiano put up three late after noon flightsand three maxesfor first place Open B Gas Shocer Tying second place Greg Hinrichs Bill Jenkins stymied just two seconds short three maxes well flyoff called CD Dick Smith gave Hinrichs sec ond-place award Like Electric FM Power saw poor sup port since some group used up energies participating US team finals Seguin TX previous weekend may Zyg fryd Sulisz posted respectable score top Doug Rabe fine-performing metalcovered model metal-covered jobs surely handsome make feel inadequate attempting fly silk- film-covered model against Tony Hutchins showed up metal-covered Korean power model swapped Junior World Champs Poland last August aircraft something behold no 16-year-old built sure Youth did win out over old masters traditional Mulvihill Rubber Open event Milwaukees Greg Hinrichs hatcheted old hands Joe Macay Chris Matsuno Gawg Perryman Guenther Nowak right down list 23 entrants Watermel team Nowak Konefes Macay outscored Sodhusters Perryman Mat suno Brown three-man Mulvihill honors Unlimited Dawn Rubber flown both Saturday Sunday mornings could fly either day both Ed Ko nefes outfiew Dave Platt honors event Warren Kurth repeated Payload champ attractive rendition colum nists PAY-TRIOT design Model Airplane News September 1971 design 20 years old year am still getting re quests plans Makes feel humble right Hand-launching permitted lieu ROG rise-off-ground requirement because gusty wind conditions George Perryman does own engine af ter alleven though evident record-setting seven-max performance Payload converted CO2 keeping rest stash colorful birds Perrymans original-design model came complete lotsa speckies Payload ap pears dire need some rule tweak ing since engines usually run nearly whole two-minute max way thinking event seems have go ing Electric categories cause model weights CO2 provide lighter wing loadings less model weight per sq wing area over missed pomp ceremony conventional unified Nats least absence grumbling about inadequate flying site facilities reprieve having simple ques tions met military-type runarounds uninformed officials welcome compen sations wind blewand blew never let upat least size field its accessibility model chasing helped us cope Most important tangible undercurrent appreciation put Free Flight Nats 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early Sixties FAC has gone international Peanut Scale largely clubs invention now standard event countries England France Bel gium Czechoslovakia name few Dave Stott restates what may rea sons popularity Flying Aces move ment its emphasis Rubber Scale nonserious competition cites case Ken Groves heavily Mulvihill Wakefield Rubber competition Ken said him self way back third max flight contest Im working too hard So went Rubber Scale about sums up excites us play work presentiy number Hying Aces oriented clubs around country ing formed time national comman dant Lin Reichel holds loose confed eration together publishes official na tional newsletter youd like part fun send nine bucks years membership Flying Aces News 3301 Cindy Lane Erie PA 16506 DC Maxecuters active accomplished clubs country has super newsletter available anyone sends $10 year Allan Schanzle 20008 Spur Hill Dr Gaithersburg MD 20879 Flightmasters southern California area has decided go Flying Aces orien tation membership year stands $15 its just $12 newsletter alone Send check Flightmasters Byron Calomiris 3406 Fda Ave Long Beach CA 90808 Arizonas Cactus Squadron can contacted through Dave Smith Cactus Squadron GHQ 1041 East Rawhide Gilbert AZ 85234 publish good newsletter yearly dues $10 San Diego Scale Staffel also well worthy mention its emphasis Rubber Scale FAC spirit FAC member Tom Arnold does newsletter dues $10/year payable Scale Staffel/Dave Kemp 8905 Idyllwild Lane San Diego CA 92119 Dec Martins legendary MIAMA Hangar Pilot newsletter Miami FL has Indoor orienta tion can get $10/year Dr John Martin 2180 Tigertail Ave Miami FL 33133 Other newsletters often contain FF Scale stuff interest Michigan Antique Mod eler Newsletter comes out four times year $275 Karl Spielmaker Editor 4690 Burlingame SW Wyoming MI 49509 Winding Stooge $10 eight issues Tom Winter 1010 Eastridge Dr Lincoln NE 68510 Nebraska Free Flighters Wing Tips Mid-Hudson Model Masters $7/year Scott Smith RD #1 Box 290 Athens NY 12015 NMFF Newsletter New Mexico Free Flighters $7/year Ann Eckerson 810 Baird Circle Aztec NM 87410 Several newsletters relatively dormant moment may have inadvertently omit ted some groups action area please let know am constantly getting let ters modelers wanting know get air like-minded souls neck woods Most newsletters excellent sources plans hints tips news upeoming events information-wanted requests like Sup port em keeping real modeling alive Murphy alive well Africa lat est issue MIAMA Hangar Pilot comes item having excerpted turn Golf ers World Matthieu Boya lives small West African country Benin practicing golf ad jacent countrys prime military airfield drives hit bird smashed windshield jet mid-takeoff pi lot lost control plane careened off runway crashed remaining four planes Benins air force Benin govermnent held Boya responsible tune 44 million bucks charged him hooliganism offense punishable six-month prison term Good news Boya received seven-day suspended jail sentence fine reduce $45 Bad news Boya makes $325 year bad news Benin still doesnt have air force Wow some guy can damage golf bail just think what could 55lb model airplane Stay away birds air bases flying under legal altitude limit skysters unofficial Peanut World Championships Flemalle Belgium have attracting cream European Peanutters last few years year report comes Lubomir Koutny Czechoslovakia start months advance arrange trip Belgium First money arranged special account set up just trip abroad Czech government allowed him take $20 per day out country hardly pays hotel days year make two trips Brno pronounced Bruno capital Prague get through red tape Lubomir accompanied Flemalle year Tonda Alfery creator fantastic vacu-formed polystyrene-sheet Peanuts Having used 40-meter-high ceiling Brno shock two intrepid Czechs find Belgian hall mere eight-to-ilmeter ceiling big wooden ribs sides ceiling Lubomirs own words very friendly condition gave forget us handicap soon Peanut Scale divided two events favoring Scale favoring duration Belgian Peanut Scale rules require fly three flights ROG 15-sec qualifying time flight winners deter mined based static-judging scores have validated flying requirement winner event George Kandyla February 1989 167
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/02
Page Numbers: 60, 61, 62, 63, 165, 166, 167
0 1988 Free Flight Nab Canceled Tidewater Virginia location events re scheduled Illinois October Turnout great considering short time pub licity modelers U Harry Murphy THE 1988 AMA NATIONAL Model Air plane Championships will enter history books no other reason long est Nats ever championships began July 23rd State Virginia didnt see final curtain drawn until midOctober plains southern Illinois Especially Free Flighters arranged vacation time around tendance Tidewater Nats July last-minute cancellation Outdoor Free Flight events except Scale came severe disappointment least initially Charles Catons K&B 325-powered Humming bird plans April 1986 MA captured everyones attention Class Gorgeous yel low model virtually ignored high winds log six max flights took first place National Free Flight Society President Tony Italiano starts engine Class B Power model Tony key figure rescheduling Free Flight Nats also topped Open B field model waning minutes weekend three quick maxes sun came out finalize Sunday began wind rain Once Nats over though attention AMA Headquarters could again revert dilemma Free Flight contingent make amends unfor tunate turn events canceled outdoor competition solution proposal made around first September NFFS Na tional Free Right Society belatedly re schedule canceled Free Flight events complete unused Nats trophies NFFS accepted challenge Within about nine days viable site confirmed Contest Director drafted volunteer force event directors tabulators necessities AMA FF Nats would clude CD Dick Smith left annuai contestant Sal Talbi pictured Starduster 900 Minus WW Ii years TaibIs 49th consecutIve National Contest 60 Model Aviation waiiace bucKets Johnson starts Su perTigre 60 huge Class D bird Wind breakers jackets vogue week end despite mostly sunny cloudless skies Left Warren Kurth repeated last years Payload win Pay-triot beautifully built September 1971 Model Airplane News plans Windy conditions forced flights hand launched Right Georgian Gawg Perryman C02-powered model Great Speck led Bird fleet prop speckled calls See-O-To does fly set new Category ill Open record meet Left Convened RCer Ed Keck gives pensive glance authors camera Brad Bane-designed Windwhip bested Open Class C Power contestants mere seven seconds six perfect maxes Right Ed Konefes lights dethermalizer fuse Guenther Nowak fifth Mulvihill Rubber pair joined Joe Macay comprised Watermelon Team won Three-Man Mulvihill Team event other helpers assembled Events recharted compression three days Arrangements ship awards Res ton VA made other odds ends least problem efficiently informing prospec tive contestants about rescheduled meet handled within space about Left FF Contest Board member Chris Matsuno sniffs thermal heaving HL Glider entry Center Bill Schiarb prepares fly A-2 Towline Glider entry Battle scars repaired Scotch tape carried him fourth place Right Tony Hutchins US team members Free Flight Junior World Championships Poland brought back exotic North Korean FAI Power model obtained trade Complete metal covering gadgetry galore make wonder well builder-of-the-model rule followed some countries February 1989 61 five weeksbooked Annual Tn-County Aero contest slated weekend ofClub/SAM 57 two-day contest seeOctober 14-16 Lawrencevile IL Theond weekend left third weekend small group scrambling ar- weekend October 14-16 looked range affair discounted firstlike favorable tuning corn crop weekend October too soon permit athad plagued SAM Champs contestants least some semblance proper notifica-at 3000-acre Mid-America Airport back tion seleeted facilityLawrence-in mid-July would gone should villes Mid-America Airportwas alreadyclear way unobstructed down wind chase least mile-and-a-half perimeter fences roads open fields beyond Indian summer region Left This study group Buckets Johnson Jim Summersett Charles Caton review remains Marvin Maces Pilfered Pearl lost argument concrete runway An unprecedented high wind took its toll Power models Right Father-son combo Bill Ja mie Jackson wind rubber motor Jamies P-30 stick model second P-30 copped first Junior Mulvihill Rubber event Left Duane Renkens CO2 entry powered tiny Brown Twin placed second Open three maxes Author thinks CO2 needs some rules tweaking make obtaining 2-mm max difficult some motors seem run forever Right Another split second cameraman would have completely missed Dick Rikels launch Class B Witch Doctor Rickel sixth Open age group Left Joe Macay launches huge Mulvihill shipsecond Open escape wind Rubber jobs wound downwind vehicles behind hastily rigged tarps Right Vicki Veach Muncie md Visitors Bureau shows off new CIA Central Indiana Aeromodelers honorary T-shirt caught AMA President Don Lowe Don circulated neariy whole session converse fliers officials usually stretched out good flying weather until about first November could expect beautiful outdoor experience previewed conditions taking TCAC/SAM 57 affair 8th 9th October As expected pesky corn gone fine flying weather marred slight drizzle moved part midday Sunday 88 contestants registered winners went home variety beautiful nate sterling silver platters Everyone went home bellyful good food cookout Saturday night door prizes worth well over $1 OOO doled out meal ticket holdersincluding lifetime SAM membership final ticket drawn final touch superb dinner arrange ments awards banquet showed group its best SAM 57 crowd sure knows put capstone its flying season Good show folks As Free Flight Nats began Friday fitful Indian summer weather van ished Instead faced blus tery strong southerly winds blowing mass unfriendly looking rain clouds However forecast upcoming weekend optimistic frontal clouds expected blow past Fri day sunny skies predicted told ourselves may make under wire frostbitten fingers yet Friday came though south erly wind still blowing unprece 62 Model Aviation dented 20 25 mph Fortunately skies sunnyour thermometers gratefully acknowledged 750 timesbut wind ever-present would remain us entire three-day weekend least some consolation flat ex panse airport itself well its oneand-a-half-mile downwind chase facility leading open fields Wabash Val ley flatlands beyond undaunted would flyand fly did Above combined din model engine noise chase bikes sputtering about sunny October skies presented motley picturehere gyrations streaking gas-powered missiles Rubber models comparatively lazy ascents Wheth er July October its still thrill Free Flighter absence contestants both Jun ior Senior poles age spectrum noticeable schools col leges session parents whod already expended vacation time expected 343 total entries fell oaly nine short published pre-regis tered Virginia Nats count Free Flight events addition Tidewater total pre sumably included Free Flight Gas Rubber Scale events making artificially high numerical comparison purposes Open Gas Charles Catons beauti fully finished K&B-powered Hummingbird Model Aviation April 1986 flew perContinued page 165 Bob Perkins launches 1/2A Bitch Hawk Bud Ellen Brown ready Buds Coupe placed fifth Tree line behind good dHiver entry its final flight Bud chal two miles distant strong drift took mod- lenged 25-mph winds capture first els right trees open fields ever Nats win Ellen excited rooter February 1989 63 ADOve senior age flier Paul Spangler flew Midwest Gollywock first place Mulvihill Paul chased foot model always win ning downwind race strong air currents Right jubilant Zygfryd Sullsz right once Poland now Chicago ac cepts Nats award FAI Power NFFS President Tony ital iano Plaques canceled FF events Virginia Nats Left LInwood Cochran readies unique quad-finned CO2 entry official flight Most models event used Cox 020 Pee Wee en gines Davis CO2 conversion head two tanks Center Thermistors reading 750F strong winds caused Mylar streamers fly nearly horizontal throughout weekend Most everyone wore warm coats jackets ward off chill felt Right Larry Veasman assembles Coupe dHiver entry Small Rubber models difficult keep sight two-minute-max flight time Models would usu ally beat chasers bikes 1 l/2-mile fence line downwind overfly conditions flat harvested farmland horizon excellent RADIO CONTROL SHORT KITS FOR THE SPORT MODELER BY POPULAR REQUEST WE HAVE ADDED THE CORSAIR TO OUR SHORT KIT LINE DESIGNED BY THE PROFESSIONAL R/C BUILDER AND FLIER LEMAR ALEXANDER THE CORSAIR IS BUILT AROUND FOAM CORE WING AND BOX FRAME FUSELAGE FOR SIMPLE BUT STURDY CONSTRUCTION IT IS VERY STABLE IN FLIGHT WITH NO TIP STALL HABITS THE CORSAIR HAS PLENTY OF WING AND TAIL AREA FOR THOSE SMOOTH FLARE OUT LANDINGS THE IDEA BEHIND OUR SHORT KIT LINE IS TO OFFER INEXPENSIVE WAY FOR MODELERS TO STEP UP INTO GOOD LOOKING SCALE WAR BIRD THAT IS EASY TO BUILD AND FUN TO FLY VISIT OUR OUTLET STORE AT IS MORGAN STREET IN CRYSTAL LAKE IL Phone 815/459-0417 THESE TWINS WERE DESIGNED BY NATIONALS CHAMPION HAL PARENTI AND REFLECT HIGH CALIBER OF MODEL ENGINEERING THAT IS HARD TO BEAT THEY HAVE OUTSTANDING FLIGHT PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SPEED RANGE P-38 LIGHTNING 70 SPAN . 7495 FOR 25 TO 50 ENGINES A-26 INVADER 68 SPAN . 6495 8%iWG MEG MORE SINGLE ENGINE FIGHTERS FOR 25 TO 50 ENGINES AGM2 ZERO 54 SPAN3750 F-AD TOMAHAWK 55 SPAN3750 P-39 AIRACOBRA 55 SPAN3750 F-SlD MUSTANG 54 SPAN3750 C202 FOLGORE 56 SPAN3750 FOCKE WULF 90 54 SPAN3750 SHORT KITS INCLUDE STYROFOAM WING CORES CANOPIES COWLS PLANS ENGINE MOUNTS FIREWALLS MOLDED MISC PARTS SOME HARDWARE AND MATERIALS LIST FOR BALSA AND ADDITIONAL OFF THE SHELF ITEMS NEEDED ORDERING SEND CHECK OR MONEY ORDER FOR REQUIRED AMOUNT PLUS $450 PER KIT CANADIANS ADD 5750 TO WING MFG PO BOX 33 CRYSTAL LAKE IL 60014 ILLINOIS RESIDENTS ADD 6% SALES TAX ALL ORDERS MUST BE IN US FUNDS SEND 5350 FOR PRODUCTS CATALOG native Mississippian active modeling since late 1940s retired Navy officer lives 900 Main Ave La Grande OR 97850 recently published article Chip Net Safety Baffler August 1987 Model Aviation Support/Palko Continued page 59 member people neigh bors friends like support Tell something need want Tell something dont like Speak up always bear mind much have done try express criticisms sug gestions diplomatically can FF Nats/Murphy Continued page 63 fectly constructed logged six maxes top Bob Dunhams Motovator gale force such saw least two flights model went up slight left pattern rather desired righthand groove Catons well-adjusted Hbird seemed impervious distortions its power pattern airplane must un doubtedly regarded finest AMA class model contest Although AMA Gas classes av eraged between 35-40 entries per event Open D Gas drew respectable 17 contend ers pair Texans down Al amo way would carry home top hard ware baffle big uns Lee Camp bell quipped earlier hed like see Nit Wit win Pearl coming sec ond score could simply read Nit Pearl two outcome instead Pearl Pearl two Marvin Maces Pilfered Pearl bested teammate Jim Summersetts similar design mere sev en seconds Third-place winner Bill Dunlops carbon fiber Ex-Cels went OOS out of-sight fourth max Seelig de thermalizer timer failed function model spotted next day air 20 miles north across Wabash River Indiana average Gas flier AMA class events appeared relatively less scien tific Rubber power counterpart regard use exotic thermal detection devices fiberglass pole adorned lar tape served Gas fliers standard di vining rod seemed satisfied keeping eye some other fellows pole other guy always tal ler pole located better posi tion anyway contrast gumband gang came well equipped deci mal-reading Haverhill digital thermometerson-a-stick accompanied assorted ver sions bubble machine contraption rang ing totally commercial custom-made origin something mystery bubble machines could deliver observable thermal detection ground winds streaking along horizontal paths seldom higher 10 ft off turf case often good air above ground gusts boom ers prevalent weekend long Fred Blom captured coveted Wake field trophy Ed Konefes Martin Richardson close behind popular P-30 event saw Frank Heeb eking out onesecond win over relative newcomer Bill Jackson obviously learning fast get maximum energy out rubberband First third places four seconds apart event longtime rubberband expert Gawg Perryman log ging four-second deficit third place Completing first days event card A-i Towline 020 Cargo Bill Schlarb took A-i Towline going away max-out-plus model flown Cargo belonging Robert Nich ols bucked wind lifting respectable 45 oz Nichols Cox 020 must surely suf fering hernia problem after feat No report Free Flight session com plete unless preceded account weather case Saturdays weather however can brief Conditions second day competition ex act replica Fridays sunny windy Ed Kecks model designed Brad Bane well named Windwhip attacked wayward gusts admira ble consistency Keck turned six maxes Charles Caton pulled up 7 sec short 13 sec ahead veteran Sal Taibis Starduster 900 Sal lone Cali fornia entrant motored across US once again seemingly ageless 56 Chevy will have turned over 600000 miles its speedometer trek home 49th consecutive Natsdisre garding course World War II years Nats held Thats some attendance record Keith Fulmer took V3A second year row though thought saw him dork model process Nat Comforts Max Hog missed third max 3 sec puffing him second slot James Thoruberry pulled tugged A-2 Towline first place FlA saw Andrew Barron stumbling around corn stubble field couple times attempting circle tow model occurred time could have moved about 30 ft left onto grass strip lined run way less hazardous situationbut maybe thermals concentrated over corn stubble Oh well what know Anyway Andy chugged third place hind Tennessee dance man 0 C Stewart Coupe dHiver Lawrenceville resi dent Bud Brown led scant six seconds over omnipresent Gawg Perryman George once heard say powers Gas jobs A-in Pirelli Roger Wathen Indianapolis brought down vanload youngsters participate February 1989 165 I-fl FOR 40 TO 60 ENGINE Hand-Launched Glider thereby making competitive both Junior Senior events Paul Wicks Paul Spangler earned top awards Junior Senior respectively Strong man Ber nie Boehm captured Open competition Al Beletz tied second place tall lanky Kevin Anderson final event Saturday Electric won Bob Nichols Electric B Sunday Both Electric events poorly supported leaving wonder side Rockies concept will ever gain enough momentum justifi split ting two classes Sundays weather presented contrast what first two days contest brought winds didnt stop un til around 9 am lot rain augment Clouds cooler tempera tures prevailed until midafternoon skies cleared After sun popped out again NFFS Prexy Tony Italiano put up three late after noon flightsand three maxesfor first place Open B Gas Shocer Tying second place Greg Hinrichs Bill Jenkins stymied just two seconds short three maxes well flyoff called CD Dick Smith gave Hinrichs sec ond-place award Like Electric FM Power saw poor sup port since some group used up energies participating US team finals Seguin TX previous weekend may Zyg fryd Sulisz posted respectable score top Doug Rabe fine-performing metalcovered model metal-covered jobs surely handsome make feel inadequate attempting fly silk- film-covered model against Tony Hutchins showed up metal-covered Korean power model swapped Junior World Champs Poland last August aircraft something behold no 16-year-old built sure Youth did win out over old masters traditional Mulvihill Rubber Open event Milwaukees Greg Hinrichs hatcheted old hands Joe Macay Chris Matsuno Gawg Perryman Guenther Nowak right down list 23 entrants Watermel team Nowak Konefes Macay outscored Sodhusters Perryman Mat suno Brown three-man Mulvihill honors Unlimited Dawn Rubber flown both Saturday Sunday mornings could fly either day both Ed Ko nefes outfiew Dave Platt honors event Warren Kurth repeated Payload champ attractive rendition colum nists PAY-TRIOT design Model Airplane News September 1971 design 20 years old year am still getting re quests plans Makes feel humble right Hand-launching permitted lieu ROG rise-off-ground requirement because gusty wind conditions George Perryman does own engine af ter alleven though evident record-setting seven-max performance Payload converted CO2 keeping rest stash colorful birds Perrymans original-design model came complete lotsa speckies Payload ap pears dire need some rule tweak ing since engines usually run nearly whole two-minute max way thinking event seems have go ing Electric categories cause model weights CO2 provide lighter wing loadings less model weight per sq wing area over missed pomp ceremony conventional unified Nats least absence grumbling about inadequate flying site facilities reprieve having simple ques tions met military-type runarounds uninformed officials welcome compen sations wind blewand blew never let upat least size field its accessibility model chasing helped us cope Most important tangible undercurrent appreciation put Free Flight Nats 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early Sixties FAC has gone international Peanut Scale largely clubs invention now standard event countries England France Bel gium Czechoslovakia name few Dave Stott restates what may rea sons popularity Flying Aces move ment its emphasis Rubber Scale nonserious competition cites case Ken Groves heavily Mulvihill Wakefield Rubber competition Ken said him self way back third max flight contest Im working too hard So went Rubber Scale about sums up excites us play work presentiy number Hying Aces oriented clubs around country ing formed time national comman dant Lin Reichel holds loose confed eration together publishes official na tional newsletter youd like part fun send nine bucks years membership Flying Aces News 3301 Cindy Lane Erie PA 16506 DC Maxecuters active accomplished clubs country has super newsletter available anyone sends $10 year Allan Schanzle 20008 Spur Hill Dr Gaithersburg MD 20879 Flightmasters southern California area has decided go Flying Aces orien tation membership 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12015 NMFF Newsletter New Mexico Free Flighters $7/year Ann Eckerson 810 Baird Circle Aztec NM 87410 Several newsletters relatively dormant moment may have inadvertently omit ted some groups action area please let know am constantly getting let ters modelers wanting know get air like-minded souls neck woods Most newsletters excellent sources plans hints tips news upeoming events information-wanted requests like Sup port em keeping real modeling alive Murphy alive well Africa lat est issue MIAMA Hangar Pilot comes item having excerpted turn Golf ers World Matthieu Boya lives small West African country Benin practicing golf ad jacent countrys prime military airfield drives hit bird smashed windshield jet mid-takeoff pi lot lost control plane careened off runway crashed remaining four planes Benins air force Benin govermnent held Boya responsible tune 44 million bucks charged him hooliganism offense punishable six-month prison term Good news Boya received seven-day suspended jail sentence fine reduce $45 Bad news Boya makes $325 year bad news Benin still doesnt have air force Wow some guy can damage golf bail just think what could 55lb model airplane Stay away birds air bases flying under legal altitude limit skysters unofficial Peanut World Championships Flemalle Belgium have attracting cream European Peanutters last few years year report comes Lubomir Koutny Czechoslovakia start months advance arrange trip Belgium First money arranged special account set up just trip abroad Czech government allowed him take $20 per day out country hardly pays hotel days year make two trips Brno pronounced Bruno capital Prague get through red tape Lubomir accompanied Flemalle year Tonda Alfery creator fantastic vacu-formed polystyrene-sheet Peanuts Having used 40-meter-high ceiling Brno shock two intrepid Czechs find Belgian hall mere eight-to-ilmeter ceiling big wooden ribs sides ceiling Lubomirs own words very friendly condition gave forget us handicap soon Peanut Scale divided two events favoring Scale favoring duration Belgian Peanut Scale rules require fly three flights ROG 15-sec qualifying time flight winners deter mined based static-judging scores have validated flying requirement winner event George Kandyla February 1989 167
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0 1988 Free Flight Nab Canceled Tidewater Virginia location events re scheduled Illinois October Turnout great considering short time pub licity modelers U Harry Murphy THE 1988 AMA NATIONAL Model Air plane Championships will enter history books no other reason long est Nats ever championships began July 23rd State Virginia didnt see final curtain drawn until midOctober plains southern Illinois Especially Free Flighters arranged vacation time around tendance Tidewater Nats July last-minute cancellation Outdoor Free Flight events except Scale came severe disappointment least initially Charles Catons K&B 325-powered Humming bird plans April 1986 MA captured everyones attention Class Gorgeous yel low model virtually ignored high winds log six max flights took first place National Free Flight Society President Tony Italiano starts engine Class B Power model Tony key figure rescheduling Free Flight Nats also topped Open B field model waning minutes weekend three quick maxes sun came out finalize Sunday began wind rain Once Nats over though attention AMA Headquarters could again revert dilemma Free Flight contingent make amends unfor tunate turn events canceled outdoor competition solution proposal made around first September NFFS Na tional Free Right Society belatedly re schedule canceled Free Flight events complete unused Nats trophies NFFS accepted challenge Within about nine days viable site confirmed Contest Director drafted volunteer force event directors tabulators necessities AMA FF Nats would clude CD Dick Smith left annuai contestant Sal Talbi pictured Starduster 900 Minus WW Ii years TaibIs 49th consecutIve National Contest 60 Model Aviation waiiace bucKets Johnson starts Su perTigre 60 huge Class D bird Wind breakers jackets vogue week end despite mostly sunny cloudless skies Left Warren Kurth repeated last years Payload win Pay-triot beautifully built September 1971 Model Airplane News plans Windy conditions forced flights hand launched Right Georgian Gawg Perryman C02-powered model Great Speck led Bird fleet prop speckled calls See-O-To does fly set new Category ill Open record meet Left Convened RCer Ed Keck gives pensive glance authors camera Brad Bane-designed Windwhip bested Open Class C Power contestants mere seven seconds six perfect maxes Right Ed Konefes lights dethermalizer fuse Guenther Nowak fifth Mulvihill Rubber pair joined Joe Macay comprised Watermelon Team won Three-Man Mulvihill Team event other helpers assembled Events recharted compression three days Arrangements ship awards Res ton VA made other odds ends least problem efficiently informing prospec tive contestants about rescheduled meet handled within space about Left FF Contest Board member Chris Matsuno sniffs thermal heaving HL Glider entry Center Bill Schiarb prepares fly A-2 Towline Glider entry Battle scars repaired Scotch tape carried him fourth place Right Tony Hutchins US team members Free Flight Junior World Championships Poland brought back exotic North Korean FAI Power model obtained trade Complete metal covering gadgetry galore make wonder well builder-of-the-model rule followed some countries February 1989 61 five weeksbooked Annual Tn-County Aero contest slated weekend ofClub/SAM 57 two-day contest seeOctober 14-16 Lawrencevile IL Theond weekend left third weekend small group scrambling ar- weekend October 14-16 looked range affair discounted firstlike favorable tuning corn crop weekend October too soon permit athad plagued SAM Champs contestants least some semblance proper notifica-at 3000-acre Mid-America Airport back tion seleeted facilityLawrence-in mid-July would gone should villes Mid-America Airportwas alreadyclear way unobstructed down wind chase least mile-and-a-half perimeter fences roads open fields beyond Indian summer region Left This study group Buckets Johnson Jim Summersett Charles Caton review remains Marvin Maces Pilfered Pearl lost argument concrete runway An unprecedented high wind took its toll Power models Right Father-son combo Bill Ja mie Jackson wind rubber motor Jamies P-30 stick model second P-30 copped first Junior Mulvihill Rubber event Left Duane Renkens CO2 entry powered tiny Brown Twin placed second Open three maxes Author thinks CO2 needs some rules tweaking make obtaining 2-mm max difficult some motors seem run forever Right Another split second cameraman would have completely missed Dick Rikels launch Class B Witch Doctor Rickel sixth Open age group Left Joe Macay launches huge Mulvihill shipsecond Open escape wind Rubber jobs wound downwind vehicles behind hastily rigged tarps Right Vicki Veach Muncie md Visitors Bureau shows off new CIA Central Indiana Aeromodelers honorary T-shirt caught AMA President Don Lowe Don circulated neariy whole session converse fliers officials usually stretched out good flying weather until about first November could expect beautiful outdoor experience previewed conditions taking TCAC/SAM 57 affair 8th 9th October As expected pesky corn gone fine flying weather marred slight drizzle moved part midday Sunday 88 contestants registered winners went home variety beautiful nate sterling silver platters Everyone went home bellyful good food cookout Saturday night door prizes worth well over $1 OOO doled out meal ticket holdersincluding lifetime SAM membership final ticket drawn final touch superb dinner arrange ments awards banquet showed group its best SAM 57 crowd sure knows put capstone its flying season Good show folks As Free Flight Nats began Friday fitful Indian summer weather van ished Instead faced blus tery strong southerly winds blowing mass unfriendly looking rain clouds However forecast upcoming weekend optimistic frontal clouds expected blow past Fri day sunny skies predicted told ourselves may make under wire frostbitten fingers yet Friday came though south erly wind still blowing unprece 62 Model Aviation dented 20 25 mph Fortunately skies sunnyour thermometers gratefully acknowledged 750 timesbut wind ever-present would remain us entire three-day weekend least some consolation flat ex panse airport itself well its oneand-a-half-mile downwind chase facility leading open fields Wabash Val ley flatlands beyond undaunted would flyand fly did Above combined din model engine noise chase bikes sputtering about sunny October skies presented motley picturehere gyrations streaking gas-powered missiles Rubber models comparatively lazy ascents Wheth er July October its still thrill Free Flighter absence contestants both Jun ior Senior poles age spectrum noticeable schools col leges session parents whod already expended vacation time expected 343 total entries fell oaly nine short published pre-regis tered Virginia Nats count Free Flight events addition Tidewater total pre sumably included Free Flight Gas Rubber Scale events making artificially high numerical comparison purposes Open Gas Charles Catons beauti fully finished K&B-powered Hummingbird Model Aviation April 1986 flew perContinued page 165 Bob Perkins launches 1/2A Bitch Hawk Bud Ellen Brown ready Buds Coupe placed fifth Tree line behind good dHiver entry its final flight Bud chal two miles distant strong drift took mod- lenged 25-mph winds capture first els right trees open fields ever Nats win Ellen excited rooter February 1989 63 ADOve senior age flier Paul Spangler flew Midwest Gollywock first place Mulvihill Paul chased foot model always win ning downwind race strong air currents Right jubilant Zygfryd Sullsz right once Poland now Chicago ac cepts Nats award FAI Power NFFS President Tony ital iano Plaques canceled FF events Virginia Nats Left LInwood Cochran readies unique quad-finned CO2 entry official flight Most models event used Cox 020 Pee Wee en gines Davis CO2 conversion head two tanks Center Thermistors reading 750F strong winds caused Mylar streamers fly nearly horizontal throughout weekend Most everyone wore warm coats jackets ward off chill felt Right Larry Veasman assembles Coupe dHiver entry Small Rubber models difficult keep sight two-minute-max flight time Models would usu ally beat chasers bikes 1 l/2-mile fence line downwind overfly conditions flat harvested farmland horizon excellent RADIO CONTROL SHORT KITS FOR THE SPORT MODELER BY POPULAR REQUEST WE HAVE ADDED THE CORSAIR TO OUR SHORT KIT LINE DESIGNED BY THE PROFESSIONAL R/C BUILDER AND FLIER LEMAR ALEXANDER THE CORSAIR IS BUILT AROUND FOAM CORE WING AND BOX FRAME FUSELAGE FOR SIMPLE BUT STURDY CONSTRUCTION IT IS VERY STABLE IN FLIGHT WITH NO TIP STALL HABITS THE CORSAIR HAS PLENTY OF WING AND TAIL AREA FOR THOSE SMOOTH FLARE OUT LANDINGS THE IDEA BEHIND OUR SHORT KIT LINE IS TO OFFER INEXPENSIVE WAY FOR MODELERS TO STEP UP INTO GOOD LOOKING SCALE WAR BIRD THAT IS EASY TO BUILD AND FUN TO FLY VISIT OUR OUTLET STORE AT IS MORGAN STREET IN CRYSTAL LAKE IL Phone 815/459-0417 THESE TWINS WERE DESIGNED BY NATIONALS CHAMPION HAL PARENTI AND REFLECT HIGH CALIBER OF MODEL ENGINEERING THAT IS HARD TO BEAT THEY HAVE OUTSTANDING FLIGHT PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SPEED RANGE P-38 LIGHTNING 70 SPAN . 7495 FOR 25 TO 50 ENGINES A-26 INVADER 68 SPAN . 6495 8%iWG MEG MORE SINGLE ENGINE FIGHTERS FOR 25 TO 50 ENGINES AGM2 ZERO 54 SPAN3750 F-AD TOMAHAWK 55 SPAN3750 P-39 AIRACOBRA 55 SPAN3750 F-SlD MUSTANG 54 SPAN3750 C202 FOLGORE 56 SPAN3750 FOCKE WULF 90 54 SPAN3750 SHORT KITS INCLUDE STYROFOAM WING CORES CANOPIES COWLS PLANS ENGINE MOUNTS FIREWALLS MOLDED MISC PARTS SOME HARDWARE AND MATERIALS LIST FOR BALSA AND ADDITIONAL OFF THE SHELF ITEMS NEEDED ORDERING SEND CHECK OR MONEY ORDER FOR REQUIRED AMOUNT PLUS $450 PER KIT CANADIANS ADD 5750 TO WING MFG PO BOX 33 CRYSTAL LAKE IL 60014 ILLINOIS RESIDENTS ADD 6% SALES TAX ALL ORDERS MUST BE IN US FUNDS SEND 5350 FOR PRODUCTS CATALOG native Mississippian active modeling since late 1940s retired Navy officer lives 900 Main Ave La Grande OR 97850 recently published article Chip Net Safety Baffler August 1987 Model Aviation Support/Palko Continued page 59 member people neigh bors friends like support Tell something need want Tell something dont like Speak up always bear mind much have done try express criticisms sug gestions diplomatically can FF Nats/Murphy Continued page 63 fectly constructed logged six maxes top Bob Dunhams Motovator gale force such saw least two flights model went up slight left pattern rather desired righthand groove Catons well-adjusted Hbird seemed impervious distortions its power pattern airplane must un doubtedly regarded finest AMA class model contest Although AMA Gas classes av eraged between 35-40 entries per event Open D Gas drew respectable 17 contend ers pair Texans down Al amo way would carry home top hard ware baffle big uns Lee Camp bell quipped earlier hed like see Nit Wit win Pearl coming sec ond score could simply read Nit Pearl two outcome instead Pearl Pearl two Marvin Maces Pilfered Pearl bested teammate Jim Summersetts similar design mere sev en seconds Third-place winner Bill Dunlops carbon fiber Ex-Cels went OOS out of-sight fourth max Seelig de thermalizer timer failed function model spotted next day air 20 miles north across Wabash River Indiana average Gas flier AMA class events appeared relatively less scien tific Rubber power counterpart regard use exotic thermal detection devices fiberglass pole adorned lar tape served Gas fliers standard di vining rod seemed satisfied keeping eye some other fellows pole other guy always tal ler pole located better posi tion anyway contrast gumband gang came well equipped deci mal-reading Haverhill digital thermometerson-a-stick accompanied assorted ver sions bubble machine contraption rang ing totally commercial custom-made origin something mystery bubble machines could deliver observable thermal detection ground winds streaking along horizontal paths seldom higher 10 ft off turf case often good air above ground gusts boom ers prevalent weekend long Fred Blom captured coveted Wake field trophy Ed Konefes Martin Richardson close behind popular P-30 event saw Frank Heeb eking out onesecond win over relative newcomer Bill Jackson obviously learning fast get maximum energy out rubberband First third places four seconds apart event longtime rubberband expert Gawg Perryman log ging four-second deficit third place Completing first days event card A-i Towline 020 Cargo Bill Schlarb took A-i Towline going away max-out-plus model flown Cargo belonging Robert Nich ols bucked wind lifting respectable 45 oz Nichols Cox 020 must surely suf fering hernia problem after feat No report Free Flight session com plete unless preceded account weather case Saturdays weather however can brief Conditions second day competition ex act replica Fridays sunny windy Ed Kecks model designed Brad Bane well named Windwhip attacked wayward gusts admira ble consistency Keck turned six maxes Charles Caton pulled up 7 sec short 13 sec ahead veteran Sal Taibis Starduster 900 Sal lone Cali fornia entrant motored across US once again seemingly ageless 56 Chevy will have turned over 600000 miles its speedometer trek home 49th consecutive Natsdisre garding course World War II years Nats held Thats some attendance record Keith Fulmer took V3A second year row though thought saw him dork model process Nat Comforts Max Hog missed third max 3 sec puffing him second slot James Thoruberry pulled tugged A-2 Towline first place FlA saw Andrew Barron stumbling around corn stubble field couple times attempting circle tow model occurred time could have moved about 30 ft left onto grass strip lined run way less hazardous situationbut maybe thermals concentrated over corn stubble Oh well what know Anyway Andy chugged third place hind Tennessee dance man 0 C Stewart Coupe dHiver Lawrenceville resi dent Bud Brown led scant six seconds over omnipresent Gawg Perryman George once heard say powers Gas jobs A-in Pirelli Roger Wathen Indianapolis brought down vanload youngsters participate February 1989 165 I-fl FOR 40 TO 60 ENGINE Hand-Launched Glider thereby making competitive both Junior Senior events Paul Wicks Paul Spangler earned top awards Junior Senior respectively Strong man Ber nie Boehm captured Open competition Al Beletz tied second place tall lanky Kevin Anderson final event Saturday Electric won Bob Nichols Electric B Sunday Both Electric events poorly supported leaving wonder side Rockies concept will ever gain enough momentum justifi split ting two classes Sundays weather presented contrast what first two days contest brought winds didnt stop un til around 9 am lot rain augment Clouds cooler tempera tures prevailed until midafternoon skies cleared After sun popped out again NFFS Prexy Tony Italiano put up three late after noon flightsand three maxesfor first place Open B Gas Shocer Tying second place Greg Hinrichs Bill Jenkins stymied just two seconds short three maxes well flyoff called CD Dick Smith gave Hinrichs sec ond-place award Like Electric FM Power saw poor sup port since some group used up energies participating US team finals Seguin TX previous weekend may Zyg fryd Sulisz posted respectable score top Doug Rabe fine-performing metalcovered model metal-covered jobs surely handsome make feel inadequate attempting fly silk- film-covered model against Tony Hutchins showed up metal-covered Korean power model swapped Junior World Champs Poland last August aircraft something behold no 16-year-old built sure Youth did win out over old masters traditional Mulvihill Rubber Open event Milwaukees Greg Hinrichs hatcheted old hands Joe Macay Chris Matsuno Gawg Perryman Guenther Nowak right down list 23 entrants Watermel team Nowak Konefes Macay outscored Sodhusters Perryman Mat suno Brown three-man Mulvihill honors Unlimited Dawn Rubber flown both Saturday Sunday mornings could fly either day both Ed Ko nefes outfiew Dave Platt honors event Warren Kurth repeated Payload champ attractive rendition colum nists PAY-TRIOT design Model Airplane News September 1971 design 20 years old year am still getting re quests plans Makes feel humble right Hand-launching permitted lieu ROG rise-off-ground requirement because gusty wind conditions George Perryman does own engine af ter alleven though evident record-setting seven-max performance Payload converted CO2 keeping rest stash colorful birds Perrymans original-design model came complete lotsa speckies Payload ap pears dire need some rule tweak ing since engines usually run nearly whole two-minute max way thinking event seems have go ing Electric categories cause model weights CO2 provide lighter wing loadings less model weight per sq wing area over missed pomp ceremony conventional unified Nats least absence grumbling about inadequate flying site facilities reprieve having simple ques tions met military-type runarounds uninformed officials welcome compen sations wind blewand blew never let upat least size field its accessibility model chasing helped us cope Most important tangible undercurrent appreciation put Free Flight Nats togetherthose made happen despite knowing two strikes al ready posted swat remaining result lots fun came hearty thank due dared Made America American Technology RIG & U/C ENGINES 15 thru 61 Glow Plugs & Spark Plugs Ignition Engines 29 35 ORIGINAL REPLACEMENT PARTS Kraft 61 Cox Conquest 15 Testor/McCoy Series 21 Taipan 40 HGK Forster Remco Viking twin DC 09 diesel Call wrtte free inforreotion RJL Industries PO Box 5 Sierra Macire CA 91024 818 359-0016 166 Model Aviation wen 1 5-2L ... Design weight 3-3% lbs Wing loading 3 lbs z Kit Features easy building balsa constructioni Mepie Engine Rails isoisted Tank Compartment Formed Music Wire Lending Gear THE FLORTO FLYER Zh SUNSHINE HOBBY READY TO FLY Call 1-800-45-TO FLY ACCESSORIES INCLUDED PIPER CHEROKEE-40$12999 PIPER CHEROKEE-2510899 FOKKER E111-4011999 FANCY STICK-4011499 FANCY STICK-256999 CESSNA 172-2010899 CONDOR-40L11999 TERCEL-4512199 ENGINE NOT INCLUDED PIONEER CAR$6000 ENGINE INCLUDED 17221 South Western Avenue Gardena California 90247 CONTACT us FOR THIS MONTHS SPECIAL yflEARAFL40j265 SIZE SHARK SSSS-SPANSTRAIGHT SHOULDER WING SHARK ST SPAN TAPERED SHOULDER WING 105 WING CORD S7USU IN 4 TO S5L5PIBRRGLASS COWL ALUMINUM MAIN GEAR FLY AS TRI GEAR OR TAILORAGGER BALSA PeE-BUILT FUSALAGE BALSA SHEATED iLS FOAM CORE WING MACHINE CUT B HAND SANDED STABLLIZER INTRODUCTORY PRICE Eu 569 9U54O0 HANDLING MC VISA 9 MO UPS CODE 5275 AMEOP ADDA1/2 TAD IN TEXAS KINGSWAY ENTERPRISES TAMPIO4506 WILDACRES SASEHOUSTON TEXAS 77072 FOR CATALOG CALL1-7i3-621 7782 Advanced Transmitter Capabilities Low Cost ATRCSTM Stores Four Aircraft Setups Includes Seven Different Servo Configurations Individual Surface Travel Limits Centering Single Switch Presets Launch Speed Modes Full Trailing Edge Control Enhanced Mixing Functions Crow Landing Capability Fully installed kit Control Systems 238 5 Hillview Dr Milpitas CA 95035 408 946-4142 Air mnimlM Module 75pTM registered trademarks Airironics Inc A-tracks Works with standard FM/PPM Receivers Airtronics PCM Receivers Convertsthe Module advanced computerized control system Advanced Technology Radio Control System See downwind instance w-a-a-a-y downwind FF Scale/Warner Continued page 65 passing out copies famous Flying Aces Club newsletter fliers attended Bridgeport-based twice-yearly meets Connec ticut Stott Thompson later began sending out copies newsletter key people model ing help propagate back real model ing brand laid-back modeling caught Since its beginnings early Sixties FAC has gone international Peanut Scale largely clubs invention now standard event countries England France Bel gium Czechoslovakia name few Dave Stott restates what may rea sons popularity Flying Aces move ment its emphasis Rubber Scale nonserious competition cites case Ken Groves heavily Mulvihill Wakefield Rubber competition Ken said him self way back third max flight contest Im working too hard So went Rubber Scale about sums up excites us play work presentiy number Hying Aces oriented clubs around country ing formed time national comman dant Lin Reichel holds loose confed eration together publishes official na tional newsletter youd like part fun send nine bucks years membership Flying Aces News 3301 Cindy Lane Erie PA 16506 DC Maxecuters active accomplished clubs country has super newsletter available anyone sends $10 year Allan Schanzle 20008 Spur Hill Dr Gaithersburg MD 20879 Flightmasters southern California area has decided go Flying Aces orien tation membership year stands $15 its just $12 newsletter alone Send check Flightmasters Byron Calomiris 3406 Fda Ave Long Beach CA 90808 Arizonas Cactus Squadron can contacted through Dave Smith Cactus Squadron GHQ 1041 East Rawhide Gilbert AZ 85234 publish good newsletter yearly dues $10 San Diego Scale Staffel also well worthy mention its emphasis Rubber Scale FAC spirit FAC member Tom Arnold does newsletter dues $10/year payable Scale Staffel/Dave Kemp 8905 Idyllwild Lane San Diego CA 92119 Dec Martins legendary MIAMA Hangar Pilot newsletter Miami FL has Indoor orienta tion can get $10/year Dr John Martin 2180 Tigertail Ave Miami FL 33133 Other newsletters often contain FF Scale stuff interest Michigan Antique Mod eler Newsletter comes out four times year $275 Karl Spielmaker Editor 4690 Burlingame SW Wyoming MI 49509 Winding Stooge $10 eight issues Tom Winter 1010 Eastridge Dr Lincoln NE 68510 Nebraska Free Flighters Wing Tips Mid-Hudson Model Masters $7/year Scott Smith RD #1 Box 290 Athens NY 12015 NMFF Newsletter New Mexico Free Flighters $7/year Ann Eckerson 810 Baird Circle Aztec NM 87410 Several newsletters relatively dormant moment may have inadvertently omit ted some groups action area please let know am constantly getting let ters modelers wanting know get air like-minded souls neck woods Most newsletters excellent sources plans hints tips news upeoming events information-wanted requests like Sup port em keeping real modeling alive Murphy alive well Africa lat est issue MIAMA Hangar Pilot comes item having excerpted turn Golf ers World Matthieu Boya lives small West African country Benin practicing golf ad jacent countrys prime military airfield drives hit bird smashed windshield jet mid-takeoff pi lot lost control plane careened off runway crashed remaining four planes Benins air force Benin govermnent held Boya responsible tune 44 million bucks charged him hooliganism offense punishable six-month prison term Good news Boya received seven-day suspended jail sentence fine reduce $45 Bad news Boya makes $325 year bad news Benin still doesnt have air force Wow some guy can damage golf bail just think what could 55lb model airplane Stay away birds air bases flying under legal altitude limit skysters unofficial Peanut World Championships Flemalle Belgium have attracting cream European Peanutters last few years year report comes Lubomir Koutny Czechoslovakia start months advance arrange trip Belgium First money arranged special account set up just trip abroad Czech government allowed him take $20 per day out country hardly pays hotel days year make two trips Brno pronounced Bruno capital Prague get through red tape Lubomir accompanied Flemalle year Tonda Alfery creator fantastic vacu-formed polystyrene-sheet Peanuts Having used 40-meter-high ceiling Brno shock two intrepid Czechs find Belgian hall mere eight-to-ilmeter ceiling big wooden ribs sides ceiling Lubomirs own words very friendly condition gave forget us handicap soon Peanut Scale divided two events favoring Scale favoring duration Belgian Peanut Scale rules require fly three flights ROG 15-sec qualifying time flight winners deter mined based static-judging scores have validated flying requirement winner event George Kandyla February 1989 167
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/02
Page Numbers: 60, 61, 62, 63, 165, 166, 167
0 1988 Free Flight Nab Canceled Tidewater Virginia location events re scheduled Illinois October Turnout great considering short time pub licity modelers U Harry Murphy THE 1988 AMA NATIONAL Model Air plane Championships will enter history books no other reason long est Nats ever championships began July 23rd State Virginia didnt see final curtain drawn until midOctober plains southern Illinois Especially Free Flighters arranged vacation time around tendance Tidewater Nats July last-minute cancellation Outdoor Free Flight events except Scale came severe disappointment least initially Charles Catons K&B 325-powered Humming bird plans April 1986 MA captured everyones attention Class Gorgeous yel low model virtually ignored high winds log six max flights took first place National Free Flight Society President Tony Italiano starts engine Class B Power model Tony key figure rescheduling Free Flight Nats also topped Open B field model waning minutes weekend three quick maxes sun came out finalize Sunday began wind rain Once Nats over though attention AMA Headquarters could again revert dilemma Free Flight contingent make amends unfor tunate turn events canceled outdoor competition solution proposal made around first September NFFS Na tional Free Right Society belatedly re schedule canceled Free Flight events complete unused Nats trophies NFFS accepted challenge Within about nine days viable site confirmed Contest Director drafted volunteer force event directors tabulators necessities AMA FF Nats would clude CD Dick Smith left annuai contestant Sal Talbi pictured Starduster 900 Minus WW Ii years TaibIs 49th consecutIve National Contest 60 Model Aviation waiiace bucKets Johnson starts Su perTigre 60 huge Class D bird Wind breakers jackets vogue week end despite mostly sunny cloudless skies Left Warren Kurth repeated last years Payload win Pay-triot beautifully built September 1971 Model Airplane News plans Windy conditions forced flights hand launched Right Georgian Gawg Perryman C02-powered model Great Speck led Bird fleet prop speckled calls See-O-To does fly set new Category ill Open record meet Left Convened RCer Ed Keck gives pensive glance authors camera Brad Bane-designed Windwhip bested Open Class C Power contestants mere seven seconds six perfect maxes Right Ed Konefes lights dethermalizer fuse Guenther Nowak fifth Mulvihill Rubber pair joined Joe Macay comprised Watermelon Team won Three-Man Mulvihill Team event other helpers assembled Events recharted compression three days Arrangements ship awards Res ton VA made other odds ends least problem efficiently informing prospec tive contestants about rescheduled meet handled within space about Left FF Contest Board member Chris Matsuno sniffs thermal heaving HL Glider entry Center Bill Schiarb prepares fly A-2 Towline Glider entry Battle scars repaired Scotch tape carried him fourth place Right Tony Hutchins US team members Free Flight Junior World Championships Poland brought back exotic North Korean FAI Power model obtained trade Complete metal covering gadgetry galore make wonder well builder-of-the-model rule followed some countries February 1989 61 five weeksbooked Annual Tn-County Aero contest slated weekend ofClub/SAM 57 two-day contest seeOctober 14-16 Lawrencevile IL Theond weekend left third weekend small group scrambling ar- weekend October 14-16 looked range affair discounted firstlike favorable tuning corn crop weekend October too soon permit athad plagued SAM Champs contestants least some semblance proper notifica-at 3000-acre Mid-America Airport back tion seleeted facilityLawrence-in mid-July would gone should villes Mid-America Airportwas alreadyclear way unobstructed down wind chase least mile-and-a-half perimeter fences roads open fields beyond Indian summer region Left This study group Buckets Johnson Jim Summersett Charles Caton review remains Marvin Maces Pilfered Pearl lost argument concrete runway An unprecedented high wind took its toll Power models Right Father-son combo Bill Ja mie Jackson wind rubber motor Jamies P-30 stick model second P-30 copped first Junior Mulvihill Rubber event Left Duane Renkens CO2 entry powered tiny Brown Twin placed second Open three maxes Author thinks CO2 needs some rules tweaking make obtaining 2-mm max difficult some motors seem run forever Right Another split second cameraman would have completely missed Dick Rikels launch Class B Witch Doctor Rickel sixth Open age group Left Joe Macay launches huge Mulvihill shipsecond Open escape wind Rubber jobs wound downwind vehicles behind hastily rigged tarps Right Vicki Veach Muncie md Visitors Bureau shows off new CIA Central Indiana Aeromodelers honorary T-shirt caught AMA President Don Lowe Don circulated neariy whole session converse fliers officials usually stretched out good flying weather until about first November could expect beautiful outdoor experience previewed conditions taking TCAC/SAM 57 affair 8th 9th October As expected pesky corn gone fine flying weather marred slight drizzle moved part midday Sunday 88 contestants registered winners went home variety beautiful nate sterling silver platters Everyone went home bellyful good food cookout Saturday night door prizes worth well over $1 OOO doled out meal ticket holdersincluding lifetime SAM membership final ticket drawn final touch superb dinner arrange ments awards banquet showed group its best SAM 57 crowd sure knows put capstone its flying season Good show folks As Free Flight Nats began Friday fitful Indian summer weather van ished Instead faced blus tery strong southerly winds blowing mass unfriendly looking rain clouds However forecast upcoming weekend optimistic frontal clouds expected blow past Fri day sunny skies predicted told ourselves may make under wire frostbitten fingers yet Friday came though south erly wind still blowing unprece 62 Model Aviation dented 20 25 mph Fortunately skies sunnyour thermometers gratefully acknowledged 750 timesbut wind ever-present would remain us entire three-day weekend least some consolation flat ex panse airport itself well its oneand-a-half-mile downwind chase facility leading open fields Wabash Val ley flatlands beyond undaunted would flyand fly did Above combined din model engine noise chase bikes sputtering about sunny October skies presented motley picturehere gyrations streaking gas-powered missiles Rubber models comparatively lazy ascents Wheth er July October its still thrill Free Flighter absence contestants both Jun ior Senior poles age spectrum noticeable schools col leges session parents whod already expended vacation time expected 343 total entries fell oaly nine short published pre-regis tered Virginia Nats count Free Flight events addition Tidewater total pre sumably included Free Flight Gas Rubber Scale events making artificially high numerical comparison purposes Open Gas Charles Catons beauti fully finished K&B-powered Hummingbird Model Aviation April 1986 flew perContinued page 165 Bob Perkins launches 1/2A Bitch Hawk Bud Ellen Brown ready Buds Coupe placed fifth Tree line behind good dHiver entry its final flight Bud chal two miles distant strong drift took mod- lenged 25-mph winds capture first els right trees open fields ever Nats win Ellen excited rooter February 1989 63 ADOve senior age flier Paul Spangler flew Midwest Gollywock first place Mulvihill Paul chased foot model always win ning downwind race strong air currents Right jubilant Zygfryd Sullsz right once Poland now Chicago ac cepts Nats award FAI Power NFFS President Tony ital iano Plaques canceled FF events Virginia Nats Left LInwood Cochran readies unique quad-finned CO2 entry official flight Most models event used Cox 020 Pee Wee en gines Davis CO2 conversion head two tanks Center Thermistors reading 750F strong winds caused Mylar streamers fly nearly horizontal throughout weekend Most everyone wore warm coats jackets ward off chill felt Right Larry Veasman assembles Coupe dHiver entry Small Rubber models difficult keep sight two-minute-max flight time Models would usu ally beat chasers bikes 1 l/2-mile fence line downwind overfly conditions flat harvested farmland horizon excellent RADIO CONTROL SHORT KITS FOR THE SPORT MODELER BY POPULAR REQUEST WE HAVE ADDED THE CORSAIR TO OUR SHORT KIT LINE DESIGNED BY THE PROFESSIONAL R/C BUILDER AND FLIER LEMAR ALEXANDER THE CORSAIR IS BUILT AROUND FOAM CORE WING AND BOX FRAME FUSELAGE FOR SIMPLE BUT STURDY CONSTRUCTION IT IS VERY STABLE IN FLIGHT WITH NO TIP STALL HABITS THE CORSAIR HAS PLENTY OF WING AND TAIL AREA FOR THOSE SMOOTH FLARE OUT LANDINGS THE IDEA BEHIND OUR SHORT KIT LINE IS TO OFFER INEXPENSIVE WAY FOR MODELERS TO STEP UP INTO GOOD LOOKING SCALE WAR BIRD THAT IS EASY TO BUILD AND FUN TO FLY VISIT OUR OUTLET STORE AT IS MORGAN STREET IN CRYSTAL LAKE IL Phone 815/459-0417 THESE TWINS WERE DESIGNED BY NATIONALS CHAMPION HAL PARENTI AND REFLECT HIGH CALIBER OF MODEL ENGINEERING THAT IS HARD TO BEAT THEY HAVE OUTSTANDING FLIGHT PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SPEED RANGE P-38 LIGHTNING 70 SPAN . 7495 FOR 25 TO 50 ENGINES A-26 INVADER 68 SPAN . 6495 8%iWG MEG MORE SINGLE ENGINE FIGHTERS FOR 25 TO 50 ENGINES AGM2 ZERO 54 SPAN3750 F-AD TOMAHAWK 55 SPAN3750 P-39 AIRACOBRA 55 SPAN3750 F-SlD MUSTANG 54 SPAN3750 C202 FOLGORE 56 SPAN3750 FOCKE WULF 90 54 SPAN3750 SHORT KITS INCLUDE STYROFOAM WING CORES CANOPIES COWLS PLANS ENGINE MOUNTS FIREWALLS MOLDED MISC PARTS SOME HARDWARE AND MATERIALS LIST FOR BALSA AND ADDITIONAL OFF THE SHELF ITEMS NEEDED ORDERING SEND CHECK OR MONEY ORDER FOR REQUIRED AMOUNT PLUS $450 PER KIT CANADIANS ADD 5750 TO WING MFG PO BOX 33 CRYSTAL LAKE IL 60014 ILLINOIS RESIDENTS ADD 6% SALES TAX ALL ORDERS MUST BE IN US FUNDS SEND 5350 FOR PRODUCTS CATALOG native Mississippian active modeling since late 1940s retired Navy officer lives 900 Main Ave La Grande OR 97850 recently published article Chip Net Safety Baffler August 1987 Model Aviation Support/Palko Continued page 59 member people neigh bors friends like support Tell something need want Tell something dont like Speak up always bear mind much have done try express criticisms sug gestions diplomatically can FF Nats/Murphy Continued page 63 fectly constructed logged six maxes top Bob Dunhams Motovator gale force such saw least two flights model went up slight left pattern rather desired righthand groove Catons well-adjusted Hbird seemed impervious distortions its power pattern airplane must un doubtedly regarded finest AMA class model contest Although AMA Gas classes av eraged between 35-40 entries per event Open D Gas drew respectable 17 contend ers pair Texans down Al amo way would carry home top hard ware baffle big uns Lee Camp bell quipped earlier hed like see Nit Wit win Pearl coming sec ond score could simply read Nit Pearl two outcome instead Pearl Pearl two Marvin Maces Pilfered Pearl bested teammate Jim Summersetts similar design mere sev en seconds Third-place winner Bill Dunlops carbon fiber Ex-Cels went OOS out of-sight fourth max Seelig de thermalizer timer failed function model spotted next day air 20 miles north across Wabash River Indiana average Gas flier AMA class events appeared relatively less scien tific Rubber power counterpart regard use exotic thermal detection devices fiberglass pole adorned lar tape served Gas fliers standard di vining rod seemed satisfied keeping eye some other fellows pole other guy always tal ler pole located better posi tion anyway contrast gumband gang came well equipped deci mal-reading Haverhill digital thermometerson-a-stick accompanied assorted ver sions bubble machine contraption rang ing totally commercial custom-made origin something mystery bubble machines could deliver observable thermal detection ground winds streaking along horizontal paths seldom higher 10 ft off turf case often good air above ground gusts boom ers prevalent weekend long Fred Blom captured coveted Wake field trophy Ed Konefes Martin Richardson close behind popular P-30 event saw Frank Heeb eking out onesecond win over relative newcomer Bill Jackson obviously learning fast get maximum energy out rubberband First third places four seconds apart event longtime rubberband expert Gawg Perryman log ging four-second deficit third place Completing first days event card A-i Towline 020 Cargo Bill Schlarb took A-i Towline going away max-out-plus model flown Cargo belonging Robert Nich ols bucked wind lifting respectable 45 oz Nichols Cox 020 must surely suf fering hernia problem after feat No report Free Flight session com plete unless preceded account weather case Saturdays weather however can brief Conditions second day competition ex act replica Fridays sunny windy Ed Kecks model designed Brad Bane well named Windwhip attacked wayward gusts admira ble consistency Keck turned six maxes Charles Caton pulled up 7 sec short 13 sec ahead veteran Sal Taibis Starduster 900 Sal lone Cali fornia entrant motored across US once again seemingly ageless 56 Chevy will have turned over 600000 miles its speedometer trek home 49th consecutive Natsdisre garding course World War II years Nats held Thats some attendance record Keith Fulmer took V3A second year row though thought saw him dork model process Nat Comforts Max Hog missed third max 3 sec puffing him second slot James Thoruberry pulled tugged A-2 Towline first place FlA saw Andrew Barron stumbling around corn stubble field couple times attempting circle tow model occurred time could have moved about 30 ft left onto grass strip lined run way less hazardous situationbut maybe thermals concentrated over corn stubble Oh well what know Anyway Andy chugged third place hind Tennessee dance man 0 C Stewart Coupe dHiver Lawrenceville resi dent Bud Brown led scant six seconds over omnipresent Gawg Perryman George once heard say powers Gas jobs A-in Pirelli Roger Wathen Indianapolis brought down vanload youngsters participate February 1989 165 I-fl FOR 40 TO 60 ENGINE Hand-Launched Glider thereby making competitive both Junior Senior events Paul Wicks Paul Spangler earned top awards Junior Senior respectively Strong man Ber nie Boehm captured Open competition Al Beletz tied second place tall lanky Kevin Anderson final event Saturday Electric won Bob Nichols Electric B Sunday Both Electric events poorly supported leaving wonder side Rockies concept will ever gain enough momentum justifi split ting two classes Sundays weather presented contrast what first two days contest brought winds didnt stop un til around 9 am lot rain augment Clouds cooler tempera tures prevailed until midafternoon skies cleared After sun popped out again NFFS Prexy Tony Italiano put up three late after noon flightsand three maxesfor first place Open B Gas Shocer Tying second place Greg Hinrichs Bill Jenkins stymied just two seconds short three maxes well flyoff called CD Dick Smith gave Hinrichs sec ond-place award Like Electric FM Power saw poor sup port since some group used up energies participating US team finals Seguin TX previous weekend may Zyg fryd Sulisz posted respectable score top Doug Rabe fine-performing metalcovered model metal-covered jobs surely handsome make feel inadequate attempting fly silk- film-covered model against Tony Hutchins showed up metal-covered Korean power model swapped Junior World Champs Poland last August aircraft something behold no 16-year-old built sure Youth did win out over old masters traditional Mulvihill Rubber Open event Milwaukees Greg Hinrichs hatcheted old hands Joe Macay Chris Matsuno Gawg Perryman Guenther Nowak right down list 23 entrants Watermel team Nowak Konefes Macay outscored Sodhusters Perryman Mat suno Brown three-man Mulvihill honors Unlimited Dawn Rubber flown both Saturday Sunday mornings could fly either day both Ed Ko nefes outfiew Dave Platt honors event Warren Kurth repeated Payload champ attractive rendition colum nists PAY-TRIOT design Model Airplane News September 1971 design 20 years old year am still getting re quests plans Makes feel humble right Hand-launching permitted lieu ROG rise-off-ground requirement because gusty wind conditions George Perryman does own engine af ter alleven though evident record-setting seven-max performance Payload converted CO2 keeping rest stash colorful birds Perrymans original-design model came complete lotsa speckies Payload ap pears dire need some rule tweak ing since engines usually run nearly whole two-minute max way thinking event seems have go ing Electric categories cause model weights CO2 provide lighter wing loadings less model weight per sq wing area over missed pomp ceremony conventional unified Nats least absence grumbling about inadequate flying site facilities reprieve having simple ques tions met military-type runarounds uninformed officials welcome compen sations wind blewand blew never let upat least size field its accessibility model chasing helped us cope Most important tangible undercurrent appreciation put Free Flight Nats togetherthose made happen despite knowing two strikes al ready posted swat remaining result lots fun came hearty thank due dared Made America American Technology RIG & U/C ENGINES 15 thru 61 Glow Plugs & Spark Plugs Ignition Engines 29 35 ORIGINAL REPLACEMENT PARTS Kraft 61 Cox Conquest 15 Testor/McCoy Series 21 Taipan 40 HGK Forster Remco Viking twin DC 09 diesel Call wrtte free inforreotion RJL Industries PO Box 5 Sierra Macire CA 91024 818 359-0016 166 Model Aviation wen 1 5-2L ... Design weight 3-3% lbs Wing loading 3 lbs z Kit Features easy building balsa constructioni Mepie Engine Rails isoisted Tank Compartment Formed Music Wire Lending Gear THE FLORTO FLYER Zh SUNSHINE HOBBY READY TO FLY Call 1-800-45-TO FLY ACCESSORIES INCLUDED PIPER CHEROKEE-40$12999 PIPER CHEROKEE-2510899 FOKKER E111-4011999 FANCY STICK-4011499 FANCY STICK-256999 CESSNA 172-2010899 CONDOR-40L11999 TERCEL-4512199 ENGINE NOT INCLUDED PIONEER CAR$6000 ENGINE INCLUDED 17221 South Western Avenue Gardena California 90247 CONTACT us FOR THIS MONTHS SPECIAL yflEARAFL40j265 SIZE SHARK SSSS-SPANSTRAIGHT SHOULDER WING SHARK ST SPAN TAPERED SHOULDER WING 105 WING CORD S7USU IN 4 TO S5L5PIBRRGLASS COWL ALUMINUM MAIN GEAR FLY AS TRI GEAR OR TAILORAGGER BALSA PeE-BUILT FUSALAGE BALSA SHEATED iLS FOAM CORE WING MACHINE CUT B HAND SANDED STABLLIZER INTRODUCTORY PRICE Eu 569 9U54O0 HANDLING MC VISA 9 MO UPS CODE 5275 AMEOP ADDA1/2 TAD IN TEXAS KINGSWAY ENTERPRISES TAMPIO4506 WILDACRES SASEHOUSTON TEXAS 77072 FOR CATALOG CALL1-7i3-621 7782 Advanced Transmitter Capabilities Low Cost ATRCSTM Stores Four Aircraft Setups Includes Seven Different Servo Configurations Individual Surface Travel Limits Centering Single Switch Presets Launch Speed Modes Full Trailing Edge Control Enhanced Mixing Functions Crow Landing Capability Fully installed kit Control Systems 238 5 Hillview Dr Milpitas CA 95035 408 946-4142 Air mnimlM Module 75pTM registered trademarks Airironics Inc A-tracks Works with standard FM/PPM Receivers Airtronics PCM Receivers Convertsthe Module advanced computerized control system Advanced Technology Radio Control System See downwind instance w-a-a-a-y downwind FF Scale/Warner Continued page 65 passing out copies famous Flying Aces Club newsletter fliers attended Bridgeport-based twice-yearly meets Connec ticut Stott Thompson later began sending out copies newsletter key people model ing help propagate back real model ing brand laid-back modeling caught Since its beginnings early Sixties FAC has gone international Peanut Scale largely clubs invention now standard event countries England France Bel gium Czechoslovakia name few Dave Stott restates what may rea sons popularity Flying Aces move ment its emphasis Rubber Scale nonserious competition cites case Ken Groves heavily Mulvihill Wakefield Rubber competition Ken said him self way back third max flight contest Im working too hard So went Rubber Scale about sums up excites us play work presentiy number Hying Aces oriented clubs around country ing formed time national comman dant Lin Reichel holds loose confed eration together publishes official na tional newsletter youd like part fun send nine bucks years membership Flying Aces News 3301 Cindy Lane Erie PA 16506 DC Maxecuters active accomplished clubs country has super newsletter available anyone sends $10 year Allan Schanzle 20008 Spur Hill Dr Gaithersburg MD 20879 Flightmasters southern California area has decided go Flying Aces orien tation membership year stands $15 its just $12 newsletter alone Send check Flightmasters Byron Calomiris 3406 Fda Ave Long Beach CA 90808 Arizonas Cactus Squadron can contacted through Dave Smith Cactus Squadron GHQ 1041 East Rawhide Gilbert AZ 85234 publish good newsletter yearly dues $10 San Diego Scale Staffel also well worthy mention its emphasis Rubber Scale FAC spirit FAC member Tom Arnold does newsletter dues $10/year payable Scale Staffel/Dave Kemp 8905 Idyllwild Lane San Diego CA 92119 Dec Martins legendary MIAMA Hangar Pilot newsletter Miami FL has Indoor orienta tion can get $10/year Dr John Martin 2180 Tigertail Ave Miami FL 33133 Other newsletters often contain FF Scale stuff interest Michigan Antique Mod eler Newsletter comes out four times year $275 Karl Spielmaker Editor 4690 Burlingame SW Wyoming MI 49509 Winding Stooge $10 eight issues Tom Winter 1010 Eastridge Dr Lincoln NE 68510 Nebraska Free Flighters Wing Tips Mid-Hudson Model Masters $7/year Scott Smith RD #1 Box 290 Athens NY 12015 NMFF Newsletter New Mexico Free Flighters $7/year Ann Eckerson 810 Baird Circle Aztec NM 87410 Several newsletters relatively dormant moment may have inadvertently omit ted some groups action area please let know am constantly getting let ters modelers wanting know get air like-minded souls neck woods Most newsletters excellent sources plans hints tips news upeoming events information-wanted requests like Sup port em keeping real modeling alive Murphy alive well Africa lat est issue MIAMA Hangar Pilot comes item having excerpted turn Golf ers World Matthieu Boya lives small West African country Benin practicing golf ad jacent countrys prime military airfield drives hit bird smashed windshield jet mid-takeoff pi lot lost control plane careened off runway crashed remaining four planes Benins air force Benin govermnent held Boya responsible tune 44 million bucks charged him hooliganism offense punishable six-month prison term Good news Boya received seven-day suspended jail sentence fine reduce $45 Bad news Boya makes $325 year bad news Benin still doesnt have air force Wow some guy can damage golf bail just think what could 55lb model airplane Stay away birds air bases flying under legal altitude limit skysters unofficial Peanut World Championships Flemalle Belgium have attracting cream European Peanutters last few years year report comes Lubomir Koutny Czechoslovakia start months advance arrange trip Belgium First money arranged special account set up just trip abroad Czech government allowed him take $20 per day out country hardly pays hotel days year make two trips Brno pronounced Bruno capital Prague get through red tape Lubomir accompanied Flemalle year Tonda Alfery creator fantastic vacu-formed polystyrene-sheet Peanuts Having used 40-meter-high ceiling Brno shock two intrepid Czechs find Belgian hall mere eight-to-ilmeter ceiling big wooden ribs sides ceiling Lubomirs own words very friendly condition gave forget us handicap soon Peanut Scale divided two events favoring Scale favoring duration Belgian Peanut Scale rules require fly three flights ROG 15-sec qualifying time flight winners deter mined based static-judging scores have validated flying requirement winner event George Kandyla February 1989 167