A 15* RESTON VA 22090 RC World Championships results Individual placingsp 116 Flyoff placingsp 121 Easy B Model Rules Interpretation Indoor Contest Board recently acted request rules interpretation affect ing Indoor Easy B models Background Walter P Van Gorder submitted letter Indoor Contest Board August 111983 stated opinion use carbon fibers structural enhance ment Easy B models violation paragraph 1982h page 14 1982-83 AMA rule book states shall no bracing model except con sists entirely solid wood substantiated opinion stating Easy B event should kept pre sently exists allowing use carbon fiber enhancement reinforcement might just first long series high-technology innovations could creep what has historically supersimple event requested Board make offi cial interpretation rule respect stated opinion Indoor Contest Board Action accordance official Contest Board Procedures last published June 1982 Competition Newslettera copy procedures may obtained Competition Dept AMA HQ too Indoor Contest Board Chairman Bud Tenny caused Board vote interpretation handled immediate enforcement no immediate rulingbut require further vote denial further action Continued page 121 Competition Directory CONTEST COORDINATORSPP Pat English 823 Broadmay Vincennee IN 47591 I Bernice Williams 347 Soushmick Rd Westfield MA 01085 VII events entire district lexcapt Michigenl II P Sobrino 87-26 88th St. Woodhaven Queens NY 11421 Gregg Seydel 3625 Best lana Terrace Cudahy WI 53110 RC Ernest Nikodem 407 Willow St Lockoort NY 14094 Michigan RC Bill Puori 28 Pernwood Or. 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Sear 52 Leegholm Neeksa* NH 03060 VII Claude McCullough RR 1 Box 487 Montezuma IA 50171 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14612 VilI Buddy Irwin 922 Sundown LO Desono TX 75115 III Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St McKeesport PA 15130 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward SI Omaha NE8B1I4 IV Bob Karlsson 2843 Marsh Pd Wilmington DC 18810 X Bill Stroman 12218 Dune St. Norwalk CA 90680 V David PIart 8940 NW 15th Ft Lauderdale FL33313 XI Earle Moorhead 375 5 View Place 5 Salem OR 97302 INDOOR CONTEST BOARD I Ray Harlan 15 Happy Hollow Rd Wayland MA 01778 VI Chris Matnuno 8578 Ginger St John MO 83114 II Merrick Andreme 100 River Pd A11 BogOta NJ 07603 VII Richard Odin B Canary Hill Dr Pontiac MI 48055 III Walter P Van Gorder 5669 Victory View Ln Cincinnati VIII Ralph lead Tenny Boa 548 Aicherdeon TX 75080 ON 45238 IX Stan Chvron 3003 Main Wichita KS 87202 IV Don Srull 941 Kimberwicke Rd McLean VA 22102 X Clarencv Mather 3860 Ecochee Ave San Diego CA 92117 V John Martin 2l80Tiqertail Miami FL 33133 Xl cave Hagen 19957 SRvO Land Rd Oregon Cty0R97045 CONTEST BOARD COOROINATOR Ono Lindley 420 Tupelo Napereille IL 60540 January 1984 115 NE WSLETTE ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS1810 SAMUEL MORSE DRIVE 1983 RC Aerobatics World ChampionshipsTeam Placings After 4 Rounds P1NationTeam ScoreP1NationTeam ScoreP1NationTeam Score 1USA809211Australia714121Norway4533 2Japan788712South Africa692722Venezuela4397cc 3F R Germany787213LuXemburg678523Guatemala2938cc 4Canada774014Netherlands676124New Guinea2429c 5Austria765615MeXiCo633425Chile2149C 6Italy756616Argentina633226Peru2145c 7France751817Korea627827New Zealand2009C 8Belgium739318Brazil612128Finland2005C 9Great Britain737919Ireland5379NOTES C 1 flier 10Switzerland718520Liechtenstein5119 iers Highest Individual Score 2858 Lowest Individual Score 1431 83 Hats MeNeill Cup Winner 1983 FAI F3A World Championships Pensacola Florida USA October 10-15 1983 Results end Round 4 ncr pc LUI CUUI IOU Lup time FAI Power Nats Besides winning Nats trophy Tom dm50 receives annual McNeiIl Cup achievementand free engine available suitable FAI Power competition years engine K&B Cox 15 generously donated Mr Johnny Brodbeck Sr K&B Mfg Tom re ceived engine recent AMA HO Grand Opening AMA Executive Director John Worth R Thats Toms wife left US Scale Team Patcl Available CL Team Race Speed Team Selection Committee Named AMA President John C Grigg has named Jed Kusik WR Bill Lee Charles Lieber Walt Perkins Luke Roy Team sel ection Committee CL Team Race Speed will select nominees Chair man person named 8384 program entrants will asked vote choice Chairman P1 Contestant Nation Round 123 1Hanno PrettnerAustria140613401419 2Bertram LossenF R Germany136512711411 3Ivan KristensenCanada14412941369 4Dave BrownUSA137013101442 5Steve HelmsUSA34312291324 6Wolfgang MattLiechtenstein131513671313 7Yoichiro AkibaJapan126312751298 8Tony FrackowiakUSA119924613Of 9Glichi NarukeJapan12611219134w 10Tsugutaka YoshiokaJapan129t12041280 11Giuseppe BertolozziItaly12451214125 12Pascal ArdondeauFrance126212451304 13Pascal MalfaitFrance125811371281 14FranzMayrFRGermany120211681219 15Greg MarsdenCanada123111571261 16Werner Schweiker 17Benito Bertolani 18Gerard Werion 19Brian Brotherton 20Ken Binks F R Germany Italy Belgium Great Britain Great Britain 1172 17 1046 4 1092 1251 1219 1182 1203 712 21Ruggero PasqualiniItaly10591098 22Hugo PeyerSwitzerland12021185 23Adolf PanzAustria11971125 24Jean-Pierre ZardiniBelgium11071173 25Alexandres DegotteBelgiumt141219 26Jacques GagnonCanada12291124 27Norbert MattLiechtensteinII1226 28Graham StowellNew Guinea11051073 29Rene SchumacherSwitzerland11311062 30Philip StevensGreat Britain 31Andre LafeiteFranceL231184 32Eddie EdwardsAustralia11201118 33Tom ProsserAustralia1118893 34Ivan OlivierSouth Africa11431088 35Hermann KowarzAustria11491151 36Willie SutherlandSouth Africa10851102 37Collin TaylorAustralia10401108 38Emil GiezendannerSwitzerland9971086 39Edy DockendorfLuxemburg10671058 40Tore JemtegaardNorway1231149 41Paul BehmLuxemburg1010859 42Hub DekkersNetherlands11021123 43Jan VanVlietNetherlands9701077 44Jan VanBeekNetherlands1I71066 45Terie EltvikNorway239983 46Ricardo GomezVenezuela1Q991087 47Lucien GerardLuxemburg962992 48Sung-Nam KimKorea978274 49Kevin HayneSouth Africa1052989 50Mario QuintanillaMexico941960 51P1mb RomanoBrazil880986 52MoonHoChoiKorea944889 53Juan HidalgoVenezuela938814 54Mario RodriguezChile9650 55Alberto FlorezPeru960731 56Roberto IskanianArgentina5321070 57Daniel FalcoArgentina1049926 58Angel MaldonadoArgentina855922 59Luis BlakeMexico958878 60Benjamin CastanedaMexico906886 61Jorge MacedoBrazil671835 62Michael LynchNew Zealand844781 63Tero VallasFinland784852 64Jim ClarkeIreland0737 65Jung 80k AnKorea922861 66Salvatore Pompei 67Ray Keane 68Noel Barrett 69Hector Tschen 70Julio Quevedo Brazil Ireland Ireland Guatemala Guatemala 0 905 251 102 623 2Ie 57 s9 116 Model Aviation 1236 1 1 7 1 Support e Teaml Buy silver/orange/blue/black patches $3 Bob Underwood 4109 Concord Oaks Dr St Louis MO 63128 Profits sale patches donated team fund help cover out-of-pocket expenses World Champs Total 2858 2804 2771 2770 2687 2682 2640 2635 2634 2613 2590 2552 2549 2537 2531 2531 2519 2506 2480 2474 2457 2456 2444 2444 2443 2438 2437 2429 2426 2425 2417 2412 2386 2385 2354 2348 2343 2303 2290 2289 2267 2262 2253 2246 2244 2239 2228 2195 2194 2170 2168 2160 2158 2149 2145 2124 2110 2098 2090 2074 2031 2009 2005 1934 1923 1922 1916 1529 1507 1431 RC World Championships results Flyoff placingsp 121 * Total two highest scores Rounds 1 3the other Rounds ymond B Harlan Indoor Teani Finals Photos author strange aura clung Northwood atrium Devoid human activity save lone maintenance man seemed ghost urging recount its colorful history future still uncertain would door contest last commenced 16 years ago Whatever surely promised very best na tions top Fl D fliers gathering decide composition 1984 US Indoor team World Championships scheduled held next year Trade Center Na goya Japan October 14 through 18 Northwood very similar site having same ceiling height about half diameter Program participants chose Northwood basis good performance should equate good performance World Championships voting close felt great flights volved significant measure luck since rafter-hanging mandatory high times may emphasis would deal ing unfriendly sitewhich would valuable experience going Japan Erv Rodemsky agreed Contest Director 1981 Santa Ana brought wife Joan assistant gether made contest function flawlessly despite high tensions anxieties contestants always accompany Finals Getting Started Following day practice fliers began take measure site meeting held prior first round wherein Erv began set tone con test laying out ground rules NIMAS meet June flier opinion generously bent steering rules holding back climb later moving model warm air pockets no danger colliding either another model buildingstructure Therefore felt some rules relevant site specifically stated FAI rule book might appropriate help limit abuses Following suggestion Jim Richmond Erv introduced idea allowing steer ing inside ring drawn atriums mosaic floor corresponded midpoint skylights above also suggested no steering permitted move models away mushroom hanging above center disk Further models would required launched point about midway ring floor its r 1984 US FAI Indoor team L R Cezar Banks Bob Randolph Jim Rich mond lot relaxed now tensions contest over center thus averting off-center launches would require early steeringwherein power burst might held back No sharks teeth would permitted steering-balloon string prevent balloon string catching propeller can used push model gain al titude contestant wanted steer announce loudly timer CD could hear observe vio lated rules flight would disquali fied strong words would serve keep steering honorable two models potential collide least time must steered out way Test flying would permit ted flier model balloon string interfered official flight flier would forfeit next round ground rules accepted vote couple dissenters nosteering-away-from-the-mushroom rule mushroom hit high enough causes model slide down side nose-down attitude finally power-diving off bottomwith result almost certainly collapsed wing contestants agreed certainty thought ruling could help avoid steering abuse adopted Perhaps word two should said 118 Model Aviation chose fly atrium Northwood Institute West Baden IN because its same height World Championships site Nagoya Japan Three fliers demonstrated superior performances Others flights previous years would have put teambut time Super-winder Stan Chilton High-ratio gears can torquefree magnetic pickoff reads turns output shaft transmits big LED display No muttering yourself wind ing display can blanked retaining number turns integral memory chip Paul Tryon uses exquisite pitch gauge compare blade setting blade prop both must alike check actual pitch values Too bad cant read labels scales Left-hand launcn sends Jim Hiclimoncis Catwalker IL its way lie switcned nis new design aner 4th round Bill Hulbert C just fliers repair business went all-out high times Hes patching film latest Time Machine Pete Andrews R first flier break 30 mm 1949 held FiD record nearly 45 mm few years ago Bud Romak 1 Indoor World Champion 17bbrougflt models witn mm rinals him ceiling too low able get long flights needed place team Bob Randolphs model C Cezar Banks designand really does have rudder invisible since uses boron filament outline light reflecting film Dick Obarski R hit girders ceiling too often didnt score well enough make team Hes now retired lives Florida aI Lannizzo IL returned contest activity after several years hiatus finished flourish 5th Jim Clem C atrium ceiling must seem infinitely high since usually flies under 25-ft ceiling Bedford TX gyml flights reached rafters several times Lew Gitlow R used 5-rib wings boron-filament rudder outline Mr Indoor Model Supplies null,CU L,C OWCl LU PCCIJlIlUll L .. .e prop trtoge Un funaiumy ii ible photo Walt V. uLer C hasnt done much FiD flying yet easily broke 30 mm Richmond e design wife Delores lent him much support Cezar Banks R flew several designs consistent flier Finals previous flight ex perience Nagoya Nagoya Cup November 6-8 1981 should help him forthcoming World Championships January 1984 119 about mushroom Northwood atriumsome readers report may never have very center ceil ing atrium large circular structure used levitating bandstand decorative bauble dangles several feet below Both things real model-eaters shrouded hanging plastic sheeting Indoor flying order day large bandstand encased plastic down its base about 10 ft high tube plastic enshrouds pendant its cable underside bandstand decorated concentric circles spokelike designs overall impression gigantic mushroom suspended center atriums domed ceiling Rounds would two-and-one-half hours long Contestants would time others flights would get credit via green mark flight cards timing timers needed fewest credits would called addition flier credits would given preference obtaining timer high-demand situation effectively served encourage volun teer timing spread flying over course rounds Competition first round started noon Satur day air seemed good serious flying underway shortly thereafter Sal Cannizzo launched model climbed fast reach ing top few minutes model hit girder fell off tallslide rolled out about 50 ft climbed right back up again After some lucky bouncing Pete Andrews model collided little warning thus ending two potentially great flights Bob Randolph Larry Cailliau Bob Gibbs served notice California con tingent came win posting top three times Round Oneeach over 33 mm second round Randolph empha sized point scoring 3648 Cailliau did same 3641 Cezar Banks initiated assault high time round 3708 Walt Van Gorder first team selection program followed leaders 3 420 third round Banks moved first flight 3606 Randolph im proved two-flight total 3530 second place However object very interesting episode Larry Cailliau third place after two rounds flight moved up ward ever slowly finally reached skirt mushroom about 10 mm model continued alternately touch skirt girders fpr nearly 15 mm finally slipping un der disk close 25-mm mark ever after three circles hit stem mushroom slid down folded wing ending what might have record-setting flight end first day Banks Randolph Cailliau led Gibbs Tryon Harlan Van Gorder following victims mush room first day talk revis ing steering rules avoid calamity enough support generated no changes made Time Out Observations technical note Larry Cailliau troduced steering tube West Baden June thing polyurethane tube about two-thirds inch diameter com prises top 20 30 ft steering-balloon string very effectively prevents string catching irreversibly propeller Ray Harlan obtained roll material used manufacture very small plastic bags soon nearly everyone trying out blown up air ends tied knots seal forming fairly rigid tube Sharks teeth now obsoleted use boron filaments has emerged broad scale seen motorsticks tail booms rudders propeller outlines propeller ribs Bob Randolph used tung sten bracing wire bow curve boron ribs rudders boron pre vents all-too-common breakage models allowed land floor Only circular rudders seen boron filament overlapped ends held gether CyA glue Jim Richmond clever idea steering balloons always difficult judge large balloon inflating blew up finally satisfied its size put two marks 4 apart using felt-tipped pen way next time inflated could just measure marks instead having look whole balloon subject balloons Ray Harlan built Mylar balloon same material used commercial balloons come small sizes six-segment de sign diameter 30 Mylar balloons unpressurized can stand rough hand ling around sharp protrusions girders Rich Doig probably wished had balloon exploded trying dislodge model girder model destroyed Back Competition Weather second day nearly same first warm 82 degrees little humid 80% Times posted fourth round very low hangups some col lisions two flights over 30 mm Doig won round 3457 moving fourth place Andrews a3041 quick word about midair collisions resulted either two factors first times fliers stopped watching models something else models appeared no danger Despite lethargic motion ma chines situations can change rapidly fliers should always prepared move swiftly balloon second factor fliers reticent steer because lack experience fear damaging model prefer depend luck avoid collision Steering rules have book years yet US remains far beIndoor Team Selection West Baden Indiana September3-5 1983 P1Contestant RoundBestFinalsPriorTotal 123456789TwoPointsPointsPoints 1Bob Randolph34483648353083034253730741810000010973110973 2Cezar Banks75037083606134334466143657363974059970811000110708 3Jim Richmond1405102135527273348354030073550374173339899111000109991 4Larry Cailliau33293641251775433513333105155370329493011000105930 5Sal Cannizzo734551300573036343218141751594968529268711000103687 6RayHarlan311732552920844351690331081218320868119176810966102734 7Richard Doig16573Y41834F22258156412547224568329223910428T2T 8Bob Gibbs3309305534082800154426073025304385467179055610999101555 9Stan Chilton233060772529433426323867049026511000101265 10BudRomak29112501242919472845322633483216280466148914310974100117 11PaulTryon31521314331492326402243230912502728650687618999697614 12Walt Van Gorder26523420181828354343036233323556456873931007697469 13LewGitlow912194184213213318139657235531026420865861081597401 14Earl Hoffman6241824808215020443025502321714396242843881037494762 15PeteAndrews2452314055630417532832224526127436221839171053994456 16DickObarski910294027261834312030102223293818476130827731084293615 17Bill Hulbert313418497382433221722431104265524255829787121100089712 18Dan Belieff2100313170924552128101941826002528573177411997087381 19Ron Ganser1256243520068279072859250270327075606754S21052686008 20Al Rohrbaugh22408394422636152329059592654555975348875084098 21Jim Clem2382219223518351100154815581536451360857895269809 120 Model Aviation infamous mushroom apex ceiling Northwood Institute atrium protective plastic sheathing assures return modelnot its safetyl hind Great Britain proficiency Times picked up fifth round Cannizzo leading packat 3634 Richmond put up 3348 boost himself fourth place Harlan posted best time 3516 two leaders Banks Randolph demon strated consistency 34-mm flights did improve totals air warmed up stabilized somewhat sixth round However long flights made fairly late round including Randolph 3730 best fortunate hit skirt rafters minutes avoid both hangup mushroom Cailliau improved total 3351 dropped fourth Richmond managed 3540 slip ahead him Cannizzo improved 3218 fifth place Interestingly end two days first eight places de cided yet best flight meet would come next day final day Bob Randolph decided wait see rest competition challenged him Banks let him know finished flying 365 7 the top eight improve score others trying Al Rohrbaugh really threatened girders flying above least four circles model ac tually touched roof skin before sliding off another girder getting safer air However after touch skirt model again rose above girders hung after three four circles wait slipped off within allotted 10 sec twisted wing tailslid free air re covered clearly below girders could have steered closer center Al elected After few circles propeller lightly touched beam caught finally ending drama happened span 10 mm Bob Gibbs tried imitate Al over side After sliding down skin little model turned came out Gibbs snagged balloon trusswork could steer circle model nearly repeated its pattern time sliding down some cove molding moving clear Bob wasted no time getting balloon model steering center Unfortun ately model lost too much altitude rafter-banging came up short 3025 eighth round produced its own ver sion Indoor oddities Ron Ganser caught model girder hung down tail low could move because other traffic area decided wait Paul Tryons model climbed area drifted bit hit Gansers model knocking clearly off girder models separated negligible damage Tryons reward retrieval service No reflight model hangs girder considered part permanent structure thus no collision Although stated rule book question has come up previous World Champsionships FAI Jury has uniformly agreed concept Also round Jim Richmond man aged have two collisions flight Obarski Andrews both times graz ing touches affected neither model flew same circle Pete Andrews model several minutes model must have feared Petes climbed safety e girders circled once before sliding out away Petes Later right wing tip grazed mushroom again Jims luck him model moved away hazard landed 3550 lot work 10 sec improvement total ninth round started 500 last chance everyone Cailliau pushed fourth sixth round Richmond improved seventh hung eighth So look ing good flight move up Cannizzo needed good back up 3634 Doig Harlan still hopes would take flight nearly 37 minutes best Richmond Alas challengers could come close Cailliau hung up early did Can nizzo Harlans flight underpowered landed 3208 Doig doing better steer drift moved model side stopped propeller balloon string could free model using tube time frustration finally tweaked string enough damage wing contest over Richmond showed exercises utterly vain new design featuring 95-in wing chord long fuse lage put up flight positioned per fectly hit skirt too tired watch flight standings al ready determined landed 3741 few eyebrows raised once again Jim saved best last team Randolph Banks Rich mond showed individually have nec essary credentials represent US least four flights over 34 mm no else Banks last US team placed second 1981 Nagoya Cup Invitational Richmond has World Champion twice teams anyone else Randolph has finally made top Fl D class holds has held numerous records Cabin D Stick etc team selection finals culmi nation two years local regional con tests competition improving participants getting better ably re flected years performances 53 flights exceeding 30 mm 14 above 35 mm compares rather impres sively 1980 World Championships same site corresponding num bers 51 10 no 37s contest three year Can Improve After finals author took time consider some steering ground rules adopted meet As stated earlier adopted curtail cheating did best way approach problem FAI rules permit steering away structure building allow specificbut limitedmovement model up down balloon string Should have encouraged full exercise rules permit cheating recognize skills contestants take advantage within bounds Should have defined cheating methods better devel oped ground rules deal specifically rather adopt strategy would broadly eliminate restricting steering authors opinion scenario reminiscent principal downfall American business short-term goals early profits overshadow long-term solutions perhaps much greater rewards say team selected best Rather point brought out show weakness may over come steering rules may ideal certainly reduce freely-flying aspect sport rules must learn make work us British have 1983 FAI RC Aerobatics World Championships Results Flyoff Individual Champion Top 10% Contestants Scores Finals P1ContestantNationQual1 2Total 1Hanno PrettnerAustria28582956- 29045814 2Bertram LossenF R Germany2804280228555659 3Dave BrownUSA2770284328355613 4Ivan KristensenCanada27712791- 28185589 5Wolfgang MattLiechtenstein2682282128375519 6YoichiroAkibaJapan2640277127775417 7Steve HelmsUSA2687270826725395 Easy B continued Board voted require immediate enforce ment interpretation However interpretation still must validated another Indoor Contest Board vote will taken within four six weeks published notice interval between publication notice forthcoming Indoor Contest Board vote interested modelers invited comment interpretation contacting preferably writing local AMA Dis trict Indoor Contest Board member name address appears Competition Directory found elsewhere Competi tion Newsletter January 1984 121 Larry Cailliau flew well placed 4th selected Team Manager ships smooth slowly-climbing Note wing has compression ribs prop has high positive flare N*CharlieJohnson Cwrnbat Teats Pmags and Rich Lopez Photographs Priscilla Tyndall models high end perfor mance scale took another giant leap forward 1983 Team Trials Models pretty good original Trials St Louis 1977 no longer adequate Force/Fox combination dominant last Trials Nashville 1981 quite spectacular year star potent Nelson 15 nose Rush-style foamie light well-built Force No doubt about folks Nelson has power anything else pulls Combat models cranks out power lot easier consistently less nitro Fox other engine about upward surge technology later far serious Team Trials yet seen People Nashville sev eral days ahead time Jed Kusik drove Wednesday practiced day Thursday occasional visits other competitors Friday absolute mad house out flying site up nine circles going time wind blew very hard times real problem test ing new models earlier week Friday evening pre-contest meeting tradition started back St Louis 1977 Thirty-seven contestants whole bunch officials pit crew friends took over local Sizzlin Sirloin evening proceeded hash over ground rules draw first four rounds werent oohs aahs during drawing because just number rather persons name later found out first four opponents would Three-man teams separated three different groups theyd have fly other catch both pit man might flying same time As turned out Jed first match circle first match circle tWo just fun didnt make much difference real serious types got themselves rearranged As promised matches started exactly time fact leds match started little early could come pit Enough nice things cant said about officials contest Contest Director Mack Henry deserves Congressional Medal Honor minimum judges pit people other circle marshal Bill Lajack everyone take bow USA hosts CL World Championships have basis best team officials ever assembled know dandy contest lets get super models Nelson new king FAI Combat Oh sure good Fox Force still match Nelsonbut people have good Fox ordinary Nelson ABC frontinduction aluminum-case hot rod weighs slightly less Rossi Some Nelson Com bat engines meet started life Team Race engines magnesium cases rear induction aluminum liner piston titanium crank Exotica case doesnt really mean lot poweronly lighter weight Lighter weight transfers free performance comes weight/horsepower equation engine ma gician Henry Nelson can create wildest dream escalation horse power race has also meant steep climb engine costs important spectacular new en gine Nelson will yank dog FAI model around well enough make competitive better models less power Pat Willcox launches George Clevelands modelLarry Driskell has just released streamer Pat Larry great re pairing smashed models tool Ed Brzys prepares launch Ron Colombo Detroit Combat Team took slot 84 teamkept other area dominating contest 122 Model Aviation Tne I4 Us LL liombat team triends IL HI Ed Brzys Ron Colombo Paul M Smith Charlie Johnson Howard Rush Kit Gerhart George Cleveland* Tom Fluker Jr** Dick Stubblefield Note ** defending World Champion * 1984 Combat team member Howard busy giving Tom lecture Combat tactics Dick Stubblefield 1982 team went World Championships Sweden Howard Rushs model roars away Rich Lopez flight clinched spot 84 team Howarri Force Rush foamie powered Nelson overmatch anything else most-used engine Trials still Fox still practical engine too since models hit other ground Fox should still prove acceptable power plant everything Trials World Championships come Ron Colombo George Cleveland Howard Rush won rest us lost Howard Rush best models meet lots Nelson power flew like demon George Cleveland almost good model Nelson power smartest flier contest Ron Colombo whole story himself broke right arm about month before Team Trials learned fly left hand time Trials Through sheer determination lots help De troit Combat Team became first per son team 8-and-2 record Ron never best planes meet although used some pretty good engineswhich cluded Nelson power times Ron natural left-handed flier totally ex hausted end second day saw match Dick Stubbiefield replay TV night What didnt work Anything other 1983 models period Heavy old junk definitely out year Lots foam whether doubletaper straight leading edge argument foam versus wood took turn favor foam time foam-leading-edge kill advantage getting last little nub whereas all-wood model cut string prop course problem pulling off entire streamer first pass get tight deserve loss trend FAI models toward foam efficiency airfoil ease building penalty weight 14-16 oz foam models give something away 12-1 3 oz wood models Piloting style took turn worse year far fewer mid-airs ex pected very few bang-bang flightswhere two consecutive crashes prob lem pilot running around sixmeter Pilots Circle trying keep oppo nent getting cut Ia Chinese team style Everyone takes great pains get lines within slightly-over-three-in toler ance meant keep modals same flight plane have pilot running around circle putting about 15 ft between models making very hard get cutbut too difficult get plane cut loose preferred prop Trials seemed carbon glass fiber modification Taipan 7-4 Bill Lee made bunch props really worked well carved sanded feverishly between matches Technology stuff Going counterclockwise upper left see stooge arrangement used Max Mearns L Henry Nelson aid pitting second modelor work primary model restrained foam-rubber-lined jaws thua freeing second pit man chase streamers rather holding plane radial mount system used Larry Driskell utilizing nylon fixture bolts center section wing also hold ing remote needle valve engine excess metal engine filed awaytheres no return smashed super-Nelsonif think regular Nelson expensive $150 what must extra-light custom jobs magnesium crankcase aluminum cylinder titanium crankshaftnote also rear-drum-valve Team Race case cost Lastly see Gary Arnolds big experimenthe used tuned pipes Nelsonsbut turned out too fragile Combat usually smashed several pieces crash non-pipe porting engines kept performance down January 1984 123 Ah Control Linel Ah Combatl Ah welll Line tangles always seem spoil funor part fun Starting clockwise upper left find Howard Rush R against Jeff Johnsonand Howards fate cant too good what lines falling down around arm young Mitchell Cleveland L nice tangle Bob MearsMitchell outflew several top fli ers Max Mearns R seems have endless supply King Kong handleswhile everyone else trying slow down control response Max spreads lines out control input thats Ron Colombo looking way back right model Howard Rush R Dick Stubblefield especially unusual tangleHoward has Dicks Down line left hand Dicks Up line wrapped around Howards lines Guess ended FAI rules require wear safety helmets kept up needs Texas group McCollum Kelly props use performance governed contestant prop design course abundant prop Taipan 7-4three cheers 60c props generally cut 6% Nelson 6-3/8 Rossiand slightly di ameter Foxes Taipans thinned drastically reshaped Most contestants stayed local Motel Sixwhich also headquarters Team Nelson Rumors triple-dot heads floated through air Regular motel guests pondered advantages triple versus double maybe another 10% nitro would make up miscalculations What happened 1982 teamTom Fluker defending World Champion didnt have try spot Dick Stubblefield him-or-me match George Cleve landand turned out Georges turn win Gary Arnold decided use Nelson power pipe pipe installation proved too fragile power output didnt seem better open-face en gines timing Nelson stock rather pipe-timing power band much broader Gary flew some good matches lot fun maybe just jne smile Lady Luck would have team second time Protests always part large im portant contest worst lot cheap shots Contestant says opponent didnt tell him leaving Pilots Circle after contestant has soundly defeated 6-2 cuts also air time Nothing lose possibly DQ rematch juries appeared very patient Didnt go through back second grade second type protest real problem contestant would running around circle avoid being cut Ia Chinese Team Several times winged warrior stepped out Pilots Circle would call two penalties 40-point penalty accidental loss intentional feeling no would intentionally leave circle model airborne course because would result loss must have accidental 1983 Team Trials successful date thanks officials MACAand above Team Selection Committee happen think com mittee just best organized com mittee AMA excuses being Team will found regular column well suggestions making sport little safer possibly fair World Championships Commentaries US NC Soaring Team Member 1983 WCs held York England year lucky enough partici pate again also flew 81 WCs Sacra mento As readers already know wasnt best performance since managed crash both models through broken elevator belicrank other through delaminated glass-skinned wing What Ill remember about con test competition itself obvi ous reasons teamwork camaraderie friendship event After second crash seemed like person field wanted help repairs night entire US team rebuilt flyable aircraft two wrecks continued competition third day slight satisfaction knowing wasnt alone Andy Keil South Africa also folded wing Dave Worral eventually reached third place overall lost model due radio falure person crash both models Such distinction models entered year revolutionary mainly more-refined ver sions seen Sacramento Perhaps talked about Raif Deckers first-place model its one-piece wing craftsmanship words cant describe doubt Ill ever forget 189-second Speed run either Most other winning models used fancy radios various mixing like elevator/flap aileron/flap both spent lot time trading patches stickers other competitors well talking Luckily pilots spoke enough English conversation no problem course modelers speak com mon language anyway During course contest received invitations visit European pilots several met during sightseeing vacation after contest managed get almost everyone contest sign wing injured model felt pen US team seemed well-prepared fore contest During daily practice averaged 21 22 seconds Speed Dura tion snap Distance possible after two attempts encoun ter violent flutter may have led first crash during competition After prac tice team relaxed flying hand-launch models near college dorms stayed Ill never forget Mark Smiths stealth Mini Birdof-Time flight model dis appeared behind dorm building reap peared its wing trailing debris like bomber shot down WW II entire team rolling grass roaring laughter Alex Bowers model attracted lot tention during competition two rea sons first model out ailerons Tal-Tal used polyhedral rudder instead thick airfoil sections used mainly San Fernando Valley Silent Fliers Southern California Alex would have done better contest included spoilers dive brakes make spot landings easier Mark Smiths models straightforward aileron models although bit heavy employ ing Mark Y airfoil Marks natural flying ability made great combination own models evolution flown WCs two years ago all-fiberglass except spar wing hindsight 20-20 course spars should have gone full span wing rather stopped before halfspan did Live learn lucky team live within 500 miles other allowed frequent practice communication previous team enjoyed now feel team selection process should just highest-scoring team should go World Champs difficult concept should implemented before 1985 way team members can build fly together thing learned over two WCs try build models need three yourself team effort required Another possibility buy almost-ready-to-fly models good homemade ones practice flying closing feel glad have participated 1983 F3B World Championships bad luck once-i n-alifetime experience Ill never forget AMA 124 Model Aviation Roger Simpson receives keys Champion Spark Plug Co Australia van Kevin Maybury Marketing Director Australian company van used US FF team model retrieval flight line return during 1983 FF World Championships People picture L R Jim Bradley* Linda Bradley Matt Gewain* Gale Gewain Ellen Poti Norm Poti* Roger Simpson US FF Team Manager Kevin Maybury Raids Simpson Rol Anderson come got van Australian Champion com Don Edberg pany arranged member Rol Anderson works US Champion Spark Plug Co * denotes US FF team member
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/01
Page Numbers: 115, 116, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124
A 15* RESTON VA 22090 RC World Championships results Individual placingsp 116 Flyoff placingsp 121 Easy B Model Rules Interpretation Indoor Contest Board recently acted request rules interpretation affect ing Indoor Easy B models Background Walter P Van Gorder submitted letter Indoor Contest Board August 111983 stated opinion use carbon fibers structural enhance ment Easy B models violation paragraph 1982h page 14 1982-83 AMA rule book states shall no bracing model except con sists entirely solid wood substantiated opinion stating Easy B event should kept pre sently exists allowing use carbon fiber enhancement reinforcement might just first long series high-technology innovations could creep what has historically supersimple event requested Board make offi cial interpretation rule respect stated opinion Indoor Contest Board Action accordance official Contest Board Procedures last published June 1982 Competition Newslettera copy procedures may obtained Competition Dept AMA HQ too Indoor Contest Board Chairman Bud Tenny caused Board vote interpretation handled immediate enforcement no immediate rulingbut require further vote denial further action Continued page 121 Competition Directory CONTEST COORDINATORSPP Pat English 823 Broadmay Vincennee IN 47591 I Bernice Williams 347 Soushmick Rd Westfield MA 01085 VII events entire district lexcapt Michigenl II P Sobrino 87-26 88th St. Woodhaven Queens NY 11421 Gregg Seydel 3625 Best lana Terrace Cudahy WI 53110 RC Ernest Nikodem 407 Willow St Lockoort NY 14094 Michigan RC Bill Puori 28 Pernwood Or. Commack NY 11725 AC Wayne Yeager 38235 castle Romulus MI 48174 III Ken Reber 427 Blot Dr Nazareth PA 18064 East CL & FF Paul Smith 11112 Dill Or. sterling Hgts. MI 48077 M Weisenbach 4568 W 148th Cleveland OH 44135 IWestI VIII Randy Randolph P0 Box 271048 Dallas TX 75227 IV Warren Sanders Jr 9735 52nd Avenue College Park MO IX Bill Bieda UNIVAC Bldg. 7100 W canter Rd No 420 20741Omaha NE 88108 rC Ed Byerley 200 Commander Cove Stafford VA 22554Rc George Hunter 8982 5 Lamar St Littleton CO 80123 V AC HR Norckauer 12330 Chicumauga Trail Hu,tsvIe X James Caughran 27818 Ormond Ave. Hayward CA 94544 AL 35803 INorthl PF Wallace Johnson 4112 WhiteAcres Rd. Montgomery AL Harry Apoian 27704 Saddle Rd Roiling Hill CA 80274 38106 thl CL Joseph Mead 1338 Rensselaer St Jacksonville PL 32205 Prank Gomes 2241 Noah Street Honolulu HI 96818 HI VI RCe Charles Gray 201 Halman Salem Rd. Terre Haute s IN 47803XI Tom Cone 23262 SE 57th St. Rt 3 IssaOuah WA 98027 AC Seareg Helen Olsen 820 Old Bonhomme Unversity City AC James McCarty 18956 Marine View Seattle WA MO 63132 6 CL WR Bodzioch Jr 235 W Glade Palatine IL 80067 RC Pylon & Soaring RC Pattern other RCRC except Soaring Bold Face Below Indicatma Chairman Conseet eacid FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARDVI Chris Metaano a576 Gingee St John MO 63114 Henry Struck RFO 2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT06371 VII Bill Shailor 13598 Montrose Detroit MI 48227 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ave. Lyndonville NY 14098 VIII Mark Valerius 1827 Overland Pa Sugarland TX 7747B III Rudy Kluiber 2021 Lukeland Ave Lukewood OH 44107 IX Jerald Murphy 2432 AstrOn Colorado Springs CO 80906 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 X Joe Norcrosa P0 Box 65 Hanlord CA 93232 V honny Jenkins 3112 C Ranes Rd Memphis TN 38118 XI Kevin Collins 2320 Sahalee Dr C, Redmond WA 98062 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD V 2 Davis Jr 1813 5 Lakeshore Birmingham AL 38216 Lance Murphy 29 HightopCir B Hamden CT06514 VI Paul Froefrock 3989 Weber Way LesingtOn KY 40514 II Joe Peied 41 Carriage Hill Or. Colta Neck NJ 07722VII Peter Waters 7420 7-Mile Rd. Northaille MI 48187 III Ron Hesselbrock 8320 Blceiserry Hill Ct Cincinnati OHVIII Wet Thomas 331 58 Rockwood Bartleeville OK 74003 48211IX Loren Tregellas 3003S Everett Wichita KS 87217 IV W Abernethy 9205 Carendon Upper Marlboro MD 20870XBill Northrop Jr 821 W 19th St Costa Mesa CA 92627 Xl Charles Davenport 441538 266tn St Kent WA 98031 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARDVI Jim Thowerson 1317 Eileen Collinsvllr IL 82234 George Higgins P0 Box 482 North Pembroke MA 02358VII James Sinton 4941 Wisconsin N New Hope MN 55428 II Bill Boss 7708 289th St New Hyde Park NY 11040 VIII Wet Lee 3522 Tamariak Lane MissOuri City TX 77459 III Luird Jackson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IX Michael Tallman 3014 Exchange Wichita K587217 IV Ron McNally 6116 Serda Ave Springfield VA 22152 X Vic Garner P0 Box 573 Livermore CA 94850 V Dave Hemstraught PG Boa 171 Moneks Cornar SC 29461 Xl John Thompson 1411 Bryan Ave Cottage Grove OR 97424 SCALE CONTEST BOARD VI John Guenther PR 1Box 718 Borden IN 47108 Iry Sear 52 Leegholm Neeksa* NH 03060 VII Claude McCullough RR 1 Box 487 Montezuma IA 50171 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14612 VilI Buddy Irwin 922 Sundown LO Desono TX 75115 III Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St McKeesport PA 15130 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward SI Omaha NE8B1I4 IV Bob Karlsson 2843 Marsh Pd Wilmington DC 18810 X Bill Stroman 12218 Dune St. Norwalk CA 90680 V David PIart 8940 NW 15th Ft Lauderdale FL33313 XI Earle Moorhead 375 5 View Place 5 Salem OR 97302 INDOOR CONTEST BOARD I Ray Harlan 15 Happy Hollow Rd Wayland MA 01778 VI Chris Matnuno 8578 Ginger St John MO 83114 II Merrick Andreme 100 River Pd A11 BogOta NJ 07603 VII Richard Odin B Canary Hill Dr Pontiac MI 48055 III Walter P Van Gorder 5669 Victory View Ln Cincinnati VIII Ralph lead Tenny Boa 548 Aicherdeon TX 75080 ON 45238 IX Stan Chvron 3003 Main Wichita KS 87202 IV Don Srull 941 Kimberwicke Rd McLean VA 22102 X Clarencv Mather 3860 Ecochee Ave San Diego CA 92117 V John Martin 2l80Tiqertail Miami FL 33133 Xl cave Hagen 19957 SRvO Land Rd Oregon Cty0R97045 CONTEST BOARD COOROINATOR Ono Lindley 420 Tupelo Napereille IL 60540 January 1984 115 NE WSLETTE ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS1810 SAMUEL MORSE DRIVE 1983 RC Aerobatics World ChampionshipsTeam Placings After 4 Rounds P1NationTeam ScoreP1NationTeam ScoreP1NationTeam Score 1USA809211Australia714121Norway4533 2Japan788712South Africa692722Venezuela4397cc 3F R Germany787213LuXemburg678523Guatemala2938cc 4Canada774014Netherlands676124New Guinea2429c 5Austria765615MeXiCo633425Chile2149C 6Italy756616Argentina633226Peru2145c 7France751817Korea627827New Zealand2009C 8Belgium739318Brazil612128Finland2005C 9Great Britain737919Ireland5379NOTES C 1 flier 10Switzerland718520Liechtenstein5119 iers Highest Individual Score 2858 Lowest Individual Score 1431 83 Hats MeNeill Cup Winner 1983 FAI F3A World Championships Pensacola Florida USA October 10-15 1983 Results end Round 4 ncr pc LUI CUUI IOU Lup time FAI Power Nats Besides winning Nats trophy Tom dm50 receives annual McNeiIl Cup achievementand free engine available suitable FAI Power competition years engine K&B Cox 15 generously donated Mr Johnny Brodbeck Sr K&B Mfg Tom re ceived engine recent AMA HO Grand Opening AMA Executive Director John Worth R Thats Toms wife left US Scale Team Patcl Available CL Team Race Speed Team Selection Committee Named AMA President John C Grigg has named Jed Kusik WR Bill Lee Charles Lieber Walt Perkins Luke Roy Team sel ection Committee CL Team Race Speed will select nominees Chair man person named 8384 program entrants will asked vote choice Chairman P1 Contestant Nation Round 123 1Hanno PrettnerAustria140613401419 2Bertram LossenF R Germany136512711411 3Ivan KristensenCanada14412941369 4Dave BrownUSA137013101442 5Steve HelmsUSA34312291324 6Wolfgang MattLiechtenstein131513671313 7Yoichiro AkibaJapan126312751298 8Tony FrackowiakUSA119924613Of 9Glichi NarukeJapan12611219134w 10Tsugutaka YoshiokaJapan129t12041280 11Giuseppe BertolozziItaly12451214125 12Pascal ArdondeauFrance126212451304 13Pascal MalfaitFrance125811371281 14FranzMayrFRGermany120211681219 15Greg MarsdenCanada123111571261 16Werner Schweiker 17Benito Bertolani 18Gerard Werion 19Brian Brotherton 20Ken Binks F R Germany Italy Belgium Great Britain Great Britain 1172 17 1046 4 1092 1251 1219 1182 1203 712 21Ruggero PasqualiniItaly10591098 22Hugo PeyerSwitzerland12021185 23Adolf PanzAustria11971125 24Jean-Pierre ZardiniBelgium11071173 25Alexandres DegotteBelgiumt141219 26Jacques GagnonCanada12291124 27Norbert MattLiechtensteinII1226 28Graham StowellNew Guinea11051073 29Rene SchumacherSwitzerland11311062 30Philip StevensGreat Britain 31Andre LafeiteFranceL231184 32Eddie EdwardsAustralia11201118 33Tom ProsserAustralia1118893 34Ivan OlivierSouth Africa11431088 35Hermann KowarzAustria11491151 36Willie SutherlandSouth Africa10851102 37Collin TaylorAustralia10401108 38Emil GiezendannerSwitzerland9971086 39Edy DockendorfLuxemburg10671058 40Tore JemtegaardNorway1231149 41Paul BehmLuxemburg1010859 42Hub DekkersNetherlands11021123 43Jan VanVlietNetherlands9701077 44Jan VanBeekNetherlands1I71066 45Terie EltvikNorway239983 46Ricardo GomezVenezuela1Q991087 47Lucien GerardLuxemburg962992 48Sung-Nam KimKorea978274 49Kevin HayneSouth Africa1052989 50Mario QuintanillaMexico941960 51P1mb RomanoBrazil880986 52MoonHoChoiKorea944889 53Juan HidalgoVenezuela938814 54Mario RodriguezChile9650 55Alberto FlorezPeru960731 56Roberto IskanianArgentina5321070 57Daniel FalcoArgentina1049926 58Angel MaldonadoArgentina855922 59Luis BlakeMexico958878 60Benjamin CastanedaMexico906886 61Jorge MacedoBrazil671835 62Michael LynchNew Zealand844781 63Tero VallasFinland784852 64Jim ClarkeIreland0737 65Jung 80k AnKorea922861 66Salvatore Pompei 67Ray Keane 68Noel Barrett 69Hector Tschen 70Julio Quevedo Brazil Ireland Ireland Guatemala Guatemala 0 905 251 102 623 2Ie 57 s9 116 Model Aviation 1236 1 1 7 1 Support e Teaml Buy silver/orange/blue/black patches $3 Bob Underwood 4109 Concord Oaks Dr St Louis MO 63128 Profits sale patches donated team fund help cover out-of-pocket expenses World Champs Total 2858 2804 2771 2770 2687 2682 2640 2635 2634 2613 2590 2552 2549 2537 2531 2531 2519 2506 2480 2474 2457 2456 2444 2444 2443 2438 2437 2429 2426 2425 2417 2412 2386 2385 2354 2348 2343 2303 2290 2289 2267 2262 2253 2246 2244 2239 2228 2195 2194 2170 2168 2160 2158 2149 2145 2124 2110 2098 2090 2074 2031 2009 2005 1934 1923 1922 1916 1529 1507 1431 RC World Championships results Flyoff placingsp 121 * Total two highest scores Rounds 1 3the other Rounds ymond B Harlan Indoor Teani Finals Photos author strange aura clung Northwood atrium Devoid human activity save lone maintenance man seemed ghost urging recount its colorful history future still uncertain would door contest last commenced 16 years ago Whatever surely promised very best na tions top Fl D fliers gathering decide composition 1984 US Indoor team World Championships scheduled held next year Trade Center Na goya Japan October 14 through 18 Northwood very similar site having same ceiling height about half diameter Program participants chose Northwood basis good performance should equate good performance World Championships voting close felt great flights volved significant measure luck since rafter-hanging mandatory high times may emphasis would deal ing unfriendly sitewhich would valuable experience going Japan Erv Rodemsky agreed Contest Director 1981 Santa Ana brought wife Joan assistant gether made contest function flawlessly despite high tensions anxieties contestants always accompany Finals Getting Started Following day practice fliers began take measure site meeting held prior first round wherein Erv began set tone con test laying out ground rules NIMAS meet June flier opinion generously bent steering rules holding back climb later moving model warm air pockets no danger colliding either another model buildingstructure Therefore felt some rules relevant site specifically stated FAI rule book might appropriate help limit abuses Following suggestion Jim Richmond Erv introduced idea allowing steer ing inside ring drawn atriums mosaic floor corresponded midpoint skylights above also suggested no steering permitted move models away mushroom hanging above center disk Further models would required launched point about midway ring floor its r 1984 US FAI Indoor team L R Cezar Banks Bob Randolph Jim Rich mond lot relaxed now tensions contest over center thus averting off-center launches would require early steeringwherein power burst might held back No sharks teeth would permitted steering-balloon string prevent balloon string catching propeller can used push model gain al titude contestant wanted steer announce loudly timer CD could hear observe vio lated rules flight would disquali fied strong words would serve keep steering honorable two models potential collide least time must steered out way Test flying would permit ted flier model balloon string interfered official flight flier would forfeit next round ground rules accepted vote couple dissenters nosteering-away-from-the-mushroom rule mushroom hit high enough causes model slide down side nose-down attitude finally power-diving off bottomwith result almost certainly collapsed wing contestants agreed certainty thought ruling could help avoid steering abuse adopted Perhaps word two should said 118 Model Aviation chose fly atrium Northwood Institute West Baden IN because its same height World Championships site Nagoya Japan Three fliers demonstrated superior performances Others flights previous years would have put teambut time Super-winder Stan Chilton High-ratio gears can torquefree magnetic pickoff reads turns output shaft transmits big LED display No muttering yourself wind ing display can blanked retaining number turns integral memory chip Paul Tryon uses exquisite pitch gauge compare blade setting blade prop both must alike check actual pitch values Too bad cant read labels scales Left-hand launcn sends Jim Hiclimoncis Catwalker IL its way lie switcned nis new design aner 4th round Bill Hulbert C just fliers repair business went all-out high times Hes patching film latest Time Machine Pete Andrews R first flier break 30 mm 1949 held FiD record nearly 45 mm few years ago Bud Romak 1 Indoor World Champion 17bbrougflt models witn mm rinals him ceiling too low able get long flights needed place team Bob Randolphs model C Cezar Banks designand really does have rudder invisible since uses boron filament outline light reflecting film Dick Obarski R hit girders ceiling too often didnt score well enough make team Hes now retired lives Florida aI Lannizzo IL returned contest activity after several years hiatus finished flourish 5th Jim Clem C atrium ceiling must seem infinitely high since usually flies under 25-ft ceiling Bedford TX gyml flights reached rafters several times Lew Gitlow R used 5-rib wings boron-filament rudder outline Mr Indoor Model Supplies null,CU L,C OWCl LU PCCIJlIlUll L .. .e prop trtoge Un funaiumy ii ible photo Walt V. uLer C hasnt done much FiD flying yet easily broke 30 mm Richmond e design wife Delores lent him much support Cezar Banks R flew several designs consistent flier Finals previous flight ex perience Nagoya Nagoya Cup November 6-8 1981 should help him forthcoming World Championships January 1984 119 about mushroom Northwood atriumsome readers report may never have very center ceil ing atrium large circular structure used levitating bandstand decorative bauble dangles several feet below Both things real model-eaters shrouded hanging plastic sheeting Indoor flying order day large bandstand encased plastic down its base about 10 ft high tube plastic enshrouds pendant its cable underside bandstand decorated concentric circles spokelike designs overall impression gigantic mushroom suspended center atriums domed ceiling Rounds would two-and-one-half hours long Contestants would time others flights would get credit via green mark flight cards timing timers needed fewest credits would called addition flier credits would given preference obtaining timer high-demand situation effectively served encourage volun teer timing spread flying over course rounds Competition first round started noon Satur day air seemed good serious flying underway shortly thereafter Sal Cannizzo launched model climbed fast reach ing top few minutes model hit girder fell off tallslide rolled out about 50 ft climbed right back up again After some lucky bouncing Pete Andrews model collided little warning thus ending two potentially great flights Bob Randolph Larry Cailliau Bob Gibbs served notice California con tingent came win posting top three times Round Oneeach over 33 mm second round Randolph empha sized point scoring 3648 Cailliau did same 3641 Cezar Banks initiated assault high time round 3708 Walt Van Gorder first team selection program followed leaders 3 420 third round Banks moved first flight 3606 Randolph im proved two-flight total 3530 second place However object very interesting episode Larry Cailliau third place after two rounds flight moved up ward ever slowly finally reached skirt mushroom about 10 mm model continued alternately touch skirt girders fpr nearly 15 mm finally slipping un der disk close 25-mm mark ever after three circles hit stem mushroom slid down folded wing ending what might have record-setting flight end first day Banks Randolph Cailliau led Gibbs Tryon Harlan Van Gorder following victims mush room first day talk revis ing steering rules avoid calamity enough support generated no changes made Time Out Observations technical note Larry Cailliau troduced steering tube West Baden June thing polyurethane tube about two-thirds inch diameter com prises top 20 30 ft steering-balloon string very effectively prevents string catching irreversibly propeller Ray Harlan obtained roll material used manufacture very small plastic bags soon nearly everyone trying out blown up air ends tied knots seal forming fairly rigid tube Sharks teeth now obsoleted use boron filaments has emerged broad scale seen motorsticks tail booms rudders propeller outlines propeller ribs Bob Randolph used tung sten bracing wire bow curve boron ribs rudders boron pre vents all-too-common breakage models allowed land floor Only circular rudders seen boron filament overlapped ends held gether CyA glue Jim Richmond clever idea steering balloons always difficult judge large balloon inflating blew up finally satisfied its size put two marks 4 apart using felt-tipped pen way next time inflated could just measure marks instead having look whole balloon subject balloons Ray Harlan built Mylar balloon same material used commercial balloons come small sizes six-segment de sign diameter 30 Mylar balloons unpressurized can stand rough hand ling around sharp protrusions girders Rich Doig probably wished had balloon exploded trying dislodge model girder model destroyed Back Competition Weather second day nearly same first warm 82 degrees little humid 80% Times posted fourth round very low hangups some col lisions two flights over 30 mm Doig won round 3457 moving fourth place Andrews a3041 quick word about midair collisions resulted either two factors first times fliers stopped watching models something else models appeared no danger Despite lethargic motion ma chines situations can change rapidly fliers should always prepared move swiftly balloon second factor fliers reticent steer because lack experience fear damaging model prefer depend luck avoid collision Steering rules have book years yet US remains far beIndoor Team Selection West Baden Indiana September3-5 1983 P1Contestant RoundBestFinalsPriorTotal 123456789TwoPointsPointsPoints 1Bob Randolph34483648353083034253730741810000010973110973 2Cezar Banks75037083606134334466143657363974059970811000110708 3Jim Richmond1405102135527273348354030073550374173339899111000109991 4Larry Cailliau33293641251775433513333105155370329493011000105930 5Sal Cannizzo734551300573036343218141751594968529268711000103687 6RayHarlan311732552920844351690331081218320868119176810966102734 7Richard Doig16573Y41834F22258156412547224568329223910428T2T 8Bob Gibbs3309305534082800154426073025304385467179055610999101555 9Stan Chilton233060772529433426323867049026511000101265 10BudRomak29112501242919472845322633483216280466148914310974100117 11PaulTryon31521314331492326402243230912502728650687618999697614 12Walt Van Gorder26523420181828354343036233323556456873931007697469 13LewGitlow912194184213213318139657235531026420865861081597401 14Earl Hoffman6241824808215020443025502321714396242843881037494762 15PeteAndrews2452314055630417532832224526127436221839171053994456 16DickObarski910294027261834312030102223293818476130827731084293615 17Bill Hulbert313418497382433221722431104265524255829787121100089712 18Dan Belieff2100313170924552128101941826002528573177411997087381 19Ron Ganser1256243520068279072859250270327075606754S21052686008 20Al Rohrbaugh22408394422636152329059592654555975348875084098 21Jim Clem2382219223518351100154815581536451360857895269809 120 Model Aviation infamous mushroom apex ceiling Northwood Institute atrium protective plastic sheathing assures return modelnot its safetyl hind Great Britain proficiency Times picked up fifth round Cannizzo leading packat 3634 Richmond put up 3348 boost himself fourth place Harlan posted best time 3516 two leaders Banks Randolph demon strated consistency 34-mm flights did improve totals air warmed up stabilized somewhat sixth round However long flights made fairly late round including Randolph 3730 best fortunate hit skirt rafters minutes avoid both hangup mushroom Cailliau improved total 3351 dropped fourth Richmond managed 3540 slip ahead him Cannizzo improved 3218 fifth place Interestingly end two days first eight places de cided yet best flight meet would come next day final day Bob Randolph decided wait see rest competition challenged him Banks let him know finished flying 365 7 the top eight improve score others trying Al Rohrbaugh really threatened girders flying above least four circles model ac tually touched roof skin before sliding off another girder getting safer air However after touch skirt model again rose above girders hung after three four circles wait slipped off within allotted 10 sec twisted wing tailslid free air re covered clearly below girders could have steered closer center Al elected After few circles propeller lightly touched beam caught finally ending drama happened span 10 mm Bob Gibbs tried imitate Al over side After sliding down skin little model turned came out Gibbs snagged balloon trusswork could steer circle model nearly repeated its pattern time sliding down some cove molding moving clear Bob wasted no time getting balloon model steering center Unfortun ately model lost too much altitude rafter-banging came up short 3025 eighth round produced its own ver sion Indoor oddities Ron Ganser caught model girder hung down tail low could move because other traffic area decided wait Paul Tryons model climbed area drifted bit hit Gansers model knocking clearly off girder models separated negligible damage Tryons reward retrieval service No reflight model hangs girder considered part permanent structure thus no collision Although stated rule book question has come up previous World Champsionships FAI Jury has uniformly agreed concept Also round Jim Richmond man aged have two collisions flight Obarski Andrews both times graz ing touches affected neither model flew same circle Pete Andrews model several minutes model must have feared Petes climbed safety e girders circled once before sliding out away Petes Later right wing tip grazed mushroom again Jims luck him model moved away hazard landed 3550 lot work 10 sec improvement total ninth round started 500 last chance everyone Cailliau pushed fourth sixth round Richmond improved seventh hung eighth So look ing good flight move up Cannizzo needed good back up 3634 Doig Harlan still hopes would take flight nearly 37 minutes best Richmond Alas challengers could come close Cailliau hung up early did Can nizzo Harlans flight underpowered landed 3208 Doig doing better steer drift moved model side stopped propeller balloon string could free model using tube time frustration finally tweaked string enough damage wing contest over Richmond showed exercises utterly vain new design featuring 95-in wing chord long fuse lage put up flight positioned per fectly hit skirt too tired watch flight standings al ready determined landed 3741 few eyebrows raised once again Jim saved best last team Randolph Banks Rich mond showed individually have nec essary credentials represent US least four flights over 34 mm no else Banks last US team placed second 1981 Nagoya Cup Invitational Richmond has World Champion twice teams anyone else Randolph has finally made top Fl D class holds has held numerous records Cabin D Stick etc team selection finals culmi nation two years local regional con tests competition improving participants getting better ably re flected years performances 53 flights exceeding 30 mm 14 above 35 mm compares rather impres sively 1980 World Championships same site corresponding num bers 51 10 no 37s contest three year Can Improve After finals author took time consider some steering ground rules adopted meet As stated earlier adopted curtail cheating did best way approach problem FAI rules permit steering away structure building allow specificbut limitedmovement model up down balloon string Should have encouraged full exercise rules permit cheating recognize skills contestants take advantage within bounds Should have defined cheating methods better devel oped ground rules deal specifically rather adopt strategy would broadly eliminate restricting steering authors opinion scenario reminiscent principal downfall American business short-term goals early profits overshadow long-term solutions perhaps much greater rewards say team selected best Rather point brought out show weakness may over come steering rules may ideal certainly reduce freely-flying aspect sport rules must learn make work us British have 1983 FAI RC Aerobatics World Championships Results Flyoff Individual Champion Top 10% Contestants Scores Finals P1ContestantNationQual1 2Total 1Hanno PrettnerAustria28582956- 29045814 2Bertram LossenF R Germany2804280228555659 3Dave BrownUSA2770284328355613 4Ivan KristensenCanada27712791- 28185589 5Wolfgang MattLiechtenstein2682282128375519 6YoichiroAkibaJapan2640277127775417 7Steve HelmsUSA2687270826725395 Easy B continued Board voted require immediate enforce ment interpretation However interpretation still must validated another Indoor Contest Board vote will taken within four six weeks published notice interval between publication notice forthcoming Indoor Contest Board vote interested modelers invited comment interpretation contacting preferably writing local AMA Dis trict Indoor Contest Board member name address appears Competition Directory found elsewhere Competi tion Newsletter January 1984 121 Larry Cailliau flew well placed 4th selected Team Manager ships smooth slowly-climbing Note wing has compression ribs prop has high positive flare N*CharlieJohnson Cwrnbat Teats Pmags and Rich Lopez Photographs Priscilla Tyndall models high end perfor mance scale took another giant leap forward 1983 Team Trials Models pretty good original Trials St Louis 1977 no longer adequate Force/Fox combination dominant last Trials Nashville 1981 quite spectacular year star potent Nelson 15 nose Rush-style foamie light well-built Force No doubt about folks Nelson has power anything else pulls Combat models cranks out power lot easier consistently less nitro Fox other engine about upward surge technology later far serious Team Trials yet seen People Nashville sev eral days ahead time Jed Kusik drove Wednesday practiced day Thursday occasional visits other competitors Friday absolute mad house out flying site up nine circles going time wind blew very hard times real problem test ing new models earlier week Friday evening pre-contest meeting tradition started back St Louis 1977 Thirty-seven contestants whole bunch officials pit crew friends took over local Sizzlin Sirloin evening proceeded hash over ground rules draw first four rounds werent oohs aahs during drawing because just number rather persons name later found out first four opponents would Three-man teams separated three different groups theyd have fly other catch both pit man might flying same time As turned out Jed first match circle first match circle tWo just fun didnt make much difference real serious types got themselves rearranged As promised matches started exactly time fact leds match started little early could come pit Enough nice things cant said about officials contest Contest Director Mack Henry deserves Congressional Medal Honor minimum judges pit people other circle marshal Bill Lajack everyone take bow USA hosts CL World Championships have basis best team officials ever assembled know dandy contest lets get super models Nelson new king FAI Combat Oh sure good Fox Force still match Nelsonbut people have good Fox ordinary Nelson ABC frontinduction aluminum-case hot rod weighs slightly less Rossi Some Nelson Com bat engines meet started life Team Race engines magnesium cases rear induction aluminum liner piston titanium crank Exotica case doesnt really mean lot poweronly lighter weight Lighter weight transfers free performance comes weight/horsepower equation engine ma gician Henry Nelson can create wildest dream escalation horse power race has also meant steep climb engine costs important spectacular new en gine Nelson will yank dog FAI model around well enough make competitive better models less power Pat Willcox launches George Clevelands modelLarry Driskell has just released streamer Pat Larry great re pairing smashed models tool Ed Brzys prepares launch Ron Colombo Detroit Combat Team took slot 84 teamkept other area dominating contest 122 Model Aviation Tne I4 Us LL liombat team triends IL HI Ed Brzys Ron Colombo Paul M Smith Charlie Johnson Howard Rush Kit Gerhart George Cleveland* Tom Fluker Jr** Dick Stubblefield Note ** defending World Champion * 1984 Combat team member Howard busy giving Tom lecture Combat tactics Dick Stubblefield 1982 team went World Championships Sweden Howard Rushs model roars away Rich Lopez flight clinched spot 84 team Howarri Force Rush foamie powered Nelson overmatch anything else most-used engine Trials still Fox still practical engine too since models hit other ground Fox should still prove acceptable power plant everything Trials World Championships come Ron Colombo George Cleveland Howard Rush won rest us lost Howard Rush best models meet lots Nelson power flew like demon George Cleveland almost good model Nelson power smartest flier contest Ron Colombo whole story himself broke right arm about month before Team Trials learned fly left hand time Trials Through sheer determination lots help De troit Combat Team became first per son team 8-and-2 record Ron never best planes meet although used some pretty good engineswhich cluded Nelson power times Ron natural left-handed flier totally ex hausted end second day saw match Dick Stubbiefield replay TV night What didnt work Anything other 1983 models period Heavy old junk definitely out year Lots foam whether doubletaper straight leading edge argument foam versus wood took turn favor foam time foam-leading-edge kill advantage getting last little nub whereas all-wood model cut string prop course problem pulling off entire streamer first pass get tight deserve loss trend FAI models toward foam efficiency airfoil ease building penalty weight 14-16 oz foam models give something away 12-1 3 oz wood models Piloting style took turn worse year far fewer mid-airs ex pected very few bang-bang flightswhere two consecutive crashes prob lem pilot running around sixmeter Pilots Circle trying keep oppo nent getting cut Ia Chinese team style Everyone takes great pains get lines within slightly-over-three-in toler ance meant keep modals same flight plane have pilot running around circle putting about 15 ft between models making very hard get cutbut too difficult get plane cut loose preferred prop Trials seemed carbon glass fiber modification Taipan 7-4 Bill Lee made bunch props really worked well carved sanded feverishly between matches Technology stuff Going counterclockwise upper left see stooge arrangement used Max Mearns L Henry Nelson aid pitting second modelor work primary model restrained foam-rubber-lined jaws thua freeing second pit man chase streamers rather holding plane radial mount system used Larry Driskell utilizing nylon fixture bolts center section wing also hold ing remote needle valve engine excess metal engine filed awaytheres no return smashed super-Nelsonif think regular Nelson expensive $150 what must extra-light custom jobs magnesium crankcase aluminum cylinder titanium crankshaftnote also rear-drum-valve Team Race case cost Lastly see Gary Arnolds big experimenthe used tuned pipes Nelsonsbut turned out too fragile Combat usually smashed several pieces crash non-pipe porting engines kept performance down January 1984 123 Ah Control Linel Ah Combatl Ah welll Line tangles always seem spoil funor part fun Starting clockwise upper left find Howard Rush R against Jeff Johnsonand Howards fate cant too good what lines falling down around arm young Mitchell Cleveland L nice tangle Bob MearsMitchell outflew several top fli ers Max Mearns R seems have endless supply King Kong handleswhile everyone else trying slow down control response Max spreads lines out control input thats Ron Colombo looking way back right model Howard Rush R Dick Stubblefield especially unusual tangleHoward has Dicks Down line left hand Dicks Up line wrapped around Howards lines Guess ended FAI rules require wear safety helmets kept up needs Texas group McCollum Kelly props use performance governed contestant prop design course abundant prop Taipan 7-4three cheers 60c props generally cut 6% Nelson 6-3/8 Rossiand slightly di ameter Foxes Taipans thinned drastically reshaped Most contestants stayed local Motel Sixwhich also headquarters Team Nelson Rumors triple-dot heads floated through air Regular motel guests pondered advantages triple versus double maybe another 10% nitro would make up miscalculations What happened 1982 teamTom Fluker defending World Champion didnt have try spot Dick Stubblefield him-or-me match George Cleve landand turned out Georges turn win Gary Arnold decided use Nelson power pipe pipe installation proved too fragile power output didnt seem better open-face en gines timing Nelson stock rather pipe-timing power band much broader Gary flew some good matches lot fun maybe just jne smile Lady Luck would have team second time Protests always part large im portant contest worst lot cheap shots Contestant says opponent didnt tell him leaving Pilots Circle after contestant has soundly defeated 6-2 cuts also air time Nothing lose possibly DQ rematch juries appeared very patient Didnt go through back second grade second type protest real problem contestant would running around circle avoid being cut Ia Chinese Team Several times winged warrior stepped out Pilots Circle would call two penalties 40-point penalty accidental loss intentional feeling no would intentionally leave circle model airborne course because would result loss must have accidental 1983 Team Trials successful date thanks officials MACAand above Team Selection Committee happen think com mittee just best organized com mittee AMA excuses being Team will found regular column well suggestions making sport little safer possibly fair World Championships Commentaries US NC Soaring Team Member 1983 WCs held York England year lucky enough partici pate again also flew 81 WCs Sacra mento As readers already know wasnt best performance since managed crash both models through broken elevator belicrank other through delaminated glass-skinned wing What Ill remember about con test competition itself obvi ous reasons teamwork camaraderie friendship event After second crash seemed like person field wanted help repairs night entire US team rebuilt flyable aircraft two wrecks continued competition third day slight satisfaction knowing wasnt alone Andy Keil South Africa also folded wing Dave Worral eventually reached third place overall lost model due radio falure person crash both models Such distinction models entered year revolutionary mainly more-refined ver sions seen Sacramento Perhaps talked about Raif Deckers first-place model its one-piece wing craftsmanship words cant describe doubt Ill ever forget 189-second Speed run either Most other winning models used fancy radios various mixing like elevator/flap aileron/flap both spent lot time trading patches stickers other competitors well talking Luckily pilots spoke enough English conversation no problem course modelers speak com mon language anyway During course contest received invitations visit European pilots several met during sightseeing vacation after contest managed get almost everyone contest sign wing injured model felt pen US team seemed well-prepared fore contest During daily practice averaged 21 22 seconds Speed Dura tion snap Distance possible after two attempts encoun ter violent flutter may have led first crash during competition After prac tice team relaxed flying hand-launch models near college dorms stayed Ill never forget Mark Smiths stealth Mini Birdof-Time flight model dis appeared behind dorm building reap peared its wing trailing debris like bomber shot down WW II entire team rolling grass roaring laughter Alex Bowers model attracted lot tention during competition two rea sons first model out ailerons Tal-Tal used polyhedral rudder instead thick airfoil sections used mainly San Fernando Valley Silent Fliers Southern California Alex would have done better contest included spoilers dive brakes make spot landings easier Mark Smiths models straightforward aileron models although bit heavy employ ing Mark Y airfoil Marks natural flying ability made great combination own models evolution flown WCs two years ago all-fiberglass except spar wing hindsight 20-20 course spars should have gone full span wing rather stopped before halfspan did Live learn lucky team live within 500 miles other allowed frequent practice communication previous team enjoyed now feel team selection process should just highest-scoring team should go World Champs difficult concept should implemented before 1985 way team members can build fly together thing learned over two WCs try build models need three yourself team effort required Another possibility buy almost-ready-to-fly models good homemade ones practice flying closing feel glad have participated 1983 F3B World Championships bad luck once-i n-alifetime experience Ill never forget AMA 124 Model Aviation Roger Simpson receives keys Champion Spark Plug Co Australia van Kevin Maybury Marketing Director Australian company van used US FF team model retrieval flight line return during 1983 FF World Championships People picture L R Jim Bradley* Linda Bradley Matt Gewain* Gale Gewain Ellen Poti Norm Poti* Roger Simpson US FF Team Manager Kevin Maybury Raids Simpson Rol Anderson come got van Australian Champion com Don Edberg pany arranged member Rol Anderson works US Champion Spark Plug Co * denotes US FF team member
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/01
Page Numbers: 115, 116, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124
A 15* RESTON VA 22090 RC World Championships results Individual placingsp 116 Flyoff placingsp 121 Easy B Model Rules Interpretation Indoor Contest Board recently acted request rules interpretation affect ing Indoor Easy B models Background Walter P Van Gorder submitted letter Indoor Contest Board August 111983 stated opinion use carbon fibers structural enhance ment Easy B models violation paragraph 1982h page 14 1982-83 AMA rule book states shall no bracing model except con sists entirely solid wood substantiated opinion stating Easy B event should kept pre sently exists allowing use carbon fiber enhancement reinforcement might just first long series high-technology innovations could creep what has historically supersimple event requested Board make offi cial interpretation rule respect stated opinion Indoor Contest Board Action accordance official Contest Board Procedures last published June 1982 Competition Newslettera copy procedures may obtained Competition Dept AMA HQ too Indoor Contest Board Chairman Bud Tenny caused Board vote interpretation handled immediate enforcement no immediate rulingbut require further vote denial further action Continued page 121 Competition Directory CONTEST COORDINATORSPP Pat English 823 Broadmay Vincennee IN 47591 I Bernice Williams 347 Soushmick Rd Westfield MA 01085 VII events entire district lexcapt Michigenl II P Sobrino 87-26 88th St. Woodhaven Queens NY 11421 Gregg Seydel 3625 Best lana Terrace Cudahy WI 53110 RC Ernest Nikodem 407 Willow St Lockoort NY 14094 Michigan RC Bill Puori 28 Pernwood Or. Commack NY 11725 AC Wayne Yeager 38235 castle Romulus MI 48174 III Ken Reber 427 Blot Dr Nazareth PA 18064 East CL & FF Paul Smith 11112 Dill Or. sterling Hgts. MI 48077 M Weisenbach 4568 W 148th Cleveland OH 44135 IWestI VIII Randy Randolph P0 Box 271048 Dallas TX 75227 IV Warren Sanders Jr 9735 52nd Avenue College Park MO IX Bill Bieda UNIVAC Bldg. 7100 W canter Rd No 420 20741Omaha NE 88108 rC Ed Byerley 200 Commander Cove Stafford VA 22554Rc George Hunter 8982 5 Lamar St Littleton CO 80123 V AC HR Norckauer 12330 Chicumauga Trail Hu,tsvIe X James Caughran 27818 Ormond Ave. Hayward CA 94544 AL 35803 INorthl PF Wallace Johnson 4112 WhiteAcres Rd. Montgomery AL Harry Apoian 27704 Saddle Rd Roiling Hill CA 80274 38106 thl CL Joseph Mead 1338 Rensselaer St Jacksonville PL 32205 Prank Gomes 2241 Noah Street Honolulu HI 96818 HI VI RCe Charles Gray 201 Halman Salem Rd. Terre Haute s IN 47803XI Tom Cone 23262 SE 57th St. Rt 3 IssaOuah WA 98027 AC Seareg Helen Olsen 820 Old Bonhomme Unversity City AC James McCarty 18956 Marine View Seattle WA MO 63132 6 CL WR Bodzioch Jr 235 W Glade Palatine IL 80067 RC Pylon & Soaring RC Pattern other RCRC except Soaring Bold Face Below Indicatma Chairman Conseet eacid FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARDVI Chris Metaano a576 Gingee St John MO 63114 Henry Struck RFO 2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT06371 VII Bill Shailor 13598 Montrose Detroit MI 48227 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ave. Lyndonville NY 14098 VIII Mark Valerius 1827 Overland Pa Sugarland TX 7747B III Rudy Kluiber 2021 Lukeland Ave Lukewood OH 44107 IX Jerald Murphy 2432 AstrOn Colorado Springs CO 80906 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 X Joe Norcrosa P0 Box 65 Hanlord CA 93232 V honny Jenkins 3112 C Ranes Rd Memphis TN 38118 XI Kevin Collins 2320 Sahalee Dr C, Redmond WA 98062 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD V 2 Davis Jr 1813 5 Lakeshore Birmingham AL 38216 Lance Murphy 29 HightopCir B Hamden CT06514 VI Paul Froefrock 3989 Weber Way LesingtOn KY 40514 II Joe Peied 41 Carriage Hill Or. Colta Neck NJ 07722VII Peter Waters 7420 7-Mile Rd. Northaille MI 48187 III Ron Hesselbrock 8320 Blceiserry Hill Ct Cincinnati OHVIII Wet Thomas 331 58 Rockwood Bartleeville OK 74003 48211IX Loren Tregellas 3003S Everett Wichita KS 87217 IV W Abernethy 9205 Carendon Upper Marlboro MD 20870XBill Northrop Jr 821 W 19th St Costa Mesa CA 92627 Xl Charles Davenport 441538 266tn St Kent WA 98031 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARDVI Jim Thowerson 1317 Eileen Collinsvllr IL 82234 George Higgins P0 Box 482 North Pembroke MA 02358VII James Sinton 4941 Wisconsin N New Hope MN 55428 II Bill Boss 7708 289th St New Hyde Park NY 11040 VIII Wet Lee 3522 Tamariak Lane MissOuri City TX 77459 III Luird Jackson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IX Michael Tallman 3014 Exchange Wichita K587217 IV Ron McNally 6116 Serda Ave Springfield VA 22152 X Vic Garner P0 Box 573 Livermore CA 94850 V Dave Hemstraught PG Boa 171 Moneks Cornar SC 29461 Xl John Thompson 1411 Bryan Ave Cottage Grove OR 97424 SCALE CONTEST BOARD VI John Guenther PR 1Box 718 Borden IN 47108 Iry Sear 52 Leegholm Neeksa* NH 03060 VII Claude McCullough RR 1 Box 487 Montezuma IA 50171 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14612 VilI Buddy Irwin 922 Sundown LO Desono TX 75115 III Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St McKeesport PA 15130 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward SI Omaha NE8B1I4 IV Bob Karlsson 2843 Marsh Pd Wilmington DC 18810 X Bill Stroman 12218 Dune St. Norwalk CA 90680 V David PIart 8940 NW 15th Ft Lauderdale FL33313 XI Earle Moorhead 375 5 View Place 5 Salem OR 97302 INDOOR CONTEST BOARD I Ray Harlan 15 Happy Hollow Rd Wayland MA 01778 VI Chris Matnuno 8578 Ginger St John MO 83114 II Merrick Andreme 100 River Pd A11 BogOta NJ 07603 VII Richard Odin B Canary Hill Dr Pontiac MI 48055 III Walter P Van Gorder 5669 Victory View Ln Cincinnati VIII Ralph lead Tenny Boa 548 Aicherdeon TX 75080 ON 45238 IX Stan Chvron 3003 Main Wichita KS 87202 IV Don Srull 941 Kimberwicke Rd McLean VA 22102 X Clarencv Mather 3860 Ecochee Ave San Diego CA 92117 V John Martin 2l80Tiqertail Miami FL 33133 Xl cave Hagen 19957 SRvO Land Rd Oregon Cty0R97045 CONTEST BOARD COOROINATOR Ono Lindley 420 Tupelo Napereille IL 60540 January 1984 115 NE WSLETTE ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS1810 SAMUEL MORSE DRIVE 1983 RC Aerobatics World ChampionshipsTeam Placings After 4 Rounds P1NationTeam ScoreP1NationTeam ScoreP1NationTeam Score 1USA809211Australia714121Norway4533 2Japan788712South Africa692722Venezuela4397cc 3F R Germany787213LuXemburg678523Guatemala2938cc 4Canada774014Netherlands676124New Guinea2429c 5Austria765615MeXiCo633425Chile2149C 6Italy756616Argentina633226Peru2145c 7France751817Korea627827New Zealand2009C 8Belgium739318Brazil612128Finland2005C 9Great Britain737919Ireland5379NOTES C 1 flier 10Switzerland718520Liechtenstein5119 iers Highest Individual Score 2858 Lowest Individual Score 1431 83 Hats MeNeill Cup Winner 1983 FAI F3A World Championships Pensacola Florida USA October 10-15 1983 Results end Round 4 ncr pc LUI CUUI IOU Lup time FAI Power Nats Besides winning Nats trophy Tom dm50 receives annual McNeiIl Cup achievementand free engine available suitable FAI Power competition years engine K&B Cox 15 generously donated Mr Johnny Brodbeck Sr K&B Mfg Tom re ceived engine recent AMA HO Grand Opening AMA Executive Director John Worth R Thats Toms wife left US Scale Team Patcl Available CL Team Race Speed Team Selection Committee Named AMA President John C Grigg has named Jed Kusik WR Bill Lee Charles Lieber Walt Perkins Luke Roy Team sel ection Committee CL Team Race Speed will select nominees Chair man person named 8384 program entrants will asked vote choice Chairman P1 Contestant Nation Round 123 1Hanno PrettnerAustria140613401419 2Bertram LossenF R Germany136512711411 3Ivan KristensenCanada14412941369 4Dave BrownUSA137013101442 5Steve HelmsUSA34312291324 6Wolfgang MattLiechtenstein131513671313 7Yoichiro AkibaJapan126312751298 8Tony FrackowiakUSA119924613Of 9Glichi NarukeJapan12611219134w 10Tsugutaka YoshiokaJapan129t12041280 11Giuseppe BertolozziItaly12451214125 12Pascal ArdondeauFrance126212451304 13Pascal MalfaitFrance125811371281 14FranzMayrFRGermany120211681219 15Greg MarsdenCanada123111571261 16Werner Schweiker 17Benito Bertolani 18Gerard Werion 19Brian Brotherton 20Ken Binks F R Germany Italy Belgium Great Britain Great Britain 1172 17 1046 4 1092 1251 1219 1182 1203 712 21Ruggero PasqualiniItaly10591098 22Hugo PeyerSwitzerland12021185 23Adolf PanzAustria11971125 24Jean-Pierre ZardiniBelgium11071173 25Alexandres DegotteBelgiumt141219 26Jacques GagnonCanada12291124 27Norbert MattLiechtensteinII1226 28Graham StowellNew Guinea11051073 29Rene SchumacherSwitzerland11311062 30Philip StevensGreat Britain 31Andre LafeiteFranceL231184 32Eddie EdwardsAustralia11201118 33Tom ProsserAustralia1118893 34Ivan OlivierSouth Africa11431088 35Hermann KowarzAustria11491151 36Willie SutherlandSouth Africa10851102 37Collin TaylorAustralia10401108 38Emil GiezendannerSwitzerland9971086 39Edy DockendorfLuxemburg10671058 40Tore JemtegaardNorway1231149 41Paul BehmLuxemburg1010859 42Hub DekkersNetherlands11021123 43Jan VanVlietNetherlands9701077 44Jan VanBeekNetherlands1I71066 45Terie EltvikNorway239983 46Ricardo GomezVenezuela1Q991087 47Lucien GerardLuxemburg962992 48Sung-Nam KimKorea978274 49Kevin HayneSouth Africa1052989 50Mario QuintanillaMexico941960 51P1mb RomanoBrazil880986 52MoonHoChoiKorea944889 53Juan HidalgoVenezuela938814 54Mario RodriguezChile9650 55Alberto FlorezPeru960731 56Roberto IskanianArgentina5321070 57Daniel FalcoArgentina1049926 58Angel MaldonadoArgentina855922 59Luis BlakeMexico958878 60Benjamin CastanedaMexico906886 61Jorge MacedoBrazil671835 62Michael LynchNew Zealand844781 63Tero VallasFinland784852 64Jim ClarkeIreland0737 65Jung 80k AnKorea922861 66Salvatore Pompei 67Ray Keane 68Noel Barrett 69Hector Tschen 70Julio Quevedo Brazil Ireland Ireland Guatemala Guatemala 0 905 251 102 623 2Ie 57 s9 116 Model Aviation 1236 1 1 7 1 Support e Teaml Buy silver/orange/blue/black patches $3 Bob Underwood 4109 Concord Oaks Dr St Louis MO 63128 Profits sale patches donated team fund help cover out-of-pocket expenses World Champs Total 2858 2804 2771 2770 2687 2682 2640 2635 2634 2613 2590 2552 2549 2537 2531 2531 2519 2506 2480 2474 2457 2456 2444 2444 2443 2438 2437 2429 2426 2425 2417 2412 2386 2385 2354 2348 2343 2303 2290 2289 2267 2262 2253 2246 2244 2239 2228 2195 2194 2170 2168 2160 2158 2149 2145 2124 2110 2098 2090 2074 2031 2009 2005 1934 1923 1922 1916 1529 1507 1431 RC World Championships results Flyoff placingsp 121 * Total two highest scores Rounds 1 3the other Rounds ymond B Harlan Indoor Teani Finals Photos author strange aura clung Northwood atrium Devoid human activity save lone maintenance man seemed ghost urging recount its colorful history future still uncertain would door contest last commenced 16 years ago Whatever surely promised very best na tions top Fl D fliers gathering decide composition 1984 US Indoor team World Championships scheduled held next year Trade Center Na goya Japan October 14 through 18 Northwood very similar site having same ceiling height about half diameter Program participants chose Northwood basis good performance should equate good performance World Championships voting close felt great flights volved significant measure luck since rafter-hanging mandatory high times may emphasis would deal ing unfriendly sitewhich would valuable experience going Japan Erv Rodemsky agreed Contest Director 1981 Santa Ana brought wife Joan assistant gether made contest function flawlessly despite high tensions anxieties contestants always accompany Finals Getting Started Following day practice fliers began take measure site meeting held prior first round wherein Erv began set tone con test laying out ground rules NIMAS meet June flier opinion generously bent steering rules holding back climb later moving model warm air pockets no danger colliding either another model buildingstructure Therefore felt some rules relevant site specifically stated FAI rule book might appropriate help limit abuses Following suggestion Jim Richmond Erv introduced idea allowing steer ing inside ring drawn atriums mosaic floor corresponded midpoint skylights above also suggested no steering permitted move models away mushroom hanging above center disk Further models would required launched point about midway ring floor its r 1984 US FAI Indoor team L R Cezar Banks Bob Randolph Jim Rich mond lot relaxed now tensions contest over center thus averting off-center launches would require early steeringwherein power burst might held back No sharks teeth would permitted steering-balloon string prevent balloon string catching propeller can used push model gain al titude contestant wanted steer announce loudly timer CD could hear observe vio lated rules flight would disquali fied strong words would serve keep steering honorable two models potential collide least time must steered out way Test flying would permit ted flier model balloon string interfered official flight flier would forfeit next round ground rules accepted vote couple dissenters nosteering-away-from-the-mushroom rule mushroom hit high enough causes model slide down side nose-down attitude finally power-diving off bottomwith result almost certainly collapsed wing contestants agreed certainty thought ruling could help avoid steering abuse adopted Perhaps word two should said 118 Model Aviation chose fly atrium Northwood Institute West Baden IN because its same height World Championships site Nagoya Japan Three fliers demonstrated superior performances Others flights previous years would have put teambut time Super-winder Stan Chilton High-ratio gears can torquefree magnetic pickoff reads turns output shaft transmits big LED display No muttering yourself wind ing display can blanked retaining number turns integral memory chip Paul Tryon uses exquisite pitch gauge compare blade setting blade prop both must alike check actual pitch values Too bad cant read labels scales Left-hand launcn sends Jim Hiclimoncis Catwalker IL its way lie switcned nis new design aner 4th round Bill Hulbert C just fliers repair business went all-out high times Hes patching film latest Time Machine Pete Andrews R first flier break 30 mm 1949 held FiD record nearly 45 mm few years ago Bud Romak 1 Indoor World Champion 17bbrougflt models witn mm rinals him ceiling too low able get long flights needed place team Bob Randolphs model C Cezar Banks designand really does have rudder invisible since uses boron filament outline light reflecting film Dick Obarski R hit girders ceiling too often didnt score well enough make team Hes now retired lives Florida aI Lannizzo IL returned contest activity after several years hiatus finished flourish 5th Jim Clem C atrium ceiling must seem infinitely high since usually flies under 25-ft ceiling Bedford TX gyml flights reached rafters several times Lew Gitlow R used 5-rib wings boron-filament rudder outline Mr Indoor Model Supplies null,CU L,C OWCl LU PCCIJlIlUll L .. .e prop trtoge Un funaiumy ii ible photo Walt V. uLer C hasnt done much FiD flying yet easily broke 30 mm Richmond e design wife Delores lent him much support Cezar Banks R flew several designs consistent flier Finals previous flight ex perience Nagoya Nagoya Cup November 6-8 1981 should help him forthcoming World Championships January 1984 119 about mushroom Northwood atriumsome readers report may never have very center ceil ing atrium large circular structure used levitating bandstand decorative bauble dangles several feet below Both things real model-eaters shrouded hanging plastic sheeting Indoor flying order day large bandstand encased plastic down its base about 10 ft high tube plastic enshrouds pendant its cable underside bandstand decorated concentric circles spokelike designs overall impression gigantic mushroom suspended center atriums domed ceiling Rounds would two-and-one-half hours long Contestants would time others flights would get credit via green mark flight cards timing timers needed fewest credits would called addition flier credits would given preference obtaining timer high-demand situation effectively served encourage volun teer timing spread flying over course rounds Competition first round started noon Satur day air seemed good serious flying underway shortly thereafter Sal Cannizzo launched model climbed fast reach ing top few minutes model hit girder fell off tallslide rolled out about 50 ft climbed right back up again After some lucky bouncing Pete Andrews model collided little warning thus ending two potentially great flights Bob Randolph Larry Cailliau Bob Gibbs served notice California con tingent came win posting top three times Round Oneeach over 33 mm second round Randolph empha sized point scoring 3648 Cailliau did same 3641 Cezar Banks initiated assault high time round 3708 Walt Van Gorder first team selection program followed leaders 3 420 third round Banks moved first flight 3606 Randolph im proved two-flight total 3530 second place However object very interesting episode Larry Cailliau third place after two rounds flight moved up ward ever slowly finally reached skirt mushroom about 10 mm model continued alternately touch skirt girders fpr nearly 15 mm finally slipping un der disk close 25-mm mark ever after three circles hit stem mushroom slid down folded wing ending what might have record-setting flight end first day Banks Randolph Cailliau led Gibbs Tryon Harlan Van Gorder following victims mush room first day talk revis ing steering rules avoid calamity enough support generated no changes made Time Out Observations technical note Larry Cailliau troduced steering tube West Baden June thing polyurethane tube about two-thirds inch diameter com prises top 20 30 ft steering-balloon string very effectively prevents string catching irreversibly propeller Ray Harlan obtained roll material used manufacture very small plastic bags soon nearly everyone trying out blown up air ends tied knots seal forming fairly rigid tube Sharks teeth now obsoleted use boron filaments has emerged broad scale seen motorsticks tail booms rudders propeller outlines propeller ribs Bob Randolph used tung sten bracing wire bow curve boron ribs rudders boron pre vents all-too-common breakage models allowed land floor Only circular rudders seen boron filament overlapped ends held gether CyA glue Jim Richmond clever idea steering balloons always difficult judge large balloon inflating blew up finally satisfied its size put two marks 4 apart using felt-tipped pen way next time inflated could just measure marks instead having look whole balloon subject balloons Ray Harlan built Mylar balloon same material used commercial balloons come small sizes six-segment de sign diameter 30 Mylar balloons unpressurized can stand rough hand ling around sharp protrusions girders Rich Doig probably wished had balloon exploded trying dislodge model girder model destroyed Back Competition Weather second day nearly same first warm 82 degrees little humid 80% Times posted fourth round very low hangups some col lisions two flights over 30 mm Doig won round 3457 moving fourth place Andrews a3041 quick word about midair collisions resulted either two factors first times fliers stopped watching models something else models appeared no danger Despite lethargic motion ma chines situations can change rapidly fliers should always prepared move swiftly balloon second factor fliers reticent steer because lack experience fear damaging model prefer depend luck avoid collision Steering rules have book years yet US remains far beIndoor Team Selection West Baden Indiana September3-5 1983 P1Contestant RoundBestFinalsPriorTotal 123456789TwoPointsPointsPoints 1Bob Randolph34483648353083034253730741810000010973110973 2Cezar Banks75037083606134334466143657363974059970811000110708 3Jim Richmond1405102135527273348354030073550374173339899111000109991 4Larry Cailliau33293641251775433513333105155370329493011000105930 5Sal Cannizzo734551300573036343218141751594968529268711000103687 6RayHarlan311732552920844351690331081218320868119176810966102734 7Richard Doig16573Y41834F22258156412547224568329223910428T2T 8Bob Gibbs3309305534082800154426073025304385467179055610999101555 9Stan Chilton233060772529433426323867049026511000101265 10BudRomak29112501242919472845322633483216280466148914310974100117 11PaulTryon31521314331492326402243230912502728650687618999697614 12Walt Van Gorder26523420181828354343036233323556456873931007697469 13LewGitlow912194184213213318139657235531026420865861081597401 14Earl Hoffman6241824808215020443025502321714396242843881037494762 15PeteAndrews2452314055630417532832224526127436221839171053994456 16DickObarski910294027261834312030102223293818476130827731084293615 17Bill Hulbert313418497382433221722431104265524255829787121100089712 18Dan Belieff2100313170924552128101941826002528573177411997087381 19Ron Ganser1256243520068279072859250270327075606754S21052686008 20Al Rohrbaugh22408394422636152329059592654555975348875084098 21Jim Clem2382219223518351100154815581536451360857895269809 120 Model Aviation infamous mushroom apex ceiling Northwood Institute atrium protective plastic sheathing assures return modelnot its safetyl hind Great Britain proficiency Times picked up fifth round Cannizzo leading packat 3634 Richmond put up 3348 boost himself fourth place Harlan posted best time 3516 two leaders Banks Randolph demon strated consistency 34-mm flights did improve totals air warmed up stabilized somewhat sixth round However long flights made fairly late round including Randolph 3730 best fortunate hit skirt rafters minutes avoid both hangup mushroom Cailliau improved total 3351 dropped fourth Richmond managed 3540 slip ahead him Cannizzo improved 3218 fifth place Interestingly end two days first eight places de cided yet best flight meet would come next day final day Bob Randolph decided wait see rest competition challenged him Banks let him know finished flying 365 7 the top eight improve score others trying Al Rohrbaugh really threatened girders flying above least four circles model ac tually touched roof skin before sliding off another girder getting safer air However after touch skirt model again rose above girders hung after three four circles wait slipped off within allotted 10 sec twisted wing tailslid free air re covered clearly below girders could have steered closer center Al elected After few circles propeller lightly touched beam caught finally ending drama happened span 10 mm Bob Gibbs tried imitate Al over side After sliding down skin little model turned came out Gibbs snagged balloon trusswork could steer circle model nearly repeated its pattern time sliding down some cove molding moving clear Bob wasted no time getting balloon model steering center Unfortun ately model lost too much altitude rafter-banging came up short 3025 eighth round produced its own ver sion Indoor oddities Ron Ganser caught model girder hung down tail low could move because other traffic area decided wait Paul Tryons model climbed area drifted bit hit Gansers model knocking clearly off girder models separated negligible damage Tryons reward retrieval service No reflight model hangs girder considered part permanent structure thus no collision Although stated rule book question has come up previous World Champsionships FAI Jury has uniformly agreed concept Also round Jim Richmond man aged have two collisions flight Obarski Andrews both times graz ing touches affected neither model flew same circle Pete Andrews model several minutes model must have feared Petes climbed safety e girders circled once before sliding out away Petes Later right wing tip grazed mushroom again Jims luck him model moved away hazard landed 3550 lot work 10 sec improvement total ninth round started 500 last chance everyone Cailliau pushed fourth sixth round Richmond improved seventh hung eighth So look ing good flight move up Cannizzo needed good back up 3634 Doig Harlan still hopes would take flight nearly 37 minutes best Richmond Alas challengers could come close Cailliau hung up early did Can nizzo Harlans flight underpowered landed 3208 Doig doing better steer drift moved model side stopped propeller balloon string could free model using tube time frustration finally tweaked string enough damage wing contest over Richmond showed exercises utterly vain new design featuring 95-in wing chord long fuse lage put up flight positioned per fectly hit skirt too tired watch flight standings al ready determined landed 3741 few eyebrows raised once again Jim saved best last team Randolph Banks Rich mond showed individually have nec essary credentials represent US least four flights over 34 mm no else Banks last US team placed second 1981 Nagoya Cup Invitational Richmond has World Champion twice teams anyone else Randolph has finally made top Fl D class holds has held numerous records Cabin D Stick etc team selection finals culmi nation two years local regional con tests competition improving participants getting better ably re flected years performances 53 flights exceeding 30 mm 14 above 35 mm compares rather impres sively 1980 World Championships same site corresponding num bers 51 10 no 37s contest three year Can Improve After finals author took time consider some steering ground rules adopted meet As stated earlier adopted curtail cheating did best way approach problem FAI rules permit steering away structure building allow specificbut limitedmovement model up down balloon string Should have encouraged full exercise rules permit cheating recognize skills contestants take advantage within bounds Should have defined cheating methods better devel oped ground rules deal specifically rather adopt strategy would broadly eliminate restricting steering authors opinion scenario reminiscent principal downfall American business short-term goals early profits overshadow long-term solutions perhaps much greater rewards say team selected best Rather point brought out show weakness may over come steering rules may ideal certainly reduce freely-flying aspect sport rules must learn make work us British have 1983 FAI RC Aerobatics World Championships Results Flyoff Individual Champion Top 10% Contestants Scores Finals P1ContestantNationQual1 2Total 1Hanno PrettnerAustria28582956- 29045814 2Bertram LossenF R Germany2804280228555659 3Dave BrownUSA2770284328355613 4Ivan KristensenCanada27712791- 28185589 5Wolfgang MattLiechtenstein2682282128375519 6YoichiroAkibaJapan2640277127775417 7Steve HelmsUSA2687270826725395 Easy B continued Board voted require immediate enforce ment interpretation However interpretation still must validated another Indoor Contest Board vote will taken within four six weeks published notice interval between publication notice forthcoming Indoor Contest Board vote interested modelers invited comment interpretation contacting preferably writing local AMA Dis trict Indoor Contest Board member name address appears Competition Directory found elsewhere Competi tion Newsletter January 1984 121 Larry Cailliau flew well placed 4th selected Team Manager ships smooth slowly-climbing Note wing has compression ribs prop has high positive flare N*CharlieJohnson Cwrnbat Teats Pmags and Rich Lopez Photographs Priscilla Tyndall models high end perfor mance scale took another giant leap forward 1983 Team Trials Models pretty good original Trials St Louis 1977 no longer adequate Force/Fox combination dominant last Trials Nashville 1981 quite spectacular year star potent Nelson 15 nose Rush-style foamie light well-built Force No doubt about folks Nelson has power anything else pulls Combat models cranks out power lot easier consistently less nitro Fox other engine about upward surge technology later far serious Team Trials yet seen People Nashville sev eral days ahead time Jed Kusik drove Wednesday practiced day Thursday occasional visits other competitors Friday absolute mad house out flying site up nine circles going time wind blew very hard times real problem test ing new models earlier week Friday evening pre-contest meeting tradition started back St Louis 1977 Thirty-seven contestants whole bunch officials pit crew friends took over local Sizzlin Sirloin evening proceeded hash over ground rules draw first four rounds werent oohs aahs during drawing because just number rather persons name later found out first four opponents would Three-man teams separated three different groups theyd have fly other catch both pit man might flying same time As turned out Jed first match circle first match circle tWo just fun didnt make much difference real serious types got themselves rearranged As promised matches started exactly time fact leds match started little early could come pit Enough nice things cant said about officials contest Contest Director Mack Henry deserves Congressional Medal Honor minimum judges pit people other circle marshal Bill Lajack everyone take bow USA hosts CL World Championships have basis best team officials ever assembled know dandy contest lets get super models Nelson new king FAI Combat Oh sure good Fox Force still match Nelsonbut people have good Fox ordinary Nelson ABC frontinduction aluminum-case hot rod weighs slightly less Rossi Some Nelson Com bat engines meet started life Team Race engines magnesium cases rear induction aluminum liner piston titanium crank Exotica case doesnt really mean lot poweronly lighter weight Lighter weight transfers free performance comes weight/horsepower equation engine ma gician Henry Nelson can create wildest dream escalation horse power race has also meant steep climb engine costs important spectacular new en gine Nelson will yank dog FAI model around well enough make competitive better models less power Pat Willcox launches George Clevelands modelLarry Driskell has just released streamer Pat Larry great re pairing smashed models tool Ed Brzys prepares launch Ron Colombo Detroit Combat Team took slot 84 teamkept other area dominating contest 122 Model Aviation Tne I4 Us LL liombat team triends IL HI Ed Brzys Ron Colombo Paul M Smith Charlie Johnson Howard Rush Kit Gerhart George Cleveland* Tom Fluker Jr** Dick Stubblefield Note ** defending World Champion * 1984 Combat team member Howard busy giving Tom lecture Combat tactics Dick Stubblefield 1982 team went World Championships Sweden Howard Rushs model roars away Rich Lopez flight clinched spot 84 team Howarri Force Rush foamie powered Nelson overmatch anything else most-used engine Trials still Fox still practical engine too since models hit other ground Fox should still prove acceptable power plant everything Trials World Championships come Ron Colombo George Cleveland Howard Rush won rest us lost Howard Rush best models meet lots Nelson power flew like demon George Cleveland almost good model Nelson power smartest flier contest Ron Colombo whole story himself broke right arm about month before Team Trials learned fly left hand time Trials Through sheer determination lots help De troit Combat Team became first per son team 8-and-2 record Ron never best planes meet although used some pretty good engineswhich cluded Nelson power times Ron natural left-handed flier totally ex hausted end second day saw match Dick Stubbiefield replay TV night What didnt work Anything other 1983 models period Heavy old junk definitely out year Lots foam whether doubletaper straight leading edge argument foam versus wood took turn favor foam time foam-leading-edge kill advantage getting last little nub whereas all-wood model cut string prop course problem pulling off entire streamer first pass get tight deserve loss trend FAI models toward foam efficiency airfoil ease building penalty weight 14-16 oz foam models give something away 12-1 3 oz wood models Piloting style took turn worse year far fewer mid-airs ex pected very few bang-bang flightswhere two consecutive crashes prob lem pilot running around sixmeter Pilots Circle trying keep oppo nent getting cut Ia Chinese team style Everyone takes great pains get lines within slightly-over-three-in toler ance meant keep modals same flight plane have pilot running around circle putting about 15 ft between models making very hard get cutbut too difficult get plane cut loose preferred prop Trials seemed carbon glass fiber modification Taipan 7-4 Bill Lee made bunch props really worked well carved sanded feverishly between matches Technology stuff Going counterclockwise upper left see stooge arrangement used Max Mearns L Henry Nelson aid pitting second modelor work primary model restrained foam-rubber-lined jaws thua freeing second pit man chase streamers rather holding plane radial mount system used Larry Driskell utilizing nylon fixture bolts center section wing also hold ing remote needle valve engine excess metal engine filed awaytheres no return smashed super-Nelsonif think regular Nelson expensive $150 what must extra-light custom jobs magnesium crankcase aluminum cylinder titanium crankshaftnote also rear-drum-valve Team Race case cost Lastly see Gary Arnolds big experimenthe used tuned pipes Nelsonsbut turned out too fragile Combat usually smashed several pieces crash non-pipe porting engines kept performance down January 1984 123 Ah Control Linel Ah Combatl Ah welll Line tangles always seem spoil funor part fun Starting clockwise upper left find Howard Rush R against Jeff Johnsonand Howards fate cant too good what lines falling down around arm young Mitchell Cleveland L nice tangle Bob MearsMitchell outflew several top fli ers Max Mearns R seems have endless supply King Kong handleswhile everyone else trying slow down control response Max spreads lines out control input thats Ron Colombo looking way back right model Howard Rush R Dick Stubblefield especially unusual tangleHoward has Dicks Down line left hand Dicks Up line wrapped around Howards lines Guess ended FAI rules require wear safety helmets kept up needs Texas group McCollum Kelly props use performance governed contestant prop design course abundant prop Taipan 7-4three cheers 60c props generally cut 6% Nelson 6-3/8 Rossiand slightly di ameter Foxes Taipans thinned drastically reshaped Most contestants stayed local Motel Sixwhich also headquarters Team Nelson Rumors triple-dot heads floated through air Regular motel guests pondered advantages triple versus double maybe another 10% nitro would make up miscalculations What happened 1982 teamTom Fluker defending World Champion didnt have try spot Dick Stubblefield him-or-me match George Cleve landand turned out Georges turn win Gary Arnold decided use Nelson power pipe pipe installation proved too fragile power output didnt seem better open-face en gines timing Nelson stock rather pipe-timing power band much broader Gary flew some good matches lot fun maybe just jne smile Lady Luck would have team second time Protests always part large im portant contest worst lot cheap shots Contestant says opponent didnt tell him leaving Pilots Circle after contestant has soundly defeated 6-2 cuts also air time Nothing lose possibly DQ rematch juries appeared very patient Didnt go through back second grade second type protest real problem contestant would running around circle avoid being cut Ia Chinese Team Several times winged warrior stepped out Pilots Circle would call two penalties 40-point penalty accidental loss intentional feeling no would intentionally leave circle model airborne course because would result loss must have accidental 1983 Team Trials successful date thanks officials MACAand above Team Selection Committee happen think com mittee just best organized com mittee AMA excuses being Team will found regular column well suggestions making sport little safer possibly fair World Championships Commentaries US NC Soaring Team Member 1983 WCs held York England year lucky enough partici pate again also flew 81 WCs Sacra mento As readers already know wasnt best performance since managed crash both models through broken elevator belicrank other through delaminated glass-skinned wing What Ill remember about con test competition itself obvi ous reasons teamwork camaraderie friendship event After second crash seemed like person field wanted help repairs night entire US team rebuilt flyable aircraft two wrecks continued competition third day slight satisfaction knowing wasnt alone Andy Keil South Africa also folded wing Dave Worral eventually reached third place overall lost model due radio falure person crash both models Such distinction models entered year revolutionary mainly more-refined ver sions seen Sacramento Perhaps talked about Raif Deckers first-place model its one-piece wing craftsmanship words cant describe doubt Ill ever forget 189-second Speed run either Most other winning models used fancy radios various mixing like elevator/flap aileron/flap both spent lot time trading patches stickers other competitors well talking Luckily pilots spoke enough English conversation no problem course modelers speak com mon language anyway During course contest received invitations visit European pilots several met during sightseeing vacation after contest managed get almost everyone contest sign wing injured model felt pen US team seemed well-prepared fore contest During daily practice averaged 21 22 seconds Speed Dura tion snap Distance possible after two attempts encoun ter violent flutter may have led first crash during competition After prac tice team relaxed flying hand-launch models near college dorms stayed Ill never forget Mark Smiths stealth Mini Birdof-Time flight model dis appeared behind dorm building reap peared its wing trailing debris like bomber shot down WW II entire team rolling grass roaring laughter Alex Bowers model attracted lot tention during competition two rea sons first model out ailerons Tal-Tal used polyhedral rudder instead thick airfoil sections used mainly San Fernando Valley Silent Fliers Southern California Alex would have done better contest included spoilers dive brakes make spot landings easier Mark Smiths models straightforward aileron models although bit heavy employ ing Mark Y airfoil Marks natural flying ability made great combination own models evolution flown WCs two years ago all-fiberglass except spar wing hindsight 20-20 course spars should have gone full span wing rather stopped before halfspan did Live learn lucky team live within 500 miles other allowed frequent practice communication previous team enjoyed now feel team selection process should just highest-scoring team should go World Champs difficult concept should implemented before 1985 way team members can build fly together thing learned over two WCs try build models need three yourself team effort required Another possibility buy almost-ready-to-fly models good homemade ones practice flying closing feel glad have participated 1983 F3B World Championships bad luck once-i n-alifetime experience Ill never forget AMA 124 Model Aviation Roger Simpson receives keys Champion Spark Plug Co Australia van Kevin Maybury Marketing Director Australian company van used US FF team model retrieval flight line return during 1983 FF World Championships People picture L R Jim Bradley* Linda Bradley Matt Gewain* Gale Gewain Ellen Poti Norm Poti* Roger Simpson US FF Team Manager Kevin Maybury Raids Simpson Rol Anderson come got van Australian Champion com Don Edberg pany arranged member Rol Anderson works US Champion Spark Plug Co * denotes US FF team member
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/01
Page Numbers: 115, 116, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124
A 15* RESTON VA 22090 RC World Championships results Individual placingsp 116 Flyoff placingsp 121 Easy B Model Rules Interpretation Indoor Contest Board recently acted request rules interpretation affect ing Indoor Easy B models Background Walter P Van Gorder submitted letter Indoor Contest Board August 111983 stated opinion use carbon fibers structural enhance ment Easy B models violation paragraph 1982h page 14 1982-83 AMA rule book states shall no bracing model except con sists entirely solid wood substantiated opinion stating Easy B event should kept pre sently exists allowing use carbon fiber enhancement reinforcement might just first long series high-technology innovations could creep what has historically supersimple event requested Board make offi cial interpretation rule respect stated opinion Indoor Contest Board Action accordance official Contest Board Procedures last published June 1982 Competition Newslettera copy procedures may obtained Competition Dept AMA HQ too Indoor Contest Board Chairman Bud Tenny caused Board vote interpretation handled immediate enforcement no immediate rulingbut require further vote denial further action Continued page 121 Competition Directory CONTEST COORDINATORSPP Pat English 823 Broadmay Vincennee IN 47591 I Bernice Williams 347 Soushmick Rd Westfield MA 01085 VII events entire district lexcapt Michigenl II P Sobrino 87-26 88th St. Woodhaven Queens NY 11421 Gregg Seydel 3625 Best lana Terrace Cudahy WI 53110 RC Ernest Nikodem 407 Willow St Lockoort NY 14094 Michigan RC Bill Puori 28 Pernwood Or. Commack NY 11725 AC Wayne Yeager 38235 castle Romulus MI 48174 III Ken Reber 427 Blot Dr Nazareth PA 18064 East CL & FF Paul Smith 11112 Dill Or. sterling Hgts. MI 48077 M Weisenbach 4568 W 148th Cleveland OH 44135 IWestI VIII Randy Randolph P0 Box 271048 Dallas TX 75227 IV Warren Sanders Jr 9735 52nd Avenue College Park MO IX Bill Bieda UNIVAC Bldg. 7100 W canter Rd No 420 20741Omaha NE 88108 rC Ed Byerley 200 Commander Cove Stafford VA 22554Rc George Hunter 8982 5 Lamar St Littleton CO 80123 V AC HR Norckauer 12330 Chicumauga Trail Hu,tsvIe X James Caughran 27818 Ormond Ave. Hayward CA 94544 AL 35803 INorthl PF Wallace Johnson 4112 WhiteAcres Rd. Montgomery AL Harry Apoian 27704 Saddle Rd Roiling Hill CA 80274 38106 thl CL Joseph Mead 1338 Rensselaer St Jacksonville PL 32205 Prank Gomes 2241 Noah Street Honolulu HI 96818 HI VI RCe Charles Gray 201 Halman Salem Rd. Terre Haute s IN 47803XI Tom Cone 23262 SE 57th St. Rt 3 IssaOuah WA 98027 AC Seareg Helen Olsen 820 Old Bonhomme Unversity City AC James McCarty 18956 Marine View Seattle WA MO 63132 6 CL WR Bodzioch Jr 235 W Glade Palatine IL 80067 RC Pylon & Soaring RC Pattern other RCRC except Soaring Bold Face Below Indicatma Chairman Conseet eacid FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARDVI Chris Metaano a576 Gingee St John MO 63114 Henry Struck RFO 2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT06371 VII Bill Shailor 13598 Montrose Detroit MI 48227 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ave. Lyndonville NY 14098 VIII Mark Valerius 1827 Overland Pa Sugarland TX 7747B III Rudy Kluiber 2021 Lukeland Ave Lukewood OH 44107 IX Jerald Murphy 2432 AstrOn Colorado Springs CO 80906 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 X Joe Norcrosa P0 Box 65 Hanlord CA 93232 V honny Jenkins 3112 C Ranes Rd Memphis TN 38118 XI Kevin Collins 2320 Sahalee Dr C, Redmond WA 98062 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD V 2 Davis Jr 1813 5 Lakeshore Birmingham AL 38216 Lance Murphy 29 HightopCir B Hamden CT06514 VI Paul Froefrock 3989 Weber Way LesingtOn KY 40514 II Joe Peied 41 Carriage Hill Or. Colta Neck NJ 07722VII Peter Waters 7420 7-Mile Rd. Northaille MI 48187 III Ron Hesselbrock 8320 Blceiserry Hill Ct Cincinnati OHVIII Wet Thomas 331 58 Rockwood Bartleeville OK 74003 48211IX Loren Tregellas 3003S Everett Wichita KS 87217 IV W Abernethy 9205 Carendon Upper Marlboro MD 20870XBill Northrop Jr 821 W 19th St Costa Mesa CA 92627 Xl Charles Davenport 441538 266tn St Kent WA 98031 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARDVI Jim Thowerson 1317 Eileen Collinsvllr IL 82234 George Higgins P0 Box 482 North Pembroke MA 02358VII James Sinton 4941 Wisconsin N New Hope MN 55428 II Bill Boss 7708 289th St New Hyde Park NY 11040 VIII Wet Lee 3522 Tamariak Lane MissOuri City TX 77459 III Luird Jackson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IX Michael Tallman 3014 Exchange Wichita K587217 IV Ron McNally 6116 Serda Ave Springfield VA 22152 X Vic Garner P0 Box 573 Livermore CA 94850 V Dave Hemstraught PG Boa 171 Moneks Cornar SC 29461 Xl John Thompson 1411 Bryan Ave Cottage Grove OR 97424 SCALE CONTEST BOARD VI John Guenther PR 1Box 718 Borden IN 47108 Iry Sear 52 Leegholm Neeksa* NH 03060 VII Claude McCullough RR 1 Box 487 Montezuma IA 50171 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14612 VilI Buddy Irwin 922 Sundown LO Desono TX 75115 III Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St McKeesport PA 15130 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward SI Omaha NE8B1I4 IV Bob Karlsson 2843 Marsh Pd Wilmington DC 18810 X Bill Stroman 12218 Dune St. Norwalk CA 90680 V David PIart 8940 NW 15th Ft Lauderdale FL33313 XI Earle Moorhead 375 5 View Place 5 Salem OR 97302 INDOOR CONTEST BOARD I Ray Harlan 15 Happy Hollow Rd Wayland MA 01778 VI Chris Matnuno 8578 Ginger St John MO 83114 II Merrick Andreme 100 River Pd A11 BogOta NJ 07603 VII Richard Odin B Canary Hill Dr Pontiac MI 48055 III Walter P Van Gorder 5669 Victory View Ln Cincinnati VIII Ralph lead Tenny Boa 548 Aicherdeon TX 75080 ON 45238 IX Stan Chvron 3003 Main Wichita KS 87202 IV Don Srull 941 Kimberwicke Rd McLean VA 22102 X Clarencv Mather 3860 Ecochee Ave San Diego CA 92117 V John Martin 2l80Tiqertail Miami FL 33133 Xl cave Hagen 19957 SRvO Land Rd Oregon Cty0R97045 CONTEST BOARD COOROINATOR Ono Lindley 420 Tupelo Napereille IL 60540 January 1984 115 NE WSLETTE ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS1810 SAMUEL MORSE DRIVE 1983 RC Aerobatics World ChampionshipsTeam Placings After 4 Rounds P1NationTeam ScoreP1NationTeam ScoreP1NationTeam Score 1USA809211Australia714121Norway4533 2Japan788712South Africa692722Venezuela4397cc 3F R Germany787213LuXemburg678523Guatemala2938cc 4Canada774014Netherlands676124New Guinea2429c 5Austria765615MeXiCo633425Chile2149C 6Italy756616Argentina633226Peru2145c 7France751817Korea627827New Zealand2009C 8Belgium739318Brazil612128Finland2005C 9Great Britain737919Ireland5379NOTES C 1 flier 10Switzerland718520Liechtenstein5119 iers Highest Individual Score 2858 Lowest Individual Score 1431 83 Hats MeNeill Cup Winner 1983 FAI F3A World Championships Pensacola Florida USA October 10-15 1983 Results end Round 4 ncr pc LUI CUUI IOU Lup time FAI Power Nats Besides winning Nats trophy Tom dm50 receives annual McNeiIl Cup achievementand free engine available suitable FAI Power competition years engine K&B Cox 15 generously donated Mr Johnny Brodbeck Sr K&B Mfg Tom re ceived engine recent AMA HO Grand Opening AMA Executive Director John Worth R Thats Toms wife left US Scale Team Patcl Available CL Team Race Speed Team Selection Committee Named AMA President John C Grigg has named Jed Kusik WR Bill Lee Charles Lieber Walt Perkins Luke Roy Team sel ection Committee CL Team Race Speed will select nominees Chair man person named 8384 program entrants will asked vote choice Chairman P1 Contestant Nation Round 123 1Hanno PrettnerAustria140613401419 2Bertram LossenF R Germany136512711411 3Ivan KristensenCanada14412941369 4Dave BrownUSA137013101442 5Steve HelmsUSA34312291324 6Wolfgang MattLiechtenstein131513671313 7Yoichiro AkibaJapan126312751298 8Tony FrackowiakUSA119924613Of 9Glichi NarukeJapan12611219134w 10Tsugutaka YoshiokaJapan129t12041280 11Giuseppe BertolozziItaly12451214125 12Pascal ArdondeauFrance126212451304 13Pascal MalfaitFrance125811371281 14FranzMayrFRGermany120211681219 15Greg MarsdenCanada123111571261 16Werner Schweiker 17Benito Bertolani 18Gerard Werion 19Brian Brotherton 20Ken Binks F R Germany Italy Belgium Great Britain Great Britain 1172 17 1046 4 1092 1251 1219 1182 1203 712 21Ruggero PasqualiniItaly10591098 22Hugo PeyerSwitzerland12021185 23Adolf PanzAustria11971125 24Jean-Pierre ZardiniBelgium11071173 25Alexandres DegotteBelgiumt141219 26Jacques GagnonCanada12291124 27Norbert MattLiechtensteinII1226 28Graham StowellNew Guinea11051073 29Rene SchumacherSwitzerland11311062 30Philip StevensGreat Britain 31Andre LafeiteFranceL231184 32Eddie EdwardsAustralia11201118 33Tom ProsserAustralia1118893 34Ivan OlivierSouth Africa11431088 35Hermann KowarzAustria11491151 36Willie SutherlandSouth Africa10851102 37Collin TaylorAustralia10401108 38Emil GiezendannerSwitzerland9971086 39Edy DockendorfLuxemburg10671058 40Tore JemtegaardNorway1231149 41Paul BehmLuxemburg1010859 42Hub DekkersNetherlands11021123 43Jan VanVlietNetherlands9701077 44Jan VanBeekNetherlands1I71066 45Terie EltvikNorway239983 46Ricardo GomezVenezuela1Q991087 47Lucien GerardLuxemburg962992 48Sung-Nam KimKorea978274 49Kevin HayneSouth Africa1052989 50Mario QuintanillaMexico941960 51P1mb RomanoBrazil880986 52MoonHoChoiKorea944889 53Juan HidalgoVenezuela938814 54Mario RodriguezChile9650 55Alberto FlorezPeru960731 56Roberto IskanianArgentina5321070 57Daniel FalcoArgentina1049926 58Angel MaldonadoArgentina855922 59Luis BlakeMexico958878 60Benjamin CastanedaMexico906886 61Jorge MacedoBrazil671835 62Michael LynchNew Zealand844781 63Tero VallasFinland784852 64Jim ClarkeIreland0737 65Jung 80k AnKorea922861 66Salvatore Pompei 67Ray Keane 68Noel Barrett 69Hector Tschen 70Julio Quevedo Brazil Ireland Ireland Guatemala Guatemala 0 905 251 102 623 2Ie 57 s9 116 Model Aviation 1236 1 1 7 1 Support e Teaml Buy silver/orange/blue/black patches $3 Bob Underwood 4109 Concord Oaks Dr St Louis MO 63128 Profits sale patches donated team fund help cover out-of-pocket expenses World Champs Total 2858 2804 2771 2770 2687 2682 2640 2635 2634 2613 2590 2552 2549 2537 2531 2531 2519 2506 2480 2474 2457 2456 2444 2444 2443 2438 2437 2429 2426 2425 2417 2412 2386 2385 2354 2348 2343 2303 2290 2289 2267 2262 2253 2246 2244 2239 2228 2195 2194 2170 2168 2160 2158 2149 2145 2124 2110 2098 2090 2074 2031 2009 2005 1934 1923 1922 1916 1529 1507 1431 RC World Championships results Flyoff placingsp 121 * Total two highest scores Rounds 1 3the other Rounds ymond B Harlan Indoor Teani Finals Photos author strange aura clung Northwood atrium Devoid human activity save lone maintenance man seemed ghost urging recount its colorful history future still uncertain would door contest last commenced 16 years ago Whatever surely promised very best na tions top Fl D fliers gathering decide composition 1984 US Indoor team World Championships scheduled held next year Trade Center Na goya Japan October 14 through 18 Northwood very similar site having same ceiling height about half diameter Program participants chose Northwood basis good performance should equate good performance World Championships voting close felt great flights volved significant measure luck since rafter-hanging mandatory high times may emphasis would deal ing unfriendly sitewhich would valuable experience going Japan Erv Rodemsky agreed Contest Director 1981 Santa Ana brought wife Joan assistant gether made contest function flawlessly despite high tensions anxieties contestants always accompany Finals Getting Started Following day practice fliers began take measure site meeting held prior first round wherein Erv began set tone con test laying out ground rules NIMAS meet June flier opinion generously bent steering rules holding back climb later moving model warm air pockets no danger colliding either another model buildingstructure Therefore felt some rules relevant site specifically stated FAI rule book might appropriate help limit abuses Following suggestion Jim Richmond Erv introduced idea allowing steer ing inside ring drawn atriums mosaic floor corresponded midpoint skylights above also suggested no steering permitted move models away mushroom hanging above center disk Further models would required launched point about midway ring floor its r 1984 US FAI Indoor team L R Cezar Banks Bob Randolph Jim Rich mond lot relaxed now tensions contest over center thus averting off-center launches would require early steeringwherein power burst might held back No sharks teeth would permitted steering-balloon string prevent balloon string catching propeller can used push model gain al titude contestant wanted steer announce loudly timer CD could hear observe vio lated rules flight would disquali fied strong words would serve keep steering honorable two models potential collide least time must steered out way Test flying would permit ted flier model balloon string interfered official flight flier would forfeit next round ground rules accepted vote couple dissenters nosteering-away-from-the-mushroom rule mushroom hit high enough causes model slide down side nose-down attitude finally power-diving off bottomwith result almost certainly collapsed wing contestants agreed certainty thought ruling could help avoid steering abuse adopted Perhaps word two should said 118 Model Aviation chose fly atrium Northwood Institute West Baden IN because its same height World Championships site Nagoya Japan Three fliers demonstrated superior performances Others flights previous years would have put teambut time Super-winder Stan Chilton High-ratio gears can torquefree magnetic pickoff reads turns output shaft transmits big LED display No muttering yourself wind ing display can blanked retaining number turns integral memory chip Paul Tryon uses exquisite pitch gauge compare blade setting blade prop both must alike check actual pitch values Too bad cant read labels scales Left-hand launcn sends Jim Hiclimoncis Catwalker IL its way lie switcned nis new design aner 4th round Bill Hulbert C just fliers repair business went all-out high times Hes patching film latest Time Machine Pete Andrews R first flier break 30 mm 1949 held FiD record nearly 45 mm few years ago Bud Romak 1 Indoor World Champion 17bbrougflt models witn mm rinals him ceiling too low able get long flights needed place team Bob Randolphs model C Cezar Banks designand really does have rudder invisible since uses boron filament outline light reflecting film Dick Obarski R hit girders ceiling too often didnt score well enough make team Hes now retired lives Florida aI Lannizzo IL returned contest activity after several years hiatus finished flourish 5th Jim Clem C atrium ceiling must seem infinitely high since usually flies under 25-ft ceiling Bedford TX gyml flights reached rafters several times Lew Gitlow R used 5-rib wings boron-filament rudder outline Mr Indoor Model Supplies null,CU L,C OWCl LU PCCIJlIlUll L .. .e prop trtoge Un funaiumy ii ible photo Walt V. uLer C hasnt done much FiD flying yet easily broke 30 mm Richmond e design wife Delores lent him much support Cezar Banks R flew several designs consistent flier Finals previous flight ex perience Nagoya Nagoya Cup November 6-8 1981 should help him forthcoming World Championships January 1984 119 about mushroom Northwood atriumsome readers report may never have very center ceil ing atrium large circular structure used levitating bandstand decorative bauble dangles several feet below Both things real model-eaters shrouded hanging plastic sheeting Indoor flying order day large bandstand encased plastic down its base about 10 ft high tube plastic enshrouds pendant its cable underside bandstand decorated concentric circles spokelike designs overall impression gigantic mushroom suspended center atriums domed ceiling Rounds would two-and-one-half hours long Contestants would time others flights would get credit via green mark flight cards timing timers needed fewest credits would called addition flier credits would given preference obtaining timer high-demand situation effectively served encourage volun teer timing spread flying over course rounds Competition first round started noon Satur day air seemed good serious flying underway shortly thereafter Sal Cannizzo launched model climbed fast reach ing top few minutes model hit girder fell off tallslide rolled out about 50 ft climbed right back up again After some lucky bouncing Pete Andrews model collided little warning thus ending two potentially great flights Bob Randolph Larry Cailliau Bob Gibbs served notice California con tingent came win posting top three times Round Oneeach over 33 mm second round Randolph empha sized point scoring 3648 Cailliau did same 3641 Cezar Banks initiated assault high time round 3708 Walt Van Gorder first team selection program followed leaders 3 420 third round Banks moved first flight 3606 Randolph im proved two-flight total 3530 second place However object very interesting episode Larry Cailliau third place after two rounds flight moved up ward ever slowly finally reached skirt mushroom about 10 mm model continued alternately touch skirt girders fpr nearly 15 mm finally slipping un der disk close 25-mm mark ever after three circles hit stem mushroom slid down folded wing ending what might have record-setting flight end first day Banks Randolph Cailliau led Gibbs Tryon Harlan Van Gorder following victims mush room first day talk revis ing steering rules avoid calamity enough support generated no changes made Time Out Observations technical note Larry Cailliau troduced steering tube West Baden June thing polyurethane tube about two-thirds inch diameter com prises top 20 30 ft steering-balloon string very effectively prevents string catching irreversibly propeller Ray Harlan obtained roll material used manufacture very small plastic bags soon nearly everyone trying out blown up air ends tied knots seal forming fairly rigid tube Sharks teeth now obsoleted use boron filaments has emerged broad scale seen motorsticks tail booms rudders propeller outlines propeller ribs Bob Randolph used tung sten bracing wire bow curve boron ribs rudders boron pre vents all-too-common breakage models allowed land floor Only circular rudders seen boron filament overlapped ends held gether CyA glue Jim Richmond clever idea steering balloons always difficult judge large balloon inflating blew up finally satisfied its size put two marks 4 apart using felt-tipped pen way next time inflated could just measure marks instead having look whole balloon subject balloons Ray Harlan built Mylar balloon same material used commercial balloons come small sizes six-segment de sign diameter 30 Mylar balloons unpressurized can stand rough hand ling around sharp protrusions girders Rich Doig probably wished had balloon exploded trying dislodge model girder model destroyed Back Competition Weather second day nearly same first warm 82 degrees little humid 80% Times posted fourth round very low hangups some col lisions two flights over 30 mm Doig won round 3457 moving fourth place Andrews a3041 quick word about midair collisions resulted either two factors first times fliers stopped watching models something else models appeared no danger Despite lethargic motion ma chines situations can change rapidly fliers should always prepared move swiftly balloon second factor fliers reticent steer because lack experience fear damaging model prefer depend luck avoid collision Steering rules have book years yet US remains far beIndoor Team Selection West Baden Indiana September3-5 1983 P1Contestant RoundBestFinalsPriorTotal 123456789TwoPointsPointsPoints 1Bob Randolph34483648353083034253730741810000010973110973 2Cezar Banks75037083606134334466143657363974059970811000110708 3Jim Richmond1405102135527273348354030073550374173339899111000109991 4Larry Cailliau33293641251775433513333105155370329493011000105930 5Sal Cannizzo734551300573036343218141751594968529268711000103687 6RayHarlan311732552920844351690331081218320868119176810966102734 7Richard Doig16573Y41834F22258156412547224568329223910428T2T 8Bob Gibbs3309305534082800154426073025304385467179055610999101555 9Stan Chilton233060772529433426323867049026511000101265 10BudRomak29112501242919472845322633483216280466148914310974100117 11PaulTryon31521314331492326402243230912502728650687618999697614 12Walt Van Gorder26523420181828354343036233323556456873931007697469 13LewGitlow912194184213213318139657235531026420865861081597401 14Earl Hoffman6241824808215020443025502321714396242843881037494762 15PeteAndrews2452314055630417532832224526127436221839171053994456 16DickObarski910294027261834312030102223293818476130827731084293615 17Bill Hulbert313418497382433221722431104265524255829787121100089712 18Dan Belieff2100313170924552128101941826002528573177411997087381 19Ron Ganser1256243520068279072859250270327075606754S21052686008 20Al Rohrbaugh22408394422636152329059592654555975348875084098 21Jim Clem2382219223518351100154815581536451360857895269809 120 Model Aviation infamous mushroom apex ceiling Northwood Institute atrium protective plastic sheathing assures return modelnot its safetyl hind Great Britain proficiency Times picked up fifth round Cannizzo leading packat 3634 Richmond put up 3348 boost himself fourth place Harlan posted best time 3516 two leaders Banks Randolph demon strated consistency 34-mm flights did improve totals air warmed up stabilized somewhat sixth round However long flights made fairly late round including Randolph 3730 best fortunate hit skirt rafters minutes avoid both hangup mushroom Cailliau improved total 3351 dropped fourth Richmond managed 3540 slip ahead him Cannizzo improved 3218 fifth place Interestingly end two days first eight places de cided yet best flight meet would come next day final day Bob Randolph decided wait see rest competition challenged him Banks let him know finished flying 365 7 the top eight improve score others trying Al Rohrbaugh really threatened girders flying above least four circles model ac tually touched roof skin before sliding off another girder getting safer air However after touch skirt model again rose above girders hung after three four circles wait slipped off within allotted 10 sec twisted wing tailslid free air re covered clearly below girders could have steered closer center Al elected After few circles propeller lightly touched beam caught finally ending drama happened span 10 mm Bob Gibbs tried imitate Al over side After sliding down skin little model turned came out Gibbs snagged balloon trusswork could steer circle model nearly repeated its pattern time sliding down some cove molding moving clear Bob wasted no time getting balloon model steering center Unfortun ately model lost too much altitude rafter-banging came up short 3025 eighth round produced its own ver sion Indoor oddities Ron Ganser caught model girder hung down tail low could move because other traffic area decided wait Paul Tryons model climbed area drifted bit hit Gansers model knocking clearly off girder models separated negligible damage Tryons reward retrieval service No reflight model hangs girder considered part permanent structure thus no collision Although stated rule book question has come up previous World Champsionships FAI Jury has uniformly agreed concept Also round Jim Richmond man aged have two collisions flight Obarski Andrews both times graz ing touches affected neither model flew same circle Pete Andrews model several minutes model must have feared Petes climbed safety e girders circled once before sliding out away Petes Later right wing tip grazed mushroom again Jims luck him model moved away hazard landed 3550 lot work 10 sec improvement total ninth round started 500 last chance everyone Cailliau pushed fourth sixth round Richmond improved seventh hung eighth So look ing good flight move up Cannizzo needed good back up 3634 Doig Harlan still hopes would take flight nearly 37 minutes best Richmond Alas challengers could come close Cailliau hung up early did Can nizzo Harlans flight underpowered landed 3208 Doig doing better steer drift moved model side stopped propeller balloon string could free model using tube time frustration finally tweaked string enough damage wing contest over Richmond showed exercises utterly vain new design featuring 95-in wing chord long fuse lage put up flight positioned per fectly hit skirt too tired watch flight standings al ready determined landed 3741 few eyebrows raised once again Jim saved best last team Randolph Banks Rich mond showed individually have nec essary credentials represent US least four flights over 34 mm no else Banks last US team placed second 1981 Nagoya Cup Invitational Richmond has World Champion twice teams anyone else Randolph has finally made top Fl D class holds has held numerous records Cabin D Stick etc team selection finals culmi nation two years local regional con tests competition improving participants getting better ably re flected years performances 53 flights exceeding 30 mm 14 above 35 mm compares rather impres sively 1980 World Championships same site corresponding num bers 51 10 no 37s contest three year Can Improve After finals author took time consider some steering ground rules adopted meet As stated earlier adopted curtail cheating did best way approach problem FAI rules permit steering away structure building allow specificbut limitedmovement model up down balloon string Should have encouraged full exercise rules permit cheating recognize skills contestants take advantage within bounds Should have defined cheating methods better devel oped ground rules deal specifically rather adopt strategy would broadly eliminate restricting steering authors opinion scenario reminiscent principal downfall American business short-term goals early profits overshadow long-term solutions perhaps much greater rewards say team selected best Rather point brought out show weakness may over come steering rules may ideal certainly reduce freely-flying aspect sport rules must learn make work us British have 1983 FAI RC Aerobatics World Championships Results Flyoff Individual Champion Top 10% Contestants Scores Finals P1ContestantNationQual1 2Total 1Hanno PrettnerAustria28582956- 29045814 2Bertram LossenF R Germany2804280228555659 3Dave BrownUSA2770284328355613 4Ivan KristensenCanada27712791- 28185589 5Wolfgang MattLiechtenstein2682282128375519 6YoichiroAkibaJapan2640277127775417 7Steve HelmsUSA2687270826725395 Easy B continued Board voted require immediate enforce ment interpretation However interpretation still must validated another Indoor Contest Board vote will taken within four six weeks published notice interval between publication notice forthcoming Indoor Contest Board vote interested modelers invited comment interpretation contacting preferably writing local AMA Dis trict Indoor Contest Board member name address appears Competition Directory found elsewhere Competi tion Newsletter January 1984 121 Larry Cailliau flew well placed 4th selected Team Manager ships smooth slowly-climbing Note wing has compression ribs prop has high positive flare N*CharlieJohnson Cwrnbat Teats Pmags and Rich Lopez Photographs Priscilla Tyndall models high end perfor mance scale took another giant leap forward 1983 Team Trials Models pretty good original Trials St Louis 1977 no longer adequate Force/Fox combination dominant last Trials Nashville 1981 quite spectacular year star potent Nelson 15 nose Rush-style foamie light well-built Force No doubt about folks Nelson has power anything else pulls Combat models cranks out power lot easier consistently less nitro Fox other engine about upward surge technology later far serious Team Trials yet seen People Nashville sev eral days ahead time Jed Kusik drove Wednesday practiced day Thursday occasional visits other competitors Friday absolute mad house out flying site up nine circles going time wind blew very hard times real problem test ing new models earlier week Friday evening pre-contest meeting tradition started back St Louis 1977 Thirty-seven contestants whole bunch officials pit crew friends took over local Sizzlin Sirloin evening proceeded hash over ground rules draw first four rounds werent oohs aahs during drawing because just number rather persons name later found out first four opponents would Three-man teams separated three different groups theyd have fly other catch both pit man might flying same time As turned out Jed first match circle first match circle tWo just fun didnt make much difference real serious types got themselves rearranged As promised matches started exactly time fact leds match started little early could come pit Enough nice things cant said about officials contest Contest Director Mack Henry deserves Congressional Medal Honor minimum judges pit people other circle marshal Bill Lajack everyone take bow USA hosts CL World Championships have basis best team officials ever assembled know dandy contest lets get super models Nelson new king FAI Combat Oh sure good Fox Force still match Nelsonbut people have good Fox ordinary Nelson ABC frontinduction aluminum-case hot rod weighs slightly less Rossi Some Nelson Com bat engines meet started life Team Race engines magnesium cases rear induction aluminum liner piston titanium crank Exotica case doesnt really mean lot poweronly lighter weight Lighter weight transfers free performance comes weight/horsepower equation engine ma gician Henry Nelson can create wildest dream escalation horse power race has also meant steep climb engine costs important spectacular new en gine Nelson will yank dog FAI model around well enough make competitive better models less power Pat Willcox launches George Clevelands modelLarry Driskell has just released streamer Pat Larry great re pairing smashed models tool Ed Brzys prepares launch Ron Colombo Detroit Combat Team took slot 84 teamkept other area dominating contest 122 Model Aviation Tne I4 Us LL liombat team triends IL HI Ed Brzys Ron Colombo Paul M Smith Charlie Johnson Howard Rush Kit Gerhart George Cleveland* Tom Fluker Jr** Dick Stubblefield Note ** defending World Champion * 1984 Combat team member Howard busy giving Tom lecture Combat tactics Dick Stubblefield 1982 team went World Championships Sweden Howard Rushs model roars away Rich Lopez flight clinched spot 84 team Howarri Force Rush foamie powered Nelson overmatch anything else most-used engine Trials still Fox still practical engine too since models hit other ground Fox should still prove acceptable power plant everything Trials World Championships come Ron Colombo George Cleveland Howard Rush won rest us lost Howard Rush best models meet lots Nelson power flew like demon George Cleveland almost good model Nelson power smartest flier contest Ron Colombo whole story himself broke right arm about month before Team Trials learned fly left hand time Trials Through sheer determination lots help De troit Combat Team became first per son team 8-and-2 record Ron never best planes meet although used some pretty good engineswhich cluded Nelson power times Ron natural left-handed flier totally ex hausted end second day saw match Dick Stubbiefield replay TV night What didnt work Anything other 1983 models period Heavy old junk definitely out year Lots foam whether doubletaper straight leading edge argument foam versus wood took turn favor foam time foam-leading-edge kill advantage getting last little nub whereas all-wood model cut string prop course problem pulling off entire streamer first pass get tight deserve loss trend FAI models toward foam efficiency airfoil ease building penalty weight 14-16 oz foam models give something away 12-1 3 oz wood models Piloting style took turn worse year far fewer mid-airs ex pected very few bang-bang flightswhere two consecutive crashes prob lem pilot running around sixmeter Pilots Circle trying keep oppo nent getting cut Ia Chinese team style Everyone takes great pains get lines within slightly-over-three-in toler ance meant keep modals same flight plane have pilot running around circle putting about 15 ft between models making very hard get cutbut too difficult get plane cut loose preferred prop Trials seemed carbon glass fiber modification Taipan 7-4 Bill Lee made bunch props really worked well carved sanded feverishly between matches Technology stuff Going counterclockwise upper left see stooge arrangement used Max Mearns L Henry Nelson aid pitting second modelor work primary model restrained foam-rubber-lined jaws thua freeing second pit man chase streamers rather holding plane radial mount system used Larry Driskell utilizing nylon fixture bolts center section wing also hold ing remote needle valve engine excess metal engine filed awaytheres no return smashed super-Nelsonif think regular Nelson expensive $150 what must extra-light custom jobs magnesium crankcase aluminum cylinder titanium crankshaftnote also rear-drum-valve Team Race case cost Lastly see Gary Arnolds big experimenthe used tuned pipes Nelsonsbut turned out too fragile Combat usually smashed several pieces crash non-pipe porting engines kept performance down January 1984 123 Ah Control Linel Ah Combatl Ah welll Line tangles always seem spoil funor part fun Starting clockwise upper left find Howard Rush R against Jeff Johnsonand Howards fate cant too good what lines falling down around arm young Mitchell Cleveland L nice tangle Bob MearsMitchell outflew several top fli ers Max Mearns R seems have endless supply King Kong handleswhile everyone else trying slow down control response Max spreads lines out control input thats Ron Colombo looking way back right model Howard Rush R Dick Stubblefield especially unusual tangleHoward has Dicks Down line left hand Dicks Up line wrapped around Howards lines Guess ended FAI rules require wear safety helmets kept up needs Texas group McCollum Kelly props use performance governed contestant prop design course abundant prop Taipan 7-4three cheers 60c props generally cut 6% Nelson 6-3/8 Rossiand slightly di ameter Foxes Taipans thinned drastically reshaped Most contestants stayed local Motel Sixwhich also headquarters Team Nelson Rumors triple-dot heads floated through air Regular motel guests pondered advantages triple versus double maybe another 10% nitro would make up miscalculations What happened 1982 teamTom Fluker defending World Champion didnt have try spot Dick Stubblefield him-or-me match George Cleve landand turned out Georges turn win Gary Arnold decided use Nelson power pipe pipe installation proved too fragile power output didnt seem better open-face en gines timing Nelson stock rather pipe-timing power band much broader Gary flew some good matches lot fun maybe just jne smile Lady Luck would have team second time Protests always part large im portant contest worst lot cheap shots Contestant says opponent didnt tell him leaving Pilots Circle after contestant has soundly defeated 6-2 cuts also air time Nothing lose possibly DQ rematch juries appeared very patient Didnt go through back second grade second type protest real problem contestant would running around circle avoid being cut Ia Chinese Team Several times winged warrior stepped out Pilots Circle would call two penalties 40-point penalty accidental loss intentional feeling no would intentionally leave circle model airborne course because would result loss must have accidental 1983 Team Trials successful date thanks officials MACAand above Team Selection Committee happen think com mittee just best organized com mittee AMA excuses being Team will found regular column well suggestions making sport little safer possibly fair World Championships Commentaries US NC Soaring Team Member 1983 WCs held York England year lucky enough partici pate again also flew 81 WCs Sacra mento As readers already know wasnt best performance since managed crash both models through broken elevator belicrank other through delaminated glass-skinned wing What Ill remember about con test competition itself obvi ous reasons teamwork camaraderie friendship event After second crash seemed like person field wanted help repairs night entire US team rebuilt flyable aircraft two wrecks continued competition third day slight satisfaction knowing wasnt alone Andy Keil South Africa also folded wing Dave Worral eventually reached third place overall lost model due radio falure person crash both models Such distinction models entered year revolutionary mainly more-refined ver sions seen Sacramento Perhaps talked about Raif Deckers first-place model its one-piece wing craftsmanship words cant describe doubt Ill ever forget 189-second Speed run either Most other winning models used fancy radios various mixing like elevator/flap aileron/flap both spent lot time trading patches stickers other competitors well talking Luckily pilots spoke enough English conversation no problem course modelers speak com mon language anyway During course contest received invitations visit European pilots several met during sightseeing vacation after contest managed get almost everyone contest sign wing injured model felt pen US team seemed well-prepared fore contest During daily practice averaged 21 22 seconds Speed Dura tion snap Distance possible after two attempts encoun ter violent flutter may have led first crash during competition After prac tice team relaxed flying hand-launch models near college dorms stayed Ill never forget Mark Smiths stealth Mini Birdof-Time flight model dis appeared behind dorm building reap peared its wing trailing debris like bomber shot down WW II entire team rolling grass roaring laughter Alex Bowers model attracted lot tention during competition two rea sons first model out ailerons Tal-Tal used polyhedral rudder instead thick airfoil sections used mainly San Fernando Valley Silent Fliers Southern California Alex would have done better contest included spoilers dive brakes make spot landings easier Mark Smiths models straightforward aileron models although bit heavy employ ing Mark Y airfoil Marks natural flying ability made great combination own models evolution flown WCs two years ago all-fiberglass except spar wing hindsight 20-20 course spars should have gone full span wing rather stopped before halfspan did Live learn lucky team live within 500 miles other allowed frequent practice communication previous team enjoyed now feel team selection process should just highest-scoring team should go World Champs difficult concept should implemented before 1985 way team members can build fly together thing learned over two WCs try build models need three yourself team effort required Another possibility buy almost-ready-to-fly models good homemade ones practice flying closing feel glad have participated 1983 F3B World Championships bad luck once-i n-alifetime experience Ill never forget AMA 124 Model Aviation Roger Simpson receives keys Champion Spark Plug Co Australia van Kevin Maybury Marketing Director Australian company van used US FF team model retrieval flight line return during 1983 FF World Championships People picture L R Jim Bradley* Linda Bradley Matt Gewain* Gale Gewain Ellen Poti Norm Poti* Roger Simpson US FF Team Manager Kevin Maybury Raids Simpson Rol Anderson come got van Australian Champion com Don Edberg pany arranged member Rol Anderson works US Champion Spark Plug Co * denotes US FF team member
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/01
Page Numbers: 115, 116, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124
A 15* RESTON VA 22090 RC World Championships results Individual placingsp 116 Flyoff placingsp 121 Easy B Model Rules Interpretation Indoor Contest Board recently acted request rules interpretation affect ing Indoor Easy B models Background Walter P Van Gorder submitted letter Indoor Contest Board August 111983 stated opinion use carbon fibers structural enhance ment Easy B models violation paragraph 1982h page 14 1982-83 AMA rule book states shall no bracing model except con sists entirely solid wood substantiated opinion stating Easy B event should kept pre sently exists allowing use carbon fiber enhancement reinforcement might just first long series high-technology innovations could creep what has historically supersimple event requested Board make offi cial interpretation rule respect stated opinion Indoor Contest Board Action accordance official Contest Board Procedures last published June 1982 Competition Newslettera copy procedures may obtained Competition Dept AMA HQ too Indoor Contest Board Chairman Bud Tenny caused Board vote interpretation handled immediate enforcement no immediate rulingbut require further vote denial further action Continued page 121 Competition Directory CONTEST COORDINATORSPP Pat English 823 Broadmay Vincennee IN 47591 I Bernice Williams 347 Soushmick Rd Westfield MA 01085 VII events entire district lexcapt Michigenl II P Sobrino 87-26 88th St. Woodhaven Queens NY 11421 Gregg Seydel 3625 Best lana Terrace Cudahy WI 53110 RC Ernest Nikodem 407 Willow St Lockoort NY 14094 Michigan RC Bill Puori 28 Pernwood Or. Commack NY 11725 AC Wayne Yeager 38235 castle Romulus MI 48174 III Ken Reber 427 Blot Dr Nazareth PA 18064 East CL & FF Paul Smith 11112 Dill Or. sterling Hgts. MI 48077 M Weisenbach 4568 W 148th Cleveland OH 44135 IWestI VIII Randy Randolph P0 Box 271048 Dallas TX 75227 IV Warren Sanders Jr 9735 52nd Avenue College Park MO IX Bill Bieda UNIVAC Bldg. 7100 W canter Rd No 420 20741Omaha NE 88108 rC Ed Byerley 200 Commander Cove Stafford VA 22554Rc George Hunter 8982 5 Lamar St Littleton CO 80123 V AC HR Norckauer 12330 Chicumauga Trail Hu,tsvIe X James Caughran 27818 Ormond Ave. Hayward CA 94544 AL 35803 INorthl PF Wallace Johnson 4112 WhiteAcres Rd. Montgomery AL Harry Apoian 27704 Saddle Rd Roiling Hill CA 80274 38106 thl CL Joseph Mead 1338 Rensselaer St Jacksonville PL 32205 Prank Gomes 2241 Noah Street Honolulu HI 96818 HI VI RCe Charles Gray 201 Halman Salem Rd. Terre Haute s IN 47803XI Tom Cone 23262 SE 57th St. Rt 3 IssaOuah WA 98027 AC Seareg Helen Olsen 820 Old Bonhomme Unversity City AC James McCarty 18956 Marine View Seattle WA MO 63132 6 CL WR Bodzioch Jr 235 W Glade Palatine IL 80067 RC Pylon & Soaring RC Pattern other RCRC except Soaring Bold Face Below Indicatma Chairman Conseet eacid FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARDVI Chris Metaano a576 Gingee St John MO 63114 Henry Struck RFO 2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT06371 VII Bill Shailor 13598 Montrose Detroit MI 48227 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ave. Lyndonville NY 14098 VIII Mark Valerius 1827 Overland Pa Sugarland TX 7747B III Rudy Kluiber 2021 Lukeland Ave Lukewood OH 44107 IX Jerald Murphy 2432 AstrOn Colorado Springs CO 80906 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 X Joe Norcrosa P0 Box 65 Hanlord CA 93232 V honny Jenkins 3112 C Ranes Rd Memphis TN 38118 XI Kevin Collins 2320 Sahalee Dr C, Redmond WA 98062 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD V 2 Davis Jr 1813 5 Lakeshore Birmingham AL 38216 Lance Murphy 29 HightopCir B Hamden CT06514 VI Paul Froefrock 3989 Weber Way LesingtOn KY 40514 II Joe Peied 41 Carriage Hill Or. Colta Neck NJ 07722VII Peter Waters 7420 7-Mile Rd. Northaille MI 48187 III Ron Hesselbrock 8320 Blceiserry Hill Ct Cincinnati OHVIII Wet Thomas 331 58 Rockwood Bartleeville OK 74003 48211IX Loren Tregellas 3003S Everett Wichita KS 87217 IV W Abernethy 9205 Carendon Upper Marlboro MD 20870XBill Northrop Jr 821 W 19th St Costa Mesa CA 92627 Xl Charles Davenport 441538 266tn St Kent WA 98031 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARDVI Jim Thowerson 1317 Eileen Collinsvllr IL 82234 George Higgins P0 Box 482 North Pembroke MA 02358VII James Sinton 4941 Wisconsin N New Hope MN 55428 II Bill Boss 7708 289th St New Hyde Park NY 11040 VIII Wet Lee 3522 Tamariak Lane MissOuri City TX 77459 III Luird Jackson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IX Michael Tallman 3014 Exchange Wichita K587217 IV Ron McNally 6116 Serda Ave Springfield VA 22152 X Vic Garner P0 Box 573 Livermore CA 94850 V Dave Hemstraught PG Boa 171 Moneks Cornar SC 29461 Xl John Thompson 1411 Bryan Ave Cottage Grove OR 97424 SCALE CONTEST BOARD VI John Guenther PR 1Box 718 Borden IN 47108 Iry Sear 52 Leegholm Neeksa* NH 03060 VII Claude McCullough RR 1 Box 487 Montezuma IA 50171 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14612 VilI Buddy Irwin 922 Sundown LO Desono TX 75115 III Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St McKeesport PA 15130 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward SI Omaha NE8B1I4 IV Bob Karlsson 2843 Marsh Pd Wilmington DC 18810 X Bill Stroman 12218 Dune St. Norwalk CA 90680 V David PIart 8940 NW 15th Ft Lauderdale FL33313 XI Earle Moorhead 375 5 View Place 5 Salem OR 97302 INDOOR CONTEST BOARD I Ray Harlan 15 Happy Hollow Rd Wayland MA 01778 VI Chris Matnuno 8578 Ginger St John MO 83114 II Merrick Andreme 100 River Pd A11 BogOta NJ 07603 VII Richard Odin B Canary Hill Dr Pontiac MI 48055 III Walter P Van Gorder 5669 Victory View Ln Cincinnati VIII Ralph lead Tenny Boa 548 Aicherdeon TX 75080 ON 45238 IX Stan Chvron 3003 Main Wichita KS 87202 IV Don Srull 941 Kimberwicke Rd McLean VA 22102 X Clarencv Mather 3860 Ecochee Ave San Diego CA 92117 V John Martin 2l80Tiqertail Miami FL 33133 Xl cave Hagen 19957 SRvO Land Rd Oregon Cty0R97045 CONTEST BOARD COOROINATOR Ono Lindley 420 Tupelo Napereille IL 60540 January 1984 115 NE WSLETTE ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS1810 SAMUEL MORSE DRIVE 1983 RC Aerobatics World ChampionshipsTeam Placings After 4 Rounds P1NationTeam ScoreP1NationTeam ScoreP1NationTeam Score 1USA809211Australia714121Norway4533 2Japan788712South Africa692722Venezuela4397cc 3F R Germany787213LuXemburg678523Guatemala2938cc 4Canada774014Netherlands676124New Guinea2429c 5Austria765615MeXiCo633425Chile2149C 6Italy756616Argentina633226Peru2145c 7France751817Korea627827New Zealand2009C 8Belgium739318Brazil612128Finland2005C 9Great Britain737919Ireland5379NOTES C 1 flier 10Switzerland718520Liechtenstein5119 iers Highest Individual Score 2858 Lowest Individual Score 1431 83 Hats MeNeill Cup Winner 1983 FAI F3A World Championships Pensacola Florida USA October 10-15 1983 Results end Round 4 ncr pc LUI CUUI IOU Lup time FAI Power Nats Besides winning Nats trophy Tom dm50 receives annual McNeiIl Cup achievementand free engine available suitable FAI Power competition years engine K&B Cox 15 generously donated Mr Johnny Brodbeck Sr K&B Mfg Tom re ceived engine recent AMA HO Grand Opening AMA Executive Director John Worth R Thats Toms wife left US Scale Team Patcl Available CL Team Race Speed Team Selection Committee Named AMA President John C Grigg has named Jed Kusik WR Bill Lee Charles Lieber Walt Perkins Luke Roy Team sel ection Committee CL Team Race Speed will select nominees Chair man person named 8384 program entrants will asked vote choice Chairman P1 Contestant Nation Round 123 1Hanno PrettnerAustria140613401419 2Bertram LossenF R Germany136512711411 3Ivan KristensenCanada14412941369 4Dave BrownUSA137013101442 5Steve HelmsUSA34312291324 6Wolfgang MattLiechtenstein131513671313 7Yoichiro AkibaJapan126312751298 8Tony FrackowiakUSA119924613Of 9Glichi NarukeJapan12611219134w 10Tsugutaka YoshiokaJapan129t12041280 11Giuseppe BertolozziItaly12451214125 12Pascal ArdondeauFrance126212451304 13Pascal MalfaitFrance125811371281 14FranzMayrFRGermany120211681219 15Greg MarsdenCanada123111571261 16Werner Schweiker 17Benito Bertolani 18Gerard Werion 19Brian Brotherton 20Ken Binks F R Germany Italy Belgium Great Britain Great Britain 1172 17 1046 4 1092 1251 1219 1182 1203 712 21Ruggero PasqualiniItaly10591098 22Hugo PeyerSwitzerland12021185 23Adolf PanzAustria11971125 24Jean-Pierre ZardiniBelgium11071173 25Alexandres DegotteBelgiumt141219 26Jacques GagnonCanada12291124 27Norbert MattLiechtensteinII1226 28Graham StowellNew Guinea11051073 29Rene SchumacherSwitzerland11311062 30Philip StevensGreat Britain 31Andre LafeiteFranceL231184 32Eddie EdwardsAustralia11201118 33Tom ProsserAustralia1118893 34Ivan OlivierSouth Africa11431088 35Hermann KowarzAustria11491151 36Willie SutherlandSouth Africa10851102 37Collin TaylorAustralia10401108 38Emil GiezendannerSwitzerland9971086 39Edy DockendorfLuxemburg10671058 40Tore JemtegaardNorway1231149 41Paul BehmLuxemburg1010859 42Hub DekkersNetherlands11021123 43Jan VanVlietNetherlands9701077 44Jan VanBeekNetherlands1I71066 45Terie EltvikNorway239983 46Ricardo GomezVenezuela1Q991087 47Lucien GerardLuxemburg962992 48Sung-Nam KimKorea978274 49Kevin HayneSouth Africa1052989 50Mario QuintanillaMexico941960 51P1mb RomanoBrazil880986 52MoonHoChoiKorea944889 53Juan HidalgoVenezuela938814 54Mario RodriguezChile9650 55Alberto FlorezPeru960731 56Roberto IskanianArgentina5321070 57Daniel FalcoArgentina1049926 58Angel MaldonadoArgentina855922 59Luis BlakeMexico958878 60Benjamin CastanedaMexico906886 61Jorge MacedoBrazil671835 62Michael LynchNew Zealand844781 63Tero VallasFinland784852 64Jim ClarkeIreland0737 65Jung 80k AnKorea922861 66Salvatore Pompei 67Ray Keane 68Noel Barrett 69Hector Tschen 70Julio Quevedo Brazil Ireland Ireland Guatemala Guatemala 0 905 251 102 623 2Ie 57 s9 116 Model Aviation 1236 1 1 7 1 Support e Teaml Buy silver/orange/blue/black patches $3 Bob Underwood 4109 Concord Oaks Dr St Louis MO 63128 Profits sale patches donated team fund help cover out-of-pocket expenses World Champs Total 2858 2804 2771 2770 2687 2682 2640 2635 2634 2613 2590 2552 2549 2537 2531 2531 2519 2506 2480 2474 2457 2456 2444 2444 2443 2438 2437 2429 2426 2425 2417 2412 2386 2385 2354 2348 2343 2303 2290 2289 2267 2262 2253 2246 2244 2239 2228 2195 2194 2170 2168 2160 2158 2149 2145 2124 2110 2098 2090 2074 2031 2009 2005 1934 1923 1922 1916 1529 1507 1431 RC World Championships results Flyoff placingsp 121 * Total two highest scores Rounds 1 3the other Rounds ymond B Harlan Indoor Teani Finals Photos author strange aura clung Northwood atrium Devoid human activity save lone maintenance man seemed ghost urging recount its colorful history future still uncertain would door contest last commenced 16 years ago Whatever surely promised very best na tions top Fl D fliers gathering decide composition 1984 US Indoor team World Championships scheduled held next year Trade Center Na goya Japan October 14 through 18 Northwood very similar site having same ceiling height about half diameter Program participants chose Northwood basis good performance should equate good performance World Championships voting close felt great flights volved significant measure luck since rafter-hanging mandatory high times may emphasis would deal ing unfriendly sitewhich would valuable experience going Japan Erv Rodemsky agreed Contest Director 1981 Santa Ana brought wife Joan assistant gether made contest function flawlessly despite high tensions anxieties contestants always accompany Finals Getting Started Following day practice fliers began take measure site meeting held prior first round wherein Erv began set tone con test laying out ground rules NIMAS meet June flier opinion generously bent steering rules holding back climb later moving model warm air pockets no danger colliding either another model buildingstructure Therefore felt some rules relevant site specifically stated FAI rule book might appropriate help limit abuses Following suggestion Jim Richmond Erv introduced idea allowing steer ing inside ring drawn atriums mosaic floor corresponded midpoint skylights above also suggested no steering permitted move models away mushroom hanging above center disk Further models would required launched point about midway ring floor its r 1984 US FAI Indoor team L R Cezar Banks Bob Randolph Jim Rich mond lot relaxed now tensions contest over center thus averting off-center launches would require early steeringwherein power burst might held back No sharks teeth would permitted steering-balloon string prevent balloon string catching propeller can used push model gain al titude contestant wanted steer announce loudly timer CD could hear observe vio lated rules flight would disquali fied strong words would serve keep steering honorable two models potential collide least time must steered out way Test flying would permit ted flier model balloon string interfered official flight flier would forfeit next round ground rules accepted vote couple dissenters nosteering-away-from-the-mushroom rule mushroom hit high enough causes model slide down side nose-down attitude finally power-diving off bottomwith result almost certainly collapsed wing contestants agreed certainty thought ruling could help avoid steering abuse adopted Perhaps word two should said 118 Model Aviation chose fly atrium Northwood Institute West Baden IN because its same height World Championships site Nagoya Japan Three fliers demonstrated superior performances Others flights previous years would have put teambut time Super-winder Stan Chilton High-ratio gears can torquefree magnetic pickoff reads turns output shaft transmits big LED display No muttering yourself wind ing display can blanked retaining number turns integral memory chip Paul Tryon uses exquisite pitch gauge compare blade setting blade prop both must alike check actual pitch values Too bad cant read labels scales Left-hand launcn sends Jim Hiclimoncis Catwalker IL its way lie switcned nis new design aner 4th round Bill Hulbert C just fliers repair business went all-out high times Hes patching film latest Time Machine Pete Andrews R first flier break 30 mm 1949 held FiD record nearly 45 mm few years ago Bud Romak 1 Indoor World Champion 17bbrougflt models witn mm rinals him ceiling too low able get long flights needed place team Bob Randolphs model C Cezar Banks designand really does have rudder invisible since uses boron filament outline light reflecting film Dick Obarski R hit girders ceiling too often didnt score well enough make team Hes now retired lives Florida aI Lannizzo IL returned contest activity after several years hiatus finished flourish 5th Jim Clem C atrium ceiling must seem infinitely high since usually flies under 25-ft ceiling Bedford TX gyml flights reached rafters several times Lew Gitlow R used 5-rib wings boron-filament rudder outline Mr Indoor Model Supplies null,CU L,C OWCl LU PCCIJlIlUll L .. .e prop trtoge Un funaiumy ii ible photo Walt V. uLer C hasnt done much FiD flying yet easily broke 30 mm Richmond e design wife Delores lent him much support Cezar Banks R flew several designs consistent flier Finals previous flight ex perience Nagoya Nagoya Cup November 6-8 1981 should help him forthcoming World Championships January 1984 119 about mushroom Northwood atriumsome readers report may never have very center ceil ing atrium large circular structure used levitating bandstand decorative bauble dangles several feet below Both things real model-eaters shrouded hanging plastic sheeting Indoor flying order day large bandstand encased plastic down its base about 10 ft high tube plastic enshrouds pendant its cable underside bandstand decorated concentric circles spokelike designs overall impression gigantic mushroom suspended center atriums domed ceiling Rounds would two-and-one-half hours long Contestants would time others flights would get credit via green mark flight cards timing timers needed fewest credits would called addition flier credits would given preference obtaining timer high-demand situation effectively served encourage volun teer timing spread flying over course rounds Competition first round started noon Satur day air seemed good serious flying underway shortly thereafter Sal Cannizzo launched model climbed fast reach ing top few minutes model hit girder fell off tallslide rolled out about 50 ft climbed right back up again After some lucky bouncing Pete Andrews model collided little warning thus ending two potentially great flights Bob Randolph Larry Cailliau Bob Gibbs served notice California con tingent came win posting top three times Round Oneeach over 33 mm second round Randolph empha sized point scoring 3648 Cailliau did same 3641 Cezar Banks initiated assault high time round 3708 Walt Van Gorder first team selection program followed leaders 3 420 third round Banks moved first flight 3606 Randolph im proved two-flight total 3530 second place However object very interesting episode Larry Cailliau third place after two rounds flight moved up ward ever slowly finally reached skirt mushroom about 10 mm model continued alternately touch skirt girders fpr nearly 15 mm finally slipping un der disk close 25-mm mark ever after three circles hit stem mushroom slid down folded wing ending what might have record-setting flight end first day Banks Randolph Cailliau led Gibbs Tryon Harlan Van Gorder following victims mush room first day talk revis ing steering rules avoid calamity enough support generated no changes made Time Out Observations technical note Larry Cailliau troduced steering tube West Baden June thing polyurethane tube about two-thirds inch diameter com prises top 20 30 ft steering-balloon string very effectively prevents string catching irreversibly propeller Ray Harlan obtained roll material used manufacture very small plastic bags soon nearly everyone trying out blown up air ends tied knots seal forming fairly rigid tube Sharks teeth now obsoleted use boron filaments has emerged broad scale seen motorsticks tail booms rudders propeller outlines propeller ribs Bob Randolph used tung sten bracing wire bow curve boron ribs rudders boron pre vents all-too-common breakage models allowed land floor Only circular rudders seen boron filament overlapped ends held gether CyA glue Jim Richmond clever idea steering balloons always difficult judge large balloon inflating blew up finally satisfied its size put two marks 4 apart using felt-tipped pen way next time inflated could just measure marks instead having look whole balloon subject balloons Ray Harlan built Mylar balloon same material used commercial balloons come small sizes six-segment de sign diameter 30 Mylar balloons unpressurized can stand rough hand ling around sharp protrusions girders Rich Doig probably wished had balloon exploded trying dislodge model girder model destroyed Back Competition Weather second day nearly same first warm 82 degrees little humid 80% Times posted fourth round very low hangups some col lisions two flights over 30 mm Doig won round 3457 moving fourth place Andrews a3041 quick word about midair collisions resulted either two factors first times fliers stopped watching models something else models appeared no danger Despite lethargic motion ma chines situations can change rapidly fliers should always prepared move swiftly balloon second factor fliers reticent steer because lack experience fear damaging model prefer depend luck avoid collision Steering rules have book years yet US remains far beIndoor Team Selection West Baden Indiana September3-5 1983 P1Contestant RoundBestFinalsPriorTotal 123456789TwoPointsPointsPoints 1Bob Randolph34483648353083034253730741810000010973110973 2Cezar Banks75037083606134334466143657363974059970811000110708 3Jim Richmond1405102135527273348354030073550374173339899111000109991 4Larry Cailliau33293641251775433513333105155370329493011000105930 5Sal Cannizzo734551300573036343218141751594968529268711000103687 6RayHarlan311732552920844351690331081218320868119176810966102734 7Richard Doig16573Y41834F22258156412547224568329223910428T2T 8Bob Gibbs3309305534082800154426073025304385467179055610999101555 9Stan Chilton233060772529433426323867049026511000101265 10BudRomak29112501242919472845322633483216280466148914310974100117 11PaulTryon31521314331492326402243230912502728650687618999697614 12Walt Van Gorder26523420181828354343036233323556456873931007697469 13LewGitlow912194184213213318139657235531026420865861081597401 14Earl Hoffman6241824808215020443025502321714396242843881037494762 15PeteAndrews2452314055630417532832224526127436221839171053994456 16DickObarski910294027261834312030102223293818476130827731084293615 17Bill Hulbert313418497382433221722431104265524255829787121100089712 18Dan Belieff2100313170924552128101941826002528573177411997087381 19Ron Ganser1256243520068279072859250270327075606754S21052686008 20Al Rohrbaugh22408394422636152329059592654555975348875084098 21Jim Clem2382219223518351100154815581536451360857895269809 120 Model Aviation infamous mushroom apex ceiling Northwood Institute atrium protective plastic sheathing assures return modelnot its safetyl hind Great Britain proficiency Times picked up fifth round Cannizzo leading packat 3634 Richmond put up 3348 boost himself fourth place Harlan posted best time 3516 two leaders Banks Randolph demon strated consistency 34-mm flights did improve totals air warmed up stabilized somewhat sixth round However long flights made fairly late round including Randolph 3730 best fortunate hit skirt rafters minutes avoid both hangup mushroom Cailliau improved total 3351 dropped fourth Richmond managed 3540 slip ahead him Cannizzo improved 3218 fifth place Interestingly end two days first eight places de cided yet best flight meet would come next day final day Bob Randolph decided wait see rest competition challenged him Banks let him know finished flying 365 7 the top eight improve score others trying Al Rohrbaugh really threatened girders flying above least four circles model ac tually touched roof skin before sliding off another girder getting safer air However after touch skirt model again rose above girders hung after three four circles wait slipped off within allotted 10 sec twisted wing tailslid free air re covered clearly below girders could have steered closer center Al elected After few circles propeller lightly touched beam caught finally ending drama happened span 10 mm Bob Gibbs tried imitate Al over side After sliding down skin little model turned came out Gibbs snagged balloon trusswork could steer circle model nearly repeated its pattern time sliding down some cove molding moving clear Bob wasted no time getting balloon model steering center Unfortun ately model lost too much altitude rafter-banging came up short 3025 eighth round produced its own ver sion Indoor oddities Ron Ganser caught model girder hung down tail low could move because other traffic area decided wait Paul Tryons model climbed area drifted bit hit Gansers model knocking clearly off girder models separated negligible damage Tryons reward retrieval service No reflight model hangs girder considered part permanent structure thus no collision Although stated rule book question has come up previous World Champsionships FAI Jury has uniformly agreed concept Also round Jim Richmond man aged have two collisions flight Obarski Andrews both times graz ing touches affected neither model flew same circle Pete Andrews model several minutes model must have feared Petes climbed safety e girders circled once before sliding out away Petes Later right wing tip grazed mushroom again Jims luck him model moved away hazard landed 3550 lot work 10 sec improvement total ninth round started 500 last chance everyone Cailliau pushed fourth sixth round Richmond improved seventh hung eighth So look ing good flight move up Cannizzo needed good back up 3634 Doig Harlan still hopes would take flight nearly 37 minutes best Richmond Alas challengers could come close Cailliau hung up early did Can nizzo Harlans flight underpowered landed 3208 Doig doing better steer drift moved model side stopped propeller balloon string could free model using tube time frustration finally tweaked string enough damage wing contest over Richmond showed exercises utterly vain new design featuring 95-in wing chord long fuse lage put up flight positioned per fectly hit skirt too tired watch flight standings al ready determined landed 3741 few eyebrows raised once again Jim saved best last team Randolph Banks Rich mond showed individually have nec essary credentials represent US least four flights over 34 mm no else Banks last US team placed second 1981 Nagoya Cup Invitational Richmond has World Champion twice teams anyone else Randolph has finally made top Fl D class holds has held numerous records Cabin D Stick etc team selection finals culmi nation two years local regional con tests competition improving participants getting better ably re flected years performances 53 flights exceeding 30 mm 14 above 35 mm compares rather impres sively 1980 World Championships same site corresponding num bers 51 10 no 37s contest three year Can Improve After finals author took time consider some steering ground rules adopted meet As stated earlier adopted curtail cheating did best way approach problem FAI rules permit steering away structure building allow specificbut limitedmovement model up down balloon string Should have encouraged full exercise rules permit cheating recognize skills contestants take advantage within bounds Should have defined cheating methods better devel oped ground rules deal specifically rather adopt strategy would broadly eliminate restricting steering authors opinion scenario reminiscent principal downfall American business short-term goals early profits overshadow long-term solutions perhaps much greater rewards say team selected best Rather point brought out show weakness may over come steering rules may ideal certainly reduce freely-flying aspect sport rules must learn make work us British have 1983 FAI RC Aerobatics World Championships Results Flyoff Individual Champion Top 10% Contestants Scores Finals P1ContestantNationQual1 2Total 1Hanno PrettnerAustria28582956- 29045814 2Bertram LossenF R Germany2804280228555659 3Dave BrownUSA2770284328355613 4Ivan KristensenCanada27712791- 28185589 5Wolfgang MattLiechtenstein2682282128375519 6YoichiroAkibaJapan2640277127775417 7Steve HelmsUSA2687270826725395 Easy B continued Board voted require immediate enforce ment interpretation However interpretation still must validated another Indoor Contest Board vote will taken within four six weeks published notice interval between publication notice forthcoming Indoor Contest Board vote interested modelers invited comment interpretation contacting preferably writing local AMA Dis trict Indoor Contest Board member name address appears Competition Directory found elsewhere Competi tion Newsletter January 1984 121 Larry Cailliau flew well placed 4th selected Team Manager ships smooth slowly-climbing Note wing has compression ribs prop has high positive flare N*CharlieJohnson Cwrnbat Teats Pmags and Rich Lopez Photographs Priscilla Tyndall models high end perfor mance scale took another giant leap forward 1983 Team Trials Models pretty good original Trials St Louis 1977 no longer adequate Force/Fox combination dominant last Trials Nashville 1981 quite spectacular year star potent Nelson 15 nose Rush-style foamie light well-built Force No doubt about folks Nelson has power anything else pulls Combat models cranks out power lot easier consistently less nitro Fox other engine about upward surge technology later far serious Team Trials yet seen People Nashville sev eral days ahead time Jed Kusik drove Wednesday practiced day Thursday occasional visits other competitors Friday absolute mad house out flying site up nine circles going time wind blew very hard times real problem test ing new models earlier week Friday evening pre-contest meeting tradition started back St Louis 1977 Thirty-seven contestants whole bunch officials pit crew friends took over local Sizzlin Sirloin evening proceeded hash over ground rules draw first four rounds werent oohs aahs during drawing because just number rather persons name later found out first four opponents would Three-man teams separated three different groups theyd have fly other catch both pit man might flying same time As turned out Jed first match circle first match circle tWo just fun didnt make much difference real serious types got themselves rearranged As promised matches started exactly time fact leds match started little early could come pit Enough nice things cant said about officials contest Contest Director Mack Henry deserves Congressional Medal Honor minimum judges pit people other circle marshal Bill Lajack everyone take bow USA hosts CL World Championships have basis best team officials ever assembled know dandy contest lets get super models Nelson new king FAI Combat Oh sure good Fox Force still match Nelsonbut people have good Fox ordinary Nelson ABC frontinduction aluminum-case hot rod weighs slightly less Rossi Some Nelson Com bat engines meet started life Team Race engines magnesium cases rear induction aluminum liner piston titanium crank Exotica case doesnt really mean lot poweronly lighter weight Lighter weight transfers free performance comes weight/horsepower equation engine ma gician Henry Nelson can create wildest dream escalation horse power race has also meant steep climb engine costs important spectacular new en gine Nelson will yank dog FAI model around well enough make competitive better models less power Pat Willcox launches George Clevelands modelLarry Driskell has just released streamer Pat Larry great re pairing smashed models tool Ed Brzys prepares launch Ron Colombo Detroit Combat Team took slot 84 teamkept other area dominating contest 122 Model Aviation Tne I4 Us LL liombat team triends IL HI Ed Brzys Ron Colombo Paul M Smith Charlie Johnson Howard Rush Kit Gerhart George Cleveland* Tom Fluker Jr** Dick Stubblefield Note ** defending World Champion * 1984 Combat team member Howard busy giving Tom lecture Combat tactics Dick Stubblefield 1982 team went World Championships Sweden Howard Rushs model roars away Rich Lopez flight clinched spot 84 team Howarri Force Rush foamie powered Nelson overmatch anything else most-used engine Trials still Fox still practical engine too since models hit other ground Fox should still prove acceptable power plant everything Trials World Championships come Ron Colombo George Cleveland Howard Rush won rest us lost Howard Rush best models meet lots Nelson power flew like demon George Cleveland almost good model Nelson power smartest flier contest Ron Colombo whole story himself broke right arm about month before Team Trials learned fly left hand time Trials Through sheer determination lots help De troit Combat Team became first per son team 8-and-2 record Ron never best planes meet although used some pretty good engineswhich cluded Nelson power times Ron natural left-handed flier totally ex hausted end second day saw match Dick Stubbiefield replay TV night What didnt work Anything other 1983 models period Heavy old junk definitely out year Lots foam whether doubletaper straight leading edge argument foam versus wood took turn favor foam time foam-leading-edge kill advantage getting last little nub whereas all-wood model cut string prop course problem pulling off entire streamer first pass get tight deserve loss trend FAI models toward foam efficiency airfoil ease building penalty weight 14-16 oz foam models give something away 12-1 3 oz wood models Piloting style took turn worse year far fewer mid-airs ex pected very few bang-bang flightswhere two consecutive crashes prob lem pilot running around sixmeter Pilots Circle trying keep oppo nent getting cut Ia Chinese team style Everyone takes great pains get lines within slightly-over-three-in toler ance meant keep modals same flight plane have pilot running around circle putting about 15 ft between models making very hard get cutbut too difficult get plane cut loose preferred prop Trials seemed carbon glass fiber modification Taipan 7-4 Bill Lee made bunch props really worked well carved sanded feverishly between matches Technology stuff Going counterclockwise upper left see stooge arrangement used Max Mearns L Henry Nelson aid pitting second modelor work primary model restrained foam-rubber-lined jaws thua freeing second pit man chase streamers rather holding plane radial mount system used Larry Driskell utilizing nylon fixture bolts center section wing also hold ing remote needle valve engine excess metal engine filed awaytheres no return smashed super-Nelsonif think regular Nelson expensive $150 what must extra-light custom jobs magnesium crankcase aluminum cylinder titanium crankshaftnote also rear-drum-valve Team Race case cost Lastly see Gary Arnolds big experimenthe used tuned pipes Nelsonsbut turned out too fragile Combat usually smashed several pieces crash non-pipe porting engines kept performance down January 1984 123 Ah Control Linel Ah Combatl Ah welll Line tangles always seem spoil funor part fun Starting clockwise upper left find Howard Rush R against Jeff Johnsonand Howards fate cant too good what lines falling down around arm young Mitchell Cleveland L nice tangle Bob MearsMitchell outflew several top fli ers Max Mearns R seems have endless supply King Kong handleswhile everyone else trying slow down control response Max spreads lines out control input thats Ron Colombo looking way back right model Howard Rush R Dick Stubblefield especially unusual tangleHoward has Dicks Down line left hand Dicks Up line wrapped around Howards lines Guess ended FAI rules require wear safety helmets kept up needs Texas group McCollum Kelly props use performance governed contestant prop design course abundant prop Taipan 7-4three cheers 60c props generally cut 6% Nelson 6-3/8 Rossiand slightly di ameter Foxes Taipans thinned drastically reshaped Most contestants stayed local Motel Sixwhich also headquarters Team Nelson Rumors triple-dot heads floated through air Regular motel guests pondered advantages triple versus double maybe another 10% nitro would make up miscalculations What happened 1982 teamTom Fluker defending World Champion didnt have try spot Dick Stubblefield him-or-me match George Cleve landand turned out Georges turn win Gary Arnold decided use Nelson power pipe pipe installation proved too fragile power output didnt seem better open-face en gines timing Nelson stock rather pipe-timing power band much broader Gary flew some good matches lot fun maybe just jne smile Lady Luck would have team second time Protests always part large im portant contest worst lot cheap shots Contestant says opponent didnt tell him leaving Pilots Circle after contestant has soundly defeated 6-2 cuts also air time Nothing lose possibly DQ rematch juries appeared very patient Didnt go through back second grade second type protest real problem contestant would running around circle avoid being cut Ia Chinese Team Several times winged warrior stepped out Pilots Circle would call two penalties 40-point penalty accidental loss intentional feeling no would intentionally leave circle model airborne course because would result loss must have accidental 1983 Team Trials successful date thanks officials MACAand above Team Selection Committee happen think com mittee just best organized com mittee AMA excuses being Team will found regular column well suggestions making sport little safer possibly fair World Championships Commentaries US NC Soaring Team Member 1983 WCs held York England year lucky enough partici pate again also flew 81 WCs Sacra mento As readers already know wasnt best performance since managed crash both models through broken elevator belicrank other through delaminated glass-skinned wing What Ill remember about con test competition itself obvi ous reasons teamwork camaraderie friendship event After second crash seemed like person field wanted help repairs night entire US team rebuilt flyable aircraft two wrecks continued competition third day slight satisfaction knowing wasnt alone Andy Keil South Africa also folded wing Dave Worral eventually reached third place overall lost model due radio falure person crash both models Such distinction models entered year revolutionary mainly more-refined ver sions seen Sacramento Perhaps talked about Raif Deckers first-place model its one-piece wing craftsmanship words cant describe doubt Ill ever forget 189-second Speed run either Most other winning models used fancy radios various mixing like elevator/flap aileron/flap both spent lot time trading patches stickers other competitors well talking Luckily pilots spoke enough English conversation no problem course modelers speak com mon language anyway During course contest received invitations visit European pilots several met during sightseeing vacation after contest managed get almost everyone contest sign wing injured model felt pen US team seemed well-prepared fore contest During daily practice averaged 21 22 seconds Speed Dura tion snap Distance possible after two attempts encoun ter violent flutter may have led first crash during competition After prac tice team relaxed flying hand-launch models near college dorms stayed Ill never forget Mark Smiths stealth Mini Birdof-Time flight model dis appeared behind dorm building reap peared its wing trailing debris like bomber shot down WW II entire team rolling grass roaring laughter Alex Bowers model attracted lot tention during competition two rea sons first model out ailerons Tal-Tal used polyhedral rudder instead thick airfoil sections used mainly San Fernando Valley Silent Fliers Southern California Alex would have done better contest included spoilers dive brakes make spot landings easier Mark Smiths models straightforward aileron models although bit heavy employ ing Mark Y airfoil Marks natural flying ability made great combination own models evolution flown WCs two years ago all-fiberglass except spar wing hindsight 20-20 course spars should have gone full span wing rather stopped before halfspan did Live learn lucky team live within 500 miles other allowed frequent practice communication previous team enjoyed now feel team selection process should just highest-scoring team should go World Champs difficult concept should implemented before 1985 way team members can build fly together thing learned over two WCs try build models need three yourself team effort required Another possibility buy almost-ready-to-fly models good homemade ones practice flying closing feel glad have participated 1983 F3B World Championships bad luck once-i n-alifetime experience Ill never forget AMA 124 Model Aviation Roger Simpson receives keys Champion Spark Plug Co Australia van Kevin Maybury Marketing Director Australian company van used US FF team model retrieval flight line return during 1983 FF World Championships People picture L R Jim Bradley* Linda Bradley Matt Gewain* Gale Gewain Ellen Poti Norm Poti* Roger Simpson US FF Team Manager Kevin Maybury Raids Simpson Rol Anderson come got van Australian Champion com Don Edberg pany arranged member Rol Anderson works US Champion Spark Plug Co * denotes US FF team member
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/01
Page Numbers: 115, 116, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124
A 15* RESTON VA 22090 RC World Championships results Individual placingsp 116 Flyoff placingsp 121 Easy B Model Rules Interpretation Indoor Contest Board recently acted request rules interpretation affect ing Indoor Easy B models Background Walter P Van Gorder submitted letter Indoor Contest Board August 111983 stated opinion use carbon fibers structural enhance ment Easy B models violation paragraph 1982h page 14 1982-83 AMA rule book states shall no bracing model except con sists entirely solid wood substantiated opinion stating Easy B event should kept pre sently exists allowing use carbon fiber enhancement reinforcement might just first long series high-technology innovations could creep what has historically supersimple event requested Board make offi cial interpretation rule respect stated opinion Indoor Contest Board Action accordance official Contest Board Procedures last published June 1982 Competition Newslettera copy procedures may obtained Competition Dept AMA HQ too Indoor Contest Board Chairman Bud Tenny caused Board vote interpretation handled immediate enforcement no immediate rulingbut require further vote denial further action Continued page 121 Competition Directory CONTEST COORDINATORSPP Pat English 823 Broadmay Vincennee IN 47591 I Bernice Williams 347 Soushmick Rd Westfield MA 01085 VII events entire district lexcapt Michigenl II P Sobrino 87-26 88th St. Woodhaven Queens NY 11421 Gregg Seydel 3625 Best lana Terrace Cudahy WI 53110 RC Ernest Nikodem 407 Willow St Lockoort NY 14094 Michigan RC Bill Puori 28 Pernwood Or. 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Sear 52 Leegholm Neeksa* NH 03060 VII Claude McCullough RR 1 Box 487 Montezuma IA 50171 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14612 VilI Buddy Irwin 922 Sundown LO Desono TX 75115 III Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St McKeesport PA 15130 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward SI Omaha NE8B1I4 IV Bob Karlsson 2843 Marsh Pd Wilmington DC 18810 X Bill Stroman 12218 Dune St. Norwalk CA 90680 V David PIart 8940 NW 15th Ft Lauderdale FL33313 XI Earle Moorhead 375 5 View Place 5 Salem OR 97302 INDOOR CONTEST BOARD I Ray Harlan 15 Happy Hollow Rd Wayland MA 01778 VI Chris Matnuno 8578 Ginger St John MO 83114 II Merrick Andreme 100 River Pd A11 BogOta NJ 07603 VII Richard Odin B Canary Hill Dr Pontiac MI 48055 III Walter P Van Gorder 5669 Victory View Ln Cincinnati VIII Ralph lead Tenny Boa 548 Aicherdeon TX 75080 ON 45238 IX Stan Chvron 3003 Main Wichita KS 87202 IV Don Srull 941 Kimberwicke Rd McLean VA 22102 X Clarencv Mather 3860 Ecochee Ave San Diego CA 92117 V John Martin 2l80Tiqertail Miami FL 33133 Xl cave Hagen 19957 SRvO Land Rd Oregon Cty0R97045 CONTEST BOARD COOROINATOR Ono Lindley 420 Tupelo Napereille IL 60540 January 1984 115 NE WSLETTE ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS1810 SAMUEL MORSE DRIVE 1983 RC Aerobatics World ChampionshipsTeam Placings After 4 Rounds P1NationTeam ScoreP1NationTeam ScoreP1NationTeam Score 1USA809211Australia714121Norway4533 2Japan788712South Africa692722Venezuela4397cc 3F R Germany787213LuXemburg678523Guatemala2938cc 4Canada774014Netherlands676124New Guinea2429c 5Austria765615MeXiCo633425Chile2149C 6Italy756616Argentina633226Peru2145c 7France751817Korea627827New Zealand2009C 8Belgium739318Brazil612128Finland2005C 9Great Britain737919Ireland5379NOTES C 1 flier 10Switzerland718520Liechtenstein5119 iers Highest Individual Score 2858 Lowest Individual Score 1431 83 Hats MeNeill Cup Winner 1983 FAI F3A World Championships Pensacola Florida USA October 10-15 1983 Results end Round 4 ncr pc LUI CUUI IOU Lup time FAI Power Nats Besides winning Nats trophy Tom dm50 receives annual McNeiIl Cup achievementand free engine available suitable FAI Power competition years engine K&B Cox 15 generously donated Mr Johnny Brodbeck Sr K&B Mfg Tom re ceived engine recent AMA HO Grand Opening AMA Executive Director John Worth R Thats Toms wife left US Scale Team Patcl Available CL Team Race Speed Team Selection Committee Named AMA President John C Grigg has named Jed Kusik WR Bill Lee Charles Lieber Walt Perkins Luke Roy Team sel ection Committee CL Team Race Speed will select nominees Chair man person named 8384 program entrants will asked vote choice Chairman P1 Contestant Nation Round 123 1Hanno PrettnerAustria140613401419 2Bertram LossenF R Germany136512711411 3Ivan KristensenCanada14412941369 4Dave BrownUSA137013101442 5Steve HelmsUSA34312291324 6Wolfgang MattLiechtenstein131513671313 7Yoichiro AkibaJapan126312751298 8Tony FrackowiakUSA119924613Of 9Glichi NarukeJapan12611219134w 10Tsugutaka YoshiokaJapan129t12041280 11Giuseppe BertolozziItaly12451214125 12Pascal ArdondeauFrance126212451304 13Pascal MalfaitFrance125811371281 14FranzMayrFRGermany120211681219 15Greg MarsdenCanada123111571261 16Werner Schweiker 17Benito Bertolani 18Gerard Werion 19Brian Brotherton 20Ken Binks F R Germany Italy Belgium Great Britain Great Britain 1172 17 1046 4 1092 1251 1219 1182 1203 712 21Ruggero PasqualiniItaly10591098 22Hugo PeyerSwitzerland12021185 23Adolf PanzAustria11971125 24Jean-Pierre ZardiniBelgium11071173 25Alexandres DegotteBelgiumt141219 26Jacques GagnonCanada12291124 27Norbert MattLiechtensteinII1226 28Graham StowellNew Guinea11051073 29Rene SchumacherSwitzerland11311062 30Philip StevensGreat Britain 31Andre LafeiteFranceL231184 32Eddie EdwardsAustralia11201118 33Tom ProsserAustralia1118893 34Ivan OlivierSouth Africa11431088 35Hermann KowarzAustria11491151 36Willie SutherlandSouth Africa10851102 37Collin TaylorAustralia10401108 38Emil GiezendannerSwitzerland9971086 39Edy DockendorfLuxemburg10671058 40Tore JemtegaardNorway1231149 41Paul BehmLuxemburg1010859 42Hub DekkersNetherlands11021123 43Jan VanVlietNetherlands9701077 44Jan VanBeekNetherlands1I71066 45Terie EltvikNorway239983 46Ricardo GomezVenezuela1Q991087 47Lucien GerardLuxemburg962992 48Sung-Nam KimKorea978274 49Kevin HayneSouth Africa1052989 50Mario QuintanillaMexico941960 51P1mb RomanoBrazil880986 52MoonHoChoiKorea944889 53Juan HidalgoVenezuela938814 54Mario RodriguezChile9650 55Alberto FlorezPeru960731 56Roberto IskanianArgentina5321070 57Daniel FalcoArgentina1049926 58Angel MaldonadoArgentina855922 59Luis BlakeMexico958878 60Benjamin CastanedaMexico906886 61Jorge MacedoBrazil671835 62Michael LynchNew Zealand844781 63Tero VallasFinland784852 64Jim ClarkeIreland0737 65Jung 80k AnKorea922861 66Salvatore Pompei 67Ray Keane 68Noel Barrett 69Hector Tschen 70Julio Quevedo Brazil Ireland Ireland Guatemala Guatemala 0 905 251 102 623 2Ie 57 s9 116 Model Aviation 1236 1 1 7 1 Support e Teaml Buy silver/orange/blue/black patches $3 Bob Underwood 4109 Concord Oaks Dr St Louis MO 63128 Profits sale patches donated team fund help cover out-of-pocket expenses World Champs Total 2858 2804 2771 2770 2687 2682 2640 2635 2634 2613 2590 2552 2549 2537 2531 2531 2519 2506 2480 2474 2457 2456 2444 2444 2443 2438 2437 2429 2426 2425 2417 2412 2386 2385 2354 2348 2343 2303 2290 2289 2267 2262 2253 2246 2244 2239 2228 2195 2194 2170 2168 2160 2158 2149 2145 2124 2110 2098 2090 2074 2031 2009 2005 1934 1923 1922 1916 1529 1507 1431 RC World Championships results Flyoff placingsp 121 * Total two highest scores Rounds 1 3the other Rounds ymond B Harlan Indoor Teani Finals Photos author strange aura clung Northwood atrium Devoid human activity save lone maintenance man seemed ghost urging recount its colorful history future still uncertain would door contest last commenced 16 years ago Whatever surely promised very best na tions top Fl D fliers gathering decide composition 1984 US Indoor team World Championships scheduled held next year Trade Center Na goya Japan October 14 through 18 Northwood very similar site having same ceiling height about half diameter Program participants chose Northwood basis good performance should equate good performance World Championships voting close felt great flights volved significant measure luck since rafter-hanging mandatory high times may emphasis would deal ing unfriendly sitewhich would valuable experience going Japan Erv Rodemsky agreed Contest Director 1981 Santa Ana brought wife Joan assistant gether made contest function flawlessly despite high tensions anxieties contestants always accompany Finals Getting Started Following day practice fliers began take measure site meeting held prior first round wherein Erv began set tone con test laying out ground rules NIMAS meet June flier opinion generously bent steering rules holding back climb later moving model warm air pockets no danger colliding either another model buildingstructure Therefore felt some rules relevant site specifically stated FAI rule book might appropriate help limit abuses Following suggestion Jim Richmond Erv introduced idea allowing steer ing inside ring drawn atriums mosaic floor corresponded midpoint skylights above also suggested no steering permitted move models away mushroom hanging above center disk Further models would required launched point about midway ring floor its r 1984 US FAI Indoor team L R Cezar Banks Bob Randolph Jim Rich mond lot relaxed now tensions contest over center thus averting off-center launches would require early steeringwherein power burst might held back No sharks teeth would permitted steering-balloon string prevent balloon string catching propeller can used push model gain al titude contestant wanted steer announce loudly timer CD could hear observe vio lated rules flight would disquali fied strong words would serve keep steering honorable two models potential collide least time must steered out way Test flying would permit ted flier model balloon string interfered official flight flier would forfeit next round ground rules accepted vote couple dissenters nosteering-away-from-the-mushroom rule mushroom hit high enough causes model slide down side nose-down attitude finally power-diving off bottomwith result almost certainly collapsed wing contestants agreed certainty thought ruling could help avoid steering abuse adopted Perhaps word two should said 118 Model Aviation chose fly atrium Northwood Institute West Baden IN because its same height World Championships site Nagoya Japan Three fliers demonstrated superior performances Others flights previous years would have put teambut time Super-winder Stan Chilton High-ratio gears can torquefree magnetic pickoff reads turns output shaft transmits big LED display No muttering yourself wind ing display can blanked retaining number turns integral memory chip Paul Tryon uses exquisite pitch gauge compare blade setting blade prop both must alike check actual pitch values Too bad cant read labels scales Left-hand launcn sends Jim Hiclimoncis Catwalker IL its way lie switcned nis new design aner 4th round Bill Hulbert C just fliers repair business went all-out high times Hes patching film latest Time Machine Pete Andrews R first flier break 30 mm 1949 held FiD record nearly 45 mm few years ago Bud Romak 1 Indoor World Champion 17bbrougflt models witn mm rinals him ceiling too low able get long flights needed place team Bob Randolphs model C Cezar Banks designand really does have rudder invisible since uses boron filament outline light reflecting film Dick Obarski R hit girders ceiling too often didnt score well enough make team Hes now retired lives Florida aI Lannizzo IL returned contest activity after several years hiatus finished flourish 5th Jim Clem C atrium ceiling must seem infinitely high since usually flies under 25-ft ceiling Bedford TX gyml flights reached rafters several times Lew Gitlow R used 5-rib wings boron-filament rudder outline Mr Indoor Model Supplies null,CU L,C OWCl LU PCCIJlIlUll L .. .e prop trtoge Un funaiumy ii ible photo Walt V. uLer C hasnt done much FiD flying yet easily broke 30 mm Richmond e design wife Delores lent him much support Cezar Banks R flew several designs consistent flier Finals previous flight ex perience Nagoya Nagoya Cup November 6-8 1981 should help him forthcoming World Championships January 1984 119 about mushroom Northwood atriumsome readers report may never have very center ceil ing atrium large circular structure used levitating bandstand decorative bauble dangles several feet below Both things real model-eaters shrouded hanging plastic sheeting Indoor flying order day large bandstand encased plastic down its base about 10 ft high tube plastic enshrouds pendant its cable underside bandstand decorated concentric circles spokelike designs overall impression gigantic mushroom suspended center atriums domed ceiling Rounds would two-and-one-half hours long Contestants would time others flights would get credit via green mark flight cards timing timers needed fewest credits would called addition flier credits would given preference obtaining timer high-demand situation effectively served encourage volun teer timing spread flying over course rounds Competition first round started noon Satur day air seemed good serious flying underway shortly thereafter Sal Cannizzo launched model climbed fast reach ing top few minutes model hit girder fell off tallslide rolled out about 50 ft climbed right back up again After some lucky bouncing Pete Andrews model collided little warning thus ending two potentially great flights Bob Randolph Larry Cailliau Bob Gibbs served notice California con tingent came win posting top three times Round Oneeach over 33 mm second round Randolph empha sized point scoring 3648 Cailliau did same 3641 Cezar Banks initiated assault high time round 3708 Walt Van Gorder first team selection program followed leaders 3 420 third round Banks moved first flight 3606 Randolph im proved two-flight total 3530 second place However object very interesting episode Larry Cailliau third place after two rounds flight moved up ward ever slowly finally reached skirt mushroom about 10 mm model continued alternately touch skirt girders fpr nearly 15 mm finally slipping un der disk close 25-mm mark ever after three circles hit stem mushroom slid down folded wing ending what might have record-setting flight end first day Banks Randolph Cailliau led Gibbs Tryon Harlan Van Gorder following victims mush room first day talk revis ing steering rules avoid calamity enough support generated no changes made Time Out Observations technical note Larry Cailliau troduced steering tube West Baden June thing polyurethane tube about two-thirds inch diameter com prises top 20 30 ft steering-balloon string very effectively prevents string catching irreversibly propeller Ray Harlan obtained roll material used manufacture very small plastic bags soon nearly everyone trying out blown up air ends tied knots seal forming fairly rigid tube Sharks teeth now obsoleted use boron filaments has emerged broad scale seen motorsticks tail booms rudders propeller outlines propeller ribs Bob Randolph used tung sten bracing wire bow curve boron ribs rudders boron pre vents all-too-common breakage models allowed land floor Only circular rudders seen boron filament overlapped ends held gether CyA glue Jim Richmond clever idea steering balloons always difficult judge large balloon inflating blew up finally satisfied its size put two marks 4 apart using felt-tipped pen way next time inflated could just measure marks instead having look whole balloon subject balloons Ray Harlan built Mylar balloon same material used commercial balloons come small sizes six-segment de sign diameter 30 Mylar balloons unpressurized can stand rough hand ling around sharp protrusions girders Rich Doig probably wished had balloon exploded trying dislodge model girder model destroyed Back Competition Weather second day nearly same first warm 82 degrees little humid 80% Times posted fourth round very low hangups some col lisions two flights over 30 mm Doig won round 3457 moving fourth place Andrews a3041 quick word about midair collisions resulted either two factors first times fliers stopped watching models something else models appeared no danger Despite lethargic motion ma chines situations can change rapidly fliers should always prepared move swiftly balloon second factor fliers reticent steer because lack experience fear damaging model prefer depend luck avoid collision Steering rules have book years yet US remains far beIndoor Team Selection West Baden Indiana September3-5 1983 P1Contestant RoundBestFinalsPriorTotal 123456789TwoPointsPointsPoints 1Bob Randolph34483648353083034253730741810000010973110973 2Cezar Banks75037083606134334466143657363974059970811000110708 3Jim Richmond1405102135527273348354030073550374173339899111000109991 4Larry Cailliau33293641251775433513333105155370329493011000105930 5Sal Cannizzo734551300573036343218141751594968529268711000103687 6RayHarlan311732552920844351690331081218320868119176810966102734 7Richard Doig16573Y41834F22258156412547224568329223910428T2T 8Bob Gibbs3309305534082800154426073025304385467179055610999101555 9Stan Chilton233060772529433426323867049026511000101265 10BudRomak29112501242919472845322633483216280466148914310974100117 11PaulTryon31521314331492326402243230912502728650687618999697614 12Walt Van Gorder26523420181828354343036233323556456873931007697469 13LewGitlow912194184213213318139657235531026420865861081597401 14Earl Hoffman6241824808215020443025502321714396242843881037494762 15PeteAndrews2452314055630417532832224526127436221839171053994456 16DickObarski910294027261834312030102223293818476130827731084293615 17Bill Hulbert313418497382433221722431104265524255829787121100089712 18Dan Belieff2100313170924552128101941826002528573177411997087381 19Ron Ganser1256243520068279072859250270327075606754S21052686008 20Al Rohrbaugh22408394422636152329059592654555975348875084098 21Jim Clem2382219223518351100154815581536451360857895269809 120 Model Aviation infamous mushroom apex ceiling Northwood Institute atrium protective plastic sheathing assures return modelnot its safetyl hind Great Britain proficiency Times picked up fifth round Cannizzo leading packat 3634 Richmond put up 3348 boost himself fourth place Harlan posted best time 3516 two leaders Banks Randolph demon strated consistency 34-mm flights did improve totals air warmed up stabilized somewhat sixth round However long flights made fairly late round including Randolph 3730 best fortunate hit skirt rafters minutes avoid both hangup mushroom Cailliau improved total 3351 dropped fourth Richmond managed 3540 slip ahead him Cannizzo improved 3218 fifth place Interestingly end two days first eight places de cided yet best flight meet would come next day final day Bob Randolph decided wait see rest competition challenged him Banks let him know finished flying 365 7 the top eight improve score others trying Al Rohrbaugh really threatened girders flying above least four circles model ac tually touched roof skin before sliding off another girder getting safer air However after touch skirt model again rose above girders hung after three four circles wait slipped off within allotted 10 sec twisted wing tailslid free air re covered clearly below girders could have steered closer center Al elected After few circles propeller lightly touched beam caught finally ending drama happened span 10 mm Bob Gibbs tried imitate Al over side After sliding down skin little model turned came out Gibbs snagged balloon trusswork could steer circle model nearly repeated its pattern time sliding down some cove molding moving clear Bob wasted no time getting balloon model steering center Unfortun ately model lost too much altitude rafter-banging came up short 3025 eighth round produced its own ver sion Indoor oddities Ron Ganser caught model girder hung down tail low could move because other traffic area decided wait Paul Tryons model climbed area drifted bit hit Gansers model knocking clearly off girder models separated negligible damage Tryons reward retrieval service No reflight model hangs girder considered part permanent structure thus no collision Although stated rule book question has come up previous World Champsionships FAI Jury has uniformly agreed concept Also round Jim Richmond man aged have two collisions flight Obarski Andrews both times graz ing touches affected neither model flew same circle Pete Andrews model several minutes model must have feared Petes climbed safety e girders circled once before sliding out away Petes Later right wing tip grazed mushroom again Jims luck him model moved away hazard landed 3550 lot work 10 sec improvement total ninth round started 500 last chance everyone Cailliau pushed fourth sixth round Richmond improved seventh hung eighth So look ing good flight move up Cannizzo needed good back up 3634 Doig Harlan still hopes would take flight nearly 37 minutes best Richmond Alas challengers could come close Cailliau hung up early did Can nizzo Harlans flight underpowered landed 3208 Doig doing better steer drift moved model side stopped propeller balloon string could free model using tube time frustration finally tweaked string enough damage wing contest over Richmond showed exercises utterly vain new design featuring 95-in wing chord long fuse lage put up flight positioned per fectly hit skirt too tired watch flight standings al ready determined landed 3741 few eyebrows raised once again Jim saved best last team Randolph Banks Rich mond showed individually have nec essary credentials represent US least four flights over 34 mm no else Banks last US team placed second 1981 Nagoya Cup Invitational Richmond has World Champion twice teams anyone else Randolph has finally made top Fl D class holds has held numerous records Cabin D Stick etc team selection finals culmi nation two years local regional con tests competition improving participants getting better ably re flected years performances 53 flights exceeding 30 mm 14 above 35 mm compares rather impres sively 1980 World Championships same site corresponding num bers 51 10 no 37s contest three year Can Improve After finals author took time consider some steering ground rules adopted meet As stated earlier adopted curtail cheating did best way approach problem FAI rules permit steering away structure building allow specificbut limitedmovement model up down balloon string Should have encouraged full exercise rules permit cheating recognize skills contestants take advantage within bounds Should have defined cheating methods better devel oped ground rules deal specifically rather adopt strategy would broadly eliminate restricting steering authors opinion scenario reminiscent principal downfall American business short-term goals early profits overshadow long-term solutions perhaps much greater rewards say team selected best Rather point brought out show weakness may over come steering rules may ideal certainly reduce freely-flying aspect sport rules must learn make work us British have 1983 FAI RC Aerobatics World Championships Results Flyoff Individual Champion Top 10% Contestants Scores Finals P1ContestantNationQual1 2Total 1Hanno PrettnerAustria28582956- 29045814 2Bertram LossenF R Germany2804280228555659 3Dave BrownUSA2770284328355613 4Ivan KristensenCanada27712791- 28185589 5Wolfgang MattLiechtenstein2682282128375519 6YoichiroAkibaJapan2640277127775417 7Steve HelmsUSA2687270826725395 Easy B continued Board voted require immediate enforce ment interpretation However interpretation still must validated another Indoor Contest Board vote will taken within four six weeks published notice interval between publication notice forthcoming Indoor Contest Board vote interested modelers invited comment interpretation contacting preferably writing local AMA Dis trict Indoor Contest Board member name address appears Competition Directory found elsewhere Competi tion Newsletter January 1984 121 Larry Cailliau flew well placed 4th selected Team Manager ships smooth slowly-climbing Note wing has compression ribs prop has high positive flare N*CharlieJohnson Cwrnbat Teats Pmags and Rich Lopez Photographs Priscilla Tyndall models high end perfor mance scale took another giant leap forward 1983 Team Trials Models pretty good original Trials St Louis 1977 no longer adequate Force/Fox combination dominant last Trials Nashville 1981 quite spectacular year star potent Nelson 15 nose Rush-style foamie light well-built Force No doubt about folks Nelson has power anything else pulls Combat models cranks out power lot easier consistently less nitro Fox other engine about upward surge technology later far serious Team Trials yet seen People Nashville sev eral days ahead time Jed Kusik drove Wednesday practiced day Thursday occasional visits other competitors Friday absolute mad house out flying site up nine circles going time wind blew very hard times real problem test ing new models earlier week Friday evening pre-contest meeting tradition started back St Louis 1977 Thirty-seven contestants whole bunch officials pit crew friends took over local Sizzlin Sirloin evening proceeded hash over ground rules draw first four rounds werent oohs aahs during drawing because just number rather persons name later found out first four opponents would Three-man teams separated three different groups theyd have fly other catch both pit man might flying same time As turned out Jed first match circle first match circle tWo just fun didnt make much difference real serious types got themselves rearranged As promised matches started exactly time fact leds match started little early could come pit Enough nice things cant said about officials contest Contest Director Mack Henry deserves Congressional Medal Honor minimum judges pit people other circle marshal Bill Lajack everyone take bow USA hosts CL World Championships have basis best team officials ever assembled know dandy contest lets get super models Nelson new king FAI Combat Oh sure good Fox Force still match Nelsonbut people have good Fox ordinary Nelson ABC frontinduction aluminum-case hot rod weighs slightly less Rossi Some Nelson Com bat engines meet started life Team Race engines magnesium cases rear induction aluminum liner piston titanium crank Exotica case doesnt really mean lot poweronly lighter weight Lighter weight transfers free performance comes weight/horsepower equation engine ma gician Henry Nelson can create wildest dream escalation horse power race has also meant steep climb engine costs important spectacular new en gine Nelson will yank dog FAI model around well enough make competitive better models less power Pat Willcox launches George Clevelands modelLarry Driskell has just released streamer Pat Larry great re pairing smashed models tool Ed Brzys prepares launch Ron Colombo Detroit Combat Team took slot 84 teamkept other area dominating contest 122 Model Aviation Tne I4 Us LL liombat team triends IL HI Ed Brzys Ron Colombo Paul M Smith Charlie Johnson Howard Rush Kit Gerhart George Cleveland* Tom Fluker Jr** Dick Stubblefield Note ** defending World Champion * 1984 Combat team member Howard busy giving Tom lecture Combat tactics Dick Stubblefield 1982 team went World Championships Sweden Howard Rushs model roars away Rich Lopez flight clinched spot 84 team Howarri Force Rush foamie powered Nelson overmatch anything else most-used engine Trials still Fox still practical engine too since models hit other ground Fox should still prove acceptable power plant everything Trials World Championships come Ron Colombo George Cleveland Howard Rush won rest us lost Howard Rush best models meet lots Nelson power flew like demon George Cleveland almost good model Nelson power smartest flier contest Ron Colombo whole story himself broke right arm about month before Team Trials learned fly left hand time Trials Through sheer determination lots help De troit Combat Team became first per son team 8-and-2 record Ron never best planes meet although used some pretty good engineswhich cluded Nelson power times Ron natural left-handed flier totally ex hausted end second day saw match Dick Stubbiefield replay TV night What didnt work Anything other 1983 models period Heavy old junk definitely out year Lots foam whether doubletaper straight leading edge argument foam versus wood took turn favor foam time foam-leading-edge kill advantage getting last little nub whereas all-wood model cut string prop course problem pulling off entire streamer first pass get tight deserve loss trend FAI models toward foam efficiency airfoil ease building penalty weight 14-16 oz foam models give something away 12-1 3 oz wood models Piloting style took turn worse year far fewer mid-airs ex pected very few bang-bang flightswhere two consecutive crashes prob lem pilot running around sixmeter Pilots Circle trying keep oppo nent getting cut Ia Chinese team style Everyone takes great pains get lines within slightly-over-three-in toler ance meant keep modals same flight plane have pilot running around circle putting about 15 ft between models making very hard get cutbut too difficult get plane cut loose preferred prop Trials seemed carbon glass fiber modification Taipan 7-4 Bill Lee made bunch props really worked well carved sanded feverishly between matches Technology stuff Going counterclockwise upper left see stooge arrangement used Max Mearns L Henry Nelson aid pitting second modelor work primary model restrained foam-rubber-lined jaws thua freeing second pit man chase streamers rather holding plane radial mount system used Larry Driskell utilizing nylon fixture bolts center section wing also hold ing remote needle valve engine excess metal engine filed awaytheres no return smashed super-Nelsonif think regular Nelson expensive $150 what must extra-light custom jobs magnesium crankcase aluminum cylinder titanium crankshaftnote also rear-drum-valve Team Race case cost Lastly see Gary Arnolds big experimenthe used tuned pipes Nelsonsbut turned out too fragile Combat usually smashed several pieces crash non-pipe porting engines kept performance down January 1984 123 Ah Control Linel Ah Combatl Ah welll Line tangles always seem spoil funor part fun Starting clockwise upper left find Howard Rush R against Jeff Johnsonand Howards fate cant too good what lines falling down around arm young Mitchell Cleveland L nice tangle Bob MearsMitchell outflew several top fli ers Max Mearns R seems have endless supply King Kong handleswhile everyone else trying slow down control response Max spreads lines out control input thats Ron Colombo looking way back right model Howard Rush R Dick Stubblefield especially unusual tangleHoward has Dicks Down line left hand Dicks Up line wrapped around Howards lines Guess ended FAI rules require wear safety helmets kept up needs Texas group McCollum Kelly props use performance governed contestant prop design course abundant prop Taipan 7-4three cheers 60c props generally cut 6% Nelson 6-3/8 Rossiand slightly di ameter Foxes Taipans thinned drastically reshaped Most contestants stayed local Motel Sixwhich also headquarters Team Nelson Rumors triple-dot heads floated through air Regular motel guests pondered advantages triple versus double maybe another 10% nitro would make up miscalculations What happened 1982 teamTom Fluker defending World Champion didnt have try spot Dick Stubblefield him-or-me match George Cleve landand turned out Georges turn win Gary Arnold decided use Nelson power pipe pipe installation proved too fragile power output didnt seem better open-face en gines timing Nelson stock rather pipe-timing power band much broader Gary flew some good matches lot fun maybe just jne smile Lady Luck would have team second time Protests always part large im portant contest worst lot cheap shots Contestant says opponent didnt tell him leaving Pilots Circle after contestant has soundly defeated 6-2 cuts also air time Nothing lose possibly DQ rematch juries appeared very patient Didnt go through back second grade second type protest real problem contestant would running around circle avoid being cut Ia Chinese Team Several times winged warrior stepped out Pilots Circle would call two penalties 40-point penalty accidental loss intentional feeling no would intentionally leave circle model airborne course because would result loss must have accidental 1983 Team Trials successful date thanks officials MACAand above Team Selection Committee happen think com mittee just best organized com mittee AMA excuses being Team will found regular column well suggestions making sport little safer possibly fair World Championships Commentaries US NC Soaring Team Member 1983 WCs held York England year lucky enough partici pate again also flew 81 WCs Sacra mento As readers already know wasnt best performance since managed crash both models through broken elevator belicrank other through delaminated glass-skinned wing What Ill remember about con test competition itself obvi ous reasons teamwork camaraderie friendship event After second crash seemed like person field wanted help repairs night entire US team rebuilt flyable aircraft two wrecks continued competition third day slight satisfaction knowing wasnt alone Andy Keil South Africa also folded wing Dave Worral eventually reached third place overall lost model due radio falure person crash both models Such distinction models entered year revolutionary mainly more-refined ver sions seen Sacramento Perhaps talked about Raif Deckers first-place model its one-piece wing craftsmanship words cant describe doubt Ill ever forget 189-second Speed run either Most other winning models used fancy radios various mixing like elevator/flap aileron/flap both spent lot time trading patches stickers other competitors well talking Luckily pilots spoke enough English conversation no problem course modelers speak com mon language anyway During course contest received invitations visit European pilots several met during sightseeing vacation after contest managed get almost everyone contest sign wing injured model felt pen US team seemed well-prepared fore contest During daily practice averaged 21 22 seconds Speed Dura tion snap Distance possible after two attempts encoun ter violent flutter may have led first crash during competition After prac tice team relaxed flying hand-launch models near college dorms stayed Ill never forget Mark Smiths stealth Mini Birdof-Time flight model dis appeared behind dorm building reap peared its wing trailing debris like bomber shot down WW II entire team rolling grass roaring laughter Alex Bowers model attracted lot tention during competition two rea sons first model out ailerons Tal-Tal used polyhedral rudder instead thick airfoil sections used mainly San Fernando Valley Silent Fliers Southern California Alex would have done better contest included spoilers dive brakes make spot landings easier Mark Smiths models straightforward aileron models although bit heavy employ ing Mark Y airfoil Marks natural flying ability made great combination own models evolution flown WCs two years ago all-fiberglass except spar wing hindsight 20-20 course spars should have gone full span wing rather stopped before halfspan did Live learn lucky team live within 500 miles other allowed frequent practice communication previous team enjoyed now feel team selection process should just highest-scoring team should go World Champs difficult concept should implemented before 1985 way team members can build fly together thing learned over two WCs try build models need three yourself team effort required Another possibility buy almost-ready-to-fly models good homemade ones practice flying closing feel glad have participated 1983 F3B World Championships bad luck once-i n-alifetime experience Ill never forget AMA 124 Model Aviation Roger Simpson receives keys Champion Spark Plug Co Australia van Kevin Maybury Marketing Director Australian company van used US FF team model retrieval flight line return during 1983 FF World Championships People picture L R Jim Bradley* Linda Bradley Matt Gewain* Gale Gewain Ellen Poti Norm Poti* Roger Simpson US FF Team Manager Kevin Maybury Raids Simpson Rol Anderson come got van Australian Champion com Don Edberg pany arranged member Rol Anderson works US Champion Spark Plug Co * denotes US FF team member
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/01
Page Numbers: 115, 116, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124
A 15* RESTON VA 22090 RC World Championships results Individual placingsp 116 Flyoff placingsp 121 Easy B Model Rules Interpretation Indoor Contest Board recently acted request rules interpretation affect ing Indoor Easy B models Background Walter P Van Gorder submitted letter Indoor Contest Board August 111983 stated opinion use carbon fibers structural enhance ment Easy B models violation paragraph 1982h page 14 1982-83 AMA rule book states shall no bracing model except con sists entirely solid wood substantiated opinion stating Easy B event should kept pre sently exists allowing use carbon fiber enhancement reinforcement might just first long series high-technology innovations could creep what has historically supersimple event requested Board make offi cial interpretation rule respect stated opinion Indoor Contest Board Action accordance official Contest Board Procedures last published June 1982 Competition Newslettera copy procedures may obtained Competition Dept AMA HQ too Indoor Contest Board Chairman Bud Tenny caused Board vote interpretation handled immediate enforcement no immediate rulingbut require further vote denial further action Continued page 121 Competition Directory CONTEST COORDINATORSPP Pat English 823 Broadmay Vincennee IN 47591 I Bernice Williams 347 Soushmick Rd Westfield MA 01085 VII events entire district lexcapt Michigenl II P Sobrino 87-26 88th St. Woodhaven Queens NY 11421 Gregg Seydel 3625 Best lana Terrace Cudahy WI 53110 RC Ernest Nikodem 407 Willow St Lockoort NY 14094 Michigan RC Bill Puori 28 Pernwood Or. Commack NY 11725 AC Wayne Yeager 38235 castle Romulus MI 48174 III Ken Reber 427 Blot Dr Nazareth PA 18064 East CL & FF Paul Smith 11112 Dill Or. sterling Hgts. MI 48077 M Weisenbach 4568 W 148th Cleveland OH 44135 IWestI VIII Randy Randolph P0 Box 271048 Dallas TX 75227 IV Warren Sanders Jr 9735 52nd Avenue College Park MO IX Bill Bieda UNIVAC Bldg. 7100 W canter Rd No 420 20741Omaha NE 88108 rC Ed Byerley 200 Commander Cove Stafford VA 22554Rc George Hunter 8982 5 Lamar St Littleton CO 80123 V AC HR Norckauer 12330 Chicumauga Trail Hu,tsvIe X James Caughran 27818 Ormond Ave. Hayward CA 94544 AL 35803 INorthl PF Wallace Johnson 4112 WhiteAcres Rd. Montgomery AL Harry Apoian 27704 Saddle Rd Roiling Hill CA 80274 38106 thl CL Joseph Mead 1338 Rensselaer St Jacksonville PL 32205 Prank Gomes 2241 Noah Street Honolulu HI 96818 HI VI RCe Charles Gray 201 Halman Salem Rd. 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Sear 52 Leegholm Neeksa* NH 03060 VII Claude McCullough RR 1 Box 487 Montezuma IA 50171 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14612 VilI Buddy Irwin 922 Sundown LO Desono TX 75115 III Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St McKeesport PA 15130 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward SI Omaha NE8B1I4 IV Bob Karlsson 2843 Marsh Pd Wilmington DC 18810 X Bill Stroman 12218 Dune St. Norwalk CA 90680 V David PIart 8940 NW 15th Ft Lauderdale FL33313 XI Earle Moorhead 375 5 View Place 5 Salem OR 97302 INDOOR CONTEST BOARD I Ray Harlan 15 Happy Hollow Rd Wayland MA 01778 VI Chris Matnuno 8578 Ginger St John MO 83114 II Merrick Andreme 100 River Pd A11 BogOta NJ 07603 VII Richard Odin B Canary Hill Dr Pontiac MI 48055 III Walter P Van Gorder 5669 Victory View Ln Cincinnati VIII Ralph lead Tenny Boa 548 Aicherdeon TX 75080 ON 45238 IX Stan Chvron 3003 Main Wichita KS 87202 IV Don Srull 941 Kimberwicke Rd McLean VA 22102 X Clarencv Mather 3860 Ecochee Ave San Diego CA 92117 V John Martin 2l80Tiqertail Miami FL 33133 Xl cave Hagen 19957 SRvO Land Rd Oregon Cty0R97045 CONTEST BOARD COOROINATOR Ono Lindley 420 Tupelo Napereille IL 60540 January 1984 115 NE WSLETTE ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS1810 SAMUEL MORSE DRIVE 1983 RC Aerobatics World ChampionshipsTeam Placings After 4 Rounds P1NationTeam ScoreP1NationTeam ScoreP1NationTeam Score 1USA809211Australia714121Norway4533 2Japan788712South Africa692722Venezuela4397cc 3F R Germany787213LuXemburg678523Guatemala2938cc 4Canada774014Netherlands676124New Guinea2429c 5Austria765615MeXiCo633425Chile2149C 6Italy756616Argentina633226Peru2145c 7France751817Korea627827New Zealand2009C 8Belgium739318Brazil612128Finland2005C 9Great Britain737919Ireland5379NOTES C 1 flier 10Switzerland718520Liechtenstein5119 iers Highest Individual Score 2858 Lowest Individual Score 1431 83 Hats MeNeill Cup Winner 1983 FAI F3A World Championships Pensacola Florida USA October 10-15 1983 Results end Round 4 ncr pc LUI CUUI IOU Lup time FAI Power Nats Besides winning Nats trophy Tom dm50 receives annual McNeiIl Cup achievementand free engine available suitable FAI Power competition years engine K&B Cox 15 generously donated Mr Johnny Brodbeck Sr K&B Mfg Tom re ceived engine recent AMA HO Grand Opening AMA Executive Director John Worth R Thats Toms wife left US Scale Team Patcl Available CL Team Race Speed Team Selection Committee Named AMA President John C Grigg has named Jed Kusik WR Bill Lee Charles Lieber Walt Perkins Luke Roy Team sel ection Committee CL Team Race Speed will select nominees Chair man person named 8384 program entrants will asked vote choice Chairman P1 Contestant Nation Round 123 1Hanno PrettnerAustria140613401419 2Bertram LossenF R Germany136512711411 3Ivan KristensenCanada14412941369 4Dave BrownUSA137013101442 5Steve HelmsUSA34312291324 6Wolfgang MattLiechtenstein131513671313 7Yoichiro AkibaJapan126312751298 8Tony FrackowiakUSA119924613Of 9Glichi NarukeJapan12611219134w 10Tsugutaka YoshiokaJapan129t12041280 11Giuseppe BertolozziItaly12451214125 12Pascal ArdondeauFrance126212451304 13Pascal MalfaitFrance125811371281 14FranzMayrFRGermany120211681219 15Greg MarsdenCanada123111571261 16Werner Schweiker 17Benito Bertolani 18Gerard Werion 19Brian Brotherton 20Ken Binks F R Germany Italy Belgium Great Britain Great Britain 1172 17 1046 4 1092 1251 1219 1182 1203 712 21Ruggero PasqualiniItaly10591098 22Hugo PeyerSwitzerland12021185 23Adolf PanzAustria11971125 24Jean-Pierre ZardiniBelgium11071173 25Alexandres DegotteBelgiumt141219 26Jacques GagnonCanada12291124 27Norbert MattLiechtensteinII1226 28Graham StowellNew Guinea11051073 29Rene SchumacherSwitzerland11311062 30Philip StevensGreat Britain 31Andre LafeiteFranceL231184 32Eddie EdwardsAustralia11201118 33Tom ProsserAustralia1118893 34Ivan OlivierSouth Africa11431088 35Hermann KowarzAustria11491151 36Willie SutherlandSouth Africa10851102 37Collin TaylorAustralia10401108 38Emil GiezendannerSwitzerland9971086 39Edy DockendorfLuxemburg10671058 40Tore JemtegaardNorway1231149 41Paul BehmLuxemburg1010859 42Hub DekkersNetherlands11021123 43Jan VanVlietNetherlands9701077 44Jan VanBeekNetherlands1I71066 45Terie EltvikNorway239983 46Ricardo GomezVenezuela1Q991087 47Lucien GerardLuxemburg962992 48Sung-Nam KimKorea978274 49Kevin HayneSouth Africa1052989 50Mario QuintanillaMexico941960 51P1mb RomanoBrazil880986 52MoonHoChoiKorea944889 53Juan HidalgoVenezuela938814 54Mario RodriguezChile9650 55Alberto FlorezPeru960731 56Roberto IskanianArgentina5321070 57Daniel FalcoArgentina1049926 58Angel MaldonadoArgentina855922 59Luis BlakeMexico958878 60Benjamin CastanedaMexico906886 61Jorge MacedoBrazil671835 62Michael LynchNew Zealand844781 63Tero VallasFinland784852 64Jim ClarkeIreland0737 65Jung 80k AnKorea922861 66Salvatore Pompei 67Ray Keane 68Noel Barrett 69Hector Tschen 70Julio Quevedo Brazil Ireland Ireland Guatemala Guatemala 0 905 251 102 623 2Ie 57 s9 116 Model Aviation 1236 1 1 7 1 Support e Teaml Buy silver/orange/blue/black patches $3 Bob Underwood 4109 Concord Oaks Dr St Louis MO 63128 Profits sale patches donated team fund help cover out-of-pocket expenses World Champs Total 2858 2804 2771 2770 2687 2682 2640 2635 2634 2613 2590 2552 2549 2537 2531 2531 2519 2506 2480 2474 2457 2456 2444 2444 2443 2438 2437 2429 2426 2425 2417 2412 2386 2385 2354 2348 2343 2303 2290 2289 2267 2262 2253 2246 2244 2239 2228 2195 2194 2170 2168 2160 2158 2149 2145 2124 2110 2098 2090 2074 2031 2009 2005 1934 1923 1922 1916 1529 1507 1431 RC World Championships results Flyoff placingsp 121 * Total two highest scores Rounds 1 3the other Rounds ymond B Harlan Indoor Teani Finals Photos author strange aura clung Northwood atrium Devoid human activity save lone maintenance man seemed ghost urging recount its colorful history future still uncertain would door contest last commenced 16 years ago Whatever surely promised very best na tions top Fl D fliers gathering decide composition 1984 US Indoor team World Championships scheduled held next year Trade Center Na goya Japan October 14 through 18 Northwood very similar site having same ceiling height about half diameter Program participants chose Northwood basis good performance should equate good performance World Championships voting close felt great flights volved significant measure luck since rafter-hanging mandatory high times may emphasis would deal ing unfriendly sitewhich would valuable experience going Japan Erv Rodemsky agreed Contest Director 1981 Santa Ana brought wife Joan assistant gether made contest function flawlessly despite high tensions anxieties contestants always accompany Finals Getting Started Following day practice fliers began take measure site meeting held prior first round wherein Erv began set tone con test laying out ground rules NIMAS meet June flier opinion generously bent steering rules holding back climb later moving model warm air pockets no danger colliding either another model buildingstructure Therefore felt some rules relevant site specifically stated FAI rule book might appropriate help limit abuses Following suggestion Jim Richmond Erv introduced idea allowing steer ing inside ring drawn atriums mosaic floor corresponded midpoint skylights above also suggested no steering permitted move models away mushroom hanging above center disk Further models would required launched point about midway ring floor its r 1984 US FAI Indoor team L R Cezar Banks Bob Randolph Jim Rich mond lot relaxed now tensions contest over center thus averting off-center launches would require early steeringwherein power burst might held back No sharks teeth would permitted steering-balloon string prevent balloon string catching propeller can used push model gain al titude contestant wanted steer announce loudly timer CD could hear observe vio lated rules flight would disquali fied strong words would serve keep steering honorable two models potential collide least time must steered out way Test flying would permit ted flier model balloon string interfered official flight flier would forfeit next round ground rules accepted vote couple dissenters nosteering-away-from-the-mushroom rule mushroom hit high enough causes model slide down side nose-down attitude finally power-diving off bottomwith result almost certainly collapsed wing contestants agreed certainty thought ruling could help avoid steering abuse adopted Perhaps word two should said 118 Model Aviation chose fly atrium Northwood Institute West Baden IN because its same height World Championships site Nagoya Japan Three fliers demonstrated superior performances Others flights previous years would have put teambut time Super-winder Stan Chilton High-ratio gears can torquefree magnetic pickoff reads turns output shaft transmits big LED display No muttering yourself wind ing display can blanked retaining number turns integral memory chip Paul Tryon uses exquisite pitch gauge compare blade setting blade prop both must alike check actual pitch values Too bad cant read labels scales Left-hand launcn sends Jim Hiclimoncis Catwalker IL its way lie switcned nis new design aner 4th round Bill Hulbert C just fliers repair business went all-out high times Hes patching film latest Time Machine Pete Andrews R first flier break 30 mm 1949 held FiD record nearly 45 mm few years ago Bud Romak 1 Indoor World Champion 17bbrougflt models witn mm rinals him ceiling too low able get long flights needed place team Bob Randolphs model C Cezar Banks designand really does have rudder invisible since uses boron filament outline light reflecting film Dick Obarski R hit girders ceiling too often didnt score well enough make team Hes now retired lives Florida aI Lannizzo IL returned contest activity after several years hiatus finished flourish 5th Jim Clem C atrium ceiling must seem infinitely high since usually flies under 25-ft ceiling Bedford TX gyml flights reached rafters several times Lew Gitlow R used 5-rib wings boron-filament rudder outline Mr Indoor Model Supplies null,CU L,C OWCl LU PCCIJlIlUll L .. .e prop trtoge Un funaiumy ii ible photo Walt V. uLer C hasnt done much FiD flying yet easily broke 30 mm Richmond e design wife Delores lent him much support Cezar Banks R flew several designs consistent flier Finals previous flight ex perience Nagoya Nagoya Cup November 6-8 1981 should help him forthcoming World Championships January 1984 119 about mushroom Northwood atriumsome readers report may never have very center ceil ing atrium large circular structure used levitating bandstand decorative bauble dangles several feet below Both things real model-eaters shrouded hanging plastic sheeting Indoor flying order day large bandstand encased plastic down its base about 10 ft high tube plastic enshrouds pendant its cable underside bandstand decorated concentric circles spokelike designs overall impression gigantic mushroom suspended center atriums domed ceiling Rounds would two-and-one-half hours long Contestants would time others flights would get credit via green mark flight cards timing timers needed fewest credits would called addition flier credits would given preference obtaining timer high-demand situation effectively served encourage volun teer timing spread flying over course rounds Competition first round started noon Satur day air seemed good serious flying underway shortly thereafter Sal Cannizzo launched model climbed fast reach ing top few minutes model hit girder fell off tallslide rolled out about 50 ft climbed right back up again After some lucky bouncing Pete Andrews model collided little warning thus ending two potentially great flights Bob Randolph Larry Cailliau Bob Gibbs served notice California con tingent came win posting top three times Round Oneeach over 33 mm second round Randolph empha sized point scoring 3648 Cailliau did same 3641 Cezar Banks initiated assault high time round 3708 Walt Van Gorder first team selection program followed leaders 3 420 third round Banks moved first flight 3606 Randolph im proved two-flight total 3530 second place However object very interesting episode Larry Cailliau third place after two rounds flight moved up ward ever slowly finally reached skirt mushroom about 10 mm model continued alternately touch skirt girders fpr nearly 15 mm finally slipping un der disk close 25-mm mark ever after three circles hit stem mushroom slid down folded wing ending what might have record-setting flight end first day Banks Randolph Cailliau led Gibbs Tryon Harlan Van Gorder following victims mush room first day talk revis ing steering rules avoid calamity enough support generated no changes made Time Out Observations technical note Larry Cailliau troduced steering tube West Baden June thing polyurethane tube about two-thirds inch diameter com prises top 20 30 ft steering-balloon string very effectively prevents string catching irreversibly propeller Ray Harlan obtained roll material used manufacture very small plastic bags soon nearly everyone trying out blown up air ends tied knots seal forming fairly rigid tube Sharks teeth now obsoleted use boron filaments has emerged broad scale seen motorsticks tail booms rudders propeller outlines propeller ribs Bob Randolph used tung sten bracing wire bow curve boron ribs rudders boron pre vents all-too-common breakage models allowed land floor Only circular rudders seen boron filament overlapped ends held gether CyA glue Jim Richmond clever idea steering balloons always difficult judge large balloon inflating blew up finally satisfied its size put two marks 4 apart using felt-tipped pen way next time inflated could just measure marks instead having look whole balloon subject balloons Ray Harlan built Mylar balloon same material used commercial balloons come small sizes six-segment de sign diameter 30 Mylar balloons unpressurized can stand rough hand ling around sharp protrusions girders Rich Doig probably wished had balloon exploded trying dislodge model girder model destroyed Back Competition Weather second day nearly same first warm 82 degrees little humid 80% Times posted fourth round very low hangups some col lisions two flights over 30 mm Doig won round 3457 moving fourth place Andrews a3041 quick word about midair collisions resulted either two factors first times fliers stopped watching models something else models appeared no danger Despite lethargic motion ma chines situations can change rapidly fliers should always prepared move swiftly balloon second factor fliers reticent steer because lack experience fear damaging model prefer depend luck avoid collision Steering rules have book years yet US remains far beIndoor Team Selection West Baden Indiana September3-5 1983 P1Contestant RoundBestFinalsPriorTotal 123456789TwoPointsPointsPoints 1Bob Randolph34483648353083034253730741810000010973110973 2Cezar Banks75037083606134334466143657363974059970811000110708 3Jim Richmond1405102135527273348354030073550374173339899111000109991 4Larry Cailliau33293641251775433513333105155370329493011000105930 5Sal Cannizzo734551300573036343218141751594968529268711000103687 6RayHarlan311732552920844351690331081218320868119176810966102734 7Richard Doig16573Y41834F22258156412547224568329223910428T2T 8Bob Gibbs3309305534082800154426073025304385467179055610999101555 9Stan Chilton233060772529433426323867049026511000101265 10BudRomak29112501242919472845322633483216280466148914310974100117 11PaulTryon31521314331492326402243230912502728650687618999697614 12Walt Van Gorder26523420181828354343036233323556456873931007697469 13LewGitlow912194184213213318139657235531026420865861081597401 14Earl Hoffman6241824808215020443025502321714396242843881037494762 15PeteAndrews2452314055630417532832224526127436221839171053994456 16DickObarski910294027261834312030102223293818476130827731084293615 17Bill Hulbert313418497382433221722431104265524255829787121100089712 18Dan Belieff2100313170924552128101941826002528573177411997087381 19Ron Ganser1256243520068279072859250270327075606754S21052686008 20Al Rohrbaugh22408394422636152329059592654555975348875084098 21Jim Clem2382219223518351100154815581536451360857895269809 120 Model Aviation infamous mushroom apex ceiling Northwood Institute atrium protective plastic sheathing assures return modelnot its safetyl hind Great Britain proficiency Times picked up fifth round Cannizzo leading packat 3634 Richmond put up 3348 boost himself fourth place Harlan posted best time 3516 two leaders Banks Randolph demon strated consistency 34-mm flights did improve totals air warmed up stabilized somewhat sixth round However long flights made fairly late round including Randolph 3730 best fortunate hit skirt rafters minutes avoid both hangup mushroom Cailliau improved total 3351 dropped fourth Richmond managed 3540 slip ahead him Cannizzo improved 3218 fifth place Interestingly end two days first eight places de cided yet best flight meet would come next day final day Bob Randolph decided wait see rest competition challenged him Banks let him know finished flying 365 7 the top eight improve score others trying Al Rohrbaugh really threatened girders flying above least four circles model ac tually touched roof skin before sliding off another girder getting safer air However after touch skirt model again rose above girders hung after three four circles wait slipped off within allotted 10 sec twisted wing tailslid free air re covered clearly below girders could have steered closer center Al elected After few circles propeller lightly touched beam caught finally ending drama happened span 10 mm Bob Gibbs tried imitate Al over side After sliding down skin little model turned came out Gibbs snagged balloon trusswork could steer circle model nearly repeated its pattern time sliding down some cove molding moving clear Bob wasted no time getting balloon model steering center Unfortun ately model lost too much altitude rafter-banging came up short 3025 eighth round produced its own ver sion Indoor oddities Ron Ganser caught model girder hung down tail low could move because other traffic area decided wait Paul Tryons model climbed area drifted bit hit Gansers model knocking clearly off girder models separated negligible damage Tryons reward retrieval service No reflight model hangs girder considered part permanent structure thus no collision Although stated rule book question has come up previous World Champsionships FAI Jury has uniformly agreed concept Also round Jim Richmond man aged have two collisions flight Obarski Andrews both times graz ing touches affected neither model flew same circle Pete Andrews model several minutes model must have feared Petes climbed safety e girders circled once before sliding out away Petes Later right wing tip grazed mushroom again Jims luck him model moved away hazard landed 3550 lot work 10 sec improvement total ninth round started 500 last chance everyone Cailliau pushed fourth sixth round Richmond improved seventh hung eighth So look ing good flight move up Cannizzo needed good back up 3634 Doig Harlan still hopes would take flight nearly 37 minutes best Richmond Alas challengers could come close Cailliau hung up early did Can nizzo Harlans flight underpowered landed 3208 Doig doing better steer drift moved model side stopped propeller balloon string could free model using tube time frustration finally tweaked string enough damage wing contest over Richmond showed exercises utterly vain new design featuring 95-in wing chord long fuse lage put up flight positioned per fectly hit skirt too tired watch flight standings al ready determined landed 3741 few eyebrows raised once again Jim saved best last team Randolph Banks Rich mond showed individually have nec essary credentials represent US least four flights over 34 mm no else Banks last US team placed second 1981 Nagoya Cup Invitational Richmond has World Champion twice teams anyone else Randolph has finally made top Fl D class holds has held numerous records Cabin D Stick etc team selection finals culmi nation two years local regional con tests competition improving participants getting better ably re flected years performances 53 flights exceeding 30 mm 14 above 35 mm compares rather impres sively 1980 World Championships same site corresponding num bers 51 10 no 37s contest three year Can Improve After finals author took time consider some steering ground rules adopted meet As stated earlier adopted curtail cheating did best way approach problem FAI rules permit steering away structure building allow specificbut limitedmovement model up down balloon string Should have encouraged full exercise rules permit cheating recognize skills contestants take advantage within bounds Should have defined cheating methods better devel oped ground rules deal specifically rather adopt strategy would broadly eliminate restricting steering authors opinion scenario reminiscent principal downfall American business short-term goals early profits overshadow long-term solutions perhaps much greater rewards say team selected best Rather point brought out show weakness may over come steering rules may ideal certainly reduce freely-flying aspect sport rules must learn make work us British have 1983 FAI RC Aerobatics World Championships Results Flyoff Individual Champion Top 10% Contestants Scores Finals P1ContestantNationQual1 2Total 1Hanno PrettnerAustria28582956- 29045814 2Bertram LossenF R Germany2804280228555659 3Dave BrownUSA2770284328355613 4Ivan KristensenCanada27712791- 28185589 5Wolfgang MattLiechtenstein2682282128375519 6YoichiroAkibaJapan2640277127775417 7Steve HelmsUSA2687270826725395 Easy B continued Board voted require immediate enforce ment interpretation However interpretation still must validated another Indoor Contest Board vote will taken within four six weeks published notice interval between publication notice forthcoming Indoor Contest Board vote interested modelers invited comment interpretation contacting preferably writing local AMA Dis trict Indoor Contest Board member name address appears Competition Directory found elsewhere Competi tion Newsletter January 1984 121 Larry Cailliau flew well placed 4th selected Team Manager ships smooth slowly-climbing Note wing has compression ribs prop has high positive flare N*CharlieJohnson Cwrnbat Teats Pmags and Rich Lopez Photographs Priscilla Tyndall models high end perfor mance scale took another giant leap forward 1983 Team Trials Models pretty good original Trials St Louis 1977 no longer adequate Force/Fox combination dominant last Trials Nashville 1981 quite spectacular year star potent Nelson 15 nose Rush-style foamie light well-built Force No doubt about folks Nelson has power anything else pulls Combat models cranks out power lot easier consistently less nitro Fox other engine about upward surge technology later far serious Team Trials yet seen People Nashville sev eral days ahead time Jed Kusik drove Wednesday practiced day Thursday occasional visits other competitors Friday absolute mad house out flying site up nine circles going time wind blew very hard times real problem test ing new models earlier week Friday evening pre-contest meeting tradition started back St Louis 1977 Thirty-seven contestants whole bunch officials pit crew friends took over local Sizzlin Sirloin evening proceeded hash over ground rules draw first four rounds werent oohs aahs during drawing because just number rather persons name later found out first four opponents would Three-man teams separated three different groups theyd have fly other catch both pit man might flying same time As turned out Jed first match circle first match circle tWo just fun didnt make much difference real serious types got themselves rearranged As promised matches started exactly time fact leds match started little early could come pit Enough nice things cant said about officials contest Contest Director Mack Henry deserves Congressional Medal Honor minimum judges pit people other circle marshal Bill Lajack everyone take bow USA hosts CL World Championships have basis best team officials ever assembled know dandy contest lets get super models Nelson new king FAI Combat Oh sure good Fox Force still match Nelsonbut people have good Fox ordinary Nelson ABC frontinduction aluminum-case hot rod weighs slightly less Rossi Some Nelson Com bat engines meet started life Team Race engines magnesium cases rear induction aluminum liner piston titanium crank Exotica case doesnt really mean lot poweronly lighter weight Lighter weight transfers free performance comes weight/horsepower equation engine ma gician Henry Nelson can create wildest dream escalation horse power race has also meant steep climb engine costs important spectacular new en gine Nelson will yank dog FAI model around well enough make competitive better models less power Pat Willcox launches George Clevelands modelLarry Driskell has just released streamer Pat Larry great re pairing smashed models tool Ed Brzys prepares launch Ron Colombo Detroit Combat Team took slot 84 teamkept other area dominating contest 122 Model Aviation Tne I4 Us LL liombat team triends IL HI Ed Brzys Ron Colombo Paul M Smith Charlie Johnson Howard Rush Kit Gerhart George Cleveland* Tom Fluker Jr** Dick Stubblefield Note ** defending World Champion * 1984 Combat team member Howard busy giving Tom lecture Combat tactics Dick Stubblefield 1982 team went World Championships Sweden Howard Rushs model roars away Rich Lopez flight clinched spot 84 team Howarri Force Rush foamie powered Nelson overmatch anything else most-used engine Trials still Fox still practical engine too since models hit other ground Fox should still prove acceptable power plant everything Trials World Championships come Ron Colombo George Cleveland Howard Rush won rest us lost Howard Rush best models meet lots Nelson power flew like demon George Cleveland almost good model Nelson power smartest flier contest Ron Colombo whole story himself broke right arm about month before Team Trials learned fly left hand time Trials Through sheer determination lots help De troit Combat Team became first per son team 8-and-2 record Ron never best planes meet although used some pretty good engineswhich cluded Nelson power times Ron natural left-handed flier totally ex hausted end second day saw match Dick Stubbiefield replay TV night What didnt work Anything other 1983 models period Heavy old junk definitely out year Lots foam whether doubletaper straight leading edge argument foam versus wood took turn favor foam time foam-leading-edge kill advantage getting last little nub whereas all-wood model cut string prop course problem pulling off entire streamer first pass get tight deserve loss trend FAI models toward foam efficiency airfoil ease building penalty weight 14-16 oz foam models give something away 12-1 3 oz wood models Piloting style took turn worse year far fewer mid-airs ex pected very few bang-bang flightswhere two consecutive crashes prob lem pilot running around sixmeter Pilots Circle trying keep oppo nent getting cut Ia Chinese team style Everyone takes great pains get lines within slightly-over-three-in toler ance meant keep modals same flight plane have pilot running around circle putting about 15 ft between models making very hard get cutbut too difficult get plane cut loose preferred prop Trials seemed carbon glass fiber modification Taipan 7-4 Bill Lee made bunch props really worked well carved sanded feverishly between matches Technology stuff Going counterclockwise upper left see stooge arrangement used Max Mearns L Henry Nelson aid pitting second modelor work primary model restrained foam-rubber-lined jaws thua freeing second pit man chase streamers rather holding plane radial mount system used Larry Driskell utilizing nylon fixture bolts center section wing also hold ing remote needle valve engine excess metal engine filed awaytheres no return smashed super-Nelsonif think regular Nelson expensive $150 what must extra-light custom jobs magnesium crankcase aluminum cylinder titanium crankshaftnote also rear-drum-valve Team Race case cost Lastly see Gary Arnolds big experimenthe used tuned pipes Nelsonsbut turned out too fragile Combat usually smashed several pieces crash non-pipe porting engines kept performance down January 1984 123 Ah Control Linel Ah Combatl Ah welll Line tangles always seem spoil funor part fun Starting clockwise upper left find Howard Rush R against Jeff Johnsonand Howards fate cant too good what lines falling down around arm young Mitchell Cleveland L nice tangle Bob MearsMitchell outflew several top fli ers Max Mearns R seems have endless supply King Kong handleswhile everyone else trying slow down control response Max spreads lines out control input thats Ron Colombo looking way back right model Howard Rush R Dick Stubblefield especially unusual tangleHoward has Dicks Down line left hand Dicks Up line wrapped around Howards lines Guess ended FAI rules require wear safety helmets kept up needs Texas group McCollum Kelly props use performance governed contestant prop design course abundant prop Taipan 7-4three cheers 60c props generally cut 6% Nelson 6-3/8 Rossiand slightly di ameter Foxes Taipans thinned drastically reshaped Most contestants stayed local Motel Sixwhich also headquarters Team Nelson Rumors triple-dot heads floated through air Regular motel guests pondered advantages triple versus double maybe another 10% nitro would make up miscalculations What happened 1982 teamTom Fluker defending World Champion didnt have try spot Dick Stubblefield him-or-me match George Cleve landand turned out Georges turn win Gary Arnold decided use Nelson power pipe pipe installation proved too fragile power output didnt seem better open-face en gines timing Nelson stock rather pipe-timing power band much broader Gary flew some good matches lot fun maybe just jne smile Lady Luck would have team second time Protests always part large im portant contest worst lot cheap shots Contestant says opponent didnt tell him leaving Pilots Circle after contestant has soundly defeated 6-2 cuts also air time Nothing lose possibly DQ rematch juries appeared very patient Didnt go through back second grade second type protest real problem contestant would running around circle avoid being cut Ia Chinese Team Several times winged warrior stepped out Pilots Circle would call two penalties 40-point penalty accidental loss intentional feeling no would intentionally leave circle model airborne course because would result loss must have accidental 1983 Team Trials successful date thanks officials MACAand above Team Selection Committee happen think com mittee just best organized com mittee AMA excuses being Team will found regular column well suggestions making sport little safer possibly fair World Championships Commentaries US NC Soaring Team Member 1983 WCs held York England year lucky enough partici pate again also flew 81 WCs Sacra mento As readers already know wasnt best performance since managed crash both models through broken elevator belicrank other through delaminated glass-skinned wing What Ill remember about con test competition itself obvi ous reasons teamwork camaraderie friendship event After second crash seemed like person field wanted help repairs night entire US team rebuilt flyable aircraft two wrecks continued competition third day slight satisfaction knowing wasnt alone Andy Keil South Africa also folded wing Dave Worral eventually reached third place overall lost model due radio falure person crash both models Such distinction models entered year revolutionary mainly more-refined ver sions seen Sacramento Perhaps talked about Raif Deckers first-place model its one-piece wing craftsmanship words cant describe doubt Ill ever forget 189-second Speed run either Most other winning models used fancy radios various mixing like elevator/flap aileron/flap both spent lot time trading patches stickers other competitors well talking Luckily pilots spoke enough English conversation no problem course modelers speak com mon language anyway During course contest received invitations visit European pilots several met during sightseeing vacation after contest managed get almost everyone contest sign wing injured model felt pen US team seemed well-prepared fore contest During daily practice averaged 21 22 seconds Speed Dura tion snap Distance possible after two attempts encoun ter violent flutter may have led first crash during competition After prac tice team relaxed flying hand-launch models near college dorms stayed Ill never forget Mark Smiths stealth Mini Birdof-Time flight model dis appeared behind dorm building reap peared its wing trailing debris like bomber shot down WW II entire team rolling grass roaring laughter Alex Bowers model attracted lot tention during competition two rea sons first model out ailerons Tal-Tal used polyhedral rudder instead thick airfoil sections used mainly San Fernando Valley Silent Fliers Southern California Alex would have done better contest included spoilers dive brakes make spot landings easier Mark Smiths models straightforward aileron models although bit heavy employ ing Mark Y airfoil Marks natural flying ability made great combination own models evolution flown WCs two years ago all-fiberglass except spar wing hindsight 20-20 course spars should have gone full span wing rather stopped before halfspan did Live learn lucky team live within 500 miles other allowed frequent practice communication previous team enjoyed now feel team selection process should just highest-scoring team should go World Champs difficult concept should implemented before 1985 way team members can build fly together thing learned over two WCs try build models need three yourself team effort required Another possibility buy almost-ready-to-fly models good homemade ones practice flying closing feel glad have participated 1983 F3B World Championships bad luck once-i n-alifetime experience Ill never forget AMA 124 Model Aviation Roger Simpson receives keys Champion Spark Plug Co Australia van Kevin Maybury Marketing Director Australian company van used US FF team model retrieval flight line return during 1983 FF World Championships People picture L R Jim Bradley* Linda Bradley Matt Gewain* Gale Gewain Ellen Poti Norm Poti* Roger Simpson US FF Team Manager Kevin Maybury Raids Simpson Rol Anderson come got van Australian Champion com Don Edberg pany arranged member Rol Anderson works US Champion Spark Plug Co * denotes US FF team member
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/01
Page Numbers: 115, 116, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124
A 15* RESTON VA 22090 RC World Championships results Individual placingsp 116 Flyoff placingsp 121 Easy B Model Rules Interpretation Indoor Contest Board recently acted request rules interpretation affect ing Indoor Easy B models Background Walter P Van Gorder submitted letter Indoor Contest Board August 111983 stated opinion use carbon fibers structural enhance ment Easy B models violation paragraph 1982h page 14 1982-83 AMA rule book states shall no bracing model except con sists entirely solid wood substantiated opinion stating Easy B event should kept pre sently exists allowing use carbon fiber enhancement reinforcement might just first long series high-technology innovations could creep what has historically supersimple event requested Board make offi cial interpretation rule respect stated opinion Indoor Contest Board Action accordance official Contest Board Procedures last published June 1982 Competition Newslettera copy procedures may obtained Competition Dept AMA HQ too Indoor Contest Board Chairman Bud Tenny caused Board vote interpretation handled immediate enforcement no immediate rulingbut require further vote denial further action Continued page 121 Competition Directory CONTEST COORDINATORSPP Pat English 823 Broadmay Vincennee IN 47591 I Bernice Williams 347 Soushmick Rd Westfield MA 01085 VII events entire district lexcapt Michigenl II P Sobrino 87-26 88th St. Woodhaven Queens NY 11421 Gregg Seydel 3625 Best lana Terrace Cudahy WI 53110 RC Ernest Nikodem 407 Willow St Lockoort NY 14094 Michigan RC Bill Puori 28 Pernwood Or. Commack NY 11725 AC Wayne Yeager 38235 castle Romulus MI 48174 III Ken Reber 427 Blot Dr Nazareth PA 18064 East CL & FF Paul Smith 11112 Dill Or. sterling Hgts. MI 48077 M Weisenbach 4568 W 148th Cleveland OH 44135 IWestI VIII Randy Randolph P0 Box 271048 Dallas TX 75227 IV Warren Sanders Jr 9735 52nd Avenue College Park MO IX Bill Bieda UNIVAC Bldg. 7100 W canter Rd No 420 20741Omaha NE 88108 rC Ed Byerley 200 Commander Cove Stafford VA 22554Rc George Hunter 8982 5 Lamar St Littleton CO 80123 V AC HR Norckauer 12330 Chicumauga Trail Hu,tsvIe X James Caughran 27818 Ormond Ave. Hayward CA 94544 AL 35803 INorthl PF Wallace Johnson 4112 WhiteAcres Rd. Montgomery AL Harry Apoian 27704 Saddle Rd Roiling Hill CA 80274 38106 thl CL Joseph Mead 1338 Rensselaer St Jacksonville PL 32205 Prank Gomes 2241 Noah Street Honolulu HI 96818 HI VI RCe Charles Gray 201 Halman Salem Rd. Terre Haute s IN 47803XI Tom Cone 23262 SE 57th St. Rt 3 IssaOuah WA 98027 AC Seareg Helen Olsen 820 Old Bonhomme Unversity City AC James McCarty 18956 Marine View Seattle WA MO 63132 6 CL WR Bodzioch Jr 235 W Glade Palatine IL 80067 RC Pylon & Soaring RC Pattern other RCRC except Soaring Bold Face Below Indicatma Chairman Conseet eacid FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARDVI Chris Metaano a576 Gingee St John MO 63114 Henry Struck RFO 2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT06371 VII Bill Shailor 13598 Montrose Detroit MI 48227 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ave. Lyndonville NY 14098 VIII Mark Valerius 1827 Overland Pa Sugarland TX 7747B III Rudy Kluiber 2021 Lukeland Ave Lukewood OH 44107 IX Jerald Murphy 2432 AstrOn Colorado Springs CO 80906 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 X Joe Norcrosa P0 Box 65 Hanlord CA 93232 V honny Jenkins 3112 C Ranes Rd Memphis TN 38118 XI Kevin Collins 2320 Sahalee Dr C, Redmond WA 98062 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD V 2 Davis Jr 1813 5 Lakeshore Birmingham AL 38216 Lance Murphy 29 HightopCir B Hamden CT06514 VI Paul Froefrock 3989 Weber Way LesingtOn KY 40514 II Joe Peied 41 Carriage Hill Or. Colta Neck NJ 07722VII Peter Waters 7420 7-Mile Rd. Northaille MI 48187 III Ron Hesselbrock 8320 Blceiserry Hill Ct Cincinnati OHVIII Wet Thomas 331 58 Rockwood Bartleeville OK 74003 48211IX Loren Tregellas 3003S Everett Wichita KS 87217 IV W Abernethy 9205 Carendon Upper Marlboro MD 20870XBill Northrop Jr 821 W 19th St Costa Mesa CA 92627 Xl Charles Davenport 441538 266tn St Kent WA 98031 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARDVI Jim Thowerson 1317 Eileen Collinsvllr IL 82234 George Higgins P0 Box 482 North Pembroke MA 02358VII James Sinton 4941 Wisconsin N New Hope MN 55428 II Bill Boss 7708 289th St New Hyde Park NY 11040 VIII Wet Lee 3522 Tamariak Lane MissOuri City TX 77459 III Luird Jackson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IX Michael Tallman 3014 Exchange Wichita K587217 IV Ron McNally 6116 Serda Ave Springfield VA 22152 X Vic Garner P0 Box 573 Livermore CA 94850 V Dave Hemstraught PG Boa 171 Moneks Cornar SC 29461 Xl John Thompson 1411 Bryan Ave Cottage Grove OR 97424 SCALE CONTEST BOARD VI John Guenther PR 1Box 718 Borden IN 47108 Iry Sear 52 Leegholm Neeksa* NH 03060 VII Claude McCullough RR 1 Box 487 Montezuma IA 50171 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14612 VilI Buddy Irwin 922 Sundown LO Desono TX 75115 III Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St McKeesport PA 15130 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward SI Omaha NE8B1I4 IV Bob Karlsson 2843 Marsh Pd Wilmington DC 18810 X Bill Stroman 12218 Dune St. Norwalk CA 90680 V David PIart 8940 NW 15th Ft Lauderdale FL33313 XI Earle Moorhead 375 5 View Place 5 Salem OR 97302 INDOOR CONTEST BOARD I Ray Harlan 15 Happy Hollow Rd Wayland MA 01778 VI Chris Matnuno 8578 Ginger St John MO 83114 II Merrick Andreme 100 River Pd A11 BogOta NJ 07603 VII Richard Odin B Canary Hill Dr Pontiac MI 48055 III Walter P Van Gorder 5669 Victory View Ln Cincinnati VIII Ralph lead Tenny Boa 548 Aicherdeon TX 75080 ON 45238 IX Stan Chvron 3003 Main Wichita KS 87202 IV Don Srull 941 Kimberwicke Rd McLean VA 22102 X Clarencv Mather 3860 Ecochee Ave San Diego CA 92117 V John Martin 2l80Tiqertail Miami FL 33133 Xl cave Hagen 19957 SRvO Land Rd Oregon Cty0R97045 CONTEST BOARD COOROINATOR Ono Lindley 420 Tupelo Napereille IL 60540 January 1984 115 NE WSLETTE ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS1810 SAMUEL MORSE DRIVE 1983 RC Aerobatics World ChampionshipsTeam Placings After 4 Rounds P1NationTeam ScoreP1NationTeam ScoreP1NationTeam Score 1USA809211Australia714121Norway4533 2Japan788712South Africa692722Venezuela4397cc 3F R Germany787213LuXemburg678523Guatemala2938cc 4Canada774014Netherlands676124New Guinea2429c 5Austria765615MeXiCo633425Chile2149C 6Italy756616Argentina633226Peru2145c 7France751817Korea627827New Zealand2009C 8Belgium739318Brazil612128Finland2005C 9Great Britain737919Ireland5379NOTES C 1 flier 10Switzerland718520Liechtenstein5119 iers Highest Individual Score 2858 Lowest Individual Score 1431 83 Hats MeNeill Cup Winner 1983 FAI F3A World Championships Pensacola Florida USA October 10-15 1983 Results end Round 4 ncr pc LUI CUUI IOU Lup time FAI Power Nats Besides winning Nats trophy Tom dm50 receives annual McNeiIl Cup achievementand free engine available suitable FAI Power competition years engine K&B Cox 15 generously donated Mr Johnny Brodbeck Sr K&B Mfg Tom re ceived engine recent AMA HO Grand Opening AMA Executive Director John Worth R Thats Toms wife left US Scale Team Patcl Available CL Team Race Speed Team Selection Committee Named AMA President John C Grigg has named Jed Kusik WR Bill Lee Charles Lieber Walt Perkins Luke Roy Team sel ection Committee CL Team Race Speed will select nominees Chair man person named 8384 program entrants will asked vote choice Chairman P1 Contestant Nation Round 123 1Hanno PrettnerAustria140613401419 2Bertram LossenF R Germany136512711411 3Ivan KristensenCanada14412941369 4Dave BrownUSA137013101442 5Steve HelmsUSA34312291324 6Wolfgang MattLiechtenstein131513671313 7Yoichiro AkibaJapan126312751298 8Tony FrackowiakUSA119924613Of 9Glichi NarukeJapan12611219134w 10Tsugutaka YoshiokaJapan129t12041280 11Giuseppe BertolozziItaly12451214125 12Pascal ArdondeauFrance126212451304 13Pascal MalfaitFrance125811371281 14FranzMayrFRGermany120211681219 15Greg MarsdenCanada123111571261 16Werner Schweiker 17Benito Bertolani 18Gerard Werion 19Brian Brotherton 20Ken Binks F R Germany Italy Belgium Great Britain Great Britain 1172 17 1046 4 1092 1251 1219 1182 1203 712 21Ruggero PasqualiniItaly10591098 22Hugo PeyerSwitzerland12021185 23Adolf PanzAustria11971125 24Jean-Pierre ZardiniBelgium11071173 25Alexandres DegotteBelgiumt141219 26Jacques GagnonCanada12291124 27Norbert MattLiechtensteinII1226 28Graham StowellNew Guinea11051073 29Rene SchumacherSwitzerland11311062 30Philip StevensGreat Britain 31Andre LafeiteFranceL231184 32Eddie EdwardsAustralia11201118 33Tom ProsserAustralia1118893 34Ivan OlivierSouth Africa11431088 35Hermann KowarzAustria11491151 36Willie SutherlandSouth Africa10851102 37Collin TaylorAustralia10401108 38Emil GiezendannerSwitzerland9971086 39Edy DockendorfLuxemburg10671058 40Tore JemtegaardNorway1231149 41Paul BehmLuxemburg1010859 42Hub DekkersNetherlands11021123 43Jan VanVlietNetherlands9701077 44Jan VanBeekNetherlands1I71066 45Terie EltvikNorway239983 46Ricardo GomezVenezuela1Q991087 47Lucien GerardLuxemburg962992 48Sung-Nam KimKorea978274 49Kevin HayneSouth Africa1052989 50Mario QuintanillaMexico941960 51P1mb RomanoBrazil880986 52MoonHoChoiKorea944889 53Juan HidalgoVenezuela938814 54Mario RodriguezChile9650 55Alberto FlorezPeru960731 56Roberto IskanianArgentina5321070 57Daniel FalcoArgentina1049926 58Angel MaldonadoArgentina855922 59Luis BlakeMexico958878 60Benjamin CastanedaMexico906886 61Jorge MacedoBrazil671835 62Michael LynchNew Zealand844781 63Tero VallasFinland784852 64Jim ClarkeIreland0737 65Jung 80k AnKorea922861 66Salvatore Pompei 67Ray Keane 68Noel Barrett 69Hector Tschen 70Julio Quevedo Brazil Ireland Ireland Guatemala Guatemala 0 905 251 102 623 2Ie 57 s9 116 Model Aviation 1236 1 1 7 1 Support e Teaml Buy silver/orange/blue/black patches $3 Bob Underwood 4109 Concord Oaks Dr St Louis MO 63128 Profits sale patches donated team fund help cover out-of-pocket expenses World Champs Total 2858 2804 2771 2770 2687 2682 2640 2635 2634 2613 2590 2552 2549 2537 2531 2531 2519 2506 2480 2474 2457 2456 2444 2444 2443 2438 2437 2429 2426 2425 2417 2412 2386 2385 2354 2348 2343 2303 2290 2289 2267 2262 2253 2246 2244 2239 2228 2195 2194 2170 2168 2160 2158 2149 2145 2124 2110 2098 2090 2074 2031 2009 2005 1934 1923 1922 1916 1529 1507 1431 RC World Championships results Flyoff placingsp 121 * Total two highest scores Rounds 1 3the other Rounds ymond B Harlan Indoor Teani Finals Photos author strange aura clung Northwood atrium Devoid human activity save lone maintenance man seemed ghost urging recount its colorful history future still uncertain would door contest last commenced 16 years ago Whatever surely promised very best na tions top Fl D fliers gathering decide composition 1984 US Indoor team World Championships scheduled held next year Trade Center Na goya Japan October 14 through 18 Northwood very similar site having same ceiling height about half diameter Program participants chose Northwood basis good performance should equate good performance World Championships voting close felt great flights volved significant measure luck since rafter-hanging mandatory high times may emphasis would deal ing unfriendly sitewhich would valuable experience going Japan Erv Rodemsky agreed Contest Director 1981 Santa Ana brought wife Joan assistant gether made contest function flawlessly despite high tensions anxieties contestants always accompany Finals Getting Started Following day practice fliers began take measure site meeting held prior first round wherein Erv began set tone con test laying out ground rules NIMAS meet June flier opinion generously bent steering rules holding back climb later moving model warm air pockets no danger colliding either another model buildingstructure Therefore felt some rules relevant site specifically stated FAI rule book might appropriate help limit abuses Following suggestion Jim Richmond Erv introduced idea allowing steer ing inside ring drawn atriums mosaic floor corresponded midpoint skylights above also suggested no steering permitted move models away mushroom hanging above center disk Further models would required launched point about midway ring floor its r 1984 US FAI Indoor team L R Cezar Banks Bob Randolph Jim Rich mond lot relaxed now tensions contest over center thus averting off-center launches would require early steeringwherein power burst might held back No sharks teeth would permitted steering-balloon string prevent balloon string catching propeller can used push model gain al titude contestant wanted steer announce loudly timer CD could hear observe vio lated rules flight would disquali fied strong words would serve keep steering honorable two models potential collide least time must steered out way Test flying would permit ted flier model balloon string interfered official flight flier would forfeit next round ground rules accepted vote couple dissenters nosteering-away-from-the-mushroom rule mushroom hit high enough causes model slide down side nose-down attitude finally power-diving off bottomwith result almost certainly collapsed wing contestants agreed certainty thought ruling could help avoid steering abuse adopted Perhaps word two should said 118 Model Aviation chose fly atrium Northwood Institute West Baden IN because its same height World Championships site Nagoya Japan Three fliers demonstrated superior performances Others flights previous years would have put teambut time Super-winder Stan Chilton High-ratio gears can torquefree magnetic pickoff reads turns output shaft transmits big LED display No muttering yourself wind ing display can blanked retaining number turns integral memory chip Paul Tryon uses exquisite pitch gauge compare blade setting blade prop both must alike check actual pitch values Too bad cant read labels scales Left-hand launcn sends Jim Hiclimoncis Catwalker IL its way lie switcned nis new design aner 4th round Bill Hulbert C just fliers repair business went all-out high times Hes patching film latest Time Machine Pete Andrews R first flier break 30 mm 1949 held FiD record nearly 45 mm few years ago Bud Romak 1 Indoor World Champion 17bbrougflt models witn mm rinals him ceiling too low able get long flights needed place team Bob Randolphs model C Cezar Banks designand really does have rudder invisible since uses boron filament outline light reflecting film Dick Obarski R hit girders ceiling too often didnt score well enough make team Hes now retired lives Florida aI Lannizzo IL returned contest activity after several years hiatus finished flourish 5th Jim Clem C atrium ceiling must seem infinitely high since usually flies under 25-ft ceiling Bedford TX gyml flights reached rafters several times Lew Gitlow R used 5-rib wings boron-filament rudder outline Mr Indoor Model Supplies null,CU L,C OWCl LU PCCIJlIlUll L .. .e prop trtoge Un funaiumy ii ible photo Walt V. uLer C hasnt done much FiD flying yet easily broke 30 mm Richmond e design wife Delores lent him much support Cezar Banks R flew several designs consistent flier Finals previous flight ex perience Nagoya Nagoya Cup November 6-8 1981 should help him forthcoming World Championships January 1984 119 about mushroom Northwood atriumsome readers report may never have very center ceil ing atrium large circular structure used levitating bandstand decorative bauble dangles several feet below Both things real model-eaters shrouded hanging plastic sheeting Indoor flying order day large bandstand encased plastic down its base about 10 ft high tube plastic enshrouds pendant its cable underside bandstand decorated concentric circles spokelike designs overall impression gigantic mushroom suspended center atriums domed ceiling Rounds would two-and-one-half hours long Contestants would time others flights would get credit via green mark flight cards timing timers needed fewest credits would called addition flier credits would given preference obtaining timer high-demand situation effectively served encourage volun teer timing spread flying over course rounds Competition first round started noon Satur day air seemed good serious flying underway shortly thereafter Sal Cannizzo launched model climbed fast reach ing top few minutes model hit girder fell off tallslide rolled out about 50 ft climbed right back up again After some lucky bouncing Pete Andrews model collided little warning thus ending two potentially great flights Bob Randolph Larry Cailliau Bob Gibbs served notice California con tingent came win posting top three times Round Oneeach over 33 mm second round Randolph empha sized point scoring 3648 Cailliau did same 3641 Cezar Banks initiated assault high time round 3708 Walt Van Gorder first team selection program followed leaders 3 420 third round Banks moved first flight 3606 Randolph im proved two-flight total 3530 second place However object very interesting episode Larry Cailliau third place after two rounds flight moved up ward ever slowly finally reached skirt mushroom about 10 mm model continued alternately touch skirt girders fpr nearly 15 mm finally slipping un der disk close 25-mm mark ever after three circles hit stem mushroom slid down folded wing ending what might have record-setting flight end first day Banks Randolph Cailliau led Gibbs Tryon Harlan Van Gorder following victims mush room first day talk revis ing steering rules avoid calamity enough support generated no changes made Time Out Observations technical note Larry Cailliau troduced steering tube West Baden June thing polyurethane tube about two-thirds inch diameter com prises top 20 30 ft steering-balloon string very effectively prevents string catching irreversibly propeller Ray Harlan obtained roll material used manufacture very small plastic bags soon nearly everyone trying out blown up air ends tied knots seal forming fairly rigid tube Sharks teeth now obsoleted use boron filaments has emerged broad scale seen motorsticks tail booms rudders propeller outlines propeller ribs Bob Randolph used tung sten bracing wire bow curve boron ribs rudders boron pre vents all-too-common breakage models allowed land floor Only circular rudders seen boron filament overlapped ends held gether CyA glue Jim Richmond clever idea steering balloons always difficult judge large balloon inflating blew up finally satisfied its size put two marks 4 apart using felt-tipped pen way next time inflated could just measure marks instead having look whole balloon subject balloons Ray Harlan built Mylar balloon same material used commercial balloons come small sizes six-segment de sign diameter 30 Mylar balloons unpressurized can stand rough hand ling around sharp protrusions girders Rich Doig probably wished had balloon exploded trying dislodge model girder model destroyed Back Competition Weather second day nearly same first warm 82 degrees little humid 80% Times posted fourth round very low hangups some col lisions two flights over 30 mm Doig won round 3457 moving fourth place Andrews a3041 quick word about midair collisions resulted either two factors first times fliers stopped watching models something else models appeared no danger Despite lethargic motion ma chines situations can change rapidly fliers should always prepared move swiftly balloon second factor fliers reticent steer because lack experience fear damaging model prefer depend luck avoid collision Steering rules have book years yet US remains far beIndoor Team Selection West Baden Indiana September3-5 1983 P1Contestant RoundBestFinalsPriorTotal 123456789TwoPointsPointsPoints 1Bob Randolph34483648353083034253730741810000010973110973 2Cezar Banks75037083606134334466143657363974059970811000110708 3Jim Richmond1405102135527273348354030073550374173339899111000109991 4Larry Cailliau33293641251775433513333105155370329493011000105930 5Sal Cannizzo734551300573036343218141751594968529268711000103687 6RayHarlan311732552920844351690331081218320868119176810966102734 7Richard Doig16573Y41834F22258156412547224568329223910428T2T 8Bob Gibbs3309305534082800154426073025304385467179055610999101555 9Stan Chilton233060772529433426323867049026511000101265 10BudRomak29112501242919472845322633483216280466148914310974100117 11PaulTryon31521314331492326402243230912502728650687618999697614 12Walt Van Gorder26523420181828354343036233323556456873931007697469 13LewGitlow912194184213213318139657235531026420865861081597401 14Earl Hoffman6241824808215020443025502321714396242843881037494762 15PeteAndrews2452314055630417532832224526127436221839171053994456 16DickObarski910294027261834312030102223293818476130827731084293615 17Bill Hulbert313418497382433221722431104265524255829787121100089712 18Dan Belieff2100313170924552128101941826002528573177411997087381 19Ron Ganser1256243520068279072859250270327075606754S21052686008 20Al Rohrbaugh22408394422636152329059592654555975348875084098 21Jim Clem2382219223518351100154815581536451360857895269809 120 Model Aviation infamous mushroom apex ceiling Northwood Institute atrium protective plastic sheathing assures return modelnot its safetyl hind Great Britain proficiency Times picked up fifth round Cannizzo leading packat 3634 Richmond put up 3348 boost himself fourth place Harlan posted best time 3516 two leaders Banks Randolph demon strated consistency 34-mm flights did improve totals air warmed up stabilized somewhat sixth round However long flights made fairly late round including Randolph 3730 best fortunate hit skirt rafters minutes avoid both hangup mushroom Cailliau improved total 3351 dropped fourth Richmond managed 3540 slip ahead him Cannizzo improved 3218 fifth place Interestingly end two days first eight places de cided yet best flight meet would come next day final day Bob Randolph decided wait see rest competition challenged him Banks let him know finished flying 365 7 the top eight improve score others trying Al Rohrbaugh really threatened girders flying above least four circles model ac tually touched roof skin before sliding off another girder getting safer air However after touch skirt model again rose above girders hung after three four circles wait slipped off within allotted 10 sec twisted wing tailslid free air re covered clearly below girders could have steered closer center Al elected After few circles propeller lightly touched beam caught finally ending drama happened span 10 mm Bob Gibbs tried imitate Al over side After sliding down skin little model turned came out Gibbs snagged balloon trusswork could steer circle model nearly repeated its pattern time sliding down some cove molding moving clear Bob wasted no time getting balloon model steering center Unfortun ately model lost too much altitude rafter-banging came up short 3025 eighth round produced its own ver sion Indoor oddities Ron Ganser caught model girder hung down tail low could move because other traffic area decided wait Paul Tryons model climbed area drifted bit hit Gansers model knocking clearly off girder models separated negligible damage Tryons reward retrieval service No reflight model hangs girder considered part permanent structure thus no collision Although stated rule book question has come up previous World Champsionships FAI Jury has uniformly agreed concept Also round Jim Richmond man aged have two collisions flight Obarski Andrews both times graz ing touches affected neither model flew same circle Pete Andrews model several minutes model must have feared Petes climbed safety e girders circled once before sliding out away Petes Later right wing tip grazed mushroom again Jims luck him model moved away hazard landed 3550 lot work 10 sec improvement total ninth round started 500 last chance everyone Cailliau pushed fourth sixth round Richmond improved seventh hung eighth So look ing good flight move up Cannizzo needed good back up 3634 Doig Harlan still hopes would take flight nearly 37 minutes best Richmond Alas challengers could come close Cailliau hung up early did Can nizzo Harlans flight underpowered landed 3208 Doig doing better steer drift moved model side stopped propeller balloon string could free model using tube time frustration finally tweaked string enough damage wing contest over Richmond showed exercises utterly vain new design featuring 95-in wing chord long fuse lage put up flight positioned per fectly hit skirt too tired watch flight standings al ready determined landed 3741 few eyebrows raised once again Jim saved best last team Randolph Banks Rich mond showed individually have nec essary credentials represent US least four flights over 34 mm no else Banks last US team placed second 1981 Nagoya Cup Invitational Richmond has World Champion twice teams anyone else Randolph has finally made top Fl D class holds has held numerous records Cabin D Stick etc team selection finals culmi nation two years local regional con tests competition improving participants getting better ably re flected years performances 53 flights exceeding 30 mm 14 above 35 mm compares rather impres sively 1980 World Championships same site corresponding num bers 51 10 no 37s contest three year Can Improve After finals author took time consider some steering ground rules adopted meet As stated earlier adopted curtail cheating did best way approach problem FAI rules permit steering away structure building allow specificbut limitedmovement model up down balloon string Should have encouraged full exercise rules permit cheating recognize skills contestants take advantage within bounds Should have defined cheating methods better devel oped ground rules deal specifically rather adopt strategy would broadly eliminate restricting steering authors opinion scenario reminiscent principal downfall American business short-term goals early profits overshadow long-term solutions perhaps much greater rewards say team selected best Rather point brought out show weakness may over come steering rules may ideal certainly reduce freely-flying aspect sport rules must learn make work us British have 1983 FAI RC Aerobatics World Championships Results Flyoff Individual Champion Top 10% Contestants Scores Finals P1ContestantNationQual1 2Total 1Hanno PrettnerAustria28582956- 29045814 2Bertram LossenF R Germany2804280228555659 3Dave BrownUSA2770284328355613 4Ivan KristensenCanada27712791- 28185589 5Wolfgang MattLiechtenstein2682282128375519 6YoichiroAkibaJapan2640277127775417 7Steve HelmsUSA2687270826725395 Easy B continued Board voted require immediate enforce ment interpretation However interpretation still must validated another Indoor Contest Board vote will taken within four six weeks published notice interval between publication notice forthcoming Indoor Contest Board vote interested modelers invited comment interpretation contacting preferably writing local AMA Dis trict Indoor Contest Board member name address appears Competition Directory found elsewhere Competi tion Newsletter January 1984 121 Larry Cailliau flew well placed 4th selected Team Manager ships smooth slowly-climbing Note wing has compression ribs prop has high positive flare N*CharlieJohnson Cwrnbat Teats Pmags and Rich Lopez Photographs Priscilla Tyndall models high end perfor mance scale took another giant leap forward 1983 Team Trials Models pretty good original Trials St Louis 1977 no longer adequate Force/Fox combination dominant last Trials Nashville 1981 quite spectacular year star potent Nelson 15 nose Rush-style foamie light well-built Force No doubt about folks Nelson has power anything else pulls Combat models cranks out power lot easier consistently less nitro Fox other engine about upward surge technology later far serious Team Trials yet seen People Nashville sev eral days ahead time Jed Kusik drove Wednesday practiced day Thursday occasional visits other competitors Friday absolute mad house out flying site up nine circles going time wind blew very hard times real problem test ing new models earlier week Friday evening pre-contest meeting tradition started back St Louis 1977 Thirty-seven contestants whole bunch officials pit crew friends took over local Sizzlin Sirloin evening proceeded hash over ground rules draw first four rounds werent oohs aahs during drawing because just number rather persons name later found out first four opponents would Three-man teams separated three different groups theyd have fly other catch both pit man might flying same time As turned out Jed first match circle first match circle tWo just fun didnt make much difference real serious types got themselves rearranged As promised matches started exactly time fact leds match started little early could come pit Enough nice things cant said about officials contest Contest Director Mack Henry deserves Congressional Medal Honor minimum judges pit people other circle marshal Bill Lajack everyone take bow USA hosts CL World Championships have basis best team officials ever assembled know dandy contest lets get super models Nelson new king FAI Combat Oh sure good Fox Force still match Nelsonbut people have good Fox ordinary Nelson ABC frontinduction aluminum-case hot rod weighs slightly less Rossi Some Nelson Com bat engines meet started life Team Race engines magnesium cases rear induction aluminum liner piston titanium crank Exotica case doesnt really mean lot poweronly lighter weight Lighter weight transfers free performance comes weight/horsepower equation engine ma gician Henry Nelson can create wildest dream escalation horse power race has also meant steep climb engine costs important spectacular new en gine Nelson will yank dog FAI model around well enough make competitive better models less power Pat Willcox launches George Clevelands modelLarry Driskell has just released streamer Pat Larry great re pairing smashed models tool Ed Brzys prepares launch Ron Colombo Detroit Combat Team took slot 84 teamkept other area dominating contest 122 Model Aviation Tne I4 Us LL liombat team triends IL HI Ed Brzys Ron Colombo Paul M Smith Charlie Johnson Howard Rush Kit Gerhart George Cleveland* Tom Fluker Jr** Dick Stubblefield Note ** defending World Champion * 1984 Combat team member Howard busy giving Tom lecture Combat tactics Dick Stubblefield 1982 team went World Championships Sweden Howard Rushs model roars away Rich Lopez flight clinched spot 84 team Howarri Force Rush foamie powered Nelson overmatch anything else most-used engine Trials still Fox still practical engine too since models hit other ground Fox should still prove acceptable power plant everything Trials World Championships come Ron Colombo George Cleveland Howard Rush won rest us lost Howard Rush best models meet lots Nelson power flew like demon George Cleveland almost good model Nelson power smartest flier contest Ron Colombo whole story himself broke right arm about month before Team Trials learned fly left hand time Trials Through sheer determination lots help De troit Combat Team became first per son team 8-and-2 record Ron never best planes meet although used some pretty good engineswhich cluded Nelson power times Ron natural left-handed flier totally ex hausted end second day saw match Dick Stubbiefield replay TV night What didnt work Anything other 1983 models period Heavy old junk definitely out year Lots foam whether doubletaper straight leading edge argument foam versus wood took turn favor foam time foam-leading-edge kill advantage getting last little nub whereas all-wood model cut string prop course problem pulling off entire streamer first pass get tight deserve loss trend FAI models toward foam efficiency airfoil ease building penalty weight 14-16 oz foam models give something away 12-1 3 oz wood models Piloting style took turn worse year far fewer mid-airs ex pected very few bang-bang flightswhere two consecutive crashes prob lem pilot running around sixmeter Pilots Circle trying keep oppo nent getting cut Ia Chinese team style Everyone takes great pains get lines within slightly-over-three-in toler ance meant keep modals same flight plane have pilot running around circle putting about 15 ft between models making very hard get cutbut too difficult get plane cut loose preferred prop Trials seemed carbon glass fiber modification Taipan 7-4 Bill Lee made bunch props really worked well carved sanded feverishly between matches Technology stuff Going counterclockwise upper left see stooge arrangement used Max Mearns L Henry Nelson aid pitting second modelor work primary model restrained foam-rubber-lined jaws thua freeing second pit man chase streamers rather holding plane radial mount system used Larry Driskell utilizing nylon fixture bolts center section wing also hold ing remote needle valve engine excess metal engine filed awaytheres no return smashed super-Nelsonif think regular Nelson expensive $150 what must extra-light custom jobs magnesium crankcase aluminum cylinder titanium crankshaftnote also rear-drum-valve Team Race case cost Lastly see Gary Arnolds big experimenthe used tuned pipes Nelsonsbut turned out too fragile Combat usually smashed several pieces crash non-pipe porting engines kept performance down January 1984 123 Ah Control Linel Ah Combatl Ah welll Line tangles always seem spoil funor part fun Starting clockwise upper left find Howard Rush R against Jeff Johnsonand Howards fate cant too good what lines falling down around arm young Mitchell Cleveland L nice tangle Bob MearsMitchell outflew several top fli ers Max Mearns R seems have endless supply King Kong handleswhile everyone else trying slow down control response Max spreads lines out control input thats Ron Colombo looking way back right model Howard Rush R Dick Stubblefield especially unusual tangleHoward has Dicks Down line left hand Dicks Up line wrapped around Howards lines Guess ended FAI rules require wear safety helmets kept up needs Texas group McCollum Kelly props use performance governed contestant prop design course abundant prop Taipan 7-4three cheers 60c props generally cut 6% Nelson 6-3/8 Rossiand slightly di ameter Foxes Taipans thinned drastically reshaped Most contestants stayed local Motel Sixwhich also headquarters Team Nelson Rumors triple-dot heads floated through air Regular motel guests pondered advantages triple versus double maybe another 10% nitro would make up miscalculations What happened 1982 teamTom Fluker defending World Champion didnt have try spot Dick Stubblefield him-or-me match George Cleve landand turned out Georges turn win Gary Arnold decided use Nelson power pipe pipe installation proved too fragile power output didnt seem better open-face en gines timing Nelson stock rather pipe-timing power band much broader Gary flew some good matches lot fun maybe just jne smile Lady Luck would have team second time Protests always part large im portant contest worst lot cheap shots Contestant says opponent didnt tell him leaving Pilots Circle after contestant has soundly defeated 6-2 cuts also air time Nothing lose possibly DQ rematch juries appeared very patient Didnt go through back second grade second type protest real problem contestant would running around circle avoid being cut Ia Chinese Team Several times winged warrior stepped out Pilots Circle would call two penalties 40-point penalty accidental loss intentional feeling no would intentionally leave circle model airborne course because would result loss must have accidental 1983 Team Trials successful date thanks officials MACAand above Team Selection Committee happen think com mittee just best organized com mittee AMA excuses being Team will found regular column well suggestions making sport little safer possibly fair World Championships Commentaries US NC Soaring Team Member 1983 WCs held York England year lucky enough partici pate again also flew 81 WCs Sacra mento As readers already know wasnt best performance since managed crash both models through broken elevator belicrank other through delaminated glass-skinned wing What Ill remember about con test competition itself obvi ous reasons teamwork camaraderie friendship event After second crash seemed like person field wanted help repairs night entire US team rebuilt flyable aircraft two wrecks continued competition third day slight satisfaction knowing wasnt alone Andy Keil South Africa also folded wing Dave Worral eventually reached third place overall lost model due radio falure person crash both models Such distinction models entered year revolutionary mainly more-refined ver sions seen Sacramento Perhaps talked about Raif Deckers first-place model its one-piece wing craftsmanship words cant describe doubt Ill ever forget 189-second Speed run either Most other winning models used fancy radios various mixing like elevator/flap aileron/flap both spent lot time trading patches stickers other competitors well talking Luckily pilots spoke enough English conversation no problem course modelers speak com mon language anyway During course contest received invitations visit European pilots several met during sightseeing vacation after contest managed get almost everyone contest sign wing injured model felt pen US team seemed well-prepared fore contest During daily practice averaged 21 22 seconds Speed Dura tion snap Distance possible after two attempts encoun ter violent flutter may have led first crash during competition After prac tice team relaxed flying hand-launch models near college dorms stayed Ill never forget Mark Smiths stealth Mini Birdof-Time flight model dis appeared behind dorm building reap peared its wing trailing debris like bomber shot down WW II entire team rolling grass roaring laughter Alex Bowers model attracted lot tention during competition two rea sons first model out ailerons Tal-Tal used polyhedral rudder instead thick airfoil sections used mainly San Fernando Valley Silent Fliers Southern California Alex would have done better contest included spoilers dive brakes make spot landings easier Mark Smiths models straightforward aileron models although bit heavy employ ing Mark Y airfoil Marks natural flying ability made great combination own models evolution flown WCs two years ago all-fiberglass except spar wing hindsight 20-20 course spars should have gone full span wing rather stopped before halfspan did Live learn lucky team live within 500 miles other allowed frequent practice communication previous team enjoyed now feel team selection process should just highest-scoring team should go World Champs difficult concept should implemented before 1985 way team members can build fly together thing learned over two WCs try build models need three yourself team effort required Another possibility buy almost-ready-to-fly models good homemade ones practice flying closing feel glad have participated 1983 F3B World Championships bad luck once-i n-alifetime experience Ill never forget AMA 124 Model Aviation Roger Simpson receives keys Champion Spark Plug Co Australia van Kevin Maybury Marketing Director Australian company van used US FF team model retrieval flight line return during 1983 FF World Championships People picture L R Jim Bradley* Linda Bradley Matt Gewain* Gale Gewain Ellen Poti Norm Poti* Roger Simpson US FF Team Manager Kevin Maybury Raids Simpson Rol Anderson come got van Australian Champion com Don Edberg pany arranged member Rol Anderson works US Champion Spark Plug Co * denotes US FF team member
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/01
Page Numbers: 115, 116, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124
A 15* RESTON VA 22090 RC World Championships results Individual placingsp 116 Flyoff placingsp 121 Easy B Model Rules Interpretation Indoor Contest Board recently acted request rules interpretation affect ing Indoor Easy B models Background Walter P Van Gorder submitted letter Indoor Contest Board August 111983 stated opinion use carbon fibers structural enhance ment Easy B models violation paragraph 1982h page 14 1982-83 AMA rule book states shall no bracing model except con sists entirely solid wood substantiated opinion stating Easy B event should kept pre sently exists allowing use carbon fiber enhancement reinforcement might just first long series high-technology innovations could creep what has historically supersimple event requested Board make offi cial interpretation rule respect stated opinion Indoor Contest Board Action accordance official Contest Board Procedures last published June 1982 Competition Newslettera copy procedures may obtained Competition Dept AMA HQ too Indoor Contest Board Chairman Bud Tenny caused Board vote interpretation handled immediate enforcement no immediate rulingbut require further vote denial further action Continued page 121 Competition Directory CONTEST COORDINATORSPP Pat English 823 Broadmay Vincennee IN 47591 I Bernice Williams 347 Soushmick Rd Westfield MA 01085 VII events entire district lexcapt Michigenl II P Sobrino 87-26 88th St. Woodhaven Queens NY 11421 Gregg Seydel 3625 Best lana Terrace Cudahy WI 53110 RC Ernest Nikodem 407 Willow St Lockoort NY 14094 Michigan RC Bill Puori 28 Pernwood Or. Commack NY 11725 AC Wayne Yeager 38235 castle Romulus MI 48174 III Ken Reber 427 Blot Dr Nazareth PA 18064 East CL & FF Paul Smith 11112 Dill Or. sterling Hgts. MI 48077 M Weisenbach 4568 W 148th Cleveland OH 44135 IWestI VIII Randy Randolph P0 Box 271048 Dallas TX 75227 IV Warren Sanders Jr 9735 52nd Avenue College Park MO IX Bill Bieda UNIVAC Bldg. 7100 W canter Rd No 420 20741Omaha NE 88108 rC Ed Byerley 200 Commander Cove Stafford VA 22554Rc George Hunter 8982 5 Lamar St Littleton CO 80123 V AC HR Norckauer 12330 Chicumauga Trail Hu,tsvIe X James Caughran 27818 Ormond Ave. Hayward CA 94544 AL 35803 INorthl PF Wallace Johnson 4112 WhiteAcres Rd. Montgomery AL Harry Apoian 27704 Saddle Rd Roiling Hill CA 80274 38106 thl CL Joseph Mead 1338 Rensselaer St Jacksonville PL 32205 Prank Gomes 2241 Noah Street Honolulu HI 96818 HI VI RCe Charles Gray 201 Halman Salem Rd. Terre Haute s IN 47803XI Tom Cone 23262 SE 57th St. Rt 3 IssaOuah WA 98027 AC Seareg Helen Olsen 820 Old Bonhomme Unversity City AC James McCarty 18956 Marine View Seattle WA MO 63132 6 CL WR Bodzioch Jr 235 W Glade Palatine IL 80067 RC Pylon & Soaring RC Pattern other RCRC except Soaring Bold Face Below Indicatma Chairman Conseet eacid FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARDVI Chris Metaano a576 Gingee St John MO 63114 Henry Struck RFO 2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT06371 VII Bill Shailor 13598 Montrose Detroit MI 48227 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ave. Lyndonville NY 14098 VIII Mark Valerius 1827 Overland Pa Sugarland TX 7747B III Rudy Kluiber 2021 Lukeland Ave Lukewood OH 44107 IX Jerald Murphy 2432 AstrOn Colorado Springs CO 80906 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 X Joe Norcrosa P0 Box 65 Hanlord CA 93232 V honny Jenkins 3112 C Ranes Rd Memphis TN 38118 XI Kevin Collins 2320 Sahalee Dr C, Redmond WA 98062 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD V 2 Davis Jr 1813 5 Lakeshore Birmingham AL 38216 Lance Murphy 29 HightopCir B Hamden CT06514 VI Paul Froefrock 3989 Weber Way LesingtOn KY 40514 II Joe Peied 41 Carriage Hill Or. Colta Neck NJ 07722VII Peter Waters 7420 7-Mile Rd. Northaille MI 48187 III Ron Hesselbrock 8320 Blceiserry Hill Ct Cincinnati OHVIII Wet Thomas 331 58 Rockwood Bartleeville OK 74003 48211IX Loren Tregellas 3003S Everett Wichita KS 87217 IV W Abernethy 9205 Carendon Upper Marlboro MD 20870XBill Northrop Jr 821 W 19th St Costa Mesa CA 92627 Xl Charles Davenport 441538 266tn St Kent WA 98031 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARDVI Jim Thowerson 1317 Eileen Collinsvllr IL 82234 George Higgins P0 Box 482 North Pembroke MA 02358VII James Sinton 4941 Wisconsin N New Hope MN 55428 II Bill Boss 7708 289th St New Hyde Park NY 11040 VIII Wet Lee 3522 Tamariak Lane MissOuri City TX 77459 III Luird Jackson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IX Michael Tallman 3014 Exchange Wichita K587217 IV Ron McNally 6116 Serda Ave Springfield VA 22152 X Vic Garner P0 Box 573 Livermore CA 94850 V Dave Hemstraught PG Boa 171 Moneks Cornar SC 29461 Xl John Thompson 1411 Bryan Ave Cottage Grove OR 97424 SCALE CONTEST BOARD VI John Guenther PR 1Box 718 Borden IN 47108 Iry Sear 52 Leegholm Neeksa* NH 03060 VII Claude McCullough RR 1 Box 487 Montezuma IA 50171 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14612 VilI Buddy Irwin 922 Sundown LO Desono TX 75115 III Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St McKeesport PA 15130 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward SI Omaha NE8B1I4 IV Bob Karlsson 2843 Marsh Pd Wilmington DC 18810 X Bill Stroman 12218 Dune St. Norwalk CA 90680 V David PIart 8940 NW 15th Ft Lauderdale FL33313 XI Earle Moorhead 375 5 View Place 5 Salem OR 97302 INDOOR CONTEST BOARD I Ray Harlan 15 Happy Hollow Rd Wayland MA 01778 VI Chris Matnuno 8578 Ginger St John MO 83114 II Merrick Andreme 100 River Pd A11 BogOta NJ 07603 VII Richard Odin B Canary Hill Dr Pontiac MI 48055 III Walter P Van Gorder 5669 Victory View Ln Cincinnati VIII Ralph lead Tenny Boa 548 Aicherdeon TX 75080 ON 45238 IX Stan Chvron 3003 Main Wichita KS 87202 IV Don Srull 941 Kimberwicke Rd McLean VA 22102 X Clarencv Mather 3860 Ecochee Ave San Diego CA 92117 V John Martin 2l80Tiqertail Miami FL 33133 Xl cave Hagen 19957 SRvO Land Rd Oregon Cty0R97045 CONTEST BOARD COOROINATOR Ono Lindley 420 Tupelo Napereille IL 60540 January 1984 115 NE WSLETTE ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS1810 SAMUEL MORSE DRIVE 1983 RC Aerobatics World ChampionshipsTeam Placings After 4 Rounds P1NationTeam ScoreP1NationTeam ScoreP1NationTeam Score 1USA809211Australia714121Norway4533 2Japan788712South Africa692722Venezuela4397cc 3F R Germany787213LuXemburg678523Guatemala2938cc 4Canada774014Netherlands676124New Guinea2429c 5Austria765615MeXiCo633425Chile2149C 6Italy756616Argentina633226Peru2145c 7France751817Korea627827New Zealand2009C 8Belgium739318Brazil612128Finland2005C 9Great Britain737919Ireland5379NOTES C 1 flier 10Switzerland718520Liechtenstein5119 iers Highest Individual Score 2858 Lowest Individual Score 1431 83 Hats MeNeill Cup Winner 1983 FAI F3A World Championships Pensacola Florida USA October 10-15 1983 Results end Round 4 ncr pc LUI CUUI IOU Lup time FAI Power Nats Besides winning Nats trophy Tom dm50 receives annual McNeiIl Cup achievementand free engine available suitable FAI Power competition years engine K&B Cox 15 generously donated Mr Johnny Brodbeck Sr K&B Mfg Tom re ceived engine recent AMA HO Grand Opening AMA Executive Director John Worth R Thats Toms wife left US Scale Team Patcl Available CL Team Race Speed Team Selection Committee Named AMA President John C Grigg has named Jed Kusik WR Bill Lee Charles Lieber Walt Perkins Luke Roy Team sel ection Committee CL Team Race Speed will select nominees Chair man person named 8384 program entrants will asked vote choice Chairman P1 Contestant Nation Round 123 1Hanno PrettnerAustria140613401419 2Bertram LossenF R Germany136512711411 3Ivan KristensenCanada14412941369 4Dave BrownUSA137013101442 5Steve HelmsUSA34312291324 6Wolfgang MattLiechtenstein131513671313 7Yoichiro AkibaJapan126312751298 8Tony FrackowiakUSA119924613Of 9Glichi NarukeJapan12611219134w 10Tsugutaka YoshiokaJapan129t12041280 11Giuseppe BertolozziItaly12451214125 12Pascal ArdondeauFrance126212451304 13Pascal MalfaitFrance125811371281 14FranzMayrFRGermany120211681219 15Greg MarsdenCanada123111571261 16Werner Schweiker 17Benito Bertolani 18Gerard Werion 19Brian Brotherton 20Ken Binks F R Germany Italy Belgium Great Britain Great Britain 1172 17 1046 4 1092 1251 1219 1182 1203 712 21Ruggero PasqualiniItaly10591098 22Hugo PeyerSwitzerland12021185 23Adolf PanzAustria11971125 24Jean-Pierre ZardiniBelgium11071173 25Alexandres DegotteBelgiumt141219 26Jacques GagnonCanada12291124 27Norbert MattLiechtensteinII1226 28Graham StowellNew Guinea11051073 29Rene SchumacherSwitzerland11311062 30Philip StevensGreat Britain 31Andre LafeiteFranceL231184 32Eddie EdwardsAustralia11201118 33Tom ProsserAustralia1118893 34Ivan OlivierSouth Africa11431088 35Hermann KowarzAustria11491151 36Willie SutherlandSouth Africa10851102 37Collin TaylorAustralia10401108 38Emil GiezendannerSwitzerland9971086 39Edy DockendorfLuxemburg10671058 40Tore JemtegaardNorway1231149 41Paul BehmLuxemburg1010859 42Hub DekkersNetherlands11021123 43Jan VanVlietNetherlands9701077 44Jan VanBeekNetherlands1I71066 45Terie EltvikNorway239983 46Ricardo GomezVenezuela1Q991087 47Lucien GerardLuxemburg962992 48Sung-Nam KimKorea978274 49Kevin HayneSouth Africa1052989 50Mario QuintanillaMexico941960 51P1mb RomanoBrazil880986 52MoonHoChoiKorea944889 53Juan HidalgoVenezuela938814 54Mario RodriguezChile9650 55Alberto FlorezPeru960731 56Roberto IskanianArgentina5321070 57Daniel FalcoArgentina1049926 58Angel MaldonadoArgentina855922 59Luis BlakeMexico958878 60Benjamin CastanedaMexico906886 61Jorge MacedoBrazil671835 62Michael LynchNew Zealand844781 63Tero VallasFinland784852 64Jim ClarkeIreland0737 65Jung 80k AnKorea922861 66Salvatore Pompei 67Ray Keane 68Noel Barrett 69Hector Tschen 70Julio Quevedo Brazil Ireland Ireland Guatemala Guatemala 0 905 251 102 623 2Ie 57 s9 116 Model Aviation 1236 1 1 7 1 Support e Teaml Buy silver/orange/blue/black patches $3 Bob Underwood 4109 Concord Oaks Dr St Louis MO 63128 Profits sale patches donated team fund help cover out-of-pocket expenses World Champs Total 2858 2804 2771 2770 2687 2682 2640 2635 2634 2613 2590 2552 2549 2537 2531 2531 2519 2506 2480 2474 2457 2456 2444 2444 2443 2438 2437 2429 2426 2425 2417 2412 2386 2385 2354 2348 2343 2303 2290 2289 2267 2262 2253 2246 2244 2239 2228 2195 2194 2170 2168 2160 2158 2149 2145 2124 2110 2098 2090 2074 2031 2009 2005 1934 1923 1922 1916 1529 1507 1431 RC World Championships results Flyoff placingsp 121 * Total two highest scores Rounds 1 3the other Rounds ymond B Harlan Indoor Teani Finals Photos author strange aura clung Northwood atrium Devoid human activity save lone maintenance man seemed ghost urging recount its colorful history future still uncertain would door contest last commenced 16 years ago Whatever surely promised very best na tions top Fl D fliers gathering decide composition 1984 US Indoor team World Championships scheduled held next year Trade Center Na goya Japan October 14 through 18 Northwood very similar site having same ceiling height about half diameter Program participants chose Northwood basis good performance should equate good performance World Championships voting close felt great flights volved significant measure luck since rafter-hanging mandatory high times may emphasis would deal ing unfriendly sitewhich would valuable experience going Japan Erv Rodemsky agreed Contest Director 1981 Santa Ana brought wife Joan assistant gether made contest function flawlessly despite high tensions anxieties contestants always accompany Finals Getting Started Following day practice fliers began take measure site meeting held prior first round wherein Erv began set tone con test laying out ground rules NIMAS meet June flier opinion generously bent steering rules holding back climb later moving model warm air pockets no danger colliding either another model buildingstructure Therefore felt some rules relevant site specifically stated FAI rule book might appropriate help limit abuses Following suggestion Jim Richmond Erv introduced idea allowing steer ing inside ring drawn atriums mosaic floor corresponded midpoint skylights above also suggested no steering permitted move models away mushroom hanging above center disk Further models would required launched point about midway ring floor its r 1984 US FAI Indoor team L R Cezar Banks Bob Randolph Jim Rich mond lot relaxed now tensions contest over center thus averting off-center launches would require early steeringwherein power burst might held back No sharks teeth would permitted steering-balloon string prevent balloon string catching propeller can used push model gain al titude contestant wanted steer announce loudly timer CD could hear observe vio lated rules flight would disquali fied strong words would serve keep steering honorable two models potential collide least time must steered out way Test flying would permit ted flier model balloon string interfered official flight flier would forfeit next round ground rules accepted vote couple dissenters nosteering-away-from-the-mushroom rule mushroom hit high enough causes model slide down side nose-down attitude finally power-diving off bottomwith result almost certainly collapsed wing contestants agreed certainty thought ruling could help avoid steering abuse adopted Perhaps word two should said 118 Model Aviation chose fly atrium Northwood Institute West Baden IN because its same height World Championships site Nagoya Japan Three fliers demonstrated superior performances Others flights previous years would have put teambut time Super-winder Stan Chilton High-ratio gears can torquefree magnetic pickoff reads turns output shaft transmits big LED display No muttering yourself wind ing display can blanked retaining number turns integral memory chip Paul Tryon uses exquisite pitch gauge compare blade setting blade prop both must alike check actual pitch values Too bad cant read labels scales Left-hand launcn sends Jim Hiclimoncis Catwalker IL its way lie switcned nis new design aner 4th round Bill Hulbert C just fliers repair business went all-out high times Hes patching film latest Time Machine Pete Andrews R first flier break 30 mm 1949 held FiD record nearly 45 mm few years ago Bud Romak 1 Indoor World Champion 17bbrougflt models witn mm rinals him ceiling too low able get long flights needed place team Bob Randolphs model C Cezar Banks designand really does have rudder invisible since uses boron filament outline light reflecting film Dick Obarski R hit girders ceiling too often didnt score well enough make team Hes now retired lives Florida aI Lannizzo IL returned contest activity after several years hiatus finished flourish 5th Jim Clem C atrium ceiling must seem infinitely high since usually flies under 25-ft ceiling Bedford TX gyml flights reached rafters several times Lew Gitlow R used 5-rib wings boron-filament rudder outline Mr Indoor Model Supplies null,CU L,C OWCl LU PCCIJlIlUll L .. .e prop trtoge Un funaiumy ii ible photo Walt V. uLer C hasnt done much FiD flying yet easily broke 30 mm Richmond e design wife Delores lent him much support Cezar Banks R flew several designs consistent flier Finals previous flight ex perience Nagoya Nagoya Cup November 6-8 1981 should help him forthcoming World Championships January 1984 119 about mushroom Northwood atriumsome readers report may never have very center ceil ing atrium large circular structure used levitating bandstand decorative bauble dangles several feet below Both things real model-eaters shrouded hanging plastic sheeting Indoor flying order day large bandstand encased plastic down its base about 10 ft high tube plastic enshrouds pendant its cable underside bandstand decorated concentric circles spokelike designs overall impression gigantic mushroom suspended center atriums domed ceiling Rounds would two-and-one-half hours long Contestants would time others flights would get credit via green mark flight cards timing timers needed fewest credits would called addition flier credits would given preference obtaining timer high-demand situation effectively served encourage volun teer timing spread flying over course rounds Competition first round started noon Satur day air seemed good serious flying underway shortly thereafter Sal Cannizzo launched model climbed fast reach ing top few minutes model hit girder fell off tallslide rolled out about 50 ft climbed right back up again After some lucky bouncing Pete Andrews model collided little warning thus ending two potentially great flights Bob Randolph Larry Cailliau Bob Gibbs served notice California con tingent came win posting top three times Round Oneeach over 33 mm second round Randolph empha sized point scoring 3648 Cailliau did same 3641 Cezar Banks initiated assault high time round 3708 Walt Van Gorder first team selection program followed leaders 3 420 third round Banks moved first flight 3606 Randolph im proved two-flight total 3530 second place However object very interesting episode Larry Cailliau third place after two rounds flight moved up ward ever slowly finally reached skirt mushroom about 10 mm model continued alternately touch skirt girders fpr nearly 15 mm finally slipping un der disk close 25-mm mark ever after three circles hit stem mushroom slid down folded wing ending what might have record-setting flight end first day Banks Randolph Cailliau led Gibbs Tryon Harlan Van Gorder following victims mush room first day talk revis ing steering rules avoid calamity enough support generated no changes made Time Out Observations technical note Larry Cailliau troduced steering tube West Baden June thing polyurethane tube about two-thirds inch diameter com prises top 20 30 ft steering-balloon string very effectively prevents string catching irreversibly propeller Ray Harlan obtained roll material used manufacture very small plastic bags soon nearly everyone trying out blown up air ends tied knots seal forming fairly rigid tube Sharks teeth now obsoleted use boron filaments has emerged broad scale seen motorsticks tail booms rudders propeller outlines propeller ribs Bob Randolph used tung sten bracing wire bow curve boron ribs rudders boron pre vents all-too-common breakage models allowed land floor Only circular rudders seen boron filament overlapped ends held gether CyA glue Jim Richmond clever idea steering balloons always difficult judge large balloon inflating blew up finally satisfied its size put two marks 4 apart using felt-tipped pen way next time inflated could just measure marks instead having look whole balloon subject balloons Ray Harlan built Mylar balloon same material used commercial balloons come small sizes six-segment de sign diameter 30 Mylar balloons unpressurized can stand rough hand ling around sharp protrusions girders Rich Doig probably wished had balloon exploded trying dislodge model girder model destroyed Back Competition Weather second day nearly same first warm 82 degrees little humid 80% Times posted fourth round very low hangups some col lisions two flights over 30 mm Doig won round 3457 moving fourth place Andrews a3041 quick word about midair collisions resulted either two factors first times fliers stopped watching models something else models appeared no danger Despite lethargic motion ma chines situations can change rapidly fliers should always prepared move swiftly balloon second factor fliers reticent steer because lack experience fear damaging model prefer depend luck avoid collision Steering rules have book years yet US remains far beIndoor Team Selection West Baden Indiana September3-5 1983 P1Contestant RoundBestFinalsPriorTotal 123456789TwoPointsPointsPoints 1Bob Randolph34483648353083034253730741810000010973110973 2Cezar Banks75037083606134334466143657363974059970811000110708 3Jim Richmond1405102135527273348354030073550374173339899111000109991 4Larry Cailliau33293641251775433513333105155370329493011000105930 5Sal Cannizzo734551300573036343218141751594968529268711000103687 6RayHarlan311732552920844351690331081218320868119176810966102734 7Richard Doig16573Y41834F22258156412547224568329223910428T2T 8Bob Gibbs3309305534082800154426073025304385467179055610999101555 9Stan Chilton233060772529433426323867049026511000101265 10BudRomak29112501242919472845322633483216280466148914310974100117 11PaulTryon31521314331492326402243230912502728650687618999697614 12Walt Van Gorder26523420181828354343036233323556456873931007697469 13LewGitlow912194184213213318139657235531026420865861081597401 14Earl Hoffman6241824808215020443025502321714396242843881037494762 15PeteAndrews2452314055630417532832224526127436221839171053994456 16DickObarski910294027261834312030102223293818476130827731084293615 17Bill Hulbert313418497382433221722431104265524255829787121100089712 18Dan Belieff2100313170924552128101941826002528573177411997087381 19Ron Ganser1256243520068279072859250270327075606754S21052686008 20Al Rohrbaugh22408394422636152329059592654555975348875084098 21Jim Clem2382219223518351100154815581536451360857895269809 120 Model Aviation infamous mushroom apex ceiling Northwood Institute atrium protective plastic sheathing assures return modelnot its safetyl hind Great Britain proficiency Times picked up fifth round Cannizzo leading packat 3634 Richmond put up 3348 boost himself fourth place Harlan posted best time 3516 two leaders Banks Randolph demon strated consistency 34-mm flights did improve totals air warmed up stabilized somewhat sixth round However long flights made fairly late round including Randolph 3730 best fortunate hit skirt rafters minutes avoid both hangup mushroom Cailliau improved total 3351 dropped fourth Richmond managed 3540 slip ahead him Cannizzo improved 3218 fifth place Interestingly end two days first eight places de cided yet best flight meet would come next day final day Bob Randolph decided wait see rest competition challenged him Banks let him know finished flying 365 7 the top eight improve score others trying Al Rohrbaugh really threatened girders flying above least four circles model ac tually touched roof skin before sliding off another girder getting safer air However after touch skirt model again rose above girders hung after three four circles wait slipped off within allotted 10 sec twisted wing tailslid free air re covered clearly below girders could have steered closer center Al elected After few circles propeller lightly touched beam caught finally ending drama happened span 10 mm Bob Gibbs tried imitate Al over side After sliding down skin little model turned came out Gibbs snagged balloon trusswork could steer circle model nearly repeated its pattern time sliding down some cove molding moving clear Bob wasted no time getting balloon model steering center Unfortun ately model lost too much altitude rafter-banging came up short 3025 eighth round produced its own ver sion Indoor oddities Ron Ganser caught model girder hung down tail low could move because other traffic area decided wait Paul Tryons model climbed area drifted bit hit Gansers model knocking clearly off girder models separated negligible damage Tryons reward retrieval service No reflight model hangs girder considered part permanent structure thus no collision Although stated rule book question has come up previous World Champsionships FAI Jury has uniformly agreed concept Also round Jim Richmond man aged have two collisions flight Obarski Andrews both times graz ing touches affected neither model flew same circle Pete Andrews model several minutes model must have feared Petes climbed safety e girders circled once before sliding out away Petes Later right wing tip grazed mushroom again Jims luck him model moved away hazard landed 3550 lot work 10 sec improvement total ninth round started 500 last chance everyone Cailliau pushed fourth sixth round Richmond improved seventh hung eighth So look ing good flight move up Cannizzo needed good back up 3634 Doig Harlan still hopes would take flight nearly 37 minutes best Richmond Alas challengers could come close Cailliau hung up early did Can nizzo Harlans flight underpowered landed 3208 Doig doing better steer drift moved model side stopped propeller balloon string could free model using tube time frustration finally tweaked string enough damage wing contest over Richmond showed exercises utterly vain new design featuring 95-in wing chord long fuse lage put up flight positioned per fectly hit skirt too tired watch flight standings al ready determined landed 3741 few eyebrows raised once again Jim saved best last team Randolph Banks Rich mond showed individually have nec essary credentials represent US least four flights over 34 mm no else Banks last US team placed second 1981 Nagoya Cup Invitational Richmond has World Champion twice teams anyone else Randolph has finally made top Fl D class holds has held numerous records Cabin D Stick etc team selection finals culmi nation two years local regional con tests competition improving participants getting better ably re flected years performances 53 flights exceeding 30 mm 14 above 35 mm compares rather impres sively 1980 World Championships same site corresponding num bers 51 10 no 37s contest three year Can Improve After finals author took time consider some steering ground rules adopted meet As stated earlier adopted curtail cheating did best way approach problem FAI rules permit steering away structure building allow specificbut limitedmovement model up down balloon string Should have encouraged full exercise rules permit cheating recognize skills contestants take advantage within bounds Should have defined cheating methods better devel oped ground rules deal specifically rather adopt strategy would broadly eliminate restricting steering authors opinion scenario reminiscent principal downfall American business short-term goals early profits overshadow long-term solutions perhaps much greater rewards say team selected best Rather point brought out show weakness may over come steering rules may ideal certainly reduce freely-flying aspect sport rules must learn make work us British have 1983 FAI RC Aerobatics World Championships Results Flyoff Individual Champion Top 10% Contestants Scores Finals P1ContestantNationQual1 2Total 1Hanno PrettnerAustria28582956- 29045814 2Bertram LossenF R Germany2804280228555659 3Dave BrownUSA2770284328355613 4Ivan KristensenCanada27712791- 28185589 5Wolfgang MattLiechtenstein2682282128375519 6YoichiroAkibaJapan2640277127775417 7Steve HelmsUSA2687270826725395 Easy B continued Board voted require immediate enforce ment interpretation However interpretation still must validated another Indoor Contest Board vote will taken within four six weeks published notice interval between publication notice forthcoming Indoor Contest Board vote interested modelers invited comment interpretation contacting preferably writing local AMA Dis trict Indoor Contest Board member name address appears Competition Directory found elsewhere Competi tion Newsletter January 1984 121 Larry Cailliau flew well placed 4th selected Team Manager ships smooth slowly-climbing Note wing has compression ribs prop has high positive flare N*CharlieJohnson Cwrnbat Teats Pmags and Rich Lopez Photographs Priscilla Tyndall models high end perfor mance scale took another giant leap forward 1983 Team Trials Models pretty good original Trials St Louis 1977 no longer adequate Force/Fox combination dominant last Trials Nashville 1981 quite spectacular year star potent Nelson 15 nose Rush-style foamie light well-built Force No doubt about folks Nelson has power anything else pulls Combat models cranks out power lot easier consistently less nitro Fox other engine about upward surge technology later far serious Team Trials yet seen People Nashville sev eral days ahead time Jed Kusik drove Wednesday practiced day Thursday occasional visits other competitors Friday absolute mad house out flying site up nine circles going time wind blew very hard times real problem test ing new models earlier week Friday evening pre-contest meeting tradition started back St Louis 1977 Thirty-seven contestants whole bunch officials pit crew friends took over local Sizzlin Sirloin evening proceeded hash over ground rules draw first four rounds werent oohs aahs during drawing because just number rather persons name later found out first four opponents would Three-man teams separated three different groups theyd have fly other catch both pit man might flying same time As turned out Jed first match circle first match circle tWo just fun didnt make much difference real serious types got themselves rearranged As promised matches started exactly time fact leds match started little early could come pit Enough nice things cant said about officials contest Contest Director Mack Henry deserves Congressional Medal Honor minimum judges pit people other circle marshal Bill Lajack everyone take bow USA hosts CL World Championships have basis best team officials ever assembled know dandy contest lets get super models Nelson new king FAI Combat Oh sure good Fox Force still match Nelsonbut people have good Fox ordinary Nelson ABC frontinduction aluminum-case hot rod weighs slightly less Rossi Some Nelson Com bat engines meet started life Team Race engines magnesium cases rear induction aluminum liner piston titanium crank Exotica case doesnt really mean lot poweronly lighter weight Lighter weight transfers free performance comes weight/horsepower equation engine ma gician Henry Nelson can create wildest dream escalation horse power race has also meant steep climb engine costs important spectacular new en gine Nelson will yank dog FAI model around well enough make competitive better models less power Pat Willcox launches George Clevelands modelLarry Driskell has just released streamer Pat Larry great re pairing smashed models tool Ed Brzys prepares launch Ron Colombo Detroit Combat Team took slot 84 teamkept other area dominating contest 122 Model Aviation Tne I4 Us LL liombat team triends IL HI Ed Brzys Ron Colombo Paul M Smith Charlie Johnson Howard Rush Kit Gerhart George Cleveland* Tom Fluker Jr** Dick Stubblefield Note ** defending World Champion * 1984 Combat team member Howard busy giving Tom lecture Combat tactics Dick Stubblefield 1982 team went World Championships Sweden Howard Rushs model roars away Rich Lopez flight clinched spot 84 team Howarri Force Rush foamie powered Nelson overmatch anything else most-used engine Trials still Fox still practical engine too since models hit other ground Fox should still prove acceptable power plant everything Trials World Championships come Ron Colombo George Cleveland Howard Rush won rest us lost Howard Rush best models meet lots Nelson power flew like demon George Cleveland almost good model Nelson power smartest flier contest Ron Colombo whole story himself broke right arm about month before Team Trials learned fly left hand time Trials Through sheer determination lots help De troit Combat Team became first per son team 8-and-2 record Ron never best planes meet although used some pretty good engineswhich cluded Nelson power times Ron natural left-handed flier totally ex hausted end second day saw match Dick Stubbiefield replay TV night What didnt work Anything other 1983 models period Heavy old junk definitely out year Lots foam whether doubletaper straight leading edge argument foam versus wood took turn favor foam time foam-leading-edge kill advantage getting last little nub whereas all-wood model cut string prop course problem pulling off entire streamer first pass get tight deserve loss trend FAI models toward foam efficiency airfoil ease building penalty weight 14-16 oz foam models give something away 12-1 3 oz wood models Piloting style took turn worse year far fewer mid-airs ex pected very few bang-bang flightswhere two consecutive crashes prob lem pilot running around sixmeter Pilots Circle trying keep oppo nent getting cut Ia Chinese team style Everyone takes great pains get lines within slightly-over-three-in toler ance meant keep modals same flight plane have pilot running around circle putting about 15 ft between models making very hard get cutbut too difficult get plane cut loose preferred prop Trials seemed carbon glass fiber modification Taipan 7-4 Bill Lee made bunch props really worked well carved sanded feverishly between matches Technology stuff Going counterclockwise upper left see stooge arrangement used Max Mearns L Henry Nelson aid pitting second modelor work primary model restrained foam-rubber-lined jaws thua freeing second pit man chase streamers rather holding plane radial mount system used Larry Driskell utilizing nylon fixture bolts center section wing also hold ing remote needle valve engine excess metal engine filed awaytheres no return smashed super-Nelsonif think regular Nelson expensive $150 what must extra-light custom jobs magnesium crankcase aluminum cylinder titanium crankshaftnote also rear-drum-valve Team Race case cost Lastly see Gary Arnolds big experimenthe used tuned pipes Nelsonsbut turned out too fragile Combat usually smashed several pieces crash non-pipe porting engines kept performance down January 1984 123 Ah Control Linel Ah Combatl Ah welll Line tangles always seem spoil funor part fun Starting clockwise upper left find Howard Rush R against Jeff Johnsonand Howards fate cant too good what lines falling down around arm young Mitchell Cleveland L nice tangle Bob MearsMitchell outflew several top fli ers Max Mearns R seems have endless supply King Kong handleswhile everyone else trying slow down control response Max spreads lines out control input thats Ron Colombo looking way back right model Howard Rush R Dick Stubblefield especially unusual tangleHoward has Dicks Down line left hand Dicks Up line wrapped around Howards lines Guess ended FAI rules require wear safety helmets kept up needs Texas group McCollum Kelly props use performance governed contestant prop design course abundant prop Taipan 7-4three cheers 60c props generally cut 6% Nelson 6-3/8 Rossiand slightly di ameter Foxes Taipans thinned drastically reshaped Most contestants stayed local Motel Sixwhich also headquarters Team Nelson Rumors triple-dot heads floated through air Regular motel guests pondered advantages triple versus double maybe another 10% nitro would make up miscalculations What happened 1982 teamTom Fluker defending World Champion didnt have try spot Dick Stubblefield him-or-me match George Cleve landand turned out Georges turn win Gary Arnold decided use Nelson power pipe pipe installation proved too fragile power output didnt seem better open-face en gines timing Nelson stock rather pipe-timing power band much broader Gary flew some good matches lot fun maybe just jne smile Lady Luck would have team second time Protests always part large im portant contest worst lot cheap shots Contestant says opponent didnt tell him leaving Pilots Circle after contestant has soundly defeated 6-2 cuts also air time Nothing lose possibly DQ rematch juries appeared very patient Didnt go through back second grade second type protest real problem contestant would running around circle avoid being cut Ia Chinese Team Several times winged warrior stepped out Pilots Circle would call two penalties 40-point penalty accidental loss intentional feeling no would intentionally leave circle model airborne course because would result loss must have accidental 1983 Team Trials successful date thanks officials MACAand above Team Selection Committee happen think com mittee just best organized com mittee AMA excuses being Team will found regular column well suggestions making sport little safer possibly fair World Championships Commentaries US NC Soaring Team Member 1983 WCs held York England year lucky enough partici pate again also flew 81 WCs Sacra mento As readers already know wasnt best performance since managed crash both models through broken elevator belicrank other through delaminated glass-skinned wing What Ill remember about con test competition itself obvi ous reasons teamwork camaraderie friendship event After second crash seemed like person field wanted help repairs night entire US team rebuilt flyable aircraft two wrecks continued competition third day slight satisfaction knowing wasnt alone Andy Keil South Africa also folded wing Dave Worral eventually reached third place overall lost model due radio falure person crash both models Such distinction models entered year revolutionary mainly more-refined ver sions seen Sacramento Perhaps talked about Raif Deckers first-place model its one-piece wing craftsmanship words cant describe doubt Ill ever forget 189-second Speed run either Most other winning models used fancy radios various mixing like elevator/flap aileron/flap both spent lot time trading patches stickers other competitors well talking Luckily pilots spoke enough English conversation no problem course modelers speak com mon language anyway During course contest received invitations visit European pilots several met during sightseeing vacation after contest managed get almost everyone contest sign wing injured model felt pen US team seemed well-prepared fore contest During daily practice averaged 21 22 seconds Speed Dura tion snap Distance possible after two attempts encoun ter violent flutter may have led first crash during competition After prac tice team relaxed flying hand-launch models near college dorms stayed Ill never forget Mark Smiths stealth Mini Birdof-Time flight model dis appeared behind dorm building reap peared its wing trailing debris like bomber shot down WW II entire team rolling grass roaring laughter Alex Bowers model attracted lot tention during competition two rea sons first model out ailerons Tal-Tal used polyhedral rudder instead thick airfoil sections used mainly San Fernando Valley Silent Fliers Southern California Alex would have done better contest included spoilers dive brakes make spot landings easier Mark Smiths models straightforward aileron models although bit heavy employ ing Mark Y airfoil Marks natural flying ability made great combination own models evolution flown WCs two years ago all-fiberglass except spar wing hindsight 20-20 course spars should have gone full span wing rather stopped before halfspan did Live learn lucky team live within 500 miles other allowed frequent practice communication previous team enjoyed now feel team selection process should just highest-scoring team should go World Champs difficult concept should implemented before 1985 way team members can build fly together thing learned over two WCs try build models need three yourself team effort required Another possibility buy almost-ready-to-fly models good homemade ones practice flying closing feel glad have participated 1983 F3B World Championships bad luck once-i n-alifetime experience Ill never forget AMA 124 Model Aviation Roger Simpson receives keys Champion Spark Plug Co Australia van Kevin Maybury Marketing Director Australian company van used US FF team model retrieval flight line return during 1983 FF World Championships People picture L R Jim Bradley* Linda Bradley Matt Gewain* Gale Gewain Ellen Poti Norm Poti* Roger Simpson US FF Team Manager Kevin Maybury Raids Simpson Rol Anderson come got van Australian Champion com Don Edberg pany arranged member Rol Anderson works US Champion Spark Plug Co * denotes US FF team member