COMPETI T4QN~ NEWSLETTR~ ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS1810 SAMUEL MORSE DRIVE RESTON VA 22090 Note Technical Director Bob Underwood 1 Its time miss-a-lane-e-us columns always seem little things need considered plod along through year am certain 1989 wont different Contest Directors activities continue right through winter months Northern climes tend focus mall shows build-a-plane events indoors warmer areas grapefruit oranges grow still see people out punching holes skies Oh yes few exceptions people voluntarily freeze various portions anatomy holding events winter winds howl power hearty souls can truthfully say enjoy reading about such events suspect few comments appro priate CDs time First should noted CD Guide men tioned some time ago column fi nally available reality have send ing along new CDs last month plan present time send CDs active 1988 remainder pool almost 3000 may obtain writing us copy know doing way run same risk criticism occurred rule books last cycle didnt send CD faced interesting situation now about 4500 CDs about 1500-1700 active Between October 1 1987 Oc tober 1 1988 processed applications some 200 new CDs Less half persons ran event during time CD Guide contains help filling out necessary forms copies forms National Records following new National Records have processed approved during month November 1988 IndoorCategory Pennyplane Open 1131 Peter Staehling 10/22/88 Outdoor Free Flight CO2 Power Open 1400 George Perryman 10/16/88 Outdoor Free FlightCategory III C Gas Open1945 Guy R Scott Jr 10/9/88 Control Line 1/2A Speed Open14417 mph Charles E Legg 10/15/88 samples current scoresheets have used Nats will updating material regularly adding find suggest other items should included pages held together staple sending along plastic binder strip Continued page 134 Opening ceremonies Leszno Poland US Junior team parade Polish Aero Club cadet carrying placard Mike Keller bears flag Team Manager Bob Sifleet brings up rear members team show clearly photo really Melinda Anderson Marty Pelatoweki Adam Tracy Matthew Gag liano Tony Hutchins Jimmy Buxton Free Flight Junior World Championships Team Manager s Report Robert Sifleet Photos team supporters report brief due lack time part filling up Model Aviation lot words style reports team members should impor tant comments Continued oaee 136 February 1989 133 Competition Newsletter edited Ross B McMullen AMA 18181 1988 FF Nats Results FF GAS No Juniors Seniors 1 Chris Gulotta Open 39 1 Keith Fuimer 2 Nat Comfort 3 Jean Pallet 4 Bill Schlsrb 5 Bob Perkins 6 Jim Kutkuhn FF GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 38 1 Charles Caton 2 Robert Dunham II 3 Bob Hanford 4 Bernard Boehm 5 Bill Prenaky 6 Charles Schuchrnan FF B GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 36 1 Anthony Italiano 2 Greg Hinrichs 3 Bill Jenkins Open 8 1 Warren Kurth 2 Robert Nichols 3 Russ Whittord FF CARGO SecondsNo Juniors Southfieid Mi203No Seniors Open 3 1 Robert Nichols Mishawaka IN Chester PA Brookville NY South Bend IN Columbus OH Augusta KS Montgomery AL Broken Arrow OK Broken Arrow OK South Bend IN Pittstord NY Beileville IL Brookfield WI Monona WI Memphis TN 4 Richard HailAthens AL 5 Robert HanfordBroken Arrow OK 6 Richard RikelPaducah KY Flyoff determine placing FF C GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 29 1 EdKeck 2 Charles Caton 3 Sal Taibi 4 Douglas Rabe 5 Marvin Mace FF 0 GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 17 1 Marvin Mace 2 Jim Summersett 3 Bill Dunlop 4 Sal Taibi FF FAI POWER Fl C No Juniors No Seniors Open 9 1 Zygfryd Sulisz 2 Douglas Rabe 3 Gilbert Graunke Webster NY Montgomery AL Lakewood CA Dayton OH Seguin TX Seguin TX San Antonio lx Greensburg PA Lakewood CA itasca IL Dayton OH Brookfieid WI 537 357 341 340 328 308 Seconds 750 600 480 472 383 337 Seconds 360 358 358 323 301 292 Seconds 750 743 730 542 495 Seconds 600 593 480 478 Seconds 625 533 147 FF PAYLOAD No Juniors No Seniors FF ELECTRICA No Juniors No Seniors Open 4 1 Robert Nichols 2 Duane Renken 3 Don Jenkins FF ELECTRICB No Juniors No Seniors Open 2 1 Robert Nichols 2 Duane Renken FF CO2 No Juniors No Seniors Open 5 1 George Perryman 2 Duane Renken 3 Linwood Cochran Davenport IA S Meriden CT Milwaukee WI S Menden CT Seconds 234 200 95 FF P-30 RUBBER Junior 1 Paul Wicks 2 Jawie Jackson No Seniors Open 25 1 FK Hesb Grams2 Bill Jackson 3 George Perryman 12734 Robert Nichols 5 CA Schuchman Seconds 319 184 177 Normal IL Cincinnati OH Xenia OH Cincinnati OH Smyrna GA S Meriden CT Belleville IL FF Al TOWLINE GLIDER No Juniors No Seniors S Meriden CTOpen 11 Ann Arbor Ml1 Bill Schlarb Indianapolis IN2 Jean Psilet 3 Guenther Nowak 4 Philip Bayly FF A2 TOWLINE GLIDER FlA SecondsNo Juniors S Meriden CT215No Seniors Ann Arbor Mi199Open 11 1 James Thornberiy 2 Orval Stewart 3 Andrew Barron 4 Bill Schlarb Smyrna GA Ann Arbor Mi Tucker GA FF MULVIHILL RUBBER Junior 1 Jamie Jackson 2 Steven Whitford Senior 1 Paul Spangler Open 23 1 Greg Hinricha 2 Joe Macay 3 Chris Matauno 4 George Perrynian 5 Guenther Nowak FF WAKEFIELD Fl B No Juniors No Seniors Open 11 1 Fred Blom 2 Ed Konefes 3 Martin Richardson 4 Chris Matsuno Cincinnati OH Milwaukee WI Lawrenceville IL Monona WI Southfleld Mi St Johns MO Smyrna GA Chicago IL rimonum MD Wauconda IL Dayton OH St Johns MO FF COUPE dHIVER Junior 1 Paul Wicks Normal IL Senior 1 Roger Wathen Jr Indianapolis IN Open 23 1 Wallace Brown 2 George Perryman 3 George Batiuk 4 Kevin Anderson 5 Anton Telford Lawrenceviile IL Smyrna GA Huntsville AL Stratford MO Springfield IL Seconds 840 360 228 Madison WI Nashville TN Champaign IL South Bend IN South Bend IN Brookville NY itasca IL Largo FL Seconds 158 38 339 338 338 271 248 Seconds 422 299 289 235 Seconds 806 728 841 632 FF HAND-LAUNCH GLIDER Junior 8 1 Paul Wicks 2 Michael Gartin 3 Steven Whitford Seconds 4 Greg Rainey 5 Robert Combs 1316 Jenny Benton 1047 Anthony Perry 8 Bobby Spoon 211Senior 3 1 Paul Spangler 2 Chris Gulotta 3 Roger Wathen Jr 539 Open 26 5141 Bernard Boehm 5032 Alfred Beletz 3 Kevin Anderson 4 Gerald CaIdwell 5 Robert Dunham II 6 Bill Schlarb 7 James Kutkuhn Seconds 1130 1084 1034 982 Normal IL Indianapolis IN Milwaukee WI Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Lawrenceville IL Southfield MI Indianapolis IN South Bend IN Maplewood MO Stratford MO Indianapolis IN Broken Arrow OK South Bend IN Augusta KS FF 3-MAN MULVIHILL TEAM 2 WATERMELON TEAM Guenther Nowak Ed Konefes Joe Macay SecondsSODBUSTERS TEAM 34George Perryman Chris Matauno 20Wallace Brown 515 FF UNLIMITED DAWN RUBBER 4 5091Ed Konefes 4512Dave Plait 4373Joe Macay 3904Joe Williams Seconds 143 57 53 37 28 25 20 17 63 55 42 294 289 289 282 268 219 176 Seconds 503 381 737 1591 514 539 333 1388 can remove staple have looseleaf booklet suitable copying Fu ture plans typeset forms leave room margin punching fit three-hole ring folder hope will find booklet value CD Two areas concern CDs should noted enough care being taken fill ing out sanction application forms have noted large number forms have proper classification indicated whether event 'A~ c would direct attention sanctioning section can found both Membership Manual Com petition Regulations books important try keep classifications straight incorrect submitted will have changed get Headquarters second concern have CDs return proper forms follow ing event time sanction ap proved receive forms need filled out returned after event completed particular need receive form lists names AMA num bers participants Form 10 lists winners name CD CDs ran event return forms two things can happen First will receive credit having run event therefore will receive earned membership following year Second place Academy very 302 283 238 47 interesting position relative defending club should litigation occur result event tendency say worry Nothing happened event What can happen long after event over claim can surface Such concerns confined outdoor flying events Someone may injured swap-shop type event may aware time happens Yes know just paperwork ex ercise time can criti cal concern Shifting something affects us consider Membership Manual first year can look forward re ceiving 1989 version document member Without asking Continued page 136 134 Model Aviation 1989S TWO UNFORGETTABLE DATES TRICITIESWASHINGTONMONTANA Rich land WASHINGTON KennewickO OP esco KENNEWICK PASCO RICHLAND JULY 1523OREGONIDAHO ENTRY FORMS AND IN FORMATION NEVADA 0 OFFICIAL ENTRY FORMS will mailed 1989 NATS contestants hobby shops western US AIVIA charter clubs entry forms will sent out late January early February will also available major trade shows beginning late January NATS INFORMATION PACKETS will include official entry form maps motel lists campground lists site locations area information will available late January dollar $100 receive 89 NATS info packet send $100 AMA HQ receive entry form ONLY send BUSINESS-SIZE stamped self-addressed envelope AMA HQ schedule changes additions send today RADIO CONTROL PYLON SOARING events LIMITED TEN ENTRIES per FREQUENCY Pattern will also have frequency limits slots available first-come basis act early! _______________WRIGHTPATTERSON AFB ______________May 27 28 29 THE AMA ANNUAL FUN FLY Fly-In ____________________________will big held Air Force Museum grounds Wright/Patterson Air _____________Force Base Dayton event will quite attraction AMA members Radio Control flight lines Control Line area Free Flight flying areas will available ______ expected highturnout fliers participation RC fliers will limited twenty per RC channeL insure slot may register advance sending $1000 AIVIA reserve frequency channel _______________________________advance registration fee non-refundable February 1989 135 1989 NATS NEWS Please entersubscriptions @ $1000 NAME ADDR ESS CITY STATE ZIP_______________________ Enclosed $ cc 1989 FUN FLY REGISTRATION Please reserve _______ frequency NAME ADD R ESS CITY STATE ZIP______________________ Enclosed $ ____________ 4i*nfor Champs fc# five months prepare FF World Championships Juniors model ers under age 18 years Lesno Po land team members did have lot time preparation However models performed well practice days FlA The typical northern European air cool overcast day made picking thermals dif ficult team members accustomed stronger thermals strong thermal would take Glider twice towline height three minutes FiB Our team excellent models seemed well trimmed calm conditions did perform expected strong gusty wind blew during fourth through seventh rounds FiC Melinda Andersons performance teams best missing max due difficulty picking air launch other team members experienced unex pected mechanical problems trim changes junior World Championships provided exposure high level competition nearly good regular world champi onships several evening techni cal sessions competitors put models display inspection exchange ideas experiences technol ogy shared everyone presence interpreters provided Polish Aero Club made communication between team members country possible team members team supporters came home Poland great deal knowl edgeable about FF world championship level high degree sportsmanship evi dent among competitors champi onships usual reports model recovery teams helping other re cover models cornfields trees highlight occurred Jimmy Buxton repairing FiB model badly damaged windblown landing fellow competitors three other teams assisting rebuilding model FF Junior World Championships Fliers Observations Adam Tracy Wakefield flier following letter addressed AMA Executive Director John Worth RMcM Thank very much sponsoring fly Junior World Championships Poland fly competition against 35 other world-class-caliber fliers indeed something will cherish rest life three days contest went smoothly judges complete control over contest pole position two timers Polish Aero Club binocularsthey no problems timing planes fault could see smallness field light winds maxing plane could easily fly off air base splendid chase crew wasnt worried Despite best-working flying event have ever flew Wakefield third day competition weather conditions favor because very windy first round Im known well fierce wind held first place through Round 4 After lunch break wind became bad contest directors delay begin ning fifth round two hours round finally started wind plane wings off avoid having folded constant battering wind Wakefield flew did too well its climb much wind failed max 64-sec flight enough put out contention medal end contest 16th place three minutes under win ning Czech flier acquired great deal experience fly ing championships feel could much better next two years Im full support AMA spon soring US team 1990 PS brought home plaque rep resents US Junior team will re ceiving soon think would look very attractive AMA museum [It now display museum area AMA Na tional Center Aeromodeling RMcM] Again thanks bunch supporting us AT FF Junior World Championships Supporters Thanks Daniel Tracy AMA 614 following letter appreciation addressed AMA Executive Director John Worth RMcM Watching son Adam fly interna tional competition Wakefields shall re main impressive com pelling experiences Ive ever wish convey thanks staff instigating opportunity Adam now seasoned Wakefield travelers appreciate alternateculture flying interface got along well other fliers recognized Olympian aspect superseding constraining political restrictions refreshing inspiring observe breathed few rare moments life everything seemed pretty good should noted competition worthy efforts Adam flies win weather challenge afterward watching winners receive ac colades field Polandin wind rainwe both struck enormity event World competition great now Adam obligatory ceremony left no doubt first-place winner champion world label believe Adam now covets should no alarm verve cause have learned father Adams grandfatherthat flying competi tion Wakefield noble lofty endeavor wholeheartedly encourage continua tion AMA support involvement FAI Free Flight Juniors competition pro gram fact solicit expansion ef fort because Americas prestige could enhanced Tik flWe0tr m*jffu will monumental changes please take some time look over Better yet put somewhere can find reference later year buck two time told people answer severaldollar long distance phone call question page so-and-so Membership Manual would able buy lot new modeling stuff particularly true information found Safety Code Frequency Recommendations Watch arrive house soon Once again will combined Sup ply Service materials speaking books paid FAI stamp either five- 10-dollar version will receiving new FAI compe tition book Please note copy will Continued page 138 136 Model Aviation Adam Tracy No 12 Wakefield Melinda Anderson baffles wind readies FAI Power model flight US FAI RC Pylon Racing Team Selection Finals Wayne Yeager Photos author September 3-4 1988 Labor Day weekend Toledo Weak Signals Club hosted US F3D Team Selection Race meet held purposes picking team represent United States next RC Pylon World Championships held fall 1989 1988 Nats 18 entries F3D respectable number consid ering F3D racing practically nonexistent US Unfortunately Nats competitors decided forgo Team Se lection Race because felt could compete few people obvi ously knew proper pipe/engine/prop combination needed win proved prophetic because people did compete heads above rest seven entries people probably represented best country US team will formida ble despite low entry selec tion race Day started joke Mother Na ture rained rained rained . however since Weak Signals have shelter house big enough hold party since guys bored just sitting around nothing tell lies sent local loco member home pick up Duraplane kit plus engine started rainy day project building Dave Shadel Gary Hover jumped car headed hobby shop pick up some wing covering gone Bruce Richmond Dub Jett Jim Shi nohara started assembly Since got pick up sanding block everindustrious Shinohara sanded elevator rudder concrete floor said about 80-grit Shadel Hover returned started covering wing other assembly continued agreed beforehand chal lenge themselves using instruc tions philosophy exactly Since en gine using brand-new K&B 45 since little heavier proper engine built fuselage back wards move wing forward help CG location progressing very well sudden rain blew away im mediately put Mr Duraplane hold went racing Everyone got quick trim flight around 400 pm compe tition started general tone set Round 1 Dub jett turned teen time 11850 followed Gary Hover 11829 Bruce Richmonds 12087 Gary Gau also fray very nice 11926 unfortunately zeroes plagued Gary al though fast unable make team After five rounds quit because late Weak Signals cooking up steak fry competitors workers After consuming lots steak corn-onna cob assorted veggies liquids emitting few burps engaging associated con vivial activities Duraplane crew went back work finalizing assembly pro cess taped control rods against fuselage crammed backup radio fueled andright duskhandlaunched setting sun Youre prob ably saying 1 wonder flew Are kidding nitro-breath flew great fact several guys wanted hands transmitter flew several times give everyone chance Finally got too dark went home next day Mother Nature again let us know boss dumping us whole morning around noon fi nally backed off after deciding enough enough rewarded patience blue skies light breezes sailed through seven rounds tal 12 Team Selection Committee de cided drop round half rac ing competitor counted best 10 heats threw out two worst scoring system used F3D fliers time converted seconds subtracted 200meaning highest score over length contest winner However scoring system has changed 1989 utilized new system identical old except no longer subtract times 200 anymore now means lowest score overall winner top three guysDub jett Bruce Rich mond Gary Hoverdominated scoring racking up consistent scores result being spread over 200 points between third fourth places 10 rounds counted Dub Jett aver aged 11754 Bruce Richmond 11806 Gary Hover 12043 Thats chopped liver guys Dub Jett also recorded meets fastest time 11436 Form guys wish could go fast guys best week end deserve team rep resenting United States Dave Shadel did compete because automati cally invited back defending World Champ therefore addition al ready strong team should make guys very formidable team selected Don McStay Team Manager good move because Don bubble being first alter nate now gets part team anyway Good pick guys Congratulations made team good luck 1989 February 1989 137 new Pylon team Kneeling L-R Dub Jett Gary Hover Bruce Richmond Standing L-R Don McStay let alternate end team manager World Champion Dave Shadel Jim Shinohara perfect FAI Jury L-R Pete Waters Bob Brown Greg Doe Technical Director cbntiiwed official versIon pro duced AMA last year titled Interna tional Aeromodeling Rules able supply official version year two reasons First old 1984 official version just updated im portant however AMA did paste-up official version actually arranged printing Copies in-house now would like copy inclined purchase FAI stamp may purchased three dollars Shifting gears again let us repeat informa tion found Frequency Alert printed last editions Competition Newsletter National Newsletter Executive Council action require ment gold silver sticker transmit ters sanctioned events has post poned until December 20 1990 Please note individual clubs may require stickers prior date wish have word clubs have developed such requirement field operations becomes rule field under General sec tion Safety Code note item two Speaking jets yes know werent have flurry activity type engine recently Probably have read material about RCM RC Scale Modeler two other com panies individuals have contacted us recently about jet engines have under development great deal interest form power reason AMAs terest dealing ramifica tions engines may have Safety Code very pleased three persons connected projects have kept close touch us dealing 10000 exhaust temperatures parts moving about 100000 rpm things think about relative safety know will hearing lot about interesting innovative power sources Incidentally three uses different fuel ranging jet fuel gasoline propane Golly con sider future have take five fuel supplies field flying sessionsthat includes charger Electric last shot looks like chartered club going receive very helpful book let near future Some time ago sent copy booklet containing John Prestons Model Aviation Safety Comes First columns information compiled AMA member Frank Bur chardt Carlsbad NM interesting note Frank took Johns columns chopped up put together categories makes very useful reference book club members struggle keep up operational safety con cerns posed chemical tech nology hobby/sport club receives its copy certain give member tends keep light hid den under bushel Happy 1989 May flights fantasticand landings planned Competition Directory CONTEST COORDINATORS I Bernice Williams 347 Southwick Rd Westfield MA 01085 II R Sobnno 87-2e 88th St Woodhaven Oueens NY 11421 RC Ernest Nikodem 407 Willow St Lockport NY 14094 RC Bill Fuori 28 Femwood Dr Commack NY 11725 Ill Nelson Gould 1944 S Idaho St Allentown PA 18103 lEast M Weisenbach 4588 W 148th Cleveland OH 44135 IWesti IV Warren Sanders Jr 9735 52nd Ave College Park MD 20741 RC Ed Byerley 200 Commander Cove Stafford VA 22554 V RC FlsIph Bailey PO Boa 1287 Orangeburg SC 29116-1287 FF W Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Montgomery AL 36108 CL Joseph Mead 1339 Renssalaer St Jacksonville FL 32205 VI AC ray 201 Holmes Salem Rd Terre Haute IN 47803 AC Seelng Dale Fslkening 1544 Derien Lake Dr Darien IL 80559 CL WR Bodzioch Jr 1800 Trail Ridge St Arlington Hgts IL 60004 ylon & SoarIng RC Pattern & other AC AC accept SoarIng Bold Face Below Indicates Clialmian Contest Board INDOOR CONTEST BOARD I Ray Herlan 15 Happy 110110w Rd Wayland MA 01778 II Doug Barber 140 Stratton House Maple Shade NJ 08052 Ill Walt venGorder 5869 4ictory view Ln Oncinnati OH 45238 IV Don Srull 941 Kiorberwicke Rd McLean VA 22102 V John Martin 2180 Tlgertail Miami FL 33133 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I George Higgins PO Bos 482 North Pembroke MA 02358 II Bill Boss 7708 269th St New Hyde Perk NY 11040 Ill Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Wayne Poster 101 Forest Dr Advance NC 27006 v Dave Hemntraught P0 Sos 171 Moncks Corner SC 29401 FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD I Henry Struck RFD 2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ave Lyndonville NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klsiber 2021 Lakelerld Ave Lakewood OH 44107 lv Jon Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny JenkIns 3112 E Ralnes Rd Memphis TN 38118 FF Jim Bennett 324 Hettenstein Ave St Louis MO 63119 VII events except AC entIre DistrIct except MichIgan Greg Seydel 3625 B lone Terrace Cudahy WI 53110 AC Leon Cordy N4503 Highway 55 Chilton WI 53014 MIchIgan AC Wayne Yasger 38235 Castle Romulus Ml 48174 CL & FF Paul Smith 11112 Dill Dr Sterling Hgts Ml 48077 VIII Randy Randolph PO Boa 271048 Dallas TX 75227 lx Mike TalIman 3014 Exchange Wichita KS 87217 AC George Hunter 6962 5 Lamar St Littleton CO 80123 x Roll Erickson 7506 Widgeon Way Fair Oaks CA 95626 No Harry Appian 27704 Saddle Rd Rolling Hills CA 90274 So Frank Gomes 2341 Noah St Hoeolslu HI 96816 Hawaii xl Dick Ss5er 7217 So 133rd St Seattle WA 98178 AC James McCarty 18968 Marine View Dr Seuttle WA 98166 Vt Charlie Sotich 3851 W 62nd Place Chicago tL 60629 VII Richard Doig 6 Canary Hill Dr Pontiac Ml 40055 VIII Ralph Bud Tenny Box 545 RIchardson TX 78080 IX Stan Chilton 725 E Uncoln Wichita KS 67211-3302 X Clarence Mether 2358 Tam OShanter Ave Bishop CA 93514-1944 xl Andy Tagliafico 650-B Taybin Rd NW Salem OR 97204 VI CE Robbert 349 Hdlsbors Ave. Lexington KY 40511 VII Larry Dziak 2019 Strange Ave. Stevens Point WI 54481 VIII William Lee 3523 Tameosh Lane Misaouit City TX 77459 lx Michael TalIman 3014 Exchenge Wichfta KS 67217 X Yb Gamer PO Box 573 Uvermore CA 94550 XI John Thompson 1505 Ash Ave Cottage Grove OR 97424 VI Chits Matsuno 8576 Ginger Dr St John MO 63114 VII Bill Shailor 2317 Clewson Avenue Royal Oak Ml 48073 VIII Mark Valeitus 1627 Ovettand Pass Sugarland TX 77478 lx Jerald Murphy 425 Mess Vista Ct Colorado Springs CO 80904 X Jon Norcross P0 Boa 68 Hanford CA 93232 Xl Kevin Collins 2320 Sehalee Dr E Redmond WA 98053 VI John Guenther 3 Box 297A Borden IN 47106 VII Claude McCalfougtr RR 1 Box 487 Montezuma IA 80171 VIII Buddy Irwin 922 Sundown Ln Dettoto TX 75115 IX Desn Copeland PO Boa 55564 Omaha NE 88155-0564 X Bill Strorsan 12318 Dune St Norwalk CA 90850 Xl Earle Moorhead 2545 Phipps Cr NE Salem OR 97305 VI Cal Ettel 3 Castle Dr RR 2 Florissant MO 63034 Vtl Keith Shaw 2798 Elmwood Ann Arbor Ml 40104 Vttt Kenneth Martin 7210 Winkleman Houston TX 77083-4340 IX Byron Blakeslee 3134 Winnebago Dr Sedalia CO 80135 X Robert Slift PO Box #9 Midway City CA 92655 Xl Mitch Poling 1519 NE 96th St Seattle WA 98115 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Ire Sean 32 Langholm Dr Nashua NH 03080 II Robert Clemens 98 Shorewey Dr Rochester NY 14812 Ill Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St McKeespotf PA 15131 IV Bob Kerlsson 2643 Marsh Rd Wilmington DE 19810 V David P156 6940 NW 15th PlantatIon FL 33313 ELECTRIC CONTEST BOARD I Nelson Whitman PO Boa 415 East Falmouth MA 02536 II Jon Bashes 198 Merritt Dr Oradell NJ 07649 Ill Dave Brown 4560 Layhigh Rd Hamilton OH 45013 IV Woody Blancliard 1733 Beach Rd Hampton VA 23664 V Robert Nelson 390 San Jose Winter Haven FL 33880 SPECIAL EVENTS CONTEST BOARD Chslrman Don Llndley 420 Tupelo Napervllle IL 60540 Executive Council rep Lee Webster 1000 Sycamore Manchester TN 37355 Member East Coast Austin Leftwich 407 Aubrey Rd Richmond VA 23229 Member West Coast Bill Northrop 898 West 16th St Newport Beach CA 92683 Member central Bwce Norman 3417 Creston Ave FL Worth TX 78133 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARDS AEROBATICS I Scott Melville 100 Chathem Terr Bridgeport CT 06606 II George Berko P08os867 Glenwood Lndg NY 11947 Ill A Nessellxock 5330 Bkiabeny HIll CI Claclenall OH 45248 IV Ton Miller 5020 Architale Rd. Plafftown NC 27040 V John Fuque 724 Diane St Niceville FL 22578 VI Charles W Reed 5408 Woodson Rd Raytown MO 64133 VII Brian Crossley 4740 LorInda Dr St Paul MN 55126 VIII William Thomas 331 SE Rookwood Bartleaville OK 74008 IX Jim Mowrey RR 2 Box 56 Kinsley KS 67947 X Craig Millet c/n Gibeon Dune & Crutcher 800 Newport Canter Dr Suite 700 Newport Beach CA 92660 XI Charles Davenport 1441S SE 266th St. Kent WA 98042 VI Bob Belluomini 129 College Perk Dr Crestview Hills KY 41017 VII Roy DieIz 12450 Lanadowne Detroit Ml 48224 VIII Steve Mintz 2 Bluebird St New Orleans LA 70124 IX Don Vineyard 1118W Coed Saline KS 67401-3209 X Robert Gorham 23961 Craftsman Rd Cafobases CA 91302 Xl Jerry Holcomb 1010 NE 122nd Ave Vancouver WA 98684 VI Jim Gager 8425 Auburn Rd FL Wayne IN 48825-3031 VII Wsyne Yasger 38235 Castle Dr Romulus MI 48174 VIII Dick Ritch 11042 Wexwing Houston TX 77035 IX Duane Get 12800W Ashbury Fl Lakewood CO 80236 X Gary Hover 16016 Ave 288 ViseIla CA 63277-9757 Xl Roger Pierce 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EuclId Ave Scottdale PA 15883 IV Bob Coampine 205 lipton Rd Newport News VA 23606 V Charles Anderson PO Box 305 TuIlahoma TN 37388 CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don undlay 420 Tupelo Napervilie IL 60540 FAI TEAM SELECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN SCALE John Guenther 3 Box 297A Borden IN 47106 INDOOR Richard Deig 6 Canary Hill Dr Pontiac Ml 48055 FREE FLIGHT Bill Gibbons 7423 Club House Rd Boulder CO 80301 Bob Sitleet RD 3 Box 66 Glenrock PA 17327 CL SPEED & TEAM RACE Bill Lee 3523 Tamaitak La Missouri City TX 77489 CL COMBAT Gsry Frost 13 Castlewood Cl St Peters MO 63376 CL AEROBATICS Bill Zimmer 508 Walnut Box 72 Verne IL 61375 RC SOARING Don Edberg 7000 Estepa Dr Tsiunga CA 91042 RC AEROBATICS James Kimbro 1219 6 Ferguson Vinslia CA 93291 Larry Phillipo 2155 Wslton Blvd Rochester MI 48063 AC PYLON Bob Brown 1255 High St Bradford PA 16701 RC ELECTRIC Joe Besher 198 Merittt Dr Oradell NJ 07649 RC HELICOPTER Horace Hagen 15 Parkwsy P1 Red Bsnk NJ 07701 138 Model Aviation 1988 US Free Flight Team Selection Finals Louis Joyner Photos author Seguin TXOctober 8-10 1988 Three days 15 rounds Fifteen chances mistake. less perfect launch mis read thermal out-of-trim glide So things go wrong Free Flight team selection final contest survival survivors nine fliers make fewest mistakes form United States team Free Flight World Championships Argentina during May 1989 new team selected Seguin FlA Dale Elder third Glider team 1983 World Champion Matt Gewain firsttime team member Jim Parker Twentyseven contestants flew event Fl B Jim Quinn Walt Ghio Jack Brown veterans previous teams Thirty-three con testants flew event FiC Ken Phair assistant team manager last time first team flier World Cup winner Randy Archer veteran team member Doug Galbreath Thirty-three contestants flew event reader may familiar intricacies three international Out door Free Flight events heres brief run down FlA Also known Nordic A-2 FlA event Towline Gliders typical model spans about 7/2 ft about 3 ft long weighs little over 14 oz model towed up much like kite 50-meter 164-ft nylon cable special towhook mechanism model allows model towed straight up overhead line slackened model can cir cle line still attached flier can circle-tow model indefinitely looking lift thermals thermal located flier rapidly tows model overhead causes zoom off line gain altitude Timing flight starts towline drops away Maximum re corded flight time 31/2 mm first round morning 3 mm rest rounds Wakefield FiB event rubberpowered models typical Wakefield about 4 ft long 5-ft wingspan model ready fly weighs bit over 8 oz including 40-gram 14-oz rubber motor An average motor would measure about 17 long made up 26 28 strands A-in-wide rubber strip motor stretched out wound 330 400 turns propeller usually measures about 24 in diameter 26 29 pitch typical motor run 30 40 sec end prop run model height 200 ft prop blades fold back reduce drag model glides rest flight maximum re corded time max flight 4 mm first round 3 mm remaining four flights day FiC Otherwise known Power mod els powered 25cc 15 cu engines running 80/20 mixture methyl alco hol castor oil typical model weighs about 27 oz has 6-ft wingspan 4-ftlong fuselage typical engine Rossi Nelson turns about 28000 rpm drives 7 x 3 prop engine run limited 7 sec shut off engine control high-speed near-vertical climb competi tors use clockwork electronic timer floods engines intake fuel ap plies brake stop propeller Because high climb FiC mod els 500 600 ft max early morning rounds set 5 mm rest flights 3 mm However due weather conditions finals Power models flown 4-mm max first day 31/2 mm second day 5 mm last day SOME OBSERVATIONS FlA Circle tow now used almost univer sally level competence seemed much higher previous finals saw very few tow-ins near-misses although winner Dale Elder came close hitting ground downwind circle pulled up-and-off nice thermal Most towline models looked about same main variation being top bottom rudder mounting Lots carbon fiber evidence electronic de thermalizer timers audible beepers aid recovery model after flight FiB Compared other two classes Wakefields seem allow widest lati tude design Some fliers using timer-operated VIT variableincidence tailplane AR autorudder control power burst Others flew locked-up air planes relying aerodynamic adjust ments control flight Quite few mod els sported Oliver carbon fiber motor tubes Jack Brown made team flying basic box fuselage Montreal-style front ends much evidence both homebrew versions beautifully machined commercial units spotted solid-balsa wing Tom loergers Joe Maxwells machine shop Scotland Most fliers used D-box con struction Nobody using delayed prop release variable-pitch propeller Wakefielders seemed conserva tive point flying models well over 20 years old FiC Power thin aluminum wing skins very much evidence Doug Galbreath Ralph Cooney Ken Oliver flying veedihederal models winglets flapper saw Gil Morris model Randy Archer some Russianinspired models very nicely finished aluminum machined front ends Poland Folding carbon-fiber propellers widely used both two- bladed versions Quite few fliers us ing bunt transition whole power patterns seemed better fi nals good recoveries glide minimum altitude loss some thing went wrong really went wrong team members end finals will mean start frenzied few months building testing before join reigning Wakefield champ Bob White Ar gentina rest fliers finals mark end two-year team selection process beginning next cy cle Theres always next time complete listing performance round top 10 finishers event published January 1988 Compe tition Newsletter page 143 February 1989 139 Glider team includes LR Jim Parker former world champion Matt Gewain kneeling Dale Elder top Wakefield flier dropu 12 seconds 6th round Doug Gaibreaths new Power model features V-dihedral wing winglets wave future SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX Cooetitfoo N ofoftor will poooot tirro flow corotreetice ood 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partiality shown x judges European teams o discomfort disappointment shown 0 most members North Cen tral American teams well three O European teams steamrollered CO by judges fact very famous contestant commented judges blind felt per formed very poorly because feel x o ing well judges gave him 0 the highest single-flight scores cont 0 est O Of course water under CO bridge now does no good complain about quality lack thereof judging past contest ques tion what can improve X teams chances winning future 0 Mr Chidgey recommends try 0 forget about style well good O but possible think CO sport would worse off flight expression pilots charac ter personality expression removed wouldnt much left Bet X ter build robots flying 0 o course winner would team a which could afford best robotbut thats different subject altogether 0 CO have some proposals own Id now like make based own observations comments Ive received number world-class x fliers 0 o First Id like see examined pos 0 sibility limiting influence manufac o turers both national level well CO on world championships very least Id like see factory fliers sepa rated own categories cont est think F3A AMA competition X should both remain amateur events o At contest attend see 0 a and instances factory sponsorship Im talking about contestants CO using prototype other special equipment available other contestants modeling community large have also seen more instances x of contestants paid employees O one manufacturer another noth 0 ing wrong mind long that contestant spending working 0 CO hours flying practicing contests practice would give contestant SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX FAI World Records Rec RecRecord No TypeClassRecord HolderNation DatePerformance 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27a 28 29 30 31 32a 32b 32c 32d 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 DU DI-SL H S-SL DU DI-SL H S-SI DU DI-SL H S-SL DU 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Richmond I Richmond M Matyas M Michl 200m course E Svoboda M Pruss R Jenneson Dana Swah D Whitney R Jenneson B Krasnorutsky B Krasnorutsky B Krasnorutsky B Krasnorutsky Zhang Guisheng Jiang Jie Dong Chumlal I Zhidanov Y Zaslavsky R Weber M Hill V Miakinine R Weber M Hill Lin Hanmao G Peszke D Whitney Kuznetzov/Kramarenko V ShapovalovN Onufrienko Tan Bing Jerry Krainock T Voitenko W Kuppers G Peszke R Hersperger R Hersperger C Aghem I Tsibisov I Tsibisov R Hersperger R Hersperger 140 Model Aviation CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP B CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP YR HA YR CCCP YU OK HA N N CCCP CCCP N N B C G B CCCP PH N N N HA HA OK CCCP VH N C VH CCCP CCP CCCP CCCP B B B CCCP CCCP N N CCCP N N B SP C CCCP CCCP B N CCCP D SP HB HB CCCP CCCP HB HB 4/18/86 7/1/62 6/19/64 9/6/87 8/6/52 8/15/52 8/8/82 5/5/81 6/3/68 8/3/74 8/30/75 6/12/70 10/1/65 10/1/63 9/24/63 9/20/70 5/15/60 3/31/62 5/23/48 6/7/87 9/28/83 9/6/70 9/21/71 9/3/83 5/28/88 6/11/82 8/22/84 6/27/87 10/13/86 10/20/84 6/12/52 7/26/86 6/7/87 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F3E-SOL FW BiestefeldD 6/20/84 3:0454 72DI-SL F3E-SOL 73H F3E-SOL 74S-SL F3E-SOL F WeissgerberD 7/5/87 6622km/h 75DI-CC F3E-SOL PJ HartwigD 5/26/86 2703 mi 76s-cc F3E-SOL 77DU F3E-COMB Ha Cheng FengB 5/26/87 6:1532 78DI-SL F3E-COMB VoitenkoCCCP 5/23/87 148km 79H F3E-COMB VoitenkoCCCP 9/7/87 816m 80S-SL F3E-COMB R WinsorC 10/26/86 10091km/h 81DI-CC F3E-COMB PJ HartwigD 7/5/87 435km 82S-CC F3E-COMB P ChannonC 11/2/86 69523km/h DU DurationS-SL Speed straight line DI-SL Distance straight lines-cc Speed closed circuit DI-cc Distance closed circuitS-cF Speed circular flight H ht Reference issue 10 1Oct 1987and updates CLASSIFICATION OF RECORDS DISTANCE FLIGHT TYPE OFMETHOD OF ATEMODEL CLASSPROPULSION DURATION STRAIGHTHEIGHTSPEED GORYLINE GliderFlA171819 Aeroplane FiB Extensible Motor1234 PlC Pision MolOr5678 FIBExtensible Motor4041 4243 Seaplane IPlCPiston Motor4445 4647 3 .F1FExtensible Motor9 10 1112 Helicopter on Motor13141516 DURATION Indoor FiD Extensible Moior 32 ceiling category less 8 m Model b ceiling category II 8 m 15 m ci ceiling category III 15 m 30 m d ceIling caiegory IV over 30 m SPEED WI SWEPT VOLUME cm3 zc . Aeroplane F2A Piston Motor IA lB III 100 1 251 501 500to 1000 28 29 OReaction Motor3D UF2C Piston Motor100 laps 57200 Ia 58 DISTANCEDISTANCE SPEED DURA-IN AHEIGHT SPEEDIN AIN TIONSTRAIGHTCLOSEDCLOSED LINECIRCUITCIRCUIT Aeroplane F3A Piston Motor 202122233153 W .J Seaplane F3A Piston Motor 48 49 50 51 52 54 O Gilder F3B 24 25 26 33 34 55 HeiicooteF3CPiston Motor353637383956 z OElectrrnotor o5596061626364 0 o Aeroplane F3E P 65 66 67 68 69 70 SOL 71 72 73 74 75 76 COMB 77 78 79 60 81 82 AIRCRAFT NATIONALITY RBGISTRATION MARKS Algeria ArgentinaLV LO AusiraliaVH Austria Belgium00 Bolivia CP Brazil ariaL Canada C CF ChileCC ChinaB ColombiaHK CubaCU CyprusSB CzechoslovakiaOK DenmarkOY EgyptSU EquadorHC Federal Republic Germany 0 FinlandOH FranceF German Democratic RepublicDM GreeceSX GuatemalaTG HungaryHA IcelandTF IndiaVT IndonesiaPK IraqVI IranEP IrelandEl EJ Israel4X Ilaly JordanJY Democretic Peoples Republic 01 Korea. P South KoreaHI JapanJA LebanonOD LiechtensteinHB emblem LuxemburgLX MexicoXA XB XC Monaco3A MoroccoCN Netherlands. PH New ZealandZK ZL LM NorwayLN PakistanAP PanamaHP PeruOB PolandSP PortugalCS SR RomanraYR San Marino South AfricaZS ZT ZU SpainBC SurinamePZ SwedenSE SwitzerlandHB emblem ThailandHS TunisiaTS TurkeyTC Un4ed KingdomG UruguayCX USAN USSRCCCP VenezualaYV YugoslaviaYU Zambia9J OAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOX distinct advantage over fellow competi tors am reminded what happened NAS CAR back middle late Sixties Ford chrysler factory teams literally took over national stock car racing Id hate see same sort thing hap pen model aviation second proposal applies world-class competition types Id like see true world representation choosing judges contest should least judge geographic area one North South central America example having team partici pating world championships realize would mean increase cost holding contests feel way insure true impartiality part judges third proposal FAI make pub lic details world championship compe tition participating countries 18 months advance Fourth Id like see practice normal izing scores eliminated Use raw scores stead due unbalancing effect practice Fifth Id like see flyoff opened least 15 competitors Id also like see contestants start off fresh no scores carried over previous flights Last certainly least Id like see AMA institute novice sportsman classes FAI pattern After does future US world competition team members no good start flying type pattern rest world flies other Thats about Id like thank read ing overly long letter Id like close request members Please par ticipate After AMA just ad ministrator insurance people think AMA representative body hobby Vote SOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOX February 1989 141 OAPBOX
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/02
Page Numbers: 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141
COMPETI T4QN~ NEWSLETTR~ ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS1810 SAMUEL MORSE DRIVE RESTON VA 22090 Note Technical Director Bob Underwood 1 Its time miss-a-lane-e-us columns always seem little things need considered plod along through year am certain 1989 wont different Contest Directors activities continue right through winter months Northern climes tend focus mall shows build-a-plane events indoors warmer areas grapefruit oranges grow still see people out punching holes skies Oh yes few exceptions people voluntarily freeze various portions anatomy holding events winter winds howl power hearty souls can truthfully say enjoy reading about such events suspect few comments appro priate CDs time First should noted CD Guide men tioned some time ago column fi nally available reality have send ing along new CDs last month plan present time send CDs active 1988 remainder pool almost 3000 may obtain writing us copy know doing way run same risk criticism occurred rule books last cycle didnt send CD faced interesting situation now about 4500 CDs about 1500-1700 active Between October 1 1987 Oc tober 1 1988 processed applications some 200 new CDs Less half persons ran event during time CD Guide contains help filling out necessary forms copies forms National Records following new National Records have processed approved during month November 1988 IndoorCategory Pennyplane Open 1131 Peter Staehling 10/22/88 Outdoor Free Flight CO2 Power Open 1400 George Perryman 10/16/88 Outdoor Free FlightCategory III C Gas Open1945 Guy R Scott Jr 10/9/88 Control Line 1/2A Speed Open14417 mph Charles E Legg 10/15/88 samples current scoresheets have used Nats will updating material regularly adding find suggest other items should included pages held together staple sending along plastic binder strip Continued page 134 Opening ceremonies Leszno Poland US Junior team parade Polish Aero Club cadet carrying placard Mike Keller bears flag Team Manager Bob Sifleet brings up rear members team show clearly photo really Melinda Anderson Marty Pelatoweki Adam Tracy Matthew Gag liano Tony Hutchins Jimmy Buxton Free Flight Junior World Championships Team Manager s Report Robert Sifleet Photos team supporters report brief due lack time part filling up Model Aviation lot words style reports team members should impor tant comments Continued oaee 136 February 1989 133 Competition Newsletter edited Ross B McMullen AMA 18181 1988 FF Nats Results FF GAS No Juniors Seniors 1 Chris Gulotta Open 39 1 Keith Fuimer 2 Nat Comfort 3 Jean Pallet 4 Bill Schlsrb 5 Bob Perkins 6 Jim Kutkuhn FF GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 38 1 Charles Caton 2 Robert Dunham II 3 Bob Hanford 4 Bernard Boehm 5 Bill Prenaky 6 Charles Schuchrnan FF B GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 36 1 Anthony Italiano 2 Greg Hinrichs 3 Bill Jenkins Open 8 1 Warren Kurth 2 Robert Nichols 3 Russ Whittord FF CARGO SecondsNo Juniors Southfieid Mi203No Seniors Open 3 1 Robert Nichols Mishawaka IN Chester PA Brookville NY South Bend IN Columbus OH Augusta KS Montgomery AL Broken Arrow OK Broken Arrow OK South Bend IN Pittstord NY Beileville IL Brookfield WI Monona WI Memphis TN 4 Richard HailAthens AL 5 Robert HanfordBroken Arrow OK 6 Richard RikelPaducah KY Flyoff determine placing FF C GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 29 1 EdKeck 2 Charles Caton 3 Sal Taibi 4 Douglas Rabe 5 Marvin Mace FF 0 GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 17 1 Marvin Mace 2 Jim Summersett 3 Bill Dunlop 4 Sal Taibi FF FAI POWER Fl C No Juniors No Seniors Open 9 1 Zygfryd Sulisz 2 Douglas Rabe 3 Gilbert Graunke Webster NY Montgomery AL Lakewood CA Dayton OH Seguin TX Seguin TX San Antonio lx Greensburg PA Lakewood CA itasca IL Dayton OH Brookfieid WI 537 357 341 340 328 308 Seconds 750 600 480 472 383 337 Seconds 360 358 358 323 301 292 Seconds 750 743 730 542 495 Seconds 600 593 480 478 Seconds 625 533 147 FF PAYLOAD No Juniors No Seniors FF ELECTRICA No Juniors No Seniors Open 4 1 Robert Nichols 2 Duane Renken 3 Don Jenkins FF ELECTRICB No Juniors No Seniors Open 2 1 Robert Nichols 2 Duane Renken FF CO2 No Juniors No Seniors Open 5 1 George Perryman 2 Duane Renken 3 Linwood Cochran Davenport IA S Meriden CT Milwaukee WI S Menden CT Seconds 234 200 95 FF P-30 RUBBER Junior 1 Paul Wicks 2 Jawie Jackson No Seniors Open 25 1 FK Hesb Grams2 Bill Jackson 3 George Perryman 12734 Robert Nichols 5 CA Schuchman Seconds 319 184 177 Normal IL Cincinnati OH Xenia OH Cincinnati OH Smyrna GA S Meriden CT Belleville IL FF Al TOWLINE GLIDER No Juniors No Seniors S Meriden CTOpen 11 Ann Arbor Ml1 Bill Schlarb Indianapolis IN2 Jean Psilet 3 Guenther Nowak 4 Philip Bayly FF A2 TOWLINE GLIDER FlA SecondsNo Juniors S Meriden CT215No Seniors Ann Arbor Mi199Open 11 1 James Thornberiy 2 Orval Stewart 3 Andrew Barron 4 Bill Schlarb Smyrna GA Ann Arbor Mi Tucker GA FF MULVIHILL RUBBER Junior 1 Jamie Jackson 2 Steven Whitford Senior 1 Paul Spangler Open 23 1 Greg Hinricha 2 Joe Macay 3 Chris Matauno 4 George Perrynian 5 Guenther Nowak FF WAKEFIELD Fl B No Juniors No Seniors Open 11 1 Fred Blom 2 Ed Konefes 3 Martin Richardson 4 Chris Matsuno Cincinnati OH Milwaukee WI Lawrenceville IL Monona WI Southfleld Mi St Johns MO Smyrna GA Chicago IL rimonum MD Wauconda IL Dayton OH St Johns MO FF COUPE dHIVER Junior 1 Paul Wicks Normal IL Senior 1 Roger Wathen Jr Indianapolis IN Open 23 1 Wallace Brown 2 George Perryman 3 George Batiuk 4 Kevin Anderson 5 Anton Telford Lawrenceviile IL Smyrna GA Huntsville AL Stratford MO Springfield IL Seconds 840 360 228 Madison WI Nashville TN Champaign IL South Bend IN South Bend IN Brookville NY itasca IL Largo FL Seconds 158 38 339 338 338 271 248 Seconds 422 299 289 235 Seconds 806 728 841 632 FF HAND-LAUNCH GLIDER Junior 8 1 Paul Wicks 2 Michael Gartin 3 Steven Whitford Seconds 4 Greg Rainey 5 Robert Combs 1316 Jenny Benton 1047 Anthony Perry 8 Bobby Spoon 211Senior 3 1 Paul Spangler 2 Chris Gulotta 3 Roger Wathen Jr 539 Open 26 5141 Bernard Boehm 5032 Alfred Beletz 3 Kevin Anderson 4 Gerald CaIdwell 5 Robert Dunham II 6 Bill Schlarb 7 James Kutkuhn Seconds 1130 1084 1034 982 Normal IL Indianapolis IN Milwaukee WI Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Lawrenceville IL Southfield MI Indianapolis IN South Bend IN Maplewood MO Stratford MO Indianapolis IN Broken Arrow OK South Bend IN Augusta KS FF 3-MAN MULVIHILL TEAM 2 WATERMELON TEAM Guenther Nowak Ed Konefes Joe Macay SecondsSODBUSTERS TEAM 34George Perryman Chris Matauno 20Wallace Brown 515 FF UNLIMITED DAWN RUBBER 4 5091Ed Konefes 4512Dave Plait 4373Joe Macay 3904Joe Williams Seconds 143 57 53 37 28 25 20 17 63 55 42 294 289 289 282 268 219 176 Seconds 503 381 737 1591 514 539 333 1388 can remove staple have looseleaf booklet suitable copying Fu ture plans typeset forms leave room margin punching fit three-hole ring folder hope will find booklet value CD Two areas concern CDs should noted enough care being taken fill ing out sanction application forms have noted large number forms have proper classification indicated whether event 'A~ c would direct attention sanctioning section can found both Membership Manual Com petition Regulations books important try keep classifications straight incorrect submitted will have changed get Headquarters second concern have CDs return proper forms follow ing event time sanction ap proved receive forms need filled out returned after event completed particular need receive form lists names AMA num bers participants Form 10 lists winners name CD CDs ran event return forms two things can happen First will receive credit having run event therefore will receive earned membership following year Second place Academy very 302 283 238 47 interesting position relative defending club should litigation occur result event tendency say worry Nothing happened event What can happen long after event over claim can surface Such concerns confined outdoor flying events Someone may injured swap-shop type event may aware time happens Yes know just paperwork ex ercise time can criti cal concern Shifting something affects us consider Membership Manual first year can look forward re ceiving 1989 version document member Without asking Continued page 136 134 Model Aviation 1989S TWO UNFORGETTABLE DATES TRICITIESWASHINGTONMONTANA Rich land WASHINGTON KennewickO OP esco KENNEWICK PASCO RICHLAND JULY 1523OREGONIDAHO ENTRY FORMS AND IN FORMATION NEVADA 0 OFFICIAL ENTRY FORMS will mailed 1989 NATS contestants hobby shops western US AIVIA charter clubs entry forms will sent out late January early February will also available major trade shows beginning late January NATS INFORMATION PACKETS will include official entry form maps motel lists campground lists site locations area information will available late January dollar $100 receive 89 NATS info packet send $100 AMA HQ receive entry form ONLY send BUSINESS-SIZE stamped self-addressed envelope AMA HQ schedule changes additions send today RADIO CONTROL PYLON SOARING events LIMITED TEN ENTRIES per FREQUENCY Pattern will also have frequency limits slots available first-come basis act early! _______________WRIGHTPATTERSON AFB ______________May 27 28 29 THE AMA ANNUAL FUN FLY Fly-In ____________________________will big held Air Force Museum grounds Wright/Patterson Air _____________Force Base Dayton event will quite attraction AMA members Radio Control flight lines Control Line area Free Flight flying areas will available ______ expected highturnout fliers participation RC fliers will limited twenty per RC channeL insure slot may register advance sending $1000 AIVIA reserve frequency channel _______________________________advance registration fee non-refundable February 1989 135 1989 NATS NEWS Please entersubscriptions @ $1000 NAME ADDR ESS CITY STATE ZIP_______________________ Enclosed $ cc 1989 FUN FLY REGISTRATION Please reserve _______ frequency NAME ADD R ESS CITY STATE ZIP______________________ Enclosed $ ____________ 4i*nfor Champs fc# five months prepare FF World Championships Juniors model ers under age 18 years Lesno Po land team members did have lot time preparation However models performed well practice days FlA The typical northern European air cool overcast day made picking thermals dif ficult team members accustomed stronger thermals strong thermal would take Glider twice towline height three minutes FiB Our team excellent models seemed well trimmed calm conditions did perform expected strong gusty wind blew during fourth through seventh rounds FiC Melinda Andersons performance teams best missing max due difficulty picking air launch other team members experienced unex pected mechanical problems trim changes junior World Championships provided exposure high level competition nearly good regular world champi onships several evening techni cal sessions competitors put models display inspection exchange ideas experiences technol ogy shared everyone presence interpreters provided Polish Aero Club made communication between team members country possible team members team supporters came home Poland great deal knowl edgeable about FF world championship level high degree sportsmanship evi dent among competitors champi onships usual reports model recovery teams helping other re cover models cornfields trees highlight occurred Jimmy Buxton repairing FiB model badly damaged windblown landing fellow competitors three other teams assisting rebuilding model FF Junior World Championships Fliers Observations Adam Tracy Wakefield flier following letter addressed AMA Executive Director John Worth RMcM Thank very much sponsoring fly Junior World Championships Poland fly competition against 35 other world-class-caliber fliers indeed something will cherish rest life three days contest went smoothly judges complete control over contest pole position two timers Polish Aero Club binocularsthey no problems timing planes fault could see smallness field light winds maxing plane could easily fly off air base splendid chase crew wasnt worried Despite best-working flying event have ever flew Wakefield third day competition weather conditions favor because very windy first round Im known well fierce wind held first place through Round 4 After lunch break wind became bad contest directors delay begin ning fifth round two hours round finally started wind plane wings off avoid having folded constant battering wind Wakefield flew did too well its climb much wind failed max 64-sec flight enough put out contention medal end contest 16th place three minutes under win ning Czech flier acquired great deal experience fly ing championships feel could much better next two years Im full support AMA spon soring US team 1990 PS brought home plaque rep resents US Junior team will re ceiving soon think would look very attractive AMA museum [It now display museum area AMA Na tional Center Aeromodeling RMcM] Again thanks bunch supporting us AT FF Junior World Championships Supporters Thanks Daniel Tracy AMA 614 following letter appreciation addressed AMA Executive Director John Worth RMcM Watching son Adam fly interna tional competition Wakefields shall re main impressive com pelling experiences Ive ever wish convey thanks staff instigating opportunity Adam now seasoned Wakefield travelers appreciate alternateculture flying interface got along well other fliers recognized Olympian aspect superseding constraining political restrictions refreshing inspiring observe breathed few rare moments life everything seemed pretty good should noted competition worthy efforts Adam flies win weather challenge afterward watching winners receive ac colades field Polandin wind rainwe both struck enormity event World competition great now Adam obligatory ceremony left no doubt first-place winner champion world label believe Adam now covets should no alarm verve cause have learned father Adams grandfatherthat flying competi tion Wakefield noble lofty endeavor wholeheartedly encourage continua tion AMA support involvement FAI Free Flight Juniors competition pro gram fact solicit expansion ef fort because Americas prestige could enhanced Tik flWe0tr m*jffu will monumental changes please take some time look over Better yet put somewhere can find reference later year buck two time told people answer severaldollar long distance phone call question page so-and-so Membership Manual would able buy lot new modeling stuff particularly true information found Safety Code Frequency Recommendations Watch arrive house soon Once again will combined Sup ply Service materials speaking books paid FAI stamp either five- 10-dollar version will receiving new FAI compe tition book Please note copy will Continued page 138 136 Model Aviation Adam Tracy No 12 Wakefield Melinda Anderson baffles wind readies FAI Power model flight US FAI RC Pylon Racing Team Selection Finals Wayne Yeager Photos author September 3-4 1988 Labor Day weekend Toledo Weak Signals Club hosted US F3D Team Selection Race meet held purposes picking team represent United States next RC Pylon World Championships held fall 1989 1988 Nats 18 entries F3D respectable number consid ering F3D racing practically nonexistent US Unfortunately Nats competitors decided forgo Team Se lection Race because felt could compete few people obvi ously knew proper pipe/engine/prop combination needed win proved prophetic because people did compete heads above rest seven entries people probably represented best country US team will formida ble despite low entry selec tion race Day started joke Mother Na ture rained rained rained . however since Weak Signals have shelter house big enough hold party since guys bored just sitting around nothing tell lies sent local loco member home pick up Duraplane kit plus engine started rainy day project building Dave Shadel Gary Hover jumped car headed hobby shop pick up some wing covering gone Bruce Richmond Dub Jett Jim Shi nohara started assembly Since got pick up sanding block everindustrious Shinohara sanded elevator rudder concrete floor said about 80-grit Shadel Hover returned started covering wing other assembly continued agreed beforehand chal lenge themselves using instruc tions philosophy exactly Since en gine using brand-new K&B 45 since little heavier proper engine built fuselage back wards move wing forward help CG location progressing very well sudden rain blew away im mediately put Mr Duraplane hold went racing Everyone got quick trim flight around 400 pm compe tition started general tone set Round 1 Dub jett turned teen time 11850 followed Gary Hover 11829 Bruce Richmonds 12087 Gary Gau also fray very nice 11926 unfortunately zeroes plagued Gary al though fast unable make team After five rounds quit because late Weak Signals cooking up steak fry competitors workers After consuming lots steak corn-onna cob assorted veggies liquids emitting few burps engaging associated con vivial activities Duraplane crew went back work finalizing assembly pro cess taped control rods against fuselage crammed backup radio fueled andright duskhandlaunched setting sun Youre prob ably saying 1 wonder flew Are kidding nitro-breath flew great fact several guys wanted hands transmitter flew several times give everyone chance Finally got too dark went home next day Mother Nature again let us know boss dumping us whole morning around noon fi nally backed off after deciding enough enough rewarded patience blue skies light breezes sailed through seven rounds tal 12 Team Selection Committee de cided drop round half rac ing competitor counted best 10 heats threw out two worst scoring system used F3D fliers time converted seconds subtracted 200meaning highest score over length contest winner However scoring system has changed 1989 utilized new system identical old except no longer subtract times 200 anymore now means lowest score overall winner top three guysDub jett Bruce Rich mond Gary Hoverdominated scoring racking up consistent scores result being spread over 200 points between third fourth places 10 rounds counted Dub Jett aver aged 11754 Bruce Richmond 11806 Gary Hover 12043 Thats chopped liver guys Dub Jett also recorded meets fastest time 11436 Form guys wish could go fast guys best week end deserve team rep resenting United States Dave Shadel did compete because automati cally invited back defending World Champ therefore addition al ready strong team should make guys very formidable team selected Don McStay Team Manager good move because Don bubble being first alter nate now gets part team anyway Good pick guys Congratulations made team good luck 1989 February 1989 137 new Pylon team Kneeling L-R Dub Jett Gary Hover Bruce Richmond Standing L-R Don McStay let alternate end team manager World Champion Dave Shadel Jim Shinohara perfect FAI Jury L-R Pete Waters Bob Brown Greg Doe Technical Director cbntiiwed official versIon pro duced AMA last year titled Interna tional Aeromodeling Rules able supply official version year two reasons First old 1984 official version just updated im portant however AMA did paste-up official version actually arranged printing Copies in-house now would like copy inclined purchase FAI stamp may purchased three dollars Shifting gears again let us repeat informa tion found Frequency Alert printed last editions Competition Newsletter National Newsletter Executive Council action require ment gold silver sticker transmit ters sanctioned events has post poned until December 20 1990 Please note individual clubs may require stickers prior date wish have word clubs have developed such requirement field operations becomes rule field under General sec tion Safety Code note item two Speaking jets yes know werent have flurry activity type engine recently Probably have read material about RCM RC Scale Modeler two other com panies individuals have contacted us recently about jet engines have under development great deal interest form power reason AMAs terest dealing ramifica tions engines may have Safety Code very pleased three persons connected projects have kept close touch us dealing 10000 exhaust temperatures parts moving about 100000 rpm things think about relative safety know will hearing lot about interesting innovative power sources Incidentally three uses different fuel ranging jet fuel gasoline propane Golly con sider future have take five fuel supplies field flying sessionsthat includes charger Electric last shot looks like chartered club going receive very helpful book let near future Some time ago sent copy booklet containing John Prestons Model Aviation Safety Comes First columns information compiled AMA member Frank Bur chardt Carlsbad NM interesting note Frank took Johns columns chopped up put together categories makes very useful reference book club members struggle keep up operational safety con cerns posed chemical tech nology hobby/sport club receives its copy certain give member tends keep light hid den under bushel Happy 1989 May flights fantasticand landings planned Competition Directory CONTEST COORDINATORS I Bernice Williams 347 Southwick Rd Westfield MA 01085 II R Sobnno 87-2e 88th St Woodhaven Oueens NY 11421 RC Ernest Nikodem 407 Willow St Lockport NY 14094 RC Bill Fuori 28 Femwood Dr Commack NY 11725 Ill Nelson Gould 1944 S Idaho St Allentown PA 18103 lEast M Weisenbach 4588 W 148th Cleveland OH 44135 IWesti IV Warren Sanders Jr 9735 52nd Ave College Park MD 20741 RC Ed Byerley 200 Commander Cove Stafford VA 22554 V RC FlsIph Bailey PO Boa 1287 Orangeburg SC 29116-1287 FF W Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Montgomery AL 36108 CL Joseph Mead 1339 Renssalaer St Jacksonville FL 32205 VI AC ray 201 Holmes Salem Rd Terre Haute IN 47803 AC Seelng Dale Fslkening 1544 Derien Lake Dr Darien IL 80559 CL WR Bodzioch Jr 1800 Trail Ridge St Arlington Hgts IL 60004 ylon & SoarIng RC Pattern & other AC AC accept SoarIng Bold Face Below Indicates Clialmian Contest Board INDOOR CONTEST BOARD I Ray Herlan 15 Happy 110110w Rd Wayland MA 01778 II Doug Barber 140 Stratton House Maple Shade NJ 08052 Ill Walt venGorder 5869 4ictory view Ln Oncinnati OH 45238 IV Don Srull 941 Kiorberwicke Rd McLean VA 22102 V John Martin 2180 Tlgertail Miami FL 33133 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I George Higgins PO Bos 482 North Pembroke MA 02358 II Bill Boss 7708 269th St New Hyde Perk NY 11040 Ill Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Wayne Poster 101 Forest Dr Advance NC 27006 v Dave Hemntraught P0 Sos 171 Moncks Corner SC 29401 FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD I Henry Struck RFD 2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ave Lyndonville NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klsiber 2021 Lakelerld Ave Lakewood OH 44107 lv Jon Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny JenkIns 3112 E Ralnes Rd Memphis TN 38118 FF Jim Bennett 324 Hettenstein Ave St Louis MO 63119 VII events except AC entIre DistrIct except MichIgan Greg Seydel 3625 B lone Terrace Cudahy WI 53110 AC Leon Cordy N4503 Highway 55 Chilton WI 53014 MIchIgan AC Wayne Yasger 38235 Castle Romulus Ml 48174 CL & FF Paul Smith 11112 Dill Dr Sterling Hgts Ml 48077 VIII Randy Randolph PO Boa 271048 Dallas TX 75227 lx Mike TalIman 3014 Exchange Wichita KS 87217 AC George Hunter 6962 5 Lamar St Littleton CO 80123 x Roll Erickson 7506 Widgeon Way Fair Oaks CA 95626 No Harry Appian 27704 Saddle Rd Rolling Hills CA 90274 So Frank Gomes 2341 Noah St Hoeolslu HI 96816 Hawaii xl Dick Ss5er 7217 So 133rd St Seattle WA 98178 AC James McCarty 18968 Marine View Dr Seuttle WA 98166 Vt Charlie Sotich 3851 W 62nd Place Chicago tL 60629 VII Richard Doig 6 Canary Hill Dr Pontiac Ml 40055 VIII Ralph Bud Tenny Box 545 RIchardson TX 78080 IX Stan Chilton 725 E Uncoln Wichita KS 67211-3302 X Clarence Mether 2358 Tam OShanter Ave Bishop CA 93514-1944 xl Andy Tagliafico 650-B Taybin Rd NW Salem OR 97204 VI CE Robbert 349 Hdlsbors Ave. Lexington KY 40511 VII Larry Dziak 2019 Strange Ave. Stevens Point WI 54481 VIII William Lee 3523 Tameosh Lane Misaouit City TX 77459 lx Michael TalIman 3014 Exchenge Wichfta KS 67217 X Yb Gamer PO Box 573 Uvermore CA 94550 XI John Thompson 1505 Ash Ave Cottage Grove OR 97424 VI Chits Matsuno 8576 Ginger Dr St John MO 63114 VII Bill Shailor 2317 Clewson Avenue Royal Oak Ml 48073 VIII Mark Valeitus 1627 Ovettand Pass Sugarland TX 77478 lx Jerald Murphy 425 Mess Vista Ct Colorado Springs CO 80904 X Jon Norcross P0 Boa 68 Hanford CA 93232 Xl Kevin Collins 2320 Sehalee Dr E Redmond WA 98053 VI John Guenther 3 Box 297A Borden IN 47106 VII Claude McCalfougtr RR 1 Box 487 Montezuma IA 80171 VIII Buddy Irwin 922 Sundown Ln Dettoto TX 75115 IX Desn Copeland PO Boa 55564 Omaha NE 88155-0564 X Bill Strorsan 12318 Dune St Norwalk CA 90850 Xl Earle Moorhead 2545 Phipps Cr NE Salem OR 97305 VI Cal Ettel 3 Castle Dr RR 2 Florissant MO 63034 Vtl Keith Shaw 2798 Elmwood Ann Arbor Ml 40104 Vttt Kenneth Martin 7210 Winkleman Houston TX 77083-4340 IX Byron Blakeslee 3134 Winnebago Dr Sedalia CO 80135 X Robert Slift PO Box #9 Midway City CA 92655 Xl Mitch Poling 1519 NE 96th St Seattle WA 98115 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Ire Sean 32 Langholm Dr Nashua NH 03080 II Robert Clemens 98 Shorewey Dr Rochester NY 14812 Ill Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St McKeespotf PA 15131 IV Bob Kerlsson 2643 Marsh Rd Wilmington DE 19810 V David P156 6940 NW 15th PlantatIon FL 33313 ELECTRIC CONTEST BOARD I Nelson Whitman PO Boa 415 East Falmouth MA 02536 II Jon Bashes 198 Merritt Dr Oradell NJ 07649 Ill Dave Brown 4560 Layhigh Rd Hamilton OH 45013 IV Woody Blancliard 1733 Beach Rd Hampton VA 23664 V Robert Nelson 390 San Jose Winter Haven FL 33880 SPECIAL EVENTS CONTEST BOARD Chslrman Don Llndley 420 Tupelo Napervllle IL 60540 Executive Council rep Lee Webster 1000 Sycamore Manchester TN 37355 Member East Coast Austin Leftwich 407 Aubrey Rd Richmond VA 23229 Member West Coast Bill Northrop 898 West 16th St Newport Beach CA 92683 Member central Bwce Norman 3417 Creston Ave FL Worth TX 78133 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARDS AEROBATICS I Scott Melville 100 Chathem Terr Bridgeport CT 06606 II George Berko P08os867 Glenwood Lndg NY 11947 Ill A Nessellxock 5330 Bkiabeny HIll CI Claclenall OH 45248 IV Ton Miller 5020 Architale Rd. Plafftown NC 27040 V John Fuque 724 Diane St Niceville FL 22578 VI Charles W Reed 5408 Woodson Rd Raytown MO 64133 VII Brian Crossley 4740 LorInda Dr St Paul MN 55126 VIII William Thomas 331 SE Rookwood Bartleaville OK 74008 IX Jim Mowrey RR 2 Box 56 Kinsley KS 67947 X Craig Millet c/n Gibeon Dune & Crutcher 800 Newport Canter Dr Suite 700 Newport Beach CA 92660 XI Charles Davenport 1441S SE 266th St. Kent WA 98042 VI Bob Belluomini 129 College Perk Dr Crestview Hills KY 41017 VII Roy DieIz 12450 Lanadowne Detroit Ml 48224 VIII Steve Mintz 2 Bluebird St New Orleans LA 70124 IX Don Vineyard 1118W Coed Saline KS 67401-3209 X Robert Gorham 23961 Craftsman Rd Cafobases CA 91302 Xl Jerry Holcomb 1010 NE 122nd Ave Vancouver WA 98684 VI Jim Gager 8425 Auburn Rd FL Wayne IN 48825-3031 VII Wsyne Yasger 38235 Castle Dr Romulus MI 48174 VIII Dick Ritch 11042 Wexwing Houston TX 77035 IX Duane Get 12800W Ashbury Fl Lakewood CO 80236 X Gary Hover 16016 Ave 288 ViseIla CA 63277-9757 Xl Roger Pierce 12306 219th Ave 0 6 6 Banney Lake WA 98350 VI Stan Wataon 10414W 134 St Palos Park IL 60404 VII Al Scidmore 5013 Dorsett Dr Madison WI 53711 VIII Pancho Morris 2715 Eastbrook Dr Mesquite TX 75180 IX Rsy Marvin 2781 5 Garfield Denver CO 80210 X Jerry Kreinock 2310 Derby Cl #102 Simi Valley CA 93063 Xl Dsve Johnson 3526 NE 50th Ave Portland OR 97230 HELICOPTER I Ernie Huber 19 Beaver Park Rd Danvers MA 01923 II Horece Hagen 15 Parkwsy P1 Red Bank NJ 07701 Ill Bill Curtis 218 Vernon Rd Greenville PA 16125 IV Robert P Harris 3 257 Estevez Rd Ls PIsta MD 20648 V Tim Schonnard c/s Walt Soteanerd 2594 NOBT Oriesito FL 32804 RACING I Pete Reed 49 Anvil Dr. Avon CT 06001 II Adam Sattler 41 Perry Ave Latham NY 12110 III Dave Letshe 1141 Columbus Ave Lemoyne PA 17043 IV Cliff Telford 7417 Aorowood Rd Bethesda MD 20817 V Gail Jacobson 2305 Brffley Terrace College Park GA 30349 SOARING I Fritz Bien 41 Saw Mill Rd Concord MA 01742 II Doug Stout 12A Mayne Ave Stanhope NJ 07874 III Gene Stielkey 217 EuclId Ave Scottdale PA 15883 IV Bob Coampine 205 lipton Rd Newport News VA 23606 V Charles Anderson PO Box 305 TuIlahoma TN 37388 CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don undlay 420 Tupelo Napervilie IL 60540 FAI TEAM SELECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN SCALE John Guenther 3 Box 297A Borden IN 47106 INDOOR Richard Deig 6 Canary Hill Dr Pontiac Ml 48055 FREE FLIGHT Bill Gibbons 7423 Club House Rd Boulder CO 80301 Bob Sitleet RD 3 Box 66 Glenrock PA 17327 CL SPEED & TEAM RACE Bill Lee 3523 Tamaitak La Missouri City TX 77489 CL COMBAT Gsry Frost 13 Castlewood Cl St Peters MO 63376 CL AEROBATICS Bill Zimmer 508 Walnut Box 72 Verne IL 61375 RC SOARING Don Edberg 7000 Estepa Dr Tsiunga CA 91042 RC AEROBATICS James Kimbro 1219 6 Ferguson Vinslia CA 93291 Larry Phillipo 2155 Wslton Blvd Rochester MI 48063 AC PYLON Bob Brown 1255 High St Bradford PA 16701 RC ELECTRIC Joe Besher 198 Merittt Dr Oradell NJ 07649 RC HELICOPTER Horace Hagen 15 Parkwsy P1 Red Bsnk NJ 07701 138 Model Aviation 1988 US Free Flight Team Selection Finals Louis Joyner Photos author Seguin TXOctober 8-10 1988 Three days 15 rounds Fifteen chances mistake. less perfect launch mis read thermal out-of-trim glide So things go wrong Free Flight team selection final contest survival survivors nine fliers make fewest mistakes form United States team Free Flight World Championships Argentina during May 1989 new team selected Seguin FlA Dale Elder third Glider team 1983 World Champion Matt Gewain firsttime team member Jim Parker Twentyseven contestants flew event Fl B Jim Quinn Walt Ghio Jack Brown veterans previous teams Thirty-three con testants flew event FiC Ken Phair assistant team manager last time first team flier World Cup winner Randy Archer veteran team member Doug Galbreath Thirty-three contestants flew event reader may familiar intricacies three international Out door Free Flight events heres brief run down FlA Also known Nordic A-2 FlA event Towline Gliders typical model spans about 7/2 ft about 3 ft long weighs little over 14 oz model towed up much like kite 50-meter 164-ft nylon cable special towhook mechanism model allows model towed straight up overhead line slackened model can cir cle line still attached flier can circle-tow model indefinitely looking lift thermals thermal located flier rapidly tows model overhead causes zoom off line gain altitude Timing flight starts towline drops away Maximum re corded flight time 31/2 mm first round morning 3 mm rest rounds Wakefield FiB event rubberpowered models typical Wakefield about 4 ft long 5-ft wingspan model ready fly weighs bit over 8 oz including 40-gram 14-oz rubber motor An average motor would measure about 17 long made up 26 28 strands A-in-wide rubber strip motor stretched out wound 330 400 turns propeller usually measures about 24 in diameter 26 29 pitch typical motor run 30 40 sec end prop run model height 200 ft prop blades fold back reduce drag model glides rest flight maximum re corded time max flight 4 mm first round 3 mm remaining four flights day FiC Otherwise known Power mod els powered 25cc 15 cu engines running 80/20 mixture methyl alco hol castor oil typical model weighs about 27 oz has 6-ft wingspan 4-ftlong fuselage typical engine Rossi Nelson turns about 28000 rpm drives 7 x 3 prop engine run limited 7 sec shut off engine control high-speed near-vertical climb competi tors use clockwork electronic timer floods engines intake fuel ap plies brake stop propeller Because high climb FiC mod els 500 600 ft max early morning rounds set 5 mm rest flights 3 mm However due weather conditions finals Power models flown 4-mm max first day 31/2 mm second day 5 mm last day SOME OBSERVATIONS FlA Circle tow now used almost univer sally level competence seemed much higher previous finals saw very few tow-ins near-misses although winner Dale Elder came close hitting ground downwind circle pulled up-and-off nice thermal Most towline models looked about same main variation being top bottom rudder mounting Lots carbon fiber evidence electronic de thermalizer timers audible beepers aid recovery model after flight FiB Compared other two classes Wakefields seem allow widest lati tude design Some fliers using timer-operated VIT variableincidence tailplane AR autorudder control power burst Others flew locked-up air planes relying aerodynamic adjust ments control flight Quite few mod els sported Oliver carbon fiber motor tubes Jack Brown made team flying basic box fuselage Montreal-style front ends much evidence both homebrew versions beautifully machined commercial units spotted solid-balsa wing Tom loergers Joe Maxwells machine shop Scotland Most fliers used D-box con struction Nobody using delayed prop release variable-pitch propeller Wakefielders seemed conserva tive point flying models well over 20 years old FiC Power thin aluminum wing skins very much evidence Doug Galbreath Ralph Cooney Ken Oliver flying veedihederal models winglets flapper saw Gil Morris model Randy Archer some Russianinspired models very nicely finished aluminum machined front ends Poland Folding carbon-fiber propellers widely used both two- bladed versions Quite few fliers us ing bunt transition whole power patterns seemed better fi nals good recoveries glide minimum altitude loss some thing went wrong really went wrong team members end finals will mean start frenzied few months building testing before join reigning Wakefield champ Bob White Ar gentina rest fliers finals mark end two-year team selection process beginning next cy cle Theres always next time complete listing performance round top 10 finishers event published January 1988 Compe tition Newsletter page 143 February 1989 139 Glider team includes LR Jim Parker former world champion Matt Gewain kneeling Dale Elder top Wakefield flier dropu 12 seconds 6th round Doug Gaibreaths new Power model features V-dihedral wing winglets wave future SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX Cooetitfoo N ofoftor will poooot tirro flow corotreetice ood 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partiality shown x judges European teams o discomfort disappointment shown 0 most members North Cen tral American teams well three O European teams steamrollered CO by judges fact very famous contestant commented judges blind felt per formed very poorly because feel x o ing well judges gave him 0 the highest single-flight scores cont 0 est O Of course water under CO bridge now does no good complain about quality lack thereof judging past contest ques tion what can improve X teams chances winning future 0 Mr Chidgey recommends try 0 forget about style well good O but possible think CO sport would worse off flight expression pilots charac ter personality expression removed wouldnt much left Bet X ter build robots flying 0 o course winner would team a which could afford best robotbut thats different subject altogether 0 CO have some proposals own Id now like make based own observations comments Ive received number world-class x fliers 0 o First Id like see examined pos 0 sibility limiting influence manufac o turers both national level well CO on world championships very least Id like see factory fliers sepa rated own categories cont est think F3A AMA competition X should both remain amateur events o At contest attend see 0 a and instances factory sponsorship Im talking about contestants CO using prototype other special equipment available other contestants modeling community large have also seen more instances x of contestants paid employees O one manufacturer another noth 0 ing wrong mind long that contestant spending working 0 CO hours flying practicing contests practice would give contestant SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX FAI World Records Rec RecRecord No TypeClassRecord HolderNation DatePerformance 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27a 28 29 30 31 32a 32b 32c 32d 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 DU DI-SL H S-SL DU DI-SL H S-SI DU DI-SL H S-SL DU 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Richmond I Richmond M Matyas M Michl 200m course E Svoboda M Pruss R Jenneson Dana Swah D Whitney R Jenneson B Krasnorutsky B Krasnorutsky B Krasnorutsky B Krasnorutsky Zhang Guisheng Jiang Jie Dong Chumlal I Zhidanov Y Zaslavsky R Weber M Hill V Miakinine R Weber M Hill Lin Hanmao G Peszke D Whitney Kuznetzov/Kramarenko V ShapovalovN Onufrienko Tan Bing Jerry Krainock T Voitenko W Kuppers G Peszke R Hersperger R Hersperger C Aghem I Tsibisov I Tsibisov R Hersperger R Hersperger 140 Model Aviation CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP B CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP YR HA YR CCCP YU OK HA N N CCCP CCCP N N B C G B CCCP PH N N N HA HA OK CCCP VH N C VH CCCP CCP CCCP CCCP B B B CCCP CCCP N N CCCP N N B SP C CCCP CCCP B N CCCP D SP HB HB CCCP CCCP HB HB 4/18/86 7/1/62 6/19/64 9/6/87 8/6/52 8/15/52 8/8/82 5/5/81 6/3/68 8/3/74 8/30/75 6/12/70 10/1/65 10/1/63 9/24/63 9/20/70 5/15/60 3/31/62 5/23/48 6/7/87 9/28/83 9/6/70 9/21/71 9/3/83 5/28/88 6/11/82 8/22/84 6/27/87 10/13/86 10/20/84 6/12/52 7/26/86 6/7/87 9/29/84 6/21/79 8/31/79 12/2/81 12/2/81 7/23/79 5/29/87 2/2/80 2/21/88 10/26/86 3/9/80 5/28/87 4/16/86 5/28/87 9/7/87 8/7/82 8/29/82 8/17/82 9/16/87 4/10/81 10/8/77 9/3/67 9/25/71 9/2/77 11/26/84 9/12/82 10/13/82 11/2/86 7/15/83 7/25/82 5/22/87 5/3/87 9/28/86 10/21/85 4/8/86 10/12/86 10/12/86 4/26/87 9/25/85 9/23/85 10/12/86 10/12/86 1 :1423 371189km 1732m 18768km/h 6:010 378756km 64689m 1799km/h 0:33267 52375m 812m 14423km/h 3120 91491km 3750m 11612km/h 4:5810 31033km 2364m 22:1931 45523km 8208m 34392km/h 33:3230 2264km 1 9507m 25166km/h 31345km/h 31229km/h 326382km/h 39564km/h 76981 mi 0:2854 0:3407 0:4443 0:5214 16695km/h 16695km/h 7161km 4:3413 9285 km 182514m 13852km/h 72km 0:4945 79278km 1143m 8946km/h 2:2352 130904km 4600m 9807km/h 11:0218 2448km 5651 m 29498km/h 508km 242km/h 1856km/h 109153km/h 11272km/h 0:03198 0:06563 5:51 08 5129km 1236m 21145km/h 69km 13974km/h 6:0203 604km 30371 m 6696km/h 207km 62243km/h Ret RetRecord No TypeClassRecord HolderNation DatePerformance 71DU F3E-SOL FW BiestefeldD 6/20/84 3:0454 72DI-SL F3E-SOL 73H F3E-SOL 74S-SL F3E-SOL F WeissgerberD 7/5/87 6622km/h 75DI-CC F3E-SOL PJ HartwigD 5/26/86 2703 mi 76s-cc F3E-SOL 77DU F3E-COMB Ha Cheng FengB 5/26/87 6:1532 78DI-SL F3E-COMB VoitenkoCCCP 5/23/87 148km 79H F3E-COMB VoitenkoCCCP 9/7/87 816m 80S-SL F3E-COMB R WinsorC 10/26/86 10091km/h 81DI-CC F3E-COMB PJ HartwigD 7/5/87 435km 82S-CC F3E-COMB P ChannonC 11/2/86 69523km/h DU DurationS-SL Speed straight line DI-SL Distance straight lines-cc Speed closed circuit DI-cc Distance closed circuitS-cF Speed circular flight H ht Reference issue 10 1Oct 1987and updates CLASSIFICATION OF RECORDS DISTANCE FLIGHT TYPE OFMETHOD OF ATEMODEL CLASSPROPULSION DURATION STRAIGHTHEIGHTSPEED GORYLINE GliderFlA171819 Aeroplane FiB Extensible Motor1234 PlC Pision MolOr5678 FIBExtensible Motor4041 4243 Seaplane IPlCPiston Motor4445 4647 3 .F1FExtensible Motor9 10 1112 Helicopter on Motor13141516 DURATION Indoor FiD Extensible Moior 32 ceiling category less 8 m Model b ceiling category II 8 m 15 m ci ceiling category III 15 m 30 m d ceIling caiegory IV over 30 m SPEED WI SWEPT VOLUME cm3 zc . Aeroplane F2A Piston Motor IA lB III 100 1 251 501 500to 1000 28 29 OReaction Motor3D UF2C Piston Motor100 laps 57200 Ia 58 DISTANCEDISTANCE SPEED DURA-IN AHEIGHT SPEEDIN AIN TIONSTRAIGHTCLOSEDCLOSED LINECIRCUITCIRCUIT Aeroplane F3A Piston Motor 202122233153 W .J Seaplane F3A Piston Motor 48 49 50 51 52 54 O Gilder F3B 24 25 26 33 34 55 HeiicooteF3CPiston Motor353637383956 z OElectrrnotor o5596061626364 0 o Aeroplane F3E P 65 66 67 68 69 70 SOL 71 72 73 74 75 76 COMB 77 78 79 60 81 82 AIRCRAFT NATIONALITY RBGISTRATION MARKS Algeria ArgentinaLV LO AusiraliaVH Austria Belgium00 Bolivia CP Brazil ariaL Canada C CF ChileCC ChinaB ColombiaHK CubaCU CyprusSB CzechoslovakiaOK DenmarkOY EgyptSU EquadorHC Federal Republic Germany 0 FinlandOH FranceF German Democratic RepublicDM GreeceSX GuatemalaTG HungaryHA IcelandTF IndiaVT IndonesiaPK IraqVI IranEP IrelandEl EJ Israel4X Ilaly JordanJY Democretic Peoples Republic 01 Korea. P South KoreaHI JapanJA LebanonOD LiechtensteinHB emblem LuxemburgLX MexicoXA XB XC Monaco3A MoroccoCN Netherlands. PH New ZealandZK ZL LM NorwayLN PakistanAP PanamaHP PeruOB PolandSP PortugalCS SR RomanraYR San Marino South AfricaZS ZT ZU SpainBC SurinamePZ SwedenSE SwitzerlandHB emblem ThailandHS TunisiaTS TurkeyTC Un4ed KingdomG UruguayCX USAN USSRCCCP VenezualaYV YugoslaviaYU Zambia9J OAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOX distinct advantage over fellow competi tors am reminded what happened NAS CAR back middle late Sixties Ford chrysler factory teams literally took over national stock car racing Id hate see same sort thing hap pen model aviation second proposal applies world-class competition types Id like see true world representation choosing judges contest should least judge geographic area one North South central America example having team partici pating world championships realize would mean increase cost holding contests feel way insure true impartiality part judges third proposal FAI make pub lic details world championship compe tition participating countries 18 months advance Fourth Id like see practice normal izing scores eliminated Use raw scores stead due unbalancing effect practice Fifth Id like see flyoff opened least 15 competitors Id also like see contestants start off fresh no scores carried over previous flights Last certainly least Id like see AMA institute novice sportsman classes FAI pattern After does future US world competition team members no good start flying type pattern rest world flies other Thats about Id like thank read ing overly long letter Id like close request members Please par ticipate After AMA just ad ministrator insurance people think AMA representative body hobby Vote SOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOX February 1989 141 OAPBOX
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/02
Page Numbers: 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141
COMPETI T4QN~ NEWSLETTR~ ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS1810 SAMUEL MORSE DRIVE RESTON VA 22090 Note Technical Director Bob Underwood 1 Its time miss-a-lane-e-us columns always seem little things need considered plod along through year am certain 1989 wont different Contest Directors activities continue right through winter months Northern climes tend focus mall shows build-a-plane events indoors warmer areas grapefruit oranges grow still see people out punching holes skies Oh yes few exceptions people voluntarily freeze various portions anatomy holding events winter winds howl power hearty souls can truthfully say enjoy reading about such events suspect few comments appro priate CDs time First should noted CD Guide men tioned some time ago column fi nally available reality have send ing along new CDs last month plan present time send CDs active 1988 remainder pool almost 3000 may obtain writing us copy know doing way run same risk criticism occurred rule books last cycle didnt send CD faced interesting situation now about 4500 CDs about 1500-1700 active Between October 1 1987 Oc tober 1 1988 processed applications some 200 new CDs Less half persons ran event during time CD Guide contains help filling out necessary forms copies forms National Records following new National Records have processed approved during month November 1988 IndoorCategory Pennyplane Open 1131 Peter Staehling 10/22/88 Outdoor Free Flight CO2 Power Open 1400 George Perryman 10/16/88 Outdoor Free FlightCategory III C Gas Open1945 Guy R Scott Jr 10/9/88 Control Line 1/2A Speed Open14417 mph Charles E Legg 10/15/88 samples current scoresheets have used Nats will updating material regularly adding find suggest other items should included pages held together staple sending along plastic binder strip Continued page 134 Opening ceremonies Leszno Poland US Junior team parade Polish Aero Club cadet carrying placard Mike Keller bears flag Team Manager Bob Sifleet brings up rear members team show clearly photo really Melinda Anderson Marty Pelatoweki Adam Tracy Matthew Gag liano Tony Hutchins Jimmy Buxton Free Flight Junior World Championships Team Manager s Report Robert Sifleet Photos team supporters report brief due lack time part filling up Model Aviation lot words style reports team members should impor tant comments Continued oaee 136 February 1989 133 Competition Newsletter edited Ross B McMullen AMA 18181 1988 FF Nats Results FF GAS No Juniors Seniors 1 Chris Gulotta Open 39 1 Keith Fuimer 2 Nat Comfort 3 Jean Pallet 4 Bill Schlsrb 5 Bob Perkins 6 Jim Kutkuhn FF GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 38 1 Charles Caton 2 Robert Dunham II 3 Bob Hanford 4 Bernard Boehm 5 Bill Prenaky 6 Charles Schuchrnan FF B GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 36 1 Anthony Italiano 2 Greg Hinrichs 3 Bill Jenkins Open 8 1 Warren Kurth 2 Robert Nichols 3 Russ Whittord FF CARGO SecondsNo Juniors Southfieid Mi203No Seniors Open 3 1 Robert Nichols Mishawaka IN Chester PA Brookville NY South Bend IN Columbus OH Augusta KS Montgomery AL Broken Arrow OK Broken Arrow OK South Bend IN Pittstord NY Beileville IL Brookfield WI Monona WI Memphis TN 4 Richard HailAthens AL 5 Robert HanfordBroken Arrow OK 6 Richard RikelPaducah KY Flyoff determine placing FF C GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 29 1 EdKeck 2 Charles Caton 3 Sal Taibi 4 Douglas Rabe 5 Marvin Mace FF 0 GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 17 1 Marvin Mace 2 Jim Summersett 3 Bill Dunlop 4 Sal Taibi FF FAI POWER Fl C No Juniors No Seniors Open 9 1 Zygfryd Sulisz 2 Douglas Rabe 3 Gilbert Graunke Webster NY Montgomery AL Lakewood CA Dayton OH Seguin TX Seguin TX San Antonio lx Greensburg PA Lakewood CA itasca IL Dayton OH Brookfieid WI 537 357 341 340 328 308 Seconds 750 600 480 472 383 337 Seconds 360 358 358 323 301 292 Seconds 750 743 730 542 495 Seconds 600 593 480 478 Seconds 625 533 147 FF PAYLOAD No Juniors No Seniors FF ELECTRICA No Juniors No Seniors Open 4 1 Robert Nichols 2 Duane Renken 3 Don Jenkins FF ELECTRICB No Juniors No Seniors Open 2 1 Robert Nichols 2 Duane Renken FF CO2 No Juniors No Seniors Open 5 1 George Perryman 2 Duane Renken 3 Linwood Cochran Davenport IA S Meriden CT Milwaukee WI S Menden CT Seconds 234 200 95 FF P-30 RUBBER Junior 1 Paul Wicks 2 Jawie Jackson No Seniors Open 25 1 FK Hesb Grams2 Bill Jackson 3 George Perryman 12734 Robert Nichols 5 CA Schuchman Seconds 319 184 177 Normal IL Cincinnati OH Xenia OH Cincinnati OH Smyrna GA S Meriden CT Belleville IL FF Al TOWLINE GLIDER No Juniors No Seniors S Meriden CTOpen 11 Ann Arbor Ml1 Bill Schlarb Indianapolis IN2 Jean Psilet 3 Guenther Nowak 4 Philip Bayly FF A2 TOWLINE GLIDER FlA SecondsNo Juniors S Meriden CT215No Seniors Ann Arbor Mi199Open 11 1 James Thornberiy 2 Orval Stewart 3 Andrew Barron 4 Bill Schlarb Smyrna GA Ann Arbor Mi Tucker GA FF MULVIHILL RUBBER Junior 1 Jamie Jackson 2 Steven Whitford Senior 1 Paul Spangler Open 23 1 Greg Hinricha 2 Joe Macay 3 Chris Matauno 4 George Perrynian 5 Guenther Nowak FF WAKEFIELD Fl B No Juniors No Seniors Open 11 1 Fred Blom 2 Ed Konefes 3 Martin Richardson 4 Chris Matsuno Cincinnati OH Milwaukee WI Lawrenceville IL Monona WI Southfleld Mi St Johns MO Smyrna GA Chicago IL rimonum MD Wauconda IL Dayton OH St Johns MO FF COUPE dHIVER Junior 1 Paul Wicks Normal IL Senior 1 Roger Wathen Jr Indianapolis IN Open 23 1 Wallace Brown 2 George Perryman 3 George Batiuk 4 Kevin Anderson 5 Anton Telford Lawrenceviile IL Smyrna GA Huntsville AL Stratford MO Springfield IL Seconds 840 360 228 Madison WI Nashville TN Champaign IL South Bend IN South Bend IN Brookville NY itasca IL Largo FL Seconds 158 38 339 338 338 271 248 Seconds 422 299 289 235 Seconds 806 728 841 632 FF HAND-LAUNCH GLIDER Junior 8 1 Paul Wicks 2 Michael Gartin 3 Steven Whitford Seconds 4 Greg Rainey 5 Robert Combs 1316 Jenny Benton 1047 Anthony Perry 8 Bobby Spoon 211Senior 3 1 Paul Spangler 2 Chris Gulotta 3 Roger Wathen Jr 539 Open 26 5141 Bernard Boehm 5032 Alfred Beletz 3 Kevin Anderson 4 Gerald CaIdwell 5 Robert Dunham II 6 Bill Schlarb 7 James Kutkuhn Seconds 1130 1084 1034 982 Normal IL Indianapolis IN Milwaukee WI Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Lawrenceville IL Southfield MI Indianapolis IN South Bend IN Maplewood MO Stratford MO Indianapolis IN Broken Arrow OK South Bend IN Augusta KS FF 3-MAN MULVIHILL TEAM 2 WATERMELON TEAM Guenther Nowak Ed Konefes Joe Macay SecondsSODBUSTERS TEAM 34George Perryman Chris Matauno 20Wallace Brown 515 FF UNLIMITED DAWN RUBBER 4 5091Ed Konefes 4512Dave Plait 4373Joe Macay 3904Joe Williams Seconds 143 57 53 37 28 25 20 17 63 55 42 294 289 289 282 268 219 176 Seconds 503 381 737 1591 514 539 333 1388 can remove staple have looseleaf booklet suitable copying Fu ture plans typeset forms leave room margin punching fit three-hole ring folder hope will find booklet value CD Two areas concern CDs should noted enough care being taken fill ing out sanction application forms have noted large number forms have proper classification indicated whether event 'A~ c would direct attention sanctioning section can found both Membership Manual Com petition Regulations books important try keep classifications straight incorrect submitted will have changed get Headquarters second concern have CDs return proper forms follow ing event time sanction ap proved receive forms need filled out returned after event completed particular need receive form lists names AMA num bers participants Form 10 lists winners name CD CDs ran event return forms two things can happen First will receive credit having run event therefore will receive earned membership following year Second place Academy very 302 283 238 47 interesting position relative defending club should litigation occur result event tendency say worry Nothing happened event What can happen long after event over claim can surface Such concerns confined outdoor flying events Someone may injured swap-shop type event may aware time happens Yes know just paperwork ex ercise time can criti cal concern Shifting something affects us consider Membership Manual first year can look forward re ceiving 1989 version document member Without asking Continued page 136 134 Model Aviation 1989S TWO UNFORGETTABLE DATES TRICITIESWASHINGTONMONTANA Rich land WASHINGTON KennewickO OP esco KENNEWICK PASCO RICHLAND JULY 1523OREGONIDAHO ENTRY FORMS AND IN FORMATION NEVADA 0 OFFICIAL ENTRY FORMS will mailed 1989 NATS contestants hobby shops western US AIVIA charter clubs entry forms will sent out late January early February will also available major trade shows beginning late January NATS INFORMATION PACKETS will include official entry form maps motel lists campground lists site locations area information will available late January dollar $100 receive 89 NATS info packet send $100 AMA HQ receive entry form ONLY send BUSINESS-SIZE stamped self-addressed envelope AMA HQ schedule changes additions send today RADIO CONTROL PYLON SOARING events LIMITED TEN ENTRIES per FREQUENCY Pattern will also have frequency limits slots available first-come basis act early! _______________WRIGHTPATTERSON AFB ______________May 27 28 29 THE AMA ANNUAL FUN FLY Fly-In ____________________________will big held Air Force Museum grounds Wright/Patterson Air _____________Force Base Dayton event will quite attraction AMA members Radio Control flight lines Control Line area Free Flight flying areas will available ______ expected highturnout fliers participation RC fliers will limited twenty per RC channeL insure slot may register advance sending $1000 AIVIA reserve frequency channel _______________________________advance registration fee non-refundable February 1989 135 1989 NATS NEWS Please entersubscriptions @ $1000 NAME ADDR ESS CITY STATE ZIP_______________________ Enclosed $ cc 1989 FUN FLY REGISTRATION Please reserve _______ frequency NAME ADD R ESS CITY STATE ZIP______________________ Enclosed $ ____________ 4i*nfor Champs fc# five months prepare FF World Championships Juniors model ers under age 18 years Lesno Po land team members did have lot time preparation However models performed well practice days FlA The typical northern European air cool overcast day made picking thermals dif ficult team members accustomed stronger thermals strong thermal would take Glider twice towline height three minutes FiB Our team excellent models seemed well trimmed calm conditions did perform expected strong gusty wind blew during fourth through seventh rounds FiC Melinda Andersons performance teams best missing max due difficulty picking air launch other team members experienced unex pected mechanical problems trim changes junior World Championships provided exposure high level competition nearly good regular world champi onships several evening techni cal sessions competitors put models display inspection exchange ideas experiences technol ogy shared everyone presence interpreters provided Polish Aero Club made communication between team members country possible team members team supporters came home Poland great deal knowl edgeable about FF world championship level high degree sportsmanship evi dent among competitors champi onships usual reports model recovery teams helping other re cover models cornfields trees highlight occurred Jimmy Buxton repairing FiB model badly damaged windblown landing fellow competitors three other teams assisting rebuilding model FF Junior World Championships Fliers Observations Adam Tracy Wakefield flier following letter addressed AMA Executive Director John Worth RMcM Thank very much sponsoring fly Junior World Championships Poland fly competition against 35 other world-class-caliber fliers indeed something will cherish rest life three days contest went smoothly judges complete control over contest pole position two timers Polish Aero Club binocularsthey no problems timing planes fault could see smallness field light winds maxing plane could easily fly off air base splendid chase crew wasnt worried Despite best-working flying event have ever flew Wakefield third day competition weather conditions favor because very windy first round Im known well fierce wind held first place through Round 4 After lunch break wind became bad contest directors delay begin ning fifth round two hours round finally started wind plane wings off avoid having folded constant battering wind Wakefield flew did too well its climb much wind failed max 64-sec flight enough put out contention medal end contest 16th place three minutes under win ning Czech flier acquired great deal experience fly ing championships feel could much better next two years Im full support AMA spon soring US team 1990 PS brought home plaque rep resents US Junior team will re ceiving soon think would look very attractive AMA museum [It now display museum area AMA Na tional Center Aeromodeling RMcM] Again thanks bunch supporting us AT FF Junior World Championships Supporters Thanks Daniel Tracy AMA 614 following letter appreciation addressed AMA Executive Director John Worth RMcM Watching son Adam fly interna tional competition Wakefields shall re main impressive com pelling experiences Ive ever wish convey thanks staff instigating opportunity Adam now seasoned Wakefield travelers appreciate alternateculture flying interface got along well other fliers recognized Olympian aspect superseding constraining political restrictions refreshing inspiring observe breathed few rare moments life everything seemed pretty good should noted competition worthy efforts Adam flies win weather challenge afterward watching winners receive ac colades field Polandin wind rainwe both struck enormity event World competition great now Adam obligatory ceremony left no doubt first-place winner champion world label believe Adam now covets should no alarm verve cause have learned father Adams grandfatherthat flying competi tion Wakefield noble lofty endeavor wholeheartedly encourage continua tion AMA support involvement FAI Free Flight Juniors competition pro gram fact solicit expansion ef fort because Americas prestige could enhanced Tik flWe0tr m*jffu will monumental changes please take some time look over Better yet put somewhere can find reference later year buck two time told people answer severaldollar long distance phone call question page so-and-so Membership Manual would able buy lot new modeling stuff particularly true information found Safety Code Frequency Recommendations Watch arrive house soon Once again will combined Sup ply Service materials speaking books paid FAI stamp either five- 10-dollar version will receiving new FAI compe tition book Please note copy will Continued page 138 136 Model Aviation Adam Tracy No 12 Wakefield Melinda Anderson baffles wind readies FAI Power model flight US FAI RC Pylon Racing Team Selection Finals Wayne Yeager Photos author September 3-4 1988 Labor Day weekend Toledo Weak Signals Club hosted US F3D Team Selection Race meet held purposes picking team represent United States next RC Pylon World Championships held fall 1989 1988 Nats 18 entries F3D respectable number consid ering F3D racing practically nonexistent US Unfortunately Nats competitors decided forgo Team Se lection Race because felt could compete few people obvi ously knew proper pipe/engine/prop combination needed win proved prophetic because people did compete heads above rest seven entries people probably represented best country US team will formida ble despite low entry selec tion race Day started joke Mother Na ture rained rained rained . however since Weak Signals have shelter house big enough hold party since guys bored just sitting around nothing tell lies sent local loco member home pick up Duraplane kit plus engine started rainy day project building Dave Shadel Gary Hover jumped car headed hobby shop pick up some wing covering gone Bruce Richmond Dub Jett Jim Shi nohara started assembly Since got pick up sanding block everindustrious Shinohara sanded elevator rudder concrete floor said about 80-grit Shadel Hover returned started covering wing other assembly continued agreed beforehand chal lenge themselves using instruc tions philosophy exactly Since en gine using brand-new K&B 45 since little heavier proper engine built fuselage back wards move wing forward help CG location progressing very well sudden rain blew away im mediately put Mr Duraplane hold went racing Everyone got quick trim flight around 400 pm compe tition started general tone set Round 1 Dub jett turned teen time 11850 followed Gary Hover 11829 Bruce Richmonds 12087 Gary Gau also fray very nice 11926 unfortunately zeroes plagued Gary al though fast unable make team After five rounds quit because late Weak Signals cooking up steak fry competitors workers After consuming lots steak corn-onna cob assorted veggies liquids emitting few burps engaging associated con vivial activities Duraplane crew went back work finalizing assembly pro cess taped control rods against fuselage crammed backup radio fueled andright duskhandlaunched setting sun Youre prob ably saying 1 wonder flew Are kidding nitro-breath flew great fact several guys wanted hands transmitter flew several times give everyone chance Finally got too dark went home next day Mother Nature again let us know boss dumping us whole morning around noon fi nally backed off after deciding enough enough rewarded patience blue skies light breezes sailed through seven rounds tal 12 Team Selection Committee de cided drop round half rac ing competitor counted best 10 heats threw out two worst scoring system used F3D fliers time converted seconds subtracted 200meaning highest score over length contest winner However scoring system has changed 1989 utilized new system identical old except no longer subtract times 200 anymore now means lowest score overall winner top three guysDub jett Bruce Rich mond Gary Hoverdominated scoring racking up consistent scores result being spread over 200 points between third fourth places 10 rounds counted Dub Jett aver aged 11754 Bruce Richmond 11806 Gary Hover 12043 Thats chopped liver guys Dub Jett also recorded meets fastest time 11436 Form guys wish could go fast guys best week end deserve team rep resenting United States Dave Shadel did compete because automati cally invited back defending World Champ therefore addition al ready strong team should make guys very formidable team selected Don McStay Team Manager good move because Don bubble being first alter nate now gets part team anyway Good pick guys Congratulations made team good luck 1989 February 1989 137 new Pylon team Kneeling L-R Dub Jett Gary Hover Bruce Richmond Standing L-R Don McStay let alternate end team manager World Champion Dave Shadel Jim Shinohara perfect FAI Jury L-R Pete Waters Bob Brown Greg Doe Technical Director cbntiiwed official versIon pro duced AMA last year titled Interna tional Aeromodeling Rules able supply official version year two reasons First old 1984 official version just updated im portant however AMA did paste-up official version actually arranged printing Copies in-house now would like copy inclined purchase FAI stamp may purchased three dollars Shifting gears again let us repeat informa tion found Frequency Alert printed last editions Competition Newsletter National Newsletter Executive Council action require ment gold silver sticker transmit ters sanctioned events has post poned until December 20 1990 Please note individual clubs may require stickers prior date wish have word clubs have developed such requirement field operations becomes rule field under General sec tion Safety Code note item two Speaking jets yes know werent have flurry activity type engine recently Probably have read material about RCM RC Scale Modeler two other com panies individuals have contacted us recently about jet engines have under development great deal interest form power reason AMAs terest dealing ramifica tions engines may have Safety Code very pleased three persons connected projects have kept close touch us dealing 10000 exhaust temperatures parts moving about 100000 rpm things think about relative safety know will hearing lot about interesting innovative power sources Incidentally three uses different fuel ranging jet fuel gasoline propane Golly con sider future have take five fuel supplies field flying sessionsthat includes charger Electric last shot looks like chartered club going receive very helpful book let near future Some time ago sent copy booklet containing John Prestons Model Aviation Safety Comes First columns information compiled AMA member Frank Bur chardt Carlsbad NM interesting note Frank took Johns columns chopped up put together categories makes very useful reference book club members struggle keep up operational safety con cerns posed chemical tech nology hobby/sport club receives its copy certain give member tends keep light hid den under bushel Happy 1989 May flights fantasticand landings planned Competition Directory CONTEST COORDINATORS I Bernice Williams 347 Southwick Rd Westfield MA 01085 II R Sobnno 87-2e 88th St Woodhaven Oueens NY 11421 RC Ernest Nikodem 407 Willow St Lockport NY 14094 RC Bill Fuori 28 Femwood Dr Commack NY 11725 Ill Nelson Gould 1944 S Idaho St Allentown PA 18103 lEast M Weisenbach 4588 W 148th Cleveland OH 44135 IWesti IV Warren Sanders Jr 9735 52nd Ave College Park MD 20741 RC Ed Byerley 200 Commander Cove Stafford VA 22554 V RC FlsIph Bailey PO Boa 1287 Orangeburg SC 29116-1287 FF W Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Montgomery AL 36108 CL Joseph Mead 1339 Renssalaer St Jacksonville FL 32205 VI AC ray 201 Holmes Salem Rd Terre Haute IN 47803 AC Seelng Dale Fslkening 1544 Derien Lake Dr Darien IL 80559 CL WR Bodzioch Jr 1800 Trail Ridge St Arlington Hgts IL 60004 ylon & SoarIng RC Pattern & other AC AC accept SoarIng Bold Face Below Indicates Clialmian Contest Board INDOOR CONTEST BOARD I Ray Herlan 15 Happy 110110w Rd Wayland MA 01778 II Doug Barber 140 Stratton House Maple Shade NJ 08052 Ill Walt venGorder 5869 4ictory view Ln Oncinnati OH 45238 IV Don Srull 941 Kiorberwicke Rd McLean VA 22102 V John Martin 2180 Tlgertail Miami FL 33133 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I George Higgins PO Bos 482 North Pembroke MA 02358 II Bill Boss 7708 269th St New Hyde Perk NY 11040 Ill Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Wayne Poster 101 Forest Dr Advance NC 27006 v Dave Hemntraught P0 Sos 171 Moncks Corner SC 29401 FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD I Henry Struck RFD 2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ave Lyndonville NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klsiber 2021 Lakelerld Ave Lakewood OH 44107 lv Jon Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny JenkIns 3112 E Ralnes Rd Memphis TN 38118 FF Jim Bennett 324 Hettenstein Ave St Louis MO 63119 VII events except AC entIre DistrIct except MichIgan Greg Seydel 3625 B lone Terrace Cudahy WI 53110 AC Leon Cordy N4503 Highway 55 Chilton WI 53014 MIchIgan AC Wayne Yasger 38235 Castle Romulus Ml 48174 CL & FF Paul Smith 11112 Dill Dr Sterling Hgts Ml 48077 VIII Randy Randolph PO Boa 271048 Dallas TX 75227 lx Mike TalIman 3014 Exchange Wichita KS 87217 AC George Hunter 6962 5 Lamar St Littleton CO 80123 x Roll Erickson 7506 Widgeon Way Fair Oaks CA 95626 No Harry Appian 27704 Saddle Rd Rolling Hills CA 90274 So Frank Gomes 2341 Noah St Hoeolslu HI 96816 Hawaii xl Dick Ss5er 7217 So 133rd St Seattle WA 98178 AC James McCarty 18968 Marine View Dr Seuttle WA 98166 Vt Charlie Sotich 3851 W 62nd Place Chicago tL 60629 VII Richard Doig 6 Canary Hill Dr Pontiac Ml 40055 VIII Ralph Bud Tenny Box 545 RIchardson TX 78080 IX Stan Chilton 725 E Uncoln Wichita KS 67211-3302 X Clarence Mether 2358 Tam OShanter Ave Bishop CA 93514-1944 xl Andy Tagliafico 650-B Taybin Rd NW Salem OR 97204 VI CE Robbert 349 Hdlsbors Ave. Lexington KY 40511 VII Larry Dziak 2019 Strange Ave. Stevens Point WI 54481 VIII William Lee 3523 Tameosh Lane Misaouit City TX 77459 lx Michael TalIman 3014 Exchenge Wichfta KS 67217 X Yb Gamer PO Box 573 Uvermore CA 94550 XI John Thompson 1505 Ash Ave Cottage Grove OR 97424 VI Chits Matsuno 8576 Ginger Dr St John MO 63114 VII Bill Shailor 2317 Clewson Avenue Royal Oak Ml 48073 VIII Mark Valeitus 1627 Ovettand Pass Sugarland TX 77478 lx Jerald Murphy 425 Mess Vista Ct Colorado Springs CO 80904 X Jon Norcross P0 Boa 68 Hanford CA 93232 Xl Kevin Collins 2320 Sehalee Dr E Redmond WA 98053 VI John Guenther 3 Box 297A Borden IN 47106 VII Claude McCalfougtr RR 1 Box 487 Montezuma IA 80171 VIII Buddy Irwin 922 Sundown Ln Dettoto TX 75115 IX Desn Copeland PO Boa 55564 Omaha NE 88155-0564 X Bill Strorsan 12318 Dune St Norwalk CA 90850 Xl Earle Moorhead 2545 Phipps Cr NE Salem OR 97305 VI Cal Ettel 3 Castle Dr RR 2 Florissant MO 63034 Vtl Keith Shaw 2798 Elmwood Ann Arbor Ml 40104 Vttt Kenneth Martin 7210 Winkleman Houston TX 77083-4340 IX Byron Blakeslee 3134 Winnebago Dr Sedalia CO 80135 X Robert Slift PO Box #9 Midway City CA 92655 Xl Mitch Poling 1519 NE 96th St Seattle WA 98115 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Ire Sean 32 Langholm Dr Nashua NH 03080 II Robert Clemens 98 Shorewey Dr Rochester NY 14812 Ill Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St McKeespotf PA 15131 IV Bob Kerlsson 2643 Marsh Rd Wilmington DE 19810 V David P156 6940 NW 15th PlantatIon FL 33313 ELECTRIC CONTEST BOARD I Nelson Whitman PO Boa 415 East Falmouth MA 02536 II Jon Bashes 198 Merritt Dr Oradell NJ 07649 Ill Dave Brown 4560 Layhigh Rd Hamilton OH 45013 IV Woody Blancliard 1733 Beach Rd Hampton VA 23664 V Robert Nelson 390 San Jose Winter Haven FL 33880 SPECIAL EVENTS CONTEST BOARD Chslrman Don Llndley 420 Tupelo Napervllle IL 60540 Executive Council rep Lee Webster 1000 Sycamore Manchester TN 37355 Member East Coast Austin Leftwich 407 Aubrey Rd Richmond VA 23229 Member West Coast Bill Northrop 898 West 16th St Newport Beach CA 92683 Member central Bwce Norman 3417 Creston Ave FL Worth TX 78133 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARDS AEROBATICS I Scott Melville 100 Chathem Terr Bridgeport CT 06606 II George Berko 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Plafftown NC 27040 V John Fuque 724 Diane St Niceville FL 22578 VI Charles W Reed 5408 Woodson Rd Raytown MO 64133 VII Brian Crossley 4740 LorInda Dr St Paul MN 55126 VIII William Thomas 331 SE Rookwood Bartleaville OK 74008 IX Jim Mowrey RR 2 Box 56 Kinsley KS 67947 X Craig Millet c/n Gibeon Dune & Crutcher 800 Newport Canter Dr Suite 700 Newport Beach CA 92660 XI Charles Davenport 1441S SE 266th St. Kent WA 98042 VI Bob Belluomini 129 College Perk Dr Crestview Hills KY 41017 VII Roy DieIz 12450 Lanadowne Detroit Ml 48224 VIII Steve Mintz 2 Bluebird St New Orleans LA 70124 IX Don Vineyard 1118W Coed Saline KS 67401-3209 X Robert Gorham 23961 Craftsman Rd Cafobases CA 91302 Xl Jerry Holcomb 1010 NE 122nd Ave Vancouver WA 98684 VI Jim Gager 8425 Auburn Rd FL Wayne IN 48825-3031 VII Wsyne Yasger 38235 Castle Dr Romulus MI 48174 VIII Dick Ritch 11042 Wexwing Houston TX 77035 IX Duane Get 12800W Ashbury Fl Lakewood CO 80236 X Gary Hover 16016 Ave 288 ViseIla CA 63277-9757 Xl Roger Pierce 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EuclId Ave Scottdale PA 15883 IV Bob Coampine 205 lipton Rd Newport News VA 23606 V Charles Anderson PO Box 305 TuIlahoma TN 37388 CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don undlay 420 Tupelo Napervilie IL 60540 FAI TEAM SELECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN SCALE John Guenther 3 Box 297A Borden IN 47106 INDOOR Richard Deig 6 Canary Hill Dr Pontiac Ml 48055 FREE FLIGHT Bill Gibbons 7423 Club House Rd Boulder CO 80301 Bob Sitleet RD 3 Box 66 Glenrock PA 17327 CL SPEED & TEAM RACE Bill Lee 3523 Tamaitak La Missouri City TX 77489 CL COMBAT Gsry Frost 13 Castlewood Cl St Peters MO 63376 CL AEROBATICS Bill Zimmer 508 Walnut Box 72 Verne IL 61375 RC SOARING Don Edberg 7000 Estepa Dr Tsiunga CA 91042 RC AEROBATICS James Kimbro 1219 6 Ferguson Vinslia CA 93291 Larry Phillipo 2155 Wslton Blvd Rochester MI 48063 AC PYLON Bob Brown 1255 High St Bradford PA 16701 RC ELECTRIC Joe Besher 198 Merittt Dr Oradell NJ 07649 RC HELICOPTER Horace Hagen 15 Parkwsy P1 Red Bsnk NJ 07701 138 Model Aviation 1988 US Free Flight Team Selection Finals Louis Joyner Photos author Seguin TXOctober 8-10 1988 Three days 15 rounds Fifteen chances mistake. less perfect launch mis read thermal out-of-trim glide So things go wrong Free Flight team selection final contest survival survivors nine fliers make fewest mistakes form United States team Free Flight World Championships Argentina during May 1989 new team selected Seguin FlA Dale Elder third Glider team 1983 World Champion Matt Gewain firsttime team member Jim Parker Twentyseven contestants flew event Fl B Jim Quinn Walt Ghio Jack Brown veterans previous teams Thirty-three con testants flew event FiC Ken Phair assistant team manager last time first team flier World Cup winner Randy Archer veteran team member Doug Galbreath Thirty-three contestants flew event reader may familiar intricacies three international Out door Free Flight events heres brief run down FlA Also known Nordic A-2 FlA event Towline Gliders typical model spans about 7/2 ft about 3 ft long weighs little over 14 oz model towed up much like kite 50-meter 164-ft nylon cable special towhook mechanism model allows model towed straight up overhead line slackened model can cir cle line still attached flier can circle-tow model indefinitely looking lift thermals thermal located flier rapidly tows model overhead causes zoom off line gain altitude Timing flight starts towline drops away Maximum re corded flight time 31/2 mm first round morning 3 mm rest rounds Wakefield FiB event rubberpowered models typical Wakefield about 4 ft long 5-ft wingspan model ready fly weighs bit over 8 oz including 40-gram 14-oz rubber motor An average motor would measure about 17 long made up 26 28 strands A-in-wide rubber strip motor stretched out wound 330 400 turns propeller usually measures about 24 in diameter 26 29 pitch typical motor run 30 40 sec end prop run model height 200 ft prop blades fold back reduce drag model glides rest flight maximum re corded time max flight 4 mm first round 3 mm remaining four flights day FiC Otherwise known Power mod els powered 25cc 15 cu engines running 80/20 mixture methyl alco hol castor oil typical model weighs about 27 oz has 6-ft wingspan 4-ftlong fuselage typical engine Rossi Nelson turns about 28000 rpm drives 7 x 3 prop engine run limited 7 sec shut off engine control high-speed near-vertical climb competi tors use clockwork electronic timer floods engines intake fuel ap plies brake stop propeller Because high climb FiC mod els 500 600 ft max early morning rounds set 5 mm rest flights 3 mm However due weather conditions finals Power models flown 4-mm max first day 31/2 mm second day 5 mm last day SOME OBSERVATIONS FlA Circle tow now used almost univer sally level competence seemed much higher previous finals saw very few tow-ins near-misses although winner Dale Elder came close hitting ground downwind circle pulled up-and-off nice thermal Most towline models looked about same main variation being top bottom rudder mounting Lots carbon fiber evidence electronic de thermalizer timers audible beepers aid recovery model after flight FiB Compared other two classes Wakefields seem allow widest lati tude design Some fliers using timer-operated VIT variableincidence tailplane AR autorudder control power burst Others flew locked-up air planes relying aerodynamic adjust ments control flight Quite few mod els sported Oliver carbon fiber motor tubes Jack Brown made team flying basic box fuselage Montreal-style front ends much evidence both homebrew versions beautifully machined commercial units spotted solid-balsa wing Tom loergers Joe Maxwells machine shop Scotland Most fliers used D-box con struction Nobody using delayed prop release variable-pitch propeller Wakefielders seemed conserva tive point flying models well over 20 years old FiC Power thin aluminum wing skins very much evidence Doug Galbreath Ralph Cooney Ken Oliver flying veedihederal models winglets flapper saw Gil Morris model Randy Archer some Russianinspired models very nicely finished aluminum machined front ends Poland Folding carbon-fiber propellers widely used both two- bladed versions Quite few fliers us ing bunt transition whole power patterns seemed better fi nals good recoveries glide minimum altitude loss some thing went wrong really went wrong team members end finals will mean start frenzied few months building testing before join reigning Wakefield champ Bob White Ar gentina rest fliers finals mark end two-year team selection process beginning next cy cle Theres always next time complete listing performance round top 10 finishers event published January 1988 Compe tition Newsletter page 143 February 1989 139 Glider team includes LR Jim Parker former world champion Matt Gewain kneeling Dale Elder top Wakefield flier dropu 12 seconds 6th round Doug Gaibreaths new Power model features V-dihedral wing winglets wave future SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX Cooetitfoo N ofoftor will poooot tirro flow corotreetice ood 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partiality shown x judges European teams o discomfort disappointment shown 0 most members North Cen tral American teams well three O European teams steamrollered CO by judges fact very famous contestant commented judges blind felt per formed very poorly because feel x o ing well judges gave him 0 the highest single-flight scores cont 0 est O Of course water under CO bridge now does no good complain about quality lack thereof judging past contest ques tion what can improve X teams chances winning future 0 Mr Chidgey recommends try 0 forget about style well good O but possible think CO sport would worse off flight expression pilots charac ter personality expression removed wouldnt much left Bet X ter build robots flying 0 o course winner would team a which could afford best robotbut thats different subject altogether 0 CO have some proposals own Id now like make based own observations comments Ive received number world-class x fliers 0 o First Id like see examined pos 0 sibility limiting influence manufac o turers both national level well CO on world championships very least Id like see factory fliers sepa rated own categories cont est think F3A AMA competition X should both remain amateur events o At contest attend see 0 a and instances factory sponsorship Im talking about contestants CO using prototype other special equipment available other contestants modeling community large have also seen more instances x of contestants paid employees O one manufacturer another noth 0 ing wrong mind long that contestant spending working 0 CO hours flying practicing contests practice would give contestant SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX FAI World Records Rec RecRecord No TypeClassRecord HolderNation DatePerformance 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27a 28 29 30 31 32a 32b 32c 32d 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 DU DI-SL H S-SL DU DI-SL H S-SI DU DI-SL H S-SL DU 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Richmond I Richmond M Matyas M Michl 200m course E Svoboda M Pruss R Jenneson Dana Swah D Whitney R Jenneson B Krasnorutsky B Krasnorutsky B Krasnorutsky B Krasnorutsky Zhang Guisheng Jiang Jie Dong Chumlal I Zhidanov Y Zaslavsky R Weber M Hill V Miakinine R Weber M Hill Lin Hanmao G Peszke D Whitney Kuznetzov/Kramarenko V ShapovalovN Onufrienko Tan Bing Jerry Krainock T Voitenko W Kuppers G Peszke R Hersperger R Hersperger C Aghem I Tsibisov I Tsibisov R Hersperger R Hersperger 140 Model Aviation CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP B CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP YR HA YR CCCP YU OK HA N N CCCP CCCP N N B C G B CCCP PH N N N HA HA OK CCCP VH N C VH CCCP CCP CCCP CCCP B B B CCCP CCCP N N CCCP N N B SP C CCCP CCCP B N CCCP D SP HB HB CCCP CCCP HB HB 4/18/86 7/1/62 6/19/64 9/6/87 8/6/52 8/15/52 8/8/82 5/5/81 6/3/68 8/3/74 8/30/75 6/12/70 10/1/65 10/1/63 9/24/63 9/20/70 5/15/60 3/31/62 5/23/48 6/7/87 9/28/83 9/6/70 9/21/71 9/3/83 5/28/88 6/11/82 8/22/84 6/27/87 10/13/86 10/20/84 6/12/52 7/26/86 6/7/87 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F3E-SOL FW BiestefeldD 6/20/84 3:0454 72DI-SL F3E-SOL 73H F3E-SOL 74S-SL F3E-SOL F WeissgerberD 7/5/87 6622km/h 75DI-CC F3E-SOL PJ HartwigD 5/26/86 2703 mi 76s-cc F3E-SOL 77DU F3E-COMB Ha Cheng FengB 5/26/87 6:1532 78DI-SL F3E-COMB VoitenkoCCCP 5/23/87 148km 79H F3E-COMB VoitenkoCCCP 9/7/87 816m 80S-SL F3E-COMB R WinsorC 10/26/86 10091km/h 81DI-CC F3E-COMB PJ HartwigD 7/5/87 435km 82S-CC F3E-COMB P ChannonC 11/2/86 69523km/h DU DurationS-SL Speed straight line DI-SL Distance straight lines-cc Speed closed circuit DI-cc Distance closed circuitS-cF Speed circular flight H ht Reference issue 10 1Oct 1987and updates CLASSIFICATION OF RECORDS DISTANCE FLIGHT TYPE OFMETHOD OF ATEMODEL CLASSPROPULSION DURATION STRAIGHTHEIGHTSPEED GORYLINE GliderFlA171819 Aeroplane FiB Extensible Motor1234 PlC Pision MolOr5678 FIBExtensible Motor4041 4243 Seaplane IPlCPiston Motor4445 4647 3 .F1FExtensible Motor9 10 1112 Helicopter on Motor13141516 DURATION Indoor FiD Extensible Moior 32 ceiling category less 8 m Model b ceiling category II 8 m 15 m ci ceiling category III 15 m 30 m d ceIling caiegory IV over 30 m SPEED WI SWEPT VOLUME cm3 zc . Aeroplane F2A Piston Motor IA lB III 100 1 251 501 500to 1000 28 29 OReaction Motor3D UF2C Piston Motor100 laps 57200 Ia 58 DISTANCEDISTANCE SPEED DURA-IN AHEIGHT SPEEDIN AIN TIONSTRAIGHTCLOSEDCLOSED LINECIRCUITCIRCUIT Aeroplane F3A Piston Motor 202122233153 W .J Seaplane F3A Piston Motor 48 49 50 51 52 54 O Gilder F3B 24 25 26 33 34 55 HeiicooteF3CPiston Motor353637383956 z OElectrrnotor o5596061626364 0 o Aeroplane F3E P 65 66 67 68 69 70 SOL 71 72 73 74 75 76 COMB 77 78 79 60 81 82 AIRCRAFT NATIONALITY RBGISTRATION MARKS Algeria ArgentinaLV LO AusiraliaVH Austria Belgium00 Bolivia CP Brazil ariaL Canada C CF ChileCC ChinaB ColombiaHK CubaCU CyprusSB CzechoslovakiaOK DenmarkOY EgyptSU EquadorHC Federal Republic Germany 0 FinlandOH FranceF German Democratic RepublicDM GreeceSX GuatemalaTG HungaryHA IcelandTF IndiaVT IndonesiaPK IraqVI IranEP IrelandEl EJ Israel4X Ilaly JordanJY Democretic Peoples Republic 01 Korea. P South KoreaHI JapanJA LebanonOD LiechtensteinHB emblem LuxemburgLX MexicoXA XB XC Monaco3A MoroccoCN Netherlands. PH New ZealandZK ZL LM NorwayLN PakistanAP PanamaHP PeruOB PolandSP PortugalCS SR RomanraYR San Marino South AfricaZS ZT ZU SpainBC SurinamePZ SwedenSE SwitzerlandHB emblem ThailandHS TunisiaTS TurkeyTC Un4ed KingdomG UruguayCX USAN USSRCCCP VenezualaYV YugoslaviaYU Zambia9J OAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOX distinct advantage over fellow competi tors am reminded what happened NAS CAR back middle late Sixties Ford chrysler factory teams literally took over national stock car racing Id hate see same sort thing hap pen model aviation second proposal applies world-class competition types Id like see true world representation choosing judges contest should least judge geographic area one North South central America example having team partici pating world championships realize would mean increase cost holding contests feel way insure true impartiality part judges third proposal FAI make pub lic details world championship compe tition participating countries 18 months advance Fourth Id like see practice normal izing scores eliminated Use raw scores stead due unbalancing effect practice Fifth Id like see flyoff opened least 15 competitors Id also like see contestants start off fresh no scores carried over previous flights Last certainly least Id like see AMA institute novice sportsman classes FAI pattern After does future US world competition team members no good start flying type pattern rest world flies other Thats about Id like thank read ing overly long letter Id like close request members Please par ticipate After AMA just ad ministrator insurance people think AMA representative body hobby Vote SOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOX February 1989 141 OAPBOX
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/02
Page Numbers: 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141
COMPETI T4QN~ NEWSLETTR~ ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS1810 SAMUEL MORSE DRIVE RESTON VA 22090 Note Technical Director Bob Underwood 1 Its time miss-a-lane-e-us columns always seem little things need considered plod along through year am certain 1989 wont different Contest Directors activities continue right through winter months Northern climes tend focus mall shows build-a-plane events indoors warmer areas grapefruit oranges grow still see people out punching holes skies Oh yes few exceptions people voluntarily freeze various portions anatomy holding events winter winds howl power hearty souls can truthfully say enjoy reading about such events suspect few comments appro priate CDs time First should noted CD Guide men tioned some time ago column fi nally available reality have send ing along new CDs last month plan present time send CDs active 1988 remainder pool almost 3000 may obtain writing us copy know doing way run same risk criticism occurred rule books last cycle didnt send CD faced interesting situation now about 4500 CDs about 1500-1700 active Between October 1 1987 Oc tober 1 1988 processed applications some 200 new CDs Less half persons ran event during time CD Guide contains help filling out necessary forms copies forms National Records following new National Records have processed approved during month November 1988 IndoorCategory Pennyplane Open 1131 Peter Staehling 10/22/88 Outdoor Free Flight CO2 Power Open 1400 George Perryman 10/16/88 Outdoor Free FlightCategory III C Gas Open1945 Guy R Scott Jr 10/9/88 Control Line 1/2A Speed Open14417 mph Charles E Legg 10/15/88 samples current scoresheets have used Nats will updating material regularly adding find suggest other items should included pages held together staple sending along plastic binder strip Continued page 134 Opening ceremonies Leszno Poland US Junior team parade Polish Aero Club cadet carrying placard Mike Keller bears flag Team Manager Bob Sifleet brings up rear members team show clearly photo really Melinda Anderson Marty Pelatoweki Adam Tracy Matthew Gag liano Tony Hutchins Jimmy Buxton Free Flight Junior World Championships Team Manager s Report Robert Sifleet Photos team supporters report brief due lack time part filling up Model Aviation lot words style reports team members should impor tant comments Continued oaee 136 February 1989 133 Competition Newsletter edited Ross B McMullen AMA 18181 1988 FF Nats Results FF GAS No Juniors Seniors 1 Chris Gulotta Open 39 1 Keith Fuimer 2 Nat Comfort 3 Jean Pallet 4 Bill Schlsrb 5 Bob Perkins 6 Jim Kutkuhn FF GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 38 1 Charles Caton 2 Robert Dunham II 3 Bob Hanford 4 Bernard Boehm 5 Bill Prenaky 6 Charles Schuchrnan FF B GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 36 1 Anthony Italiano 2 Greg Hinrichs 3 Bill Jenkins Open 8 1 Warren Kurth 2 Robert Nichols 3 Russ Whittord FF CARGO SecondsNo Juniors Southfieid Mi203No Seniors Open 3 1 Robert Nichols Mishawaka IN Chester PA Brookville NY South Bend IN Columbus OH Augusta KS Montgomery AL Broken Arrow OK Broken Arrow OK South Bend IN Pittstord NY Beileville IL Brookfield WI Monona WI Memphis TN 4 Richard HailAthens AL 5 Robert HanfordBroken Arrow OK 6 Richard RikelPaducah KY Flyoff determine placing FF C GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 29 1 EdKeck 2 Charles Caton 3 Sal Taibi 4 Douglas Rabe 5 Marvin Mace FF 0 GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 17 1 Marvin Mace 2 Jim Summersett 3 Bill Dunlop 4 Sal Taibi FF FAI POWER Fl C No Juniors No Seniors Open 9 1 Zygfryd Sulisz 2 Douglas Rabe 3 Gilbert Graunke Webster NY Montgomery AL Lakewood CA Dayton OH Seguin TX Seguin TX San Antonio lx Greensburg PA Lakewood CA itasca IL Dayton OH Brookfieid WI 537 357 341 340 328 308 Seconds 750 600 480 472 383 337 Seconds 360 358 358 323 301 292 Seconds 750 743 730 542 495 Seconds 600 593 480 478 Seconds 625 533 147 FF PAYLOAD No Juniors No Seniors FF ELECTRICA No Juniors No Seniors Open 4 1 Robert Nichols 2 Duane Renken 3 Don Jenkins FF ELECTRICB No Juniors No Seniors Open 2 1 Robert Nichols 2 Duane Renken FF CO2 No Juniors No Seniors Open 5 1 George Perryman 2 Duane Renken 3 Linwood Cochran Davenport IA S Meriden CT Milwaukee WI S Menden CT Seconds 234 200 95 FF P-30 RUBBER Junior 1 Paul Wicks 2 Jawie Jackson No Seniors Open 25 1 FK Hesb Grams2 Bill Jackson 3 George Perryman 12734 Robert Nichols 5 CA Schuchman Seconds 319 184 177 Normal IL Cincinnati OH Xenia OH Cincinnati OH Smyrna GA S Meriden CT Belleville IL FF Al TOWLINE GLIDER No Juniors No Seniors S Meriden CTOpen 11 Ann Arbor Ml1 Bill Schlarb Indianapolis IN2 Jean Psilet 3 Guenther Nowak 4 Philip Bayly FF A2 TOWLINE GLIDER FlA SecondsNo Juniors S Meriden CT215No Seniors Ann Arbor Mi199Open 11 1 James Thornberiy 2 Orval Stewart 3 Andrew Barron 4 Bill Schlarb Smyrna GA Ann Arbor Mi Tucker GA FF MULVIHILL RUBBER Junior 1 Jamie Jackson 2 Steven Whitford Senior 1 Paul Spangler Open 23 1 Greg Hinricha 2 Joe Macay 3 Chris Matauno 4 George Perrynian 5 Guenther Nowak FF WAKEFIELD Fl B No Juniors No Seniors Open 11 1 Fred Blom 2 Ed Konefes 3 Martin Richardson 4 Chris Matsuno Cincinnati OH Milwaukee WI Lawrenceville IL Monona WI Southfleld Mi St Johns MO Smyrna GA Chicago IL rimonum MD Wauconda IL Dayton OH St Johns MO FF COUPE dHIVER Junior 1 Paul Wicks Normal IL Senior 1 Roger Wathen Jr Indianapolis IN Open 23 1 Wallace Brown 2 George Perryman 3 George Batiuk 4 Kevin Anderson 5 Anton Telford Lawrenceviile IL Smyrna GA Huntsville AL Stratford MO Springfield IL Seconds 840 360 228 Madison WI Nashville TN Champaign IL South Bend IN South Bend IN Brookville NY itasca IL Largo FL Seconds 158 38 339 338 338 271 248 Seconds 422 299 289 235 Seconds 806 728 841 632 FF HAND-LAUNCH GLIDER Junior 8 1 Paul Wicks 2 Michael Gartin 3 Steven Whitford Seconds 4 Greg Rainey 5 Robert Combs 1316 Jenny Benton 1047 Anthony Perry 8 Bobby Spoon 211Senior 3 1 Paul Spangler 2 Chris Gulotta 3 Roger Wathen Jr 539 Open 26 5141 Bernard Boehm 5032 Alfred Beletz 3 Kevin Anderson 4 Gerald CaIdwell 5 Robert Dunham II 6 Bill Schlarb 7 James Kutkuhn Seconds 1130 1084 1034 982 Normal IL Indianapolis IN Milwaukee WI Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Lawrenceville IL Southfield MI Indianapolis IN South Bend IN Maplewood MO Stratford MO Indianapolis IN Broken Arrow OK South Bend IN Augusta KS FF 3-MAN MULVIHILL TEAM 2 WATERMELON TEAM Guenther Nowak Ed Konefes Joe Macay SecondsSODBUSTERS TEAM 34George Perryman Chris Matauno 20Wallace Brown 515 FF UNLIMITED DAWN RUBBER 4 5091Ed Konefes 4512Dave Plait 4373Joe Macay 3904Joe Williams Seconds 143 57 53 37 28 25 20 17 63 55 42 294 289 289 282 268 219 176 Seconds 503 381 737 1591 514 539 333 1388 can remove staple have looseleaf booklet suitable copying Fu ture plans typeset forms leave room margin punching fit three-hole ring folder hope will find booklet value CD Two areas concern CDs should noted enough care being taken fill ing out sanction application forms have noted large number forms have proper classification indicated whether event 'A~ c would direct attention sanctioning section can found both Membership Manual Com petition Regulations books important try keep classifications straight incorrect submitted will have changed get Headquarters second concern have CDs return proper forms follow ing event time sanction ap proved receive forms need filled out returned after event completed particular need receive form lists names AMA num bers participants Form 10 lists winners name CD CDs ran event return forms two things can happen First will receive credit having run event therefore will receive earned membership following year Second place Academy very 302 283 238 47 interesting position relative defending club should litigation occur result event tendency say worry Nothing happened event What can happen long after event over claim can surface Such concerns confined outdoor flying events Someone may injured swap-shop type event may aware time happens Yes know just paperwork ex ercise time can criti cal concern Shifting something affects us consider Membership Manual first year can look forward re ceiving 1989 version document member Without asking Continued page 136 134 Model Aviation 1989S TWO UNFORGETTABLE DATES TRICITIESWASHINGTONMONTANA Rich land WASHINGTON KennewickO OP esco KENNEWICK PASCO RICHLAND JULY 1523OREGONIDAHO ENTRY FORMS AND IN FORMATION NEVADA 0 OFFICIAL ENTRY FORMS will mailed 1989 NATS contestants hobby shops western US AIVIA charter clubs entry forms will sent out late January early February will also available major trade shows beginning late January NATS INFORMATION PACKETS will include official entry form maps motel lists campground lists site locations area information will available late January dollar $100 receive 89 NATS info packet send $100 AMA HQ receive entry form ONLY send BUSINESS-SIZE stamped self-addressed envelope AMA HQ schedule changes additions send today RADIO CONTROL PYLON SOARING events LIMITED TEN ENTRIES per FREQUENCY Pattern will also have frequency limits slots available first-come basis act early! _______________WRIGHTPATTERSON AFB ______________May 27 28 29 THE AMA ANNUAL FUN FLY Fly-In ____________________________will big held Air Force Museum grounds Wright/Patterson Air _____________Force Base Dayton event will quite attraction AMA members Radio Control flight lines Control Line area Free Flight flying areas will available ______ expected highturnout fliers participation RC fliers will limited twenty per RC channeL insure slot may register advance sending $1000 AIVIA reserve frequency channel _______________________________advance registration fee non-refundable February 1989 135 1989 NATS NEWS Please entersubscriptions @ $1000 NAME ADDR ESS CITY STATE ZIP_______________________ Enclosed $ cc 1989 FUN FLY REGISTRATION Please reserve _______ frequency NAME ADD R ESS CITY STATE ZIP______________________ Enclosed $ ____________ 4i*nfor Champs fc# five months prepare FF World Championships Juniors model ers under age 18 years Lesno Po land team members did have lot time preparation However models performed well practice days FlA The typical northern European air cool overcast day made picking thermals dif ficult team members accustomed stronger thermals strong thermal would take Glider twice towline height three minutes FiB Our team excellent models seemed well trimmed calm conditions did perform expected strong gusty wind blew during fourth through seventh rounds FiC Melinda Andersons performance teams best missing max due difficulty picking air launch other team members experienced unex pected mechanical problems trim changes junior World Championships provided exposure high level competition nearly good regular world champi onships several evening techni cal sessions competitors put models display inspection exchange ideas experiences technol ogy shared everyone presence interpreters provided Polish Aero Club made communication between team members country possible team members team supporters came home Poland great deal knowl edgeable about FF world championship level high degree sportsmanship evi dent among competitors champi onships usual reports model recovery teams helping other re cover models cornfields trees highlight occurred Jimmy Buxton repairing FiB model badly damaged windblown landing fellow competitors three other teams assisting rebuilding model FF Junior World Championships Fliers Observations Adam Tracy Wakefield flier following letter addressed AMA Executive Director John Worth RMcM Thank very much sponsoring fly Junior World Championships Poland fly competition against 35 other world-class-caliber fliers indeed something will cherish rest life three days contest went smoothly judges complete control over contest pole position two timers Polish Aero Club binocularsthey no problems timing planes fault could see smallness field light winds maxing plane could easily fly off air base splendid chase crew wasnt worried Despite best-working flying event have ever flew Wakefield third day competition weather conditions favor because very windy first round Im known well fierce wind held first place through Round 4 After lunch break wind became bad contest directors delay begin ning fifth round two hours round finally started wind plane wings off avoid having folded constant battering wind Wakefield flew did too well its climb much wind failed max 64-sec flight enough put out contention medal end contest 16th place three minutes under win ning Czech flier acquired great deal experience fly ing championships feel could much better next two years Im full support AMA spon soring US team 1990 PS brought home plaque rep resents US Junior team will re ceiving soon think would look very attractive AMA museum [It now display museum area AMA Na tional Center Aeromodeling RMcM] Again thanks bunch supporting us AT FF Junior World Championships Supporters Thanks Daniel Tracy AMA 614 following letter appreciation addressed AMA Executive Director John Worth RMcM Watching son Adam fly interna tional competition Wakefields shall re main impressive com pelling experiences Ive ever wish convey thanks staff instigating opportunity Adam now seasoned Wakefield travelers appreciate alternateculture flying interface got along well other fliers recognized Olympian aspect superseding constraining political restrictions refreshing inspiring observe breathed few rare moments life everything seemed pretty good should noted competition worthy efforts Adam flies win weather challenge afterward watching winners receive ac colades field Polandin wind rainwe both struck enormity event World competition great now Adam obligatory ceremony left no doubt first-place winner champion world label believe Adam now covets should no alarm verve cause have learned father Adams grandfatherthat flying competi tion Wakefield noble lofty endeavor wholeheartedly encourage continua tion AMA support involvement FAI Free Flight Juniors competition pro gram fact solicit expansion ef fort because Americas prestige could enhanced Tik flWe0tr m*jffu will monumental changes please take some time look over Better yet put somewhere can find reference later year buck two time told people answer severaldollar long distance phone call question page so-and-so Membership Manual would able buy lot new modeling stuff particularly true information found Safety Code Frequency Recommendations Watch arrive house soon Once again will combined Sup ply Service materials speaking books paid FAI stamp either five- 10-dollar version will receiving new FAI compe tition book Please note copy will Continued page 138 136 Model Aviation Adam Tracy No 12 Wakefield Melinda Anderson baffles wind readies FAI Power model flight US FAI RC Pylon Racing Team Selection Finals Wayne Yeager Photos author September 3-4 1988 Labor Day weekend Toledo Weak Signals Club hosted US F3D Team Selection Race meet held purposes picking team represent United States next RC Pylon World Championships held fall 1989 1988 Nats 18 entries F3D respectable number consid ering F3D racing practically nonexistent US Unfortunately Nats competitors decided forgo Team Se lection Race because felt could compete few people obvi ously knew proper pipe/engine/prop combination needed win proved prophetic because people did compete heads above rest seven entries people probably represented best country US team will formida ble despite low entry selec tion race Day started joke Mother Na ture rained rained rained . however since Weak Signals have shelter house big enough hold party since guys bored just sitting around nothing tell lies sent local loco member home pick up Duraplane kit plus engine started rainy day project building Dave Shadel Gary Hover jumped car headed hobby shop pick up some wing covering gone Bruce Richmond Dub Jett Jim Shi nohara started assembly Since got pick up sanding block everindustrious Shinohara sanded elevator rudder concrete floor said about 80-grit Shadel Hover returned started covering wing other assembly continued agreed beforehand chal lenge themselves using instruc tions philosophy exactly Since en gine using brand-new K&B 45 since little heavier proper engine built fuselage back wards move wing forward help CG location progressing very well sudden rain blew away im mediately put Mr Duraplane hold went racing Everyone got quick trim flight around 400 pm compe tition started general tone set Round 1 Dub jett turned teen time 11850 followed Gary Hover 11829 Bruce Richmonds 12087 Gary Gau also fray very nice 11926 unfortunately zeroes plagued Gary al though fast unable make team After five rounds quit because late Weak Signals cooking up steak fry competitors workers After consuming lots steak corn-onna cob assorted veggies liquids emitting few burps engaging associated con vivial activities Duraplane crew went back work finalizing assembly pro cess taped control rods against fuselage crammed backup radio fueled andright duskhandlaunched setting sun Youre prob ably saying 1 wonder flew Are kidding nitro-breath flew great fact several guys wanted hands transmitter flew several times give everyone chance Finally got too dark went home next day Mother Nature again let us know boss dumping us whole morning around noon fi nally backed off after deciding enough enough rewarded patience blue skies light breezes sailed through seven rounds tal 12 Team Selection Committee de cided drop round half rac ing competitor counted best 10 heats threw out two worst scoring system used F3D fliers time converted seconds subtracted 200meaning highest score over length contest winner However scoring system has changed 1989 utilized new system identical old except no longer subtract times 200 anymore now means lowest score overall winner top three guysDub jett Bruce Rich mond Gary Hoverdominated scoring racking up consistent scores result being spread over 200 points between third fourth places 10 rounds counted Dub Jett aver aged 11754 Bruce Richmond 11806 Gary Hover 12043 Thats chopped liver guys Dub Jett also recorded meets fastest time 11436 Form guys wish could go fast guys best week end deserve team rep resenting United States Dave Shadel did compete because automati cally invited back defending World Champ therefore addition al ready strong team should make guys very formidable team selected Don McStay Team Manager good move because Don bubble being first alter nate now gets part team anyway Good pick guys Congratulations made team good luck 1989 February 1989 137 new Pylon team Kneeling L-R Dub Jett Gary Hover Bruce Richmond Standing L-R Don McStay let alternate end team manager World Champion Dave Shadel Jim Shinohara perfect FAI Jury L-R Pete Waters Bob Brown Greg Doe Technical Director cbntiiwed official versIon pro duced AMA last year titled Interna tional Aeromodeling Rules able supply official version year two reasons First old 1984 official version just updated im portant however AMA did paste-up official version actually arranged printing Copies in-house now would like copy inclined purchase FAI stamp may purchased three dollars Shifting gears again let us repeat informa tion found Frequency Alert printed last editions Competition Newsletter National Newsletter Executive Council action require ment gold silver sticker transmit ters sanctioned events has post poned until December 20 1990 Please note individual clubs may require stickers prior date wish have word clubs have developed such requirement field operations becomes rule field under General sec tion Safety Code note item two Speaking jets yes know werent have flurry activity type engine recently Probably have read material about RCM RC Scale Modeler two other com panies individuals have contacted us recently about jet engines have under development great deal interest form power reason AMAs terest dealing ramifica tions engines may have Safety Code very pleased three persons connected projects have kept close touch us dealing 10000 exhaust temperatures parts moving about 100000 rpm things think about relative safety know will hearing lot about interesting innovative power sources Incidentally three uses different fuel ranging jet fuel gasoline propane Golly con sider future have take five fuel supplies field flying sessionsthat includes charger Electric last shot looks like chartered club going receive very helpful book let near future Some time ago sent copy booklet containing John Prestons Model Aviation Safety Comes First columns information compiled AMA member Frank Bur chardt Carlsbad NM interesting note Frank took Johns columns chopped up put together categories makes very useful reference book club members struggle keep up operational safety con cerns posed chemical tech nology hobby/sport club receives its copy certain give member tends keep light hid den under bushel Happy 1989 May flights fantasticand landings planned Competition Directory CONTEST COORDINATORS I Bernice Williams 347 Southwick Rd Westfield MA 01085 II R Sobnno 87-2e 88th St Woodhaven Oueens NY 11421 RC Ernest Nikodem 407 Willow St Lockport NY 14094 RC Bill Fuori 28 Femwood Dr Commack NY 11725 Ill Nelson Gould 1944 S Idaho St Allentown PA 18103 lEast M Weisenbach 4588 W 148th Cleveland OH 44135 IWesti IV Warren Sanders Jr 9735 52nd Ave College Park MD 20741 RC Ed Byerley 200 Commander Cove Stafford VA 22554 V RC FlsIph Bailey PO Boa 1287 Orangeburg SC 29116-1287 FF W Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Montgomery AL 36108 CL Joseph Mead 1339 Renssalaer St Jacksonville FL 32205 VI AC ray 201 Holmes Salem Rd Terre Haute IN 47803 AC Seelng Dale Fslkening 1544 Derien Lake Dr Darien IL 80559 CL WR Bodzioch Jr 1800 Trail Ridge St Arlington Hgts IL 60004 ylon & SoarIng RC Pattern & other AC AC accept SoarIng Bold Face Below Indicates Clialmian Contest Board INDOOR CONTEST BOARD I Ray Herlan 15 Happy 110110w Rd Wayland MA 01778 II Doug Barber 140 Stratton House Maple Shade NJ 08052 Ill Walt venGorder 5869 4ictory view Ln Oncinnati OH 45238 IV Don Srull 941 Kiorberwicke Rd McLean VA 22102 V John Martin 2180 Tlgertail Miami FL 33133 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I George Higgins PO Bos 482 North Pembroke MA 02358 II Bill Boss 7708 269th St New Hyde Perk NY 11040 Ill Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Wayne Poster 101 Forest Dr Advance NC 27006 v Dave Hemntraught P0 Sos 171 Moncks Corner SC 29401 FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD I Henry Struck RFD 2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ave Lyndonville NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klsiber 2021 Lakelerld Ave Lakewood OH 44107 lv Jon Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny JenkIns 3112 E Ralnes Rd Memphis TN 38118 FF Jim Bennett 324 Hettenstein Ave St Louis MO 63119 VII events except AC entIre DistrIct except MichIgan Greg Seydel 3625 B lone Terrace Cudahy WI 53110 AC Leon Cordy N4503 Highway 55 Chilton WI 53014 MIchIgan AC Wayne Yasger 38235 Castle Romulus Ml 48174 CL & FF Paul Smith 11112 Dill Dr Sterling Hgts Ml 48077 VIII Randy Randolph PO Boa 271048 Dallas TX 75227 lx Mike TalIman 3014 Exchange Wichita KS 87217 AC George Hunter 6962 5 Lamar St Littleton CO 80123 x Roll Erickson 7506 Widgeon Way Fair Oaks CA 95626 No Harry Appian 27704 Saddle Rd Rolling Hills CA 90274 So Frank Gomes 2341 Noah St Hoeolslu HI 96816 Hawaii xl Dick Ss5er 7217 So 133rd St Seattle WA 98178 AC James McCarty 18968 Marine View Dr Seuttle WA 98166 Vt Charlie Sotich 3851 W 62nd Place Chicago tL 60629 VII Richard Doig 6 Canary Hill Dr Pontiac Ml 40055 VIII Ralph Bud Tenny Box 545 RIchardson TX 78080 IX Stan Chilton 725 E Uncoln Wichita KS 67211-3302 X Clarence Mether 2358 Tam OShanter Ave Bishop CA 93514-1944 xl Andy Tagliafico 650-B Taybin Rd NW Salem OR 97204 VI CE Robbert 349 Hdlsbors Ave. Lexington KY 40511 VII Larry Dziak 2019 Strange Ave. Stevens Point WI 54481 VIII William Lee 3523 Tameosh Lane Misaouit City TX 77459 lx Michael TalIman 3014 Exchenge Wichfta KS 67217 X Yb Gamer PO Box 573 Uvermore CA 94550 XI John Thompson 1505 Ash Ave Cottage Grove OR 97424 VI Chits Matsuno 8576 Ginger Dr St John MO 63114 VII Bill Shailor 2317 Clewson Avenue Royal Oak Ml 48073 VIII Mark Valeitus 1627 Ovettand Pass Sugarland TX 77478 lx Jerald Murphy 425 Mess Vista Ct Colorado Springs CO 80904 X Jon Norcross P0 Boa 68 Hanford CA 93232 Xl Kevin Collins 2320 Sehalee Dr E Redmond WA 98053 VI John Guenther 3 Box 297A Borden IN 47106 VII Claude McCalfougtr RR 1 Box 487 Montezuma IA 80171 VIII Buddy Irwin 922 Sundown Ln Dettoto TX 75115 IX Desn Copeland PO Boa 55564 Omaha NE 88155-0564 X Bill Strorsan 12318 Dune St Norwalk CA 90850 Xl Earle Moorhead 2545 Phipps Cr NE Salem OR 97305 VI Cal Ettel 3 Castle Dr RR 2 Florissant MO 63034 Vtl Keith Shaw 2798 Elmwood Ann Arbor Ml 40104 Vttt Kenneth Martin 7210 Winkleman Houston TX 77083-4340 IX Byron Blakeslee 3134 Winnebago Dr Sedalia CO 80135 X Robert Slift PO Box #9 Midway City CA 92655 Xl Mitch Poling 1519 NE 96th St Seattle WA 98115 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Ire Sean 32 Langholm Dr Nashua NH 03080 II Robert Clemens 98 Shorewey Dr Rochester NY 14812 Ill Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St McKeespotf PA 15131 IV Bob Kerlsson 2643 Marsh Rd Wilmington DE 19810 V David P156 6940 NW 15th PlantatIon FL 33313 ELECTRIC CONTEST BOARD I Nelson Whitman PO Boa 415 East Falmouth MA 02536 II Jon Bashes 198 Merritt Dr Oradell NJ 07649 Ill Dave Brown 4560 Layhigh Rd Hamilton OH 45013 IV Woody Blancliard 1733 Beach Rd Hampton VA 23664 V Robert Nelson 390 San Jose Winter Haven FL 33880 SPECIAL EVENTS CONTEST BOARD Chslrman Don Llndley 420 Tupelo Napervllle IL 60540 Executive Council rep Lee Webster 1000 Sycamore Manchester TN 37355 Member East Coast Austin Leftwich 407 Aubrey Rd Richmond VA 23229 Member West Coast Bill Northrop 898 West 16th St Newport Beach CA 92683 Member central Bwce Norman 3417 Creston Ave FL Worth TX 78133 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARDS AEROBATICS I Scott Melville 100 Chathem Terr Bridgeport CT 06606 II George Berko P08os867 Glenwood Lndg NY 11947 Ill A Nessellxock 5330 Bkiabeny HIll CI Claclenall OH 45248 IV Ton Miller 5020 Architale Rd. Plafftown NC 27040 V John Fuque 724 Diane St Niceville FL 22578 VI Charles W Reed 5408 Woodson Rd Raytown MO 64133 VII Brian Crossley 4740 LorInda Dr St Paul MN 55126 VIII William Thomas 331 SE Rookwood Bartleaville OK 74008 IX Jim Mowrey RR 2 Box 56 Kinsley KS 67947 X Craig Millet c/n Gibeon Dune & Crutcher 800 Newport Canter Dr Suite 700 Newport Beach CA 92660 XI Charles Davenport 1441S SE 266th St. Kent WA 98042 VI Bob Belluomini 129 College Perk Dr Crestview Hills KY 41017 VII Roy DieIz 12450 Lanadowne Detroit Ml 48224 VIII Steve Mintz 2 Bluebird St New Orleans LA 70124 IX Don Vineyard 1118W Coed Saline KS 67401-3209 X Robert Gorham 23961 Craftsman Rd Cafobases CA 91302 Xl Jerry Holcomb 1010 NE 122nd Ave Vancouver WA 98684 VI Jim Gager 8425 Auburn Rd FL Wayne IN 48825-3031 VII Wsyne Yasger 38235 Castle Dr Romulus MI 48174 VIII Dick Ritch 11042 Wexwing Houston TX 77035 IX Duane Get 12800W Ashbury Fl Lakewood CO 80236 X Gary Hover 16016 Ave 288 ViseIla CA 63277-9757 Xl Roger Pierce 12306 219th Ave 0 6 6 Banney Lake WA 98350 VI Stan Wataon 10414W 134 St Palos Park IL 60404 VII Al Scidmore 5013 Dorsett Dr Madison WI 53711 VIII Pancho Morris 2715 Eastbrook Dr Mesquite TX 75180 IX Rsy Marvin 2781 5 Garfield Denver CO 80210 X Jerry Kreinock 2310 Derby Cl #102 Simi Valley CA 93063 Xl Dsve Johnson 3526 NE 50th Ave Portland OR 97230 HELICOPTER I Ernie Huber 19 Beaver Park Rd Danvers MA 01923 II Horece Hagen 15 Parkwsy P1 Red Bank NJ 07701 Ill Bill Curtis 218 Vernon Rd Greenville PA 16125 IV Robert P Harris 3 257 Estevez Rd Ls PIsta MD 20648 V Tim Schonnard c/s Walt Soteanerd 2594 NOBT Oriesito FL 32804 RACING I Pete Reed 49 Anvil Dr. Avon CT 06001 II Adam Sattler 41 Perry Ave Latham NY 12110 III Dave Letshe 1141 Columbus Ave Lemoyne PA 17043 IV Cliff Telford 7417 Aorowood Rd Bethesda MD 20817 V Gail Jacobson 2305 Brffley Terrace College Park GA 30349 SOARING I Fritz Bien 41 Saw Mill Rd Concord MA 01742 II Doug Stout 12A Mayne Ave Stanhope NJ 07874 III Gene Stielkey 217 EuclId Ave Scottdale PA 15883 IV Bob Coampine 205 lipton Rd Newport News VA 23606 V Charles Anderson PO Box 305 TuIlahoma TN 37388 CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don undlay 420 Tupelo Napervilie IL 60540 FAI TEAM SELECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN SCALE John Guenther 3 Box 297A Borden IN 47106 INDOOR Richard Deig 6 Canary Hill Dr Pontiac Ml 48055 FREE FLIGHT Bill Gibbons 7423 Club House Rd Boulder CO 80301 Bob Sitleet RD 3 Box 66 Glenrock PA 17327 CL SPEED & TEAM RACE Bill Lee 3523 Tamaitak La Missouri City TX 77489 CL COMBAT Gsry Frost 13 Castlewood Cl St Peters MO 63376 CL AEROBATICS Bill Zimmer 508 Walnut Box 72 Verne IL 61375 RC SOARING Don Edberg 7000 Estepa Dr Tsiunga CA 91042 RC AEROBATICS James Kimbro 1219 6 Ferguson Vinslia CA 93291 Larry Phillipo 2155 Wslton Blvd Rochester MI 48063 AC PYLON Bob Brown 1255 High St Bradford PA 16701 RC ELECTRIC Joe Besher 198 Merittt Dr Oradell NJ 07649 RC HELICOPTER Horace Hagen 15 Parkwsy P1 Red Bsnk NJ 07701 138 Model Aviation 1988 US Free Flight Team Selection Finals Louis Joyner Photos author Seguin TXOctober 8-10 1988 Three days 15 rounds Fifteen chances mistake. less perfect launch mis read thermal out-of-trim glide So things go wrong Free Flight team selection final contest survival survivors nine fliers make fewest mistakes form United States team Free Flight World Championships Argentina during May 1989 new team selected Seguin FlA Dale Elder third Glider team 1983 World Champion Matt Gewain firsttime team member Jim Parker Twentyseven contestants flew event Fl B Jim Quinn Walt Ghio Jack Brown veterans previous teams Thirty-three con testants flew event FiC Ken Phair assistant team manager last time first team flier World Cup winner Randy Archer veteran team member Doug Galbreath Thirty-three contestants flew event reader may familiar intricacies three international Out door Free Flight events heres brief run down FlA Also known Nordic A-2 FlA event Towline Gliders typical model spans about 7/2 ft about 3 ft long weighs little over 14 oz model towed up much like kite 50-meter 164-ft nylon cable special towhook mechanism model allows model towed straight up overhead line slackened model can cir cle line still attached flier can circle-tow model indefinitely looking lift thermals thermal located flier rapidly tows model overhead causes zoom off line gain altitude Timing flight starts towline drops away Maximum re corded flight time 31/2 mm first round morning 3 mm rest rounds Wakefield FiB event rubberpowered models typical Wakefield about 4 ft long 5-ft wingspan model ready fly weighs bit over 8 oz including 40-gram 14-oz rubber motor An average motor would measure about 17 long made up 26 28 strands A-in-wide rubber strip motor stretched out wound 330 400 turns propeller usually measures about 24 in diameter 26 29 pitch typical motor run 30 40 sec end prop run model height 200 ft prop blades fold back reduce drag model glides rest flight maximum re corded time max flight 4 mm first round 3 mm remaining four flights day FiC Otherwise known Power mod els powered 25cc 15 cu engines running 80/20 mixture methyl alco hol castor oil typical model weighs about 27 oz has 6-ft wingspan 4-ftlong fuselage typical engine Rossi Nelson turns about 28000 rpm drives 7 x 3 prop engine run limited 7 sec shut off engine control high-speed near-vertical climb competi tors use clockwork electronic timer floods engines intake fuel ap plies brake stop propeller Because high climb FiC mod els 500 600 ft max early morning rounds set 5 mm rest flights 3 mm However due weather conditions finals Power models flown 4-mm max first day 31/2 mm second day 5 mm last day SOME OBSERVATIONS FlA Circle tow now used almost univer sally level competence seemed much higher previous finals saw very few tow-ins near-misses although winner Dale Elder came close hitting ground downwind circle pulled up-and-off nice thermal Most towline models looked about same main variation being top bottom rudder mounting Lots carbon fiber evidence electronic de thermalizer timers audible beepers aid recovery model after flight FiB Compared other two classes Wakefields seem allow widest lati tude design Some fliers using timer-operated VIT variableincidence tailplane AR autorudder control power burst Others flew locked-up air planes relying aerodynamic adjust ments control flight Quite few mod els sported Oliver carbon fiber motor tubes Jack Brown made team flying basic box fuselage Montreal-style front ends much evidence both homebrew versions beautifully machined commercial units spotted solid-balsa wing Tom loergers Joe Maxwells machine shop Scotland Most fliers used D-box con struction Nobody using delayed prop release variable-pitch propeller Wakefielders seemed conserva tive point flying models well over 20 years old FiC Power thin aluminum wing skins very much evidence Doug Galbreath Ralph Cooney Ken Oliver flying veedihederal models winglets flapper saw Gil Morris model Randy Archer some Russianinspired models very nicely finished aluminum machined front ends Poland Folding carbon-fiber propellers widely used both two- bladed versions Quite few fliers us ing bunt transition whole power patterns seemed better fi nals good recoveries glide minimum altitude loss some thing went wrong really went wrong team members end finals will mean start frenzied few months building testing before join reigning Wakefield champ Bob White Ar gentina rest fliers finals mark end two-year team selection process beginning next cy cle Theres always next time complete listing performance round top 10 finishers event published January 1988 Compe tition Newsletter page 143 February 1989 139 Glider team includes LR Jim Parker former world champion Matt Gewain kneeling Dale Elder top Wakefield flier dropu 12 seconds 6th round Doug Gaibreaths new Power model features V-dihedral wing winglets wave future SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX Cooetitfoo N ofoftor will poooot tirro flow corotreetice ood 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partiality shown x judges European teams o discomfort disappointment shown 0 most members North Cen tral American teams well three O European teams steamrollered CO by judges fact very famous contestant commented judges blind felt per formed very poorly because feel x o ing well judges gave him 0 the highest single-flight scores cont 0 est O Of course water under CO bridge now does no good complain about quality lack thereof judging past contest ques tion what can improve X teams chances winning future 0 Mr Chidgey recommends try 0 forget about style well good O but possible think CO sport would worse off flight expression pilots charac ter personality expression removed wouldnt much left Bet X ter build robots flying 0 o course winner would team a which could afford best robotbut thats different subject altogether 0 CO have some proposals own Id now like make based own observations comments Ive received number world-class x fliers 0 o First Id like see examined pos 0 sibility limiting influence manufac o turers both national level well CO on world championships very least Id like see factory fliers sepa rated own categories cont est think F3A AMA competition X should both remain amateur events o At contest attend see 0 a and instances factory sponsorship Im talking about contestants CO using prototype other special equipment available other contestants modeling community large have also seen more instances x of contestants paid employees O one manufacturer another noth 0 ing wrong mind long that contestant spending working 0 CO hours flying practicing contests practice would give contestant SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX FAI World Records Rec RecRecord No TypeClassRecord HolderNation DatePerformance 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27a 28 29 30 31 32a 32b 32c 32d 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 DU DI-SL H S-SL DU DI-SL H S-SI DU DI-SL H S-SL DU 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Richmond I Richmond M Matyas M Michl 200m course E Svoboda M Pruss R Jenneson Dana Swah D Whitney R Jenneson B Krasnorutsky B Krasnorutsky B Krasnorutsky B Krasnorutsky Zhang Guisheng Jiang Jie Dong Chumlal I Zhidanov Y Zaslavsky R Weber M Hill V Miakinine R Weber M Hill Lin Hanmao G Peszke D Whitney Kuznetzov/Kramarenko V ShapovalovN Onufrienko Tan Bing Jerry Krainock T Voitenko W Kuppers G Peszke R Hersperger R Hersperger C Aghem I Tsibisov I Tsibisov R Hersperger R Hersperger 140 Model Aviation CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP B CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP YR HA YR CCCP YU OK HA N N CCCP CCCP N N B C G B CCCP PH N N N HA HA OK CCCP VH N C VH CCCP CCP CCCP CCCP B B B CCCP CCCP N N CCCP N N B SP C CCCP CCCP B N CCCP D SP HB HB CCCP CCCP HB HB 4/18/86 7/1/62 6/19/64 9/6/87 8/6/52 8/15/52 8/8/82 5/5/81 6/3/68 8/3/74 8/30/75 6/12/70 10/1/65 10/1/63 9/24/63 9/20/70 5/15/60 3/31/62 5/23/48 6/7/87 9/28/83 9/6/70 9/21/71 9/3/83 5/28/88 6/11/82 8/22/84 6/27/87 10/13/86 10/20/84 6/12/52 7/26/86 6/7/87 9/29/84 6/21/79 8/31/79 12/2/81 12/2/81 7/23/79 5/29/87 2/2/80 2/21/88 10/26/86 3/9/80 5/28/87 4/16/86 5/28/87 9/7/87 8/7/82 8/29/82 8/17/82 9/16/87 4/10/81 10/8/77 9/3/67 9/25/71 9/2/77 11/26/84 9/12/82 10/13/82 11/2/86 7/15/83 7/25/82 5/22/87 5/3/87 9/28/86 10/21/85 4/8/86 10/12/86 10/12/86 4/26/87 9/25/85 9/23/85 10/12/86 10/12/86 1 :1423 371189km 1732m 18768km/h 6:010 378756km 64689m 1799km/h 0:33267 52375m 812m 14423km/h 3120 91491km 3750m 11612km/h 4:5810 31033km 2364m 22:1931 45523km 8208m 34392km/h 33:3230 2264km 1 9507m 25166km/h 31345km/h 31229km/h 326382km/h 39564km/h 76981 mi 0:2854 0:3407 0:4443 0:5214 16695km/h 16695km/h 7161km 4:3413 9285 km 182514m 13852km/h 72km 0:4945 79278km 1143m 8946km/h 2:2352 130904km 4600m 9807km/h 11:0218 2448km 5651 m 29498km/h 508km 242km/h 1856km/h 109153km/h 11272km/h 0:03198 0:06563 5:51 08 5129km 1236m 21145km/h 69km 13974km/h 6:0203 604km 30371 m 6696km/h 207km 62243km/h Ret RetRecord No TypeClassRecord HolderNation DatePerformance 71DU F3E-SOL FW BiestefeldD 6/20/84 3:0454 72DI-SL F3E-SOL 73H F3E-SOL 74S-SL F3E-SOL F WeissgerberD 7/5/87 6622km/h 75DI-CC F3E-SOL PJ HartwigD 5/26/86 2703 mi 76s-cc F3E-SOL 77DU F3E-COMB Ha Cheng FengB 5/26/87 6:1532 78DI-SL F3E-COMB VoitenkoCCCP 5/23/87 148km 79H F3E-COMB VoitenkoCCCP 9/7/87 816m 80S-SL F3E-COMB R WinsorC 10/26/86 10091km/h 81DI-CC F3E-COMB PJ HartwigD 7/5/87 435km 82S-CC F3E-COMB P ChannonC 11/2/86 69523km/h DU DurationS-SL Speed straight line DI-SL Distance straight lines-cc Speed closed circuit DI-cc Distance closed circuitS-cF Speed circular flight H ht Reference issue 10 1Oct 1987and updates CLASSIFICATION OF RECORDS DISTANCE FLIGHT TYPE OFMETHOD OF ATEMODEL CLASSPROPULSION DURATION STRAIGHTHEIGHTSPEED GORYLINE GliderFlA171819 Aeroplane FiB Extensible Motor1234 PlC Pision MolOr5678 FIBExtensible Motor4041 4243 Seaplane IPlCPiston Motor4445 4647 3 .F1FExtensible Motor9 10 1112 Helicopter on Motor13141516 DURATION Indoor FiD Extensible Moior 32 ceiling category less 8 m Model b ceiling category II 8 m 15 m ci ceiling category III 15 m 30 m d ceIling caiegory IV over 30 m SPEED WI SWEPT VOLUME cm3 zc . Aeroplane F2A Piston Motor IA lB III 100 1 251 501 500to 1000 28 29 OReaction Motor3D UF2C Piston Motor100 laps 57200 Ia 58 DISTANCEDISTANCE SPEED DURA-IN AHEIGHT SPEEDIN AIN TIONSTRAIGHTCLOSEDCLOSED LINECIRCUITCIRCUIT Aeroplane F3A Piston Motor 202122233153 W .J Seaplane F3A Piston Motor 48 49 50 51 52 54 O Gilder F3B 24 25 26 33 34 55 HeiicooteF3CPiston Motor353637383956 z OElectrrnotor o5596061626364 0 o Aeroplane F3E P 65 66 67 68 69 70 SOL 71 72 73 74 75 76 COMB 77 78 79 60 81 82 AIRCRAFT NATIONALITY RBGISTRATION MARKS Algeria ArgentinaLV LO AusiraliaVH Austria Belgium00 Bolivia CP Brazil ariaL Canada C CF ChileCC ChinaB ColombiaHK CubaCU CyprusSB CzechoslovakiaOK DenmarkOY EgyptSU EquadorHC Federal Republic Germany 0 FinlandOH FranceF German Democratic RepublicDM GreeceSX GuatemalaTG HungaryHA IcelandTF IndiaVT IndonesiaPK IraqVI IranEP IrelandEl EJ Israel4X Ilaly JordanJY Democretic Peoples Republic 01 Korea. P South KoreaHI JapanJA LebanonOD LiechtensteinHB emblem LuxemburgLX MexicoXA XB XC Monaco3A MoroccoCN Netherlands. PH New ZealandZK ZL LM NorwayLN PakistanAP PanamaHP PeruOB PolandSP PortugalCS SR RomanraYR San Marino South AfricaZS ZT ZU SpainBC SurinamePZ SwedenSE SwitzerlandHB emblem ThailandHS TunisiaTS TurkeyTC Un4ed KingdomG UruguayCX USAN USSRCCCP VenezualaYV YugoslaviaYU Zambia9J OAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOX distinct advantage over fellow competi tors am reminded what happened NAS CAR back middle late Sixties Ford chrysler factory teams literally took over national stock car racing Id hate see same sort thing hap pen model aviation second proposal applies world-class competition types Id like see true world representation choosing judges contest should least judge geographic area one North South central America example having team partici pating world championships realize would mean increase cost holding contests feel way insure true impartiality part judges third proposal FAI make pub lic details world championship compe tition participating countries 18 months advance Fourth Id like see practice normal izing scores eliminated Use raw scores stead due unbalancing effect practice Fifth Id like see flyoff opened least 15 competitors Id also like see contestants start off fresh no scores carried over previous flights Last certainly least Id like see AMA institute novice sportsman classes FAI pattern After does future US world competition team members no good start flying type pattern rest world flies other Thats about Id like thank read ing overly long letter Id like close request members Please par ticipate After AMA just ad ministrator insurance people think AMA representative body hobby Vote SOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOX February 1989 141 OAPBOX
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/02
Page Numbers: 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141
COMPETI T4QN~ NEWSLETTR~ ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS1810 SAMUEL MORSE DRIVE RESTON VA 22090 Note Technical Director Bob Underwood 1 Its time miss-a-lane-e-us columns always seem little things need considered plod along through year am certain 1989 wont different Contest Directors activities continue right through winter months Northern climes tend focus mall shows build-a-plane events indoors warmer areas grapefruit oranges grow still see people out punching holes skies Oh yes few exceptions people voluntarily freeze various portions anatomy holding events winter winds howl power hearty souls can truthfully say enjoy reading about such events suspect few comments appro priate CDs time First should noted CD Guide men tioned some time ago column fi nally available reality have send ing along new CDs last month plan present time send CDs active 1988 remainder pool almost 3000 may obtain writing us copy know doing way run same risk criticism occurred rule books last cycle didnt send CD faced interesting situation now about 4500 CDs about 1500-1700 active Between October 1 1987 Oc tober 1 1988 processed applications some 200 new CDs Less half persons ran event during time CD Guide contains help filling out necessary forms copies forms National Records following new National Records have processed approved during month November 1988 IndoorCategory Pennyplane Open 1131 Peter Staehling 10/22/88 Outdoor Free Flight CO2 Power Open 1400 George Perryman 10/16/88 Outdoor Free FlightCategory III C Gas Open1945 Guy R Scott Jr 10/9/88 Control Line 1/2A Speed Open14417 mph Charles E Legg 10/15/88 samples current scoresheets have used Nats will updating material regularly adding find suggest other items should included pages held together staple sending along plastic binder strip Continued page 134 Opening ceremonies Leszno Poland US Junior team parade Polish Aero Club cadet carrying placard Mike Keller bears flag Team Manager Bob Sifleet brings up rear members team show clearly photo really Melinda Anderson Marty Pelatoweki Adam Tracy Matthew Gag liano Tony Hutchins Jimmy Buxton Free Flight Junior World Championships Team Manager s Report Robert Sifleet Photos team supporters report brief due lack time part filling up Model Aviation lot words style reports team members should impor tant comments Continued oaee 136 February 1989 133 Competition Newsletter edited Ross B McMullen AMA 18181 1988 FF Nats Results FF GAS No Juniors Seniors 1 Chris Gulotta Open 39 1 Keith Fuimer 2 Nat Comfort 3 Jean Pallet 4 Bill Schlsrb 5 Bob Perkins 6 Jim Kutkuhn FF GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 38 1 Charles Caton 2 Robert Dunham II 3 Bob Hanford 4 Bernard Boehm 5 Bill Prenaky 6 Charles Schuchrnan FF B GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 36 1 Anthony Italiano 2 Greg Hinrichs 3 Bill Jenkins Open 8 1 Warren Kurth 2 Robert Nichols 3 Russ Whittord FF CARGO SecondsNo Juniors Southfieid Mi203No Seniors Open 3 1 Robert Nichols Mishawaka IN Chester PA Brookville NY South Bend IN Columbus OH Augusta KS Montgomery AL Broken Arrow OK Broken Arrow OK South Bend IN Pittstord NY Beileville IL Brookfield WI Monona WI Memphis TN 4 Richard HailAthens AL 5 Robert HanfordBroken Arrow OK 6 Richard RikelPaducah KY Flyoff determine placing FF C GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 29 1 EdKeck 2 Charles Caton 3 Sal Taibi 4 Douglas Rabe 5 Marvin Mace FF 0 GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 17 1 Marvin Mace 2 Jim Summersett 3 Bill Dunlop 4 Sal Taibi FF FAI POWER Fl C No Juniors No Seniors Open 9 1 Zygfryd Sulisz 2 Douglas Rabe 3 Gilbert Graunke Webster NY Montgomery AL Lakewood CA Dayton OH Seguin TX Seguin TX San Antonio lx Greensburg PA Lakewood CA itasca IL Dayton OH Brookfieid WI 537 357 341 340 328 308 Seconds 750 600 480 472 383 337 Seconds 360 358 358 323 301 292 Seconds 750 743 730 542 495 Seconds 600 593 480 478 Seconds 625 533 147 FF PAYLOAD No Juniors No Seniors FF ELECTRICA No Juniors No Seniors Open 4 1 Robert Nichols 2 Duane Renken 3 Don Jenkins FF ELECTRICB No Juniors No Seniors Open 2 1 Robert Nichols 2 Duane Renken FF CO2 No Juniors No Seniors Open 5 1 George Perryman 2 Duane Renken 3 Linwood Cochran Davenport IA S Meriden CT Milwaukee WI S Menden CT Seconds 234 200 95 FF P-30 RUBBER Junior 1 Paul Wicks 2 Jawie Jackson No Seniors Open 25 1 FK Hesb Grams2 Bill Jackson 3 George Perryman 12734 Robert Nichols 5 CA Schuchman Seconds 319 184 177 Normal IL Cincinnati OH Xenia OH Cincinnati OH Smyrna GA S Meriden CT Belleville IL FF Al TOWLINE GLIDER No Juniors No Seniors S Meriden CTOpen 11 Ann Arbor Ml1 Bill Schlarb Indianapolis IN2 Jean Psilet 3 Guenther Nowak 4 Philip Bayly FF A2 TOWLINE GLIDER FlA SecondsNo Juniors S Meriden CT215No Seniors Ann Arbor Mi199Open 11 1 James Thornberiy 2 Orval Stewart 3 Andrew Barron 4 Bill Schlarb Smyrna GA Ann Arbor Mi Tucker GA FF MULVIHILL RUBBER Junior 1 Jamie Jackson 2 Steven Whitford Senior 1 Paul Spangler Open 23 1 Greg Hinricha 2 Joe Macay 3 Chris Matauno 4 George Perrynian 5 Guenther Nowak FF WAKEFIELD Fl B No Juniors No Seniors Open 11 1 Fred Blom 2 Ed Konefes 3 Martin Richardson 4 Chris Matsuno Cincinnati OH Milwaukee WI Lawrenceville IL Monona WI Southfleld Mi St Johns MO Smyrna GA Chicago IL rimonum MD Wauconda IL Dayton OH St Johns MO FF COUPE dHIVER Junior 1 Paul Wicks Normal IL Senior 1 Roger Wathen Jr Indianapolis IN Open 23 1 Wallace Brown 2 George Perryman 3 George Batiuk 4 Kevin Anderson 5 Anton Telford Lawrenceviile IL Smyrna GA Huntsville AL Stratford MO Springfield IL Seconds 840 360 228 Madison WI Nashville TN Champaign IL South Bend IN South Bend IN Brookville NY itasca IL Largo FL Seconds 158 38 339 338 338 271 248 Seconds 422 299 289 235 Seconds 806 728 841 632 FF HAND-LAUNCH GLIDER Junior 8 1 Paul Wicks 2 Michael Gartin 3 Steven Whitford Seconds 4 Greg Rainey 5 Robert Combs 1316 Jenny Benton 1047 Anthony Perry 8 Bobby Spoon 211Senior 3 1 Paul Spangler 2 Chris Gulotta 3 Roger Wathen Jr 539 Open 26 5141 Bernard Boehm 5032 Alfred Beletz 3 Kevin Anderson 4 Gerald CaIdwell 5 Robert Dunham II 6 Bill Schlarb 7 James Kutkuhn Seconds 1130 1084 1034 982 Normal IL Indianapolis IN Milwaukee WI Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Lawrenceville IL Southfield MI Indianapolis IN South Bend IN Maplewood MO Stratford MO Indianapolis IN Broken Arrow OK South Bend IN Augusta KS FF 3-MAN MULVIHILL TEAM 2 WATERMELON TEAM Guenther Nowak Ed Konefes Joe Macay SecondsSODBUSTERS TEAM 34George Perryman Chris Matauno 20Wallace Brown 515 FF UNLIMITED DAWN RUBBER 4 5091Ed Konefes 4512Dave Plait 4373Joe Macay 3904Joe Williams Seconds 143 57 53 37 28 25 20 17 63 55 42 294 289 289 282 268 219 176 Seconds 503 381 737 1591 514 539 333 1388 can remove staple have looseleaf booklet suitable copying Fu ture plans typeset forms leave room margin punching fit three-hole ring folder hope will find booklet value CD Two areas concern CDs should noted enough care being taken fill ing out sanction application forms have noted large number forms have proper classification indicated whether event 'A~ c would direct attention sanctioning section can found both Membership Manual Com petition Regulations books important try keep classifications straight incorrect submitted will have changed get Headquarters second concern have CDs return proper forms follow ing event time sanction ap proved receive forms need filled out returned after event completed particular need receive form lists names AMA num bers participants Form 10 lists winners name CD CDs ran event return forms two things can happen First will receive credit having run event therefore will receive earned membership following year Second place Academy very 302 283 238 47 interesting position relative defending club should litigation occur result event tendency say worry Nothing happened event What can happen long after event over claim can surface Such concerns confined outdoor flying events Someone may injured swap-shop type event may aware time happens Yes know just paperwork ex ercise time can criti cal concern Shifting something affects us consider Membership Manual first year can look forward re ceiving 1989 version document member Without asking Continued page 136 134 Model Aviation 1989S TWO UNFORGETTABLE DATES TRICITIESWASHINGTONMONTANA Rich land WASHINGTON KennewickO OP esco KENNEWICK PASCO RICHLAND JULY 1523OREGONIDAHO ENTRY FORMS AND IN FORMATION NEVADA 0 OFFICIAL ENTRY FORMS will mailed 1989 NATS contestants hobby shops western US AIVIA charter clubs entry forms will sent out late January early February will also available major trade shows beginning late January NATS INFORMATION PACKETS will include official entry form maps motel lists campground lists site locations area information will available late January dollar $100 receive 89 NATS info packet send $100 AMA HQ receive entry form ONLY send BUSINESS-SIZE stamped self-addressed envelope AMA HQ schedule changes additions send today RADIO CONTROL PYLON SOARING events LIMITED TEN ENTRIES per FREQUENCY Pattern will also have frequency limits slots available first-come basis act early! _______________WRIGHTPATTERSON AFB ______________May 27 28 29 THE AMA ANNUAL FUN FLY Fly-In ____________________________will big held Air Force Museum grounds Wright/Patterson Air _____________Force Base Dayton event will quite attraction AMA members Radio Control flight lines Control Line area Free Flight flying areas will available ______ expected highturnout fliers participation RC fliers will limited twenty per RC channeL insure slot may register advance sending $1000 AIVIA reserve frequency channel _______________________________advance registration fee non-refundable February 1989 135 1989 NATS NEWS Please entersubscriptions @ $1000 NAME ADDR ESS CITY STATE ZIP_______________________ Enclosed $ cc 1989 FUN FLY REGISTRATION Please reserve _______ frequency NAME ADD R ESS CITY STATE ZIP______________________ Enclosed $ ____________ 4i*nfor Champs fc# five months prepare FF World Championships Juniors model ers under age 18 years Lesno Po land team members did have lot time preparation However models performed well practice days FlA The typical northern European air cool overcast day made picking thermals dif ficult team members accustomed stronger thermals strong thermal would take Glider twice towline height three minutes FiB Our team excellent models seemed well trimmed calm conditions did perform expected strong gusty wind blew during fourth through seventh rounds FiC Melinda Andersons performance teams best missing max due difficulty picking air launch other team members experienced unex pected mechanical problems trim changes junior World Championships provided exposure high level competition nearly good regular world champi onships several evening techni cal sessions competitors put models display inspection exchange ideas experiences technol ogy shared everyone presence interpreters provided Polish Aero Club made communication between team members country possible team members team supporters came home Poland great deal knowl edgeable about FF world championship level high degree sportsmanship evi dent among competitors champi onships usual reports model recovery teams helping other re cover models cornfields trees highlight occurred Jimmy Buxton repairing FiB model badly damaged windblown landing fellow competitors three other teams assisting rebuilding model FF Junior World Championships Fliers Observations Adam Tracy Wakefield flier following letter addressed AMA Executive Director John Worth RMcM Thank very much sponsoring fly Junior World Championships Poland fly competition against 35 other world-class-caliber fliers indeed something will cherish rest life three days contest went smoothly judges complete control over contest pole position two timers Polish Aero Club binocularsthey no problems timing planes fault could see smallness field light winds maxing plane could easily fly off air base splendid chase crew wasnt worried Despite best-working flying event have ever flew Wakefield third day competition weather conditions favor because very windy first round Im known well fierce wind held first place through Round 4 After lunch break wind became bad contest directors delay begin ning fifth round two hours round finally started wind plane wings off avoid having folded constant battering wind Wakefield flew did too well its climb much wind failed max 64-sec flight enough put out contention medal end contest 16th place three minutes under win ning Czech flier acquired great deal experience fly ing championships feel could much better next two years Im full support AMA spon soring US team 1990 PS brought home plaque rep resents US Junior team will re ceiving soon think would look very attractive AMA museum [It now display museum area AMA Na tional Center Aeromodeling RMcM] Again thanks bunch supporting us AT FF Junior World Championships Supporters Thanks Daniel Tracy AMA 614 following letter appreciation addressed AMA Executive Director John Worth RMcM Watching son Adam fly interna tional competition Wakefields shall re main impressive com pelling experiences Ive ever wish convey thanks staff instigating opportunity Adam now seasoned Wakefield travelers appreciate alternateculture flying interface got along well other fliers recognized Olympian aspect superseding constraining political restrictions refreshing inspiring observe breathed few rare moments life everything seemed pretty good should noted competition worthy efforts Adam flies win weather challenge afterward watching winners receive ac colades field Polandin wind rainwe both struck enormity event World competition great now Adam obligatory ceremony left no doubt first-place winner champion world label believe Adam now covets should no alarm verve cause have learned father Adams grandfatherthat flying competi tion Wakefield noble lofty endeavor wholeheartedly encourage continua tion AMA support involvement FAI Free Flight Juniors competition pro gram fact solicit expansion ef fort because Americas prestige could enhanced Tik flWe0tr m*jffu will monumental changes please take some time look over Better yet put somewhere can find reference later year buck two time told people answer severaldollar long distance phone call question page so-and-so Membership Manual would able buy lot new modeling stuff particularly true information found Safety Code Frequency Recommendations Watch arrive house soon Once again will combined Sup ply Service materials speaking books paid FAI stamp either five- 10-dollar version will receiving new FAI compe tition book Please note copy will Continued page 138 136 Model Aviation Adam Tracy No 12 Wakefield Melinda Anderson baffles wind readies FAI Power model flight US FAI RC Pylon Racing Team Selection Finals Wayne Yeager Photos author September 3-4 1988 Labor Day weekend Toledo Weak Signals Club hosted US F3D Team Selection Race meet held purposes picking team represent United States next RC Pylon World Championships held fall 1989 1988 Nats 18 entries F3D respectable number consid ering F3D racing practically nonexistent US Unfortunately Nats competitors decided forgo Team Se lection Race because felt could compete few people obvi ously knew proper pipe/engine/prop combination needed win proved prophetic because people did compete heads above rest seven entries people probably represented best country US team will formida ble despite low entry selec tion race Day started joke Mother Na ture rained rained rained . however since Weak Signals have shelter house big enough hold party since guys bored just sitting around nothing tell lies sent local loco member home pick up Duraplane kit plus engine started rainy day project building Dave Shadel Gary Hover jumped car headed hobby shop pick up some wing covering gone Bruce Richmond Dub Jett Jim Shi nohara started assembly Since got pick up sanding block everindustrious Shinohara sanded elevator rudder concrete floor said about 80-grit Shadel Hover returned started covering wing other assembly continued agreed beforehand chal lenge themselves using instruc tions philosophy exactly Since en gine using brand-new K&B 45 since little heavier proper engine built fuselage back wards move wing forward help CG location progressing very well sudden rain blew away im mediately put Mr Duraplane hold went racing Everyone got quick trim flight around 400 pm compe tition started general tone set Round 1 Dub jett turned teen time 11850 followed Gary Hover 11829 Bruce Richmonds 12087 Gary Gau also fray very nice 11926 unfortunately zeroes plagued Gary al though fast unable make team After five rounds quit because late Weak Signals cooking up steak fry competitors workers After consuming lots steak corn-onna cob assorted veggies liquids emitting few burps engaging associated con vivial activities Duraplane crew went back work finalizing assembly pro cess taped control rods against fuselage crammed backup radio fueled andright duskhandlaunched setting sun Youre prob ably saying 1 wonder flew Are kidding nitro-breath flew great fact several guys wanted hands transmitter flew several times give everyone chance Finally got too dark went home next day Mother Nature again let us know boss dumping us whole morning around noon fi nally backed off after deciding enough enough rewarded patience blue skies light breezes sailed through seven rounds tal 12 Team Selection Committee de cided drop round half rac ing competitor counted best 10 heats threw out two worst scoring system used F3D fliers time converted seconds subtracted 200meaning highest score over length contest winner However scoring system has changed 1989 utilized new system identical old except no longer subtract times 200 anymore now means lowest score overall winner top three guysDub jett Bruce Rich mond Gary Hoverdominated scoring racking up consistent scores result being spread over 200 points between third fourth places 10 rounds counted Dub Jett aver aged 11754 Bruce Richmond 11806 Gary Hover 12043 Thats chopped liver guys Dub Jett also recorded meets fastest time 11436 Form guys wish could go fast guys best week end deserve team rep resenting United States Dave Shadel did compete because automati cally invited back defending World Champ therefore addition al ready strong team should make guys very formidable team selected Don McStay Team Manager good move because Don bubble being first alter nate now gets part team anyway Good pick guys Congratulations made team good luck 1989 February 1989 137 new Pylon team Kneeling L-R Dub Jett Gary Hover Bruce Richmond Standing L-R Don McStay let alternate end team manager World Champion Dave Shadel Jim Shinohara perfect FAI Jury L-R Pete Waters Bob Brown Greg Doe Technical Director cbntiiwed official versIon pro duced AMA last year titled Interna tional Aeromodeling Rules able supply official version year two reasons First old 1984 official version just updated im portant however AMA did paste-up official version actually arranged printing Copies in-house now would like copy inclined purchase FAI stamp may purchased three dollars Shifting gears again let us repeat informa tion found Frequency Alert printed last editions Competition Newsletter National Newsletter Executive Council action require ment gold silver sticker transmit ters sanctioned events has post poned until December 20 1990 Please note individual clubs may require stickers prior date wish have word clubs have developed such requirement field operations becomes rule field under General sec tion Safety Code note item two Speaking jets yes know werent have flurry activity type engine recently Probably have read material about RCM RC Scale Modeler two other com panies individuals have contacted us recently about jet engines have under development great deal interest form power reason AMAs terest dealing ramifica tions engines may have Safety Code very pleased three persons connected projects have kept close touch us dealing 10000 exhaust temperatures parts moving about 100000 rpm things think about relative safety know will hearing lot about interesting innovative power sources Incidentally three uses different fuel ranging jet fuel gasoline propane Golly con sider future have take five fuel supplies field flying sessionsthat includes charger Electric last shot looks like chartered club going receive very helpful book let near future Some time ago sent copy booklet containing John Prestons Model Aviation Safety Comes First columns information compiled AMA member Frank Bur chardt Carlsbad NM interesting note Frank took Johns columns chopped up put together categories makes very useful reference book club members struggle keep up operational safety con cerns posed chemical tech nology hobby/sport club receives its copy certain give member tends keep light hid den under bushel Happy 1989 May flights fantasticand landings planned Competition Directory CONTEST COORDINATORS I Bernice Williams 347 Southwick Rd Westfield MA 01085 II R Sobnno 87-2e 88th St Woodhaven Oueens NY 11421 RC Ernest Nikodem 407 Willow St Lockport NY 14094 RC Bill Fuori 28 Femwood Dr Commack NY 11725 Ill Nelson Gould 1944 S Idaho St Allentown PA 18103 lEast M Weisenbach 4588 W 148th Cleveland OH 44135 IWesti IV Warren Sanders Jr 9735 52nd Ave College Park MD 20741 RC Ed Byerley 200 Commander Cove Stafford VA 22554 V RC FlsIph Bailey PO Boa 1287 Orangeburg SC 29116-1287 FF W Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Montgomery AL 36108 CL Joseph Mead 1339 Renssalaer St Jacksonville FL 32205 VI AC ray 201 Holmes Salem Rd Terre Haute IN 47803 AC Seelng Dale Fslkening 1544 Derien Lake Dr Darien IL 80559 CL WR Bodzioch Jr 1800 Trail Ridge St Arlington Hgts IL 60004 ylon & SoarIng RC Pattern & other AC AC accept SoarIng Bold Face Below Indicates Clialmian Contest Board INDOOR CONTEST BOARD I Ray Herlan 15 Happy 110110w Rd Wayland MA 01778 II Doug Barber 140 Stratton House Maple Shade NJ 08052 Ill Walt venGorder 5869 4ictory view Ln Oncinnati OH 45238 IV Don Srull 941 Kiorberwicke Rd McLean VA 22102 V John Martin 2180 Tlgertail Miami FL 33133 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I George Higgins PO Bos 482 North Pembroke MA 02358 II Bill Boss 7708 269th St New Hyde Perk NY 11040 Ill Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Wayne Poster 101 Forest Dr Advance NC 27006 v Dave Hemntraught P0 Sos 171 Moncks Corner SC 29401 FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD I Henry Struck RFD 2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ave Lyndonville NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klsiber 2021 Lakelerld Ave Lakewood OH 44107 lv Jon Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny JenkIns 3112 E Ralnes Rd Memphis TN 38118 FF Jim Bennett 324 Hettenstein Ave St Louis MO 63119 VII events except AC entIre DistrIct except MichIgan Greg Seydel 3625 B lone Terrace Cudahy WI 53110 AC Leon Cordy N4503 Highway 55 Chilton WI 53014 MIchIgan AC Wayne Yasger 38235 Castle Romulus Ml 48174 CL & FF Paul Smith 11112 Dill Dr Sterling Hgts Ml 48077 VIII Randy Randolph PO Boa 271048 Dallas TX 75227 lx Mike TalIman 3014 Exchange Wichita KS 87217 AC George Hunter 6962 5 Lamar St Littleton CO 80123 x Roll Erickson 7506 Widgeon Way Fair Oaks CA 95626 No Harry Appian 27704 Saddle Rd Rolling Hills CA 90274 So Frank Gomes 2341 Noah St Hoeolslu HI 96816 Hawaii xl Dick Ss5er 7217 So 133rd St Seattle WA 98178 AC James McCarty 18968 Marine View Dr Seuttle WA 98166 Vt Charlie Sotich 3851 W 62nd Place Chicago tL 60629 VII Richard Doig 6 Canary Hill Dr Pontiac Ml 40055 VIII Ralph Bud Tenny Box 545 RIchardson TX 78080 IX Stan Chilton 725 E Uncoln Wichita KS 67211-3302 X Clarence Mether 2358 Tam OShanter Ave Bishop CA 93514-1944 xl Andy Tagliafico 650-B Taybin Rd NW Salem OR 97204 VI CE Robbert 349 Hdlsbors Ave. Lexington KY 40511 VII Larry Dziak 2019 Strange Ave. Stevens Point WI 54481 VIII William Lee 3523 Tameosh Lane Misaouit City TX 77459 lx Michael TalIman 3014 Exchenge Wichfta KS 67217 X Yb Gamer PO Box 573 Uvermore CA 94550 XI John Thompson 1505 Ash Ave Cottage Grove OR 97424 VI Chits Matsuno 8576 Ginger Dr St John MO 63114 VII Bill Shailor 2317 Clewson Avenue Royal Oak Ml 48073 VIII Mark Valeitus 1627 Ovettand Pass Sugarland TX 77478 lx Jerald Murphy 425 Mess Vista Ct Colorado Springs CO 80904 X Jon Norcross P0 Boa 68 Hanford CA 93232 Xl Kevin Collins 2320 Sehalee Dr E Redmond WA 98053 VI John Guenther 3 Box 297A Borden IN 47106 VII Claude McCalfougtr RR 1 Box 487 Montezuma IA 80171 VIII Buddy Irwin 922 Sundown Ln Dettoto TX 75115 IX Desn Copeland PO Boa 55564 Omaha NE 88155-0564 X Bill Strorsan 12318 Dune St Norwalk CA 90850 Xl Earle Moorhead 2545 Phipps Cr NE Salem OR 97305 VI Cal Ettel 3 Castle Dr RR 2 Florissant MO 63034 Vtl Keith Shaw 2798 Elmwood Ann Arbor Ml 40104 Vttt Kenneth Martin 7210 Winkleman Houston TX 77083-4340 IX Byron Blakeslee 3134 Winnebago Dr Sedalia CO 80135 X Robert Slift PO Box #9 Midway City CA 92655 Xl Mitch Poling 1519 NE 96th St Seattle WA 98115 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Ire Sean 32 Langholm Dr Nashua NH 03080 II Robert Clemens 98 Shorewey Dr Rochester NY 14812 Ill Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St McKeespotf PA 15131 IV Bob Kerlsson 2643 Marsh Rd Wilmington DE 19810 V David P156 6940 NW 15th PlantatIon FL 33313 ELECTRIC CONTEST BOARD I Nelson Whitman PO Boa 415 East Falmouth MA 02536 II Jon Bashes 198 Merritt Dr Oradell NJ 07649 Ill Dave Brown 4560 Layhigh Rd Hamilton OH 45013 IV Woody Blancliard 1733 Beach Rd Hampton VA 23664 V Robert Nelson 390 San Jose Winter Haven FL 33880 SPECIAL EVENTS CONTEST BOARD Chslrman Don Llndley 420 Tupelo Napervllle IL 60540 Executive Council rep Lee Webster 1000 Sycamore Manchester TN 37355 Member East Coast Austin Leftwich 407 Aubrey Rd Richmond VA 23229 Member West Coast Bill Northrop 898 West 16th St Newport Beach CA 92683 Member central Bwce Norman 3417 Creston Ave FL Worth TX 78133 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARDS AEROBATICS I Scott Melville 100 Chathem Terr Bridgeport CT 06606 II George Berko 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Plafftown NC 27040 V John Fuque 724 Diane St Niceville FL 22578 VI Charles W Reed 5408 Woodson Rd Raytown MO 64133 VII Brian Crossley 4740 LorInda Dr St Paul MN 55126 VIII William Thomas 331 SE Rookwood Bartleaville OK 74008 IX Jim Mowrey RR 2 Box 56 Kinsley KS 67947 X Craig Millet c/n Gibeon Dune & Crutcher 800 Newport Canter Dr Suite 700 Newport Beach CA 92660 XI Charles Davenport 1441S SE 266th St. Kent WA 98042 VI Bob Belluomini 129 College Perk Dr Crestview Hills KY 41017 VII Roy DieIz 12450 Lanadowne Detroit Ml 48224 VIII Steve Mintz 2 Bluebird St New Orleans LA 70124 IX Don Vineyard 1118W Coed Saline KS 67401-3209 X Robert Gorham 23961 Craftsman Rd Cafobases CA 91302 Xl Jerry Holcomb 1010 NE 122nd Ave Vancouver WA 98684 VI Jim Gager 8425 Auburn Rd FL Wayne IN 48825-3031 VII Wsyne Yasger 38235 Castle Dr Romulus MI 48174 VIII Dick Ritch 11042 Wexwing Houston TX 77035 IX Duane Get 12800W Ashbury Fl Lakewood CO 80236 X Gary Hover 16016 Ave 288 ViseIla CA 63277-9757 Xl Roger Pierce 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EuclId Ave Scottdale PA 15883 IV Bob Coampine 205 lipton Rd Newport News VA 23606 V Charles Anderson PO Box 305 TuIlahoma TN 37388 CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don undlay 420 Tupelo Napervilie IL 60540 FAI TEAM SELECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN SCALE John Guenther 3 Box 297A Borden IN 47106 INDOOR Richard Deig 6 Canary Hill Dr Pontiac Ml 48055 FREE FLIGHT Bill Gibbons 7423 Club House Rd Boulder CO 80301 Bob Sitleet RD 3 Box 66 Glenrock PA 17327 CL SPEED & TEAM RACE Bill Lee 3523 Tamaitak La Missouri City TX 77489 CL COMBAT Gsry Frost 13 Castlewood Cl St Peters MO 63376 CL AEROBATICS Bill Zimmer 508 Walnut Box 72 Verne IL 61375 RC SOARING Don Edberg 7000 Estepa Dr Tsiunga CA 91042 RC AEROBATICS James Kimbro 1219 6 Ferguson Vinslia CA 93291 Larry Phillipo 2155 Wslton Blvd Rochester MI 48063 AC PYLON Bob Brown 1255 High St Bradford PA 16701 RC ELECTRIC Joe Besher 198 Merittt Dr Oradell NJ 07649 RC HELICOPTER Horace Hagen 15 Parkwsy P1 Red Bsnk NJ 07701 138 Model Aviation 1988 US Free Flight Team Selection Finals Louis Joyner Photos author Seguin TXOctober 8-10 1988 Three days 15 rounds Fifteen chances mistake. less perfect launch mis read thermal out-of-trim glide So things go wrong Free Flight team selection final contest survival survivors nine fliers make fewest mistakes form United States team Free Flight World Championships Argentina during May 1989 new team selected Seguin FlA Dale Elder third Glider team 1983 World Champion Matt Gewain firsttime team member Jim Parker Twentyseven contestants flew event Fl B Jim Quinn Walt Ghio Jack Brown veterans previous teams Thirty-three con testants flew event FiC Ken Phair assistant team manager last time first team flier World Cup winner Randy Archer veteran team member Doug Galbreath Thirty-three contestants flew event reader may familiar intricacies three international Out door Free Flight events heres brief run down FlA Also known Nordic A-2 FlA event Towline Gliders typical model spans about 7/2 ft about 3 ft long weighs little over 14 oz model towed up much like kite 50-meter 164-ft nylon cable special towhook mechanism model allows model towed straight up overhead line slackened model can cir cle line still attached flier can circle-tow model indefinitely looking lift thermals thermal located flier rapidly tows model overhead causes zoom off line gain altitude Timing flight starts towline drops away Maximum re corded flight time 31/2 mm first round morning 3 mm rest rounds Wakefield FiB event rubberpowered models typical Wakefield about 4 ft long 5-ft wingspan model ready fly weighs bit over 8 oz including 40-gram 14-oz rubber motor An average motor would measure about 17 long made up 26 28 strands A-in-wide rubber strip motor stretched out wound 330 400 turns propeller usually measures about 24 in diameter 26 29 pitch typical motor run 30 40 sec end prop run model height 200 ft prop blades fold back reduce drag model glides rest flight maximum re corded time max flight 4 mm first round 3 mm remaining four flights day FiC Otherwise known Power mod els powered 25cc 15 cu engines running 80/20 mixture methyl alco hol castor oil typical model weighs about 27 oz has 6-ft wingspan 4-ftlong fuselage typical engine Rossi Nelson turns about 28000 rpm drives 7 x 3 prop engine run limited 7 sec shut off engine control high-speed near-vertical climb competi tors use clockwork electronic timer floods engines intake fuel ap plies brake stop propeller Because high climb FiC mod els 500 600 ft max early morning rounds set 5 mm rest flights 3 mm However due weather conditions finals Power models flown 4-mm max first day 31/2 mm second day 5 mm last day SOME OBSERVATIONS FlA Circle tow now used almost univer sally level competence seemed much higher previous finals saw very few tow-ins near-misses although winner Dale Elder came close hitting ground downwind circle pulled up-and-off nice thermal Most towline models looked about same main variation being top bottom rudder mounting Lots carbon fiber evidence electronic de thermalizer timers audible beepers aid recovery model after flight FiB Compared other two classes Wakefields seem allow widest lati tude design Some fliers using timer-operated VIT variableincidence tailplane AR autorudder control power burst Others flew locked-up air planes relying aerodynamic adjust ments control flight Quite few mod els sported Oliver carbon fiber motor tubes Jack Brown made team flying basic box fuselage Montreal-style front ends much evidence both homebrew versions beautifully machined commercial units spotted solid-balsa wing Tom loergers Joe Maxwells machine shop Scotland Most fliers used D-box con struction Nobody using delayed prop release variable-pitch propeller Wakefielders seemed conserva tive point flying models well over 20 years old FiC Power thin aluminum wing skins very much evidence Doug Galbreath Ralph Cooney Ken Oliver flying veedihederal models winglets flapper saw Gil Morris model Randy Archer some Russianinspired models very nicely finished aluminum machined front ends Poland Folding carbon-fiber propellers widely used both two- bladed versions Quite few fliers us ing bunt transition whole power patterns seemed better fi nals good recoveries glide minimum altitude loss some thing went wrong really went wrong team members end finals will mean start frenzied few months building testing before join reigning Wakefield champ Bob White Ar gentina rest fliers finals mark end two-year team selection process beginning next cy cle Theres always next time complete listing performance round top 10 finishers event published January 1988 Compe tition Newsletter page 143 February 1989 139 Glider team includes LR Jim Parker former world champion Matt Gewain kneeling Dale Elder top Wakefield flier dropu 12 seconds 6th round Doug Gaibreaths new Power model features V-dihedral wing winglets wave future SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX Cooetitfoo N ofoftor will poooot tirro flow corotreetice ood 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partiality shown x judges European teams o discomfort disappointment shown 0 most members North Cen tral American teams well three O European teams steamrollered CO by judges fact very famous contestant commented judges blind felt per formed very poorly because feel x o ing well judges gave him 0 the highest single-flight scores cont 0 est O Of course water under CO bridge now does no good complain about quality lack thereof judging past contest ques tion what can improve X teams chances winning future 0 Mr Chidgey recommends try 0 forget about style well good O but possible think CO sport would worse off flight expression pilots charac ter personality expression removed wouldnt much left Bet X ter build robots flying 0 o course winner would team a which could afford best robotbut thats different subject altogether 0 CO have some proposals own Id now like make based own observations comments Ive received number world-class x fliers 0 o First Id like see examined pos 0 sibility limiting influence manufac o turers both national level well CO on world championships very least Id like see factory fliers sepa rated own categories cont est think F3A AMA competition X should both remain amateur events o At contest attend see 0 a and instances factory sponsorship Im talking about contestants CO using prototype other special equipment available other contestants modeling community large have also seen more instances x of contestants paid employees O one manufacturer another noth 0 ing wrong mind long that contestant spending working 0 CO hours flying practicing contests practice would give contestant SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX FAI World Records Rec RecRecord No TypeClassRecord HolderNation DatePerformance 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27a 28 29 30 31 32a 32b 32c 32d 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 DU DI-SL H S-SL DU DI-SL H S-SI DU DI-SL H S-SL DU 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Richmond I Richmond M Matyas M Michl 200m course E Svoboda M Pruss R Jenneson Dana Swah D Whitney R Jenneson B Krasnorutsky B Krasnorutsky B Krasnorutsky B Krasnorutsky Zhang Guisheng Jiang Jie Dong Chumlal I Zhidanov Y Zaslavsky R Weber M Hill V Miakinine R Weber M Hill Lin Hanmao G Peszke D Whitney Kuznetzov/Kramarenko V ShapovalovN Onufrienko Tan Bing Jerry Krainock T Voitenko W Kuppers G Peszke R Hersperger R Hersperger C Aghem I Tsibisov I Tsibisov R Hersperger R Hersperger 140 Model Aviation CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP B CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP YR HA YR CCCP YU OK HA N N CCCP CCCP N N B C G B CCCP PH N N N HA HA OK CCCP VH N C VH CCCP CCP CCCP CCCP B B B CCCP CCCP N N CCCP N N B SP C CCCP CCCP B N CCCP D SP HB HB CCCP CCCP HB HB 4/18/86 7/1/62 6/19/64 9/6/87 8/6/52 8/15/52 8/8/82 5/5/81 6/3/68 8/3/74 8/30/75 6/12/70 10/1/65 10/1/63 9/24/63 9/20/70 5/15/60 3/31/62 5/23/48 6/7/87 9/28/83 9/6/70 9/21/71 9/3/83 5/28/88 6/11/82 8/22/84 6/27/87 10/13/86 10/20/84 6/12/52 7/26/86 6/7/87 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F3E-SOL FW BiestefeldD 6/20/84 3:0454 72DI-SL F3E-SOL 73H F3E-SOL 74S-SL F3E-SOL F WeissgerberD 7/5/87 6622km/h 75DI-CC F3E-SOL PJ HartwigD 5/26/86 2703 mi 76s-cc F3E-SOL 77DU F3E-COMB Ha Cheng FengB 5/26/87 6:1532 78DI-SL F3E-COMB VoitenkoCCCP 5/23/87 148km 79H F3E-COMB VoitenkoCCCP 9/7/87 816m 80S-SL F3E-COMB R WinsorC 10/26/86 10091km/h 81DI-CC F3E-COMB PJ HartwigD 7/5/87 435km 82S-CC F3E-COMB P ChannonC 11/2/86 69523km/h DU DurationS-SL Speed straight line DI-SL Distance straight lines-cc Speed closed circuit DI-cc Distance closed circuitS-cF Speed circular flight H ht Reference issue 10 1Oct 1987and updates CLASSIFICATION OF RECORDS DISTANCE FLIGHT TYPE OFMETHOD OF ATEMODEL CLASSPROPULSION DURATION STRAIGHTHEIGHTSPEED GORYLINE GliderFlA171819 Aeroplane FiB Extensible Motor1234 PlC Pision MolOr5678 FIBExtensible Motor4041 4243 Seaplane IPlCPiston Motor4445 4647 3 .F1FExtensible Motor9 10 1112 Helicopter on Motor13141516 DURATION Indoor FiD Extensible Moior 32 ceiling category less 8 m Model b ceiling category II 8 m 15 m ci ceiling category III 15 m 30 m d ceIling caiegory IV over 30 m SPEED WI SWEPT VOLUME cm3 zc . Aeroplane F2A Piston Motor IA lB III 100 1 251 501 500to 1000 28 29 OReaction Motor3D UF2C Piston Motor100 laps 57200 Ia 58 DISTANCEDISTANCE SPEED DURA-IN AHEIGHT SPEEDIN AIN TIONSTRAIGHTCLOSEDCLOSED LINECIRCUITCIRCUIT Aeroplane F3A Piston Motor 202122233153 W .J Seaplane F3A Piston Motor 48 49 50 51 52 54 O Gilder F3B 24 25 26 33 34 55 HeiicooteF3CPiston Motor353637383956 z OElectrrnotor o5596061626364 0 o Aeroplane F3E P 65 66 67 68 69 70 SOL 71 72 73 74 75 76 COMB 77 78 79 60 81 82 AIRCRAFT NATIONALITY RBGISTRATION MARKS Algeria ArgentinaLV LO AusiraliaVH Austria Belgium00 Bolivia CP Brazil ariaL Canada C CF ChileCC ChinaB ColombiaHK CubaCU CyprusSB CzechoslovakiaOK DenmarkOY EgyptSU EquadorHC Federal Republic Germany 0 FinlandOH FranceF German Democratic RepublicDM GreeceSX GuatemalaTG HungaryHA IcelandTF IndiaVT IndonesiaPK IraqVI IranEP IrelandEl EJ Israel4X Ilaly JordanJY Democretic Peoples Republic 01 Korea. P South KoreaHI JapanJA LebanonOD LiechtensteinHB emblem LuxemburgLX MexicoXA XB XC Monaco3A MoroccoCN Netherlands. PH New ZealandZK ZL LM NorwayLN PakistanAP PanamaHP PeruOB PolandSP PortugalCS SR RomanraYR San Marino South AfricaZS ZT ZU SpainBC SurinamePZ SwedenSE SwitzerlandHB emblem ThailandHS TunisiaTS TurkeyTC Un4ed KingdomG UruguayCX USAN USSRCCCP VenezualaYV YugoslaviaYU Zambia9J OAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOX distinct advantage over fellow competi tors am reminded what happened NAS CAR back middle late Sixties Ford chrysler factory teams literally took over national stock car racing Id hate see same sort thing hap pen model aviation second proposal applies world-class competition types Id like see true world representation choosing judges contest should least judge geographic area one North South central America example having team partici pating world championships realize would mean increase cost holding contests feel way insure true impartiality part judges third proposal FAI make pub lic details world championship compe tition participating countries 18 months advance Fourth Id like see practice normal izing scores eliminated Use raw scores stead due unbalancing effect practice Fifth Id like see flyoff opened least 15 competitors Id also like see contestants start off fresh no scores carried over previous flights Last certainly least Id like see AMA institute novice sportsman classes FAI pattern After does future US world competition team members no good start flying type pattern rest world flies other Thats about Id like thank read ing overly long letter Id like close request members Please par ticipate After AMA just ad ministrator insurance people think AMA representative body hobby Vote SOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOX February 1989 141 OAPBOX
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/02
Page Numbers: 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141
COMPETI T4QN~ NEWSLETTR~ ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS1810 SAMUEL MORSE DRIVE RESTON VA 22090 Note Technical Director Bob Underwood 1 Its time miss-a-lane-e-us columns always seem little things need considered plod along through year am certain 1989 wont different Contest Directors activities continue right through winter months Northern climes tend focus mall shows build-a-plane events indoors warmer areas grapefruit oranges grow still see people out punching holes skies Oh yes few exceptions people voluntarily freeze various portions anatomy holding events winter winds howl power hearty souls can truthfully say enjoy reading about such events suspect few comments appro priate CDs time First should noted CD Guide men tioned some time ago column fi nally available reality have send ing along new CDs last month plan present time send CDs active 1988 remainder pool almost 3000 may obtain writing us copy know doing way run same risk criticism occurred rule books last cycle didnt send CD faced interesting situation now about 4500 CDs about 1500-1700 active Between October 1 1987 Oc tober 1 1988 processed applications some 200 new CDs Less half persons ran event during time CD Guide contains help filling out necessary forms copies forms National Records following new National Records have processed approved during month November 1988 IndoorCategory Pennyplane Open 1131 Peter Staehling 10/22/88 Outdoor Free Flight CO2 Power Open 1400 George Perryman 10/16/88 Outdoor Free FlightCategory III C Gas Open1945 Guy R Scott Jr 10/9/88 Control Line 1/2A Speed Open14417 mph Charles E Legg 10/15/88 samples current scoresheets have used Nats will updating material regularly adding find suggest other items should included pages held together staple sending along plastic binder strip Continued page 134 Opening ceremonies Leszno Poland US Junior team parade Polish Aero Club cadet carrying placard Mike Keller bears flag Team Manager Bob Sifleet brings up rear members team show clearly photo really Melinda Anderson Marty Pelatoweki Adam Tracy Matthew Gag liano Tony Hutchins Jimmy Buxton Free Flight Junior World Championships Team Manager s Report Robert Sifleet Photos team supporters report brief due lack time part filling up Model Aviation lot words style reports team members should impor tant comments Continued oaee 136 February 1989 133 Competition Newsletter edited Ross B McMullen AMA 18181 1988 FF Nats Results FF GAS No Juniors Seniors 1 Chris Gulotta Open 39 1 Keith Fuimer 2 Nat Comfort 3 Jean Pallet 4 Bill Schlsrb 5 Bob Perkins 6 Jim Kutkuhn FF GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 38 1 Charles Caton 2 Robert Dunham II 3 Bob Hanford 4 Bernard Boehm 5 Bill Prenaky 6 Charles Schuchrnan FF B GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 36 1 Anthony Italiano 2 Greg Hinrichs 3 Bill Jenkins Open 8 1 Warren Kurth 2 Robert Nichols 3 Russ Whittord FF CARGO SecondsNo Juniors Southfieid Mi203No Seniors Open 3 1 Robert Nichols Mishawaka IN Chester PA Brookville NY South Bend IN Columbus OH Augusta KS Montgomery AL Broken Arrow OK Broken Arrow OK South Bend IN Pittstord NY Beileville IL Brookfield WI Monona WI Memphis TN 4 Richard HailAthens AL 5 Robert HanfordBroken Arrow OK 6 Richard RikelPaducah KY Flyoff determine placing FF C GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 29 1 EdKeck 2 Charles Caton 3 Sal Taibi 4 Douglas Rabe 5 Marvin Mace FF 0 GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 17 1 Marvin Mace 2 Jim Summersett 3 Bill Dunlop 4 Sal Taibi FF FAI POWER Fl C No Juniors No Seniors Open 9 1 Zygfryd Sulisz 2 Douglas Rabe 3 Gilbert Graunke Webster NY Montgomery AL Lakewood CA Dayton OH Seguin TX Seguin TX San Antonio lx Greensburg PA Lakewood CA itasca IL Dayton OH Brookfieid WI 537 357 341 340 328 308 Seconds 750 600 480 472 383 337 Seconds 360 358 358 323 301 292 Seconds 750 743 730 542 495 Seconds 600 593 480 478 Seconds 625 533 147 FF PAYLOAD No Juniors No Seniors FF ELECTRICA No Juniors No Seniors Open 4 1 Robert Nichols 2 Duane Renken 3 Don Jenkins FF ELECTRICB No Juniors No Seniors Open 2 1 Robert Nichols 2 Duane Renken FF CO2 No Juniors No Seniors Open 5 1 George Perryman 2 Duane Renken 3 Linwood Cochran Davenport IA S Meriden CT Milwaukee WI S Menden CT Seconds 234 200 95 FF P-30 RUBBER Junior 1 Paul Wicks 2 Jawie Jackson No Seniors Open 25 1 FK Hesb Grams2 Bill Jackson 3 George Perryman 12734 Robert Nichols 5 CA Schuchman Seconds 319 184 177 Normal IL Cincinnati OH Xenia OH Cincinnati OH Smyrna GA S Meriden CT Belleville IL FF Al TOWLINE GLIDER No Juniors No Seniors S Meriden CTOpen 11 Ann Arbor Ml1 Bill Schlarb Indianapolis IN2 Jean Psilet 3 Guenther Nowak 4 Philip Bayly FF A2 TOWLINE GLIDER FlA SecondsNo Juniors S Meriden CT215No Seniors Ann Arbor Mi199Open 11 1 James Thornberiy 2 Orval Stewart 3 Andrew Barron 4 Bill Schlarb Smyrna GA Ann Arbor Mi Tucker GA FF MULVIHILL RUBBER Junior 1 Jamie Jackson 2 Steven Whitford Senior 1 Paul Spangler Open 23 1 Greg Hinricha 2 Joe Macay 3 Chris Matauno 4 George Perrynian 5 Guenther Nowak FF WAKEFIELD Fl B No Juniors No Seniors Open 11 1 Fred Blom 2 Ed Konefes 3 Martin Richardson 4 Chris Matsuno Cincinnati OH Milwaukee WI Lawrenceville IL Monona WI Southfleld Mi St Johns MO Smyrna GA Chicago IL rimonum MD Wauconda IL Dayton OH St Johns MO FF COUPE dHIVER Junior 1 Paul Wicks Normal IL Senior 1 Roger Wathen Jr Indianapolis IN Open 23 1 Wallace Brown 2 George Perryman 3 George Batiuk 4 Kevin Anderson 5 Anton Telford Lawrenceviile IL Smyrna GA Huntsville AL Stratford MO Springfield IL Seconds 840 360 228 Madison WI Nashville TN Champaign IL South Bend IN South Bend IN Brookville NY itasca IL Largo FL Seconds 158 38 339 338 338 271 248 Seconds 422 299 289 235 Seconds 806 728 841 632 FF HAND-LAUNCH GLIDER Junior 8 1 Paul Wicks 2 Michael Gartin 3 Steven Whitford Seconds 4 Greg Rainey 5 Robert Combs 1316 Jenny Benton 1047 Anthony Perry 8 Bobby Spoon 211Senior 3 1 Paul Spangler 2 Chris Gulotta 3 Roger Wathen Jr 539 Open 26 5141 Bernard Boehm 5032 Alfred Beletz 3 Kevin Anderson 4 Gerald CaIdwell 5 Robert Dunham II 6 Bill Schlarb 7 James Kutkuhn Seconds 1130 1084 1034 982 Normal IL Indianapolis IN Milwaukee WI Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Lawrenceville IL Southfield MI Indianapolis IN South Bend IN Maplewood MO Stratford MO Indianapolis IN Broken Arrow OK South Bend IN Augusta KS FF 3-MAN MULVIHILL TEAM 2 WATERMELON TEAM Guenther Nowak Ed Konefes Joe Macay SecondsSODBUSTERS TEAM 34George Perryman Chris Matauno 20Wallace Brown 515 FF UNLIMITED DAWN RUBBER 4 5091Ed Konefes 4512Dave Plait 4373Joe Macay 3904Joe Williams Seconds 143 57 53 37 28 25 20 17 63 55 42 294 289 289 282 268 219 176 Seconds 503 381 737 1591 514 539 333 1388 can remove staple have looseleaf booklet suitable copying Fu ture plans typeset forms leave room margin punching fit three-hole ring folder hope will find booklet value CD Two areas concern CDs should noted enough care being taken fill ing out sanction application forms have noted large number forms have proper classification indicated whether event 'A~ c would direct attention sanctioning section can found both Membership Manual Com petition Regulations books important try keep classifications straight incorrect submitted will have changed get Headquarters second concern have CDs return proper forms follow ing event time sanction ap proved receive forms need filled out returned after event completed particular need receive form lists names AMA num bers participants Form 10 lists winners name CD CDs ran event return forms two things can happen First will receive credit having run event therefore will receive earned membership following year Second place Academy very 302 283 238 47 interesting position relative defending club should litigation occur result event tendency say worry Nothing happened event What can happen long after event over claim can surface Such concerns confined outdoor flying events Someone may injured swap-shop type event may aware time happens Yes know just paperwork ex ercise time can criti cal concern Shifting something affects us consider Membership Manual first year can look forward re ceiving 1989 version document member Without asking Continued page 136 134 Model Aviation 1989S TWO UNFORGETTABLE DATES TRICITIESWASHINGTONMONTANA Rich land WASHINGTON KennewickO OP esco KENNEWICK PASCO RICHLAND JULY 1523OREGONIDAHO ENTRY FORMS AND IN FORMATION NEVADA 0 OFFICIAL ENTRY FORMS will mailed 1989 NATS contestants hobby shops western US AIVIA charter clubs entry forms will sent out late January early February will also available major trade shows beginning late January NATS INFORMATION PACKETS will include official entry form maps motel lists campground lists site locations area information will available late January dollar $100 receive 89 NATS info packet send $100 AMA HQ receive entry form ONLY send BUSINESS-SIZE stamped self-addressed envelope AMA HQ schedule changes additions send today RADIO CONTROL PYLON SOARING events LIMITED TEN ENTRIES per FREQUENCY Pattern will also have frequency limits slots available first-come basis act early! _______________WRIGHTPATTERSON AFB ______________May 27 28 29 THE AMA ANNUAL FUN FLY Fly-In ____________________________will big held Air Force Museum grounds Wright/Patterson Air _____________Force Base Dayton event will quite attraction AMA members Radio Control flight lines Control Line area Free Flight flying areas will available ______ expected highturnout fliers participation RC fliers will limited twenty per RC channeL insure slot may register advance sending $1000 AIVIA reserve frequency channel _______________________________advance registration fee non-refundable February 1989 135 1989 NATS NEWS Please entersubscriptions @ $1000 NAME ADDR ESS CITY STATE ZIP_______________________ Enclosed $ cc 1989 FUN FLY REGISTRATION Please reserve _______ frequency NAME ADD R ESS CITY STATE ZIP______________________ Enclosed $ ____________ 4i*nfor Champs fc# five months prepare FF World Championships Juniors model ers under age 18 years Lesno Po land team members did have lot time preparation However models performed well practice days FlA The typical northern European air cool overcast day made picking thermals dif ficult team members accustomed stronger thermals strong thermal would take Glider twice towline height three minutes FiB Our team excellent models seemed well trimmed calm conditions did perform expected strong gusty wind blew during fourth through seventh rounds FiC Melinda Andersons performance teams best missing max due difficulty picking air launch other team members experienced unex pected mechanical problems trim changes junior World Championships provided exposure high level competition nearly good regular world champi onships several evening techni cal sessions competitors put models display inspection exchange ideas experiences technol ogy shared everyone presence interpreters provided Polish Aero Club made communication between team members country possible team members team supporters came home Poland great deal knowl edgeable about FF world championship level high degree sportsmanship evi dent among competitors champi onships usual reports model recovery teams helping other re cover models cornfields trees highlight occurred Jimmy Buxton repairing FiB model badly damaged windblown landing fellow competitors three other teams assisting rebuilding model FF Junior World Championships Fliers Observations Adam Tracy Wakefield flier following letter addressed AMA Executive Director John Worth RMcM Thank very much sponsoring fly Junior World Championships Poland fly competition against 35 other world-class-caliber fliers indeed something will cherish rest life three days contest went smoothly judges complete control over contest pole position two timers Polish Aero Club binocularsthey no problems timing planes fault could see smallness field light winds maxing plane could easily fly off air base splendid chase crew wasnt worried Despite best-working flying event have ever flew Wakefield third day competition weather conditions favor because very windy first round Im known well fierce wind held first place through Round 4 After lunch break wind became bad contest directors delay begin ning fifth round two hours round finally started wind plane wings off avoid having folded constant battering wind Wakefield flew did too well its climb much wind failed max 64-sec flight enough put out contention medal end contest 16th place three minutes under win ning Czech flier acquired great deal experience fly ing championships feel could much better next two years Im full support AMA spon soring US team 1990 PS brought home plaque rep resents US Junior team will re ceiving soon think would look very attractive AMA museum [It now display museum area AMA Na tional Center Aeromodeling RMcM] Again thanks bunch supporting us AT FF Junior World Championships Supporters Thanks Daniel Tracy AMA 614 following letter appreciation addressed AMA Executive Director John Worth RMcM Watching son Adam fly interna tional competition Wakefields shall re main impressive com pelling experiences Ive ever wish convey thanks staff instigating opportunity Adam now seasoned Wakefield travelers appreciate alternateculture flying interface got along well other fliers recognized Olympian aspect superseding constraining political restrictions refreshing inspiring observe breathed few rare moments life everything seemed pretty good should noted competition worthy efforts Adam flies win weather challenge afterward watching winners receive ac colades field Polandin wind rainwe both struck enormity event World competition great now Adam obligatory ceremony left no doubt first-place winner champion world label believe Adam now covets should no alarm verve cause have learned father Adams grandfatherthat flying competi tion Wakefield noble lofty endeavor wholeheartedly encourage continua tion AMA support involvement FAI Free Flight Juniors competition pro gram fact solicit expansion ef fort because Americas prestige could enhanced Tik flWe0tr m*jffu will monumental changes please take some time look over Better yet put somewhere can find reference later year buck two time told people answer severaldollar long distance phone call question page so-and-so Membership Manual would able buy lot new modeling stuff particularly true information found Safety Code Frequency Recommendations Watch arrive house soon Once again will combined Sup ply Service materials speaking books paid FAI stamp either five- 10-dollar version will receiving new FAI compe tition book Please note copy will Continued page 138 136 Model Aviation Adam Tracy No 12 Wakefield Melinda Anderson baffles wind readies FAI Power model flight US FAI RC Pylon Racing Team Selection Finals Wayne Yeager Photos author September 3-4 1988 Labor Day weekend Toledo Weak Signals Club hosted US F3D Team Selection Race meet held purposes picking team represent United States next RC Pylon World Championships held fall 1989 1988 Nats 18 entries F3D respectable number consid ering F3D racing practically nonexistent US Unfortunately Nats competitors decided forgo Team Se lection Race because felt could compete few people obvi ously knew proper pipe/engine/prop combination needed win proved prophetic because people did compete heads above rest seven entries people probably represented best country US team will formida ble despite low entry selec tion race Day started joke Mother Na ture rained rained rained . however since Weak Signals have shelter house big enough hold party since guys bored just sitting around nothing tell lies sent local loco member home pick up Duraplane kit plus engine started rainy day project building Dave Shadel Gary Hover jumped car headed hobby shop pick up some wing covering gone Bruce Richmond Dub Jett Jim Shi nohara started assembly Since got pick up sanding block everindustrious Shinohara sanded elevator rudder concrete floor said about 80-grit Shadel Hover returned started covering wing other assembly continued agreed beforehand chal lenge themselves using instruc tions philosophy exactly Since en gine using brand-new K&B 45 since little heavier proper engine built fuselage back wards move wing forward help CG location progressing very well sudden rain blew away im mediately put Mr Duraplane hold went racing Everyone got quick trim flight around 400 pm compe tition started general tone set Round 1 Dub jett turned teen time 11850 followed Gary Hover 11829 Bruce Richmonds 12087 Gary Gau also fray very nice 11926 unfortunately zeroes plagued Gary al though fast unable make team After five rounds quit because late Weak Signals cooking up steak fry competitors workers After consuming lots steak corn-onna cob assorted veggies liquids emitting few burps engaging associated con vivial activities Duraplane crew went back work finalizing assembly pro cess taped control rods against fuselage crammed backup radio fueled andright duskhandlaunched setting sun Youre prob ably saying 1 wonder flew Are kidding nitro-breath flew great fact several guys wanted hands transmitter flew several times give everyone chance Finally got too dark went home next day Mother Nature again let us know boss dumping us whole morning around noon fi nally backed off after deciding enough enough rewarded patience blue skies light breezes sailed through seven rounds tal 12 Team Selection Committee de cided drop round half rac ing competitor counted best 10 heats threw out two worst scoring system used F3D fliers time converted seconds subtracted 200meaning highest score over length contest winner However scoring system has changed 1989 utilized new system identical old except no longer subtract times 200 anymore now means lowest score overall winner top three guysDub jett Bruce Rich mond Gary Hoverdominated scoring racking up consistent scores result being spread over 200 points between third fourth places 10 rounds counted Dub Jett aver aged 11754 Bruce Richmond 11806 Gary Hover 12043 Thats chopped liver guys Dub Jett also recorded meets fastest time 11436 Form guys wish could go fast guys best week end deserve team rep resenting United States Dave Shadel did compete because automati cally invited back defending World Champ therefore addition al ready strong team should make guys very formidable team selected Don McStay Team Manager good move because Don bubble being first alter nate now gets part team anyway Good pick guys Congratulations made team good luck 1989 February 1989 137 new Pylon team Kneeling L-R Dub Jett Gary Hover Bruce Richmond Standing L-R Don McStay let alternate end team manager World Champion Dave Shadel Jim Shinohara perfect FAI Jury L-R Pete Waters Bob Brown Greg Doe Technical Director cbntiiwed official versIon pro duced AMA last year titled Interna tional Aeromodeling Rules able supply official version year two reasons First old 1984 official version just updated im portant however AMA did paste-up official version actually arranged printing Copies in-house now would like copy inclined purchase FAI stamp may purchased three dollars Shifting gears again let us repeat informa tion found Frequency Alert printed last editions Competition Newsletter National Newsletter Executive Council action require ment gold silver sticker transmit ters sanctioned events has post poned until December 20 1990 Please note individual clubs may require stickers prior date wish have word clubs have developed such requirement field operations becomes rule field under General sec tion Safety Code note item two Speaking jets yes know werent have flurry activity type engine recently Probably have read material about RCM RC Scale Modeler two other com panies individuals have contacted us recently about jet engines have under development great deal interest form power reason AMAs terest dealing ramifica tions engines may have Safety Code very pleased three persons connected projects have kept close touch us dealing 10000 exhaust temperatures parts moving about 100000 rpm things think about relative safety know will hearing lot about interesting innovative power sources Incidentally three uses different fuel ranging jet fuel gasoline propane Golly con sider future have take five fuel supplies field flying sessionsthat includes charger Electric last shot looks like chartered club going receive very helpful book let near future Some time ago sent copy booklet containing John Prestons Model Aviation Safety Comes First columns information compiled AMA member Frank Bur chardt Carlsbad NM interesting note Frank took Johns columns chopped up put together categories makes very useful reference book club members struggle keep up operational safety con cerns posed chemical tech nology hobby/sport club receives its copy certain give member tends keep light hid den under bushel Happy 1989 May flights fantasticand landings planned Competition Directory CONTEST COORDINATORS I Bernice Williams 347 Southwick Rd Westfield MA 01085 II R Sobnno 87-2e 88th St Woodhaven Oueens NY 11421 RC Ernest Nikodem 407 Willow St Lockport NY 14094 RC Bill Fuori 28 Femwood Dr Commack NY 11725 Ill Nelson Gould 1944 S Idaho St Allentown PA 18103 lEast M Weisenbach 4588 W 148th Cleveland OH 44135 IWesti IV Warren Sanders Jr 9735 52nd Ave College Park MD 20741 RC Ed Byerley 200 Commander Cove Stafford VA 22554 V RC FlsIph Bailey PO Boa 1287 Orangeburg SC 29116-1287 FF W Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Montgomery AL 36108 CL Joseph Mead 1339 Renssalaer St Jacksonville FL 32205 VI AC ray 201 Holmes Salem Rd Terre Haute IN 47803 AC Seelng Dale Fslkening 1544 Derien Lake Dr Darien IL 80559 CL WR Bodzioch Jr 1800 Trail Ridge St Arlington Hgts IL 60004 ylon & SoarIng RC Pattern & other AC AC accept SoarIng Bold Face Below Indicates Clialmian Contest Board INDOOR CONTEST BOARD I Ray Herlan 15 Happy 110110w Rd Wayland MA 01778 II Doug Barber 140 Stratton House Maple Shade NJ 08052 Ill Walt venGorder 5869 4ictory view Ln Oncinnati OH 45238 IV Don Srull 941 Kiorberwicke Rd McLean VA 22102 V John Martin 2180 Tlgertail Miami FL 33133 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I George Higgins PO Bos 482 North Pembroke MA 02358 II Bill Boss 7708 269th St New Hyde Perk NY 11040 Ill Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Wayne Poster 101 Forest Dr Advance NC 27006 v Dave Hemntraught P0 Sos 171 Moncks Corner SC 29401 FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD I Henry Struck RFD 2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ave Lyndonville NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klsiber 2021 Lakelerld Ave Lakewood OH 44107 lv Jon Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny JenkIns 3112 E Ralnes Rd Memphis TN 38118 FF Jim Bennett 324 Hettenstein Ave St Louis MO 63119 VII events except AC entIre DistrIct except MichIgan Greg Seydel 3625 B lone Terrace Cudahy WI 53110 AC Leon Cordy N4503 Highway 55 Chilton WI 53014 MIchIgan AC Wayne Yasger 38235 Castle Romulus Ml 48174 CL & FF Paul Smith 11112 Dill Dr Sterling Hgts Ml 48077 VIII Randy Randolph PO Boa 271048 Dallas TX 75227 lx Mike TalIman 3014 Exchange Wichita KS 87217 AC George Hunter 6962 5 Lamar St Littleton CO 80123 x Roll Erickson 7506 Widgeon Way Fair Oaks CA 95626 No Harry Appian 27704 Saddle Rd Rolling Hills CA 90274 So Frank Gomes 2341 Noah St Hoeolslu HI 96816 Hawaii xl Dick Ss5er 7217 So 133rd St Seattle WA 98178 AC James McCarty 18968 Marine View Dr Seuttle WA 98166 Vt Charlie Sotich 3851 W 62nd Place Chicago tL 60629 VII Richard Doig 6 Canary Hill Dr Pontiac Ml 40055 VIII Ralph Bud Tenny Box 545 RIchardson TX 78080 IX Stan Chilton 725 E Uncoln Wichita KS 67211-3302 X Clarence Mether 2358 Tam OShanter Ave Bishop CA 93514-1944 xl Andy Tagliafico 650-B Taybin Rd NW Salem OR 97204 VI CE Robbert 349 Hdlsbors Ave. Lexington KY 40511 VII Larry Dziak 2019 Strange Ave. Stevens Point WI 54481 VIII William Lee 3523 Tameosh Lane Misaouit City TX 77459 lx Michael TalIman 3014 Exchenge Wichfta KS 67217 X Yb Gamer PO Box 573 Uvermore CA 94550 XI John Thompson 1505 Ash Ave Cottage Grove OR 97424 VI Chits Matsuno 8576 Ginger Dr St John MO 63114 VII Bill Shailor 2317 Clewson Avenue Royal Oak Ml 48073 VIII Mark Valeitus 1627 Ovettand Pass Sugarland TX 77478 lx Jerald Murphy 425 Mess Vista Ct Colorado Springs CO 80904 X Jon Norcross P0 Boa 68 Hanford CA 93232 Xl Kevin Collins 2320 Sehalee Dr E Redmond WA 98053 VI John Guenther 3 Box 297A Borden IN 47106 VII Claude McCalfougtr RR 1 Box 487 Montezuma IA 80171 VIII Buddy Irwin 922 Sundown Ln Dettoto TX 75115 IX Desn Copeland PO Boa 55564 Omaha NE 88155-0564 X Bill Strorsan 12318 Dune St Norwalk CA 90850 Xl Earle Moorhead 2545 Phipps Cr NE Salem OR 97305 VI Cal Ettel 3 Castle Dr RR 2 Florissant MO 63034 Vtl Keith Shaw 2798 Elmwood Ann Arbor Ml 40104 Vttt Kenneth Martin 7210 Winkleman Houston TX 77083-4340 IX Byron Blakeslee 3134 Winnebago Dr Sedalia CO 80135 X Robert Slift PO Box #9 Midway City CA 92655 Xl Mitch Poling 1519 NE 96th St Seattle WA 98115 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Ire Sean 32 Langholm Dr Nashua NH 03080 II Robert Clemens 98 Shorewey Dr Rochester NY 14812 Ill Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St McKeespotf PA 15131 IV Bob Kerlsson 2643 Marsh Rd Wilmington DE 19810 V David P156 6940 NW 15th PlantatIon FL 33313 ELECTRIC CONTEST BOARD I Nelson Whitman PO Boa 415 East Falmouth MA 02536 II Jon Bashes 198 Merritt Dr Oradell NJ 07649 Ill Dave Brown 4560 Layhigh Rd Hamilton OH 45013 IV Woody Blancliard 1733 Beach Rd Hampton VA 23664 V Robert Nelson 390 San Jose Winter Haven FL 33880 SPECIAL EVENTS CONTEST BOARD Chslrman Don Llndley 420 Tupelo Napervllle IL 60540 Executive Council rep Lee Webster 1000 Sycamore Manchester TN 37355 Member East Coast Austin Leftwich 407 Aubrey Rd Richmond VA 23229 Member West Coast Bill Northrop 898 West 16th St Newport Beach CA 92683 Member central Bwce Norman 3417 Creston Ave FL Worth TX 78133 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARDS AEROBATICS I Scott Melville 100 Chathem Terr Bridgeport CT 06606 II George Berko P08os867 Glenwood Lndg NY 11947 Ill A Nessellxock 5330 Bkiabeny HIll CI Claclenall OH 45248 IV Ton Miller 5020 Architale Rd. Plafftown NC 27040 V John Fuque 724 Diane St Niceville FL 22578 VI Charles W Reed 5408 Woodson Rd Raytown MO 64133 VII Brian Crossley 4740 LorInda Dr St Paul MN 55126 VIII William Thomas 331 SE Rookwood Bartleaville OK 74008 IX Jim Mowrey RR 2 Box 56 Kinsley KS 67947 X Craig Millet c/n Gibeon Dune & Crutcher 800 Newport Canter Dr Suite 700 Newport Beach CA 92660 XI Charles Davenport 1441S SE 266th St. Kent WA 98042 VI Bob Belluomini 129 College Perk Dr Crestview Hills KY 41017 VII Roy DieIz 12450 Lanadowne Detroit Ml 48224 VIII Steve Mintz 2 Bluebird St New Orleans LA 70124 IX Don Vineyard 1118W Coed Saline KS 67401-3209 X Robert Gorham 23961 Craftsman Rd Cafobases CA 91302 Xl Jerry Holcomb 1010 NE 122nd Ave Vancouver WA 98684 VI Jim Gager 8425 Auburn Rd FL Wayne IN 48825-3031 VII Wsyne Yasger 38235 Castle Dr Romulus MI 48174 VIII Dick Ritch 11042 Wexwing Houston TX 77035 IX Duane Get 12800W Ashbury Fl Lakewood CO 80236 X Gary Hover 16016 Ave 288 ViseIla CA 63277-9757 Xl Roger Pierce 12306 219th Ave 0 6 6 Banney Lake WA 98350 VI Stan Wataon 10414W 134 St Palos Park IL 60404 VII Al Scidmore 5013 Dorsett Dr Madison WI 53711 VIII Pancho Morris 2715 Eastbrook Dr Mesquite TX 75180 IX Rsy Marvin 2781 5 Garfield Denver CO 80210 X Jerry Kreinock 2310 Derby Cl #102 Simi Valley CA 93063 Xl Dsve Johnson 3526 NE 50th Ave Portland OR 97230 HELICOPTER I Ernie Huber 19 Beaver Park Rd Danvers MA 01923 II Horece Hagen 15 Parkwsy P1 Red Bank NJ 07701 Ill Bill Curtis 218 Vernon Rd Greenville PA 16125 IV Robert P Harris 3 257 Estevez Rd Ls PIsta MD 20648 V Tim Schonnard c/s Walt Soteanerd 2594 NOBT Oriesito FL 32804 RACING I Pete Reed 49 Anvil Dr. Avon CT 06001 II Adam Sattler 41 Perry Ave Latham NY 12110 III Dave Letshe 1141 Columbus Ave Lemoyne PA 17043 IV Cliff Telford 7417 Aorowood Rd Bethesda MD 20817 V Gail Jacobson 2305 Brffley Terrace College Park GA 30349 SOARING I Fritz Bien 41 Saw Mill Rd Concord MA 01742 II Doug Stout 12A Mayne Ave Stanhope NJ 07874 III Gene Stielkey 217 EuclId Ave Scottdale PA 15883 IV Bob Coampine 205 lipton Rd Newport News VA 23606 V Charles Anderson PO Box 305 TuIlahoma TN 37388 CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don undlay 420 Tupelo Napervilie IL 60540 FAI TEAM SELECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN SCALE John Guenther 3 Box 297A Borden IN 47106 INDOOR Richard Deig 6 Canary Hill Dr Pontiac Ml 48055 FREE FLIGHT Bill Gibbons 7423 Club House Rd Boulder CO 80301 Bob Sitleet RD 3 Box 66 Glenrock PA 17327 CL SPEED & TEAM RACE Bill Lee 3523 Tamaitak La Missouri City TX 77489 CL COMBAT Gsry Frost 13 Castlewood Cl St Peters MO 63376 CL AEROBATICS Bill Zimmer 508 Walnut Box 72 Verne IL 61375 RC SOARING Don Edberg 7000 Estepa Dr Tsiunga CA 91042 RC AEROBATICS James Kimbro 1219 6 Ferguson Vinslia CA 93291 Larry Phillipo 2155 Wslton Blvd Rochester MI 48063 AC PYLON Bob Brown 1255 High St Bradford PA 16701 RC ELECTRIC Joe Besher 198 Merittt Dr Oradell NJ 07649 RC HELICOPTER Horace Hagen 15 Parkwsy P1 Red Bsnk NJ 07701 138 Model Aviation 1988 US Free Flight Team Selection Finals Louis Joyner Photos author Seguin TXOctober 8-10 1988 Three days 15 rounds Fifteen chances mistake. less perfect launch mis read thermal out-of-trim glide So things go wrong Free Flight team selection final contest survival survivors nine fliers make fewest mistakes form United States team Free Flight World Championships Argentina during May 1989 new team selected Seguin FlA Dale Elder third Glider team 1983 World Champion Matt Gewain firsttime team member Jim Parker Twentyseven contestants flew event Fl B Jim Quinn Walt Ghio Jack Brown veterans previous teams Thirty-three con testants flew event FiC Ken Phair assistant team manager last time first team flier World Cup winner Randy Archer veteran team member Doug Galbreath Thirty-three contestants flew event reader may familiar intricacies three international Out door Free Flight events heres brief run down FlA Also known Nordic A-2 FlA event Towline Gliders typical model spans about 7/2 ft about 3 ft long weighs little over 14 oz model towed up much like kite 50-meter 164-ft nylon cable special towhook mechanism model allows model towed straight up overhead line slackened model can cir cle line still attached flier can circle-tow model indefinitely looking lift thermals thermal located flier rapidly tows model overhead causes zoom off line gain altitude Timing flight starts towline drops away Maximum re corded flight time 31/2 mm first round morning 3 mm rest rounds Wakefield FiB event rubberpowered models typical Wakefield about 4 ft long 5-ft wingspan model ready fly weighs bit over 8 oz including 40-gram 14-oz rubber motor An average motor would measure about 17 long made up 26 28 strands A-in-wide rubber strip motor stretched out wound 330 400 turns propeller usually measures about 24 in diameter 26 29 pitch typical motor run 30 40 sec end prop run model height 200 ft prop blades fold back reduce drag model glides rest flight maximum re corded time max flight 4 mm first round 3 mm remaining four flights day FiC Otherwise known Power mod els powered 25cc 15 cu engines running 80/20 mixture methyl alco hol castor oil typical model weighs about 27 oz has 6-ft wingspan 4-ftlong fuselage typical engine Rossi Nelson turns about 28000 rpm drives 7 x 3 prop engine run limited 7 sec shut off engine control high-speed near-vertical climb competi tors use clockwork electronic timer floods engines intake fuel ap plies brake stop propeller Because high climb FiC mod els 500 600 ft max early morning rounds set 5 mm rest flights 3 mm However due weather conditions finals Power models flown 4-mm max first day 31/2 mm second day 5 mm last day SOME OBSERVATIONS FlA Circle tow now used almost univer sally level competence seemed much higher previous finals saw very few tow-ins near-misses although winner Dale Elder came close hitting ground downwind circle pulled up-and-off nice thermal Most towline models looked about same main variation being top bottom rudder mounting Lots carbon fiber evidence electronic de thermalizer timers audible beepers aid recovery model after flight FiB Compared other two classes Wakefields seem allow widest lati tude design Some fliers using timer-operated VIT variableincidence tailplane AR autorudder control power burst Others flew locked-up air planes relying aerodynamic adjust ments control flight Quite few mod els sported Oliver carbon fiber motor tubes Jack Brown made team flying basic box fuselage Montreal-style front ends much evidence both homebrew versions beautifully machined commercial units spotted solid-balsa wing Tom loergers Joe Maxwells machine shop Scotland Most fliers used D-box con struction Nobody using delayed prop release variable-pitch propeller Wakefielders seemed conserva tive point flying models well over 20 years old FiC Power thin aluminum wing skins very much evidence Doug Galbreath Ralph Cooney Ken Oliver flying veedihederal models winglets flapper saw Gil Morris model Randy Archer some Russianinspired models very nicely finished aluminum machined front ends Poland Folding carbon-fiber propellers widely used both two- bladed versions Quite few fliers us ing bunt transition whole power patterns seemed better fi nals good recoveries glide minimum altitude loss some thing went wrong really went wrong team members end finals will mean start frenzied few months building testing before join reigning Wakefield champ Bob White Ar gentina rest fliers finals mark end two-year team selection process beginning next cy cle Theres always next time complete listing performance round top 10 finishers event published January 1988 Compe tition Newsletter page 143 February 1989 139 Glider team includes LR Jim Parker former world champion Matt Gewain kneeling Dale Elder top Wakefield flier dropu 12 seconds 6th round Doug Gaibreaths new Power model features V-dihedral wing winglets wave future SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX Cooetitfoo N ofoftor will poooot tirro flow corotreetice ood 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partiality shown x judges European teams o discomfort disappointment shown 0 most members North Cen tral American teams well three O European teams steamrollered CO by judges fact very famous contestant commented judges blind felt per formed very poorly because feel x o ing well judges gave him 0 the highest single-flight scores cont 0 est O Of course water under CO bridge now does no good complain about quality lack thereof judging past contest ques tion what can improve X teams chances winning future 0 Mr Chidgey recommends try 0 forget about style well good O but possible think CO sport would worse off flight expression pilots charac ter personality expression removed wouldnt much left Bet X ter build robots flying 0 o course winner would team a which could afford best robotbut thats different subject altogether 0 CO have some proposals own Id now like make based own observations comments Ive received number world-class x fliers 0 o First Id like see examined pos 0 sibility limiting influence manufac o turers both national level well CO on world championships very least Id like see factory fliers sepa rated own categories cont est think F3A AMA competition X should both remain amateur events o At contest attend see 0 a and instances factory sponsorship Im talking about contestants CO using prototype other special equipment available other contestants modeling community large have also seen more instances x of contestants paid employees O one manufacturer another noth 0 ing wrong mind long that contestant spending working 0 CO hours flying practicing contests practice would give contestant SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX FAI World Records Rec RecRecord No TypeClassRecord HolderNation DatePerformance 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27a 28 29 30 31 32a 32b 32c 32d 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 DU DI-SL H S-SL DU DI-SL H S-SI DU DI-SL H S-SL DU 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Richmond I Richmond M Matyas M Michl 200m course E Svoboda M Pruss R Jenneson Dana Swah D Whitney R Jenneson B Krasnorutsky B Krasnorutsky B Krasnorutsky B Krasnorutsky Zhang Guisheng Jiang Jie Dong Chumlal I Zhidanov Y Zaslavsky R Weber M Hill V Miakinine R Weber M Hill Lin Hanmao G Peszke D Whitney Kuznetzov/Kramarenko V ShapovalovN Onufrienko Tan Bing Jerry Krainock T Voitenko W Kuppers G Peszke R Hersperger R Hersperger C Aghem I Tsibisov I Tsibisov R Hersperger R Hersperger 140 Model Aviation CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP B CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP YR HA YR CCCP YU OK HA N N CCCP CCCP N N B C G B CCCP PH N N N HA HA OK CCCP VH N C VH CCCP CCP CCCP CCCP B B B CCCP CCCP N N CCCP N N B SP C CCCP CCCP B N CCCP D SP HB HB CCCP CCCP HB HB 4/18/86 7/1/62 6/19/64 9/6/87 8/6/52 8/15/52 8/8/82 5/5/81 6/3/68 8/3/74 8/30/75 6/12/70 10/1/65 10/1/63 9/24/63 9/20/70 5/15/60 3/31/62 5/23/48 6/7/87 9/28/83 9/6/70 9/21/71 9/3/83 5/28/88 6/11/82 8/22/84 6/27/87 10/13/86 10/20/84 6/12/52 7/26/86 6/7/87 9/29/84 6/21/79 8/31/79 12/2/81 12/2/81 7/23/79 5/29/87 2/2/80 2/21/88 10/26/86 3/9/80 5/28/87 4/16/86 5/28/87 9/7/87 8/7/82 8/29/82 8/17/82 9/16/87 4/10/81 10/8/77 9/3/67 9/25/71 9/2/77 11/26/84 9/12/82 10/13/82 11/2/86 7/15/83 7/25/82 5/22/87 5/3/87 9/28/86 10/21/85 4/8/86 10/12/86 10/12/86 4/26/87 9/25/85 9/23/85 10/12/86 10/12/86 1 :1423 371189km 1732m 18768km/h 6:010 378756km 64689m 1799km/h 0:33267 52375m 812m 14423km/h 3120 91491km 3750m 11612km/h 4:5810 31033km 2364m 22:1931 45523km 8208m 34392km/h 33:3230 2264km 1 9507m 25166km/h 31345km/h 31229km/h 326382km/h 39564km/h 76981 mi 0:2854 0:3407 0:4443 0:5214 16695km/h 16695km/h 7161km 4:3413 9285 km 182514m 13852km/h 72km 0:4945 79278km 1143m 8946km/h 2:2352 130904km 4600m 9807km/h 11:0218 2448km 5651 m 29498km/h 508km 242km/h 1856km/h 109153km/h 11272km/h 0:03198 0:06563 5:51 08 5129km 1236m 21145km/h 69km 13974km/h 6:0203 604km 30371 m 6696km/h 207km 62243km/h Ret RetRecord No TypeClassRecord HolderNation DatePerformance 71DU F3E-SOL FW BiestefeldD 6/20/84 3:0454 72DI-SL F3E-SOL 73H F3E-SOL 74S-SL F3E-SOL F WeissgerberD 7/5/87 6622km/h 75DI-CC F3E-SOL PJ HartwigD 5/26/86 2703 mi 76s-cc F3E-SOL 77DU F3E-COMB Ha Cheng FengB 5/26/87 6:1532 78DI-SL F3E-COMB VoitenkoCCCP 5/23/87 148km 79H F3E-COMB VoitenkoCCCP 9/7/87 816m 80S-SL F3E-COMB R WinsorC 10/26/86 10091km/h 81DI-CC F3E-COMB PJ HartwigD 7/5/87 435km 82S-CC F3E-COMB P ChannonC 11/2/86 69523km/h DU DurationS-SL Speed straight line DI-SL Distance straight lines-cc Speed closed circuit DI-cc Distance closed circuitS-cF Speed circular flight H ht Reference issue 10 1Oct 1987and updates CLASSIFICATION OF RECORDS DISTANCE FLIGHT TYPE OFMETHOD OF ATEMODEL CLASSPROPULSION DURATION STRAIGHTHEIGHTSPEED GORYLINE GliderFlA171819 Aeroplane FiB Extensible Motor1234 PlC Pision MolOr5678 FIBExtensible Motor4041 4243 Seaplane IPlCPiston Motor4445 4647 3 .F1FExtensible Motor9 10 1112 Helicopter on Motor13141516 DURATION Indoor FiD Extensible Moior 32 ceiling category less 8 m Model b ceiling category II 8 m 15 m ci ceiling category III 15 m 30 m d ceIling caiegory IV over 30 m SPEED WI SWEPT VOLUME cm3 zc . Aeroplane F2A Piston Motor IA lB III 100 1 251 501 500to 1000 28 29 OReaction Motor3D UF2C Piston Motor100 laps 57200 Ia 58 DISTANCEDISTANCE SPEED DURA-IN AHEIGHT SPEEDIN AIN TIONSTRAIGHTCLOSEDCLOSED LINECIRCUITCIRCUIT Aeroplane F3A Piston Motor 202122233153 W .J Seaplane F3A Piston Motor 48 49 50 51 52 54 O Gilder F3B 24 25 26 33 34 55 HeiicooteF3CPiston Motor353637383956 z OElectrrnotor o5596061626364 0 o Aeroplane F3E P 65 66 67 68 69 70 SOL 71 72 73 74 75 76 COMB 77 78 79 60 81 82 AIRCRAFT NATIONALITY RBGISTRATION MARKS Algeria ArgentinaLV LO AusiraliaVH Austria Belgium00 Bolivia CP Brazil ariaL Canada C CF ChileCC ChinaB ColombiaHK CubaCU CyprusSB CzechoslovakiaOK DenmarkOY EgyptSU EquadorHC Federal Republic Germany 0 FinlandOH FranceF German Democratic RepublicDM GreeceSX GuatemalaTG HungaryHA IcelandTF IndiaVT IndonesiaPK IraqVI IranEP IrelandEl EJ Israel4X Ilaly JordanJY Democretic Peoples Republic 01 Korea. P South KoreaHI JapanJA LebanonOD LiechtensteinHB emblem LuxemburgLX MexicoXA XB XC Monaco3A MoroccoCN Netherlands. PH New ZealandZK ZL LM NorwayLN PakistanAP PanamaHP PeruOB PolandSP PortugalCS SR RomanraYR San Marino South AfricaZS ZT ZU SpainBC SurinamePZ SwedenSE SwitzerlandHB emblem ThailandHS TunisiaTS TurkeyTC Un4ed KingdomG UruguayCX USAN USSRCCCP VenezualaYV YugoslaviaYU Zambia9J OAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOX distinct advantage over fellow competi tors am reminded what happened NAS CAR back middle late Sixties Ford chrysler factory teams literally took over national stock car racing Id hate see same sort thing hap pen model aviation second proposal applies world-class competition types Id like see true world representation choosing judges contest should least judge geographic area one North South central America example having team partici pating world championships realize would mean increase cost holding contests feel way insure true impartiality part judges third proposal FAI make pub lic details world championship compe tition participating countries 18 months advance Fourth Id like see practice normal izing scores eliminated Use raw scores stead due unbalancing effect practice Fifth Id like see flyoff opened least 15 competitors Id also like see contestants start off fresh no scores carried over previous flights Last certainly least Id like see AMA institute novice sportsman classes FAI pattern After does future US world competition team members no good start flying type pattern rest world flies other Thats about Id like thank read ing overly long letter Id like close request members Please par ticipate After AMA just ad ministrator insurance people think AMA representative body hobby Vote SOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOX February 1989 141 OAPBOX
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/02
Page Numbers: 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141
COMPETI T4QN~ NEWSLETTR~ ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS1810 SAMUEL MORSE DRIVE RESTON VA 22090 Note Technical Director Bob Underwood 1 Its time miss-a-lane-e-us columns always seem little things need considered plod along through year am certain 1989 wont different Contest Directors activities continue right through winter months Northern climes tend focus mall shows build-a-plane events indoors warmer areas grapefruit oranges grow still see people out punching holes skies Oh yes few exceptions people voluntarily freeze various portions anatomy holding events winter winds howl power hearty souls can truthfully say enjoy reading about such events suspect few comments appro priate CDs time First should noted CD Guide men tioned some time ago column fi nally available reality have send ing along new CDs last month plan present time send CDs active 1988 remainder pool almost 3000 may obtain writing us copy know doing way run same risk criticism occurred rule books last cycle didnt send CD faced interesting situation now about 4500 CDs about 1500-1700 active Between October 1 1987 Oc tober 1 1988 processed applications some 200 new CDs Less half persons ran event during time CD Guide contains help filling out necessary forms copies forms National Records following new National Records have processed approved during month November 1988 IndoorCategory Pennyplane Open 1131 Peter Staehling 10/22/88 Outdoor Free Flight CO2 Power Open 1400 George Perryman 10/16/88 Outdoor Free FlightCategory III C Gas Open1945 Guy R Scott Jr 10/9/88 Control Line 1/2A Speed Open14417 mph Charles E Legg 10/15/88 samples current scoresheets have used Nats will updating material regularly adding find suggest other items should included pages held together staple sending along plastic binder strip Continued page 134 Opening ceremonies Leszno Poland US Junior team parade Polish Aero Club cadet carrying placard Mike Keller bears flag Team Manager Bob Sifleet brings up rear members team show clearly photo really Melinda Anderson Marty Pelatoweki Adam Tracy Matthew Gag liano Tony Hutchins Jimmy Buxton Free Flight Junior World Championships Team Manager s Report Robert Sifleet Photos team supporters report brief due lack time part filling up Model Aviation lot words style reports team members should impor tant comments Continued oaee 136 February 1989 133 Competition Newsletter edited Ross B McMullen AMA 18181 1988 FF Nats Results FF GAS No Juniors Seniors 1 Chris Gulotta Open 39 1 Keith Fuimer 2 Nat Comfort 3 Jean Pallet 4 Bill Schlsrb 5 Bob Perkins 6 Jim Kutkuhn FF GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 38 1 Charles Caton 2 Robert Dunham II 3 Bob Hanford 4 Bernard Boehm 5 Bill Prenaky 6 Charles Schuchrnan FF B GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 36 1 Anthony Italiano 2 Greg Hinrichs 3 Bill Jenkins Open 8 1 Warren Kurth 2 Robert Nichols 3 Russ Whittord FF CARGO SecondsNo Juniors Southfieid Mi203No Seniors Open 3 1 Robert Nichols Mishawaka IN Chester PA Brookville NY South Bend IN Columbus OH Augusta KS Montgomery AL Broken Arrow OK Broken Arrow OK South Bend IN Pittstord NY Beileville IL Brookfield WI Monona WI Memphis TN 4 Richard HailAthens AL 5 Robert HanfordBroken Arrow OK 6 Richard RikelPaducah KY Flyoff determine placing FF C GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 29 1 EdKeck 2 Charles Caton 3 Sal Taibi 4 Douglas Rabe 5 Marvin Mace FF 0 GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 17 1 Marvin Mace 2 Jim Summersett 3 Bill Dunlop 4 Sal Taibi FF FAI POWER Fl C No Juniors No Seniors Open 9 1 Zygfryd Sulisz 2 Douglas Rabe 3 Gilbert Graunke Webster NY Montgomery AL Lakewood CA Dayton OH Seguin TX Seguin TX San Antonio lx Greensburg PA Lakewood CA itasca IL Dayton OH Brookfieid WI 537 357 341 340 328 308 Seconds 750 600 480 472 383 337 Seconds 360 358 358 323 301 292 Seconds 750 743 730 542 495 Seconds 600 593 480 478 Seconds 625 533 147 FF PAYLOAD No Juniors No Seniors FF ELECTRICA No Juniors No Seniors Open 4 1 Robert Nichols 2 Duane Renken 3 Don Jenkins FF ELECTRICB No Juniors No Seniors Open 2 1 Robert Nichols 2 Duane Renken FF CO2 No Juniors No Seniors Open 5 1 George Perryman 2 Duane Renken 3 Linwood Cochran Davenport IA S Meriden CT Milwaukee WI S Menden CT Seconds 234 200 95 FF P-30 RUBBER Junior 1 Paul Wicks 2 Jawie Jackson No Seniors Open 25 1 FK Hesb Grams2 Bill Jackson 3 George Perryman 12734 Robert Nichols 5 CA Schuchman Seconds 319 184 177 Normal IL Cincinnati OH Xenia OH Cincinnati OH Smyrna GA S Meriden CT Belleville IL FF Al TOWLINE GLIDER No Juniors No Seniors S Meriden CTOpen 11 Ann Arbor Ml1 Bill Schlarb Indianapolis IN2 Jean Psilet 3 Guenther Nowak 4 Philip Bayly FF A2 TOWLINE GLIDER FlA SecondsNo Juniors S Meriden CT215No Seniors Ann Arbor Mi199Open 11 1 James Thornberiy 2 Orval Stewart 3 Andrew Barron 4 Bill Schlarb Smyrna GA Ann Arbor Mi Tucker GA FF MULVIHILL RUBBER Junior 1 Jamie Jackson 2 Steven Whitford Senior 1 Paul Spangler Open 23 1 Greg Hinricha 2 Joe Macay 3 Chris Matauno 4 George Perrynian 5 Guenther Nowak FF WAKEFIELD Fl B No Juniors No Seniors Open 11 1 Fred Blom 2 Ed Konefes 3 Martin Richardson 4 Chris Matsuno Cincinnati OH Milwaukee WI Lawrenceville IL Monona WI Southfleld Mi St Johns MO Smyrna GA Chicago IL rimonum MD Wauconda IL Dayton OH St Johns MO FF COUPE dHIVER Junior 1 Paul Wicks Normal IL Senior 1 Roger Wathen Jr Indianapolis IN Open 23 1 Wallace Brown 2 George Perryman 3 George Batiuk 4 Kevin Anderson 5 Anton Telford Lawrenceviile IL Smyrna GA Huntsville AL Stratford MO Springfield IL Seconds 840 360 228 Madison WI Nashville TN Champaign IL South Bend IN South Bend IN Brookville NY itasca IL Largo FL Seconds 158 38 339 338 338 271 248 Seconds 422 299 289 235 Seconds 806 728 841 632 FF HAND-LAUNCH GLIDER Junior 8 1 Paul Wicks 2 Michael Gartin 3 Steven Whitford Seconds 4 Greg Rainey 5 Robert Combs 1316 Jenny Benton 1047 Anthony Perry 8 Bobby Spoon 211Senior 3 1 Paul Spangler 2 Chris Gulotta 3 Roger Wathen Jr 539 Open 26 5141 Bernard Boehm 5032 Alfred Beletz 3 Kevin Anderson 4 Gerald CaIdwell 5 Robert Dunham II 6 Bill Schlarb 7 James Kutkuhn Seconds 1130 1084 1034 982 Normal IL Indianapolis IN Milwaukee WI Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Lawrenceville IL Southfield MI Indianapolis IN South Bend IN Maplewood MO Stratford MO Indianapolis IN Broken Arrow OK South Bend IN Augusta KS FF 3-MAN MULVIHILL TEAM 2 WATERMELON TEAM Guenther Nowak Ed Konefes Joe Macay SecondsSODBUSTERS TEAM 34George Perryman Chris Matauno 20Wallace Brown 515 FF UNLIMITED DAWN RUBBER 4 5091Ed Konefes 4512Dave Plait 4373Joe Macay 3904Joe Williams Seconds 143 57 53 37 28 25 20 17 63 55 42 294 289 289 282 268 219 176 Seconds 503 381 737 1591 514 539 333 1388 can remove staple have looseleaf booklet suitable copying Fu ture plans typeset forms leave room margin punching fit three-hole ring folder hope will find booklet value CD Two areas concern CDs should noted enough care being taken fill ing out sanction application forms have noted large number forms have proper classification indicated whether event 'A~ c would direct attention sanctioning section can found both Membership Manual Com petition Regulations books important try keep classifications straight incorrect submitted will have changed get Headquarters second concern have CDs return proper forms follow ing event time sanction ap proved receive forms need filled out returned after event completed particular need receive form lists names AMA num bers participants Form 10 lists winners name CD CDs ran event return forms two things can happen First will receive credit having run event therefore will receive earned membership following year Second place Academy very 302 283 238 47 interesting position relative defending club should litigation occur result event tendency say worry Nothing happened event What can happen long after event over claim can surface Such concerns confined outdoor flying events Someone may injured swap-shop type event may aware time happens Yes know just paperwork ex ercise time can criti cal concern Shifting something affects us consider Membership Manual first year can look forward re ceiving 1989 version document member Without asking Continued page 136 134 Model Aviation 1989S TWO UNFORGETTABLE DATES TRICITIESWASHINGTONMONTANA Rich land WASHINGTON KennewickO OP esco KENNEWICK PASCO RICHLAND JULY 1523OREGONIDAHO ENTRY FORMS AND IN FORMATION NEVADA 0 OFFICIAL ENTRY FORMS will mailed 1989 NATS contestants hobby shops western US AIVIA charter clubs entry forms will sent out late January early February will also available major trade shows beginning late January NATS INFORMATION PACKETS will include official entry form maps motel lists campground lists site locations area information will available late January dollar $100 receive 89 NATS info packet send $100 AMA HQ receive entry form ONLY send BUSINESS-SIZE stamped self-addressed envelope AMA HQ schedule changes additions send today RADIO CONTROL PYLON SOARING events LIMITED TEN ENTRIES per FREQUENCY Pattern will also have frequency limits slots available first-come basis act early! _______________WRIGHTPATTERSON AFB ______________May 27 28 29 THE AMA ANNUAL FUN FLY Fly-In ____________________________will big held Air Force Museum grounds Wright/Patterson Air _____________Force Base Dayton event will quite attraction AMA members Radio Control flight lines Control Line area Free Flight flying areas will available ______ expected highturnout fliers participation RC fliers will limited twenty per RC channeL insure slot may register advance sending $1000 AIVIA reserve frequency channel _______________________________advance registration fee non-refundable February 1989 135 1989 NATS NEWS Please entersubscriptions @ $1000 NAME ADDR ESS CITY STATE ZIP_______________________ Enclosed $ cc 1989 FUN FLY REGISTRATION Please reserve _______ frequency NAME ADD R ESS CITY STATE ZIP______________________ Enclosed $ ____________ 4i*nfor Champs fc# five months prepare FF World Championships Juniors model ers under age 18 years Lesno Po land team members did have lot time preparation However models performed well practice days FlA The typical northern European air cool overcast day made picking thermals dif ficult team members accustomed stronger thermals strong thermal would take Glider twice towline height three minutes FiB Our team excellent models seemed well trimmed calm conditions did perform expected strong gusty wind blew during fourth through seventh rounds FiC Melinda Andersons performance teams best missing max due difficulty picking air launch other team members experienced unex pected mechanical problems trim changes junior World Championships provided exposure high level competition nearly good regular world champi onships several evening techni cal sessions competitors put models display inspection exchange ideas experiences technol ogy shared everyone presence interpreters provided Polish Aero Club made communication between team members country possible team members team supporters came home Poland great deal knowl edgeable about FF world championship level high degree sportsmanship evi dent among competitors champi onships usual reports model recovery teams helping other re cover models cornfields trees highlight occurred Jimmy Buxton repairing FiB model badly damaged windblown landing fellow competitors three other teams assisting rebuilding model FF Junior World Championships Fliers Observations Adam Tracy Wakefield flier following letter addressed AMA Executive Director John Worth RMcM Thank very much sponsoring fly Junior World Championships Poland fly competition against 35 other world-class-caliber fliers indeed something will cherish rest life three days contest went smoothly judges complete control over contest pole position two timers Polish Aero Club binocularsthey no problems timing planes fault could see smallness field light winds maxing plane could easily fly off air base splendid chase crew wasnt worried Despite best-working flying event have ever flew Wakefield third day competition weather conditions favor because very windy first round Im known well fierce wind held first place through Round 4 After lunch break wind became bad contest directors delay begin ning fifth round two hours round finally started wind plane wings off avoid having folded constant battering wind Wakefield flew did too well its climb much wind failed max 64-sec flight enough put out contention medal end contest 16th place three minutes under win ning Czech flier acquired great deal experience fly ing championships feel could much better next two years Im full support AMA spon soring US team 1990 PS brought home plaque rep resents US Junior team will re ceiving soon think would look very attractive AMA museum [It now display museum area AMA Na tional Center Aeromodeling RMcM] Again thanks bunch supporting us AT FF Junior World Championships Supporters Thanks Daniel Tracy AMA 614 following letter appreciation addressed AMA Executive Director John Worth RMcM Watching son Adam fly interna tional competition Wakefields shall re main impressive com pelling experiences Ive ever wish convey thanks staff instigating opportunity Adam now seasoned Wakefield travelers appreciate alternateculture flying interface got along well other fliers recognized Olympian aspect superseding constraining political restrictions refreshing inspiring observe breathed few rare moments life everything seemed pretty good should noted competition worthy efforts Adam flies win weather challenge afterward watching winners receive ac colades field Polandin wind rainwe both struck enormity event World competition great now Adam obligatory ceremony left no doubt first-place winner champion world label believe Adam now covets should no alarm verve cause have learned father Adams grandfatherthat flying competi tion Wakefield noble lofty endeavor wholeheartedly encourage continua tion AMA support involvement FAI Free Flight Juniors competition pro gram fact solicit expansion ef fort because Americas prestige could enhanced Tik flWe0tr m*jffu will monumental changes please take some time look over Better yet put somewhere can find reference later year buck two time told people answer severaldollar long distance phone call question page so-and-so Membership Manual would able buy lot new modeling stuff particularly true information found Safety Code Frequency Recommendations Watch arrive house soon Once again will combined Sup ply Service materials speaking books paid FAI stamp either five- 10-dollar version will receiving new FAI compe tition book Please note copy will Continued page 138 136 Model Aviation Adam Tracy No 12 Wakefield Melinda Anderson baffles wind readies FAI Power model flight US FAI RC Pylon Racing Team Selection Finals Wayne Yeager Photos author September 3-4 1988 Labor Day weekend Toledo Weak Signals Club hosted US F3D Team Selection Race meet held purposes picking team represent United States next RC Pylon World Championships held fall 1989 1988 Nats 18 entries F3D respectable number consid ering F3D racing practically nonexistent US Unfortunately Nats competitors decided forgo Team Se lection Race because felt could compete few people obvi ously knew proper pipe/engine/prop combination needed win proved prophetic because people did compete heads above rest seven entries people probably represented best country US team will formida ble despite low entry selec tion race Day started joke Mother Na ture rained rained rained . however since Weak Signals have shelter house big enough hold party since guys bored just sitting around nothing tell lies sent local loco member home pick up Duraplane kit plus engine started rainy day project building Dave Shadel Gary Hover jumped car headed hobby shop pick up some wing covering gone Bruce Richmond Dub Jett Jim Shi nohara started assembly Since got pick up sanding block everindustrious Shinohara sanded elevator rudder concrete floor said about 80-grit Shadel Hover returned started covering wing other assembly continued agreed beforehand chal lenge themselves using instruc tions philosophy exactly Since en gine using brand-new K&B 45 since little heavier proper engine built fuselage back wards move wing forward help CG location progressing very well sudden rain blew away im mediately put Mr Duraplane hold went racing Everyone got quick trim flight around 400 pm compe tition started general tone set Round 1 Dub jett turned teen time 11850 followed Gary Hover 11829 Bruce Richmonds 12087 Gary Gau also fray very nice 11926 unfortunately zeroes plagued Gary al though fast unable make team After five rounds quit because late Weak Signals cooking up steak fry competitors workers After consuming lots steak corn-onna cob assorted veggies liquids emitting few burps engaging associated con vivial activities Duraplane crew went back work finalizing assembly pro cess taped control rods against fuselage crammed backup radio fueled andright duskhandlaunched setting sun Youre prob ably saying 1 wonder flew Are kidding nitro-breath flew great fact several guys wanted hands transmitter flew several times give everyone chance Finally got too dark went home next day Mother Nature again let us know boss dumping us whole morning around noon fi nally backed off after deciding enough enough rewarded patience blue skies light breezes sailed through seven rounds tal 12 Team Selection Committee de cided drop round half rac ing competitor counted best 10 heats threw out two worst scoring system used F3D fliers time converted seconds subtracted 200meaning highest score over length contest winner However scoring system has changed 1989 utilized new system identical old except no longer subtract times 200 anymore now means lowest score overall winner top three guysDub jett Bruce Rich mond Gary Hoverdominated scoring racking up consistent scores result being spread over 200 points between third fourth places 10 rounds counted Dub Jett aver aged 11754 Bruce Richmond 11806 Gary Hover 12043 Thats chopped liver guys Dub Jett also recorded meets fastest time 11436 Form guys wish could go fast guys best week end deserve team rep resenting United States Dave Shadel did compete because automati cally invited back defending World Champ therefore addition al ready strong team should make guys very formidable team selected Don McStay Team Manager good move because Don bubble being first alter nate now gets part team anyway Good pick guys Congratulations made team good luck 1989 February 1989 137 new Pylon team Kneeling L-R Dub Jett Gary Hover Bruce Richmond Standing L-R Don McStay let alternate end team manager World Champion Dave Shadel Jim Shinohara perfect FAI Jury L-R Pete Waters Bob Brown Greg Doe Technical Director cbntiiwed official versIon pro duced AMA last year titled Interna tional Aeromodeling Rules able supply official version year two reasons First old 1984 official version just updated im portant however AMA did paste-up official version actually arranged printing Copies in-house now would like copy inclined purchase FAI stamp may purchased three dollars Shifting gears again let us repeat informa tion found Frequency Alert printed last editions Competition Newsletter National Newsletter Executive Council action require ment gold silver sticker transmit ters sanctioned events has post poned until December 20 1990 Please note individual clubs may require stickers prior date wish have word clubs have developed such requirement field operations becomes rule field under General sec tion Safety Code note item two Speaking jets yes know werent have flurry activity type engine recently Probably have read material about RCM RC Scale Modeler two other com panies individuals have contacted us recently about jet engines have under development great deal interest form power reason AMAs terest dealing ramifica tions engines may have Safety Code very pleased three persons connected projects have kept close touch us dealing 10000 exhaust temperatures parts moving about 100000 rpm things think about relative safety know will hearing lot about interesting innovative power sources Incidentally three uses different fuel ranging jet fuel gasoline propane Golly con sider future have take five fuel supplies field flying sessionsthat includes charger Electric last shot looks like chartered club going receive very helpful book let near future Some time ago sent copy booklet containing John Prestons Model Aviation Safety Comes First columns information compiled AMA member Frank Bur chardt Carlsbad NM interesting note Frank took Johns columns chopped up put together categories makes very useful reference book club members struggle keep up operational safety con cerns posed chemical tech nology hobby/sport club receives its copy certain give member tends keep light hid den under bushel Happy 1989 May flights fantasticand landings planned Competition Directory CONTEST COORDINATORS I Bernice Williams 347 Southwick Rd Westfield MA 01085 II R Sobnno 87-2e 88th St Woodhaven Oueens NY 11421 RC Ernest Nikodem 407 Willow St Lockport NY 14094 RC Bill Fuori 28 Femwood Dr Commack NY 11725 Ill Nelson Gould 1944 S Idaho St Allentown PA 18103 lEast M Weisenbach 4588 W 148th Cleveland OH 44135 IWesti IV Warren Sanders Jr 9735 52nd Ave College Park MD 20741 RC Ed Byerley 200 Commander Cove Stafford VA 22554 V RC FlsIph Bailey PO Boa 1287 Orangeburg SC 29116-1287 FF W Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Montgomery AL 36108 CL Joseph Mead 1339 Renssalaer St Jacksonville FL 32205 VI AC ray 201 Holmes Salem Rd Terre Haute IN 47803 AC Seelng Dale Fslkening 1544 Derien Lake Dr Darien IL 80559 CL WR Bodzioch Jr 1800 Trail Ridge St Arlington Hgts IL 60004 ylon & SoarIng RC Pattern & other AC AC accept SoarIng Bold Face Below Indicates Clialmian Contest Board INDOOR CONTEST BOARD I Ray Herlan 15 Happy 110110w Rd Wayland MA 01778 II Doug Barber 140 Stratton House Maple Shade NJ 08052 Ill Walt venGorder 5869 4ictory view Ln Oncinnati OH 45238 IV Don Srull 941 Kiorberwicke Rd McLean VA 22102 V John Martin 2180 Tlgertail Miami FL 33133 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I George Higgins PO Bos 482 North Pembroke MA 02358 II Bill Boss 7708 269th St New Hyde Perk NY 11040 Ill Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Wayne Poster 101 Forest Dr Advance NC 27006 v Dave Hemntraught P0 Sos 171 Moncks Corner SC 29401 FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD I Henry Struck RFD 2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ave Lyndonville NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klsiber 2021 Lakelerld Ave Lakewood OH 44107 lv Jon Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny JenkIns 3112 E Ralnes Rd Memphis TN 38118 FF Jim Bennett 324 Hettenstein Ave St Louis MO 63119 VII events except AC entIre DistrIct except MichIgan Greg Seydel 3625 B lone Terrace Cudahy WI 53110 AC Leon Cordy N4503 Highway 55 Chilton WI 53014 MIchIgan AC Wayne Yasger 38235 Castle Romulus Ml 48174 CL & FF Paul Smith 11112 Dill Dr Sterling Hgts Ml 48077 VIII Randy Randolph PO Boa 271048 Dallas TX 75227 lx Mike TalIman 3014 Exchange Wichita KS 87217 AC George Hunter 6962 5 Lamar St Littleton CO 80123 x Roll Erickson 7506 Widgeon Way Fair Oaks CA 95626 No Harry Appian 27704 Saddle Rd Rolling Hills CA 90274 So Frank Gomes 2341 Noah St Hoeolslu HI 96816 Hawaii xl Dick Ss5er 7217 So 133rd St Seattle WA 98178 AC James McCarty 18968 Marine View Dr Seuttle WA 98166 Vt Charlie Sotich 3851 W 62nd Place Chicago tL 60629 VII Richard Doig 6 Canary Hill Dr Pontiac Ml 40055 VIII Ralph Bud Tenny Box 545 RIchardson TX 78080 IX Stan Chilton 725 E Uncoln Wichita KS 67211-3302 X Clarence Mether 2358 Tam OShanter Ave Bishop CA 93514-1944 xl Andy Tagliafico 650-B Taybin Rd NW Salem OR 97204 VI CE Robbert 349 Hdlsbors Ave. Lexington KY 40511 VII Larry Dziak 2019 Strange Ave. Stevens Point WI 54481 VIII William Lee 3523 Tameosh Lane Misaouit City TX 77459 lx Michael TalIman 3014 Exchenge Wichfta KS 67217 X Yb Gamer PO Box 573 Uvermore CA 94550 XI John Thompson 1505 Ash Ave Cottage Grove OR 97424 VI Chits Matsuno 8576 Ginger Dr St John MO 63114 VII Bill Shailor 2317 Clewson Avenue Royal Oak Ml 48073 VIII Mark Valeitus 1627 Ovettand Pass Sugarland TX 77478 lx Jerald Murphy 425 Mess Vista Ct Colorado Springs CO 80904 X Jon Norcross P0 Boa 68 Hanford CA 93232 Xl Kevin Collins 2320 Sehalee Dr E Redmond WA 98053 VI John Guenther 3 Box 297A Borden IN 47106 VII Claude McCalfougtr RR 1 Box 487 Montezuma IA 80171 VIII Buddy Irwin 922 Sundown Ln Dettoto TX 75115 IX Desn Copeland PO Boa 55564 Omaha NE 88155-0564 X Bill Strorsan 12318 Dune St Norwalk CA 90850 Xl Earle Moorhead 2545 Phipps Cr NE Salem OR 97305 VI Cal Ettel 3 Castle Dr RR 2 Florissant MO 63034 Vtl Keith Shaw 2798 Elmwood Ann Arbor Ml 40104 Vttt Kenneth Martin 7210 Winkleman Houston TX 77083-4340 IX Byron Blakeslee 3134 Winnebago Dr Sedalia CO 80135 X Robert Slift PO Box #9 Midway City CA 92655 Xl Mitch Poling 1519 NE 96th St Seattle WA 98115 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Ire Sean 32 Langholm Dr Nashua NH 03080 II Robert Clemens 98 Shorewey Dr Rochester NY 14812 Ill Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St McKeespotf PA 15131 IV Bob Kerlsson 2643 Marsh Rd Wilmington DE 19810 V David P156 6940 NW 15th PlantatIon FL 33313 ELECTRIC CONTEST BOARD I Nelson Whitman PO Boa 415 East Falmouth MA 02536 II Jon Bashes 198 Merritt Dr Oradell NJ 07649 Ill Dave Brown 4560 Layhigh Rd Hamilton OH 45013 IV Woody Blancliard 1733 Beach Rd Hampton VA 23664 V Robert Nelson 390 San Jose Winter Haven FL 33880 SPECIAL EVENTS CONTEST BOARD Chslrman Don Llndley 420 Tupelo Napervllle IL 60540 Executive Council rep Lee Webster 1000 Sycamore Manchester TN 37355 Member East Coast Austin Leftwich 407 Aubrey Rd Richmond VA 23229 Member West Coast Bill Northrop 898 West 16th St Newport Beach CA 92683 Member central Bwce Norman 3417 Creston Ave FL Worth TX 78133 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARDS AEROBATICS I Scott Melville 100 Chathem Terr Bridgeport CT 06606 II George Berko 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Plafftown NC 27040 V John Fuque 724 Diane St Niceville FL 22578 VI Charles W Reed 5408 Woodson Rd Raytown MO 64133 VII Brian Crossley 4740 LorInda Dr St Paul MN 55126 VIII William Thomas 331 SE Rookwood Bartleaville OK 74008 IX Jim Mowrey RR 2 Box 56 Kinsley KS 67947 X Craig Millet c/n Gibeon Dune & Crutcher 800 Newport Canter Dr Suite 700 Newport Beach CA 92660 XI Charles Davenport 1441S SE 266th St. Kent WA 98042 VI Bob Belluomini 129 College Perk Dr Crestview Hills KY 41017 VII Roy DieIz 12450 Lanadowne Detroit Ml 48224 VIII Steve Mintz 2 Bluebird St New Orleans LA 70124 IX Don Vineyard 1118W Coed Saline KS 67401-3209 X Robert Gorham 23961 Craftsman Rd Cafobases CA 91302 Xl Jerry Holcomb 1010 NE 122nd Ave Vancouver WA 98684 VI Jim Gager 8425 Auburn Rd FL Wayne IN 48825-3031 VII Wsyne Yasger 38235 Castle Dr Romulus MI 48174 VIII Dick Ritch 11042 Wexwing Houston TX 77035 IX Duane Get 12800W Ashbury Fl Lakewood CO 80236 X Gary Hover 16016 Ave 288 ViseIla CA 63277-9757 Xl Roger Pierce 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EuclId Ave Scottdale PA 15883 IV Bob Coampine 205 lipton Rd Newport News VA 23606 V Charles Anderson PO Box 305 TuIlahoma TN 37388 CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don undlay 420 Tupelo Napervilie IL 60540 FAI TEAM SELECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN SCALE John Guenther 3 Box 297A Borden IN 47106 INDOOR Richard Deig 6 Canary Hill Dr Pontiac Ml 48055 FREE FLIGHT Bill Gibbons 7423 Club House Rd Boulder CO 80301 Bob Sitleet RD 3 Box 66 Glenrock PA 17327 CL SPEED & TEAM RACE Bill Lee 3523 Tamaitak La Missouri City TX 77489 CL COMBAT Gsry Frost 13 Castlewood Cl St Peters MO 63376 CL AEROBATICS Bill Zimmer 508 Walnut Box 72 Verne IL 61375 RC SOARING Don Edberg 7000 Estepa Dr Tsiunga CA 91042 RC AEROBATICS James Kimbro 1219 6 Ferguson Vinslia CA 93291 Larry Phillipo 2155 Wslton Blvd Rochester MI 48063 AC PYLON Bob Brown 1255 High St Bradford PA 16701 RC ELECTRIC Joe Besher 198 Merittt Dr Oradell NJ 07649 RC HELICOPTER Horace Hagen 15 Parkwsy P1 Red Bsnk NJ 07701 138 Model Aviation 1988 US Free Flight Team Selection Finals Louis Joyner Photos author Seguin TXOctober 8-10 1988 Three days 15 rounds Fifteen chances mistake. less perfect launch mis read thermal out-of-trim glide So things go wrong Free Flight team selection final contest survival survivors nine fliers make fewest mistakes form United States team Free Flight World Championships Argentina during May 1989 new team selected Seguin FlA Dale Elder third Glider team 1983 World Champion Matt Gewain firsttime team member Jim Parker Twentyseven contestants flew event Fl B Jim Quinn Walt Ghio Jack Brown veterans previous teams Thirty-three con testants flew event FiC Ken Phair assistant team manager last time first team flier World Cup winner Randy Archer veteran team member Doug Galbreath Thirty-three contestants flew event reader may familiar intricacies three international Out door Free Flight events heres brief run down FlA Also known Nordic A-2 FlA event Towline Gliders typical model spans about 7/2 ft about 3 ft long weighs little over 14 oz model towed up much like kite 50-meter 164-ft nylon cable special towhook mechanism model allows model towed straight up overhead line slackened model can cir cle line still attached flier can circle-tow model indefinitely looking lift thermals thermal located flier rapidly tows model overhead causes zoom off line gain altitude Timing flight starts towline drops away Maximum re corded flight time 31/2 mm first round morning 3 mm rest rounds Wakefield FiB event rubberpowered models typical Wakefield about 4 ft long 5-ft wingspan model ready fly weighs bit over 8 oz including 40-gram 14-oz rubber motor An average motor would measure about 17 long made up 26 28 strands A-in-wide rubber strip motor stretched out wound 330 400 turns propeller usually measures about 24 in diameter 26 29 pitch typical motor run 30 40 sec end prop run model height 200 ft prop blades fold back reduce drag model glides rest flight maximum re corded time max flight 4 mm first round 3 mm remaining four flights day FiC Otherwise known Power mod els powered 25cc 15 cu engines running 80/20 mixture methyl alco hol castor oil typical model weighs about 27 oz has 6-ft wingspan 4-ftlong fuselage typical engine Rossi Nelson turns about 28000 rpm drives 7 x 3 prop engine run limited 7 sec shut off engine control high-speed near-vertical climb competi tors use clockwork electronic timer floods engines intake fuel ap plies brake stop propeller Because high climb FiC mod els 500 600 ft max early morning rounds set 5 mm rest flights 3 mm However due weather conditions finals Power models flown 4-mm max first day 31/2 mm second day 5 mm last day SOME OBSERVATIONS FlA Circle tow now used almost univer sally level competence seemed much higher previous finals saw very few tow-ins near-misses although winner Dale Elder came close hitting ground downwind circle pulled up-and-off nice thermal Most towline models looked about same main variation being top bottom rudder mounting Lots carbon fiber evidence electronic de thermalizer timers audible beepers aid recovery model after flight FiB Compared other two classes Wakefields seem allow widest lati tude design Some fliers using timer-operated VIT variableincidence tailplane AR autorudder control power burst Others flew locked-up air planes relying aerodynamic adjust ments control flight Quite few mod els sported Oliver carbon fiber motor tubes Jack Brown made team flying basic box fuselage Montreal-style front ends much evidence both homebrew versions beautifully machined commercial units spotted solid-balsa wing Tom loergers Joe Maxwells machine shop Scotland Most fliers used D-box con struction Nobody using delayed prop release variable-pitch propeller Wakefielders seemed conserva tive point flying models well over 20 years old FiC Power thin aluminum wing skins very much evidence Doug Galbreath Ralph Cooney Ken Oliver flying veedihederal models winglets flapper saw Gil Morris model Randy Archer some Russianinspired models very nicely finished aluminum machined front ends Poland Folding carbon-fiber propellers widely used both two- bladed versions Quite few fliers us ing bunt transition whole power patterns seemed better fi nals good recoveries glide minimum altitude loss some thing went wrong really went wrong team members end finals will mean start frenzied few months building testing before join reigning Wakefield champ Bob White Ar gentina rest fliers finals mark end two-year team selection process beginning next cy cle Theres always next time complete listing performance round top 10 finishers event published January 1988 Compe tition Newsletter page 143 February 1989 139 Glider team includes LR Jim Parker former world champion Matt Gewain kneeling Dale Elder top Wakefield flier dropu 12 seconds 6th round Doug Gaibreaths new Power model features V-dihedral wing winglets wave future SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX Cooetitfoo N ofoftor will poooot tirro flow corotreetice ood 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partiality shown x judges European teams o discomfort disappointment shown 0 most members North Cen tral American teams well three O European teams steamrollered CO by judges fact very famous contestant commented judges blind felt per formed very poorly because feel x o ing well judges gave him 0 the highest single-flight scores cont 0 est O Of course water under CO bridge now does no good complain about quality lack thereof judging past contest ques tion what can improve X teams chances winning future 0 Mr Chidgey recommends try 0 forget about style well good O but possible think CO sport would worse off flight expression pilots charac ter personality expression removed wouldnt much left Bet X ter build robots flying 0 o course winner would team a which could afford best robotbut thats different subject altogether 0 CO have some proposals own Id now like make based own observations comments Ive received number world-class x fliers 0 o First Id like see examined pos 0 sibility limiting influence manufac o turers both national level well CO on world championships very least Id like see factory fliers sepa rated own categories cont est think F3A AMA competition X should both remain amateur events o At contest attend see 0 a and instances factory sponsorship Im talking about contestants CO using prototype other special equipment available other contestants modeling community large have also seen more instances x of contestants paid employees O one manufacturer another noth 0 ing wrong mind long that contestant spending working 0 CO hours flying practicing contests practice would give contestant SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX FAI World Records Rec RecRecord No TypeClassRecord HolderNation DatePerformance 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27a 28 29 30 31 32a 32b 32c 32d 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 DU DI-SL H S-SL DU DI-SL H S-SI DU DI-SL H S-SL DU 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Richmond I Richmond M Matyas M Michl 200m course E Svoboda M Pruss R Jenneson Dana Swah D Whitney R Jenneson B Krasnorutsky B Krasnorutsky B Krasnorutsky B Krasnorutsky Zhang Guisheng Jiang Jie Dong Chumlal I Zhidanov Y Zaslavsky R Weber M Hill V Miakinine R Weber M Hill Lin Hanmao G Peszke D Whitney Kuznetzov/Kramarenko V ShapovalovN Onufrienko Tan Bing Jerry Krainock T Voitenko W Kuppers G Peszke R Hersperger R Hersperger C Aghem I Tsibisov I Tsibisov R Hersperger R Hersperger 140 Model Aviation CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP B CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP YR HA YR CCCP YU OK HA N N CCCP CCCP N N B C G B CCCP PH N N N HA HA OK CCCP VH N C VH CCCP CCP CCCP CCCP B B B CCCP CCCP N N CCCP N N B SP C CCCP CCCP B N CCCP D SP HB HB CCCP CCCP HB HB 4/18/86 7/1/62 6/19/64 9/6/87 8/6/52 8/15/52 8/8/82 5/5/81 6/3/68 8/3/74 8/30/75 6/12/70 10/1/65 10/1/63 9/24/63 9/20/70 5/15/60 3/31/62 5/23/48 6/7/87 9/28/83 9/6/70 9/21/71 9/3/83 5/28/88 6/11/82 8/22/84 6/27/87 10/13/86 10/20/84 6/12/52 7/26/86 6/7/87 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F3E-SOL FW BiestefeldD 6/20/84 3:0454 72DI-SL F3E-SOL 73H F3E-SOL 74S-SL F3E-SOL F WeissgerberD 7/5/87 6622km/h 75DI-CC F3E-SOL PJ HartwigD 5/26/86 2703 mi 76s-cc F3E-SOL 77DU F3E-COMB Ha Cheng FengB 5/26/87 6:1532 78DI-SL F3E-COMB VoitenkoCCCP 5/23/87 148km 79H F3E-COMB VoitenkoCCCP 9/7/87 816m 80S-SL F3E-COMB R WinsorC 10/26/86 10091km/h 81DI-CC F3E-COMB PJ HartwigD 7/5/87 435km 82S-CC F3E-COMB P ChannonC 11/2/86 69523km/h DU DurationS-SL Speed straight line DI-SL Distance straight lines-cc Speed closed circuit DI-cc Distance closed circuitS-cF Speed circular flight H ht Reference issue 10 1Oct 1987and updates CLASSIFICATION OF RECORDS DISTANCE FLIGHT TYPE OFMETHOD OF ATEMODEL CLASSPROPULSION DURATION STRAIGHTHEIGHTSPEED GORYLINE GliderFlA171819 Aeroplane FiB Extensible Motor1234 PlC Pision MolOr5678 FIBExtensible Motor4041 4243 Seaplane IPlCPiston Motor4445 4647 3 .F1FExtensible Motor9 10 1112 Helicopter on Motor13141516 DURATION Indoor FiD Extensible Moior 32 ceiling category less 8 m Model b ceiling category II 8 m 15 m ci ceiling category III 15 m 30 m d ceIling caiegory IV over 30 m SPEED WI SWEPT VOLUME cm3 zc . Aeroplane F2A Piston Motor IA lB III 100 1 251 501 500to 1000 28 29 OReaction Motor3D UF2C Piston Motor100 laps 57200 Ia 58 DISTANCEDISTANCE SPEED DURA-IN AHEIGHT SPEEDIN AIN TIONSTRAIGHTCLOSEDCLOSED LINECIRCUITCIRCUIT Aeroplane F3A Piston Motor 202122233153 W .J Seaplane F3A Piston Motor 48 49 50 51 52 54 O Gilder F3B 24 25 26 33 34 55 HeiicooteF3CPiston Motor353637383956 z OElectrrnotor o5596061626364 0 o Aeroplane F3E P 65 66 67 68 69 70 SOL 71 72 73 74 75 76 COMB 77 78 79 60 81 82 AIRCRAFT NATIONALITY RBGISTRATION MARKS Algeria ArgentinaLV LO AusiraliaVH Austria Belgium00 Bolivia CP Brazil ariaL Canada C CF ChileCC ChinaB ColombiaHK CubaCU CyprusSB CzechoslovakiaOK DenmarkOY EgyptSU EquadorHC Federal Republic Germany 0 FinlandOH FranceF German Democratic RepublicDM GreeceSX GuatemalaTG HungaryHA IcelandTF IndiaVT IndonesiaPK IraqVI IranEP IrelandEl EJ Israel4X Ilaly JordanJY Democretic Peoples Republic 01 Korea. P South KoreaHI JapanJA LebanonOD LiechtensteinHB emblem LuxemburgLX MexicoXA XB XC Monaco3A MoroccoCN Netherlands. PH New ZealandZK ZL LM NorwayLN PakistanAP PanamaHP PeruOB PolandSP PortugalCS SR RomanraYR San Marino South AfricaZS ZT ZU SpainBC SurinamePZ SwedenSE SwitzerlandHB emblem ThailandHS TunisiaTS TurkeyTC Un4ed KingdomG UruguayCX USAN USSRCCCP VenezualaYV YugoslaviaYU Zambia9J OAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOX distinct advantage over fellow competi tors am reminded what happened NAS CAR back middle late Sixties Ford chrysler factory teams literally took over national stock car racing Id hate see same sort thing hap pen model aviation second proposal applies world-class competition types Id like see true world representation choosing judges contest should least judge geographic area one North South central America example having team partici pating world championships realize would mean increase cost holding contests feel way insure true impartiality part judges third proposal FAI make pub lic details world championship compe tition participating countries 18 months advance Fourth Id like see practice normal izing scores eliminated Use raw scores stead due unbalancing effect practice Fifth Id like see flyoff opened least 15 competitors Id also like see contestants start off fresh no scores carried over previous flights Last certainly least Id like see AMA institute novice sportsman classes FAI pattern After does future US world competition team members no good start flying type pattern rest world flies other Thats about Id like thank read ing overly long letter Id like close request members Please par ticipate After AMA just ad ministrator insurance people think AMA representative body hobby Vote SOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOX February 1989 141 OAPBOX
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/02
Page Numbers: 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141
COMPETI T4QN~ NEWSLETTR~ ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS1810 SAMUEL MORSE DRIVE RESTON VA 22090 Note Technical Director Bob Underwood 1 Its time miss-a-lane-e-us columns always seem little things need considered plod along through year am certain 1989 wont different Contest Directors activities continue right through winter months Northern climes tend focus mall shows build-a-plane events indoors warmer areas grapefruit oranges grow still see people out punching holes skies Oh yes few exceptions people voluntarily freeze various portions anatomy holding events winter winds howl power hearty souls can truthfully say enjoy reading about such events suspect few comments appro priate CDs time First should noted CD Guide men tioned some time ago column fi nally available reality have send ing along new CDs last month plan present time send CDs active 1988 remainder pool almost 3000 may obtain writing us copy know doing way run same risk criticism occurred rule books last cycle didnt send CD faced interesting situation now about 4500 CDs about 1500-1700 active Between October 1 1987 Oc tober 1 1988 processed applications some 200 new CDs Less half persons ran event during time CD Guide contains help filling out necessary forms copies forms National Records following new National Records have processed approved during month November 1988 IndoorCategory Pennyplane Open 1131 Peter Staehling 10/22/88 Outdoor Free Flight CO2 Power Open 1400 George Perryman 10/16/88 Outdoor Free FlightCategory III C Gas Open1945 Guy R Scott Jr 10/9/88 Control Line 1/2A Speed Open14417 mph Charles E Legg 10/15/88 samples current scoresheets have used Nats will updating material regularly adding find suggest other items should included pages held together staple sending along plastic binder strip Continued page 134 Opening ceremonies Leszno Poland US Junior team parade Polish Aero Club cadet carrying placard Mike Keller bears flag Team Manager Bob Sifleet brings up rear members team show clearly photo really Melinda Anderson Marty Pelatoweki Adam Tracy Matthew Gag liano Tony Hutchins Jimmy Buxton Free Flight Junior World Championships Team Manager s Report Robert Sifleet Photos team supporters report brief due lack time part filling up Model Aviation lot words style reports team members should impor tant comments Continued oaee 136 February 1989 133 Competition Newsletter edited Ross B McMullen AMA 18181 1988 FF Nats Results FF GAS No Juniors Seniors 1 Chris Gulotta Open 39 1 Keith Fuimer 2 Nat Comfort 3 Jean Pallet 4 Bill Schlsrb 5 Bob Perkins 6 Jim Kutkuhn FF GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 38 1 Charles Caton 2 Robert Dunham II 3 Bob Hanford 4 Bernard Boehm 5 Bill Prenaky 6 Charles Schuchrnan FF B GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 36 1 Anthony Italiano 2 Greg Hinrichs 3 Bill Jenkins Open 8 1 Warren Kurth 2 Robert Nichols 3 Russ Whittord FF CARGO SecondsNo Juniors Southfieid Mi203No Seniors Open 3 1 Robert Nichols Mishawaka IN Chester PA Brookville NY South Bend IN Columbus OH Augusta KS Montgomery AL Broken Arrow OK Broken Arrow OK South Bend IN Pittstord NY Beileville IL Brookfield WI Monona WI Memphis TN 4 Richard HailAthens AL 5 Robert HanfordBroken Arrow OK 6 Richard RikelPaducah KY Flyoff determine placing FF C GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 29 1 EdKeck 2 Charles Caton 3 Sal Taibi 4 Douglas Rabe 5 Marvin Mace FF 0 GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 17 1 Marvin Mace 2 Jim Summersett 3 Bill Dunlop 4 Sal Taibi FF FAI POWER Fl C No Juniors No Seniors Open 9 1 Zygfryd Sulisz 2 Douglas Rabe 3 Gilbert Graunke Webster NY Montgomery AL Lakewood CA Dayton OH Seguin TX Seguin TX San Antonio lx Greensburg PA Lakewood CA itasca IL Dayton OH Brookfieid WI 537 357 341 340 328 308 Seconds 750 600 480 472 383 337 Seconds 360 358 358 323 301 292 Seconds 750 743 730 542 495 Seconds 600 593 480 478 Seconds 625 533 147 FF PAYLOAD No Juniors No Seniors FF ELECTRICA No Juniors No Seniors Open 4 1 Robert Nichols 2 Duane Renken 3 Don Jenkins FF ELECTRICB No Juniors No Seniors Open 2 1 Robert Nichols 2 Duane Renken FF CO2 No Juniors No Seniors Open 5 1 George Perryman 2 Duane Renken 3 Linwood Cochran Davenport IA S Meriden CT Milwaukee WI S Menden CT Seconds 234 200 95 FF P-30 RUBBER Junior 1 Paul Wicks 2 Jawie Jackson No Seniors Open 25 1 FK Hesb Grams2 Bill Jackson 3 George Perryman 12734 Robert Nichols 5 CA Schuchman Seconds 319 184 177 Normal IL Cincinnati OH Xenia OH Cincinnati OH Smyrna GA S Meriden CT Belleville IL FF Al TOWLINE GLIDER No Juniors No Seniors S Meriden CTOpen 11 Ann Arbor Ml1 Bill Schlarb Indianapolis IN2 Jean Psilet 3 Guenther Nowak 4 Philip Bayly FF A2 TOWLINE GLIDER FlA SecondsNo Juniors S Meriden CT215No Seniors Ann Arbor Mi199Open 11 1 James Thornberiy 2 Orval Stewart 3 Andrew Barron 4 Bill Schlarb Smyrna GA Ann Arbor Mi Tucker GA FF MULVIHILL RUBBER Junior 1 Jamie Jackson 2 Steven Whitford Senior 1 Paul Spangler Open 23 1 Greg Hinricha 2 Joe Macay 3 Chris Matauno 4 George Perrynian 5 Guenther Nowak FF WAKEFIELD Fl B No Juniors No Seniors Open 11 1 Fred Blom 2 Ed Konefes 3 Martin Richardson 4 Chris Matsuno Cincinnati OH Milwaukee WI Lawrenceville IL Monona WI Southfleld Mi St Johns MO Smyrna GA Chicago IL rimonum MD Wauconda IL Dayton OH St Johns MO FF COUPE dHIVER Junior 1 Paul Wicks Normal IL Senior 1 Roger Wathen Jr Indianapolis IN Open 23 1 Wallace Brown 2 George Perryman 3 George Batiuk 4 Kevin Anderson 5 Anton Telford Lawrenceviile IL Smyrna GA Huntsville AL Stratford MO Springfield IL Seconds 840 360 228 Madison WI Nashville TN Champaign IL South Bend IN South Bend IN Brookville NY itasca IL Largo FL Seconds 158 38 339 338 338 271 248 Seconds 422 299 289 235 Seconds 806 728 841 632 FF HAND-LAUNCH GLIDER Junior 8 1 Paul Wicks 2 Michael Gartin 3 Steven Whitford Seconds 4 Greg Rainey 5 Robert Combs 1316 Jenny Benton 1047 Anthony Perry 8 Bobby Spoon 211Senior 3 1 Paul Spangler 2 Chris Gulotta 3 Roger Wathen Jr 539 Open 26 5141 Bernard Boehm 5032 Alfred Beletz 3 Kevin Anderson 4 Gerald CaIdwell 5 Robert Dunham II 6 Bill Schlarb 7 James Kutkuhn Seconds 1130 1084 1034 982 Normal IL Indianapolis IN Milwaukee WI Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Lawrenceville IL Southfield MI Indianapolis IN South Bend IN Maplewood MO Stratford MO Indianapolis IN Broken Arrow OK South Bend IN Augusta KS FF 3-MAN MULVIHILL TEAM 2 WATERMELON TEAM Guenther Nowak Ed Konefes Joe Macay SecondsSODBUSTERS TEAM 34George Perryman Chris Matauno 20Wallace Brown 515 FF UNLIMITED DAWN RUBBER 4 5091Ed Konefes 4512Dave Plait 4373Joe Macay 3904Joe Williams Seconds 143 57 53 37 28 25 20 17 63 55 42 294 289 289 282 268 219 176 Seconds 503 381 737 1591 514 539 333 1388 can remove staple have looseleaf booklet suitable copying Fu ture plans typeset forms leave room margin punching fit three-hole ring folder hope will find booklet value CD Two areas concern CDs should noted enough care being taken fill ing out sanction application forms have noted large number forms have proper classification indicated whether event 'A~ c would direct attention sanctioning section can found both Membership Manual Com petition Regulations books important try keep classifications straight incorrect submitted will have changed get Headquarters second concern have CDs return proper forms follow ing event time sanction ap proved receive forms need filled out returned after event completed particular need receive form lists names AMA num bers participants Form 10 lists winners name CD CDs ran event return forms two things can happen First will receive credit having run event therefore will receive earned membership following year Second place Academy very 302 283 238 47 interesting position relative defending club should litigation occur result event tendency say worry Nothing happened event What can happen long after event over claim can surface Such concerns confined outdoor flying events Someone may injured swap-shop type event may aware time happens Yes know just paperwork ex ercise time can criti cal concern Shifting something affects us consider Membership Manual first year can look forward re ceiving 1989 version document member Without asking Continued page 136 134 Model Aviation 1989S TWO UNFORGETTABLE DATES TRICITIESWASHINGTONMONTANA Rich land WASHINGTON KennewickO OP esco KENNEWICK PASCO RICHLAND JULY 1523OREGONIDAHO ENTRY FORMS AND IN FORMATION NEVADA 0 OFFICIAL ENTRY FORMS will mailed 1989 NATS contestants hobby shops western US AIVIA charter clubs entry forms will sent out late January early February will also available major trade shows beginning late January NATS INFORMATION PACKETS will include official entry form maps motel lists campground lists site locations area information will available late January dollar $100 receive 89 NATS info packet send $100 AMA HQ receive entry form ONLY send BUSINESS-SIZE stamped self-addressed envelope AMA HQ schedule changes additions send today RADIO CONTROL PYLON SOARING events LIMITED TEN ENTRIES per FREQUENCY Pattern will also have frequency limits slots available first-come basis act early! _______________WRIGHTPATTERSON AFB ______________May 27 28 29 THE AMA ANNUAL FUN FLY Fly-In ____________________________will big held Air Force Museum grounds Wright/Patterson Air _____________Force Base Dayton event will quite attraction AMA members Radio Control flight lines Control Line area Free Flight flying areas will available ______ expected highturnout fliers participation RC fliers will limited twenty per RC channeL insure slot may register advance sending $1000 AIVIA reserve frequency channel _______________________________advance registration fee non-refundable February 1989 135 1989 NATS NEWS Please entersubscriptions @ $1000 NAME ADDR ESS CITY STATE ZIP_______________________ Enclosed $ cc 1989 FUN FLY REGISTRATION Please reserve _______ frequency NAME ADD R ESS CITY STATE ZIP______________________ Enclosed $ ____________ 4i*nfor Champs fc# five months prepare FF World Championships Juniors model ers under age 18 years Lesno Po land team members did have lot time preparation However models performed well practice days FlA The typical northern European air cool overcast day made picking thermals dif ficult team members accustomed stronger thermals strong thermal would take Glider twice towline height three minutes FiB Our team excellent models seemed well trimmed calm conditions did perform expected strong gusty wind blew during fourth through seventh rounds FiC Melinda Andersons performance teams best missing max due difficulty picking air launch other team members experienced unex pected mechanical problems trim changes junior World Championships provided exposure high level competition nearly good regular world champi onships several evening techni cal sessions competitors put models display inspection exchange ideas experiences technol ogy shared everyone presence interpreters provided Polish Aero Club made communication between team members country possible team members team supporters came home Poland great deal knowl edgeable about FF world championship level high degree sportsmanship evi dent among competitors champi onships usual reports model recovery teams helping other re cover models cornfields trees highlight occurred Jimmy Buxton repairing FiB model badly damaged windblown landing fellow competitors three other teams assisting rebuilding model FF Junior World Championships Fliers Observations Adam Tracy Wakefield flier following letter addressed AMA Executive Director John Worth RMcM Thank very much sponsoring fly Junior World Championships Poland fly competition against 35 other world-class-caliber fliers indeed something will cherish rest life three days contest went smoothly judges complete control over contest pole position two timers Polish Aero Club binocularsthey no problems timing planes fault could see smallness field light winds maxing plane could easily fly off air base splendid chase crew wasnt worried Despite best-working flying event have ever flew Wakefield third day competition weather conditions favor because very windy first round Im known well fierce wind held first place through Round 4 After lunch break wind became bad contest directors delay begin ning fifth round two hours round finally started wind plane wings off avoid having folded constant battering wind Wakefield flew did too well its climb much wind failed max 64-sec flight enough put out contention medal end contest 16th place three minutes under win ning Czech flier acquired great deal experience fly ing championships feel could much better next two years Im full support AMA spon soring US team 1990 PS brought home plaque rep resents US Junior team will re ceiving soon think would look very attractive AMA museum [It now display museum area AMA Na tional Center Aeromodeling RMcM] Again thanks bunch supporting us AT FF Junior World Championships Supporters Thanks Daniel Tracy AMA 614 following letter appreciation addressed AMA Executive Director John Worth RMcM Watching son Adam fly interna tional competition Wakefields shall re main impressive com pelling experiences Ive ever wish convey thanks staff instigating opportunity Adam now seasoned Wakefield travelers appreciate alternateculture flying interface got along well other fliers recognized Olympian aspect superseding constraining political restrictions refreshing inspiring observe breathed few rare moments life everything seemed pretty good should noted competition worthy efforts Adam flies win weather challenge afterward watching winners receive ac colades field Polandin wind rainwe both struck enormity event World competition great now Adam obligatory ceremony left no doubt first-place winner champion world label believe Adam now covets should no alarm verve cause have learned father Adams grandfatherthat flying competi tion Wakefield noble lofty endeavor wholeheartedly encourage continua tion AMA support involvement FAI Free Flight Juniors competition pro gram fact solicit expansion ef fort because Americas prestige could enhanced Tik flWe0tr m*jffu will monumental changes please take some time look over Better yet put somewhere can find reference later year buck two time told people answer severaldollar long distance phone call question page so-and-so Membership Manual would able buy lot new modeling stuff particularly true information found Safety Code Frequency Recommendations Watch arrive house soon Once again will combined Sup ply Service materials speaking books paid FAI stamp either five- 10-dollar version will receiving new FAI compe tition book Please note copy will Continued page 138 136 Model Aviation Adam Tracy No 12 Wakefield Melinda Anderson baffles wind readies FAI Power model flight US FAI RC Pylon Racing Team Selection Finals Wayne Yeager Photos author September 3-4 1988 Labor Day weekend Toledo Weak Signals Club hosted US F3D Team Selection Race meet held purposes picking team represent United States next RC Pylon World Championships held fall 1989 1988 Nats 18 entries F3D respectable number consid ering F3D racing practically nonexistent US Unfortunately Nats competitors decided forgo Team Se lection Race because felt could compete few people obvi ously knew proper pipe/engine/prop combination needed win proved prophetic because people did compete heads above rest seven entries people probably represented best country US team will formida ble despite low entry selec tion race Day started joke Mother Na ture rained rained rained . however since Weak Signals have shelter house big enough hold party since guys bored just sitting around nothing tell lies sent local loco member home pick up Duraplane kit plus engine started rainy day project building Dave Shadel Gary Hover jumped car headed hobby shop pick up some wing covering gone Bruce Richmond Dub Jett Jim Shi nohara started assembly Since got pick up sanding block everindustrious Shinohara sanded elevator rudder concrete floor said about 80-grit Shadel Hover returned started covering wing other assembly continued agreed beforehand chal lenge themselves using instruc tions philosophy exactly Since en gine using brand-new K&B 45 since little heavier proper engine built fuselage back wards move wing forward help CG location progressing very well sudden rain blew away im mediately put Mr Duraplane hold went racing Everyone got quick trim flight around 400 pm compe tition started general tone set Round 1 Dub jett turned teen time 11850 followed Gary Hover 11829 Bruce Richmonds 12087 Gary Gau also fray very nice 11926 unfortunately zeroes plagued Gary al though fast unable make team After five rounds quit because late Weak Signals cooking up steak fry competitors workers After consuming lots steak corn-onna cob assorted veggies liquids emitting few burps engaging associated con vivial activities Duraplane crew went back work finalizing assembly pro cess taped control rods against fuselage crammed backup radio fueled andright duskhandlaunched setting sun Youre prob ably saying 1 wonder flew Are kidding nitro-breath flew great fact several guys wanted hands transmitter flew several times give everyone chance Finally got too dark went home next day Mother Nature again let us know boss dumping us whole morning around noon fi nally backed off after deciding enough enough rewarded patience blue skies light breezes sailed through seven rounds tal 12 Team Selection Committee de cided drop round half rac ing competitor counted best 10 heats threw out two worst scoring system used F3D fliers time converted seconds subtracted 200meaning highest score over length contest winner However scoring system has changed 1989 utilized new system identical old except no longer subtract times 200 anymore now means lowest score overall winner top three guysDub jett Bruce Rich mond Gary Hoverdominated scoring racking up consistent scores result being spread over 200 points between third fourth places 10 rounds counted Dub Jett aver aged 11754 Bruce Richmond 11806 Gary Hover 12043 Thats chopped liver guys Dub Jett also recorded meets fastest time 11436 Form guys wish could go fast guys best week end deserve team rep resenting United States Dave Shadel did compete because automati cally invited back defending World Champ therefore addition al ready strong team should make guys very formidable team selected Don McStay Team Manager good move because Don bubble being first alter nate now gets part team anyway Good pick guys Congratulations made team good luck 1989 February 1989 137 new Pylon team Kneeling L-R Dub Jett Gary Hover Bruce Richmond Standing L-R Don McStay let alternate end team manager World Champion Dave Shadel Jim Shinohara perfect FAI Jury L-R Pete Waters Bob Brown Greg Doe Technical Director cbntiiwed official versIon pro duced AMA last year titled Interna tional Aeromodeling Rules able supply official version year two reasons First old 1984 official version just updated im portant however AMA did paste-up official version actually arranged printing Copies in-house now would like copy inclined purchase FAI stamp may purchased three dollars Shifting gears again let us repeat informa tion found Frequency Alert printed last editions Competition Newsletter National Newsletter Executive Council action require ment gold silver sticker transmit ters sanctioned events has post poned until December 20 1990 Please note individual clubs may require stickers prior date wish have word clubs have developed such requirement field operations becomes rule field under General sec tion Safety Code note item two Speaking jets yes know werent have flurry activity type engine recently Probably have read material about RCM RC Scale Modeler two other com panies individuals have contacted us recently about jet engines have under development great deal interest form power reason AMAs terest dealing ramifica tions engines may have Safety Code very pleased three persons connected projects have kept close touch us dealing 10000 exhaust temperatures parts moving about 100000 rpm things think about relative safety know will hearing lot about interesting innovative power sources Incidentally three uses different fuel ranging jet fuel gasoline propane Golly con sider future have take five fuel supplies field flying sessionsthat includes charger Electric last shot looks like chartered club going receive very helpful book let near future Some time ago sent copy booklet containing John Prestons Model Aviation Safety Comes First columns information compiled AMA member Frank Bur chardt Carlsbad NM interesting note Frank took Johns columns chopped up put together categories makes very useful reference book club members struggle keep up operational safety con cerns posed chemical tech nology hobby/sport club receives its copy certain give member tends keep light hid den under bushel Happy 1989 May flights fantasticand landings planned Competition Directory CONTEST COORDINATORS I Bernice Williams 347 Southwick Rd Westfield MA 01085 II R Sobnno 87-2e 88th St Woodhaven Oueens NY 11421 RC Ernest Nikodem 407 Willow St Lockport NY 14094 RC Bill Fuori 28 Femwood Dr Commack NY 11725 Ill Nelson Gould 1944 S Idaho St Allentown PA 18103 lEast M Weisenbach 4588 W 148th Cleveland OH 44135 IWesti IV Warren Sanders Jr 9735 52nd Ave College Park MD 20741 RC Ed Byerley 200 Commander Cove Stafford VA 22554 V RC FlsIph Bailey PO Boa 1287 Orangeburg SC 29116-1287 FF W Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Montgomery AL 36108 CL Joseph Mead 1339 Renssalaer St Jacksonville FL 32205 VI AC ray 201 Holmes Salem Rd Terre Haute IN 47803 AC Seelng Dale Fslkening 1544 Derien Lake Dr Darien IL 80559 CL WR Bodzioch Jr 1800 Trail Ridge St Arlington Hgts IL 60004 ylon & SoarIng RC Pattern & other AC AC accept SoarIng Bold Face Below Indicates Clialmian Contest Board INDOOR CONTEST BOARD I Ray Herlan 15 Happy 110110w Rd Wayland MA 01778 II Doug Barber 140 Stratton House Maple Shade NJ 08052 Ill Walt venGorder 5869 4ictory view Ln Oncinnati OH 45238 IV Don Srull 941 Kiorberwicke Rd McLean VA 22102 V John Martin 2180 Tlgertail Miami FL 33133 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I George Higgins PO Bos 482 North Pembroke MA 02358 II Bill Boss 7708 269th St New Hyde Perk NY 11040 Ill Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Wayne Poster 101 Forest Dr Advance NC 27006 v Dave Hemntraught P0 Sos 171 Moncks Corner SC 29401 FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD I Henry Struck RFD 2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ave Lyndonville NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klsiber 2021 Lakelerld Ave Lakewood OH 44107 lv Jon Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny JenkIns 3112 E Ralnes Rd Memphis TN 38118 FF Jim Bennett 324 Hettenstein Ave St Louis MO 63119 VII events except AC entIre DistrIct except MichIgan Greg Seydel 3625 B lone Terrace Cudahy WI 53110 AC Leon Cordy N4503 Highway 55 Chilton WI 53014 MIchIgan AC Wayne Yasger 38235 Castle Romulus Ml 48174 CL & FF Paul Smith 11112 Dill Dr Sterling Hgts Ml 48077 VIII Randy Randolph PO Boa 271048 Dallas TX 75227 lx Mike TalIman 3014 Exchange Wichita KS 87217 AC George Hunter 6962 5 Lamar St Littleton CO 80123 x Roll Erickson 7506 Widgeon Way Fair Oaks CA 95626 No Harry Appian 27704 Saddle Rd Rolling Hills CA 90274 So Frank Gomes 2341 Noah St Hoeolslu HI 96816 Hawaii xl Dick Ss5er 7217 So 133rd St Seattle WA 98178 AC James McCarty 18968 Marine View Dr Seuttle WA 98166 Vt Charlie Sotich 3851 W 62nd Place Chicago tL 60629 VII Richard Doig 6 Canary Hill Dr Pontiac Ml 40055 VIII Ralph Bud Tenny Box 545 RIchardson TX 78080 IX Stan Chilton 725 E Uncoln Wichita KS 67211-3302 X Clarence Mether 2358 Tam OShanter Ave Bishop CA 93514-1944 xl Andy Tagliafico 650-B Taybin Rd NW Salem OR 97204 VI CE Robbert 349 Hdlsbors Ave. Lexington KY 40511 VII Larry Dziak 2019 Strange Ave. Stevens Point WI 54481 VIII William Lee 3523 Tameosh Lane Misaouit City TX 77459 lx Michael TalIman 3014 Exchenge Wichfta KS 67217 X Yb Gamer PO Box 573 Uvermore CA 94550 XI John Thompson 1505 Ash Ave Cottage Grove OR 97424 VI Chits Matsuno 8576 Ginger Dr St John MO 63114 VII Bill Shailor 2317 Clewson Avenue Royal Oak Ml 48073 VIII Mark Valeitus 1627 Ovettand Pass Sugarland TX 77478 lx Jerald Murphy 425 Mess Vista Ct Colorado Springs CO 80904 X Jon Norcross P0 Boa 68 Hanford CA 93232 Xl Kevin Collins 2320 Sehalee Dr E Redmond WA 98053 VI John Guenther 3 Box 297A Borden IN 47106 VII Claude McCalfougtr RR 1 Box 487 Montezuma IA 80171 VIII Buddy Irwin 922 Sundown Ln Dettoto TX 75115 IX Desn Copeland PO Boa 55564 Omaha NE 88155-0564 X Bill Strorsan 12318 Dune St Norwalk CA 90850 Xl Earle Moorhead 2545 Phipps Cr NE Salem OR 97305 VI Cal Ettel 3 Castle Dr RR 2 Florissant MO 63034 Vtl Keith Shaw 2798 Elmwood Ann Arbor Ml 40104 Vttt Kenneth Martin 7210 Winkleman Houston TX 77083-4340 IX Byron Blakeslee 3134 Winnebago Dr Sedalia CO 80135 X Robert Slift PO Box #9 Midway City CA 92655 Xl Mitch Poling 1519 NE 96th St Seattle WA 98115 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Ire Sean 32 Langholm Dr Nashua NH 03080 II Robert Clemens 98 Shorewey Dr Rochester NY 14812 Ill Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St McKeespotf PA 15131 IV Bob Kerlsson 2643 Marsh Rd Wilmington DE 19810 V David P156 6940 NW 15th PlantatIon FL 33313 ELECTRIC CONTEST BOARD I Nelson Whitman PO Boa 415 East Falmouth MA 02536 II Jon Bashes 198 Merritt Dr Oradell NJ 07649 Ill Dave Brown 4560 Layhigh Rd Hamilton OH 45013 IV Woody Blancliard 1733 Beach Rd Hampton VA 23664 V Robert Nelson 390 San Jose Winter Haven FL 33880 SPECIAL EVENTS CONTEST BOARD Chslrman Don Llndley 420 Tupelo Napervllle IL 60540 Executive Council rep Lee Webster 1000 Sycamore Manchester TN 37355 Member East Coast Austin Leftwich 407 Aubrey Rd Richmond VA 23229 Member West Coast Bill Northrop 898 West 16th St Newport Beach CA 92683 Member central Bwce Norman 3417 Creston Ave FL Worth TX 78133 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARDS AEROBATICS I Scott Melville 100 Chathem Terr Bridgeport CT 06606 II George Berko P08os867 Glenwood Lndg NY 11947 Ill A Nessellxock 5330 Bkiabeny HIll CI Claclenall OH 45248 IV Ton Miller 5020 Architale Rd. Plafftown NC 27040 V John Fuque 724 Diane St Niceville FL 22578 VI Charles W Reed 5408 Woodson Rd Raytown MO 64133 VII Brian Crossley 4740 LorInda Dr St Paul MN 55126 VIII William Thomas 331 SE Rookwood Bartleaville OK 74008 IX Jim Mowrey RR 2 Box 56 Kinsley KS 67947 X Craig Millet c/n Gibeon Dune & Crutcher 800 Newport Canter Dr Suite 700 Newport Beach CA 92660 XI Charles Davenport 1441S SE 266th St. Kent WA 98042 VI Bob Belluomini 129 College Perk Dr Crestview Hills KY 41017 VII Roy DieIz 12450 Lanadowne Detroit Ml 48224 VIII Steve Mintz 2 Bluebird St New Orleans LA 70124 IX Don Vineyard 1118W Coed Saline KS 67401-3209 X Robert Gorham 23961 Craftsman Rd Cafobases CA 91302 Xl Jerry Holcomb 1010 NE 122nd Ave Vancouver WA 98684 VI Jim Gager 8425 Auburn Rd FL Wayne IN 48825-3031 VII Wsyne Yasger 38235 Castle Dr Romulus MI 48174 VIII Dick Ritch 11042 Wexwing Houston TX 77035 IX Duane Get 12800W Ashbury Fl Lakewood CO 80236 X Gary Hover 16016 Ave 288 ViseIla CA 63277-9757 Xl Roger Pierce 12306 219th Ave 0 6 6 Banney Lake WA 98350 VI Stan Wataon 10414W 134 St Palos Park IL 60404 VII Al Scidmore 5013 Dorsett Dr Madison WI 53711 VIII Pancho Morris 2715 Eastbrook Dr Mesquite TX 75180 IX Rsy Marvin 2781 5 Garfield Denver CO 80210 X Jerry Kreinock 2310 Derby Cl #102 Simi Valley CA 93063 Xl Dsve Johnson 3526 NE 50th Ave Portland OR 97230 HELICOPTER I Ernie Huber 19 Beaver Park Rd Danvers MA 01923 II Horece Hagen 15 Parkwsy P1 Red Bank NJ 07701 Ill Bill Curtis 218 Vernon Rd Greenville PA 16125 IV Robert P Harris 3 257 Estevez Rd Ls PIsta MD 20648 V Tim Schonnard c/s Walt Soteanerd 2594 NOBT Oriesito FL 32804 RACING I Pete Reed 49 Anvil Dr. Avon CT 06001 II Adam Sattler 41 Perry Ave Latham NY 12110 III Dave Letshe 1141 Columbus Ave Lemoyne PA 17043 IV Cliff Telford 7417 Aorowood Rd Bethesda MD 20817 V Gail Jacobson 2305 Brffley Terrace College Park GA 30349 SOARING I Fritz Bien 41 Saw Mill Rd Concord MA 01742 II Doug Stout 12A Mayne Ave Stanhope NJ 07874 III Gene Stielkey 217 EuclId Ave Scottdale PA 15883 IV Bob Coampine 205 lipton Rd Newport News VA 23606 V Charles Anderson PO Box 305 TuIlahoma TN 37388 CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don undlay 420 Tupelo Napervilie IL 60540 FAI TEAM SELECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN SCALE John Guenther 3 Box 297A Borden IN 47106 INDOOR Richard Deig 6 Canary Hill Dr Pontiac Ml 48055 FREE FLIGHT Bill Gibbons 7423 Club House Rd Boulder CO 80301 Bob Sitleet RD 3 Box 66 Glenrock PA 17327 CL SPEED & TEAM RACE Bill Lee 3523 Tamaitak La Missouri City TX 77489 CL COMBAT Gsry Frost 13 Castlewood Cl St Peters MO 63376 CL AEROBATICS Bill Zimmer 508 Walnut Box 72 Verne IL 61375 RC SOARING Don Edberg 7000 Estepa Dr Tsiunga CA 91042 RC AEROBATICS James Kimbro 1219 6 Ferguson Vinslia CA 93291 Larry Phillipo 2155 Wslton Blvd Rochester MI 48063 AC PYLON Bob Brown 1255 High St Bradford PA 16701 RC ELECTRIC Joe Besher 198 Merittt Dr Oradell NJ 07649 RC HELICOPTER Horace Hagen 15 Parkwsy P1 Red Bsnk NJ 07701 138 Model Aviation 1988 US Free Flight Team Selection Finals Louis Joyner Photos author Seguin TXOctober 8-10 1988 Three days 15 rounds Fifteen chances mistake. less perfect launch mis read thermal out-of-trim glide So things go wrong Free Flight team selection final contest survival survivors nine fliers make fewest mistakes form United States team Free Flight World Championships Argentina during May 1989 new team selected Seguin FlA Dale Elder third Glider team 1983 World Champion Matt Gewain firsttime team member Jim Parker Twentyseven contestants flew event Fl B Jim Quinn Walt Ghio Jack Brown veterans previous teams Thirty-three con testants flew event FiC Ken Phair assistant team manager last time first team flier World Cup winner Randy Archer veteran team member Doug Galbreath Thirty-three contestants flew event reader may familiar intricacies three international Out door Free Flight events heres brief run down FlA Also known Nordic A-2 FlA event Towline Gliders typical model spans about 7/2 ft about 3 ft long weighs little over 14 oz model towed up much like kite 50-meter 164-ft nylon cable special towhook mechanism model allows model towed straight up overhead line slackened model can cir cle line still attached flier can circle-tow model indefinitely looking lift thermals thermal located flier rapidly tows model overhead causes zoom off line gain altitude Timing flight starts towline drops away Maximum re corded flight time 31/2 mm first round morning 3 mm rest rounds Wakefield FiB event rubberpowered models typical Wakefield about 4 ft long 5-ft wingspan model ready fly weighs bit over 8 oz including 40-gram 14-oz rubber motor An average motor would measure about 17 long made up 26 28 strands A-in-wide rubber strip motor stretched out wound 330 400 turns propeller usually measures about 24 in diameter 26 29 pitch typical motor run 30 40 sec end prop run model height 200 ft prop blades fold back reduce drag model glides rest flight maximum re corded time max flight 4 mm first round 3 mm remaining four flights day FiC Otherwise known Power mod els powered 25cc 15 cu engines running 80/20 mixture methyl alco hol castor oil typical model weighs about 27 oz has 6-ft wingspan 4-ftlong fuselage typical engine Rossi Nelson turns about 28000 rpm drives 7 x 3 prop engine run limited 7 sec shut off engine control high-speed near-vertical climb competi tors use clockwork electronic timer floods engines intake fuel ap plies brake stop propeller Because high climb FiC mod els 500 600 ft max early morning rounds set 5 mm rest flights 3 mm However due weather conditions finals Power models flown 4-mm max first day 31/2 mm second day 5 mm last day SOME OBSERVATIONS FlA Circle tow now used almost univer sally level competence seemed much higher previous finals saw very few tow-ins near-misses although winner Dale Elder came close hitting ground downwind circle pulled up-and-off nice thermal Most towline models looked about same main variation being top bottom rudder mounting Lots carbon fiber evidence electronic de thermalizer timers audible beepers aid recovery model after flight FiB Compared other two classes Wakefields seem allow widest lati tude design Some fliers using timer-operated VIT variableincidence tailplane AR autorudder control power burst Others flew locked-up air planes relying aerodynamic adjust ments control flight Quite few mod els sported Oliver carbon fiber motor tubes Jack Brown made team flying basic box fuselage Montreal-style front ends much evidence both homebrew versions beautifully machined commercial units spotted solid-balsa wing Tom loergers Joe Maxwells machine shop Scotland Most fliers used D-box con struction Nobody using delayed prop release variable-pitch propeller Wakefielders seemed conserva tive point flying models well over 20 years old FiC Power thin aluminum wing skins very much evidence Doug Galbreath Ralph Cooney Ken Oliver flying veedihederal models winglets flapper saw Gil Morris model Randy Archer some Russianinspired models very nicely finished aluminum machined front ends Poland Folding carbon-fiber propellers widely used both two- bladed versions Quite few fliers us ing bunt transition whole power patterns seemed better fi nals good recoveries glide minimum altitude loss some thing went wrong really went wrong team members end finals will mean start frenzied few months building testing before join reigning Wakefield champ Bob White Ar gentina rest fliers finals mark end two-year team selection process beginning next cy cle Theres always next time complete listing performance round top 10 finishers event published January 1988 Compe tition Newsletter page 143 February 1989 139 Glider team includes LR Jim Parker former world champion Matt Gewain kneeling Dale Elder top Wakefield flier dropu 12 seconds 6th round Doug Gaibreaths new Power model features V-dihedral wing winglets wave future SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX Cooetitfoo N ofoftor will poooot tirro flow corotreetice ood 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partiality shown x judges European teams o discomfort disappointment shown 0 most members North Cen tral American teams well three O European teams steamrollered CO by judges fact very famous contestant commented judges blind felt per formed very poorly because feel x o ing well judges gave him 0 the highest single-flight scores cont 0 est O Of course water under CO bridge now does no good complain about quality lack thereof judging past contest ques tion what can improve X teams chances winning future 0 Mr Chidgey recommends try 0 forget about style well good O but possible think CO sport would worse off flight expression pilots charac ter personality expression removed wouldnt much left Bet X ter build robots flying 0 o course winner would team a which could afford best robotbut thats different subject altogether 0 CO have some proposals own Id now like make based own observations comments Ive received number world-class x fliers 0 o First Id like see examined pos 0 sibility limiting influence manufac o turers both national level well CO on world championships very least Id like see factory fliers sepa rated own categories cont est think F3A AMA competition X should both remain amateur events o At contest attend see 0 a and instances factory sponsorship Im talking about contestants CO using prototype other special equipment available other contestants modeling community large have also seen more instances x of contestants paid employees O one manufacturer another noth 0 ing wrong mind long that contestant spending working 0 CO hours flying practicing contests practice would give contestant SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX FAI World Records Rec RecRecord No TypeClassRecord HolderNation DatePerformance 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27a 28 29 30 31 32a 32b 32c 32d 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 DU DI-SL H S-SL DU DI-SL H S-SI DU DI-SL H S-SL DU 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Richmond I Richmond M Matyas M Michl 200m course E Svoboda M Pruss R Jenneson Dana Swah D Whitney R Jenneson B Krasnorutsky B Krasnorutsky B Krasnorutsky B Krasnorutsky Zhang Guisheng Jiang Jie Dong Chumlal I Zhidanov Y Zaslavsky R Weber M Hill V Miakinine R Weber M Hill Lin Hanmao G Peszke D Whitney Kuznetzov/Kramarenko V ShapovalovN Onufrienko Tan Bing Jerry Krainock T Voitenko W Kuppers G Peszke R Hersperger R Hersperger C Aghem I Tsibisov I Tsibisov R Hersperger R Hersperger 140 Model Aviation CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP B CCCP CCCP CCCP CCCP YR HA YR CCCP YU OK HA N N CCCP CCCP N N B C G B CCCP PH N N N HA HA OK CCCP VH N C VH CCCP CCP CCCP CCCP B B B CCCP CCCP N N CCCP N N B SP C CCCP CCCP B N CCCP D SP HB HB CCCP CCCP HB HB 4/18/86 7/1/62 6/19/64 9/6/87 8/6/52 8/15/52 8/8/82 5/5/81 6/3/68 8/3/74 8/30/75 6/12/70 10/1/65 10/1/63 9/24/63 9/20/70 5/15/60 3/31/62 5/23/48 6/7/87 9/28/83 9/6/70 9/21/71 9/3/83 5/28/88 6/11/82 8/22/84 6/27/87 10/13/86 10/20/84 6/12/52 7/26/86 6/7/87 9/29/84 6/21/79 8/31/79 12/2/81 12/2/81 7/23/79 5/29/87 2/2/80 2/21/88 10/26/86 3/9/80 5/28/87 4/16/86 5/28/87 9/7/87 8/7/82 8/29/82 8/17/82 9/16/87 4/10/81 10/8/77 9/3/67 9/25/71 9/2/77 11/26/84 9/12/82 10/13/82 11/2/86 7/15/83 7/25/82 5/22/87 5/3/87 9/28/86 10/21/85 4/8/86 10/12/86 10/12/86 4/26/87 9/25/85 9/23/85 10/12/86 10/12/86 1 :1423 371189km 1732m 18768km/h 6:010 378756km 64689m 1799km/h 0:33267 52375m 812m 14423km/h 3120 91491km 3750m 11612km/h 4:5810 31033km 2364m 22:1931 45523km 8208m 34392km/h 33:3230 2264km 1 9507m 25166km/h 31345km/h 31229km/h 326382km/h 39564km/h 76981 mi 0:2854 0:3407 0:4443 0:5214 16695km/h 16695km/h 7161km 4:3413 9285 km 182514m 13852km/h 72km 0:4945 79278km 1143m 8946km/h 2:2352 130904km 4600m 9807km/h 11:0218 2448km 5651 m 29498km/h 508km 242km/h 1856km/h 109153km/h 11272km/h 0:03198 0:06563 5:51 08 5129km 1236m 21145km/h 69km 13974km/h 6:0203 604km 30371 m 6696km/h 207km 62243km/h Ret RetRecord No TypeClassRecord HolderNation DatePerformance 71DU F3E-SOL FW BiestefeldD 6/20/84 3:0454 72DI-SL F3E-SOL 73H F3E-SOL 74S-SL F3E-SOL F WeissgerberD 7/5/87 6622km/h 75DI-CC F3E-SOL PJ HartwigD 5/26/86 2703 mi 76s-cc F3E-SOL 77DU F3E-COMB Ha Cheng FengB 5/26/87 6:1532 78DI-SL F3E-COMB VoitenkoCCCP 5/23/87 148km 79H F3E-COMB VoitenkoCCCP 9/7/87 816m 80S-SL F3E-COMB R WinsorC 10/26/86 10091km/h 81DI-CC F3E-COMB PJ HartwigD 7/5/87 435km 82S-CC F3E-COMB P ChannonC 11/2/86 69523km/h DU DurationS-SL Speed straight line DI-SL Distance straight lines-cc Speed closed circuit DI-cc Distance closed circuitS-cF Speed circular flight H ht Reference issue 10 1Oct 1987and updates CLASSIFICATION OF RECORDS DISTANCE FLIGHT TYPE OFMETHOD OF ATEMODEL CLASSPROPULSION DURATION STRAIGHTHEIGHTSPEED GORYLINE GliderFlA171819 Aeroplane FiB Extensible Motor1234 PlC Pision MolOr5678 FIBExtensible Motor4041 4243 Seaplane IPlCPiston Motor4445 4647 3 .F1FExtensible Motor9 10 1112 Helicopter on Motor13141516 DURATION Indoor FiD Extensible Moior 32 ceiling category less 8 m Model b ceiling category II 8 m 15 m ci ceiling category III 15 m 30 m d ceIling caiegory IV over 30 m SPEED WI SWEPT VOLUME cm3 zc . Aeroplane F2A Piston Motor IA lB III 100 1 251 501 500to 1000 28 29 OReaction Motor3D UF2C Piston Motor100 laps 57200 Ia 58 DISTANCEDISTANCE SPEED DURA-IN AHEIGHT SPEEDIN AIN TIONSTRAIGHTCLOSEDCLOSED LINECIRCUITCIRCUIT Aeroplane F3A Piston Motor 202122233153 W .J Seaplane F3A Piston Motor 48 49 50 51 52 54 O Gilder F3B 24 25 26 33 34 55 HeiicooteF3CPiston Motor353637383956 z OElectrrnotor o5596061626364 0 o Aeroplane F3E P 65 66 67 68 69 70 SOL 71 72 73 74 75 76 COMB 77 78 79 60 81 82 AIRCRAFT NATIONALITY RBGISTRATION MARKS Algeria ArgentinaLV LO AusiraliaVH Austria Belgium00 Bolivia CP Brazil ariaL Canada C CF ChileCC ChinaB ColombiaHK CubaCU CyprusSB CzechoslovakiaOK DenmarkOY EgyptSU EquadorHC Federal Republic Germany 0 FinlandOH FranceF German Democratic RepublicDM GreeceSX GuatemalaTG HungaryHA IcelandTF IndiaVT IndonesiaPK IraqVI IranEP IrelandEl EJ Israel4X Ilaly JordanJY Democretic Peoples Republic 01 Korea. P South KoreaHI JapanJA LebanonOD LiechtensteinHB emblem LuxemburgLX MexicoXA XB XC Monaco3A MoroccoCN Netherlands. PH New ZealandZK ZL LM NorwayLN PakistanAP PanamaHP PeruOB PolandSP PortugalCS SR RomanraYR San Marino South AfricaZS ZT ZU SpainBC SurinamePZ SwedenSE SwitzerlandHB emblem ThailandHS TunisiaTS TurkeyTC Un4ed KingdomG UruguayCX USAN USSRCCCP VenezualaYV YugoslaviaYU Zambia9J OAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOX distinct advantage over fellow competi tors am reminded what happened NAS CAR back middle late Sixties Ford chrysler factory teams literally took over national stock car racing Id hate see same sort thing hap pen model aviation second proposal applies world-class competition types Id like see true world representation choosing judges contest should least judge geographic area one North South central America example having team partici pating world championships realize would mean increase cost holding contests feel way insure true impartiality part judges third proposal FAI make pub lic details world championship compe tition participating countries 18 months advance Fourth Id like see practice normal izing scores eliminated Use raw scores stead due unbalancing effect practice Fifth Id like see flyoff opened least 15 competitors Id also like see contestants start off fresh no scores carried over previous flights Last certainly least Id like see AMA institute novice sportsman classes FAI pattern After does future US world competition team members no good start flying type pattern rest world flies other Thats about Id like thank read ing overly long letter Id like close request members Please par ticipate After AMA just ad ministrator insurance people think AMA representative body hobby Vote SOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOX February 1989 141 OAPBOX
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/02
Page Numbers: 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141
COMPETI T4QN~ NEWSLETTR~ ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS1810 SAMUEL MORSE DRIVE RESTON VA 22090 Note Technical Director Bob Underwood 1 Its time miss-a-lane-e-us columns always seem little things need considered plod along through year am certain 1989 wont different Contest Directors activities continue right through winter months Northern climes tend focus mall shows build-a-plane events indoors warmer areas grapefruit oranges grow still see people out punching holes skies Oh yes few exceptions people voluntarily freeze various portions anatomy holding events winter winds howl power hearty souls can truthfully say enjoy reading about such events suspect few comments appro priate CDs time First should noted CD Guide men tioned some time ago column fi nally available reality have send ing along new CDs last month plan present time send CDs active 1988 remainder pool almost 3000 may obtain writing us copy know doing way run same risk criticism occurred rule books last cycle didnt send CD faced interesting situation now about 4500 CDs about 1500-1700 active Between October 1 1987 Oc tober 1 1988 processed applications some 200 new CDs Less half persons ran event during time CD Guide contains help filling out necessary forms copies forms National Records following new National Records have processed approved during month November 1988 IndoorCategory Pennyplane Open 1131 Peter Staehling 10/22/88 Outdoor Free Flight CO2 Power Open 1400 George Perryman 10/16/88 Outdoor Free FlightCategory III C Gas Open1945 Guy R Scott Jr 10/9/88 Control Line 1/2A Speed Open14417 mph Charles E Legg 10/15/88 samples current scoresheets have used Nats will updating material regularly adding find suggest other items should included pages held together staple sending along plastic binder strip Continued page 134 Opening ceremonies Leszno Poland US Junior team parade Polish Aero Club cadet carrying placard Mike Keller bears flag Team Manager Bob Sifleet brings up rear members team show clearly photo really Melinda Anderson Marty Pelatoweki Adam Tracy Matthew Gag liano Tony Hutchins Jimmy Buxton Free Flight Junior World Championships Team Manager s Report Robert Sifleet Photos team supporters report brief due lack time part filling up Model Aviation lot words style reports team members should impor tant comments Continued oaee 136 February 1989 133 Competition Newsletter edited Ross B McMullen AMA 18181 1988 FF Nats Results FF GAS No Juniors Seniors 1 Chris Gulotta Open 39 1 Keith Fuimer 2 Nat Comfort 3 Jean Pallet 4 Bill Schlsrb 5 Bob Perkins 6 Jim Kutkuhn FF GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 38 1 Charles Caton 2 Robert Dunham II 3 Bob Hanford 4 Bernard Boehm 5 Bill Prenaky 6 Charles Schuchrnan FF B GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 36 1 Anthony Italiano 2 Greg Hinrichs 3 Bill Jenkins Open 8 1 Warren Kurth 2 Robert Nichols 3 Russ Whittord FF CARGO SecondsNo Juniors Southfieid Mi203No Seniors Open 3 1 Robert Nichols Mishawaka IN Chester PA Brookville NY South Bend IN Columbus OH Augusta KS Montgomery AL Broken Arrow OK Broken Arrow OK South Bend IN Pittstord NY Beileville IL Brookfield WI Monona WI Memphis TN 4 Richard HailAthens AL 5 Robert HanfordBroken Arrow OK 6 Richard RikelPaducah KY Flyoff determine placing FF C GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 29 1 EdKeck 2 Charles Caton 3 Sal Taibi 4 Douglas Rabe 5 Marvin Mace FF 0 GAS No Juniors No Seniors Open 17 1 Marvin Mace 2 Jim Summersett 3 Bill Dunlop 4 Sal Taibi FF FAI POWER Fl C No Juniors No Seniors Open 9 1 Zygfryd Sulisz 2 Douglas Rabe 3 Gilbert Graunke Webster NY Montgomery AL Lakewood CA Dayton OH Seguin TX Seguin TX San Antonio lx Greensburg PA Lakewood CA itasca IL Dayton OH Brookfieid WI 537 357 341 340 328 308 Seconds 750 600 480 472 383 337 Seconds 360 358 358 323 301 292 Seconds 750 743 730 542 495 Seconds 600 593 480 478 Seconds 625 533 147 FF PAYLOAD No Juniors No Seniors FF ELECTRICA No Juniors No Seniors Open 4 1 Robert Nichols 2 Duane Renken 3 Don Jenkins FF ELECTRICB No Juniors No Seniors Open 2 1 Robert Nichols 2 Duane Renken FF CO2 No Juniors No Seniors Open 5 1 George Perryman 2 Duane Renken 3 Linwood Cochran Davenport IA S Meriden CT Milwaukee WI S Menden CT Seconds 234 200 95 FF P-30 RUBBER Junior 1 Paul Wicks 2 Jawie Jackson No Seniors Open 25 1 FK Hesb Grams2 Bill Jackson 3 George Perryman 12734 Robert Nichols 5 CA Schuchman Seconds 319 184 177 Normal IL Cincinnati OH Xenia OH Cincinnati OH Smyrna GA S Meriden CT Belleville IL FF Al TOWLINE GLIDER No Juniors No Seniors S Meriden CTOpen 11 Ann Arbor Ml1 Bill Schlarb Indianapolis IN2 Jean Psilet 3 Guenther Nowak 4 Philip Bayly FF A2 TOWLINE GLIDER FlA SecondsNo Juniors S Meriden CT215No Seniors Ann Arbor Mi199Open 11 1 James Thornberiy 2 Orval Stewart 3 Andrew Barron 4 Bill Schlarb Smyrna GA Ann Arbor Mi Tucker GA FF MULVIHILL RUBBER Junior 1 Jamie Jackson 2 Steven Whitford Senior 1 Paul Spangler Open 23 1 Greg Hinricha 2 Joe Macay 3 Chris Matauno 4 George Perrynian 5 Guenther Nowak FF WAKEFIELD Fl B No Juniors No Seniors Open 11 1 Fred Blom 2 Ed Konefes 3 Martin Richardson 4 Chris Matsuno Cincinnati OH Milwaukee WI Lawrenceville IL Monona WI Southfleld Mi St Johns MO Smyrna GA Chicago IL rimonum MD Wauconda IL Dayton OH St Johns MO FF COUPE dHIVER Junior 1 Paul Wicks Normal IL Senior 1 Roger Wathen Jr Indianapolis IN Open 23 1 Wallace Brown 2 George Perryman 3 George Batiuk 4 Kevin Anderson 5 Anton Telford Lawrenceviile IL Smyrna GA Huntsville AL Stratford MO Springfield IL Seconds 840 360 228 Madison WI Nashville TN Champaign IL South Bend IN South Bend IN Brookville NY itasca IL Largo FL Seconds 158 38 339 338 338 271 248 Seconds 422 299 289 235 Seconds 806 728 841 632 FF HAND-LAUNCH GLIDER Junior 8 1 Paul Wicks 2 Michael Gartin 3 Steven Whitford Seconds 4 Greg Rainey 5 Robert Combs 1316 Jenny Benton 1047 Anthony Perry 8 Bobby Spoon 211Senior 3 1 Paul Spangler 2 Chris Gulotta 3 Roger Wathen Jr 539 Open 26 5141 Bernard Boehm 5032 Alfred Beletz 3 Kevin Anderson 4 Gerald CaIdwell 5 Robert Dunham II 6 Bill Schlarb 7 James Kutkuhn Seconds 1130 1084 1034 982 Normal IL Indianapolis IN Milwaukee WI Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Indianapolis IN Lawrenceville IL Southfield MI Indianapolis IN South Bend IN Maplewood MO Stratford MO Indianapolis IN Broken Arrow OK South Bend IN Augusta KS FF 3-MAN MULVIHILL TEAM 2 WATERMELON TEAM Guenther Nowak Ed Konefes Joe Macay SecondsSODBUSTERS TEAM 34George Perryman Chris Matauno 20Wallace Brown 515 FF UNLIMITED DAWN RUBBER 4 5091Ed Konefes 4512Dave Plait 4373Joe Macay 3904Joe Williams Seconds 143 57 53 37 28 25 20 17 63 55 42 294 289 289 282 268 219 176 Seconds 503 381 737 1591 514 539 333 1388 can remove staple have looseleaf booklet suitable copying Fu ture plans typeset forms leave room margin punching fit three-hole ring folder hope will find booklet value CD Two areas concern CDs should noted enough care being taken fill ing out sanction application forms have noted large number forms have proper classification indicated whether event 'A~ c would direct attention sanctioning section can found both Membership Manual Com petition Regulations books important try keep classifications straight incorrect submitted will have changed get Headquarters second concern have CDs return proper forms follow ing event time sanction ap proved receive forms need filled out returned after event completed particular need receive form lists names AMA num bers participants Form 10 lists winners name CD CDs ran event return forms two things can happen First will receive credit having run event therefore will receive earned membership following year Second place Academy very 302 283 238 47 interesting position relative defending club should litigation occur result event tendency say worry Nothing happened event What can happen long after event over claim can surface Such concerns confined outdoor flying events Someone may injured swap-shop type event may aware time happens Yes know just paperwork ex ercise time can criti cal concern Shifting something affects us consider Membership Manual first year can look forward re ceiving 1989 version document member Without asking Continued page 136 134 Model Aviation 1989S TWO UNFORGETTABLE DATES TRICITIESWASHINGTONMONTANA Rich land WASHINGTON KennewickO OP esco KENNEWICK PASCO RICHLAND JULY 1523OREGONIDAHO ENTRY FORMS AND IN FORMATION NEVADA 0 OFFICIAL ENTRY FORMS will mailed 1989 NATS contestants hobby shops western US AIVIA charter clubs entry forms will sent out late January early February will also available major trade shows beginning late January NATS INFORMATION PACKETS will include official entry form maps motel lists campground lists site locations area information will available late January dollar $100 receive 89 NATS info packet send $100 AMA HQ receive entry form ONLY send BUSINESS-SIZE stamped self-addressed envelope AMA HQ schedule changes additions send today RADIO CONTROL PYLON SOARING events LIMITED TEN ENTRIES per FREQUENCY Pattern will also have frequency limits slots available first-come basis act early! _______________WRIGHTPATTERSON AFB ______________May 27 28 29 THE AMA ANNUAL FUN FLY Fly-In ____________________________will big held Air Force Museum grounds Wright/Patterson Air _____________Force Base Dayton event will quite attraction AMA members Radio Control flight lines Control Line area Free Flight flying areas will available ______ expected highturnout fliers participation RC fliers will limited twenty per RC channeL insure slot may register advance sending $1000 AIVIA reserve frequency channel _______________________________advance registration fee non-refundable February 1989 135 1989 NATS NEWS Please entersubscriptions @ $1000 NAME ADDR ESS CITY STATE ZIP_______________________ Enclosed $ cc 1989 FUN FLY REGISTRATION Please reserve _______ frequency NAME ADD R ESS CITY STATE ZIP______________________ Enclosed $ ____________ 4i*nfor Champs fc# five months prepare FF World Championships Juniors model ers under age 18 years Lesno Po land team members did have lot time preparation However models performed well practice days FlA The typical northern European air cool overcast day made picking thermals dif ficult team members accustomed stronger thermals strong thermal would take Glider twice towline height three minutes FiB Our team excellent models seemed well trimmed calm conditions did perform expected strong gusty wind blew during fourth through seventh rounds FiC Melinda Andersons performance teams best missing max due difficulty picking air launch other team members experienced unex pected mechanical problems trim changes junior World Championships provided exposure high level competition nearly good regular world champi onships several evening techni cal sessions competitors put models display inspection exchange ideas experiences technol ogy shared everyone presence interpreters provided Polish Aero Club made communication between team members country possible team members team supporters came home Poland great deal knowl edgeable about FF world championship level high degree sportsmanship evi dent among competitors champi onships usual reports model recovery teams helping other re cover models cornfields trees highlight occurred Jimmy Buxton repairing FiB model badly damaged windblown landing fellow competitors three other teams assisting rebuilding model FF Junior World Championships Fliers Observations Adam Tracy Wakefield flier following letter addressed AMA Executive Director John Worth RMcM Thank very much sponsoring fly Junior World Championships Poland fly competition against 35 other world-class-caliber fliers indeed something will cherish rest life three days contest went smoothly judges complete control over contest pole position two timers Polish Aero Club binocularsthey no problems timing planes fault could see smallness field light winds maxing plane could easily fly off air base splendid chase crew wasnt worried Despite best-working flying event have ever flew Wakefield third day competition weather conditions favor because very windy first round Im known well fierce wind held first place through Round 4 After lunch break wind became bad contest directors delay begin ning fifth round two hours round finally started wind plane wings off avoid having folded constant battering wind Wakefield flew did too well its climb much wind failed max 64-sec flight enough put out contention medal end contest 16th place three minutes under win ning Czech flier acquired great deal experience fly ing championships feel could much better next two years Im full support AMA spon soring US team 1990 PS brought home plaque rep resents US Junior team will re ceiving soon think would look very attractive AMA museum [It now display museum area AMA Na tional Center Aeromodeling RMcM] Again thanks bunch supporting us AT FF Junior World Championships Supporters Thanks Daniel Tracy AMA 614 following letter appreciation addressed AMA Executive Director John Worth RMcM Watching son Adam fly interna tional competition Wakefields shall re main impressive com pelling experiences Ive ever wish convey thanks staff instigating opportunity Adam now seasoned Wakefield travelers appreciate alternateculture flying interface got along well other fliers recognized Olympian aspect superseding constraining political restrictions refreshing inspiring observe breathed few rare moments life everything seemed pretty good should noted competition worthy efforts Adam flies win weather challenge afterward watching winners receive ac colades field Polandin wind rainwe both struck enormity event World competition great now Adam obligatory ceremony left no doubt first-place winner champion world label believe Adam now covets should no alarm verve cause have learned father Adams grandfatherthat flying competi tion Wakefield noble lofty endeavor wholeheartedly encourage continua tion AMA support involvement FAI Free Flight Juniors competition pro gram fact solicit expansion ef fort because Americas prestige could enhanced Tik flWe0tr m*jffu will monumental changes please take some time look over Better yet put somewhere can find reference later year buck two time told people answer severaldollar long distance phone call question page so-and-so Membership Manual would able buy lot new modeling stuff particularly true information found Safety Code Frequency Recommendations Watch arrive house soon Once again will combined Sup ply Service materials speaking books paid FAI stamp either five- 10-dollar version will receiving new FAI compe tition book Please note copy will Continued page 138 136 Model Aviation Adam Tracy No 12 Wakefield Melinda Anderson baffles wind readies FAI Power model flight US FAI RC Pylon Racing Team Selection Finals Wayne Yeager Photos author September 3-4 1988 Labor Day weekend Toledo Weak Signals Club hosted US F3D Team Selection Race meet held purposes picking team represent United States next RC Pylon World Championships held fall 1989 1988 Nats 18 entries F3D respectable number consid ering F3D racing practically nonexistent US Unfortunately Nats competitors decided forgo Team Se lection Race because felt could compete few people obvi ously knew proper pipe/engine/prop combination needed win proved prophetic because people did compete heads above rest seven entries people probably represented best country US team will formida ble despite low entry selec tion race Day started joke Mother Na ture rained rained rained . however since Weak Signals have shelter house big enough hold party since guys bored just sitting around nothing tell lies sent local loco member home pick up Duraplane kit plus engine started rainy day project building Dave Shadel Gary Hover jumped car headed hobby shop pick up some wing covering gone Bruce Richmond Dub Jett Jim Shi nohara started assembly Since got pick up sanding block everindustrious Shinohara sanded elevator rudder concrete floor said about 80-grit Shadel Hover returned started covering wing other assembly continued agreed beforehand chal lenge themselves using instruc tions philosophy exactly Since en gine using brand-new K&B 45 since little heavier proper engine built fuselage back wards move wing forward help CG location progressing very well sudden rain blew away im mediately put Mr Duraplane hold went racing Everyone got quick trim flight around 400 pm compe tition started general tone set Round 1 Dub jett turned teen time 11850 followed Gary Hover 11829 Bruce Richmonds 12087 Gary Gau also fray very nice 11926 unfortunately zeroes plagued Gary al though fast unable make team After five rounds quit because late Weak Signals cooking up steak fry competitors workers After consuming lots steak corn-onna cob assorted veggies liquids emitting few burps engaging associated con vivial activities Duraplane crew went back work finalizing assembly pro cess taped control rods against fuselage crammed backup radio fueled andright duskhandlaunched setting sun Youre prob ably saying 1 wonder flew Are kidding nitro-breath flew great fact several guys wanted hands transmitter flew several times give everyone chance Finally got too dark went home next day Mother Nature again let us know boss dumping us whole morning around noon fi nally backed off after deciding enough enough rewarded patience blue skies light breezes sailed through seven rounds tal 12 Team Selection Committee de cided drop round half rac ing competitor counted best 10 heats threw out two worst scoring system used F3D fliers time converted seconds subtracted 200meaning highest score over length contest winner However scoring system has changed 1989 utilized new system identical old except no longer subtract times 200 anymore now means lowest score overall winner top three guysDub jett Bruce Rich mond Gary Hoverdominated scoring racking up consistent scores result being spread over 200 points between third fourth places 10 rounds counted Dub Jett aver aged 11754 Bruce Richmond 11806 Gary Hover 12043 Thats chopped liver guys Dub Jett also recorded meets fastest time 11436 Form guys wish could go fast guys best week end deserve team rep resenting United States Dave Shadel did compete because automati cally invited back defending World Champ therefore addition al ready strong team should make guys very formidable team selected Don McStay Team Manager good move because Don bubble being first alter nate now gets part team anyway Good pick guys Congratulations made team good luck 1989 February 1989 137 new Pylon team Kneeling L-R Dub Jett Gary Hover Bruce Richmond Standing L-R Don McStay let alternate end team manager World Champion Dave Shadel Jim Shinohara perfect FAI Jury L-R Pete Waters Bob Brown Greg Doe Technical Director cbntiiwed official versIon pro duced AMA last year titled Interna tional Aeromodeling Rules able supply official version year two reasons First old 1984 official version just updated im portant however AMA did paste-up official version actually arranged printing Copies in-house now would like copy inclined purchase FAI stamp may purchased three dollars Shifting gears again let us repeat informa tion found Frequency Alert printed last editions Competition Newsletter National Newsletter Executive Council action require ment gold silver sticker transmit ters sanctioned events has post poned until December 20 1990 Please note individual clubs may require stickers prior date wish have word clubs have developed such requirement field operations becomes rule field under General sec tion Safety Code note item two Speaking jets yes know werent have flurry activity type engine recently Probably have read material about RCM RC Scale Modeler two other com panies individuals have contacted us recently about jet engines have under development great deal interest form power reason AMAs terest dealing ramifica tions engines may have Safety Code very pleased three persons connected projects have kept close touch us dealing 10000 exhaust temperatures parts moving about 100000 rpm things think about relative safety know will hearing lot about interesting innovative power sources Incidentally three uses different fuel ranging jet fuel gasoline propane Golly con sider future have take five fuel supplies field flying sessionsthat includes charger Electric last shot looks like chartered club going receive very helpful book let near future Some time ago sent copy booklet containing John Prestons Model Aviation Safety Comes First columns information compiled AMA member Frank Bur chardt Carlsbad NM interesting note Frank took Johns columns chopped up put together categories makes very useful reference book club members struggle keep up operational safety con cerns posed chemical tech nology hobby/sport club receives its copy certain give member tends keep light hid den under bushel Happy 1989 May flights fantasticand landings planned Competition Directory CONTEST COORDINATORS I Bernice Williams 347 Southwick Rd Westfield MA 01085 II R Sobnno 87-2e 88th St Woodhaven Oueens NY 11421 RC Ernest Nikodem 407 Willow St Lockport NY 14094 RC Bill Fuori 28 Femwood Dr Commack NY 11725 Ill Nelson Gould 1944 S Idaho St Allentown PA 18103 lEast M Weisenbach 4588 W 148th Cleveland OH 44135 IWesti IV Warren Sanders Jr 9735 52nd Ave College Park MD 20741 RC Ed Byerley 200 Commander Cove Stafford VA 22554 V RC FlsIph Bailey PO Boa 1287 Orangeburg SC 29116-1287 FF W Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Montgomery AL 36108 CL Joseph Mead 1339 Renssalaer St Jacksonville FL 32205 VI AC ray 201 Holmes Salem Rd Terre Haute IN 47803 AC Seelng Dale Fslkening 1544 Derien Lake Dr Darien IL 80559 CL WR Bodzioch Jr 1800 Trail Ridge St Arlington Hgts IL 60004 ylon & SoarIng RC Pattern & other AC AC accept SoarIng Bold Face Below Indicates Clialmian Contest Board INDOOR CONTEST BOARD I Ray Herlan 15 Happy 110110w Rd Wayland MA 01778 II Doug Barber 140 Stratton House Maple Shade NJ 08052 Ill Walt venGorder 5869 4ictory view Ln Oncinnati OH 45238 IV Don Srull 941 Kiorberwicke Rd McLean VA 22102 V John Martin 2180 Tlgertail Miami FL 33133 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I George Higgins PO Bos 482 North Pembroke MA 02358 II Bill Boss 7708 269th St New Hyde Perk NY 11040 Ill Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Wayne Poster 101 Forest Dr Advance NC 27006 v Dave Hemntraught P0 Sos 171 Moncks Corner SC 29401 FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD I Henry Struck RFD 2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ave Lyndonville NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klsiber 2021 Lakelerld Ave Lakewood OH 44107 lv Jon Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny JenkIns 3112 E Ralnes Rd Memphis TN 38118 FF Jim Bennett 324 Hettenstein Ave St Louis MO 63119 VII events except AC entIre DistrIct except MichIgan Greg Seydel 3625 B lone Terrace Cudahy WI 53110 AC Leon Cordy N4503 Highway 55 Chilton WI 53014 MIchIgan AC Wayne Yasger 38235 Castle Romulus Ml 48174 CL & FF Paul Smith 11112 Dill Dr Sterling Hgts Ml 48077 VIII Randy Randolph PO Boa 271048 Dallas TX 75227 lx Mike TalIman 3014 Exchange Wichita KS 87217 AC George Hunter 6962 5 Lamar St Littleton CO 80123 x Roll Erickson 7506 Widgeon Way Fair Oaks CA 95626 No Harry Appian 27704 Saddle Rd Rolling Hills CA 90274 So Frank Gomes 2341 Noah St Hoeolslu HI 96816 Hawaii xl Dick Ss5er 7217 So 133rd St Seattle WA 98178 AC James McCarty 18968 Marine View Dr Seuttle WA 98166 Vt Charlie Sotich 3851 W 62nd Place Chicago tL 60629 VII Richard Doig 6 Canary Hill Dr Pontiac Ml 40055 VIII Ralph Bud Tenny Box 545 RIchardson TX 78080 IX Stan Chilton 725 E Uncoln Wichita KS 67211-3302 X Clarence Mether 2358 Tam OShanter Ave Bishop CA 93514-1944 xl Andy Tagliafico 650-B Taybin Rd NW Salem OR 97204 VI CE Robbert 349 Hdlsbors Ave. Lexington KY 40511 VII Larry Dziak 2019 Strange Ave. Stevens Point WI 54481 VIII William Lee 3523 Tameosh Lane Misaouit City TX 77459 lx Michael TalIman 3014 Exchenge Wichfta KS 67217 X Yb Gamer PO Box 573 Uvermore CA 94550 XI John Thompson 1505 Ash Ave Cottage Grove OR 97424 VI Chits Matsuno 8576 Ginger Dr St John MO 63114 VII Bill Shailor 2317 Clewson Avenue Royal Oak Ml 48073 VIII Mark Valeitus 1627 Ovettand Pass Sugarland TX 77478 lx Jerald Murphy 425 Mess Vista Ct Colorado Springs CO 80904 X Jon Norcross P0 Boa 68 Hanford CA 93232 Xl Kevin Collins 2320 Sehalee Dr E Redmond WA 98053 VI John Guenther 3 Box 297A Borden IN 47106 VII Claude McCalfougtr RR 1 Box 487 Montezuma IA 80171 VIII Buddy Irwin 922 Sundown Ln Dettoto TX 75115 IX Desn Copeland PO Boa 55564 Omaha NE 88155-0564 X Bill Strorsan 12318 Dune St Norwalk CA 90850 Xl Earle Moorhead 2545 Phipps Cr NE Salem OR 97305 VI Cal Ettel 3 Castle Dr RR 2 Florissant MO 63034 Vtl Keith Shaw 2798 Elmwood Ann Arbor Ml 40104 Vttt Kenneth Martin 7210 Winkleman Houston TX 77083-4340 IX Byron Blakeslee 3134 Winnebago Dr Sedalia CO 80135 X Robert Slift PO Box #9 Midway City CA 92655 Xl Mitch Poling 1519 NE 96th St Seattle WA 98115 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Ire Sean 32 Langholm Dr Nashua NH 03080 II Robert Clemens 98 Shorewey Dr Rochester NY 14812 Ill Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St McKeespotf PA 15131 IV Bob Kerlsson 2643 Marsh Rd Wilmington DE 19810 V David P156 6940 NW 15th PlantatIon FL 33313 ELECTRIC CONTEST BOARD I Nelson Whitman PO Boa 415 East Falmouth MA 02536 II Jon Bashes 198 Merritt Dr Oradell NJ 07649 Ill Dave Brown 4560 Layhigh Rd Hamilton OH 45013 IV Woody Blancliard 1733 Beach Rd Hampton VA 23664 V Robert Nelson 390 San Jose Winter Haven FL 33880 SPECIAL EVENTS CONTEST BOARD Chslrman Don Llndley 420 Tupelo Napervllle IL 60540 Executive Council rep Lee Webster 1000 Sycamore Manchester TN 37355 Member East Coast Austin Leftwich 407 Aubrey Rd Richmond VA 23229 Member West Coast Bill Northrop 898 West 16th St Newport Beach CA 92683 Member central Bwce Norman 3417 Creston Ave FL Worth TX 78133 RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARDS AEROBATICS I Scott Melville 100 Chathem Terr Bridgeport CT 06606 II George Berko 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Plafftown NC 27040 V John Fuque 724 Diane St Niceville FL 22578 VI Charles W Reed 5408 Woodson Rd Raytown MO 64133 VII Brian Crossley 4740 LorInda Dr St Paul MN 55126 VIII William Thomas 331 SE Rookwood Bartleaville OK 74008 IX Jim Mowrey RR 2 Box 56 Kinsley KS 67947 X Craig Millet c/n Gibeon Dune & Crutcher 800 Newport Canter Dr Suite 700 Newport Beach CA 92660 XI Charles Davenport 1441S SE 266th St. Kent WA 98042 VI Bob Belluomini 129 College Perk Dr Crestview Hills KY 41017 VII Roy DieIz 12450 Lanadowne Detroit Ml 48224 VIII Steve Mintz 2 Bluebird St New Orleans LA 70124 IX Don Vineyard 1118W Coed Saline KS 67401-3209 X Robert Gorham 23961 Craftsman Rd Cafobases CA 91302 Xl Jerry Holcomb 1010 NE 122nd Ave Vancouver WA 98684 VI Jim Gager 8425 Auburn Rd FL Wayne IN 48825-3031 VII Wsyne Yasger 38235 Castle Dr Romulus MI 48174 VIII Dick Ritch 11042 Wexwing Houston TX 77035 IX Duane Get 12800W Ashbury Fl Lakewood CO 80236 X Gary Hover 16016 Ave 288 ViseIla CA 63277-9757 Xl Roger Pierce 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EuclId Ave Scottdale PA 15883 IV Bob Coampine 205 lipton Rd Newport News VA 23606 V Charles Anderson PO Box 305 TuIlahoma TN 37388 CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don undlay 420 Tupelo Napervilie IL 60540 FAI TEAM SELECTION COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN SCALE John Guenther 3 Box 297A Borden IN 47106 INDOOR Richard Deig 6 Canary Hill Dr Pontiac Ml 48055 FREE FLIGHT Bill Gibbons 7423 Club House Rd Boulder CO 80301 Bob Sitleet RD 3 Box 66 Glenrock PA 17327 CL SPEED & TEAM RACE Bill Lee 3523 Tamaitak La Missouri City TX 77489 CL COMBAT Gsry Frost 13 Castlewood Cl St Peters MO 63376 CL AEROBATICS Bill Zimmer 508 Walnut Box 72 Verne IL 61375 RC SOARING Don Edberg 7000 Estepa Dr Tsiunga CA 91042 RC AEROBATICS James Kimbro 1219 6 Ferguson Vinslia CA 93291 Larry Phillipo 2155 Wslton Blvd Rochester MI 48063 AC PYLON Bob Brown 1255 High St Bradford PA 16701 RC ELECTRIC Joe Besher 198 Merittt Dr Oradell NJ 07649 RC HELICOPTER Horace Hagen 15 Parkwsy P1 Red Bsnk NJ 07701 138 Model Aviation 1988 US Free Flight Team Selection Finals Louis Joyner Photos author Seguin TXOctober 8-10 1988 Three days 15 rounds Fifteen chances mistake. less perfect launch mis read thermal out-of-trim glide So things go wrong Free Flight team selection final contest survival survivors nine fliers make fewest mistakes form United States team Free Flight World Championships Argentina during May 1989 new team selected Seguin FlA Dale Elder third Glider team 1983 World Champion Matt Gewain firsttime team member Jim Parker Twentyseven contestants flew event Fl B Jim Quinn Walt Ghio Jack Brown veterans previous teams Thirty-three con testants flew event FiC Ken Phair assistant team manager last time first team flier World Cup winner Randy Archer veteran team member Doug Galbreath Thirty-three contestants flew event reader may familiar intricacies three international Out door Free Flight events heres brief run down FlA Also known Nordic A-2 FlA event Towline Gliders typical model spans about 7/2 ft about 3 ft long weighs little over 14 oz model towed up much like kite 50-meter 164-ft nylon cable special towhook mechanism model allows model towed straight up overhead line slackened model can cir cle line still attached flier can circle-tow model indefinitely looking lift thermals thermal located flier rapidly tows model overhead causes zoom off line gain altitude Timing flight starts towline drops away Maximum re corded flight time 31/2 mm first round morning 3 mm rest rounds Wakefield FiB event rubberpowered models typical Wakefield about 4 ft long 5-ft wingspan model ready fly weighs bit over 8 oz including 40-gram 14-oz rubber motor An average motor would measure about 17 long made up 26 28 strands A-in-wide rubber strip motor stretched out wound 330 400 turns propeller usually measures about 24 in diameter 26 29 pitch typical motor run 30 40 sec end prop run model height 200 ft prop blades fold back reduce drag model glides rest flight maximum re corded time max flight 4 mm first round 3 mm remaining four flights day FiC Otherwise known Power mod els powered 25cc 15 cu engines running 80/20 mixture methyl alco hol castor oil typical model weighs about 27 oz has 6-ft wingspan 4-ftlong fuselage typical engine Rossi Nelson turns about 28000 rpm drives 7 x 3 prop engine run limited 7 sec shut off engine control high-speed near-vertical climb competi tors use clockwork electronic timer floods engines intake fuel ap plies brake stop propeller Because high climb FiC mod els 500 600 ft max early morning rounds set 5 mm rest flights 3 mm However due weather conditions finals Power models flown 4-mm max first day 31/2 mm second day 5 mm last day SOME OBSERVATIONS FlA Circle tow now used almost univer sally level competence seemed much higher previous finals saw very few tow-ins near-misses although winner Dale Elder came close hitting ground downwind circle pulled up-and-off nice thermal Most towline models looked about same main variation being top bottom rudder mounting Lots carbon fiber evidence electronic de thermalizer timers audible beepers aid recovery model after flight FiB Compared other two classes Wakefields seem allow widest lati tude design Some fliers using timer-operated VIT variableincidence tailplane AR autorudder control power burst Others flew locked-up air planes relying aerodynamic adjust ments control flight Quite few mod els sported Oliver carbon fiber motor tubes Jack Brown made team flying basic box fuselage Montreal-style front ends much evidence both homebrew versions beautifully machined commercial units spotted solid-balsa wing Tom loergers Joe Maxwells machine shop Scotland Most fliers used D-box con struction Nobody using delayed prop release variable-pitch propeller Wakefielders seemed conserva tive point flying models well over 20 years old FiC Power thin aluminum wing skins very much evidence Doug Galbreath Ralph Cooney Ken Oliver flying veedihederal models winglets flapper saw Gil Morris model Randy Archer some Russianinspired models very nicely finished aluminum machined front ends Poland Folding carbon-fiber propellers widely used both two- bladed versions Quite few fliers us ing bunt transition whole power patterns seemed better fi nals good recoveries glide minimum altitude loss some thing went wrong really went wrong team members end finals will mean start frenzied few months building testing before join reigning Wakefield champ Bob White Ar gentina rest fliers finals mark end two-year team selection process beginning next cy cle Theres always next time complete listing performance round top 10 finishers event published January 1988 Compe tition Newsletter page 143 February 1989 139 Glider team includes LR Jim Parker former world champion Matt Gewain kneeling Dale Elder top Wakefield flier dropu 12 seconds 6th round Doug Gaibreaths new Power model features V-dihedral wing winglets wave future SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX Cooetitfoo N ofoftor will poooot tirro flow corotreetice ood 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partiality shown x judges European teams o discomfort disappointment shown 0 most members North Cen tral American teams well three O European teams steamrollered CO by judges fact very famous contestant commented judges blind felt per formed very poorly because feel x o ing well judges gave him 0 the highest single-flight scores cont 0 est O Of course water under CO bridge now does no good complain about quality lack thereof judging past contest ques tion what can improve X teams chances winning future 0 Mr Chidgey recommends try 0 forget about style well good O but possible think CO sport would worse off flight expression pilots charac ter personality expression removed wouldnt much left Bet X ter build robots flying 0 o course winner would team a which could afford best robotbut thats different subject altogether 0 CO have some proposals own Id now like make based own observations comments Ive received number world-class x fliers 0 o First Id like see examined pos 0 sibility limiting influence manufac o turers both national level well CO on world championships very least Id like see factory fliers sepa rated own categories cont est think F3A AMA competition X should both remain amateur events o At contest attend see 0 a and instances factory sponsorship Im talking about contestants CO using prototype other special equipment available other contestants modeling community large have also seen more instances x of contestants paid employees O one manufacturer another noth 0 ing wrong mind long that contestant spending working 0 CO hours flying practicing contests practice would give contestant SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX SOAPBOX FAI World Records Rec RecRecord No TypeClassRecord HolderNation DatePerformance 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27a 28 29 30 31 32a 32b 32c 32d 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 DU DI-SL H S-SL DU DI-SL H S-SI DU DI-SL H S-SL DU 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F3E-SOL FW BiestefeldD 6/20/84 3:0454 72DI-SL F3E-SOL 73H F3E-SOL 74S-SL F3E-SOL F WeissgerberD 7/5/87 6622km/h 75DI-CC F3E-SOL PJ HartwigD 5/26/86 2703 mi 76s-cc F3E-SOL 77DU F3E-COMB Ha Cheng FengB 5/26/87 6:1532 78DI-SL F3E-COMB VoitenkoCCCP 5/23/87 148km 79H F3E-COMB VoitenkoCCCP 9/7/87 816m 80S-SL F3E-COMB R WinsorC 10/26/86 10091km/h 81DI-CC F3E-COMB PJ HartwigD 7/5/87 435km 82S-CC F3E-COMB P ChannonC 11/2/86 69523km/h DU DurationS-SL Speed straight line DI-SL Distance straight lines-cc Speed closed circuit DI-cc Distance closed circuitS-cF Speed circular flight H ht Reference issue 10 1Oct 1987and updates CLASSIFICATION OF RECORDS DISTANCE FLIGHT TYPE OFMETHOD OF ATEMODEL CLASSPROPULSION DURATION STRAIGHTHEIGHTSPEED GORYLINE GliderFlA171819 Aeroplane FiB Extensible Motor1234 PlC Pision MolOr5678 FIBExtensible Motor4041 4243 Seaplane IPlCPiston Motor4445 4647 3 .F1FExtensible Motor9 10 1112 Helicopter on Motor13141516 DURATION Indoor FiD Extensible Moior 32 ceiling category less 8 m Model b ceiling category II 8 m 15 m ci ceiling category III 15 m 30 m d ceIling caiegory IV over 30 m SPEED WI SWEPT VOLUME cm3 zc . Aeroplane F2A Piston Motor IA lB III 100 1 251 501 500to 1000 28 29 OReaction Motor3D UF2C Piston Motor100 laps 57200 Ia 58 DISTANCEDISTANCE SPEED DURA-IN AHEIGHT SPEEDIN AIN TIONSTRAIGHTCLOSEDCLOSED LINECIRCUITCIRCUIT Aeroplane F3A Piston Motor 202122233153 W .J Seaplane F3A Piston Motor 48 49 50 51 52 54 O Gilder F3B 24 25 26 33 34 55 HeiicooteF3CPiston Motor353637383956 z OElectrrnotor o5596061626364 0 o Aeroplane F3E P 65 66 67 68 69 70 SOL 71 72 73 74 75 76 COMB 77 78 79 60 81 82 AIRCRAFT NATIONALITY RBGISTRATION MARKS Algeria ArgentinaLV LO AusiraliaVH Austria Belgium00 Bolivia CP Brazil ariaL Canada C CF ChileCC ChinaB ColombiaHK CubaCU CyprusSB CzechoslovakiaOK DenmarkOY EgyptSU EquadorHC Federal Republic Germany 0 FinlandOH FranceF German Democratic RepublicDM GreeceSX GuatemalaTG HungaryHA IcelandTF IndiaVT IndonesiaPK IraqVI IranEP IrelandEl EJ Israel4X Ilaly JordanJY Democretic Peoples Republic 01 Korea. P South KoreaHI JapanJA LebanonOD LiechtensteinHB emblem LuxemburgLX MexicoXA XB XC Monaco3A MoroccoCN Netherlands. PH New ZealandZK ZL LM NorwayLN PakistanAP PanamaHP PeruOB PolandSP PortugalCS SR RomanraYR San Marino South AfricaZS ZT ZU SpainBC SurinamePZ SwedenSE SwitzerlandHB emblem ThailandHS TunisiaTS TurkeyTC Un4ed KingdomG UruguayCX USAN USSRCCCP VenezualaYV YugoslaviaYU Zambia9J OAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOX distinct advantage over fellow competi tors am reminded what happened NAS CAR back middle late Sixties Ford chrysler factory teams literally took over national stock car racing Id hate see same sort thing hap pen model aviation second proposal applies world-class competition types Id like see true world representation choosing judges contest should least judge geographic area one North South central America example having team partici pating world championships realize would mean increase cost holding contests feel way insure true impartiality part judges third proposal FAI make pub lic details world championship compe tition participating countries 18 months advance Fourth Id like see practice normal izing scores eliminated Use raw scores stead due unbalancing effect practice Fifth Id like see flyoff opened least 15 competitors Id also like see contestants start off fresh no scores carried over previous flights Last certainly least Id like see AMA institute novice sportsman classes FAI pattern After does future US world competition team members no good start flying type pattern rest world flies other Thats about Id like thank read ing overly long letter Id like close request members Please par ticipate After AMA just ad ministrator insurance people think AMA representative body hobby Vote SOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOXSOAPBOX February 1989 141 OAPBOX