I NE WSLETTEIU ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS 1980-81 AMA SCALE & GENERAL RULES charts next two page spread identify basically new changed Scale General rules will become effective January 1 1980 Similar charts pre sented last month Radio Control Control Line Free Flight items chart acceptable results column changes additions 197879 rules applicable 1980-81 feated wont new rule book cases description rules change very general its possible go back issues Model v/at ion CN section get specifics original Basic Pro posals Cross-Pro posals Cross Proposals identified capital letter fol lowing proposal number 66A stance first Cross-Proposal Basic Pro posal 66 Scale Basic Proposals 1978 sues dated October 1-5 November 6-13 December 14-67 Scale Cross-Proposals 1979 issues dated May June General Basic Proposal Decem ber 1978 issue Cross-Proposal May 1979 issue SCALE CB OKAYS BYRON PIUS other action Scale Contest Board has approved rewording builder-of-the-model rule clarification pertaining Scale denied protest se lection US Scale Teams Nats considered general protest conduct RC Sport Scale 1979 Nats Byron Originals Pitts Special vote 7 1 abstention favor ap peal Dean Copeland concerning disqualifi cation entry Sport Scale 1979 National Contest Nats disqualification reversed based protest Brian Crossley model did comply builder-of-the-model rules Builder-of-the-model Rule Rewording Noting protest mentioned above seemed based misunderstanding intent rule Scale Contest Board Chairman 815 FIFTEENTH STREET NW Claude McCullough proposed rewording rule applied Scale events fol lows Builder Model Contest Director shall make reasonable effort assure himself flier has completely con structed models uses competi tion including covering used construct interpreted action re quired complete model starting no prefabrication amount used usual kit Kits containing large amount pre-fabrication permissible long final assembly parts covering and/or painting done builder Mod els completely prefabricated re quire few minutes unskilled effort completion shall excluded competition US Scale Team Selection board voted 9 0 against protest Ted White seeking invalidate US Scale Team selection 1979 Nats due purported irregularities judging especially concerning scale im pression speed General RC Sport Scale Protest Although no immediate relief sought concerning ac tions already having taken place board considered protest LP Jensen concern ing competency judges purported im proper use scale impression speed pur ported improper actions Contest Direc tor purported improper viewing models static judges board felt validity some points raised Jensen White should con sidered future application Nats other contests RC IIM ENGINE MOOS BANNED Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board response request Duane Gall RCCB has ruled allow certain en gine modifications Quarter Midget Pylon Racing issues 1 excessive use metal shims produced manufac tuer between upper lower parts crankcase change timing 2 use RC engine parts cataloged use Free Flight/Speed version include insert-type head available stock RC en gines produced manufacturer vote disallow measures seven three WASHINGTON DC 20005 ELIGIBLE RC PYLON RACE ENGINES Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board April 3 1979 letter sent AMA HQ representing RC Contest Board several engine manufacturers import ers letter solicited identification engines meet rules criteria three AMA racing categories fol lowing lists obtained replies Formula II 05 40 R/C World Engines 05 40 FSR World Engines 05 40 SR World Engines ST X-40 World Engines ST G21/40 World Engines OPS 40 Shamrock Competition Imports HB 4ORC Bavarian Precision Products HB 40 PDP Bavarian Precision Products Fox 40 engines Fox Manufacturing Co HP 40F series Midwest Model Supply HP 40R series Midwest Model Supply Profi Polks Hobbies Inc Enya 40 Std Model Rectifier Corp Enya 40 TV Model Rectifier Corp Enya 40 XTV Model Rectifier Corp Webra 1034 RC Model Rectifier Corp Webra 1036 P pylon Model Rectifier Corp Quarter Midget 05 15 R/C World Engines ST X-15 World Engines ST G15 World Engines HB 15RC Bavarian Precision Products Moki Polks Hobbies Inc Enya 15 IV TV Model Rectifier Corp Fox 15RC Fox Manufacturing Co AA Pylon G-Mark Polks Hobbies Inc Previously published acceptable shown above following Formula I/Il K&B SR II 65cc Series 75 K&B 40 R/C 1972 1973 1974 models Testor/ McCoy 40 R/C Quarter Midget Cox Con quest 15 R/C Rossi 15 R/C Rossi 15 ABC K&B 15 R/C Taipan 15 R/C widely known K&B Manufactur ing Cox Hobbies manufacture engines addition listed eligible AMA racing however no reply received listing engines Manufacturers importers engines listed should contact AMA HQ immedi ately wish claim legalityrequire ments minimum quantity carburetion etc vary according event 84 Model Aviation -V RC QUARTER MIDGET IDLE RULE REVISED EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board subject eliminating QM idle re quirement received extensive attention during recent rules change cycle Nine basic cross-proposals submitted issue After interim voting done single proposal RC-80-14B/23B Wayne Yeager remained addressing idle regulation Un fortunately proposal inappropriate limiting carburetor throat 205 excluded existing Cox-Perry carburetor Also exact wording suggested referred back RC-80-14 engine shutoff pro visions explicit Subsequently proposal defeated Final Voting leaving no satisfaction popular move ment eliminate idle rule response pleas Wayne Yeager Gail Jacobson find solution problem RCCB Chairman Joe Friend asked Yeager Jacobson confer other propose wording satisfying needs competitors saw also leaving intact safety measures lim itations affecting speed use pres ently acceptable equipment wording worked out Nats fol lows FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD Section 40RC Pylon Racing Quarter Midget Delete Rule 16Idle requirement Under Rule 46Carburetor shall sup plied engine specifically cataloged engine Add R/C type Add new paragraph Landing Require mentPilot must able idle engine back 5000 RPM less shut off completely radio control plane upright posi tion ground air withouj affect ing flight path direction upon given corn mand above submitted RCCB emergency proposal accepted 9 1 Immediate enforcement RC AEROBATICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Report Dave Bmwn US Teem Member 2nd Place World ChampionshipsSouth Africa 1979 experience will remembered forever us didnt know what ex pect South Africa upon arrival Jo hannesburg concerns quickly dispel led met Team Liai son Gerry Levy well John Brink John Mee Joe Studder Quickly through Cus toms tried hand driving DIRECTORY CONTEST COORDINATORS I Paul L Penney 8 Charlotte Dr Andover MA 01810 II R Sobrino 8726 88th St Woodhuven Oueens NY 11421 RC Richard Smith 300 Steko Ann Rochester NY 14815 RC Lawrence Londy 246 Ontario Sn. Lockport NY 14094 Ill Ken Reber RD 1 Nazareth PA 18064 Eat M Weisenbach 4568W 146th St cleveland OH 44135 West IV Warren Sanders Jr 9735 52nd Ann Collete Plc MD 20741 RC Ed Pitzwater 1920 Ardenwuod Ter Crofton MD 21114 V RCaan Charinne Pinlds 818 Main St SW New tllington SC 29809 RC Soaring Donna Deis 7409 Atwood Huntsville AL35802 FE Wallace Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Moottowery AL 36106 RC Pylon & Snaring RC Pattern other RC CLued RC euceps Soarinti VI Horrace Cain 828 Weidner Rd Buffalo Grout IL 60090 RC Ralph White Jr R R 1 Bun 324 Neoga IL 62447 VII John Evert 421 Walnut Lv Apple Valley MN 55124 West RC Len Roe 6539 Orchid Dr Jevison Ml 49428 East Ci & PE Debi Iwboff 524 Sinclair NP Grand Rapids Ml 49503 East VIII John Deanon 6205 Melinda Dr WautuugaTX 76148 RC Robert J Talley 3112 Lawrence Ann Nederlund TX 77627 lx Bill Eieda411 Barker Building Omaha NE 88102 RC George Hunter 6962 S Lamar St Littletot CD 80123 X Myrtle Coad Rn Boo 19 Lower Lake CA 95457 North Lee Poluosky 258 Iris Ave Goleta CA 93017 Sooth Prank Gowns 2241 Noah St Honolulu HI 96816 HI meets xl Don Dodd 3406 Belvidere Am SW Seattle WA 98126 RC Don Miller 24718 Summit-Landsburg Rasensdale WA 98051 left Seven days later after trips practice field driving well flying down pat Processing 24th went well us problem noise testing ready com pete least thought first day competition dawned tragedy struck sick could hard ly stand up Fortunately flight day after able get back hotel bed Gerry Levy came rescue doctor prescribed few dugs against bets exactly well able fly second day After disastrous first day 22nd place due being sick also due engine failure well throttle trim dummy started comeback second day after two flights leading held lead through qualifications during finals lost Wolfgang Matt lost heading during D----M Horrible 8 Oh well Ill try again Mexico can make team again team did great Mark finishing 3rd Dean 12th Dean suffered ad verse weather EU-i problems extremely turbulent air due its slower speed Too bad honestly feel could have finished 1-2-3 given few breaks judging weather judging relatively typical World Championshipsand needs some work example two highest qualifying flights came last round front set judges normally VERY low through rest contest feel throwing out high low scores per maneuver would very good idea particularly in ternational competition Also Jury made few suspect deci sions opinion due primarily fact its members fact written rules didnt seem care what words said knew what intended able convince others well dont feel decisions affected outcome contest something must improve future reason Jury interpret gray areas rules change specific ones Enough soapboxingthe South African World Championships great proud team member experi ence Ill never forget Thanks responsible special thanks team mates Don Lowe Mark Radcliff Dean Koger last least Gerry Levythe best team world RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD I Henry Struck RPO2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ann Lyndonvillo NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klulber 2021 Lakeland Am Lukewuod OH 44107 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny Jenkins 31125 Raines Rd Memphis TN 38118 VI Chris Mattuno B57B Ginger St John MO 63114 VII Phil Klintworth Jr 715 Rutgers Rd Rochester Ml 48063 VIII Mark Valerius 2302 Poweran Houston TX 77055 IXJerald Murphy 2432 Astron Colorado Springs C080906 X Joe Norcross 215W Santa Ana No 211A Clovis CA 93612 xl Ernie Lion 165s8 121st Ave SE RentonWA 98055 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I George Higgins PD Bus 482 North Pembroke MA 02388 II Bill Boss 7706 269th St. New Hyde Park NY 11040 Ill Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St. Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Ron McNally 6118 Bardu Ace Springfield VA 22152 V Dave Hemstraught PO Boo 171 Moncks Corner SC 29461 VI Bob BurnS 1758 N Natchec Chicago IL 60635 VII James Sinton 4941 Wiscovsin Am N New Hope MN 55428 VIII William R Lee 3522 Tamerisk Lv Missouri CityTX77459 IX Michael Tallwan 3014 Enchange Wichita KS 67217 X Pete Brueft 315 S Maria Ave Redondo Beach CA 90277 Xl Dan Ruthnrford4705237th Fl SE BothellWA98011 I Ed lazo 483 Piske St Holliston MA 01748 II Joe Friend 62 Joysan Tere Prnehold NJ 07728 Ill Dave Brown 8534 Huddleston Cincinnati OH 46236 IV Wayne Aberneshy 5221 Marlboro Pike Hillside MO 20027 V J Davis Jr 1813 S Lakeshore Dr Birmingham AL 35216 VI Mike Mueller 1531 Revere Cir Schaumburg IL 60193 VII Peter Waters 31219 Kendall Linonia Ml 48154 VIII Win 8 Thomas 331 SE Rockwood Bartlesoille OK 74003 IX Loren Tregellas 30038 Everett Wichita KS 67217 X Bill Northrop Jr 621 W 19th St Costa Mesa CA 92827 XI Ralph Brooke 3431 5 194th Seattle WA 98188 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Richard Sherman 28 High St Plywooth NH 03264 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14612 Ill Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St MeKeesport PA 15130 IV Bob Karlsson 2643 Marsh Rd Wilmington DE 19810 V David Plots 6940 NW 15th Pt Luoderdale PL 33313 VI Bob Onderwood4109 Concord Oak St Louis MO 63128 VII Claude MeCullouglt Bun 40 Montezuma IA 50171 VIII William H lrwin922 Sundown Lane Desoto TX 75115 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward Sc Omaha NE 68114 X Bill Stroman 12218 Dune St Norwalk CA 90650 Xl Earle Moorhead 275 S View Fl S. Salem OR 97302 Report Mark Redcliff US Teem Member 3rd PlacB have just returned 11th RC Aerobatics World Championships Johan nesburg South Africa must say rewarding competition have attended arrived JoBerg week ahead could get some practice 5000-ft al titude team gone Denver CO over Labor Day weekend just practice altitude must say paid off well adjusted altitude arrived SA however practice session nearly disaster Both No 1 No 2 planes prob lems engine quitting during transi tion low high throttle nearly lost CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don Lindlny 420 Tupelo Napernille IL 60540 Continued page 96 January1980 85 Bold Pace Belom Indicates Chairman Contest Board SCALE CONTEST BOARD 0o FINAL VOTEEzo 1980-81 COMPETITION RULES lt EoU~ - ofVOtO ~ Acceptable N NotAccpbIe200O0~4O o~E wOL~oOOnZTally II Ill IV V VI VII VIII IX X Xl [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 66I66AEstablish Scale General Rules requiring declaration suc cessful flight completion differing kind model NorthropAAAAAAAAAAAAil ON Platt 59Unified Rules Require list parts made entrantAAAAAAANAAAA1OA 1 N McCullough 2RC Precision Eliminate contestant class system PlahnA A AA A AA Ail ON [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 61/61 ARC Precision Redefine straight flight out return parallel spectator safety line reword Fig 8 Traffic A A A A A A Ail ON approach landing associate track Mccullough Mccullough [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 60Precision Sport RC& CL Require dummy pilot figure inAAAAAAAAANAAiOA1N flight Mccullough 65RC Precision Sport Require dummy pilot figure flightAAAAAAAAANAAbA iN Northrop [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 58/58ARC Precision Sport State desirability require-AAAAAAAAAAAAi iA ON ment mixing classes flight order DAttilio 62Precision Sport RC & CL Instead separate special rule book events allow CDs schedule special events scale modelsAAAAAAAAAAAAil ON specific classifications Mccullough li/il A/il BRC Precision Sport Establish judges guide in-AAAAAAANAAAAi OA iN cluding revisions cross-proposals Preston/D Attilio/Preston 67/67A/67BSailplanes Establish new Sport Scale RC Sailplane category embodying specific flight task 50/50 static/flight balance utilizing existing Sport Scale static judgingmodified A A A A A AiiAON 12Increase static judging distance eliminate references A A A A A A AiOA ON non-judged items Preston Rank order preference 49Dont consider cockpit cabin interiors static judging AAA AAAAAAAAAil ON consider visible detailing Johnson 13Craftsmanship score consider quality quantity work AAA AAAANAAAAi QA iN done entrant excluding purchased items Preston 5i/5iAAllow up three scale operations including multi- AAA AAAAAAAAAilA ON engines used Arvin/DAttilio 50Allow CD require demonstration RC scale operations Single engine limit cu Single engine max weight pounds A A A A A AiiAON 86 Model Aviation same 3-views Leuley/DAttiIioJ 0 S N Aj AlOAiN ground Arvin engine limits decided separately ' Ii C U C U I A A I Al Al AiiAON SCALE CONTEST BOARD FINAL VOTE Cont Single engine max weight pounds Multi-Engine limit cu Multi-Engine max weight pounds 313FAMinimum model requirements 1 least 1 displacement 2 Scale least 2-7/8 Weight least 15 lbs fuel Karlsson 3/3FBProhibit entry model both Sport Scale Giant Scale events same contest Karlsson A A A N A AbA iN 14/14AFF Gas Adopt Unified Scale Judging rules pertaining sub-AAAAAAAAANAA10A iN stitution interior detail documentation McCombs/McCullough 56/56A/56B/56C/56DEstablish unified Indoor Outdoor Rubber rules incorporating cross-proposal revisions Srull/DeCarlis/Schanzle/AAAAAAAAAAAAil ON Clemens/Srull 145No scoring details inside cockpit edging canopy Note Proposals passing Final Vote margin two-thirds among voting nearest whole number become new AMA com petition rules effective January 1 1980 blank box means no vote cast COMBINED CONTEST BOARD FINAL VOTEFFFree Flight Contest Board Cu FOR 1980-81 COMPETITION RULESRCRadio Control Contest Board2Result SCScale Contest Boardof Vote CLControl Line Contest Board ptableand N AcceptableTally II Ill IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI 8ANational AMA Records Allow flier claim record byFF A A A A submitting Contest Director submitting record application CD signature altemately simply statement R A A A A A facts flier either case must done within 14 days latter record application must also SC A A A A A 36A iN submitted 14-day limit MeuserCL AA AA AA Note Proposals passing Contest Board margin two-thirds among voting nearest whole number become new AMA competition rules effective January 1 1980 blank box means no vote cast January1980 87 A A A A A A11AON IA IA IA IA IA IA IA IA I AilAON IA IA jA j IA jA jA jAjN [ Ai0AiN I Noscoringfordetails insideotcockpitedgingor I A I I I N j AbA iN Combat Team Trials St Louis Mo September 14-16 name game fly matches Until youre team lose three times Granderson Buckstaff Cleveland Will represent US 1980 Combat World Championships Charlie Johnson CONTROL LINE COMBAT TEAM FINALS JUST getting half fun Thats really true fly FAI Combat take lust weekend off compete con test 1500 miles away West Coast contin gent flew St Louis commercial jet made trip van car person motorcycle 800 miles us met airport Fri day afternoon least werent plagued autograph hounds thrill seekers reporters main concern getting model boxes renting enough cars transport everything Drury Inn Team Trials HQ also about 30 miles airport nature FAI Combat struc ture Team Trials meant sure having enough equipment last through triple eliminationsusing two models per bout contestant would need about dozen models plus supporting gear still sounds like no problem until try getting dozen models strong box past baggage check-in theyd love slap extra charge guys driving didnt have easy either Texans came up Bill Lees van 58 models plus gallons fuel helmets pitting boxes two spares everything Bill did say roomier way home since good number models laid rest on-in-and-all-over St Louis landscape Somehow model boxes pulled clutches baggage hand lers everyone road made safely pilots meeting Friday night Bo nanza Steak House banquet room reserved meeting since local St Louis club used same facilities de cided make good impression eat everything sight meeting classic Paul Smith chairman Combat Team Selec tion Committee really done home work preparations meet amazing see hard some people tried NOT understand contest worked waitress caught right off fly matches until youre team lose three times wasnt too swift about other things giv ing Pauls steak someone else Chuck Thomas Contest Director meet Paul did admirable job fielding some tough what questions 88 Model Aviation Top The happy winners team positions dusk George Cleveland left repeat team member Phil Granderson center Sher wood Hat Buckstaff consistent Combat winners Granderson undefeated 70 Team Finals Cleveland Buckstaff lost match 6-1 Fox 15 engines dominated event though top placer Granderson used Supertigre X-15 Left Phil Cartier holds Mike Strieter fuels Bill Harris looks before matchHarris models said indestructable meet ground cowered flew says author Right Debbie lmhoff tries take Mack Hairys mind off models Dont strip blind nuts Mack Left Mack Henry waiting spare modelengine running ready go soon ship air down streamer can ex changed Hardest job watching primary models figuring out downed model chase Right Two-thirds Detroit Combat Team L-R Paul Smith Chuck Rudner pitting other third Ron Colombo out view handle Colombo 2nd alternate would have perfect game show Just someone would come up what looked like perfect loophole either Paul Chuck would slam door perfect ex planation facts supposed another set FAI rules way Would different what using What will happen ow waitress table caught fly matches until youre team have lost three Everyone soon tired play ing Stump Officials left some much needed sleep weather St Louis really great temperature 70s no wind clear sky almost no humidity St Louis Team Trials held Buder Park two years ago site has room about dozen circles first two hours Saturday used practice quite sight see FAI Combat ships flying time25000 rpm direction Practice ended everyone satis fled equipment working up expec tations because official decree streamers werent ready crew fran tically work making up enough Hurri cane Frederick blamed Its just well streamers werent ready offi cials werent quite ready go either None timers helpers previous Team Trials hand ONE Team Trials enough satisfy curiosity Some local RC club members donated two days time help out plus few friends flierssome drove over 500 miles own expense just help officiate now know what locals found out two years ago about later contestants divided threeman teams during Friday evening meeting Guys worked team wouldnt have fly other until theyd flown other pilot helped strategy some made no difference others After round begun contestant flew until hed won match lost three Thus possible few entrants lose out very early meet losing three straight 1-2 record stood Once underway became apparent would some excellent flying lot griping Only two circle marshalls Chuck Thomas Mike Strieter lot Combat experience Contestants served back-up timers occasionally Jury mem rs Due similarity models very difficult tell plane another after streamer cut down nub Pit crews couldnt tell plane hit ground happened several times pit crew ran over retrieved WRONG streamer sigh relief heard timers Bosta other distinctive model match because made jobs much easier high-point match taken George Cleveland 688 362 Bob Burch 688 super score Bobs 362 would have good enough beat Phil Granderson five out seven matches course Phil won matches because didnt let opponent score much good matches during two days including Cleveland vs Burch joust Dick Stubblefield also flew real corker against Burch winning 616 Burchs 330 Bob didnt make team did ever put show trying Howard Rush did some amazing low-level maneuvering avoid Dick Stubblefield match won 356 352 heart-breaking loss meet Ron Colombos second loss Cleveland Colombo enough lead allow George privilege cutting nub off still winning 200 points Ron hav ing no part giving up cuts found himself checking out turf trying evade George instant Ron forgot fly ing FAI Combat left circle clearing handle lines putting January1980 89 Left Chuck Thomas air horn rule book countdown cards paid own way Everett WA Contest Director parttime circle marshall Center Neal White show-stopper Bosta ST X-15 end mini-pipe Planes elliptical planform made easy judges pit crews flew Right Bob Rules very high aspect-ratio model unique twin rudders Rossi engine Trimming said problem insufficient strength such long wing Bob folded just before Team Finals photos Charlie Johnson Combat Finals Continued helmet line infraction alone lost him chance team pictures youll deduce winning models wood construction Mylar covering Wing areas 350-plus inches square Texans claimed have models 12-1 3-az bracket also some real strong Fox iSs Stubblefields looked best rest claimed have 300 rpm faster opinion superior model/engine meet Neal Whites Bosta/Rossi closely followed Stubblefields Fox-powered model Phil Granderson the top three didnt use Fox powerhad Supertigre X-l5son planes saw variation prop tried Tal pan 7-4 proved popular safest wide hub Tornado seen stretch shed blades Texans high-revving Fox engines lost several props Most contestants used 015 lines rather 012 popular two years ago Several used heavy-duty Laystrate lines favored Europeans lines use three heavy strands rather seven found 015s three strands soldered together rigid feel just about unbreakable situations Team Trials did accomplish its pri mary goal select best possible US team No can argue about credentials 1980 team members George Cleveland repeat winner other two have incredible amount experience tween As previously mentioned rough spots Team Trialsin opinion due organization non-coop eration few contestants Everyone helped did free bit diffi culty identifying models during close-in com bat after streamers cut nub some question about amount air-time per contestant very close match maybe should system matches less S-point difference reflown ad hoc Jury decide whether contestant kept disabled model airborne intentionally also question airworthiness couple models observation everyone helped did best job possible receives word praise least Lets support 1980 team group has super chance sweeping Team Individual World Championships Poland 1980 Start making plans improve 1981 Team Trials volunteering time energy make success OFFICIAL STANDINGS 1st Place Phil Granderson won-lost 7-0 Defeated Rule Lane lmhoff Rudner Smith Cleveland Curtis 2nd Place Sherwood Buckstaff 6-1 De feated Youngblood Henry Lopez Rudner Frost Colombo Lost Curtis 3rd Place George Cleveland 6-1 Defeat ed Smith Burch Rush Curtis Colom bo Colombo 2nd matching Lost Granderson 4th Place Paul Curtis 6-3 Defeated Hill Henry King Stubblefield Rush Buckstaff Lost Frost Cleveland Grand erson 5th Place Ron Colombo 5-3 Defeated Harris Hill Fentress Rush Frost Lost Cleveland Buckstaff Cleveland 6th Place Paul Smith 4-3 6th Place Howard Rush 4-3 6th Place Gary Frost 4-3 9th Place Chuck Rudner 3-3 9th Place Richard Stubblefield 3-3 11th Place Dick lmhoff 2-3 11th Place Joe King 2-3 11th Place Ernie Lane 2-3 11th Place Rich Lopez 2-3 15th Place Bob Burch 1-3 15th Place Gary Fentress 1-3 15th Place Mack Henry 1-3 15th Place Larry Hill 1-3 15th Place Neal White 1-3 15th Place Stan Youngblood 1-3 21st Place Phil Cartier 0-3 21st Place Bill Harris 0-3 21st Place Bob Rule 10-3 Did not fly Hill Jack Johnson McDonald Team Standings Texas/Lou isiana B uckstaff Cleveland Stubblefield Detroit Combat Team Colombo Smith Rudner win-lose 6-1 6-1 33 15-5 - - 5-3 4-3 3-3 12-9 Nashville Jive Granderson Henry Hill 7-0 1-3 1-3 9-6 MATCH STATISTICS FOR TOP FIVE Granderson 7-0 Buckstaff 6-1 Cleveland 6-1 Curtis 6-3 Colombo 5-3 Points 2444 2118 2506 2438 2892 Points Against 1180 420 1802 2326 1836 Difference 1264 1698 704 112 1056 Avg Margin 180 242 101 12 132 90 Model Aviation Left Dick Stubblefield checks out log book fleet planes Texans got 58 models van lots room return trip Right Bill Lea MA CL Racing contributing editor comes plane fixerspent 10 minutes getting perfect alignment Stubblefield planeonly tacked place Hot Stuffteam member tweaked strengthyep broke off Above Phil Cartier readies Gary Frosts mod 1 Phils kit Frost cut bit add fuel capacity Fox 50% nitro wouldnt make five minutesBelow Jim Ong walks off two Ex-Force planes after George Clevelands match Joe King has salvagable part push-rod quick link Rich Lopez seen use variet models engineshad good success Super tigre X-15s Cox iSs set up Roger Theobald Rossi pistons Speed event split between two sitesDayton OH Santa Ana CA team member se lection Team Race totally Dayton Though number par ticipants small competition fierce Resulting team mem bers Speed Chuck Schuette Charles Lieber Bob Spahr Team Race Perkins/Albritton McCollum/Kusik Jackson/Nel son 1980 Control Line World Championships will encom pass events plus Aerobatics Combat scheduled sub ject confirmation FAI ClAM Poland SPEED & CONTROL LINE TEAM RACE TEAM FINALS Dr Laird Jackson DAYTON inactive runways Wright-Patterson Air Force Base venue British would say 5/8 US Control Line FAI Team Trials over Labor Day weekend 1979 5/8 because 1/8 half Speed Trials held Santa Ana CA Cox Hobbies parking lot same time three hours later remaining quarter constituted Combat portion CL Team selection process held little later St Louis CN Combat Team Finals reported separately issue CL Aerobatics Team Finalsheld conjunction CL Team Race eastern half CL Speed Team Finalswas reported last month Wright-Patterson AFB has excellent facili ties official flying practice Arrange ments site made Keith Trostle president PAMPA Colonel Bob Cordle member Dayton Buzzin Buzzards Club flying site excellent space galore super coop eration Air Force local modelers plus close-by motels should also mention fine coopera tion Cox Hobbies support num erous people West Coast area Joe Klause served Contest Director able help Bill Wisniewski Roger Theo baldand Im sure others Back east Dayton Bill Wright con ducted Team Race Speed events help Carl Dodge plus administrative help Henry Nelson Doc Jackson number people volunteered ser vices both areas its because dont know names dont men tion As always meets take great deal effort put design contest entries Speed Teem Finals apparently variation copy plane shown top picture John Newtons ship top three eastern half event bottom left pic ture L-R Bob Heminway charles Lieber cliff Norman Lieber won team spot oth er two team positions came western half shown photo below LR Chuck Schuette Bob Spahr West coast TF pictures Charlie Johnson 92 Model Aviation SPEED THIS event split two sites accom modate number West Coast fliers conducted rounds both sites two rounds being flown both Saturday Sunday best two times counted fliers average position final standings Since East Coast flights about three hours before West Coast lets take look Dayton event first Charlie Lieber member 1978 Speed Team known have good potential making years team Bob Heminway has flown Charlie past making come-back try member 1974 Speed Team counted definite possibility Clif ton Norman also showing promise reports some engines running very fast bench reliable airplane fuel system set-up using Emil Rumples World Championship model design bits pieces made either Emil 1978 World Champion Jurgen Lenzen Two other participants ex pected John Camp Michigan Ed Gif ford ot New Jersey final results pretty much bore out predictions Lieber Heminway Norman posted good flights Camp Gifford lagged behind various difficulties preventing put ting up official flights An unfortunate note after Cliff Normans official flying found engines oversized happens too often Rossi engines mixes internal parts effort find good running combination Bob Heminway using Charlie Liebers 1978 speed shells molded fiberglass wing Charlie makes tank set-up similar used both Char lie Cliff Norman hard tank crankcase pressure Rumple fuel switch Bobs engines ran afoul displacement problem also other engine okay able record official times though very good ones Charlie Lieber certainly smoothest flying set-up seen East Coast site own difficulties getting good engine runs settings Both first flights two days suffered prob lems engine going decidedly off song resulting poor time However quick test flight found proper needle valve set ting way extremely criti cal able record flights both days 141-sec 1-kilometer run speed 25532 km/hr Which comes out just about 158 mph excellent time both runs started out much fast er definite slowing about mid-point run serious sag ging lean last two 10 laps re quired Although us flying east unable contact West Coast people during contest felt sure Liebers time would hold up place team turned out true Charlies time second overall standings Calls Sunday night Joe Klause Chuck Schuette gave us results West Coast say least inter esting contest featured much warmer dryer weather Dayton Dayton weather humid times mid high SOs Saturday quite cool weather rains morning Sunday temperature never got above low 70s during flying portion day As Dayton five fliers participat ing Santa Ana site Senior flier Doug Hinkley apparently using Rumple-style set-up air plane able record flight 14193 mph excellent Doug represents large increase over past perform ances certainly has stuck event has made great strides improvements fourth place West Coast Luke Roy Luke has developed bladder pressure fuel system used West Coast fliers consists ball valve check pressure feed similar developed Jim Walker pressure unseat valve open up fuel flow generated crankcase pressure opened timed pressure tap off rear valve dri en valve system seems work hints kinks have worked out resulting inconsistency end second day Luke unable get fourth flight might very well have put average high enough place team As ended up average 15374 mph fourth place West Coast Third place West Coast went John Newton averaged 15452 flights around mark of ficials Second West Coast standings third overall went Bob Spahr has done past used Perils Pauline approach getting official place ap parently some engine runs ab solutely superb least portion flight felt over 165 mph ran out fuel did have official about 158 mph finally last flight Sunday managed get flight 153 average over 155 mph contrast Chuck Schuette flew some fast flights easily qualified team Continued page 96 Team Race Team Finals next page January1980 93 Above Left L-R Col Bob Cordle Carl Dodge mixing FAI fuel Dayton Above Right Bill Wisniewski second left checks engine dis placement computation L-R Roger Theobald Maurice Hinckley Joe Klause look After checking stroke said unison better have awfully small piston didl Below Left Luke Roy cranks starter Maurice Hinckley looks see son Doug ready flight Below Middle John Camp brought wife family help out still couldnt get official clocking Below Right Doug Hinckley Senior Age flier doing real well Speed competitionhere holding back load engine hopefully get pipe TEAM RACE nt rounds fly over two days superbly run Bill Wright kept contest mov ing smoothly relatively small number entries eight teams appearing dropping out after practice day Jim Joy came new pilot partner BB Brown BB managed permanently retract landing gear both models during practice made difficult compete brought large supply ultra-short propellersl left seven entrants headed Perkins/Albritton practice seemed have consistent high speed best chance winning competition Veteran team contenders John McCollum Jed Kusik formed new partnership Jed doing pit work John flying also decent air speed com bined Jeds usual quick pit work Tim Gillott John Ballard made long distance team Nationals Lincoln NE first place posi tion decided tb go combination again Team Trials Long time competitor Al Kelly now pitting young Bill Hughes Chicago area contrast performance early year seemed have found speed range needed competitive addition three veteran teams teams veterans depend ing upon outlook appeared Gary Wallace now teamed up brother Springfield MO Jim Jolly father two-time World Champs competitor Larry Jolly pilot Ken Mogi Finally migrant engine manufacturer Henry Nelson moved east instead west thus disregarding familiar advice desparation taken oldest living Race pilot team heard vocally suffering therefrom Nonetheless Henrys engines manfully struggling drag balsa anchors through air disasters practice having cleaned patched up Saturday dawned nice clear promise some good races Bill Wright ran tight ship after meeting Friday night flying generally clean no fragrant fouls nobody getting away something advantage Perkins/Aibritton first up heat Kusik/McCollum Ballard/G illott Perkins combined excellent pitwork good needle settings fine piloting iE record 350 time followed closely John Jed 354 Ballard/Gillott engine setting problems requiring extra pit stop difficulties dropped badly 431 time second heat first round saw Kelly/Hughes get some fairly decent speed bit under-com pression early tanks recorded 414 time Nelson/Jackson fairly good setting Jacksons piloting managed create enough disaster reduce time 41O Mogi/Jolly difficulties setting running-inthey didnt finish left Wallace/Wallace finish round three-man heat two teams starting off second round McCollum/Kusik Ballard/Gillott Unfortunately Ballard/Gillott gone off field make some repairs 94 Model Aviation US team 1980 Team Race World Championships Standing L-R Henry Nelson Doc Jackson Jed Kusik John McCollum Kneeling Walt Perkins JE Aibritton Walt Perkins missed catch note closed finger-grip shot left subsequent chase runback right cost teem about 10 seconds Mistakes can ruin ewen best teams chances starting gun John Ballard JE Albritton Bill Hughes ready position center failed appear call resulting no-time being recorded haunt later final totals scored average three times team after discarding teams best time its two worst times So although allows throw out bad times does allow luxury deliberately discard ing bad times least until late corn petition heat went off Wallace/Wallace Nelson/Jackson flying Round 2 McCoIlum Kusik got decent time 359 Jackson managed pull bad piloting error bad shutoff belated tempt get airplane resulted bounce well over Henrys outstretched arm upside down airplane split prop tip Wallace/Wallace unable get decent setting remainder round also marked difficulties Mogi/Jolly could find air-speed Perkins/Aibritton missed catch Wallace/Wallace no-time An unfortunate incident occurred involving Kelly/Hughes tail end round Ballard/C illott trying put flight beginning 3rd Round pit-stops during race both airplanes quit about same time Bill Hughes following John Ballard pits Tim Gil ott first circle airplanes came Kelly waiting two segments fur ther around Gillott just barely caught air plane still forwarded ex tended arm air Hughes airplane collided made difficult decision Bill Wright made judg ment could disqualified Kelly/Hughes giving Ballard re-fly Tim made best re-fly posting fastest time 359 good setting two quick pits Others round managed hold positions McCollum/Kusik fairly slow time 404 Perkins/Albritton troubles again 418 Wallace/ Wallace Mogi/J oIly again could find good air-time 446 442 respec tively Nelson/Jackson managed make de cent pit stops engine setting too rich too slow produced 405 As things would have turned out fastest time con cluded first day flying After lot activity motel Sat urday night making repairs ships fix ing tired engines resoldering leaking fuel tanks like everyone retired await morn wasnt much started rain fairly early However stopped along about 830 gradually runways dried out Flying slightly delayed two top teams no trouble getting back groove Perkins/Aibritton turned 351 MeCollum/Kusik followed 357 complement other times round Ballard/C illott made sec ond bad error hard landing broke ship behind wingforcing retirement recording second no-time would force count slow time 431 anchor proved impossible lift Kelly/Hughes did 423 still moderate troubles Mogi/Jolly did finish Wallace/Wallace stuck pla teau 443 Jackson showed Henry new wrinkle fast shut-off takeoff thus nullifying good setting recording 409 time 408 next heat man aged preserve enough consistency save day Kelly/Hughes followed another 426 Ballard/Gillott did 408both too far behind make up last round Mogi/Jolly retired did complete heats Wallace/Wallace also remained 430s range remaining heats icing cake top three positions now determined Kelly/Hughes Bal lard/Gillott good times both re cording 402s bright spot two days flying three top teams showed flashes speeds capable recording decent times lack consistency repeated errors team Jackson/Nelson taking prize disconcerting will have eliminated team challenge Europeans nice touch seem ready willing work together ru mored first project put old Doc megavitamins hopes improv ing aging reflexes least make pos sible him spot Henry circle Anyway teams look capable good show 80 January1980 95 just somewhere among foam rubber Tim Gillot flew fron West Coast teamed up pilot John Ballard Missing heat might have undoing Jed Kusik two sKots above shows make fast pit stop Catching ship just side line segment doesnt have move feet place other side line pressure-fuel flip quick start Below Pilot action center John McCollum RI coming out pit JE Albritton LI passes over Gary Wallace cruises Speed Finals/Jackson Continued page 93 two flights first day quite consistentone 16221 sec ond 16160 mph alone would have qualified him first Sunday morning 3rd Round weather too cool humid thought took bye round As turned out Bob Spahrs engine running off its 165-plus mph laps did fly 4th Round recorded another flight 16192 mphthree very consistent flights three top fliers Schuette Lieber Spahr used assymetric side-winder designs Schuette Spahr used same inboard-engined design has seen frequently past Charlie uses outboard design molded fiberglass wings contrast hard aluminum wings Schuette RC World Champs/Radcliff Continued page 85 No 1 Phoenix 8 engine quit forced make down-wind landing wind blowing very hard landed fast airplane rolled rock pile dam aging underside breaking firewall loose After evenings repair whole crew back business next day solved engine problems both planes practice having engine troubles case once official competition began Dean Ko gers engine quit about half-way through first flight Dave Brown next fly engine quit last fly surprise engine ran great After further adjustments Deans Daves engines team no engine trouble Wind big factor contest very windy day believe reason success Phoenix 8 has definite advantage wind Going finals 5th place honest did feel stand ing would improve However finals over could hardly believe moved 5th 3rd Needless say very happy feel team learned lot WC Engines seem critical 5000 feet altitude Model airplanes fly different ly higher altitude South Africa wonderful conuntry people treated us fantastic organ ized very tight contest way finish 3rd world fantastic feeling no way could have done help lot super people equipment lot hard work believe podium both team championship dividual play national anthem realize what about Again thanks AMA members manufacturers supported team Once again showed world still No 1 Report Dean Koger US Team Member 12th Place trip South Africa 11th RC Aerobatics World Championships very surprising rewarding experience Johan nesburg modern city can found anywhere exactly what picture think Africa During first few days didnt see much countryside way practice field because driving left side road requires lot con centration youve never done before As gradually became pro reverse driving able look around see expressways shopping centers discount stores new hous ing developments etc would look right home anywhere country temperatures entire threeweek stay perfect dont know exactly what because use Celsius scale would guess typically 70s wind another story varied windy ridiculous day kept hop ing would quit never did several RC fields available practice used belonging Transvaal RC Fliers very nice paved strip apart inconvenience having occasionally chase cows off runway ideal practice site contest held Baragwanath Air port flying site provided bit disappointing flew off very very narrow about 15-ft full-size glider runway circles placed grass scraped off next runway ground oiled area quite rough provided very little roll-out area es sentially forced everyone take off land narrow glider runway passing through middle circle didnt turn out cause much trouble still less desirable situation judging good would hope World Championships two sets judges quite imbalanced high set low set thus low set minimal contribution outcome also thought judges did make efficient use scores available ex ample really good maneuver might scored 7 poor 6 lack dis crimination makes outcome depend ent other less important factors Obvious ly judges perform difficult thankless job really try best job possible After giving matter considerable thought believe following suggestions would make judges jobs easier future a Throw out high low scores set judges b Utilize half-point scoring c Select judges based ability rather politics d In same manner flash cards have improved judging spectator enjoy ment place judges name coun try back chair conclude would remiss did thank South Africans phenomi nal hospitality shown us during stay Barb will long remember beautiful coun try wonderful people met privilege represent United States very proud have brought first place team trophy back home MEUSERS FF DURATION COLUMN - This month left out would nt have squeeze big report EF World Championships couple time-sensitive items promised get elsewhere Take over Meuser Nominations Order Models Year no time lose nominations must January 1 NFFS Model Year Awards presented typically de signers models have achieved out standing track record competition models represent outstanding achieve ment development some sort also have received awards though havent won single contestFulton Hungerfords Walnut-Scale Ford Tn-Motor electricpower Mattel Super Star example Fur thermore awards have made nonmodels Peanut Scale Old-Timer movements Rossi 15 Cox 049-05 1 engines Seelig timers So let minds wander too long Write phone NFFS MOY Chairman Steve Geraghty 194 Vista Del Monte Los Gatos CA 95030 Pres entations awardees will appear 1980 Symposium Report can make 1980 Nats Model Mail-In Meat mentioned back June issue give planty time now zero-hour hand rules Use no balsa 3 6-in piece ordinary 1132 sheet slice up way like covering no 12 12-in sheet ordinary Japan ese tissue no superfine condenser paper Use wire plastic teflon rubber steel aluminum glue dope clay lead similar heavy materials like may use light-weight materials such styro foam microfilm helium hydrogen addi tional balsa tissue beyond specified Make size shape model like can glider rubber-powered Give model name supply simple set plans Prizes offered best duration unique unusual model best workman shipperhaps others Models cannot re turned theyll go good cause pro moting model aviation spend much time building model getting back big deal design incompatible spirit thing Mail models Earl Van Gorder 10 Brothers Road Wap pingers Falls NY 12590 sure get January 17 96 Model Aviation 11111 vev gui dli Lildi dlisium. 3 x 6-in piece 1/32-in balsa sheet square foot tissue 2nd place 1979 MidHudson Model Masters Mail-In Meet
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I NE WSLETTEIU ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS 1980-81 AMA SCALE & GENERAL RULES charts next two page spread identify basically new changed Scale General rules will become effective January 1 1980 Similar charts pre sented last month Radio Control Control Line Free Flight items chart acceptable results column changes additions 197879 rules applicable 1980-81 feated wont new rule book cases description rules change very general its possible go back issues Model v/at ion CN section get specifics original Basic Pro posals Cross-Pro posals Cross Proposals identified capital letter fol lowing proposal number 66A stance first Cross-Proposal Basic Pro posal 66 Scale Basic Proposals 1978 sues dated October 1-5 November 6-13 December 14-67 Scale Cross-Proposals 1979 issues dated May June General Basic Proposal Decem ber 1978 issue Cross-Proposal May 1979 issue SCALE CB OKAYS BYRON PIUS other action Scale Contest Board has approved rewording builder-of-the-model rule clarification pertaining Scale denied protest se lection US Scale Teams Nats considered general protest conduct RC Sport Scale 1979 Nats Byron Originals Pitts Special vote 7 1 abstention favor ap peal Dean Copeland concerning disqualifi cation entry Sport Scale 1979 National Contest Nats disqualification reversed based protest Brian Crossley model did comply builder-of-the-model rules Builder-of-the-model Rule Rewording Noting protest mentioned above seemed based misunderstanding intent rule Scale Contest Board Chairman 815 FIFTEENTH STREET NW Claude McCullough proposed rewording rule applied Scale events fol lows Builder Model Contest Director shall make reasonable effort assure himself flier has completely con structed models uses competi tion including covering used construct interpreted action re quired complete model starting no prefabrication amount used usual kit Kits containing large amount pre-fabrication permissible long final assembly parts covering and/or painting done builder Mod els completely prefabricated re quire few minutes unskilled effort completion shall excluded competition US Scale Team Selection board voted 9 0 against protest Ted White seeking invalidate US Scale Team selection 1979 Nats due purported irregularities judging especially concerning scale im pression speed General RC Sport Scale Protest Although no immediate relief sought concerning ac tions already having taken place board considered protest LP Jensen concern ing competency judges purported im proper use scale impression speed pur ported improper actions Contest Direc tor purported improper viewing models static judges board felt validity some points raised Jensen White should con sidered future application Nats other contests RC IIM ENGINE MOOS BANNED Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board response request Duane Gall RCCB has ruled allow certain en gine modifications Quarter Midget Pylon Racing issues 1 excessive use metal shims produced manufac tuer between upper lower parts crankcase change timing 2 use RC engine parts cataloged use Free Flight/Speed version include insert-type head available stock RC en gines produced manufacturer vote disallow measures seven three WASHINGTON DC 20005 ELIGIBLE RC PYLON RACE ENGINES Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board April 3 1979 letter sent AMA HQ representing RC Contest Board several engine manufacturers import ers letter solicited identification engines meet rules criteria three AMA racing categories fol lowing lists obtained replies Formula II 05 40 R/C World Engines 05 40 FSR World Engines 05 40 SR World Engines ST X-40 World Engines ST G21/40 World Engines OPS 40 Shamrock Competition Imports HB 4ORC Bavarian Precision Products HB 40 PDP Bavarian Precision Products Fox 40 engines Fox Manufacturing Co HP 40F series Midwest Model Supply HP 40R series Midwest Model Supply Profi Polks Hobbies Inc Enya 40 Std Model Rectifier Corp Enya 40 TV Model Rectifier Corp Enya 40 XTV Model Rectifier Corp Webra 1034 RC Model Rectifier Corp Webra 1036 P pylon Model Rectifier Corp Quarter Midget 05 15 R/C World Engines ST X-15 World Engines ST G15 World Engines HB 15RC Bavarian Precision Products Moki Polks Hobbies Inc Enya 15 IV TV Model Rectifier Corp Fox 15RC Fox Manufacturing Co AA Pylon G-Mark Polks Hobbies Inc Previously published acceptable shown above following Formula I/Il K&B SR II 65cc Series 75 K&B 40 R/C 1972 1973 1974 models Testor/ McCoy 40 R/C Quarter Midget Cox Con quest 15 R/C Rossi 15 R/C Rossi 15 ABC K&B 15 R/C Taipan 15 R/C widely known K&B Manufactur ing Cox Hobbies manufacture engines addition listed eligible AMA racing however no reply received listing engines Manufacturers importers engines listed should contact AMA HQ immedi ately wish claim legalityrequire ments minimum quantity carburetion etc vary according event 84 Model Aviation -V RC QUARTER MIDGET IDLE RULE REVISED EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board subject eliminating QM idle re quirement received extensive attention during recent rules change cycle Nine basic cross-proposals submitted issue After interim voting done single proposal RC-80-14B/23B Wayne Yeager remained addressing idle regulation Un fortunately proposal inappropriate limiting carburetor throat 205 excluded existing Cox-Perry carburetor Also exact wording suggested referred back RC-80-14 engine shutoff pro visions explicit Subsequently proposal defeated Final Voting leaving no satisfaction popular move ment eliminate idle rule response pleas Wayne Yeager Gail Jacobson find solution problem RCCB Chairman Joe Friend asked Yeager Jacobson confer other propose wording satisfying needs competitors saw also leaving intact safety measures lim itations affecting speed use pres ently acceptable equipment wording worked out Nats fol lows FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD Section 40RC Pylon Racing Quarter Midget Delete Rule 16Idle requirement Under Rule 46Carburetor shall sup plied engine specifically cataloged engine Add R/C type Add new paragraph Landing Require mentPilot must able idle engine back 5000 RPM less shut off completely radio control plane upright posi tion ground air withouj affect ing flight path direction upon given corn mand above submitted RCCB emergency proposal accepted 9 1 Immediate enforcement RC AEROBATICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Report Dave Bmwn US Teem Member 2nd Place World ChampionshipsSouth Africa 1979 experience will remembered forever us didnt know what ex pect South Africa upon arrival Jo hannesburg concerns quickly dispel led met Team Liai son Gerry Levy well John Brink John Mee Joe Studder Quickly through Cus toms tried hand driving DIRECTORY CONTEST COORDINATORS I Paul L Penney 8 Charlotte Dr Andover MA 01810 II R Sobrino 8726 88th St Woodhuven Oueens NY 11421 RC Richard Smith 300 Steko Ann Rochester NY 14815 RC Lawrence Londy 246 Ontario Sn. Lockport NY 14094 Ill Ken Reber RD 1 Nazareth PA 18064 Eat M Weisenbach 4568W 146th St cleveland OH 44135 West IV Warren Sanders Jr 9735 52nd Ann Collete Plc MD 20741 RC Ed Pitzwater 1920 Ardenwuod Ter Crofton MD 21114 V RCaan Charinne Pinlds 818 Main St SW New tllington SC 29809 RC Soaring Donna Deis 7409 Atwood Huntsville AL35802 FE Wallace Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Moottowery AL 36106 RC Pylon & Snaring RC Pattern other RC CLued RC euceps Soarinti VI Horrace Cain 828 Weidner Rd Buffalo Grout IL 60090 RC Ralph White Jr R R 1 Bun 324 Neoga IL 62447 VII John Evert 421 Walnut Lv Apple Valley MN 55124 West RC Len Roe 6539 Orchid Dr Jevison Ml 49428 East Ci & PE Debi Iwboff 524 Sinclair NP Grand Rapids Ml 49503 East VIII John Deanon 6205 Melinda Dr WautuugaTX 76148 RC Robert J Talley 3112 Lawrence Ann Nederlund TX 77627 lx Bill Eieda411 Barker Building Omaha NE 88102 RC George Hunter 6962 S Lamar St Littletot CD 80123 X Myrtle Coad Rn Boo 19 Lower Lake CA 95457 North Lee Poluosky 258 Iris Ave Goleta CA 93017 Sooth Prank Gowns 2241 Noah St Honolulu HI 96816 HI meets xl Don Dodd 3406 Belvidere Am SW Seattle WA 98126 RC Don Miller 24718 Summit-Landsburg Rasensdale WA 98051 left Seven days later after trips practice field driving well flying down pat Processing 24th went well us problem noise testing ready com pete least thought first day competition dawned tragedy struck sick could hard ly stand up Fortunately flight day after able get back hotel bed Gerry Levy came rescue doctor prescribed few dugs against bets exactly well able fly second day After disastrous first day 22nd place due being sick also due engine failure well throttle trim dummy started comeback second day after two flights leading held lead through qualifications during finals lost Wolfgang Matt lost heading during D----M Horrible 8 Oh well Ill try again Mexico can make team again team did great Mark finishing 3rd Dean 12th Dean suffered ad verse weather EU-i problems extremely turbulent air due its slower speed Too bad honestly feel could have finished 1-2-3 given few breaks judging weather judging relatively typical World Championshipsand needs some work example two highest qualifying flights came last round front set judges normally VERY low through rest contest feel throwing out high low scores per maneuver would very good idea particularly in ternational competition Also Jury made few suspect deci sions opinion due primarily fact its members fact written rules didnt seem care what words said knew what intended able convince others well dont feel decisions affected outcome contest something must improve future reason Jury interpret gray areas rules change specific ones Enough soapboxingthe South African World Championships great proud team member experi ence Ill never forget Thanks responsible special thanks team mates Don Lowe Mark Radcliff Dean Koger last least Gerry Levythe best team world RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD I Henry Struck RPO2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ann Lyndonvillo NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klulber 2021 Lakeland Am Lukewuod OH 44107 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny Jenkins 31125 Raines Rd Memphis TN 38118 VI Chris Mattuno B57B Ginger St John MO 63114 VII Phil Klintworth Jr 715 Rutgers Rd Rochester Ml 48063 VIII Mark Valerius 2302 Poweran Houston TX 77055 IXJerald Murphy 2432 Astron Colorado Springs C080906 X Joe Norcross 215W Santa Ana No 211A Clovis CA 93612 xl Ernie Lion 165s8 121st Ave SE RentonWA 98055 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I George Higgins PD Bus 482 North Pembroke MA 02388 II Bill Boss 7706 269th St. New Hyde Park NY 11040 Ill Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St. Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Ron McNally 6118 Bardu Ace Springfield VA 22152 V Dave Hemstraught PO Boo 171 Moncks Corner SC 29461 VI Bob BurnS 1758 N Natchec Chicago IL 60635 VII James Sinton 4941 Wiscovsin Am N New Hope MN 55428 VIII William R Lee 3522 Tamerisk Lv Missouri CityTX77459 IX Michael Tallwan 3014 Enchange Wichita KS 67217 X Pete Brueft 315 S Maria Ave Redondo Beach CA 90277 Xl Dan Ruthnrford4705237th Fl SE BothellWA98011 I Ed lazo 483 Piske St Holliston MA 01748 II Joe Friend 62 Joysan Tere Prnehold NJ 07728 Ill Dave Brown 8534 Huddleston Cincinnati OH 46236 IV Wayne Aberneshy 5221 Marlboro Pike Hillside MO 20027 V J Davis Jr 1813 S Lakeshore Dr Birmingham AL 35216 VI Mike Mueller 1531 Revere Cir Schaumburg IL 60193 VII Peter Waters 31219 Kendall Linonia Ml 48154 VIII Win 8 Thomas 331 SE Rockwood Bartlesoille OK 74003 IX Loren Tregellas 30038 Everett Wichita KS 67217 X Bill Northrop Jr 621 W 19th St Costa Mesa CA 92827 XI Ralph Brooke 3431 5 194th Seattle WA 98188 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Richard Sherman 28 High St Plywooth NH 03264 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14612 Ill Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St MeKeesport PA 15130 IV Bob Karlsson 2643 Marsh Rd Wilmington DE 19810 V David Plots 6940 NW 15th Pt Luoderdale PL 33313 VI Bob Onderwood4109 Concord Oak St Louis MO 63128 VII Claude MeCullouglt Bun 40 Montezuma IA 50171 VIII William H lrwin922 Sundown Lane Desoto TX 75115 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward Sc Omaha NE 68114 X Bill Stroman 12218 Dune St Norwalk CA 90650 Xl Earle Moorhead 275 S View Fl S. Salem OR 97302 Report Mark Redcliff US Teem Member 3rd PlacB have just returned 11th RC Aerobatics World Championships Johan nesburg South Africa must say rewarding competition have attended arrived JoBerg week ahead could get some practice 5000-ft al titude team gone Denver CO over Labor Day weekend just practice altitude must say paid off well adjusted altitude arrived SA however practice session nearly disaster Both No 1 No 2 planes prob lems engine quitting during transi tion low high throttle nearly lost CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don Lindlny 420 Tupelo Napernille IL 60540 Continued page 96 January1980 85 Bold Pace Belom Indicates Chairman Contest Board SCALE CONTEST BOARD 0o FINAL VOTEEzo 1980-81 COMPETITION RULES lt EoU~ - ofVOtO ~ Acceptable N NotAccpbIe200O0~4O o~E wOL~oOOnZTally II Ill IV V VI VII VIII IX X Xl [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 66I66AEstablish Scale General Rules requiring declaration suc cessful flight completion differing kind model NorthropAAAAAAAAAAAAil ON Platt 59Unified Rules Require list parts made entrantAAAAAAANAAAA1OA 1 N McCullough 2RC Precision Eliminate contestant class system PlahnA A AA A AA Ail ON [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 61/61 ARC Precision Redefine straight flight out return parallel spectator safety line reword Fig 8 Traffic A A A A A A Ail ON approach landing associate track Mccullough Mccullough [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 60Precision Sport RC& CL Require dummy pilot figure inAAAAAAAAANAAiOA1N flight Mccullough 65RC Precision Sport Require dummy pilot figure flightAAAAAAAAANAAbA iN Northrop [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 58/58ARC Precision Sport State desirability require-AAAAAAAAAAAAi iA ON ment mixing classes flight order DAttilio 62Precision Sport RC & CL Instead separate special rule book events allow CDs schedule special events scale modelsAAAAAAAAAAAAil ON specific classifications Mccullough li/il A/il BRC Precision Sport Establish judges guide in-AAAAAAANAAAAi OA iN cluding revisions cross-proposals Preston/D Attilio/Preston 67/67A/67BSailplanes Establish new Sport Scale RC Sailplane category embodying specific flight task 50/50 static/flight balance utilizing existing Sport Scale static judgingmodified A A A A A AiiAON 12Increase static judging distance eliminate references A A A A A A AiOA ON non-judged items Preston Rank order preference 49Dont consider cockpit cabin interiors static judging AAA AAAAAAAAAil ON consider visible detailing Johnson 13Craftsmanship score consider quality quantity work AAA AAAANAAAAi QA iN done entrant excluding purchased items Preston 5i/5iAAllow up three scale operations including multi- AAA AAAAAAAAAilA ON engines used Arvin/DAttilio 50Allow CD require demonstration RC scale operations Single engine limit cu Single engine max weight pounds A A A A A AiiAON 86 Model Aviation same 3-views Leuley/DAttiIioJ 0 S N Aj AlOAiN ground Arvin engine limits decided separately ' Ii C U C U I A A I Al Al AiiAON SCALE CONTEST BOARD FINAL VOTE Cont Single engine max weight pounds Multi-Engine limit cu Multi-Engine max weight pounds 313FAMinimum model requirements 1 least 1 displacement 2 Scale least 2-7/8 Weight least 15 lbs fuel Karlsson 3/3FBProhibit entry model both Sport Scale Giant Scale events same contest Karlsson A A A N A AbA iN 14/14AFF Gas Adopt Unified Scale Judging rules pertaining sub-AAAAAAAAANAA10A iN stitution interior detail documentation McCombs/McCullough 56/56A/56B/56C/56DEstablish unified Indoor Outdoor Rubber rules incorporating cross-proposal revisions Srull/DeCarlis/Schanzle/AAAAAAAAAAAAil ON Clemens/Srull 145No scoring details inside cockpit edging canopy Note Proposals passing Final Vote margin two-thirds among voting nearest whole number become new AMA com petition rules effective January 1 1980 blank box means no vote cast COMBINED CONTEST BOARD FINAL VOTEFFFree Flight Contest Board Cu FOR 1980-81 COMPETITION RULESRCRadio Control Contest Board2Result SCScale Contest Boardof Vote CLControl Line Contest Board ptableand N AcceptableTally II Ill IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI 8ANational AMA Records Allow flier claim record byFF A A A A submitting Contest Director submitting record application CD signature altemately simply statement R A A A A A facts flier either case must done within 14 days latter record application must also SC A A A A A 36A iN submitted 14-day limit MeuserCL AA AA AA Note Proposals passing Contest Board margin two-thirds among voting nearest whole number become new AMA competition rules effective January 1 1980 blank box means no vote cast January1980 87 A A A A A A11AON IA IA IA IA IA IA IA IA I AilAON IA IA jA j IA jA jA jAjN [ Ai0AiN I Noscoringfordetails insideotcockpitedgingor I A I I I N j AbA iN Combat Team Trials St Louis Mo September 14-16 name game fly matches Until youre team lose three times Granderson Buckstaff Cleveland Will represent US 1980 Combat World Championships Charlie Johnson CONTROL LINE COMBAT TEAM FINALS JUST getting half fun Thats really true fly FAI Combat take lust weekend off compete con test 1500 miles away West Coast contin gent flew St Louis commercial jet made trip van car person motorcycle 800 miles us met airport Fri day afternoon least werent plagued autograph hounds thrill seekers reporters main concern getting model boxes renting enough cars transport everything Drury Inn Team Trials HQ also about 30 miles airport nature FAI Combat struc ture Team Trials meant sure having enough equipment last through triple eliminationsusing two models per bout contestant would need about dozen models plus supporting gear still sounds like no problem until try getting dozen models strong box past baggage check-in theyd love slap extra charge guys driving didnt have easy either Texans came up Bill Lees van 58 models plus gallons fuel helmets pitting boxes two spares everything Bill did say roomier way home since good number models laid rest on-in-and-all-over St Louis landscape Somehow model boxes pulled clutches baggage hand lers everyone road made safely pilots meeting Friday night Bo nanza Steak House banquet room reserved meeting since local St Louis club used same facilities de cided make good impression eat everything sight meeting classic Paul Smith chairman Combat Team Selec tion Committee really done home work preparations meet amazing see hard some people tried NOT understand contest worked waitress caught right off fly matches until youre team lose three times wasnt too swift about other things giv ing Pauls steak someone else Chuck Thomas Contest Director meet Paul did admirable job fielding some tough what questions 88 Model Aviation Top The happy winners team positions dusk George Cleveland left repeat team member Phil Granderson center Sher wood Hat Buckstaff consistent Combat winners Granderson undefeated 70 Team Finals Cleveland Buckstaff lost match 6-1 Fox 15 engines dominated event though top placer Granderson used Supertigre X-15 Left Phil Cartier holds Mike Strieter fuels Bill Harris looks before matchHarris models said indestructable meet ground cowered flew says author Right Debbie lmhoff tries take Mack Hairys mind off models Dont strip blind nuts Mack Left Mack Henry waiting spare modelengine running ready go soon ship air down streamer can ex changed Hardest job watching primary models figuring out downed model chase Right Two-thirds Detroit Combat Team L-R Paul Smith Chuck Rudner pitting other third Ron Colombo out view handle Colombo 2nd alternate would have perfect game show Just someone would come up what looked like perfect loophole either Paul Chuck would slam door perfect ex planation facts supposed another set FAI rules way Would different what using What will happen ow waitress table caught fly matches until youre team have lost three Everyone soon tired play ing Stump Officials left some much needed sleep weather St Louis really great temperature 70s no wind clear sky almost no humidity St Louis Team Trials held Buder Park two years ago site has room about dozen circles first two hours Saturday used practice quite sight see FAI Combat ships flying time25000 rpm direction Practice ended everyone satis fled equipment working up expec tations because official decree streamers werent ready crew fran tically work making up enough Hurri cane Frederick blamed Its just well streamers werent ready offi cials werent quite ready go either None timers helpers previous Team Trials hand ONE Team Trials enough satisfy curiosity Some local RC club members donated two days time help out plus few friends flierssome drove over 500 miles own expense just help officiate now know what locals found out two years ago about later contestants divided threeman teams during Friday evening meeting Guys worked team wouldnt have fly other until theyd flown other pilot helped strategy some made no difference others After round begun contestant flew until hed won match lost three Thus possible few entrants lose out very early meet losing three straight 1-2 record stood Once underway became apparent would some excellent flying lot griping Only two circle marshalls Chuck Thomas Mike Strieter lot Combat experience Contestants served back-up timers occasionally Jury mem rs Due similarity models very difficult tell plane another after streamer cut down nub Pit crews couldnt tell plane hit ground happened several times pit crew ran over retrieved WRONG streamer sigh relief heard timers Bosta other distinctive model match because made jobs much easier high-point match taken George Cleveland 688 362 Bob Burch 688 super score Bobs 362 would have good enough beat Phil Granderson five out seven matches course Phil won matches because didnt let opponent score much good matches during two days including Cleveland vs Burch joust Dick Stubblefield also flew real corker against Burch winning 616 Burchs 330 Bob didnt make team did ever put show trying Howard Rush did some amazing low-level maneuvering avoid Dick Stubblefield match won 356 352 heart-breaking loss meet Ron Colombos second loss Cleveland Colombo enough lead allow George privilege cutting nub off still winning 200 points Ron hav ing no part giving up cuts found himself checking out turf trying evade George instant Ron forgot fly ing FAI Combat left circle clearing handle lines putting January1980 89 Left Chuck Thomas air horn rule book countdown cards paid own way Everett WA Contest Director parttime circle marshall Center Neal White show-stopper Bosta ST X-15 end mini-pipe Planes elliptical planform made easy judges pit crews flew Right Bob Rules very high aspect-ratio model unique twin rudders Rossi engine Trimming said problem insufficient strength such long wing Bob folded just before Team Finals photos Charlie Johnson Combat Finals Continued helmet line infraction alone lost him chance team pictures youll deduce winning models wood construction Mylar covering Wing areas 350-plus inches square Texans claimed have models 12-1 3-az bracket also some real strong Fox iSs Stubblefields looked best rest claimed have 300 rpm faster opinion superior model/engine meet Neal Whites Bosta/Rossi closely followed Stubblefields Fox-powered model Phil Granderson the top three didnt use Fox powerhad Supertigre X-l5son planes saw variation prop tried Tal pan 7-4 proved popular safest wide hub Tornado seen stretch shed blades Texans high-revving Fox engines lost several props Most contestants used 015 lines rather 012 popular two years ago Several used heavy-duty Laystrate lines favored Europeans lines use three heavy strands rather seven found 015s three strands soldered together rigid feel just about unbreakable situations Team Trials did accomplish its pri mary goal select best possible US team No can argue about credentials 1980 team members George Cleveland repeat winner other two have incredible amount experience tween As previously mentioned rough spots Team Trialsin opinion due organization non-coop eration few contestants Everyone helped did free bit diffi culty identifying models during close-in com bat after streamers cut nub some question about amount air-time per contestant very close match maybe should system matches less S-point difference reflown ad hoc Jury decide whether contestant kept disabled model airborne intentionally also question airworthiness couple models observation everyone helped did best job possible receives word praise least Lets support 1980 team group has super chance sweeping Team Individual World Championships Poland 1980 Start making plans improve 1981 Team Trials volunteering time energy make success OFFICIAL STANDINGS 1st Place Phil Granderson won-lost 7-0 Defeated Rule Lane lmhoff Rudner Smith Cleveland Curtis 2nd Place Sherwood Buckstaff 6-1 De feated Youngblood Henry Lopez Rudner Frost Colombo Lost Curtis 3rd Place George Cleveland 6-1 Defeat ed Smith Burch Rush Curtis Colom bo Colombo 2nd matching Lost Granderson 4th Place Paul Curtis 6-3 Defeated Hill Henry King Stubblefield Rush Buckstaff Lost Frost Cleveland Grand erson 5th Place Ron Colombo 5-3 Defeated Harris Hill Fentress Rush Frost Lost Cleveland Buckstaff Cleveland 6th Place Paul Smith 4-3 6th Place Howard Rush 4-3 6th Place Gary Frost 4-3 9th Place Chuck Rudner 3-3 9th Place Richard Stubblefield 3-3 11th Place Dick lmhoff 2-3 11th Place Joe King 2-3 11th Place Ernie Lane 2-3 11th Place Rich Lopez 2-3 15th Place Bob Burch 1-3 15th Place Gary Fentress 1-3 15th Place Mack Henry 1-3 15th Place Larry Hill 1-3 15th Place Neal White 1-3 15th Place Stan Youngblood 1-3 21st Place Phil Cartier 0-3 21st Place Bill Harris 0-3 21st Place Bob Rule 10-3 Did not fly Hill Jack Johnson McDonald Team Standings Texas/Lou isiana B uckstaff Cleveland Stubblefield Detroit Combat Team Colombo Smith Rudner win-lose 6-1 6-1 33 15-5 - - 5-3 4-3 3-3 12-9 Nashville Jive Granderson Henry Hill 7-0 1-3 1-3 9-6 MATCH STATISTICS FOR TOP FIVE Granderson 7-0 Buckstaff 6-1 Cleveland 6-1 Curtis 6-3 Colombo 5-3 Points 2444 2118 2506 2438 2892 Points Against 1180 420 1802 2326 1836 Difference 1264 1698 704 112 1056 Avg Margin 180 242 101 12 132 90 Model Aviation Left Dick Stubblefield checks out log book fleet planes Texans got 58 models van lots room return trip Right Bill Lea MA CL Racing contributing editor comes plane fixerspent 10 minutes getting perfect alignment Stubblefield planeonly tacked place Hot Stuffteam member tweaked strengthyep broke off Above Phil Cartier readies Gary Frosts mod 1 Phils kit Frost cut bit add fuel capacity Fox 50% nitro wouldnt make five minutesBelow Jim Ong walks off two Ex-Force planes after George Clevelands match Joe King has salvagable part push-rod quick link Rich Lopez seen use variet models engineshad good success Super tigre X-15s Cox iSs set up Roger Theobald Rossi pistons Speed event split between two sitesDayton OH Santa Ana CA team member se lection Team Race totally Dayton Though number par ticipants small competition fierce Resulting team mem bers Speed Chuck Schuette Charles Lieber Bob Spahr Team Race Perkins/Albritton McCollum/Kusik Jackson/Nel son 1980 Control Line World Championships will encom pass events plus Aerobatics Combat scheduled sub ject confirmation FAI ClAM Poland SPEED & CONTROL LINE TEAM RACE TEAM FINALS Dr Laird Jackson DAYTON inactive runways Wright-Patterson Air Force Base venue British would say 5/8 US Control Line FAI Team Trials over Labor Day weekend 1979 5/8 because 1/8 half Speed Trials held Santa Ana CA Cox Hobbies parking lot same time three hours later remaining quarter constituted Combat portion CL Team selection process held little later St Louis CN Combat Team Finals reported separately issue CL Aerobatics Team Finalsheld conjunction CL Team Race eastern half CL Speed Team Finalswas reported last month Wright-Patterson AFB has excellent facili ties official flying practice Arrange ments site made Keith Trostle president PAMPA Colonel Bob Cordle member Dayton Buzzin Buzzards Club flying site excellent space galore super coop eration Air Force local modelers plus close-by motels should also mention fine coopera tion Cox Hobbies support num erous people West Coast area Joe Klause served Contest Director able help Bill Wisniewski Roger Theo baldand Im sure others Back east Dayton Bill Wright con ducted Team Race Speed events help Carl Dodge plus administrative help Henry Nelson Doc Jackson number people volunteered ser vices both areas its because dont know names dont men tion As always meets take great deal effort put design contest entries Speed Teem Finals apparently variation copy plane shown top picture John Newtons ship top three eastern half event bottom left pic ture L-R Bob Heminway charles Lieber cliff Norman Lieber won team spot oth er two team positions came western half shown photo below LR Chuck Schuette Bob Spahr West coast TF pictures Charlie Johnson 92 Model Aviation SPEED THIS event split two sites accom modate number West Coast fliers conducted rounds both sites two rounds being flown both Saturday Sunday best two times counted fliers average position final standings Since East Coast flights about three hours before West Coast lets take look Dayton event first Charlie Lieber member 1978 Speed Team known have good potential making years team Bob Heminway has flown Charlie past making come-back try member 1974 Speed Team counted definite possibility Clif ton Norman also showing promise reports some engines running very fast bench reliable airplane fuel system set-up using Emil Rumples World Championship model design bits pieces made either Emil 1978 World Champion Jurgen Lenzen Two other participants ex pected John Camp Michigan Ed Gif ford ot New Jersey final results pretty much bore out predictions Lieber Heminway Norman posted good flights Camp Gifford lagged behind various difficulties preventing put ting up official flights An unfortunate note after Cliff Normans official flying found engines oversized happens too often Rossi engines mixes internal parts effort find good running combination Bob Heminway using Charlie Liebers 1978 speed shells molded fiberglass wing Charlie makes tank set-up similar used both Char lie Cliff Norman hard tank crankcase pressure Rumple fuel switch Bobs engines ran afoul displacement problem also other engine okay able record official times though very good ones Charlie Lieber certainly smoothest flying set-up seen East Coast site own difficulties getting good engine runs settings Both first flights two days suffered prob lems engine going decidedly off song resulting poor time However quick test flight found proper needle valve set ting way extremely criti cal able record flights both days 141-sec 1-kilometer run speed 25532 km/hr Which comes out just about 158 mph excellent time both runs started out much fast er definite slowing about mid-point run serious sag ging lean last two 10 laps re quired Although us flying east unable contact West Coast people during contest felt sure Liebers time would hold up place team turned out true Charlies time second overall standings Calls Sunday night Joe Klause Chuck Schuette gave us results West Coast say least inter esting contest featured much warmer dryer weather Dayton Dayton weather humid times mid high SOs Saturday quite cool weather rains morning Sunday temperature never got above low 70s during flying portion day As Dayton five fliers participat ing Santa Ana site Senior flier Doug Hinkley apparently using Rumple-style set-up air plane able record flight 14193 mph excellent Doug represents large increase over past perform ances certainly has stuck event has made great strides improvements fourth place West Coast Luke Roy Luke has developed bladder pressure fuel system used West Coast fliers consists ball valve check pressure feed similar developed Jim Walker pressure unseat valve open up fuel flow generated crankcase pressure opened timed pressure tap off rear valve dri en valve system seems work hints kinks have worked out resulting inconsistency end second day Luke unable get fourth flight might very well have put average high enough place team As ended up average 15374 mph fourth place West Coast Third place West Coast went John Newton averaged 15452 flights around mark of ficials Second West Coast standings third overall went Bob Spahr has done past used Perils Pauline approach getting official place ap parently some engine runs ab solutely superb least portion flight felt over 165 mph ran out fuel did have official about 158 mph finally last flight Sunday managed get flight 153 average over 155 mph contrast Chuck Schuette flew some fast flights easily qualified team Continued page 96 Team Race Team Finals next page January1980 93 Above Left L-R Col Bob Cordle Carl Dodge mixing FAI fuel Dayton Above Right Bill Wisniewski second left checks engine dis placement computation L-R Roger Theobald Maurice Hinckley Joe Klause look After checking stroke said unison better have awfully small piston didl Below Left Luke Roy cranks starter Maurice Hinckley looks see son Doug ready flight Below Middle John Camp brought wife family help out still couldnt get official clocking Below Right Doug Hinckley Senior Age flier doing real well Speed competitionhere holding back load engine hopefully get pipe TEAM RACE nt rounds fly over two days superbly run Bill Wright kept contest mov ing smoothly relatively small number entries eight teams appearing dropping out after practice day Jim Joy came new pilot partner BB Brown BB managed permanently retract landing gear both models during practice made difficult compete brought large supply ultra-short propellersl left seven entrants headed Perkins/Albritton practice seemed have consistent high speed best chance winning competition Veteran team contenders John McCollum Jed Kusik formed new partnership Jed doing pit work John flying also decent air speed com bined Jeds usual quick pit work Tim Gillott John Ballard made long distance team Nationals Lincoln NE first place posi tion decided tb go combination again Team Trials Long time competitor Al Kelly now pitting young Bill Hughes Chicago area contrast performance early year seemed have found speed range needed competitive addition three veteran teams teams veterans depend ing upon outlook appeared Gary Wallace now teamed up brother Springfield MO Jim Jolly father two-time World Champs competitor Larry Jolly pilot Ken Mogi Finally migrant engine manufacturer Henry Nelson moved east instead west thus disregarding familiar advice desparation taken oldest living Race pilot team heard vocally suffering therefrom Nonetheless Henrys engines manfully struggling drag balsa anchors through air disasters practice having cleaned patched up Saturday dawned nice clear promise some good races Bill Wright ran tight ship after meeting Friday night flying generally clean no fragrant fouls nobody getting away something advantage Perkins/Aibritton first up heat Kusik/McCollum Ballard/G illott Perkins combined excellent pitwork good needle settings fine piloting iE record 350 time followed closely John Jed 354 Ballard/Gillott engine setting problems requiring extra pit stop difficulties dropped badly 431 time second heat first round saw Kelly/Hughes get some fairly decent speed bit under-com pression early tanks recorded 414 time Nelson/Jackson fairly good setting Jacksons piloting managed create enough disaster reduce time 41O Mogi/Jolly difficulties setting running-inthey didnt finish left Wallace/Wallace finish round three-man heat two teams starting off second round McCollum/Kusik Ballard/Gillott Unfortunately Ballard/Gillott gone off field make some repairs 94 Model Aviation US team 1980 Team Race World Championships Standing L-R Henry Nelson Doc Jackson Jed Kusik John McCollum Kneeling Walt Perkins JE Aibritton Walt Perkins missed catch note closed finger-grip shot left subsequent chase runback right cost teem about 10 seconds Mistakes can ruin ewen best teams chances starting gun John Ballard JE Albritton Bill Hughes ready position center failed appear call resulting no-time being recorded haunt later final totals scored average three times team after discarding teams best time its two worst times So although allows throw out bad times does allow luxury deliberately discard ing bad times least until late corn petition heat went off Wallace/Wallace Nelson/Jackson flying Round 2 McCoIlum Kusik got decent time 359 Jackson managed pull bad piloting error bad shutoff belated tempt get airplane resulted bounce well over Henrys outstretched arm upside down airplane split prop tip Wallace/Wallace unable get decent setting remainder round also marked difficulties Mogi/Jolly could find air-speed Perkins/Aibritton missed catch Wallace/Wallace no-time An unfortunate incident occurred involving Kelly/Hughes tail end round Ballard/C illott trying put flight beginning 3rd Round pit-stops during race both airplanes quit about same time Bill Hughes following John Ballard pits Tim Gil ott first circle airplanes came Kelly waiting two segments fur ther around Gillott just barely caught air plane still forwarded ex tended arm air Hughes airplane collided made difficult decision Bill Wright made judg ment could disqualified Kelly/Hughes giving Ballard re-fly Tim made best re-fly posting fastest time 359 good setting two quick pits Others round managed hold positions McCollum/Kusik fairly slow time 404 Perkins/Albritton troubles again 418 Wallace/ Wallace Mogi/J oIly again could find good air-time 446 442 respec tively Nelson/Jackson managed make de cent pit stops engine setting too rich too slow produced 405 As things would have turned out fastest time con cluded first day flying After lot activity motel Sat urday night making repairs ships fix ing tired engines resoldering leaking fuel tanks like everyone retired await morn wasnt much started rain fairly early However stopped along about 830 gradually runways dried out Flying slightly delayed two top teams no trouble getting back groove Perkins/Aibritton turned 351 MeCollum/Kusik followed 357 complement other times round Ballard/C illott made sec ond bad error hard landing broke ship behind wingforcing retirement recording second no-time would force count slow time 431 anchor proved impossible lift Kelly/Hughes did 423 still moderate troubles Mogi/Jolly did finish Wallace/Wallace stuck pla teau 443 Jackson showed Henry new wrinkle fast shut-off takeoff thus nullifying good setting recording 409 time 408 next heat man aged preserve enough consistency save day Kelly/Hughes followed another 426 Ballard/Gillott did 408both too far behind make up last round Mogi/Jolly retired did complete heats Wallace/Wallace also remained 430s range remaining heats icing cake top three positions now determined Kelly/Hughes Bal lard/Gillott good times both re cording 402s bright spot two days flying three top teams showed flashes speeds capable recording decent times lack consistency repeated errors team Jackson/Nelson taking prize disconcerting will have eliminated team challenge Europeans nice touch seem ready willing work together ru mored first project put old Doc megavitamins hopes improv ing aging reflexes least make pos sible him spot Henry circle Anyway teams look capable good show 80 January1980 95 just somewhere among foam rubber Tim Gillot flew fron West Coast teamed up pilot John Ballard Missing heat might have undoing Jed Kusik two sKots above shows make fast pit stop Catching ship just side line segment doesnt have move feet place other side line pressure-fuel flip quick start Below Pilot action center John McCollum RI coming out pit JE Albritton LI passes over Gary Wallace cruises Speed Finals/Jackson Continued page 93 two flights first day quite consistentone 16221 sec ond 16160 mph alone would have qualified him first Sunday morning 3rd Round weather too cool humid thought took bye round As turned out Bob Spahrs engine running off its 165-plus mph laps did fly 4th Round recorded another flight 16192 mphthree very consistent flights three top fliers Schuette Lieber Spahr used assymetric side-winder designs Schuette Spahr used same inboard-engined design has seen frequently past Charlie uses outboard design molded fiberglass wings contrast hard aluminum wings Schuette RC World Champs/Radcliff Continued page 85 No 1 Phoenix 8 engine quit forced make down-wind landing wind blowing very hard landed fast airplane rolled rock pile dam aging underside breaking firewall loose After evenings repair whole crew back business next day solved engine problems both planes practice having engine troubles case once official competition began Dean Ko gers engine quit about half-way through first flight Dave Brown next fly engine quit last fly surprise engine ran great After further adjustments Deans Daves engines team no engine trouble Wind big factor contest very windy day believe reason success Phoenix 8 has definite advantage wind Going finals 5th place honest did feel stand ing would improve However finals over could hardly believe moved 5th 3rd Needless say very happy feel team learned lot WC Engines seem critical 5000 feet altitude Model airplanes fly different ly higher altitude South Africa wonderful conuntry people treated us fantastic organ ized very tight contest way finish 3rd world fantastic feeling no way could have done help lot super people equipment lot hard work believe podium both team championship dividual play national anthem realize what about Again thanks AMA members manufacturers supported team Once again showed world still No 1 Report Dean Koger US Team Member 12th Place trip South Africa 11th RC Aerobatics World Championships very surprising rewarding experience Johan nesburg modern city can found anywhere exactly what picture think Africa During first few days didnt see much countryside way practice field because driving left side road requires lot con centration youve never done before As gradually became pro reverse driving able look around see expressways shopping centers discount stores new hous ing developments etc would look right home anywhere country temperatures entire threeweek stay perfect dont know exactly what because use Celsius scale would guess typically 70s wind another story varied windy ridiculous day kept hop ing would quit never did several RC fields available practice used belonging Transvaal RC Fliers very nice paved strip apart inconvenience having occasionally chase cows off runway ideal practice site contest held Baragwanath Air port flying site provided bit disappointing flew off very very narrow about 15-ft full-size glider runway circles placed grass scraped off next runway ground oiled area quite rough provided very little roll-out area es sentially forced everyone take off land narrow glider runway passing through middle circle didnt turn out cause much trouble still less desirable situation judging good would hope World Championships two sets judges quite imbalanced high set low set thus low set minimal contribution outcome also thought judges did make efficient use scores available ex ample really good maneuver might scored 7 poor 6 lack dis crimination makes outcome depend ent other less important factors Obvious ly judges perform difficult thankless job really try best job possible After giving matter considerable thought believe following suggestions would make judges jobs easier future a Throw out high low scores set judges b Utilize half-point scoring c Select judges based ability rather politics d In same manner flash cards have improved judging spectator enjoy ment place judges name coun try back chair conclude would remiss did thank South Africans phenomi nal hospitality shown us during stay Barb will long remember beautiful coun try wonderful people met privilege represent United States very proud have brought first place team trophy back home MEUSERS FF DURATION COLUMN - This month left out would nt have squeeze big report EF World Championships couple time-sensitive items promised get elsewhere Take over Meuser Nominations Order Models Year no time lose nominations must January 1 NFFS Model Year Awards presented typically de signers models have achieved out standing track record competition models represent outstanding achieve ment development some sort also have received awards though havent won single contestFulton Hungerfords Walnut-Scale Ford Tn-Motor electricpower Mattel Super Star example Fur thermore awards have made nonmodels Peanut Scale Old-Timer movements Rossi 15 Cox 049-05 1 engines Seelig timers So let minds wander too long Write phone NFFS MOY Chairman Steve Geraghty 194 Vista Del Monte Los Gatos CA 95030 Pres entations awardees will appear 1980 Symposium Report can make 1980 Nats Model Mail-In Meat mentioned back June issue give planty time now zero-hour hand rules Use no balsa 3 6-in piece ordinary 1132 sheet slice up way like covering no 12 12-in sheet ordinary Japan ese tissue no superfine condenser paper Use wire plastic teflon rubber steel aluminum glue dope clay lead similar heavy materials like may use light-weight materials such styro foam microfilm helium hydrogen addi tional balsa tissue beyond specified Make size shape model like can glider rubber-powered Give model name supply simple set plans Prizes offered best duration unique unusual model best workman shipperhaps others Models cannot re turned theyll go good cause pro moting model aviation spend much time building model getting back big deal design incompatible spirit thing Mail models Earl Van Gorder 10 Brothers Road Wap pingers Falls NY 12590 sure get January 17 96 Model Aviation 11111 vev gui dli Lildi dlisium. 3 x 6-in piece 1/32-in balsa sheet square foot tissue 2nd place 1979 MidHudson Model Masters Mail-In Meet
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I NE WSLETTEIU ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS 1980-81 AMA SCALE & GENERAL RULES charts next two page spread identify basically new changed Scale General rules will become effective January 1 1980 Similar charts pre sented last month Radio Control Control Line Free Flight items chart acceptable results column changes additions 197879 rules applicable 1980-81 feated wont new rule book cases description rules change very general its possible go back issues Model v/at ion CN section get specifics original Basic Pro posals Cross-Pro posals Cross Proposals identified capital letter fol lowing proposal number 66A stance first Cross-Proposal Basic Pro posal 66 Scale Basic Proposals 1978 sues dated October 1-5 November 6-13 December 14-67 Scale Cross-Proposals 1979 issues dated May June General Basic Proposal Decem ber 1978 issue Cross-Proposal May 1979 issue SCALE CB OKAYS BYRON PIUS other action Scale Contest Board has approved rewording builder-of-the-model rule clarification pertaining Scale denied protest se lection US Scale Teams Nats considered general protest conduct RC Sport Scale 1979 Nats Byron Originals Pitts Special vote 7 1 abstention favor ap peal Dean Copeland concerning disqualifi cation entry Sport Scale 1979 National Contest Nats disqualification reversed based protest Brian Crossley model did comply builder-of-the-model rules Builder-of-the-model Rule Rewording Noting protest mentioned above seemed based misunderstanding intent rule Scale Contest Board Chairman 815 FIFTEENTH STREET NW Claude McCullough proposed rewording rule applied Scale events fol lows Builder Model Contest Director shall make reasonable effort assure himself flier has completely con structed models uses competi tion including covering used construct interpreted action re quired complete model starting no prefabrication amount used usual kit Kits containing large amount pre-fabrication permissible long final assembly parts covering and/or painting done builder Mod els completely prefabricated re quire few minutes unskilled effort completion shall excluded competition US Scale Team Selection board voted 9 0 against protest Ted White seeking invalidate US Scale Team selection 1979 Nats due purported irregularities judging especially concerning scale im pression speed General RC Sport Scale Protest Although no immediate relief sought concerning ac tions already having taken place board considered protest LP Jensen concern ing competency judges purported im proper use scale impression speed pur ported improper actions Contest Direc tor purported improper viewing models static judges board felt validity some points raised Jensen White should con sidered future application Nats other contests RC IIM ENGINE MOOS BANNED Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board response request Duane Gall RCCB has ruled allow certain en gine modifications Quarter Midget Pylon Racing issues 1 excessive use metal shims produced manufac tuer between upper lower parts crankcase change timing 2 use RC engine parts cataloged use Free Flight/Speed version include insert-type head available stock RC en gines produced manufacturer vote disallow measures seven three WASHINGTON DC 20005 ELIGIBLE RC PYLON RACE ENGINES Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board April 3 1979 letter sent AMA HQ representing RC Contest Board several engine manufacturers import ers letter solicited identification engines meet rules criteria three AMA racing categories fol lowing lists obtained replies Formula II 05 40 R/C World Engines 05 40 FSR World Engines 05 40 SR World Engines ST X-40 World Engines ST G21/40 World Engines OPS 40 Shamrock Competition Imports HB 4ORC Bavarian Precision Products HB 40 PDP Bavarian Precision Products Fox 40 engines Fox Manufacturing Co HP 40F series Midwest Model Supply HP 40R series Midwest Model Supply Profi Polks Hobbies Inc Enya 40 Std Model Rectifier Corp Enya 40 TV Model Rectifier Corp Enya 40 XTV Model Rectifier Corp Webra 1034 RC Model Rectifier Corp Webra 1036 P pylon Model Rectifier Corp Quarter Midget 05 15 R/C World Engines ST X-15 World Engines ST G15 World Engines HB 15RC Bavarian Precision Products Moki Polks Hobbies Inc Enya 15 IV TV Model Rectifier Corp Fox 15RC Fox Manufacturing Co AA Pylon G-Mark Polks Hobbies Inc Previously published acceptable shown above following Formula I/Il K&B SR II 65cc Series 75 K&B 40 R/C 1972 1973 1974 models Testor/ McCoy 40 R/C Quarter Midget Cox Con quest 15 R/C Rossi 15 R/C Rossi 15 ABC K&B 15 R/C Taipan 15 R/C widely known K&B Manufactur ing Cox Hobbies manufacture engines addition listed eligible AMA racing however no reply received listing engines Manufacturers importers engines listed should contact AMA HQ immedi ately wish claim legalityrequire ments minimum quantity carburetion etc vary according event 84 Model Aviation -V RC QUARTER MIDGET IDLE RULE REVISED EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board subject eliminating QM idle re quirement received extensive attention during recent rules change cycle Nine basic cross-proposals submitted issue After interim voting done single proposal RC-80-14B/23B Wayne Yeager remained addressing idle regulation Un fortunately proposal inappropriate limiting carburetor throat 205 excluded existing Cox-Perry carburetor Also exact wording suggested referred back RC-80-14 engine shutoff pro visions explicit Subsequently proposal defeated Final Voting leaving no satisfaction popular move ment eliminate idle rule response pleas Wayne Yeager Gail Jacobson find solution problem RCCB Chairman Joe Friend asked Yeager Jacobson confer other propose wording satisfying needs competitors saw also leaving intact safety measures lim itations affecting speed use pres ently acceptable equipment wording worked out Nats fol lows FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD Section 40RC Pylon Racing Quarter Midget Delete Rule 16Idle requirement Under Rule 46Carburetor shall sup plied engine specifically cataloged engine Add R/C type Add new paragraph Landing Require mentPilot must able idle engine back 5000 RPM less shut off completely radio control plane upright posi tion ground air withouj affect ing flight path direction upon given corn mand above submitted RCCB emergency proposal accepted 9 1 Immediate enforcement RC AEROBATICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Report Dave Bmwn US Teem Member 2nd Place World ChampionshipsSouth Africa 1979 experience will remembered forever us didnt know what ex pect South Africa upon arrival Jo hannesburg concerns quickly dispel led met Team Liai son Gerry Levy well John Brink John Mee Joe Studder Quickly through Cus toms tried hand driving DIRECTORY CONTEST COORDINATORS I Paul L Penney 8 Charlotte Dr Andover MA 01810 II R Sobrino 8726 88th St Woodhuven Oueens NY 11421 RC Richard Smith 300 Steko Ann Rochester NY 14815 RC Lawrence Londy 246 Ontario Sn. Lockport NY 14094 Ill Ken Reber RD 1 Nazareth PA 18064 Eat M Weisenbach 4568W 146th St cleveland OH 44135 West IV Warren Sanders Jr 9735 52nd Ann Collete Plc MD 20741 RC Ed Pitzwater 1920 Ardenwuod Ter Crofton MD 21114 V RCaan Charinne Pinlds 818 Main St SW New tllington SC 29809 RC Soaring Donna Deis 7409 Atwood Huntsville AL35802 FE Wallace Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Moottowery AL 36106 RC Pylon & Snaring RC Pattern other RC CLued RC euceps Soarinti VI Horrace Cain 828 Weidner Rd Buffalo Grout IL 60090 RC Ralph White Jr R R 1 Bun 324 Neoga IL 62447 VII John Evert 421 Walnut Lv Apple Valley MN 55124 West RC Len Roe 6539 Orchid Dr Jevison Ml 49428 East Ci & PE Debi Iwboff 524 Sinclair NP Grand Rapids Ml 49503 East VIII John Deanon 6205 Melinda Dr WautuugaTX 76148 RC Robert J Talley 3112 Lawrence Ann Nederlund TX 77627 lx Bill Eieda411 Barker Building Omaha NE 88102 RC George Hunter 6962 S Lamar St Littletot CD 80123 X Myrtle Coad Rn Boo 19 Lower Lake CA 95457 North Lee Poluosky 258 Iris Ave Goleta CA 93017 Sooth Prank Gowns 2241 Noah St Honolulu HI 96816 HI meets xl Don Dodd 3406 Belvidere Am SW Seattle WA 98126 RC Don Miller 24718 Summit-Landsburg Rasensdale WA 98051 left Seven days later after trips practice field driving well flying down pat Processing 24th went well us problem noise testing ready com pete least thought first day competition dawned tragedy struck sick could hard ly stand up Fortunately flight day after able get back hotel bed Gerry Levy came rescue doctor prescribed few dugs against bets exactly well able fly second day After disastrous first day 22nd place due being sick also due engine failure well throttle trim dummy started comeback second day after two flights leading held lead through qualifications during finals lost Wolfgang Matt lost heading during D----M Horrible 8 Oh well Ill try again Mexico can make team again team did great Mark finishing 3rd Dean 12th Dean suffered ad verse weather EU-i problems extremely turbulent air due its slower speed Too bad honestly feel could have finished 1-2-3 given few breaks judging weather judging relatively typical World Championshipsand needs some work example two highest qualifying flights came last round front set judges normally VERY low through rest contest feel throwing out high low scores per maneuver would very good idea particularly in ternational competition Also Jury made few suspect deci sions opinion due primarily fact its members fact written rules didnt seem care what words said knew what intended able convince others well dont feel decisions affected outcome contest something must improve future reason Jury interpret gray areas rules change specific ones Enough soapboxingthe South African World Championships great proud team member experi ence Ill never forget Thanks responsible special thanks team mates Don Lowe Mark Radcliff Dean Koger last least Gerry Levythe best team world RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD I Henry Struck RPO2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ann Lyndonvillo NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klulber 2021 Lakeland Am Lukewuod OH 44107 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny Jenkins 31125 Raines Rd Memphis TN 38118 VI Chris Mattuno B57B Ginger St John MO 63114 VII Phil Klintworth Jr 715 Rutgers Rd Rochester Ml 48063 VIII Mark Valerius 2302 Poweran Houston TX 77055 IXJerald Murphy 2432 Astron Colorado Springs C080906 X Joe Norcross 215W Santa Ana No 211A Clovis CA 93612 xl Ernie Lion 165s8 121st Ave SE RentonWA 98055 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I George Higgins PD Bus 482 North Pembroke MA 02388 II Bill Boss 7706 269th St. New Hyde Park NY 11040 Ill Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St. Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Ron McNally 6118 Bardu Ace Springfield VA 22152 V Dave Hemstraught PO Boo 171 Moncks Corner SC 29461 VI Bob BurnS 1758 N Natchec Chicago IL 60635 VII James Sinton 4941 Wiscovsin Am N New Hope MN 55428 VIII William R Lee 3522 Tamerisk Lv Missouri CityTX77459 IX Michael Tallwan 3014 Enchange Wichita KS 67217 X Pete Brueft 315 S Maria Ave Redondo Beach CA 90277 Xl Dan Ruthnrford4705237th Fl SE BothellWA98011 I Ed lazo 483 Piske St Holliston MA 01748 II Joe Friend 62 Joysan Tere Prnehold NJ 07728 Ill Dave Brown 8534 Huddleston Cincinnati OH 46236 IV Wayne Aberneshy 5221 Marlboro Pike Hillside MO 20027 V J Davis Jr 1813 S Lakeshore Dr Birmingham AL 35216 VI Mike Mueller 1531 Revere Cir Schaumburg IL 60193 VII Peter Waters 31219 Kendall Linonia Ml 48154 VIII Win 8 Thomas 331 SE Rockwood Bartlesoille OK 74003 IX Loren Tregellas 30038 Everett Wichita KS 67217 X Bill Northrop Jr 621 W 19th St Costa Mesa CA 92827 XI Ralph Brooke 3431 5 194th Seattle WA 98188 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Richard Sherman 28 High St Plywooth NH 03264 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14612 Ill Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St MeKeesport PA 15130 IV Bob Karlsson 2643 Marsh Rd Wilmington DE 19810 V David Plots 6940 NW 15th Pt Luoderdale PL 33313 VI Bob Onderwood4109 Concord Oak St Louis MO 63128 VII Claude MeCullouglt Bun 40 Montezuma IA 50171 VIII William H lrwin922 Sundown Lane Desoto TX 75115 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward Sc Omaha NE 68114 X Bill Stroman 12218 Dune St Norwalk CA 90650 Xl Earle Moorhead 275 S View Fl S. Salem OR 97302 Report Mark Redcliff US Teem Member 3rd PlacB have just returned 11th RC Aerobatics World Championships Johan nesburg South Africa must say rewarding competition have attended arrived JoBerg week ahead could get some practice 5000-ft al titude team gone Denver CO over Labor Day weekend just practice altitude must say paid off well adjusted altitude arrived SA however practice session nearly disaster Both No 1 No 2 planes prob lems engine quitting during transi tion low high throttle nearly lost CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don Lindlny 420 Tupelo Napernille IL 60540 Continued page 96 January1980 85 Bold Pace Belom Indicates Chairman Contest Board SCALE CONTEST BOARD 0o FINAL VOTEEzo 1980-81 COMPETITION RULES lt EoU~ - ofVOtO ~ Acceptable N NotAccpbIe200O0~4O o~E wOL~oOOnZTally II Ill IV V VI VII VIII IX X Xl [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 66I66AEstablish Scale General Rules requiring declaration suc cessful flight completion differing kind model NorthropAAAAAAAAAAAAil ON Platt 59Unified Rules Require list parts made entrantAAAAAAANAAAA1OA 1 N McCullough 2RC Precision Eliminate contestant class system PlahnA A AA A AA Ail ON [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 61/61 ARC Precision Redefine straight flight out return parallel spectator safety line reword Fig 8 Traffic A A A A A A Ail ON approach landing associate track Mccullough Mccullough [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 60Precision Sport RC& CL Require dummy pilot figure inAAAAAAAAANAAiOA1N flight Mccullough 65RC Precision Sport Require dummy pilot figure flightAAAAAAAAANAAbA iN Northrop [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 58/58ARC Precision Sport State desirability require-AAAAAAAAAAAAi iA ON ment mixing classes flight order DAttilio 62Precision Sport RC & CL Instead separate special rule book events allow CDs schedule special events scale modelsAAAAAAAAAAAAil ON specific classifications Mccullough li/il A/il BRC Precision Sport Establish judges guide in-AAAAAAANAAAAi OA iN cluding revisions cross-proposals Preston/D Attilio/Preston 67/67A/67BSailplanes Establish new Sport Scale RC Sailplane category embodying specific flight task 50/50 static/flight balance utilizing existing Sport Scale static judgingmodified A A A A A AiiAON 12Increase static judging distance eliminate references A A A A A A AiOA ON non-judged items Preston Rank order preference 49Dont consider cockpit cabin interiors static judging AAA AAAAAAAAAil ON consider visible detailing Johnson 13Craftsmanship score consider quality quantity work AAA AAAANAAAAi QA iN done entrant excluding purchased items Preston 5i/5iAAllow up three scale operations including multi- AAA AAAAAAAAAilA ON engines used Arvin/DAttilio 50Allow CD require demonstration RC scale operations Single engine limit cu Single engine max weight pounds A A A A A AiiAON 86 Model Aviation same 3-views Leuley/DAttiIioJ 0 S N Aj AlOAiN ground Arvin engine limits decided separately ' Ii C U C U I A A I Al Al AiiAON SCALE CONTEST BOARD FINAL VOTE Cont Single engine max weight pounds Multi-Engine limit cu Multi-Engine max weight pounds 313FAMinimum model requirements 1 least 1 displacement 2 Scale least 2-7/8 Weight least 15 lbs fuel Karlsson 3/3FBProhibit entry model both Sport Scale Giant Scale events same contest Karlsson A A A N A AbA iN 14/14AFF Gas Adopt Unified Scale Judging rules pertaining sub-AAAAAAAAANAA10A iN stitution interior detail documentation McCombs/McCullough 56/56A/56B/56C/56DEstablish unified Indoor Outdoor Rubber rules incorporating cross-proposal revisions Srull/DeCarlis/Schanzle/AAAAAAAAAAAAil ON Clemens/Srull 145No scoring details inside cockpit edging canopy Note Proposals passing Final Vote margin two-thirds among voting nearest whole number become new AMA com petition rules effective January 1 1980 blank box means no vote cast COMBINED CONTEST BOARD FINAL VOTEFFFree Flight Contest Board Cu FOR 1980-81 COMPETITION RULESRCRadio Control Contest Board2Result SCScale Contest Boardof Vote CLControl Line Contest Board ptableand N AcceptableTally II Ill IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI 8ANational AMA Records Allow flier claim record byFF A A A A submitting Contest Director submitting record application CD signature altemately simply statement R A A A A A facts flier either case must done within 14 days latter record application must also SC A A A A A 36A iN submitted 14-day limit MeuserCL AA AA AA Note Proposals passing Contest Board margin two-thirds among voting nearest whole number become new AMA competition rules effective January 1 1980 blank box means no vote cast January1980 87 A A A A A A11AON IA IA IA IA IA IA IA IA I AilAON IA IA jA j IA jA jA jAjN [ Ai0AiN I Noscoringfordetails insideotcockpitedgingor I A I I I N j AbA iN Combat Team Trials St Louis Mo September 14-16 name game fly matches Until youre team lose three times Granderson Buckstaff Cleveland Will represent US 1980 Combat World Championships Charlie Johnson CONTROL LINE COMBAT TEAM FINALS JUST getting half fun Thats really true fly FAI Combat take lust weekend off compete con test 1500 miles away West Coast contin gent flew St Louis commercial jet made trip van car person motorcycle 800 miles us met airport Fri day afternoon least werent plagued autograph hounds thrill seekers reporters main concern getting model boxes renting enough cars transport everything Drury Inn Team Trials HQ also about 30 miles airport nature FAI Combat struc ture Team Trials meant sure having enough equipment last through triple eliminationsusing two models per bout contestant would need about dozen models plus supporting gear still sounds like no problem until try getting dozen models strong box past baggage check-in theyd love slap extra charge guys driving didnt have easy either Texans came up Bill Lees van 58 models plus gallons fuel helmets pitting boxes two spares everything Bill did say roomier way home since good number models laid rest on-in-and-all-over St Louis landscape Somehow model boxes pulled clutches baggage hand lers everyone road made safely pilots meeting Friday night Bo nanza Steak House banquet room reserved meeting since local St Louis club used same facilities de cided make good impression eat everything sight meeting classic Paul Smith chairman Combat Team Selec tion Committee really done home work preparations meet amazing see hard some people tried NOT understand contest worked waitress caught right off fly matches until youre team lose three times wasnt too swift about other things giv ing Pauls steak someone else Chuck Thomas Contest Director meet Paul did admirable job fielding some tough what questions 88 Model Aviation Top The happy winners team positions dusk George Cleveland left repeat team member Phil Granderson center Sher wood Hat Buckstaff consistent Combat winners Granderson undefeated 70 Team Finals Cleveland Buckstaff lost match 6-1 Fox 15 engines dominated event though top placer Granderson used Supertigre X-15 Left Phil Cartier holds Mike Strieter fuels Bill Harris looks before matchHarris models said indestructable meet ground cowered flew says author Right Debbie lmhoff tries take Mack Hairys mind off models Dont strip blind nuts Mack Left Mack Henry waiting spare modelengine running ready go soon ship air down streamer can ex changed Hardest job watching primary models figuring out downed model chase Right Two-thirds Detroit Combat Team L-R Paul Smith Chuck Rudner pitting other third Ron Colombo out view handle Colombo 2nd alternate would have perfect game show Just someone would come up what looked like perfect loophole either Paul Chuck would slam door perfect ex planation facts supposed another set FAI rules way Would different what using What will happen ow waitress table caught fly matches until youre team have lost three Everyone soon tired play ing Stump Officials left some much needed sleep weather St Louis really great temperature 70s no wind clear sky almost no humidity St Louis Team Trials held Buder Park two years ago site has room about dozen circles first two hours Saturday used practice quite sight see FAI Combat ships flying time25000 rpm direction Practice ended everyone satis fled equipment working up expec tations because official decree streamers werent ready crew fran tically work making up enough Hurri cane Frederick blamed Its just well streamers werent ready offi cials werent quite ready go either None timers helpers previous Team Trials hand ONE Team Trials enough satisfy curiosity Some local RC club members donated two days time help out plus few friends flierssome drove over 500 miles own expense just help officiate now know what locals found out two years ago about later contestants divided threeman teams during Friday evening meeting Guys worked team wouldnt have fly other until theyd flown other pilot helped strategy some made no difference others After round begun contestant flew until hed won match lost three Thus possible few entrants lose out very early meet losing three straight 1-2 record stood Once underway became apparent would some excellent flying lot griping Only two circle marshalls Chuck Thomas Mike Strieter lot Combat experience Contestants served back-up timers occasionally Jury mem rs Due similarity models very difficult tell plane another after streamer cut down nub Pit crews couldnt tell plane hit ground happened several times pit crew ran over retrieved WRONG streamer sigh relief heard timers Bosta other distinctive model match because made jobs much easier high-point match taken George Cleveland 688 362 Bob Burch 688 super score Bobs 362 would have good enough beat Phil Granderson five out seven matches course Phil won matches because didnt let opponent score much good matches during two days including Cleveland vs Burch joust Dick Stubblefield also flew real corker against Burch winning 616 Burchs 330 Bob didnt make team did ever put show trying Howard Rush did some amazing low-level maneuvering avoid Dick Stubblefield match won 356 352 heart-breaking loss meet Ron Colombos second loss Cleveland Colombo enough lead allow George privilege cutting nub off still winning 200 points Ron hav ing no part giving up cuts found himself checking out turf trying evade George instant Ron forgot fly ing FAI Combat left circle clearing handle lines putting January1980 89 Left Chuck Thomas air horn rule book countdown cards paid own way Everett WA Contest Director parttime circle marshall Center Neal White show-stopper Bosta ST X-15 end mini-pipe Planes elliptical planform made easy judges pit crews flew Right Bob Rules very high aspect-ratio model unique twin rudders Rossi engine Trimming said problem insufficient strength such long wing Bob folded just before Team Finals photos Charlie Johnson Combat Finals Continued helmet line infraction alone lost him chance team pictures youll deduce winning models wood construction Mylar covering Wing areas 350-plus inches square Texans claimed have models 12-1 3-az bracket also some real strong Fox iSs Stubblefields looked best rest claimed have 300 rpm faster opinion superior model/engine meet Neal Whites Bosta/Rossi closely followed Stubblefields Fox-powered model Phil Granderson the top three didnt use Fox powerhad Supertigre X-l5son planes saw variation prop tried Tal pan 7-4 proved popular safest wide hub Tornado seen stretch shed blades Texans high-revving Fox engines lost several props Most contestants used 015 lines rather 012 popular two years ago Several used heavy-duty Laystrate lines favored Europeans lines use three heavy strands rather seven found 015s three strands soldered together rigid feel just about unbreakable situations Team Trials did accomplish its pri mary goal select best possible US team No can argue about credentials 1980 team members George Cleveland repeat winner other two have incredible amount experience tween As previously mentioned rough spots Team Trialsin opinion due organization non-coop eration few contestants Everyone helped did free bit diffi culty identifying models during close-in com bat after streamers cut nub some question about amount air-time per contestant very close match maybe should system matches less S-point difference reflown ad hoc Jury decide whether contestant kept disabled model airborne intentionally also question airworthiness couple models observation everyone helped did best job possible receives word praise least Lets support 1980 team group has super chance sweeping Team Individual World Championships Poland 1980 Start making plans improve 1981 Team Trials volunteering time energy make success OFFICIAL STANDINGS 1st Place Phil Granderson won-lost 7-0 Defeated Rule Lane lmhoff Rudner Smith Cleveland Curtis 2nd Place Sherwood Buckstaff 6-1 De feated Youngblood Henry Lopez Rudner Frost Colombo Lost Curtis 3rd Place George Cleveland 6-1 Defeat ed Smith Burch Rush Curtis Colom bo Colombo 2nd matching Lost Granderson 4th Place Paul Curtis 6-3 Defeated Hill Henry King Stubblefield Rush Buckstaff Lost Frost Cleveland Grand erson 5th Place Ron Colombo 5-3 Defeated Harris Hill Fentress Rush Frost Lost Cleveland Buckstaff Cleveland 6th Place Paul Smith 4-3 6th Place Howard Rush 4-3 6th Place Gary Frost 4-3 9th Place Chuck Rudner 3-3 9th Place Richard Stubblefield 3-3 11th Place Dick lmhoff 2-3 11th Place Joe King 2-3 11th Place Ernie Lane 2-3 11th Place Rich Lopez 2-3 15th Place Bob Burch 1-3 15th Place Gary Fentress 1-3 15th Place Mack Henry 1-3 15th Place Larry Hill 1-3 15th Place Neal White 1-3 15th Place Stan Youngblood 1-3 21st Place Phil Cartier 0-3 21st Place Bill Harris 0-3 21st Place Bob Rule 10-3 Did not fly Hill Jack Johnson McDonald Team Standings Texas/Lou isiana B uckstaff Cleveland Stubblefield Detroit Combat Team Colombo Smith Rudner win-lose 6-1 6-1 33 15-5 - - 5-3 4-3 3-3 12-9 Nashville Jive Granderson Henry Hill 7-0 1-3 1-3 9-6 MATCH STATISTICS FOR TOP FIVE Granderson 7-0 Buckstaff 6-1 Cleveland 6-1 Curtis 6-3 Colombo 5-3 Points 2444 2118 2506 2438 2892 Points Against 1180 420 1802 2326 1836 Difference 1264 1698 704 112 1056 Avg Margin 180 242 101 12 132 90 Model Aviation Left Dick Stubblefield checks out log book fleet planes Texans got 58 models van lots room return trip Right Bill Lea MA CL Racing contributing editor comes plane fixerspent 10 minutes getting perfect alignment Stubblefield planeonly tacked place Hot Stuffteam member tweaked strengthyep broke off Above Phil Cartier readies Gary Frosts mod 1 Phils kit Frost cut bit add fuel capacity Fox 50% nitro wouldnt make five minutesBelow Jim Ong walks off two Ex-Force planes after George Clevelands match Joe King has salvagable part push-rod quick link Rich Lopez seen use variet models engineshad good success Super tigre X-15s Cox iSs set up Roger Theobald Rossi pistons Speed event split between two sitesDayton OH Santa Ana CA team member se lection Team Race totally Dayton Though number par ticipants small competition fierce Resulting team mem bers Speed Chuck Schuette Charles Lieber Bob Spahr Team Race Perkins/Albritton McCollum/Kusik Jackson/Nel son 1980 Control Line World Championships will encom pass events plus Aerobatics Combat scheduled sub ject confirmation FAI ClAM Poland SPEED & CONTROL LINE TEAM RACE TEAM FINALS Dr Laird Jackson DAYTON inactive runways Wright-Patterson Air Force Base venue British would say 5/8 US Control Line FAI Team Trials over Labor Day weekend 1979 5/8 because 1/8 half Speed Trials held Santa Ana CA Cox Hobbies parking lot same time three hours later remaining quarter constituted Combat portion CL Team selection process held little later St Louis CN Combat Team Finals reported separately issue CL Aerobatics Team Finalsheld conjunction CL Team Race eastern half CL Speed Team Finalswas reported last month Wright-Patterson AFB has excellent facili ties official flying practice Arrange ments site made Keith Trostle president PAMPA Colonel Bob Cordle member Dayton Buzzin Buzzards Club flying site excellent space galore super coop eration Air Force local modelers plus close-by motels should also mention fine coopera tion Cox Hobbies support num erous people West Coast area Joe Klause served Contest Director able help Bill Wisniewski Roger Theo baldand Im sure others Back east Dayton Bill Wright con ducted Team Race Speed events help Carl Dodge plus administrative help Henry Nelson Doc Jackson number people volunteered ser vices both areas its because dont know names dont men tion As always meets take great deal effort put design contest entries Speed Teem Finals apparently variation copy plane shown top picture John Newtons ship top three eastern half event bottom left pic ture L-R Bob Heminway charles Lieber cliff Norman Lieber won team spot oth er two team positions came western half shown photo below LR Chuck Schuette Bob Spahr West coast TF pictures Charlie Johnson 92 Model Aviation SPEED THIS event split two sites accom modate number West Coast fliers conducted rounds both sites two rounds being flown both Saturday Sunday best two times counted fliers average position final standings Since East Coast flights about three hours before West Coast lets take look Dayton event first Charlie Lieber member 1978 Speed Team known have good potential making years team Bob Heminway has flown Charlie past making come-back try member 1974 Speed Team counted definite possibility Clif ton Norman also showing promise reports some engines running very fast bench reliable airplane fuel system set-up using Emil Rumples World Championship model design bits pieces made either Emil 1978 World Champion Jurgen Lenzen Two other participants ex pected John Camp Michigan Ed Gif ford ot New Jersey final results pretty much bore out predictions Lieber Heminway Norman posted good flights Camp Gifford lagged behind various difficulties preventing put ting up official flights An unfortunate note after Cliff Normans official flying found engines oversized happens too often Rossi engines mixes internal parts effort find good running combination Bob Heminway using Charlie Liebers 1978 speed shells molded fiberglass wing Charlie makes tank set-up similar used both Char lie Cliff Norman hard tank crankcase pressure Rumple fuel switch Bobs engines ran afoul displacement problem also other engine okay able record official times though very good ones Charlie Lieber certainly smoothest flying set-up seen East Coast site own difficulties getting good engine runs settings Both first flights two days suffered prob lems engine going decidedly off song resulting poor time However quick test flight found proper needle valve set ting way extremely criti cal able record flights both days 141-sec 1-kilometer run speed 25532 km/hr Which comes out just about 158 mph excellent time both runs started out much fast er definite slowing about mid-point run serious sag ging lean last two 10 laps re quired Although us flying east unable contact West Coast people during contest felt sure Liebers time would hold up place team turned out true Charlies time second overall standings Calls Sunday night Joe Klause Chuck Schuette gave us results West Coast say least inter esting contest featured much warmer dryer weather Dayton Dayton weather humid times mid high SOs Saturday quite cool weather rains morning Sunday temperature never got above low 70s during flying portion day As Dayton five fliers participat ing Santa Ana site Senior flier Doug Hinkley apparently using Rumple-style set-up air plane able record flight 14193 mph excellent Doug represents large increase over past perform ances certainly has stuck event has made great strides improvements fourth place West Coast Luke Roy Luke has developed bladder pressure fuel system used West Coast fliers consists ball valve check pressure feed similar developed Jim Walker pressure unseat valve open up fuel flow generated crankcase pressure opened timed pressure tap off rear valve dri en valve system seems work hints kinks have worked out resulting inconsistency end second day Luke unable get fourth flight might very well have put average high enough place team As ended up average 15374 mph fourth place West Coast Third place West Coast went John Newton averaged 15452 flights around mark of ficials Second West Coast standings third overall went Bob Spahr has done past used Perils Pauline approach getting official place ap parently some engine runs ab solutely superb least portion flight felt over 165 mph ran out fuel did have official about 158 mph finally last flight Sunday managed get flight 153 average over 155 mph contrast Chuck Schuette flew some fast flights easily qualified team Continued page 96 Team Race Team Finals next page January1980 93 Above Left L-R Col Bob Cordle Carl Dodge mixing FAI fuel Dayton Above Right Bill Wisniewski second left checks engine dis placement computation L-R Roger Theobald Maurice Hinckley Joe Klause look After checking stroke said unison better have awfully small piston didl Below Left Luke Roy cranks starter Maurice Hinckley looks see son Doug ready flight Below Middle John Camp brought wife family help out still couldnt get official clocking Below Right Doug Hinckley Senior Age flier doing real well Speed competitionhere holding back load engine hopefully get pipe TEAM RACE nt rounds fly over two days superbly run Bill Wright kept contest mov ing smoothly relatively small number entries eight teams appearing dropping out after practice day Jim Joy came new pilot partner BB Brown BB managed permanently retract landing gear both models during practice made difficult compete brought large supply ultra-short propellersl left seven entrants headed Perkins/Albritton practice seemed have consistent high speed best chance winning competition Veteran team contenders John McCollum Jed Kusik formed new partnership Jed doing pit work John flying also decent air speed com bined Jeds usual quick pit work Tim Gillott John Ballard made long distance team Nationals Lincoln NE first place posi tion decided tb go combination again Team Trials Long time competitor Al Kelly now pitting young Bill Hughes Chicago area contrast performance early year seemed have found speed range needed competitive addition three veteran teams teams veterans depend ing upon outlook appeared Gary Wallace now teamed up brother Springfield MO Jim Jolly father two-time World Champs competitor Larry Jolly pilot Ken Mogi Finally migrant engine manufacturer Henry Nelson moved east instead west thus disregarding familiar advice desparation taken oldest living Race pilot team heard vocally suffering therefrom Nonetheless Henrys engines manfully struggling drag balsa anchors through air disasters practice having cleaned patched up Saturday dawned nice clear promise some good races Bill Wright ran tight ship after meeting Friday night flying generally clean no fragrant fouls nobody getting away something advantage Perkins/Aibritton first up heat Kusik/McCollum Ballard/G illott Perkins combined excellent pitwork good needle settings fine piloting iE record 350 time followed closely John Jed 354 Ballard/Gillott engine setting problems requiring extra pit stop difficulties dropped badly 431 time second heat first round saw Kelly/Hughes get some fairly decent speed bit under-com pression early tanks recorded 414 time Nelson/Jackson fairly good setting Jacksons piloting managed create enough disaster reduce time 41O Mogi/Jolly difficulties setting running-inthey didnt finish left Wallace/Wallace finish round three-man heat two teams starting off second round McCollum/Kusik Ballard/Gillott Unfortunately Ballard/Gillott gone off field make some repairs 94 Model Aviation US team 1980 Team Race World Championships Standing L-R Henry Nelson Doc Jackson Jed Kusik John McCollum Kneeling Walt Perkins JE Aibritton Walt Perkins missed catch note closed finger-grip shot left subsequent chase runback right cost teem about 10 seconds Mistakes can ruin ewen best teams chances starting gun John Ballard JE Albritton Bill Hughes ready position center failed appear call resulting no-time being recorded haunt later final totals scored average three times team after discarding teams best time its two worst times So although allows throw out bad times does allow luxury deliberately discard ing bad times least until late corn petition heat went off Wallace/Wallace Nelson/Jackson flying Round 2 McCoIlum Kusik got decent time 359 Jackson managed pull bad piloting error bad shutoff belated tempt get airplane resulted bounce well over Henrys outstretched arm upside down airplane split prop tip Wallace/Wallace unable get decent setting remainder round also marked difficulties Mogi/Jolly could find air-speed Perkins/Aibritton missed catch Wallace/Wallace no-time An unfortunate incident occurred involving Kelly/Hughes tail end round Ballard/C illott trying put flight beginning 3rd Round pit-stops during race both airplanes quit about same time Bill Hughes following John Ballard pits Tim Gil ott first circle airplanes came Kelly waiting two segments fur ther around Gillott just barely caught air plane still forwarded ex tended arm air Hughes airplane collided made difficult decision Bill Wright made judg ment could disqualified Kelly/Hughes giving Ballard re-fly Tim made best re-fly posting fastest time 359 good setting two quick pits Others round managed hold positions McCollum/Kusik fairly slow time 404 Perkins/Albritton troubles again 418 Wallace/ Wallace Mogi/J oIly again could find good air-time 446 442 respec tively Nelson/Jackson managed make de cent pit stops engine setting too rich too slow produced 405 As things would have turned out fastest time con cluded first day flying After lot activity motel Sat urday night making repairs ships fix ing tired engines resoldering leaking fuel tanks like everyone retired await morn wasnt much started rain fairly early However stopped along about 830 gradually runways dried out Flying slightly delayed two top teams no trouble getting back groove Perkins/Aibritton turned 351 MeCollum/Kusik followed 357 complement other times round Ballard/C illott made sec ond bad error hard landing broke ship behind wingforcing retirement recording second no-time would force count slow time 431 anchor proved impossible lift Kelly/Hughes did 423 still moderate troubles Mogi/Jolly did finish Wallace/Wallace stuck pla teau 443 Jackson showed Henry new wrinkle fast shut-off takeoff thus nullifying good setting recording 409 time 408 next heat man aged preserve enough consistency save day Kelly/Hughes followed another 426 Ballard/Gillott did 408both too far behind make up last round Mogi/Jolly retired did complete heats Wallace/Wallace also remained 430s range remaining heats icing cake top three positions now determined Kelly/Hughes Bal lard/Gillott good times both re cording 402s bright spot two days flying three top teams showed flashes speeds capable recording decent times lack consistency repeated errors team Jackson/Nelson taking prize disconcerting will have eliminated team challenge Europeans nice touch seem ready willing work together ru mored first project put old Doc megavitamins hopes improv ing aging reflexes least make pos sible him spot Henry circle Anyway teams look capable good show 80 January1980 95 just somewhere among foam rubber Tim Gillot flew fron West Coast teamed up pilot John Ballard Missing heat might have undoing Jed Kusik two sKots above shows make fast pit stop Catching ship just side line segment doesnt have move feet place other side line pressure-fuel flip quick start Below Pilot action center John McCollum RI coming out pit JE Albritton LI passes over Gary Wallace cruises Speed Finals/Jackson Continued page 93 two flights first day quite consistentone 16221 sec ond 16160 mph alone would have qualified him first Sunday morning 3rd Round weather too cool humid thought took bye round As turned out Bob Spahrs engine running off its 165-plus mph laps did fly 4th Round recorded another flight 16192 mphthree very consistent flights three top fliers Schuette Lieber Spahr used assymetric side-winder designs Schuette Spahr used same inboard-engined design has seen frequently past Charlie uses outboard design molded fiberglass wings contrast hard aluminum wings Schuette RC World Champs/Radcliff Continued page 85 No 1 Phoenix 8 engine quit forced make down-wind landing wind blowing very hard landed fast airplane rolled rock pile dam aging underside breaking firewall loose After evenings repair whole crew back business next day solved engine problems both planes practice having engine troubles case once official competition began Dean Ko gers engine quit about half-way through first flight Dave Brown next fly engine quit last fly surprise engine ran great After further adjustments Deans Daves engines team no engine trouble Wind big factor contest very windy day believe reason success Phoenix 8 has definite advantage wind Going finals 5th place honest did feel stand ing would improve However finals over could hardly believe moved 5th 3rd Needless say very happy feel team learned lot WC Engines seem critical 5000 feet altitude Model airplanes fly different ly higher altitude South Africa wonderful conuntry people treated us fantastic organ ized very tight contest way finish 3rd world fantastic feeling no way could have done help lot super people equipment lot hard work believe podium both team championship dividual play national anthem realize what about Again thanks AMA members manufacturers supported team Once again showed world still No 1 Report Dean Koger US Team Member 12th Place trip South Africa 11th RC Aerobatics World Championships very surprising rewarding experience Johan nesburg modern city can found anywhere exactly what picture think Africa During first few days didnt see much countryside way practice field because driving left side road requires lot con centration youve never done before As gradually became pro reverse driving able look around see expressways shopping centers discount stores new hous ing developments etc would look right home anywhere country temperatures entire threeweek stay perfect dont know exactly what because use Celsius scale would guess typically 70s wind another story varied windy ridiculous day kept hop ing would quit never did several RC fields available practice used belonging Transvaal RC Fliers very nice paved strip apart inconvenience having occasionally chase cows off runway ideal practice site contest held Baragwanath Air port flying site provided bit disappointing flew off very very narrow about 15-ft full-size glider runway circles placed grass scraped off next runway ground oiled area quite rough provided very little roll-out area es sentially forced everyone take off land narrow glider runway passing through middle circle didnt turn out cause much trouble still less desirable situation judging good would hope World Championships two sets judges quite imbalanced high set low set thus low set minimal contribution outcome also thought judges did make efficient use scores available ex ample really good maneuver might scored 7 poor 6 lack dis crimination makes outcome depend ent other less important factors Obvious ly judges perform difficult thankless job really try best job possible After giving matter considerable thought believe following suggestions would make judges jobs easier future a Throw out high low scores set judges b Utilize half-point scoring c Select judges based ability rather politics d In same manner flash cards have improved judging spectator enjoy ment place judges name coun try back chair conclude would remiss did thank South Africans phenomi nal hospitality shown us during stay Barb will long remember beautiful coun try wonderful people met privilege represent United States very proud have brought first place team trophy back home MEUSERS FF DURATION COLUMN - This month left out would nt have squeeze big report EF World Championships couple time-sensitive items promised get elsewhere Take over Meuser Nominations Order Models Year no time lose nominations must January 1 NFFS Model Year Awards presented typically de signers models have achieved out standing track record competition models represent outstanding achieve ment development some sort also have received awards though havent won single contestFulton Hungerfords Walnut-Scale Ford Tn-Motor electricpower Mattel Super Star example Fur thermore awards have made nonmodels Peanut Scale Old-Timer movements Rossi 15 Cox 049-05 1 engines Seelig timers So let minds wander too long Write phone NFFS MOY Chairman Steve Geraghty 194 Vista Del Monte Los Gatos CA 95030 Pres entations awardees will appear 1980 Symposium Report can make 1980 Nats Model Mail-In Meat mentioned back June issue give planty time now zero-hour hand rules Use no balsa 3 6-in piece ordinary 1132 sheet slice up way like covering no 12 12-in sheet ordinary Japan ese tissue no superfine condenser paper Use wire plastic teflon rubber steel aluminum glue dope clay lead similar heavy materials like may use light-weight materials such styro foam microfilm helium hydrogen addi tional balsa tissue beyond specified Make size shape model like can glider rubber-powered Give model name supply simple set plans Prizes offered best duration unique unusual model best workman shipperhaps others Models cannot re turned theyll go good cause pro moting model aviation spend much time building model getting back big deal design incompatible spirit thing Mail models Earl Van Gorder 10 Brothers Road Wap pingers Falls NY 12590 sure get January 17 96 Model Aviation 11111 vev gui dli Lildi dlisium. 3 x 6-in piece 1/32-in balsa sheet square foot tissue 2nd place 1979 MidHudson Model Masters Mail-In Meet
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I NE WSLETTEIU ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS 1980-81 AMA SCALE & GENERAL RULES charts next two page spread identify basically new changed Scale General rules will become effective January 1 1980 Similar charts pre sented last month Radio Control Control Line Free Flight items chart acceptable results column changes additions 197879 rules applicable 1980-81 feated wont new rule book cases description rules change very general its possible go back issues Model v/at ion CN section get specifics original Basic Pro posals Cross-Pro posals Cross Proposals identified capital letter fol lowing proposal number 66A stance first Cross-Proposal Basic Pro posal 66 Scale Basic Proposals 1978 sues dated October 1-5 November 6-13 December 14-67 Scale Cross-Proposals 1979 issues dated May June General Basic Proposal Decem ber 1978 issue Cross-Proposal May 1979 issue SCALE CB OKAYS BYRON PIUS other action Scale Contest Board has approved rewording builder-of-the-model rule clarification pertaining Scale denied protest se lection US Scale Teams Nats considered general protest conduct RC Sport Scale 1979 Nats Byron Originals Pitts Special vote 7 1 abstention favor ap peal Dean Copeland concerning disqualifi cation entry Sport Scale 1979 National Contest Nats disqualification reversed based protest Brian Crossley model did comply builder-of-the-model rules Builder-of-the-model Rule Rewording Noting protest mentioned above seemed based misunderstanding intent rule Scale Contest Board Chairman 815 FIFTEENTH STREET NW Claude McCullough proposed rewording rule applied Scale events fol lows Builder Model Contest Director shall make reasonable effort assure himself flier has completely con structed models uses competi tion including covering used construct interpreted action re quired complete model starting no prefabrication amount used usual kit Kits containing large amount pre-fabrication permissible long final assembly parts covering and/or painting done builder Mod els completely prefabricated re quire few minutes unskilled effort completion shall excluded competition US Scale Team Selection board voted 9 0 against protest Ted White seeking invalidate US Scale Team selection 1979 Nats due purported irregularities judging especially concerning scale im pression speed General RC Sport Scale Protest Although no immediate relief sought concerning ac tions already having taken place board considered protest LP Jensen concern ing competency judges purported im proper use scale impression speed pur ported improper actions Contest Direc tor purported improper viewing models static judges board felt validity some points raised Jensen White should con sidered future application Nats other contests RC IIM ENGINE MOOS BANNED Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board response request Duane Gall RCCB has ruled allow certain en gine modifications Quarter Midget Pylon Racing issues 1 excessive use metal shims produced manufac tuer between upper lower parts crankcase change timing 2 use RC engine parts cataloged use Free Flight/Speed version include insert-type head available stock RC en gines produced manufacturer vote disallow measures seven three WASHINGTON DC 20005 ELIGIBLE RC PYLON RACE ENGINES Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board April 3 1979 letter sent AMA HQ representing RC Contest Board several engine manufacturers import ers letter solicited identification engines meet rules criteria three AMA racing categories fol lowing lists obtained replies Formula II 05 40 R/C World Engines 05 40 FSR World Engines 05 40 SR World Engines ST X-40 World Engines ST G21/40 World Engines OPS 40 Shamrock Competition Imports HB 4ORC Bavarian Precision Products HB 40 PDP Bavarian Precision Products Fox 40 engines Fox Manufacturing Co HP 40F series Midwest Model Supply HP 40R series Midwest Model Supply Profi Polks Hobbies Inc Enya 40 Std Model Rectifier Corp Enya 40 TV Model Rectifier Corp Enya 40 XTV Model Rectifier Corp Webra 1034 RC Model Rectifier Corp Webra 1036 P pylon Model Rectifier Corp Quarter Midget 05 15 R/C World Engines ST X-15 World Engines ST G15 World Engines HB 15RC Bavarian Precision Products Moki Polks Hobbies Inc Enya 15 IV TV Model Rectifier Corp Fox 15RC Fox Manufacturing Co AA Pylon G-Mark Polks Hobbies Inc Previously published acceptable shown above following Formula I/Il K&B SR II 65cc Series 75 K&B 40 R/C 1972 1973 1974 models Testor/ McCoy 40 R/C Quarter Midget Cox Con quest 15 R/C Rossi 15 R/C Rossi 15 ABC K&B 15 R/C Taipan 15 R/C widely known K&B Manufactur ing Cox Hobbies manufacture engines addition listed eligible AMA racing however no reply received listing engines Manufacturers importers engines listed should contact AMA HQ immedi ately wish claim legalityrequire ments minimum quantity carburetion etc vary according event 84 Model Aviation -V RC QUARTER MIDGET IDLE RULE REVISED EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board subject eliminating QM idle re quirement received extensive attention during recent rules change cycle Nine basic cross-proposals submitted issue After interim voting done single proposal RC-80-14B/23B Wayne Yeager remained addressing idle regulation Un fortunately proposal inappropriate limiting carburetor throat 205 excluded existing Cox-Perry carburetor Also exact wording suggested referred back RC-80-14 engine shutoff pro visions explicit Subsequently proposal defeated Final Voting leaving no satisfaction popular move ment eliminate idle rule response pleas Wayne Yeager Gail Jacobson find solution problem RCCB Chairman Joe Friend asked Yeager Jacobson confer other propose wording satisfying needs competitors saw also leaving intact safety measures lim itations affecting speed use pres ently acceptable equipment wording worked out Nats fol lows FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD Section 40RC Pylon Racing Quarter Midget Delete Rule 16Idle requirement Under Rule 46Carburetor shall sup plied engine specifically cataloged engine Add R/C type Add new paragraph Landing Require mentPilot must able idle engine back 5000 RPM less shut off completely radio control plane upright posi tion ground air withouj affect ing flight path direction upon given corn mand above submitted RCCB emergency proposal accepted 9 1 Immediate enforcement RC AEROBATICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Report Dave Bmwn US Teem Member 2nd Place World ChampionshipsSouth Africa 1979 experience will remembered forever us didnt know what ex pect South Africa upon arrival Jo hannesburg concerns quickly dispel led met Team Liai son Gerry Levy well John Brink John Mee Joe Studder Quickly through Cus toms tried hand driving DIRECTORY CONTEST COORDINATORS I Paul L Penney 8 Charlotte Dr Andover MA 01810 II R Sobrino 8726 88th St Woodhuven Oueens NY 11421 RC Richard Smith 300 Steko Ann Rochester NY 14815 RC Lawrence Londy 246 Ontario Sn. Lockport NY 14094 Ill Ken Reber RD 1 Nazareth PA 18064 Eat M Weisenbach 4568W 146th St cleveland OH 44135 West IV Warren Sanders Jr 9735 52nd Ann Collete Plc MD 20741 RC Ed Pitzwater 1920 Ardenwuod Ter Crofton MD 21114 V RCaan Charinne Pinlds 818 Main St SW New tllington SC 29809 RC Soaring Donna Deis 7409 Atwood Huntsville AL35802 FE Wallace Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Moottowery AL 36106 RC Pylon & Snaring RC Pattern other RC CLued RC euceps Soarinti VI Horrace Cain 828 Weidner Rd Buffalo Grout IL 60090 RC Ralph White Jr R R 1 Bun 324 Neoga IL 62447 VII John Evert 421 Walnut Lv Apple Valley MN 55124 West RC Len Roe 6539 Orchid Dr Jevison Ml 49428 East Ci & PE Debi Iwboff 524 Sinclair NP Grand Rapids Ml 49503 East VIII John Deanon 6205 Melinda Dr WautuugaTX 76148 RC Robert J Talley 3112 Lawrence Ann Nederlund TX 77627 lx Bill Eieda411 Barker Building Omaha NE 88102 RC George Hunter 6962 S Lamar St Littletot CD 80123 X Myrtle Coad Rn Boo 19 Lower Lake CA 95457 North Lee Poluosky 258 Iris Ave Goleta CA 93017 Sooth Prank Gowns 2241 Noah St Honolulu HI 96816 HI meets xl Don Dodd 3406 Belvidere Am SW Seattle WA 98126 RC Don Miller 24718 Summit-Landsburg Rasensdale WA 98051 left Seven days later after trips practice field driving well flying down pat Processing 24th went well us problem noise testing ready com pete least thought first day competition dawned tragedy struck sick could hard ly stand up Fortunately flight day after able get back hotel bed Gerry Levy came rescue doctor prescribed few dugs against bets exactly well able fly second day After disastrous first day 22nd place due being sick also due engine failure well throttle trim dummy started comeback second day after two flights leading held lead through qualifications during finals lost Wolfgang Matt lost heading during D----M Horrible 8 Oh well Ill try again Mexico can make team again team did great Mark finishing 3rd Dean 12th Dean suffered ad verse weather EU-i problems extremely turbulent air due its slower speed Too bad honestly feel could have finished 1-2-3 given few breaks judging weather judging relatively typical World Championshipsand needs some work example two highest qualifying flights came last round front set judges normally VERY low through rest contest feel throwing out high low scores per maneuver would very good idea particularly in ternational competition Also Jury made few suspect deci sions opinion due primarily fact its members fact written rules didnt seem care what words said knew what intended able convince others well dont feel decisions affected outcome contest something must improve future reason Jury interpret gray areas rules change specific ones Enough soapboxingthe South African World Championships great proud team member experi ence Ill never forget Thanks responsible special thanks team mates Don Lowe Mark Radcliff Dean Koger last least Gerry Levythe best team world RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD I Henry Struck RPO2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ann Lyndonvillo NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klulber 2021 Lakeland Am Lukewuod OH 44107 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny Jenkins 31125 Raines Rd Memphis TN 38118 VI Chris Mattuno B57B Ginger St John MO 63114 VII Phil Klintworth Jr 715 Rutgers Rd Rochester Ml 48063 VIII Mark Valerius 2302 Poweran Houston TX 77055 IXJerald Murphy 2432 Astron Colorado Springs C080906 X Joe Norcross 215W Santa Ana No 211A Clovis CA 93612 xl Ernie Lion 165s8 121st Ave SE RentonWA 98055 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I George Higgins PD Bus 482 North Pembroke MA 02388 II Bill Boss 7706 269th St. New Hyde Park NY 11040 Ill Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St. Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Ron McNally 6118 Bardu Ace Springfield VA 22152 V Dave Hemstraught PO Boo 171 Moncks Corner SC 29461 VI Bob BurnS 1758 N Natchec Chicago IL 60635 VII James Sinton 4941 Wiscovsin Am N New Hope MN 55428 VIII William R Lee 3522 Tamerisk Lv Missouri CityTX77459 IX Michael Tallwan 3014 Enchange Wichita KS 67217 X Pete Brueft 315 S Maria Ave Redondo Beach CA 90277 Xl Dan Ruthnrford4705237th Fl SE BothellWA98011 I Ed lazo 483 Piske St Holliston MA 01748 II Joe Friend 62 Joysan Tere Prnehold NJ 07728 Ill Dave Brown 8534 Huddleston Cincinnati OH 46236 IV Wayne Aberneshy 5221 Marlboro Pike Hillside MO 20027 V J Davis Jr 1813 S Lakeshore Dr Birmingham AL 35216 VI Mike Mueller 1531 Revere Cir Schaumburg IL 60193 VII Peter Waters 31219 Kendall Linonia Ml 48154 VIII Win 8 Thomas 331 SE Rockwood Bartlesoille OK 74003 IX Loren Tregellas 30038 Everett Wichita KS 67217 X Bill Northrop Jr 621 W 19th St Costa Mesa CA 92827 XI Ralph Brooke 3431 5 194th Seattle WA 98188 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Richard Sherman 28 High St Plywooth NH 03264 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14612 Ill Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St MeKeesport PA 15130 IV Bob Karlsson 2643 Marsh Rd Wilmington DE 19810 V David Plots 6940 NW 15th Pt Luoderdale PL 33313 VI Bob Onderwood4109 Concord Oak St Louis MO 63128 VII Claude MeCullouglt Bun 40 Montezuma IA 50171 VIII William H lrwin922 Sundown Lane Desoto TX 75115 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward Sc Omaha NE 68114 X Bill Stroman 12218 Dune St Norwalk CA 90650 Xl Earle Moorhead 275 S View Fl S. Salem OR 97302 Report Mark Redcliff US Teem Member 3rd PlacB have just returned 11th RC Aerobatics World Championships Johan nesburg South Africa must say rewarding competition have attended arrived JoBerg week ahead could get some practice 5000-ft al titude team gone Denver CO over Labor Day weekend just practice altitude must say paid off well adjusted altitude arrived SA however practice session nearly disaster Both No 1 No 2 planes prob lems engine quitting during transi tion low high throttle nearly lost CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don Lindlny 420 Tupelo Napernille IL 60540 Continued page 96 January1980 85 Bold Pace Belom Indicates Chairman Contest Board SCALE CONTEST BOARD 0o FINAL VOTEEzo 1980-81 COMPETITION RULES lt EoU~ - ofVOtO ~ Acceptable N NotAccpbIe200O0~4O o~E wOL~oOOnZTally II Ill IV V VI VII VIII IX X Xl [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 66I66AEstablish Scale General Rules requiring declaration suc cessful flight completion differing kind model NorthropAAAAAAAAAAAAil ON Platt 59Unified Rules Require list parts made entrantAAAAAAANAAAA1OA 1 N McCullough 2RC Precision Eliminate contestant class system PlahnA A AA A AA Ail ON [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 61/61 ARC Precision Redefine straight flight out return parallel spectator safety line reword Fig 8 Traffic A A A A A A Ail ON approach landing associate track Mccullough Mccullough [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 60Precision Sport RC& CL Require dummy pilot figure inAAAAAAAAANAAiOA1N flight Mccullough 65RC Precision Sport Require dummy pilot figure flightAAAAAAAAANAAbA iN Northrop [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 58/58ARC Precision Sport State desirability require-AAAAAAAAAAAAi iA ON ment mixing classes flight order DAttilio 62Precision Sport RC & CL Instead separate special rule book events allow CDs schedule special events scale modelsAAAAAAAAAAAAil ON specific classifications Mccullough li/il A/il BRC Precision Sport Establish judges guide in-AAAAAAANAAAAi OA iN cluding revisions cross-proposals Preston/D Attilio/Preston 67/67A/67BSailplanes Establish new Sport Scale RC Sailplane category embodying specific flight task 50/50 static/flight balance utilizing existing Sport Scale static judgingmodified A A A A A AiiAON 12Increase static judging distance eliminate references A A A A A A AiOA ON non-judged items Preston Rank order preference 49Dont consider cockpit cabin interiors static judging AAA AAAAAAAAAil ON consider visible detailing Johnson 13Craftsmanship score consider quality quantity work AAA AAAANAAAAi QA iN done entrant excluding purchased items Preston 5i/5iAAllow up three scale operations including multi- AAA AAAAAAAAAilA ON engines used Arvin/DAttilio 50Allow CD require demonstration RC scale operations Single engine limit cu Single engine max weight pounds A A A A A AiiAON 86 Model Aviation same 3-views Leuley/DAttiIioJ 0 S N Aj AlOAiN ground Arvin engine limits decided separately ' Ii C U C U I A A I Al Al AiiAON SCALE CONTEST BOARD FINAL VOTE Cont Single engine max weight pounds Multi-Engine limit cu Multi-Engine max weight pounds 313FAMinimum model requirements 1 least 1 displacement 2 Scale least 2-7/8 Weight least 15 lbs fuel Karlsson 3/3FBProhibit entry model both Sport Scale Giant Scale events same contest Karlsson A A A N A AbA iN 14/14AFF Gas Adopt Unified Scale Judging rules pertaining sub-AAAAAAAAANAA10A iN stitution interior detail documentation McCombs/McCullough 56/56A/56B/56C/56DEstablish unified Indoor Outdoor Rubber rules incorporating cross-proposal revisions Srull/DeCarlis/Schanzle/AAAAAAAAAAAAil ON Clemens/Srull 145No scoring details inside cockpit edging canopy Note Proposals passing Final Vote margin two-thirds among voting nearest whole number become new AMA com petition rules effective January 1 1980 blank box means no vote cast COMBINED CONTEST BOARD FINAL VOTEFFFree Flight Contest Board Cu FOR 1980-81 COMPETITION RULESRCRadio Control Contest Board2Result SCScale Contest Boardof Vote CLControl Line Contest Board ptableand N AcceptableTally II Ill IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI 8ANational AMA Records Allow flier claim record byFF A A A A submitting Contest Director submitting record application CD signature altemately simply statement R A A A A A facts flier either case must done within 14 days latter record application must also SC A A A A A 36A iN submitted 14-day limit MeuserCL AA AA AA Note Proposals passing Contest Board margin two-thirds among voting nearest whole number become new AMA competition rules effective January 1 1980 blank box means no vote cast January1980 87 A A A A A A11AON IA IA IA IA IA IA IA IA I AilAON IA IA jA j IA jA jA jAjN [ Ai0AiN I Noscoringfordetails insideotcockpitedgingor I A I I I N j AbA iN Combat Team Trials St Louis Mo September 14-16 name game fly matches Until youre team lose three times Granderson Buckstaff Cleveland Will represent US 1980 Combat World Championships Charlie Johnson CONTROL LINE COMBAT TEAM FINALS JUST getting half fun Thats really true fly FAI Combat take lust weekend off compete con test 1500 miles away West Coast contin gent flew St Louis commercial jet made trip van car person motorcycle 800 miles us met airport Fri day afternoon least werent plagued autograph hounds thrill seekers reporters main concern getting model boxes renting enough cars transport everything Drury Inn Team Trials HQ also about 30 miles airport nature FAI Combat struc ture Team Trials meant sure having enough equipment last through triple eliminationsusing two models per bout contestant would need about dozen models plus supporting gear still sounds like no problem until try getting dozen models strong box past baggage check-in theyd love slap extra charge guys driving didnt have easy either Texans came up Bill Lees van 58 models plus gallons fuel helmets pitting boxes two spares everything Bill did say roomier way home since good number models laid rest on-in-and-all-over St Louis landscape Somehow model boxes pulled clutches baggage hand lers everyone road made safely pilots meeting Friday night Bo nanza Steak House banquet room reserved meeting since local St Louis club used same facilities de cided make good impression eat everything sight meeting classic Paul Smith chairman Combat Team Selec tion Committee really done home work preparations meet amazing see hard some people tried NOT understand contest worked waitress caught right off fly matches until youre team lose three times wasnt too swift about other things giv ing Pauls steak someone else Chuck Thomas Contest Director meet Paul did admirable job fielding some tough what questions 88 Model Aviation Top The happy winners team positions dusk George Cleveland left repeat team member Phil Granderson center Sher wood Hat Buckstaff consistent Combat winners Granderson undefeated 70 Team Finals Cleveland Buckstaff lost match 6-1 Fox 15 engines dominated event though top placer Granderson used Supertigre X-15 Left Phil Cartier holds Mike Strieter fuels Bill Harris looks before matchHarris models said indestructable meet ground cowered flew says author Right Debbie lmhoff tries take Mack Hairys mind off models Dont strip blind nuts Mack Left Mack Henry waiting spare modelengine running ready go soon ship air down streamer can ex changed Hardest job watching primary models figuring out downed model chase Right Two-thirds Detroit Combat Team L-R Paul Smith Chuck Rudner pitting other third Ron Colombo out view handle Colombo 2nd alternate would have perfect game show Just someone would come up what looked like perfect loophole either Paul Chuck would slam door perfect ex planation facts supposed another set FAI rules way Would different what using What will happen ow waitress table caught fly matches until youre team have lost three Everyone soon tired play ing Stump Officials left some much needed sleep weather St Louis really great temperature 70s no wind clear sky almost no humidity St Louis Team Trials held Buder Park two years ago site has room about dozen circles first two hours Saturday used practice quite sight see FAI Combat ships flying time25000 rpm direction Practice ended everyone satis fled equipment working up expec tations because official decree streamers werent ready crew fran tically work making up enough Hurri cane Frederick blamed Its just well streamers werent ready offi cials werent quite ready go either None timers helpers previous Team Trials hand ONE Team Trials enough satisfy curiosity Some local RC club members donated two days time help out plus few friends flierssome drove over 500 miles own expense just help officiate now know what locals found out two years ago about later contestants divided threeman teams during Friday evening meeting Guys worked team wouldnt have fly other until theyd flown other pilot helped strategy some made no difference others After round begun contestant flew until hed won match lost three Thus possible few entrants lose out very early meet losing three straight 1-2 record stood Once underway became apparent would some excellent flying lot griping Only two circle marshalls Chuck Thomas Mike Strieter lot Combat experience Contestants served back-up timers occasionally Jury mem rs Due similarity models very difficult tell plane another after streamer cut down nub Pit crews couldnt tell plane hit ground happened several times pit crew ran over retrieved WRONG streamer sigh relief heard timers Bosta other distinctive model match because made jobs much easier high-point match taken George Cleveland 688 362 Bob Burch 688 super score Bobs 362 would have good enough beat Phil Granderson five out seven matches course Phil won matches because didnt let opponent score much good matches during two days including Cleveland vs Burch joust Dick Stubblefield also flew real corker against Burch winning 616 Burchs 330 Bob didnt make team did ever put show trying Howard Rush did some amazing low-level maneuvering avoid Dick Stubblefield match won 356 352 heart-breaking loss meet Ron Colombos second loss Cleveland Colombo enough lead allow George privilege cutting nub off still winning 200 points Ron hav ing no part giving up cuts found himself checking out turf trying evade George instant Ron forgot fly ing FAI Combat left circle clearing handle lines putting January1980 89 Left Chuck Thomas air horn rule book countdown cards paid own way Everett WA Contest Director parttime circle marshall Center Neal White show-stopper Bosta ST X-15 end mini-pipe Planes elliptical planform made easy judges pit crews flew Right Bob Rules very high aspect-ratio model unique twin rudders Rossi engine Trimming said problem insufficient strength such long wing Bob folded just before Team Finals photos Charlie Johnson Combat Finals Continued helmet line infraction alone lost him chance team pictures youll deduce winning models wood construction Mylar covering Wing areas 350-plus inches square Texans claimed have models 12-1 3-az bracket also some real strong Fox iSs Stubblefields looked best rest claimed have 300 rpm faster opinion superior model/engine meet Neal Whites Bosta/Rossi closely followed Stubblefields Fox-powered model Phil Granderson the top three didnt use Fox powerhad Supertigre X-l5son planes saw variation prop tried Tal pan 7-4 proved popular safest wide hub Tornado seen stretch shed blades Texans high-revving Fox engines lost several props Most contestants used 015 lines rather 012 popular two years ago Several used heavy-duty Laystrate lines favored Europeans lines use three heavy strands rather seven found 015s three strands soldered together rigid feel just about unbreakable situations Team Trials did accomplish its pri mary goal select best possible US team No can argue about credentials 1980 team members George Cleveland repeat winner other two have incredible amount experience tween As previously mentioned rough spots Team Trialsin opinion due organization non-coop eration few contestants Everyone helped did free bit diffi culty identifying models during close-in com bat after streamers cut nub some question about amount air-time per contestant very close match maybe should system matches less S-point difference reflown ad hoc Jury decide whether contestant kept disabled model airborne intentionally also question airworthiness couple models observation everyone helped did best job possible receives word praise least Lets support 1980 team group has super chance sweeping Team Individual World Championships Poland 1980 Start making plans improve 1981 Team Trials volunteering time energy make success OFFICIAL STANDINGS 1st Place Phil Granderson won-lost 7-0 Defeated Rule Lane lmhoff Rudner Smith Cleveland Curtis 2nd Place Sherwood Buckstaff 6-1 De feated Youngblood Henry Lopez Rudner Frost Colombo Lost Curtis 3rd Place George Cleveland 6-1 Defeat ed Smith Burch Rush Curtis Colom bo Colombo 2nd matching Lost Granderson 4th Place Paul Curtis 6-3 Defeated Hill Henry King Stubblefield Rush Buckstaff Lost Frost Cleveland Grand erson 5th Place Ron Colombo 5-3 Defeated Harris Hill Fentress Rush Frost Lost Cleveland Buckstaff Cleveland 6th Place Paul Smith 4-3 6th Place Howard Rush 4-3 6th Place Gary Frost 4-3 9th Place Chuck Rudner 3-3 9th Place Richard Stubblefield 3-3 11th Place Dick lmhoff 2-3 11th Place Joe King 2-3 11th Place Ernie Lane 2-3 11th Place Rich Lopez 2-3 15th Place Bob Burch 1-3 15th Place Gary Fentress 1-3 15th Place Mack Henry 1-3 15th Place Larry Hill 1-3 15th Place Neal White 1-3 15th Place Stan Youngblood 1-3 21st Place Phil Cartier 0-3 21st Place Bill Harris 0-3 21st Place Bob Rule 10-3 Did not fly Hill Jack Johnson McDonald Team Standings Texas/Lou isiana B uckstaff Cleveland Stubblefield Detroit Combat Team Colombo Smith Rudner win-lose 6-1 6-1 33 15-5 - - 5-3 4-3 3-3 12-9 Nashville Jive Granderson Henry Hill 7-0 1-3 1-3 9-6 MATCH STATISTICS FOR TOP FIVE Granderson 7-0 Buckstaff 6-1 Cleveland 6-1 Curtis 6-3 Colombo 5-3 Points 2444 2118 2506 2438 2892 Points Against 1180 420 1802 2326 1836 Difference 1264 1698 704 112 1056 Avg Margin 180 242 101 12 132 90 Model Aviation Left Dick Stubblefield checks out log book fleet planes Texans got 58 models van lots room return trip Right Bill Lea MA CL Racing contributing editor comes plane fixerspent 10 minutes getting perfect alignment Stubblefield planeonly tacked place Hot Stuffteam member tweaked strengthyep broke off Above Phil Cartier readies Gary Frosts mod 1 Phils kit Frost cut bit add fuel capacity Fox 50% nitro wouldnt make five minutesBelow Jim Ong walks off two Ex-Force planes after George Clevelands match Joe King has salvagable part push-rod quick link Rich Lopez seen use variet models engineshad good success Super tigre X-15s Cox iSs set up Roger Theobald Rossi pistons Speed event split between two sitesDayton OH Santa Ana CA team member se lection Team Race totally Dayton Though number par ticipants small competition fierce Resulting team mem bers Speed Chuck Schuette Charles Lieber Bob Spahr Team Race Perkins/Albritton McCollum/Kusik Jackson/Nel son 1980 Control Line World Championships will encom pass events plus Aerobatics Combat scheduled sub ject confirmation FAI ClAM Poland SPEED & CONTROL LINE TEAM RACE TEAM FINALS Dr Laird Jackson DAYTON inactive runways Wright-Patterson Air Force Base venue British would say 5/8 US Control Line FAI Team Trials over Labor Day weekend 1979 5/8 because 1/8 half Speed Trials held Santa Ana CA Cox Hobbies parking lot same time three hours later remaining quarter constituted Combat portion CL Team selection process held little later St Louis CN Combat Team Finals reported separately issue CL Aerobatics Team Finalsheld conjunction CL Team Race eastern half CL Speed Team Finalswas reported last month Wright-Patterson AFB has excellent facili ties official flying practice Arrange ments site made Keith Trostle president PAMPA Colonel Bob Cordle member Dayton Buzzin Buzzards Club flying site excellent space galore super coop eration Air Force local modelers plus close-by motels should also mention fine coopera tion Cox Hobbies support num erous people West Coast area Joe Klause served Contest Director able help Bill Wisniewski Roger Theo baldand Im sure others Back east Dayton Bill Wright con ducted Team Race Speed events help Carl Dodge plus administrative help Henry Nelson Doc Jackson number people volunteered ser vices both areas its because dont know names dont men tion As always meets take great deal effort put design contest entries Speed Teem Finals apparently variation copy plane shown top picture John Newtons ship top three eastern half event bottom left pic ture L-R Bob Heminway charles Lieber cliff Norman Lieber won team spot oth er two team positions came western half shown photo below LR Chuck Schuette Bob Spahr West coast TF pictures Charlie Johnson 92 Model Aviation SPEED THIS event split two sites accom modate number West Coast fliers conducted rounds both sites two rounds being flown both Saturday Sunday best two times counted fliers average position final standings Since East Coast flights about three hours before West Coast lets take look Dayton event first Charlie Lieber member 1978 Speed Team known have good potential making years team Bob Heminway has flown Charlie past making come-back try member 1974 Speed Team counted definite possibility Clif ton Norman also showing promise reports some engines running very fast bench reliable airplane fuel system set-up using Emil Rumples World Championship model design bits pieces made either Emil 1978 World Champion Jurgen Lenzen Two other participants ex pected John Camp Michigan Ed Gif ford ot New Jersey final results pretty much bore out predictions Lieber Heminway Norman posted good flights Camp Gifford lagged behind various difficulties preventing put ting up official flights An unfortunate note after Cliff Normans official flying found engines oversized happens too often Rossi engines mixes internal parts effort find good running combination Bob Heminway using Charlie Liebers 1978 speed shells molded fiberglass wing Charlie makes tank set-up similar used both Char lie Cliff Norman hard tank crankcase pressure Rumple fuel switch Bobs engines ran afoul displacement problem also other engine okay able record official times though very good ones Charlie Lieber certainly smoothest flying set-up seen East Coast site own difficulties getting good engine runs settings Both first flights two days suffered prob lems engine going decidedly off song resulting poor time However quick test flight found proper needle valve set ting way extremely criti cal able record flights both days 141-sec 1-kilometer run speed 25532 km/hr Which comes out just about 158 mph excellent time both runs started out much fast er definite slowing about mid-point run serious sag ging lean last two 10 laps re quired Although us flying east unable contact West Coast people during contest felt sure Liebers time would hold up place team turned out true Charlies time second overall standings Calls Sunday night Joe Klause Chuck Schuette gave us results West Coast say least inter esting contest featured much warmer dryer weather Dayton Dayton weather humid times mid high SOs Saturday quite cool weather rains morning Sunday temperature never got above low 70s during flying portion day As Dayton five fliers participat ing Santa Ana site Senior flier Doug Hinkley apparently using Rumple-style set-up air plane able record flight 14193 mph excellent Doug represents large increase over past perform ances certainly has stuck event has made great strides improvements fourth place West Coast Luke Roy Luke has developed bladder pressure fuel system used West Coast fliers consists ball valve check pressure feed similar developed Jim Walker pressure unseat valve open up fuel flow generated crankcase pressure opened timed pressure tap off rear valve dri en valve system seems work hints kinks have worked out resulting inconsistency end second day Luke unable get fourth flight might very well have put average high enough place team As ended up average 15374 mph fourth place West Coast Third place West Coast went John Newton averaged 15452 flights around mark of ficials Second West Coast standings third overall went Bob Spahr has done past used Perils Pauline approach getting official place ap parently some engine runs ab solutely superb least portion flight felt over 165 mph ran out fuel did have official about 158 mph finally last flight Sunday managed get flight 153 average over 155 mph contrast Chuck Schuette flew some fast flights easily qualified team Continued page 96 Team Race Team Finals next page January1980 93 Above Left L-R Col Bob Cordle Carl Dodge mixing FAI fuel Dayton Above Right Bill Wisniewski second left checks engine dis placement computation L-R Roger Theobald Maurice Hinckley Joe Klause look After checking stroke said unison better have awfully small piston didl Below Left Luke Roy cranks starter Maurice Hinckley looks see son Doug ready flight Below Middle John Camp brought wife family help out still couldnt get official clocking Below Right Doug Hinckley Senior Age flier doing real well Speed competitionhere holding back load engine hopefully get pipe TEAM RACE nt rounds fly over two days superbly run Bill Wright kept contest mov ing smoothly relatively small number entries eight teams appearing dropping out after practice day Jim Joy came new pilot partner BB Brown BB managed permanently retract landing gear both models during practice made difficult compete brought large supply ultra-short propellersl left seven entrants headed Perkins/Albritton practice seemed have consistent high speed best chance winning competition Veteran team contenders John McCollum Jed Kusik formed new partnership Jed doing pit work John flying also decent air speed com bined Jeds usual quick pit work Tim Gillott John Ballard made long distance team Nationals Lincoln NE first place posi tion decided tb go combination again Team Trials Long time competitor Al Kelly now pitting young Bill Hughes Chicago area contrast performance early year seemed have found speed range needed competitive addition three veteran teams teams veterans depend ing upon outlook appeared Gary Wallace now teamed up brother Springfield MO Jim Jolly father two-time World Champs competitor Larry Jolly pilot Ken Mogi Finally migrant engine manufacturer Henry Nelson moved east instead west thus disregarding familiar advice desparation taken oldest living Race pilot team heard vocally suffering therefrom Nonetheless Henrys engines manfully struggling drag balsa anchors through air disasters practice having cleaned patched up Saturday dawned nice clear promise some good races Bill Wright ran tight ship after meeting Friday night flying generally clean no fragrant fouls nobody getting away something advantage Perkins/Aibritton first up heat Kusik/McCollum Ballard/G illott Perkins combined excellent pitwork good needle settings fine piloting iE record 350 time followed closely John Jed 354 Ballard/Gillott engine setting problems requiring extra pit stop difficulties dropped badly 431 time second heat first round saw Kelly/Hughes get some fairly decent speed bit under-com pression early tanks recorded 414 time Nelson/Jackson fairly good setting Jacksons piloting managed create enough disaster reduce time 41O Mogi/Jolly difficulties setting running-inthey didnt finish left Wallace/Wallace finish round three-man heat two teams starting off second round McCollum/Kusik Ballard/Gillott Unfortunately Ballard/Gillott gone off field make some repairs 94 Model Aviation US team 1980 Team Race World Championships Standing L-R Henry Nelson Doc Jackson Jed Kusik John McCollum Kneeling Walt Perkins JE Aibritton Walt Perkins missed catch note closed finger-grip shot left subsequent chase runback right cost teem about 10 seconds Mistakes can ruin ewen best teams chances starting gun John Ballard JE Albritton Bill Hughes ready position center failed appear call resulting no-time being recorded haunt later final totals scored average three times team after discarding teams best time its two worst times So although allows throw out bad times does allow luxury deliberately discard ing bad times least until late corn petition heat went off Wallace/Wallace Nelson/Jackson flying Round 2 McCoIlum Kusik got decent time 359 Jackson managed pull bad piloting error bad shutoff belated tempt get airplane resulted bounce well over Henrys outstretched arm upside down airplane split prop tip Wallace/Wallace unable get decent setting remainder round also marked difficulties Mogi/Jolly could find air-speed Perkins/Aibritton missed catch Wallace/Wallace no-time An unfortunate incident occurred involving Kelly/Hughes tail end round Ballard/C illott trying put flight beginning 3rd Round pit-stops during race both airplanes quit about same time Bill Hughes following John Ballard pits Tim Gil ott first circle airplanes came Kelly waiting two segments fur ther around Gillott just barely caught air plane still forwarded ex tended arm air Hughes airplane collided made difficult decision Bill Wright made judg ment could disqualified Kelly/Hughes giving Ballard re-fly Tim made best re-fly posting fastest time 359 good setting two quick pits Others round managed hold positions McCollum/Kusik fairly slow time 404 Perkins/Albritton troubles again 418 Wallace/ Wallace Mogi/J oIly again could find good air-time 446 442 respec tively Nelson/Jackson managed make de cent pit stops engine setting too rich too slow produced 405 As things would have turned out fastest time con cluded first day flying After lot activity motel Sat urday night making repairs ships fix ing tired engines resoldering leaking fuel tanks like everyone retired await morn wasnt much started rain fairly early However stopped along about 830 gradually runways dried out Flying slightly delayed two top teams no trouble getting back groove Perkins/Aibritton turned 351 MeCollum/Kusik followed 357 complement other times round Ballard/C illott made sec ond bad error hard landing broke ship behind wingforcing retirement recording second no-time would force count slow time 431 anchor proved impossible lift Kelly/Hughes did 423 still moderate troubles Mogi/Jolly did finish Wallace/Wallace stuck pla teau 443 Jackson showed Henry new wrinkle fast shut-off takeoff thus nullifying good setting recording 409 time 408 next heat man aged preserve enough consistency save day Kelly/Hughes followed another 426 Ballard/Gillott did 408both too far behind make up last round Mogi/Jolly retired did complete heats Wallace/Wallace also remained 430s range remaining heats icing cake top three positions now determined Kelly/Hughes Bal lard/Gillott good times both re cording 402s bright spot two days flying three top teams showed flashes speeds capable recording decent times lack consistency repeated errors team Jackson/Nelson taking prize disconcerting will have eliminated team challenge Europeans nice touch seem ready willing work together ru mored first project put old Doc megavitamins hopes improv ing aging reflexes least make pos sible him spot Henry circle Anyway teams look capable good show 80 January1980 95 just somewhere among foam rubber Tim Gillot flew fron West Coast teamed up pilot John Ballard Missing heat might have undoing Jed Kusik two sKots above shows make fast pit stop Catching ship just side line segment doesnt have move feet place other side line pressure-fuel flip quick start Below Pilot action center John McCollum RI coming out pit JE Albritton LI passes over Gary Wallace cruises Speed Finals/Jackson Continued page 93 two flights first day quite consistentone 16221 sec ond 16160 mph alone would have qualified him first Sunday morning 3rd Round weather too cool humid thought took bye round As turned out Bob Spahrs engine running off its 165-plus mph laps did fly 4th Round recorded another flight 16192 mphthree very consistent flights three top fliers Schuette Lieber Spahr used assymetric side-winder designs Schuette Spahr used same inboard-engined design has seen frequently past Charlie uses outboard design molded fiberglass wings contrast hard aluminum wings Schuette RC World Champs/Radcliff Continued page 85 No 1 Phoenix 8 engine quit forced make down-wind landing wind blowing very hard landed fast airplane rolled rock pile dam aging underside breaking firewall loose After evenings repair whole crew back business next day solved engine problems both planes practice having engine troubles case once official competition began Dean Ko gers engine quit about half-way through first flight Dave Brown next fly engine quit last fly surprise engine ran great After further adjustments Deans Daves engines team no engine trouble Wind big factor contest very windy day believe reason success Phoenix 8 has definite advantage wind Going finals 5th place honest did feel stand ing would improve However finals over could hardly believe moved 5th 3rd Needless say very happy feel team learned lot WC Engines seem critical 5000 feet altitude Model airplanes fly different ly higher altitude South Africa wonderful conuntry people treated us fantastic organ ized very tight contest way finish 3rd world fantastic feeling no way could have done help lot super people equipment lot hard work believe podium both team championship dividual play national anthem realize what about Again thanks AMA members manufacturers supported team Once again showed world still No 1 Report Dean Koger US Team Member 12th Place trip South Africa 11th RC Aerobatics World Championships very surprising rewarding experience Johan nesburg modern city can found anywhere exactly what picture think Africa During first few days didnt see much countryside way practice field because driving left side road requires lot con centration youve never done before As gradually became pro reverse driving able look around see expressways shopping centers discount stores new hous ing developments etc would look right home anywhere country temperatures entire threeweek stay perfect dont know exactly what because use Celsius scale would guess typically 70s wind another story varied windy ridiculous day kept hop ing would quit never did several RC fields available practice used belonging Transvaal RC Fliers very nice paved strip apart inconvenience having occasionally chase cows off runway ideal practice site contest held Baragwanath Air port flying site provided bit disappointing flew off very very narrow about 15-ft full-size glider runway circles placed grass scraped off next runway ground oiled area quite rough provided very little roll-out area es sentially forced everyone take off land narrow glider runway passing through middle circle didnt turn out cause much trouble still less desirable situation judging good would hope World Championships two sets judges quite imbalanced high set low set thus low set minimal contribution outcome also thought judges did make efficient use scores available ex ample really good maneuver might scored 7 poor 6 lack dis crimination makes outcome depend ent other less important factors Obvious ly judges perform difficult thankless job really try best job possible After giving matter considerable thought believe following suggestions would make judges jobs easier future a Throw out high low scores set judges b Utilize half-point scoring c Select judges based ability rather politics d In same manner flash cards have improved judging spectator enjoy ment place judges name coun try back chair conclude would remiss did thank South Africans phenomi nal hospitality shown us during stay Barb will long remember beautiful coun try wonderful people met privilege represent United States very proud have brought first place team trophy back home MEUSERS FF DURATION COLUMN - This month left out would nt have squeeze big report EF World Championships couple time-sensitive items promised get elsewhere Take over Meuser Nominations Order Models Year no time lose nominations must January 1 NFFS Model Year Awards presented typically de signers models have achieved out standing track record competition models represent outstanding achieve ment development some sort also have received awards though havent won single contestFulton Hungerfords Walnut-Scale Ford Tn-Motor electricpower Mattel Super Star example Fur thermore awards have made nonmodels Peanut Scale Old-Timer movements Rossi 15 Cox 049-05 1 engines Seelig timers So let minds wander too long Write phone NFFS MOY Chairman Steve Geraghty 194 Vista Del Monte Los Gatos CA 95030 Pres entations awardees will appear 1980 Symposium Report can make 1980 Nats Model Mail-In Meat mentioned back June issue give planty time now zero-hour hand rules Use no balsa 3 6-in piece ordinary 1132 sheet slice up way like covering no 12 12-in sheet ordinary Japan ese tissue no superfine condenser paper Use wire plastic teflon rubber steel aluminum glue dope clay lead similar heavy materials like may use light-weight materials such styro foam microfilm helium hydrogen addi tional balsa tissue beyond specified Make size shape model like can glider rubber-powered Give model name supply simple set plans Prizes offered best duration unique unusual model best workman shipperhaps others Models cannot re turned theyll go good cause pro moting model aviation spend much time building model getting back big deal design incompatible spirit thing Mail models Earl Van Gorder 10 Brothers Road Wap pingers Falls NY 12590 sure get January 17 96 Model Aviation 11111 vev gui dli Lildi dlisium. 3 x 6-in piece 1/32-in balsa sheet square foot tissue 2nd place 1979 MidHudson Model Masters Mail-In Meet
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I NE WSLETTEIU ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS 1980-81 AMA SCALE & GENERAL RULES charts next two page spread identify basically new changed Scale General rules will become effective January 1 1980 Similar charts pre sented last month Radio Control Control Line Free Flight items chart acceptable results column changes additions 197879 rules applicable 1980-81 feated wont new rule book cases description rules change very general its possible go back issues Model v/at ion CN section get specifics original Basic Pro posals Cross-Pro posals Cross Proposals identified capital letter fol lowing proposal number 66A stance first Cross-Proposal Basic Pro posal 66 Scale Basic Proposals 1978 sues dated October 1-5 November 6-13 December 14-67 Scale Cross-Proposals 1979 issues dated May June General Basic Proposal Decem ber 1978 issue Cross-Proposal May 1979 issue SCALE CB OKAYS BYRON PIUS other action Scale Contest Board has approved rewording builder-of-the-model rule clarification pertaining Scale denied protest se lection US Scale Teams Nats considered general protest conduct RC Sport Scale 1979 Nats Byron Originals Pitts Special vote 7 1 abstention favor ap peal Dean Copeland concerning disqualifi cation entry Sport Scale 1979 National Contest Nats disqualification reversed based protest Brian Crossley model did comply builder-of-the-model rules Builder-of-the-model Rule Rewording Noting protest mentioned above seemed based misunderstanding intent rule Scale Contest Board Chairman 815 FIFTEENTH STREET NW Claude McCullough proposed rewording rule applied Scale events fol lows Builder Model Contest Director shall make reasonable effort assure himself flier has completely con structed models uses competi tion including covering used construct interpreted action re quired complete model starting no prefabrication amount used usual kit Kits containing large amount pre-fabrication permissible long final assembly parts covering and/or painting done builder Mod els completely prefabricated re quire few minutes unskilled effort completion shall excluded competition US Scale Team Selection board voted 9 0 against protest Ted White seeking invalidate US Scale Team selection 1979 Nats due purported irregularities judging especially concerning scale im pression speed General RC Sport Scale Protest Although no immediate relief sought concerning ac tions already having taken place board considered protest LP Jensen concern ing competency judges purported im proper use scale impression speed pur ported improper actions Contest Direc tor purported improper viewing models static judges board felt validity some points raised Jensen White should con sidered future application Nats other contests RC IIM ENGINE MOOS BANNED Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board response request Duane Gall RCCB has ruled allow certain en gine modifications Quarter Midget Pylon Racing issues 1 excessive use metal shims produced manufac tuer between upper lower parts crankcase change timing 2 use RC engine parts cataloged use Free Flight/Speed version include insert-type head available stock RC en gines produced manufacturer vote disallow measures seven three WASHINGTON DC 20005 ELIGIBLE RC PYLON RACE ENGINES Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board April 3 1979 letter sent AMA HQ representing RC Contest Board several engine manufacturers import ers letter solicited identification engines meet rules criteria three AMA racing categories fol lowing lists obtained replies Formula II 05 40 R/C World Engines 05 40 FSR World Engines 05 40 SR World Engines ST X-40 World Engines ST G21/40 World Engines OPS 40 Shamrock Competition Imports HB 4ORC Bavarian Precision Products HB 40 PDP Bavarian Precision Products Fox 40 engines Fox Manufacturing Co HP 40F series Midwest Model Supply HP 40R series Midwest Model Supply Profi Polks Hobbies Inc Enya 40 Std Model Rectifier Corp Enya 40 TV Model Rectifier Corp Enya 40 XTV Model Rectifier Corp Webra 1034 RC Model Rectifier Corp Webra 1036 P pylon Model Rectifier Corp Quarter Midget 05 15 R/C World Engines ST X-15 World Engines ST G15 World Engines HB 15RC Bavarian Precision Products Moki Polks Hobbies Inc Enya 15 IV TV Model Rectifier Corp Fox 15RC Fox Manufacturing Co AA Pylon G-Mark Polks Hobbies Inc Previously published acceptable shown above following Formula I/Il K&B SR II 65cc Series 75 K&B 40 R/C 1972 1973 1974 models Testor/ McCoy 40 R/C Quarter Midget Cox Con quest 15 R/C Rossi 15 R/C Rossi 15 ABC K&B 15 R/C Taipan 15 R/C widely known K&B Manufactur ing Cox Hobbies manufacture engines addition listed eligible AMA racing however no reply received listing engines Manufacturers importers engines listed should contact AMA HQ immedi ately wish claim legalityrequire ments minimum quantity carburetion etc vary according event 84 Model Aviation -V RC QUARTER MIDGET IDLE RULE REVISED EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board subject eliminating QM idle re quirement received extensive attention during recent rules change cycle Nine basic cross-proposals submitted issue After interim voting done single proposal RC-80-14B/23B Wayne Yeager remained addressing idle regulation Un fortunately proposal inappropriate limiting carburetor throat 205 excluded existing Cox-Perry carburetor Also exact wording suggested referred back RC-80-14 engine shutoff pro visions explicit Subsequently proposal defeated Final Voting leaving no satisfaction popular move ment eliminate idle rule response pleas Wayne Yeager Gail Jacobson find solution problem RCCB Chairman Joe Friend asked Yeager Jacobson confer other propose wording satisfying needs competitors saw also leaving intact safety measures lim itations affecting speed use pres ently acceptable equipment wording worked out Nats fol lows FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD Section 40RC Pylon Racing Quarter Midget Delete Rule 16Idle requirement Under Rule 46Carburetor shall sup plied engine specifically cataloged engine Add R/C type Add new paragraph Landing Require mentPilot must able idle engine back 5000 RPM less shut off completely radio control plane upright posi tion ground air withouj affect ing flight path direction upon given corn mand above submitted RCCB emergency proposal accepted 9 1 Immediate enforcement RC AEROBATICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Report Dave Bmwn US Teem Member 2nd Place World ChampionshipsSouth Africa 1979 experience will remembered forever us didnt know what ex pect South Africa upon arrival Jo hannesburg concerns quickly dispel led met Team Liai son Gerry Levy well John Brink John Mee Joe Studder Quickly through Cus toms tried hand driving DIRECTORY CONTEST COORDINATORS I Paul L Penney 8 Charlotte Dr Andover MA 01810 II R Sobrino 8726 88th St Woodhuven Oueens NY 11421 RC Richard Smith 300 Steko Ann Rochester NY 14815 RC Lawrence Londy 246 Ontario Sn. Lockport NY 14094 Ill Ken Reber RD 1 Nazareth PA 18064 Eat M Weisenbach 4568W 146th St cleveland OH 44135 West IV Warren Sanders Jr 9735 52nd Ann Collete Plc MD 20741 RC Ed Pitzwater 1920 Ardenwuod Ter Crofton MD 21114 V RCaan Charinne Pinlds 818 Main St SW New tllington SC 29809 RC Soaring Donna Deis 7409 Atwood Huntsville AL35802 FE Wallace Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Moottowery AL 36106 RC Pylon & Snaring RC Pattern other RC CLued RC euceps Soarinti VI Horrace Cain 828 Weidner Rd Buffalo Grout IL 60090 RC Ralph White Jr R R 1 Bun 324 Neoga IL 62447 VII John Evert 421 Walnut Lv Apple Valley MN 55124 West RC Len Roe 6539 Orchid Dr Jevison Ml 49428 East Ci & PE Debi Iwboff 524 Sinclair NP Grand Rapids Ml 49503 East VIII John Deanon 6205 Melinda Dr WautuugaTX 76148 RC Robert J Talley 3112 Lawrence Ann Nederlund TX 77627 lx Bill Eieda411 Barker Building Omaha NE 88102 RC George Hunter 6962 S Lamar St Littletot CD 80123 X Myrtle Coad Rn Boo 19 Lower Lake CA 95457 North Lee Poluosky 258 Iris Ave Goleta CA 93017 Sooth Prank Gowns 2241 Noah St Honolulu HI 96816 HI meets xl Don Dodd 3406 Belvidere Am SW Seattle WA 98126 RC Don Miller 24718 Summit-Landsburg Rasensdale WA 98051 left Seven days later after trips practice field driving well flying down pat Processing 24th went well us problem noise testing ready com pete least thought first day competition dawned tragedy struck sick could hard ly stand up Fortunately flight day after able get back hotel bed Gerry Levy came rescue doctor prescribed few dugs against bets exactly well able fly second day After disastrous first day 22nd place due being sick also due engine failure well throttle trim dummy started comeback second day after two flights leading held lead through qualifications during finals lost Wolfgang Matt lost heading during D----M Horrible 8 Oh well Ill try again Mexico can make team again team did great Mark finishing 3rd Dean 12th Dean suffered ad verse weather EU-i problems extremely turbulent air due its slower speed Too bad honestly feel could have finished 1-2-3 given few breaks judging weather judging relatively typical World Championshipsand needs some work example two highest qualifying flights came last round front set judges normally VERY low through rest contest feel throwing out high low scores per maneuver would very good idea particularly in ternational competition Also Jury made few suspect deci sions opinion due primarily fact its members fact written rules didnt seem care what words said knew what intended able convince others well dont feel decisions affected outcome contest something must improve future reason Jury interpret gray areas rules change specific ones Enough soapboxingthe South African World Championships great proud team member experi ence Ill never forget Thanks responsible special thanks team mates Don Lowe Mark Radcliff Dean Koger last least Gerry Levythe best team world RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD I Henry Struck RPO2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ann Lyndonvillo NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klulber 2021 Lakeland Am Lukewuod OH 44107 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny Jenkins 31125 Raines Rd Memphis TN 38118 VI Chris Mattuno B57B Ginger St John MO 63114 VII Phil Klintworth Jr 715 Rutgers Rd Rochester Ml 48063 VIII Mark Valerius 2302 Poweran Houston TX 77055 IXJerald Murphy 2432 Astron Colorado Springs C080906 X Joe Norcross 215W Santa Ana No 211A Clovis CA 93612 xl Ernie Lion 165s8 121st Ave SE RentonWA 98055 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I George Higgins PD Bus 482 North Pembroke MA 02388 II Bill Boss 7706 269th St. New Hyde Park NY 11040 Ill Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St. Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Ron McNally 6118 Bardu Ace Springfield VA 22152 V Dave Hemstraught PO Boo 171 Moncks Corner SC 29461 VI Bob BurnS 1758 N Natchec Chicago IL 60635 VII James Sinton 4941 Wiscovsin Am N New Hope MN 55428 VIII William R Lee 3522 Tamerisk Lv Missouri CityTX77459 IX Michael Tallwan 3014 Enchange Wichita KS 67217 X Pete Brueft 315 S Maria Ave Redondo Beach CA 90277 Xl Dan Ruthnrford4705237th Fl SE BothellWA98011 I Ed lazo 483 Piske St Holliston MA 01748 II Joe Friend 62 Joysan Tere Prnehold NJ 07728 Ill Dave Brown 8534 Huddleston Cincinnati OH 46236 IV Wayne Aberneshy 5221 Marlboro Pike Hillside MO 20027 V J Davis Jr 1813 S Lakeshore Dr Birmingham AL 35216 VI Mike Mueller 1531 Revere Cir Schaumburg IL 60193 VII Peter Waters 31219 Kendall Linonia Ml 48154 VIII Win 8 Thomas 331 SE Rockwood Bartlesoille OK 74003 IX Loren Tregellas 30038 Everett Wichita KS 67217 X Bill Northrop Jr 621 W 19th St Costa Mesa CA 92827 XI Ralph Brooke 3431 5 194th Seattle WA 98188 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Richard Sherman 28 High St Plywooth NH 03264 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14612 Ill Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St MeKeesport PA 15130 IV Bob Karlsson 2643 Marsh Rd Wilmington DE 19810 V David Plots 6940 NW 15th Pt Luoderdale PL 33313 VI Bob Onderwood4109 Concord Oak St Louis MO 63128 VII Claude MeCullouglt Bun 40 Montezuma IA 50171 VIII William H lrwin922 Sundown Lane Desoto TX 75115 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward Sc Omaha NE 68114 X Bill Stroman 12218 Dune St Norwalk CA 90650 Xl Earle Moorhead 275 S View Fl S. Salem OR 97302 Report Mark Redcliff US Teem Member 3rd PlacB have just returned 11th RC Aerobatics World Championships Johan nesburg South Africa must say rewarding competition have attended arrived JoBerg week ahead could get some practice 5000-ft al titude team gone Denver CO over Labor Day weekend just practice altitude must say paid off well adjusted altitude arrived SA however practice session nearly disaster Both No 1 No 2 planes prob lems engine quitting during transi tion low high throttle nearly lost CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don Lindlny 420 Tupelo Napernille IL 60540 Continued page 96 January1980 85 Bold Pace Belom Indicates Chairman Contest Board SCALE CONTEST BOARD 0o FINAL VOTEEzo 1980-81 COMPETITION RULES lt EoU~ - ofVOtO ~ Acceptable N NotAccpbIe200O0~4O o~E wOL~oOOnZTally II Ill IV V VI VII VIII IX X Xl [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 66I66AEstablish Scale General Rules requiring declaration suc cessful flight completion differing kind model NorthropAAAAAAAAAAAAil ON Platt 59Unified Rules Require list parts made entrantAAAAAAANAAAA1OA 1 N McCullough 2RC Precision Eliminate contestant class system PlahnA A AA A AA Ail ON [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 61/61 ARC Precision Redefine straight flight out return parallel spectator safety line reword Fig 8 Traffic A A A A A A Ail ON approach landing associate track Mccullough Mccullough [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 60Precision Sport RC& CL Require dummy pilot figure inAAAAAAAAANAAiOA1N flight Mccullough 65RC Precision Sport Require dummy pilot figure flightAAAAAAAAANAAbA iN Northrop [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 58/58ARC Precision Sport State desirability require-AAAAAAAAAAAAi iA ON ment mixing classes flight order DAttilio 62Precision Sport RC & CL Instead separate special rule book events allow CDs schedule special events scale modelsAAAAAAAAAAAAil ON specific classifications Mccullough li/il A/il BRC Precision Sport Establish judges guide in-AAAAAAANAAAAi OA iN cluding revisions cross-proposals Preston/D Attilio/Preston 67/67A/67BSailplanes Establish new Sport Scale RC Sailplane category embodying specific flight task 50/50 static/flight balance utilizing existing Sport Scale static judgingmodified A A A A A AiiAON 12Increase static judging distance eliminate references A A A A A A AiOA ON non-judged items Preston Rank order preference 49Dont consider cockpit cabin interiors static judging AAA AAAAAAAAAil ON consider visible detailing Johnson 13Craftsmanship score consider quality quantity work AAA AAAANAAAAi QA iN done entrant excluding purchased items Preston 5i/5iAAllow up three scale operations including multi- AAA AAAAAAAAAilA ON engines used Arvin/DAttilio 50Allow CD require demonstration RC scale operations Single engine limit cu Single engine max weight pounds A A A A A AiiAON 86 Model Aviation same 3-views Leuley/DAttiIioJ 0 S N Aj AlOAiN ground Arvin engine limits decided separately ' Ii C U C U I A A I Al Al AiiAON SCALE CONTEST BOARD FINAL VOTE Cont Single engine max weight pounds Multi-Engine limit cu Multi-Engine max weight pounds 313FAMinimum model requirements 1 least 1 displacement 2 Scale least 2-7/8 Weight least 15 lbs fuel Karlsson 3/3FBProhibit entry model both Sport Scale Giant Scale events same contest Karlsson A A A N A AbA iN 14/14AFF Gas Adopt Unified Scale Judging rules pertaining sub-AAAAAAAAANAA10A iN stitution interior detail documentation McCombs/McCullough 56/56A/56B/56C/56DEstablish unified Indoor Outdoor Rubber rules incorporating cross-proposal revisions Srull/DeCarlis/Schanzle/AAAAAAAAAAAAil ON Clemens/Srull 145No scoring details inside cockpit edging canopy Note Proposals passing Final Vote margin two-thirds among voting nearest whole number become new AMA com petition rules effective January 1 1980 blank box means no vote cast COMBINED CONTEST BOARD FINAL VOTEFFFree Flight Contest Board Cu FOR 1980-81 COMPETITION RULESRCRadio Control Contest Board2Result SCScale Contest Boardof Vote CLControl Line Contest Board ptableand N AcceptableTally II Ill IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI 8ANational AMA Records Allow flier claim record byFF A A A A submitting Contest Director submitting record application CD signature altemately simply statement R A A A A A facts flier either case must done within 14 days latter record application must also SC A A A A A 36A iN submitted 14-day limit MeuserCL AA AA AA Note Proposals passing Contest Board margin two-thirds among voting nearest whole number become new AMA competition rules effective January 1 1980 blank box means no vote cast January1980 87 A A A A A A11AON IA IA IA IA IA IA IA IA I AilAON IA IA jA j IA jA jA jAjN [ Ai0AiN I Noscoringfordetails insideotcockpitedgingor I A I I I N j AbA iN Combat Team Trials St Louis Mo September 14-16 name game fly matches Until youre team lose three times Granderson Buckstaff Cleveland Will represent US 1980 Combat World Championships Charlie Johnson CONTROL LINE COMBAT TEAM FINALS JUST getting half fun Thats really true fly FAI Combat take lust weekend off compete con test 1500 miles away West Coast contin gent flew St Louis commercial jet made trip van car person motorcycle 800 miles us met airport Fri day afternoon least werent plagued autograph hounds thrill seekers reporters main concern getting model boxes renting enough cars transport everything Drury Inn Team Trials HQ also about 30 miles airport nature FAI Combat struc ture Team Trials meant sure having enough equipment last through triple eliminationsusing two models per bout contestant would need about dozen models plus supporting gear still sounds like no problem until try getting dozen models strong box past baggage check-in theyd love slap extra charge guys driving didnt have easy either Texans came up Bill Lees van 58 models plus gallons fuel helmets pitting boxes two spares everything Bill did say roomier way home since good number models laid rest on-in-and-all-over St Louis landscape Somehow model boxes pulled clutches baggage hand lers everyone road made safely pilots meeting Friday night Bo nanza Steak House banquet room reserved meeting since local St Louis club used same facilities de cided make good impression eat everything sight meeting classic Paul Smith chairman Combat Team Selec tion Committee really done home work preparations meet amazing see hard some people tried NOT understand contest worked waitress caught right off fly matches until youre team lose three times wasnt too swift about other things giv ing Pauls steak someone else Chuck Thomas Contest Director meet Paul did admirable job fielding some tough what questions 88 Model Aviation Top The happy winners team positions dusk George Cleveland left repeat team member Phil Granderson center Sher wood Hat Buckstaff consistent Combat winners Granderson undefeated 70 Team Finals Cleveland Buckstaff lost match 6-1 Fox 15 engines dominated event though top placer Granderson used Supertigre X-15 Left Phil Cartier holds Mike Strieter fuels Bill Harris looks before matchHarris models said indestructable meet ground cowered flew says author Right Debbie lmhoff tries take Mack Hairys mind off models Dont strip blind nuts Mack Left Mack Henry waiting spare modelengine running ready go soon ship air down streamer can ex changed Hardest job watching primary models figuring out downed model chase Right Two-thirds Detroit Combat Team L-R Paul Smith Chuck Rudner pitting other third Ron Colombo out view handle Colombo 2nd alternate would have perfect game show Just someone would come up what looked like perfect loophole either Paul Chuck would slam door perfect ex planation facts supposed another set FAI rules way Would different what using What will happen ow waitress table caught fly matches until youre team have lost three Everyone soon tired play ing Stump Officials left some much needed sleep weather St Louis really great temperature 70s no wind clear sky almost no humidity St Louis Team Trials held Buder Park two years ago site has room about dozen circles first two hours Saturday used practice quite sight see FAI Combat ships flying time25000 rpm direction Practice ended everyone satis fled equipment working up expec tations because official decree streamers werent ready crew fran tically work making up enough Hurri cane Frederick blamed Its just well streamers werent ready offi cials werent quite ready go either None timers helpers previous Team Trials hand ONE Team Trials enough satisfy curiosity Some local RC club members donated two days time help out plus few friends flierssome drove over 500 miles own expense just help officiate now know what locals found out two years ago about later contestants divided threeman teams during Friday evening meeting Guys worked team wouldnt have fly other until theyd flown other pilot helped strategy some made no difference others After round begun contestant flew until hed won match lost three Thus possible few entrants lose out very early meet losing three straight 1-2 record stood Once underway became apparent would some excellent flying lot griping Only two circle marshalls Chuck Thomas Mike Strieter lot Combat experience Contestants served back-up timers occasionally Jury mem rs Due similarity models very difficult tell plane another after streamer cut down nub Pit crews couldnt tell plane hit ground happened several times pit crew ran over retrieved WRONG streamer sigh relief heard timers Bosta other distinctive model match because made jobs much easier high-point match taken George Cleveland 688 362 Bob Burch 688 super score Bobs 362 would have good enough beat Phil Granderson five out seven matches course Phil won matches because didnt let opponent score much good matches during two days including Cleveland vs Burch joust Dick Stubblefield also flew real corker against Burch winning 616 Burchs 330 Bob didnt make team did ever put show trying Howard Rush did some amazing low-level maneuvering avoid Dick Stubblefield match won 356 352 heart-breaking loss meet Ron Colombos second loss Cleveland Colombo enough lead allow George privilege cutting nub off still winning 200 points Ron hav ing no part giving up cuts found himself checking out turf trying evade George instant Ron forgot fly ing FAI Combat left circle clearing handle lines putting January1980 89 Left Chuck Thomas air horn rule book countdown cards paid own way Everett WA Contest Director parttime circle marshall Center Neal White show-stopper Bosta ST X-15 end mini-pipe Planes elliptical planform made easy judges pit crews flew Right Bob Rules very high aspect-ratio model unique twin rudders Rossi engine Trimming said problem insufficient strength such long wing Bob folded just before Team Finals photos Charlie Johnson Combat Finals Continued helmet line infraction alone lost him chance team pictures youll deduce winning models wood construction Mylar covering Wing areas 350-plus inches square Texans claimed have models 12-1 3-az bracket also some real strong Fox iSs Stubblefields looked best rest claimed have 300 rpm faster opinion superior model/engine meet Neal Whites Bosta/Rossi closely followed Stubblefields Fox-powered model Phil Granderson the top three didnt use Fox powerhad Supertigre X-l5son planes saw variation prop tried Tal pan 7-4 proved popular safest wide hub Tornado seen stretch shed blades Texans high-revving Fox engines lost several props Most contestants used 015 lines rather 012 popular two years ago Several used heavy-duty Laystrate lines favored Europeans lines use three heavy strands rather seven found 015s three strands soldered together rigid feel just about unbreakable situations Team Trials did accomplish its pri mary goal select best possible US team No can argue about credentials 1980 team members George Cleveland repeat winner other two have incredible amount experience tween As previously mentioned rough spots Team Trialsin opinion due organization non-coop eration few contestants Everyone helped did free bit diffi culty identifying models during close-in com bat after streamers cut nub some question about amount air-time per contestant very close match maybe should system matches less S-point difference reflown ad hoc Jury decide whether contestant kept disabled model airborne intentionally also question airworthiness couple models observation everyone helped did best job possible receives word praise least Lets support 1980 team group has super chance sweeping Team Individual World Championships Poland 1980 Start making plans improve 1981 Team Trials volunteering time energy make success OFFICIAL STANDINGS 1st Place Phil Granderson won-lost 7-0 Defeated Rule Lane lmhoff Rudner Smith Cleveland Curtis 2nd Place Sherwood Buckstaff 6-1 De feated Youngblood Henry Lopez Rudner Frost Colombo Lost Curtis 3rd Place George Cleveland 6-1 Defeat ed Smith Burch Rush Curtis Colom bo Colombo 2nd matching Lost Granderson 4th Place Paul Curtis 6-3 Defeated Hill Henry King Stubblefield Rush Buckstaff Lost Frost Cleveland Grand erson 5th Place Ron Colombo 5-3 Defeated Harris Hill Fentress Rush Frost Lost Cleveland Buckstaff Cleveland 6th Place Paul Smith 4-3 6th Place Howard Rush 4-3 6th Place Gary Frost 4-3 9th Place Chuck Rudner 3-3 9th Place Richard Stubblefield 3-3 11th Place Dick lmhoff 2-3 11th Place Joe King 2-3 11th Place Ernie Lane 2-3 11th Place Rich Lopez 2-3 15th Place Bob Burch 1-3 15th Place Gary Fentress 1-3 15th Place Mack Henry 1-3 15th Place Larry Hill 1-3 15th Place Neal White 1-3 15th Place Stan Youngblood 1-3 21st Place Phil Cartier 0-3 21st Place Bill Harris 0-3 21st Place Bob Rule 10-3 Did not fly Hill Jack Johnson McDonald Team Standings Texas/Lou isiana B uckstaff Cleveland Stubblefield Detroit Combat Team Colombo Smith Rudner win-lose 6-1 6-1 33 15-5 - - 5-3 4-3 3-3 12-9 Nashville Jive Granderson Henry Hill 7-0 1-3 1-3 9-6 MATCH STATISTICS FOR TOP FIVE Granderson 7-0 Buckstaff 6-1 Cleveland 6-1 Curtis 6-3 Colombo 5-3 Points 2444 2118 2506 2438 2892 Points Against 1180 420 1802 2326 1836 Difference 1264 1698 704 112 1056 Avg Margin 180 242 101 12 132 90 Model Aviation Left Dick Stubblefield checks out log book fleet planes Texans got 58 models van lots room return trip Right Bill Lea MA CL Racing contributing editor comes plane fixerspent 10 minutes getting perfect alignment Stubblefield planeonly tacked place Hot Stuffteam member tweaked strengthyep broke off Above Phil Cartier readies Gary Frosts mod 1 Phils kit Frost cut bit add fuel capacity Fox 50% nitro wouldnt make five minutesBelow Jim Ong walks off two Ex-Force planes after George Clevelands match Joe King has salvagable part push-rod quick link Rich Lopez seen use variet models engineshad good success Super tigre X-15s Cox iSs set up Roger Theobald Rossi pistons Speed event split between two sitesDayton OH Santa Ana CA team member se lection Team Race totally Dayton Though number par ticipants small competition fierce Resulting team mem bers Speed Chuck Schuette Charles Lieber Bob Spahr Team Race Perkins/Albritton McCollum/Kusik Jackson/Nel son 1980 Control Line World Championships will encom pass events plus Aerobatics Combat scheduled sub ject confirmation FAI ClAM Poland SPEED & CONTROL LINE TEAM RACE TEAM FINALS Dr Laird Jackson DAYTON inactive runways Wright-Patterson Air Force Base venue British would say 5/8 US Control Line FAI Team Trials over Labor Day weekend 1979 5/8 because 1/8 half Speed Trials held Santa Ana CA Cox Hobbies parking lot same time three hours later remaining quarter constituted Combat portion CL Team selection process held little later St Louis CN Combat Team Finals reported separately issue CL Aerobatics Team Finalsheld conjunction CL Team Race eastern half CL Speed Team Finalswas reported last month Wright-Patterson AFB has excellent facili ties official flying practice Arrange ments site made Keith Trostle president PAMPA Colonel Bob Cordle member Dayton Buzzin Buzzards Club flying site excellent space galore super coop eration Air Force local modelers plus close-by motels should also mention fine coopera tion Cox Hobbies support num erous people West Coast area Joe Klause served Contest Director able help Bill Wisniewski Roger Theo baldand Im sure others Back east Dayton Bill Wright con ducted Team Race Speed events help Carl Dodge plus administrative help Henry Nelson Doc Jackson number people volunteered ser vices both areas its because dont know names dont men tion As always meets take great deal effort put design contest entries Speed Teem Finals apparently variation copy plane shown top picture John Newtons ship top three eastern half event bottom left pic ture L-R Bob Heminway charles Lieber cliff Norman Lieber won team spot oth er two team positions came western half shown photo below LR Chuck Schuette Bob Spahr West coast TF pictures Charlie Johnson 92 Model Aviation SPEED THIS event split two sites accom modate number West Coast fliers conducted rounds both sites two rounds being flown both Saturday Sunday best two times counted fliers average position final standings Since East Coast flights about three hours before West Coast lets take look Dayton event first Charlie Lieber member 1978 Speed Team known have good potential making years team Bob Heminway has flown Charlie past making come-back try member 1974 Speed Team counted definite possibility Clif ton Norman also showing promise reports some engines running very fast bench reliable airplane fuel system set-up using Emil Rumples World Championship model design bits pieces made either Emil 1978 World Champion Jurgen Lenzen Two other participants ex pected John Camp Michigan Ed Gif ford ot New Jersey final results pretty much bore out predictions Lieber Heminway Norman posted good flights Camp Gifford lagged behind various difficulties preventing put ting up official flights An unfortunate note after Cliff Normans official flying found engines oversized happens too often Rossi engines mixes internal parts effort find good running combination Bob Heminway using Charlie Liebers 1978 speed shells molded fiberglass wing Charlie makes tank set-up similar used both Char lie Cliff Norman hard tank crankcase pressure Rumple fuel switch Bobs engines ran afoul displacement problem also other engine okay able record official times though very good ones Charlie Lieber certainly smoothest flying set-up seen East Coast site own difficulties getting good engine runs settings Both first flights two days suffered prob lems engine going decidedly off song resulting poor time However quick test flight found proper needle valve set ting way extremely criti cal able record flights both days 141-sec 1-kilometer run speed 25532 km/hr Which comes out just about 158 mph excellent time both runs started out much fast er definite slowing about mid-point run serious sag ging lean last two 10 laps re quired Although us flying east unable contact West Coast people during contest felt sure Liebers time would hold up place team turned out true Charlies time second overall standings Calls Sunday night Joe Klause Chuck Schuette gave us results West Coast say least inter esting contest featured much warmer dryer weather Dayton Dayton weather humid times mid high SOs Saturday quite cool weather rains morning Sunday temperature never got above low 70s during flying portion day As Dayton five fliers participat ing Santa Ana site Senior flier Doug Hinkley apparently using Rumple-style set-up air plane able record flight 14193 mph excellent Doug represents large increase over past perform ances certainly has stuck event has made great strides improvements fourth place West Coast Luke Roy Luke has developed bladder pressure fuel system used West Coast fliers consists ball valve check pressure feed similar developed Jim Walker pressure unseat valve open up fuel flow generated crankcase pressure opened timed pressure tap off rear valve dri en valve system seems work hints kinks have worked out resulting inconsistency end second day Luke unable get fourth flight might very well have put average high enough place team As ended up average 15374 mph fourth place West Coast Third place West Coast went John Newton averaged 15452 flights around mark of ficials Second West Coast standings third overall went Bob Spahr has done past used Perils Pauline approach getting official place ap parently some engine runs ab solutely superb least portion flight felt over 165 mph ran out fuel did have official about 158 mph finally last flight Sunday managed get flight 153 average over 155 mph contrast Chuck Schuette flew some fast flights easily qualified team Continued page 96 Team Race Team Finals next page January1980 93 Above Left L-R Col Bob Cordle Carl Dodge mixing FAI fuel Dayton Above Right Bill Wisniewski second left checks engine dis placement computation L-R Roger Theobald Maurice Hinckley Joe Klause look After checking stroke said unison better have awfully small piston didl Below Left Luke Roy cranks starter Maurice Hinckley looks see son Doug ready flight Below Middle John Camp brought wife family help out still couldnt get official clocking Below Right Doug Hinckley Senior Age flier doing real well Speed competitionhere holding back load engine hopefully get pipe TEAM RACE nt rounds fly over two days superbly run Bill Wright kept contest mov ing smoothly relatively small number entries eight teams appearing dropping out after practice day Jim Joy came new pilot partner BB Brown BB managed permanently retract landing gear both models during practice made difficult compete brought large supply ultra-short propellersl left seven entrants headed Perkins/Albritton practice seemed have consistent high speed best chance winning competition Veteran team contenders John McCollum Jed Kusik formed new partnership Jed doing pit work John flying also decent air speed com bined Jeds usual quick pit work Tim Gillott John Ballard made long distance team Nationals Lincoln NE first place posi tion decided tb go combination again Team Trials Long time competitor Al Kelly now pitting young Bill Hughes Chicago area contrast performance early year seemed have found speed range needed competitive addition three veteran teams teams veterans depend ing upon outlook appeared Gary Wallace now teamed up brother Springfield MO Jim Jolly father two-time World Champs competitor Larry Jolly pilot Ken Mogi Finally migrant engine manufacturer Henry Nelson moved east instead west thus disregarding familiar advice desparation taken oldest living Race pilot team heard vocally suffering therefrom Nonetheless Henrys engines manfully struggling drag balsa anchors through air disasters practice having cleaned patched up Saturday dawned nice clear promise some good races Bill Wright ran tight ship after meeting Friday night flying generally clean no fragrant fouls nobody getting away something advantage Perkins/Aibritton first up heat Kusik/McCollum Ballard/G illott Perkins combined excellent pitwork good needle settings fine piloting iE record 350 time followed closely John Jed 354 Ballard/Gillott engine setting problems requiring extra pit stop difficulties dropped badly 431 time second heat first round saw Kelly/Hughes get some fairly decent speed bit under-com pression early tanks recorded 414 time Nelson/Jackson fairly good setting Jacksons piloting managed create enough disaster reduce time 41O Mogi/Jolly difficulties setting running-inthey didnt finish left Wallace/Wallace finish round three-man heat two teams starting off second round McCollum/Kusik Ballard/Gillott Unfortunately Ballard/Gillott gone off field make some repairs 94 Model Aviation US team 1980 Team Race World Championships Standing L-R Henry Nelson Doc Jackson Jed Kusik John McCollum Kneeling Walt Perkins JE Aibritton Walt Perkins missed catch note closed finger-grip shot left subsequent chase runback right cost teem about 10 seconds Mistakes can ruin ewen best teams chances starting gun John Ballard JE Albritton Bill Hughes ready position center failed appear call resulting no-time being recorded haunt later final totals scored average three times team after discarding teams best time its two worst times So although allows throw out bad times does allow luxury deliberately discard ing bad times least until late corn petition heat went off Wallace/Wallace Nelson/Jackson flying Round 2 McCoIlum Kusik got decent time 359 Jackson managed pull bad piloting error bad shutoff belated tempt get airplane resulted bounce well over Henrys outstretched arm upside down airplane split prop tip Wallace/Wallace unable get decent setting remainder round also marked difficulties Mogi/Jolly could find air-speed Perkins/Aibritton missed catch Wallace/Wallace no-time An unfortunate incident occurred involving Kelly/Hughes tail end round Ballard/C illott trying put flight beginning 3rd Round pit-stops during race both airplanes quit about same time Bill Hughes following John Ballard pits Tim Gil ott first circle airplanes came Kelly waiting two segments fur ther around Gillott just barely caught air plane still forwarded ex tended arm air Hughes airplane collided made difficult decision Bill Wright made judg ment could disqualified Kelly/Hughes giving Ballard re-fly Tim made best re-fly posting fastest time 359 good setting two quick pits Others round managed hold positions McCollum/Kusik fairly slow time 404 Perkins/Albritton troubles again 418 Wallace/ Wallace Mogi/J oIly again could find good air-time 446 442 respec tively Nelson/Jackson managed make de cent pit stops engine setting too rich too slow produced 405 As things would have turned out fastest time con cluded first day flying After lot activity motel Sat urday night making repairs ships fix ing tired engines resoldering leaking fuel tanks like everyone retired await morn wasnt much started rain fairly early However stopped along about 830 gradually runways dried out Flying slightly delayed two top teams no trouble getting back groove Perkins/Aibritton turned 351 MeCollum/Kusik followed 357 complement other times round Ballard/C illott made sec ond bad error hard landing broke ship behind wingforcing retirement recording second no-time would force count slow time 431 anchor proved impossible lift Kelly/Hughes did 423 still moderate troubles Mogi/Jolly did finish Wallace/Wallace stuck pla teau 443 Jackson showed Henry new wrinkle fast shut-off takeoff thus nullifying good setting recording 409 time 408 next heat man aged preserve enough consistency save day Kelly/Hughes followed another 426 Ballard/Gillott did 408both too far behind make up last round Mogi/Jolly retired did complete heats Wallace/Wallace also remained 430s range remaining heats icing cake top three positions now determined Kelly/Hughes Bal lard/Gillott good times both re cording 402s bright spot two days flying three top teams showed flashes speeds capable recording decent times lack consistency repeated errors team Jackson/Nelson taking prize disconcerting will have eliminated team challenge Europeans nice touch seem ready willing work together ru mored first project put old Doc megavitamins hopes improv ing aging reflexes least make pos sible him spot Henry circle Anyway teams look capable good show 80 January1980 95 just somewhere among foam rubber Tim Gillot flew fron West Coast teamed up pilot John Ballard Missing heat might have undoing Jed Kusik two sKots above shows make fast pit stop Catching ship just side line segment doesnt have move feet place other side line pressure-fuel flip quick start Below Pilot action center John McCollum RI coming out pit JE Albritton LI passes over Gary Wallace cruises Speed Finals/Jackson Continued page 93 two flights first day quite consistentone 16221 sec ond 16160 mph alone would have qualified him first Sunday morning 3rd Round weather too cool humid thought took bye round As turned out Bob Spahrs engine running off its 165-plus mph laps did fly 4th Round recorded another flight 16192 mphthree very consistent flights three top fliers Schuette Lieber Spahr used assymetric side-winder designs Schuette Spahr used same inboard-engined design has seen frequently past Charlie uses outboard design molded fiberglass wings contrast hard aluminum wings Schuette RC World Champs/Radcliff Continued page 85 No 1 Phoenix 8 engine quit forced make down-wind landing wind blowing very hard landed fast airplane rolled rock pile dam aging underside breaking firewall loose After evenings repair whole crew back business next day solved engine problems both planes practice having engine troubles case once official competition began Dean Ko gers engine quit about half-way through first flight Dave Brown next fly engine quit last fly surprise engine ran great After further adjustments Deans Daves engines team no engine trouble Wind big factor contest very windy day believe reason success Phoenix 8 has definite advantage wind Going finals 5th place honest did feel stand ing would improve However finals over could hardly believe moved 5th 3rd Needless say very happy feel team learned lot WC Engines seem critical 5000 feet altitude Model airplanes fly different ly higher altitude South Africa wonderful conuntry people treated us fantastic organ ized very tight contest way finish 3rd world fantastic feeling no way could have done help lot super people equipment lot hard work believe podium both team championship dividual play national anthem realize what about Again thanks AMA members manufacturers supported team Once again showed world still No 1 Report Dean Koger US Team Member 12th Place trip South Africa 11th RC Aerobatics World Championships very surprising rewarding experience Johan nesburg modern city can found anywhere exactly what picture think Africa During first few days didnt see much countryside way practice field because driving left side road requires lot con centration youve never done before As gradually became pro reverse driving able look around see expressways shopping centers discount stores new hous ing developments etc would look right home anywhere country temperatures entire threeweek stay perfect dont know exactly what because use Celsius scale would guess typically 70s wind another story varied windy ridiculous day kept hop ing would quit never did several RC fields available practice used belonging Transvaal RC Fliers very nice paved strip apart inconvenience having occasionally chase cows off runway ideal practice site contest held Baragwanath Air port flying site provided bit disappointing flew off very very narrow about 15-ft full-size glider runway circles placed grass scraped off next runway ground oiled area quite rough provided very little roll-out area es sentially forced everyone take off land narrow glider runway passing through middle circle didnt turn out cause much trouble still less desirable situation judging good would hope World Championships two sets judges quite imbalanced high set low set thus low set minimal contribution outcome also thought judges did make efficient use scores available ex ample really good maneuver might scored 7 poor 6 lack dis crimination makes outcome depend ent other less important factors Obvious ly judges perform difficult thankless job really try best job possible After giving matter considerable thought believe following suggestions would make judges jobs easier future a Throw out high low scores set judges b Utilize half-point scoring c Select judges based ability rather politics d In same manner flash cards have improved judging spectator enjoy ment place judges name coun try back chair conclude would remiss did thank South Africans phenomi nal hospitality shown us during stay Barb will long remember beautiful coun try wonderful people met privilege represent United States very proud have brought first place team trophy back home MEUSERS FF DURATION COLUMN - This month left out would nt have squeeze big report EF World Championships couple time-sensitive items promised get elsewhere Take over Meuser Nominations Order Models Year no time lose nominations must January 1 NFFS Model Year Awards presented typically de signers models have achieved out standing track record competition models represent outstanding achieve ment development some sort also have received awards though havent won single contestFulton Hungerfords Walnut-Scale Ford Tn-Motor electricpower Mattel Super Star example Fur thermore awards have made nonmodels Peanut Scale Old-Timer movements Rossi 15 Cox 049-05 1 engines Seelig timers So let minds wander too long Write phone NFFS MOY Chairman Steve Geraghty 194 Vista Del Monte Los Gatos CA 95030 Pres entations awardees will appear 1980 Symposium Report can make 1980 Nats Model Mail-In Meat mentioned back June issue give planty time now zero-hour hand rules Use no balsa 3 6-in piece ordinary 1132 sheet slice up way like covering no 12 12-in sheet ordinary Japan ese tissue no superfine condenser paper Use wire plastic teflon rubber steel aluminum glue dope clay lead similar heavy materials like may use light-weight materials such styro foam microfilm helium hydrogen addi tional balsa tissue beyond specified Make size shape model like can glider rubber-powered Give model name supply simple set plans Prizes offered best duration unique unusual model best workman shipperhaps others Models cannot re turned theyll go good cause pro moting model aviation spend much time building model getting back big deal design incompatible spirit thing Mail models Earl Van Gorder 10 Brothers Road Wap pingers Falls NY 12590 sure get January 17 96 Model Aviation 11111 vev gui dli Lildi dlisium. 3 x 6-in piece 1/32-in balsa sheet square foot tissue 2nd place 1979 MidHudson Model Masters Mail-In Meet
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I NE WSLETTEIU ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS 1980-81 AMA SCALE & GENERAL RULES charts next two page spread identify basically new changed Scale General rules will become effective January 1 1980 Similar charts pre sented last month Radio Control Control Line Free Flight items chart acceptable results column changes additions 197879 rules applicable 1980-81 feated wont new rule book cases description rules change very general its possible go back issues Model v/at ion CN section get specifics original Basic Pro posals Cross-Pro posals Cross Proposals identified capital letter fol lowing proposal number 66A stance first Cross-Proposal Basic Pro posal 66 Scale Basic Proposals 1978 sues dated October 1-5 November 6-13 December 14-67 Scale Cross-Proposals 1979 issues dated May June General Basic Proposal Decem ber 1978 issue Cross-Proposal May 1979 issue SCALE CB OKAYS BYRON PIUS other action Scale Contest Board has approved rewording builder-of-the-model rule clarification pertaining Scale denied protest se lection US Scale Teams Nats considered general protest conduct RC Sport Scale 1979 Nats Byron Originals Pitts Special vote 7 1 abstention favor ap peal Dean Copeland concerning disqualifi cation entry Sport Scale 1979 National Contest Nats disqualification reversed based protest Brian Crossley model did comply builder-of-the-model rules Builder-of-the-model Rule Rewording Noting protest mentioned above seemed based misunderstanding intent rule Scale Contest Board Chairman 815 FIFTEENTH STREET NW Claude McCullough proposed rewording rule applied Scale events fol lows Builder Model Contest Director shall make reasonable effort assure himself flier has completely con structed models uses competi tion including covering used construct interpreted action re quired complete model starting no prefabrication amount used usual kit Kits containing large amount pre-fabrication permissible long final assembly parts covering and/or painting done builder Mod els completely prefabricated re quire few minutes unskilled effort completion shall excluded competition US Scale Team Selection board voted 9 0 against protest Ted White seeking invalidate US Scale Team selection 1979 Nats due purported irregularities judging especially concerning scale im pression speed General RC Sport Scale Protest Although no immediate relief sought concerning ac tions already having taken place board considered protest LP Jensen concern ing competency judges purported im proper use scale impression speed pur ported improper actions Contest Direc tor purported improper viewing models static judges board felt validity some points raised Jensen White should con sidered future application Nats other contests RC IIM ENGINE MOOS BANNED Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board response request Duane Gall RCCB has ruled allow certain en gine modifications Quarter Midget Pylon Racing issues 1 excessive use metal shims produced manufac tuer between upper lower parts crankcase change timing 2 use RC engine parts cataloged use Free Flight/Speed version include insert-type head available stock RC en gines produced manufacturer vote disallow measures seven three WASHINGTON DC 20005 ELIGIBLE RC PYLON RACE ENGINES Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board April 3 1979 letter sent AMA HQ representing RC Contest Board several engine manufacturers import ers letter solicited identification engines meet rules criteria three AMA racing categories fol lowing lists obtained replies Formula II 05 40 R/C World Engines 05 40 FSR World Engines 05 40 SR World Engines ST X-40 World Engines ST G21/40 World Engines OPS 40 Shamrock Competition Imports HB 4ORC Bavarian Precision Products HB 40 PDP Bavarian Precision Products Fox 40 engines Fox Manufacturing Co HP 40F series Midwest Model Supply HP 40R series Midwest Model Supply Profi Polks Hobbies Inc Enya 40 Std Model Rectifier Corp Enya 40 TV Model Rectifier Corp Enya 40 XTV Model Rectifier Corp Webra 1034 RC Model Rectifier Corp Webra 1036 P pylon Model Rectifier Corp Quarter Midget 05 15 R/C World Engines ST X-15 World Engines ST G15 World Engines HB 15RC Bavarian Precision Products Moki Polks Hobbies Inc Enya 15 IV TV Model Rectifier Corp Fox 15RC Fox Manufacturing Co AA Pylon G-Mark Polks Hobbies Inc Previously published acceptable shown above following Formula I/Il K&B SR II 65cc Series 75 K&B 40 R/C 1972 1973 1974 models Testor/ McCoy 40 R/C Quarter Midget Cox Con quest 15 R/C Rossi 15 R/C Rossi 15 ABC K&B 15 R/C Taipan 15 R/C widely known K&B Manufactur ing Cox Hobbies manufacture engines addition listed eligible AMA racing however no reply received listing engines Manufacturers importers engines listed should contact AMA HQ immedi ately wish claim legalityrequire ments minimum quantity carburetion etc vary according event 84 Model Aviation -V RC QUARTER MIDGET IDLE RULE REVISED EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board subject eliminating QM idle re quirement received extensive attention during recent rules change cycle Nine basic cross-proposals submitted issue After interim voting done single proposal RC-80-14B/23B Wayne Yeager remained addressing idle regulation Un fortunately proposal inappropriate limiting carburetor throat 205 excluded existing Cox-Perry carburetor Also exact wording suggested referred back RC-80-14 engine shutoff pro visions explicit Subsequently proposal defeated Final Voting leaving no satisfaction popular move ment eliminate idle rule response pleas Wayne Yeager Gail Jacobson find solution problem RCCB Chairman Joe Friend asked Yeager Jacobson confer other propose wording satisfying needs competitors saw also leaving intact safety measures lim itations affecting speed use pres ently acceptable equipment wording worked out Nats fol lows FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD Section 40RC Pylon Racing Quarter Midget Delete Rule 16Idle requirement Under Rule 46Carburetor shall sup plied engine specifically cataloged engine Add R/C type Add new paragraph Landing Require mentPilot must able idle engine back 5000 RPM less shut off completely radio control plane upright posi tion ground air withouj affect ing flight path direction upon given corn mand above submitted RCCB emergency proposal accepted 9 1 Immediate enforcement RC AEROBATICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Report Dave Bmwn US Teem Member 2nd Place World ChampionshipsSouth Africa 1979 experience will remembered forever us didnt know what ex pect South Africa upon arrival Jo hannesburg concerns quickly dispel led met Team Liai son Gerry Levy well John Brink John Mee Joe Studder Quickly through Cus toms tried hand driving DIRECTORY CONTEST COORDINATORS I Paul L Penney 8 Charlotte Dr Andover MA 01810 II R Sobrino 8726 88th St Woodhuven Oueens NY 11421 RC Richard Smith 300 Steko Ann Rochester NY 14815 RC Lawrence Londy 246 Ontario Sn. Lockport NY 14094 Ill Ken Reber RD 1 Nazareth PA 18064 Eat M Weisenbach 4568W 146th St cleveland OH 44135 West IV Warren Sanders Jr 9735 52nd Ann Collete Plc MD 20741 RC Ed Pitzwater 1920 Ardenwuod Ter Crofton MD 21114 V RCaan Charinne Pinlds 818 Main St SW New tllington SC 29809 RC Soaring Donna Deis 7409 Atwood Huntsville AL35802 FE Wallace Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Moottowery AL 36106 RC Pylon & Snaring RC Pattern other RC CLued RC euceps Soarinti VI Horrace Cain 828 Weidner Rd Buffalo Grout IL 60090 RC Ralph White Jr R R 1 Bun 324 Neoga IL 62447 VII John Evert 421 Walnut Lv Apple Valley MN 55124 West RC Len Roe 6539 Orchid Dr Jevison Ml 49428 East Ci & PE Debi Iwboff 524 Sinclair NP Grand Rapids Ml 49503 East VIII John Deanon 6205 Melinda Dr WautuugaTX 76148 RC Robert J Talley 3112 Lawrence Ann Nederlund TX 77627 lx Bill Eieda411 Barker Building Omaha NE 88102 RC George Hunter 6962 S Lamar St Littletot CD 80123 X Myrtle Coad Rn Boo 19 Lower Lake CA 95457 North Lee Poluosky 258 Iris Ave Goleta CA 93017 Sooth Prank Gowns 2241 Noah St Honolulu HI 96816 HI meets xl Don Dodd 3406 Belvidere Am SW Seattle WA 98126 RC Don Miller 24718 Summit-Landsburg Rasensdale WA 98051 left Seven days later after trips practice field driving well flying down pat Processing 24th went well us problem noise testing ready com pete least thought first day competition dawned tragedy struck sick could hard ly stand up Fortunately flight day after able get back hotel bed Gerry Levy came rescue doctor prescribed few dugs against bets exactly well able fly second day After disastrous first day 22nd place due being sick also due engine failure well throttle trim dummy started comeback second day after two flights leading held lead through qualifications during finals lost Wolfgang Matt lost heading during D----M Horrible 8 Oh well Ill try again Mexico can make team again team did great Mark finishing 3rd Dean 12th Dean suffered ad verse weather EU-i problems extremely turbulent air due its slower speed Too bad honestly feel could have finished 1-2-3 given few breaks judging weather judging relatively typical World Championshipsand needs some work example two highest qualifying flights came last round front set judges normally VERY low through rest contest feel throwing out high low scores per maneuver would very good idea particularly in ternational competition Also Jury made few suspect deci sions opinion due primarily fact its members fact written rules didnt seem care what words said knew what intended able convince others well dont feel decisions affected outcome contest something must improve future reason Jury interpret gray areas rules change specific ones Enough soapboxingthe South African World Championships great proud team member experi ence Ill never forget Thanks responsible special thanks team mates Don Lowe Mark Radcliff Dean Koger last least Gerry Levythe best team world RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD I Henry Struck RPO2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ann Lyndonvillo NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klulber 2021 Lakeland Am Lukewuod OH 44107 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny Jenkins 31125 Raines Rd Memphis TN 38118 VI Chris Mattuno B57B Ginger St John MO 63114 VII Phil Klintworth Jr 715 Rutgers Rd Rochester Ml 48063 VIII Mark Valerius 2302 Poweran Houston TX 77055 IXJerald Murphy 2432 Astron Colorado Springs C080906 X Joe Norcross 215W Santa Ana No 211A Clovis CA 93612 xl Ernie Lion 165s8 121st Ave SE RentonWA 98055 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I George Higgins PD Bus 482 North Pembroke MA 02388 II Bill Boss 7706 269th St. New Hyde Park NY 11040 Ill Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St. Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Ron McNally 6118 Bardu Ace Springfield VA 22152 V Dave Hemstraught PO Boo 171 Moncks Corner SC 29461 VI Bob BurnS 1758 N Natchec Chicago IL 60635 VII James Sinton 4941 Wiscovsin Am N New Hope MN 55428 VIII William R Lee 3522 Tamerisk Lv Missouri CityTX77459 IX Michael Tallwan 3014 Enchange Wichita KS 67217 X Pete Brueft 315 S Maria Ave Redondo Beach CA 90277 Xl Dan Ruthnrford4705237th Fl SE BothellWA98011 I Ed lazo 483 Piske St Holliston MA 01748 II Joe Friend 62 Joysan Tere Prnehold NJ 07728 Ill Dave Brown 8534 Huddleston Cincinnati OH 46236 IV Wayne Aberneshy 5221 Marlboro Pike Hillside MO 20027 V J Davis Jr 1813 S Lakeshore Dr Birmingham AL 35216 VI Mike Mueller 1531 Revere Cir Schaumburg IL 60193 VII Peter Waters 31219 Kendall Linonia Ml 48154 VIII Win 8 Thomas 331 SE Rockwood Bartlesoille OK 74003 IX Loren Tregellas 30038 Everett Wichita KS 67217 X Bill Northrop Jr 621 W 19th St Costa Mesa CA 92827 XI Ralph Brooke 3431 5 194th Seattle WA 98188 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Richard Sherman 28 High St Plywooth NH 03264 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14612 Ill Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St MeKeesport PA 15130 IV Bob Karlsson 2643 Marsh Rd Wilmington DE 19810 V David Plots 6940 NW 15th Pt Luoderdale PL 33313 VI Bob Onderwood4109 Concord Oak St Louis MO 63128 VII Claude MeCullouglt Bun 40 Montezuma IA 50171 VIII William H lrwin922 Sundown Lane Desoto TX 75115 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward Sc Omaha NE 68114 X Bill Stroman 12218 Dune St Norwalk CA 90650 Xl Earle Moorhead 275 S View Fl S. Salem OR 97302 Report Mark Redcliff US Teem Member 3rd PlacB have just returned 11th RC Aerobatics World Championships Johan nesburg South Africa must say rewarding competition have attended arrived JoBerg week ahead could get some practice 5000-ft al titude team gone Denver CO over Labor Day weekend just practice altitude must say paid off well adjusted altitude arrived SA however practice session nearly disaster Both No 1 No 2 planes prob lems engine quitting during transi tion low high throttle nearly lost CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don Lindlny 420 Tupelo Napernille IL 60540 Continued page 96 January1980 85 Bold Pace Belom Indicates Chairman Contest Board SCALE CONTEST BOARD 0o FINAL VOTEEzo 1980-81 COMPETITION RULES lt EoU~ - ofVOtO ~ Acceptable N NotAccpbIe200O0~4O o~E wOL~oOOnZTally II Ill IV V VI VII VIII IX X Xl [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 66I66AEstablish Scale General Rules requiring declaration suc cessful flight completion differing kind model NorthropAAAAAAAAAAAAil ON Platt 59Unified Rules Require list parts made entrantAAAAAAANAAAA1OA 1 N McCullough 2RC Precision Eliminate contestant class system PlahnA A AA A AA Ail ON [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 61/61 ARC Precision Redefine straight flight out return parallel spectator safety line reword Fig 8 Traffic A A A A A A Ail ON approach landing associate track Mccullough Mccullough [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 60Precision Sport RC& CL Require dummy pilot figure inAAAAAAAAANAAiOA1N flight Mccullough 65RC Precision Sport Require dummy pilot figure flightAAAAAAAAANAAbA iN Northrop [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 58/58ARC Precision Sport State desirability require-AAAAAAAAAAAAi iA ON ment mixing classes flight order DAttilio 62Precision Sport RC & CL Instead separate special rule book events allow CDs schedule special events scale modelsAAAAAAAAAAAAil ON specific classifications Mccullough li/il A/il BRC Precision Sport Establish judges guide in-AAAAAAANAAAAi OA iN cluding revisions cross-proposals Preston/D Attilio/Preston 67/67A/67BSailplanes Establish new Sport Scale RC Sailplane category embodying specific flight task 50/50 static/flight balance utilizing existing Sport Scale static judgingmodified A A A A A AiiAON 12Increase static judging distance eliminate references A A A A A A AiOA ON non-judged items Preston Rank order preference 49Dont consider cockpit cabin interiors static judging AAA AAAAAAAAAil ON consider visible detailing Johnson 13Craftsmanship score consider quality quantity work AAA AAAANAAAAi QA iN done entrant excluding purchased items Preston 5i/5iAAllow up three scale operations including multi- AAA AAAAAAAAAilA ON engines used Arvin/DAttilio 50Allow CD require demonstration RC scale operations Single engine limit cu Single engine max weight pounds A A A A A AiiAON 86 Model Aviation same 3-views Leuley/DAttiIioJ 0 S N Aj AlOAiN ground Arvin engine limits decided separately ' Ii C U C U I A A I Al Al AiiAON SCALE CONTEST BOARD FINAL VOTE Cont Single engine max weight pounds Multi-Engine limit cu Multi-Engine max weight pounds 313FAMinimum model requirements 1 least 1 displacement 2 Scale least 2-7/8 Weight least 15 lbs fuel Karlsson 3/3FBProhibit entry model both Sport Scale Giant Scale events same contest Karlsson A A A N A AbA iN 14/14AFF Gas Adopt Unified Scale Judging rules pertaining sub-AAAAAAAAANAA10A iN stitution interior detail documentation McCombs/McCullough 56/56A/56B/56C/56DEstablish unified Indoor Outdoor Rubber rules incorporating cross-proposal revisions Srull/DeCarlis/Schanzle/AAAAAAAAAAAAil ON Clemens/Srull 145No scoring details inside cockpit edging canopy Note Proposals passing Final Vote margin two-thirds among voting nearest whole number become new AMA com petition rules effective January 1 1980 blank box means no vote cast COMBINED CONTEST BOARD FINAL VOTEFFFree Flight Contest Board Cu FOR 1980-81 COMPETITION RULESRCRadio Control Contest Board2Result SCScale Contest Boardof Vote CLControl Line Contest Board ptableand N AcceptableTally II Ill IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI 8ANational AMA Records Allow flier claim record byFF A A A A submitting Contest Director submitting record application CD signature altemately simply statement R A A A A A facts flier either case must done within 14 days latter record application must also SC A A A A A 36A iN submitted 14-day limit MeuserCL AA AA AA Note Proposals passing Contest Board margin two-thirds among voting nearest whole number become new AMA competition rules effective January 1 1980 blank box means no vote cast January1980 87 A A A A A A11AON IA IA IA IA IA IA IA IA I AilAON IA IA jA j IA jA jA jAjN [ Ai0AiN I Noscoringfordetails insideotcockpitedgingor I A I I I N j AbA iN Combat Team Trials St Louis Mo September 14-16 name game fly matches Until youre team lose three times Granderson Buckstaff Cleveland Will represent US 1980 Combat World Championships Charlie Johnson CONTROL LINE COMBAT TEAM FINALS JUST getting half fun Thats really true fly FAI Combat take lust weekend off compete con test 1500 miles away West Coast contin gent flew St Louis commercial jet made trip van car person motorcycle 800 miles us met airport Fri day afternoon least werent plagued autograph hounds thrill seekers reporters main concern getting model boxes renting enough cars transport everything Drury Inn Team Trials HQ also about 30 miles airport nature FAI Combat struc ture Team Trials meant sure having enough equipment last through triple eliminationsusing two models per bout contestant would need about dozen models plus supporting gear still sounds like no problem until try getting dozen models strong box past baggage check-in theyd love slap extra charge guys driving didnt have easy either Texans came up Bill Lees van 58 models plus gallons fuel helmets pitting boxes two spares everything Bill did say roomier way home since good number models laid rest on-in-and-all-over St Louis landscape Somehow model boxes pulled clutches baggage hand lers everyone road made safely pilots meeting Friday night Bo nanza Steak House banquet room reserved meeting since local St Louis club used same facilities de cided make good impression eat everything sight meeting classic Paul Smith chairman Combat Team Selec tion Committee really done home work preparations meet amazing see hard some people tried NOT understand contest worked waitress caught right off fly matches until youre team lose three times wasnt too swift about other things giv ing Pauls steak someone else Chuck Thomas Contest Director meet Paul did admirable job fielding some tough what questions 88 Model Aviation Top The happy winners team positions dusk George Cleveland left repeat team member Phil Granderson center Sher wood Hat Buckstaff consistent Combat winners Granderson undefeated 70 Team Finals Cleveland Buckstaff lost match 6-1 Fox 15 engines dominated event though top placer Granderson used Supertigre X-15 Left Phil Cartier holds Mike Strieter fuels Bill Harris looks before matchHarris models said indestructable meet ground cowered flew says author Right Debbie lmhoff tries take Mack Hairys mind off models Dont strip blind nuts Mack Left Mack Henry waiting spare modelengine running ready go soon ship air down streamer can ex changed Hardest job watching primary models figuring out downed model chase Right Two-thirds Detroit Combat Team L-R Paul Smith Chuck Rudner pitting other third Ron Colombo out view handle Colombo 2nd alternate would have perfect game show Just someone would come up what looked like perfect loophole either Paul Chuck would slam door perfect ex planation facts supposed another set FAI rules way Would different what using What will happen ow waitress table caught fly matches until youre team have lost three Everyone soon tired play ing Stump Officials left some much needed sleep weather St Louis really great temperature 70s no wind clear sky almost no humidity St Louis Team Trials held Buder Park two years ago site has room about dozen circles first two hours Saturday used practice quite sight see FAI Combat ships flying time25000 rpm direction Practice ended everyone satis fled equipment working up expec tations because official decree streamers werent ready crew fran tically work making up enough Hurri cane Frederick blamed Its just well streamers werent ready offi cials werent quite ready go either None timers helpers previous Team Trials hand ONE Team Trials enough satisfy curiosity Some local RC club members donated two days time help out plus few friends flierssome drove over 500 miles own expense just help officiate now know what locals found out two years ago about later contestants divided threeman teams during Friday evening meeting Guys worked team wouldnt have fly other until theyd flown other pilot helped strategy some made no difference others After round begun contestant flew until hed won match lost three Thus possible few entrants lose out very early meet losing three straight 1-2 record stood Once underway became apparent would some excellent flying lot griping Only two circle marshalls Chuck Thomas Mike Strieter lot Combat experience Contestants served back-up timers occasionally Jury mem rs Due similarity models very difficult tell plane another after streamer cut down nub Pit crews couldnt tell plane hit ground happened several times pit crew ran over retrieved WRONG streamer sigh relief heard timers Bosta other distinctive model match because made jobs much easier high-point match taken George Cleveland 688 362 Bob Burch 688 super score Bobs 362 would have good enough beat Phil Granderson five out seven matches course Phil won matches because didnt let opponent score much good matches during two days including Cleveland vs Burch joust Dick Stubblefield also flew real corker against Burch winning 616 Burchs 330 Bob didnt make team did ever put show trying Howard Rush did some amazing low-level maneuvering avoid Dick Stubblefield match won 356 352 heart-breaking loss meet Ron Colombos second loss Cleveland Colombo enough lead allow George privilege cutting nub off still winning 200 points Ron hav ing no part giving up cuts found himself checking out turf trying evade George instant Ron forgot fly ing FAI Combat left circle clearing handle lines putting January1980 89 Left Chuck Thomas air horn rule book countdown cards paid own way Everett WA Contest Director parttime circle marshall Center Neal White show-stopper Bosta ST X-15 end mini-pipe Planes elliptical planform made easy judges pit crews flew Right Bob Rules very high aspect-ratio model unique twin rudders Rossi engine Trimming said problem insufficient strength such long wing Bob folded just before Team Finals photos Charlie Johnson Combat Finals Continued helmet line infraction alone lost him chance team pictures youll deduce winning models wood construction Mylar covering Wing areas 350-plus inches square Texans claimed have models 12-1 3-az bracket also some real strong Fox iSs Stubblefields looked best rest claimed have 300 rpm faster opinion superior model/engine meet Neal Whites Bosta/Rossi closely followed Stubblefields Fox-powered model Phil Granderson the top three didnt use Fox powerhad Supertigre X-l5son planes saw variation prop tried Tal pan 7-4 proved popular safest wide hub Tornado seen stretch shed blades Texans high-revving Fox engines lost several props Most contestants used 015 lines rather 012 popular two years ago Several used heavy-duty Laystrate lines favored Europeans lines use three heavy strands rather seven found 015s three strands soldered together rigid feel just about unbreakable situations Team Trials did accomplish its pri mary goal select best possible US team No can argue about credentials 1980 team members George Cleveland repeat winner other two have incredible amount experience tween As previously mentioned rough spots Team Trialsin opinion due organization non-coop eration few contestants Everyone helped did free bit diffi culty identifying models during close-in com bat after streamers cut nub some question about amount air-time per contestant very close match maybe should system matches less S-point difference reflown ad hoc Jury decide whether contestant kept disabled model airborne intentionally also question airworthiness couple models observation everyone helped did best job possible receives word praise least Lets support 1980 team group has super chance sweeping Team Individual World Championships Poland 1980 Start making plans improve 1981 Team Trials volunteering time energy make success OFFICIAL STANDINGS 1st Place Phil Granderson won-lost 7-0 Defeated Rule Lane lmhoff Rudner Smith Cleveland Curtis 2nd Place Sherwood Buckstaff 6-1 De feated Youngblood Henry Lopez Rudner Frost Colombo Lost Curtis 3rd Place George Cleveland 6-1 Defeat ed Smith Burch Rush Curtis Colom bo Colombo 2nd matching Lost Granderson 4th Place Paul Curtis 6-3 Defeated Hill Henry King Stubblefield Rush Buckstaff Lost Frost Cleveland Grand erson 5th Place Ron Colombo 5-3 Defeated Harris Hill Fentress Rush Frost Lost Cleveland Buckstaff Cleveland 6th Place Paul Smith 4-3 6th Place Howard Rush 4-3 6th Place Gary Frost 4-3 9th Place Chuck Rudner 3-3 9th Place Richard Stubblefield 3-3 11th Place Dick lmhoff 2-3 11th Place Joe King 2-3 11th Place Ernie Lane 2-3 11th Place Rich Lopez 2-3 15th Place Bob Burch 1-3 15th Place Gary Fentress 1-3 15th Place Mack Henry 1-3 15th Place Larry Hill 1-3 15th Place Neal White 1-3 15th Place Stan Youngblood 1-3 21st Place Phil Cartier 0-3 21st Place Bill Harris 0-3 21st Place Bob Rule 10-3 Did not fly Hill Jack Johnson McDonald Team Standings Texas/Lou isiana B uckstaff Cleveland Stubblefield Detroit Combat Team Colombo Smith Rudner win-lose 6-1 6-1 33 15-5 - - 5-3 4-3 3-3 12-9 Nashville Jive Granderson Henry Hill 7-0 1-3 1-3 9-6 MATCH STATISTICS FOR TOP FIVE Granderson 7-0 Buckstaff 6-1 Cleveland 6-1 Curtis 6-3 Colombo 5-3 Points 2444 2118 2506 2438 2892 Points Against 1180 420 1802 2326 1836 Difference 1264 1698 704 112 1056 Avg Margin 180 242 101 12 132 90 Model Aviation Left Dick Stubblefield checks out log book fleet planes Texans got 58 models van lots room return trip Right Bill Lea MA CL Racing contributing editor comes plane fixerspent 10 minutes getting perfect alignment Stubblefield planeonly tacked place Hot Stuffteam member tweaked strengthyep broke off Above Phil Cartier readies Gary Frosts mod 1 Phils kit Frost cut bit add fuel capacity Fox 50% nitro wouldnt make five minutesBelow Jim Ong walks off two Ex-Force planes after George Clevelands match Joe King has salvagable part push-rod quick link Rich Lopez seen use variet models engineshad good success Super tigre X-15s Cox iSs set up Roger Theobald Rossi pistons Speed event split between two sitesDayton OH Santa Ana CA team member se lection Team Race totally Dayton Though number par ticipants small competition fierce Resulting team mem bers Speed Chuck Schuette Charles Lieber Bob Spahr Team Race Perkins/Albritton McCollum/Kusik Jackson/Nel son 1980 Control Line World Championships will encom pass events plus Aerobatics Combat scheduled sub ject confirmation FAI ClAM Poland SPEED & CONTROL LINE TEAM RACE TEAM FINALS Dr Laird Jackson DAYTON inactive runways Wright-Patterson Air Force Base venue British would say 5/8 US Control Line FAI Team Trials over Labor Day weekend 1979 5/8 because 1/8 half Speed Trials held Santa Ana CA Cox Hobbies parking lot same time three hours later remaining quarter constituted Combat portion CL Team selection process held little later St Louis CN Combat Team Finals reported separately issue CL Aerobatics Team Finalsheld conjunction CL Team Race eastern half CL Speed Team Finalswas reported last month Wright-Patterson AFB has excellent facili ties official flying practice Arrange ments site made Keith Trostle president PAMPA Colonel Bob Cordle member Dayton Buzzin Buzzards Club flying site excellent space galore super coop eration Air Force local modelers plus close-by motels should also mention fine coopera tion Cox Hobbies support num erous people West Coast area Joe Klause served Contest Director able help Bill Wisniewski Roger Theo baldand Im sure others Back east Dayton Bill Wright con ducted Team Race Speed events help Carl Dodge plus administrative help Henry Nelson Doc Jackson number people volunteered ser vices both areas its because dont know names dont men tion As always meets take great deal effort put design contest entries Speed Teem Finals apparently variation copy plane shown top picture John Newtons ship top three eastern half event bottom left pic ture L-R Bob Heminway charles Lieber cliff Norman Lieber won team spot oth er two team positions came western half shown photo below LR Chuck Schuette Bob Spahr West coast TF pictures Charlie Johnson 92 Model Aviation SPEED THIS event split two sites accom modate number West Coast fliers conducted rounds both sites two rounds being flown both Saturday Sunday best two times counted fliers average position final standings Since East Coast flights about three hours before West Coast lets take look Dayton event first Charlie Lieber member 1978 Speed Team known have good potential making years team Bob Heminway has flown Charlie past making come-back try member 1974 Speed Team counted definite possibility Clif ton Norman also showing promise reports some engines running very fast bench reliable airplane fuel system set-up using Emil Rumples World Championship model design bits pieces made either Emil 1978 World Champion Jurgen Lenzen Two other participants ex pected John Camp Michigan Ed Gif ford ot New Jersey final results pretty much bore out predictions Lieber Heminway Norman posted good flights Camp Gifford lagged behind various difficulties preventing put ting up official flights An unfortunate note after Cliff Normans official flying found engines oversized happens too often Rossi engines mixes internal parts effort find good running combination Bob Heminway using Charlie Liebers 1978 speed shells molded fiberglass wing Charlie makes tank set-up similar used both Char lie Cliff Norman hard tank crankcase pressure Rumple fuel switch Bobs engines ran afoul displacement problem also other engine okay able record official times though very good ones Charlie Lieber certainly smoothest flying set-up seen East Coast site own difficulties getting good engine runs settings Both first flights two days suffered prob lems engine going decidedly off song resulting poor time However quick test flight found proper needle valve set ting way extremely criti cal able record flights both days 141-sec 1-kilometer run speed 25532 km/hr Which comes out just about 158 mph excellent time both runs started out much fast er definite slowing about mid-point run serious sag ging lean last two 10 laps re quired Although us flying east unable contact West Coast people during contest felt sure Liebers time would hold up place team turned out true Charlies time second overall standings Calls Sunday night Joe Klause Chuck Schuette gave us results West Coast say least inter esting contest featured much warmer dryer weather Dayton Dayton weather humid times mid high SOs Saturday quite cool weather rains morning Sunday temperature never got above low 70s during flying portion day As Dayton five fliers participat ing Santa Ana site Senior flier Doug Hinkley apparently using Rumple-style set-up air plane able record flight 14193 mph excellent Doug represents large increase over past perform ances certainly has stuck event has made great strides improvements fourth place West Coast Luke Roy Luke has developed bladder pressure fuel system used West Coast fliers consists ball valve check pressure feed similar developed Jim Walker pressure unseat valve open up fuel flow generated crankcase pressure opened timed pressure tap off rear valve dri en valve system seems work hints kinks have worked out resulting inconsistency end second day Luke unable get fourth flight might very well have put average high enough place team As ended up average 15374 mph fourth place West Coast Third place West Coast went John Newton averaged 15452 flights around mark of ficials Second West Coast standings third overall went Bob Spahr has done past used Perils Pauline approach getting official place ap parently some engine runs ab solutely superb least portion flight felt over 165 mph ran out fuel did have official about 158 mph finally last flight Sunday managed get flight 153 average over 155 mph contrast Chuck Schuette flew some fast flights easily qualified team Continued page 96 Team Race Team Finals next page January1980 93 Above Left L-R Col Bob Cordle Carl Dodge mixing FAI fuel Dayton Above Right Bill Wisniewski second left checks engine dis placement computation L-R Roger Theobald Maurice Hinckley Joe Klause look After checking stroke said unison better have awfully small piston didl Below Left Luke Roy cranks starter Maurice Hinckley looks see son Doug ready flight Below Middle John Camp brought wife family help out still couldnt get official clocking Below Right Doug Hinckley Senior Age flier doing real well Speed competitionhere holding back load engine hopefully get pipe TEAM RACE nt rounds fly over two days superbly run Bill Wright kept contest mov ing smoothly relatively small number entries eight teams appearing dropping out after practice day Jim Joy came new pilot partner BB Brown BB managed permanently retract landing gear both models during practice made difficult compete brought large supply ultra-short propellersl left seven entrants headed Perkins/Albritton practice seemed have consistent high speed best chance winning competition Veteran team contenders John McCollum Jed Kusik formed new partnership Jed doing pit work John flying also decent air speed com bined Jeds usual quick pit work Tim Gillott John Ballard made long distance team Nationals Lincoln NE first place posi tion decided tb go combination again Team Trials Long time competitor Al Kelly now pitting young Bill Hughes Chicago area contrast performance early year seemed have found speed range needed competitive addition three veteran teams teams veterans depend ing upon outlook appeared Gary Wallace now teamed up brother Springfield MO Jim Jolly father two-time World Champs competitor Larry Jolly pilot Ken Mogi Finally migrant engine manufacturer Henry Nelson moved east instead west thus disregarding familiar advice desparation taken oldest living Race pilot team heard vocally suffering therefrom Nonetheless Henrys engines manfully struggling drag balsa anchors through air disasters practice having cleaned patched up Saturday dawned nice clear promise some good races Bill Wright ran tight ship after meeting Friday night flying generally clean no fragrant fouls nobody getting away something advantage Perkins/Aibritton first up heat Kusik/McCollum Ballard/G illott Perkins combined excellent pitwork good needle settings fine piloting iE record 350 time followed closely John Jed 354 Ballard/Gillott engine setting problems requiring extra pit stop difficulties dropped badly 431 time second heat first round saw Kelly/Hughes get some fairly decent speed bit under-com pression early tanks recorded 414 time Nelson/Jackson fairly good setting Jacksons piloting managed create enough disaster reduce time 41O Mogi/Jolly difficulties setting running-inthey didnt finish left Wallace/Wallace finish round three-man heat two teams starting off second round McCollum/Kusik Ballard/Gillott Unfortunately Ballard/Gillott gone off field make some repairs 94 Model Aviation US team 1980 Team Race World Championships Standing L-R Henry Nelson Doc Jackson Jed Kusik John McCollum Kneeling Walt Perkins JE Aibritton Walt Perkins missed catch note closed finger-grip shot left subsequent chase runback right cost teem about 10 seconds Mistakes can ruin ewen best teams chances starting gun John Ballard JE Albritton Bill Hughes ready position center failed appear call resulting no-time being recorded haunt later final totals scored average three times team after discarding teams best time its two worst times So although allows throw out bad times does allow luxury deliberately discard ing bad times least until late corn petition heat went off Wallace/Wallace Nelson/Jackson flying Round 2 McCoIlum Kusik got decent time 359 Jackson managed pull bad piloting error bad shutoff belated tempt get airplane resulted bounce well over Henrys outstretched arm upside down airplane split prop tip Wallace/Wallace unable get decent setting remainder round also marked difficulties Mogi/Jolly could find air-speed Perkins/Aibritton missed catch Wallace/Wallace no-time An unfortunate incident occurred involving Kelly/Hughes tail end round Ballard/C illott trying put flight beginning 3rd Round pit-stops during race both airplanes quit about same time Bill Hughes following John Ballard pits Tim Gil ott first circle airplanes came Kelly waiting two segments fur ther around Gillott just barely caught air plane still forwarded ex tended arm air Hughes airplane collided made difficult decision Bill Wright made judg ment could disqualified Kelly/Hughes giving Ballard re-fly Tim made best re-fly posting fastest time 359 good setting two quick pits Others round managed hold positions McCollum/Kusik fairly slow time 404 Perkins/Albritton troubles again 418 Wallace/ Wallace Mogi/J oIly again could find good air-time 446 442 respec tively Nelson/Jackson managed make de cent pit stops engine setting too rich too slow produced 405 As things would have turned out fastest time con cluded first day flying After lot activity motel Sat urday night making repairs ships fix ing tired engines resoldering leaking fuel tanks like everyone retired await morn wasnt much started rain fairly early However stopped along about 830 gradually runways dried out Flying slightly delayed two top teams no trouble getting back groove Perkins/Aibritton turned 351 MeCollum/Kusik followed 357 complement other times round Ballard/C illott made sec ond bad error hard landing broke ship behind wingforcing retirement recording second no-time would force count slow time 431 anchor proved impossible lift Kelly/Hughes did 423 still moderate troubles Mogi/Jolly did finish Wallace/Wallace stuck pla teau 443 Jackson showed Henry new wrinkle fast shut-off takeoff thus nullifying good setting recording 409 time 408 next heat man aged preserve enough consistency save day Kelly/Hughes followed another 426 Ballard/Gillott did 408both too far behind make up last round Mogi/Jolly retired did complete heats Wallace/Wallace also remained 430s range remaining heats icing cake top three positions now determined Kelly/Hughes Bal lard/Gillott good times both re cording 402s bright spot two days flying three top teams showed flashes speeds capable recording decent times lack consistency repeated errors team Jackson/Nelson taking prize disconcerting will have eliminated team challenge Europeans nice touch seem ready willing work together ru mored first project put old Doc megavitamins hopes improv ing aging reflexes least make pos sible him spot Henry circle Anyway teams look capable good show 80 January1980 95 just somewhere among foam rubber Tim Gillot flew fron West Coast teamed up pilot John Ballard Missing heat might have undoing Jed Kusik two sKots above shows make fast pit stop Catching ship just side line segment doesnt have move feet place other side line pressure-fuel flip quick start Below Pilot action center John McCollum RI coming out pit JE Albritton LI passes over Gary Wallace cruises Speed Finals/Jackson Continued page 93 two flights first day quite consistentone 16221 sec ond 16160 mph alone would have qualified him first Sunday morning 3rd Round weather too cool humid thought took bye round As turned out Bob Spahrs engine running off its 165-plus mph laps did fly 4th Round recorded another flight 16192 mphthree very consistent flights three top fliers Schuette Lieber Spahr used assymetric side-winder designs Schuette Spahr used same inboard-engined design has seen frequently past Charlie uses outboard design molded fiberglass wings contrast hard aluminum wings Schuette RC World Champs/Radcliff Continued page 85 No 1 Phoenix 8 engine quit forced make down-wind landing wind blowing very hard landed fast airplane rolled rock pile dam aging underside breaking firewall loose After evenings repair whole crew back business next day solved engine problems both planes practice having engine troubles case once official competition began Dean Ko gers engine quit about half-way through first flight Dave Brown next fly engine quit last fly surprise engine ran great After further adjustments Deans Daves engines team no engine trouble Wind big factor contest very windy day believe reason success Phoenix 8 has definite advantage wind Going finals 5th place honest did feel stand ing would improve However finals over could hardly believe moved 5th 3rd Needless say very happy feel team learned lot WC Engines seem critical 5000 feet altitude Model airplanes fly different ly higher altitude South Africa wonderful conuntry people treated us fantastic organ ized very tight contest way finish 3rd world fantastic feeling no way could have done help lot super people equipment lot hard work believe podium both team championship dividual play national anthem realize what about Again thanks AMA members manufacturers supported team Once again showed world still No 1 Report Dean Koger US Team Member 12th Place trip South Africa 11th RC Aerobatics World Championships very surprising rewarding experience Johan nesburg modern city can found anywhere exactly what picture think Africa During first few days didnt see much countryside way practice field because driving left side road requires lot con centration youve never done before As gradually became pro reverse driving able look around see expressways shopping centers discount stores new hous ing developments etc would look right home anywhere country temperatures entire threeweek stay perfect dont know exactly what because use Celsius scale would guess typically 70s wind another story varied windy ridiculous day kept hop ing would quit never did several RC fields available practice used belonging Transvaal RC Fliers very nice paved strip apart inconvenience having occasionally chase cows off runway ideal practice site contest held Baragwanath Air port flying site provided bit disappointing flew off very very narrow about 15-ft full-size glider runway circles placed grass scraped off next runway ground oiled area quite rough provided very little roll-out area es sentially forced everyone take off land narrow glider runway passing through middle circle didnt turn out cause much trouble still less desirable situation judging good would hope World Championships two sets judges quite imbalanced high set low set thus low set minimal contribution outcome also thought judges did make efficient use scores available ex ample really good maneuver might scored 7 poor 6 lack dis crimination makes outcome depend ent other less important factors Obvious ly judges perform difficult thankless job really try best job possible After giving matter considerable thought believe following suggestions would make judges jobs easier future a Throw out high low scores set judges b Utilize half-point scoring c Select judges based ability rather politics d In same manner flash cards have improved judging spectator enjoy ment place judges name coun try back chair conclude would remiss did thank South Africans phenomi nal hospitality shown us during stay Barb will long remember beautiful coun try wonderful people met privilege represent United States very proud have brought first place team trophy back home MEUSERS FF DURATION COLUMN - This month left out would nt have squeeze big report EF World Championships couple time-sensitive items promised get elsewhere Take over Meuser Nominations Order Models Year no time lose nominations must January 1 NFFS Model Year Awards presented typically de signers models have achieved out standing track record competition models represent outstanding achieve ment development some sort also have received awards though havent won single contestFulton Hungerfords Walnut-Scale Ford Tn-Motor electricpower Mattel Super Star example Fur thermore awards have made nonmodels Peanut Scale Old-Timer movements Rossi 15 Cox 049-05 1 engines Seelig timers So let minds wander too long Write phone NFFS MOY Chairman Steve Geraghty 194 Vista Del Monte Los Gatos CA 95030 Pres entations awardees will appear 1980 Symposium Report can make 1980 Nats Model Mail-In Meat mentioned back June issue give planty time now zero-hour hand rules Use no balsa 3 6-in piece ordinary 1132 sheet slice up way like covering no 12 12-in sheet ordinary Japan ese tissue no superfine condenser paper Use wire plastic teflon rubber steel aluminum glue dope clay lead similar heavy materials like may use light-weight materials such styro foam microfilm helium hydrogen addi tional balsa tissue beyond specified Make size shape model like can glider rubber-powered Give model name supply simple set plans Prizes offered best duration unique unusual model best workman shipperhaps others Models cannot re turned theyll go good cause pro moting model aviation spend much time building model getting back big deal design incompatible spirit thing Mail models Earl Van Gorder 10 Brothers Road Wap pingers Falls NY 12590 sure get January 17 96 Model Aviation 11111 vev gui dli Lildi dlisium. 3 x 6-in piece 1/32-in balsa sheet square foot tissue 2nd place 1979 MidHudson Model Masters Mail-In Meet
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I NE WSLETTEIU ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS 1980-81 AMA SCALE & GENERAL RULES charts next two page spread identify basically new changed Scale General rules will become effective January 1 1980 Similar charts pre sented last month Radio Control Control Line Free Flight items chart acceptable results column changes additions 197879 rules applicable 1980-81 feated wont new rule book cases description rules change very general its possible go back issues Model v/at ion CN section get specifics original Basic Pro posals Cross-Pro posals Cross Proposals identified capital letter fol lowing proposal number 66A stance first Cross-Proposal Basic Pro posal 66 Scale Basic Proposals 1978 sues dated October 1-5 November 6-13 December 14-67 Scale Cross-Proposals 1979 issues dated May June General Basic Proposal Decem ber 1978 issue Cross-Proposal May 1979 issue SCALE CB OKAYS BYRON PIUS other action Scale Contest Board has approved rewording builder-of-the-model rule clarification pertaining Scale denied protest se lection US Scale Teams Nats considered general protest conduct RC Sport Scale 1979 Nats Byron Originals Pitts Special vote 7 1 abstention favor ap peal Dean Copeland concerning disqualifi cation entry Sport Scale 1979 National Contest Nats disqualification reversed based protest Brian Crossley model did comply builder-of-the-model rules Builder-of-the-model Rule Rewording Noting protest mentioned above seemed based misunderstanding intent rule Scale Contest Board Chairman 815 FIFTEENTH STREET NW Claude McCullough proposed rewording rule applied Scale events fol lows Builder Model Contest Director shall make reasonable effort assure himself flier has completely con structed models uses competi tion including covering used construct interpreted action re quired complete model starting no prefabrication amount used usual kit Kits containing large amount pre-fabrication permissible long final assembly parts covering and/or painting done builder Mod els completely prefabricated re quire few minutes unskilled effort completion shall excluded competition US Scale Team Selection board voted 9 0 against protest Ted White seeking invalidate US Scale Team selection 1979 Nats due purported irregularities judging especially concerning scale im pression speed General RC Sport Scale Protest Although no immediate relief sought concerning ac tions already having taken place board considered protest LP Jensen concern ing competency judges purported im proper use scale impression speed pur ported improper actions Contest Direc tor purported improper viewing models static judges board felt validity some points raised Jensen White should con sidered future application Nats other contests RC IIM ENGINE MOOS BANNED Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board response request Duane Gall RCCB has ruled allow certain en gine modifications Quarter Midget Pylon Racing issues 1 excessive use metal shims produced manufac tuer between upper lower parts crankcase change timing 2 use RC engine parts cataloged use Free Flight/Speed version include insert-type head available stock RC en gines produced manufacturer vote disallow measures seven three WASHINGTON DC 20005 ELIGIBLE RC PYLON RACE ENGINES Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board April 3 1979 letter sent AMA HQ representing RC Contest Board several engine manufacturers import ers letter solicited identification engines meet rules criteria three AMA racing categories fol lowing lists obtained replies Formula II 05 40 R/C World Engines 05 40 FSR World Engines 05 40 SR World Engines ST X-40 World Engines ST G21/40 World Engines OPS 40 Shamrock Competition Imports HB 4ORC Bavarian Precision Products HB 40 PDP Bavarian Precision Products Fox 40 engines Fox Manufacturing Co HP 40F series Midwest Model Supply HP 40R series Midwest Model Supply Profi Polks Hobbies Inc Enya 40 Std Model Rectifier Corp Enya 40 TV Model Rectifier Corp Enya 40 XTV Model Rectifier Corp Webra 1034 RC Model Rectifier Corp Webra 1036 P pylon Model Rectifier Corp Quarter Midget 05 15 R/C World Engines ST X-15 World Engines ST G15 World Engines HB 15RC Bavarian Precision Products Moki Polks Hobbies Inc Enya 15 IV TV Model Rectifier Corp Fox 15RC Fox Manufacturing Co AA Pylon G-Mark Polks Hobbies Inc Previously published acceptable shown above following Formula I/Il K&B SR II 65cc Series 75 K&B 40 R/C 1972 1973 1974 models Testor/ McCoy 40 R/C Quarter Midget Cox Con quest 15 R/C Rossi 15 R/C Rossi 15 ABC K&B 15 R/C Taipan 15 R/C widely known K&B Manufactur ing Cox Hobbies manufacture engines addition listed eligible AMA racing however no reply received listing engines Manufacturers importers engines listed should contact AMA HQ immedi ately wish claim legalityrequire ments minimum quantity carburetion etc vary according event 84 Model Aviation -V RC QUARTER MIDGET IDLE RULE REVISED EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board subject eliminating QM idle re quirement received extensive attention during recent rules change cycle Nine basic cross-proposals submitted issue After interim voting done single proposal RC-80-14B/23B Wayne Yeager remained addressing idle regulation Un fortunately proposal inappropriate limiting carburetor throat 205 excluded existing Cox-Perry carburetor Also exact wording suggested referred back RC-80-14 engine shutoff pro visions explicit Subsequently proposal defeated Final Voting leaving no satisfaction popular move ment eliminate idle rule response pleas Wayne Yeager Gail Jacobson find solution problem RCCB Chairman Joe Friend asked Yeager Jacobson confer other propose wording satisfying needs competitors saw also leaving intact safety measures lim itations affecting speed use pres ently acceptable equipment wording worked out Nats fol lows FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD Section 40RC Pylon Racing Quarter Midget Delete Rule 16Idle requirement Under Rule 46Carburetor shall sup plied engine specifically cataloged engine Add R/C type Add new paragraph Landing Require mentPilot must able idle engine back 5000 RPM less shut off completely radio control plane upright posi tion ground air withouj affect ing flight path direction upon given corn mand above submitted RCCB emergency proposal accepted 9 1 Immediate enforcement RC AEROBATICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Report Dave Bmwn US Teem Member 2nd Place World ChampionshipsSouth Africa 1979 experience will remembered forever us didnt know what ex pect South Africa upon arrival Jo hannesburg concerns quickly dispel led met Team Liai son Gerry Levy well John Brink John Mee Joe Studder Quickly through Cus toms tried hand driving DIRECTORY CONTEST COORDINATORS I Paul L Penney 8 Charlotte Dr Andover MA 01810 II R Sobrino 8726 88th St Woodhuven Oueens NY 11421 RC Richard Smith 300 Steko Ann Rochester NY 14815 RC Lawrence Londy 246 Ontario Sn. Lockport NY 14094 Ill Ken Reber RD 1 Nazareth PA 18064 Eat M Weisenbach 4568W 146th St cleveland OH 44135 West IV Warren Sanders Jr 9735 52nd Ann Collete Plc MD 20741 RC Ed Pitzwater 1920 Ardenwuod Ter Crofton MD 21114 V RCaan Charinne Pinlds 818 Main St SW New tllington SC 29809 RC Soaring Donna Deis 7409 Atwood Huntsville AL35802 FE Wallace Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Moottowery AL 36106 RC Pylon & Snaring RC Pattern other RC CLued RC euceps Soarinti VI Horrace Cain 828 Weidner Rd Buffalo Grout IL 60090 RC Ralph White Jr R R 1 Bun 324 Neoga IL 62447 VII John Evert 421 Walnut Lv Apple Valley MN 55124 West RC Len Roe 6539 Orchid Dr Jevison Ml 49428 East Ci & PE Debi Iwboff 524 Sinclair NP Grand Rapids Ml 49503 East VIII John Deanon 6205 Melinda Dr WautuugaTX 76148 RC Robert J Talley 3112 Lawrence Ann Nederlund TX 77627 lx Bill Eieda411 Barker Building Omaha NE 88102 RC George Hunter 6962 S Lamar St Littletot CD 80123 X Myrtle Coad Rn Boo 19 Lower Lake CA 95457 North Lee Poluosky 258 Iris Ave Goleta CA 93017 Sooth Prank Gowns 2241 Noah St Honolulu HI 96816 HI meets xl Don Dodd 3406 Belvidere Am SW Seattle WA 98126 RC Don Miller 24718 Summit-Landsburg Rasensdale WA 98051 left Seven days later after trips practice field driving well flying down pat Processing 24th went well us problem noise testing ready com pete least thought first day competition dawned tragedy struck sick could hard ly stand up Fortunately flight day after able get back hotel bed Gerry Levy came rescue doctor prescribed few dugs against bets exactly well able fly second day After disastrous first day 22nd place due being sick also due engine failure well throttle trim dummy started comeback second day after two flights leading held lead through qualifications during finals lost Wolfgang Matt lost heading during D----M Horrible 8 Oh well Ill try again Mexico can make team again team did great Mark finishing 3rd Dean 12th Dean suffered ad verse weather EU-i problems extremely turbulent air due its slower speed Too bad honestly feel could have finished 1-2-3 given few breaks judging weather judging relatively typical World Championshipsand needs some work example two highest qualifying flights came last round front set judges normally VERY low through rest contest feel throwing out high low scores per maneuver would very good idea particularly in ternational competition Also Jury made few suspect deci sions opinion due primarily fact its members fact written rules didnt seem care what words said knew what intended able convince others well dont feel decisions affected outcome contest something must improve future reason Jury interpret gray areas rules change specific ones Enough soapboxingthe South African World Championships great proud team member experi ence Ill never forget Thanks responsible special thanks team mates Don Lowe Mark Radcliff Dean Koger last least Gerry Levythe best team world RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD I Henry Struck RPO2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ann Lyndonvillo NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klulber 2021 Lakeland Am Lukewuod OH 44107 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny Jenkins 31125 Raines Rd Memphis TN 38118 VI Chris Mattuno B57B Ginger St John MO 63114 VII Phil Klintworth Jr 715 Rutgers Rd Rochester Ml 48063 VIII Mark Valerius 2302 Poweran Houston TX 77055 IXJerald Murphy 2432 Astron Colorado Springs C080906 X Joe Norcross 215W Santa Ana No 211A Clovis CA 93612 xl Ernie Lion 165s8 121st Ave SE RentonWA 98055 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I George Higgins PD Bus 482 North Pembroke MA 02388 II Bill Boss 7706 269th St. New Hyde Park NY 11040 Ill Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St. Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Ron McNally 6118 Bardu Ace Springfield VA 22152 V Dave Hemstraught PO Boo 171 Moncks Corner SC 29461 VI Bob BurnS 1758 N Natchec Chicago IL 60635 VII James Sinton 4941 Wiscovsin Am N New Hope MN 55428 VIII William R Lee 3522 Tamerisk Lv Missouri CityTX77459 IX Michael Tallwan 3014 Enchange Wichita KS 67217 X Pete 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Salem OR 97302 Report Mark Redcliff US Teem Member 3rd PlacB have just returned 11th RC Aerobatics World Championships Johan nesburg South Africa must say rewarding competition have attended arrived JoBerg week ahead could get some practice 5000-ft al titude team gone Denver CO over Labor Day weekend just practice altitude must say paid off well adjusted altitude arrived SA however practice session nearly disaster Both No 1 No 2 planes prob lems engine quitting during transi tion low high throttle nearly lost CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don Lindlny 420 Tupelo Napernille IL 60540 Continued page 96 January1980 85 Bold Pace Belom Indicates Chairman Contest Board SCALE CONTEST BOARD 0o FINAL VOTEEzo 1980-81 COMPETITION RULES lt EoU~ - ofVOtO ~ Acceptable N NotAccpbIe200O0~4O o~E wOL~oOOnZTally II Ill IV V VI VII VIII IX X Xl [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 66I66AEstablish Scale General Rules requiring declaration suc cessful flight completion differing kind model NorthropAAAAAAAAAAAAil ON Platt 59Unified Rules Require list parts made entrantAAAAAAANAAAA1OA 1 N McCullough 2RC Precision Eliminate contestant class system PlahnA A AA A AA Ail ON [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 61/61 ARC Precision Redefine straight flight out return parallel spectator safety line reword Fig 8 Traffic A A A A A A Ail ON approach landing associate track Mccullough Mccullough [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 60Precision Sport RC& CL Require dummy pilot figure inAAAAAAAAANAAiOA1N flight Mccullough 65RC Precision Sport Require dummy pilot figure flightAAAAAAAAANAAbA iN Northrop [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 58/58ARC Precision Sport State desirability require-AAAAAAAAAAAAi iA ON ment mixing classes flight order DAttilio 62Precision Sport RC & CL Instead separate special rule book events allow CDs schedule special events scale modelsAAAAAAAAAAAAil ON specific classifications Mccullough li/il A/il BRC Precision Sport Establish judges guide in-AAAAAAANAAAAi OA iN cluding revisions cross-proposals Preston/D Attilio/Preston 67/67A/67BSailplanes Establish new Sport Scale RC Sailplane category embodying specific flight task 50/50 static/flight balance utilizing existing Sport Scale static judgingmodified A A A A A AiiAON 12Increase static judging distance eliminate references A A A A A A AiOA ON non-judged items Preston Rank order preference 49Dont consider cockpit cabin interiors static judging AAA AAAAAAAAAil ON consider visible detailing Johnson 13Craftsmanship score consider quality quantity work AAA AAAANAAAAi QA iN done entrant excluding purchased items Preston 5i/5iAAllow up three scale operations including multi- AAA AAAAAAAAAilA ON engines used Arvin/DAttilio 50Allow CD require demonstration RC scale operations Single engine limit cu Single engine max weight pounds A A A A A AiiAON 86 Model Aviation same 3-views Leuley/DAttiIioJ 0 S N Aj AlOAiN ground Arvin engine limits decided separately ' Ii C U C U I A A I Al Al AiiAON SCALE CONTEST BOARD FINAL VOTE Cont Single engine max weight pounds Multi-Engine limit cu Multi-Engine max weight pounds 313FAMinimum model requirements 1 least 1 displacement 2 Scale least 2-7/8 Weight least 15 lbs fuel Karlsson 3/3FBProhibit entry model both Sport Scale Giant Scale events same contest Karlsson A A A N A AbA iN 14/14AFF Gas Adopt Unified Scale Judging rules pertaining sub-AAAAAAAAANAA10A iN stitution interior detail documentation McCombs/McCullough 56/56A/56B/56C/56DEstablish unified Indoor Outdoor Rubber rules incorporating cross-proposal revisions Srull/DeCarlis/Schanzle/AAAAAAAAAAAAil ON Clemens/Srull 145No scoring details inside cockpit edging canopy Note Proposals passing Final Vote margin two-thirds among voting nearest whole number become new AMA com petition rules effective January 1 1980 blank box means no vote cast COMBINED CONTEST BOARD FINAL VOTEFFFree Flight Contest Board Cu FOR 1980-81 COMPETITION RULESRCRadio Control Contest Board2Result SCScale Contest Boardof Vote CLControl Line Contest Board ptableand N AcceptableTally II Ill IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI 8ANational AMA Records Allow flier claim record byFF A A A A submitting Contest Director submitting record application CD signature altemately simply statement R A A A A A facts flier either case must done within 14 days latter record application must also SC A A A A A 36A iN submitted 14-day limit MeuserCL AA AA AA Note Proposals passing Contest Board margin two-thirds among voting nearest whole number become new AMA competition rules effective January 1 1980 blank box means no vote cast January1980 87 A A A A A A11AON IA IA IA IA IA IA IA IA I AilAON IA IA jA j IA jA jA jAjN [ Ai0AiN I Noscoringfordetails insideotcockpitedgingor I A I I I N j AbA iN Combat Team Trials St Louis Mo September 14-16 name game fly matches Until youre team lose three times Granderson Buckstaff Cleveland Will represent US 1980 Combat World Championships Charlie Johnson CONTROL LINE COMBAT TEAM FINALS JUST getting half fun Thats really true fly FAI Combat take lust weekend off compete con test 1500 miles away West Coast contin gent flew St Louis commercial jet made trip van car person motorcycle 800 miles us met airport Fri day afternoon least werent plagued autograph hounds thrill seekers reporters main concern getting model boxes renting enough cars transport everything Drury Inn Team Trials HQ also about 30 miles airport nature FAI Combat struc ture Team Trials meant sure having enough equipment last through triple eliminationsusing two models per bout contestant would need about dozen models plus supporting gear still sounds like no problem until try getting dozen models strong box past baggage check-in theyd love slap extra charge guys driving didnt have easy either Texans came up Bill Lees van 58 models plus gallons fuel helmets pitting boxes two spares everything Bill did say roomier way home since good number models laid rest on-in-and-all-over St Louis landscape Somehow model boxes pulled clutches baggage hand lers everyone road made safely pilots meeting Friday night Bo nanza Steak House banquet room reserved meeting since local St Louis club used same facilities de cided make good impression eat everything sight meeting classic Paul Smith chairman Combat Team Selec tion Committee really done home work preparations meet amazing see hard some people tried NOT understand contest worked waitress caught right off fly matches until youre team lose three times wasnt too swift about other things giv ing Pauls steak someone else Chuck Thomas Contest Director meet Paul did admirable job fielding some tough what questions 88 Model Aviation Top The happy winners team positions dusk George Cleveland left repeat team member Phil Granderson center Sher wood Hat Buckstaff consistent Combat winners Granderson undefeated 70 Team Finals Cleveland Buckstaff lost match 6-1 Fox 15 engines dominated event though top placer Granderson used Supertigre X-15 Left Phil Cartier holds Mike Strieter fuels Bill Harris looks before matchHarris models said indestructable meet ground cowered flew says author Right Debbie lmhoff tries take Mack Hairys mind off models Dont strip blind nuts Mack Left Mack Henry waiting spare modelengine running ready go soon ship air down streamer can ex changed Hardest job watching primary models figuring out downed model chase Right Two-thirds Detroit Combat Team L-R Paul Smith Chuck Rudner pitting other third Ron Colombo out view handle Colombo 2nd alternate would have perfect game show Just someone would come up what looked like perfect loophole either Paul Chuck would slam door perfect ex planation facts supposed another set FAI rules way Would different what using What will happen ow waitress table caught fly matches until youre team have lost three Everyone soon tired play ing Stump Officials left some much needed sleep weather St Louis really great temperature 70s no wind clear sky almost no humidity St Louis Team Trials held Buder Park two years ago site has room about dozen circles first two hours Saturday used practice quite sight see FAI Combat ships flying time25000 rpm direction Practice ended everyone satis fled equipment working up expec tations because official decree streamers werent ready crew fran tically work making up enough Hurri cane Frederick blamed Its just well streamers werent ready offi cials werent quite ready go either None timers helpers previous Team Trials hand ONE Team Trials enough satisfy curiosity Some local RC club members donated two days time help out plus few friends flierssome drove over 500 miles own expense just help officiate now know what locals found out two years ago about later contestants divided threeman teams during Friday evening meeting Guys worked team wouldnt have fly other until theyd flown other pilot helped strategy some made no difference others After round begun contestant flew until hed won match lost three Thus possible few entrants lose out very early meet losing three straight 1-2 record stood Once underway became apparent would some excellent flying lot griping Only two circle marshalls Chuck Thomas Mike Strieter lot Combat experience Contestants served back-up timers occasionally Jury mem rs Due similarity models very difficult tell plane another after streamer cut down nub Pit crews couldnt tell plane hit ground happened several times pit crew ran over retrieved WRONG streamer sigh relief heard timers Bosta other distinctive model match because made jobs much easier high-point match taken George Cleveland 688 362 Bob Burch 688 super score Bobs 362 would have good enough beat Phil Granderson five out seven matches course Phil won matches because didnt let opponent score much good matches during two days including Cleveland vs Burch joust Dick Stubblefield also flew real corker against Burch winning 616 Burchs 330 Bob didnt make team did ever put show trying Howard Rush did some amazing low-level maneuvering avoid Dick Stubblefield match won 356 352 heart-breaking loss meet Ron Colombos second loss Cleveland Colombo enough lead allow George privilege cutting nub off still winning 200 points Ron hav ing no part giving up cuts found himself checking out turf trying evade George instant Ron forgot fly ing FAI Combat left circle clearing handle lines putting January1980 89 Left Chuck Thomas air horn rule book countdown cards paid own way Everett WA Contest Director parttime circle marshall Center Neal White show-stopper Bosta ST X-15 end mini-pipe Planes elliptical planform made easy judges pit crews flew Right Bob Rules very high aspect-ratio model unique twin rudders Rossi engine Trimming said problem insufficient strength such long wing Bob folded just before Team Finals photos Charlie Johnson Combat Finals Continued helmet line infraction alone lost him chance team pictures youll deduce winning models wood construction Mylar covering Wing areas 350-plus inches square Texans claimed have models 12-1 3-az bracket also some real strong Fox iSs Stubblefields looked best rest claimed have 300 rpm faster opinion superior model/engine meet Neal Whites Bosta/Rossi closely followed Stubblefields Fox-powered model Phil Granderson the top three didnt use Fox powerhad Supertigre X-l5son planes saw variation prop tried Tal pan 7-4 proved popular safest wide hub Tornado seen stretch shed blades Texans high-revving Fox engines lost several props Most contestants used 015 lines rather 012 popular two years ago Several used heavy-duty Laystrate lines favored Europeans lines use three heavy strands rather seven found 015s three strands soldered together rigid feel just about unbreakable situations Team Trials did accomplish its pri mary goal select best possible US team No can argue about credentials 1980 team members George Cleveland repeat winner other two have incredible amount experience tween As previously mentioned rough spots Team Trialsin opinion due organization non-coop eration few contestants Everyone helped did free bit diffi culty identifying models during close-in com bat after streamers cut nub some question about amount air-time per contestant very close match maybe should system matches less S-point difference reflown ad hoc Jury decide whether contestant kept disabled model airborne intentionally also question airworthiness couple models observation everyone helped did best job possible receives word praise least Lets support 1980 team group has super chance sweeping Team Individual World Championships Poland 1980 Start making plans improve 1981 Team Trials volunteering time energy make success OFFICIAL STANDINGS 1st Place Phil Granderson won-lost 7-0 Defeated Rule Lane lmhoff Rudner Smith Cleveland Curtis 2nd Place Sherwood Buckstaff 6-1 De feated Youngblood Henry Lopez Rudner Frost Colombo Lost Curtis 3rd Place George Cleveland 6-1 Defeat ed Smith Burch Rush Curtis Colom bo Colombo 2nd matching Lost Granderson 4th Place Paul Curtis 6-3 Defeated Hill Henry King Stubblefield Rush Buckstaff Lost Frost Cleveland Grand erson 5th Place Ron Colombo 5-3 Defeated Harris Hill Fentress Rush Frost Lost Cleveland Buckstaff Cleveland 6th Place Paul Smith 4-3 6th Place Howard Rush 4-3 6th Place Gary Frost 4-3 9th Place Chuck Rudner 3-3 9th Place Richard Stubblefield 3-3 11th Place Dick lmhoff 2-3 11th Place Joe King 2-3 11th Place Ernie Lane 2-3 11th Place Rich Lopez 2-3 15th Place Bob Burch 1-3 15th Place Gary Fentress 1-3 15th Place Mack Henry 1-3 15th Place Larry Hill 1-3 15th Place Neal White 1-3 15th Place Stan Youngblood 1-3 21st Place Phil Cartier 0-3 21st Place Bill Harris 0-3 21st Place Bob Rule 10-3 Did not fly Hill Jack Johnson McDonald Team Standings Texas/Lou isiana B uckstaff Cleveland Stubblefield Detroit Combat Team Colombo Smith Rudner win-lose 6-1 6-1 33 15-5 - - 5-3 4-3 3-3 12-9 Nashville Jive Granderson Henry Hill 7-0 1-3 1-3 9-6 MATCH STATISTICS FOR TOP FIVE Granderson 7-0 Buckstaff 6-1 Cleveland 6-1 Curtis 6-3 Colombo 5-3 Points 2444 2118 2506 2438 2892 Points Against 1180 420 1802 2326 1836 Difference 1264 1698 704 112 1056 Avg Margin 180 242 101 12 132 90 Model Aviation Left Dick Stubblefield checks out log book fleet planes Texans got 58 models van lots room return trip Right Bill Lea MA CL Racing contributing editor comes plane fixerspent 10 minutes getting perfect alignment Stubblefield planeonly tacked place Hot Stuffteam member tweaked strengthyep broke off Above Phil Cartier readies Gary Frosts mod 1 Phils kit Frost cut bit add fuel capacity Fox 50% nitro wouldnt make five minutesBelow Jim Ong walks off two Ex-Force planes after George Clevelands match Joe King has salvagable part push-rod quick link Rich Lopez seen use variet models engineshad good success Super tigre X-15s Cox iSs set up Roger Theobald Rossi pistons Speed event split between two sitesDayton OH Santa Ana CA team member se lection Team Race totally Dayton Though number par ticipants small competition fierce Resulting team mem bers Speed Chuck Schuette Charles Lieber Bob Spahr Team Race Perkins/Albritton McCollum/Kusik Jackson/Nel son 1980 Control Line World Championships will encom pass events plus Aerobatics Combat scheduled sub ject confirmation FAI ClAM Poland SPEED & CONTROL LINE TEAM RACE TEAM FINALS Dr Laird Jackson DAYTON inactive runways Wright-Patterson Air Force Base venue British would say 5/8 US Control Line FAI Team Trials over Labor Day weekend 1979 5/8 because 1/8 half Speed Trials held Santa Ana CA Cox Hobbies parking lot same time three hours later remaining quarter constituted Combat portion CL Team selection process held little later St Louis CN Combat Team Finals reported separately issue CL Aerobatics Team Finalsheld conjunction CL Team Race eastern half CL Speed Team Finalswas reported last month Wright-Patterson AFB has excellent facili ties official flying practice Arrange ments site made Keith Trostle president PAMPA Colonel Bob Cordle member Dayton Buzzin Buzzards Club flying site excellent space galore super coop eration Air Force local modelers plus close-by motels should also mention fine coopera tion Cox Hobbies support num erous people West Coast area Joe Klause served Contest Director able help Bill Wisniewski Roger Theo baldand Im sure others Back east Dayton Bill Wright con ducted Team Race Speed events help Carl Dodge plus administrative help Henry Nelson Doc Jackson number people volunteered ser vices both areas its because dont know names dont men tion As always meets take great deal effort put design contest entries Speed Teem Finals apparently variation copy plane shown top picture John Newtons ship top three eastern half event bottom left pic ture L-R Bob Heminway charles Lieber cliff Norman Lieber won team spot oth er two team positions came western half shown photo below LR Chuck Schuette Bob Spahr West coast TF pictures Charlie Johnson 92 Model Aviation SPEED THIS event split two sites accom modate number West Coast fliers conducted rounds both sites two rounds being flown both Saturday Sunday best two times counted fliers average position final standings Since East Coast flights about three hours before West Coast lets take look Dayton event first Charlie Lieber member 1978 Speed Team known have good potential making years team Bob Heminway has flown Charlie past making come-back try member 1974 Speed Team counted definite possibility Clif ton Norman also showing promise reports some engines running very fast bench reliable airplane fuel system set-up using Emil Rumples World Championship model design bits pieces made either Emil 1978 World Champion Jurgen Lenzen Two other participants ex pected John Camp Michigan Ed Gif ford ot New Jersey final results pretty much bore out predictions Lieber Heminway Norman posted good flights Camp Gifford lagged behind various difficulties preventing put ting up official flights An unfortunate note after Cliff Normans official flying found engines oversized happens too often Rossi engines mixes internal parts effort find good running combination Bob Heminway using Charlie Liebers 1978 speed shells molded fiberglass wing Charlie makes tank set-up similar used both Char lie Cliff Norman hard tank crankcase pressure Rumple fuel switch Bobs engines ran afoul displacement problem also other engine okay able record official times though very good ones Charlie Lieber certainly smoothest flying set-up seen East Coast site own difficulties getting good engine runs settings Both first flights two days suffered prob lems engine going decidedly off song resulting poor time However quick test flight found proper needle valve set ting way extremely criti cal able record flights both days 141-sec 1-kilometer run speed 25532 km/hr Which comes out just about 158 mph excellent time both runs started out much fast er definite slowing about mid-point run serious sag ging lean last two 10 laps re quired Although us flying east unable contact West Coast people during contest felt sure Liebers time would hold up place team turned out true Charlies time second overall standings Calls Sunday night Joe Klause Chuck Schuette gave us results West Coast say least inter esting contest featured much warmer dryer weather Dayton Dayton weather humid times mid high SOs Saturday quite cool weather rains morning Sunday temperature never got above low 70s during flying portion day As Dayton five fliers participat ing Santa Ana site Senior flier Doug Hinkley apparently using Rumple-style set-up air plane able record flight 14193 mph excellent Doug represents large increase over past perform ances certainly has stuck event has made great strides improvements fourth place West Coast Luke Roy Luke has developed bladder pressure fuel system used West Coast fliers consists ball valve check pressure feed similar developed Jim Walker pressure unseat valve open up fuel flow generated crankcase pressure opened timed pressure tap off rear valve dri en valve system seems work hints kinks have worked out resulting inconsistency end second day Luke unable get fourth flight might very well have put average high enough place team As ended up average 15374 mph fourth place West Coast Third place West Coast went John Newton averaged 15452 flights around mark of ficials Second West Coast standings third overall went Bob Spahr has done past used Perils Pauline approach getting official place ap parently some engine runs ab solutely superb least portion flight felt over 165 mph ran out fuel did have official about 158 mph finally last flight Sunday managed get flight 153 average over 155 mph contrast Chuck Schuette flew some fast flights easily qualified team Continued page 96 Team Race Team Finals next page January1980 93 Above Left L-R Col Bob Cordle Carl Dodge mixing FAI fuel Dayton Above Right Bill Wisniewski second left checks engine dis placement computation L-R Roger Theobald Maurice Hinckley Joe Klause look After checking stroke said unison better have awfully small piston didl Below Left Luke Roy cranks starter Maurice Hinckley looks see son Doug ready flight Below Middle John Camp brought wife family help out still couldnt get official clocking Below Right Doug Hinckley Senior Age flier doing real well Speed competitionhere holding back load engine hopefully get pipe TEAM RACE nt rounds fly over two days superbly run Bill Wright kept contest mov ing smoothly relatively small number entries eight teams appearing dropping out after practice day Jim Joy came new pilot partner BB Brown BB managed permanently retract landing gear both models during practice made difficult compete brought large supply ultra-short propellersl left seven entrants headed Perkins/Albritton practice seemed have consistent high speed best chance winning competition Veteran team contenders John McCollum Jed Kusik formed new partnership Jed doing pit work John flying also decent air speed com bined Jeds usual quick pit work Tim Gillott John Ballard made long distance team Nationals Lincoln NE first place posi tion decided tb go combination again Team Trials Long time competitor Al Kelly now pitting young Bill Hughes Chicago area contrast performance early year seemed have found speed range needed competitive addition three veteran teams teams veterans depend ing upon outlook appeared Gary Wallace now teamed up brother Springfield MO Jim Jolly father two-time World Champs competitor Larry Jolly pilot Ken Mogi Finally migrant engine manufacturer Henry Nelson moved east instead west thus disregarding familiar advice desparation taken oldest living Race pilot team heard vocally suffering therefrom Nonetheless Henrys engines manfully struggling drag balsa anchors through air disasters practice having cleaned patched up Saturday dawned nice clear promise some good races Bill Wright ran tight ship after meeting Friday night flying generally clean no fragrant fouls nobody getting away something advantage Perkins/Aibritton first up heat Kusik/McCollum Ballard/G illott Perkins combined excellent pitwork good needle settings fine piloting iE record 350 time followed closely John Jed 354 Ballard/Gillott engine setting problems requiring extra pit stop difficulties dropped badly 431 time second heat first round saw Kelly/Hughes get some fairly decent speed bit under-com pression early tanks recorded 414 time Nelson/Jackson fairly good setting Jacksons piloting managed create enough disaster reduce time 41O Mogi/Jolly difficulties setting running-inthey didnt finish left Wallace/Wallace finish round three-man heat two teams starting off second round McCollum/Kusik Ballard/Gillott Unfortunately Ballard/Gillott gone off field make some repairs 94 Model Aviation US team 1980 Team Race World Championships Standing L-R Henry Nelson Doc Jackson Jed Kusik John McCollum Kneeling Walt Perkins JE Aibritton Walt Perkins missed catch note closed finger-grip shot left subsequent chase runback right cost teem about 10 seconds Mistakes can ruin ewen best teams chances starting gun John Ballard JE Albritton Bill Hughes ready position center failed appear call resulting no-time being recorded haunt later final totals scored average three times team after discarding teams best time its two worst times So although allows throw out bad times does allow luxury deliberately discard ing bad times least until late corn petition heat went off Wallace/Wallace Nelson/Jackson flying Round 2 McCoIlum Kusik got decent time 359 Jackson managed pull bad piloting error bad shutoff belated tempt get airplane resulted bounce well over Henrys outstretched arm upside down airplane split prop tip Wallace/Wallace unable get decent setting remainder round also marked difficulties Mogi/Jolly could find air-speed Perkins/Aibritton missed catch Wallace/Wallace no-time An unfortunate incident occurred involving Kelly/Hughes tail end round Ballard/C illott trying put flight beginning 3rd Round pit-stops during race both airplanes quit about same time Bill Hughes following John Ballard pits Tim Gil ott first circle airplanes came Kelly waiting two segments fur ther around Gillott just barely caught air plane still forwarded ex tended arm air Hughes airplane collided made difficult decision Bill Wright made judg ment could disqualified Kelly/Hughes giving Ballard re-fly Tim made best re-fly posting fastest time 359 good setting two quick pits Others round managed hold positions McCollum/Kusik fairly slow time 404 Perkins/Albritton troubles again 418 Wallace/ Wallace Mogi/J oIly again could find good air-time 446 442 respec tively Nelson/Jackson managed make de cent pit stops engine setting too rich too slow produced 405 As things would have turned out fastest time con cluded first day flying After lot activity motel Sat urday night making repairs ships fix ing tired engines resoldering leaking fuel tanks like everyone retired await morn wasnt much started rain fairly early However stopped along about 830 gradually runways dried out Flying slightly delayed two top teams no trouble getting back groove Perkins/Aibritton turned 351 MeCollum/Kusik followed 357 complement other times round Ballard/C illott made sec ond bad error hard landing broke ship behind wingforcing retirement recording second no-time would force count slow time 431 anchor proved impossible lift Kelly/Hughes did 423 still moderate troubles Mogi/Jolly did finish Wallace/Wallace stuck pla teau 443 Jackson showed Henry new wrinkle fast shut-off takeoff thus nullifying good setting recording 409 time 408 next heat man aged preserve enough consistency save day Kelly/Hughes followed another 426 Ballard/Gillott did 408both too far behind make up last round Mogi/Jolly retired did complete heats Wallace/Wallace also remained 430s range remaining heats icing cake top three positions now determined Kelly/Hughes Bal lard/Gillott good times both re cording 402s bright spot two days flying three top teams showed flashes speeds capable recording decent times lack consistency repeated errors team Jackson/Nelson taking prize disconcerting will have eliminated team challenge Europeans nice touch seem ready willing work together ru mored first project put old Doc megavitamins hopes improv ing aging reflexes least make pos sible him spot Henry circle Anyway teams look capable good show 80 January1980 95 just somewhere among foam rubber Tim Gillot flew fron West Coast teamed up pilot John Ballard Missing heat might have undoing Jed Kusik two sKots above shows make fast pit stop Catching ship just side line segment doesnt have move feet place other side line pressure-fuel flip quick start Below Pilot action center John McCollum RI coming out pit JE Albritton LI passes over Gary Wallace cruises Speed Finals/Jackson Continued page 93 two flights first day quite consistentone 16221 sec ond 16160 mph alone would have qualified him first Sunday morning 3rd Round weather too cool humid thought took bye round As turned out Bob Spahrs engine running off its 165-plus mph laps did fly 4th Round recorded another flight 16192 mphthree very consistent flights three top fliers Schuette Lieber Spahr used assymetric side-winder designs Schuette Spahr used same inboard-engined design has seen frequently past Charlie uses outboard design molded fiberglass wings contrast hard aluminum wings Schuette RC World Champs/Radcliff Continued page 85 No 1 Phoenix 8 engine quit forced make down-wind landing wind blowing very hard landed fast airplane rolled rock pile dam aging underside breaking firewall loose After evenings repair whole crew back business next day solved engine problems both planes practice having engine troubles case once official competition began Dean Ko gers engine quit about half-way through first flight Dave Brown next fly engine quit last fly surprise engine ran great After further adjustments Deans Daves engines team no engine trouble Wind big factor contest very windy day believe reason success Phoenix 8 has definite advantage wind Going finals 5th place honest did feel stand ing would improve However finals over could hardly believe moved 5th 3rd Needless say very happy feel team learned lot WC Engines seem critical 5000 feet altitude Model airplanes fly different ly higher altitude South Africa wonderful conuntry people treated us fantastic organ ized very tight contest way finish 3rd world fantastic feeling no way could have done help lot super people equipment lot hard work believe podium both team championship dividual play national anthem realize what about Again thanks AMA members manufacturers supported team Once again showed world still No 1 Report Dean Koger US Team Member 12th Place trip South Africa 11th RC Aerobatics World Championships very surprising rewarding experience Johan nesburg modern city can found anywhere exactly what picture think Africa During first few days didnt see much countryside way practice field because driving left side road requires lot con centration youve never done before As gradually became pro reverse driving able look around see expressways shopping centers discount stores new hous ing developments etc would look right home anywhere country temperatures entire threeweek stay perfect dont know exactly what because use Celsius scale would guess typically 70s wind another story varied windy ridiculous day kept hop ing would quit never did several RC fields available practice used belonging Transvaal RC Fliers very nice paved strip apart inconvenience having occasionally chase cows off runway ideal practice site contest held Baragwanath Air port flying site provided bit disappointing flew off very very narrow about 15-ft full-size glider runway circles placed grass scraped off next runway ground oiled area quite rough provided very little roll-out area es sentially forced everyone take off land narrow glider runway passing through middle circle didnt turn out cause much trouble still less desirable situation judging good would hope World Championships two sets judges quite imbalanced high set low set thus low set minimal contribution outcome also thought judges did make efficient use scores available ex ample really good maneuver might scored 7 poor 6 lack dis crimination makes outcome depend ent other less important factors Obvious ly judges perform difficult thankless job really try best job possible After giving matter considerable thought believe following suggestions would make judges jobs easier future a Throw out high low scores set judges b Utilize half-point scoring c Select judges based ability rather politics d In same manner flash cards have improved judging spectator enjoy ment place judges name coun try back chair conclude would remiss did thank South Africans phenomi nal hospitality shown us during stay Barb will long remember beautiful coun try wonderful people met privilege represent United States very proud have brought first place team trophy back home MEUSERS FF DURATION COLUMN - This month left out would nt have squeeze big report EF World Championships couple time-sensitive items promised get elsewhere Take over Meuser Nominations Order Models Year no time lose nominations must January 1 NFFS Model Year Awards presented typically de signers models have achieved out standing track record competition models represent outstanding achieve ment development some sort also have received awards though havent won single contestFulton Hungerfords Walnut-Scale Ford Tn-Motor electricpower Mattel Super Star example Fur thermore awards have made nonmodels Peanut Scale Old-Timer movements Rossi 15 Cox 049-05 1 engines Seelig timers So let minds wander too long Write phone NFFS MOY Chairman Steve Geraghty 194 Vista Del Monte Los Gatos CA 95030 Pres entations awardees will appear 1980 Symposium Report can make 1980 Nats Model Mail-In Meat mentioned back June issue give planty time now zero-hour hand rules Use no balsa 3 6-in piece ordinary 1132 sheet slice up way like covering no 12 12-in sheet ordinary Japan ese tissue no superfine condenser paper Use wire plastic teflon rubber steel aluminum glue dope clay lead similar heavy materials like may use light-weight materials such styro foam microfilm helium hydrogen addi tional balsa tissue beyond specified Make size shape model like can glider rubber-powered Give model name supply simple set plans Prizes offered best duration unique unusual model best workman shipperhaps others Models cannot re turned theyll go good cause pro moting model aviation spend much time building model getting back big deal design incompatible spirit thing Mail models Earl Van Gorder 10 Brothers Road Wap pingers Falls NY 12590 sure get January 17 96 Model Aviation 11111 vev gui dli Lildi dlisium. 3 x 6-in piece 1/32-in balsa sheet square foot tissue 2nd place 1979 MidHudson Model Masters Mail-In Meet
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I NE WSLETTEIU ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS 1980-81 AMA SCALE & GENERAL RULES charts next two page spread identify basically new changed Scale General rules will become effective January 1 1980 Similar charts pre sented last month Radio Control Control Line Free Flight items chart acceptable results column changes additions 197879 rules applicable 1980-81 feated wont new rule book cases description rules change very general its possible go back issues Model v/at ion CN section get specifics original Basic Pro posals Cross-Pro posals Cross Proposals identified capital letter fol lowing proposal number 66A stance first Cross-Proposal Basic Pro posal 66 Scale Basic Proposals 1978 sues dated October 1-5 November 6-13 December 14-67 Scale Cross-Proposals 1979 issues dated May June General Basic Proposal Decem ber 1978 issue Cross-Proposal May 1979 issue SCALE CB OKAYS BYRON PIUS other action Scale Contest Board has approved rewording builder-of-the-model rule clarification pertaining Scale denied protest se lection US Scale Teams Nats considered general protest conduct RC Sport Scale 1979 Nats Byron Originals Pitts Special vote 7 1 abstention favor ap peal Dean Copeland concerning disqualifi cation entry Sport Scale 1979 National Contest Nats disqualification reversed based protest Brian Crossley model did comply builder-of-the-model rules Builder-of-the-model Rule Rewording Noting protest mentioned above seemed based misunderstanding intent rule Scale Contest Board Chairman 815 FIFTEENTH STREET NW Claude McCullough proposed rewording rule applied Scale events fol lows Builder Model Contest Director shall make reasonable effort assure himself flier has completely con structed models uses competi tion including covering used construct interpreted action re quired complete model starting no prefabrication amount used usual kit Kits containing large amount pre-fabrication permissible long final assembly parts covering and/or painting done builder Mod els completely prefabricated re quire few minutes unskilled effort completion shall excluded competition US Scale Team Selection board voted 9 0 against protest Ted White seeking invalidate US Scale Team selection 1979 Nats due purported irregularities judging especially concerning scale im pression speed General RC Sport Scale Protest Although no immediate relief sought concerning ac tions already having taken place board considered protest LP Jensen concern ing competency judges purported im proper use scale impression speed pur ported improper actions Contest Direc tor purported improper viewing models static judges board felt validity some points raised Jensen White should con sidered future application Nats other contests RC IIM ENGINE MOOS BANNED Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board response request Duane Gall RCCB has ruled allow certain en gine modifications Quarter Midget Pylon Racing issues 1 excessive use metal shims produced manufac tuer between upper lower parts crankcase change timing 2 use RC engine parts cataloged use Free Flight/Speed version include insert-type head available stock RC en gines produced manufacturer vote disallow measures seven three WASHINGTON DC 20005 ELIGIBLE RC PYLON RACE ENGINES Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board April 3 1979 letter sent AMA HQ representing RC Contest Board several engine manufacturers import ers letter solicited identification engines meet rules criteria three AMA racing categories fol lowing lists obtained replies Formula II 05 40 R/C World Engines 05 40 FSR World Engines 05 40 SR World Engines ST X-40 World Engines ST G21/40 World Engines OPS 40 Shamrock Competition Imports HB 4ORC Bavarian Precision Products HB 40 PDP Bavarian Precision Products Fox 40 engines Fox Manufacturing Co HP 40F series Midwest Model Supply HP 40R series Midwest Model Supply Profi Polks Hobbies Inc Enya 40 Std Model Rectifier Corp Enya 40 TV Model Rectifier Corp Enya 40 XTV Model Rectifier Corp Webra 1034 RC Model Rectifier Corp Webra 1036 P pylon Model Rectifier Corp Quarter Midget 05 15 R/C World Engines ST X-15 World Engines ST G15 World Engines HB 15RC Bavarian Precision Products Moki Polks Hobbies Inc Enya 15 IV TV Model Rectifier Corp Fox 15RC Fox Manufacturing Co AA Pylon G-Mark Polks Hobbies Inc Previously published acceptable shown above following Formula I/Il K&B SR II 65cc Series 75 K&B 40 R/C 1972 1973 1974 models Testor/ McCoy 40 R/C Quarter Midget Cox Con quest 15 R/C Rossi 15 R/C Rossi 15 ABC K&B 15 R/C Taipan 15 R/C widely known K&B Manufactur ing Cox Hobbies manufacture engines addition listed eligible AMA racing however no reply received listing engines Manufacturers importers engines listed should contact AMA HQ immedi ately wish claim legalityrequire ments minimum quantity carburetion etc vary according event 84 Model Aviation -V RC QUARTER MIDGET IDLE RULE REVISED EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board subject eliminating QM idle re quirement received extensive attention during recent rules change cycle Nine basic cross-proposals submitted issue After interim voting done single proposal RC-80-14B/23B Wayne Yeager remained addressing idle regulation Un fortunately proposal inappropriate limiting carburetor throat 205 excluded existing Cox-Perry carburetor Also exact wording suggested referred back RC-80-14 engine shutoff pro visions explicit Subsequently proposal defeated Final Voting leaving no satisfaction popular move ment eliminate idle rule response pleas Wayne Yeager Gail Jacobson find solution problem RCCB Chairman Joe Friend asked Yeager Jacobson confer other propose wording satisfying needs competitors saw also leaving intact safety measures lim itations affecting speed use pres ently acceptable equipment wording worked out Nats fol lows FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD Section 40RC Pylon Racing Quarter Midget Delete Rule 16Idle requirement Under Rule 46Carburetor shall sup plied engine specifically cataloged engine Add R/C type Add new paragraph Landing Require mentPilot must able idle engine back 5000 RPM less shut off completely radio control plane upright posi tion ground air withouj affect ing flight path direction upon given corn mand above submitted RCCB emergency proposal accepted 9 1 Immediate enforcement RC AEROBATICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Report Dave Bmwn US Teem Member 2nd Place World ChampionshipsSouth Africa 1979 experience will remembered forever us didnt know what ex pect South Africa upon arrival Jo hannesburg concerns quickly dispel led met Team Liai son Gerry Levy well John Brink John Mee Joe Studder Quickly through Cus toms tried hand driving DIRECTORY CONTEST COORDINATORS I Paul L Penney 8 Charlotte Dr Andover MA 01810 II R Sobrino 8726 88th St Woodhuven Oueens NY 11421 RC Richard Smith 300 Steko Ann Rochester NY 14815 RC Lawrence Londy 246 Ontario Sn. Lockport NY 14094 Ill Ken Reber RD 1 Nazareth PA 18064 Eat M Weisenbach 4568W 146th St cleveland OH 44135 West IV Warren Sanders Jr 9735 52nd Ann Collete Plc MD 20741 RC Ed Pitzwater 1920 Ardenwuod Ter Crofton MD 21114 V RCaan Charinne Pinlds 818 Main St SW New tllington SC 29809 RC Soaring Donna Deis 7409 Atwood Huntsville AL35802 FE Wallace Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Moottowery AL 36106 RC Pylon & Snaring RC Pattern other RC CLued RC euceps Soarinti VI Horrace Cain 828 Weidner Rd Buffalo Grout IL 60090 RC Ralph White Jr R R 1 Bun 324 Neoga IL 62447 VII John Evert 421 Walnut Lv Apple Valley MN 55124 West RC Len Roe 6539 Orchid Dr Jevison Ml 49428 East Ci & PE Debi Iwboff 524 Sinclair NP Grand Rapids Ml 49503 East VIII John Deanon 6205 Melinda Dr WautuugaTX 76148 RC Robert J Talley 3112 Lawrence Ann Nederlund TX 77627 lx Bill Eieda411 Barker Building Omaha NE 88102 RC George Hunter 6962 S Lamar St Littletot CD 80123 X Myrtle Coad Rn Boo 19 Lower Lake CA 95457 North Lee Poluosky 258 Iris Ave Goleta CA 93017 Sooth Prank Gowns 2241 Noah St Honolulu HI 96816 HI meets xl Don Dodd 3406 Belvidere Am SW Seattle WA 98126 RC Don Miller 24718 Summit-Landsburg Rasensdale WA 98051 left Seven days later after trips practice field driving well flying down pat Processing 24th went well us problem noise testing ready com pete least thought first day competition dawned tragedy struck sick could hard ly stand up Fortunately flight day after able get back hotel bed Gerry Levy came rescue doctor prescribed few dugs against bets exactly well able fly second day After disastrous first day 22nd place due being sick also due engine failure well throttle trim dummy started comeback second day after two flights leading held lead through qualifications during finals lost Wolfgang Matt lost heading during D----M Horrible 8 Oh well Ill try again Mexico can make team again team did great Mark finishing 3rd Dean 12th Dean suffered ad verse weather EU-i problems extremely turbulent air due its slower speed Too bad honestly feel could have finished 1-2-3 given few breaks judging weather judging relatively typical World Championshipsand needs some work example two highest qualifying flights came last round front set judges normally VERY low through rest contest feel throwing out high low scores per maneuver would very good idea particularly in ternational competition Also Jury made few suspect deci sions opinion due primarily fact its members fact written rules didnt seem care what words said knew what intended able convince others well dont feel decisions affected outcome contest something must improve future reason Jury interpret gray areas rules change specific ones Enough soapboxingthe South African World Championships great proud team member experi ence Ill never forget Thanks responsible special thanks team mates Don Lowe Mark Radcliff Dean Koger last least Gerry Levythe best team world RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD I Henry Struck RPO2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ann Lyndonvillo NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klulber 2021 Lakeland Am Lukewuod OH 44107 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny Jenkins 31125 Raines Rd Memphis TN 38118 VI Chris Mattuno B57B Ginger St John MO 63114 VII Phil Klintworth Jr 715 Rutgers Rd Rochester Ml 48063 VIII Mark Valerius 2302 Poweran Houston TX 77055 IXJerald Murphy 2432 Astron Colorado Springs C080906 X Joe Norcross 215W Santa Ana No 211A Clovis CA 93612 xl Ernie Lion 165s8 121st Ave SE RentonWA 98055 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I George Higgins PD Bus 482 North Pembroke MA 02388 II Bill Boss 7706 269th St. New Hyde Park NY 11040 Ill Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St. Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Ron McNally 6118 Bardu Ace Springfield VA 22152 V Dave Hemstraught PO Boo 171 Moncks Corner SC 29461 VI Bob BurnS 1758 N Natchec Chicago IL 60635 VII James Sinton 4941 Wiscovsin Am N New Hope MN 55428 VIII William R Lee 3522 Tamerisk Lv Missouri CityTX77459 IX Michael Tallwan 3014 Enchange Wichita KS 67217 X Pete Brueft 315 S Maria Ave Redondo Beach CA 90277 Xl Dan Ruthnrford4705237th Fl SE BothellWA98011 I Ed lazo 483 Piske St Holliston MA 01748 II Joe Friend 62 Joysan Tere Prnehold NJ 07728 Ill Dave Brown 8534 Huddleston Cincinnati OH 46236 IV Wayne Aberneshy 5221 Marlboro Pike Hillside MO 20027 V J Davis Jr 1813 S Lakeshore Dr Birmingham AL 35216 VI Mike Mueller 1531 Revere Cir Schaumburg IL 60193 VII Peter Waters 31219 Kendall Linonia Ml 48154 VIII Win 8 Thomas 331 SE Rockwood Bartlesoille OK 74003 IX Loren Tregellas 30038 Everett Wichita KS 67217 X Bill Northrop Jr 621 W 19th St Costa Mesa CA 92827 XI Ralph Brooke 3431 5 194th Seattle WA 98188 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Richard Sherman 28 High St Plywooth NH 03264 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14612 Ill Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St MeKeesport PA 15130 IV Bob Karlsson 2643 Marsh Rd Wilmington DE 19810 V David Plots 6940 NW 15th Pt Luoderdale PL 33313 VI Bob Onderwood4109 Concord Oak St Louis MO 63128 VII Claude MeCullouglt Bun 40 Montezuma IA 50171 VIII William H lrwin922 Sundown Lane Desoto TX 75115 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward Sc Omaha NE 68114 X Bill Stroman 12218 Dune St Norwalk CA 90650 Xl Earle Moorhead 275 S View Fl S. Salem OR 97302 Report Mark Redcliff US Teem Member 3rd PlacB have just returned 11th RC Aerobatics World Championships Johan nesburg South Africa must say rewarding competition have attended arrived JoBerg week ahead could get some practice 5000-ft al titude team gone Denver CO over Labor Day weekend just practice altitude must say paid off well adjusted altitude arrived SA however practice session nearly disaster Both No 1 No 2 planes prob lems engine quitting during transi tion low high throttle nearly lost CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don Lindlny 420 Tupelo Napernille IL 60540 Continued page 96 January1980 85 Bold Pace Belom Indicates Chairman Contest Board SCALE CONTEST BOARD 0o FINAL VOTEEzo 1980-81 COMPETITION RULES lt EoU~ - ofVOtO ~ Acceptable N NotAccpbIe200O0~4O o~E wOL~oOOnZTally II Ill IV V VI VII VIII IX X Xl [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 66I66AEstablish Scale General Rules requiring declaration suc cessful flight completion differing kind model NorthropAAAAAAAAAAAAil ON Platt 59Unified Rules Require list parts made entrantAAAAAAANAAAA1OA 1 N McCullough 2RC Precision Eliminate contestant class system PlahnA A AA A AA Ail ON [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 61/61 ARC Precision Redefine straight flight out return parallel spectator safety line reword Fig 8 Traffic A A A A A A Ail ON approach landing associate track Mccullough Mccullough [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 60Precision Sport RC& CL Require dummy pilot figure inAAAAAAAAANAAiOA1N flight Mccullough 65RC Precision Sport Require dummy pilot figure flightAAAAAAAAANAAbA iN Northrop [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 58/58ARC Precision Sport State desirability require-AAAAAAAAAAAAi iA ON ment mixing classes flight order DAttilio 62Precision Sport RC & CL Instead separate special rule book events allow CDs schedule special events scale modelsAAAAAAAAAAAAil ON specific classifications Mccullough li/il A/il BRC Precision Sport Establish judges guide in-AAAAAAANAAAAi OA iN cluding revisions cross-proposals Preston/D Attilio/Preston 67/67A/67BSailplanes Establish new Sport Scale RC Sailplane category embodying specific flight task 50/50 static/flight balance utilizing existing Sport Scale static judgingmodified A A A A A AiiAON 12Increase static judging distance eliminate references A A A A A A AiOA ON non-judged items Preston Rank order preference 49Dont consider cockpit cabin interiors static judging AAA AAAAAAAAAil ON consider visible detailing Johnson 13Craftsmanship score consider quality quantity work AAA AAAANAAAAi QA iN done entrant excluding purchased items Preston 5i/5iAAllow up three scale operations including multi- AAA AAAAAAAAAilA ON engines used Arvin/DAttilio 50Allow CD require demonstration RC scale operations Single engine limit cu Single engine max weight pounds A A A A A AiiAON 86 Model Aviation same 3-views Leuley/DAttiIioJ 0 S N Aj AlOAiN ground Arvin engine limits decided separately ' Ii C U C U I A A I Al Al AiiAON SCALE CONTEST BOARD FINAL VOTE Cont Single engine max weight pounds Multi-Engine limit cu Multi-Engine max weight pounds 313FAMinimum model requirements 1 least 1 displacement 2 Scale least 2-7/8 Weight least 15 lbs fuel Karlsson 3/3FBProhibit entry model both Sport Scale Giant Scale events same contest Karlsson A A A N A AbA iN 14/14AFF Gas Adopt Unified Scale Judging rules pertaining sub-AAAAAAAAANAA10A iN stitution interior detail documentation McCombs/McCullough 56/56A/56B/56C/56DEstablish unified Indoor Outdoor Rubber rules incorporating cross-proposal revisions Srull/DeCarlis/Schanzle/AAAAAAAAAAAAil ON Clemens/Srull 145No scoring details inside cockpit edging canopy Note Proposals passing Final Vote margin two-thirds among voting nearest whole number become new AMA com petition rules effective January 1 1980 blank box means no vote cast COMBINED CONTEST BOARD FINAL VOTEFFFree Flight Contest Board Cu FOR 1980-81 COMPETITION RULESRCRadio Control Contest Board2Result SCScale Contest Boardof Vote CLControl Line Contest Board ptableand N AcceptableTally II Ill IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI 8ANational AMA Records Allow flier claim record byFF A A A A submitting Contest Director submitting record application CD signature altemately simply statement R A A A A A facts flier either case must done within 14 days latter record application must also SC A A A A A 36A iN submitted 14-day limit MeuserCL AA AA AA Note Proposals passing Contest Board margin two-thirds among voting nearest whole number become new AMA competition rules effective January 1 1980 blank box means no vote cast January1980 87 A A A A A A11AON IA IA IA IA IA IA IA IA I AilAON IA IA jA j IA jA jA jAjN [ Ai0AiN I Noscoringfordetails insideotcockpitedgingor I A I I I N j AbA iN Combat Team Trials St Louis Mo September 14-16 name game fly matches Until youre team lose three times Granderson Buckstaff Cleveland Will represent US 1980 Combat World Championships Charlie Johnson CONTROL LINE COMBAT TEAM FINALS JUST getting half fun Thats really true fly FAI Combat take lust weekend off compete con test 1500 miles away West Coast contin gent flew St Louis commercial jet made trip van car person motorcycle 800 miles us met airport Fri day afternoon least werent plagued autograph hounds thrill seekers reporters main concern getting model boxes renting enough cars transport everything Drury Inn Team Trials HQ also about 30 miles airport nature FAI Combat struc ture Team Trials meant sure having enough equipment last through triple eliminationsusing two models per bout contestant would need about dozen models plus supporting gear still sounds like no problem until try getting dozen models strong box past baggage check-in theyd love slap extra charge guys driving didnt have easy either Texans came up Bill Lees van 58 models plus gallons fuel helmets pitting boxes two spares everything Bill did say roomier way home since good number models laid rest on-in-and-all-over St Louis landscape Somehow model boxes pulled clutches baggage hand lers everyone road made safely pilots meeting Friday night Bo nanza Steak House banquet room reserved meeting since local St Louis club used same facilities de cided make good impression eat everything sight meeting classic Paul Smith chairman Combat Team Selec tion Committee really done home work preparations meet amazing see hard some people tried NOT understand contest worked waitress caught right off fly matches until youre team lose three times wasnt too swift about other things giv ing Pauls steak someone else Chuck Thomas Contest Director meet Paul did admirable job fielding some tough what questions 88 Model Aviation Top The happy winners team positions dusk George Cleveland left repeat team member Phil Granderson center Sher wood Hat Buckstaff consistent Combat winners Granderson undefeated 70 Team Finals Cleveland Buckstaff lost match 6-1 Fox 15 engines dominated event though top placer Granderson used Supertigre X-15 Left Phil Cartier holds Mike Strieter fuels Bill Harris looks before matchHarris models said indestructable meet ground cowered flew says author Right Debbie lmhoff tries take Mack Hairys mind off models Dont strip blind nuts Mack Left Mack Henry waiting spare modelengine running ready go soon ship air down streamer can ex changed Hardest job watching primary models figuring out downed model chase Right Two-thirds Detroit Combat Team L-R Paul Smith Chuck Rudner pitting other third Ron Colombo out view handle Colombo 2nd alternate would have perfect game show Just someone would come up what looked like perfect loophole either Paul Chuck would slam door perfect ex planation facts supposed another set FAI rules way Would different what using What will happen ow waitress table caught fly matches until youre team have lost three Everyone soon tired play ing Stump Officials left some much needed sleep weather St Louis really great temperature 70s no wind clear sky almost no humidity St Louis Team Trials held Buder Park two years ago site has room about dozen circles first two hours Saturday used practice quite sight see FAI Combat ships flying time25000 rpm direction Practice ended everyone satis fled equipment working up expec tations because official decree streamers werent ready crew fran tically work making up enough Hurri cane Frederick blamed Its just well streamers werent ready offi cials werent quite ready go either None timers helpers previous Team Trials hand ONE Team Trials enough satisfy curiosity Some local RC club members donated two days time help out plus few friends flierssome drove over 500 miles own expense just help officiate now know what locals found out two years ago about later contestants divided threeman teams during Friday evening meeting Guys worked team wouldnt have fly other until theyd flown other pilot helped strategy some made no difference others After round begun contestant flew until hed won match lost three Thus possible few entrants lose out very early meet losing three straight 1-2 record stood Once underway became apparent would some excellent flying lot griping Only two circle marshalls Chuck Thomas Mike Strieter lot Combat experience Contestants served back-up timers occasionally Jury mem rs Due similarity models very difficult tell plane another after streamer cut down nub Pit crews couldnt tell plane hit ground happened several times pit crew ran over retrieved WRONG streamer sigh relief heard timers Bosta other distinctive model match because made jobs much easier high-point match taken George Cleveland 688 362 Bob Burch 688 super score Bobs 362 would have good enough beat Phil Granderson five out seven matches course Phil won matches because didnt let opponent score much good matches during two days including Cleveland vs Burch joust Dick Stubblefield also flew real corker against Burch winning 616 Burchs 330 Bob didnt make team did ever put show trying Howard Rush did some amazing low-level maneuvering avoid Dick Stubblefield match won 356 352 heart-breaking loss meet Ron Colombos second loss Cleveland Colombo enough lead allow George privilege cutting nub off still winning 200 points Ron hav ing no part giving up cuts found himself checking out turf trying evade George instant Ron forgot fly ing FAI Combat left circle clearing handle lines putting January1980 89 Left Chuck Thomas air horn rule book countdown cards paid own way Everett WA Contest Director parttime circle marshall Center Neal White show-stopper Bosta ST X-15 end mini-pipe Planes elliptical planform made easy judges pit crews flew Right Bob Rules very high aspect-ratio model unique twin rudders Rossi engine Trimming said problem insufficient strength such long wing Bob folded just before Team Finals photos Charlie Johnson Combat Finals Continued helmet line infraction alone lost him chance team pictures youll deduce winning models wood construction Mylar covering Wing areas 350-plus inches square Texans claimed have models 12-1 3-az bracket also some real strong Fox iSs Stubblefields looked best rest claimed have 300 rpm faster opinion superior model/engine meet Neal Whites Bosta/Rossi closely followed Stubblefields Fox-powered model Phil Granderson the top three didnt use Fox powerhad Supertigre X-l5son planes saw variation prop tried Tal pan 7-4 proved popular safest wide hub Tornado seen stretch shed blades Texans high-revving Fox engines lost several props Most contestants used 015 lines rather 012 popular two years ago Several used heavy-duty Laystrate lines favored Europeans lines use three heavy strands rather seven found 015s three strands soldered together rigid feel just about unbreakable situations Team Trials did accomplish its pri mary goal select best possible US team No can argue about credentials 1980 team members George Cleveland repeat winner other two have incredible amount experience tween As previously mentioned rough spots Team Trialsin opinion due organization non-coop eration few contestants Everyone helped did free bit diffi culty identifying models during close-in com bat after streamers cut nub some question about amount air-time per contestant very close match maybe should system matches less S-point difference reflown ad hoc Jury decide whether contestant kept disabled model airborne intentionally also question airworthiness couple models observation everyone helped did best job possible receives word praise least Lets support 1980 team group has super chance sweeping Team Individual World Championships Poland 1980 Start making plans improve 1981 Team Trials volunteering time energy make success OFFICIAL STANDINGS 1st Place Phil Granderson won-lost 7-0 Defeated Rule Lane lmhoff Rudner Smith Cleveland Curtis 2nd Place Sherwood Buckstaff 6-1 De feated Youngblood Henry Lopez Rudner Frost Colombo Lost Curtis 3rd Place George Cleveland 6-1 Defeat ed Smith Burch Rush Curtis Colom bo Colombo 2nd matching Lost Granderson 4th Place Paul Curtis 6-3 Defeated Hill Henry King Stubblefield Rush Buckstaff Lost Frost Cleveland Grand erson 5th Place Ron Colombo 5-3 Defeated Harris Hill Fentress Rush Frost Lost Cleveland Buckstaff Cleveland 6th Place Paul Smith 4-3 6th Place Howard Rush 4-3 6th Place Gary Frost 4-3 9th Place Chuck Rudner 3-3 9th Place Richard Stubblefield 3-3 11th Place Dick lmhoff 2-3 11th Place Joe King 2-3 11th Place Ernie Lane 2-3 11th Place Rich Lopez 2-3 15th Place Bob Burch 1-3 15th Place Gary Fentress 1-3 15th Place Mack Henry 1-3 15th Place Larry Hill 1-3 15th Place Neal White 1-3 15th Place Stan Youngblood 1-3 21st Place Phil Cartier 0-3 21st Place Bill Harris 0-3 21st Place Bob Rule 10-3 Did not fly Hill Jack Johnson McDonald Team Standings Texas/Lou isiana B uckstaff Cleveland Stubblefield Detroit Combat Team Colombo Smith Rudner win-lose 6-1 6-1 33 15-5 - - 5-3 4-3 3-3 12-9 Nashville Jive Granderson Henry Hill 7-0 1-3 1-3 9-6 MATCH STATISTICS FOR TOP FIVE Granderson 7-0 Buckstaff 6-1 Cleveland 6-1 Curtis 6-3 Colombo 5-3 Points 2444 2118 2506 2438 2892 Points Against 1180 420 1802 2326 1836 Difference 1264 1698 704 112 1056 Avg Margin 180 242 101 12 132 90 Model Aviation Left Dick Stubblefield checks out log book fleet planes Texans got 58 models van lots room return trip Right Bill Lea MA CL Racing contributing editor comes plane fixerspent 10 minutes getting perfect alignment Stubblefield planeonly tacked place Hot Stuffteam member tweaked strengthyep broke off Above Phil Cartier readies Gary Frosts mod 1 Phils kit Frost cut bit add fuel capacity Fox 50% nitro wouldnt make five minutesBelow Jim Ong walks off two Ex-Force planes after George Clevelands match Joe King has salvagable part push-rod quick link Rich Lopez seen use variet models engineshad good success Super tigre X-15s Cox iSs set up Roger Theobald Rossi pistons Speed event split between two sitesDayton OH Santa Ana CA team member se lection Team Race totally Dayton Though number par ticipants small competition fierce Resulting team mem bers Speed Chuck Schuette Charles Lieber Bob Spahr Team Race Perkins/Albritton McCollum/Kusik Jackson/Nel son 1980 Control Line World Championships will encom pass events plus Aerobatics Combat scheduled sub ject confirmation FAI ClAM Poland SPEED & CONTROL LINE TEAM RACE TEAM FINALS Dr Laird Jackson DAYTON inactive runways Wright-Patterson Air Force Base venue British would say 5/8 US Control Line FAI Team Trials over Labor Day weekend 1979 5/8 because 1/8 half Speed Trials held Santa Ana CA Cox Hobbies parking lot same time three hours later remaining quarter constituted Combat portion CL Team selection process held little later St Louis CN Combat Team Finals reported separately issue CL Aerobatics Team Finalsheld conjunction CL Team Race eastern half CL Speed Team Finalswas reported last month Wright-Patterson AFB has excellent facili ties official flying practice Arrange ments site made Keith Trostle president PAMPA Colonel Bob Cordle member Dayton Buzzin Buzzards Club flying site excellent space galore super coop eration Air Force local modelers plus close-by motels should also mention fine coopera tion Cox Hobbies support num erous people West Coast area Joe Klause served Contest Director able help Bill Wisniewski Roger Theo baldand Im sure others Back east Dayton Bill Wright con ducted Team Race Speed events help Carl Dodge plus administrative help Henry Nelson Doc Jackson number people volunteered ser vices both areas its because dont know names dont men tion As always meets take great deal effort put design contest entries Speed Teem Finals apparently variation copy plane shown top picture John Newtons ship top three eastern half event bottom left pic ture L-R Bob Heminway charles Lieber cliff Norman Lieber won team spot oth er two team positions came western half shown photo below LR Chuck Schuette Bob Spahr West coast TF pictures Charlie Johnson 92 Model Aviation SPEED THIS event split two sites accom modate number West Coast fliers conducted rounds both sites two rounds being flown both Saturday Sunday best two times counted fliers average position final standings Since East Coast flights about three hours before West Coast lets take look Dayton event first Charlie Lieber member 1978 Speed Team known have good potential making years team Bob Heminway has flown Charlie past making come-back try member 1974 Speed Team counted definite possibility Clif ton Norman also showing promise reports some engines running very fast bench reliable airplane fuel system set-up using Emil Rumples World Championship model design bits pieces made either Emil 1978 World Champion Jurgen Lenzen Two other participants ex pected John Camp Michigan Ed Gif ford ot New Jersey final results pretty much bore out predictions Lieber Heminway Norman posted good flights Camp Gifford lagged behind various difficulties preventing put ting up official flights An unfortunate note after Cliff Normans official flying found engines oversized happens too often Rossi engines mixes internal parts effort find good running combination Bob Heminway using Charlie Liebers 1978 speed shells molded fiberglass wing Charlie makes tank set-up similar used both Char lie Cliff Norman hard tank crankcase pressure Rumple fuel switch Bobs engines ran afoul displacement problem also other engine okay able record official times though very good ones Charlie Lieber certainly smoothest flying set-up seen East Coast site own difficulties getting good engine runs settings Both first flights two days suffered prob lems engine going decidedly off song resulting poor time However quick test flight found proper needle valve set ting way extremely criti cal able record flights both days 141-sec 1-kilometer run speed 25532 km/hr Which comes out just about 158 mph excellent time both runs started out much fast er definite slowing about mid-point run serious sag ging lean last two 10 laps re quired Although us flying east unable contact West Coast people during contest felt sure Liebers time would hold up place team turned out true Charlies time second overall standings Calls Sunday night Joe Klause Chuck Schuette gave us results West Coast say least inter esting contest featured much warmer dryer weather Dayton Dayton weather humid times mid high SOs Saturday quite cool weather rains morning Sunday temperature never got above low 70s during flying portion day As Dayton five fliers participat ing Santa Ana site Senior flier Doug Hinkley apparently using Rumple-style set-up air plane able record flight 14193 mph excellent Doug represents large increase over past perform ances certainly has stuck event has made great strides improvements fourth place West Coast Luke Roy Luke has developed bladder pressure fuel system used West Coast fliers consists ball valve check pressure feed similar developed Jim Walker pressure unseat valve open up fuel flow generated crankcase pressure opened timed pressure tap off rear valve dri en valve system seems work hints kinks have worked out resulting inconsistency end second day Luke unable get fourth flight might very well have put average high enough place team As ended up average 15374 mph fourth place West Coast Third place West Coast went John Newton averaged 15452 flights around mark of ficials Second West Coast standings third overall went Bob Spahr has done past used Perils Pauline approach getting official place ap parently some engine runs ab solutely superb least portion flight felt over 165 mph ran out fuel did have official about 158 mph finally last flight Sunday managed get flight 153 average over 155 mph contrast Chuck Schuette flew some fast flights easily qualified team Continued page 96 Team Race Team Finals next page January1980 93 Above Left L-R Col Bob Cordle Carl Dodge mixing FAI fuel Dayton Above Right Bill Wisniewski second left checks engine dis placement computation L-R Roger Theobald Maurice Hinckley Joe Klause look After checking stroke said unison better have awfully small piston didl Below Left Luke Roy cranks starter Maurice Hinckley looks see son Doug ready flight Below Middle John Camp brought wife family help out still couldnt get official clocking Below Right Doug Hinckley Senior Age flier doing real well Speed competitionhere holding back load engine hopefully get pipe TEAM RACE nt rounds fly over two days superbly run Bill Wright kept contest mov ing smoothly relatively small number entries eight teams appearing dropping out after practice day Jim Joy came new pilot partner BB Brown BB managed permanently retract landing gear both models during practice made difficult compete brought large supply ultra-short propellersl left seven entrants headed Perkins/Albritton practice seemed have consistent high speed best chance winning competition Veteran team contenders John McCollum Jed Kusik formed new partnership Jed doing pit work John flying also decent air speed com bined Jeds usual quick pit work Tim Gillott John Ballard made long distance team Nationals Lincoln NE first place posi tion decided tb go combination again Team Trials Long time competitor Al Kelly now pitting young Bill Hughes Chicago area contrast performance early year seemed have found speed range needed competitive addition three veteran teams teams veterans depend ing upon outlook appeared Gary Wallace now teamed up brother Springfield MO Jim Jolly father two-time World Champs competitor Larry Jolly pilot Ken Mogi Finally migrant engine manufacturer Henry Nelson moved east instead west thus disregarding familiar advice desparation taken oldest living Race pilot team heard vocally suffering therefrom Nonetheless Henrys engines manfully struggling drag balsa anchors through air disasters practice having cleaned patched up Saturday dawned nice clear promise some good races Bill Wright ran tight ship after meeting Friday night flying generally clean no fragrant fouls nobody getting away something advantage Perkins/Aibritton first up heat Kusik/McCollum Ballard/G illott Perkins combined excellent pitwork good needle settings fine piloting iE record 350 time followed closely John Jed 354 Ballard/Gillott engine setting problems requiring extra pit stop difficulties dropped badly 431 time second heat first round saw Kelly/Hughes get some fairly decent speed bit under-com pression early tanks recorded 414 time Nelson/Jackson fairly good setting Jacksons piloting managed create enough disaster reduce time 41O Mogi/Jolly difficulties setting running-inthey didnt finish left Wallace/Wallace finish round three-man heat two teams starting off second round McCollum/Kusik Ballard/Gillott Unfortunately Ballard/Gillott gone off field make some repairs 94 Model Aviation US team 1980 Team Race World Championships Standing L-R Henry Nelson Doc Jackson Jed Kusik John McCollum Kneeling Walt Perkins JE Aibritton Walt Perkins missed catch note closed finger-grip shot left subsequent chase runback right cost teem about 10 seconds Mistakes can ruin ewen best teams chances starting gun John Ballard JE Albritton Bill Hughes ready position center failed appear call resulting no-time being recorded haunt later final totals scored average three times team after discarding teams best time its two worst times So although allows throw out bad times does allow luxury deliberately discard ing bad times least until late corn petition heat went off Wallace/Wallace Nelson/Jackson flying Round 2 McCoIlum Kusik got decent time 359 Jackson managed pull bad piloting error bad shutoff belated tempt get airplane resulted bounce well over Henrys outstretched arm upside down airplane split prop tip Wallace/Wallace unable get decent setting remainder round also marked difficulties Mogi/Jolly could find air-speed Perkins/Aibritton missed catch Wallace/Wallace no-time An unfortunate incident occurred involving Kelly/Hughes tail end round Ballard/C illott trying put flight beginning 3rd Round pit-stops during race both airplanes quit about same time Bill Hughes following John Ballard pits Tim Gil ott first circle airplanes came Kelly waiting two segments fur ther around Gillott just barely caught air plane still forwarded ex tended arm air Hughes airplane collided made difficult decision Bill Wright made judg ment could disqualified Kelly/Hughes giving Ballard re-fly Tim made best re-fly posting fastest time 359 good setting two quick pits Others round managed hold positions McCollum/Kusik fairly slow time 404 Perkins/Albritton troubles again 418 Wallace/ Wallace Mogi/J oIly again could find good air-time 446 442 respec tively Nelson/Jackson managed make de cent pit stops engine setting too rich too slow produced 405 As things would have turned out fastest time con cluded first day flying After lot activity motel Sat urday night making repairs ships fix ing tired engines resoldering leaking fuel tanks like everyone retired await morn wasnt much started rain fairly early However stopped along about 830 gradually runways dried out Flying slightly delayed two top teams no trouble getting back groove Perkins/Aibritton turned 351 MeCollum/Kusik followed 357 complement other times round Ballard/C illott made sec ond bad error hard landing broke ship behind wingforcing retirement recording second no-time would force count slow time 431 anchor proved impossible lift Kelly/Hughes did 423 still moderate troubles Mogi/Jolly did finish Wallace/Wallace stuck pla teau 443 Jackson showed Henry new wrinkle fast shut-off takeoff thus nullifying good setting recording 409 time 408 next heat man aged preserve enough consistency save day Kelly/Hughes followed another 426 Ballard/Gillott did 408both too far behind make up last round Mogi/Jolly retired did complete heats Wallace/Wallace also remained 430s range remaining heats icing cake top three positions now determined Kelly/Hughes Bal lard/Gillott good times both re cording 402s bright spot two days flying three top teams showed flashes speeds capable recording decent times lack consistency repeated errors team Jackson/Nelson taking prize disconcerting will have eliminated team challenge Europeans nice touch seem ready willing work together ru mored first project put old Doc megavitamins hopes improv ing aging reflexes least make pos sible him spot Henry circle Anyway teams look capable good show 80 January1980 95 just somewhere among foam rubber Tim Gillot flew fron West Coast teamed up pilot John Ballard Missing heat might have undoing Jed Kusik two sKots above shows make fast pit stop Catching ship just side line segment doesnt have move feet place other side line pressure-fuel flip quick start Below Pilot action center John McCollum RI coming out pit JE Albritton LI passes over Gary Wallace cruises Speed Finals/Jackson Continued page 93 two flights first day quite consistentone 16221 sec ond 16160 mph alone would have qualified him first Sunday morning 3rd Round weather too cool humid thought took bye round As turned out Bob Spahrs engine running off its 165-plus mph laps did fly 4th Round recorded another flight 16192 mphthree very consistent flights three top fliers Schuette Lieber Spahr used assymetric side-winder designs Schuette Spahr used same inboard-engined design has seen frequently past Charlie uses outboard design molded fiberglass wings contrast hard aluminum wings Schuette RC World Champs/Radcliff Continued page 85 No 1 Phoenix 8 engine quit forced make down-wind landing wind blowing very hard landed fast airplane rolled rock pile dam aging underside breaking firewall loose After evenings repair whole crew back business next day solved engine problems both planes practice having engine troubles case once official competition began Dean Ko gers engine quit about half-way through first flight Dave Brown next fly engine quit last fly surprise engine ran great After further adjustments Deans Daves engines team no engine trouble Wind big factor contest very windy day believe reason success Phoenix 8 has definite advantage wind Going finals 5th place honest did feel stand ing would improve However finals over could hardly believe moved 5th 3rd Needless say very happy feel team learned lot WC Engines seem critical 5000 feet altitude Model airplanes fly different ly higher altitude South Africa wonderful conuntry people treated us fantastic organ ized very tight contest way finish 3rd world fantastic feeling no way could have done help lot super people equipment lot hard work believe podium both team championship dividual play national anthem realize what about Again thanks AMA members manufacturers supported team Once again showed world still No 1 Report Dean Koger US Team Member 12th Place trip South Africa 11th RC Aerobatics World Championships very surprising rewarding experience Johan nesburg modern city can found anywhere exactly what picture think Africa During first few days didnt see much countryside way practice field because driving left side road requires lot con centration youve never done before As gradually became pro reverse driving able look around see expressways shopping centers discount stores new hous ing developments etc would look right home anywhere country temperatures entire threeweek stay perfect dont know exactly what because use Celsius scale would guess typically 70s wind another story varied windy ridiculous day kept hop ing would quit never did several RC fields available practice used belonging Transvaal RC Fliers very nice paved strip apart inconvenience having occasionally chase cows off runway ideal practice site contest held Baragwanath Air port flying site provided bit disappointing flew off very very narrow about 15-ft full-size glider runway circles placed grass scraped off next runway ground oiled area quite rough provided very little roll-out area es sentially forced everyone take off land narrow glider runway passing through middle circle didnt turn out cause much trouble still less desirable situation judging good would hope World Championships two sets judges quite imbalanced high set low set thus low set minimal contribution outcome also thought judges did make efficient use scores available ex ample really good maneuver might scored 7 poor 6 lack dis crimination makes outcome depend ent other less important factors Obvious ly judges perform difficult thankless job really try best job possible After giving matter considerable thought believe following suggestions would make judges jobs easier future a Throw out high low scores set judges b Utilize half-point scoring c Select judges based ability rather politics d In same manner flash cards have improved judging spectator enjoy ment place judges name coun try back chair conclude would remiss did thank South Africans phenomi nal hospitality shown us during stay Barb will long remember beautiful coun try wonderful people met privilege represent United States very proud have brought first place team trophy back home MEUSERS FF DURATION COLUMN - This month left out would nt have squeeze big report EF World Championships couple time-sensitive items promised get elsewhere Take over Meuser Nominations Order Models Year no time lose nominations must January 1 NFFS Model Year Awards presented typically de signers models have achieved out standing track record competition models represent outstanding achieve ment development some sort also have received awards though havent won single contestFulton Hungerfords Walnut-Scale Ford Tn-Motor electricpower Mattel Super Star example Fur thermore awards have made nonmodels Peanut Scale Old-Timer movements Rossi 15 Cox 049-05 1 engines Seelig timers So let minds wander too long Write phone NFFS MOY Chairman Steve Geraghty 194 Vista Del Monte Los Gatos CA 95030 Pres entations awardees will appear 1980 Symposium Report can make 1980 Nats Model Mail-In Meat mentioned back June issue give planty time now zero-hour hand rules Use no balsa 3 6-in piece ordinary 1132 sheet slice up way like covering no 12 12-in sheet ordinary Japan ese tissue no superfine condenser paper Use wire plastic teflon rubber steel aluminum glue dope clay lead similar heavy materials like may use light-weight materials such styro foam microfilm helium hydrogen addi tional balsa tissue beyond specified Make size shape model like can glider rubber-powered Give model name supply simple set plans Prizes offered best duration unique unusual model best workman shipperhaps others Models cannot re turned theyll go good cause pro moting model aviation spend much time building model getting back big deal design incompatible spirit thing Mail models Earl Van Gorder 10 Brothers Road Wap pingers Falls NY 12590 sure get January 17 96 Model Aviation 11111 vev gui dli Lildi dlisium. 3 x 6-in piece 1/32-in balsa sheet square foot tissue 2nd place 1979 MidHudson Model Masters Mail-In Meet
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I NE WSLETTEIU ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS 1980-81 AMA SCALE & GENERAL RULES charts next two page spread identify basically new changed Scale General rules will become effective January 1 1980 Similar charts pre sented last month Radio Control Control Line Free Flight items chart acceptable results column changes additions 197879 rules applicable 1980-81 feated wont new rule book cases description rules change very general its possible go back issues Model v/at ion CN section get specifics original Basic Pro posals Cross-Pro posals Cross Proposals identified capital letter fol lowing proposal number 66A stance first Cross-Proposal Basic Pro posal 66 Scale Basic Proposals 1978 sues dated October 1-5 November 6-13 December 14-67 Scale Cross-Proposals 1979 issues dated May June General Basic Proposal Decem ber 1978 issue Cross-Proposal May 1979 issue SCALE CB OKAYS BYRON PIUS other action Scale Contest Board has approved rewording builder-of-the-model rule clarification pertaining Scale denied protest se lection US Scale Teams Nats considered general protest conduct RC Sport Scale 1979 Nats Byron Originals Pitts Special vote 7 1 abstention favor ap peal Dean Copeland concerning disqualifi cation entry Sport Scale 1979 National Contest Nats disqualification reversed based protest Brian Crossley model did comply builder-of-the-model rules Builder-of-the-model Rule Rewording Noting protest mentioned above seemed based misunderstanding intent rule Scale Contest Board Chairman 815 FIFTEENTH STREET NW Claude McCullough proposed rewording rule applied Scale events fol lows Builder Model Contest Director shall make reasonable effort assure himself flier has completely con structed models uses competi tion including covering used construct interpreted action re quired complete model starting no prefabrication amount used usual kit Kits containing large amount pre-fabrication permissible long final assembly parts covering and/or painting done builder Mod els completely prefabricated re quire few minutes unskilled effort completion shall excluded competition US Scale Team Selection board voted 9 0 against protest Ted White seeking invalidate US Scale Team selection 1979 Nats due purported irregularities judging especially concerning scale im pression speed General RC Sport Scale Protest Although no immediate relief sought concerning ac tions already having taken place board considered protest LP Jensen concern ing competency judges purported im proper use scale impression speed pur ported improper actions Contest Direc tor purported improper viewing models static judges board felt validity some points raised Jensen White should con sidered future application Nats other contests RC IIM ENGINE MOOS BANNED Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board response request Duane Gall RCCB has ruled allow certain en gine modifications Quarter Midget Pylon Racing issues 1 excessive use metal shims produced manufac tuer between upper lower parts crankcase change timing 2 use RC engine parts cataloged use Free Flight/Speed version include insert-type head available stock RC en gines produced manufacturer vote disallow measures seven three WASHINGTON DC 20005 ELIGIBLE RC PYLON RACE ENGINES Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board April 3 1979 letter sent AMA HQ representing RC Contest Board several engine manufacturers import ers letter solicited identification engines meet rules criteria three AMA racing categories fol lowing lists obtained replies Formula II 05 40 R/C World Engines 05 40 FSR World Engines 05 40 SR World Engines ST X-40 World Engines ST G21/40 World Engines OPS 40 Shamrock Competition Imports HB 4ORC Bavarian Precision Products HB 40 PDP Bavarian Precision Products Fox 40 engines Fox Manufacturing Co HP 40F series Midwest Model Supply HP 40R series Midwest Model Supply Profi Polks Hobbies Inc Enya 40 Std Model Rectifier Corp Enya 40 TV Model Rectifier Corp Enya 40 XTV Model Rectifier Corp Webra 1034 RC Model Rectifier Corp Webra 1036 P pylon Model Rectifier Corp Quarter Midget 05 15 R/C World Engines ST X-15 World Engines ST G15 World Engines HB 15RC Bavarian Precision Products Moki Polks Hobbies Inc Enya 15 IV TV Model Rectifier Corp Fox 15RC Fox Manufacturing Co AA Pylon G-Mark Polks Hobbies Inc Previously published acceptable shown above following Formula I/Il K&B SR II 65cc Series 75 K&B 40 R/C 1972 1973 1974 models Testor/ McCoy 40 R/C Quarter Midget Cox Con quest 15 R/C Rossi 15 R/C Rossi 15 ABC K&B 15 R/C Taipan 15 R/C widely known K&B Manufactur ing Cox Hobbies manufacture engines addition listed eligible AMA racing however no reply received listing engines Manufacturers importers engines listed should contact AMA HQ immedi ately wish claim legalityrequire ments minimum quantity carburetion etc vary according event 84 Model Aviation -V RC QUARTER MIDGET IDLE RULE REVISED EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board subject eliminating QM idle re quirement received extensive attention during recent rules change cycle Nine basic cross-proposals submitted issue After interim voting done single proposal RC-80-14B/23B Wayne Yeager remained addressing idle regulation Un fortunately proposal inappropriate limiting carburetor throat 205 excluded existing Cox-Perry carburetor Also exact wording suggested referred back RC-80-14 engine shutoff pro visions explicit Subsequently proposal defeated Final Voting leaving no satisfaction popular move ment eliminate idle rule response pleas Wayne Yeager Gail Jacobson find solution problem RCCB Chairman Joe Friend asked Yeager Jacobson confer other propose wording satisfying needs competitors saw also leaving intact safety measures lim itations affecting speed use pres ently acceptable equipment wording worked out Nats fol lows FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD Section 40RC Pylon Racing Quarter Midget Delete Rule 16Idle requirement Under Rule 46Carburetor shall sup plied engine specifically cataloged engine Add R/C type Add new paragraph Landing Require mentPilot must able idle engine back 5000 RPM less shut off completely radio control plane upright posi tion ground air withouj affect ing flight path direction upon given corn mand above submitted RCCB emergency proposal accepted 9 1 Immediate enforcement RC AEROBATICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Report Dave Bmwn US Teem Member 2nd Place World ChampionshipsSouth Africa 1979 experience will remembered forever us didnt know what ex pect South Africa upon arrival Jo hannesburg concerns quickly dispel led met Team Liai son Gerry Levy well John Brink John Mee Joe Studder Quickly through Cus toms tried hand driving DIRECTORY CONTEST COORDINATORS I Paul L Penney 8 Charlotte Dr Andover MA 01810 II R Sobrino 8726 88th St Woodhuven Oueens NY 11421 RC Richard Smith 300 Steko Ann Rochester NY 14815 RC Lawrence Londy 246 Ontario Sn. Lockport NY 14094 Ill Ken Reber RD 1 Nazareth PA 18064 Eat M Weisenbach 4568W 146th St cleveland OH 44135 West IV Warren Sanders Jr 9735 52nd Ann Collete Plc MD 20741 RC Ed Pitzwater 1920 Ardenwuod Ter Crofton MD 21114 V RCaan Charinne Pinlds 818 Main St SW New tllington SC 29809 RC Soaring Donna Deis 7409 Atwood Huntsville AL35802 FE Wallace Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Moottowery AL 36106 RC Pylon & Snaring RC Pattern other RC CLued RC euceps Soarinti VI Horrace Cain 828 Weidner Rd Buffalo Grout IL 60090 RC Ralph White Jr R R 1 Bun 324 Neoga IL 62447 VII John Evert 421 Walnut Lv Apple Valley MN 55124 West RC Len Roe 6539 Orchid Dr Jevison Ml 49428 East Ci & PE Debi Iwboff 524 Sinclair NP Grand Rapids Ml 49503 East VIII John Deanon 6205 Melinda Dr WautuugaTX 76148 RC Robert J Talley 3112 Lawrence Ann Nederlund TX 77627 lx Bill Eieda411 Barker Building Omaha NE 88102 RC George Hunter 6962 S Lamar St Littletot CD 80123 X Myrtle Coad Rn Boo 19 Lower Lake CA 95457 North Lee Poluosky 258 Iris Ave Goleta CA 93017 Sooth Prank Gowns 2241 Noah St Honolulu HI 96816 HI meets xl Don Dodd 3406 Belvidere Am SW Seattle WA 98126 RC Don Miller 24718 Summit-Landsburg Rasensdale WA 98051 left Seven days later after trips practice field driving well flying down pat Processing 24th went well us problem noise testing ready com pete least thought first day competition dawned tragedy struck sick could hard ly stand up Fortunately flight day after able get back hotel bed Gerry Levy came rescue doctor prescribed few dugs against bets exactly well able fly second day After disastrous first day 22nd place due being sick also due engine failure well throttle trim dummy started comeback second day after two flights leading held lead through qualifications during finals lost Wolfgang Matt lost heading during D----M Horrible 8 Oh well Ill try again Mexico can make team again team did great Mark finishing 3rd Dean 12th Dean suffered ad verse weather EU-i problems extremely turbulent air due its slower speed Too bad honestly feel could have finished 1-2-3 given few breaks judging weather judging relatively typical World Championshipsand needs some work example two highest qualifying flights came last round front set judges normally VERY low through rest contest feel throwing out high low scores per maneuver would very good idea particularly in ternational competition Also Jury made few suspect deci sions opinion due primarily fact its members fact written rules didnt seem care what words said knew what intended able convince others well dont feel decisions affected outcome contest something must improve future reason Jury interpret gray areas rules change specific ones Enough soapboxingthe South African World Championships great proud team member experi ence Ill never forget Thanks responsible special thanks team mates Don Lowe Mark Radcliff Dean Koger last least Gerry Levythe best team world RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD I Henry Struck RPO2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ann Lyndonvillo NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klulber 2021 Lakeland Am Lukewuod OH 44107 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny Jenkins 31125 Raines Rd Memphis TN 38118 VI Chris Mattuno B57B Ginger St John MO 63114 VII Phil Klintworth Jr 715 Rutgers Rd Rochester Ml 48063 VIII Mark Valerius 2302 Poweran Houston TX 77055 IXJerald Murphy 2432 Astron Colorado Springs C080906 X Joe Norcross 215W Santa Ana No 211A Clovis CA 93612 xl Ernie Lion 165s8 121st Ave SE RentonWA 98055 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I George Higgins PD Bus 482 North Pembroke MA 02388 II Bill Boss 7706 269th St. New Hyde Park NY 11040 Ill Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St. Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Ron McNally 6118 Bardu Ace Springfield VA 22152 V Dave Hemstraught PO Boo 171 Moncks Corner SC 29461 VI Bob BurnS 1758 N Natchec Chicago IL 60635 VII James Sinton 4941 Wiscovsin Am N New Hope MN 55428 VIII William R Lee 3522 Tamerisk Lv Missouri CityTX77459 IX Michael Tallwan 3014 Enchange Wichita KS 67217 X Pete Brueft 315 S Maria Ave Redondo Beach CA 90277 Xl Dan Ruthnrford4705237th Fl SE BothellWA98011 I Ed lazo 483 Piske St Holliston MA 01748 II Joe Friend 62 Joysan Tere Prnehold NJ 07728 Ill Dave Brown 8534 Huddleston Cincinnati OH 46236 IV Wayne Aberneshy 5221 Marlboro Pike Hillside MO 20027 V J Davis Jr 1813 S Lakeshore Dr Birmingham AL 35216 VI Mike Mueller 1531 Revere Cir Schaumburg IL 60193 VII Peter Waters 31219 Kendall Linonia Ml 48154 VIII Win 8 Thomas 331 SE Rockwood Bartlesoille OK 74003 IX Loren Tregellas 30038 Everett Wichita KS 67217 X Bill Northrop Jr 621 W 19th St Costa Mesa CA 92827 XI Ralph Brooke 3431 5 194th Seattle WA 98188 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Richard Sherman 28 High St Plywooth NH 03264 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14612 Ill Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St MeKeesport PA 15130 IV Bob Karlsson 2643 Marsh Rd Wilmington DE 19810 V David Plots 6940 NW 15th Pt Luoderdale PL 33313 VI Bob Onderwood4109 Concord Oak St Louis MO 63128 VII Claude MeCullouglt Bun 40 Montezuma IA 50171 VIII William H lrwin922 Sundown Lane Desoto TX 75115 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward Sc Omaha NE 68114 X Bill Stroman 12218 Dune St Norwalk CA 90650 Xl Earle Moorhead 275 S View Fl S. Salem OR 97302 Report Mark Redcliff US Teem Member 3rd PlacB have just returned 11th RC Aerobatics World Championships Johan nesburg South Africa must say rewarding competition have attended arrived JoBerg week ahead could get some practice 5000-ft al titude team gone Denver CO over Labor Day weekend just practice altitude must say paid off well adjusted altitude arrived SA however practice session nearly disaster Both No 1 No 2 planes prob lems engine quitting during transi tion low high throttle nearly lost CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don Lindlny 420 Tupelo Napernille IL 60540 Continued page 96 January1980 85 Bold Pace Belom Indicates Chairman Contest Board SCALE CONTEST BOARD 0o FINAL VOTEEzo 1980-81 COMPETITION RULES lt EoU~ - ofVOtO ~ Acceptable N NotAccpbIe200O0~4O o~E wOL~oOOnZTally II Ill IV V VI VII VIII IX X Xl [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 66I66AEstablish Scale General Rules requiring declaration suc cessful flight completion differing kind model NorthropAAAAAAAAAAAAil ON Platt 59Unified Rules Require list parts made entrantAAAAAAANAAAA1OA 1 N McCullough 2RC Precision Eliminate contestant class system PlahnA A AA A AA Ail ON [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 61/61 ARC Precision Redefine straight flight out return parallel spectator safety line reword Fig 8 Traffic A A A A A A Ail ON approach landing associate track Mccullough Mccullough [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 60Precision Sport RC& CL Require dummy pilot figure inAAAAAAAAANAAiOA1N flight Mccullough 65RC Precision Sport Require dummy pilot figure flightAAAAAAAAANAAbA iN Northrop [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 58/58ARC Precision Sport State desirability require-AAAAAAAAAAAAi iA ON ment mixing classes flight order DAttilio 62Precision Sport RC & CL Instead separate special rule book events allow CDs schedule special events scale modelsAAAAAAAAAAAAil ON specific classifications Mccullough li/il A/il BRC Precision Sport Establish judges guide in-AAAAAAANAAAAi OA iN cluding revisions cross-proposals Preston/D Attilio/Preston 67/67A/67BSailplanes Establish new Sport Scale RC Sailplane category embodying specific flight task 50/50 static/flight balance utilizing existing Sport Scale static judgingmodified A A A A A AiiAON 12Increase static judging distance eliminate references A A A A A A AiOA ON non-judged items Preston Rank order preference 49Dont consider cockpit cabin interiors static judging AAA AAAAAAAAAil ON consider visible detailing Johnson 13Craftsmanship score consider quality quantity work AAA AAAANAAAAi QA iN done entrant excluding purchased items Preston 5i/5iAAllow up three scale operations including multi- AAA AAAAAAAAAilA ON engines used Arvin/DAttilio 50Allow CD require demonstration RC scale operations Single engine limit cu Single engine max weight pounds A A A A A AiiAON 86 Model Aviation same 3-views Leuley/DAttiIioJ 0 S N Aj AlOAiN ground Arvin engine limits decided separately ' Ii C U C U I A A I Al Al AiiAON SCALE CONTEST BOARD FINAL VOTE Cont Single engine max weight pounds Multi-Engine limit cu Multi-Engine max weight pounds 313FAMinimum model requirements 1 least 1 displacement 2 Scale least 2-7/8 Weight least 15 lbs fuel Karlsson 3/3FBProhibit entry model both Sport Scale Giant Scale events same contest Karlsson A A A N A AbA iN 14/14AFF Gas Adopt Unified Scale Judging rules pertaining sub-AAAAAAAAANAA10A iN stitution interior detail documentation McCombs/McCullough 56/56A/56B/56C/56DEstablish unified Indoor Outdoor Rubber rules incorporating cross-proposal revisions Srull/DeCarlis/Schanzle/AAAAAAAAAAAAil ON Clemens/Srull 145No scoring details inside cockpit edging canopy Note Proposals passing Final Vote margin two-thirds among voting nearest whole number become new AMA com petition rules effective January 1 1980 blank box means no vote cast COMBINED CONTEST BOARD FINAL VOTEFFFree Flight Contest Board Cu FOR 1980-81 COMPETITION RULESRCRadio Control Contest Board2Result SCScale Contest Boardof Vote CLControl Line Contest Board ptableand N AcceptableTally II Ill IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI 8ANational AMA Records Allow flier claim record byFF A A A A submitting Contest Director submitting record application CD signature altemately simply statement R A A A A A facts flier either case must done within 14 days latter record application must also SC A A A A A 36A iN submitted 14-day limit MeuserCL AA AA AA Note Proposals passing Contest Board margin two-thirds among voting nearest whole number become new AMA competition rules effective January 1 1980 blank box means no vote cast January1980 87 A A A A A A11AON IA IA IA IA IA IA IA IA I AilAON IA IA jA j IA jA jA jAjN [ Ai0AiN I Noscoringfordetails insideotcockpitedgingor I A I I I N j AbA iN Combat Team Trials St Louis Mo September 14-16 name game fly matches Until youre team lose three times Granderson Buckstaff Cleveland Will represent US 1980 Combat World Championships Charlie Johnson CONTROL LINE COMBAT TEAM FINALS JUST getting half fun Thats really true fly FAI Combat take lust weekend off compete con test 1500 miles away West Coast contin gent flew St Louis commercial jet made trip van car person motorcycle 800 miles us met airport Fri day afternoon least werent plagued autograph hounds thrill seekers reporters main concern getting model boxes renting enough cars transport everything Drury Inn Team Trials HQ also about 30 miles airport nature FAI Combat struc ture Team Trials meant sure having enough equipment last through triple eliminationsusing two models per bout contestant would need about dozen models plus supporting gear still sounds like no problem until try getting dozen models strong box past baggage check-in theyd love slap extra charge guys driving didnt have easy either Texans came up Bill Lees van 58 models plus gallons fuel helmets pitting boxes two spares everything Bill did say roomier way home since good number models laid rest on-in-and-all-over St Louis landscape Somehow model boxes pulled clutches baggage hand lers everyone road made safely pilots meeting Friday night Bo nanza Steak House banquet room reserved meeting since local St Louis club used same facilities de cided make good impression eat everything sight meeting classic Paul Smith chairman Combat Team Selec tion Committee really done home work preparations meet amazing see hard some people tried NOT understand contest worked waitress caught right off fly matches until youre team lose three times wasnt too swift about other things giv ing Pauls steak someone else Chuck Thomas Contest Director meet Paul did admirable job fielding some tough what questions 88 Model Aviation Top The happy winners team positions dusk George Cleveland left repeat team member Phil Granderson center Sher wood Hat Buckstaff consistent Combat winners Granderson undefeated 70 Team Finals Cleveland Buckstaff lost match 6-1 Fox 15 engines dominated event though top placer Granderson used Supertigre X-15 Left Phil Cartier holds Mike Strieter fuels Bill Harris looks before matchHarris models said indestructable meet ground cowered flew says author Right Debbie lmhoff tries take Mack Hairys mind off models Dont strip blind nuts Mack Left Mack Henry waiting spare modelengine running ready go soon ship air down streamer can ex changed Hardest job watching primary models figuring out downed model chase Right Two-thirds Detroit Combat Team L-R Paul Smith Chuck Rudner pitting other third Ron Colombo out view handle Colombo 2nd alternate would have perfect game show Just someone would come up what looked like perfect loophole either Paul Chuck would slam door perfect ex planation facts supposed another set FAI rules way Would different what using What will happen ow waitress table caught fly matches until youre team have lost three Everyone soon tired play ing Stump Officials left some much needed sleep weather St Louis really great temperature 70s no wind clear sky almost no humidity St Louis Team Trials held Buder Park two years ago site has room about dozen circles first two hours Saturday used practice quite sight see FAI Combat ships flying time25000 rpm direction Practice ended everyone satis fled equipment working up expec tations because official decree streamers werent ready crew fran tically work making up enough Hurri cane Frederick blamed Its just well streamers werent ready offi cials werent quite ready go either None timers helpers previous Team Trials hand ONE Team Trials enough satisfy curiosity Some local RC club members donated two days time help out plus few friends flierssome drove over 500 miles own expense just help officiate now know what locals found out two years ago about later contestants divided threeman teams during Friday evening meeting Guys worked team wouldnt have fly other until theyd flown other pilot helped strategy some made no difference others After round begun contestant flew until hed won match lost three Thus possible few entrants lose out very early meet losing three straight 1-2 record stood Once underway became apparent would some excellent flying lot griping Only two circle marshalls Chuck Thomas Mike Strieter lot Combat experience Contestants served back-up timers occasionally Jury mem rs Due similarity models very difficult tell plane another after streamer cut down nub Pit crews couldnt tell plane hit ground happened several times pit crew ran over retrieved WRONG streamer sigh relief heard timers Bosta other distinctive model match because made jobs much easier high-point match taken George Cleveland 688 362 Bob Burch 688 super score Bobs 362 would have good enough beat Phil Granderson five out seven matches course Phil won matches because didnt let opponent score much good matches during two days including Cleveland vs Burch joust Dick Stubblefield also flew real corker against Burch winning 616 Burchs 330 Bob didnt make team did ever put show trying Howard Rush did some amazing low-level maneuvering avoid Dick Stubblefield match won 356 352 heart-breaking loss meet Ron Colombos second loss Cleveland Colombo enough lead allow George privilege cutting nub off still winning 200 points Ron hav ing no part giving up cuts found himself checking out turf trying evade George instant Ron forgot fly ing FAI Combat left circle clearing handle lines putting January1980 89 Left Chuck Thomas air horn rule book countdown cards paid own way Everett WA Contest Director parttime circle marshall Center Neal White show-stopper Bosta ST X-15 end mini-pipe Planes elliptical planform made easy judges pit crews flew Right Bob Rules very high aspect-ratio model unique twin rudders Rossi engine Trimming said problem insufficient strength such long wing Bob folded just before Team Finals photos Charlie Johnson Combat Finals Continued helmet line infraction alone lost him chance team pictures youll deduce winning models wood construction Mylar covering Wing areas 350-plus inches square Texans claimed have models 12-1 3-az bracket also some real strong Fox iSs Stubblefields looked best rest claimed have 300 rpm faster opinion superior model/engine meet Neal Whites Bosta/Rossi closely followed Stubblefields Fox-powered model Phil Granderson the top three didnt use Fox powerhad Supertigre X-l5son planes saw variation prop tried Tal pan 7-4 proved popular safest wide hub Tornado seen stretch shed blades Texans high-revving Fox engines lost several props Most contestants used 015 lines rather 012 popular two years ago Several used heavy-duty Laystrate lines favored Europeans lines use three heavy strands rather seven found 015s three strands soldered together rigid feel just about unbreakable situations Team Trials did accomplish its pri mary goal select best possible US team No can argue about credentials 1980 team members George Cleveland repeat winner other two have incredible amount experience tween As previously mentioned rough spots Team Trialsin opinion due organization non-coop eration few contestants Everyone helped did free bit diffi culty identifying models during close-in com bat after streamers cut nub some question about amount air-time per contestant very close match maybe should system matches less S-point difference reflown ad hoc Jury decide whether contestant kept disabled model airborne intentionally also question airworthiness couple models observation everyone helped did best job possible receives word praise least Lets support 1980 team group has super chance sweeping Team Individual World Championships Poland 1980 Start making plans improve 1981 Team Trials volunteering time energy make success OFFICIAL STANDINGS 1st Place Phil Granderson won-lost 7-0 Defeated Rule Lane lmhoff Rudner Smith Cleveland Curtis 2nd Place Sherwood Buckstaff 6-1 De feated Youngblood Henry Lopez Rudner Frost Colombo Lost Curtis 3rd Place George Cleveland 6-1 Defeat ed Smith Burch Rush Curtis Colom bo Colombo 2nd matching Lost Granderson 4th Place Paul Curtis 6-3 Defeated Hill Henry King Stubblefield Rush Buckstaff Lost Frost Cleveland Grand erson 5th Place Ron Colombo 5-3 Defeated Harris Hill Fentress Rush Frost Lost Cleveland Buckstaff Cleveland 6th Place Paul Smith 4-3 6th Place Howard Rush 4-3 6th Place Gary Frost 4-3 9th Place Chuck Rudner 3-3 9th Place Richard Stubblefield 3-3 11th Place Dick lmhoff 2-3 11th Place Joe King 2-3 11th Place Ernie Lane 2-3 11th Place Rich Lopez 2-3 15th Place Bob Burch 1-3 15th Place Gary Fentress 1-3 15th Place Mack Henry 1-3 15th Place Larry Hill 1-3 15th Place Neal White 1-3 15th Place Stan Youngblood 1-3 21st Place Phil Cartier 0-3 21st Place Bill Harris 0-3 21st Place Bob Rule 10-3 Did not fly Hill Jack Johnson McDonald Team Standings Texas/Lou isiana B uckstaff Cleveland Stubblefield Detroit Combat Team Colombo Smith Rudner win-lose 6-1 6-1 33 15-5 - - 5-3 4-3 3-3 12-9 Nashville Jive Granderson Henry Hill 7-0 1-3 1-3 9-6 MATCH STATISTICS FOR TOP FIVE Granderson 7-0 Buckstaff 6-1 Cleveland 6-1 Curtis 6-3 Colombo 5-3 Points 2444 2118 2506 2438 2892 Points Against 1180 420 1802 2326 1836 Difference 1264 1698 704 112 1056 Avg Margin 180 242 101 12 132 90 Model Aviation Left Dick Stubblefield checks out log book fleet planes Texans got 58 models van lots room return trip Right Bill Lea MA CL Racing contributing editor comes plane fixerspent 10 minutes getting perfect alignment Stubblefield planeonly tacked place Hot Stuffteam member tweaked strengthyep broke off Above Phil Cartier readies Gary Frosts mod 1 Phils kit Frost cut bit add fuel capacity Fox 50% nitro wouldnt make five minutesBelow Jim Ong walks off two Ex-Force planes after George Clevelands match Joe King has salvagable part push-rod quick link Rich Lopez seen use variet models engineshad good success Super tigre X-15s Cox iSs set up Roger Theobald Rossi pistons Speed event split between two sitesDayton OH Santa Ana CA team member se lection Team Race totally Dayton Though number par ticipants small competition fierce Resulting team mem bers Speed Chuck Schuette Charles Lieber Bob Spahr Team Race Perkins/Albritton McCollum/Kusik Jackson/Nel son 1980 Control Line World Championships will encom pass events plus Aerobatics Combat scheduled sub ject confirmation FAI ClAM Poland SPEED & CONTROL LINE TEAM RACE TEAM FINALS Dr Laird Jackson DAYTON inactive runways Wright-Patterson Air Force Base venue British would say 5/8 US Control Line FAI Team Trials over Labor Day weekend 1979 5/8 because 1/8 half Speed Trials held Santa Ana CA Cox Hobbies parking lot same time three hours later remaining quarter constituted Combat portion CL Team selection process held little later St Louis CN Combat Team Finals reported separately issue CL Aerobatics Team Finalsheld conjunction CL Team Race eastern half CL Speed Team Finalswas reported last month Wright-Patterson AFB has excellent facili ties official flying practice Arrange ments site made Keith Trostle president PAMPA Colonel Bob Cordle member Dayton Buzzin Buzzards Club flying site excellent space galore super coop eration Air Force local modelers plus close-by motels should also mention fine coopera tion Cox Hobbies support num erous people West Coast area Joe Klause served Contest Director able help Bill Wisniewski Roger Theo baldand Im sure others Back east Dayton Bill Wright con ducted Team Race Speed events help Carl Dodge plus administrative help Henry Nelson Doc Jackson number people volunteered ser vices both areas its because dont know names dont men tion As always meets take great deal effort put design contest entries Speed Teem Finals apparently variation copy plane shown top picture John Newtons ship top three eastern half event bottom left pic ture L-R Bob Heminway charles Lieber cliff Norman Lieber won team spot oth er two team positions came western half shown photo below LR Chuck Schuette Bob Spahr West coast TF pictures Charlie Johnson 92 Model Aviation SPEED THIS event split two sites accom modate number West Coast fliers conducted rounds both sites two rounds being flown both Saturday Sunday best two times counted fliers average position final standings Since East Coast flights about three hours before West Coast lets take look Dayton event first Charlie Lieber member 1978 Speed Team known have good potential making years team Bob Heminway has flown Charlie past making come-back try member 1974 Speed Team counted definite possibility Clif ton Norman also showing promise reports some engines running very fast bench reliable airplane fuel system set-up using Emil Rumples World Championship model design bits pieces made either Emil 1978 World Champion Jurgen Lenzen Two other participants ex pected John Camp Michigan Ed Gif ford ot New Jersey final results pretty much bore out predictions Lieber Heminway Norman posted good flights Camp Gifford lagged behind various difficulties preventing put ting up official flights An unfortunate note after Cliff Normans official flying found engines oversized happens too often Rossi engines mixes internal parts effort find good running combination Bob Heminway using Charlie Liebers 1978 speed shells molded fiberglass wing Charlie makes tank set-up similar used both Char lie Cliff Norman hard tank crankcase pressure Rumple fuel switch Bobs engines ran afoul displacement problem also other engine okay able record official times though very good ones Charlie Lieber certainly smoothest flying set-up seen East Coast site own difficulties getting good engine runs settings Both first flights two days suffered prob lems engine going decidedly off song resulting poor time However quick test flight found proper needle valve set ting way extremely criti cal able record flights both days 141-sec 1-kilometer run speed 25532 km/hr Which comes out just about 158 mph excellent time both runs started out much fast er definite slowing about mid-point run serious sag ging lean last two 10 laps re quired Although us flying east unable contact West Coast people during contest felt sure Liebers time would hold up place team turned out true Charlies time second overall standings Calls Sunday night Joe Klause Chuck Schuette gave us results West Coast say least inter esting contest featured much warmer dryer weather Dayton Dayton weather humid times mid high SOs Saturday quite cool weather rains morning Sunday temperature never got above low 70s during flying portion day As Dayton five fliers participat ing Santa Ana site Senior flier Doug Hinkley apparently using Rumple-style set-up air plane able record flight 14193 mph excellent Doug represents large increase over past perform ances certainly has stuck event has made great strides improvements fourth place West Coast Luke Roy Luke has developed bladder pressure fuel system used West Coast fliers consists ball valve check pressure feed similar developed Jim Walker pressure unseat valve open up fuel flow generated crankcase pressure opened timed pressure tap off rear valve dri en valve system seems work hints kinks have worked out resulting inconsistency end second day Luke unable get fourth flight might very well have put average high enough place team As ended up average 15374 mph fourth place West Coast Third place West Coast went John Newton averaged 15452 flights around mark of ficials Second West Coast standings third overall went Bob Spahr has done past used Perils Pauline approach getting official place ap parently some engine runs ab solutely superb least portion flight felt over 165 mph ran out fuel did have official about 158 mph finally last flight Sunday managed get flight 153 average over 155 mph contrast Chuck Schuette flew some fast flights easily qualified team Continued page 96 Team Race Team Finals next page January1980 93 Above Left L-R Col Bob Cordle Carl Dodge mixing FAI fuel Dayton Above Right Bill Wisniewski second left checks engine dis placement computation L-R Roger Theobald Maurice Hinckley Joe Klause look After checking stroke said unison better have awfully small piston didl Below Left Luke Roy cranks starter Maurice Hinckley looks see son Doug ready flight Below Middle John Camp brought wife family help out still couldnt get official clocking Below Right Doug Hinckley Senior Age flier doing real well Speed competitionhere holding back load engine hopefully get pipe TEAM RACE nt rounds fly over two days superbly run Bill Wright kept contest mov ing smoothly relatively small number entries eight teams appearing dropping out after practice day Jim Joy came new pilot partner BB Brown BB managed permanently retract landing gear both models during practice made difficult compete brought large supply ultra-short propellersl left seven entrants headed Perkins/Albritton practice seemed have consistent high speed best chance winning competition Veteran team contenders John McCollum Jed Kusik formed new partnership Jed doing pit work John flying also decent air speed com bined Jeds usual quick pit work Tim Gillott John Ballard made long distance team Nationals Lincoln NE first place posi tion decided tb go combination again Team Trials Long time competitor Al Kelly now pitting young Bill Hughes Chicago area contrast performance early year seemed have found speed range needed competitive addition three veteran teams teams veterans depend ing upon outlook appeared Gary Wallace now teamed up brother Springfield MO Jim Jolly father two-time World Champs competitor Larry Jolly pilot Ken Mogi Finally migrant engine manufacturer Henry Nelson moved east instead west thus disregarding familiar advice desparation taken oldest living Race pilot team heard vocally suffering therefrom Nonetheless Henrys engines manfully struggling drag balsa anchors through air disasters practice having cleaned patched up Saturday dawned nice clear promise some good races Bill Wright ran tight ship after meeting Friday night flying generally clean no fragrant fouls nobody getting away something advantage Perkins/Aibritton first up heat Kusik/McCollum Ballard/G illott Perkins combined excellent pitwork good needle settings fine piloting iE record 350 time followed closely John Jed 354 Ballard/Gillott engine setting problems requiring extra pit stop difficulties dropped badly 431 time second heat first round saw Kelly/Hughes get some fairly decent speed bit under-com pression early tanks recorded 414 time Nelson/Jackson fairly good setting Jacksons piloting managed create enough disaster reduce time 41O Mogi/Jolly difficulties setting running-inthey didnt finish left Wallace/Wallace finish round three-man heat two teams starting off second round McCollum/Kusik Ballard/Gillott Unfortunately Ballard/Gillott gone off field make some repairs 94 Model Aviation US team 1980 Team Race World Championships Standing L-R Henry Nelson Doc Jackson Jed Kusik John McCollum Kneeling Walt Perkins JE Aibritton Walt Perkins missed catch note closed finger-grip shot left subsequent chase runback right cost teem about 10 seconds Mistakes can ruin ewen best teams chances starting gun John Ballard JE Albritton Bill Hughes ready position center failed appear call resulting no-time being recorded haunt later final totals scored average three times team after discarding teams best time its two worst times So although allows throw out bad times does allow luxury deliberately discard ing bad times least until late corn petition heat went off Wallace/Wallace Nelson/Jackson flying Round 2 McCoIlum Kusik got decent time 359 Jackson managed pull bad piloting error bad shutoff belated tempt get airplane resulted bounce well over Henrys outstretched arm upside down airplane split prop tip Wallace/Wallace unable get decent setting remainder round also marked difficulties Mogi/Jolly could find air-speed Perkins/Aibritton missed catch Wallace/Wallace no-time An unfortunate incident occurred involving Kelly/Hughes tail end round Ballard/C illott trying put flight beginning 3rd Round pit-stops during race both airplanes quit about same time Bill Hughes following John Ballard pits Tim Gil ott first circle airplanes came Kelly waiting two segments fur ther around Gillott just barely caught air plane still forwarded ex tended arm air Hughes airplane collided made difficult decision Bill Wright made judg ment could disqualified Kelly/Hughes giving Ballard re-fly Tim made best re-fly posting fastest time 359 good setting two quick pits Others round managed hold positions McCollum/Kusik fairly slow time 404 Perkins/Albritton troubles again 418 Wallace/ Wallace Mogi/J oIly again could find good air-time 446 442 respec tively Nelson/Jackson managed make de cent pit stops engine setting too rich too slow produced 405 As things would have turned out fastest time con cluded first day flying After lot activity motel Sat urday night making repairs ships fix ing tired engines resoldering leaking fuel tanks like everyone retired await morn wasnt much started rain fairly early However stopped along about 830 gradually runways dried out Flying slightly delayed two top teams no trouble getting back groove Perkins/Aibritton turned 351 MeCollum/Kusik followed 357 complement other times round Ballard/C illott made sec ond bad error hard landing broke ship behind wingforcing retirement recording second no-time would force count slow time 431 anchor proved impossible lift Kelly/Hughes did 423 still moderate troubles Mogi/Jolly did finish Wallace/Wallace stuck pla teau 443 Jackson showed Henry new wrinkle fast shut-off takeoff thus nullifying good setting recording 409 time 408 next heat man aged preserve enough consistency save day Kelly/Hughes followed another 426 Ballard/Gillott did 408both too far behind make up last round Mogi/Jolly retired did complete heats Wallace/Wallace also remained 430s range remaining heats icing cake top three positions now determined Kelly/Hughes Bal lard/Gillott good times both re cording 402s bright spot two days flying three top teams showed flashes speeds capable recording decent times lack consistency repeated errors team Jackson/Nelson taking prize disconcerting will have eliminated team challenge Europeans nice touch seem ready willing work together ru mored first project put old Doc megavitamins hopes improv ing aging reflexes least make pos sible him spot Henry circle Anyway teams look capable good show 80 January1980 95 just somewhere among foam rubber Tim Gillot flew fron West Coast teamed up pilot John Ballard Missing heat might have undoing Jed Kusik two sKots above shows make fast pit stop Catching ship just side line segment doesnt have move feet place other side line pressure-fuel flip quick start Below Pilot action center John McCollum RI coming out pit JE Albritton LI passes over Gary Wallace cruises Speed Finals/Jackson Continued page 93 two flights first day quite consistentone 16221 sec ond 16160 mph alone would have qualified him first Sunday morning 3rd Round weather too cool humid thought took bye round As turned out Bob Spahrs engine running off its 165-plus mph laps did fly 4th Round recorded another flight 16192 mphthree very consistent flights three top fliers Schuette Lieber Spahr used assymetric side-winder designs Schuette Spahr used same inboard-engined design has seen frequently past Charlie uses outboard design molded fiberglass wings contrast hard aluminum wings Schuette RC World Champs/Radcliff Continued page 85 No 1 Phoenix 8 engine quit forced make down-wind landing wind blowing very hard landed fast airplane rolled rock pile dam aging underside breaking firewall loose After evenings repair whole crew back business next day solved engine problems both planes practice having engine troubles case once official competition began Dean Ko gers engine quit about half-way through first flight Dave Brown next fly engine quit last fly surprise engine ran great After further adjustments Deans Daves engines team no engine trouble Wind big factor contest very windy day believe reason success Phoenix 8 has definite advantage wind Going finals 5th place honest did feel stand ing would improve However finals over could hardly believe moved 5th 3rd Needless say very happy feel team learned lot WC Engines seem critical 5000 feet altitude Model airplanes fly different ly higher altitude South Africa wonderful conuntry people treated us fantastic organ ized very tight contest way finish 3rd world fantastic feeling no way could have done help lot super people equipment lot hard work believe podium both team championship dividual play national anthem realize what about Again thanks AMA members manufacturers supported team Once again showed world still No 1 Report Dean Koger US Team Member 12th Place trip South Africa 11th RC Aerobatics World Championships very surprising rewarding experience Johan nesburg modern city can found anywhere exactly what picture think Africa During first few days didnt see much countryside way practice field because driving left side road requires lot con centration youve never done before As gradually became pro reverse driving able look around see expressways shopping centers discount stores new hous ing developments etc would look right home anywhere country temperatures entire threeweek stay perfect dont know exactly what because use Celsius scale would guess typically 70s wind another story varied windy ridiculous day kept hop ing would quit never did several RC fields available practice used belonging Transvaal RC Fliers very nice paved strip apart inconvenience having occasionally chase cows off runway ideal practice site contest held Baragwanath Air port flying site provided bit disappointing flew off very very narrow about 15-ft full-size glider runway circles placed grass scraped off next runway ground oiled area quite rough provided very little roll-out area es sentially forced everyone take off land narrow glider runway passing through middle circle didnt turn out cause much trouble still less desirable situation judging good would hope World Championships two sets judges quite imbalanced high set low set thus low set minimal contribution outcome also thought judges did make efficient use scores available ex ample really good maneuver might scored 7 poor 6 lack dis crimination makes outcome depend ent other less important factors Obvious ly judges perform difficult thankless job really try best job possible After giving matter considerable thought believe following suggestions would make judges jobs easier future a Throw out high low scores set judges b Utilize half-point scoring c Select judges based ability rather politics d In same manner flash cards have improved judging spectator enjoy ment place judges name coun try back chair conclude would remiss did thank South Africans phenomi nal hospitality shown us during stay Barb will long remember beautiful coun try wonderful people met privilege represent United States very proud have brought first place team trophy back home MEUSERS FF DURATION COLUMN - This month left out would nt have squeeze big report EF World Championships couple time-sensitive items promised get elsewhere Take over Meuser Nominations Order Models Year no time lose nominations must January 1 NFFS Model Year Awards presented typically de signers models have achieved out standing track record competition models represent outstanding achieve ment development some sort also have received awards though havent won single contestFulton Hungerfords Walnut-Scale Ford Tn-Motor electricpower Mattel Super Star example Fur thermore awards have made nonmodels Peanut Scale Old-Timer movements Rossi 15 Cox 049-05 1 engines Seelig timers So let minds wander too long Write phone NFFS MOY Chairman Steve Geraghty 194 Vista Del Monte Los Gatos CA 95030 Pres entations awardees will appear 1980 Symposium Report can make 1980 Nats Model Mail-In Meat mentioned back June issue give planty time now zero-hour hand rules Use no balsa 3 6-in piece ordinary 1132 sheet slice up way like covering no 12 12-in sheet ordinary Japan ese tissue no superfine condenser paper Use wire plastic teflon rubber steel aluminum glue dope clay lead similar heavy materials like may use light-weight materials such styro foam microfilm helium hydrogen addi tional balsa tissue beyond specified Make size shape model like can glider rubber-powered Give model name supply simple set plans Prizes offered best duration unique unusual model best workman shipperhaps others Models cannot re turned theyll go good cause pro moting model aviation spend much time building model getting back big deal design incompatible spirit thing Mail models Earl Van Gorder 10 Brothers Road Wap pingers Falls NY 12590 sure get January 17 96 Model Aviation 11111 vev gui dli Lildi dlisium. 3 x 6-in piece 1/32-in balsa sheet square foot tissue 2nd place 1979 MidHudson Model Masters Mail-In Meet
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I NE WSLETTEIU ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS 1980-81 AMA SCALE & GENERAL RULES charts next two page spread identify basically new changed Scale General rules will become effective January 1 1980 Similar charts pre sented last month Radio Control Control Line Free Flight items chart acceptable results column changes additions 197879 rules applicable 1980-81 feated wont new rule book cases description rules change very general its possible go back issues Model v/at ion CN section get specifics original Basic Pro posals Cross-Pro posals Cross Proposals identified capital letter fol lowing proposal number 66A stance first Cross-Proposal Basic Pro posal 66 Scale Basic Proposals 1978 sues dated October 1-5 November 6-13 December 14-67 Scale Cross-Proposals 1979 issues dated May June General Basic Proposal Decem ber 1978 issue Cross-Proposal May 1979 issue SCALE CB OKAYS BYRON PIUS other action Scale Contest Board has approved rewording builder-of-the-model rule clarification pertaining Scale denied protest se lection US Scale Teams Nats considered general protest conduct RC Sport Scale 1979 Nats Byron Originals Pitts Special vote 7 1 abstention favor ap peal Dean Copeland concerning disqualifi cation entry Sport Scale 1979 National Contest Nats disqualification reversed based protest Brian Crossley model did comply builder-of-the-model rules Builder-of-the-model Rule Rewording Noting protest mentioned above seemed based misunderstanding intent rule Scale Contest Board Chairman 815 FIFTEENTH STREET NW Claude McCullough proposed rewording rule applied Scale events fol lows Builder Model Contest Director shall make reasonable effort assure himself flier has completely con structed models uses competi tion including covering used construct interpreted action re quired complete model starting no prefabrication amount used usual kit Kits containing large amount pre-fabrication permissible long final assembly parts covering and/or painting done builder Mod els completely prefabricated re quire few minutes unskilled effort completion shall excluded competition US Scale Team Selection board voted 9 0 against protest Ted White seeking invalidate US Scale Team selection 1979 Nats due purported irregularities judging especially concerning scale im pression speed General RC Sport Scale Protest Although no immediate relief sought concerning ac tions already having taken place board considered protest LP Jensen concern ing competency judges purported im proper use scale impression speed pur ported improper actions Contest Direc tor purported improper viewing models static judges board felt validity some points raised Jensen White should con sidered future application Nats other contests RC IIM ENGINE MOOS BANNED Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board response request Duane Gall RCCB has ruled allow certain en gine modifications Quarter Midget Pylon Racing issues 1 excessive use metal shims produced manufac tuer between upper lower parts crankcase change timing 2 use RC engine parts cataloged use Free Flight/Speed version include insert-type head available stock RC en gines produced manufacturer vote disallow measures seven three WASHINGTON DC 20005 ELIGIBLE RC PYLON RACE ENGINES Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board April 3 1979 letter sent AMA HQ representing RC Contest Board several engine manufacturers import ers letter solicited identification engines meet rules criteria three AMA racing categories fol lowing lists obtained replies Formula II 05 40 R/C World Engines 05 40 FSR World Engines 05 40 SR World Engines ST X-40 World Engines ST G21/40 World Engines OPS 40 Shamrock Competition Imports HB 4ORC Bavarian Precision Products HB 40 PDP Bavarian Precision Products Fox 40 engines Fox Manufacturing Co HP 40F series Midwest Model Supply HP 40R series Midwest Model Supply Profi Polks Hobbies Inc Enya 40 Std Model Rectifier Corp Enya 40 TV Model Rectifier Corp Enya 40 XTV Model Rectifier Corp Webra 1034 RC Model Rectifier Corp Webra 1036 P pylon Model Rectifier Corp Quarter Midget 05 15 R/C World Engines ST X-15 World Engines ST G15 World Engines HB 15RC Bavarian Precision Products Moki Polks Hobbies Inc Enya 15 IV TV Model Rectifier Corp Fox 15RC Fox Manufacturing Co AA Pylon G-Mark Polks Hobbies Inc Previously published acceptable shown above following Formula I/Il K&B SR II 65cc Series 75 K&B 40 R/C 1972 1973 1974 models Testor/ McCoy 40 R/C Quarter Midget Cox Con quest 15 R/C Rossi 15 R/C Rossi 15 ABC K&B 15 R/C Taipan 15 R/C widely known K&B Manufactur ing Cox Hobbies manufacture engines addition listed eligible AMA racing however no reply received listing engines Manufacturers importers engines listed should contact AMA HQ immedi ately wish claim legalityrequire ments minimum quantity carburetion etc vary according event 84 Model Aviation -V RC QUARTER MIDGET IDLE RULE REVISED EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY Joe Friend Chairman RC Contest Board subject eliminating QM idle re quirement received extensive attention during recent rules change cycle Nine basic cross-proposals submitted issue After interim voting done single proposal RC-80-14B/23B Wayne Yeager remained addressing idle regulation Un fortunately proposal inappropriate limiting carburetor throat 205 excluded existing Cox-Perry carburetor Also exact wording suggested referred back RC-80-14 engine shutoff pro visions explicit Subsequently proposal defeated Final Voting leaving no satisfaction popular move ment eliminate idle rule response pleas Wayne Yeager Gail Jacobson find solution problem RCCB Chairman Joe Friend asked Yeager Jacobson confer other propose wording satisfying needs competitors saw also leaving intact safety measures lim itations affecting speed use pres ently acceptable equipment wording worked out Nats fol lows FREE FLIGHT CONTEST BOARD Section 40RC Pylon Racing Quarter Midget Delete Rule 16Idle requirement Under Rule 46Carburetor shall sup plied engine specifically cataloged engine Add R/C type Add new paragraph Landing Require mentPilot must able idle engine back 5000 RPM less shut off completely radio control plane upright posi tion ground air withouj affect ing flight path direction upon given corn mand above submitted RCCB emergency proposal accepted 9 1 Immediate enforcement RC AEROBATICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Report Dave Bmwn US Teem Member 2nd Place World ChampionshipsSouth Africa 1979 experience will remembered forever us didnt know what ex pect South Africa upon arrival Jo hannesburg concerns quickly dispel led met Team Liai son Gerry Levy well John Brink John Mee Joe Studder Quickly through Cus toms tried hand driving DIRECTORY CONTEST COORDINATORS I Paul L Penney 8 Charlotte Dr Andover MA 01810 II R Sobrino 8726 88th St Woodhuven Oueens NY 11421 RC Richard Smith 300 Steko Ann Rochester NY 14815 RC Lawrence Londy 246 Ontario Sn. Lockport NY 14094 Ill Ken Reber RD 1 Nazareth PA 18064 Eat M Weisenbach 4568W 146th St cleveland OH 44135 West IV Warren Sanders Jr 9735 52nd Ann Collete Plc MD 20741 RC Ed Pitzwater 1920 Ardenwuod Ter Crofton MD 21114 V RCaan Charinne Pinlds 818 Main St SW New tllington SC 29809 RC Soaring Donna Deis 7409 Atwood Huntsville AL35802 FE Wallace Johnson 4112 White Acres Rd Moottowery AL 36106 RC Pylon & Snaring RC Pattern other RC CLued RC euceps Soarinti VI Horrace Cain 828 Weidner Rd Buffalo Grout IL 60090 RC Ralph White Jr R R 1 Bun 324 Neoga IL 62447 VII John Evert 421 Walnut Lv Apple Valley MN 55124 West RC Len Roe 6539 Orchid Dr Jevison Ml 49428 East Ci & PE Debi Iwboff 524 Sinclair NP Grand Rapids Ml 49503 East VIII John Deanon 6205 Melinda Dr WautuugaTX 76148 RC Robert J Talley 3112 Lawrence Ann Nederlund TX 77627 lx Bill Eieda411 Barker Building Omaha NE 88102 RC George Hunter 6962 S Lamar St Littletot CD 80123 X Myrtle Coad Rn Boo 19 Lower Lake CA 95457 North Lee Poluosky 258 Iris Ave Goleta CA 93017 Sooth Prank Gowns 2241 Noah St Honolulu HI 96816 HI meets xl Don Dodd 3406 Belvidere Am SW Seattle WA 98126 RC Don Miller 24718 Summit-Landsburg Rasensdale WA 98051 left Seven days later after trips practice field driving well flying down pat Processing 24th went well us problem noise testing ready com pete least thought first day competition dawned tragedy struck sick could hard ly stand up Fortunately flight day after able get back hotel bed Gerry Levy came rescue doctor prescribed few dugs against bets exactly well able fly second day After disastrous first day 22nd place due being sick also due engine failure well throttle trim dummy started comeback second day after two flights leading held lead through qualifications during finals lost Wolfgang Matt lost heading during D----M Horrible 8 Oh well Ill try again Mexico can make team again team did great Mark finishing 3rd Dean 12th Dean suffered ad verse weather EU-i problems extremely turbulent air due its slower speed Too bad honestly feel could have finished 1-2-3 given few breaks judging weather judging relatively typical World Championshipsand needs some work example two highest qualifying flights came last round front set judges normally VERY low through rest contest feel throwing out high low scores per maneuver would very good idea particularly in ternational competition Also Jury made few suspect deci sions opinion due primarily fact its members fact written rules didnt seem care what words said knew what intended able convince others well dont feel decisions affected outcome contest something must improve future reason Jury interpret gray areas rules change specific ones Enough soapboxingthe South African World Championships great proud team member experi ence Ill never forget Thanks responsible special thanks team mates Don Lowe Mark Radcliff Dean Koger last least Gerry Levythe best team world RADIO CONTROL CONTEST BOARD I Henry Struck RPO2 Hamburg Old Lyme CT 06371 II Bradley Bane 60 Lake Ann Lyndonvillo NY 14098 Ill Rudy Klulber 2021 Lakeland Am Lukewuod OH 44107 IV Joe Boyle Jr 219 Shenandoah Rd Hampton VA 23361 V Bonny Jenkins 31125 Raines Rd Memphis TN 38118 VI Chris Mattuno B57B Ginger St John MO 63114 VII Phil Klintworth Jr 715 Rutgers Rd Rochester Ml 48063 VIII Mark Valerius 2302 Poweran Houston TX 77055 IXJerald Murphy 2432 Astron Colorado Springs C080906 X Joe Norcross 215W Santa Ana No 211A Clovis CA 93612 xl Ernie Lion 165s8 121st Ave SE RentonWA 98055 CONTROL LINE CONTEST BOARD I George Higgins PD Bus 482 North Pembroke MA 02388 II Bill Boss 7706 269th St. New Hyde Park NY 11040 Ill Laird Jackson 1025 Walnut St. Philadelphia PA 19107 IV Ron McNally 6118 Bardu Ace Springfield VA 22152 V Dave Hemstraught PO Boo 171 Moncks Corner SC 29461 VI Bob BurnS 1758 N Natchec Chicago IL 60635 VII James Sinton 4941 Wiscovsin Am N New Hope MN 55428 VIII William R Lee 3522 Tamerisk Lv Missouri CityTX77459 IX Michael Tallwan 3014 Enchange Wichita KS 67217 X Pete Brueft 315 S Maria Ave Redondo Beach CA 90277 Xl Dan Ruthnrford4705237th Fl SE BothellWA98011 I Ed lazo 483 Piske St Holliston MA 01748 II Joe Friend 62 Joysan Tere Prnehold NJ 07728 Ill Dave Brown 8534 Huddleston Cincinnati OH 46236 IV Wayne Aberneshy 5221 Marlboro Pike Hillside MO 20027 V J Davis Jr 1813 S Lakeshore Dr Birmingham AL 35216 VI Mike Mueller 1531 Revere Cir Schaumburg IL 60193 VII Peter Waters 31219 Kendall Linonia Ml 48154 VIII Win 8 Thomas 331 SE Rockwood Bartlesoille OK 74003 IX Loren Tregellas 30038 Everett Wichita KS 67217 X Bill Northrop Jr 621 W 19th St Costa Mesa CA 92827 XI Ralph Brooke 3431 5 194th Seattle WA 98188 SCALE CONTEST BOARD I Richard Sherman 28 High St Plywooth NH 03264 II Robert Clemens 95 Shoreway Dr Rochester NY 14612 Ill Edward Wisser 1521 Summit St MeKeesport PA 15130 IV Bob Karlsson 2643 Marsh Rd Wilmington DE 19810 V David Plots 6940 NW 15th Pt Luoderdale PL 33313 VI Bob Onderwood4109 Concord Oak St Louis MO 63128 VII Claude MeCullouglt Bun 40 Montezuma IA 50171 VIII William H lrwin922 Sundown Lane Desoto TX 75115 IX Dean Copeland 7817 Seward Sc Omaha NE 68114 X Bill Stroman 12218 Dune St Norwalk CA 90650 Xl Earle Moorhead 275 S View Fl S. Salem OR 97302 Report Mark Redcliff US Teem Member 3rd PlacB have just returned 11th RC Aerobatics World Championships Johan nesburg South Africa must say rewarding competition have attended arrived JoBerg week ahead could get some practice 5000-ft al titude team gone Denver CO over Labor Day weekend just practice altitude must say paid off well adjusted altitude arrived SA however practice session nearly disaster Both No 1 No 2 planes prob lems engine quitting during transi tion low high throttle nearly lost CONTEST BOARD COORDINATOR Don Lindlny 420 Tupelo Napernille IL 60540 Continued page 96 January1980 85 Bold Pace Belom Indicates Chairman Contest Board SCALE CONTEST BOARD 0o FINAL VOTEEzo 1980-81 COMPETITION RULES lt EoU~ - ofVOtO ~ Acceptable N NotAccpbIe200O0~4O o~E wOL~oOOnZTally II Ill IV V VI VII VIII IX X Xl [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 66I66AEstablish Scale General Rules requiring declaration suc cessful flight completion differing kind model NorthropAAAAAAAAAAAAil ON Platt 59Unified Rules Require list parts made entrantAAAAAAANAAAA1OA 1 N McCullough 2RC Precision Eliminate contestant class system PlahnA A AA A AA Ail ON [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 61/61 ARC Precision Redefine straight flight out return parallel spectator safety line reword Fig 8 Traffic A A A A A A Ail ON approach landing associate track Mccullough Mccullough [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 60Precision Sport RC& CL Require dummy pilot figure inAAAAAAAAANAAiOA1N flight Mccullough 65RC Precision Sport Require dummy pilot figure flightAAAAAAAAANAAbA iN Northrop [v32][b-1-10-1-10]] 58/58ARC Precision Sport State desirability require-AAAAAAAAAAAAi iA ON ment mixing classes flight order DAttilio 62Precision Sport RC & CL Instead separate special rule book events allow CDs schedule special events scale modelsAAAAAAAAAAAAil ON specific classifications Mccullough li/il A/il BRC Precision Sport Establish judges guide in-AAAAAAANAAAAi OA iN cluding revisions cross-proposals Preston/D Attilio/Preston 67/67A/67BSailplanes Establish new Sport Scale RC Sailplane category embodying specific flight task 50/50 static/flight balance utilizing existing Sport Scale static judgingmodified A A A A A AiiAON 12Increase static judging distance eliminate references A A A A A A AiOA ON non-judged items Preston Rank order preference 49Dont consider cockpit cabin interiors static judging AAA AAAAAAAAAil ON consider visible detailing Johnson 13Craftsmanship score consider quality quantity work AAA AAAANAAAAi QA iN done entrant excluding purchased items Preston 5i/5iAAllow up three scale operations including multi- AAA AAAAAAAAAilA ON engines used Arvin/DAttilio 50Allow CD require demonstration RC scale operations Single engine limit cu Single engine max weight pounds A A A A A AiiAON 86 Model Aviation same 3-views Leuley/DAttiIioJ 0 S N Aj AlOAiN ground Arvin engine limits decided separately ' Ii C U C U I A A I Al Al AiiAON SCALE CONTEST BOARD FINAL VOTE Cont Single engine max weight pounds Multi-Engine limit cu Multi-Engine max weight pounds 313FAMinimum model requirements 1 least 1 displacement 2 Scale least 2-7/8 Weight least 15 lbs fuel Karlsson 3/3FBProhibit entry model both Sport Scale Giant Scale events same contest Karlsson A A A N A AbA iN 14/14AFF Gas Adopt Unified Scale Judging rules pertaining sub-AAAAAAAAANAA10A iN stitution interior detail documentation McCombs/McCullough 56/56A/56B/56C/56DEstablish unified Indoor Outdoor Rubber rules incorporating cross-proposal revisions Srull/DeCarlis/Schanzle/AAAAAAAAAAAAil ON Clemens/Srull 145No scoring details inside cockpit edging canopy Note Proposals passing Final Vote margin two-thirds among voting nearest whole number become new AMA com petition rules effective January 1 1980 blank box means no vote cast COMBINED CONTEST BOARD FINAL VOTEFFFree Flight Contest Board Cu FOR 1980-81 COMPETITION RULESRCRadio Control Contest Board2Result SCScale Contest Boardof Vote CLControl Line Contest Board ptableand N AcceptableTally II Ill IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI 8ANational AMA Records Allow flier claim record byFF A A A A submitting Contest Director submitting record application CD signature altemately simply statement R A A A A A facts flier either case must done within 14 days latter record application must also SC A A A A A 36A iN submitted 14-day limit MeuserCL AA AA AA Note Proposals passing Contest Board margin two-thirds among voting nearest whole number become new AMA competition rules effective January 1 1980 blank box means no vote cast January1980 87 A A A A A A11AON IA IA IA IA IA IA IA IA I AilAON IA IA jA j IA jA jA jAjN [ Ai0AiN I Noscoringfordetails insideotcockpitedgingor I A I I I N j AbA iN Combat Team Trials St Louis Mo September 14-16 name game fly matches Until youre team lose three times Granderson Buckstaff Cleveland Will represent US 1980 Combat World Championships Charlie Johnson CONTROL LINE COMBAT TEAM FINALS JUST getting half fun Thats really true fly FAI Combat take lust weekend off compete con test 1500 miles away West Coast contin gent flew St Louis commercial jet made trip van car person motorcycle 800 miles us met airport Fri day afternoon least werent plagued autograph hounds thrill seekers reporters main concern getting model boxes renting enough cars transport everything Drury Inn Team Trials HQ also about 30 miles airport nature FAI Combat struc ture Team Trials meant sure having enough equipment last through triple eliminationsusing two models per bout contestant would need about dozen models plus supporting gear still sounds like no problem until try getting dozen models strong box past baggage check-in theyd love slap extra charge guys driving didnt have easy either Texans came up Bill Lees van 58 models plus gallons fuel helmets pitting boxes two spares everything Bill did say roomier way home since good number models laid rest on-in-and-all-over St Louis landscape Somehow model boxes pulled clutches baggage hand lers everyone road made safely pilots meeting Friday night Bo nanza Steak House banquet room reserved meeting since local St Louis club used same facilities de cided make good impression eat everything sight meeting classic Paul Smith chairman Combat Team Selec tion Committee really done home work preparations meet amazing see hard some people tried NOT understand contest worked waitress caught right off fly matches until youre team lose three times wasnt too swift about other things giv ing Pauls steak someone else Chuck Thomas Contest Director meet Paul did admirable job fielding some tough what questions 88 Model Aviation Top The happy winners team positions dusk George Cleveland left repeat team member Phil Granderson center Sher wood Hat Buckstaff consistent Combat winners Granderson undefeated 70 Team Finals Cleveland Buckstaff lost match 6-1 Fox 15 engines dominated event though top placer Granderson used Supertigre X-15 Left Phil Cartier holds Mike Strieter fuels Bill Harris looks before matchHarris models said indestructable meet ground cowered flew says author Right Debbie lmhoff tries take Mack Hairys mind off models Dont strip blind nuts Mack Left Mack Henry waiting spare modelengine running ready go soon ship air down streamer can ex changed Hardest job watching primary models figuring out downed model chase Right Two-thirds Detroit Combat Team L-R Paul Smith Chuck Rudner pitting other third Ron Colombo out view handle Colombo 2nd alternate would have perfect game show Just someone would come up what looked like perfect loophole either Paul Chuck would slam door perfect ex planation facts supposed another set FAI rules way Would different what using What will happen ow waitress table caught fly matches until youre team have lost three Everyone soon tired play ing Stump Officials left some much needed sleep weather St Louis really great temperature 70s no wind clear sky almost no humidity St Louis Team Trials held Buder Park two years ago site has room about dozen circles first two hours Saturday used practice quite sight see FAI Combat ships flying time25000 rpm direction Practice ended everyone satis fled equipment working up expec tations because official decree streamers werent ready crew fran tically work making up enough Hurri cane Frederick blamed Its just well streamers werent ready offi cials werent quite ready go either None timers helpers previous Team Trials hand ONE Team Trials enough satisfy curiosity Some local RC club members donated two days time help out plus few friends flierssome drove over 500 miles own expense just help officiate now know what locals found out two years ago about later contestants divided threeman teams during Friday evening meeting Guys worked team wouldnt have fly other until theyd flown other pilot helped strategy some made no difference others After round begun contestant flew until hed won match lost three Thus possible few entrants lose out very early meet losing three straight 1-2 record stood Once underway became apparent would some excellent flying lot griping Only two circle marshalls Chuck Thomas Mike Strieter lot Combat experience Contestants served back-up timers occasionally Jury mem rs Due similarity models very difficult tell plane another after streamer cut down nub Pit crews couldnt tell plane hit ground happened several times pit crew ran over retrieved WRONG streamer sigh relief heard timers Bosta other distinctive model match because made jobs much easier high-point match taken George Cleveland 688 362 Bob Burch 688 super score Bobs 362 would have good enough beat Phil Granderson five out seven matches course Phil won matches because didnt let opponent score much good matches during two days including Cleveland vs Burch joust Dick Stubblefield also flew real corker against Burch winning 616 Burchs 330 Bob didnt make team did ever put show trying Howard Rush did some amazing low-level maneuvering avoid Dick Stubblefield match won 356 352 heart-breaking loss meet Ron Colombos second loss Cleveland Colombo enough lead allow George privilege cutting nub off still winning 200 points Ron hav ing no part giving up cuts found himself checking out turf trying evade George instant Ron forgot fly ing FAI Combat left circle clearing handle lines putting January1980 89 Left Chuck Thomas air horn rule book countdown cards paid own way Everett WA Contest Director parttime circle marshall Center Neal White show-stopper Bosta ST X-15 end mini-pipe Planes elliptical planform made easy judges pit crews flew Right Bob Rules very high aspect-ratio model unique twin rudders Rossi engine Trimming said problem insufficient strength such long wing Bob folded just before Team Finals photos Charlie Johnson Combat Finals Continued helmet line infraction alone lost him chance team pictures youll deduce winning models wood construction Mylar covering Wing areas 350-plus inches square Texans claimed have models 12-1 3-az bracket also some real strong Fox iSs Stubblefields looked best rest claimed have 300 rpm faster opinion superior model/engine meet Neal Whites Bosta/Rossi closely followed Stubblefields Fox-powered model Phil Granderson the top three didnt use Fox powerhad Supertigre X-l5son planes saw variation prop tried Tal pan 7-4 proved popular safest wide hub Tornado seen stretch shed blades Texans high-revving Fox engines lost several props Most contestants used 015 lines rather 012 popular two years ago Several used heavy-duty Laystrate lines favored Europeans lines use three heavy strands rather seven found 015s three strands soldered together rigid feel just about unbreakable situations Team Trials did accomplish its pri mary goal select best possible US team No can argue about credentials 1980 team members George Cleveland repeat winner other two have incredible amount experience tween As previously mentioned rough spots Team Trialsin opinion due organization non-coop eration few contestants Everyone helped did free bit diffi culty identifying models during close-in com bat after streamers cut nub some question about amount air-time per contestant very close match maybe should system matches less S-point difference reflown ad hoc Jury decide whether contestant kept disabled model airborne intentionally also question airworthiness couple models observation everyone helped did best job possible receives word praise least Lets support 1980 team group has super chance sweeping Team Individual World Championships Poland 1980 Start making plans improve 1981 Team Trials volunteering time energy make success OFFICIAL STANDINGS 1st Place Phil Granderson won-lost 7-0 Defeated Rule Lane lmhoff Rudner Smith Cleveland Curtis 2nd Place Sherwood Buckstaff 6-1 De feated Youngblood Henry Lopez Rudner Frost Colombo Lost Curtis 3rd Place George Cleveland 6-1 Defeat ed Smith Burch Rush Curtis Colom bo Colombo 2nd matching Lost Granderson 4th Place Paul Curtis 6-3 Defeated Hill Henry King Stubblefield Rush Buckstaff Lost Frost Cleveland Grand erson 5th Place Ron Colombo 5-3 Defeated Harris Hill Fentress Rush Frost Lost Cleveland Buckstaff Cleveland 6th Place Paul Smith 4-3 6th Place Howard Rush 4-3 6th Place Gary Frost 4-3 9th Place Chuck Rudner 3-3 9th Place Richard Stubblefield 3-3 11th Place Dick lmhoff 2-3 11th Place Joe King 2-3 11th Place Ernie Lane 2-3 11th Place Rich Lopez 2-3 15th Place Bob Burch 1-3 15th Place Gary Fentress 1-3 15th Place Mack Henry 1-3 15th Place Larry Hill 1-3 15th Place Neal White 1-3 15th Place Stan Youngblood 1-3 21st Place Phil Cartier 0-3 21st Place Bill Harris 0-3 21st Place Bob Rule 10-3 Did not fly Hill Jack Johnson McDonald Team Standings Texas/Lou isiana B uckstaff Cleveland Stubblefield Detroit Combat Team Colombo Smith Rudner win-lose 6-1 6-1 33 15-5 - - 5-3 4-3 3-3 12-9 Nashville Jive Granderson Henry Hill 7-0 1-3 1-3 9-6 MATCH STATISTICS FOR TOP FIVE Granderson 7-0 Buckstaff 6-1 Cleveland 6-1 Curtis 6-3 Colombo 5-3 Points 2444 2118 2506 2438 2892 Points Against 1180 420 1802 2326 1836 Difference 1264 1698 704 112 1056 Avg Margin 180 242 101 12 132 90 Model Aviation Left Dick Stubblefield checks out log book fleet planes Texans got 58 models van lots room return trip Right Bill Lea MA CL Racing contributing editor comes plane fixerspent 10 minutes getting perfect alignment Stubblefield planeonly tacked place Hot Stuffteam member tweaked strengthyep broke off Above Phil Cartier readies Gary Frosts mod 1 Phils kit Frost cut bit add fuel capacity Fox 50% nitro wouldnt make five minutesBelow Jim Ong walks off two Ex-Force planes after George Clevelands match Joe King has salvagable part push-rod quick link Rich Lopez seen use variet models engineshad good success Super tigre X-15s Cox iSs set up Roger Theobald Rossi pistons Speed event split between two sitesDayton OH Santa Ana CA team member se lection Team Race totally Dayton Though number par ticipants small competition fierce Resulting team mem bers Speed Chuck Schuette Charles Lieber Bob Spahr Team Race Perkins/Albritton McCollum/Kusik Jackson/Nel son 1980 Control Line World Championships will encom pass events plus Aerobatics Combat scheduled sub ject confirmation FAI ClAM Poland SPEED & CONTROL LINE TEAM RACE TEAM FINALS Dr Laird Jackson DAYTON inactive runways Wright-Patterson Air Force Base venue British would say 5/8 US Control Line FAI Team Trials over Labor Day weekend 1979 5/8 because 1/8 half Speed Trials held Santa Ana CA Cox Hobbies parking lot same time three hours later remaining quarter constituted Combat portion CL Team selection process held little later St Louis CN Combat Team Finals reported separately issue CL Aerobatics Team Finalsheld conjunction CL Team Race eastern half CL Speed Team Finalswas reported last month Wright-Patterson AFB has excellent facili ties official flying practice Arrange ments site made Keith Trostle president PAMPA Colonel Bob Cordle member Dayton Buzzin Buzzards Club flying site excellent space galore super coop eration Air Force local modelers plus close-by motels should also mention fine coopera tion Cox Hobbies support num erous people West Coast area Joe Klause served Contest Director able help Bill Wisniewski Roger Theo baldand Im sure others Back east Dayton Bill Wright con ducted Team Race Speed events help Carl Dodge plus administrative help Henry Nelson Doc Jackson number people volunteered ser vices both areas its because dont know names dont men tion As always meets take great deal effort put design contest entries Speed Teem Finals apparently variation copy plane shown top picture John Newtons ship top three eastern half event bottom left pic ture L-R Bob Heminway charles Lieber cliff Norman Lieber won team spot oth er two team positions came western half shown photo below LR Chuck Schuette Bob Spahr West coast TF pictures Charlie Johnson 92 Model Aviation SPEED THIS event split two sites accom modate number West Coast fliers conducted rounds both sites two rounds being flown both Saturday Sunday best two times counted fliers average position final standings Since East Coast flights about three hours before West Coast lets take look Dayton event first Charlie Lieber member 1978 Speed Team known have good potential making years team Bob Heminway has flown Charlie past making come-back try member 1974 Speed Team counted definite possibility Clif ton Norman also showing promise reports some engines running very fast bench reliable airplane fuel system set-up using Emil Rumples World Championship model design bits pieces made either Emil 1978 World Champion Jurgen Lenzen Two other participants ex pected John Camp Michigan Ed Gif ford ot New Jersey final results pretty much bore out predictions Lieber Heminway Norman posted good flights Camp Gifford lagged behind various difficulties preventing put ting up official flights An unfortunate note after Cliff Normans official flying found engines oversized happens too often Rossi engines mixes internal parts effort find good running combination Bob Heminway using Charlie Liebers 1978 speed shells molded fiberglass wing Charlie makes tank set-up similar used both Char lie Cliff Norman hard tank crankcase pressure Rumple fuel switch Bobs engines ran afoul displacement problem also other engine okay able record official times though very good ones Charlie Lieber certainly smoothest flying set-up seen East Coast site own difficulties getting good engine runs settings Both first flights two days suffered prob lems engine going decidedly off song resulting poor time However quick test flight found proper needle valve set ting way extremely criti cal able record flights both days 141-sec 1-kilometer run speed 25532 km/hr Which comes out just about 158 mph excellent time both runs started out much fast er definite slowing about mid-point run serious sag ging lean last two 10 laps re quired Although us flying east unable contact West Coast people during contest felt sure Liebers time would hold up place team turned out true Charlies time second overall standings Calls Sunday night Joe Klause Chuck Schuette gave us results West Coast say least inter esting contest featured much warmer dryer weather Dayton Dayton weather humid times mid high SOs Saturday quite cool weather rains morning Sunday temperature never got above low 70s during flying portion day As Dayton five fliers participat ing Santa Ana site Senior flier Doug Hinkley apparently using Rumple-style set-up air plane able record flight 14193 mph excellent Doug represents large increase over past perform ances certainly has stuck event has made great strides improvements fourth place West Coast Luke Roy Luke has developed bladder pressure fuel system used West Coast fliers consists ball valve check pressure feed similar developed Jim Walker pressure unseat valve open up fuel flow generated crankcase pressure opened timed pressure tap off rear valve dri en valve system seems work hints kinks have worked out resulting inconsistency end second day Luke unable get fourth flight might very well have put average high enough place team As ended up average 15374 mph fourth place West Coast Third place West Coast went John Newton averaged 15452 flights around mark of ficials Second West Coast standings third overall went Bob Spahr has done past used Perils Pauline approach getting official place ap parently some engine runs ab solutely superb least portion flight felt over 165 mph ran out fuel did have official about 158 mph finally last flight Sunday managed get flight 153 average over 155 mph contrast Chuck Schuette flew some fast flights easily qualified team Continued page 96 Team Race Team Finals next page January1980 93 Above Left L-R Col Bob Cordle Carl Dodge mixing FAI fuel Dayton Above Right Bill Wisniewski second left checks engine dis placement computation L-R Roger Theobald Maurice Hinckley Joe Klause look After checking stroke said unison better have awfully small piston didl Below Left Luke Roy cranks starter Maurice Hinckley looks see son Doug ready flight Below Middle John Camp brought wife family help out still couldnt get official clocking Below Right Doug Hinckley Senior Age flier doing real well Speed competitionhere holding back load engine hopefully get pipe TEAM RACE nt rounds fly over two days superbly run Bill Wright kept contest mov ing smoothly relatively small number entries eight teams appearing dropping out after practice day Jim Joy came new pilot partner BB Brown BB managed permanently retract landing gear both models during practice made difficult compete brought large supply ultra-short propellersl left seven entrants headed Perkins/Albritton practice seemed have consistent high speed best chance winning competition Veteran team contenders John McCollum Jed Kusik formed new partnership Jed doing pit work John flying also decent air speed com bined Jeds usual quick pit work Tim Gillott John Ballard made long distance team Nationals Lincoln NE first place posi tion decided tb go combination again Team Trials Long time competitor Al Kelly now pitting young Bill Hughes Chicago area contrast performance early year seemed have found speed range needed competitive addition three veteran teams teams veterans depend ing upon outlook appeared Gary Wallace now teamed up brother Springfield MO Jim Jolly father two-time World Champs competitor Larry Jolly pilot Ken Mogi Finally migrant engine manufacturer Henry Nelson moved east instead west thus disregarding familiar advice desparation taken oldest living Race pilot team heard vocally suffering therefrom Nonetheless Henrys engines manfully struggling drag balsa anchors through air disasters practice having cleaned patched up Saturday dawned nice clear promise some good races Bill Wright ran tight ship after meeting Friday night flying generally clean no fragrant fouls nobody getting away something advantage Perkins/Aibritton first up heat Kusik/McCollum Ballard/G illott Perkins combined excellent pitwork good needle settings fine piloting iE record 350 time followed closely John Jed 354 Ballard/Gillott engine setting problems requiring extra pit stop difficulties dropped badly 431 time second heat first round saw Kelly/Hughes get some fairly decent speed bit under-com pression early tanks recorded 414 time Nelson/Jackson fairly good setting Jacksons piloting managed create enough disaster reduce time 41O Mogi/Jolly difficulties setting running-inthey didnt finish left Wallace/Wallace finish round three-man heat two teams starting off second round McCollum/Kusik Ballard/Gillott Unfortunately Ballard/Gillott gone off field make some repairs 94 Model Aviation US team 1980 Team Race World Championships Standing L-R Henry Nelson Doc Jackson Jed Kusik John McCollum Kneeling Walt Perkins JE Aibritton Walt Perkins missed catch note closed finger-grip shot left subsequent chase runback right cost teem about 10 seconds Mistakes can ruin ewen best teams chances starting gun John Ballard JE Albritton Bill Hughes ready position center failed appear call resulting no-time being recorded haunt later final totals scored average three times team after discarding teams best time its two worst times So although allows throw out bad times does allow luxury deliberately discard ing bad times least until late corn petition heat went off Wallace/Wallace Nelson/Jackson flying Round 2 McCoIlum Kusik got decent time 359 Jackson managed pull bad piloting error bad shutoff belated tempt get airplane resulted bounce well over Henrys outstretched arm upside down airplane split prop tip Wallace/Wallace unable get decent setting remainder round also marked difficulties Mogi/Jolly could find air-speed Perkins/Aibritton missed catch Wallace/Wallace no-time An unfortunate incident occurred involving Kelly/Hughes tail end round Ballard/C illott trying put flight beginning 3rd Round pit-stops during race both airplanes quit about same time Bill Hughes following John Ballard pits Tim Gil ott first circle airplanes came Kelly waiting two segments fur ther around Gillott just barely caught air plane still forwarded ex tended arm air Hughes airplane collided made difficult decision Bill Wright made judg ment could disqualified Kelly/Hughes giving Ballard re-fly Tim made best re-fly posting fastest time 359 good setting two quick pits Others round managed hold positions McCollum/Kusik fairly slow time 404 Perkins/Albritton troubles again 418 Wallace/ Wallace Mogi/J oIly again could find good air-time 446 442 respec tively Nelson/Jackson managed make de cent pit stops engine setting too rich too slow produced 405 As things would have turned out fastest time con cluded first day flying After lot activity motel Sat urday night making repairs ships fix ing tired engines resoldering leaking fuel tanks like everyone retired await morn wasnt much started rain fairly early However stopped along about 830 gradually runways dried out Flying slightly delayed two top teams no trouble getting back groove Perkins/Aibritton turned 351 MeCollum/Kusik followed 357 complement other times round Ballard/C illott made sec ond bad error hard landing broke ship behind wingforcing retirement recording second no-time would force count slow time 431 anchor proved impossible lift Kelly/Hughes did 423 still moderate troubles Mogi/Jolly did finish Wallace/Wallace stuck pla teau 443 Jackson showed Henry new wrinkle fast shut-off takeoff thus nullifying good setting recording 409 time 408 next heat man aged preserve enough consistency save day Kelly/Hughes followed another 426 Ballard/Gillott did 408both too far behind make up last round Mogi/Jolly retired did complete heats Wallace/Wallace also remained 430s range remaining heats icing cake top three positions now determined Kelly/Hughes Bal lard/Gillott good times both re cording 402s bright spot two days flying three top teams showed flashes speeds capable recording decent times lack consistency repeated errors team Jackson/Nelson taking prize disconcerting will have eliminated team challenge Europeans nice touch seem ready willing work together ru mored first project put old Doc megavitamins hopes improv ing aging reflexes least make pos sible him spot Henry circle Anyway teams look capable good show 80 January1980 95 just somewhere among foam rubber Tim Gillot flew fron West Coast teamed up pilot John Ballard Missing heat might have undoing Jed Kusik two sKots above shows make fast pit stop Catching ship just side line segment doesnt have move feet place other side line pressure-fuel flip quick start Below Pilot action center John McCollum RI coming out pit JE Albritton LI passes over Gary Wallace cruises Speed Finals/Jackson Continued page 93 two flights first day quite consistentone 16221 sec ond 16160 mph alone would have qualified him first Sunday morning 3rd Round weather too cool humid thought took bye round As turned out Bob Spahrs engine running off its 165-plus mph laps did fly 4th Round recorded another flight 16192 mphthree very consistent flights three top fliers Schuette Lieber Spahr used assymetric side-winder designs Schuette Spahr used same inboard-engined design has seen frequently past Charlie uses outboard design molded fiberglass wings contrast hard aluminum wings Schuette RC World Champs/Radcliff Continued page 85 No 1 Phoenix 8 engine quit forced make down-wind landing wind blowing very hard landed fast airplane rolled rock pile dam aging underside breaking firewall loose After evenings repair whole crew back business next day solved engine problems both planes practice having engine troubles case once official competition began Dean Ko gers engine quit about half-way through first flight Dave Brown next fly engine quit last fly surprise engine ran great After further adjustments Deans Daves engines team no engine trouble Wind big factor contest very windy day believe reason success Phoenix 8 has definite advantage wind Going finals 5th place honest did feel stand ing would improve However finals over could hardly believe moved 5th 3rd Needless say very happy feel team learned lot WC Engines seem critical 5000 feet altitude Model airplanes fly different ly higher altitude South Africa wonderful conuntry people treated us fantastic organ ized very tight contest way finish 3rd world fantastic feeling no way could have done help lot super people equipment lot hard work believe podium both team championship dividual play national anthem realize what about Again thanks AMA members manufacturers supported team Once again showed world still No 1 Report Dean Koger US Team Member 12th Place trip South Africa 11th RC Aerobatics World Championships very surprising rewarding experience Johan nesburg modern city can found anywhere exactly what picture think Africa During first few days didnt see much countryside way practice field because driving left side road requires lot con centration youve never done before As gradually became pro reverse driving able look around see expressways shopping centers discount stores new hous ing developments etc would look right home anywhere country temperatures entire threeweek stay perfect dont know exactly what because use Celsius scale would guess typically 70s wind another story varied windy ridiculous day kept hop ing would quit never did several RC fields available practice used belonging Transvaal RC Fliers very nice paved strip apart inconvenience having occasionally chase cows off runway ideal practice site contest held Baragwanath Air port flying site provided bit disappointing flew off very very narrow about 15-ft full-size glider runway circles placed grass scraped off next runway ground oiled area quite rough provided very little roll-out area es sentially forced everyone take off land narrow glider runway passing through middle circle didnt turn out cause much trouble still less desirable situation judging good would hope World Championships two sets judges quite imbalanced high set low set thus low set minimal contribution outcome also thought judges did make efficient use scores available ex ample really good maneuver might scored 7 poor 6 lack dis crimination makes outcome depend ent other less important factors Obvious ly judges perform difficult thankless job really try best job possible After giving matter considerable thought believe following suggestions would make judges jobs easier future a Throw out high low scores set judges b Utilize half-point scoring c Select judges based ability rather politics d In same manner flash cards have improved judging spectator enjoy ment place judges name coun try back chair conclude would remiss did thank South Africans phenomi nal hospitality shown us during stay Barb will long remember beautiful coun try wonderful people met privilege represent United States very proud have brought first place team trophy back home MEUSERS FF DURATION COLUMN - This month left out would nt have squeeze big report EF World Championships couple time-sensitive items promised get elsewhere Take over Meuser Nominations Order Models Year no time lose nominations must January 1 NFFS Model Year Awards presented typically de signers models have achieved out standing track record competition models represent outstanding achieve ment development some sort also have received awards though havent won single contestFulton Hungerfords Walnut-Scale Ford Tn-Motor electricpower Mattel Super Star example Fur thermore awards have made nonmodels Peanut Scale Old-Timer movements Rossi 15 Cox 049-05 1 engines Seelig timers So let minds wander too long Write phone NFFS MOY Chairman Steve Geraghty 194 Vista Del Monte Los Gatos CA 95030 Pres entations awardees will appear 1980 Symposium Report can make 1980 Nats Model Mail-In Meat mentioned back June issue give planty time now zero-hour hand rules Use no balsa 3 6-in piece ordinary 1132 sheet slice up way like covering no 12 12-in sheet ordinary Japan ese tissue no superfine condenser paper Use wire plastic teflon rubber steel aluminum glue dope clay lead similar heavy materials like may use light-weight materials such styro foam microfilm helium hydrogen addi tional balsa tissue beyond specified Make size shape model like can glider rubber-powered Give model name supply simple set plans Prizes offered best duration unique unusual model best workman shipperhaps others Models cannot re turned theyll go good cause pro moting model aviation spend much time building model getting back big deal design incompatible spirit thing Mail models Earl Van Gorder 10 Brothers Road Wap pingers Falls NY 12590 sure get January 17 96 Model Aviation 11111 vev gui dli Lildi dlisium. 3 x 6-in piece 1/32-in balsa sheet square foot tissue 2nd place 1979 MidHudson Model Masters Mail-In Meet