HOLY COW guys other fellows have really learned game played ease other fellows comrade Stunt fliers Peoples Republic China USSR havent heard now Chinese Russian teams did rest us yet again last Augusts CL World Champion ships Thats right Once again two teams beat comers simply reversing placings two years ago time PRC won both team individual honors 1986 runner up Zhang Xiang Dong took gold medal 1986 Champ Andrei Kolisnikov very close second followed fractionally Chinas Wang Jian Zhang US team members competitive held out individual medals strong performance two Eastern nations Jimmy Casale placed fourth Paul Walker fifth Bob Baron tenth US team finished third place garnered bronze medal its ef forts difficult complain about thirdplace finish flying against best fliers world must looked definite chal lenge historically unbeatable US Stunt team regain its former prominence now getting beaten own game thing can tell isnt because lack effort part team Ive done battle three guys generally come away battered bloody guys can fly three have commitment purpose makes formidable competitors under cir cumstances So come huh search answer question con tacted members team find Out what happened ask opinions what need reestablish preeminence worldclass Stunt first time team included coach Don McClave Portland OR partic ularly fortuitous juncture since Don able critically observe flights team work competition duties rewarded us expert informed insight differences between team win ners Its outlook weve never before nor until 1984 really felt need Don sent brief analysis perceptions competition thought Id share thoughts addition Ill annotating remarks elaboration notes conversations team members themselves Heres Dons report December 1988 63 Control Line Aerobatics Ted Fancher 158 Flying Cloud Isle Foster City CA 94404 CL World Champs Photo above shows USSR s Kolesnikov 2nd-place entry defending World Champion Both plane flight box concours quality Plane background 7th-place entry S Klychkov closeup Below L Kolesnikovs plane re veals beautiful workmanship bust flier detailed cockpit Engine homebuilt rearexhaust 56 Kolesnikovs control handle Below R also example careful craftmanship Continued page 161 Agony defeat final day competition Jim Casale knows best effort will enough take medal beaten undaunted US Stunt team LL-R Bob Baron recently fought back very serious illness finish 10th Hallmark powered hybrid OS 4OFSR/FP engine Jim Casale finished 4th ST 60-powered Columbia won 88 AMA Nats team coach Don McClave just before slashed wrists Paul Walker finished 5th ST 60-powered Bad Newsplane won 87 AMA Nats placed 2nd 88 Nats placed 3rd 86 CL World Champs Hungary Winning plane R Xiandong Zhang Peoples Republic China used side-mounted homemade 60 engine Flights smooth very quiet Note Chinese using white gloves very top column always try clude such items column CL Aerobatics/Fancher Continued page 63 Judging good PAl scoring system should changed US system allows finer dis crimination judges Unlike 1986 Champions/ups judg ing suffered last-minute replacements due inability three planned judges par ticipate members team felt judg ing fair impartlal notwithstanding presence three Eastern Bloc judges FAI scoring system employs score 10 segment maneuver ie three loops gets individual score score multiplied K-factor JO depending difficulty maneuver Thus pilot Square Eights very slightly inferior anothers might get two sevens better maneuver receives two eights ever K-factor eight initial ma neuver JO second maneuver con sidered minimum difference becomes 18 points [Flier gets 7 x 8 plus 7 x JO 126 points second flier gets 8 x 8 plus 8 x JO 144 points] consider flier may have flown 800 m other 600pm same round can see coarseness scoring becomes factor Ted Winner runner-up flew very well would tough beat anywhere world unanimous Xiang Dong Kolis nikov deserved placings guys creme de la creme Stunt right now weve got find way beat Ted style flight preferred FM judges smooth precise five-foot bottoms good shapes intersections dazzled blinding corners dont like bobbles kind Quiet airplanes now norm world competition 60s power plant choice respect size maneuvers Chinese flew small Russians US flew slightly larger Italys Compostella ninth place flew very large Size didnt seem make much difference long total presentation crisp flowing precise smooth Withaut exception team commented smoothness top planes common thought high power-to-weight ratio determining factor Most top ships fairly smallapproximately 650 sq powered hame-built engines slightly under 60 displacement Weights low 50-oz range Jimmy commented felt significant factor Chinese dominance controlled excess power al lowed give same presentation regard less weather conditions always flew same Ted Judges appeared give consideration whether ship bounced rolled flight didnt care ships loud judge commented Walker Although didnt af fect scoring airplane too loud Don commented didnt see missed intersection entire Chinese team Kol isnikov Walker suggested almost machine-like ability nail S-ft bottoms maneuvers especially Wing Over sets tone rest flight Baron commented particularly precision shapes suggesting perhaps poor geometry has become weakness current US styles top pilots flying around fivesecond laps Kolisnikov slightly slower around 52 hawever flying less maximum line length gave pat tents crisp compact look Paul Jimmy disagreed bit Don corners felt Chinese flew very tight corners Jimmy felt Russians general tended somewhat bigger smoother Bob agreed Don take choice Bob Baron visited Xiang Dong s room close look ship Nothing unusual said Perfectly ordinary hasis perfect ight light exquisite crafts manship felt Kolisnikov s ship concours quality appearance finish photos back up Ted can certainly win again hut will have work things win favor FAI com petition addition need better pre pared bad conditions especially turbu lence seems prevail inside closed cir cles world championships often held pit Chaika name site Kiev tough place compete flew very well got beat fair square will back again Unlike stateside contests often wide-open sites lots practice area official circle practice area somewhat distant conditions dif ferent make trim engine settings ob tained practice little value official flying Although team preferred practice area consistency conditions felt adequate practice time official circle perform up capabilities Although nicely appointed generally smooth surface official circle poorly sit uated closed buildings towers trees made turbulent conditions provided difficult background against fly other hand surrounding chain link fence provided judges perfect tattletale intersections 5-ft elevations played right hands Chinese forte exactly intersections bottoms shapes [Come think what else No wonder tough]Ted Dons optimistic closing stirring opinion wasnt totally shared Paul Walker some reservations about ability com pete state-supported nature teams China Russia Weve heard throughout spectrum international competition pilots essen tially professional modelers Its what living PRC USSR have decided play hardball committing resources government support aeromodeling teams Russian team instance site practicing coach practice judges six weeks prior championships Jimmy learned Chinese team camp honing skills month prior departure Im sure however events Kiev leavened perspective time will shed conviction invulnerability worlds current leaders world Stunt need change way business weve already started use coach team large step right direction recognition need modify style flying meet international expectations another big step acceptance interna tional attitude noise need develop ships can excel style flying winning two steps Continued page 162 Add Excitement life Geta Lawnmowe4 60 powered rolling looping kind zimbabwe Modet Products St 1/ Special Introductory Offer complete Kit atl foam wood pans . 5 ZIMPRO MARKETING 1 PO BOX 3076 OAK RIDGE TN 37830 PHONE 615-482-6188 See dealer order direct December 1988 161 dW A-J CLASSIC 3-PAK. o A-J HORNET o 404 INTERCEPTOR$ 1995 o 74 GLIDER J ready fly Note Please add $300 postage asd handiog Os test 3 pacisaged modets Aad 10% ot pece addihonal oooooooooooooooooooooooo COMPANY P OBox 68132 PORTLAND OR 97268 Mooney MK 231 OR PFM 3200 1/5th SCALE SEMI-KIT WAYNE SIEWERT AMA NATh PLACE WINNER RADIO NATS EXPERT 46 CHANNELI5~-aaaI ENGINEPORSCHE F/7TEO MOONEY 90-1082 CYCLE 120-4 CYCLE SPAN 88 AREA 990SQIN WEIGHT 12-15# Fiberglass Cowlings Windshield Tip Lenses Plastic Elevator & Rudder Surfaces Rolled Plans Scale Documentation Full Instructions Scale SpinnerMORE INFO SEND SASE WAYNE SIEWERT 2837 18th Ave So MPLS MN 55407 USA 6127227564 S Olympic hockey team Amer-add extra cooling ducts upper cowling jean ingenuity competitiveness dedication CLhave found two small /8-in holes fron will show us way victory can take emRacing/Ballardtal area pan allow enough air circulate Continued page 64the crankcase area give adequate cooling So Salute victorious Chinese __________________________________________ accounts hard-earned welldeserved victorymore streamlined standard cylindrical orminimize lower case overheating problems PS Ive tried tried refrain sayingrectangular tanks generally used onhave tried both pans have joy mayScale Racers Bob plans later modifications toable eliminate notched throst hub fui-ther streamline fill tube well exitpropellers no longer melt overheated way back just before Nats receivedtubes canopy sectioncrankshaft great big package mail Since wasnt December knew wasnt Santa wentQuickie Rat kit have several requests toFunctional pit kit have recently seen excelahead opened t discovered Control Linewhether such item available extremelylent pit kit very light bulky ARF means Almost Ready Fly thosepopular Southwestern event has growing inmost units consists rectangular piece of read nothing column Theythe last few years am happy report aA-in-thick wood approximately 18 x 12 in very popular items wonderful world ofkit manufacturer has agreed produce Barra-size has necessary starting-line items RC case very pretty fullcoda aircraft designed Bill Bischoff qual-tached such fuel syringes prop wrench batStunt Chipmunk Cox now youve allity wood workmanship excellent Fortery Hot Stuff glow plug driver screwdriv seen ads tor critter its no big surprise Somore information kits contact Customers using thin piece wood arranging Models far Ive put together looks just like c 5515 Bridgeton Dr Arlingtonthe items compactly possible both sides ads intend fly soon willTX 76018 phone number 817 467-9211the unit can used other side suitable make complete thumbs up/thumbs down reviewAnyone interested flying fun Rac-storage tools incidental items sometime next couple monthsing event can eliminate large amount labormerely T-shaped bracket mounted bot b ac uirin Barracuda kit formtom wood slab keep unit erect fact Ill probably use ARF concept ay q gyou set down Since flight box per se springboard yet another discussion Stunt people going come grips Rat engine overheating problems Hot humid can easily carried around flight circle withcurrent manufacturing capability dreaded Midwestern summer days certainly give rise out items becoming misplaced bottom Builder Model Rule Yes once again ques- overheating problems cowled 40-size box have included photo unit Fast Rat engines serious overheating can get general gist build tions arising about built nished n buy plane fly problem seems crankshaft area yourself about hour no appearance points sst Did build results softening fiberglass ship hes taking appearance points propellers necessitates using either dense- Thats time As always solicit weave n win pre plane award on fiber prop using notched propcomments photos ideas ship just bought on Thinkdrive hub hold prop place Since fi about gentlemenberglass softens is heated up loss ofCL Speed/Hempel Fly Stuntgrip prop drive washer subsequent slip ______________________________________ ping prop imminent problem Continued page 65 responding advertisers mentionAll present competitive Fast Rat models utilize read about ModelAviation either full-length half-length cast aluminum four-man team Kalmykov defending magnesium metal pan After attempts World Champion Continued page 164 Rocket Plane XP-1The Florio Flyer 60 & 40 Folding-Wing Glider Launcher4 ChannelR/C Excitement Consisieni winner veryeachmaneuverable siable ai low speeds plus SllorderEasily performs knife ship & hand edge flai spins aiher maneuvers advanced shoulder wing design Ready Fly'1.60 Size 40 Size AlIBalsaWood-60span660sqin 52Yspan505sq Hand craftedwing area lengihwing area lengih 45-61 Cu power 45 Cu power Its funG@es uplike recket design win 5%6/ lbs design win 4V.4 lbs glIdesdewn like plane add *3ship & hand $71~ 837 Johnsonburg Rd Florio Flyer Corp St Marys PA 15857814-834-2586 162 Model Aviation U p A monthly publication covering International RO Soaring Scene US Sl7yr 21/yr IsIClass In Canada/Mexico $22/yr US funds Asia & Pacific $28/yr US funds Europe UK $28/yr US funds Surface Mail Foreign $18/yr USfunds RO SOARING DIGEST PO Box 4079 Payson AZ 85547
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/12
Page Numbers: 63, 161, 162
HOLY COW guys other fellows have really learned game played ease other fellows comrade Stunt fliers Peoples Republic China USSR havent heard now Chinese Russian teams did rest us yet again last Augusts CL World Champion ships Thats right Once again two teams beat comers simply reversing placings two years ago time PRC won both team individual honors 1986 runner up Zhang Xiang Dong took gold medal 1986 Champ Andrei Kolisnikov very close second followed fractionally Chinas Wang Jian Zhang US team members competitive held out individual medals strong performance two Eastern nations Jimmy Casale placed fourth Paul Walker fifth Bob Baron tenth US team finished third place garnered bronze medal its ef forts difficult complain about thirdplace finish flying against best fliers world must looked definite chal lenge historically unbeatable US Stunt team regain its former prominence now getting beaten own game thing can tell isnt because lack effort part team Ive done battle three guys generally come away battered bloody guys can fly three have commitment purpose makes formidable competitors under cir cumstances So come huh search answer question con tacted members team find Out what happened ask opinions what need reestablish preeminence worldclass Stunt first time team included coach Don McClave Portland OR partic ularly fortuitous juncture since Don able critically observe flights team work competition duties rewarded us expert informed insight differences between team win ners Its outlook weve never before nor until 1984 really felt need Don sent brief analysis perceptions competition thought Id share thoughts addition Ill annotating remarks elaboration notes conversations team members themselves Heres Dons report December 1988 63 Control Line Aerobatics Ted Fancher 158 Flying Cloud Isle Foster City CA 94404 CL World Champs Photo above shows USSR s Kolesnikov 2nd-place entry defending World Champion Both plane flight box concours quality Plane background 7th-place entry S Klychkov closeup Below L Kolesnikovs plane re veals beautiful workmanship bust flier detailed cockpit Engine homebuilt rearexhaust 56 Kolesnikovs control handle Below R also example careful craftmanship Continued page 161 Agony defeat final day competition Jim Casale knows best effort will enough take medal beaten undaunted US Stunt team LL-R Bob Baron recently fought back very serious illness finish 10th Hallmark powered hybrid OS 4OFSR/FP engine Jim Casale finished 4th ST 60-powered Columbia won 88 AMA Nats team coach Don McClave just before slashed wrists Paul Walker finished 5th ST 60-powered Bad Newsplane won 87 AMA Nats placed 2nd 88 Nats placed 3rd 86 CL World Champs Hungary Winning plane R Xiandong Zhang Peoples Republic China used side-mounted homemade 60 engine Flights smooth very quiet Note Chinese using white gloves very top column always try clude such items column CL Aerobatics/Fancher Continued page 63 Judging good PAl scoring system should changed US system allows finer dis crimination judges Unlike 1986 Champions/ups judg ing suffered last-minute replacements due inability three planned judges par ticipate members team felt judg ing fair impartlal notwithstanding presence three Eastern Bloc judges FAI scoring system employs score 10 segment maneuver ie three loops gets individual score score multiplied K-factor JO depending difficulty maneuver Thus pilot Square Eights very slightly inferior anothers might get two sevens better maneuver receives two eights ever K-factor eight initial ma neuver JO second maneuver con sidered minimum difference becomes 18 points [Flier gets 7 x 8 plus 7 x JO 126 points second flier gets 8 x 8 plus 8 x JO 144 points] consider flier may have flown 800 m other 600pm same round can see coarseness scoring becomes factor Ted Winner runner-up flew very well would tough beat anywhere world unanimous Xiang Dong Kolis nikov deserved placings guys creme de la creme Stunt right now weve got find way beat Ted style flight preferred FM judges smooth precise five-foot bottoms good shapes intersections dazzled blinding corners dont like bobbles kind Quiet airplanes now norm world competition 60s power plant choice respect size maneuvers Chinese flew small Russians US flew slightly larger Italys Compostella ninth place flew very large Size didnt seem make much difference long total presentation crisp flowing precise smooth Withaut exception team commented smoothness top planes common thought high power-to-weight ratio determining factor Most top ships fairly smallapproximately 650 sq powered hame-built engines slightly under 60 displacement Weights low 50-oz range Jimmy commented felt significant factor Chinese dominance controlled excess power al lowed give same presentation regard less weather conditions always flew same Ted Judges appeared give consideration whether ship bounced rolled flight didnt care ships loud judge commented Walker Although didnt af fect scoring airplane too loud Don commented didnt see missed intersection entire Chinese team Kol isnikov Walker suggested almost machine-like ability nail S-ft bottoms maneuvers especially Wing Over sets tone rest flight Baron commented particularly precision shapes suggesting perhaps poor geometry has become weakness current US styles top pilots flying around fivesecond laps Kolisnikov slightly slower around 52 hawever flying less maximum line length gave pat tents crisp compact look Paul Jimmy disagreed bit Don corners felt Chinese flew very tight corners Jimmy felt Russians general tended somewhat bigger smoother Bob agreed Don take choice Bob Baron visited Xiang Dong s room close look ship Nothing unusual said Perfectly ordinary hasis perfect ight light exquisite crafts manship felt Kolisnikov s ship concours quality appearance finish photos back up Ted can certainly win again hut will have work things win favor FAI com petition addition need better pre pared bad conditions especially turbu lence seems prevail inside closed cir cles world championships often held pit Chaika name site Kiev tough place compete flew very well got beat fair square will back again Unlike stateside contests often wide-open sites lots practice area official circle practice area somewhat distant conditions dif ferent make trim engine settings ob tained practice little value official flying Although team preferred practice area consistency conditions felt adequate practice time official circle perform up capabilities Although nicely appointed generally smooth surface official circle poorly sit uated closed buildings towers trees made turbulent conditions provided difficult background against fly other hand surrounding chain link fence provided judges perfect tattletale intersections 5-ft elevations played right hands Chinese forte exactly intersections bottoms shapes [Come think what else No wonder tough]Ted Dons optimistic closing stirring opinion wasnt totally shared Paul Walker some reservations about ability com pete state-supported nature teams China Russia Weve heard throughout spectrum international competition pilots essen tially professional modelers Its what living PRC USSR have decided play hardball committing resources government support aeromodeling teams Russian team instance site practicing coach practice judges six weeks prior championships Jimmy learned Chinese team camp honing skills month prior departure Im sure however events Kiev leavened perspective time will shed conviction invulnerability worlds current leaders world Stunt need change way business weve already started use coach team large step right direction recognition need modify style flying meet international expectations another big step acceptance interna tional attitude noise need develop ships can excel style flying winning two steps Continued page 162 Add Excitement life Geta Lawnmowe4 60 powered rolling looping kind zimbabwe Modet Products St 1/ Special Introductory Offer complete Kit atl foam wood pans . 5 ZIMPRO MARKETING 1 PO BOX 3076 OAK RIDGE TN 37830 PHONE 615-482-6188 See dealer order direct December 1988 161 dW A-J CLASSIC 3-PAK. o A-J HORNET o 404 INTERCEPTOR$ 1995 o 74 GLIDER J ready fly Note Please add $300 postage asd handiog Os test 3 pacisaged modets Aad 10% ot pece addihonal oooooooooooooooooooooooo COMPANY P OBox 68132 PORTLAND OR 97268 Mooney MK 231 OR PFM 3200 1/5th SCALE SEMI-KIT WAYNE SIEWERT AMA NATh PLACE WINNER RADIO NATS EXPERT 46 CHANNELI5~-aaaI ENGINEPORSCHE F/7TEO MOONEY 90-1082 CYCLE 120-4 CYCLE SPAN 88 AREA 990SQIN WEIGHT 12-15# Fiberglass Cowlings Windshield Tip Lenses Plastic Elevator & Rudder Surfaces Rolled Plans Scale Documentation Full Instructions Scale SpinnerMORE INFO SEND SASE WAYNE SIEWERT 2837 18th Ave So MPLS MN 55407 USA 6127227564 S Olympic hockey team Amer-add extra cooling ducts upper cowling jean ingenuity competitiveness dedication CLhave found two small /8-in holes fron will show us way victory can take emRacing/Ballardtal area pan allow enough air circulate Continued page 64the crankcase area give adequate cooling So Salute victorious Chinese __________________________________________ accounts hard-earned welldeserved victorymore streamlined standard cylindrical orminimize lower case overheating problems PS Ive tried tried refrain sayingrectangular tanks generally used onhave tried both pans have joy mayScale Racers Bob plans later modifications toable eliminate notched throst hub fui-ther streamline fill tube well exitpropellers no longer melt overheated way back just before Nats receivedtubes canopy sectioncrankshaft great big package mail Since wasnt December knew wasnt Santa wentQuickie Rat kit have several requests toFunctional pit kit have recently seen excelahead opened t discovered Control Linewhether such item available extremelylent pit kit very light bulky ARF means Almost Ready Fly thosepopular Southwestern event has growing inmost units consists rectangular piece of read nothing column Theythe last few years am happy report aA-in-thick wood approximately 18 x 12 in very popular items wonderful world ofkit manufacturer has agreed produce Barra-size has necessary starting-line items RC case very pretty fullcoda aircraft designed Bill Bischoff qual-tached such fuel syringes prop wrench batStunt Chipmunk Cox now youve allity wood workmanship excellent Fortery Hot Stuff glow plug driver screwdriv seen ads tor critter its no big surprise Somore information kits contact Customers using thin piece wood arranging Models far Ive put together looks just like c 5515 Bridgeton Dr Arlingtonthe items compactly possible both sides ads intend fly soon willTX 76018 phone number 817 467-9211the unit can used other side suitable make complete thumbs up/thumbs down reviewAnyone interested flying fun Rac-storage tools incidental items sometime next couple monthsing event can eliminate large amount labormerely T-shaped bracket mounted bot b ac uirin Barracuda kit formtom wood slab keep unit erect fact Ill probably use ARF concept ay q gyou set down Since flight box per se springboard yet another discussion Stunt people going come grips Rat engine overheating problems Hot humid can easily carried around flight circle withcurrent manufacturing capability dreaded Midwestern summer days certainly give rise out items becoming misplaced bottom Builder Model Rule Yes once again ques- overheating problems cowled 40-size box have included photo unit Fast Rat engines serious overheating can get general gist build tions arising about built nished n buy plane fly problem seems crankshaft area yourself about hour no appearance points sst Did build results softening fiberglass ship hes taking appearance points propellers necessitates using either dense- Thats time As always solicit weave n win pre plane award on fiber prop using notched propcomments photos ideas ship just bought on Thinkdrive hub hold prop place Since fi about gentlemenberglass softens is heated up loss ofCL Speed/Hempel Fly Stuntgrip prop drive washer subsequent slip ______________________________________ ping prop imminent problem Continued page 65 responding advertisers mentionAll present competitive Fast Rat models utilize read about ModelAviation either full-length half-length cast aluminum four-man team Kalmykov defending magnesium metal pan After attempts World Champion Continued page 164 Rocket Plane XP-1The Florio Flyer 60 & 40 Folding-Wing Glider Launcher4 ChannelR/C Excitement Consisieni winner veryeachmaneuverable siable ai low speeds plus SllorderEasily performs knife ship & hand edge flai spins aiher maneuvers advanced shoulder wing design Ready Fly'1.60 Size 40 Size AlIBalsaWood-60span660sqin 52Yspan505sq Hand craftedwing area lengihwing area lengih 45-61 Cu power 45 Cu power Its funG@es uplike recket design win 5%6/ lbs design win 4V.4 lbs glIdesdewn like plane add *3ship & hand $71~ 837 Johnsonburg Rd Florio Flyer Corp St Marys PA 15857814-834-2586 162 Model Aviation U p A monthly publication covering International RO Soaring Scene US Sl7yr 21/yr IsIClass In Canada/Mexico $22/yr US funds Asia & Pacific $28/yr US funds Europe UK $28/yr US funds Surface Mail Foreign $18/yr USfunds RO SOARING DIGEST PO Box 4079 Payson AZ 85547
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/12
Page Numbers: 63, 161, 162
HOLY COW guys other fellows have really learned game played ease other fellows comrade Stunt fliers Peoples Republic China USSR havent heard now Chinese Russian teams did rest us yet again last Augusts CL World Champion ships Thats right Once again two teams beat comers simply reversing placings two years ago time PRC won both team individual honors 1986 runner up Zhang Xiang Dong took gold medal 1986 Champ Andrei Kolisnikov very close second followed fractionally Chinas Wang Jian Zhang US team members competitive held out individual medals strong performance two Eastern nations Jimmy Casale placed fourth Paul Walker fifth Bob Baron tenth US team finished third place garnered bronze medal its ef forts difficult complain about thirdplace finish flying against best fliers world must looked definite chal lenge historically unbeatable US Stunt team regain its former prominence now getting beaten own game thing can tell isnt because lack effort part team Ive done battle three guys generally come away battered bloody guys can fly three have commitment purpose makes formidable competitors under cir cumstances So come huh search answer question con tacted members team find Out what happened ask opinions what need reestablish preeminence worldclass Stunt first time team included coach Don McClave Portland OR partic ularly fortuitous juncture since Don able critically observe flights team work competition duties rewarded us expert informed insight differences between team win ners Its outlook weve never before nor until 1984 really felt need Don sent brief analysis perceptions competition thought Id share thoughts addition Ill annotating remarks elaboration notes conversations team members themselves Heres Dons report December 1988 63 Control Line Aerobatics Ted Fancher 158 Flying Cloud Isle Foster City CA 94404 CL World Champs Photo above shows USSR s Kolesnikov 2nd-place entry defending World Champion Both plane flight box concours quality Plane background 7th-place entry S Klychkov closeup Below L Kolesnikovs plane re veals beautiful workmanship bust flier detailed cockpit Engine homebuilt rearexhaust 56 Kolesnikovs control handle Below R also example careful craftmanship Continued page 161 Agony defeat final day competition Jim Casale knows best effort will enough take medal beaten undaunted US Stunt team LL-R Bob Baron recently fought back very serious illness finish 10th Hallmark powered hybrid OS 4OFSR/FP engine Jim Casale finished 4th ST 60-powered Columbia won 88 AMA Nats team coach Don McClave just before slashed wrists Paul Walker finished 5th ST 60-powered Bad Newsplane won 87 AMA Nats placed 2nd 88 Nats placed 3rd 86 CL World Champs Hungary Winning plane R Xiandong Zhang Peoples Republic China used side-mounted homemade 60 engine Flights smooth very quiet Note Chinese using white gloves very top column always try clude such items column CL Aerobatics/Fancher Continued page 63 Judging good PAl scoring system should changed US system allows finer dis crimination judges Unlike 1986 Champions/ups judg ing suffered last-minute replacements due inability three planned judges par ticipate members team felt judg ing fair impartlal notwithstanding presence three Eastern Bloc judges FAI scoring system employs score 10 segment maneuver ie three loops gets individual score score multiplied K-factor JO depending difficulty maneuver Thus pilot Square Eights very slightly inferior anothers might get two sevens better maneuver receives two eights ever K-factor eight initial ma neuver JO second maneuver con sidered minimum difference becomes 18 points [Flier gets 7 x 8 plus 7 x JO 126 points second flier gets 8 x 8 plus 8 x JO 144 points] consider flier may have flown 800 m other 600pm same round can see coarseness scoring becomes factor Ted Winner runner-up flew very well would tough beat anywhere world unanimous Xiang Dong Kolis nikov deserved placings guys creme de la creme Stunt right now weve got find way beat Ted style flight preferred FM judges smooth precise five-foot bottoms good shapes intersections dazzled blinding corners dont like bobbles kind Quiet airplanes now norm world competition 60s power plant choice respect size maneuvers Chinese flew small Russians US flew slightly larger Italys Compostella ninth place flew very large Size didnt seem make much difference long total presentation crisp flowing precise smooth Withaut exception team commented smoothness top planes common thought high power-to-weight ratio determining factor Most top ships fairly smallapproximately 650 sq powered hame-built engines slightly under 60 displacement Weights low 50-oz range Jimmy commented felt significant factor Chinese dominance controlled excess power al lowed give same presentation regard less weather conditions always flew same Ted Judges appeared give consideration whether ship bounced rolled flight didnt care ships loud judge commented Walker Although didnt af fect scoring airplane too loud Don commented didnt see missed intersection entire Chinese team Kol isnikov Walker suggested almost machine-like ability nail S-ft bottoms maneuvers especially Wing Over sets tone rest flight Baron commented particularly precision shapes suggesting perhaps poor geometry has become weakness current US styles top pilots flying around fivesecond laps Kolisnikov slightly slower around 52 hawever flying less maximum line length gave pat tents crisp compact look Paul Jimmy disagreed bit Don corners felt Chinese flew very tight corners Jimmy felt Russians general tended somewhat bigger smoother Bob agreed Don take choice Bob Baron visited Xiang Dong s room close look ship Nothing unusual said Perfectly ordinary hasis perfect ight light exquisite crafts manship felt Kolisnikov s ship concours quality appearance finish photos back up Ted can certainly win again hut will have work things win favor FAI com petition addition need better pre pared bad conditions especially turbu lence seems prevail inside closed cir cles world championships often held pit Chaika name site Kiev tough place compete flew very well got beat fair square will back again Unlike stateside contests often wide-open sites lots practice area official circle practice area somewhat distant conditions dif ferent make trim engine settings ob tained practice little value official flying Although team preferred practice area consistency conditions felt adequate practice time official circle perform up capabilities Although nicely appointed generally smooth surface official circle poorly sit uated closed buildings towers trees made turbulent conditions provided difficult background against fly other hand surrounding chain link fence provided judges perfect tattletale intersections 5-ft elevations played right hands Chinese forte exactly intersections bottoms shapes [Come think what else No wonder tough]Ted Dons optimistic closing stirring opinion wasnt totally shared Paul Walker some reservations about ability com pete state-supported nature teams China Russia Weve heard throughout spectrum international competition pilots essen tially professional modelers Its what living PRC USSR have decided play hardball committing resources government support aeromodeling teams Russian team instance site practicing coach practice judges six weeks prior championships Jimmy learned Chinese team camp honing skills month prior departure Im sure however events Kiev leavened perspective time will shed conviction invulnerability worlds current leaders world Stunt need change way business weve already started use coach team large step right direction recognition need modify style flying meet international expectations another big step acceptance interna tional attitude noise need develop ships can excel style flying winning two steps Continued page 162 Add Excitement life Geta Lawnmowe4 60 powered rolling looping kind zimbabwe Modet Products St 1/ Special Introductory Offer complete Kit atl foam wood pans . 5 ZIMPRO MARKETING 1 PO BOX 3076 OAK RIDGE TN 37830 PHONE 615-482-6188 See dealer order direct December 1988 161 dW A-J CLASSIC 3-PAK. o A-J HORNET o 404 INTERCEPTOR$ 1995 o 74 GLIDER J ready fly Note Please add $300 postage asd handiog Os test 3 pacisaged modets Aad 10% ot pece addihonal oooooooooooooooooooooooo COMPANY P OBox 68132 PORTLAND OR 97268 Mooney MK 231 OR PFM 3200 1/5th SCALE SEMI-KIT WAYNE SIEWERT AMA NATh PLACE WINNER RADIO NATS EXPERT 46 CHANNELI5~-aaaI ENGINEPORSCHE F/7TEO MOONEY 90-1082 CYCLE 120-4 CYCLE SPAN 88 AREA 990SQIN WEIGHT 12-15# Fiberglass Cowlings Windshield Tip Lenses Plastic Elevator & Rudder Surfaces Rolled Plans Scale Documentation Full Instructions Scale SpinnerMORE INFO SEND SASE WAYNE SIEWERT 2837 18th Ave So MPLS MN 55407 USA 6127227564 S Olympic hockey team Amer-add extra cooling ducts upper cowling jean ingenuity competitiveness dedication CLhave found two small /8-in holes fron will show us way victory can take emRacing/Ballardtal area pan allow enough air circulate Continued page 64the crankcase area give adequate cooling So Salute victorious Chinese __________________________________________ accounts hard-earned welldeserved victorymore streamlined standard cylindrical orminimize lower case overheating problems PS Ive tried tried refrain sayingrectangular tanks generally used onhave tried both pans have joy mayScale Racers Bob plans later modifications toable eliminate notched throst hub fui-ther streamline fill tube well exitpropellers no longer melt overheated way back just before Nats receivedtubes canopy sectioncrankshaft great big package mail Since wasnt December knew wasnt Santa wentQuickie Rat kit have several requests toFunctional pit kit have recently seen excelahead opened t discovered Control Linewhether such item available extremelylent pit kit very light bulky ARF means Almost Ready Fly thosepopular Southwestern event has growing inmost units consists rectangular piece of read nothing column Theythe last few years am happy report aA-in-thick wood approximately 18 x 12 in very popular items wonderful world ofkit manufacturer has agreed produce Barra-size has necessary starting-line items RC case very pretty fullcoda aircraft designed Bill Bischoff qual-tached such fuel syringes prop wrench batStunt Chipmunk Cox now youve allity wood workmanship excellent Fortery Hot Stuff glow plug driver screwdriv seen ads tor critter its no big surprise Somore information kits contact Customers using thin piece wood arranging Models far Ive put together looks just like c 5515 Bridgeton Dr Arlingtonthe items compactly possible both sides ads intend fly soon willTX 76018 phone number 817 467-9211the unit can used other side suitable make complete thumbs up/thumbs down reviewAnyone interested flying fun Rac-storage tools incidental items sometime next couple monthsing event can eliminate large amount labormerely T-shaped bracket mounted bot b ac uirin Barracuda kit formtom wood slab keep unit erect fact Ill probably use ARF concept ay q gyou set down Since flight box per se springboard yet another discussion Stunt people going come grips Rat engine overheating problems Hot humid can easily carried around flight circle withcurrent manufacturing capability dreaded Midwestern summer days certainly give rise out items becoming misplaced bottom Builder Model Rule Yes once again ques- overheating problems cowled 40-size box have included photo unit Fast Rat engines serious overheating can get general gist build tions arising about built nished n buy plane fly problem seems crankshaft area yourself about hour no appearance points sst Did build results softening fiberglass ship hes taking appearance points propellers necessitates using either dense- Thats time As always solicit weave n win pre plane award on fiber prop using notched propcomments photos ideas ship just bought on Thinkdrive hub hold prop place Since fi about gentlemenberglass softens is heated up loss ofCL Speed/Hempel Fly Stuntgrip prop drive washer subsequent slip ______________________________________ ping prop imminent problem Continued page 65 responding advertisers mentionAll present competitive Fast Rat models utilize read about ModelAviation either full-length half-length cast aluminum four-man team Kalmykov defending magnesium metal pan After attempts World Champion Continued page 164 Rocket Plane XP-1The Florio Flyer 60 & 40 Folding-Wing Glider Launcher4 ChannelR/C Excitement Consisieni winner veryeachmaneuverable siable ai low speeds plus SllorderEasily performs knife ship & hand edge flai spins aiher maneuvers advanced shoulder wing design Ready Fly'1.60 Size 40 Size AlIBalsaWood-60span660sqin 52Yspan505sq Hand craftedwing area lengihwing area lengih 45-61 Cu power 45 Cu power Its funG@es uplike recket design win 5%6/ lbs design win 4V.4 lbs glIdesdewn like plane add *3ship & hand $71~ 837 Johnsonburg Rd Florio Flyer Corp St Marys PA 15857814-834-2586 162 Model Aviation U p A monthly publication covering 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