CONTROL LINE SCALE U ARE THERE YOUTHS CL Scale Very few told issue dedicated young modelers beginners sent questionnaire columns clubs individual contributors asking about youth activity areas response fairly good following based ideas information respondents majority indicated littleif anyyouth activity CL Scale across country Consequently no photos current youth activity submitted review past submissions contest coverage produced photos months column Note Juniors pictured family members helping thema key factor getting Juniors interested aeromodeling Respondents felt complexity CL Scale events youthparticularly Junior age classwas high current structure does encourage Junior participation good example latest addition CL Scale rules Profile event event established attract beginner especially Junior Has served its purpose Most dont think appears have done provide another event older Scale modelers opportunity take home another award have attracted real beginnersyoungstersto Scale basic reasons rules like Sport event maneuver options operational features documentation requirement cases beyond capability Juniors assemble What need event designed specifically Juniorone allows Juniors build own models minimum help Dad others No Junior would allowed participate event event could simple profile model powered small engines 049 29 35- 60-foot lines minimum built-up surfaces no fancy coverings paint decals documentation equal plans model built perhaps photo showing color scheme did come kit fly 10 laps Scoring could 100 points60 appearance 40 flight Clubs could offer type event free entry cost could kept down almost entirely providing homemade awards using recycled trophies older modelers tired removing dust fortieth fiftieth award suppose concept may sit well isnt about time thought about getting back basics comes youth must stop modifying creating Scale other events under guise being created attract Juniors really doing providing another event experienced modeler kind simple basic event might just thing get Juniors started new Profile Scale event dedicated Junior limited engine size simplified flight requirement might have served purpose Hobby Shops Kits Another concern expressed growing shortage local hobby shops ready availability CL kits general advent discount houses super-catalog buying personal touch local hobby shop owner no longer exists cities local hobby January1995 147 Robert Gaydos age 10 won Best Junior Monocoupe 90A Precision Scale Garden State Circle Burners meet Sally age ii Margo carson rage iij new voIKsplanes Sport Scale 89 Nats Margo first Sally second Steven McBride won second Sport Scale 85 Nats Youngest Scale entrant 85 Nats Billy Force age 7 won PT-19 made JEMCO Kit 0S 40 about six pounds second Junior Sport Sterling Models Hellcat shop used place youngsters got start modeling also place go answers building models somebody else couldnt help CL kits especially type younger modeler requires seem short supply available readily being advertised manufacturers kits once strictly CL Scale now being advertised RC no hint suitable CL building cases references building kit CL model have eliminated major problem younger builder also problem older experienced modelers want try CL Scale have received requests information making conversion RC CL RC Scale kit manufacturers might want consider could sales instructions converting kits CL added kit package What can we going see youngsters participate CL Scale events perhaps preserve eventswe must find way club level create Junior Scale programs suppose could apply model aviation events first step course find youngsters such programs son daughter grandchild member local youth organization about promoting model aviation after-school activity have reports type activity very successful such programs require dedication considerable time about some retirees taking such project club newsletters talk having instructional building programs what have read level suitable older knowledgeable member Clubs must find way dedicate time effort needed develop programs suitable younger potential modeler get youngsters try model aviation older members clubs must find way get back simple basic ways presenting model aviation Classes programs young person must include two basic elements easily understood verbal hands-on instnlction Junior Competition Once attract Juniors beginners must prepared promote Junior aspects competition As Ive noted competition should basic level Junior can handle Scale meets other type contests Junior Senior Open contestants grouped together contest awards because small number Junior Senior participants because monetary considerations best might find meet provides single Best Junior award Providing single award two three entries does nothing encourage other Junior entrants Above competition rules should simple within Juniors capabilities must overwhelmed feel pressure having deal maneuvers operational features keep CL Scale alive growing clubs individuals must take interest dedicate additional time effort must take simpler approach since structure current CL Scale events does foster Junior activity contest organizers should consider providing Junior awards manufacturers could including conversion instructions RC kits CL use conversion question has problem young old must promote father-and-son big-brother approach helping Juniors Finally must take opportunity encourage Junior participation keep interest up modeling dont encourage interest younger set will soon find aeromodeling will like other social fraternal organizations today will mostly comprised senior citizens encourage everyone consider problem youth regard CL Scale hobby general thank have given input column special thanks Art Weber Doug Dahlke Gerald Deneau extensive comments ideas Good luck promoting Junior participation Keep CL Scale alive ributors Continued page 146 Don Burke D C Burnham Lloyd W Bumham James E Adams James G Alaback G James Alaback Alden Franklin Julian H Allen Jim R Allison Joseph S Allulis Jr Leslie R Alonzo Albert F Anderson Charles F Anderson Darrell L Anderson Henry M Anholzer T R Antoszewski J Arnold Daniel J Avilla Alfred R Zabel Benjamin F Allen Ernest C Christensen D Chudyk Daniel J Collins William M Doty Francis G Durand Leroy J Eckert Walter J Farrell Michael D Glucksman Robert L Grubb Stephen Kozikowski John Myton Samuel 0 Nelson Gregg R Schultz Robert Somos Joe H Waters S Chrystal Watson Stephen Davis William C Dietz Jay D Swensen John E Johnston Jr Harold Loschke Joseph Sykora John Tillotson J E Meister Paul Barros Benjamin L Brown Robert Erpelding Marion L Mcquigg Jr Dionysios D Papadatos Robert E Snyder Daniel B Staat Charles Craig Thomas Diamond Sr John R Harms Richard L Lasnier Mihara Kazuhiro Victor Rolka Steven R Hamilton Gerard H Milberger Jimmy Sivils Thomas J Hayes William L Pepin Edwin N Putnam Charles R Rodriguez Richard J Zabelka Francisco C Zamora Jr John S Zgunda John H Zimmerman Richard Zimmerman Michael Zizi Robert F Zygan Palmer L Yale Tom Yamada Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi Louis Yauni John M Yates Alan D Yendle Ralph M Yondola Richard B Young Jr Bradley F Yuhas Henry C Waechter Jeffery T Waligora Dale C Walker Wallace J Zober Stanley M Wallace William L Wallace Matthew Waller Alvin J Walsh Danny R Wampler William S Wang Charles R Ward Charles Warren Bob L Washburn Melvin C Wassemiller Wes Weathers Carl Weaver Lloyd R Weaver Mark D Wecht Thomas C Weedon Dale M Welch John C Welch Lamont R Welch Albert H Werner Charles E Westbrook Jr David L Westenbarger M B Westhoff Charles C White Dean M White Donald F White Harold E White James White Jr R L Whitford R W Widman Raymond P Wiese Ernest Wiesen Lucien S Wigdor Melbert E Wiggers Joseph Wilcom Herbert C Wilder David Wilkie William Fox Robert L Williams II C T Williams James G Williams Raymond Williams Leonard L Williamson Nouel G Williamson Paul B Williamson Donald D Wilson Calvin L Wix Wayne W Wolf Larry B Wolfe Continued page ISO 148 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1995/01
Page Numbers: 147, 148
CONTROL LINE SCALE U ARE THERE YOUTHS CL Scale Very few told issue dedicated young modelers beginners sent questionnaire columns clubs individual contributors asking about youth activity areas response fairly good following based ideas information respondents majority indicated littleif anyyouth activity CL Scale across country Consequently no photos current youth activity submitted review past submissions contest coverage produced photos months column Note Juniors pictured family members helping thema key factor getting Juniors interested aeromodeling Respondents felt complexity CL Scale events youthparticularly Junior age classwas high current structure does encourage Junior participation good example latest addition CL Scale rules Profile event event established attract beginner especially Junior Has served its purpose Most dont think appears have done provide another event older Scale modelers opportunity take home another award have attracted real beginnersyoungstersto Scale basic reasons rules like Sport event maneuver options operational features documentation requirement cases beyond capability Juniors assemble What need event designed specifically Juniorone allows Juniors build own models minimum help Dad others No Junior would allowed participate event event could simple profile model powered small engines 049 29 35- 60-foot lines minimum built-up surfaces no fancy coverings paint decals documentation equal plans model built perhaps photo showing color scheme did come kit fly 10 laps Scoring could 100 points60 appearance 40 flight Clubs could offer type event free entry cost could kept down almost entirely providing homemade awards using recycled trophies older modelers tired removing dust fortieth fiftieth award suppose concept may sit well isnt about time thought about getting back basics comes youth must stop modifying creating Scale other events under guise being created attract Juniors really doing providing another event experienced modeler kind simple basic event might just thing get Juniors started new Profile Scale event dedicated Junior limited engine size simplified flight requirement might have served purpose Hobby Shops Kits Another concern expressed growing shortage local hobby shops ready availability CL kits general advent discount houses super-catalog buying personal touch local hobby shop owner no longer exists cities local hobby January1995 147 Robert Gaydos age 10 won Best Junior Monocoupe 90A Precision Scale Garden State Circle Burners meet Sally age ii Margo carson rage iij new voIKsplanes Sport Scale 89 Nats Margo first Sally second Steven McBride won second Sport Scale 85 Nats Youngest Scale entrant 85 Nats Billy Force age 7 won PT-19 made JEMCO Kit 0S 40 about six pounds second Junior Sport Sterling Models Hellcat shop used place youngsters got start modeling also place go answers building models somebody else couldnt help CL kits especially type younger modeler requires seem short supply available readily being advertised manufacturers kits once strictly CL Scale now being advertised RC no hint suitable CL building cases references building kit CL model have eliminated major problem younger builder also problem older experienced modelers want try CL Scale have received requests information making conversion RC CL RC Scale kit manufacturers might want consider could sales instructions converting kits CL added kit package What can we going see youngsters participate CL Scale events perhaps preserve eventswe must find way club level create Junior Scale programs suppose could apply model aviation events first step course find youngsters such programs son daughter grandchild member local youth organization about promoting model aviation after-school activity have reports type activity very successful such programs require dedication considerable time about some retirees taking such project club newsletters talk having instructional building programs what have read level suitable older knowledgeable member Clubs must find way dedicate time effort needed develop programs suitable younger potential modeler get youngsters try model aviation older members clubs must find way get back simple basic ways presenting model aviation Classes programs young person must include two basic elements easily understood verbal hands-on instnlction Junior Competition Once attract Juniors beginners must prepared promote Junior aspects competition As Ive noted competition should basic level Junior can handle Scale meets other type contests Junior Senior Open contestants grouped together contest awards because small number Junior Senior participants because monetary considerations best might find meet provides single Best Junior award Providing single award two three entries does nothing encourage other Junior entrants Above competition rules should simple within Juniors capabilities must overwhelmed feel pressure having deal maneuvers operational features keep CL Scale alive growing clubs individuals must take interest dedicate additional time effort must take simpler approach since structure current CL Scale events does foster Junior activity contest organizers should consider providing Junior awards manufacturers could including conversion instructions RC kits CL use conversion question has problem young old must promote father-and-son big-brother approach helping Juniors Finally must take opportunity encourage Junior participation keep interest up modeling dont encourage interest younger set will soon find aeromodeling will like other social fraternal organizations today will mostly comprised senior citizens encourage everyone consider problem youth regard CL Scale hobby general thank have given input column special thanks Art Weber Doug Dahlke Gerald Deneau extensive comments ideas Good luck promoting Junior participation Keep CL Scale alive ributors Continued page 146 Don Burke D C Burnham Lloyd W Bumham James E Adams James G Alaback G James Alaback Alden Franklin Julian H Allen Jim R Allison Joseph S Allulis Jr Leslie R Alonzo Albert F Anderson Charles F Anderson Darrell L Anderson Henry M Anholzer T R Antoszewski J Arnold Daniel J Avilla Alfred R Zabel Benjamin F Allen Ernest C Christensen D Chudyk Daniel J Collins William M Doty Francis G Durand Leroy J Eckert Walter J Farrell Michael D Glucksman Robert L Grubb Stephen Kozikowski John Myton Samuel 0 Nelson Gregg R Schultz Robert Somos Joe H Waters S Chrystal Watson Stephen Davis William C Dietz Jay D Swensen John E Johnston Jr Harold Loschke Joseph Sykora John Tillotson J E Meister Paul Barros Benjamin L Brown Robert Erpelding Marion L Mcquigg Jr Dionysios D Papadatos Robert E Snyder Daniel B Staat Charles Craig Thomas Diamond Sr John R Harms Richard L Lasnier Mihara Kazuhiro Victor Rolka Steven R Hamilton Gerard H Milberger Jimmy Sivils Thomas J Hayes William L Pepin Edwin N Putnam Charles R Rodriguez Richard J Zabelka Francisco C Zamora Jr John S Zgunda John H Zimmerman Richard Zimmerman Michael Zizi Robert F Zygan Palmer L Yale Tom Yamada Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi Louis Yauni John M Yates Alan D Yendle Ralph M Yondola Richard B Young Jr Bradley F Yuhas Henry C Waechter Jeffery T Waligora Dale C Walker Wallace J Zober Stanley M Wallace William L Wallace Matthew Waller Alvin J Walsh Danny R Wampler William S Wang Charles R Ward Charles Warren Bob L Washburn Melvin C Wassemiller Wes Weathers Carl Weaver Lloyd R Weaver Mark D Wecht Thomas C Weedon Dale M Welch John C Welch Lamont R Welch Albert H Werner Charles E Westbrook Jr David L Westenbarger M B Westhoff Charles C White Dean M White Donald F White Harold E White James White Jr R L Whitford R W Widman Raymond P Wiese Ernest Wiesen Lucien S Wigdor Melbert E Wiggers Joseph Wilcom Herbert C Wilder David Wilkie William Fox Robert L Williams II C T Williams James G Williams Raymond Williams Leonard L Williamson Nouel G Williamson Paul B Williamson Donald D Wilson Calvin L Wix Wayne W Wolf Larry B Wolfe Continued page ISO 148 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