FREE FLIGHT INDOOR lATh St iIj~ 1994 NATIONAL AEROMODELING Championships over entry Indoor small site better ones country few best Indoor fliers country really good contest strong spirited competition several events Anyone especially Texans passed up meet missed good event Coliseum Texas Tech University Lubbock Texas rated flier 6 scale 10 flyability standpoint put context rated Akron air dock 10 ETSU MiniDome site NFFS US Indoor Championships 9 Another flier rated Coliseum fifth best site country certainly far best site within radius 900 miles Except scoreboard centered flight area speaker cluster added hazards common other sports arenas speakers shrouded plastic kept alt models except getting caught scoreboard surrounding catwalk caught several models day returned undamaged high degree model safety due entirely riggers young men responsible arranging lighting display details commercial events casually roam catwalks like use sidewalk After some instruction handle models riggers retrieved model after model catwalk scoreboard damaged model Jim Clems Limited Pennyplane fallen out reach inside scoreboard tangle wires propeller motor stick undamaged Jim spare wings tail surfaces After quick repairs test hop Jim made final official flight Probably no other Indoor event flown coliseum has few damaged models low attendance likely has some relationship contest heldfive weeks after 1994 US Indoor Championships two weeks after Andy Tagliaficos annual event Kibbie Dome December 1994 47 Clipped-wing Cub Greg Thomas Yukon Oklahoma won second place Indoor Scale Photo Rocky Young Twelve-year-old Morgan MacKenzie Lubbock Texas won Junior Intermediate Stick Tenny photo Jim Clems Pennyplane holds Cat record couldnt get VP prop rubber coordinated Lubbock Van Dover photo Gordon Wisniewskis model survived trip inside girders very topa charmed life Van Dover photo Some fliers feared contest officials might decide Indoor waste time due low entry officials might see bigger picture Fliers District VIII believe Nats greatly boosted local interest Indoor modeling Most sessions well attended spectators Lubbock contestants outdoor events Conversations between Indoor contestants spectators revealed lively interest part spectators Scale Old Timers Society also made major contribution spectator education furnishing two-page handout information about type Indoor model information supplemented list cottage industries support Indoor modeling information about club Some 200-300 handouts distributed further expanding amount information Indoor Nats made available public contestants like Morgan MacKenzie age 12 Lubbock Ken Ketner professor Texas Tech has coaching few young modelers Morgan group Morgan entered models Junior Intermediate Stick placed trimming model several other contestants helped Morgan rubber advice Morgan keenly interested experience has helped him immensely Amy Scott age 11 brother Jeff age 13 Dallas Texas See results Focus Competition also thrilled have Nats near enough enter Amy won Junior Indoor Bostonian Jeff won Junior Indoor Peanut Scale Junior Outdoor Peanut Scale two fly regularly sessions Bedford Boys Ranch Bedford Texas Battles spite low entry quality competition 48 Model Aviation Chilton won Intermediate Stick boosted old Category Ill record seven minutes Tenny photo Anthony Vaughan won HLG same glider used win 1982 Nats Model built Styrofoam meat trays Tenny photo hero Coliseum rigger Raul Lopez rescued hung models except damaged model Tenny photo Texas Tech philosophy professor Ken Ketner placed second Peanut Scale BeBe Jodel Rocky Young photo ** UISIANDING ShIRtS ** CIVILIAN B-i 7 EUROPE F4B-1 drawn designs screenprinted front heavy weight cotton/poly blend white T-Shirts S M L $1000 Youth Sizes6-810-1214-16 SMLXL XXL $1200Adult Sizes34-3638-4042-4446-4850-52 -WA state residents add 78% sales tax ALL ORDERS ADD $300 FOR POSTAGE Please send check money order DESIGN SIZE NAME ADDRESS No CODs Please Vintage Air Designs P0 Box 2025 Bellingham WA 98227-2025 Nrn high Easy B Limited Pennyplane Pennyplane winning fliers contest also win regularly US Indoor Championships MiniDome Johnson City Tennessee time everyone level playing field first time site has used Indoor flying high times events show fliers can excel adapting new site Entrants Hand Launch Glider toughest time adapting No definitive ceiling height information made available contest literature HLG fliers guess what needed weight strength HLG structure closely related available ceiling can get overweight models way up come down too fast Underweight gliders simply wont go high enough hold together during hard launch Anthony Vaughan Edmond Oklahoma Jerry Chambers Denver Colorado top two fliers flew flight after flight trying get winning combination Vaughans model too light Chambers model too heavy rubber-powered events different story three factors content Lubbock higher altitude other active site except Kibbie Dome Idaho Temperature humidity other factors temperature similar normal conditions Tennessee MiniDome humidity much lower case low entry plus fliers since room partial-motor test flying Easy B times bunched tightly 69-second spread between first place fifth until Stan Chilton Wichita Kansas put up last flight 2116 move first 232 margin ten fliers making official flights Easy B entrants Indoor Nats event year Stan Chilton primed Intermediate Stickhis 2829 flight West Baden August 1987 surpassed felt would long before someone beat record first flight upped ante 3543 outdistanced Dick Hardcastles secondplace flight 12 minutes Dick Hardcastle St Louis Missouri swept Pennyplane events narrow margins 1519 Pennyplane won 21 seconds 1102 Limited Pennyplane won 29 seconds Hardcastle repeated USIC win same 14year-old model used Johnson City Second-place finisher Jim Clem Plano Texas overcooked model bid win went over edge scoreboard inside Gordon Wisniewski Greendale Wisconsin closed scary flight wound through small girders very top site got away almost flight week got 50 Model Aviation BEST IN SCALE BRIAN TAYLOR PLANS Te4or ae Esifluade tap scale baldm designas md menibec Its UK scale tan beat ph 004 CAD mm bii ones abet luve bern &awia huh mad test flown scale bud ibe aTe4er TsyIcrw ent ad epha hi built md Awn pbeectype NeO al phi aweases em make flak elsian AIALSA fleet Srnls....S40O ASP AhuUt .SS00 ASP Sale Dawinga 3500 IChIW Fmdog.J500 rru Gm Clo. 3300 RADS200 PAR PP CaD fec& mdii wdcudinPStD i952500Ott M~piao 5t 4000PWt9M4 t 909 885 3959 FAX 909 839 9307Hdnu 70 4000J0du W 4000Twnpau 0 COWLS CANOPIES ACCESSOIISS#tflwe MICtA 04000UP 109a4000lIalcet 64 AND SCRA1H KIrS AVAILABLEs& MKa4 0 4000It,utd/T44500Nt tO 73S cosos maro aV 10Sf 4a 4000T&eee 74500P400 iSiS OH Mequiue7l 4000ME ate 7l3000MOSZ UwJkJz*hzwmn BOB HOLMAN PLANS P0 BOX 741-MA SAN BERNARDINO CA 92402 3000 3000 3000 3000 3000 high drifting scoreboard catwalk Jim Clem wasnt able get variablepitch prop properly matched rubber before end flight period model currently holds Category Pennyplane record higher time 1217 posted Coliseum start Nats no Category III catapult glider records listed record listing available Indoor probably because almost no Category III sites currently active As Chairman Indoor Contest Board requested permission conduct special Record Trials Catapult Glider absence missing Nats event record trials opportunity record flights site addition unofficial Catapult Glider event cash prizes offered five entrants could found Until hour before end scheduled time slot four fliers entered Meanwhile four contestants opportunity practice HLG event proceeded 110 pm fifth sixth contestants showed up flying began Nats Indoor Director Jesse Shepherd Jr set up flightline procedure flier made official flight timed two timers As soon flight time recorded watches cleared next contestant rotation launched Forty minutes later flights listed recorded Dick Hardeastle immediately began new series nine flights satisfy requirements record trials logged 5 16 5 15 potential national record about minute left time slot assigned HLG Dick Hardcastle G Wisniewski Bud Tenny Don Blackburn Best two 439475 Total 914 478410887 350360710 288327623 Walter Legan50121170 Anthony Vaughn 22 7090 Other Unofficial Events Most Nats have unofficial events sponsored National Free Flight Society Miami Indoor Aircraft Modelers Association Jesse Shepherd sponsored unofficial events MiniStick won Larry Calliau 828 No-Cal Scale won Ken Stevens 256 P-24 Rubber won Al Backstrum 318 14 gram Bostonian won Ken Stevens 12272 points never go wrong finishing model Hobbypoxy enamel paint Superior hiding power performance make Hobbypoxy sure winner time Nobody can beat winning formula Super-strong two-part epoxy enamel Can brushed sprayed Durable flexible Wont chip crack peel Stands up racing fuels water wear Adheres iron-films woven fabric iron-on coverings Matches films mixing 16 standard colors high gloss flat finishes Mixing formula chart military colors Hobbypoxy Custom Metallizer adds superb metallic lusters just coat second coat will put miles ahead competition Hobbypoxy paint model finish couldnt easier December 1994 51 LIGHTING SYSTEMS THE ORIGINALS. Still Best #RAM 01Programmable Flashing Navigation Lights 9V$2495 CRAM 02Strobe Light Adj Rate 9V$1995 #RAM 03Landing Lights 48V$3995 #RAM 04Mars Rotating Beacon Adj Rate 9V$1995 #RAM 05Marine Navigation Lights nonflashing 9V$1095 #RAM 06Sky Lights 18 Light Set 9V$2495 #RAM 14Big Airplane Navigation Lights 9V$2495 #RAM 16Econo Landing Lights brightestl 9V$1995 #RAM 23Real Strobe Light true zenon strobe 3V$2995 0 SEE YOUR DEALER 0 SEND STAMPED ENVELOPE FOR RAM INFO unavailable locally send check money order full credit card info cost item plus $400 $500 foiegnfor immediate shipment Include full address U PS Sorry no COD cRam 229A E Rollins Rd d Lake Beach IL 60073 free color chip card military mixing charts copy POXY POINTERS helpful guide using Hobbypoxy products call 1-201-625-3100
Edition: Model Aviation - 1994/12
Page Numbers: 47, 48, 50, 51
FREE FLIGHT INDOOR lATh St iIj~ 1994 NATIONAL AEROMODELING Championships over entry Indoor small site better ones country few best Indoor fliers country really good contest strong spirited competition several events Anyone especially Texans passed up meet missed good event Coliseum Texas Tech University Lubbock Texas rated flier 6 scale 10 flyability standpoint put context rated Akron air dock 10 ETSU MiniDome site NFFS US Indoor Championships 9 Another flier rated Coliseum fifth best site country certainly far best site within radius 900 miles Except scoreboard centered flight area speaker cluster added hazards common other sports arenas speakers shrouded plastic kept alt models except getting caught scoreboard surrounding catwalk caught several models day returned undamaged high degree model safety due entirely riggers young men responsible arranging lighting display details commercial events casually roam catwalks like use sidewalk After some instruction handle models riggers retrieved model after model catwalk scoreboard damaged model Jim Clems Limited Pennyplane fallen out reach inside scoreboard tangle wires propeller motor stick undamaged Jim spare wings tail surfaces After quick repairs test hop Jim made final official flight Probably no other Indoor event flown coliseum has few damaged models low attendance likely has some relationship contest heldfive weeks after 1994 US Indoor Championships two weeks after Andy Tagliaficos annual event Kibbie Dome December 1994 47 Clipped-wing Cub Greg Thomas Yukon Oklahoma won second place Indoor Scale Photo Rocky Young Twelve-year-old Morgan MacKenzie Lubbock Texas won Junior Intermediate Stick Tenny photo Jim Clems Pennyplane holds Cat record couldnt get VP prop rubber coordinated Lubbock Van Dover photo Gordon Wisniewskis model survived trip inside girders very topa charmed life Van Dover photo Some fliers feared contest officials might decide Indoor waste time due low entry officials might see bigger picture Fliers District VIII believe Nats greatly boosted local interest Indoor modeling Most sessions well attended spectators Lubbock contestants outdoor events Conversations between Indoor contestants spectators revealed lively interest part spectators Scale Old Timers Society also made major contribution spectator education furnishing two-page handout information about type Indoor model information supplemented list cottage industries support Indoor modeling information about club Some 200-300 handouts distributed further expanding amount information Indoor Nats made available public contestants like Morgan MacKenzie age 12 Lubbock Ken Ketner professor Texas Tech has coaching few young modelers Morgan group Morgan entered models Junior Intermediate Stick placed trimming model several other contestants helped Morgan rubber advice Morgan keenly interested experience has helped him immensely Amy Scott age 11 brother Jeff age 13 Dallas Texas See results Focus Competition also thrilled have Nats near enough enter Amy won Junior Indoor Bostonian Jeff won Junior Indoor Peanut Scale Junior Outdoor Peanut Scale two fly regularly sessions Bedford Boys Ranch Bedford Texas Battles spite low entry quality competition 48 Model Aviation Chilton won Intermediate Stick boosted old Category Ill record seven minutes Tenny photo Anthony Vaughan won HLG same glider used win 1982 Nats Model built Styrofoam meat trays Tenny photo hero Coliseum rigger Raul Lopez rescued hung models except damaged model Tenny photo Texas Tech philosophy professor Ken Ketner placed second Peanut Scale BeBe Jodel Rocky Young photo ** UISIANDING ShIRtS ** CIVILIAN B-i 7 EUROPE F4B-1 drawn designs screenprinted front heavy weight cotton/poly blend white T-Shirts S M L $1000 Youth Sizes6-810-1214-16 SMLXL XXL $1200Adult Sizes34-3638-4042-4446-4850-52 -WA state residents add 78% sales tax ALL ORDERS ADD $300 FOR POSTAGE Please send check money order DESIGN SIZE NAME ADDRESS No CODs Please Vintage Air Designs P0 Box 2025 Bellingham WA 98227-2025 Nrn high Easy B Limited Pennyplane Pennyplane winning fliers contest also win regularly US Indoor Championships MiniDome Johnson City Tennessee time everyone level playing field first time site has used Indoor flying high times events show fliers can excel adapting new site Entrants Hand Launch Glider toughest time adapting No definitive ceiling height information made available contest literature HLG fliers guess what needed weight strength HLG structure closely related available ceiling can get overweight models way up come down too fast Underweight gliders simply wont go high enough hold together during hard launch Anthony Vaughan Edmond Oklahoma Jerry Chambers Denver Colorado top two fliers flew flight after flight trying get winning combination Vaughans model too light Chambers model too heavy rubber-powered events different story three factors content Lubbock higher altitude other active site except Kibbie Dome Idaho Temperature humidity other factors temperature similar normal conditions Tennessee MiniDome humidity much lower case low entry plus fliers since room partial-motor test flying Easy B times bunched tightly 69-second spread between first place fifth until Stan Chilton Wichita Kansas put up last flight 2116 move first 232 margin ten fliers making official flights Easy B entrants Indoor Nats event year Stan Chilton primed Intermediate Stickhis 2829 flight West Baden August 1987 surpassed felt would long before someone beat record first flight upped ante 3543 outdistanced Dick Hardcastles secondplace flight 12 minutes Dick Hardcastle St Louis Missouri swept Pennyplane events narrow margins 1519 Pennyplane won 21 seconds 1102 Limited Pennyplane won 29 seconds Hardcastle repeated USIC win same 14year-old model used Johnson City Second-place finisher Jim Clem Plano Texas overcooked model bid win went over edge scoreboard inside Gordon Wisniewski Greendale Wisconsin closed scary flight wound through small girders very top site got away almost flight week got 50 Model Aviation BEST IN SCALE BRIAN TAYLOR PLANS Te4or ae Esifluade tap scale baldm designas md menibec Its UK scale tan beat ph 004 CAD mm bii ones abet luve bern &awia huh mad test flown scale bud ibe aTe4er TsyIcrw ent ad epha hi built md Awn pbeectype NeO al phi aweases em make flak elsian AIALSA fleet Srnls....S40O ASP AhuUt .SS00 ASP Sale Dawinga 3500 IChIW Fmdog.J500 rru Gm Clo. 3300 RADS200 PAR PP CaD fec& mdii wdcudinPStD i952500Ott M~piao 5t 4000PWt9M4 t 909 885 3959 FAX 909 839 9307Hdnu 70 4000J0du W 4000Twnpau 0 COWLS CANOPIES ACCESSOIISS#tflwe MICtA 04000UP 109a4000lIalcet 64 AND SCRA1H KIrS AVAILABLEs& MKa4 0 4000It,utd/T44500Nt tO 73S cosos maro aV 10Sf 4a 4000T&eee 74500P400 iSiS OH Mequiue7l 4000ME ate 7l3000MOSZ UwJkJz*hzwmn BOB HOLMAN PLANS P0 BOX 741-MA SAN BERNARDINO CA 92402 3000 3000 3000 3000 3000 high drifting scoreboard catwalk Jim Clem wasnt able get variablepitch prop properly matched rubber before end flight period model currently holds Category Pennyplane record higher time 1217 posted Coliseum start Nats no Category III catapult glider records listed record listing available Indoor probably because almost no Category III sites currently active As Chairman Indoor Contest Board requested permission conduct special Record Trials Catapult Glider absence missing Nats event record trials opportunity record flights site addition unofficial Catapult Glider event cash prizes offered five entrants could found Until hour before end scheduled time slot four fliers entered Meanwhile four contestants opportunity practice HLG event proceeded 110 pm fifth sixth contestants showed up flying began Nats Indoor Director Jesse Shepherd Jr set up flightline procedure flier made official flight timed two timers As soon flight time recorded watches cleared next contestant rotation launched Forty minutes later flights listed recorded Dick Hardeastle immediately began new series nine flights satisfy requirements record trials logged 5 16 5 15 potential national record about minute left time slot assigned HLG Dick Hardcastle G Wisniewski Bud Tenny Don Blackburn Best two 439475 Total 914 478410887 350360710 288327623 Walter Legan50121170 Anthony Vaughn 22 7090 Other Unofficial Events Most Nats have unofficial events sponsored National Free Flight Society Miami Indoor Aircraft Modelers Association Jesse Shepherd sponsored unofficial events MiniStick won Larry Calliau 828 No-Cal Scale won Ken Stevens 256 P-24 Rubber won Al Backstrum 318 14 gram Bostonian won Ken Stevens 12272 points never go wrong finishing model Hobbypoxy enamel paint Superior hiding power performance make Hobbypoxy sure winner time Nobody can beat winning formula Super-strong two-part epoxy enamel Can brushed sprayed Durable flexible Wont chip crack peel Stands up racing fuels water wear Adheres iron-films woven fabric iron-on coverings Matches films mixing 16 standard colors high gloss flat finishes Mixing formula chart military colors Hobbypoxy Custom Metallizer adds superb metallic lusters just coat second coat will put miles ahead competition Hobbypoxy paint model finish couldnt easier December 1994 51 LIGHTING SYSTEMS THE ORIGINALS. Still Best #RAM 01Programmable Flashing Navigation Lights 9V$2495 CRAM 02Strobe Light Adj Rate 9V$1995 #RAM 03Landing Lights 48V$3995 #RAM 04Mars Rotating Beacon Adj Rate 9V$1995 #RAM 05Marine Navigation Lights nonflashing 9V$1095 #RAM 06Sky Lights 18 Light Set 9V$2495 #RAM 14Big Airplane Navigation Lights 9V$2495 #RAM 16Econo Landing Lights brightestl 9V$1995 #RAM 23Real Strobe Light true zenon strobe 3V$2995 0 SEE YOUR DEALER 0 SEND STAMPED ENVELOPE FOR RAM INFO unavailable locally send check money order full credit card info cost item plus $400 $500 foiegnfor immediate shipment Include full address U PS Sorry no COD cRam 229A E Rollins Rd d Lake Beach IL 60073 free color chip card military mixing charts copy POXY POINTERS helpful guide using Hobbypoxy products call 1-201-625-3100
Edition: Model Aviation - 1994/12
Page Numbers: 47, 48, 50, 51
FREE FLIGHT INDOOR lATh St iIj~ 1994 NATIONAL AEROMODELING Championships over entry Indoor small site better ones country few best Indoor fliers country really good contest strong spirited competition several events Anyone especially Texans passed up meet missed good event Coliseum Texas Tech University Lubbock Texas rated flier 6 scale 10 flyability standpoint put context rated Akron air dock 10 ETSU MiniDome site NFFS US Indoor Championships 9 Another flier rated Coliseum fifth best site country certainly far best site within radius 900 miles Except scoreboard centered flight area speaker cluster added hazards common other sports arenas speakers shrouded plastic kept alt models except getting caught scoreboard surrounding catwalk caught several models day returned undamaged high degree model safety due entirely riggers young men responsible arranging lighting display details commercial events casually roam catwalks like use sidewalk After some instruction handle models riggers retrieved model after model catwalk scoreboard damaged model Jim Clems Limited Pennyplane fallen out reach inside scoreboard tangle wires propeller motor stick undamaged Jim spare wings tail surfaces After quick repairs test hop Jim made final official flight Probably no other Indoor event flown coliseum has few damaged models low attendance likely has some relationship contest heldfive weeks after 1994 US Indoor Championships two weeks after Andy Tagliaficos annual event Kibbie Dome December 1994 47 Clipped-wing Cub Greg Thomas Yukon Oklahoma won second place Indoor Scale Photo Rocky Young Twelve-year-old Morgan MacKenzie Lubbock Texas won Junior Intermediate Stick Tenny photo Jim Clems Pennyplane holds Cat record couldnt get VP prop rubber coordinated Lubbock Van Dover photo Gordon Wisniewskis model survived trip inside girders very topa charmed life Van Dover photo Some fliers feared contest officials might decide Indoor waste time due low entry officials might see bigger picture Fliers District VIII believe Nats greatly boosted local interest Indoor modeling Most sessions well attended spectators Lubbock contestants outdoor events Conversations between Indoor contestants spectators revealed lively interest part spectators Scale Old Timers Society also made major contribution spectator education furnishing two-page handout information about type Indoor model information supplemented list cottage industries support Indoor modeling information about club Some 200-300 handouts distributed further expanding amount information Indoor Nats made available public contestants like Morgan MacKenzie age 12 Lubbock Ken Ketner professor Texas Tech has coaching few young modelers Morgan group Morgan entered models Junior Intermediate Stick placed trimming model several other contestants helped Morgan rubber advice Morgan keenly interested experience has helped him immensely Amy Scott age 11 brother Jeff age 13 Dallas Texas See results Focus Competition also thrilled have Nats near enough enter Amy won Junior Indoor Bostonian Jeff won Junior Indoor Peanut Scale Junior Outdoor Peanut Scale two fly regularly sessions Bedford Boys Ranch Bedford Texas Battles spite low entry quality competition 48 Model Aviation Chilton won Intermediate Stick boosted old Category Ill record seven minutes Tenny photo Anthony Vaughan won HLG same glider used win 1982 Nats Model built Styrofoam meat trays Tenny photo hero Coliseum rigger Raul Lopez rescued hung models except damaged model Tenny photo Texas Tech philosophy professor Ken Ketner placed second Peanut Scale BeBe Jodel Rocky Young photo ** UISIANDING ShIRtS ** CIVILIAN B-i 7 EUROPE F4B-1 drawn designs screenprinted front heavy weight cotton/poly blend white T-Shirts S M L $1000 Youth Sizes6-810-1214-16 SMLXL XXL $1200Adult Sizes34-3638-4042-4446-4850-52 -WA state residents add 78% sales tax ALL ORDERS ADD $300 FOR POSTAGE Please send check money order DESIGN SIZE NAME ADDRESS No CODs Please Vintage Air Designs P0 Box 2025 Bellingham WA 98227-2025 Nrn high Easy B Limited Pennyplane Pennyplane winning fliers contest also win regularly US Indoor Championships MiniDome Johnson City Tennessee time everyone level playing field first time site has used Indoor flying high times events show fliers can excel adapting new site Entrants Hand Launch Glider toughest time adapting No definitive ceiling height information made available contest literature HLG fliers guess what needed weight strength HLG structure closely related available ceiling can get overweight models way up come down too fast Underweight gliders simply wont go high enough hold together during hard launch Anthony Vaughan Edmond Oklahoma Jerry Chambers Denver Colorado top two fliers flew flight after flight trying get winning combination Vaughans model too light Chambers model too heavy rubber-powered events different story three factors content Lubbock higher altitude other active site except Kibbie Dome Idaho Temperature humidity other factors temperature similar normal conditions Tennessee MiniDome humidity much lower case low entry plus fliers since room partial-motor test flying Easy B times bunched tightly 69-second spread between first place fifth until Stan Chilton Wichita Kansas put up last flight 2116 move first 232 margin ten fliers making official flights Easy B entrants Indoor Nats event year Stan Chilton primed Intermediate Stickhis 2829 flight West Baden August 1987 surpassed felt would long before someone beat record first flight upped ante 3543 outdistanced Dick Hardcastles secondplace flight 12 minutes Dick Hardcastle St Louis Missouri swept Pennyplane events narrow margins 1519 Pennyplane won 21 seconds 1102 Limited Pennyplane won 29 seconds Hardcastle repeated USIC win same 14year-old model used Johnson City Second-place finisher Jim Clem Plano Texas overcooked model bid win went over edge scoreboard inside Gordon Wisniewski Greendale Wisconsin closed scary flight wound through small girders very top site got away almost flight week got 50 Model Aviation BEST IN SCALE BRIAN TAYLOR PLANS Te4or ae Esifluade tap scale baldm designas md menibec Its UK scale tan beat ph 004 CAD mm bii ones abet luve bern &awia huh mad test flown scale bud ibe aTe4er TsyIcrw ent ad epha hi built md Awn pbeectype NeO al phi aweases em make flak elsian AIALSA fleet Srnls....S40O ASP AhuUt .SS00 ASP Sale Dawinga 3500 IChIW Fmdog.J500 rru Gm Clo. 3300 RADS200 PAR PP CaD fec& mdii wdcudinPStD i952500Ott M~piao 5t 4000PWt9M4 t 909 885 3959 FAX 909 839 9307Hdnu 70 4000J0du W 4000Twnpau 0 COWLS CANOPIES ACCESSOIISS#tflwe MICtA 04000UP 109a4000lIalcet 64 AND SCRA1H KIrS AVAILABLEs& MKa4 0 4000It,utd/T44500Nt tO 73S cosos maro aV 10Sf 4a 4000T&eee 74500P400 iSiS OH Mequiue7l 4000ME ate 7l3000MOSZ UwJkJz*hzwmn BOB HOLMAN PLANS P0 BOX 741-MA SAN BERNARDINO CA 92402 3000 3000 3000 3000 3000 high drifting scoreboard catwalk Jim Clem wasnt able get variablepitch prop properly matched rubber before end flight period model currently holds Category Pennyplane record higher time 1217 posted Coliseum start Nats no Category III catapult glider records listed record listing available Indoor probably because almost no Category III sites currently active As Chairman Indoor Contest Board requested permission conduct special Record Trials Catapult Glider absence missing Nats event record trials opportunity record flights site addition unofficial Catapult Glider event cash prizes offered five entrants could found Until hour before end scheduled time slot four fliers entered Meanwhile four contestants opportunity practice HLG event proceeded 110 pm fifth sixth contestants showed up flying began Nats Indoor Director Jesse Shepherd Jr set up flightline procedure flier made official flight timed two timers As soon flight time recorded watches cleared next contestant rotation launched Forty minutes later flights listed recorded Dick Hardeastle immediately began new series nine flights satisfy requirements record trials logged 5 16 5 15 potential national record about minute left time slot assigned HLG Dick Hardcastle G Wisniewski Bud Tenny Don Blackburn Best two 439475 Total 914 478410887 350360710 288327623 Walter Legan50121170 Anthony Vaughn 22 7090 Other Unofficial Events Most Nats have unofficial events sponsored National Free Flight Society Miami Indoor Aircraft Modelers Association Jesse Shepherd sponsored unofficial events MiniStick won Larry Calliau 828 No-Cal Scale won Ken Stevens 256 P-24 Rubber won Al Backstrum 318 14 gram Bostonian won Ken Stevens 12272 points never go wrong finishing model Hobbypoxy enamel paint Superior hiding power performance make Hobbypoxy sure winner time Nobody can beat winning formula Super-strong two-part epoxy enamel Can brushed sprayed Durable flexible Wont chip crack peel Stands up racing fuels water wear Adheres iron-films woven fabric iron-on coverings Matches films mixing 16 standard colors high gloss flat finishes Mixing formula chart military colors Hobbypoxy Custom Metallizer adds superb metallic lusters just coat second coat will put miles ahead competition Hobbypoxy paint model finish couldnt easier December 1994 51 LIGHTING SYSTEMS THE ORIGINALS. Still Best #RAM 01Programmable Flashing Navigation Lights 9V$2495 CRAM 02Strobe Light Adj Rate 9V$1995 #RAM 03Landing Lights 48V$3995 #RAM 04Mars Rotating Beacon Adj Rate 9V$1995 #RAM 05Marine Navigation Lights nonflashing 9V$1095 #RAM 06Sky Lights 18 Light Set 9V$2495 #RAM 14Big Airplane Navigation Lights 9V$2495 #RAM 16Econo Landing Lights brightestl 9V$1995 #RAM 23Real Strobe Light true zenon strobe 3V$2995 0 SEE YOUR DEALER 0 SEND STAMPED ENVELOPE FOR RAM INFO unavailable locally send check money order full credit card info cost item plus $400 $500 foiegnfor immediate shipment Include full address U PS Sorry no COD cRam 229A E Rollins Rd d Lake Beach IL 60073 free color chip card military mixing charts copy POXY POINTERS helpful guide using Hobbypoxy products call 1-201-625-3100
Edition: Model Aviation - 1994/12
Page Numbers: 47, 48, 50, 51
FREE FLIGHT INDOOR lATh St iIj~ 1994 NATIONAL AEROMODELING Championships over entry Indoor small site better ones country few best Indoor fliers country really good contest strong spirited competition several events Anyone especially Texans passed up meet missed good event Coliseum Texas Tech University Lubbock Texas rated flier 6 scale 10 flyability standpoint put context rated Akron air dock 10 ETSU MiniDome site NFFS US Indoor Championships 9 Another flier rated Coliseum fifth best site country certainly far best site within radius 900 miles Except scoreboard centered flight area speaker cluster added hazards common other sports arenas speakers shrouded plastic kept alt models except getting caught scoreboard surrounding catwalk caught several models day returned undamaged high degree model safety due entirely riggers young men responsible arranging lighting display details commercial events casually roam catwalks like use sidewalk After some instruction handle models riggers retrieved model after model catwalk scoreboard damaged model Jim Clems Limited Pennyplane fallen out reach inside scoreboard tangle wires propeller motor stick undamaged Jim spare wings tail surfaces After quick repairs test hop Jim made final official flight Probably no other Indoor event flown coliseum has few damaged models low attendance likely has some relationship contest heldfive weeks after 1994 US Indoor Championships two weeks after Andy Tagliaficos annual event Kibbie Dome December 1994 47 Clipped-wing Cub Greg Thomas Yukon Oklahoma won second place Indoor Scale Photo Rocky Young Twelve-year-old Morgan MacKenzie Lubbock Texas won Junior Intermediate Stick Tenny photo Jim Clems Pennyplane holds Cat record couldnt get VP prop rubber coordinated Lubbock Van Dover photo Gordon Wisniewskis model survived trip inside girders very topa charmed life Van Dover photo Some fliers feared contest officials might decide Indoor waste time due low entry officials might see bigger picture Fliers District VIII believe Nats greatly boosted local interest Indoor modeling Most sessions well attended spectators Lubbock contestants outdoor events Conversations between Indoor contestants spectators revealed lively interest part spectators Scale Old Timers Society also made major contribution spectator education furnishing two-page handout information about type Indoor model information supplemented list cottage industries support Indoor modeling information about club Some 200-300 handouts distributed further expanding amount information Indoor Nats made available public contestants like Morgan MacKenzie age 12 Lubbock Ken Ketner professor Texas Tech has coaching few young modelers Morgan group Morgan entered models Junior Intermediate Stick placed trimming model several other contestants helped Morgan rubber advice Morgan keenly interested experience has helped him immensely Amy Scott age 11 brother Jeff age 13 Dallas Texas See results Focus Competition also thrilled have Nats near enough enter Amy won Junior Indoor Bostonian Jeff won Junior Indoor Peanut Scale Junior Outdoor Peanut Scale two fly regularly sessions Bedford Boys Ranch Bedford Texas Battles spite low entry quality competition 48 Model Aviation Chilton won Intermediate Stick boosted old Category Ill record seven minutes Tenny photo Anthony Vaughan won HLG same glider used win 1982 Nats Model built Styrofoam meat trays Tenny photo hero Coliseum rigger Raul Lopez rescued hung models except damaged model Tenny photo Texas Tech philosophy professor Ken Ketner placed second Peanut Scale BeBe Jodel Rocky Young photo ** UISIANDING ShIRtS ** CIVILIAN B-i 7 EUROPE F4B-1 drawn designs screenprinted front heavy weight cotton/poly blend white T-Shirts S M L $1000 Youth Sizes6-810-1214-16 SMLXL XXL $1200Adult Sizes34-3638-4042-4446-4850-52 -WA state residents add 78% sales tax ALL ORDERS ADD $300 FOR POSTAGE Please send check money order DESIGN SIZE NAME ADDRESS No CODs Please Vintage Air Designs P0 Box 2025 Bellingham WA 98227-2025 Nrn high Easy B Limited Pennyplane Pennyplane winning fliers contest also win regularly US Indoor Championships MiniDome Johnson City Tennessee time everyone level playing field first time site has used Indoor flying high times events show fliers can excel adapting new site Entrants Hand Launch Glider toughest time adapting No definitive ceiling height information made available contest literature HLG fliers guess what needed weight strength HLG structure closely related available ceiling can get overweight models way up come down too fast Underweight gliders simply wont go high enough hold together during hard launch Anthony Vaughan Edmond Oklahoma Jerry Chambers Denver Colorado top two fliers flew flight after flight trying get winning combination Vaughans model too light Chambers model too heavy rubber-powered events different story three factors content Lubbock higher altitude other active site except Kibbie Dome Idaho Temperature humidity other factors temperature similar normal conditions Tennessee MiniDome humidity much lower case low entry plus fliers since room partial-motor test flying Easy B times bunched tightly 69-second spread between first place fifth until Stan Chilton Wichita Kansas put up last flight 2116 move first 232 margin ten fliers making official flights Easy B entrants Indoor Nats event year Stan Chilton primed Intermediate Stickhis 2829 flight West Baden August 1987 surpassed felt would long before someone beat record first flight upped ante 3543 outdistanced Dick Hardcastles secondplace flight 12 minutes Dick Hardcastle St Louis Missouri swept Pennyplane events narrow margins 1519 Pennyplane won 21 seconds 1102 Limited Pennyplane won 29 seconds Hardcastle repeated USIC win same 14year-old model used Johnson City Second-place finisher Jim Clem Plano Texas overcooked model bid win went over edge scoreboard inside Gordon Wisniewski Greendale Wisconsin closed scary flight wound through small girders very 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model currently holds Category Pennyplane record higher time 1217 posted Coliseum start Nats no Category III catapult glider records listed record listing available Indoor probably because almost no Category III sites currently active As Chairman Indoor Contest Board requested permission conduct special Record Trials Catapult Glider absence missing Nats event record trials opportunity record flights site addition unofficial Catapult Glider event cash prizes offered five entrants could found Until hour before end scheduled time slot four fliers entered Meanwhile four contestants opportunity practice HLG event proceeded 110 pm fifth sixth contestants showed up flying began Nats Indoor Director Jesse Shepherd Jr set up flightline procedure flier made official flight timed two timers As soon flight time recorded watches cleared next contestant rotation launched Forty minutes later flights listed recorded Dick Hardeastle immediately began new series nine flights satisfy requirements record trials logged 5 16 5 15 potential national record about minute left time slot assigned HLG Dick Hardcastle G Wisniewski Bud Tenny Don Blackburn Best two 439475 Total 914 478410887 350360710 288327623 Walter Legan50121170 Anthony Vaughn 22 7090 Other Unofficial Events Most Nats have unofficial events sponsored National Free Flight Society Miami Indoor Aircraft Modelers Association Jesse Shepherd sponsored unofficial events MiniStick won Larry Calliau 828 No-Cal Scale won Ken Stevens 256 P-24 Rubber won Al Backstrum 318 14 gram Bostonian won Ken Stevens 12272 points never go wrong finishing model Hobbypoxy enamel paint Superior hiding power performance make Hobbypoxy sure winner time Nobody can beat winning formula Super-strong two-part epoxy enamel Can brushed sprayed Durable flexible Wont chip crack peel Stands up racing fuels water wear Adheres iron-films woven fabric iron-on coverings Matches films mixing 16 standard colors high gloss flat finishes Mixing formula chart military 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