Free Flight Indoor BudTenny INDOOR State ArtThe Midwest Thanks activity several model clubs central US indoor contest activity during last winter plentiful extra-cold winter threatened close some sites during fuel shortage St Louis Chicago area indoor fliers four five monthly meets fun-fly sessions during door season Six clubs Great Lakes area sponsored indoor sessions con tests Calumet Modelers Bong Eagles Illinois Model Aero Club Central Indiana Aeromodelers Chicago Aeronuts St Louis area Thermaleers McDonnell-Douglas Free Flight Clubs account activity Although few contests special purpose events like scale meet hosted Calumet Modelers Stock Delta Dart contest hosted high school gym Chicago Aeronuts multi-event sessions Perusing events scheduled various meets can assured least Indoor HLG two age classes Pennyplane Easy B both combined Peanut Sport Scale events will held con tests various scale events Peanut Scale nearly always held has far entrants number contests have combined Pennyplane Easy B yielded results showing average models have performance potential similar neither class has clear advantage Know Rules Two popular classes mentioned above have suffer ing rules controversy particular Peanut Scale fliers have embroiled rapid rules changing trying achieve satisfactory balance between scale points flying points Scale purists would crease importance scale fidelity de tail workmanship flight score proponents argued AMA Scale existed give purists challenge Peanut Scale rules ought emphasize flying ability model course bet ter flying models easier adjust usually fun fly Manhattan Cabin models intended make event scale-like models present Indoor Cabin event model has also some rules tinkering regional basis primarily basis minimum weight model So plan fly contests another area sure models will fit rules used contest Really Big Show least once year clubs St Louis Chicano put meet events including pure indoor events Indoor Stick FAI Indoor Paper Stick meets usually Class AA meets pull fliers over area Midwestern States door Free Flight Championships spon sored annually Chicago Aeronuts such meet 1978 meet 5th annual event scheduled impressive list events Paper Stick Indoor Stick Indoor Cabin FAI Indoor Indoor HLG Pennyplane Novice Pennyplane Manhat tan Cabin Peanut Scale AMA door Scale Besides separate events Juniors Seniors Paper Stick HLG separate high point championship trophies offered age group Dave Lindley Junior champion Mike Preston picking up Senior championship Richard Doig winning Open Down South Meanwhile MIAMA Continued page 100 44 Model Aviation Flying rIncnnatl Iv1mueasmurI n door Championships Walter Van Gorder flew Manhattan Cabin first niece Champion Rich Doig launches cabin model Mideastern Champs Non-indoor types will interested landing gear built-up bulge stick provide required cross sec tion aualifv shio cabin model Chuck Markos 1977 Nordic team also flies Pennyplane thoughtfully regards Microlite polycarbonate-fllm-covered bird Indoor days much traditional mike-covered models 1978 Mideastern States Championships Bob Siedentopf preps Stinson Junior its winning flight 472 seconds IU5 H PLANS SSORIES 141741 17W SPAN STOCK NO PP 15 WALMT scaLEKIT $425 ASK POE OUR KITS AND ACCESSORIES AT YOUR LOCAL DEALRR P NOT AVAILABLE AT YOUR DEALER ORDER DIRECT ADD 608 POSTAGE 4 WALNUT SCALE KITS BABY ACE$425 PEANUT SCALE KITS PIPER J3 CUR$329 PIETENPOL$329 MILES$329 TURBULENT$329 MUSTANG$349 ZERO$349 COUGAR$349 ANDREASON$349 GIPSY MOTH$349 GANAGORIE$349 SPOIT MODEL KITS ONE NITE 28$475 ONE NITE 16$349 STRINGLESS WONDER$249 P8CM ROG$139 KITS S PLANS S ACCESSORIES hAL JAPANESD TISSUE-PROPS COMPLETE CATALOG 504 MANY HARD TO FIND ITEMS Pfl**Jg,fliMAUm*AEtEPO BOX 24W -AMALA MESA CAUF 92041 q~quqwUyqqwwwPHONE 17141 469-R&YS 1 4424636 PEANUT SCALE EECLASI~~ idea condition batteries although modelers now use sophisticated ohm/volt/amp meters places test light can used keep handy bulb couple lengths medium gauge wire couple small alligator clips business Solder end wire termi nals bulb very quickly open hole cause bulb blow Attach clips other ends wires thats also soldered pointed probe end clip able make contact places clips cannot attached like tight spots think youll find little test light very handy thing though Dont use light series points check instant opening build up current primary windings coil may burn out lamp upon collapse field points open Oops Ralph Turner Amhert Ohio wrote inform error fuse lage cross sectional area formula Old L2 Rulers proper formula Cf 2L stated Ralph accuses really being old timer goes ask anyone remembers old days Air Trails gave away class Buz zard Bombshell kit year sub scription Doubt well see days again Editors Note AT gave away 10000 kits Clarence Haught Route 5 Box 16 CoeurdAlene ID 83814 FF Indoor/Tenny continued page 44 contests held Goodyear Blimp Hangar Opa Locka Airport Miami Florida MIAMA active allindoor model club US contest event schedules typical Oe outstanding features club enthusiastic sponsorship Dr John Martin includes monthly news letter replete cartoons sketches year club holds awards ban quet recognize clubs best fliers year However real event year proxy contest Manhattan Cabin models nine entries decided models would flown same modelerFAI Indoor flier Roman Szymula After what could fair Anyway out state models won 2nd David Hagen Oregon City Oregon 4th John OLeary Minneapolis Minne sota Dan Kilgore Plantation Florida won 1st 4491 John Martin Coconut Grove Florida won third Special Classes interesting event idea gleaned club activity around country indoor scale model Old Timer Gas models approximate Peanut Scale models size certainly ought fly well scale models real airplanes have short nose-moment arms event tried Glas tonbury Connecticut 1977 won Miss America replica compete against among others Trenton Terror Miss Philly Incidentally mention made above about real air planes Model airplanes realspecialpurpose miniature aircraftwhether SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT miniatures man-carrying airplanes Indoor Sites matter overwhelming importance indoor fliers locating places fly AMA Nats usually held some site otherwise available local fliers because rent too steep local activity So local fliers hold meet often some sort school gymnasium Only Chicago two massive armories usually available New Jersey/New York hangars Lakehurst Naval Air Station Miami Florida Goodyear hang ar can really plan good sites regularly available So much Americas indoor flying goes gymnasiums small arm ories city recreation buildings Excep tions New York City Low Library Rotunda Columbia University 105 very small floor area Cincin nati Ohio fliers have occasionally used 105 Cincinnati Union Terminal CDsNow Hear two cor respondents have requested contest 21 aired column column due about 50 days before magazine contains particular column will reach reader can plan far ahead will delighted carry contest information particular interest series contests flying sessions stretching over period months big annual contests normally planned well advance Local Publicity aspect indoor modeling often overlooked newspaper TV coverage local contests recent months number clubs have quite successful getting excellent coverage newspapers ranging half page full page good photos TV coverage made NIMAS International Record Trials West Baden Indiana 1977 well edited shown network shows number cities done Bob Clemens Rochester New York says no big secret ob tam media publicity Any club group desiring coverage can talk local papers TV stations explain about models flight performance site loca tion dates Better yet would have spokesman stop paper/ station show news director TV city editor some models type being flown indoor freaks have really missed boat publicity-wise really no good reason Bud Tenny PO Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 Mentor/VanHattum continued page 48 imagine run fore aft through modelcan assured building wing open Vee dihedral So have join spars both wings 100 Model Aviation FLY WIU 9311R WE BlOWN CO-2 ENGINES RNGINES ARE IN STOCK NEW CHASGER AND 5 SIZES OF TANKS BROWN ENGINES MUST BE ORDERED DIRECT PROM PECK-POLYMERS BUILDING SCALE MODEL Need airplane photos details markings refer once documentatiOn mRke task easier major source ach photos cases onty Source Send 15-cent stamp free catalog COLLECT-AIR PHOTOS So, 14234 tOept MAt MiIw46keH Wi,0n1n 53214 Miami Indoor Aircraft Modelers Assoc continues hold varied classes monthly
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/09
Page Numbers: 44, 100
Free Flight Indoor BudTenny INDOOR State ArtThe Midwest Thanks activity several model clubs central US indoor contest activity during last winter plentiful extra-cold winter threatened close some sites during fuel shortage St Louis Chicago area indoor fliers four five monthly meets fun-fly sessions during door season Six clubs Great Lakes area sponsored indoor sessions con tests Calumet Modelers Bong Eagles Illinois Model Aero Club Central Indiana Aeromodelers Chicago Aeronuts St Louis area Thermaleers McDonnell-Douglas Free Flight Clubs account activity Although few contests special purpose events like scale meet hosted Calumet Modelers Stock Delta Dart contest hosted high school gym Chicago Aeronuts multi-event sessions Perusing events scheduled various meets can assured least Indoor HLG two age classes Pennyplane Easy B both combined Peanut Sport Scale events will held con tests various scale events Peanut Scale nearly always held has far entrants number contests have combined Pennyplane Easy B yielded results showing average models have performance potential similar neither class has clear advantage Know Rules Two popular classes mentioned above have suffer ing rules controversy particular Peanut Scale fliers have embroiled rapid rules changing trying achieve satisfactory balance between scale points flying points Scale purists would crease importance scale fidelity de tail workmanship flight score proponents argued AMA Scale existed give purists challenge Peanut Scale rules ought emphasize flying ability model course bet ter flying models easier adjust usually fun fly Manhattan Cabin models intended make event scale-like models present Indoor Cabin event model has also some rules tinkering regional basis primarily basis minimum weight model So plan fly contests another area sure models will fit rules used contest Really Big Show least once year clubs St Louis Chicano put meet events including pure indoor events Indoor Stick FAI Indoor Paper Stick meets usually Class AA meets pull fliers over area Midwestern States door Free Flight Championships spon sored annually Chicago Aeronuts such meet 1978 meet 5th annual event scheduled impressive list events Paper Stick Indoor Stick Indoor Cabin FAI Indoor Indoor HLG Pennyplane Novice Pennyplane Manhat tan Cabin Peanut Scale AMA door Scale Besides separate events Juniors Seniors Paper Stick HLG separate high point championship trophies offered age group Dave Lindley Junior champion Mike Preston picking up Senior championship Richard Doig winning Open Down South Meanwhile MIAMA Continued page 100 44 Model Aviation Flying rIncnnatl Iv1mueasmurI n door Championships Walter Van Gorder flew Manhattan Cabin first niece Champion Rich Doig launches cabin model Mideastern Champs Non-indoor types will interested landing gear built-up bulge stick provide required cross sec tion aualifv shio cabin model Chuck Markos 1977 Nordic team also flies Pennyplane thoughtfully regards Microlite polycarbonate-fllm-covered bird Indoor days much traditional mike-covered models 1978 Mideastern States Championships Bob Siedentopf preps Stinson Junior its winning flight 472 seconds IU5 H PLANS SSORIES 141741 17W SPAN STOCK NO PP 15 WALMT scaLEKIT $425 ASK POE OUR KITS AND ACCESSORIES AT YOUR LOCAL DEALRR P NOT AVAILABLE AT YOUR DEALER ORDER DIRECT ADD 608 POSTAGE 4 WALNUT SCALE KITS BABY ACE$425 PEANUT SCALE KITS PIPER J3 CUR$329 PIETENPOL$329 MILES$329 TURBULENT$329 MUSTANG$349 ZERO$349 COUGAR$349 ANDREASON$349 GIPSY MOTH$349 GANAGORIE$349 SPOIT MODEL KITS ONE NITE 28$475 ONE NITE 16$349 STRINGLESS WONDER$249 P8CM ROG$139 KITS S PLANS S ACCESSORIES hAL JAPANESD TISSUE-PROPS COMPLETE CATALOG 504 MANY HARD TO FIND ITEMS Pfl**Jg,fliMAUm*AEtEPO BOX 24W -AMALA MESA CAUF 92041 q~quqwUyqqwwwPHONE 17141 469-R&YS 1 4424636 PEANUT SCALE EECLASI~~ idea condition batteries although modelers now use sophisticated ohm/volt/amp meters places test light can used keep handy bulb couple lengths medium gauge wire couple small alligator clips business Solder end wire termi nals bulb very quickly open hole cause bulb blow Attach clips other ends wires thats also soldered pointed probe end clip able make contact places clips cannot attached like tight spots think youll find little test light very handy thing though Dont use light series points check instant opening build up current primary windings coil may burn out lamp upon collapse field points open Oops Ralph Turner Amhert Ohio wrote inform error fuse lage cross sectional area formula Old L2 Rulers proper formula Cf 2L stated Ralph accuses really being old timer goes ask anyone remembers old days Air Trails gave away class Buz zard Bombshell kit year sub scription Doubt well see days again Editors Note AT gave away 10000 kits Clarence Haught Route 5 Box 16 CoeurdAlene ID 83814 FF Indoor/Tenny continued page 44 contests held Goodyear Blimp Hangar Opa Locka Airport Miami Florida MIAMA active allindoor model club US contest event schedules typical Oe outstanding features club enthusiastic sponsorship Dr John Martin includes monthly news letter replete cartoons sketches year club holds awards ban quet recognize clubs best fliers year However real event year proxy contest Manhattan Cabin models nine entries decided models would flown same modelerFAI Indoor flier Roman Szymula After what could fair Anyway out state models won 2nd David Hagen Oregon City Oregon 4th John OLeary Minneapolis Minne sota Dan Kilgore Plantation Florida won 1st 4491 John Martin Coconut Grove Florida won third Special Classes interesting event idea gleaned club activity around country indoor scale model Old Timer Gas models approximate Peanut Scale models size certainly ought fly well scale models real airplanes have short nose-moment arms event tried Glas tonbury Connecticut 1977 won Miss America replica compete against among others Trenton Terror Miss Philly Incidentally mention made above about real air planes Model airplanes realspecialpurpose miniature aircraftwhether SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT miniatures man-carrying airplanes Indoor Sites matter overwhelming importance indoor fliers locating places fly AMA Nats usually held some site otherwise available local fliers because rent too steep local activity So local fliers hold meet often some sort school gymnasium Only Chicago two massive armories usually available New Jersey/New York hangars Lakehurst Naval Air Station Miami Florida Goodyear hang ar can really plan good sites regularly available So much Americas indoor flying goes gymnasiums small arm ories city recreation buildings Excep tions New York City Low Library Rotunda Columbia University 105 very small floor area Cincin nati Ohio fliers have occasionally used 105 Cincinnati Union Terminal CDsNow Hear two cor respondents have requested contest 21 aired column column due about 50 days before magazine contains particular column will reach reader can plan far ahead will delighted carry contest information particular interest series contests flying sessions stretching over period months big annual contests normally planned well advance Local Publicity aspect indoor modeling often overlooked newspaper TV coverage local contests recent months number clubs have quite successful getting excellent coverage newspapers ranging half page full page good photos TV coverage made NIMAS International Record Trials West Baden Indiana 1977 well edited shown network shows number cities done Bob Clemens Rochester New York says no big secret ob tam media publicity Any club group desiring coverage can talk local papers TV stations explain about models flight performance site loca tion dates Better yet would have spokesman stop paper/ station show news director TV city editor some models type being flown indoor freaks have really missed boat publicity-wise really no good reason Bud Tenny PO Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 Mentor/VanHattum continued page 48 imagine run fore aft through modelcan assured building wing open Vee dihedral So have join spars both wings 100 Model Aviation FLY WIU 9311R WE BlOWN CO-2 ENGINES RNGINES ARE IN STOCK NEW CHASGER AND 5 SIZES OF TANKS BROWN ENGINES MUST BE ORDERED DIRECT PROM PECK-POLYMERS BUILDING SCALE MODEL Need airplane photos details markings refer once documentatiOn mRke task easier major source ach photos cases onty Source Send 15-cent stamp free catalog COLLECT-AIR PHOTOS So, 14234 tOept MAt MiIw46keH Wi,0n1n 53214 Miami Indoor Aircraft Modelers Assoc continues hold varied classes monthly