Free Flight INDOOR Bud Tenny DIFFERENT STROKES Sometimes get wound up regular competition events neglect unorthodox events Helicopter Ornithopter Autogyro some offbeat non-AMA events such Grapenut Scale A-6 Towline Glider nothing wrong concentrating competition events miss out change pace different challenge other events Well thing have learned reading club newsletters several clubs around country have included special events contest FunFly schedules often good success example MIAMA club Miami FL has helped pioneer number special ized Scale events notably Peanut Scale Doc Genial John Martins unusual read vincible' leadership has guided 24-hour-long World Peanut Grand Prix series its present enviable success Re cently Doc got MIAMA started Autogyrosboth scale non-scale ma chines recent club events also cluded Pistachio Scale smaller-thanPeanut class limited 8-in wingspan 6-in overall length just keep things hopping John has announced spe cial event Pistachio Scale called 83 GNATS will held part Fourth World Peanut Grant Prix West Baden IN June 17 1983 Meanwhile New York Ed Whitten Ron Williams have usual beaver-like selves Record Trials contests held Rotunda Low Library campus Columbia Univer sity New York City Besides regular AMA events no Gliders because much glass building have flown 35cm Stick canard pushers Since Ed Whitten daddy both Manhattan Cabin Bostonian Cabin group has helped pioneer events Last year lot discussion about down-sizing FAI Stick models contest Columbia ran special event try out set proposed FAI rules canard pusher rules may interesting some since sounds no maximum dimensions forward canard surfaces must 50% less area rear main surfaces no stab rear main surfaces allowed props rear whole works rubber-powered also inter esting note diversity models flown response rules ranged 12 gin condenser-papercovered model using Easy B wing 12 gin fully-legal Bostonian Flight times went high II /2 mm such good climb rocketed top building landed light fixture very first flight Some old some new interesting see doing flying Columbia Univer sity group ranges former Indoor World Champion Pete Andrews long time aviation artist Indoor pioneer Bill Tyler Juniors Mark Lisa Ferguson Ed Whitten stock broker spare time also publishes New York Indoor Times totally-free newsletter circulated Indoor fliers East Coast writes Beginner column Junior Flight Model Aviation Ron Williams oncampus mentor group professor Columbia author highly definitive work Building EKing Indoor Model Airplanes Simon & Schuster 1981 John Zaic will remembered old-timers founders Zaic Model Supplies first mail-order sources model ing specialties Doug Barber hard working relative newcomer Indoor modeling Bill Sinram Frank 1-laynes Don Garofalow also modeling pioneers diversity talent back ground produced following contest flight times 13-16 mm Easy B 14 35cm 7 Pennyplane about 4 mm Manhattan Cabin put times per spective Low Library Rotunda just over 100-ft high relatively skinny 75 x 75 ft Times good drift low other times activity can frustrating due small dimensions large number objects get hung up Continued page 133 like fun event no minimum weight simple crank mechanismdriven powerful rubberbandflaps thopters wings 58 Model Aviation An Indoor Ornithopter silhouetted against ceiling Northwood Institutes atrium West Baden IN clearly shows effects flapping action wings shape Unmatched Durability Design Simplicity Aircraft quality aluminum Anodized Finished Can set up type flying Direct Drive Tail Rotor No Tail Rotor Gear Box Manufactured USA Autorotation Extra FF Indoor/Tenny Continued page 58 around edges Rules misunderstanding Although rules matters usually covered current Indoor rules proposals has raised concerns expressed least newsletter some personal discussions have IND-84-2 Jack Carter Racine WI proposal would establish seven ginner classes graduated difficulty fairly complex proposal point wish stress concerns have heard apparently did recognize fact Jacks proposal create set Pro visional classes has no effect upon normal operation AMA normal competition class structures So have worried about flooding existing field bunch new model classes proposal wouldnt Speaking rulesin case have too busy notice new Indoor Contest Board second phase considering very first slate proposals very much order Indoor modeler review existing proposals contact District representative addresses given AMA Competition Newsletter section magazine tell him feel about proposals dont certainly have no complaint coming votes rules dont like will remember utter horror felt microfilm Easy B adopted few years ago no wanted no told Free Flight Contest Board bad idea Since no op posed idea passed re scinded due total unpopularity concept Speak up USIC update Two events interest have added already attractive venue lined up United States Indoor Cham pionships sponsored National Free Flight Society National Indoor Model Airplane Society First open forum Indoor rules will held 800 pm Monday June 13 1983 forum chairman AMA Contest Board Coordi nator Don Lindley places no restric tions what kind Indoor rule discussion takes place requests complaints should accompanied constructive well-thought-out alternatives whenever pos sible Wednesday evening during banquet follows end Indoor Championships keynote speaker will Bob Champine retired chief test pilot NASA Mr Champine has years experience test pilot fly ing experience including high speed aircraft STOL aircraft Rogallo-wing aircraft NASA tested early spacecraft recovery scheme Ornithopter followup Last month dis cussed Dave Erbachs International nithopter Postal Contest briefly touched flapping-wing machines themselves Since found some photos taken Ornithopter flown Mr Yoshio Yamazaki Japan after 1980 Indoor World Cham pionships photo see model flight propulsion mechanism wings clearly visible definition Ornithopter AMA rules An nithopter derives its propulsion solely flapping its wings fixed wings is/are employed projected area flapping wings shall less fixed wings So Ornithopter flaps trailing edge wings deflect air pushed backward flap ping action model driven forward flight photo see trailing edges wings deflect air pushed backward flapping action model driven forward necessity Ornithopter has very high-power rubber motor fully wound motor causes very steep climb model properly adjusted other photo shows closeup flapping mechanism Note rub ber motor drives crank arm turn drives connecting rods cause wings flap very simple mecha nism must very strong light avoid shaking model apart mechan ical imbalance moving parts Bud Tenny PO Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 August 1983 133 Over Two Years tense Flight Testing Approval Consumers Now Available $39900 Spinner Starting Ram Air Cooling Attractive Styling 0 60 Size Engine No Metric Hardware Spare Parts Availability Dealer Inquiries Welcome 1982 NA TS Winner Horizon Model Crafts Inc 3625 E Lockwood Houston Texas 71026 Phone 713-672-1189
Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/08
Page Numbers: 58, 133
Free Flight INDOOR Bud Tenny DIFFERENT STROKES Sometimes get wound up regular competition events neglect unorthodox events Helicopter Ornithopter Autogyro some offbeat non-AMA events such Grapenut Scale A-6 Towline Glider nothing wrong concentrating competition events miss out change pace different challenge other events Well thing have learned reading club newsletters several clubs around country have included special events contest FunFly schedules often good success example MIAMA club Miami FL has helped pioneer number special ized Scale events notably Peanut Scale Doc Genial John Martins unusual read vincible' leadership has guided 24-hour-long World Peanut Grand Prix series its present enviable success Re cently Doc got MIAMA started Autogyrosboth scale non-scale ma chines recent club events also cluded Pistachio Scale smaller-thanPeanut class limited 8-in wingspan 6-in overall length just keep things hopping John has announced spe cial event Pistachio Scale called 83 GNATS will held part Fourth World Peanut Grant Prix West Baden IN June 17 1983 Meanwhile New York Ed Whitten Ron Williams have usual beaver-like selves Record Trials contests held Rotunda Low Library campus Columbia Univer sity New York City Besides regular AMA events no Gliders because much glass building have flown 35cm Stick canard pushers Since Ed Whitten daddy both Manhattan Cabin Bostonian Cabin group has helped pioneer events Last year lot discussion about down-sizing FAI Stick models contest Columbia ran special event try out set proposed FAI rules canard pusher rules may interesting some since sounds no maximum dimensions forward canard surfaces must 50% less area rear main surfaces no stab rear main surfaces allowed props rear whole works rubber-powered also inter esting note diversity models flown response rules ranged 12 gin condenser-papercovered model using Easy B wing 12 gin fully-legal Bostonian Flight times went high II /2 mm such good climb rocketed top building landed light fixture very first flight Some old some new interesting see doing flying Columbia Univer sity group ranges former Indoor World Champion Pete Andrews long time aviation artist Indoor pioneer Bill Tyler Juniors Mark Lisa Ferguson Ed Whitten stock broker spare time also publishes New York Indoor Times totally-free newsletter circulated Indoor fliers East Coast writes Beginner column Junior Flight Model Aviation Ron Williams oncampus mentor group professor Columbia author highly definitive work Building EKing Indoor Model Airplanes Simon & Schuster 1981 John Zaic will remembered old-timers founders Zaic Model Supplies first mail-order sources model ing specialties Doug Barber hard working relative newcomer Indoor modeling Bill Sinram Frank 1-laynes Don Garofalow also modeling pioneers diversity talent back ground produced following contest flight times 13-16 mm Easy B 14 35cm 7 Pennyplane about 4 mm Manhattan Cabin put times per spective Low Library Rotunda just over 100-ft high relatively skinny 75 x 75 ft Times good drift low other times activity can frustrating due small dimensions large number objects get hung up Continued page 133 like fun event no minimum weight simple crank mechanismdriven powerful rubberbandflaps thopters wings 58 Model Aviation An Indoor Ornithopter silhouetted against ceiling Northwood Institutes atrium West Baden IN clearly shows effects flapping action wings shape Unmatched Durability Design Simplicity Aircraft quality aluminum Anodized Finished Can set up type flying Direct Drive Tail Rotor No Tail Rotor Gear Box Manufactured USA Autorotation Extra FF Indoor/Tenny Continued page 58 around edges Rules misunderstanding Although rules matters usually covered current Indoor rules proposals has raised concerns expressed least newsletter some personal discussions have IND-84-2 Jack Carter Racine WI proposal would establish seven ginner classes graduated difficulty fairly complex proposal point wish stress concerns have heard apparently did recognize fact Jacks proposal create set Pro visional classes has no effect upon normal operation AMA normal competition class structures So have worried about flooding existing field bunch new model classes proposal wouldnt Speaking rulesin case have too busy notice new Indoor Contest Board second phase considering very first slate proposals very much order Indoor modeler review existing proposals contact District representative addresses given AMA Competition Newsletter section magazine tell him feel about proposals dont certainly have no complaint coming votes rules dont like will remember utter horror felt microfilm Easy B adopted few years ago no wanted no told Free Flight Contest Board bad idea Since no op posed idea passed re scinded due total unpopularity concept Speak up USIC update Two events interest have added already attractive venue lined up United States Indoor Cham pionships sponsored National Free Flight Society National Indoor Model Airplane Society First open forum Indoor rules will held 800 pm Monday June 13 1983 forum chairman AMA Contest Board Coordi nator Don Lindley places no restric tions what kind Indoor rule discussion takes place requests complaints should accompanied constructive well-thought-out alternatives whenever pos sible Wednesday evening during banquet follows end Indoor Championships keynote speaker will Bob Champine retired chief test pilot NASA Mr Champine has years experience test pilot fly ing experience including high speed aircraft STOL aircraft Rogallo-wing aircraft NASA tested early spacecraft recovery scheme Ornithopter followup Last month dis cussed Dave Erbachs International nithopter Postal Contest briefly touched flapping-wing machines themselves Since found some photos taken Ornithopter flown Mr Yoshio Yamazaki Japan after 1980 Indoor World Cham pionships photo see model flight propulsion mechanism wings clearly visible definition Ornithopter AMA rules An nithopter derives its propulsion solely flapping its wings fixed wings is/are employed projected area flapping wings shall less fixed wings So Ornithopter flaps trailing edge wings deflect air pushed backward flap ping action model driven forward flight photo see trailing edges wings deflect air pushed backward flapping action model driven forward necessity Ornithopter has very high-power rubber motor fully wound motor causes very steep climb model properly adjusted other photo shows closeup flapping mechanism Note rub ber motor drives crank arm turn drives connecting rods cause wings flap very simple mecha nism must very strong light avoid shaking model apart mechan ical imbalance moving parts Bud Tenny PO Box 545 Richardson TX 75080 August 1983 133 Over Two Years tense Flight Testing Approval Consumers Now Available $39900 Spinner Starting Ram Air Cooling Attractive Styling 0 60 Size Engine No Metric Hardware Spare Parts Availability Dealer Inquiries Welcome 1982 NA TS Winner Horizon Model Crafts Inc 3625 E Lockwood Houston Texas 71026 Phone 713-672-1189