0 Junior FF World Champs bring report US contestants first-ever event 19 nations participating its likely last U Melinda Anderson MY ADVENTURE really began August 1987 Model Aviation magazine nounced possibility World Champi onships Juniors held Poland dur ing summer 1988 FAT rules would apply responded announcement knowing would real challenge Months passed day re ceived phone call telling us AMA Executive Council voted funds make possible Junior team participate knew what wanted build started building airplanes just case would lucky enough selected excited about challenge ever senior year high school gave second thoughts about having sufficient time prepare prop erly high level competition against best world second thoughts lasted five seconds de cided go Taking Mr Bill Gibbons advice hes chairman AMA Free Flight Team Se lection Committee wrote Bob White ask him guidance about prepara tions needed could really com petitive needed words wisdom someone Bob White made audiotape mailed used often make sure fully under stood suggested best could get ready forthcoming contest expected model building portion task second nature short-lived didnt turu out way am sure other contest-oriented modelers know what mean always some thing else way Progress slow due commitments senior class vicepresident addition responsibilities ski instructor ate up weekends Addi tional delays occurred result discus sions about airplane configuration con struction methods experienced adult fliers active FAI programs ready willing offer guidance needed absorb use valu able suggestions Although enthused selection team delayed until April 1988 made difficult really get motor going high speed no firm idea whether would lucky make team can smile about now can still remember what thrill got good news going Poland came questions What airfoil What airframe layout Bunt no bunt what engine Decisions made revised com US team Parade Nations led Polish Aero Club cadet carrying plac ard Behind Mike Keller bearing flag Melinda Anderson Marty Pelatowski Adam Tracy Matthew Gagliano Tony Hutchins Jimmy Buxton Bob Silleet US team manager w ca 106 Model Aviation Ioa.alinda anmy us Jimmy Buxton looks some impatience repairs attempted rental car Left US team gathering just before opening ceremonies began see Betty Sifleet right Israeli team left Right everything needed competitions hand operational Thats what Fred Anderson right others checking Left Lunchtime aero club hangar Leszno Sausages Pepsi truit tonic being woolca aown D marty relatowaki meimna An derson Matthew Charles Gagliano Right 1st US Junior Free Flight World Championships team L-R Adam Tracy Matthew Gag liano Marty Pelatowski Charlie Gagliano team cheerleader chaser Melinda Anderson Mike Keller Jimmy Buxton Tony Hutchins Left Tony Hutchins left adjusts Marty Pelatowskis competition number tie-on before start FlA Glider contest Right Magdalena Maggie Kubit Polish timer US team unofficial interpreter tries convince Jimmy Buxton Its time stop being afraid girls mitted revised finally built last several airplanes ready test help brother Glenn Bob Gutai chose two new undercambered airfoil aircraft along two airplanes flat-bottomed airfoils accumulated flying time dad reworked four Rossi 15s thanks Bob Gutai Galbreath Rossi arsenal Tests always perfect week before scheduled leave Po land strained airplane straight down February 1989 107 IWO VICWC IIflOU MIIUCICOn OUr UULOO[ duO Iuiguiebi IdLITI us team memoer irnii r 1. rOwer acilon RI ien snes getting reaay compeimimon start right Rossi 15 going full bore apparently check engine run timer Team Manager Bob Sifleet Left Soviet Union FiC Power fliers testing models under supervision manager coaches Right East German team discussing strategy between FiC Power rounds FiC lowest entries seven countries FlA Glider highest 19 countries Left Song Gyu Pak North Korea eventual FiC Jr World Champion aujusis nis mouci prior Tlyoff fellow countryman yong Nam Kim Right Melinda Anderson entire USSR team after passing out gifts Hot Stuff good wishes FlA day through some trees blew wing other airplane couple days later light end tunnel looked like locomotive headed straight us Late hours moonlight rebuilding ses sions order day Once re pairs completed packing trials mandatory As trip start choosing everything think will need throw out 50% start over again course dad wanted take entire shop ght finally boiled everything down what felt essen tials got packedmodel boxes suit casesand time head air port Kennedy Airport New York like zoopeople everywhere team mem bers hadnt opportunity meet other prior gathering depar ture mom dad course knew Bob Mrs Sifleet Pelatowskis Gaglianos famil iar faces past contests rest team mystery became game trying figure out who thousands people going somewhere decided common denominatorlook confused faces ac companied piles luggage monster model boxes emblazoned AMA stick ers Mike Keller arrived solo Califor nia Ditto Jimmy Buxton Pittsburgh Tracys Adam dad arrived whirlwinds blew inthe Hutchins 108 Model Aviation Junior Free Flight World Championships Results FlA Glider 1 M Van Dijk Holland . 1260 189 2 SC Li N Korea1260 183 3 T Lepp USSR1260 179 4 JC Pak N Korea1260 164 5 Z Susanka Czech1260 155 26 M Keller USA1122 40 M Pelatowski USA1014 Teams 1 Poland3742 2 Czechoslovakia3653 3 E Germany3584 18 USA2136 family delayed Dayton day because snafu original ticketing Okay JFK standing airline counter checking baggage ticket agents desk covered dozens baggage claim tickets going nuts trying keep things straight situation created major problem us later Finally big stuff turned over airline got boarding call settled 747 Just like ordinary flight youre thinking wait things werent getting dull yet As aircraft pushed away gate engines fired up dense white vapor filled rear half cabin couldnt see heard dad tell mom Grab linda bag bucks pas sports Ill show get out hurry have after lot commotion announcement no real problem existed plus one-hour de FiB Rubber lv Kubes Czech1252 2 M Peter Hungary1250 3 SG Pak N Korea1236 4 MS Han N Korea1232 5 Nagy Hungary1229 16 Tracy USA1079 34 J Buxton USA639 Teams 1 N Korea3524 2 Czechoslovakia3448 3 USSR3418 11 USA1717 lay ground crew released airplane got under way However am sure dad eye rear plane way Germany Frankfurt changed planes started final hop Poland Warsaw airport crowded compared JFK Frankfurt Luggage model boxes started appear checked counted adding up score Matthew Gaglianos model box nowhere seen asked au thorities after much searching drew blank Bob Sifleet knew member Polish Aero Club hand meet us Luckily man spoke good Eng lish made initial attempts lo cate missing box much easier con cluded must have missed connec tion Frankfurt would surely arrive later flight left word about future location Leszno Polish modeler told us box would flown Matt soon appeared said aero club q FiC Power 1 5G Pak N Korea 260 2 YN Kim N Korea1260 3 M Nogga E Germany1258 4 M Gasiorowski Poland1235 5 M Anderson USA1224 12 Hutchins USA1072 21 M Keller USA147 Teams iN Korea3722 2 USSR3461 3 Poland3302 7 USA2443 would look after details next challenge pack five small cars bags boxes plus selves Yes packed unpacked re packed finally did Fifteen people 45 pieces luggage crammed five small cars Polish Aero Club member guide led cara van out Warsaw put us road Leszno routine right Wrong another surprise guide left us outskirts War saw own Suddenly Dan Tracy pulled over side road Polenz 150 quit So unable speak word Polish stopped cold Highway 5 Raising hoed fooled ignition fuel systems success just about arrived What now stage young man two young women pulled up alongside us iden tical car Polenz 150 must some car because young man appeared Left Jimmy Buxton showed really earned position Fl B Rubber team practiced way handled model Right Adam Tracy Mike Keller felt triumph FiB model survived very windy competition Adam short max two seven flights February 1989 109 have trunk full spare parts ap parently used keep running worked Tracy vehicle no avail resort Polish/English phrase book got two Polish girls telephone car rental agency assist ance After what must have looked like Chinese fire drill agency repair man got new car road again Bob Mrs Sifleet along Gag lianos Mike Keller gone ahead left about two hours before got car exchanged make sure hotel FiB Rubber winners First Vladimir Kubes Czechoslovakia second Mozes Peter Hungary third Son Guk Pak North Korea friendships established during competitions space Leszno OK say remainder party would soon along reduced caravan four cars took off together could figure out road signs speed limits hour further along pulled over mi litia speeding Soon after dark got separated Hutchins Tracy carsthey seemed run better faster two slower cars carrying Pelatows kis Andersons dragging Seven hours later due part flat tire 230 am dark deserted road plus coming lost few times pulled up Palace Rydzyna happy dis cover hosts holding late sup per us certainly welcome ate collapsed grateful both food rest awoke found others also gotten lost Tracy Hutch ins made far Rydzyna could find Palace located side road leading off town square spent Continued page 112 110 Model Aviation Bill nutcnins carving 12000 Zlaty much wonder watermelon nail file after long hot day competition Yes bit time fun things FiC Power Jr Champion Song Gyu Pak shows winning form launching model vying -iu nuooer aay carrica planes far high Polish lady watches astonish ment US chasers Soviet flier shake pine tree retrieve Czech model Certilied Gkl Airtronics Gold Label Super Nannw Band [Lial @4Receivers set 1991 certified independent tests state art FM P04 receivers meet eeed AMA RCMA spedfications guidelines PJC operation 1991 beyond compacthtweight highformance Conver Receivers pmduce dearei efficient signal less susceptible specific types intermodulation pivblems Specmcatlnna Ririrmics FM aid PCV4 014 Label Super Nmnuw 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cluded parade nations speech general Polish Air Force full-scale aircraft glider flights introduc tions huge crowd people present After formalities started meet greet contestants other nations includ ing Sweden Denmark Poland young members Polish Aero Club hand too ate dinner Tuesday evening Pal ace still received missing model box MaU worried As finished eating word came box misdirected Istanbul Turkey Efforts being made get back Po land hoped would arrive time processing prior actual contest Tuesday night welcom ing celebration complete music Polish folk dancers ceremony During folk dancing show Marty Pelatowski dragged out dance troupe Following came dance young people very late dragged themselves off bed Wednesday test flying went out field early Polish Aero Club promised deliver Matts model box Leszno soon arrived Unfortunately did show up until after Matts event flown unable com pete felt very badly left out contest through no fault own after hard work put get ready However Matt brother Charlie threw themselves wholeheartedly championships helped else As started test flying large group spectators gathered seemed amazed girl flying FM Power other girl compet ing A-l Glider weather beautiful site planes flying well field huge enough accommodate World Champion ships room spare crowd lookers began include other contestants drifted look us over stayed get closer look models built powered ask questions Everything brought closely examined asked Polish fliers about large size model boxes explained boxes room support equipment addition models Processing commence 115 pm afternoon complied need went back test flying also checked out surrounding area de termine chase routes case got windy back Palace once din ner evening checking recheck ing airplanes get ready real com petition would start following morn ing did find time meet chat teams other countries Trading sou venirs started previous day second day serious traded everything portable T shirts exchanged pins patches thing caught someones eye up grabs got some great souvenirs bring back home discovered much com mon kids other countries just airplanes model aviation school matters social activities friends problems much Some kids met indicated used freedom got homewhich surprised us because thought ones got off pretty easy nightly friendly contest got started Palace courtyard paper airplanes Some great designs surfaced lot fun ing though Palace maintenance staff appeared less enthusiastic Thursday morningand time seemed flying up early break fast tea rolls fish dill pickies 112 Model Aviation AsGoodasGt Airbxrnics offers youa golden oppor tunity meet challenge cost RIC system upgrade service converts present Airtionics AM transmitter receiver 1991 AMA Gold label specifications operation Airtronics major manufacturer offering compre hensive RIC system conversions economical price XA stand behind compatible line high quality RIC systems accessories unmatched 1991 system upgrade service Airtionlcs 1991 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expectation perhaps would continue give away popular adhesive day too learned two Polish words during stay lody ice cream gen-quee-a thank everyone contest seemed know Hot Stuff Suddenly loudspeaker announced first round A-i Towline Glider would commence five minutes us never FAI contest before thrilling moment contestants moved line large group station pretty excited Marty Pelatowski Mike Keller again felt badly Matt Gagliano could join planes weather exceptional slight down-field breeze flare went up Round Marty Mike really started out well airplanes behaved just great Mike missed max first flight 58 se conds found good air maxed Rounds Two through Six lost plane disappeared direc tion Leszno Luckily supplied identification stickers Polish Aero Club plane brought back field within hour half people found plane find someone car drive out field great luck know times have contests planes disappear skyward never found Mike dropped Round Seven fin ished up day 26th place overall 1122 seconds Marty got maxes Rounds through Four dropped number five proved stinker us flown after lunch break seems lost momentum momentarily end day Marty stood 40th 1014 seconds Fifty-three contestants flew event Holland North Korea Soviet Union took gold silver bronze order individual honors Team placings Poland Czechoslovakia East Ger first second third respec tively Medals trophies presented field immediately following days competition got back Palace exhausted exhilarated Some us didnt bother clean up before going supper din ing room entering found ta ble decorated nations flag individual winner Maarten Van Dijk Holland came through door greeted rousing ovation knew long night ahead us ate went immediately rooms start getting FiC Power planes ready next day Testing cleaning timers number priority other minor chores complete almost 100 am time fi nally turned out lights crawled bed Friday morning headed field soon sky started become light asked team members scheduled fly day collect break fast us bring field time up till really test models wanted use final free time get flights could sky overcast didnt look too pure just set up fly began rain cats dogs lasted about 30 minutes sky cleared nicely ready go flew several test flightsand happened Either bad launch something else happened flight plane went out window rolled its back DTed carrying lot speed blew wing same wing lost back home before leaving very pleasant thing happen certainly spectacular terri ble setback since other planes working well next thing knew up flight line flare fired Round Continued page 191 February 1989 113 Avonds outscored second-place fin isher Pete McDermott Great Britain winning difference 545 points McDermotts beautiful Airco DH9 earned highest static score con test air good flight fol lowed outstanding sequence maneu vers during calm air third try overall flight score 175490 bringing total score 363490 First-place team standing went McDer mott Brian Taylor fourth place Mosquito Mick Reeves sixth place flying Sopwith Camel con firmed prediction expressed participants early week McDermott along British team would ones beat Max Merckenschlager put up once-in-a-lifetime almost-perfect flights last round took advantage dead-calm air received highest flight score recorded during meet Bristol Scout D Fourth-place winner Brian Taylor exem plified realistic motor note World War II Mosquito model two OS Surpass 40 four-stroke engines installed complete special muffling Taylors first flight best Mosquito flew two Rolls-Royce Merlins aboard speed maneuverability seemed exactly right Taylor also provided heartstopping incident week During second flight left engine stopped ab ruptly low altitude immediately Mosquito snapped spin left point everyone watching written off airplane stricken disasters eventually overtake Scale mod els Apparently Taylor didnt see way regained control Mosquito about three feet above ground intense concentration made wheels-up landing grass After some 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flies fast Camel relatively quiet whereas Eagle noisy top fliers adhered rules literally repeatedly flew well-planned choreographed total presentations judges sound speed ma neuverability approximating fullscale aircraft FM rules require judges take note scale speed flight attitude smooth ness control motor note way model flies between maneuvers total flight intensely observed scored initial taxi final rollout top fliers fully recognized thor oughgoing system judging made presentations accordingly Jr FF WC/Anderson Continued page 113 began dont leave yet fun just beginning first fly proceeded test trim airplane ying 10second power run Unbelievable Almost moon shot trim perfect aircraft slowly screwed itself sky After long slowly returned eartha satisfying result Next Tony Hutchins flew max Mike Keller flew settle 147-second flight As discovered later Mike having timer trouble continued plague him rest day pressure began still log official flight round could overrun next flight reservations about consistency timer made engine test run ground backed off timer 68second run sure within necessary limit flight really hooked up scored max Rounds Two Three great Round Four provided us some nail bit ing time over three maxes scoresheet still ex perienced some problems timer did kick sleeping dog de cided hang tough further problem sur faced folding propeller pins kept working way out hub Thanks titanium hubs no damage done reset pin other about flight elected because worked well did propeller keeping en gine consistent 29400 rpm able observe what Mike doing time heard about timer troubles later Tony maxed Round picked up another max Round Four dropped Rounds Two Three day getting hotter good air harder pick Luckily us chase planes day because twoFebruary 1989 191 Also Available Weeks Special plus$l5ship Cash VISA Certified Check RI C EXTRAS 712-943-4102 RR1 Box 28B Sergeant Bluff IA 51054 man team Denmark flown day before offered chasing motorcycle Thanks fellows Lunchtime came went started Round Five round seemed team toughie flew first really good launch good power climb transitionbut missed thermal flight touch go Missed max 20 seconds real letdown mo ment knew Its over ill its over regrouped Rounds Six Seven scoreboard indicated other teams maxed out still about give up Rounds Six Seven flew maxes again gave fifth place overall 1224 seconds Tony Hutchins piled up 1024 seconds after good seventh-round effort placed 12th Mike Kellers timer problem put him down 21st place didnt feel too badly because felt done best couldand after thats name game flyoff completed North Koreans first second place Bill Hutchins pitched given hand using Hutchins starter because between East Germany took individual bronze team competition first second third went North Korea USSR Po land order awards ceremony took place immediately after contest cheered several minutes FOR THE SERIOUS COMPETITOR U ITI MA Wingspan 129 Airfoil Selig 4061 Controls Ailerons Flaps 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/02
Page Numbers: 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 112, 113, 191, 192, 193, 194
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/02
Page Numbers: 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 112, 113, 191, 192, 193, 194
0 Junior FF World Champs bring report US contestants first-ever event 19 nations participating its likely last U Melinda Anderson MY ADVENTURE really began August 1987 Model Aviation magazine nounced possibility World Champi onships Juniors held Poland dur ing summer 1988 FAT rules would apply responded announcement knowing would real challenge Months passed day re ceived phone call telling us AMA Executive Council voted funds make possible Junior team participate knew what wanted build started building airplanes just case would lucky enough selected excited about challenge ever senior year high school gave second thoughts about having sufficient time prepare prop erly high level competition against best world second thoughts lasted five seconds de cided go Taking Mr Bill Gibbons advice hes chairman AMA Free Flight Team Se lection Committee wrote Bob White ask him guidance about prepara tions needed could really com petitive needed words wisdom someone Bob White made audiotape mailed used often make sure fully under stood suggested best could get ready forthcoming contest expected model building portion task second nature short-lived didnt turu out way am sure other contest-oriented modelers know what mean always some thing else way Progress slow due commitments senior class vicepresident addition responsibilities ski instructor ate up weekends Addi tional delays occurred result discus sions about airplane configuration con struction methods experienced adult fliers active FAI programs ready willing offer guidance needed absorb use valu able suggestions Although enthused selection team delayed until April 1988 made difficult really get motor going high speed no firm idea whether would lucky make team can smile about now can still remember what thrill got good news going Poland came questions What airfoil What airframe layout Bunt no bunt what engine Decisions made revised com US team Parade Nations led Polish Aero Club cadet carrying plac ard Behind Mike Keller bearing flag Melinda Anderson Marty Pelatowski Adam Tracy Matthew Gagliano Tony Hutchins Jimmy Buxton Bob Silleet US team manager w ca 106 Model Aviation Ioa.alinda anmy us Jimmy Buxton looks some impatience repairs attempted rental car Left US team gathering just before opening ceremonies began see Betty Sifleet right Israeli team left Right everything needed competitions hand operational Thats what Fred Anderson right others checking Left Lunchtime aero club hangar Leszno Sausages Pepsi truit tonic being woolca aown D marty relatowaki meimna An derson Matthew Charles Gagliano Right 1st US Junior Free Flight World Championships team L-R Adam Tracy Matthew Gag liano Marty Pelatowski Charlie Gagliano team cheerleader chaser Melinda Anderson Mike Keller Jimmy Buxton Tony Hutchins Left Tony Hutchins left adjusts Marty Pelatowskis competition number tie-on before start FlA Glider contest Right Magdalena Maggie Kubit Polish timer US team unofficial interpreter tries convince Jimmy Buxton Its time stop being afraid girls mitted revised finally built last several airplanes ready test help brother Glenn Bob Gutai chose two new undercambered airfoil aircraft along two airplanes flat-bottomed airfoils accumulated flying time dad reworked four Rossi 15s thanks Bob Gutai Galbreath Rossi arsenal Tests always perfect week before scheduled leave Po land strained airplane straight down February 1989 107 IWO VICWC IIflOU MIIUCICOn OUr UULOO[ duO Iuiguiebi IdLITI us team memoer irnii r 1. rOwer acilon RI ien snes getting reaay compeimimon start right Rossi 15 going full bore apparently check engine run timer Team Manager Bob Sifleet Left Soviet Union FiC Power fliers testing models under supervision manager coaches Right East German team discussing strategy between FiC Power rounds FiC lowest entries seven countries FlA Glider highest 19 countries Left Song Gyu Pak North Korea eventual FiC Jr World Champion aujusis nis mouci prior Tlyoff fellow countryman yong Nam Kim Right Melinda Anderson entire USSR team after passing out gifts Hot Stuff good wishes FlA day through some trees blew wing other airplane couple days later light end tunnel looked like locomotive headed straight us Late hours moonlight rebuilding ses sions order day Once re pairs completed packing trials mandatory As trip start choosing everything think will need throw out 50% start over again course dad wanted take entire shop ght finally boiled everything down what felt essen tials got packedmodel boxes suit casesand time head air port Kennedy Airport New York like zoopeople everywhere team mem bers hadnt opportunity meet other prior gathering depar ture mom dad course knew Bob Mrs Sifleet Pelatowskis Gaglianos famil iar faces past contests rest team mystery became game trying figure out who thousands people going somewhere decided common denominatorlook confused faces ac companied piles luggage monster model boxes emblazoned AMA stick ers Mike Keller arrived solo Califor nia Ditto Jimmy Buxton Pittsburgh Tracys Adam dad arrived whirlwinds blew inthe Hutchins 108 Model Aviation Junior Free Flight World Championships Results FlA Glider 1 M Van Dijk Holland . 1260 189 2 SC Li N Korea1260 183 3 T Lepp USSR1260 179 4 JC Pak N Korea1260 164 5 Z Susanka Czech1260 155 26 M Keller USA1122 40 M Pelatowski USA1014 Teams 1 Poland3742 2 Czechoslovakia3653 3 E Germany3584 18 USA2136 family delayed Dayton day because snafu original ticketing Okay JFK standing airline counter checking baggage ticket agents desk covered dozens baggage claim tickets going nuts trying keep things straight situation created major problem us later Finally big stuff turned over airline got boarding call settled 747 Just like ordinary flight youre thinking wait things werent getting dull yet As aircraft pushed away gate engines fired up dense white vapor filled rear half cabin couldnt see heard dad tell mom Grab linda bag bucks pas sports Ill show get out hurry have after lot commotion announcement no real problem existed plus one-hour de FiB Rubber lv Kubes Czech1252 2 M Peter Hungary1250 3 SG Pak N Korea1236 4 MS Han N Korea1232 5 Nagy Hungary1229 16 Tracy USA1079 34 J Buxton USA639 Teams 1 N Korea3524 2 Czechoslovakia3448 3 USSR3418 11 USA1717 lay ground crew released airplane got under way However am sure dad eye rear plane way Germany Frankfurt changed planes started final hop Poland Warsaw airport crowded compared JFK Frankfurt Luggage model boxes started appear checked counted adding up score Matthew Gaglianos model box nowhere seen asked au thorities after much searching drew blank Bob Sifleet knew member Polish Aero Club hand meet us Luckily man spoke good Eng lish made initial attempts lo cate missing box much easier con cluded must have missed connec tion Frankfurt would surely arrive later flight left word about future location Leszno Polish modeler told us box would flown Matt soon appeared said aero club q FiC Power 1 5G Pak N Korea 260 2 YN Kim N Korea1260 3 M Nogga E Germany1258 4 M Gasiorowski Poland1235 5 M Anderson USA1224 12 Hutchins USA1072 21 M Keller USA147 Teams iN Korea3722 2 USSR3461 3 Poland3302 7 USA2443 would look after details next challenge pack five small cars bags boxes plus selves Yes packed unpacked re packed finally did Fifteen people 45 pieces luggage crammed five small cars Polish Aero Club member guide led cara van out Warsaw put us road Leszno routine right Wrong another surprise guide left us outskirts War saw own Suddenly Dan Tracy pulled over side road Polenz 150 quit So unable speak word Polish stopped cold Highway 5 Raising hoed fooled ignition fuel systems success just about arrived What now stage young man two young women pulled up alongside us iden tical car Polenz 150 must some car because young man appeared Left Jimmy Buxton showed really earned position Fl B Rubber team practiced way handled model Right Adam Tracy Mike Keller felt triumph FiB model survived very windy competition Adam short max two seven flights February 1989 109 have trunk full spare parts ap parently used keep running worked Tracy vehicle no avail resort Polish/English phrase book got two Polish girls telephone car rental agency assist ance After what must have looked like Chinese fire drill agency repair man got new car road again Bob Mrs Sifleet along Gag lianos Mike Keller gone ahead left about two hours before got car exchanged make sure hotel FiB Rubber winners First Vladimir Kubes Czechoslovakia second Mozes Peter Hungary third Son Guk Pak North Korea friendships established during competitions space Leszno OK say remainder party would soon along reduced caravan four cars took off together could figure out road signs speed limits hour further along pulled over mi litia speeding Soon after dark got separated Hutchins Tracy carsthey seemed run better faster two slower cars carrying Pelatows kis Andersons dragging Seven hours later due part flat tire 230 am dark deserted road plus coming lost few times pulled up Palace Rydzyna happy dis cover hosts holding late sup per us certainly welcome ate collapsed grateful both food rest awoke found others also gotten lost Tracy Hutch ins made far Rydzyna could find Palace located side road leading off town square spent Continued page 112 110 Model Aviation Bill nutcnins carving 12000 Zlaty much wonder watermelon nail file after long hot day competition Yes bit time fun things FiC Power Jr Champion Song Gyu Pak shows winning form launching model vying -iu nuooer aay carrica planes far high Polish lady watches astonish ment US chasers Soviet flier shake pine tree retrieve Czech model Certilied Gkl Airtronics Gold Label Super Nannw Band [Lial @4Receivers set 1991 certified independent tests state art FM P04 receivers meet eeed AMA RCMA spedfications guidelines PJC operation 1991 beyond compacthtweight highformance Conver Receivers pmduce dearei efficient signal less susceptible specific types intermodulation pivblems Specmcatlnna Ririrmics FM aid PCV4 014 Label Super Nmnuw fluid Dual Conversion Rmiwr Receiver49290692765 TransmitternguardPCM4&6VanguardFM4&6 92785 Module FM 92985 Spectra/Quantum PCM Length2427 Wtlth15136 Height08085 Vight2 oz2 oz 2 oz 2 oz P4acentBetter -694 dBBetter -813dB Channel85KHz@85KHz Rejection773 dBo 85 KHz69288 @ 85 KHz Image671 dB70888 Rejection 3rd 01P59 dBM38 dBM Wingt PCM 1aen Airtitnics Q Conversion Receivers give advantages superior image rejection improved sensitivity narrow bandwidth maxi mum interference rejection outstandin ainraft performance comes dual con version receiver technology litters isnt gold Airtronics Receivers set gold standaid 1991 beyona Contact Airtronics prices availability remaining hours darkness square Tuesday morning everyone drag ging ate breakfast regaled other accounts previous nights exploits time get down purpose trip spent morning sorting out equipment preparing opening ceremony scheduled take place later Glider Center traveled field buses ar rived thats got feeling real ceremony impressive cluded parade nations speech general Polish Air Force full-scale aircraft glider flights introduc tions huge crowd people present After formalities started meet greet contestants other nations includ ing Sweden Denmark Poland young members Polish Aero Club hand too ate dinner Tuesday evening Pal ace still received missing model box MaU worried As finished eating word came box misdirected Istanbul Turkey Efforts being made get back Po land hoped would arrive time processing prior actual contest Tuesday night welcom ing celebration complete music Polish folk dancers ceremony During folk dancing show Marty Pelatowski dragged out dance troupe Following came dance young people very late dragged themselves off bed Wednesday test flying went out field early Polish Aero Club promised deliver Matts model box Leszno soon arrived Unfortunately did show up until after Matts event flown unable com pete felt very badly left out contest through no fault own after hard work put get ready However Matt brother Charlie threw themselves wholeheartedly championships helped else As started test flying large group spectators gathered seemed amazed girl flying FM Power other girl compet ing A-l Glider weather beautiful site planes flying well field huge enough accommodate World Champion ships room spare crowd lookers began include other contestants drifted look us over stayed get closer look models built powered ask questions Everything brought closely examined asked Polish fliers about large size model boxes explained boxes room support equipment addition models Processing commence 115 pm afternoon complied need went back test flying also checked out surrounding area de termine chase routes case got windy back Palace once din ner evening checking recheck ing airplanes get ready real com petition would start following morn ing did find time meet chat teams other countries Trading sou venirs started previous day second day serious traded everything portable T shirts exchanged pins patches thing caught someones eye up grabs got some great souvenirs bring back home discovered much com mon kids other countries just airplanes model aviation school matters social activities friends problems much Some kids met indicated used freedom got homewhich surprised us because thought ones got off pretty easy nightly friendly contest got started Palace courtyard paper airplanes Some great designs surfaced lot fun ing though Palace maintenance staff appeared less enthusiastic Thursday morningand time seemed flying up early break fast tea rolls fish dill pickies 112 Model Aviation AsGoodasGt Airbxrnics offers youa golden oppor tunity meet challenge cost RIC system upgrade service converts present Airtionics AM transmitter receiver 1991 AMA Gold label specifications operation Airtronics major manufacturer offering compre hensive RIC system conversions economical price XA stand behind compatible line high quality RIC systems accessories unmatched 1991 system upgrade service Airtionlcs 1991 RIC system conversions $7495 *XLlChampionshiplSR AM FM72 MHz Dual Conversion 1991 Receiver $21D StiqngIHandflng $5995 *XLlChampionshiplModulelFM FM72MHZ Dual Conversion 1991 Receiver soo ShippingiHudlng $5995 **Vanguard AM FM Dual72MHZ Conversion 1991 Receiverpin s2 *Return RF Module Receiver An additional checkout charge will incurred complete transmitter returned * Return entire Vanguard AM transmitter recei vet Prices subject change notice Airtronics want known best just best known pinvides yuu alternative expen replacement NowthelatestnewAirtmnics 1991 RC transmitter receiver technology available cus tomers system modulation changes indude new receiver RE Module ciystal flag alignment RONICS INC 11 Autry Irvine CA 92718714 830-8769 rolls best eaten anywhere airplanes support stuff assembled out flying field Other contes tants looking us Satellite City Simi CA provided us dozens small bottles Hot Stuff passed out quite few previous day arrived flying field other contestants expectation perhaps would continue give away popular adhesive day too learned two Polish words during stay lody ice cream gen-quee-a thank everyone contest seemed know Hot Stuff Suddenly loudspeaker announced first round A-i Towline Glider would commence five minutes us never FAI contest before thrilling moment contestants moved line large group station pretty excited Marty Pelatowski Mike Keller again felt badly Matt Gagliano could join planes weather exceptional slight down-field breeze flare went up Round Marty Mike really started out well airplanes behaved just great Mike missed max first flight 58 se conds found good air maxed Rounds Two through Six lost plane disappeared direc tion Leszno Luckily supplied identification stickers Polish Aero Club plane brought back field within hour half people found plane find someone car drive out field great luck know times have contests planes disappear skyward never found Mike dropped Round Seven fin ished up day 26th place overall 1122 seconds Marty got maxes Rounds through Four dropped number five proved stinker us flown after lunch break seems lost momentum momentarily end day Marty stood 40th 1014 seconds Fifty-three contestants flew event Holland North Korea Soviet Union took gold silver bronze order individual honors Team placings Poland Czechoslovakia East Ger first second third respec tively Medals trophies presented field immediately following days competition got back Palace exhausted exhilarated Some us didnt bother clean up before going supper din ing room entering found ta ble decorated nations flag individual winner Maarten Van Dijk Holland came through door greeted rousing ovation knew long night ahead us ate went immediately rooms start getting FiC Power planes ready next day Testing cleaning timers number priority other minor chores complete almost 100 am time fi nally turned out lights crawled bed Friday morning headed field soon sky started become light asked team members scheduled fly day collect break fast us bring field time up till really test models wanted use final free time get flights could sky overcast didnt look too pure just set up fly began rain cats dogs lasted about 30 minutes sky cleared nicely ready go flew several test flightsand happened Either bad launch something else happened flight plane went out window rolled its back DTed carrying lot speed blew wing same wing lost back home before leaving very pleasant thing happen certainly spectacular terri ble setback since other planes working well next thing knew up flight line flare fired Round Continued page 191 February 1989 113 Avonds outscored second-place fin isher Pete McDermott Great Britain winning difference 545 points McDermotts beautiful Airco DH9 earned highest static score con test air good flight fol lowed outstanding sequence maneu vers during calm air third try overall flight score 175490 bringing total score 363490 First-place team standing went McDer mott Brian Taylor fourth place Mosquito Mick Reeves sixth place flying Sopwith Camel con firmed prediction expressed participants early week McDermott along British team would ones beat Max Merckenschlager put up once-in-a-lifetime almost-perfect flights last round took advantage dead-calm air received highest flight score recorded during meet Bristol Scout D Fourth-place winner Brian Taylor exem plified realistic motor note World War II Mosquito model two OS Surpass 40 four-stroke engines installed complete special muffling Taylors first flight best Mosquito flew two Rolls-Royce Merlins aboard speed maneuverability seemed exactly right Taylor also provided heartstopping incident week During second flight left engine stopped ab ruptly low altitude immediately Mosquito snapped spin left point everyone watching written off airplane stricken disasters eventually overtake Scale mod els Apparently Taylor didnt see way regained control Mosquito about three feet above ground intense concentration made wheels-up landing grass After some extensive repairs cowls retracts evening flew next day problems What did take finish upper 50% F4C World Championships First best models constructed degree perfection realism can described high-level museum dis play material FM World Cham pionships finds caliber mod eling expertise necessarily Just ana lyze entries RC Scale Masters contests such 1987 affair held Las Vegas high level workmanship fly ing skill abundantly obvious meticu lous execution cockpit cabin layouts engine details surface textures coloring markings would certainly place serious Masters builders run ning F4C World Championships ever World Championships model restricted weight 7 kg FM rules upper limit appears somewhat difficult meet popular A- A-scale categories interesting note Torres placed first 87 Masters same Beech later flew Lh Unza ko Lj[J k/U Ssk FROM SKYLINE HOBBYS MFG IMoney Back Guarantee *5895 Ku J U le Tricycle Landing Gear 715 Wingspan Bibs 46-60 2 Stroke 60904 Stroke 4 Channel RC Excellent plane pIlot 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flies fast Camel relatively quiet whereas Eagle noisy top fliers adhered rules literally repeatedly flew well-planned choreographed total presentations judges sound speed ma neuverability approximating fullscale aircraft FM rules require judges take note scale speed flight attitude smooth ness control motor note way model flies between maneuvers total flight intensely observed scored initial taxi final rollout top fliers fully recognized thor oughgoing system judging made presentations accordingly Jr FF WC/Anderson Continued page 113 began dont leave yet fun just beginning first fly proceeded test trim airplane ying 10second power run Unbelievable Almost moon shot trim perfect aircraft slowly screwed itself sky After long slowly returned eartha satisfying result Next Tony Hutchins flew max Mike Keller flew settle 147-second flight As discovered later Mike having timer trouble continued plague him rest day pressure began still log official flight round could overrun next flight reservations about consistency timer made engine test run ground backed off timer 68second run sure within necessary limit flight really hooked up scored max Rounds Two Three great Round Four provided us some nail bit ing time over three maxes scoresheet still ex perienced some problems timer did kick sleeping dog de cided hang tough further problem sur faced folding propeller pins kept working way out hub Thanks titanium hubs no damage done reset pin other about flight elected because worked well did propeller keeping en gine consistent 29400 rpm able observe what Mike doing time heard about timer troubles later Tony maxed Round picked up another max Round Four dropped Rounds Two Three day getting hotter good air harder pick Luckily us chase planes day because twoFebruary 1989 191 Also Available Weeks Special plus$l5ship Cash VISA Certified Check RI C EXTRAS 712-943-4102 RR1 Box 28B Sergeant Bluff IA 51054 man team Denmark flown day before offered chasing motorcycle Thanks fellows Lunchtime came went started Round Five round seemed team toughie flew first really good launch good power climb transitionbut missed thermal flight touch go Missed max 20 seconds real letdown mo ment knew Its over ill its over regrouped Rounds Six Seven scoreboard indicated other teams maxed out still about give up Rounds Six Seven flew maxes again gave fifth place overall 1224 seconds Tony Hutchins piled up 1024 seconds after good seventh-round effort placed 12th Mike Kellers timer problem put him down 21st place didnt feel too badly because felt done best couldand after thats name game flyoff completed North Koreans first second place Bill Hutchins pitched given hand using Hutchins starter because between East Germany took individual bronze team competition first second third went North Korea USSR Po land order awards ceremony took place immediately after contest cheered several minutes FOR THE SERIOUS COMPETITOR U ITI MA Wingspan 129 Airfoil Selig 4061 Controls Ailerons Flaps 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0 Junior FF World Champs bring report US contestants first-ever event 19 nations participating its likely last U Melinda Anderson MY ADVENTURE really began August 1987 Model Aviation magazine nounced possibility World Champi onships Juniors held Poland dur ing summer 1988 FAT rules would apply responded announcement knowing would real challenge Months passed day re ceived phone call telling us AMA Executive Council voted funds make possible Junior team participate knew what wanted build started building airplanes just case would lucky enough selected excited about challenge ever senior year high school gave second thoughts about having sufficient time prepare prop erly high level competition against best world second thoughts lasted five seconds de cided go Taking Mr Bill Gibbons advice hes chairman AMA Free Flight Team Se lection Committee wrote Bob White ask him guidance about prepara tions needed could really com petitive needed words wisdom someone Bob White made audiotape mailed used often make sure fully under stood suggested best could get ready forthcoming contest expected model building portion task second nature short-lived didnt turu out way am sure other contest-oriented modelers know what mean always some thing else way Progress slow due commitments senior class vicepresident addition responsibilities ski instructor ate up weekends Addi tional delays occurred result discus sions about airplane configuration con struction methods experienced adult fliers active FAI programs ready willing offer guidance needed absorb use valu able suggestions Although enthused selection team delayed until April 1988 made difficult really get motor going high speed no firm idea whether would lucky make team can smile about now can still remember what thrill got good news going Poland came questions What airfoil What airframe layout Bunt no bunt what engine Decisions made revised com US team Parade Nations led Polish Aero Club cadet carrying plac ard Behind Mike Keller bearing flag Melinda Anderson Marty Pelatowski Adam Tracy Matthew Gagliano Tony Hutchins Jimmy Buxton Bob Silleet US team manager w ca 106 Model Aviation Ioa.alinda anmy us Jimmy Buxton looks some impatience repairs attempted rental car Left US team gathering just before opening ceremonies began see Betty Sifleet right Israeli team left Right everything needed competitions hand operational Thats what Fred Anderson right others checking Left Lunchtime aero club hangar Leszno Sausages Pepsi truit tonic being woolca aown D marty relatowaki meimna An derson Matthew Charles Gagliano Right 1st US Junior Free Flight World Championships team L-R Adam Tracy Matthew Gag liano Marty Pelatowski Charlie Gagliano team cheerleader chaser Melinda Anderson Mike Keller Jimmy Buxton Tony Hutchins Left Tony Hutchins left adjusts Marty Pelatowskis competition number tie-on before start FlA Glider contest Right Magdalena Maggie Kubit Polish timer US team unofficial interpreter tries convince Jimmy Buxton Its time stop being afraid girls mitted revised finally built last several airplanes ready test help brother Glenn Bob Gutai chose two new undercambered airfoil aircraft along two airplanes flat-bottomed airfoils accumulated flying time dad reworked four Rossi 15s thanks Bob Gutai Galbreath Rossi arsenal Tests always perfect week before scheduled leave Po land strained airplane straight down February 1989 107 IWO VICWC IIflOU MIIUCICOn OUr UULOO[ duO Iuiguiebi IdLITI us team memoer irnii r 1. rOwer acilon RI ien snes getting reaay compeimimon start right Rossi 15 going full bore apparently check engine run timer Team Manager Bob Sifleet Left Soviet Union FiC Power fliers testing models under supervision manager coaches Right East German team discussing strategy between FiC Power rounds FiC lowest entries seven countries FlA Glider highest 19 countries Left Song Gyu Pak North Korea eventual FiC Jr World Champion aujusis nis mouci prior Tlyoff fellow countryman yong Nam Kim Right Melinda Anderson entire USSR team after passing out gifts Hot Stuff good wishes FlA day through some trees blew wing other airplane couple days later light end tunnel looked like locomotive headed straight us Late hours moonlight rebuilding ses sions order day Once re pairs completed packing trials mandatory As trip start choosing everything think will need throw out 50% start over again course dad wanted take entire shop ght finally boiled everything down what felt essen tials got packedmodel boxes suit casesand time head air port Kennedy Airport New York like zoopeople everywhere team mem bers hadnt opportunity meet other prior gathering depar ture mom dad course knew Bob Mrs Sifleet Pelatowskis Gaglianos famil iar faces past contests rest team mystery became game trying figure out who thousands people going somewhere decided common denominatorlook confused faces ac companied piles luggage monster model boxes emblazoned AMA stick ers Mike Keller arrived solo Califor nia Ditto Jimmy Buxton Pittsburgh Tracys Adam dad arrived whirlwinds blew inthe Hutchins 108 Model Aviation Junior Free Flight World Championships Results FlA Glider 1 M Van Dijk Holland . 1260 189 2 SC Li N Korea1260 183 3 T Lepp USSR1260 179 4 JC Pak N Korea1260 164 5 Z Susanka Czech1260 155 26 M Keller USA1122 40 M Pelatowski USA1014 Teams 1 Poland3742 2 Czechoslovakia3653 3 E Germany3584 18 USA2136 family delayed Dayton day because snafu original ticketing Okay JFK standing airline counter checking baggage ticket agents desk covered dozens baggage claim tickets going nuts trying keep things straight situation created major problem us later Finally big stuff turned over airline got boarding call settled 747 Just like ordinary flight youre thinking wait things werent getting dull yet As aircraft pushed away gate engines fired up dense white vapor filled rear half cabin couldnt see heard dad tell mom Grab linda bag bucks pas sports Ill show get out hurry have after lot commotion announcement no real problem existed plus one-hour de FiB Rubber lv Kubes Czech1252 2 M Peter Hungary1250 3 SG Pak N Korea1236 4 MS Han N Korea1232 5 Nagy Hungary1229 16 Tracy USA1079 34 J Buxton USA639 Teams 1 N Korea3524 2 Czechoslovakia3448 3 USSR3418 11 USA1717 lay ground crew released airplane got under way However am sure dad eye rear plane way Germany Frankfurt changed planes started final hop Poland Warsaw airport crowded compared JFK Frankfurt Luggage model boxes started appear checked counted adding up score Matthew Gaglianos model box nowhere seen asked au thorities after much searching drew blank Bob Sifleet knew member Polish Aero Club hand meet us Luckily man spoke good Eng lish made initial attempts lo cate missing box much easier con cluded must have missed connec tion Frankfurt would surely arrive later flight left word about future location Leszno Polish modeler told us box would flown Matt soon appeared said aero club q FiC Power 1 5G Pak N Korea 260 2 YN Kim N Korea1260 3 M Nogga E Germany1258 4 M Gasiorowski Poland1235 5 M Anderson USA1224 12 Hutchins USA1072 21 M Keller USA147 Teams iN Korea3722 2 USSR3461 3 Poland3302 7 USA2443 would look after details next challenge pack five small cars bags boxes plus selves Yes packed unpacked re packed finally did Fifteen people 45 pieces luggage crammed five small cars Polish Aero Club member guide led cara van out Warsaw put us road Leszno routine right Wrong another surprise guide left us outskirts War saw own Suddenly Dan Tracy pulled over side road Polenz 150 quit So unable speak word Polish stopped cold Highway 5 Raising hoed fooled ignition fuel systems success just about arrived What now stage young man two young women pulled up alongside us iden tical car Polenz 150 must some car because young man appeared Left Jimmy Buxton showed really earned position Fl B Rubber team practiced way handled model Right Adam Tracy Mike Keller felt triumph FiB model survived very windy competition Adam short max two seven flights February 1989 109 have trunk full spare parts ap parently used keep running worked Tracy vehicle no avail resort Polish/English phrase book got two Polish girls telephone car rental agency assist ance After what must have looked like Chinese fire drill agency repair man got new car road again Bob Mrs Sifleet along Gag lianos Mike Keller gone ahead left about two hours before got car exchanged make sure hotel FiB Rubber winners First Vladimir Kubes Czechoslovakia second Mozes Peter Hungary third Son Guk Pak North Korea friendships established during competitions space Leszno OK say remainder party would soon along reduced caravan four cars took off together could figure out road signs speed limits hour further along pulled over mi litia speeding Soon after dark got separated Hutchins Tracy carsthey seemed run better faster two slower cars carrying Pelatows kis Andersons dragging Seven hours later due part flat tire 230 am dark deserted road plus coming lost few times pulled up Palace Rydzyna happy dis cover hosts holding late sup per us certainly welcome ate collapsed grateful both food rest awoke found others also gotten lost Tracy Hutch ins made far Rydzyna could find Palace located side road leading off town square spent Continued page 112 110 Model Aviation Bill nutcnins carving 12000 Zlaty much wonder watermelon nail file after long hot day competition Yes bit time fun things FiC Power Jr Champion Song Gyu Pak shows winning form launching model vying -iu nuooer aay carrica planes far high Polish lady watches astonish ment US chasers Soviet flier shake pine tree retrieve Czech model Certilied Gkl Airtronics Gold Label Super Nannw Band [Lial @4Receivers set 1991 certified independent tests state art FM P04 receivers meet eeed AMA RCMA spedfications guidelines PJC operation 1991 beyond compacthtweight highformance Conver Receivers pmduce dearei efficient signal less susceptible specific types intermodulation pivblems Specmcatlnna Ririrmics FM aid PCV4 014 Label Super Nmnuw fluid Dual Conversion Rmiwr Receiver49290692765 TransmitternguardPCM4&6VanguardFM4&6 92785 Module FM 92985 Spectra/Quantum PCM Length2427 Wtlth15136 Height08085 Vight2 oz2 oz 2 oz 2 oz P4acentBetter -694 dBBetter -813dB Channel85KHz@85KHz Rejection773 dBo 85 KHz69288 @ 85 KHz Image671 dB70888 Rejection 3rd 01P59 dBM38 dBM Wingt PCM 1aen Airtitnics Q Conversion Receivers give advantages superior image rejection improved sensitivity narrow bandwidth maxi mum interference rejection outstandin ainraft performance comes dual con version receiver technology litters isnt gold Airtronics Receivers set gold standaid 1991 beyona Contact Airtronics prices availability remaining hours darkness square Tuesday morning everyone drag ging ate breakfast regaled other accounts previous nights exploits time get down purpose trip spent morning sorting out equipment preparing opening ceremony scheduled take place later Glider Center traveled field buses ar rived thats got feeling real ceremony impressive cluded parade nations speech general Polish Air Force full-scale aircraft glider flights introduc tions huge crowd people present After formalities started meet greet contestants other nations includ ing Sweden Denmark Poland young members Polish Aero Club hand too ate dinner Tuesday evening Pal ace still received missing model box MaU worried As finished eating word came box misdirected Istanbul Turkey Efforts being made get back Po land hoped would arrive time processing prior actual contest Tuesday night welcom ing celebration complete music Polish folk dancers ceremony During folk dancing show Marty Pelatowski dragged out dance troupe Following came dance young people very late dragged themselves off bed Wednesday test flying went out field early Polish Aero Club promised deliver Matts model box Leszno soon arrived Unfortunately did show up until after Matts event flown unable com pete felt very badly left out contest through no fault own after hard work put get ready However Matt brother Charlie threw themselves wholeheartedly championships helped else As started test flying large group spectators gathered seemed amazed girl flying FM Power other girl compet ing A-l Glider weather beautiful site planes flying well field huge enough accommodate World Champion ships room spare crowd lookers began include other contestants drifted look us over stayed get closer look models built powered ask questions Everything brought closely examined asked Polish fliers about large size model boxes explained boxes room support equipment addition models Processing commence 115 pm afternoon complied need went back test flying also checked out surrounding area de termine chase routes case got windy back Palace once din ner evening checking recheck ing airplanes get ready real com petition would start following morn ing did find time meet chat teams other countries Trading sou venirs started previous day second day serious traded everything portable T shirts exchanged pins patches thing caught someones eye up grabs got some great souvenirs bring back home discovered much com mon kids other countries just airplanes model aviation school matters social activities friends problems much Some kids met indicated used freedom got homewhich surprised us because thought ones got off pretty easy nightly friendly contest got started Palace courtyard paper airplanes Some great designs surfaced lot fun ing though Palace maintenance staff appeared less enthusiastic Thursday morningand time seemed flying up early break fast tea rolls fish dill pickies 112 Model Aviation AsGoodasGt Airbxrnics offers youa golden oppor tunity meet challenge cost RIC system upgrade service converts present Airtionics AM transmitter receiver 1991 AMA Gold label specifications operation Airtronics major manufacturer offering compre hensive RIC system conversions economical price XA stand behind compatible line high quality RIC systems accessories unmatched 1991 system upgrade service Airtionlcs 1991 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expectation perhaps would continue give away popular adhesive day too learned two Polish words during stay lody ice cream gen-quee-a thank everyone contest seemed know Hot Stuff Suddenly loudspeaker announced first round A-i Towline Glider would commence five minutes us never FAI contest before thrilling moment contestants moved line large group station pretty excited Marty Pelatowski Mike Keller again felt badly Matt Gagliano could join planes weather exceptional slight down-field breeze flare went up Round Marty Mike really started out well airplanes behaved just great Mike missed max first flight 58 se conds found good air maxed Rounds Two through Six lost plane disappeared direc tion Leszno Luckily supplied identification stickers Polish Aero Club plane brought back field within hour half people found plane find someone car drive out field great luck know times have contests planes disappear skyward never found Mike dropped Round Seven fin ished up day 26th place overall 1122 seconds Marty got maxes Rounds through Four dropped number five proved stinker us flown after lunch break seems lost momentum momentarily end day Marty stood 40th 1014 seconds Fifty-three contestants flew event Holland North Korea Soviet Union took gold silver bronze order individual honors Team placings Poland Czechoslovakia East Ger first second third respec tively Medals trophies presented field immediately following days competition got back Palace exhausted exhilarated Some us didnt bother clean up before going supper din ing room entering found ta ble decorated nations flag individual winner Maarten Van Dijk Holland came through door greeted rousing ovation knew long night ahead us ate went immediately rooms start getting FiC Power planes ready next day Testing cleaning timers number priority other minor chores complete almost 100 am time fi nally turned out lights crawled bed Friday morning headed field soon sky started become light asked team members scheduled fly day collect break fast us bring field time up till really test models wanted use final free time get flights could sky overcast didnt look too pure just set up fly began rain cats dogs lasted about 30 minutes sky cleared nicely ready go flew several test flightsand happened Either bad launch something else happened flight plane went out window rolled its back DTed carrying lot speed blew wing same wing lost back home before leaving very pleasant thing happen certainly spectacular terri ble setback since other planes working well next thing knew up flight line flare fired Round Continued page 191 February 1989 113 Avonds outscored second-place fin isher Pete McDermott Great Britain winning difference 545 points McDermotts beautiful Airco DH9 earned highest static score con test air good flight fol lowed outstanding sequence maneu vers during calm air third try overall flight score 175490 bringing total score 363490 First-place team standing went McDer mott Brian Taylor fourth place Mosquito Mick Reeves sixth place flying Sopwith Camel con firmed prediction expressed participants early week McDermott along British team would ones beat Max Merckenschlager put up once-in-a-lifetime almost-perfect flights last round took advantage dead-calm air received highest flight score recorded during meet Bristol Scout D Fourth-place winner Brian Taylor exem plified realistic motor note World War II Mosquito model two OS Surpass 40 four-stroke engines installed complete special muffling Taylors first flight best Mosquito flew two Rolls-Royce Merlins aboard speed maneuverability seemed exactly right Taylor also provided heartstopping incident week During second flight left engine stopped ab ruptly low altitude immediately Mosquito snapped spin left point everyone watching written off airplane stricken disasters eventually overtake Scale mod els Apparently Taylor didnt see way regained control Mosquito about three feet above ground intense concentration made wheels-up landing grass After some extensive repairs cowls retracts evening flew next day problems What did take finish upper 50% F4C World Championships First best models constructed degree perfection realism can described high-level museum dis play material FM World Cham pionships finds caliber mod eling expertise necessarily Just ana lyze entries RC Scale Masters contests such 1987 affair held Las Vegas high level workmanship fly ing skill abundantly obvious meticu lous execution cockpit cabin layouts engine details surface textures coloring markings would certainly place serious Masters builders run ning F4C World Championships ever World Championships model restricted weight 7 kg FM rules upper limit appears somewhat difficult meet popular A- A-scale categories interesting note Torres placed first 87 Masters same Beech later flew Lh Unza ko Lj[J k/U Ssk FROM SKYLINE HOBBYS MFG IMoney Back Guarantee *5895 Ku J U le Tricycle Landing Gear 715 Wingspan Bibs 46-60 2 Stroke 60904 Stroke 4 Channel RC Excellent plane pIlot 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flies fast Camel relatively quiet whereas Eagle noisy top fliers adhered rules literally repeatedly flew well-planned choreographed total presentations judges sound speed ma neuverability approximating fullscale aircraft FM rules require judges take note scale speed flight attitude smooth ness control motor note way model flies between maneuvers total flight intensely observed scored initial taxi final rollout top fliers fully recognized thor oughgoing system judging made presentations accordingly Jr FF WC/Anderson Continued page 113 began dont leave yet fun just beginning first fly proceeded test trim airplane ying 10second power run Unbelievable Almost moon shot trim perfect aircraft slowly screwed itself sky After long slowly returned eartha satisfying result Next Tony Hutchins flew max Mike Keller flew settle 147-second flight As discovered later Mike having timer trouble continued plague him rest day pressure began still log official flight round could overrun next flight reservations about consistency timer made engine test run ground backed off timer 68second run sure within necessary limit flight really hooked up scored max Rounds Two Three great Round Four provided us some nail bit ing time over three maxes scoresheet still ex perienced some problems timer did kick sleeping dog de cided hang tough further problem sur faced folding propeller pins kept working way out hub Thanks titanium hubs no damage done reset pin other about flight elected because worked well did propeller keeping en gine consistent 29400 rpm able observe what Mike doing time heard about timer troubles later Tony maxed Round picked up another max Round Four dropped Rounds Two Three day getting hotter good air harder pick Luckily us chase planes day because twoFebruary 1989 191 Also Available Weeks Special plus$l5ship Cash VISA Certified Check RI C EXTRAS 712-943-4102 RR1 Box 28B Sergeant Bluff IA 51054 man team Denmark flown day before offered chasing motorcycle Thanks fellows Lunchtime came went started Round Five round seemed team toughie flew first really good launch good power climb transitionbut missed thermal flight touch go Missed max 20 seconds real letdown mo ment knew Its over ill its over regrouped Rounds Six Seven scoreboard indicated other teams maxed out still about give up Rounds Six Seven flew maxes again gave fifth place overall 1224 seconds Tony Hutchins piled up 1024 seconds after good seventh-round effort placed 12th Mike Kellers timer problem put him down 21st place didnt feel too badly because felt done best couldand after thats name game flyoff completed North Koreans first second place Bill Hutchins pitched given hand using Hutchins starter because between East Germany took individual bronze team competition first second third went North Korea USSR Po land order awards ceremony took place immediately after contest cheered several minutes FOR THE SERIOUS COMPETITOR U ITI MA Wingspan 129 Airfoil Selig 4061 Controls Ailerons Flaps 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0 Junior FF World Champs bring report US contestants first-ever event 19 nations participating its likely last U Melinda Anderson MY ADVENTURE really began August 1987 Model Aviation magazine nounced possibility World Champi onships Juniors held Poland dur ing summer 1988 FAT rules would apply responded announcement knowing would real challenge Months passed day re ceived phone call telling us AMA Executive Council voted funds make possible Junior team participate knew what wanted build started building airplanes just case would lucky enough selected excited about challenge ever senior year high school gave second thoughts about having sufficient time prepare prop erly high level competition against best world second thoughts lasted five seconds de cided go Taking Mr Bill Gibbons advice hes chairman AMA Free Flight Team Se lection Committee wrote Bob White ask him guidance about prepara tions needed could really com petitive needed words wisdom someone Bob White made audiotape mailed used often make sure fully under stood suggested best could get ready forthcoming contest expected model building portion task second nature short-lived didnt turu out way am sure other contest-oriented modelers know what mean always some thing else way Progress slow due commitments senior class vicepresident addition responsibilities ski instructor ate up weekends Addi tional delays occurred result discus sions about airplane configuration con struction methods experienced adult fliers active FAI programs ready willing offer guidance needed absorb use valu able suggestions Although enthused selection team delayed until April 1988 made difficult really get motor going high speed no firm idea whether would lucky make team can smile about now can still remember what thrill got good news going Poland came questions What airfoil What airframe layout Bunt no bunt what engine Decisions made revised com US team Parade Nations led Polish Aero Club cadet carrying plac ard Behind Mike Keller bearing flag Melinda Anderson Marty Pelatowski Adam Tracy Matthew Gagliano Tony Hutchins Jimmy Buxton Bob Silleet US team manager w ca 106 Model Aviation Ioa.alinda anmy us Jimmy Buxton looks some impatience repairs attempted rental car Left US team gathering just before opening ceremonies began see Betty Sifleet right Israeli team left Right everything needed competitions hand operational Thats what Fred Anderson right others checking Left Lunchtime aero club hangar Leszno Sausages Pepsi truit tonic being woolca aown D marty relatowaki meimna An derson Matthew Charles Gagliano Right 1st US Junior Free Flight World Championships team L-R Adam Tracy Matthew Gag liano Marty Pelatowski Charlie Gagliano team cheerleader chaser Melinda Anderson Mike Keller Jimmy Buxton Tony Hutchins Left Tony Hutchins left adjusts Marty Pelatowskis competition number tie-on before start FlA Glider contest Right Magdalena Maggie Kubit Polish timer US team unofficial interpreter tries convince Jimmy Buxton Its time stop being afraid girls mitted revised finally built last several airplanes ready test help brother Glenn Bob Gutai chose two new undercambered airfoil aircraft along two airplanes flat-bottomed airfoils accumulated flying time dad reworked four Rossi 15s thanks Bob Gutai Galbreath Rossi arsenal Tests always perfect week before scheduled leave Po land strained airplane straight down February 1989 107 IWO VICWC IIflOU MIIUCICOn OUr UULOO[ duO Iuiguiebi IdLITI us team memoer irnii r 1. rOwer acilon RI ien snes getting reaay compeimimon start right Rossi 15 going full bore apparently check engine run timer Team Manager Bob Sifleet Left Soviet Union FiC Power fliers testing models under supervision manager coaches Right East German team discussing strategy between FiC Power rounds FiC lowest entries seven countries FlA Glider highest 19 countries Left Song Gyu Pak North Korea eventual FiC Jr World Champion aujusis nis mouci prior Tlyoff fellow countryman yong Nam Kim Right Melinda Anderson entire USSR team after passing out gifts Hot Stuff good wishes FlA day through some trees blew wing other airplane couple days later light end tunnel looked like locomotive headed straight us Late hours moonlight rebuilding ses sions order day Once re pairs completed packing trials mandatory As trip start choosing everything think will need throw out 50% start over again course dad wanted take entire shop ght finally boiled everything down what felt essen tials got packedmodel boxes suit casesand time head air port Kennedy Airport New York like zoopeople everywhere team mem bers hadnt opportunity meet other prior gathering depar ture mom dad course knew Bob Mrs Sifleet Pelatowskis Gaglianos famil iar faces past contests rest team mystery became game trying figure out who thousands people going somewhere decided common denominatorlook confused faces ac companied piles luggage monster model boxes emblazoned AMA stick ers Mike Keller arrived solo Califor nia Ditto Jimmy Buxton Pittsburgh Tracys Adam dad arrived whirlwinds blew inthe Hutchins 108 Model Aviation Junior Free Flight World Championships Results FlA Glider 1 M Van Dijk Holland . 1260 189 2 SC Li N Korea1260 183 3 T Lepp USSR1260 179 4 JC Pak N Korea1260 164 5 Z Susanka Czech1260 155 26 M Keller USA1122 40 M Pelatowski USA1014 Teams 1 Poland3742 2 Czechoslovakia3653 3 E Germany3584 18 USA2136 family delayed Dayton day because snafu original ticketing Okay JFK standing airline counter checking baggage ticket agents desk covered dozens baggage claim tickets going nuts trying keep things straight situation created major problem us later Finally big stuff turned over airline got boarding call settled 747 Just like ordinary flight youre thinking wait things werent getting dull yet As aircraft pushed away gate engines fired up dense white vapor filled rear half cabin couldnt see heard dad tell mom Grab linda bag bucks pas sports Ill show get out hurry have after lot commotion announcement no real problem existed plus one-hour de FiB Rubber lv Kubes Czech1252 2 M Peter Hungary1250 3 SG Pak N Korea1236 4 MS Han N Korea1232 5 Nagy Hungary1229 16 Tracy USA1079 34 J Buxton USA639 Teams 1 N Korea3524 2 Czechoslovakia3448 3 USSR3418 11 USA1717 lay ground crew released airplane got under way However am sure dad eye rear plane way Germany Frankfurt changed planes started final hop Poland Warsaw airport crowded compared JFK Frankfurt Luggage model boxes started appear checked counted adding up score Matthew Gaglianos model box nowhere seen asked au thorities after much searching drew blank Bob Sifleet knew member Polish Aero Club hand meet us Luckily man spoke good Eng lish made initial attempts lo cate missing box much easier con cluded must have missed connec tion Frankfurt would surely arrive later flight left word about future location Leszno Polish modeler told us box would flown Matt soon appeared said aero club q FiC Power 1 5G Pak N Korea 260 2 YN Kim N Korea1260 3 M Nogga E Germany1258 4 M Gasiorowski Poland1235 5 M Anderson USA1224 12 Hutchins USA1072 21 M Keller USA147 Teams iN Korea3722 2 USSR3461 3 Poland3302 7 USA2443 would look after details next challenge pack five small cars bags boxes plus selves Yes packed unpacked re packed finally did Fifteen people 45 pieces luggage crammed five small cars Polish Aero Club member guide led cara van out Warsaw put us road Leszno routine right Wrong another surprise guide left us outskirts War saw own Suddenly Dan Tracy pulled over side road Polenz 150 quit So unable speak word Polish stopped cold Highway 5 Raising hoed fooled ignition fuel systems success just about arrived What now stage young man two young women pulled up alongside us iden tical car Polenz 150 must some car because young man appeared Left Jimmy Buxton showed really earned position Fl B Rubber team practiced way handled model Right Adam Tracy Mike Keller felt triumph FiB model survived very windy competition Adam short max two seven flights February 1989 109 have trunk full spare parts ap parently used keep running worked Tracy vehicle no avail resort Polish/English phrase book got two Polish girls telephone car rental agency assist ance After what must have looked like Chinese fire drill agency repair man got new car road again Bob Mrs Sifleet along Gag lianos Mike Keller gone ahead left about two hours before got car exchanged make sure hotel FiB Rubber winners First Vladimir Kubes Czechoslovakia second Mozes Peter Hungary third Son Guk Pak North Korea friendships established during competitions space Leszno OK say remainder party would soon along reduced caravan four cars took off together could figure out road signs speed limits hour further along pulled over mi litia speeding Soon after dark got separated Hutchins Tracy carsthey seemed run better faster two slower cars carrying Pelatows kis Andersons dragging Seven hours later due part flat tire 230 am dark deserted road plus coming lost few times pulled up Palace Rydzyna happy dis cover hosts holding late sup per us certainly welcome ate collapsed grateful both food rest awoke found others also gotten lost Tracy Hutch ins made far Rydzyna could find Palace located side road leading off town square spent Continued page 112 110 Model Aviation Bill nutcnins carving 12000 Zlaty much wonder watermelon nail file after long hot day competition Yes bit time fun things FiC Power Jr Champion Song Gyu Pak shows winning form launching model vying -iu nuooer aay carrica planes far high Polish lady watches astonish ment US chasers Soviet flier shake pine tree retrieve Czech model Certilied Gkl Airtronics Gold Label Super Nannw Band [Lial @4Receivers set 1991 certified independent tests state art FM P04 receivers meet eeed AMA RCMA spedfications guidelines PJC operation 1991 beyond compacthtweight highformance Conver Receivers pmduce dearei efficient signal less susceptible specific types intermodulation pivblems Specmcatlnna Ririrmics FM aid PCV4 014 Label Super Nmnuw fluid Dual Conversion Rmiwr Receiver49290692765 TransmitternguardPCM4&6VanguardFM4&6 92785 Module FM 92985 Spectra/Quantum PCM Length2427 Wtlth15136 Height08085 Vight2 oz2 oz 2 oz 2 oz P4acentBetter -694 dBBetter -813dB Channel85KHz@85KHz Rejection773 dBo 85 KHz69288 @ 85 KHz Image671 dB70888 Rejection 3rd 01P59 dBM38 dBM Wingt PCM 1aen Airtitnics Q Conversion Receivers give advantages superior image rejection improved sensitivity narrow bandwidth maxi mum interference rejection outstandin ainraft performance comes dual con version receiver technology litters isnt gold Airtronics Receivers set gold standaid 1991 beyona Contact Airtronics prices availability remaining hours darkness square Tuesday morning everyone drag ging ate breakfast regaled other accounts previous nights exploits time get down purpose trip spent morning sorting out equipment preparing opening ceremony scheduled take place later Glider Center traveled field buses ar rived thats got feeling real ceremony impressive cluded parade nations speech general Polish Air Force full-scale aircraft glider flights introduc tions huge crowd people present After formalities started meet greet contestants other nations includ ing Sweden Denmark Poland young members Polish Aero Club hand too ate dinner Tuesday evening Pal ace still received missing model box MaU worried As finished eating word came box misdirected Istanbul Turkey Efforts being made get back Po land hoped would arrive time processing prior actual contest Tuesday night welcom ing celebration complete music Polish folk dancers ceremony During folk dancing show Marty Pelatowski dragged out dance troupe Following came dance young people very late dragged themselves off bed Wednesday test flying went out field early Polish Aero Club promised deliver Matts model box Leszno soon arrived Unfortunately did show up until after Matts event flown unable com pete felt very badly left out contest through no fault own after hard work put get ready However Matt brother Charlie threw themselves wholeheartedly championships helped else As started test flying large group spectators gathered seemed amazed girl flying FM Power other girl compet ing A-l Glider weather beautiful site planes flying well field huge enough accommodate World Champion ships room spare crowd lookers began include other contestants drifted look us over stayed get closer look models built powered ask questions Everything brought closely examined asked Polish fliers about large size model boxes explained boxes room support equipment addition models Processing commence 115 pm afternoon complied need went back test flying also checked out surrounding area de termine chase routes case got windy back Palace once din ner evening checking recheck ing airplanes get ready real com petition would start following morn ing did find time meet chat teams other countries Trading sou venirs started previous day second day serious traded everything portable T shirts exchanged pins patches thing caught someones eye up grabs got some great souvenirs bring back home discovered much com mon kids other countries just airplanes model aviation school matters social activities friends problems much Some kids met indicated used freedom got homewhich surprised us because thought ones got off pretty easy nightly friendly contest got started Palace courtyard paper airplanes Some great designs surfaced lot fun ing though Palace maintenance staff appeared less enthusiastic Thursday morningand time seemed flying up early break fast tea rolls fish dill pickies 112 Model Aviation AsGoodasGt Airbxrnics offers youa golden oppor tunity meet challenge cost RIC system upgrade service converts present Airtionics AM transmitter receiver 1991 AMA Gold label specifications operation Airtronics major manufacturer offering compre hensive RIC system conversions economical price XA stand behind compatible line high quality RIC systems accessories unmatched 1991 system upgrade service Airtionlcs 1991 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expectation perhaps would continue give away popular adhesive day too learned two Polish words during stay lody ice cream gen-quee-a thank everyone contest seemed know Hot Stuff Suddenly loudspeaker announced first round A-i Towline Glider would commence five minutes us never FAI contest before thrilling moment contestants moved line large group station pretty excited Marty Pelatowski Mike Keller again felt badly Matt Gagliano could join planes weather exceptional slight down-field breeze flare went up Round Marty Mike really started out well airplanes behaved just great Mike missed max first flight 58 se conds found good air maxed Rounds Two through Six lost plane disappeared direc tion Leszno Luckily supplied identification stickers Polish Aero Club plane brought back field within hour half people found plane find someone car drive out field great luck know times have contests planes disappear skyward never found Mike dropped Round Seven fin ished up day 26th place overall 1122 seconds Marty got maxes Rounds through Four dropped number five proved stinker us flown after lunch break seems lost momentum momentarily end day Marty stood 40th 1014 seconds Fifty-three contestants flew event Holland North Korea Soviet Union took gold silver bronze order individual honors Team placings Poland Czechoslovakia East Ger first second third respec tively Medals trophies presented field immediately following days competition got back Palace exhausted exhilarated Some us didnt bother clean up before going supper din ing room entering found ta ble decorated nations flag individual winner Maarten Van Dijk Holland came through door greeted rousing ovation knew long night ahead us ate went immediately rooms start getting FiC Power planes ready next day Testing cleaning timers number priority other minor chores complete almost 100 am time fi nally turned out lights crawled bed Friday morning headed field soon sky started become light asked team members scheduled fly day collect break fast us bring field time up till really test models wanted use final free time get flights could sky overcast didnt look too pure just set up fly began rain cats dogs lasted about 30 minutes sky cleared nicely ready go flew several test flightsand happened Either bad launch something else happened flight plane went out window rolled its back DTed carrying lot speed blew wing same wing lost back home before leaving very pleasant thing happen certainly spectacular terri ble setback since other planes working well next thing knew up flight line flare fired Round Continued page 191 February 1989 113 Avonds outscored second-place fin isher Pete McDermott Great Britain winning difference 545 points McDermotts beautiful Airco DH9 earned highest static score con test air good flight fol lowed outstanding sequence maneu vers during calm air third try overall flight score 175490 bringing total score 363490 First-place team standing went McDer mott Brian Taylor fourth place Mosquito Mick Reeves sixth place flying Sopwith Camel con firmed prediction expressed participants early week McDermott along British team would ones beat Max Merckenschlager put up once-in-a-lifetime almost-perfect flights last round took advantage dead-calm air received highest flight score recorded during meet Bristol Scout D Fourth-place winner Brian Taylor exem plified realistic motor note World War II Mosquito model two OS Surpass 40 four-stroke engines installed complete special muffling Taylors first flight best Mosquito flew two Rolls-Royce Merlins aboard speed maneuverability seemed exactly right Taylor also provided heartstopping incident week During second flight left engine stopped ab ruptly low altitude immediately Mosquito snapped spin left point everyone watching written off airplane stricken disasters eventually overtake Scale mod els Apparently Taylor didnt see way regained control Mosquito about three feet above ground intense concentration made wheels-up landing grass After some 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flies fast Camel relatively quiet whereas Eagle noisy top fliers adhered rules literally repeatedly flew well-planned choreographed total presentations judges sound speed ma neuverability approximating fullscale aircraft FM rules require judges take note scale speed flight attitude smooth ness control motor note way model flies between maneuvers total flight intensely observed scored initial taxi final rollout top fliers fully recognized thor oughgoing system judging made presentations accordingly Jr FF WC/Anderson Continued page 113 began dont leave yet fun just beginning first fly proceeded test trim airplane ying 10second power run Unbelievable Almost moon shot trim perfect aircraft slowly screwed itself sky After long slowly returned eartha satisfying result Next Tony Hutchins flew max Mike Keller flew settle 147-second flight As discovered later Mike having timer trouble continued plague him rest day pressure began still log official flight round could overrun next flight reservations about consistency timer made engine test run ground backed off timer 68second run sure within necessary limit flight really hooked up scored max Rounds Two Three great Round Four provided us some nail bit ing time over three maxes scoresheet still ex perienced some problems timer did kick sleeping dog de cided hang tough further problem sur faced folding propeller pins kept working way out hub Thanks titanium hubs no damage done reset pin other about flight elected because worked well did propeller keeping en gine consistent 29400 rpm able observe what Mike doing time heard about timer troubles later Tony maxed Round picked up another max Round Four dropped Rounds Two Three day getting hotter good air harder pick Luckily us chase planes day because twoFebruary 1989 191 Also Available Weeks Special plus$l5ship Cash VISA Certified Check RI C EXTRAS 712-943-4102 RR1 Box 28B Sergeant Bluff IA 51054 man team Denmark flown day before offered chasing motorcycle Thanks fellows Lunchtime came went started Round Five round seemed team toughie flew first really good launch good power climb transitionbut missed thermal flight touch go Missed max 20 seconds real letdown mo ment knew Its over ill its over regrouped Rounds Six Seven scoreboard indicated other teams maxed out still about give up Rounds Six Seven flew maxes again gave fifth place overall 1224 seconds Tony Hutchins piled up 1024 seconds after good seventh-round effort placed 12th Mike Kellers timer problem put him down 21st place didnt feel too badly because felt done best couldand after thats name game flyoff completed North Koreans first second place Bill Hutchins pitched given hand using Hutchins starter because between East Germany took individual bronze team competition first second third went North Korea USSR Po land order awards ceremony took place immediately after contest cheered several minutes FOR THE SERIOUS COMPETITOR U ITI MA Wingspan 129 Airfoil Selig 4061 Controls Ailerons Flaps 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0 Junior FF World Champs bring report US contestants first-ever event 19 nations participating its likely last U Melinda Anderson MY ADVENTURE really began August 1987 Model Aviation magazine nounced possibility World Champi onships Juniors held Poland dur ing summer 1988 FAT rules would apply responded announcement knowing would real challenge Months passed day re ceived phone call telling us AMA Executive Council voted funds make possible Junior team participate knew what wanted build started building airplanes just case would lucky enough selected excited about challenge ever senior year high school gave second thoughts about having sufficient time prepare prop erly high level competition against best world second thoughts lasted five seconds de cided go Taking Mr Bill Gibbons advice hes chairman AMA Free Flight Team Se lection Committee wrote Bob White ask him guidance about prepara tions needed could really com petitive needed words wisdom someone Bob White made audiotape mailed used often make sure fully under stood suggested best could get ready forthcoming contest expected model building portion task second nature short-lived didnt turu out way am sure other contest-oriented modelers know what mean always some thing else way Progress slow due commitments senior class vicepresident addition responsibilities ski instructor ate up weekends Addi tional delays occurred result discus sions about airplane configuration con struction methods experienced adult fliers active FAI programs ready willing offer guidance needed absorb use valu able suggestions Although enthused selection team delayed until April 1988 made difficult really get motor going high speed no firm idea whether would lucky make team can smile about now can still remember what thrill got good news going Poland came questions What airfoil What airframe layout Bunt no bunt what engine Decisions made revised com US team Parade Nations led Polish Aero Club cadet carrying plac ard Behind Mike Keller bearing flag Melinda Anderson Marty Pelatowski Adam Tracy Matthew Gagliano Tony Hutchins Jimmy Buxton Bob Silleet US team manager w ca 106 Model Aviation Ioa.alinda anmy us Jimmy Buxton looks some impatience repairs attempted rental car Left US team gathering just before opening ceremonies began see Betty Sifleet right Israeli team left Right everything needed competitions hand operational Thats what Fred Anderson right others checking Left Lunchtime aero club hangar Leszno Sausages Pepsi truit tonic being woolca aown D marty relatowaki meimna An derson Matthew Charles Gagliano Right 1st US Junior Free Flight World Championships team L-R Adam Tracy Matthew Gag liano Marty Pelatowski Charlie Gagliano team cheerleader chaser Melinda Anderson Mike Keller Jimmy Buxton Tony Hutchins Left Tony Hutchins left adjusts Marty Pelatowskis competition number tie-on before start FlA Glider contest Right Magdalena Maggie Kubit Polish timer US team unofficial interpreter tries convince Jimmy Buxton Its time stop being afraid girls mitted revised finally built last several airplanes ready test help brother Glenn Bob Gutai chose two new undercambered airfoil aircraft along two airplanes flat-bottomed airfoils accumulated flying time dad reworked four Rossi 15s thanks Bob Gutai Galbreath Rossi arsenal Tests always perfect week before scheduled leave Po land strained airplane straight down February 1989 107 IWO VICWC IIflOU MIIUCICOn OUr UULOO[ duO Iuiguiebi IdLITI us team memoer irnii r 1. rOwer acilon RI ien snes getting reaay compeimimon start right Rossi 15 going full bore apparently check engine run timer Team Manager Bob Sifleet Left Soviet Union FiC Power fliers testing models under supervision manager coaches Right East German team discussing strategy between FiC Power rounds FiC lowest entries seven countries FlA Glider highest 19 countries Left Song Gyu Pak North Korea eventual FiC Jr World Champion aujusis nis mouci prior Tlyoff fellow countryman yong Nam Kim Right Melinda Anderson entire USSR team after passing out gifts Hot Stuff good wishes FlA day through some trees blew wing other airplane couple days later light end tunnel looked like locomotive headed straight us Late hours moonlight rebuilding ses sions order day Once re pairs completed packing trials mandatory As trip start choosing everything think will need throw out 50% start over again course dad wanted take entire shop ght finally boiled everything down what felt essen tials got packedmodel boxes suit casesand time head air port Kennedy Airport New York like zoopeople everywhere team mem bers hadnt opportunity meet other prior gathering depar ture mom dad course knew Bob Mrs Sifleet Pelatowskis Gaglianos famil iar faces past contests rest team mystery became game trying figure out who thousands people going somewhere decided common denominatorlook confused faces ac companied piles luggage monster model boxes emblazoned AMA stick ers Mike Keller arrived solo Califor nia Ditto Jimmy Buxton Pittsburgh Tracys Adam dad arrived whirlwinds blew inthe Hutchins 108 Model Aviation Junior Free Flight World Championships Results FlA Glider 1 M Van Dijk Holland . 1260 189 2 SC Li N Korea1260 183 3 T Lepp USSR1260 179 4 JC Pak N Korea1260 164 5 Z Susanka Czech1260 155 26 M Keller USA1122 40 M Pelatowski USA1014 Teams 1 Poland3742 2 Czechoslovakia3653 3 E Germany3584 18 USA2136 family delayed Dayton day because snafu original ticketing Okay JFK standing airline counter checking baggage ticket agents desk covered dozens baggage claim tickets going nuts trying keep things straight situation created major problem us later Finally big stuff turned over airline got boarding call settled 747 Just like ordinary flight youre thinking wait things werent getting dull yet As aircraft pushed away gate engines fired up dense white vapor filled rear half cabin couldnt see heard dad tell mom Grab linda bag bucks pas sports Ill show get out hurry have after lot commotion announcement no real problem existed plus one-hour de FiB Rubber lv Kubes Czech1252 2 M Peter Hungary1250 3 SG Pak N Korea1236 4 MS Han N Korea1232 5 Nagy Hungary1229 16 Tracy USA1079 34 J Buxton USA639 Teams 1 N Korea3524 2 Czechoslovakia3448 3 USSR3418 11 USA1717 lay ground crew released airplane got under way However am sure dad eye rear plane way Germany Frankfurt changed planes started final hop Poland Warsaw airport crowded compared JFK Frankfurt Luggage model boxes started appear checked counted adding up score Matthew Gaglianos model box nowhere seen asked au thorities after much searching drew blank Bob Sifleet knew member Polish Aero Club hand meet us Luckily man spoke good Eng lish made initial attempts lo cate missing box much easier con cluded must have missed connec tion Frankfurt would surely arrive later flight left word about future location Leszno Polish modeler told us box would flown Matt soon appeared said aero club q FiC Power 1 5G Pak N Korea 260 2 YN Kim N Korea1260 3 M Nogga E Germany1258 4 M Gasiorowski Poland1235 5 M Anderson USA1224 12 Hutchins USA1072 21 M Keller USA147 Teams iN Korea3722 2 USSR3461 3 Poland3302 7 USA2443 would look after details next challenge pack five small cars bags boxes plus selves Yes packed unpacked re packed finally did Fifteen people 45 pieces luggage crammed five small cars Polish Aero Club member guide led cara van out Warsaw put us road Leszno routine right Wrong another surprise guide left us outskirts War saw own Suddenly Dan Tracy pulled over side road Polenz 150 quit So unable speak word Polish stopped cold Highway 5 Raising hoed fooled ignition fuel systems success just about arrived What now stage young man two young women pulled up alongside us iden tical car Polenz 150 must some car because young man appeared Left Jimmy Buxton showed really earned position Fl B Rubber team practiced way handled model Right Adam Tracy Mike Keller felt triumph FiB model survived very windy competition Adam short max two seven flights February 1989 109 have trunk full spare parts ap parently used keep running worked Tracy vehicle no avail resort Polish/English phrase book got two Polish girls telephone car rental agency assist ance After what must have looked like Chinese fire drill agency repair man got new car road again Bob Mrs Sifleet along Gag lianos Mike Keller gone ahead left about two hours before got car exchanged make sure hotel FiB Rubber winners First Vladimir Kubes Czechoslovakia second Mozes Peter Hungary third Son Guk Pak North Korea friendships established during competitions space Leszno OK say remainder party would soon along reduced caravan four cars took off together could figure out road signs speed limits hour further along pulled over mi litia speeding Soon after dark got separated Hutchins Tracy carsthey seemed run better faster two slower cars carrying Pelatows kis Andersons dragging Seven hours later due part flat tire 230 am dark deserted road plus coming lost few times pulled up Palace Rydzyna happy dis cover hosts holding late sup per us certainly welcome ate collapsed grateful both food rest awoke found others also gotten lost Tracy Hutch ins made far Rydzyna could find Palace located side road leading off town square spent Continued page 112 110 Model Aviation Bill nutcnins carving 12000 Zlaty much wonder watermelon nail file after long hot day competition Yes bit time fun things FiC Power Jr Champion Song Gyu Pak shows winning form launching model vying -iu nuooer aay carrica planes far high Polish lady watches astonish ment US chasers Soviet flier shake pine tree retrieve Czech model Certilied Gkl Airtronics Gold Label Super Nannw Band [Lial @4Receivers set 1991 certified independent tests state art FM P04 receivers meet eeed AMA RCMA spedfications guidelines PJC operation 1991 beyond compacthtweight highformance Conver Receivers pmduce dearei efficient signal less susceptible specific types intermodulation pivblems Specmcatlnna Ririrmics FM aid PCV4 014 Label Super Nmnuw 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cluded parade nations speech general Polish Air Force full-scale aircraft glider flights introduc tions huge crowd people present After formalities started meet greet contestants other nations includ ing Sweden Denmark Poland young members Polish Aero Club hand too ate dinner Tuesday evening Pal ace still received missing model box MaU worried As finished eating word came box misdirected Istanbul Turkey Efforts being made get back Po land hoped would arrive time processing prior actual contest Tuesday night welcom ing celebration complete music Polish folk dancers ceremony During folk dancing show Marty Pelatowski dragged out dance troupe Following came dance young people very late dragged themselves off bed Wednesday test flying went out field early Polish Aero Club promised deliver Matts model box Leszno soon arrived Unfortunately did show up until after Matts event flown unable com pete felt very badly left out contest through no fault own after hard work put get ready However Matt brother Charlie threw themselves wholeheartedly championships helped else As started test flying large group spectators gathered seemed amazed girl flying FM Power other girl compet ing A-l Glider weather beautiful site planes flying well field huge enough accommodate World Champion ships room spare crowd lookers began include other contestants drifted look us over stayed get closer look models built powered ask questions Everything brought closely examined asked Polish fliers about large size model boxes explained boxes room support equipment addition models Processing commence 115 pm afternoon complied need went back test flying also checked out surrounding area de termine chase routes case got windy back Palace once din ner evening checking recheck ing airplanes get ready real com petition would start following morn ing did find time meet chat teams other countries Trading sou venirs started previous day second day serious traded everything portable T shirts exchanged pins patches thing caught someones eye up grabs got some great souvenirs bring back home discovered much com mon kids other countries just airplanes model aviation school matters social activities friends problems much Some kids met indicated used freedom got homewhich surprised us because thought ones got off pretty easy nightly friendly contest got started Palace courtyard paper airplanes Some great designs surfaced lot fun ing though Palace maintenance staff appeared less enthusiastic Thursday morningand time seemed flying up early break fast tea rolls fish dill pickies 112 Model Aviation AsGoodasGt Airbxrnics offers youa golden oppor tunity meet challenge cost RIC system upgrade service converts present Airtionics AM transmitter receiver 1991 AMA Gold label specifications operation Airtronics major manufacturer offering compre hensive RIC system conversions economical price XA stand behind compatible line high quality RIC systems accessories unmatched 1991 system upgrade service Airtionlcs 1991 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expectation perhaps would continue give away popular adhesive day too learned two Polish words during stay lody ice cream gen-quee-a thank everyone contest seemed know Hot Stuff Suddenly loudspeaker announced first round A-i Towline Glider would commence five minutes us never FAI contest before thrilling moment contestants moved line large group station pretty excited Marty Pelatowski Mike Keller again felt badly Matt Gagliano could join planes weather exceptional slight down-field breeze flare went up Round Marty Mike really started out well airplanes behaved just great Mike missed max first flight 58 se conds found good air maxed Rounds Two through Six lost plane disappeared direc tion Leszno Luckily supplied identification stickers Polish Aero Club plane brought back field within hour half people found plane find someone car drive out field great luck know times have contests planes disappear skyward never found Mike dropped Round Seven fin ished up day 26th place overall 1122 seconds Marty got maxes Rounds through Four dropped number five proved stinker us flown after lunch break seems lost momentum momentarily end day Marty stood 40th 1014 seconds Fifty-three contestants flew event Holland North Korea Soviet Union took gold silver bronze order individual honors Team placings Poland Czechoslovakia East Ger first second third respec tively Medals trophies presented field immediately following days competition got back Palace exhausted exhilarated Some us didnt bother clean up before going supper din ing room entering found ta ble decorated nations flag individual winner Maarten Van Dijk Holland came through door greeted rousing ovation knew long night ahead us ate went immediately rooms start getting FiC Power planes ready next day Testing cleaning timers number priority other minor chores complete almost 100 am time fi nally turned out lights crawled bed Friday morning headed field soon sky started become light asked team members scheduled fly day collect break fast us bring field time up till really test models wanted use final free time get flights could sky overcast didnt look too pure just set up fly began rain cats dogs lasted about 30 minutes sky cleared nicely ready go flew several test flightsand happened Either bad launch something else happened flight plane went out window rolled its back DTed carrying lot speed blew wing same wing lost back home before leaving very pleasant thing happen certainly spectacular terri ble setback since other planes working well next thing knew up flight line flare fired Round Continued page 191 February 1989 113 Avonds outscored second-place fin isher Pete McDermott Great Britain winning difference 545 points McDermotts beautiful Airco DH9 earned highest static score con test air good flight fol lowed outstanding sequence maneu vers during calm air third try overall flight score 175490 bringing total score 363490 First-place team standing went McDer mott Brian Taylor fourth place Mosquito Mick Reeves sixth place flying Sopwith Camel con firmed prediction expressed participants early week McDermott along British team would ones beat Max Merckenschlager put up once-in-a-lifetime almost-perfect flights last round took advantage dead-calm air received highest flight score recorded during meet Bristol Scout D Fourth-place winner Brian Taylor exem plified realistic motor note World War II Mosquito model two OS Surpass 40 four-stroke engines installed complete special muffling Taylors first flight best Mosquito flew two Rolls-Royce Merlins aboard speed maneuverability seemed exactly right Taylor also provided heartstopping incident week During second flight left engine stopped ab ruptly low altitude immediately Mosquito snapped spin left point everyone watching written off airplane stricken disasters eventually overtake Scale mod els Apparently Taylor didnt see way regained control Mosquito about three feet above ground intense concentration made wheels-up landing grass After some 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flies fast Camel relatively quiet whereas Eagle noisy top fliers adhered rules literally repeatedly flew well-planned choreographed total presentations judges sound speed ma neuverability approximating fullscale aircraft FM rules require judges take note scale speed flight attitude smooth ness control motor note way model flies between maneuvers total flight intensely observed scored initial taxi final rollout top fliers fully recognized thor oughgoing system judging made presentations accordingly Jr FF WC/Anderson Continued page 113 began dont leave yet fun just beginning first fly proceeded test trim airplane ying 10second power run Unbelievable Almost moon shot trim perfect aircraft slowly screwed itself sky After long slowly returned eartha satisfying result Next Tony Hutchins flew max Mike Keller flew settle 147-second flight As discovered later Mike having timer trouble continued plague him rest day pressure began still log official flight round could overrun next flight reservations about consistency timer made engine test run ground backed off timer 68second run sure within necessary limit flight really hooked up scored max Rounds Two Three great Round Four provided us some nail bit ing time over three maxes scoresheet still ex perienced some problems timer did kick sleeping dog de cided hang tough further problem sur faced folding propeller pins kept working way out hub Thanks titanium hubs no damage done reset pin other about flight elected because worked well did propeller keeping en gine consistent 29400 rpm able observe what Mike doing time heard about timer troubles later Tony maxed Round picked up another max Round Four dropped Rounds Two Three day getting hotter good air harder pick Luckily us chase planes day because twoFebruary 1989 191 Also Available Weeks Special plus$l5ship Cash VISA Certified Check RI C EXTRAS 712-943-4102 RR1 Box 28B Sergeant Bluff IA 51054 man team Denmark flown day before offered chasing motorcycle Thanks fellows Lunchtime came went started Round Five round seemed team toughie flew first really good launch good power climb transitionbut missed thermal flight touch go Missed max 20 seconds real letdown mo ment knew Its over ill its over regrouped Rounds Six Seven scoreboard indicated other teams maxed out still about give up Rounds Six Seven flew maxes again gave fifth place overall 1224 seconds Tony Hutchins piled up 1024 seconds after good seventh-round effort placed 12th Mike Kellers timer problem put him down 21st place didnt feel too badly because felt done best couldand after thats name game flyoff completed North Koreans first second place Bill Hutchins pitched given hand using Hutchins starter because between East Germany took individual bronze team competition first second third went North Korea USSR Po land order awards ceremony took place immediately after contest cheered several minutes FOR THE SERIOUS COMPETITOR U ITI MA Wingspan 129 Airfoil Selig 4061 Controls Ailerons Flaps 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/02
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0 Junior FF World Champs bring report US contestants first-ever event 19 nations participating its likely last U Melinda Anderson MY ADVENTURE really began August 1987 Model Aviation magazine nounced possibility World Champi onships Juniors held Poland dur ing summer 1988 FAT rules would apply responded announcement knowing would real challenge Months passed day re ceived phone call telling us AMA Executive Council voted funds make possible Junior team participate knew what wanted build started building airplanes just case would lucky enough selected excited about challenge ever senior year high school gave second thoughts about having sufficient time prepare prop erly high level competition against best world second thoughts lasted five seconds de cided go Taking Mr Bill Gibbons advice hes chairman AMA Free Flight Team Se lection Committee wrote Bob White ask him guidance about prepara tions needed could really com petitive needed words wisdom someone Bob White made audiotape mailed used often make sure fully under stood suggested best could get ready forthcoming contest expected model building portion task second nature short-lived didnt turu out way am sure other contest-oriented modelers know what mean always some thing else way Progress slow due commitments senior class vicepresident addition responsibilities ski instructor ate up weekends Addi tional delays occurred result discus sions about airplane configuration con struction methods experienced adult fliers active FAI programs ready willing offer guidance needed absorb use valu able suggestions Although enthused selection team delayed until April 1988 made difficult really get motor going high speed no firm idea whether would lucky make team can smile about now can still remember what thrill got good news going Poland came questions What airfoil What airframe layout Bunt no bunt what engine Decisions made revised com US team Parade Nations led Polish Aero Club cadet carrying plac ard Behind Mike Keller bearing flag Melinda Anderson Marty Pelatowski Adam Tracy Matthew Gagliano Tony Hutchins Jimmy Buxton Bob Silleet US team manager w ca 106 Model Aviation Ioa.alinda anmy us Jimmy Buxton looks some impatience repairs attempted rental car Left US team gathering just before opening ceremonies began see Betty Sifleet right Israeli team left Right everything needed competitions hand operational Thats what Fred Anderson right others checking Left Lunchtime aero club hangar Leszno Sausages Pepsi truit tonic being woolca aown D marty relatowaki meimna An derson Matthew Charles Gagliano Right 1st US Junior Free Flight World Championships team L-R Adam Tracy Matthew Gag liano Marty Pelatowski Charlie Gagliano team cheerleader chaser Melinda Anderson Mike Keller Jimmy Buxton Tony Hutchins Left Tony Hutchins left adjusts Marty Pelatowskis competition number tie-on before start FlA Glider contest Right Magdalena Maggie Kubit Polish timer US team unofficial interpreter tries convince Jimmy Buxton Its time stop being afraid girls mitted revised finally built last several airplanes ready test help brother Glenn Bob Gutai chose two new undercambered airfoil aircraft along two airplanes flat-bottomed airfoils accumulated flying time dad reworked four Rossi 15s thanks Bob Gutai Galbreath Rossi arsenal Tests always perfect week before scheduled leave Po land strained airplane straight down February 1989 107 IWO VICWC IIflOU MIIUCICOn OUr UULOO[ duO Iuiguiebi IdLITI us team memoer irnii r 1. rOwer acilon RI ien snes getting reaay compeimimon start right Rossi 15 going full bore apparently check engine run timer Team Manager Bob Sifleet Left Soviet Union FiC Power fliers testing models under supervision manager coaches Right East German team discussing strategy between FiC Power rounds FiC lowest entries seven countries FlA Glider highest 19 countries Left Song Gyu Pak North Korea eventual FiC Jr World Champion aujusis nis mouci prior Tlyoff fellow countryman yong Nam Kim Right Melinda Anderson entire USSR team after passing out gifts Hot Stuff good wishes FlA day through some trees blew wing other airplane couple days later light end tunnel looked like locomotive headed straight us Late hours moonlight rebuilding ses sions order day Once re pairs completed packing trials mandatory As trip start choosing everything think will need throw out 50% start over again course dad wanted take entire shop ght finally boiled everything down what felt essen tials got packedmodel boxes suit casesand time head air port Kennedy Airport New York like zoopeople everywhere team mem bers hadnt opportunity meet other prior gathering depar ture mom dad course knew Bob Mrs Sifleet Pelatowskis Gaglianos famil iar faces past contests rest team mystery became game trying figure out who thousands people going somewhere decided common denominatorlook confused faces ac companied piles luggage monster model boxes emblazoned AMA stick ers Mike Keller arrived solo Califor nia Ditto Jimmy Buxton Pittsburgh Tracys Adam dad arrived whirlwinds blew inthe Hutchins 108 Model Aviation Junior Free Flight World Championships Results FlA Glider 1 M Van Dijk Holland . 1260 189 2 SC Li N Korea1260 183 3 T Lepp USSR1260 179 4 JC Pak N Korea1260 164 5 Z Susanka Czech1260 155 26 M Keller USA1122 40 M Pelatowski USA1014 Teams 1 Poland3742 2 Czechoslovakia3653 3 E Germany3584 18 USA2136 family delayed Dayton day because snafu original ticketing Okay JFK standing airline counter checking baggage ticket agents desk covered dozens baggage claim tickets going nuts trying keep things straight situation created major problem us later Finally big stuff turned over airline got boarding call settled 747 Just like ordinary flight youre thinking wait things werent getting dull yet As aircraft pushed away gate engines fired up dense white vapor filled rear half cabin couldnt see heard dad tell mom Grab linda bag bucks pas sports Ill show get out hurry have after lot commotion announcement no real problem existed plus one-hour de FiB Rubber lv Kubes Czech1252 2 M Peter Hungary1250 3 SG Pak N Korea1236 4 MS Han N Korea1232 5 Nagy Hungary1229 16 Tracy USA1079 34 J Buxton USA639 Teams 1 N Korea3524 2 Czechoslovakia3448 3 USSR3418 11 USA1717 lay ground crew released airplane got under way However am sure dad eye rear plane way Germany Frankfurt changed planes started final hop Poland Warsaw airport crowded compared JFK Frankfurt Luggage model boxes started appear checked counted adding up score Matthew Gaglianos model box nowhere seen asked au thorities after much searching drew blank Bob Sifleet knew member Polish Aero Club hand meet us Luckily man spoke good Eng lish made initial attempts lo cate missing box much easier con cluded must have missed connec tion Frankfurt would surely arrive later flight left word about future location Leszno Polish modeler told us box would flown Matt soon appeared said aero club q FiC Power 1 5G Pak N Korea 260 2 YN Kim N Korea1260 3 M Nogga E Germany1258 4 M Gasiorowski Poland1235 5 M Anderson USA1224 12 Hutchins USA1072 21 M Keller USA147 Teams iN Korea3722 2 USSR3461 3 Poland3302 7 USA2443 would look after details next challenge pack five small cars bags boxes plus selves Yes packed unpacked re packed finally did Fifteen people 45 pieces luggage crammed five small cars Polish Aero Club member guide led cara van out Warsaw put us road Leszno routine right Wrong another surprise guide left us outskirts War saw own Suddenly Dan Tracy pulled over side road Polenz 150 quit So unable speak word Polish stopped cold Highway 5 Raising hoed fooled ignition fuel systems success just about arrived What now stage young man two young women pulled up alongside us iden tical car Polenz 150 must some car because young man appeared Left Jimmy Buxton showed really earned position Fl B Rubber team practiced way handled model Right Adam Tracy Mike Keller felt triumph FiB model survived very windy competition Adam short max two seven flights February 1989 109 have trunk full spare parts ap parently used keep running worked Tracy vehicle no avail resort Polish/English phrase book got two Polish girls telephone car rental agency assist ance After what must have looked like Chinese fire drill agency repair man got new car road again Bob Mrs Sifleet along Gag lianos Mike Keller gone ahead left about two hours before got car exchanged make sure hotel FiB Rubber winners First Vladimir Kubes Czechoslovakia second Mozes Peter Hungary third Son Guk Pak North Korea friendships established during competitions space Leszno OK say remainder party would soon along reduced caravan four cars took off together could figure out road signs speed limits hour further along pulled over mi litia speeding Soon after dark got separated Hutchins Tracy carsthey seemed run better faster two slower cars carrying Pelatows kis Andersons dragging Seven hours later due part flat tire 230 am dark deserted road plus coming lost few times pulled up Palace Rydzyna happy dis cover hosts holding late sup per us certainly welcome ate collapsed grateful both food rest awoke found others also gotten lost Tracy Hutch ins made far Rydzyna could find Palace located side road leading off town square spent Continued page 112 110 Model Aviation Bill nutcnins carving 12000 Zlaty much wonder watermelon nail file after long hot day competition Yes bit time fun things FiC Power Jr Champion Song Gyu Pak shows winning form launching model vying -iu nuooer aay carrica planes far high Polish lady watches astonish ment US chasers Soviet flier shake pine tree retrieve Czech model Certilied Gkl Airtronics Gold Label Super Nannw Band [Lial @4Receivers set 1991 certified independent tests state art FM P04 receivers meet eeed AMA RCMA spedfications guidelines PJC operation 1991 beyond compacthtweight highformance Conver Receivers pmduce dearei efficient signal less susceptible specific types intermodulation pivblems Specmcatlnna Ririrmics FM aid PCV4 014 Label Super Nmnuw fluid Dual Conversion Rmiwr Receiver49290692765 TransmitternguardPCM4&6VanguardFM4&6 92785 Module FM 92985 Spectra/Quantum PCM Length2427 Wtlth15136 Height08085 Vight2 oz2 oz 2 oz 2 oz P4acentBetter -694 dBBetter -813dB Channel85KHz@85KHz Rejection773 dBo 85 KHz69288 @ 85 KHz Image671 dB70888 Rejection 3rd 01P59 dBM38 dBM Wingt PCM 1aen Airtitnics Q Conversion Receivers give advantages superior image rejection improved sensitivity narrow bandwidth maxi mum interference rejection outstandin ainraft performance comes dual con version receiver technology litters isnt gold Airtronics Receivers set gold standaid 1991 beyona Contact Airtronics prices availability remaining hours darkness square Tuesday morning everyone drag ging ate breakfast regaled other accounts previous nights exploits time get down purpose trip spent morning sorting out equipment preparing opening ceremony scheduled take place later Glider Center traveled field buses ar rived thats got feeling real ceremony impressive cluded parade nations speech general Polish Air Force full-scale aircraft glider flights introduc tions huge crowd people present After formalities started meet greet contestants other nations includ ing Sweden Denmark Poland young members Polish Aero Club hand too ate dinner Tuesday evening Pal ace still received missing model box MaU worried As finished eating word came box misdirected Istanbul Turkey Efforts being made get back Po land hoped would arrive time processing prior actual contest Tuesday night welcom ing celebration complete music Polish folk dancers ceremony During folk dancing show Marty Pelatowski dragged out dance troupe Following came dance young people very late dragged themselves off bed Wednesday test flying went out field early Polish Aero Club promised deliver Matts model box Leszno soon arrived Unfortunately did show up until after Matts event flown unable com pete felt very badly left out contest through no fault own after hard work put get ready However Matt brother Charlie threw themselves wholeheartedly championships helped else As started test flying large group spectators gathered seemed amazed girl flying FM Power other girl compet ing A-l Glider weather beautiful site planes flying well field huge enough accommodate World Champion ships room spare crowd lookers began include other contestants drifted look us over stayed get closer look models built powered ask questions Everything brought closely examined asked Polish fliers about large size model boxes explained boxes room support equipment addition models Processing commence 115 pm afternoon complied need went back test flying also checked out surrounding area de termine chase routes case got windy back Palace once din ner evening checking recheck ing airplanes get ready real com petition would start following morn ing did find time meet chat teams other countries Trading sou venirs started previous day second day serious traded everything portable T shirts exchanged pins patches thing caught someones eye up grabs got some great souvenirs bring back home discovered much com mon kids other countries just airplanes model aviation school matters social activities friends problems much Some kids met indicated used freedom got homewhich surprised us because thought ones got off pretty easy nightly friendly contest got started Palace courtyard paper airplanes Some great designs surfaced lot fun ing though Palace maintenance staff appeared less enthusiastic Thursday morningand time seemed flying up early break fast tea rolls fish dill pickies 112 Model Aviation AsGoodasGt Airbxrnics offers youa golden oppor tunity meet challenge cost RIC system upgrade service converts present Airtionics AM transmitter receiver 1991 AMA Gold label specifications operation Airtronics major manufacturer offering compre hensive RIC system conversions economical price XA stand behind compatible line high quality RIC systems accessories unmatched 1991 system upgrade service Airtionlcs 1991 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expectation perhaps would continue give away popular adhesive day too learned two Polish words during stay lody ice cream gen-quee-a thank everyone contest seemed know Hot Stuff Suddenly loudspeaker announced first round A-i Towline Glider would commence five minutes us never FAI contest before thrilling moment contestants moved line large group station pretty excited Marty Pelatowski Mike Keller again felt badly Matt Gagliano could join planes weather exceptional slight down-field breeze flare went up Round Marty Mike really started out well airplanes behaved just great Mike missed max first flight 58 se conds found good air maxed Rounds Two through Six lost plane disappeared direc tion Leszno Luckily supplied identification stickers Polish Aero Club plane brought back field within hour half people found plane find someone car drive out field great luck know times have contests planes disappear skyward never found Mike dropped Round Seven fin ished up day 26th place overall 1122 seconds Marty got maxes Rounds through Four dropped number five proved stinker us flown after lunch break seems lost momentum momentarily end day Marty stood 40th 1014 seconds Fifty-three contestants flew event Holland North Korea Soviet Union took gold silver bronze order individual honors Team placings Poland Czechoslovakia East Ger first second third respec tively Medals trophies presented field immediately following days competition got back Palace exhausted exhilarated Some us didnt bother clean up before going supper din ing room entering found ta ble decorated nations flag individual winner Maarten Van Dijk Holland came through door greeted rousing ovation knew long night ahead us ate went immediately rooms start getting FiC Power planes ready next day Testing cleaning timers number priority other minor chores complete almost 100 am time fi nally turned out lights crawled bed Friday morning headed field soon sky started become light asked team members scheduled fly day collect break fast us bring field time up till really test models wanted use final free time get flights could sky overcast didnt look too pure just set up fly began rain cats dogs lasted about 30 minutes sky cleared nicely ready go flew several test flightsand happened Either bad launch something else happened flight plane went out window rolled its back DTed carrying lot speed blew wing same wing lost back home before leaving very pleasant thing happen certainly spectacular terri ble setback since other planes working well next thing knew up flight line flare fired Round Continued page 191 February 1989 113 Avonds outscored second-place fin isher Pete McDermott Great Britain winning difference 545 points McDermotts beautiful Airco DH9 earned highest static score con test air good flight fol lowed outstanding sequence maneu vers during calm air third try overall flight score 175490 bringing total score 363490 First-place team standing went McDer mott Brian Taylor fourth place Mosquito Mick Reeves sixth place flying Sopwith Camel con firmed prediction expressed participants early week McDermott along British team would ones beat Max Merckenschlager put up once-in-a-lifetime almost-perfect flights last round took advantage dead-calm air received highest flight score recorded during meet Bristol Scout D Fourth-place winner Brian Taylor exem plified realistic motor note World War II Mosquito model two OS Surpass 40 four-stroke engines installed complete special muffling Taylors first flight best Mosquito flew two Rolls-Royce Merlins aboard speed maneuverability seemed exactly right Taylor also provided heartstopping incident week During second flight left engine stopped ab ruptly low altitude immediately Mosquito snapped spin left point everyone watching written off airplane stricken disasters eventually overtake Scale mod els Apparently Taylor didnt see way regained control Mosquito about three feet above ground intense concentration made wheels-up landing grass After some 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flies fast Camel relatively quiet whereas Eagle noisy top fliers adhered rules literally repeatedly flew well-planned choreographed total presentations judges sound speed ma neuverability approximating fullscale aircraft FM rules require judges take note scale speed flight attitude smooth ness control motor note way model flies between maneuvers total flight intensely observed scored initial taxi final rollout top fliers fully recognized thor oughgoing system judging made presentations accordingly Jr FF WC/Anderson Continued page 113 began dont leave yet fun just beginning first fly proceeded test trim airplane ying 10second power run Unbelievable Almost moon shot trim perfect aircraft slowly screwed itself sky After long slowly returned eartha satisfying result Next Tony Hutchins flew max Mike Keller flew settle 147-second flight As discovered later Mike having timer trouble continued plague him rest day pressure began still log official flight round could overrun next flight reservations about consistency timer made engine test run ground backed off timer 68second run sure within necessary limit flight really hooked up scored max Rounds Two Three great Round Four provided us some nail bit ing time over three maxes scoresheet still ex perienced some problems timer did kick sleeping dog de cided hang tough further problem sur faced folding propeller pins kept working way out hub Thanks titanium hubs no damage done reset pin other about flight elected because worked well did propeller keeping en gine consistent 29400 rpm able observe what Mike doing time heard about timer troubles later Tony maxed Round picked up another max Round Four dropped Rounds Two Three day getting hotter good air harder pick Luckily us chase planes day because twoFebruary 1989 191 Also Available Weeks Special plus$l5ship Cash VISA Certified Check RI C EXTRAS 712-943-4102 RR1 Box 28B Sergeant Bluff IA 51054 man team Denmark flown day before offered chasing motorcycle Thanks fellows Lunchtime came went started Round Five round seemed team toughie flew first really good launch good power climb transitionbut missed thermal flight touch go Missed max 20 seconds real letdown mo ment knew Its over ill its over regrouped Rounds Six Seven scoreboard indicated other teams maxed out still about give up Rounds Six Seven flew maxes again gave fifth place overall 1224 seconds Tony Hutchins piled up 1024 seconds after good seventh-round effort placed 12th Mike Kellers timer problem put him down 21st place didnt feel too badly because felt done best couldand after thats name game flyoff completed North Koreans first second place Bill Hutchins pitched given hand using Hutchins starter because between East Germany took individual bronze team competition first second third went North Korea USSR Po land order awards ceremony took place immediately after contest cheered several minutes FOR THE SERIOUS COMPETITOR U ITI MA Wingspan 129 Airfoil Selig 4061 Controls Ailerons Flaps 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0 Junior FF World Champs bring report US contestants first-ever event 19 nations participating its likely last U Melinda Anderson MY ADVENTURE really began August 1987 Model Aviation magazine nounced possibility World Champi onships Juniors held Poland dur ing summer 1988 FAT rules would apply responded announcement knowing would real challenge Months passed day re ceived phone call telling us AMA Executive Council voted funds make possible Junior team participate knew what wanted build started building airplanes just case would lucky enough selected excited about challenge ever senior year high school gave second thoughts about having sufficient time prepare prop erly high level competition against best world second thoughts lasted five seconds de cided go Taking Mr Bill Gibbons advice hes chairman AMA Free Flight Team Se lection Committee wrote Bob White ask him guidance about prepara tions needed could really com petitive needed words wisdom someone Bob White made audiotape mailed used often make sure fully under stood suggested best could get ready forthcoming contest expected model building portion task second nature short-lived didnt turu out way am sure other contest-oriented modelers know what mean always some thing else way Progress slow due commitments senior class vicepresident addition responsibilities ski instructor ate up weekends Addi tional delays occurred result discus sions about airplane configuration con struction methods experienced adult fliers active FAI programs ready willing offer guidance needed absorb use valu able suggestions Although enthused selection team delayed until April 1988 made difficult really get motor going high speed no firm idea whether would lucky make team can smile about now can still remember what thrill got good news going Poland came questions What airfoil What airframe layout Bunt no bunt what engine Decisions made revised com US team Parade Nations led Polish Aero Club cadet carrying plac ard Behind Mike Keller bearing flag Melinda Anderson Marty Pelatowski Adam Tracy Matthew Gagliano Tony Hutchins Jimmy Buxton Bob Silleet US team manager w ca 106 Model Aviation Ioa.alinda anmy us Jimmy Buxton looks some impatience repairs attempted rental car Left US team gathering just before opening ceremonies began see Betty Sifleet right Israeli team left Right everything needed competitions hand operational Thats what Fred Anderson right others checking Left Lunchtime aero club hangar Leszno Sausages Pepsi truit tonic being woolca aown D marty relatowaki meimna An derson Matthew Charles Gagliano Right 1st US Junior Free Flight World Championships team L-R Adam Tracy Matthew Gag liano Marty Pelatowski Charlie Gagliano team cheerleader chaser Melinda Anderson Mike Keller Jimmy Buxton Tony Hutchins Left Tony Hutchins left adjusts Marty Pelatowskis competition number tie-on before start FlA Glider contest Right Magdalena Maggie Kubit Polish timer US team unofficial interpreter tries convince Jimmy Buxton Its time stop being afraid girls mitted revised finally built last several airplanes ready test help brother Glenn Bob Gutai chose two new undercambered airfoil aircraft along two airplanes flat-bottomed airfoils accumulated flying time dad reworked four Rossi 15s thanks Bob Gutai Galbreath Rossi arsenal Tests always perfect week before scheduled leave Po land strained airplane straight down February 1989 107 IWO VICWC IIflOU MIIUCICOn OUr UULOO[ duO Iuiguiebi IdLITI us team memoer irnii r 1. rOwer acilon RI ien snes getting reaay compeimimon start right Rossi 15 going full bore apparently check engine run timer Team Manager Bob Sifleet Left Soviet Union FiC Power fliers testing models under supervision manager coaches Right East German team discussing strategy between FiC Power rounds FiC lowest entries seven countries FlA Glider highest 19 countries Left Song Gyu Pak North Korea eventual FiC Jr World Champion aujusis nis mouci prior Tlyoff fellow countryman yong Nam Kim Right Melinda Anderson entire USSR team after passing out gifts Hot Stuff good wishes FlA day through some trees blew wing other airplane couple days later light end tunnel looked like locomotive headed straight us Late hours moonlight rebuilding ses sions order day Once re pairs completed packing trials mandatory As trip start choosing everything think will need throw out 50% start over again course dad wanted take entire shop ght finally boiled everything down what felt essen tials got packedmodel boxes suit casesand time head air port Kennedy Airport New York like zoopeople everywhere team mem bers hadnt opportunity meet other prior gathering depar ture mom dad course knew Bob Mrs Sifleet Pelatowskis Gaglianos famil iar faces past contests rest team mystery became game trying figure out who thousands people going somewhere decided common denominatorlook confused faces ac companied piles luggage monster model boxes emblazoned AMA stick ers Mike Keller arrived solo Califor nia Ditto Jimmy Buxton Pittsburgh Tracys Adam dad arrived whirlwinds blew inthe Hutchins 108 Model Aviation Junior Free Flight World Championships Results FlA Glider 1 M Van Dijk Holland . 1260 189 2 SC Li N Korea1260 183 3 T Lepp USSR1260 179 4 JC Pak N Korea1260 164 5 Z Susanka Czech1260 155 26 M Keller USA1122 40 M Pelatowski USA1014 Teams 1 Poland3742 2 Czechoslovakia3653 3 E Germany3584 18 USA2136 family delayed Dayton day because snafu original ticketing Okay JFK standing airline counter checking baggage ticket agents desk covered dozens baggage claim tickets going nuts trying keep things straight situation created major problem us later Finally big stuff turned over airline got boarding call settled 747 Just like ordinary flight youre thinking wait things werent getting dull yet As aircraft pushed away gate engines fired up dense white vapor filled rear half cabin couldnt see heard dad tell mom Grab linda bag bucks pas sports Ill show get out hurry have after lot commotion announcement no real problem existed plus one-hour de FiB Rubber lv Kubes Czech1252 2 M Peter Hungary1250 3 SG Pak N Korea1236 4 MS Han N Korea1232 5 Nagy Hungary1229 16 Tracy USA1079 34 J Buxton USA639 Teams 1 N Korea3524 2 Czechoslovakia3448 3 USSR3418 11 USA1717 lay ground crew released airplane got under way However am sure dad eye rear plane way Germany Frankfurt changed planes started final hop Poland Warsaw airport crowded compared JFK Frankfurt Luggage model boxes started appear checked counted adding up score Matthew Gaglianos model box nowhere seen asked au thorities after much searching drew blank Bob Sifleet knew member Polish Aero Club hand meet us Luckily man spoke good Eng lish made initial attempts lo cate missing box much easier con cluded must have missed connec tion Frankfurt would surely arrive later flight left word about future location Leszno Polish modeler told us box would flown Matt soon appeared said aero club q FiC Power 1 5G Pak N Korea 260 2 YN Kim N Korea1260 3 M Nogga E Germany1258 4 M Gasiorowski Poland1235 5 M Anderson USA1224 12 Hutchins USA1072 21 M Keller USA147 Teams iN Korea3722 2 USSR3461 3 Poland3302 7 USA2443 would look after details next challenge pack five small cars bags boxes plus selves Yes packed unpacked re packed finally did Fifteen people 45 pieces luggage crammed five small cars Polish Aero Club member guide led cara van out Warsaw put us road Leszno routine right Wrong another surprise guide left us outskirts War saw own Suddenly Dan Tracy pulled over side road Polenz 150 quit So unable speak word Polish stopped cold Highway 5 Raising hoed fooled ignition fuel systems success just about arrived What now stage young man two young women pulled up alongside us iden tical car Polenz 150 must some car because young man appeared Left Jimmy Buxton showed really earned position Fl B Rubber team practiced way handled model Right Adam Tracy Mike Keller felt triumph FiB model survived very windy competition Adam short max two seven flights February 1989 109 have trunk full spare parts ap parently used keep running worked Tracy vehicle no avail resort Polish/English phrase book got two Polish girls telephone car rental agency assist ance After what must have looked like Chinese fire drill agency repair man got new car road again Bob Mrs Sifleet along Gag lianos Mike Keller gone ahead left about two hours before got car exchanged make sure hotel FiB Rubber winners First Vladimir Kubes Czechoslovakia second Mozes Peter Hungary third Son Guk Pak North Korea friendships established during competitions space Leszno OK say remainder party would soon along reduced caravan four cars took off together could figure out road signs speed limits hour further along pulled over mi litia speeding Soon after dark got separated Hutchins Tracy carsthey seemed run better faster two slower cars carrying Pelatows kis Andersons dragging Seven hours later due part flat tire 230 am dark deserted road plus coming lost few times pulled up Palace Rydzyna happy dis cover hosts holding late sup per us certainly welcome ate collapsed grateful both food rest awoke found others also gotten lost Tracy Hutch ins made far Rydzyna could find Palace located side road leading off town square spent Continued page 112 110 Model Aviation Bill nutcnins carving 12000 Zlaty much wonder watermelon nail file after long hot day competition Yes bit time fun things FiC Power Jr Champion Song Gyu Pak shows winning form launching model vying -iu nuooer aay carrica planes far high Polish lady watches astonish ment US chasers Soviet flier shake pine tree retrieve Czech model Certilied Gkl Airtronics Gold Label Super Nannw Band [Lial @4Receivers set 1991 certified independent tests state art FM P04 receivers meet eeed AMA RCMA spedfications guidelines PJC operation 1991 beyond compacthtweight highformance Conver Receivers pmduce dearei efficient signal less susceptible specific types intermodulation pivblems Specmcatlnna Ririrmics FM aid PCV4 014 Label Super Nmnuw fluid Dual Conversion Rmiwr Receiver49290692765 TransmitternguardPCM4&6VanguardFM4&6 92785 Module FM 92985 Spectra/Quantum PCM Length2427 Wtlth15136 Height08085 Vight2 oz2 oz 2 oz 2 oz P4acentBetter -694 dBBetter -813dB Channel85KHz@85KHz Rejection773 dBo 85 KHz69288 @ 85 KHz Image671 dB70888 Rejection 3rd 01P59 dBM38 dBM Wingt PCM 1aen Airtitnics Q Conversion Receivers give advantages superior image rejection improved sensitivity narrow bandwidth maxi mum interference rejection outstandin ainraft performance comes dual con version receiver technology litters isnt gold Airtronics Receivers set gold standaid 1991 beyona Contact Airtronics prices availability remaining hours darkness square Tuesday morning everyone drag ging ate breakfast regaled other accounts previous nights exploits time get down purpose trip spent morning sorting out equipment preparing opening ceremony scheduled take place later Glider Center traveled field buses ar rived thats got feeling real ceremony impressive cluded parade nations speech general Polish Air Force full-scale aircraft glider flights introduc tions huge crowd people present After formalities started meet greet contestants other nations includ ing Sweden Denmark Poland young members Polish Aero Club hand too ate dinner Tuesday evening Pal ace still received missing model box MaU worried As finished eating word came box misdirected Istanbul Turkey Efforts being made get back Po land hoped would arrive time processing prior actual contest Tuesday night welcom ing celebration complete music Polish folk dancers ceremony During folk dancing show Marty Pelatowski dragged out dance troupe Following came dance young people very late dragged themselves off bed Wednesday test flying went out field early Polish Aero Club promised deliver Matts model box Leszno soon arrived Unfortunately did show up until after Matts event flown unable com pete felt very badly left out contest through no fault own after hard work put get ready However Matt brother Charlie threw themselves wholeheartedly championships helped else As started test flying large group spectators gathered seemed amazed girl flying FM Power other girl compet ing A-l Glider weather beautiful site planes flying well field huge enough accommodate World Champion ships room spare crowd lookers began include other contestants drifted look us over stayed get closer look models built powered ask questions Everything brought closely examined asked Polish fliers about large size model boxes explained boxes room support equipment addition models Processing commence 115 pm afternoon complied need went back test flying also checked out surrounding area de termine chase routes case got windy back Palace once din ner evening checking recheck ing airplanes get ready real com petition would start following morn ing did find time meet chat teams other countries Trading sou venirs started previous day second day serious traded everything portable T shirts exchanged pins patches thing caught someones eye up grabs got some great souvenirs bring back home discovered much com mon kids other countries just airplanes model aviation school matters social activities friends problems much Some kids met indicated used freedom got homewhich surprised us because thought ones got off pretty easy nightly friendly contest got started Palace courtyard paper airplanes Some great designs surfaced lot fun ing though Palace maintenance staff appeared less enthusiastic Thursday morningand time seemed flying up early break fast tea rolls fish dill pickies 112 Model Aviation AsGoodasGt Airbxrnics offers youa golden oppor tunity meet challenge cost RIC system upgrade service converts present Airtionics AM transmitter receiver 1991 AMA Gold label specifications operation Airtronics major manufacturer offering compre hensive RIC system conversions economical price XA stand behind compatible line high quality RIC systems accessories unmatched 1991 system upgrade service Airtionlcs 1991 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expectation perhaps would continue give away popular adhesive day too learned two Polish words during stay lody ice cream gen-quee-a thank everyone contest seemed know Hot Stuff Suddenly loudspeaker announced first round A-i Towline Glider would commence five minutes us never FAI contest before thrilling moment contestants moved line large group station pretty excited Marty Pelatowski Mike Keller again felt badly Matt Gagliano could join planes weather exceptional slight down-field breeze flare went up Round Marty Mike really started out well airplanes behaved just great Mike missed max first flight 58 se conds found good air maxed Rounds Two through Six lost plane disappeared direc tion Leszno Luckily supplied identification stickers Polish Aero Club plane brought back field within hour half people found plane find someone car drive out field great luck know times have contests planes disappear skyward never found Mike dropped Round Seven fin ished up day 26th place overall 1122 seconds Marty got maxes Rounds through Four dropped number five proved stinker us flown after lunch break seems lost momentum momentarily end day Marty stood 40th 1014 seconds Fifty-three contestants flew event Holland North Korea Soviet Union took gold silver bronze order individual honors Team placings Poland Czechoslovakia East Ger first second third respec tively Medals trophies presented field immediately following days competition got back Palace exhausted exhilarated Some us didnt bother clean up before going supper din ing room entering found ta ble decorated nations flag individual winner Maarten Van Dijk Holland came through door greeted rousing ovation knew long night ahead us ate went immediately rooms start getting FiC Power planes ready next day Testing cleaning timers number priority other minor chores complete almost 100 am time fi nally turned out lights crawled bed Friday morning headed field soon sky started become light asked team members scheduled fly day collect break fast us bring field time up till really test models wanted use final free time get flights could sky overcast didnt look too pure just set up fly began rain cats dogs lasted about 30 minutes sky cleared nicely ready go flew several test flightsand happened Either bad launch something else happened flight plane went out window rolled its back DTed carrying lot speed blew wing same wing lost back home before leaving very pleasant thing happen certainly spectacular terri ble setback since other planes working well next thing knew up flight line flare fired Round Continued page 191 February 1989 113 Avonds outscored second-place fin isher Pete McDermott Great Britain winning difference 545 points McDermotts beautiful Airco DH9 earned highest static score con test air good flight fol lowed outstanding sequence maneu vers during calm air third try overall flight score 175490 bringing total score 363490 First-place team standing went McDer mott Brian Taylor fourth place Mosquito Mick Reeves sixth place flying Sopwith Camel con firmed prediction expressed participants early week McDermott along British team would ones beat Max Merckenschlager put up once-in-a-lifetime almost-perfect flights last round took advantage dead-calm air received highest flight score recorded during meet Bristol Scout D Fourth-place winner Brian Taylor exem plified realistic motor note World War II Mosquito model two OS Surpass 40 four-stroke engines installed complete special muffling Taylors first flight best Mosquito flew two Rolls-Royce Merlins aboard speed maneuverability seemed exactly right Taylor also provided heartstopping incident week During second flight left engine stopped ab ruptly low altitude immediately Mosquito snapped spin left point everyone watching written off airplane stricken disasters eventually overtake Scale mod els Apparently Taylor didnt see way regained control Mosquito about three feet above ground intense concentration made wheels-up landing grass After some 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flies fast Camel relatively quiet whereas Eagle noisy top fliers adhered rules literally repeatedly flew well-planned choreographed total presentations judges sound speed ma neuverability approximating fullscale aircraft FM rules require judges take note scale speed flight attitude smooth ness control motor note way model flies between maneuvers total flight intensely observed scored initial taxi final rollout top fliers fully recognized thor oughgoing system judging made presentations accordingly Jr FF WC/Anderson Continued page 113 began dont leave yet fun just beginning first fly proceeded test trim airplane ying 10second power run Unbelievable Almost moon shot trim perfect aircraft slowly screwed itself sky After long slowly returned eartha satisfying result Next Tony Hutchins flew max Mike Keller flew settle 147-second flight As discovered later Mike having timer trouble continued plague him rest day pressure began still log official flight round could overrun next flight reservations about consistency timer made engine test run ground backed off timer 68second run sure within necessary limit flight really hooked up scored max Rounds Two Three great Round Four provided us some nail bit ing time over three maxes scoresheet still ex perienced some problems timer did kick sleeping dog de cided hang tough further problem sur faced folding propeller pins kept working way out hub Thanks titanium hubs no damage done reset pin other about flight elected because worked well did propeller keeping en gine consistent 29400 rpm able observe what Mike doing time heard about timer troubles later Tony maxed Round picked up another max Round Four dropped Rounds Two Three day getting hotter good air harder pick Luckily us chase planes day because twoFebruary 1989 191 Also Available Weeks Special plus$l5ship Cash VISA Certified Check RI C EXTRAS 712-943-4102 RR1 Box 28B Sergeant Bluff IA 51054 man team Denmark flown day before offered chasing motorcycle Thanks fellows Lunchtime came went started Round Five round seemed team toughie flew first really good launch good power climb transitionbut missed thermal flight touch go Missed max 20 seconds real letdown mo ment knew Its over ill its over regrouped Rounds Six Seven scoreboard indicated other teams maxed out still about give up Rounds Six Seven flew maxes again gave fifth place overall 1224 seconds Tony Hutchins piled up 1024 seconds after good seventh-round effort placed 12th Mike Kellers timer problem put him down 21st place didnt feel too badly because felt done best couldand after thats name game flyoff completed North Koreans first second place Bill Hutchins pitched given hand using Hutchins starter because between East Germany took individual bronze team competition first second third went North Korea USSR Po land order awards ceremony took place immediately after contest cheered several minutes FOR THE SERIOUS COMPETITOR U ITI MA Wingspan 129 Airfoil Selig 4061 Controls Ailerons Flaps 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0 Junior FF World Champs bring report US contestants first-ever event 19 nations participating its likely last U Melinda Anderson MY ADVENTURE really began August 1987 Model Aviation magazine nounced possibility World Champi onships Juniors held Poland dur ing summer 1988 FAT rules would apply responded announcement knowing would real challenge Months passed day re ceived phone call telling us AMA Executive Council voted funds make possible Junior team participate knew what wanted build started building airplanes just case would lucky enough selected excited about challenge ever senior year high school gave second thoughts about having sufficient time prepare prop erly high level competition against best world second thoughts lasted five seconds de cided go Taking Mr Bill Gibbons advice hes chairman AMA Free Flight Team Se lection Committee wrote Bob White ask him guidance about prepara tions needed could really com petitive needed words wisdom someone Bob White made audiotape mailed used often make sure fully under stood suggested best could get ready forthcoming contest expected model building portion task second nature short-lived didnt turu out way am sure other contest-oriented modelers know what mean always some thing else way Progress slow due commitments senior class vicepresident addition responsibilities ski instructor ate up weekends Addi tional delays occurred result discus sions about airplane configuration con struction methods experienced adult fliers active FAI programs ready willing offer guidance needed absorb use valu able suggestions Although enthused selection team delayed until April 1988 made difficult really get motor going high speed no firm idea whether would lucky make team can smile about now can still remember what thrill got good news going Poland came questions What airfoil What airframe layout Bunt no bunt what engine Decisions made revised com US team Parade Nations led Polish Aero Club cadet carrying plac ard Behind Mike Keller bearing flag Melinda Anderson Marty Pelatowski Adam Tracy Matthew Gagliano Tony Hutchins Jimmy Buxton Bob Silleet US team manager w ca 106 Model Aviation Ioa.alinda anmy us Jimmy Buxton looks some impatience repairs attempted rental car Left US team gathering just before opening ceremonies began see Betty Sifleet right Israeli team left Right everything needed competitions hand operational Thats what Fred Anderson right others checking Left Lunchtime aero club hangar Leszno Sausages Pepsi truit tonic being woolca aown D marty relatowaki meimna An derson Matthew Charles Gagliano Right 1st US Junior Free Flight World Championships team L-R Adam Tracy Matthew Gag liano Marty Pelatowski Charlie Gagliano team cheerleader chaser Melinda Anderson Mike Keller Jimmy Buxton Tony Hutchins Left Tony Hutchins left adjusts Marty Pelatowskis competition number tie-on before start FlA Glider contest Right Magdalena Maggie Kubit Polish timer US team unofficial interpreter tries convince Jimmy Buxton Its time stop being afraid girls mitted revised finally built last several airplanes ready test help brother Glenn Bob Gutai chose two new undercambered airfoil aircraft along two airplanes flat-bottomed airfoils accumulated flying time dad reworked four Rossi 15s thanks Bob Gutai Galbreath Rossi arsenal Tests always perfect week before scheduled leave Po land strained airplane straight down February 1989 107 IWO VICWC IIflOU MIIUCICOn OUr UULOO[ duO Iuiguiebi IdLITI us team memoer irnii r 1. rOwer acilon RI ien snes getting reaay compeimimon start right Rossi 15 going full bore apparently check engine run timer Team Manager Bob Sifleet Left Soviet Union FiC Power fliers testing models under supervision manager coaches Right East German team discussing strategy between FiC Power rounds FiC lowest entries seven countries FlA Glider highest 19 countries Left Song Gyu Pak North Korea eventual FiC Jr World Champion aujusis nis mouci prior Tlyoff fellow countryman yong Nam Kim Right Melinda Anderson entire USSR team after passing out gifts Hot Stuff good wishes FlA day through some trees blew wing other airplane couple days later light end tunnel looked like locomotive headed straight us Late hours moonlight rebuilding ses sions order day Once re pairs completed packing trials mandatory As trip start choosing everything think will need throw out 50% start over again course dad wanted take entire shop ght finally boiled everything down what felt essen tials got packedmodel boxes suit casesand time head air port Kennedy Airport New York like zoopeople everywhere team mem bers hadnt opportunity meet other prior gathering depar ture mom dad course knew Bob Mrs Sifleet Pelatowskis Gaglianos famil iar faces past contests rest team mystery became game trying figure out who thousands people going somewhere decided common denominatorlook confused faces ac companied piles luggage monster model boxes emblazoned AMA stick ers Mike Keller arrived solo Califor nia Ditto Jimmy Buxton Pittsburgh Tracys Adam dad arrived whirlwinds blew inthe Hutchins 108 Model Aviation Junior Free Flight World Championships Results FlA Glider 1 M Van Dijk Holland . 1260 189 2 SC Li N Korea1260 183 3 T Lepp USSR1260 179 4 JC Pak N Korea1260 164 5 Z Susanka Czech1260 155 26 M Keller USA1122 40 M Pelatowski USA1014 Teams 1 Poland3742 2 Czechoslovakia3653 3 E Germany3584 18 USA2136 family delayed Dayton day because snafu original ticketing Okay JFK standing airline counter checking baggage ticket agents desk covered dozens baggage claim tickets going nuts trying keep things straight situation created major problem us later Finally big stuff turned over airline got boarding call settled 747 Just like ordinary flight youre thinking wait things werent getting dull yet As aircraft pushed away gate engines fired up dense white vapor filled rear half cabin couldnt see heard dad tell mom Grab linda bag bucks pas sports Ill show get out hurry have after lot commotion announcement no real problem existed plus one-hour de FiB Rubber lv Kubes Czech1252 2 M Peter Hungary1250 3 SG Pak N Korea1236 4 MS Han N Korea1232 5 Nagy Hungary1229 16 Tracy USA1079 34 J Buxton USA639 Teams 1 N Korea3524 2 Czechoslovakia3448 3 USSR3418 11 USA1717 lay ground crew released airplane got under way However am sure dad eye rear plane way Germany Frankfurt changed planes started final hop Poland Warsaw airport crowded compared JFK Frankfurt Luggage model boxes started appear checked counted adding up score Matthew Gaglianos model box nowhere seen asked au thorities after much searching drew blank Bob Sifleet knew member Polish Aero Club hand meet us Luckily man spoke good Eng lish made initial attempts lo cate missing box much easier con cluded must have missed connec tion Frankfurt would surely arrive later flight left word about future location Leszno Polish modeler told us box would flown Matt soon appeared said aero club q FiC Power 1 5G Pak N Korea 260 2 YN Kim N Korea1260 3 M Nogga E Germany1258 4 M Gasiorowski Poland1235 5 M Anderson USA1224 12 Hutchins USA1072 21 M Keller USA147 Teams iN Korea3722 2 USSR3461 3 Poland3302 7 USA2443 would look after details next challenge pack five small cars bags boxes plus selves Yes packed unpacked re packed finally did Fifteen people 45 pieces luggage crammed five small cars Polish Aero Club member guide led cara van out Warsaw put us road Leszno routine right Wrong another surprise guide left us outskirts War saw own Suddenly Dan Tracy pulled over side road Polenz 150 quit So unable speak word Polish stopped cold Highway 5 Raising hoed fooled ignition fuel systems success just about arrived What now stage young man two young women pulled up alongside us iden tical car Polenz 150 must some car because young man appeared Left Jimmy Buxton showed really earned position Fl B Rubber team practiced way handled model Right Adam Tracy Mike Keller felt triumph FiB model survived very windy competition Adam short max two seven flights February 1989 109 have trunk full spare parts ap parently used keep running worked Tracy vehicle no avail resort Polish/English phrase book got two Polish girls telephone car rental agency assist ance After what must have looked like Chinese fire drill agency repair man got new car road again Bob Mrs Sifleet along Gag lianos Mike Keller gone ahead left about two hours before got car exchanged make sure hotel FiB Rubber winners First Vladimir Kubes Czechoslovakia second Mozes Peter Hungary third Son Guk Pak North Korea friendships established during competitions space Leszno OK say remainder party would soon along reduced caravan four cars took off together could figure out road signs speed limits hour further along pulled over mi litia speeding Soon after dark got separated Hutchins Tracy carsthey seemed run better faster two slower cars carrying Pelatows kis Andersons dragging Seven hours later due part flat tire 230 am dark deserted road plus coming lost few times pulled up Palace Rydzyna happy dis cover hosts holding late sup per us certainly welcome ate collapsed grateful both food rest awoke found others also gotten lost Tracy Hutch ins made far Rydzyna could find Palace located side road leading off town square spent Continued page 112 110 Model Aviation Bill nutcnins carving 12000 Zlaty much wonder watermelon nail file after long hot day competition Yes bit time fun things FiC Power Jr Champion Song Gyu Pak shows winning form launching model vying -iu nuooer aay carrica planes far high Polish lady watches astonish ment US chasers Soviet flier shake pine tree retrieve Czech model Certilied Gkl Airtronics Gold Label Super Nannw Band [Lial @4Receivers set 1991 certified independent tests state art FM P04 receivers meet eeed AMA RCMA spedfications guidelines PJC operation 1991 beyond compacthtweight highformance Conver Receivers pmduce dearei efficient signal less susceptible specific types intermodulation pivblems Specmcatlnna Ririrmics FM aid PCV4 014 Label Super Nmnuw fluid Dual Conversion Rmiwr Receiver49290692765 TransmitternguardPCM4&6VanguardFM4&6 92785 Module FM 92985 Spectra/Quantum PCM Length2427 Wtlth15136 Height08085 Vight2 oz2 oz 2 oz 2 oz P4acentBetter -694 dBBetter -813dB Channel85KHz@85KHz Rejection773 dBo 85 KHz69288 @ 85 KHz Image671 dB70888 Rejection 3rd 01P59 dBM38 dBM Wingt PCM 1aen Airtitnics Q Conversion Receivers give advantages superior image rejection improved sensitivity narrow bandwidth maxi mum interference rejection outstandin ainraft performance comes dual con version receiver technology litters isnt gold Airtronics Receivers set gold standaid 1991 beyona Contact Airtronics prices availability remaining hours darkness square Tuesday morning everyone drag ging ate breakfast regaled other accounts previous nights exploits time get down purpose trip spent morning sorting out equipment preparing opening ceremony scheduled take place later Glider Center traveled field buses ar rived thats got feeling real ceremony impressive cluded parade nations speech general Polish Air Force full-scale aircraft glider flights introduc tions huge crowd people present After formalities started meet greet contestants other nations includ ing Sweden Denmark Poland young members Polish Aero Club hand too ate dinner Tuesday evening Pal ace still received missing model box MaU worried As finished eating word came box misdirected Istanbul Turkey Efforts being made get back Po land hoped would arrive time processing prior actual contest Tuesday night welcom ing celebration complete music Polish folk dancers ceremony During folk dancing show Marty Pelatowski dragged out dance troupe Following came dance young people very late dragged themselves off bed Wednesday test flying went out field early Polish Aero Club promised deliver Matts model box Leszno soon arrived Unfortunately did show up until after Matts event flown unable com pete felt very badly left out contest through no fault own after hard work put get ready However Matt brother Charlie threw themselves wholeheartedly championships helped else As started test flying large group spectators gathered seemed amazed girl flying FM Power other girl compet ing A-l Glider weather beautiful site planes flying well field huge enough accommodate World Champion ships room spare crowd lookers began include other contestants drifted look us over stayed get closer look models built powered ask questions Everything brought closely examined asked Polish fliers about large size model boxes explained boxes room support equipment addition models Processing commence 115 pm afternoon complied need went back test flying also checked out surrounding area de termine chase routes case got windy back Palace once din ner evening checking recheck ing airplanes get ready real com petition would start following morn ing did find time meet chat teams other countries Trading sou venirs started previous day second day serious traded everything portable T shirts exchanged pins patches thing caught someones eye up grabs got some great souvenirs bring back home discovered much com mon kids other countries just airplanes model aviation school matters social activities friends problems much Some kids met indicated used freedom got homewhich surprised us because thought ones got off pretty easy nightly friendly contest got started Palace courtyard paper airplanes Some great designs surfaced lot fun ing though Palace maintenance staff appeared less enthusiastic Thursday morningand time seemed flying up early break fast tea rolls fish dill pickies 112 Model Aviation AsGoodasGt Airbxrnics offers youa golden oppor tunity meet challenge cost RIC system upgrade service converts present Airtionics AM transmitter receiver 1991 AMA Gold label specifications operation Airtronics major manufacturer offering compre hensive RIC system conversions economical price XA stand behind compatible line high quality RIC systems accessories unmatched 1991 system upgrade service Airtionlcs 1991 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expectation perhaps would continue give away popular adhesive day too learned two Polish words during stay lody ice cream gen-quee-a thank everyone contest seemed know Hot Stuff Suddenly loudspeaker announced first round A-i Towline Glider would commence five minutes us never FAI contest before thrilling moment contestants moved line large group station pretty excited Marty Pelatowski Mike Keller again felt badly Matt Gagliano could join planes weather exceptional slight down-field breeze flare went up Round Marty Mike really started out well airplanes behaved just great Mike missed max first flight 58 se conds found good air maxed Rounds Two through Six lost plane disappeared direc tion Leszno Luckily supplied identification stickers Polish Aero Club plane brought back field within hour half people found plane find someone car drive out field great luck know times have contests planes disappear skyward never found Mike dropped Round Seven fin ished up day 26th place overall 1122 seconds Marty got maxes Rounds through Four dropped number five proved stinker us flown after lunch break seems lost momentum momentarily end day Marty stood 40th 1014 seconds Fifty-three contestants flew event Holland North Korea Soviet Union took gold silver bronze order individual honors Team placings Poland Czechoslovakia East Ger first second third respec tively Medals trophies presented field immediately following days competition got back Palace exhausted exhilarated Some us didnt bother clean up before going supper din ing room entering found ta ble decorated nations flag individual winner Maarten Van Dijk Holland came through door greeted rousing ovation knew long night ahead us ate went immediately rooms start getting FiC Power planes ready next day Testing cleaning timers number priority other minor chores complete almost 100 am time fi nally turned out lights crawled bed Friday morning headed field soon sky started become light asked team members scheduled fly day collect break fast us bring field time up till really test models wanted use final free time get flights could sky overcast didnt look too pure just set up fly began rain cats dogs lasted about 30 minutes sky cleared nicely ready go flew several test flightsand happened Either bad launch something else happened flight plane went out window rolled its back DTed carrying lot speed blew wing same wing lost back home before leaving very pleasant thing happen certainly spectacular terri ble setback since other planes working well next thing knew up flight line flare fired Round Continued page 191 February 1989 113 Avonds outscored second-place fin isher Pete McDermott Great Britain winning difference 545 points McDermotts beautiful Airco DH9 earned highest static score con test air good flight fol lowed outstanding sequence maneu vers during calm air third try overall flight score 175490 bringing total score 363490 First-place team standing went McDer mott Brian Taylor fourth place Mosquito Mick Reeves sixth place flying Sopwith Camel con firmed prediction expressed participants early week McDermott along British team would ones beat Max Merckenschlager put up once-in-a-lifetime almost-perfect flights last round took advantage dead-calm air received highest flight score recorded during meet Bristol Scout D Fourth-place winner Brian Taylor exem plified realistic motor note World War II Mosquito model two OS Surpass 40 four-stroke engines installed complete special muffling Taylors first flight best Mosquito flew two Rolls-Royce Merlins aboard speed maneuverability seemed exactly right Taylor also provided heartstopping incident week During second flight left engine stopped ab ruptly low altitude immediately Mosquito snapped spin left point everyone watching written off airplane stricken disasters eventually overtake Scale mod els Apparently Taylor didnt see way regained control Mosquito about three feet above ground intense concentration made wheels-up landing grass After some 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flies fast Camel relatively quiet whereas Eagle noisy top fliers adhered rules literally repeatedly flew well-planned choreographed total presentations judges sound speed ma neuverability approximating fullscale aircraft FM rules require judges take note scale speed flight attitude smooth ness control motor note way model flies between maneuvers total flight intensely observed scored initial taxi final rollout top fliers fully recognized thor oughgoing system judging made presentations accordingly Jr FF WC/Anderson Continued page 113 began dont leave yet fun just beginning first fly proceeded test trim airplane ying 10second power run Unbelievable Almost moon shot trim perfect aircraft slowly screwed itself sky After long slowly returned eartha satisfying result Next Tony Hutchins flew max Mike Keller flew settle 147-second flight As discovered later Mike having timer trouble continued plague him rest day pressure began still log official flight round could overrun next flight reservations about consistency timer made engine test run ground backed off timer 68second run sure within necessary limit flight really hooked up scored max Rounds Two Three great Round Four provided us some nail bit ing time over three maxes scoresheet still ex perienced some problems timer did kick sleeping dog de cided hang tough further problem sur faced folding propeller pins kept working way out hub Thanks titanium hubs no damage done reset pin other about flight elected because worked well did propeller keeping en gine consistent 29400 rpm able observe what Mike doing time heard about timer troubles later Tony maxed Round picked up another max Round Four dropped Rounds Two Three day getting hotter good air harder pick Luckily us chase planes day because twoFebruary 1989 191 Also Available Weeks Special plus$l5ship Cash VISA Certified Check RI C EXTRAS 712-943-4102 RR1 Box 28B Sergeant Bluff IA 51054 man team Denmark flown day before offered chasing motorcycle Thanks fellows Lunchtime came went started Round Five round seemed team toughie flew first really good launch good power climb transitionbut missed thermal flight touch go Missed max 20 seconds real letdown mo ment knew Its over ill its over regrouped Rounds Six Seven scoreboard indicated other teams maxed out still about give up Rounds Six Seven flew maxes again gave fifth place overall 1224 seconds Tony Hutchins piled up 1024 seconds after good seventh-round effort placed 12th Mike Kellers timer problem put him down 21st place didnt feel too badly because felt done best couldand after thats name game flyoff completed North Koreans first second place Bill Hutchins pitched given hand using Hutchins starter because between East Germany took individual bronze team competition first second third went North Korea USSR Po land order awards ceremony took place immediately after contest cheered several minutes FOR THE SERIOUS COMPETITOR U ITI MA Wingspan 129 Airfoil Selig 4061 Controls Ailerons Flaps 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0 Junior FF World Champs bring report US contestants first-ever event 19 nations participating its likely last U Melinda Anderson MY ADVENTURE really began August 1987 Model Aviation magazine nounced possibility World Champi onships Juniors held Poland dur ing summer 1988 FAT rules would apply responded announcement knowing would real challenge Months passed day re ceived phone call telling us AMA Executive Council voted funds make possible Junior team participate knew what wanted build started building airplanes just case would lucky enough selected excited about challenge ever senior year high school gave second thoughts about having sufficient time prepare prop erly high level competition against best world second thoughts lasted five seconds de cided go Taking Mr Bill Gibbons advice hes chairman AMA Free Flight Team Se lection Committee wrote Bob White ask him guidance about prepara tions needed could really com petitive needed words wisdom someone Bob White made audiotape mailed used often make sure fully under stood suggested best could get ready forthcoming contest expected model building portion task second nature short-lived didnt turu out way am sure other contest-oriented modelers know what mean always some thing else way Progress slow due commitments senior class vicepresident addition responsibilities ski instructor ate up weekends Addi tional delays occurred result discus sions about airplane configuration con struction methods experienced adult fliers active FAI programs ready willing offer guidance needed absorb use valu able suggestions Although enthused selection team delayed until April 1988 made difficult really get motor going high speed no firm idea whether would lucky make team can smile about now can still remember what thrill got good news going Poland came questions What airfoil What airframe layout Bunt no bunt what engine Decisions made revised com US team Parade Nations led Polish Aero Club cadet carrying plac ard Behind Mike Keller bearing flag Melinda Anderson Marty Pelatowski Adam Tracy Matthew Gagliano Tony Hutchins Jimmy Buxton Bob Silleet US team manager w ca 106 Model Aviation Ioa.alinda anmy us Jimmy Buxton looks some impatience repairs attempted rental car Left US team gathering just before opening ceremonies began see Betty Sifleet right Israeli team left Right everything needed competitions hand operational Thats what Fred Anderson right others checking Left Lunchtime aero club hangar Leszno Sausages Pepsi truit tonic being woolca aown D marty relatowaki meimna An derson Matthew Charles Gagliano Right 1st US Junior Free Flight World Championships team L-R Adam Tracy Matthew Gag liano Marty Pelatowski Charlie Gagliano team cheerleader chaser Melinda Anderson Mike Keller Jimmy Buxton Tony Hutchins Left Tony Hutchins left adjusts Marty Pelatowskis competition number tie-on before start FlA Glider contest Right Magdalena Maggie Kubit Polish timer US team unofficial interpreter tries convince Jimmy Buxton Its time stop being afraid girls mitted revised finally built last several airplanes ready test help brother Glenn Bob Gutai chose two new undercambered airfoil aircraft along two airplanes flat-bottomed airfoils accumulated flying time dad reworked four Rossi 15s thanks Bob Gutai Galbreath Rossi arsenal Tests always perfect week before scheduled leave Po land strained airplane straight down February 1989 107 IWO VICWC IIflOU MIIUCICOn OUr UULOO[ duO Iuiguiebi IdLITI us team memoer irnii r 1. rOwer acilon RI ien snes getting reaay compeimimon start right Rossi 15 going full bore apparently check engine run timer Team Manager Bob Sifleet Left Soviet Union FiC Power fliers testing models under supervision manager coaches Right East German team discussing strategy between FiC Power rounds FiC lowest entries seven countries FlA Glider highest 19 countries Left Song Gyu Pak North Korea eventual FiC Jr World Champion aujusis nis mouci prior Tlyoff fellow countryman yong Nam Kim Right Melinda Anderson entire USSR team after passing out gifts Hot Stuff good wishes FlA day through some trees blew wing other airplane couple days later light end tunnel looked like locomotive headed straight us Late hours moonlight rebuilding ses sions order day Once re pairs completed packing trials mandatory As trip start choosing everything think will need throw out 50% start over again course dad wanted take entire shop ght finally boiled everything down what felt essen tials got packedmodel boxes suit casesand time head air port Kennedy Airport New York like zoopeople everywhere team mem bers hadnt opportunity meet other prior gathering depar ture mom dad course knew Bob Mrs Sifleet Pelatowskis Gaglianos famil iar faces past contests rest team mystery became game trying figure out who thousands people going somewhere decided common denominatorlook confused faces ac companied piles luggage monster model boxes emblazoned AMA stick ers Mike Keller arrived solo Califor nia Ditto Jimmy Buxton Pittsburgh Tracys Adam dad arrived whirlwinds blew inthe Hutchins 108 Model Aviation Junior Free Flight World Championships Results FlA Glider 1 M Van Dijk Holland . 1260 189 2 SC Li N Korea1260 183 3 T Lepp USSR1260 179 4 JC Pak N Korea1260 164 5 Z Susanka Czech1260 155 26 M Keller USA1122 40 M Pelatowski USA1014 Teams 1 Poland3742 2 Czechoslovakia3653 3 E Germany3584 18 USA2136 family delayed Dayton day because snafu original ticketing Okay JFK standing airline counter checking baggage ticket agents desk covered dozens baggage claim tickets going nuts trying keep things straight situation created major problem us later Finally big stuff turned over airline got boarding call settled 747 Just like ordinary flight youre thinking wait things werent getting dull yet As aircraft pushed away gate engines fired up dense white vapor filled rear half cabin couldnt see heard dad tell mom Grab linda bag bucks pas sports Ill show get out hurry have after lot commotion announcement no real problem existed plus one-hour de FiB Rubber lv Kubes Czech1252 2 M Peter Hungary1250 3 SG Pak N Korea1236 4 MS Han N Korea1232 5 Nagy Hungary1229 16 Tracy USA1079 34 J Buxton USA639 Teams 1 N Korea3524 2 Czechoslovakia3448 3 USSR3418 11 USA1717 lay ground crew released airplane got under way However am sure dad eye rear plane way Germany Frankfurt changed planes started final hop Poland Warsaw airport crowded compared JFK Frankfurt Luggage model boxes started appear checked counted adding up score Matthew Gaglianos model box nowhere seen asked au thorities after much searching drew blank Bob Sifleet knew member Polish Aero Club hand meet us Luckily man spoke good Eng lish made initial attempts lo cate missing box much easier con cluded must have missed connec tion Frankfurt would surely arrive later flight left word about future location Leszno Polish modeler told us box would flown Matt soon appeared said aero club q FiC Power 1 5G Pak N Korea 260 2 YN Kim N Korea1260 3 M Nogga E Germany1258 4 M Gasiorowski Poland1235 5 M Anderson USA1224 12 Hutchins USA1072 21 M Keller USA147 Teams iN Korea3722 2 USSR3461 3 Poland3302 7 USA2443 would look after details next challenge pack five small cars bags boxes plus selves Yes packed unpacked re packed finally did Fifteen people 45 pieces luggage crammed five small cars Polish Aero Club member guide led cara van out Warsaw put us road Leszno routine right Wrong another surprise guide left us outskirts War saw own Suddenly Dan Tracy pulled over side road Polenz 150 quit So unable speak word Polish stopped cold Highway 5 Raising hoed fooled ignition fuel systems success just about arrived What now stage young man two young women pulled up alongside us iden tical car Polenz 150 must some car because young man appeared Left Jimmy Buxton showed really earned position Fl B Rubber team practiced way handled model Right Adam Tracy Mike Keller felt triumph FiB model survived very windy competition Adam short max two seven flights February 1989 109 have trunk full spare parts ap parently used keep running worked Tracy vehicle no avail resort Polish/English phrase book got two Polish girls telephone car rental agency assist ance After what must have looked like Chinese fire drill agency repair man got new car road again Bob Mrs Sifleet along Gag lianos Mike Keller gone ahead left about two hours before got car exchanged make sure hotel FiB Rubber winners First Vladimir Kubes Czechoslovakia second Mozes Peter Hungary third Son Guk Pak North Korea friendships established during competitions space Leszno OK say remainder party would soon along reduced caravan four cars took off together could figure out road signs speed limits hour further along pulled over mi litia speeding Soon after dark got separated Hutchins Tracy carsthey seemed run better faster two slower cars carrying Pelatows kis Andersons dragging Seven hours later due part flat tire 230 am dark deserted road plus coming lost few times pulled up Palace Rydzyna happy dis cover hosts holding late sup per us certainly welcome ate collapsed grateful both food rest awoke found others also gotten lost Tracy Hutch ins made far Rydzyna could find Palace located side road leading off town square spent Continued page 112 110 Model Aviation Bill nutcnins carving 12000 Zlaty much wonder watermelon nail file after long hot day competition Yes bit time fun things FiC Power Jr Champion Song Gyu Pak shows winning form launching model vying -iu nuooer aay carrica planes far high Polish lady watches astonish ment US chasers Soviet flier shake pine tree retrieve Czech model Certilied Gkl Airtronics Gold Label Super Nannw Band [Lial @4Receivers set 1991 certified independent tests state art FM P04 receivers meet eeed AMA RCMA spedfications guidelines PJC operation 1991 beyond compacthtweight highformance Conver Receivers pmduce dearei efficient signal less susceptible specific types intermodulation pivblems Specmcatlnna Ririrmics FM aid PCV4 014 Label Super Nmnuw 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cluded parade nations speech general Polish Air Force full-scale aircraft glider flights introduc tions huge crowd people present After formalities started meet greet contestants other nations includ ing Sweden Denmark Poland young members Polish Aero Club hand too ate dinner Tuesday evening Pal ace still received missing model box MaU worried As finished eating word came box misdirected Istanbul Turkey Efforts being made get back Po land hoped would arrive time processing prior actual contest Tuesday night welcom ing celebration complete music Polish folk dancers ceremony During folk dancing show Marty Pelatowski dragged out dance troupe Following came dance young people very late dragged themselves off bed Wednesday test flying went out field early Polish Aero Club promised deliver Matts model box Leszno soon arrived Unfortunately did show up until after Matts event flown unable com pete felt very badly left out contest through no fault own after hard work put get ready However Matt brother Charlie threw themselves wholeheartedly championships helped else As started test flying large group spectators gathered seemed amazed girl flying FM Power other girl compet ing A-l Glider weather beautiful site planes flying well field huge enough accommodate World Champion ships room spare crowd lookers began include other contestants drifted look us over stayed get closer look models built powered ask questions Everything brought closely examined asked Polish fliers about large size model boxes explained boxes room support equipment addition models Processing commence 115 pm afternoon complied need went back test flying also checked out surrounding area de termine chase routes case got windy back Palace once din ner evening checking recheck ing airplanes get ready real com petition would start following morn ing did find time meet chat teams other countries Trading sou venirs started previous day second day serious traded everything portable T shirts exchanged pins patches thing caught someones eye up grabs got some great souvenirs bring back home discovered much com mon kids other countries just airplanes model aviation school matters social activities friends problems much Some kids met indicated used freedom got homewhich surprised us because thought ones got off pretty easy nightly friendly contest got started Palace courtyard paper airplanes Some great designs surfaced lot fun ing though Palace maintenance staff appeared less enthusiastic Thursday morningand time seemed flying up early break fast tea rolls fish dill pickies 112 Model Aviation AsGoodasGt Airbxrnics offers youa golden oppor tunity meet challenge cost RIC system upgrade service converts present Airtionics AM transmitter receiver 1991 AMA Gold label specifications operation Airtronics major manufacturer offering compre hensive RIC system conversions economical price XA stand behind compatible line high quality RIC systems accessories unmatched 1991 system upgrade service Airtionlcs 1991 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expectation perhaps would continue give away popular adhesive day too learned two Polish words during stay lody ice cream gen-quee-a thank everyone contest seemed know Hot Stuff Suddenly loudspeaker announced first round A-i Towline Glider would commence five minutes us never FAI contest before thrilling moment contestants moved line large group station pretty excited Marty Pelatowski Mike Keller again felt badly Matt Gagliano could join planes weather exceptional slight down-field breeze flare went up Round Marty Mike really started out well airplanes behaved just great Mike missed max first flight 58 se conds found good air maxed Rounds Two through Six lost plane disappeared direc tion Leszno Luckily supplied identification stickers Polish Aero Club plane brought back field within hour half people found plane find someone car drive out field great luck know times have contests planes disappear skyward never found Mike dropped Round Seven fin ished up day 26th place overall 1122 seconds Marty got maxes Rounds through Four dropped number five proved stinker us flown after lunch break seems lost momentum momentarily end day Marty stood 40th 1014 seconds Fifty-three contestants flew event Holland North Korea Soviet Union took gold silver bronze order individual honors Team placings Poland Czechoslovakia East Ger first second third respec tively Medals trophies presented field immediately following days competition got back Palace exhausted exhilarated Some us didnt bother clean up before going supper din ing room entering found ta ble decorated nations flag individual winner Maarten Van Dijk Holland came through door greeted rousing ovation knew long night ahead us ate went immediately rooms start getting FiC Power planes ready next day Testing cleaning timers number priority other minor chores complete almost 100 am time fi nally turned out lights crawled bed Friday morning headed field soon sky started become light asked team members scheduled fly day collect break fast us bring field time up till really test models wanted use final free time get flights could sky overcast didnt look too pure just set up fly began rain cats dogs lasted about 30 minutes sky cleared nicely ready go flew several test flightsand happened Either bad launch something else happened flight plane went out window rolled its back DTed carrying lot speed blew wing same wing lost back home before leaving very pleasant thing happen certainly spectacular terri ble setback since other planes working well next thing knew up flight line flare fired Round Continued page 191 February 1989 113 Avonds outscored second-place fin isher Pete McDermott Great Britain winning difference 545 points McDermotts beautiful Airco DH9 earned highest static score con test air good flight fol lowed outstanding sequence maneu vers during calm air third try overall flight score 175490 bringing total score 363490 First-place team standing went McDer mott Brian Taylor fourth place Mosquito Mick Reeves sixth place flying Sopwith Camel con firmed prediction expressed participants early week McDermott along British team would ones beat Max Merckenschlager put up once-in-a-lifetime almost-perfect flights last round took advantage dead-calm air received highest flight score recorded during meet Bristol Scout D Fourth-place winner Brian Taylor exem plified realistic motor note World War II Mosquito model two OS Surpass 40 four-stroke engines installed complete special muffling Taylors first flight best Mosquito flew two Rolls-Royce Merlins aboard speed maneuverability seemed exactly right Taylor also provided heartstopping incident week During second flight left engine stopped ab ruptly low altitude immediately Mosquito snapped spin left point everyone watching written off airplane stricken disasters eventually overtake Scale mod els Apparently Taylor didnt see way regained control Mosquito about three feet above ground intense concentration made wheels-up landing grass After some 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flies fast Camel relatively quiet whereas Eagle noisy top fliers adhered rules literally repeatedly flew well-planned choreographed total presentations judges sound speed ma neuverability approximating fullscale aircraft FM rules require judges take note scale speed flight attitude smooth ness control motor note way model flies between maneuvers total flight intensely observed scored initial taxi final rollout top fliers fully recognized thor oughgoing system judging made presentations accordingly Jr FF WC/Anderson Continued page 113 began dont leave yet fun just beginning first fly proceeded test trim airplane ying 10second power run Unbelievable Almost moon shot trim perfect aircraft slowly screwed itself sky After long slowly returned eartha satisfying result Next Tony Hutchins flew max Mike Keller flew settle 147-second flight As discovered later Mike having timer trouble continued plague him rest day pressure began still log official flight round could overrun next flight reservations about consistency timer made engine test run ground backed off timer 68second run sure within necessary limit flight really hooked up scored max Rounds Two Three great Round Four provided us some nail bit ing time over three maxes scoresheet still ex perienced some problems timer did kick sleeping dog de cided hang tough further problem sur faced folding propeller pins kept working way out hub Thanks titanium hubs no damage done reset pin other about flight elected because worked well did propeller keeping en gine consistent 29400 rpm able observe what Mike doing time heard about timer troubles later Tony maxed Round picked up another max Round Four dropped Rounds Two Three day getting hotter good air harder pick Luckily us chase planes day because twoFebruary 1989 191 Also Available Weeks Special plus$l5ship Cash VISA Certified Check RI C EXTRAS 712-943-4102 RR1 Box 28B Sergeant Bluff IA 51054 man team Denmark flown day before offered chasing motorcycle Thanks fellows Lunchtime came went started Round Five round seemed team toughie flew first really good launch good power climb transitionbut missed thermal flight touch go Missed max 20 seconds real letdown mo ment knew Its over ill its over regrouped Rounds Six Seven scoreboard indicated other teams maxed out still about give up Rounds Six Seven flew maxes again gave fifth place overall 1224 seconds Tony Hutchins piled up 1024 seconds after good seventh-round effort placed 12th Mike Kellers timer problem put him down 21st place didnt feel too badly because felt done best couldand after thats name game flyoff completed North Koreans first second place Bill Hutchins pitched given hand using Hutchins starter because between East Germany took individual bronze team competition first second third went North Korea USSR Po land order awards ceremony took place immediately after contest cheered several minutes FOR THE SERIOUS COMPETITOR U ITI MA Wingspan 129 Airfoil Selig 4061 Controls Ailerons Flaps 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/02
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0 Junior FF World Champs bring report US contestants first-ever event 19 nations participating its likely last U Melinda Anderson MY ADVENTURE really began August 1987 Model Aviation magazine nounced possibility World Champi onships Juniors held Poland dur ing summer 1988 FAT rules would apply responded announcement knowing would real challenge Months passed day re ceived phone call telling us AMA Executive Council voted funds make possible Junior team participate knew what wanted build started building airplanes just case would lucky enough selected excited about challenge ever senior year high school gave second thoughts about having sufficient time prepare prop erly high level competition against best world second thoughts lasted five seconds de cided go Taking Mr Bill Gibbons advice hes chairman AMA Free Flight Team Se lection Committee wrote Bob White ask him guidance about prepara tions needed could really com petitive needed words wisdom someone Bob White made audiotape mailed used often make sure fully under stood suggested best could get ready forthcoming contest expected model building portion task second nature short-lived didnt turu out way am sure other contest-oriented modelers know what mean always some thing else way Progress slow due commitments senior class vicepresident addition responsibilities ski instructor ate up weekends Addi tional delays occurred result discus sions about airplane configuration con struction methods experienced adult fliers active FAI programs ready willing offer guidance needed absorb use valu able suggestions Although enthused selection team delayed until April 1988 made difficult really get motor going high speed no firm idea whether would lucky make team can smile about now can still remember what thrill got good news going Poland came questions What airfoil What airframe layout Bunt no bunt what engine Decisions made revised com US team Parade Nations led Polish Aero Club cadet carrying plac ard Behind Mike Keller bearing flag Melinda Anderson Marty Pelatowski Adam Tracy Matthew Gagliano Tony Hutchins Jimmy Buxton Bob Silleet US team manager w ca 106 Model Aviation Ioa.alinda anmy us Jimmy Buxton looks some impatience repairs attempted rental car Left US team gathering just before opening ceremonies began see Betty Sifleet right Israeli team left Right everything needed competitions hand operational Thats what Fred Anderson right others checking Left Lunchtime aero club hangar Leszno Sausages Pepsi truit tonic being woolca aown D marty relatowaki meimna An derson Matthew Charles Gagliano Right 1st US Junior Free Flight World Championships team L-R Adam Tracy Matthew Gag liano Marty Pelatowski Charlie Gagliano team cheerleader chaser Melinda Anderson Mike Keller Jimmy Buxton Tony Hutchins Left Tony Hutchins left adjusts Marty Pelatowskis competition number tie-on before start FlA Glider contest Right Magdalena Maggie Kubit Polish timer US team unofficial interpreter tries convince Jimmy Buxton Its time stop being afraid girls mitted revised finally built last several airplanes ready test help brother Glenn Bob Gutai chose two new undercambered airfoil aircraft along two airplanes flat-bottomed airfoils accumulated flying time dad reworked four Rossi 15s thanks Bob Gutai Galbreath Rossi arsenal Tests always perfect week before scheduled leave Po land strained airplane straight down February 1989 107 IWO VICWC IIflOU MIIUCICOn OUr UULOO[ duO Iuiguiebi IdLITI us team memoer irnii r 1. rOwer acilon RI ien snes getting reaay compeimimon start right Rossi 15 going full bore apparently check engine run timer Team Manager Bob Sifleet Left Soviet Union FiC Power fliers testing models under supervision manager coaches Right East German team discussing strategy between FiC Power rounds FiC lowest entries seven countries FlA Glider highest 19 countries Left Song Gyu Pak North Korea eventual FiC Jr World Champion aujusis nis mouci prior Tlyoff fellow countryman yong Nam Kim Right Melinda Anderson entire USSR team after passing out gifts Hot Stuff good wishes FlA day through some trees blew wing other airplane couple days later light end tunnel looked like locomotive headed straight us Late hours moonlight rebuilding ses sions order day Once re pairs completed packing trials mandatory As trip start choosing everything think will need throw out 50% start over again course dad wanted take entire shop ght finally boiled everything down what felt essen tials got packedmodel boxes suit casesand time head air port Kennedy Airport New York like zoopeople everywhere team mem bers hadnt opportunity meet other prior gathering depar ture mom dad course knew Bob Mrs Sifleet Pelatowskis Gaglianos famil iar faces past contests rest team mystery became game trying figure out who thousands people going somewhere decided common denominatorlook confused faces ac companied piles luggage monster model boxes emblazoned AMA stick ers Mike Keller arrived solo Califor nia Ditto Jimmy Buxton Pittsburgh Tracys Adam dad arrived whirlwinds blew inthe Hutchins 108 Model Aviation Junior Free Flight World Championships Results FlA Glider 1 M Van Dijk Holland . 1260 189 2 SC Li N Korea1260 183 3 T Lepp USSR1260 179 4 JC Pak N Korea1260 164 5 Z Susanka Czech1260 155 26 M Keller USA1122 40 M Pelatowski USA1014 Teams 1 Poland3742 2 Czechoslovakia3653 3 E Germany3584 18 USA2136 family delayed Dayton day because snafu original ticketing Okay JFK standing airline counter checking baggage ticket agents desk covered dozens baggage claim tickets going nuts trying keep things straight situation created major problem us later Finally big stuff turned over airline got boarding call settled 747 Just like ordinary flight youre thinking wait things werent getting dull yet As aircraft pushed away gate engines fired up dense white vapor filled rear half cabin couldnt see heard dad tell mom Grab linda bag bucks pas sports Ill show get out hurry have after lot commotion announcement no real problem existed plus one-hour de FiB Rubber lv Kubes Czech1252 2 M Peter Hungary1250 3 SG Pak N Korea1236 4 MS Han N Korea1232 5 Nagy Hungary1229 16 Tracy USA1079 34 J Buxton USA639 Teams 1 N Korea3524 2 Czechoslovakia3448 3 USSR3418 11 USA1717 lay ground crew released airplane got under way However am sure dad eye rear plane way Germany Frankfurt changed planes started final hop Poland Warsaw airport crowded compared JFK Frankfurt Luggage model boxes started appear checked counted adding up score Matthew Gaglianos model box nowhere seen asked au thorities after much searching drew blank Bob Sifleet knew member Polish Aero Club hand meet us Luckily man spoke good Eng lish made initial attempts lo cate missing box much easier con cluded must have missed connec tion Frankfurt would surely arrive later flight left word about future location Leszno Polish modeler told us box would flown Matt soon appeared said aero club q FiC Power 1 5G Pak N Korea 260 2 YN Kim N Korea1260 3 M Nogga E Germany1258 4 M Gasiorowski Poland1235 5 M Anderson USA1224 12 Hutchins USA1072 21 M Keller USA147 Teams iN Korea3722 2 USSR3461 3 Poland3302 7 USA2443 would look after details next challenge pack five small cars bags boxes plus selves Yes packed unpacked re packed finally did Fifteen people 45 pieces luggage crammed five small cars Polish Aero Club member guide led cara van out Warsaw put us road Leszno routine right Wrong another surprise guide left us outskirts War saw own Suddenly Dan Tracy pulled over side road Polenz 150 quit So unable speak word Polish stopped cold Highway 5 Raising hoed fooled ignition fuel systems success just about arrived What now stage young man two young women pulled up alongside us iden tical car Polenz 150 must some car because young man appeared Left Jimmy Buxton showed really earned position Fl B Rubber team practiced way handled model Right Adam Tracy Mike Keller felt triumph FiB model survived very windy competition Adam short max two seven flights February 1989 109 have trunk full spare parts ap parently used keep running worked Tracy vehicle no avail resort Polish/English phrase book got two Polish girls telephone car rental agency assist ance After what must have looked like Chinese fire drill agency repair man got new car road again Bob Mrs Sifleet along Gag lianos Mike Keller gone ahead left about two hours before got car exchanged make sure hotel FiB Rubber winners First Vladimir Kubes Czechoslovakia second Mozes Peter Hungary third Son Guk Pak North Korea friendships established during competitions space Leszno OK say remainder party would soon along reduced caravan four cars took off together could figure out road signs speed limits hour further along pulled over mi litia speeding Soon after dark got separated Hutchins Tracy carsthey seemed run better faster two slower cars carrying Pelatows kis Andersons dragging Seven hours later due part flat tire 230 am dark deserted road plus coming lost few times pulled up Palace Rydzyna happy dis cover hosts holding late sup per us certainly welcome ate collapsed grateful both food rest awoke found others also gotten lost Tracy Hutch ins made far Rydzyna could find Palace located side road leading off town square spent Continued page 112 110 Model Aviation Bill nutcnins carving 12000 Zlaty much wonder watermelon nail file after long hot day competition Yes bit time fun things FiC Power Jr Champion Song Gyu Pak shows winning form launching model vying -iu nuooer aay carrica planes far high Polish lady watches astonish ment US chasers Soviet flier shake pine tree retrieve Czech model Certilied Gkl Airtronics Gold Label Super Nannw Band [Lial @4Receivers set 1991 certified independent tests state art FM P04 receivers meet eeed AMA RCMA spedfications guidelines PJC operation 1991 beyond compacthtweight highformance Conver Receivers pmduce dearei efficient signal less susceptible specific types intermodulation pivblems Specmcatlnna Ririrmics FM aid PCV4 014 Label Super Nmnuw fluid Dual Conversion Rmiwr Receiver49290692765 TransmitternguardPCM4&6VanguardFM4&6 92785 Module FM 92985 Spectra/Quantum PCM Length2427 Wtlth15136 Height08085 Vight2 oz2 oz 2 oz 2 oz P4acentBetter -694 dBBetter -813dB Channel85KHz@85KHz Rejection773 dBo 85 KHz69288 @ 85 KHz Image671 dB70888 Rejection 3rd 01P59 dBM38 dBM Wingt PCM 1aen Airtitnics Q Conversion Receivers give advantages superior image rejection improved sensitivity narrow bandwidth maxi mum interference rejection outstandin ainraft performance comes dual con version receiver technology litters isnt gold Airtronics Receivers set gold standaid 1991 beyona Contact Airtronics prices availability remaining hours darkness square Tuesday morning everyone drag ging ate breakfast regaled other accounts previous nights exploits time get down purpose trip spent morning sorting out equipment preparing opening ceremony scheduled take place later Glider Center traveled field buses ar rived thats got feeling real ceremony impressive cluded parade nations speech general Polish Air Force full-scale aircraft glider flights introduc tions huge crowd people present After formalities started meet greet contestants other nations includ ing Sweden Denmark Poland young members Polish Aero Club hand too ate dinner Tuesday evening Pal ace still received missing model box MaU worried As finished eating word came box misdirected Istanbul Turkey Efforts being made get back Po land hoped would arrive time processing prior actual contest Tuesday night welcom ing celebration complete music Polish folk dancers ceremony During folk dancing show Marty Pelatowski dragged out dance troupe Following came dance young people very late dragged themselves off bed Wednesday test flying went out field early Polish Aero Club promised deliver Matts model box Leszno soon arrived Unfortunately did show up until after Matts event flown unable com pete felt very badly left out contest through no fault own after hard work put get ready However Matt brother Charlie threw themselves wholeheartedly championships helped else As started test flying large group spectators gathered seemed amazed girl flying FM Power other girl compet ing A-l Glider weather beautiful site planes flying well field huge enough accommodate World Champion ships room spare crowd lookers began include other contestants drifted look us over stayed get closer look models built powered ask questions Everything brought closely examined asked Polish fliers about large size model boxes explained boxes room support equipment addition models Processing commence 115 pm afternoon complied need went back test flying also checked out surrounding area de termine chase routes case got windy back Palace once din ner evening checking recheck ing airplanes get ready real com petition would start following morn ing did find time meet chat teams other countries Trading sou venirs started previous day second day serious traded everything portable T shirts exchanged pins patches thing caught someones eye up grabs got some great souvenirs bring back home discovered much com mon kids other countries just airplanes model aviation school matters social activities friends problems much Some kids met indicated used freedom got homewhich surprised us because thought ones got off pretty easy nightly friendly contest got started Palace courtyard paper airplanes Some great designs surfaced lot fun ing though Palace maintenance staff appeared less enthusiastic Thursday morningand time seemed flying up early break fast tea rolls fish dill pickies 112 Model Aviation AsGoodasGt Airbxrnics offers youa golden oppor tunity meet challenge cost RIC system upgrade service converts present Airtionics AM transmitter receiver 1991 AMA Gold label specifications operation Airtronics major manufacturer offering compre hensive RIC system conversions economical price XA stand behind compatible line high quality RIC systems accessories unmatched 1991 system upgrade service Airtionlcs 1991 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expectation perhaps would continue give away popular adhesive day too learned two Polish words during stay lody ice cream gen-quee-a thank everyone contest seemed know Hot Stuff Suddenly loudspeaker announced first round A-i Towline Glider would commence five minutes us never FAI contest before thrilling moment contestants moved line large group station pretty excited Marty Pelatowski Mike Keller again felt badly Matt Gagliano could join planes weather exceptional slight down-field breeze flare went up Round Marty Mike really started out well airplanes behaved just great Mike missed max first flight 58 se conds found good air maxed Rounds Two through Six lost plane disappeared direc tion Leszno Luckily supplied identification stickers Polish Aero Club plane brought back field within hour half people found plane find someone car drive out field great luck know times have contests planes disappear skyward never found Mike dropped Round Seven fin ished up day 26th place overall 1122 seconds Marty got maxes Rounds through Four dropped number five proved stinker us flown after lunch break seems lost momentum momentarily end day Marty stood 40th 1014 seconds Fifty-three contestants flew event Holland North Korea Soviet Union took gold silver bronze order individual honors Team placings Poland Czechoslovakia East Ger first second third respec tively Medals trophies presented field immediately following days competition got back Palace exhausted exhilarated Some us didnt bother clean up before going supper din ing room entering found ta ble decorated nations flag individual winner Maarten Van Dijk Holland came through door greeted rousing ovation knew long night ahead us ate went immediately rooms start getting FiC Power planes ready next day Testing cleaning timers number priority other minor chores complete almost 100 am time fi nally turned out lights crawled bed Friday morning headed field soon sky started become light asked team members scheduled fly day collect break fast us bring field time up till really test models wanted use final free time get flights could sky overcast didnt look too pure just set up fly began rain cats dogs lasted about 30 minutes sky cleared nicely ready go flew several test flightsand happened Either bad launch something else happened flight plane went out window rolled its back DTed carrying lot speed blew wing same wing lost back home before leaving very pleasant thing happen certainly spectacular terri ble setback since other planes working well next thing knew up flight line flare fired Round Continued page 191 February 1989 113 Avonds outscored second-place fin isher Pete McDermott Great Britain winning difference 545 points McDermotts beautiful Airco DH9 earned highest static score con test air good flight fol lowed outstanding sequence maneu vers during calm air third try overall flight score 175490 bringing total score 363490 First-place team standing went McDer mott Brian Taylor fourth place Mosquito Mick Reeves sixth place flying Sopwith Camel con firmed prediction expressed participants early week McDermott along British team would ones beat Max Merckenschlager put up once-in-a-lifetime almost-perfect flights last round took advantage dead-calm air received highest flight score recorded during meet Bristol Scout D Fourth-place winner Brian Taylor exem plified realistic motor note World War II Mosquito model two OS Surpass 40 four-stroke engines installed complete special muffling Taylors first flight best Mosquito flew two Rolls-Royce Merlins aboard speed maneuverability seemed exactly right Taylor also provided heartstopping incident week During second flight left engine stopped ab ruptly low altitude immediately Mosquito snapped spin left point everyone watching written off airplane stricken disasters eventually overtake Scale mod els Apparently Taylor didnt see way regained control Mosquito about three feet above ground intense concentration made wheels-up landing grass After some 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flies fast Camel relatively quiet whereas Eagle noisy top fliers adhered rules literally repeatedly flew well-planned choreographed total presentations judges sound speed ma neuverability approximating fullscale aircraft FM rules require judges take note scale speed flight attitude smooth ness control motor note way model flies between maneuvers total flight intensely observed scored initial taxi final rollout top fliers fully recognized thor oughgoing system judging made presentations accordingly Jr FF WC/Anderson Continued page 113 began dont leave yet fun just beginning first fly proceeded test trim airplane ying 10second power run Unbelievable Almost moon shot trim perfect aircraft slowly screwed itself sky After long slowly returned eartha satisfying result Next Tony Hutchins flew max Mike Keller flew settle 147-second flight As discovered later Mike having timer trouble continued plague him rest day pressure began still log official flight round could overrun next flight reservations about consistency timer made engine test run ground backed off timer 68second run sure within necessary limit flight really hooked up scored max Rounds Two Three great Round Four provided us some nail bit ing time over three maxes scoresheet still ex perienced some problems timer did kick sleeping dog de cided hang tough further problem sur faced folding propeller pins kept working way out hub Thanks titanium hubs no damage done reset pin other about flight elected because worked well did propeller keeping en gine consistent 29400 rpm able observe what Mike doing time heard about timer troubles later Tony maxed Round picked up another max Round Four dropped Rounds Two Three day getting hotter good air harder pick Luckily us chase planes day because twoFebruary 1989 191 Also Available Weeks Special plus$l5ship Cash VISA Certified Check RI C EXTRAS 712-943-4102 RR1 Box 28B Sergeant Bluff IA 51054 man team Denmark flown day before offered chasing motorcycle Thanks fellows Lunchtime came went started Round Five round seemed team toughie flew first really good launch good power climb transitionbut missed thermal flight touch go Missed max 20 seconds real letdown mo ment knew Its over ill its over regrouped Rounds Six Seven scoreboard indicated other teams maxed out still about give up Rounds Six Seven flew maxes again gave fifth place overall 1224 seconds Tony Hutchins piled up 1024 seconds after good seventh-round effort placed 12th Mike Kellers timer problem put him down 21st place didnt feel too badly because felt done best couldand after thats name game flyoff completed North Koreans first second place Bill Hutchins pitched given hand using Hutchins starter because between East Germany took individual bronze team competition first second third went North Korea USSR Po land order awards ceremony took place immediately after contest cheered several minutes FOR THE SERIOUS COMPETITOR U ITI MA Wingspan 129 Airfoil Selig 4061 Controls Ailerons Flaps 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