FF PowerO Jerry Barnette nil AS THERE gas events might good start brief over view Several thoughts come mind Power top fliers engines really honked Most fliers overabundance power models small side size engine sense power events impressive general lift tricky thermals very small difficult centerand model did lite 788 Randys Satellite slightly higher aspect ratio stretched tail mo ment 26% stab auto stab lower pylon hyper-mean K&B Randy flew vertical power pattern text book tran sition After watching several flights Randys win came no surprise Grady Turner Bob Mattes using new design trends followed next Open Andrew Barron flew stock Sat ellite 788 win Senior Joe Slovacek howling-fast Holy Smoker place fourth Open Mixed among big C-ships wee 02-powered Payloads slowly fighting wind buzzing angrily lift lousy time folks got around flying Payload However Rudy Kluiber Rudy maxed outa real achievement Rudy stuck Harry Murphy design smoke plume some upwind rubbish burning others tried same ploy found unreliable Rudy pulled off three times next day Gas too suf fered treacherous afternoon lift con ditions well needed max out early before site relocation Jim Clem new Witch Hawk design going very well Rudy Kluiber displaced Jim out third place second As usual entrants field nearly deserted 130 pm However Gil bert Morris stayed through af ternoon win bumping Randy Archer modified Satellite 300 second C C Johnson design some interesting features round fu selage actually solid lightweight balsa wing-tips solid also shaped like hand-launched glider wing Wide boxed spar wing faired en gine other neat touches incorporated overall nice design Thursday Sound Fury FAI Power D Gas D Gas lot like C Gas Randy Archer switched K&B ContinuedonpagelO4 center thermal probably would max What would appear good lift times would inexplicably dis sipate before three minutes Thermal pick ing done mostly soap bubbles pig gybacking tricky frustrating truly challenging top fliers models went like trains same patterns flight An off-pattern flight small thermal conditions usually drew non-max score mixture old new de signs new designs tend incorporate VIT features high powered thinner wing sections higher aspect ratios streamlined older designs such 20-year-old Starduster Satellite showed could still very well es pecially great gobs power used However newer designs tended finish higher Category II gas-powered events got off good start C Gas Translated means K&B Schnuerle 40 event Without doubt class act event Randy Archer modified Satel 50 Model Aviation Handy Archers Satellite 788 going machine sensational climb Randy won Classes C D version high time Class 0 gaudy 1620 Modest dihedral Now like build meat Gil Morris flew nice design sizes winning 1/2A going build really build will course like Gil show off clear mylar covering Well named Jim Clems Crow Tom McLaughlan member last USA Wicked looking machine blasted aloft its team flew attractive FAI job No enFox Schnuerle 45 720 squares wing gine isnt broken crankshaft allows prop keep up Goes together quickly tOO streamline FAI accentuates brainstorming PLANS7 MAP range plans England largest compre hensive world Buya plans handbook find out yourself handbook contains full details of thousands plans prices plans available US agents listed handbooks Aeromodailing ModGi Boats Cars Modei Engineering Radio ControlAircraft mDdRI & Allied MAPPublicution5 Ltd Available USA Price $150 including postage Sales Office PO Box 35 Bridge Street Hemel Hempetead Herts HP1 lEE England PO BOX 2498AMA FeONEI71AI65-S67SIlAIAA2-R636 LA MESA CALIF N2SAt l/2A Profile Proto unanimous speed proposed dropped FAI since international event B speed proposed remain per existing rules B Proto B Profile Proto dropped Juniors Seniors agreed eliminate C speed after much discussion D Jet discussed remain Open events option Senior can fly against Open members wishes Formula 40 discussed length because Juniors complained prob lems hanging onto 40 model suggested agreed upon establish Formula 15 event Juniors meeting represented almost 90% active speed fliers six members Speed Advisory Commit tee plus Ron McNally CLCB Chairman present strongly endorse propo sals voted upon meeting Hempels Uptons have agreed abide rules effective January 1 1979 strongly urge everyone else sup port program betterment Speed NEW PROPOSED EVENTS 1/2A Speed FAI B Speed DSpeed Jet Speed.. F-40 JrSr x x x x x x X Opt X Opt x 15 Cu Junior Open x x x x x x Nats/Barnette continued page 50 41 for 40 788 turned max after max Randy ended 1620 good high time meet over ran tenth maxforgot look timer wasnt easy Randy Buckets Johnson flew once same thermal Randy eighth max Buckets fifth Randy landed 302 Buckets landed 303 minutes Close Buckets finally finished second using 1200 sq version FAI ship Luck ran hot cold Dick Smith Dick launched Satellite 1000 fourth max after long wait lift getting light DT fuse Satellite went OOS after 32 minutes Luckily landed golf course 12 miles away returned Luck turned poor again fifth flight just short seconds needed beat out Jim McNeill earned well deserved third place FAI Power started out fine fashion non-max magnif icent Rossis early morning worlds great sounds Everything did stay magnificent unfortunately Round three cost Hank Spence airplane timer jumped out Doug Joyce encountered stall prob lems round Four another bad scores Rol Anderson very impressive flying machine forgot hook up gadgetry DTd end engine run Al Bissonnette double overrun due broken brake brake problem caused timer malfunction allowing brake fire floodoff round five Tom McLaughlan dropped max loose pattern put model batch down air Buckets Johnson squeaked out max after popping DT 258 kept Buckets all-max group Dick Swenson Ron Young ran out good air 170 last round finishing third 315 pm flyoff set Swenson Rossi Young Cox Both waited quite awhile 15-minute flyoff period about half gone Dick fired up launched beautiful launch climb rollout Ron followed quick pursuit went over top low pullout Dick Swenson won McNeill Trophy 1978 Swensons flyoff strategy interest ing flyoff period mentally divided three 5-minute segments Ron flew during first five minutes Dick would immediately follow thought plane could outfly Rons same air Dick planned launch signs lift third five minutes middle time span regarded no mans land Bob Mattes another dropped max good enough fourth place Richard MacCleary recent FA Power fifth Gas sky full screamers mostly Rossis K&B 19s Small screamers cases quite few models less 400 square inches seldom larger 450 exception popular size Rol Andersons triple-fin K&B-powered model Basically scaled up FAI ship featured thru-pylon exhaust fuselage con struction similar Lars Olofsson no bulkheads tailboom about 600 squares wing Rol flew consistently picked air carefully Rol won Rol followed order Bill Jenkins Randy Kluiber Mark Heller Gilbert Morris last event B Gas seemed con tested vigor Maybe cause flying Mulvihills folks simply switch engines lots K&Bs scores got large quickly midafternoon people dropped out Randy Archer modified Satellite 550 dethermal ized early sure max fifth flight finished fifth Rol switched K&B 21 triple-fin day fore stopped third place score 993 Sal Taibi took K&B-powered 600 bit further 1010 second Still flying Bob Mattes Mike Hallum Bob flying hot FAI-style model Mike flew Evil Ways Both kept waiting thermal Bob eighth Mike fifth Mike Fedor put 104 Model Aviation HandboOk 1 Handbook 2 Handbook 3 Handbook 4 IIOdO HARDWARE WORKING TURNBUCKLES RIGGING & CONTROL CABLE CONTROL HORNS eSTRUT FITTINGS K COCKPIT TRIM SHOCK CORD PULLEYS OINSTRUMENTHOUSINGS ntormatlutuataIoIAIjO S end 51 00 rocto ENT CORP PO BOX 9641 SAN DIEGOCA92109 p PEANUT PEDPLE J3 CUR OUALITY PEANUT SCALE KITS BS 1 RE 51111 HAIr IIAN IIIIt ElF IS SI F IIFIFFRS IIOOA S-Fl FL Ii IIFLIFI F 1115 IIS IIt\IIRIIIRII SPOKE 551 LOS Il/A 111 Fl SF Eli I/I IIIIFR COMPLETECACO TO FINE ACCESSOAIES CUt ANS CATALOG $1 PLANS FOR eUSRFR POWEREE MOtELS YOU CANT BET ANY LIGHTER SMALLER OR SIMPLER THAN THIS pulse commander quality American made rudder-only pulse proportional radio system offers lightest weight smallest size flute pack available Only 21 oz total airborne weight Baby system Rudder-only flying perfect way start R/C also provides relaxing changeof-pace experienced flyer units come completely wired tested guaranteed ni-cd batteries charger furnished flute pack Transmitter battery included Eveready No 276 9V dry battery equivalent required systems $75 complete Available 72080 72160 72240 72320 72400 72960 75640 531 532 533 534 535 MHz Ham license required 53 MHz frequencies BABY 10G75 Airborne weight21 oz 595 g 010 Pee Wee 020 planes up 36 span STANDARD 10676 Airborne weight31 oz 88 g Babe Bee slow flying Tee Dee 049 planes up 42 span BABY TWIN 10G75T STOMPER 10677 Airborne weight23 oz 652 g Airborne weight35 oz 992 g 020 slow flying 049 planes hot 049 slow flying iSahips up 40 span NOTE 27 72 MHz systems areavallable Baby 10G75 $7500 Baby Twin lOG 75T $7500 Standard 10G76 $7500 Stomper 10677 $7500 Plus send complete utalog __________ r Enclosed S1OO refunded NAIA5 first order Add S50 1st class mailAODRESS return add SliD handling other urderscifW A-i model up goat Hallum Fedor ended up releasing near Mattes A-l looked good Mattes launched quickly Hallum waited tad longer flew Bob gone little early made 134 Hallum made no-sweat max overran next flight left him fourth Mattes took first 1394 Note events except Pay load won VIT equipped models seniors some rigorous competi tion Andrew Barron won C D thirds B Mark Woodrey won second B third C William Carney won B second C D Real mixum-up competition Rocket power mixed big Mulvihill B Gas jobs Most fiz zers flew very well Ignition problems seemed kept minimum some HL Glider types powered 50-size engines using 150 Some people complained about being able test much due limited amount fuel Although event contested relative few performance still very good Bob Boyer setting new record Senior Chris Matsuno took Open Kevin Loeffier won Junior Overall competition very good winners earned rewards good hard flying would like win just what winners did fly powerful well-trimmed consistent model picking lift carefully model always flies thermal repeat necessary Editor Sounds easy Nats/Barnette continued page 52 windy model still relatively long motor run strategy combination Chris air-picking skill calmness under pressure worked Chris continued max perfect 1260 score Coupe next event Basically two strategies prevailed fly very early calm morning fly later thermally part day trying carefully pick good lift winners general finished before 10 am using models normally good 22 minutes traditional dead air Fred Pearce maxed out very quickly win again coveted NFFS Dick Black Award using Buggered Up Coupe design Jim Lewis model normally capa ble of2 minutes its 1-minute motor run suffered damp slack tissue came up two seconds short max first flight However flight four other maxes good second place general quality Coupe very good several people making four maxes rubber-disinterested soul would surely sense excitement Mulvi hill Mulvihill days before interest builds watch last day flights ever-increasing maxes well special thing year surprise watching Open battle between Mark Valerius 1342 Jim ORielly 1245 Joe Kubina Senior put old folks 1852 score barely missing 7-minute max eight seconds set dethermalizer 5 minutes help prevent losing model Joe set new record Mulvihill also won Coupe Senior Last years winner perennial Mulvi hill chaser George Perryman suffered indignity having Great Speckled Bird burn up Jim Lewis landed lake Rubber power isnt easy does have class SAM Champs/Bolton continued page 64 thank SAM making possible watch participate classic era reincarnated model aviation Special kudos favorite eight Brits showed up finest models thanks participants Mexico Canada good see Chester Lanzo Sal Taibi Leon Shulman Hank Struck meet presence lends spe cial aura happenings special treat watch Hank Struck fly ing original New Ruler competi November1978 105
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/11
Page Numbers: 50, 104, 105
FF PowerO Jerry Barnette nil AS THERE gas events might good start brief over view Several thoughts come mind Power top fliers engines really honked Most fliers overabundance power models small side size engine sense power events impressive general lift tricky thermals very small difficult centerand model did lite 788 Randys Satellite slightly higher aspect ratio stretched tail mo ment 26% stab auto stab lower pylon hyper-mean K&B Randy flew vertical power pattern text book tran sition After watching several flights Randys win came no surprise Grady Turner Bob Mattes using new design trends followed next Open Andrew Barron flew stock Sat ellite 788 win Senior Joe Slovacek howling-fast Holy Smoker place fourth Open Mixed among big C-ships wee 02-powered Payloads slowly fighting wind buzzing angrily lift lousy time folks got around flying Payload However Rudy Kluiber Rudy maxed outa real achievement Rudy stuck Harry Murphy design smoke plume some upwind rubbish burning others tried same ploy found unreliable Rudy pulled off three times next day Gas too suf fered treacherous afternoon lift con ditions well needed max out early before site relocation Jim Clem new Witch Hawk design going very well Rudy Kluiber displaced Jim out third place second As usual entrants field nearly deserted 130 pm However Gil bert Morris stayed through af ternoon win bumping Randy Archer modified Satellite 300 second C C Johnson design some interesting features round fu selage actually solid lightweight balsa wing-tips solid also shaped like hand-launched glider wing Wide boxed spar wing faired en gine other neat touches incorporated overall nice design Thursday Sound Fury FAI Power D Gas D Gas lot like C Gas Randy Archer switched K&B ContinuedonpagelO4 center thermal probably would max What would appear good lift times would inexplicably dis sipate before three minutes Thermal pick ing done mostly soap bubbles pig gybacking tricky frustrating truly challenging top fliers models went like trains same patterns flight An off-pattern flight small thermal conditions usually drew non-max score mixture old new de signs new designs tend incorporate VIT features high powered thinner wing sections higher aspect ratios streamlined older designs such 20-year-old Starduster Satellite showed could still very well es pecially great gobs power used However newer designs tended finish higher Category II gas-powered events got off good start C Gas Translated means K&B Schnuerle 40 event Without doubt class act event Randy Archer modified Satel 50 Model Aviation Handy Archers Satellite 788 going machine sensational climb Randy won Classes C D version high time Class 0 gaudy 1620 Modest dihedral Now like build meat Gil Morris flew nice design sizes winning 1/2A going build really build will course like Gil show off clear mylar covering Well named Jim Clems Crow Tom McLaughlan member last USA Wicked looking machine blasted aloft its team flew attractive FAI job No enFox Schnuerle 45 720 squares wing gine isnt broken crankshaft allows prop keep up Goes together quickly tOO streamline FAI accentuates brainstorming PLANS7 MAP range plans England largest compre hensive world Buya plans handbook find out yourself handbook contains full details of thousands plans prices plans available US agents listed handbooks Aeromodailing ModGi Boats Cars Modei Engineering Radio ControlAircraft mDdRI & Allied MAPPublicution5 Ltd Available USA Price $150 including postage Sales Office PO Box 35 Bridge Street Hemel Hempetead Herts HP1 lEE England PO BOX 2498AMA FeONEI71AI65-S67SIlAIAA2-R636 LA MESA CALIF N2SAt l/2A Profile Proto unanimous speed proposed dropped FAI since international event B speed proposed remain per existing rules B Proto B Profile Proto dropped Juniors Seniors agreed eliminate C speed after much discussion D Jet discussed remain Open events option Senior can fly against Open members wishes Formula 40 discussed length because Juniors complained prob lems hanging onto 40 model suggested agreed upon establish Formula 15 event Juniors meeting represented almost 90% active speed fliers six members Speed Advisory Commit tee plus Ron McNally CLCB Chairman present strongly endorse propo sals voted upon meeting Hempels Uptons have agreed abide rules effective January 1 1979 strongly urge everyone else sup port program betterment Speed NEW PROPOSED EVENTS 1/2A Speed FAI B Speed DSpeed Jet Speed.. F-40 JrSr x x x x x x X Opt X Opt x 15 Cu Junior Open x x x x x x Nats/Barnette continued page 50 41 for 40 788 turned max after max Randy ended 1620 good high time meet over ran tenth maxforgot look timer wasnt easy Randy Buckets Johnson flew once same thermal Randy eighth max Buckets fifth Randy landed 302 Buckets landed 303 minutes Close Buckets finally finished second using 1200 sq version FAI ship Luck ran hot cold Dick Smith Dick launched Satellite 1000 fourth max after long wait lift getting light DT fuse Satellite went OOS after 32 minutes Luckily landed golf course 12 miles away returned Luck turned poor again fifth flight just short seconds needed beat out Jim McNeill earned well deserved third place FAI Power started out fine fashion non-max magnif icent Rossis early morning worlds great sounds Everything did stay magnificent unfortunately Round three cost Hank Spence airplane timer jumped out Doug Joyce encountered stall prob lems round Four another bad scores Rol Anderson very impressive flying machine forgot hook up gadgetry DTd end engine run Al Bissonnette double overrun due broken brake brake problem caused timer malfunction allowing brake fire floodoff round five Tom McLaughlan dropped max loose pattern put model batch down air Buckets Johnson squeaked out max after popping DT 258 kept Buckets all-max group Dick Swenson Ron Young ran out good air 170 last round finishing third 315 pm flyoff set Swenson Rossi Young Cox Both waited quite awhile 15-minute flyoff period about half gone Dick fired up launched beautiful launch climb rollout Ron followed quick pursuit went over top low pullout Dick Swenson won McNeill Trophy 1978 Swensons flyoff strategy interest ing flyoff period mentally divided three 5-minute segments Ron flew during first five minutes Dick would immediately follow thought plane could outfly Rons same air Dick planned launch signs lift third five minutes middle time span regarded no mans land Bob Mattes another dropped max good enough fourth place Richard MacCleary recent FA Power fifth Gas sky full screamers mostly Rossis K&B 19s Small screamers cases quite few models less 400 square inches seldom larger 450 exception popular size Rol Andersons triple-fin K&B-powered model Basically scaled up FAI ship featured thru-pylon exhaust fuselage con struction similar Lars Olofsson no bulkheads tailboom about 600 squares wing Rol flew consistently picked air carefully Rol won Rol followed order Bill Jenkins Randy Kluiber Mark Heller Gilbert Morris last event B Gas seemed con tested vigor Maybe cause flying Mulvihills folks simply switch engines lots K&Bs scores got large quickly midafternoon people dropped out Randy Archer modified Satellite 550 dethermal ized early sure max fifth flight finished fifth Rol switched K&B 21 triple-fin day fore stopped third place score 993 Sal Taibi took K&B-powered 600 bit further 1010 second Still flying Bob Mattes Mike Hallum Bob flying hot FAI-style model Mike flew Evil Ways Both kept waiting thermal Bob eighth Mike fifth Mike Fedor put 104 Model Aviation HandboOk 1 Handbook 2 Handbook 3 Handbook 4 IIOdO HARDWARE WORKING TURNBUCKLES RIGGING & CONTROL CABLE CONTROL HORNS eSTRUT FITTINGS K COCKPIT TRIM SHOCK CORD PULLEYS OINSTRUMENTHOUSINGS ntormatlutuataIoIAIjO S end 51 00 rocto ENT CORP PO BOX 9641 SAN DIEGOCA92109 p PEANUT PEDPLE J3 CUR OUALITY PEANUT SCALE KITS BS 1 RE 51111 HAIr IIAN IIIIt ElF IS SI F IIFIFFRS IIOOA S-Fl FL Ii IIFLIFI F 1115 IIS IIt\IIRIIIRII SPOKE 551 LOS Il/A 111 Fl SF Eli I/I IIIIFR COMPLETECACO TO FINE ACCESSOAIES CUt ANS CATALOG $1 PLANS FOR eUSRFR POWEREE MOtELS YOU CANT BET ANY LIGHTER SMALLER OR SIMPLER THAN THIS pulse commander quality American made rudder-only pulse proportional radio system offers lightest weight smallest size flute pack available Only 21 oz total airborne weight Baby system Rudder-only flying perfect way start R/C also provides relaxing changeof-pace experienced flyer units come completely wired tested guaranteed ni-cd batteries charger furnished flute pack Transmitter battery included Eveready No 276 9V dry battery equivalent required systems $75 complete Available 72080 72160 72240 72320 72400 72960 75640 531 532 533 534 535 MHz Ham license required 53 MHz frequencies BABY 10G75 Airborne weight21 oz 595 g 010 Pee Wee 020 planes up 36 span STANDARD 10676 Airborne weight31 oz 88 g Babe Bee slow flying Tee Dee 049 planes up 42 span BABY TWIN 10G75T STOMPER 10677 Airborne weight23 oz 652 g Airborne weight35 oz 992 g 020 slow flying 049 planes hot 049 slow flying iSahips up 40 span NOTE 27 72 MHz systems areavallable Baby 10G75 $7500 Baby Twin lOG 75T $7500 Standard 10G76 $7500 Stomper 10677 $7500 Plus send complete utalog __________ r Enclosed S1OO refunded NAIA5 first order Add S50 1st class mailAODRESS return add SliD handling other urderscifW A-i model up goat Hallum Fedor ended up releasing near Mattes A-l looked good Mattes launched quickly Hallum waited tad longer flew Bob gone little early made 134 Hallum made no-sweat max overran next flight left him fourth Mattes took first 1394 Note events except Pay load won VIT equipped models seniors some rigorous competi tion Andrew Barron won C D thirds B Mark Woodrey won second B third C William Carney won B second C D Real mixum-up competition Rocket power mixed big Mulvihill B Gas jobs Most fiz zers flew very well Ignition problems seemed kept minimum some HL Glider types powered 50-size engines using 150 Some people complained about being able test much due limited amount fuel Although event contested relative few performance still very good Bob Boyer setting new record Senior Chris Matsuno took Open Kevin Loeffier won Junior Overall competition very good winners earned rewards good hard flying would like win just what winners did fly powerful well-trimmed consistent model picking lift carefully model always flies thermal repeat necessary Editor Sounds easy Nats/Barnette continued page 52 windy model still relatively long motor run strategy combination Chris air-picking skill calmness under pressure worked Chris continued max perfect 1260 score Coupe next event Basically two strategies prevailed fly very early calm morning fly later thermally part day trying carefully pick good lift winners general finished before 10 am using models normally good 22 minutes traditional dead air Fred Pearce maxed out very quickly win again coveted NFFS Dick Black Award using Buggered Up Coupe design Jim Lewis model normally capa ble of2 minutes its 1-minute motor run suffered damp slack tissue came up two seconds short max first flight However flight four other maxes good second place general quality Coupe very good several people making four maxes rubber-disinterested soul would surely sense excitement Mulvi hill Mulvihill days before interest builds watch last day flights ever-increasing maxes well special thing year surprise watching Open battle between Mark Valerius 1342 Jim ORielly 1245 Joe Kubina Senior put old folks 1852 score barely missing 7-minute max eight seconds set dethermalizer 5 minutes help prevent losing model Joe set new record Mulvihill also won Coupe Senior Last years winner perennial Mulvi hill chaser George Perryman suffered indignity having Great Speckled Bird burn up Jim Lewis landed lake Rubber power isnt easy does have class SAM Champs/Bolton continued page 64 thank SAM making possible watch participate classic era reincarnated model aviation Special kudos favorite eight Brits showed up finest models thanks participants Mexico Canada good see Chester Lanzo Sal Taibi Leon Shulman Hank Struck meet presence lends spe cial aura happenings special treat watch Hank Struck fly ing original New Ruler competi November1978 105
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/11
Page Numbers: 50, 104, 105
FF PowerO Jerry Barnette nil AS THERE gas events might good start brief over view Several thoughts come mind Power top fliers engines really honked Most fliers overabundance power models small side size engine sense power events impressive general lift tricky thermals very small difficult centerand model did lite 788 Randys Satellite slightly higher aspect ratio stretched tail mo ment 26% stab auto stab lower pylon hyper-mean K&B Randy flew vertical power pattern text book tran sition After watching several flights Randys win came no surprise Grady Turner Bob Mattes using new design trends followed next Open Andrew Barron flew stock Sat ellite 788 win Senior Joe Slovacek howling-fast Holy Smoker place fourth Open Mixed among big C-ships wee 02-powered Payloads slowly fighting wind buzzing angrily lift lousy time folks got around flying Payload However Rudy Kluiber Rudy maxed outa real achievement Rudy stuck Harry Murphy design smoke plume some upwind rubbish burning others tried same ploy found unreliable Rudy pulled off three times next day Gas too suf fered treacherous afternoon lift con ditions well needed max out early before site relocation Jim Clem new Witch Hawk design going very well Rudy Kluiber displaced Jim out third place second As usual entrants field nearly deserted 130 pm However Gil bert Morris stayed through af ternoon win bumping Randy Archer modified Satellite 300 second C C Johnson design some interesting features round fu selage actually solid lightweight balsa wing-tips solid also shaped like hand-launched glider wing Wide boxed spar wing faired en gine other neat touches incorporated overall nice design Thursday Sound Fury FAI Power D Gas D Gas lot like C Gas Randy Archer switched K&B ContinuedonpagelO4 center thermal probably would max What would appear good lift times would inexplicably dis sipate before three minutes Thermal pick ing done mostly soap bubbles pig gybacking tricky frustrating truly challenging top fliers models went like trains same patterns flight An off-pattern flight small thermal conditions usually drew non-max score mixture old new de signs new designs tend incorporate VIT features high powered thinner wing sections higher aspect ratios streamlined older designs such 20-year-old Starduster Satellite showed could still very well es pecially great gobs power used However newer designs tended finish higher Category II gas-powered events got off good start C Gas Translated means K&B Schnuerle 40 event Without doubt class act event Randy Archer modified Satel 50 Model Aviation Handy Archers Satellite 788 going machine sensational climb Randy won Classes C D version high time Class 0 gaudy 1620 Modest dihedral Now like build meat Gil Morris flew nice design sizes winning 1/2A going build really build will course like Gil show off clear mylar covering Well named Jim Clems Crow Tom McLaughlan member last USA Wicked looking machine blasted aloft its team flew attractive FAI job No enFox Schnuerle 45 720 squares wing gine isnt broken crankshaft allows prop keep up Goes together quickly tOO streamline FAI accentuates brainstorming PLANS7 MAP range plans England largest compre hensive world Buya plans handbook find out yourself handbook contains full details of thousands plans prices plans available US agents listed handbooks Aeromodailing ModGi Boats Cars Modei Engineering Radio ControlAircraft mDdRI & Allied MAPPublicution5 Ltd Available USA Price $150 including postage Sales Office PO Box 35 Bridge Street Hemel Hempetead Herts HP1 lEE England PO BOX 2498AMA FeONEI71AI65-S67SIlAIAA2-R636 LA MESA CALIF N2SAt l/2A Profile Proto unanimous speed proposed dropped FAI since international event B speed proposed remain per existing rules B Proto B Profile Proto dropped Juniors Seniors agreed eliminate C speed after much discussion D Jet discussed remain Open events option Senior can fly against Open members wishes Formula 40 discussed length because Juniors complained prob lems hanging onto 40 model suggested agreed upon establish Formula 15 event Juniors meeting represented almost 90% active speed fliers six members Speed Advisory Commit tee plus Ron McNally CLCB Chairman present strongly endorse propo sals voted upon meeting Hempels Uptons have agreed abide rules effective January 1 1979 strongly urge everyone else sup port program betterment Speed NEW PROPOSED EVENTS 1/2A Speed FAI B Speed DSpeed Jet Speed.. F-40 JrSr x x x x x x X Opt X Opt x 15 Cu Junior Open x x x x x x Nats/Barnette continued page 50 41 for 40 788 turned max after max Randy ended 1620 good high time meet over ran tenth maxforgot look timer wasnt easy Randy Buckets Johnson flew once same thermal Randy eighth max Buckets fifth Randy landed 302 Buckets landed 303 minutes Close Buckets finally finished second using 1200 sq version FAI ship Luck ran hot cold Dick Smith Dick launched Satellite 1000 fourth max after long wait lift getting light DT fuse Satellite went OOS after 32 minutes Luckily landed golf course 12 miles away returned Luck turned poor again fifth flight just short seconds needed beat out Jim McNeill earned well deserved third place FAI Power started out fine fashion non-max magnif icent Rossis early morning worlds great sounds Everything did stay magnificent unfortunately Round three cost Hank Spence airplane timer jumped out Doug Joyce encountered stall prob lems round Four another bad scores Rol Anderson very impressive flying machine forgot hook up gadgetry DTd end engine run Al Bissonnette double overrun due broken brake brake problem caused timer malfunction allowing brake fire floodoff round five Tom McLaughlan dropped max loose pattern put model batch down air Buckets Johnson squeaked out max after popping DT 258 kept Buckets all-max group Dick Swenson Ron Young ran out good air 170 last round finishing third 315 pm flyoff set Swenson Rossi Young Cox Both waited quite awhile 15-minute flyoff period about half gone Dick fired up launched beautiful launch climb rollout Ron followed quick pursuit went over top low pullout Dick Swenson won McNeill Trophy 1978 Swensons flyoff strategy interest ing flyoff period mentally divided three 5-minute segments Ron flew during first five minutes Dick would immediately follow thought plane could outfly Rons same air Dick planned launch signs lift third five minutes middle time span regarded no mans land Bob Mattes another dropped max good enough fourth place Richard MacCleary recent FA Power fifth Gas sky full screamers mostly Rossis K&B 19s Small screamers cases quite few models less 400 square inches seldom larger 450 exception popular size Rol Andersons triple-fin K&B-powered model Basically scaled up FAI ship featured thru-pylon exhaust fuselage con struction similar Lars Olofsson no bulkheads tailboom about 600 squares wing Rol flew consistently picked air carefully Rol won Rol followed order Bill Jenkins Randy Kluiber Mark Heller Gilbert Morris last event B Gas seemed con tested vigor Maybe cause flying Mulvihills folks simply switch engines lots K&Bs scores got large quickly midafternoon people dropped out Randy Archer modified Satellite 550 dethermal ized early sure max fifth flight finished fifth Rol switched K&B 21 triple-fin day fore stopped third place score 993 Sal Taibi took K&B-powered 600 bit further 1010 second Still flying Bob Mattes Mike Hallum Bob flying hot FAI-style model Mike flew Evil Ways Both kept waiting thermal Bob eighth Mike fifth Mike Fedor put 104 Model Aviation HandboOk 1 Handbook 2 Handbook 3 Handbook 4 IIOdO HARDWARE WORKING TURNBUCKLES RIGGING & CONTROL CABLE CONTROL HORNS eSTRUT FITTINGS K COCKPIT TRIM SHOCK CORD PULLEYS OINSTRUMENTHOUSINGS ntormatlutuataIoIAIjO S end 51 00 rocto ENT CORP PO BOX 9641 SAN DIEGOCA92109 p PEANUT PEDPLE J3 CUR OUALITY PEANUT SCALE KITS BS 1 RE 51111 HAIr IIAN IIIIt ElF IS SI F IIFIFFRS IIOOA S-Fl FL Ii IIFLIFI F 1115 IIS IIt\IIRIIIRII SPOKE 551 LOS Il/A 111 Fl SF Eli I/I IIIIFR COMPLETECACO TO FINE ACCESSOAIES CUt ANS CATALOG $1 PLANS FOR eUSRFR POWEREE MOtELS YOU CANT BET ANY LIGHTER SMALLER OR SIMPLER THAN THIS pulse commander quality American made rudder-only pulse proportional radio system offers lightest weight smallest size flute pack available Only 21 oz total airborne weight Baby system Rudder-only flying perfect way start R/C also provides relaxing changeof-pace experienced flyer units come completely wired tested guaranteed ni-cd batteries charger furnished flute pack Transmitter battery included Eveready No 276 9V dry battery equivalent required systems $75 complete Available 72080 72160 72240 72320 72400 72960 75640 531 532 533 534 535 MHz Ham license required 53 MHz frequencies BABY 10G75 Airborne weight21 oz 595 g 010 Pee Wee 020 planes up 36 span STANDARD 10676 Airborne weight31 oz 88 g Babe Bee slow flying Tee Dee 049 planes up 42 span BABY TWIN 10G75T STOMPER 10677 Airborne weight23 oz 652 g Airborne weight35 oz 992 g 020 slow flying 049 planes hot 049 slow flying iSahips up 40 span NOTE 27 72 MHz systems areavallable Baby 10G75 $7500 Baby Twin lOG 75T $7500 Standard 10G76 $7500 Stomper 10677 $7500 Plus send complete utalog __________ r Enclosed S1OO refunded NAIA5 first order Add S50 1st class mailAODRESS return add SliD handling other urderscifW A-i model up goat Hallum Fedor ended up releasing near Mattes A-l looked good Mattes launched quickly Hallum waited tad longer flew Bob gone little early made 134 Hallum made no-sweat max overran next flight left him fourth Mattes took first 1394 Note events except Pay load won VIT equipped models seniors some rigorous competi tion Andrew Barron won C D thirds B Mark Woodrey won second B third C William Carney won B second C D Real mixum-up competition Rocket power mixed big Mulvihill B Gas jobs Most fiz zers flew very well Ignition problems seemed kept minimum some HL Glider types powered 50-size engines using 150 Some people complained about being able test much due limited amount fuel Although event contested relative few performance still very good Bob Boyer setting new record Senior Chris Matsuno took Open Kevin Loeffier won Junior Overall competition very good winners earned rewards good hard flying would like win just what winners did fly powerful well-trimmed consistent model picking lift carefully model always flies thermal repeat necessary Editor Sounds easy Nats/Barnette continued page 52 windy model still relatively long motor run strategy combination Chris air-picking skill calmness under pressure worked Chris continued max perfect 1260 score Coupe next event Basically two strategies prevailed fly very early calm morning fly later thermally part day trying carefully pick good lift winners general finished before 10 am using models normally good 22 minutes traditional dead air Fred Pearce maxed out very quickly win again coveted NFFS Dick Black Award using Buggered Up Coupe design Jim Lewis model normally capa ble of2 minutes its 1-minute motor run suffered damp slack tissue came up two seconds short max first flight However flight four other maxes good second place general quality Coupe very good several people making four maxes rubber-disinterested soul would surely sense excitement Mulvi hill Mulvihill days before interest builds watch last day flights ever-increasing maxes well special thing year surprise watching Open battle between Mark Valerius 1342 Jim ORielly 1245 Joe Kubina Senior put old folks 1852 score barely missing 7-minute max eight seconds set dethermalizer 5 minutes help prevent losing model Joe set new record Mulvihill also won Coupe Senior Last years winner perennial Mulvi hill chaser George Perryman suffered indignity having Great Speckled Bird burn up Jim Lewis landed lake Rubber power isnt easy does have class SAM Champs/Bolton continued page 64 thank SAM making possible watch participate classic era reincarnated model aviation Special kudos favorite eight Brits showed up finest models thanks participants Mexico Canada good see Chester Lanzo Sal Taibi Leon Shulman Hank Struck meet presence lends spe cial aura happenings special treat watch Hank Struck fly ing original New Ruler competi November1978 105