FF Scale OutdoorIJ Jerry Barnette -73 THE 1978 National Model Airplane Championships good contest folks seemed have fun free flight scale group shouldve First off Rubber Scale As usual morning spent trimming models Trimming itself enjoyable time seeing models gradually flying better better longer longer Some folks trim ming/retrimming others Allan Schanzle rebuilt entire nose section wing associated odds ends Chambermaid Allan also flew Chambermaid Indoor Scale finally got everything stuck back gether Hot Stuff microballoons proceeded change entirely original trim arrangement worked well enough Allan earn sec ond place barely squeezing out Tom Starks Wittman Tailwind just 007 points hallmark Rubber Scale beautiful graceful flying Don Srulls Schleep C-3605 Swiss target tug excellent example such flying Dons first place winner combination fine workmanship good detail excellent fly ing subject well suited rubber scale modeling Dons model also largest accused some camouflaged Wakefield average flight times Continued page 106 54 Model Aviation shot heard around world Mike Fedor won Outdoor Peanut 02-powered B-70 Valky ne high score controversy lots fun hadnt noticed Rules dont say rubber Bill Langley won Junior Rubber man Tailwind Steve Wittman provided doc umentation Dad also flew Open Class vvaies i nomas naa gear trouble pleasant looking rubber-scale Smith Termite won second Peanut out-of-sight flight Swiss target tug Schlepp C-3605 beautifully built flown Don Snull won well-deserved first Rubber Scale Don also highpoint winner Flying Aces Scale Model Netswith odd crates Dan lsaacks gets help dad og proper launch angle Fike Peanut Dan first Junior window good flight Magnificent Curtiss Robin earned Ron nouurIa mu nignesi siaxic score Gas Scale excellently detailed ship powered diesel tion Wonderful Oh yes free flight participation taled out respectable 90 individuals Apparently rule change deleting glo engines didnt exert quite negative impact anticipated Surprisingly very few ignition conversions evidence yet engines legal competition certainly provide good stable performance avail able See Salt Lake City 79 Nats/Barnette continued page 53 HLG win years US Free Flight Champs Texas Dick Mathis Larry McFarland Mike Hallum beat California Steve Geraghty Bob Boyer David Turgeon 185 seconds re gain quasi-perpetual Texas-California HLG Challenge Trophy Captain Steves id rather fly RC Texas Hand Launch Glider Team poster appar ently failed rally California troops enough provided needed impetus Texans both Grady Turner finishing second Open other person max out Rudy Klubier third close 340 Mike Clem won Junior Friday A-2 Nordic day start delayed until 9 am due site change Again very small Pitifully small quote frustrated flier thermals challenge/nemesis early part day Later day lift better breeze died air became super hot humid first round saw respectable num ber maxes plus some very close ones Dale Segle second Bob Issacson last years fly-off missed max 01 sec ond Bob Klipp noticed DT-timer set less three minutes Rather take time reset timer Bob gambled would high enough DTd would still max Almost Bob did fact DT early touched down 177 Bob went score six straight maxes second place missed forcing flyoff Lewis same three seconds good day Don Chancey designs Klipp flew Poacher Jim Lewis modified Hyperion V Jims Hy perion second A-2 first Poacher Jim worked hard well deserved win circle-towing upwind pick own air round Jim running couple miles evening keep shape event Louisiana heat humidity almost too much Jim spent half hour air conditioning prior last round regain composure Lucky did towed monster downer last round eventu ally ending up long way downwind before releasing max complete perfect score After Lewis Klipp came Herb Mieras first three Seniors top seven places followed Jon Watson sixth Andrew Barron seventh Seniors tough competition Nats/Barnette continued page 54 over minute Rolfe Gregorys nicely detailed Heinkel He-lOOD took fifth place help DC Maxecuters dominate event first sec ond fifth Rolfe also placed fifth Indoor same Flyline kit Tailwinds popular addition Tom Starks Bill Langleys flew identical red ones elder Bill seventh Open younger Bill first Junior Senior closely contested Nick Decarlis Fike Guy Larsen Miles Sparrowhawk Nick Decarlis eventually winning three outdoor scale events Gas Scale sort misnomer widespread use electric first Open CO2 first second Senior fourth fifth Open diesels second Open followed next day Again early morning trimming first order business models brand new However new models cantankerous ones Ron Robertis beautiful blue sil ver Curtiss Robin earned high est static score has around awhile 106 Model Aviation Please send me.......... copies new fourth edition Radio Control Buyers Guide Enclosed $600 copy ordered $525 Guide plus $75 postage & handling Total Enclosed ___________ anada City State ZIP Return Boynton & Assoc Clifton House Clifton VA 22024 Bob Boyer Bob did outstanding job making five maxes plus higher score second 76 seventh 77 starting problems engine run since 77 Nats starting problem impacted Robins flight score allowing Tom Starks very realistic Fokker T-2 earn top total score Editor Toms article plan subject appeared August 1977 issue also won Nationals event 1976 Tom decided use electric motor event relatively low power avail able limited choice model subject Tom figured transport long dis tance aircraft would suitable didnt want rubber-powered-looking model finalize T-2 choice Tom mentioned thought Fokker looked kind neat complete documentation available Smithsonian actual aircraft hangs National Air Space Museum Quite few kits entered did quite well including second third places Flylines Curtiss Robin Kinner Sportster Stearman C3B Jetcos Cessna 170 flew nicely should noted event good flights really paid oft quite few higher static scoring models beaten end better flying models Outdoor Peanut ended free flight scale contest started new rules controversy furor centered around Mike Fedors winning model Cox 02powered B-70 Valkyrie Note however B-70 did score highest static score after being docked points pusher prop properly trimmed flight did break rule con troversy over lack rule Mike break Peanut rules discuss limit infer define propulsion way things began general like other daystrimming testing time Wales Thomas flying Fike put model nice thermal out sight 269 seconds static score 62 gave Wales healthy score 331 Wales incidentally just returning contests after 38 years Fedors first flight good 80 sec onds using standard Pee Wee fuel tank However second flight Mike stuffed pacifier full fuel Valkyries en gine inlets hooked up launched flight went 0OS 236 seconds out sight could still hear engine running flight 33 seconds less Fike B-70 bonus factor due model being judged mid-wing design final scoring Valkyrie337 Overall Free Flight Scale events could described having very competitors quality models flying excellent scale folks fun Nats/Tenny continued page 55 Step ALLEY KAT Featuring built-up wing sport pattern fun fly design will make ideal aileron trainer yet capable per forming Novice Ad vanced patterns 40 54 span 600 sq area 35-46 engine Wt 5A-6 lbs Suggested RetaiL $5895 Ron TIGER TAIL III Chidgey designed en closed tuned pipe Features Glass fuselage precision cut foam wing stab cores pre-cut plywood injparts ailerons & specialhardware sq Length 55 Suggested retail$8995 Span 67 Engine 61 Area 740 BOOTLEGGER Steve Helms designed enclosed tuned pipe Features glass fuselage precision cut foam wing stab cores pre-cut plywood parts ail erons & special hardware Span 66 Engine 61 Area 720 sq Suggested Retail$8995 CORDLESS STARTER BATTERY PACK Fits electric starters Contains heavy duty GE Nicads Ends dangerous dangling cords Hundreds starts per charge $39 95 Charger $8 95 4 SOUTHERN * RETRACTABLE LANDING GEAR Contest proven design Ron Chidgey features positive up & down locks Low friction servo operation 3 gear set $5995 2 gear set $3695 Nose Gear $2300 R/C PRODUCTS INC RT 3- BOX 47 NIMS LANE PENSACOLA FL 32503 PHONE 904 477-3974 took fancy number con testants long-time contest partici pants themselves appreciated ap plause added new dimension sel dom noted model airplane contests especially indoor held US Burton Coliseum two drawbacks contestants quite high hu midity seems normal Lake Charles judging three years ac tivity dirt floor Perhaps dirt floor less handicap scale fliers traditional indoor events since certainly hard wood concrete writing advertisers mention read about MA untrimmed model pranged lighter models covered Japanese tissue used little no dope suffered bad case wrinkles caused very damp air Only fliers previously trimmed models know what performance should would know prunes look seemed have very little models performance really impressive thing about scale models flown year high degree workmanship considerable scale detail models picked up almost seems float out hand no mystery such models flew wellwhich another surprise November1978 107 great appreciators clapped time again flights which
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/11
Page Numbers: 54, 106, 107
FF Scale OutdoorIJ Jerry Barnette -73 THE 1978 National Model Airplane Championships good contest folks seemed have fun free flight scale group shouldve First off Rubber Scale As usual morning spent trimming models Trimming itself enjoyable time seeing models gradually flying better better longer longer Some folks trim ming/retrimming others Allan Schanzle rebuilt entire nose section wing associated odds ends Chambermaid Allan also flew Chambermaid Indoor Scale finally got everything stuck back gether Hot Stuff microballoons proceeded change entirely original trim arrangement worked well enough Allan earn sec ond place barely squeezing out Tom Starks Wittman Tailwind just 007 points hallmark Rubber Scale beautiful graceful flying Don Srulls Schleep C-3605 Swiss target tug excellent example such flying Dons first place winner combination fine workmanship good detail excellent fly ing subject well suited rubber scale modeling Dons model also largest accused some camouflaged Wakefield average flight times Continued page 106 54 Model Aviation shot heard around world Mike Fedor won Outdoor Peanut 02-powered B-70 Valky ne high score controversy lots fun hadnt noticed Rules dont say rubber Bill Langley won Junior Rubber man Tailwind Steve Wittman provided doc umentation Dad also flew Open Class vvaies i nomas naa gear trouble pleasant looking rubber-scale Smith Termite won second Peanut out-of-sight flight Swiss target tug Schlepp C-3605 beautifully built flown Don Snull won well-deserved first Rubber Scale Don also highpoint winner Flying Aces Scale Model Netswith odd crates Dan lsaacks gets help dad og proper launch angle Fike Peanut Dan first Junior window good flight Magnificent Curtiss Robin earned Ron nouurIa mu nignesi siaxic score Gas Scale excellently detailed ship powered diesel tion Wonderful Oh yes free flight participation taled out respectable 90 individuals Apparently rule change deleting glo engines didnt exert quite negative impact anticipated Surprisingly very few ignition conversions evidence yet engines legal competition certainly provide good stable performance avail able See Salt Lake City 79 Nats/Barnette continued page 53 HLG win years US Free Flight Champs Texas Dick Mathis Larry McFarland Mike Hallum beat California Steve Geraghty Bob Boyer David Turgeon 185 seconds re gain quasi-perpetual Texas-California HLG Challenge Trophy Captain Steves id rather fly RC Texas Hand Launch Glider Team poster appar ently failed rally California troops enough provided needed impetus Texans both Grady Turner finishing second Open other person max out Rudy Klubier third close 340 Mike Clem won Junior Friday A-2 Nordic day start delayed until 9 am due site change Again very small Pitifully small quote frustrated flier thermals challenge/nemesis early part day Later day lift better breeze died air became super hot humid first round saw respectable num ber maxes plus some very close ones Dale Segle second Bob Issacson last years fly-off missed max 01 sec ond Bob Klipp noticed DT-timer set less three minutes Rather take time reset timer Bob gambled would high enough DTd would still max Almost Bob did fact DT early touched down 177 Bob went score six straight maxes second place missed forcing flyoff Lewis same three seconds good day Don Chancey designs Klipp flew Poacher Jim Lewis modified Hyperion V Jims Hy perion second A-2 first Poacher Jim worked hard well deserved win circle-towing upwind pick own air round Jim running couple miles evening keep shape event Louisiana heat humidity almost too much Jim spent half hour air conditioning prior last round regain composure Lucky did towed monster downer last round eventu ally ending up long way downwind before releasing max complete perfect score After Lewis Klipp came Herb Mieras first three Seniors top seven places followed Jon Watson sixth Andrew Barron seventh Seniors tough competition Nats/Barnette continued page 54 over minute Rolfe Gregorys nicely detailed Heinkel He-lOOD took fifth place help DC Maxecuters dominate event first sec ond fifth Rolfe also placed fifth Indoor same Flyline kit Tailwinds popular addition Tom Starks Bill Langleys flew identical red ones elder Bill seventh Open younger Bill first Junior Senior closely contested Nick Decarlis Fike Guy Larsen Miles Sparrowhawk Nick Decarlis eventually winning three outdoor scale events Gas Scale sort misnomer widespread use electric first Open CO2 first second Senior fourth fifth Open diesels second Open followed next day Again early morning trimming first order business models brand new However new models cantankerous ones Ron Robertis beautiful blue sil ver Curtiss Robin earned high est static score has around awhile 106 Model Aviation Please send me.......... copies new fourth edition Radio Control Buyers Guide Enclosed $600 copy ordered $525 Guide plus $75 postage & handling Total Enclosed ___________ anada City State ZIP Return Boynton & Assoc Clifton House Clifton VA 22024 Bob Boyer Bob did outstanding job making five maxes plus higher score second 76 seventh 77 starting problems engine run since 77 Nats starting problem impacted Robins flight score allowing Tom Starks very realistic Fokker T-2 earn top total score Editor Toms article plan subject appeared August 1977 issue also won Nationals event 1976 Tom decided use electric motor event relatively low power avail able limited choice model subject Tom figured transport long dis tance aircraft would suitable didnt want rubber-powered-looking model finalize T-2 choice Tom mentioned thought Fokker looked kind neat complete documentation available Smithsonian actual aircraft hangs National Air Space Museum Quite few kits entered did quite well including second third places Flylines Curtiss Robin Kinner Sportster Stearman C3B Jetcos Cessna 170 flew nicely should noted event good flights really paid oft quite few higher static scoring models beaten end better flying models Outdoor Peanut ended free flight scale contest started new rules controversy furor centered around Mike Fedors winning model Cox 02powered B-70 Valkyrie Note however B-70 did score highest static score after being docked points pusher prop properly trimmed flight did break rule con troversy over lack rule Mike break Peanut rules discuss limit infer define propulsion way things began general like other daystrimming testing time Wales Thomas flying Fike put model nice thermal out sight 269 seconds static score 62 gave Wales healthy score 331 Wales incidentally just returning contests after 38 years Fedors first flight good 80 sec onds using standard Pee Wee fuel tank However second flight Mike stuffed pacifier full fuel Valkyries en gine inlets hooked up launched flight went 0OS 236 seconds out sight could still hear engine running flight 33 seconds less Fike B-70 bonus factor due model being judged mid-wing design final scoring Valkyrie337 Overall Free Flight Scale events could described having very competitors quality models flying excellent scale folks fun Nats/Tenny continued page 55 Step ALLEY KAT Featuring built-up wing sport pattern fun fly design will make ideal aileron trainer yet capable per forming Novice Ad vanced patterns 40 54 span 600 sq area 35-46 engine Wt 5A-6 lbs Suggested RetaiL $5895 Ron TIGER TAIL III Chidgey designed en closed tuned pipe Features Glass fuselage precision cut foam wing stab cores pre-cut plywood injparts ailerons & specialhardware sq Length 55 Suggested retail$8995 Span 67 Engine 61 Area 740 BOOTLEGGER Steve Helms designed enclosed tuned pipe Features glass fuselage precision cut foam wing stab cores pre-cut plywood parts ail erons & special hardware Span 66 Engine 61 Area 720 sq Suggested Retail$8995 CORDLESS STARTER BATTERY PACK Fits electric starters Contains heavy duty GE Nicads Ends dangerous dangling cords Hundreds starts per charge $39 95 Charger $8 95 4 SOUTHERN * RETRACTABLE LANDING GEAR Contest proven design Ron Chidgey features positive up & down locks Low friction servo operation 3 gear set $5995 2 gear set $3695 Nose Gear $2300 R/C PRODUCTS INC RT 3- BOX 47 NIMS LANE PENSACOLA FL 32503 PHONE 904 477-3974 took fancy number con testants long-time contest partici pants themselves appreciated ap plause added new dimension sel dom noted model airplane contests especially indoor held US Burton Coliseum two drawbacks contestants quite high hu midity seems normal Lake Charles judging three years ac tivity dirt floor Perhaps dirt floor less handicap scale fliers traditional indoor events since certainly hard wood concrete writing advertisers mention read about MA untrimmed model pranged lighter models covered Japanese tissue used little no dope suffered bad case wrinkles caused very damp air Only fliers previously trimmed models know what performance should would know prunes look seemed have very little models performance really impressive thing about scale models flown year high degree workmanship considerable scale detail models picked up almost seems float out hand no mystery such models flew wellwhich another surprise November1978 107 great appreciators clapped time again flights which
Edition: Model Aviation - 1978/11
Page Numbers: 54, 106, 107
FF Scale OutdoorIJ Jerry Barnette -73 THE 1978 National Model Airplane Championships good contest folks seemed have fun free flight scale group shouldve First off Rubber Scale As usual morning spent trimming models Trimming itself enjoyable time seeing models gradually flying better better longer longer Some folks trim ming/retrimming others Allan Schanzle rebuilt entire nose section wing associated odds ends Chambermaid Allan also flew Chambermaid Indoor Scale finally got everything stuck back gether Hot Stuff microballoons proceeded change entirely original trim arrangement worked well enough Allan earn sec ond place barely squeezing out Tom Starks Wittman Tailwind just 007 points hallmark Rubber Scale beautiful graceful flying Don Srulls Schleep C-3605 Swiss target tug excellent example such flying Dons first place winner combination fine workmanship good detail excellent fly ing subject well suited rubber scale modeling Dons model also largest accused some camouflaged Wakefield average flight times Continued page 106 54 Model Aviation shot heard around world Mike Fedor won Outdoor Peanut 02-powered B-70 Valky ne high score controversy lots fun hadnt noticed Rules dont say rubber Bill Langley won Junior Rubber man Tailwind Steve Wittman provided doc umentation Dad also flew Open Class vvaies i nomas naa gear trouble pleasant looking rubber-scale Smith Termite won second Peanut out-of-sight flight Swiss target tug Schlepp C-3605 beautifully built flown Don Snull won well-deserved first Rubber Scale Don also highpoint winner Flying Aces Scale Model Netswith odd crates Dan lsaacks gets help dad og proper launch angle Fike Peanut Dan first Junior window good flight Magnificent Curtiss Robin earned Ron nouurIa mu nignesi siaxic score Gas Scale excellently detailed ship powered diesel tion Wonderful Oh yes free flight participation taled out respectable 90 individuals Apparently rule change deleting glo engines didnt exert quite negative impact anticipated Surprisingly very few ignition conversions evidence yet engines legal competition certainly provide good stable performance avail able See Salt Lake City 79 Nats/Barnette continued page 53 HLG win years US Free Flight Champs Texas Dick Mathis Larry McFarland Mike Hallum beat California Steve Geraghty Bob Boyer David Turgeon 185 seconds re gain quasi-perpetual Texas-California HLG Challenge Trophy Captain Steves id rather fly RC Texas Hand Launch Glider Team poster appar ently failed rally California troops enough provided needed impetus Texans both Grady Turner finishing second Open other person max out Rudy Klubier third close 340 Mike Clem won Junior Friday A-2 Nordic day start delayed until 9 am due site change Again very small Pitifully small quote frustrated flier thermals challenge/nemesis early part day Later day lift better breeze died air became super hot humid first round saw respectable num ber maxes plus some very close ones Dale Segle second Bob Issacson last years fly-off missed max 01 sec ond Bob Klipp noticed DT-timer set less three minutes Rather take time reset timer Bob gambled would high enough DTd would still max Almost Bob did fact DT early touched down 177 Bob went score six straight maxes second place missed forcing flyoff Lewis same three seconds good day Don Chancey designs Klipp flew Poacher Jim Lewis modified Hyperion V Jims Hy perion second A-2 first Poacher Jim worked hard well deserved win circle-towing upwind pick own air round Jim running couple miles evening keep shape event Louisiana heat humidity almost too much Jim spent half hour air conditioning prior last round regain composure Lucky did towed monster downer last round eventu ally ending up long way downwind before releasing max complete perfect score After Lewis Klipp came Herb Mieras first three Seniors top seven places followed Jon Watson sixth Andrew Barron seventh Seniors tough competition Nats/Barnette continued page 54 over minute Rolfe Gregorys nicely detailed Heinkel He-lOOD took fifth place help DC Maxecuters dominate event first sec ond fifth Rolfe also placed fifth Indoor same Flyline kit Tailwinds popular addition Tom Starks Bill Langleys flew identical red ones elder Bill seventh Open younger Bill first Junior Senior closely contested Nick Decarlis Fike Guy Larsen Miles Sparrowhawk Nick Decarlis eventually winning three outdoor scale events Gas Scale sort misnomer widespread use electric first Open CO2 first second Senior fourth fifth Open diesels second Open followed next day Again early morning trimming first order business models brand new However new models cantankerous ones Ron Robertis beautiful blue sil ver Curtiss Robin earned high est static score has around awhile 106 Model Aviation Please send me.......... copies new fourth edition Radio Control Buyers Guide Enclosed $600 copy ordered $525 Guide plus $75 postage & handling Total Enclosed ___________ anada City State ZIP Return Boynton & Assoc Clifton House Clifton VA 22024 Bob Boyer Bob did outstanding job making five maxes plus higher score second 76 seventh 77 starting problems engine run since 77 Nats starting problem impacted Robins flight score allowing Tom Starks very realistic Fokker T-2 earn top total score Editor Toms article plan subject appeared August 1977 issue also won Nationals event 1976 Tom decided use electric motor event relatively low power avail able limited choice model subject Tom figured transport long dis tance aircraft would suitable didnt want rubber-powered-looking model finalize T-2 choice Tom mentioned thought Fokker looked kind neat complete documentation available Smithsonian actual aircraft hangs National Air Space Museum Quite few kits entered did quite well including second third places Flylines Curtiss Robin Kinner Sportster Stearman C3B Jetcos Cessna 170 flew nicely should noted event good flights really paid oft quite few higher static scoring models beaten end better flying models Outdoor Peanut ended free flight scale contest started new rules controversy furor centered around Mike Fedors winning model Cox 02powered B-70 Valkyrie Note however B-70 did score highest static score after being docked points pusher prop properly trimmed flight did break rule con troversy over lack rule Mike break Peanut rules discuss limit infer define propulsion way things began general like other daystrimming testing time Wales Thomas flying Fike put model nice thermal out sight 269 seconds static score 62 gave Wales healthy score 331 Wales incidentally just returning contests after 38 years Fedors first flight good 80 sec onds using standard Pee Wee fuel tank However second flight Mike stuffed pacifier full fuel Valkyries en gine inlets hooked up launched flight went 0OS 236 seconds out sight could still hear engine running flight 33 seconds less Fike B-70 bonus factor due model being judged mid-wing design final scoring Valkyrie337 Overall Free Flight Scale events could described having very competitors quality models flying excellent scale folks fun Nats/Tenny continued page 55 Step ALLEY KAT Featuring built-up wing sport pattern fun fly design will make ideal aileron trainer yet capable per forming Novice Ad vanced patterns 40 54 span 600 sq area 35-46 engine Wt 5A-6 lbs Suggested RetaiL $5895 Ron TIGER TAIL III Chidgey designed en closed tuned pipe Features Glass fuselage precision cut foam wing stab cores pre-cut plywood injparts ailerons & specialhardware sq Length 55 Suggested retail$8995 Span 67 Engine 61 Area 740 BOOTLEGGER Steve Helms designed enclosed tuned pipe Features glass fuselage precision cut foam wing stab cores pre-cut plywood parts ail erons & special hardware Span 66 Engine 61 Area 720 sq Suggested Retail$8995 CORDLESS STARTER BATTERY PACK Fits electric starters Contains heavy duty GE Nicads Ends dangerous dangling cords Hundreds starts per charge $39 95 Charger $8 95 4 SOUTHERN * RETRACTABLE LANDING GEAR Contest proven design Ron Chidgey features positive up & down locks Low friction servo operation 3 gear set $5995 2 gear set $3695 Nose Gear $2300 R/C PRODUCTS INC RT 3- BOX 47 NIMS LANE PENSACOLA FL 32503 PHONE 904 477-3974 took fancy number con testants long-time contest partici pants themselves appreciated ap plause added new dimension sel dom noted model airplane contests especially indoor held US Burton Coliseum two drawbacks contestants quite high hu midity seems normal Lake Charles judging three years ac tivity dirt floor Perhaps dirt floor less handicap scale fliers traditional indoor events since certainly hard wood concrete writing advertisers mention read about MA untrimmed model pranged lighter models covered Japanese tissue used little no dope suffered bad case wrinkles caused very damp air Only fliers previously trimmed models know what performance should would know prunes look seemed have very little models performance really impressive thing about scale models flown year high degree workmanship considerable scale detail models picked up almost seems float out hand no mystery such models flew wellwhich another surprise November1978 107 great appreciators clapped time again flights which