L ILL V E D IO CONTROL Ron Van Putte 111 Sleepy Oaks Rd Ft Walton Beach FL 32548 NOW first few contests year history has become apparent some changes necessary shouldnt really surprising went set maneuver schedules mostly nontumaround format new set mostly turnaround format bound some problems first try rules change procedures will take care changes eventually Unfortunately will almost two years until effects will felt Most changes should made involve Advanced class Now no Expert class between Advanced Master difference difficulty maneuver schedules classes enormous virtually contest year have heard Advanced class fliers say two things sometimes both first Advanced maneuver schedule too easy second jump Master going tough Since plan Master class inherit FAI maneuver schedule being phased out Master class schedule will continue tough So can plan known obstacle would-be Master class flier ways ease transition between Advanced Master way Ive considered try get Expert class inserted between Advanced Master Expert Class maneuver schedule could halfway size complexity between Advanced Master done virtually no changes Advanced would necessary aside changing couple maneuvers tighten up schedules difficulty bit thought about what such schedule change would contestant population normal contests What biggest class right now No contest hereits Advanced Advanced competitors now outnumber Sportsman contestants former bigpopulation event What would happen addition Expert class Advanced class would probably go through two-to-one split two-thirds going Advanced one-third going Expert So instead 15 Advanced contestants 50-contestant contest youd have 10 Advanced five Expert class fliers people Expert would have hard time earning way out class few competitors addition sponsoring club would have Expert trophies buy no extra income entry fee revenues can big factor clubs contest budget short dont think adding Expert class good idea So what Advanced maneuver schedule provide better transition propose add maneu vers number maneuvers total K-factor would halfway tween Sportsman Master However before done minor changes Sportsman maneuver schedule should made Currently Sportsman fliers have three sets three maneuvers must done turnaround box last maneuver before landing Three Horizontal Rolls downwind maneuver think turnaround maneuver should added after rolls followed upwind maneuver maneuver schedule would have four sets three maneuvers must done box end upwind heading would allow gear check downwind 1 80 turn landing extra two maneuvers wouldnt take time since Sportsman class fliers perform gear check pass after rolls anyway What should two extra maneuvers about One-half Cuban 8 Square Loop additions Sportsman maneuver schedule would have 14 maneuvers combined K-factor 25 Lets take look Master class maneuver schedule has 23 maneuvers combined K-factor 66 No wonder Advanced class fliers look jump Master such trepidation maneuver schedule has 15 maneuvers combined K-factor 31 subtract Takeoff Landing K-factors Sportsman Advanced Master average K-factor per maneuver 200 223 305 respectively Thats large leap difficulty Advanced Master after baby step up Sportsman What need get number maneuvers Advanced up about 19 average K-factor per airborne maneuver above 24 Square Loop changed Avalanche added four maneuvers Top Hat 1/4 rolls Triangle Rolling Everette Carpenter Franklin Tennessee sports familiar word license plate Charles Castaing New Iberia LA has beautiful Porsche Tony Tiger sounding license plate Left Wendell Dietz Baton Rouge LA doing well contest season SL-1 Right Mike Hayden Baton Rouge LA won Most Outstanding Aircraft award Coon-Ass Nationals Lafayette Louisiana Desire 60 Model Aviation Loop Half Square Loop 1/2 Roll Vertical Three-Turn Spin average K-factor per airborne maneuver would 241 What three added maneuvers give some experience snap maneuver wind-correction maneuver straight vertical turnaround maneuver spin types maneuvers currently Master class maneuver schedule 19 maneuvers combined K-factor 43 would provide tolerable transition both Advanced imagine various suggestions level field between two-cycle engines four-cycle engines giving bonus fliers two-cycle engines penalty fliers four-cycle engines about result some healthy confrontations Ive already few discussions fourcycle pilots Mostly claim no advantage flying four-cycle engine dont see reason bonus penalty other response has So fly expensive four-cycle engine louder heavier vibrates its two-cycle counterpart theres no advantage using Consequently proposal Im currently considering five-percent scoring penalty fliers use four-cycle engines displacement over 091 cubic inches believe would provide propulsion parity Arnold Engineering Development Center everyone Please let hear 10 miles away Both pro con will get fair coverage Tullahoma plan stop see Jim new operation during next test knows may pick up another kit probably guess Ill submit rules change proposals changes hope feel strongly enough about subject make opinions known respective RC Aerobatics Contest Board member Look name address Competition Directory included Focus Competition section become part rules change process Have heard R/C City has moved Jim Graham took whole operation employees moved industrial section raging metropolis Tullahoma Tennessee Tullahoma look about halfway between Nashville Chattanooga youll find Tullahoma Apparently Jim got good deal hed hardly have moved way California Tennessee know RIC City Jim Graham know hes done Pattern competitors great service providing wide range Pattern airplane kits reasonable prices Just take look flight line next contest see R/C City kit airplanes R/C City move will nice because lot wind tunnel testing Serious Horsepower11 0S ST YS Rossi & Webra Parts Service Custom Engines Accessories Dave Shadel Performance Specialties j t / $10Ofor fully illustrated catalog Available VS Long & Short Stroke 06 Long Stroke 0S 6IFSR 05 40 VRP/VF 0S 91 VRDF STX-40 Rassi 40 coming soon information Call 702 265-7523 Hours 10am 5 pm Monday Thursday PO Box 3146 nerville NV 89410 September 1992 61 * CARBON FIBER/EPOXY SHEET 003 TO 056 THICK RED CUSTOM LAVUPS AVAILABLE *TUBES 11/8 AND 11/4 ID THINWALL 62 X 30 X 40 TAILOOM *MAT 5 OZ/SO YD RANDOM FIBERS *TOW 160000 DRY FIBERS *YARN 01 OD 2 TWISTED THREADS *ROD 07 TO 25 SOLID AND HOLLOW *TOWLINE 30 50 80 LB YELLOW MONOFILAMENT iob L BRAIDED KEVLAR *OTHER MODELING SUPPLIES SEND SASE FOR INFORMATION TO BRADLEY MODEL PRODUCTS 1337 PINE SAP CT ORLANDO FL 32825 40fl 277-9132 EVENINGS
Edition: Model Aviation - 1992/09
Page Numbers: 60, 61
L ILL V E D IO CONTROL Ron Van Putte 111 Sleepy Oaks Rd Ft Walton Beach FL 32548 NOW first few contests year history has become apparent some changes necessary shouldnt really surprising went set maneuver schedules mostly nontumaround format new set mostly turnaround format bound some problems first try rules change procedures will take care changes eventually Unfortunately will almost two years until effects will felt Most changes should made involve Advanced class Now no Expert class between Advanced Master difference difficulty maneuver schedules classes enormous virtually contest year have heard Advanced class fliers say two things sometimes both first Advanced maneuver schedule too easy second jump Master going tough Since plan Master class inherit FAI maneuver schedule being phased out Master class schedule will continue tough So can plan known obstacle would-be Master class flier ways ease transition between Advanced Master way Ive considered try get Expert class inserted between Advanced Master Expert Class maneuver schedule could halfway size complexity between Advanced Master done virtually no changes Advanced would necessary aside changing couple maneuvers tighten up schedules difficulty bit thought about what such schedule change would contestant population normal contests What biggest class right now No contest hereits Advanced Advanced competitors now outnumber Sportsman contestants former bigpopulation event What would happen addition Expert class Advanced class would probably go through two-to-one split two-thirds going Advanced one-third going Expert So instead 15 Advanced contestants 50-contestant contest youd have 10 Advanced five Expert class fliers people Expert would have hard time earning way out class few competitors addition sponsoring club would have Expert trophies buy no extra income entry fee revenues can big factor clubs contest budget short dont think adding Expert class good idea So what Advanced maneuver schedule provide better transition propose add maneu vers number maneuvers total K-factor would halfway tween Sportsman Master However before done minor changes Sportsman maneuver schedule should made Currently Sportsman fliers have three sets three maneuvers must done turnaround box last maneuver before landing Three Horizontal Rolls downwind maneuver think turnaround maneuver should added after rolls followed upwind maneuver maneuver schedule would have four sets three maneuvers must done box end upwind heading would allow gear check downwind 1 80 turn landing extra two maneuvers wouldnt take time since Sportsman class fliers perform gear check pass after rolls anyway What should two extra maneuvers about One-half Cuban 8 Square Loop additions Sportsman maneuver schedule would have 14 maneuvers combined K-factor 25 Lets take look Master class maneuver schedule has 23 maneuvers combined K-factor 66 No wonder Advanced class fliers look jump Master such trepidation maneuver schedule has 15 maneuvers combined K-factor 31 subtract Takeoff Landing K-factors Sportsman Advanced Master average K-factor per maneuver 200 223 305 respectively Thats large leap difficulty Advanced Master after baby step up Sportsman What need get number maneuvers Advanced up about 19 average K-factor per airborne maneuver above 24 Square Loop changed Avalanche added four maneuvers Top Hat 1/4 rolls Triangle Rolling Everette Carpenter Franklin Tennessee sports familiar word license plate Charles Castaing New Iberia LA has beautiful Porsche Tony Tiger sounding license plate Left Wendell Dietz Baton Rouge LA doing well contest season SL-1 Right Mike Hayden Baton Rouge LA won Most Outstanding Aircraft award Coon-Ass Nationals Lafayette Louisiana Desire 60 Model Aviation Loop Half Square Loop 1/2 Roll Vertical Three-Turn Spin average K-factor per airborne maneuver would 241 What three added maneuvers give some experience snap maneuver wind-correction maneuver straight vertical turnaround maneuver spin types maneuvers currently Master class maneuver schedule 19 maneuvers combined K-factor 43 would provide tolerable transition both Advanced imagine various suggestions level field between two-cycle engines four-cycle engines giving bonus fliers two-cycle engines penalty fliers four-cycle engines about result some healthy confrontations Ive already few discussions fourcycle pilots Mostly claim no advantage flying four-cycle engine dont see reason bonus penalty other response has So fly expensive four-cycle engine louder heavier vibrates its two-cycle counterpart theres no advantage using Consequently proposal Im currently considering five-percent scoring penalty fliers use four-cycle engines displacement over 091 cubic inches believe would provide propulsion parity Arnold Engineering Development Center everyone Please let hear 10 miles away Both pro con will get fair coverage Tullahoma plan stop see Jim new operation during next test knows may pick up another kit probably guess Ill submit rules change proposals changes hope feel strongly enough about subject make opinions known respective RC Aerobatics Contest Board member Look name address Competition Directory included Focus Competition section become part rules change process Have heard R/C City has moved Jim Graham took whole operation employees moved industrial section raging metropolis Tullahoma Tennessee Tullahoma look about halfway between Nashville Chattanooga youll find Tullahoma Apparently Jim got good deal hed hardly have moved way California Tennessee know RIC City Jim Graham know hes done Pattern competitors great service providing wide range Pattern airplane kits reasonable prices Just take look flight line next contest see R/C City kit airplanes R/C City move will nice because lot wind tunnel testing Serious Horsepower11 0S ST YS Rossi & Webra Parts Service Custom Engines Accessories Dave Shadel Performance Specialties j t / $10Ofor fully illustrated catalog Available VS Long & Short Stroke 06 Long Stroke 0S 6IFSR 05 40 VRP/VF 0S 91 VRDF STX-40 Rassi 40 coming soon information Call 702 265-7523 Hours 10am 5 pm Monday Thursday PO Box 3146 nerville NV 89410 September 1992 61 * CARBON FIBER/EPOXY SHEET 003 TO 056 THICK RED CUSTOM LAVUPS AVAILABLE *TUBES 11/8 AND 11/4 ID THINWALL 62 X 30 X 40 TAILOOM *MAT 5 OZ/SO YD RANDOM FIBERS *TOW 160000 DRY FIBERS *YARN 01 OD 2 TWISTED THREADS *ROD 07 TO 25 SOLID AND HOLLOW *TOWLINE 30 50 80 LB YELLOW MONOFILAMENT iob L BRAIDED KEVLAR *OTHER MODELING SUPPLIES SEND SASE FOR INFORMATION TO BRADLEY MODEL PRODUCTS 1337 PINE SAP CT ORLANDO FL 32825 40fl 277-9132 EVENINGS