S Helicopters El WaIt Schoonard THE SOUTH BEND location proved great place hold Helicopter Na tionals great deal thanks must go Cliff Dorothy Bennett gra ciously let us use backyard Some plus points golf course-like flying site cool weather fact cold sometimes low winds ample parking easy access field fully equip ped machine shop right site fact HELICOPTER NATIONALS WINNERS NOVICE First PlaceCharlie Slobeck Second PlaceThomas Knerr Third PlaceDwayne Stephens INTERMEDIATE First Place Second Place Dave George Wendell 1-lostetler Dan Dougherty Third Place EXPERT First Place Second Place Third Place SCALE First Place Second Place Third Place John Simone Jr Hubert Bitner Ray Hostetler Ray Hostetler Wendell Hostetler II Curtis MOST OUTSTANDING HELICOPTER Wendell Hostetler 8EST SCRATCH-BUILT HELICOPTER Helmut Holder Sponsors Helicopter Nationals Carl Goldberg Models Sig Manufacturing Co M R C Duke Fox Cool Power Fuels Kraft Systems Inc Cliff spent first day shop making parts some contestants problems evenings pleasure seeing wild deer nearby fields Apparently noise didnt seem bother Tn-Valley R/C club supplied us sixteen good judges plus flight line coordinator Jerry Smith filled posi tion also chief judge energeti cally rounded up help oper ated flight line three days single problem cannot thank him enough helped out could have meet own expense John Burkam came help judge Thanks help fine comments John said felt better exchange information ideas contest ever seen before want learn some thing about helicopters bet ter place learn contest also want give special thanks women kept records cluded wife Florence Virginia Ben nett Louise Sjobeck Jane Dougherty worked scoring three days did perfect jobno mistakes no foulups scores posted promptly Dick Bennett took off work help meethe judged kept time have conducted Nats four years believe better flying year have ever seen before Everyone seemed making special effort fly smoothly within bounds did have single contestant try outsmart some special interpretation rules alone made job pleasant contestant flew way South Bend Hawaii completely disassembled Kalt Jet Ranger brought over hangup clothes bag plagued small problems throughout meet managed overcome able compete wife air line flight attendant flew over last day cheer him must congratulate Ray Hostetler Jr superb flying Jet Ranger led rounds beaten last flight John Simone Jr John flew Rev-O-Lution 2 first place Expert win did fine job flying able come third first ing loop conducted himself gen tleman throughout meet demonstration flights done smoothly safely has become very accom plished flier Charlie Sjobeck Vermont did 24 Model Aviation Scale entrants recent Helicopter Nationals Jet Rangers exception Hughes 500 Jet Ranger foreground first Nick Nicholas Hawaii flew beautiful 45-powered Kalt Jet Most outstanding helicopter copter Nats beautiful can Ranger pictures taken Helicopter Nats author equipped model built flown Wendell Hostetler excellent job winning Novice Tan gerine last December could hardly hover six months later wins Novice Nats shows what well trimmed helicopter some hard prac tice will Bill Curtis did excellent job flying flybarless Jet Ranger three exceptionally well high scores maneuvers enough maneuvers make cut hope day will come soon same maneuvers does best wins Speaking maneuvers am going recommend Contest Board drop loop roll stall turn 3600 turn coming down reason dangerous prove someone has enough money guts three maneuvers times pilot does have con trol machine dont mean say always cases Therefore Continued nape 80 helicopters fly bars Two Jet Rangers developed Don Chapman Groupner 212 Ron Barker Mass Rons system seems very smooth apparently flew easily because let John Simone fly after meet switch tail control over John flies tail believe entire Texas contingent came flying Jet Rangers Hughes 500s unique homebuilts flew better helicopters will ever see Helmut Holder Texas won best scratchbuilt award beautiful work manship original design flew good looked Bill Youmans Lakeland FL flew R Worlds first successful flight rigid 3bladed flybarless system made Jet Ranger System developed author Cliff Bennett Details will reported subsequent column October 1977 25 Most outstanding scratchbuilt machine entered Helmut Holder Workmanship superb R Holders rotor system Kavan-like completely homemade details visible photograph prove well earned Scratchbuilt award Ron Barkers flybarless 212 own design gyro onboard computer Closeup flybarless rotor head Jet Ranger entered Bill fed rate rather position servos Excellent flier Curtis developed Ron Chapman machine flew well TALK TO SOMEONE WHO u THE RC HELl EXPERTS AT SC MODELERS Its nice know can get right answers Hell problems Because dont know about us could call hobby shops day long never get off ground SC Modelers have people know about building flying RC Helicopters anybody Weve built Weve flown Weve chalked up much flying time some big chooper pilots Most important thoughwe know make expertise avail able you have ask us So next time want make choice about HC Hell Kit stumped assembly prob lem ed repair re place part lk someone knows Si new helicopter catalog & parts list simultaneously last down wins Awards SAM Champs pre sented annual banquet may have heard heated discussions cen tering around Great Engine Contro versy R/C taking over SAM losing sight Preamble Constitution gala affair good times fellowship prevail hundred thirty three competitors plus family members cheered applauded Free/ Flight Radio/Control fliers alike gorgeous trophies merchandise awards handed out New special awards Electric Power Twin Pushers beau tiful handcrafted art trophy Don Jenk ins Indianapolis high time De Long 30 added already impressive hardware table 1130 heat will soon forgotten Comradeship competiton anl associ ation great bunch people will long remembered H elicopters/Schoonard continued page 25 SC MODELER HOBBY SHOP Hells Planes Cars Boats Radios Parts RC Hobbyists 1999 Larkin Avenue Elgin Illinois 60120 Dept 132312-697-37374 hobby industry has come largest prestig ious meets country Hopefully R/C helicopters will regular part AMA Nationals future flying trying hard enough Walt Schoonard 2080 Sharon Rd Winter Park FL 32789 RC Technique/Myers continued page 13 have sets might good idea check problems make necessary fixes before need becomes critical Check binding servo moving control sticks very slowly end-to-end travel servo hesitates anywhere find out save plane shrinkage plastic may continue forever check regularly Plastics peculiar Very slight changes formulation temperatures used molding give rise longterm shrinkage problems can hap pen manufacturer Temperature cycling move cool cellar very hot trunk car sum mer accelerates rate shrinkage George Myers 70 Froehlich Farm Rd Hicksville NY 11801 Letters Editor continued page 5 van Swaay listing MA chartered clubs Kansas understanding cur rent equipment can converted manufacturer 27 MHz 72 MHz product review product review product review Power Pacer New nicad tester/charger/cycler helps prevent crashes due battery failure Power Pacer will spot weak battery dead cell reversed cell inter mittently working/failing cell giving di rect reading total capacity receiver transmitter nicads Reads actual battery capacity directly milliamphere hours mahl compared manufacturers rated mah best indication battery condi tion As charger controls input 50-mah rate making safe lf nicads inadver tently left charge extended period time As cycler eliminates memory may have occurred prevents memory build-up Can calculate models average mah usage Available popular brand systems including Pro-Line new Kraft 4-channel Specify make model radio Price $5995 California residents add 6% sales tax L R Taylor & Co 10711 Baile Ave Chatsworth CA 91311 dangerous should eliminated competition safety point view disappointing thing about whole contest low turnout 23 contestants takes same ef fort expense put meet 23 does 123 con testants dont enter have give massive amounts merchandise induce contestants come am dead set against reasons stop Second its fair hobby shops retailers give merchandise few contest ants Proof Tangerine directed 7 years row no help 80 Model Aviation product review product review product review Tim Myers Hobie Hawk left hand culprit innocently figured Pas desperate servo troubleshooting Tim can build dad figures can too
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/10
Page Numbers: 24, 25, 80
S Helicopters El WaIt Schoonard THE SOUTH BEND location proved great place hold Helicopter Na tionals great deal thanks must go Cliff Dorothy Bennett gra ciously let us use backyard Some plus points golf course-like flying site cool weather fact cold sometimes low winds ample parking easy access field fully equip ped machine shop right site fact HELICOPTER NATIONALS WINNERS NOVICE First PlaceCharlie Slobeck Second PlaceThomas Knerr Third PlaceDwayne Stephens INTERMEDIATE First Place Second Place Dave George Wendell 1-lostetler Dan Dougherty Third Place EXPERT First Place Second Place Third Place SCALE First Place Second Place Third Place John Simone Jr Hubert Bitner Ray Hostetler Ray Hostetler Wendell Hostetler II Curtis MOST OUTSTANDING HELICOPTER Wendell Hostetler 8EST SCRATCH-BUILT HELICOPTER Helmut Holder Sponsors Helicopter Nationals Carl Goldberg Models Sig Manufacturing Co M R C Duke Fox Cool Power Fuels Kraft Systems Inc Cliff spent first day shop making parts some contestants problems evenings pleasure seeing wild deer nearby fields Apparently noise didnt seem bother Tn-Valley R/C club supplied us sixteen good judges plus flight line coordinator Jerry Smith filled posi tion also chief judge energeti cally rounded up help oper ated flight line three days single problem cannot thank him enough helped out could have meet own expense John Burkam came help judge Thanks help fine comments John said felt better exchange information ideas contest ever seen before want learn some thing about helicopters bet ter place learn contest also want give special thanks women kept records cluded wife Florence Virginia Ben nett Louise Sjobeck Jane Dougherty worked scoring three days did perfect jobno mistakes no foulups scores posted promptly Dick Bennett took off work help meethe judged kept time have conducted Nats four years believe better flying year have ever seen before Everyone seemed making special effort fly smoothly within bounds did have single contestant try outsmart some special interpretation rules alone made job pleasant contestant flew way South Bend Hawaii completely disassembled Kalt Jet Ranger brought over hangup clothes bag plagued small problems throughout meet managed overcome able compete wife air line flight attendant flew over last day cheer him must congratulate Ray Hostetler Jr superb flying Jet Ranger led rounds beaten last flight John Simone Jr John flew Rev-O-Lution 2 first place Expert win did fine job flying able come third first ing loop conducted himself gen tleman throughout meet demonstration flights done smoothly safely has become very accom plished flier Charlie Sjobeck Vermont did 24 Model Aviation Scale entrants recent Helicopter Nationals Jet Rangers exception Hughes 500 Jet Ranger foreground first Nick Nicholas Hawaii flew beautiful 45-powered Kalt Jet Most outstanding helicopter copter Nats beautiful can Ranger pictures taken Helicopter Nats author equipped model built flown Wendell Hostetler excellent job winning Novice Tan gerine last December could hardly hover six months later wins Novice Nats shows what well trimmed helicopter some hard prac tice will Bill Curtis did excellent job flying flybarless Jet Ranger three exceptionally well high scores maneuvers enough maneuvers make cut hope day will come soon same maneuvers does best wins Speaking maneuvers am going recommend Contest Board drop loop roll stall turn 3600 turn coming down reason dangerous prove someone has enough money guts three maneuvers times pilot does have con trol machine dont mean say always cases Therefore Continued nape 80 helicopters fly bars Two Jet Rangers developed Don Chapman Groupner 212 Ron Barker Mass Rons system seems very smooth apparently flew easily because let John Simone fly after meet switch tail control over John flies tail believe entire Texas contingent came flying Jet Rangers Hughes 500s unique homebuilts flew better helicopters will ever see Helmut Holder Texas won best scratchbuilt award beautiful work manship original design flew good looked Bill Youmans Lakeland FL flew R Worlds first successful flight rigid 3bladed flybarless system made Jet Ranger System developed author Cliff Bennett Details will reported subsequent column October 1977 25 Most outstanding scratchbuilt machine entered Helmut Holder Workmanship superb R Holders rotor system Kavan-like completely homemade details visible photograph prove well earned Scratchbuilt award Ron Barkers flybarless 212 own design gyro onboard computer Closeup flybarless rotor head Jet Ranger entered Bill fed rate rather position servos Excellent flier Curtis developed Ron Chapman machine flew well TALK TO SOMEONE WHO u THE RC HELl EXPERTS AT SC MODELERS Its nice know can get right answers Hell problems Because dont know about us could call hobby shops day long never get off ground SC Modelers have people know about building flying RC Helicopters anybody Weve built Weve flown Weve chalked up much flying time some big chooper pilots Most important thoughwe know make expertise avail able you have ask us So next time want make choice about HC Hell Kit stumped assembly prob lem ed repair re place part lk someone knows Si new helicopter catalog & parts list simultaneously last down wins Awards SAM Champs pre sented annual banquet may have heard heated discussions cen tering around Great Engine Contro versy R/C taking over SAM losing sight Preamble Constitution gala affair good times fellowship prevail hundred thirty three competitors plus family members cheered applauded Free/ Flight Radio/Control fliers alike gorgeous trophies merchandise awards handed out New special awards Electric Power Twin Pushers beau tiful handcrafted art trophy Don Jenk ins Indianapolis high time De Long 30 added already impressive hardware table 1130 heat will soon forgotten Comradeship competiton anl associ ation great bunch people will long remembered H elicopters/Schoonard continued page 25 SC MODELER HOBBY SHOP Hells Planes Cars Boats Radios Parts RC Hobbyists 1999 Larkin Avenue Elgin Illinois 60120 Dept 132312-697-37374 hobby industry has come largest prestig ious meets country Hopefully R/C helicopters will regular part AMA Nationals future flying trying hard enough Walt Schoonard 2080 Sharon Rd Winter Park FL 32789 RC Technique/Myers continued page 13 have sets might good idea check problems make necessary fixes before need becomes critical Check binding servo moving control sticks very slowly end-to-end travel servo hesitates anywhere find out save plane shrinkage plastic may continue forever check regularly Plastics peculiar Very slight changes formulation temperatures used molding give rise longterm shrinkage problems can hap pen manufacturer Temperature cycling move cool cellar very hot trunk car sum mer accelerates rate shrinkage George Myers 70 Froehlich Farm Rd Hicksville NY 11801 Letters Editor continued page 5 van Swaay listing MA chartered clubs Kansas understanding cur rent equipment can converted manufacturer 27 MHz 72 MHz product review product review product review Power Pacer New nicad tester/charger/cycler helps prevent crashes due battery failure Power Pacer will spot weak battery dead cell reversed cell inter mittently working/failing cell giving di rect reading total capacity receiver transmitter nicads Reads actual battery capacity directly milliamphere hours mahl compared manufacturers rated mah best indication battery condi tion As charger controls input 50-mah rate making safe lf nicads inadver tently left charge extended period time As cycler eliminates memory may have occurred prevents memory build-up Can calculate models average mah usage Available popular brand systems including Pro-Line new Kraft 4-channel Specify make model radio Price $5995 California residents add 6% sales tax L R Taylor & Co 10711 Baile Ave Chatsworth CA 91311 dangerous should eliminated competition safety point view disappointing thing about whole contest low turnout 23 contestants takes same ef fort expense put meet 23 does 123 con testants dont enter have give massive amounts merchandise induce contestants come am dead set against reasons stop Second its fair hobby shops retailers give merchandise few contest ants Proof Tangerine directed 7 years row no help 80 Model Aviation product review product review product review Tim Myers Hobie Hawk left hand culprit innocently figured Pas desperate servo troubleshooting Tim can build dad figures can too
Edition: Model Aviation - 1977/10
Page Numbers: 24, 25, 80
S Helicopters El WaIt Schoonard THE SOUTH BEND location proved great place hold Helicopter Na tionals great deal thanks must go Cliff Dorothy Bennett gra ciously let us use backyard Some plus points golf course-like flying site cool weather fact cold sometimes low winds ample parking easy access field fully equip ped machine shop right site fact HELICOPTER NATIONALS WINNERS NOVICE First PlaceCharlie Slobeck Second PlaceThomas Knerr Third PlaceDwayne Stephens INTERMEDIATE First Place Second Place Dave George Wendell 1-lostetler Dan Dougherty Third Place EXPERT First Place Second Place Third Place SCALE First Place Second Place Third Place John Simone Jr Hubert Bitner Ray Hostetler Ray Hostetler Wendell Hostetler II Curtis MOST OUTSTANDING HELICOPTER Wendell Hostetler 8EST SCRATCH-BUILT HELICOPTER Helmut Holder Sponsors Helicopter Nationals Carl Goldberg Models Sig Manufacturing Co M R C Duke Fox Cool Power Fuels Kraft Systems Inc Cliff spent first day shop making parts some contestants problems evenings pleasure seeing wild deer nearby fields Apparently noise didnt seem bother Tn-Valley R/C club supplied us sixteen good judges plus flight line coordinator Jerry Smith filled posi tion also chief judge energeti cally rounded up help oper ated flight line three days single problem cannot thank him enough helped out could have meet own expense John Burkam came help judge Thanks help fine comments John said felt better exchange information ideas contest ever seen before want learn some thing about helicopters bet ter place learn contest also want give special thanks women kept records cluded wife Florence Virginia Ben nett Louise Sjobeck Jane Dougherty worked scoring three days did perfect jobno mistakes no foulups scores posted promptly Dick Bennett took off work help meethe judged kept time have conducted Nats four years believe better flying year have ever seen before Everyone seemed making special effort fly smoothly within bounds did have single contestant try outsmart some special interpretation rules alone made job pleasant contestant flew way South Bend Hawaii completely disassembled Kalt Jet Ranger brought over hangup clothes bag plagued small problems throughout meet managed overcome able compete wife air line flight attendant flew over last day cheer him must congratulate Ray Hostetler Jr superb flying Jet Ranger led rounds beaten last flight John Simone Jr John flew Rev-O-Lution 2 first place Expert win did fine job flying able come third first ing loop conducted himself gen tleman throughout meet demonstration flights done smoothly safely has become very accom plished flier Charlie Sjobeck Vermont did 24 Model Aviation Scale entrants recent Helicopter Nationals Jet Rangers exception Hughes 500 Jet Ranger foreground first Nick Nicholas Hawaii flew beautiful 45-powered Kalt Jet Most outstanding helicopter copter Nats beautiful can Ranger pictures taken Helicopter Nats author equipped model built flown Wendell Hostetler excellent job winning Novice Tan gerine last December could hardly hover six months later wins Novice Nats shows what well trimmed helicopter some hard prac tice will Bill Curtis did excellent job flying flybarless Jet Ranger three exceptionally well high scores maneuvers enough maneuvers make cut hope day will come soon same maneuvers does best wins Speaking maneuvers am going recommend Contest Board drop loop roll stall turn 3600 turn coming down reason dangerous prove someone has enough money guts three maneuvers times pilot does have con trol machine dont mean say always cases Therefore Continued nape 80 helicopters fly bars Two Jet Rangers developed Don Chapman Groupner 212 Ron Barker Mass Rons system seems very smooth apparently flew easily because let John Simone fly after meet switch tail control over John flies tail believe entire Texas contingent came flying Jet Rangers Hughes 500s unique homebuilts flew better helicopters will ever see Helmut Holder Texas won best scratchbuilt award beautiful work manship original design flew good looked Bill Youmans Lakeland FL flew R Worlds first successful flight rigid 3bladed flybarless system made Jet Ranger System developed author Cliff Bennett Details will reported subsequent column October 1977 25 Most outstanding scratchbuilt machine entered Helmut Holder Workmanship superb R Holders rotor system Kavan-like completely homemade details visible photograph prove well earned Scratchbuilt award Ron Barkers flybarless 212 own design gyro onboard computer Closeup flybarless rotor head Jet Ranger entered Bill fed rate rather position servos Excellent flier Curtis developed Ron Chapman machine flew well TALK TO SOMEONE WHO u THE RC HELl EXPERTS AT SC MODELERS Its nice know can get right answers Hell problems Because dont know about us could call hobby shops day long never get off ground SC Modelers have people know about building flying RC Helicopters anybody Weve built Weve flown Weve chalked up much flying time some big chooper pilots Most important thoughwe know make expertise avail able you have ask us So next time want make choice about HC Hell Kit stumped assembly prob lem ed repair re place part lk someone knows Si new helicopter catalog & parts list simultaneously last down wins Awards SAM Champs pre sented annual banquet may have heard heated discussions cen tering around Great Engine Contro versy R/C taking over SAM losing sight Preamble Constitution gala affair good times fellowship prevail hundred thirty three competitors plus family members cheered applauded Free/ Flight Radio/Control fliers alike gorgeous trophies merchandise awards handed out New special awards Electric Power Twin Pushers beau tiful handcrafted art trophy Don Jenk ins Indianapolis high time De Long 30 added already impressive hardware table 1130 heat will soon forgotten Comradeship competiton anl associ ation great bunch people will long remembered H elicopters/Schoonard continued page 25 SC MODELER HOBBY SHOP Hells Planes Cars Boats Radios Parts RC Hobbyists 1999 Larkin Avenue Elgin Illinois 60120 Dept 132312-697-37374 hobby industry has come largest prestig ious meets country Hopefully R/C helicopters will regular part AMA Nationals future flying trying hard enough Walt Schoonard 2080 Sharon Rd Winter Park FL 32789 RC Technique/Myers continued page 13 have sets might good idea check problems make necessary fixes before need becomes critical Check binding servo moving control sticks very slowly end-to-end travel servo hesitates anywhere find out save plane shrinkage plastic may continue forever check regularly Plastics peculiar Very slight changes formulation temperatures used molding give rise longterm shrinkage problems can hap pen manufacturer Temperature cycling move cool cellar very hot trunk car sum mer accelerates rate shrinkage George Myers 70 Froehlich Farm Rd Hicksville NY 11801 Letters Editor continued page 5 van Swaay listing MA chartered clubs Kansas understanding cur rent equipment can converted manufacturer 27 MHz 72 MHz product review product review product review Power Pacer New nicad tester/charger/cycler helps prevent crashes due battery failure Power Pacer will spot weak battery dead cell reversed cell inter mittently working/failing cell giving di rect reading total capacity receiver transmitter nicads Reads actual battery capacity directly milliamphere hours mahl compared manufacturers rated mah best indication battery condi tion As charger controls input 50-mah rate making safe lf nicads inadver tently left charge extended period time As cycler eliminates memory may have occurred prevents memory build-up Can calculate models average mah usage Available popular brand systems including Pro-Line new Kraft 4-channel Specify make model radio Price $5995 California residents add 6% sales tax L R Taylor & Co 10711 Baile Ave Chatsworth CA 91311 dangerous should eliminated competition safety point view disappointing thing about whole contest low turnout 23 contestants takes same ef fort expense put meet 23 does 123 con testants dont enter have give massive amounts merchandise induce contestants come am dead set against reasons stop Second its fair hobby shops retailers give merchandise few contest ants Proof Tangerine directed 7 years row no help 80 Model Aviation product review product review product review Tim Myers Hobie Hawk left hand culprit innocently figured Pas desperate servo troubleshooting Tim can build dad figures can too