Radio Control Pylon Racing Bill Hager FIRST need make correction Contest Director years NMPRA National Min iature Pylon Racing Association Champion ships Doug Whiteaker Glen Sheppard assistantnot Greg Doe reported January issue way results NMPRA Sport Pylon Championship Race held September 20-21 1986 Expert 1 R Moreland 2 R Schuster 3 T Bogut 4 M Brown 5 J Solko Novice 1 5 Johnson 2 J Salisburg 3 G Wright 4 F Schwartz 5 M Franklin Well about midwinter means unless fly snow will have four five months build new plane planes 87 season Some suggestions will help out next spring test out new plane yoi get outlast seasons equipment 87 season follow 1 First batteriesand very important least once month charge RC system batteriesand mean complete system have units like Ace R/Cs Digipace will cycle system completely means use it best way go whatever use keep radios batteries charged 2 Radio problems such end last season dont wait until spring get fixed now dealer repair center has plenty time good job am implying wont good job spring make easier both Send radio now 3 The plane Well flew summer didnt once Quarter Midget flown two years no problems checking over third season found cracked wing Check stress points Check around firewall sure getting fuel-soaked Also check landing gear area tail sur faces wing hold-down blocks etc fuel-soaked areas something have found works dry out dry-cleaning com pound found grocery stores called CRD2 Just spray will look like snow wipe off takes oil might have repeat process few times depending badly area oil-soaked 4 The fuel tank have found best policy pull tank end season spring put new tankor least put new fuel tubing inside outside old tank 5 Engines probable us have time another unpacked engine havent used find didnt run well packed away storing engine make sure fuel out methyl alcohol used model fuel draws water vapor out air water will certainly rust exposed steel iron parts engine always make sure no fuel remaining engine saturate inside out motor oiljust about kind will wrap engine rag put old engine box Some people prefer use Zip-Loc plastic bag purpose dont agree practice Ifyou dont get moisture out engine rag air bag will seal moisture bag too will damage Oh word caution Dont use WD-40 protect engine WD-40 good loos ening rusted/corroded parts will pro tect things rust dont believe thisjust spray some WD-40 piece steel leave damp area few days will find some rust steel since WD-40 acts cleaning solvent protective film metal think us have have flying have taken plane out fly sr ing OK put away fall weve taken radio out ofaplane during winter put new plane weve built go out spring fly everything goes well couple flights thensuddenly dont have Well goes old reliable new bird just spent much time building todays very reliable radios crashes have due pilot error sor.ething mechanical goingwrong So withjust small amount work can put odds side trouble-free season little care right now will really pay off later following letter Art Arro subject Q500 Racing Michigan/Ohio area just wanted pass along some information regarding local CAPS Quickie rules After much discussion survey poll arguments CAPS adopted stock muffler rule supplied engine engine selection limited K&B *4011 05 40F5R ST 5-40 either ring ABC Como 40 ring ABC rules effective immediately andwillbe used 1987 CAPS Quickie 500 racing event alternatives open engine selec tion front-intake side-exhaust 40 includ ing Rossi 40 special tuned muffler OPS 40 $235 Also CAPS struck down standing rule permitted muffled tuned pipes exhaust systems new engine rule specifically prohibits flow-through mufflers stack mufflers mini-pipes tuned pipes equiv alent Quickie 500 aircraft specs same decided upon NMPRA Quickie 500 Committee feel move big step forward keeping Quickie 500 entry-level event Also CAPS retained handicap sys tem Novice class flying eight laps Advanced class nine laps Experts flying 10 laps singie-matrix heat racing cutoff ad vancement higher class remains bettering heat time 140 good new muffler rule will slow Experts down little over 135 instead 126 narrow gap between Novice Advanced flier winning few races hope can hold Quickie entries increase participation both Quarter Midget Formula Q500 next column See races Bill Hager 706 Glen Haven Dr Conroe TX 77385 52 Model Aviation rro wnn ni raCD-powered P-51 Mustang FAI racer Art flew plane PAl team selection meet September 26-28 finished very respectable eleventh place