Radio Control Soaring Dan Pruss Germanys VSF Vermold Club entered latest Pinellas postal contest Note flew flying wings Bad weather hampered performances Fliers L Rkneeilng Guide Hechier Frank Dimmeler Matthlas Boy Chris Kiute Standing L R Reinhard Werner Ralner Gockein Joerg Kirchoff Michael Gockeln RaIf Flottman Dieter Perlick Other club members photo Aifons Gabach Hermann Zahlmann RECORDS Maybe long winter set five filers motion good weather finally came Cabin fever can make weird things Long Sail plane flights necessarily same category wind however seem common shortly after snow blower gets mothballed summer Check out flights May 2 Dean Landreth Bob Champine tested planes record trials take place over upcoming weekend Bob flight lasted nearly six hoursjust practiceand landed just after sunset Friday May 3 Dennis Everett thought hed try out new Eppler 211 wing Oly II fuselage tail Eight hours six minutes 43 seconds later landed setting new records Stand ard class Modified Standard class Sailplanes Saturday Dean Landreth launched Midwest Soarer attempt Two-Meter Slope record Nearly 10 hours later landed setting new record 9:5902 Ask past 33 LSF Level V achievers theyll tell eighthour Slope flight far gruel ling LSF tasks Ask much time spent air after witnesses called eight-hour mark man theyll probably tell just long enough double-check time find landing spot ask nearest big tree Bob Champine needed eightJack Hiner looks like hes sendIng hIs 171 -ln-span Pegasus off leisurely test hop Above Davey Systems winch gets 9 lb 5 oz bird away easily model swoops landing Below Lbut background looks different launch Thats cause landing sIte 19147 mIles away ltsa newAMAFAI pending NatIonal Record Declared Distance Open stralghtcountryroads helped contrlbutetoa safeoperatlon Jack landed 121/2 meterafrom goal Folks photo below Lto JIm Mcintyre Al Zolecki Jack Hiner Pegasus Stan Watson design MA plan No307 now holds three AMA two FAI records Dale Folkening photos 46 Model Aviation hour Slope flight become 34th LSF Level V Bob too long winter May 5 after being air eight hours along Dean Lan dreth Bob hung around nearly two hours before landing Paragon Continued page 151 Slope soaring Endurance records arent hectic cross-country Endurance Witnesa Dennis Everett during hia S-hr Endurance record flights haa act two Standard Modified Standard lap l tube holding eight C-cell batteries transmitter Photo Dick Everett New elope soaring Endurance records have set Dean Landreth L Bob Champine R Dean used Midwest Soarer set record 2-Meter class 9:592 Bob used Paragon Unlimited recordand satisfy final requirement 1SF level V award same flight Persons photo 1 R Ian Douglas Doug Barcon Dennis Everett Bob Champine Paul Aitenhoff Dean Landreth Safety rope off-field retrievals Photos Dick Everett SeDtember 1984 47 SCALE R/C JEMCO SPORT SCALE BALSA COVERSO FOAM WINO CORES SAILPLANES-R/CSPORT R/C COMPETITION & SPORT FOR BARNSTORM ERS AND STUDENTS EBERLES IS YOUR HEADQUARTERS FOR HELICOPTERS EBEAEI COMPLETE LiNE OF HELICOPTERS PARTS & ACCESSORIES um o COMPETITOR PRO Fully acrobatic collectijie pitch plus new added bearings PROmodek4thENYAE0X. 43995 OS61FSR. 44995 ENYA chrome hell46995 OS61FSRH hell46995 o ANNOUNCING Th AVMLABIUTY OF KALT HEUCDflUS__ BARON 20-collective pitch. 18995 BARON 50A MARK ID autorotation coflective pitch .. 29995 BARON SOC custom collective pitch36795 BARON 50- custom Blackhead MK U46195 o CUSTOM HELl-BOY collective pitch automatic tail rotor compensation & aerobic kit ENYA 60X 34995 OS 61FSR 35995 ENYA chrome hell 37995 OS 61FSRH hell 37995 o SUPER MINI-BOY collective pitch autorotation tail ro tor compensation & aerobic kit ENVA 4OCX. 28495 ENVA 4SCX 29495 OS 4OFSR 28995 OS 45FSR 29995 o HEUCOPTER & ENGINE COMBO ENYA EOX Os 6IFSR HP 61 Gold Cup ENYA 60X hell OS 61FSH hd Some engines limited supply please order soon CaD prices EJ RADIOS Airtronics Futaba JR & Kraft AIRTHONICS 6 channel hell standard25495 JR Century seven 4501 servos25495 Supb ScaN Range f RC Halicogtaea Send $2 complete catalog ORDERING INFORMATION ALL ORDERS SHIPPED DAILY UPS 0425 add 350 $26$lOOadd450$l01-overadd600 BLUE LABEL- held 30 days Pennsyivania Residents add 6% sales tax add 10% merchandise total COD charge $165 Payment Eberles simply take order will endeavor answer COD orders cash money order certified check fast service please question may have will assist recommending right helicopter send certified check money order use credit card Personal checks will particular needs Thisalong prompt service equals trouble free flying 5eiid $ 01i1ete Ca Sell Helicopters & Fly Wel Co-Pilot Everytime Fly Phone 412 586-97669-9 PM 586-7768 672 PITTSBURGH RD BUTLER PA 16001 PRICis TO C~CT use Ive also included sketch template holder helps keep tri angles such some form order other item suggest obtain good drafting textbook Check out college bookstores used bookstores books can very helpful doing layouts draw ing Formulas pentagons areas stringer lofting etc can found also What waiting Get back drawing board RC SoaringlPrus Continued page 47 final requirement LSF Level V also new Unlimited Slope record 9 5310 side note Bob Champine Bob recently retired NASA test pilot dont know modeler enjoys sport Sailplaning Quiet Aw shucks werent nothin attitude get him talk about flying days find Out has over 200 different airplanes listed log book X prefix Heres wishing can log least 200 Sailplanes retirement log Bob foregoing flights made West Coast couple Midwest gents making plans Memorial Day weekend attempts Cross-Country rec ords different classes Jack Hiner fell short goal Declared Distance category over Memorial Day weekend 1983 set out again May 26th year Last year after covering 47 miles ground crew made wrong turn plane flew off course time realized too-strong wind prevented hove attaui ce-toari level 5kIll Lefore con etczrt enjoPin3 thi spot-t September1984 151 BY LEE TAYLOR MAA POUNDER & PRO PHOTOGRAPhER SUPER two-hour long video cumu lative product TEN YEARS active shooting Featuring 165 LB GRUMMAN GOOSE 16 8-17 16 SPRUCE GOOSE MASTERS CHAMPION SHIPS AMA NATIONALS & MORE Recorded VHS Hi-Grade Video Tape $3495 C&EIF eRSIDENTs $3705 It TAC SEND 5A5E P05 DES SEND CREEK 05 MONEY ORDER TO recovery back course plan worked much better year lean towards types record-setting flights its worth passing whatand howthe experts plan Obviously weather biggest fac torjust behind safety Late spring early summer seem provide best odds good lift conditions However outsmart fickle winds Jack company have set up four basic courses direction north east south west. directions would planned grid pattern farmland country roads doesnt include courses other directions farm roads have very little traf fic selected reasons safety Besides low traffic roads sidestep towns planning near perfect May 26 however wind direction could have better Out northwest 10 24 knots quartering tailwind cause course correc tions hoped since lift light throughout flight No long runs made between thermals course required fourteen 900 turns flight work being Declared Distance attempt meant landing take place within 300 meters spot AMA record 500 meters FAI record Starting 1100 am landing 441 pm 5410 flight covered 9147 miles 14729 kilometers new AMA record tentative FAI record AMA record breaks Dale Folkenings 4282 miles set October 1982 Dale Contest Director Jacks flight Nice guy plane used Pegasus plan No 307 Model Aviation August 1980 copy holds current Open Distance record 10412 miles Altitude record 6025 feet now hangs AMA museum flight ran Braidwood IL south Urbana IL Villa Grove May 27 young Brian Isenhart flew stock Aquila using Miller airfoil modification 126 miles set new record Junior category Still feeling good about June 3 Brian set Standard-class Altitude record 3000 feet plane specially-designed fuselage capable carrying Replogle barograph Photos will appear next months column reference AMA model air plane records March1984 see June 1984 issue Model Aviation page 119 Im finally going put snow shovels away Postal contest Back April 1984 col umn results given Pinellas Soaring Associations postal contest An invitation also offered inter ested clubs compete second postal meet Six clubs countries com peted onea contest dif ferent twist As mentioned back April tasks contest would include sixminute Duration spot landing four-lap F3B Speed kicker would both tasks would flown same weight during same round Results Club Southern Soaring Club Brisbane Pinelas White Sheet FSV Versmold Wellington Country South Africa Australia USA England Germany New Zealand Points 26156 25134 23457 20253 19262 9732 club team scored its best five fliers Best Speed time 240 seconds John Lightfoot South Africa John also best individual score four rounds 6127 team Germany flew fly ing wings Bad weather plagued con test two maxes recorded best Speed time 39 seconds Incidently Sean Walbank top British flier contest edits publishes fine magazine called White Sheet Its quarterly Spring 1984 issue crammed over 40 pages flying wing designs Austria Eng land Germany USA years subscription five English pounds its pound well spent Send subscription request Sean Walbank Editor 29 Gardens Acreman St Sherborne Dorset DT9 3PD England youre interested next postal contest write Kale Harden 3184 Brunswick Circle Palm Harbor FL 33563 USA Good Lift Dan Pruss 131 E Pennington Ln Plainfield IL 60544 RC ScalelWischers Continued page 49 struts alone made gum hard wood have 24 silver-solder joints fittings Some aluminum soldering done hobby-shop-type tubing 015 wall thickness can bit tricky Too much heat parts fall floor molten globules Too little heat solder will flow desirable fillet Two critical factors determine success brazing aluminum-soldering silver-soldering small model parts flame intensity brazing-rod diameter flame must completely adjustable must held work longer time necessary obtain good flow fillet being formed rod diameter too great heat will needed melt rod heat parts being joined meltdown parts real hazard As mod el size increases have found need brazed joints smaller models used almost have produced lot scrap learning join light metal pieces greatest advantage brazed joints strength available small light parts helps reduce overall model weight 1937 Aeronca K two-place side-by-side trainer sport-type airplane also known Scout followed C-3 Master 1936 used same basic two-cylinder E-l 13C engine built Aeronca earlier models updated 40 45 horspower its final form K became KC four-cylinder Continental A-40 engine K same span chord wing36 ft 50 inas C-3 152 Model AviationContinued page 154 Great footage BEST GIANT SCALE SEAPLANES SPORT FLYING UNUSUAL AIRCRAFT HELICOPTERS & MASTERS SCALE CHAMPIONS AC K-U-TROLL ER 6 Channel Direct Servo Controller Kit PuIe & Fane gate adiuaable Erar NuitvtabIe 06 Nng 0 Psi PuItes Cis-u-TROtLEn Car Entwkuostjaei NiCd SOtno banern Cho vaNS included No need tie up frestuency have pro bleto airplane Plug ACK-U-TROILER aod chech engine elevator ailerons upto 6 Ehan nels Receiver modification rettuired some radios uhinple build simple use five 5 slide pots contrOl 5 channels switch 6th nGreat use installing radio new airplane No need use Tx setup throws etc Radio inpound flying site have engine problem NO problem have ACK-U TROLLER helter product modetee HS N ELECTRONICS iN I
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/09
Page Numbers: 46, 47, 151, 152
Radio Control Soaring Dan Pruss Germanys VSF Vermold Club entered latest Pinellas postal contest Note flew flying wings Bad weather hampered performances Fliers L Rkneeilng Guide Hechier Frank Dimmeler Matthlas Boy Chris Kiute Standing L R Reinhard Werner Ralner Gockein Joerg Kirchoff Michael Gockeln RaIf Flottman Dieter Perlick Other club members photo Aifons Gabach Hermann Zahlmann RECORDS Maybe long winter set five filers motion good weather finally came Cabin fever can make weird things Long Sail plane flights necessarily same category wind however seem common shortly after snow blower gets mothballed summer Check out flights May 2 Dean Landreth Bob Champine tested planes record trials take place over upcoming weekend Bob flight lasted nearly six hoursjust practiceand landed just after sunset Friday May 3 Dennis Everett thought hed try out new Eppler 211 wing Oly II fuselage tail Eight hours six minutes 43 seconds later landed setting new records Stand ard class Modified Standard class Sailplanes Saturday Dean Landreth launched Midwest Soarer attempt Two-Meter Slope record Nearly 10 hours later landed setting new record 9:5902 Ask past 33 LSF Level V achievers theyll tell eighthour Slope flight far gruel ling LSF tasks Ask much time spent air after witnesses called eight-hour mark man theyll probably tell just long enough double-check time find landing spot ask nearest big tree Bob Champine needed eightJack Hiner looks like hes sendIng hIs 171 -ln-span Pegasus off leisurely test hop Above Davey Systems winch gets 9 lb 5 oz bird away easily model swoops landing Below Lbut background looks different launch Thats cause landing sIte 19147 mIles away ltsa newAMAFAI pending NatIonal Record Declared Distance Open stralghtcountryroads helped contrlbutetoa safeoperatlon Jack landed 121/2 meterafrom goal Folks photo below Lto JIm Mcintyre Al Zolecki Jack Hiner Pegasus Stan Watson design MA plan No307 now holds three AMA two FAI records Dale Folkening photos 46 Model Aviation hour Slope flight become 34th LSF Level V Bob too long winter May 5 after being air eight hours along Dean Lan dreth Bob hung around nearly two hours before landing Paragon Continued page 151 Slope soaring Endurance records arent hectic cross-country Endurance Witnesa Dennis Everett during hia S-hr Endurance record flights haa act two Standard Modified Standard lap l tube holding eight C-cell batteries transmitter Photo Dick Everett New elope soaring Endurance records have set Dean Landreth L Bob Champine R Dean used Midwest Soarer set record 2-Meter class 9:592 Bob used Paragon Unlimited recordand satisfy final requirement 1SF level V award same flight Persons photo 1 R Ian Douglas Doug Barcon Dennis Everett Bob Champine Paul Aitenhoff Dean Landreth Safety rope off-field retrievals Photos Dick Everett SeDtember 1984 47 SCALE R/C JEMCO SPORT SCALE BALSA COVERSO FOAM WINO CORES SAILPLANES-R/CSPORT R/C COMPETITION & SPORT FOR BARNSTORM ERS AND STUDENTS EBERLES IS YOUR HEADQUARTERS FOR HELICOPTERS EBEAEI COMPLETE LiNE OF HELICOPTERS PARTS & ACCESSORIES um o COMPETITOR PRO Fully acrobatic collectijie pitch plus new added bearings PROmodek4thENYAE0X. 43995 OS61FSR. 44995 ENYA chrome hell46995 OS61FSRH hell46995 o ANNOUNCING Th AVMLABIUTY OF KALT HEUCDflUS__ BARON 20-collective pitch. 18995 BARON 50A MARK ID autorotation coflective pitch .. 29995 BARON SOC custom collective pitch36795 BARON 50- custom Blackhead MK U46195 o CUSTOM HELl-BOY collective pitch automatic tail rotor compensation & aerobic kit ENYA 60X 34995 OS 61FSR 35995 ENYA chrome hell 37995 OS 61FSRH hell 37995 o SUPER MINI-BOY collective pitch autorotation tail ro tor compensation & aerobic kit ENVA 4OCX. 28495 ENVA 4SCX 29495 OS 4OFSR 28995 OS 45FSR 29995 o HEUCOPTER & ENGINE COMBO ENYA EOX Os 6IFSR HP 61 Gold Cup ENYA 60X hell OS 61FSH hd Some engines limited supply please order soon CaD prices EJ RADIOS Airtronics Futaba JR & Kraft AIRTHONICS 6 channel hell standard25495 JR Century seven 4501 servos25495 Supb ScaN Range f RC Halicogtaea Send $2 complete catalog ORDERING INFORMATION ALL ORDERS SHIPPED DAILY UPS 0425 add 350 $26$lOOadd450$l01-overadd600 BLUE LABEL- held 30 days Pennsyivania Residents add 6% sales tax add 10% merchandise total COD charge $165 Payment Eberles simply take order will endeavor answer COD orders cash money order certified check fast service please question may have will assist recommending right helicopter send certified check money order use credit card Personal checks will particular needs Thisalong prompt service equals trouble free flying 5eiid $ 01i1ete Ca Sell Helicopters & Fly Wel Co-Pilot Everytime Fly Phone 412 586-97669-9 PM 586-7768 672 PITTSBURGH RD BUTLER PA 16001 PRICis TO C~CT use Ive also included sketch template holder helps keep tri angles such some form order other item suggest obtain good drafting textbook Check out college bookstores used bookstores books can very helpful doing layouts draw ing Formulas pentagons areas stringer lofting etc can found also What waiting Get back drawing board RC SoaringlPrus Continued page 47 final requirement LSF Level V also new Unlimited Slope record 9 5310 side note Bob Champine Bob recently retired NASA test pilot dont know modeler enjoys sport Sailplaning Quiet Aw shucks werent nothin attitude get him talk about flying days find Out has over 200 different airplanes listed log book X prefix Heres wishing can log least 200 Sailplanes retirement log Bob foregoing flights made West Coast couple Midwest gents making plans Memorial Day weekend attempts Cross-Country rec ords different classes Jack Hiner fell short goal Declared Distance category over Memorial Day weekend 1983 set out again May 26th year Last year after covering 47 miles ground crew made wrong turn plane flew off course time realized too-strong wind prevented hove attaui ce-toari level 5kIll Lefore con etczrt enjoPin3 thi spot-t September1984 151 BY LEE TAYLOR MAA POUNDER & PRO PHOTOGRAPhER SUPER two-hour long video cumu lative product TEN YEARS active shooting Featuring 165 LB GRUMMAN GOOSE 16 8-17 16 SPRUCE GOOSE MASTERS CHAMPION SHIPS AMA NATIONALS & MORE Recorded VHS Hi-Grade Video Tape $3495 C&EIF eRSIDENTs $3705 It TAC SEND 5A5E P05 DES SEND CREEK 05 MONEY ORDER TO recovery back course plan worked much better year lean towards types record-setting flights its worth passing whatand howthe experts plan Obviously weather biggest fac torjust behind safety Late spring early summer seem provide best odds good lift conditions However outsmart fickle winds Jack company have set up four basic courses direction north east south west. directions would planned grid pattern farmland country roads doesnt include courses other directions farm roads have very little traf fic selected reasons safety Besides low traffic roads sidestep towns planning near perfect May 26 however wind direction could have better Out northwest 10 24 knots quartering tailwind cause course correc tions hoped since lift light throughout flight No long runs made between thermals course required fourteen 900 turns flight work being Declared Distance attempt meant landing take place within 300 meters spot AMA record 500 meters FAI record Starting 1100 am landing 441 pm 5410 flight covered 9147 miles 14729 kilometers new AMA record tentative FAI record AMA record breaks Dale Folkenings 4282 miles set October 1982 Dale Contest Director Jacks flight Nice guy plane used Pegasus plan No 307 Model Aviation August 1980 copy holds current Open Distance record 10412 miles Altitude record 6025 feet now hangs AMA museum flight ran Braidwood IL south Urbana IL Villa Grove May 27 young Brian Isenhart flew stock Aquila using Miller airfoil modification 126 miles set new record Junior category Still feeling good about June 3 Brian set Standard-class Altitude record 3000 feet plane specially-designed fuselage capable carrying Replogle barograph Photos will appear next months column reference AMA model air plane records March1984 see June 1984 issue Model Aviation page 119 Im finally going put snow shovels away Postal contest Back April 1984 col umn results given Pinellas Soaring Associations postal contest An invitation also offered inter ested clubs compete second postal meet Six clubs countries com peted onea contest dif ferent twist As mentioned back April tasks contest would include sixminute Duration spot landing four-lap F3B Speed kicker would both tasks would flown same weight during same round Results Club Southern Soaring Club Brisbane Pinelas White Sheet FSV Versmold Wellington Country South Africa Australia USA England Germany New Zealand Points 26156 25134 23457 20253 19262 9732 club team scored its best five fliers Best Speed time 240 seconds John Lightfoot South Africa John also best individual score four rounds 6127 team Germany flew fly ing wings Bad weather plagued con test two maxes recorded best Speed time 39 seconds Incidently Sean Walbank top British flier contest edits publishes fine magazine called White Sheet Its quarterly Spring 1984 issue crammed over 40 pages flying wing designs Austria Eng land Germany USA years subscription five English pounds its pound well spent Send subscription request Sean Walbank Editor 29 Gardens Acreman St Sherborne Dorset DT9 3PD England youre interested next postal contest write Kale Harden 3184 Brunswick Circle Palm Harbor FL 33563 USA Good Lift Dan Pruss 131 E Pennington Ln Plainfield IL 60544 RC ScalelWischers Continued page 49 struts alone made gum hard wood have 24 silver-solder joints fittings Some aluminum soldering done hobby-shop-type tubing 015 wall thickness can bit tricky Too much heat parts fall floor molten globules Too little heat solder will flow desirable fillet Two critical factors determine success brazing aluminum-soldering silver-soldering small model parts flame intensity brazing-rod diameter flame must completely adjustable must held work longer time necessary obtain good flow fillet being formed rod diameter too great heat will needed melt rod heat parts being joined meltdown parts real hazard As mod el size increases have found need brazed joints smaller models used almost have produced lot scrap learning join light metal pieces greatest advantage brazed joints strength available small light parts helps reduce overall model weight 1937 Aeronca K two-place side-by-side trainer sport-type airplane also known Scout followed C-3 Master 1936 used same basic two-cylinder E-l 13C engine built Aeronca earlier models updated 40 45 horspower its final form K became KC four-cylinder Continental A-40 engine K same span chord wing36 ft 50 inas C-3 152 Model AviationContinued page 154 Great footage BEST GIANT SCALE SEAPLANES SPORT FLYING UNUSUAL AIRCRAFT HELICOPTERS & MASTERS SCALE CHAMPIONS AC K-U-TROLL ER 6 Channel Direct Servo Controller Kit PuIe & Fane gate adiuaable Erar NuitvtabIe 06 Nng 0 Psi PuItes Cis-u-TROtLEn Car Entwkuostjaei NiCd SOtno banern Cho vaNS included No need tie up frestuency have pro bleto airplane Plug ACK-U-TROILER aod chech engine elevator ailerons upto 6 Ehan nels Receiver modification rettuired some radios uhinple build simple use five 5 slide pots contrOl 5 channels switch 6th nGreat use installing radio new airplane No need use Tx setup throws etc Radio inpound flying site have engine problem NO problem have ACK-U TROLLER helter product modetee HS N ELECTRONICS iN I
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/09
Page Numbers: 46, 47, 151, 152
Radio Control Soaring Dan Pruss Germanys VSF Vermold Club entered latest Pinellas postal contest Note flew flying wings Bad weather hampered performances Fliers L Rkneeilng Guide Hechier Frank Dimmeler Matthlas Boy Chris Kiute Standing L R Reinhard Werner Ralner Gockein Joerg Kirchoff Michael Gockeln RaIf Flottman Dieter Perlick Other club members photo Aifons Gabach Hermann Zahlmann RECORDS Maybe long winter set five filers motion good weather finally came Cabin fever can make weird things Long Sail plane flights necessarily same category wind however seem common shortly after snow blower gets mothballed summer Check out flights May 2 Dean Landreth Bob Champine tested planes record trials take place over upcoming weekend Bob flight lasted nearly six hoursjust practiceand landed just after sunset Friday May 3 Dennis Everett thought hed try out new Eppler 211 wing Oly II fuselage tail Eight hours six minutes 43 seconds later landed setting new records Stand ard class Modified Standard class Sailplanes Saturday Dean Landreth launched Midwest Soarer attempt Two-Meter Slope record Nearly 10 hours later landed setting new record 9:5902 Ask past 33 LSF Level V achievers theyll tell eighthour Slope flight far gruel ling LSF tasks Ask much time spent air after witnesses called eight-hour mark man theyll probably tell just long enough double-check time find landing spot ask nearest big tree Bob Champine needed eightJack Hiner looks like hes sendIng hIs 171 -ln-span Pegasus off leisurely test hop Above Davey Systems winch gets 9 lb 5 oz bird away easily model swoops landing Below Lbut background looks different launch Thats cause landing sIte 19147 mIles away ltsa newAMAFAI pending NatIonal Record Declared Distance Open stralghtcountryroads helped contrlbutetoa safeoperatlon Jack landed 121/2 meterafrom goal Folks photo below Lto JIm Mcintyre Al Zolecki Jack Hiner Pegasus Stan Watson design MA plan No307 now holds three AMA two FAI records Dale Folkening photos 46 Model Aviation hour Slope flight become 34th LSF Level V Bob too long winter May 5 after being air eight hours along Dean Lan dreth Bob hung around nearly two hours before landing Paragon Continued page 151 Slope soaring Endurance records arent hectic cross-country Endurance Witnesa Dennis Everett during hia S-hr Endurance record flights haa act two Standard Modified Standard lap l tube holding eight C-cell batteries transmitter Photo Dick Everett New elope soaring Endurance records have set Dean Landreth L Bob Champine R Dean used Midwest Soarer set record 2-Meter class 9:592 Bob used Paragon Unlimited recordand satisfy final requirement 1SF level V award same flight Persons photo 1 R Ian Douglas Doug Barcon Dennis Everett Bob Champine Paul Aitenhoff Dean Landreth Safety rope off-field retrievals Photos Dick Everett SeDtember 1984 47 SCALE R/C JEMCO SPORT SCALE BALSA COVERSO FOAM WINO CORES SAILPLANES-R/CSPORT R/C COMPETITION & SPORT FOR BARNSTORM ERS AND STUDENTS EBERLES IS YOUR HEADQUARTERS FOR HELICOPTERS EBEAEI COMPLETE LiNE OF HELICOPTERS PARTS & ACCESSORIES um o COMPETITOR PRO Fully acrobatic collectijie pitch plus new added bearings PROmodek4thENYAE0X. 43995 OS61FSR. 44995 ENYA chrome hell46995 OS61FSRH hell46995 o ANNOUNCING Th AVMLABIUTY OF KALT HEUCDflUS__ BARON 20-collective pitch. 18995 BARON 50A MARK ID autorotation coflective pitch .. 29995 BARON SOC custom collective pitch36795 BARON 50- custom Blackhead MK U46195 o CUSTOM HELl-BOY collective pitch automatic tail rotor compensation & aerobic kit ENYA 60X 34995 OS 61FSR 35995 ENYA chrome hell 37995 OS 61FSRH hell 37995 o SUPER MINI-BOY collective pitch autorotation tail ro tor compensation & aerobic kit ENVA 4OCX. 28495 ENVA 4SCX 29495 OS 4OFSR 28995 OS 45FSR 29995 o HEUCOPTER & ENGINE COMBO ENYA EOX Os 6IFSR HP 61 Gold Cup ENYA 60X hell OS 61FSH hd Some engines limited supply please order soon CaD prices EJ RADIOS Airtronics Futaba JR & Kraft AIRTHONICS 6 channel hell standard25495 JR Century seven 4501 servos25495 Supb ScaN Range f RC Halicogtaea Send $2 complete catalog ORDERING INFORMATION ALL ORDERS SHIPPED DAILY UPS 0425 add 350 $26$lOOadd450$l01-overadd600 BLUE LABEL- held 30 days Pennsyivania Residents add 6% sales tax add 10% merchandise total COD charge $165 Payment Eberles simply take order will endeavor answer COD orders cash money order certified check fast service please question may have will assist recommending right helicopter send certified check money order use credit card Personal checks will particular needs Thisalong prompt service equals trouble free flying 5eiid $ 01i1ete Ca Sell Helicopters & Fly Wel Co-Pilot Everytime Fly Phone 412 586-97669-9 PM 586-7768 672 PITTSBURGH RD BUTLER PA 16001 PRICis TO C~CT use Ive also included sketch template holder helps keep tri angles such some form order other item suggest obtain good drafting textbook Check out college bookstores used bookstores books can very helpful doing layouts draw ing Formulas pentagons areas stringer lofting etc can found also What waiting Get back drawing board RC SoaringlPrus Continued page 47 final requirement LSF Level V also new Unlimited Slope record 9 5310 side note Bob Champine Bob recently retired NASA test pilot dont know modeler enjoys sport Sailplaning Quiet Aw shucks werent nothin attitude get him talk about flying days find Out has over 200 different airplanes listed log book X prefix Heres wishing can log least 200 Sailplanes retirement log Bob foregoing flights made West Coast couple Midwest gents making plans Memorial Day weekend attempts Cross-Country rec ords different classes Jack Hiner fell short goal Declared Distance category over Memorial Day weekend 1983 set out again May 26th year Last year after covering 47 miles ground crew made wrong turn plane flew off course time realized too-strong wind prevented hove attaui ce-toari level 5kIll Lefore con etczrt enjoPin3 thi spot-t September1984 151 BY LEE TAYLOR MAA POUNDER & PRO PHOTOGRAPhER SUPER two-hour long video cumu lative product TEN YEARS active shooting Featuring 165 LB GRUMMAN GOOSE 16 8-17 16 SPRUCE GOOSE MASTERS CHAMPION SHIPS AMA NATIONALS & MORE Recorded VHS Hi-Grade Video Tape $3495 C&EIF eRSIDENTs $3705 It TAC SEND 5A5E P05 DES SEND CREEK 05 MONEY ORDER TO recovery back course plan worked much better year lean towards types record-setting flights its worth passing whatand howthe experts plan Obviously weather biggest fac torjust behind safety Late spring early summer seem provide best odds good lift conditions However outsmart fickle winds Jack company have set up four basic courses direction north east south west. directions would planned grid pattern farmland country roads doesnt include courses other directions farm roads have very little traf fic selected reasons safety Besides low traffic roads sidestep towns planning near perfect May 26 however wind direction could have better Out northwest 10 24 knots quartering tailwind cause course correc tions hoped since lift light throughout flight No long runs made between thermals course required fourteen 900 turns flight work being Declared Distance attempt meant landing take place within 300 meters spot AMA record 500 meters FAI record Starting 1100 am landing 441 pm 5410 flight covered 9147 miles 14729 kilometers new AMA record tentative FAI record AMA record breaks Dale Folkenings 4282 miles set October 1982 Dale Contest Director Jacks flight Nice guy plane used Pegasus plan No 307 Model Aviation August 1980 copy holds current Open Distance record 10412 miles Altitude record 6025 feet now hangs AMA museum flight ran Braidwood IL south Urbana IL Villa Grove May 27 young Brian Isenhart flew stock Aquila using Miller airfoil modification 126 miles set new record Junior category Still feeling good about June 3 Brian set Standard-class Altitude record 3000 feet plane specially-designed fuselage capable carrying Replogle barograph Photos will appear next months column reference AMA model air plane records March1984 see June 1984 issue Model Aviation page 119 Im finally going put snow shovels away Postal contest Back April 1984 col umn results given Pinellas Soaring Associations postal contest An invitation also offered inter ested clubs compete second postal meet Six clubs countries com peted onea contest dif ferent twist As mentioned back April tasks contest would include sixminute Duration spot landing four-lap F3B Speed kicker would both tasks would flown same weight during same round Results Club Southern Soaring Club Brisbane Pinelas White Sheet FSV Versmold Wellington Country South Africa Australia USA England Germany New Zealand Points 26156 25134 23457 20253 19262 9732 club team scored its best five fliers Best Speed time 240 seconds John Lightfoot South Africa John also best individual score four rounds 6127 team Germany flew fly ing wings Bad weather plagued con test two maxes recorded best Speed time 39 seconds Incidently Sean Walbank top British flier contest edits publishes fine magazine called White Sheet Its quarterly Spring 1984 issue crammed over 40 pages flying wing designs Austria Eng land Germany USA years subscription five English pounds its pound well spent Send subscription request Sean Walbank Editor 29 Gardens Acreman St Sherborne Dorset DT9 3PD England youre interested next postal contest write Kale Harden 3184 Brunswick Circle Palm Harbor FL 33563 USA Good Lift Dan Pruss 131 E Pennington Ln Plainfield IL 60544 RC ScalelWischers Continued page 49 struts alone made gum hard wood have 24 silver-solder joints fittings Some aluminum soldering done hobby-shop-type tubing 015 wall thickness can bit tricky Too much heat parts fall floor molten globules Too little heat solder will flow desirable fillet Two critical factors determine success brazing aluminum-soldering silver-soldering small model parts flame intensity brazing-rod diameter flame must completely adjustable must held work longer time necessary obtain good flow fillet being formed rod diameter too great heat will needed melt rod heat parts being joined meltdown parts real hazard As mod el size increases have found need brazed joints smaller models used almost have produced lot scrap learning join light metal pieces greatest advantage brazed joints strength available small light parts helps reduce overall model weight 1937 Aeronca K two-place side-by-side trainer sport-type airplane also known Scout followed C-3 Master 1936 used same basic two-cylinder E-l 13C engine built Aeronca earlier models updated 40 45 horspower its final form K became KC four-cylinder Continental A-40 engine K same span chord wing36 ft 50 inas C-3 152 Model AviationContinued page 154 Great footage BEST GIANT SCALE SEAPLANES SPORT FLYING UNUSUAL AIRCRAFT HELICOPTERS & MASTERS SCALE CHAMPIONS AC K-U-TROLL ER 6 Channel Direct Servo Controller Kit PuIe & Fane gate adiuaable Erar NuitvtabIe 06 Nng 0 Psi PuItes Cis-u-TROtLEn Car Entwkuostjaei NiCd SOtno banern Cho vaNS included No need tie up frestuency have pro bleto airplane Plug ACK-U-TROILER aod chech engine elevator ailerons upto 6 Ehan nels Receiver modification rettuired some radios uhinple build simple use five 5 slide pots contrOl 5 channels switch 6th nGreat use installing radio new airplane No need use Tx setup throws etc Radio inpound flying site have engine problem NO problem have ACK-U TROLLER helter product modetee HS N ELECTRONICS iN I
Edition: Model Aviation - 1984/09
Page Numbers: 46, 47, 151, 152
Radio Control Soaring Dan Pruss Germanys VSF Vermold Club entered latest Pinellas postal contest Note flew flying wings Bad weather hampered performances Fliers L Rkneeilng Guide Hechier Frank Dimmeler Matthlas Boy Chris Kiute Standing L R Reinhard Werner Ralner Gockein Joerg Kirchoff Michael Gockeln RaIf Flottman Dieter Perlick Other club members photo Aifons Gabach Hermann Zahlmann RECORDS Maybe long winter set five filers motion good weather finally came Cabin fever can make weird things Long Sail plane flights necessarily same category wind however seem common shortly after snow blower gets mothballed summer Check out flights May 2 Dean Landreth Bob Champine tested planes record trials take place over upcoming weekend Bob flight lasted nearly six hoursjust practiceand landed just after sunset Friday May 3 Dennis Everett thought hed try out new Eppler 211 wing Oly II fuselage tail Eight hours six minutes 43 seconds later landed setting new records Stand ard class Modified Standard class Sailplanes Saturday Dean Landreth launched Midwest Soarer attempt Two-Meter Slope record Nearly 10 hours later landed setting new record 9:5902 Ask past 33 LSF Level V achievers theyll tell eighthour Slope flight far gruel ling LSF tasks Ask much time spent air after witnesses called eight-hour mark man theyll probably tell just long enough double-check time find landing spot ask nearest big tree Bob Champine needed eightJack Hiner looks like hes sendIng hIs 171 -ln-span Pegasus off leisurely test hop Above Davey Systems winch gets 9 lb 5 oz bird away easily model swoops landing Below Lbut background looks different launch Thats cause landing sIte 19147 mIles away ltsa newAMAFAI pending NatIonal Record Declared Distance Open stralghtcountryroads helped contrlbutetoa safeoperatlon Jack landed 121/2 meterafrom goal Folks photo below Lto JIm Mcintyre Al Zolecki Jack Hiner Pegasus Stan Watson design MA plan No307 now holds three AMA two FAI records Dale Folkening photos 46 Model Aviation hour Slope flight become 34th LSF Level V Bob too long winter May 5 after being air eight hours along Dean Lan dreth Bob hung around nearly two hours before landing Paragon Continued page 151 Slope soaring Endurance records arent hectic cross-country Endurance Witnesa Dennis Everett during hia S-hr Endurance record flights haa act two Standard Modified Standard lap l tube holding eight C-cell batteries transmitter Photo Dick Everett New elope soaring Endurance records have set Dean Landreth L Bob Champine R Dean used Midwest Soarer set record 2-Meter class 9:592 Bob used Paragon Unlimited recordand satisfy final requirement 1SF level V award same flight Persons photo 1 R Ian Douglas Doug Barcon Dennis Everett Bob Champine Paul Aitenhoff Dean Landreth Safety rope off-field retrievals Photos Dick Everett SeDtember 1984 47 SCALE R/C JEMCO SPORT SCALE BALSA COVERSO FOAM WINO CORES SAILPLANES-R/CSPORT R/C COMPETITION & SPORT FOR BARNSTORM ERS AND STUDENTS EBERLES IS YOUR 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areas stringer lofting etc can found also What waiting Get back drawing board RC SoaringlPrus Continued page 47 final requirement LSF Level V also new Unlimited Slope record 9 5310 side note Bob Champine Bob recently retired NASA test pilot dont know modeler enjoys sport Sailplaning Quiet Aw shucks werent nothin attitude get him talk about flying days find Out has over 200 different airplanes listed log book X prefix Heres wishing can log least 200 Sailplanes retirement log Bob foregoing flights made West Coast couple Midwest gents making plans Memorial Day weekend attempts Cross-Country rec ords different classes Jack Hiner fell short goal Declared Distance category over Memorial Day weekend 1983 set out again May 26th year Last year after covering 47 miles ground crew made wrong turn plane flew off course time realized too-strong wind prevented hove attaui ce-toari level 5kIll Lefore con etczrt enjoPin3 thi spot-t September1984 151 BY LEE TAYLOR MAA POUNDER & PRO PHOTOGRAPhER SUPER two-hour long video cumu lative product TEN YEARS active shooting Featuring 165 LB GRUMMAN GOOSE 16 8-17 16 SPRUCE GOOSE MASTERS CHAMPION SHIPS AMA NATIONALS & MORE Recorded VHS Hi-Grade Video Tape $3495 C&EIF eRSIDENTs $3705 It TAC SEND 5A5E P05 DES SEND CREEK 05 MONEY ORDER TO recovery back course plan worked much better year lean towards types record-setting flights its worth passing whatand howthe experts plan Obviously weather biggest fac torjust behind safety Late spring early summer seem provide best odds good lift conditions However outsmart fickle winds Jack company have set up four basic courses direction north east south west. directions would planned grid pattern farmland country roads doesnt include courses other directions farm roads have very little traf fic selected reasons safety Besides low traffic roads sidestep towns planning near perfect May 26 however wind direction could have better Out northwest 10 24 knots quartering tailwind cause course correc tions hoped since lift light throughout flight No long runs made between thermals course required fourteen 900 turns flight work being Declared Distance attempt meant landing take place within 300 meters spot AMA record 500 meters FAI record Starting 1100 am landing 441 pm 5410 flight covered 9147 miles 14729 kilometers new AMA record tentative FAI record AMA record breaks Dale Folkenings 4282 miles set October 1982 Dale Contest Director Jacks flight Nice guy plane used Pegasus plan No 307 Model Aviation August 1980 copy holds current Open Distance record 10412 miles Altitude record 6025 feet now hangs AMA museum flight ran Braidwood IL south Urbana IL Villa Grove May 27 young Brian Isenhart flew stock Aquila using Miller airfoil modification 126 miles set new record Junior category Still feeling good about June 3 Brian set Standard-class Altitude record 3000 feet plane specially-designed fuselage capable carrying Replogle barograph Photos will appear next months column reference AMA model air plane records March1984 see June 1984 issue Model Aviation page 119 Im finally going put snow shovels away Postal contest Back April 1984 col umn results given Pinellas Soaring Associations postal contest An invitation also offered inter ested clubs compete second postal meet Six clubs countries com peted onea contest dif ferent twist As mentioned back April tasks contest would include sixminute Duration spot landing four-lap F3B Speed kicker would both tasks would flown same weight during same round Results Club Southern Soaring Club Brisbane Pinelas White Sheet FSV Versmold Wellington Country South Africa Australia USA England Germany New Zealand Points 26156 25134 23457 20253 19262 9732 club team scored its best five fliers Best Speed time 240 seconds John Lightfoot South Africa John also best individual score four rounds 6127 team Germany flew fly ing wings Bad weather plagued con test two maxes recorded best Speed time 39 seconds Incidently Sean Walbank top British flier contest edits publishes fine magazine called White Sheet Its quarterly Spring 1984 issue crammed over 40 pages flying wing designs Austria Eng land Germany USA years subscription five English pounds its pound well spent Send subscription request Sean Walbank Editor 29 Gardens Acreman St Sherborne Dorset DT9 3PD England youre interested next postal contest write Kale Harden 3184 Brunswick Circle Palm Harbor FL 33563 USA Good Lift Dan Pruss 131 E Pennington Ln Plainfield IL 60544 RC ScalelWischers Continued page 49 struts alone made gum hard wood have 24 silver-solder joints fittings Some aluminum soldering done hobby-shop-type tubing 015 wall thickness can bit tricky Too much heat parts fall floor molten globules Too little heat solder will flow desirable fillet Two critical factors determine success brazing aluminum-soldering silver-soldering small model parts flame intensity brazing-rod diameter flame must completely adjustable must held work longer time necessary obtain good flow fillet being formed rod diameter too great heat will needed melt rod heat parts being joined meltdown parts real hazard As mod el size increases have found need brazed joints smaller models used almost have produced lot scrap learning join light metal pieces greatest advantage brazed joints strength available small light parts helps reduce overall model weight 1937 Aeronca K two-place side-by-side trainer sport-type airplane also known Scout followed C-3 Master 1936 used same basic two-cylinder E-l 13C engine built Aeronca earlier models updated 40 45 horspower its final form K became KC four-cylinder Continental A-40 engine K same span chord wing36 ft 50 inas C-3 152 Model AviationContinued page 154 Great footage BEST GIANT SCALE SEAPLANES SPORT FLYING UNUSUAL AIRCRAFT HELICOPTERS & MASTERS SCALE CHAMPIONS AC K-U-TROLL ER 6 Channel Direct Servo Controller Kit PuIe & Fane gate adiuaable Erar NuitvtabIe 06 Nng 0 Psi PuItes Cis-u-TROtLEn Car Entwkuostjaei NiCd SOtno banern Cho vaNS included No need tie up frestuency have pro bleto airplane Plug ACK-U-TROILER aod chech engine elevator ailerons upto 6 Ehan nels Receiver modification rettuired some radios uhinple build simple use five 5 slide pots contrOl 5 channels switch 6th nGreat use installing radio new airplane No need use Tx setup throws etc Radio inpound flying site have engine problem NO problem have ACK-U TROLLER helter product modetee HS N ELECTRONICS iN I