Radio Control Spori-Aerobalics ONE OF THE problems associated big contests manage several flight lines required because large number contestants Some clubs have fliers use same flight line during contest rotate judges usually works out fine some con testants will always complain flew poorly because bad flight line Unfortunately alternative usually requires judges stay same line contestants have long walk several flight lines air planes associated gear So far year have seen two approaches worked well did require long walk contestants Huntsville contest May 1st 2nd Rocket City Radio Control Club set up two flight lines circle runway old Huntsville Airport two flight lines circle parallel taxiway contestants judges contest administration parking located median strip between runway taxiway judges stayed same flight line contestants rotated through flight lines No walk 200 feet compete flight line addition literally surrounded contest could easily watch flight flight line moving comfort own tent As side benefit relatively easy set up public address system flight line communications second approach saves wear tear contestants imple mented Eglin Aero Modellers Jim Kirkland Memorial contest June 12th 13th Several flat-bed trail ers pulled pickup trucks cars used flight line taxis serve four flight lines along 1800-ft-long contest area 600 ft between adjacent flight lines approach new Western Ohio Radio Kontrol Society used Wright Brothers Memorial Contest several years during 1960s people unhappy setup ones string over 4000 feet communications speaker wire along length contest area flight line arrangement problem would-be contest director must face What needed how-to-docon tinued page 78 Huge 14-foot Skylark dwarfs Ed Fleury courageous builder weighs 18-1/2 pounds Lost nose Kraft engine Stab looks big enough fly Pattern Text has details October1976 21 Bruce Underwood Lamar Gilbert sport beautiful shirts made Mrs Gilbert Too bad cant order themwould quite demand Left Make room top Tenyear-old Jeff Mink carried away two handfuls trophies Bicentennial model Kirkland Memorial Below Rhett Miller took Kirkland Memorial Perpetual Trophy third straight win him Jim Whitley 2nd Ron Chidgey 3rd Tom Moore placed fifth RC Sport/Van Putte continued page 21 book contest directors new CDs can avoid pitfalls con test has no matter what size Are volunteers Another thing noticed contests far year flying quality has im proved lower classes especially Advanced class old Class B D Novice D Expert setup Class B now called Advanced used lowpopulation hodgepodge fliers widely varying ability First fliers became impatient earning graduation Class now called Novice promoted themselves Class B older fliers unwilling compete group low Class despite lack fly ing competence flew Class B Finally Class winners earned way out class really tore up competition Class B what Ive seen lately Novice class graduates going have sur prise coming get Advanced recent contests competed half dozen fliers would have won virtually old Class B contests Its also interesting compare qual ity maneuvers done various classes large percentage maneu vers Advanced Expert Masters identical often nearly impossible tell what class flier looking portion flight because quality flying good Perhaps reason people flying well competitors flying outstanding airplanes given contest over half contestants will flying Don Lowes Phoenix 6 Joe Bridis Dirty Birdy would imagine relative numbers airplane versus other would vary depending whether contest nearer East coast West coast two out number rest combined FOR THOSE interested building Phoenix 6 plan install retractable landing gear let share suggestion problems airplane plans show nose gear retracting leading edge wing Doing requires cutting bulkhead front end RC compartment scooping out front wing Its difficult properly weakens both wing fuselage However dont have go trouble because plans wrong nose fiberglass fuselage longer shown plans motor mount normally installed longer required order kit order out firewall motor mount installed Purchase Fox mount fit engine put engine far back mount will go still leave room fuel tubing fuel pump Purchase 2 Goldberg spinner because has skirt rear prop allows en gine installed further forward normal Determine distance rear spinner rear Fox mount distance nose airplane front firewall Mark location firewall fuselage make cardboard template fit fuselage point Cut fire wall 5-ply ood mark drill holes Fox mount re tract nose gear install firewall using polyester resin epoxy have done everything carefully will ob tain 1 prop clearance nose gear will retract fuselage front wing THE 1976 Jim Kirkland Memorial joined ranks major pattern contests drawing 89 contestants eight states Over 200 enjoyed now-famous Satur day night shrimp feast Rhett Miller proved still has together winning Masters event third year row Rhett com petition could handle Jim Whitley finished 15 points back Jim edged out Ron Chidgey served notice hes back flying better has years Ron flew new Atlas now being kitted Southern RC Products Atlas appears fly slower either Phoenix 6 Dirty Birdy least smooth pre cise either three other again two weeks later Atlanta Phoe nix City contest time Rhett Miller won again Ron Chidgey managed beat Jim Whitley partly because Jim aileron problems due water getting aileron pot transmitter open gimbal assembly initial con test sponsored Conley Fliers CD Marty Farron put together contest remembered Saturday social hour contest headquarters Ad miral Benbow Inn free contestants wives helpers enjoyable contest pattern fliers Southeast should plan attend next year ONCE IN WHILE modeler shakes rest us up creation Ed Fluery Detroit Aero Modelers club Eds scaled up Skylark has wingspan 14 feet weighs about 18 pounds few details own words fuselage built sheet balsa hardwood longerons plywood bulkheads wing built up hard /8 square balsa ribs capped basswood spars Y8 balsa capped 3/ x ce aircraft silk dope gears made up 3/16 spring steel wire its little shakey am going make up regular oleo struts using heavier construction control system powered Kraft steel control cables bellcranks throughout ship has flown yet ex pect have air July 4th hope Ed good luck Ron Van Putte 12 Connie Dr Shah marFL 32579 Sunday Sportster/Willard continued page 29 Tail surfaces balsa sheet No sur prises Maybe Note have elevator its inoperative hinging stab Zapping cou ple short lengths wire across hinge line can make small adjust ments elevator having reglue stab Use small paper clip wire its soft yet firm enough take air loads wing standard Ace Sunday Wing Catalog No 13L65 get four panels enough two wings Sun day Sportster kit pre cut ends right dihedral angle epoxy two panels together center add reinforcing strap ping tape Are wondering about tip pan els Well way am since wing ends both cut same angle thought would look nice modern have wing-tip plates slant out slight anglea simple variation conical tips some planes have Theo retically should delay tip stall give same effect slightly longer wing just thought looked nice dont make standard type tipit probably wont make notice able difference model size Maybe will want experiment since have two sets wings Make other tip plates notice big difference let know Id real interested covering model used three methods First fuselage covered Monokote Second nose en gine area painted Hobbypoxy keep fuelproofed Third wing cov ered Solarfilm because shrinks up lower temperature Monokote wont melt foam wing sure test temperature first have Yes know looks something like Pietenpol Davis Heath parasol Q-Tee way see theyll qualify Sun day Sportsters Fly about same Theyre just named different Originally thought naming model Super CAVU thought too flying back 1938 name might mean much Sunday Sportster makes sense Its todays Sunday sport fliers Like 78 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1976/10
Page Numbers: 21, 78
Radio Control Spori-Aerobalics ONE OF THE problems associated big contests manage several flight lines required because large number contestants Some clubs have fliers use same flight line during contest rotate judges usually works out fine some con testants will always complain flew poorly because bad flight line Unfortunately alternative usually requires judges stay same line contestants have long walk several flight lines air planes associated gear So far year have seen two approaches worked well did require long walk contestants Huntsville contest May 1st 2nd Rocket City Radio Control Club set up two flight lines circle runway old Huntsville Airport two flight lines circle parallel taxiway contestants judges contest administration parking located median strip between runway taxiway judges stayed same flight line contestants rotated through flight lines No walk 200 feet compete flight line addition literally surrounded contest could easily watch flight flight line moving comfort own tent As side benefit relatively easy set up public address system flight line communications second approach saves wear tear contestants imple mented Eglin Aero Modellers Jim Kirkland Memorial contest June 12th 13th Several flat-bed trail ers pulled pickup trucks cars used flight line taxis serve four flight lines along 1800-ft-long contest area 600 ft between adjacent flight lines approach new Western Ohio Radio Kontrol Society used Wright Brothers Memorial Contest several years during 1960s people unhappy setup ones string over 4000 feet communications speaker wire along length contest area flight line arrangement problem would-be contest director must face What needed how-to-docon tinued page 78 Huge 14-foot Skylark dwarfs Ed Fleury courageous builder weighs 18-1/2 pounds Lost nose Kraft engine Stab looks big enough fly Pattern Text has details October1976 21 Bruce Underwood Lamar Gilbert sport beautiful shirts made Mrs Gilbert Too bad cant order themwould quite demand Left Make room top Tenyear-old Jeff Mink carried away two handfuls trophies Bicentennial model Kirkland Memorial Below Rhett Miller took Kirkland Memorial Perpetual Trophy third straight win him Jim Whitley 2nd Ron Chidgey 3rd Tom Moore placed fifth RC Sport/Van Putte continued page 21 book contest directors new CDs can avoid pitfalls con test has no matter what size Are volunteers Another thing noticed contests far year flying quality has im proved lower classes especially Advanced class old Class B D Novice D Expert setup Class B now called Advanced used lowpopulation hodgepodge fliers widely varying ability First fliers became impatient earning graduation Class now called Novice promoted themselves Class B older fliers unwilling compete group low Class despite lack fly ing competence flew Class B Finally Class winners earned way out class really tore up competition Class B what Ive seen lately Novice class graduates going have sur prise coming get Advanced recent contests competed half dozen fliers would have won virtually old Class B contests Its also interesting compare qual ity maneuvers done various classes large percentage maneu vers Advanced Expert Masters identical often nearly impossible tell what class flier looking portion flight because quality flying good Perhaps reason people flying well competitors flying outstanding airplanes given contest over half contestants will flying Don Lowes Phoenix 6 Joe Bridis Dirty Birdy would imagine relative numbers airplane versus other would vary depending whether contest nearer East coast West coast two out number rest combined FOR THOSE interested building Phoenix 6 plan install retractable landing gear let share suggestion problems airplane plans show nose gear retracting leading edge wing Doing requires cutting bulkhead front end RC compartment scooping out front wing Its difficult properly weakens both wing fuselage However dont have go trouble because plans wrong nose fiberglass fuselage longer shown plans motor mount normally installed longer required order kit order out firewall motor mount installed Purchase Fox mount fit engine put engine far back mount will go still leave room fuel tubing fuel pump Purchase 2 Goldberg spinner because has skirt rear prop allows en gine installed further forward normal Determine distance rear spinner rear Fox mount distance nose airplane front firewall Mark location firewall fuselage make cardboard template fit fuselage point Cut fire wall 5-ply ood mark drill holes Fox mount re tract nose gear install firewall using polyester resin epoxy have done everything carefully will ob tain 1 prop clearance nose gear will retract fuselage front wing THE 1976 Jim Kirkland Memorial joined ranks major pattern contests drawing 89 contestants eight states Over 200 enjoyed now-famous Satur day night shrimp feast Rhett Miller proved still has together winning Masters event third year row Rhett com petition could handle Jim Whitley finished 15 points back Jim edged out Ron Chidgey served notice hes back flying better has years Ron flew new Atlas now being kitted Southern RC Products Atlas appears fly slower either Phoenix 6 Dirty Birdy least smooth pre cise either three other again two weeks later Atlanta Phoe nix City contest time Rhett Miller won again Ron Chidgey managed beat Jim Whitley partly because Jim aileron problems due water getting aileron pot transmitter open gimbal assembly initial con test sponsored Conley Fliers CD Marty Farron put together contest remembered Saturday social hour contest headquarters Ad miral Benbow Inn free contestants wives helpers enjoyable contest pattern fliers Southeast should plan attend next year ONCE IN WHILE modeler shakes rest us up creation Ed Fluery Detroit Aero Modelers club Eds scaled up Skylark has wingspan 14 feet weighs about 18 pounds few details own words fuselage built sheet balsa hardwood longerons plywood bulkheads wing built up hard /8 square balsa ribs capped basswood spars Y8 balsa capped 3/ x ce aircraft silk dope gears made up 3/16 spring steel wire its little shakey am going make up regular oleo struts using heavier construction control system powered Kraft steel control cables bellcranks throughout ship has flown yet ex pect have air July 4th hope Ed good luck Ron Van Putte 12 Connie Dr Shah marFL 32579 Sunday Sportster/Willard continued page 29 Tail surfaces balsa sheet No sur prises Maybe Note have elevator its inoperative hinging stab Zapping cou ple short lengths wire across hinge line can make small adjust ments elevator having reglue stab Use small paper clip wire its soft yet firm enough take air loads wing standard Ace Sunday Wing Catalog No 13L65 get four panels enough two wings Sun day Sportster kit pre cut ends right dihedral angle epoxy two panels together center add reinforcing strap ping tape Are wondering about tip pan els Well way am since wing ends both cut same angle thought would look nice modern have wing-tip plates slant out slight anglea simple variation conical tips some planes have Theo retically should delay tip stall give same effect slightly longer wing just thought looked nice dont make standard type tipit probably wont make notice able difference model size Maybe will want experiment since have two sets wings Make other tip plates notice big difference let know Id real interested covering model used three methods First fuselage covered Monokote Second nose en gine area painted Hobbypoxy keep fuelproofed Third wing cov ered Solarfilm because shrinks up lower temperature Monokote wont melt foam wing sure test temperature first have Yes know looks something like Pietenpol Davis Heath parasol Q-Tee way see theyll qualify Sun day Sportsters Fly about same Theyre just named different Originally thought naming model Super CAVU thought too flying back 1938 name might mean much Sunday Sportster makes sense Its todays Sunday sport fliers Like 78 Model Aviation