A look back 1989 Tn-Cities Natsthe frustrations triumphs some competitors hardworking officials made happen U Fred Berman NOT FAIR9 course fair AMA move Nats closer Pacific West Coast modelers have con stitutional right have big competition shift own orbit changeeven Easterners strap fullscale Boeing 727 order participate Participate eh Perhaps perhaps Sheer frustration reporter composing little poem 4 am re cent morning Dont look now Willie Shakespeare Eenie meenie miney moI wonder ever Kaos will show Explanation needed Certainly Inexperi enced am such matters neverthe less became necessary send off com petition plane 2500 miles west under pow er other its own box else So started measuring Holy Toledo packed tightly dared box become size shape cof finor crate baby grand Postal Service wouldnt take UPS neither would airline phoned ol travel expert Dave Brown Air lines will let check bicycle Get cy cle carton pack plane Hmmm way would able squeeze bulky tail feathers such Chris Gibson Santa Rosa CA isa very ded icated 17-year-old competitor Two years ago hitched ride first Nats Lincoln NE Richiand flew own scratch built copy Hanno Prettners Supra-Fly Chriss career goal aircraft mechanics container Didnt have Brown touch guess nothing switch favored Aurora smaller Kaos hoping beat 130-in length-plus-girth limit UPS shipments designed built portable airplane 60 Modei Aviation Jim Gall Garfield NJ launches Control Line Combat ship partner Byron Bad ner Baltimore MD two erstwhile competitors braved 3000 miles interstates 31/2 days get Richiand compete 1989 Nats Thats dedication first order NaTS member uon iL FAI Team Race team adjusting engine natural camaraderie mod elers quickly overcame language barrier Joanie Anastasia wife event director Rick Allison seventh-place-winning Eclipse Pattern ship Joanie two female Pattern fliers Nats Shes flying five years coming up fast ft rocket wing string An ear-muffled launch team neededthe bicycle pumper starts fuel Iow igniter inserts roctoscope combustion chamber shattering sustained explosion racer blasts away over 200 mph Right slower 30K-rpm CL Speed models can attain same higher speeds Jet monsters fact 30K topped Jet speeds Left absolute opposite end speed spectrum delicate exquisitely crafted Indoor Free Flight Scale models seem just float air Right Jack Barnes TV radio station chief engineer Seattle WA mechaniced wife preparing launch four-cycle-powered Model Tech Joss Stik Jack has modeling 22 years Tn-Cities first Nats competition tomb %-in plyscore triangles sawed 2 x 4s corners tapered box needing roomy area tail feathers full length Hoo ray Measuring around middle box length-plus-girth came just under 130 inches hauled empty 47-lb box down UPS agent gave OK packed model screwed down box lid delivered whole busi ness shipper Fifty-five pounds 26 dollarsnot bad done two weeks before Nats promise eight days transit time worries overor thought Exactly week later early morning phone call shattered tranquillity bang Sorry voice other end informed UPS refused shipment Its oversize brought back Please come pick up money will refunded Oh great Six days left counting Id bought airline tickets whether used dog rescue maybe ad vised Greyhound diesel en gine inside might accept consignment get Richland three days fee Forty-five dollars Did have choice So off trundled robust box leave driving us station after heaving 55 lb its des tiny gave second sigh relief got name address phone number Greyhound freight agent Richland hurried home give him call pickup arrangements Back comes recorded message number have called out service Long distance information merely con firmed statement Placing call local terminal told old direc tory erroneously consultedthere no longer freight agent Richland box already its way belly buses What revolting turn events Churn ing old noodle remembered TnCities planned rent car anyway maybe Pasco Kennewick Sure enough Pasco registered positive up-to-date Greyhound directory agent sured would catch bus enroute did arrange change sig nals er destination Lucky timemaybe waited four days eve own de parture dialed Pasco freight agent No box yet said sur prised often hold large items till March 1990 61 Darlene Frederick 10-year member USPJA served chief judge Nats certainly doesnt fit stereotype stern-faced dour judge Darlene also has own prop manufacturing company DW Props machine turn out 16 different sizes propellers seven pitches available size prop weekends less bus freight knowing whether Id participant spectator Tn-Cities Nats boarded plane next morning After uneventful flight Pasco located Greyhound terminal peeked win dowand saw no box Feeling ready plant uppercut anybody handy con fronted agents inside pair husky la dies disappeared back annexand flying teams also family units Fay Carruthers son came along husband Steve Springfield OH Steve whos flying since seven years old LA-i Aerobatics ship entered came struggling back withyesmy un gainly familiar totally intact 55-lb box So now know dog mans best friend after Greyhound stance Fifteen-year-old Jerret Cangie Redmont WA right teammate Bill Pet terson Seattle WA Edge Pylon Racer two young fliers red-hot contenders until engine flooded missed 90-second starting window moral yours case have plane will travel sure plane has de tachable tail feathers wing sep arates center Unless own freight line Judge Paul W Parks Sandpoint ID care fully measuring beautiful Scale Free Flight 1917 Comet Larry Kruse Liberal KS frequent MA contributor its builder 62 Model Aviation Len norm McFadden Seattle WA right son Dave schoolteacher Left-handed Norm 1988 National Combai inampIon Norm believes foam wings will cut streamers better wood wingshe may have something Right Bill Nusz deftly assembles Jet Speed engine Bill machined internal parts himself pulse jets burn 50/50 mix propylene oxide nitromethane Some dedicated people made Nats possible left crew servicing flight lines B right flight line C 0 crew folks showed unfailing good humor doing tough job conscientious efforts appreciated involved Left Three five Wisniewskis southern California Bev center served Control Line category manager 1989 Nats Bevs hus band Bill right former Control Line FAI Speed World Champion son Rich active flier own right Right Grace Berman McKeesport PA 55-lb coffinlike box housing husbands Kaos tribulations shipping box described text Left NSRCA president Bryan Henderson right presenting award Contest Director Gregg Frohreich way Gregg flying around little truck award must have fastest truck Nats Right Trophies awarded superlative repainting Nats scoreboards Vince Mankowski top looks Dave Sally Brown left Barbara Travis McGinnis happily accept Contest Director Gregg Frobreich Phoe nix AZ briefed lowly Sportsman Advanced contestants same evening Transmitter impound rules contest sequenc ing ready box procedures judges rotation runway surface problems flying active full-scale airport holds op erations crossing runway covered roughly 100 contestants needed get six flights three days 200 flights day thats no small order four flight lines action figuring minimum 10 minutes per flight would work out nine hours solid flying assuming went wellno radio interference good weather also remember AMAs agreement fixed base oper ators required vacating field 5 pm never rains Richland Julyso says local Chamber Commerce competition regulations spell out wind must exceed 40 mph rains heavy hail hurricanes qualify too before fly ing can canceled least 10 ten derfeet scratched first flights Sun day because weatherwhich proba bly saved planes flying rest program Only four best rounds calculated Winning competition course soul satisfying its meeting fellow modelers common interests makes Nats what West Coast contestants friendly bunch seem somewhat less inhibited Easterners seemed easy strike up new acquaintances recruited fellow fliers act callers Chris Gibson 17-years-young chap Santa Rosa CA volunteered reporter Chris became hooked own friend bequeathed him second hand kit dad very supportive Chris modeler family hitched ride first Nats Lin coln NE two years ago Richland scratch-built copy Hanno Prettners Supra-Fly Chris already knows career goal plans aviation mechanic Hes very resolute flier whos coming up fast Jack Barnes has hobby 22 years first Nats en tered four-cycle-powered Model Tech Joss Stik wife mechanic Jack chief engineer Seattle TV radio sta tion Though safely completed rou tines its safe bet Jack plans bring wind-resistive vehicle next Nats Joanie Anastasio married assistContinued page 182 March 1990 63 casualty fierce Nats competition AMA President Don Lowe Altamonte Springs FL pays final respects un usual gravesite airplane its owner gratefully respectfully unidentified Sn uf-Vibe BACK PLATE MOUNTS Front Intake Engines Aluminum Back Plate Mounts light weight easy instaJi Just bolt engine crank case mounts equipped SNUF-VIBE IsolatIon system doubie protection engine vibratIon SIX SIZES FOR ENGINES 15 TO 182 JT-BP1 og 1495JT-BP4 60-go 1496 JT-BP2 19 25 1496JT-BP6 MAX 90-106 1796 JT-BP3 29- 060 1496JT-8P6 ST2SOO-3000 2196 T SEND 25t trSTAMPWE FOR ADDITIONAL INFO AND JTEC CATALOR 164 School St. Dely CIty CA 64014 14151 756-3400 ratfie several thousand dollars worth prizes 4 Lots close-up show-and-tell oppor tunities manufacturers top builders 5 Finallyand best allsuperfriendly atmos phere nonstop Glider talk short its wonderful place gab old friends meet lots new ones very special feature year will banquet speaker Michael Selig Michael will give us inside scoop Princeton airfoil tests will have digested Soarrech #8 see low should have lots questions ready Michael GHQ will again Clover Island Inn lo cated right Columbia River Entry fee cluding banquet raffle ticket $35 Ad ditional models $2 Additional banquet guests welcome $20 Slope Soaring News will sponsor Friday evening tasting ex cellent local Washington State wines Pre registration required closes April 25 register send fee AMA number RC frequencyies Wil Byers 632 Meadows Drive East Richland WA 99352 additional info send Wil large SASE Clover Island Inns num ber 1-800-541-7628 fun fly special rates very reasonable $34 two $39 three four persons Tell em Wil Byers sent Nats Sampler/Berman Continued page 63 ant event director Rick Allison very special competitor two lady Pattern fliers Nats shes five years under husbands tute lage Joanie came away trophy eat available hobby shop ORDER DIRECT far immediate shipment Check MO Visa Mt COD accepted Add $250 UPS $316 COO 6% sales tan Calif residents gether top Iliers country iet shoot out see really top gun Last year Joe Wurts Fred Weaver Larry Jolly close hehind Can Joe repeat Qualifi cation will same last year LSF Level Vs Level lVs Level V contest points National Champions info contact Miles Mo ran 10428 Oso Ave Chatsworth CA 91311 tel 1-818/882-4687 Pete Carr 329 Little Ave Ridgeway PA 15053 tel 1-814/772485 1j Pete also mentioned Soaring event AMA Nats held mid-July Law renceville IL southern part state near Indiana border will runin part anywayby some folks used put old SOAR Nats Seventies meets CDed Dan Pruss considered top contests country until Soaring included AMA Nats 1975 SOAR Nats fondly remembered good times friendly tough competition lets hope can again 90 1990 lnternatjtnal Scale Soaring Fun Fly Event Director Wil Byers announces fun fly will held May 25-27 will third year Tn-City Kennewick Pasco Richland WA Soarers have put all-Scale Slope flying extravaganza fun fly has quickly become popular Scale Soaring event country Last year 84 pilots showed up bringing 140 Gliders flew everything little Penetrators five-meter Scale ASW-20s Whats attraction Id say its combina tion five things Superb slope site orga nization 2 Three days fly-when-you-want oottcompeiove Soaring 3 Excellent banquet LIGHTING THE ORIGINALS. Still #RED 01 Programmable Flashing Navigation Lights #RED 02 Adjustable Rate Strobe Light #RED 03 Landing Lights #RED 04 Adjustable Rate Mars Rotating Beacon #RED 05 Marine Navigation Lights nonflashing #RED 14 Big Airplane Navigation Lights #RED 16 Econo Landing Lights brightest #RED 23 Real Strobe Light true zenon strobe e SEE YOUR DEALER e SEND STAMPED ENVELOPE FOR RAM INFO unavilable locally send check money order full credit card info cost item plus $200 $500 foreign immediate shipment Include full address UPS Sorry no COD Ram 4736 N Milwaukee Ave ago IL 60630 182 Model Aviation SYSTEMS Best $2495 $1995 $3995 $1995 $1095 $2495 $1995 $2995 4 -1 N- - -.I Rht Stuff First Step Model Airplane Simple Siaon Airplane Co ox 18 East Lonaeadow EtA 01028 413592361$ seventh place plane Eclipse wrenches herself astutely real trooper Joanie scoffed cold rain hot sun equal indifference multitalented woman works engineering firm has recently decided upgrade education time published will probably have EE diploma Well watch coming up ladder upper classes soon wives part flying team Fay Carruthers son Springfield OH braved long ride far side Rockies assist hubby Steve LA-i Expert class Steve flew first plane age seven20 years ago Really admired appreciated army officials organizers helpers judges staffers make Nats pos sible participants such comely Californian Darlene Frederick 10year member USPJA United States Pattern Judging Association chief judge Richiand doesnt fit mold Arent judges supposed stern mean poker-faced aloof jovial Darlene first sons hus band became contest addicted Darlene wasnt about left behind As judging werent enough leads secret life own Darlene manufactures model air plane propellers machine turn out DW Props Darlene/Wayne 16 sizes seven pitches cant keep stock aw.paCa.Pal. Falok RIC k nd Rh.shtaq 1/4 Scale Kits $12995 Epoxy/Glass/Foam Construction Drawings Data Formula 120 Pylon Sport Standoff ScalaKit Price ping Credit Cards WelcomedOhio Residents Add 7% spite tight schedule ground crew volunteers patiently posed cam era Unfortunately snap pic tures quickly delay operations wasnt able get everybodys names Thanks AMAs intelligence network bus tour nearby Hanford atomic facil ities provided Since years some us school US popula tion has doubledand continues climb appetite stuff Mr Drake started pumping Titus yule PA 130 years ago has far outpaced population statisticson both sides Atlantic Alongside spiraling demand Si Hyblak fascinating Hanford tour guide pointed out faced definitely limited supply oilfor modelers well everyone else though existing deposits may have accessed Earth may soon drained its pop ular fuel generation might affected coming after us sure Among other cataclysmic effects will grounding worlds aircraft un less alternative fuel discovered vented has yet Three Mile Island Chernobyl jitters notwithstanding really no alternative utilizing nu clear energy Solar energy application has proven major importance possible hydroelectric sites ser vice benefit descendants must stretch petroleum reserves Also combustion fossil fuels both coal oil releases contaminants atmosphere Little little chemical by-products eating away protec tive envelope around globe al lows us breathe go around space suits Acid rain carbon dioxide ozone layer holes greenhouse effect terms becoming familiar Nuclear energy creating new prob lems waste disposal shares fossil fuels life-threatening side effects Hanford site 560-square-mile taxpayer-financed laboratory 12000 scientists support personnel work ing civilize atomic energy Albert Ein stein Enrico Fermi Werner von Braun Glenn Siborg just some lumi naries once worked Hanford plutonium fueled Nagasaki bomb produced 45 years ago However Hanfords projects nuclear instance some PhDs trying solve riddle disposing nonnuclear hazardous wastes like PCBs other toxic chemicals Fusing stuff glass balls promising possibil ities Hanford situated middle sagebrush desert time nine operating reactors However based overestimation North wests power needs two reactors remain operation todaythe Washington State power reactor experimental fast-flux facility tour guide gave us sample uranium fuel pellet size pencil eraser equiv alent half ton coal 90 gallons gasoline What neat fuel package model Oh case youre wondering fuel pellet facsimile Under huge AMA umbrella numer ous special interest segments NSRCA National Society Radio-Con trolled Aerobatics Without sistance NSRCA members host re gion Nats would impossible Just did last year NSRCA ar ranged buffet offering free snacks conducted awards ceremony Sports man Advanced Pattern classes Sportsman brothers Ken Orin Rice Utah took first second places respec tively Shane Gray 16-year-old Junior Texas garnered first place Ad vanced Watch out Chip Hyde guess again walked off empty-handed NSRCA President Bryan Henderson broached familiar topic need raise dues 700 members newslet ter K-Factor alone eats up 45 cents copy such far-flung thinly spread organization common fund-raising devices seem impractical present appeared agree Guest speaker fellow member Don Lowe gave glimpse AMAs future present growth trend continues said within very few years AMA will have March 1990 183 Kaimbach Publiafling uo Pu Box 1612 Waukesha WI 53187 YES Please send copies RADIO CONTROL BUYERS GUIDE Price per copy $1295/#12086 D Charge credit card Charge E Mastercard Exp date Street City State Zip Include postage handling us $150 Canadian foreign add 15% minimum $300 Make payment US funda Wiaconain reaidenta add 5% aelca tax 0110 Bill Effinger * says n Patternvn Sets give asserted designs want have selected best clessic designs time tsr cheese hero patterns part important exclusive feature Golden Age Va Scale Curtias Hawk P-i 68 length wing span 239g sq 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Meeshar AMA NFPS Mallet Fare Prices complene plans sub assembly detailed parts lists Add $290 far Maffieg Tales Sand far breaker ahead ef thy crowd new brochure showing new Plan Sets 199g Send 131 refundable fst Orderl WE TECHNICAL SERVICES 312 Bishop Rd Sante Rosa Beach FL 32459 half million members hottest pancakes griddle purchase single national site capa ble handling AMAs activi ties everything headquarters complex permanent Nats park Some 60 sites offered purchase An Indi ana acreage tract Academyrs favor ite choice time Nats Don cautioned imperative AMA maintain base nationrs cap ital Being able easily voice concerns federal law- policymakers essen tial Nats proves over over AMA made up dedicated people fam ilies privileged meet Bev Wisniew ski native southern California Con trol Line category manager After 40 years marriage Bev still glows affection husband describes Bill gentle genius member worldclass Control Line Speed team also master model engine designer brain K&B Manufacturing children sons little r Rick Mike daughter Mindyr active participants hobby wonder Bev got draft ed enthusiasm furiously contagious briefly discussed merits na tional Nats site Tn-Cities Nats thought proved participating contes tants come largely geographic proximity chosen site since year entrants mostly Pacific time zoners Bev acknowledged th5r added its getting difficult expensive year locate suitable spot con ducting Nats can appreciate truth ob servation based common experience flying fields Everywhere turn developmentindustrial facilities housing tracts condosis threatening overrun fly ing sites Flying sites becoming en dangered species context makes sense time AMA own rather rent r Bev approves AMAs aim nail down just several well-spaced permanent Nats sites like mod elers islands encroaching sea pop ulation Among Bevs charges Nats Control Line Jet Speedsters 200-plus screaming mph machines seem rare specialty someone like myself Just Cape Canaveral fuel used exotica 50/50 mix propylene oxide nitro methane An ear-muffled launch team needed bicycle pumper starts fuel flow igniter inserts spark proctoscope combustion chamber shat tering sustained explosion racer gone launch dolly skitters away pilot hangs dizzying dance least six lapslike riding bareback Ger man V-2 Now know what Chuck Yea ger must have felt like first punched X-1 life A-in music wire belly skid allows craft survive its land ing Talk about holding tiger its tail 30K-rpm engine racers Bill Wis niewskis specialty arenrt slower Twisting single wire provides elevator control Amazing Much slower Speedsters what isnt Control Line Team Racing Russian racing team year caused some what language barrier natural mod elers camaraderie quickly overcame obstacles Jim Gall Garfield NJ Byron Bod ner Baltimore MD brazened 3000 miles interstates 31/3 days get Richland game Control Line Combat probably appealing branch sportno-frills ships whipped 36 Fox wide-open screamers Again learned 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Tidewater Hobby Enterprises168 Toledo RC Exposition156 Top Flite Models Inc169 Tower Hobbies177-179 Tru-Turn152 US Quadra166 Ultimatesport RC160 VL Products161 Vinylwrite Custom Lettering172 WE Technical Services184 Webra18 Williams Brothers49 Windsor Propeller Co53 Wing Mfg158 World EnginesCover 4 Yashioka12 85 Nick Ziroli Models44 ers use 40-size engines stock mufflers draw common fuel source Rac ing heats four theyre scored two ways finish position after 10 laps first through fourth best lap time Again large number umps officials needed conduct race Fifteen-year-old Jerret Cangie Redmont WA red-hot devotee Unfortu nately Jerret mechanic/flier Bill Petterson Seattle flooded engine failed start up within required 90second window following signal young men told practice lo cal contests about two weeks Diametrically opposite adrenalin scale seems docile Free Flight Scale models both indoor outdoor types aircraft very care fully judged realism fidelity workmanship indicates patience supreme As always Free Flight Scale vari ety great Rubber gas power mod ern antique aircraftwhat treat view such exceptionally fine building skills also envy small boxes needed transport lovely creations Nats like banqueta huge crowd SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT responding advertisers mention read about ModelAviation diners well regiment servers cooks dishwashers staff gets neither wages nor tips Vince Mankowski quartermaster general headwaiter chief cook bottle washer etc etcarranged little compensation form din ner loyal army DJ old-time music us old folks tripping light fantastic heartwarming touch Vince whatever happened dessert Winter Hawk/ODwyer Continued page 71 Prepare wing covering painting tissue attaches two coats sand ing sealer sanding lightly between coats March 1990 185
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A look back 1989 Tn-Cities Natsthe frustrations triumphs some competitors hardworking officials made happen U Fred Berman NOT FAIR9 course fair AMA move Nats closer Pacific West Coast modelers have con stitutional right have big competition shift own orbit changeeven Easterners strap fullscale Boeing 727 order participate Participate eh Perhaps perhaps Sheer frustration reporter composing little poem 4 am re cent morning Dont look now Willie Shakespeare Eenie meenie miney moI wonder ever Kaos will show Explanation needed Certainly Inexperi enced am such matters neverthe less became necessary send off com petition plane 2500 miles west under pow er other its own box else So started measuring Holy Toledo packed tightly dared box become size shape cof finor crate baby grand Postal Service wouldnt take UPS neither would airline phoned ol travel expert Dave Brown Air lines will let check bicycle Get cy cle carton pack plane Hmmm way would able squeeze bulky tail feathers such Chris Gibson Santa Rosa CA isa very ded icated 17-year-old competitor Two years ago hitched ride first Nats Lincoln NE Richiand flew own scratch built copy Hanno Prettners Supra-Fly Chriss career goal aircraft mechanics container Didnt have Brown touch guess nothing switch favored Aurora smaller Kaos hoping beat 130-in length-plus-girth limit UPS shipments designed built portable airplane 60 Modei Aviation Jim Gall Garfield NJ launches Control Line Combat ship partner Byron Bad ner Baltimore MD two erstwhile competitors braved 3000 miles interstates 31/2 days get Richiand compete 1989 Nats Thats dedication first order NaTS member uon iL FAI Team Race team adjusting engine natural camaraderie mod elers quickly overcame language barrier Joanie Anastasia wife event director Rick Allison seventh-place-winning Eclipse Pattern ship Joanie two female Pattern fliers Nats Shes flying five years coming up fast ft rocket wing string An ear-muffled launch team neededthe bicycle pumper starts fuel Iow igniter inserts roctoscope combustion chamber shattering sustained explosion racer blasts away over 200 mph Right slower 30K-rpm CL Speed models can attain same higher speeds Jet monsters fact 30K topped Jet speeds Left absolute opposite end speed spectrum delicate exquisitely crafted Indoor Free Flight Scale models seem just float air Right Jack Barnes TV radio station chief engineer Seattle WA mechaniced wife preparing launch four-cycle-powered Model Tech Joss Stik Jack has modeling 22 years Tn-Cities first Nats competition tomb %-in plyscore triangles sawed 2 x 4s corners tapered box needing roomy area tail feathers full length Hoo ray Measuring around middle box length-plus-girth came just under 130 inches hauled empty 47-lb box down UPS agent gave OK packed model screwed down box lid delivered whole busi ness shipper Fifty-five pounds 26 dollarsnot bad done two weeks before Nats promise eight days transit time worries overor thought Exactly week later early morning phone call shattered tranquillity bang Sorry voice other end informed UPS refused shipment Its oversize brought back Please come pick up money will refunded Oh great Six days left counting Id bought airline tickets whether used dog rescue maybe ad vised Greyhound diesel en gine inside might accept consignment get Richland three days fee Forty-five dollars Did have choice So off trundled robust box leave driving us station after heaving 55 lb its des tiny gave second sigh relief got name address phone number Greyhound freight agent Richland hurried home give him call pickup arrangements Back comes recorded message number have called out service Long distance information merely con firmed statement Placing call local terminal told old direc tory erroneously consultedthere no longer freight agent Richland box already its way belly buses What revolting turn events Churn ing old noodle remembered TnCities planned rent car anyway maybe Pasco Kennewick Sure enough Pasco registered positive up-to-date Greyhound directory agent sured would catch bus enroute did arrange change sig nals er destination Lucky timemaybe waited four days eve own de parture dialed Pasco freight agent No box yet said sur prised often hold large items till March 1990 61 Darlene Frederick 10-year member USPJA served chief judge Nats certainly doesnt fit stereotype stern-faced dour judge Darlene also has own prop manufacturing company DW Props machine turn out 16 different sizes propellers seven pitches available size prop weekends less bus freight knowing whether Id participant spectator Tn-Cities Nats boarded plane next morning After uneventful flight Pasco located Greyhound terminal peeked win dowand saw no box Feeling ready plant uppercut anybody handy con fronted agents inside pair husky la dies disappeared back annexand flying teams also family units Fay Carruthers son came along husband Steve Springfield OH Steve whos flying since seven years old LA-i Aerobatics ship entered came struggling back withyesmy un gainly familiar totally intact 55-lb box So now know dog mans best friend after Greyhound stance Fifteen-year-old Jerret Cangie Redmont WA right teammate Bill Pet terson Seattle WA Edge Pylon Racer two young fliers red-hot contenders until engine flooded missed 90-second starting window moral yours case have plane will travel sure plane has de tachable tail feathers wing sep arates center Unless own freight line Judge Paul W Parks Sandpoint ID care fully measuring beautiful Scale Free Flight 1917 Comet Larry Kruse Liberal KS frequent MA contributor its builder 62 Model Aviation Len norm McFadden Seattle WA right son Dave schoolteacher Left-handed Norm 1988 National Combai inampIon Norm believes foam wings will cut streamers better wood wingshe may have something Right Bill Nusz deftly assembles Jet Speed engine Bill machined internal parts himself pulse jets burn 50/50 mix propylene oxide nitromethane Some dedicated people made Nats possible left crew servicing flight lines B right flight line C 0 crew folks showed unfailing good humor doing tough job conscientious efforts appreciated involved Left Three five Wisniewskis southern California Bev center served Control Line category manager 1989 Nats Bevs hus band Bill right former Control Line FAI Speed World Champion son Rich active flier own right Right Grace Berman McKeesport PA 55-lb coffinlike box housing husbands Kaos tribulations shipping box described text Left NSRCA president Bryan Henderson right presenting award Contest Director Gregg Frohreich way Gregg flying around little truck award must have fastest truck Nats Right Trophies awarded superlative repainting Nats scoreboards Vince Mankowski top looks Dave Sally Brown left Barbara Travis McGinnis happily accept Contest Director Gregg Frobreich Phoe nix AZ briefed lowly Sportsman Advanced contestants same evening Transmitter impound rules contest sequenc ing ready box procedures judges rotation runway surface problems flying active full-scale airport holds op erations crossing runway covered roughly 100 contestants needed get six flights three days 200 flights day thats no small order four flight lines action figuring minimum 10 minutes per flight would work out nine hours solid flying assuming went wellno radio interference good weather also remember AMAs agreement fixed base oper ators required vacating field 5 pm never rains Richland Julyso says local Chamber Commerce competition regulations spell out wind must exceed 40 mph rains heavy hail hurricanes qualify too before fly ing can canceled least 10 ten derfeet scratched first flights Sun day because weatherwhich proba bly saved planes flying rest program Only four best rounds calculated Winning competition course soul satisfying its meeting fellow modelers common interests makes Nats what West Coast contestants friendly bunch seem somewhat less inhibited Easterners seemed easy strike up new acquaintances recruited fellow fliers act callers Chris Gibson 17-years-young chap Santa Rosa CA volunteered reporter Chris became hooked own friend bequeathed him second hand kit dad very supportive Chris modeler family hitched ride first Nats Lin coln NE two years ago Richland scratch-built copy Hanno Prettners Supra-Fly Chris already knows career goal plans aviation mechanic Hes very resolute flier whos coming up fast Jack Barnes has hobby 22 years first Nats en tered four-cycle-powered Model Tech Joss Stik wife mechanic Jack chief engineer Seattle TV radio sta tion Though safely completed rou tines its safe bet Jack plans bring wind-resistive vehicle next Nats Joanie Anastasio married assistContinued page 182 March 1990 63 casualty fierce Nats competition AMA President Don Lowe Altamonte Springs FL pays final respects un usual gravesite airplane its owner gratefully respectfully unidentified Sn uf-Vibe BACK PLATE MOUNTS Front Intake Engines Aluminum Back Plate Mounts light weight easy instaJi Just bolt engine crank case mounts equipped SNUF-VIBE IsolatIon system doubie protection engine vibratIon SIX SIZES FOR ENGINES 15 TO 182 JT-BP1 og 1495JT-BP4 60-go 1496 JT-BP2 19 25 1496JT-BP6 MAX 90-106 1796 JT-BP3 29- 060 1496JT-8P6 ST2SOO-3000 2196 T SEND 25t trSTAMPWE FOR ADDITIONAL INFO AND JTEC CATALOR 164 School St. Dely CIty CA 64014 14151 756-3400 ratfie several thousand dollars worth prizes 4 Lots close-up show-and-tell oppor tunities manufacturers top builders 5 Finallyand best allsuperfriendly atmos phere nonstop Glider talk short its wonderful place gab old friends meet lots new ones very special feature year will banquet speaker Michael Selig Michael will give us inside scoop Princeton airfoil tests will have digested Soarrech #8 see low should have lots questions ready Michael GHQ will again Clover Island Inn lo cated right Columbia River Entry fee cluding banquet raffle ticket $35 Ad ditional models $2 Additional banquet guests welcome $20 Slope Soaring News will sponsor Friday evening tasting ex cellent local Washington State wines Pre registration required closes April 25 register send fee AMA number RC frequencyies Wil Byers 632 Meadows Drive East Richland WA 99352 additional info send Wil large SASE Clover Island Inns num ber 1-800-541-7628 fun fly special rates very reasonable $34 two $39 three four persons Tell em Wil Byers sent Nats Sampler/Berman Continued page 63 ant event director Rick Allison very special competitor two lady Pattern fliers Nats shes five years under husbands tute lage Joanie came away trophy eat available hobby shop ORDER DIRECT far immediate shipment Check MO Visa Mt COD accepted Add $250 UPS $316 COO 6% sales tan Calif residents gether top Iliers country iet shoot out see really top gun Last year Joe Wurts Fred Weaver Larry Jolly close hehind Can Joe repeat Qualifi cation will same last year LSF Level Vs Level lVs Level V contest points National Champions info contact Miles Mo ran 10428 Oso Ave Chatsworth CA 91311 tel 1-818/882-4687 Pete Carr 329 Little Ave Ridgeway PA 15053 tel 1-814/772485 1j Pete also mentioned Soaring event AMA Nats held mid-July Law renceville IL southern part state near Indiana border will runin part anywayby some folks used put old SOAR Nats Seventies meets CDed Dan Pruss considered top contests country until Soaring included AMA Nats 1975 SOAR Nats fondly remembered good times friendly tough competition lets hope can again 90 1990 lnternatjtnal Scale Soaring Fun Fly Event Director Wil Byers announces fun fly will held May 25-27 will third year Tn-City Kennewick Pasco Richland WA Soarers have put all-Scale Slope flying extravaganza fun fly has quickly become popular Scale Soaring event country Last year 84 pilots showed up bringing 140 Gliders flew everything little Penetrators five-meter Scale ASW-20s Whats attraction Id say its combina tion five things Superb slope site orga nization 2 Three days fly-when-you-want oottcompeiove Soaring 3 Excellent banquet LIGHTING THE ORIGINALS. Still #RED 01 Programmable Flashing Navigation Lights #RED 02 Adjustable Rate Strobe Light #RED 03 Landing Lights #RED 04 Adjustable Rate Mars Rotating Beacon #RED 05 Marine Navigation Lights nonflashing #RED 14 Big Airplane Navigation Lights #RED 16 Econo Landing Lights brightest #RED 23 Real Strobe Light true zenon strobe e SEE YOUR DEALER e SEND STAMPED ENVELOPE FOR RAM INFO unavilable locally send check money order full credit card info cost item plus $200 $500 foreign immediate shipment Include full address UPS Sorry no COD Ram 4736 N Milwaukee Ave ago IL 60630 182 Model Aviation SYSTEMS Best $2495 $1995 $3995 $1995 $1095 $2495 $1995 $2995 4 -1 N- - -.I Rht Stuff First Step Model Airplane Simple Siaon Airplane Co ox 18 East Lonaeadow EtA 01028 413592361$ seventh place plane Eclipse wrenches herself astutely real trooper Joanie scoffed cold rain hot sun equal indifference multitalented woman works engineering firm has recently decided upgrade education time published will probably have EE diploma Well watch coming up ladder upper classes soon wives part flying team Fay Carruthers son Springfield OH braved long ride far side Rockies assist hubby Steve LA-i Expert class Steve flew first plane age seven20 years ago Really admired appreciated army officials organizers helpers judges staffers make Nats pos sible participants such comely Californian Darlene Frederick 10year member USPJA United States Pattern Judging Association chief judge Richiand doesnt fit mold Arent judges supposed stern mean poker-faced aloof jovial Darlene first sons hus band became contest addicted Darlene wasnt about left behind As judging werent enough leads secret life own Darlene manufactures model air plane propellers machine turn out DW Props Darlene/Wayne 16 sizes seven pitches cant keep stock aw.paCa.Pal. Falok RIC k nd Rh.shtaq 1/4 Scale Kits $12995 Epoxy/Glass/Foam Construction Drawings Data Formula 120 Pylon Sport Standoff ScalaKit Price ping Credit Cards WelcomedOhio Residents Add 7% spite tight schedule ground crew volunteers patiently posed cam era Unfortunately snap pic tures quickly delay operations wasnt able get everybodys names Thanks AMAs intelligence network bus tour nearby Hanford atomic facil ities provided Since years some us school US popula tion has doubledand continues climb appetite stuff Mr Drake started pumping Titus yule PA 130 years ago has far outpaced population statisticson both sides Atlantic Alongside spiraling demand Si Hyblak fascinating Hanford tour guide pointed out faced definitely limited supply oilfor modelers well everyone else though existing deposits may have accessed Earth may soon drained its pop ular fuel generation might affected coming after us sure Among other cataclysmic effects will grounding worlds aircraft un less alternative fuel discovered vented has yet Three Mile Island Chernobyl jitters notwithstanding really no alternative utilizing nu clear energy Solar energy application has proven major importance possible hydroelectric sites ser vice benefit descendants must stretch petroleum reserves Also combustion fossil fuels both coal oil releases contaminants atmosphere Little little chemical by-products eating away protec tive envelope around globe al lows us breathe go around space suits Acid rain carbon dioxide ozone layer holes greenhouse effect terms becoming familiar Nuclear energy creating new prob lems waste disposal shares fossil fuels life-threatening side effects Hanford site 560-square-mile taxpayer-financed laboratory 12000 scientists support personnel work ing civilize atomic energy Albert Ein stein Enrico Fermi Werner von Braun Glenn Siborg just some lumi naries once worked Hanford plutonium fueled Nagasaki bomb produced 45 years ago However Hanfords projects nuclear instance some PhDs trying solve riddle disposing nonnuclear hazardous wastes like PCBs other toxic chemicals Fusing stuff glass balls promising possibil ities Hanford situated middle sagebrush desert time nine operating reactors However based overestimation North wests power needs two reactors remain operation todaythe Washington State power reactor experimental fast-flux facility tour guide gave us sample uranium fuel pellet size pencil eraser equiv alent half ton coal 90 gallons gasoline What neat fuel package model Oh case youre wondering fuel pellet facsimile Under huge AMA umbrella numer ous special interest segments NSRCA National Society Radio-Con trolled Aerobatics Without sistance NSRCA members host re gion Nats would impossible Just did last year NSRCA ar ranged buffet offering free snacks conducted awards ceremony Sports man Advanced Pattern classes Sportsman brothers Ken Orin Rice Utah took first second places respec tively Shane Gray 16-year-old Junior Texas garnered first place Ad vanced Watch out Chip Hyde guess again walked off empty-handed NSRCA President Bryan Henderson broached familiar topic need raise dues 700 members newslet ter K-Factor alone eats up 45 cents copy such far-flung thinly spread organization common fund-raising devices seem impractical present appeared agree Guest speaker fellow member Don Lowe gave glimpse AMAs future present growth trend continues said within very few years AMA will have March 1990 183 Kaimbach Publiafling uo Pu Box 1612 Waukesha WI 53187 YES Please send copies RADIO CONTROL BUYERS GUIDE Price per copy $1295/#12086 D Charge credit card Charge E Mastercard Exp date Street City State Zip Include postage handling us $150 Canadian foreign add 15% minimum $300 Make payment US funda Wiaconain reaidenta add 5% aelca tax 0110 Bill Effinger * says n Patternvn Sets give asserted designs want have selected best clessic designs time tsr cheese hero patterns part important exclusive feature Golden Age Va Scale Curtias Hawk P-i 68 length wing span 239g sq wing area Fm 1323 engines -4 chaseal SIC SCOS-f 4 6 V Scale Curoisa Falcon JXLAJ $3length ffdwrngspan-. 3f$Osqivwingarea4vhSlC/x..jLZ2 RCQS-t3 6 116 Scala Cesana AW 91 wing span sq wing area 20 90 engines 3-4 channel SIC SC6S-1 6 113 Scala Piper Cub J-3 11-S wing span ength 2900 sq wing area20 30 cid engines annel SIC/ $C3S-2 6b s Quarter Scale WW SE-SA 90 Va span sq area 7g 22 engic $COS-7 6 SPAD C-XIII 7$ V span 0 sq wing area 13 tv3t engines Capable flyer-it captures imagination $COS-6 6 FOKKER DR-i TRIPLANE 72 wing span pa wing area 78 tot 90 engines $COS-P 5 SOPWITH CAMEL P1 90 wing span pa wingarna flibs rob RIC Pfy weed & balsa construction over 613 sqft drawings SCOSf 6 N APIper TrlPacer PA 22J One-Thing scale 1 1 &31$ wing span sq wing area 20 tv 30 cid evginns Fur 4 5 channel SIC os 12 lbs 1$ everell length Plyweedlbalsa fulselage remeveable wing panels steerable nyse wheel designed let aesy greand handling authentic scale flight performance $C3S2 Bill Effiegee Faerrdfng Meeshar AMA NFPS Mallet Fare Prices complene plans sub assembly detailed parts lists Add $290 far Maffieg Tales Sand far breaker ahead ef thy crowd new brochure showing new Plan Sets 199g Send 131 refundable fst Orderl WE TECHNICAL SERVICES 312 Bishop Rd Sante Rosa Beach FL 32459 half million members hottest pancakes griddle purchase single national site capa ble handling AMAs activi ties everything headquarters complex permanent Nats park Some 60 sites offered purchase An Indi ana acreage tract Academyrs favor ite choice time Nats Don cautioned imperative AMA maintain base nationrs cap ital Being able easily voice concerns federal law- policymakers essen tial Nats proves over over AMA made up dedicated people fam ilies privileged meet Bev Wisniew ski native southern California Con trol Line category manager After 40 years marriage Bev still glows affection husband describes Bill gentle genius member worldclass Control Line Speed team also master model engine designer brain K&B Manufacturing children sons little r Rick Mike daughter Mindyr active participants hobby wonder Bev got draft ed enthusiasm furiously contagious briefly discussed merits na tional Nats site Tn-Cities Nats thought proved participating contes tants come largely geographic proximity chosen site since year entrants mostly Pacific time zoners Bev acknowledged th5r added its getting difficult expensive year locate suitable spot con ducting Nats can appreciate truth ob servation based common experience flying fields Everywhere turn developmentindustrial facilities housing tracts condosis threatening overrun fly ing sites Flying sites becoming en dangered species context makes sense time AMA own rather rent r Bev approves AMAs aim nail down just several well-spaced permanent Nats sites like mod elers islands encroaching sea pop ulation Among Bevs charges Nats Control Line Jet Speedsters 200-plus screaming mph machines seem rare specialty someone like myself Just Cape Canaveral fuel used exotica 50/50 mix propylene oxide nitro methane An ear-muffled launch team needed bicycle pumper starts fuel flow igniter inserts spark proctoscope combustion chamber shat tering sustained explosion racer gone launch dolly skitters away pilot hangs dizzying dance least six lapslike riding bareback Ger man V-2 Now know what Chuck Yea ger must have felt like first punched X-1 life A-in music wire belly skid allows craft survive its land ing Talk about holding tiger its tail 30K-rpm engine racers Bill Wis niewskis specialty arenrt slower Twisting single wire provides elevator control Amazing Much slower Speedsters what isnt Control Line Team Racing Russian racing team year caused some what language barrier natural mod elers camaraderie quickly overcame obstacles Jim Gall Garfield NJ Byron Bod ner Baltimore MD brazened 3000 miles interstates 31/3 days get Richland game Control Line Combat probably appealing branch sportno-frills ships whipped 36 Fox wide-open screamers Again learned something Norm McFadden Seat tle WA 1988 National Combat Champi onand southpaw yet Foam wings cut opponents streamer better wood wings Normans son Dave schoolmas ter has also bitten Combat bug Itll probably take him equal dads lightning-fast reflexes RC Pylon Racing isnt exactly rocking chair crowd either Bob Knudsen construction company operative Medford OR provided us bit ba sic info Quickie 500 number being square-inch requirement wing Rac $5000 seen SPecee SF7507V 00 stbla v/s Iyualtrel tot 184 Model Aviation ft ucrraAnderson N Lv5194Power en Only certified checko meney ordain accepted Minimam Order $1200 three packages 4 Powerpoles 5351 per package 5150 shipping handling CT revidento add 70% sales tan Prices nuhiect change withoat notice DALEN INGUIRIES INVITED forther informal dealer prices send SASE Sasinens Card SERMOS RIC SNAP CONNECTORSInc Cedar Corners Station Box 16787 Stamford CT 06905 12031 3226294 CULPEPPER LS INC 2526 Washiugtoa IubuqueIA 52001 31015134830 Fults Tooling 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Tidewater Hobby Enterprises168 Toledo RC Exposition156 Top Flite Models Inc169 Tower Hobbies177-179 Tru-Turn152 US Quadra166 Ultimatesport RC160 VL Products161 Vinylwrite Custom Lettering172 WE Technical Services184 Webra18 Williams Brothers49 Windsor Propeller Co53 Wing Mfg158 World EnginesCover 4 Yashioka12 85 Nick Ziroli Models44 ers use 40-size engines stock mufflers draw common fuel source Rac ing heats four theyre scored two ways finish position after 10 laps first through fourth best lap time Again large number umps officials needed conduct race Fifteen-year-old Jerret Cangie Redmont WA red-hot devotee Unfortu nately Jerret mechanic/flier Bill Petterson Seattle flooded engine failed start up within required 90second window following signal young men told practice lo cal contests about two weeks Diametrically opposite adrenalin scale seems docile Free Flight Scale models both indoor outdoor types aircraft very care fully judged realism fidelity workmanship indicates patience supreme As always Free Flight Scale vari ety great Rubber gas power mod ern antique aircraftwhat treat view such exceptionally fine building skills also envy small boxes needed transport lovely creations Nats like banqueta huge crowd SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT responding advertisers mention read about ModelAviation diners well regiment servers cooks dishwashers staff gets neither wages nor tips Vince Mankowski quartermaster general headwaiter chief cook bottle washer etc etcarranged little compensation form din ner loyal army DJ old-time music us old folks tripping light fantastic heartwarming touch Vince whatever happened dessert Winter Hawk/ODwyer Continued page 71 Prepare wing covering painting tissue attaches two coats sand ing sealer sanding lightly between coats March 1990 185
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A look back 1989 Tn-Cities Natsthe frustrations triumphs some competitors hardworking officials made happen U Fred Berman NOT FAIR9 course fair AMA move Nats closer Pacific West Coast modelers have con stitutional right have big competition shift own orbit changeeven Easterners strap fullscale Boeing 727 order participate Participate eh Perhaps perhaps Sheer frustration reporter composing little poem 4 am re cent morning Dont look now Willie Shakespeare Eenie meenie miney moI wonder ever Kaos will show Explanation needed Certainly Inexperi enced am such matters neverthe less became necessary send off com petition plane 2500 miles west under pow er other its own box else So started measuring Holy Toledo packed tightly dared box become size shape cof finor crate baby grand Postal Service wouldnt take UPS neither would airline phoned ol travel expert Dave Brown Air lines will let check bicycle Get cy cle carton pack plane Hmmm way would able squeeze bulky tail feathers such Chris Gibson Santa Rosa CA isa very ded icated 17-year-old competitor Two years ago hitched ride first Nats Lincoln NE Richiand flew own scratch built copy Hanno Prettners Supra-Fly Chriss career goal aircraft mechanics container Didnt have Brown touch guess nothing switch favored Aurora smaller Kaos hoping beat 130-in length-plus-girth limit UPS shipments designed built portable airplane 60 Modei Aviation Jim Gall Garfield NJ launches Control Line Combat ship partner Byron Bad ner Baltimore MD two erstwhile competitors braved 3000 miles interstates 31/2 days get Richiand compete 1989 Nats Thats dedication first order NaTS member uon iL FAI Team Race team adjusting engine natural camaraderie mod elers quickly overcame language barrier Joanie Anastasia wife event director Rick Allison seventh-place-winning Eclipse Pattern ship Joanie two female Pattern fliers Nats Shes flying five years coming up fast ft rocket wing string An ear-muffled launch team neededthe bicycle pumper starts fuel Iow igniter inserts roctoscope combustion chamber shattering sustained explosion racer blasts away over 200 mph Right slower 30K-rpm CL Speed models can attain same higher speeds Jet monsters fact 30K topped Jet speeds Left absolute opposite end speed spectrum delicate exquisitely crafted Indoor Free Flight Scale models seem just float air Right Jack Barnes TV radio station chief engineer Seattle WA mechaniced wife preparing launch four-cycle-powered Model Tech Joss Stik Jack has modeling 22 years Tn-Cities first Nats competition tomb %-in plyscore triangles sawed 2 x 4s corners tapered box needing roomy area tail feathers full length Hoo ray Measuring around middle box length-plus-girth came just under 130 inches hauled empty 47-lb box down UPS agent gave OK packed model screwed down box lid delivered whole busi ness shipper Fifty-five pounds 26 dollarsnot bad done two weeks before Nats promise eight days transit time worries overor thought Exactly week later early morning phone call shattered tranquillity bang Sorry voice other end informed UPS refused shipment Its oversize brought back Please come pick up money will refunded Oh great Six days left counting Id bought airline tickets whether used dog rescue maybe ad vised Greyhound diesel en gine inside might accept consignment get Richland three days fee Forty-five dollars Did have choice So off trundled robust box leave driving us station after heaving 55 lb its des tiny gave second sigh relief got name address phone number Greyhound freight agent Richland hurried home give him call pickup arrangements Back comes recorded message number have called out service Long distance information merely con firmed statement Placing call local terminal told old direc tory erroneously consultedthere no longer freight agent Richland box already its way belly buses What revolting turn events Churn ing old noodle remembered TnCities planned rent car anyway maybe Pasco Kennewick Sure enough Pasco registered positive up-to-date Greyhound directory agent sured would catch bus enroute did arrange change sig nals er destination Lucky timemaybe waited four days eve own de parture dialed Pasco freight agent No box yet said sur prised often hold large items till March 1990 61 Darlene Frederick 10-year member USPJA served chief judge Nats certainly doesnt fit stereotype stern-faced dour judge Darlene also has own prop manufacturing company DW Props machine turn out 16 different sizes propellers seven pitches available size prop weekends less bus freight knowing whether Id participant spectator Tn-Cities Nats boarded plane next morning After uneventful flight Pasco located Greyhound terminal peeked win dowand saw no box Feeling ready plant uppercut anybody handy con fronted agents inside pair husky la dies disappeared back annexand flying teams also family units Fay Carruthers son came along husband Steve Springfield OH Steve whos flying since seven years old LA-i Aerobatics ship entered came struggling back withyesmy un gainly familiar totally intact 55-lb box So now know dog mans best friend after Greyhound stance Fifteen-year-old Jerret Cangie Redmont WA right teammate Bill Pet terson Seattle WA Edge Pylon Racer two young fliers red-hot contenders until engine flooded missed 90-second starting window moral yours case have plane will travel sure plane has de tachable tail feathers wing sep arates center Unless own freight line Judge Paul W Parks Sandpoint ID care fully measuring beautiful Scale Free Flight 1917 Comet Larry Kruse Liberal KS frequent MA contributor its builder 62 Model Aviation Len norm McFadden Seattle WA right son Dave schoolteacher Left-handed Norm 1988 National Combai inampIon Norm believes foam wings will cut streamers better wood wingshe may have something Right Bill Nusz deftly assembles Jet Speed engine Bill machined internal parts himself pulse jets burn 50/50 mix propylene oxide nitromethane Some dedicated people made Nats possible left crew servicing flight lines B right flight line C 0 crew folks showed unfailing good humor doing tough job conscientious efforts appreciated involved Left Three five Wisniewskis southern California Bev center served Control Line category manager 1989 Nats Bevs hus band Bill right former Control Line FAI Speed World Champion son Rich active flier own right Right Grace Berman McKeesport PA 55-lb coffinlike box housing husbands Kaos tribulations shipping box described text Left NSRCA president Bryan Henderson right presenting award Contest Director Gregg Frohreich way Gregg flying around little truck award must have fastest truck Nats Right Trophies awarded superlative repainting Nats scoreboards Vince Mankowski top looks Dave Sally Brown left Barbara Travis McGinnis happily accept Contest Director Gregg Frobreich Phoe nix AZ briefed lowly Sportsman Advanced contestants same evening Transmitter impound rules contest sequenc ing ready box procedures judges rotation runway surface problems flying active full-scale airport holds op erations crossing runway covered roughly 100 contestants needed get six flights three days 200 flights day thats no small order four flight lines action figuring minimum 10 minutes per flight would work out nine hours solid flying assuming went wellno radio interference good weather also remember AMAs agreement fixed base oper ators required vacating field 5 pm never rains Richland Julyso says local Chamber Commerce competition regulations spell out wind must exceed 40 mph rains heavy hail hurricanes qualify too before fly ing can canceled least 10 ten derfeet scratched first flights Sun day because weatherwhich proba bly saved planes flying rest program Only four best rounds calculated Winning competition course soul satisfying its meeting fellow modelers common interests makes Nats what West Coast contestants friendly bunch seem somewhat less inhibited Easterners seemed easy strike up new acquaintances recruited fellow fliers act callers Chris Gibson 17-years-young chap Santa Rosa CA volunteered reporter Chris became hooked own friend bequeathed him second hand kit dad very supportive Chris modeler family hitched ride first Nats Lin coln NE two years ago Richland scratch-built copy Hanno Prettners Supra-Fly Chris already knows career goal plans aviation mechanic Hes very resolute flier whos coming up fast Jack Barnes has hobby 22 years first Nats en tered four-cycle-powered Model Tech Joss Stik wife mechanic Jack chief engineer Seattle TV radio sta tion Though safely completed rou tines its safe bet Jack plans bring wind-resistive vehicle next Nats Joanie Anastasio married assistContinued page 182 March 1990 63 casualty fierce Nats competition AMA President Don Lowe Altamonte Springs FL pays final respects un usual gravesite airplane its owner gratefully respectfully unidentified Sn uf-Vibe BACK PLATE MOUNTS Front Intake Engines Aluminum Back Plate Mounts light weight easy instaJi Just bolt engine crank case mounts equipped SNUF-VIBE IsolatIon system doubie protection engine vibratIon SIX SIZES FOR ENGINES 15 TO 182 JT-BP1 og 1495JT-BP4 60-go 1496 JT-BP2 19 25 1496JT-BP6 MAX 90-106 1796 JT-BP3 29- 060 1496JT-8P6 ST2SOO-3000 2196 T SEND 25t trSTAMPWE FOR ADDITIONAL INFO AND JTEC CATALOR 164 School St. Dely CIty CA 64014 14151 756-3400 ratfie several thousand dollars worth prizes 4 Lots close-up show-and-tell oppor tunities manufacturers top builders 5 Finallyand best allsuperfriendly atmos phere nonstop Glider talk short its wonderful place gab old friends meet lots new ones very special feature year will banquet speaker Michael Selig Michael will give us inside scoop Princeton airfoil tests will have digested Soarrech #8 see low should have lots questions ready Michael GHQ will again Clover Island Inn lo cated right Columbia River Entry fee cluding banquet raffle ticket $35 Ad ditional models $2 Additional banquet guests welcome $20 Slope Soaring News will sponsor Friday evening tasting ex cellent local Washington State wines Pre registration required closes April 25 register send fee AMA number RC frequencyies Wil Byers 632 Meadows Drive East Richland WA 99352 additional info send Wil large SASE Clover Island Inns num ber 1-800-541-7628 fun fly special rates very reasonable $34 two $39 three four persons Tell em Wil Byers sent Nats Sampler/Berman Continued page 63 ant event director Rick Allison very special competitor two lady Pattern fliers Nats shes five years under husbands tute lage Joanie came away trophy eat available hobby shop ORDER DIRECT far immediate shipment Check MO Visa Mt COD accepted Add $250 UPS $316 COO 6% sales tan Calif residents gether top Iliers country iet shoot out see really top gun Last year Joe Wurts Fred Weaver Larry Jolly close hehind Can Joe repeat Qualifi cation will same last year LSF Level Vs Level lVs Level V contest points National Champions info contact Miles Mo ran 10428 Oso Ave Chatsworth CA 91311 tel 1-818/882-4687 Pete Carr 329 Little Ave Ridgeway PA 15053 tel 1-814/772485 1j Pete also mentioned Soaring event AMA Nats held mid-July Law renceville IL southern part state near Indiana border will runin part anywayby some folks used put old SOAR Nats Seventies meets CDed Dan Pruss considered top contests country until Soaring included AMA Nats 1975 SOAR Nats fondly remembered good times friendly tough competition lets hope can again 90 1990 lnternatjtnal Scale Soaring Fun Fly Event Director Wil Byers announces fun fly will held May 25-27 will third year Tn-City Kennewick Pasco Richland WA Soarers have put all-Scale Slope flying extravaganza fun fly has quickly become popular Scale Soaring event country Last year 84 pilots showed up bringing 140 Gliders flew everything little Penetrators five-meter Scale ASW-20s Whats attraction Id say its combina tion five things Superb slope site orga nization 2 Three days fly-when-you-want oottcompeiove Soaring 3 Excellent banquet LIGHTING THE ORIGINALS. Still #RED 01 Programmable Flashing Navigation Lights #RED 02 Adjustable Rate Strobe Light #RED 03 Landing Lights #RED 04 Adjustable Rate Mars Rotating Beacon #RED 05 Marine Navigation Lights nonflashing #RED 14 Big Airplane Navigation Lights #RED 16 Econo Landing Lights brightest #RED 23 Real Strobe Light true zenon strobe e SEE YOUR DEALER e SEND STAMPED ENVELOPE FOR RAM INFO unavilable locally send check money order full credit card info cost item plus $200 $500 foreign immediate shipment Include full address UPS Sorry no COD Ram 4736 N Milwaukee Ave ago IL 60630 182 Model Aviation SYSTEMS Best $2495 $1995 $3995 $1995 $1095 $2495 $1995 $2995 4 -1 N- - -.I Rht Stuff First Step Model Airplane Simple Siaon Airplane Co ox 18 East Lonaeadow EtA 01028 413592361$ seventh place plane Eclipse wrenches herself astutely real trooper Joanie scoffed cold rain hot sun equal indifference multitalented woman works engineering firm has recently decided upgrade education time published will probably have EE diploma Well watch coming up ladder upper classes soon wives part flying team Fay Carruthers son Springfield OH braved long ride far side Rockies assist hubby Steve LA-i Expert class Steve flew first plane age seven20 years ago Really admired appreciated army officials organizers helpers judges staffers make Nats pos sible participants such comely Californian Darlene Frederick 10year member USPJA United States Pattern Judging Association chief judge Richiand doesnt fit mold Arent judges supposed stern mean poker-faced aloof jovial Darlene first sons hus band became contest addicted Darlene wasnt about left behind As judging werent enough leads secret life own Darlene manufactures model air plane propellers machine turn out DW Props Darlene/Wayne 16 sizes seven pitches cant keep stock aw.paCa.Pal. Falok RIC k nd Rh.shtaq 1/4 Scale Kits $12995 Epoxy/Glass/Foam Construction Drawings Data Formula 120 Pylon Sport Standoff ScalaKit Price ping Credit Cards WelcomedOhio Residents Add 7% spite tight schedule ground crew volunteers patiently posed cam era Unfortunately snap pic tures quickly delay operations wasnt able get everybodys names Thanks AMAs intelligence network bus tour nearby Hanford atomic facil ities provided Since years some us school US popula tion has doubledand continues climb appetite stuff Mr Drake started pumping Titus yule PA 130 years ago has far outpaced population statisticson both sides Atlantic Alongside spiraling demand Si Hyblak fascinating Hanford tour guide pointed out faced definitely limited supply oilfor modelers well everyone else though existing deposits may have accessed Earth may soon drained its pop ular fuel generation might affected coming after us sure Among other cataclysmic effects will grounding worlds aircraft un less alternative fuel discovered vented has yet Three Mile Island Chernobyl jitters notwithstanding really no alternative utilizing nu clear energy Solar energy application has proven major importance possible hydroelectric sites ser vice benefit descendants must stretch petroleum reserves Also combustion fossil fuels both coal oil releases contaminants atmosphere Little little chemical by-products eating away protec tive envelope around globe al lows us breathe go around space suits Acid rain carbon dioxide ozone layer holes greenhouse effect terms becoming familiar Nuclear energy creating new prob lems waste disposal shares fossil fuels life-threatening side effects Hanford site 560-square-mile taxpayer-financed laboratory 12000 scientists support personnel work ing civilize atomic energy Albert Ein stein Enrico Fermi Werner von Braun Glenn Siborg just some lumi naries once worked Hanford plutonium fueled Nagasaki bomb produced 45 years ago However Hanfords projects nuclear instance some PhDs trying solve riddle disposing nonnuclear hazardous wastes like PCBs other toxic chemicals Fusing stuff glass balls promising possibil ities Hanford situated middle sagebrush desert time nine operating reactors However based overestimation North wests power needs two reactors remain operation todaythe Washington State power reactor experimental fast-flux facility tour guide gave us sample uranium fuel pellet size pencil eraser equiv alent half ton coal 90 gallons gasoline What neat fuel package model Oh case youre wondering fuel pellet facsimile Under huge AMA umbrella numer ous special interest segments NSRCA National Society Radio-Con trolled Aerobatics Without sistance NSRCA members host re gion Nats would impossible Just did last year NSRCA ar ranged buffet offering free snacks conducted awards ceremony Sports man Advanced Pattern classes Sportsman brothers Ken Orin Rice Utah took first second places respec tively Shane Gray 16-year-old Junior Texas garnered first place Ad vanced Watch out Chip Hyde guess again walked off empty-handed NSRCA President Bryan Henderson broached familiar topic need raise dues 700 members newslet ter K-Factor alone eats up 45 cents copy such far-flung thinly spread organization common fund-raising devices seem impractical present appeared agree Guest speaker fellow member Don Lowe gave glimpse AMAs future present growth trend continues said within very few years AMA will have March 1990 183 Kaimbach Publiafling uo Pu Box 1612 Waukesha WI 53187 YES Please send copies RADIO CONTROL BUYERS GUIDE Price per copy $1295/#12086 D Charge credit card Charge E Mastercard Exp date Street City State Zip Include postage handling us $150 Canadian foreign add 15% minimum $300 Make payment US funda Wiaconain reaidenta add 5% aelca tax 0110 Bill Effinger * says n Patternvn Sets give asserted designs want have selected best clessic designs time tsr cheese hero patterns part important exclusive feature Golden Age Va Scale Curtias Hawk P-i 68 length wing span 239g sq wing area Fm 1323 engines -4 chaseal SIC SCOS-f 4 6 V Scale Curoisa Falcon JXLAJ $3length ffdwrngspan-. 3f$Osqivwingarea4vhSlC/x..jLZ2 RCQS-t3 6 116 Scala Cesana AW 91 wing span sq wing area 20 90 engines 3-4 channel SIC SC6S-1 6 113 Scala Piper Cub J-3 11-S wing span ength 2900 sq wing area20 30 cid engines annel SIC/ $C3S-2 6b s Quarter Scale WW SE-SA 90 Va span sq area 7g 22 engic $COS-7 6 SPAD C-XIII 7$ V span 0 sq wing area 13 tv3t engines Capable flyer-it captures imagination $COS-6 6 FOKKER DR-i TRIPLANE 72 wing span pa wing area 78 tot 90 engines $COS-P 5 SOPWITH CAMEL P1 90 wing span pa wingarna flibs rob RIC Pfy weed & balsa construction over 613 sqft drawings SCOSf 6 N APIper TrlPacer PA 22J One-Thing scale 1 1 &31$ wing span sq wing area 20 tv 30 cid evginns Fur 4 5 channel SIC os 12 lbs 1$ everell length Plyweedlbalsa fulselage remeveable wing panels steerable nyse wheel designed let aesy greand handling authentic scale flight performance $C3S2 Bill Effiegee Faerrdfng Meeshar AMA NFPS Mallet Fare Prices complene plans sub assembly detailed parts lists Add $290 far Maffieg Tales Sand far breaker ahead ef thy crowd new brochure showing new Plan Sets 199g Send 131 refundable fst Orderl WE TECHNICAL SERVICES 312 Bishop Rd Sante Rosa Beach FL 32459 half million members hottest pancakes griddle purchase single national site capa ble handling AMAs activi ties everything headquarters complex permanent Nats park Some 60 sites offered purchase An Indi ana acreage tract Academyrs favor ite choice time Nats Don cautioned imperative AMA maintain base nationrs cap ital Being able easily voice concerns federal law- policymakers essen tial Nats proves over over AMA made up dedicated people fam ilies privileged meet Bev Wisniew ski native southern California Con trol Line category manager After 40 years marriage Bev still glows affection husband describes Bill gentle genius member worldclass Control Line Speed team also master model engine designer brain K&B Manufacturing children sons little r Rick Mike daughter Mindyr active participants hobby wonder Bev got draft ed enthusiasm furiously contagious briefly discussed merits na tional Nats site Tn-Cities Nats thought proved participating contes tants come largely geographic proximity chosen site since year entrants mostly Pacific time zoners Bev acknowledged th5r added its getting difficult expensive year locate suitable spot con ducting Nats can appreciate truth ob servation based common experience flying fields Everywhere turn developmentindustrial facilities housing tracts condosis threatening overrun fly ing sites Flying sites becoming en dangered species context makes sense time AMA own rather rent r Bev approves AMAs aim nail down just several well-spaced permanent Nats sites like mod elers islands encroaching sea pop ulation Among Bevs charges Nats Control Line Jet Speedsters 200-plus screaming mph machines seem rare specialty someone like myself Just Cape Canaveral fuel used exotica 50/50 mix propylene oxide nitro methane An ear-muffled launch team needed bicycle pumper starts fuel flow igniter inserts spark proctoscope combustion chamber shat tering sustained explosion racer gone launch dolly skitters away pilot hangs dizzying dance least six lapslike riding bareback Ger man V-2 Now know what Chuck Yea ger must have felt like first punched X-1 life A-in music wire belly skid allows craft survive its land ing Talk about holding tiger its tail 30K-rpm engine racers Bill Wis niewskis specialty arenrt slower Twisting single wire provides elevator control Amazing Much slower Speedsters what isnt Control Line Team Racing Russian racing team year caused some what language barrier natural mod elers camaraderie quickly overcame obstacles Jim Gall Garfield NJ Byron Bod ner Baltimore MD brazened 3000 miles interstates 31/3 days get Richland game Control Line Combat probably appealing branch sportno-frills ships whipped 36 Fox wide-open screamers Again learned something Norm McFadden Seat tle WA 1988 National Combat Champi onand southpaw yet Foam wings cut opponents streamer better wood wings Normans son Dave schoolmas ter has also bitten Combat bug Itll probably take him equal dads lightning-fast reflexes RC Pylon Racing isnt exactly rocking chair crowd either Bob Knudsen construction company operative Medford OR provided us bit ba sic info Quickie 500 number being square-inch requirement wing Rac $5000 seen SPecee SF7507V 00 stbla v/s Iyualtrel tot 184 Model Aviation ft ucrraAnderson N Lv5194Power en Only certified checko meney ordain accepted Minimam Order $1200 three packages 4 Powerpoles 5351 per package 5150 shipping handling CT revidento add 70% sales tan Prices nuhiect change withoat notice DALEN INGUIRIES INVITED forther informal dealer prices send SASE Sasinens Card SERMOS RIC SNAP CONNECTORSInc Cedar Corners Station Box 16787 Stamford CT 06905 12031 3226294 CULPEPPER LS INC 2526 Washiugtoa IubuqueIA 52001 31015134830 Fults Tooling 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Products49 Fults Dual Struts184 Futaba Corp America19 88 G&A Products152 GM Plastics Inc47 57 158 GM Precision Products37 Garuda Gliders147 Gator RC Products43 Carl Goldberg Models13 106 Golden Gate Hobbies174 Phillip Good145 Gorham Model Products173 Great Planes21 Hi Line Ltd176 High Sky180 Hobby Barn142-143 Hobby Dynamics 10 12 18 85 94-95 105 Hobby Horn20 Hobby Lobby International162-165 Hobby Supply South180 Hobby Woods8 Bob Holman Plans156 Ikon Northwest Co141 Indy RC Sales Ac148-150 JCM Company145 JR Radios10 94-95105 JTec182 JammAero144 Jan Crystals20 Larry Jolly Model Products158 Jomar8 K&B Mfg152 K&S Engineering151 K-Flight Industries156 Kingsway Enterprises146 Kraft Midwest51 Kustom Kraftsmanship176 LA Model Hobby Show159 Lanier RC51 Lone Star Models147 MACS Products140 MGA Enterprises144 Memphis Model Market160 Micro Mark6-7 Midwest Products101 Model Rectifier CorpCoy 3 Sid Morgan Plans186 Walt Moucha Models175 Mutchlers Hobbies154-155 NF Video Library31 Northeast 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Tidewater Hobby Enterprises168 Toledo RC Exposition156 Top Flite Models Inc169 Tower Hobbies177-179 Tru-Turn152 US Quadra166 Ultimatesport RC160 VL Products161 Vinylwrite Custom Lettering172 WE Technical Services184 Webra18 Williams Brothers49 Windsor Propeller Co53 Wing Mfg158 World EnginesCover 4 Yashioka12 85 Nick Ziroli Models44 ers use 40-size engines stock mufflers draw common fuel source Rac ing heats four theyre scored two ways finish position after 10 laps first through fourth best lap time Again large number umps officials needed conduct race Fifteen-year-old Jerret Cangie Redmont WA red-hot devotee Unfortu nately Jerret mechanic/flier Bill Petterson Seattle flooded engine failed start up within required 90second window following signal young men told practice lo cal contests about two weeks Diametrically opposite adrenalin scale seems docile Free Flight Scale models both indoor outdoor types aircraft very care fully judged realism fidelity workmanship indicates patience supreme As always Free Flight Scale vari ety great Rubber gas power mod ern antique aircraftwhat treat view such exceptionally fine building skills also envy small boxes needed transport lovely creations Nats like banqueta huge crowd SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT responding advertisers mention read about ModelAviation diners well regiment servers cooks dishwashers staff gets neither wages nor tips Vince Mankowski quartermaster general headwaiter chief cook bottle washer etc etcarranged little compensation form din ner loyal army DJ old-time music us old folks tripping light fantastic heartwarming touch Vince whatever happened dessert Winter Hawk/ODwyer Continued page 71 Prepare wing covering painting tissue attaches two coats sand ing sealer sanding lightly between coats March 1990 185
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A look back 1989 Tn-Cities Natsthe frustrations triumphs some competitors hardworking officials made happen U Fred Berman NOT FAIR9 course fair AMA move Nats closer Pacific West Coast modelers have con stitutional right have big competition shift own orbit changeeven Easterners strap fullscale Boeing 727 order participate Participate eh Perhaps perhaps Sheer frustration reporter composing little poem 4 am re cent morning Dont look now Willie Shakespeare Eenie meenie miney moI wonder ever Kaos will show Explanation needed Certainly Inexperi enced am such matters neverthe less became necessary send off com petition plane 2500 miles west under pow er other its own box else So started measuring Holy Toledo packed tightly dared box become size shape cof finor crate baby grand Postal Service wouldnt take UPS neither would airline phoned ol travel expert Dave Brown Air lines will let check bicycle Get cy cle carton pack plane Hmmm way would able squeeze bulky tail feathers such Chris Gibson Santa Rosa CA isa very ded icated 17-year-old competitor Two years ago hitched ride first Nats Lincoln NE Richiand flew own scratch built copy Hanno Prettners Supra-Fly Chriss career goal aircraft mechanics container Didnt have Brown touch guess nothing switch favored Aurora smaller Kaos hoping beat 130-in length-plus-girth limit UPS shipments designed built portable airplane 60 Modei Aviation Jim Gall Garfield NJ launches Control Line Combat ship partner Byron Bad ner Baltimore MD two erstwhile competitors braved 3000 miles interstates 31/2 days get Richiand compete 1989 Nats Thats dedication first order NaTS member uon iL FAI Team Race team adjusting engine natural camaraderie mod elers quickly overcame language barrier Joanie Anastasia wife event director Rick Allison seventh-place-winning Eclipse Pattern ship Joanie two female Pattern fliers Nats Shes flying five years coming up fast ft rocket wing string An ear-muffled launch team neededthe bicycle pumper starts fuel Iow igniter inserts roctoscope combustion chamber shattering sustained explosion racer blasts away over 200 mph Right slower 30K-rpm CL Speed models can attain same higher speeds Jet monsters fact 30K topped Jet speeds Left absolute opposite end speed spectrum delicate exquisitely crafted Indoor Free Flight Scale models seem just float air Right Jack Barnes TV radio station chief engineer Seattle WA mechaniced wife preparing launch four-cycle-powered Model Tech Joss Stik Jack has modeling 22 years Tn-Cities first Nats competition tomb %-in plyscore triangles sawed 2 x 4s corners tapered box needing roomy area tail feathers full length Hoo ray Measuring around middle box length-plus-girth came just under 130 inches hauled empty 47-lb box down UPS agent gave OK packed model screwed down box lid delivered whole busi ness shipper Fifty-five pounds 26 dollarsnot bad done two weeks before Nats promise eight days transit time worries overor thought Exactly week later early morning phone call shattered tranquillity bang Sorry voice other end informed UPS refused shipment Its oversize brought back Please come pick up money will refunded Oh great Six days left counting Id bought airline tickets whether used dog rescue maybe ad vised Greyhound diesel en gine inside might accept consignment get Richland three days fee Forty-five dollars Did have choice So off trundled robust box leave driving us station after heaving 55 lb its des tiny gave second sigh relief got name address phone number Greyhound freight agent Richland hurried home give him call pickup arrangements Back comes recorded message number have called out service Long distance information merely con firmed statement Placing call local terminal told old direc tory erroneously consultedthere no longer freight agent Richland box already its way belly buses What revolting turn events Churn ing old noodle remembered TnCities planned rent car anyway maybe Pasco Kennewick Sure enough Pasco registered positive up-to-date Greyhound directory agent sured would catch bus enroute did arrange change sig nals er destination Lucky timemaybe waited four days eve own de parture dialed Pasco freight agent No box yet said sur prised often hold large items till March 1990 61 Darlene Frederick 10-year member USPJA served chief judge Nats certainly doesnt fit stereotype stern-faced dour judge Darlene also has own prop manufacturing company DW Props machine turn out 16 different sizes propellers seven pitches available size prop weekends less bus freight knowing whether Id participant spectator Tn-Cities Nats boarded plane next morning After uneventful flight Pasco located Greyhound terminal peeked win dowand saw no box Feeling ready plant uppercut anybody handy con fronted agents inside pair husky la dies disappeared back annexand flying teams also family units Fay Carruthers son came along husband Steve Springfield OH Steve whos flying since seven years old LA-i Aerobatics ship entered came struggling back withyesmy un gainly familiar totally intact 55-lb box So now know dog mans best friend after Greyhound stance Fifteen-year-old Jerret Cangie Redmont WA right teammate Bill Pet terson Seattle WA Edge Pylon Racer two young fliers red-hot contenders until engine flooded missed 90-second starting window moral yours case have plane will travel sure plane has de tachable tail feathers wing sep arates center Unless own freight line Judge Paul W Parks Sandpoint ID care fully measuring beautiful Scale Free Flight 1917 Comet Larry Kruse Liberal KS frequent MA contributor its builder 62 Model Aviation Len norm McFadden Seattle WA right son Dave schoolteacher Left-handed Norm 1988 National Combai inampIon Norm believes foam wings will cut streamers better wood wingshe may have something Right Bill Nusz deftly assembles Jet Speed engine Bill machined internal parts himself pulse jets burn 50/50 mix propylene oxide nitromethane Some dedicated people made Nats possible left crew servicing flight lines B right flight line C 0 crew folks showed unfailing good humor doing tough job conscientious efforts appreciated involved Left Three five Wisniewskis southern California Bev center served Control Line category manager 1989 Nats Bevs hus band Bill right former Control Line FAI Speed World Champion son Rich active flier own right Right Grace Berman McKeesport PA 55-lb coffinlike box housing husbands Kaos tribulations shipping box described text Left NSRCA president Bryan Henderson right presenting award Contest Director Gregg Frohreich way Gregg flying around little truck award must have fastest truck Nats Right Trophies awarded superlative repainting Nats scoreboards Vince Mankowski top looks Dave Sally Brown left Barbara Travis McGinnis happily accept Contest Director Gregg Frobreich Phoe nix AZ briefed lowly Sportsman Advanced contestants same evening Transmitter impound rules contest sequenc ing ready box procedures judges rotation runway surface problems flying active full-scale airport holds op erations crossing runway covered roughly 100 contestants needed get six flights three days 200 flights day thats no small order four flight lines action figuring minimum 10 minutes per flight would work out nine hours solid flying assuming went wellno radio interference good weather also remember AMAs agreement fixed base oper ators required vacating field 5 pm never rains Richland Julyso says local Chamber Commerce competition regulations spell out wind must exceed 40 mph rains heavy hail hurricanes qualify too before fly ing can canceled least 10 ten derfeet scratched first flights Sun day because weatherwhich proba bly saved planes flying rest program Only four best rounds calculated Winning competition course soul satisfying its meeting fellow modelers common interests makes Nats what West Coast contestants friendly bunch seem somewhat less inhibited Easterners seemed easy strike up new acquaintances recruited fellow fliers act callers Chris Gibson 17-years-young chap Santa Rosa CA volunteered reporter Chris became hooked own friend bequeathed him second hand kit dad very supportive Chris modeler family hitched ride first Nats Lin coln NE two years ago Richland scratch-built copy Hanno Prettners Supra-Fly Chris already knows career goal plans aviation mechanic Hes very resolute flier whos coming up fast Jack Barnes has hobby 22 years first Nats en tered four-cycle-powered Model Tech Joss Stik wife mechanic Jack chief engineer Seattle TV radio sta tion Though safely completed rou tines its safe bet Jack plans bring wind-resistive vehicle next Nats Joanie Anastasio married assistContinued page 182 March 1990 63 casualty fierce Nats competition AMA President Don Lowe Altamonte Springs FL pays final respects un usual gravesite airplane its owner gratefully respectfully unidentified Sn uf-Vibe BACK PLATE MOUNTS Front Intake Engines Aluminum Back Plate Mounts light weight easy instaJi Just bolt engine crank case mounts equipped SNUF-VIBE IsolatIon system doubie protection engine vibratIon SIX SIZES FOR ENGINES 15 TO 182 JT-BP1 og 1495JT-BP4 60-go 1496 JT-BP2 19 25 1496JT-BP6 MAX 90-106 1796 JT-BP3 29- 060 1496JT-8P6 ST2SOO-3000 2196 T SEND 25t trSTAMPWE FOR ADDITIONAL INFO AND JTEC CATALOR 164 School St. Dely CIty CA 64014 14151 756-3400 ratfie several thousand dollars worth prizes 4 Lots close-up show-and-tell oppor tunities manufacturers top builders 5 Finallyand best allsuperfriendly atmos phere nonstop Glider talk short its wonderful place gab old friends meet lots new ones very special feature year will banquet speaker Michael Selig Michael will give us inside scoop Princeton airfoil tests will have digested Soarrech #8 see low should have lots questions ready Michael GHQ will again Clover Island Inn lo cated right Columbia River Entry fee cluding banquet raffle ticket $35 Ad ditional models $2 Additional banquet guests welcome $20 Slope Soaring News will sponsor Friday evening tasting ex cellent local Washington State wines Pre registration required closes April 25 register send fee AMA number RC frequencyies Wil Byers 632 Meadows Drive East Richland WA 99352 additional info send Wil large SASE Clover Island Inns num ber 1-800-541-7628 fun fly special rates very reasonable $34 two $39 three four persons Tell em Wil Byers sent Nats Sampler/Berman Continued page 63 ant event director Rick Allison very special competitor two lady Pattern fliers Nats shes five years under husbands tute lage Joanie came away trophy eat available hobby shop ORDER DIRECT far immediate shipment Check MO Visa Mt COD accepted Add $250 UPS $316 COO 6% sales tan Calif residents gether top Iliers country iet shoot out see really top gun Last year Joe Wurts Fred Weaver Larry Jolly close hehind Can Joe repeat Qualifi cation will same last year LSF Level Vs Level lVs Level V contest points National Champions info contact Miles Mo ran 10428 Oso Ave Chatsworth CA 91311 tel 1-818/882-4687 Pete Carr 329 Little Ave Ridgeway PA 15053 tel 1-814/772485 1j Pete also mentioned Soaring event AMA Nats held mid-July Law renceville IL southern part state near Indiana border will runin part anywayby some folks used put old SOAR Nats Seventies meets CDed Dan Pruss considered top contests country until Soaring included AMA Nats 1975 SOAR Nats fondly remembered good times friendly tough competition lets hope can again 90 1990 lnternatjtnal Scale Soaring Fun Fly Event Director Wil Byers announces fun fly will held May 25-27 will third year Tn-City Kennewick Pasco Richland WA Soarers have put all-Scale Slope flying extravaganza fun fly has quickly become popular Scale Soaring event country Last year 84 pilots showed up bringing 140 Gliders flew everything little Penetrators five-meter Scale ASW-20s Whats attraction Id say its combina tion five things Superb slope site orga nization 2 Three days fly-when-you-want oottcompeiove Soaring 3 Excellent banquet LIGHTING THE ORIGINALS. Still #RED 01 Programmable Flashing Navigation Lights #RED 02 Adjustable Rate Strobe Light #RED 03 Landing Lights #RED 04 Adjustable Rate Mars Rotating Beacon #RED 05 Marine Navigation Lights nonflashing #RED 14 Big Airplane Navigation Lights #RED 16 Econo Landing Lights brightest #RED 23 Real Strobe Light true zenon strobe e SEE YOUR DEALER e SEND STAMPED ENVELOPE FOR RAM INFO unavilable locally send check money order full credit card info cost item plus $200 $500 foreign immediate shipment Include full address UPS Sorry no COD Ram 4736 N Milwaukee Ave ago IL 60630 182 Model Aviation SYSTEMS Best $2495 $1995 $3995 $1995 $1095 $2495 $1995 $2995 4 -1 N- - -.I Rht Stuff First Step Model Airplane Simple Siaon Airplane Co ox 18 East Lonaeadow EtA 01028 413592361$ seventh place plane Eclipse wrenches herself astutely real trooper Joanie scoffed cold rain hot sun equal indifference multitalented woman works engineering firm has recently decided upgrade education time published will probably have EE diploma Well watch coming up ladder upper classes soon wives part flying team Fay Carruthers son Springfield OH braved long ride far side Rockies assist hubby Steve LA-i Expert class Steve flew first plane age seven20 years ago Really admired appreciated army officials organizers helpers judges staffers make Nats pos sible participants such comely Californian Darlene Frederick 10year member USPJA United States Pattern Judging Association chief judge Richiand doesnt fit mold Arent judges supposed stern mean poker-faced aloof jovial Darlene first sons hus band became contest addicted Darlene wasnt about left behind As judging werent enough leads secret life own Darlene manufactures model air plane propellers machine turn out DW Props Darlene/Wayne 16 sizes seven pitches cant keep stock aw.paCa.Pal. Falok RIC k nd Rh.shtaq 1/4 Scale Kits $12995 Epoxy/Glass/Foam Construction Drawings Data Formula 120 Pylon Sport Standoff ScalaKit Price ping Credit Cards WelcomedOhio Residents Add 7% spite tight schedule ground crew volunteers patiently posed cam era Unfortunately snap pic tures quickly delay operations wasnt able get everybodys names Thanks AMAs intelligence network bus tour nearby Hanford atomic facil ities provided Since years some us school US popula tion has doubledand continues climb appetite stuff Mr Drake started pumping Titus yule PA 130 years ago has far outpaced population statisticson both sides Atlantic Alongside spiraling demand Si Hyblak fascinating Hanford tour guide pointed out faced definitely limited supply oilfor modelers well everyone else though existing deposits may have accessed Earth may soon drained its pop ular fuel generation might affected coming after us sure Among other cataclysmic effects will grounding worlds aircraft un less alternative fuel discovered vented has yet Three Mile Island Chernobyl jitters notwithstanding really no alternative utilizing nu clear energy Solar energy application has proven major importance possible hydroelectric sites ser vice benefit descendants must stretch petroleum reserves Also combustion fossil fuels both coal oil releases contaminants atmosphere Little little chemical by-products eating away protec tive envelope around globe al lows us breathe go around space suits Acid rain carbon dioxide ozone layer holes greenhouse effect terms becoming familiar Nuclear energy creating new prob lems waste disposal shares fossil fuels life-threatening side effects Hanford site 560-square-mile taxpayer-financed laboratory 12000 scientists support personnel work ing civilize atomic energy Albert Ein stein Enrico Fermi Werner von Braun Glenn Siborg just some lumi naries once worked Hanford plutonium fueled Nagasaki bomb produced 45 years ago However Hanfords projects nuclear instance some PhDs trying solve riddle disposing nonnuclear hazardous wastes like PCBs other toxic chemicals Fusing stuff glass balls promising possibil ities Hanford situated middle sagebrush desert time nine operating reactors However based overestimation North wests power needs two reactors remain operation todaythe Washington State power reactor experimental fast-flux facility tour guide gave us sample uranium fuel pellet size pencil eraser equiv alent half ton coal 90 gallons gasoline What neat fuel package model Oh case youre wondering fuel pellet facsimile Under huge AMA umbrella numer ous special interest segments NSRCA National Society Radio-Con trolled Aerobatics Without sistance NSRCA members host re gion Nats would impossible Just did last year NSRCA ar ranged buffet offering free snacks conducted awards ceremony Sports man Advanced Pattern classes Sportsman brothers Ken Orin Rice Utah took first second places respec tively Shane Gray 16-year-old Junior Texas garnered first place Ad vanced Watch out Chip Hyde guess again walked off empty-handed NSRCA President Bryan Henderson broached familiar topic need raise dues 700 members newslet ter K-Factor alone eats up 45 cents copy such far-flung thinly spread organization common fund-raising devices seem impractical present appeared agree Guest speaker fellow member Don Lowe gave glimpse AMAs future present growth trend continues said within very few years AMA will have March 1990 183 Kaimbach Publiafling uo Pu Box 1612 Waukesha WI 53187 YES Please send copies RADIO CONTROL BUYERS GUIDE Price per copy $1295/#12086 D Charge credit card Charge E Mastercard Exp date Street City State Zip Include postage handling us $150 Canadian foreign add 15% minimum $300 Make payment US funda Wiaconain reaidenta add 5% aelca tax 0110 Bill Effinger * says n Patternvn Sets give asserted designs want have selected best clessic designs time tsr cheese hero patterns part important exclusive feature Golden Age Va Scale Curtias Hawk P-i 68 length wing span 239g sq wing area Fm 1323 engines -4 chaseal SIC SCOS-f 4 6 V Scale Curoisa Falcon JXLAJ $3length ffdwrngspan-. 3f$Osqivwingarea4vhSlC/x..jLZ2 RCQS-t3 6 116 Scala Cesana AW 91 wing span sq wing area 20 90 engines 3-4 channel SIC SC6S-1 6 113 Scala Piper Cub J-3 11-S wing span ength 2900 sq wing area20 30 cid engines annel SIC/ $C3S-2 6b s Quarter Scale WW SE-SA 90 Va span sq area 7g 22 engic $COS-7 6 SPAD C-XIII 7$ V span 0 sq wing area 13 tv3t engines Capable flyer-it captures imagination $COS-6 6 FOKKER DR-i TRIPLANE 72 wing span pa wing area 78 tot 90 engines $COS-P 5 SOPWITH CAMEL P1 90 wing span pa wingarna flibs rob RIC Pfy weed & balsa construction over 613 sqft drawings SCOSf 6 N APIper TrlPacer PA 22J One-Thing scale 1 1 &31$ wing span sq wing area 20 tv 30 cid evginns Fur 4 5 channel SIC os 12 lbs 1$ everell length Plyweedlbalsa fulselage remeveable wing panels steerable nyse wheel designed let aesy greand handling authentic scale flight performance $C3S2 Bill Effiegee Faerrdfng Meeshar AMA NFPS Mallet Fare Prices complene plans sub assembly detailed parts lists Add $290 far Maffieg Tales Sand far breaker ahead ef thy crowd new brochure showing new Plan Sets 199g Send 131 refundable fst Orderl WE TECHNICAL SERVICES 312 Bishop Rd Sante Rosa Beach FL 32459 half million members hottest pancakes griddle purchase single national site capa ble handling AMAs activi ties everything headquarters complex permanent Nats park Some 60 sites offered purchase An Indi ana acreage tract Academyrs favor ite choice time Nats Don cautioned imperative AMA maintain base nationrs cap ital Being able easily voice concerns federal law- policymakers essen tial Nats proves over over AMA made up dedicated people fam ilies privileged meet Bev Wisniew ski native southern California Con trol Line category manager After 40 years marriage Bev still glows affection husband describes Bill gentle genius member worldclass Control Line Speed team also master model engine designer brain K&B Manufacturing children sons little r Rick Mike daughter Mindyr active participants hobby wonder Bev got draft ed enthusiasm furiously contagious briefly discussed merits na tional Nats site Tn-Cities Nats thought proved participating contes tants come largely geographic proximity chosen site since year entrants mostly Pacific time zoners Bev acknowledged th5r added its getting difficult expensive year locate suitable spot con ducting Nats can appreciate truth ob servation based common experience flying fields Everywhere turn developmentindustrial facilities housing tracts condosis threatening overrun fly ing sites Flying sites becoming en dangered species context makes sense time AMA own rather rent r Bev approves AMAs aim nail down just several well-spaced permanent Nats sites like mod elers islands encroaching sea pop ulation Among Bevs charges Nats Control Line Jet Speedsters 200-plus screaming mph machines seem rare specialty someone like myself Just Cape Canaveral fuel used exotica 50/50 mix propylene oxide nitro methane An ear-muffled launch team needed bicycle pumper starts fuel flow igniter inserts spark proctoscope combustion chamber shat tering sustained explosion racer gone launch dolly skitters away pilot hangs dizzying dance least six lapslike riding bareback Ger man V-2 Now know what Chuck Yea ger must have felt like first punched X-1 life A-in music wire belly skid allows craft survive its land ing Talk about holding tiger its tail 30K-rpm engine racers Bill Wis niewskis specialty arenrt slower Twisting single wire provides elevator control Amazing Much slower Speedsters what isnt Control Line Team Racing Russian racing team year caused some what language barrier natural mod elers camaraderie quickly overcame obstacles Jim Gall Garfield NJ Byron Bod ner Baltimore MD brazened 3000 miles interstates 31/3 days get Richland game Control Line Combat probably appealing branch sportno-frills ships whipped 36 Fox wide-open screamers Again learned something Norm McFadden Seat tle WA 1988 National Combat Champi onand southpaw yet Foam wings cut opponents streamer better wood wings Normans son Dave schoolmas ter has also bitten Combat bug Itll probably take him equal dads lightning-fast reflexes RC Pylon Racing isnt exactly rocking chair crowd either Bob Knudsen construction company operative Medford OR provided us bit ba sic info Quickie 500 number being square-inch requirement wing Rac $5000 seen SPecee SF7507V 00 stbla v/s Iyualtrel tot 184 Model Aviation ft ucrraAnderson N Lv5194Power en Only certified checko meney ordain accepted Minimam Order $1200 three packages 4 Powerpoles 5351 per package 5150 shipping handling CT revidento add 70% sales tan Prices nuhiect change withoat notice DALEN INGUIRIES INVITED forther informal dealer prices send SASE Sasinens Card SERMOS RIC SNAP CONNECTORSInc Cedar Corners Station Box 16787 Stamford CT 06905 12031 3226294 CULPEPPER LS INC 2526 Washiugtoa IubuqueIA 52001 31015134830 Fults Tooling PO Box 95 Champaign1 IL 61824 ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX AMA Membership15 Ace Radio Control5 Aerospace Composite Prod55 Airtronics2 20 AI-Tec & Su-pr-line Products166 Altech MarketingCoy 2 170 American Jr Aircraft Co18 American Small Busn Computers1 Applied Engineering47 Authorized RC Service49 B&P Associates57 BLB168 Quay Barber Models182 Blue Ridge Mach & Tools153 Bolar Hell Research152 Bridi Aircraft140 Dave Brown Products31 Byron Originals87 Ca Ra Products55 Cambridge Model Aircraft8 Campbell Tools Co147 Cheveron168 Cleveland Model Supply16 Competition Products186 Corehouse161 Cove rite166 Cox Hobbies93 Crenshaw Aero57 Culpepper Models Inc184 Cygnet Software12 D&R Aircraft Mfg51 DGA Designs146 Daedalus Research Inc172 Davy Systems Corp153 Dodgson Designs38 Doylejet152 Du-Bro Products Inc96 Duracraft55 FAI Model Supply156 FHS Supply Inc22-23 Fiberglass Master4 Fiorenze Hobby Center146 First RC Flight School153 Flyline Models12 Fourmost Products49 Fults Dual Struts184 Futaba Corp America19 88 G&A Products152 GM Plastics Inc47 57 158 GM Precision Products37 Garuda Gliders147 Gator RC Products43 Carl Goldberg Models13 106 Golden Gate Hobbies174 Phillip Good145 Gorham Model Products173 Great Planes21 Hi Line Ltd176 High Sky180 Hobby Barn142-143 Hobby Dynamics 10 12 18 85 94-95 105 Hobby Horn20 Hobby Lobby International162-165 Hobby Supply South180 Hobby Woods8 Bob Holman Plans156 Ikon Northwest Co141 Indy RC Sales Ac148-150 JCM Company145 JR Radios10 94-95105 JTec182 JammAero144 Jan Crystals20 Larry Jolly Model Products158 Jomar8 K&B Mfg152 K&S Engineering151 K-Flight Industries156 Kingsway Enterprises146 Kraft Midwest51 Kustom Kraftsmanship176 LA Model Hobby Show159 Lanier RC51 Lone Star Models147 MACS Products140 MGA Enterprises144 Memphis Model Market160 Micro Mark6-7 Midwest Products101 Model Rectifier CorpCoy 3 Sid Morgan Plans186 Walt Moucha Models175 Mutchlers Hobbies154-155 NF Video Library31 Northeast Aerodynamics4 Northern Modeling Products38 Northwest Hobby Supply9 Ohio Superstar53 Pacer Tech167 Paper Airplanes Intl173 Parrish Aircraft151 Pattern Tek53 Penn Valley Hobby Center157 Performance Products Ultd174 Performance Specialties174 Pica Products16 Pin-Nik Sales172 Plane Video18 Pro-Tune Corp140 Progress Mfg Co144 RAM182 RC Buyers Guide183 RC Designs176 RC Extras186 RC International17 RC Video Review157 RJL Industries161 Radial Engine Technologies43 Ragan/Barker Group156 Red Max Fuel22-23 Reichmuth Electronics152 Robart11 Rons Model Building144 Rossi USA103 RounTuit57 SAC44 SR Batteries145 Sachs TG186 Safety Plus16 47 Satellite City187 Scale Model Research146 Scale Plans & Photo Ser144 Sermos RC Snap Connectors184 Shamrock Competition Imports171 Sheldons Hobby Shop146 Sig Mfg Co4 83 181 Simple Simon Airplane Co182 Square Cut Tools174 Smith Enterprises181 Stangel Enterprises180 Sun Craft157 Superior Aircraft37 Swanson Assoc176 T&D Fiberglass Spec172 TEAM160 Tatone Products Co55 Tidewater Hobby Enterprises168 Toledo RC Exposition156 Top Flite Models Inc169 Tower Hobbies177-179 Tru-Turn152 US Quadra166 Ultimatesport RC160 VL Products161 Vinylwrite Custom Lettering172 WE Technical Services184 Webra18 Williams Brothers49 Windsor Propeller Co53 Wing Mfg158 World EnginesCover 4 Yashioka12 85 Nick Ziroli Models44 ers use 40-size engines stock mufflers draw common fuel source Rac ing heats four theyre scored two ways finish position after 10 laps first through fourth best lap time Again large number umps officials needed conduct race Fifteen-year-old Jerret Cangie Redmont WA red-hot devotee Unfortu nately Jerret mechanic/flier Bill Petterson Seattle flooded engine failed start up within required 90second window following signal young men told practice lo cal contests about two weeks Diametrically opposite adrenalin scale seems docile Free Flight Scale models both indoor outdoor types aircraft very care fully judged realism fidelity workmanship indicates patience supreme As always Free Flight Scale vari ety great Rubber gas power mod ern antique aircraftwhat treat view such exceptionally fine building skills also envy small boxes needed transport lovely creations Nats like banqueta huge crowd SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT responding advertisers mention read about ModelAviation diners well regiment servers cooks dishwashers staff gets neither wages nor tips Vince Mankowski quartermaster general headwaiter chief cook bottle washer etc etcarranged little compensation form din ner loyal army DJ old-time music us old folks tripping light fantastic heartwarming touch Vince whatever happened dessert Winter Hawk/ODwyer Continued page 71 Prepare wing covering painting tissue attaches two coats sand ing sealer sanding lightly between coats March 1990 185
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A look back 1989 Tn-Cities Natsthe frustrations triumphs some competitors hardworking officials made happen U Fred Berman NOT FAIR9 course fair AMA move Nats closer Pacific West Coast modelers have con stitutional right have big competition shift own orbit changeeven Easterners strap fullscale Boeing 727 order participate Participate eh Perhaps perhaps Sheer frustration reporter composing little poem 4 am re cent morning Dont look now Willie Shakespeare Eenie meenie miney moI wonder ever Kaos will show Explanation needed Certainly Inexperi enced am such matters neverthe less became necessary send off com petition plane 2500 miles west under pow er other its own box else So started measuring Holy Toledo packed tightly dared box become size shape cof finor crate baby grand Postal Service wouldnt take UPS neither would airline phoned ol travel expert Dave Brown Air lines will let check bicycle Get cy cle carton pack plane Hmmm way would able squeeze bulky tail feathers such Chris Gibson Santa Rosa CA isa very ded icated 17-year-old competitor Two years ago hitched ride first Nats Lincoln NE Richiand flew own scratch built copy Hanno Prettners Supra-Fly Chriss career goal aircraft mechanics container Didnt have Brown touch guess nothing switch favored Aurora smaller Kaos hoping beat 130-in length-plus-girth limit UPS shipments designed built portable airplane 60 Modei Aviation Jim Gall Garfield NJ launches Control Line Combat ship partner Byron Bad ner Baltimore MD two erstwhile competitors braved 3000 miles interstates 31/2 days get Richiand compete 1989 Nats Thats dedication first order NaTS member uon iL FAI Team Race team adjusting engine natural camaraderie mod elers quickly overcame language barrier Joanie Anastasia wife event director Rick Allison seventh-place-winning Eclipse Pattern ship Joanie two female Pattern fliers Nats Shes flying five years coming up fast ft rocket wing string An ear-muffled launch team neededthe bicycle pumper starts fuel Iow igniter inserts roctoscope combustion chamber shattering sustained explosion racer blasts away over 200 mph Right slower 30K-rpm CL Speed models can attain same higher speeds Jet monsters fact 30K topped Jet speeds Left absolute opposite end speed spectrum delicate exquisitely crafted Indoor Free Flight Scale models seem just float air Right Jack Barnes TV radio station chief engineer Seattle WA mechaniced wife preparing launch four-cycle-powered Model Tech Joss Stik Jack has modeling 22 years Tn-Cities first Nats competition tomb %-in plyscore triangles sawed 2 x 4s corners tapered box needing roomy area tail feathers full length Hoo ray Measuring around middle box length-plus-girth came just under 130 inches hauled empty 47-lb box down UPS agent gave OK packed model screwed down box lid delivered whole busi ness shipper Fifty-five pounds 26 dollarsnot bad done two weeks before Nats promise eight days transit time worries overor thought Exactly week later early morning phone call shattered tranquillity bang Sorry voice other end informed UPS refused shipment Its oversize brought back Please come pick up money will refunded Oh great Six days left counting Id bought airline tickets whether used dog rescue maybe ad vised Greyhound diesel en gine inside might accept consignment get Richland three days fee Forty-five dollars Did have choice So off trundled robust box leave driving us station after heaving 55 lb its des tiny gave second sigh relief got name address phone number Greyhound freight agent Richland hurried home give him call pickup arrangements Back comes recorded message number have called out service Long distance information merely con firmed statement Placing call local terminal told old direc tory erroneously consultedthere no longer freight agent Richland box already its way belly buses What revolting turn events Churn ing old noodle remembered TnCities planned rent car anyway maybe Pasco Kennewick Sure enough Pasco registered positive up-to-date Greyhound directory agent sured would catch bus enroute did arrange change sig nals er destination Lucky timemaybe waited four days eve own de parture dialed Pasco freight agent No box yet said sur prised often hold large items till March 1990 61 Darlene Frederick 10-year member USPJA served chief judge Nats certainly doesnt fit stereotype stern-faced dour judge Darlene also has own prop manufacturing company DW Props machine turn out 16 different sizes propellers seven pitches available size prop weekends less bus freight knowing whether Id participant spectator Tn-Cities Nats boarded plane next morning After uneventful flight Pasco located Greyhound terminal peeked win dowand saw no box Feeling ready plant uppercut anybody handy con fronted agents inside pair husky la dies disappeared back annexand flying teams also family units Fay Carruthers son came along husband Steve Springfield OH Steve whos flying since seven years old LA-i Aerobatics ship entered came struggling back withyesmy un gainly familiar totally intact 55-lb box So now know dog mans best friend after Greyhound stance Fifteen-year-old Jerret Cangie Redmont WA right teammate Bill Pet terson Seattle WA Edge Pylon Racer two young fliers red-hot contenders until engine flooded missed 90-second starting window moral yours case have plane will travel sure plane has de tachable tail feathers wing sep arates center Unless own freight line Judge Paul W Parks Sandpoint ID care fully measuring beautiful Scale Free Flight 1917 Comet Larry Kruse Liberal KS frequent MA contributor its builder 62 Model Aviation Len norm McFadden Seattle WA right son Dave schoolteacher Left-handed Norm 1988 National Combai inampIon Norm believes foam wings will cut streamers better wood wingshe may have something Right Bill Nusz deftly assembles Jet Speed engine Bill machined internal parts himself pulse jets burn 50/50 mix propylene oxide nitromethane Some dedicated people made Nats possible left crew servicing flight lines B right flight line C 0 crew folks showed unfailing good humor doing tough job conscientious efforts appreciated involved Left Three five Wisniewskis southern California Bev center served Control Line category manager 1989 Nats Bevs hus band Bill right former Control Line FAI Speed World Champion son Rich active flier own right Right Grace Berman McKeesport PA 55-lb coffinlike box housing husbands Kaos tribulations shipping box described text Left NSRCA president Bryan Henderson right presenting award Contest Director Gregg Frohreich way Gregg flying around little truck award must have fastest truck Nats Right Trophies awarded superlative repainting Nats scoreboards Vince Mankowski top looks Dave Sally Brown left Barbara Travis McGinnis happily accept Contest Director Gregg Frobreich Phoe nix AZ briefed lowly Sportsman Advanced contestants same evening Transmitter impound rules contest sequenc ing ready box procedures judges rotation runway surface problems flying active full-scale airport holds op erations crossing runway covered roughly 100 contestants needed get six flights three days 200 flights day thats no small order four flight lines action figuring minimum 10 minutes per flight would work out nine hours solid flying assuming went wellno radio interference good weather also remember AMAs agreement fixed base oper ators required vacating field 5 pm never rains Richland Julyso says local Chamber Commerce competition regulations spell out wind must exceed 40 mph rains heavy hail hurricanes qualify too before fly ing can canceled least 10 ten derfeet scratched first flights Sun day because weatherwhich proba bly saved planes flying rest program Only four best rounds calculated Winning competition course soul satisfying its meeting fellow modelers common interests makes Nats what West Coast contestants friendly bunch seem somewhat less inhibited Easterners seemed easy strike up new acquaintances recruited fellow fliers act callers Chris Gibson 17-years-young chap Santa Rosa CA volunteered reporter Chris became hooked own friend bequeathed him second hand kit dad very supportive Chris modeler family hitched ride first Nats Lin coln NE two years ago Richland scratch-built copy Hanno Prettners Supra-Fly Chris already knows career goal plans aviation mechanic Hes very resolute flier whos coming up fast Jack Barnes has hobby 22 years first Nats en tered four-cycle-powered Model Tech Joss Stik wife mechanic Jack chief engineer Seattle TV radio sta tion Though safely completed rou tines its safe bet Jack plans bring wind-resistive vehicle next Nats Joanie Anastasio married assistContinued page 182 March 1990 63 casualty fierce Nats competition AMA President Don Lowe Altamonte Springs FL pays final respects un usual gravesite airplane its owner gratefully respectfully unidentified Sn uf-Vibe BACK PLATE MOUNTS Front Intake Engines Aluminum Back Plate Mounts light weight easy instaJi Just bolt engine crank case mounts equipped SNUF-VIBE IsolatIon system doubie protection engine vibratIon SIX SIZES FOR ENGINES 15 TO 182 JT-BP1 og 1495JT-BP4 60-go 1496 JT-BP2 19 25 1496JT-BP6 MAX 90-106 1796 JT-BP3 29- 060 1496JT-8P6 ST2SOO-3000 2196 T SEND 25t trSTAMPWE FOR ADDITIONAL INFO AND JTEC CATALOR 164 School St. Dely CIty CA 64014 14151 756-3400 ratfie several thousand dollars worth prizes 4 Lots close-up show-and-tell oppor tunities manufacturers top builders 5 Finallyand best allsuperfriendly atmos phere nonstop Glider talk short its wonderful place gab old friends meet lots new ones very special feature year will banquet speaker Michael Selig Michael will give us inside scoop Princeton airfoil tests will have digested Soarrech #8 see low should have lots questions ready Michael GHQ will again Clover Island Inn lo cated right Columbia River Entry fee cluding banquet raffle ticket $35 Ad ditional models $2 Additional banquet guests welcome $20 Slope Soaring News will sponsor Friday evening tasting ex cellent local Washington State wines Pre registration required closes April 25 register send fee AMA number RC frequencyies Wil Byers 632 Meadows Drive East Richland WA 99352 additional info send Wil large SASE Clover Island Inns num ber 1-800-541-7628 fun fly special rates very reasonable $34 two $39 three four persons Tell em Wil Byers sent Nats Sampler/Berman Continued page 63 ant event director Rick Allison very special competitor two lady Pattern fliers Nats shes five years under husbands tute lage Joanie came away trophy eat available hobby shop ORDER DIRECT far immediate shipment Check MO Visa Mt COD accepted Add $250 UPS $316 COO 6% sales tan Calif residents gether top Iliers country iet shoot out see really top gun Last year Joe Wurts Fred Weaver Larry Jolly close hehind Can Joe repeat Qualifi cation will same last year LSF Level Vs Level lVs Level V contest points National Champions info contact Miles Mo ran 10428 Oso Ave Chatsworth CA 91311 tel 1-818/882-4687 Pete Carr 329 Little Ave Ridgeway PA 15053 tel 1-814/772485 1j Pete also mentioned Soaring event AMA Nats held mid-July Law renceville IL southern part state near Indiana border will runin part anywayby some folks used put old SOAR Nats Seventies meets CDed Dan Pruss considered top contests country until Soaring included AMA Nats 1975 SOAR Nats fondly remembered good times friendly tough competition lets hope can again 90 1990 lnternatjtnal Scale Soaring Fun Fly Event Director Wil Byers announces fun fly will held May 25-27 will third year Tn-City Kennewick Pasco Richland WA Soarers have put all-Scale Slope flying extravaganza fun fly has quickly become popular Scale Soaring event country Last year 84 pilots showed up bringing 140 Gliders flew everything little Penetrators five-meter Scale ASW-20s Whats attraction Id say its combina tion five things Superb slope site orga nization 2 Three days fly-when-you-want oottcompeiove Soaring 3 Excellent banquet LIGHTING THE ORIGINALS. Still #RED 01 Programmable Flashing Navigation Lights #RED 02 Adjustable Rate Strobe Light #RED 03 Landing Lights #RED 04 Adjustable Rate Mars Rotating Beacon #RED 05 Marine Navigation Lights nonflashing #RED 14 Big Airplane Navigation Lights #RED 16 Econo Landing Lights brightest #RED 23 Real Strobe Light true zenon strobe e SEE YOUR DEALER e SEND STAMPED ENVELOPE FOR RAM INFO unavilable locally send check money order full credit card info cost item plus $200 $500 foreign immediate shipment Include full address UPS Sorry no COD Ram 4736 N Milwaukee Ave ago IL 60630 182 Model Aviation SYSTEMS Best $2495 $1995 $3995 $1995 $1095 $2495 $1995 $2995 4 -1 N- - -.I Rht Stuff First Step Model Airplane Simple Siaon Airplane Co ox 18 East Lonaeadow EtA 01028 413592361$ seventh place plane Eclipse wrenches herself astutely real trooper Joanie scoffed cold rain hot sun equal indifference multitalented woman works engineering firm has recently decided upgrade education time published will probably have EE diploma Well watch coming up ladder upper classes soon wives part flying team Fay Carruthers son Springfield OH braved long ride far side Rockies assist hubby Steve LA-i Expert class Steve flew first plane age seven20 years ago Really admired appreciated army officials organizers helpers judges staffers make Nats pos sible participants such comely Californian Darlene Frederick 10year member USPJA United States Pattern Judging Association chief judge Richiand doesnt fit mold Arent judges supposed stern mean poker-faced aloof jovial Darlene first sons hus band became contest addicted Darlene wasnt about left behind As judging werent enough leads secret life own Darlene manufactures model air plane propellers machine turn out DW Props Darlene/Wayne 16 sizes seven pitches cant keep stock aw.paCa.Pal. Falok RIC k nd Rh.shtaq 1/4 Scale Kits $12995 Epoxy/Glass/Foam Construction Drawings Data Formula 120 Pylon Sport Standoff ScalaKit Price ping Credit Cards WelcomedOhio Residents Add 7% spite tight schedule ground crew volunteers patiently posed cam era Unfortunately snap pic tures quickly delay operations wasnt able get everybodys names Thanks AMAs intelligence network bus tour nearby Hanford atomic facil ities provided Since years some us school US popula tion has doubledand continues climb appetite stuff Mr Drake started pumping Titus yule PA 130 years ago has far outpaced population statisticson both sides Atlantic Alongside spiraling demand Si Hyblak fascinating Hanford tour guide pointed out faced definitely limited supply oilfor modelers well everyone else though existing deposits may have accessed Earth may soon drained its pop ular fuel generation might affected coming after us sure Among other cataclysmic effects will grounding worlds aircraft un less alternative fuel discovered vented has yet Three Mile Island Chernobyl jitters notwithstanding really no alternative utilizing nu clear energy Solar energy application has proven major importance possible hydroelectric sites ser vice benefit descendants must stretch petroleum reserves Also combustion fossil fuels both coal oil releases contaminants atmosphere Little little chemical by-products eating away protec tive envelope around globe al lows us breathe go around space suits Acid rain carbon dioxide ozone layer holes greenhouse effect terms becoming familiar Nuclear energy creating new prob lems waste disposal shares fossil fuels life-threatening side effects Hanford site 560-square-mile taxpayer-financed laboratory 12000 scientists support personnel work ing civilize atomic energy Albert Ein stein Enrico Fermi Werner von Braun Glenn Siborg just some lumi naries once worked Hanford plutonium fueled Nagasaki bomb produced 45 years ago However Hanfords projects nuclear instance some PhDs trying solve riddle disposing nonnuclear hazardous wastes like PCBs other toxic chemicals Fusing stuff glass balls promising possibil ities Hanford situated middle sagebrush desert time nine operating reactors However based overestimation North wests power needs two reactors remain operation todaythe Washington State power reactor experimental fast-flux facility tour guide gave us sample uranium fuel pellet size pencil eraser equiv alent half ton coal 90 gallons gasoline What neat fuel package model Oh case youre wondering fuel pellet facsimile Under huge AMA umbrella numer ous special interest segments NSRCA National Society Radio-Con trolled Aerobatics Without sistance NSRCA members host re gion Nats would impossible Just did last year NSRCA ar ranged buffet offering free snacks conducted awards ceremony Sports man Advanced Pattern classes Sportsman brothers Ken Orin Rice Utah took first second places respec tively Shane Gray 16-year-old Junior Texas garnered first place Ad vanced Watch out Chip Hyde guess again walked off empty-handed NSRCA President Bryan Henderson broached familiar topic need raise dues 700 members newslet ter K-Factor alone eats up 45 cents copy such far-flung thinly spread organization common fund-raising devices seem impractical present appeared agree Guest speaker fellow member Don Lowe gave glimpse AMAs future present growth trend continues said within very few years AMA will have March 1990 183 Kaimbach Publiafling uo Pu Box 1612 Waukesha WI 53187 YES Please send copies RADIO CONTROL BUYERS GUIDE Price per copy $1295/#12086 D Charge credit card Charge E Mastercard Exp date Street City State Zip Include postage handling us $150 Canadian foreign add 15% minimum $300 Make payment US funda Wiaconain reaidenta add 5% aelca tax 0110 Bill Effinger * says n Patternvn Sets give asserted designs want have selected best clessic designs time tsr cheese hero patterns part important exclusive feature Golden Age Va Scale Curtias Hawk P-i 68 length wing span 239g sq wing area Fm 1323 engines -4 chaseal SIC SCOS-f 4 6 V Scale Curoisa Falcon JXLAJ $3length ffdwrngspan-. 3f$Osqivwingarea4vhSlC/x..jLZ2 RCQS-t3 6 116 Scala Cesana AW 91 wing span sq wing area 20 90 engines 3-4 channel SIC SC6S-1 6 113 Scala Piper Cub J-3 11-S wing span ength 2900 sq wing area20 30 cid engines annel SIC/ $C3S-2 6b s Quarter Scale WW SE-SA 90 Va span sq area 7g 22 engic $COS-7 6 SPAD C-XIII 7$ V span 0 sq wing area 13 tv3t engines Capable flyer-it captures imagination $COS-6 6 FOKKER DR-i TRIPLANE 72 wing span pa wing area 78 tot 90 engines $COS-P 5 SOPWITH CAMEL P1 90 wing span pa wingarna flibs rob RIC Pfy weed & balsa construction over 613 sqft drawings SCOSf 6 N APIper TrlPacer PA 22J One-Thing scale 1 1 &31$ wing span sq wing area 20 tv 30 cid evginns Fur 4 5 channel SIC os 12 lbs 1$ everell length Plyweedlbalsa fulselage remeveable wing panels steerable nyse wheel designed let aesy greand handling authentic scale flight performance $C3S2 Bill Effiegee Faerrdfng Meeshar AMA NFPS Mallet Fare Prices complene plans sub assembly detailed parts lists Add $290 far Maffieg Tales Sand far breaker ahead ef thy crowd new brochure showing new Plan Sets 199g Send 131 refundable fst Orderl WE TECHNICAL SERVICES 312 Bishop Rd Sante Rosa Beach FL 32459 half million members hottest pancakes griddle purchase single national site capa ble handling AMAs activi ties everything headquarters complex permanent Nats park Some 60 sites offered purchase An Indi ana acreage tract Academyrs favor ite choice time Nats Don cautioned imperative AMA maintain base nationrs cap ital Being able easily voice concerns federal law- policymakers essen tial Nats proves over over AMA made up dedicated people fam ilies privileged meet Bev Wisniew ski native southern California Con trol Line category manager After 40 years marriage Bev still glows affection husband describes Bill gentle genius member worldclass Control Line Speed team also master model engine designer brain K&B Manufacturing children sons little r Rick Mike daughter Mindyr active participants hobby wonder Bev got draft ed enthusiasm furiously contagious briefly discussed merits na tional Nats site Tn-Cities Nats thought proved participating contes tants come largely geographic proximity chosen site since year entrants mostly Pacific time zoners Bev acknowledged th5r added its getting difficult expensive year locate suitable spot con ducting Nats can appreciate truth ob servation based common experience flying fields Everywhere turn developmentindustrial facilities housing tracts condosis threatening overrun fly ing sites Flying sites becoming en dangered species context makes sense time AMA own rather rent r Bev approves AMAs aim nail down just several well-spaced permanent Nats sites like mod elers islands encroaching sea pop ulation Among Bevs charges Nats Control Line Jet Speedsters 200-plus screaming mph machines seem rare specialty someone like myself Just Cape Canaveral fuel used exotica 50/50 mix propylene oxide nitro methane An ear-muffled launch team needed bicycle pumper starts fuel flow igniter inserts spark proctoscope combustion chamber shat tering sustained explosion racer gone launch dolly skitters away pilot hangs dizzying dance least six lapslike riding bareback Ger man V-2 Now know what Chuck Yea ger must have felt like first punched X-1 life A-in music wire belly skid allows craft survive its land ing Talk about holding tiger its tail 30K-rpm engine racers Bill Wis niewskis specialty arenrt slower Twisting single wire provides elevator control Amazing Much slower Speedsters what isnt Control Line Team Racing Russian racing team year caused some what language barrier natural mod elers camaraderie quickly overcame obstacles Jim Gall Garfield NJ Byron Bod ner Baltimore MD brazened 3000 miles interstates 31/3 days get Richland game Control Line Combat probably appealing branch sportno-frills ships whipped 36 Fox wide-open screamers Again learned something Norm McFadden Seat tle WA 1988 National Combat Champi onand southpaw yet Foam wings cut opponents streamer better wood wings Normans son Dave schoolmas ter has also bitten Combat bug Itll probably take him equal dads lightning-fast reflexes RC Pylon Racing isnt exactly rocking chair crowd either Bob Knudsen construction company operative Medford OR provided us bit ba sic info Quickie 500 number being square-inch requirement wing Rac $5000 seen SPecee SF7507V 00 stbla v/s Iyualtrel tot 184 Model Aviation ft ucrraAnderson N Lv5194Power en Only certified checko meney ordain accepted Minimam Order $1200 three packages 4 Powerpoles 5351 per package 5150 shipping handling CT revidento add 70% sales tan Prices nuhiect change withoat notice DALEN INGUIRIES INVITED forther informal dealer prices send SASE Sasinens Card SERMOS RIC SNAP CONNECTORSInc Cedar Corners Station Box 16787 Stamford CT 06905 12031 3226294 CULPEPPER LS INC 2526 Washiugtoa IubuqueIA 52001 31015134830 Fults Tooling PO Box 95 Champaign1 IL 61824 ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX AMA Membership15 Ace Radio Control5 Aerospace Composite Prod55 Airtronics2 20 AI-Tec & Su-pr-line Products166 Altech MarketingCoy 2 170 American Jr Aircraft Co18 American Small Busn Computers1 Applied Engineering47 Authorized RC Service49 B&P Associates57 BLB168 Quay Barber Models182 Blue Ridge Mach & Tools153 Bolar Hell Research152 Bridi Aircraft140 Dave Brown Products31 Byron Originals87 Ca Ra Products55 Cambridge Model Aircraft8 Campbell Tools Co147 Cheveron168 Cleveland Model Supply16 Competition Products186 Corehouse161 Cove rite166 Cox Hobbies93 Crenshaw Aero57 Culpepper Models Inc184 Cygnet Software12 D&R Aircraft Mfg51 DGA Designs146 Daedalus Research Inc172 Davy Systems Corp153 Dodgson Designs38 Doylejet152 Du-Bro Products Inc96 Duracraft55 FAI Model Supply156 FHS Supply Inc22-23 Fiberglass Master4 Fiorenze Hobby Center146 First RC Flight School153 Flyline Models12 Fourmost Products49 Fults Dual Struts184 Futaba Corp America19 88 G&A Products152 GM Plastics Inc47 57 158 GM Precision Products37 Garuda Gliders147 Gator RC Products43 Carl Goldberg Models13 106 Golden Gate Hobbies174 Phillip Good145 Gorham Model Products173 Great Planes21 Hi Line Ltd176 High Sky180 Hobby Barn142-143 Hobby Dynamics 10 12 18 85 94-95 105 Hobby Horn20 Hobby Lobby International162-165 Hobby Supply South180 Hobby Woods8 Bob Holman Plans156 Ikon Northwest Co141 Indy RC Sales Ac148-150 JCM Company145 JR Radios10 94-95105 JTec182 JammAero144 Jan Crystals20 Larry Jolly Model Products158 Jomar8 K&B Mfg152 K&S Engineering151 K-Flight Industries156 Kingsway Enterprises146 Kraft Midwest51 Kustom Kraftsmanship176 LA Model Hobby Show159 Lanier RC51 Lone Star Models147 MACS Products140 MGA Enterprises144 Memphis Model Market160 Micro Mark6-7 Midwest Products101 Model Rectifier CorpCoy 3 Sid Morgan Plans186 Walt Moucha Models175 Mutchlers Hobbies154-155 NF Video Library31 Northeast Aerodynamics4 Northern Modeling Products38 Northwest Hobby Supply9 Ohio Superstar53 Pacer Tech167 Paper Airplanes Intl173 Parrish Aircraft151 Pattern Tek53 Penn Valley Hobby Center157 Performance Products Ultd174 Performance Specialties174 Pica Products16 Pin-Nik Sales172 Plane Video18 Pro-Tune Corp140 Progress Mfg Co144 RAM182 RC Buyers Guide183 RC Designs176 RC Extras186 RC International17 RC Video Review157 RJL Industries161 Radial Engine Technologies43 Ragan/Barker Group156 Red Max Fuel22-23 Reichmuth Electronics152 Robart11 Rons Model Building144 Rossi USA103 RounTuit57 SAC44 SR Batteries145 Sachs TG186 Safety Plus16 47 Satellite City187 Scale Model Research146 Scale Plans & Photo Ser144 Sermos RC Snap Connectors184 Shamrock Competition Imports171 Sheldons Hobby Shop146 Sig Mfg Co4 83 181 Simple Simon Airplane Co182 Square Cut Tools174 Smith Enterprises181 Stangel Enterprises180 Sun Craft157 Superior Aircraft37 Swanson Assoc176 T&D Fiberglass Spec172 TEAM160 Tatone Products Co55 Tidewater Hobby Enterprises168 Toledo RC Exposition156 Top Flite Models Inc169 Tower Hobbies177-179 Tru-Turn152 US Quadra166 Ultimatesport RC160 VL Products161 Vinylwrite Custom Lettering172 WE Technical Services184 Webra18 Williams Brothers49 Windsor Propeller Co53 Wing Mfg158 World EnginesCover 4 Yashioka12 85 Nick Ziroli Models44 ers use 40-size engines stock mufflers draw common fuel source Rac ing heats four theyre scored two ways finish position after 10 laps first through fourth best lap time Again large number umps officials needed conduct race Fifteen-year-old Jerret Cangie Redmont WA red-hot devotee Unfortu nately Jerret mechanic/flier Bill Petterson Seattle flooded engine failed start up within required 90second window following signal young men told practice lo cal contests about two weeks Diametrically opposite adrenalin scale seems docile Free Flight Scale models both indoor outdoor types aircraft very care fully judged realism fidelity workmanship indicates patience supreme As always Free Flight Scale vari ety great Rubber gas power mod ern antique aircraftwhat treat view such exceptionally fine building skills also envy small boxes needed transport lovely creations Nats like banqueta huge crowd SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT responding advertisers mention read about ModelAviation diners well regiment servers cooks dishwashers staff gets neither wages nor tips Vince Mankowski quartermaster general headwaiter chief cook bottle washer etc etcarranged little compensation form din ner loyal army DJ old-time music us old folks tripping light fantastic heartwarming touch Vince whatever happened dessert Winter Hawk/ODwyer Continued page 71 Prepare wing covering painting tissue attaches two coats sand ing sealer sanding lightly between coats March 1990 185
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/03
Page Numbers: 60, 61, 62, 63, 182, 183, 184, 185
A look back 1989 Tn-Cities Natsthe frustrations triumphs some competitors hardworking officials made happen U Fred Berman NOT FAIR9 course fair AMA move Nats closer Pacific West Coast modelers have con stitutional right have big competition shift own orbit changeeven Easterners strap fullscale Boeing 727 order participate Participate eh Perhaps perhaps Sheer frustration reporter composing little poem 4 am re cent morning Dont look now Willie Shakespeare Eenie meenie miney moI wonder ever Kaos will show Explanation needed Certainly Inexperi enced am such matters neverthe less became necessary send off com petition plane 2500 miles west under pow er other its own box else So started measuring Holy Toledo packed tightly dared box become size shape cof finor crate baby grand Postal Service wouldnt take UPS neither would airline phoned ol travel expert Dave Brown Air lines will let check bicycle Get cy cle carton pack plane Hmmm way would able squeeze bulky tail feathers such Chris Gibson Santa Rosa CA isa very ded icated 17-year-old competitor Two years ago hitched ride first Nats Lincoln NE Richiand flew own scratch built copy Hanno Prettners Supra-Fly Chriss career goal aircraft mechanics container Didnt have Brown touch guess nothing switch favored Aurora smaller Kaos hoping beat 130-in length-plus-girth limit UPS shipments designed built portable airplane 60 Modei Aviation Jim Gall Garfield NJ launches Control Line Combat ship partner Byron Bad ner Baltimore MD two erstwhile competitors braved 3000 miles interstates 31/2 days get Richiand compete 1989 Nats Thats dedication first order NaTS member uon iL FAI Team Race team adjusting engine natural camaraderie mod elers quickly overcame language barrier Joanie Anastasia wife event director Rick Allison seventh-place-winning Eclipse Pattern ship Joanie two female Pattern fliers Nats Shes flying five years coming up fast ft rocket wing string An ear-muffled launch team neededthe bicycle pumper starts fuel Iow igniter inserts roctoscope combustion chamber shattering sustained explosion racer blasts away over 200 mph Right slower 30K-rpm CL Speed models can attain same higher speeds Jet monsters fact 30K topped Jet speeds Left absolute opposite end speed spectrum delicate exquisitely crafted Indoor Free Flight Scale models seem just float air Right Jack Barnes TV radio station chief engineer Seattle WA mechaniced wife preparing launch four-cycle-powered Model Tech Joss Stik Jack has modeling 22 years Tn-Cities first Nats competition tomb %-in plyscore triangles sawed 2 x 4s corners tapered box needing roomy area tail feathers full length Hoo ray Measuring around middle box length-plus-girth came just under 130 inches hauled empty 47-lb box down UPS agent gave OK packed model screwed down box lid delivered whole busi ness shipper Fifty-five pounds 26 dollarsnot bad done two weeks before Nats promise eight days transit time worries overor thought Exactly week later early morning phone call shattered tranquillity bang Sorry voice other end informed UPS refused shipment Its oversize brought back Please come pick up money will refunded Oh great Six days left counting Id bought airline tickets whether used dog rescue maybe ad vised Greyhound diesel en gine inside might accept consignment get Richland three days fee Forty-five dollars Did have choice So off trundled robust box leave driving us station after heaving 55 lb its des tiny gave second sigh relief got name address phone number Greyhound freight agent Richland hurried home give him call pickup arrangements Back comes recorded message number have called out service Long distance information merely con firmed statement Placing call local terminal told old direc tory erroneously consultedthere no longer freight agent Richland box already its way belly buses What revolting turn events Churn ing old noodle remembered TnCities planned rent car anyway maybe Pasco Kennewick Sure enough Pasco registered positive up-to-date Greyhound directory agent sured would catch bus enroute did arrange change sig nals er destination Lucky timemaybe waited four days eve own de parture dialed Pasco freight agent No box yet said sur prised often hold large items till March 1990 61 Darlene Frederick 10-year member USPJA served chief judge Nats certainly doesnt fit stereotype stern-faced dour judge Darlene also has own prop manufacturing company DW Props machine turn out 16 different sizes propellers seven pitches available size prop weekends less bus freight knowing whether Id participant spectator Tn-Cities Nats boarded plane next morning After uneventful flight Pasco located Greyhound terminal peeked win dowand saw no box Feeling ready plant uppercut anybody handy con fronted agents inside pair husky la dies disappeared back annexand flying teams also family units Fay Carruthers son came along husband Steve Springfield OH Steve whos flying since seven years old LA-i Aerobatics ship entered came struggling back withyesmy un gainly familiar totally intact 55-lb box So now know dog mans best friend after Greyhound stance Fifteen-year-old Jerret Cangie Redmont WA right teammate Bill Pet terson Seattle WA Edge Pylon Racer two young fliers red-hot contenders until engine flooded missed 90-second starting window moral yours case have plane will travel sure plane has de tachable tail feathers wing sep arates center Unless own freight line Judge Paul W Parks Sandpoint ID care fully measuring beautiful Scale Free Flight 1917 Comet Larry Kruse Liberal KS frequent MA contributor its builder 62 Model Aviation Len norm McFadden Seattle WA right son Dave schoolteacher Left-handed Norm 1988 National Combai inampIon Norm believes foam wings will cut streamers better wood wingshe may have something Right Bill Nusz deftly assembles Jet Speed engine Bill machined internal parts himself pulse jets burn 50/50 mix propylene oxide nitromethane Some dedicated people made Nats possible left crew servicing flight lines B right flight line C 0 crew folks showed unfailing good humor doing tough job conscientious efforts appreciated involved Left Three five Wisniewskis southern California Bev center served Control Line category manager 1989 Nats Bevs hus band Bill right former Control Line FAI Speed World Champion son Rich active flier own right Right Grace Berman McKeesport PA 55-lb coffinlike box housing husbands Kaos tribulations shipping box described text Left NSRCA president Bryan Henderson right presenting award Contest Director Gregg Frohreich way Gregg flying around little truck award must have fastest truck Nats Right Trophies awarded superlative repainting Nats scoreboards Vince Mankowski top looks Dave Sally Brown left Barbara Travis McGinnis happily accept Contest Director Gregg Frobreich Phoe nix AZ briefed lowly Sportsman Advanced contestants same evening Transmitter impound rules contest sequenc ing ready box procedures judges rotation runway surface problems flying active full-scale airport holds op erations crossing runway covered roughly 100 contestants needed get six flights three days 200 flights day thats no small order four flight lines action figuring minimum 10 minutes per flight would work out nine hours solid flying assuming went wellno radio interference good weather also remember AMAs agreement fixed base oper ators required vacating field 5 pm never rains Richland Julyso says local Chamber Commerce competition regulations spell out wind must exceed 40 mph rains heavy hail hurricanes qualify too before fly ing can canceled least 10 ten derfeet scratched first flights Sun day because weatherwhich proba bly saved planes flying rest program Only four best rounds calculated Winning competition course soul satisfying its meeting fellow modelers common interests makes Nats what West Coast contestants friendly bunch seem somewhat less inhibited Easterners seemed easy strike up new acquaintances recruited fellow fliers act callers Chris Gibson 17-years-young chap Santa Rosa CA volunteered reporter Chris became hooked own friend bequeathed him second hand kit dad very supportive Chris modeler family hitched ride first Nats Lin coln NE two years ago Richland scratch-built copy Hanno Prettners Supra-Fly Chris already knows career goal plans aviation mechanic Hes very resolute flier whos coming up fast Jack Barnes has hobby 22 years first Nats en tered four-cycle-powered Model Tech Joss Stik wife mechanic Jack chief engineer Seattle TV radio sta tion Though safely completed rou tines its safe bet Jack plans bring wind-resistive vehicle next Nats Joanie Anastasio married assistContinued page 182 March 1990 63 casualty fierce Nats competition AMA President Don Lowe Altamonte Springs FL pays final respects un usual gravesite airplane its owner gratefully respectfully unidentified Sn uf-Vibe BACK PLATE MOUNTS Front Intake Engines Aluminum Back Plate Mounts light weight easy instaJi Just bolt engine crank case mounts equipped SNUF-VIBE IsolatIon system doubie protection engine vibratIon SIX SIZES FOR ENGINES 15 TO 182 JT-BP1 og 1495JT-BP4 60-go 1496 JT-BP2 19 25 1496JT-BP6 MAX 90-106 1796 JT-BP3 29- 060 1496JT-8P6 ST2SOO-3000 2196 T SEND 25t trSTAMPWE FOR ADDITIONAL INFO AND JTEC CATALOR 164 School St. Dely CIty CA 64014 14151 756-3400 ratfie several thousand dollars worth prizes 4 Lots close-up show-and-tell oppor tunities manufacturers top builders 5 Finallyand best allsuperfriendly atmos phere nonstop Glider talk short its wonderful place gab old friends meet lots new ones very special feature year will banquet speaker Michael Selig Michael will give us inside scoop Princeton airfoil tests will have digested Soarrech #8 see low should have lots questions ready Michael GHQ will again Clover Island Inn lo cated right Columbia River Entry fee cluding banquet raffle ticket $35 Ad ditional models $2 Additional banquet guests welcome $20 Slope Soaring News will sponsor Friday evening tasting ex cellent local Washington State wines Pre registration required closes April 25 register send fee AMA number RC frequencyies Wil Byers 632 Meadows Drive East Richland WA 99352 additional info send Wil large SASE Clover Island Inns num ber 1-800-541-7628 fun fly special rates very reasonable $34 two $39 three four persons Tell em Wil Byers sent Nats Sampler/Berman Continued page 63 ant event director Rick Allison very special competitor two lady Pattern fliers Nats shes five years under husbands tute lage Joanie came away trophy eat available hobby shop ORDER DIRECT far immediate shipment Check MO Visa Mt COD accepted Add $250 UPS $316 COO 6% sales tan Calif residents gether top Iliers country iet shoot out see really top gun Last year Joe Wurts Fred Weaver Larry Jolly close hehind Can Joe repeat Qualifi cation will same last year LSF Level Vs Level lVs Level V contest points National Champions info contact Miles Mo ran 10428 Oso Ave Chatsworth CA 91311 tel 1-818/882-4687 Pete Carr 329 Little Ave Ridgeway PA 15053 tel 1-814/772485 1j Pete also mentioned Soaring event AMA Nats held mid-July Law renceville IL southern part state near Indiana border will runin part anywayby some folks used put old SOAR Nats Seventies meets CDed Dan Pruss considered top contests country until Soaring included AMA Nats 1975 SOAR Nats fondly remembered good times friendly tough competition lets hope can again 90 1990 lnternatjtnal Scale Soaring Fun Fly Event Director Wil Byers announces fun fly will held May 25-27 will third year Tn-City Kennewick Pasco Richland WA Soarers have put all-Scale Slope flying extravaganza fun fly has quickly become popular Scale Soaring event country Last year 84 pilots showed up bringing 140 Gliders flew everything little Penetrators five-meter Scale ASW-20s Whats attraction Id say its combina tion five things Superb slope site orga nization 2 Three days fly-when-you-want oottcompeiove Soaring 3 Excellent banquet LIGHTING THE ORIGINALS. Still #RED 01 Programmable Flashing Navigation Lights #RED 02 Adjustable Rate Strobe Light #RED 03 Landing Lights #RED 04 Adjustable Rate Mars Rotating Beacon #RED 05 Marine Navigation Lights nonflashing #RED 14 Big Airplane Navigation Lights #RED 16 Econo Landing Lights brightest #RED 23 Real Strobe Light true zenon strobe e SEE YOUR DEALER e SEND STAMPED ENVELOPE FOR RAM INFO unavilable locally send check money order full credit card info cost item plus $200 $500 foreign immediate shipment Include full address UPS Sorry no COD Ram 4736 N Milwaukee Ave ago IL 60630 182 Model Aviation SYSTEMS Best $2495 $1995 $3995 $1995 $1095 $2495 $1995 $2995 4 -1 N- - -.I Rht Stuff First Step Model Airplane Simple Siaon Airplane Co ox 18 East Lonaeadow EtA 01028 413592361$ seventh place plane Eclipse wrenches herself astutely real trooper Joanie scoffed cold rain hot sun equal indifference multitalented woman works engineering firm has recently decided upgrade education time published will probably have EE diploma Well watch coming up ladder upper classes soon wives part flying team Fay Carruthers son Springfield OH braved long ride far side Rockies assist hubby Steve LA-i Expert class Steve flew first plane age seven20 years ago Really admired appreciated army officials organizers helpers judges staffers make Nats pos sible participants such comely Californian Darlene Frederick 10year member USPJA United States Pattern Judging Association chief judge Richiand doesnt fit mold Arent judges supposed stern mean poker-faced aloof jovial Darlene first sons hus band became contest addicted Darlene wasnt about left behind As judging werent enough leads secret life own Darlene manufactures model air plane propellers machine turn out DW Props Darlene/Wayne 16 sizes seven pitches cant keep stock aw.paCa.Pal. Falok RIC k nd Rh.shtaq 1/4 Scale Kits $12995 Epoxy/Glass/Foam Construction Drawings Data Formula 120 Pylon Sport Standoff ScalaKit Price ping Credit Cards WelcomedOhio Residents Add 7% spite tight schedule ground crew volunteers patiently posed cam era Unfortunately snap pic tures quickly delay operations wasnt able get everybodys names Thanks AMAs intelligence network bus tour nearby Hanford atomic facil ities provided Since years some us school US popula tion has doubledand continues climb appetite stuff Mr Drake started pumping Titus yule PA 130 years ago has far outpaced population statisticson both sides Atlantic Alongside spiraling demand Si Hyblak fascinating Hanford tour guide pointed out faced definitely limited supply oilfor modelers well everyone else though existing deposits may have accessed Earth may soon drained its pop ular fuel generation might affected coming after us sure Among other cataclysmic effects will grounding worlds aircraft un less alternative fuel discovered vented has yet Three Mile Island Chernobyl jitters notwithstanding really no alternative utilizing nu clear energy Solar energy application has proven major importance possible hydroelectric sites ser vice benefit descendants must stretch petroleum reserves Also combustion fossil fuels both coal oil releases contaminants atmosphere Little little chemical by-products eating away protec tive envelope around globe al lows us breathe go around space suits Acid rain carbon dioxide ozone layer holes greenhouse effect terms becoming familiar Nuclear energy creating new prob lems waste disposal shares fossil fuels life-threatening side effects Hanford site 560-square-mile taxpayer-financed laboratory 12000 scientists support personnel work ing civilize atomic energy Albert Ein stein Enrico Fermi Werner von Braun Glenn Siborg just some lumi naries once worked Hanford plutonium fueled Nagasaki bomb produced 45 years ago However Hanfords projects nuclear instance some PhDs trying solve riddle disposing nonnuclear hazardous wastes like PCBs other toxic chemicals Fusing stuff glass balls promising possibil ities Hanford situated middle sagebrush desert time nine operating reactors However based overestimation North wests power needs two reactors remain operation todaythe Washington State power reactor experimental fast-flux facility tour guide gave us sample uranium fuel pellet size pencil eraser equiv alent half ton coal 90 gallons gasoline What neat fuel package model Oh case youre wondering fuel pellet facsimile Under huge AMA umbrella numer ous special interest segments NSRCA National Society Radio-Con trolled Aerobatics Without sistance NSRCA members host re gion Nats would impossible Just did last year NSRCA ar ranged buffet offering free snacks conducted awards ceremony Sports man Advanced Pattern classes Sportsman brothers Ken Orin Rice Utah took first second places respec tively Shane Gray 16-year-old Junior Texas garnered first place Ad vanced Watch out Chip Hyde guess again walked off empty-handed NSRCA President Bryan Henderson broached familiar topic need raise dues 700 members newslet ter K-Factor alone eats up 45 cents copy such far-flung thinly spread organization common fund-raising devices seem impractical present appeared agree Guest speaker fellow member Don Lowe gave glimpse AMAs future present growth trend continues said within very few years AMA will have March 1990 183 Kaimbach Publiafling uo Pu Box 1612 Waukesha WI 53187 YES Please send copies RADIO CONTROL BUYERS GUIDE Price per copy $1295/#12086 D Charge credit card Charge E Mastercard Exp date Street City State Zip Include postage handling us $150 Canadian foreign add 15% minimum $300 Make payment US funda Wiaconain reaidenta add 5% aelca tax 0110 Bill Effinger * says n Patternvn Sets give asserted designs want have selected best clessic designs time tsr cheese hero patterns part important exclusive feature Golden Age Va Scale Curtias Hawk P-i 68 length wing span 239g sq wing area Fm 1323 engines -4 chaseal SIC SCOS-f 4 6 V Scale Curoisa Falcon JXLAJ $3length ffdwrngspan-. 3f$Osqivwingarea4vhSlC/x..jLZ2 RCQS-t3 6 116 Scala Cesana AW 91 wing span sq wing area 20 90 engines 3-4 channel SIC SC6S-1 6 113 Scala Piper Cub J-3 11-S wing span ength 2900 sq wing area20 30 cid engines annel SIC/ $C3S-2 6b s Quarter Scale WW SE-SA 90 Va span sq area 7g 22 engic $COS-7 6 SPAD C-XIII 7$ V span 0 sq wing area 13 tv3t engines Capable flyer-it captures imagination $COS-6 6 FOKKER DR-i TRIPLANE 72 wing span pa wing area 78 tot 90 engines $COS-P 5 SOPWITH CAMEL P1 90 wing span pa wingarna flibs rob RIC Pfy weed & balsa construction over 613 sqft drawings SCOSf 6 N APIper TrlPacer PA 22J One-Thing scale 1 1 &31$ wing span sq wing area 20 tv 30 cid evginns Fur 4 5 channel SIC os 12 lbs 1$ everell length Plyweedlbalsa fulselage remeveable wing panels steerable nyse wheel designed let aesy greand handling authentic scale flight performance $C3S2 Bill Effiegee Faerrdfng Meeshar AMA NFPS Mallet Fare Prices complene plans sub assembly detailed parts lists Add $290 far Maffieg Tales Sand far breaker ahead ef thy crowd new brochure showing new Plan Sets 199g Send 131 refundable fst Orderl WE TECHNICAL SERVICES 312 Bishop Rd Sante Rosa Beach FL 32459 half million members hottest pancakes griddle purchase single national site capa ble handling AMAs activi ties everything headquarters complex permanent Nats park Some 60 sites offered purchase An Indi ana acreage tract Academyrs favor ite choice time Nats Don cautioned imperative AMA maintain base nationrs cap ital Being able easily voice concerns federal law- policymakers essen tial Nats proves over over AMA made up dedicated people fam ilies privileged meet Bev Wisniew ski native southern California Con trol Line category manager After 40 years marriage Bev still glows affection husband describes Bill gentle genius member worldclass Control Line Speed team also master model engine designer brain K&B Manufacturing children sons little r Rick Mike daughter Mindyr active participants hobby wonder Bev got draft ed enthusiasm furiously contagious briefly discussed merits na tional Nats site Tn-Cities Nats thought proved participating contes tants come largely geographic proximity chosen site since year entrants mostly Pacific time zoners Bev acknowledged th5r added its getting difficult expensive year locate suitable spot con ducting Nats can appreciate truth ob servation based common experience flying fields Everywhere turn developmentindustrial facilities housing tracts condosis threatening overrun fly ing sites Flying sites becoming en dangered species context makes sense time AMA own rather rent r Bev approves AMAs aim nail down just several well-spaced permanent Nats sites like mod elers islands encroaching sea pop ulation Among Bevs charges Nats Control Line Jet Speedsters 200-plus screaming mph machines seem rare specialty someone like myself Just Cape Canaveral fuel used exotica 50/50 mix propylene oxide nitro methane An ear-muffled launch team needed bicycle pumper starts fuel flow igniter inserts spark proctoscope combustion chamber shat tering sustained explosion racer gone launch dolly skitters away pilot hangs dizzying dance least six lapslike riding bareback Ger man V-2 Now know what Chuck Yea ger must have felt like first punched X-1 life A-in music wire belly skid allows craft survive its land ing Talk about holding tiger its tail 30K-rpm engine racers Bill Wis niewskis specialty arenrt slower Twisting single wire provides elevator control Amazing Much slower Speedsters what isnt Control Line Team Racing Russian racing team year caused some what language barrier natural mod elers camaraderie quickly overcame obstacles Jim Gall Garfield NJ Byron Bod ner Baltimore MD brazened 3000 miles interstates 31/3 days get Richland game Control Line Combat probably appealing branch sportno-frills ships whipped 36 Fox wide-open screamers Again learned something Norm McFadden Seat tle WA 1988 National Combat Champi onand southpaw yet Foam wings cut opponents streamer better wood wings Normans son Dave schoolmas ter has also bitten Combat bug Itll probably take him equal dads lightning-fast reflexes RC Pylon Racing isnt exactly rocking chair crowd either Bob Knudsen construction company operative Medford OR provided us bit ba sic info Quickie 500 number being square-inch requirement wing Rac $5000 seen SPecee SF7507V 00 stbla v/s Iyualtrel tot 184 Model Aviation ft ucrraAnderson N Lv5194Power en Only certified checko meney ordain accepted Minimam Order $1200 three packages 4 Powerpoles 5351 per package 5150 shipping handling CT revidento add 70% sales tan Prices nuhiect change withoat notice DALEN INGUIRIES INVITED forther informal dealer prices send SASE Sasinens Card SERMOS RIC SNAP CONNECTORSInc Cedar Corners Station Box 16787 Stamford CT 06905 12031 3226294 CULPEPPER LS INC 2526 Washiugtoa IubuqueIA 52001 31015134830 Fults Tooling PO Box 95 Champaign1 IL 61824 ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX ADVERTISERS INDEX AMA Membership15 Ace Radio Control5 Aerospace Composite Prod55 Airtronics2 20 AI-Tec & Su-pr-line Products166 Altech MarketingCoy 2 170 American Jr Aircraft Co18 American Small Busn Computers1 Applied Engineering47 Authorized RC Service49 B&P Associates57 BLB168 Quay Barber Models182 Blue Ridge Mach & Tools153 Bolar Hell Research152 Bridi Aircraft140 Dave Brown Products31 Byron Originals87 Ca Ra Products55 Cambridge Model Aircraft8 Campbell Tools Co147 Cheveron168 Cleveland Model Supply16 Competition Products186 Corehouse161 Cove rite166 Cox Hobbies93 Crenshaw Aero57 Culpepper Models Inc184 Cygnet Software12 D&R Aircraft Mfg51 DGA Designs146 Daedalus Research Inc172 Davy Systems Corp153 Dodgson Designs38 Doylejet152 Du-Bro Products Inc96 Duracraft55 FAI Model Supply156 FHS Supply Inc22-23 Fiberglass Master4 Fiorenze Hobby Center146 First RC Flight School153 Flyline Models12 Fourmost Products49 Fults Dual Struts184 Futaba Corp America19 88 G&A Products152 GM Plastics Inc47 57 158 GM Precision Products37 Garuda Gliders147 Gator RC Products43 Carl Goldberg Models13 106 Golden Gate Hobbies174 Phillip Good145 Gorham Model Products173 Great Planes21 Hi Line Ltd176 High Sky180 Hobby Barn142-143 Hobby Dynamics 10 12 18 85 94-95 105 Hobby Horn20 Hobby Lobby International162-165 Hobby Supply South180 Hobby Woods8 Bob Holman Plans156 Ikon Northwest Co141 Indy RC Sales Ac148-150 JCM Company145 JR Radios10 94-95105 JTec182 JammAero144 Jan Crystals20 Larry Jolly Model Products158 Jomar8 K&B Mfg152 K&S Engineering151 K-Flight Industries156 Kingsway Enterprises146 Kraft Midwest51 Kustom Kraftsmanship176 LA Model Hobby Show159 Lanier RC51 Lone Star Models147 MACS Products140 MGA Enterprises144 Memphis Model Market160 Micro Mark6-7 Midwest Products101 Model Rectifier CorpCoy 3 Sid Morgan Plans186 Walt Moucha Models175 Mutchlers Hobbies154-155 NF Video Library31 Northeast 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Tidewater Hobby Enterprises168 Toledo RC Exposition156 Top Flite Models Inc169 Tower Hobbies177-179 Tru-Turn152 US Quadra166 Ultimatesport RC160 VL Products161 Vinylwrite Custom Lettering172 WE Technical Services184 Webra18 Williams Brothers49 Windsor Propeller Co53 Wing Mfg158 World EnginesCover 4 Yashioka12 85 Nick Ziroli Models44 ers use 40-size engines stock mufflers draw common fuel source Rac ing heats four theyre scored two ways finish position after 10 laps first through fourth best lap time Again large number umps officials needed conduct race Fifteen-year-old Jerret Cangie Redmont WA red-hot devotee Unfortu nately Jerret mechanic/flier Bill Petterson Seattle flooded engine failed start up within required 90second window following signal young men told practice lo cal contests about two weeks Diametrically opposite adrenalin scale seems docile Free Flight Scale models both indoor outdoor types aircraft very care fully judged realism fidelity workmanship indicates patience supreme As always Free Flight Scale vari ety great Rubber gas power mod ern antique aircraftwhat treat view such exceptionally fine building skills also envy small boxes needed transport lovely creations Nats like banqueta huge crowd SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT responding advertisers mention read about ModelAviation diners well regiment servers cooks dishwashers staff gets neither wages nor tips Vince Mankowski quartermaster general headwaiter chief cook bottle washer etc etcarranged little compensation form din ner loyal army DJ old-time music us old folks tripping light fantastic heartwarming touch Vince whatever happened dessert Winter Hawk/ODwyer Continued page 71 Prepare wing covering painting tissue attaches two coats sand ing sealer sanding lightly between coats March 1990 185
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/03
Page Numbers: 60, 61, 62, 63, 182, 183, 184, 185
A look back 1989 Tn-Cities Natsthe frustrations triumphs some competitors hardworking officials made happen U Fred Berman NOT FAIR9 course fair AMA move Nats closer Pacific West Coast modelers have con stitutional right have big competition shift own orbit changeeven Easterners strap fullscale Boeing 727 order participate Participate eh Perhaps perhaps Sheer frustration reporter composing little poem 4 am re cent morning Dont look now Willie Shakespeare Eenie meenie miney moI wonder ever Kaos will show Explanation needed Certainly Inexperi enced am such matters neverthe less became necessary send off com petition plane 2500 miles west under pow er other its own box else So started measuring Holy Toledo packed tightly dared box become size shape cof finor crate baby grand Postal Service wouldnt take UPS neither would airline phoned ol travel expert Dave Brown Air lines will let check bicycle Get cy cle carton pack plane Hmmm way would able squeeze bulky tail feathers such Chris Gibson Santa Rosa CA isa very ded icated 17-year-old competitor Two years ago hitched ride first Nats Lincoln NE Richiand flew own scratch built copy Hanno Prettners Supra-Fly Chriss career goal aircraft mechanics container Didnt have Brown touch guess nothing switch favored Aurora smaller Kaos hoping beat 130-in length-plus-girth limit UPS shipments designed built portable airplane 60 Modei Aviation Jim Gall Garfield NJ launches Control Line Combat ship partner Byron Bad ner Baltimore MD two erstwhile competitors braved 3000 miles interstates 31/2 days get Richiand compete 1989 Nats Thats dedication first order NaTS member uon iL FAI Team Race team adjusting engine natural camaraderie mod elers quickly overcame language barrier Joanie Anastasia wife event director Rick Allison seventh-place-winning Eclipse Pattern ship Joanie two female Pattern fliers Nats Shes flying five years coming up fast ft rocket wing string An ear-muffled launch team neededthe bicycle pumper starts fuel Iow igniter inserts roctoscope combustion chamber shattering sustained explosion racer blasts away over 200 mph Right slower 30K-rpm CL Speed models can attain same higher speeds Jet monsters fact 30K topped Jet speeds Left absolute opposite end speed spectrum delicate exquisitely crafted Indoor Free Flight Scale models seem just float air Right Jack Barnes TV radio station chief engineer Seattle WA mechaniced wife preparing launch four-cycle-powered Model Tech Joss Stik Jack has modeling 22 years Tn-Cities first Nats competition tomb %-in plyscore triangles sawed 2 x 4s corners tapered box needing roomy area tail feathers full length Hoo ray Measuring around middle box length-plus-girth came just under 130 inches hauled empty 47-lb box down UPS agent gave OK packed model screwed down box lid delivered whole busi ness shipper Fifty-five pounds 26 dollarsnot bad done two weeks before Nats promise eight days transit time worries overor thought Exactly week later early morning phone call shattered tranquillity bang Sorry voice other end informed UPS refused shipment Its oversize brought back Please come pick up money will refunded Oh great Six days left counting Id bought airline tickets whether used dog rescue maybe ad vised Greyhound diesel en gine inside might accept consignment get Richland three days fee Forty-five dollars Did have choice So off trundled robust box leave driving us station after heaving 55 lb its des tiny gave second sigh relief got name address phone number Greyhound freight agent Richland hurried home give him call pickup arrangements Back comes recorded message number have called out service Long distance information merely con firmed statement Placing call local terminal told old direc tory erroneously consultedthere no longer freight agent Richland box already its way belly buses What revolting turn events Churn ing old noodle remembered TnCities planned rent car anyway maybe Pasco Kennewick Sure enough Pasco registered positive up-to-date Greyhound directory agent sured would catch bus enroute did arrange change sig nals er destination Lucky timemaybe waited four days eve own de parture dialed Pasco freight agent No box yet said sur prised often hold large items till March 1990 61 Darlene Frederick 10-year member USPJA served chief judge Nats certainly doesnt fit stereotype stern-faced dour judge Darlene also has own prop manufacturing company DW Props machine turn out 16 different sizes propellers seven pitches available size prop weekends less bus freight knowing whether Id participant spectator Tn-Cities Nats boarded plane next morning After uneventful flight Pasco located Greyhound terminal peeked win dowand saw no box Feeling ready plant uppercut anybody handy con fronted agents inside pair husky la dies disappeared back annexand flying teams also family units Fay Carruthers son came along husband Steve Springfield OH Steve whos flying since seven years old LA-i Aerobatics ship entered came struggling back withyesmy un gainly familiar totally intact 55-lb box So now know dog mans best friend after Greyhound stance Fifteen-year-old Jerret Cangie Redmont WA right teammate Bill Pet terson Seattle WA Edge Pylon Racer two young fliers red-hot contenders until engine flooded missed 90-second starting window moral yours case have plane will travel sure plane has de tachable tail feathers wing sep arates center Unless own freight line Judge Paul W Parks Sandpoint ID care fully measuring beautiful Scale Free Flight 1917 Comet Larry Kruse Liberal KS frequent MA contributor its builder 62 Model Aviation Len norm McFadden Seattle WA right son Dave schoolteacher Left-handed Norm 1988 National Combai inampIon Norm believes foam wings will cut streamers better wood wingshe may have something Right Bill Nusz deftly assembles Jet Speed engine Bill machined internal parts himself pulse jets burn 50/50 mix propylene oxide nitromethane Some dedicated people made Nats possible left crew servicing flight lines B right flight line C 0 crew folks showed unfailing good humor doing tough job conscientious efforts appreciated involved Left Three five Wisniewskis southern California Bev center served Control Line category manager 1989 Nats Bevs hus band Bill right former Control Line FAI Speed World Champion son Rich active flier own right Right Grace Berman McKeesport PA 55-lb coffinlike box housing husbands Kaos tribulations shipping box described text Left NSRCA president Bryan Henderson right presenting award Contest Director Gregg Frohreich way Gregg flying around little truck award must have fastest truck Nats Right Trophies awarded superlative repainting Nats scoreboards Vince Mankowski top looks Dave Sally Brown left Barbara Travis McGinnis happily accept Contest Director Gregg Frobreich Phoe nix AZ briefed lowly Sportsman Advanced contestants same evening Transmitter impound rules contest sequenc ing ready box procedures judges rotation runway surface problems flying active full-scale airport holds op erations crossing runway covered roughly 100 contestants needed get six flights three days 200 flights day thats no small order four flight lines action figuring minimum 10 minutes per flight would work out nine hours solid flying assuming went wellno radio interference good weather also remember AMAs agreement fixed base oper ators required vacating field 5 pm never rains Richland Julyso says local Chamber Commerce competition regulations spell out wind must exceed 40 mph rains heavy hail hurricanes qualify too before fly ing can canceled least 10 ten derfeet scratched first flights Sun day because weatherwhich proba bly saved planes flying rest program Only four best rounds calculated Winning competition course soul satisfying its meeting fellow modelers common interests makes Nats what West Coast contestants friendly bunch seem somewhat less inhibited Easterners seemed easy strike up new acquaintances recruited fellow fliers act callers Chris Gibson 17-years-young chap Santa Rosa CA volunteered reporter Chris became hooked own friend bequeathed him second hand kit dad very supportive Chris modeler family hitched ride first Nats Lin coln NE two years ago Richland scratch-built copy Hanno Prettners Supra-Fly Chris already knows career goal plans aviation mechanic Hes very resolute flier whos coming up fast Jack Barnes has hobby 22 years first Nats en tered four-cycle-powered Model Tech Joss Stik wife mechanic Jack chief engineer Seattle TV radio sta tion Though safely completed rou tines its safe bet Jack plans bring wind-resistive vehicle next Nats Joanie Anastasio married assistContinued page 182 March 1990 63 casualty fierce Nats competition AMA President Don Lowe Altamonte Springs FL pays final respects un usual gravesite airplane its owner gratefully respectfully unidentified Sn uf-Vibe BACK PLATE MOUNTS Front Intake Engines Aluminum Back Plate Mounts light weight easy instaJi Just bolt engine crank case mounts equipped SNUF-VIBE IsolatIon system doubie protection engine vibratIon SIX SIZES FOR ENGINES 15 TO 182 JT-BP1 og 1495JT-BP4 60-go 1496 JT-BP2 19 25 1496JT-BP6 MAX 90-106 1796 JT-BP3 29- 060 1496JT-8P6 ST2SOO-3000 2196 T SEND 25t trSTAMPWE FOR ADDITIONAL INFO AND JTEC CATALOR 164 School St. Dely CIty CA 64014 14151 756-3400 ratfie several thousand dollars worth prizes 4 Lots close-up show-and-tell oppor tunities manufacturers top builders 5 Finallyand best allsuperfriendly atmos phere nonstop Glider talk short its wonderful place gab old friends meet lots new ones very special feature year will banquet speaker Michael Selig Michael will give us inside scoop Princeton airfoil tests will have digested Soarrech #8 see low should have lots questions ready Michael GHQ will again Clover Island Inn lo cated right Columbia River Entry fee cluding banquet raffle ticket $35 Ad ditional models $2 Additional banquet guests welcome $20 Slope Soaring News will sponsor Friday evening tasting ex cellent local Washington State wines Pre registration required closes April 25 register send fee AMA number RC frequencyies Wil Byers 632 Meadows Drive East Richland WA 99352 additional info send Wil large SASE Clover Island Inns num ber 1-800-541-7628 fun fly special rates very reasonable $34 two $39 three four persons Tell em Wil Byers sent Nats Sampler/Berman Continued page 63 ant event director Rick Allison very special competitor two lady Pattern fliers Nats shes five years under husbands tute lage Joanie came away trophy eat available hobby shop ORDER DIRECT far immediate shipment Check MO Visa Mt COD accepted Add $250 UPS $316 COO 6% sales tan Calif residents gether top Iliers country iet shoot out see really top gun Last year Joe Wurts Fred Weaver Larry Jolly close hehind Can Joe repeat Qualifi cation will same last year LSF Level Vs Level lVs Level V contest points National Champions info contact Miles Mo ran 10428 Oso Ave Chatsworth CA 91311 tel 1-818/882-4687 Pete Carr 329 Little Ave Ridgeway PA 15053 tel 1-814/772485 1j Pete also mentioned Soaring event AMA Nats held mid-July Law renceville IL southern part state near Indiana border will runin part anywayby some folks used put old SOAR Nats Seventies meets CDed Dan Pruss considered top contests country until Soaring included AMA Nats 1975 SOAR Nats fondly remembered good times friendly tough competition lets hope can again 90 1990 lnternatjtnal Scale Soaring Fun Fly Event Director Wil Byers announces fun fly will held May 25-27 will third year Tn-City Kennewick Pasco Richland WA Soarers have put all-Scale Slope flying extravaganza fun fly has quickly become popular Scale Soaring event country Last year 84 pilots showed up bringing 140 Gliders flew everything little Penetrators five-meter Scale ASW-20s Whats attraction Id say its combina tion five things Superb slope site orga nization 2 Three days fly-when-you-want oottcompeiove Soaring 3 Excellent banquet LIGHTING THE ORIGINALS. Still #RED 01 Programmable Flashing Navigation Lights #RED 02 Adjustable Rate Strobe Light #RED 03 Landing Lights #RED 04 Adjustable Rate Mars Rotating Beacon #RED 05 Marine Navigation Lights nonflashing #RED 14 Big Airplane Navigation Lights #RED 16 Econo Landing Lights brightest #RED 23 Real Strobe Light true zenon strobe e SEE YOUR DEALER e SEND STAMPED ENVELOPE FOR RAM INFO unavilable locally send check money order full credit card info cost item plus $200 $500 foreign immediate shipment Include full address UPS Sorry no COD Ram 4736 N Milwaukee Ave ago IL 60630 182 Model Aviation SYSTEMS Best $2495 $1995 $3995 $1995 $1095 $2495 $1995 $2995 4 -1 N- - -.I Rht Stuff First Step Model Airplane Simple Siaon Airplane Co ox 18 East Lonaeadow EtA 01028 413592361$ seventh place plane Eclipse wrenches herself astutely real trooper Joanie scoffed cold rain hot sun equal indifference multitalented woman works engineering firm has recently decided upgrade education time published will probably have EE diploma Well watch coming up ladder upper classes soon wives part flying team Fay Carruthers son Springfield OH braved long ride far side Rockies assist hubby Steve LA-i Expert class Steve flew first plane age seven20 years ago Really admired appreciated army officials organizers helpers judges staffers make Nats pos sible participants such comely Californian Darlene Frederick 10year member USPJA United States Pattern Judging Association chief judge Richiand doesnt fit mold Arent judges supposed stern mean poker-faced aloof jovial Darlene first sons hus band became contest addicted Darlene wasnt about left behind As judging werent enough leads secret life own Darlene manufactures model air plane propellers machine turn out DW Props Darlene/Wayne 16 sizes seven pitches cant keep stock aw.paCa.Pal. Falok RIC k nd Rh.shtaq 1/4 Scale Kits $12995 Epoxy/Glass/Foam Construction Drawings Data Formula 120 Pylon Sport Standoff ScalaKit Price ping Credit Cards WelcomedOhio Residents Add 7% spite tight schedule ground crew volunteers patiently posed cam era Unfortunately snap pic tures quickly delay operations wasnt able get everybodys names Thanks AMAs intelligence network bus tour nearby Hanford atomic facil ities provided Since years some us school US popula tion has doubledand continues climb appetite stuff Mr Drake started pumping Titus yule PA 130 years ago has far outpaced population statisticson both sides Atlantic Alongside spiraling demand Si Hyblak fascinating Hanford tour guide pointed out faced definitely limited supply oilfor modelers well everyone else though existing deposits may have accessed Earth may soon drained its pop ular fuel generation might affected coming after us sure Among other cataclysmic effects will grounding worlds aircraft un less alternative fuel discovered vented has yet Three Mile Island Chernobyl jitters notwithstanding really no alternative utilizing nu clear energy Solar energy application has proven major importance possible hydroelectric sites ser vice benefit descendants must stretch petroleum reserves Also combustion fossil fuels both coal oil releases contaminants atmosphere Little little chemical by-products eating away protec tive envelope around globe al lows us breathe go around space suits Acid rain carbon dioxide ozone layer holes greenhouse effect terms becoming familiar Nuclear energy creating new prob lems waste disposal shares fossil fuels life-threatening side effects Hanford site 560-square-mile taxpayer-financed laboratory 12000 scientists support personnel work ing civilize atomic energy Albert Ein stein Enrico Fermi Werner von Braun Glenn Siborg just some lumi naries once worked Hanford plutonium fueled Nagasaki bomb produced 45 years ago However Hanfords projects nuclear instance some PhDs trying solve riddle disposing nonnuclear hazardous wastes like PCBs other toxic chemicals Fusing stuff glass balls promising possibil ities Hanford situated middle sagebrush desert time nine operating reactors However based overestimation North wests power needs two reactors remain operation todaythe Washington State power reactor experimental fast-flux facility tour guide gave us sample uranium fuel pellet size pencil eraser equiv alent half ton coal 90 gallons gasoline What neat fuel package model Oh case youre wondering fuel pellet facsimile Under huge AMA umbrella numer ous special interest segments NSRCA National Society Radio-Con trolled Aerobatics Without sistance NSRCA members host re gion Nats would impossible Just did last year NSRCA ar ranged buffet offering free snacks conducted awards ceremony Sports man Advanced Pattern classes Sportsman brothers Ken Orin Rice Utah took first second places respec tively Shane Gray 16-year-old Junior Texas garnered first place Ad vanced Watch out Chip Hyde guess again walked off empty-handed NSRCA President Bryan Henderson broached familiar topic need raise dues 700 members newslet ter K-Factor alone eats up 45 cents copy such far-flung thinly spread organization common fund-raising devices seem impractical present appeared agree Guest speaker fellow member Don Lowe gave glimpse AMAs future present growth trend continues said within very few years AMA will have March 1990 183 Kaimbach Publiafling uo Pu Box 1612 Waukesha WI 53187 YES Please send copies RADIO CONTROL BUYERS GUIDE Price per copy $1295/#12086 D Charge credit card Charge E Mastercard Exp date Street City State Zip Include postage handling us $150 Canadian foreign add 15% minimum $300 Make payment US funda Wiaconain reaidenta add 5% aelca tax 0110 Bill Effinger * says n Patternvn Sets give asserted designs want have selected best clessic designs time tsr cheese hero patterns part important exclusive feature Golden Age Va Scale Curtias Hawk P-i 68 length wing span 239g sq wing area Fm 1323 engines -4 chaseal SIC SCOS-f 4 6 V Scale Curoisa Falcon JXLAJ $3length ffdwrngspan-. 3f$Osqivwingarea4vhSlC/x..jLZ2 RCQS-t3 6 116 Scala Cesana AW 91 wing span sq wing area 20 90 engines 3-4 channel SIC SC6S-1 6 113 Scala Piper Cub J-3 11-S wing span ength 2900 sq wing area20 30 cid engines annel SIC/ $C3S-2 6b s Quarter Scale WW SE-SA 90 Va span sq area 7g 22 engic $COS-7 6 SPAD C-XIII 7$ V span 0 sq wing area 13 tv3t engines Capable flyer-it captures imagination $COS-6 6 FOKKER DR-i TRIPLANE 72 wing span pa wing area 78 tot 90 engines $COS-P 5 SOPWITH CAMEL P1 90 wing span pa wingarna flibs rob RIC Pfy weed & balsa construction over 613 sqft drawings SCOSf 6 N APIper TrlPacer PA 22J One-Thing scale 1 1 &31$ wing span sq wing area 20 tv 30 cid evginns Fur 4 5 channel SIC os 12 lbs 1$ everell length Plyweedlbalsa fulselage remeveable wing panels steerable nyse wheel designed let aesy greand handling authentic scale flight performance $C3S2 Bill Effiegee Faerrdfng Meeshar AMA NFPS Mallet Fare Prices complene plans sub assembly detailed parts lists Add $290 far Maffieg Tales Sand far breaker ahead ef thy crowd new brochure showing new Plan Sets 199g Send 131 refundable fst Orderl WE TECHNICAL SERVICES 312 Bishop Rd Sante Rosa Beach FL 32459 half million members hottest pancakes griddle purchase single national site capa ble handling AMAs activi ties everything headquarters complex permanent Nats park Some 60 sites offered purchase An Indi ana acreage tract Academyrs favor ite choice time Nats Don cautioned imperative AMA maintain base nationrs cap ital Being able easily voice concerns federal law- policymakers essen tial Nats proves over over AMA made up dedicated people fam ilies privileged meet Bev Wisniew ski native southern California Con trol Line category manager After 40 years marriage Bev still glows affection husband describes Bill gentle genius member worldclass Control Line Speed team also master model engine designer brain K&B Manufacturing children sons little r Rick Mike daughter Mindyr active participants hobby wonder Bev got draft ed enthusiasm furiously contagious briefly discussed merits na tional Nats site Tn-Cities Nats thought proved participating contes tants come largely geographic proximity chosen site since year entrants mostly Pacific time zoners Bev acknowledged th5r added its getting difficult expensive year locate suitable spot con ducting Nats can appreciate truth ob servation based common experience flying fields Everywhere turn developmentindustrial facilities housing tracts condosis threatening overrun fly ing sites Flying sites becoming en dangered species context makes sense time AMA own rather rent r Bev approves AMAs aim nail down just several well-spaced permanent Nats sites like mod elers islands encroaching sea pop ulation Among Bevs charges Nats Control Line Jet Speedsters 200-plus screaming mph machines seem rare specialty someone like myself Just Cape Canaveral fuel used exotica 50/50 mix propylene oxide nitro methane An ear-muffled launch team needed bicycle pumper starts fuel flow igniter inserts spark proctoscope combustion chamber shat tering sustained explosion racer gone launch dolly skitters away pilot hangs dizzying dance least six lapslike riding bareback Ger man V-2 Now know what Chuck Yea ger must have felt like first punched X-1 life A-in music wire belly skid allows craft survive its land ing Talk about holding tiger its tail 30K-rpm engine racers Bill Wis niewskis specialty arenrt slower Twisting single wire provides elevator control Amazing Much slower Speedsters what isnt Control Line Team Racing Russian racing team year caused some what language barrier natural mod elers camaraderie quickly overcame obstacles Jim Gall Garfield NJ Byron Bod ner Baltimore MD brazened 3000 miles interstates 31/3 days get Richland game Control Line Combat probably appealing branch sportno-frills ships whipped 36 Fox wide-open screamers Again learned something Norm McFadden Seat tle WA 1988 National Combat Champi onand southpaw yet Foam wings cut opponents streamer better wood wings Normans son Dave schoolmas ter has also bitten Combat bug Itll probably take him equal dads lightning-fast reflexes RC Pylon Racing isnt exactly rocking chair crowd either Bob Knudsen construction company operative Medford OR provided us bit ba sic info Quickie 500 number being square-inch requirement wing Rac $5000 seen SPecee SF7507V 00 stbla v/s Iyualtrel tot 184 Model Aviation ft ucrraAnderson N Lv5194Power en Only certified checko meney ordain accepted Minimam Order $1200 three packages 4 Powerpoles 5351 per package 5150 shipping handling CT revidento add 70% sales tan Prices nuhiect change withoat notice DALEN INGUIRIES INVITED forther informal dealer prices send SASE Sasinens Card SERMOS RIC SNAP CONNECTORSInc Cedar Corners Station Box 16787 Stamford CT 06905 12031 3226294 CULPEPPER LS INC 2526 Washiugtoa IubuqueIA 52001 31015134830 Fults Tooling 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Tidewater Hobby Enterprises168 Toledo RC Exposition156 Top Flite Models Inc169 Tower Hobbies177-179 Tru-Turn152 US Quadra166 Ultimatesport RC160 VL Products161 Vinylwrite Custom Lettering172 WE Technical Services184 Webra18 Williams Brothers49 Windsor Propeller Co53 Wing Mfg158 World EnginesCover 4 Yashioka12 85 Nick Ziroli Models44 ers use 40-size engines stock mufflers draw common fuel source Rac ing heats four theyre scored two ways finish position after 10 laps first through fourth best lap time Again large number umps officials needed conduct race Fifteen-year-old Jerret Cangie Redmont WA red-hot devotee Unfortu nately Jerret mechanic/flier Bill Petterson Seattle flooded engine failed start up within required 90second window following signal young men told practice lo cal contests about two weeks Diametrically opposite adrenalin scale seems docile Free Flight Scale models both indoor outdoor types aircraft very care fully judged realism fidelity workmanship indicates patience supreme As always Free Flight Scale vari ety great Rubber gas power mod ern antique aircraftwhat treat view such exceptionally fine building skills also envy small boxes needed transport lovely creations Nats like banqueta huge crowd SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT responding advertisers mention read about ModelAviation diners well regiment servers cooks dishwashers staff gets neither wages nor tips Vince Mankowski quartermaster general headwaiter chief cook bottle washer etc etcarranged little compensation form din ner loyal army DJ old-time music us old folks tripping light fantastic heartwarming touch Vince whatever happened dessert Winter Hawk/ODwyer Continued page 71 Prepare wing covering painting tissue attaches two coats sand ing sealer sanding lightly between coats March 1990 185
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A look back 1989 Tn-Cities Natsthe frustrations triumphs some competitors hardworking officials made happen U Fred Berman NOT FAIR9 course fair AMA move Nats closer Pacific West Coast modelers have con stitutional right have big competition shift own orbit changeeven Easterners strap fullscale Boeing 727 order participate Participate eh Perhaps perhaps Sheer frustration reporter composing little poem 4 am re cent morning Dont look now Willie Shakespeare Eenie meenie miney moI wonder ever Kaos will show Explanation needed Certainly Inexperi enced am such matters neverthe less became necessary send off com petition plane 2500 miles west under pow er other its own box else So started measuring Holy Toledo packed tightly dared box become size shape cof finor crate baby grand Postal Service wouldnt take UPS neither would airline phoned ol travel expert Dave Brown Air lines will let check bicycle Get cy cle carton pack plane Hmmm way would able squeeze bulky tail feathers such Chris Gibson Santa Rosa CA isa very ded icated 17-year-old competitor Two years ago hitched ride first Nats Lincoln NE Richiand flew own scratch built copy Hanno Prettners Supra-Fly Chriss career goal aircraft mechanics container Didnt have Brown touch guess nothing switch favored Aurora smaller Kaos hoping beat 130-in length-plus-girth limit UPS shipments designed built portable airplane 60 Modei Aviation Jim Gall Garfield NJ launches Control Line Combat ship partner Byron Bad ner Baltimore MD two erstwhile competitors braved 3000 miles interstates 31/2 days get Richiand compete 1989 Nats Thats dedication first order NaTS member uon iL FAI Team Race team adjusting engine natural camaraderie mod elers quickly overcame language barrier Joanie Anastasia wife event director Rick Allison seventh-place-winning Eclipse Pattern ship Joanie two female Pattern fliers Nats Shes flying five years coming up fast ft rocket wing string An ear-muffled launch team neededthe bicycle pumper starts fuel Iow igniter inserts roctoscope combustion chamber shattering sustained explosion racer blasts away over 200 mph Right slower 30K-rpm CL Speed models can attain same higher speeds Jet monsters fact 30K topped Jet speeds Left absolute opposite end speed spectrum delicate exquisitely crafted Indoor Free Flight Scale models seem just float air Right Jack Barnes TV radio station chief engineer Seattle WA mechaniced wife preparing launch four-cycle-powered Model Tech Joss Stik Jack has modeling 22 years Tn-Cities first Nats competition tomb %-in plyscore triangles sawed 2 x 4s corners tapered box needing roomy area tail feathers full length Hoo ray Measuring around middle box length-plus-girth came just under 130 inches hauled empty 47-lb box down UPS agent gave OK packed model screwed down box lid delivered whole busi ness shipper Fifty-five pounds 26 dollarsnot bad done two weeks before Nats promise eight days transit time worries overor thought Exactly week later early morning phone call shattered tranquillity bang Sorry voice other end informed UPS refused shipment Its oversize brought back Please come pick up money will refunded Oh great Six days left counting Id bought airline tickets whether used dog rescue maybe ad vised Greyhound diesel en gine inside might accept consignment get Richland three days fee Forty-five dollars Did have choice So off trundled robust box leave driving us station after heaving 55 lb its des tiny gave second sigh relief got name address phone number Greyhound freight agent Richland hurried home give him call pickup arrangements Back comes recorded message number have called out service Long distance information merely con firmed statement Placing call local terminal told old direc tory erroneously consultedthere no longer freight agent Richland box already its way belly buses What revolting turn events Churn ing old noodle remembered TnCities planned rent car anyway maybe Pasco Kennewick Sure enough Pasco registered positive up-to-date Greyhound directory agent sured would catch bus enroute did arrange change sig nals er destination Lucky timemaybe waited four days eve own de parture dialed Pasco freight agent No box yet said sur prised often hold large items till March 1990 61 Darlene Frederick 10-year member USPJA served chief judge Nats certainly doesnt fit stereotype stern-faced dour judge Darlene also has own prop manufacturing company DW Props machine turn out 16 different sizes propellers seven pitches available size prop weekends less bus freight knowing whether Id participant spectator Tn-Cities Nats boarded plane next morning After uneventful flight Pasco located Greyhound terminal peeked win dowand saw no box Feeling ready plant uppercut anybody handy con fronted agents inside pair husky la dies disappeared back annexand flying teams also family units Fay Carruthers son came along husband Steve Springfield OH Steve whos flying since seven years old LA-i Aerobatics ship entered came struggling back withyesmy un gainly familiar totally intact 55-lb box So now know dog mans best friend after Greyhound stance Fifteen-year-old Jerret Cangie Redmont WA right teammate Bill Pet terson Seattle WA Edge Pylon Racer two young fliers red-hot contenders until engine flooded missed 90-second starting window moral yours case have plane will travel sure plane has de tachable tail feathers wing sep arates center Unless own freight line Judge Paul W Parks Sandpoint ID care fully measuring beautiful Scale Free Flight 1917 Comet Larry Kruse Liberal KS frequent MA contributor its builder 62 Model Aviation Len norm McFadden Seattle WA right son Dave schoolteacher Left-handed Norm 1988 National Combai inampIon Norm believes foam wings will cut streamers better wood wingshe may have something Right Bill Nusz deftly assembles Jet Speed engine Bill machined internal parts himself pulse jets burn 50/50 mix propylene oxide nitromethane Some dedicated people made Nats possible left crew servicing flight lines B right flight line C 0 crew folks showed unfailing good humor doing tough job conscientious efforts appreciated involved Left Three five Wisniewskis southern California Bev center served Control Line category manager 1989 Nats Bevs hus band Bill right former Control Line FAI Speed World Champion son Rich active flier own right Right Grace Berman McKeesport PA 55-lb coffinlike box housing husbands Kaos tribulations shipping box described text Left NSRCA president Bryan Henderson right presenting award Contest Director Gregg Frohreich way Gregg flying around little truck award must have fastest truck Nats Right Trophies awarded superlative repainting Nats scoreboards Vince Mankowski top looks Dave Sally Brown left Barbara Travis McGinnis happily accept Contest Director Gregg Frobreich Phoe nix AZ briefed lowly Sportsman Advanced contestants same evening Transmitter impound rules contest sequenc ing ready box procedures judges rotation runway surface problems flying active full-scale airport holds op erations crossing runway covered roughly 100 contestants needed get six flights three days 200 flights day thats no small order four flight lines action figuring minimum 10 minutes per flight would work out nine hours solid flying assuming went wellno radio interference good weather also remember AMAs agreement fixed base oper ators required vacating field 5 pm never rains Richland Julyso says local Chamber Commerce competition regulations spell out wind must exceed 40 mph rains heavy hail hurricanes qualify too before fly ing can canceled least 10 ten derfeet scratched first flights Sun day because weatherwhich proba bly saved planes flying rest program Only four best rounds calculated Winning competition course soul satisfying its meeting fellow modelers common interests makes Nats what West Coast contestants friendly bunch seem somewhat less inhibited Easterners seemed easy strike up new acquaintances recruited fellow fliers act callers Chris Gibson 17-years-young chap Santa Rosa CA volunteered reporter Chris became hooked own friend bequeathed him second hand kit dad very supportive Chris modeler family hitched ride first Nats Lin coln NE two years ago Richland scratch-built copy Hanno Prettners Supra-Fly Chris already knows career goal plans aviation mechanic Hes very resolute flier whos coming up fast Jack Barnes has hobby 22 years first Nats en tered four-cycle-powered Model Tech Joss Stik wife mechanic Jack chief engineer Seattle TV radio sta tion Though safely completed rou tines its safe bet Jack plans bring wind-resistive vehicle next Nats Joanie Anastasio married assistContinued page 182 March 1990 63 casualty fierce Nats competition AMA President Don Lowe Altamonte Springs FL pays final respects un usual gravesite airplane its owner gratefully respectfully unidentified Sn uf-Vibe BACK PLATE MOUNTS Front Intake Engines Aluminum Back Plate Mounts light weight easy instaJi Just bolt engine crank case mounts equipped SNUF-VIBE IsolatIon system doubie protection engine vibratIon SIX SIZES FOR ENGINES 15 TO 182 JT-BP1 og 1495JT-BP4 60-go 1496 JT-BP2 19 25 1496JT-BP6 MAX 90-106 1796 JT-BP3 29- 060 1496JT-8P6 ST2SOO-3000 2196 T SEND 25t trSTAMPWE FOR ADDITIONAL INFO AND JTEC CATALOR 164 School St. Dely CIty CA 64014 14151 756-3400 ratfie several thousand dollars worth prizes 4 Lots close-up show-and-tell oppor tunities manufacturers top builders 5 Finallyand best allsuperfriendly atmos phere nonstop Glider talk short its wonderful place gab old friends meet lots new ones very special feature year will banquet speaker Michael Selig Michael will give us inside scoop Princeton airfoil tests will have digested Soarrech #8 see low should have lots questions ready Michael GHQ will again Clover Island Inn lo cated right Columbia River Entry fee cluding banquet raffle ticket $35 Ad ditional models $2 Additional banquet guests welcome $20 Slope Soaring News will sponsor Friday evening tasting ex cellent local Washington State wines Pre registration required closes April 25 register send fee AMA number RC frequencyies Wil Byers 632 Meadows Drive East Richland WA 99352 additional info send Wil large SASE Clover Island Inns num ber 1-800-541-7628 fun fly special rates very reasonable $34 two $39 three four persons Tell em Wil Byers sent Nats Sampler/Berman Continued page 63 ant event director Rick Allison very special competitor two lady Pattern fliers Nats shes five years under husbands tute lage Joanie came away trophy eat available hobby shop ORDER DIRECT far immediate shipment Check MO Visa Mt COD accepted Add $250 UPS $316 COO 6% sales tan Calif residents gether top Iliers country iet shoot out see really top gun Last year Joe Wurts Fred Weaver Larry Jolly close hehind Can Joe repeat Qualifi cation will same last year LSF Level Vs Level lVs Level V contest points National Champions info contact Miles Mo ran 10428 Oso Ave Chatsworth CA 91311 tel 1-818/882-4687 Pete Carr 329 Little Ave Ridgeway PA 15053 tel 1-814/772485 1j Pete also mentioned Soaring event AMA Nats held mid-July Law renceville IL southern part state near Indiana border will runin part anywayby some folks used put old SOAR Nats Seventies meets CDed Dan Pruss considered top contests country until Soaring included AMA Nats 1975 SOAR Nats fondly remembered good times friendly tough competition lets hope can again 90 1990 lnternatjtnal Scale Soaring Fun Fly Event Director Wil Byers announces fun fly will held May 25-27 will third year Tn-City Kennewick Pasco Richland WA Soarers have put all-Scale Slope flying extravaganza fun fly has quickly become popular Scale Soaring event country Last year 84 pilots showed up bringing 140 Gliders flew everything little Penetrators five-meter Scale ASW-20s Whats attraction Id say its combina tion five things Superb slope site orga nization 2 Three days fly-when-you-want oottcompeiove Soaring 3 Excellent banquet LIGHTING THE ORIGINALS. Still #RED 01 Programmable Flashing Navigation Lights #RED 02 Adjustable Rate Strobe Light #RED 03 Landing Lights #RED 04 Adjustable Rate Mars Rotating Beacon #RED 05 Marine Navigation Lights nonflashing #RED 14 Big Airplane Navigation Lights #RED 16 Econo Landing Lights brightest #RED 23 Real Strobe Light true zenon strobe e SEE YOUR DEALER e SEND STAMPED ENVELOPE FOR RAM INFO unavilable locally send check money order full credit card info cost item plus $200 $500 foreign immediate shipment Include full address UPS Sorry no COD Ram 4736 N Milwaukee Ave ago IL 60630 182 Model Aviation SYSTEMS Best $2495 $1995 $3995 $1995 $1095 $2495 $1995 $2995 4 -1 N- - -.I Rht Stuff First Step Model Airplane Simple Siaon Airplane Co ox 18 East Lonaeadow EtA 01028 413592361$ seventh place plane Eclipse wrenches herself astutely real trooper Joanie scoffed cold rain hot sun equal indifference multitalented woman works engineering firm has recently decided upgrade education time published will probably have EE diploma Well watch coming up ladder upper classes soon wives part flying team Fay Carruthers son Springfield OH braved long ride far side Rockies assist hubby Steve LA-i Expert class Steve flew first plane age seven20 years ago Really admired appreciated army officials organizers helpers judges staffers make Nats pos sible participants such comely Californian Darlene Frederick 10year member USPJA United States Pattern Judging Association chief judge Richiand doesnt fit mold Arent judges supposed stern mean poker-faced aloof jovial Darlene first sons hus band became contest addicted Darlene wasnt about left behind As judging werent enough leads secret life own Darlene manufactures model air plane propellers machine turn out DW Props Darlene/Wayne 16 sizes seven pitches cant keep stock aw.paCa.Pal. Falok RIC k nd Rh.shtaq 1/4 Scale Kits $12995 Epoxy/Glass/Foam Construction Drawings Data Formula 120 Pylon Sport Standoff ScalaKit Price ping Credit Cards WelcomedOhio Residents Add 7% spite tight schedule ground crew volunteers patiently posed cam era Unfortunately snap pic tures quickly delay operations wasnt able get everybodys names Thanks AMAs intelligence network bus tour nearby Hanford atomic facil ities provided Since years some us school US popula tion has doubledand continues climb appetite stuff Mr Drake started pumping Titus yule PA 130 years ago has far outpaced population statisticson both sides Atlantic Alongside spiraling demand Si Hyblak fascinating Hanford tour guide pointed out faced definitely limited supply oilfor modelers well everyone else though existing deposits may have accessed Earth may soon drained its pop ular fuel generation might affected coming after us sure Among other cataclysmic effects will grounding worlds aircraft un less alternative fuel discovered vented has yet Three Mile Island Chernobyl jitters notwithstanding really no alternative utilizing nu clear energy Solar energy application has proven major importance possible hydroelectric sites ser vice benefit descendants must stretch petroleum reserves Also combustion fossil fuels both coal oil releases contaminants atmosphere Little little chemical by-products eating away protec tive envelope around globe al lows us breathe go around space suits Acid rain carbon dioxide ozone layer holes greenhouse effect terms becoming familiar Nuclear energy creating new prob lems waste disposal shares fossil fuels life-threatening side effects Hanford site 560-square-mile taxpayer-financed laboratory 12000 scientists support personnel work ing civilize atomic energy Albert Ein stein Enrico Fermi Werner von Braun Glenn Siborg just some lumi naries once worked Hanford plutonium fueled Nagasaki bomb produced 45 years ago However Hanfords projects nuclear instance some PhDs trying solve riddle disposing nonnuclear hazardous wastes like PCBs other toxic chemicals Fusing stuff glass balls promising possibil ities Hanford situated middle sagebrush desert time nine operating reactors However based overestimation North wests power needs two reactors remain operation todaythe Washington State power reactor experimental fast-flux facility tour guide gave us sample uranium fuel pellet size pencil eraser equiv alent half ton coal 90 gallons gasoline What neat fuel package model Oh case youre wondering fuel pellet facsimile Under huge AMA umbrella numer ous special interest segments NSRCA National Society Radio-Con trolled Aerobatics Without sistance NSRCA members host re gion Nats would impossible Just did last year NSRCA ar ranged buffet offering free snacks conducted awards ceremony Sports man Advanced Pattern classes Sportsman brothers Ken Orin Rice Utah took first second places respec tively Shane Gray 16-year-old Junior Texas garnered first place Ad vanced Watch out Chip Hyde guess again walked off empty-handed NSRCA President Bryan Henderson broached familiar topic need raise dues 700 members newslet ter K-Factor alone eats up 45 cents copy such far-flung thinly spread organization common fund-raising devices seem impractical present appeared agree Guest speaker fellow member Don Lowe gave glimpse AMAs future present growth trend continues said within very few years AMA will have March 1990 183 Kaimbach Publiafling uo Pu Box 1612 Waukesha WI 53187 YES Please send copies RADIO CONTROL BUYERS GUIDE Price per copy $1295/#12086 D Charge credit card Charge E Mastercard Exp date Street City State Zip Include postage handling us $150 Canadian foreign add 15% minimum $300 Make payment US funda Wiaconain reaidenta add 5% aelca tax 0110 Bill Effinger * says n Patternvn Sets give asserted designs want have selected best clessic designs time tsr cheese hero patterns part important exclusive feature Golden Age Va Scale Curtias Hawk P-i 68 length wing span 239g sq 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Meeshar AMA NFPS Mallet Fare Prices complene plans sub assembly detailed parts lists Add $290 far Maffieg Tales Sand far breaker ahead ef thy crowd new brochure showing new Plan Sets 199g Send 131 refundable fst Orderl WE TECHNICAL SERVICES 312 Bishop Rd Sante Rosa Beach FL 32459 half million members hottest pancakes griddle purchase single national site capa ble handling AMAs activi ties everything headquarters complex permanent Nats park Some 60 sites offered purchase An Indi ana acreage tract Academyrs favor ite choice time Nats Don cautioned imperative AMA maintain base nationrs cap ital Being able easily voice concerns federal law- policymakers essen tial Nats proves over over AMA made up dedicated people fam ilies privileged meet Bev Wisniew ski native southern California Con trol Line category manager After 40 years marriage Bev still glows affection husband describes Bill gentle genius member worldclass Control Line Speed team also master model engine designer brain K&B Manufacturing children sons little r Rick Mike daughter Mindyr active participants hobby wonder Bev got draft ed enthusiasm furiously contagious briefly discussed merits na tional Nats site Tn-Cities Nats thought proved participating contes tants come largely geographic proximity chosen site since year entrants mostly Pacific time zoners Bev acknowledged th5r added its getting difficult expensive year locate suitable spot con ducting Nats can appreciate truth ob servation based common experience flying fields Everywhere turn developmentindustrial facilities housing tracts condosis threatening overrun fly ing sites Flying sites becoming en dangered species context makes sense time AMA own rather rent r Bev approves AMAs aim nail down just several well-spaced permanent Nats sites like mod elers islands encroaching sea pop ulation Among Bevs charges Nats Control Line Jet Speedsters 200-plus screaming mph machines seem rare specialty someone like myself Just Cape Canaveral fuel used exotica 50/50 mix propylene oxide nitro methane An ear-muffled launch team needed bicycle pumper starts fuel flow igniter inserts spark proctoscope combustion chamber shat tering sustained explosion racer gone launch dolly skitters away pilot hangs dizzying dance least six lapslike riding bareback Ger man V-2 Now know what Chuck Yea ger must have felt like first punched X-1 life A-in music wire belly skid allows craft survive its land ing Talk about holding tiger its tail 30K-rpm engine racers Bill Wis niewskis specialty arenrt slower Twisting single wire provides elevator control Amazing Much slower Speedsters what isnt Control Line Team Racing Russian racing team year caused some what language barrier natural mod elers camaraderie quickly overcame obstacles Jim Gall Garfield NJ Byron Bod ner Baltimore MD brazened 3000 miles interstates 31/3 days get Richland game Control Line Combat probably appealing branch sportno-frills ships whipped 36 Fox wide-open screamers Again learned something Norm McFadden Seat tle WA 1988 National Combat Champi onand southpaw yet Foam wings cut opponents streamer better wood wings Normans son Dave schoolmas ter has also bitten Combat bug Itll probably take him equal dads lightning-fast reflexes RC Pylon Racing isnt exactly rocking chair crowd either Bob Knudsen construction company operative Medford OR provided us bit ba sic info Quickie 500 number being square-inch requirement wing Rac $5000 seen SPecee SF7507V 00 stbla v/s Iyualtrel tot 184 Model Aviation ft ucrraAnderson N Lv5194Power en Only certified checko meney ordain accepted Minimam Order $1200 three packages 4 Powerpoles 5351 per package 5150 shipping handling CT revidento add 70% sales tan Prices nuhiect change withoat notice DALEN INGUIRIES INVITED forther informal dealer prices send SASE Sasinens Card SERMOS RIC SNAP CONNECTORSInc Cedar Corners Station Box 16787 Stamford CT 06905 12031 3226294 CULPEPPER LS INC 2526 Washiugtoa IubuqueIA 52001 31015134830 Fults Tooling 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Tidewater Hobby Enterprises168 Toledo RC Exposition156 Top Flite Models Inc169 Tower Hobbies177-179 Tru-Turn152 US Quadra166 Ultimatesport RC160 VL Products161 Vinylwrite Custom Lettering172 WE Technical Services184 Webra18 Williams Brothers49 Windsor Propeller Co53 Wing Mfg158 World EnginesCover 4 Yashioka12 85 Nick Ziroli Models44 ers use 40-size engines stock mufflers draw common fuel source Rac ing heats four theyre scored two ways finish position after 10 laps first through fourth best lap time Again large number umps officials needed conduct race Fifteen-year-old Jerret Cangie Redmont WA red-hot devotee Unfortu nately Jerret mechanic/flier Bill Petterson Seattle flooded engine failed start up within required 90second window following signal young men told practice lo cal contests about two weeks Diametrically opposite adrenalin scale seems docile Free Flight Scale models both indoor outdoor types aircraft very care fully judged realism fidelity workmanship indicates patience supreme As always Free Flight Scale vari ety great Rubber gas power mod ern antique aircraftwhat treat view such exceptionally fine building skills also envy small boxes needed transport lovely creations Nats like banqueta huge crowd SAFE FLYING IS NO ACCIDENT responding advertisers mention read about ModelAviation diners well regiment servers cooks dishwashers staff gets neither wages nor tips Vince Mankowski quartermaster general headwaiter chief cook bottle washer etc etcarranged little compensation form din ner loyal army DJ old-time music us old folks tripping light fantastic heartwarming touch Vince whatever happened dessert Winter Hawk/ODwyer Continued page 71 Prepare wing covering painting tissue attaches two coats sand ing sealer sanding lightly between coats March 1990 185