the presense humongous thermals event flown night under star-studded skies Indoor events flown two Left Wakefield flyoff 600 am Joe Foster eventual winner gets off first Bob Piserchia far right starts timing Carl Hermes waits time George Batiuk seen stiii winding whiie John Lenderman binocuiars ready waits Tom Cashman hook up prop Right team set Class Eiectric PP national record L-R Martyn Cowiey Bialne Beron-Rawdon wife Debbie Bill Watson Model Starduster X modified take motors battery pack Debbies trusty Taco bike used chase 13 maxes Hats worn Blame Debbie came Australia wheretheywereteam managers forthe US F3B RC Soaring Team Left The Flying British Paul Masterman holds Laurie Barrs Muivihill stuffs rubber holding prop pin mouth Wife Betty stands prop winder Laurie placed second 2039 seconds flight model 120 motor run 115 glide circle Right Terry Thorkiidsens Nostalgia-class Top Banana carbon-fiber-reinforced pylon designed J Jackson Thorkildsen Jackson teenage friends during Fifties both now members Utah State Aeromodelers Thor kildsen placed third 1/2A five maxes overrun also won Payload own design former AMA record holder 62 Model Aviation UM & FF Championships leading edge Free Flight competition. best des cribes classic event held year Taft CA human race has prospered competition ever since wheel proved better way getting ahead Free Flight modelers thrive competition U Ralph Prey THE 15TH RUNNING annual three days flying sunrise midcontest competition-oriented ex- night Some events flown pre travagauza 42 events concentrated sunrise dead air others during midday Left Ed Tschernoschas original design model carrying siano made OT y2-lfl eieciricai conaui ana snocK-cord-mounted Honda Model rides saddle like baby allowing Ed full use both hands steer Right 545 am assembly contestants Six-Minute Club Standing L-R J Quinn R Piserchio S Beebe R Rohrke R White Kneeling L-R B Gibbons R Siefried Al Uim still out chasing member Six-Minute Club date R Plserchiono easy feat thermals arent around huge gymnasiums air still detectable air movement contestants stealthily moving about launch retrieve model Over 300 contestants made annual Memorial Day Weekend safari arid vastness Taft CA known Mecca Free Flight regulars out state contests drawing power due wide selection events plus always-extraordinary competition proving ground modeler model past years US FF World Champs teams have held dress rehearsals Champs . razors edge year Old-Timer modelers en masse compete prepare SAM Champs June Madera CA new contestant summed up Champs very aptly after seeing dozen former current FF WC team members numerous other oft-photographed fliers remarked Ive seen pictures fliers read about Model Left Original pusher flying wing P-30 design Barnaby Wainfan Thing front prop dethermalizer activated position Sheet balsa fuselage rolled over high-tech broomstick wrapped old pair wifes pantyhose Note wings sharp leading edge reflexed trailing edge Right Mike Myers Porlock Puffin 1937 design Col Bowden 60-in wingspan 71/2 dihedral side Powered Mills 13cc 078 cu diesel Mike says itwantsto loop Culprit lots wing Incidence Left Driftwood original asymmetrical HL Glider early 70s Steve Geraghty NASAsponsored event Has carbon-fiber tail boom fuse-actuated swinging nose weight dethermalizer Right Loren Williams classic 1932 Gordon Light Wakefield replica heflew Old-Timer RubberCabin Wrapped bamboo landing gearand star-decorated wheels give ita unique personality Beautiful model September 1985 63 Above Loren Williams trophy-winning Jumbo Rubber Scale i9i6 Rumpier 6B-1 rests magnificently after perfect dawn patrol flight Rules allowed landing gear length increased 15% prop clearance 8% added rudder area has adjust able ailerons right wing washed-out help climbing left turn Right Loren confidently launches Rumpier early morning skies Model stole show Authors retrieving-aid beeper Class D model uses Radio Shack speaker glued beneath hatch cover powered two 1 2V batteries series speaker operates 2 24V Circuit board showcase burglar alarm Unit triggered microswitch line DT wire side fuselage Total weight approx 1 oz Beeps audible up 400 ft away Leveron fuselage side isthe thumb startforthe Seelig timer Steve Beebe Open Sweepstakes winner uses adjustable drag tab left wing panel Playboy fine-tune glide circle Moving tab Inboard Bin increased glide circle 31 35 sec Removing clay tab can see stain re suited little change glide circle time Aviation magazine Its like Model Aviation come alive Competition keystone past US Free Flight Championships no doubt will future positive spin-offs Ive attended 15 Champs have seen spin-offs become reality benefit both individual modeler collective Free Flight community thought mind Id like highlight several significant spin-offs conjunction report goings-on names some winners year arrived site three days before first official flight greeted Northern California Rubber fliers host Laurie Barr wife Betty Great Britain Laurie British World Champs team member eight consecutive years either Wakefield Nordic Power two-time organizer Indoor World Champs busy checking out Mulvihill Wakefield Continued page 138 64 Model Aviation .3iknopouious built indoor IlL iIider using carbon-tiber spars inlaid sheet balsa wing Laminated carbon fiberaiso used forthefuselage Model won first place Dark gray line Ia-chord glue seam between two balsa sheets forming wing Very stiff lightweight construction Phedon holds theAMA Cat All-Wood H LOuder record OTS TS RIOR TS T THE MOST SUPERIOR PILOT FIGURE ON THE MARKET LIGHTEST WEIGHT MOST REALISTIC AVAILABLE GIVE YOUR PLANE PILOT FOR YOUR NEWEST OLDEST OR NEXT CREATION R YOURS TOOAYI FULL FIGURES CIVILIANWWII MILITARY 1/3 Scale $19951/5 Navy$1395 1/4 Scale14951/6AAF1195 1/5 Scale1295 Plus 1/12 Scale895 $250 shipping 1/12 Chopper 895each figure KNIGHTS OF THE AIR 7148 Lasting Light Way Columbia MD 21045 301-730-5596 ago present RC Assist compo nent Old-Timers its infancy hew cry RC no place Old-Timer movement made few derogatory remarks myself although still compete Free Flight OldTimer have played around RC OldTimer sport flying Free Flight RC has proven compatible SAM Champs well other events around coun try Indeed us encountering more difficulty locating suitable Free Flight sites being able fly model back its takeoff point becom ing attractive concept recently received letter file information concerning RC Assist modern Free Flight Duration models Glenn Gresens 10224 Kenlee Dr Baton Rouge LA 70819 Old-Timer column am aware out also compete modern FF events Glenn trying rally support RC Duration saving grace loss-of-flying-sites problem RC Duration would basically allow control model during power phase include engine shut-down transition transmitter would handed timer till contestant wishes terminate official flight time return model launch site radio control problems overcome sure sample rules have drafted some name brand Free Flighters have expressed interest American Aircraft Modeler ran arti cle avid Free Flighter Dick Mathis July 1972 Dicks research experimen tation identified new problems provided some solutions well possibility new exciting designs endless Other name brand Free Flight ers adamantly opposed RC Dura tion should understood advocates new event pro posing c/range existing events rather provide alternative Northwest still have few good Free Flight sites left doubt yours truly will building RC Duration model However modeling activity good activity have few enough aeromodelers dis couraging creation new con cepts us have maintained strong interest pure Free Flight cur rently benefiting products advances art brought about other Free Flight phases hob owe model airplanes sup port forms model flying brief dissertation has sparked interest possibilities RC Duration would encourage write Glenn address given above Compression ignition SAM Speaks official publication Society An tique Modelers recently published 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electric starter Nordic Glider fliers dutifully doing stretch exercises AMA Gas fliers sipped coffee delib erating over lift drift Wakefield model Theres just no way could sleepin activity going Watching metamorphosis take place model pieces stacked travel box assembled model actual flight competition obvious competi tion has influenced state-of-the-art Free Flight models particular FAI-rule models have forefront see innovative devices such electronic tim ers actuating dethermalizers Nordics ingenious mechanisms operating flight functions enhance climb altitude Power models ie bunt wing wiggler never-ending combination springs levers bent wires melding device allows Nordic flier option standing spot controlling Glider circling gracefully over head before releasing Wakefield unique fixtures control torque rubber motor achieve steady high angle efficient climb attitude either variable-pitch propeller movable flight surfaces other advancements state-of-the-art have increased perform ance 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Ocie Randall Trophy Booth brothers Channing Cam eron spurred dad other friends won first second respectively Junior P-30 Mindy Staires Senior age class girl contestant showed true grit helping dad fly AMA Gas events including favorite Night Gas As go-for girl faithfully did chores including chasing flights night Honda wheelchair no handicap comes VTOing huge scaled-up 1300 sq Starduster Mindy brings back solo make impressive competition team often winners circle crowning example teamwork game plan used set new AMA record Class Electrics team comprised contestant Blame Beron Rawdon wife Debbie dad Tony Beron friends Martyn Cowley Bill Watson put together string 13 3-mi maxes final flight 104 total record time 4004 last extra ordinary flight ended 645 pm team something special de serves further mention Debbie Martyn co-workers building testing famous Solar Challenger aircraft Bill built reknown 40-ft man-powered blimp featured magazine few months ago also made RC pterodactyl used movie War Games Blaine aircraft configu ration engineer McDonnell-Douglas Tony director same com pany Theres no lack aeronautical talent team Watching action impressive just thought mind goal being Class Electrics national record challenge relished Collectively prepared Starduster X icing motor battery fore flight expertly picking rising air max bottom line compe tition breeds teamwork teamwork breeds excellence Martyn also won first Outdoor HL Glider 670 sec Competition motivates stimulates encourages others action exam ple Nostalgia class initially flown US FF Champs few entries doomsayers predicted Ram Rods would dominate event kil ling year least two dozen models flown three events Ram Rods passed over winning Lucky Lindys Sandy Hogans scaled-up Top Bananas T-Birds like Bob Sunbergs racked up 12 5-mm mazes win Nostalgia went win third Gas behind Paul Funks first-place time 3550 Dan Kee gan flew Sandy Hogan four mazes win C/I Nostalgia authors Lucky Lindy maxed-out A/B real life Nostalgia 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the presense humongous thermals event flown night under star-studded skies Indoor events flown two Left Wakefield flyoff 600 am Joe Foster eventual winner gets off first Bob Piserchia far right starts timing Carl Hermes waits time George Batiuk seen stiii winding whiie John Lenderman binocuiars ready waits Tom Cashman hook up prop Right team set Class Eiectric PP national record L-R Martyn Cowiey Bialne Beron-Rawdon wife Debbie Bill Watson Model Starduster X modified take motors battery pack Debbies trusty Taco bike used chase 13 maxes Hats worn Blame Debbie came Australia wheretheywereteam managers forthe US F3B RC Soaring Team Left The Flying British Paul Masterman holds Laurie Barrs Muivihill stuffs rubber holding prop pin mouth Wife Betty stands prop winder Laurie placed second 2039 seconds flight model 120 motor run 115 glide circle Right Terry Thorkiidsens Nostalgia-class Top Banana carbon-fiber-reinforced pylon designed J Jackson Thorkildsen Jackson teenage friends during Fifties both now members Utah State Aeromodelers Thor kildsen placed third 1/2A five maxes overrun also won Payload own design former AMA record holder 62 Model Aviation UM & FF Championships leading edge Free Flight competition. best des cribes classic event held year Taft CA human race has prospered competition ever since wheel proved better way getting ahead Free Flight modelers thrive competition U Ralph Prey THE 15TH RUNNING annual three days flying sunrise midcontest competition-oriented ex- night Some events flown pre travagauza 42 events concentrated sunrise dead air others during midday Left Ed Tschernoschas original design model carrying siano made OT y2-lfl eieciricai conaui ana snocK-cord-mounted Honda Model rides saddle like baby allowing Ed full use both hands steer Right 545 am assembly contestants Six-Minute Club Standing L-R J Quinn R Piserchio S Beebe R Rohrke R White Kneeling L-R B Gibbons R Siefried Al Uim still out chasing member Six-Minute Club date R Plserchiono easy feat thermals arent around huge gymnasiums air still detectable air movement contestants stealthily moving about launch retrieve model Over 300 contestants made annual Memorial Day Weekend safari arid vastness Taft CA known Mecca Free Flight regulars out state contests drawing power due wide selection events plus always-extraordinary competition proving ground modeler model past years US FF World Champs teams have held dress rehearsals Champs . razors edge year Old-Timer modelers en masse compete prepare SAM Champs June Madera CA new contestant summed up Champs very aptly after seeing dozen former current FF WC team members numerous other oft-photographed fliers remarked Ive seen pictures fliers read about Model Left Original pusher flying wing P-30 design Barnaby Wainfan Thing front prop dethermalizer activated position Sheet balsa fuselage rolled over high-tech broomstick wrapped old pair wifes pantyhose Note wings sharp leading edge reflexed trailing edge Right Mike Myers Porlock Puffin 1937 design Col Bowden 60-in wingspan 71/2 dihedral side Powered Mills 13cc 078 cu diesel Mike says itwantsto loop Culprit lots wing Incidence Left Driftwood original asymmetrical HL Glider early 70s Steve Geraghty NASAsponsored event Has carbon-fiber tail boom fuse-actuated swinging nose weight dethermalizer Right Loren Williams classic 1932 Gordon Light Wakefield replica heflew Old-Timer RubberCabin Wrapped bamboo landing gearand star-decorated wheels give ita unique personality Beautiful model September 1985 63 Above Loren Williams trophy-winning Jumbo Rubber Scale i9i6 Rumpier 6B-1 rests magnificently after perfect dawn patrol flight Rules allowed landing gear length increased 15% prop clearance 8% added rudder area has adjust able ailerons right wing washed-out help climbing left turn Right Loren confidently launches Rumpier early morning skies Model stole show Authors retrieving-aid beeper Class D model uses Radio Shack speaker glued beneath hatch cover powered two 1 2V batteries series speaker operates 2 24V Circuit board showcase burglar alarm Unit triggered microswitch line DT wire side fuselage Total weight approx 1 oz Beeps audible up 400 ft away Leveron fuselage side isthe thumb startforthe Seelig timer Steve Beebe Open Sweepstakes winner uses adjustable drag tab left wing panel Playboy fine-tune glide circle Moving tab Inboard Bin increased glide circle 31 35 sec Removing clay tab can see stain re suited little change glide circle time Aviation magazine Its like Model Aviation come alive Competition keystone past US Free Flight Championships no doubt will future positive spin-offs Ive attended 15 Champs have seen spin-offs become reality benefit both individual modeler collective Free Flight community thought mind Id like highlight several significant spin-offs conjunction report goings-on names some winners year arrived site three days before first official flight greeted Northern California Rubber fliers host Laurie Barr wife Betty Great Britain Laurie British World Champs team member eight consecutive years either Wakefield Nordic Power two-time organizer Indoor World Champs busy checking out Mulvihill Wakefield Continued page 138 64 Model Aviation .3iknopouious built indoor IlL iIider using carbon-tiber spars inlaid sheet balsa wing Laminated carbon fiberaiso used forthefuselage Model won first place Dark gray line Ia-chord glue seam between two balsa sheets forming wing Very stiff lightweight construction Phedon holds theAMA Cat All-Wood H LOuder record OTS TS RIOR TS T THE MOST SUPERIOR PILOT FIGURE ON THE MARKET LIGHTEST WEIGHT MOST REALISTIC AVAILABLE GIVE YOUR PLANE PILOT FOR YOUR NEWEST OLDEST OR NEXT CREATION R YOURS TOOAYI FULL FIGURES CIVILIANWWII MILITARY 1/3 Scale $19951/5 Navy$1395 1/4 Scale14951/6AAF1195 1/5 Scale1295 Plus 1/12 Scale895 $250 shipping 1/12 Chopper 895each figure KNIGHTS OF THE AIR 7148 Lasting Light Way Columbia MD 21045 301-730-5596 ago present RC Assist compo nent Old-Timers its infancy hew cry RC no place Old-Timer movement made few derogatory remarks myself although still compete Free Flight OldTimer have played around RC OldTimer sport flying Free Flight RC has proven compatible SAM Champs well other events around coun try Indeed us encountering more difficulty locating suitable Free Flight sites being able fly model back its takeoff point becom ing attractive concept recently received letter file information concerning RC Assist modern Free Flight Duration models Glenn Gresens 10224 Kenlee Dr Baton Rouge LA 70819 Old-Timer column am aware out also compete modern FF events Glenn trying rally support RC Duration saving grace loss-of-flying-sites problem RC Duration would basically allow control model during power phase include engine shut-down transition transmitter would handed timer till contestant wishes terminate official flight time return model launch site radio control problems overcome sure sample rules have drafted some name brand Free Flighters have expressed interest American Aircraft Modeler ran arti cle avid Free Flighter Dick Mathis July 1972 Dicks research experimen tation identified new problems provided some solutions well possibility new exciting designs endless Other name brand Free Flight ers adamantly opposed RC Dura tion should understood advocates new event pro posing c/range existing events rather provide alternative Northwest still have few good Free Flight sites left doubt yours truly will building RC Duration model However modeling activity good activity have few enough aeromodelers dis couraging creation new con cepts us have maintained strong interest pure Free Flight cur rently benefiting products advances art brought about other Free Flight phases hob owe model airplanes sup port forms model flying brief dissertation has sparked interest possibilities RC Duration would encourage write Glenn address given above Compression ignition SAM Speaks official publication Society An tique Modelers recently published list legal diesel engines Old-Timer use Interestingly enough foreign manufacture Diesel just hasnt enjoyed popularity US has elsewhere us have tried diesel Perhaps intimidat ed different adjustments ie com pression required diesels own experience OK cub 049 diesel Curtiss Robin has enlightening experience range speed control via adjustments wide variety usable propeller sizes very usable additional characteristics Scale model find can use 9-4 prop turning much lower rpm thus attain scalelike performance ever could typical glow 049 Fuel economy another advantage Duration events try available diesels next Old-Timer Scale model Youll store new experiences Clarence Haught 3226 Honeysuckle Dr Coeur dAlene ID 83814 US FF Champs/Prey Continued page 64 models other flying guest Paul Masterman also Great Britain regular Taft Sacramento FAI International meets During next two days fliers arrived IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT NEW RA SOS$19995 New Qoodro 35 CDI$10995 Reg Onodra 35 $9995 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Sat New York Pacific Northwest Midwest Texas fliers teamed up Alabama flier share driving long journey Taft Friday night Canadians arrived Southwest home-state Cali fornians field glowed dozens camp fifes surrounded flying bud dies swapping stories making new friends renewing old friendships Esprit de corps fellowship friendship camaraderie respect understanding appreciation another persons feel ings words suitably describe competition spin-off Friday night throughout entire three days kind spin-off cant legislated negotiated treaty bi lateral agreement no barriers Personal feelings cemented friendships will last lifetime Before sunrise first official day flying Honda trail bikes kickstarted life busily shuttling starter boxes flight boxes equipment flying areas FAI Power fliers flightchecking timer settings Old-Timer fliers too checking out vintage en gines ever thankful progress aids starting cranky spark-ignition engine needs good old days hand cranking barked knuckles theres electric starter Nordic Glider fliers dutifully doing stretch exercises AMA Gas fliers sipped coffee delib erating over lift drift Wakefield model Theres just no way could sleepin activity going Watching metamorphosis take place model pieces stacked travel box assembled model actual flight competition obvious competi tion has influenced state-of-the-art Free Flight models particular FAI-rule models have forefront see innovative devices such electronic tim ers actuating dethermalizers Nordics ingenious mechanisms operating flight functions enhance climb altitude Power models ie bunt wing wiggler never-ending combination springs levers bent wires melding device allows Nordic flier option standing spot controlling Glider circling gracefully over head before releasing Wakefield unique fixtures control torque rubber motor achieve steady high angle efficient climb attitude either variable-pitch propeller movable flight surfaces other advancements state-of-the-art have increased perform ance tremendously example three FAI-rule events flown rounds seven rounds one-hour duration went flyoff decide winners Wakefield nine out 38 fliers maxed-out Joe Foster won flyoff total time 1745 seconds Jack Greeling won Power flyoff 1800 seconds Mike McKeever won Nordic Glider flyoff 1950 seconds also won Tom Hutchinson Memo rial Trophy Similar high-time flyoffs made Steve Beebe Mulvihill winning time 2160 seconds Martyn Cowley A-i Glider new AMA national record time 5 737 bettering old record 45 minutes Sportsmanship honesty integrity selfcontrol fair play also competition spin-offs special concern involve flying modelers helpers spectators What brings mind saw fliers models damaged beyond repair models lost through no fault flier models performed flawlessly max-out no explainable rea son go out trim during flyoff flight miss max models dethermalized touched ground within scant few seconds short max What reactions people involved occurrences case no tantrums no quitters no cheating no 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Ocie Randall Trophy Booth brothers Channing Cam eron spurred dad other friends won first second respectively Junior P-30 Mindy Staires Senior age class girl contestant showed true grit helping dad fly AMA Gas events including favorite Night Gas As go-for girl faithfully did chores including chasing flights night Honda wheelchair no handicap comes VTOing huge scaled-up 1300 sq Starduster Mindy brings back solo make impressive competition team often winners circle crowning example teamwork game plan used set new AMA record Class Electrics team comprised contestant Blame Beron Rawdon wife Debbie dad Tony Beron friends Martyn Cowley Bill Watson put together string 13 3-mi maxes final flight 104 total record time 4004 last extra ordinary flight ended 645 pm team something special de serves further mention Debbie Martyn co-workers building testing famous Solar Challenger aircraft Bill built reknown 40-ft man-powered blimp featured magazine few months ago also made RC pterodactyl used movie War Games Blaine aircraft configu ration engineer McDonnell-Douglas Tony director same com pany Theres no lack aeronautical talent team Watching action impressive just thought mind goal being Class Electrics national record challenge relished Collectively prepared Starduster X icing motor battery fore flight expertly picking rising air max bottom line compe tition breeds teamwork teamwork breeds excellence Martyn also won first Outdoor HL Glider 670 sec Competition motivates stimulates encourages others action exam ple Nostalgia class initially flown US FF Champs few entries doomsayers predicted Ram Rods would dominate event kil ling year least two dozen models flown three events Ram Rods passed over winning Lucky Lindys Sandy Hogans scaled-up Top Bananas T-Birds like Bob Sunbergs racked up 12 5-mm mazes win Nostalgia went win third Gas behind Paul Funks first-place time 3550 Dan Kee gan flew Sandy Hogan four mazes win C/I Nostalgia authors Lucky Lindy maxed-out A/B real life Nostalgia 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complete hardware package full-size rolled plans detailed instruction bookiet US FF Champs/Prey Continued page 141 1431 Old-Time Pylon Cliff Silva first 1500 C Old-Time Pylon Tom Keppler won 1322 B Old-Time Cabin Bruce Chandler 1244 OldTime Rubber Cabin Al Richardson first 1349 Dont misled thinking Old-Timers arent capable high times Check out Sal Taibis first Texaco 3 629 Bob Dittmers winning 3 135 Texaco As competitive sport spec tators role essential ingredient years Champs huge success spectators Indoor events always big thing watching fragile Easy B Pennyplane models flirt girders Scale models duplicating counterparts takeoffs sometimesnot-so-good landings arent missed almost-see-through-sanded wings HL Gliders something behold spectators lined up along sides both gymnasiums take action Fortunately room temperature mild 80s real pleasure concentrate flying Cezar Banks won Novice yplane 710 Clarence Mather put up 1107 flight win Easy mes Novice Easy misnomers . try sometime Jeff 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the presense humongous thermals event flown night under star-studded skies Indoor events flown two Left Wakefield flyoff 600 am Joe Foster eventual winner gets off first Bob Piserchia far right starts timing Carl Hermes waits time George Batiuk seen stiii winding whiie John Lenderman binocuiars ready waits Tom Cashman hook up prop Right team set Class Eiectric PP national record L-R Martyn Cowiey Bialne Beron-Rawdon wife Debbie Bill Watson Model Starduster X modified take motors battery pack Debbies trusty Taco bike used chase 13 maxes Hats worn Blame Debbie came Australia wheretheywereteam managers forthe US F3B RC Soaring Team Left The Flying British Paul Masterman holds Laurie Barrs Muivihill stuffs rubber holding prop pin mouth Wife Betty stands prop winder Laurie placed second 2039 seconds flight model 120 motor run 115 glide circle Right Terry Thorkiidsens Nostalgia-class Top Banana carbon-fiber-reinforced pylon designed J Jackson Thorkildsen Jackson teenage friends during Fifties both now members Utah State Aeromodelers Thor kildsen placed third 1/2A five maxes overrun also won Payload own design former AMA record holder 62 Model Aviation UM & FF Championships leading edge Free Flight competition. best des cribes classic event held year Taft CA human race has prospered competition ever since wheel proved better way getting ahead Free Flight modelers thrive competition U Ralph Prey THE 15TH RUNNING annual three days flying sunrise midcontest competition-oriented ex- night Some events flown pre travagauza 42 events concentrated sunrise dead air others during midday Left Ed Tschernoschas original design model carrying siano made OT y2-lfl eieciricai conaui ana snocK-cord-mounted Honda Model rides saddle like baby allowing Ed full use both hands steer Right 545 am assembly contestants Six-Minute Club Standing L-R J Quinn R Piserchio S Beebe R Rohrke R White Kneeling L-R B Gibbons R Siefried Al Uim still out chasing member Six-Minute Club date R Plserchiono easy feat thermals arent around huge gymnasiums air still detectable air movement contestants stealthily moving about launch retrieve model Over 300 contestants made annual Memorial Day Weekend safari arid vastness Taft CA known Mecca Free Flight regulars out state contests drawing power due wide selection events plus always-extraordinary competition proving ground modeler model past years US FF World Champs teams have held dress rehearsals Champs . razors edge year Old-Timer modelers en masse compete prepare SAM Champs June Madera CA new contestant summed up Champs very aptly after seeing dozen former current FF WC team members numerous other oft-photographed fliers remarked Ive seen pictures fliers read about Model Left Original pusher flying wing P-30 design Barnaby Wainfan Thing front prop dethermalizer activated position Sheet balsa fuselage rolled over high-tech broomstick wrapped old pair wifes pantyhose Note wings sharp leading edge reflexed trailing edge Right Mike Myers Porlock Puffin 1937 design Col Bowden 60-in wingspan 71/2 dihedral side Powered Mills 13cc 078 cu diesel Mike says itwantsto loop Culprit lots wing Incidence Left Driftwood original asymmetrical HL Glider early 70s Steve Geraghty NASAsponsored event Has carbon-fiber tail boom fuse-actuated swinging nose weight dethermalizer Right Loren Williams classic 1932 Gordon Light Wakefield replica heflew Old-Timer RubberCabin Wrapped bamboo landing gearand star-decorated wheels give ita unique personality Beautiful model September 1985 63 Above Loren Williams trophy-winning Jumbo Rubber Scale i9i6 Rumpier 6B-1 rests magnificently after perfect dawn patrol flight Rules allowed landing gear length increased 15% prop clearance 8% added rudder area has adjust able ailerons right wing washed-out help climbing left turn Right Loren confidently launches Rumpier early morning skies Model stole show Authors retrieving-aid beeper Class D model uses Radio Shack speaker glued beneath hatch cover powered two 1 2V batteries series speaker operates 2 24V Circuit board showcase burglar alarm Unit triggered microswitch line DT wire side fuselage Total weight approx 1 oz Beeps audible up 400 ft away Leveron fuselage side isthe thumb startforthe Seelig timer Steve Beebe Open Sweepstakes winner uses adjustable drag tab left wing panel Playboy fine-tune glide circle Moving tab Inboard Bin increased glide circle 31 35 sec Removing clay tab can see stain re suited little change glide circle time Aviation magazine Its like Model Aviation come alive Competition keystone past US Free Flight Championships no doubt will future positive spin-offs Ive attended 15 Champs have seen spin-offs become reality benefit both individual modeler collective Free Flight community thought mind Id like highlight several significant spin-offs conjunction report goings-on names some winners year arrived site three days before first official flight greeted Northern California Rubber fliers host Laurie Barr wife Betty Great Britain Laurie British World Champs team member eight consecutive years either Wakefield Nordic Power two-time organizer Indoor World Champs busy checking out Mulvihill Wakefield Continued page 138 64 Model Aviation .3iknopouious built indoor IlL iIider using carbon-tiber spars inlaid sheet balsa wing Laminated carbon fiberaiso used forthefuselage Model won first place Dark gray line Ia-chord glue seam between two balsa sheets forming wing Very stiff lightweight construction Phedon holds theAMA Cat All-Wood H LOuder record OTS TS RIOR TS T THE MOST SUPERIOR PILOT FIGURE ON THE MARKET LIGHTEST WEIGHT MOST REALISTIC AVAILABLE GIVE YOUR PLANE PILOT FOR YOUR NEWEST OLDEST OR NEXT CREATION R YOURS TOOAYI FULL FIGURES CIVILIANWWII MILITARY 1/3 Scale $19951/5 Navy$1395 1/4 Scale14951/6AAF1195 1/5 Scale1295 Plus 1/12 Scale895 $250 shipping 1/12 Chopper 895each figure KNIGHTS OF THE AIR 7148 Lasting Light Way Columbia MD 21045 301-730-5596 ago present RC Assist compo nent Old-Timers its infancy hew cry RC no place Old-Timer movement made few derogatory remarks myself although still compete Free Flight OldTimer have played around RC OldTimer sport flying Free Flight RC has proven compatible SAM Champs well other events around coun try Indeed us encountering more difficulty locating suitable Free Flight sites being able fly model back its takeoff point becom ing attractive concept recently received letter file information concerning RC Assist modern Free Flight Duration models Glenn Gresens 10224 Kenlee Dr Baton Rouge LA 70819 Old-Timer column am aware out also compete modern FF events Glenn trying rally support RC Duration saving grace loss-of-flying-sites problem RC Duration would basically allow control model during power phase include engine shut-down transition transmitter would handed timer till contestant wishes terminate official flight time return model launch site radio control problems overcome sure sample rules have drafted some name brand Free Flighters have expressed interest American Aircraft Modeler ran arti cle avid Free Flighter Dick Mathis July 1972 Dicks research experimen tation identified new problems provided some solutions well possibility new exciting designs endless Other name brand Free Flight ers adamantly opposed RC Dura tion should understood advocates new event pro posing c/range existing events rather provide alternative Northwest still have few good Free Flight sites left doubt yours truly will building RC Duration model However modeling activity good activity have few enough aeromodelers dis couraging creation new con cepts us have maintained strong interest pure Free Flight cur rently benefiting products advances art brought about other Free Flight phases hob owe model airplanes sup port forms model flying brief dissertation has sparked interest possibilities RC Duration would encourage write Glenn address given above Compression ignition SAM Speaks official publication Society An tique Modelers recently published list legal diesel engines Old-Timer use Interestingly enough foreign manufacture Diesel just hasnt enjoyed popularity US has elsewhere us have tried diesel Perhaps intimidat ed different adjustments ie com pression required diesels own experience OK cub 049 diesel Curtiss Robin has enlightening experience range speed control via adjustments wide variety usable propeller sizes very usable additional characteristics Scale model find can use 9-4 prop turning much lower rpm thus attain scalelike performance ever could typical glow 049 Fuel economy another advantage Duration events try available diesels next Old-Timer Scale model Youll store new experiences Clarence Haught 3226 Honeysuckle Dr Coeur dAlene ID 83814 US FF Champs/Prey Continued page 64 models other flying guest Paul Masterman also Great Britain regular Taft Sacramento FAI International meets During next two days fliers arrived IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT NEW RA SOS$19995 New Qoodro 35 CDI$10995 Reg Onodra 35 $9995 Brinighello flywheel$11995 Reg Onod, 35 Power Aooewbly Only$6450 OUAORA REPAIR$1000 pbs petsl Jiw Manner ERCOUPEPLANS $2395 KIT $23995 Jiw Mower TOMAHAWKPLANS $2395 KIT $25995 Jiw Messer 5-BALL TRAINERPLANS $2395 KIT $21459 Jiw Mower ACROBATPLANS $1995 KIT $22495 New ZENOAH G23 $13995ZENOAN 038$ 9995 FLOATS 3515 noolecores $1755cowplete hit $3995 FLOATS 45 14 scalecores $2195cowple$e hit $4795 15 WWI WHEELS 259$ P5W CVIS FLEET SI$2595 PLANS SUPER STEARMAN 14 Oodfreyl$2595 13 TAYLORCRAFTor 13 CUB Nelita$2595 VOLKOPLANE 13 IChichen Charliel$2395 COCKPIT KITS Towehewh F4U1 Spitfire ME-lOf$2295 Ercoope Flee J3 Coh PSE P47 C Eogle$2195 Citahria $2459 Zero $2595 Zero coterior$1595 US Ooadra FUEL TANKS16 oa $595320 $795 FIBERGLASS ARROW SHAFTS 516032 long501500 24-Hour Service. Add $250 postage Send Bank Check Money Order JIM MESSERS QUALTIY MODEL PRODUCTS Volley View Dr Boo 43 Allegany NY 14755 r% 201 SE 12th Street Pompano Beach FL 33080 305-7857978 ENGINEERING THE LANDING GEAR PEOtLE tIred stilt laRding gears dent lIt year biggie property o & D Eaginenneg can seine prehlemo * Custom hailt year needs & specs guarseteed lit * Streng & durobte withstand tiughut aiding * 0 & 0 Engineering gear will work & keep biggie flying * In stuck replacement gear ter meet popular models Byrne Pltto Christen Eagle CAP 21 Balsa USA J3 CUB Air Tech Pemnee Eagle Nosee Big Stick Champ Citabria B & g mndeto Snapper Stinger Snapper Tn PRODUCTS FAA ThF 05 FAUOMA ulAflil CA Complete Line Exhaust Systems * TunedMuffled Tuned Pipes HeadersVenturi Mufflers Expansion Mufflers copter Ball Mufflers ialized Exhaust Systems Unsurpassed Workmanshin B Padormance 138 Model Aviation * PES#44~ * "1 VIDEO PROGRAMS VHS&BETA 3PROGRAM LISTINGSRENT BUY 31BASICCONSTRUCTIONFORBEGINNERSINRIC107Mm4995 SICFLIGHTTRAININGFORBEGINNERSINR1C65Mm4495 *highly detailed step-by-step instruction Za 4495* * 4OSHKOSHOVERVIEW55Mm 3995 Expos Scale meets AMA Nata & WorkshopsAerobatica Warbirda & MorefAll See friends others goof Ing wildest video ever * AIRPLANE FUNNIES30Mm 3995Rentals * US SCALE MASTERS CHAMPIONSHIPS60Mm 3995$1495 beat scale models pilots competing top honors * 7WARBIFtDSINACTIONFullScaleAirShows&More75Mm 4995 *AU sales final * * * * Alt sales final prices subject change please check current ads rates ORDERING INFORMATION Please Read Carefully Te Aveid Delays RENTAL DEPOSIT full purchase price EACH program ordered difference refunded RENTAL DURATION 1 week after delivery Reserved dates require 15 day notice PAYMENT Check 10 day clearance money order Sorry no Visa etc CODs available phone SHIPPING S37sForelgn Canada add 10% TOTAL others add 15% IL res add 8% tax SEND ORDERS TO ACADEMY OF AVIATION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT OX 428144 CHICAGO IL 60642 call 312 8470456 10 am.8 pm Mon thru Sat New York Pacific Northwest Midwest Texas fliers teamed up Alabama flier share driving long journey Taft Friday night Canadians arrived Southwest home-state Cali fornians field glowed dozens camp fifes surrounded flying bud dies swapping stories making new friends renewing old friendships Esprit de corps fellowship friendship camaraderie respect understanding appreciation another persons feel ings words suitably describe competition spin-off Friday night throughout entire three days kind spin-off cant legislated negotiated treaty bi lateral agreement no barriers Personal feelings cemented friendships will last lifetime Before sunrise first official day flying Honda trail bikes kickstarted life busily shuttling starter boxes flight boxes equipment flying areas FAI Power fliers flightchecking timer settings Old-Timer fliers too checking out vintage en gines ever thankful progress aids starting cranky spark-ignition engine needs good old days hand cranking barked knuckles theres electric starter Nordic Glider fliers dutifully doing stretch exercises AMA Gas fliers sipped coffee delib erating over lift drift Wakefield model Theres just no way could sleepin activity going Watching metamorphosis take place model pieces stacked travel box assembled model actual flight competition obvious competi tion has influenced state-of-the-art Free Flight models particular FAI-rule models have forefront see innovative devices such electronic tim ers actuating dethermalizers Nordics ingenious mechanisms operating flight functions enhance climb altitude Power models ie bunt wing wiggler never-ending combination springs levers bent wires melding device allows Nordic flier option standing spot controlling Glider circling gracefully over head before releasing Wakefield unique fixtures control torque rubber motor achieve steady high angle efficient climb attitude either variable-pitch propeller movable flight surfaces other advancements state-of-the-art have increased perform ance tremendously example three FAI-rule events flown rounds seven rounds one-hour duration went flyoff decide winners Wakefield nine out 38 fliers maxed-out Joe Foster won flyoff total time 1745 seconds Jack Greeling won Power flyoff 1800 seconds Mike McKeever won Nordic Glider flyoff 1950 seconds also won Tom Hutchinson Memo rial Trophy Similar high-time flyoffs made Steve Beebe Mulvihill winning time 2160 seconds Martyn Cowley A-i Glider new AMA national record time 5 737 bettering old record 45 minutes Sportsmanship honesty integrity selfcontrol fair play also competition spin-offs special concern involve flying modelers helpers spectators What brings mind saw fliers models damaged beyond repair models lost through no fault flier models performed flawlessly max-out no explainable rea son go out trim during flyoff flight miss max models dethermalized touched ground within scant few seconds short max What reactions people involved occurrences case no tantrums no quitters no cheating no bitter feelings course no appreciated sudden turn events individually collectively demon strated abilities cope situations true sportsmanlike manner went next flight eventor went about planning strategies next time proud too honesty uprightness character shown contestant found Hal Covers wallet lost three weeks earlier immediately turned contest table HEDGE HOPPIN vol new Continuous series newsletter videos covering wide variety model & full scale aviation activities Airshows tours interviews tions expos products & much SPECIAL FEA TUllE Byron Fun Fly & Sins Funduk Giant precision scale Ov-IOD Bronco Price 59S Special introductory price 53495 Running Time 40 mm FREE video previews order SPECIAL ALL Bets vIdeos 30% OFF retaIl introducing. irebrI1I RIC Idle-Bar Glow Plugs Also.Long Short$1 69 Traditional line non-idle bar Glow Plugs Six Types 3 Heat Ranges High Performance Glow Element Blow Proof Seal Only $129 Swanson Associates PO Box 151 Wayne NJSore 5948 07470 M/M1k 140Model MVltlOfl Epoxy Glass Cowl plus shipping Send $100 Catalog 216 484-6810 ROUSH MFG just found complete credit cards money etc Teamwork another competiton spin off An unusual number teams demon strated true spirit Id like share few examples Texas fliers CC Johnson Jim Summerset supported Ala bamas Buckets Johnson teamed up pyramid fellow Texan Russ Snyders B Gas flight time 46 mm 39 secgood enough first place also Ocie Randall Memorial Trophy high time Gas good enough until Bakers field Flying Team rallied round fellow club member Scott Reid pick air 10 maxes 229 total winning D Gas time 5229. Ocie Randall Trophy Booth brothers Channing Cam eron spurred dad other friends won first second respectively Junior P-30 Mindy Staires Senior age class girl contestant showed true grit helping dad fly AMA Gas events including favorite Night Gas As go-for girl faithfully did chores including chasing flights night Honda wheelchair no handicap comes VTOing huge scaled-up 1300 sq Starduster Mindy brings back solo make impressive competition team often winners circle crowning example teamwork game plan used set new AMA record Class Electrics team comprised contestant Blame Beron Rawdon wife Debbie dad Tony Beron friends Martyn Cowley Bill Watson put together string 13 3-mi maxes final flight 104 total record time 4004 last extra ordinary flight ended 645 pm team something special de serves further mention Debbie Martyn co-workers building testing famous Solar Challenger aircraft Bill built reknown 40-ft man-powered blimp featured magazine few months ago also made RC pterodactyl used movie War Games Blaine aircraft configu ration engineer McDonnell-Douglas Tony director same com pany Theres no lack aeronautical talent team Watching action impressive just thought mind goal being Class Electrics national record challenge relished Collectively prepared Starduster X icing motor battery fore flight expertly picking rising air max bottom line compe tition breeds teamwork teamwork breeds excellence Martyn also won first Outdoor HL Glider 670 sec Competition motivates stimulates encourages others action exam ple Nostalgia class initially flown US FF Champs few entries doomsayers predicted Ram Rods would dominate event kil ling year least two dozen models flown three events Ram Rods passed over winning Lucky Lindys Sandy Hogans scaled-up Top Bananas T-Birds like Bob Sunbergs racked up 12 5-mm mazes win Nostalgia went win third Gas behind Paul Funks first-place time 3550 Dan Kee gan flew Sandy Hogan four mazes win C/I Nostalgia authors Lucky Lindy maxed-out A/B real life Nostalgia 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1985/09
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the presense humongous thermals event flown night under star-studded skies Indoor events flown two Left Wakefield flyoff 600 am Joe Foster eventual winner gets off first Bob Piserchia far right starts timing Carl Hermes waits time George Batiuk seen stiii winding whiie John Lenderman binocuiars ready waits Tom Cashman hook up prop Right team set Class Eiectric PP national record L-R Martyn Cowiey Bialne Beron-Rawdon wife Debbie Bill Watson Model Starduster X modified take motors battery pack Debbies trusty Taco bike used chase 13 maxes Hats worn Blame Debbie came Australia wheretheywereteam managers forthe US F3B RC Soaring Team Left The Flying British Paul Masterman holds Laurie Barrs Muivihill stuffs rubber holding prop pin mouth Wife Betty stands prop winder Laurie placed second 2039 seconds flight model 120 motor run 115 glide circle Right Terry Thorkiidsens Nostalgia-class Top Banana carbon-fiber-reinforced pylon designed J Jackson Thorkildsen Jackson teenage friends during Fifties both now members Utah State Aeromodelers Thor kildsen placed third 1/2A five maxes overrun also won Payload own design former AMA record holder 62 Model Aviation UM & FF Championships leading edge Free Flight competition. best des cribes classic event held year Taft CA human race has prospered competition ever since wheel proved better way getting ahead Free Flight modelers thrive competition U Ralph Prey THE 15TH RUNNING annual three days flying sunrise midcontest competition-oriented ex- night Some events flown pre travagauza 42 events concentrated sunrise dead air others during midday Left Ed Tschernoschas original design model carrying siano made OT y2-lfl eieciricai conaui ana snocK-cord-mounted Honda Model rides saddle like baby allowing Ed full use both hands steer Right 545 am assembly contestants Six-Minute Club Standing L-R J Quinn R Piserchio S Beebe R Rohrke R White Kneeling L-R B Gibbons R Siefried Al Uim still out chasing member Six-Minute Club date R Plserchiono easy feat thermals arent around huge gymnasiums air still detectable air movement contestants stealthily moving about launch retrieve model Over 300 contestants made annual Memorial Day Weekend safari arid vastness Taft CA known Mecca Free Flight regulars out state contests drawing power due wide selection events plus always-extraordinary competition proving ground modeler model past years US FF World Champs teams have held dress rehearsals Champs . razors edge year Old-Timer modelers en masse compete prepare SAM Champs June Madera CA new contestant summed up Champs very aptly after seeing dozen former current FF WC team members numerous other oft-photographed fliers remarked Ive seen pictures fliers read about Model Left Original pusher flying wing P-30 design Barnaby Wainfan Thing front prop dethermalizer activated position Sheet balsa fuselage rolled over high-tech broomstick wrapped old pair wifes pantyhose Note wings sharp leading edge reflexed trailing edge Right Mike Myers Porlock Puffin 1937 design Col Bowden 60-in wingspan 71/2 dihedral side Powered Mills 13cc 078 cu diesel Mike says itwantsto loop Culprit lots wing Incidence Left Driftwood original asymmetrical HL Glider early 70s Steve Geraghty NASAsponsored event Has carbon-fiber tail boom fuse-actuated swinging nose weight dethermalizer Right Loren Williams classic 1932 Gordon Light Wakefield replica heflew Old-Timer RubberCabin Wrapped bamboo landing gearand star-decorated wheels give ita unique personality Beautiful model September 1985 63 Above Loren Williams trophy-winning Jumbo Rubber Scale i9i6 Rumpier 6B-1 rests magnificently after perfect dawn patrol flight Rules allowed landing gear length increased 15% prop clearance 8% added rudder area has adjust able ailerons right wing washed-out help climbing left turn Right Loren confidently launches Rumpier early morning skies Model stole show Authors retrieving-aid beeper Class D model uses Radio Shack speaker glued beneath hatch cover powered two 1 2V batteries series speaker operates 2 24V Circuit board showcase burglar alarm Unit triggered microswitch line DT wire side fuselage Total weight approx 1 oz Beeps audible up 400 ft away Leveron fuselage side isthe thumb startforthe Seelig timer Steve Beebe Open Sweepstakes winner uses adjustable drag tab left wing panel Playboy fine-tune glide circle Moving tab Inboard Bin increased glide circle 31 35 sec Removing clay tab can see stain re suited little change glide circle time Aviation magazine Its like Model Aviation come alive Competition keystone past US Free Flight Championships no doubt will future positive spin-offs Ive attended 15 Champs have seen spin-offs become reality benefit both individual modeler collective Free Flight community thought mind Id like highlight several significant spin-offs conjunction report goings-on names some winners year arrived site three days before first official flight greeted Northern California Rubber fliers host Laurie Barr wife Betty Great Britain Laurie British World Champs team member eight consecutive years either Wakefield Nordic Power two-time organizer Indoor World Champs busy checking out Mulvihill Wakefield Continued page 138 64 Model Aviation .3iknopouious built indoor IlL iIider using carbon-tiber spars inlaid sheet balsa wing Laminated carbon fiberaiso used forthefuselage Model won first place Dark gray line Ia-chord glue seam between two balsa sheets forming wing Very stiff lightweight construction Phedon holds theAMA Cat All-Wood H LOuder record OTS TS RIOR TS T THE MOST SUPERIOR PILOT FIGURE ON THE MARKET LIGHTEST WEIGHT MOST REALISTIC AVAILABLE GIVE YOUR PLANE PILOT FOR YOUR NEWEST OLDEST OR NEXT CREATION R YOURS TOOAYI FULL FIGURES CIVILIANWWII MILITARY 1/3 Scale $19951/5 Navy$1395 1/4 Scale14951/6AAF1195 1/5 Scale1295 Plus 1/12 Scale895 $250 shipping 1/12 Chopper 895each figure KNIGHTS OF THE AIR 7148 Lasting Light Way Columbia MD 21045 301-730-5596 ago present RC Assist compo nent Old-Timers its infancy hew cry RC no place Old-Timer movement made few derogatory remarks myself although still compete Free Flight OldTimer have played around RC OldTimer sport flying Free Flight RC has proven compatible SAM Champs well other events around coun try Indeed us encountering more difficulty locating suitable Free Flight sites being able fly model back its takeoff point becom ing attractive concept recently received letter file information concerning RC Assist modern Free Flight Duration models Glenn Gresens 10224 Kenlee Dr Baton Rouge LA 70819 Old-Timer column am aware out also compete modern FF events Glenn trying rally support RC Duration saving grace loss-of-flying-sites problem RC Duration would basically allow control model during power phase include engine shut-down transition transmitter would handed timer till contestant wishes terminate official flight time return model launch site radio control problems overcome sure sample rules have drafted some name brand Free Flighters have expressed interest American Aircraft Modeler ran arti cle avid Free Flighter Dick Mathis July 1972 Dicks research experimen tation identified new problems provided some solutions well possibility new exciting designs endless Other name brand Free Flight ers adamantly opposed RC Dura tion should understood advocates new event pro posing c/range existing events rather provide alternative Northwest still have few good Free Flight sites left doubt yours truly will building RC Duration model However modeling activity good activity have few enough aeromodelers dis couraging creation new con cepts us have maintained strong interest pure Free Flight cur rently benefiting products advances art brought about other Free Flight phases hob owe model airplanes sup port forms model flying brief dissertation has sparked interest possibilities RC Duration would encourage write Glenn address given above Compression ignition SAM Speaks official publication Society An tique Modelers recently published 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Sat New York Pacific Northwest Midwest Texas fliers teamed up Alabama flier share driving long journey Taft Friday night Canadians arrived Southwest home-state Cali fornians field glowed dozens camp fifes surrounded flying bud dies swapping stories making new friends renewing old friendships Esprit de corps fellowship friendship camaraderie respect understanding appreciation another persons feel ings words suitably describe competition spin-off Friday night throughout entire three days kind spin-off cant legislated negotiated treaty bi lateral agreement no barriers Personal feelings cemented friendships will last lifetime Before sunrise first official day flying Honda trail bikes kickstarted life busily shuttling starter boxes flight boxes equipment flying areas FAI Power fliers flightchecking timer settings Old-Timer fliers too checking out vintage en gines ever thankful progress aids starting cranky spark-ignition engine needs good old days hand cranking barked knuckles theres electric starter Nordic Glider fliers dutifully doing stretch exercises AMA Gas fliers sipped coffee delib erating over lift drift Wakefield model Theres just no way could sleepin activity going Watching metamorphosis take place model pieces stacked travel box assembled model actual flight competition obvious competi tion has influenced state-of-the-art Free Flight models particular FAI-rule models have forefront see innovative devices such electronic tim ers actuating dethermalizers Nordics ingenious mechanisms operating flight functions enhance climb altitude Power models ie bunt wing wiggler never-ending combination springs levers bent wires melding device allows Nordic flier option standing spot controlling Glider circling gracefully over head before releasing Wakefield unique fixtures control torque rubber motor achieve steady high angle efficient climb attitude either variable-pitch propeller movable flight surfaces other advancements state-of-the-art have increased perform ance tremendously example three FAI-rule events flown rounds seven rounds one-hour duration went flyoff decide winners Wakefield nine out 38 fliers maxed-out Joe Foster won flyoff total time 1745 seconds Jack Greeling won Power flyoff 1800 seconds Mike McKeever won Nordic Glider flyoff 1950 seconds also won Tom Hutchinson Memo rial Trophy Similar high-time flyoffs made Steve Beebe Mulvihill winning time 2160 seconds Martyn Cowley A-i Glider new AMA national record time 5 737 bettering old record 45 minutes Sportsmanship honesty integrity selfcontrol fair play also competition spin-offs special concern involve flying modelers helpers spectators What brings mind saw fliers models damaged beyond repair models lost through no fault flier models performed flawlessly max-out no explainable rea son go out trim during flyoff flight miss max models dethermalized touched ground within scant few seconds short max What reactions people involved occurrences case no tantrums no quitters no cheating no bitter feelings course no appreciated sudden turn events individually collectively demon strated abilities cope situations true sportsmanlike manner went next flight eventor went about planning strategies next time proud too honesty uprightness character shown contestant found Hal Covers wallet lost three weeks earlier immediately turned contest table HEDGE HOPPIN vol new Continuous series newsletter videos covering wide variety model & full scale aviation activities Airshows tours interviews tions expos products & much SPECIAL FEA TUllE Byron Fun Fly & Sins Funduk Giant precision scale Ov-IOD Bronco Price 59S Special introductory price 53495 Running Time 40 mm FREE video previews order SPECIAL ALL Bets vIdeos 30% OFF retaIl introducing. irebrI1I RIC Idle-Bar Glow Plugs Also.Long Short$1 69 Traditional line non-idle bar Glow Plugs Six Types 3 Heat Ranges High Performance Glow Element Blow Proof Seal Only $129 Swanson Associates PO Box 151 Wayne NJSore 5948 07470 M/M1k 140Model MVltlOfl Epoxy Glass Cowl plus shipping Send $100 Catalog 216 484-6810 ROUSH MFG just found complete credit cards money etc Teamwork another competiton spin off An unusual number teams demon strated true spirit Id like share few examples Texas fliers CC Johnson Jim Summerset supported Ala bamas Buckets Johnson teamed up pyramid fellow Texan Russ Snyders B Gas flight time 46 mm 39 secgood enough first place also Ocie Randall Memorial Trophy high time Gas good enough until Bakers field Flying Team rallied round fellow club member Scott Reid pick air 10 maxes 229 total winning D Gas time 5229. Ocie Randall Trophy Booth brothers Channing Cam eron spurred dad other friends won first second respectively Junior P-30 Mindy Staires Senior age class girl contestant showed true grit helping dad fly AMA Gas events including favorite Night Gas As go-for girl faithfully did chores including chasing flights night Honda wheelchair no handicap comes VTOing huge scaled-up 1300 sq Starduster Mindy brings back solo make impressive competition team often winners circle crowning example teamwork game plan used set new AMA record Class Electrics team comprised contestant Blame Beron Rawdon wife Debbie dad Tony Beron friends Martyn Cowley Bill Watson put together string 13 3-mi maxes final flight 104 total record time 4004 last extra ordinary flight ended 645 pm team something special de serves further mention Debbie Martyn co-workers building testing famous Solar Challenger aircraft Bill built reknown 40-ft man-powered blimp featured magazine few months ago also made RC pterodactyl used movie War Games Blaine aircraft configu ration engineer McDonnell-Douglas Tony director same com pany Theres no lack aeronautical talent team Watching action impressive just thought mind goal being Class Electrics national record challenge relished Collectively prepared Starduster X icing motor battery fore flight expertly picking rising air max bottom line compe tition breeds teamwork teamwork breeds excellence Martyn also won first Outdoor HL Glider 670 sec Competition motivates stimulates encourages others action exam ple Nostalgia class initially flown US FF Champs few entries doomsayers predicted Ram Rods would dominate event kil ling year least two dozen models flown three events Ram Rods passed over winning Lucky Lindys Sandy Hogans scaled-up Top Bananas T-Birds like Bob Sunbergs racked up 12 5-mm mazes win Nostalgia went win third Gas behind Paul Funks first-place time 3550 Dan Kee gan flew Sandy Hogan four mazes win C/I Nostalgia authors Lucky Lindy maxed-out A/B real life Nostalgia movement well thriving Thanks too OldTimer fliers modem AMA Gas fliers entering Nostalgia events en couraging others same Nostalgia events have something offer interested high-buck hard-tofind ignition engine Old-Timer events FAI Power AMA high-tech autosurface designs Old-Timer events similarly moti vate stimulate encourage others action OT fliers historically ded icated making competition flying events casual enjoyable interesting dedication enhances activity helps promote sportsmanship integrity fair play levels Its always fun watch Old-Timer events compare flight times FAI- AMA-class fliers scorching sky ward climbs max flights numbering six 10 . same air Some examples 30-sec Antique CJ Jordan won Continued page 144 September 1985 14 K FLI plus shipping BD-4LASEK 200 64 inch span90 inch span 640 9w area1440 sq area2 1 995 45-60 cu eng$09952-6HPEng 6/z -7lbs0Epoxy Glass plus shipping Fuselage/Foam Wing 1728 BYWOOD SE CANTON OHIO 44707 WACO UPF7 /5 SCALE 72 1204C OR LARGER SEND $200 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complete hardware package full-size rolled plans detailed instruction bookiet US FF Champs/Prey Continued page 141 1431 Old-Time Pylon Cliff Silva first 1500 C Old-Time Pylon Tom Keppler won 1322 B Old-Time Cabin Bruce Chandler 1244 OldTime Rubber Cabin Al Richardson first 1349 Dont misled thinking Old-Timers arent capable high times Check out Sal Taibis first Texaco 3 629 Bob Dittmers winning 3 135 Texaco As competitive sport spec tators role essential ingredient years Champs huge success spectators Indoor events always big thing watching fragile Easy B Pennyplane models flirt girders Scale models duplicating counterparts takeoffs sometimesnot-so-good landings arent missed almost-see-through-sanded wings HL Gliders something behold spectators lined up along sides both gymnasiums take action Fortunately room temperature mild 80s real pleasure concentrate flying Cezar Banks won Novice yplane 710 Clarence Mather put up 1107 flight win Easy mes Novice Easy misnomers . try sometime Jeff Wittman respectable 413 seconds Junior HL Glider expert Phedon Tsiknopoulos won Open 66 seconds Night Gas event verge being blown out wind picked up about 330 afternoon blew dust over suddenly stopped 830 pm almost dark first flight got off 845 drift 5mm flight being less mile pro gressively calmed throughout night perfect Night Flying time counted over 150 spec tators field clustered around lanterns used dozen con testants Most awe-struck watched large Class D models tiny flashlight bulb green chem lite strapped landing gear roar off VTO cloud dust up away star-studded night could hear exclaim never expected see again Meanwhile timers watched circling light 5mm max Its easy inexperienced spectator get confused watch star instead models light Larry Babcock maxed-out Class D model itching flyoff Steve Beebe short-fused D model settle second place behind Larry Too bad model capable eight minutes air could have witnessed real marathon between two ultimate spectator appeal Scale model Its 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the presense humongous thermals event flown night under star-studded skies Indoor events flown two Left Wakefield flyoff 600 am Joe Foster eventual winner gets off first Bob Piserchia far right starts timing Carl Hermes waits time George Batiuk seen stiii winding whiie John Lenderman binocuiars ready waits Tom Cashman hook up prop Right team set Class Eiectric PP national record L-R Martyn Cowiey Bialne Beron-Rawdon wife Debbie Bill Watson Model Starduster X modified take motors battery pack Debbies trusty Taco bike used chase 13 maxes Hats worn Blame Debbie came Australia wheretheywereteam managers forthe US F3B RC Soaring Team Left The Flying British Paul Masterman holds Laurie Barrs Muivihill stuffs rubber holding prop pin mouth Wife Betty stands prop winder Laurie placed second 2039 seconds flight model 120 motor run 115 glide circle Right Terry Thorkiidsens Nostalgia-class Top Banana carbon-fiber-reinforced pylon designed J Jackson Thorkildsen Jackson teenage friends during Fifties both now members Utah State Aeromodelers Thor kildsen placed third 1/2A five maxes overrun also won Payload own design former AMA record holder 62 Model Aviation UM & FF Championships leading edge Free Flight competition. best des cribes classic event held year Taft CA human race has prospered competition ever since wheel proved better way getting ahead Free Flight modelers thrive competition U Ralph Prey THE 15TH RUNNING annual three days flying sunrise midcontest competition-oriented ex- night Some events flown pre travagauza 42 events concentrated sunrise dead air others during midday Left Ed Tschernoschas original design model carrying siano made OT y2-lfl eieciricai conaui ana snocK-cord-mounted Honda Model rides saddle like baby allowing Ed full use both hands steer Right 545 am assembly contestants Six-Minute Club Standing L-R J Quinn R Piserchio S Beebe R Rohrke R White Kneeling L-R B Gibbons R Siefried Al Uim still out chasing member Six-Minute Club date R Plserchiono easy feat thermals arent around huge gymnasiums air still detectable air movement contestants stealthily moving about launch retrieve model Over 300 contestants made annual Memorial Day Weekend safari arid vastness Taft CA known Mecca Free Flight regulars out state contests drawing power due wide selection events plus always-extraordinary competition proving ground modeler model past years US FF World Champs teams have held dress rehearsals Champs . razors edge year Old-Timer modelers en masse compete prepare SAM Champs June Madera CA new contestant summed up Champs very aptly after seeing dozen former current FF WC team members numerous other oft-photographed fliers remarked Ive seen pictures fliers read about Model Left Original pusher flying wing P-30 design Barnaby Wainfan Thing front prop dethermalizer activated position Sheet balsa fuselage rolled over high-tech broomstick wrapped old pair wifes pantyhose Note wings sharp leading edge reflexed trailing edge Right Mike Myers Porlock Puffin 1937 design Col Bowden 60-in wingspan 71/2 dihedral side Powered Mills 13cc 078 cu diesel Mike says itwantsto loop Culprit lots wing Incidence Left Driftwood original asymmetrical HL Glider early 70s Steve Geraghty NASAsponsored event Has carbon-fiber tail boom fuse-actuated swinging nose weight dethermalizer Right Loren Williams classic 1932 Gordon Light Wakefield replica heflew Old-Timer RubberCabin Wrapped bamboo landing gearand star-decorated wheels give ita unique personality Beautiful model September 1985 63 Above Loren Williams trophy-winning Jumbo Rubber Scale i9i6 Rumpier 6B-1 rests magnificently after perfect dawn patrol flight Rules allowed landing gear length increased 15% prop clearance 8% added rudder area has adjust able ailerons right wing washed-out help climbing left turn Right Loren confidently launches Rumpier early morning skies Model stole show Authors retrieving-aid beeper Class D model uses Radio Shack speaker glued beneath hatch cover powered two 1 2V batteries series speaker operates 2 24V Circuit board showcase burglar alarm Unit triggered microswitch line DT wire side fuselage Total weight approx 1 oz Beeps audible up 400 ft away Leveron fuselage side isthe thumb startforthe Seelig timer Steve Beebe Open Sweepstakes winner uses adjustable drag tab left wing panel Playboy fine-tune glide circle Moving tab Inboard Bin increased glide circle 31 35 sec Removing clay tab can see stain re suited little change glide circle time Aviation magazine Its like Model Aviation come alive Competition keystone past US Free Flight Championships no doubt will future positive spin-offs Ive attended 15 Champs have seen spin-offs become reality benefit both individual modeler collective Free Flight community thought mind Id like highlight several significant spin-offs conjunction report goings-on names some winners year arrived site three days before first official flight greeted Northern California Rubber fliers host Laurie Barr wife Betty Great Britain Laurie British World Champs team member eight consecutive years either Wakefield Nordic Power two-time organizer Indoor World Champs busy checking out Mulvihill Wakefield Continued page 138 64 Model Aviation .3iknopouious built indoor IlL iIider using carbon-tiber spars inlaid sheet balsa wing Laminated carbon fiberaiso used forthefuselage Model won first place Dark gray line Ia-chord glue seam between two balsa sheets forming wing Very stiff lightweight construction Phedon holds theAMA Cat All-Wood H LOuder record OTS TS RIOR TS T THE MOST SUPERIOR PILOT FIGURE ON THE MARKET LIGHTEST WEIGHT MOST REALISTIC AVAILABLE GIVE YOUR PLANE PILOT FOR YOUR NEWEST OLDEST OR NEXT CREATION R YOURS TOOAYI FULL FIGURES CIVILIANWWII MILITARY 1/3 Scale $19951/5 Navy$1395 1/4 Scale14951/6AAF1195 1/5 Scale1295 Plus 1/12 Scale895 $250 shipping 1/12 Chopper 895each figure KNIGHTS OF THE AIR 7148 Lasting Light Way Columbia MD 21045 301-730-5596 ago present RC Assist compo nent Old-Timers its infancy hew cry RC no place Old-Timer movement made few derogatory remarks myself although still compete Free Flight OldTimer have played around RC OldTimer sport flying Free Flight RC has proven compatible SAM Champs well other events around coun try Indeed us encountering more difficulty locating suitable Free Flight sites being able fly model back its takeoff point becom ing attractive concept recently received letter file information concerning RC Assist modern Free Flight Duration models Glenn Gresens 10224 Kenlee Dr Baton Rouge LA 70819 Old-Timer column am aware out also compete modern FF events Glenn trying rally support RC Duration saving grace loss-of-flying-sites problem RC Duration would basically allow control model during power phase include engine shut-down transition transmitter would handed timer till contestant wishes terminate official flight time return model launch site radio control problems overcome sure sample rules have drafted some name brand Free Flighters have 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electric starter Nordic Glider fliers dutifully doing stretch exercises AMA Gas fliers sipped coffee delib erating over lift drift Wakefield model Theres just no way could sleepin activity going Watching metamorphosis take place model pieces stacked travel box assembled model actual flight competition obvious competi tion has influenced state-of-the-art Free Flight models particular FAI-rule models have forefront see innovative devices such electronic tim ers actuating dethermalizers Nordics ingenious mechanisms operating flight functions enhance climb altitude Power models ie bunt wing wiggler never-ending combination springs levers bent wires melding device allows Nordic flier option standing spot controlling Glider circling gracefully over head before releasing Wakefield unique fixtures control torque rubber motor achieve steady high angle efficient climb attitude either variable-pitch propeller movable flight surfaces other advancements state-of-the-art have increased perform ance 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Ocie Randall Trophy Booth brothers Channing Cam eron spurred dad other friends won first second respectively Junior P-30 Mindy Staires Senior age class girl contestant showed true grit helping dad fly AMA Gas events including favorite Night Gas As go-for girl faithfully did chores including chasing flights night Honda wheelchair no handicap comes VTOing huge scaled-up 1300 sq Starduster Mindy brings back solo make impressive competition team often winners circle crowning example teamwork game plan used set new AMA record Class Electrics team comprised contestant Blame Beron Rawdon wife Debbie dad Tony Beron friends Martyn Cowley Bill Watson put together string 13 3-mi maxes final flight 104 total record time 4004 last extra ordinary flight ended 645 pm team something special de serves further mention Debbie Martyn co-workers building testing famous Solar Challenger aircraft Bill built reknown 40-ft man-powered blimp featured magazine few months ago also made RC pterodactyl used movie War Games Blaine aircraft configu ration engineer McDonnell-Douglas Tony director same com pany Theres no lack aeronautical talent team Watching action impressive just thought mind goal being Class Electrics national record challenge relished Collectively prepared Starduster X icing motor battery fore flight expertly picking rising air max bottom line compe tition breeds teamwork teamwork breeds excellence Martyn also won first Outdoor HL Glider 670 sec Competition motivates stimulates encourages others action exam ple Nostalgia class initially flown US FF Champs few entries doomsayers predicted Ram Rods would dominate event kil ling year least two dozen models flown three events Ram Rods passed over winning Lucky Lindys Sandy Hogans scaled-up Top Bananas T-Birds like Bob Sunbergs racked up 12 5-mm mazes win Nostalgia went win third Gas behind Paul Funks first-place time 3550 Dan Kee gan flew Sandy Hogan four mazes win C/I Nostalgia authors Lucky Lindy maxed-out A/B real life Nostalgia movement well thriving Thanks too OldTimer fliers modem AMA Gas fliers entering Nostalgia events en couraging others same Nostalgia events have something offer interested high-buck hard-tofind ignition engine Old-Timer events FAI Power AMA high-tech autosurface designs Old-Timer events similarly moti vate stimulate encourage others action OT fliers historically ded icated making competition flying events casual enjoyable interesting dedication enhances activity helps promote sportsmanship integrity fair play levels Its always fun watch Old-Timer events compare flight times FAI- AMA-class fliers scorching sky ward climbs max flights numbering six 10 . same air Some examples 30-sec Antique CJ Jordan won Continued page 144 September 1985 14 K FLI plus shipping BD-4LASEK 200 64 inch span90 inch span 640 9w area1440 sq area2 1 995 45-60 cu eng$09952-6HPEng 6/z -7lbs0Epoxy Glass plus shipping Fuselage/Foam Wing 1728 BYWOOD SE CANTON OHIO 44707 WACO UPF7 /5 SCALE 72 1204C OR LARGER SEND $200 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG OF FINE KITS IKON NWST PO Box 566 Auburn WA 98071 941-8248 NEW 15BB FEATURING ALL NEW MARK CARBURETOR Now too can have World Championship performance Steady unvarying power smoothest throttling have ever experienced Two ball bearings Mehanite piston Replaceable propeller stud Button head VISA MasterCard Accepted F 0 CO 5305 TDWSON AVE FORT SMITH AR 72901 1501 6461656 Bore590 Stroke540 WeIght65 oz RPM T5 prop14200 muffler installed RPM 84 prop 13500 muffler installed Only $ 135 Ll4LIjiijjII Dealer Inquiries Invited SPECIFICATIONS WING AREA 1110 sq WING SPAN 118 AIRFOIL Eppler 193 FLYING WEIGHT 56 oz IflTF1-1\ LUTMI ENTERPRISES PO Box 1697 San Luis Obispo CA 93406 An easy build easy fly competitive precision-duration sail plane incorpor ates latest technology F3B world Among specialities included kit stack-sanded balsa wood parts quick build-up wings stabs rudder high quality fiberglass fuselage features removable nose cone convenient radio access kit also includes complete hardware package full-size rolled plans detailed instruction bookiet US FF Champs/Prey Continued page 141 1431 Old-Time Pylon Cliff Silva first 1500 C Old-Time Pylon Tom Keppler won 1322 B Old-Time Cabin Bruce Chandler 1244 OldTime Rubber Cabin Al Richardson first 1349 Dont misled thinking Old-Timers arent capable high times Check out Sal Taibis first Texaco 3 629 Bob Dittmers winning 3 135 Texaco As competitive sport spec tators role essential ingredient years Champs huge success spectators Indoor events always big thing watching fragile Easy B Pennyplane models flirt girders Scale models duplicating counterparts takeoffs sometimesnot-so-good landings arent missed almost-see-through-sanded wings HL Gliders something behold spectators lined up along sides both gymnasiums take action Fortunately room temperature mild 80s real pleasure concentrate flying Cezar Banks won Novice yplane 710 Clarence Mather put up 1107 flight win Easy mes Novice Easy misnomers . try sometime Jeff Wittman respectable 413 seconds Junior HL Glider expert Phedon Tsiknopoulos won Open 66 seconds Night Gas event verge being blown out wind picked up about 330 afternoon blew dust over suddenly stopped 830 pm almost dark first flight got off 845 drift 5mm flight being less mile pro gressively calmed throughout night perfect Night Flying time counted over 150 spec tators field clustered around lanterns used dozen con testants Most awe-struck watched large Class D models tiny flashlight bulb green chem lite strapped landing gear roar off VTO cloud dust up away star-studded night could hear exclaim never expected see again Meanwhile timers watched circling light 5mm max Its easy inexperienced spectator get confused watch star instead models light Larry Babcock maxed-out Class D model itching flyoff Steve Beebe short-fused D model settle second place behind Larry Too bad model capable eight minutes air could have witnessed real marathon between two ultimate spectator appeal Scale model Its amazing Scale modelers able duplicate full-size airplane model form flies well realistically spectators de lighted watch Don Srull win Peanut Scale Voisin Clarence Mathers winning V-Witt Indoor Scale larger Rubber Scale Fairchild PT-19 built Dick Seifried Frank Godels Sr Piet enpol Gas Scale winner seasoned FF duration-event modelers go bananas watch events being flown walk away shaking heads mum bling themselves about someday going build Scale model favorite full-size airplanes sought-after achievement Scale modelers win Ray Begrens Perpetual Jumbo Rubber Scale Trophy trophy awarded annually during Eighties promote competitive Flying Scale models everincreasing quality subject selection fi delity construction workmanship flight 10-year competition also perpetuate sportsmanship camarad erie Loren Williams won coveted trophy year biplane replica 1916 Rumpler 6B-l seaplane gen uinely superb construction workman ship flight touch down landings spectacular floats gently contacted ground truly deserved win Nonetheless compe tition fierce next year should monthly publication covering International RC Soaring Scene $1 6/yr US Canada & Mexico $24/yr elsewhere via airmail Post Office Box 269 Peterborough NH 03458 GONTIOLINI TINKS PROFILECOMBA rRA T WIDE & NARROW WEDGE 15 -- 6 oz Capacities UNIFLOW & TINDD Custom NinA Vials Ingredients detailed brochwe50C stamps/check oni CAROLINA-TAFFINDER 8345 Delhi Road Charleston Hgts. SC 29418 803-553-7169 PEANUT SCALE MODELS Kits $595 zEROMILES M18 PIETENPOL DRUINE PIPER CUB COUGAR VANDRESON GIPSY MOTH MUSTANGLACEY M-1O GANAGOBIE jjjjr Powered PRAIRIE BIRD 4 $595 SPORT MODELS BABY ACE$649 ONE NITE 286695 ONE NITE 16$595 STRINGLESS$495 PECK ROG$195 RADIO ULIMPS CONTROLLED II and IS FOOT LONGKITS OR READY TO FLY NOW IN THREE COLORS GRAY ORANGE YELLOW LOW PRICES CATALX No 25 442-4638 wes PHONE 18191 69-8675 LA MESA CA 92041 d 144 Model Aviation rules specify increase minimum wingspan 4 monoplanes 2 biplane changes should produce some very interesting com petitive models Champs would possible dedicated Free Flight modelers family members others running show list people involved staging extravaganza impressive However three people deserve special mention Con test Director Bill Stroman two youthful assistants teenagers Kim Cynde Waddell Never history event has threesome did much little confusion much enthusiasm willingness help difficult find words adequately describe untiing efforts great appreciation expressed fliers remarkable performance attended 15th Annual US Free Flight Championships can proud have part extra ordinary competition Congratulations winners flew didnt win trophy yours opportunity reflect redirect thoughts efforts improveand accept chal lenge compete next year challenge worthy time effort meantime think Free Flight Hawker Hunter/Schrader Continued page 67 Cut fuselage 3/16 sheet balsa cut out section wing will go vertical stabilizer cut 3/16 sheet balsa glued fuselage firewall made ood epoxied place 3/16 balsa sup port braces Cut horizontal stabilizer elevator 1/16 sheet balsa Cut out slot vertical stabilizer glue horizontal stabilizer place attaching elevator stab cloth hinges other method prefer Glue 1/16 ply wood horn onto elevator Sand edges fuselage vertical stabilizer horizontal stabilizer elevator Install wing position glue epoxy used liberally Cut out notch Styrofoam t balsa platform epoxy ply bellcrank mount place Glue line guide can made 1/16 balsa styrene plastic Add eight outboard wing tip helps prevent model rolling toward inside flying circle Finishing Brush coat clear dope onto fuselage balsa tail surfaces allow dope touch Styro foam Let clear dope dry 24 hours before applying color model shown pictures finished Swiss Air Force colors gray undersides dark green dark gray top can spray color thats best can put athinner coat keep weight down however brushing did okay used Aero gloss polyurethane paint two coats fuselage wing cockpit area model masked off painted light blue Swiss Air Force insignia white crosses red circles cut MonoKote Trim sheets finishing complete install bellcrank bend pushrod wire fit gives equal amount up down elevator movement Mount en gine wood screws balance point plan indicates full fuel tank forward limit center gravity CG range rearward limit bellcrank mount ing screw Within range balance ward maximum stability rearward maximum maneuverability Balance model holding fuselage between two fingers balance point correctly balanced model will sit level / 4 L LET 30 ANYTIfAE MDW GEORGE September 1985 145 uccess N Soarin Tantrum ue radio controlled folding wing sailplane Computer aided aerodynamic design Easy assembly entional fblding wings Folding wings maximum launch Hand launch high start slope soar Tantrum very light weight sophisticated sailplane 42 wingspan can easily built two ways entional sailplane unique folding wing hinged polyhedraljoints experienced Hard hand launching does stress frame produce looping height trajectory outboard panels released upon command converting high performance sailplane Tantrum requires 2-channel radio standard servos receiver 100 mah battery pack deluxe kit includes hardware full sized plans complete building instructions parts machine cut precise fitList Price $3495 Ground Models Inc 606C W Anthony Drive Urbana Illinois 61801 21 7J 367-7070 Distributor inquiries invited
Edition: Model Aviation - 1985/09
Page Numbers: 62, 63, 64, 138, 140, 141, 144, 145
the presense humongous thermals event flown night under star-studded skies Indoor events flown two Left Wakefield flyoff 600 am Joe Foster eventual winner gets off first Bob Piserchia far right starts timing Carl Hermes waits time George Batiuk seen stiii winding whiie John Lenderman binocuiars ready waits Tom Cashman hook up prop Right team set Class Eiectric PP national record L-R Martyn Cowiey Bialne Beron-Rawdon wife Debbie Bill Watson Model Starduster X modified take motors battery pack Debbies trusty Taco bike used chase 13 maxes Hats worn Blame Debbie came Australia wheretheywereteam managers forthe US F3B RC Soaring Team Left The Flying British Paul Masterman holds Laurie Barrs Muivihill stuffs rubber holding prop pin mouth Wife Betty stands prop winder Laurie placed second 2039 seconds flight model 120 motor run 115 glide circle Right Terry Thorkiidsens Nostalgia-class Top Banana carbon-fiber-reinforced pylon designed J Jackson Thorkildsen Jackson teenage friends during Fifties both now members Utah State Aeromodelers Thor kildsen placed third 1/2A five maxes overrun also won Payload own design former AMA record holder 62 Model Aviation UM & FF Championships leading edge Free Flight competition. best des cribes classic event held year Taft CA human race has prospered competition ever since wheel proved better way getting ahead Free Flight modelers thrive competition U Ralph Prey THE 15TH RUNNING annual three days flying sunrise midcontest competition-oriented ex- night Some events flown pre travagauza 42 events concentrated sunrise dead air others during midday Left Ed Tschernoschas original design model carrying siano made OT y2-lfl eieciricai conaui ana snocK-cord-mounted Honda Model rides saddle like baby allowing Ed full use both hands steer Right 545 am assembly contestants Six-Minute Club Standing L-R J Quinn R Piserchio S Beebe R Rohrke R White Kneeling L-R B Gibbons R Siefried Al Uim still out chasing member Six-Minute Club date R Plserchiono easy feat thermals arent around huge gymnasiums air still detectable air movement contestants stealthily moving about launch retrieve model Over 300 contestants made annual Memorial Day Weekend safari arid vastness Taft CA known Mecca Free Flight regulars out state contests drawing power due wide selection events plus always-extraordinary competition proving ground modeler model past years US FF World Champs teams have held dress rehearsals Champs . razors edge year Old-Timer modelers en masse compete prepare SAM Champs June Madera CA new contestant summed up Champs very aptly after seeing dozen former current FF WC team members numerous other oft-photographed fliers remarked Ive seen pictures fliers read about Model Left Original pusher flying wing P-30 design Barnaby Wainfan Thing front prop dethermalizer activated position Sheet balsa fuselage rolled over high-tech broomstick wrapped old pair wifes pantyhose Note wings sharp leading edge reflexed trailing edge Right Mike Myers Porlock Puffin 1937 design Col Bowden 60-in wingspan 71/2 dihedral side Powered Mills 13cc 078 cu diesel Mike says itwantsto loop Culprit lots wing Incidence Left Driftwood original asymmetrical HL Glider early 70s Steve Geraghty NASAsponsored event Has carbon-fiber tail boom fuse-actuated swinging nose weight dethermalizer Right Loren Williams classic 1932 Gordon Light Wakefield replica heflew Old-Timer RubberCabin Wrapped bamboo landing gearand star-decorated wheels give ita unique personality Beautiful model September 1985 63 Above Loren Williams trophy-winning Jumbo Rubber Scale i9i6 Rumpier 6B-1 rests magnificently after perfect dawn patrol flight Rules allowed landing gear length increased 15% prop clearance 8% added rudder area has adjust able ailerons right wing washed-out help climbing left turn Right Loren confidently launches Rumpier early morning skies Model stole show Authors retrieving-aid beeper Class D model uses Radio Shack speaker glued beneath hatch cover powered two 1 2V batteries series speaker operates 2 24V Circuit board showcase burglar alarm Unit triggered microswitch line DT wire side fuselage Total weight approx 1 oz Beeps audible up 400 ft away Leveron fuselage side isthe thumb startforthe Seelig timer Steve Beebe Open Sweepstakes winner uses adjustable drag tab left wing panel Playboy fine-tune glide circle Moving tab Inboard Bin increased glide circle 31 35 sec Removing clay tab can see stain re suited little change glide circle time Aviation magazine Its like Model Aviation come alive Competition keystone past US Free Flight Championships no doubt will future positive spin-offs Ive attended 15 Champs have seen spin-offs become reality benefit both individual modeler collective Free Flight community thought mind Id like highlight several significant spin-offs conjunction report goings-on names some winners year arrived site three days before first official flight greeted Northern California Rubber fliers host Laurie Barr wife Betty Great Britain Laurie British World Champs team member eight consecutive years either Wakefield Nordic Power two-time organizer Indoor World Champs busy checking out Mulvihill Wakefield Continued page 138 64 Model Aviation .3iknopouious built indoor IlL iIider using carbon-tiber spars inlaid sheet balsa wing Laminated carbon fiberaiso used forthefuselage Model won first place Dark gray line Ia-chord glue seam between two balsa sheets forming wing Very stiff lightweight construction Phedon holds theAMA Cat All-Wood H LOuder record OTS TS RIOR TS T THE MOST SUPERIOR PILOT FIGURE ON THE MARKET LIGHTEST WEIGHT MOST REALISTIC AVAILABLE GIVE YOUR PLANE PILOT FOR YOUR NEWEST OLDEST OR NEXT CREATION R YOURS TOOAYI FULL FIGURES CIVILIANWWII MILITARY 1/3 Scale $19951/5 Navy$1395 1/4 Scale14951/6AAF1195 1/5 Scale1295 Plus 1/12 Scale895 $250 shipping 1/12 Chopper 895each figure KNIGHTS OF THE AIR 7148 Lasting Light Way Columbia MD 21045 301-730-5596 ago present RC Assist compo nent Old-Timers its infancy hew cry RC no place Old-Timer movement made few derogatory remarks myself although still compete Free Flight OldTimer have played around RC OldTimer sport flying Free Flight RC has proven compatible SAM Champs well other events around coun try Indeed us encountering more difficulty locating suitable Free Flight sites being able fly model back its takeoff point becom ing attractive concept recently received letter file information concerning RC Assist modern Free Flight Duration models Glenn Gresens 10224 Kenlee Dr Baton Rouge LA 70819 Old-Timer column am aware out also compete modern FF events Glenn trying rally support RC Duration saving grace loss-of-flying-sites problem RC Duration would basically allow control model during power phase include engine shut-down transition transmitter would handed timer till contestant wishes terminate official flight time return model launch site radio control problems overcome sure sample rules have drafted some name brand Free Flighters have expressed interest American Aircraft Modeler ran arti cle avid Free Flighter Dick Mathis July 1972 Dicks research experimen tation identified new problems provided some solutions well possibility new exciting designs endless Other name brand Free Flight ers adamantly opposed RC Dura tion should understood advocates new event pro posing c/range existing events rather provide alternative Northwest still have few good Free Flight sites left doubt yours truly will building RC Duration model However modeling activity good activity have few enough aeromodelers dis couraging creation new con cepts us have maintained strong interest pure Free Flight cur rently benefiting products advances art brought about other Free Flight phases hob owe model airplanes sup port forms model flying brief dissertation has sparked interest possibilities RC Duration would encourage write Glenn address given above Compression ignition SAM Speaks official publication Society An tique Modelers recently published 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electric starter Nordic Glider fliers dutifully doing stretch exercises AMA Gas fliers sipped coffee delib erating over lift drift Wakefield model Theres just no way could sleepin activity going Watching metamorphosis take place model pieces stacked travel box assembled model actual flight competition obvious competi tion has influenced state-of-the-art Free Flight models particular FAI-rule models have forefront see innovative devices such electronic tim ers actuating dethermalizers Nordics ingenious mechanisms operating flight functions enhance climb altitude Power models ie bunt wing wiggler never-ending combination springs levers bent wires melding device allows Nordic flier option standing spot controlling Glider circling gracefully over head before releasing Wakefield unique fixtures control torque rubber motor achieve steady high angle efficient climb attitude either variable-pitch propeller movable flight surfaces other advancements state-of-the-art have increased perform ance 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Ocie Randall Trophy Booth brothers Channing Cam eron spurred dad other friends won first second respectively Junior P-30 Mindy Staires Senior age class girl contestant showed true grit helping dad fly AMA Gas events including favorite Night Gas As go-for girl faithfully did chores including chasing flights night Honda wheelchair no handicap comes VTOing huge scaled-up 1300 sq Starduster Mindy brings back solo make impressive competition team often winners circle crowning example teamwork game plan used set new AMA record Class Electrics team comprised contestant Blame Beron Rawdon wife Debbie dad Tony Beron friends Martyn Cowley Bill Watson put together string 13 3-mi maxes final flight 104 total record time 4004 last extra ordinary flight ended 645 pm team something special de serves further mention Debbie Martyn co-workers building testing famous Solar Challenger aircraft Bill built reknown 40-ft man-powered blimp featured magazine few months ago also made RC pterodactyl used movie War Games Blaine aircraft configu ration engineer McDonnell-Douglas Tony director same com pany Theres no lack aeronautical talent team Watching action impressive just thought mind goal being Class Electrics national record challenge relished Collectively prepared Starduster X icing motor battery fore flight expertly picking rising air max bottom line compe tition breeds teamwork teamwork breeds excellence Martyn also won first Outdoor HL Glider 670 sec Competition motivates stimulates encourages others action exam ple Nostalgia class initially flown US FF Champs few entries doomsayers predicted Ram Rods would dominate event kil ling year least two dozen models flown three events Ram Rods passed over winning Lucky Lindys Sandy Hogans scaled-up Top Bananas T-Birds like Bob Sunbergs racked up 12 5-mm mazes win Nostalgia went win third Gas behind Paul Funks first-place time 3550 Dan Kee gan flew Sandy Hogan four mazes win C/I Nostalgia authors Lucky Lindy maxed-out A/B real life Nostalgia 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complete hardware package full-size rolled plans detailed instruction bookiet US FF Champs/Prey Continued page 141 1431 Old-Time Pylon Cliff Silva first 1500 C Old-Time Pylon Tom Keppler won 1322 B Old-Time Cabin Bruce Chandler 1244 OldTime Rubber Cabin Al Richardson first 1349 Dont misled thinking Old-Timers arent capable high times Check out Sal Taibis first Texaco 3 629 Bob Dittmers winning 3 135 Texaco As competitive sport spec tators role essential ingredient years Champs huge success spectators Indoor events always big thing watching fragile Easy B Pennyplane models flirt girders Scale models duplicating counterparts takeoffs sometimesnot-so-good landings arent missed almost-see-through-sanded wings HL Gliders something behold spectators lined up along sides both gymnasiums take action Fortunately room temperature mild 80s real pleasure concentrate flying Cezar Banks won Novice yplane 710 Clarence Mather put up 1107 flight win Easy mes Novice Easy misnomers . try sometime Jeff Wittman respectable 413 seconds Junior HL Glider expert Phedon Tsiknopoulos won Open 66 seconds Night Gas event verge being blown out wind picked up about 330 afternoon blew dust over suddenly stopped 830 pm almost dark first flight got off 845 drift 5mm flight being less mile pro gressively calmed throughout night perfect Night Flying time counted over 150 spec tators field clustered around lanterns used dozen con testants Most awe-struck watched large Class D models tiny flashlight bulb green chem lite strapped landing gear roar off VTO cloud dust up away star-studded night could hear exclaim never expected see again Meanwhile timers watched circling light 5mm max Its easy inexperienced spectator get confused watch star instead models light Larry Babcock maxed-out Class D model itching flyoff Steve Beebe short-fused D model settle second place behind Larry Too bad model capable eight minutes air could have witnessed real marathon between two ultimate spectator appeal Scale model Its amazing Scale modelers able duplicate full-size airplane model form flies well realistically spectators de lighted watch Don Srull win Peanut Scale Voisin Clarence Mathers winning V-Witt Indoor Scale larger Rubber Scale Fairchild PT-19 built Dick Seifried Frank Godels Sr Piet enpol Gas Scale winner seasoned FF duration-event modelers go bananas watch events being flown walk away shaking heads mum bling themselves about someday going build Scale model favorite full-size airplanes sought-after achievement Scale modelers win Ray Begrens Perpetual Jumbo Rubber Scale Trophy trophy awarded annually during Eighties promote competitive Flying Scale models everincreasing quality subject selection fi delity construction workmanship flight 10-year competition also perpetuate sportsmanship camarad erie Loren Williams won coveted trophy year biplane replica 1916 Rumpler 6B-l seaplane gen uinely superb construction workman ship flight touch down landings spectacular floats gently contacted ground truly deserved win Nonetheless compe tition fierce next year should monthly publication covering International RC Soaring Scene $1 6/yr US Canada & Mexico $24/yr elsewhere via airmail Post Office Box 269 Peterborough NH 03458 GONTIOLINI TINKS PROFILECOMBA rRA T WIDE & NARROW WEDGE 15 -- 6 oz Capacities UNIFLOW & TINDD Custom NinA Vials Ingredients detailed brochwe50C stamps/check oni CAROLINA-TAFFINDER 8345 Delhi Road Charleston Hgts. SC 29418 803-553-7169 PEANUT SCALE MODELS Kits $595 zEROMILES M18 PIETENPOL DRUINE PIPER CUB COUGAR VANDRESON GIPSY MOTH MUSTANGLACEY M-1O GANAGOBIE jjjjr Powered PRAIRIE BIRD 4 $595 SPORT MODELS BABY ACE$649 ONE NITE 286695 ONE NITE 16$595 STRINGLESS$495 PECK ROG$195 RADIO ULIMPS CONTROLLED II and IS FOOT LONGKITS OR READY TO FLY NOW IN THREE COLORS GRAY ORANGE YELLOW LOW PRICES CATALX No 25 442-4638 wes PHONE 18191 69-8675 LA MESA CA 92041 d 144 Model Aviation rules specify increase minimum wingspan 4 monoplanes 2 biplane changes should produce some very interesting com petitive models Champs would possible dedicated Free Flight modelers family members others running show list people involved staging extravaganza impressive However three people deserve special mention Con test Director Bill Stroman two youthful assistants teenagers Kim Cynde Waddell Never history event has threesome did much little confusion much enthusiasm willingness help difficult find words adequately describe untiing efforts great appreciation expressed fliers remarkable performance attended 15th Annual US Free Flight Championships can proud have part extra ordinary competition Congratulations winners flew didnt win trophy yours opportunity reflect redirect thoughts efforts improveand accept chal lenge compete next year challenge worthy time effort meantime think Free Flight Hawker Hunter/Schrader Continued page 67 Cut fuselage 3/16 sheet balsa cut out section wing will go vertical stabilizer cut 3/16 sheet balsa glued fuselage firewall made ood epoxied place 3/16 balsa sup port braces Cut horizontal stabilizer elevator 1/16 sheet balsa Cut out slot vertical stabilizer glue horizontal stabilizer place attaching elevator stab cloth hinges other method prefer Glue 1/16 ply wood horn onto elevator Sand edges fuselage vertical stabilizer horizontal stabilizer elevator Install wing position glue epoxy used liberally Cut out notch Styrofoam t balsa platform epoxy ply bellcrank mount place Glue line guide can made 1/16 balsa styrene plastic Add eight outboard wing tip helps prevent model rolling toward inside flying circle Finishing Brush coat clear dope onto fuselage balsa tail surfaces allow dope touch Styro foam Let clear dope dry 24 hours before applying color model shown pictures finished Swiss Air Force colors gray undersides dark green dark gray top can spray color thats best can put athinner coat keep weight down however brushing did okay used Aero gloss polyurethane paint two coats fuselage wing cockpit area model masked off painted light blue Swiss Air Force insignia white crosses red circles cut MonoKote Trim sheets finishing complete install bellcrank bend pushrod wire fit gives equal amount up down elevator movement Mount en gine wood screws balance point plan indicates full fuel tank forward limit center gravity CG range rearward limit bellcrank mount ing screw Within range balance ward maximum stability rearward maximum maneuverability Balance model holding fuselage between two fingers balance point correctly balanced model will sit level / 4 L LET 30 ANYTIfAE MDW GEORGE September 1985 145 uccess N Soarin Tantrum ue radio controlled folding wing sailplane Computer aided aerodynamic design Easy assembly entional fblding wings Folding wings maximum launch Hand launch high start slope soar Tantrum very light weight sophisticated sailplane 42 wingspan can easily built two ways entional sailplane unique folding wing hinged polyhedraljoints experienced Hard hand launching does stress frame produce looping height trajectory outboard panels released upon command converting high performance sailplane Tantrum requires 2-channel radio standard servos receiver 100 mah battery pack deluxe kit includes hardware full sized plans complete building instructions parts machine cut precise fitList Price $3495 Ground Models Inc 606C W Anthony Drive Urbana Illinois 61801 21 7J 367-7070 Distributor inquiries invited
Edition: Model Aviation - 1985/09
Page Numbers: 62, 63, 64, 138, 140, 141, 144, 145
the presense humongous thermals event flown night under star-studded skies Indoor events flown two Left Wakefield flyoff 600 am Joe Foster eventual winner gets off first Bob Piserchia far right starts timing Carl Hermes waits time George Batiuk seen stiii winding whiie John Lenderman binocuiars ready waits Tom Cashman hook up prop Right team set Class Eiectric PP national record L-R Martyn Cowiey Bialne Beron-Rawdon wife Debbie Bill Watson Model Starduster X modified take motors battery pack Debbies trusty Taco bike used chase 13 maxes Hats worn Blame Debbie came Australia wheretheywereteam managers forthe US F3B RC Soaring Team Left The Flying British Paul Masterman holds Laurie Barrs Muivihill stuffs rubber holding prop pin mouth Wife Betty stands prop winder Laurie placed second 2039 seconds flight model 120 motor run 115 glide circle Right Terry Thorkiidsens Nostalgia-class Top Banana carbon-fiber-reinforced pylon designed J Jackson Thorkildsen Jackson teenage friends during Fifties both now members Utah State Aeromodelers Thor kildsen placed third 1/2A five maxes overrun also won Payload own design former AMA record holder 62 Model Aviation UM & FF Championships leading edge Free Flight competition. best des cribes classic event held year Taft CA human race has prospered competition ever since wheel proved better way getting ahead Free Flight modelers thrive competition U Ralph Prey THE 15TH RUNNING annual three days flying sunrise midcontest competition-oriented ex- night Some events flown pre travagauza 42 events concentrated sunrise dead air others during midday Left Ed Tschernoschas original design model carrying siano made OT y2-lfl eieciricai conaui ana snocK-cord-mounted Honda Model rides saddle like baby allowing Ed full use both hands steer Right 545 am assembly contestants Six-Minute Club Standing L-R J Quinn R Piserchio S Beebe R Rohrke R White Kneeling L-R B Gibbons R Siefried Al Uim still out chasing member Six-Minute Club date R Plserchiono easy feat thermals arent around huge gymnasiums air still detectable air movement contestants stealthily moving about launch retrieve model Over 300 contestants made annual Memorial Day Weekend safari arid vastness Taft CA known Mecca Free Flight regulars out state contests drawing power due wide selection events plus always-extraordinary competition proving ground modeler model past years US FF World Champs teams have held dress rehearsals Champs . razors edge year Old-Timer modelers en masse compete prepare SAM Champs June Madera CA new contestant summed up Champs very aptly after seeing dozen former current FF WC team members numerous other oft-photographed fliers remarked Ive seen pictures fliers read about Model Left Original pusher flying wing P-30 design Barnaby Wainfan Thing front prop dethermalizer activated position Sheet balsa fuselage rolled over high-tech broomstick wrapped old pair wifes pantyhose Note wings sharp leading edge reflexed trailing edge Right Mike Myers Porlock Puffin 1937 design Col Bowden 60-in wingspan 71/2 dihedral side Powered Mills 13cc 078 cu diesel Mike says itwantsto loop Culprit lots wing Incidence Left Driftwood original asymmetrical HL Glider early 70s Steve Geraghty NASAsponsored event Has carbon-fiber tail boom fuse-actuated swinging nose weight dethermalizer Right Loren Williams classic 1932 Gordon Light Wakefield replica heflew Old-Timer RubberCabin Wrapped bamboo landing gearand star-decorated wheels give ita unique personality Beautiful model September 1985 63 Above Loren Williams trophy-winning Jumbo Rubber Scale i9i6 Rumpier 6B-1 rests magnificently after perfect dawn patrol flight Rules allowed landing gear length increased 15% prop clearance 8% added rudder area has adjust able ailerons right wing washed-out help climbing left turn Right Loren confidently launches Rumpier early morning skies Model stole show Authors retrieving-aid beeper Class D model uses Radio Shack speaker glued beneath hatch cover powered two 1 2V batteries series speaker operates 2 24V Circuit board showcase burglar alarm Unit triggered microswitch line DT wire side fuselage Total weight approx 1 oz Beeps audible up 400 ft away Leveron fuselage side isthe thumb startforthe Seelig timer Steve Beebe Open Sweepstakes winner uses adjustable drag tab left wing panel Playboy fine-tune glide circle Moving tab Inboard Bin increased glide circle 31 35 sec Removing clay tab can see stain re suited little change glide circle time Aviation magazine Its like Model Aviation come alive Competition keystone past US Free Flight Championships no doubt will future positive spin-offs Ive attended 15 Champs have seen spin-offs become reality benefit both individual modeler collective Free Flight community thought mind Id like highlight several significant spin-offs conjunction report goings-on names some winners year arrived site three days before first official flight greeted Northern California Rubber fliers host Laurie Barr wife Betty Great Britain Laurie British World Champs team member eight consecutive years either Wakefield Nordic Power two-time organizer Indoor World Champs busy checking out Mulvihill Wakefield Continued page 138 64 Model Aviation .3iknopouious built indoor IlL iIider using carbon-tiber spars inlaid sheet balsa wing Laminated carbon fiberaiso used forthefuselage Model won first place Dark gray line Ia-chord glue seam between two balsa sheets forming wing Very stiff lightweight construction Phedon holds theAMA Cat All-Wood H LOuder record OTS TS RIOR TS T THE MOST SUPERIOR PILOT FIGURE ON THE MARKET LIGHTEST WEIGHT MOST REALISTIC AVAILABLE GIVE YOUR PLANE PILOT FOR YOUR NEWEST OLDEST OR NEXT CREATION R YOURS TOOAYI FULL FIGURES CIVILIANWWII MILITARY 1/3 Scale $19951/5 Navy$1395 1/4 Scale14951/6AAF1195 1/5 Scale1295 Plus 1/12 Scale895 $250 shipping 1/12 Chopper 895each figure KNIGHTS OF THE AIR 7148 Lasting Light Way Columbia MD 21045 301-730-5596 ago present RC Assist compo nent Old-Timers its infancy hew cry RC no place Old-Timer movement made few derogatory remarks myself although still compete Free Flight OldTimer have played around RC OldTimer sport flying Free Flight RC has proven compatible SAM Champs well other events around coun try Indeed us encountering more difficulty locating suitable Free Flight sites being able fly model back its takeoff point becom ing attractive concept recently received letter file information concerning RC Assist modern Free Flight Duration models Glenn Gresens 10224 Kenlee Dr Baton Rouge LA 70819 Old-Timer column am aware out also compete modern FF events Glenn trying rally support RC Duration saving grace loss-of-flying-sites problem RC Duration would basically allow control model during power phase include engine shut-down transition transmitter would handed timer till contestant wishes terminate official flight time return model launch site radio control problems overcome sure sample rules have drafted some name brand Free Flighters have expressed interest American Aircraft Modeler ran arti cle avid Free Flighter Dick Mathis July 1972 Dicks research experimen tation identified new problems provided some solutions well possibility new exciting designs endless Other name brand Free Flight ers adamantly opposed RC Dura tion should understood advocates new event pro posing c/range existing events rather provide alternative Northwest still have few good Free Flight sites left doubt yours truly will building RC Duration model However modeling activity good activity have few enough aeromodelers dis couraging creation new con cepts us have maintained strong interest pure Free Flight cur rently benefiting products advances art brought about other Free Flight phases hob owe model airplanes sup port forms model flying brief dissertation has sparked interest possibilities RC Duration would encourage write Glenn address given above Compression ignition SAM Speaks official publication Society An tique Modelers recently published 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electric starter Nordic Glider fliers dutifully doing stretch exercises AMA Gas fliers sipped coffee delib erating over lift drift Wakefield model Theres just no way could sleepin activity going Watching metamorphosis take place model pieces stacked travel box assembled model actual flight competition obvious competi tion has influenced state-of-the-art Free Flight models particular FAI-rule models have forefront see innovative devices such electronic tim ers actuating dethermalizers Nordics ingenious mechanisms operating flight functions enhance climb altitude Power models ie bunt wing wiggler never-ending combination springs levers bent wires melding device allows Nordic flier option standing spot controlling Glider circling gracefully over head before releasing Wakefield unique fixtures control torque rubber motor achieve steady high angle efficient climb attitude either variable-pitch propeller movable flight surfaces other advancements state-of-the-art have increased perform ance 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Ocie Randall Trophy Booth brothers Channing Cam eron spurred dad other friends won first second respectively Junior P-30 Mindy Staires Senior age class girl contestant showed true grit helping dad fly AMA Gas events including favorite Night Gas As go-for girl faithfully did chores including chasing flights night Honda wheelchair no handicap comes VTOing huge scaled-up 1300 sq Starduster Mindy brings back solo make impressive competition team often winners circle crowning example teamwork game plan used set new AMA record Class Electrics team comprised contestant Blame Beron Rawdon wife Debbie dad Tony Beron friends Martyn Cowley Bill Watson put together string 13 3-mi maxes final flight 104 total record time 4004 last extra ordinary flight ended 645 pm team something special de serves further mention Debbie Martyn co-workers building testing famous Solar Challenger aircraft Bill built reknown 40-ft man-powered blimp featured magazine few months ago also made RC pterodactyl used movie War Games Blaine aircraft configu ration engineer McDonnell-Douglas Tony director same com pany Theres no lack aeronautical talent team Watching action impressive just thought mind goal being Class Electrics national record challenge relished Collectively prepared Starduster X icing motor battery fore flight expertly picking rising air max bottom line compe tition breeds teamwork teamwork breeds excellence Martyn also won first Outdoor HL Glider 670 sec Competition motivates stimulates encourages others action exam ple Nostalgia class initially flown US FF Champs few entries doomsayers predicted Ram Rods would dominate event kil ling year least two dozen models flown three events Ram Rods passed over winning Lucky Lindys Sandy Hogans scaled-up Top Bananas T-Birds like Bob Sunbergs racked up 12 5-mm mazes win Nostalgia went win third Gas behind Paul Funks first-place time 3550 Dan Kee gan flew Sandy Hogan four mazes win C/I Nostalgia authors Lucky Lindy maxed-out A/B real life Nostalgia 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the presense humongous thermals event flown night under star-studded skies Indoor events flown two Left Wakefield flyoff 600 am Joe Foster eventual winner gets off first Bob Piserchia far right starts timing Carl Hermes waits time George Batiuk seen stiii winding whiie John Lenderman binocuiars ready waits Tom Cashman hook up prop Right team set Class Eiectric PP national record L-R Martyn Cowiey Bialne Beron-Rawdon wife Debbie Bill Watson Model Starduster X modified take motors battery pack Debbies trusty Taco bike used chase 13 maxes Hats worn Blame Debbie came Australia wheretheywereteam managers forthe US F3B RC Soaring Team Left The Flying British Paul Masterman holds Laurie Barrs Muivihill stuffs rubber holding prop pin mouth Wife Betty stands prop winder Laurie placed second 2039 seconds flight model 120 motor run 115 glide circle Right Terry Thorkiidsens Nostalgia-class Top Banana carbon-fiber-reinforced pylon designed J Jackson Thorkildsen Jackson teenage friends during Fifties both now members Utah State Aeromodelers Thor kildsen placed third 1/2A five maxes overrun also won Payload own design former AMA record holder 62 Model Aviation UM & FF Championships leading edge Free Flight competition. best des cribes classic event held year Taft CA human race has prospered competition ever since wheel proved better way getting ahead Free Flight modelers thrive competition U Ralph Prey THE 15TH RUNNING annual three days flying sunrise midcontest competition-oriented ex- night Some events flown pre travagauza 42 events concentrated sunrise dead air others during midday Left Ed Tschernoschas original design model carrying siano made OT y2-lfl eieciricai conaui ana snocK-cord-mounted Honda Model rides saddle like baby allowing Ed full use both hands steer Right 545 am assembly contestants Six-Minute Club Standing L-R J Quinn R Piserchio S Beebe R Rohrke R White Kneeling L-R B Gibbons R Siefried Al Uim still out chasing member Six-Minute Club date R Plserchiono easy feat thermals arent around huge gymnasiums air still detectable air movement contestants stealthily moving about launch retrieve model Over 300 contestants made annual Memorial Day Weekend safari arid vastness Taft CA known Mecca Free Flight regulars out state contests drawing power due wide selection events plus always-extraordinary competition proving ground modeler model past years US FF World Champs teams have held dress rehearsals Champs . razors edge year Old-Timer modelers en masse compete prepare SAM Champs June Madera CA new contestant summed up Champs very aptly after seeing dozen former current FF WC team members numerous other oft-photographed fliers remarked Ive seen pictures fliers read about Model Left Original pusher flying wing P-30 design Barnaby Wainfan Thing front prop dethermalizer activated position Sheet balsa fuselage rolled over high-tech broomstick wrapped old pair wifes pantyhose Note wings sharp leading edge reflexed trailing edge Right Mike Myers Porlock Puffin 1937 design Col Bowden 60-in wingspan 71/2 dihedral side Powered Mills 13cc 078 cu diesel Mike says itwantsto loop Culprit lots wing Incidence Left Driftwood original asymmetrical HL Glider early 70s Steve Geraghty NASAsponsored event Has carbon-fiber tail boom fuse-actuated swinging nose weight dethermalizer Right Loren Williams classic 1932 Gordon Light Wakefield replica heflew Old-Timer RubberCabin Wrapped bamboo landing gearand star-decorated wheels give ita unique personality Beautiful model September 1985 63 Above Loren Williams trophy-winning Jumbo Rubber Scale i9i6 Rumpier 6B-1 rests magnificently after perfect dawn patrol flight Rules allowed landing gear length increased 15% prop clearance 8% added rudder area has adjust able ailerons right wing washed-out help climbing left turn Right Loren confidently launches Rumpier early morning skies Model stole show Authors retrieving-aid beeper Class D model uses Radio Shack speaker glued beneath hatch cover powered two 1 2V batteries series speaker operates 2 24V Circuit board showcase burglar alarm Unit triggered microswitch line DT wire side fuselage Total weight approx 1 oz Beeps audible up 400 ft away Leveron fuselage side isthe thumb startforthe Seelig timer Steve Beebe Open Sweepstakes winner uses adjustable drag tab left wing panel Playboy fine-tune glide circle Moving tab Inboard Bin increased glide circle 31 35 sec Removing clay tab can see stain re suited little change glide circle time Aviation magazine Its like Model Aviation come alive Competition keystone past US Free Flight Championships no doubt will future positive spin-offs Ive attended 15 Champs have seen spin-offs become reality benefit both individual modeler collective Free Flight community thought mind Id like highlight several significant spin-offs conjunction report goings-on names some winners year arrived site three days before first official flight greeted Northern California Rubber fliers host Laurie Barr wife Betty Great Britain Laurie British World Champs team member eight consecutive years either Wakefield Nordic Power two-time organizer Indoor World Champs busy checking out Mulvihill Wakefield Continued page 138 64 Model Aviation .3iknopouious built indoor IlL iIider using carbon-tiber spars inlaid sheet balsa wing Laminated carbon fiberaiso used forthefuselage Model won first place Dark gray line Ia-chord glue seam between two balsa sheets forming wing Very stiff lightweight construction Phedon holds theAMA Cat All-Wood H LOuder record OTS TS RIOR TS T THE MOST SUPERIOR PILOT FIGURE ON THE MARKET LIGHTEST WEIGHT MOST REALISTIC AVAILABLE GIVE YOUR PLANE PILOT FOR YOUR NEWEST OLDEST OR NEXT CREATION R YOURS TOOAYI FULL FIGURES CIVILIANWWII MILITARY 1/3 Scale $19951/5 Navy$1395 1/4 Scale14951/6AAF1195 1/5 Scale1295 Plus 1/12 Scale895 $250 shipping 1/12 Chopper 895each figure KNIGHTS OF THE AIR 7148 Lasting Light Way Columbia MD 21045 301-730-5596 ago present RC Assist compo nent Old-Timers its infancy hew cry RC no place Old-Timer movement made few derogatory remarks myself although still compete Free Flight OldTimer have played around RC OldTimer sport flying Free Flight RC has proven compatible SAM Champs well other events around coun try Indeed us encountering more difficulty locating suitable Free Flight sites being able fly model back its takeoff point becom ing attractive concept recently received letter file information concerning RC Assist modern Free Flight Duration models Glenn Gresens 10224 Kenlee Dr Baton Rouge LA 70819 Old-Timer column am aware out also compete modern FF events Glenn trying rally support RC Duration saving grace loss-of-flying-sites problem RC Duration would basically allow control model during power phase include engine shut-down transition transmitter would handed timer till contestant wishes terminate official flight time return model launch site radio control problems overcome sure sample rules have drafted some name brand Free Flighters have expressed interest American Aircraft Modeler ran arti cle avid Free Flighter Dick Mathis July 1972 Dicks research experimen tation identified new problems provided some solutions well possibility new exciting designs endless Other name brand Free Flight ers adamantly opposed RC Dura tion should understood advocates new event pro posing c/range existing events rather provide alternative Northwest still have few good Free Flight sites left doubt yours truly will building RC Duration model However modeling activity good activity have few enough aeromodelers dis couraging creation new con cepts us have maintained strong interest pure Free Flight cur rently benefiting products advances art brought about other Free Flight phases hob owe model airplanes sup port forms model flying brief dissertation has sparked interest possibilities RC Duration would encourage write Glenn address given above Compression ignition SAM Speaks official publication Society An tique Modelers recently published list legal diesel engines Old-Timer use Interestingly enough foreign manufacture Diesel just hasnt enjoyed popularity US has elsewhere us have tried diesel Perhaps intimidat ed different adjustments ie com pression required diesels own experience OK cub 049 diesel Curtiss Robin has enlightening experience range speed control via adjustments wide variety usable propeller sizes very usable additional characteristics Scale model find can use 9-4 prop turning much lower rpm thus attain scalelike performance ever could typical glow 049 Fuel economy another advantage Duration events try available diesels next Old-Timer Scale model Youll store new experiences Clarence Haught 3226 Honeysuckle Dr Coeur dAlene ID 83814 US FF Champs/Prey Continued page 64 models other flying guest Paul Masterman also Great Britain regular Taft Sacramento FAI International meets During next two days fliers arrived IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT NEW RA SOS$19995 New Qoodro 35 CDI$10995 Reg Onodra 35 $9995 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electric starter Nordic Glider fliers dutifully doing stretch exercises AMA Gas fliers sipped coffee delib erating over lift drift Wakefield model Theres just no way could sleepin activity going Watching metamorphosis take place model pieces stacked travel box assembled model actual flight competition obvious competi tion has influenced state-of-the-art Free Flight models particular FAI-rule models have forefront see innovative devices such electronic tim ers actuating dethermalizers Nordics ingenious mechanisms operating flight functions enhance climb altitude Power models ie bunt wing wiggler never-ending combination springs levers bent wires melding device allows Nordic flier option standing spot controlling Glider circling gracefully over head before releasing Wakefield unique fixtures control torque rubber motor achieve steady high angle efficient climb attitude either variable-pitch propeller movable flight surfaces other advancements state-of-the-art have increased perform ance 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Ocie Randall Trophy Booth brothers Channing Cam eron spurred dad other friends won first second respectively Junior P-30 Mindy Staires Senior age class girl contestant showed true grit helping dad fly AMA Gas events including favorite Night Gas As go-for girl faithfully did chores including chasing flights night Honda wheelchair no handicap comes VTOing huge scaled-up 1300 sq Starduster Mindy brings back solo make impressive competition team often winners circle crowning example teamwork game plan used set new AMA record Class Electrics team comprised contestant Blame Beron Rawdon wife Debbie dad Tony Beron friends Martyn Cowley Bill Watson put together string 13 3-mi maxes final flight 104 total record time 4004 last extra ordinary flight ended 645 pm team something special de serves further mention Debbie Martyn co-workers building testing famous Solar Challenger aircraft Bill built reknown 40-ft man-powered blimp featured magazine few months ago also made RC pterodactyl used movie War Games Blaine aircraft configu ration engineer McDonnell-Douglas Tony director same com pany Theres no lack aeronautical talent team Watching action impressive just thought mind goal being Class Electrics national record challenge relished Collectively prepared Starduster X icing motor battery fore flight expertly picking rising air max bottom line compe tition breeds teamwork teamwork breeds excellence Martyn also won first Outdoor HL Glider 670 sec Competition motivates stimulates encourages others action exam ple Nostalgia class initially flown US FF Champs few entries doomsayers predicted Ram Rods would dominate event kil ling year least two dozen models flown three events Ram Rods passed over winning Lucky Lindys Sandy Hogans scaled-up Top Bananas T-Birds like Bob Sunbergs racked up 12 5-mm mazes win Nostalgia went win third Gas behind Paul Funks first-place time 3550 Dan Kee gan flew Sandy Hogan four mazes win C/I Nostalgia authors Lucky Lindy maxed-out A/B real life Nostalgia 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