4JAPAN vs USA FiD Postal Contest provides great Uortunity Indoor fliers engage world-class competition adily available local flying sites erved official timer Japanese team 19Indoor World Championships Johnson City Tennessee capacity good fortune meet two leaders Indoor modeling world Englands Mike Colling Japans Shigeyoshi Nonaka challenged Mike Colling MiniStick postal contest between club local Indoor group Mike turned proposal interclub MiniStick postal great International MiniStick Postal Contest forwarded copy rules Mr Nonaka along Mikes invitation participate postal contest liked idea organized team 14 MiniStick fliers excellent participation Japanese fliers assured success MiniStick Postal international event happy collaboration behind us exchanged letters Mr Nonaka about idea running Japan vs United States FiD FAI Stick postal contest agreed following simple set rules Three-man teams FlD models flown six rounds per FAI rules over two flying days Category eight-meter ceiling flying sites No fudge factor best time wins Editors Note fudge factor often used Indoor postal contests allow ceiling-height differences Higher-ceiling sites yield better timesat least theoryso fudge factor normalizes flight times No fudge factor used because ceiling heights similar first contest 1991 country team s team consisted Hideyo Enomoto team captain igeyoshi Nonaka Hideharu Odagiri US team members Dan Belieff Phillip Randy Kleinert team ptain Tom Vallee paper Japanese team very strong Enomoto Nonaka top fliers Japanese FM team Odagiri former team member Richard Doig assured team did have chance cited strength Nonaka Enomoto well fact Enomoto former Category FM world record holder very strong type flying responded Richard should sell us short adding also former Category world record holder 1975-1980 U Tom Vallee Above A sampling Japanese Fl D fliers includes back row left right Tokyo team members Enomoto Nonaka Ohota Front row Kinoshita Kawasaki team Contest Director Motegi Harada Kawasaki Tamai Sugi Left Strength Japanese Fl D modeling shown group photo Kawasaki left right Fukui Sugi Nonaka Harada Kihara Kinoshita Motegi Tanaka Elimination contests held pick three Japanese teams July1993 33 What began informal challenge has developed important Indoor contest Dan Belieff good form too felt good chance Ironically Hideyo Enomoto broke world record early 1981 Privately agreed Rich probably right relatively inactive FiD about eight years still trying get back form Dan Belieff flying well Randy Kleinert new FiD competitionthis first major contest felt might have outside chance did very best other side problems As luck would have scored personal bests contest won handily Japanese problems totally unexpected contest USA team ideal air conditions ig sitethe NASA Auditorium Goddard Space Flight nter Greenbelt Maryland Indoor flying auditorium Bonsored activity Goddard Space Flight Center Model Brcraft Club GSFC MAC thank members GSFC MAC support help setting up flying sessions Having regular practice sessions familiarity flying site gave us big advantage report 1991 contest published Free Flight National Free Flight Socieiy Digest pointed out just lucky win suggested 1992 competition would truly fierce Mr Nonaka agreed would nice could arrange additional teams 1992 advised us successful contest would considered major competition Japan able recruit three teams USA West CoastTeam Captain Bob Randolph Cezar Banks Steve Brown USA MidwestTeam Captain Chuck Slusarczyk Don Slusarczyk Larry Loucka USA East CoastTeam Captain Tom Vallee Dan Belieff Randy Kleinert four past present world championship team members USA West Coast USA Midwest teams looked very strong Japanese side show similar strength Mr Nonaka has complimented fine contest organization Japanese side Japanese held elimination contests select teams representing three Japanese cities contest window August 1 through October 31 1992 Bid predicted fierce competition 1992 would never believed place top three would have break 1990 world recordtwice simply two flights over 30 minutes required place Bob Randolph became first man world 30 minutes Category site eight-meterceiling room set new world record 1990 Prior contest knew two fliers world done 30 minutes under Category ceiling contest has doubled number become world-class competition Q things have leamed contest variable-pitch VP props low- mediumcompetition understanding top fliers side used VP props addition sound-baffling panels ceiling Loma Linda California school gym made flying very difficult Wing bracing wires tend snag rough texture panels thus destroying models Using ceiling bumpers VP props Bob Randolph Steve Brown able break 30 minutes outstanding individual performance 1992 contest Bob Randolphs flights 3315 3418 Both flights exceeded Bobs Category world record 3218 good margin Ironically Bob renewed Category world record attempt sanction could claim new recordso new AMA national record 3418 two minutes higher world record Nice flying indeed Kudos Steve Brown 3036 3050 very strong third-place finish Before contest would have bet such fine times would good enough first place unsung hero Americans Cezar Banks unfamiliar peculiarities Loma Linda site serious problems models hanging up sound panels spite Cezar gave best under difficult conditions score respectable 4107 total kept USA West Coast teams score high enough secure first place loss Chuck Slusarczyk sUSA Midwest team great disappointment Chuck lost access flying site unable locate suitable alternate before contest deadline team very strong hope have back 1993 contest USA East Coast team posted respectable times able duplicate its 1991 success Dan Belieff built new models contest did perform expected can master new VP prop techniques time hope improve 1993 American fliers may surprised number first-class fliers Japanese side FiD definitely alive well Japan 34 Model Aviation Randolphs Top Cat broke existing Category world record twice individual first place 92 contest Tom Vallee photo Kawasaki team member Satoshi Kinoshita two flights over 30 minutes second-placelindividual finish Misawa photo outstanding individual performance Japanese side Satoshi Kinoshitas very fine 3039 3 129 Mr Kinoshita member Japans 1992 world championship team has placed highly Japanese national FiD contests 30-minute flights contest Mr Kinoshita must recognized world-class flier behalf American fliers would like extend heartiest congratulations excellent showing Kawasaki team led Kinoshita apparently good air Above Shigeyoshi Nonakas model featured highperformance variable-pitch prop used top fliers both countries Nonakas fourth-place individual score 5415 best third-place Tokyo team Nonaka photo Right Longtime leader/modeler contest organizer Shigeyoshi Nonaka has called father indoor modeling Japan Hes shown youth modeling class Izumi City Nonaka photo conditions member posted good times team members fly rounds day handicapped extremely tight flying schedule unable complete fifth- sixth-round flights flying time might well have first-place team Tokyo team led Shigeyoshi Nonaka scored well spite cold rainy weather resultant poor air equaled performance last years first-place team strong third-place finish time Nonaka moved up last place 1991 fourth 1992 right behind 30-minute fliers qualifying contest nine-meter site Nonakas best time 3039 Hideyo Enomotos best flight 2952very strong Tokyo team blessed better air might have 30-minute flights contest Nonaka Enomoto have frequently Japanese team members have placed high Japanese FlD championships Mr Nonaka also first Japanese flier post 40-minute flight FiD contest have shown can just about same time Category gym Loma Linda Yoyagi gym Tokyo postal score keeping method accurate enough final July1993 35 results minor variations much what could expect everyone flew same site No longer fliers interested trying FiD need put off being able compete once year big contests Idaho Tennessee advent FlD postal contest can compete best world local high school gym As word opportunity gets out hope new fliers will attracted FlD competition has pleasure help organize fly friendly ontest between top Japanese American FiD modelers bope can continue contests years come odel Aviation iaki Okada fifth-place Nagoya Toyota team also placed fifth 1992 individual standings Kazumasa Kihara individual sixth place Kawasaki team placed second despite flying four rounds Bill Bigge L congratulates Tom Vallee first-place 27-minute flight 91 contest Tom seventh 92 Vallee photo Ryosuke Harada best single flight 2828 Cold rainy weather hampered third-place Tokyo teams efforts
Edition: Model Aviation - 1993/07
Page Numbers: 33, 34, 35, 36
4JAPAN vs USA FiD Postal Contest provides great Uortunity Indoor fliers engage world-class competition adily available local flying sites erved official timer Japanese team 19Indoor World Championships Johnson City Tennessee capacity good fortune meet two leaders Indoor modeling world Englands Mike Colling Japans Shigeyoshi Nonaka challenged Mike Colling MiniStick postal contest between club local Indoor group Mike turned proposal interclub MiniStick postal great International MiniStick Postal Contest forwarded copy rules Mr Nonaka along Mikes invitation participate postal contest liked idea organized team 14 MiniStick fliers excellent participation Japanese fliers assured success MiniStick Postal international event happy collaboration behind us exchanged letters Mr Nonaka about idea running Japan vs United States FiD FAI Stick postal contest agreed following simple set rules Three-man teams FlD models flown six rounds per FAI rules over two flying days Category eight-meter ceiling flying sites No fudge factor best time wins Editors Note fudge factor often used Indoor postal contests allow ceiling-height differences Higher-ceiling sites yield better timesat least theoryso fudge factor normalizes flight times No fudge factor used because ceiling heights similar first contest 1991 country team s team consisted Hideyo Enomoto team captain igeyoshi Nonaka Hideharu Odagiri US team members Dan Belieff Phillip Randy Kleinert team ptain Tom Vallee paper Japanese team very strong Enomoto Nonaka top fliers Japanese FM team Odagiri former team member Richard Doig assured team did have chance cited strength Nonaka Enomoto well fact Enomoto former Category FM world record holder very strong type flying responded Richard should sell us short adding also former Category world record holder 1975-1980 U Tom Vallee Above A sampling Japanese Fl D fliers includes back row left right Tokyo team members Enomoto Nonaka Ohota Front row Kinoshita Kawasaki team Contest Director Motegi Harada Kawasaki Tamai Sugi Left Strength Japanese Fl D modeling shown group photo Kawasaki left right Fukui Sugi Nonaka Harada Kihara Kinoshita Motegi Tanaka Elimination contests held pick three Japanese teams July1993 33 What began informal challenge has developed important Indoor contest Dan Belieff good form too felt good chance Ironically Hideyo Enomoto broke world record early 1981 Privately agreed Rich probably right relatively inactive FiD about eight years still trying get back form Dan Belieff flying well Randy Kleinert new FiD competitionthis first major contest felt might have outside chance did very best other side problems As luck would have scored personal bests contest won handily Japanese problems totally unexpected contest USA team ideal air conditions ig sitethe NASA Auditorium Goddard Space Flight nter Greenbelt Maryland Indoor flying auditorium Bonsored activity Goddard Space Flight Center Model Brcraft Club GSFC MAC thank members GSFC MAC support help setting up flying sessions Having regular practice sessions familiarity flying site gave us big advantage report 1991 contest published Free Flight National Free Flight Socieiy Digest pointed out just lucky win suggested 1992 competition would truly fierce Mr Nonaka agreed would nice could arrange additional teams 1992 advised us successful contest would considered major competition Japan able recruit three teams USA West CoastTeam Captain Bob Randolph Cezar Banks Steve Brown USA MidwestTeam Captain Chuck Slusarczyk Don Slusarczyk Larry Loucka USA East CoastTeam Captain Tom Vallee Dan Belieff Randy Kleinert four past present world championship team members USA West Coast USA Midwest teams looked very strong Japanese side show similar strength Mr Nonaka has complimented fine contest organization Japanese side Japanese held elimination contests select teams representing three Japanese cities contest window August 1 through October 31 1992 Bid predicted fierce competition 1992 would never believed place top three would have break 1990 world recordtwice simply two flights over 30 minutes required place Bob Randolph became first man world 30 minutes Category site eight-meterceiling room set new world record 1990 Prior contest knew two fliers world done 30 minutes under Category ceiling contest has doubled number become world-class competition Q things have leamed contest variable-pitch VP props low- mediumcompetition understanding top fliers side used VP props addition sound-baffling panels ceiling Loma Linda California school gym made flying very difficult Wing bracing wires tend snag rough texture panels thus destroying models Using ceiling bumpers VP props Bob Randolph Steve Brown able break 30 minutes outstanding individual performance 1992 contest Bob Randolphs flights 3315 3418 Both flights exceeded Bobs Category world record 3218 good margin Ironically Bob renewed Category world record attempt sanction could claim new recordso new AMA national record 3418 two minutes higher world record Nice flying indeed Kudos Steve Brown 3036 3050 very strong third-place finish Before contest would have bet such fine times would good enough first place unsung hero Americans Cezar Banks unfamiliar peculiarities Loma Linda site serious problems models hanging up sound panels spite Cezar gave best under difficult conditions score respectable 4107 total kept USA West Coast teams score high enough secure first place loss Chuck Slusarczyk sUSA Midwest team great disappointment Chuck lost access flying site unable locate suitable alternate before contest deadline team very strong hope have back 1993 contest USA East Coast team posted respectable times able duplicate its 1991 success Dan Belieff built new models contest did perform expected can master new VP prop techniques time hope improve 1993 American fliers may surprised number first-class fliers Japanese side FiD definitely alive well Japan 34 Model Aviation Randolphs Top Cat broke existing Category world record twice individual first place 92 contest Tom Vallee photo Kawasaki team member Satoshi Kinoshita two flights over 30 minutes second-placelindividual finish Misawa photo outstanding individual performance Japanese side Satoshi Kinoshitas very fine 3039 3 129 Mr Kinoshita member Japans 1992 world championship team has placed highly Japanese national FiD contests 30-minute flights contest Mr Kinoshita must recognized world-class flier behalf American fliers would like extend heartiest congratulations excellent showing Kawasaki team led Kinoshita apparently good air Above Shigeyoshi Nonakas model featured highperformance variable-pitch prop used top fliers both countries Nonakas fourth-place individual score 5415 best third-place Tokyo team Nonaka photo Right Longtime leader/modeler contest organizer Shigeyoshi Nonaka has called father indoor modeling Japan Hes shown youth modeling class Izumi City Nonaka photo conditions member posted good times team members fly rounds day handicapped extremely tight flying schedule unable complete fifth- sixth-round flights flying time might well have first-place team Tokyo team led Shigeyoshi Nonaka scored well spite cold rainy weather resultant poor air equaled performance last years first-place team strong third-place finish time Nonaka moved up last place 1991 fourth 1992 right behind 30-minute fliers qualifying contest nine-meter site Nonakas best time 3039 Hideyo Enomotos best flight 2952very strong Tokyo team blessed better air might have 30-minute flights contest Nonaka Enomoto have frequently Japanese team members have placed high Japanese FlD championships Mr Nonaka also first Japanese flier post 40-minute flight FiD contest have shown can just about same time Category gym Loma Linda Yoyagi gym Tokyo postal score keeping method accurate enough final July1993 35 results minor variations much what could expect everyone flew same site No longer fliers interested trying FiD need put off being able compete once year big contests Idaho Tennessee advent FlD postal contest can compete best world local high school gym As word opportunity gets out hope new fliers will attracted FlD competition has pleasure help organize fly friendly ontest between top Japanese American FiD modelers bope can continue contests years come odel Aviation iaki Okada fifth-place Nagoya Toyota team also placed fifth 1992 individual standings Kazumasa Kihara individual sixth place Kawasaki team placed second despite flying four rounds Bill Bigge L congratulates Tom Vallee first-place 27-minute flight 91 contest Tom seventh 92 Vallee photo Ryosuke Harada best single flight 2828 Cold rainy weather hampered third-place Tokyo teams efforts
Edition: Model Aviation - 1993/07
Page Numbers: 33, 34, 35, 36
4JAPAN vs USA FiD Postal Contest provides great Uortunity Indoor fliers engage world-class competition adily available local flying sites erved official timer Japanese team 19Indoor World Championships Johnson City Tennessee capacity good fortune meet two leaders Indoor modeling world Englands Mike Colling Japans Shigeyoshi Nonaka challenged Mike Colling MiniStick postal contest between club local Indoor group Mike turned proposal interclub MiniStick postal great International MiniStick Postal Contest forwarded copy rules Mr Nonaka along Mikes invitation participate postal contest liked idea organized team 14 MiniStick fliers excellent participation Japanese fliers assured success MiniStick Postal international event happy collaboration behind us exchanged letters Mr Nonaka about idea running Japan vs United States FiD FAI Stick postal contest agreed following simple set rules Three-man teams FlD models flown six rounds per FAI rules over two flying days Category eight-meter ceiling flying sites No fudge factor best time wins Editors Note fudge factor often used Indoor postal contests allow ceiling-height differences Higher-ceiling sites yield better timesat least theoryso fudge factor normalizes flight times No fudge factor used because ceiling heights similar first contest 1991 country team s team consisted Hideyo Enomoto team captain igeyoshi Nonaka Hideharu Odagiri US team members Dan Belieff Phillip Randy Kleinert team ptain Tom Vallee paper Japanese team very strong Enomoto Nonaka top fliers Japanese FM team Odagiri former team member Richard Doig assured team did have chance cited strength Nonaka Enomoto well fact Enomoto former Category FM world record holder very strong type flying responded Richard should sell us short adding also former Category world record holder 1975-1980 U Tom Vallee Above A sampling Japanese Fl D fliers includes back row left right Tokyo team members Enomoto Nonaka Ohota Front row Kinoshita Kawasaki team Contest Director Motegi Harada Kawasaki Tamai Sugi Left Strength Japanese Fl D modeling shown group photo Kawasaki left right Fukui Sugi Nonaka Harada Kihara Kinoshita Motegi Tanaka Elimination contests held pick three Japanese teams July1993 33 What began informal challenge has developed important Indoor contest Dan Belieff good form too felt good chance Ironically Hideyo Enomoto broke world record early 1981 Privately agreed Rich probably right relatively inactive FiD about eight years still trying get back form Dan Belieff flying well Randy Kleinert new FiD competitionthis first major contest felt might have outside chance did very best other side problems As luck would have scored personal bests contest won handily Japanese problems totally unexpected contest USA team ideal air conditions ig sitethe NASA Auditorium Goddard Space Flight nter Greenbelt Maryland Indoor flying auditorium Bonsored activity Goddard Space Flight Center Model Brcraft Club GSFC MAC thank members GSFC MAC support help setting up flying sessions Having regular practice sessions familiarity flying site gave us big advantage report 1991 contest published Free Flight National Free Flight Socieiy Digest pointed out just lucky win suggested 1992 competition would truly fierce Mr Nonaka agreed would nice could arrange additional teams 1992 advised us successful contest would considered major competition Japan able recruit three teams USA West CoastTeam Captain Bob Randolph Cezar Banks Steve Brown USA MidwestTeam Captain Chuck Slusarczyk Don Slusarczyk Larry Loucka USA East CoastTeam Captain Tom Vallee Dan Belieff Randy Kleinert four past present world championship team members USA West Coast USA Midwest teams looked very strong Japanese side show similar strength Mr Nonaka has complimented fine contest organization Japanese side Japanese held elimination contests select teams representing three Japanese cities contest window August 1 through October 31 1992 Bid predicted fierce competition 1992 would never believed place top three would have break 1990 world recordtwice simply two flights over 30 minutes required place Bob Randolph became first man world 30 minutes Category site eight-meterceiling room set new world record 1990 Prior contest knew two fliers world done 30 minutes under Category ceiling contest has doubled number become world-class competition Q things have leamed contest variable-pitch VP props low- mediumcompetition understanding top fliers side used VP props addition sound-baffling panels ceiling Loma Linda California school gym made flying very difficult Wing bracing wires tend snag rough texture panels thus destroying models Using ceiling bumpers VP props Bob Randolph Steve Brown able break 30 minutes outstanding individual performance 1992 contest Bob Randolphs flights 3315 3418 Both flights exceeded Bobs Category world record 3218 good margin Ironically Bob renewed Category world record attempt sanction could claim new recordso new AMA national record 3418 two minutes higher world record Nice flying indeed Kudos Steve Brown 3036 3050 very strong third-place finish Before contest would have bet such fine times would good enough first place unsung hero Americans Cezar Banks unfamiliar peculiarities Loma Linda site serious problems models hanging up sound panels spite Cezar gave best under difficult conditions score respectable 4107 total kept USA West Coast teams score high enough secure first place loss Chuck Slusarczyk sUSA Midwest team great disappointment Chuck lost access flying site unable locate suitable alternate before contest deadline team very strong hope have back 1993 contest USA East Coast team posted respectable times able duplicate its 1991 success Dan Belieff built new models contest did perform expected can master new VP prop techniques time hope improve 1993 American fliers may surprised number first-class fliers Japanese side FiD definitely alive well Japan 34 Model Aviation Randolphs Top Cat broke existing Category world record twice individual first place 92 contest Tom Vallee photo Kawasaki team member Satoshi Kinoshita two flights over 30 minutes second-placelindividual finish Misawa photo outstanding individual performance Japanese side Satoshi Kinoshitas very fine 3039 3 129 Mr Kinoshita member Japans 1992 world championship team has placed highly Japanese national FiD contests 30-minute flights contest Mr Kinoshita must recognized world-class flier behalf American fliers would like extend heartiest congratulations excellent showing Kawasaki team led Kinoshita apparently good air Above Shigeyoshi Nonakas model featured highperformance variable-pitch prop used top fliers both countries Nonakas fourth-place individual score 5415 best third-place Tokyo team Nonaka photo Right Longtime leader/modeler contest organizer Shigeyoshi Nonaka has called father indoor modeling Japan Hes shown youth modeling class Izumi City Nonaka photo conditions member posted good times team members fly rounds day handicapped extremely tight flying schedule unable complete fifth- sixth-round flights flying time might well have first-place team Tokyo team led Shigeyoshi Nonaka scored well spite cold rainy weather resultant poor air equaled performance last years first-place team strong third-place finish time Nonaka moved up last place 1991 fourth 1992 right behind 30-minute fliers qualifying contest nine-meter site Nonakas best time 3039 Hideyo Enomotos best flight 2952very strong Tokyo team blessed better air might have 30-minute flights contest Nonaka Enomoto have frequently Japanese team members have placed high Japanese FlD championships Mr Nonaka also first Japanese flier post 40-minute flight FiD contest have shown can just about same time Category gym Loma Linda Yoyagi gym Tokyo postal score keeping method accurate enough final July1993 35 results minor variations much what could expect everyone flew same site No longer fliers interested trying FiD need put off being able compete once year big contests Idaho Tennessee advent FlD postal contest can compete best world local high school gym As word opportunity gets out hope new fliers will attracted FlD competition has pleasure help organize fly friendly ontest between top Japanese American FiD modelers bope can continue contests years come odel Aviation iaki Okada fifth-place Nagoya Toyota team also placed fifth 1992 individual standings Kazumasa Kihara individual sixth place Kawasaki team placed second despite flying four rounds Bill Bigge L congratulates Tom Vallee first-place 27-minute flight 91 contest Tom seventh 92 Vallee photo Ryosuke Harada best single flight 2828 Cold rainy weather hampered third-place Tokyo teams efforts
Edition: Model Aviation - 1993/07
Page Numbers: 33, 34, 35, 36
4JAPAN vs USA FiD Postal Contest provides great Uortunity Indoor fliers engage world-class competition adily available local flying sites erved official timer Japanese team 19Indoor World Championships Johnson City Tennessee capacity good fortune meet two leaders Indoor modeling world Englands Mike Colling Japans Shigeyoshi Nonaka challenged Mike Colling MiniStick postal contest between club local Indoor group Mike turned proposal interclub MiniStick postal great International MiniStick Postal Contest forwarded copy rules Mr Nonaka along Mikes invitation participate postal contest liked idea organized team 14 MiniStick fliers excellent participation Japanese fliers assured success MiniStick Postal international event happy collaboration behind us exchanged letters Mr Nonaka about idea running Japan vs United States FiD FAI Stick postal contest agreed following simple set rules Three-man teams FlD models flown six rounds per FAI rules over two flying days Category eight-meter ceiling flying sites No fudge factor best time wins Editors Note fudge factor often used Indoor postal contests allow ceiling-height differences Higher-ceiling sites yield better timesat least theoryso fudge factor normalizes flight times No fudge factor used because ceiling heights similar first contest 1991 country team s team consisted Hideyo Enomoto team captain igeyoshi Nonaka Hideharu Odagiri US team members Dan Belieff Phillip Randy Kleinert team ptain Tom Vallee paper Japanese team very strong Enomoto Nonaka top fliers Japanese FM team Odagiri former team member Richard Doig assured team did have chance cited strength Nonaka Enomoto well fact Enomoto former Category FM world record holder very strong type flying responded Richard should sell us short adding also former Category world record holder 1975-1980 U Tom Vallee Above A sampling Japanese Fl D fliers includes back row left right Tokyo team members Enomoto Nonaka Ohota Front row Kinoshita Kawasaki team Contest Director Motegi Harada Kawasaki Tamai Sugi Left Strength Japanese Fl D modeling shown group photo Kawasaki left right Fukui Sugi Nonaka Harada Kihara Kinoshita Motegi Tanaka Elimination contests held pick three Japanese teams July1993 33 What began informal challenge has developed important Indoor contest Dan Belieff good form too felt good chance Ironically Hideyo Enomoto broke world record early 1981 Privately agreed Rich probably right relatively inactive FiD about eight years still trying get back form Dan Belieff flying well Randy Kleinert new FiD competitionthis first major contest felt might have outside chance did very best other side problems As luck would have scored personal bests contest won handily Japanese problems totally unexpected contest USA team ideal air conditions ig sitethe NASA Auditorium Goddard Space Flight nter Greenbelt Maryland Indoor flying auditorium Bonsored activity Goddard Space Flight Center Model Brcraft Club GSFC MAC thank members GSFC MAC support help setting up flying sessions Having regular practice sessions familiarity flying site gave us big advantage report 1991 contest published Free Flight National Free Flight Socieiy Digest pointed out just lucky win suggested 1992 competition would truly fierce Mr Nonaka agreed would nice could arrange additional teams 1992 advised us successful contest would considered major competition Japan able recruit three teams USA West CoastTeam Captain Bob Randolph Cezar Banks Steve Brown USA MidwestTeam Captain Chuck Slusarczyk Don Slusarczyk Larry Loucka USA East CoastTeam Captain Tom Vallee Dan Belieff Randy Kleinert four past present world championship team members USA West Coast USA Midwest teams looked very strong Japanese side show similar strength Mr Nonaka has complimented fine contest organization Japanese side Japanese held elimination contests select teams representing three Japanese cities contest window August 1 through October 31 1992 Bid predicted fierce competition 1992 would never believed place top three would have break 1990 world recordtwice simply two flights over 30 minutes required place Bob Randolph became first man world 30 minutes Category site eight-meterceiling room set new world record 1990 Prior contest knew two fliers world done 30 minutes under Category ceiling contest has doubled number become world-class competition Q things have leamed contest variable-pitch VP props low- mediumcompetition understanding top fliers side used VP props addition sound-baffling panels ceiling Loma Linda California school gym made flying very difficult Wing bracing wires tend snag rough texture panels thus destroying models Using ceiling bumpers VP props Bob Randolph Steve Brown able break 30 minutes outstanding individual performance 1992 contest Bob Randolphs flights 3315 3418 Both flights exceeded Bobs Category world record 3218 good margin Ironically Bob renewed Category world record attempt sanction could claim new recordso new AMA national record 3418 two minutes higher world record Nice flying indeed Kudos Steve Brown 3036 3050 very strong third-place finish Before contest would have bet such fine times would good enough first place unsung hero Americans Cezar Banks unfamiliar peculiarities Loma Linda site serious problems models hanging up sound panels spite Cezar gave best under difficult conditions score respectable 4107 total kept USA West Coast teams score high enough secure first place loss Chuck Slusarczyk sUSA Midwest team great disappointment Chuck lost access flying site unable locate suitable alternate before contest deadline team very strong hope have back 1993 contest USA East Coast team posted respectable times able duplicate its 1991 success Dan Belieff built new models contest did perform expected can master new VP prop techniques time hope improve 1993 American fliers may surprised number first-class fliers Japanese side FiD definitely alive well Japan 34 Model Aviation Randolphs Top Cat broke existing Category world record twice individual first place 92 contest Tom Vallee photo Kawasaki team member Satoshi Kinoshita two flights over 30 minutes second-placelindividual finish Misawa photo outstanding individual performance Japanese side Satoshi Kinoshitas very fine 3039 3 129 Mr Kinoshita member Japans 1992 world championship team has placed highly Japanese national FiD contests 30-minute flights contest Mr Kinoshita must recognized world-class flier behalf American fliers would like extend heartiest congratulations excellent showing Kawasaki team led Kinoshita apparently good air Above Shigeyoshi Nonakas model featured highperformance variable-pitch prop used top fliers both countries Nonakas fourth-place individual score 5415 best third-place Tokyo team Nonaka photo Right Longtime leader/modeler contest organizer Shigeyoshi Nonaka has called father indoor modeling Japan Hes shown youth modeling class Izumi City Nonaka photo conditions member posted good times team members fly rounds day handicapped extremely tight flying schedule unable complete fifth- sixth-round flights flying time might well have first-place team Tokyo team led Shigeyoshi Nonaka scored well spite cold rainy weather resultant poor air equaled performance last years first-place team strong third-place finish time Nonaka moved up last place 1991 fourth 1992 right behind 30-minute fliers qualifying contest nine-meter site Nonakas best time 3039 Hideyo Enomotos best flight 2952very strong Tokyo team blessed better air might have 30-minute flights contest Nonaka Enomoto have frequently Japanese team members have placed high Japanese FlD championships Mr Nonaka also first Japanese flier post 40-minute flight FiD contest have shown can just about same time Category gym Loma Linda Yoyagi gym Tokyo postal score keeping method accurate enough final July1993 35 results minor variations much what could expect everyone flew same site No longer fliers interested trying FiD need put off being able compete once year big contests Idaho Tennessee advent FlD postal contest can compete best world local high school gym As word opportunity gets out hope new fliers will attracted FlD competition has pleasure help organize fly friendly ontest between top Japanese American FiD modelers bope can continue contests years come odel Aviation iaki Okada fifth-place Nagoya Toyota team also placed fifth 1992 individual standings Kazumasa Kihara individual sixth place Kawasaki team placed second despite flying four rounds Bill Bigge L congratulates Tom Vallee first-place 27-minute flight 91 contest Tom seventh 92 Vallee photo Ryosuke Harada best single flight 2828 Cold rainy weather hampered third-place Tokyo teams efforts