igust 27 ion OUR STORY 1978 Indoor World Championships really begins June receipt small order new Pi relli rubber Initial tests revealed have extraordinary energyat least five percent better best old Pirelli 72 vintage new rubber lower density allowing larger cross-sections given weight skein sent team members Dan Domina re ceived independently through Sal Can nizzo Very quickly began showing its superiority West Baden Jim Rich mond set world record 3621 class D model ROG record 1734 Lakehurst regional qualifiers July 2 Domina managed 4023 Akron July Richmond sent D up 5015 peaking 160 feet unofficial FAI flight 4339 Dick Obar ski set tissue stick record 2748 August practice session Bill Hulbert passed 40-minute mark Everyone team least mile stone flights rubber superb high spirits team felt ready Cardington frenetic trip England slowed us down little Laker Air44 Model Aviation dinosaurs have gone now great dirigible docks Cardington England remainas ao Lakehurst Toledo Santa Ana Within cavernous lairs world events sometimes take placefragile transparent flying machines seek conquer world major obstruction single research blimp though shallow roof girders formidable hazard Takaji Matsuzawa launches test flight practice day Japan looms asan Indoor power threat Polands Eduard Ciapala re leases test flight Has placed eighth betterCanadas Ron Higgs following 3944 flight last three championshipsNew Indoor hes competitor watch January 1979 45 World Champ Jim Richmond displays launch Dan Domina left-handed launch ala form reaching wrist stopwatch RubJim Richmond Pete Andrews Unfortun- ber stress twists motorstick stabilizer ately Dan both power trim problems opposite tilt Picture tells story Yugoslavias Vilim Kmoch V-dihedral job Well-known rubber cutter design smooth comfortablewindersat meet voryDuuy IdKU uurnhl Romak Kalina Russia untangle Rene Rutty Switzerland displays unique Swiss design Stabilizer midair Chlubny watches Amazingly no damage underslung keep out downwash wing ways sympathetic special hand ling needs took care see everything loaded safely brought boxes up elevator DC-b could hand-carry off plane What re lief find no model damage transit battle wasnt over no microbusses found Gat wick work out way get reserved heart London Rich mond gear went Dave Hagen Oregon offered meet us airport rest us crowded Volvo station wagon set out ren dezvous microbus Theentire day spent going Gatwick Bedford about 90 miles certainly glad chose arrive early have two days rest overcome jet lag Friday check-in day time some us renew old acquaintances others make new ones inde scribable thrill mingle great European indoor fliers English seemed common past championships chatter excited perfect opportunity drop few hints 40minute flights let competition worry bit met Peter Freebrey head FAI jury expressed concern unlimited steering rules adopted year felt meet would reduced steering contest wherein models would deliberately overwound held back hitting roof balloon string 46 Model Aviation Working up prescription flight Harri Raulio with much-flown model Note neat standto hold mode gunvuniOntly Erofejeff Finland inspects bracing Most consistent team memoer Eduard Chlubny IRussial shows functionality model box has seen three championships Made cardboard wood strips ltybeckys model n optical wing cfleck casts TI s snaaow groundglass screens remote measurement hassle-tree wings close rule limitfor wing span Swodens Anders Jonsson Sven Pontan ready model Having no place practice home find high ceilings awesome Britains Bob Bailey acted manager Milan Sitar Australia Lack high ceiling experience led having weak models very sympathetic set out de fine intent steering rules would interpreted jury man agers meeting next day outlined jurys position Although empowered change rules felt obliged interpret current rules through four-point statement 1 Steering should used emergency control competition 2 Low altitude steering should used imminent danger collision walls contents other model No steering should take place flight path model clear space 3 Steering must act point model forward wing leading edge line must able catch part model forward leading edge other propeller propel ler assembly 4 The intent rules such steering should used avert col lision principally horizontal plane used altitude control net result removal sharks teeth motorsticks warning blasting models roof steering would tolerated sharks teeth help prevent balloon strings snagging propellers can used pull model effect steering used competitor keep model overclimbing would require some skill avoid catching propeller invariably terminates flight since Continued page lOS January1979 47 Jim Hiebmond receives iiusflbrooke trophy Gospatric Home Wolthoorn Netherlands transport box year legs man getting Pelel First time84A2 total Surprisingly US United Kingdom copied idea 76 two flightschased way reigning champ Romak 8122 t-eroinando Migani Italy contemplates heavy propeller flex Note ribless wing tips half motor test flying Hulbert Harlan Richmond jovial mood Jims booty second place team diploma five leading teams within 15 seconds total other UK ontopat 21827 about 4 seconds ahead US 6 over Canada 8 over Japan about 13 over Poland triumphant British team Morley Barr Green manager Rag Parham accept Langley Cup Indoor WCs exude class Dont keep lending yours friend. IW 4W BUY HIM HIS OWN SULLIVAN STARTER FOR CHRISTMAS Superstar Starters . perfect gift modeler cially keeps borrowing Sullivan starter Has higher torque & RPMs heavy duty long life motor instant-on strip switch safety hand guard two year guarantee original everyone else tries copy buddy will find real turn-on Christmas P R 0 D U C T S N C SVILLE ROAD OW GROVE PA 19000 215 659-3000 first single-seat twin-engined fighter see service air force major power first flown 1938 very effective part British fighter strength during early years WW2 Its initial role long-range es court fighter night fighter Later ex amples often called Whirlihombers employed low-level cross-channel fighter-bomber sorties attacking shipping railroads bridges harbor facilities Highly maneuverable all-metal Whirl winds speed low altitudes great its contemporary fighters its range superior Power two 885hp Rolls-Royce Peregrine engines wingspan 45 feet Unfortunately air fields Whirlwind could use restricted its high landing speed 80 mph Four 20-mm cannons grouped nose yielded enormous accurate concentration firepower Whirli bomber versions could also carry bomb load 500 pounds Dick Scorgins CL model Whirlwind realistically cap tures spirit unique aircraft Mike Gretz Box 162 Montezuma IA 50171 Indoor WC/Harlan continued page 47 room abuse intent rule Practice day Saturday opened 60-degree temperature heavy over cast broke off midday give us warming sun fliers began make flights mid-30s drift incon sistent part hangar another no well-defined pattern Fortunately very little side drift As temperature rose did times best posted after 700 Wolthoorn Netherlands 3717 Butty Switzerland 3850 Bud Romak joined 40-minute FAI club 4112 followed 4138 manager Erv Rodemsky worked closely together find just right power combination quickly came obvious new Pirelli necessity everyone else also US team practiced cautiously Bill Hulbert several flights mid-30s Dan Domina three over 36/2 Jim Richmond put models halfway up-and saw 34s 35s Everyone satisfied Sunday morning arose cloudless sky very light ground fog shrouded Cardington would burn off 1100 62 degrees inside hangar floor level began practice Bill Dan posted mid-25s getting 80 100 feet Jim tested little writing advertisers mention read about MA zing put model top eight minutes ballooned successfully dropped 30 feet finished 4 150 contest started 1100 eight hours initiate nine flights little time waste waited little weather clear Jim stressed need two conservative first flights team member get us solidly board Bill offered go first started 1900 turns landed safely 3439 Dan next too put model just above 100 feet However motor walked off front hook bunched rear model stalled down 100 feet time 2314 visibly upset Dan rightfully Ron Green United Kingdom pow ered first flight top 615 discussion steering rule man agers meeting jury said didnt want see models blasted roof No fixed time set comments effect eight minutes normal peak met general agree ment Green forced balloon touched girder steering balloon exploded destroying model ended concern over steering rule tent flight least Early contest unbelievable tragedy struck Dieter Siebenmann Switzerland opened box propel lers pigeon searching food landed destroyed four propellers January 1979 105 string cant freed However question competitor allowed steer remained judgemental left flak3*IaajcP 0 BOX 2498 -MA 7LA MESA CALIF 92041 PHONE714469-8675or7144424636 GET ORGANIZED s set 4 sI urdy files holds over 4 years favorite Ba11 magazines 4 MAG FILES $495 Send $495 plan $100 pesfage handling 0GM INDUSTRIES PO BOX 388-K DOVER NH 03820 hit tailplane landing Swiss moved new location 100 feet away later suffer yet another pigeon bombing broke Buttys wings Richmond continued emphasize con servatism expressed using same motor test flight wound same number turns course would give him less energy since motor broken-in little better True model didnt quite reach top posted 4149 anyway Romak flew simul taneously landed 4055 con test 330 Canadians showing steam three flights over 35 two Jack McGillivray No other big flights posted Hulbert went second flight got within 20 feet top loose brace wire led ex cess washin left tip drag slowed model 16 minutes model dropped 80 feet landed 2638 Domina put flight top drifted little hung 1123 Barr put up second flight 3723 get British momentum going Jap anese put together two 35s 34 impressive showing Higgs Canada new sport put up 3944 second flight Polands Ciapala 3815 team members some mid-30s Richmonds second 3652 finally ex emplifying conservatism exhortations Romak followed first flight 4027 thrusting him lead nearly 2 106 ModelAviation minutes over Richmond As day grew long temperature rose although still cool enough jackets floor Hulbert power stall problems got halfway up clocked 2348 Domina managed best day 3033 got halfway up Near 630 Richmond readied third flight seemed match first al though didnt get quite high peaking 130 feet air become buoyant Late flight after some flir tation lone blimp hangar ground drift moved model away blimp other ground clutter settled floor magnificent 4253 gained lead Ro mak Bud challenged hung third flight 1343 Shortly thereafter thunderous ap plause rose contingent Japanese huddled around Nonaka just fin ished third flight superb 4036 put team strong position Cu riously few minutes later applause rang out Banba landed 3922 Since team member allowed fly time questionable made official flight Cana dians learned third Japanese model also flying officially filed protest upheld jury giving Canadians first place team standing end first day Poland made some mid-to-high-30s flights second place US United Kingdom followed Day two began solid overcast extraordinary calm hangar chilly 59 degrees early testing evidence inversion layer near 100 feet difficult break through Drift negligible Since seemed clear Richmond won contest felt pressure flying tight schedule would eased passed up least some flights air well tested contest began Jim fered take official purpose managed 3116 Meanwhile Bill Dan continued practice working toward getting models safely under roof 130 sun partly broken through begun warm hangar Bill flew first official day getting within ten feet top clocking 3310 longest first flight posted improved position 6 minutes Dan followed getting very high Drift took model off center about circle diameter gage its proximity girders Richmond stood below closest cross girder went down hangar line outside edge circle signaled models pass ing cross girder could judge clearance seemed least seven feet third fourth pass model stopped hit rope slung under longitudinal girder invisible us Once again Dan fell victim fate down last two flights put something together Near 300 Bill sent up second flight About half minute after launched Sitar Australia launched right under him models brushed continued flying asked Bob Bailey team man ager would steer model away Bills since strong contention team prize very sporting gesture agreed Unfortunately broke wing steering Bills flight didnt appear destined glory called reflight after collision 330 Green flown 3918 help ing British considerably McGillivary moved Canadians up little 3619 little later Barr flew 3634 boosting total nearly 12 minutes catapulting British lead about II minutes over Canada 12 min utes over US Hulbert restarted putting model within ten feet top Just settling cruise knot moved began rubbing motorstick slowing model fifteen minutes model dropped 100 feet finished 3 149 Domina probably fear another hangup wound cautiously got model halfway up managed 2551 Since air seemed slowly improv ing obtained permission him test fly encouraged him until satisfied power combina tion Both Hulbert Britains Morley launched last flights about same time near 500 Morley landed 3322 helping British half minute Hulbert reached 3438 improving score minute half British still eight minute lead over us Laurie Barr under pressure p05 sible strong finish Domina wound tightly last flight strain straigthened climb carried model side girders Before Laurie could balloon it touched stalled tailslid ground just after min ute flight Domina needed 3356 us win team championship Using new model wound tightly ensure reaching roof launch appeared motor stick bowed enough keep model climbing too fast thought would work out within first minute did begin climb bit faster after min ute clear something else amiss model never exceeded 80 feet spinning off turns rapidly because underelevated clocked 2953 somewhat surprising Upon examination rear wing post discovered loose launch lift popped rear wing up 1/16 inch redeeming feature flight pushed us past Canadians contest over British team won four minutes placing men tight cluster fifth ninth RIE IIRD* Kit $3DS NEW 79 CATALOG $LOO COMPLETE GUIDE OF RUBBER MODEL SUPPLIES New PEANUT PEOPLE CUSTOM TUNED ENGINES COMPETITION ACCESSORIES Gas 049/051 Specialists brochure send 1 5c stamp Kustom Kraftsmanship Brochure Box 2699 Laguna Hills CA 92653 714 830-5162 C 4tST MO AL ONLY $1095 DU-BRO PRODUCTS INCORPORATED 480 BONNER ROAD WAUCONDA ILL 60084 RO FYi FUEL PUMP NEW CONCEPT IN FUEL PUMPS ONLY ONE MOVING PART ING TO BREAK OR WEAR OUT LIGHT COMPACT AND RUGGED ONLY2WIDEAND 2-7/8 INDIA HAND OPERA TED AND REVER SIBLE S IN AND OUT HIGH VOLUME FLOW PUMP COMES ASSEMBLED AND MOUNTS ON GALLON CANS QUICK EASY INSTALLATION PUMP COMES COMPLETE WITH STEEL MOUNTING BRACKETS HARDWARE AND FUEL TUBING No191 eleventh US rode Jim Rich monds exceptional World Champion per formance garner second-place team award defending World Champion Bud Romak distinguished himself plac ing strong second first contest have seen very long time fortunes bad weather did influence outcome fliers new personal high times Japanese moved tenth place 1976 fourth year Swiss lacking third mem ber challenge team cup have steadily progressed since 1974 initia tion three 37-minute flights imagine what might have done pigeon bombings Jim Richmond last won World Championship 1968 Lets hope doesnt limit once decade FF Duration/Meuser continued page 49 library especially free-fighters Winding Stooge Etc CHE Hobbies has recently introduced stooge hold rubber-power models Mulvihills Wakefields down Constructed almost entirely 6061-T6 structural grade aluminum alloy has such nifty features aircraft-type quick release pins secure back stays head place foam padded model support shelf drive ground first remove top end secured quick-release pin insert its place plug distrib utes load hammer blows Tom Cashman writing Batsheet says isnt quite up contending rock studded soil Harts Lake Prairie drives piece /2-inch steel rod ground simply slips stooge tube over U-shaped head will ac cept models having rear peg tubes long 2 inches Some deep-bellied old-timers might fit distance cross pin bottom channel 11/4 inches price $2550 postpaid CHE Hobbies 10900 Eastwood Ave Inglewood CA 90304 CHE has several hundred other items free fighters including torquemeters rubber winders nitrate dope circle-tow hooks 1/64-sq 1/32-sq turbulator stock Japanese tissue Seelig timers Cox engines customized Kustom Krafts manship Bartels props about free flight competition kit business including old-timers stamped selfaddressed envelope will bring com plete list Anyone Free Flight Want get started free fight eh sonny Keep simple inexpensive go rubber power No use fussing little toys Wakefield Better count two models just case pair chem-milled motor tubes will run about $15 two ball-bearing front-end units will run $18 pair prop hubs about $4 About $25 worth balsa tissue dope wire miscellaneous tid bits should Youll need about three pounds rubber $26 Bob Piserchios winders $100 torquemeter $20 winding stooge $25 thermal detector will come handy $100 retrieval aids Binoculars good enough avoid instant eyestrain will run minimum $35 good compass about $13 youll need motorcycle should able get passable used trail bike about $250 fly danger setting fires fuses wont couple DT timers will run about $17 Lets see comes $648 Whats Cant afford Going look something less expensive like RC OK sonny just blew ex cuse needing motorcycle Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St. Oak land CA 94619 FF Indoor/Tenny continued page 50 Plan Ahead Most experienced fliers fairly adept getting initial aerodynamic setups models sometimes extra adjustments needed last minute Especially critical top performance combination wing January 1979 107
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/01
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 46, 47, 105, 106, 107
igust 27 ion OUR STORY 1978 Indoor World Championships really begins June receipt small order new Pi relli rubber Initial tests revealed have extraordinary energyat least five percent better best old Pirelli 72 vintage new rubber lower density allowing larger cross-sections given weight skein sent team members Dan Domina re ceived independently through Sal Can nizzo Very quickly began showing its superiority West Baden Jim Rich mond set world record 3621 class D model ROG record 1734 Lakehurst regional qualifiers July 2 Domina managed 4023 Akron July Richmond sent D up 5015 peaking 160 feet unofficial FAI flight 4339 Dick Obar ski set tissue stick record 2748 August practice session Bill Hulbert passed 40-minute mark Everyone team least mile stone flights rubber superb high spirits team felt ready Cardington frenetic trip England slowed us down little Laker Air44 Model Aviation dinosaurs have gone now great dirigible docks Cardington England remainas ao Lakehurst Toledo Santa Ana Within cavernous lairs world events sometimes take placefragile transparent flying machines seek conquer world major obstruction single research blimp though shallow roof girders formidable hazard Takaji Matsuzawa launches test flight practice day Japan looms asan Indoor power threat Polands Eduard Ciapala re leases test flight Has placed eighth betterCanadas Ron Higgs following 3944 flight last three championshipsNew Indoor hes competitor watch January 1979 45 World Champ Jim Richmond displays launch Dan Domina left-handed launch ala form reaching wrist stopwatch RubJim Richmond Pete Andrews Unfortun- ber stress twists motorstick stabilizer ately Dan both power trim problems opposite tilt Picture tells story Yugoslavias Vilim Kmoch V-dihedral job Well-known rubber cutter design smooth comfortablewindersat meet voryDuuy IdKU uurnhl Romak Kalina Russia untangle Rene Rutty Switzerland displays unique Swiss design Stabilizer midair Chlubny watches Amazingly no damage underslung keep out downwash wing ways sympathetic special hand ling needs took care see everything loaded safely brought boxes up elevator DC-b could hand-carry off plane What re lief find no model damage transit battle wasnt over no microbusses found Gat wick work out way get reserved heart London Rich mond gear went Dave Hagen Oregon offered meet us airport rest us crowded Volvo station wagon set out ren dezvous microbus Theentire day spent going Gatwick Bedford about 90 miles certainly glad chose arrive early have two days rest overcome jet lag Friday check-in day time some us renew old acquaintances others make new ones inde scribable thrill mingle great European indoor fliers English seemed common past championships chatter excited perfect opportunity drop few hints 40minute flights let competition worry bit met Peter Freebrey head FAI jury expressed concern unlimited steering rules adopted year felt meet would reduced steering contest wherein models would deliberately overwound held back hitting roof balloon string 46 Model Aviation Working up prescription flight Harri Raulio with much-flown model Note neat standto hold mode gunvuniOntly Erofejeff Finland inspects bracing Most consistent team memoer Eduard Chlubny IRussial shows functionality model box has seen three championships Made cardboard wood strips ltybeckys model n optical wing cfleck casts TI s snaaow groundglass screens remote measurement hassle-tree wings close rule limitfor wing span Swodens Anders Jonsson Sven Pontan ready model Having no place practice home find high ceilings awesome Britains Bob Bailey acted manager Milan Sitar Australia Lack high ceiling experience led having weak models very sympathetic set out de fine intent steering rules would interpreted jury man agers meeting next day outlined jurys position Although empowered change rules felt obliged interpret current rules through four-point statement 1 Steering should used emergency control competition 2 Low altitude steering should used imminent danger collision walls contents other model No steering should take place flight path model clear space 3 Steering must act point model forward wing leading edge line must able catch part model forward leading edge other propeller propel ler assembly 4 The intent rules such steering should used avert col lision principally horizontal plane used altitude control net result removal sharks teeth motorsticks warning blasting models roof steering would tolerated sharks teeth help prevent balloon strings snagging propellers can used pull model effect steering used competitor keep model overclimbing would require some skill avoid catching propeller invariably terminates flight since Continued page lOS January1979 47 Jim Hiebmond receives iiusflbrooke trophy Gospatric Home Wolthoorn Netherlands transport box year legs man getting Pelel First time84A2 total Surprisingly US United Kingdom copied idea 76 two flightschased way reigning champ Romak 8122 t-eroinando Migani Italy contemplates heavy propeller flex Note ribless wing tips half motor test flying Hulbert Harlan Richmond jovial mood Jims booty second place team diploma five leading teams within 15 seconds total other UK ontopat 21827 about 4 seconds ahead US 6 over Canada 8 over Japan about 13 over Poland triumphant British team Morley Barr Green manager Rag Parham accept Langley Cup Indoor WCs exude class Dont keep lending yours friend. IW 4W BUY HIM HIS OWN SULLIVAN STARTER FOR CHRISTMAS Superstar Starters . perfect gift modeler cially keeps borrowing Sullivan starter Has higher torque & RPMs heavy duty long life motor instant-on strip switch safety hand guard two year guarantee original everyone else tries copy buddy will find real turn-on Christmas P R 0 D U C T S N C SVILLE ROAD OW GROVE PA 19000 215 659-3000 first single-seat twin-engined fighter see service air force major power first flown 1938 very effective part British fighter strength during early years WW2 Its initial role long-range es court fighter night fighter Later ex amples often called Whirlihombers employed low-level cross-channel fighter-bomber sorties attacking shipping railroads bridges harbor facilities Highly maneuverable all-metal Whirl winds speed low altitudes great its contemporary fighters its range superior Power two 885hp Rolls-Royce Peregrine engines wingspan 45 feet Unfortunately air fields Whirlwind could use restricted its high landing speed 80 mph Four 20-mm cannons grouped nose yielded enormous accurate concentration firepower Whirli bomber versions could also carry bomb load 500 pounds Dick Scorgins CL model Whirlwind realistically cap tures spirit unique aircraft Mike Gretz Box 162 Montezuma IA 50171 Indoor WC/Harlan continued page 47 room abuse intent rule Practice day Saturday opened 60-degree temperature heavy over cast broke off midday give us warming sun fliers began make flights mid-30s drift incon sistent part hangar another no well-defined pattern Fortunately very little side drift As temperature rose did times best posted after 700 Wolthoorn Netherlands 3717 Butty Switzerland 3850 Bud Romak joined 40-minute FAI club 4112 followed 4138 manager Erv Rodemsky worked closely together find just right power combination quickly came obvious new Pirelli necessity everyone else also US team practiced cautiously Bill Hulbert several flights mid-30s Dan Domina three over 36/2 Jim Richmond put models halfway up-and saw 34s 35s Everyone satisfied Sunday morning arose cloudless sky very light ground fog shrouded Cardington would burn off 1100 62 degrees inside hangar floor level began practice Bill Dan posted mid-25s getting 80 100 feet Jim tested little writing advertisers mention read about MA zing put model top eight minutes ballooned successfully dropped 30 feet finished 4 150 contest started 1100 eight hours initiate nine flights little time waste waited little weather clear Jim stressed need two conservative first flights team member get us solidly board Bill offered go first started 1900 turns landed safely 3439 Dan next too put model just above 100 feet However motor walked off front hook bunched rear model stalled down 100 feet time 2314 visibly upset Dan rightfully Ron Green United Kingdom pow ered first flight top 615 discussion steering rule man agers meeting jury said didnt want see models blasted roof No fixed time set comments effect eight minutes normal peak met general agree ment Green forced balloon touched girder steering balloon exploded destroying model ended concern over steering rule tent flight least Early contest unbelievable tragedy struck Dieter Siebenmann Switzerland opened box propel lers pigeon searching food landed destroyed four propellers January 1979 105 string cant freed However question competitor allowed steer remained judgemental left flak3*IaajcP 0 BOX 2498 -MA 7LA MESA CALIF 92041 PHONE714469-8675or7144424636 GET ORGANIZED s set 4 sI urdy files holds over 4 years favorite Ba11 magazines 4 MAG FILES $495 Send $495 plan $100 pesfage handling 0GM INDUSTRIES PO BOX 388-K DOVER NH 03820 hit tailplane landing Swiss moved new location 100 feet away later suffer yet another pigeon bombing broke Buttys wings Richmond continued emphasize con servatism expressed using same motor test flight wound same number turns course would give him less energy since motor broken-in little better True model didnt quite reach top posted 4149 anyway Romak flew simul taneously landed 4055 con test 330 Canadians showing steam three flights over 35 two Jack McGillivray No other big flights posted Hulbert went second flight got within 20 feet top loose brace wire led ex cess washin left tip drag slowed model 16 minutes model dropped 80 feet landed 2638 Domina put flight top drifted little hung 1123 Barr put up second flight 3723 get British momentum going Jap anese put together two 35s 34 impressive showing Higgs Canada new sport put up 3944 second flight Polands Ciapala 3815 team members some mid-30s Richmonds second 3652 finally ex emplifying conservatism exhortations Romak followed first flight 4027 thrusting him lead nearly 2 106 ModelAviation minutes over Richmond As day grew long temperature rose although still cool enough jackets floor Hulbert power stall problems got halfway up clocked 2348 Domina managed best day 3033 got halfway up Near 630 Richmond readied third flight seemed match first al though didnt get quite high peaking 130 feet air become buoyant Late flight after some flir tation lone blimp hangar ground drift moved model away blimp other ground clutter settled floor magnificent 4253 gained lead Ro mak Bud challenged hung third flight 1343 Shortly thereafter thunderous ap plause rose contingent Japanese huddled around Nonaka just fin ished third flight superb 4036 put team strong position Cu riously few minutes later applause rang out Banba landed 3922 Since team member allowed fly time questionable made official flight Cana dians learned third Japanese model also flying officially filed protest upheld jury giving Canadians first place team standing end first day Poland made some mid-to-high-30s flights second place US United Kingdom followed Day two began solid overcast extraordinary calm hangar chilly 59 degrees early testing evidence inversion layer near 100 feet difficult break through Drift negligible Since seemed clear Richmond won contest felt pressure flying tight schedule would eased passed up least some flights air well tested contest began Jim fered take official purpose managed 3116 Meanwhile Bill Dan continued practice working toward getting models safely under roof 130 sun partly broken through begun warm hangar Bill flew first official day getting within ten feet top clocking 3310 longest first flight posted improved position 6 minutes Dan followed getting very high Drift took model off center about circle diameter gage its proximity girders Richmond stood below closest cross girder went down hangar line outside edge circle signaled models pass ing cross girder could judge clearance seemed least seven feet third fourth pass model stopped hit rope slung under longitudinal girder invisible us Once again Dan fell victim fate down last two flights put something together Near 300 Bill sent up second flight About half minute after launched Sitar Australia launched right under him models brushed continued flying asked Bob Bailey team man ager would steer model away Bills since strong contention team prize very sporting gesture agreed Unfortunately broke wing steering Bills flight didnt appear destined glory called reflight after collision 330 Green flown 3918 help ing British considerably McGillivary moved Canadians up little 3619 little later Barr flew 3634 boosting total nearly 12 minutes catapulting British lead about II minutes over Canada 12 min utes over US Hulbert restarted putting model within ten feet top Just settling cruise knot moved began rubbing motorstick slowing model fifteen minutes model dropped 100 feet finished 3 149 Domina probably fear another hangup wound cautiously got model halfway up managed 2551 Since air seemed slowly improv ing obtained permission him test fly encouraged him until satisfied power combina tion Both Hulbert Britains Morley launched last flights about same time near 500 Morley landed 3322 helping British half minute Hulbert reached 3438 improving score minute half British still eight minute lead over us Laurie Barr under pressure p05 sible strong finish Domina wound tightly last flight strain straigthened climb carried model side girders Before Laurie could balloon it touched stalled tailslid ground just after min ute flight Domina needed 3356 us win team championship Using new model wound tightly ensure reaching roof launch appeared motor stick bowed enough keep model climbing too fast thought would work out within first minute did begin climb bit faster after min ute clear something else amiss model never exceeded 80 feet spinning off turns rapidly because underelevated clocked 2953 somewhat surprising Upon examination rear wing post discovered loose launch lift popped rear wing up 1/16 inch redeeming feature flight pushed us past Canadians contest over British team won four minutes placing men tight cluster fifth ninth RIE IIRD* Kit $3DS NEW 79 CATALOG $LOO COMPLETE GUIDE OF RUBBER MODEL SUPPLIES New PEANUT PEOPLE CUSTOM TUNED ENGINES COMPETITION ACCESSORIES Gas 049/051 Specialists brochure send 1 5c stamp Kustom Kraftsmanship Brochure Box 2699 Laguna Hills CA 92653 714 830-5162 C 4tST MO AL ONLY $1095 DU-BRO PRODUCTS INCORPORATED 480 BONNER ROAD WAUCONDA ILL 60084 RO FYi FUEL PUMP NEW CONCEPT IN FUEL PUMPS ONLY ONE MOVING PART ING TO BREAK OR WEAR OUT LIGHT COMPACT AND RUGGED ONLY2WIDEAND 2-7/8 INDIA HAND OPERA TED AND REVER SIBLE S IN AND OUT HIGH VOLUME FLOW PUMP COMES ASSEMBLED AND MOUNTS ON GALLON CANS QUICK EASY INSTALLATION PUMP COMES COMPLETE WITH STEEL MOUNTING BRACKETS HARDWARE AND FUEL TUBING No191 eleventh US rode Jim Rich monds exceptional World Champion per formance garner second-place team award defending World Champion Bud Romak distinguished himself plac ing strong second first contest have seen very long time fortunes bad weather did influence outcome fliers new personal high times Japanese moved tenth place 1976 fourth year Swiss lacking third mem ber challenge team cup have steadily progressed since 1974 initia tion three 37-minute flights imagine what might have done pigeon bombings Jim Richmond last won World Championship 1968 Lets hope doesnt limit once decade FF Duration/Meuser continued page 49 library especially free-fighters Winding Stooge Etc CHE Hobbies has recently introduced stooge hold rubber-power models Mulvihills Wakefields down Constructed almost entirely 6061-T6 structural grade aluminum alloy has such nifty features aircraft-type quick release pins secure back stays head place foam padded model support shelf drive ground first remove top end secured quick-release pin insert its place plug distrib utes load hammer blows Tom Cashman writing Batsheet says isnt quite up contending rock studded soil Harts Lake Prairie drives piece /2-inch steel rod ground simply slips stooge tube over U-shaped head will ac cept models having rear peg tubes long 2 inches Some deep-bellied old-timers might fit distance cross pin bottom channel 11/4 inches price $2550 postpaid CHE Hobbies 10900 Eastwood Ave Inglewood CA 90304 CHE has several hundred other items free fighters including torquemeters rubber winders nitrate dope circle-tow hooks 1/64-sq 1/32-sq turbulator stock Japanese tissue Seelig timers Cox engines customized Kustom Krafts manship Bartels props about free flight competition kit business including old-timers stamped selfaddressed envelope will bring com plete list Anyone Free Flight Want get started free fight eh sonny Keep simple inexpensive go rubber power No use fussing little toys Wakefield Better count two models just case pair chem-milled motor tubes will run about $15 two ball-bearing front-end units will run $18 pair prop hubs about $4 About $25 worth balsa tissue dope wire miscellaneous tid bits should Youll need about three pounds rubber $26 Bob Piserchios winders $100 torquemeter $20 winding stooge $25 thermal detector will come handy $100 retrieval aids Binoculars good enough avoid instant eyestrain will run minimum $35 good compass about $13 youll need motorcycle should able get passable used trail bike about $250 fly danger setting fires fuses wont couple DT timers will run about $17 Lets see comes $648 Whats Cant afford Going look something less expensive like RC OK sonny just blew ex cuse needing motorcycle Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St. Oak land CA 94619 FF Indoor/Tenny continued page 50 Plan Ahead Most experienced fliers fairly adept getting initial aerodynamic setups models sometimes extra adjustments needed last minute Especially critical top performance combination wing January 1979 107
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/01
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 46, 47, 105, 106, 107
igust 27 ion OUR STORY 1978 Indoor World Championships really begins June receipt small order new Pi relli rubber Initial tests revealed have extraordinary energyat least five percent better best old Pirelli 72 vintage new rubber lower density allowing larger cross-sections given weight skein sent team members Dan Domina re ceived independently through Sal Can nizzo Very quickly began showing its superiority West Baden Jim Rich mond set world record 3621 class D model ROG record 1734 Lakehurst regional qualifiers July 2 Domina managed 4023 Akron July Richmond sent D up 5015 peaking 160 feet unofficial FAI flight 4339 Dick Obar ski set tissue stick record 2748 August practice session Bill Hulbert passed 40-minute mark Everyone team least mile stone flights rubber superb high spirits team felt ready Cardington frenetic trip England slowed us down little Laker Air44 Model Aviation dinosaurs have gone now great dirigible docks Cardington England remainas ao Lakehurst Toledo Santa Ana Within cavernous lairs world events sometimes take placefragile transparent flying machines seek conquer world major obstruction single research blimp though shallow roof girders formidable hazard Takaji Matsuzawa launches test flight practice day Japan looms asan Indoor power threat Polands Eduard Ciapala re leases test flight Has placed eighth betterCanadas Ron Higgs following 3944 flight last three championshipsNew Indoor hes competitor watch January 1979 45 World Champ Jim Richmond displays launch Dan Domina left-handed launch ala form reaching wrist stopwatch RubJim Richmond Pete Andrews Unfortun- ber stress twists motorstick stabilizer ately Dan both power trim problems opposite tilt Picture tells story Yugoslavias Vilim Kmoch V-dihedral job Well-known rubber cutter design smooth comfortablewindersat meet voryDuuy IdKU uurnhl Romak Kalina Russia untangle Rene Rutty Switzerland displays unique Swiss design Stabilizer midair Chlubny watches Amazingly no damage underslung keep out downwash wing ways sympathetic special hand ling needs took care see everything loaded safely brought boxes up elevator DC-b could hand-carry off plane What re lief find no model damage transit battle wasnt over no microbusses found Gat wick work out way get reserved heart London Rich mond gear went Dave Hagen Oregon offered meet us airport rest us crowded Volvo station wagon set out ren dezvous microbus Theentire day spent going Gatwick Bedford about 90 miles certainly glad chose arrive early have two days rest overcome jet lag Friday check-in day time some us renew old acquaintances others make new ones inde scribable thrill mingle great European indoor fliers English seemed common past championships chatter excited perfect opportunity drop few hints 40minute flights let competition worry bit met Peter Freebrey head FAI jury expressed concern unlimited steering rules adopted year felt meet would reduced steering contest wherein models would deliberately overwound held back hitting roof balloon string 46 Model Aviation Working up prescription flight Harri Raulio with much-flown model Note neat standto hold mode gunvuniOntly Erofejeff Finland inspects bracing Most consistent team memoer Eduard Chlubny IRussial shows functionality model box has seen three championships Made cardboard wood strips ltybeckys model n optical wing cfleck casts TI s snaaow groundglass screens remote measurement hassle-tree wings close rule limitfor wing span Swodens Anders Jonsson Sven Pontan ready model Having no place practice home find high ceilings awesome Britains Bob Bailey acted manager Milan Sitar Australia Lack high ceiling experience led having weak models very sympathetic set out de fine intent steering rules would interpreted jury man agers meeting next day outlined jurys position Although empowered change rules felt obliged interpret current rules through four-point statement 1 Steering should used emergency control competition 2 Low altitude steering should used imminent danger collision walls contents other model No steering should take place flight path model clear space 3 Steering must act point model forward wing leading edge line must able catch part model forward leading edge other propeller propel ler assembly 4 The intent rules such steering should used avert col lision principally horizontal plane used altitude control net result removal sharks teeth motorsticks warning blasting models roof steering would tolerated sharks teeth help prevent balloon strings snagging propellers can used pull model effect steering used competitor keep model overclimbing would require some skill avoid catching propeller invariably terminates flight since Continued page lOS January1979 47 Jim Hiebmond receives iiusflbrooke trophy Gospatric Home Wolthoorn Netherlands transport box year legs man getting Pelel First time84A2 total Surprisingly US United Kingdom copied idea 76 two flightschased way reigning champ Romak 8122 t-eroinando Migani Italy contemplates heavy propeller flex Note ribless wing tips half motor test flying Hulbert Harlan Richmond jovial mood Jims booty second place team diploma five leading teams within 15 seconds total other UK ontopat 21827 about 4 seconds ahead US 6 over Canada 8 over Japan about 13 over Poland triumphant British team Morley Barr Green manager Rag Parham accept Langley Cup Indoor WCs exude class Dont keep lending yours friend. IW 4W BUY HIM HIS OWN SULLIVAN STARTER FOR CHRISTMAS Superstar Starters . perfect gift modeler cially keeps borrowing Sullivan starter Has higher torque & RPMs heavy duty long life motor instant-on strip switch safety hand guard two year guarantee original everyone else tries copy buddy will find real turn-on Christmas P R 0 D U C T S N C SVILLE ROAD OW GROVE PA 19000 215 659-3000 first single-seat twin-engined fighter see service air force major power first flown 1938 very effective part British fighter strength during early years WW2 Its initial role long-range es court fighter night fighter Later ex amples often called Whirlihombers employed low-level cross-channel fighter-bomber sorties attacking shipping railroads bridges harbor facilities Highly maneuverable all-metal Whirl winds speed low altitudes great its contemporary fighters its range superior Power two 885hp Rolls-Royce Peregrine engines wingspan 45 feet Unfortunately air fields Whirlwind could use restricted its high landing speed 80 mph Four 20-mm cannons grouped nose yielded enormous accurate concentration firepower Whirli bomber versions could also carry bomb load 500 pounds Dick Scorgins CL model Whirlwind realistically cap tures spirit unique aircraft Mike Gretz Box 162 Montezuma IA 50171 Indoor WC/Harlan continued page 47 room abuse intent rule Practice day Saturday opened 60-degree temperature heavy over cast broke off midday give us warming sun fliers began make flights mid-30s drift incon sistent part hangar another no well-defined pattern Fortunately very little side drift As temperature rose did times best posted after 700 Wolthoorn Netherlands 3717 Butty Switzerland 3850 Bud Romak joined 40-minute FAI club 4112 followed 4138 manager Erv Rodemsky worked closely together find just right power combination quickly came obvious new Pirelli necessity everyone else also US team practiced cautiously Bill Hulbert several flights mid-30s Dan Domina three over 36/2 Jim Richmond put models halfway up-and saw 34s 35s Everyone satisfied Sunday morning arose cloudless sky very light ground fog shrouded Cardington would burn off 1100 62 degrees inside hangar floor level began practice Bill Dan posted mid-25s getting 80 100 feet Jim tested little writing advertisers mention read about MA zing put model top eight minutes ballooned successfully dropped 30 feet finished 4 150 contest started 1100 eight hours initiate nine flights little time waste waited little weather clear Jim stressed need two conservative first flights team member get us solidly board Bill offered go first started 1900 turns landed safely 3439 Dan next too put model just above 100 feet However motor walked off front hook bunched rear model stalled down 100 feet time 2314 visibly upset Dan rightfully Ron Green United Kingdom pow ered first flight top 615 discussion steering rule man agers meeting jury said didnt want see models blasted roof No fixed time set comments effect eight minutes normal peak met general agree ment Green forced balloon touched girder steering balloon exploded destroying model ended concern over steering rule tent flight least Early contest unbelievable tragedy struck Dieter Siebenmann Switzerland opened box propel lers pigeon searching food landed destroyed four propellers January 1979 105 string cant freed However question competitor allowed steer remained judgemental left flak3*IaajcP 0 BOX 2498 -MA 7LA MESA CALIF 92041 PHONE714469-8675or7144424636 GET ORGANIZED s set 4 sI urdy files holds over 4 years favorite Ba11 magazines 4 MAG FILES $495 Send $495 plan $100 pesfage handling 0GM INDUSTRIES PO BOX 388-K DOVER NH 03820 hit tailplane landing Swiss moved new location 100 feet away later suffer yet another pigeon bombing broke Buttys wings Richmond continued emphasize con servatism expressed using same motor test flight wound same number turns course would give him less energy since motor broken-in little better True model didnt quite reach top posted 4149 anyway Romak flew simul taneously landed 4055 con test 330 Canadians showing steam three flights over 35 two Jack McGillivray No other big flights posted Hulbert went second flight got within 20 feet top loose brace wire led ex cess washin left tip drag slowed model 16 minutes model dropped 80 feet landed 2638 Domina put flight top drifted little hung 1123 Barr put up second flight 3723 get British momentum going Jap anese put together two 35s 34 impressive showing Higgs Canada new sport put up 3944 second flight Polands Ciapala 3815 team members some mid-30s Richmonds second 3652 finally ex emplifying conservatism exhortations Romak followed first flight 4027 thrusting him lead nearly 2 106 ModelAviation minutes over Richmond As day grew long temperature rose although still cool enough jackets floor Hulbert power stall problems got halfway up clocked 2348 Domina managed best day 3033 got halfway up Near 630 Richmond readied third flight seemed match first al though didnt get quite high peaking 130 feet air become buoyant Late flight after some flir tation lone blimp hangar ground drift moved model away blimp other ground clutter settled floor magnificent 4253 gained lead Ro mak Bud challenged hung third flight 1343 Shortly thereafter thunderous ap plause rose contingent Japanese huddled around Nonaka just fin ished third flight superb 4036 put team strong position Cu riously few minutes later applause rang out Banba landed 3922 Since team member allowed fly time questionable made official flight Cana dians learned third Japanese model also flying officially filed protest upheld jury giving Canadians first place team standing end first day Poland made some mid-to-high-30s flights second place US United Kingdom followed Day two began solid overcast extraordinary calm hangar chilly 59 degrees early testing evidence inversion layer near 100 feet difficult break through Drift negligible Since seemed clear Richmond won contest felt pressure flying tight schedule would eased passed up least some flights air well tested contest began Jim fered take official purpose managed 3116 Meanwhile Bill Dan continued practice working toward getting models safely under roof 130 sun partly broken through begun warm hangar Bill flew first official day getting within ten feet top clocking 3310 longest first flight posted improved position 6 minutes Dan followed getting very high Drift took model off center about circle diameter gage its proximity girders Richmond stood below closest cross girder went down hangar line outside edge circle signaled models pass ing cross girder could judge clearance seemed least seven feet third fourth pass model stopped hit rope slung under longitudinal girder invisible us Once again Dan fell victim fate down last two flights put something together Near 300 Bill sent up second flight About half minute after launched Sitar Australia launched right under him models brushed continued flying asked Bob Bailey team man ager would steer model away Bills since strong contention team prize very sporting gesture agreed Unfortunately broke wing steering Bills flight didnt appear destined glory called reflight after collision 330 Green flown 3918 help ing British considerably McGillivary moved Canadians up little 3619 little later Barr flew 3634 boosting total nearly 12 minutes catapulting British lead about II minutes over Canada 12 min utes over US Hulbert restarted putting model within ten feet top Just settling cruise knot moved began rubbing motorstick slowing model fifteen minutes model dropped 100 feet finished 3 149 Domina probably fear another hangup wound cautiously got model halfway up managed 2551 Since air seemed slowly improv ing obtained permission him test fly encouraged him until satisfied power combina tion Both Hulbert Britains Morley launched last flights about same time near 500 Morley landed 3322 helping British half minute Hulbert reached 3438 improving score minute half British still eight minute lead over us Laurie Barr under pressure p05 sible strong finish Domina wound tightly last flight strain straigthened climb carried model side girders Before Laurie could balloon it touched stalled tailslid ground just after min ute flight Domina needed 3356 us win team championship Using new model wound tightly ensure reaching roof launch appeared motor stick bowed enough keep model climbing too fast thought would work out within first minute did begin climb bit faster after min ute clear something else amiss model never exceeded 80 feet spinning off turns rapidly because underelevated clocked 2953 somewhat surprising Upon examination rear wing post discovered loose launch lift popped rear wing up 1/16 inch redeeming feature flight pushed us past Canadians contest over British team won four minutes placing men tight cluster fifth ninth RIE IIRD* Kit $3DS NEW 79 CATALOG $LOO COMPLETE GUIDE OF RUBBER MODEL SUPPLIES New PEANUT PEOPLE CUSTOM TUNED ENGINES COMPETITION ACCESSORIES Gas 049/051 Specialists brochure send 1 5c stamp Kustom Kraftsmanship Brochure Box 2699 Laguna Hills CA 92653 714 830-5162 C 4tST MO AL ONLY $1095 DU-BRO PRODUCTS INCORPORATED 480 BONNER ROAD WAUCONDA ILL 60084 RO FYi FUEL PUMP NEW CONCEPT IN FUEL PUMPS ONLY ONE MOVING PART ING TO BREAK OR WEAR OUT LIGHT COMPACT AND RUGGED ONLY2WIDEAND 2-7/8 INDIA HAND OPERA TED AND REVER SIBLE S IN AND OUT HIGH VOLUME FLOW PUMP COMES ASSEMBLED AND MOUNTS ON GALLON CANS QUICK EASY INSTALLATION PUMP COMES COMPLETE WITH STEEL MOUNTING BRACKETS HARDWARE AND FUEL TUBING No191 eleventh US rode Jim Rich monds exceptional World Champion per formance garner second-place team award defending World Champion Bud Romak distinguished himself plac ing strong second first contest have seen very long time fortunes bad weather did influence outcome fliers new personal high times Japanese moved tenth place 1976 fourth year Swiss lacking third mem ber challenge team cup have steadily progressed since 1974 initia tion three 37-minute flights imagine what might have done pigeon bombings Jim Richmond last won World Championship 1968 Lets hope doesnt limit once decade FF Duration/Meuser continued page 49 library especially free-fighters Winding Stooge Etc CHE Hobbies has recently introduced stooge hold rubber-power models Mulvihills Wakefields down Constructed almost entirely 6061-T6 structural grade aluminum alloy has such nifty features aircraft-type quick release pins secure back stays head place foam padded model support shelf drive ground first remove top end secured quick-release pin insert its place plug distrib utes load hammer blows Tom Cashman writing Batsheet says isnt quite up contending rock studded soil Harts Lake Prairie drives piece /2-inch steel rod ground simply slips stooge tube over U-shaped head will ac cept models having rear peg tubes long 2 inches Some deep-bellied old-timers might fit distance cross pin bottom channel 11/4 inches price $2550 postpaid CHE Hobbies 10900 Eastwood Ave Inglewood CA 90304 CHE has several hundred other items free fighters including torquemeters rubber winders nitrate dope circle-tow hooks 1/64-sq 1/32-sq turbulator stock Japanese tissue Seelig timers Cox engines customized Kustom Krafts manship Bartels props about free flight competition kit business including old-timers stamped selfaddressed envelope will bring com plete list Anyone Free Flight Want get started free fight eh sonny Keep simple inexpensive go rubber power No use fussing little toys Wakefield Better count two models just case pair chem-milled motor tubes will run about $15 two ball-bearing front-end units will run $18 pair prop hubs about $4 About $25 worth balsa tissue dope wire miscellaneous tid bits should Youll need about three pounds rubber $26 Bob Piserchios winders $100 torquemeter $20 winding stooge $25 thermal detector will come handy $100 retrieval aids Binoculars good enough avoid instant eyestrain will run minimum $35 good compass about $13 youll need motorcycle should able get passable used trail bike about $250 fly danger setting fires fuses wont couple DT timers will run about $17 Lets see comes $648 Whats Cant afford Going look something less expensive like RC OK sonny just blew ex cuse needing motorcycle Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St. Oak land CA 94619 FF Indoor/Tenny continued page 50 Plan Ahead Most experienced fliers fairly adept getting initial aerodynamic setups models sometimes extra adjustments needed last minute Especially critical top performance combination wing January 1979 107
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/01
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 46, 47, 105, 106, 107
igust 27 ion OUR STORY 1978 Indoor World Championships really begins June receipt small order new Pi relli rubber Initial tests revealed have extraordinary energyat least five percent better best old Pirelli 72 vintage new rubber lower density allowing larger cross-sections given weight skein sent team members Dan Domina re ceived independently through Sal Can nizzo Very quickly began showing its superiority West Baden Jim Rich mond set world record 3621 class D model ROG record 1734 Lakehurst regional qualifiers July 2 Domina managed 4023 Akron July Richmond sent D up 5015 peaking 160 feet unofficial FAI flight 4339 Dick Obar ski set tissue stick record 2748 August practice session Bill Hulbert passed 40-minute mark Everyone team least mile stone flights rubber superb high spirits team felt ready Cardington frenetic trip England slowed us down little Laker Air44 Model Aviation dinosaurs have gone now great dirigible docks Cardington England remainas ao Lakehurst Toledo Santa Ana Within cavernous lairs world events sometimes take placefragile transparent flying machines seek conquer world major obstruction single research blimp though shallow roof girders formidable hazard Takaji Matsuzawa launches test flight practice day Japan looms asan Indoor power threat Polands Eduard Ciapala re leases test flight Has placed eighth betterCanadas Ron Higgs following 3944 flight last three championshipsNew Indoor hes competitor watch January 1979 45 World Champ Jim Richmond displays launch Dan Domina left-handed launch ala form reaching wrist stopwatch RubJim Richmond Pete Andrews Unfortun- ber stress twists motorstick stabilizer ately Dan both power trim problems opposite tilt Picture tells story Yugoslavias Vilim Kmoch V-dihedral job Well-known rubber cutter design smooth comfortablewindersat meet voryDuuy IdKU uurnhl Romak Kalina Russia untangle Rene Rutty Switzerland displays unique Swiss design Stabilizer midair Chlubny watches Amazingly no damage underslung keep out downwash wing ways sympathetic special hand ling needs took care see everything loaded safely brought boxes up elevator DC-b could hand-carry off plane What re lief find no model damage transit battle wasnt over no microbusses found Gat wick work out way get reserved heart London Rich mond gear went Dave Hagen Oregon offered meet us airport rest us crowded Volvo station wagon set out ren dezvous microbus Theentire day spent going Gatwick Bedford about 90 miles certainly glad chose arrive early have two days rest overcome jet lag Friday check-in day time some us renew old acquaintances others make new ones inde scribable thrill mingle great European indoor fliers English seemed common past championships chatter excited perfect opportunity drop few hints 40minute flights let competition worry bit met Peter Freebrey head FAI jury expressed concern unlimited steering rules adopted year felt meet would reduced steering contest wherein models would deliberately overwound held back hitting roof balloon string 46 Model Aviation Working up prescription flight Harri Raulio with much-flown model Note neat standto hold mode gunvuniOntly Erofejeff Finland inspects bracing Most consistent team memoer Eduard Chlubny IRussial shows functionality model box has seen three championships Made cardboard wood strips ltybeckys model n optical wing cfleck casts TI s snaaow groundglass screens remote measurement hassle-tree wings close rule limitfor wing span Swodens Anders Jonsson Sven Pontan ready model Having no place practice home find high ceilings awesome Britains Bob Bailey acted manager Milan Sitar Australia Lack high ceiling experience led having weak models very sympathetic set out de fine intent steering rules would interpreted jury man agers meeting next day outlined jurys position Although empowered change rules felt obliged interpret current rules through four-point statement 1 Steering should used emergency control competition 2 Low altitude steering should used imminent danger collision walls contents other model No steering should take place flight path model clear space 3 Steering must act point model forward wing leading edge line must able catch part model forward leading edge other propeller propel ler assembly 4 The intent rules such steering should used avert col lision principally horizontal plane used altitude control net result removal sharks teeth motorsticks warning blasting models roof steering would tolerated sharks teeth help prevent balloon strings snagging propellers can used pull model effect steering used competitor keep model overclimbing would require some skill avoid catching propeller invariably terminates flight since Continued page lOS January1979 47 Jim Hiebmond receives iiusflbrooke trophy Gospatric Home Wolthoorn Netherlands transport box year legs man getting Pelel First time84A2 total Surprisingly US United Kingdom copied idea 76 two flightschased way reigning champ Romak 8122 t-eroinando Migani Italy contemplates heavy propeller flex Note ribless wing tips half motor test flying Hulbert Harlan Richmond jovial mood Jims booty second place team diploma five leading teams within 15 seconds total other UK ontopat 21827 about 4 seconds ahead US 6 over Canada 8 over Japan about 13 over Poland triumphant British team Morley Barr Green manager Rag Parham accept Langley Cup Indoor WCs exude class Dont keep lending yours friend. IW 4W BUY HIM HIS OWN SULLIVAN STARTER FOR CHRISTMAS Superstar Starters . perfect gift modeler cially keeps borrowing Sullivan starter Has higher torque & RPMs heavy duty long life motor instant-on strip switch safety hand guard two year guarantee original everyone else tries copy buddy will find real turn-on Christmas P R 0 D U C T S N C SVILLE ROAD OW GROVE PA 19000 215 659-3000 first single-seat twin-engined fighter see service air force major power first flown 1938 very effective part British fighter strength during early years WW2 Its initial role long-range es court fighter night fighter Later ex amples often called Whirlihombers employed low-level cross-channel fighter-bomber sorties attacking shipping railroads bridges harbor facilities Highly maneuverable all-metal Whirl winds speed low altitudes great its contemporary fighters its range superior Power two 885hp Rolls-Royce Peregrine engines wingspan 45 feet Unfortunately air fields Whirlwind could use restricted its high landing speed 80 mph Four 20-mm cannons grouped nose yielded enormous accurate concentration firepower Whirli bomber versions could also carry bomb load 500 pounds Dick Scorgins CL model Whirlwind realistically cap tures spirit unique aircraft Mike Gretz Box 162 Montezuma IA 50171 Indoor WC/Harlan continued page 47 room abuse intent rule Practice day Saturday opened 60-degree temperature heavy over cast broke off midday give us warming sun fliers began make flights mid-30s drift incon sistent part hangar another no well-defined pattern Fortunately very little side drift As temperature rose did times best posted after 700 Wolthoorn Netherlands 3717 Butty Switzerland 3850 Bud Romak joined 40-minute FAI club 4112 followed 4138 manager Erv Rodemsky worked closely together find just right power combination quickly came obvious new Pirelli necessity everyone else also US team practiced cautiously Bill Hulbert several flights mid-30s Dan Domina three over 36/2 Jim Richmond put models halfway up-and saw 34s 35s Everyone satisfied Sunday morning arose cloudless sky very light ground fog shrouded Cardington would burn off 1100 62 degrees inside hangar floor level began practice Bill Dan posted mid-25s getting 80 100 feet Jim tested little writing advertisers mention read about MA zing put model top eight minutes ballooned successfully dropped 30 feet finished 4 150 contest started 1100 eight hours initiate nine flights little time waste waited little weather clear Jim stressed need two conservative first flights team member get us solidly board Bill offered go first started 1900 turns landed safely 3439 Dan next too put model just above 100 feet However motor walked off front hook bunched rear model stalled down 100 feet time 2314 visibly upset Dan rightfully Ron Green United Kingdom pow ered first flight top 615 discussion steering rule man agers meeting jury said didnt want see models blasted roof No fixed time set comments effect eight minutes normal peak met general agree ment Green forced balloon touched girder steering balloon exploded destroying model ended concern over steering rule tent flight least Early contest unbelievable tragedy struck Dieter Siebenmann Switzerland opened box propel lers pigeon searching food landed destroyed four propellers January 1979 105 string cant freed However question competitor allowed steer remained judgemental left flak3*IaajcP 0 BOX 2498 -MA 7LA MESA CALIF 92041 PHONE714469-8675or7144424636 GET ORGANIZED s set 4 sI urdy files holds over 4 years favorite Ba11 magazines 4 MAG FILES $495 Send $495 plan $100 pesfage handling 0GM INDUSTRIES PO BOX 388-K DOVER NH 03820 hit tailplane landing Swiss moved new location 100 feet away later suffer yet another pigeon bombing broke Buttys wings Richmond continued emphasize con servatism expressed using same motor test flight wound same number turns course would give him less energy since motor broken-in little better True model didnt quite reach top posted 4149 anyway Romak flew simul taneously landed 4055 con test 330 Canadians showing steam three flights over 35 two Jack McGillivray No other big flights posted Hulbert went second flight got within 20 feet top loose brace wire led ex cess washin left tip drag slowed model 16 minutes model dropped 80 feet landed 2638 Domina put flight top drifted little hung 1123 Barr put up second flight 3723 get British momentum going Jap anese put together two 35s 34 impressive showing Higgs Canada new sport put up 3944 second flight Polands Ciapala 3815 team members some mid-30s Richmonds second 3652 finally ex emplifying conservatism exhortations Romak followed first flight 4027 thrusting him lead nearly 2 106 ModelAviation minutes over Richmond As day grew long temperature rose although still cool enough jackets floor Hulbert power stall problems got halfway up clocked 2348 Domina managed best day 3033 got halfway up Near 630 Richmond readied third flight seemed match first al though didnt get quite high peaking 130 feet air become buoyant Late flight after some flir tation lone blimp hangar ground drift moved model away blimp other ground clutter settled floor magnificent 4253 gained lead Ro mak Bud challenged hung third flight 1343 Shortly thereafter thunderous ap plause rose contingent Japanese huddled around Nonaka just fin ished third flight superb 4036 put team strong position Cu riously few minutes later applause rang out Banba landed 3922 Since team member allowed fly time questionable made official flight Cana dians learned third Japanese model also flying officially filed protest upheld jury giving Canadians first place team standing end first day Poland made some mid-to-high-30s flights second place US United Kingdom followed Day two began solid overcast extraordinary calm hangar chilly 59 degrees early testing evidence inversion layer near 100 feet difficult break through Drift negligible Since seemed clear Richmond won contest felt pressure flying tight schedule would eased passed up least some flights air well tested contest began Jim fered take official purpose managed 3116 Meanwhile Bill Dan continued practice working toward getting models safely under roof 130 sun partly broken through begun warm hangar Bill flew first official day getting within ten feet top clocking 3310 longest first flight posted improved position 6 minutes Dan followed getting very high Drift took model off center about circle diameter gage its proximity girders Richmond stood below closest cross girder went down hangar line outside edge circle signaled models pass ing cross girder could judge clearance seemed least seven feet third fourth pass model stopped hit rope slung under longitudinal girder invisible us Once again Dan fell victim fate down last two flights put something together Near 300 Bill sent up second flight About half minute after launched Sitar Australia launched right under him models brushed continued flying asked Bob Bailey team man ager would steer model away Bills since strong contention team prize very sporting gesture agreed Unfortunately broke wing steering Bills flight didnt appear destined glory called reflight after collision 330 Green flown 3918 help ing British considerably McGillivary moved Canadians up little 3619 little later Barr flew 3634 boosting total nearly 12 minutes catapulting British lead about II minutes over Canada 12 min utes over US Hulbert restarted putting model within ten feet top Just settling cruise knot moved began rubbing motorstick slowing model fifteen minutes model dropped 100 feet finished 3 149 Domina probably fear another hangup wound cautiously got model halfway up managed 2551 Since air seemed slowly improv ing obtained permission him test fly encouraged him until satisfied power combina tion Both Hulbert Britains Morley launched last flights about same time near 500 Morley landed 3322 helping British half minute Hulbert reached 3438 improving score minute half British still eight minute lead over us Laurie Barr under pressure p05 sible strong finish Domina wound tightly last flight strain straigthened climb carried model side girders Before Laurie could balloon it touched stalled tailslid ground just after min ute flight Domina needed 3356 us win team championship Using new model wound tightly ensure reaching roof launch appeared motor stick bowed enough keep model climbing too fast thought would work out within first minute did begin climb bit faster after min ute clear something else amiss model never exceeded 80 feet spinning off turns rapidly because underelevated clocked 2953 somewhat surprising Upon examination rear wing post discovered loose launch lift popped rear wing up 1/16 inch redeeming feature flight pushed us past Canadians contest over British team won four minutes placing men tight cluster fifth ninth RIE IIRD* Kit $3DS NEW 79 CATALOG $LOO COMPLETE GUIDE OF RUBBER MODEL SUPPLIES New PEANUT PEOPLE CUSTOM TUNED ENGINES COMPETITION ACCESSORIES Gas 049/051 Specialists brochure send 1 5c stamp Kustom Kraftsmanship Brochure Box 2699 Laguna Hills CA 92653 714 830-5162 C 4tST MO AL ONLY $1095 DU-BRO PRODUCTS INCORPORATED 480 BONNER ROAD WAUCONDA ILL 60084 RO FYi FUEL PUMP NEW CONCEPT IN FUEL PUMPS ONLY ONE MOVING PART ING TO BREAK OR WEAR OUT LIGHT COMPACT AND RUGGED ONLY2WIDEAND 2-7/8 INDIA HAND OPERA TED AND REVER SIBLE S IN AND OUT HIGH VOLUME FLOW PUMP COMES ASSEMBLED AND MOUNTS ON GALLON CANS QUICK EASY INSTALLATION PUMP COMES COMPLETE WITH STEEL MOUNTING BRACKETS HARDWARE AND FUEL TUBING No191 eleventh US rode Jim Rich monds exceptional World Champion per formance garner second-place team award defending World Champion Bud Romak distinguished himself plac ing strong second first contest have seen very long time fortunes bad weather did influence outcome fliers new personal high times Japanese moved tenth place 1976 fourth year Swiss lacking third mem ber challenge team cup have steadily progressed since 1974 initia tion three 37-minute flights imagine what might have done pigeon bombings Jim Richmond last won World Championship 1968 Lets hope doesnt limit once decade FF Duration/Meuser continued page 49 library especially free-fighters Winding Stooge Etc CHE Hobbies has recently introduced stooge hold rubber-power models Mulvihills Wakefields down Constructed almost entirely 6061-T6 structural grade aluminum alloy has such nifty features aircraft-type quick release pins secure back stays head place foam padded model support shelf drive ground first remove top end secured quick-release pin insert its place plug distrib utes load hammer blows Tom Cashman writing Batsheet says isnt quite up contending rock studded soil Harts Lake Prairie drives piece /2-inch steel rod ground simply slips stooge tube over U-shaped head will ac cept models having rear peg tubes long 2 inches Some deep-bellied old-timers might fit distance cross pin bottom channel 11/4 inches price $2550 postpaid CHE Hobbies 10900 Eastwood Ave Inglewood CA 90304 CHE has several hundred other items free fighters including torquemeters rubber winders nitrate dope circle-tow hooks 1/64-sq 1/32-sq turbulator stock Japanese tissue Seelig timers Cox engines customized Kustom Krafts manship Bartels props about free flight competition kit business including old-timers stamped selfaddressed envelope will bring com plete list Anyone Free Flight Want get started free fight eh sonny Keep simple inexpensive go rubber power No use fussing little toys Wakefield Better count two models just case pair chem-milled motor tubes will run about $15 two ball-bearing front-end units will run $18 pair prop hubs about $4 About $25 worth balsa tissue dope wire miscellaneous tid bits should Youll need about three pounds rubber $26 Bob Piserchios winders $100 torquemeter $20 winding stooge $25 thermal detector will come handy $100 retrieval aids Binoculars good enough avoid instant eyestrain will run minimum $35 good compass about $13 youll need motorcycle should able get passable used trail bike about $250 fly danger setting fires fuses wont couple DT timers will run about $17 Lets see comes $648 Whats Cant afford Going look something less expensive like RC OK sonny just blew ex cuse needing motorcycle Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St. Oak land CA 94619 FF Indoor/Tenny continued page 50 Plan Ahead Most experienced fliers fairly adept getting initial aerodynamic setups models sometimes extra adjustments needed last minute Especially critical top performance combination wing January 1979 107
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/01
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 46, 47, 105, 106, 107
igust 27 ion OUR STORY 1978 Indoor World Championships really begins June receipt small order new Pi relli rubber Initial tests revealed have extraordinary energyat least five percent better best old Pirelli 72 vintage new rubber lower density allowing larger cross-sections given weight skein sent team members Dan Domina re ceived independently through Sal Can nizzo Very quickly began showing its superiority West Baden Jim Rich mond set world record 3621 class D model ROG record 1734 Lakehurst regional qualifiers July 2 Domina managed 4023 Akron July Richmond sent D up 5015 peaking 160 feet unofficial FAI flight 4339 Dick Obar ski set tissue stick record 2748 August practice session Bill Hulbert passed 40-minute mark Everyone team least mile stone flights rubber superb high spirits team felt ready Cardington frenetic trip England slowed us down little Laker Air44 Model Aviation dinosaurs have gone now great dirigible docks Cardington England remainas ao Lakehurst Toledo Santa Ana Within cavernous lairs world events sometimes take placefragile transparent flying machines seek conquer world major obstruction single research blimp though shallow roof girders formidable hazard Takaji Matsuzawa launches test flight practice day Japan looms asan Indoor power threat Polands Eduard Ciapala re leases test flight Has placed eighth betterCanadas Ron Higgs following 3944 flight last three championshipsNew Indoor hes competitor watch January 1979 45 World Champ Jim Richmond displays launch Dan Domina left-handed launch ala form reaching wrist stopwatch RubJim Richmond Pete Andrews Unfortun- ber stress twists motorstick stabilizer ately Dan both power trim problems opposite tilt Picture tells story Yugoslavias Vilim Kmoch V-dihedral job Well-known rubber cutter design smooth comfortablewindersat meet voryDuuy IdKU uurnhl Romak Kalina Russia untangle Rene Rutty Switzerland displays unique Swiss design Stabilizer midair Chlubny watches Amazingly no damage underslung keep out downwash wing ways sympathetic special hand ling needs took care see everything loaded safely brought boxes up elevator DC-b could hand-carry off plane What re lief find no model damage transit battle wasnt over no microbusses found Gat wick work out way get reserved heart London Rich mond gear went Dave Hagen Oregon offered meet us airport rest us crowded Volvo station wagon set out ren dezvous microbus Theentire day spent going Gatwick Bedford about 90 miles certainly glad chose arrive early have two days rest overcome jet lag Friday check-in day time some us renew old acquaintances others make new ones inde scribable thrill mingle great European indoor fliers English seemed common past championships chatter excited perfect opportunity drop few hints 40minute flights let competition worry bit met Peter Freebrey head FAI jury expressed concern unlimited steering rules adopted year felt meet would reduced steering contest wherein models would deliberately overwound held back hitting roof balloon string 46 Model Aviation Working up prescription flight Harri Raulio with much-flown model Note neat standto hold mode gunvuniOntly Erofejeff Finland inspects bracing Most consistent team memoer Eduard Chlubny IRussial shows functionality model box has seen three championships Made cardboard wood strips ltybeckys model n optical wing cfleck casts TI s snaaow groundglass screens remote measurement hassle-tree wings close rule limitfor wing span Swodens Anders Jonsson Sven Pontan ready model Having no place practice home find high ceilings awesome Britains Bob Bailey acted manager Milan Sitar Australia Lack high ceiling experience led having weak models very sympathetic set out de fine intent steering rules would interpreted jury man agers meeting next day outlined jurys position Although empowered change rules felt obliged interpret current rules through four-point statement 1 Steering should used emergency control competition 2 Low altitude steering should used imminent danger collision walls contents other model No steering should take place flight path model clear space 3 Steering must act point model forward wing leading edge line must able catch part model forward leading edge other propeller propel ler assembly 4 The intent rules such steering should used avert col lision principally horizontal plane used altitude control net result removal sharks teeth motorsticks warning blasting models roof steering would tolerated sharks teeth help prevent balloon strings snagging propellers can used pull model effect steering used competitor keep model overclimbing would require some skill avoid catching propeller invariably terminates flight since Continued page lOS January1979 47 Jim Hiebmond receives iiusflbrooke trophy Gospatric Home Wolthoorn Netherlands transport box year legs man getting Pelel First time84A2 total Surprisingly US United Kingdom copied idea 76 two flightschased way reigning champ Romak 8122 t-eroinando Migani Italy contemplates heavy propeller flex Note ribless wing tips half motor test flying Hulbert Harlan Richmond jovial mood Jims booty second place team diploma five leading teams within 15 seconds total other UK ontopat 21827 about 4 seconds ahead US 6 over Canada 8 over Japan about 13 over Poland triumphant British team Morley Barr Green manager Rag Parham accept Langley Cup Indoor WCs exude class Dont keep lending yours friend. IW 4W BUY HIM HIS OWN SULLIVAN STARTER FOR CHRISTMAS Superstar Starters . perfect gift modeler cially keeps borrowing Sullivan starter Has higher torque & RPMs heavy duty long life motor instant-on strip switch safety hand guard two year guarantee original everyone else tries copy buddy will find real turn-on Christmas P R 0 D U C T S N C SVILLE ROAD OW GROVE PA 19000 215 659-3000 first single-seat twin-engined fighter see service air force major power first flown 1938 very effective part British fighter strength during early years WW2 Its initial role long-range es court fighter night fighter Later ex amples often called Whirlihombers employed low-level cross-channel fighter-bomber sorties attacking shipping railroads bridges harbor facilities Highly maneuverable all-metal Whirl winds speed low altitudes great its contemporary fighters its range superior Power two 885hp Rolls-Royce Peregrine engines wingspan 45 feet Unfortunately air fields Whirlwind could use restricted its high landing speed 80 mph Four 20-mm cannons grouped nose yielded enormous accurate concentration firepower Whirli bomber versions could also carry bomb load 500 pounds Dick Scorgins CL model Whirlwind realistically cap tures spirit unique aircraft Mike Gretz Box 162 Montezuma IA 50171 Indoor WC/Harlan continued page 47 room abuse intent rule Practice day Saturday opened 60-degree temperature heavy over cast broke off midday give us warming sun fliers began make flights mid-30s drift incon sistent part hangar another no well-defined pattern Fortunately very little side drift As temperature rose did times best posted after 700 Wolthoorn Netherlands 3717 Butty Switzerland 3850 Bud Romak joined 40-minute FAI club 4112 followed 4138 manager Erv Rodemsky worked closely together find just right power combination quickly came obvious new Pirelli necessity everyone else also US team practiced cautiously Bill Hulbert several flights mid-30s Dan Domina three over 36/2 Jim Richmond put models halfway up-and saw 34s 35s Everyone satisfied Sunday morning arose cloudless sky very light ground fog shrouded Cardington would burn off 1100 62 degrees inside hangar floor level began practice Bill Dan posted mid-25s getting 80 100 feet Jim tested little writing advertisers mention read about MA zing put model top eight minutes ballooned successfully dropped 30 feet finished 4 150 contest started 1100 eight hours initiate nine flights little time waste waited little weather clear Jim stressed need two conservative first flights team member get us solidly board Bill offered go first started 1900 turns landed safely 3439 Dan next too put model just above 100 feet However motor walked off front hook bunched rear model stalled down 100 feet time 2314 visibly upset Dan rightfully Ron Green United Kingdom pow ered first flight top 615 discussion steering rule man agers meeting jury said didnt want see models blasted roof No fixed time set comments effect eight minutes normal peak met general agree ment Green forced balloon touched girder steering balloon exploded destroying model ended concern over steering rule tent flight least Early contest unbelievable tragedy struck Dieter Siebenmann Switzerland opened box propel lers pigeon searching food landed destroyed four propellers January 1979 105 string cant freed However question competitor allowed steer remained judgemental left flak3*IaajcP 0 BOX 2498 -MA 7LA MESA CALIF 92041 PHONE714469-8675or7144424636 GET ORGANIZED s set 4 sI urdy files holds over 4 years favorite Ba11 magazines 4 MAG FILES $495 Send $495 plan $100 pesfage handling 0GM INDUSTRIES PO BOX 388-K DOVER NH 03820 hit tailplane landing Swiss moved new location 100 feet away later suffer yet another pigeon bombing broke Buttys wings Richmond continued emphasize con servatism expressed using same motor test flight wound same number turns course would give him less energy since motor broken-in little better True model didnt quite reach top posted 4149 anyway Romak flew simul taneously landed 4055 con test 330 Canadians showing steam three flights over 35 two Jack McGillivray No other big flights posted Hulbert went second flight got within 20 feet top loose brace wire led ex cess washin left tip drag slowed model 16 minutes model dropped 80 feet landed 2638 Domina put flight top drifted little hung 1123 Barr put up second flight 3723 get British momentum going Jap anese put together two 35s 34 impressive showing Higgs Canada new sport put up 3944 second flight Polands Ciapala 3815 team members some mid-30s Richmonds second 3652 finally ex emplifying conservatism exhortations Romak followed first flight 4027 thrusting him lead nearly 2 106 ModelAviation minutes over Richmond As day grew long temperature rose although still cool enough jackets floor Hulbert power stall problems got halfway up clocked 2348 Domina managed best day 3033 got halfway up Near 630 Richmond readied third flight seemed match first al though didnt get quite high peaking 130 feet air become buoyant Late flight after some flir tation lone blimp hangar ground drift moved model away blimp other ground clutter settled floor magnificent 4253 gained lead Ro mak Bud challenged hung third flight 1343 Shortly thereafter thunderous ap plause rose contingent Japanese huddled around Nonaka just fin ished third flight superb 4036 put team strong position Cu riously few minutes later applause rang out Banba landed 3922 Since team member allowed fly time questionable made official flight Cana dians learned third Japanese model also flying officially filed protest upheld jury giving Canadians first place team standing end first day Poland made some mid-to-high-30s flights second place US United Kingdom followed Day two began solid overcast extraordinary calm hangar chilly 59 degrees early testing evidence inversion layer near 100 feet difficult break through Drift negligible Since seemed clear Richmond won contest felt pressure flying tight schedule would eased passed up least some flights air well tested contest began Jim fered take official purpose managed 3116 Meanwhile Bill Dan continued practice working toward getting models safely under roof 130 sun partly broken through begun warm hangar Bill flew first official day getting within ten feet top clocking 3310 longest first flight posted improved position 6 minutes Dan followed getting very high Drift took model off center about circle diameter gage its proximity girders Richmond stood below closest cross girder went down hangar line outside edge circle signaled models pass ing cross girder could judge clearance seemed least seven feet third fourth pass model stopped hit rope slung under longitudinal girder invisible us Once again Dan fell victim fate down last two flights put something together Near 300 Bill sent up second flight About half minute after launched Sitar Australia launched right under him models brushed continued flying asked Bob Bailey team man ager would steer model away Bills since strong contention team prize very sporting gesture agreed Unfortunately broke wing steering Bills flight didnt appear destined glory called reflight after collision 330 Green flown 3918 help ing British considerably McGillivary moved Canadians up little 3619 little later Barr flew 3634 boosting total nearly 12 minutes catapulting British lead about II minutes over Canada 12 min utes over US Hulbert restarted putting model within ten feet top Just settling cruise knot moved began rubbing motorstick slowing model fifteen minutes model dropped 100 feet finished 3 149 Domina probably fear another hangup wound cautiously got model halfway up managed 2551 Since air seemed slowly improv ing obtained permission him test fly encouraged him until satisfied power combina tion Both Hulbert Britains Morley launched last flights about same time near 500 Morley landed 3322 helping British half minute Hulbert reached 3438 improving score minute half British still eight minute lead over us Laurie Barr under pressure p05 sible strong finish Domina wound tightly last flight strain straigthened climb carried model side girders Before Laurie could balloon it touched stalled tailslid ground just after min ute flight Domina needed 3356 us win team championship Using new model wound tightly ensure reaching roof launch appeared motor stick bowed enough keep model climbing too fast thought would work out within first minute did begin climb bit faster after min ute clear something else amiss model never exceeded 80 feet spinning off turns rapidly because underelevated clocked 2953 somewhat surprising Upon examination rear wing post discovered loose launch lift popped rear wing up 1/16 inch redeeming feature flight pushed us past Canadians contest over British team won four minutes placing men tight cluster fifth ninth RIE IIRD* Kit $3DS NEW 79 CATALOG $LOO COMPLETE GUIDE OF RUBBER MODEL SUPPLIES New PEANUT PEOPLE CUSTOM TUNED ENGINES COMPETITION ACCESSORIES Gas 049/051 Specialists brochure send 1 5c stamp Kustom Kraftsmanship Brochure Box 2699 Laguna Hills CA 92653 714 830-5162 C 4tST MO AL ONLY $1095 DU-BRO PRODUCTS INCORPORATED 480 BONNER ROAD WAUCONDA ILL 60084 RO FYi FUEL PUMP NEW CONCEPT IN FUEL PUMPS ONLY ONE MOVING PART ING TO BREAK OR WEAR OUT LIGHT COMPACT AND RUGGED ONLY2WIDEAND 2-7/8 INDIA HAND OPERA TED AND REVER SIBLE S IN AND OUT HIGH VOLUME FLOW PUMP COMES ASSEMBLED AND MOUNTS ON GALLON CANS QUICK EASY INSTALLATION PUMP COMES COMPLETE WITH STEEL MOUNTING BRACKETS HARDWARE AND FUEL TUBING No191 eleventh US rode Jim Rich monds exceptional World Champion per formance garner second-place team award defending World Champion Bud Romak distinguished himself plac ing strong second first contest have seen very long time fortunes bad weather did influence outcome fliers new personal high times Japanese moved tenth place 1976 fourth year Swiss lacking third mem ber challenge team cup have steadily progressed since 1974 initia tion three 37-minute flights imagine what might have done pigeon bombings Jim Richmond last won World Championship 1968 Lets hope doesnt limit once decade FF Duration/Meuser continued page 49 library especially free-fighters Winding Stooge Etc CHE Hobbies has recently introduced stooge hold rubber-power models Mulvihills Wakefields down Constructed almost entirely 6061-T6 structural grade aluminum alloy has such nifty features aircraft-type quick release pins secure back stays head place foam padded model support shelf drive ground first remove top end secured quick-release pin insert its place plug distrib utes load hammer blows Tom Cashman writing Batsheet says isnt quite up contending rock studded soil Harts Lake Prairie drives piece /2-inch steel rod ground simply slips stooge tube over U-shaped head will ac cept models having rear peg tubes long 2 inches Some deep-bellied old-timers might fit distance cross pin bottom channel 11/4 inches price $2550 postpaid CHE Hobbies 10900 Eastwood Ave Inglewood CA 90304 CHE has several hundred other items free fighters including torquemeters rubber winders nitrate dope circle-tow hooks 1/64-sq 1/32-sq turbulator stock Japanese tissue Seelig timers Cox engines customized Kustom Krafts manship Bartels props about free flight competition kit business including old-timers stamped selfaddressed envelope will bring com plete list Anyone Free Flight Want get started free fight eh sonny Keep simple inexpensive go rubber power No use fussing little toys Wakefield Better count two models just case pair chem-milled motor tubes will run about $15 two ball-bearing front-end units will run $18 pair prop hubs about $4 About $25 worth balsa tissue dope wire miscellaneous tid bits should Youll need about three pounds rubber $26 Bob Piserchios winders $100 torquemeter $20 winding stooge $25 thermal detector will come handy $100 retrieval aids Binoculars good enough avoid instant eyestrain will run minimum $35 good compass about $13 youll need motorcycle should able get passable used trail bike about $250 fly danger setting fires fuses wont couple DT timers will run about $17 Lets see comes $648 Whats Cant afford Going look something less expensive like RC OK sonny just blew ex cuse needing motorcycle Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St. Oak land CA 94619 FF Indoor/Tenny continued page 50 Plan Ahead Most experienced fliers fairly adept getting initial aerodynamic setups models sometimes extra adjustments needed last minute Especially critical top performance combination wing January 1979 107
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/01
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 46, 47, 105, 106, 107
igust 27 ion OUR STORY 1978 Indoor World Championships really begins June receipt small order new Pi relli rubber Initial tests revealed have extraordinary energyat least five percent better best old Pirelli 72 vintage new rubber lower density allowing larger cross-sections given weight skein sent team members Dan Domina re ceived independently through Sal Can nizzo Very quickly began showing its superiority West Baden Jim Rich mond set world record 3621 class D model ROG record 1734 Lakehurst regional qualifiers July 2 Domina managed 4023 Akron July Richmond sent D up 5015 peaking 160 feet unofficial FAI flight 4339 Dick Obar ski set tissue stick record 2748 August practice session Bill Hulbert passed 40-minute mark Everyone team least mile stone flights rubber superb high spirits team felt ready Cardington frenetic trip England slowed us down little Laker Air44 Model Aviation dinosaurs have gone now great dirigible docks Cardington England remainas ao Lakehurst Toledo Santa Ana Within cavernous lairs world events sometimes take placefragile transparent flying machines seek conquer world major obstruction single research blimp though shallow roof girders formidable hazard Takaji Matsuzawa launches test flight practice day Japan looms asan Indoor power threat Polands Eduard Ciapala re leases test flight Has placed eighth betterCanadas Ron Higgs following 3944 flight last three championshipsNew Indoor hes competitor watch January 1979 45 World Champ Jim Richmond displays launch Dan Domina left-handed launch ala form reaching wrist stopwatch RubJim Richmond Pete Andrews Unfortun- ber stress twists motorstick stabilizer ately Dan both power trim problems opposite tilt Picture tells story Yugoslavias Vilim Kmoch V-dihedral job Well-known rubber cutter design smooth comfortablewindersat meet voryDuuy IdKU uurnhl Romak Kalina Russia untangle Rene Rutty Switzerland displays unique Swiss design Stabilizer midair Chlubny watches Amazingly no damage underslung keep out downwash wing ways sympathetic special hand ling needs took care see everything loaded safely brought boxes up elevator DC-b could hand-carry off plane What re lief find no model damage transit battle wasnt over no microbusses found Gat wick work out way get reserved heart London Rich mond gear went Dave Hagen Oregon offered meet us airport rest us crowded Volvo station wagon set out ren dezvous microbus Theentire day spent going Gatwick Bedford about 90 miles certainly glad chose arrive early have two days rest overcome jet lag Friday check-in day time some us renew old acquaintances others make new ones inde scribable thrill mingle great European indoor fliers English seemed common past championships chatter excited perfect opportunity drop few hints 40minute flights let competition worry bit met Peter Freebrey head FAI jury expressed concern unlimited steering rules adopted year felt meet would reduced steering contest wherein models would deliberately overwound held back hitting roof balloon string 46 Model Aviation Working up prescription flight Harri Raulio with much-flown model Note neat standto hold mode gunvuniOntly Erofejeff Finland inspects bracing Most consistent team memoer Eduard Chlubny IRussial shows functionality model box has seen three championships Made cardboard wood strips ltybeckys model n optical wing cfleck casts TI s snaaow groundglass screens remote measurement hassle-tree wings close rule limitfor wing span Swodens Anders Jonsson Sven Pontan ready model Having no place practice home find high ceilings awesome Britains Bob Bailey acted manager Milan Sitar Australia Lack high ceiling experience led having weak models very sympathetic set out de fine intent steering rules would interpreted jury man agers meeting next day outlined jurys position Although empowered change rules felt obliged interpret current rules through four-point statement 1 Steering should used emergency control competition 2 Low altitude steering should used imminent danger collision walls contents other model No steering should take place flight path model clear space 3 Steering must act point model forward wing leading edge line must able catch part model forward leading edge other propeller propel ler assembly 4 The intent rules such steering should used avert col lision principally horizontal plane used altitude control net result removal sharks teeth motorsticks warning blasting models roof steering would tolerated sharks teeth help prevent balloon strings snagging propellers can used pull model effect steering used competitor keep model overclimbing would require some skill avoid catching propeller invariably terminates flight since Continued page lOS January1979 47 Jim Hiebmond receives iiusflbrooke trophy Gospatric Home Wolthoorn Netherlands transport box year legs man getting Pelel First time84A2 total Surprisingly US United Kingdom copied idea 76 two flightschased way reigning champ Romak 8122 t-eroinando Migani Italy contemplates heavy propeller flex Note ribless wing tips half motor test flying Hulbert Harlan Richmond jovial mood Jims booty second place team diploma five leading teams within 15 seconds total other UK ontopat 21827 about 4 seconds ahead US 6 over Canada 8 over Japan about 13 over Poland triumphant British team Morley Barr Green manager Rag Parham accept Langley Cup Indoor WCs exude class Dont keep lending yours friend. IW 4W BUY HIM HIS OWN SULLIVAN STARTER FOR CHRISTMAS Superstar Starters . perfect gift modeler cially keeps borrowing Sullivan starter Has higher torque & RPMs heavy duty long life motor instant-on strip switch safety hand guard two year guarantee original everyone else tries copy buddy will find real turn-on Christmas P R 0 D U C T S N C SVILLE ROAD OW GROVE PA 19000 215 659-3000 first single-seat twin-engined fighter see service air force major power first flown 1938 very effective part British fighter strength during early years WW2 Its initial role long-range es court fighter night fighter Later ex amples often called Whirlihombers employed low-level cross-channel fighter-bomber sorties attacking shipping railroads bridges harbor facilities Highly maneuverable all-metal Whirl winds speed low altitudes great its contemporary fighters its range superior Power two 885hp Rolls-Royce Peregrine engines wingspan 45 feet Unfortunately air fields Whirlwind could use restricted its high landing speed 80 mph Four 20-mm cannons grouped nose yielded enormous accurate concentration firepower Whirli bomber versions could also carry bomb load 500 pounds Dick Scorgins CL model Whirlwind realistically cap tures spirit unique aircraft Mike Gretz Box 162 Montezuma IA 50171 Indoor WC/Harlan continued page 47 room abuse intent rule Practice day Saturday opened 60-degree temperature heavy over cast broke off midday give us warming sun fliers began make flights mid-30s drift incon sistent part hangar another no well-defined pattern Fortunately very little side drift As temperature rose did times best posted after 700 Wolthoorn Netherlands 3717 Butty Switzerland 3850 Bud Romak joined 40-minute FAI club 4112 followed 4138 manager Erv Rodemsky worked closely together find just right power combination quickly came obvious new Pirelli necessity everyone else also US team practiced cautiously Bill Hulbert several flights mid-30s Dan Domina three over 36/2 Jim Richmond put models halfway up-and saw 34s 35s Everyone satisfied Sunday morning arose cloudless sky very light ground fog shrouded Cardington would burn off 1100 62 degrees inside hangar floor level began practice Bill Dan posted mid-25s getting 80 100 feet Jim tested little writing advertisers mention read about MA zing put model top eight minutes ballooned successfully dropped 30 feet finished 4 150 contest started 1100 eight hours initiate nine flights little time waste waited little weather clear Jim stressed need two conservative first flights team member get us solidly board Bill offered go first started 1900 turns landed safely 3439 Dan next too put model just above 100 feet However motor walked off front hook bunched rear model stalled down 100 feet time 2314 visibly upset Dan rightfully Ron Green United Kingdom pow ered first flight top 615 discussion steering rule man agers meeting jury said didnt want see models blasted roof No fixed time set comments effect eight minutes normal peak met general agree ment Green forced balloon touched girder steering balloon exploded destroying model ended concern over steering rule tent flight least Early contest unbelievable tragedy struck Dieter Siebenmann Switzerland opened box propel lers pigeon searching food landed destroyed four propellers January 1979 105 string cant freed However question competitor allowed steer remained judgemental left flak3*IaajcP 0 BOX 2498 -MA 7LA MESA CALIF 92041 PHONE714469-8675or7144424636 GET ORGANIZED s set 4 sI urdy files holds over 4 years favorite Ba11 magazines 4 MAG FILES $495 Send $495 plan $100 pesfage handling 0GM INDUSTRIES PO BOX 388-K DOVER NH 03820 hit tailplane landing Swiss moved new location 100 feet away later suffer yet another pigeon bombing broke Buttys wings Richmond continued emphasize con servatism expressed using same motor test flight wound same number turns course would give him less energy since motor broken-in little better True model didnt quite reach top posted 4149 anyway Romak flew simul taneously landed 4055 con test 330 Canadians showing steam three flights over 35 two Jack McGillivray No other big flights posted Hulbert went second flight got within 20 feet top loose brace wire led ex cess washin left tip drag slowed model 16 minutes model dropped 80 feet landed 2638 Domina put flight top drifted little hung 1123 Barr put up second flight 3723 get British momentum going Jap anese put together two 35s 34 impressive showing Higgs Canada new sport put up 3944 second flight Polands Ciapala 3815 team members some mid-30s Richmonds second 3652 finally ex emplifying conservatism exhortations Romak followed first flight 4027 thrusting him lead nearly 2 106 ModelAviation minutes over Richmond As day grew long temperature rose although still cool enough jackets floor Hulbert power stall problems got halfway up clocked 2348 Domina managed best day 3033 got halfway up Near 630 Richmond readied third flight seemed match first al though didnt get quite high peaking 130 feet air become buoyant Late flight after some flir tation lone blimp hangar ground drift moved model away blimp other ground clutter settled floor magnificent 4253 gained lead Ro mak Bud challenged hung third flight 1343 Shortly thereafter thunderous ap plause rose contingent Japanese huddled around Nonaka just fin ished third flight superb 4036 put team strong position Cu riously few minutes later applause rang out Banba landed 3922 Since team member allowed fly time questionable made official flight Cana dians learned third Japanese model also flying officially filed protest upheld jury giving Canadians first place team standing end first day Poland made some mid-to-high-30s flights second place US United Kingdom followed Day two began solid overcast extraordinary calm hangar chilly 59 degrees early testing evidence inversion layer near 100 feet difficult break through Drift negligible Since seemed clear Richmond won contest felt pressure flying tight schedule would eased passed up least some flights air well tested contest began Jim fered take official purpose managed 3116 Meanwhile Bill Dan continued practice working toward getting models safely under roof 130 sun partly broken through begun warm hangar Bill flew first official day getting within ten feet top clocking 3310 longest first flight posted improved position 6 minutes Dan followed getting very high Drift took model off center about circle diameter gage its proximity girders Richmond stood below closest cross girder went down hangar line outside edge circle signaled models pass ing cross girder could judge clearance seemed least seven feet third fourth pass model stopped hit rope slung under longitudinal girder invisible us Once again Dan fell victim fate down last two flights put something together Near 300 Bill sent up second flight About half minute after launched Sitar Australia launched right under him models brushed continued flying asked Bob Bailey team man ager would steer model away Bills since strong contention team prize very sporting gesture agreed Unfortunately broke wing steering Bills flight didnt appear destined glory called reflight after collision 330 Green flown 3918 help ing British considerably McGillivary moved Canadians up little 3619 little later Barr flew 3634 boosting total nearly 12 minutes catapulting British lead about II minutes over Canada 12 min utes over US Hulbert restarted putting model within ten feet top Just settling cruise knot moved began rubbing motorstick slowing model fifteen minutes model dropped 100 feet finished 3 149 Domina probably fear another hangup wound cautiously got model halfway up managed 2551 Since air seemed slowly improv ing obtained permission him test fly encouraged him until satisfied power combina tion Both Hulbert Britains Morley launched last flights about same time near 500 Morley landed 3322 helping British half minute Hulbert reached 3438 improving score minute half British still eight minute lead over us Laurie Barr under pressure p05 sible strong finish Domina wound tightly last flight strain straigthened climb carried model side girders Before Laurie could balloon it touched stalled tailslid ground just after min ute flight Domina needed 3356 us win team championship Using new model wound tightly ensure reaching roof launch appeared motor stick bowed enough keep model climbing too fast thought would work out within first minute did begin climb bit faster after min ute clear something else amiss model never exceeded 80 feet spinning off turns rapidly because underelevated clocked 2953 somewhat surprising Upon examination rear wing post discovered loose launch lift popped rear wing up 1/16 inch redeeming feature flight pushed us past Canadians contest over British team won four minutes placing men tight cluster fifth ninth RIE IIRD* Kit $3DS NEW 79 CATALOG $LOO COMPLETE GUIDE OF RUBBER MODEL SUPPLIES New PEANUT PEOPLE CUSTOM TUNED ENGINES COMPETITION ACCESSORIES Gas 049/051 Specialists brochure send 1 5c stamp Kustom Kraftsmanship Brochure Box 2699 Laguna Hills CA 92653 714 830-5162 C 4tST MO AL ONLY $1095 DU-BRO PRODUCTS INCORPORATED 480 BONNER ROAD WAUCONDA ILL 60084 RO FYi FUEL PUMP NEW CONCEPT IN FUEL PUMPS ONLY ONE MOVING PART ING TO BREAK OR WEAR OUT LIGHT COMPACT AND RUGGED ONLY2WIDEAND 2-7/8 INDIA HAND OPERA TED AND REVER SIBLE S IN AND OUT HIGH VOLUME FLOW PUMP COMES ASSEMBLED AND MOUNTS ON GALLON CANS QUICK EASY INSTALLATION PUMP COMES COMPLETE WITH STEEL MOUNTING BRACKETS HARDWARE AND FUEL TUBING No191 eleventh US rode Jim Rich monds exceptional World Champion per formance garner second-place team award defending World Champion Bud Romak distinguished himself plac ing strong second first contest have seen very long time fortunes bad weather did influence outcome fliers new personal high times Japanese moved tenth place 1976 fourth year Swiss lacking third mem ber challenge team cup have steadily progressed since 1974 initia tion three 37-minute flights imagine what might have done pigeon bombings Jim Richmond last won World Championship 1968 Lets hope doesnt limit once decade FF Duration/Meuser continued page 49 library especially free-fighters Winding Stooge Etc CHE Hobbies has recently introduced stooge hold rubber-power models Mulvihills Wakefields down Constructed almost entirely 6061-T6 structural grade aluminum alloy has such nifty features aircraft-type quick release pins secure back stays head place foam padded model support shelf drive ground first remove top end secured quick-release pin insert its place plug distrib utes load hammer blows Tom Cashman writing Batsheet says isnt quite up contending rock studded soil Harts Lake Prairie drives piece /2-inch steel rod ground simply slips stooge tube over U-shaped head will ac cept models having rear peg tubes long 2 inches Some deep-bellied old-timers might fit distance cross pin bottom channel 11/4 inches price $2550 postpaid CHE Hobbies 10900 Eastwood Ave Inglewood CA 90304 CHE has several hundred other items free fighters including torquemeters rubber winders nitrate dope circle-tow hooks 1/64-sq 1/32-sq turbulator stock Japanese tissue Seelig timers Cox engines customized Kustom Krafts manship Bartels props about free flight competition kit business including old-timers stamped selfaddressed envelope will bring com plete list Anyone Free Flight Want get started free fight eh sonny Keep simple inexpensive go rubber power No use fussing little toys Wakefield Better count two models just case pair chem-milled motor tubes will run about $15 two ball-bearing front-end units will run $18 pair prop hubs about $4 About $25 worth balsa tissue dope wire miscellaneous tid bits should Youll need about three pounds rubber $26 Bob Piserchios winders $100 torquemeter $20 winding stooge $25 thermal detector will come handy $100 retrieval aids Binoculars good enough avoid instant eyestrain will run minimum $35 good compass about $13 youll need motorcycle should able get passable used trail bike about $250 fly danger setting fires fuses wont couple DT timers will run about $17 Lets see comes $648 Whats Cant afford Going look something less expensive like RC OK sonny just blew ex cuse needing motorcycle Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St. Oak land CA 94619 FF Indoor/Tenny continued page 50 Plan Ahead Most experienced fliers fairly adept getting initial aerodynamic setups models sometimes extra adjustments needed last minute Especially critical top performance combination wing January 1979 107
Edition: Model Aviation - 1979/01
Page Numbers: 44, 45, 46, 47, 105, 106, 107
igust 27 ion OUR STORY 1978 Indoor World Championships really begins June receipt small order new Pi relli rubber Initial tests revealed have extraordinary energyat least five percent better best old Pirelli 72 vintage new rubber lower density allowing larger cross-sections given weight skein sent team members Dan Domina re ceived independently through Sal Can nizzo Very quickly began showing its superiority West Baden Jim Rich mond set world record 3621 class D model ROG record 1734 Lakehurst regional qualifiers July 2 Domina managed 4023 Akron July Richmond sent D up 5015 peaking 160 feet unofficial FAI flight 4339 Dick Obar ski set tissue stick record 2748 August practice session Bill Hulbert passed 40-minute mark Everyone team least mile stone flights rubber superb high spirits team felt ready Cardington frenetic trip England slowed us down little Laker Air44 Model Aviation dinosaurs have gone now great dirigible docks Cardington England remainas ao Lakehurst Toledo Santa Ana Within cavernous lairs world events sometimes take placefragile transparent flying machines seek conquer world major obstruction single research blimp though shallow roof girders formidable hazard Takaji Matsuzawa launches test flight practice day Japan looms asan Indoor power threat Polands Eduard Ciapala re leases test flight Has placed eighth betterCanadas Ron Higgs following 3944 flight last three championshipsNew Indoor hes competitor watch January 1979 45 World Champ Jim Richmond displays launch Dan Domina left-handed launch ala form reaching wrist stopwatch RubJim Richmond Pete Andrews Unfortun- ber stress twists motorstick stabilizer ately Dan both power trim problems opposite tilt Picture tells story Yugoslavias Vilim Kmoch V-dihedral job Well-known rubber cutter design smooth comfortablewindersat meet voryDuuy IdKU uurnhl Romak Kalina Russia untangle Rene Rutty Switzerland displays unique Swiss design Stabilizer midair Chlubny watches Amazingly no damage underslung keep out downwash wing ways sympathetic special hand ling needs took care see everything loaded safely brought boxes up elevator DC-b could hand-carry off plane What re lief find no model damage transit battle wasnt over no microbusses found Gat wick work out way get reserved heart London Rich mond gear went Dave Hagen Oregon offered meet us airport rest us crowded Volvo station wagon set out ren dezvous microbus Theentire day spent going Gatwick Bedford about 90 miles certainly glad chose arrive early have two days rest overcome jet lag Friday check-in day time some us renew old acquaintances others make new ones inde scribable thrill mingle great European indoor fliers English seemed common past championships chatter excited perfect opportunity drop few hints 40minute flights let competition worry bit met Peter Freebrey head FAI jury expressed concern unlimited steering rules adopted year felt meet would reduced steering contest wherein models would deliberately overwound held back hitting roof balloon string 46 Model Aviation Working up prescription flight Harri Raulio with much-flown model Note neat standto hold mode gunvuniOntly Erofejeff Finland inspects bracing Most consistent team memoer Eduard Chlubny IRussial shows functionality model box has seen three championships Made cardboard wood strips ltybeckys model n optical wing cfleck casts TI s snaaow groundglass screens remote measurement hassle-tree wings close rule limitfor wing span Swodens Anders Jonsson Sven Pontan ready model Having no place practice home find high ceilings awesome Britains Bob Bailey acted manager Milan Sitar Australia Lack high ceiling experience led having weak models very sympathetic set out de fine intent steering rules would interpreted jury man agers meeting next day outlined jurys position Although empowered change rules felt obliged interpret current rules through four-point statement 1 Steering should used emergency control competition 2 Low altitude steering should used imminent danger collision walls contents other model No steering should take place flight path model clear space 3 Steering must act point model forward wing leading edge line must able catch part model forward leading edge other propeller propel ler assembly 4 The intent rules such steering should used avert col lision principally horizontal plane used altitude control net result removal sharks teeth motorsticks warning blasting models roof steering would tolerated sharks teeth help prevent balloon strings snagging propellers can used pull model effect steering used competitor keep model overclimbing would require some skill avoid catching propeller invariably terminates flight since Continued page lOS January1979 47 Jim Hiebmond receives iiusflbrooke trophy Gospatric Home Wolthoorn Netherlands transport box year legs man getting Pelel First time84A2 total Surprisingly US United Kingdom copied idea 76 two flightschased way reigning champ Romak 8122 t-eroinando Migani Italy contemplates heavy propeller flex Note ribless wing tips half motor test flying Hulbert Harlan Richmond jovial mood Jims booty second place team diploma five leading teams within 15 seconds total other UK ontopat 21827 about 4 seconds ahead US 6 over Canada 8 over Japan about 13 over Poland triumphant British team Morley Barr Green manager Rag Parham accept Langley Cup Indoor WCs exude class Dont keep lending yours friend. IW 4W BUY HIM HIS OWN SULLIVAN STARTER FOR CHRISTMAS Superstar Starters . perfect gift modeler cially keeps borrowing Sullivan starter Has higher torque & RPMs heavy duty long life motor instant-on strip switch safety hand guard two year guarantee original everyone else tries copy buddy will find real turn-on Christmas P R 0 D U C T S N C SVILLE ROAD OW GROVE PA 19000 215 659-3000 first single-seat twin-engined fighter see service air force major power first flown 1938 very effective part British fighter strength during early years WW2 Its initial role long-range es court fighter night fighter Later ex amples often called Whirlihombers employed low-level cross-channel fighter-bomber sorties attacking shipping railroads bridges harbor facilities Highly maneuverable all-metal Whirl winds speed low altitudes great its contemporary fighters its range superior Power two 885hp Rolls-Royce Peregrine engines wingspan 45 feet Unfortunately air fields Whirlwind could use restricted its high landing speed 80 mph Four 20-mm cannons grouped nose yielded enormous accurate concentration firepower Whirli bomber versions could also carry bomb load 500 pounds Dick Scorgins CL model Whirlwind realistically cap tures spirit unique aircraft Mike Gretz Box 162 Montezuma IA 50171 Indoor WC/Harlan continued page 47 room abuse intent rule Practice day Saturday opened 60-degree temperature heavy over cast broke off midday give us warming sun fliers began make flights mid-30s drift incon sistent part hangar another no well-defined pattern Fortunately very little side drift As temperature rose did times best posted after 700 Wolthoorn Netherlands 3717 Butty Switzerland 3850 Bud Romak joined 40-minute FAI club 4112 followed 4138 manager Erv Rodemsky worked closely together find just right power combination quickly came obvious new Pirelli necessity everyone else also US team practiced cautiously Bill Hulbert several flights mid-30s Dan Domina three over 36/2 Jim Richmond put models halfway up-and saw 34s 35s Everyone satisfied Sunday morning arose cloudless sky very light ground fog shrouded Cardington would burn off 1100 62 degrees inside hangar floor level began practice Bill Dan posted mid-25s getting 80 100 feet Jim tested little writing advertisers mention read about MA zing put model top eight minutes ballooned successfully dropped 30 feet finished 4 150 contest started 1100 eight hours initiate nine flights little time waste waited little weather clear Jim stressed need two conservative first flights team member get us solidly board Bill offered go first started 1900 turns landed safely 3439 Dan next too put model just above 100 feet However motor walked off front hook bunched rear model stalled down 100 feet time 2314 visibly upset Dan rightfully Ron Green United Kingdom pow ered first flight top 615 discussion steering rule man agers meeting jury said didnt want see models blasted roof No fixed time set comments effect eight minutes normal peak met general agree ment Green forced balloon touched girder steering balloon exploded destroying model ended concern over steering rule tent flight least Early contest unbelievable tragedy struck Dieter Siebenmann Switzerland opened box propel lers pigeon searching food landed destroyed four propellers January 1979 105 string cant freed However question competitor allowed steer remained judgemental left flak3*IaajcP 0 BOX 2498 -MA 7LA MESA CALIF 92041 PHONE714469-8675or7144424636 GET ORGANIZED s set 4 sI urdy files holds over 4 years favorite Ba11 magazines 4 MAG FILES $495 Send $495 plan $100 pesfage handling 0GM INDUSTRIES PO BOX 388-K DOVER NH 03820 hit tailplane landing Swiss moved new location 100 feet away later suffer yet another pigeon bombing broke Buttys wings Richmond continued emphasize con servatism expressed using same motor test flight wound same number turns course would give him less energy since motor broken-in little better True model didnt quite reach top posted 4149 anyway Romak flew simul taneously landed 4055 con test 330 Canadians showing steam three flights over 35 two Jack McGillivray No other big flights posted Hulbert went second flight got within 20 feet top loose brace wire led ex cess washin left tip drag slowed model 16 minutes model dropped 80 feet landed 2638 Domina put flight top drifted little hung 1123 Barr put up second flight 3723 get British momentum going Jap anese put together two 35s 34 impressive showing Higgs Canada new sport put up 3944 second flight Polands Ciapala 3815 team members some mid-30s Richmonds second 3652 finally ex emplifying conservatism exhortations Romak followed first flight 4027 thrusting him lead nearly 2 106 ModelAviation minutes over Richmond As day grew long temperature rose although still cool enough jackets floor Hulbert power stall problems got halfway up clocked 2348 Domina managed best day 3033 got halfway up Near 630 Richmond readied third flight seemed match first al though didnt get quite high peaking 130 feet air become buoyant Late flight after some flir tation lone blimp hangar ground drift moved model away blimp other ground clutter settled floor magnificent 4253 gained lead Ro mak Bud challenged hung third flight 1343 Shortly thereafter thunderous ap plause rose contingent Japanese huddled around Nonaka just fin ished third flight superb 4036 put team strong position Cu riously few minutes later applause rang out Banba landed 3922 Since team member allowed fly time questionable made official flight Cana dians learned third Japanese model also flying officially filed protest upheld jury giving Canadians first place team standing end first day Poland made some mid-to-high-30s flights second place US United Kingdom followed Day two began solid overcast extraordinary calm hangar chilly 59 degrees early testing evidence inversion layer near 100 feet difficult break through Drift negligible Since seemed clear Richmond won contest felt pressure flying tight schedule would eased passed up least some flights air well tested contest began Jim fered take official purpose managed 3116 Meanwhile Bill Dan continued practice working toward getting models safely under roof 130 sun partly broken through begun warm hangar Bill flew first official day getting within ten feet top clocking 3310 longest first flight posted improved position 6 minutes Dan followed getting very high Drift took model off center about circle diameter gage its proximity girders Richmond stood below closest cross girder went down hangar line outside edge circle signaled models pass ing cross girder could judge clearance seemed least seven feet third fourth pass model stopped hit rope slung under longitudinal girder invisible us Once again Dan fell victim fate down last two flights put something together Near 300 Bill sent up second flight About half minute after launched Sitar Australia launched right under him models brushed continued flying asked Bob Bailey team man ager would steer model away Bills since strong contention team prize very sporting gesture agreed Unfortunately broke wing steering Bills flight didnt appear destined glory called reflight after collision 330 Green flown 3918 help ing British considerably McGillivary moved Canadians up little 3619 little later Barr flew 3634 boosting total nearly 12 minutes catapulting British lead about II minutes over Canada 12 min utes over US Hulbert restarted putting model within ten feet top Just settling cruise knot moved began rubbing motorstick slowing model fifteen minutes model dropped 100 feet finished 3 149 Domina probably fear another hangup wound cautiously got model halfway up managed 2551 Since air seemed slowly improv ing obtained permission him test fly encouraged him until satisfied power combina tion Both Hulbert Britains Morley launched last flights about same time near 500 Morley landed 3322 helping British half minute Hulbert reached 3438 improving score minute half British still eight minute lead over us Laurie Barr under pressure p05 sible strong finish Domina wound tightly last flight strain straigthened climb carried model side girders Before Laurie could balloon it touched stalled tailslid ground just after min ute flight Domina needed 3356 us win team championship Using new model wound tightly ensure reaching roof launch appeared motor stick bowed enough keep model climbing too fast thought would work out within first minute did begin climb bit faster after min ute clear something else amiss model never exceeded 80 feet spinning off turns rapidly because underelevated clocked 2953 somewhat surprising Upon examination rear wing post discovered loose launch lift popped rear wing up 1/16 inch redeeming feature flight pushed us past Canadians contest over British team won four minutes placing men tight cluster fifth ninth RIE IIRD* Kit $3DS NEW 79 CATALOG $LOO COMPLETE GUIDE OF RUBBER MODEL SUPPLIES New PEANUT PEOPLE CUSTOM TUNED ENGINES COMPETITION ACCESSORIES Gas 049/051 Specialists brochure send 1 5c stamp Kustom Kraftsmanship Brochure Box 2699 Laguna Hills CA 92653 714 830-5162 C 4tST MO AL ONLY $1095 DU-BRO PRODUCTS INCORPORATED 480 BONNER ROAD WAUCONDA ILL 60084 RO FYi FUEL PUMP NEW CONCEPT IN FUEL PUMPS ONLY ONE MOVING PART ING TO BREAK OR WEAR OUT LIGHT COMPACT AND RUGGED ONLY2WIDEAND 2-7/8 INDIA HAND OPERA TED AND REVER SIBLE S IN AND OUT HIGH VOLUME FLOW PUMP COMES ASSEMBLED AND MOUNTS ON GALLON CANS QUICK EASY INSTALLATION PUMP COMES COMPLETE WITH STEEL MOUNTING BRACKETS HARDWARE AND FUEL TUBING No191 eleventh US rode Jim Rich monds exceptional World Champion per formance garner second-place team award defending World Champion Bud Romak distinguished himself plac ing strong second first contest have seen very long time fortunes bad weather did influence outcome fliers new personal high times Japanese moved tenth place 1976 fourth year Swiss lacking third mem ber challenge team cup have steadily progressed since 1974 initia tion three 37-minute flights imagine what might have done pigeon bombings Jim Richmond last won World Championship 1968 Lets hope doesnt limit once decade FF Duration/Meuser continued page 49 library especially free-fighters Winding Stooge Etc CHE Hobbies has recently introduced stooge hold rubber-power models Mulvihills Wakefields down Constructed almost entirely 6061-T6 structural grade aluminum alloy has such nifty features aircraft-type quick release pins secure back stays head place foam padded model support shelf drive ground first remove top end secured quick-release pin insert its place plug distrib utes load hammer blows Tom Cashman writing Batsheet says isnt quite up contending rock studded soil Harts Lake Prairie drives piece /2-inch steel rod ground simply slips stooge tube over U-shaped head will ac cept models having rear peg tubes long 2 inches Some deep-bellied old-timers might fit distance cross pin bottom channel 11/4 inches price $2550 postpaid CHE Hobbies 10900 Eastwood Ave Inglewood CA 90304 CHE has several hundred other items free fighters including torquemeters rubber winders nitrate dope circle-tow hooks 1/64-sq 1/32-sq turbulator stock Japanese tissue Seelig timers Cox engines customized Kustom Krafts manship Bartels props about free flight competition kit business including old-timers stamped selfaddressed envelope will bring com plete list Anyone Free Flight Want get started free fight eh sonny Keep simple inexpensive go rubber power No use fussing little toys Wakefield Better count two models just case pair chem-milled motor tubes will run about $15 two ball-bearing front-end units will run $18 pair prop hubs about $4 About $25 worth balsa tissue dope wire miscellaneous tid bits should Youll need about three pounds rubber $26 Bob Piserchios winders $100 torquemeter $20 winding stooge $25 thermal detector will come handy $100 retrieval aids Binoculars good enough avoid instant eyestrain will run minimum $35 good compass about $13 youll need motorcycle should able get passable used trail bike about $250 fly danger setting fires fuses wont couple DT timers will run about $17 Lets see comes $648 Whats Cant afford Going look something less expensive like RC OK sonny just blew ex cuse needing motorcycle Bob Meuser 4200 Gregory St. Oak land CA 94619 FF Indoor/Tenny continued page 50 Plan Ahead Most experienced fliers fairly adept getting initial aerodynamic setups models sometimes extra adjustments needed last minute Especially critical top performance combination wing January 1979 107