With its concrete floor size footbali fieid its 116-foot ceiling gmnaiauuu uai wunu9iy gu tin turevur Iunnuun tIyu caut len nessee State University Mini-Dome fast acquiring reputation mecca indoor contests some countrys top Indoor fliers come together vie national trophies theres plenty fun kibitzing amid dances girders 10th-anniversary championships drew nearly hundred contestants giant ETSU Mini-Dome Johnson City Tennessee EDave VTO Linstrum THE 10TH annual US Indoor Championships held June 6-9 1991 East Tennessee State University Johnson City Tennessee Twenty-six events flown under 1 16-ft ceiling awesome ETSU Mini-Dome Theres spirit event thats complex blend worlds great Indoor sites ETSU campus fliers lodged dorm well-known Johnson City southern hospitality Mini-Dome tight well-insulated building football field-size floor surrounded track viewed grandstands seemingly go forever Drift never factor flying under girders 116 feet above smooth concrete floor Astro-Turf rolled up USIC Entry casual visitors limited fliers could have space themselves entrants lined up tables pit areas under seat overhang augmented overhead 94 Model Aviation auuy Nunez Je nwuu ncr nuagana ucorge prepares aisgani ramnut neupon triplane nIgnT UaVe H505 TIOW mnuceum-qusilty Genera Mnuwcrat AMA Scale plane built piece requires huge box lighting drafting lamps During flying breaks local fast food restaurant Pals enticed hungry fliers its super sculptured models burgers dogs shakes fries atop building resembles flight stairs sophisticated palates dined Firehouse local eatery ETSU students served up plenty real southern delicacies USIC Banquet sponsored National Free Flight Society NFFS held Sheraton Johnson City Joe Baker former B-24 pilot now Olympic ice skating coach gave dinner speech years fliers extremely competitive very well prepared though burn midnight oil get themselves ready wanted Degree experience varied Some flying first national meet others competing USIC decade October 1991 95 Paul Avery LOS AngeleS iA won inui vian wIth gorgeous Vagabond Covered condenser paper Vagabond spans 19 Inches weighs mere seven grams ampas wayne sirwiuna uuu umu shot launch carbon fIber-reinforced 12inch Catapult Gilder New York modeler Tom lacobeiiis has beau tifui modei box carry Fl D ships 27-Inch bird weighs oniy gram ionn MIaIr snows nina museum-quauuiy AMA Scaie 1912 Biackbum Monopiane guy durihg Chuci asarczyK won No-USi wltn wins wiae chord Cassutt Racer flying against Ruseian Sukhoi Su-27 also took event 1989 Left Saism Oregon expert Andy Tagilafico flew mo scraped piastic prop P-30 Right Jack McGiiiivray C Incidence Pennypiane prepares fray Ii Faderto secona piace winin amang ii Ontario uses jeweilers magnifier reading gil No doubt some new contenders learned dances girders can easily become way life endurance types shot up danger zone tiny Mini-Sticks seven-inch span managed hang up Several along some Pennyplanes abandoned Goddess Girders fliers garnered share both agony ecstasy along frustrating way Some managed ultimate reward last flight others found snatched defeat jaws victory Contest management CD Tony Italiano NFFS staff support AMA HQ staff members Micheline Madison Bob Vojslavek smooth superb processing judging timing went well apparent fliers appreciated congenial professional-quality contest direction Tony retires year USIC CD presented simulated C-note autographed contestantsa memento easily worth 96 Model Aviation Left Bernie Boehms strong arm can hit ceiling catapuit Gilder ceme first IHLG Right UK filer Laurie Barr prepres British-style Pennypiane has flown Cardington Airship sheda World Championship site 195-foot ceiling Left Dave Aronsteins charismatic Tirsi-place Bostonian eceing 777 has tipiets both prop blades wing smi new recora time heavily oontested event Right Stan Fink used carved foam pilot extra charisma Cherry 7-Up Left Contest Director Tony itallano points out feature Lw iuruurs piicn jug veteran inaoor Tiler Walt Erbach looks must true prop Right Runner-up Chuck Markos right Junior FAi team administrator congratulates first-place Speciai Delta Dart ner Dave Aronstein holding Wakefisid-configuration modei Left Doc Martin left shows foam-body Peanut Speed John Voorhees properly sceptical Racing around pylons very challeng ing Right lovely bunch Coconuts after mass launch Standing L R G Nunez Potez 230 J Nunez Taylorcraft Doc Martin BFW M-20 Dave Aronstein first-place Cessna Gil Coughiln Maubusson Dave Rees kneels front General Aristocrat Doc Martin left 7-in Mini-Stick girders says parlor event mass launches like gnat attack $10 year Tony makes CD Tony surely will return next year enjoy leisurely USIC some grand grizzled old experts floor got chance interview couple Gil Coughlin lives Puget Sound Tacoma Washington last member Tacoma Aeromudlers Gil built first Free Flight model age six Folkerts Racer Hi-Flyer kit built air since hed never heard pinning plan flew way across yard Thrill city Left Bernard Hunt UK explains few British flying tricks New Jersey Lakehurst ace Gary Underwood Gil worked professional modelmaker Boeing Seattle 1953 through 1988 1956 Wakefield team produced flutter models Boeing memorable model replica Boeing & Westerville biplane now hangs Museum Flight Boeing Field loves models especially older types Pistachios fact brought dozen big silver bird SeaTacall packed carryon bag made fresh-fish shipping carton little eight-inch-span twoCincinnatis Wait Van Gorder Inspects bearing Ultra film-covered Manhattan Note diagonal body bracing gram birds well protected foam carton Gils Coconut Maubusson came apart fit small carry-on box fact containers models weighed less T-shirts brought swappinga habit picked up World Championships Gil proxy flew power model Frank Huffman Cranfield Sidney Gilbert retired newspaper reporter built solid model tender age seven soon graduated flying models first flier Megow P-26 Peashooter kit flew poorly said blew up firecracker youth Sidney defied doctors treating rheumatic fever bronchial condition getting aerobiche chased Free Flight models such favorite gassie Comet Zipper O&R 19 Brooklyn native flew Williamsburg MAC Later Sidney built Berkely Sinbad towliner too heavy flew Outdoor bit Until joined MIAMA club never flown Indoor Sidneys work career included assembly jobs Grumman Hellcats Chance-Vought Dallas Corsairs before became interested photography skill led career journalism working Kansas Cily Star Sidney reported 1968 AMA Nationals Olathe NAS October 1991 97 author flew 48-in Pliatus Porter MIAMA-sponsored Coconut mass launch launch awesome North Carolina modeler John Blair appears well satisfied excellent rendition 1937 Peerless kit Heath Midwing accompanied some youth winners Navy-sponsored visit Pensacola NAS after meet USIC Nationals first big-league contesthe flew Bostonian Carl Headly 7-Up preferring observe time kibitz Dr John B Martin Jr DDS Doc known internationally Miami Middle Wallop UK dentist Coconut Grove prime mover MIAMA Indoor club running contests competing fervor top Scale flier also enjoys Bostonian abandoned after MacDill girder captured Scully Square canard Embryo Catapult Glider Mini-Stick flew pair Burr Stantons unofficial USIC event Doc also ran MIAMA Cha Cha Coconuts Mass Launch awesome sight bunch milling three-foot Scale birds Coconut Scale Pistachio Gran Prix Almost hundred fliers vied beautiful medallions red white blue ribbons USIC wood glass trophies cross-section graphic ETSU MiniDome AMA Nationals Event highlights included challenging well charitable contestSpecial Delta Dart unofficial fun fest sponsored Micheline Madison Robert Vojslavek contestants paid $6 entry fee vie award sponsors donated $191 Junior Free Flight team fund team headed Yugoslavia next year Special Delta Dart rules required use unmodified except balance/pitch twist prop bearing/shaft plus pre-printed onionskin covering legal size areas Dart 12-in OAL matched new design Other anything goes own wood imagination limits Kris Forward Asheville North Carolina elected use stock Ehling design win Junior Watch kidhes hot 36 entrants donated $191 Junior FM Team Fund few really let creative juices flow Most opted pretty standard Dart perhaps polyhedral rear hook tail end top three entries did have unusual designs however applaud inventive fun approach challenge Special Delta Dart initial entry totally disastrous Divine Dart looked great paper proved untrimmable Easy B configuration triangular surfaces stretched twin subrudders reduce effect large Dart rudder rear hook absolute end motor stick rearward CG tip stall flimsy surfaces its downfall Undaunted reentered got another kit built Star Wars Death Dart Federation ROG configuration minus wheels high aspect rectangular surfaces braced motor stick Ia FROG wood-braced wings also tiplets part rudder vertical area displaced wing tips design proved stable once proper rubber/prop combo found climbed nicely girders maxed out flight time 148 last attempt Clever Chuck Markos Chicago Aeronuts decided create simple stubby vee-dihedral bird no bracing Square effective climbed way up motor precious Pirelli FiD fliers gaga three good flights over two minutes including event high time 225 Quite performance Delta Dart Top place went Seattles Dave Aronstein created Wakefield configuration dorm room night before event very high aspect ratio raked tip surfaces rolled motor tube unusually low aspect fin extended wing trailing edge stab reduced effect required large area rear hook optimum rear stick allowing maximum length rare Pirelli loop sliced rib camber extreme Continued page 180 98 Model Aviation Left Senior Don De Loach Dallas Texas prepares Easy B took balloons dislodge such models girders Right Wichitas Stan Chilton points out feature microfilm Fl D model As light dollar bill craft flies over half hour Left Andy Tagilafico holds up Easy B photographer Note running track spacious pit area behind him Right Philadelphias Ron Ganser prepares intermediate Stick entry flying buddy Dick Obanki Florida checks out airspace NEW ~~CYCLE 5SERIES 100 jTHP DESIGN 5 p hi TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPEDTOGIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALL THE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW DIAPITCH THP 1266778 136771/20 146778 1567 16678 NEW PRO SERIES 3 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION lOTO 20% INCREASE IN THRUST MFG OF SELECT HARD MAPLE WOOD WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUELPROOFHIGH LUSTER FINISH DIAPITCH 534 634 72833Vz456 8334568 84566/,7 94566A/x77 1045667 106W8W 10BEW 115W 116EW 1167 124W 125W 12 56 13 56 14 56 15 56 16 4N 16 678 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCH 7 5N5N 8I 677/8 SERIES 400C 866777 97/z7/ W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW Original _____ J E-ZUP •8x81Oxl 5 Up 1655 60 Iuo6rS cuslom onosseconds! No ropes Ilettering availablenothing assemble! m r yn m 31 RAVENW000RD VERSAILLES KY 40383 knowing what has happened what happening learning anticipate what will happen regular basis Air cant created destroyed Chaston reminds us has go somewhere Nationals/Linstrum Continued page 98 forward high pointvery efficient Wakefield climbed swiffly about 90 ft three times soared 219 dot Dave got terrific plaque AMA Indoor Wakefield flying Two specialty events attracted handful fliers Frank Kieser won Ornithopter 1409 Tom Vallee aced Helicopter amazing 1109 Chuck Markos aced Peanut Speed reliable Dayton-Wright Racer swift 14 mph did 142 mph Goosey win Unlimited Speed 14 bucks Hardy Brodersen Ed Whittens creation Indoor Bostonian seven grams charisma proved incredibly popular 45 entries Top flier Dave Aronstein lofting attractive Boeing-logo 77 design amazing flights 446 502 Chasing him Richard Miller Blue-Fin earned 116 flight total full minute less noted five 7-Up designs flying generally wide 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parlor flying event Tom Vallee originally envisioned Kit Plan Scale fliers Paul Avery Louisiana John Blair Warren North Carolina top two places locked up 8 am Averys yellow bird condenser covered weighed eight grams floated first place Blairs Heath Midwing 1937 Peerless plan beautiful much heavier IMS kit Daphne dropped 1989 score 94 points 78a crippling blow time cap 104- 108-second flights 78 seconds possible noted another Daphne flier craft score 15 out possible 40 Whew judges discriminating Continued page 184 THE LEADER IN COMPETITION PROPELLERS QUICK-BUILT SUPER TOUGH Quid-Built Super Tough AirCore 40 family Trainer NEW VHS VIDEO CATALOG $695 &h Texas residents please add sales tax US ACorej 4576 Claire Chennault Hangar 7 Dallas TX 75248 1-800-336-0602 orders 214 250-1914 info 180 Model Aviation Bill Effinger * says Onip Plan n Pattant Sat groa yas tlta aaaenad daalgoa ps want have aelected tha bent clesant dta/gns thea yes cttooaatrotn pattarat aach pert anpottana Cwruss HA WKPJC 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contest Dave Aronstein sleek Tupolev canard SST floated forever testing tore up death-dealing girders though forced fly Sukhoi Su-27 Ranker canard fighter won 1990 Chuck Slusarczyk reversed last years placing winning reliable red Cassutt Racer time incredible 615 Look Cassutt NFFS USIC Winners Silver Book Plans FAC Scale new addition lineup Sponsored Ohios Kanone King Jim Miller Second Peanut Voison Hydroplane FAC allows mass launchesand spectacular Imagine swarm WW bipes formation Golden Age birds spiraling upward narrowly avoiding colliding air Last down wins get motor Walt Eggert took marbles Golden Larry Loucka WW ace Don Slusarczyk owned Hi-Wing Mono Don De Loach Biplane boy Cha Cha Coconuts Mass Launch memorable Dave Aronstein soared First Cessna Dave Rees near-win beautiful General Aristocrat built piece requires worlds largest model boxonly minivan Other notable Coconuts George Nunezs Potez 230 Doc Martins BFW M-20 Willy Messerschmitt design four-foot Pilatus Porter Himalaya entered yours truly Pistachio fliers unpacked cigar boxes eight-inch model fits just perfectly nonstop marathon gnats Gil Coughlin largest collection including Wiadham Tandem flew forever Nothing could top great green finish Nunez Nieuport pre-WW II parasol fighter clean lines Endurance measured altitude whether wind up FM tan hook prop shaft blast off Catapult Glider slingshot gumband Chuck Markos blew em away again event girder-grazing flights 80 78 secondsthis 12-inch-span Glider Strong-arm IHLG won again Bernie Boehm Indiana hurling redwing Glider great heights slow glides twin scores 675 What arm microfilm events owned Larry Cailliau did over hour 19 minutes two-flight total FiD Don Slusarczyk best flight 3836 won him AMA HL Stick Ron Ganser aced Cabin 2426 ROG Dan Belief took Intermediate Stick nice 2823 See September issue Model Aviation Manhattan Pennyplane Easy B results Continued page 186 RIC Battery Test V Those apply C Sony cant fly today. 1 forgot Charge up last night C I 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1991/10
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With its concrete floor size footbali fieid its 116-foot ceiling gmnaiauuu uai wunu9iy gu tin turevur Iunnuun tIyu caut len nessee State University Mini-Dome fast acquiring reputation mecca indoor contests some countrys top Indoor fliers come together vie national trophies theres plenty fun kibitzing amid dances girders 10th-anniversary championships drew nearly hundred contestants giant ETSU Mini-Dome Johnson City Tennessee EDave VTO Linstrum THE 10TH annual US Indoor Championships held June 6-9 1991 East Tennessee State University Johnson City Tennessee Twenty-six events flown under 1 16-ft ceiling awesome ETSU Mini-Dome Theres spirit event thats complex blend worlds great Indoor sites ETSU campus fliers lodged dorm well-known Johnson City southern hospitality Mini-Dome tight well-insulated building football field-size floor surrounded track viewed grandstands seemingly go forever Drift never factor flying under girders 116 feet above smooth concrete floor Astro-Turf rolled up USIC Entry casual visitors limited fliers could have space themselves entrants lined up tables pit areas under seat overhang augmented overhead 94 Model Aviation auuy Nunez Je nwuu ncr nuagana ucorge prepares aisgani ramnut neupon triplane nIgnT UaVe H505 TIOW mnuceum-qusilty Genera Mnuwcrat AMA Scale plane built piece requires huge box lighting drafting lamps During flying breaks local fast food restaurant Pals enticed hungry fliers its super sculptured models burgers dogs shakes fries atop building resembles flight stairs sophisticated palates dined Firehouse local eatery ETSU students served up plenty real southern delicacies USIC Banquet sponsored National Free Flight Society NFFS held Sheraton Johnson City Joe Baker former B-24 pilot now Olympic ice skating coach gave dinner speech years fliers extremely competitive very well prepared though burn midnight oil get themselves ready wanted Degree experience varied Some flying first national meet others competing USIC decade October 1991 95 Paul Avery LOS AngeleS iA won inui vian wIth gorgeous Vagabond Covered condenser paper Vagabond spans 19 Inches weighs mere seven grams ampas wayne sirwiuna uuu umu shot launch carbon fIber-reinforced 12inch Catapult Gilder New York modeler Tom lacobeiiis has beau tifui modei box carry Fl D ships 27-Inch bird weighs oniy gram ionn MIaIr snows nina museum-quauuiy AMA Scaie 1912 Biackbum Monopiane guy durihg Chuci asarczyK won No-USi wltn wins wiae chord Cassutt Racer flying against Ruseian Sukhoi Su-27 also took event 1989 Left Saism Oregon expert Andy Tagilafico flew mo scraped piastic prop P-30 Right Jack McGiiiivray C Incidence Pennypiane prepares fray Ii Faderto secona piace winin amang ii Ontario uses jeweilers magnifier reading gil No doubt some new contenders learned dances girders can easily become way life endurance types shot up danger zone tiny Mini-Sticks seven-inch span managed hang up Several along some Pennyplanes abandoned Goddess Girders fliers garnered share both agony ecstasy along frustrating way Some managed ultimate reward last flight others found snatched defeat jaws victory Contest management CD Tony Italiano NFFS staff support AMA HQ staff members Micheline Madison Bob Vojslavek smooth superb processing judging timing went well apparent fliers appreciated congenial professional-quality contest direction Tony retires year USIC CD presented simulated C-note autographed contestantsa memento easily worth 96 Model Aviation Left Bernie Boehms strong arm can hit ceiling catapuit Gilder ceme first IHLG Right UK filer Laurie Barr prepres British-style Pennypiane has flown Cardington Airship sheda World Championship site 195-foot ceiling Left Dave Aronsteins charismatic Tirsi-place Bostonian eceing 777 has tipiets both prop blades wing smi new recora time heavily oontested event Right Stan Fink used carved foam pilot extra charisma Cherry 7-Up Left Contest Director Tony itallano points out feature Lw iuruurs piicn jug veteran inaoor Tiler Walt Erbach looks must true prop Right Runner-up Chuck Markos right Junior FAi team administrator congratulates first-place Speciai Delta Dart ner Dave Aronstein holding Wakefisid-configuration modei Left Doc Martin left shows foam-body Peanut Speed John Voorhees properly sceptical Racing around pylons very challeng ing Right lovely bunch Coconuts after mass launch Standing L R G Nunez Potez 230 J Nunez Taylorcraft Doc Martin BFW M-20 Dave Aronstein first-place Cessna Gil Coughiln Maubusson Dave Rees kneels front General Aristocrat Doc Martin left 7-in Mini-Stick girders says parlor event mass launches like gnat attack $10 year Tony makes CD Tony surely will return next year enjoy leisurely USIC some grand grizzled old experts floor got chance interview couple Gil Coughlin lives Puget Sound Tacoma Washington last member Tacoma Aeromudlers Gil built first Free Flight model age six Folkerts Racer Hi-Flyer kit built air since hed never heard pinning plan flew way across yard Thrill city Left Bernard Hunt UK explains few British flying tricks New Jersey Lakehurst ace Gary Underwood Gil worked professional modelmaker Boeing Seattle 1953 through 1988 1956 Wakefield team produced flutter models Boeing memorable model replica Boeing & Westerville biplane now hangs Museum Flight Boeing Field loves models especially older types Pistachios fact brought dozen big silver bird SeaTacall packed carryon bag made fresh-fish shipping carton little eight-inch-span twoCincinnatis Wait Van Gorder Inspects bearing Ultra film-covered Manhattan Note diagonal body bracing gram birds well protected foam carton Gils Coconut Maubusson came apart fit small carry-on box fact containers models weighed less T-shirts brought swappinga habit picked up World Championships Gil proxy flew power model Frank Huffman Cranfield Sidney Gilbert retired newspaper reporter built solid model tender age seven soon graduated flying models first flier Megow P-26 Peashooter kit flew poorly said blew up firecracker youth Sidney defied doctors treating rheumatic fever bronchial condition getting aerobiche chased Free Flight models such favorite gassie Comet Zipper O&R 19 Brooklyn native flew Williamsburg MAC Later Sidney built Berkely Sinbad towliner too heavy flew Outdoor bit Until joined MIAMA club never flown Indoor Sidneys work career included assembly jobs Grumman Hellcats Chance-Vought Dallas Corsairs before became interested photography skill led career journalism working Kansas Cily Star Sidney reported 1968 AMA Nationals Olathe NAS October 1991 97 author flew 48-in Pliatus Porter MIAMA-sponsored Coconut mass launch launch awesome North Carolina modeler John Blair appears well satisfied excellent rendition 1937 Peerless kit Heath Midwing accompanied some youth winners Navy-sponsored visit Pensacola NAS after meet USIC Nationals first big-league contesthe flew Bostonian Carl Headly 7-Up preferring observe time kibitz Dr John B Martin Jr DDS Doc known internationally Miami Middle Wallop UK dentist Coconut Grove prime mover MIAMA Indoor club running contests competing fervor top Scale flier also enjoys Bostonian abandoned after MacDill girder captured Scully Square canard Embryo Catapult Glider Mini-Stick flew pair Burr Stantons unofficial USIC event Doc also ran MIAMA Cha Cha Coconuts Mass Launch awesome sight bunch milling three-foot Scale birds Coconut Scale Pistachio Gran Prix Almost hundred fliers vied beautiful medallions red white blue ribbons USIC wood glass trophies cross-section graphic ETSU MiniDome AMA Nationals Event highlights included challenging well charitable contestSpecial Delta Dart unofficial fun fest sponsored Micheline Madison Robert Vojslavek contestants paid $6 entry fee vie award sponsors donated $191 Junior Free Flight team fund team headed Yugoslavia next year Special Delta Dart rules required use unmodified except balance/pitch twist prop bearing/shaft plus pre-printed onionskin covering legal size areas Dart 12-in OAL matched new design Other anything goes own wood imagination limits Kris Forward Asheville North Carolina elected use stock Ehling design win Junior Watch kidhes hot 36 entrants donated $191 Junior FM Team Fund few really let creative juices flow Most opted pretty standard Dart perhaps polyhedral rear hook tail end top three entries did have unusual designs however applaud inventive fun approach challenge Special Delta Dart initial entry totally disastrous Divine Dart looked great paper proved untrimmable Easy B configuration triangular surfaces stretched twin subrudders reduce effect large Dart rudder rear hook absolute end motor stick rearward CG tip stall flimsy surfaces its downfall Undaunted reentered got another kit built Star Wars Death Dart Federation ROG configuration minus wheels high aspect rectangular surfaces braced motor stick Ia FROG wood-braced wings also tiplets part rudder vertical area displaced wing tips design proved stable once proper rubber/prop combo found climbed nicely girders maxed out flight time 148 last attempt Clever Chuck Markos Chicago Aeronuts decided create simple stubby vee-dihedral bird no bracing Square effective climbed way up motor precious Pirelli FiD fliers gaga three good flights over two minutes including event high time 225 Quite performance Delta Dart Top place went Seattles Dave Aronstein created Wakefield configuration dorm room night before event very high aspect ratio raked tip surfaces rolled motor tube unusually low aspect fin extended wing trailing edge stab reduced effect required large area rear hook optimum rear stick allowing maximum length rare Pirelli loop sliced rib camber extreme Continued page 180 98 Model Aviation Left Senior Don De Loach Dallas Texas prepares Easy B took balloons dislodge such models girders Right Wichitas Stan Chilton points out feature microfilm Fl D model As light dollar bill craft flies over half hour Left Andy Tagilafico holds up Easy B photographer Note running track spacious pit area behind him Right Philadelphias Ron Ganser prepares intermediate Stick entry flying buddy Dick Obanki Florida checks out airspace NEW ~~CYCLE 5SERIES 100 jTHP DESIGN 5 p hi TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPEDTOGIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALL THE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW DIAPITCH THP 1266778 136771/20 146778 1567 16678 NEW PRO SERIES 3 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION lOTO 20% INCREASE IN THRUST MFG OF SELECT HARD MAPLE WOOD WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUELPROOFHIGH LUSTER FINISH DIAPITCH 534 634 72833Vz456 8334568 84566/,7 94566A/x77 1045667 106W8W 10BEW 115W 116EW 1167 124W 125W 12 56 13 56 14 56 15 56 16 4N 16 678 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCH 7 5N5N 8I 677/8 SERIES 400C 866777 97/z7/ W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW Original _____ J E-ZUP •8x81Oxl 5 Up 1655 60 Iuo6rS cuslom onosseconds! No ropes Ilettering availablenothing assemble! m r yn m 31 RAVENW000RD VERSAILLES KY 40383 knowing what has happened what happening learning anticipate what will happen regular basis Air cant created destroyed Chaston reminds us has go somewhere Nationals/Linstrum Continued page 98 forward high pointvery efficient Wakefield climbed swiffly about 90 ft three times soared 219 dot Dave got terrific plaque AMA Indoor Wakefield flying Two specialty events attracted handful fliers Frank Kieser won Ornithopter 1409 Tom Vallee aced Helicopter amazing 1109 Chuck Markos aced Peanut Speed reliable Dayton-Wright Racer swift 14 mph did 142 mph Goosey win Unlimited Speed 14 bucks Hardy Brodersen Ed Whittens creation Indoor Bostonian seven grams charisma proved incredibly popular 45 entries Top flier Dave Aronstein lofting attractive Boeing-logo 77 design amazing flights 446 502 Chasing him Richard Miller Blue-Fin earned 116 flight total full minute less noted five 7-Up designs flying generally wide 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parlor flying event Tom Vallee originally envisioned Kit Plan Scale fliers Paul Avery Louisiana John Blair Warren North Carolina top two places locked up 8 am Averys yellow bird condenser covered weighed eight grams floated first place Blairs Heath Midwing 1937 Peerless plan beautiful much heavier IMS kit Daphne dropped 1989 score 94 points 78a crippling blow time cap 104- 108-second flights 78 seconds possible noted another Daphne flier craft score 15 out possible 40 Whew judges discriminating Continued page 184 THE LEADER IN COMPETITION PROPELLERS QUICK-BUILT SUPER TOUGH Quid-Built Super Tough AirCore 40 family Trainer NEW VHS VIDEO CATALOG $695 &h Texas residents please add sales tax US ACorej 4576 Claire Chennault Hangar 7 Dallas TX 75248 1-800-336-0602 orders 214 250-1914 info 180 Model Aviation Bill Effinger * says Onip Plan n Pattant Sat groa yas tlta aaaenad daalgoa ps want have aelected tha bent clesant dta/gns thea yes cttooaatrotn pattarat aach pert anpottana Cwruss HA WKPJC 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Loading Gear IRCOS-lol $2786 latibargieso Cowl Wheal Pants & Pairing Availehiel Pot-dee plave ova hat opawcockpit Waa wnet beautOol hi ohen aatniaflioitoel wings Piano ahoor both wiiiteryendoownarwIea MONOCOUPE NA e128 Wlagepen 92 Onerall Length RC3S-4 iii EfOngor Pounding Meerhar AMA NPPO Hall Fewer Privos tor coorploto piano nob ooowrhly & dorailod parto jots PLEASE ADO $300 toe eheptee lteelbng tubal New teat Plan Sat broohoro 0100 aloodahia pa f St OrOr WE TECHNICAL SERVICES Rt - -- ---- FL 32489 Nationals/Li nstru m Continued page 180 AMA SCSIC 15 fliers another routine finish Torontos Jack McGilivray won again lovely SE5A gorgeous WW bipe got 87 points flew 90-second max easily Peanut SC8ICn however owned 184 Model Aviation upstart Ohios Don Slusarczyk lofted Voison Hydroplane Bonus Baby triple 127 flight score after judges awarded 1272 points Have Fike Lacey replaced Voison syndrome Don De Loach Dallas took Senior Peanut No-Cal Scale offshoot Flying Aces No-Cal Profile quite contest Dave Aronstein sleek Tupolev canard SST floated forever testing tore up death-dealing girders though forced fly Sukhoi Su-27 Ranker canard fighter won 1990 Chuck Slusarczyk reversed last years placing winning reliable red Cassutt Racer time incredible 615 Look Cassutt NFFS USIC Winners Silver Book Plans FAC Scale new addition lineup Sponsored Ohios Kanone King Jim Miller Second Peanut Voison Hydroplane FAC allows mass launchesand spectacular Imagine swarm WW bipes formation Golden Age birds spiraling upward narrowly avoiding colliding air Last down wins get motor Walt Eggert took marbles Golden Larry Loucka WW ace Don Slusarczyk owned Hi-Wing Mono Don De Loach Biplane boy Cha Cha Coconuts Mass Launch memorable Dave Aronstein soared First Cessna Dave Rees near-win beautiful General Aristocrat built piece requires worlds largest model boxonly minivan Other notable Coconuts George Nunezs Potez 230 Doc Martins BFW M-20 Willy Messerschmitt design four-foot Pilatus Porter Himalaya entered yours truly Pistachio fliers unpacked cigar boxes eight-inch model fits just perfectly nonstop marathon gnats Gil Coughlin largest collection including Wiadham Tandem flew forever Nothing could top great green finish Nunez Nieuport pre-WW II parasol fighter clean lines Endurance measured altitude whether wind up FM tan hook prop shaft blast off Catapult Glider slingshot gumband Chuck Markos blew em away again event girder-grazing flights 80 78 secondsthis 12-inch-span Glider Strong-arm IHLG won again Bernie Boehm Indiana hurling redwing Glider great heights slow glides twin scores 675 What arm microfilm events owned Larry Cailliau did over hour 19 minutes two-flight total FiD Don Slusarczyk best flight 3836 won him AMA HL Stick Ron Ganser aced Cabin 2426 ROG Dan Belief took Intermediate Stick nice 2823 See September issue Model Aviation Manhattan Pennyplane Easy B results Continued page 186 RIC Battery Test V Those apply C Sony cant fly today. 1 forgot Charge up last night C I 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F22 STARLIS$ThINO na. ee. anew wnoUrnatAo 1 UN 1W admt HASSLE Simple wing gloves h Machine thrust diagrmvlb panels adds up available Clockei favorite trainer tire up vertical Rail mountinn VIOJETT Optional Com $2800 postmeet euphoria afterglow reflection Indoor fliers have found heaven Smoky Mountains Tennessee Vendors such Jim Jones Ed Seay Lew Gitlow provided exotic supplies huge airspace provided plenty room fun shade Mini-Dome Hope see next year competing Tony Italiano 10-year veteran CD USIC Meanwhile does anyone know can find some Pirelli Ill treat super hot dog Pals D National Rally/Berman Continued page 108 blowing up perfectly good model airplane just crowd-pleaser Under auspices AMA Executive Council annual membership meeting held 8 pm June 8 officers lounge Wright-Patterson AFB Meetings everyones cup teaas evidenced attendancebut major AMA projects discussed detail -I-& course stIll love youwhy else would savings RC trainer seeing get moneys worth Site planning has completed has design 25000-square-foot museum building Parking lot construction flying site preparation have begun Already two large events booked 1992 IMAA Festival June Scale World Championships August Selectively chosen real estate Vince told group solid investment example AMAs Reston property has appreciated over 10 years weve owned about same dollar amount spent Muncie bad return eh meeting included some discussion frequency matters George Steiner pointed out will need tolerate industrial interlopers some so-called wholly owned RC frequencies couple years some areas idea reverting having FCC license 72 MHz 75 MHz transmitters being considered means better policing bands George responded question about alignment aftermarket receivers Crystal slicing days said precise enough general alignment 186 Model Aviation REGAL EAGLE SUPREME THE NEWEST THE BEST YET! cor i-ar 0 Cab BOB PARKINSON FLYING MODELS Box 856 11th & 25th Sideroad RR1 Stroud Ontario Canada Zip LOL 2M0 Send check money order U S 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1991/10
Page Numbers: 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 180, 184, 186
With its concrete floor size footbali fieid its 116-foot ceiling gmnaiauuu uai wunu9iy gu tin turevur Iunnuun tIyu caut len nessee State University Mini-Dome fast acquiring reputation mecca indoor contests some countrys top Indoor fliers come together vie national trophies theres plenty fun kibitzing amid dances girders 10th-anniversary championships drew nearly hundred contestants giant ETSU Mini-Dome Johnson City Tennessee EDave VTO Linstrum THE 10TH annual US Indoor Championships held June 6-9 1991 East Tennessee State University Johnson City Tennessee Twenty-six events flown under 1 16-ft ceiling awesome ETSU Mini-Dome Theres spirit event thats complex blend worlds great Indoor sites ETSU campus fliers lodged dorm well-known Johnson City southern hospitality Mini-Dome tight well-insulated building football field-size floor surrounded track viewed grandstands seemingly go forever Drift never factor flying under girders 116 feet above smooth concrete floor Astro-Turf rolled up USIC Entry casual visitors limited fliers could have space themselves entrants lined up tables pit areas under seat overhang augmented overhead 94 Model Aviation auuy Nunez Je nwuu ncr nuagana ucorge prepares aisgani ramnut neupon triplane nIgnT UaVe H505 TIOW mnuceum-qusilty Genera Mnuwcrat AMA Scale plane built piece requires huge box lighting drafting lamps During flying breaks local fast food restaurant Pals enticed hungry fliers its super sculptured models burgers dogs shakes fries atop building resembles flight stairs sophisticated palates dined Firehouse local eatery ETSU students served up plenty real southern delicacies USIC Banquet sponsored National Free Flight Society NFFS held Sheraton Johnson City Joe Baker former B-24 pilot now Olympic ice skating coach gave dinner speech years fliers extremely competitive very well prepared though burn midnight oil get themselves ready wanted Degree experience varied Some flying first national meet others competing USIC decade October 1991 95 Paul Avery LOS AngeleS iA won inui vian wIth gorgeous Vagabond Covered condenser paper Vagabond spans 19 Inches weighs mere seven grams ampas wayne sirwiuna uuu umu shot launch carbon fIber-reinforced 12inch Catapult Gilder New York modeler Tom lacobeiiis has beau tifui modei box carry Fl D ships 27-Inch bird weighs oniy gram ionn MIaIr snows nina museum-quauuiy AMA Scaie 1912 Biackbum Monopiane guy durihg Chuci asarczyK won No-USi wltn wins wiae chord Cassutt Racer flying against Ruseian Sukhoi Su-27 also took event 1989 Left Saism Oregon expert Andy Tagilafico flew mo scraped piastic prop P-30 Right Jack McGiiiivray C Incidence Pennypiane prepares fray Ii Faderto secona piace winin amang ii Ontario uses jeweilers magnifier reading gil No doubt some new contenders learned dances girders can easily become way life endurance types shot up danger zone tiny Mini-Sticks seven-inch span managed hang up Several along some Pennyplanes abandoned Goddess Girders fliers garnered share both agony ecstasy along frustrating way Some managed ultimate reward last flight others found snatched defeat jaws victory Contest management CD Tony Italiano NFFS staff support AMA HQ staff members Micheline Madison Bob Vojslavek smooth superb processing judging timing went well apparent fliers appreciated congenial professional-quality contest direction Tony retires year USIC CD presented simulated C-note autographed contestantsa memento easily worth 96 Model Aviation Left Bernie Boehms strong arm can hit ceiling catapuit Gilder ceme first IHLG Right UK filer Laurie Barr prepres British-style Pennypiane has flown Cardington Airship sheda World Championship site 195-foot ceiling Left Dave Aronsteins charismatic Tirsi-place Bostonian eceing 777 has tipiets both prop blades wing smi new recora time heavily oontested event Right Stan Fink used carved foam pilot extra charisma Cherry 7-Up Left Contest Director Tony itallano points out feature Lw iuruurs piicn jug veteran inaoor Tiler Walt Erbach looks must true prop Right Runner-up Chuck Markos right Junior FAi team administrator congratulates first-place Speciai Delta Dart ner Dave Aronstein holding Wakefisid-configuration modei Left Doc Martin left shows foam-body Peanut Speed John Voorhees properly sceptical Racing around pylons very challeng ing Right lovely bunch Coconuts after mass launch Standing L R G Nunez Potez 230 J Nunez Taylorcraft Doc Martin BFW M-20 Dave Aronstein first-place Cessna Gil Coughiln Maubusson Dave Rees kneels front General Aristocrat Doc Martin left 7-in Mini-Stick girders says parlor event mass launches like gnat attack $10 year Tony makes CD Tony surely will return next year enjoy leisurely USIC some grand grizzled old experts floor got chance interview couple Gil Coughlin lives Puget Sound Tacoma Washington last member Tacoma Aeromudlers Gil built first Free Flight model age six Folkerts Racer Hi-Flyer kit built air since hed never heard pinning plan flew way across yard Thrill city Left Bernard Hunt UK explains few British flying tricks New Jersey Lakehurst ace Gary Underwood Gil worked professional modelmaker Boeing Seattle 1953 through 1988 1956 Wakefield team produced flutter models Boeing memorable model replica Boeing & Westerville biplane now hangs Museum Flight Boeing Field loves models especially older types Pistachios fact brought dozen big silver bird SeaTacall packed carryon bag made fresh-fish shipping carton little eight-inch-span twoCincinnatis Wait Van Gorder Inspects bearing Ultra film-covered Manhattan Note diagonal body bracing gram birds well protected foam carton Gils Coconut Maubusson came apart fit small carry-on box fact containers models weighed less T-shirts brought swappinga habit picked up World Championships Gil proxy flew power model Frank Huffman Cranfield Sidney Gilbert retired newspaper reporter built solid model tender age seven soon graduated flying models first flier Megow P-26 Peashooter kit flew poorly said blew up firecracker youth Sidney defied doctors treating rheumatic fever bronchial condition getting aerobiche chased Free Flight models such favorite gassie Comet Zipper O&R 19 Brooklyn native flew Williamsburg MAC Later Sidney built Berkely Sinbad towliner too heavy flew Outdoor bit Until joined MIAMA club never flown Indoor Sidneys work career included assembly jobs Grumman Hellcats Chance-Vought Dallas Corsairs before became interested photography skill led career journalism working Kansas Cily Star Sidney reported 1968 AMA Nationals Olathe NAS October 1991 97 author flew 48-in Pliatus Porter MIAMA-sponsored Coconut mass launch launch awesome North Carolina modeler John Blair appears well satisfied excellent rendition 1937 Peerless kit Heath Midwing accompanied some youth winners Navy-sponsored visit Pensacola NAS after meet USIC Nationals first big-league contesthe flew Bostonian Carl Headly 7-Up preferring observe time kibitz Dr John B Martin Jr DDS Doc known internationally Miami Middle Wallop UK dentist Coconut Grove prime mover MIAMA Indoor club running contests competing fervor top Scale flier also enjoys Bostonian abandoned after MacDill girder captured Scully Square canard Embryo Catapult Glider Mini-Stick flew pair Burr Stantons unofficial USIC event Doc also ran MIAMA Cha Cha Coconuts Mass Launch awesome sight bunch milling three-foot Scale birds Coconut Scale Pistachio Gran Prix Almost hundred fliers vied beautiful medallions red white blue ribbons USIC wood glass trophies cross-section graphic ETSU MiniDome AMA Nationals Event highlights included challenging well charitable contestSpecial Delta Dart unofficial fun fest sponsored Micheline Madison Robert Vojslavek contestants paid $6 entry fee vie award sponsors donated $191 Junior Free Flight team fund team headed Yugoslavia next year Special Delta Dart rules required use unmodified except balance/pitch twist prop bearing/shaft plus pre-printed onionskin covering legal size areas Dart 12-in OAL matched new design Other anything goes own wood imagination limits Kris Forward Asheville North Carolina elected use stock Ehling design win Junior Watch kidhes hot 36 entrants donated $191 Junior FM Team Fund few really let creative juices flow Most opted pretty standard Dart perhaps polyhedral rear hook tail end top three entries did have unusual designs however applaud inventive fun approach challenge Special Delta Dart initial entry totally disastrous Divine Dart looked great paper proved untrimmable Easy B configuration triangular surfaces stretched twin subrudders reduce effect large Dart rudder rear hook absolute end motor stick rearward CG tip stall flimsy surfaces its downfall Undaunted reentered got another kit built Star Wars Death Dart Federation ROG configuration minus wheels high aspect rectangular surfaces braced motor stick Ia FROG wood-braced wings also tiplets part rudder vertical area displaced wing tips design proved stable once proper rubber/prop combo found climbed nicely girders maxed out flight time 148 last attempt Clever Chuck Markos Chicago Aeronuts decided create simple stubby vee-dihedral bird no bracing Square effective climbed way up motor precious Pirelli FiD fliers gaga three good flights over two minutes including event high time 225 Quite performance Delta Dart Top place went Seattles Dave Aronstein created Wakefield configuration dorm room night before event very high aspect ratio raked tip surfaces rolled motor tube unusually low aspect fin extended wing trailing edge stab reduced effect required large area rear hook optimum rear stick allowing maximum length rare Pirelli loop sliced rib camber extreme Continued page 180 98 Model Aviation Left Senior Don De Loach Dallas Texas prepares Easy B took balloons dislodge such models girders Right Wichitas Stan Chilton points out feature microfilm Fl D model As light dollar bill craft flies over half hour Left Andy Tagilafico holds up Easy B photographer Note running track spacious pit area behind him Right Philadelphias Ron Ganser prepares intermediate Stick entry flying buddy Dick Obanki Florida checks out airspace NEW ~~CYCLE 5SERIES 100 jTHP DESIGN 5 p hi TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPEDTOGIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALL THE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW DIAPITCH THP 1266778 136771/20 146778 1567 16678 NEW PRO SERIES 3 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION lOTO 20% INCREASE IN THRUST MFG OF SELECT HARD MAPLE WOOD WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUELPROOFHIGH LUSTER FINISH DIAPITCH 534 634 72833Vz456 8334568 84566/,7 94566A/x77 1045667 106W8W 10BEW 115W 116EW 1167 124W 125W 12 56 13 56 14 56 15 56 16 4N 16 678 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCH 7 5N5N 8I 677/8 SERIES 400C 866777 97/z7/ W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW Original _____ J E-ZUP •8x81Oxl 5 Up 1655 60 Iuo6rS cuslom onosseconds! No ropes Ilettering availablenothing assemble! m r yn m 31 RAVENW000RD VERSAILLES KY 40383 knowing what has happened what happening learning anticipate what will happen regular basis Air cant created destroyed Chaston reminds us has go somewhere Nationals/Linstrum Continued page 98 forward high pointvery efficient Wakefield climbed swiffly about 90 ft three times soared 219 dot Dave got terrific plaque AMA Indoor Wakefield flying Two specialty events attracted handful fliers Frank Kieser won Ornithopter 1409 Tom Vallee aced Helicopter amazing 1109 Chuck Markos aced Peanut Speed reliable Dayton-Wright Racer swift 14 mph did 142 mph Goosey win Unlimited Speed 14 bucks Hardy Brodersen Ed Whittens creation Indoor Bostonian seven grams charisma proved incredibly popular 45 entries Top flier Dave Aronstein lofting attractive Boeing-logo 77 design amazing flights 446 502 Chasing him Richard Miller Blue-Fin earned 116 flight total full minute less noted five 7-Up designs flying generally wide variety MASKING MASTER IVTM FINEST QUALITY MARRING & FINE-LINE TAPE TAPE EVER AVAILABLE TO MODELERS * LOW-TACK FINE-LINE * LEAKPROOF * CONFORMAL EACH KIT CONTAiNS ONE 36 YD ROLL VINYL MASK 3/16 ONE 72 ID ROLL POLY MASK 1/4 ONE 36 ID ROLL VINYL MASK 1/4 ONE 72 ID ROLL POLY MASK 3/8 * FOR USE WITH LACQUERS DOPES EPOXY POLY-U AND ENAMELS ATISFACTON GUARANTEED MB N. 555 ADD 7% SEND TO TECHTAPE MASKING TECHNOLOGY PO BOX 230 LIVINGSTONNJ250 07039 S & H INCLUOSOCI-IEOK OR MO models John Blairs Boston Zip Code zip numbers registration numerals Now thats charisma Burr Alice Stanton Louisville created monster sponsored E the new unofficial Mini-Stick event entry hallway neat computergenerated display rules various contemporary designs maximum seven-inch spans 25-in chords 10-inmax QAL bearings rear five-inch motor sticks max 50% stabs all-wood props unexotic materials highperformance Indoor models indeed mass launches looked like swarms insects headed girders Some reached roof certainly far cry parlor flying event Tom Vallee originally envisioned Kit Plan Scale fliers Paul Avery Louisiana John Blair Warren North Carolina top two places locked up 8 am Averys yellow bird condenser covered weighed eight grams floated first place Blairs Heath Midwing 1937 Peerless plan beautiful much heavier IMS kit Daphne dropped 1989 score 94 points 78a crippling blow time cap 104- 108-second flights 78 seconds possible noted another Daphne flier craft score 15 out possible 40 Whew judges discriminating Continued page 184 THE LEADER IN COMPETITION PROPELLERS QUICK-BUILT SUPER TOUGH Quid-Built Super Tough AirCore 40 family Trainer NEW VHS VIDEO CATALOG $695 &h Texas residents please add sales tax US ACorej 4576 Claire Chennault Hangar 7 Dallas TX 75248 1-800-336-0602 orders 214 250-1914 info 180 Model Aviation Bill Effinger * says Onip Plan n Pattant Sat groa yas tlta aaaenad daalgoa ps want have aelected tha bent clesant dta/gns thea yes cttooaatrotn pattarat aach pert anpottana Cwruss HA WKPJC 941hwlatgepen gth 6I eq le aeleeg ae Per 13 23 CID aeginee etavel A/C RCOS-14 CurUsa FALCON O-JB/A3 114 wlngapan ength 315 eq wIng area Par2 3to 35 ClO enelnee teaenet A/C ACOS-iS 6 One-Third Scale Piper Tn-Pa i-rn weaetre2 wmnacee 20 e300 d enanee Fe 45 oh A/Cappooo20 PIper Cub J-3 ~4ei/jScaie 119 orlnaepeeSO Iaeatlr 2500aq wmeaarea4oh a/C 20 300ldeealnee *C25-2*2095 Quarter Scale WWI SE-BA 80W wing eaton Wing area 78 22 orts/ne $COS-7 SPAD C-XIII 79ftwingspan2120sqin wing area 13 21 angina Capable 8 yet vaptoaea irnag/ntiov RCOs8 FOKKER DR-i TRIPLANE 72 w/ng span e 1772 sq wing area 78 180 angina ACOSO SOPWITH CAMEL P1 e84wingspav2t50pe wing area 11 lbs orb A/C Pty wood & balee covevootion over 85 sq ft drawings ACOS-il $245 Fokker D-VII 88wivospon2220saivwvga Ca $0-2hcidevgivn3hclr S RCI2Sh 6 1/4 Scale WACO D 1930s Commercial 4 Mffltary Export 88 wingapa wing area 7818laetgeh121be 4$/Cod Engine Size 12-23 Clark-Y Airfoil Section a-Phh-wood rewopable engine onir e Shook-Moonted Loading Gear IRCOS-lol $2786 latibargieso Cowl Wheal Pants & Pairing Availehiel Pot-dee plave ova hat opawcockpit Waa wnet beautOol hi ohen aatniaflioitoel wings Piano ahoor both wiiiteryendoownarwIea MONOCOUPE NA e128 Wlagepen 92 Onerall Length RC3S-4 iii EfOngor Pounding Meerhar AMA NPPO Hall Fewer Privos tor coorploto piano nob ooowrhly & dorailod parto jots PLEASE ADO $300 toe eheptee lteelbng tubal New teat Plan Sat broohoro 0100 aloodahia pa f St OrOr WE TECHNICAL SERVICES Rt - -- ---- FL 32489 Nationals/Li nstru m Continued page 180 AMA SCSIC 15 fliers another routine finish Torontos Jack McGilivray won again lovely SE5A gorgeous WW bipe got 87 points flew 90-second max easily Peanut SC8ICn however owned 184 Model Aviation upstart Ohios Don Slusarczyk lofted Voison Hydroplane Bonus Baby triple 127 flight score after judges awarded 1272 points Have Fike Lacey replaced Voison syndrome Don De Loach Dallas took Senior Peanut No-Cal Scale offshoot Flying Aces No-Cal Profile quite contest Dave Aronstein sleek Tupolev canard SST floated forever testing tore up death-dealing girders though forced fly Sukhoi Su-27 Ranker canard fighter won 1990 Chuck Slusarczyk reversed last years placing winning reliable red Cassutt Racer time incredible 615 Look Cassutt NFFS USIC Winners Silver Book Plans FAC Scale new addition lineup Sponsored Ohios Kanone King Jim Miller Second Peanut Voison Hydroplane FAC allows mass launchesand spectacular Imagine swarm WW bipes formation Golden Age birds spiraling upward narrowly avoiding colliding air Last down wins get motor Walt Eggert took marbles Golden Larry Loucka WW ace Don Slusarczyk owned Hi-Wing Mono Don De Loach Biplane boy Cha Cha Coconuts Mass Launch memorable Dave Aronstein soared First Cessna Dave Rees near-win beautiful General Aristocrat built piece requires worlds largest model boxonly minivan Other notable Coconuts George Nunezs Potez 230 Doc Martins BFW M-20 Willy Messerschmitt design four-foot Pilatus Porter Himalaya entered yours truly Pistachio fliers unpacked cigar boxes eight-inch model fits just perfectly nonstop marathon gnats Gil Coughlin largest collection including Wiadham Tandem flew forever Nothing could top great green finish Nunez Nieuport pre-WW II parasol fighter clean lines Endurance measured altitude whether wind up FM tan hook prop shaft blast off Catapult Glider slingshot gumband Chuck Markos blew em away again event girder-grazing flights 80 78 secondsthis 12-inch-span Glider Strong-arm IHLG won again Bernie Boehm Indiana hurling redwing Glider great heights slow glides twin scores 675 What arm microfilm events owned Larry Cailliau did over hour 19 minutes two-flight total FiD Don Slusarczyk best flight 3836 won him AMA HL Stick Ron Ganser aced Cabin 2426 ROG Dan Belief took Intermediate Stick nice 2823 See September issue Model Aviation Manhattan Pennyplane Easy B results Continued page 186 RIC Battery Test V Those apply C Sony cant fly today. 1 forgot Charge up last night C I hope didnt cook battgnes charged full rgtg way over 16 hours C 1hls should really last flight Im sure batteries fully Charged [1 I wish could remember thg name device trickle charges batteries wouldnt have worry about time. krfow doesnt require assembly Solderingits about size golf-ball CSure can fly today trickle charge A/C system continuously French Tricklerlin Take worry out battery ChargIng. trickle charge batteries days weeks months Convenient GlowUght assures trickIer doing its job. ready fly anylimell $995 S & H French ElectronIcs Inc PC Box 255 Worthington OH 43085 inquire local hobby shop first OBEE GLOW PLUGS philosophy. chantber must reecho " etc coil 00nventiona 0jd wnrbu Ignition temper engine laster latenals whicr sir unojue loctory best-In-theKINGSWAY RIC HOBBY SUPPLY Bgeclaazlag A/C Aircraft Supplla 6561 RIchmond7134778141 Holaton TX 77066US WAiTS 18004217783 DUCTED &d OOILESTEflLTH 1/10 NIGHTHPWK FINISHED LESS FPNeRIIDIO BOX VN NUYS TflRTECH3BOS CA 91405 SEE 0R SCOLE F22 STARLIS$ThINO na. ee. anew wnoUrnatAo 1 UN 1W admt HASSLE Simple wing gloves h Machine thrust diagrmvlb panels adds up available Clockei favorite trainer tire up vertical Rail mountinn VIOJETT Optional Com $2800 postmeet euphoria afterglow reflection Indoor fliers have found heaven Smoky Mountains Tennessee Vendors such Jim Jones Ed Seay Lew Gitlow provided exotic supplies huge airspace provided plenty room fun shade Mini-Dome Hope see next year competing Tony Italiano 10-year veteran CD USIC Meanwhile does anyone know can find some Pirelli Ill treat super hot dog Pals D National Rally/Berman Continued page 108 blowing up perfectly good model airplane just crowd-pleaser Under auspices AMA Executive Council annual membership meeting held 8 pm June 8 officers lounge Wright-Patterson AFB Meetings everyones cup teaas evidenced attendancebut major AMA projects discussed detail -I-& course stIll love youwhy else would savings RC trainer seeing get moneys worth Site planning has completed has design 25000-square-foot museum building Parking lot construction flying site preparation have begun Already two large events booked 1992 IMAA Festival June Scale World Championships August Selectively chosen real estate Vince told group solid investment example AMAs Reston property has appreciated over 10 years weve owned about same dollar amount spent Muncie bad return eh meeting included some discussion frequency matters George Steiner pointed out will need tolerate industrial interlopers some so-called wholly owned RC frequencies couple years some areas idea reverting having FCC license 72 MHz 75 MHz transmitters being considered means better policing bands George responded question about alignment aftermarket receivers Crystal slicing days said precise enough general alignment 186 Model Aviation REGAL EAGLE SUPREME THE NEWEST THE BEST YET! cor i-ar 0 Cab BOB PARKINSON FLYING MODELS Box 856 11th & 25th Sideroad RR1 Stroud Ontario Canada Zip LOL 2M0 Send check money order U S funds M/C/Visa accepted Order Phone 705 436-7041 members did come Uncle Sam spends million dollars model airplane UAVs RPVs dont come cheap thats peanuts AMA contemplates 17 million dollar investment museum flying complex Muncie Indiana thats got high finance Academy Executive Director Vince Mankowski Original Home Machine Shop Designed USA Shoptask VS SailDlanes WE MARKET U. E SOARERS FOR THE ENTHUSIAST INCLUDING PERFORMANCE TYPES POWER-SCALE TYPES UGHT AND HEAVY UFT SPEED AND AEROSATiC FOR CATALOG SEND $2 t 6 STAMPS OK VS SAJLPLANES 2317 N 63RD DEPT MA SEATTLE WA 98103 206 525 5776 AFTER 5 PM 42CD QUADRA 414CC / 25301 29HP / 4OLBS SPRING STARTER ALUMINUM MOUNT MUFFLER PROPS PLANS SUPERTANKS MUFFLERS FULL LINE QUADRA PARTS & ACCESSORIES SEND $100 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG U S QUADRA RT 1 NEODESHA KS 66757 316 325-2821 FAX 325-2222
Edition: Model Aviation - 1991/10
Page Numbers: 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 180, 184, 186
With its concrete floor size footbali fieid its 116-foot ceiling gmnaiauuu uai wunu9iy gu tin turevur Iunnuun tIyu caut len nessee State University Mini-Dome fast acquiring reputation mecca indoor contests some countrys top Indoor fliers come together vie national trophies theres plenty fun kibitzing amid dances girders 10th-anniversary championships drew nearly hundred contestants giant ETSU Mini-Dome Johnson City Tennessee EDave VTO Linstrum THE 10TH annual US Indoor Championships held June 6-9 1991 East Tennessee State University Johnson City Tennessee Twenty-six events flown under 1 16-ft ceiling awesome ETSU Mini-Dome Theres spirit event thats complex blend worlds great Indoor sites ETSU campus fliers lodged dorm well-known Johnson City southern hospitality Mini-Dome tight well-insulated building football field-size floor surrounded track viewed grandstands seemingly go forever Drift never factor flying under girders 116 feet above smooth concrete floor Astro-Turf rolled up USIC Entry casual visitors limited fliers could have space themselves entrants lined up tables pit areas under seat overhang augmented overhead 94 Model Aviation auuy Nunez Je nwuu ncr nuagana ucorge prepares aisgani ramnut neupon triplane nIgnT UaVe H505 TIOW mnuceum-qusilty Genera Mnuwcrat AMA Scale plane built piece requires huge box lighting drafting lamps During flying breaks local fast food restaurant Pals enticed hungry fliers its super sculptured models burgers dogs shakes fries atop building resembles flight stairs sophisticated palates dined Firehouse local eatery ETSU students served up plenty real southern delicacies USIC Banquet sponsored National Free Flight Society NFFS held Sheraton Johnson City Joe Baker former B-24 pilot now Olympic ice skating coach gave dinner speech years fliers extremely competitive very well prepared though burn midnight oil get themselves ready wanted Degree experience varied Some flying first national meet others competing USIC decade October 1991 95 Paul Avery LOS AngeleS iA won inui vian wIth gorgeous Vagabond Covered condenser paper Vagabond spans 19 Inches weighs mere seven grams ampas wayne sirwiuna uuu umu shot launch carbon fIber-reinforced 12inch Catapult Gilder New York modeler Tom lacobeiiis has beau tifui modei box carry Fl D ships 27-Inch bird weighs oniy gram ionn MIaIr snows nina museum-quauuiy AMA Scaie 1912 Biackbum Monopiane guy durihg Chuci asarczyK won No-USi wltn wins wiae chord Cassutt Racer flying against Ruseian Sukhoi Su-27 also took event 1989 Left Saism Oregon expert Andy Tagilafico flew mo scraped piastic prop P-30 Right Jack McGiiiivray C Incidence Pennypiane prepares fray Ii Faderto secona piace winin amang ii Ontario uses jeweilers magnifier reading gil No doubt some new contenders learned dances girders can easily become way life endurance types shot up danger zone tiny Mini-Sticks seven-inch span managed hang up Several along some Pennyplanes abandoned Goddess Girders fliers garnered share both agony ecstasy along frustrating way Some managed ultimate reward last flight others found snatched defeat jaws victory Contest management CD Tony Italiano NFFS staff support AMA HQ staff members Micheline Madison Bob Vojslavek smooth superb processing judging timing went well apparent fliers appreciated congenial professional-quality contest direction Tony retires year USIC CD presented simulated C-note autographed contestantsa memento easily worth 96 Model Aviation Left Bernie Boehms strong arm can hit ceiling catapuit Gilder ceme first IHLG Right UK filer Laurie Barr prepres British-style Pennypiane has flown Cardington Airship sheda World Championship site 195-foot ceiling Left Dave Aronsteins charismatic Tirsi-place Bostonian eceing 777 has tipiets both prop blades wing smi new recora time heavily oontested event Right Stan Fink used carved foam pilot extra charisma Cherry 7-Up Left Contest Director Tony itallano points out feature Lw iuruurs piicn jug veteran inaoor Tiler Walt Erbach looks must true prop Right Runner-up Chuck Markos right Junior FAi team administrator congratulates first-place Speciai Delta Dart ner Dave Aronstein holding Wakefisid-configuration modei Left Doc Martin left shows foam-body Peanut Speed John Voorhees properly sceptical Racing around pylons very challeng ing Right lovely bunch Coconuts after mass launch Standing L R G Nunez Potez 230 J Nunez Taylorcraft Doc Martin BFW M-20 Dave Aronstein first-place Cessna Gil Coughiln Maubusson Dave Rees kneels front General Aristocrat Doc Martin left 7-in Mini-Stick girders says parlor event mass launches like gnat attack $10 year Tony makes CD Tony surely will return next year enjoy leisurely USIC some grand grizzled old experts floor got chance interview couple Gil Coughlin lives Puget Sound Tacoma Washington last member Tacoma Aeromudlers Gil built first Free Flight model age six Folkerts Racer Hi-Flyer kit built air since hed never heard pinning plan flew way across yard Thrill city Left Bernard Hunt UK explains few British flying tricks New Jersey Lakehurst ace Gary Underwood Gil worked professional modelmaker Boeing Seattle 1953 through 1988 1956 Wakefield team produced flutter models Boeing memorable model replica Boeing & Westerville biplane now hangs Museum Flight Boeing Field loves models especially older types Pistachios fact brought dozen big silver bird SeaTacall packed carryon bag made fresh-fish shipping carton little eight-inch-span twoCincinnatis Wait Van Gorder Inspects bearing Ultra film-covered Manhattan Note diagonal body bracing gram birds well protected foam carton Gils Coconut Maubusson came apart fit small carry-on box fact containers models weighed less T-shirts brought swappinga habit picked up World Championships Gil proxy flew power model Frank Huffman Cranfield Sidney Gilbert retired newspaper reporter built solid model tender age seven soon graduated flying models first flier Megow P-26 Peashooter kit flew poorly said blew up firecracker youth Sidney defied doctors treating rheumatic fever bronchial condition getting aerobiche chased Free Flight models such favorite gassie Comet Zipper O&R 19 Brooklyn native flew Williamsburg MAC Later Sidney built Berkely Sinbad towliner too heavy flew Outdoor bit Until joined MIAMA club never flown Indoor Sidneys work career included assembly jobs Grumman Hellcats Chance-Vought Dallas Corsairs before became interested photography skill led career journalism working Kansas Cily Star Sidney reported 1968 AMA Nationals Olathe NAS October 1991 97 author flew 48-in Pliatus Porter MIAMA-sponsored Coconut mass launch launch awesome North Carolina modeler John Blair appears well satisfied excellent rendition 1937 Peerless kit Heath Midwing accompanied some youth winners Navy-sponsored visit Pensacola NAS after meet USIC Nationals first big-league contesthe flew Bostonian Carl Headly 7-Up preferring observe time kibitz Dr John B Martin Jr DDS Doc known internationally Miami Middle Wallop UK dentist Coconut Grove prime mover MIAMA Indoor club running contests competing fervor top Scale flier also enjoys Bostonian abandoned after MacDill girder captured Scully Square canard Embryo Catapult Glider Mini-Stick flew pair Burr Stantons unofficial USIC event Doc also ran MIAMA Cha Cha Coconuts Mass Launch awesome sight bunch milling three-foot Scale birds Coconut Scale Pistachio Gran Prix Almost hundred fliers vied beautiful medallions red white blue ribbons USIC wood glass trophies cross-section graphic ETSU MiniDome AMA Nationals Event highlights included challenging well charitable contestSpecial Delta Dart unofficial fun fest sponsored Micheline Madison Robert Vojslavek contestants paid $6 entry fee vie award sponsors donated $191 Junior Free Flight team fund team headed Yugoslavia next year Special Delta Dart rules required use unmodified except balance/pitch twist prop bearing/shaft plus pre-printed onionskin covering legal size areas Dart 12-in OAL matched new design Other anything goes own wood imagination limits Kris Forward Asheville North Carolina elected use stock Ehling design win Junior Watch kidhes hot 36 entrants donated $191 Junior FM Team Fund few really let creative juices flow Most opted pretty standard Dart perhaps polyhedral rear hook tail end top three entries did have unusual designs however applaud inventive fun approach challenge Special Delta Dart initial entry totally disastrous Divine Dart looked great paper proved untrimmable Easy B configuration triangular surfaces stretched twin subrudders reduce effect large Dart rudder rear hook absolute end motor stick rearward CG tip stall flimsy surfaces its downfall Undaunted reentered got another kit built Star Wars Death Dart Federation ROG configuration minus wheels high aspect rectangular surfaces braced motor stick Ia FROG wood-braced wings also tiplets part rudder vertical area displaced wing tips design proved stable once proper rubber/prop combo found climbed nicely girders maxed out flight time 148 last attempt Clever Chuck Markos Chicago Aeronuts decided create simple stubby vee-dihedral bird no bracing Square effective climbed way up motor precious Pirelli FiD fliers gaga three good flights over two minutes including event high time 225 Quite performance Delta Dart Top place went Seattles Dave Aronstein created Wakefield configuration dorm room night before event very high aspect ratio raked tip surfaces rolled motor tube unusually low aspect fin extended wing trailing edge stab reduced effect required large area rear hook optimum rear stick allowing maximum length rare Pirelli loop sliced rib camber extreme Continued page 180 98 Model Aviation Left Senior Don De Loach Dallas Texas prepares Easy B took balloons dislodge such models girders Right Wichitas Stan Chilton points out feature microfilm Fl D model As light dollar bill craft flies over half hour Left Andy Tagilafico holds up Easy B photographer Note running track spacious pit area behind him Right Philadelphias Ron Ganser prepares intermediate Stick entry flying buddy Dick Obanki Florida checks out airspace NEW ~~CYCLE 5SERIES 100 jTHP DESIGN 5 p hi TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPEDTOGIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALL THE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW DIAPITCH THP 1266778 136771/20 146778 1567 16678 NEW PRO SERIES 3 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION lOTO 20% INCREASE IN THRUST MFG OF SELECT HARD MAPLE WOOD WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUELPROOFHIGH LUSTER FINISH DIAPITCH 534 634 72833Vz456 8334568 84566/,7 94566A/x77 1045667 106W8W 10BEW 115W 116EW 1167 124W 125W 12 56 13 56 14 56 15 56 16 4N 16 678 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCH 7 5N5N 8I 677/8 SERIES 400C 866777 97/z7/ W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW Original _____ J E-ZUP •8x81Oxl 5 Up 1655 60 Iuo6rS cuslom onosseconds! No ropes Ilettering availablenothing assemble! m r yn m 31 RAVENW000RD VERSAILLES KY 40383 knowing what has happened what happening learning anticipate what will happen regular basis Air cant created destroyed Chaston reminds us has go somewhere Nationals/Linstrum Continued page 98 forward high pointvery efficient Wakefield climbed swiffly about 90 ft three times soared 219 dot Dave got terrific plaque AMA Indoor Wakefield flying Two specialty events attracted handful fliers Frank Kieser won Ornithopter 1409 Tom Vallee aced Helicopter amazing 1109 Chuck Markos aced Peanut Speed reliable Dayton-Wright Racer swift 14 mph did 142 mph Goosey win Unlimited Speed 14 bucks Hardy Brodersen Ed Whittens creation Indoor Bostonian seven grams charisma proved incredibly popular 45 entries Top flier Dave Aronstein lofting attractive Boeing-logo 77 design amazing flights 446 502 Chasing him Richard Miller Blue-Fin earned 116 flight total full minute less noted five 7-Up designs flying generally wide 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parlor flying event Tom Vallee originally envisioned Kit Plan Scale fliers Paul Avery Louisiana John Blair Warren North Carolina top two places locked up 8 am Averys yellow bird condenser covered weighed eight grams floated first place Blairs Heath Midwing 1937 Peerless plan beautiful much heavier IMS kit Daphne dropped 1989 score 94 points 78a crippling blow time cap 104- 108-second flights 78 seconds possible noted another Daphne flier craft score 15 out possible 40 Whew judges discriminating Continued page 184 THE LEADER IN COMPETITION PROPELLERS QUICK-BUILT SUPER TOUGH Quid-Built Super Tough AirCore 40 family Trainer NEW VHS VIDEO CATALOG $695 &h Texas residents please add sales tax US ACorej 4576 Claire Chennault Hangar 7 Dallas TX 75248 1-800-336-0602 orders 214 250-1914 info 180 Model Aviation Bill Effinger * says Onip Plan n Pattant Sat groa yas tlta aaaenad daalgoa ps want have aelected tha bent clesant dta/gns thea yes cttooaatrotn pattarat aach pert anpottana Cwruss HA WKPJC 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Loading Gear IRCOS-lol $2786 latibargieso Cowl Wheal Pants & Pairing Availehiel Pot-dee plave ova hat opawcockpit Waa wnet beautOol hi ohen aatniaflioitoel wings Piano ahoor both wiiiteryendoownarwIea MONOCOUPE NA e128 Wlagepen 92 Onerall Length RC3S-4 iii EfOngor Pounding Meerhar AMA NPPO Hall Fewer Privos tor coorploto piano nob ooowrhly & dorailod parto jots PLEASE ADO $300 toe eheptee lteelbng tubal New teat Plan Sat broohoro 0100 aloodahia pa f St OrOr WE TECHNICAL SERVICES Rt - -- ---- FL 32489 Nationals/Li nstru m Continued page 180 AMA SCSIC 15 fliers another routine finish Torontos Jack McGilivray won again lovely SE5A gorgeous WW bipe got 87 points flew 90-second max easily Peanut SC8ICn however owned 184 Model Aviation upstart Ohios Don Slusarczyk lofted Voison Hydroplane Bonus Baby triple 127 flight score after judges awarded 1272 points Have Fike Lacey replaced Voison syndrome Don De Loach Dallas took Senior Peanut No-Cal Scale offshoot Flying Aces No-Cal Profile quite contest Dave Aronstein sleek Tupolev canard SST floated forever testing tore up death-dealing girders though forced fly Sukhoi Su-27 Ranker canard fighter won 1990 Chuck Slusarczyk reversed last years placing winning reliable red Cassutt Racer time incredible 615 Look Cassutt NFFS USIC Winners Silver Book Plans FAC Scale new addition lineup Sponsored Ohios Kanone King Jim Miller Second Peanut Voison Hydroplane FAC allows mass launchesand spectacular Imagine swarm WW bipes formation Golden Age birds spiraling upward narrowly avoiding colliding air Last down wins get motor Walt Eggert took marbles Golden Larry Loucka WW ace Don Slusarczyk owned Hi-Wing Mono Don De Loach Biplane boy Cha Cha Coconuts Mass Launch memorable Dave Aronstein soared First Cessna Dave Rees near-win beautiful General Aristocrat built piece requires worlds largest model boxonly minivan Other notable Coconuts George Nunezs Potez 230 Doc Martins BFW M-20 Willy Messerschmitt design four-foot Pilatus Porter Himalaya entered yours truly Pistachio fliers unpacked cigar boxes eight-inch model fits just perfectly nonstop marathon gnats Gil Coughlin largest collection including Wiadham Tandem flew forever Nothing could top great green finish Nunez Nieuport pre-WW II parasol fighter clean lines Endurance measured altitude whether wind up FM tan hook prop shaft blast off Catapult Glider slingshot gumband Chuck Markos blew em away again event girder-grazing flights 80 78 secondsthis 12-inch-span Glider Strong-arm IHLG won again Bernie Boehm Indiana hurling redwing Glider great heights slow glides twin scores 675 What arm microfilm events owned Larry Cailliau did over hour 19 minutes two-flight total FiD Don Slusarczyk best flight 3836 won him AMA HL Stick Ron Ganser aced Cabin 2426 ROG Dan Belief took Intermediate Stick nice 2823 See September issue Model Aviation Manhattan Pennyplane Easy B results Continued page 186 RIC Battery Test V Those apply C Sony cant fly today. 1 forgot Charge up last night C I hope didnt cook battgnes charged full rgtg way over 16 hours C 1hls should really last flight Im sure batteries fully Charged [1 I wish could remember thg name device trickle charges batteries wouldnt have worry about time. krfow doesnt require assembly Solderingits about size golf-ball CSure can fly today trickle charge A/C system continuously French Tricklerlin Take worry out battery ChargIng. trickle charge batteries days weeks months Convenient GlowUght assures trickIer doing its job. ready fly anylimell $995 S & H French ElectronIcs Inc PC Box 255 Worthington OH 43085 inquire local hobby shop first OBEE GLOW PLUGS philosophy. chantber must reecho " etc coil 00nventiona 0jd wnrbu Ignition temper engine laster latenals whicr sir unojue loctory best-In-theKINGSWAY RIC HOBBY SUPPLY Bgeclaazlag A/C Aircraft Supplla 6561 RIchmond7134778141 Holaton TX 77066US WAiTS 18004217783 DUCTED &d OOILESTEflLTH 1/10 NIGHTHPWK FINISHED LESS FPNeRIIDIO BOX VN NUYS TflRTECH3BOS CA 91405 SEE 0R SCOLE F22 STARLIS$ThINO na. ee. anew wnoUrnatAo 1 UN 1W admt HASSLE Simple wing gloves h Machine thrust diagrmvlb panels adds up available Clockei favorite trainer tire up vertical Rail mountinn VIOJETT Optional Com $2800 postmeet euphoria afterglow reflection Indoor fliers have found heaven Smoky Mountains Tennessee Vendors such Jim Jones Ed Seay Lew Gitlow provided exotic supplies huge airspace provided plenty room fun shade Mini-Dome Hope see next year competing Tony Italiano 10-year veteran CD USIC Meanwhile does anyone know can find some Pirelli Ill treat super hot dog Pals D National Rally/Berman Continued page 108 blowing up perfectly good model airplane just crowd-pleaser Under auspices AMA Executive Council annual membership meeting held 8 pm June 8 officers lounge Wright-Patterson AFB Meetings everyones cup teaas evidenced attendancebut major AMA projects discussed detail -I-& course stIll love youwhy else would savings RC trainer seeing get moneys worth Site planning has completed has design 25000-square-foot museum building Parking lot construction flying site preparation have begun Already two large events booked 1992 IMAA Festival June Scale World Championships August Selectively chosen real estate Vince told group solid investment example AMAs Reston property has appreciated over 10 years weve owned about same dollar amount spent Muncie bad return eh meeting included some discussion frequency matters George Steiner pointed out will need tolerate industrial interlopers some so-called wholly owned RC frequencies couple years some areas idea reverting having FCC license 72 MHz 75 MHz transmitters being considered means better policing bands George responded question about alignment aftermarket receivers Crystal slicing days said precise enough general alignment 186 Model Aviation REGAL EAGLE SUPREME THE NEWEST THE BEST YET! cor i-ar 0 Cab BOB PARKINSON FLYING MODELS Box 856 11th & 25th Sideroad RR1 Stroud Ontario Canada Zip LOL 2M0 Send check money order U S funds M/C/Visa accepted Order Phone 705 436-7041 members did come Uncle Sam spends million dollars model airplane UAVs RPVs dont come cheap thats peanuts AMA contemplates 17 million dollar investment museum flying complex Muncie Indiana thats got high finance Academy Executive Director Vince Mankowski Original Home Machine Shop Designed USA Shoptask VS SailDlanes WE MARKET U. E SOARERS FOR THE ENTHUSIAST INCLUDING PERFORMANCE TYPES POWER-SCALE TYPES UGHT AND HEAVY UFT SPEED AND AEROSATiC FOR CATALOG SEND $2 t 6 STAMPS OK VS SAJLPLANES 2317 N 63RD DEPT MA SEATTLE WA 98103 206 525 5776 AFTER 5 PM 42CD QUADRA 414CC / 25301 29HP / 4OLBS SPRING STARTER ALUMINUM MOUNT MUFFLER PROPS PLANS SUPERTANKS MUFFLERS FULL LINE QUADRA PARTS & ACCESSORIES SEND $100 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG U S QUADRA RT 1 NEODESHA KS 66757 316 325-2821 FAX 325-2222
Edition: Model Aviation - 1991/10
Page Numbers: 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 180, 184, 186
With its concrete floor size footbali fieid its 116-foot ceiling gmnaiauuu uai wunu9iy gu tin turevur Iunnuun tIyu caut len nessee State University Mini-Dome fast acquiring reputation mecca indoor contests some countrys top Indoor fliers come together vie national trophies theres plenty fun kibitzing amid dances girders 10th-anniversary championships drew nearly hundred contestants giant ETSU Mini-Dome Johnson City Tennessee EDave VTO Linstrum THE 10TH annual US Indoor Championships held June 6-9 1991 East Tennessee State University Johnson City Tennessee Twenty-six events flown under 1 16-ft ceiling awesome ETSU Mini-Dome Theres spirit event thats complex blend worlds great Indoor sites ETSU campus fliers lodged dorm well-known Johnson City southern hospitality Mini-Dome tight well-insulated building football field-size floor surrounded track viewed grandstands seemingly go forever Drift never factor flying under girders 116 feet above smooth concrete floor Astro-Turf rolled up USIC Entry casual visitors limited fliers could have space themselves entrants lined up tables pit areas under seat overhang augmented overhead 94 Model Aviation auuy Nunez Je nwuu ncr nuagana ucorge prepares aisgani ramnut neupon triplane nIgnT UaVe H505 TIOW mnuceum-qusilty Genera Mnuwcrat AMA Scale plane built piece requires huge box lighting drafting lamps During flying breaks local fast food restaurant Pals enticed hungry fliers its super sculptured models burgers dogs shakes fries atop building resembles flight stairs sophisticated palates dined Firehouse local eatery ETSU students served up plenty real southern delicacies USIC Banquet sponsored National Free Flight Society NFFS held Sheraton Johnson City Joe Baker former B-24 pilot now Olympic ice skating coach gave dinner speech years fliers extremely competitive very well prepared though burn midnight oil get themselves ready wanted Degree experience varied Some flying first national meet others competing USIC decade October 1991 95 Paul Avery LOS AngeleS iA won inui vian wIth gorgeous Vagabond Covered condenser paper Vagabond spans 19 Inches weighs mere seven grams ampas wayne sirwiuna uuu umu shot launch carbon fIber-reinforced 12inch Catapult Gilder New York modeler Tom lacobeiiis has beau tifui modei box carry Fl D ships 27-Inch bird weighs oniy gram ionn MIaIr snows nina museum-quauuiy AMA Scaie 1912 Biackbum Monopiane guy durihg Chuci asarczyK won No-USi wltn wins wiae chord Cassutt Racer flying against Ruseian Sukhoi Su-27 also took event 1989 Left Saism Oregon expert Andy Tagilafico flew mo scraped piastic prop P-30 Right Jack McGiiiivray C Incidence Pennypiane prepares fray Ii Faderto secona piace winin amang ii Ontario uses jeweilers magnifier reading gil No doubt some new contenders learned dances girders can easily become way life endurance types shot up danger zone tiny Mini-Sticks seven-inch span managed hang up Several along some Pennyplanes abandoned Goddess Girders fliers garnered share both agony ecstasy along frustrating way Some managed ultimate reward last flight others found snatched defeat jaws victory Contest management CD Tony Italiano NFFS staff support AMA HQ staff members Micheline Madison Bob Vojslavek smooth superb processing judging timing went well apparent fliers appreciated congenial professional-quality contest direction Tony retires year USIC CD presented simulated C-note autographed contestantsa memento easily worth 96 Model Aviation Left Bernie Boehms strong arm can hit ceiling catapuit Gilder ceme first IHLG Right UK filer Laurie Barr prepres British-style Pennypiane has flown Cardington Airship sheda World Championship site 195-foot ceiling Left Dave Aronsteins charismatic Tirsi-place Bostonian eceing 777 has tipiets both prop blades wing smi new recora time heavily oontested event Right Stan Fink used carved foam pilot extra charisma Cherry 7-Up Left Contest Director Tony itallano points out feature Lw iuruurs piicn jug veteran inaoor Tiler Walt Erbach looks must true prop Right Runner-up Chuck Markos right Junior FAi team administrator congratulates first-place Speciai Delta Dart ner Dave Aronstein holding Wakefisid-configuration modei Left Doc Martin left shows foam-body Peanut Speed John Voorhees properly sceptical Racing around pylons very challeng ing Right lovely bunch Coconuts after mass launch Standing L R G Nunez Potez 230 J Nunez Taylorcraft Doc Martin BFW M-20 Dave Aronstein first-place Cessna Gil Coughiln Maubusson Dave Rees kneels front General Aristocrat Doc Martin left 7-in Mini-Stick girders says parlor event mass launches like gnat attack $10 year Tony makes CD Tony surely will return next year enjoy leisurely USIC some grand grizzled old experts floor got chance interview couple Gil Coughlin lives Puget Sound Tacoma Washington last member Tacoma Aeromudlers Gil built first Free Flight model age six Folkerts Racer Hi-Flyer kit built air since hed never heard pinning plan flew way across yard Thrill city Left Bernard Hunt UK explains few British flying tricks New Jersey Lakehurst ace Gary Underwood Gil worked professional modelmaker Boeing Seattle 1953 through 1988 1956 Wakefield team produced flutter models Boeing memorable model replica Boeing & Westerville biplane now hangs Museum Flight Boeing Field loves models especially older types Pistachios fact brought dozen big silver bird SeaTacall packed carryon bag made fresh-fish shipping carton little eight-inch-span twoCincinnatis Wait Van Gorder Inspects bearing Ultra film-covered Manhattan Note diagonal body bracing gram birds well protected foam carton Gils Coconut Maubusson came apart fit small carry-on box fact containers models weighed less T-shirts brought swappinga habit picked up World Championships Gil proxy flew power model Frank Huffman Cranfield Sidney Gilbert retired newspaper reporter built solid model tender age seven soon graduated flying models first flier Megow P-26 Peashooter kit flew poorly said blew up firecracker youth Sidney defied doctors treating rheumatic fever bronchial condition getting aerobiche chased Free Flight models such favorite gassie Comet Zipper O&R 19 Brooklyn native flew Williamsburg MAC Later Sidney built Berkely Sinbad towliner too heavy flew Outdoor bit Until joined MIAMA club never flown Indoor Sidneys work career included assembly jobs Grumman Hellcats Chance-Vought Dallas Corsairs before became interested photography skill led career journalism working Kansas Cily Star Sidney reported 1968 AMA Nationals Olathe NAS October 1991 97 author flew 48-in Pliatus Porter MIAMA-sponsored Coconut mass launch launch awesome North Carolina modeler John Blair appears well satisfied excellent rendition 1937 Peerless kit Heath Midwing accompanied some youth winners Navy-sponsored visit Pensacola NAS after meet USIC Nationals first big-league contesthe flew Bostonian Carl Headly 7-Up preferring observe time kibitz Dr John B Martin Jr DDS Doc known internationally Miami Middle Wallop UK dentist Coconut Grove prime mover MIAMA Indoor club running contests competing fervor top Scale flier also enjoys Bostonian abandoned after MacDill girder captured Scully Square canard Embryo Catapult Glider Mini-Stick flew pair Burr Stantons unofficial USIC event Doc also ran MIAMA Cha Cha Coconuts Mass Launch awesome sight bunch milling three-foot Scale birds Coconut Scale Pistachio Gran Prix Almost hundred fliers vied beautiful medallions red white blue ribbons USIC wood glass trophies cross-section graphic ETSU MiniDome AMA Nationals Event highlights included challenging well charitable contestSpecial Delta Dart unofficial fun fest sponsored Micheline Madison Robert Vojslavek contestants paid $6 entry fee vie award sponsors donated $191 Junior Free Flight team fund team headed Yugoslavia next year Special Delta Dart rules required use unmodified except balance/pitch twist prop bearing/shaft plus pre-printed onionskin covering legal size areas Dart 12-in OAL matched new design Other anything goes own wood imagination limits Kris Forward Asheville North Carolina elected use stock Ehling design win Junior Watch kidhes hot 36 entrants donated $191 Junior FM Team Fund few really let creative juices flow Most opted pretty standard Dart perhaps polyhedral rear hook tail end top three entries did have unusual designs however applaud inventive fun approach challenge Special Delta Dart initial entry totally disastrous Divine Dart looked great paper proved untrimmable Easy B configuration triangular surfaces stretched twin subrudders reduce effect large Dart rudder rear hook absolute end motor stick rearward CG tip stall flimsy surfaces its downfall Undaunted reentered got another kit built Star Wars Death Dart Federation ROG configuration minus wheels high aspect rectangular surfaces braced motor stick Ia FROG wood-braced wings also tiplets part rudder vertical area displaced wing tips design proved stable once proper rubber/prop combo found climbed nicely girders maxed out flight time 148 last attempt Clever Chuck Markos Chicago Aeronuts decided create simple stubby vee-dihedral bird no bracing Square effective climbed way up motor precious Pirelli FiD fliers gaga three good flights over two minutes including event high time 225 Quite performance Delta Dart Top place went Seattles Dave Aronstein created Wakefield configuration dorm room night before event very high aspect ratio raked tip surfaces rolled motor tube unusually low aspect fin extended wing trailing edge stab reduced effect required large area rear hook optimum rear stick allowing maximum length rare Pirelli loop sliced rib camber extreme Continued page 180 98 Model Aviation Left Senior Don De Loach Dallas Texas prepares Easy B took balloons dislodge such models girders Right Wichitas Stan Chilton points out feature microfilm Fl D model As light dollar bill craft flies over half hour Left Andy Tagilafico holds up Easy B photographer Note running track spacious pit area behind him Right Philadelphias Ron Ganser prepares intermediate Stick entry flying buddy Dick Obanki Florida checks out airspace NEW ~~CYCLE 5SERIES 100 jTHP DESIGN 5 p hi TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPEDTOGIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALL THE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW DIAPITCH THP 1266778 136771/20 146778 1567 16678 NEW PRO SERIES 3 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION lOTO 20% INCREASE IN THRUST MFG OF SELECT HARD MAPLE WOOD WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUELPROOFHIGH LUSTER FINISH DIAPITCH 534 634 72833Vz456 8334568 84566/,7 94566A/x77 1045667 106W8W 10BEW 115W 116EW 1167 124W 125W 12 56 13 56 14 56 15 56 16 4N 16 678 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCH 7 5N5N 8I 677/8 SERIES 400C 866777 97/z7/ W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW Original _____ J E-ZUP •8x81Oxl 5 Up 1655 60 Iuo6rS cuslom onosseconds! No ropes Ilettering availablenothing assemble! m r yn m 31 RAVENW000RD VERSAILLES KY 40383 knowing what has happened what happening learning anticipate what will happen regular basis Air cant created destroyed Chaston reminds us has go somewhere Nationals/Linstrum Continued page 98 forward high pointvery efficient Wakefield climbed swiffly about 90 ft three times soared 219 dot Dave got terrific plaque AMA Indoor Wakefield flying Two specialty events attracted handful fliers Frank Kieser won Ornithopter 1409 Tom Vallee aced Helicopter amazing 1109 Chuck Markos aced Peanut Speed reliable Dayton-Wright Racer swift 14 mph did 142 mph Goosey win Unlimited Speed 14 bucks Hardy Brodersen Ed Whittens creation Indoor Bostonian seven grams charisma proved incredibly popular 45 entries Top flier Dave Aronstein lofting attractive Boeing-logo 77 design amazing flights 446 502 Chasing him Richard Miller Blue-Fin earned 116 flight total full minute less noted five 7-Up designs flying generally wide 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parlor flying event Tom Vallee originally envisioned Kit Plan Scale fliers Paul Avery Louisiana John Blair Warren North Carolina top two places locked up 8 am Averys yellow bird condenser covered weighed eight grams floated first place Blairs Heath Midwing 1937 Peerless plan beautiful much heavier IMS kit Daphne dropped 1989 score 94 points 78a crippling blow time cap 104- 108-second flights 78 seconds possible noted another Daphne flier craft score 15 out possible 40 Whew judges discriminating Continued page 184 THE LEADER IN COMPETITION PROPELLERS QUICK-BUILT SUPER TOUGH Quid-Built Super Tough AirCore 40 family Trainer NEW VHS VIDEO CATALOG $695 &h Texas residents please add sales tax US ACorej 4576 Claire Chennault Hangar 7 Dallas TX 75248 1-800-336-0602 orders 214 250-1914 info 180 Model Aviation Bill Effinger * says Onip Plan n Pattant Sat groa yas tlta aaaenad daalgoa ps want have aelected tha bent clesant dta/gns thea yes cttooaatrotn pattarat aach pert anpottana Cwruss HA WKPJC 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contest Dave Aronstein sleek Tupolev canard SST floated forever testing tore up death-dealing girders though forced fly Sukhoi Su-27 Ranker canard fighter won 1990 Chuck Slusarczyk reversed last years placing winning reliable red Cassutt Racer time incredible 615 Look Cassutt NFFS USIC Winners Silver Book Plans FAC Scale new addition lineup Sponsored Ohios Kanone King Jim Miller Second Peanut Voison Hydroplane FAC allows mass launchesand spectacular Imagine swarm WW bipes formation Golden Age birds spiraling upward narrowly avoiding colliding air Last down wins get motor Walt Eggert took marbles Golden Larry Loucka WW ace Don Slusarczyk owned Hi-Wing Mono Don De Loach Biplane boy Cha Cha Coconuts Mass Launch memorable Dave Aronstein soared First Cessna Dave Rees near-win beautiful General Aristocrat built piece requires worlds largest model boxonly minivan Other notable Coconuts George Nunezs Potez 230 Doc Martins BFW M-20 Willy Messerschmitt design four-foot Pilatus Porter Himalaya entered yours truly Pistachio fliers unpacked cigar boxes eight-inch model fits just perfectly nonstop marathon gnats Gil Coughlin largest collection including Wiadham Tandem flew forever Nothing could top great green finish Nunez Nieuport pre-WW II parasol fighter clean lines Endurance measured altitude whether wind up FM tan hook prop shaft blast off Catapult Glider slingshot gumband Chuck Markos blew em away again event girder-grazing flights 80 78 secondsthis 12-inch-span Glider Strong-arm IHLG won again Bernie Boehm Indiana hurling redwing Glider great heights slow glides twin scores 675 What arm microfilm events owned Larry Cailliau did over hour 19 minutes two-flight total FiD Don Slusarczyk best flight 3836 won him AMA HL Stick Ron Ganser aced Cabin 2426 ROG Dan Belief took Intermediate Stick nice 2823 See September issue Model Aviation Manhattan Pennyplane Easy B results Continued page 186 RIC Battery Test V Those apply C Sony cant fly today. 1 forgot Charge up last night C I 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F22 STARLIS$ThINO na. ee. anew wnoUrnatAo 1 UN 1W admt HASSLE Simple wing gloves h Machine thrust diagrmvlb panels adds up available Clockei favorite trainer tire up vertical Rail mountinn VIOJETT Optional Com $2800 postmeet euphoria afterglow reflection Indoor fliers have found heaven Smoky Mountains Tennessee Vendors such Jim Jones Ed Seay Lew Gitlow provided exotic supplies huge airspace provided plenty room fun shade Mini-Dome Hope see next year competing Tony Italiano 10-year veteran CD USIC Meanwhile does anyone know can find some Pirelli Ill treat super hot dog Pals D National Rally/Berman Continued page 108 blowing up perfectly good model airplane just crowd-pleaser Under auspices AMA Executive Council annual membership meeting held 8 pm June 8 officers lounge Wright-Patterson AFB Meetings everyones cup teaas evidenced attendancebut major AMA projects discussed detail -I-& course stIll love youwhy else would savings RC trainer seeing get moneys worth Site planning has completed has design 25000-square-foot museum building Parking lot construction flying site preparation have begun Already two large events booked 1992 IMAA Festival June Scale World Championships August Selectively chosen real estate Vince told group solid investment example AMAs Reston property has appreciated over 10 years weve owned about same dollar amount spent Muncie bad return eh meeting included some discussion frequency matters George Steiner pointed out will need tolerate industrial interlopers some so-called wholly owned RC frequencies couple years some areas idea reverting having FCC license 72 MHz 75 MHz transmitters being considered means better policing bands George responded question about alignment aftermarket receivers Crystal slicing days said precise enough general alignment 186 Model Aviation REGAL EAGLE SUPREME THE NEWEST THE BEST YET! cor i-ar 0 Cab BOB PARKINSON FLYING MODELS Box 856 11th & 25th Sideroad RR1 Stroud Ontario Canada Zip LOL 2M0 Send check money order U S 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With its concrete floor size footbali fieid its 116-foot ceiling gmnaiauuu uai wunu9iy gu tin turevur Iunnuun tIyu caut len nessee State University Mini-Dome fast acquiring reputation mecca indoor contests some countrys top Indoor fliers come together vie national trophies theres plenty fun kibitzing amid dances girders 10th-anniversary championships drew nearly hundred contestants giant ETSU Mini-Dome Johnson City Tennessee EDave VTO Linstrum THE 10TH annual US Indoor Championships held June 6-9 1991 East Tennessee State University Johnson City Tennessee Twenty-six events flown under 1 16-ft ceiling awesome ETSU Mini-Dome Theres spirit event thats complex blend worlds great Indoor sites ETSU campus fliers lodged dorm well-known Johnson City southern hospitality Mini-Dome tight well-insulated building football field-size floor surrounded track viewed grandstands seemingly go forever Drift never factor flying under girders 116 feet above smooth concrete floor Astro-Turf rolled up USIC Entry casual visitors limited fliers could have space themselves entrants lined up tables pit areas under seat overhang augmented overhead 94 Model Aviation auuy Nunez Je nwuu ncr nuagana ucorge prepares aisgani ramnut neupon triplane nIgnT UaVe H505 TIOW mnuceum-qusilty Genera Mnuwcrat AMA Scale plane built piece requires huge box lighting drafting lamps During flying breaks local fast food restaurant Pals enticed hungry fliers its super sculptured models burgers dogs shakes fries atop building resembles flight stairs sophisticated palates dined Firehouse local eatery ETSU students served up plenty real southern delicacies USIC Banquet sponsored National Free Flight Society NFFS held Sheraton Johnson City Joe Baker former B-24 pilot now Olympic ice skating coach gave dinner speech years fliers extremely competitive very well prepared though burn midnight oil get themselves ready wanted Degree experience varied Some flying first national meet others competing USIC decade October 1991 95 Paul Avery LOS AngeleS iA won inui vian wIth gorgeous Vagabond Covered condenser paper Vagabond spans 19 Inches weighs mere seven grams ampas wayne sirwiuna uuu umu shot launch carbon fIber-reinforced 12inch Catapult Gilder New York modeler Tom lacobeiiis has beau tifui modei box carry Fl D ships 27-Inch bird weighs oniy gram ionn MIaIr snows nina museum-quauuiy AMA Scaie 1912 Biackbum Monopiane guy durihg Chuci asarczyK won No-USi wltn wins wiae chord Cassutt Racer flying against Ruseian Sukhoi Su-27 also took event 1989 Left Saism Oregon expert Andy Tagilafico flew mo scraped piastic prop P-30 Right Jack McGiiiivray C Incidence Pennypiane prepares fray Ii Faderto secona piace winin amang ii Ontario uses jeweilers magnifier reading gil No doubt some new contenders learned dances girders can easily become way life endurance types shot up danger zone tiny Mini-Sticks seven-inch span managed hang up Several along some Pennyplanes abandoned Goddess Girders fliers garnered share both agony ecstasy along frustrating way Some managed ultimate reward last flight others found snatched defeat jaws victory Contest management CD Tony Italiano NFFS staff support AMA HQ staff members Micheline Madison Bob Vojslavek smooth superb processing judging timing went well apparent fliers appreciated congenial professional-quality contest direction Tony retires year USIC CD presented simulated C-note autographed contestantsa memento easily worth 96 Model Aviation Left Bernie Boehms strong arm can hit ceiling catapuit Gilder ceme first IHLG Right UK filer Laurie Barr prepres British-style Pennypiane has flown Cardington Airship sheda World Championship site 195-foot ceiling Left Dave Aronsteins charismatic Tirsi-place Bostonian eceing 777 has tipiets both prop blades wing smi new recora time heavily oontested event Right Stan Fink used carved foam pilot extra charisma Cherry 7-Up Left Contest Director Tony itallano points out feature Lw iuruurs piicn jug veteran inaoor Tiler Walt Erbach looks must true prop Right Runner-up Chuck Markos right Junior FAi team administrator congratulates first-place Speciai Delta Dart ner Dave Aronstein holding Wakefisid-configuration modei Left Doc Martin left shows foam-body Peanut Speed John Voorhees properly sceptical Racing around pylons very challeng ing Right lovely bunch Coconuts after mass launch Standing L R G Nunez Potez 230 J Nunez Taylorcraft Doc Martin BFW M-20 Dave Aronstein first-place Cessna Gil Coughiln Maubusson Dave Rees kneels front General Aristocrat Doc Martin left 7-in Mini-Stick girders says parlor event mass launches like gnat attack $10 year Tony makes CD Tony surely will return next year enjoy leisurely USIC some grand grizzled old experts floor got chance interview couple Gil Coughlin lives Puget Sound Tacoma Washington last member Tacoma Aeromudlers Gil built first Free Flight model age six Folkerts Racer Hi-Flyer kit built air since hed never heard pinning plan flew way across yard Thrill city Left Bernard Hunt UK explains few British flying tricks New Jersey Lakehurst ace Gary Underwood Gil worked professional modelmaker Boeing Seattle 1953 through 1988 1956 Wakefield team produced flutter models Boeing memorable model replica Boeing & Westerville biplane now hangs Museum Flight Boeing Field loves models especially older types Pistachios fact brought dozen big silver bird SeaTacall packed carryon bag made fresh-fish shipping carton little eight-inch-span twoCincinnatis Wait Van Gorder Inspects bearing Ultra film-covered Manhattan Note diagonal body bracing gram birds well protected foam carton Gils Coconut Maubusson came apart fit small carry-on box fact containers models weighed less T-shirts brought swappinga habit picked up World Championships Gil proxy flew power model Frank Huffman Cranfield Sidney Gilbert retired newspaper reporter built solid model tender age seven soon graduated flying models first flier Megow P-26 Peashooter kit flew poorly said blew up firecracker youth Sidney defied doctors treating rheumatic fever bronchial condition getting aerobiche chased Free Flight models such favorite gassie Comet Zipper O&R 19 Brooklyn native flew Williamsburg MAC Later Sidney built Berkely Sinbad towliner too heavy flew Outdoor bit Until joined MIAMA club never flown Indoor Sidneys work career included assembly jobs Grumman Hellcats Chance-Vought Dallas Corsairs before became interested photography skill led career journalism working Kansas Cily Star Sidney reported 1968 AMA Nationals Olathe NAS October 1991 97 author flew 48-in Pliatus Porter MIAMA-sponsored Coconut mass launch launch awesome North Carolina modeler John Blair appears well satisfied excellent rendition 1937 Peerless kit Heath Midwing accompanied some youth winners Navy-sponsored visit Pensacola NAS after meet USIC Nationals first big-league contesthe flew Bostonian Carl Headly 7-Up preferring observe time kibitz Dr John B Martin Jr DDS Doc known internationally Miami Middle Wallop UK dentist Coconut Grove prime mover MIAMA Indoor club running contests competing fervor top Scale flier also enjoys Bostonian abandoned after MacDill girder captured Scully Square canard Embryo Catapult Glider Mini-Stick flew pair Burr Stantons unofficial USIC event Doc also ran MIAMA Cha Cha Coconuts Mass Launch awesome sight bunch milling three-foot Scale birds Coconut Scale Pistachio Gran Prix Almost hundred fliers vied beautiful medallions red white blue ribbons USIC wood glass trophies cross-section graphic ETSU MiniDome AMA Nationals Event highlights included challenging well charitable contestSpecial Delta Dart unofficial fun fest sponsored Micheline Madison Robert Vojslavek contestants paid $6 entry fee vie award sponsors donated $191 Junior Free Flight team fund team headed Yugoslavia next year Special Delta Dart rules required use unmodified except balance/pitch twist prop bearing/shaft plus pre-printed onionskin covering legal size areas Dart 12-in OAL matched new design Other anything goes own wood imagination limits Kris Forward Asheville North Carolina elected use stock Ehling design win Junior Watch kidhes hot 36 entrants donated $191 Junior FM Team Fund few really let creative juices flow Most opted pretty standard Dart perhaps polyhedral rear hook tail end top three entries did have unusual designs however applaud inventive fun approach challenge Special Delta Dart initial entry totally disastrous Divine Dart looked great paper proved untrimmable Easy B configuration triangular surfaces stretched twin subrudders reduce effect large Dart rudder rear hook absolute end motor stick rearward CG tip stall flimsy surfaces its downfall Undaunted reentered got another kit built Star Wars Death Dart Federation ROG configuration minus wheels high aspect rectangular surfaces braced motor stick Ia FROG wood-braced wings also tiplets part rudder vertical area displaced wing tips design proved stable once proper rubber/prop combo found climbed nicely girders maxed out flight time 148 last attempt Clever Chuck Markos Chicago Aeronuts decided create simple stubby vee-dihedral bird no bracing Square effective climbed way up motor precious Pirelli FiD fliers gaga three good flights over two minutes including event high time 225 Quite performance Delta Dart Top place went Seattles Dave Aronstein created Wakefield configuration dorm room night before event very high aspect ratio raked tip surfaces rolled motor tube unusually low aspect fin extended wing trailing edge stab reduced effect required large area rear hook optimum rear stick allowing maximum length rare Pirelli loop sliced rib camber extreme Continued page 180 98 Model Aviation Left Senior Don De Loach Dallas Texas prepares Easy B took balloons dislodge such models girders Right Wichitas Stan Chilton points out feature microfilm Fl D model As light dollar bill craft flies over half hour Left Andy Tagilafico holds up Easy B photographer Note running track spacious pit area behind him Right Philadelphias Ron Ganser prepares intermediate Stick entry flying buddy Dick Obanki Florida checks out airspace NEW ~~CYCLE 5SERIES 100 jTHP DESIGN 5 p hi TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPEDTOGIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALL THE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW DIAPITCH THP 1266778 136771/20 146778 1567 16678 NEW PRO SERIES 3 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION lOTO 20% INCREASE IN THRUST MFG OF SELECT HARD MAPLE WOOD WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUELPROOFHIGH LUSTER FINISH DIAPITCH 534 634 72833Vz456 8334568 84566/,7 94566A/x77 1045667 106W8W 10BEW 115W 116EW 1167 124W 125W 12 56 13 56 14 56 15 56 16 4N 16 678 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCH 7 5N5N 8I 677/8 SERIES 400C 866777 97/z7/ W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW Original _____ J E-ZUP •8x81Oxl 5 Up 1655 60 Iuo6rS cuslom onosseconds! No ropes Ilettering availablenothing assemble! m r yn m 31 RAVENW000RD VERSAILLES KY 40383 knowing what has happened what happening learning anticipate what will happen regular basis Air cant created destroyed Chaston reminds us has go somewhere Nationals/Linstrum Continued page 98 forward high pointvery efficient Wakefield climbed swiffly about 90 ft three times soared 219 dot Dave got terrific plaque AMA Indoor Wakefield flying Two specialty events attracted handful fliers Frank Kieser won Ornithopter 1409 Tom Vallee aced Helicopter amazing 1109 Chuck Markos aced Peanut Speed reliable Dayton-Wright Racer swift 14 mph did 142 mph Goosey win Unlimited Speed 14 bucks Hardy Brodersen Ed Whittens creation Indoor Bostonian seven grams charisma proved incredibly popular 45 entries Top flier Dave Aronstein lofting attractive Boeing-logo 77 design amazing flights 446 502 Chasing him Richard Miller Blue-Fin earned 116 flight total full minute less noted five 7-Up designs flying generally wide variety MASKING MASTER IVTM FINEST QUALITY MARRING & FINE-LINE TAPE TAPE EVER AVAILABLE TO MODELERS * LOW-TACK FINE-LINE * LEAKPROOF * CONFORMAL EACH KIT CONTAiNS ONE 36 YD ROLL VINYL MASK 3/16 ONE 72 ID ROLL POLY MASK 1/4 ONE 36 ID ROLL VINYL MASK 1/4 ONE 72 ID ROLL POLY MASK 3/8 * FOR USE WITH LACQUERS DOPES EPOXY POLY-U AND ENAMELS ATISFACTON GUARANTEED MB N. 555 ADD 7% SEND TO TECHTAPE MASKING TECHNOLOGY PO BOX 230 LIVINGSTONNJ250 07039 S & H INCLUOSOCI-IEOK OR MO models John Blairs Boston Zip Code zip numbers registration numerals Now thats charisma Burr Alice Stanton Louisville created monster sponsored E the new unofficial Mini-Stick event entry hallway neat computergenerated display rules various contemporary designs maximum seven-inch spans 25-in chords 10-inmax QAL bearings rear five-inch motor sticks max 50% stabs all-wood props unexotic materials highperformance Indoor models indeed mass launches looked like swarms insects headed girders Some reached roof certainly far cry parlor flying event Tom Vallee originally envisioned Kit Plan Scale fliers Paul Avery Louisiana John Blair Warren North Carolina top two places locked up 8 am Averys yellow bird condenser covered weighed eight grams floated first place Blairs Heath Midwing 1937 Peerless plan beautiful much heavier IMS kit Daphne dropped 1989 score 94 points 78a crippling blow time cap 104- 108-second flights 78 seconds possible noted another Daphne flier craft score 15 out possible 40 Whew judges discriminating Continued page 184 THE LEADER IN COMPETITION PROPELLERS QUICK-BUILT SUPER TOUGH Quid-Built Super Tough AirCore 40 family Trainer NEW VHS VIDEO CATALOG $695 &h Texas residents please add sales tax US ACorej 4576 Claire Chennault Hangar 7 Dallas TX 75248 1-800-336-0602 orders 214 250-1914 info 180 Model Aviation Bill Effinger * says Onip Plan n Pattant Sat groa yas tlta aaaenad daalgoa ps want have aelected tha bent clesant dta/gns thea yes cttooaatrotn pattarat aach pert anpottana Cwruss HA WKPJC 941hwlatgepen gth 6I eq le aeleeg ae Per 13 23 CID aeginee etavel A/C RCOS-14 CurUsa FALCON O-JB/A3 114 wlngapan ength 315 eq wIng area Par2 3to 35 ClO enelnee teaenet A/C ACOS-iS 6 One-Third Scale Piper Tn-Pa i-rn weaetre2 wmnacee 20 e300 d enanee Fe 45 oh A/Cappooo20 PIper Cub J-3 ~4ei/jScaie 119 orlnaepeeSO Iaeatlr 2500aq wmeaarea4oh a/C 20 300ldeealnee *C25-2*2095 Quarter Scale WWI SE-BA 80W wing eaton Wing area 78 22 orts/ne $COS-7 SPAD C-XIII 79ftwingspan2120sqin wing area 13 21 angina Capable 8 yet vaptoaea irnag/ntiov RCOs8 FOKKER DR-i TRIPLANE 72 w/ng span e 1772 sq wing area 78 180 angina ACOSO SOPWITH CAMEL P1 e84wingspav2t50pe wing area 11 lbs orb A/C Pty wood & balee covevootion over 85 sq ft drawings ACOS-il $245 Fokker D-VII 88wivospon2220saivwvga Ca $0-2hcidevgivn3hclr S RCI2Sh 6 1/4 Scale WACO D 1930s Commercial 4 Mffltary Export 88 wingapa wing area 7818laetgeh121be 4$/Cod Engine Size 12-23 Clark-Y Airfoil Section a-Phh-wood rewopable engine onir e Shook-Moonted Loading Gear IRCOS-lol $2786 latibargieso Cowl Wheal Pants & Pairing Availehiel Pot-dee plave ova hat opawcockpit Waa wnet beautOol hi ohen aatniaflioitoel wings Piano ahoor both wiiiteryendoownarwIea MONOCOUPE NA e128 Wlagepen 92 Onerall Length RC3S-4 iii EfOngor Pounding Meerhar AMA NPPO Hall Fewer Privos tor coorploto piano nob ooowrhly & dorailod parto jots PLEASE ADO $300 toe eheptee lteelbng tubal New teat Plan Sat broohoro 0100 aloodahia pa f St OrOr WE TECHNICAL SERVICES Rt - -- ---- FL 32489 Nationals/Li nstru m Continued page 180 AMA SCSIC 15 fliers another routine finish Torontos Jack McGilivray won again lovely SE5A gorgeous WW bipe got 87 points flew 90-second max easily Peanut SC8ICn however owned 184 Model Aviation upstart Ohios Don Slusarczyk lofted Voison Hydroplane Bonus Baby triple 127 flight score after judges awarded 1272 points Have Fike Lacey replaced Voison syndrome Don De Loach Dallas took Senior Peanut No-Cal Scale offshoot Flying Aces No-Cal Profile quite contest Dave Aronstein sleek Tupolev canard SST floated forever testing tore up death-dealing girders though forced fly Sukhoi Su-27 Ranker canard fighter won 1990 Chuck Slusarczyk reversed last years placing winning reliable red Cassutt Racer time incredible 615 Look Cassutt NFFS USIC Winners Silver Book Plans FAC Scale new addition lineup Sponsored Ohios Kanone King Jim Miller Second Peanut Voison Hydroplane FAC allows mass launchesand spectacular Imagine swarm WW bipes formation Golden Age birds spiraling upward narrowly avoiding colliding air Last down wins get motor Walt Eggert took marbles Golden Larry Loucka WW ace Don Slusarczyk owned Hi-Wing Mono Don De Loach Biplane boy Cha Cha Coconuts Mass Launch memorable Dave Aronstein soared First Cessna Dave Rees near-win beautiful General Aristocrat built piece requires worlds largest model boxonly minivan Other notable Coconuts George Nunezs Potez 230 Doc Martins BFW M-20 Willy Messerschmitt design four-foot Pilatus Porter Himalaya entered yours truly Pistachio fliers unpacked cigar boxes eight-inch model fits just perfectly nonstop marathon gnats Gil Coughlin largest collection including Wiadham Tandem flew forever Nothing could top great green finish Nunez Nieuport pre-WW II parasol fighter clean lines Endurance measured altitude whether wind up FM tan hook prop shaft blast off Catapult Glider slingshot gumband Chuck Markos blew em away again event girder-grazing flights 80 78 secondsthis 12-inch-span Glider Strong-arm IHLG won again Bernie Boehm Indiana hurling redwing Glider great heights slow glides twin scores 675 What arm microfilm events owned Larry Cailliau did over hour 19 minutes two-flight total FiD Don Slusarczyk best flight 3836 won him AMA HL Stick Ron Ganser aced Cabin 2426 ROG Dan Belief took Intermediate Stick nice 2823 See September issue Model Aviation Manhattan Pennyplane Easy B results Continued page 186 RIC Battery Test V Those apply C Sony cant fly today. 1 forgot Charge up last night C I hope didnt cook battgnes charged full rgtg way over 16 hours C 1hls should really last flight Im sure batteries fully Charged [1 I wish could remember thg name device trickle charges batteries wouldnt have worry about time. krfow doesnt require assembly Solderingits about size golf-ball CSure can fly today trickle charge A/C system continuously French Tricklerlin Take worry out battery ChargIng. trickle charge batteries days weeks months Convenient GlowUght assures trickIer doing its job. ready fly anylimell $995 S & H French ElectronIcs Inc PC Box 255 Worthington OH 43085 inquire local hobby shop first OBEE GLOW PLUGS philosophy. chantber must reecho " etc coil 00nventiona 0jd wnrbu Ignition temper engine laster latenals whicr sir unojue loctory best-In-theKINGSWAY RIC HOBBY SUPPLY Bgeclaazlag A/C Aircraft Supplla 6561 RIchmond7134778141 Holaton TX 77066US WAiTS 18004217783 DUCTED &d OOILESTEflLTH 1/10 NIGHTHPWK FINISHED LESS FPNeRIIDIO BOX VN NUYS TflRTECH3BOS CA 91405 SEE 0R SCOLE F22 STARLIS$ThINO na. ee. anew wnoUrnatAo 1 UN 1W admt HASSLE Simple wing gloves h Machine thrust diagrmvlb panels adds up available Clockei favorite trainer tire up vertical Rail mountinn VIOJETT Optional Com $2800 postmeet euphoria afterglow reflection Indoor fliers have found heaven Smoky Mountains Tennessee Vendors such Jim Jones Ed Seay Lew Gitlow provided exotic supplies huge airspace provided plenty room fun shade Mini-Dome Hope see next year competing Tony Italiano 10-year veteran CD USIC Meanwhile does anyone know can find some Pirelli Ill treat super hot dog Pals D National Rally/Berman Continued page 108 blowing up perfectly good model airplane just crowd-pleaser Under auspices AMA Executive Council annual membership meeting held 8 pm June 8 officers lounge Wright-Patterson AFB Meetings everyones cup teaas evidenced attendancebut major AMA projects discussed detail -I-& course stIll love youwhy else would savings RC trainer seeing get moneys worth Site planning has completed has design 25000-square-foot museum building Parking lot construction flying site preparation have begun Already two large events booked 1992 IMAA Festival June Scale World Championships August Selectively chosen real estate Vince told group solid investment example AMAs Reston property has appreciated over 10 years weve owned about same dollar amount spent Muncie bad return eh meeting included some discussion frequency matters George Steiner pointed out will need tolerate industrial interlopers some so-called wholly owned RC frequencies couple years some areas idea reverting having FCC license 72 MHz 75 MHz transmitters being considered means better policing bands George responded question about alignment aftermarket receivers Crystal slicing days said precise enough general alignment 186 Model Aviation REGAL EAGLE SUPREME THE NEWEST THE BEST YET! cor i-ar 0 Cab BOB PARKINSON FLYING MODELS Box 856 11th & 25th Sideroad RR1 Stroud Ontario Canada Zip LOL 2M0 Send check money order U S funds M/C/Visa accepted Order Phone 705 436-7041 members did come Uncle Sam spends million dollars model airplane UAVs RPVs dont come cheap thats peanuts AMA contemplates 17 million dollar investment museum flying complex Muncie Indiana thats got high finance Academy Executive Director Vince Mankowski Original Home Machine Shop Designed USA Shoptask VS SailDlanes WE MARKET U. 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Edition: Model Aviation - 1991/10
Page Numbers: 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 180, 184, 186
With its concrete floor size footbali fieid its 116-foot ceiling gmnaiauuu uai wunu9iy gu tin turevur Iunnuun tIyu caut len nessee State University Mini-Dome fast acquiring reputation mecca indoor contests some countrys top Indoor fliers come together vie national trophies theres plenty fun kibitzing amid dances girders 10th-anniversary championships drew nearly hundred contestants giant ETSU Mini-Dome Johnson City Tennessee EDave VTO Linstrum THE 10TH annual US Indoor Championships held June 6-9 1991 East Tennessee State University Johnson City Tennessee Twenty-six events flown under 1 16-ft ceiling awesome ETSU Mini-Dome Theres spirit event thats complex blend worlds great Indoor sites ETSU campus fliers lodged dorm well-known Johnson City southern hospitality Mini-Dome tight well-insulated building football field-size floor surrounded track viewed grandstands seemingly go forever Drift never factor flying under girders 116 feet above smooth concrete floor Astro-Turf rolled up USIC Entry casual visitors limited fliers could have space themselves entrants lined up tables pit areas under seat overhang augmented overhead 94 Model Aviation auuy Nunez Je nwuu ncr nuagana ucorge prepares aisgani ramnut neupon triplane nIgnT UaVe H505 TIOW mnuceum-qusilty Genera Mnuwcrat AMA Scale plane built piece requires huge box lighting drafting lamps During flying breaks local fast food restaurant Pals enticed hungry fliers its super sculptured models burgers dogs shakes fries atop building resembles flight stairs sophisticated palates dined Firehouse local eatery ETSU students served up plenty real southern delicacies USIC Banquet sponsored National Free Flight Society NFFS held Sheraton Johnson City Joe Baker former B-24 pilot now Olympic ice skating coach gave dinner speech years fliers extremely competitive very well prepared though burn midnight oil get themselves ready wanted Degree experience varied Some flying first national meet others competing USIC decade October 1991 95 Paul Avery LOS AngeleS iA won inui vian wIth gorgeous Vagabond Covered condenser paper Vagabond spans 19 Inches weighs mere seven grams ampas wayne sirwiuna uuu umu shot launch carbon fIber-reinforced 12inch Catapult Gilder New York modeler Tom lacobeiiis has beau tifui modei box carry Fl D ships 27-Inch bird weighs oniy gram ionn MIaIr snows nina museum-quauuiy AMA Scaie 1912 Biackbum Monopiane guy durihg Chuci asarczyK won No-USi wltn wins wiae chord Cassutt Racer flying against Ruseian Sukhoi Su-27 also took event 1989 Left Saism Oregon expert Andy Tagilafico flew mo scraped piastic prop P-30 Right Jack McGiiiivray C Incidence Pennypiane prepares fray Ii Faderto secona piace winin amang ii Ontario uses jeweilers magnifier reading gil No doubt some new contenders learned dances girders can easily become way life endurance types shot up danger zone tiny Mini-Sticks seven-inch span managed hang up Several along some Pennyplanes abandoned Goddess Girders fliers garnered share both agony ecstasy along frustrating way Some managed ultimate reward last flight others found snatched defeat jaws victory Contest management CD Tony Italiano NFFS staff support AMA HQ staff members Micheline Madison Bob Vojslavek smooth superb processing judging timing went well apparent fliers appreciated congenial professional-quality contest direction Tony retires year USIC CD presented simulated C-note autographed contestantsa memento easily worth 96 Model Aviation Left Bernie Boehms strong arm can hit ceiling catapuit Gilder ceme first IHLG Right UK filer Laurie Barr prepres British-style Pennypiane has flown Cardington Airship sheda World Championship site 195-foot ceiling Left Dave Aronsteins charismatic Tirsi-place Bostonian eceing 777 has tipiets both prop blades wing smi new recora time heavily oontested event Right Stan Fink used carved foam pilot extra charisma Cherry 7-Up Left Contest Director Tony itallano points out feature Lw iuruurs piicn jug veteran inaoor Tiler Walt Erbach looks must true prop Right Runner-up Chuck Markos right Junior FAi team administrator congratulates first-place Speciai Delta Dart ner Dave Aronstein holding Wakefisid-configuration modei Left Doc Martin left shows foam-body Peanut Speed John Voorhees properly sceptical Racing around pylons very challeng ing Right lovely bunch Coconuts after mass launch Standing L R G Nunez Potez 230 J Nunez Taylorcraft Doc Martin BFW M-20 Dave Aronstein first-place Cessna Gil Coughiln Maubusson Dave Rees kneels front General Aristocrat Doc Martin left 7-in Mini-Stick girders says parlor event mass launches like gnat attack $10 year Tony makes CD Tony surely will return next year enjoy leisurely USIC some grand grizzled old experts floor got chance interview couple Gil Coughlin lives Puget Sound Tacoma Washington last member Tacoma Aeromudlers Gil built first Free Flight model age six Folkerts Racer Hi-Flyer kit built air since hed never heard pinning plan flew way across yard Thrill city Left Bernard Hunt UK explains few British flying tricks New Jersey Lakehurst ace Gary Underwood Gil worked professional modelmaker Boeing Seattle 1953 through 1988 1956 Wakefield team produced flutter models Boeing memorable model replica Boeing & Westerville biplane now hangs Museum Flight Boeing Field loves models especially older types Pistachios fact brought dozen big silver bird SeaTacall packed carryon bag made fresh-fish shipping carton little eight-inch-span twoCincinnatis Wait Van Gorder Inspects bearing Ultra film-covered Manhattan Note diagonal body bracing gram birds well protected foam carton Gils Coconut Maubusson came apart fit small carry-on box fact containers models weighed less T-shirts brought swappinga habit picked up World Championships Gil proxy flew power model Frank Huffman Cranfield Sidney Gilbert retired newspaper reporter built solid model tender age seven soon graduated flying models first flier Megow P-26 Peashooter kit flew poorly said blew up firecracker youth Sidney defied doctors treating rheumatic fever bronchial condition getting aerobiche chased Free Flight models such favorite gassie Comet Zipper O&R 19 Brooklyn native flew Williamsburg MAC Later Sidney built Berkely Sinbad towliner too heavy flew Outdoor bit Until joined MIAMA club never flown Indoor Sidneys work career included assembly jobs Grumman Hellcats Chance-Vought Dallas Corsairs before became interested photography skill led career journalism working Kansas Cily Star Sidney reported 1968 AMA Nationals Olathe NAS October 1991 97 author flew 48-in Pliatus Porter MIAMA-sponsored Coconut mass launch launch awesome North Carolina modeler John Blair appears well satisfied excellent rendition 1937 Peerless kit Heath Midwing accompanied some youth winners Navy-sponsored visit Pensacola NAS after meet USIC Nationals first big-league contesthe flew Bostonian Carl Headly 7-Up preferring observe time kibitz Dr John B Martin Jr DDS Doc known internationally Miami Middle Wallop UK dentist Coconut Grove prime mover MIAMA Indoor club running contests competing fervor top Scale flier also enjoys Bostonian abandoned after MacDill girder captured Scully Square canard Embryo Catapult Glider Mini-Stick flew pair Burr Stantons unofficial USIC event Doc also ran MIAMA Cha Cha Coconuts Mass Launch awesome sight bunch milling three-foot Scale birds Coconut Scale Pistachio Gran Prix Almost hundred fliers vied beautiful medallions red white blue ribbons USIC wood glass trophies cross-section graphic ETSU MiniDome AMA Nationals Event highlights included challenging well charitable contestSpecial Delta Dart unofficial fun fest sponsored Micheline Madison Robert Vojslavek contestants paid $6 entry fee vie award sponsors donated $191 Junior Free Flight team fund team headed Yugoslavia next year Special Delta Dart rules required use unmodified except balance/pitch twist prop bearing/shaft plus pre-printed onionskin covering legal size areas Dart 12-in OAL matched new design Other anything goes own wood imagination limits Kris Forward Asheville North Carolina elected use stock Ehling design win Junior Watch kidhes hot 36 entrants donated $191 Junior FM Team Fund few really let creative juices flow Most opted pretty standard Dart perhaps polyhedral rear hook tail end top three entries did have unusual designs however applaud inventive fun approach challenge Special Delta Dart initial entry totally disastrous Divine Dart looked great paper proved untrimmable Easy B configuration triangular surfaces stretched twin subrudders reduce effect large Dart rudder rear hook absolute end motor stick rearward CG tip stall flimsy surfaces its downfall Undaunted reentered got another kit built Star Wars Death Dart Federation ROG configuration minus wheels high aspect rectangular surfaces braced motor stick Ia FROG wood-braced wings also tiplets part rudder vertical area displaced wing tips design proved stable once proper rubber/prop combo found climbed nicely girders maxed out flight time 148 last attempt Clever Chuck Markos Chicago Aeronuts decided create simple stubby vee-dihedral bird no bracing Square effective climbed way up motor precious Pirelli FiD fliers gaga three good flights over two minutes including event high time 225 Quite performance Delta Dart Top place went Seattles Dave Aronstein created Wakefield configuration dorm room night before event very high aspect ratio raked tip surfaces rolled motor tube unusually low aspect fin extended wing trailing edge stab reduced effect required large area rear hook optimum rear stick allowing maximum length rare Pirelli loop sliced rib camber extreme Continued page 180 98 Model Aviation Left Senior Don De Loach Dallas Texas prepares Easy B took balloons dislodge such models girders Right Wichitas Stan Chilton points out feature microfilm Fl D model As light dollar bill craft flies over half hour Left Andy Tagilafico holds up Easy B photographer Note running track spacious pit area behind him Right Philadelphias Ron Ganser prepares intermediate Stick entry flying buddy Dick Obanki Florida checks out airspace NEW ~~CYCLE 5SERIES 100 jTHP DESIGN 5 p hi TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPEDTOGIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALL THE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW DIAPITCH THP 1266778 136771/20 146778 1567 16678 NEW PRO SERIES 3 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION lOTO 20% INCREASE IN THRUST MFG OF SELECT HARD MAPLE WOOD WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUELPROOFHIGH LUSTER FINISH DIAPITCH 534 634 72833Vz456 8334568 84566/,7 94566A/x77 1045667 106W8W 10BEW 115W 116EW 1167 124W 125W 12 56 13 56 14 56 15 56 16 4N 16 678 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCH 7 5N5N 8I 677/8 SERIES 400C 866777 97/z7/ W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW Original _____ J E-ZUP •8x81Oxl 5 Up 1655 60 Iuo6rS cuslom onosseconds! No ropes Ilettering availablenothing assemble! m r yn m 31 RAVENW000RD VERSAILLES KY 40383 knowing what has happened what happening learning anticipate what will happen regular basis Air cant created destroyed Chaston reminds us has go somewhere Nationals/Linstrum Continued page 98 forward high pointvery efficient Wakefield climbed swiffly about 90 ft three times soared 219 dot Dave got terrific plaque AMA Indoor Wakefield flying Two specialty events attracted handful fliers Frank Kieser won Ornithopter 1409 Tom Vallee aced Helicopter amazing 1109 Chuck Markos aced Peanut Speed reliable Dayton-Wright Racer swift 14 mph did 142 mph Goosey win Unlimited Speed 14 bucks Hardy Brodersen Ed Whittens creation Indoor Bostonian seven grams charisma proved incredibly popular 45 entries Top flier Dave Aronstein lofting attractive Boeing-logo 77 design amazing flights 446 502 Chasing him Richard Miller Blue-Fin earned 116 flight total full minute less noted five 7-Up designs flying generally wide variety MASKING MASTER IVTM FINEST QUALITY MARRING & FINE-LINE TAPE TAPE EVER AVAILABLE TO MODELERS * LOW-TACK FINE-LINE * LEAKPROOF * CONFORMAL EACH KIT CONTAiNS ONE 36 YD ROLL VINYL MASK 3/16 ONE 72 ID ROLL POLY MASK 1/4 ONE 36 ID ROLL VINYL MASK 1/4 ONE 72 ID ROLL POLY MASK 3/8 * FOR USE WITH LACQUERS DOPES EPOXY POLY-U AND ENAMELS ATISFACTON GUARANTEED MB N. 555 ADD 7% SEND TO TECHTAPE MASKING TECHNOLOGY PO BOX 230 LIVINGSTONNJ250 07039 S & H INCLUOSOCI-IEOK OR MO models John Blairs Boston Zip Code zip numbers registration numerals Now thats charisma Burr Alice Stanton Louisville created monster sponsored E the new unofficial Mini-Stick event entry hallway neat computergenerated display rules various contemporary designs maximum seven-inch spans 25-in chords 10-inmax QAL bearings rear five-inch motor sticks max 50% stabs all-wood props unexotic materials highperformance Indoor models indeed mass launches looked like swarms insects headed girders Some reached roof certainly far cry parlor flying event Tom Vallee originally envisioned Kit Plan Scale fliers Paul Avery Louisiana John Blair Warren North Carolina top two places locked up 8 am Averys yellow bird condenser covered weighed eight grams floated first place Blairs Heath Midwing 1937 Peerless plan beautiful much heavier IMS kit Daphne dropped 1989 score 94 points 78a crippling blow time cap 104- 108-second flights 78 seconds possible noted another Daphne flier craft score 15 out possible 40 Whew judges discriminating Continued page 184 THE LEADER IN COMPETITION PROPELLERS QUICK-BUILT SUPER TOUGH Quid-Built Super Tough AirCore 40 family Trainer NEW VHS VIDEO CATALOG $695 &h Texas residents please add sales tax US ACorej 4576 Claire Chennault Hangar 7 Dallas TX 75248 1-800-336-0602 orders 214 250-1914 info 180 Model Aviation Bill Effinger * says Onip Plan n Pattant Sat groa yas tlta aaaenad daalgoa ps want have aelected tha bent clesant dta/gns thea yes cttooaatrotn pattarat aach pert anpottana Cwruss HA WKPJC 941hwlatgepen gth 6I eq le aeleeg ae Per 13 23 CID aeginee etavel A/C RCOS-14 CurUsa FALCON O-JB/A3 114 wlngapan ength 315 eq wIng area Par2 3to 35 ClO enelnee teaenet A/C ACOS-iS 6 One-Third Scale Piper Tn-Pa i-rn weaetre2 wmnacee 20 e300 d enanee Fe 45 oh A/Cappooo20 PIper Cub J-3 ~4ei/jScaie 119 orlnaepeeSO Iaeatlr 2500aq wmeaarea4oh a/C 20 300ldeealnee *C25-2*2095 Quarter Scale WWI SE-BA 80W wing eaton Wing area 78 22 orts/ne $COS-7 SPAD C-XIII 79ftwingspan2120sqin wing area 13 21 angina Capable 8 yet vaptoaea irnag/ntiov RCOs8 FOKKER DR-i TRIPLANE 72 w/ng span e 1772 sq wing area 78 180 angina ACOSO SOPWITH CAMEL P1 e84wingspav2t50pe wing area 11 lbs orb A/C Pty wood & balee covevootion over 85 sq ft drawings ACOS-il $245 Fokker D-VII 88wivospon2220saivwvga Ca $0-2hcidevgivn3hclr S RCI2Sh 6 1/4 Scale WACO D 1930s Commercial 4 Mffltary Export 88 wingapa wing area 7818laetgeh121be 4$/Cod Engine Size 12-23 Clark-Y Airfoil Section a-Phh-wood rewopable engine onir e Shook-Moonted Loading Gear IRCOS-lol $2786 latibargieso Cowl Wheal Pants & Pairing Availehiel Pot-dee plave ova hat opawcockpit Waa wnet beautOol hi ohen aatniaflioitoel wings Piano ahoor both wiiiteryendoownarwIea MONOCOUPE NA e128 Wlagepen 92 Onerall Length RC3S-4 iii EfOngor Pounding Meerhar AMA NPPO Hall Fewer Privos tor coorploto piano nob ooowrhly & dorailod parto jots PLEASE ADO $300 toe eheptee lteelbng tubal New teat Plan Sat broohoro 0100 aloodahia pa f St OrOr WE TECHNICAL SERVICES Rt - -- ---- FL 32489 Nationals/Li nstru m Continued page 180 AMA SCSIC 15 fliers another routine finish Torontos Jack McGilivray won again lovely SE5A gorgeous WW bipe got 87 points flew 90-second max easily Peanut SC8ICn however owned 184 Model Aviation upstart Ohios Don Slusarczyk lofted Voison Hydroplane Bonus Baby triple 127 flight score after judges awarded 1272 points Have Fike Lacey replaced Voison syndrome Don De Loach Dallas took Senior Peanut No-Cal Scale offshoot Flying Aces No-Cal Profile quite contest Dave Aronstein sleek Tupolev canard SST floated forever testing tore up death-dealing girders though forced fly Sukhoi Su-27 Ranker canard fighter won 1990 Chuck Slusarczyk reversed last years placing winning reliable red Cassutt Racer time incredible 615 Look Cassutt NFFS USIC Winners Silver Book Plans FAC Scale new addition lineup Sponsored Ohios Kanone King Jim Miller Second Peanut Voison Hydroplane FAC allows mass launchesand spectacular Imagine swarm WW bipes formation Golden Age birds spiraling upward narrowly avoiding colliding air Last down wins get motor Walt Eggert took marbles Golden Larry Loucka WW ace Don Slusarczyk owned Hi-Wing Mono Don De Loach Biplane boy Cha Cha Coconuts Mass Launch memorable Dave Aronstein soared First Cessna Dave Rees near-win beautiful General Aristocrat built piece requires worlds largest model boxonly minivan Other notable Coconuts George Nunezs Potez 230 Doc Martins BFW M-20 Willy Messerschmitt design four-foot Pilatus Porter Himalaya entered yours truly Pistachio fliers unpacked cigar boxes eight-inch model fits just perfectly nonstop marathon gnats Gil Coughlin largest collection including Wiadham Tandem flew forever Nothing could top great green finish Nunez Nieuport pre-WW II parasol fighter clean lines Endurance measured altitude whether wind up FM tan hook prop shaft blast off Catapult Glider slingshot gumband Chuck Markos blew em away again event girder-grazing flights 80 78 secondsthis 12-inch-span Glider Strong-arm IHLG won again Bernie Boehm Indiana hurling redwing Glider great heights slow glides twin scores 675 What arm microfilm events owned Larry Cailliau did over hour 19 minutes two-flight total FiD Don Slusarczyk best flight 3836 won him AMA HL Stick Ron Ganser aced Cabin 2426 ROG Dan Belief took Intermediate Stick nice 2823 See September issue Model Aviation Manhattan Pennyplane Easy B results Continued page 186 RIC Battery Test V Those apply C Sony cant fly today. 1 forgot Charge up last night C I hope didnt cook battgnes charged full rgtg way over 16 hours C 1hls should really last flight Im sure batteries fully Charged [1 I wish could remember thg name device trickle charges batteries wouldnt have worry about time. krfow doesnt require assembly Solderingits about size golf-ball CSure can fly today trickle charge A/C system continuously French Tricklerlin Take worry out battery ChargIng. trickle charge batteries days weeks months Convenient GlowUght assures trickIer doing its job. ready fly anylimell $995 S & H French ElectronIcs Inc PC Box 255 Worthington OH 43085 inquire local hobby shop first OBEE GLOW PLUGS philosophy. chantber must reecho " etc coil 00nventiona 0jd wnrbu Ignition temper engine laster latenals whicr sir unojue loctory best-In-theKINGSWAY RIC HOBBY SUPPLY Bgeclaazlag A/C Aircraft Supplla 6561 RIchmond7134778141 Holaton TX 77066US WAiTS 18004217783 DUCTED &d OOILESTEflLTH 1/10 NIGHTHPWK FINISHED LESS FPNeRIIDIO BOX VN NUYS TflRTECH3BOS CA 91405 SEE 0R SCOLE F22 STARLIS$ThINO na. ee. anew wnoUrnatAo 1 UN 1W admt HASSLE Simple wing gloves h Machine thrust diagrmvlb panels adds up available Clockei favorite trainer tire up vertical Rail mountinn VIOJETT Optional Com $2800 postmeet euphoria afterglow reflection Indoor fliers have found heaven Smoky Mountains Tennessee Vendors such Jim Jones Ed Seay Lew Gitlow provided exotic supplies huge airspace provided plenty room fun shade Mini-Dome Hope see next year competing Tony Italiano 10-year veteran CD USIC Meanwhile does anyone know can find some Pirelli Ill treat super hot dog Pals D National Rally/Berman Continued page 108 blowing up perfectly good model airplane just crowd-pleaser Under auspices AMA Executive Council annual membership meeting held 8 pm June 8 officers lounge Wright-Patterson AFB Meetings everyones cup teaas evidenced attendancebut major AMA projects discussed detail -I-& course stIll love youwhy else would savings RC trainer seeing get moneys worth Site planning has completed has design 25000-square-foot museum building Parking lot construction flying site preparation have begun Already two large events booked 1992 IMAA Festival June Scale World Championships August Selectively chosen real estate Vince told group solid investment example AMAs Reston property has appreciated over 10 years weve owned about same dollar amount spent Muncie bad return eh meeting included some discussion frequency matters George Steiner pointed out will need tolerate industrial interlopers some so-called wholly owned RC frequencies couple years some areas idea reverting having FCC license 72 MHz 75 MHz transmitters being considered means better policing bands George responded question about alignment aftermarket receivers Crystal slicing days said precise enough general alignment 186 Model Aviation REGAL EAGLE SUPREME THE NEWEST THE BEST YET! cor i-ar 0 Cab BOB PARKINSON FLYING MODELS Box 856 11th & 25th Sideroad RR1 Stroud Ontario Canada Zip LOL 2M0 Send check money order U S funds M/C/Visa accepted Order Phone 705 436-7041 members did come Uncle Sam spends million dollars model airplane UAVs RPVs dont come cheap thats peanuts AMA contemplates 17 million dollar investment museum flying complex Muncie Indiana thats got high finance Academy Executive Director Vince Mankowski Original Home Machine Shop Designed USA Shoptask VS SailDlanes WE MARKET U. E SOARERS FOR THE ENTHUSIAST INCLUDING PERFORMANCE TYPES POWER-SCALE TYPES UGHT AND HEAVY UFT SPEED AND AEROSATiC FOR CATALOG SEND $2 t 6 STAMPS OK VS SAJLPLANES 2317 N 63RD DEPT MA SEATTLE WA 98103 206 525 5776 AFTER 5 PM 42CD QUADRA 414CC / 25301 29HP / 4OLBS SPRING STARTER ALUMINUM MOUNT MUFFLER PROPS PLANS SUPERTANKS MUFFLERS FULL LINE QUADRA PARTS & ACCESSORIES SEND $100 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG U S QUADRA RT 1 NEODESHA KS 66757 316 325-2821 FAX 325-2222
Edition: Model Aviation - 1991/10
Page Numbers: 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 180, 184, 186
With its concrete floor size footbali fieid its 116-foot ceiling gmnaiauuu uai wunu9iy gu tin turevur Iunnuun tIyu caut len nessee State University Mini-Dome fast acquiring reputation mecca indoor contests some countrys top Indoor fliers come together vie national trophies theres plenty fun kibitzing amid dances girders 10th-anniversary championships drew nearly hundred contestants giant ETSU Mini-Dome Johnson City Tennessee EDave VTO Linstrum THE 10TH annual US Indoor Championships held June 6-9 1991 East Tennessee State University Johnson City Tennessee Twenty-six events flown under 1 16-ft ceiling awesome ETSU Mini-Dome Theres spirit event thats complex blend worlds great Indoor sites ETSU campus fliers lodged dorm well-known Johnson City southern hospitality Mini-Dome tight well-insulated building football field-size floor surrounded track viewed grandstands seemingly go forever Drift never factor flying under girders 116 feet above smooth concrete floor Astro-Turf rolled up USIC Entry casual visitors limited fliers could have space themselves entrants lined up tables pit areas under seat overhang augmented overhead 94 Model Aviation auuy Nunez Je nwuu ncr nuagana ucorge prepares aisgani ramnut neupon triplane nIgnT UaVe H505 TIOW mnuceum-qusilty Genera Mnuwcrat AMA Scale plane built piece requires huge box lighting drafting lamps During flying breaks local fast food restaurant Pals enticed hungry fliers its super sculptured models burgers dogs shakes fries atop building resembles flight stairs sophisticated palates dined Firehouse local eatery ETSU students served up plenty real southern delicacies USIC Banquet sponsored National Free Flight Society NFFS held Sheraton Johnson City Joe Baker former B-24 pilot now Olympic ice skating coach gave dinner speech years fliers extremely competitive very well prepared though burn midnight oil get themselves ready wanted Degree experience varied Some flying first national meet others competing USIC decade October 1991 95 Paul Avery LOS AngeleS iA won inui vian wIth gorgeous Vagabond Covered condenser paper Vagabond spans 19 Inches weighs mere seven grams ampas wayne sirwiuna uuu umu shot launch carbon fIber-reinforced 12inch Catapult Gilder New York modeler Tom lacobeiiis has beau tifui modei box carry Fl D ships 27-Inch bird weighs oniy gram ionn MIaIr snows nina museum-quauuiy AMA Scaie 1912 Biackbum Monopiane guy durihg Chuci asarczyK won No-USi wltn wins wiae chord Cassutt Racer flying against Ruseian Sukhoi Su-27 also took event 1989 Left Saism Oregon expert Andy Tagilafico flew mo scraped piastic prop P-30 Right Jack McGiiiivray C Incidence Pennypiane prepares fray Ii Faderto secona piace winin amang ii Ontario uses jeweilers magnifier reading gil No doubt some new contenders learned dances girders can easily become way life endurance types shot up danger zone tiny Mini-Sticks seven-inch span managed hang up Several along some Pennyplanes abandoned Goddess Girders fliers garnered share both agony ecstasy along frustrating way Some managed ultimate reward last flight others found snatched defeat jaws victory Contest management CD Tony Italiano NFFS staff support AMA HQ staff members Micheline Madison Bob Vojslavek smooth superb processing judging timing went well apparent fliers appreciated congenial professional-quality contest direction Tony retires year USIC CD presented simulated C-note autographed contestantsa memento easily worth 96 Model Aviation Left Bernie Boehms strong arm can hit ceiling catapuit Gilder ceme first IHLG Right UK filer Laurie Barr prepres British-style Pennypiane has flown Cardington Airship sheda World Championship site 195-foot ceiling Left Dave Aronsteins charismatic Tirsi-place Bostonian eceing 777 has tipiets both prop blades wing smi new recora time heavily oontested event Right Stan Fink used carved foam pilot extra charisma Cherry 7-Up Left Contest Director Tony itallano points out feature Lw iuruurs piicn jug veteran inaoor Tiler Walt Erbach looks must true prop Right Runner-up Chuck Markos right Junior FAi team administrator congratulates first-place Speciai Delta Dart ner Dave Aronstein holding Wakefisid-configuration modei Left Doc Martin left shows foam-body Peanut Speed John Voorhees properly sceptical Racing around pylons very challeng ing Right lovely bunch Coconuts after mass launch Standing L R G Nunez Potez 230 J Nunez Taylorcraft Doc Martin BFW M-20 Dave Aronstein first-place Cessna Gil Coughiln Maubusson Dave Rees kneels front General Aristocrat Doc Martin left 7-in Mini-Stick girders says parlor event mass launches like gnat attack $10 year Tony makes CD Tony surely will return next year enjoy leisurely USIC some grand grizzled old experts floor got chance interview couple Gil Coughlin lives Puget Sound Tacoma Washington last member Tacoma Aeromudlers Gil built first Free Flight model age six Folkerts Racer Hi-Flyer kit built air since hed never heard pinning plan flew way across yard Thrill city Left Bernard Hunt UK explains few British flying tricks New Jersey Lakehurst ace Gary Underwood Gil worked professional modelmaker Boeing Seattle 1953 through 1988 1956 Wakefield team produced flutter models Boeing memorable model replica Boeing & Westerville biplane now hangs Museum Flight Boeing Field loves models especially older types Pistachios fact brought dozen big silver bird SeaTacall packed carryon bag made fresh-fish shipping carton little eight-inch-span twoCincinnatis Wait Van Gorder Inspects bearing Ultra film-covered Manhattan Note diagonal body bracing gram birds well protected foam carton Gils Coconut Maubusson came apart fit small carry-on box fact containers models weighed less T-shirts brought swappinga habit picked up World Championships Gil proxy flew power model Frank Huffman Cranfield Sidney Gilbert retired newspaper reporter built solid model tender age seven soon graduated flying models first flier Megow P-26 Peashooter kit flew poorly said blew up firecracker youth Sidney defied doctors treating rheumatic fever bronchial condition getting aerobiche chased Free Flight models such favorite gassie Comet Zipper O&R 19 Brooklyn native flew Williamsburg MAC Later Sidney built Berkely Sinbad towliner too heavy flew Outdoor bit Until joined MIAMA club never flown Indoor Sidneys work career included assembly jobs Grumman Hellcats Chance-Vought Dallas Corsairs before became interested photography skill led career journalism working Kansas Cily Star Sidney reported 1968 AMA Nationals Olathe NAS October 1991 97 author flew 48-in Pliatus Porter MIAMA-sponsored Coconut mass launch launch awesome North Carolina modeler John Blair appears well satisfied excellent rendition 1937 Peerless kit Heath Midwing accompanied some youth winners Navy-sponsored visit Pensacola NAS after meet USIC Nationals first big-league contesthe flew Bostonian Carl Headly 7-Up preferring observe time kibitz Dr John B Martin Jr DDS Doc known internationally Miami Middle Wallop UK dentist Coconut Grove prime mover MIAMA Indoor club running contests competing fervor top Scale flier also enjoys Bostonian abandoned after MacDill girder captured Scully Square canard Embryo Catapult Glider Mini-Stick flew pair Burr Stantons unofficial USIC event Doc also ran MIAMA Cha Cha Coconuts Mass Launch awesome sight bunch milling three-foot Scale birds Coconut Scale Pistachio Gran Prix Almost hundred fliers vied beautiful medallions red white blue ribbons USIC wood glass trophies cross-section graphic ETSU MiniDome AMA Nationals Event highlights included challenging well charitable contestSpecial Delta Dart unofficial fun fest sponsored Micheline Madison Robert Vojslavek contestants paid $6 entry fee vie award sponsors donated $191 Junior Free Flight team fund team headed Yugoslavia next year Special Delta Dart rules required use unmodified except balance/pitch twist prop bearing/shaft plus pre-printed onionskin covering legal size areas Dart 12-in OAL matched new design Other anything goes own wood imagination limits Kris Forward Asheville North Carolina elected use stock Ehling design win Junior Watch kidhes hot 36 entrants donated $191 Junior FM Team Fund few really let creative juices flow Most opted pretty standard Dart perhaps polyhedral rear hook tail end top three entries did have unusual designs however applaud inventive fun approach challenge Special Delta Dart initial entry totally disastrous Divine Dart looked great paper proved untrimmable Easy B configuration triangular surfaces stretched twin subrudders reduce effect large Dart rudder rear hook absolute end motor stick rearward CG tip stall flimsy surfaces its downfall Undaunted reentered got another kit built Star Wars Death Dart Federation ROG configuration minus wheels high aspect rectangular surfaces braced motor stick Ia FROG wood-braced wings also tiplets part rudder vertical area displaced wing tips design proved stable once proper rubber/prop combo found climbed nicely girders maxed out flight time 148 last attempt Clever Chuck Markos Chicago Aeronuts decided create simple stubby vee-dihedral bird no bracing Square effective climbed way up motor precious Pirelli FiD fliers gaga three good flights over two minutes including event high time 225 Quite performance Delta Dart Top place went Seattles Dave Aronstein created Wakefield configuration dorm room night before event very high aspect ratio raked tip surfaces rolled motor tube unusually low aspect fin extended wing trailing edge stab reduced effect required large area rear hook optimum rear stick allowing maximum length rare Pirelli loop sliced rib camber extreme Continued page 180 98 Model Aviation Left Senior Don De Loach Dallas Texas prepares Easy B took balloons dislodge such models girders Right Wichitas Stan Chilton points out feature microfilm Fl D model As light dollar bill craft flies over half hour Left Andy Tagilafico holds up Easy B photographer Note running track spacious pit area behind him Right Philadelphias Ron Ganser prepares intermediate Stick entry flying buddy Dick Obanki Florida checks out airspace NEW ~~CYCLE 5SERIES 100 jTHP DESIGN 5 p hi TAILORED HELICAL PITCH DEVELOPEDTOGIVE MAXIMUM THRUST AT 4 CYCLE ENGINE RPM ALL THE LATEST TECHNIQUES USED ON OUR PRO SERIES 3 SEE BELOW DIAPITCH THP 1266778 136771/20 146778 1567 16678 NEW PRO SERIES 3 NEW HIGH TECH AIRFOIL SECTION lOTO 20% INCREASE IN THRUST MFG OF SELECT HARD MAPLE WOOD WILL NOT FATIGUE LIKE SYNTHETICS FUELPROOFHIGH LUSTER FINISH DIAPITCH 534 634 72833Vz456 8334568 84566/,7 94566A/x77 1045667 106W8W 10BEW 115W 116EW 1167 124W 125W 12 56 13 56 14 56 15 56 16 4N 16 678 RC PYLON RACING SERIES 500 DIA PITCH 7 5N5N 8I 677/8 SERIES 400C 866777 97/z7/ W WIDE BLADE EW EXTRA WIDE N NARROW Original _____ J E-ZUP •8x81Oxl 5 Up 1655 60 Iuo6rS cuslom onosseconds! No ropes Ilettering availablenothing assemble! m r yn m 31 RAVENW000RD VERSAILLES KY 40383 knowing what has happened what happening learning anticipate what will happen regular basis Air cant created destroyed Chaston reminds us has go somewhere Nationals/Linstrum Continued page 98 forward high pointvery efficient Wakefield climbed swiffly about 90 ft three times soared 219 dot Dave got terrific plaque AMA Indoor Wakefield flying Two specialty events attracted handful fliers Frank Kieser won Ornithopter 1409 Tom Vallee aced Helicopter amazing 1109 Chuck Markos aced Peanut Speed reliable Dayton-Wright Racer swift 14 mph did 142 mph Goosey win Unlimited Speed 14 bucks Hardy Brodersen Ed Whittens creation Indoor Bostonian seven grams charisma proved incredibly popular 45 entries Top flier Dave Aronstein lofting attractive Boeing-logo 77 design amazing flights 446 502 Chasing him Richard Miller Blue-Fin earned 116 flight total full minute less noted five 7-Up designs flying generally wide 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parlor flying event Tom Vallee originally envisioned Kit Plan Scale fliers Paul Avery Louisiana John Blair Warren North Carolina top two places locked up 8 am Averys yellow bird condenser covered weighed eight grams floated first place Blairs Heath Midwing 1937 Peerless plan beautiful much heavier IMS kit Daphne dropped 1989 score 94 points 78a crippling blow time cap 104- 108-second flights 78 seconds possible noted another Daphne flier craft score 15 out possible 40 Whew judges discriminating Continued page 184 THE LEADER IN COMPETITION PROPELLERS QUICK-BUILT SUPER TOUGH Quid-Built Super Tough AirCore 40 family Trainer NEW VHS VIDEO CATALOG $695 &h Texas residents please add sales tax US ACorej 4576 Claire Chennault Hangar 7 Dallas TX 75248 1-800-336-0602 orders 214 250-1914 info 180 Model Aviation Bill Effinger * says Onip Plan n Pattant Sat groa yas tlta aaaenad daalgoa ps want have aelected tha bent clesant dta/gns thea yes cttooaatrotn pattarat aach pert anpottana Cwruss HA WKPJC 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contest Dave Aronstein sleek Tupolev canard SST floated forever testing tore up death-dealing girders though forced fly Sukhoi Su-27 Ranker canard fighter won 1990 Chuck Slusarczyk reversed last years placing winning reliable red Cassutt Racer time incredible 615 Look Cassutt NFFS USIC Winners Silver Book Plans FAC Scale new addition lineup Sponsored Ohios Kanone King Jim Miller Second Peanut Voison Hydroplane FAC allows mass launchesand spectacular Imagine swarm WW bipes formation Golden Age birds spiraling upward narrowly avoiding colliding air Last down wins get motor Walt Eggert took marbles Golden Larry Loucka WW ace Don Slusarczyk owned Hi-Wing Mono Don De Loach Biplane boy Cha Cha Coconuts Mass Launch memorable Dave Aronstein soared First Cessna Dave Rees near-win beautiful General Aristocrat built piece requires worlds largest model boxonly minivan Other notable Coconuts George Nunezs Potez 230 Doc Martins BFW M-20 Willy Messerschmitt design four-foot Pilatus Porter Himalaya entered yours truly Pistachio fliers unpacked cigar boxes eight-inch model fits just perfectly nonstop marathon gnats Gil Coughlin largest collection including Wiadham Tandem flew forever Nothing could top great green finish Nunez Nieuport pre-WW II parasol fighter clean lines Endurance measured altitude whether wind up FM tan hook prop shaft blast off Catapult Glider slingshot gumband Chuck Markos blew em away again event girder-grazing flights 80 78 secondsthis 12-inch-span Glider Strong-arm IHLG won again Bernie Boehm Indiana hurling redwing Glider great heights slow glides twin scores 675 What arm microfilm events owned Larry Cailliau did over hour 19 minutes two-flight total FiD Don Slusarczyk best flight 3836 won him AMA HL Stick Ron Ganser aced Cabin 2426 ROG Dan Belief took Intermediate Stick nice 2823 See September issue Model Aviation Manhattan Pennyplane Easy B results Continued page 186 RIC Battery Test V Those apply C Sony cant fly today. 1 forgot Charge up last night C I hope didnt cook battgnes charged full rgtg way over 16 hours C 1hls should really last flight Im sure batteries fully Charged [1 I wish could remember thg name device trickle charges batteries wouldnt have worry about time. krfow doesnt require assembly Solderingits about size golf-ball CSure can fly today trickle charge A/C system continuously French Tricklerlin Take worry out battery ChargIng. trickle charge batteries days weeks months Convenient GlowUght assures trickIer doing its job. ready fly anylimell $995 S & H French ElectronIcs Inc PC Box 255 Worthington OH 43085 inquire local hobby shop first OBEE GLOW PLUGS philosophy. chantber must reecho " etc coil 00nventiona 0jd wnrbu Ignition temper engine laster latenals whicr sir unojue loctory best-In-theKINGSWAY RIC HOBBY SUPPLY Bgeclaazlag A/C Aircraft Supplla 6561 RIchmond7134778141 Holaton TX 77066US WAiTS 18004217783 DUCTED &d OOILESTEflLTH 1/10 NIGHTHPWK FINISHED LESS FPNeRIIDIO BOX VN NUYS TflRTECH3BOS CA 91405 SEE 0R SCOLE F22 STARLIS$ThINO na. ee. anew wnoUrnatAo 1 UN 1W admt HASSLE Simple wing gloves h Machine thrust diagrmvlb panels adds up available Clockei favorite trainer tire up vertical Rail mountinn VIOJETT Optional Com $2800 postmeet euphoria afterglow reflection Indoor fliers have found heaven Smoky Mountains Tennessee Vendors such Jim Jones Ed Seay Lew Gitlow provided exotic supplies huge airspace provided plenty room fun shade Mini-Dome Hope see next year competing Tony Italiano 10-year veteran CD USIC Meanwhile does anyone know can find some Pirelli Ill treat super hot dog Pals D National Rally/Berman Continued page 108 blowing up perfectly good model airplane just crowd-pleaser Under auspices AMA Executive Council annual membership meeting held 8 pm June 8 officers lounge Wright-Patterson AFB Meetings everyones cup teaas evidenced attendancebut major AMA projects discussed detail -I-& course stIll love youwhy else would savings RC trainer seeing get moneys worth Site planning has completed has design 25000-square-foot museum building Parking lot construction flying site preparation have begun Already two large events booked 1992 IMAA Festival June Scale World Championships August Selectively chosen real estate Vince told group solid investment example AMAs Reston property has appreciated over 10 years weve owned about same dollar amount spent Muncie bad return eh meeting included some discussion frequency matters George Steiner pointed out will need tolerate industrial interlopers some so-called wholly owned RC frequencies couple years some areas idea reverting having FCC license 72 MHz 75 MHz transmitters being considered means better policing bands George responded question about alignment aftermarket receivers Crystal slicing days said precise enough general alignment 186 Model Aviation REGAL EAGLE SUPREME THE NEWEST THE BEST YET! cor i-ar 0 Cab BOB PARKINSON FLYING MODELS Box 856 11th & 25th Sideroad RR1 Stroud Ontario Canada Zip LOL 2M0 Send check money order U S funds M/C/Visa accepted Order Phone 705 436-7041 members did come Uncle Sam spends million dollars model airplane UAVs RPVs dont come cheap thats peanuts AMA contemplates 17 million dollar investment museum flying complex Muncie Indiana thats got high finance Academy Executive Director Vince Mankowski Original Home Machine Shop Designed USA Shoptask VS SailDlanes WE MARKET U. E SOARERS FOR THE ENTHUSIAST INCLUDING PERFORMANCE TYPES POWER-SCALE TYPES UGHT AND HEAVY UFT SPEED AND AEROSATiC FOR CATALOG SEND $2 t 6 STAMPS OK VS SAJLPLANES 2317 N 63RD DEPT MA SEATTLE WA 98103 206 525 5776 AFTER 5 PM 42CD QUADRA 414CC / 25301 29HP / 4OLBS SPRING STARTER ALUMINUM MOUNT MUFFLER PROPS PLANS SUPERTANKS MUFFLERS FULL LINE QUADRA PARTS & ACCESSORIES SEND $100 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG U S QUADRA RT 1 NEODESHA KS 66757 316 325-2821 FAX 325-2222