THIS EVENT announced Science 85 nounced 4348 legal entries 21 long glue used solely add magazine challenged airplane enthusiasts different countries carefully logged-in weight Advances use over world build better paper before May 1 deadline stored composites evident airplane Sponsored Seattle Mu- await start competition Aesthetic entries Glued construction made seum Flight Science 85 magazine airplanes proxy-flown re- possible wide variety Scale replicas Smithsonian Institutions National Air tired Boeing engineers members helicopters exotic designs werent Space Museum contest offered Seattle Museum Flight designated feasible before real test though chance have fun participating category either Distance Duration see whether performances worldwide contest imagination Aerobatics Aesthetics As first Distance Duration competitors seemed craftsmanship hoped yen- contest entrants separated accord- benefit modem techniques ture would get young people turned ing abilities Professionals answer seemed Yes adventure aeronautics would aeronautics field Non-professional adults stimulate continuing interest aero- Juniors under age 14 rules DIstance event realized considerscience well however revised reflect chang- able improvement over first contest second contest generated bit ing technology aircraft construction 18 years ago Quite few entrants much interest First International time since first contest have year exceeded winning effort 91 Paper Airplane Contesst conduc- major technological changes ft 6 During first two days compe ted Scientflc American magazine way airplanes built sponsors tition entries screened repetitive 1967 regional trials other tie-ins believed allowing compositeslami- flights until 25 finalists remained springing up over world spark nated paper gluecould yield record- third day given three enthusiasm international compe- breaking performances Composites allow attempts achieve its best distance Both tition Local museums corporations construction lighter stronger fliers judge Shiela Widnall schcols levels tcok opportunity structures retaining flexibility cri- aerodynamics engineer MIT did involve communities paper flight tical high-stress areas gcod job trying evaluate airplane response immediatepacking rul Second Great Inter- attempting fly its maximum containers began arriving Museum nation aper ane C allowed capability compiled notes during Flight scon after contest fpaperto atedw ier qualifying flights used pe h Id 18 years ao produced airpIane r newr esallowiued paper old r sobents second runni e Bernoulli Ma repeat winner ti 56 Model Aviation Two-time winner Bob Meuser explains Distance design press prior awards ceremony pics author An exuberant Tatuo Yoshida waves sec- Dennis Flanagan editor emeritus Scien ond two Bernoulli Medallions lie won tific American announces Aesthetics both Duration Aerobatics events winner Professional category Science 85 Professional division Paper way took over SA left off 18 years ago fi Thanks espe during finals make sure entry best chance Directional stability real nem esis distance entries though field set up accommodate con siderable amount ofwandering couple entries persisted turning away field flying towards seats two both turned respectable perform ances once launched away field promptly turned homedin center turf Model Aviation Contributing Editor Bob Meuser Oakland CA bested 834 entries win Non-professional cate gory second time flight 141 ft 4 represents 55% increase over 1967 record quite accomplish ment Professional winner Akio Kobayashi Tokyo Japan air plane sailed 122 ft 8 Young Eltin Lucero Pueblo CO sent classic gradeschool glider flew 114 ft 8 win Junior title surprised Eltin told us hed managed fling 22 ft himself stretching distance record well past existing mark unofficial watch showed some better Distance entries also achieved highertimes aloftthan winning Duration airplaneseven though posting consis tently higher times winning 102sec mark first contest As us know duration Hand-Launched Glider event much difficult looks flying HLGs can exercise frustration Paper versions proved no different Duration Like Distance event airplane given best score three attempts time-aloft competition Duration airplanes proved difficult fly consistently failed achieve notable flights. event judge Apollo astronaut Michael Collins fliers tried best give entry three good chances prove itself unpre dictable nature airplanes occasional ly coupled breakdown communi cations due vague incomplete instruc tions provided builders allowed element chance play large part determining results character istic proxy-flown contest though does take anything away winners airplanes performed well Professional winner being bird like creation curved wings Tatuo Toshida Yokohama Japan flew 1606 sec Almost exactly same per centage improvement distance winner Non-professional winner Yoshiharu Ishii Osaka Japan entry flew 98 sec Also Osaka Hironori Kurisus airplane won Junior category flight 1128 sec Im sure lot other Duration contestants would like have chance show what creations can flown just right nature proxy contest like makes results dependent upon existing conditions personnel during event Success often depends upon having design will tolerate wide variety conditions launch techniques upon communicat ing flying characteristics clearly volunteer fliers organizers did best thorough systematic fair winners Second Great Inter national Paper Airplane Contest right combination right time Aerobatics category introduced seldom-seen facet Free Flight Ilan Kroo professor aeronautics Stanford University presided over event perhaps difficult judge Yoshiharu Ishii won Non-professional category Tatuo Yoshida Yoko hama Japan took both first second Continued page 146 October 1985 57 Another exquisite Aesthetics entries Japan No allowed pick up models No placard available designers name remains anonymously underneath proxy fliers Distance com petitor preparesto launch entryto give Its builder chance Bernoulli Medallion Another contender launched quest tIme-aloft award Note expanse Kingdome1 50000 sq ft offloorares Dr Ninomlys ponders merits exotic entries judging Aesthetics finals hardest event judge due diversity entries Winning Ideas FOUFIMOST $ RETRACTABLE TOW HOOK RELEASE Pr ice sa9o V Simplest reliable device available After line released hook retracts body Unit leaving SMOOTH surface bottom aircraft No special attachments required N eight oz 0491051 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT REDUCES DRAG VIBRATION FREE 0PRICE $300 PRICE $630 40 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT IDEAL FOR GUICKY 500 instructions and/or assembly drawings box Ofttimes parts can mis placed careful handling contents kit warned Now read reread instruction manual Before bolt part another sure thoroughly under stand just what about undertake have tools youll need What about Locktite threads wont ride nylon lock Before start have clean building space ready extremely important have clean spot will let lose parts go about assembling pride joy Assemble machine exactly des cribed instruction manual tempted modify Helicopter have never seen machine modi fied kit function careful moving parts slide freely slop machine securely bolted together Pay particular attention assembly listed critical instance Schluter GMP machine critical starting shaft have little no run-out Believe people wrote instructions kidding poorly-constructed machine can prob ably will fall apart midair Anyway carefully assemble new Helicopter impatient try proceed too rapidlyit will cost time and/or money later months three-view month have brand new first glance bet thought looking Hughes AH64 Apache. right Look again brand-new M128 Havoc Soviet anti-armor anti-helicopter helicopter Vhile intended AH-64 would throw balance power back court NATOs Europe no considered fact Soviets could produce new machine rapidly Although speculate Mil team took fleeting glance drafting tables Mesa AZ nonetheless Soviets favor machine looks much like Apache considering possibilities interesting note Havoc possesses superior armor Apache well superior armament Apache must expose itself its target until its Hellfire missile has landed speak Havoc features fire-andforget AT-6 missiles Im certain will see much machine future BCNU Larry Jolly 5501 West Como Santa Ana CA 92703 2nd Gt Intl Paper/Rice Continued page 57 place Professional category two very tiny highly active aircraft Aesthetics As mentioned before addi tion glue rules really expanded potential submissions category Entries ranged Scale reproductions such very nicely done Boeing Monomail Don Bob Burnham Seattle complete documentation surreal istic spaceships futuristic fantasy fliers addition purely artistic merit though airplanes perform 3-sec 15-ft flight order qualify Japanese entries completed domi nation through event Yasutomi Hokao Kawasakishi Japan receiving first place Non-professional cate gory Masakatsu Omori Fukuoka-shi Japan won Professional award Judge Dr Yasuaki Ninomiya designer Whitewings gliders difficult task selecting two winners multi tude humorous creative skillfullyconstructed entries special exhibit displayed numerous entries form flying discs solid projectiles organizers chosen exclude competition must have aware accepting such loophole entries would have spelled rapid doom future paper airplane events deemed necessary prevent dominating competition entries demonstrated however mass launch about dozen objects delighted assembled press specSay8 th8tOI~que 450 Items Send $200 current catalog ProTechTor STRONG METAL FRAME THERMO MOLDED SHELL FILLED WITH SOFT FOAM GREAT GIFT 951255 RC AIRPLANES BOATS CARS CAMERAS ETC Transmitter Case PRICE $35 Includes shipping Con USA Alaska&Hawaii add S2 CA RessddB% tax OTHER PRODUCTS COMPUTER DISK CASE LOMAR CLAMP building lool PROMOUNT machined engine mounts MC SASE FOR FREE INFO- DEALEARS INVITED BERGERON ENTERPRISES 443 ROBERTA FULLERTON CA 92632 146 Model Aviation OTHER FOURMOST PRODUCTS Fuel Fitting Sets Fuel Shut Off Fuel Manifold Gapless Hinges Gapless Hinge Slotter Strut Fairings Codcpit Coaming FUR~ST Send BASE Complete Information 4040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97116 PRODUCTS Phone 503 357-2732 TRAVEL AIR 2000 52 SPAN 1 /2 SCALE 4 CYCLE 4045 SEND $200 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG OF FINE KITS IKON NWST PO Box 566 Auburn WA 98071 2069418248 tators well-considered decision uphold spirit event preserve competition traditional airplanes surely necessity encourage future occurrences Great Contest maybe separate class rotating designs will included next time Another special exhibit highlighted few extraordinary entries otherwise progressed finals samples warranted special attention cause unusual originality creativi ty craftsmanship included Scale creations such miniature Space Shuttle JPL engineer course flying piano bats lizards other flying ani mals marvelous version Super man favorite offered different slant modem methods theme computer-generated Aesthetic Non-pro fessional entry Adam Jack Han sen Newcastle ME drawn complete decoration identification instructions using graphics software Macintosh computer First-place winners flown all-ex penses-paid Seattle accept awards Bernoulli Medallion Paper Flight awards presented during intermission 8th Annual World Indoor Paper Airplane Contest annual event held Kingdome two weeks after final judging Second Great Contest victors cheerfully ac cepted well-deserved medallions shadow monstrous inflated hamFL YME WINDSOCK Attaches antenna mast clips clips included Available frequency colors Give frequency number order 58H 65 Foreign orders add SEtH $150 calif Residents add 6% tax Product Brochure Free order Jeffla Products PO Box 484 Lake Elsinore CA 92330 714 674-1151 rTFTTFFTrTrFvW122222ZFmZZE12I I I' fiJJJjU4l Jill IlIlinlll iii II I~j I I I I II I II II ll I I I I I I I II I I I I THE RADIO CONTROL BUYERS GUIDE new 9th edition now local hobby shop contains thousands photos product descriptions radio control raft Cars s ems nes ware Accessories s os RCBG single largest source infor mation RIO modeling available Whether youre advanced R/Cer eager novice RCBG will master reference So before plunk down hard earned cash-Look Before Buy available locally may send $995 plus $175 shipping Radio Control Buyers Guide Dept 100 Clifton House Clifton VA 22024 sure indicate street address II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I burger-chain clown Kingdome floor rushed upstairs take part fun World Indoor Paper Airplane Championships held sum mer Seattle benefit NW Second Harvest food bank has contestants flying paper airplanes upper deck stands attempt hit prize-yielding targets stadium floor None medallion winners added further prizes days reward although could have won variety merchandise prizes could have taken brand new VW Golf home Japan seemed have much fun rest us probably much Seattles John Vincent won grand prize trip four Disneyland best flight over 34000 other entries winning airplanes Second Great International Paper Airplane Con test will display starting July 24 National Air Space Museum Wash ington DC will also featured September issue Science 85 maga zine conjunction article about major advances airplane design response contest both number quality showed creativity alive well throughout world fascination flight has abated Lets hope dont have wait 18 years until next I When responding advertisers mention read about ModelAviation October 1985 147 8 plustails Wind Direction Anytime Anywhere
Edition: Model Aviation - 1985/10
Page Numbers: 56, 57, 146, 147
THIS EVENT announced Science 85 nounced 4348 legal entries 21 long glue used solely add magazine challenged airplane enthusiasts different countries carefully logged-in weight Advances use over world build better paper before May 1 deadline stored composites evident airplane Sponsored Seattle Mu- await start competition Aesthetic entries Glued construction made seum Flight Science 85 magazine airplanes proxy-flown re- possible wide variety Scale replicas Smithsonian Institutions National Air tired Boeing engineers members helicopters exotic designs werent Space Museum contest offered Seattle Museum Flight designated feasible before real test though chance have fun participating category either Distance Duration see whether performances worldwide contest imagination Aerobatics Aesthetics As first Distance Duration competitors seemed craftsmanship hoped yen- contest entrants separated accord- benefit modem techniques ture would get young people turned ing abilities Professionals answer seemed Yes adventure aeronautics would aeronautics field Non-professional adults stimulate continuing interest aero- Juniors under age 14 rules DIstance event realized considerscience well however revised reflect chang- able improvement over first contest second contest generated bit ing technology aircraft construction 18 years ago Quite few entrants much interest First International time since first contest have year exceeded winning effort 91 Paper Airplane Contesst conduc- major technological changes ft 6 During first two days compe ted Scientflc American magazine way airplanes built sponsors tition entries screened repetitive 1967 regional trials other tie-ins believed allowing compositeslami- flights until 25 finalists remained springing up over world spark nated paper gluecould yield record- third day given three enthusiasm international compe- breaking performances Composites allow attempts achieve its best distance Both tition Local museums corporations construction lighter stronger fliers judge Shiela Widnall schcols levels tcok opportunity structures retaining flexibility cri- aerodynamics engineer MIT did involve communities paper flight tical high-stress areas gcod job trying evaluate airplane response immediatepacking rul Second Great Inter- attempting fly its maximum containers began arriving Museum nation aper ane C allowed capability compiled notes during Flight scon after contest fpaperto atedw ier qualifying flights used pe h Id 18 years ao produced airpIane r newr esallowiued paper old r sobents second runni e Bernoulli Ma repeat winner ti 56 Model Aviation Two-time winner Bob Meuser explains Distance design press prior awards ceremony pics author An exuberant Tatuo Yoshida waves sec- Dennis Flanagan editor emeritus Scien ond two Bernoulli Medallions lie won tific American announces Aesthetics both Duration Aerobatics events winner Professional category Science 85 Professional division Paper way took over SA left off 18 years ago fi Thanks espe during finals make sure entry best chance Directional stability real nem esis distance entries though field set up accommodate con siderable amount ofwandering couple entries persisted turning away field flying towards seats two both turned respectable perform ances once launched away field promptly turned homedin center turf Model Aviation Contributing Editor Bob Meuser Oakland CA bested 834 entries win Non-professional cate gory second time flight 141 ft 4 represents 55% increase over 1967 record quite accomplish ment Professional winner Akio Kobayashi Tokyo Japan air plane sailed 122 ft 8 Young Eltin Lucero Pueblo CO sent classic gradeschool glider flew 114 ft 8 win Junior title surprised Eltin told us hed managed fling 22 ft himself stretching distance record well past existing mark unofficial watch showed some better Distance entries also achieved highertimes aloftthan winning Duration airplaneseven though posting consis tently higher times winning 102sec mark first contest As us know duration Hand-Launched Glider event much difficult looks flying HLGs can exercise frustration Paper versions proved no different Duration Like Distance event airplane given best score three attempts time-aloft competition Duration airplanes proved difficult fly consistently failed achieve notable flights. event judge Apollo astronaut Michael Collins fliers tried best give entry three good chances prove itself unpre dictable nature airplanes occasional ly coupled breakdown communi cations due vague incomplete instruc tions provided builders allowed element chance play large part determining results character istic proxy-flown contest though does take anything away winners airplanes performed well Professional winner being bird like creation curved wings Tatuo Toshida Yokohama Japan flew 1606 sec Almost exactly same per centage improvement distance winner Non-professional winner Yoshiharu Ishii Osaka Japan entry flew 98 sec Also Osaka Hironori Kurisus airplane won Junior category flight 1128 sec Im sure lot other Duration contestants would like have chance show what creations can flown just right nature proxy contest like makes results dependent upon existing conditions personnel during event Success often depends upon having design will tolerate wide variety conditions launch techniques upon communicat ing flying characteristics clearly volunteer fliers organizers did best thorough systematic fair winners Second Great Inter national Paper Airplane Contest right combination right time Aerobatics category introduced seldom-seen facet Free Flight Ilan Kroo professor aeronautics Stanford University presided over event perhaps difficult judge Yoshiharu Ishii won Non-professional category Tatuo Yoshida Yoko hama Japan took both first second Continued page 146 October 1985 57 Another exquisite Aesthetics entries Japan No allowed pick up models No placard available designers name remains anonymously underneath proxy fliers Distance com petitor preparesto launch entryto give Its builder chance Bernoulli Medallion Another contender launched quest tIme-aloft award Note expanse Kingdome1 50000 sq ft offloorares Dr Ninomlys ponders merits exotic entries judging Aesthetics finals hardest event judge due diversity entries Winning Ideas FOUFIMOST $ RETRACTABLE TOW HOOK RELEASE Pr ice sa9o V Simplest reliable device available After line released hook retracts body Unit leaving SMOOTH surface bottom aircraft No special attachments required N eight oz 0491051 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT REDUCES DRAG VIBRATION FREE 0PRICE $300 PRICE $630 40 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT IDEAL FOR GUICKY 500 instructions and/or assembly drawings box Ofttimes parts can mis placed careful handling contents kit warned Now read reread instruction manual Before bolt part another sure thoroughly under stand just what about undertake have tools youll need What about Locktite threads wont ride nylon lock Before start have clean building space ready extremely important have clean spot will let lose parts go about assembling pride joy Assemble machine exactly des cribed instruction manual tempted modify Helicopter have never seen machine modi fied kit function careful moving parts slide freely slop machine securely bolted together Pay particular attention assembly listed critical instance Schluter GMP machine critical starting shaft have little no run-out Believe people wrote instructions kidding poorly-constructed machine can prob ably will fall apart midair Anyway carefully assemble new Helicopter impatient try proceed too rapidlyit will cost time and/or money later months three-view month have brand new first glance bet thought looking Hughes AH64 Apache. right Look again brand-new M128 Havoc Soviet anti-armor anti-helicopter helicopter Vhile intended AH-64 would throw balance power back court NATOs Europe no considered fact Soviets could produce new machine rapidly Although speculate Mil team took fleeting glance drafting tables Mesa AZ nonetheless Soviets favor machine looks much like Apache considering possibilities interesting note Havoc possesses superior armor Apache well superior armament Apache must expose itself its target until its Hellfire missile has landed speak Havoc features fire-andforget AT-6 missiles Im certain will see much machine future BCNU Larry Jolly 5501 West Como Santa Ana CA 92703 2nd Gt Intl Paper/Rice Continued page 57 place Professional category two very tiny highly active aircraft Aesthetics As mentioned before addi tion glue rules really expanded potential submissions category Entries ranged Scale reproductions such very nicely done Boeing Monomail Don Bob Burnham Seattle complete documentation surreal istic spaceships futuristic fantasy fliers addition purely artistic merit though airplanes perform 3-sec 15-ft flight order qualify Japanese entries completed domi nation through event Yasutomi Hokao Kawasakishi Japan receiving first place Non-professional cate gory Masakatsu Omori Fukuoka-shi Japan won Professional award Judge Dr Yasuaki Ninomiya designer Whitewings gliders difficult task selecting two winners multi tude humorous creative skillfullyconstructed entries special exhibit displayed numerous entries form flying discs solid projectiles organizers chosen exclude competition must have aware accepting such loophole entries would have spelled rapid doom future paper airplane events deemed necessary prevent dominating competition entries demonstrated however mass launch about dozen objects delighted assembled press specSay8 th8tOI~que 450 Items Send $200 current catalog ProTechTor STRONG METAL FRAME THERMO MOLDED SHELL FILLED WITH SOFT FOAM GREAT GIFT 951255 RC AIRPLANES BOATS CARS CAMERAS ETC Transmitter Case PRICE $35 Includes shipping Con USA Alaska&Hawaii add S2 CA RessddB% tax OTHER PRODUCTS COMPUTER DISK CASE LOMAR CLAMP building lool PROMOUNT machined engine mounts MC SASE FOR FREE INFO- DEALEARS INVITED BERGERON ENTERPRISES 443 ROBERTA FULLERTON CA 92632 146 Model Aviation OTHER FOURMOST PRODUCTS Fuel Fitting Sets Fuel Shut Off Fuel Manifold Gapless Hinges Gapless Hinge Slotter Strut Fairings Codcpit Coaming FUR~ST Send BASE Complete Information 4040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97116 PRODUCTS Phone 503 357-2732 TRAVEL AIR 2000 52 SPAN 1 /2 SCALE 4 CYCLE 4045 SEND $200 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG OF FINE KITS IKON NWST PO Box 566 Auburn WA 98071 2069418248 tators well-considered decision uphold spirit event preserve competition traditional airplanes surely necessity encourage future occurrences Great Contest maybe separate class rotating designs will included next time Another special exhibit highlighted few extraordinary entries otherwise progressed finals samples warranted special attention cause unusual originality creativi ty craftsmanship included Scale creations such miniature Space Shuttle JPL engineer course flying piano bats lizards other flying ani mals marvelous version Super man favorite offered different slant modem methods theme computer-generated Aesthetic Non-pro fessional entry Adam Jack Han sen Newcastle ME drawn complete decoration identification instructions using graphics software Macintosh computer First-place winners flown all-ex penses-paid Seattle accept awards Bernoulli Medallion Paper Flight awards presented during intermission 8th Annual World Indoor Paper Airplane Contest annual event held Kingdome two weeks after final judging Second Great Contest victors cheerfully ac cepted well-deserved medallions shadow monstrous inflated hamFL YME WINDSOCK Attaches antenna mast clips clips included Available frequency colors Give frequency number order 58H 65 Foreign orders add SEtH $150 calif Residents add 6% tax Product Brochure Free order Jeffla Products PO Box 484 Lake Elsinore CA 92330 714 674-1151 rTFTTFFTrTrFvW122222ZFmZZE12I I I' fiJJJjU4l Jill IlIlinlll iii II I~j I I I I II I II II ll I I I I I I I II I I I I THE RADIO CONTROL BUYERS GUIDE new 9th edition now local hobby shop contains thousands photos product descriptions radio control raft Cars s ems nes ware Accessories s os RCBG single largest source infor mation RIO modeling available Whether youre advanced R/Cer eager novice RCBG will master reference So before plunk down hard earned cash-Look Before Buy available locally may send $995 plus $175 shipping Radio Control Buyers Guide Dept 100 Clifton House Clifton VA 22024 sure indicate street address II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I burger-chain clown Kingdome floor rushed upstairs take part fun World Indoor Paper Airplane Championships held sum mer Seattle benefit NW Second Harvest food bank has contestants flying paper airplanes upper deck stands attempt hit prize-yielding targets stadium floor None medallion winners added further prizes days reward although could have won variety merchandise prizes could have taken brand new VW Golf home Japan seemed have much fun rest us probably much Seattles John Vincent won grand prize trip four Disneyland best flight over 34000 other entries winning airplanes Second Great International Paper Airplane Con test will display starting July 24 National Air Space Museum Wash ington DC will also featured September issue Science 85 maga zine conjunction article about major advances airplane design response contest both number quality showed creativity alive well throughout world fascination flight has abated Lets hope dont have wait 18 years until next I When responding advertisers mention read about ModelAviation October 1985 147 8 plustails Wind Direction Anytime Anywhere
Edition: Model Aviation - 1985/10
Page Numbers: 56, 57, 146, 147
THIS EVENT announced Science 85 nounced 4348 legal entries 21 long glue used solely add magazine challenged airplane enthusiasts different countries carefully logged-in weight Advances use over world build better paper before May 1 deadline stored composites evident airplane Sponsored Seattle Mu- await start competition Aesthetic entries Glued construction made seum Flight Science 85 magazine airplanes proxy-flown re- possible wide variety Scale replicas Smithsonian Institutions National Air tired Boeing engineers members helicopters exotic designs werent Space Museum contest offered Seattle Museum Flight designated feasible before real test though chance have fun participating category either Distance Duration see whether performances worldwide contest imagination Aerobatics Aesthetics As first Distance Duration competitors seemed craftsmanship hoped yen- contest entrants separated accord- benefit modem techniques ture would get young people turned ing abilities Professionals answer seemed Yes adventure aeronautics would aeronautics field Non-professional adults stimulate continuing interest aero- Juniors under age 14 rules DIstance event realized considerscience well however revised reflect chang- able improvement over first contest second contest generated bit ing technology aircraft construction 18 years ago Quite few entrants much interest First International time since first contest have year exceeded winning effort 91 Paper Airplane Contesst conduc- major technological changes ft 6 During first two days compe ted Scientflc American magazine way airplanes built sponsors tition entries screened repetitive 1967 regional trials other tie-ins believed allowing compositeslami- flights until 25 finalists remained springing up over world spark nated paper gluecould yield record- third day given three enthusiasm international compe- breaking performances Composites allow attempts achieve its best distance Both tition Local museums corporations construction lighter stronger fliers judge Shiela Widnall schcols levels tcok opportunity structures retaining flexibility cri- aerodynamics engineer MIT did involve communities paper flight tical high-stress areas gcod job trying evaluate airplane response immediatepacking rul Second Great Inter- attempting fly its maximum containers began arriving Museum nation aper ane C allowed capability compiled notes during Flight scon after contest fpaperto atedw ier qualifying flights used pe h Id 18 years ao produced airpIane r newr esallowiued paper old r sobents second runni e Bernoulli Ma repeat winner ti 56 Model Aviation Two-time winner Bob Meuser explains Distance design press prior awards ceremony pics author An exuberant Tatuo Yoshida waves sec- Dennis Flanagan editor emeritus Scien ond two Bernoulli Medallions lie won tific American announces Aesthetics both Duration Aerobatics events winner Professional category Science 85 Professional division Paper way took over SA left off 18 years ago fi Thanks espe during finals make sure entry best chance Directional stability real nem esis distance entries though field set up accommodate con siderable amount ofwandering couple entries persisted turning away field flying towards seats two both turned respectable perform ances once launched away field promptly turned homedin center turf Model Aviation Contributing Editor Bob Meuser Oakland CA bested 834 entries win Non-professional cate gory second time flight 141 ft 4 represents 55% increase over 1967 record quite accomplish ment Professional winner Akio Kobayashi Tokyo Japan air plane sailed 122 ft 8 Young Eltin Lucero Pueblo CO sent classic gradeschool glider flew 114 ft 8 win Junior title surprised Eltin told us hed managed fling 22 ft himself stretching distance record well past existing mark unofficial watch showed some better Distance entries also achieved highertimes aloftthan winning Duration airplaneseven though posting consis tently higher times winning 102sec mark first contest As us know duration Hand-Launched Glider event much difficult looks flying HLGs can exercise frustration Paper versions proved no different Duration Like Distance event airplane given best score three attempts time-aloft competition Duration airplanes proved difficult fly consistently failed achieve notable flights. event judge Apollo astronaut Michael Collins fliers tried best give entry three good chances prove itself unpre dictable nature airplanes occasional ly coupled breakdown communi cations due vague incomplete instruc tions provided builders allowed element chance play large part determining results character istic proxy-flown contest though does take anything away winners airplanes performed well Professional winner being bird like creation curved wings Tatuo Toshida Yokohama Japan flew 1606 sec Almost exactly same per centage improvement distance winner Non-professional winner Yoshiharu Ishii Osaka Japan entry flew 98 sec Also Osaka Hironori Kurisus airplane won Junior category flight 1128 sec Im sure lot other Duration contestants would like have chance show what creations can flown just right nature proxy contest like makes results dependent upon existing conditions personnel during event Success often depends upon having design will tolerate wide variety conditions launch techniques upon communicat ing flying characteristics clearly volunteer fliers organizers did best thorough systematic fair winners Second Great Inter national Paper Airplane Contest right combination right time Aerobatics category introduced seldom-seen facet Free Flight Ilan Kroo professor aeronautics Stanford University presided over event perhaps difficult judge Yoshiharu Ishii won Non-professional category Tatuo Yoshida Yoko hama Japan took both first second Continued page 146 October 1985 57 Another exquisite Aesthetics entries Japan No allowed pick up models No placard available designers name remains anonymously underneath proxy fliers Distance com petitor preparesto launch entryto give Its builder chance Bernoulli Medallion Another contender launched quest tIme-aloft award Note expanse Kingdome1 50000 sq ft offloorares Dr Ninomlys ponders merits exotic entries judging Aesthetics finals hardest event judge due diversity entries Winning Ideas FOUFIMOST $ RETRACTABLE TOW HOOK RELEASE Pr ice sa9o V Simplest reliable device available After line released hook retracts body Unit leaving SMOOTH surface bottom aircraft No special attachments required N eight oz 0491051 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT REDUCES DRAG VIBRATION FREE 0PRICE $300 PRICE $630 40 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT IDEAL FOR GUICKY 500 instructions and/or assembly drawings box Ofttimes parts can mis placed careful handling contents kit warned Now read reread instruction manual Before bolt part another sure thoroughly under stand just what about undertake have tools youll need What about Locktite threads wont ride nylon lock Before start have clean building space ready extremely important have clean spot will let lose parts go about assembling pride joy Assemble machine exactly des cribed instruction manual tempted modify Helicopter have never seen machine modi fied kit function careful moving parts slide freely slop machine securely bolted together Pay particular attention assembly listed critical instance Schluter GMP machine critical starting shaft have little no run-out Believe people wrote instructions kidding poorly-constructed machine can prob ably will fall apart midair Anyway carefully assemble new Helicopter impatient try proceed too rapidlyit will cost time and/or money later months three-view month have brand new first glance bet thought looking Hughes AH64 Apache. right Look again brand-new M128 Havoc Soviet anti-armor anti-helicopter helicopter Vhile intended AH-64 would throw balance power back court NATOs Europe no considered fact Soviets could produce new machine rapidly Although speculate Mil team took fleeting glance drafting tables Mesa AZ nonetheless Soviets favor machine looks much like Apache considering possibilities interesting note Havoc possesses superior armor Apache well superior armament Apache must expose itself its target until its Hellfire missile has landed speak Havoc features fire-andforget AT-6 missiles Im certain will see much machine future BCNU Larry Jolly 5501 West Como Santa Ana CA 92703 2nd Gt Intl Paper/Rice Continued page 57 place Professional category two very tiny highly active aircraft Aesthetics As mentioned before addi tion glue rules really expanded potential submissions category Entries ranged Scale reproductions such very nicely done Boeing Monomail Don Bob Burnham Seattle complete documentation surreal istic spaceships futuristic fantasy fliers addition purely artistic merit though airplanes perform 3-sec 15-ft flight order qualify Japanese entries completed domi nation through event Yasutomi Hokao Kawasakishi Japan receiving first place Non-professional cate gory Masakatsu Omori Fukuoka-shi Japan won Professional award Judge Dr Yasuaki Ninomiya designer Whitewings gliders difficult task selecting two winners multi tude humorous creative skillfullyconstructed entries special exhibit displayed numerous entries form flying discs solid projectiles organizers chosen exclude competition must have aware accepting such loophole entries would have spelled rapid doom future paper airplane events deemed necessary prevent dominating competition entries demonstrated however mass launch about dozen objects delighted assembled press specSay8 th8tOI~que 450 Items Send $200 current catalog ProTechTor STRONG METAL FRAME THERMO MOLDED SHELL FILLED WITH SOFT FOAM GREAT GIFT 951255 RC AIRPLANES BOATS CARS CAMERAS ETC Transmitter Case PRICE $35 Includes shipping Con USA Alaska&Hawaii add S2 CA RessddB% tax OTHER PRODUCTS COMPUTER DISK CASE LOMAR CLAMP building lool PROMOUNT machined engine mounts MC SASE FOR FREE INFO- DEALEARS INVITED BERGERON ENTERPRISES 443 ROBERTA FULLERTON CA 92632 146 Model Aviation OTHER FOURMOST PRODUCTS Fuel Fitting Sets Fuel Shut Off Fuel Manifold Gapless Hinges Gapless Hinge Slotter Strut Fairings Codcpit Coaming FUR~ST Send BASE Complete Information 4040 24th Ave Forest Grove OR 97116 PRODUCTS Phone 503 357-2732 TRAVEL AIR 2000 52 SPAN 1 /2 SCALE 4 CYCLE 4045 SEND $200 FOR COMPLETE CATALOG OF FINE KITS IKON NWST PO Box 566 Auburn WA 98071 2069418248 tators well-considered decision uphold spirit event preserve competition traditional airplanes surely necessity encourage future occurrences Great Contest maybe separate class rotating designs will included next time Another special exhibit highlighted few extraordinary entries otherwise progressed finals samples warranted special attention cause unusual originality creativi ty craftsmanship included Scale creations such miniature Space Shuttle JPL engineer course flying piano bats lizards other flying ani mals marvelous version Super man favorite offered different slant modem methods theme computer-generated Aesthetic Non-pro fessional entry Adam Jack Han sen Newcastle ME drawn complete decoration identification instructions using graphics software Macintosh computer First-place winners flown all-ex penses-paid Seattle accept awards Bernoulli Medallion Paper Flight awards presented during intermission 8th Annual World Indoor Paper Airplane Contest annual event held Kingdome two weeks after final judging Second Great Contest victors cheerfully ac cepted well-deserved medallions shadow monstrous inflated hamFL YME WINDSOCK Attaches antenna mast clips clips included Available frequency colors Give frequency number order 58H 65 Foreign orders add SEtH $150 calif Residents add 6% tax Product Brochure Free order Jeffla Products PO Box 484 Lake Elsinore CA 92330 714 674-1151 rTFTTFFTrTrFvW122222ZFmZZE12I I I' fiJJJjU4l Jill IlIlinlll iii II I~j I I I I II I II II ll I I I I I I I II I I I I THE RADIO CONTROL BUYERS GUIDE new 9th edition now local hobby shop contains thousands photos product descriptions radio control raft Cars s ems nes ware Accessories s os RCBG single largest source infor mation RIO modeling available Whether youre advanced R/Cer eager novice RCBG will master reference So before plunk down hard earned cash-Look Before Buy available locally may send $995 plus $175 shipping Radio Control Buyers Guide Dept 100 Clifton House Clifton VA 22024 sure indicate street address II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I burger-chain clown Kingdome floor rushed upstairs take part fun World Indoor Paper Airplane Championships held sum mer Seattle benefit NW Second Harvest food bank has contestants flying paper airplanes upper deck stands attempt hit prize-yielding targets stadium floor None medallion winners added further prizes days reward although could have won variety merchandise prizes could have taken brand new VW Golf home Japan seemed have much fun rest us probably much Seattles John Vincent won grand prize trip four Disneyland best flight over 34000 other entries winning airplanes Second Great International Paper Airplane Con test will display starting July 24 National Air Space Museum Wash ington DC will also featured September issue Science 85 maga zine conjunction article about major advances airplane design response contest both number quality showed creativity alive well throughout world fascination flight has abated Lets hope dont have wait 18 years until next I When responding advertisers mention read about ModelAviation October 1985 147 8 plustails Wind Direction Anytime Anywhere
Edition: Model Aviation - 1985/10
Page Numbers: 56, 57, 146, 147
THIS EVENT announced Science 85 nounced 4348 legal entries 21 long glue used solely add magazine challenged airplane enthusiasts different countries carefully logged-in weight Advances use over world build better paper before May 1 deadline stored composites evident airplane Sponsored Seattle Mu- await start competition Aesthetic entries Glued construction made seum Flight Science 85 magazine airplanes proxy-flown re- possible wide variety Scale replicas Smithsonian Institutions National Air tired Boeing engineers members helicopters exotic designs werent Space Museum contest offered Seattle Museum Flight designated feasible before real test though chance have fun participating category either Distance Duration see whether performances worldwide contest imagination Aerobatics Aesthetics As first Distance Duration competitors seemed craftsmanship hoped yen- contest entrants separated accord- benefit modem techniques ture would get young people turned ing abilities Professionals answer seemed Yes adventure aeronautics would aeronautics field Non-professional adults stimulate continuing interest aero- Juniors under age 14 rules DIstance event realized considerscience well however revised reflect chang- able improvement over first contest second contest generated bit ing technology aircraft construction 18 years ago Quite few entrants much interest First International time since first contest have year exceeded winning effort 91 Paper Airplane Contesst conduc- major technological changes ft 6 During first two days compe ted Scientflc American magazine way airplanes built sponsors tition entries screened repetitive 1967 regional trials other tie-ins believed allowing compositeslami- flights until 25 finalists remained springing up over world spark nated paper gluecould yield record- third day given three enthusiasm international compe- breaking performances Composites allow attempts achieve its best distance Both tition Local museums corporations construction lighter stronger fliers judge Shiela Widnall schcols levels tcok opportunity structures retaining flexibility cri- aerodynamics engineer MIT did involve communities paper flight tical high-stress areas gcod job trying evaluate airplane response immediatepacking rul Second Great Inter- attempting fly its maximum containers began arriving Museum nation aper ane C allowed capability compiled notes during Flight scon after contest fpaperto atedw ier qualifying flights used pe h Id 18 years ao produced airpIane r newr esallowiued paper old r sobents second runni e Bernoulli Ma repeat winner ti 56 Model Aviation Two-time winner Bob Meuser explains Distance design press prior awards ceremony pics author An exuberant Tatuo Yoshida waves sec- Dennis Flanagan editor emeritus Scien ond two Bernoulli Medallions lie won tific American announces Aesthetics both Duration Aerobatics events winner Professional category Science 85 Professional division Paper way took over SA left off 18 years ago fi Thanks espe during finals make sure entry best chance Directional stability real nem esis distance entries though field set up accommodate con siderable amount ofwandering couple entries persisted turning away field flying towards seats two both turned respectable perform ances once launched away field promptly turned homedin center turf Model Aviation Contributing Editor Bob Meuser Oakland CA bested 834 entries win Non-professional cate gory second time flight 141 ft 4 represents 55% increase over 1967 record quite accomplish ment Professional winner Akio Kobayashi Tokyo Japan air plane sailed 122 ft 8 Young Eltin Lucero Pueblo CO sent classic gradeschool glider flew 114 ft 8 win Junior title surprised Eltin told us hed managed fling 22 ft himself stretching distance record well past existing mark unofficial watch showed some better Distance entries also achieved highertimes aloftthan winning Duration airplaneseven though posting consis tently higher times winning 102sec mark first contest As us know duration Hand-Launched Glider event much difficult looks flying HLGs can exercise frustration Paper versions proved no different Duration Like Distance event airplane given best score three attempts time-aloft competition Duration airplanes proved difficult fly consistently failed achieve notable flights. event judge Apollo astronaut Michael Collins fliers tried best give entry three good chances prove itself unpre dictable nature airplanes occasional ly coupled breakdown communi cations due vague incomplete instruc tions provided builders allowed element chance play large part determining results character istic proxy-flown contest though does take anything away winners airplanes performed well Professional winner being bird like creation curved wings Tatuo Toshida Yokohama Japan flew 1606 sec Almost exactly same per centage improvement distance winner Non-professional winner Yoshiharu Ishii Osaka Japan entry flew 98 sec Also Osaka Hironori Kurisus airplane won Junior category flight 1128 sec Im sure lot other Duration contestants would like have chance show what creations can flown just right nature proxy contest like makes results dependent upon existing conditions personnel during event Success often depends upon having design will tolerate wide variety conditions launch techniques upon communicat ing flying characteristics clearly volunteer fliers organizers did best thorough systematic fair winners Second Great Inter national Paper Airplane Contest right combination right time Aerobatics category introduced seldom-seen facet Free Flight Ilan Kroo professor aeronautics Stanford University presided over event perhaps difficult judge Yoshiharu Ishii won Non-professional category Tatuo Yoshida Yoko hama Japan took both first second Continued page 146 October 1985 57 Another exquisite Aesthetics entries Japan No allowed pick up models No placard available designers name remains anonymously underneath proxy fliers Distance com petitor preparesto launch entryto give Its builder chance Bernoulli Medallion Another contender launched quest tIme-aloft award Note expanse Kingdome1 50000 sq ft offloorares Dr Ninomlys ponders merits exotic entries judging Aesthetics finals hardest event judge due diversity entries Winning Ideas FOUFIMOST $ RETRACTABLE TOW HOOK RELEASE Pr ice sa9o V Simplest reliable device available After line released hook retracts body Unit leaving SMOOTH surface bottom aircraft No special attachments required N eight oz 0491051 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT REDUCES DRAG VIBRATION FREE 0PRICE $300 PRICE $630 40 AIRFLO ENGINE MOUNT IDEAL FOR GUICKY 500 instructions and/or assembly drawings box Ofttimes parts can mis placed careful handling contents kit warned Now read reread instruction manual Before bolt part another sure thoroughly under stand just what about undertake have tools youll need What about Locktite threads wont ride nylon lock Before start have clean building space ready extremely important have clean spot will let lose parts go about assembling pride joy Assemble machine exactly des cribed instruction manual tempted modify Helicopter have never seen machine modi fied kit function careful moving parts slide freely slop machine securely bolted together Pay particular attention assembly listed critical instance Schluter GMP machine critical starting shaft have little no run-out Believe people wrote instructions kidding poorly-constructed machine can prob ably will fall apart midair Anyway carefully assemble new Helicopter impatient try proceed too rapidlyit will cost time and/or money later months three-view month have brand new first glance bet thought looking Hughes AH64 Apache. right Look again brand-new M128 Havoc Soviet anti-armor anti-helicopter helicopter Vhile intended AH-64 would throw balance power back court NATOs Europe no considered fact Soviets could produce new machine rapidly Although speculate Mil team took fleeting glance drafting tables Mesa AZ nonetheless Soviets favor machine looks much like Apache considering possibilities interesting note Havoc possesses superior armor Apache well superior armament Apache must expose itself its target until its Hellfire missile has landed speak Havoc features fire-andforget AT-6 missiles Im certain will see much machine future BCNU Larry Jolly 5501 West Como Santa Ana CA 92703 2nd Gt Intl Paper/Rice Continued page 57 place Professional category two very tiny highly active aircraft Aesthetics As mentioned before addi tion glue rules really expanded potential submissions category Entries ranged Scale reproductions such very nicely done Boeing Monomail Don Bob Burnham Seattle complete documentation surreal istic spaceships futuristic fantasy fliers addition purely artistic merit though airplanes perform 3-sec 15-ft flight order qualify Japanese entries completed domi nation through event Yasutomi Hokao Kawasakishi Japan receiving first place Non-professional cate gory Masakatsu Omori Fukuoka-shi Japan won Professional award Judge Dr Yasuaki Ninomiya designer Whitewings gliders difficult task selecting two winners multi tude humorous creative skillfullyconstructed entries special exhibit displayed numerous entries form flying discs solid projectiles organizers chosen exclude competition must have aware accepting such loophole entries would have spelled rapid doom future paper airplane events deemed necessary prevent dominating competition entries demonstrated however mass launch about dozen objects delighted assembled press specSay8 th8tOI~que 450 Items Send $200 current catalog ProTechTor STRONG METAL FRAME THERMO MOLDED SHELL FILLED WITH SOFT FOAM GREAT GIFT 951255 RC AIRPLANES BOATS CARS CAMERAS ETC Transmitter Case PRICE $35 Includes shipping Con USA Alaska&Hawaii add S2 CA RessddB% tax OTHER PRODUCTS COMPUTER DISK CASE LOMAR CLAMP building lool PROMOUNT machined engine mounts MC SASE FOR FREE INFO- DEALEARS INVITED BERGERON ENTERPRISES 443 ROBERTA FULLERTON CA 92632 146 Model Aviation OTHER FOURMOST 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Great International Paper Airplane Con test will display starting July 24 National Air Space Museum Wash ington DC will also featured September issue Science 85 maga zine conjunction article about major advances airplane design response contest both number quality showed creativity alive well throughout world fascination flight has abated Lets hope dont have wait 18 years until next I When responding advertisers mention read about ModelAviation October 1985 147 8 plustails Wind Direction Anytime Anywhere