RC modelers flock annual WRAM Show find out whats new swap equipmentand swap stories George M Myers Above Quite crush occurred entrance crowd took work its way other two floors exhibits Right Lines front Westchester Civic Center far shorter year last THE WRAMs Westchester Radio Aeromodelers AMA chartered club #475 White Plains New York have staged annual midwinter show 24 years has grown gala event combines following beauty contesta judged display model airplanes boats carswith prizes trade showwherein manufacturers display newest greatest carnival midwayvendors booths videos playing goodies sale publicity event hobbystories local newspapers TV movies Delta Darts AMA NAMBA etc booths enlighten public flea marketthe Swap Shop District 2 meeting AMA members partyall modelers public invited attend June1992 23 24 Model Aviation addition WRAMs members also vote invite certain members national FAI teams visit participate show food concessions open plenty seats balcony opportunities schmus Schmus schmooze smooze word often heard New York City according Cassells German Dictionaty means chatter blarney soft-soap etc much work just get flying site ask No purpose always has give aeromodelers chance get together middle winter some good fellowship modelers show off latest models drool over latest gadgets manufacturers exchange used models surplus equipmentand talk other wordsa party wouldnt read club roster printed might feel inclined thank some hosts such Jerry Judge WRAM president Hank Nielsen publicity Louis V Scarlino show manager Allen Reinhardt static competition John Isbester Swap Shop Ed Alexis tickets Fred Coleman Secretary 28 Park Circle White Plains NY 10603 SO WHATS NEW year WRAMs honor prominent modeler McEntee medal years recipient Bill Winter long career writer modeler editor model magazines leaves no doubt selection well made Bill couldnt attend award accepted him John Worth looks very fit after recent surgery didnt discover anything radically different such introduction PCM radios some new companies some new products some new developments highlights listed alphabetically Ace R/C Inc Higginsville Missouri deserves mention improved Micropro 8000 transmitter now offers long-awaited R5232 interface either AM FM plus operation RC channel 27 50 53 72 75 MHz brings possibility needing transmitter models much closer predict will become very popular once people understand can easily configure transmitter particular model computer screen store configuration disk ask Well thing computer keyboard screen easier manipulate tiny devices inside transmitter another menu system much easier see understand displayed 80-character x 25-line computer screen displayed piece time much smaller screens fitted transmitters Configurations saved disk easily uploaded transmitter needed dont get lost transmitter sent out service eight channels eight configurations stored inside transmitter AM FM available using universal PPM encoding scheme List price transmitter $395 can buy XT-class laptop computer adequate word processing spreadsheets figuring taxes playing computer games programming transmitter less $500 dont haveor dont wanta computer transmitter can Polish delegation L-R Dorota Putrzynska Pawel Wlodarczyk Matgorzata Kalinoviska stand front part display champion Polish models Above top Tom Runge Ace A/C Inc shows American-made complete kit Whiz 40 Above Kress family L-R Fran son John Bob proudly exhibit two new products B-24 A-b Warthog Below Genial Lewis Polk Aristo-Craft demonstrates prototype Valiant PCM system Nick Zirolis Beechcraft D-18 kit has very attractive Scale modelers Bill Steffess Schenectady NY twin Quadra 35-powered 33-lb version great flier programmed control sticks viewed built-in screen before An American-made complete kit Whiz 40 also available purchaser gets everything needed build plane except glue covering engine radio means get $75 worth retail parts like wheels hinges pushrods Die-cut parts tab together perfect alignment 44-page primer 28-page step-by-step illustrated construction manual included firsttime builder will succeed design emphasizes ease construction slow stable flight economy float kit will available retail cost kit $109 Airtronics Inc livine California deserves mention its bean-shaped Infinity 1000 system under development nearing completion still uses airplanes receiver scanning receiver check unused RC channels Programming its functions done via touch-screen transmitter face system now records interference hits flight reports computer screen after flight over An overwhelming set options described 150-page manual has included men designed ATRCS system favorite Sailplaners Delivered its own carry case new coreless-motor ball-bearinged servos system features selection 50 synthesized 72 MHz airplane RC channels $1600 version single-crystal operation $1300 version Airtronics new Whisper sailplane will available two-meter standard class 100-in span electric power kit production has brought Irvine California plant Whisper will first kits run An Airtronics Specialty Division has established 11 Autry Irvine CA 92718 produces Soaring Exchange quarterly newsletter Airtronics intends directly service needs Sailplane market emphasis products specifically engineered satisfy discriminating Sailplaner Aristo-Craft/Polks Model Craft Hobbies Inc Jersey City New Jersey certainly deserves mention persevering face adversity prototype Valiant system nearing completion display production plastic case lives up specifications holds price should unbeatable system features eight channels 50-channel PLL synthesizer PCM uses airplane receiver scan empty channel has four servos June1992 25 Left This Ryan ST built James Star Surf City NJ judges put first Giant Scale Above Dave Abbe Hitec shows rubber duck antenna six-channel Master series Below left Henry Schietrumpf Mahanoy City PA proudly stands next P-26C Below right incredibly detailed Boeing P-26C weighs 3375 pounds powered Zenoah G62 Left Down basement found Tom Wentzel Huntington Station NY outstanding quarter-scale RC race car Center Right front Toms car supercharged V-8 engine already sold Right Joe Utasi Maureen Cervin manned Jomar booth well-known line electric motor throttles other gadgets has augmented lightweight E-switch replaces servo switch Ni-Cds charger flag instruction manual List price $395 Hitec R/C USA Inc reports satisfaction sales medium-priced line Hitec RC systems Hitec says rubber duck antenna produces much stronger signal off end antenna does conventional whip antenna fact rubber duck less threat other fliers should make configuration popular Pylon Racing crowd Kress Jets Saugerties New York has device almost guaranteed generate sales Novice level light clever belt-drive system offered power small multiengined models Setups Guillows Models B-24 B-17 B 25 P-38 PBY Catalina offered Yes small rubber-powered stickand-tissue models Astro 035 electric Cox Queen Bee 074 glow engine required lightness Id favor glow engine Kress also proudly exhibited B-24 A-b Warthog B-24 powered new belt-drive power unit A-b stand-off Scale model Desert Storm warnor Leading Edge Models Central Islip New York Rich Uravitch s new start-up company first offering includes three WW models 40 size glow engines Ziroli Eindecker Moraine-Saulnier Uravitchs Fokker D-7 Also offered three gentle jets previously kitted Sterner Engineering include F80 Shooting Star T-33 T-Bird reputed fighter worst air conditioning/heater system ever fitted airplane LTV A-7 Corsair II SR Batteries Inc Bellport New York deserves mention Smart ChargerlCycler microprocessor-controlled charger/cycler two 28 cells Aimed electric 26 Model Aviation motor market device powered 1 2-VDC automobile battery optional 1 lO-VAC power supply includes time temperature peakdetection switching 5-amp maximum charge rate adjustable 0- 200-mA trickle rate Other modes include Fast Field Charger temperature cutoff charging small receiver batteries constant-current cycler reports results both time mAh 250-amp digital ammeter Reverse polarity protected both input output low-voltage alarm included source side THE POLISH TEAM VISITED THIS YEAR Poland selected receive 1992 invitation attend WRAM Show wasnt easy get delegates New York Credit goes Howard Kuehn successfully completing necessary foreign arrangements cleared way Again credit goes WRAMs club assuming expenses hospitality shown visitors Polish team representatives led Pawel Wlodarczyk Manager Aeroklub Polski Polish Aero Club delegate ClAM Space Modeling subcommittee Mr Wlodarczyk highest level administrator civil aviation Poland Polish Aero Club divided eight areas interest follows Glidingunpowered man-carrying machines Ballooninghot air light gassupported man-carrying machines Para-glidingman-carrying hang gliders Parachuting including free-fall acrobatics Amateur Aircraft Construction privately huilt man-carrying powered aircraft activity has going Poland since 1956 now about 300 aircraft Considering suppressed other Communist satellites numbers surprising Sport AviationFlying non-military non-commercial man-carrying aircraft Above Larry Sribnick SR Batteries Inc displays new microprocessorcontrolled charger/cycler Below Charlene Charlie Cannon did landslide business Bill makes microminiature RC systems has new product due out soon took easy Above improved Swap Shop layout gave customers room move about reduced amount paging PA system Just about everyone liked change John Byrne retiring District 2 vice presidency presents Award Appreciation George Buso Aerobaticswith man-carrying aircraft Modelsincluding airplanes rockets about 600 aeromodeling clubs 46 clubs other types Polish Aero Club aeromodeling club has 15 20 satellite clubs may have noticed strong resemblance organization NAA begun Orville Wright United States Aero Club AMA began NAA Subcommittee Modelers Dorota Putrzynska Matgorzata Kalinoviska accompanied Mr Wlodarczyk Dorota Secretariat Polish Aero Club coordinates competitions also acted interpreter conversations Pawel three employees Polish Aero Club paid state purposes visit far Polish Aero club concerned raise cash send Polish teams two US competitions 1992 Polish unit currency zloty convertible US currency rate 11000 Z per dollar Polish Aero Club receives small amounts money Ministries Sport Education support Junior member activities work done bulk income derives volunteer effort Some income comes renovating old aircraft publishing magazines operating aeromodeling shops Other income received aeromodeling dues organizing aeromodeling competitions sanction fees Aeroklub Polski will host USA Indoor team July 6-12 1992 Indoor World Championships held Wroclaw Pawel said hoped meet people can facilitate two-way trade Poland modeling supplies address Aeroklub Polski 00-071 Warszawa ul Krakowskie Przedmiescie 55 telephone fax number 266 333 telex number 812 709 AeroPL Polish Aero Club ran ingenious raffle WRAM show bought ticket $5 Opening ticket revealed number entitled something display largest item completed scale model Saturn V moon rocket Everybody won something won Polish version Profile publication Aeroplanes Gliders 1896-1939 recognize famous gull-winged Polish Fighter series plus similar aircraft nations over world knows sure idea first Madame Curie born Poland Polish Aero Club looking forward visits US modelers visa required visit Poland emphasize formerly involuntarily Communist country An International Drivers License acceptable better check terms insurance RC 27 MHz possible recommended because same problems few years back Twenty 35 MHz channels used Europe safe permitted Most Polish citizens bilingual Polish Russian German learning English translators can found Polish people proud free again Christmas hymn recalls Christian Poland led good king Wenceslaus repulsed Asian Huns led Attila swept Europe 1992 27 Right Tim Renaud Airtronics shows new Whisper sailplane Center Hazel Sig Hester Maxey Hester report 114scale model Hazels Spacewalker has added Sig line addition Samurai Slope Soarer Four-Star 120 Bottom right Rich Uravitch shown Fokker D-7 Other offerings new start-up company Leading Edge Models include two additional WW models 40-size glow engines three gentle jets Left The Little Theater display area Giant Scale models always jammed partly because interest Polish delegation Right primarily cars trucks boats part model display area relatively uncrowded
Edition: Model Aviation - 1992/06
Page Numbers: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
RC modelers flock annual WRAM Show find out whats new swap equipmentand swap stories George M Myers Above Quite crush occurred entrance crowd took work its way other two floors exhibits Right Lines front Westchester Civic Center far shorter year last THE WRAMs Westchester Radio Aeromodelers AMA chartered club #475 White Plains New York have staged annual midwinter show 24 years has grown gala event combines following beauty contesta judged display model airplanes boats carswith prizes trade showwherein manufacturers display newest greatest carnival midwayvendors booths videos playing goodies sale publicity event hobbystories local newspapers TV movies Delta Darts AMA NAMBA etc booths enlighten public flea marketthe Swap Shop District 2 meeting AMA members partyall modelers public invited attend June1992 23 24 Model Aviation addition WRAMs members also vote invite certain members national FAI teams visit participate show food concessions open plenty seats balcony opportunities schmus Schmus schmooze smooze word often heard New York City according Cassells German Dictionaty means chatter blarney soft-soap etc much work just get flying site ask No purpose always has give aeromodelers chance get together middle winter some good fellowship modelers show off latest models drool over latest gadgets manufacturers exchange used models surplus equipmentand talk other wordsa party wouldnt read club roster printed might feel inclined thank some hosts such Jerry Judge WRAM president Hank Nielsen publicity Louis V Scarlino show manager Allen Reinhardt static competition John Isbester Swap Shop Ed Alexis tickets Fred Coleman Secretary 28 Park Circle White Plains NY 10603 SO WHATS NEW year WRAMs honor prominent modeler McEntee medal years recipient Bill Winter long career writer modeler editor model magazines leaves no doubt selection well made Bill couldnt attend award accepted him John Worth looks very fit after recent surgery didnt discover anything radically different such introduction PCM radios some new companies some new products some new developments highlights listed alphabetically Ace R/C Inc Higginsville Missouri deserves mention improved Micropro 8000 transmitter now offers long-awaited R5232 interface either AM FM plus operation RC channel 27 50 53 72 75 MHz brings possibility needing transmitter models much closer predict will become very popular once people understand can easily configure transmitter particular model computer screen store configuration disk ask Well thing computer keyboard screen easier manipulate tiny devices inside transmitter another menu system much easier see understand displayed 80-character x 25-line computer screen displayed piece time much smaller screens fitted transmitters Configurations saved disk easily uploaded transmitter needed dont get lost transmitter sent out service eight channels eight configurations stored inside transmitter AM FM available using universal PPM encoding scheme List price transmitter $395 can buy XT-class laptop computer adequate word processing spreadsheets figuring taxes playing computer games programming transmitter less $500 dont haveor dont wanta computer transmitter can Polish delegation L-R Dorota Putrzynska Pawel Wlodarczyk Matgorzata Kalinoviska stand front part display champion Polish models Above top Tom Runge Ace A/C Inc shows American-made complete kit Whiz 40 Above Kress family L-R Fran son John Bob proudly exhibit two new products B-24 A-b Warthog Below Genial Lewis Polk Aristo-Craft demonstrates prototype Valiant PCM system Nick Zirolis Beechcraft D-18 kit has very attractive Scale modelers Bill Steffess Schenectady NY twin Quadra 35-powered 33-lb version great flier programmed control sticks viewed built-in screen before An American-made complete kit Whiz 40 also available purchaser gets everything needed build plane except glue covering engine radio means get $75 worth retail parts like wheels hinges pushrods Die-cut parts tab together perfect alignment 44-page primer 28-page step-by-step illustrated construction manual included firsttime builder will succeed design emphasizes ease construction slow stable flight economy float kit will available retail cost kit $109 Airtronics Inc livine California deserves mention its bean-shaped Infinity 1000 system under development nearing completion still uses airplanes receiver scanning receiver check unused RC channels Programming its functions done via touch-screen transmitter face system now records interference hits flight reports computer screen after flight over An overwhelming set options described 150-page manual has included men designed ATRCS system favorite Sailplaners Delivered its own carry case new coreless-motor ball-bearinged servos system features selection 50 synthesized 72 MHz airplane RC channels $1600 version single-crystal operation $1300 version Airtronics new Whisper sailplane will available two-meter standard class 100-in span electric power kit production has brought Irvine California plant Whisper will first kits run An Airtronics Specialty Division has established 11 Autry Irvine CA 92718 produces Soaring Exchange quarterly newsletter Airtronics intends directly service needs Sailplane market emphasis products specifically engineered satisfy discriminating Sailplaner Aristo-Craft/Polks Model Craft Hobbies Inc Jersey City New Jersey certainly deserves mention persevering face adversity prototype Valiant system nearing completion display production plastic case lives up specifications holds price should unbeatable system features eight channels 50-channel PLL synthesizer PCM uses airplane receiver scan empty channel has four servos June1992 25 Left This Ryan ST built James Star Surf City NJ judges put first Giant Scale Above Dave Abbe Hitec shows rubber duck antenna six-channel Master series Below left Henry Schietrumpf Mahanoy City PA proudly stands next P-26C Below right incredibly detailed Boeing P-26C weighs 3375 pounds powered Zenoah G62 Left Down basement found Tom Wentzel Huntington Station NY outstanding quarter-scale RC race car Center Right front Toms car supercharged V-8 engine already sold Right Joe Utasi Maureen Cervin manned Jomar booth well-known line electric motor throttles other gadgets has augmented lightweight E-switch replaces servo switch Ni-Cds charger flag instruction manual List price $395 Hitec R/C USA Inc reports satisfaction sales medium-priced line Hitec RC systems Hitec says rubber duck antenna produces much stronger signal off end antenna does conventional whip antenna fact rubber duck less threat other fliers should make configuration popular Pylon Racing crowd Kress Jets Saugerties New York has device almost guaranteed generate sales Novice level light clever belt-drive system offered power small multiengined models Setups Guillows Models B-24 B-17 B 25 P-38 PBY Catalina offered Yes small rubber-powered stickand-tissue models Astro 035 electric Cox Queen Bee 074 glow engine required lightness Id favor glow engine Kress also proudly exhibited B-24 A-b Warthog B-24 powered new belt-drive power unit A-b stand-off Scale model Desert Storm warnor Leading Edge Models Central Islip New York Rich Uravitch s new start-up company first offering includes three WW models 40 size glow engines Ziroli Eindecker Moraine-Saulnier Uravitchs Fokker D-7 Also offered three gentle jets previously kitted Sterner Engineering include F80 Shooting Star T-33 T-Bird reputed fighter worst air conditioning/heater system ever fitted airplane LTV A-7 Corsair II SR Batteries Inc Bellport New York deserves mention Smart ChargerlCycler microprocessor-controlled charger/cycler two 28 cells Aimed electric 26 Model Aviation motor market device powered 1 2-VDC automobile battery optional 1 lO-VAC power supply includes time temperature peakdetection switching 5-amp maximum charge rate adjustable 0- 200-mA trickle rate Other modes include Fast Field Charger temperature cutoff charging small receiver batteries constant-current cycler reports results both time mAh 250-amp digital ammeter Reverse polarity protected both input output low-voltage alarm included source side THE POLISH TEAM VISITED THIS YEAR Poland selected receive 1992 invitation attend WRAM Show wasnt easy get delegates New York Credit goes Howard Kuehn successfully completing necessary foreign arrangements cleared way Again credit goes WRAMs club assuming expenses hospitality shown visitors Polish team representatives led Pawel Wlodarczyk Manager Aeroklub Polski Polish Aero Club delegate ClAM Space Modeling subcommittee Mr Wlodarczyk highest level administrator civil aviation Poland Polish Aero Club divided eight areas interest follows Glidingunpowered man-carrying machines Ballooninghot air light gassupported man-carrying machines Para-glidingman-carrying hang gliders Parachuting including free-fall acrobatics Amateur Aircraft Construction privately huilt man-carrying powered aircraft activity has going Poland since 1956 now about 300 aircraft Considering suppressed other Communist satellites numbers surprising Sport AviationFlying non-military non-commercial man-carrying aircraft Above Larry Sribnick SR Batteries Inc displays new microprocessorcontrolled charger/cycler Below Charlene Charlie Cannon did landslide business Bill makes microminiature RC systems has new product due out soon took easy Above improved Swap Shop layout gave customers room move about reduced amount paging PA system Just about everyone liked change John Byrne retiring District 2 vice presidency presents Award Appreciation George Buso Aerobaticswith man-carrying aircraft Modelsincluding airplanes rockets about 600 aeromodeling clubs 46 clubs other types Polish Aero Club aeromodeling club has 15 20 satellite clubs may have noticed strong resemblance organization NAA begun Orville Wright United States Aero Club AMA began NAA Subcommittee Modelers Dorota Putrzynska Matgorzata Kalinoviska accompanied Mr Wlodarczyk Dorota Secretariat Polish Aero Club coordinates competitions also acted interpreter conversations Pawel three employees Polish Aero Club paid state purposes visit far Polish Aero club concerned raise cash send Polish teams two US competitions 1992 Polish unit currency zloty convertible US currency rate 11000 Z per dollar Polish Aero Club receives small amounts money Ministries Sport Education support Junior member activities work done bulk income derives volunteer effort Some income comes renovating old aircraft publishing magazines operating aeromodeling shops Other income received aeromodeling dues organizing aeromodeling competitions sanction fees Aeroklub Polski will host USA Indoor team July 6-12 1992 Indoor World Championships held Wroclaw Pawel said hoped meet people can facilitate two-way trade Poland modeling supplies address Aeroklub Polski 00-071 Warszawa ul Krakowskie Przedmiescie 55 telephone fax number 266 333 telex number 812 709 AeroPL Polish Aero Club ran ingenious raffle WRAM show bought ticket $5 Opening ticket revealed number entitled something display largest item completed scale model Saturn V moon rocket Everybody won something won Polish version Profile publication Aeroplanes Gliders 1896-1939 recognize famous gull-winged Polish Fighter series plus similar aircraft nations over world knows sure idea first Madame Curie born Poland Polish Aero Club looking forward visits US modelers visa required visit Poland emphasize formerly involuntarily Communist country An International Drivers License acceptable better check terms insurance RC 27 MHz possible recommended because same problems few years back Twenty 35 MHz channels used Europe safe permitted Most Polish citizens bilingual Polish Russian German learning English translators can found Polish people proud free again Christmas hymn recalls Christian Poland led good king Wenceslaus repulsed Asian Huns led Attila swept Europe 1992 27 Right Tim Renaud Airtronics shows new Whisper sailplane Center Hazel Sig Hester Maxey Hester report 114scale model Hazels Spacewalker has added Sig line addition Samurai Slope Soarer Four-Star 120 Bottom right Rich Uravitch shown Fokker D-7 Other offerings new start-up company Leading Edge Models include two additional WW models 40-size glow engines three gentle jets Left The Little Theater display area Giant Scale models always jammed partly because interest Polish delegation Right primarily cars trucks boats part model display area relatively uncrowded
Edition: Model Aviation - 1992/06
Page Numbers: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
RC modelers flock annual WRAM Show find out whats new swap equipmentand swap stories George M Myers Above Quite crush occurred entrance crowd took work its way other two floors exhibits Right Lines front Westchester Civic Center far shorter year last THE WRAMs Westchester Radio Aeromodelers AMA chartered club #475 White Plains New York have staged annual midwinter show 24 years has grown gala event combines following beauty contesta judged display model airplanes boats carswith prizes trade showwherein manufacturers display newest greatest carnival midwayvendors booths videos playing goodies sale publicity event hobbystories local newspapers TV movies Delta Darts AMA NAMBA etc booths enlighten public flea marketthe Swap Shop District 2 meeting AMA members partyall modelers public invited attend June1992 23 24 Model Aviation addition WRAMs members also vote invite certain members national FAI teams visit participate show food concessions open plenty seats balcony opportunities schmus Schmus schmooze smooze word often heard New York City according Cassells German Dictionaty means chatter blarney soft-soap etc much work just get flying site ask No purpose always has give aeromodelers chance get together middle winter some good fellowship modelers show off latest models drool over latest gadgets manufacturers exchange used models surplus equipmentand talk other wordsa party wouldnt read club roster printed might feel inclined thank some hosts such Jerry Judge WRAM president Hank Nielsen publicity Louis V Scarlino show manager Allen Reinhardt static competition John Isbester Swap Shop Ed Alexis tickets Fred Coleman Secretary 28 Park Circle White Plains NY 10603 SO WHATS NEW year WRAMs honor prominent modeler McEntee medal years recipient Bill Winter long career writer modeler editor model magazines leaves no doubt selection well made Bill couldnt attend award accepted him John Worth looks very fit after recent surgery didnt discover anything radically different such introduction PCM radios some new companies some new products some new developments highlights listed alphabetically Ace R/C Inc Higginsville Missouri deserves mention improved Micropro 8000 transmitter now offers long-awaited R5232 interface either AM FM plus operation RC channel 27 50 53 72 75 MHz brings possibility needing transmitter models much closer predict will become very popular once people understand can easily configure transmitter particular model computer screen store configuration disk ask Well thing computer keyboard screen easier manipulate tiny devices inside transmitter another menu system much easier see understand displayed 80-character x 25-line computer screen displayed piece time much smaller screens fitted transmitters Configurations saved disk easily uploaded transmitter needed dont get lost transmitter sent out service eight channels eight configurations stored inside transmitter AM FM available using universal PPM encoding scheme List price transmitter $395 can buy XT-class laptop computer adequate word processing spreadsheets figuring taxes playing computer games programming transmitter less $500 dont haveor dont wanta computer transmitter can Polish delegation L-R Dorota Putrzynska Pawel Wlodarczyk Matgorzata Kalinoviska stand front part display champion Polish models Above top Tom Runge Ace A/C Inc shows American-made complete kit Whiz 40 Above Kress family L-R Fran son John Bob proudly exhibit two new products B-24 A-b Warthog Below Genial Lewis Polk Aristo-Craft demonstrates prototype Valiant PCM system Nick Zirolis Beechcraft D-18 kit has very attractive Scale modelers Bill Steffess Schenectady NY twin Quadra 35-powered 33-lb version great flier programmed control sticks viewed built-in screen before An American-made complete kit Whiz 40 also available purchaser gets everything needed build plane except glue covering engine radio means get $75 worth retail parts like wheels hinges pushrods Die-cut parts tab together perfect alignment 44-page primer 28-page step-by-step illustrated construction manual included firsttime builder will succeed design emphasizes ease construction slow stable flight economy float kit will available retail cost kit $109 Airtronics Inc livine California deserves mention its bean-shaped Infinity 1000 system under development nearing completion still uses airplanes receiver scanning receiver check unused RC channels Programming its functions done via touch-screen transmitter face system now records interference hits flight reports computer screen after flight over An overwhelming set options described 150-page manual has included men designed ATRCS system favorite Sailplaners Delivered its own carry case new coreless-motor ball-bearinged servos system features selection 50 synthesized 72 MHz airplane RC channels $1600 version single-crystal operation $1300 version Airtronics new Whisper sailplane will available two-meter standard class 100-in span electric power kit production has brought Irvine California plant Whisper will first kits run An Airtronics Specialty Division has established 11 Autry Irvine CA 92718 produces Soaring Exchange quarterly newsletter Airtronics intends directly service needs Sailplane market emphasis products specifically engineered satisfy discriminating Sailplaner Aristo-Craft/Polks Model Craft Hobbies Inc Jersey City New Jersey certainly deserves mention persevering face adversity prototype Valiant system nearing completion display production plastic case lives up specifications holds price should unbeatable system features eight channels 50-channel PLL synthesizer PCM uses airplane receiver scan empty channel has four servos June1992 25 Left This Ryan ST built James Star Surf City NJ judges put first Giant Scale Above Dave Abbe Hitec shows rubber duck antenna six-channel Master series Below left Henry Schietrumpf Mahanoy City PA proudly stands next P-26C Below right incredibly detailed Boeing P-26C weighs 3375 pounds powered Zenoah G62 Left Down basement found Tom Wentzel Huntington Station NY outstanding quarter-scale RC race car Center Right front Toms car supercharged V-8 engine already sold Right Joe Utasi Maureen Cervin manned Jomar booth well-known line electric motor throttles other gadgets has augmented lightweight E-switch replaces servo switch Ni-Cds charger flag instruction manual List price $395 Hitec R/C USA Inc reports satisfaction sales medium-priced line Hitec RC systems Hitec says rubber duck antenna produces much stronger signal off end antenna does conventional whip antenna fact rubber duck less threat other fliers should make configuration popular Pylon Racing crowd Kress Jets Saugerties New York has device almost guaranteed generate sales Novice level light clever belt-drive system offered power small multiengined models Setups Guillows Models B-24 B-17 B 25 P-38 PBY Catalina offered Yes small rubber-powered stickand-tissue models Astro 035 electric Cox Queen Bee 074 glow engine required lightness Id favor glow engine Kress also proudly exhibited B-24 A-b Warthog B-24 powered new belt-drive power unit A-b stand-off Scale model Desert Storm warnor Leading Edge Models Central Islip New York Rich Uravitch s new start-up company first offering includes three WW models 40 size glow engines Ziroli Eindecker Moraine-Saulnier Uravitchs Fokker D-7 Also offered three gentle jets previously kitted Sterner Engineering include F80 Shooting Star T-33 T-Bird reputed fighter worst air conditioning/heater system ever fitted airplane LTV A-7 Corsair II SR Batteries Inc Bellport New York deserves mention Smart ChargerlCycler microprocessor-controlled charger/cycler two 28 cells Aimed electric 26 Model Aviation motor market device powered 1 2-VDC automobile battery optional 1 lO-VAC power supply includes time temperature peakdetection switching 5-amp maximum charge rate adjustable 0- 200-mA trickle rate Other modes include Fast Field Charger temperature cutoff charging small receiver batteries constant-current cycler reports results both time mAh 250-amp digital ammeter Reverse polarity protected both input output low-voltage alarm included source side THE POLISH TEAM VISITED THIS YEAR Poland selected receive 1992 invitation attend WRAM Show wasnt easy get delegates New York Credit goes Howard Kuehn successfully completing necessary foreign arrangements cleared way Again credit goes WRAMs club assuming expenses hospitality shown visitors Polish team representatives led Pawel Wlodarczyk Manager Aeroklub Polski Polish Aero Club delegate ClAM Space Modeling subcommittee Mr Wlodarczyk highest level administrator civil aviation Poland Polish Aero Club divided eight areas interest follows Glidingunpowered man-carrying machines Ballooninghot air light gassupported man-carrying machines Para-glidingman-carrying hang gliders Parachuting including free-fall acrobatics Amateur Aircraft Construction privately huilt man-carrying powered aircraft activity has going Poland since 1956 now about 300 aircraft Considering suppressed other Communist satellites numbers surprising Sport AviationFlying non-military non-commercial man-carrying aircraft Above Larry Sribnick SR Batteries Inc displays new microprocessorcontrolled charger/cycler Below Charlene Charlie Cannon did landslide business Bill makes microminiature RC systems has new product due out soon took easy Above improved Swap Shop layout gave customers room move about reduced amount paging PA system Just about everyone liked change John Byrne retiring District 2 vice presidency presents Award Appreciation George Buso Aerobaticswith man-carrying aircraft Modelsincluding airplanes rockets about 600 aeromodeling clubs 46 clubs other types Polish Aero Club aeromodeling club has 15 20 satellite clubs may have noticed strong resemblance organization NAA begun Orville Wright United States Aero Club AMA began NAA Subcommittee Modelers Dorota Putrzynska Matgorzata Kalinoviska accompanied Mr Wlodarczyk Dorota Secretariat Polish Aero Club coordinates competitions also acted interpreter conversations Pawel three employees Polish Aero Club paid state purposes visit far Polish Aero club concerned raise cash send Polish teams two US competitions 1992 Polish unit currency zloty convertible US currency rate 11000 Z per dollar Polish Aero Club receives small amounts money Ministries Sport Education support Junior member activities work done bulk income derives volunteer effort Some income comes renovating old aircraft publishing magazines operating aeromodeling shops Other income received aeromodeling dues organizing aeromodeling competitions sanction fees Aeroklub Polski will host USA Indoor team July 6-12 1992 Indoor World Championships held Wroclaw Pawel said hoped meet people can facilitate two-way trade Poland modeling supplies address Aeroklub Polski 00-071 Warszawa ul Krakowskie Przedmiescie 55 telephone fax number 266 333 telex number 812 709 AeroPL Polish Aero Club ran ingenious raffle WRAM show bought ticket $5 Opening ticket revealed number entitled something display largest item completed scale model Saturn V moon rocket Everybody won something won Polish version Profile publication Aeroplanes Gliders 1896-1939 recognize famous gull-winged Polish Fighter series plus similar aircraft nations over world knows sure idea first Madame Curie born Poland Polish Aero Club looking forward visits US modelers visa required visit Poland emphasize formerly involuntarily Communist country An International Drivers License acceptable better check terms insurance RC 27 MHz possible recommended because same problems few years back Twenty 35 MHz channels used Europe safe permitted Most Polish citizens bilingual Polish Russian German learning English translators can found Polish people proud free again Christmas hymn recalls Christian Poland led good king Wenceslaus repulsed Asian Huns led Attila swept Europe 1992 27 Right Tim Renaud Airtronics shows new Whisper sailplane Center Hazel Sig Hester Maxey Hester report 114scale model Hazels Spacewalker has added Sig line addition Samurai Slope Soarer Four-Star 120 Bottom right Rich Uravitch shown Fokker D-7 Other offerings new start-up company Leading Edge Models include two additional WW models 40-size glow engines three gentle jets Left The Little Theater display area Giant Scale models always jammed partly because interest Polish delegation Right primarily cars trucks boats part model display area relatively uncrowded
Edition: Model Aviation - 1992/06
Page Numbers: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
RC modelers flock annual WRAM Show find out whats new swap equipmentand swap stories George M Myers Above Quite crush occurred entrance crowd took work its way other two floors exhibits Right Lines front Westchester Civic Center far shorter year last THE WRAMs Westchester Radio Aeromodelers AMA chartered club #475 White Plains New York have staged annual midwinter show 24 years has grown gala event combines following beauty contesta judged display model airplanes boats carswith prizes trade showwherein manufacturers display newest greatest carnival midwayvendors booths videos playing goodies sale publicity event hobbystories local newspapers TV movies Delta Darts AMA NAMBA etc booths enlighten public flea marketthe Swap Shop District 2 meeting AMA members partyall modelers public invited attend June1992 23 24 Model Aviation addition WRAMs members also vote invite certain members national FAI teams visit participate show food concessions open plenty seats balcony opportunities schmus Schmus schmooze smooze word often heard New York City according Cassells German Dictionaty means chatter blarney soft-soap etc much work just get flying site ask No purpose always has give aeromodelers chance get together middle winter some good fellowship modelers show off latest models drool over latest gadgets manufacturers exchange used models surplus equipmentand talk other wordsa party wouldnt read club roster printed might feel inclined thank some hosts such Jerry Judge WRAM president Hank Nielsen publicity Louis V Scarlino show manager Allen Reinhardt static competition John Isbester Swap Shop Ed Alexis tickets Fred Coleman Secretary 28 Park Circle White Plains NY 10603 SO WHATS NEW year WRAMs honor prominent modeler McEntee medal years recipient Bill Winter long career writer modeler editor model magazines leaves no doubt selection well made Bill couldnt attend award accepted him John Worth looks very fit after recent surgery didnt discover anything radically different such introduction PCM radios some new companies some new products some new developments highlights listed alphabetically Ace R/C Inc Higginsville Missouri deserves mention improved Micropro 8000 transmitter now offers long-awaited R5232 interface either AM FM plus operation RC channel 27 50 53 72 75 MHz brings possibility needing transmitter models much closer predict will become very popular once people understand can easily configure transmitter particular model computer screen store configuration disk ask Well thing computer keyboard screen easier manipulate tiny devices inside transmitter another menu system much easier see understand displayed 80-character x 25-line computer screen displayed piece time much smaller screens fitted transmitters Configurations saved disk easily uploaded transmitter needed dont get lost transmitter sent out service eight channels eight configurations stored inside transmitter AM FM available using universal PPM encoding scheme List price transmitter $395 can buy XT-class laptop computer adequate word processing spreadsheets figuring taxes playing computer games programming transmitter less $500 dont haveor dont wanta computer transmitter can Polish delegation L-R Dorota Putrzynska Pawel Wlodarczyk Matgorzata Kalinoviska stand front part display champion Polish models Above top Tom Runge Ace A/C Inc shows American-made complete kit Whiz 40 Above Kress family L-R Fran son John Bob proudly exhibit two new products B-24 A-b Warthog Below Genial Lewis Polk Aristo-Craft demonstrates prototype Valiant PCM system Nick Zirolis Beechcraft D-18 kit has very attractive Scale modelers Bill Steffess Schenectady NY twin Quadra 35-powered 33-lb version great flier programmed control sticks viewed built-in screen before An American-made complete kit Whiz 40 also available purchaser gets everything needed build plane except glue covering engine radio means get $75 worth retail parts like wheels hinges pushrods Die-cut parts tab together perfect alignment 44-page primer 28-page step-by-step illustrated construction manual included firsttime builder will succeed design emphasizes ease construction slow stable flight economy float kit will available retail cost kit $109 Airtronics Inc livine California deserves mention its bean-shaped Infinity 1000 system under development nearing completion still uses airplanes receiver scanning receiver check unused RC channels Programming its functions done via touch-screen transmitter face system now records interference hits flight reports computer screen after flight over An overwhelming set options described 150-page manual has included men designed ATRCS system favorite Sailplaners Delivered its own carry case new coreless-motor ball-bearinged servos system features selection 50 synthesized 72 MHz airplane RC channels $1600 version single-crystal operation $1300 version Airtronics new Whisper sailplane will available two-meter standard class 100-in span electric power kit production has brought Irvine California plant Whisper will first kits run An Airtronics Specialty Division has established 11 Autry Irvine CA 92718 produces Soaring Exchange quarterly newsletter Airtronics intends directly service needs Sailplane market emphasis products specifically engineered satisfy discriminating Sailplaner Aristo-Craft/Polks Model Craft Hobbies Inc Jersey City New Jersey certainly deserves mention persevering face adversity prototype Valiant system nearing completion display production plastic case lives up specifications holds price should unbeatable system features eight channels 50-channel PLL synthesizer PCM uses airplane receiver scan empty channel has four servos June1992 25 Left This Ryan ST built James Star Surf City NJ judges put first Giant Scale Above Dave Abbe Hitec shows rubber duck antenna six-channel Master series Below left Henry Schietrumpf Mahanoy City PA proudly stands next P-26C Below right incredibly detailed Boeing P-26C weighs 3375 pounds powered Zenoah G62 Left Down basement found Tom Wentzel Huntington Station NY outstanding quarter-scale RC race car Center Right front Toms car supercharged V-8 engine already sold Right Joe Utasi Maureen Cervin manned Jomar booth well-known line electric motor throttles other gadgets has augmented lightweight E-switch replaces servo switch Ni-Cds charger flag instruction manual List price $395 Hitec R/C USA Inc reports satisfaction sales medium-priced line Hitec RC systems Hitec says rubber duck antenna produces much stronger signal off end antenna does conventional whip antenna fact rubber duck less threat other fliers should make configuration popular Pylon Racing crowd Kress Jets Saugerties New York has device almost guaranteed generate sales Novice level light clever belt-drive system offered power small multiengined models Setups Guillows Models B-24 B-17 B 25 P-38 PBY Catalina offered Yes small rubber-powered stickand-tissue models Astro 035 electric Cox Queen Bee 074 glow engine required lightness Id favor glow engine Kress also proudly exhibited B-24 A-b Warthog B-24 powered new belt-drive power unit A-b stand-off Scale model Desert Storm warnor Leading Edge Models Central Islip New York Rich Uravitch s new start-up company first offering includes three WW models 40 size glow engines Ziroli Eindecker Moraine-Saulnier Uravitchs Fokker D-7 Also offered three gentle jets previously kitted Sterner Engineering include F80 Shooting Star T-33 T-Bird reputed fighter worst air conditioning/heater system ever fitted airplane LTV A-7 Corsair II SR Batteries Inc Bellport New York deserves mention Smart ChargerlCycler microprocessor-controlled charger/cycler two 28 cells Aimed electric 26 Model Aviation motor market device powered 1 2-VDC automobile battery optional 1 lO-VAC power supply includes time temperature peakdetection switching 5-amp maximum charge rate adjustable 0- 200-mA trickle rate Other modes include Fast Field Charger temperature cutoff charging small receiver batteries constant-current cycler reports results both time mAh 250-amp digital ammeter Reverse polarity protected both input output low-voltage alarm included source side THE POLISH TEAM VISITED THIS YEAR Poland selected receive 1992 invitation attend WRAM Show wasnt easy get delegates New York Credit goes Howard Kuehn successfully completing necessary foreign arrangements cleared way Again credit goes WRAMs club assuming expenses hospitality shown visitors Polish team representatives led Pawel Wlodarczyk Manager Aeroklub Polski Polish Aero Club delegate ClAM Space Modeling subcommittee Mr Wlodarczyk highest level administrator civil aviation Poland Polish Aero Club divided eight areas interest follows Glidingunpowered man-carrying machines Ballooninghot air light gassupported man-carrying machines Para-glidingman-carrying hang gliders Parachuting including free-fall acrobatics Amateur Aircraft Construction privately huilt man-carrying powered aircraft activity has going Poland since 1956 now about 300 aircraft Considering suppressed other Communist satellites numbers surprising Sport AviationFlying non-military non-commercial man-carrying aircraft Above Larry Sribnick SR Batteries Inc displays new microprocessorcontrolled charger/cycler Below Charlene Charlie Cannon did landslide business Bill makes microminiature RC systems has new product due out soon took easy Above improved Swap Shop layout gave customers room move about reduced amount paging PA system Just about everyone liked change John Byrne retiring District 2 vice presidency presents Award Appreciation George Buso Aerobaticswith man-carrying aircraft Modelsincluding airplanes rockets about 600 aeromodeling clubs 46 clubs other types Polish Aero Club aeromodeling club has 15 20 satellite clubs may have noticed strong resemblance organization NAA begun Orville Wright United States Aero Club AMA began NAA Subcommittee Modelers Dorota Putrzynska Matgorzata Kalinoviska accompanied Mr Wlodarczyk Dorota Secretariat Polish Aero Club coordinates competitions also acted interpreter conversations Pawel three employees Polish Aero Club paid state purposes visit far Polish Aero club concerned raise cash send Polish teams two US competitions 1992 Polish unit currency zloty convertible US currency rate 11000 Z per dollar Polish Aero Club receives small amounts money Ministries Sport Education support Junior member activities work done bulk income derives volunteer effort Some income comes renovating old aircraft publishing magazines operating aeromodeling shops Other income received aeromodeling dues organizing aeromodeling competitions sanction fees Aeroklub Polski will host USA Indoor team July 6-12 1992 Indoor World Championships held Wroclaw Pawel said hoped meet people can facilitate two-way trade Poland modeling supplies address Aeroklub Polski 00-071 Warszawa ul Krakowskie Przedmiescie 55 telephone fax number 266 333 telex number 812 709 AeroPL Polish Aero Club ran ingenious raffle WRAM show bought ticket $5 Opening ticket revealed number entitled something display largest item completed scale model Saturn V moon rocket Everybody won something won Polish version Profile publication Aeroplanes Gliders 1896-1939 recognize famous gull-winged Polish Fighter series plus similar aircraft nations over world knows sure idea first Madame Curie born Poland Polish Aero Club looking forward visits US modelers visa required visit Poland emphasize formerly involuntarily Communist country An International Drivers License acceptable better check terms insurance RC 27 MHz possible recommended because same problems few years back Twenty 35 MHz channels used Europe safe permitted Most Polish citizens bilingual Polish Russian German learning English translators can found Polish people proud free again Christmas hymn recalls Christian Poland led good king Wenceslaus repulsed Asian Huns led Attila swept Europe 1992 27 Right Tim Renaud Airtronics shows new Whisper sailplane Center Hazel Sig Hester Maxey Hester report 114scale model Hazels Spacewalker has added Sig line addition Samurai Slope Soarer Four-Star 120 Bottom right Rich Uravitch shown Fokker D-7 Other offerings new start-up company Leading Edge Models include two additional WW models 40-size glow engines three gentle jets Left The Little Theater display area Giant Scale models always jammed partly because interest Polish delegation Right primarily cars trucks boats part model display area relatively uncrowded
Edition: Model Aviation - 1992/06
Page Numbers: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
RC modelers flock annual WRAM Show find out whats new swap equipmentand swap stories George M Myers Above Quite crush occurred entrance crowd took work its way other two floors exhibits Right Lines front Westchester Civic Center far shorter year last THE WRAMs Westchester Radio Aeromodelers AMA chartered club #475 White Plains New York have staged annual midwinter show 24 years has grown gala event combines following beauty contesta judged display model airplanes boats carswith prizes trade showwherein manufacturers display newest greatest carnival midwayvendors booths videos playing goodies sale publicity event hobbystories local newspapers TV movies Delta Darts AMA NAMBA etc booths enlighten public flea marketthe Swap Shop District 2 meeting AMA members partyall modelers public invited attend June1992 23 24 Model Aviation addition WRAMs members also vote invite certain members national FAI teams visit participate show food concessions open plenty seats balcony opportunities schmus Schmus schmooze smooze word often heard New York City according Cassells German Dictionaty means chatter blarney soft-soap etc much work just get flying site ask No purpose always has give aeromodelers chance get together middle winter some good fellowship modelers show off latest models drool over latest gadgets manufacturers exchange used models surplus equipmentand talk other wordsa party wouldnt read club roster printed might feel inclined thank some hosts such Jerry Judge WRAM president Hank Nielsen publicity Louis V Scarlino show manager Allen Reinhardt static competition John Isbester Swap Shop Ed Alexis tickets Fred Coleman Secretary 28 Park Circle White Plains NY 10603 SO WHATS NEW year WRAMs honor prominent modeler McEntee medal years recipient Bill Winter long career writer modeler editor model magazines leaves no doubt selection well made Bill couldnt attend award accepted him John Worth looks very fit after recent surgery didnt discover anything radically different such introduction PCM radios some new companies some new products some new developments highlights listed alphabetically Ace R/C Inc Higginsville Missouri deserves mention improved Micropro 8000 transmitter now offers long-awaited R5232 interface either AM FM plus operation RC channel 27 50 53 72 75 MHz brings possibility needing transmitter models much closer predict will become very popular once people understand can easily configure transmitter particular model computer screen store configuration disk ask Well thing computer keyboard screen easier manipulate tiny devices inside transmitter another menu system much easier see understand displayed 80-character x 25-line computer screen displayed piece time much smaller screens fitted transmitters Configurations saved disk easily uploaded transmitter needed dont get lost transmitter sent out service eight channels eight configurations stored inside transmitter AM FM available using universal PPM encoding scheme List price transmitter $395 can buy XT-class laptop computer adequate word processing spreadsheets figuring taxes playing computer games programming transmitter less $500 dont haveor dont wanta computer transmitter can Polish delegation L-R Dorota Putrzynska Pawel Wlodarczyk Matgorzata Kalinoviska stand front part display champion Polish models Above top Tom Runge Ace A/C Inc shows American-made complete kit Whiz 40 Above Kress family L-R Fran son John Bob proudly exhibit two new products B-24 A-b Warthog Below Genial Lewis Polk Aristo-Craft demonstrates prototype Valiant PCM system Nick Zirolis Beechcraft D-18 kit has very attractive Scale modelers Bill Steffess Schenectady NY twin Quadra 35-powered 33-lb version great flier programmed control sticks viewed built-in screen before An American-made complete kit Whiz 40 also available purchaser gets everything needed build plane except glue covering engine radio means get $75 worth retail parts like wheels hinges pushrods Die-cut parts tab together perfect alignment 44-page primer 28-page step-by-step illustrated construction manual included firsttime builder will succeed design emphasizes ease construction slow stable flight economy float kit will available retail cost kit $109 Airtronics Inc livine California deserves mention its bean-shaped Infinity 1000 system under development nearing completion still uses airplanes receiver scanning receiver check unused RC channels Programming its functions done via touch-screen transmitter face system now records interference hits flight reports computer screen after flight over An overwhelming set options described 150-page manual has included men designed ATRCS system favorite Sailplaners Delivered its own carry case new coreless-motor ball-bearinged servos system features selection 50 synthesized 72 MHz airplane RC channels $1600 version single-crystal operation $1300 version Airtronics new Whisper sailplane will available two-meter standard class 100-in span electric power kit production has brought Irvine California plant Whisper will first kits run An Airtronics Specialty Division has established 11 Autry Irvine CA 92718 produces Soaring Exchange quarterly newsletter Airtronics intends directly service needs Sailplane market emphasis products specifically engineered satisfy discriminating Sailplaner Aristo-Craft/Polks Model Craft Hobbies Inc Jersey City New Jersey certainly deserves mention persevering face adversity prototype Valiant system nearing completion display production plastic case lives up specifications holds price should unbeatable system features eight channels 50-channel PLL synthesizer PCM uses airplane receiver scan empty channel has four servos June1992 25 Left This Ryan ST built James Star Surf City NJ judges put first Giant Scale Above Dave Abbe Hitec shows rubber duck antenna six-channel Master series Below left Henry Schietrumpf Mahanoy City PA proudly stands next P-26C Below right incredibly detailed Boeing P-26C weighs 3375 pounds powered Zenoah G62 Left Down basement found Tom Wentzel Huntington Station NY outstanding quarter-scale RC race car Center Right front Toms car supercharged V-8 engine already sold Right Joe Utasi Maureen Cervin manned Jomar booth well-known line electric motor throttles other gadgets has augmented lightweight E-switch replaces servo switch Ni-Cds charger flag instruction manual List price $395 Hitec R/C USA Inc reports satisfaction sales medium-priced line Hitec RC systems Hitec says rubber duck antenna produces much stronger signal off end antenna does conventional whip antenna fact rubber duck less threat other fliers should make configuration popular Pylon Racing crowd Kress Jets Saugerties New York has device almost guaranteed generate sales Novice level light clever belt-drive system offered power small multiengined models Setups Guillows Models B-24 B-17 B 25 P-38 PBY Catalina offered Yes small rubber-powered stickand-tissue models Astro 035 electric Cox Queen Bee 074 glow engine required lightness Id favor glow engine Kress also proudly exhibited B-24 A-b Warthog B-24 powered new belt-drive power unit A-b stand-off Scale model Desert Storm warnor Leading Edge Models Central Islip New York Rich Uravitch s new start-up company first offering includes three WW models 40 size glow engines Ziroli Eindecker Moraine-Saulnier Uravitchs Fokker D-7 Also offered three gentle jets previously kitted Sterner Engineering include F80 Shooting Star T-33 T-Bird reputed fighter worst air conditioning/heater system ever fitted airplane LTV A-7 Corsair II SR Batteries Inc Bellport New York deserves mention Smart ChargerlCycler microprocessor-controlled charger/cycler two 28 cells Aimed electric 26 Model Aviation motor market device powered 1 2-VDC automobile battery optional 1 lO-VAC power supply includes time temperature peakdetection switching 5-amp maximum charge rate adjustable 0- 200-mA trickle rate Other modes include Fast Field Charger temperature cutoff charging small receiver batteries constant-current cycler reports results both time mAh 250-amp digital ammeter Reverse polarity protected both input output low-voltage alarm included source side THE POLISH TEAM VISITED THIS YEAR Poland selected receive 1992 invitation attend WRAM Show wasnt easy get delegates New York Credit goes Howard Kuehn successfully completing necessary foreign arrangements cleared way Again credit goes WRAMs club assuming expenses hospitality shown visitors Polish team representatives led Pawel Wlodarczyk Manager Aeroklub Polski Polish Aero Club delegate ClAM Space Modeling subcommittee Mr Wlodarczyk highest level administrator civil aviation Poland Polish Aero Club divided eight areas interest follows Glidingunpowered man-carrying machines Ballooninghot air light gassupported man-carrying machines Para-glidingman-carrying hang gliders Parachuting including free-fall acrobatics Amateur Aircraft Construction privately huilt man-carrying powered aircraft activity has going Poland since 1956 now about 300 aircraft Considering suppressed other Communist satellites numbers surprising Sport AviationFlying non-military non-commercial man-carrying aircraft Above Larry Sribnick SR Batteries Inc displays new microprocessorcontrolled charger/cycler Below Charlene Charlie Cannon did landslide business Bill makes microminiature RC systems has new product due out soon took easy Above improved Swap Shop layout gave customers room move about reduced amount paging PA system Just about everyone liked change John Byrne retiring District 2 vice presidency presents Award Appreciation George Buso Aerobaticswith man-carrying aircraft Modelsincluding airplanes rockets about 600 aeromodeling clubs 46 clubs other types Polish Aero Club aeromodeling club has 15 20 satellite clubs may have noticed strong resemblance organization NAA begun Orville Wright United States Aero Club AMA began NAA Subcommittee Modelers Dorota Putrzynska Matgorzata Kalinoviska accompanied Mr Wlodarczyk Dorota Secretariat Polish Aero Club coordinates competitions also acted interpreter conversations Pawel three employees Polish Aero Club paid state purposes visit far Polish Aero club concerned raise cash send Polish teams two US competitions 1992 Polish unit currency zloty convertible US currency rate 11000 Z per dollar Polish Aero Club receives small amounts money Ministries Sport Education support Junior member activities work done bulk income derives volunteer effort Some income comes renovating old aircraft publishing magazines operating aeromodeling shops Other income received aeromodeling dues organizing aeromodeling competitions sanction fees Aeroklub Polski will host USA Indoor team July 6-12 1992 Indoor World Championships held Wroclaw Pawel said hoped meet people can facilitate two-way trade Poland modeling supplies address Aeroklub Polski 00-071 Warszawa ul Krakowskie Przedmiescie 55 telephone fax number 266 333 telex number 812 709 AeroPL Polish Aero Club ran ingenious raffle WRAM show bought ticket $5 Opening ticket revealed number entitled something display largest item completed scale model Saturn V moon rocket Everybody won something won Polish version Profile publication Aeroplanes Gliders 1896-1939 recognize famous gull-winged Polish Fighter series plus similar aircraft nations over world knows sure idea first Madame Curie born Poland Polish Aero Club looking forward visits US modelers visa required visit Poland emphasize formerly involuntarily Communist country An International Drivers License acceptable better check terms insurance RC 27 MHz possible recommended because same problems few years back Twenty 35 MHz channels used Europe safe permitted Most Polish citizens bilingual Polish Russian German learning English translators can found Polish people proud free again Christmas hymn recalls Christian Poland led good king Wenceslaus repulsed Asian Huns led Attila swept Europe 1992 27 Right Tim Renaud Airtronics shows new Whisper sailplane Center Hazel Sig Hester Maxey Hester report 114scale model Hazels Spacewalker has added Sig line addition Samurai Slope Soarer Four-Star 120 Bottom right Rich Uravitch shown Fokker D-7 Other offerings new start-up company Leading Edge Models include two additional WW models 40-size glow engines three gentle jets Left The Little Theater display area Giant Scale models always jammed partly because interest Polish delegation Right primarily cars trucks boats part model display area relatively uncrowded