AMA Indoor Nats and NFFS U.S. Indoor Champs

Au I Eu S trusawork OT yarn earn uuee irnu unIvuw uuuuuu eet over 208 x 420-ft floor Immense bi or maNy home field ETSU Buccaneers football bauietbalI track teams foreground contestants preparing free stranded model roof girders lines attached balloons also used steer models various obstructions THE IMPORTANT serious FAI World Championships contest officially ended 530 pm night before mo ment 65-centimeter microfilm models cruised vast spaces East Ten nessee State Universitys great Minidome put back boxes Now time l time just about kind Indoor competition youd like combined AMA Indoor Nation als United States Indoor Championships Miami Indoor Model Airplane Associa tion Grand Prix about begin Easy B Peanut Scale Gliders Helicop ters Ornithopters Manhattans Boston ians Microfilm Stick Cabin Pennyplane special event Rubber Scale models President George Bushs Grum man Avenger veritable cornucopia Indoor events some 26 flown over frantic exhausting seldom-a-dull-moment oftengrueling three-day period test survivors Happily participants passed test Perhaps story will help remember little what saw did Johnson City TN June 7-8-9 1990 Lots modelers entry list totaled 142 topping signup 102 1989 135 previous year Illinois led 27 represented states 15 contes tants followed Indiana 10 10 Left pit row busy area during three days USiC/Nats Scores worktables lined sides ends arena contestants prepped repaired entries Jim Grant Windsor CT works Pennyplane Ray Harlan Wayland MA fin ishes winding Manhattan Cabin model Right Bostonians being prepared offlciais table Bostonian real leap participation perfQrmance year 54 contestants three posted offlciai flights over four minutesdurations unheard year ago 68 Model Aviation Left Ive always wanted build Peanut Scale model said Indoor veteran Ron Ganser Pittsburgh PA traditionally flies nonscale duration events splendid 1911 Cessna result Rons efforts built Gene Thomas plan weighs 65 grams has working spring-loaded landing gear model finished ninth place best flight 57 seconds complete list trophy winners 1990 USIC/Nats appears Competition News section magazine Right No hidden handsjust air ETSU Mlnidome supporting big Coconut Taylorcraft banked past photographers Bob Clemens Nikon F4 autofocus cam era 54-in-span giant built flown George Nunez Miami FL brought wide selection models contest entries Canada three UK three France Switzer land meet took cosmopolitan ambi ence layovers FM Championships wanted flying Minidomes nearly ideal atmo sphere second time long history AMA Nationals Indoor com petition completely broken away both time place rest big show no weeping gnashing teeth could detected among assem bled contestants could re call less ideal venues required use integrated Nats past years Hand-Launched flying together Looking over dozens fliers scattered about mammoth floor Minidome quickly obvious Catapult Glider event coming fast strong No arms steel needed herejust six-inch stick short rubberband attached 12in -span Glider maximum wing chord Like living denizen airy sea Frank Kiesers Ornithopter slowly cruises past camera undulating strokes Its four rear-mounted wings Vero Beach FL res ident pioneered unique canard design yes its flying right left won Nats Impressive 1430 flight duration October 1990 69 Left it long afternoon Peanut judges Bob Champine sitting John Voorhees 34 13-in beauties examine grade give Mliiard Wells Curtiss 0-52 Owl once-ove DIMt Exhaust smudges panel lines show up clearly close-up shot Michael Hines sixth-place Peanut model r pre-Worid War ii speed record fame full-scale shio set wand rnanrd af AA29 mnh Mnrrh 1020 th later special Messerschmitt Me-209V-1 Gliders led off competition 730 Thursday morning both Catapult Jim Millers Volsin canard hydroplane Pea nut passes during its official flights Although its unorthodox configura tion garnered some bonus points under nasIng Its own shadow across MiniPeanut rules proved difficult trim dome floor Walt Eggerts Farman Sport Pea spite five Millers six competi nut descends landing little biplane tion flights over minute half placed seventh just out trophy range three inches catapulters outnumbered throw ers 46 27 tyros among quickly discovered hardto-master subtleties seemingly sim ple event couldnt over minute forget about winning trophy totally unique appearance typical Federation ROG shows clearly exam ple passes directly overhead Despite being limited mere 30 sq wing area FROGs blend simplicity hightechnology can produce flights well over seven minutes using six-inch plastic prop Note thin bracing wires extending down either side models motor stick Left Del Ogren Deerfield IL flew multi-plane design Lim ited Pennypiane triplane wing biplane tail Ogren noted fanciful creations placed 14th best flight 1141 Above out synch year said Don Lindley Naperville IL about Bostonian seen cruising sixth-place score would have won event 1989 USiCI Dons proposal put Bostonian rule book official AMA indoor event Winners people seemed to ride arrowlike launch put enjoying event attracting just under 116-ft ceiling flicked modelers wouldnt touch HandLaunched Glider 10-foot pole included such unlikely Glider fliers Ce zar Banks winning United States World Champs team longtime microfilmer Bob Champine placed sixth Phil Klintworth Pennyplaner Gordon Wisniew ski Rich Doig best flights seemed Disaster Richard Doig catches microfilmcovered Hand-Launch Stick after attempt cloud Easy-B models floats overhead balloon away cluster ceiling during competition 18-in lightweights speakers went awry folding fragile wing day USIC/Nats Always popand sending model slowly spiraling ular event Easy B drew 83 entries year floor Later Richard managed garner wasnt unusual see 20 third place event 3931 flIght smali airplanes airborne same time 70 Model Aviation Left A Zippy Sport home-built flies its way fourth-place finish AMA Rubber Scale Built John Blair Warren NV model weighed 30 grams easily put two flights over 90 secondsmaxes event Only 14 models category entered year Right First Peanut Scale awhile Walnut Scale Next came diminutive Pistachio event Last far least came Coconut Scale calling minimum 36-in span monopianes 30 muitiwing models minimum weight ounce Mooney Scale judging David Aronstein Renton WA built boxy 40-in-span Cessna Caravan compete Coconut Scale quarter-roll slow descending circle Easy B usual popular event 83 entries Swarms 18-inspan models ebbed flowed dome competition wore times 20 clouded air Amazingly few colli sions noted despite jam Nearly 30 years ago Easy B new lit tle Bs indeed relatively easy 11- 12-minute flight regarded excellent Today 20-minute flights scarcely raise eyebrow 10 among tightly packed top seven Open fliers mere second separated Canadian John Mar etts 2141 first place Walt Van Gorders 2140 second spread tween first seventh places 134 Some good kids flying too Don Slusarczyk Brecksville OH easily won Junior Easy B flight 19 min utes used FAI Model Supply tan rubber Marett explained winning flight used 15A -in loop 040 2496 turns 64 backed off hit another model way down dropped about five feet before recovering feel cost 30 sec onds minute time might have cost him first place too fortune smiled John Marett day rest contest well Toronto accountant went win Nats/USIC Grand Cham pion title scoring total 595 points out possible 700 events declared As expected Pennyplane its supposed ly easier cousin Limited Pennyplane also filled dome models 56 PP entries 88 LPP Pennyplane interesting remarked CD Tony Ital iano have flight over 13 minutes winners circle Les Garber won Pennyplane three flights over 15 minutes best 1535 Tony less ecstatic about Research Development event added USIC schedule year events noble motive encourage promote new innovative rubber-powered Indoor mod el designs R&D event disap pointment commented 16 entries two werent standard door models kind another both flying wings Apparently rules need modified As past USIC gatherings Peanut Unlimited Rubber Speed events pro vided combination thrills spills laughs fliers spectators alike vari ous models attempted complete two laps around pylon course marked cords hanging balloons 20 ft apart Its difficult challenge think until try Only eight Unlimited two Peanut rac ers solved Speed course Tom Nied Roselle IL winning Unlimited 1731 mph Chicago Aeronut Chuck Markos little Peanut Dayton-Wright racer taking first event speed 119 mph Shortly before close competition both helium balloons shattered speeding models cut corner bit too close theyd tried re marked wag among onlookers couldnt have done Helicopter Ornithopter until re cent years hardly littleflown understood record trials events have come out obscurity thanks inclusion Indoor Nats schedule Flo ridian Frank Kiesers multiwinged machine topped six-man field impressive 1146 flight Joe Krush Wayne PA fin ished second 1139 Tom Vallee Laurel MD won HliAntr 1V43 hut qt u new n3tinnal record process Like Indoor hel ios Vallees machine used counter-rotat ing two-bladed microfilm-covered rotors mounted simple motor tube Six other contestants flew Helicopters including Grand Champ John Marett placed sec ond Vallee Indoor Cabin least flown demanding events AMA rule book Nats again displayed its low popularity rating seven contes tants cranking up models official flights Ohioan Larry Loucka true stal warts event won first placeand venerable Stout Indoor Trophy goes itby turning excellent time 2747 Senior flier Don Slusarczyk close second 2710 Manhattan Cabin features somewhat robust easier-to-handle models has es tablished loyal following since first being flown unofficial event 1976 Ohio Nats 24 fliers hand John son City again Larry Loucka top ping lot 1106 flight followed Tony DAllessandro 1051 Bostonian first contested USIC meets held legendary Northwood stitute atrium West Baden IN Only handful fliers bothered little 16in cabin models boxy fuselages fun pioneering days apparently highly infectious Bostonian has become fastest Continued page 176 October 1990 71 Winding model watching conversation going pit area time Worktables crammed models tools winding stooges other parapher nalia unique Indoor model competition ne realm 0 golden arm Hand-Launched Glider ruled Indoor Nats young Chuck Gagliano threw flights 1066 1071 master 27-man field Floral Park NY high school senior beat out arch rival Bernie Boehm 27 seconds Winner Catapult Glider Chuck Markos fir ing off flight logged 1163 Another flight 1156 won him first place tro phy Catapult Gilder drew 46 entries Its sim pie rules12-in maximum span 3-in max chord 6-in max launching stickmade popular event building trimming selection optimum catapult rubber top performance entirely another matter iadXo vee~C ecee 93t -c ~cO5 ~j83Xe 6e pop tiorAoe Ot6S 59SC0jJ o c 0 4 Participating RCD Sticker Stations Southern Radio Control Lons WC Service Naples FLPhoenix NY 813 775-1554315 695-2448 S & 0 WC ServiceD&J ElectronicsRivergate Hobby Center San Jose CAHowell MlGoodlettsville TN 408 281-1549517 546-2644615 859-3455 Authorized WC ServiceIraft Midwest IMI Fallbrook CANorthoille Ml 619 728-0440313 348-0095 Wollitz RIC Jacksonoillo FL 904 771-0613 DoMond RIC Service Carrollton ITt 214 242-4682 Ocean County Il/C Service Toms hoer NJ 201 505-8477 Alignment/Jennings Continued page 174 make airplane straight square jig helps assure straight square front end Materials project cost about eight dollars takes about two hours build Both dollarwise timewise thats pretty low-cost insur ance comments welcome Send cards letters T M Jennings 60L1 Banbury Rd Knoxville TN 37922 AMA/NFFS Ind/Clemens Continued page 71 growing Indoor events Thanks recent pro posal Don Lindley has achieved rule book status No fewer 54 people signed up unique event 48 actually flying Among Don Lindley himself sixth-place score 5088 would have won event year earlier perhaps thanks widening use new tan rubber flight times took dramatic jump over four quarter minutes Indeed Richard Miller Bill Henderson tied first place identical 416 flights charisma ratings 815 forcing flyoff Using 42-in loop 075 tan Miller cranked 4000 turns ROGd 410 flight Hen derson Canadian entrant blew two motors try ing wind Boston Bluefish finally con ceded Miller Both used models re quired 15 x 25 x 3-in box section laid flat Cc provide partial lift format along use three- four-bladed propellers wac seen number Bostonian entries AMA Rubber Scale 14 entries nine high-wing cabin models evidence Qnl3 biplane three low-wingers th field Canadian Ken Groves surprised no b entering yet another long series well crafted Fike Dream replicas winning th event total score 183 featuring flights o 90 89 seconds 90 seconds max AMA Scale Second place went Cincinnatis Jin Miller flying Lacey M-10 Some observert noted irony having two aircraft tha long scourge Peanut Scale turn up winners AMA event Biplanes triplane four canards some low wingers other interesting models weri among 31 entered Peanut Jim Millers fine flying Voisin Hydroplane canard topped thi field followed Jack McGillivrays Isaac Fury biplane Mike CoIlings pre-WW Ble riot VII Junior-Senior class another Voi sin took first hands Don De Loach o Dallas TX No-Cal Scale calls models profile fuse lages maximum span 16 minimun weight 62 grams USIC favorite drew 2 fliers flock diverse subject matter rang ing supersonic jet fighter craft th early days aviation jet using tail mounted pusher propeller Soviet Sukhc Su-27 Flanker built flown David Aron stein Renton WA three official flight consistently put colorfully trimmed mode right up under Minidome ceiling th longest clocking 543 Flying somewhz whimsical choice Les Garber Du Continued page 1 176 Model Aviation 7rEc0VOWflI iJSTED AIVI ANYou p0t LOt en1%1 RGD L9~ AM pj1 ecte6 Ccliii .kIllLil0 bobb~pbeXo GSR Products Sacramento CA 916 362-1962 Radio South Pensacola FL 904 478-6745 - NED GOOD AIRMEN ightest pilots available Lifelike vinyl latex rubber Sportsman Barnstormer Full Body Bust BUST PILOT KIT Contains pilot head helmet sport cap goggles jacket Easy assemble end finish price #108-A scale NEW 595 #lO&/e scale595 #105-% scale #104-/4 scale #103-1A scale ederation ROG Thats curious name interesting event 29 people showed up fly ts origins go back 20 years Delaware Federation Model Airplane Clubs East Coast organization started beginner event simple ROG rise-off-ground models weighing least six grams Four years ago Walt Eggert Doug Barber decided increase lure challenge event altering rules Present-day FROGs must weigh least 31 grams use six-inch plas tic propeller have maximum wing area 30 sq Theyve quickly evolved hybrids using typical Indoor bracing very long motor sticks lightweight plastic film covering high aspect ratio flying surfaces high-tech structure pulled along behind rap idly spinning plastic propeller powered loop rubber some 50 length stretched 27 ft during winding models sure fly Competing both state teams individuals FROGers put up flights over six minutes number topping seven Washington State team Dave Aronstein Andrew Ta gliafico won best two-flight total 2539 Aronsteins flight 717 Jim Clem took dividual FROG title high time 751 MIAMA Grand PrIx brought some unique events models competition Held Sat urday final day USIC/Nats meeting 11h11 till C.eie WIdSh.tieg 1/4 Scale Kits $12995 Epoxy/GFoam Construction Drawings AndFormula 120 Pylon Sport Kit Price ping Cards WelcomedOhio Residents Add 7% JET PILOT KIT Pilot has molded jet helmet Contains face mask oxygen hose Extreme ly Reslistic Weighs less oz price #3O8-/s scale 595 #3071/7 scale 695 ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS See dealer first order direct Add $100 shipping NYS residents add 7/o tax Send check money order CODS OK Send $100 tor catalog Pistachio Scale models no longer six inches spans no greater eight inches Coconut Scale sort Stand-off Rubber Scale event 36-in larger monoplanes 30-in better multiplanes minimum weight ounce monoplanes showed up President George Bush Grumman Avenger event required contestants build 20-in replicas President Bushs WW II torpedo bomber same Comet kit plan Dr John Martin MIAMA club won Co conut putting up impressive 201 flight Messerschmitt M-20b transport Though Dave Aronsteins Cessna Caravan flew longer Martins scale score higher Millard Wells third Ford 2-AT transport complete simulated corrugation lines its fuselage flying surfaces Aronstein won special mass ROG launch seven Coconuts spectacularly lofty 324 flight still cruising slowly high Minidome arena after other models landed Floridian George Nunez won both mass launch individual flight versions Bush Avenger event best time 1108 Nunez added collection MIAMA trophies taking Pistachio title wellusing Sopwith Triplane no less fellow Floridian Millard Wells went spe cial Ridotto award smallest Scale model complete flight longer 30 seconds Wells did 4-in Beardmore Weebee coaxed 40-second duration Microfilm Duration models returned air once agaln meet inevitably moved its fin ish sometime after 11 pm Saturday night Rela FULL BODY PILOT KIT Contains pilot head hands boots helmet cap goggles full templates easy instruc tions Easy assemble finish Some simple sewing required Fully positionable toot Price #2O8/s scale895 #205-R scale995 #204 scale 1095 #203% scale 1695 *Som5 simple sewing required See Dealer add Dollar dIrect order handling tively few contestants spectators remained slow-flying lightweights battled out closing hours Fittingly Hewitt Phillips Hampton VA Indoor modeler since halcyon days sport prior WW II won Microfilm OldTimer event 2445 FAI event Bob Randolph gained measure good-natured re venge World Champ Jim Richmond run ner-up Cezar Banks outflying both first place flights 4129 4040 12209 total Banks less minute hind him 1:21ll Richmond third l:1821 AMA Hand-Launch Stick Richmond came back win 4220 entitling him Stout Commercial Trophy 1990 Bob Randolph Richard Doig Larry Loucka Dan Belieff completed list award winners As flights ended did 1990 USIC/AMA Nats contest quote Tony Italiano 1990 USIC/Indoor Nate CD start new Indoor flying dec ade came off successful competition turnout best have ever experi enced cooperation great FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 73 provement model propeller design Well impromptu endorsement ought put Bob good stead guys Knights Landing anyway purchased 57 x 3 props Nat Comfort peddles Max-Hog kits sup plies East Coast AJs Free Flight Ser October 1990 179 MMA/NFFS Ind/Clemens Continued page 176 luth MN Santos Dumont Demoiselle turned 518 second place P CULPEPPEE MODELS INC 2526 Washington DubuqnIA 52001 31615834130

Au I Eu S trusawork OT yarn earn uuee irnu unIvuw uuuuuu eet over 208 x 420-ft floor Immense bi or maNy home field ETSU Buccaneers football bauietbalI track teams foreground contestants preparing free stranded model roof girders lines attached balloons also used steer models various obstructions THE IMPORTANT serious FAI World Championships contest officially ended 530 pm night before mo ment 65-centimeter microfilm models cruised vast spaces East Ten nessee State Universitys great Minidome put back boxes Now time l time just about kind Indoor competition youd like combined AMA Indoor Nation als United States Indoor Championships Miami Indoor Model Airplane Associa tion Grand Prix about begin Easy B Peanut Scale Gliders Helicop ters Ornithopters Manhattans Boston ians Microfilm Stick Cabin Pennyplane special event Rubber Scale models President George Bushs Grum man Avenger veritable cornucopia Indoor events some 26 flown over frantic exhausting seldom-a-dull-moment oftengrueling three-day period test survivors Happily participants passed test Perhaps story will help remember little what saw did Johnson City TN June 7-8-9 1990 Lots modelers entry list totaled 142 topping signup 102 1989 135 previous year Illinois led 27 represented states 15 contes tants followed Indiana 10 10 Left pit row busy area during three days USiC/Nats Scores worktables lined sides ends arena contestants prepped repaired entries Jim Grant Windsor CT works Pennyplane Ray Harlan Wayland MA fin ishes winding Manhattan Cabin model Right Bostonians being prepared offlciais table Bostonian real leap participation perfQrmance year 54 contestants three posted offlciai flights over four minutesdurations unheard year ago 68 Model Aviation Left Ive always wanted build Peanut Scale model said Indoor veteran Ron Ganser Pittsburgh PA traditionally flies nonscale duration events splendid 1911 Cessna result Rons efforts built Gene Thomas plan weighs 65 grams has working spring-loaded landing gear model finished ninth place best flight 57 seconds complete list trophy winners 1990 USIC/Nats appears Competition News section magazine Right No hidden handsjust air ETSU Mlnidome supporting big Coconut Taylorcraft banked past photographers Bob Clemens Nikon F4 autofocus cam era 54-in-span giant built flown George Nunez Miami FL brought wide selection models contest entries Canada three UK three France Switzer land meet took cosmopolitan ambi ence layovers FM Championships wanted flying Minidomes nearly ideal atmo sphere second time long history AMA Nationals Indoor com petition completely broken away both time place rest big show no weeping gnashing teeth could detected among assem bled contestants could re call less ideal venues required use integrated Nats past years Hand-Launched flying together Looking over dozens fliers scattered about mammoth floor Minidome quickly obvious Catapult Glider event coming fast strong No arms steel needed herejust six-inch stick short rubberband attached 12in -span Glider maximum wing chord Like living denizen airy sea Frank Kiesers Ornithopter slowly cruises past camera undulating strokes Its four rear-mounted wings Vero Beach FL res ident pioneered unique canard design yes its flying right left won Nats Impressive 1430 flight duration October 1990 69 Left it long afternoon Peanut judges Bob Champine sitting John Voorhees 34 13-in beauties examine grade give Mliiard Wells Curtiss 0-52 Owl once-ove DIMt Exhaust smudges panel lines show up clearly close-up shot Michael Hines sixth-place Peanut model r pre-Worid War ii speed record fame full-scale shio set wand rnanrd af AA29 mnh Mnrrh 1020 th later special Messerschmitt Me-209V-1 Gliders led off competition 730 Thursday morning both Catapult Jim Millers Volsin canard hydroplane Pea nut passes during its official flights Although its unorthodox configura tion garnered some bonus points under nasIng Its own shadow across MiniPeanut rules proved difficult trim dome floor Walt Eggerts Farman Sport Pea spite five Millers six competi nut descends landing little biplane tion flights over minute half placed seventh just out trophy range three inches catapulters outnumbered throw ers 46 27 tyros among quickly discovered hardto-master subtleties seemingly sim ple event couldnt over minute forget about winning trophy totally unique appearance typical Federation ROG shows clearly exam ple passes directly overhead Despite being limited mere 30 sq wing area FROGs blend simplicity hightechnology can produce flights well over seven minutes using six-inch plastic prop Note thin bracing wires extending down either side models motor stick Left Del Ogren Deerfield IL flew multi-plane design Lim ited Pennypiane triplane wing biplane tail Ogren noted fanciful creations placed 14th best flight 1141 Above out synch year said Don Lindley Naperville IL about Bostonian seen cruising sixth-place score would have won event 1989 USiCI Dons proposal put Bostonian rule book official AMA indoor event Winners people seemed to ride arrowlike launch put enjoying event attracting just under 116-ft ceiling flicked modelers wouldnt touch HandLaunched Glider 10-foot pole included such unlikely Glider fliers Ce zar Banks winning United States World Champs team longtime microfilmer Bob Champine placed sixth Phil Klintworth Pennyplaner Gordon Wisniew ski Rich Doig best flights seemed Disaster Richard Doig catches microfilmcovered Hand-Launch Stick after attempt cloud Easy-B models floats overhead balloon away cluster ceiling during competition 18-in lightweights speakers went awry folding fragile wing day USIC/Nats Always popand sending model slowly spiraling ular event Easy B drew 83 entries year floor Later Richard managed garner wasnt unusual see 20 third place event 3931 flIght smali airplanes airborne same time 70 Model Aviation Left A Zippy Sport home-built flies its way fourth-place finish AMA Rubber Scale Built John Blair Warren NV model weighed 30 grams easily put two flights over 90 secondsmaxes event Only 14 models category entered year Right First Peanut Scale awhile Walnut Scale Next came diminutive Pistachio event Last far least came Coconut Scale calling minimum 36-in span monopianes 30 muitiwing models minimum weight ounce Mooney Scale judging David Aronstein Renton WA built boxy 40-in-span Cessna Caravan compete Coconut Scale quarter-roll slow descending circle Easy B usual popular event 83 entries Swarms 18-inspan models ebbed flowed dome competition wore times 20 clouded air Amazingly few colli sions noted despite jam Nearly 30 years ago Easy B new lit tle Bs indeed relatively easy 11- 12-minute flight regarded excellent Today 20-minute flights scarcely raise eyebrow 10 among tightly packed top seven Open fliers mere second separated Canadian John Mar etts 2141 first place Walt Van Gorders 2140 second spread tween first seventh places 134 Some good kids flying too Don Slusarczyk Brecksville OH easily won Junior Easy B flight 19 min utes used FAI Model Supply tan rubber Marett explained winning flight used 15A -in loop 040 2496 turns 64 backed off hit another model way down dropped about five feet before recovering feel cost 30 sec onds minute time might have cost him first place too fortune smiled John Marett day rest contest well Toronto accountant went win Nats/USIC Grand Cham pion title scoring total 595 points out possible 700 events declared As expected Pennyplane its supposed ly easier cousin Limited Pennyplane also filled dome models 56 PP entries 88 LPP Pennyplane interesting remarked CD Tony Ital iano have flight over 13 minutes winners circle Les Garber won Pennyplane three flights over 15 minutes best 1535 Tony less ecstatic about Research Development event added USIC schedule year events noble motive encourage promote new innovative rubber-powered Indoor mod el designs R&D event disap pointment commented 16 entries two werent standard door models kind another both flying wings Apparently rules need modified As past USIC gatherings Peanut Unlimited Rubber Speed events pro vided combination thrills spills laughs fliers spectators alike vari ous models attempted complete two laps around pylon course marked cords hanging balloons 20 ft apart Its difficult challenge think until try Only eight Unlimited two Peanut rac ers solved Speed course Tom Nied Roselle IL winning Unlimited 1731 mph Chicago Aeronut Chuck Markos little Peanut Dayton-Wright racer taking first event speed 119 mph Shortly before close competition both helium balloons shattered speeding models cut corner bit too close theyd tried re marked wag among onlookers couldnt have done Helicopter Ornithopter until re cent years hardly littleflown understood record trials events have come out obscurity thanks inclusion Indoor Nats schedule Flo ridian Frank Kiesers multiwinged machine topped six-man field impressive 1146 flight Joe Krush Wayne PA fin ished second 1139 Tom Vallee Laurel MD won HliAntr 1V43 hut qt u new n3tinnal record process Like Indoor hel ios Vallees machine used counter-rotat ing two-bladed microfilm-covered rotors mounted simple motor tube Six other contestants flew Helicopters including Grand Champ John Marett placed sec ond Vallee Indoor Cabin least flown demanding events AMA rule book Nats again displayed its low popularity rating seven contes tants cranking up models official flights Ohioan Larry Loucka true stal warts event won first placeand venerable Stout Indoor Trophy goes itby turning excellent time 2747 Senior flier Don Slusarczyk close second 2710 Manhattan Cabin features somewhat robust easier-to-handle models has es tablished loyal following since first being flown unofficial event 1976 Ohio Nats 24 fliers hand John son City again Larry Loucka top ping lot 1106 flight followed Tony DAllessandro 1051 Bostonian first contested USIC meets held legendary Northwood stitute atrium West Baden IN Only handful fliers bothered little 16in cabin models boxy fuselages fun pioneering days apparently highly infectious Bostonian has become fastest Continued page 176 October 1990 71 Winding model watching conversation going pit area time Worktables crammed models tools winding stooges other parapher nalia unique Indoor model competition ne realm 0 golden arm Hand-Launched Glider ruled Indoor Nats young Chuck Gagliano threw flights 1066 1071 master 27-man field Floral Park NY high school senior beat out arch rival Bernie Boehm 27 seconds Winner Catapult Glider Chuck Markos fir ing off flight logged 1163 Another flight 1156 won him first place tro phy Catapult Gilder drew 46 entries Its sim pie rules12-in maximum span 3-in max chord 6-in max launching stickmade popular event building trimming selection optimum catapult rubber top performance entirely another matter iadXo vee~C ecee 93t -c ~cO5 ~j83Xe 6e pop tiorAoe Ot6S 59SC0jJ o c 0 4 Participating RCD Sticker Stations Southern Radio Control Lons WC Service Naples FLPhoenix NY 813 775-1554315 695-2448 S & 0 WC ServiceD&J ElectronicsRivergate Hobby Center San Jose CAHowell MlGoodlettsville TN 408 281-1549517 546-2644615 859-3455 Authorized WC ServiceIraft Midwest IMI Fallbrook CANorthoille Ml 619 728-0440313 348-0095 Wollitz RIC Jacksonoillo FL 904 771-0613 DoMond RIC Service Carrollton ITt 214 242-4682 Ocean County Il/C Service Toms hoer NJ 201 505-8477 Alignment/Jennings Continued page 174 make airplane straight square jig helps assure straight square front end Materials project cost about eight dollars takes about two hours build Both dollarwise timewise thats pretty low-cost insur ance comments welcome Send cards letters T M Jennings 60L1 Banbury Rd Knoxville TN 37922 AMA/NFFS Ind/Clemens Continued page 71 growing Indoor events Thanks recent pro posal Don Lindley has achieved rule book status No fewer 54 people signed up unique event 48 actually flying Among Don Lindley himself sixth-place score 5088 would have won event year earlier perhaps thanks widening use new tan rubber flight times took dramatic jump over four quarter minutes Indeed Richard Miller Bill Henderson tied first place identical 416 flights charisma ratings 815 forcing flyoff Using 42-in loop 075 tan Miller cranked 4000 turns ROGd 410 flight Hen derson Canadian entrant blew two motors try ing wind Boston Bluefish finally con ceded Miller Both used models re quired 15 x 25 x 3-in box section laid flat Cc provide partial lift format along use three- four-bladed propellers wac seen number Bostonian entries AMA Rubber Scale 14 entries nine high-wing cabin models evidence Qnl3 biplane three low-wingers th field Canadian Ken Groves surprised no b entering yet another long series well crafted Fike Dream replicas winning th event total score 183 featuring flights o 90 89 seconds 90 seconds max AMA Scale Second place went Cincinnatis Jin Miller flying Lacey M-10 Some observert noted irony having two aircraft tha long scourge Peanut Scale turn up winners AMA event Biplanes triplane four canards some low wingers other interesting models weri among 31 entered Peanut Jim Millers fine flying Voisin Hydroplane canard topped thi field followed Jack McGillivrays Isaac Fury biplane Mike CoIlings pre-WW Ble riot VII Junior-Senior class another Voi sin took first hands Don De Loach o Dallas TX No-Cal Scale calls models profile fuse lages maximum span 16 minimun weight 62 grams USIC favorite drew 2 fliers flock diverse subject matter rang ing supersonic jet fighter craft th early days aviation jet using tail mounted pusher propeller Soviet Sukhc Su-27 Flanker built flown David Aron stein Renton WA three official flight consistently put colorfully trimmed mode right up under Minidome ceiling th longest clocking 543 Flying somewhz whimsical choice Les Garber Du Continued page 1 176 Model Aviation 7rEc0VOWflI iJSTED AIVI ANYou p0t LOt en1%1 RGD L9~ AM pj1 ecte6 Ccliii .kIllLil0 bobb~pbeXo GSR Products Sacramento CA 916 362-1962 Radio South Pensacola FL 904 478-6745 - NED GOOD AIRMEN ightest pilots available Lifelike vinyl latex rubber Sportsman Barnstormer Full Body Bust BUST PILOT KIT Contains pilot head helmet sport cap goggles jacket Easy assemble end finish price #108-A scale NEW 595 #lO&/e scale595 #105-% scale #104-/4 scale #103-1A scale ederation ROG Thats curious name interesting event 29 people showed up fly ts origins go back 20 years Delaware Federation Model Airplane Clubs East Coast organization started beginner event simple ROG rise-off-ground models weighing least six grams Four years ago Walt Eggert Doug Barber decided increase lure challenge event altering rules Present-day FROGs must weigh least 31 grams use six-inch plas tic propeller have maximum wing area 30 sq Theyve quickly evolved hybrids using typical Indoor bracing very long motor sticks lightweight plastic film covering high aspect ratio flying surfaces high-tech structure pulled along behind rap idly spinning plastic propeller powered loop rubber some 50 length stretched 27 ft during winding models sure fly Competing both state teams individuals FROGers put up flights over six minutes number topping seven Washington State team Dave Aronstein Andrew Ta gliafico won best two-flight total 2539 Aronsteins flight 717 Jim Clem took dividual FROG title high time 751 MIAMA Grand PrIx brought some unique events models competition Held Sat urday final day USIC/Nats meeting 11h11 till C.eie WIdSh.tieg 1/4 Scale Kits $12995 Epoxy/GFoam Construction Drawings AndFormula 120 Pylon Sport Kit Price ping Cards WelcomedOhio Residents Add 7% JET PILOT KIT Pilot has molded jet helmet Contains face mask oxygen hose Extreme ly Reslistic Weighs less oz price #3O8-/s scale 595 #3071/7 scale 695 ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS See dealer first order direct Add $100 shipping NYS residents add 7/o tax Send check money order CODS OK Send $100 tor catalog Pistachio Scale models no longer six inches spans no greater eight inches Coconut Scale sort Stand-off Rubber Scale event 36-in larger monoplanes 30-in better multiplanes minimum weight ounce monoplanes showed up President George Bush Grumman Avenger event required contestants build 20-in replicas President Bushs WW II torpedo bomber same Comet kit plan Dr John Martin MIAMA club won Co conut putting up impressive 201 flight Messerschmitt M-20b transport Though Dave Aronsteins Cessna Caravan flew longer Martins scale score higher Millard Wells third Ford 2-AT transport complete simulated corrugation lines its fuselage flying surfaces Aronstein won special mass ROG launch seven Coconuts spectacularly lofty 324 flight still cruising slowly high Minidome arena after other models landed Floridian George Nunez won both mass launch individual flight versions Bush Avenger event best time 1108 Nunez added collection MIAMA trophies taking Pistachio title wellusing Sopwith Triplane no less fellow Floridian Millard Wells went spe cial Ridotto award smallest Scale model complete flight longer 30 seconds Wells did 4-in Beardmore Weebee coaxed 40-second duration Microfilm Duration models returned air once agaln meet inevitably moved its fin ish sometime after 11 pm Saturday night Rela FULL BODY PILOT KIT Contains pilot head hands boots helmet cap goggles full templates easy instruc tions Easy assemble finish Some simple sewing required Fully positionable toot Price #2O8/s scale895 #205-R scale995 #204 scale 1095 #203% scale 1695 *Som5 simple sewing required See Dealer add Dollar dIrect order handling tively few contestants spectators remained slow-flying lightweights battled out closing hours Fittingly Hewitt Phillips Hampton VA Indoor modeler since halcyon days sport prior WW II won Microfilm OldTimer event 2445 FAI event Bob Randolph gained measure good-natured re venge World Champ Jim Richmond run ner-up Cezar Banks outflying both first place flights 4129 4040 12209 total Banks less minute hind him 1:21ll Richmond third l:1821 AMA Hand-Launch Stick Richmond came back win 4220 entitling him Stout Commercial Trophy 1990 Bob Randolph Richard Doig Larry Loucka Dan Belieff completed list award winners As flights ended did 1990 USIC/AMA Nats contest quote Tony Italiano 1990 USIC/Indoor Nate CD start new Indoor flying dec ade came off successful competition turnout best have ever experi enced cooperation great FF Duration/Murphy Continued page 73 provement model propeller design Well impromptu endorsement ought put Bob good stead guys Knights Landing anyway purchased 57 x 3 props Nat Comfort peddles Max-Hog kits sup plies East Coast AJs Free Flight Ser October 1990 179 MMA/NFFS Ind/Clemens Continued page 176 luth MN Santos Dumont Demoiselle turned 518 second place P CULPEPPEE MODELS INC 2526 Washington DubuqnIA 52001 31615834130