THIS YEARS Pattern site must best flying sites ever Nationals competition Saturday evening July 23 found us looking parking pace front Quality Inn Chic opee MA Nats headquarters located about five miles Westover Air Force Base crowded contestants familiesbut nothing like crowd follow Sunday registration check-in also transmitter pro cessing Sunday made aviation mob lotta fun seeing old friends Nats past also first surge largest Pat tem entry past few years over 150 competitors TX processing 100 500 pm slow Idue large entry wellorganized Dan Kahn brought computercontrolled spectrum analyLer HewlettPackard As put transmitters antenna screen tube turned Suzi Stream entered AMA number name automatically checked bandwidth compatibility new frequencies channel number against entry form making sure indeed frequency previously indicated pilots meeting followed 500 pm informed among other things did Pattern have large entry Scale also over 100 entries meant additional time would required complete Scale fly ing possible Pattern would completed Thursday thus giving Pylon guys time finish Friday would release day Satur day Sunday Scale Starting time Pattern moved 100 pm 1200 noon TXs again having impounded noon allow competitor fly day informed District VP good Jeanette Throne L must have often wondered what darn transmitters under control Site 2 impound Hubby Walt Throne RC Pattern Event Director Larry Phillips R battered-but-repaired overnight Philare model Larry totaled practice just before Round 4 42 Model Aviation RC Pattern portion Ohio Pattern contingent few Kentuckians mixed Can spot Dave Brown Rumor other state outnumber New York crowd L composed 0 tfle Pattern judges officials Thirty-six photo maybe takes tremendous number hard-working volunteers run contest size Lets hope Bill Tittles daughter Charlene R managed stay happy week score tabulators Harold Winters dad Bill R friend Ed Izzo no less three practice fields available within about 25-mile radius Ever try find practice field New England very straight roads spite good $ directions very helpful local club mem bers Pioneer Valley RC Club Ed Izzos maps lost several timesbut thats nothing new Friend Ed Hoffman Clev eland Connection nearly late sixthround flight due L-O-N-G trek prac tice field Thursday Ed Izzo also acquired permission camp Air Base Base Commander Roy Ayers very hospitable Air Force certainly earned Ed title Nats Goodwill Ambassador Monday noon found us Site 2 Line B pre paring first-round flight Three sites two flight lines located what ap peared least 5000 ft x 120-ft-wide very smooth runway would six rounds flying using three judges line judges located runway center line permitted use 60 ft behind judges ready boxes pits closest trees perhaps 300 yards distant flight line notable exception Site distance approximately 150 yards stood large tree about 300 left center rumored Tony Bon etti flew behind thisduring part pattern weather Whoever ordered weather Pattern year deserves trophy Monday sunny 800 dry nights about 600 breeze northright down runway Such weather Monday Tuesday Wednesday wind breeze shifting west erly during day Wednesday South Thursday Thursdays wind also strongerbut again right down runway November 1983 43 Bill Elliott Centerville OH L flew fantastically beautiful Tipo Too bad photo isnt color Bill flies Sportsman class Heres business end interior Masters-winner Ivan Kristensens plane R Citations cowl belly-pan have removed revealing OS rear-intake rear-exhaust engine 3-bladed prop anodized-aluminum spinner header enclosed pipe offset nose wheel Chris Engler Apalachin NY very pretty red/yellow/orange/blue paint job Tipo en try Advanced class Herb Consolvo Jr Chesapeake VA flew tnis beautifully-colored Brushfire Advanced 800-sq-in craft designed Steve Rojecki trio Canadians flew Masters tnis year ivan Kristensen standing placed 1st Jacques Gagnon kneeling 11th Jean-Marc Fortin shown placed 35th clue Jacques plane might make suspect Canada Rich Irvine Chicago IL overcame mis haps win Expert mid-air collision Round 5 shattered borrowed OS Max 60 Chuck has whole story article See Would lie Heres Rich Irvine receiving 1st-place plaque Event Director Walt Throne Richs first 3 rounds disasters yet survived midair win Flying started promptly 1200 noon Mon day Part way through first round began rain airplanes Site 3 seems first group fliers up 72160 up earliest site several crashes Im told seven resulting interference concrete plant dispatchers TX directly 72160 Host club Nats officials warned problems other frequencies apparently 72160 te interference actually source Editors note RMcM Im amazed wasnt reported earlier no knew saw aircraft impact runway center line full bore between Site judges myself located Site 2 horrified instant looked vantage point hit judges very scary situation first-round jitters finally worked out contestants officials alike things gan run rather smoothly Unofficial flight scores posted rather quickly site Dean Koger reported hardly time retum aircraft pits after flight before score posted Site official scores standings quickly available though computer located Quality Inn headquarters some five miles away Score sheets rechecked entered offi cial round-to-round standings available ap proximately day later must have quite job Headquarters personnel check enter some 300 score sheets evening guess AMA hasnt yet heard about Mike Jen kins Louisville KY excellent software score-calculation posting Mikes com puter hardware software combo used years Masters Toumament Rough River KY can give immediate accurate results flight line running portable generator power motor home 9fl0 heat case 83 Masters Toumament Now could computerize judges Mondays two rounds again apparent easy difficult judge sets point Sportsman class Se nior Mike Klein also Cleveland Con nection posted very high 2755to topped later contest one-half point eventual winner Mike Cecil also Senior smart aleck young kids too good! Advanced class Ed Hoffman old guy Cleveland Connection trying hold off kids Mike Boso Jeff Hannah both Seniors Expert class Art Fressola appeared leading pack Masters class saw Ivan Kirstensen off large lead posting two highest scores contest 1216 12135 No would break 1200 mark during rest contest beautiful sunset niarked end Mondays Tuesdays weather repeat Mondays Boy Someone deserves thanks Flying went smoothly until about 130 pm point stopped about V-hour due approaching thunderstormlotta noise 44 Model Aviation flying us swore find practice fields before flying began Tuesday noon Happy Ed Hoffman Cleveland OH almost beat kids Advancedl placed 3rd MIKE islein wea nuau oui 1st Sportsman Robbie Keller Centerville Oil very proud 41/2 points received trophies 2nd overall Best Junior trophy Sportsman placed Second Best Senior Mike Cleveland 38th overall wasnt lastl OH passed drop Only couple aircraft lost day seems inter ference problems Monday much controversy over judging some contestants ex perienced wide point-spreads single manu ever some large 4-6 points Judging Nats has improved over years judging situation certainly area needs workas fliers will agree Most USPIA judges very capa ble experienced hard-working ever try judge Pattem hot sun six hours few well-intentioned inexperienced judges wreck havoc As contests turning point reached appears Masters class fourth round tvan Kristensen scoring 1167 having two over-I 200 scores 1216 score represents average manuever score 90 manuevers judges difficult set judges coming up Dave Brown appeared over point first place situation Dave flys best con finued page 132 November 1983 45 Mike Cecil got Sportsman 1st Overall Beat Senior Hes Gainesville GA Ivan Kristensen Guelph Ontario Canada won Masters 775 points first time Canadian has won AMA Nats vice versa Ivan has Canadian PAl RC Aero batics team several times uave drown IH still seems reasonably nappy though settle 2nd Masters year cant blame Ivan Kristensen obvious exuberance versity didnt faze Rich last three scores won contest him Now must whats called coming contest loaded Bear Skunk Congrats Rich summary must say again site Westover Air Force Base best Nats Pattem sites have pleasure use Couple hospitality host Pioneer Valley RC Club other clubs area Base Commander Colonel Ayers Pattern Director Walt Throne workers District VP Ed Izzo certainly must finest Nats weve experienced years Ed especially seemed everywhere giving information helping out generally repre senting New England us foreign visitors Ron Van Putte should-a Next year-Reno Nats RC Scale/Wischers Continued page 48 Air Force career model featured construction article Model Builder magazine Second place Giant Scale won Pete Reed Brisighella-designed Starduster Too addition its being especially well-finished used new 26 cu Shereshaw Bantam 2-stroke engine outstanding performance Bert Bakers third-place Republic Thunderbolt scratch-built intends kit model engine Rossi 90 swings 14-6 prop wing has foam core fuselage molded fiberglass Largest Giant Scale models Norm Rosenstocks Aeronca LC John Nicolacis Martin Mariner Aeronca scale has 10-ft span 2400 sq area weighs 43 lb has II servos powered Kawasaki 4 hp engine 315 cu Mariner has Il-ft span uses pair Supertigre 75 engines weighs 38 lb As prototype JATO pods fuselage sides jump take off used though AMA rules prohibit gaseous boost Mariner hying boat John used beaching gear fastened hull runway operation time P-SI Mustang held position popular Scale model con tests Chicopee Nats two Mustangs entered military-type models Supermarine Spitfire seems have taken over top spot popularity four contestants Piper Cub always favorite among modelers well-represented Nats fact 10% entry list consisted Piper Cubs six Giant Scale common Scale model present nine entries Cub model attracted attention Gemini-powered clipped-wing Cliff Tacie Its ornate color scheme diagonaltapered stripes surfaces made mostphotographed model Chicopee Its dazzling fin ish colors distracted observerswho overlooked Gemini nose highest-placing Cub meet third place Sport Scale Expert Mike Gretz won 1982 Nats Giant Scale Sig kit pro totype placed fifth same airplane Chicopee fair static judging models class scored same set judges three judges AMA classSportsman Expert Giantwith four judges PAl class Four rounds flown four sets flight judges two sites two lines Everyone flew four rounds equal exposure four sets judges system inequalities cancelled out Continued page 136 November 1983 133 NEW 1j4 SCALE 4-14 DIAMETER wheels Flite Line Models over 20 years have made some easiest build best flying kits money can buy real treat try see Manufactured modelers modelers Most kits may built either standard trike gear Kits feature hand cut parts AAA materials formed gear hinges horns etc Skooter II $4295 IWbalsa wing skins $4695 An Old Favorite NEW Fun Fli 40 $4195 19-40 eng4 ch 19-40 eng3 4 cli S 19-40 eng 4n EZ Trainer $4695 Tough Basic Trainer 19-35 eng3 ch SEE YOUR DEALER Dealers-DistributorsStendard discounts Docile 19-25 Hot Rod 40 COMING SOON Fun Fli 60 $5595 40-60 eng4 ch EZ Sport $4595 19-4Oeng4ch Great Second Plane Scat Cat 500 $4595 winningest 500 racer ever EZ Fli $4995 Aileron Trainer e 19-40 eng4 eh 3207 34th St Lubbock TX 79410 806 792-2671 Ron Hesselbrock Dave Brown flight line coordinators keeping flow con testants ready Ron remarked fliers ready turns special urging Weather hardly factor Chicopee uniformly good Nats week Scale event some periods gustiness wind shifting saw some downwind landings windy periods could possibly have affected some scores Scale events directed Bob Underwood beginning Indoor first Sunday daughters Ann Cathywere seen tabulating Indoor Scale Free Flight Scale RC Scalea monumental task filling scores sheets trophies being awarded Bob long out hos pital after serious operation takes lot keep modeler ddown Rae Underwood sold AMA souvenlers weeka real family effort usual have flown worked Nats have never seen greater effort made local group Pioneer Valley RC Club make Nats success succeeded beyond expectations particularly Scale club members present help phases ginning unloading AMA equipment freely gave time energy week long Most never seen Nats com petition flavor old-time Navy-hosted Nats Lets hope invite us back Chicopee another taste success Meanwhile Reno 1984 Nats RC Soaring/Ziegenfuse Continued page 51 within tO points Al 2nd Martin MeCartocy took 3rd just points behind Ken John Gunsaullus outdid Bill Meleske point take 1st place Open Two-Meter Leslie Gerhardt nailed down 3rd final standings Senior Events re mained same end Day Two Ralph Minderjahn Brian Agnew Tim Gold 1st 2nd 3rd respectively Unlimited class Chris Bovais 1st Stan dard class Tim Gold Brian Agnew Charles Mobs finished order TwoMeter class Jim Ealy III won three classes Junior competition NSS-sponsored Soaring Awards Banquet held Friday evening Quality Inn location Nats HQ Distinguished guests eluded Mr Mrs John Grigg Mr Mrs Carl Goldberg Mr Mrs Walt Good Mrs Carrie Axelrod An excellent meal served buffet-style awards distributed Hi Johnson Trophy highest total score went Tom Brightbill Portland Oregon Mrs Carrie Axelrod presented Sid Axelrod Memorial Trophy best overall Junior Senior performance Charles Mohs award based upon innovation construction flight pointswith emphasis innovation considered Sids strongest points Saturday July 30 RC Sport Scale Sailplane event held day Compared fast pace other Soaring events relaxed easy-going affair eight Scale Sailplanes flown separately affording minimum pilot distraction maximum spectator enjoyment flight task three rounds 3 mm duration 20-pt landing bonus pilot landed Sail plane within 100-ft-dia landing circle Richard Bonnell St Petersburg FL flew 21-lb Richair LSI winches tongues would have hanging out after launch A-scale aircraft Scale Judges Jeff Troy Rober Schow Carl Luft awarded highest static score Terry Luckenbachs scratch-built ASW 20 Tery Bethlehem PA Nelson Ed Whyte Alto Ml did beautiful job flying equallybeautiful Schweizer TG-3 first place Open category Terry Luckenbach 2nd Gene Shelkey Scottdale PA 3rd Schweitzer 233 Gene RC Soaring event director spent day relaxing pre Nick Zirolis F4U CORSAIR 2 Cu size Engines 5 F bergiass Fuselage 5 Co ling availab e ice des gn GIANT RIG SCALE PLAN DESIGNS AT6 TEXAN24 I101Spas$2700ppUSA FOKKRR OR-i27I63Tripe$2500ppUSA PRF BRARCAT2 106Spas$2700ppUSA CURTISS P402/ 194Span$2700ppUSA FAU CORSAIR2 I93Spas$2700ppUSA Fiberglass Cowlings 5 Canopies available also seed stamp tsr detailed broceares oar Giant bcae Accessories Oar Plans ae sent Postpaid rsitbin iCe U55i 0 6 Model Aviation I%%y 1131 NW 45 Street Ft Ijudtrdole Fl 33309 13051 491-6115 ENGINEERING THE LANDING GEAR PEOPLE TIrRi t hIt lallding gea dont Ill your higglo property o & 0 EagloosnOg cia Salvo problems * CooIa built loRdS & SpOCS guarallteed lit * Stroog & durable wilboland thu toughest landlog * 0 & 0 Engineeriog gear silt work & keep higgit IlyIng * IR tlock rOptOcelIlOIll gear br mutt popular ffodRts ByIRO PIlls ChrIstoR Eagle CAP 21 Bales USA J-3 CUB Air Tech PieRRe ant Eaglo Nosee Big Stick Champ Cilobtia R & B models Sooper Stiojer end Soappor Too ye Moved NEW ADDRESS AI-Tec Products PO Box 3591 Boardman OH 44512 See AI-Tec ad issue patented aluminum alloy beams T spars
Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/11
Page Numbers: 42, 43, 44, 45, 133, 136
THIS YEARS Pattern site must best flying sites ever Nationals competition Saturday evening July 23 found us looking parking pace front Quality Inn Chic opee MA Nats headquarters located about five miles Westover Air Force Base crowded contestants familiesbut nothing like crowd follow Sunday registration check-in also transmitter pro cessing Sunday made aviation mob lotta fun seeing old friends Nats past also first surge largest Pat tem entry past few years over 150 competitors TX processing 100 500 pm slow Idue large entry wellorganized Dan Kahn brought computercontrolled spectrum analyLer HewlettPackard As put transmitters antenna screen tube turned Suzi Stream entered AMA number name automatically checked bandwidth compatibility new frequencies channel number against entry form making sure indeed frequency previously indicated pilots meeting followed 500 pm informed among other things did Pattern have large entry Scale also over 100 entries meant additional time would required complete Scale fly ing possible Pattern would completed Thursday thus giving Pylon guys time finish Friday would release day Satur day Sunday Scale Starting time Pattern moved 100 pm 1200 noon TXs again having impounded noon allow competitor fly day informed District VP good Jeanette Throne L must have often wondered what darn transmitters under control Site 2 impound Hubby Walt Throne RC Pattern Event Director Larry Phillips R battered-but-repaired overnight Philare model Larry totaled practice just before Round 4 42 Model Aviation RC Pattern portion Ohio Pattern contingent few Kentuckians mixed Can spot Dave Brown Rumor other state outnumber New York crowd L composed 0 tfle Pattern judges officials Thirty-six photo maybe takes tremendous number hard-working volunteers run contest size Lets hope Bill Tittles daughter Charlene R managed stay happy week score tabulators Harold Winters dad Bill R friend Ed Izzo no less three practice fields available within about 25-mile radius Ever try find practice field New England very straight roads spite good $ directions very helpful local club mem bers Pioneer Valley RC Club Ed Izzos maps lost several timesbut thats nothing new Friend Ed Hoffman Clev eland Connection nearly late sixthround flight due L-O-N-G trek prac tice field Thursday Ed Izzo also acquired permission camp Air Base Base Commander Roy Ayers very hospitable Air Force certainly earned Ed title Nats Goodwill Ambassador Monday noon found us Site 2 Line B pre paring first-round flight Three sites two flight lines located what ap peared least 5000 ft x 120-ft-wide very smooth runway would six rounds flying using three judges line judges located runway center line permitted use 60 ft behind judges ready boxes pits closest trees perhaps 300 yards distant flight line notable exception Site distance approximately 150 yards stood large tree about 300 left center rumored Tony Bon etti flew behind thisduring part pattern weather Whoever ordered weather Pattern year deserves trophy Monday sunny 800 dry nights about 600 breeze northright down runway Such weather Monday Tuesday Wednesday wind breeze shifting west erly during day Wednesday South Thursday Thursdays wind also strongerbut again right down runway November 1983 43 Bill Elliott Centerville OH L flew fantastically beautiful Tipo Too bad photo isnt color Bill flies Sportsman class Heres business end interior Masters-winner Ivan Kristensens plane R Citations cowl belly-pan have removed revealing OS rear-intake rear-exhaust engine 3-bladed prop anodized-aluminum spinner header enclosed pipe offset nose wheel Chris Engler Apalachin NY very pretty red/yellow/orange/blue paint job Tipo en try Advanced class Herb Consolvo Jr Chesapeake VA flew tnis beautifully-colored Brushfire Advanced 800-sq-in craft designed Steve Rojecki trio Canadians flew Masters tnis year ivan Kristensen standing placed 1st Jacques Gagnon kneeling 11th Jean-Marc Fortin shown placed 35th clue Jacques plane might make suspect Canada Rich Irvine Chicago IL overcame mis haps win Expert mid-air collision Round 5 shattered borrowed OS Max 60 Chuck has whole story article See Would lie Heres Rich Irvine receiving 1st-place plaque Event Director Walt Throne Richs first 3 rounds disasters yet survived midair win Flying started promptly 1200 noon Mon day Part way through first round began rain airplanes Site 3 seems first group fliers up 72160 up earliest site several crashes Im told seven resulting interference concrete plant dispatchers TX directly 72160 Host club Nats officials warned problems other frequencies apparently 72160 te interference actually source Editors note RMcM Im amazed wasnt reported earlier no knew saw aircraft impact runway center line full bore between Site judges myself located Site 2 horrified instant looked vantage point hit judges very scary situation first-round jitters finally worked out contestants officials alike things gan run rather smoothly Unofficial flight scores posted rather quickly site Dean Koger reported hardly time retum aircraft pits after flight before score posted Site official scores standings quickly available though computer located Quality Inn headquarters some five miles away Score sheets rechecked entered offi cial round-to-round standings available ap proximately day later must have quite job Headquarters personnel check enter some 300 score sheets evening guess AMA hasnt yet heard about Mike Jen kins Louisville KY excellent software score-calculation posting Mikes com puter hardware software combo used years Masters Toumament Rough River KY can give immediate accurate results flight line running portable generator power motor home 9fl0 heat case 83 Masters Toumament Now could computerize judges Mondays two rounds again apparent easy difficult judge sets point Sportsman class Se nior Mike Klein also Cleveland Con nection posted very high 2755to topped later contest one-half point eventual winner Mike Cecil also Senior smart aleck young kids too good! Advanced class Ed Hoffman old guy Cleveland Connection trying hold off kids Mike Boso Jeff Hannah both Seniors Expert class Art Fressola appeared leading pack Masters class saw Ivan Kirstensen off large lead posting two highest scores contest 1216 12135 No would break 1200 mark during rest contest beautiful sunset niarked end Mondays Tuesdays weather repeat Mondays Boy Someone deserves thanks Flying went smoothly until about 130 pm point stopped about V-hour due approaching thunderstormlotta noise 44 Model Aviation flying us swore find practice fields before flying began Tuesday noon Happy Ed Hoffman Cleveland OH almost beat kids Advancedl placed 3rd MIKE islein wea nuau oui 1st Sportsman Robbie Keller Centerville Oil very proud 41/2 points received trophies 2nd overall Best Junior trophy Sportsman placed Second Best Senior Mike Cleveland 38th overall wasnt lastl OH passed drop Only couple aircraft lost day seems inter ference problems Monday much controversy over judging some contestants ex perienced wide point-spreads single manu ever some large 4-6 points Judging Nats has improved over years judging situation certainly area needs workas fliers will agree Most USPIA judges very capa ble experienced hard-working ever try judge Pattem hot sun six hours few well-intentioned inexperienced judges wreck havoc As contests turning point reached appears Masters class fourth round tvan Kristensen scoring 1167 having two over-I 200 scores 1216 score represents average manuever score 90 manuevers judges difficult set judges coming up Dave Brown appeared over point first place situation Dave flys best con finued page 132 November 1983 45 Mike Cecil got Sportsman 1st Overall Beat Senior Hes Gainesville GA Ivan Kristensen Guelph Ontario Canada won Masters 775 points first time Canadian has won AMA Nats vice versa Ivan has Canadian PAl RC Aero batics team several times uave drown IH still seems reasonably nappy though settle 2nd Masters year cant blame Ivan Kristensen obvious exuberance versity didnt faze Rich last three scores won contest him Now must whats called coming contest loaded Bear Skunk Congrats Rich summary must say again site Westover Air Force Base best Nats Pattem sites have pleasure use Couple hospitality host Pioneer Valley RC Club other clubs area Base Commander Colonel Ayers Pattern Director Walt Throne workers District VP Ed Izzo certainly must finest Nats weve experienced years Ed especially seemed everywhere giving information helping out generally repre senting New England us foreign visitors Ron Van Putte should-a Next year-Reno Nats RC Scale/Wischers Continued page 48 Air Force career model featured construction article Model Builder magazine Second place Giant Scale won Pete Reed Brisighella-designed Starduster Too addition its being especially well-finished used new 26 cu Shereshaw Bantam 2-stroke engine outstanding performance Bert Bakers third-place Republic Thunderbolt scratch-built intends kit model engine Rossi 90 swings 14-6 prop wing has foam core fuselage molded fiberglass Largest Giant Scale models Norm Rosenstocks Aeronca LC John Nicolacis Martin Mariner Aeronca scale has 10-ft span 2400 sq area weighs 43 lb has II servos powered Kawasaki 4 hp engine 315 cu Mariner has Il-ft span uses pair Supertigre 75 engines weighs 38 lb As prototype JATO pods fuselage sides jump take off used though AMA rules prohibit gaseous boost Mariner hying boat John used beaching gear fastened hull runway operation time P-SI Mustang held position popular Scale model con tests Chicopee Nats two Mustangs entered military-type models Supermarine Spitfire seems have taken over top spot popularity four contestants Piper Cub always favorite among modelers well-represented Nats fact 10% entry list consisted Piper Cubs six Giant Scale common Scale model present nine entries Cub model attracted attention Gemini-powered clipped-wing Cliff Tacie Its ornate color scheme diagonaltapered stripes surfaces made mostphotographed model Chicopee Its dazzling fin ish colors distracted observerswho overlooked Gemini nose highest-placing Cub meet third place Sport Scale Expert Mike Gretz won 1982 Nats Giant Scale Sig kit pro totype placed fifth same airplane Chicopee fair static judging models class scored same set judges three judges AMA classSportsman Expert Giantwith four judges PAl class Four rounds flown four sets flight judges two sites two lines Everyone flew four rounds equal exposure four sets judges system inequalities cancelled out Continued page 136 November 1983 133 NEW 1j4 SCALE 4-14 DIAMETER wheels Flite Line Models over 20 years have made some easiest build best flying kits money can buy real treat try see Manufactured modelers modelers Most kits may built either standard trike gear Kits feature hand cut parts AAA materials formed gear hinges horns etc Skooter II $4295 IWbalsa wing skins $4695 An Old Favorite NEW Fun Fli 40 $4195 19-40 eng4 ch 19-40 eng3 4 cli S 19-40 eng 4n EZ Trainer $4695 Tough Basic Trainer 19-35 eng3 ch SEE YOUR DEALER Dealers-DistributorsStendard discounts Docile 19-25 Hot Rod 40 COMING SOON Fun Fli 60 $5595 40-60 eng4 ch EZ Sport $4595 19-4Oeng4ch Great Second Plane Scat Cat 500 $4595 winningest 500 racer ever EZ Fli $4995 Aileron Trainer e 19-40 eng4 eh 3207 34th St Lubbock TX 79410 806 792-2671 Ron Hesselbrock Dave Brown flight line coordinators keeping flow con testants ready Ron remarked fliers ready turns special urging Weather hardly factor Chicopee uniformly good Nats week Scale event some periods gustiness wind shifting saw some downwind landings windy periods could possibly have affected some scores Scale events directed Bob Underwood beginning Indoor first Sunday daughters Ann Cathywere seen tabulating Indoor Scale Free Flight Scale RC Scalea monumental task filling scores sheets trophies being awarded Bob long out hos pital after serious operation takes lot keep modeler ddown Rae Underwood sold AMA souvenlers weeka real family effort usual have flown worked Nats have never seen greater effort made local group Pioneer Valley RC Club make Nats success succeeded beyond expectations particularly Scale club members present help phases ginning unloading AMA equipment freely gave time energy week long Most never seen Nats com petition flavor old-time Navy-hosted Nats Lets hope invite us back Chicopee another taste success Meanwhile Reno 1984 Nats RC Soaring/Ziegenfuse Continued page 51 within tO points Al 2nd Martin MeCartocy took 3rd just points behind Ken John Gunsaullus outdid Bill Meleske point take 1st place Open Two-Meter Leslie Gerhardt nailed down 3rd final standings Senior Events re mained same end Day Two Ralph Minderjahn Brian Agnew Tim Gold 1st 2nd 3rd respectively Unlimited class Chris Bovais 1st Stan dard class Tim Gold Brian Agnew Charles Mobs finished order TwoMeter class Jim Ealy III won three classes Junior competition NSS-sponsored Soaring Awards Banquet held Friday evening Quality Inn location Nats HQ Distinguished guests eluded Mr Mrs John Grigg Mr Mrs Carl Goldberg Mr Mrs Walt Good Mrs Carrie Axelrod An excellent meal served buffet-style awards distributed Hi Johnson Trophy highest total score went Tom Brightbill Portland Oregon Mrs Carrie Axelrod presented Sid Axelrod Memorial Trophy best overall Junior Senior performance Charles Mohs award based upon innovation construction flight pointswith emphasis innovation considered Sids strongest points Saturday July 30 RC Sport Scale Sailplane event held day Compared fast pace other Soaring events relaxed easy-going affair eight Scale Sailplanes flown separately affording minimum pilot distraction maximum spectator enjoyment flight task three rounds 3 mm duration 20-pt landing bonus pilot landed Sail plane within 100-ft-dia landing circle Richard Bonnell St Petersburg FL flew 21-lb Richair LSI winches tongues would have hanging out after launch A-scale aircraft Scale Judges Jeff Troy Rober Schow Carl Luft awarded highest static score Terry Luckenbachs scratch-built ASW 20 Tery Bethlehem PA Nelson Ed Whyte Alto Ml did beautiful job flying equallybeautiful Schweizer TG-3 first place Open category Terry Luckenbach 2nd Gene Shelkey Scottdale PA 3rd Schweitzer 233 Gene RC Soaring event director spent day relaxing pre Nick Zirolis F4U CORSAIR 2 Cu size Engines 5 F bergiass Fuselage 5 Co ling availab e ice des gn GIANT RIG SCALE PLAN DESIGNS AT6 TEXAN24 I101Spas$2700ppUSA FOKKRR OR-i27I63Tripe$2500ppUSA PRF BRARCAT2 106Spas$2700ppUSA CURTISS P402/ 194Span$2700ppUSA FAU CORSAIR2 I93Spas$2700ppUSA Fiberglass Cowlings 5 Canopies available also seed stamp tsr detailed broceares oar Giant bcae Accessories Oar Plans ae sent Postpaid rsitbin iCe U55i 0 6 Model Aviation I%%y 1131 NW 45 Street Ft Ijudtrdole Fl 33309 13051 491-6115 ENGINEERING THE LANDING GEAR PEOPLE TIrRi t hIt lallding gea dont Ill your higglo property o & 0 EagloosnOg cia Salvo problems * CooIa built loRdS & SpOCS guarallteed lit * Stroog & durable wilboland thu toughest landlog * 0 & 0 Engineeriog gear silt work & keep higgit IlyIng * IR tlock rOptOcelIlOIll gear br mutt popular ffodRts ByIRO PIlls ChrIstoR Eagle CAP 21 Bales USA J-3 CUB Air Tech PieRRe ant Eaglo Nosee Big Stick Champ Cilobtia R & B models Sooper Stiojer end Soappor Too ye Moved NEW ADDRESS AI-Tec Products PO Box 3591 Boardman OH 44512 See AI-Tec ad issue patented aluminum alloy beams T spars
Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/11
Page Numbers: 42, 43, 44, 45, 133, 136
THIS YEARS Pattern site must best flying sites ever Nationals competition Saturday evening July 23 found us looking parking pace front Quality Inn Chic opee MA Nats headquarters located about five miles Westover Air Force Base crowded contestants familiesbut nothing like crowd follow Sunday registration check-in also transmitter pro cessing Sunday made aviation mob lotta fun seeing old friends Nats past also first surge largest Pat tem entry past few years over 150 competitors TX processing 100 500 pm slow Idue large entry wellorganized Dan Kahn brought computercontrolled spectrum analyLer HewlettPackard As put transmitters antenna screen tube turned Suzi Stream entered AMA number name automatically checked bandwidth compatibility new frequencies channel number against entry form making sure indeed frequency previously indicated pilots meeting followed 500 pm informed among other things did Pattern have large entry Scale also over 100 entries meant additional time would required complete Scale fly ing possible Pattern would completed Thursday thus giving Pylon guys time finish Friday would release day Satur day Sunday Scale Starting time Pattern moved 100 pm 1200 noon TXs again having impounded noon allow competitor fly day informed District VP good Jeanette Throne L must have often wondered what darn transmitters under control Site 2 impound Hubby Walt Throne RC Pattern Event Director Larry Phillips R battered-but-repaired overnight Philare model Larry totaled practice just before Round 4 42 Model Aviation RC Pattern portion Ohio Pattern contingent few Kentuckians mixed Can spot Dave Brown Rumor other state outnumber New York crowd L composed 0 tfle Pattern judges officials Thirty-six photo maybe takes tremendous number hard-working volunteers run contest size Lets hope Bill Tittles daughter Charlene R managed stay happy week score tabulators Harold Winters dad Bill R friend Ed Izzo no less three practice fields available within about 25-mile radius Ever try find practice field New England very straight roads spite good $ directions very helpful local club mem bers Pioneer Valley RC Club Ed Izzos maps lost several timesbut thats nothing new Friend Ed Hoffman Clev eland Connection nearly late sixthround flight due L-O-N-G trek prac tice field Thursday Ed Izzo also acquired permission camp Air Base Base Commander Roy Ayers very hospitable Air Force certainly earned Ed title Nats Goodwill Ambassador Monday noon found us Site 2 Line B pre paring first-round flight Three sites two flight lines located what ap peared least 5000 ft x 120-ft-wide very smooth runway would six rounds flying using three judges line judges located runway center line permitted use 60 ft behind judges ready boxes pits closest trees perhaps 300 yards distant flight line notable exception Site distance approximately 150 yards stood large tree about 300 left center rumored Tony Bon etti flew behind thisduring part pattern weather Whoever ordered weather Pattern year deserves trophy Monday sunny 800 dry nights about 600 breeze northright down runway Such weather Monday Tuesday Wednesday wind breeze shifting west erly during day Wednesday South Thursday Thursdays wind also strongerbut again right down runway November 1983 43 Bill Elliott Centerville OH L flew fantastically beautiful Tipo Too bad photo isnt color Bill flies Sportsman class Heres business end interior Masters-winner Ivan Kristensens plane R Citations cowl belly-pan have removed revealing OS rear-intake rear-exhaust engine 3-bladed prop anodized-aluminum spinner header enclosed pipe offset nose wheel Chris Engler Apalachin NY very pretty red/yellow/orange/blue paint job Tipo en try Advanced class Herb Consolvo Jr Chesapeake VA flew tnis beautifully-colored Brushfire Advanced 800-sq-in craft designed Steve Rojecki trio Canadians flew Masters tnis year ivan Kristensen standing placed 1st Jacques Gagnon kneeling 11th Jean-Marc Fortin shown placed 35th clue Jacques plane might make suspect Canada Rich Irvine Chicago IL overcame mis haps win Expert mid-air collision Round 5 shattered borrowed OS Max 60 Chuck has whole story article See Would lie Heres Rich Irvine receiving 1st-place plaque Event Director Walt Throne Richs first 3 rounds disasters yet survived midair win Flying started promptly 1200 noon Mon day Part way through first round began rain airplanes Site 3 seems first group fliers up 72160 up earliest site several crashes Im told seven resulting interference concrete plant dispatchers TX directly 72160 Host club Nats officials warned problems other frequencies apparently 72160 te interference actually source Editors note RMcM Im amazed wasnt reported earlier no knew saw aircraft impact runway center line full bore between Site judges myself located Site 2 horrified instant looked vantage point hit judges very scary situation first-round jitters finally worked out contestants officials alike things gan run rather smoothly Unofficial flight scores posted rather quickly site Dean Koger reported hardly time retum aircraft pits after flight before score posted Site official scores standings quickly available though computer located Quality Inn headquarters some five miles away Score sheets rechecked entered offi cial round-to-round standings available ap proximately day later must have quite job Headquarters personnel check enter some 300 score sheets evening guess AMA hasnt yet heard about Mike Jen kins Louisville KY excellent software score-calculation posting Mikes com puter hardware software combo used years Masters Toumament Rough River KY can give immediate accurate results flight line running portable generator power motor home 9fl0 heat case 83 Masters Toumament Now could computerize judges Mondays two rounds again apparent easy difficult judge sets point Sportsman class Se nior Mike Klein also Cleveland Con nection posted very high 2755to topped later contest one-half point eventual winner Mike Cecil also Senior smart aleck young kids too good! Advanced class Ed Hoffman old guy Cleveland Connection trying hold off kids Mike Boso Jeff Hannah both Seniors Expert class Art Fressola appeared leading pack Masters class saw Ivan Kirstensen off large lead posting two highest scores contest 1216 12135 No would break 1200 mark during rest contest beautiful sunset niarked end Mondays Tuesdays weather repeat Mondays Boy Someone deserves thanks Flying went smoothly until about 130 pm point stopped about V-hour due approaching thunderstormlotta noise 44 Model Aviation flying us swore find practice fields before flying began Tuesday noon Happy Ed Hoffman Cleveland OH almost beat kids Advancedl placed 3rd MIKE islein wea nuau oui 1st Sportsman Robbie Keller Centerville Oil very proud 41/2 points received trophies 2nd overall Best Junior trophy Sportsman placed Second Best Senior Mike Cleveland 38th overall wasnt lastl OH passed drop Only couple aircraft lost day seems inter ference problems Monday much controversy over judging some contestants ex perienced wide point-spreads single manu ever some large 4-6 points Judging Nats has improved over years judging situation certainly area needs workas fliers will agree Most USPIA judges very capa ble experienced hard-working ever try judge Pattem hot sun six hours few well-intentioned inexperienced judges wreck havoc As contests turning point reached appears Masters class fourth round tvan Kristensen scoring 1167 having two over-I 200 scores 1216 score represents average manuever score 90 manuevers judges difficult set judges coming up Dave Brown appeared over point first place situation Dave flys best con finued page 132 November 1983 45 Mike Cecil got Sportsman 1st Overall Beat Senior Hes Gainesville GA Ivan Kristensen Guelph Ontario Canada won Masters 775 points first time Canadian has won AMA Nats vice versa Ivan has Canadian PAl RC Aero batics team several times uave drown IH still seems reasonably nappy though settle 2nd Masters year cant blame Ivan Kristensen obvious exuberance versity didnt faze Rich last three scores won contest him Now must whats called coming contest loaded Bear Skunk Congrats Rich summary must say again site Westover Air Force Base best Nats Pattem sites have pleasure use Couple hospitality host Pioneer Valley RC Club other clubs area Base Commander Colonel Ayers Pattern Director Walt Throne workers District VP Ed Izzo certainly must finest Nats weve experienced years Ed especially seemed everywhere giving information helping out generally repre senting New England us foreign visitors Ron Van Putte should-a Next year-Reno Nats RC Scale/Wischers Continued page 48 Air Force career model featured construction article Model Builder magazine Second place Giant Scale won Pete Reed Brisighella-designed Starduster Too addition its being especially well-finished used new 26 cu Shereshaw Bantam 2-stroke engine outstanding performance Bert Bakers third-place Republic Thunderbolt scratch-built intends kit model engine Rossi 90 swings 14-6 prop wing has foam core fuselage molded fiberglass Largest Giant Scale models Norm Rosenstocks Aeronca LC John Nicolacis Martin Mariner Aeronca scale has 10-ft span 2400 sq area weighs 43 lb has II servos powered Kawasaki 4 hp engine 315 cu Mariner has Il-ft span uses pair Supertigre 75 engines weighs 38 lb As prototype JATO pods fuselage sides jump take off used though AMA rules prohibit gaseous boost Mariner hying boat John used beaching gear fastened hull runway operation time P-SI Mustang held position popular Scale model con tests Chicopee Nats two Mustangs entered military-type models Supermarine Spitfire seems have taken over top spot popularity four contestants Piper Cub always favorite among modelers well-represented Nats fact 10% entry list consisted Piper Cubs six Giant Scale common Scale model present nine entries Cub model attracted attention Gemini-powered clipped-wing Cliff Tacie Its ornate color scheme diagonaltapered stripes surfaces made mostphotographed model Chicopee Its dazzling fin ish colors distracted observerswho overlooked Gemini nose highest-placing Cub meet third place Sport Scale Expert Mike Gretz won 1982 Nats Giant Scale Sig kit pro totype placed fifth same airplane Chicopee fair static judging models class scored same set judges three judges AMA classSportsman Expert Giantwith four judges PAl class Four rounds flown four sets flight judges two sites two lines Everyone flew four rounds equal exposure four sets judges system inequalities cancelled out Continued page 136 November 1983 133 NEW 1j4 SCALE 4-14 DIAMETER wheels Flite Line Models over 20 years have made some easiest build best flying kits money can buy real treat try see Manufactured modelers modelers Most kits may built either standard trike gear Kits feature hand cut parts AAA materials formed gear hinges horns etc Skooter II $4295 IWbalsa wing skins $4695 An Old Favorite NEW Fun Fli 40 $4195 19-40 eng4 ch 19-40 eng3 4 cli S 19-40 eng 4n EZ Trainer $4695 Tough Basic Trainer 19-35 eng3 ch SEE YOUR DEALER Dealers-DistributorsStendard discounts Docile 19-25 Hot Rod 40 COMING SOON Fun Fli 60 $5595 40-60 eng4 ch EZ Sport $4595 19-4Oeng4ch Great Second Plane Scat Cat 500 $4595 winningest 500 racer ever EZ Fli $4995 Aileron Trainer e 19-40 eng4 eh 3207 34th St Lubbock TX 79410 806 792-2671 Ron Hesselbrock Dave Brown flight line coordinators keeping flow con testants ready Ron remarked fliers ready turns special urging Weather hardly factor Chicopee uniformly good Nats week Scale event some periods gustiness wind shifting saw some downwind landings windy periods could possibly have affected some scores Scale events directed Bob Underwood beginning Indoor first Sunday daughters Ann Cathywere seen tabulating Indoor Scale Free Flight Scale RC Scalea monumental task filling scores sheets trophies being awarded Bob long out hos pital after serious operation takes lot keep modeler ddown Rae Underwood sold AMA souvenlers weeka real family effort usual have flown worked Nats have never seen greater effort made local group Pioneer Valley RC Club make Nats success succeeded beyond expectations particularly Scale club members present help phases ginning unloading AMA equipment freely gave time energy week long Most never seen Nats com petition flavor old-time Navy-hosted Nats Lets hope invite us back Chicopee another taste success Meanwhile Reno 1984 Nats RC Soaring/Ziegenfuse Continued page 51 within tO points Al 2nd Martin MeCartocy took 3rd just points behind Ken John Gunsaullus outdid Bill Meleske point take 1st place Open Two-Meter Leslie Gerhardt nailed down 3rd final standings Senior Events re mained same end Day Two Ralph Minderjahn Brian Agnew Tim Gold 1st 2nd 3rd respectively Unlimited class Chris Bovais 1st Stan dard class Tim Gold Brian Agnew Charles Mobs finished order TwoMeter class Jim Ealy III won three classes Junior competition NSS-sponsored Soaring Awards Banquet held Friday evening Quality Inn location Nats HQ Distinguished guests eluded Mr Mrs John Grigg Mr Mrs Carl Goldberg Mr Mrs Walt Good Mrs Carrie Axelrod An excellent meal served buffet-style awards distributed Hi Johnson Trophy highest total score went Tom Brightbill Portland Oregon Mrs Carrie Axelrod presented Sid Axelrod Memorial Trophy best overall Junior Senior performance Charles Mohs award based upon innovation construction flight pointswith emphasis innovation considered Sids strongest points Saturday July 30 RC Sport Scale Sailplane event held day Compared fast pace other Soaring events relaxed easy-going affair eight Scale Sailplanes flown separately affording minimum pilot distraction maximum spectator enjoyment flight task three rounds 3 mm duration 20-pt landing bonus pilot landed Sail plane within 100-ft-dia landing circle Richard Bonnell St Petersburg FL flew 21-lb Richair LSI winches tongues would have hanging out after launch A-scale aircraft Scale Judges Jeff Troy Rober Schow Carl Luft awarded highest static score Terry Luckenbachs scratch-built ASW 20 Tery Bethlehem PA Nelson Ed Whyte Alto Ml did beautiful job flying equallybeautiful Schweizer TG-3 first place Open category Terry Luckenbach 2nd Gene Shelkey Scottdale PA 3rd Schweitzer 233 Gene RC Soaring event director spent day relaxing pre Nick Zirolis F4U CORSAIR 2 Cu size Engines 5 F bergiass Fuselage 5 Co ling availab e ice des gn GIANT RIG SCALE PLAN DESIGNS AT6 TEXAN24 I101Spas$2700ppUSA FOKKRR OR-i27I63Tripe$2500ppUSA PRF BRARCAT2 106Spas$2700ppUSA CURTISS P402/ 194Span$2700ppUSA FAU CORSAIR2 I93Spas$2700ppUSA Fiberglass Cowlings 5 Canopies available also seed stamp tsr detailed broceares oar Giant bcae Accessories Oar Plans ae sent Postpaid rsitbin iCe U55i 0 6 Model Aviation I%%y 1131 NW 45 Street Ft Ijudtrdole Fl 33309 13051 491-6115 ENGINEERING THE LANDING GEAR PEOPLE TIrRi t hIt lallding gea dont Ill your higglo property o & 0 EagloosnOg cia Salvo problems * CooIa built loRdS & SpOCS guarallteed lit * Stroog & durable wilboland thu toughest landlog * 0 & 0 Engineeriog gear silt work & keep higgit IlyIng * IR tlock rOptOcelIlOIll gear br mutt popular ffodRts ByIRO PIlls ChrIstoR Eagle CAP 21 Bales USA J-3 CUB Air Tech PieRRe ant Eaglo Nosee Big Stick Champ Cilobtia R & B models Sooper Stiojer end Soappor Too ye Moved NEW ADDRESS AI-Tec Products PO Box 3591 Boardman OH 44512 See AI-Tec ad issue patented aluminum alloy beams T spars
Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/11
Page Numbers: 42, 43, 44, 45, 133, 136
THIS YEARS Pattern site must best flying sites ever Nationals competition Saturday evening July 23 found us looking parking pace front Quality Inn Chic opee MA Nats headquarters located about five miles Westover Air Force Base crowded contestants familiesbut nothing like crowd follow Sunday registration check-in also transmitter pro cessing Sunday made aviation mob lotta fun seeing old friends Nats past also first surge largest Pat tem entry past few years over 150 competitors TX processing 100 500 pm slow Idue large entry wellorganized Dan Kahn brought computercontrolled spectrum analyLer HewlettPackard As put transmitters antenna screen tube turned Suzi Stream entered AMA number name automatically checked bandwidth compatibility new frequencies channel number against entry form making sure indeed frequency previously indicated pilots meeting followed 500 pm informed among other things did Pattern have large entry Scale also over 100 entries meant additional time would required complete Scale fly ing possible Pattern would completed Thursday thus giving Pylon guys time finish Friday would release day Satur day Sunday Scale Starting time Pattern moved 100 pm 1200 noon TXs again having impounded noon allow competitor fly day informed District VP good Jeanette Throne L must have often wondered what darn transmitters under control Site 2 impound Hubby Walt Throne RC Pattern Event Director Larry Phillips R battered-but-repaired overnight Philare model Larry totaled practice just before Round 4 42 Model Aviation RC Pattern portion Ohio Pattern contingent few Kentuckians mixed Can spot Dave Brown Rumor other state outnumber New York crowd L composed 0 tfle Pattern judges officials Thirty-six photo maybe takes tremendous number hard-working volunteers run contest size Lets hope Bill Tittles daughter Charlene R managed stay happy week score tabulators Harold Winters dad Bill R friend Ed Izzo no less three practice fields available within about 25-mile radius Ever try find practice field New England very straight roads spite good $ directions very helpful local club mem bers Pioneer Valley RC Club Ed Izzos maps lost several timesbut thats nothing new Friend Ed Hoffman Clev eland Connection nearly late sixthround flight due L-O-N-G trek prac tice field Thursday Ed Izzo also acquired permission camp Air Base Base Commander Roy Ayers very hospitable Air Force certainly earned Ed title Nats Goodwill Ambassador Monday noon found us Site 2 Line B pre paring first-round flight Three sites two flight lines located what ap peared least 5000 ft x 120-ft-wide very smooth runway would six rounds flying using three judges line judges located runway center line permitted use 60 ft behind judges ready boxes pits closest trees perhaps 300 yards distant flight line notable exception Site distance approximately 150 yards stood large tree about 300 left center rumored Tony Bon etti flew behind thisduring part pattern weather Whoever ordered weather Pattern year deserves trophy Monday sunny 800 dry nights about 600 breeze northright down runway Such weather Monday Tuesday Wednesday wind breeze shifting west erly during day Wednesday South Thursday Thursdays wind also strongerbut again right down runway November 1983 43 Bill Elliott Centerville OH L flew fantastically beautiful Tipo Too bad photo isnt color Bill flies Sportsman class Heres business end interior Masters-winner Ivan Kristensens plane R Citations cowl belly-pan have removed revealing OS rear-intake rear-exhaust engine 3-bladed prop anodized-aluminum spinner header enclosed pipe offset nose wheel Chris Engler Apalachin NY very pretty red/yellow/orange/blue paint job Tipo en try Advanced class Herb Consolvo Jr Chesapeake VA flew tnis beautifully-colored Brushfire Advanced 800-sq-in craft designed Steve Rojecki trio Canadians flew Masters tnis year ivan Kristensen standing placed 1st Jacques Gagnon kneeling 11th Jean-Marc Fortin shown placed 35th clue Jacques plane might make suspect Canada Rich Irvine Chicago IL overcame mis haps win Expert mid-air collision Round 5 shattered borrowed OS Max 60 Chuck has whole story article See Would lie Heres Rich Irvine receiving 1st-place plaque Event Director Walt Throne Richs first 3 rounds disasters yet survived midair win Flying started promptly 1200 noon Mon day Part way through first round began rain airplanes Site 3 seems first group fliers up 72160 up earliest site several crashes Im told seven resulting interference concrete plant dispatchers TX directly 72160 Host club Nats officials warned problems other frequencies apparently 72160 te interference actually source Editors note RMcM Im amazed wasnt reported earlier no knew saw aircraft impact runway center line full bore between Site judges myself located Site 2 horrified instant looked vantage point hit judges very scary situation first-round jitters finally worked out contestants officials alike things gan run rather smoothly Unofficial flight scores posted rather quickly site Dean Koger reported hardly time retum aircraft pits after flight before score posted Site official scores standings quickly available though computer located Quality Inn headquarters some five miles away Score sheets rechecked entered offi cial round-to-round standings available ap proximately day later must have quite job Headquarters personnel check enter some 300 score sheets evening guess AMA hasnt yet heard about Mike Jen kins Louisville KY excellent software score-calculation posting Mikes com puter hardware software combo used years Masters Toumament Rough River KY can give immediate accurate results flight line running portable generator power motor home 9fl0 heat case 83 Masters Toumament Now could computerize judges Mondays two rounds again apparent easy difficult judge sets point Sportsman class Se nior Mike Klein also Cleveland Con nection posted very high 2755to topped later contest one-half point eventual winner Mike Cecil also Senior smart aleck young kids too good! Advanced class Ed Hoffman old guy Cleveland Connection trying hold off kids Mike Boso Jeff Hannah both Seniors Expert class Art Fressola appeared leading pack Masters class saw Ivan Kirstensen off large lead posting two highest scores contest 1216 12135 No would break 1200 mark during rest contest beautiful sunset niarked end Mondays Tuesdays weather repeat Mondays Boy Someone deserves thanks Flying went smoothly until about 130 pm point stopped about V-hour due approaching thunderstormlotta noise 44 Model Aviation flying us swore find practice fields before flying began Tuesday noon Happy Ed Hoffman Cleveland OH almost beat kids Advancedl placed 3rd MIKE islein wea nuau oui 1st Sportsman Robbie Keller Centerville Oil very proud 41/2 points received trophies 2nd overall Best Junior trophy Sportsman placed Second Best Senior Mike Cleveland 38th overall wasnt lastl OH passed drop Only couple aircraft lost day seems inter ference problems Monday much controversy over judging some contestants ex perienced wide point-spreads single manu ever some large 4-6 points Judging Nats has improved over years judging situation certainly area needs workas fliers will agree Most USPIA judges very capa ble experienced hard-working ever try judge Pattem hot sun six hours few well-intentioned inexperienced judges wreck havoc As contests turning point reached appears Masters class fourth round tvan Kristensen scoring 1167 having two over-I 200 scores 1216 score represents average manuever score 90 manuevers judges difficult set judges coming up Dave Brown appeared over point first place situation Dave flys best con finued page 132 November 1983 45 Mike Cecil got Sportsman 1st Overall Beat Senior Hes Gainesville GA Ivan Kristensen Guelph Ontario Canada won Masters 775 points first time Canadian has won AMA Nats vice versa Ivan has Canadian PAl RC Aero batics team several times uave drown IH still seems reasonably nappy though settle 2nd Masters year cant blame Ivan Kristensen obvious exuberance versity didnt faze Rich last three scores won contest him Now must whats called coming contest loaded Bear Skunk Congrats Rich summary must say again site Westover Air Force Base best Nats Pattem sites have pleasure use Couple hospitality host Pioneer Valley RC Club other clubs area Base Commander Colonel Ayers Pattern Director Walt Throne workers District VP Ed Izzo certainly must finest Nats weve experienced years Ed especially seemed everywhere giving information helping out generally repre senting New England us foreign visitors Ron Van Putte should-a Next year-Reno Nats RC Scale/Wischers Continued page 48 Air Force career model featured construction article Model Builder magazine Second place Giant Scale won Pete Reed Brisighella-designed Starduster Too addition its being especially well-finished used new 26 cu Shereshaw Bantam 2-stroke engine outstanding performance Bert Bakers third-place Republic Thunderbolt scratch-built intends kit model engine Rossi 90 swings 14-6 prop wing has foam core fuselage molded fiberglass Largest Giant Scale models Norm Rosenstocks Aeronca LC John Nicolacis Martin Mariner Aeronca scale has 10-ft span 2400 sq area weighs 43 lb has II servos powered Kawasaki 4 hp engine 315 cu Mariner has Il-ft span uses pair Supertigre 75 engines weighs 38 lb As prototype JATO pods fuselage sides jump take off used though AMA rules prohibit gaseous boost Mariner hying boat John used beaching gear fastened hull runway operation time P-SI Mustang held position popular Scale model con tests Chicopee Nats two Mustangs entered military-type models Supermarine Spitfire seems have taken over top spot popularity four contestants Piper Cub always favorite among modelers well-represented Nats fact 10% entry list consisted Piper Cubs six Giant Scale common Scale model present nine entries Cub model attracted attention Gemini-powered clipped-wing Cliff Tacie Its ornate color scheme diagonaltapered stripes surfaces made mostphotographed model Chicopee Its dazzling fin ish colors distracted observerswho overlooked Gemini nose highest-placing Cub meet third place Sport Scale Expert Mike Gretz won 1982 Nats Giant Scale Sig kit pro totype placed fifth same airplane Chicopee fair static judging models class scored same set judges three judges AMA classSportsman Expert Giantwith four judges PAl class Four rounds flown four sets flight judges two sites two lines Everyone flew four rounds equal exposure four sets judges system inequalities cancelled out Continued page 136 November 1983 133 NEW 1j4 SCALE 4-14 DIAMETER wheels Flite Line Models over 20 years have made some easiest build best flying kits money can buy real treat try see Manufactured modelers modelers Most kits may built either standard trike gear Kits feature hand cut parts AAA materials formed gear hinges horns etc Skooter II $4295 IWbalsa wing skins $4695 An Old Favorite NEW Fun Fli 40 $4195 19-40 eng4 ch 19-40 eng3 4 cli S 19-40 eng 4n EZ Trainer $4695 Tough Basic Trainer 19-35 eng3 ch SEE YOUR DEALER Dealers-DistributorsStendard discounts Docile 19-25 Hot Rod 40 COMING SOON Fun Fli 60 $5595 40-60 eng4 ch EZ Sport $4595 19-4Oeng4ch Great Second Plane Scat Cat 500 $4595 winningest 500 racer ever EZ Fli $4995 Aileron Trainer e 19-40 eng4 eh 3207 34th St Lubbock TX 79410 806 792-2671 Ron Hesselbrock Dave Brown flight line coordinators keeping flow con testants ready Ron remarked fliers ready turns special urging Weather hardly factor Chicopee uniformly good Nats week Scale event some periods gustiness wind shifting saw some downwind landings windy periods could possibly have affected some scores Scale events directed Bob Underwood beginning Indoor first Sunday daughters Ann Cathywere seen tabulating Indoor Scale Free Flight Scale RC Scalea monumental task filling scores sheets trophies being awarded Bob long out hos pital after serious operation takes lot keep modeler ddown Rae Underwood sold AMA souvenlers weeka real family effort usual have flown worked Nats have never seen greater effort made local group Pioneer Valley RC Club make Nats success succeeded beyond expectations particularly Scale club members present help phases ginning unloading AMA equipment freely gave time energy week long Most never seen Nats com petition flavor old-time Navy-hosted Nats Lets hope invite us back Chicopee another taste success Meanwhile Reno 1984 Nats RC Soaring/Ziegenfuse Continued page 51 within tO points Al 2nd Martin MeCartocy took 3rd just points behind Ken John Gunsaullus outdid Bill Meleske point take 1st place Open Two-Meter Leslie Gerhardt nailed down 3rd final standings Senior Events re mained same end Day Two Ralph Minderjahn Brian Agnew Tim Gold 1st 2nd 3rd respectively Unlimited class Chris Bovais 1st Stan dard class Tim Gold Brian Agnew Charles Mobs finished order TwoMeter class Jim Ealy III won three classes Junior competition NSS-sponsored Soaring Awards Banquet held Friday evening Quality Inn location Nats HQ Distinguished guests eluded Mr Mrs John Grigg Mr Mrs Carl Goldberg Mr Mrs Walt Good Mrs Carrie Axelrod An excellent meal served buffet-style awards distributed Hi Johnson Trophy highest total score went Tom Brightbill Portland Oregon Mrs Carrie Axelrod presented Sid Axelrod Memorial Trophy best overall Junior Senior performance Charles Mohs award based upon innovation construction flight pointswith emphasis innovation considered Sids strongest points Saturday July 30 RC Sport Scale Sailplane event held day Compared fast pace other Soaring events relaxed easy-going affair eight Scale Sailplanes flown separately affording minimum pilot distraction maximum spectator enjoyment flight task three rounds 3 mm duration 20-pt landing bonus pilot landed Sail plane within 100-ft-dia landing circle Richard Bonnell St Petersburg FL flew 21-lb Richair LSI winches tongues would have hanging out after launch A-scale aircraft Scale Judges Jeff Troy Rober Schow Carl Luft awarded highest static score Terry Luckenbachs scratch-built ASW 20 Tery Bethlehem PA Nelson Ed Whyte Alto Ml did beautiful job flying equallybeautiful Schweizer TG-3 first place Open category Terry Luckenbach 2nd Gene Shelkey Scottdale PA 3rd Schweitzer 233 Gene RC Soaring event director spent day relaxing pre Nick Zirolis F4U CORSAIR 2 Cu size Engines 5 F bergiass Fuselage 5 Co ling availab e ice des gn GIANT RIG SCALE PLAN DESIGNS AT6 TEXAN24 I101Spas$2700ppUSA FOKKRR OR-i27I63Tripe$2500ppUSA PRF BRARCAT2 106Spas$2700ppUSA CURTISS P402/ 194Span$2700ppUSA FAU CORSAIR2 I93Spas$2700ppUSA Fiberglass Cowlings 5 Canopies available also seed stamp tsr detailed broceares oar Giant bcae Accessories Oar Plans ae sent Postpaid rsitbin iCe U55i 0 6 Model Aviation I%%y 1131 NW 45 Street Ft Ijudtrdole Fl 33309 13051 491-6115 ENGINEERING THE LANDING GEAR PEOPLE TIrRi t hIt lallding gea dont Ill your higglo property o & 0 EagloosnOg cia Salvo problems * CooIa built loRdS & SpOCS guarallteed lit * Stroog & durable wilboland thu toughest landlog * 0 & 0 Engineeriog gear silt work & keep higgit IlyIng * IR tlock rOptOcelIlOIll gear br mutt popular ffodRts ByIRO PIlls ChrIstoR Eagle CAP 21 Bales USA J-3 CUB Air Tech PieRRe ant Eaglo Nosee Big Stick Champ Cilobtia R & B models Sooper Stiojer end Soappor Too ye Moved NEW ADDRESS AI-Tec Products PO Box 3591 Boardman OH 44512 See AI-Tec ad issue patented aluminum alloy beams T spars
Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/11
Page Numbers: 42, 43, 44, 45, 133, 136
THIS YEARS Pattern site must best flying sites ever Nationals competition Saturday evening July 23 found us looking parking pace front Quality Inn Chic opee MA Nats headquarters located about five miles Westover Air Force Base crowded contestants familiesbut nothing like crowd follow Sunday registration check-in also transmitter pro cessing Sunday made aviation mob lotta fun seeing old friends Nats past also first surge largest Pat tem entry past few years over 150 competitors TX processing 100 500 pm slow Idue large entry wellorganized Dan Kahn brought computercontrolled spectrum analyLer HewlettPackard As put transmitters antenna screen tube turned Suzi Stream entered AMA number name automatically checked bandwidth compatibility new frequencies channel number against entry form making sure indeed frequency previously indicated pilots meeting followed 500 pm informed among other things did Pattern have large entry Scale also over 100 entries meant additional time would required complete Scale fly ing possible Pattern would completed Thursday thus giving Pylon guys time finish Friday would release day Satur day Sunday Scale Starting time Pattern moved 100 pm 1200 noon TXs again having impounded noon allow competitor fly day informed District VP good Jeanette Throne L must have often wondered what darn transmitters under control Site 2 impound Hubby Walt Throne RC Pattern Event Director Larry Phillips R battered-but-repaired overnight Philare model Larry totaled practice just before Round 4 42 Model Aviation RC Pattern portion Ohio Pattern contingent few Kentuckians mixed Can spot Dave Brown Rumor other state outnumber New York crowd L composed 0 tfle Pattern judges officials Thirty-six photo maybe takes tremendous number hard-working volunteers run contest size Lets hope Bill Tittles daughter Charlene R managed stay happy week score tabulators Harold Winters dad Bill R friend Ed Izzo no less three practice fields available within about 25-mile radius Ever try find practice field New England very straight roads spite good $ directions very helpful local club mem bers Pioneer Valley RC Club Ed Izzos maps lost several timesbut thats nothing new Friend Ed Hoffman Clev eland Connection nearly late sixthround flight due L-O-N-G trek prac tice field Thursday Ed Izzo also acquired permission camp Air Base Base Commander Roy Ayers very hospitable Air Force certainly earned Ed title Nats Goodwill Ambassador Monday noon found us Site 2 Line B pre paring first-round flight Three sites two flight lines located what ap peared least 5000 ft x 120-ft-wide very smooth runway would six rounds flying using three judges line judges located runway center line permitted use 60 ft behind judges ready boxes pits closest trees perhaps 300 yards distant flight line notable exception Site distance approximately 150 yards stood large tree about 300 left center rumored Tony Bon etti flew behind thisduring part pattern weather Whoever ordered weather Pattern year deserves trophy Monday sunny 800 dry nights about 600 breeze northright down runway Such weather Monday Tuesday Wednesday wind breeze shifting west erly during day Wednesday South Thursday Thursdays wind also strongerbut again right down runway November 1983 43 Bill Elliott Centerville OH L flew fantastically beautiful Tipo Too bad photo isnt color Bill flies Sportsman class Heres business end interior Masters-winner Ivan Kristensens plane R Citations cowl belly-pan have removed revealing OS rear-intake rear-exhaust engine 3-bladed prop anodized-aluminum spinner header enclosed pipe offset nose wheel Chris Engler Apalachin NY very pretty red/yellow/orange/blue paint job Tipo en try Advanced class Herb Consolvo Jr Chesapeake VA flew tnis beautifully-colored Brushfire Advanced 800-sq-in craft designed Steve Rojecki trio Canadians flew Masters tnis year ivan Kristensen standing placed 1st Jacques Gagnon kneeling 11th Jean-Marc Fortin shown placed 35th clue Jacques plane might make suspect Canada Rich Irvine Chicago IL overcame mis haps win Expert mid-air collision Round 5 shattered borrowed OS Max 60 Chuck has whole story article See Would lie Heres Rich Irvine receiving 1st-place plaque Event Director Walt Throne Richs first 3 rounds disasters yet survived midair win Flying started promptly 1200 noon Mon day Part way through first round began rain airplanes Site 3 seems first group fliers up 72160 up earliest site several crashes Im told seven resulting interference concrete plant dispatchers TX directly 72160 Host club Nats officials warned problems other frequencies apparently 72160 te interference actually source Editors note RMcM Im amazed wasnt reported earlier no knew saw aircraft impact runway center line full bore between Site judges myself located Site 2 horrified instant looked vantage point hit judges very scary situation first-round jitters finally worked out contestants officials alike things gan run rather smoothly Unofficial flight scores posted rather quickly site Dean Koger reported hardly time retum aircraft pits after flight before score posted Site official scores standings quickly available though computer located Quality Inn headquarters some five miles away Score sheets rechecked entered offi cial round-to-round standings available ap proximately day later must have quite job Headquarters personnel check enter some 300 score sheets evening guess AMA hasnt yet heard about Mike Jen kins Louisville KY excellent software score-calculation posting Mikes com puter hardware software combo used years Masters Toumament Rough River KY can give immediate accurate results flight line running portable generator power motor home 9fl0 heat case 83 Masters Toumament Now could computerize judges Mondays two rounds again apparent easy difficult judge sets point Sportsman class Se nior Mike Klein also Cleveland Con nection posted very high 2755to topped later contest one-half point eventual winner Mike Cecil also Senior smart aleck young kids too good! Advanced class Ed Hoffman old guy Cleveland Connection trying hold off kids Mike Boso Jeff Hannah both Seniors Expert class Art Fressola appeared leading pack Masters class saw Ivan Kirstensen off large lead posting two highest scores contest 1216 12135 No would break 1200 mark during rest contest beautiful sunset niarked end Mondays Tuesdays weather repeat Mondays Boy Someone deserves thanks Flying went smoothly until about 130 pm point stopped about V-hour due approaching thunderstormlotta noise 44 Model Aviation flying us swore find practice fields before flying began Tuesday noon Happy Ed Hoffman Cleveland OH almost beat kids Advancedl placed 3rd MIKE islein wea nuau oui 1st Sportsman Robbie Keller Centerville Oil very proud 41/2 points received trophies 2nd overall Best Junior trophy Sportsman placed Second Best Senior Mike Cleveland 38th overall wasnt lastl OH passed drop Only couple aircraft lost day seems inter ference problems Monday much controversy over judging some contestants ex perienced wide point-spreads single manu ever some large 4-6 points Judging Nats has improved over years judging situation certainly area needs workas fliers will agree Most USPIA judges very capa ble experienced hard-working ever try judge Pattem hot sun six hours few well-intentioned inexperienced judges wreck havoc As contests turning point reached appears Masters class fourth round tvan Kristensen scoring 1167 having two over-I 200 scores 1216 score represents average manuever score 90 manuevers judges difficult set judges coming up Dave Brown appeared over point first place situation Dave flys best con finued page 132 November 1983 45 Mike Cecil got Sportsman 1st Overall Beat Senior Hes Gainesville GA Ivan Kristensen Guelph Ontario Canada won Masters 775 points first time Canadian has won AMA Nats vice versa Ivan has Canadian PAl RC Aero batics team several times uave drown IH still seems reasonably nappy though settle 2nd Masters year cant blame Ivan Kristensen obvious exuberance versity didnt faze Rich last three scores won contest him Now must whats called coming contest loaded Bear Skunk Congrats Rich summary must say again site Westover Air Force Base best Nats Pattem sites have pleasure use Couple hospitality host Pioneer Valley RC Club other clubs area Base Commander Colonel Ayers Pattern Director Walt Throne workers District VP Ed Izzo certainly must finest Nats weve experienced years Ed especially seemed everywhere giving information helping out generally repre senting New England us foreign visitors Ron Van Putte should-a Next year-Reno Nats RC Scale/Wischers Continued page 48 Air Force career model featured construction article Model Builder magazine Second place Giant Scale won Pete Reed Brisighella-designed Starduster Too addition its being especially well-finished used new 26 cu Shereshaw Bantam 2-stroke engine outstanding performance Bert Bakers third-place Republic Thunderbolt scratch-built intends kit model engine Rossi 90 swings 14-6 prop wing has foam core fuselage molded fiberglass Largest Giant Scale models Norm Rosenstocks Aeronca LC John Nicolacis Martin Mariner Aeronca scale has 10-ft span 2400 sq area weighs 43 lb has II servos powered Kawasaki 4 hp engine 315 cu Mariner has Il-ft span uses pair Supertigre 75 engines weighs 38 lb As prototype JATO pods fuselage sides jump take off used though AMA rules prohibit gaseous boost Mariner hying boat John used beaching gear fastened hull runway operation time P-SI Mustang held position popular Scale model con tests Chicopee Nats two Mustangs entered military-type models Supermarine Spitfire seems have taken over top spot popularity four contestants Piper Cub always favorite among modelers well-represented Nats fact 10% entry list consisted Piper Cubs six Giant Scale common Scale model present nine entries Cub model attracted attention Gemini-powered clipped-wing Cliff Tacie Its ornate color scheme diagonaltapered stripes surfaces made mostphotographed model Chicopee Its dazzling fin ish colors distracted observerswho overlooked Gemini nose highest-placing Cub meet third place Sport Scale Expert Mike Gretz won 1982 Nats Giant Scale Sig kit pro totype placed fifth same airplane Chicopee fair static judging models class scored same set judges three judges AMA classSportsman Expert Giantwith four judges PAl class Four rounds flown four sets flight judges two sites two lines Everyone flew four rounds equal exposure four sets judges system inequalities cancelled out Continued page 136 November 1983 133 NEW 1j4 SCALE 4-14 DIAMETER wheels Flite Line Models over 20 years have made some easiest build best flying kits money can buy real treat try see Manufactured modelers modelers Most kits may built either standard trike gear Kits feature hand cut parts AAA materials formed gear hinges horns etc Skooter II $4295 IWbalsa wing skins $4695 An Old Favorite NEW Fun Fli 40 $4195 19-40 eng4 ch 19-40 eng3 4 cli S 19-40 eng 4n EZ Trainer $4695 Tough Basic Trainer 19-35 eng3 ch SEE YOUR DEALER Dealers-DistributorsStendard discounts Docile 19-25 Hot Rod 40 COMING SOON Fun Fli 60 $5595 40-60 eng4 ch EZ Sport $4595 19-4Oeng4ch Great Second Plane Scat Cat 500 $4595 winningest 500 racer ever EZ Fli $4995 Aileron Trainer e 19-40 eng4 eh 3207 34th St Lubbock TX 79410 806 792-2671 Ron Hesselbrock Dave Brown flight line coordinators keeping flow con testants ready Ron remarked fliers ready turns special urging Weather hardly factor Chicopee uniformly good Nats week Scale event some periods gustiness wind shifting saw some downwind landings windy periods could possibly have affected some scores Scale events directed Bob Underwood beginning Indoor first Sunday daughters Ann Cathywere seen tabulating Indoor Scale Free Flight Scale RC Scalea monumental task filling scores sheets trophies being awarded Bob long out hos pital after serious operation takes lot keep modeler ddown Rae Underwood sold AMA souvenlers weeka real family effort usual have flown worked Nats have never seen greater effort made local group Pioneer Valley RC Club make Nats success succeeded beyond expectations particularly Scale club members present help phases ginning unloading AMA equipment freely gave time energy week long Most never seen Nats com petition flavor old-time Navy-hosted Nats Lets hope invite us back Chicopee another taste success Meanwhile Reno 1984 Nats RC Soaring/Ziegenfuse Continued page 51 within tO points Al 2nd Martin MeCartocy took 3rd just points behind Ken John Gunsaullus outdid Bill Meleske point take 1st place Open Two-Meter Leslie Gerhardt nailed down 3rd final standings Senior Events re mained same end Day Two Ralph Minderjahn Brian Agnew Tim Gold 1st 2nd 3rd respectively Unlimited class Chris Bovais 1st Stan dard class Tim Gold Brian Agnew Charles Mobs finished order TwoMeter class Jim Ealy III won three classes Junior competition NSS-sponsored Soaring Awards Banquet held Friday evening Quality Inn location Nats HQ Distinguished guests eluded Mr Mrs John Grigg Mr Mrs Carl Goldberg Mr Mrs Walt Good Mrs Carrie Axelrod An excellent meal served buffet-style awards distributed Hi Johnson Trophy highest total score went Tom Brightbill Portland Oregon Mrs Carrie Axelrod presented Sid Axelrod Memorial Trophy best overall Junior Senior performance Charles Mohs award based upon innovation construction flight pointswith emphasis innovation considered Sids strongest points Saturday July 30 RC Sport Scale Sailplane event held day Compared fast pace other Soaring events relaxed easy-going affair eight Scale Sailplanes flown separately affording minimum pilot distraction maximum spectator enjoyment flight task three rounds 3 mm duration 20-pt landing bonus pilot landed Sail plane within 100-ft-dia landing circle Richard Bonnell St Petersburg FL flew 21-lb Richair LSI winches tongues would have hanging out after launch A-scale aircraft Scale Judges Jeff Troy Rober Schow Carl Luft awarded highest static score Terry Luckenbachs scratch-built ASW 20 Tery Bethlehem PA Nelson Ed Whyte Alto Ml did beautiful job flying equallybeautiful Schweizer TG-3 first place Open category Terry Luckenbach 2nd Gene Shelkey Scottdale PA 3rd Schweitzer 233 Gene RC Soaring event director spent day relaxing pre Nick Zirolis F4U CORSAIR 2 Cu size Engines 5 F bergiass Fuselage 5 Co ling availab e ice des gn GIANT RIG SCALE PLAN DESIGNS AT6 TEXAN24 I101Spas$2700ppUSA FOKKRR OR-i27I63Tripe$2500ppUSA PRF BRARCAT2 106Spas$2700ppUSA CURTISS P402/ 194Span$2700ppUSA FAU CORSAIR2 I93Spas$2700ppUSA Fiberglass Cowlings 5 Canopies available also seed stamp tsr detailed broceares oar Giant bcae Accessories Oar Plans ae sent Postpaid rsitbin iCe U55i 0 6 Model Aviation I%%y 1131 NW 45 Street Ft Ijudtrdole Fl 33309 13051 491-6115 ENGINEERING THE LANDING GEAR PEOPLE TIrRi t hIt lallding gea dont Ill your higglo property o & 0 EagloosnOg cia Salvo problems * CooIa built loRdS & SpOCS guarallteed lit * Stroog & durable wilboland thu toughest landlog * 0 & 0 Engineeriog gear silt work & keep higgit IlyIng * IR tlock rOptOcelIlOIll gear br mutt popular ffodRts ByIRO PIlls ChrIstoR Eagle CAP 21 Bales USA J-3 CUB Air Tech PieRRe ant Eaglo Nosee Big Stick Champ Cilobtia R & B models Sooper Stiojer end Soappor Too ye Moved NEW ADDRESS AI-Tec Products PO Box 3591 Boardman OH 44512 See AI-Tec ad issue patented aluminum alloy beams T spars
Edition: Model Aviation - 1983/11
Page Numbers: 42, 43, 44, 45, 133, 136
THIS YEARS Pattern site must best flying sites ever Nationals competition Saturday evening July 23 found us looking parking pace front Quality Inn Chic opee MA Nats headquarters located about five miles Westover Air Force Base crowded contestants familiesbut nothing like crowd follow Sunday registration check-in also transmitter pro cessing Sunday made aviation mob lotta fun seeing old friends Nats past also first surge largest Pat tem entry past few years over 150 competitors TX processing 100 500 pm slow Idue large entry wellorganized Dan Kahn brought computercontrolled spectrum analyLer HewlettPackard As put transmitters antenna screen tube turned Suzi Stream entered AMA number name automatically checked bandwidth compatibility new frequencies channel number against entry form making sure indeed frequency previously indicated pilots meeting followed 500 pm informed among other things did Pattern have large entry Scale also over 100 entries meant additional time would required complete Scale fly ing possible Pattern would completed Thursday thus giving Pylon guys time finish Friday would release day Satur day Sunday Scale Starting time Pattern moved 100 pm 1200 noon TXs again having impounded noon allow competitor fly day informed District VP good Jeanette Throne L must have often wondered what darn transmitters under control Site 2 impound Hubby Walt Throne RC Pattern Event Director Larry Phillips R battered-but-repaired overnight Philare model Larry totaled practice just before Round 4 42 Model Aviation RC Pattern portion Ohio Pattern contingent few Kentuckians mixed Can spot Dave Brown Rumor other state outnumber New York crowd L composed 0 tfle Pattern judges officials Thirty-six photo maybe takes tremendous number hard-working volunteers run contest size Lets hope Bill Tittles daughter Charlene R managed stay happy week score tabulators Harold Winters dad Bill R friend Ed Izzo no less three practice fields available within about 25-mile radius Ever try find practice field New England very straight roads spite good $ directions very helpful local club mem bers Pioneer Valley RC Club Ed Izzos maps lost several timesbut thats nothing new Friend Ed Hoffman Clev eland Connection nearly late sixthround flight due L-O-N-G trek prac tice field Thursday Ed Izzo also acquired permission camp Air Base Base Commander Roy Ayers very hospitable Air Force certainly earned Ed title Nats Goodwill Ambassador Monday noon found us Site 2 Line B pre paring first-round flight Three sites two flight lines located what ap peared least 5000 ft x 120-ft-wide very smooth runway would six rounds flying using three judges line judges located runway center line permitted use 60 ft behind judges ready boxes pits closest trees perhaps 300 yards distant flight line notable exception Site distance approximately 150 yards stood large tree about 300 left center rumored Tony Bon etti flew behind thisduring part pattern weather Whoever ordered weather Pattern year deserves trophy Monday sunny 800 dry nights about 600 breeze northright down runway Such weather Monday Tuesday Wednesday wind breeze shifting west erly during day Wednesday South Thursday Thursdays wind also strongerbut again right down runway November 1983 43 Bill Elliott Centerville OH L flew fantastically beautiful Tipo Too bad photo isnt color Bill flies Sportsman class Heres business end interior Masters-winner Ivan Kristensens plane R Citations cowl belly-pan have removed revealing OS rear-intake rear-exhaust engine 3-bladed prop anodized-aluminum spinner header enclosed pipe offset nose wheel Chris Engler Apalachin NY very pretty red/yellow/orange/blue paint job Tipo en try Advanced class Herb Consolvo Jr Chesapeake VA flew tnis beautifully-colored Brushfire Advanced 800-sq-in craft designed Steve Rojecki trio Canadians flew Masters tnis year ivan Kristensen standing placed 1st Jacques Gagnon kneeling 11th Jean-Marc Fortin shown placed 35th clue Jacques plane might make suspect Canada Rich Irvine Chicago IL overcame mis haps win Expert mid-air collision Round 5 shattered borrowed OS Max 60 Chuck has whole story article See Would lie Heres Rich Irvine receiving 1st-place plaque Event Director Walt Throne Richs first 3 rounds disasters yet survived midair win Flying started promptly 1200 noon Mon day Part way through first round began rain airplanes Site 3 seems first group fliers up 72160 up earliest site several crashes Im told seven resulting interference concrete plant dispatchers TX directly 72160 Host club Nats officials warned problems other frequencies apparently 72160 te interference actually source Editors note RMcM Im amazed wasnt reported earlier no knew saw aircraft impact runway center line full bore between Site judges myself located Site 2 horrified instant looked vantage point hit judges very scary situation first-round jitters finally worked out contestants officials alike things gan run rather smoothly Unofficial flight scores posted rather quickly site Dean Koger reported hardly time retum aircraft pits after flight before score posted Site official scores standings quickly available though computer located Quality Inn headquarters some five miles away Score sheets rechecked entered offi cial round-to-round standings available ap proximately day later must have quite job Headquarters personnel check enter some 300 score sheets evening guess AMA hasnt yet heard about Mike Jen kins Louisville KY excellent software score-calculation posting Mikes com puter hardware software combo used years Masters Toumament Rough River KY can give immediate accurate results flight line running portable generator power motor home 9fl0 heat case 83 Masters Toumament Now could computerize judges Mondays two rounds again apparent easy difficult judge sets point Sportsman class Se nior Mike Klein also Cleveland Con nection posted very high 2755to topped later contest one-half point eventual winner Mike Cecil also Senior smart aleck young kids too good! Advanced class Ed Hoffman old guy Cleveland Connection trying hold off kids Mike Boso Jeff Hannah both Seniors Expert class Art Fressola appeared leading pack Masters class saw Ivan Kirstensen off large lead posting two highest scores contest 1216 12135 No would break 1200 mark during rest contest beautiful sunset niarked end Mondays Tuesdays weather repeat Mondays Boy Someone deserves thanks Flying went smoothly until about 130 pm point stopped about V-hour due approaching thunderstormlotta noise 44 Model Aviation flying us swore find practice fields before flying began Tuesday noon Happy Ed Hoffman Cleveland OH almost beat kids Advancedl placed 3rd MIKE islein wea nuau oui 1st Sportsman Robbie Keller Centerville Oil very proud 41/2 points received trophies 2nd overall Best Junior trophy Sportsman placed Second Best Senior Mike Cleveland 38th overall wasnt lastl OH passed drop Only couple aircraft lost day seems inter ference problems Monday much controversy over judging some contestants ex perienced wide point-spreads single manu ever some large 4-6 points Judging Nats has improved over years judging situation certainly area needs workas fliers will agree Most USPIA judges very capa ble experienced hard-working ever try judge Pattem hot sun six hours few well-intentioned inexperienced judges wreck havoc As contests turning point reached appears Masters class fourth round tvan Kristensen scoring 1167 having two over-I 200 scores 1216 score represents average manuever score 90 manuevers judges difficult set judges coming up Dave Brown appeared over point first place situation Dave flys best con finued page 132 November 1983 45 Mike Cecil got Sportsman 1st Overall Beat Senior Hes Gainesville GA Ivan Kristensen Guelph Ontario Canada won Masters 775 points first time Canadian has won AMA Nats vice versa Ivan has Canadian PAl RC Aero batics team several times uave drown IH still seems reasonably nappy though settle 2nd Masters year cant blame Ivan Kristensen obvious exuberance versity didnt faze Rich last three scores won contest him Now must whats called coming contest loaded Bear Skunk Congrats Rich summary must say again site Westover Air Force Base best Nats Pattem sites have pleasure use Couple hospitality host Pioneer Valley RC Club other clubs area Base Commander Colonel Ayers Pattern Director Walt Throne workers District VP Ed Izzo certainly must finest Nats weve experienced years Ed especially seemed everywhere giving information helping out generally repre senting New England us foreign visitors Ron Van Putte should-a Next year-Reno Nats RC Scale/Wischers Continued page 48 Air Force career model featured construction article Model Builder magazine Second place Giant Scale won Pete Reed Brisighella-designed Starduster Too addition its being especially well-finished used new 26 cu Shereshaw Bantam 2-stroke engine outstanding performance Bert Bakers third-place Republic Thunderbolt scratch-built intends kit model engine Rossi 90 swings 14-6 prop wing has foam core fuselage molded fiberglass Largest Giant Scale models Norm Rosenstocks Aeronca LC John Nicolacis Martin Mariner Aeronca scale has 10-ft span 2400 sq area weighs 43 lb has II servos powered Kawasaki 4 hp engine 315 cu Mariner has Il-ft span uses pair Supertigre 75 engines weighs 38 lb As prototype JATO pods fuselage sides jump take off used though AMA rules prohibit gaseous boost Mariner hying boat John used beaching gear fastened hull runway operation time P-SI Mustang held position popular Scale model con tests Chicopee Nats two Mustangs entered military-type models Supermarine Spitfire seems have taken over top spot popularity four contestants Piper Cub always favorite among modelers well-represented Nats fact 10% entry list consisted Piper Cubs six Giant Scale common Scale model present nine entries Cub model attracted attention Gemini-powered clipped-wing Cliff Tacie Its ornate color scheme diagonaltapered stripes surfaces made mostphotographed model Chicopee Its dazzling fin ish colors distracted observerswho overlooked Gemini nose highest-placing Cub meet third place Sport Scale Expert Mike Gretz won 1982 Nats Giant Scale Sig kit pro totype placed fifth same airplane Chicopee fair static judging models class scored same set judges three judges AMA classSportsman Expert Giantwith four judges PAl class Four rounds flown four sets flight judges two sites two lines Everyone flew four rounds equal exposure four sets judges system inequalities cancelled out Continued page 136 November 1983 133 NEW 1j4 SCALE 4-14 DIAMETER wheels Flite Line Models over 20 years have made some easiest build best flying kits money can buy real treat try see Manufactured modelers modelers Most kits may built either standard trike gear Kits feature hand cut parts AAA materials formed gear hinges horns etc Skooter II $4295 IWbalsa wing skins $4695 An Old Favorite NEW Fun Fli 40 $4195 19-40 eng4 ch 19-40 eng3 4 cli S 19-40 eng 4n EZ Trainer $4695 Tough Basic Trainer 19-35 eng3 ch SEE YOUR DEALER Dealers-DistributorsStendard discounts Docile 19-25 Hot Rod 40 COMING SOON Fun Fli 60 $5595 40-60 eng4 ch EZ Sport $4595 19-4Oeng4ch Great Second Plane Scat Cat 500 $4595 winningest 500 racer ever EZ Fli $4995 Aileron Trainer e 19-40 eng4 eh 3207 34th St Lubbock TX 79410 806 792-2671 Ron Hesselbrock Dave Brown flight line coordinators keeping flow con testants ready Ron remarked fliers ready turns special urging Weather hardly factor Chicopee uniformly good Nats week Scale event some periods gustiness wind shifting saw some downwind landings windy periods could possibly have affected some scores Scale events directed Bob Underwood beginning Indoor first Sunday daughters Ann Cathywere seen tabulating Indoor Scale Free Flight Scale RC Scalea monumental task filling scores sheets trophies being awarded Bob long out hos pital after serious operation takes lot keep modeler ddown Rae Underwood sold AMA souvenlers weeka real family effort usual have flown worked Nats have never seen greater effort made local group Pioneer Valley RC Club make Nats success succeeded beyond expectations particularly Scale club members present help phases ginning unloading AMA equipment freely gave time energy week long Most never seen Nats com petition flavor old-time Navy-hosted Nats Lets hope invite us back Chicopee another taste success Meanwhile Reno 1984 Nats RC Soaring/Ziegenfuse Continued page 51 within tO points Al 2nd Martin MeCartocy took 3rd just points behind Ken John Gunsaullus outdid Bill Meleske point take 1st place Open Two-Meter Leslie Gerhardt nailed down 3rd final standings Senior Events re mained same end Day Two Ralph Minderjahn Brian Agnew Tim Gold 1st 2nd 3rd respectively Unlimited class Chris Bovais 1st Stan dard class Tim Gold Brian Agnew Charles Mobs finished order TwoMeter class Jim Ealy III won three classes Junior competition NSS-sponsored Soaring Awards Banquet held Friday evening Quality Inn location Nats HQ Distinguished guests eluded Mr Mrs John Grigg Mr Mrs Carl Goldberg Mr Mrs Walt Good Mrs Carrie Axelrod An excellent meal served buffet-style awards distributed Hi Johnson Trophy highest total score went Tom Brightbill Portland Oregon Mrs Carrie Axelrod presented Sid Axelrod Memorial Trophy best overall Junior Senior performance Charles Mohs award based upon innovation construction flight pointswith emphasis innovation considered Sids strongest points Saturday July 30 RC Sport Scale Sailplane event held day Compared fast pace other Soaring events relaxed easy-going affair eight Scale Sailplanes flown separately affording minimum pilot distraction maximum spectator enjoyment flight task three rounds 3 mm duration 20-pt landing bonus pilot landed Sail plane within 100-ft-dia landing circle Richard Bonnell St Petersburg FL flew 21-lb Richair LSI winches tongues would have hanging out after launch A-scale aircraft Scale Judges Jeff Troy Rober Schow Carl Luft awarded highest static score Terry Luckenbachs scratch-built ASW 20 Tery Bethlehem PA Nelson Ed Whyte Alto Ml did beautiful job flying equallybeautiful Schweizer TG-3 first place Open category Terry Luckenbach 2nd Gene Shelkey Scottdale PA 3rd Schweitzer 233 Gene RC Soaring event director spent day relaxing pre Nick Zirolis F4U CORSAIR 2 Cu size Engines 5 F bergiass Fuselage 5 Co ling availab e ice des gn GIANT RIG SCALE PLAN DESIGNS AT6 TEXAN24 I101Spas$2700ppUSA FOKKRR OR-i27I63Tripe$2500ppUSA PRF BRARCAT2 106Spas$2700ppUSA CURTISS P402/ 194Span$2700ppUSA FAU CORSAIR2 I93Spas$2700ppUSA Fiberglass Cowlings 5 Canopies available also seed stamp tsr detailed broceares oar Giant bcae Accessories Oar Plans ae sent Postpaid rsitbin iCe U55i 0 6 Model Aviation I%%y 1131 NW 45 Street Ft Ijudtrdole Fl 33309 13051 491-6115 ENGINEERING THE LANDING GEAR PEOPLE TIrRi t hIt lallding gea dont Ill your higglo property o & 0 EagloosnOg cia Salvo problems * CooIa built loRdS & SpOCS guarallteed lit * Stroog & durable wilboland thu toughest landlog * 0 & 0 Engineeriog gear silt work & keep higgit IlyIng * IR tlock rOptOcelIlOIll gear br mutt popular ffodRts ByIRO PIlls ChrIstoR Eagle CAP 21 Bales USA J-3 CUB Air Tech PieRRe ant Eaglo Nosee Big Stick Champ Cilobtia R & B models Sooper Stiojer end Soappor Too ye Moved NEW ADDRESS AI-Tec Products PO Box 3591 Boardman OH 44512 See AI-Tec ad issue patented aluminum alloy beams T spars