chanical options resulting variety fly ing phase made interesting day watching contestants put models through pac es two options selected nearly entrants touch-and-go throttle control though quite difference flight scores re ceived options look flight scores illustrated premium put judges realistic smooth flight performance Sport Scale closely contested Richard Schneider emerged static judging first place Grumman Gultbawk biplane followed very closely Michael Wel shans Howard DGA-15 Ed Rhoads Douglas Skyralder Charles Reeves FW-190D-9 Ed Rhoads first fly put im pressive flight demonstrations flaps dive brakes arresting hook bomb drop newly refinished models appearance flight performance produced combined score going very hard beat Richard Schneider next contestant fly complete flight first round Others difficulty loss power landing gear hindered taxi operations caused nose-overs landing Richards Gulthawk its bright ange-and-blue color scheme looked really im pressive during demonstrations 45 0 flight loop wingover four-cycle engine added realism its appropriately pitched sound Charles Reeves Michael Welshans both used conventional three-line control systems demonstrated 450 flight touch-and-go taxi throttle Charles FW-190 completed very smooth flight put him second place Michaels Howard DGA-15 scored very high points static judging tight wheel pants model seemed present some problems ground handling DGA finished fourth place overall second round flying scores Gulthawk Howard both improved making final standings quite close allowing Rich ard Schneider move slightly ahead Charles Reeves second place FAI Scale competition saw five entries four making official flights models very impressive scale appearance static scores closely grouped fact 10 points out over 1700 awarded separated Ju lie Abels J-3 Cub Clancy Arnolds C-7 Car ibou flying produced both success disap pointment Charlie Bauers fine-looking Hawker Sea Furya future Top Rite kitseemed lack sufficient speed remain alrborne down wind side circle contacting ground af ter flap retraction first two rounds Continued page 162 ONCE again Combat fliers got prime real estate National Combat Championships other events off other parts region Combat fliers enjoyed greatest ex posure spectators excellent flying site near AMA Nats HQ concessions enough practice area dozens cir cles although very few fliers did much practicing because intense heat humidity Temperatures generally high eight ies several days well 9fl0 range very high humidity too wasnt bad two years ago m Lake Charles new record temperatures set took about 10-15 mph off top speeds actually made bet ter matches although being hard engines contestant endurance Except few ralndrops day temperature humidity detracting factors wind remained very low level Pat Willeox Event Director meet ably assisted Norm McFadden Chris Shearer circle marshals Doris Willeox Sheila Cranfill running pits doing scoring along Gayle Foster chief judge first time recent mem ory non-Combat judges used score matches experience event did very good job seemed get calls right evidenced very few complalnts about anything reputation some big names Combat didnt seem get extra little cut normally get judges within Combat ranks timing Nationalsjust before de parture date FM team Kievcut total number contestants well leaving out several previous Combat champions cluding Dick Stubblefield Bladder Grabber winner Steve Kott Most people thought cats away mice would play 12 top-three spots four Combat events 11 taken Melrose Park mice consisting Michael Willeox Don Cranfill Bill Estill Only Norm McFadden ruined sweep taking first Fast Combat fast famil iar orange white Creamsiclelosing match Michael Willcox glow plug went away left him suffer throigh rich engine run Slow Combat highest number entrants 34 Open seven eight Junior no Seniors entered events proved have greatest variation model design greatest percentage hav ing Fox power very spectacular wood model used Cranfill Wojteckis Cipolla 56 Model Aviation nara-working Scale flight judges tar aii uL caie events tnj uon naruin ana non eara AMA NATS TIDEWATER CL Combat Charlie Johnson Chris Shearer 6th place versus Jim Gall dur ing Slow Combat match Note neat safety thong molded handle Chris us ing Theres no way baby going break Believe safety thong did breakin Combat Gotcha 500 team L-R Mervyn Jones Phil Cartier Gil Reedy Don Holbrook Model has 500 sq wing area Jones flew over England used Cartler-inspired planes Fast Combat own design FAI Open Slow Combat L winners L-R Michael WilIcox 3rd Chris Shearer 6th Bill Estill 2nd Dave Heath 5th Don CranfIll 1st Gordy Teachendort 7th Greg Wojtecki 4th Slow greatest variation model designs Woiteckis very impressive Bosta weighed 16 oz used Cipolla 35 power R top six Fast Combat L-R Joe Fustolo 6th Phil Cartier 5th Dave Heath 4th Norm McFad den 1st Michael Willcox 2nd Don Cranf ill 3rd looks like Cranfills Heaths models must have gotten worst Combat L winners Kneeling LR Robbie Handy 1st Senior Matt Bingham 1st Junior Standing L-R Open fliers Gary Handy 5th Dave Stewart 6th Don Holbrook 4th Michael Willcox 2nd Bill Estill 1st Don Cranf ill 3rd Junior Slow Combat top finishers R flew full double-elimination tournament Front L-R Dennis Cranfill 1st Chris Hess 2nd Joe Fustolo Jr 3rd Back row L-R Tim Thomas 6th Thomas Daniels 4th William Thomas 7th Matt Bingham 5th top five FAI fliers L Nats L-R Pete Plunkett 4th Don CranfIll 2nd Michael Willcox 1st Bill Estill 3rd Mervyn Jones 5th traditional European-style model powered USE 15 JunIor Senior Fast Combat R winners L-R Robbie Handy 1st Senior Juniors Chris Hess 1st Jason King 2nd Joe Fustolo Jr 3rd powered wood model weighed about pound first couple rounds proved domi nance Wojteckis Crantills models Cranfill coming out top went headto-head Cipolla model appeared have edge speed Cranfills Fox-powered turned better although thought other way around Wojtecki used standard-size Bosta wing basis design exceptionally light weight can attributed least part seven-ounce Cipolla running Bosta 150 sq smaller Cranfills Dons plane well tuned looked like ralls absolutely no bobbles during maneuvers has vast improvement engine runs since contestants went over Bob Nicks tank features special hop per steady run Surprisingly Cranfill chose tank didnt run entire five-minute match although fuel mileage contestants generally worse usual because settings left rich side keep burning down engines though Don came pit stop four-minute plus few seconds mark never seemed hurt him since usually far ahead opponent might have merciful thing after Dennis Cranfill Chris Hess continued Texas dominance Slow event tairing first second Massachusetts resident Joe Fustolo taking third Juniors flew full double-elimination tournament took morning gave action could handleand probably exercise parent pit crews wanted Youll able sec picture win ners different type models used event although good fortune could have won Cranfills really cant classed pure wood model because used foam leading edge balsa planking wouldnt take anything away performance HighContinued page 162 November 1988 57 Nats CL Scale/Perry Continued page 56 third-round flight also ended prematurely af ter flown sufficient number laps official flight Clancy Arnold put first-round flight would earn him second-place honors Caribouthe multiengine model CL Scale competition retracts flaps oper ating cargo doors model very realistic flight Sadly model did finish its second flight hard landing first round probable cause failure outboard wing few laps second flight resulting crash totally destroyed very beautiful model Dale Campbell flew Ryan STA third place options included leaflets dropped pilot flight large model based Sig kit looks really impressive flight Julie Abel overall winner scratch-built Piper J-3 Cub modeled after fullscale plane flown Hazel Sig hers best static score event also topped competition flight score op MINI-JET SERIES Theae planaa faature balaa conatruction Deaignad intarmadlata flyar in 4 mind will accept 2025 aize angine luae rear exhauat angina axcaptional Skyhuwit performance thrill jat haaales ductad fan *4000 ftH Proud Bird deaigned meat OSPRA Formula 120 rules 114 acale modal will accept 60120 ci aize anginea Epoxy glaaa fuxelage foam wing conatruction Full kit *150 Sami-kit alec available no woodl *125 Pleaae add *1OSOl F-20 11geralark Dart xperlmental3121 two-place1l full aize aircraft Top Turkey Formula 1 *9585581 305 581-4477I SandcheckMOMaatarCardorVlSA CO Dadd$3 FLRea add6%aaleataxI PARRISH AIRCRAFT 8 Scale Models 1125 SW 49th Tm. Plantation FL 33317 162 Model Aviation tions included banner tow drop 450 flight touch-and-go throttle banner tow particularly appealing spectators Julies flight earned National Association Scale Aeromodeling Right Achievement Award report wouldnt complete men tioning people effort made CL Scale events possible Bert Dugan Category Director Ron Sears Don Harbin serv ing flight judges Static judging performed Bert Don along Dave Platt Steve Sanger Norm Rosenstock Skip Mast Shir ley Sheeks computed posted scores com plete team Nats CL Combat/Johnson Continued page 57 est speed clocked almost 90 mph streamer attached although elevated flight altitude majority other models beside Wojteckis Cranfills doing 80 mph lessand lot less temperature hu midity soared FM Combat its lowest turnout past 15 years due part upcoming World Championships team leave New York day after Nats ended wasnt possible team its sup porters attend Nats Michael Willcox actu ally used second-line models through first couple matches until looked like might line top spot unlucky opponent re marked wished Michael used backup model match British Combat flier Mervyn Jones brought along few traditional tailless FM models go Americans got fly against just about everyone USE engine disadvantage against powerful Nelsons used others usu ally defensive mode matches Half-A Combat fairly popular year 21 entrants Open two Senior three Junior Like other events have look down past third-place folks find anyone other Melrose Park fliers Don Holbrook came closest taking fourth event broke no new ground far model de sign power plant concerned way go TD 049 Models seemed lot tamer few years ago trend toward stability rather exciting maneuvers little breeze during eliminations blow models Continued page 164 PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT SCALE MODEL PLANS Fiberglass Cowlings Canopies Available hi F-iS Span 77 DC31 1/2 1140Span$4200 F4U CORSAIR2 1/4 193SpanS3000 A6M5 ZERO2 1/2 191Spai$3000Plans RK-20 CURTIS P402 1/2 194Span$3000RK-740 Ducted Fans AT-6 TEXAN24 1101 Span$3000 FBF BEARCAT 2 12 Span $3000 - Phantom 35 Span $1000 FOKKER DR1 7 Tripe $2700 Viggen 32 Span $1000 2 Catalog Plans Accessones Supplies FI5 36 Span $1000 Order FromCredited First Order $25 MorePlan Canopy$1500 Nick Ziroli29 Edgar Dr Smithiown NY 11787 USA516-234-5038 AMA District X Vice President Regg Keyava Watch Ballot AMA Membership Renewal Package Leading Edge Independent Research Study Proves Black Baron Film Best Using sophisticated laboratory equipment independent study has published compares leading iron-on coverings sold USA film category Black Baron winner WEIGHTSHRINKTEMP Black Baron 13 oz 1 9%2400F Monokote178 oz19%3680 F Ultracote228 oz10%3700 F WEIGHT Black Baron Film 27% lighter Monokote 43% lighter Ultracote Weights 1000 square inches SHRINIC Black Baron Film can shrink 19% Monokate can shrink up 19% Ultracote stops mere 10% COLORS Opaques white black fire red lite blue flag blue orange Cub yellow Fokker red cream Metalfiakes red blue silver Transparents red blue yeflow SIZES Standard 6 foot rolls new 15 footers Both sizes 27 wide TEMPERATURE Black Baron ALL OF WHICH EXPLAINS Film requires less its heat es WHY BLACK BARON FILM potential shrink makes IS THE FASTEST GRO WING easier use Less IRON-ON COVERING bubbles sags & bnttle- IN THE WORLD ness JL CGVERITE 420 BABYLON ROAD HORSHAM PA 19044 around merely causing couple interesting landings wasnt factor like last year some models couldnt penetrate upwind side circle Fast Combat eliminations started Friday thought among entrants keep Texans clean sweep events As turned out Norm McFadden ruined streak taking first fastest spectacu lar models meet Norm didnt back top spot either disposed opponent decisive fashion losing Michael Will cox element blew out glow plug ground thereby causing very rich run Michael immediately took advantage plug change needle valve setting left same McFadden went back up took second match Willeox loss attributed rich run first full double-elimination contest outstanding matches through out eliminations kept spectators edges seats contestants near exhaustion Cranfill Willeox McFadden Holbrook fliers clean after first two rounds left lot fliers 1-1 status third round held Sat urday morning seemed quite bit FM influence flying style lot cuts matches Michael Willeox actually getting four cuts late matches Four cuss anyone scored FM Combat although fully taped streamers stayed together better Fast FM Fast Combat its aggressive best both days offensive battles will remem bered compared probably best Slow match dazzling four minutes thirty seconds run-and-hide after Don Cranfill took two quick cuts Ray Richardson Ray tried trick book get back Don Despite light turnout year Combat events exciting memory site satisfactory officials very well orga mzed efficient fair things brought up nual MACA Model Aircraft Combat Associa tion meeting Wednesday Nats what could done improve Combat thing could have improved Nats would have higher contestant turnout maybe lower temperatures Lets congratulate three fliers Houston outstanding fly ing especially Norm McFadden re fused crumbs took main course away him Seattle Nats CL Carrier/Perry Continued page 58 Jane Johnson eaptured Senior honors flying Sterling Helleat K&B 58 high low 700 mph 299 mph 100 landing points eamed score 2039 Class day deck moved downwind side circle prevailing wind direction first flight Marc Warwashanas HP 40-powered Brewster XSBA 1 strong 3559 did keep him first place long Within first two hours Pete Mazur posted final score 3876 wait watch other contestants attempted beat performance Continued page 166 164 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/11
Page Numbers: 56, 57, 162, 164
chanical options resulting variety fly ing phase made interesting day watching contestants put models through pac es two options selected nearly entrants touch-and-go throttle control though quite difference flight scores re ceived options look flight scores illustrated premium put judges realistic smooth flight performance Sport Scale closely contested Richard Schneider emerged static judging first place Grumman Gultbawk biplane followed very closely Michael Wel shans Howard DGA-15 Ed Rhoads Douglas Skyralder Charles Reeves FW-190D-9 Ed Rhoads first fly put im pressive flight demonstrations flaps dive brakes arresting hook bomb drop newly refinished models appearance flight performance produced combined score going very hard beat Richard Schneider next contestant fly complete flight first round Others difficulty loss power landing gear hindered taxi operations caused nose-overs landing Richards Gulthawk its bright ange-and-blue color scheme looked really im pressive during demonstrations 45 0 flight loop wingover four-cycle engine added realism its appropriately pitched sound Charles Reeves Michael Welshans both used conventional three-line control systems demonstrated 450 flight touch-and-go taxi throttle Charles FW-190 completed very smooth flight put him second place Michaels Howard DGA-15 scored very high points static judging tight wheel pants model seemed present some problems ground handling DGA finished fourth place overall second round flying scores Gulthawk Howard both improved making final standings quite close allowing Rich ard Schneider move slightly ahead Charles Reeves second place FAI Scale competition saw five entries four making official flights models very impressive scale appearance static scores closely grouped fact 10 points out over 1700 awarded separated Ju lie Abels J-3 Cub Clancy Arnolds C-7 Car ibou flying produced both success disap pointment Charlie Bauers fine-looking Hawker Sea Furya future Top Rite kitseemed lack sufficient speed remain alrborne down wind side circle contacting ground af ter flap retraction first two rounds Continued page 162 ONCE again Combat fliers got prime real estate National Combat Championships other events off other parts region Combat fliers enjoyed greatest ex posure spectators excellent flying site near AMA Nats HQ concessions enough practice area dozens cir cles although very few fliers did much practicing because intense heat humidity Temperatures generally high eight ies several days well 9fl0 range very high humidity too wasnt bad two years ago m Lake Charles new record temperatures set took about 10-15 mph off top speeds actually made bet ter matches although being hard engines contestant endurance Except few ralndrops day temperature humidity detracting factors wind remained very low level Pat Willeox Event Director meet ably assisted Norm McFadden Chris Shearer circle marshals Doris Willeox Sheila Cranfill running pits doing scoring along Gayle Foster chief judge first time recent mem ory non-Combat judges used score matches experience event did very good job seemed get calls right evidenced very few complalnts about anything reputation some big names Combat didnt seem get extra little cut normally get judges within Combat ranks timing Nationalsjust before de parture date FM team Kievcut total number contestants well leaving out several previous Combat champions cluding Dick Stubblefield Bladder Grabber winner Steve Kott Most people thought cats away mice would play 12 top-three spots four Combat events 11 taken Melrose Park mice consisting Michael Willeox Don Cranfill Bill Estill Only Norm McFadden ruined sweep taking first Fast Combat fast famil iar orange white Creamsiclelosing match Michael Willcox glow plug went away left him suffer throigh rich engine run Slow Combat highest number entrants 34 Open seven eight Junior no Seniors entered events proved have greatest variation model design greatest percentage hav ing Fox power very spectacular wood model used Cranfill Wojteckis Cipolla 56 Model Aviation nara-working Scale flight judges tar aii uL caie events tnj uon naruin ana non eara AMA NATS TIDEWATER CL Combat Charlie Johnson Chris Shearer 6th place versus Jim Gall dur ing Slow Combat match Note neat safety thong molded handle Chris us ing Theres no way baby going break Believe safety thong did breakin Combat Gotcha 500 team L-R Mervyn Jones Phil Cartier Gil Reedy Don Holbrook Model has 500 sq wing area Jones flew over England used Cartler-inspired planes Fast Combat own design FAI Open Slow Combat L winners L-R Michael WilIcox 3rd Chris Shearer 6th Bill Estill 2nd Dave Heath 5th Don CranfIll 1st Gordy Teachendort 7th Greg Wojtecki 4th Slow greatest variation model designs Woiteckis very impressive Bosta weighed 16 oz used Cipolla 35 power R top six Fast Combat L-R Joe Fustolo 6th Phil Cartier 5th Dave Heath 4th Norm McFad den 1st Michael Willcox 2nd Don Cranf ill 3rd looks like Cranfills Heaths models must have gotten worst Combat L winners Kneeling LR Robbie Handy 1st Senior Matt Bingham 1st Junior Standing L-R Open fliers Gary Handy 5th Dave Stewart 6th Don Holbrook 4th Michael Willcox 2nd Bill Estill 1st Don Cranf ill 3rd Junior Slow Combat top finishers R flew full double-elimination tournament Front L-R Dennis Cranfill 1st Chris Hess 2nd Joe Fustolo Jr 3rd Back row L-R Tim Thomas 6th Thomas Daniels 4th William Thomas 7th Matt Bingham 5th top five FAI fliers L Nats L-R Pete Plunkett 4th Don CranfIll 2nd Michael Willcox 1st Bill Estill 3rd Mervyn Jones 5th traditional European-style model powered USE 15 JunIor Senior Fast Combat R winners L-R Robbie Handy 1st Senior Juniors Chris Hess 1st Jason King 2nd Joe Fustolo Jr 3rd powered wood model weighed about pound first couple rounds proved domi nance Wojteckis Crantills models Cranfill coming out top went headto-head Cipolla model appeared have edge speed Cranfills Fox-powered turned better although thought other way around Wojtecki used standard-size Bosta wing basis design exceptionally light weight can attributed least part seven-ounce Cipolla running Bosta 150 sq smaller Cranfills Dons plane well tuned looked like ralls absolutely no bobbles during maneuvers has vast improvement engine runs since contestants went over Bob Nicks tank features special hop per steady run Surprisingly Cranfill chose tank didnt run entire five-minute match although fuel mileage contestants generally worse usual because settings left rich side keep burning down engines though Don came pit stop four-minute plus few seconds mark never seemed hurt him since usually far ahead opponent might have merciful thing after Dennis Cranfill Chris Hess continued Texas dominance Slow event tairing first second Massachusetts resident Joe Fustolo taking third Juniors flew full double-elimination tournament took morning gave action could handleand probably exercise parent pit crews wanted Youll able sec picture win ners different type models used event although good fortune could have won Cranfills really cant classed pure wood model because used foam leading edge balsa planking wouldnt take anything away performance HighContinued page 162 November 1988 57 Nats CL Scale/Perry Continued page 56 third-round flight also ended prematurely af ter flown sufficient number laps official flight Clancy Arnold put first-round flight would earn him second-place honors Caribouthe multiengine model CL Scale competition retracts flaps oper ating cargo doors model very realistic flight Sadly model did finish its second flight hard landing first round probable cause failure outboard wing few laps second flight resulting crash totally destroyed very beautiful model Dale Campbell flew Ryan STA third place options included leaflets dropped pilot flight large model based Sig kit looks really impressive flight Julie Abel overall winner scratch-built Piper J-3 Cub modeled after fullscale plane flown Hazel Sig hers best static score event also topped competition flight score op MINI-JET SERIES Theae planaa faature balaa conatruction Deaignad intarmadlata flyar in 4 mind will accept 2025 aize angine luae rear exhauat angina axcaptional Skyhuwit performance thrill jat haaales ductad fan *4000 ftH Proud Bird deaigned meat OSPRA Formula 120 rules 114 acale modal will accept 60120 ci aize anginea Epoxy glaaa fuxelage foam wing conatruction Full kit *150 Sami-kit alec available no woodl *125 Pleaae add *1OSOl F-20 11geralark Dart xperlmental3121 two-place1l full aize aircraft Top Turkey Formula 1 *9585581 305 581-4477I SandcheckMOMaatarCardorVlSA CO Dadd$3 FLRea add6%aaleataxI PARRISH AIRCRAFT 8 Scale Models 1125 SW 49th Tm. Plantation FL 33317 162 Model Aviation tions included banner tow drop 450 flight touch-and-go throttle banner tow particularly appealing spectators Julies flight earned National Association Scale Aeromodeling Right Achievement Award report wouldnt complete men tioning people effort made CL Scale events possible Bert Dugan Category Director Ron Sears Don Harbin serv ing flight judges Static judging performed Bert Don along Dave Platt Steve Sanger Norm Rosenstock Skip Mast Shir ley Sheeks computed posted scores com plete team Nats CL Combat/Johnson Continued page 57 est speed clocked almost 90 mph streamer attached although elevated flight altitude majority other models beside Wojteckis Cranfills doing 80 mph lessand lot less temperature hu midity soared FM Combat its lowest turnout past 15 years due part upcoming World Championships team leave New York day after Nats ended wasnt possible team its sup porters attend Nats Michael Willcox actu ally used second-line models through first couple matches until looked like might line top spot unlucky opponent re marked wished Michael used backup model match British Combat flier Mervyn Jones brought along few traditional tailless FM models go Americans got fly against just about everyone USE engine disadvantage against powerful Nelsons used others usu ally defensive mode matches Half-A Combat fairly popular year 21 entrants Open two Senior three Junior Like other events have look down past third-place folks find anyone other Melrose Park fliers Don Holbrook came closest taking fourth event broke no new ground far model de sign power plant concerned way go TD 049 Models seemed lot tamer few years ago trend toward stability rather exciting maneuvers little breeze during eliminations blow models Continued page 164 PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT SCALE MODEL PLANS Fiberglass Cowlings Canopies Available hi F-iS Span 77 DC31 1/2 1140Span$4200 F4U CORSAIR2 1/4 193SpanS3000 A6M5 ZERO2 1/2 191Spai$3000Plans RK-20 CURTIS P402 1/2 194Span$3000RK-740 Ducted Fans AT-6 TEXAN24 1101 Span$3000 FBF BEARCAT 2 12 Span $3000 - Phantom 35 Span $1000 FOKKER DR1 7 Tripe $2700 Viggen 32 Span $1000 2 Catalog Plans Accessones Supplies FI5 36 Span $1000 Order FromCredited First Order $25 MorePlan Canopy$1500 Nick Ziroli29 Edgar Dr Smithiown NY 11787 USA516-234-5038 AMA District X Vice President Regg Keyava Watch Ballot AMA Membership Renewal Package Leading Edge Independent Research Study Proves Black Baron Film Best Using sophisticated laboratory equipment independent study has published compares leading iron-on coverings sold USA film category Black Baron winner WEIGHTSHRINKTEMP Black Baron 13 oz 1 9%2400F Monokote178 oz19%3680 F Ultracote228 oz10%3700 F WEIGHT Black Baron Film 27% lighter Monokote 43% lighter Ultracote Weights 1000 square inches SHRINIC Black Baron Film can shrink 19% Monokate can shrink up 19% Ultracote stops mere 10% COLORS Opaques white black fire red lite blue flag blue orange Cub yellow Fokker red cream Metalfiakes red blue silver Transparents red blue yeflow SIZES Standard 6 foot rolls new 15 footers Both sizes 27 wide TEMPERATURE Black Baron ALL OF WHICH EXPLAINS Film requires less its heat es WHY BLACK BARON FILM potential shrink makes IS THE FASTEST GRO WING easier use Less IRON-ON COVERING bubbles sags & bnttle- IN THE WORLD ness JL CGVERITE 420 BABYLON ROAD HORSHAM PA 19044 around merely causing couple interesting landings wasnt factor like last year some models couldnt penetrate upwind side circle Fast Combat eliminations started Friday thought among entrants keep Texans clean sweep events As turned out Norm McFadden ruined streak taking first fastest spectacu lar models meet Norm didnt back top spot either disposed opponent decisive fashion losing Michael Will cox element blew out glow plug ground thereby causing very rich run Michael immediately took advantage plug change needle valve setting left same McFadden went back up took second match Willeox loss attributed rich run first full double-elimination contest outstanding matches through out eliminations kept spectators edges seats contestants near exhaustion Cranfill Willeox McFadden Holbrook fliers clean after first two rounds left lot fliers 1-1 status third round held Sat urday morning seemed quite bit FM influence flying style lot cuts matches Michael Willeox actually getting four cuts late matches Four cuss anyone scored FM Combat although fully taped streamers stayed together better Fast FM Fast Combat its aggressive best both days offensive battles will remem bered compared probably best Slow match dazzling four minutes thirty seconds run-and-hide after Don Cranfill took two quick cuts Ray Richardson Ray tried trick book get back Don Despite light turnout year Combat events exciting memory site satisfactory officials very well orga mzed efficient fair things brought up nual MACA Model Aircraft Combat Associa tion meeting Wednesday Nats what could done improve Combat thing could have improved Nats would have higher contestant turnout maybe lower temperatures Lets congratulate three fliers Houston outstanding fly ing especially Norm McFadden re fused crumbs took main course away him Seattle Nats CL Carrier/Perry Continued page 58 Jane Johnson eaptured Senior honors flying Sterling Helleat K&B 58 high low 700 mph 299 mph 100 landing points eamed score 2039 Class day deck moved downwind side circle prevailing wind direction first flight Marc Warwashanas HP 40-powered Brewster XSBA 1 strong 3559 did keep him first place long Within first two hours Pete Mazur posted final score 3876 wait watch other contestants attempted beat performance Continued page 166 164 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/11
Page Numbers: 56, 57, 162, 164
chanical options resulting variety fly ing phase made interesting day watching contestants put models through pac es two options selected nearly entrants touch-and-go throttle control though quite difference flight scores re ceived options look flight scores illustrated premium put judges realistic smooth flight performance Sport Scale closely contested Richard Schneider emerged static judging first place Grumman Gultbawk biplane followed very closely Michael Wel shans Howard DGA-15 Ed Rhoads Douglas Skyralder Charles Reeves FW-190D-9 Ed Rhoads first fly put im pressive flight demonstrations flaps dive brakes arresting hook bomb drop newly refinished models appearance flight performance produced combined score going very hard beat Richard Schneider next contestant fly complete flight first round Others difficulty loss power landing gear hindered taxi operations caused nose-overs landing Richards Gulthawk its bright ange-and-blue color scheme looked really im pressive during demonstrations 45 0 flight loop wingover four-cycle engine added realism its appropriately pitched sound Charles Reeves Michael Welshans both used conventional three-line control systems demonstrated 450 flight touch-and-go taxi throttle Charles FW-190 completed very smooth flight put him second place Michaels Howard DGA-15 scored very high points static judging tight wheel pants model seemed present some problems ground handling DGA finished fourth place overall second round flying scores Gulthawk Howard both improved making final standings quite close allowing Rich ard Schneider move slightly ahead Charles Reeves second place FAI Scale competition saw five entries four making official flights models very impressive scale appearance static scores closely grouped fact 10 points out over 1700 awarded separated Ju lie Abels J-3 Cub Clancy Arnolds C-7 Car ibou flying produced both success disap pointment Charlie Bauers fine-looking Hawker Sea Furya future Top Rite kitseemed lack sufficient speed remain alrborne down wind side circle contacting ground af ter flap retraction first two rounds Continued page 162 ONCE again Combat fliers got prime real estate National Combat Championships other events off other parts region Combat fliers enjoyed greatest ex posure spectators excellent flying site near AMA Nats HQ concessions enough practice area dozens cir cles although very few fliers did much practicing because intense heat humidity Temperatures generally high eight ies several days well 9fl0 range very high humidity too wasnt bad two years ago m Lake Charles new record temperatures set took about 10-15 mph off top speeds actually made bet ter matches although being hard engines contestant endurance Except few ralndrops day temperature humidity detracting factors wind remained very low level Pat Willeox Event Director meet ably assisted Norm McFadden Chris Shearer circle marshals Doris Willeox Sheila Cranfill running pits doing scoring along Gayle Foster chief judge first time recent mem ory non-Combat judges used score matches experience event did very good job seemed get calls right evidenced very few complalnts about anything reputation some big names Combat didnt seem get extra little cut normally get judges within Combat ranks timing Nationalsjust before de parture date FM team Kievcut total number contestants well leaving out several previous Combat champions cluding Dick Stubblefield Bladder Grabber winner Steve Kott Most people thought cats away mice would play 12 top-three spots four Combat events 11 taken Melrose Park mice consisting Michael Willeox Don Cranfill Bill Estill Only Norm McFadden ruined sweep taking first Fast Combat fast famil iar orange white Creamsiclelosing match Michael Willcox glow plug went away left him suffer throigh rich engine run Slow Combat highest number entrants 34 Open seven eight Junior no Seniors entered events proved have greatest variation model design greatest percentage hav ing Fox power very spectacular wood model used Cranfill Wojteckis Cipolla 56 Model Aviation nara-working Scale flight judges tar aii uL caie events tnj uon naruin ana non eara AMA NATS TIDEWATER CL Combat Charlie Johnson Chris Shearer 6th place versus Jim Gall dur ing Slow Combat match Note neat safety thong molded handle Chris us ing Theres no way baby going break Believe safety thong did breakin Combat Gotcha 500 team L-R Mervyn Jones Phil Cartier Gil Reedy Don Holbrook Model has 500 sq wing area Jones flew over England used Cartler-inspired planes Fast Combat own design FAI Open Slow Combat L winners L-R Michael WilIcox 3rd Chris Shearer 6th Bill Estill 2nd Dave Heath 5th Don CranfIll 1st Gordy Teachendort 7th Greg Wojtecki 4th Slow greatest variation model designs Woiteckis very impressive Bosta weighed 16 oz used Cipolla 35 power R top six Fast Combat L-R Joe Fustolo 6th Phil Cartier 5th Dave Heath 4th Norm McFad den 1st Michael Willcox 2nd Don Cranf ill 3rd looks like Cranfills Heaths models must have gotten worst Combat L winners Kneeling LR Robbie Handy 1st Senior Matt Bingham 1st Junior Standing L-R Open fliers Gary Handy 5th Dave Stewart 6th Don Holbrook 4th Michael Willcox 2nd Bill Estill 1st Don Cranf ill 3rd Junior Slow Combat top finishers R flew full double-elimination tournament Front L-R Dennis Cranfill 1st Chris Hess 2nd Joe Fustolo Jr 3rd Back row L-R Tim Thomas 6th Thomas Daniels 4th William Thomas 7th Matt Bingham 5th top five FAI fliers L Nats L-R Pete Plunkett 4th Don CranfIll 2nd Michael Willcox 1st Bill Estill 3rd Mervyn Jones 5th traditional European-style model powered USE 15 JunIor Senior Fast Combat R winners L-R Robbie Handy 1st Senior Juniors Chris Hess 1st Jason King 2nd Joe Fustolo Jr 3rd powered wood model weighed about pound first couple rounds proved domi nance Wojteckis Crantills models Cranfill coming out top went headto-head Cipolla model appeared have edge speed Cranfills Fox-powered turned better although thought other way around Wojtecki used standard-size Bosta wing basis design exceptionally light weight can attributed least part seven-ounce Cipolla running Bosta 150 sq smaller Cranfills Dons plane well tuned looked like ralls absolutely no bobbles during maneuvers has vast improvement engine runs since contestants went over Bob Nicks tank features special hop per steady run Surprisingly Cranfill chose tank didnt run entire five-minute match although fuel mileage contestants generally worse usual because settings left rich side keep burning down engines though Don came pit stop four-minute plus few seconds mark never seemed hurt him since usually far ahead opponent might have merciful thing after Dennis Cranfill Chris Hess continued Texas dominance Slow event tairing first second Massachusetts resident Joe Fustolo taking third Juniors flew full double-elimination tournament took morning gave action could handleand probably exercise parent pit crews wanted Youll able sec picture win ners different type models used event although good fortune could have won Cranfills really cant classed pure wood model because used foam leading edge balsa planking wouldnt take anything away performance HighContinued page 162 November 1988 57 Nats CL Scale/Perry Continued page 56 third-round flight also ended prematurely af ter flown sufficient number laps official flight Clancy Arnold put first-round flight would earn him second-place honors Caribouthe multiengine model CL Scale competition retracts flaps oper ating cargo doors model very realistic flight Sadly model did finish its second flight hard landing first round probable cause failure outboard wing few laps second flight resulting crash totally destroyed very beautiful model Dale Campbell flew Ryan STA third place options included leaflets dropped pilot flight large model based Sig kit looks really impressive flight Julie Abel overall winner scratch-built Piper J-3 Cub modeled after fullscale plane flown Hazel Sig hers best static score event also topped competition flight score op MINI-JET SERIES Theae planaa faature balaa conatruction Deaignad intarmadlata flyar in 4 mind will accept 2025 aize angine luae rear exhauat angina axcaptional Skyhuwit performance thrill jat haaales ductad fan *4000 ftH Proud Bird deaigned meat OSPRA Formula 120 rules 114 acale modal will accept 60120 ci aize anginea Epoxy glaaa fuxelage foam wing conatruction Full kit *150 Sami-kit alec available no woodl *125 Pleaae add *1OSOl F-20 11geralark Dart xperlmental3121 two-place1l full aize aircraft Top Turkey Formula 1 *9585581 305 581-4477I SandcheckMOMaatarCardorVlSA CO Dadd$3 FLRea add6%aaleataxI PARRISH AIRCRAFT 8 Scale Models 1125 SW 49th Tm. Plantation FL 33317 162 Model Aviation tions included banner tow drop 450 flight touch-and-go throttle banner tow particularly appealing spectators Julies flight earned National Association Scale Aeromodeling Right Achievement Award report wouldnt complete men tioning people effort made CL Scale events possible Bert Dugan Category Director Ron Sears Don Harbin serv ing flight judges Static judging performed Bert Don along Dave Platt Steve Sanger Norm Rosenstock Skip Mast Shir ley Sheeks computed posted scores com plete team Nats CL Combat/Johnson Continued page 57 est speed clocked almost 90 mph streamer attached although elevated flight altitude majority other models beside Wojteckis Cranfills doing 80 mph lessand lot less temperature hu midity soared FM Combat its lowest turnout past 15 years due part upcoming World Championships team leave New York day after Nats ended wasnt possible team its sup porters attend Nats Michael Willcox actu ally used second-line models through first couple matches until looked like might line top spot unlucky opponent re marked wished Michael used backup model match British Combat flier Mervyn Jones brought along few traditional tailless FM models go Americans got fly against just about everyone USE engine disadvantage against powerful Nelsons used others usu ally defensive mode matches Half-A Combat fairly popular year 21 entrants Open two Senior three Junior Like other events have look down past third-place folks find anyone other Melrose Park fliers Don Holbrook came closest taking fourth event broke no new ground far model de sign power plant concerned way go TD 049 Models seemed lot tamer few years ago trend toward stability rather exciting maneuvers little breeze during eliminations blow models Continued page 164 PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT SCALE MODEL PLANS Fiberglass Cowlings Canopies Available hi F-iS Span 77 DC31 1/2 1140Span$4200 F4U CORSAIR2 1/4 193SpanS3000 A6M5 ZERO2 1/2 191Spai$3000Plans RK-20 CURTIS P402 1/2 194Span$3000RK-740 Ducted Fans AT-6 TEXAN24 1101 Span$3000 FBF BEARCAT 2 12 Span $3000 - Phantom 35 Span $1000 FOKKER DR1 7 Tripe $2700 Viggen 32 Span $1000 2 Catalog Plans Accessones Supplies FI5 36 Span $1000 Order FromCredited First Order $25 MorePlan Canopy$1500 Nick Ziroli29 Edgar Dr Smithiown NY 11787 USA516-234-5038 AMA District X Vice President Regg Keyava Watch Ballot AMA Membership Renewal Package Leading Edge Independent Research Study Proves Black Baron Film Best Using sophisticated laboratory equipment independent study has published compares leading iron-on coverings sold USA film category Black Baron winner WEIGHTSHRINKTEMP Black Baron 13 oz 1 9%2400F Monokote178 oz19%3680 F Ultracote228 oz10%3700 F WEIGHT Black Baron Film 27% lighter Monokote 43% lighter Ultracote Weights 1000 square inches SHRINIC Black Baron Film can shrink 19% Monokate can shrink up 19% Ultracote stops mere 10% COLORS Opaques white black fire red lite blue flag blue orange Cub yellow Fokker red cream Metalfiakes red blue silver Transparents red blue yeflow SIZES Standard 6 foot rolls new 15 footers Both sizes 27 wide TEMPERATURE Black Baron ALL OF WHICH EXPLAINS Film requires less its heat es WHY BLACK BARON FILM potential shrink makes IS THE FASTEST GRO WING easier use Less IRON-ON COVERING bubbles sags & bnttle- IN THE WORLD ness JL CGVERITE 420 BABYLON ROAD HORSHAM PA 19044 around merely causing couple interesting landings wasnt factor like last year some models couldnt penetrate upwind side circle Fast Combat eliminations started Friday thought among entrants keep Texans clean sweep events As turned out Norm McFadden ruined streak taking first fastest spectacu lar models meet Norm didnt back top spot either disposed opponent decisive fashion losing Michael Will cox element blew out glow plug ground thereby causing very rich run Michael immediately took advantage plug change needle valve setting left same McFadden went back up took second match Willeox loss attributed rich run first full double-elimination contest outstanding matches through out eliminations kept spectators edges seats contestants near exhaustion Cranfill Willeox McFadden Holbrook fliers clean after first two rounds left lot fliers 1-1 status third round held Sat urday morning seemed quite bit FM influence flying style lot cuts matches Michael Willeox actually getting four cuts late matches Four cuss anyone scored FM Combat although fully taped streamers stayed together better Fast FM Fast Combat its aggressive best both days offensive battles will remem bered compared probably best Slow match dazzling four minutes thirty seconds run-and-hide after Don Cranfill took two quick cuts Ray Richardson Ray tried trick book get back Don Despite light turnout year Combat events exciting memory site satisfactory officials very well orga mzed efficient fair things brought up nual MACA Model Aircraft Combat Associa tion meeting Wednesday Nats what could done improve Combat thing could have improved Nats would have higher contestant turnout maybe lower temperatures Lets congratulate three fliers Houston outstanding fly ing especially Norm McFadden re fused crumbs took main course away him Seattle Nats CL Carrier/Perry Continued page 58 Jane Johnson eaptured Senior honors flying Sterling Helleat K&B 58 high low 700 mph 299 mph 100 landing points eamed score 2039 Class day deck moved downwind side circle prevailing wind direction first flight Marc Warwashanas HP 40-powered Brewster XSBA 1 strong 3559 did keep him first place long Within first two hours Pete Mazur posted final score 3876 wait watch other contestants attempted beat performance Continued page 166 164 Model Aviation
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chanical options resulting variety fly ing phase made interesting day watching contestants put models through pac es two options selected nearly entrants touch-and-go throttle control though quite difference flight scores re ceived options look flight scores illustrated premium put judges realistic smooth flight performance Sport Scale closely contested Richard Schneider emerged static judging first place Grumman Gultbawk biplane followed very closely Michael Wel shans Howard DGA-15 Ed Rhoads Douglas Skyralder Charles Reeves FW-190D-9 Ed Rhoads first fly put im pressive flight demonstrations flaps dive brakes arresting hook bomb drop newly refinished models appearance flight performance produced combined score going very hard beat Richard Schneider next contestant fly complete flight first round Others difficulty loss power landing gear hindered taxi operations caused nose-overs landing Richards Gulthawk its bright ange-and-blue color scheme looked really im pressive during demonstrations 45 0 flight loop wingover four-cycle engine added realism its appropriately pitched sound Charles Reeves Michael Welshans both used conventional three-line control systems demonstrated 450 flight touch-and-go taxi throttle Charles FW-190 completed very smooth flight put him second place Michaels Howard DGA-15 scored very high points static judging tight wheel pants model seemed present some problems ground handling DGA finished fourth place overall second round flying scores Gulthawk Howard both improved making final standings quite close allowing Rich ard Schneider move slightly ahead Charles Reeves second place FAI Scale competition saw five entries four making official flights models very impressive scale appearance static scores closely grouped fact 10 points out over 1700 awarded separated Ju lie Abels J-3 Cub Clancy Arnolds C-7 Car ibou flying produced both success disap pointment Charlie Bauers fine-looking Hawker Sea Furya future Top Rite kitseemed lack sufficient speed remain alrborne down wind side circle contacting ground af ter flap retraction first two rounds Continued page 162 ONCE again Combat fliers got prime real estate National Combat Championships other events off other parts region Combat fliers enjoyed greatest ex posure spectators excellent flying site near AMA Nats HQ concessions enough practice area dozens cir cles although very few fliers did much practicing because intense heat humidity Temperatures generally high eight ies several days well 9fl0 range very high humidity too wasnt bad two years ago m Lake Charles new record temperatures set took about 10-15 mph off top speeds actually made bet ter matches although being hard engines contestant endurance Except few ralndrops day temperature humidity detracting factors wind remained very low level Pat Willeox Event Director meet ably assisted Norm McFadden Chris Shearer circle marshals Doris Willeox Sheila Cranfill running pits doing scoring along Gayle Foster chief judge first time recent mem ory non-Combat judges used score matches experience event did very good job seemed get calls right evidenced very few complalnts about anything reputation some big names Combat didnt seem get extra little cut normally get judges within Combat ranks timing Nationalsjust before de parture date FM team Kievcut total number contestants well leaving out several previous Combat champions cluding Dick Stubblefield Bladder Grabber winner Steve Kott Most people thought cats away mice would play 12 top-three spots four Combat events 11 taken Melrose Park mice consisting Michael Willeox Don Cranfill Bill Estill Only Norm McFadden ruined sweep taking first Fast Combat fast famil iar orange white Creamsiclelosing match Michael Willcox glow plug went away left him suffer throigh rich engine run Slow Combat highest number entrants 34 Open seven eight Junior no Seniors entered events proved have greatest variation model design greatest percentage hav ing Fox power very spectacular wood model used Cranfill Wojteckis Cipolla 56 Model Aviation nara-working Scale flight judges tar aii uL caie events tnj uon naruin ana non eara AMA NATS TIDEWATER CL Combat Charlie Johnson Chris Shearer 6th place versus Jim Gall dur ing Slow Combat match Note neat safety thong molded handle Chris us ing Theres no way baby going break Believe safety thong did breakin Combat Gotcha 500 team L-R Mervyn Jones Phil Cartier Gil Reedy Don Holbrook Model has 500 sq wing area Jones flew over England used Cartler-inspired planes Fast Combat own design FAI Open Slow Combat L winners L-R Michael WilIcox 3rd Chris Shearer 6th Bill Estill 2nd Dave Heath 5th Don CranfIll 1st Gordy Teachendort 7th Greg Wojtecki 4th Slow greatest variation model designs Woiteckis very impressive Bosta weighed 16 oz used Cipolla 35 power R top six Fast Combat L-R Joe Fustolo 6th Phil Cartier 5th Dave Heath 4th Norm McFad den 1st Michael Willcox 2nd Don Cranf ill 3rd looks like Cranfills Heaths models must have gotten worst Combat L winners Kneeling LR Robbie Handy 1st Senior Matt Bingham 1st Junior Standing L-R Open fliers Gary Handy 5th Dave Stewart 6th Don Holbrook 4th Michael Willcox 2nd Bill Estill 1st Don Cranf ill 3rd Junior Slow Combat top finishers R flew full double-elimination tournament Front L-R Dennis Cranfill 1st Chris Hess 2nd Joe Fustolo Jr 3rd Back row L-R Tim Thomas 6th Thomas Daniels 4th William Thomas 7th Matt Bingham 5th top five FAI fliers L Nats L-R Pete Plunkett 4th Don CranfIll 2nd Michael Willcox 1st Bill Estill 3rd Mervyn Jones 5th traditional European-style model powered USE 15 JunIor Senior Fast Combat R winners L-R Robbie Handy 1st Senior Juniors Chris Hess 1st Jason King 2nd Joe Fustolo Jr 3rd powered wood model weighed about pound first couple rounds proved domi nance Wojteckis Crantills models Cranfill coming out top went headto-head Cipolla model appeared have edge speed Cranfills Fox-powered turned better although thought other way around Wojtecki used standard-size Bosta wing basis design exceptionally light weight can attributed least part seven-ounce Cipolla running Bosta 150 sq smaller Cranfills Dons plane well tuned looked like ralls absolutely no bobbles during maneuvers has vast improvement engine runs since contestants went over Bob Nicks tank features special hop per steady run Surprisingly Cranfill chose tank didnt run entire five-minute match although fuel mileage contestants generally worse usual because settings left rich side keep burning down engines though Don came pit stop four-minute plus few seconds mark never seemed hurt him since usually far ahead opponent might have merciful thing after Dennis Cranfill Chris Hess continued Texas dominance Slow event tairing first second Massachusetts resident Joe Fustolo taking third Juniors flew full double-elimination tournament took morning gave action could handleand probably exercise parent pit crews wanted Youll able sec picture win ners different type models used event although good fortune could have won Cranfills really cant classed pure wood model because used foam leading edge balsa planking wouldnt take anything away performance HighContinued page 162 November 1988 57 Nats CL Scale/Perry Continued page 56 third-round flight also ended prematurely af ter flown sufficient number laps official flight Clancy Arnold put first-round flight would earn him second-place honors Caribouthe multiengine model CL Scale competition retracts flaps oper ating cargo doors model very realistic flight Sadly model did finish its second flight hard landing first round probable cause failure outboard wing few laps second flight resulting crash totally destroyed very beautiful model Dale Campbell flew Ryan STA third place options included leaflets dropped pilot flight large model based Sig kit looks really impressive flight Julie Abel overall winner scratch-built Piper J-3 Cub modeled after fullscale plane flown Hazel Sig hers best static score event also topped competition flight score op MINI-JET SERIES Theae planaa faature balaa conatruction Deaignad intarmadlata flyar in 4 mind will accept 2025 aize angine luae rear exhauat angina axcaptional Skyhuwit performance thrill jat haaales ductad fan *4000 ftH Proud Bird deaigned meat OSPRA Formula 120 rules 114 acale modal will accept 60120 ci aize anginea Epoxy glaaa fuxelage foam wing conatruction Full kit *150 Sami-kit alec available no woodl *125 Pleaae add *1OSOl F-20 11geralark Dart xperlmental3121 two-place1l full aize aircraft Top Turkey Formula 1 *9585581 305 581-4477I SandcheckMOMaatarCardorVlSA CO Dadd$3 FLRea add6%aaleataxI PARRISH AIRCRAFT 8 Scale Models 1125 SW 49th Tm. Plantation FL 33317 162 Model Aviation tions included banner tow drop 450 flight touch-and-go throttle banner tow particularly appealing spectators Julies flight earned National Association Scale Aeromodeling Right Achievement Award report wouldnt complete men tioning people effort made CL Scale events possible Bert Dugan Category Director Ron Sears Don Harbin serv ing flight judges Static judging performed Bert Don along Dave Platt Steve Sanger Norm Rosenstock Skip Mast Shir ley Sheeks computed posted scores com plete team Nats CL Combat/Johnson Continued page 57 est speed clocked almost 90 mph streamer attached although elevated flight altitude majority other models beside Wojteckis Cranfills doing 80 mph lessand lot less temperature hu midity soared FM Combat its lowest turnout past 15 years due part upcoming World Championships team leave New York day after Nats ended wasnt possible team its sup porters attend Nats Michael Willcox actu ally used second-line models through first couple matches until looked like might line top spot unlucky opponent re marked wished Michael used backup model match British Combat flier Mervyn Jones brought along few traditional tailless FM models go Americans got fly against just about everyone USE engine disadvantage against powerful Nelsons used others usu ally defensive mode matches Half-A Combat fairly popular year 21 entrants Open two Senior three Junior Like other events have look down past third-place folks find anyone other Melrose Park fliers Don Holbrook came closest taking fourth event broke no new ground far model de sign power plant concerned way go TD 049 Models seemed lot tamer few years ago trend toward stability rather exciting maneuvers little breeze during eliminations blow models Continued page 164 PRACTICAL SIZED GIANT SCALE MODEL PLANS Fiberglass Cowlings Canopies Available hi F-iS Span 77 DC31 1/2 1140Span$4200 F4U CORSAIR2 1/4 193SpanS3000 A6M5 ZERO2 1/2 191Spai$3000Plans RK-20 CURTIS P402 1/2 194Span$3000RK-740 Ducted Fans AT-6 TEXAN24 1101 Span$3000 FBF BEARCAT 2 12 Span $3000 - Phantom 35 Span $1000 FOKKER DR1 7 Tripe $2700 Viggen 32 Span $1000 2 Catalog Plans Accessones Supplies FI5 36 Span $1000 Order FromCredited First Order $25 MorePlan Canopy$1500 Nick Ziroli29 Edgar Dr Smithiown NY 11787 USA516-234-5038 AMA District X Vice President Regg Keyava Watch Ballot AMA Membership Renewal Package Leading Edge Independent Research Study Proves Black Baron Film Best Using sophisticated laboratory equipment independent study has published compares leading iron-on coverings sold USA film category Black Baron winner WEIGHTSHRINKTEMP Black Baron 13 oz 1 9%2400F Monokote178 oz19%3680 F Ultracote228 oz10%3700 F WEIGHT Black Baron Film 27% lighter Monokote 43% lighter Ultracote Weights 1000 square inches SHRINIC Black Baron Film can shrink 19% Monokate can shrink up 19% Ultracote stops mere 10% COLORS Opaques white black fire red lite blue flag blue orange Cub yellow Fokker red cream Metalfiakes red blue silver Transparents red blue yeflow SIZES Standard 6 foot rolls new 15 footers Both sizes 27 wide TEMPERATURE Black Baron ALL OF WHICH EXPLAINS Film requires less its heat es WHY BLACK BARON FILM potential shrink makes IS THE FASTEST GRO WING easier use Less IRON-ON COVERING bubbles sags & bnttle- IN THE WORLD ness JL CGVERITE 420 BABYLON ROAD HORSHAM PA 19044 around merely causing couple interesting landings wasnt factor like last year some models couldnt penetrate upwind side circle Fast Combat eliminations started Friday thought among entrants keep Texans clean sweep events As turned out Norm McFadden ruined streak taking first fastest spectacu lar models meet Norm didnt back top spot either disposed opponent decisive fashion losing Michael Will cox element blew out glow plug ground thereby causing very rich run Michael immediately took advantage plug change needle valve setting left same McFadden went back up took second match Willeox loss attributed rich run first full double-elimination contest outstanding matches through out eliminations kept spectators edges seats contestants near exhaustion Cranfill Willeox McFadden Holbrook fliers clean after first two rounds left lot fliers 1-1 status third round held Sat urday morning seemed quite bit FM influence flying style lot cuts matches Michael Willeox actually getting four cuts late matches Four cuss anyone scored FM Combat although fully taped streamers stayed together better Fast FM Fast Combat its aggressive best both days offensive battles will remem bered compared probably best Slow match dazzling four minutes thirty seconds run-and-hide after Don Cranfill took two quick cuts Ray Richardson Ray tried trick book get back Don Despite light turnout year Combat events exciting memory site satisfactory officials very well orga mzed efficient fair things brought up nual MACA Model Aircraft Combat Associa tion meeting Wednesday Nats what could done improve Combat thing could have improved Nats would have higher contestant turnout maybe lower temperatures Lets congratulate three fliers Houston outstanding fly ing especially Norm McFadden re fused crumbs took main course away him Seattle Nats CL Carrier/Perry Continued page 58 Jane Johnson eaptured Senior honors flying Sterling Helleat K&B 58 high low 700 mph 299 mph 100 landing points eamed score 2039 Class day deck moved downwind side circle prevailing wind direction first flight Marc Warwashanas HP 40-powered Brewster XSBA 1 strong 3559 did keep him first place long Within first two hours Pete Mazur posted final score 3876 wait watch other contestants attempted beat performance Continued page 166 164 Model Aviation