FF Outdoor Rubber Larry Kruse COMPETITION Lincoln Nats high lighted entry 16 Wakefield fliers among finalists semifinalists US World Championships team selection pro cess prior years Flying rounds 14 16 made official flights what turned out best flying day week-long schedule Wednesday Jim OReilly something prove Wake field did fine fashion Although Jim won Wakefield previous National Con tests done under weather conditions either abbreviated max times necessi tated modified rounds prevent loss models time everything copacetic jim posted 1250 seconds best second-placer Bill Gibbons full 72 next three finishers Marty Richardson Chris Matsuno Carl Per kins bunched within 51 seconds Gib bons what turned Out good shoving match As brief aside several competitors FM events including Wakefield diffi culty determining start finish rounds because no audible signal scorers table $5 $6 investment canned air horn announce start least finish round would have ap preciated successful conclusion Wakefield turned out no harbinger worsening conditions other Rubber events however Coupe dHiver flown Thursday good representation picking lift tricky best John ODwyer best won Open Coupe good 590-second total John ap proaches flying very workmanlike stance flight line models well-crafted well-trimmed exceptionally reliable Its dif ficult tell whether Johns models flying under windy conditions dead calm perform same climb rapidly center themselves lift just keep going up Its fun watch John fly Second Open Coupe Marvin Bashaw 519 Marvin John cut cloth Neither make mistakes flight prepa ration flying Close behind Marvin well-known name Guenther Nowak 514 Jun ior won little Jennette Yokel Senior went David Brown another well-known name popular Rubber event terms total entries P-30 69 Unfortunately blowout due worsening winds Friday Fewer third contestants braved gusts put up flights choosing token attempt exceptions course As Coupe John ODwyer little V dihedral Sparrowhawk flew almost oblivious Continued page 175 68 Model Aviation AMA NATS oln Nebraska Left John ODwyer Arlington TX launches V-dihedral Sparrowhawk P-30 John able pick up two maxes choppy conditions win Open P30 little Sparrowhawk han dled wind very well Right Marvin Bashaw 2nd-place finisher launches Champion Coupe model Champion Coupe Coupe DeVilie very popular entries class Left Ernie Linn brought Prank Zaic Contestant Old-Time Rubber Ernie built plane plans found 1937 Popular Science magazine Note diamond fuselage sheeted wing leading edge generous tall surface Right Joe Scurro prepares launch ancient A-framed twin pusher Scurro designed built venerable model 1938 Left Jim OReilly Tubestake OMT Mulvihill featured March 1987 issue Model Aviation Jim won Waketield good demonstration picking lift Center Bill Gibson assembles swept-tip Muivihill scans sky improving conditions efforts Bill secured 2nd place Right Working fourth max Ed Konefes pitches pretty Coupe breeze Momenta after launch wind caught left wingtip drove ship ground shattering fuselage spoiling otherwise highly successful day Ed event Power schedule Junior Jeff Pfeifer hit Electric determinedly put up good flights winning both six-cell B eight-cell classes red-and-white Lectric Coke Machine Dressed red white match model seven-year-old lad gave everything he heaved large model air against buffeting gale Two other Juniors Danny Ackerman Kenny Wile also put up flights little Jeff stole charisma award Open Don Hughes Bob Nichols first second respectively B Elec tric Third captured John ODwyer flying beautifully proportioned model looked like Sixties Wakefield design Third B taken Duane Renken close out scoring Power Objectively assessing advances sport new trends impossible since winds pre vented full spectrum competition emerging classes FFers chose compete should applauded courage elected risk planes equipment should given credit being judicious frustrating week little reward no closure Whether site would have considered ade quate under better conditions remains question will probably never answered months follow collectively individually sift through thoughts about out door FF Lincoln Im sure us will both hope believe next year things bound better said first paragraph three components needed good Free Flight contest actually fourth fourth important component always given Nats group officials run show hardworking cadre Cat egory Managers Category Directors Event Di rectors scorekeepers timers sundry other volunteer helpers spend long hours hearing complaintsand fleeting moments hearing thank yous Dr Sandy Frank Linda Brown crew goes big chunk appreciation time effort spent behalf know much does us Thanks everything Nats FF Out Rub/Kruse Continued page 68 wind end up taking first place Open Steve Bard Jim OReilly also numbered selves among brave finished second third respectively Don DeLoach led Juniors 263 seconds would have placed him second ODwyer Open Junior Rod loerger also flew well enough have fifth Open Senior P-30 Charles Gagliano regained winning form soundly trounce David Thomp son Mike Watson almost doubling scores Mulvihill normally exciting com petitive Rubber event maxes can stretch out infinity less poor shadow its usual self Only flier Open Out over 40 contestants entered put up flight Only Guenther Nowak tena cious enough hand ship over Mother Na ture twice ended up first Only other flier Ron loerger Junior put up risky second flight Being blown off field end week satis1ring way end Nats experi ence certainly Outdoor Rubber SUPERIOR DESIGN & CRAFTSMANSHIP BEL-A Finest Kits Youll Ever Buy Build Train-Air 20 Train-Air 40 Sport-Air 40 Bel-Air 40 40 Hydro-Floats need easy handling superior aerobatic modern looking sport exhibition biplane has filled Sd-AIr 60 kit parts biplane fine line kits machine cut easist building real show stopper Bel-Air 60 has fully aummetrical wing sections gives greatest potential aerobatic performance either uprIght inverted ship capable very slow close-in type flight right up rigorous aerobatic schedule can muster Engine Requirement Wing Span Wing Ares Fuselage Length 80 52 935 0 46 SPECIFICATIONS Fuselage Width Weight Range Wing Loading Range 35 610 75 lbs 148 185 207-490-1881 Vies & Mastercard Accepted HIGH PERFORMANCE FLAP 1zIi~ ne ho eFAS ER&SAFER Strong 5 Lightwerght IZZiI~\ lii 0 z C, Slow fast hot planes landing speed sacrib Use eleotno sailplane onjoh swrtch servo Folly adjustable fit airfoil easy ostallation Readybuilt comes complete estructrOns Patent Pending Send FREE Brochure Dealer Inquiries Invited Box 1962 Lawrence KS 66044 c. U/f re iadw 4n/itd Box 1962 Lawrence KS 66044 EPOXY MIXING PAD Reusable ble ble Use pad mix epooles pa h 9 sa e & cheaper Wipe Clean paper towel immediate reuse let glue cure pop off later Nothing will adhere pad 3 Pad * GA Designs cc OGA Designs cc DA Designs cc DGA Designs cc OGA Designs e 0 Ca C *DARNED GOOD AIRMEN Lightest weight Pilots Available tO0 * FULL BODY PILOT KIT Lifelike Viryl luteo rxbber ports Easy no assemble fvsh tOt CottairiS Pilot head handbootsictmet istroctiorrs Fully rielata- Weight -NEW Low PriCes -4kJc No206 .1/6 Scale ll7e 2 oz 72 Yb1c No206 ale 14 300 s8 No 204 1/4 Scale 17o400a 92 LYF%i7V jt aNO203 1/3 Scale 23Boosl6 0 c C0 S 0*5o,eOf simpte 10WinIng5 reqoired0 0 0Q C c SPORTSMAN BABNSTORMEB FULL BODY BUST fl/C Model Aircraft need *BUST PILOT KIT Lteyun nno Unarroin pornGood Pilota KirnontunsPooiflnod neirneronnrt,o monies 56 Jacket. 0 assOnlOie ana rnso Height Weighi Low Prloe soiaersScon 310 Ion an- rsScoie s-no 1100556W 5 NO iaaraSoaie 030 r-opa 7O5 n NO OS Iaie 034 01400 514W K Aetoantling etteinebte piCCOlos O0. ro Oew eatrame ant sneight no rorneintod mu Sody o pior CDoorS Sii blue no erred rOe bOi,nl nor aurOrA 0 Send slOO Catatog New York State Rosiuents adO Pt sales to. Senot otrenk MO.DODSMiOn 3 reoeko Otleok ole c D3A Designs c c DGA c 0 DGA Designs November 1987 175 4 NORTHEAST AERODYNAMICS Inc_______ 610 LEBANON STREET ORD E 04073 460-1581 BYRON . 5445 IflS New Aviation EXPO 87 Approximately 30 minutes featuring Complete Greatly Expanded Set Aircraft Carriers PT Boats eThe Worlds Largest Gathering R/C Models Featuring Both Ducted Fan Jets Giant Scale Models Points North American Continent Just $3000 includes shipping Specify VHS Beta Byron Originals IncBox 279Ida Grove IA 51445 Ph 712-364-3165 normally goes right down wire model ers frantically putting up flights beat four oclock time line course no oppor tunity such dramatic end paraphrase TS Eliot Outdoor Rubber ended bang whimper Nats FF Out GIider/Kruse Continued page 69 timers sight 89 seconds still going up dis appeared view downwind A-2 flown Friday continuation circumstances experienced smaller Glider classes Bruce Kimball summed up best observed things missed see ing five six planes same thermal getting smaller turn wind truth thermal could have held A-2s flew could have persuaded hold still long enough Only five fliers risked ships wind however credit certainly must given doing what come Again A-i no maxcd out However Andy Barron put up excellent 792 displaying uncanny ability sort out good air bad blew briskly him no opportun ity circle towing although Chuck Markos could seen giving go early Tuesday tried get some practice dealing gusty conditions practice paid off some modicum success finished third Sandwiched between Markos Barron relative newcomer Richard Haas appeared flying Ultimate Dragmaster USFFC winner Mike Fantham put up flight before bowing better judgment retiring sidelines truly unfortunate conditions did permit fuller contest develop potential great event couched names Crow ley Shailor Nippert Murphy well fliers mentioned previously truly gone wind flies what has come standard class Lacey Lance does very well time hes Senior age flier hell wily veter sport very hard beat Jim Miller another flier efforts re ceive applause Jim too flew canard Don Srull-designed Voisin biplane floats other Model Aviation full-size plan offering last year long fuselage stable char acteristics plane provided near-max flights Jim allowing him place second Peanut third Rubber Scale unofficial Bostonian event sponsored Nebraska FF contingent proved popular contestants spectators alike purists bemoaned 14-gram minimum weight require ment flying indoors variety ships showed up ranged T-taii low-wingers lovely semiscale biplanes multi-engined asymmetrical time-warp machines short really fun way get Free Flight As brief editorial note Bostonian has around about 10 years think its about time rules codified event made offi cial part s offerings After Peanut P 30 have certainly shown way wouldnt too difficult Bostonian follow certainly has history success As good competition was missing element drama competitive pres sure None fliers knew relation others no posting static scores flight scores flown would certainly suggest tote board standard item contest particularly Nats Knowing whos pushing needs some gentle nudging important psychologi cal component competition spurring contestants greater effort concluding report wish thank Scale judges Ron Sears Cliff Tacie Jeff Perez Category Director Bert Dugan Coming Control Line circle Radio Control Scale flight line respectively Im sure judges Ron Jeff Cliff got whole new insight perspective world Indoor flight ______________________ Nats Indoor/Kruse Nats Indoor Scale/Kruse Continued page 73 Continued page 71 struction time add necessary scale details later single unofficial flight little ca nard pusher 201 no small feat Peanut Scale model let alone fairly unorthodox subject Also worthy mention Lance Fergusons repeat win Junior Peanut Scale Although tering Senior ROG Cabin record over 10 minutes may have surprised him Dons 1737 compared previous record 710 another mark should remain intact immediate future Continuing saga Slusarczyk Don next methodically broke Senior Intermediate Stick record 1437 flight 1849 2104 Thats again phenomenal seven minutes over previous best Senior Dons planes horses Im sure would have tested introduction illegal substances juncture outdone young whippersnapper Jim Grant broke Open Intermediate Stick record 1620 1731 able revel accomplishment less two hours time Stan Chilton put up definitive 2128 cop US National Record taken Jack McGillivray beat Chilton four full seconds What became increasingly evi dent Pershing Auditorium flier could set new National Record given event still assured first place fat lady sang Easy B misnomer ever Don Slusarczyk picked up final Continued page 178 176 Model Aviation S 5 Eagles Acrobatic Flight Team Coors Light Silver Bullet New Striking Back Show
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/11
Page Numbers: 68, 175, 176
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/11
Page Numbers: 68, 175, 176
FF Outdoor Rubber Larry Kruse COMPETITION Lincoln Nats high lighted entry 16 Wakefield fliers among finalists semifinalists US World Championships team selection pro cess prior years Flying rounds 14 16 made official flights what turned out best flying day week-long schedule Wednesday Jim OReilly something prove Wake field did fine fashion Although Jim won Wakefield previous National Con tests done under weather conditions either abbreviated max times necessi tated modified rounds prevent loss models time everything copacetic jim posted 1250 seconds best second-placer Bill Gibbons full 72 next three finishers Marty Richardson Chris Matsuno Carl Per kins bunched within 51 seconds Gib bons what turned Out good shoving match As brief aside several competitors FM events including Wakefield diffi culty determining start finish rounds because no audible signal scorers table $5 $6 investment canned air horn announce start least finish round would have ap preciated successful conclusion Wakefield turned out no harbinger worsening conditions other Rubber events however Coupe dHiver flown Thursday good representation picking lift tricky best John ODwyer best won Open Coupe good 590-second total John ap proaches flying very workmanlike stance flight line models well-crafted well-trimmed exceptionally reliable Its dif ficult tell whether Johns models flying under windy conditions dead calm perform same climb rapidly center themselves lift just keep going up Its fun watch John fly Second Open Coupe Marvin Bashaw 519 Marvin John cut cloth Neither make mistakes flight prepa ration flying Close behind Marvin well-known name Guenther Nowak 514 Jun ior won little Jennette Yokel Senior went David Brown another well-known name popular Rubber event terms total entries P-30 69 Unfortunately blowout due worsening winds Friday Fewer third contestants braved gusts put up flights choosing token attempt exceptions course As Coupe John ODwyer little V dihedral Sparrowhawk flew almost oblivious Continued page 175 68 Model Aviation AMA NATS oln Nebraska Left John ODwyer Arlington TX launches V-dihedral Sparrowhawk P-30 John able pick up two maxes choppy conditions win Open P30 little Sparrowhawk han dled wind very well Right Marvin Bashaw 2nd-place finisher launches Champion Coupe model Champion Coupe Coupe DeVilie very popular entries class Left Ernie Linn brought Prank Zaic Contestant Old-Time Rubber Ernie built plane plans found 1937 Popular Science magazine Note diamond fuselage sheeted wing leading edge generous tall surface Right Joe Scurro prepares launch ancient A-framed twin pusher Scurro designed built venerable model 1938 Left Jim OReilly Tubestake OMT Mulvihill featured March 1987 issue Model Aviation Jim won Waketield good demonstration picking lift Center Bill Gibson assembles swept-tip Muivihill scans sky improving conditions efforts Bill secured 2nd place Right Working fourth max Ed Konefes pitches pretty Coupe breeze Momenta after launch wind caught left wingtip drove ship ground shattering fuselage spoiling otherwise highly successful day Ed event Power schedule Junior Jeff Pfeifer hit Electric determinedly put up good flights winning both six-cell B eight-cell classes red-and-white Lectric Coke Machine Dressed red white match model seven-year-old lad gave everything he heaved large model air against buffeting gale Two other Juniors Danny Ackerman Kenny Wile also put up flights little Jeff stole charisma award Open Don Hughes Bob Nichols first second respectively B Elec tric Third captured John ODwyer flying beautifully proportioned model looked like Sixties Wakefield design Third B taken Duane Renken close out scoring Power Objectively assessing advances sport new trends impossible since winds pre vented full spectrum competition emerging classes FFers chose compete should applauded courage elected risk planes equipment should given credit being judicious frustrating week little reward no closure Whether site would have considered ade quate under better conditions remains question will probably never answered months follow collectively individually sift through thoughts about out door FF Lincoln Im sure us will both hope believe next year things bound better said first paragraph three components needed good Free Flight contest actually fourth fourth important component always given Nats group officials run show hardworking cadre Cat egory Managers Category Directors Event Di rectors scorekeepers timers sundry other volunteer helpers spend long hours hearing complaintsand fleeting moments hearing thank yous Dr Sandy Frank Linda Brown crew goes big chunk appreciation time effort spent behalf know much does us Thanks everything Nats FF Out Rub/Kruse Continued page 68 wind end up taking first place Open Steve Bard Jim OReilly also numbered selves among brave finished second third respectively Don DeLoach led Juniors 263 seconds would have placed him second ODwyer Open Junior Rod loerger also flew well enough have fifth Open Senior P-30 Charles Gagliano regained winning form soundly trounce David Thomp son Mike Watson almost doubling scores Mulvihill normally exciting com petitive Rubber event maxes can stretch out infinity less poor shadow its usual self Only flier Open Out over 40 contestants entered put up flight Only Guenther Nowak tena cious enough hand ship over Mother Na ture twice ended up first Only other flier Ron loerger Junior put up risky second flight Being blown off field end week satis1ring way end Nats experi ence certainly Outdoor Rubber SUPERIOR DESIGN & CRAFTSMANSHIP BEL-A Finest Kits Youll Ever Buy Build Train-Air 20 Train-Air 40 Sport-Air 40 Bel-Air 40 40 Hydro-Floats need easy handling superior aerobatic modern looking sport exhibition biplane has filled Sd-AIr 60 kit parts biplane fine line kits machine cut easist building real show stopper Bel-Air 60 has fully aummetrical wing sections gives greatest potential aerobatic performance either uprIght inverted ship capable very slow close-in type flight right up rigorous aerobatic schedule can muster Engine Requirement Wing Span Wing Ares Fuselage Length 80 52 935 0 46 SPECIFICATIONS Fuselage Width Weight Range Wing Loading Range 35 610 75 lbs 148 185 207-490-1881 Vies & Mastercard Accepted HIGH PERFORMANCE FLAP 1zIi~ ne ho eFAS ER&SAFER Strong 5 Lightwerght IZZiI~\ lii 0 z C, Slow fast hot planes landing speed sacrib Use eleotno sailplane onjoh swrtch servo Folly adjustable fit airfoil easy ostallation Readybuilt comes complete estructrOns Patent Pending Send FREE Brochure Dealer Inquiries Invited Box 1962 Lawrence KS 66044 c. U/f re iadw 4n/itd Box 1962 Lawrence KS 66044 EPOXY MIXING PAD Reusable ble ble Use pad mix epooles pa h 9 sa e & cheaper Wipe Clean paper towel immediate reuse let glue cure pop off later Nothing will adhere pad 3 Pad * GA Designs cc OGA Designs cc DA Designs cc DGA Designs cc OGA Designs e 0 Ca C *DARNED GOOD AIRMEN Lightest weight Pilots Available tO0 * FULL BODY PILOT KIT Lifelike Viryl luteo rxbber ports Easy no assemble fvsh tOt CottairiS Pilot head handbootsictmet istroctiorrs Fully rielata- Weight -NEW Low PriCes -4kJc No206 .1/6 Scale ll7e 2 oz 72 Yb1c No206 ale 14 300 s8 No 204 1/4 Scale 17o400a 92 LYF%i7V jt aNO203 1/3 Scale 23Boosl6 0 c C0 S 0*5o,eOf simpte 10WinIng5 reqoired0 0 0Q C c SPORTSMAN BABNSTORMEB FULL BODY BUST fl/C Model Aircraft need *BUST PILOT KIT Lteyun nno Unarroin pornGood Pilota KirnontunsPooiflnod neirneronnrt,o monies 56 Jacket. 0 assOnlOie ana rnso Height Weighi Low Prloe soiaersScon 310 Ion an- rsScoie s-no 1100556W 5 NO iaaraSoaie 030 r-opa 7O5 n NO OS Iaie 034 01400 514W K Aetoantling etteinebte piCCOlos O0. ro Oew eatrame ant sneight no rorneintod mu Sody o pior CDoorS Sii blue no erred rOe bOi,nl nor aurOrA 0 Send slOO Catatog New York State Rosiuents adO Pt sales to. Senot otrenk MO.DODSMiOn 3 reoeko Otleok ole c D3A Designs c c DGA c 0 DGA Designs November 1987 175 4 NORTHEAST AERODYNAMICS Inc_______ 610 LEBANON STREET ORD E 04073 460-1581 BYRON . 5445 IflS New Aviation EXPO 87 Approximately 30 minutes featuring Complete Greatly Expanded Set Aircraft Carriers PT Boats eThe Worlds Largest Gathering R/C Models Featuring Both Ducted Fan Jets Giant Scale Models Points North American Continent Just $3000 includes shipping Specify VHS Beta Byron Originals IncBox 279Ida Grove IA 51445 Ph 712-364-3165 normally goes right down wire model ers frantically putting up flights beat four oclock time line course no oppor tunity such dramatic end paraphrase TS Eliot Outdoor Rubber ended bang whimper Nats FF Out GIider/Kruse Continued page 69 timers sight 89 seconds still going up dis appeared view downwind A-2 flown Friday continuation circumstances experienced smaller Glider classes Bruce Kimball summed up best observed things missed see ing five six planes same thermal getting smaller turn wind truth thermal could have held A-2s flew could have persuaded hold still long enough Only five fliers risked ships wind however credit certainly must given doing what come Again A-i no maxcd out However Andy Barron put up excellent 792 displaying uncanny ability sort out good air bad blew briskly him no opportun ity circle towing although Chuck Markos could seen giving go early Tuesday tried get some practice dealing gusty conditions practice paid off some modicum success finished third Sandwiched between Markos Barron relative newcomer Richard Haas appeared flying Ultimate Dragmaster USFFC winner Mike Fantham put up flight before bowing better judgment retiring sidelines truly unfortunate conditions did permit fuller contest develop potential great event couched names Crow ley Shailor Nippert Murphy well fliers mentioned previously truly gone wind flies what has come standard class Lacey Lance does very well time hes Senior age flier hell wily veter sport very hard beat Jim Miller another flier efforts re ceive applause Jim too flew canard Don Srull-designed Voisin biplane floats other Model Aviation full-size plan offering last year long fuselage stable char acteristics plane provided near-max flights Jim allowing him place second Peanut third Rubber Scale unofficial Bostonian event sponsored Nebraska FF contingent proved popular contestants spectators alike purists bemoaned 14-gram minimum weight require ment flying indoors variety ships showed up ranged T-taii low-wingers lovely semiscale biplanes multi-engined asymmetrical time-warp machines short really fun way get Free Flight As brief editorial note Bostonian has around about 10 years think its about time rules codified event made offi cial part s offerings After Peanut P 30 have certainly shown way wouldnt too difficult Bostonian follow certainly has history success As good competition was missing element drama competitive pres sure None fliers knew relation others no posting static scores flight scores flown would certainly suggest tote board standard item contest particularly Nats Knowing whos pushing needs some gentle nudging important psychologi cal component competition spurring contestants greater effort concluding report wish thank Scale judges Ron Sears Cliff Tacie Jeff Perez Category Director Bert Dugan Coming Control Line circle Radio Control Scale flight line respectively Im sure judges Ron Jeff Cliff got whole new insight perspective world Indoor flight ______________________ Nats Indoor/Kruse Nats Indoor Scale/Kruse Continued page 73 Continued page 71 struction time add necessary scale details later single unofficial flight little ca nard pusher 201 no small feat Peanut Scale model let alone fairly unorthodox subject Also worthy mention Lance Fergusons repeat win Junior Peanut Scale Although tering Senior ROG Cabin record over 10 minutes may have surprised him Dons 1737 compared previous record 710 another mark should remain intact immediate future Continuing saga Slusarczyk Don next methodically broke Senior Intermediate Stick record 1437 flight 1849 2104 Thats again phenomenal seven minutes over previous best Senior Dons planes horses Im sure would have tested introduction illegal substances juncture outdone young whippersnapper Jim Grant broke Open Intermediate Stick record 1620 1731 able revel accomplishment less two hours time Stan Chilton put up definitive 2128 cop US National Record taken Jack McGillivray beat Chilton four full seconds What became increasingly evi dent Pershing Auditorium flier could set new National Record given event still assured first place fat lady sang Easy B misnomer ever Don Slusarczyk picked up final Continued page 178 176 Model Aviation S 5 Eagles Acrobatic Flight Team Coors Light Silver Bullet New Striking Back Show
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/11
Page Numbers: 68, 175, 176
FF Outdoor Rubber Larry Kruse COMPETITION Lincoln Nats high lighted entry 16 Wakefield fliers among finalists semifinalists US World Championships team selection pro cess prior years Flying rounds 14 16 made official flights what turned out best flying day week-long schedule Wednesday Jim OReilly something prove Wake field did fine fashion Although Jim won Wakefield previous National Con tests done under weather conditions either abbreviated max times necessi tated modified rounds prevent loss models time everything copacetic jim posted 1250 seconds best second-placer Bill Gibbons full 72 next three finishers Marty Richardson Chris Matsuno Carl Per kins bunched within 51 seconds Gib bons what turned Out good shoving match As brief aside several competitors FM events including Wakefield diffi culty determining start finish rounds because no audible signal scorers table $5 $6 investment canned air horn announce start least finish round would have ap preciated successful conclusion Wakefield turned out no harbinger worsening conditions other Rubber events however Coupe dHiver flown Thursday good representation picking lift tricky best John ODwyer best won Open Coupe good 590-second total John ap proaches flying very workmanlike stance flight line models well-crafted well-trimmed exceptionally reliable Its dif ficult tell whether Johns models flying under windy conditions dead calm perform same climb rapidly center themselves lift just keep going up Its fun watch John fly Second Open Coupe Marvin Bashaw 519 Marvin John cut cloth Neither make mistakes flight prepa ration flying Close behind Marvin well-known name Guenther Nowak 514 Jun ior won little Jennette Yokel Senior went David Brown another well-known name popular Rubber event terms total entries P-30 69 Unfortunately blowout due worsening winds Friday Fewer third contestants braved gusts put up flights choosing token attempt exceptions course As Coupe John ODwyer little V dihedral Sparrowhawk flew almost oblivious Continued page 175 68 Model Aviation AMA NATS oln Nebraska Left John ODwyer Arlington TX launches V-dihedral Sparrowhawk P-30 John able pick up two maxes choppy conditions win Open P30 little Sparrowhawk han dled wind very well Right Marvin Bashaw 2nd-place finisher launches Champion Coupe model Champion Coupe Coupe DeVilie very popular entries class Left Ernie Linn brought Prank Zaic Contestant Old-Time Rubber Ernie built plane plans found 1937 Popular Science magazine Note diamond fuselage sheeted wing leading edge generous tall surface Right Joe Scurro prepares launch ancient A-framed twin pusher Scurro designed built venerable model 1938 Left Jim OReilly Tubestake OMT Mulvihill featured March 1987 issue Model Aviation Jim won Waketield good demonstration picking lift Center Bill Gibson assembles swept-tip Muivihill scans sky improving conditions efforts Bill secured 2nd place Right Working fourth max Ed Konefes pitches pretty Coupe breeze Momenta after launch wind caught left wingtip drove ship ground shattering fuselage spoiling otherwise highly successful day Ed event Power schedule Junior Jeff Pfeifer hit Electric determinedly put up good flights winning both six-cell B eight-cell classes red-and-white Lectric Coke Machine Dressed red white match model seven-year-old lad gave everything he heaved large model air against buffeting gale Two other Juniors Danny Ackerman Kenny Wile also put up flights little Jeff stole charisma award Open Don Hughes Bob Nichols first second respectively B Elec tric Third captured John ODwyer flying beautifully proportioned model looked like Sixties Wakefield design Third B taken Duane Renken close out scoring Power Objectively assessing advances sport new trends impossible since winds pre vented full spectrum competition emerging classes FFers chose compete should applauded courage elected risk planes equipment should given credit being judicious frustrating week little reward no closure Whether site would have considered ade quate under better conditions remains question will probably never answered months follow collectively individually sift through thoughts about out door FF Lincoln Im sure us will both hope believe next year things bound better said first paragraph three components needed good Free Flight contest actually fourth fourth important component always given Nats group officials run show hardworking cadre Cat egory Managers Category Directors Event Di rectors scorekeepers timers sundry other volunteer helpers spend long hours hearing complaintsand fleeting moments hearing thank yous Dr Sandy Frank Linda Brown crew goes big chunk appreciation time effort spent behalf know much does us Thanks everything Nats FF Out Rub/Kruse Continued page 68 wind end up taking first place Open Steve Bard Jim OReilly also numbered selves among brave finished second third respectively Don DeLoach led Juniors 263 seconds would have placed him second ODwyer Open Junior Rod loerger also flew well enough have fifth Open Senior P-30 Charles Gagliano regained winning form soundly trounce David Thomp son Mike Watson almost doubling scores Mulvihill normally exciting com petitive Rubber event maxes can stretch out infinity less poor shadow its usual self Only flier Open Out over 40 contestants entered put up flight Only Guenther Nowak tena cious enough hand ship over Mother Na ture twice ended up first Only other flier Ron loerger Junior put up risky second flight Being blown off field end week satis1ring way end Nats experi ence certainly Outdoor Rubber SUPERIOR DESIGN & CRAFTSMANSHIP BEL-A Finest Kits Youll Ever Buy Build Train-Air 20 Train-Air 40 Sport-Air 40 Bel-Air 40 40 Hydro-Floats need easy handling superior aerobatic modern looking sport exhibition biplane has filled Sd-AIr 60 kit parts biplane fine line kits machine cut easist building real show stopper Bel-Air 60 has fully aummetrical wing sections gives greatest potential aerobatic performance either uprIght inverted ship capable very slow close-in type flight right up rigorous aerobatic schedule can muster Engine Requirement Wing Span Wing Ares Fuselage Length 80 52 935 0 46 SPECIFICATIONS Fuselage Width Weight Range Wing Loading Range 35 610 75 lbs 148 185 207-490-1881 Vies & Mastercard Accepted HIGH PERFORMANCE FLAP 1zIi~ ne ho eFAS ER&SAFER Strong 5 Lightwerght IZZiI~\ lii 0 z C, Slow fast hot planes landing speed sacrib Use eleotno sailplane onjoh swrtch servo Folly adjustable fit airfoil easy ostallation Readybuilt comes complete estructrOns Patent Pending Send FREE Brochure Dealer Inquiries Invited Box 1962 Lawrence KS 66044 c. U/f re iadw 4n/itd Box 1962 Lawrence KS 66044 EPOXY MIXING PAD Reusable ble ble Use pad mix epooles pa h 9 sa e & cheaper Wipe Clean paper towel immediate reuse let glue cure pop off later Nothing will adhere pad 3 Pad * GA Designs cc OGA Designs cc DA Designs cc DGA Designs cc OGA Designs e 0 Ca C *DARNED GOOD AIRMEN Lightest weight Pilots Available tO0 * FULL BODY PILOT KIT Lifelike Viryl luteo rxbber ports Easy no assemble fvsh tOt CottairiS Pilot head handbootsictmet istroctiorrs Fully rielata- Weight -NEW Low PriCes -4kJc No206 .1/6 Scale ll7e 2 oz 72 Yb1c No206 ale 14 300 s8 No 204 1/4 Scale 17o400a 92 LYF%i7V jt aNO203 1/3 Scale 23Boosl6 0 c C0 S 0*5o,eOf simpte 10WinIng5 reqoired0 0 0Q C c SPORTSMAN BABNSTORMEB FULL BODY BUST fl/C Model Aircraft need *BUST PILOT KIT Lteyun nno Unarroin pornGood Pilota KirnontunsPooiflnod neirneronnrt,o monies 56 Jacket. 0 assOnlOie ana rnso Height Weighi Low Prloe soiaersScon 310 Ion an- rsScoie s-no 1100556W 5 NO iaaraSoaie 030 r-opa 7O5 n NO OS Iaie 034 01400 514W K Aetoantling etteinebte piCCOlos O0. ro Oew eatrame ant sneight no rorneintod mu Sody o pior CDoorS Sii blue no erred rOe bOi,nl nor aurOrA 0 Send slOO Catatog New York State Rosiuents adO Pt sales to. 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