RC Aerobatics Ron Van Putte WAS IT WINDY Lincoln Nats9 Does bear sieep woods Id warned about wind Lincoln nothing prepared what experienced dont know what winds like 1979 1982 other two times Mats held Lincoln time unbelievable about later RC Pattern flown what called Lincoln Air Park active field both commercial military flying military flying largely Air Force Reserve unit uses F4 fight ers havent heard F4 take off dont recommend first time during Nats RC Pattern flight thats what experi enced full-scale airplanes using two run ways closest parallel large ramp area used about 2000 ft away FAA apparently somewhat uneasy about oper ation Mats officials monitored flying make sure adequate safety zone Fliers let airplanes stray safety zone quickly reminded bring back event well attended 179 competitors flew least flight RC Pattern Nats follows Sportsman53 Advanced35 Expert28 MasterIS FAI48 new Mats format proposed Mike Harrison Hot Springs AR Sportsman Advanced fliers competing during first three days Sunday Monday Tues day Expert Master FAI fliers com peted Wednesday Thursday Friday As turned out 88 fliers competing first three days 91 last three flying split between two sites two flight lines site Sportsman Advanced fliers split somewhat awkwardly 2 lines Sportsman fliers 1 lines Advanced fliers Equal judging exposure ob tained having five sets three judges five rounds judging set sat out round fliers saw judging set once course meant weather could dramat ically affect equal exposure over three days because varying conditions fliers could have front common set judges couldnt avoided Exposure judges improved dramatically Expert Master class fliers because flight line FAI fliers shared two lines meant Expert Master class fliers equal exposure round competition could stopped after round FM fliers fly numbers rounds guarantee equal exposure Expert fliers flew four rounds cause physically impossible get five rounds 28 fliers comparison 15 Master class fliers finished five rounds easily FAI created special problem since nounced would set qualifying rounds set finals rounds Four rounds qualifying 48 fliers two rounds fi nals top 10 fliers could managed fact late Friday afternoon shower delayed finals about hour causing FM flying completed sun went down drove up Lincoln John Fuqua FAI flier arrived Saturday afternoon time transmitter processing Sportsman Advanced fliers process transmit ters because judging Sportsman Advanced fliers Expert Master FAI transmitter processing held Tuesday early arrivals claimed lucky hadnt gotten day before winds really bad impressed because blowing 15 25 mph time Little did suspect impressed wed later week locals assured us wind always Left RC Pattern Event Director John Embry looking camera helps take down Porta-Shade tents provided judges winds really blowingi Right Bill Mark Kaase Foyll OK share colorful model trailer Mark finished thirty-sixth Sportsman class Left Wowi Thats lot judges tabulators watching Tony Frackowiak Finals flights Dean Pappas assisting him Right Linda Lock L battling heavy wind look streamers tent ropes Expert class flight finished twentieth place 40 Model Aviation AMA NATS oln Nebraska blew hard always south during July So Sunday Monday blew hard north feeling sorry Sportsman Ad vanced fliers tried keep being blown away Most showed little ex perience centering maneuvers like Cuban Eight Three Inside Loops heavy wind tried hard mentally tell pull up jaws stomach started hurt consciously will myself stop doing Too much empathy tough judge front came through Monday night wind changed direction north south just strong opposite direc tion Again felt sorry fliers learn cope over agaln Wednesday first day Expert Master FAT flying weird almost no wind until late afternoon temper ature downtown Lincoln 101 0F relative humidity 17% As result became dehydrated realizing us consumed drink after drink visiting port-o-lets wind came back vengeance Thursday Friday experience flying Pattern flight winds 38 mph gusting 45 mph Ill try avoid future Since judges supposed judge track air plane rather its attitude airplanes looked like elevators perfonning vertical maneuvers Probably impressive performance wind made airplane tents tents used shade judges transmitter impounds provided Porta Shade took tremendous beating week very few failures cant imagine anyone ever having problem tents normal use / Left Ivan Kristensen flew Nats home Ontario Canada finished second FAI AMAer Jim Bennett assists Right ivan lots curious onlookers took hatch off Summit II Plug-in wings retained pairs spanwise rubberbands fore aft Left Does plane look familiar Dave Brown brought 7-year-old Tiporare 750 out mothballs compete FAI Right greatest idea 87 NatsBob Campbells bail-bearing puller Get yours Cardinal Model Works 877 Colony Way Worthington OH 43085 Left Chip Hyde kneeling among curious watching Steve Helms work fabulous Aurora 5th FAI Right Kearny La Jeune R strong contender Sportsman finished 5th famous Kearney Burgers makes Dixie RC Club annual contest November 1987 41 seems like Ive emphasized wind expense competition its because wind really overwhelmed competition making flight struggle survival rather striving excellence flying course better fliers classes able overcome degree effects wind advantages split between Sportsman/Advanced Expert/Master/FAI major disadvantage Sports man/Advanced fliers never opportunity observe fly Expert/Master/FM fliers apparent fliers missed hav ing other classes flew Sportsman top five fliers after three rounds almost remained intact end John Kasprak leading Gene Rogers came third place win event Kasprak took place third Kearney Lejeune second after three rounds ended up fifth place despite some magnificent flying watched him perform Ron Hill moved up fifth second Howard Morin best Junior went fifth seventh Dennis Suding best Senior did opposite Advanced bit settled David Mertz John Howell Jr best Senior Wil liam Graves first three places after both third final rounds Robert CampLeft Jim Eide R almost missed getting first-place award Master class left site early get some refreshment Right Eu gene Maxwell R accepts Expert class first-place trophy RC Paern Event Director John Embry 42 Model Aviation 5 1071 bell wasnt top eight fliers after three rounds managed pull out fourth place Robert Creager took fifth Derek Emmett Dereks main gears collapsed landing last flight costing him landing points Derek slid ninth tightly contested contest Expert close first three places 10 points out 2400 points sep arating top three Eugene Maxwell pulled Out first Don Apostalico led much way Greg Frohreich finished third next three places eight-point spread Chuck Smith Michael McFarland edging out James Chafee Master 15 fliers flying quality excellent top places juggled around bit same fliers remained top half-dozen Jim Eide solid leader next five places 14-point spread out nearly 3200 points George Man ning edged Pete Callas 4 points Pete edged Charles Lewis 5 /z points Charles led Steve McCann Richard Verano five points Steve won fifth tie breaker round score top 10 FAd fliers flew two flyoff rounds after four qualifying rounds Chip Hyde finished top qualifying rounds win ning two rounds after scores normalized Left Tony Frackowiak R finally Nats champion photo too clear because taken near-twilight conditions F56 1Aoth second Right Howard Mann R won seventh Sportsman Best Junior hes 13 award Hes going move up FAI class November 1987 43 front same sets judges Tony Fracko wiak Ivan Kristensen won other two rounds So Hyde Frackowiak Kristensen 1-2-3 flyoffs began Bill Cunningham won flyoff rounds Tony Frackowiak grabbed other final results determined adding best three qualifying scores normalized 1000 best flyoff score normalized 2000 Tony Frackowiak awarded Nats first-place tro phy solid win over Ivan Kristensen Chip Hyde FAI flyoff seven Americans two Ca nadians Australian Ivan Kristensen joined Dave Patrick sixth Australian Chris White tenth spent month prior Nats States staying Tony Frackowiak stopover way World Champion ships France As recent major events Mike Laumari Jackson MS handled tabulation optical scoring system worked beautifully As judge no problems darkening cor rect answer using No 2 pencil just like being back school again John Embry Sulphur LA bravely took task RC Event Director did wonderful job no doubt charge John Contest Director deals firmly fairly Congratulations John Lincoln Sky Knights wonderful hosts saw lot both Nats site club flying field competent friendly acted like fun work hard rest us could have good time Thanks guys did Van Putte Expert too well thank PCM receiver developed hearing problems two days before departed Nats Continued oaee 144 Left That strange-looking object being held aloft Dean Koger wind-speed meterhere measuring 38 45 mph during FAI Finals Right George Schimmer StandingTheodore AL Best Junior Advanced finishing eighth Mom Dad give great pit support Left Chuck Smith Casper WY competed six-year-old Tiporare Expert finished fourth Right Bill Cunningham R fires up Escape assistanace Bill Thomas Bill C highest-scoring flight two Finals rounds FAI Left Paul Verger L loaned backup plane Atlanta Ron Van Putte R use compete Expert after Rons own Tiporare crashed due receiver problem lust before Nats Right Dean Koger breaks down Vortex travel back home Beavercreek OH 44 Model Aviation PRACTICAL SIZED GI Fiberglass Cowlings Canopies Available Plans sent Post-Paid within USA Send 5O Full Catalog Balsa Dc31A 0 Span$4200 Mu CORSAIR2A 193 Span$3000 A6M6ZERO2A 191 Span$3000 CURTISP402A194 Span$3000 AT6TEXAN24 1101Span$3000 F8FBEARCAT2A 186 Span$3000 FOKKERDR-127 163 Tripa$2700 Order Nick ZiroIi29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA complete results may few sets left time note published send $6 AMA HQ 61st National Model Air plane Championships next held July east coast near Virginia Beach just south Norfolk VA de tails will follow subsequent issues Model Aviation Nats RC AerobNan Putte Continued page 44 Tiporare tried grow some new little Tiporares planting itself Florida sand fliers offered spare airplanes heard Id crashed Tiporare saw heard about fun-fly airplane Id brought compete declined offers until Paul Verger Lafay ette LA offered backup Atlanta told fly because wont let fly piece trash embarrass us Ac tually Paul didnt use word trash other word cant print So competed Pauls Atlanta However learning fly strange airplane well heavy wind too tough task accomplish successfully least looked like Pattern flier Thanks Paul See 1988 Nats Chesapeake VA Nats RC Pylon/Yeager Continued page 47 made double cuts Larson awarded second virtue faster time Ken Hulik managed finish fourth took fast time award nice 11526 Pennsylvania Demon Al Grove finished fifth came time something about running F3D FAI Pylon talked participants agreed take everything needed Out onto coursefuel tools planes name Since planes different fre quency flew against other reser viced after landing flew again repeated sequence five times called day Unfortunately Brian Richmond lost World Championship plane coming around Pylon Three third round rekitted very nice air plane also put him out competition since entered oniy WC model resulted Ron Schorr Richard Oliver being left battle out Oliver went win score 33984 points Schorrs 32122 three zeros Brian Richmond fin ished 23961 points however did man age take fast-time award very good 11661 second slower fast time recent World Championships Australia Brian appeared warming up early rounds before crash hadnt crashed might have set new record think his callers Dub Jett intention Formula processing began after F3D event concluded always something ob serve like pretty planes 40 entries about half contestants having back-up plane roughly 60 Formula models sit ting floor being judged takeoff priority finalized task finding model finish best com pleted years winner Mike Langlois Lang-Wha North Carolina earned Mike privilege taking off first heat INTRODUCING TflI flfl~ TM VARIABLE SPEED THE NEW Ifli IIfl POWER CENTER 1 Variable Control Outlet Dremel & Brush Type Motor Tools 5 Outlets Handle Covering Irons Heat Guns & Soldering Tools etc 15 Amp Breaker W/Reset ted On/Off Switch Duty Power Cord H/Duty Steel Housing ting Tabs es May Vary USA Designed Engineered Modeler Serious Model Builders DEALER INQUIRIES ARE WELCOME WRITE OR CALL SEND MONEY ORDER OR CHECK TODAY NO CODs PLEASE P 0 BOX 23492 MILWAUKEE WI 53223 354-8698 $aOO Pnstage & Handling WI Modelers MODEL #ABI-SKE add 5% tax 4 DELS byNICKZIROLI Jets too 144 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/11
Page Numbers: 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 144
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/11
Page Numbers: 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 144
RC Aerobatics Ron Van Putte WAS IT WINDY Lincoln Nats9 Does bear sieep woods Id warned about wind Lincoln nothing prepared what experienced dont know what winds like 1979 1982 other two times Mats held Lincoln time unbelievable about later RC Pattern flown what called Lincoln Air Park active field both commercial military flying military flying largely Air Force Reserve unit uses F4 fight ers havent heard F4 take off dont recommend first time during Nats RC Pattern flight thats what experi enced full-scale airplanes using two run ways closest parallel large ramp area used about 2000 ft away FAA apparently somewhat uneasy about oper ation Mats officials monitored flying make sure adequate safety zone Fliers let airplanes stray safety zone quickly reminded bring back event well attended 179 competitors flew least flight RC Pattern Nats follows Sportsman53 Advanced35 Expert28 MasterIS FAI48 new Mats format proposed Mike Harrison Hot Springs AR Sportsman Advanced fliers competing during first three days Sunday Monday Tues day Expert Master FAI fliers com peted Wednesday Thursday Friday As turned out 88 fliers competing first three days 91 last three flying split between two sites two flight lines site Sportsman Advanced fliers split somewhat awkwardly 2 lines Sportsman fliers 1 lines Advanced fliers Equal judging exposure ob tained having five sets three judges five rounds judging set sat out round fliers saw judging set once course meant weather could dramat ically affect equal exposure over three days because varying conditions fliers could have front common set judges couldnt avoided Exposure judges improved dramatically Expert Master class fliers because flight line FAI fliers shared two lines meant Expert Master class fliers equal exposure round competition could stopped after round FM fliers fly numbers rounds guarantee equal exposure Expert fliers flew four rounds cause physically impossible get five rounds 28 fliers comparison 15 Master class fliers finished five rounds easily FAI created special problem since nounced would set qualifying rounds set finals rounds Four rounds qualifying 48 fliers two rounds fi nals top 10 fliers could managed fact late Friday afternoon shower delayed finals about hour causing FM flying completed sun went down drove up Lincoln John Fuqua FAI flier arrived Saturday afternoon time transmitter processing Sportsman Advanced fliers process transmit ters because judging Sportsman Advanced fliers Expert Master FAI transmitter processing held Tuesday early arrivals claimed lucky hadnt gotten day before winds really bad impressed because blowing 15 25 mph time Little did suspect impressed wed later week locals assured us wind always Left RC Pattern Event Director John Embry looking camera helps take down Porta-Shade tents provided judges winds really blowingi Right Bill Mark Kaase Foyll OK share colorful model trailer Mark finished thirty-sixth Sportsman class Left Wowi Thats lot judges tabulators watching Tony Frackowiak Finals flights Dean Pappas assisting him Right Linda Lock L battling heavy wind look streamers tent ropes Expert class flight finished twentieth place 40 Model Aviation AMA NATS oln Nebraska blew hard always south during July So Sunday Monday blew hard north feeling sorry Sportsman Ad vanced fliers tried keep being blown away Most showed little ex perience centering maneuvers like Cuban Eight Three Inside Loops heavy wind tried hard mentally tell pull up jaws stomach started hurt consciously will myself stop doing Too much empathy tough judge front came through Monday night wind changed direction north south just strong opposite direc tion Again felt sorry fliers learn cope over agaln Wednesday first day Expert Master FAT flying weird almost no wind until late afternoon temper ature downtown Lincoln 101 0F relative humidity 17% As result became dehydrated realizing us consumed drink after drink visiting port-o-lets wind came back vengeance Thursday Friday experience flying Pattern flight winds 38 mph gusting 45 mph Ill try avoid future Since judges supposed judge track air plane rather its attitude airplanes looked like elevators perfonning vertical maneuvers Probably impressive performance wind made airplane tents tents used shade judges transmitter impounds provided Porta Shade took tremendous beating week very few failures cant imagine anyone ever having problem tents normal use / Left Ivan Kristensen flew Nats home Ontario Canada finished second FAI AMAer Jim Bennett assists Right ivan lots curious onlookers took hatch off Summit II Plug-in wings retained pairs spanwise rubberbands fore aft Left Does plane look familiar Dave Brown brought 7-year-old Tiporare 750 out mothballs compete FAI Right greatest idea 87 NatsBob Campbells bail-bearing puller Get yours Cardinal Model Works 877 Colony Way Worthington OH 43085 Left Chip Hyde kneeling among curious watching Steve Helms work fabulous Aurora 5th FAI Right Kearny La Jeune R strong contender Sportsman finished 5th famous Kearney Burgers makes Dixie RC Club annual contest November 1987 41 seems like Ive emphasized wind expense competition its because wind really overwhelmed competition making flight struggle survival rather striving excellence flying course better fliers classes able overcome degree effects wind advantages split between Sportsman/Advanced Expert/Master/FAI major disadvantage Sports man/Advanced fliers never opportunity observe fly Expert/Master/FM fliers apparent fliers missed hav ing other classes flew Sportsman top five fliers after three rounds almost remained intact end John Kasprak leading Gene Rogers came third place win event Kasprak took place third Kearney Lejeune second after three rounds ended up fifth place despite some magnificent flying watched him perform Ron Hill moved up fifth second Howard Morin best Junior went fifth seventh Dennis Suding best Senior did opposite Advanced bit settled David Mertz John Howell Jr best Senior Wil liam Graves first three places after both third final rounds Robert CampLeft Jim Eide R almost missed getting first-place award Master class left site early get some refreshment Right Eu gene Maxwell R accepts Expert class first-place trophy RC Paern Event Director John Embry 42 Model Aviation 5 1071 bell wasnt top eight fliers after three rounds managed pull out fourth place Robert Creager took fifth Derek Emmett Dereks main gears collapsed landing last flight costing him landing points Derek slid ninth tightly contested contest Expert close first three places 10 points out 2400 points sep arating top three Eugene Maxwell pulled Out first Don Apostalico led much way Greg Frohreich finished third next three places eight-point spread Chuck Smith Michael McFarland edging out James Chafee Master 15 fliers flying quality excellent top places juggled around bit same fliers remained top half-dozen Jim Eide solid leader next five places 14-point spread out nearly 3200 points George Man ning edged Pete Callas 4 points Pete edged Charles Lewis 5 /z points Charles led Steve McCann Richard Verano five points Steve won fifth tie breaker round score top 10 FAd fliers flew two flyoff rounds after four qualifying rounds Chip Hyde finished top qualifying rounds win ning two rounds after scores normalized Left Tony Frackowiak R finally Nats champion photo too clear because taken near-twilight conditions F56 1Aoth second Right Howard Mann R won seventh Sportsman Best Junior hes 13 award Hes going move up FAI class November 1987 43 front same sets judges Tony Fracko wiak Ivan Kristensen won other two rounds So Hyde Frackowiak Kristensen 1-2-3 flyoffs began Bill Cunningham won flyoff rounds Tony Frackowiak grabbed other final results determined adding best three qualifying scores normalized 1000 best flyoff score normalized 2000 Tony Frackowiak awarded Nats first-place tro phy solid win over Ivan Kristensen Chip Hyde FAI flyoff seven Americans two Ca nadians Australian Ivan Kristensen joined Dave Patrick sixth Australian Chris White tenth spent month prior Nats States staying Tony Frackowiak stopover way World Champion ships France As recent major events Mike Laumari Jackson MS handled tabulation optical scoring system worked beautifully As judge no problems darkening cor rect answer using No 2 pencil just like being back school again John Embry Sulphur LA bravely took task RC Event Director did wonderful job no doubt charge John Contest Director deals firmly fairly Congratulations John Lincoln Sky Knights wonderful hosts saw lot both Nats site club flying field competent friendly acted like fun work hard rest us could have good time Thanks guys did Van Putte Expert too well thank PCM receiver developed hearing problems two days before departed Nats Continued oaee 144 Left That strange-looking object being held aloft Dean Koger wind-speed meterhere measuring 38 45 mph during FAI Finals Right George Schimmer StandingTheodore AL Best Junior Advanced finishing eighth Mom Dad give great pit support Left Chuck Smith Casper WY competed six-year-old Tiporare Expert finished fourth Right Bill Cunningham R fires up Escape assistanace Bill Thomas Bill C highest-scoring flight two Finals rounds FAI Left Paul Verger L loaned backup plane Atlanta Ron Van Putte R use compete Expert after Rons own Tiporare crashed due receiver problem lust before Nats Right Dean Koger breaks down Vortex travel back home Beavercreek OH 44 Model Aviation PRACTICAL SIZED GI Fiberglass Cowlings Canopies Available Plans sent Post-Paid within USA Send 5O Full Catalog Balsa Dc31A 0 Span$4200 Mu CORSAIR2A 193 Span$3000 A6M6ZERO2A 191 Span$3000 CURTISP402A194 Span$3000 AT6TEXAN24 1101Span$3000 F8FBEARCAT2A 186 Span$3000 FOKKERDR-127 163 Tripa$2700 Order Nick ZiroIi29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA complete results may few sets left time note published send $6 AMA HQ 61st National Model Air plane Championships next held July east coast near Virginia Beach just south Norfolk VA de tails will follow subsequent issues Model Aviation Nats RC AerobNan Putte Continued page 44 Tiporare tried grow some new little Tiporares planting itself Florida sand fliers offered spare airplanes heard Id crashed Tiporare saw heard about fun-fly airplane Id brought compete declined offers until Paul Verger Lafay ette LA offered backup Atlanta told fly because wont let fly piece trash embarrass us Ac tually Paul didnt use word trash other word cant print So competed Pauls Atlanta However learning fly strange airplane well heavy wind too tough task accomplish successfully least looked like Pattern flier Thanks Paul See 1988 Nats Chesapeake VA Nats RC Pylon/Yeager Continued page 47 made double cuts Larson awarded second virtue faster time Ken Hulik managed finish fourth took fast time award nice 11526 Pennsylvania Demon Al Grove finished fifth came time something about running F3D FAI Pylon talked participants agreed take everything needed Out onto coursefuel tools planes name Since planes different fre quency flew against other reser viced after landing flew again repeated sequence five times called day Unfortunately Brian Richmond lost World Championship plane coming around Pylon Three third round rekitted very nice air plane also put him out competition since entered oniy WC model resulted Ron Schorr Richard Oliver being left battle out Oliver went win score 33984 points Schorrs 32122 three zeros Brian Richmond fin ished 23961 points however did man age take fast-time award very good 11661 second slower fast time recent World Championships Australia Brian appeared warming up early rounds before crash hadnt crashed might have set new record think his callers Dub Jett intention Formula processing began after F3D event concluded always something ob serve like pretty planes 40 entries about half contestants having back-up plane roughly 60 Formula models sit ting floor being judged takeoff priority finalized task finding model finish best com pleted years winner Mike Langlois Lang-Wha North Carolina earned Mike privilege taking off first heat INTRODUCING TflI flfl~ TM VARIABLE SPEED THE NEW Ifli IIfl POWER CENTER 1 Variable Control Outlet Dremel & Brush Type Motor Tools 5 Outlets Handle Covering Irons Heat Guns & Soldering Tools etc 15 Amp Breaker W/Reset ted On/Off Switch Duty Power Cord H/Duty Steel Housing ting Tabs es May Vary USA Designed Engineered Modeler Serious Model Builders DEALER INQUIRIES ARE WELCOME WRITE OR CALL SEND MONEY ORDER OR CHECK TODAY NO CODs PLEASE P 0 BOX 23492 MILWAUKEE WI 53223 354-8698 $aOO Pnstage & Handling WI Modelers MODEL #ABI-SKE add 5% tax 4 DELS byNICKZIROLI Jets too 144 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/11
Page Numbers: 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 144
RC Aerobatics Ron Van Putte WAS IT WINDY Lincoln Nats9 Does bear sieep woods Id warned about wind Lincoln nothing prepared what experienced dont know what winds like 1979 1982 other two times Mats held Lincoln time unbelievable about later RC Pattern flown what called Lincoln Air Park active field both commercial military flying military flying largely Air Force Reserve unit uses F4 fight ers havent heard F4 take off dont recommend first time during Nats RC Pattern flight thats what experi enced full-scale airplanes using two run ways closest parallel large ramp area used about 2000 ft away FAA apparently somewhat uneasy about oper ation Mats officials monitored flying make sure adequate safety zone Fliers let airplanes stray safety zone quickly reminded bring back event well attended 179 competitors flew least flight RC Pattern Nats follows Sportsman53 Advanced35 Expert28 MasterIS FAI48 new Mats format proposed Mike Harrison Hot Springs AR Sportsman Advanced fliers competing during first three days Sunday Monday Tues day Expert Master FAI fliers com peted Wednesday Thursday Friday As turned out 88 fliers competing first three days 91 last three flying split between two sites two flight lines site Sportsman Advanced fliers split somewhat awkwardly 2 lines Sportsman fliers 1 lines Advanced fliers Equal judging exposure ob tained having five sets three judges five rounds judging set sat out round fliers saw judging set once course meant weather could dramat ically affect equal exposure over three days because varying conditions fliers could have front common set judges couldnt avoided Exposure judges improved dramatically Expert Master class fliers because flight line FAI fliers shared two lines meant Expert Master class fliers equal exposure round competition could stopped after round FM fliers fly numbers rounds guarantee equal exposure Expert fliers flew four rounds cause physically impossible get five rounds 28 fliers comparison 15 Master class fliers finished five rounds easily FAI created special problem since nounced would set qualifying rounds set finals rounds Four rounds qualifying 48 fliers two rounds fi nals top 10 fliers could managed fact late Friday afternoon shower delayed finals about hour causing FM flying completed sun went down drove up Lincoln John Fuqua FAI flier arrived Saturday afternoon time transmitter processing Sportsman Advanced fliers process transmit ters because judging Sportsman Advanced fliers Expert Master FAI transmitter processing held Tuesday early arrivals claimed lucky hadnt gotten day before winds really bad impressed because blowing 15 25 mph time Little did suspect impressed wed later week locals assured us wind always Left RC Pattern Event Director John Embry looking camera helps take down Porta-Shade tents provided judges winds really blowingi Right Bill Mark Kaase Foyll OK share colorful model trailer Mark finished thirty-sixth Sportsman class Left Wowi Thats lot judges tabulators watching Tony Frackowiak Finals flights Dean Pappas assisting him Right Linda Lock L battling heavy wind look streamers tent ropes Expert class flight finished twentieth place 40 Model Aviation AMA NATS oln Nebraska blew hard always south during July So Sunday Monday blew hard north feeling sorry Sportsman Ad vanced fliers tried keep being blown away Most showed little ex perience centering maneuvers like Cuban Eight Three Inside Loops heavy wind tried hard mentally tell pull up jaws stomach started hurt consciously will myself stop doing Too much empathy tough judge front came through Monday night wind changed direction north south just strong opposite direc tion Again felt sorry fliers learn cope over agaln Wednesday first day Expert Master FAT flying weird almost no wind until late afternoon temper ature downtown Lincoln 101 0F relative humidity 17% As result became dehydrated realizing us consumed drink after drink visiting port-o-lets wind came back vengeance Thursday Friday experience flying Pattern flight winds 38 mph gusting 45 mph Ill try avoid future Since judges supposed judge track air plane rather its attitude airplanes looked like elevators perfonning vertical maneuvers Probably impressive performance wind made airplane tents tents used shade judges transmitter impounds provided Porta Shade took tremendous beating week very few failures cant imagine anyone ever having problem tents normal use / Left Ivan Kristensen flew Nats home Ontario Canada finished second FAI AMAer Jim Bennett assists Right ivan lots curious onlookers took hatch off Summit II Plug-in wings retained pairs spanwise rubberbands fore aft Left Does plane look familiar Dave Brown brought 7-year-old Tiporare 750 out mothballs compete FAI Right greatest idea 87 NatsBob Campbells bail-bearing puller Get yours Cardinal Model Works 877 Colony Way Worthington OH 43085 Left Chip Hyde kneeling among curious watching Steve Helms work fabulous Aurora 5th FAI Right Kearny La Jeune R strong contender Sportsman finished 5th famous Kearney Burgers makes Dixie RC Club annual contest November 1987 41 seems like Ive emphasized wind expense competition its because wind really overwhelmed competition making flight struggle survival rather striving excellence flying course better fliers classes able overcome degree effects wind advantages split between Sportsman/Advanced Expert/Master/FAI major disadvantage Sports man/Advanced fliers never opportunity observe fly Expert/Master/FM fliers apparent fliers missed hav ing other classes flew Sportsman top five fliers after three rounds almost remained intact end John Kasprak leading Gene Rogers came third place win event Kasprak took place third Kearney Lejeune second after three rounds ended up fifth place despite some magnificent flying watched him perform Ron Hill moved up fifth second Howard Morin best Junior went fifth seventh Dennis Suding best Senior did opposite Advanced bit settled David Mertz John Howell Jr best Senior Wil liam Graves first three places after both third final rounds Robert CampLeft Jim Eide R almost missed getting first-place award Master class left site early get some refreshment Right Eu gene Maxwell R accepts Expert class first-place trophy RC Paern Event Director John Embry 42 Model Aviation 5 1071 bell wasnt top eight fliers after three rounds managed pull out fourth place Robert Creager took fifth Derek Emmett Dereks main gears collapsed landing last flight costing him landing points Derek slid ninth tightly contested contest Expert close first three places 10 points out 2400 points sep arating top three Eugene Maxwell pulled Out first Don Apostalico led much way Greg Frohreich finished third next three places eight-point spread Chuck Smith Michael McFarland edging out James Chafee Master 15 fliers flying quality excellent top places juggled around bit same fliers remained top half-dozen Jim Eide solid leader next five places 14-point spread out nearly 3200 points George Man ning edged Pete Callas 4 points Pete edged Charles Lewis 5 /z points Charles led Steve McCann Richard Verano five points Steve won fifth tie breaker round score top 10 FAd fliers flew two flyoff rounds after four qualifying rounds Chip Hyde finished top qualifying rounds win ning two rounds after scores normalized Left Tony Frackowiak R finally Nats champion photo too clear because taken near-twilight conditions F56 1Aoth second Right Howard Mann R won seventh Sportsman Best Junior hes 13 award Hes going move up FAI class November 1987 43 front same sets judges Tony Fracko wiak Ivan Kristensen won other two rounds So Hyde Frackowiak Kristensen 1-2-3 flyoffs began Bill Cunningham won flyoff rounds Tony Frackowiak grabbed other final results determined adding best three qualifying scores normalized 1000 best flyoff score normalized 2000 Tony Frackowiak awarded Nats first-place tro phy solid win over Ivan Kristensen Chip Hyde FAI flyoff seven Americans two Ca nadians Australian Ivan Kristensen joined Dave Patrick sixth Australian Chris White tenth spent month prior Nats States staying Tony Frackowiak stopover way World Champion ships France As recent major events Mike Laumari Jackson MS handled tabulation optical scoring system worked beautifully As judge no problems darkening cor rect answer using No 2 pencil just like being back school again John Embry Sulphur LA bravely took task RC Event Director did wonderful job no doubt charge John Contest Director deals firmly fairly Congratulations John Lincoln Sky Knights wonderful hosts saw lot both Nats site club flying field competent friendly acted like fun work hard rest us could have good time Thanks guys did Van Putte Expert too well thank PCM receiver developed hearing problems two days before departed Nats Continued oaee 144 Left That strange-looking object being held aloft Dean Koger wind-speed meterhere measuring 38 45 mph during FAI Finals Right George Schimmer StandingTheodore AL Best Junior Advanced finishing eighth Mom Dad give great pit support Left Chuck Smith Casper WY competed six-year-old Tiporare Expert finished fourth Right Bill Cunningham R fires up Escape assistanace Bill Thomas Bill C highest-scoring flight two Finals rounds FAI Left Paul Verger L loaned backup plane Atlanta Ron Van Putte R use compete Expert after Rons own Tiporare crashed due receiver problem lust before Nats Right Dean Koger breaks down Vortex travel back home Beavercreek OH 44 Model Aviation PRACTICAL SIZED GI Fiberglass Cowlings Canopies Available Plans sent Post-Paid within USA Send 5O Full Catalog Balsa Dc31A 0 Span$4200 Mu CORSAIR2A 193 Span$3000 A6M6ZERO2A 191 Span$3000 CURTISP402A194 Span$3000 AT6TEXAN24 1101Span$3000 F8FBEARCAT2A 186 Span$3000 FOKKERDR-127 163 Tripa$2700 Order Nick ZiroIi29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA complete results may few sets left time note published send $6 AMA HQ 61st National Model Air plane Championships next held July east coast near Virginia Beach just south Norfolk VA de tails will follow subsequent issues Model Aviation Nats RC AerobNan Putte Continued page 44 Tiporare tried grow some new little Tiporares planting itself Florida sand fliers offered spare airplanes heard Id crashed Tiporare saw heard about fun-fly airplane Id brought compete declined offers until Paul Verger Lafay ette LA offered backup Atlanta told fly because wont let fly piece trash embarrass us Ac tually Paul didnt use word trash other word cant print So competed Pauls Atlanta However learning fly strange airplane well heavy wind too tough task accomplish successfully least looked like Pattern flier Thanks Paul See 1988 Nats Chesapeake VA Nats RC Pylon/Yeager Continued page 47 made double cuts Larson awarded second virtue faster time Ken Hulik managed finish fourth took fast time award nice 11526 Pennsylvania Demon Al Grove finished fifth came time something about running F3D FAI Pylon talked participants agreed take everything needed Out onto coursefuel tools planes name Since planes different fre quency flew against other reser viced after landing flew again repeated sequence five times called day Unfortunately Brian Richmond lost World Championship plane coming around Pylon Three third round rekitted very nice air plane also put him out competition since entered oniy WC model resulted Ron Schorr Richard Oliver being left battle out Oliver went win score 33984 points Schorrs 32122 three zeros Brian Richmond fin ished 23961 points however did man age take fast-time award very good 11661 second slower fast time recent World Championships Australia Brian appeared warming up early rounds before crash hadnt crashed might have set new record think his callers Dub Jett intention Formula processing began after F3D event concluded always something ob serve like pretty planes 40 entries about half contestants having back-up plane roughly 60 Formula models sit ting floor being judged takeoff priority finalized task finding model finish best com pleted years winner Mike Langlois Lang-Wha North Carolina earned Mike privilege taking off first heat INTRODUCING TflI flfl~ TM VARIABLE SPEED THE NEW Ifli IIfl POWER CENTER 1 Variable Control Outlet Dremel & Brush Type Motor Tools 5 Outlets Handle Covering Irons Heat Guns & Soldering Tools etc 15 Amp Breaker W/Reset ted On/Off Switch Duty Power Cord H/Duty Steel Housing ting Tabs es May Vary USA Designed Engineered Modeler Serious Model Builders DEALER INQUIRIES ARE WELCOME WRITE OR CALL SEND MONEY ORDER OR CHECK TODAY NO CODs PLEASE P 0 BOX 23492 MILWAUKEE WI 53223 354-8698 $aOO Pnstage & Handling WI Modelers MODEL #ABI-SKE add 5% tax 4 DELS byNICKZIROLI Jets too 144 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/11
Page Numbers: 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 144
RC Aerobatics Ron Van Putte WAS IT WINDY Lincoln Nats9 Does bear sieep woods Id warned about wind Lincoln nothing prepared what experienced dont know what winds like 1979 1982 other two times Mats held Lincoln time unbelievable about later RC Pattern flown what called Lincoln Air Park active field both commercial military flying military flying largely Air Force Reserve unit uses F4 fight ers havent heard F4 take off dont recommend first time during Nats RC Pattern flight thats what experi enced full-scale airplanes using two run ways closest parallel large ramp area used about 2000 ft away FAA apparently somewhat uneasy about oper ation Mats officials monitored flying make sure adequate safety zone Fliers let airplanes stray safety zone quickly reminded bring back event well attended 179 competitors flew least flight RC Pattern Nats follows Sportsman53 Advanced35 Expert28 MasterIS FAI48 new Mats format proposed Mike Harrison Hot Springs AR Sportsman Advanced fliers competing during first three days Sunday Monday Tues day Expert Master FAI fliers com peted Wednesday Thursday Friday As turned out 88 fliers competing first three days 91 last three flying split between two sites two flight lines site Sportsman Advanced fliers split somewhat awkwardly 2 lines Sportsman fliers 1 lines Advanced fliers Equal judging exposure ob tained having five sets three judges five rounds judging set sat out round fliers saw judging set once course meant weather could dramat ically affect equal exposure over three days because varying conditions fliers could have front common set judges couldnt avoided Exposure judges improved dramatically Expert Master class fliers because flight line FAI fliers shared two lines meant Expert Master class fliers equal exposure round competition could stopped after round FM fliers fly numbers rounds guarantee equal exposure Expert fliers flew four rounds cause physically impossible get five rounds 28 fliers comparison 15 Master class fliers finished five rounds easily FAI created special problem since nounced would set qualifying rounds set finals rounds Four rounds qualifying 48 fliers two rounds fi nals top 10 fliers could managed fact late Friday afternoon shower delayed finals about hour causing FM flying completed sun went down drove up Lincoln John Fuqua FAI flier arrived Saturday afternoon time transmitter processing Sportsman Advanced fliers process transmit ters because judging Sportsman Advanced fliers Expert Master FAI transmitter processing held Tuesday early arrivals claimed lucky hadnt gotten day before winds really bad impressed because blowing 15 25 mph time Little did suspect impressed wed later week locals assured us wind always Left RC Pattern Event Director John Embry looking camera helps take down Porta-Shade tents provided judges winds really blowingi Right Bill Mark Kaase Foyll OK share colorful model trailer Mark finished thirty-sixth Sportsman class Left Wowi Thats lot judges tabulators watching Tony Frackowiak Finals flights Dean Pappas assisting him Right Linda Lock L battling heavy wind look streamers tent ropes Expert class flight finished twentieth place 40 Model Aviation AMA NATS oln Nebraska blew hard always south during July So Sunday Monday blew hard north feeling sorry Sportsman Ad vanced fliers tried keep being blown away Most showed little ex perience centering maneuvers like Cuban Eight Three Inside Loops heavy wind tried hard mentally tell pull up jaws stomach started hurt consciously will myself stop doing Too much empathy tough judge front came through Monday night wind changed direction north south just strong opposite direc tion Again felt sorry fliers learn cope over agaln Wednesday first day Expert Master FAT flying weird almost no wind until late afternoon temper ature downtown Lincoln 101 0F relative humidity 17% As result became dehydrated realizing us consumed drink after drink visiting port-o-lets wind came back vengeance Thursday Friday experience flying Pattern flight winds 38 mph gusting 45 mph Ill try avoid future Since judges supposed judge track air plane rather its attitude airplanes looked like elevators perfonning vertical maneuvers Probably impressive performance wind made airplane tents tents used shade judges transmitter impounds provided Porta Shade took tremendous beating week very few failures cant imagine anyone ever having problem tents normal use / Left Ivan Kristensen flew Nats home Ontario Canada finished second FAI AMAer Jim Bennett assists Right ivan lots curious onlookers took hatch off Summit II Plug-in wings retained pairs spanwise rubberbands fore aft Left Does plane look familiar Dave Brown brought 7-year-old Tiporare 750 out mothballs compete FAI Right greatest idea 87 NatsBob Campbells bail-bearing puller Get yours Cardinal Model Works 877 Colony Way Worthington OH 43085 Left Chip Hyde kneeling among curious watching Steve Helms work fabulous Aurora 5th FAI Right Kearny La Jeune R strong contender Sportsman finished 5th famous Kearney Burgers makes Dixie RC Club annual contest November 1987 41 seems like Ive emphasized wind expense competition its because wind really overwhelmed competition making flight struggle survival rather striving excellence flying course better fliers classes able overcome degree effects wind advantages split between Sportsman/Advanced Expert/Master/FAI major disadvantage Sports man/Advanced fliers never opportunity observe fly Expert/Master/FM fliers apparent fliers missed hav ing other classes flew Sportsman top five fliers after three rounds almost remained intact end John Kasprak leading Gene Rogers came third place win event Kasprak took place third Kearney Lejeune second after three rounds ended up fifth place despite some magnificent flying watched him perform Ron Hill moved up fifth second Howard Morin best Junior went fifth seventh Dennis Suding best Senior did opposite Advanced bit settled David Mertz John Howell Jr best Senior Wil liam Graves first three places after both third final rounds Robert CampLeft Jim Eide R almost missed getting first-place award Master class left site early get some refreshment Right Eu gene Maxwell R accepts Expert class first-place trophy RC Paern Event Director John Embry 42 Model Aviation 5 1071 bell wasnt top eight fliers after three rounds managed pull out fourth place Robert Creager took fifth Derek Emmett Dereks main gears collapsed landing last flight costing him landing points Derek slid ninth tightly contested contest Expert close first three places 10 points out 2400 points sep arating top three Eugene Maxwell pulled Out first Don Apostalico led much way Greg Frohreich finished third next three places eight-point spread Chuck Smith Michael McFarland edging out James Chafee Master 15 fliers flying quality excellent top places juggled around bit same fliers remained top half-dozen Jim Eide solid leader next five places 14-point spread out nearly 3200 points George Man ning edged Pete Callas 4 points Pete edged Charles Lewis 5 /z points Charles led Steve McCann Richard Verano five points Steve won fifth tie breaker round score top 10 FAd fliers flew two flyoff rounds after four qualifying rounds Chip Hyde finished top qualifying rounds win ning two rounds after scores normalized Left Tony Frackowiak R finally Nats champion photo too clear because taken near-twilight conditions F56 1Aoth second Right Howard Mann R won seventh Sportsman Best Junior hes 13 award Hes going move up FAI class November 1987 43 front same sets judges Tony Fracko wiak Ivan Kristensen won other two rounds So Hyde Frackowiak Kristensen 1-2-3 flyoffs began Bill Cunningham won flyoff rounds Tony Frackowiak grabbed other final results determined adding best three qualifying scores normalized 1000 best flyoff score normalized 2000 Tony Frackowiak awarded Nats first-place tro phy solid win over Ivan Kristensen Chip Hyde FAI flyoff seven Americans two Ca nadians Australian Ivan Kristensen joined Dave Patrick sixth Australian Chris White tenth spent month prior Nats States staying Tony Frackowiak stopover way World Champion ships France As recent major events Mike Laumari Jackson MS handled tabulation optical scoring system worked beautifully As judge no problems darkening cor rect answer using No 2 pencil just like being back school again John Embry Sulphur LA bravely took task RC Event Director did wonderful job no doubt charge John Contest Director deals firmly fairly Congratulations John Lincoln Sky Knights wonderful hosts saw lot both Nats site club flying field competent friendly acted like fun work hard rest us could have good time Thanks guys did Van Putte Expert too well thank PCM receiver developed hearing problems two days before departed Nats Continued oaee 144 Left That strange-looking object being held aloft Dean Koger wind-speed meterhere measuring 38 45 mph during FAI Finals Right George Schimmer StandingTheodore AL Best Junior Advanced finishing eighth Mom Dad give great pit support Left Chuck Smith Casper WY competed six-year-old Tiporare Expert finished fourth Right Bill Cunningham R fires up Escape assistanace Bill Thomas Bill C highest-scoring flight two Finals rounds FAI Left Paul Verger L loaned backup plane Atlanta Ron Van Putte R use compete Expert after Rons own Tiporare crashed due receiver problem lust before Nats Right Dean Koger breaks down Vortex travel back home Beavercreek OH 44 Model Aviation PRACTICAL SIZED GI Fiberglass Cowlings Canopies Available Plans sent Post-Paid within USA Send 5O Full Catalog Balsa Dc31A 0 Span$4200 Mu CORSAIR2A 193 Span$3000 A6M6ZERO2A 191 Span$3000 CURTISP402A194 Span$3000 AT6TEXAN24 1101Span$3000 F8FBEARCAT2A 186 Span$3000 FOKKERDR-127 163 Tripa$2700 Order Nick ZiroIi29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA complete results may few sets left time note published send $6 AMA HQ 61st National Model Air plane Championships next held July east coast near Virginia Beach just south Norfolk VA de tails will follow subsequent issues Model Aviation Nats RC AerobNan Putte Continued page 44 Tiporare tried grow some new little Tiporares planting itself Florida sand fliers offered spare airplanes heard Id crashed Tiporare saw heard about fun-fly airplane Id brought compete declined offers until Paul Verger Lafay ette LA offered backup Atlanta told fly because wont let fly piece trash embarrass us Ac tually Paul didnt use word trash other word cant print So competed Pauls Atlanta However learning fly strange airplane well heavy wind too tough task accomplish successfully least looked like Pattern flier Thanks Paul See 1988 Nats Chesapeake VA Nats RC Pylon/Yeager Continued page 47 made double cuts Larson awarded second virtue faster time Ken Hulik managed finish fourth took fast time award nice 11526 Pennsylvania Demon Al Grove finished fifth came time something about running F3D FAI Pylon talked participants agreed take everything needed Out onto coursefuel tools planes name Since planes different fre quency flew against other reser viced after landing flew again repeated sequence five times called day Unfortunately Brian Richmond lost World Championship plane coming around Pylon Three third round rekitted very nice air plane also put him out competition since entered oniy WC model resulted Ron Schorr Richard Oliver being left battle out Oliver went win score 33984 points Schorrs 32122 three zeros Brian Richmond fin ished 23961 points however did man age take fast-time award very good 11661 second slower fast time recent World Championships Australia Brian appeared warming up early rounds before crash hadnt crashed might have set new record think his callers Dub Jett intention Formula processing began after F3D event concluded always something ob serve like pretty planes 40 entries about half contestants having back-up plane roughly 60 Formula models sit ting floor being judged takeoff priority finalized task finding model finish best com pleted years winner Mike Langlois Lang-Wha North Carolina earned Mike privilege taking off first heat INTRODUCING TflI flfl~ TM VARIABLE SPEED THE NEW Ifli IIfl POWER CENTER 1 Variable Control Outlet Dremel & Brush Type Motor Tools 5 Outlets Handle Covering Irons Heat Guns & Soldering Tools etc 15 Amp Breaker W/Reset ted On/Off Switch Duty Power Cord H/Duty Steel Housing ting Tabs es May Vary USA Designed Engineered Modeler Serious Model Builders DEALER INQUIRIES ARE WELCOME WRITE OR CALL SEND MONEY ORDER OR CHECK TODAY NO CODs PLEASE P 0 BOX 23492 MILWAUKEE WI 53223 354-8698 $aOO Pnstage & Handling WI Modelers MODEL #ABI-SKE add 5% tax 4 DELS byNICKZIROLI Jets too 144 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/11
Page Numbers: 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 144
RC Aerobatics Ron Van Putte WAS IT WINDY Lincoln Nats9 Does bear sieep woods Id warned about wind Lincoln nothing prepared what experienced dont know what winds like 1979 1982 other two times Mats held Lincoln time unbelievable about later RC Pattern flown what called Lincoln Air Park active field both commercial military flying military flying largely Air Force Reserve unit uses F4 fight ers havent heard F4 take off dont recommend first time during Nats RC Pattern flight thats what experi enced full-scale airplanes using two run ways closest parallel large ramp area used about 2000 ft away FAA apparently somewhat uneasy about oper ation Mats officials monitored flying make sure adequate safety zone Fliers let airplanes stray safety zone quickly reminded bring back event well attended 179 competitors flew least flight RC Pattern Nats follows Sportsman53 Advanced35 Expert28 MasterIS FAI48 new Mats format proposed Mike Harrison Hot Springs AR Sportsman Advanced fliers competing during first three days Sunday Monday Tues day Expert Master FAI fliers com peted Wednesday Thursday Friday As turned out 88 fliers competing first three days 91 last three flying split between two sites two flight lines site Sportsman Advanced fliers split somewhat awkwardly 2 lines Sportsman fliers 1 lines Advanced fliers Equal judging exposure ob tained having five sets three judges five rounds judging set sat out round fliers saw judging set once course meant weather could dramat ically affect equal exposure over three days because varying conditions fliers could have front common set judges couldnt avoided Exposure judges improved dramatically Expert Master class fliers because flight line FAI fliers shared two lines meant Expert Master class fliers equal exposure round competition could stopped after round FM fliers fly numbers rounds guarantee equal exposure Expert fliers flew four rounds cause physically impossible get five rounds 28 fliers comparison 15 Master class fliers finished five rounds easily FAI created special problem since nounced would set qualifying rounds set finals rounds Four rounds qualifying 48 fliers two rounds fi nals top 10 fliers could managed fact late Friday afternoon shower delayed finals about hour causing FM flying completed sun went down drove up Lincoln John Fuqua FAI flier arrived Saturday afternoon time transmitter processing Sportsman Advanced fliers process transmit ters because judging Sportsman Advanced fliers Expert Master FAI transmitter processing held Tuesday early arrivals claimed lucky hadnt gotten day before winds really bad impressed because blowing 15 25 mph time Little did suspect impressed wed later week locals assured us wind always Left RC Pattern Event Director John Embry looking camera helps take down Porta-Shade tents provided judges winds really blowingi Right Bill Mark Kaase Foyll OK share colorful model trailer Mark finished thirty-sixth Sportsman class Left Wowi Thats lot judges tabulators watching Tony Frackowiak Finals flights Dean Pappas assisting him Right Linda Lock L battling heavy wind look streamers tent ropes Expert class flight finished twentieth place 40 Model Aviation AMA NATS oln Nebraska blew hard always south during July So Sunday Monday blew hard north feeling sorry Sportsman Ad vanced fliers tried keep being blown away Most showed little ex perience centering maneuvers like Cuban Eight Three Inside Loops heavy wind tried hard mentally tell pull up jaws stomach started hurt consciously will myself stop doing Too much empathy tough judge front came through Monday night wind changed direction north south just strong opposite direc tion Again felt sorry fliers learn cope over agaln Wednesday first day Expert Master FAT flying weird almost no wind until late afternoon temper ature downtown Lincoln 101 0F relative humidity 17% As result became dehydrated realizing us consumed drink after drink visiting port-o-lets wind came back vengeance Thursday Friday experience flying Pattern flight winds 38 mph gusting 45 mph Ill try avoid future Since judges supposed judge track air plane rather its attitude airplanes looked like elevators perfonning vertical maneuvers Probably impressive performance wind made airplane tents tents used shade judges transmitter impounds provided Porta Shade took tremendous beating week very few failures cant imagine anyone ever having problem tents normal use / Left Ivan Kristensen flew Nats home Ontario Canada finished second FAI AMAer Jim Bennett assists Right ivan lots curious onlookers took hatch off Summit II Plug-in wings retained pairs spanwise rubberbands fore aft Left Does plane look familiar Dave Brown brought 7-year-old Tiporare 750 out mothballs compete FAI Right greatest idea 87 NatsBob Campbells bail-bearing puller Get yours Cardinal Model Works 877 Colony Way Worthington OH 43085 Left Chip Hyde kneeling among curious watching Steve Helms work fabulous Aurora 5th FAI Right Kearny La Jeune R strong contender Sportsman finished 5th famous Kearney Burgers makes Dixie RC Club annual contest November 1987 41 seems like Ive emphasized wind expense competition its because wind really overwhelmed competition making flight struggle survival rather striving excellence flying course better fliers classes able overcome degree effects wind advantages split between Sportsman/Advanced Expert/Master/FAI major disadvantage Sports man/Advanced fliers never opportunity observe fly Expert/Master/FM fliers apparent fliers missed hav ing other classes flew Sportsman top five fliers after three rounds almost remained intact end John Kasprak leading Gene Rogers came third place win event Kasprak took place third Kearney Lejeune second after three rounds ended up fifth place despite some magnificent flying watched him perform Ron Hill moved up fifth second Howard Morin best Junior went fifth seventh Dennis Suding best Senior did opposite Advanced bit settled David Mertz John Howell Jr best Senior Wil liam Graves first three places after both third final rounds Robert CampLeft Jim Eide R almost missed getting first-place award Master class left site early get some refreshment Right Eu gene Maxwell R accepts Expert class first-place trophy RC Paern Event Director John Embry 42 Model Aviation 5 1071 bell wasnt top eight fliers after three rounds managed pull out fourth place Robert Creager took fifth Derek Emmett Dereks main gears collapsed landing last flight costing him landing points Derek slid ninth tightly contested contest Expert close first three places 10 points out 2400 points sep arating top three Eugene Maxwell pulled Out first Don Apostalico led much way Greg Frohreich finished third next three places eight-point spread Chuck Smith Michael McFarland edging out James Chafee Master 15 fliers flying quality excellent top places juggled around bit same fliers remained top half-dozen Jim Eide solid leader next five places 14-point spread out nearly 3200 points George Man ning edged Pete Callas 4 points Pete edged Charles Lewis 5 /z points Charles led Steve McCann Richard Verano five points Steve won fifth tie breaker round score top 10 FAd fliers flew two flyoff rounds after four qualifying rounds Chip Hyde finished top qualifying rounds win ning two rounds after scores normalized Left Tony Frackowiak R finally Nats champion photo too clear because taken near-twilight conditions F56 1Aoth second Right Howard Mann R won seventh Sportsman Best Junior hes 13 award Hes going move up FAI class November 1987 43 front same sets judges Tony Fracko wiak Ivan Kristensen won other two rounds So Hyde Frackowiak Kristensen 1-2-3 flyoffs began Bill Cunningham won flyoff rounds Tony Frackowiak grabbed other final results determined adding best three qualifying scores normalized 1000 best flyoff score normalized 2000 Tony Frackowiak awarded Nats first-place tro phy solid win over Ivan Kristensen Chip Hyde FAI flyoff seven Americans two Ca nadians Australian Ivan Kristensen joined Dave Patrick sixth Australian Chris White tenth spent month prior Nats States staying Tony Frackowiak stopover way World Champion ships France As recent major events Mike Laumari Jackson MS handled tabulation optical scoring system worked beautifully As judge no problems darkening cor rect answer using No 2 pencil just like being back school again John Embry Sulphur LA bravely took task RC Event Director did wonderful job no doubt charge John Contest Director deals firmly fairly Congratulations John Lincoln Sky Knights wonderful hosts saw lot both Nats site club flying field competent friendly acted like fun work hard rest us could have good time Thanks guys did Van Putte Expert too well thank PCM receiver developed hearing problems two days before departed Nats Continued oaee 144 Left That strange-looking object being held aloft Dean Koger wind-speed meterhere measuring 38 45 mph during FAI Finals Right George Schimmer StandingTheodore AL Best Junior Advanced finishing eighth Mom Dad give great pit support Left Chuck Smith Casper WY competed six-year-old Tiporare Expert finished fourth Right Bill Cunningham R fires up Escape assistanace Bill Thomas Bill C highest-scoring flight two Finals rounds FAI Left Paul Verger L loaned backup plane Atlanta Ron Van Putte R use compete Expert after Rons own Tiporare crashed due receiver problem lust before Nats Right Dean Koger breaks down Vortex travel back home Beavercreek OH 44 Model Aviation PRACTICAL SIZED GI Fiberglass Cowlings Canopies Available Plans sent Post-Paid within USA Send 5O Full Catalog Balsa Dc31A 0 Span$4200 Mu CORSAIR2A 193 Span$3000 A6M6ZERO2A 191 Span$3000 CURTISP402A194 Span$3000 AT6TEXAN24 1101Span$3000 F8FBEARCAT2A 186 Span$3000 FOKKERDR-127 163 Tripa$2700 Order Nick ZiroIi29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA complete results may few sets left time note published send $6 AMA HQ 61st National Model Air plane Championships next held July east coast near Virginia Beach just south Norfolk VA de tails will follow subsequent issues Model Aviation Nats RC AerobNan Putte Continued page 44 Tiporare tried grow some new little Tiporares planting itself Florida sand fliers offered spare airplanes heard Id crashed Tiporare saw heard about fun-fly airplane Id brought compete declined offers until Paul Verger Lafay ette LA offered backup Atlanta told fly because wont let fly piece trash embarrass us Ac tually Paul didnt use word trash other word cant print So competed Pauls Atlanta However learning fly strange airplane well heavy wind too tough task accomplish successfully least looked like Pattern flier Thanks Paul See 1988 Nats Chesapeake VA Nats RC Pylon/Yeager Continued page 47 made double cuts Larson awarded second virtue faster time Ken Hulik managed finish fourth took fast time award nice 11526 Pennsylvania Demon Al Grove finished fifth came time something about running F3D FAI Pylon talked participants agreed take everything needed Out onto coursefuel tools planes name Since planes different fre quency flew against other reser viced after landing flew again repeated sequence five times called day Unfortunately Brian Richmond lost World Championship plane coming around Pylon Three third round rekitted very nice air plane also put him out competition since entered oniy WC model resulted Ron Schorr Richard Oliver being left battle out Oliver went win score 33984 points Schorrs 32122 three zeros Brian Richmond fin ished 23961 points however did man age take fast-time award very good 11661 second slower fast time recent World Championships Australia Brian appeared warming up early rounds before crash hadnt crashed might have set new record think his callers Dub Jett intention Formula processing began after F3D event concluded always something ob serve like pretty planes 40 entries about half contestants having back-up plane roughly 60 Formula models sit ting floor being judged takeoff priority finalized task finding model finish best com pleted years winner Mike Langlois Lang-Wha North Carolina earned Mike privilege taking off first heat INTRODUCING TflI flfl~ TM VARIABLE SPEED THE NEW Ifli IIfl POWER CENTER 1 Variable Control Outlet Dremel & Brush Type Motor Tools 5 Outlets Handle Covering Irons Heat Guns & Soldering Tools etc 15 Amp Breaker W/Reset ted On/Off Switch Duty Power Cord H/Duty Steel Housing ting Tabs es May Vary USA Designed Engineered Modeler Serious Model Builders DEALER INQUIRIES ARE WELCOME WRITE OR CALL SEND MONEY ORDER OR CHECK TODAY NO CODs PLEASE P 0 BOX 23492 MILWAUKEE WI 53223 354-8698 $aOO Pnstage & Handling WI Modelers MODEL #ABI-SKE add 5% tax 4 DELS byNICKZIROLI Jets too 144 Model Aviation
Edition: Model Aviation - 1987/11
Page Numbers: 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 144
RC Aerobatics Ron Van Putte WAS IT WINDY Lincoln Nats9 Does bear sieep woods Id warned about wind Lincoln nothing prepared what experienced dont know what winds like 1979 1982 other two times Mats held Lincoln time unbelievable about later RC Pattern flown what called Lincoln Air Park active field both commercial military flying military flying largely Air Force Reserve unit uses F4 fight ers havent heard F4 take off dont recommend first time during Nats RC Pattern flight thats what experi enced full-scale airplanes using two run ways closest parallel large ramp area used about 2000 ft away FAA apparently somewhat uneasy about oper ation Mats officials monitored flying make sure adequate safety zone Fliers let airplanes stray safety zone quickly reminded bring back event well attended 179 competitors flew least flight RC Pattern Nats follows Sportsman53 Advanced35 Expert28 MasterIS FAI48 new Mats format proposed Mike Harrison Hot Springs AR Sportsman Advanced fliers competing during first three days Sunday Monday Tues day Expert Master FAI fliers com peted Wednesday Thursday Friday As turned out 88 fliers competing first three days 91 last three flying split between two sites two flight lines site Sportsman Advanced fliers split somewhat awkwardly 2 lines Sportsman fliers 1 lines Advanced fliers Equal judging exposure ob tained having five sets three judges five rounds judging set sat out round fliers saw judging set once course meant weather could dramat ically affect equal exposure over three days because varying conditions fliers could have front common set judges couldnt avoided Exposure judges improved dramatically Expert Master class fliers because flight line FAI fliers shared two lines meant Expert Master class fliers equal exposure round competition could stopped after round FM fliers fly numbers rounds guarantee equal exposure Expert fliers flew four rounds cause physically impossible get five rounds 28 fliers comparison 15 Master class fliers finished five rounds easily FAI created special problem since nounced would set qualifying rounds set finals rounds Four rounds qualifying 48 fliers two rounds fi nals top 10 fliers could managed fact late Friday afternoon shower delayed finals about hour causing FM flying completed sun went down drove up Lincoln John Fuqua FAI flier arrived Saturday afternoon time transmitter processing Sportsman Advanced fliers process transmit ters because judging Sportsman Advanced fliers Expert Master FAI transmitter processing held Tuesday early arrivals claimed lucky hadnt gotten day before winds really bad impressed because blowing 15 25 mph time Little did suspect impressed wed later week locals assured us wind always Left RC Pattern Event Director John Embry looking camera helps take down Porta-Shade tents provided judges winds really blowingi Right Bill Mark Kaase Foyll OK share colorful model trailer Mark finished thirty-sixth Sportsman class Left Wowi Thats lot judges tabulators watching Tony Frackowiak Finals flights Dean Pappas assisting him Right Linda Lock L battling heavy wind look streamers tent ropes Expert class flight finished twentieth place 40 Model Aviation AMA NATS oln Nebraska blew hard always south during July So Sunday Monday blew hard north feeling sorry Sportsman Ad vanced fliers tried keep being blown away Most showed little ex perience centering maneuvers like Cuban Eight Three Inside Loops heavy wind tried hard mentally tell pull up jaws stomach started hurt consciously will myself stop doing Too much empathy tough judge front came through Monday night wind changed direction north south just strong opposite direc tion Again felt sorry fliers learn cope over agaln Wednesday first day Expert Master FAT flying weird almost no wind until late afternoon temper ature downtown Lincoln 101 0F relative humidity 17% As result became dehydrated realizing us consumed drink after drink visiting port-o-lets wind came back vengeance Thursday Friday experience flying Pattern flight winds 38 mph gusting 45 mph Ill try avoid future Since judges supposed judge track air plane rather its attitude airplanes looked like elevators perfonning vertical maneuvers Probably impressive performance wind made airplane tents tents used shade judges transmitter impounds provided Porta Shade took tremendous beating week very few failures cant imagine anyone ever having problem tents normal use / Left Ivan Kristensen flew Nats home Ontario Canada finished second FAI AMAer Jim Bennett assists Right ivan lots curious onlookers took hatch off Summit II Plug-in wings retained pairs spanwise rubberbands fore aft Left Does plane look familiar Dave Brown brought 7-year-old Tiporare 750 out mothballs compete FAI Right greatest idea 87 NatsBob Campbells bail-bearing puller Get yours Cardinal Model Works 877 Colony Way Worthington OH 43085 Left Chip Hyde kneeling among curious watching Steve Helms work fabulous Aurora 5th FAI Right Kearny La Jeune R strong contender Sportsman finished 5th famous Kearney Burgers makes Dixie RC Club annual contest November 1987 41 seems like Ive emphasized wind expense competition its because wind really overwhelmed competition making flight struggle survival rather striving excellence flying course better fliers classes able overcome degree effects wind advantages split between Sportsman/Advanced Expert/Master/FAI major disadvantage Sports man/Advanced fliers never opportunity observe fly Expert/Master/FM fliers apparent fliers missed hav ing other classes flew Sportsman top five fliers after three rounds almost remained intact end John Kasprak leading Gene Rogers came third place win event Kasprak took place third Kearney Lejeune second after three rounds ended up fifth place despite some magnificent flying watched him perform Ron Hill moved up fifth second Howard Morin best Junior went fifth seventh Dennis Suding best Senior did opposite Advanced bit settled David Mertz John Howell Jr best Senior Wil liam Graves first three places after both third final rounds Robert CampLeft Jim Eide R almost missed getting first-place award Master class left site early get some refreshment Right Eu gene Maxwell R accepts Expert class first-place trophy RC Paern Event Director John Embry 42 Model Aviation 5 1071 bell wasnt top eight fliers after three rounds managed pull out fourth place Robert Creager took fifth Derek Emmett Dereks main gears collapsed landing last flight costing him landing points Derek slid ninth tightly contested contest Expert close first three places 10 points out 2400 points sep arating top three Eugene Maxwell pulled Out first Don Apostalico led much way Greg Frohreich finished third next three places eight-point spread Chuck Smith Michael McFarland edging out James Chafee Master 15 fliers flying quality excellent top places juggled around bit same fliers remained top half-dozen Jim Eide solid leader next five places 14-point spread out nearly 3200 points George Man ning edged Pete Callas 4 points Pete edged Charles Lewis 5 /z points Charles led Steve McCann Richard Verano five points Steve won fifth tie breaker round score top 10 FAd fliers flew two flyoff rounds after four qualifying rounds Chip Hyde finished top qualifying rounds win ning two rounds after scores normalized Left Tony Frackowiak R finally Nats champion photo too clear because taken near-twilight conditions F56 1Aoth second Right Howard Mann R won seventh Sportsman Best Junior hes 13 award Hes going move up FAI class November 1987 43 front same sets judges Tony Fracko wiak Ivan Kristensen won other two rounds So Hyde Frackowiak Kristensen 1-2-3 flyoffs began Bill Cunningham won flyoff rounds Tony Frackowiak grabbed other final results determined adding best three qualifying scores normalized 1000 best flyoff score normalized 2000 Tony Frackowiak awarded Nats first-place tro phy solid win over Ivan Kristensen Chip Hyde FAI flyoff seven Americans two Ca nadians Australian Ivan Kristensen joined Dave Patrick sixth Australian Chris White tenth spent month prior Nats States staying Tony Frackowiak stopover way World Champion ships France As recent major events Mike Laumari Jackson MS handled tabulation optical scoring system worked beautifully As judge no problems darkening cor rect answer using No 2 pencil just like being back school again John Embry Sulphur LA bravely took task RC Event Director did wonderful job no doubt charge John Contest Director deals firmly fairly Congratulations John Lincoln Sky Knights wonderful hosts saw lot both Nats site club flying field competent friendly acted like fun work hard rest us could have good time Thanks guys did Van Putte Expert too well thank PCM receiver developed hearing problems two days before departed Nats Continued oaee 144 Left That strange-looking object being held aloft Dean Koger wind-speed meterhere measuring 38 45 mph during FAI Finals Right George Schimmer StandingTheodore AL Best Junior Advanced finishing eighth Mom Dad give great pit support Left Chuck Smith Casper WY competed six-year-old Tiporare Expert finished fourth Right Bill Cunningham R fires up Escape assistanace Bill Thomas Bill C highest-scoring flight two Finals rounds FAI Left Paul Verger L loaned backup plane Atlanta Ron Van Putte R use compete Expert after Rons own Tiporare crashed due receiver problem lust before Nats Right Dean Koger breaks down Vortex travel back home Beavercreek OH 44 Model Aviation PRACTICAL SIZED GI Fiberglass Cowlings Canopies Available Plans sent Post-Paid within USA Send 5O Full Catalog Balsa Dc31A 0 Span$4200 Mu CORSAIR2A 193 Span$3000 A6M6ZERO2A 191 Span$3000 CURTISP402A194 Span$3000 AT6TEXAN24 1101Span$3000 F8FBEARCAT2A 186 Span$3000 FOKKERDR-127 163 Tripa$2700 Order Nick ZiroIi29 Edgar Dr Smithtown NY 11787 USA complete results may few sets left time note published send $6 AMA HQ 61st National Model Air plane Championships next held July east coast near Virginia Beach just south Norfolk VA de tails will follow subsequent issues Model Aviation Nats RC AerobNan Putte Continued page 44 Tiporare tried grow some new little Tiporares planting itself Florida sand fliers offered spare airplanes heard Id crashed Tiporare saw heard about fun-fly airplane Id brought compete declined offers until Paul Verger Lafay ette LA offered backup Atlanta told fly because wont let fly piece trash embarrass us Ac tually Paul didnt use word trash other word cant print So competed Pauls Atlanta However learning fly strange airplane well heavy wind too tough task accomplish successfully least looked like Pattern flier Thanks Paul See 1988 Nats Chesapeake VA Nats RC Pylon/Yeager Continued page 47 made double cuts Larson awarded second virtue faster time Ken Hulik managed finish fourth took fast time award nice 11526 Pennsylvania Demon Al Grove finished fifth came time something about running F3D FAI Pylon talked participants agreed take everything needed Out onto coursefuel tools planes name Since planes different fre quency flew against other reser viced after landing flew again repeated sequence five times called day Unfortunately Brian Richmond lost World Championship plane coming around Pylon Three third round rekitted very nice air plane also put him out competition since entered oniy WC model resulted Ron Schorr Richard Oliver being left battle out Oliver went win score 33984 points Schorrs 32122 three zeros Brian Richmond fin ished 23961 points however did man age take fast-time award very good 11661 second slower fast time recent World Championships Australia Brian appeared warming up early rounds before crash hadnt crashed might have set new record think his callers Dub Jett intention Formula processing began after F3D event concluded always something ob serve like pretty planes 40 entries about half contestants having back-up plane roughly 60 Formula models sit ting floor being judged takeoff priority finalized task finding model finish best com pleted years winner Mike Langlois Lang-Wha North Carolina earned Mike privilege taking off first heat INTRODUCING TflI flfl~ TM VARIABLE SPEED THE NEW Ifli IIfl POWER CENTER 1 Variable Control Outlet Dremel & Brush Type Motor Tools 5 Outlets Handle Covering Irons Heat Guns & Soldering Tools etc 15 Amp Breaker W/Reset ted On/Off Switch Duty Power Cord H/Duty Steel Housing ting Tabs es May Vary USA Designed Engineered Modeler Serious Model Builders DEALER INQUIRIES ARE WELCOME WRITE OR CALL SEND MONEY ORDER OR CHECK TODAY NO CODs PLEASE P 0 BOX 23492 MILWAUKEE WI 53223 354-8698 $aOO Pnstage & Handling WI Modelers MODEL #ABI-SKE add 5% tax 4 DELS byNICKZIROLI Jets too 144 Model Aviation
