AMA Nats: RC Pylon Racing

RC Pylon Racing Wayne Yeager IT WAS SUNNY calm overcast windy rained day seemed have effect Pylon Racing Well except rain six great days racing 1987 Nationals asked fill Model Aviations usual Pylon Racing scribe Bill Hager whod decided bread din ner table important attending Nats Since already involved Pylon event director faced dilemma writing objectively about decisions made other person other person turned out Anyway speak radical deci sions made CD keep mind fool Once again Lincoln NE its miles end less concrete no place pound tent stake proved great site Pylon Racing Ex cept FM category entry levels very high 42 contestants Quickie 500 40 Formula 27 Quarter Midget very low three FAI Probably just well about FAI cause allowed us steal some time get full seven rounds plus flyoffs raininterrupted Quarter Midget event Saturday started Quickie processing would believe hybrid creations came through checkout high wings low wings straight tails V tails flying stabs flying rudders undersize oversize name Since first time Quickie 500 Nats CD decided should start event off models close rules possible As result decision planes added humps make height tape fuselage sides make width requirements foam tape wings make wing thicknessalmost anything thing interpretation problems some rules well example book states firewalls flat plate 2 sq does say anything about whether can put radius outer edge you measure firewall minimum specifications Right front face rear plate state 2 minimum mean firewall mounts fuselage engine mount fastens firewall attempted measure very front firewalls kind radius under size Since werent clear guidelines follow decision allow least right size back wall point out inform involved has some better rule definition going have kinds problems next problem perplex us matrix about 10 different 31M combinations could eliminated unless flew twoNovember 1987 45 AMA NATS 0 0 1987 Lincoln Nebraska view Texas Pit Row included wail-to-wall tent covering ample chairs tool boxes lots patriotism plenty vans stuff planes rains moved Quarter Midget starting line action Brian Richmond left Ken Heatlie right holding up planes identification Preparing start Al Grove left Dennis Sumner right Dream crew staffs starting line operations L R Jessica Thurrott Donna Bartle Cathy Waters Christy Arthur Standing outside cage Chief Starter Karen Veager L R Jim Bozich Mary Rollins Jerry Smith launch Quickie 500 heat starters flag Parked next lap cage CDs legs far background head- en IUIIK wsn flEa erry maii crnrauua quarters tent gives indication just close Pylon Interested spectators very pretty plane well-represented kit Two valuable members Racing staff Paul Page Sue Bryant Paul charge scoring used computer pro gram wrote Pylon does thing except fry eggs Sue charge impound saw nobody came off line turning transmitter Jim Shinohara CL Dave Shadel 3rd Formula won Fast Time award 11090 reigning World Champi ons FAI Pylon great year two plane heats about number channel conflicts greater people think personally didnt have enough knowledge about problem 31M make intelligent decision whether could ignored have told some its problem others swear should avoid like Richard Oliver wife Edie several husband-wife teams racing together Nancy Hodgson two women competed Formula Nets several women racing Quickie 500 US very few flying Formula plague can say channels 38 46 54 cannot fly same heat 44 50 56 or4O 46 52 38 44 50and 46 Model Aviation Texas Two Dub Jett starts Phil Russell holds Onto Quarter Midget model Mike Langlols North Carolina Lil Toni winner Best Finish award Mikes model immaculate cluded scale rivets panel line details Father-and-son team Dan Dan Kane set needle valve Quarter Midget new people racing have learned ropes fathers onwe have serious problem some has find answer what faced us Quickie matrix However suggestion Russ Kime has studied problem has offered ideas past ran Quickie two different matri ces stacked back-to-back used six heats per round five heats per round drawbacks five-heat matrix never raced six-heat Also re quired computer whiz Paul Page create third matrix enter heat results could gen erate combined reports timeconsuming Still did prevail did race Quickie have informed since transmit ters will Silver Stickered 1988 re quires being narrow band Hopefully will eliminate matrix problem future Nats As suspected pretty much Rossi race considering 16 top 20 fliers using top six places longed Rossi other engines break top 10 Webras Times varied skill level racing Charlie Brun ners fast 12282 highs two-plus minutes Most fast times averaged around 135 mark mid-range times near 145 As say smoke cleared Brunner-Aut team won Quickie Ken Heatlie half S&H Team very close second Tied second losing flyoff Jessica Thurrott getting better time see dont know whats going happen Jets finishes college continues racing shes going someone reckon fact shes already contender Shes Nice girl knows sticks Things remembered about Quickie Russ Mil ler cutting freebie nice guy Miller smiled time Arnie Wile starting cause receiver off shame Arnie nice kid Mike Texas son Phil Jill Bussell did nothing Sir week Yes Sir No Sir Just like folks nice people Quarter Midget racing started bright early Tuesday morning CD thats again remember checked morning weather fore cast noted predicted winds opposite what prevalent during Quickie races Assuming weather person knew stuff course switched 1800 before racing started avoid changing dur race Good move Mr CD However soon first heat broke ground bang Around comes wind stops exactly started now taking off downwind Nice move Yeager weather person also predicted bright sunny Phooey Some bad stuff blew cold kept flying until completion first round switched course 1800 again So now set morning right No way nitro breath front moved passed through wind switched 1800 again however time breezes strong enough make real difference left courseas Eventually though same front brought some rain around 10 am stop waited until about 1130 called quits day four rounds completed Tied lead point Ken Hulik other half S&H Team Dennis Sum ner Since FAI Pylon poorly attended Nats general manager RC category man ager asked could steal some extra time event Quarter Midgets Both managers approved request pilots polled see could stay over agreed racing resumed next morn ing completed three rounds giving us respectable total seven rounds plus flyoffs Ken Hulik tied lead misfortune being involved midair gave him zero knocked him out lead However Sumner continued win heats ex cept last didnt matter went win Quarter Midget outright No hits no runs no errors Nice job Bazoom Lyle Larson Henry Bartle point back required fly off second thirdbut both Left stoic Richard Oliver receives Nets Champion trophy Event Director Wayne Yeager winning F3D FAI Pylon Right Trophy winners Formula Kneeling L R Dave Pearce caller Brian Richmond 1st Lyle Larson caller Henry Bartle 2nd Bryan father Dave Shadel 3rd Bob Smith son/caller Justin 4th Phil wife/caller Jill Bussell 5th Standing L R Dub Jeff 7th Jesalca Thurrott 8th JIm Shinohara caller Shadel Gary Hover 9th Paul Benezra 6th Nancy Hodgson caller Brad Young 10th Everyone winner Left Trophy winners Quarter Midget Racing Kneeling L R Dennis Sumner 1st place Lyle Larson 2nd place Henry Bartle 3rd place Ken Hulik 4th place Standing L R Al Grove 5th place Dub Jett 6th place Completing back row Dan Kane Best Senior Peter Waters Best Junior Right Trophy winners Quickie 500 Standing L R Mary Rollins caller husband Terry Peter Waters Best Junior Dan Kane Best Senior Jim Bozich 8th place Doug Whitaker 7th place Bob Greer son caller RIchard Toccl 6th place Al Grove 5th place Kneeling L R Terry RollIns 4th place Jessica Thurrott 3rd place Ken Heatlle 2nd place Brunner/Aut 1st place November 1987 47 happy Dave Pearce Formula winner dis plays Nationals trophy caller Brian Richmond holding Daves winning model Continued page 144 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 flew Unfortunately winning Best Finish seems kiss death because years winner followed last years winner great balsa pile sky Rekit city Too bad Mike gorgeous plane Racing started Thursday morning shortly after 700 am ungodly hour out about let alone flying Formula touched something arent guys Any way Ron Mendel Ron Schorr Mike Langlois Bob Petrinec dubious honor being firstan honor people hate kept mov ing about 3 half rounds completed before ran out time end Round tied first Mike Langlois Dave Sha del Bernie Workman Freddy French Bob Brog don Brian Richmond Dub Jett Phil Bussell Bob Smith John McDermottall heat win ners familiar names usually near top Dave Shadel set Round fast time 11262 completion Round Two eight first 10 still tied lead end Round Three picture changed entirely number reduced two Dave Sha del Bob Smith Round Four happened great myth dispelled found out Dave Shadel mortal bleeds like rest us fourth round Prince Pylon tough race Ugh CUT BADLY able lap anyone finished Arghhh LAST know youre thinlting must another Dave Shadel right Couldnt guy out west somewhere Naah ttle David What left us believe Tinker Bell Tooth Fairy After happening everything else anticlimactic four rounds completed Bob Smith now alone first however turn coming maintained first place through fifth round sixth lightning struck again Racing Phil Bussell Paul Benezra Keith Fredrickson Bob two very short laps barely went distance un fortunately failed go around pole DOUBLE CUT Zero Lurking back second place time point behind Smith Dave Pearce now fast can say Rumplestiltskin first place alone Time strategy Knowing finish second better win Pearce ran comfortable raceor thought looked like going tough cut pylon still managed finish heat second place enough him win contest end argument about cut Finishing second overall Henry Bartle fol lowed Dave Shadel Bob Smith Phil Bussell tied third tough flyoff because poor Phillip got smoked Bob Smith said wanted race fast guys did race flyoff Shadel started doing nice roll takeoff finger slipped off stick says giv ing other guys nice lead Shadel came back vengeance blasted lead events fast time 11090 Thats chopped liver David Smith second very nice 11243 poor Phillip will tell himself just race So Formula finished Dave Pearce Henry Battle Dave Shadel Bob Smith Phil Bussell placing first through fifth As men tioned earlier watch out Jessica Thurrott turned times 119 116 114 113 Too bad lives area few Formula races Wanna move California Jess Anyway trophies awarded top 10 pictures Continued page 149 Carry Largest Only Stock Kraft Parts World sft alive wOrkIng KR/VT MIDWEST ILL FL WAr IX Authorized Warranty ServiceFREQUENCY CONVERSION $1000 Discount Regular Repair Moat Makes Models Converted Tuning Done Spectrum Analyzer pm- Also Service E721 AU Futaba Only Full Time Servicenter Midwest 117 East Main St Northville Michigan [Upperl__ hone 1-313-348-0085 November 1987 145 Nats RC Pylon/Veager Continued page 145 taken over Just like body disappears Must time go home dont wanna go home lots things remember about Pylon Racing Nats year Ill just run through struck Meeting giant full-size aircraft world Burt Rutan visited site twice very impressed racing asked questions about building techniques materials Equipment failures caused several reflies something guarantee will corrected again course changes Quarter Midget Bill Millers Formula entry repainted very bright day-gb orange Bill could see F-4 Phantoms continually practiced touch-and-goes blasted everyone off seats after burners loudest things Ive ever heard except some Harriers all-girl crew staffed lap cage daya crew Id take day No fense guys girls dream crew because performed faultlessly guys seemed lessen up came time question cuts stuff Combat model flyaway wrapped itself around power lines provided great fireworks display before shutting down Nats headquarters Lin coln Sky Knights Club members worked hard ever having seen Pylon Race before kept coming back great guys However best people went Out way com pliment us thank us giving six good days racing people Id again anytime See ya next year Virginia Beach Nats RC Scale/Wischers Continued page 51 time Mustang monopo lized competition year three en tered Nats Lee Rice places fifth North American P-51D Mustang built Royal kit A-scale sixth place see very unusual 14-scale model Art Chesters Jeep has 52-in wingspan has built Jewel Ness Coverite kit powered Saito 45 four-stroke engine winner Sportsman class Bruce Tharpe Citabria Sig kit engine Saito 45 four-stroke seeond place Waco UMF-3 Pica kit powered Super tigre X-60 engine Its builder Elmer Herbran son remember early association RC modeling 30 years ago Elmer two Nats Scale trophy winners flight score higher static score other Greg Namey Expert class Third place Sportsman won Wayne Siewert entry scratch-built Mooney M2OK all-balsa construction modeled after Mooney Porsche engine %-scale wingspan 88 models engine Enya 120 four-stroke After FAT team selection trials week ear lier FAI portion Nats something letdown expected six entries reduced four due attrition during trials Beeause Nats using current FAI rules team trials using 1988 FAI rules quite difference complexity bonuses between two competitions ex ample Skip Masts Lockheed C-130 Hercules jumps 15% 3056 becomes Nats winner Steve Sauger s Stinson Trimotor 230-point leap static score over previous week addition 25% bonus places second Bob Wischers 10%-bonus Douglas Mailplane places third Gary Underhills Bristol M-l fourth Nats RC Soaring/Blakeslee Continued page 55 crowd pilots received nice hand upon safely touching down Everybody realized much intestinal fortitude required put lovingly-built beauties up such dangerous conditions extreme winds Thursday Friday raised havoc standings other classes leaders coming down two-minute nights Getting landing far automatic leader board being juggled up down good clip usual Nats top guys put eight flights close max 520 points per flight contest leaders scoring order 300 points over last four flights Few oth ers course doing better Most pilots contention chose scratch last four flights Notwithstanding foregoing commentary shuffling among leaders TwoMeter Standard winners established positions fairly early hung win pretty good margins Whats really amazing both top guys flying polyhedral rudder/elevator planes strong winds straight-wing aileron ships definite advan tage because superior roll control especially true during landing ground gusts bouncing plane over youre just trying get down right-side-up Two-Meter first four rounds close race between last years winner Paul Carl son last years runner-up Brian Agnew Paul flying same Prodigy caused such sensation last year cant af ford new onehis Off Ground Models 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RC Pylon Racing Wayne Yeager IT WAS SUNNY calm overcast windy rained day seemed have effect Pylon Racing Well except rain six great days racing 1987 Nationals asked fill Model Aviations usual Pylon Racing scribe Bill Hager whod decided bread din ner table important attending Nats Since already involved Pylon event director faced dilemma writing objectively about decisions made other person other person turned out Anyway speak radical deci sions made CD keep mind fool Once again Lincoln NE its miles end less concrete no place pound tent stake proved great site Pylon Racing Ex cept FM category entry levels very high 42 contestants Quickie 500 40 Formula 27 Quarter Midget very low three FAI Probably just well about FAI cause allowed us steal some time get full seven rounds plus flyoffs raininterrupted Quarter Midget event Saturday started Quickie processing would believe hybrid creations came through checkout high wings low wings straight tails V tails flying stabs flying rudders undersize oversize name Since first time Quickie 500 Nats CD decided should start event off models close rules possible As result decision planes added humps make height tape fuselage sides make width requirements foam tape wings make wing thicknessalmost anything thing interpretation problems some rules well example book states firewalls flat plate 2 sq does say anything about whether can put radius outer edge you measure firewall minimum specifications Right front face rear plate state 2 minimum mean firewall mounts fuselage engine mount fastens firewall attempted measure very front firewalls kind radius under size Since werent clear guidelines follow decision allow least right size back wall point out inform involved has some better rule definition going have kinds problems next problem perplex us matrix about 10 different 31M combinations could eliminated unless flew twoNovember 1987 45 AMA NATS 0 0 1987 Lincoln Nebraska view Texas Pit Row included wail-to-wall tent covering ample chairs tool boxes lots patriotism plenty vans stuff planes rains moved Quarter Midget starting line action Brian Richmond left Ken Heatlie right holding up planes identification Preparing start Al Grove left Dennis Sumner right Dream crew staffs starting line operations L R Jessica Thurrott Donna Bartle Cathy Waters Christy Arthur Standing outside cage Chief Starter Karen Veager L R Jim Bozich Mary Rollins Jerry Smith launch Quickie 500 heat starters flag Parked next lap cage CDs legs far background head- en IUIIK wsn flEa erry maii crnrauua quarters tent gives indication just close Pylon Interested spectators very pretty plane well-represented kit Two valuable members Racing staff Paul Page Sue Bryant Paul charge scoring used computer pro gram wrote Pylon does thing except fry eggs Sue charge impound saw nobody came off line turning transmitter Jim Shinohara CL Dave Shadel 3rd Formula won Fast Time award 11090 reigning World Champi ons FAI Pylon great year two plane heats about number channel conflicts greater people think personally didnt have enough knowledge about problem 31M make intelligent decision whether could ignored have told some its problem others swear should avoid like Richard Oliver wife Edie several husband-wife teams racing together Nancy Hodgson two women competed Formula Nets several women racing Quickie 500 US very few flying Formula plague can say channels 38 46 54 cannot fly same heat 44 50 56 or4O 46 52 38 44 50and 46 Model Aviation Texas Two Dub Jett starts Phil Russell holds Onto Quarter Midget model Mike Langlols North Carolina Lil Toni winner Best Finish award Mikes model immaculate cluded scale rivets panel line details Father-and-son team Dan Dan Kane set needle valve Quarter Midget new people racing have learned ropes fathers onwe have serious problem some has find answer what faced us Quickie matrix However suggestion Russ Kime has studied problem has offered ideas past ran Quickie two different matri ces stacked back-to-back used six heats per round five heats per round drawbacks five-heat matrix never raced six-heat Also re quired computer whiz Paul Page create third matrix enter heat results could gen erate combined reports timeconsuming Still did prevail did race Quickie have informed since transmit ters will Silver Stickered 1988 re quires being narrow band Hopefully will eliminate matrix problem future Nats As suspected pretty much Rossi race considering 16 top 20 fliers using top six places longed Rossi other engines break top 10 Webras Times varied skill level racing Charlie Brun ners fast 12282 highs two-plus minutes Most fast times averaged around 135 mark mid-range times near 145 As say smoke cleared Brunner-Aut team won Quickie Ken Heatlie half S&H Team very close second Tied second losing flyoff Jessica Thurrott getting better time see dont know whats going happen Jets finishes college continues racing shes going someone reckon fact shes already contender Shes Nice girl knows sticks Things remembered about Quickie Russ Mil ler cutting freebie nice guy Miller smiled time Arnie Wile starting cause receiver off shame Arnie nice kid Mike Texas son Phil Jill Bussell did nothing Sir week Yes Sir No Sir Just like folks nice people Quarter Midget racing started bright early Tuesday morning CD thats again remember checked morning weather fore cast noted predicted winds opposite what prevalent during Quickie races Assuming weather person knew stuff course switched 1800 before racing started avoid changing dur race Good move Mr CD However soon first heat broke ground bang Around comes wind stops exactly started now taking off downwind Nice move Yeager weather person also predicted bright sunny Phooey Some bad stuff blew cold kept flying until completion first round switched course 1800 again So now set morning right No way nitro breath front moved passed through wind switched 1800 again however time breezes strong enough make real difference left courseas Eventually though same front brought some rain around 10 am stop waited until about 1130 called quits day four rounds completed Tied lead point Ken Hulik other half S&H Team Dennis Sum ner Since FAI Pylon poorly attended Nats general manager RC category man ager asked could steal some extra time event Quarter Midgets Both managers approved request pilots polled see could stay over agreed racing resumed next morn ing completed three rounds giving us respectable total seven rounds plus flyoffs Ken Hulik tied lead misfortune being involved midair gave him zero knocked him out lead However Sumner continued win heats ex cept last didnt matter went win Quarter Midget outright No hits no runs no errors Nice job Bazoom Lyle Larson Henry Bartle point back required fly off second thirdbut both Left stoic Richard Oliver receives Nets Champion trophy Event Director Wayne Yeager winning F3D FAI Pylon Right Trophy winners Formula Kneeling L R Dave Pearce caller Brian Richmond 1st Lyle Larson caller Henry Bartle 2nd Bryan father Dave Shadel 3rd Bob Smith son/caller Justin 4th Phil wife/caller Jill Bussell 5th Standing L R Dub Jeff 7th Jesalca Thurrott 8th JIm Shinohara caller Shadel Gary Hover 9th Paul Benezra 6th Nancy Hodgson caller Brad Young 10th Everyone winner Left Trophy winners Quarter Midget Racing Kneeling L R Dennis Sumner 1st place Lyle Larson 2nd place Henry Bartle 3rd place Ken Hulik 4th place Standing L R Al Grove 5th place Dub Jett 6th place Completing back row Dan Kane Best Senior Peter Waters Best Junior Right Trophy winners Quickie 500 Standing L R Mary Rollins caller husband Terry Peter Waters Best Junior Dan Kane Best Senior Jim Bozich 8th place Doug Whitaker 7th place Bob Greer son caller RIchard Toccl 6th place Al Grove 5th place Kneeling L R Terry RollIns 4th place Jessica Thurrott 3rd place Ken Heatlle 2nd place Brunner/Aut 1st place November 1987 47 happy Dave Pearce Formula winner dis plays Nationals trophy caller Brian Richmond holding Daves winning model Continued page 144 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 flew Unfortunately winning Best Finish seems kiss death because years winner followed last years winner great balsa pile sky Rekit city Too bad Mike gorgeous plane Racing started Thursday morning shortly after 700 am ungodly hour out about let alone flying Formula touched something arent guys Any way Ron Mendel Ron Schorr Mike Langlois Bob Petrinec dubious honor being firstan honor people hate kept mov ing about 3 half rounds completed before ran out time end Round tied first Mike Langlois Dave Sha del Bernie Workman Freddy French Bob Brog don Brian Richmond Dub Jett Phil Bussell Bob Smith John McDermottall heat win ners familiar names usually near top Dave Shadel set Round fast time 11262 completion Round Two eight first 10 still tied lead end Round Three picture changed entirely number reduced two Dave Sha del Bob Smith Round Four happened great myth dispelled found out Dave Shadel mortal bleeds like rest us fourth round Prince Pylon tough race Ugh CUT BADLY able lap anyone finished Arghhh LAST know youre thinlting must another Dave Shadel right Couldnt guy out west somewhere Naah ttle David What left us believe Tinker Bell Tooth Fairy After happening everything else anticlimactic four rounds completed Bob Smith now alone first however turn coming maintained first place through fifth round sixth lightning struck again Racing Phil Bussell Paul Benezra Keith Fredrickson Bob two very short laps barely went distance un fortunately failed go around pole DOUBLE CUT Zero Lurking back second place time point behind Smith Dave Pearce now fast can say Rumplestiltskin first place alone Time strategy Knowing finish second better win Pearce ran comfortable raceor thought looked like going tough cut pylon still managed finish heat second place enough him win contest end argument about cut Finishing second overall Henry Bartle fol lowed Dave Shadel Bob Smith Phil Bussell tied third tough flyoff because poor Phillip got smoked Bob Smith said wanted race fast guys did race flyoff Shadel started doing nice roll takeoff finger slipped off stick says giv ing other guys nice lead Shadel came back vengeance blasted lead events fast time 11090 Thats chopped liver David Smith second very nice 11243 poor Phillip will tell himself just race So Formula finished Dave Pearce Henry Battle Dave Shadel Bob Smith Phil Bussell placing first through fifth As men tioned earlier watch out Jessica Thurrott turned times 119 116 114 113 Too bad lives area few Formula races Wanna move California Jess Anyway trophies awarded top 10 pictures Continued page 149 Carry Largest Only Stock Kraft Parts World sft alive wOrkIng KR/VT MIDWEST ILL FL WAr IX Authorized Warranty ServiceFREQUENCY CONVERSION $1000 Discount Regular Repair Moat Makes Models Converted Tuning Done Spectrum Analyzer pm- Also Service E721 AU Futaba Only Full Time Servicenter Midwest 117 East Main St Northville Michigan [Upperl__ hone 1-313-348-0085 November 1987 145 Nats RC Pylon/Veager Continued page 145 taken over Just like body disappears Must time go home dont wanna go home lots things remember about Pylon Racing Nats year Ill just run through struck Meeting giant full-size aircraft world Burt Rutan visited site twice very impressed racing asked questions about building techniques materials Equipment failures caused several reflies something guarantee will corrected again course changes Quarter Midget Bill Millers Formula entry repainted very bright day-gb orange Bill could see F-4 Phantoms continually practiced touch-and-goes blasted everyone off seats after burners loudest things Ive ever heard except some Harriers all-girl crew staffed lap cage daya crew Id take day No fense guys girls dream crew because performed faultlessly guys seemed lessen up came time question cuts stuff Combat model flyaway wrapped itself around power lines provided great fireworks display before shutting down Nats headquarters Lin coln Sky Knights Club members worked hard ever having seen Pylon Race before kept coming back great guys However best people went Out way com pliment us thank us giving six good days racing people Id again anytime See ya next year Virginia Beach Nats RC Scale/Wischers Continued page 51 time Mustang monopo lized competition year three en tered Nats Lee Rice places fifth North American P-51D Mustang built Royal kit A-scale sixth place see very unusual 14-scale model Art Chesters Jeep has 52-in wingspan has built Jewel Ness Coverite kit powered Saito 45 four-stroke engine winner Sportsman class Bruce Tharpe Citabria Sig kit engine Saito 45 four-stroke seeond place Waco UMF-3 Pica kit powered Super tigre X-60 engine Its builder Elmer Herbran son remember early association RC modeling 30 years ago Elmer two Nats Scale trophy winners flight score higher static score other Greg Namey Expert class Third place Sportsman won Wayne Siewert entry scratch-built Mooney M2OK all-balsa construction modeled after Mooney Porsche engine %-scale wingspan 88 models engine Enya 120 four-stroke After FAT team selection trials week ear lier FAI portion Nats something letdown expected six entries reduced four due attrition during trials Beeause Nats using current FAI rules team trials using 1988 FAI rules quite difference complexity bonuses between two competitions ex ample Skip Masts Lockheed C-130 Hercules jumps 15% 3056 becomes Nats winner Steve Sauger s Stinson Trimotor 230-point leap static score over previous week addition 25% bonus places second Bob Wischers 10%-bonus Douglas Mailplane places third Gary Underhills Bristol M-l fourth Nats RC Soaring/Blakeslee Continued page 55 crowd pilots received nice hand upon safely touching down Everybody realized much intestinal fortitude required put lovingly-built beauties up such dangerous conditions extreme winds Thursday Friday raised havoc standings other classes leaders coming down two-minute nights Getting landing far automatic leader board being juggled up down good clip usual Nats top guys put eight flights close max 520 points per flight contest leaders scoring order 300 points over last four flights Few oth ers course doing better Most pilots contention chose scratch last four flights Notwithstanding foregoing commentary shuffling among leaders TwoMeter Standard winners established positions fairly early hung win pretty good margins Whats really amazing both top guys flying polyhedral rudder/elevator planes strong winds straight-wing aileron ships definite advan tage because superior roll control especially true during landing ground gusts bouncing plane over youre just trying get down right-side-up Two-Meter first four rounds close race between last years winner Paul Carl son last years runner-up Brian Agnew Paul flying same Prodigy caused such sensation last year cant af ford new onehis Off Ground Models 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