NEAR PERFECT Thats best way de scribe main runway Fentress Naval Auxili ary Landing Field flying site RC Scale events 1988 Nats However since Fentress auxiliary landing field no hangars perform static judging precedes flying AMA Scale competi tion events fact flying site devoid buildings allexcept housed crash/rescue squads trucks equipment So static judging took place gymnasium Great Bridge Elementary School about 15ruin drive flying site arrived school parking lot shortly after 800 am Friday July 29 found jammed Scale modelers busily unloading wide variety RC CL Scale models vans station wagons cars have tended AMA Nats since 1983 50 diffi cult make way car gymnasium because old friends renew acquaintance finally made en trance gym registration being carried out table set up shade large tree staffed Ann Cathy Underwood Shirley Sheeks Upon entering gymnasium encountered aircraft museum miniature close 100 models covering floor Seventy-two entered another six RC Scale events John Guenther Scale Category Manager Cliff Tacie RC Scale Event Direc tor supervising activities 18 judges worked teams three determine closely models entered event resem bled full-scale counterparts judges contestants entered events other judging willingness modelers volunteer time would very difficult task find sufficient number people perform exacting job static judging didnt have thermometer ap peared cooler outside gymnasium inside heat gym draw back least well lit judges could clearly see subjects scrutiny pho Scale static judging action 1 FAI RC Scale judges L-R Bill Kllenhans Bill Carper Mike Weishans examine Ralph Jacksons 14-yearold Piper Comanche Model placed third R RC Giant Scale static judges L-R Skip Mast Hal Parenti Charlie Bauer examine documen tation Martin B-26B Its builder Col Art Johnson Standing R flew full-scale aircraft combat WW II First second places RC Giant Scale L taken respectively Charlie Chambers P-51 D L Bill Carpers P-47G Curtiss P-40C R built Tom Czikk Art Johnsons plans placed third Giant Rossi 90 powers 19-lb 155-scale model 42 Model Aviation AMA NATS TIDEWATER RC Scale John Preston RC CL Scale models await static judging Great Bridge Intermediate School gymnas ium Mario Vederlinics C-47 tipped scale 398 lbjust 02 lb under limit pair Giant models used Supertigre 3000 engines Wayne Knight 1 attempts start Hawker Typhoon placed sixth Giant also received George Meyer Craftsmanship Award Fokker Eindecker R Bill Setzlers 1/3-scale beauty 20 x 6 prop pulled 105ft-span 25-lb craft model uses wing warping roll control just full-scale plane did tos didnt require flash unit owe judges big vote thanks performing tasks environment definitely un comfortable reminded first Nats heat humidity Lake Charles LA constant flow spectators through gym seemed video cameras arduous task went judges Giant Scale event because pore through documentation 29 mod els Sport Scale similar large turnout total entry 32 equally divided tween Sportsman Expert classes different team judged models entered two classes discussions sev eral people suggested Giant Scale should similarly split Sportsman Ex pert seems like good idea wouldnt surprised see such sugges tion submitted rules change proposal Because large entry close 500 pm before Giant Scale judges finally com pleted assignment real business could begina barbecue/banquet held school grounds organized National As sociation Scale Aeromodelers NASA Im sure thank bountiful feast Im betting John Guenther NASA President least involved Now Ive returned home Nats have write column place its usual au thors Bob Dolly Wischer realize what great job colleeting neeessary infor mation comparing list trophy winners notes photos see number embar rassing voids Please forgive winners did manage get pho tograph information model Flying took place two sites about quarter mile apart number times site found model needed photograph air other site Its much easier writing column about Safety trying describe won what six different RC Scale events As previously mentioned Giant Scale event entries opinion some impressive models exam ple Art Johnsons Martin B-26B Mario Yederlinics Douglas C-47 Greg Wilsons Sopwith Triplane surefire crowd pleasers because overwhelming size Others like Charlie Chambers winning P-S ID museum-quality models Big models also im pressive air because fly realisti cally small models First place Giant Scale went past member US F4C team Charlie Chambers Char lie flew same immaculate P-SI D earned him both seeond place Giant George Meyer Craftsmanship Award last years Nats unpainted aluminum fuselage fullscale Mustang faithfully duplicated -scale 225-lb model because Charlie skill fully covered lithograph plates didnt ask hours spent finishing model paid off top static score 95 out possible 100 points times past Ive heard said narrow margin Wayne Siewart L took first place Sport Scale Expert scratch-built Mooney M2OK Fifth-scale models spans 88 powered Enya 120 four-stroke Charlie Nelsons scratch-built own plans Waco VKS-7F R placed fifth Sport Scale Expert Craft uses 05 90 four-stroke power has made over 600 flights Plans based Paul Matt three-views November 1988 43 Giant Scale twin-ducted-fan Learlet 35A entered Mark Frankel takes off its official flightwhich ended crash due engine problems received static score point less Charlie Chambers winning P-51D good builders Scale models arc never good fliers dont know tune en gines Let said Charlie Chambers best two flights earned him 90 8867 25cc Moki ran flawlessly Less three points behind winner Bill Carper flying Republic P-47G built Bert Baker plans 24-lb model hauled Supertigre 3000 equipped Dave Platt retracts very realistic paint finish achieved Chevron polyurethane paint Bills model no stranger winners circle hav ing previously taken honors two Mint Ju leps Tangerine Toledo show Al though did better 90 points two flights wasnt quite enough overtake Char lie Another impressive warbird took third place Tom Czikks P-44iC built plans Art Johnson all-balsa 19-lb model 155 scale powered Rossi 90 Retracts wheel has make 900 turn during Tom Dyl L prepares Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat flight Model received third highest static score Sport Scale Expert placed third overall Uncommon Sport Scale Expert subject Joe Solkos Vultee XP-54 R scratch-built own plans placed seventh retraction cycle sometimes can present prob lems However Toms Robart units performed both flawlessly very realistic manner models fourth fifth places both nonmilitary aircraft Neil Snod grass Mid-Wing Special Mark Harrells J-3 Cub have previously judged Neils model num ber times can vouch its hard find deviation between full-scale air craft shown documentation No threeviews full-scale counterpart exist because started life Piper PA-IS think Its owner sliced off top fuselage thereby convert ing single-seat open cockpit shoulderwing aerobatic aircraft Neil Churchville MD close full-scale aircraft hangared So no problems obtaining documentation pho tographs showing necessary views also accomplished pilot models Tar tan Twin has very effective smoke system Im sure resulted lot videotape foot age its aerobatic routine entered first Scale contest 1971 won J-3 Cub Mark Harrell showed us still viable model win trophy did big Cub take fifth place Giant also awarded NASA Flight Achievement Award given entrant RC Scale events opinion flight judges puts impressive flight special trophy awarded hard luck guess would have gone Wayne Knight Hawker Typhoon Wayne several members Gold Coast FL club came Nats Typhoon first flew 1981 earned second high est static score Giant Scalejust 067 points behind Chambers P-51D An engine problem low ered overall score resulted sixth place model earned him George Meyer Craftsmanship Award Upon completion fourth round flying Sunday Event Director opened field demonstration flying final scores events being tallied Since Wayne didnt get airborne fourth round due recalci trant engine several elected fly just fun After sizzling performance aerobatics again experienced engine prob lem completion fast low fly-past Un fortunately model far away time Wayne misjudged touchdown stall resulted extensive damage wing However later told models first crash will repaired fly again Col Art Johnson another Gold Coast modJack Dormans Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero won Precision Scale event built Dave Platt eler entered /-scale Martin B-26B also ex drawings ST 2500 powers 185-lb model Retracts Dave Platt units perierseed some problems its two 05 90 44 Model Aviation Skip Masts one-sixteenth-scale Lockheed HO-i 30 Hercules used cargo drop Scale Option four-stroke engines fact first flight time have seen twin lose engine complete circuit field turning towards dead engine land serious damage Art made own drawings B-26 using computer equipped CAD system model shark nose 444th Bomb Squadron depicted full-scale aircraft after its fifty-second bombing mission did Art know flew full-scale aircraft combat 1944 Arts model tied Greg Wilsons Sopwith Triplane third highest static score Greg built A-scale model aid some 45 factory drawings powered 37 Sachs Dolmar static judged previously flown Greg miss NASA banquet go off local flying field some test flights Friday evening order eligible compete flying portion event next day AMA Scale General rules state cannot fly model competition unless has previously test flown predict well see superb model future AMA Precision Scale event returned year after having discontinued Nats event few years ago replaced FAI Scale F4C RC Scale event static judges permitted measure model determine its accuracy duplicating mini ature full-scale aircraft three entries winner Jack Dormans -scale A6M3 Zero Dave Platt design Jacks Zero weighed 185 lb ST 2500 up front second place Richard Allens Junkers J1O model all-metal German low-wing aircraft order WW came close Aircraft corrugated metal skins hard duplicate though Junkers highest flight score Precision its low static score hurt final outcome Last no means least Spezio Tu holer entered Dennis Hernandez built Cliff Tacies plans clear winner static points completed part flight didnt witness because other flight location So dont know what prob lem experienced two events FAI Scale Large standard F4C event Large category drew two entrants Piper Comanche Ralph Jackson won huge Waco AVN-8 entered Claude McCullough Both beau tiful models though Comanche earned slightly higher flight scores Waco lat ter might have fared better fact documentation contained photograph full-scale aircraft Claude modeled rules require maybe judges overly hard consider Waco produced AVN-8 air craft five contestants regular F4C event first place closely fought battle between George Roses SPAD XIII Steve Saugers Aeronca Sedan Although SPAD earned top static score Aeronca eventual winner because its consistently high flight scores typical Steve Sauger touch Aeronca miniature reproduction copy Sport Aviation magazine lying top instrument panelwhich featured color picture full-scale aircraft its cover Third-placer F4C another Comanche Ralph Jackson identical except size Precision entry same model Ralph flew Airolympics Scale World Championships held Lakehurst 1974 Thats bad life model airplane closely contended finish RC Scale events Sport Scale Expert class Wayne Siewarts Porsche Mooney Curtis Yeagles Beech Baron tied first place ever ties must resolved accordance rule book best tingle flight added static score Mooney beat Beech mere two points subject Waynes model basically Mooney 231 powered Porsche engine lieve built model all-balsa powered Enya 120 four-stroke Plans available Wayne can also Continued page 154 November 1988 45 First- second-place winners Sport Scale Sportsman event Chauncey Dance took first place model flying example Thirties-vintage Kinner Sportster L All-balsa model powered OS 61 four-stroke engine Richard Drake starts engine Cessna 182 1 its final official flight took second place less three points behind winner Steve Saugers FAI Scale-winning Aeronca Sedan performs its proto taxi maneuver prior takeoff Models workmanship illustrates Steve made onto 1988 US RC Scale team Claude McCulloughs unique Waco AVN-8 placed second CLass F4C Large event Thirty-lb models impressiveness helped sound its 4-stroke Saito 270 engine Best Europe s leading manufacturer Pilots supply fully positional figures National Scale Champs dress pilots known apparel Accessories include Helmets Goggles Sun Glasses Bobble Hats Baseball Caps Floppy Hats Bone Domes Oxygen Masks Meewests popular types WWI WW II sports one-piece suit stripes loll colors NATO one-piece suit map pockets olive green glider pilots turtle neck sweaters floppy hat sun glasses Standard pilot tan pants simulated leather jacket fur collar baseball cap sun glasses pilots lightest ever come painted dressed ready fly 1/4 Scale 0 Pius $500 postagi handiing 1/ Scale irmaji Have fun e parachutist ram chute rip-stop nylon ready servos Takes standard flight pack makes $9O Pius Sit Easy Ordering st deliveryPostage Handing send phone VISA MasterCard Number AH DESIGNS BI OLD WORKSHOPS FFORDDDERWEN CL WYD UK 2YR PILOT GLASSES. HOW VALUABLE IS YOUR EYESIGHT Adjustable side frames free-flow ventilation Extremely light weight added comfort Blocks harmful aviolet radiation Attractive case included ...Wraparound frame fits comfortably over prescription glasses auartz mist coated scratch resistance Made entirely Polycarbonate impact protection ANSI Z871 specifications Available in Clear shop work $1325 Amber overcast days & late afternoons $14~ Gray S14~ & Mirror S19~ sunny days CA Mask S1595 Paint Mask S2O~ member club hit prop blade throws 60 engine close range tip blade struck Safety Plus glasses saved him serious injury possibly loss eye incident convinced everyone should wear safety glasses near model airplane engines being run upEd Saul Secretary Treasurer Pikes Peak RC Club Prices include shipping handling PLIEJ5 See hobby dealer firsts doesnt have what need order direct SAFETY PLUS PO Box 1173 Dept iM Clinton MS 39056 ORDERS ONLY 1-800-842-7233 Cont US Mississippi 1601 924-9640 IMC Nats RC Scale/Preston Continued page 45 supply engine cowling etc Beech models notebook silent apologies Curtis Some other notable models Expert class order finishing Tom Dyls F6F-5 Hell cat Jeff Foleys Me-109 Charlie Nelsons Waco VKS-7F Skip Masts C-130 Joe Solkos Vultee XP-54 familiar lat ter aircraft a pusher engine twin booms double-taper wing similar Vultee Vengeance dive bomber Only two built competition Sport Scale Sportsman class saw less three points separating first second place Connecticut modeler Chaun cey Dance took first model Kin ner Sportster currently flying all-balsa construction powered 05 61 four-stroke covered Solartex finished Inter lux polyurethane Close behind Richard Drake Cessna 182 missed chance first place lost nose wheel steering mechanism prior takeoff fourth final round Sportsman event lone Senior entry RC Scale Stephen Chapis flying clipped-wing J-3 Cub father placed fifth Open category same event flying another Mid-Wing Special Space precludes description wealth detail observed host Scale modelsdetail must cumulatively ac count hundreds thousands hours spent workshops around country will pass photographs used Nats re port regular authors RC Scale col umn hopes entry 1988 Nats doesnt appear issue MA may see future issue Nats RC Soar/Blakeslee Continued page 49 four Seniors ages 15-19 flew three classes Sean Ernst Terry Riessen John Szittai Robert Teseo Check Nats results section Competition Newsletter issue see everybody placed traditional Awards Banquet held Fri day evening Chesapeake Holiday Inn MCed NSS President Pete Carr usu ally rowdy affair seemed pretty sedate year cocktail hour too short guess MINI-ELECTRIC QUICKCHARGE T ANTSTART OST ROITEMSCHAERIES VL111$2495EFC-51111$1935 includes HY-7t 5-5rops Charge Cord andLow cast Quick Chaigionly teqiilyes Connector Accesrspacers etcl4 D type batteries Ii $1795VL111RFC-402$3495 ider 7fz leads QuickSame VL-111 butideal fur accuratelyiy VL Fiight Baitery Materrs substitute uAbove charyVL Field boo 0 size modelsFLIGHT BATTERIES VL1O25-52 IHY7tl 2u St mA-Hr $1395includes HY-42 Motar P1 Prss5-63 IHY7t1 3050 mA-Hr Sb 02 luel engineCharge Plug Csrd AccessuB-33L IHY-421 3x 100 mA-Hr B-34L IHY-421 4o itO mA-Hr B-ilL IHY-421 lx itt mA-Hr Model Aviation % Scale 0 e 0 Tel 0745-53987 MINI POWER AT ITS BEST LIGHT WEIGHT MOTCPROPS HY-iB$1495 7 1 gear ratie Iar disengage Free Wheeling iS gramsII snaps ants mater HY-711R Same HY-7t Discannects Slide I-f Y-70 HY-42 Improved versional Hv-4t Appro $ 995 1295 1295 1595 1295 U
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/11
Page Numbers: 42, 43, 44, 45, 154
NEAR PERFECT Thats best way de scribe main runway Fentress Naval Auxili ary Landing Field flying site RC Scale events 1988 Nats However since Fentress auxiliary landing field no hangars perform static judging precedes flying AMA Scale competi tion events fact flying site devoid buildings allexcept housed crash/rescue squads trucks equipment So static judging took place gymnasium Great Bridge Elementary School about 15ruin drive flying site arrived school parking lot shortly after 800 am Friday July 29 found jammed Scale modelers busily unloading wide variety RC CL Scale models vans station wagons cars have tended AMA Nats since 1983 50 diffi cult make way car gymnasium because old friends renew acquaintance finally made en trance gym registration being carried out table set up shade large tree staffed Ann Cathy Underwood Shirley Sheeks Upon entering gymnasium encountered aircraft museum miniature close 100 models covering floor Seventy-two entered another six RC Scale events John Guenther Scale Category Manager Cliff Tacie RC Scale Event Direc tor supervising activities 18 judges worked teams three determine closely models entered event resem bled full-scale counterparts judges contestants entered events other judging willingness modelers volunteer time would very difficult task find sufficient number people perform exacting job static judging didnt have thermometer ap peared cooler outside gymnasium inside heat gym draw back least well lit judges could clearly see subjects scrutiny pho Scale static judging action 1 FAI RC Scale judges L-R Bill Kllenhans Bill Carper Mike Weishans examine Ralph Jacksons 14-yearold Piper Comanche Model placed third R RC Giant Scale static judges L-R Skip Mast Hal Parenti Charlie Bauer examine documen tation Martin B-26B Its builder Col Art Johnson Standing R flew full-scale aircraft combat WW II First second places RC Giant Scale L taken respectively Charlie Chambers P-51 D L Bill Carpers P-47G Curtiss P-40C R built Tom Czikk Art Johnsons plans placed third Giant Rossi 90 powers 19-lb 155-scale model 42 Model Aviation AMA NATS TIDEWATER RC Scale John Preston RC CL Scale models await static judging Great Bridge Intermediate School gymnas ium Mario Vederlinics C-47 tipped scale 398 lbjust 02 lb under limit pair Giant models used Supertigre 3000 engines Wayne Knight 1 attempts start Hawker Typhoon placed sixth Giant also received George Meyer Craftsmanship Award Fokker Eindecker R Bill Setzlers 1/3-scale beauty 20 x 6 prop pulled 105ft-span 25-lb craft model uses wing warping roll control just full-scale plane did tos didnt require flash unit owe judges big vote thanks performing tasks environment definitely un comfortable reminded first Nats heat humidity Lake Charles LA constant flow spectators through gym seemed video cameras arduous task went judges Giant Scale event because pore through documentation 29 mod els Sport Scale similar large turnout total entry 32 equally divided tween Sportsman Expert classes different team judged models entered two classes discussions sev eral people suggested Giant Scale should similarly split Sportsman Ex pert seems like good idea wouldnt surprised see such sugges tion submitted rules change proposal Because large entry close 500 pm before Giant Scale judges finally com pleted assignment real business could begina barbecue/banquet held school grounds organized National As sociation Scale Aeromodelers NASA Im sure thank bountiful feast Im betting John Guenther NASA President least involved Now Ive returned home Nats have write column place its usual au thors Bob Dolly Wischer realize what great job colleeting neeessary infor mation comparing list trophy winners notes photos see number embar rassing voids Please forgive winners did manage get pho tograph information model Flying took place two sites about quarter mile apart number times site found model needed photograph air other site Its much easier writing column about Safety trying describe won what six different RC Scale events As previously mentioned Giant Scale event entries opinion some impressive models exam ple Art Johnsons Martin B-26B Mario Yederlinics Douglas C-47 Greg Wilsons Sopwith Triplane surefire crowd pleasers because overwhelming size Others like Charlie Chambers winning P-S ID museum-quality models Big models also im pressive air because fly realisti cally small models First place Giant Scale went past member US F4C team Charlie Chambers Char lie flew same immaculate P-SI D earned him both seeond place Giant George Meyer Craftsmanship Award last years Nats unpainted aluminum fuselage fullscale Mustang faithfully duplicated -scale 225-lb model because Charlie skill fully covered lithograph plates didnt ask hours spent finishing model paid off top static score 95 out possible 100 points times past Ive heard said narrow margin Wayne Siewart L took first place Sport Scale Expert scratch-built Mooney M2OK Fifth-scale models spans 88 powered Enya 120 four-stroke Charlie Nelsons scratch-built own plans Waco VKS-7F R placed fifth Sport Scale Expert Craft uses 05 90 four-stroke power has made over 600 flights Plans based Paul Matt three-views November 1988 43 Giant Scale twin-ducted-fan Learlet 35A entered Mark Frankel takes off its official flightwhich ended crash due engine problems received static score point less Charlie Chambers winning P-51D good builders Scale models arc never good fliers dont know tune en gines Let said Charlie Chambers best two flights earned him 90 8867 25cc Moki ran flawlessly Less three points behind winner Bill Carper flying Republic P-47G built Bert Baker plans 24-lb model hauled Supertigre 3000 equipped Dave Platt retracts very realistic paint finish achieved Chevron polyurethane paint Bills model no stranger winners circle hav ing previously taken honors two Mint Ju leps Tangerine Toledo show Al though did better 90 points two flights wasnt quite enough overtake Char lie Another impressive warbird took third place Tom Czikks P-44iC built plans Art Johnson all-balsa 19-lb model 155 scale powered Rossi 90 Retracts wheel has make 900 turn during Tom Dyl L prepares Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat flight Model received third highest static score Sport Scale Expert placed third overall Uncommon Sport Scale Expert subject Joe Solkos Vultee XP-54 R scratch-built own plans placed seventh retraction cycle sometimes can present prob lems However Toms Robart units performed both flawlessly very realistic manner models fourth fifth places both nonmilitary aircraft Neil Snod grass Mid-Wing Special Mark Harrells J-3 Cub have previously judged Neils model num ber times can vouch its hard find deviation between full-scale air craft shown documentation No threeviews full-scale counterpart exist because started life Piper PA-IS think Its owner sliced off top fuselage thereby convert ing single-seat open cockpit shoulderwing aerobatic aircraft Neil Churchville MD close full-scale aircraft hangared So no problems obtaining documentation pho tographs showing necessary views also accomplished pilot models Tar tan Twin has very effective smoke system Im sure resulted lot videotape foot age its aerobatic routine entered first Scale contest 1971 won J-3 Cub Mark Harrell showed us still viable model win trophy did big Cub take fifth place Giant also awarded NASA Flight Achievement Award given entrant RC Scale events opinion flight judges puts impressive flight special trophy awarded hard luck guess would have gone Wayne Knight Hawker Typhoon Wayne several members Gold Coast FL club came Nats Typhoon first flew 1981 earned second high est static score Giant Scalejust 067 points behind Chambers P-51D An engine problem low ered overall score resulted sixth place model earned him George Meyer Craftsmanship Award Upon completion fourth round flying Sunday Event Director opened field demonstration flying final scores events being tallied Since Wayne didnt get airborne fourth round due recalci trant engine several elected fly just fun After sizzling performance aerobatics again experienced engine prob lem completion fast low fly-past Un fortunately model far away time Wayne misjudged touchdown stall resulted extensive damage wing However later told models first crash will repaired fly again Col Art Johnson another Gold Coast modJack Dormans Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero won Precision Scale event built Dave Platt eler entered /-scale Martin B-26B also ex drawings ST 2500 powers 185-lb model Retracts Dave Platt units perierseed some problems its two 05 90 44 Model Aviation Skip Masts one-sixteenth-scale Lockheed HO-i 30 Hercules used cargo drop Scale Option four-stroke engines fact first flight time have seen twin lose engine complete circuit field turning towards dead engine land serious damage Art made own drawings B-26 using computer equipped CAD system model shark nose 444th Bomb Squadron depicted full-scale aircraft after its fifty-second bombing mission did Art know flew full-scale aircraft combat 1944 Arts model tied Greg Wilsons Sopwith Triplane third highest static score Greg built A-scale model aid some 45 factory drawings powered 37 Sachs Dolmar static judged previously flown Greg miss NASA banquet go off local flying field some test flights Friday evening order eligible compete flying portion event next day AMA Scale General rules state cannot fly model competition unless has previously test flown predict well see superb model future AMA Precision Scale event returned year after having discontinued Nats event few years ago replaced FAI Scale F4C RC Scale event static judges permitted measure model determine its accuracy duplicating mini ature full-scale aircraft three entries winner Jack Dormans -scale A6M3 Zero Dave Platt design Jacks Zero weighed 185 lb ST 2500 up front second place Richard Allens Junkers J1O model all-metal German low-wing aircraft order WW came close Aircraft corrugated metal skins hard duplicate though Junkers highest flight score Precision its low static score hurt final outcome Last no means least Spezio Tu holer entered Dennis Hernandez built Cliff Tacies plans clear winner static points completed part flight didnt witness because other flight location So dont know what prob lem experienced two events FAI Scale Large standard F4C event Large category drew two entrants Piper Comanche Ralph Jackson won huge Waco AVN-8 entered Claude McCullough Both beau tiful models though Comanche earned slightly higher flight scores Waco lat ter might have fared better fact documentation contained photograph full-scale aircraft Claude modeled rules require maybe judges overly hard consider Waco produced AVN-8 air craft five contestants regular F4C event first place closely fought battle between George Roses SPAD XIII Steve Saugers Aeronca Sedan Although SPAD earned top static score Aeronca eventual winner because its consistently high flight scores typical Steve Sauger touch Aeronca miniature reproduction copy Sport Aviation magazine lying top instrument panelwhich featured color picture full-scale aircraft its cover Third-placer F4C another Comanche Ralph Jackson identical except size Precision entry same model Ralph flew Airolympics Scale World Championships held Lakehurst 1974 Thats bad life model airplane closely contended finish RC Scale events Sport Scale Expert class Wayne Siewarts Porsche Mooney Curtis Yeagles Beech Baron tied first place ever ties must resolved accordance rule book best tingle flight added static score Mooney beat Beech mere two points subject Waynes model basically Mooney 231 powered Porsche engine lieve built model all-balsa powered Enya 120 four-stroke Plans available Wayne can also Continued page 154 November 1988 45 First- second-place winners Sport Scale Sportsman event Chauncey Dance took first place model flying example Thirties-vintage Kinner Sportster L All-balsa model powered OS 61 four-stroke engine Richard Drake starts engine Cessna 182 1 its final official flight took second place less three points behind winner Steve Saugers FAI Scale-winning Aeronca Sedan performs its proto taxi maneuver prior takeoff Models workmanship illustrates Steve made onto 1988 US RC Scale team Claude McCulloughs unique Waco AVN-8 placed second CLass F4C Large event Thirty-lb models impressiveness helped sound its 4-stroke Saito 270 engine Best Europe s leading manufacturer Pilots supply fully positional figures National Scale Champs dress pilots known apparel Accessories include Helmets Goggles Sun Glasses Bobble Hats Baseball Caps Floppy Hats Bone Domes Oxygen Masks Meewests popular types WWI WW II sports one-piece suit stripes loll colors NATO one-piece suit map pockets olive green glider pilots turtle neck sweaters floppy hat sun glasses Standard pilot tan pants simulated leather jacket fur collar baseball cap sun glasses pilots lightest ever come painted dressed ready fly 1/4 Scale 0 Pius $500 postagi handiing 1/ Scale irmaji Have fun e parachutist ram chute rip-stop nylon ready servos Takes standard flight pack makes $9O Pius Sit Easy Ordering st deliveryPostage Handing send phone VISA MasterCard Number AH DESIGNS BI OLD WORKSHOPS FFORDDDERWEN CL WYD UK 2YR PILOT GLASSES. HOW VALUABLE IS YOUR EYESIGHT Adjustable side frames free-flow ventilation Extremely light weight added comfort Blocks harmful aviolet radiation Attractive case included ...Wraparound frame fits comfortably over prescription glasses auartz mist coated scratch resistance Made entirely Polycarbonate impact protection ANSI Z871 specifications Available in Clear shop work $1325 Amber overcast days & late afternoons $14~ Gray S14~ & Mirror S19~ sunny days CA Mask S1595 Paint Mask S2O~ member club hit prop blade throws 60 engine close range tip blade struck Safety Plus glasses saved him serious injury possibly loss eye incident convinced everyone should wear safety glasses near model airplane engines being run upEd Saul Secretary Treasurer Pikes Peak RC Club Prices include shipping handling PLIEJ5 See hobby dealer firsts doesnt have what need order direct SAFETY PLUS PO Box 1173 Dept iM Clinton MS 39056 ORDERS ONLY 1-800-842-7233 Cont US Mississippi 1601 924-9640 IMC Nats RC Scale/Preston Continued page 45 supply engine cowling etc Beech models notebook silent apologies Curtis Some other notable models Expert class order finishing Tom Dyls F6F-5 Hell cat Jeff Foleys Me-109 Charlie Nelsons Waco VKS-7F Skip Masts C-130 Joe Solkos Vultee XP-54 familiar lat ter aircraft a pusher engine twin booms double-taper wing similar Vultee Vengeance dive bomber Only two built competition Sport Scale Sportsman class saw less three points separating first second place Connecticut modeler Chaun cey Dance took first model Kin ner Sportster currently flying all-balsa construction powered 05 61 four-stroke covered Solartex finished Inter lux polyurethane Close behind Richard Drake Cessna 182 missed chance first place lost nose wheel steering mechanism prior takeoff fourth final round Sportsman event lone Senior entry RC Scale Stephen Chapis flying clipped-wing J-3 Cub father placed fifth Open category same event flying another Mid-Wing Special Space precludes description wealth detail observed host Scale modelsdetail must cumulatively ac count hundreds thousands hours spent workshops around country will pass photographs used Nats re port regular authors RC Scale col umn hopes entry 1988 Nats doesnt appear issue MA may see future issue Nats RC Soar/Blakeslee Continued page 49 four Seniors ages 15-19 flew three classes Sean Ernst Terry Riessen John Szittai Robert Teseo Check Nats results section Competition Newsletter issue see everybody placed traditional Awards Banquet held Fri day evening Chesapeake Holiday Inn MCed NSS President Pete Carr usu ally rowdy affair seemed pretty sedate year cocktail hour too short guess MINI-ELECTRIC QUICKCHARGE T ANTSTART OST ROITEMSCHAERIES VL111$2495EFC-51111$1935 includes HY-7t 5-5rops Charge Cord andLow cast Quick Chaigionly teqiilyes Connector Accesrspacers etcl4 D type batteries Ii $1795VL111RFC-402$3495 ider 7fz leads QuickSame VL-111 butideal fur accuratelyiy VL Fiight Baitery Materrs substitute uAbove charyVL Field boo 0 size modelsFLIGHT BATTERIES VL1O25-52 IHY7tl 2u St mA-Hr $1395includes HY-42 Motar P1 Prss5-63 IHY7t1 3050 mA-Hr Sb 02 luel engineCharge Plug Csrd AccessuB-33L IHY-421 3x 100 mA-Hr B-34L IHY-421 4o itO mA-Hr B-ilL IHY-421 lx itt mA-Hr Model Aviation % Scale 0 e 0 Tel 0745-53987 MINI POWER AT ITS BEST LIGHT WEIGHT MOTCPROPS HY-iB$1495 7 1 gear ratie Iar disengage Free Wheeling iS gramsII snaps ants mater HY-711R Same HY-7t Discannects Slide I-f Y-70 HY-42 Improved versional Hv-4t Appro $ 995 1295 1295 1595 1295 U
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/11
Page Numbers: 42, 43, 44, 45, 154
NEAR PERFECT Thats best way de scribe main runway Fentress Naval Auxili ary Landing Field flying site RC Scale events 1988 Nats However since Fentress auxiliary landing field no hangars perform static judging precedes flying AMA Scale competi tion events fact flying site devoid buildings allexcept housed crash/rescue squads trucks equipment So static judging took place gymnasium Great Bridge Elementary School about 15ruin drive flying site arrived school parking lot shortly after 800 am Friday July 29 found jammed Scale modelers busily unloading wide variety RC CL Scale models vans station wagons cars have tended AMA Nats since 1983 50 diffi cult make way car gymnasium because old friends renew acquaintance finally made en trance gym registration being carried out table set up shade large tree staffed Ann Cathy Underwood Shirley Sheeks Upon entering gymnasium encountered aircraft museum miniature close 100 models covering floor Seventy-two entered another six RC Scale events John Guenther Scale Category Manager Cliff Tacie RC Scale Event Direc tor supervising activities 18 judges worked teams three determine closely models entered event resem bled full-scale counterparts judges contestants entered events other judging willingness modelers volunteer time would very difficult task find sufficient number people perform exacting job static judging didnt have thermometer ap peared cooler outside gymnasium inside heat gym draw back least well lit judges could clearly see subjects scrutiny pho Scale static judging action 1 FAI RC Scale judges L-R Bill Kllenhans Bill Carper Mike Weishans examine Ralph Jacksons 14-yearold Piper Comanche Model placed third R RC Giant Scale static judges L-R Skip Mast Hal Parenti Charlie Bauer examine documen tation Martin B-26B Its builder Col Art Johnson Standing R flew full-scale aircraft combat WW II First second places RC Giant Scale L taken respectively Charlie Chambers P-51 D L Bill Carpers P-47G Curtiss P-40C R built Tom Czikk Art Johnsons plans placed third Giant Rossi 90 powers 19-lb 155-scale model 42 Model Aviation AMA NATS TIDEWATER RC Scale John Preston RC CL Scale models await static judging Great Bridge Intermediate School gymnas ium Mario Vederlinics C-47 tipped scale 398 lbjust 02 lb under limit pair Giant models used Supertigre 3000 engines Wayne Knight 1 attempts start Hawker Typhoon placed sixth Giant also received George Meyer Craftsmanship Award Fokker Eindecker R Bill Setzlers 1/3-scale beauty 20 x 6 prop pulled 105ft-span 25-lb craft model uses wing warping roll control just full-scale plane did tos didnt require flash unit owe judges big vote thanks performing tasks environment definitely un comfortable reminded first Nats heat humidity Lake Charles LA constant flow spectators through gym seemed video cameras arduous task went judges Giant Scale event because pore through documentation 29 mod els Sport Scale similar large turnout total entry 32 equally divided tween Sportsman Expert classes different team judged models entered two classes discussions sev eral people suggested Giant Scale should similarly split Sportsman Ex pert seems like good idea wouldnt surprised see such sugges tion submitted rules change proposal Because large entry close 500 pm before Giant Scale judges finally com pleted assignment real business could begina barbecue/banquet held school grounds organized National As sociation Scale Aeromodelers NASA Im sure thank bountiful feast Im betting John Guenther NASA President least involved Now Ive returned home Nats have write column place its usual au thors Bob Dolly Wischer realize what great job colleeting neeessary infor mation comparing list trophy winners notes photos see number embar rassing voids Please forgive winners did manage get pho tograph information model Flying took place two sites about quarter mile apart number times site found model needed photograph air other site Its much easier writing column about Safety trying describe won what six different RC Scale events As previously mentioned Giant Scale event entries opinion some impressive models exam ple Art Johnsons Martin B-26B Mario Yederlinics Douglas C-47 Greg Wilsons Sopwith Triplane surefire crowd pleasers because overwhelming size Others like Charlie Chambers winning P-S ID museum-quality models Big models also im pressive air because fly realisti cally small models First place Giant Scale went past member US F4C team Charlie Chambers Char lie flew same immaculate P-SI D earned him both seeond place Giant George Meyer Craftsmanship Award last years Nats unpainted aluminum fuselage fullscale Mustang faithfully duplicated -scale 225-lb model because Charlie skill fully covered lithograph plates didnt ask hours spent finishing model paid off top static score 95 out possible 100 points times past Ive heard said narrow margin Wayne Siewart L took first place Sport Scale Expert scratch-built Mooney M2OK Fifth-scale models spans 88 powered Enya 120 four-stroke Charlie Nelsons scratch-built own plans Waco VKS-7F R placed fifth Sport Scale Expert Craft uses 05 90 four-stroke power has made over 600 flights Plans based Paul Matt three-views November 1988 43 Giant Scale twin-ducted-fan Learlet 35A entered Mark Frankel takes off its official flightwhich ended crash due engine problems received static score point less Charlie Chambers winning P-51D good builders Scale models arc never good fliers dont know tune en gines Let said Charlie Chambers best two flights earned him 90 8867 25cc Moki ran flawlessly Less three points behind winner Bill Carper flying Republic P-47G built Bert Baker plans 24-lb model hauled Supertigre 3000 equipped Dave Platt retracts very realistic paint finish achieved Chevron polyurethane paint Bills model no stranger winners circle hav ing previously taken honors two Mint Ju leps Tangerine Toledo show Al though did better 90 points two flights wasnt quite enough overtake Char lie Another impressive warbird took third place Tom Czikks P-44iC built plans Art Johnson all-balsa 19-lb model 155 scale powered Rossi 90 Retracts wheel has make 900 turn during Tom Dyl L prepares Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat flight Model received third highest static score Sport Scale Expert placed third overall Uncommon Sport Scale Expert subject Joe Solkos Vultee XP-54 R scratch-built own plans placed seventh retraction cycle sometimes can present prob lems However Toms Robart units performed both flawlessly very realistic manner models fourth fifth places both nonmilitary aircraft Neil Snod grass Mid-Wing Special Mark Harrells J-3 Cub have previously judged Neils model num ber times can vouch its hard find deviation between full-scale air craft shown documentation No threeviews full-scale counterpart exist because started life Piper PA-IS think Its owner sliced off top fuselage thereby convert ing single-seat open cockpit shoulderwing aerobatic aircraft Neil Churchville MD close full-scale aircraft hangared So no problems obtaining documentation pho tographs showing necessary views also accomplished pilot models Tar tan Twin has very effective smoke system Im sure resulted lot videotape foot age its aerobatic routine entered first Scale contest 1971 won J-3 Cub Mark Harrell showed us still viable model win trophy did big Cub take fifth place Giant also awarded NASA Flight Achievement Award given entrant RC Scale events opinion flight judges puts impressive flight special trophy awarded hard luck guess would have gone Wayne Knight Hawker Typhoon Wayne several members Gold Coast FL club came Nats Typhoon first flew 1981 earned second high est static score Giant Scalejust 067 points behind Chambers P-51D An engine problem low ered overall score resulted sixth place model earned him George Meyer Craftsmanship Award Upon completion fourth round flying Sunday Event Director opened field demonstration flying final scores events being tallied Since Wayne didnt get airborne fourth round due recalci trant engine several elected fly just fun After sizzling performance aerobatics again experienced engine prob lem completion fast low fly-past Un fortunately model far away time Wayne misjudged touchdown stall resulted extensive damage wing However later told models first crash will repaired fly again Col Art Johnson another Gold Coast modJack Dormans Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero won Precision Scale event built Dave Platt eler entered /-scale Martin B-26B also ex drawings ST 2500 powers 185-lb model Retracts Dave Platt units perierseed some problems its two 05 90 44 Model Aviation Skip Masts one-sixteenth-scale Lockheed HO-i 30 Hercules used cargo drop Scale Option four-stroke engines fact first flight time have seen twin lose engine complete circuit field turning towards dead engine land serious damage Art made own drawings B-26 using computer equipped CAD system model shark nose 444th Bomb Squadron depicted full-scale aircraft after its fifty-second bombing mission did Art know flew full-scale aircraft combat 1944 Arts model tied Greg Wilsons Sopwith Triplane third highest static score Greg built A-scale model aid some 45 factory drawings powered 37 Sachs Dolmar static judged previously flown Greg miss NASA banquet go off local flying field some test flights Friday evening order eligible compete flying portion event next day AMA Scale General rules state cannot fly model competition unless has previously test flown predict well see superb model future AMA Precision Scale event returned year after having discontinued Nats event few years ago replaced FAI Scale F4C RC Scale event static judges permitted measure model determine its accuracy duplicating mini ature full-scale aircraft three entries winner Jack Dormans -scale A6M3 Zero Dave Platt design Jacks Zero weighed 185 lb ST 2500 up front second place Richard Allens Junkers J1O model all-metal German low-wing aircraft order WW came close Aircraft corrugated metal skins hard duplicate though Junkers highest flight score Precision its low static score hurt final outcome Last no means least Spezio Tu holer entered Dennis Hernandez built Cliff Tacies plans clear winner static points completed part flight didnt witness because other flight location So dont know what prob lem experienced two events FAI Scale Large standard F4C event Large category drew two entrants Piper Comanche Ralph Jackson won huge Waco AVN-8 entered Claude McCullough Both beau tiful models though Comanche earned slightly higher flight scores Waco lat ter might have fared better fact documentation contained photograph full-scale aircraft Claude modeled rules require maybe judges overly hard consider Waco produced AVN-8 air craft five contestants regular F4C event first place closely fought battle between George Roses SPAD XIII Steve Saugers Aeronca Sedan Although SPAD earned top static score Aeronca eventual winner because its consistently high flight scores typical Steve Sauger touch Aeronca miniature reproduction copy Sport Aviation magazine lying top instrument panelwhich featured color picture full-scale aircraft its cover Third-placer F4C another Comanche Ralph Jackson identical except size Precision entry same model Ralph flew Airolympics Scale World Championships held Lakehurst 1974 Thats bad life model airplane closely contended finish RC Scale events Sport Scale Expert class Wayne Siewarts Porsche Mooney Curtis Yeagles Beech Baron tied first place ever ties must resolved accordance rule book best tingle flight added static score Mooney beat Beech mere two points subject Waynes model basically Mooney 231 powered Porsche engine lieve built model all-balsa powered Enya 120 four-stroke Plans available Wayne can also Continued page 154 November 1988 45 First- second-place winners Sport Scale Sportsman event Chauncey Dance took first place model flying example Thirties-vintage Kinner Sportster L All-balsa model powered OS 61 four-stroke engine Richard Drake starts engine Cessna 182 1 its final official flight took second place less three points behind winner Steve Saugers FAI Scale-winning Aeronca Sedan performs its proto taxi maneuver prior takeoff Models workmanship illustrates Steve made onto 1988 US RC Scale team Claude McCulloughs unique Waco AVN-8 placed second CLass F4C Large event Thirty-lb models impressiveness helped sound its 4-stroke Saito 270 engine Best Europe s leading manufacturer Pilots supply fully positional figures National Scale Champs dress pilots known apparel Accessories include Helmets Goggles Sun Glasses Bobble Hats Baseball Caps Floppy Hats Bone Domes Oxygen Masks Meewests popular types WWI WW II sports one-piece suit stripes loll colors NATO one-piece suit map pockets olive green glider pilots turtle neck sweaters floppy hat sun glasses Standard pilot tan pants simulated leather jacket fur collar baseball cap sun glasses pilots lightest ever come painted dressed ready fly 1/4 Scale 0 Pius $500 postagi handiing 1/ Scale irmaji Have fun e parachutist ram chute rip-stop nylon ready servos Takes standard flight pack makes $9O Pius Sit Easy Ordering st deliveryPostage Handing send phone VISA MasterCard Number AH DESIGNS BI OLD WORKSHOPS FFORDDDERWEN CL WYD UK 2YR PILOT GLASSES. HOW VALUABLE IS YOUR EYESIGHT Adjustable side frames free-flow ventilation Extremely light weight added comfort Blocks harmful aviolet radiation Attractive case included ...Wraparound frame fits comfortably over prescription glasses auartz mist coated scratch resistance Made entirely Polycarbonate impact protection ANSI Z871 specifications Available in Clear shop work $1325 Amber overcast days & late afternoons $14~ Gray S14~ & Mirror S19~ sunny days CA Mask S1595 Paint Mask S2O~ member club hit prop blade throws 60 engine close range tip blade struck Safety Plus glasses saved him serious injury possibly loss eye incident convinced everyone should wear safety glasses near model airplane engines being run upEd Saul Secretary Treasurer Pikes Peak RC Club Prices include shipping handling PLIEJ5 See hobby dealer firsts doesnt have what need order direct SAFETY PLUS PO Box 1173 Dept iM Clinton MS 39056 ORDERS ONLY 1-800-842-7233 Cont US Mississippi 1601 924-9640 IMC Nats RC Scale/Preston Continued page 45 supply engine cowling etc Beech models notebook silent apologies Curtis Some other notable models Expert class order finishing Tom Dyls F6F-5 Hell cat Jeff Foleys Me-109 Charlie Nelsons Waco VKS-7F Skip Masts C-130 Joe Solkos Vultee XP-54 familiar lat ter aircraft a pusher engine twin booms double-taper wing similar Vultee Vengeance dive bomber Only two built competition Sport Scale Sportsman class saw less three points separating first second place Connecticut modeler Chaun cey Dance took first model Kin ner Sportster currently flying all-balsa construction powered 05 61 four-stroke covered Solartex finished Inter lux polyurethane Close behind Richard Drake Cessna 182 missed chance first place lost nose wheel steering mechanism prior takeoff fourth final round Sportsman event lone Senior entry RC Scale Stephen Chapis flying clipped-wing J-3 Cub father placed fifth Open category same event flying another Mid-Wing Special Space precludes description wealth detail observed host Scale modelsdetail must cumulatively ac count hundreds thousands hours spent workshops around country will pass photographs used Nats re port regular authors RC Scale col umn hopes entry 1988 Nats doesnt appear issue MA may see future issue Nats RC Soar/Blakeslee Continued page 49 four Seniors ages 15-19 flew three classes Sean Ernst Terry Riessen John Szittai Robert Teseo Check Nats results section Competition Newsletter issue see everybody placed traditional Awards Banquet held Fri day evening Chesapeake Holiday Inn MCed NSS President Pete Carr usu ally rowdy affair seemed pretty sedate year cocktail hour too short guess MINI-ELECTRIC QUICKCHARGE T ANTSTART OST ROITEMSCHAERIES VL111$2495EFC-51111$1935 includes HY-7t 5-5rops Charge Cord andLow cast Quick Chaigionly teqiilyes Connector Accesrspacers etcl4 D type batteries Ii $1795VL111RFC-402$3495 ider 7fz leads QuickSame VL-111 butideal fur accuratelyiy VL Fiight Baitery Materrs substitute uAbove charyVL Field boo 0 size modelsFLIGHT BATTERIES VL1O25-52 IHY7tl 2u St mA-Hr $1395includes HY-42 Motar P1 Prss5-63 IHY7t1 3050 mA-Hr Sb 02 luel engineCharge Plug Csrd AccessuB-33L IHY-421 3x 100 mA-Hr B-34L IHY-421 4o itO mA-Hr B-ilL IHY-421 lx itt mA-Hr Model Aviation % Scale 0 e 0 Tel 0745-53987 MINI POWER AT ITS BEST LIGHT WEIGHT MOTCPROPS HY-iB$1495 7 1 gear ratie Iar disengage Free Wheeling iS gramsII snaps ants mater HY-711R Same HY-7t Discannects Slide I-f Y-70 HY-42 Improved versional Hv-4t Appro $ 995 1295 1295 1595 1295 U
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/11
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NEAR PERFECT Thats best way de scribe main runway Fentress Naval Auxili ary Landing Field flying site RC Scale events 1988 Nats However since Fentress auxiliary landing field no hangars perform static judging precedes flying AMA Scale competi tion events fact flying site devoid buildings allexcept housed crash/rescue squads trucks equipment So static judging took place gymnasium Great Bridge Elementary School about 15ruin drive flying site arrived school parking lot shortly after 800 am Friday July 29 found jammed Scale modelers busily unloading wide variety RC CL Scale models vans station wagons cars have tended AMA Nats since 1983 50 diffi cult make way car gymnasium because old friends renew acquaintance finally made en trance gym registration being carried out table set up shade large tree staffed Ann Cathy Underwood Shirley Sheeks Upon entering gymnasium encountered aircraft museum miniature close 100 models covering floor Seventy-two entered another six RC Scale events John Guenther Scale Category Manager Cliff Tacie RC Scale Event Direc tor supervising activities 18 judges worked teams three determine closely models entered event resem bled full-scale counterparts judges contestants entered events other judging willingness modelers volunteer time would very difficult task find sufficient number people perform exacting job static judging didnt have thermometer ap peared cooler outside gymnasium inside heat gym draw back least well lit judges could clearly see subjects scrutiny pho Scale static judging action 1 FAI RC Scale judges L-R Bill Kllenhans Bill Carper Mike Weishans examine Ralph Jacksons 14-yearold Piper Comanche Model placed third R RC Giant Scale static judges L-R Skip Mast Hal Parenti Charlie Bauer examine documen tation Martin B-26B Its builder Col Art Johnson Standing R flew full-scale aircraft combat WW II First second places RC Giant Scale L taken respectively Charlie Chambers P-51 D L Bill Carpers P-47G Curtiss P-40C R built Tom Czikk Art Johnsons plans placed third Giant Rossi 90 powers 19-lb 155-scale model 42 Model Aviation AMA NATS TIDEWATER RC Scale John Preston RC CL Scale models await static judging Great Bridge Intermediate School gymnas ium Mario Vederlinics C-47 tipped scale 398 lbjust 02 lb under limit pair Giant models used Supertigre 3000 engines Wayne Knight 1 attempts start Hawker Typhoon placed sixth Giant also received George Meyer Craftsmanship Award Fokker Eindecker R Bill Setzlers 1/3-scale beauty 20 x 6 prop pulled 105ft-span 25-lb craft model uses wing warping roll control just full-scale plane did tos didnt require flash unit owe judges big vote thanks performing tasks environment definitely un comfortable reminded first Nats heat humidity Lake Charles LA constant flow spectators through gym seemed video cameras arduous task went judges Giant Scale event because pore through documentation 29 mod els Sport Scale similar large turnout total entry 32 equally divided tween Sportsman Expert classes different team judged models entered two classes discussions sev eral people suggested Giant Scale should similarly split Sportsman Ex pert seems like good idea wouldnt surprised see such sugges tion submitted rules change proposal Because large entry close 500 pm before Giant Scale judges finally com pleted assignment real business could begina barbecue/banquet held school grounds organized National As sociation Scale Aeromodelers NASA Im sure thank bountiful feast Im betting John Guenther NASA President least involved Now Ive returned home Nats have write column place its usual au thors Bob Dolly Wischer realize what great job colleeting neeessary infor mation comparing list trophy winners notes photos see number embar rassing voids Please forgive winners did manage get pho tograph information model Flying took place two sites about quarter mile apart number times site found model needed photograph air other site Its much easier writing column about Safety trying describe won what six different RC Scale events As previously mentioned Giant Scale event entries opinion some impressive models exam ple Art Johnsons Martin B-26B Mario Yederlinics Douglas C-47 Greg Wilsons Sopwith Triplane surefire crowd pleasers because overwhelming size Others like Charlie Chambers winning P-S ID museum-quality models Big models also im pressive air because fly realisti cally small models First place Giant Scale went past member US F4C team Charlie Chambers Char lie flew same immaculate P-SI D earned him both seeond place Giant George Meyer Craftsmanship Award last years Nats unpainted aluminum fuselage fullscale Mustang faithfully duplicated -scale 225-lb model because Charlie skill fully covered lithograph plates didnt ask hours spent finishing model paid off top static score 95 out possible 100 points times past Ive heard said narrow margin Wayne Siewart L took first place Sport Scale Expert scratch-built Mooney M2OK Fifth-scale models spans 88 powered Enya 120 four-stroke Charlie Nelsons scratch-built own plans Waco VKS-7F R placed fifth Sport Scale Expert Craft uses 05 90 four-stroke power has made over 600 flights Plans based Paul Matt three-views November 1988 43 Giant Scale twin-ducted-fan Learlet 35A entered Mark Frankel takes off its official flightwhich ended crash due engine problems received static score point less Charlie Chambers winning P-51D good builders Scale models arc never good fliers dont know tune en gines Let said Charlie Chambers best two flights earned him 90 8867 25cc Moki ran flawlessly Less three points behind winner Bill Carper flying Republic P-47G built Bert Baker plans 24-lb model hauled Supertigre 3000 equipped Dave Platt retracts very realistic paint finish achieved Chevron polyurethane paint Bills model no stranger winners circle hav ing previously taken honors two Mint Ju leps Tangerine Toledo show Al though did better 90 points two flights wasnt quite enough overtake Char lie Another impressive warbird took third place Tom Czikks P-44iC built plans Art Johnson all-balsa 19-lb model 155 scale powered Rossi 90 Retracts wheel has make 900 turn during Tom Dyl L prepares Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat flight Model received third highest static score Sport Scale Expert placed third overall Uncommon Sport Scale Expert subject Joe Solkos Vultee XP-54 R scratch-built own plans placed seventh retraction cycle sometimes can present prob lems However Toms Robart units performed both flawlessly very realistic manner models fourth fifth places both nonmilitary aircraft Neil Snod grass Mid-Wing Special Mark Harrells J-3 Cub have previously judged Neils model num ber times can vouch its hard find deviation between full-scale air craft shown documentation No threeviews full-scale counterpart exist because started life Piper PA-IS think Its owner sliced off top fuselage thereby convert ing single-seat open cockpit shoulderwing aerobatic aircraft Neil Churchville MD close full-scale aircraft hangared So no problems obtaining documentation pho tographs showing necessary views also accomplished pilot models Tar tan Twin has very effective smoke system Im sure resulted lot videotape foot age its aerobatic routine entered first Scale contest 1971 won J-3 Cub Mark Harrell showed us still viable model win trophy did big Cub take fifth place Giant also awarded NASA Flight Achievement Award given entrant RC Scale events opinion flight judges puts impressive flight special trophy awarded hard luck guess would have gone Wayne Knight Hawker Typhoon Wayne several members Gold Coast FL club came Nats Typhoon first flew 1981 earned second high est static score Giant Scalejust 067 points behind Chambers P-51D An engine problem low ered overall score resulted sixth place model earned him George Meyer Craftsmanship Award Upon completion fourth round flying Sunday Event Director opened field demonstration flying final scores events being tallied Since Wayne didnt get airborne fourth round due recalci trant engine several elected fly just fun After sizzling performance aerobatics again experienced engine prob lem completion fast low fly-past Un fortunately model far away time Wayne misjudged touchdown stall resulted extensive damage wing However later told models first crash will repaired fly again Col Art Johnson another Gold Coast modJack Dormans Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero won Precision Scale event built Dave Platt eler entered /-scale Martin B-26B also ex drawings ST 2500 powers 185-lb model Retracts Dave Platt units perierseed some problems its two 05 90 44 Model Aviation Skip Masts one-sixteenth-scale Lockheed HO-i 30 Hercules used cargo drop Scale Option four-stroke engines fact first flight time have seen twin lose engine complete circuit field turning towards dead engine land serious damage Art made own drawings B-26 using computer equipped CAD system model shark nose 444th Bomb Squadron depicted full-scale aircraft after its fifty-second bombing mission did Art know flew full-scale aircraft combat 1944 Arts model tied Greg Wilsons Sopwith Triplane third highest static score Greg built A-scale model aid some 45 factory drawings powered 37 Sachs Dolmar static judged previously flown Greg miss NASA banquet go off local flying field some test flights Friday evening order eligible compete flying portion event next day AMA Scale General rules state cannot fly model competition unless has previously test flown predict well see superb model future AMA Precision Scale event returned year after having discontinued Nats event few years ago replaced FAI Scale F4C RC Scale event static judges permitted measure model determine its accuracy duplicating mini ature full-scale aircraft three entries winner Jack Dormans -scale A6M3 Zero Dave Platt design Jacks Zero weighed 185 lb ST 2500 up front second place Richard Allens Junkers J1O model all-metal German low-wing aircraft order WW came close Aircraft corrugated metal skins hard duplicate though Junkers highest flight score Precision its low static score hurt final outcome Last no means least Spezio Tu holer entered Dennis Hernandez built Cliff Tacies plans clear winner static points completed part flight didnt witness because other flight location So dont know what prob lem experienced two events FAI Scale Large standard F4C event Large category drew two entrants Piper Comanche Ralph Jackson won huge Waco AVN-8 entered Claude McCullough Both beau tiful models though Comanche earned slightly higher flight scores Waco lat ter might have fared better fact documentation contained photograph full-scale aircraft Claude modeled rules require maybe judges overly hard consider Waco produced AVN-8 air craft five contestants regular F4C event first place closely fought battle between George Roses SPAD XIII Steve Saugers Aeronca Sedan Although SPAD earned top static score Aeronca eventual winner because its consistently high flight scores typical Steve Sauger touch Aeronca miniature reproduction copy Sport Aviation magazine lying top instrument panelwhich featured color picture full-scale aircraft its cover Third-placer F4C another Comanche Ralph Jackson identical except size Precision entry same model Ralph flew Airolympics Scale World Championships held Lakehurst 1974 Thats bad life model airplane closely contended finish RC Scale events Sport Scale Expert class Wayne Siewarts Porsche Mooney Curtis Yeagles Beech Baron tied first place ever ties must resolved accordance rule book best tingle flight added static score Mooney beat Beech mere two points subject Waynes model basically Mooney 231 powered Porsche engine lieve built model all-balsa powered Enya 120 four-stroke Plans available Wayne can also Continued page 154 November 1988 45 First- second-place winners Sport Scale Sportsman event Chauncey Dance took first place model flying example Thirties-vintage Kinner Sportster L All-balsa model powered OS 61 four-stroke engine Richard Drake starts engine Cessna 182 1 its final official flight took second place less three points behind winner Steve Saugers FAI Scale-winning Aeronca Sedan performs its proto taxi maneuver prior takeoff Models workmanship illustrates Steve made onto 1988 US RC Scale team Claude McCulloughs unique Waco AVN-8 placed second CLass F4C Large event Thirty-lb models impressiveness helped sound its 4-stroke Saito 270 engine Best Europe s leading manufacturer Pilots supply fully positional figures National Scale Champs dress pilots known apparel Accessories include Helmets Goggles Sun Glasses Bobble Hats Baseball Caps Floppy Hats Bone Domes Oxygen Masks Meewests popular types WWI WW II sports one-piece suit stripes loll colors NATO one-piece suit map pockets olive green glider pilots turtle neck sweaters floppy hat sun glasses Standard pilot tan pants simulated leather jacket fur collar baseball cap sun glasses pilots lightest ever come painted dressed ready fly 1/4 Scale 0 Pius $500 postagi handiing 1/ Scale irmaji Have fun e parachutist ram chute rip-stop nylon ready servos Takes standard flight pack makes $9O Pius Sit Easy Ordering st deliveryPostage Handing send phone VISA MasterCard Number AH DESIGNS BI OLD WORKSHOPS FFORDDDERWEN CL WYD UK 2YR PILOT GLASSES. HOW VALUABLE IS YOUR EYESIGHT Adjustable side frames free-flow ventilation Extremely light weight added comfort Blocks harmful aviolet radiation Attractive case included ...Wraparound frame fits comfortably over prescription glasses auartz mist coated scratch resistance Made entirely Polycarbonate impact protection ANSI Z871 specifications Available in Clear shop work $1325 Amber overcast days & late afternoons $14~ Gray S14~ & Mirror S19~ sunny days CA Mask S1595 Paint Mask S2O~ member club hit prop blade throws 60 engine close range tip blade struck Safety Plus glasses saved him serious injury possibly loss eye incident convinced everyone should wear safety glasses near model airplane engines being run upEd Saul Secretary Treasurer Pikes Peak RC Club Prices include shipping handling PLIEJ5 See hobby dealer firsts doesnt have what need order direct SAFETY PLUS PO Box 1173 Dept iM Clinton MS 39056 ORDERS ONLY 1-800-842-7233 Cont US Mississippi 1601 924-9640 IMC Nats RC Scale/Preston Continued page 45 supply engine cowling etc Beech models notebook silent apologies Curtis Some other notable models Expert class order finishing Tom Dyls F6F-5 Hell cat Jeff Foleys Me-109 Charlie Nelsons Waco VKS-7F Skip Masts C-130 Joe Solkos Vultee XP-54 familiar lat ter aircraft a pusher engine twin booms double-taper wing similar Vultee Vengeance dive bomber Only two built competition Sport Scale Sportsman class saw less three points separating first second place Connecticut modeler Chaun cey Dance took first model Kin ner Sportster currently flying all-balsa construction powered 05 61 four-stroke covered Solartex finished Inter lux polyurethane Close behind Richard Drake Cessna 182 missed chance first place lost nose wheel steering mechanism prior takeoff fourth final round Sportsman event lone Senior entry RC Scale Stephen Chapis flying clipped-wing J-3 Cub father placed fifth Open category same event flying another Mid-Wing Special Space precludes description wealth detail observed host Scale modelsdetail must cumulatively ac count hundreds thousands hours spent workshops around country will pass photographs used Nats re port regular authors RC Scale col umn hopes entry 1988 Nats doesnt appear issue MA may see future issue Nats RC Soar/Blakeslee Continued page 49 four Seniors ages 15-19 flew three classes Sean Ernst Terry Riessen John Szittai Robert Teseo Check Nats results section Competition Newsletter issue see everybody placed traditional Awards Banquet held Fri day evening Chesapeake Holiday Inn MCed NSS President Pete Carr usu ally rowdy affair seemed pretty sedate year cocktail hour too short guess MINI-ELECTRIC QUICKCHARGE T ANTSTART OST ROITEMSCHAERIES VL111$2495EFC-51111$1935 includes HY-7t 5-5rops Charge Cord andLow cast Quick Chaigionly teqiilyes Connector Accesrspacers etcl4 D type batteries Ii $1795VL111RFC-402$3495 ider 7fz leads QuickSame VL-111 butideal fur accuratelyiy VL Fiight Baitery Materrs substitute uAbove charyVL Field boo 0 size modelsFLIGHT BATTERIES VL1O25-52 IHY7tl 2u St mA-Hr $1395includes HY-42 Motar P1 Prss5-63 IHY7t1 3050 mA-Hr Sb 02 luel engineCharge Plug Csrd AccessuB-33L IHY-421 3x 100 mA-Hr B-34L IHY-421 4o itO mA-Hr B-ilL IHY-421 lx itt mA-Hr Model Aviation % Scale 0 e 0 Tel 0745-53987 MINI POWER AT ITS BEST LIGHT WEIGHT MOTCPROPS HY-iB$1495 7 1 gear ratie Iar disengage Free Wheeling iS gramsII snaps ants mater HY-711R Same HY-7t Discannects Slide I-f Y-70 HY-42 Improved versional Hv-4t Appro $ 995 1295 1295 1595 1295 U
Edition: Model Aviation - 1988/11
Page Numbers: 42, 43, 44, 45, 154
NEAR PERFECT Thats best way de scribe main runway Fentress Naval Auxili ary Landing Field flying site RC Scale events 1988 Nats However since Fentress auxiliary landing field no hangars perform static judging precedes flying AMA Scale competi tion events fact flying site devoid buildings allexcept housed crash/rescue squads trucks equipment So static judging took place gymnasium Great Bridge Elementary School about 15ruin drive flying site arrived school parking lot shortly after 800 am Friday July 29 found jammed Scale modelers busily unloading wide variety RC CL Scale models vans station wagons cars have tended AMA Nats since 1983 50 diffi cult make way car gymnasium because old friends renew acquaintance finally made en trance gym registration being carried out table set up shade large tree staffed Ann Cathy Underwood Shirley Sheeks Upon entering gymnasium encountered aircraft museum miniature close 100 models covering floor Seventy-two entered another six RC Scale events John Guenther Scale Category Manager Cliff Tacie RC Scale Event Direc tor supervising activities 18 judges worked teams three determine closely models entered event resem bled full-scale counterparts judges contestants entered events other judging willingness modelers volunteer time would very difficult task find sufficient number people perform exacting job static judging didnt have thermometer ap peared cooler outside gymnasium inside heat gym draw back least well lit judges could clearly see subjects scrutiny pho Scale static judging action 1 FAI RC Scale judges L-R Bill Kllenhans Bill Carper Mike Weishans examine Ralph Jacksons 14-yearold Piper Comanche Model placed third R RC Giant Scale static judges L-R Skip Mast Hal Parenti Charlie Bauer examine documen tation Martin B-26B Its builder Col Art Johnson Standing R flew full-scale aircraft combat WW II First second places RC Giant Scale L taken respectively Charlie Chambers P-51 D L Bill Carpers P-47G Curtiss P-40C R built Tom Czikk Art Johnsons plans placed third Giant Rossi 90 powers 19-lb 155-scale model 42 Model Aviation AMA NATS TIDEWATER RC Scale John Preston RC CL Scale models await static judging Great Bridge Intermediate School gymnas ium Mario Vederlinics C-47 tipped scale 398 lbjust 02 lb under limit pair Giant models used Supertigre 3000 engines Wayne Knight 1 attempts start Hawker Typhoon placed sixth Giant also received George Meyer Craftsmanship Award Fokker Eindecker R Bill Setzlers 1/3-scale beauty 20 x 6 prop pulled 105ft-span 25-lb craft model uses wing warping roll control just full-scale plane did tos didnt require flash unit owe judges big vote thanks performing tasks environment definitely un comfortable reminded first Nats heat humidity Lake Charles LA constant flow spectators through gym seemed video cameras arduous task went judges Giant Scale event because pore through documentation 29 mod els Sport Scale similar large turnout total entry 32 equally divided tween Sportsman Expert classes different team judged models entered two classes discussions sev eral people suggested Giant Scale should similarly split Sportsman Ex pert seems like good idea wouldnt surprised see such sugges tion submitted rules change proposal Because large entry close 500 pm before Giant Scale judges finally com pleted assignment real business could begina barbecue/banquet held school grounds organized National As sociation Scale Aeromodelers NASA Im sure thank bountiful feast Im betting John Guenther NASA President least involved Now Ive returned home Nats have write column place its usual au thors Bob Dolly Wischer realize what great job colleeting neeessary infor mation comparing list trophy winners notes photos see number embar rassing voids Please forgive winners did manage get pho tograph information model Flying took place two sites about quarter mile apart number times site found model needed photograph air other site Its much easier writing column about Safety trying describe won what six different RC Scale events As previously mentioned Giant Scale event entries opinion some impressive models exam ple Art Johnsons Martin B-26B Mario Yederlinics Douglas C-47 Greg Wilsons Sopwith Triplane surefire crowd pleasers because overwhelming size Others like Charlie Chambers winning P-S ID museum-quality models Big models also im pressive air because fly realisti cally small models First place Giant Scale went past member US F4C team Charlie Chambers Char lie flew same immaculate P-SI D earned him both seeond place Giant George Meyer Craftsmanship Award last years Nats unpainted aluminum fuselage fullscale Mustang faithfully duplicated -scale 225-lb model because Charlie skill fully covered lithograph plates didnt ask hours spent finishing model paid off top static score 95 out possible 100 points times past Ive heard said narrow margin Wayne Siewart L took first place Sport Scale Expert scratch-built Mooney M2OK Fifth-scale models spans 88 powered Enya 120 four-stroke Charlie Nelsons scratch-built own plans Waco VKS-7F R placed fifth Sport Scale Expert Craft uses 05 90 four-stroke power has made over 600 flights Plans based Paul Matt three-views November 1988 43 Giant Scale twin-ducted-fan Learlet 35A entered Mark Frankel takes off its official flightwhich ended crash due engine problems received static score point less Charlie Chambers winning P-51D good builders Scale models arc never good fliers dont know tune en gines Let said Charlie Chambers best two flights earned him 90 8867 25cc Moki ran flawlessly Less three points behind winner Bill Carper flying Republic P-47G built Bert Baker plans 24-lb model hauled Supertigre 3000 equipped Dave Platt retracts very realistic paint finish achieved Chevron polyurethane paint Bills model no stranger winners circle hav ing previously taken honors two Mint Ju leps Tangerine Toledo show Al though did better 90 points two flights wasnt quite enough overtake Char lie Another impressive warbird took third place Tom Czikks P-44iC built plans Art Johnson all-balsa 19-lb model 155 scale powered Rossi 90 Retracts wheel has make 900 turn during Tom Dyl L prepares Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat flight Model received third highest static score Sport Scale Expert placed third overall Uncommon Sport Scale Expert subject Joe Solkos Vultee XP-54 R scratch-built own plans placed seventh retraction cycle sometimes can present prob lems However Toms Robart units performed both flawlessly very realistic manner models fourth fifth places both nonmilitary aircraft Neil Snod grass Mid-Wing Special Mark Harrells J-3 Cub have previously judged Neils model num ber times can vouch its hard find deviation between full-scale air craft shown documentation No threeviews full-scale counterpart exist because started life Piper PA-IS think Its owner sliced off top fuselage thereby convert ing single-seat open cockpit shoulderwing aerobatic aircraft Neil Churchville MD close full-scale aircraft hangared So no problems obtaining documentation pho tographs showing necessary views also accomplished pilot models Tar tan Twin has very effective smoke system Im sure resulted lot videotape foot age its aerobatic routine entered first Scale contest 1971 won J-3 Cub Mark Harrell showed us still viable model win trophy did big Cub take fifth place Giant also awarded NASA Flight Achievement Award given entrant RC Scale events opinion flight judges puts impressive flight special trophy awarded hard luck guess would have gone Wayne Knight Hawker Typhoon Wayne several members Gold Coast FL club came Nats Typhoon first flew 1981 earned second high est static score Giant Scalejust 067 points behind Chambers P-51D An engine problem low ered overall score resulted sixth place model earned him George Meyer Craftsmanship Award Upon completion fourth round flying Sunday Event Director opened field demonstration flying final scores events being tallied Since Wayne didnt get airborne fourth round due recalci trant engine several elected fly just fun After sizzling performance aerobatics again experienced engine prob lem completion fast low fly-past Un fortunately model far away time Wayne misjudged touchdown stall resulted extensive damage wing However later told models first crash will repaired fly again Col Art Johnson another Gold Coast modJack Dormans Mitsubishi A6M3 Zero won Precision Scale event built Dave Platt eler entered /-scale Martin B-26B also ex drawings ST 2500 powers 185-lb model Retracts Dave Platt units perierseed some problems its two 05 90 44 Model Aviation Skip Masts one-sixteenth-scale Lockheed HO-i 30 Hercules used cargo drop Scale Option four-stroke engines fact first flight time have seen twin lose engine complete circuit field turning towards dead engine land serious damage Art made own drawings B-26 using computer equipped CAD system model shark nose 444th Bomb Squadron depicted full-scale aircraft after its fifty-second bombing mission did Art know flew full-scale aircraft combat 1944 Arts model tied Greg Wilsons Sopwith Triplane third highest static score Greg built A-scale model aid some 45 factory drawings powered 37 Sachs Dolmar static judged previously flown Greg miss NASA banquet go off local flying field some test flights Friday evening order eligible compete flying portion event next day AMA Scale General rules state cannot fly model competition unless has previously test flown predict well see superb model future AMA Precision Scale event returned year after having discontinued Nats event few years ago replaced FAI Scale F4C RC Scale event static judges permitted measure model determine its accuracy duplicating mini ature full-scale aircraft three entries winner Jack Dormans -scale A6M3 Zero Dave Platt design Jacks Zero weighed 185 lb ST 2500 up front second place Richard Allens Junkers J1O model all-metal German low-wing aircraft order WW came close Aircraft corrugated metal skins hard duplicate though Junkers highest flight score Precision its low static score hurt final outcome Last no means least Spezio Tu holer entered Dennis Hernandez built Cliff Tacies plans clear winner static points completed part flight didnt witness because other flight location So dont know what prob lem experienced two events FAI Scale Large standard F4C event Large category drew two entrants Piper Comanche Ralph Jackson won huge Waco AVN-8 entered Claude McCullough Both beau tiful models though Comanche earned slightly higher flight scores Waco lat ter might have fared better fact documentation contained photograph full-scale aircraft Claude modeled rules require maybe judges overly hard consider Waco produced AVN-8 air craft five contestants regular F4C event first place closely fought battle between George Roses SPAD XIII Steve Saugers Aeronca Sedan Although SPAD earned top static score Aeronca eventual winner because its consistently high flight scores typical Steve Sauger touch Aeronca miniature reproduction copy Sport Aviation magazine lying top instrument panelwhich featured color picture full-scale aircraft its cover Third-placer F4C another Comanche Ralph Jackson identical except size Precision entry same model Ralph flew Airolympics Scale World Championships held Lakehurst 1974 Thats bad life model airplane closely contended finish RC Scale events Sport Scale Expert class Wayne Siewarts Porsche Mooney Curtis Yeagles Beech Baron tied first place ever ties must resolved accordance rule book best tingle flight added static score Mooney beat Beech mere two points subject Waynes model basically Mooney 231 powered Porsche engine lieve built model all-balsa powered Enya 120 four-stroke Plans available Wayne can also Continued page 154 November 1988 45 First- second-place winners Sport Scale Sportsman event Chauncey Dance took first place model flying example Thirties-vintage Kinner Sportster L All-balsa model powered OS 61 four-stroke engine Richard Drake starts engine Cessna 182 1 its final official flight took second place less 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