Sound & Aeronautics Howard Crispin Jr STATEMENTS There very reai prob lem exists relative sound levels model aeronautics Word coming out some individuals representing 90-dBat-9 ft guideline mandatory require ment Academy being done letters public officials process obtaining flying sites have followed writings publications including Model Aviation know mandatory requirement Academy state otherwise establishes very danger ous precedent making such false state ment may very well prevent acquisi tion flying sites surely restrict classes aircraft may operated have attention engine manufacturers propeller manufacturers muffler pipe manufacturersand above model fliers wholewe can consider mandatory rules As certain competition categories mandatory sound abatement figure have goal getting operations quiet will arrive point purpose 90-at-9 valid standard sites problems potential prob lems anything will endanger flying sites doubt get statement AMA Headquarters tornnce rruu. . , Road Mt Morris Ml 48458 proper name system VIBRA-DAMP Engine Mounting System man behind product David von Linsowe David active participant Pattern competition fly ing F3A has involved himself some de tailed research common areas stallation propellers sound would like have read letter David some work VIBRA-DAMP Engine Mounting Sys tem introduced Toledo Show due testing manufacturing volved marketing has taken backseat putting highest quality product market So universal isolation mount masses let us get little background Because noise testing can very diffi cult make repeatable especially noise airframe vibration chose use aver age G force transmission determine effectiveness isolation engine mount testing done using foam-isolated engine test stand reduce vibration absorp tion An airplane could have used because wide diversity mount configurations engines tested consist ent airframe isolation could have maintained Early testing inconsistency showing up Although accurate tach being used engine itself pro ducing same amount G forces time found changing mix ture slightly rich lean would change engine vibrational force 92 Cs 150 Cs An exhaust gas temperature gauge employed set needle valve engine became consistent method works well Im thinking building probe right airplane Its also very handy setting midrange idle accelerometer mounted such way measure both vertical rota tional vibration important because en gine vibrating both modes simultane ously main objective testing compare what has used versus what could accomplished special rubber compounds mount spacing lot credit needs go Myrle Hyde Dean Koger pioneering efforts soft Chips chuckle first saw engine flopping around idle reference mounting systems used comparison Hyde ner tube mount Tech Products 5305 neoprene bushings two mounting methods produced very similar test results 211/2 Cs 20 Cs respectively inner tube mount also exhibited movement during running neoprene should noted anyone testing new isolation mounting system should use ex treme caution Unlike solid mount will give some indication failure un tested isolation mount may fail little warning Continued page 120 RC Equipment Certified following radio systems transmitters receivers have independently cer tified registered professional test labo ratory retained manufacturer US importer distributor meeting exceeding Radio Control equipment specifications detailed Academy Guidelines operation 20 kHz fre quency spacing testing done spe cifically listing time products FCC type acceptance procedure listing made matter informa tion construed en dorsement products listed Airtronics Ai rtronics Spectra PCM 7P 7H Receiver Part No 92985 Quantum PCM 8P 8H Receiver Part No 92985 AirtronicsModule Series FM MD7P 75P Receiver Part No 92785 Vanguard FM/PCM 4 6 Receiver Part No 92965 Vanguard FM 4 6 Ch Receiver Part No 92765 Airtronics Airtronics Future issues Model Aviation will con tain expanded listing additional infor mation received AMA AMA HQ SERVICES STAFF 0 Executive Director John worth 0 Executive Coordinator Joyce Hager S Administrative Services Director Robert Iojslavek 0 Technical Director Bob Underwood 0 Comptroller Lynne Collins 0 Competition Services Director Micheiine Madison 0 Special Services Director Carl Maroney C Membership Director Mike Woodiolk C Public Relations Director Geoff Styles 0 Special Prolecte Director Doug Pratt e Publications Director Carl R Wheeley 0 Nate General Manager Vince Mankowaki 0 Museum Curator Hurst Bowers 0 General Counsel Jeremiah Courtney AMAs Executive Council equivalent Board Directors basically composed President Executive Vice President Executive Director 11 district vice Presidents officers provided space month AMA News publication What say space however matter personal viewpoint sole responsibility author views may may represent official position AMA Executive Council January 1989 119 photo above depicts vibration iso lation mount assembly manufactured Per 0 ommended 60-size engines doesnt come hard contact en gine during normal running Does work bet does last years Masters Tournament airplane judged noisier air some judges 88 Nats year same airplane engine pipe prop com bination addition VIBRA DAMP engine mount judged jury quiet per FAI in-flight noise bonus must remembered exhaust prop tip velocity play impor tant role achieving really quiet airplane soft-mounted engine will AMA AMA Life Members.. Over 100 people have signed up over years pay Life Membership Ac ademy memberships cost $1000 may paid lump sum two four installments typical Life Membership initiated $250 down payment followed $250 fol lowing three years memberships recognized taxdeductible contributions Interesting side light Several families have two Life Memberships Bryant Thompson family first total four AMA-recommended maximum sound measure ment 90 dB 9 ft AMA requirement Ive enclosed info NASA Tech Briefs talked about Nats think will find very interesting Maybe AMA could get NASA run some props doing test ing recent trend increase pitch reducing diameter will leave lot people less desirable results Octo ber article Model Aviation explains higher-pitched props will have longer realistic takeoff roll demonstrates loss performance course have relatively short takeoff rolls taking account scale effects have tremendous advantage wing loading power-to-weight ratio over full-size counterparts reduce noise gen erated prop tip speeds must brought down need out reducing performance FAI fliers went high-pitched props effort reduce engine rpmand hence lower tip speeds During changeover FAI airplanes also chang ingbecoming larger cleaner designs weighed less allowed use less efficient pro pellers still maintaining same per formance Sport fliers will want continue airplanes theyve using ex cept make quieter means prop must designed load en gine down desirable rpm tip speed reduction same time maintain relatively high efficiency rpm direction took prop research reduce engine rpm going wide 1-1 12* L-3 LA L-5 L6* L-7 1-8 1-9 L-10 L-11 L-12 1-13 1-14 1-15 1-16 L17* 1-18 1-19 1-20 1-21 1-22 1-23 1-24 1-25 1-26 1-27 1-28 1-29 1-30 1-31 1-32 1-33 1-34 1-35 1-36 1-37 1-38 1-39 1-39 1-40 1-41 1-42 143* 1-44 1-45 1-46 1-47 1-48 1-49 1-50 Philip J Baugh Jr Jack C Lowe Joseph P Coles Walter Wydler Jeremiah Courtney Matthew Sullivan Ed Manulkin Leon Shulman Jim McNeill Francis M Flinsch Gil Rifkin James H Artz Don Shulman Bob Elliott R C Andre Louis J Andrews Billy B Dunlop Mark Smith Robert Leisses Weldon Smith Earl Witt Sidney Axelrod Carolyn Axeirod Dr James M Edwards Joseph S Guylas Jr Bryant Thompson Dick McCoy Robert Krafft Donald Krafft H Stan Chilton Gene Reynolds Clifford Ritchie Jerry Bell Robert W Gross Ron Ross Sam J Rosenbloom Earl Boteler Helen Olsen Ellaine Thompson Elaine Thompson Roger Olsen John Reynolds Richard D Nelson Daniel J Pruss Raymond Meyers Brent Coyne Robert C Gero George M Aldrich Jay S Gerber Mark N Thompson George W Dickinson 1-51 1-52 1-53 1-54 1-55 1-56 1-57 1-58 1-59 1-60 1-61 1-62 1-63 1-64 1-65 166* 1-67 1-68 1-69 1-70 1-71 1-72 1-73 1-74 1-75 1-76 1-77 1-78 1-79 1-80 1-81 1-82 1-83 1-84 1-85 1-86 1-87 1-88 1-89 1-90 1-91 1-92 1-93 1-95 1-96 1-98 1-99 1-100 1-101 1-102 1-103 Dewey Broberg Joyce Good Irwin G Ohlsson Jr Paul Bender Jim Clem Maxey Hester Hazel Sig-Hester Franklin H Alden Morten Tanger James Grier Jim Simpson Gerald F Cavanaugh Vincent F Gutschalk W D Thompson Jr Francis J Hildenbrand Lee Renaud George C Watson Paul R Habel H Sanford Frank David McDonald Herbert Johnson Jr Cara Lee Thompson John D Doyle Robert G Diefenderfer Fred Bopp Joe Zingali Raymond G Marvin Barbara Gerber Jeff Troy John Reed Jr Edward Teal Joseph H Konefes Kenneth Kortright Robert Spivey Jim Pope Orval C Steward Paul Binkley Jef Raskin Marty Zellman Russ Nitach Albert H Doerr Edward Hydorn Jr Frank Tlush Christopher E Wimmer James B Porter Jr Donald Draskovich Robert C Wimmer Bill Schmidt Albert J Sambold Sr David Copeman Jim Bybee 1-104 1-105 1-106 1-107 1-108 1-109 1-110 1-111 1-112 1-113 1-114 1-115 1-116 1-117 1-118 1-119 1-120 1-121 1-122 1-123 1-124 1-125 1-126 1-127 1-128 1-129 1-132 1-139 1-163 1-222 1-288 1-289 1-297 1-300 1-331 1-409 1-418 1-555 1-702 1-1000 1-1220 1-1256 1-1921 1-2664 1-3120 1-4037 1-5098 1-7009 1-20244 1-42487 *Deceased William Langenberg James S Jauregui John Schifko Cole B E Thompson Roy Propst Benjamin M Trapnell Jim Weir Joseph C Larsen Fred Angel H K Warner Ray B Sahlberg William Raub Rex R Powell Joel Rindler Rod Smith Thomas 1 Stennis Robert W Rich Richard C Reed Richard Grimm Jr Kermit Walker R S Keeton Jr Mike Dunn Alexander Lepak William R Bigge Billy T White Charles Hunsicker Jr David Rosen John H Hood Jr Jim Coffin Edward Norman David Bridi Ron Morgan Steve landy Penny Thompson William G Bennett Lawrence W Petty Travis McGinnis Joe Klause C M Tuthill Duane Renken Ed Izzo Charles R Poulton II Edward E Watts Ill William Hanson Robert Gialdini Gary Hutchison Dick Austin Richard P Aley Bob Wiacher Stanford Hightower September attended Friendship Tournament spacemodels rocketry NASA Wallops Flight Facility East ern Shore Virginia Soviet-US com petition arranged Howard Kuhn FAI spacemodeling ClAM representative Howard commended hard work making difficult arrangements NASA lauded wonderful host Wallops main base short dis tance famous Wallops Island Rock et Launch Facility fact wit nessed experimental rocket launch icing cake NASA could have accommodating its provision site accommodations materiel support weather perfect spirit friendliness between teams apparent Local residents provided sup port Bar-B-Que enjoyin super experience discussed Russian FAI ClAM representative possibility US-Soviet friendship tournament F3A RC Aerobatics response positive will pursue idea Russian fliers have never competed F3A World Champi onships Early October found Huntsville AL attending RC Report-sponsored Fun-Fly event fiercely contested myr iad prizes supplied industry thanks Gordon Banks supporters fine event real positive impact modeling area Interestingly fliers required meet finite noise limit 99 dB According Gordon club will progressively en force reduction noise limit over timea good example us seems what needed now set standardized rules can make fun-fly competition rule book event RC Report has very supportive AMA appreciate week later attended belated AMA Free Flight Nats canceled July because loss flying site Tony Ital iano President National Free Flight Society located site arranged hold Nationals October Thanks Tony crew Nats events held traditional trophies awarded facility Lawrenceville wideopen 3000-plus acres former military base now leased Govern ment private aircraft operations site permitted unimpeded vehicle chase FF planes over two miles Free Flight contests have held couple times annually last seven years SAM Championships held last July over 250 fliers participating see possible combined Nats site will look possibility ran some longtime friends some did know flew Free Flight Marty Richardson Frank Heeb Dayton OH Bob Johannnes now living St Louis RC flying friend lived Dayton Dave Platt RC Scale Board Chairman Ed Keck longtime RC Pattern flier Ed flying FF very competitively loving Bob Johannes comments Free Flight 1 love pure aesthetics ita terrific climb smooth transition beautiful glide Bob used fly full-scale gliders Believe Free Flight alive well really prospers good fly ing site met Sal Taibi real legend Free Flight president SAM Sal heroes started model flying real gentleman exudes best mod el aviation Hes lifetime love mod eling has very positive outlook life Did know Sal owns really clas sic 56 Chevy has over 550000 miles has crossed nation over 30 times attend contests uses chase vehicle automobile should bronzed put AMA museum writing am Kentucky way Reston October AMA Coun cil meeting have real knotty agenda before us feel thresh old real growth important aspect will possible acquisition na tional flying site hopefully followed otherswhat boon quality competi tion would well media expo sure hobby Everywhere go Im excited quality model aviation countryand its getting better time some thing everyone Sure have some problemsgrowing pains main tain positive outlook can solve problems thing Im absolutely con vinced cannot please dividual no matter hard try Per sonally Im trying maintain focus overall advancement hobby prod uct development flying sites frequencies insurance competition membership servic es public acceptance etc just hope can maintain BALANCE objec tives get bogged down triv ial Based current membership growth rate approximately 10% should have over 140000 members end 1988 rate will 225000 strong five years Thats bad 500000 number represents about 10% aeromodelers country interested growth means could provide support services aeromodelers country does mean expanded bureaucracy Head quartersonly what NECESSARY meet needs membership Simply stated members means impact dealing public sectorthose control property flying sites controlling public lands control ling acquisition radio frequencies addition having resources means direct acquisition flying sites assist ance local basis acquiring same along increasing exposure televi sion radio periodicals Very simply individual modeler will benefit larger membership AMA abso lute necessity growth advancement model aviation country world believe get behind membership drive influence other fliers know join organiza tibn January 1989 121 Presidents Corner President ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS DON LOWE 902 Little Bend Rd Altamonto Springs FJ32714 SOvietteams Spacemodels Friend ship Tournament Free Flight Nets Lawrencevme IL Bob Johannes cranks up Tony Hutchins member youth World Champs team North Korean FF model obtained Poland incredible workmanshin features Soviet Scale rocket model Soya sean Wallops Island Unbelievable workmanship fliesl Executive VPs Report Dave Drown AMA Executive VP 4560 Layhigh Rd Hamilton OH 45013 someone mentions AMA Mu seum people think display heritage model aviation AMA AMA Museum ever-changing showcase talent American modeler well valuable tool research through Lee Renaud li brary museum valuable asset AMA However AMA HQ building de signed originally house headquar ters plus museum intention floorspace entire wing would rented someone else Although tenant very short time never really did rent out space Ironically ended up using area museum stor age tenant vacated Later area used Member ship Department became too small de partment moved erstwhile museum storage space shortly thereafter museum exhibit space expanded area membership vacated left museum occupying nearly 30% floorspace building just fine established growth AMA recent years has quite remarkable example fin ished 1984 94602 members f ished 1988 membership 138057 increase 46% just four years takes staff handle increased workload takes space house staff last Executive Council meeting considered options expansion HQ building After being presented number proposals getting rough esti mates Council decided close por tion large museum atrium use working space effect would re duce museum floorspace about half what now has proposal has met lot oppo sition AMA membership Because opposition because ongo ing search large piece property serve national flying siteand come location Headquarters wellsome us have begun think about whether right move Financially makes sense esti mates would cost about $150000 would net us about 2500 sq ft us able space problem some question whether addition would increase value building fact some think may reduce value building As short-term three-to-five year alterna tive could rent outside space per haps moving part operations out separate quarters can also per haps reduce museum size portion lies outside atrium leaving museum its original size esthetics building unspoiled something sort will have increase efforts find national site urgency thereof cant imagine stopgap solution could solve longer-term space problem Right now have approximately 50 employees squeezed approximately 10000 sq ft total floor space including lavoratories HVAC equip ment computer room storage just too tight efficient operations Dont feel badly conference room has just converted data input de partment membership renewal process ing four people guess Executive Council will have meet nearby hotel Oh well no said cost growth cheap Executive Directors View HQ John Worth AMA Executive Director 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 89 Nats Free Flight. came out bluea sudden flash light after weeks darkness 88 Na tional Championships much gloom caused cancellation Out door Free Flight events except Scale after farm planned events no longer available day before 1988 contest began AMA Executive Council met consider among other things location 1989 Nats Two possibilities looked prom ising Muncie IN Amana IA Both what looked like good Free Flight situa tions end meeting third pos sibility developed also opportunity good Free Flight site situationTaco ma WA Council directed Nationals Com mittee travel soon possible ex plore possibilities location could finalized Councils October 22nd meeting committee did high hopes enthusiasm didnt take long find out three locations problems Come gloom again Tacoma out use key military base declined Muncie possible problems volving several individual category sites Amana also possible high cost factors lack sufficient hard surfaces events needed mid-October earlier hopes cooled offnot dead dampened probability serious compromises suddenly another call State Washingtonthis time different part state vigorous broadly sup ported community effort what known Tn-Cities area succeeded producing offer dispelled dark ness Best included large Free Flight site thus chance make up 1988 event cancellation quick visit area confirmed promise just time Executive Council approval October 22nd So its now offi cial 1989 National Model Airplane Championships will held Tn-Cities area Pasco Kennewick Richland Wash ingtonJuly 15-23 Much information will forthcoming shortly now can said practically site situations look good weakest being door site just over 40 ft ceiling struc ture will first-ever Nationals Northwest part countrya swing east coast 88 near west coast 89 will bring Nats part country heavily involved aeromo deling until has long distance away typical Nats locations As Nationals first came Northeast 1983 hoped will big turnout Northwest east Mississippi distance may discouraging location ful fills basic goal Nationals planningto move event around parts country location return West after five years 1984 National contest held Reno NV Before 1977 Riverside CA 1989 therefore ing Horace Greeley exhorted Go West young man go West AMA Museum Patrons Program Benefits Service prestige recognition Categories Patrons tax deductible Regular $10 per year donation provides Special Card fivedigit number Special pin bumper sticker patch Museum Newsletter Hall Famers Charter $100 per first-year donation $10 per year thereafter services regular except threedigit number addition Charter Member version pin Honor Wall listing Life $1000 onetime donation services Regular Charter patrons plus special Life pin patch two-digit number Museum Newsletter compilation correspondence exchanges among Hall Famers others best described cronies Bill Winter people famous pioneers model aviationthe thinkers doers have helped make model world what todayare nucleus around museum communications will built Its important note thatthe subjects covered indirectly re lated museum itself museum con nection gather words nu cleus group disseminate others same time preserving history files future modelers can know views instru mental creating model aviation history past 50 years 122 Model Aviation Connecticut S Maine achusetts S New Hampshire Rhode Island S Vermont DISTRICT REPORT Don Kraftt District Vice-President PO Box 1828 Dusbory MA 02331 1617 934-6248 Associate Vice Presidents Bill Ctisndler PO Box 441 Orland ME 04472 Drew Davenport 33 Ash St Townsend MA 01469 Bob Landry 90 Main St Essex Jct /T 05452 Richard Sherman 28 High St Plymouth NH 03264 Bob Wallace 91 Sylvan St Avon CT 06001 Frequency Coordinator George Wilson 82 Frazier Way Marstons Mills MA 02645 Bob Hilda Ring Ring Field located Berwick ME Rings have owned property past 12 years During time have developed beautiful residence private airport Today several hangars Bobs workshop doubles meetingplace New England Sport Scale Associa tion Rings have built facilities through lot hard work great part willing allow model ers use New England Sport Scale Association NESSA uses Bob Rings runway its flying site area off side runway serves pit area pit fenced worktables provided addition clubhouse completely fenced-in viewing area club present has about 51 members especially welcomes young er members spend extra time junior-age members offering both flight training building assistance August 20 Barb along friends Da vid Susan Eisner attended club funfly followed picnic hangar weather just about perfect good time Concord Aeroguidance Society CAGS Berwick drove Concord NH spent night could attend Scale Fly-In sponsored GAGS flying site next dam area con trolled Corps Engineers club has dealing Mr Dave Shepard son has very cooperative work ing fly-in attracted about 23 participants brought 31 aircraft Some models large J-3 Lucien Wig dor Lockheed floats Gee Bee Sport ster Armond Cote Fairchild 22 Bob Griswold good day quite windy restricted flying 51 RC HELl PILOTS ATUEND FRANCONIA 88 FUN-FLY Third Annual Franconia Helicopter Fun-fly held weekend August 20 21 Franconia NH weekend fly ing activities attended 51 Hell pilots over New England brought 93 beautiful flying machines Co sponsored Ernie Huber Pike Noyes fun-fly held mountain airstrip Sugar Hill section Franconia sur rounded natural beauty White Mountains major theme fun-fly pro vide help beginners provide sistance just transitioning hovering forward flight Volunteer structors hand supervise hov ering area factory reps helped straight en out mechanical problems cropped up Five flying areas provided two hovering Intermediate flyaround two Advanced aerobatic fly ing Smooth efficient operation transmitter impound frequency board Mary Huber Ernies wife enabled get lots flying time Lighthearted competition held Satur day afternoon included pad hopping contest beginners Pylon Race Intermediate Expert fliers Trophies awarded categories well Most Improved flier fun-fly Best Scale machine Raffle prizes provided Miniature Aircraft Robbe Gorham Model Products Yale Hobby Tonys Hobby Shop Re vere MA Make plans now join us next year Franconia 89 January 1989 123 Lou Greenwald Rob Lawrence Concord Skyhawks Lou files originaldesign airplane powered Zenoah 38 Rob flies Shuttle uses two ihannI rndin nnCroI mixar Chris Olsen father Charles Sportaire 40 Dave Eisner L admiring Bob Griswolds Fairchild 22 CAGS Scale rally built Orilne kit Quadra 50 Franconia 88 Fun-Fly want share following news release Mark Cookson Mike Mae NESSA fun-fly Bob Hilda Ring owners Ring Field Hangar background houses Aer onca Champ Members NESSA participated fun-fly August 20 1988 New England Sport Scale Association NESSA emblem Picnic supper after fun-fly hangar serves workshop meeting area Participants Franconia Helicopter FunFly New York 0 New Jersey II DISTRICT REPORT John Byrne District II Vice-President 36-29 213 Street Bayside NY 11361 719 225-8319 Associate Vice Presidents Pete Bianchini 280 S Broadway Yonkers NY 10705 Tom Brown P0 Boo 4933 APO NY 09009 Prank Costello 27 Kearney St Dover NJ 07901 Prank Dreoch 9 Willow Ave. Piscataway NJ 09854 Ray Jaschlrus 7 Evergreen Ave New Hyde Park NY 11040 Kenneth Koeppel 194 N Union Street PO Boo 217 Olean NY 14780 Robert Roave 39 Monroe St Keyport NJ 07735 Adam Sattler 41 Perry Ave Latham NY 12110 Lon Saster 3082 Rabbit Lava Phoevia NY 13135 Prequency Coordinator George Myers 70 Froelich Parm Rd Hicksville NY 11901 Second District Thoughts Nothing official mind would greatly surprised AMA establish Couple branch off ices ie west coast another Midwest Logically latter lo cation could Illinois Missouri former some part California pro jection would say sooner better hope will agree solely because experiencing growing pains Reston though fact rather order provide widespread segments member ship greater degree immediacy service duly entitled Quite coincidentally plans progress revamp existing facility Reston accommodate burgeoning need working space currently congested Headquarters am pleased serving upon committee charged responsibility Nostalgic Nats notes would require space have disposal recount personal feelings concerning years Nats couple aspects thereof should like address briefly First loss Free Flight year struck devastating blow may signifi cantly alter time-honored concept comprehensively structured classic can though escape optimistic feeling members FF community will grant us still another opportunity earn con fidence inclination ability rectify situation next year positive side however happier note struck impressive response Fun-Fly innovation overwhelm ing unqualified success know because personally involved helping run arrived Fentress Saturday Reston early mist morning greeted literally hordes modelers cheerfully setting up clamoring become airborne earliest possible moment Un der able supervision Bob Underwood AMA Technical Director lost little time activating event apparently everyones satisfaction shot made Bob height action panoramic view scene Here two typical scenes years jamboree Long Island Cobras Model Airplane Club Chart er #1426 Roosevelt Field Long Island nature hallowed ground minds revere excitement socalled Lindbergh Era full-scale flight devel opment passage time has also come change form huge shop ping mall place prestigious flying field Over years however Cobras group has held its annual static event historic site earlier years club settle modest space remote part mall passage time efforts ar ea impressed hosts years show able held larger much impressive location within premises witnessed recorded trusty camHere shot Sid Nerenson sporting cap longtime Cobra official surrounded several fellow club members extend compliments involved 22nd Annual WW jamboree Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome NY wouldnt miss classics could help soon September 10th just past drove upstate Rhinebeck has case years al ways enjoyed annual experience thoroughly thrills marvelous ly constructed masterfully flown model air craft Above sessions permit re newal friendships provide op portunity exchanging thoughts ideas hopes aspirations best wishes ones favorite people ie fellow aeromodelers Sky Rovers Air Show 88 july 23-24 Rovers strangers regular readers monthly reports magazine fact shall actually mark fourth appearance column earlier references see MA sues June 1988 June 1987 August 1987 So much record now relate cap tioned event described club members essence spectacle drew 61 pilots 80 aircraft cidentally Rover members never permitted fly club-sponsored events midafternoon day flying stopped about 20 minutes club conducted Hand-Launched Glider event children tending air show photograph five-year-old Dean Thomas won twoday raffle open pilots actually flying meet told Dean Thom youngest pilot ever fly Rover air shows dad member Vet Thomas proud say least As special feature show New York State Police Department dispatched its helicopters Ford Field scene action piloted Officer R F Odit Jr swered questions spectators con clude months report impressive photo man machine sincere thanks member Dave Reid input 124 Model Aviation Navy did Its utmost accommodate us respect accordingly grate ful its ongoing support matters connection pleased introduce fine naval officers help ful us Lt Eugene Winston Gear up locked Ohio 0 Pennsylvania S West Virginia III DISTRICT REPORT Bob Brown District III Vice-President 1255 High Street Bradford PA 16701 914362-7702 Associate Vice Presidents Francis Fiuharty 504 21st St Vienna WV 20101 Neison Gould 1944 S Idaho St Allentown PA 18103 John Hathaway 102 Woodmere Dr New Stanton PA 15672 Jay Mealy 208 Witmer St Cleartinid PA 10830 Lawrence R Weimer 15013 Greendaic Ave Mapie Hts OH 44137 Gil Weiss 3004 Hailowell Ct Bensalem PA 19020 Frequency Coordinator John Collie 102 Wyoming Ane Forty Port PA 18704 Phone 717 207-8970 Happy holidays May wish suc cess happiness Current Council land purchase plan must proceed careful consideration required size location primary concern must economical service membership Should site located East West NO centralized lo cation necessary Should Headquarters located property Sale current undersized structure could provide capital needed establish premier site lower operating costs allow future ex pansion Academy Members may ex press opposing Views primary goal Council must SERVICE en tire membership purpose column promote best interests modeler District Ill Anyone wishes specific details actions reasoning within Council should personally contact Unfortunately am unable attend activities district such event annual Labor Day Celebration Westmore land County PA As part activities Northmoreland RC Club demonstrates types model flying helps club maintain favorable position Westmoreland Department Parks Recrea tion Congratulations fine effort public demonstration Northmore land RC Club provided excellent public rela tions Jerry Fink editor Pittsburgh ARCS newsletter succumbed battle cancer offer condolences Jerrys family leadership will missed hope Beltzville Youth Program featured November column will generate additional interest assisting todays children month would like introduce two District Ills young sters. Keep em flyin KIDS Photo Charles Alba 7V2-year-old Loran Wagner daughter Joe Joan Wagner New Wilmington PA Photo Weiss Getting youngsters involved RC flying important AMA objective Shown receiv ing some hands-on flight training IMAA Chapter 168 instructor Mark Lenhart sevenyear-old Kenny Karpinski Philadelphia Frank Fluharty has put forth excellent ef fort position West Virginia AVP certainly informing clubs news area activities such activity West Virginia Annual Pattern Scale Bat Con test Ravenswood WV Contest Direc tors Steve Sturm Mark Radcliff report Scale entries increased Pattern en tries decreased say may due changing date contest traditional date Next years contest will back schedule plan attend may meet Boss Hog following example hardware presented winners Photo Fluharty beautiful trophies presented winners West Virginia Pattern Scale Contest District Ill proud host US Scale Masters Northeast August 20-21 1988 great contest can best described great pictures AVP Gil Weiss FLYING NEAR AIRPORTS BE CAREFUL Free Flight Radio Control flying near airports situation might involve possiblity models being vicinity full-scale aircraft opera tions must avoidedor conducted eliminate dangerous situa tions Models should flown proximity full-scale aircraft unless flier has someone else him sole purpose watching full-scale aircraft supervising flying prevent possibility accident Photo Gil Weiss Partial view flight line US Scale Masters Northeast highlighted finelooking realistic-flying Giant Scale Emdecker 19 entries well-organized contest directed CD Mel Katz Au gust 20-211988 Warminster Naval Air Development Center regional contest sponsored Sonic Tronics JC RC Hobbies 53, intensity US.uasters Northeast judging flying shown above Judges Felix Vozzo 1 Jerry Cowan center enter scores pilot caller turn downwind leg preparation another flyby AMA structure contest coordina tion has problems year more sanctioned events evolve As plan clubs 1989 summer schedule please consider others area Cooperation within local clubs essential . Would possible arrange joint meetings dis cuss activities Another example sharing cooperation between clubs AMA districts Ed Carber R discusses fine-flying Lazy Ace Bipe members Washington Crossing NJ RC Club Mercer County RC Club West Windsor NJ RC Club photo taken Jacksonville NJ Levittown Aerobugs field second three interciub fun-flys took place closing hope offers New Years resolution make 1989 quietlest year ever flying activity Noisy models crux poor public relations months club picture Southeastern Pennsylvania Aero Modelers SPARCS activity Warm ster PA Happy holidays January 1989 125 AWdtt/ Members Southeastern Pennsylvania Aero Modelers Radio Control ocieny Warmin ster PA Delaware 0 District Columbia land h Carolina ivVirginia DISTRICT REPORT Howard Crispin District IV Vice-President 611 Beechwood Dr Charlottesville VA 22901 Associate Vice Presidents Robert 6 Babura 117 Otin Drive Severn MD 21144 Phone 3011 969-9356 Bob Champine 205 Tipton Rd Newport Newa VA 23906 Rick Chrietoph 970 Star Creat Harrinonburg VA 22901 Chuck Foreman 5811 Rinker Dr Mechanicaville VA 23111 Doag Holland 3517 Femmood Dr Raleigh NC 27e12 Scotty Moyer 11 Orchard Lane Wilmington DE 19909 Charlen Spear 298 Holly Lane Mackeville NC 27029 Frequency Coordinator Paul Yacobucci 6409 Winthrop Dr Fayetteville NC 29301 Phone Evening 919 488-5996 Regional flying sites subject continuing interest difficulties arises search ultimately purchase property time ex pended getting things approved through committees important agreement reached concerning purchases leasing contracts need reduce response time some manner Too often land can lost because day late cannot answer what being done other districts areas regard have active getting out making quiries looking land am interested primarily obtaining site less centrally located east coast East critical need good Free Flight site well land could support entire Nationals site located west Appalachian mountains does answer requirement dis tances Southeast North east become excessive such land avail able answer yes several considerations need analyzed looking land looking land buildings looking increased costsand usually something no use Another consideration profile land very desirable land flat land under cultiva tion odds also quite expen sive thing probably contains number buildings land needs self draining multitude drain age ditches land must available zoning recreational land permits needed operate miniature aircraft tract size should nearly square rec tangular possible longest dimen sion along path prevailing winds have waited years get mov ing project vital land ready use 1 January 1989 important can developed us able sites types activities operated simultaneously site used Nationals its dimensions really need order one-and-a-half two miles square major piece land parts country have flown over driven piece land meets requirements land needs clearing seeding make huge flat area aeromodeling capable supporting conceivable aeromodeling needswhatever would desire aeromodeling land has tal volume approximately 3000 acres approximately three miles oneand-a-half miles clearing less 2000 acres would provide site size handle Nationals except Indoor especially come 1991 some proposed alterations Nationals schedule could done now price right land doubt quality purchase can ac complished owners Execu tive Council committee will read after two events have taken place Executive Council meeting held 22 23 October after election officers results elections will available around 1 December know least two mem bers Council will new can affect what transpires actions land procurement other subjects What ing done other areas something know time No information rel ative other sites has distributed Council members date After upcoming Council meeting will let receive District IV newsletter know status land purchases other areas country should heard Membership total membership Academy 1988 over 138000 higher estimated growth does say need concentrate member ship services includes question flying sites need attract junior members need definitive programs accomplish goal need much responsive needs of different categories aeromod eling Most need develop some type standard responses prob lems arise particular category volved has very clear understanding program Too often answers get nothing incite bitterness organization often get service part mandate can allow happen Bylaws number bylaws proposals will submitted upcoming Council meeting After introduction cycle second proposal session January meeting will submitted Leader Membership approval disap proval changes going have con siderable bearing upon way busi ness end result should bring greater efficiency effectiveness operation Academy should also enhance response membership strive grow Watch changes publicized important should have chance express opinions Check out club know Leader Mem bers club Let know opin ion can vote based voice group quite some time have probably no ticed has discussion Academy organized operating very easy voice concern quite something else sit down work out al terations will make organization stronger better what Execu tive Council will working Size good thing organization can work larger group cannot done everything still being handled inef ficient manner District news realize would like see district happenings month felt important express views couple very important subjects need work both long-term benefit Academy Since am directly involved matters can say am also ing some work getting things moving ask also consider other subjects items needed fu ture As said will appear after elec tions has nothing sub ject What good entire organiza tion also good District IV SoundCant pg 120 ness using four five layers -oz glass cloth front rear pro peller expected have reduction noise maybe slight reduction rpm compared thicker blades what happened quite different noise level did come down 800-rpm increase Blade flex does play important role efficiency make props wider get rpm flight speed down Results going wider blade stead increasing pitch what can expect standard day using 60 tuned pipe 9 lb static thrust 10000 rpm same flight speed lower rpm someone running highpitched prop Efficiency quiet David shows what can done has technical facility capability making what required concepts will available interim experiment ing higher pitches still viable op tion sport flier Once better ef ficient props available can differ ent things As David does show takes factors understanding interrelate get wish go AMA Technical Award Bob Underwood Technical Director Near end 1985 AMA Executive Council voted approve concept technical award given Aca demy award honors development items improve performance model aircraft components enable equipment perform new tasks simplify facilitate tasks now required build ing flying encourage safety sound suppression Technical Award acknowledges peo ple have made significant contribu tion technical end hobbyf sport Bob Bill Hunter Satellite City re ceived first Technical Award troduction cyanoacrylate adhesives modeling community nomination individuals groups award may made two AMA members must received September 1st year Nomination forms can obtained AMA Headquar ters contacting Technical Director Bob Underwood Voting candidates done AMA Council Past VicePresidents 126 Model Aviation Alabama ida 0 Georgia issippi 0 Puerto Rico Sooth Carolioa 0 Teonesoee V DISTRICT REPORT Lee Webster District V Vice-President 1000 Sycamore Manchester TN 37355 Associate Vice Presidents Philip Cope e Hedoewood Rd Knoxville TN 37918 Edward Hunter Ri 3 Box 288 Amory MS 38821 Richard Jackuon 2118 Thorulee Dr N Churtexton SC 28405 Arthur Johnuon 932 Banyan Dr Deiray Beach FL 33444 Joxeph Micalizzi SR 00866 Box 1532 Fuierdo PR 00648 Ed Moorman 85 12th Street Shalimar FL 32579 Dick Patton 765 Bailey Brook Circle Birmingham AL 35244 Tom Thacker 849 Eaxt Glochexter Place Norcroxx GA 30071 Frequency Coordinator Burnix Fieldo P0 Box 1063 Strickland Rd interlachen FL 32048 Phone 904 884-2517 Remember last month told would report Air Foiler Free Flight meet issue brag about proper way put good Dont know can cellation Nats Free Flight contrib uting factor meet bigger better ever like take view proves Free Flight aint dead yet big thing about Air Foiler Free Flight meets designed body has fun example fly Peanut Scale heats way FAC guys fly Scale Only cant change motors between flights break winding fatigues out too bad get two minutes wind countdown launch Last man down wins heat event final heat would sur prised strategy employed re sult rules turns out highly contested event fun barrel monkeys Since Peanut Race call has successful have instituted same ap proach small rubber-powered models Cur rently flying two events one-of-a-kind models model designs Wally Sim mers Gollywock Pacific Ace mod el type flown mass launch long est flight taking hardware Its quite sight t6 see 10 models climbing blue together Havent significant midairs yet have close calls once touched competitors Peanut model twice same heat Once near launch once about 45 seconds flight Since stayed up longer other contestant jokingly claimed took unfair advantage him Its worth noting 1/2A Texaco flown SAM rules growing steadily popularity al Proves mind least Radio Con trol duration events fit well Free Flight contest agenda two kinds dura tion flying seem complement other sure nice windy day able pick up model after 15-minute flight walk back car mile crosscountry touring all-terrain vehicle Very nice guys like gray hair gim py legs contestants old gray-headed die-hards either shown first photo several Juniors entered Bradley Bishop Zachary Taylor two winners Hand-Launched Gliders i-noro oy Joe I-reeman Juniors Bradley Bishop Zack Taylor won Hand-Launched Gliders Air Foiler Free Flight meet Photo two shows Senior Open high-point winner Dick Hall As usual Dick flew thing Old-Timers modern day highclimbing AMA Gas jobs some fastest-climbing power jobs Ive ever seen think year gets harder beat Dick Hall launching Spacer Talking about winners have show lady practices what preaches third photo presents Bonny Jenkins current chairperson Free Flight Contest Board first-place-winning Al Glider Well done Bonny guy husband Bill well-known Free Flight compet itor published picture Bill some months ago RC Glider something also does well Bonny Bill Jenkins showing off Bonnys Al Glider statistics show AMA com posed about 100000 RC-oriented members compared about 5000 will admit interest Free Flight questionnaires contests like indicate Free Flight isnt dead yet fact believe growing coming commonplace RC fliers discov erthe relaxation fun Peanut Scale P-30 can provide Also some kinds RC du ration fit well Free Flight scene chal lenge Free Flight community stop get ting bent out shape what perceived effort some put radios Free Flight models thus eliminating Free Flight look ways integrate more RC duration activities overall picture Weve done SAM years few no problems AMA scene also spite noise thats created about so-called RC Free Flight fields getting hard er find some methods preserving thrill duration flying must found ar eas otherwise off-limits Free Flight have known Along route RC Soaring isnt far away Free Flight either fits Free Flight better RC Power events comes light quickly large club fly ing sites try safely accommodate both Soar ing power flying often Soaring guys get run off own club field accommodate both kinds planes takes lot give-and-take make work also have special field layout isnt opti mum either power flier Glider guider Yet combination works best interests overall membership AMA group must also develop such give-and-take position strength well-integrated organization serving best interests participating parties Divided small argu ing factions become ineffective pow erless Lets let such divisions occur Plans future Nats being generated being written long-range AMA plan acquire ownership suitable land parcels future Nats obvious such site wont ready next Nats Nats picture writing still developing Finding site suitable holding AMA events hard ever So split Nats two major events held two sites different times split lines RC Free Flight Control Line put compatible ac tivities together site example Free Flight RC Soaring could use same site big enough flexible enough ac commodate varying wind conditions Other RC events like Pylon Aerobatics generally re quire hard-surfaced areas like runways aprons So Control Line events appear group well together meantime have fun idea grows leaps bounds Got letter old bud dy Tom Cimino reports tremendous success Brandon FL last fun-fly Tom writes beautiful air planes format fly have fun flew until pilots decided theyd enough flying no judging fly ing judging done work manship planes fun flys scheduled year district Its healthy trend Air shows also growing number also fun give us chance show wares talents general public East Ridge RC Club put its first show back success shown fol lowing excerpt newsletter Skywrit ers want express thanks worked hard make first MDA Air Show great success took lot work us through cooperation asked help way grateful Just case havent heard raised $1492 MDA far beyond what MDA us dared hope So once again say THANKS great bunch guys Looking over Hangar Pilot put out Dr John Martin came across proposal Chuck Markos Indoor Catapult Glider event Now talking Since polio arms make normal HandLaunched Glider flying impossible Ive compensated flying Catapult Gliders out doors years Air Foilers used have some great winter contests Catapult Glid ers Doing indoors should blast Well till next time keep em flying January 1989 127 SOUND ADVICE Keep within sound guideline 90 dBA 9 ft might keep fly ing site Illinois 0 Indiana 0 Kentucky 0 Missouri VI DISTRICT REPORT Jim Sears District VI Vice-President PO Box 308 Burgin KY 40310 Associate Vice Presidents Finn Baliard Ri 5 Box 90 Decatur IN 46733 Charije Bauer 4944 N Orange Norridge iL 60656 Cal Ettei #3 Castle Drive AR 2 Fiorissant MO 63534 Wiiiiam Kern 1808 12th St Bedford iN 47421 Dick Taylor 7929 Jefferson Kansas City MO 64114 Stan Watson 10414W 134 Street Palos Park IL 60464 Bill Zimmer Box 72 Varna IL 61375 year quickly Coming end So building season us Dis trict 6 hope have time finish couple models year Im looking forward having seaplane next flying season course thats what Id planned year Its sad time gets away us quickly So much next flying season Ive road lot month figured Id better get going before run out things go year Most clubs tend slack off some after October time settle getting sched ule ready new year first weekend month dropped fifth annual Hamilton RC Model ers Four-Cycle Rally 65 brave souls dared show stuff registered 94 planes put total 198 flights What show air constantly busy course contest have fly rounds can name added raffle barrel big draw prizes Thats tough competition going after big items should have seen traffic jams airplanes waiting fly After found out what prizes wished could have entered course didnt get see much flying spend too much time socializing Still guess should watch some fly full flight seldom get chance Its still lot fun next weekend decided take Fri day afternoon off headed Ft Knox US Scale Masters Championships dont know con test biggie Scale buffs year hosted Southern Indiana RC Club Fort Knox Model Airplane Club What team things under control included weather rain held off until after contest except occa sional sprinkle Dale Arvin youd proud Now could get come up some kind miracle keep away rain plan Missouri trips wonder event 56 brave souls guys flying some beautiful airplanes have ever seen wasnt cull bunch Heck sure am glad dont build well Id never fly em details modelers put just lovely saw model handmade radial engine sitting its nose Wow did notice trend toward larger models looked performance sort pointed out reasons too seemed rock solid wind what can see will probably see fewer small entries What did surprise lack Jet models remember thing sure lot civilian-type air craft present liked word advice thinking going Scale feel have new model about ready work some Its tough out Saturday Lexington KY see Bluegrass Soaring Societys LSF regional tendance low spirits high After full night morning looked contest going rainout weather finally broke thermals warming up fliers made effort milk little bit lift could find worth Some lift very weak too Still managed keep air Duration events shame time limits flights Sunday headed Albion IL fun-fly guys asked come previous fun-fly said Id try flew about half flight over fog like puffy cotton nestled over hills Beau tiful what makes neat fly got Albion fog cleared spotted flying site first impression site envy guys get use grass strip thats 4000 ft long Theyve opted use few hundred feet flying site middle farmland people own property super provide club access restroom buildings lots runway etc nothing guys have made contest pretty good Fun-flys promote excitement especially flying limbo Im much playing card games etc fun-flys prefer luck played out such things touch-andgoes etc fellows agreed event featured some skill requirement course event set trophies As day went rains came add pressure pilots Well kept flying rain did what should stayed under canopy did finish rounds flying leave just put last flight left rain still really fun day Albion crew may just have swing again got letter fellow week really disturbed upset about couple things fact didnt give contest real buildup column after made visit Well Im really sorry about However told him Im head counter dont keep scores leave other columns something special said about event try trips visit members Thats reason trav el can keep track contest Im constantly doing job talking people So its OK will con tinue tell people Ive Id rather let know Im get ting out Would like progress report about frequency situation radio modifica tion problems Sure would fly RC As being written around first October frequency issue has gotten interesting say least Ive two gentlemen Brandywine MD join forces Glenn Whidden Bud Snyder knowledgeable about FCC regs Glenn because nature trade deals FCC regularly So has developed expertise FCC regs around Part 95 know Part 95 set FCC regulations dealing several types ra dios included Since contacted Bud about month ago new battle try save old wideband radios high gear Bud pusher Due persistence Bud Glenn weve learned mods transmitters may illegal just kept reading regs quite vague ex plaining changes nothing says can modify RC radio regs actually say cant Being able modify wideband transmit ters strong selling point proposal end wideband usage have made changes tighten up systems systems may legal Last month said Im getting conflicting answers Well now have studied Part 95 own weve found rules RC industry using mods probably RC Howzat arent done yet told may send letter FCC get answers some questions Well Glenn beat has written FCC ask questions establish legal ity mods RC systems able modify transmitters guess going have spend lot money new equipment 1991 AMA pro posal passed FCC Silver-stickered transmitters will gone talk about cheap will convert narrow band would thrown out dont consider buying new narrow-band equip ment being cheap option Whats easiest way out think have discussing long time Leave old wideband radio equipment alone let clubs decide Its simple Yes go before FCC proposal requests tighter RC systems manufacturers Attrition will take care older equipment may pur chasing new today Leave old wideband radios alone kind propos al no worry about mods Clubs across nation have proved wideband environment 40 kHz works None clubs have talked t6 want give up wideband systems AMA officials set doing opposite what members want Beats Enough now. SAFE FLYER PATCH Fliers have pledged use AMA Safety Code operating models entitled wear Safe Flyer Patch Send photocopied typewritten handwritten declaration see AMA Supply Ser vice Catalog signature Include check money order $2 no cash pay able Academy Model Aeronautics 128 Model Aviation Iowa 0 Michigan 0 Minnesota 0 W sconoin VII DISTRICT REPORT Peter Waters District VII Vice-President 117 E Main Upper Level Northville MI 48167 CompuServe addrean EMAiL 700472162 Assisnent Vice President Boyd Bowdiub 6410 Gienwood N Goiden Vaiiey MN 55427 Associate Vice Presidents Jack Finn 368 Hampden Dr NE Cedar Rapida iA 52402 Bad Gorman Box 33 Knife River MN 55609 Raaaeii Knetzger 2625 E Shorewood Blvd Milwaukee WI 53211 Jean Lanik 305 PaBi Piece Hoiiand Mi 49423 Can MoSs 5024 Lake Mendota Dr Madinon Wi 53705 Ron Seam 132 S Ronlyn Pontiac Mi 48054 Paai Smith 11112 Diii Drive Steriing Nix Mi 46077 Frequency Coordinator Bob Stamm Box 357 Minocqee Wi 54548 still Merry Christmas time Beats age falling leaves geese weaving way South Which means am suffering flying withdrawal have trips mall shows look forward building program . well planned yet AMA activities hotting up first meeting Property Acquisition Com mittee t PAC 6 group. held during RCHTA Show Chi cago group heading up search Valhalla Modeling Permanent Flying Site have now prepared several sets criteria make easier sort out sites forwarded choose promising ones As will THAT too big decide News eleven RCHTA Show new idea tract entertain modelers invited top modelers skills termed Superstars Model ing set up table clinics talk get help ideas questions answered Included district Dolly Bob Wischer Steve Sauger Keith Shaw Terry Edmonds Talking sev eral stars seems liked idea publicity will highlight next year idea exactly like used fa mous Madison Sailplane Symposium have several send some photos column thanks deed However have unusable due case using ball-point pen write information onto back photo Please write prints add self-stick notes fill details pencil Re member try use photos people models try have too much print get processed column editor clips picture lots small detail will become difficult discern printed Keep posing close up send have visitor staying sev eral weeks Old Country Eng lishman named Martin Forrest managed get him entered Q500 Flying Ti gers meet gathered top Novice teresting comment Martin would able fly event UK .its too noisy Noise reduction has progressed being important ef fort Interesting too Wayne Yeagers plea passing rule Quarter Midget muf flers monthly issue TURN Mem bership has now exceeded 1. pro motion Q-500 Quarter Midget sole goal have application forms have neat logo too club has new newsletter editor actually two clubs should proud tough job editors make point mention often possible years editors main communication line clubs always needing informa tion articles editor has sent request National Newsletter send him AMA HQ attention Lou Ward will get him NNL month add source mate rial month have following section written AVP Ron Sears Ron Pon tiac recoenized Scale flier District Roundup Cloudbusters full swing celebrating Golden Jubi lee 1989 Thats quite milestone ty presses Flight Lines once again turning out newsletters St Croix Valley RC Club City RCs FlareOut talks about club history what happening 10 15 20 25 years ago Oh good old days edi tor Blunderbuss has identified himself herself phantom strikes again newsletter well pre pared printed Helipad should consider folding examine positive things can happen small group like editors seem begging copy talent expertise out editors should swamped information What say fellows t Paul Model Radio Controllers starting Scale model building class winter activity Patrols becoming very popular re cently demonstrated Traverse Area Model Pilots Society What can better sausage eggs after early morning flying Wash Detroit Area Modelers describes club meetings form entertainment thats wilder Worldwide Wrestling abusive Billy Martin umpires has arguments United States Su preme Court essful charity fundraiser Milwaukee Flying Electrons help Milwaukee RC Associa tion Dairyland Aero Miniature Mod elers raised $1000 donated Waukesa County Chapter Associ ation Retarded Citizens Electrons also held second annual Instructor Ap preciation Day owing news letters come words wisdom Lloyd McConkie says its dry out place trees chasing dogs Short Circuits newsletter Remember balsa trees wont grow out know keep trying transplant Clippings newsletter Roses red violets swell finger prop hurts like dickens Flight Lines dont get change misspent youth Pulse Newsletter flying field Milwaukee Scimitar Squadron Noise part problem clamp ing down noise pollution Aero hawk Radio Fliers club er Month section showing up news letters terrific way learn about other promote strong club gratulations newly elected club ficers May have very rewarding 1989 January 1989 129 FIyn Wolverines RCs Don Schulte sends pictures successful Fun Show Fly Neat safety-conscious club Adrian Ml Bits Pieces RC 0-500 meet Heres said thank-you snoneore Adrian 0-500 winners L R Chuck Wool cy Joe Cohen Pete Waters Ken Heatlie flrnis Imnpr ne last aays summer sunanine nne iuno 0-500 Race 55and relaxing between heats Toledos Flying Tiger Field L R Don Libke Dan Kane Jr Dennis Sumner M~tIi q Rrnwn nd Rnu RIkA UBVe uflo nindy Curtis helper Flying Tigers Q-500 Racethe end summer Arkansas Louisiana New Mexico 0 Oklahoma 0 Texas VIII DISTRICT REPORT Johnny Clemens District VIII Vice-President PO Box 64573 Dallas TX 75206 Associate Vice Presidents Dannie Bell 264 S Bee Line Rd Dallan TX 75253 Michael S Hamnon 600 T Main Hot Springe AR 71901 Gene Hempel 301 N Yale Dr Garland TX 75042 William Hurley III 229 Brian Dr Pleananton TX 75064 Bill Lee 3522 Tamariak Lane Missouri City TX 77459 Larry Seflor 1415 Manor Dr Bartleevilie OK 74003 Bd Shearer 3416 David Dr Metairie LA 70003 Chuck Wood 909 Harvard St Clovis NM 88101 Frequency Coordinator Bill May 3839 Ducheax Trail Dallas TX 75229 guess utter fascination building flying model airplanes spelled out happy modeler said Gee fun watching two Grey hound buses chase Volkswagen Rabbit admire District VIII newsletter edi tors much am always anxious help out advice gleaned own experiences Latest hint DONT LICK STAMPS OR ENVELOPES AFTER EATING OREO COOKIES kidding aside think have AMAs finest newsletter edi tors right District VIII So good fact hope fine folks will keep mailing list after step down district vice-president end year Stepping down VP will end involvement AMAs direction will least permanently AMAs Presidents Council always pleasant surprise realize often have order rubberpowered models hobby shop mind will probably say Yes kids Yes wonderful kids would believe sell older adults Most custom ers folks enjoyed modeling kids reclaiming some fun youth changing world tick led find something pleasant has stayed same have errone ous opinion much se lection stick-and-tissue kits badly mistaken keep about 75 80 dif ferent stick-and-tissue kits hand stuff go way have figured out Henry Ford probably made possible invention development rubberband-powered model planes see manufactured Ford cars required rubber tires required rubber inner tubes would snitch dads cut up rubberbands power model planes Thank Henry Ford above report rubber-powered end Free Flight activity will tickle friends National Free Flight Society Free Flight leaders like Tony Italiano Tony president National Free Flight Soci ety Bob Meuser Dick Johnson Bill Hannan George Perryman Hardy Brodersen host others will remember started out Free Flighter building rubber-powered models nine years old got big kick out another old friend Keith McClure Bartlesville OK re calling used intimidate other contes tants showed up FF contests Comet Zipper doped white orange flame streak-back powered Bunch Tiger 45 name HELLS FIRE painted sides fuselage Modeling has sure wonderful part life sure wish same talking neighbors few days ago never built model planes hobby mainly gardening asked him what able raise year heat lack rain said Mostly cal luses lucky modelers have sure received some excellent pro gressive thinking lately pass AMA Council such matters RC fre quency problems insurance forth info has come Chuck Andraka Albuquerque NM John Gill Dallas RC Club fine AVP Dannie Ball constructive sug gestions members can offer smarter direction AMA will same time am saying just gripe offering alternative better sug gestion NOT helping holding us back Please know AMA President Don Lowe Council really appreciate CONSTRUCTIVE criticism As Yogi Bear might say Nobody cant know everything also have received lot firsthand expe rience turn word about mod eling OUTSIDE world instead just talking ourselves fine info has come Bob Spivey Austin TX working airport sponsors opera tors through Sate Texas Aeronautics Commission Bob relaying experi ences AMA Headquarters through Geoff Styles unsung hero kind effort Among final services district VP want make sure good transfer authority responsibilities office successor Regarding AMA dis play available clubs district hope hand new VP list dates have asked along display sure dates want dis play please let know separate note phone call will make separate file pass table display really got some mileage past year need AMA literature go display should request AMA Head quarters goes videotapes well display will help formalize presentation mall shows meetings bit advice before sign off month married please consider wife happiness too modeler know always overdid self indulgence family funds time spending too much both model air planes got breaking point family relations wife just griped griped un til finally walked out asked him what said said leaving said up till thought could gripe fuss told leaving found out could sing turn cartwheels same time too 130 Model Aviation Kirk Massey Willis TX impressed DEAF Club Dallas second annual Electric Fun-Fly beautiful Giant Elec tric Cub Takeoff roll about 10 15 ft Steven Carber Robert Tod Dallas hold ing unique Hospital Ship very original design fuselage being genuine hospital crutch Note red cross wing pair now working flying guitar should strike new note originality Dan Garfinkel Laporte TX Flap per Ornithopter Dan trying both electric gas engine power Successful flights pending hunting best gear ra Aircraft ID Labels would like additional stick air craft ID labels like 1988 membership kit may ordered AMA Supply Service 10 $100 postpaid Please include remittance order specify stick-on labels Tom Killough paid return visit Dallas present home Huntsville AL astonish us ultra-unique diamondwing pusher actually flies **** Were outa fuel Cotta land **** Cobrado 0 Kansas 0 Nebraska North [takota 0 South Dakota ixWyoming DISTRICT REPORT Travis McGinnis District IX Vice-President 8027 W 81st Circle Arvada CO 80005 CompuServe addresn EMAIL 7e0572750 Associate Vice Presidents Tom Boyd 701 N 58th St Lincoln NE 88505 Naihen Lancanter 3597 S Kendall St Denver CO 80235 Runa Miller neo N 3rd Carrington ND 58421 Don Moden 410 Hart Salina KS 57401 Jim Ricketta 516 5 Cloudan Sioux Felix SD 57103 Frequency Coordinator Steve Manglen Radio Service Center sie S Sheridan Denver Co eosae Phone Day 303 922-8107 Evening 303 930-3285 Doins around district. Wyoming 8th Annual Rocky Mountain Jumbo Fly held last weekend May sponsored Casper Airmodelers Association great show accompanied warm light breezes some 90 air planes Casper Airmodelers wives deserve big THANKS fine dinner Saturday night live music provided Bill Carpenter Jim Wyatt No went away empty-handed lots prizes awarded Scale class winners first place Ron Compton Littleton COPiper Pawnee second place Dean Sadler Lakewood CoPiper Cub third place Noel Hess Salt Lake City UTWaco Biplane 14-scale powered five-cylinder radial engine Peoples Choice Wayne Smith Bosler A/Ylarge Telemaster Gailen Stoumbaugh wife Marsha key people making years flyin successful event k forward Jumbo event 89 Wyoming October 11 re ceived resignation letter faithful sociate vice-president Gene Corson Gene cites work commitments disallow time job justice Gene has held appointed position number years has always touch something needed attention kept us informed about happenings State Wyoming regret resignation accepted thanks job well done - Gene YOU ARE APPRECI ATED would like have position filled first year would appreciative nominations modelers Wyoming important job before jump suggest someone check see wish considered what quali fications interest lies Id suggest write ask job descrip tion has updated document prepared describes appointed posi tion Some suggestions have come up recent times having associate vice-president elected office within respective state just district vice-president within district Id like pursue input would have out across district issue. can share input later column youd like Larrie Schaeffer Cheyenne comes note describing joint effort/meet High Plains Drifters Free Flight Club Chey enne Magnificent Mountain Men Free Flight Club Denver raised $240 Make Wish Foundation hoped make annual event conjunction Rocky Mountain Free Flight Championships Rick Pangell Larrie would like thank merchants contributing success meet trend modeling groups make contributions Make Wish Founda tion other charitable groups What neat way show world modelers un selfish caring folks Keep up good work Loren Moen Bottineau ND sends report Fourth Annual Pylon Pattern meet held August indicates suc cessful international event sorts since competitors Canada attending Note flags next picture Great work Rottineau Balsa Busters Brave Pattern fliers Brandon Mani toba Canada Bismarck ND Minot Mi AFB Bottineau ND L R stand ing Jim Larsen Arlyn Moen Fred Urlacher Thomas Hall Loren Moen Kneeling Rick Collingwood Bob Johnson John Nel son John mistakenly awarded third Sportsman few minutes after pic ture taken given rightful winner Chuck Judd Sorry Chuckl Stand ing far left anonymous Ian Colorado comes report Ivan Munninghoff George W Meyer morial Scale Masters Qualifier contest June 30 contestants four states competed event featured Satur day night banquet guest speaker Norm Goyer Scale RC Modeler magazine truly superb collection aircraft flown Sport Scale Lee DeMary winner Laser 200 J Devorss second Baby Ace Ken Gerlits third P-51 Herb Smith won Gi ant Scale 1A-scale Super Cub towed Glider Mike Shoemakers J-3 second Bill Turners Waco ARE close hind Masters Qualifier two perennial Masters fliers Bob Frey Al Casey topped class P-47 Mig 3 re spectively Rone Comptons Piper Pawnee third Brian OMeara P-47 Olen Tre nary Pitts Buzz Butler BD-8 Dan Par sons MB-5 also qualified attend years big Scale meet Ft Knox United Airlines Mobil Oil Co major sponsors event special thanks US Air Force Academy al lowing event take place its facility Richard Ballard President Jayhawk Model Masters Club Lawrence KS sends picture below showing Ivan Hird right being awarded AMA Award Apprecia tion Ivan honored years service modeling local level pleased recipient district award Richard also indicates concern about Narrow-band Phasein Plan 1991 have others recent months Executive Council concert AMAs Technical Di rector Bob Underwood has issued clarifi cation statement situation Look minutes October EC meet ing will also have discussed recent District IX meeting held Salina KS hopefully some informative light will have shed intent phasein plan te will continue forward concerns AMA Frequency Committee brought atten tion Thanks being concerned thinker expressing same. time issue Model Aviation hands will have put together committee informally search out study make recommendations regarding potential acquisition land sites AMAs discussed plan multisite acquisition Nats fun-fly events well possi bility location needed office space other present AMA Headquar ters location Reston VA have received several pieces communication recently re garding possibility would inter ested receiving input about im portant issue Please take time bring yourself up date reading past column comments District IX well others have addressed issue would expect have report District IX meeting soon being written just two weeks prior its date hoped will informed concerned members AMA means staying abreast happenings standpoint work Executive Council Take time read review minutes meetings ask questions necessary synopsis Councils work always appears issue following quarterly meetings part will necessarily review editorialize content column recom mend take time read yourself what happening organization Keep landings soft intentional . January 1989 131 Ron Compton won first place Scale Pawnee Crop Duster Noel Hess Waco Biplane won third place Scale well Participants Choice Arizona 0 California 0 Hawaii 0 Nevada S Utah x DISTRICT REPORT David 1 Peltz District X Vice-President 20450 Celtic St Chatsworth CA 91311 Associate Vice Presidents Edward Aber-Song 99-127 Ohiakee Plea HI 96701 Darwin N Barrie 8252 E Turney Ave Scottsdale AZ 85251 Glenn Carter 2020 Gill Port Lane Walnut Creek CA 94598 Bob Kampmann 8818 Piedra Way Fair Oaks CA 95628 Mike Lee 11420 Spdtire Drive San Diego CA 92126 Bob Reynolds 12901 E Speedway Tycoon AZ 95748 Jim Scarborough 30717 Rae Langlois Rancho PV CA 90274 Betty Stream 3723 Snowden Ave Long Beach CA 90808 Al Williamson 445 Westby Chula Vista CA 92011 Jon Zeinloit 5411 October Way Went Valley City UT 84120 Frequency Coordinator George Steiner 2238 Rogee River Dr Sacramento CA 95826 Phone t916t 362-1992 LOCAL NEWS DEPARTMENT Some critics have said dont ever report Dis trict 10 happenings say Buds Sepulveda Basin premier flying site LA plagued crashes According newsletter Valley RC Fliers home club field purchased scan ning receiver quote. check amount RF coming through Basin RC hand continues Well plenty immediately discovered high-powered com mercial stations 10 kHz away chan nels 12 16 18 20 24 28 32 34 42 44 46 48 52 much todays RC equipment can cope Thats number crashes has gone high basin le gally required allow AMA nonAMA fliers use no way en sure very best narrow-band stuff gets used usually mild-mannered highly pro-AMA clubs published reaction discovery again quote AMA has done did get exclu sive band frequencies fly Instead got lot frequencies hoping af ter enough crashes would find good use AGREE 100% Gentlemen Council please try understand radio plan work ing more people discovering real reasons problems basin unique freak location What happens will someday repeated urban areas slow death RC will follow END OF LOCAL NEWS DEPTARTMENT just received November Model Avia tion campaign statements AMA VP candidates Its gratifying see few campaigning strengths real-world business financial management experience hope win because AMA needs people like Council also hope live long enough see day AMA realizes needs experi enced professional leaders run organi zation good old boys claim fame know build/fly toy airplanes Personally have doubts will ever happen Too bad AMA month Council will meet again AMAs self-declared center world good old Reston VA Theyll discuss Land Acquisition Committees progress proposal see November column acquire up five sites So far Ive seen AMA examine sites Virginia nothing could remotely thought West ern locations unless consider thing slightly west Dulles Airport wild wild West take full credit getting re cent land acquisition activity started June recently Chairman Pete Waters unilaterally decided remove Land Acquisition Committee because wrote cant work him would know Hes never tried work anything especially committee Ive never received comment reply input provided him learned about being removed committee accident memo got John Worth casually mentioned committee meeting knew nothing about though theyve now removed Western representation commit tee theyll still try foist upon de nials being Eastern organization vigorously deny opportu nity build Headquarters Museum east coast Later start search permanent sites east coast Well some things like proverbial spots leopard will never change leads tne next subject Peltz Predicts Future Ive polished crys tal ball gazed Cut column out hang wall reminder heard first PREDICTION 1 AMAs first permanent site will far closer Atlantic Ocean Pacific PREDICTION 2 Free Flight RC Soar ing will leave Nats own thing will mark beginning end annual exercise AMA folly PREDICTION 3 person selected re place John Worth Executive Director John retires after over two decades service will AMA member likely good old boys will un qualified job underpaid task will create irreversible problems organization look ad AMA placed magazine requesting submission resumes tells it doesnt have single word about applicant qualifications PREDICTION 4 flying site crisis will continue worsen Model aviation will come rural-only activity within five years Big-city clubs will lose fields start organizing trips chartered buses go nearest remaining sites yearly one-day flying outings PREDICTION 5 Radio problems will wors en time AMA recognizes its wellintentioned Frequency Committee created something someone named Franken stein could love will too late Too RC pilots will have already abandoned sport because can no longer afford replace throwaway radios planes after flight/crash will have gone full circle pioneering days 50s radios barely worked early 80s worked very well early 90s no longer work presence practically oth ers geographic area has pag ing services can still afford sport will abandon too stating its just fun anymoreone plane air time just isnt same thing PREDICTION 6 Having given up technical feasibility mass producing fully reliable reasonably priced 1991 de sign radio industry will shift its R&D ef forts produce 1992 radio time finally becomes available late 1993 will also rendered obsolete pag ing systems now 5 kHz away PREDICTION 7 radio problem fi nally solved 1995 bright young en gineer Far East discovers run two wires directly con trols airplane dont need ra dio technology wires have draw back though require planes fly circles around person con trols PREDICTION 8 Some youngster 1995 AMA Junior Executive Council proclaims al breakthrough bubble burst finds out once something AMA did similar called Control Line Another 1995 youngster asks couldnt fly planes neither ra dios nor wires too told that once unsuccessfully tried AMA time called Free Flight organi zations aging historian recalls Free Flight Control Line both died what terms RC-Acquired InspiredTechnology-Driven Syndrome RC-AI DS fatal disease early 1990s PREDICTION 9 Driven sport fliers totally dominate Executive Coun cii faced continuous stream last places FAI World Championships 1995 AMA stops sending US teams withdraws FAI Faced loss its traditional main source funds USA FAI panics immediately declares French equivalent bank ruptcy No notices PREDICTION 10 early 1996 no longer place left UsA fly model airplanes AMA members still builders have taken shipping fin ished models AMA Museum now occupies buildings around 10 miles center Reston VA tents parking lot AMA HQ employees again demand better work ing conditions including occasional hot wa ter electricity again reminded needs secondary museums needs PREDICTION 11 group real business men form organization seriously de voted preservation expansion sport/hobby model aviation well-defined highly realistic longrange business plan greeted gener ous financing grateful neglected model aviation industry itself fac ing extinction PREDICTION 12 special meeting AMA Executive Council called ask three questions 1 did go wrong 2 cope newly formed competing organization 3 Just what does word competition really mean referring model airplane con tests PREDICTION 13 decided form three new AMA committees find swers has become AMA doctrine Eastern Council members allowed answers never found Neither scattered remains onceproud AMA Remember read first way back 1988 132 Model Aviation Alaska 0 Idaho ana 0 Oregon ington XI DISTRICT REPORT Ed MeCollough District XI Vice-President 53 SE 61st Ave Portland OR 97215 503 2344439 CompuServe addrens tor EMAIL7e0672422 Associate Vice Presidents Tom Caahman 2521 SW 323rd St Federal Way WA 9e023 Al Culver Son 86 Wilder ID 83676 Gary H Fuller PO Don 1124 Kotzebue AK 99752 Glen Miachke 4050 Fourth Ave N Great Falla MT 59401 Dave Mallena 15559 Palatine Ave N. Seattle WA 95133 Bruce Nelnon 507 E Vickaburg St Spokane WA 99205 Dick Wickline P0 Boa 623 Klamath Fatin OR 97601 Chick Young 11225 125th St E #69 Puyallup WA 98373 Frequency Coordinator Robert Batch 16439 SE Haig Dr Portland OR 57236 Phone 503 761-5103 NATS IN THE NORTHWEST IN 89 AMA Executive Council voted hold 89 Nats Headquarters Rich land WA TnCities area southeastern Washington dates July 15-23 will great site facet Nats introduc tion special events such Slope Soaring also possible Stay tuned member two have asked about vote regional flying field question rest wondered voted against motion because feel fiscal respon sibility says have have insur ance pad before go out buy property Property hard liquidate need cash try sell off need never get price need Lat er weve built pad will favor buying property subject other officers wrote glowingly about plan wonder ful immodestly claimed own idea Wrongo idea Hardy Brodersons first proposed Council meeting Chicago several years ago same time wonder just buying regional site will help out los ing local flying fields Maybe can pack up head regional site few days flying year Better should de velop ways helping local clubs get fields first case small group now run ning AMA chance buy piece property decided among themselves wasnt good idea turns out prop erty recently sold $33 million would have paid So much far-sighted leadership Its two months until Puyallup Are ready Don Sweazy ready Speaking shows like want district display booth just put ly costs ship next user Let know early can schedule Gary Fuller intrepid AVP far cold north finally got message dogsled no doubt Gary above Arctic Circle Kot zebue AK curious geographically its just above Arctic Circle coast Any way Gary got chance visit Anchorage spent some time Alaska RC Societys field Elemendorf AFB quote Gary saw some good models such Ken Bystedts Falcon 56 Frank Weavers unusual Scale Bucker Bestmann kitted US Rick Warfords Four-Cycle Tigermoth John Reeses Sportster Gary Terzichs EZ Dago Red Ye-scale Citabria Joe Boswells Force 1 Joel Wilcoxs Trainer Ron Bergts lAscale Chip munk host Jim Terrells VK Nieuport 28 Gary quite impressed field mentioned hoped visit Alaska Mos quitoes October Strange thought Alaska stand outside mosquit6es would carry away OMPRA racing has very active year according AVP Dick Wickline rac ing both Super Sports Q-500s Creswell Big Bird happening photo below shows Dave Kepharts red Byron Pitts Dave Loren Anderson both brought big Byron bipes Bend Lorens yellow Clayton Fosters blue-and-white Cub Clayton Eugene RC Aeronaut Master builder Bob Kreuzinger brought very nrettv EAA BiDe Salem sadness note Ray Revels suf fered fatal heart attack Rogue Eagles field summer happened just day after death Peggy Rosenbergs husband Sandy sympathies go both families friends Some pictures Plat 1 water fly early June Bud Schwesinger Umpqua Val ley gang put very nice relaxed week end water flying reservoir near Suth erlin very nice site fly lot friendly people make feel home put calen dar early next June bring water bird Heres shot some planes pilots spectators Steve Milos Paul Schlutzs Edo floatplanes foreground As usual Bob Balch took photos column outdid himself great shot PBY Unfortunately seem have filed notes event am sure pretty shot shows flying site P1st 1 good advantage also shows Don Anderson trying act nonchalant other per son flies Dons airplane Since airplane fully capable flying itself no real problem January 1989 133 nice touch event taxi race husbands wives sweethearts pilots Im absolutely sure think Susan Reiver beaching Dick smart crack Im suing Reivers Heinkel Coming up next montn witi oe pictures 88 version Scale Masters Regional Farragut State Park shot taken Sil verwood may anything isnt day airport come across documentation like beautiful 11It sincere wish noliday season hold health happiness family coming year peace happiness Happy holiday flying Don Ross New Book Whenever new book works want talk about especially think going good book know have yet received copy Dons book Rubber-Powered Model AirplanL5 drawings text pictures Ive seen Don working Im convinced superior Ive written about Dons book some months ago Junior Flight readers have written asking will available Well good news time read will able purchase copy Rubber-Powered Model Airplanes will sold Motor Books International ad dress Osceola WI 54020 can call toll-free 1-800-458-0454 cost $1295 plus handling shipping charges $395 total cost $1690 pur chase directly wait distribution buy directly right now will accept check money order Visa American Express Mastercard credit card call Its name tells pretty much what book aboutOutdoor rubber-powered model airplanes beginner modeler needing still assistance dont book good place enter aero modeling ought school library club book will take rank beginner turn him model airplane builder flier What does take mystery out building flying successful Free Flight models An telligent book trying cover thing sticks Rubber power also doesnt get ultracomplex FAI contest types other words book kind need start flying Don Ross book features complete plans three progressively difficult simple models First all-balsa handlaunched stick job all-balsa ROG rise-off-ground finally 24-in-wingspan built-up stick-and tissue model Its just whats needed get out han gar blue Don includes over 100 drawings pictures illustrations whole chapter flight trimming another solely Flying Scale building techniques Theres detail make own propellers dont have remain lim ited commercially produced plastic props Theres detail also wind get out rubber motors make rolled tubular fuselages freewheeler folding propsplus well over 100 valu able hints kinks Don explains go about de signing own models telling what basics Besides standard tractor monoplane Don discusses biplanes ca 134 Model Aviation nards other planforms gives standard proportions Besides Don lists aeromodeling ganizations publications plus about 60 sources materials kits plans can say w Don Ross book Rubber-Powered Model Airplanes does Outdoor rubber-powered Free Flight what Ron Williams classic Building Flying Indoor Model Airplanes does Indoor Free Flight Ill receiving actual copy shortly will give opportunity tell about next month mean time call number 1-800-458-0454 total cost $1690 will worth ROG 25 Update Tom Greenhalge proposer pusher ROG 25 event writes further con firm love cabin airplanes rather stick models think ROG model think stick model especially beginners Tom would just soon have full-fuselage models event tends make event advanced modelers Pictured two models con tained rubber motors illustrate ap proach Two brothers Stan Gary Bud denbohm designed constructed neat models first Stan all-sheetbalsa Sheety Riser Garys yet un named uses built-up stick-and-tissue structure Both should very successful ED WHITTEN 0 Tom tells us famous Thermal Thumbers Club planning ROG 25 Blow-Out series contests starting Janu ary will have contest once month during first six months 1989 Paul Herbst flies Peck-Polymers Flying Aces Moth event writes add accent Thermal Thumbers se ries will participation Ten points will given month flying event three additional points will awarded winning two placing sec ond third After sixth con test nice prize will go modeler accu mulating points think very interesting approach aim maybe generate enough interest ROG 25 event included next sum mers USFF Championship Contest Taft have hand California clubs sure know plug events power Remember send views Tom Toms address 2080 B Maple Ave nue Costa Mesa CA 92627 Mine course up above Whether ROG 25 Novice Pen nyplane B-29 build tail light Keep building keep flying see next month Have Helped Junior Modeler Today Io FLIGHT Box 176 Wall St Sta New York NY 10005
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/01
Page Numbers: 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/01
Page Numbers: 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134
Sound & Aeronautics Howard Crispin Jr STATEMENTS There very reai prob lem exists relative sound levels model aeronautics Word coming out some individuals representing 90-dBat-9 ft guideline mandatory require ment Academy being done letters public officials process obtaining flying sites have followed writings publications including Model Aviation know mandatory requirement Academy state otherwise establishes very danger ous precedent making such false state ment may very well prevent acquisi tion flying sites surely restrict classes aircraft may operated have attention engine manufacturers propeller manufacturers muffler pipe manufacturersand above model fliers wholewe can consider mandatory rules As certain competition categories mandatory sound abatement figure have goal getting operations quiet will arrive point purpose 90-at-9 valid standard sites problems potential prob lems anything will endanger flying sites doubt get statement AMA Headquarters tornnce rruu. . , Road Mt Morris Ml 48458 proper name system VIBRA-DAMP Engine Mounting System man behind product David von Linsowe David active participant Pattern competition fly ing F3A has involved himself some de tailed research common areas stallation propellers sound would like have read letter David some work VIBRA-DAMP Engine Mounting Sys tem introduced Toledo Show due testing manufacturing volved marketing has taken backseat putting highest quality product market So universal isolation mount masses let us get little background Because noise testing can very diffi cult make repeatable especially noise airframe vibration chose use aver age G force transmission determine effectiveness isolation engine mount testing done using foam-isolated engine test stand reduce vibration absorp tion An airplane could have used because wide diversity mount configurations engines tested consist ent airframe isolation could have maintained Early testing inconsistency showing up Although accurate tach being used engine itself pro ducing same amount G forces time found changing mix ture slightly rich lean would change engine vibrational force 92 Cs 150 Cs An exhaust gas temperature gauge employed set needle valve engine became consistent method works well Im thinking building probe right airplane Its also very handy setting midrange idle accelerometer mounted such way measure both vertical rota tional vibration important because en gine vibrating both modes simultane ously main objective testing compare what has used versus what could accomplished special rubber compounds mount spacing lot credit needs go Myrle Hyde Dean Koger pioneering efforts soft Chips chuckle first saw engine flopping around idle reference mounting systems used comparison Hyde ner tube mount Tech Products 5305 neoprene bushings two mounting methods produced very similar test results 211/2 Cs 20 Cs respectively inner tube mount also exhibited movement during running neoprene should noted anyone testing new isolation mounting system should use ex treme caution Unlike solid mount will give some indication failure un tested isolation mount may fail little warning Continued page 120 RC Equipment Certified following radio systems transmitters receivers have independently cer tified registered professional test labo ratory retained manufacturer US importer distributor meeting exceeding Radio Control equipment specifications detailed Academy Guidelines operation 20 kHz fre quency spacing testing done spe cifically listing time products FCC type acceptance procedure listing made matter informa tion construed en dorsement products listed Airtronics Ai rtronics Spectra PCM 7P 7H Receiver Part No 92985 Quantum PCM 8P 8H Receiver Part No 92985 AirtronicsModule Series FM MD7P 75P Receiver Part No 92785 Vanguard FM/PCM 4 6 Receiver Part No 92965 Vanguard FM 4 6 Ch Receiver Part No 92765 Airtronics Airtronics Future issues Model Aviation will con tain expanded listing additional infor mation received AMA AMA HQ SERVICES STAFF 0 Executive Director John worth 0 Executive Coordinator Joyce Hager S Administrative Services Director Robert Iojslavek 0 Technical Director Bob Underwood 0 Comptroller Lynne Collins 0 Competition Services Director Micheiine Madison 0 Special Services Director Carl Maroney C Membership Director Mike Woodiolk C Public Relations Director Geoff Styles 0 Special Prolecte Director Doug Pratt e Publications Director Carl R Wheeley 0 Nate General Manager Vince Mankowaki 0 Museum Curator Hurst Bowers 0 General Counsel Jeremiah Courtney AMAs Executive Council equivalent Board Directors basically composed President Executive Vice President Executive Director 11 district vice Presidents officers provided space month AMA News publication What say space however matter personal viewpoint sole responsibility author views may may represent official position AMA Executive Council January 1989 119 photo above depicts vibration iso lation mount assembly manufactured Per 0 ommended 60-size engines doesnt come hard contact en gine during normal running Does work bet does last years Masters Tournament airplane judged noisier air some judges 88 Nats year same airplane engine pipe prop com bination addition VIBRA DAMP engine mount judged jury quiet per FAI in-flight noise bonus must remembered exhaust prop tip velocity play impor tant role achieving really quiet airplane soft-mounted engine will AMA AMA Life Members.. Over 100 people have signed up over years pay Life Membership Ac ademy memberships cost $1000 may paid lump sum two four installments typical Life Membership initiated $250 down payment followed $250 fol lowing three years memberships recognized taxdeductible contributions Interesting side light Several families have two Life Memberships Bryant Thompson family first total four AMA-recommended maximum sound measure ment 90 dB 9 ft AMA requirement Ive enclosed info NASA Tech Briefs talked about Nats think will find very interesting Maybe AMA could get NASA run some props doing test ing recent trend increase pitch reducing diameter will leave lot people less desirable results Octo ber article Model Aviation explains higher-pitched props will have longer realistic takeoff roll demonstrates loss performance course have relatively short takeoff rolls taking account scale effects have tremendous advantage wing loading power-to-weight ratio over full-size counterparts reduce noise gen erated prop tip speeds must brought down need out reducing performance FAI fliers went high-pitched props effort reduce engine rpmand hence lower tip speeds During changeover FAI airplanes also chang ingbecoming larger cleaner designs weighed less allowed use less efficient pro pellers still maintaining same per formance Sport fliers will want continue airplanes theyve using ex cept make quieter means prop must designed load en gine down desirable rpm tip speed reduction same time maintain relatively high efficiency rpm direction took prop research reduce engine rpm going wide 1-1 12* L-3 LA L-5 L6* L-7 1-8 1-9 L-10 L-11 L-12 1-13 1-14 1-15 1-16 L17* 1-18 1-19 1-20 1-21 1-22 1-23 1-24 1-25 1-26 1-27 1-28 1-29 1-30 1-31 1-32 1-33 1-34 1-35 1-36 1-37 1-38 1-39 1-39 1-40 1-41 1-42 143* 1-44 1-45 1-46 1-47 1-48 1-49 1-50 Philip J Baugh Jr Jack C Lowe Joseph P Coles Walter Wydler Jeremiah Courtney Matthew Sullivan Ed Manulkin Leon Shulman Jim McNeill Francis M Flinsch Gil Rifkin James H Artz Don Shulman Bob Elliott R C Andre Louis J Andrews Billy B Dunlop Mark Smith Robert Leisses Weldon Smith Earl Witt Sidney Axelrod Carolyn Axeirod Dr James M Edwards Joseph S Guylas Jr Bryant Thompson Dick McCoy Robert Krafft Donald Krafft H Stan Chilton Gene Reynolds Clifford Ritchie Jerry Bell Robert W Gross Ron Ross Sam J Rosenbloom Earl Boteler Helen Olsen Ellaine Thompson Elaine Thompson Roger Olsen John Reynolds Richard D Nelson Daniel J Pruss Raymond Meyers Brent Coyne Robert C Gero George M Aldrich Jay S Gerber Mark N Thompson George W Dickinson 1-51 1-52 1-53 1-54 1-55 1-56 1-57 1-58 1-59 1-60 1-61 1-62 1-63 1-64 1-65 166* 1-67 1-68 1-69 1-70 1-71 1-72 1-73 1-74 1-75 1-76 1-77 1-78 1-79 1-80 1-81 1-82 1-83 1-84 1-85 1-86 1-87 1-88 1-89 1-90 1-91 1-92 1-93 1-95 1-96 1-98 1-99 1-100 1-101 1-102 1-103 Dewey Broberg Joyce Good Irwin G Ohlsson Jr Paul Bender Jim Clem Maxey Hester Hazel Sig-Hester Franklin H Alden Morten Tanger James Grier Jim Simpson Gerald F Cavanaugh Vincent F Gutschalk W D Thompson Jr Francis J Hildenbrand Lee Renaud George C Watson Paul R Habel H Sanford Frank David McDonald Herbert Johnson Jr Cara Lee Thompson John D Doyle Robert G Diefenderfer Fred Bopp Joe Zingali Raymond G Marvin Barbara Gerber Jeff Troy John Reed Jr Edward Teal Joseph H Konefes Kenneth Kortright Robert Spivey Jim Pope Orval C Steward Paul Binkley Jef Raskin Marty Zellman Russ Nitach Albert H Doerr Edward Hydorn Jr Frank Tlush Christopher E Wimmer James B Porter Jr Donald Draskovich Robert C Wimmer Bill Schmidt Albert J Sambold Sr David Copeman Jim Bybee 1-104 1-105 1-106 1-107 1-108 1-109 1-110 1-111 1-112 1-113 1-114 1-115 1-116 1-117 1-118 1-119 1-120 1-121 1-122 1-123 1-124 1-125 1-126 1-127 1-128 1-129 1-132 1-139 1-163 1-222 1-288 1-289 1-297 1-300 1-331 1-409 1-418 1-555 1-702 1-1000 1-1220 1-1256 1-1921 1-2664 1-3120 1-4037 1-5098 1-7009 1-20244 1-42487 *Deceased William Langenberg James S Jauregui John Schifko Cole B E Thompson Roy Propst Benjamin M Trapnell Jim Weir Joseph C Larsen Fred Angel H K Warner Ray B Sahlberg William Raub Rex R Powell Joel Rindler Rod Smith Thomas 1 Stennis Robert W Rich Richard C Reed Richard Grimm Jr Kermit Walker R S Keeton Jr Mike Dunn Alexander Lepak William R Bigge Billy T White Charles Hunsicker Jr David Rosen John H Hood Jr Jim Coffin Edward Norman David Bridi Ron Morgan Steve landy Penny Thompson William G Bennett Lawrence W Petty Travis McGinnis Joe Klause C M Tuthill Duane Renken Ed Izzo Charles R Poulton II Edward E Watts Ill William Hanson Robert Gialdini Gary Hutchison Dick Austin Richard P Aley Bob Wiacher Stanford Hightower September attended Friendship Tournament spacemodels rocketry NASA Wallops Flight Facility East ern Shore Virginia Soviet-US com petition arranged Howard Kuhn FAI spacemodeling ClAM representative Howard commended hard work making difficult arrangements NASA lauded wonderful host Wallops main base short dis tance famous Wallops Island Rock et Launch Facility fact wit nessed experimental rocket launch icing cake NASA could have accommodating its provision site accommodations materiel support weather perfect spirit friendliness between teams apparent Local residents provided sup port Bar-B-Que enjoyin super experience discussed Russian FAI ClAM representative possibility US-Soviet friendship tournament F3A RC Aerobatics response positive will pursue idea Russian fliers have never competed F3A World Champi onships Early October found Huntsville AL attending RC Report-sponsored Fun-Fly event fiercely contested myr iad prizes supplied industry thanks Gordon Banks supporters fine event real positive impact modeling area Interestingly fliers required meet finite noise limit 99 dB According Gordon club will progressively en force reduction noise limit over timea good example us seems what needed now set standardized rules can make fun-fly competition rule book event RC Report has very supportive AMA appreciate week later attended belated AMA Free Flight Nats canceled July because loss flying site Tony Ital iano President National Free Flight Society located site arranged hold Nationals October Thanks Tony crew Nats events held traditional trophies awarded facility Lawrenceville wideopen 3000-plus acres former military base now leased Govern ment private aircraft operations site permitted unimpeded vehicle chase FF planes over two miles Free Flight contests have held couple times annually last seven years SAM Championships held last July over 250 fliers participating see possible combined Nats site will look possibility ran some longtime friends some did know flew Free Flight Marty Richardson Frank Heeb Dayton OH Bob Johannnes now living St Louis RC flying friend lived Dayton Dave Platt RC Scale Board Chairman Ed Keck longtime RC Pattern flier Ed flying FF very competitively loving Bob Johannes comments Free Flight 1 love pure aesthetics ita terrific climb smooth transition beautiful glide Bob used fly full-scale gliders Believe Free Flight alive well really prospers good fly ing site met Sal Taibi real legend Free Flight president SAM Sal heroes started model flying real gentleman exudes best mod el aviation Hes lifetime love mod eling has very positive outlook life Did know Sal owns really clas sic 56 Chevy has over 550000 miles has crossed nation over 30 times attend contests uses chase vehicle automobile should bronzed put AMA museum writing am Kentucky way Reston October AMA Coun cil meeting have real knotty agenda before us feel thresh old real growth important aspect will possible acquisition na tional flying site hopefully followed otherswhat boon quality competi tion would well media expo sure hobby Everywhere go Im excited quality model aviation countryand its getting better time some thing everyone Sure have some problemsgrowing pains main tain positive outlook can solve problems thing Im absolutely con vinced cannot please dividual no matter hard try Per sonally Im trying maintain focus overall advancement hobby prod uct development flying sites frequencies insurance competition membership servic es public acceptance etc just hope can maintain BALANCE objec tives get bogged down triv ial Based current membership growth rate approximately 10% should have over 140000 members end 1988 rate will 225000 strong five years Thats bad 500000 number represents about 10% aeromodelers country interested growth means could provide support services aeromodelers country does mean expanded bureaucracy Head quartersonly what NECESSARY meet needs membership Simply stated members means impact dealing public sectorthose control property flying sites controlling public lands control ling acquisition radio frequencies addition having resources means direct acquisition flying sites assist ance local basis acquiring same along increasing exposure televi sion radio periodicals Very simply individual modeler will benefit larger membership AMA abso lute necessity growth advancement model aviation country world believe get behind membership drive influence other fliers know join organiza tibn January 1989 121 Presidents Corner President ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS DON LOWE 902 Little Bend Rd Altamonto Springs FJ32714 SOvietteams Spacemodels Friend ship Tournament Free Flight Nets Lawrencevme IL Bob Johannes cranks up Tony Hutchins member youth World Champs team North Korean FF model obtained Poland incredible workmanshin features Soviet Scale rocket model Soya sean Wallops Island Unbelievable workmanship fliesl Executive VPs Report Dave Drown AMA Executive VP 4560 Layhigh Rd Hamilton OH 45013 someone mentions AMA Mu seum people think display heritage model aviation AMA AMA Museum ever-changing showcase talent American modeler well valuable tool research through Lee Renaud li brary museum valuable asset AMA However AMA HQ building de signed originally house headquar ters plus museum intention floorspace entire wing would rented someone else Although tenant very short time never really did rent out space Ironically ended up using area museum stor age tenant vacated Later area used Member ship Department became too small de partment moved erstwhile museum storage space shortly thereafter museum exhibit space expanded area membership vacated left museum occupying nearly 30% floorspace building just fine established growth AMA recent years has quite remarkable example fin ished 1984 94602 members f ished 1988 membership 138057 increase 46% just four years takes staff handle increased workload takes space house staff last Executive Council meeting considered options expansion HQ building After being presented number proposals getting rough esti mates Council decided close por tion large museum atrium use working space effect would re duce museum floorspace about half what now has proposal has met lot oppo sition AMA membership Because opposition because ongo ing search large piece property serve national flying siteand come location Headquarters wellsome us have begun think about whether right move Financially makes sense esti mates would cost about $150000 would net us about 2500 sq ft us able space problem some question whether addition would increase value building fact some think may reduce value building As short-term three-to-five year alterna tive could rent outside space per haps moving part operations out separate quarters can also per haps reduce museum size portion lies outside atrium leaving museum its original size esthetics building unspoiled something sort will have increase efforts find national site urgency thereof cant imagine stopgap solution could solve longer-term space problem Right now have approximately 50 employees squeezed approximately 10000 sq ft total floor space including lavoratories HVAC equip ment computer room storage just too tight efficient operations Dont feel badly conference room has just converted data input de partment membership renewal process ing four people guess Executive Council will have meet nearby hotel Oh well no said cost growth cheap Executive Directors View HQ John Worth AMA Executive Director 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 89 Nats Free Flight. came out bluea sudden flash light after weeks darkness 88 Na tional Championships much gloom caused cancellation Out door Free Flight events except Scale after farm planned events no longer available day before 1988 contest began AMA Executive Council met consider among other things location 1989 Nats Two possibilities looked prom ising Muncie IN Amana IA Both what looked like good Free Flight situa tions end meeting third pos sibility developed also opportunity good Free Flight site situationTaco ma WA Council directed Nationals Com mittee travel soon possible ex plore possibilities location could finalized Councils October 22nd meeting committee did high hopes enthusiasm didnt take long find out three locations problems Come gloom again Tacoma out use key military base declined Muncie possible problems volving several individual category sites Amana also possible high cost factors lack sufficient hard surfaces events needed mid-October earlier hopes cooled offnot dead dampened probability serious compromises suddenly another call State Washingtonthis time different part state vigorous broadly sup ported community effort what known Tn-Cities area succeeded producing offer dispelled dark ness Best included large Free Flight site thus chance make up 1988 event cancellation quick visit area confirmed promise just time Executive Council approval October 22nd So its now offi cial 1989 National Model Airplane Championships will held Tn-Cities area Pasco Kennewick Richland Wash ingtonJuly 15-23 Much information will forthcoming shortly now can said practically site situations look good weakest being door site just over 40 ft ceiling struc ture will first-ever Nationals Northwest part countrya swing east coast 88 near west coast 89 will bring Nats part country heavily involved aeromo deling until has long distance away typical Nats locations As Nationals first came Northeast 1983 hoped will big turnout Northwest east Mississippi distance may discouraging location ful fills basic goal Nationals planningto move event around parts country location return West after five years 1984 National contest held Reno NV Before 1977 Riverside CA 1989 therefore ing Horace Greeley exhorted Go West young man go West AMA Museum Patrons Program Benefits Service prestige recognition Categories Patrons tax deductible Regular $10 per year donation provides Special Card fivedigit number Special pin bumper sticker patch Museum Newsletter Hall Famers Charter $100 per first-year donation $10 per year thereafter services regular except threedigit number addition Charter Member version pin Honor Wall listing Life $1000 onetime donation services Regular Charter patrons plus special Life pin patch two-digit number Museum Newsletter compilation correspondence exchanges among Hall Famers others best described cronies Bill Winter people famous pioneers model aviationthe thinkers doers have helped make model world what todayare nucleus around museum communications will built Its important note thatthe subjects covered indirectly re lated museum itself museum con nection gather words nu cleus group disseminate others same time preserving history files future modelers can know views instru mental creating model aviation history past 50 years 122 Model Aviation Connecticut S Maine achusetts S New Hampshire Rhode Island S Vermont DISTRICT REPORT Don Kraftt District Vice-President PO Box 1828 Dusbory MA 02331 1617 934-6248 Associate Vice Presidents Bill Ctisndler PO Box 441 Orland ME 04472 Drew Davenport 33 Ash St Townsend MA 01469 Bob Landry 90 Main St Essex Jct /T 05452 Richard Sherman 28 High St Plymouth NH 03264 Bob Wallace 91 Sylvan St Avon CT 06001 Frequency Coordinator George Wilson 82 Frazier Way Marstons Mills MA 02645 Bob Hilda Ring Ring Field located Berwick ME Rings have owned property past 12 years During time have developed beautiful residence private airport Today several hangars Bobs workshop doubles meetingplace New England Sport Scale Associa tion Rings have built facilities through lot hard work great part willing allow model ers use New England Sport Scale Association NESSA uses Bob Rings runway its flying site area off side runway serves pit area pit fenced worktables provided addition clubhouse completely fenced-in viewing area club present has about 51 members especially welcomes young er members spend extra time junior-age members offering both flight training building assistance August 20 Barb along friends Da vid Susan Eisner attended club funfly followed picnic hangar weather just about perfect good time Concord Aeroguidance Society CAGS Berwick drove Concord NH spent night could attend Scale Fly-In sponsored GAGS flying site next dam area con trolled Corps Engineers club has dealing Mr Dave Shepard son has very cooperative work ing fly-in attracted about 23 participants brought 31 aircraft Some models large J-3 Lucien Wig dor Lockheed floats Gee Bee Sport ster Armond Cote Fairchild 22 Bob Griswold good day quite windy restricted flying 51 RC HELl PILOTS ATUEND FRANCONIA 88 FUN-FLY Third Annual Franconia Helicopter Fun-fly held weekend August 20 21 Franconia NH weekend fly ing activities attended 51 Hell pilots over New England brought 93 beautiful flying machines Co sponsored Ernie Huber Pike Noyes fun-fly held mountain airstrip Sugar Hill section Franconia sur rounded natural beauty White Mountains major theme fun-fly pro vide help beginners provide sistance just transitioning hovering forward flight Volunteer structors hand supervise hov ering area factory reps helped straight en out mechanical problems cropped up Five flying areas provided two hovering Intermediate flyaround two Advanced aerobatic fly ing Smooth efficient operation transmitter impound frequency board Mary Huber Ernies wife enabled get lots flying time Lighthearted competition held Satur day afternoon included pad hopping contest beginners Pylon Race Intermediate Expert fliers Trophies awarded categories well Most Improved flier fun-fly Best Scale machine Raffle prizes provided Miniature Aircraft Robbe Gorham Model Products Yale Hobby Tonys Hobby Shop Re vere MA Make plans now join us next year Franconia 89 January 1989 123 Lou Greenwald Rob Lawrence Concord Skyhawks Lou files originaldesign airplane powered Zenoah 38 Rob flies Shuttle uses two ihannI rndin nnCroI mixar Chris Olsen father Charles Sportaire 40 Dave Eisner L admiring Bob Griswolds Fairchild 22 CAGS Scale rally built Orilne kit Quadra 50 Franconia 88 Fun-Fly want share following news release Mark Cookson Mike Mae NESSA fun-fly Bob Hilda Ring owners Ring Field Hangar background houses Aer onca Champ Members NESSA participated fun-fly August 20 1988 New England Sport Scale Association NESSA emblem Picnic supper after fun-fly hangar serves workshop meeting area Participants Franconia Helicopter FunFly New York 0 New Jersey II DISTRICT REPORT John Byrne District II Vice-President 36-29 213 Street Bayside NY 11361 719 225-8319 Associate Vice Presidents Pete Bianchini 280 S Broadway Yonkers NY 10705 Tom Brown P0 Boo 4933 APO NY 09009 Prank Costello 27 Kearney St Dover NJ 07901 Prank Dreoch 9 Willow Ave. Piscataway NJ 09854 Ray Jaschlrus 7 Evergreen Ave New Hyde Park NY 11040 Kenneth Koeppel 194 N Union Street PO Boo 217 Olean NY 14780 Robert Roave 39 Monroe St Keyport NJ 07735 Adam Sattler 41 Perry Ave Latham NY 12110 Lon Saster 3082 Rabbit Lava Phoevia NY 13135 Prequency Coordinator George Myers 70 Froelich Parm Rd Hicksville NY 11901 Second District Thoughts Nothing official mind would greatly surprised AMA establish Couple branch off ices ie west coast another Midwest Logically latter lo cation could Illinois Missouri former some part California pro jection would say sooner better hope will agree solely because experiencing growing pains Reston though fact rather order provide widespread segments member ship greater degree immediacy service duly entitled Quite coincidentally plans progress revamp existing facility Reston accommodate burgeoning need working space currently congested Headquarters am pleased serving upon committee charged responsibility Nostalgic Nats notes would require space have disposal recount personal feelings concerning years Nats couple aspects thereof should like address briefly First loss Free Flight year struck devastating blow may signifi cantly alter time-honored concept comprehensively structured classic can though escape optimistic feeling members FF community will grant us still another opportunity earn con fidence inclination ability rectify situation next year positive side however happier note struck impressive response Fun-Fly innovation overwhelm ing unqualified success know because personally involved helping run arrived Fentress Saturday Reston early mist morning greeted literally hordes modelers cheerfully setting up clamoring become airborne earliest possible moment Un der able supervision Bob Underwood AMA Technical Director lost little time activating event apparently everyones satisfaction shot made Bob height action panoramic view scene Here two typical scenes years jamboree Long Island Cobras Model Airplane Club Chart er #1426 Roosevelt Field Long Island nature hallowed ground minds revere excitement socalled Lindbergh Era full-scale flight devel opment passage time has also come change form huge shop ping mall place prestigious flying field Over years however Cobras group has held its annual static event historic site earlier years club settle modest space remote part mall passage time efforts ar ea impressed hosts years show able held larger much impressive location within premises witnessed recorded trusty camHere shot Sid Nerenson sporting cap longtime Cobra official surrounded several fellow club members extend compliments involved 22nd Annual WW jamboree Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome NY wouldnt miss classics could help soon September 10th just past drove upstate Rhinebeck has case years al ways enjoyed annual experience thoroughly thrills marvelous ly constructed masterfully flown model air craft Above sessions permit re newal friendships provide op portunity exchanging thoughts ideas hopes aspirations best wishes ones favorite people ie fellow aeromodelers Sky Rovers Air Show 88 july 23-24 Rovers strangers regular readers monthly reports magazine fact shall actually mark fourth appearance column earlier references see MA sues June 1988 June 1987 August 1987 So much record now relate cap tioned event described club members essence spectacle drew 61 pilots 80 aircraft cidentally Rover members never permitted fly club-sponsored events midafternoon day flying stopped about 20 minutes club conducted Hand-Launched Glider event children tending air show photograph five-year-old Dean Thomas won twoday raffle open pilots actually flying meet told Dean Thom youngest pilot ever fly Rover air shows dad member Vet Thomas proud say least As special feature show New York State Police Department dispatched its helicopters Ford Field scene action piloted Officer R F Odit Jr swered questions spectators con clude months report impressive photo man machine sincere thanks member Dave Reid input 124 Model Aviation Navy did Its utmost accommodate us respect accordingly grate ful its ongoing support matters connection pleased introduce fine naval officers help ful us Lt Eugene Winston Gear up locked Ohio 0 Pennsylvania S West Virginia III DISTRICT REPORT Bob Brown District III Vice-President 1255 High Street Bradford PA 16701 914362-7702 Associate Vice Presidents Francis Fiuharty 504 21st St Vienna WV 20101 Neison Gould 1944 S Idaho St Allentown PA 18103 John Hathaway 102 Woodmere Dr New Stanton PA 15672 Jay Mealy 208 Witmer St Cleartinid PA 10830 Lawrence R Weimer 15013 Greendaic Ave Mapie Hts OH 44137 Gil Weiss 3004 Hailowell Ct Bensalem PA 19020 Frequency Coordinator John Collie 102 Wyoming Ane Forty Port PA 18704 Phone 717 207-8970 Happy holidays May wish suc cess happiness Current Council land purchase plan must proceed careful consideration required size location primary concern must economical service membership Should site located East West NO centralized lo cation necessary Should Headquarters located property Sale current undersized structure could provide capital needed establish premier site lower operating costs allow future ex pansion Academy Members may ex press opposing Views primary goal Council must SERVICE en tire membership purpose column promote best interests modeler District Ill Anyone wishes specific details actions reasoning within Council should personally contact Unfortunately am unable attend activities district such event annual Labor Day Celebration Westmore land County PA As part activities Northmoreland RC Club demonstrates types model flying helps club maintain favorable position Westmoreland Department Parks Recrea tion Congratulations fine effort public demonstration Northmore land RC Club provided excellent public rela tions Jerry Fink editor Pittsburgh ARCS newsletter succumbed battle cancer offer condolences Jerrys family leadership will missed hope Beltzville Youth Program featured November column will generate additional interest assisting todays children month would like introduce two District Ills young sters. Keep em flyin KIDS Photo Charles Alba 7V2-year-old Loran Wagner daughter Joe Joan Wagner New Wilmington PA Photo Weiss Getting youngsters involved RC flying important AMA objective Shown receiv ing some hands-on flight training IMAA Chapter 168 instructor Mark Lenhart sevenyear-old Kenny Karpinski Philadelphia Frank Fluharty has put forth excellent ef fort position West Virginia AVP certainly informing clubs news area activities such activity West Virginia Annual Pattern Scale Bat Con test Ravenswood WV Contest Direc tors Steve Sturm Mark Radcliff report Scale entries increased Pattern en tries decreased say may due changing date contest traditional date Next years contest will back schedule plan attend may meet Boss Hog following example hardware presented winners Photo Fluharty beautiful trophies presented winners West Virginia Pattern Scale Contest District Ill proud host US Scale Masters Northeast August 20-21 1988 great contest can best described great pictures AVP Gil Weiss FLYING NEAR AIRPORTS BE CAREFUL Free Flight Radio Control flying near airports situation might involve possiblity models being vicinity full-scale aircraft opera tions must avoidedor conducted eliminate dangerous situa tions Models should flown proximity full-scale aircraft unless flier has someone else him sole purpose watching full-scale aircraft supervising flying prevent possibility accident Photo Gil Weiss Partial view flight line US Scale Masters Northeast highlighted finelooking realistic-flying Giant Scale Emdecker 19 entries well-organized contest directed CD Mel Katz Au gust 20-211988 Warminster Naval Air Development Center regional contest sponsored Sonic Tronics JC RC Hobbies 53, intensity US.uasters Northeast judging flying shown above Judges Felix Vozzo 1 Jerry Cowan center enter scores pilot caller turn downwind leg preparation another flyby AMA structure contest coordina tion has problems year more sanctioned events evolve As plan clubs 1989 summer schedule please consider others area Cooperation within local clubs essential . Would possible arrange joint meetings dis cuss activities Another example sharing cooperation between clubs AMA districts Ed Carber R discusses fine-flying Lazy Ace Bipe members Washington Crossing NJ RC Club Mercer County RC Club West Windsor NJ RC Club photo taken Jacksonville NJ Levittown Aerobugs field second three interciub fun-flys took place closing hope offers New Years resolution make 1989 quietlest year ever flying activity Noisy models crux poor public relations months club picture Southeastern Pennsylvania Aero Modelers SPARCS activity Warm ster PA Happy holidays January 1989 125 AWdtt/ Members Southeastern Pennsylvania Aero Modelers Radio Control ocieny Warmin ster PA Delaware 0 District Columbia land h Carolina ivVirginia DISTRICT REPORT Howard Crispin District IV Vice-President 611 Beechwood Dr Charlottesville VA 22901 Associate Vice Presidents Robert 6 Babura 117 Otin Drive Severn MD 21144 Phone 3011 969-9356 Bob Champine 205 Tipton Rd Newport Newa VA 23906 Rick Chrietoph 970 Star Creat Harrinonburg VA 22901 Chuck Foreman 5811 Rinker Dr Mechanicaville VA 23111 Doag Holland 3517 Femmood Dr Raleigh NC 27e12 Scotty Moyer 11 Orchard Lane Wilmington DE 19909 Charlen Spear 298 Holly Lane Mackeville NC 27029 Frequency Coordinator Paul Yacobucci 6409 Winthrop Dr Fayetteville NC 29301 Phone Evening 919 488-5996 Regional flying sites subject continuing interest difficulties arises search ultimately purchase property time ex pended getting things approved through committees important agreement reached concerning purchases leasing contracts need reduce response time some manner Too often land can lost because day late cannot answer what being done other districts areas regard have active getting out making quiries looking land am interested primarily obtaining site less centrally located east coast East critical need good Free Flight site well land could support entire Nationals site located west Appalachian mountains does answer requirement dis tances Southeast North east become excessive such land avail able answer yes several considerations need analyzed looking land looking land buildings looking increased costsand usually something no use Another consideration profile land very desirable land flat land under cultiva tion odds also quite expen sive thing probably contains number buildings land needs self draining multitude drain age ditches land must available zoning recreational land permits needed operate miniature aircraft tract size should nearly square rec tangular possible longest dimen sion along path prevailing winds have waited years get mov ing project vital land ready use 1 January 1989 important can developed us able sites types activities operated simultaneously site used Nationals its dimensions really need order one-and-a-half two miles square major piece land parts country have flown over driven piece land meets requirements land needs clearing seeding make huge flat area aeromodeling capable supporting conceivable aeromodeling needswhatever would desire aeromodeling land has tal volume approximately 3000 acres approximately three miles oneand-a-half miles clearing less 2000 acres would provide site size handle Nationals except Indoor especially come 1991 some proposed alterations Nationals schedule could done now price right land doubt quality purchase can ac complished owners Execu tive Council committee will read after two events have taken place Executive Council meeting held 22 23 October after election officers results elections will available around 1 December know least two mem bers Council will new can affect what transpires actions land procurement other subjects What ing done other areas something know time No information rel ative other sites has distributed Council members date After upcoming Council meeting will let receive District IV newsletter know status land purchases other areas country should heard Membership total membership Academy 1988 over 138000 higher estimated growth does say need concentrate member ship services includes question flying sites need attract junior members need definitive programs accomplish goal need much responsive needs of different categories aeromod eling Most need develop some type standard responses prob lems arise particular category volved has very clear understanding program Too often answers get nothing incite bitterness organization often get service part mandate can allow happen Bylaws number bylaws proposals will submitted upcoming Council meeting After introduction cycle second proposal session January meeting will submitted Leader Membership approval disap proval changes going have con siderable bearing upon way busi ness end result should bring greater efficiency effectiveness operation Academy should also enhance response membership strive grow Watch changes publicized important should have chance express opinions Check out club know Leader Mem bers club Let know opin ion can vote based voice group quite some time have probably no ticed has discussion Academy organized operating very easy voice concern quite something else sit down work out al terations will make organization stronger better what Execu tive Council will working Size good thing organization can work larger group cannot done everything still being handled inef ficient manner District news realize would like see district happenings month felt important express views couple very important subjects need work both long-term benefit Academy Since am directly involved matters can say am also ing some work getting things moving ask also consider other subjects items needed fu ture As said will appear after elec tions has nothing sub ject What good entire organiza tion also good District IV SoundCant pg 120 ness using four five layers -oz glass cloth front rear pro peller expected have reduction noise maybe slight reduction rpm compared thicker blades what happened quite different noise level did come down 800-rpm increase Blade flex does play important role efficiency make props wider get rpm flight speed down Results going wider blade stead increasing pitch what can expect standard day using 60 tuned pipe 9 lb static thrust 10000 rpm same flight speed lower rpm someone running highpitched prop Efficiency quiet David shows what can done has technical facility capability making what required concepts will available interim experiment ing higher pitches still viable op tion sport flier Once better ef ficient props available can differ ent things As David does show takes factors understanding interrelate get wish go AMA Technical Award Bob Underwood Technical Director Near end 1985 AMA Executive Council voted approve concept technical award given Aca demy award honors development items improve performance model aircraft components enable equipment perform new tasks simplify facilitate tasks now required build ing flying encourage safety sound suppression Technical Award acknowledges peo ple have made significant contribu tion technical end hobbyf sport Bob Bill Hunter Satellite City re ceived first Technical Award troduction cyanoacrylate adhesives modeling community nomination individuals groups award may made two AMA members must received September 1st year Nomination forms can obtained AMA Headquar ters contacting Technical Director Bob Underwood Voting candidates done AMA Council Past VicePresidents 126 Model Aviation Alabama ida 0 Georgia issippi 0 Puerto Rico Sooth Carolioa 0 Teonesoee V DISTRICT REPORT Lee Webster District V Vice-President 1000 Sycamore Manchester TN 37355 Associate Vice Presidents Philip Cope e Hedoewood Rd Knoxville TN 37918 Edward Hunter Ri 3 Box 288 Amory MS 38821 Richard Jackuon 2118 Thorulee Dr N Churtexton SC 28405 Arthur Johnuon 932 Banyan Dr Deiray Beach FL 33444 Joxeph Micalizzi SR 00866 Box 1532 Fuierdo PR 00648 Ed Moorman 85 12th Street Shalimar FL 32579 Dick Patton 765 Bailey Brook Circle Birmingham AL 35244 Tom Thacker 849 Eaxt Glochexter Place Norcroxx GA 30071 Frequency Coordinator Burnix Fieldo P0 Box 1063 Strickland Rd interlachen FL 32048 Phone 904 884-2517 Remember last month told would report Air Foiler Free Flight meet issue brag about proper way put good Dont know can cellation Nats Free Flight contrib uting factor meet bigger better ever like take view proves Free Flight aint dead yet big thing about Air Foiler Free Flight meets designed body has fun example fly Peanut Scale heats way FAC guys fly Scale Only cant change motors between flights break winding fatigues out too bad get two minutes wind countdown launch Last man down wins heat event final heat would sur prised strategy employed re sult rules turns out highly contested event fun barrel monkeys Since Peanut Race call has successful have instituted same ap proach small rubber-powered models Cur rently flying two events one-of-a-kind models model designs Wally Sim mers Gollywock Pacific Ace mod el type flown mass launch long est flight taking hardware Its quite sight t6 see 10 models climbing blue together Havent significant midairs yet have close calls once touched competitors Peanut model twice same heat Once near launch once about 45 seconds flight Since stayed up longer other contestant jokingly claimed took unfair advantage him Its worth noting 1/2A Texaco flown SAM rules growing steadily popularity al Proves mind least Radio Con trol duration events fit well Free Flight contest agenda two kinds dura tion flying seem complement other sure nice windy day able pick up model after 15-minute flight walk back car mile crosscountry touring all-terrain vehicle Very nice guys like gray hair gim py legs contestants old gray-headed die-hards either shown first photo several Juniors entered Bradley Bishop Zachary Taylor two winners Hand-Launched Gliders i-noro oy Joe I-reeman Juniors Bradley Bishop Zack Taylor won Hand-Launched Gliders Air Foiler Free Flight meet Photo two shows Senior Open high-point winner Dick Hall As usual Dick flew thing Old-Timers modern day highclimbing AMA Gas jobs some fastest-climbing power jobs Ive ever seen think year gets harder beat Dick Hall launching Spacer Talking about winners have show lady practices what preaches third photo presents Bonny Jenkins current chairperson Free Flight Contest Board first-place-winning Al Glider Well done Bonny guy husband Bill well-known Free Flight compet itor published picture Bill some months ago RC Glider something also does well Bonny Bill Jenkins showing off Bonnys Al Glider statistics show AMA com posed about 100000 RC-oriented members compared about 5000 will admit interest Free Flight questionnaires contests like indicate Free Flight isnt dead yet fact believe growing coming commonplace RC fliers discov erthe relaxation fun Peanut Scale P-30 can provide Also some kinds RC du ration fit well Free Flight scene chal lenge Free Flight community stop get ting bent out shape what perceived effort some put radios Free Flight models thus eliminating Free Flight look ways integrate more RC duration activities overall picture Weve done SAM years few no problems AMA scene also spite noise thats created about so-called RC Free Flight fields getting hard er find some methods preserving thrill duration flying must found ar eas otherwise off-limits Free Flight have known Along route RC Soaring isnt far away Free Flight either fits Free Flight better RC Power events comes light quickly large club fly ing sites try safely accommodate both Soar ing power flying often Soaring guys get run off own club field accommodate both kinds planes takes lot give-and-take make work also have special field layout isnt opti mum either power flier Glider guider Yet combination works best interests overall membership AMA group must also develop such give-and-take position strength well-integrated organization serving best interests participating parties Divided small argu ing factions become ineffective pow erless Lets let such divisions occur Plans future Nats being generated being written long-range AMA plan acquire ownership suitable land parcels future Nats obvious such site wont ready next Nats Nats picture writing still developing Finding site suitable holding AMA events hard ever So split Nats two major events held two sites different times split lines RC Free Flight Control Line put compatible ac tivities together site example Free Flight RC Soaring could use same site big enough flexible enough ac commodate varying wind conditions Other RC events like Pylon Aerobatics generally re quire hard-surfaced areas like runways aprons So Control Line events appear group well together meantime have fun idea grows leaps bounds Got letter old bud dy Tom Cimino reports tremendous success Brandon FL last fun-fly Tom writes beautiful air planes format fly have fun flew until pilots decided theyd enough flying no judging fly ing judging done work manship planes fun flys scheduled year district Its healthy trend Air shows also growing number also fun give us chance show wares talents general public East Ridge RC Club put its first show back success shown fol lowing excerpt newsletter Skywrit ers want express thanks worked hard make first MDA Air Show great success took lot work us through cooperation asked help way grateful Just case havent heard raised $1492 MDA far beyond what MDA us dared hope So once again say THANKS great bunch guys Looking over Hangar Pilot put out Dr John Martin came across proposal Chuck Markos Indoor Catapult Glider event Now talking Since polio arms make normal HandLaunched Glider flying impossible Ive compensated flying Catapult Gliders out doors years Air Foilers used have some great winter contests Catapult Glid ers Doing indoors should blast Well till next time keep em flying January 1989 127 SOUND ADVICE Keep within sound guideline 90 dBA 9 ft might keep fly ing site Illinois 0 Indiana 0 Kentucky 0 Missouri VI DISTRICT REPORT Jim Sears District VI Vice-President PO Box 308 Burgin KY 40310 Associate Vice Presidents Finn Baliard Ri 5 Box 90 Decatur IN 46733 Charije Bauer 4944 N Orange Norridge iL 60656 Cal Ettei #3 Castle Drive AR 2 Fiorissant MO 63534 Wiiiiam Kern 1808 12th St Bedford iN 47421 Dick Taylor 7929 Jefferson Kansas City MO 64114 Stan Watson 10414W 134 Street Palos Park IL 60464 Bill Zimmer Box 72 Varna IL 61375 year quickly Coming end So building season us Dis trict 6 hope have time finish couple models year Im looking forward having seaplane next flying season course thats what Id planned year Its sad time gets away us quickly So much next flying season Ive road lot month figured Id better get going before run out things go year Most clubs tend slack off some after October time settle getting sched ule ready new year first weekend month dropped fifth annual Hamilton RC Model ers Four-Cycle Rally 65 brave souls dared show stuff registered 94 planes put total 198 flights What show air constantly busy course contest have fly rounds can name added raffle barrel big draw prizes Thats tough competition going after big items should have seen traffic jams airplanes waiting fly After found out what prizes wished could have entered course didnt get see much flying spend too much time socializing Still guess should watch some fly full flight seldom get chance Its still lot fun next weekend decided take Fri day afternoon off headed Ft Knox US Scale Masters Championships dont know con test biggie Scale buffs year hosted Southern Indiana RC Club Fort Knox Model Airplane Club What team things under control included weather rain held off until after contest except occa sional sprinkle Dale Arvin youd proud Now could get come up some kind miracle keep away rain plan Missouri trips wonder event 56 brave souls guys flying some beautiful airplanes have ever seen wasnt cull bunch Heck sure am glad dont build well Id never fly em details modelers put just lovely saw model handmade radial engine sitting its nose Wow did notice trend toward larger models looked performance sort pointed out reasons too seemed rock solid wind what can see will probably see fewer small entries What did surprise lack Jet models remember thing sure lot civilian-type air craft present liked word advice thinking going Scale feel have new model about ready work some Its tough out Saturday Lexington KY see Bluegrass Soaring Societys LSF regional tendance low spirits high After full night morning looked contest going rainout weather finally broke thermals warming up fliers made effort milk little bit lift could find worth Some lift very weak too Still managed keep air Duration events shame time limits flights Sunday headed Albion IL fun-fly guys asked come previous fun-fly said Id try flew about half flight over fog like puffy cotton nestled over hills Beau tiful what makes neat fly got Albion fog cleared spotted flying site first impression site envy guys get use grass strip thats 4000 ft long Theyve opted use few hundred feet flying site middle farmland people own property super provide club access restroom buildings lots runway etc nothing guys have made contest pretty good Fun-flys promote excitement especially flying limbo Im much playing card games etc fun-flys prefer luck played out such things touch-andgoes etc fellows agreed event featured some skill requirement course event set trophies As day went rains came add pressure pilots Well kept flying rain did what should stayed under canopy did finish rounds flying leave just put last flight left rain still really fun day Albion crew may just have swing again got letter fellow week really disturbed upset about couple things fact didnt give contest real buildup column after made visit Well Im really sorry about However told him Im head counter dont keep scores leave other columns something special said about event try trips visit members Thats reason trav el can keep track contest Im constantly doing job talking people So its OK will con tinue tell people Ive Id rather let know Im get ting out Would like progress report about frequency situation radio modifica tion problems Sure would fly RC As being written around first October frequency issue has gotten interesting say least Ive two gentlemen Brandywine MD join forces Glenn Whidden Bud Snyder knowledgeable about FCC regs Glenn because nature trade deals FCC regularly So has developed expertise FCC regs around Part 95 know Part 95 set FCC regulations dealing several types ra dios included Since contacted Bud about month ago new battle try save old wideband radios high gear Bud pusher Due persistence Bud Glenn weve learned mods transmitters may illegal just kept reading regs quite vague ex plaining changes nothing says can modify RC radio regs actually say cant Being able modify wideband transmit ters strong selling point proposal end wideband usage have made changes tighten up systems systems may legal Last month said Im getting conflicting answers Well now have studied Part 95 own weve found rules RC industry using mods probably RC Howzat arent done yet told may send letter FCC get answers some questions Well Glenn beat has written FCC ask questions establish legal ity mods RC systems able modify transmitters guess going have spend lot money new equipment 1991 AMA pro posal passed FCC Silver-stickered transmitters will gone talk about cheap will convert narrow band would thrown out dont consider buying new narrow-band equip ment being cheap option Whats easiest way out think have discussing long time Leave old wideband radio equipment alone let clubs decide Its simple Yes go before FCC proposal requests tighter RC systems manufacturers Attrition will take care older equipment may pur chasing new today Leave old wideband radios alone kind propos al no worry about mods Clubs across nation have proved wideband environment 40 kHz works None clubs have talked t6 want give up wideband systems AMA officials set doing opposite what members want Beats Enough now. SAFE FLYER PATCH Fliers have pledged use AMA Safety Code operating models entitled wear Safe Flyer Patch Send photocopied typewritten handwritten declaration see AMA Supply Ser vice Catalog signature Include check money order $2 no cash pay able Academy Model Aeronautics 128 Model Aviation Iowa 0 Michigan 0 Minnesota 0 W sconoin VII DISTRICT REPORT Peter Waters District VII Vice-President 117 E Main Upper Level Northville MI 48167 CompuServe addrean EMAiL 700472162 Assisnent Vice President Boyd Bowdiub 6410 Gienwood N Goiden Vaiiey MN 55427 Associate Vice Presidents Jack Finn 368 Hampden Dr NE Cedar Rapida iA 52402 Bad Gorman Box 33 Knife River MN 55609 Raaaeii Knetzger 2625 E Shorewood Blvd Milwaukee WI 53211 Jean Lanik 305 PaBi Piece Hoiiand Mi 49423 Can MoSs 5024 Lake Mendota Dr Madinon Wi 53705 Ron Seam 132 S Ronlyn Pontiac Mi 48054 Paai Smith 11112 Diii Drive Steriing Nix Mi 46077 Frequency Coordinator Bob Stamm Box 357 Minocqee Wi 54548 still Merry Christmas time Beats age falling leaves geese weaving way South Which means am suffering flying withdrawal have trips mall shows look forward building program . well planned yet AMA activities hotting up first meeting Property Acquisition Com mittee t PAC 6 group. held during RCHTA Show Chi cago group heading up search Valhalla Modeling Permanent Flying Site have now prepared several sets criteria make easier sort out sites forwarded choose promising ones As will THAT too big decide News eleven RCHTA Show new idea tract entertain modelers invited top modelers skills termed Superstars Model ing set up table clinics talk get help ideas questions answered Included district Dolly Bob Wischer Steve Sauger Keith Shaw Terry Edmonds Talking sev eral stars seems liked idea publicity will highlight next year idea exactly like used fa mous Madison Sailplane Symposium have several send some photos column thanks deed However have unusable due case using ball-point pen write information onto back photo Please write prints add self-stick notes fill details pencil Re member try use photos people models try have too much print get processed column editor clips picture lots small detail will become difficult discern printed Keep posing close up send have visitor staying sev eral weeks Old Country Eng lishman named Martin Forrest managed get him entered Q500 Flying Ti gers meet gathered top Novice teresting comment Martin would able fly event UK .its too noisy Noise reduction has progressed being important ef fort Interesting too Wayne Yeagers plea passing rule Quarter Midget muf flers monthly issue TURN Mem bership has now exceeded 1. pro motion Q-500 Quarter Midget sole goal have application forms have neat logo too club has new newsletter editor actually two clubs should proud tough job editors make point mention often possible years editors main communication line clubs always needing informa tion articles editor has sent request National Newsletter send him AMA HQ attention Lou Ward will get him NNL month add source mate rial month have following section written AVP Ron Sears Ron Pon tiac recoenized Scale flier District Roundup Cloudbusters full swing celebrating Golden Jubi lee 1989 Thats quite milestone ty presses Flight Lines once again turning out newsletters St Croix Valley RC Club City RCs FlareOut talks about club history what happening 10 15 20 25 years ago Oh good old days edi tor Blunderbuss has identified himself herself phantom strikes again newsletter well pre pared printed Helipad should consider folding examine positive things can happen small group like editors seem begging copy talent expertise out editors should swamped information What say fellows t Paul Model Radio Controllers starting Scale model building class winter activity Patrols becoming very popular re cently demonstrated Traverse Area Model Pilots Society What can better sausage eggs after early morning flying Wash Detroit Area Modelers describes club meetings form entertainment thats wilder Worldwide Wrestling abusive Billy Martin umpires has arguments United States Su preme Court essful charity fundraiser Milwaukee Flying Electrons help Milwaukee RC Associa tion Dairyland Aero Miniature Mod elers raised $1000 donated Waukesa County Chapter Associ ation Retarded Citizens Electrons also held second annual Instructor Ap preciation Day owing news letters come words wisdom Lloyd McConkie says its dry out place trees chasing dogs Short Circuits newsletter Remember balsa trees wont grow out know keep trying transplant Clippings newsletter Roses red violets swell finger prop hurts like dickens Flight Lines dont get change misspent youth Pulse Newsletter flying field Milwaukee Scimitar Squadron Noise part problem clamp ing down noise pollution Aero hawk Radio Fliers club er Month section showing up news letters terrific way learn about other promote strong club gratulations newly elected club ficers May have very rewarding 1989 January 1989 129 FIyn Wolverines RCs Don Schulte sends pictures successful Fun Show Fly Neat safety-conscious club Adrian Ml Bits Pieces RC 0-500 meet Heres said thank-you snoneore Adrian 0-500 winners L R Chuck Wool cy Joe Cohen Pete Waters Ken Heatlie flrnis Imnpr ne last aays summer sunanine nne iuno 0-500 Race 55and relaxing between heats Toledos Flying Tiger Field L R Don Libke Dan Kane Jr Dennis Sumner M~tIi q Rrnwn nd Rnu RIkA UBVe uflo nindy Curtis helper Flying Tigers Q-500 Racethe end summer Arkansas Louisiana New Mexico 0 Oklahoma 0 Texas VIII DISTRICT REPORT Johnny Clemens District VIII Vice-President PO Box 64573 Dallas TX 75206 Associate Vice Presidents Dannie Bell 264 S Bee Line Rd Dallan TX 75253 Michael S Hamnon 600 T Main Hot Springe AR 71901 Gene Hempel 301 N Yale Dr Garland TX 75042 William Hurley III 229 Brian Dr Pleananton TX 75064 Bill Lee 3522 Tamariak Lane Missouri City TX 77459 Larry Seflor 1415 Manor Dr Bartleevilie OK 74003 Bd Shearer 3416 David Dr Metairie LA 70003 Chuck Wood 909 Harvard St Clovis NM 88101 Frequency Coordinator Bill May 3839 Ducheax Trail Dallas TX 75229 guess utter fascination building flying model airplanes spelled out happy modeler said Gee fun watching two Grey hound buses chase Volkswagen Rabbit admire District VIII newsletter edi tors much am always anxious help out advice gleaned own experiences Latest hint DONT LICK STAMPS OR ENVELOPES AFTER EATING OREO COOKIES kidding aside think have AMAs finest newsletter edi tors right District VIII So good fact hope fine folks will keep mailing list after step down district vice-president end year Stepping down VP will end involvement AMAs direction will least permanently AMAs Presidents Council always pleasant surprise realize often have order rubberpowered models hobby shop mind will probably say Yes kids Yes wonderful kids would believe sell older adults Most custom ers folks enjoyed modeling kids reclaiming some fun youth changing world tick led find something pleasant has stayed same have errone ous opinion much se lection stick-and-tissue kits badly mistaken keep about 75 80 dif ferent stick-and-tissue kits hand stuff go way have figured out Henry Ford probably made possible invention development rubberband-powered model planes see manufactured Ford cars required rubber tires required rubber inner tubes would snitch dads cut up rubberbands power model planes Thank Henry Ford above report rubber-powered end Free Flight activity will tickle friends National Free Flight Society Free Flight leaders like Tony Italiano Tony president National Free Flight Soci ety Bob Meuser Dick Johnson Bill Hannan George Perryman Hardy Brodersen host others will remember started out Free Flighter building rubber-powered models nine years old got big kick out another old friend Keith McClure Bartlesville OK re calling used intimidate other contes tants showed up FF contests Comet Zipper doped white orange flame streak-back powered Bunch Tiger 45 name HELLS FIRE painted sides fuselage Modeling has sure wonderful part life sure wish same talking neighbors few days ago never built model planes hobby mainly gardening asked him what able raise year heat lack rain said Mostly cal luses lucky modelers have sure received some excellent pro gressive thinking lately pass AMA Council such matters RC fre quency problems insurance forth info has come Chuck Andraka Albuquerque NM John Gill Dallas RC Club fine AVP Dannie Ball constructive sug gestions members can offer smarter direction AMA will same time am saying just gripe offering alternative better sug gestion NOT helping holding us back Please know AMA President Don Lowe Council really appreciate CONSTRUCTIVE criticism As Yogi Bear might say Nobody cant know everything also have received lot firsthand expe rience turn word about mod eling OUTSIDE world instead just talking ourselves fine info has come Bob Spivey Austin TX working airport sponsors opera tors through Sate Texas Aeronautics Commission Bob relaying experi ences AMA Headquarters through Geoff Styles unsung hero kind effort Among final services district VP want make sure good transfer authority responsibilities office successor Regarding AMA dis play available clubs district hope hand new VP list dates have asked along display sure dates want dis play please let know separate note phone call will make separate file pass table display really got some mileage past year need AMA literature go display should request AMA Head quarters goes videotapes well display will help formalize presentation mall shows meetings bit advice before sign off month married please consider wife happiness too modeler know always overdid self indulgence family funds time spending too much both model air planes got breaking point family relations wife just griped griped un til finally walked out asked him what said said leaving said up till thought could gripe fuss told leaving found out could sing turn cartwheels same time too 130 Model Aviation Kirk Massey Willis TX impressed DEAF Club Dallas second annual Electric Fun-Fly beautiful Giant Elec tric Cub Takeoff roll about 10 15 ft Steven Carber Robert Tod Dallas hold ing unique Hospital Ship very original design fuselage being genuine hospital crutch Note red cross wing pair now working flying guitar should strike new note originality Dan Garfinkel Laporte TX Flap per Ornithopter Dan trying both electric gas engine power Successful flights pending hunting best gear ra Aircraft ID Labels would like additional stick air craft ID labels like 1988 membership kit may ordered AMA Supply Service 10 $100 postpaid Please include remittance order specify stick-on labels Tom Killough paid return visit Dallas present home Huntsville AL astonish us ultra-unique diamondwing pusher actually flies **** Were outa fuel Cotta land **** Cobrado 0 Kansas 0 Nebraska North [takota 0 South Dakota ixWyoming DISTRICT REPORT Travis McGinnis District IX Vice-President 8027 W 81st Circle Arvada CO 80005 CompuServe addresn EMAIL 7e0572750 Associate Vice Presidents Tom Boyd 701 N 58th St Lincoln NE 88505 Naihen Lancanter 3597 S Kendall St Denver CO 80235 Runa Miller neo N 3rd Carrington ND 58421 Don Moden 410 Hart Salina KS 57401 Jim Ricketta 516 5 Cloudan Sioux Felix SD 57103 Frequency Coordinator Steve Manglen Radio Service Center sie S Sheridan Denver Co eosae Phone Day 303 922-8107 Evening 303 930-3285 Doins around district. Wyoming 8th Annual Rocky Mountain Jumbo Fly held last weekend May sponsored Casper Airmodelers Association great show accompanied warm light breezes some 90 air planes Casper Airmodelers wives deserve big THANKS fine dinner Saturday night live music provided Bill Carpenter Jim Wyatt No went away empty-handed lots prizes awarded Scale class winners first place Ron Compton Littleton COPiper Pawnee second place Dean Sadler Lakewood CoPiper Cub third place Noel Hess Salt Lake City UTWaco Biplane 14-scale powered five-cylinder radial engine Peoples Choice Wayne Smith Bosler A/Ylarge Telemaster Gailen Stoumbaugh wife Marsha key people making years flyin successful event k forward Jumbo event 89 Wyoming October 11 re ceived resignation letter faithful sociate vice-president Gene Corson Gene cites work commitments disallow time job justice Gene has held appointed position number years has always touch something needed attention kept us informed about happenings State Wyoming regret resignation accepted thanks job well done - Gene YOU ARE APPRECI ATED would like have position filled first year would appreciative nominations modelers Wyoming important job before jump suggest someone check see wish considered what quali fications interest lies Id suggest write ask job descrip tion has updated document prepared describes appointed posi tion Some suggestions have come up recent times having associate vice-president elected office within respective state just district vice-president within district Id like pursue input would have out across district issue. can share input later column youd like Larrie Schaeffer Cheyenne comes note describing joint effort/meet High Plains Drifters Free Flight Club Chey enne Magnificent Mountain Men Free Flight Club Denver raised $240 Make Wish Foundation hoped make annual event conjunction Rocky Mountain Free Flight Championships Rick Pangell Larrie would like thank merchants contributing success meet trend modeling groups make contributions Make Wish Founda tion other charitable groups What neat way show world modelers un selfish caring folks Keep up good work Loren Moen Bottineau ND sends report Fourth Annual Pylon Pattern meet held August indicates suc cessful international event sorts since competitors Canada attending Note flags next picture Great work Rottineau Balsa Busters Brave Pattern fliers Brandon Mani toba Canada Bismarck ND Minot Mi AFB Bottineau ND L R stand ing Jim Larsen Arlyn Moen Fred Urlacher Thomas Hall Loren Moen Kneeling Rick Collingwood Bob Johnson John Nel son John mistakenly awarded third Sportsman few minutes after pic ture taken given rightful winner Chuck Judd Sorry Chuckl Stand ing far left anonymous Ian Colorado comes report Ivan Munninghoff George W Meyer morial Scale Masters Qualifier contest June 30 contestants four states competed event featured Satur day night banquet guest speaker Norm Goyer Scale RC Modeler magazine truly superb collection aircraft flown Sport Scale Lee DeMary winner Laser 200 J Devorss second Baby Ace Ken Gerlits third P-51 Herb Smith won Gi ant Scale 1A-scale Super Cub towed Glider Mike Shoemakers J-3 second Bill Turners Waco ARE close hind Masters Qualifier two perennial Masters fliers Bob Frey Al Casey topped class P-47 Mig 3 re spectively Rone Comptons Piper Pawnee third Brian OMeara P-47 Olen Tre nary Pitts Buzz Butler BD-8 Dan Par sons MB-5 also qualified attend years big Scale meet Ft Knox United Airlines Mobil Oil Co major sponsors event special thanks US Air Force Academy al lowing event take place its facility Richard Ballard President Jayhawk Model Masters Club Lawrence KS sends picture below showing Ivan Hird right being awarded AMA Award Apprecia tion Ivan honored years service modeling local level pleased recipient district award Richard also indicates concern about Narrow-band Phasein Plan 1991 have others recent months Executive Council concert AMAs Technical Di rector Bob Underwood has issued clarifi cation statement situation Look minutes October EC meet ing will also have discussed recent District IX meeting held Salina KS hopefully some informative light will have shed intent phasein plan te will continue forward concerns AMA Frequency Committee brought atten tion Thanks being concerned thinker expressing same. time issue Model Aviation hands will have put together committee informally search out study make recommendations regarding potential acquisition land sites AMAs discussed plan multisite acquisition Nats fun-fly events well possi bility location needed office space other present AMA Headquar ters location Reston VA have received several pieces communication recently re garding possibility would inter ested receiving input about im portant issue Please take time bring yourself up date reading past column comments District IX well others have addressed issue would expect have report District IX meeting soon being written just two weeks prior its date hoped will informed concerned members AMA means staying abreast happenings standpoint work Executive Council Take time read review minutes meetings ask questions necessary synopsis Councils work always appears issue following quarterly meetings part will necessarily review editorialize content column recom mend take time read yourself what happening organization Keep landings soft intentional . January 1989 131 Ron Compton won first place Scale Pawnee Crop Duster Noel Hess Waco Biplane won third place Scale well Participants Choice Arizona 0 California 0 Hawaii 0 Nevada S Utah x DISTRICT REPORT David 1 Peltz District X Vice-President 20450 Celtic St Chatsworth CA 91311 Associate Vice Presidents Edward Aber-Song 99-127 Ohiakee Plea HI 96701 Darwin N Barrie 8252 E Turney Ave Scottsdale AZ 85251 Glenn Carter 2020 Gill Port Lane Walnut Creek CA 94598 Bob Kampmann 8818 Piedra Way Fair Oaks CA 95628 Mike Lee 11420 Spdtire Drive San Diego CA 92126 Bob Reynolds 12901 E Speedway Tycoon AZ 95748 Jim Scarborough 30717 Rae Langlois Rancho PV CA 90274 Betty Stream 3723 Snowden Ave Long Beach CA 90808 Al Williamson 445 Westby Chula Vista CA 92011 Jon Zeinloit 5411 October Way Went Valley City UT 84120 Frequency Coordinator George Steiner 2238 Rogee River Dr Sacramento CA 95826 Phone t916t 362-1992 LOCAL NEWS DEPARTMENT Some critics have said dont ever report Dis trict 10 happenings say Buds Sepulveda Basin premier flying site LA plagued crashes According newsletter Valley RC Fliers home club field purchased scan ning receiver quote. check amount RF coming through Basin RC hand continues Well plenty immediately discovered high-powered com mercial stations 10 kHz away chan nels 12 16 18 20 24 28 32 34 42 44 46 48 52 much todays RC equipment can cope Thats number crashes has gone high basin le gally required allow AMA nonAMA fliers use no way en sure very best narrow-band stuff gets used usually mild-mannered highly pro-AMA clubs published reaction discovery again quote AMA has done did get exclu sive band frequencies fly Instead got lot frequencies hoping af ter enough crashes would find good use AGREE 100% Gentlemen Council please try understand radio plan work ing more people discovering real reasons problems basin unique freak location What happens will someday repeated urban areas slow death RC will follow END OF LOCAL NEWS DEPTARTMENT just received November Model Avia tion campaign statements AMA VP candidates Its gratifying see few campaigning strengths real-world business financial management experience hope win because AMA needs people like Council also hope live long enough see day AMA realizes needs experi enced professional leaders run organi zation good old boys claim fame know build/fly toy airplanes Personally have doubts will ever happen Too bad AMA month Council will meet again AMAs self-declared center world good old Reston VA Theyll discuss Land Acquisition Committees progress proposal see November column acquire up five sites So far Ive seen AMA examine sites Virginia nothing could remotely thought West ern locations unless consider thing slightly west Dulles Airport wild wild West take full credit getting re cent land acquisition activity started June recently Chairman Pete Waters unilaterally decided remove Land Acquisition Committee because wrote cant work him would know Hes never tried work anything especially committee Ive never received comment reply input provided him learned about being removed committee accident memo got John Worth casually mentioned committee meeting knew nothing about though theyve now removed Western representation commit tee theyll still try foist upon de nials being Eastern organization vigorously deny opportu nity build Headquarters Museum east coast Later start search permanent sites east coast Well some things like proverbial spots leopard will never change leads tne next subject Peltz Predicts Future Ive polished crys tal ball gazed Cut column out hang wall reminder heard first PREDICTION 1 AMAs first permanent site will far closer Atlantic Ocean Pacific PREDICTION 2 Free Flight RC Soar ing will leave Nats own thing will mark beginning end annual exercise AMA folly PREDICTION 3 person selected re place John Worth Executive Director John retires after over two decades service will AMA member likely good old boys will un qualified job underpaid task will create irreversible problems organization look ad AMA placed magazine requesting submission resumes tells it doesnt have single word about applicant qualifications PREDICTION 4 flying site crisis will continue worsen Model aviation will come rural-only activity within five years Big-city clubs will lose fields start organizing trips chartered buses go nearest remaining sites yearly one-day flying outings PREDICTION 5 Radio problems will wors en time AMA recognizes its wellintentioned Frequency Committee created something someone named Franken stein could love will too late Too RC pilots will have already abandoned sport because can no longer afford replace throwaway radios planes after flight/crash will have gone full circle pioneering days 50s radios barely worked early 80s worked very well early 90s no longer work presence practically oth ers geographic area has pag ing services can still afford sport will abandon too stating its just fun anymoreone plane air time just isnt same thing PREDICTION 6 Having given up technical feasibility mass producing fully reliable reasonably priced 1991 de sign radio industry will shift its R&D ef forts produce 1992 radio time finally becomes available late 1993 will also rendered obsolete pag ing systems now 5 kHz away PREDICTION 7 radio problem fi nally solved 1995 bright young en gineer Far East discovers run two wires directly con trols airplane dont need ra dio technology wires have draw back though require planes fly circles around person con trols PREDICTION 8 Some youngster 1995 AMA Junior Executive Council proclaims al breakthrough bubble burst finds out once something AMA did similar called Control Line Another 1995 youngster asks couldnt fly planes neither ra dios nor wires too told that once unsuccessfully tried AMA time called Free Flight organi zations aging historian recalls Free Flight Control Line both died what terms RC-Acquired InspiredTechnology-Driven Syndrome RC-AI DS fatal disease early 1990s PREDICTION 9 Driven sport fliers totally dominate Executive Coun cii faced continuous stream last places FAI World Championships 1995 AMA stops sending US teams withdraws FAI Faced loss its traditional main source funds USA FAI panics immediately declares French equivalent bank ruptcy No notices PREDICTION 10 early 1996 no longer place left UsA fly model airplanes AMA members still builders have taken shipping fin ished models AMA Museum now occupies buildings around 10 miles center Reston VA tents parking lot AMA HQ employees again demand better work ing conditions including occasional hot wa ter electricity again reminded needs secondary museums needs PREDICTION 11 group real business men form organization seriously de voted preservation expansion sport/hobby model aviation well-defined highly realistic longrange business plan greeted gener ous financing grateful neglected model aviation industry itself fac ing extinction PREDICTION 12 special meeting AMA Executive Council called ask three questions 1 did go wrong 2 cope newly formed competing organization 3 Just what does word competition really mean referring model airplane con tests PREDICTION 13 decided form three new AMA committees find swers has become AMA doctrine Eastern Council members allowed answers never found Neither scattered remains onceproud AMA Remember read first way back 1988 132 Model Aviation Alaska 0 Idaho ana 0 Oregon ington XI DISTRICT REPORT Ed MeCollough District XI Vice-President 53 SE 61st Ave Portland OR 97215 503 2344439 CompuServe addrens tor EMAIL7e0672422 Associate Vice Presidents Tom Caahman 2521 SW 323rd St Federal Way WA 9e023 Al Culver Son 86 Wilder ID 83676 Gary H Fuller PO Don 1124 Kotzebue AK 99752 Glen Miachke 4050 Fourth Ave N Great Falla MT 59401 Dave Mallena 15559 Palatine Ave N. Seattle WA 95133 Bruce Nelnon 507 E Vickaburg St Spokane WA 99205 Dick Wickline P0 Boa 623 Klamath Fatin OR 97601 Chick Young 11225 125th St E #69 Puyallup WA 98373 Frequency Coordinator Robert Batch 16439 SE Haig Dr Portland OR 57236 Phone 503 761-5103 NATS IN THE NORTHWEST IN 89 AMA Executive Council voted hold 89 Nats Headquarters Rich land WA TnCities area southeastern Washington dates July 15-23 will great site facet Nats introduc tion special events such Slope Soaring also possible Stay tuned member two have asked about vote regional flying field question rest wondered voted against motion because feel fiscal respon sibility says have have insur ance pad before go out buy property Property hard liquidate need cash try sell off need never get price need Lat er weve built pad will favor buying property subject other officers wrote glowingly about plan wonder ful immodestly claimed own idea Wrongo idea Hardy Brodersons first proposed Council meeting Chicago several years ago same time wonder just buying regional site will help out los ing local flying fields Maybe can pack up head regional site few days flying year Better should de velop ways helping local clubs get fields first case small group now run ning AMA chance buy piece property decided among themselves wasnt good idea turns out prop erty recently sold $33 million would have paid So much far-sighted leadership Its two months until Puyallup Are ready Don Sweazy ready Speaking shows like want district display booth just put ly costs ship next user Let know early can schedule Gary Fuller intrepid AVP far cold north finally got message dogsled no doubt Gary above Arctic Circle Kot zebue AK curious geographically its just above Arctic Circle coast Any way Gary got chance visit Anchorage spent some time Alaska RC Societys field Elemendorf AFB quote Gary saw some good models such Ken Bystedts Falcon 56 Frank Weavers unusual Scale Bucker Bestmann kitted US Rick Warfords Four-Cycle Tigermoth John Reeses Sportster Gary Terzichs EZ Dago Red Ye-scale Citabria Joe Boswells Force 1 Joel Wilcoxs Trainer Ron Bergts lAscale Chip munk host Jim Terrells VK Nieuport 28 Gary quite impressed field mentioned hoped visit Alaska Mos quitoes October Strange thought Alaska stand outside mosquit6es would carry away OMPRA racing has very active year according AVP Dick Wickline rac ing both Super Sports Q-500s Creswell Big Bird happening photo below shows Dave Kepharts red Byron Pitts Dave Loren Anderson both brought big Byron bipes Bend Lorens yellow Clayton Fosters blue-and-white Cub Clayton Eugene RC Aeronaut Master builder Bob Kreuzinger brought very nrettv EAA BiDe Salem sadness note Ray Revels suf fered fatal heart attack Rogue Eagles field summer happened just day after death Peggy Rosenbergs husband Sandy sympathies go both families friends Some pictures Plat 1 water fly early June Bud Schwesinger Umpqua Val ley gang put very nice relaxed week end water flying reservoir near Suth erlin very nice site fly lot friendly people make feel home put calen dar early next June bring water bird Heres shot some planes pilots spectators Steve Milos Paul Schlutzs Edo floatplanes foreground As usual Bob Balch took photos column outdid himself great shot PBY Unfortunately seem have filed notes event am sure pretty shot shows flying site P1st 1 good advantage also shows Don Anderson trying act nonchalant other per son flies Dons airplane Since airplane fully capable flying itself no real problem January 1989 133 nice touch event taxi race husbands wives sweethearts pilots Im absolutely sure think Susan Reiver beaching Dick smart crack Im suing Reivers Heinkel Coming up next montn witi oe pictures 88 version Scale Masters Regional Farragut State Park shot taken Sil verwood may anything isnt day airport come across documentation like beautiful 11It sincere wish noliday season hold health happiness family coming year peace happiness Happy holiday flying Don Ross New Book Whenever new book works want talk about especially think going good book know have yet received copy Dons book Rubber-Powered Model AirplanL5 drawings text pictures Ive seen Don working Im convinced superior Ive written about Dons book some months ago Junior Flight readers have written asking will available Well good news time read will able purchase copy Rubber-Powered Model Airplanes will sold Motor Books International ad dress Osceola WI 54020 can call toll-free 1-800-458-0454 cost $1295 plus handling shipping charges $395 total cost $1690 pur chase directly wait distribution buy directly right now will accept check money order Visa American Express Mastercard credit card call Its name tells pretty much what book aboutOutdoor rubber-powered model airplanes beginner modeler needing still assistance dont book good place enter aero modeling ought school library club book will take rank beginner turn him model airplane builder flier What does take mystery out building flying successful Free Flight models An telligent book trying cover thing sticks Rubber power also doesnt get ultracomplex FAI contest types other words book kind need start flying Don Ross book features complete plans three progressively difficult simple models First all-balsa handlaunched stick job all-balsa ROG rise-off-ground finally 24-in-wingspan built-up stick-and tissue model Its just whats needed get out han gar blue Don includes over 100 drawings pictures illustrations whole chapter flight trimming another solely Flying Scale building techniques Theres detail make own propellers dont have remain lim ited commercially produced plastic props Theres detail also wind get out rubber motors make rolled tubular fuselages freewheeler folding propsplus well over 100 valu able hints kinks Don explains go about de signing own models telling what basics Besides standard tractor monoplane Don discusses biplanes ca 134 Model Aviation nards other planforms gives standard proportions Besides Don lists aeromodeling ganizations publications plus about 60 sources materials kits plans can say w Don Ross book Rubber-Powered Model Airplanes does Outdoor rubber-powered Free Flight what Ron Williams classic Building Flying Indoor Model Airplanes does Indoor Free Flight Ill receiving actual copy shortly will give opportunity tell about next month mean time call number 1-800-458-0454 total cost $1690 will worth ROG 25 Update Tom Greenhalge proposer pusher ROG 25 event writes further con firm love cabin airplanes rather stick models think ROG model think stick model especially beginners Tom would just soon have full-fuselage models event tends make event advanced modelers Pictured two models con tained rubber motors illustrate ap proach Two brothers Stan Gary Bud denbohm designed constructed neat models first Stan all-sheetbalsa Sheety Riser Garys yet un named uses built-up stick-and-tissue structure Both should very successful ED WHITTEN 0 Tom tells us famous Thermal Thumbers Club planning ROG 25 Blow-Out series contests starting Janu ary will have contest once month during first six months 1989 Paul Herbst flies Peck-Polymers Flying Aces Moth event writes add accent Thermal Thumbers se ries will participation Ten points will given month flying event three additional points will awarded winning two placing sec ond third After sixth con test nice prize will go modeler accu mulating points think very interesting approach aim maybe generate enough interest ROG 25 event included next sum mers USFF Championship Contest Taft have hand California clubs sure know plug events power Remember send views Tom Toms address 2080 B Maple Ave nue Costa Mesa CA 92627 Mine course up above Whether ROG 25 Novice Pen nyplane B-29 build tail light Keep building keep flying see next month Have Helped Junior Modeler Today Io FLIGHT Box 176 Wall St Sta New York NY 10005
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/01
Page Numbers: 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134
Sound & Aeronautics Howard Crispin Jr STATEMENTS There very reai prob lem exists relative sound levels model aeronautics Word coming out some individuals representing 90-dBat-9 ft guideline mandatory require ment Academy being done letters public officials process obtaining flying sites have followed writings publications including Model Aviation know mandatory requirement Academy state otherwise establishes very danger ous precedent making such false state ment may very well prevent acquisi tion flying sites surely restrict classes aircraft may operated have attention engine manufacturers propeller manufacturers muffler pipe manufacturersand above model fliers wholewe can consider mandatory rules As certain competition categories mandatory sound abatement figure have goal getting operations quiet will arrive point purpose 90-at-9 valid standard sites problems potential prob lems anything will endanger flying sites doubt get statement AMA Headquarters tornnce rruu. . , Road Mt Morris Ml 48458 proper name system VIBRA-DAMP Engine Mounting System man behind product David von Linsowe David active participant Pattern competition fly ing F3A has involved himself some de tailed research common areas stallation propellers sound would like have read letter David some work VIBRA-DAMP Engine Mounting Sys tem introduced Toledo Show due testing manufacturing volved marketing has taken backseat putting highest quality product market So universal isolation mount masses let us get little background Because noise testing can very diffi cult make repeatable especially noise airframe vibration chose use aver age G force transmission determine effectiveness isolation engine mount testing done using foam-isolated engine test stand reduce vibration absorp tion An airplane could have used because wide diversity mount configurations engines tested consist ent airframe isolation could have maintained Early testing inconsistency showing up Although accurate tach being used engine itself pro ducing same amount G forces time found changing mix ture slightly rich lean would change engine vibrational force 92 Cs 150 Cs An exhaust gas temperature gauge employed set needle valve engine became consistent method works well Im thinking building probe right airplane Its also very handy setting midrange idle accelerometer mounted such way measure both vertical rota tional vibration important because en gine vibrating both modes simultane ously main objective testing compare what has used versus what could accomplished special rubber compounds mount spacing lot credit needs go Myrle Hyde Dean Koger pioneering efforts soft Chips chuckle first saw engine flopping around idle reference mounting systems used comparison Hyde ner tube mount Tech Products 5305 neoprene bushings two mounting methods produced very similar test results 211/2 Cs 20 Cs respectively inner tube mount also exhibited movement during running neoprene should noted anyone testing new isolation mounting system should use ex treme caution Unlike solid mount will give some indication failure un tested isolation mount may fail little warning Continued page 120 RC Equipment Certified following radio systems transmitters receivers have independently cer tified registered professional test labo ratory retained manufacturer US importer distributor meeting exceeding Radio Control equipment specifications detailed Academy Guidelines operation 20 kHz fre quency spacing testing done spe cifically listing time products FCC type acceptance procedure listing made matter informa tion construed en dorsement products listed Airtronics Ai rtronics Spectra PCM 7P 7H Receiver Part No 92985 Quantum PCM 8P 8H Receiver Part No 92985 AirtronicsModule Series FM MD7P 75P Receiver Part No 92785 Vanguard FM/PCM 4 6 Receiver Part No 92965 Vanguard FM 4 6 Ch Receiver Part No 92765 Airtronics Airtronics Future issues Model Aviation will con tain expanded listing additional infor mation received AMA AMA HQ SERVICES STAFF 0 Executive Director John worth 0 Executive Coordinator Joyce Hager S Administrative Services Director Robert Iojslavek 0 Technical Director Bob Underwood 0 Comptroller Lynne Collins 0 Competition Services Director Micheiine Madison 0 Special Services Director Carl Maroney C Membership Director Mike Woodiolk C Public Relations Director Geoff Styles 0 Special Prolecte Director Doug Pratt e Publications Director Carl R Wheeley 0 Nate General Manager Vince Mankowaki 0 Museum Curator Hurst Bowers 0 General Counsel Jeremiah Courtney AMAs Executive Council equivalent Board Directors basically composed President Executive Vice President Executive Director 11 district vice Presidents officers provided space month AMA News publication What say space however matter personal viewpoint sole responsibility author views may may represent official position AMA Executive Council January 1989 119 photo above depicts vibration iso lation mount assembly manufactured Per 0 ommended 60-size engines doesnt come hard contact en gine during normal running Does work bet does last years Masters Tournament airplane judged noisier air some judges 88 Nats year same airplane engine pipe prop com bination addition VIBRA DAMP engine mount judged jury quiet per FAI in-flight noise bonus must remembered exhaust prop tip velocity play impor tant role achieving really quiet airplane soft-mounted engine will AMA AMA Life Members.. Over 100 people have signed up over years pay Life Membership Ac ademy memberships cost $1000 may paid lump sum two four installments typical Life Membership initiated $250 down payment followed $250 fol lowing three years memberships recognized taxdeductible contributions Interesting side light Several families have two Life Memberships Bryant Thompson family first total four AMA-recommended maximum sound measure ment 90 dB 9 ft AMA requirement Ive enclosed info NASA Tech Briefs talked about Nats think will find very interesting Maybe AMA could get NASA run some props doing test ing recent trend increase pitch reducing diameter will leave lot people less desirable results Octo ber article Model Aviation explains higher-pitched props will have longer realistic takeoff roll demonstrates loss performance course have relatively short takeoff rolls taking account scale effects have tremendous advantage wing loading power-to-weight ratio over full-size counterparts reduce noise gen erated prop tip speeds must brought down need out reducing performance FAI fliers went high-pitched props effort reduce engine rpmand hence lower tip speeds During changeover FAI airplanes also chang ingbecoming larger cleaner designs weighed less allowed use less efficient pro pellers still maintaining same per formance Sport fliers will want continue airplanes theyve using ex cept make quieter means prop must designed load en gine down desirable rpm tip speed reduction same time maintain relatively high efficiency rpm direction took prop research reduce engine rpm going wide 1-1 12* L-3 LA L-5 L6* L-7 1-8 1-9 L-10 L-11 L-12 1-13 1-14 1-15 1-16 L17* 1-18 1-19 1-20 1-21 1-22 1-23 1-24 1-25 1-26 1-27 1-28 1-29 1-30 1-31 1-32 1-33 1-34 1-35 1-36 1-37 1-38 1-39 1-39 1-40 1-41 1-42 143* 1-44 1-45 1-46 1-47 1-48 1-49 1-50 Philip J Baugh Jr Jack C Lowe Joseph P Coles Walter Wydler Jeremiah Courtney Matthew Sullivan Ed Manulkin Leon Shulman Jim McNeill Francis M Flinsch Gil Rifkin James H Artz Don Shulman Bob Elliott R C Andre Louis J Andrews Billy B Dunlop Mark Smith Robert Leisses Weldon Smith Earl Witt Sidney Axelrod Carolyn Axeirod Dr James M Edwards Joseph S Guylas Jr Bryant Thompson Dick McCoy Robert Krafft Donald Krafft H Stan Chilton Gene Reynolds Clifford Ritchie Jerry Bell Robert W Gross Ron Ross Sam J Rosenbloom Earl Boteler Helen Olsen Ellaine Thompson Elaine Thompson Roger Olsen John Reynolds Richard D Nelson Daniel J Pruss Raymond Meyers Brent Coyne Robert C Gero George M Aldrich Jay S Gerber Mark N Thompson George W Dickinson 1-51 1-52 1-53 1-54 1-55 1-56 1-57 1-58 1-59 1-60 1-61 1-62 1-63 1-64 1-65 166* 1-67 1-68 1-69 1-70 1-71 1-72 1-73 1-74 1-75 1-76 1-77 1-78 1-79 1-80 1-81 1-82 1-83 1-84 1-85 1-86 1-87 1-88 1-89 1-90 1-91 1-92 1-93 1-95 1-96 1-98 1-99 1-100 1-101 1-102 1-103 Dewey Broberg Joyce Good Irwin G Ohlsson Jr Paul Bender Jim Clem Maxey Hester Hazel Sig-Hester Franklin H Alden Morten Tanger James Grier Jim Simpson Gerald F Cavanaugh Vincent F Gutschalk W D Thompson Jr Francis J Hildenbrand Lee Renaud George C Watson Paul R Habel H Sanford Frank David McDonald Herbert Johnson Jr Cara Lee Thompson John D Doyle Robert G Diefenderfer Fred Bopp Joe Zingali Raymond G Marvin Barbara Gerber Jeff Troy John Reed Jr Edward Teal Joseph H Konefes Kenneth Kortright Robert Spivey Jim Pope Orval C Steward Paul Binkley Jef Raskin Marty Zellman Russ Nitach Albert H Doerr Edward Hydorn Jr Frank Tlush Christopher E Wimmer James B Porter Jr Donald Draskovich Robert C Wimmer Bill Schmidt Albert J Sambold Sr David Copeman Jim Bybee 1-104 1-105 1-106 1-107 1-108 1-109 1-110 1-111 1-112 1-113 1-114 1-115 1-116 1-117 1-118 1-119 1-120 1-121 1-122 1-123 1-124 1-125 1-126 1-127 1-128 1-129 1-132 1-139 1-163 1-222 1-288 1-289 1-297 1-300 1-331 1-409 1-418 1-555 1-702 1-1000 1-1220 1-1256 1-1921 1-2664 1-3120 1-4037 1-5098 1-7009 1-20244 1-42487 *Deceased William Langenberg James S Jauregui John Schifko Cole B E Thompson Roy Propst Benjamin M Trapnell Jim Weir Joseph C Larsen Fred Angel H K Warner Ray B Sahlberg William Raub Rex R Powell Joel Rindler Rod Smith Thomas 1 Stennis Robert W Rich Richard C Reed Richard Grimm Jr Kermit Walker R S Keeton Jr Mike Dunn Alexander Lepak William R Bigge Billy T White Charles Hunsicker Jr David Rosen John H Hood Jr Jim Coffin Edward Norman David Bridi Ron Morgan Steve landy Penny Thompson William G Bennett Lawrence W Petty Travis McGinnis Joe Klause C M Tuthill Duane Renken Ed Izzo Charles R Poulton II Edward E Watts Ill William Hanson Robert Gialdini Gary Hutchison Dick Austin Richard P Aley Bob Wiacher Stanford Hightower September attended Friendship Tournament spacemodels rocketry NASA Wallops Flight Facility East ern Shore Virginia Soviet-US com petition arranged Howard Kuhn FAI spacemodeling ClAM representative Howard commended hard work making difficult arrangements NASA lauded wonderful host Wallops main base short dis tance famous Wallops Island Rock et Launch Facility fact wit nessed experimental rocket launch icing cake NASA could have accommodating its provision site accommodations materiel support weather perfect spirit friendliness between teams apparent Local residents provided sup port Bar-B-Que enjoyin super experience discussed Russian FAI ClAM representative possibility US-Soviet friendship tournament F3A RC Aerobatics response positive will pursue idea Russian fliers have never competed F3A World Champi onships Early October found Huntsville AL attending RC Report-sponsored Fun-Fly event fiercely contested myr iad prizes supplied industry thanks Gordon Banks supporters fine event real positive impact modeling area Interestingly fliers required meet finite noise limit 99 dB According Gordon club will progressively en force reduction noise limit over timea good example us seems what needed now set standardized rules can make fun-fly competition rule book event RC Report has very supportive AMA appreciate week later attended belated AMA Free Flight Nats canceled July because loss flying site Tony Ital iano President National Free Flight Society located site arranged hold Nationals October Thanks Tony crew Nats events held traditional trophies awarded facility Lawrenceville wideopen 3000-plus acres former military base now leased Govern ment private aircraft operations site permitted unimpeded vehicle chase FF planes over two miles Free Flight contests have held couple times annually last seven years SAM Championships held last July over 250 fliers participating see possible combined Nats site will look possibility ran some longtime friends some did know flew Free Flight Marty Richardson Frank Heeb Dayton OH Bob Johannnes now living St Louis RC flying friend lived Dayton Dave Platt RC Scale Board Chairman Ed Keck longtime RC Pattern flier Ed flying FF very competitively loving Bob Johannes comments Free Flight 1 love pure aesthetics ita terrific climb smooth transition beautiful glide Bob used fly full-scale gliders Believe Free Flight alive well really prospers good fly ing site met Sal Taibi real legend Free Flight president SAM Sal heroes started model flying real gentleman exudes best mod el aviation Hes lifetime love mod eling has very positive outlook life Did know Sal owns really clas sic 56 Chevy has over 550000 miles has crossed nation over 30 times attend contests uses chase vehicle automobile should bronzed put AMA museum writing am Kentucky way Reston October AMA Coun cil meeting have real knotty agenda before us feel thresh old real growth important aspect will possible acquisition na tional flying site hopefully followed otherswhat boon quality competi tion would well media expo sure hobby Everywhere go Im excited quality model aviation countryand its getting better time some thing everyone Sure have some problemsgrowing pains main tain positive outlook can solve problems thing Im absolutely con vinced cannot please dividual no matter hard try Per sonally Im trying maintain focus overall advancement hobby prod uct development flying sites frequencies insurance competition membership servic es public acceptance etc just hope can maintain BALANCE objec tives get bogged down triv ial Based current membership growth rate approximately 10% should have over 140000 members end 1988 rate will 225000 strong five years Thats bad 500000 number represents about 10% aeromodelers country interested growth means could provide support services aeromodelers country does mean expanded bureaucracy Head quartersonly what NECESSARY meet needs membership Simply stated members means impact dealing public sectorthose control property flying sites controlling public lands control ling acquisition radio frequencies addition having resources means direct acquisition flying sites assist ance local basis acquiring same along increasing exposure televi sion radio periodicals Very simply individual modeler will benefit larger membership AMA abso lute necessity growth advancement model aviation country world believe get behind membership drive influence other fliers know join organiza tibn January 1989 121 Presidents Corner President ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS DON LOWE 902 Little Bend Rd Altamonto Springs FJ32714 SOvietteams Spacemodels Friend ship Tournament Free Flight Nets Lawrencevme IL Bob Johannes cranks up Tony Hutchins member youth World Champs team North Korean FF model obtained Poland incredible workmanshin features Soviet Scale rocket model Soya sean Wallops Island Unbelievable workmanship fliesl Executive VPs Report Dave Drown AMA Executive VP 4560 Layhigh Rd Hamilton OH 45013 someone mentions AMA Mu seum people think display heritage model aviation AMA AMA Museum ever-changing showcase talent American modeler well valuable tool research through Lee Renaud li brary museum valuable asset AMA However AMA HQ building de signed originally house headquar ters plus museum intention floorspace entire wing would rented someone else Although tenant very short time never really did rent out space Ironically ended up using area museum stor age tenant vacated Later area used Member ship Department became too small de partment moved erstwhile museum storage space shortly thereafter museum exhibit space expanded area membership vacated left museum occupying nearly 30% floorspace building just fine established growth AMA recent years has quite remarkable example fin ished 1984 94602 members f ished 1988 membership 138057 increase 46% just four years takes staff handle increased workload takes space house staff last Executive Council meeting considered options expansion HQ building After being presented number proposals getting rough esti mates Council decided close por tion large museum atrium use working space effect would re duce museum floorspace about half what now has proposal has met lot oppo sition AMA membership Because opposition because ongo ing search large piece property serve national flying siteand come location Headquarters wellsome us have begun think about whether right move Financially makes sense esti mates would cost about $150000 would net us about 2500 sq ft us able space problem some question whether addition would increase value building fact some think may reduce value building As short-term three-to-five year alterna tive could rent outside space per haps moving part operations out separate quarters can also per haps reduce museum size portion lies outside atrium leaving museum its original size esthetics building unspoiled something sort will have increase efforts find national site urgency thereof cant imagine stopgap solution could solve longer-term space problem Right now have approximately 50 employees squeezed approximately 10000 sq ft total floor space including lavoratories HVAC equip ment computer room storage just too tight efficient operations Dont feel badly conference room has just converted data input de partment membership renewal process ing four people guess Executive Council will have meet nearby hotel Oh well no said cost growth cheap Executive Directors View HQ John Worth AMA Executive Director 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 89 Nats Free Flight. came out bluea sudden flash light after weeks darkness 88 Na tional Championships much gloom caused cancellation Out door Free Flight events except Scale after farm planned events no longer available day before 1988 contest began AMA Executive Council met consider among other things location 1989 Nats Two possibilities looked prom ising Muncie IN Amana IA Both what looked like good Free Flight situa tions end meeting third pos sibility developed also opportunity good Free Flight site situationTaco ma WA Council directed Nationals Com mittee travel soon possible ex plore possibilities location could finalized Councils October 22nd meeting committee did high hopes enthusiasm didnt take long find out three locations problems Come gloom again Tacoma out use key military base declined Muncie possible problems volving several individual category sites Amana also possible high cost factors lack sufficient hard surfaces events needed mid-October earlier hopes cooled offnot dead dampened probability serious compromises suddenly another call State Washingtonthis time different part state vigorous broadly sup ported community effort what known Tn-Cities area succeeded producing offer dispelled dark ness Best included large Free Flight site thus chance make up 1988 event cancellation quick visit area confirmed promise just time Executive Council approval October 22nd So its now offi cial 1989 National Model Airplane Championships will held Tn-Cities area Pasco Kennewick Richland Wash ingtonJuly 15-23 Much information will forthcoming shortly now can said practically site situations look good weakest being door site just over 40 ft ceiling struc ture will first-ever Nationals Northwest part countrya swing east coast 88 near west coast 89 will bring Nats part country heavily involved aeromo deling until has long distance away typical Nats locations As Nationals first came Northeast 1983 hoped will big turnout Northwest east Mississippi distance may discouraging location ful fills basic goal Nationals planningto move event around parts country location return West after five years 1984 National contest held Reno NV Before 1977 Riverside CA 1989 therefore ing Horace Greeley exhorted Go West young man go West AMA Museum Patrons Program Benefits Service prestige recognition Categories Patrons tax deductible Regular $10 per year donation provides Special Card fivedigit number Special pin bumper sticker patch Museum Newsletter Hall Famers Charter $100 per first-year donation $10 per year thereafter services regular except threedigit number addition Charter Member version pin Honor Wall listing Life $1000 onetime donation services Regular Charter patrons plus special Life pin patch two-digit number Museum Newsletter compilation correspondence exchanges among Hall Famers others best described cronies Bill Winter people famous pioneers model aviationthe thinkers doers have helped make model world what todayare nucleus around museum communications will built Its important note thatthe subjects covered indirectly re lated museum itself museum con nection gather words nu cleus group disseminate others same time preserving history files future modelers can know views instru mental creating model aviation history past 50 years 122 Model Aviation Connecticut S Maine achusetts S New Hampshire Rhode Island S Vermont DISTRICT REPORT Don Kraftt District Vice-President PO Box 1828 Dusbory MA 02331 1617 934-6248 Associate Vice Presidents Bill Ctisndler PO Box 441 Orland ME 04472 Drew Davenport 33 Ash St Townsend MA 01469 Bob Landry 90 Main St Essex Jct /T 05452 Richard Sherman 28 High St Plymouth NH 03264 Bob Wallace 91 Sylvan St Avon CT 06001 Frequency Coordinator George Wilson 82 Frazier Way Marstons Mills MA 02645 Bob Hilda Ring Ring Field located Berwick ME Rings have owned property past 12 years During time have developed beautiful residence private airport Today several hangars Bobs workshop doubles meetingplace New England Sport Scale Associa tion Rings have built facilities through lot hard work great part willing allow model ers use New England Sport Scale Association NESSA uses Bob Rings runway its flying site area off side runway serves pit area pit fenced worktables provided addition clubhouse completely fenced-in viewing area club present has about 51 members especially welcomes young er members spend extra time junior-age members offering both flight training building assistance August 20 Barb along friends Da vid Susan Eisner attended club funfly followed picnic hangar weather just about perfect good time Concord Aeroguidance Society CAGS Berwick drove Concord NH spent night could attend Scale Fly-In sponsored GAGS flying site next dam area con trolled Corps Engineers club has dealing Mr Dave Shepard son has very cooperative work ing fly-in attracted about 23 participants brought 31 aircraft Some models large J-3 Lucien Wig dor Lockheed floats Gee Bee Sport ster Armond Cote Fairchild 22 Bob Griswold good day quite windy restricted flying 51 RC HELl PILOTS ATUEND FRANCONIA 88 FUN-FLY Third Annual Franconia Helicopter Fun-fly held weekend August 20 21 Franconia NH weekend fly ing activities attended 51 Hell pilots over New England brought 93 beautiful flying machines Co sponsored Ernie Huber Pike Noyes fun-fly held mountain airstrip Sugar Hill section Franconia sur rounded natural beauty White Mountains major theme fun-fly pro vide help beginners provide sistance just transitioning hovering forward flight Volunteer structors hand supervise hov ering area factory reps helped straight en out mechanical problems cropped up Five flying areas provided two hovering Intermediate flyaround two Advanced aerobatic fly ing Smooth efficient operation transmitter impound frequency board Mary Huber Ernies wife enabled get lots flying time Lighthearted competition held Satur day afternoon included pad hopping contest beginners Pylon Race Intermediate Expert fliers Trophies awarded categories well Most Improved flier fun-fly Best Scale machine Raffle prizes provided Miniature Aircraft Robbe Gorham Model Products Yale Hobby Tonys Hobby Shop Re vere MA Make plans now join us next year Franconia 89 January 1989 123 Lou Greenwald Rob Lawrence Concord Skyhawks Lou files originaldesign airplane powered Zenoah 38 Rob flies Shuttle uses two ihannI rndin nnCroI mixar Chris Olsen father Charles Sportaire 40 Dave Eisner L admiring Bob Griswolds Fairchild 22 CAGS Scale rally built Orilne kit Quadra 50 Franconia 88 Fun-Fly want share following news release Mark Cookson Mike Mae NESSA fun-fly Bob Hilda Ring owners Ring Field Hangar background houses Aer onca Champ Members NESSA participated fun-fly August 20 1988 New England Sport Scale Association NESSA emblem Picnic supper after fun-fly hangar serves workshop meeting area Participants Franconia Helicopter FunFly New York 0 New Jersey II DISTRICT REPORT John Byrne District II Vice-President 36-29 213 Street Bayside NY 11361 719 225-8319 Associate Vice Presidents Pete Bianchini 280 S Broadway Yonkers NY 10705 Tom Brown P0 Boo 4933 APO NY 09009 Prank Costello 27 Kearney St Dover NJ 07901 Prank Dreoch 9 Willow Ave. Piscataway NJ 09854 Ray Jaschlrus 7 Evergreen Ave New Hyde Park NY 11040 Kenneth Koeppel 194 N Union Street PO Boo 217 Olean NY 14780 Robert Roave 39 Monroe St Keyport NJ 07735 Adam Sattler 41 Perry Ave Latham NY 12110 Lon Saster 3082 Rabbit Lava Phoevia NY 13135 Prequency Coordinator George Myers 70 Froelich Parm Rd Hicksville NY 11901 Second District Thoughts Nothing official mind would greatly surprised AMA establish Couple branch off ices ie west coast another Midwest Logically latter lo cation could Illinois Missouri former some part California pro jection would say sooner better hope will agree solely because experiencing growing pains Reston though fact rather order provide widespread segments member ship greater degree immediacy service duly entitled Quite coincidentally plans progress revamp existing facility Reston accommodate burgeoning need working space currently congested Headquarters am pleased serving upon committee charged responsibility Nostalgic Nats notes would require space have disposal recount personal feelings concerning years Nats couple aspects thereof should like address briefly First loss Free Flight year struck devastating blow may signifi cantly alter time-honored concept comprehensively structured classic can though escape optimistic feeling members FF community will grant us still another opportunity earn con fidence inclination ability rectify situation next year positive side however happier note struck impressive response Fun-Fly innovation overwhelm ing unqualified success know because personally involved helping run arrived Fentress Saturday Reston early mist morning greeted literally hordes modelers cheerfully setting up clamoring become airborne earliest possible moment Un der able supervision Bob Underwood AMA Technical Director lost little time activating event apparently everyones satisfaction shot made Bob height action panoramic view scene Here two typical scenes years jamboree Long Island Cobras Model Airplane Club Chart er #1426 Roosevelt Field Long Island nature hallowed ground minds revere excitement socalled Lindbergh Era full-scale flight devel opment passage time has also come change form huge shop ping mall place prestigious flying field Over years however Cobras group has held its annual static event historic site earlier years club settle modest space remote part mall passage time efforts ar ea impressed hosts years show able held larger much impressive location within premises witnessed recorded trusty camHere shot Sid Nerenson sporting cap longtime Cobra official surrounded several fellow club members extend compliments involved 22nd Annual WW jamboree Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome NY wouldnt miss classics could help soon September 10th just past drove upstate Rhinebeck has case years al ways enjoyed annual experience thoroughly thrills marvelous ly constructed masterfully flown model air craft Above sessions permit re newal friendships provide op portunity exchanging thoughts ideas hopes aspirations best wishes ones favorite people ie fellow aeromodelers Sky Rovers Air Show 88 july 23-24 Rovers strangers regular readers monthly reports magazine fact shall actually mark fourth appearance column earlier references see MA sues June 1988 June 1987 August 1987 So much record now relate cap tioned event described club members essence spectacle drew 61 pilots 80 aircraft cidentally Rover members never permitted fly club-sponsored events midafternoon day flying stopped about 20 minutes club conducted Hand-Launched Glider event children tending air show photograph five-year-old Dean Thomas won twoday raffle open pilots actually flying meet told Dean Thom youngest pilot ever fly Rover air shows dad member Vet Thomas proud say least As special feature show New York State Police Department dispatched its helicopters Ford Field scene action piloted Officer R F Odit Jr swered questions spectators con clude months report impressive photo man machine sincere thanks member Dave Reid input 124 Model Aviation Navy did Its utmost accommodate us respect accordingly grate ful its ongoing support matters connection pleased introduce fine naval officers help ful us Lt Eugene Winston Gear up locked Ohio 0 Pennsylvania S West Virginia III DISTRICT REPORT Bob Brown District III Vice-President 1255 High Street Bradford PA 16701 914362-7702 Associate Vice Presidents Francis Fiuharty 504 21st St Vienna WV 20101 Neison Gould 1944 S Idaho St Allentown PA 18103 John Hathaway 102 Woodmere Dr New Stanton PA 15672 Jay Mealy 208 Witmer St Cleartinid PA 10830 Lawrence R Weimer 15013 Greendaic Ave Mapie Hts OH 44137 Gil Weiss 3004 Hailowell Ct Bensalem PA 19020 Frequency Coordinator John Collie 102 Wyoming Ane Forty Port PA 18704 Phone 717 207-8970 Happy holidays May wish suc cess happiness Current Council land purchase plan must proceed careful consideration required size location primary concern must economical service membership Should site located East West NO centralized lo cation necessary Should Headquarters located property Sale current undersized structure could provide capital needed establish premier site lower operating costs allow future ex pansion Academy Members may ex press opposing Views primary goal Council must SERVICE en tire membership purpose column promote best interests modeler District Ill Anyone wishes specific details actions reasoning within Council should personally contact Unfortunately am unable attend activities district such event annual Labor Day Celebration Westmore land County PA As part activities Northmoreland RC Club demonstrates types model flying helps club maintain favorable position Westmoreland Department Parks Recrea tion Congratulations fine effort public demonstration Northmore land RC Club provided excellent public rela tions Jerry Fink editor Pittsburgh ARCS newsletter succumbed battle cancer offer condolences Jerrys family leadership will missed hope Beltzville Youth Program featured November column will generate additional interest assisting todays children month would like introduce two District Ills young sters. Keep em flyin KIDS Photo Charles Alba 7V2-year-old Loran Wagner daughter Joe Joan Wagner New Wilmington PA Photo Weiss Getting youngsters involved RC flying important AMA objective Shown receiv ing some hands-on flight training IMAA Chapter 168 instructor Mark Lenhart sevenyear-old Kenny Karpinski Philadelphia Frank Fluharty has put forth excellent ef fort position West Virginia AVP certainly informing clubs news area activities such activity West Virginia Annual Pattern Scale Bat Con test Ravenswood WV Contest Direc tors Steve Sturm Mark Radcliff report Scale entries increased Pattern en tries decreased say may due changing date contest traditional date Next years contest will back schedule plan attend may meet Boss Hog following example hardware presented winners Photo Fluharty beautiful trophies presented winners West Virginia Pattern Scale Contest District Ill proud host US Scale Masters Northeast August 20-21 1988 great contest can best described great pictures AVP Gil Weiss FLYING NEAR AIRPORTS BE CAREFUL Free Flight Radio Control flying near airports situation might involve possiblity models being vicinity full-scale aircraft opera tions must avoidedor conducted eliminate dangerous situa tions Models should flown proximity full-scale aircraft unless flier has someone else him sole purpose watching full-scale aircraft supervising flying prevent possibility accident Photo Gil Weiss Partial view flight line US Scale Masters Northeast highlighted finelooking realistic-flying Giant Scale Emdecker 19 entries well-organized contest directed CD Mel Katz Au gust 20-211988 Warminster Naval Air Development Center regional contest sponsored Sonic Tronics JC RC Hobbies 53, intensity US.uasters Northeast judging flying shown above Judges Felix Vozzo 1 Jerry Cowan center enter scores pilot caller turn downwind leg preparation another flyby AMA structure contest coordina tion has problems year more sanctioned events evolve As plan clubs 1989 summer schedule please consider others area Cooperation within local clubs essential . Would possible arrange joint meetings dis cuss activities Another example sharing cooperation between clubs AMA districts Ed Carber R discusses fine-flying Lazy Ace Bipe members Washington Crossing NJ RC Club Mercer County RC Club West Windsor NJ RC Club photo taken Jacksonville NJ Levittown Aerobugs field second three interciub fun-flys took place closing hope offers New Years resolution make 1989 quietlest year ever flying activity Noisy models crux poor public relations months club picture Southeastern Pennsylvania Aero Modelers SPARCS activity Warm ster PA Happy holidays January 1989 125 AWdtt/ Members Southeastern Pennsylvania Aero Modelers Radio Control ocieny Warmin ster PA Delaware 0 District Columbia land h Carolina ivVirginia DISTRICT REPORT Howard Crispin District IV Vice-President 611 Beechwood Dr Charlottesville VA 22901 Associate Vice Presidents Robert 6 Babura 117 Otin Drive Severn MD 21144 Phone 3011 969-9356 Bob Champine 205 Tipton Rd Newport Newa VA 23906 Rick Chrietoph 970 Star Creat Harrinonburg VA 22901 Chuck Foreman 5811 Rinker Dr Mechanicaville VA 23111 Doag Holland 3517 Femmood Dr Raleigh NC 27e12 Scotty Moyer 11 Orchard Lane Wilmington DE 19909 Charlen Spear 298 Holly Lane Mackeville NC 27029 Frequency Coordinator Paul Yacobucci 6409 Winthrop Dr Fayetteville NC 29301 Phone Evening 919 488-5996 Regional flying sites subject continuing interest difficulties arises search ultimately purchase property time ex pended getting things approved through committees important agreement reached concerning purchases leasing contracts need reduce response time some manner Too often land can lost because day late cannot answer what being done other districts areas regard have active getting out making quiries looking land am interested primarily obtaining site less centrally located east coast East critical need good Free Flight site well land could support entire Nationals site located west Appalachian mountains does answer requirement dis tances Southeast North east become excessive such land avail able answer yes several considerations need analyzed looking land looking land buildings looking increased costsand usually something no use Another consideration profile land very desirable land flat land under cultiva tion odds also quite expen sive thing probably contains number buildings land needs self draining multitude drain age ditches land must available zoning recreational land permits needed operate miniature aircraft tract size should nearly square rec tangular possible longest dimen sion along path prevailing winds have waited years get mov ing project vital land ready use 1 January 1989 important can developed us able sites types activities operated simultaneously site used Nationals its dimensions really need order one-and-a-half two miles square major piece land parts country have flown over driven piece land meets requirements land needs clearing seeding make huge flat area aeromodeling capable supporting conceivable aeromodeling needswhatever would desire aeromodeling land has tal volume approximately 3000 acres approximately three miles oneand-a-half miles clearing less 2000 acres would provide site size handle Nationals except Indoor especially come 1991 some proposed alterations Nationals schedule could done now price right land doubt quality purchase can ac complished owners Execu tive Council committee will read after two events have taken place Executive Council meeting held 22 23 October after election officers results elections will available around 1 December know least two mem bers Council will new can affect what transpires actions land procurement other subjects What ing done other areas something know time No information rel ative other sites has distributed Council members date After upcoming Council meeting will let receive District IV newsletter know status land purchases other areas country should heard Membership total membership Academy 1988 over 138000 higher estimated growth does say need concentrate member ship services includes question flying sites need attract junior members need definitive programs accomplish goal need much responsive needs of different categories aeromod eling Most need develop some type standard responses prob lems arise particular category volved has very clear understanding program Too often answers get nothing incite bitterness organization often get service part mandate can allow happen Bylaws number bylaws proposals will submitted upcoming Council meeting After introduction cycle second proposal session January meeting will submitted Leader Membership approval disap proval changes going have con siderable bearing upon way busi ness end result should bring greater efficiency effectiveness operation Academy should also enhance response membership strive grow Watch changes publicized important should have chance express opinions Check out club know Leader Mem bers club Let know opin ion can vote based voice group quite some time have probably no ticed has discussion Academy organized operating very easy voice concern quite something else sit down work out al terations will make organization stronger better what Execu tive Council will working Size good thing organization can work larger group cannot done everything still being handled inef ficient manner District news realize would like see district happenings month felt important express views couple very important subjects need work both long-term benefit Academy Since am directly involved matters can say am also ing some work getting things moving ask also consider other subjects items needed fu ture As said will appear after elec tions has nothing sub ject What good entire organiza tion also good District IV SoundCant pg 120 ness using four five layers -oz glass cloth front rear pro peller expected have reduction noise maybe slight reduction rpm compared thicker blades what happened quite different noise level did come down 800-rpm increase Blade flex does play important role efficiency make props wider get rpm flight speed down Results going wider blade stead increasing pitch what can expect standard day using 60 tuned pipe 9 lb static thrust 10000 rpm same flight speed lower rpm someone running highpitched prop Efficiency quiet David shows what can done has technical facility capability making what required concepts will available interim experiment ing higher pitches still viable op tion sport flier Once better ef ficient props available can differ ent things As David does show takes factors understanding interrelate get wish go AMA Technical Award Bob Underwood Technical Director Near end 1985 AMA Executive Council voted approve concept technical award given Aca demy award honors development items improve performance model aircraft components enable equipment perform new tasks simplify facilitate tasks now required build ing flying encourage safety sound suppression Technical Award acknowledges peo ple have made significant contribu tion technical end hobbyf sport Bob Bill Hunter Satellite City re ceived first Technical Award troduction cyanoacrylate adhesives modeling community nomination individuals groups award may made two AMA members must received September 1st year Nomination forms can obtained AMA Headquar ters contacting Technical Director Bob Underwood Voting candidates done AMA Council Past VicePresidents 126 Model Aviation Alabama ida 0 Georgia issippi 0 Puerto Rico Sooth Carolioa 0 Teonesoee V DISTRICT REPORT Lee Webster District V Vice-President 1000 Sycamore Manchester TN 37355 Associate Vice Presidents Philip Cope e Hedoewood Rd Knoxville TN 37918 Edward Hunter Ri 3 Box 288 Amory MS 38821 Richard Jackuon 2118 Thorulee Dr N Churtexton SC 28405 Arthur Johnuon 932 Banyan Dr Deiray Beach FL 33444 Joxeph Micalizzi SR 00866 Box 1532 Fuierdo PR 00648 Ed Moorman 85 12th Street Shalimar FL 32579 Dick Patton 765 Bailey Brook Circle Birmingham AL 35244 Tom Thacker 849 Eaxt Glochexter Place Norcroxx GA 30071 Frequency Coordinator Burnix Fieldo P0 Box 1063 Strickland Rd interlachen FL 32048 Phone 904 884-2517 Remember last month told would report Air Foiler Free Flight meet issue brag about proper way put good Dont know can cellation Nats Free Flight contrib uting factor meet bigger better ever like take view proves Free Flight aint dead yet big thing about Air Foiler Free Flight meets designed body has fun example fly Peanut Scale heats way FAC guys fly Scale Only cant change motors between flights break winding fatigues out too bad get two minutes wind countdown launch Last man down wins heat event final heat would sur prised strategy employed re sult rules turns out highly contested event fun barrel monkeys Since Peanut Race call has successful have instituted same ap proach small rubber-powered models Cur rently flying two events one-of-a-kind models model designs Wally Sim mers Gollywock Pacific Ace mod el type flown mass launch long est flight taking hardware Its quite sight t6 see 10 models climbing blue together Havent significant midairs yet have close calls once touched competitors Peanut model twice same heat Once near launch once about 45 seconds flight Since stayed up longer other contestant jokingly claimed took unfair advantage him Its worth noting 1/2A Texaco flown SAM rules growing steadily popularity al Proves mind least Radio Con trol duration events fit well Free Flight contest agenda two kinds dura tion flying seem complement other sure nice windy day able pick up model after 15-minute flight walk back car mile crosscountry touring all-terrain vehicle Very nice guys like gray hair gim py legs contestants old gray-headed die-hards either shown first photo several Juniors entered Bradley Bishop Zachary Taylor two winners Hand-Launched Gliders i-noro oy Joe I-reeman Juniors Bradley Bishop Zack Taylor won Hand-Launched Gliders Air Foiler Free Flight meet Photo two shows Senior Open high-point winner Dick Hall As usual Dick flew thing Old-Timers modern day highclimbing AMA Gas jobs some fastest-climbing power jobs Ive ever seen think year gets harder beat Dick Hall launching Spacer Talking about winners have show lady practices what preaches third photo presents Bonny Jenkins current chairperson Free Flight Contest Board first-place-winning Al Glider Well done Bonny guy husband Bill well-known Free Flight compet itor published picture Bill some months ago RC Glider something also does well Bonny Bill Jenkins showing off Bonnys Al Glider statistics show AMA com posed about 100000 RC-oriented members compared about 5000 will admit interest Free Flight questionnaires contests like indicate Free Flight isnt dead yet fact believe growing coming commonplace RC fliers discov erthe relaxation fun Peanut Scale P-30 can provide Also some kinds RC du ration fit well Free Flight scene chal lenge Free Flight community stop get ting bent out shape what perceived effort some put radios Free Flight models thus eliminating Free Flight look ways integrate more RC duration activities overall picture Weve done SAM years few no problems AMA scene also spite noise thats created about so-called RC Free Flight fields getting hard er find some methods preserving thrill duration flying must found ar eas otherwise off-limits Free Flight have known Along route RC Soaring isnt far away Free Flight either fits Free Flight better RC Power events comes light quickly large club fly ing sites try safely accommodate both Soar ing power flying often Soaring guys get run off own club field accommodate both kinds planes takes lot give-and-take make work also have special field layout isnt opti mum either power flier Glider guider Yet combination works best interests overall membership AMA group must also develop such give-and-take position strength well-integrated organization serving best interests participating parties Divided small argu ing factions become ineffective pow erless Lets let such divisions occur Plans future Nats being generated being written long-range AMA plan acquire ownership suitable land parcels future Nats obvious such site wont ready next Nats Nats picture writing still developing Finding site suitable holding AMA events hard ever So split Nats two major events held two sites different times split lines RC Free Flight Control Line put compatible ac tivities together site example Free Flight RC Soaring could use same site big enough flexible enough ac commodate varying wind conditions Other RC events like Pylon Aerobatics generally re quire hard-surfaced areas like runways aprons So Control Line events appear group well together meantime have fun idea grows leaps bounds Got letter old bud dy Tom Cimino reports tremendous success Brandon FL last fun-fly Tom writes beautiful air planes format fly have fun flew until pilots decided theyd enough flying no judging fly ing judging done work manship planes fun flys scheduled year district Its healthy trend Air shows also growing number also fun give us chance show wares talents general public East Ridge RC Club put its first show back success shown fol lowing excerpt newsletter Skywrit ers want express thanks worked hard make first MDA Air Show great success took lot work us through cooperation asked help way grateful Just case havent heard raised $1492 MDA far beyond what MDA us dared hope So once again say THANKS great bunch guys Looking over Hangar Pilot put out Dr John Martin came across proposal Chuck Markos Indoor Catapult Glider event Now talking Since polio arms make normal HandLaunched Glider flying impossible Ive compensated flying Catapult Gliders out doors years Air Foilers used have some great winter contests Catapult Glid ers Doing indoors should blast Well till next time keep em flying January 1989 127 SOUND ADVICE Keep within sound guideline 90 dBA 9 ft might keep fly ing site Illinois 0 Indiana 0 Kentucky 0 Missouri VI DISTRICT REPORT Jim Sears District VI Vice-President PO Box 308 Burgin KY 40310 Associate Vice Presidents Finn Baliard Ri 5 Box 90 Decatur IN 46733 Charije Bauer 4944 N Orange Norridge iL 60656 Cal Ettei #3 Castle Drive AR 2 Fiorissant MO 63534 Wiiiiam Kern 1808 12th St Bedford iN 47421 Dick Taylor 7929 Jefferson Kansas City MO 64114 Stan Watson 10414W 134 Street Palos Park IL 60464 Bill Zimmer Box 72 Varna IL 61375 year quickly Coming end So building season us Dis trict 6 hope have time finish couple models year Im looking forward having seaplane next flying season course thats what Id planned year Its sad time gets away us quickly So much next flying season Ive road lot month figured Id better get going before run out things go year Most clubs tend slack off some after October time settle getting sched ule ready new year first weekend month dropped fifth annual Hamilton RC Model ers Four-Cycle Rally 65 brave souls dared show stuff registered 94 planes put total 198 flights What show air constantly busy course contest have fly rounds can name added raffle barrel big draw prizes Thats tough competition going after big items should have seen traffic jams airplanes waiting fly After found out what prizes wished could have entered course didnt get see much flying spend too much time socializing Still guess should watch some fly full flight seldom get chance Its still lot fun next weekend decided take Fri day afternoon off headed Ft Knox US Scale Masters Championships dont know con test biggie Scale buffs year hosted Southern Indiana RC Club Fort Knox Model Airplane Club What team things under control included weather rain held off until after contest except occa sional sprinkle Dale Arvin youd proud Now could get come up some kind miracle keep away rain plan Missouri trips wonder event 56 brave souls guys flying some beautiful airplanes have ever seen wasnt cull bunch Heck sure am glad dont build well Id never fly em details modelers put just lovely saw model handmade radial engine sitting its nose Wow did notice trend toward larger models looked performance sort pointed out reasons too seemed rock solid wind what can see will probably see fewer small entries What did surprise lack Jet models remember thing sure lot civilian-type air craft present liked word advice thinking going Scale feel have new model about ready work some Its tough out Saturday Lexington KY see Bluegrass Soaring Societys LSF regional tendance low spirits high After full night morning looked contest going rainout weather finally broke thermals warming up fliers made effort milk little bit lift could find worth Some lift very weak too Still managed keep air Duration events shame time limits flights Sunday headed Albion IL fun-fly guys asked come previous fun-fly said Id try flew about half flight over fog like puffy cotton nestled over hills Beau tiful what makes neat fly got Albion fog cleared spotted flying site first impression site envy guys get use grass strip thats 4000 ft long Theyve opted use few hundred feet flying site middle farmland people own property super provide club access restroom buildings lots runway etc nothing guys have made contest pretty good Fun-flys promote excitement especially flying limbo Im much playing card games etc fun-flys prefer luck played out such things touch-andgoes etc fellows agreed event featured some skill requirement course event set trophies As day went rains came add pressure pilots Well kept flying rain did what should stayed under canopy did finish rounds flying leave just put last flight left rain still really fun day Albion crew may just have swing again got letter fellow week really disturbed upset about couple things fact didnt give contest real buildup column after made visit Well Im really sorry about However told him Im head counter dont keep scores leave other columns something special said about event try trips visit members Thats reason trav el can keep track contest Im constantly doing job talking people So its OK will con tinue tell people Ive Id rather let know Im get ting out Would like progress report about frequency situation radio modifica tion problems Sure would fly RC As being written around first October frequency issue has gotten interesting say least Ive two gentlemen Brandywine MD join forces Glenn Whidden Bud Snyder knowledgeable about FCC regs Glenn because nature trade deals FCC regularly So has developed expertise FCC regs around Part 95 know Part 95 set FCC regulations dealing several types ra dios included Since contacted Bud about month ago new battle try save old wideband radios high gear Bud pusher Due persistence Bud Glenn weve learned mods transmitters may illegal just kept reading regs quite vague ex plaining changes nothing says can modify RC radio regs actually say cant Being able modify wideband transmit ters strong selling point proposal end wideband usage have made changes tighten up systems systems may legal Last month said Im getting conflicting answers Well now have studied Part 95 own weve found rules RC industry using mods probably RC Howzat arent done yet told may send letter FCC get answers some questions Well Glenn beat has written FCC ask questions establish legal ity mods RC systems able modify transmitters guess going have spend lot money new equipment 1991 AMA pro posal passed FCC Silver-stickered transmitters will gone talk about cheap will convert narrow band would thrown out dont consider buying new narrow-band equip ment being cheap option Whats easiest way out think have discussing long time Leave old wideband radio equipment alone let clubs decide Its simple Yes go before FCC proposal requests tighter RC systems manufacturers Attrition will take care older equipment may pur chasing new today Leave old wideband radios alone kind propos al no worry about mods Clubs across nation have proved wideband environment 40 kHz works None clubs have talked t6 want give up wideband systems AMA officials set doing opposite what members want Beats Enough now. SAFE FLYER PATCH Fliers have pledged use AMA Safety Code operating models entitled wear Safe Flyer Patch Send photocopied typewritten handwritten declaration see AMA Supply Ser vice Catalog signature Include check money order $2 no cash pay able Academy Model Aeronautics 128 Model Aviation Iowa 0 Michigan 0 Minnesota 0 W sconoin VII DISTRICT REPORT Peter Waters District VII Vice-President 117 E Main Upper Level Northville MI 48167 CompuServe addrean EMAiL 700472162 Assisnent Vice President Boyd Bowdiub 6410 Gienwood N Goiden Vaiiey MN 55427 Associate Vice Presidents Jack Finn 368 Hampden Dr NE Cedar Rapida iA 52402 Bad Gorman Box 33 Knife River MN 55609 Raaaeii Knetzger 2625 E Shorewood Blvd Milwaukee WI 53211 Jean Lanik 305 PaBi Piece Hoiiand Mi 49423 Can MoSs 5024 Lake Mendota Dr Madinon Wi 53705 Ron Seam 132 S Ronlyn Pontiac Mi 48054 Paai Smith 11112 Diii Drive Steriing Nix Mi 46077 Frequency Coordinator Bob Stamm Box 357 Minocqee Wi 54548 still Merry Christmas time Beats age falling leaves geese weaving way South Which means am suffering flying withdrawal have trips mall shows look forward building program . well planned yet AMA activities hotting up first meeting Property Acquisition Com mittee t PAC 6 group. held during RCHTA Show Chi cago group heading up search Valhalla Modeling Permanent Flying Site have now prepared several sets criteria make easier sort out sites forwarded choose promising ones As will THAT too big decide News eleven RCHTA Show new idea tract entertain modelers invited top modelers skills termed Superstars Model ing set up table clinics talk get help ideas questions answered Included district Dolly Bob Wischer Steve Sauger Keith Shaw Terry Edmonds Talking sev eral stars seems liked idea publicity will highlight next year idea exactly like used fa mous Madison Sailplane Symposium have several send some photos column thanks deed However have unusable due case using ball-point pen write information onto back photo Please write prints add self-stick notes fill details pencil Re member try use photos people models try have too much print get processed column editor clips picture lots small detail will become difficult discern printed Keep posing close up send have visitor staying sev eral weeks Old Country Eng lishman named Martin Forrest managed get him entered Q500 Flying Ti gers meet gathered top Novice teresting comment Martin would able fly event UK .its too noisy Noise reduction has progressed being important ef fort Interesting too Wayne Yeagers plea passing rule Quarter Midget muf flers monthly issue TURN Mem bership has now exceeded 1. pro motion Q-500 Quarter Midget sole goal have application forms have neat logo too club has new newsletter editor actually two clubs should proud tough job editors make point mention often possible years editors main communication line clubs always needing informa tion articles editor has sent request National Newsletter send him AMA HQ attention Lou Ward will get him NNL month add source mate rial month have following section written AVP Ron Sears Ron Pon tiac recoenized Scale flier District Roundup Cloudbusters full swing celebrating Golden Jubi lee 1989 Thats quite milestone ty presses Flight Lines once again turning out newsletters St Croix Valley RC Club City RCs FlareOut talks about club history what happening 10 15 20 25 years ago Oh good old days edi tor Blunderbuss has identified himself herself phantom strikes again newsletter well pre pared printed Helipad should consider folding examine positive things can happen small group like editors seem begging copy talent expertise out editors should swamped information What say fellows t Paul Model Radio Controllers starting Scale model building class winter activity Patrols becoming very popular re cently demonstrated Traverse Area Model Pilots Society What can better sausage eggs after early morning flying Wash Detroit Area Modelers describes club meetings form entertainment thats wilder Worldwide Wrestling abusive Billy Martin umpires has arguments United States Su preme Court essful charity fundraiser Milwaukee Flying Electrons help Milwaukee RC Associa tion Dairyland Aero Miniature Mod elers raised $1000 donated Waukesa County Chapter Associ ation Retarded Citizens Electrons also held second annual Instructor Ap preciation Day owing news letters come words wisdom Lloyd McConkie says its dry out place trees chasing dogs Short Circuits newsletter Remember balsa trees wont grow out know keep trying transplant Clippings newsletter Roses red violets swell finger prop hurts like dickens Flight Lines dont get change misspent youth Pulse Newsletter flying field Milwaukee Scimitar Squadron Noise part problem clamp ing down noise pollution Aero hawk Radio Fliers club er Month section showing up news letters terrific way learn about other promote strong club gratulations newly elected club ficers May have very rewarding 1989 January 1989 129 FIyn Wolverines RCs Don Schulte sends pictures successful Fun Show Fly Neat safety-conscious club Adrian Ml Bits Pieces RC 0-500 meet Heres said thank-you snoneore Adrian 0-500 winners L R Chuck Wool cy Joe Cohen Pete Waters Ken Heatlie flrnis Imnpr ne last aays summer sunanine nne iuno 0-500 Race 55and relaxing between heats Toledos Flying Tiger Field L R Don Libke Dan Kane Jr Dennis Sumner M~tIi q Rrnwn nd Rnu RIkA UBVe uflo nindy Curtis helper Flying Tigers Q-500 Racethe end summer Arkansas Louisiana New Mexico 0 Oklahoma 0 Texas VIII DISTRICT REPORT Johnny Clemens District VIII Vice-President PO Box 64573 Dallas TX 75206 Associate Vice Presidents Dannie Bell 264 S Bee Line Rd Dallan TX 75253 Michael S Hamnon 600 T Main Hot Springe AR 71901 Gene Hempel 301 N Yale Dr Garland TX 75042 William Hurley III 229 Brian Dr Pleananton TX 75064 Bill Lee 3522 Tamariak Lane Missouri City TX 77459 Larry Seflor 1415 Manor Dr Bartleevilie OK 74003 Bd Shearer 3416 David Dr Metairie LA 70003 Chuck Wood 909 Harvard St Clovis NM 88101 Frequency Coordinator Bill May 3839 Ducheax Trail Dallas TX 75229 guess utter fascination building flying model airplanes spelled out happy modeler said Gee fun watching two Grey hound buses chase Volkswagen Rabbit admire District VIII newsletter edi tors much am always anxious help out advice gleaned own experiences Latest hint DONT LICK STAMPS OR ENVELOPES AFTER EATING OREO COOKIES kidding aside think have AMAs finest newsletter edi tors right District VIII So good fact hope fine folks will keep mailing list after step down district vice-president end year Stepping down VP will end involvement AMAs direction will least permanently AMAs Presidents Council always pleasant surprise realize often have order rubberpowered models hobby shop mind will probably say Yes kids Yes wonderful kids would believe sell older adults Most custom ers folks enjoyed modeling kids reclaiming some fun youth changing world tick led find something pleasant has stayed same have errone ous opinion much se lection stick-and-tissue kits badly mistaken keep about 75 80 dif ferent stick-and-tissue kits hand stuff go way have figured out Henry Ford probably made possible invention development rubberband-powered model planes see manufactured Ford cars required rubber tires required rubber inner tubes would snitch dads cut up rubberbands power model planes Thank Henry Ford above report rubber-powered end Free Flight activity will tickle friends National Free Flight Society Free Flight leaders like Tony Italiano Tony president National Free Flight Soci ety Bob Meuser Dick Johnson Bill Hannan George Perryman Hardy Brodersen host others will remember started out Free Flighter building rubber-powered models nine years old got big kick out another old friend Keith McClure Bartlesville OK re calling used intimidate other contes tants showed up FF contests Comet Zipper doped white orange flame streak-back powered Bunch Tiger 45 name HELLS FIRE painted sides fuselage Modeling has sure wonderful part life sure wish same talking neighbors few days ago never built model planes hobby mainly gardening asked him what able raise year heat lack rain said Mostly cal luses lucky modelers have sure received some excellent pro gressive thinking lately pass AMA Council such matters RC fre quency problems insurance forth info has come Chuck Andraka Albuquerque NM John Gill Dallas RC Club fine AVP Dannie Ball constructive sug gestions members can offer smarter direction AMA will same time am saying just gripe offering alternative better sug gestion NOT helping holding us back Please know AMA President Don Lowe Council really appreciate CONSTRUCTIVE criticism As Yogi Bear might say Nobody cant know everything also have received lot firsthand expe rience turn word about mod eling OUTSIDE world instead just talking ourselves fine info has come Bob Spivey Austin TX working airport sponsors opera tors through Sate Texas Aeronautics Commission Bob relaying experi ences AMA Headquarters through Geoff Styles unsung hero kind effort Among final services district VP want make sure good transfer authority responsibilities office successor Regarding AMA dis play available clubs district hope hand new VP list dates have asked along display sure dates want dis play please let know separate note phone call will make separate file pass table display really got some mileage past year need AMA literature go display should request AMA Head quarters goes videotapes well display will help formalize presentation mall shows meetings bit advice before sign off month married please consider wife happiness too modeler know always overdid self indulgence family funds time spending too much both model air planes got breaking point family relations wife just griped griped un til finally walked out asked him what said said leaving said up till thought could gripe fuss told leaving found out could sing turn cartwheels same time too 130 Model Aviation Kirk Massey Willis TX impressed DEAF Club Dallas second annual Electric Fun-Fly beautiful Giant Elec tric Cub Takeoff roll about 10 15 ft Steven Carber Robert Tod Dallas hold ing unique Hospital Ship very original design fuselage being genuine hospital crutch Note red cross wing pair now working flying guitar should strike new note originality Dan Garfinkel Laporte TX Flap per Ornithopter Dan trying both electric gas engine power Successful flights pending hunting best gear ra Aircraft ID Labels would like additional stick air craft ID labels like 1988 membership kit may ordered AMA Supply Service 10 $100 postpaid Please include remittance order specify stick-on labels Tom Killough paid return visit Dallas present home Huntsville AL astonish us ultra-unique diamondwing pusher actually flies **** Were outa fuel Cotta land **** Cobrado 0 Kansas 0 Nebraska North [takota 0 South Dakota ixWyoming DISTRICT REPORT Travis McGinnis District IX Vice-President 8027 W 81st Circle Arvada CO 80005 CompuServe addresn EMAIL 7e0572750 Associate Vice Presidents Tom Boyd 701 N 58th St Lincoln NE 88505 Naihen Lancanter 3597 S Kendall St Denver CO 80235 Runa Miller neo N 3rd Carrington ND 58421 Don Moden 410 Hart Salina KS 57401 Jim Ricketta 516 5 Cloudan Sioux Felix SD 57103 Frequency Coordinator Steve Manglen Radio Service Center sie S Sheridan Denver Co eosae Phone Day 303 922-8107 Evening 303 930-3285 Doins around district. Wyoming 8th Annual Rocky Mountain Jumbo Fly held last weekend May sponsored Casper Airmodelers Association great show accompanied warm light breezes some 90 air planes Casper Airmodelers wives deserve big THANKS fine dinner Saturday night live music provided Bill Carpenter Jim Wyatt No went away empty-handed lots prizes awarded Scale class winners first place Ron Compton Littleton COPiper Pawnee second place Dean Sadler Lakewood CoPiper Cub third place Noel Hess Salt Lake City UTWaco Biplane 14-scale powered five-cylinder radial engine Peoples Choice Wayne Smith Bosler A/Ylarge Telemaster Gailen Stoumbaugh wife Marsha key people making years flyin successful event k forward Jumbo event 89 Wyoming October 11 re ceived resignation letter faithful sociate vice-president Gene Corson Gene cites work commitments disallow time job justice Gene has held appointed position number years has always touch something needed attention kept us informed about happenings State Wyoming regret resignation accepted thanks job well done - Gene YOU ARE APPRECI ATED would like have position filled first year would appreciative nominations modelers Wyoming important job before jump suggest someone check see wish considered what quali fications interest lies Id suggest write ask job descrip tion has updated document prepared describes appointed posi tion Some suggestions have come up recent times having associate vice-president elected office within respective state just district vice-president within district Id like pursue input would have out across district issue. can share input later column youd like Larrie Schaeffer Cheyenne comes note describing joint effort/meet High Plains Drifters Free Flight Club Chey enne Magnificent Mountain Men Free Flight Club Denver raised $240 Make Wish Foundation hoped make annual event conjunction Rocky Mountain Free Flight Championships Rick Pangell Larrie would like thank merchants contributing success meet trend modeling groups make contributions Make Wish Founda tion other charitable groups What neat way show world modelers un selfish caring folks Keep up good work Loren Moen Bottineau ND sends report Fourth Annual Pylon Pattern meet held August indicates suc cessful international event sorts since competitors Canada attending Note flags next picture Great work Rottineau Balsa Busters Brave Pattern fliers Brandon Mani toba Canada Bismarck ND Minot Mi AFB Bottineau ND L R stand ing Jim Larsen Arlyn Moen Fred Urlacher Thomas Hall Loren Moen Kneeling Rick Collingwood Bob Johnson John Nel son John mistakenly awarded third Sportsman few minutes after pic ture taken given rightful winner Chuck Judd Sorry Chuckl Stand ing far left anonymous Ian Colorado comes report Ivan Munninghoff George W Meyer morial Scale Masters Qualifier contest June 30 contestants four states competed event featured Satur day night banquet guest speaker Norm Goyer Scale RC Modeler magazine truly superb collection aircraft flown Sport Scale Lee DeMary winner Laser 200 J Devorss second Baby Ace Ken Gerlits third P-51 Herb Smith won Gi ant Scale 1A-scale Super Cub towed Glider Mike Shoemakers J-3 second Bill Turners Waco ARE close hind Masters Qualifier two perennial Masters fliers Bob Frey Al Casey topped class P-47 Mig 3 re spectively Rone Comptons Piper Pawnee third Brian OMeara P-47 Olen Tre nary Pitts Buzz Butler BD-8 Dan Par sons MB-5 also qualified attend years big Scale meet Ft Knox United Airlines Mobil Oil Co major sponsors event special thanks US Air Force Academy al lowing event take place its facility Richard Ballard President Jayhawk Model Masters Club Lawrence KS sends picture below showing Ivan Hird right being awarded AMA Award Apprecia tion Ivan honored years service modeling local level pleased recipient district award Richard also indicates concern about Narrow-band Phasein Plan 1991 have others recent months Executive Council concert AMAs Technical Di rector Bob Underwood has issued clarifi cation statement situation Look minutes October EC meet ing will also have discussed recent District IX meeting held Salina KS hopefully some informative light will have shed intent phasein plan te will continue forward concerns AMA Frequency Committee brought atten tion Thanks being concerned thinker expressing same. time issue Model Aviation hands will have put together committee informally search out study make recommendations regarding potential acquisition land sites AMAs discussed plan multisite acquisition Nats fun-fly events well possi bility location needed office space other present AMA Headquar ters location Reston VA have received several pieces communication recently re garding possibility would inter ested receiving input about im portant issue Please take time bring yourself up date reading past column comments District IX well others have addressed issue would expect have report District IX meeting soon being written just two weeks prior its date hoped will informed concerned members AMA means staying abreast happenings standpoint work Executive Council Take time read review minutes meetings ask questions necessary synopsis Councils work always appears issue following quarterly meetings part will necessarily review editorialize content column recom mend take time read yourself what happening organization Keep landings soft intentional . January 1989 131 Ron Compton won first place Scale Pawnee Crop Duster Noel Hess Waco Biplane won third place Scale well Participants Choice Arizona 0 California 0 Hawaii 0 Nevada S Utah x DISTRICT REPORT David 1 Peltz District X Vice-President 20450 Celtic St Chatsworth CA 91311 Associate Vice Presidents Edward Aber-Song 99-127 Ohiakee Plea HI 96701 Darwin N Barrie 8252 E Turney Ave Scottsdale AZ 85251 Glenn Carter 2020 Gill Port Lane Walnut Creek CA 94598 Bob Kampmann 8818 Piedra Way Fair Oaks CA 95628 Mike Lee 11420 Spdtire Drive San Diego CA 92126 Bob Reynolds 12901 E Speedway Tycoon AZ 95748 Jim Scarborough 30717 Rae Langlois Rancho PV CA 90274 Betty Stream 3723 Snowden Ave Long Beach CA 90808 Al Williamson 445 Westby Chula Vista CA 92011 Jon Zeinloit 5411 October Way Went Valley City UT 84120 Frequency Coordinator George Steiner 2238 Rogee River Dr Sacramento CA 95826 Phone t916t 362-1992 LOCAL NEWS DEPARTMENT Some critics have said dont ever report Dis trict 10 happenings say Buds Sepulveda Basin premier flying site LA plagued crashes According newsletter Valley RC Fliers home club field purchased scan ning receiver quote. check amount RF coming through Basin RC hand continues Well plenty immediately discovered high-powered com mercial stations 10 kHz away chan nels 12 16 18 20 24 28 32 34 42 44 46 48 52 much todays RC equipment can cope Thats number crashes has gone high basin le gally required allow AMA nonAMA fliers use no way en sure very best narrow-band stuff gets used usually mild-mannered highly pro-AMA clubs published reaction discovery again quote AMA has done did get exclu sive band frequencies fly Instead got lot frequencies hoping af ter enough crashes would find good use AGREE 100% Gentlemen Council please try understand radio plan work ing more people discovering real reasons problems basin unique freak location What happens will someday repeated urban areas slow death RC will follow END OF LOCAL NEWS DEPTARTMENT just received November Model Avia tion campaign statements AMA VP candidates Its gratifying see few campaigning strengths real-world business financial management experience hope win because AMA needs people like Council also hope live long enough see day AMA realizes needs experi enced professional leaders run organi zation good old boys claim fame know build/fly toy airplanes Personally have doubts will ever happen Too bad AMA month Council will meet again AMAs self-declared center world good old Reston VA Theyll discuss Land Acquisition Committees progress proposal see November column acquire up five sites So far Ive seen AMA examine sites Virginia nothing could remotely thought West ern locations unless consider thing slightly west Dulles Airport wild wild West take full credit getting re cent land acquisition activity started June recently Chairman Pete Waters unilaterally decided remove Land Acquisition Committee because wrote cant work him would know Hes never tried work anything especially committee Ive never received comment reply input provided him learned about being removed committee accident memo got John Worth casually mentioned committee meeting knew nothing about though theyve now removed Western representation commit tee theyll still try foist upon de nials being Eastern organization vigorously deny opportu nity build Headquarters Museum east coast Later start search permanent sites east coast Well some things like proverbial spots leopard will never change leads tne next subject Peltz Predicts Future Ive polished crys tal ball gazed Cut column out hang wall reminder heard first PREDICTION 1 AMAs first permanent site will far closer Atlantic Ocean Pacific PREDICTION 2 Free Flight RC Soar ing will leave Nats own thing will mark beginning end annual exercise AMA folly PREDICTION 3 person selected re place John Worth Executive Director John retires after over two decades service will AMA member likely good old boys will un qualified job underpaid task will create irreversible problems organization look ad AMA placed magazine requesting submission resumes tells it doesnt have single word about applicant qualifications PREDICTION 4 flying site crisis will continue worsen Model aviation will come rural-only activity within five years Big-city clubs will lose fields start organizing trips chartered buses go nearest remaining sites yearly one-day flying outings PREDICTION 5 Radio problems will wors en time AMA recognizes its wellintentioned Frequency Committee created something someone named Franken stein could love will too late Too RC pilots will have already abandoned sport because can no longer afford replace throwaway radios planes after flight/crash will have gone full circle pioneering days 50s radios barely worked early 80s worked very well early 90s no longer work presence practically oth ers geographic area has pag ing services can still afford sport will abandon too stating its just fun anymoreone plane air time just isnt same thing PREDICTION 6 Having given up technical feasibility mass producing fully reliable reasonably priced 1991 de sign radio industry will shift its R&D ef forts produce 1992 radio time finally becomes available late 1993 will also rendered obsolete pag ing systems now 5 kHz away PREDICTION 7 radio problem fi nally solved 1995 bright young en gineer Far East discovers run two wires directly con trols airplane dont need ra dio technology wires have draw back though require planes fly circles around person con trols PREDICTION 8 Some youngster 1995 AMA Junior Executive Council proclaims al breakthrough bubble burst finds out once something AMA did similar called Control Line Another 1995 youngster asks couldnt fly planes neither ra dios nor wires too told that once unsuccessfully tried AMA time called Free Flight organi zations aging historian recalls Free Flight Control Line both died what terms RC-Acquired InspiredTechnology-Driven Syndrome RC-AI DS fatal disease early 1990s PREDICTION 9 Driven sport fliers totally dominate Executive Coun cii faced continuous stream last places FAI World Championships 1995 AMA stops sending US teams withdraws FAI Faced loss its traditional main source funds USA FAI panics immediately declares French equivalent bank ruptcy No notices PREDICTION 10 early 1996 no longer place left UsA fly model airplanes AMA members still builders have taken shipping fin ished models AMA Museum now occupies buildings around 10 miles center Reston VA tents parking lot AMA HQ employees again demand better work ing conditions including occasional hot wa ter electricity again reminded needs secondary museums needs PREDICTION 11 group real business men form organization seriously de voted preservation expansion sport/hobby model aviation well-defined highly realistic longrange business plan greeted gener ous financing grateful neglected model aviation industry itself fac ing extinction PREDICTION 12 special meeting AMA Executive Council called ask three questions 1 did go wrong 2 cope newly formed competing organization 3 Just what does word competition really mean referring model airplane con tests PREDICTION 13 decided form three new AMA committees find swers has become AMA doctrine Eastern Council members allowed answers never found Neither scattered remains onceproud AMA Remember read first way back 1988 132 Model Aviation Alaska 0 Idaho ana 0 Oregon ington XI DISTRICT REPORT Ed MeCollough District XI Vice-President 53 SE 61st Ave Portland OR 97215 503 2344439 CompuServe addrens tor EMAIL7e0672422 Associate Vice Presidents Tom Caahman 2521 SW 323rd St Federal Way WA 9e023 Al Culver Son 86 Wilder ID 83676 Gary H Fuller PO Don 1124 Kotzebue AK 99752 Glen Miachke 4050 Fourth Ave N Great Falla MT 59401 Dave Mallena 15559 Palatine Ave N. Seattle WA 95133 Bruce Nelnon 507 E Vickaburg St Spokane WA 99205 Dick Wickline P0 Boa 623 Klamath Fatin OR 97601 Chick Young 11225 125th St E #69 Puyallup WA 98373 Frequency Coordinator Robert Batch 16439 SE Haig Dr Portland OR 57236 Phone 503 761-5103 NATS IN THE NORTHWEST IN 89 AMA Executive Council voted hold 89 Nats Headquarters Rich land WA TnCities area southeastern Washington dates July 15-23 will great site facet Nats introduc tion special events such Slope Soaring also possible Stay tuned member two have asked about vote regional flying field question rest wondered voted against motion because feel fiscal respon sibility says have have insur ance pad before go out buy property Property hard liquidate need cash try sell off need never get price need Lat er weve built pad will favor buying property subject other officers wrote glowingly about plan wonder ful immodestly claimed own idea Wrongo idea Hardy Brodersons first proposed Council meeting Chicago several years ago same time wonder just buying regional site will help out los ing local flying fields Maybe can pack up head regional site few days flying year Better should de velop ways helping local clubs get fields first case small group now run ning AMA chance buy piece property decided among themselves wasnt good idea turns out prop erty recently sold $33 million would have paid So much far-sighted leadership Its two months until Puyallup Are ready Don Sweazy ready Speaking shows like want district display booth just put ly costs ship next user Let know early can schedule Gary Fuller intrepid AVP far cold north finally got message dogsled no doubt Gary above Arctic Circle Kot zebue AK curious geographically its just above Arctic Circle coast Any way Gary got chance visit Anchorage spent some time Alaska RC Societys field Elemendorf AFB quote Gary saw some good models such Ken Bystedts Falcon 56 Frank Weavers unusual Scale Bucker Bestmann kitted US Rick Warfords Four-Cycle Tigermoth John Reeses Sportster Gary Terzichs EZ Dago Red Ye-scale Citabria Joe Boswells Force 1 Joel Wilcoxs Trainer Ron Bergts lAscale Chip munk host Jim Terrells VK Nieuport 28 Gary quite impressed field mentioned hoped visit Alaska Mos quitoes October Strange thought Alaska stand outside mosquit6es would carry away OMPRA racing has very active year according AVP Dick Wickline rac ing both Super Sports Q-500s Creswell Big Bird happening photo below shows Dave Kepharts red Byron Pitts Dave Loren Anderson both brought big Byron bipes Bend Lorens yellow Clayton Fosters blue-and-white Cub Clayton Eugene RC Aeronaut Master builder Bob Kreuzinger brought very nrettv EAA BiDe Salem sadness note Ray Revels suf fered fatal heart attack Rogue Eagles field summer happened just day after death Peggy Rosenbergs husband Sandy sympathies go both families friends Some pictures Plat 1 water fly early June Bud Schwesinger Umpqua Val ley gang put very nice relaxed week end water flying reservoir near Suth erlin very nice site fly lot friendly people make feel home put calen dar early next June bring water bird Heres shot some planes pilots spectators Steve Milos Paul Schlutzs Edo floatplanes foreground As usual Bob Balch took photos column outdid himself great shot PBY Unfortunately seem have filed notes event am sure pretty shot shows flying site P1st 1 good advantage also shows Don Anderson trying act nonchalant other per son flies Dons airplane Since airplane fully capable flying itself no real problem January 1989 133 nice touch event taxi race husbands wives sweethearts pilots Im absolutely sure think Susan Reiver beaching Dick smart crack Im suing Reivers Heinkel Coming up next montn witi oe pictures 88 version Scale Masters Regional Farragut State Park shot taken Sil verwood may anything isnt day airport come across documentation like beautiful 11It sincere wish noliday season hold health happiness family coming year peace happiness Happy holiday flying Don Ross New Book Whenever new book works want talk about especially think going good book know have yet received copy Dons book Rubber-Powered Model AirplanL5 drawings text pictures Ive seen Don working Im convinced superior Ive written about Dons book some months ago Junior Flight readers have written asking will available Well good news time read will able purchase copy Rubber-Powered Model Airplanes will sold Motor Books International ad dress Osceola WI 54020 can call toll-free 1-800-458-0454 cost $1295 plus handling shipping charges $395 total cost $1690 pur chase directly wait distribution buy directly right now will accept check money order Visa American Express Mastercard credit card call Its name tells pretty much what book aboutOutdoor rubber-powered model airplanes beginner modeler needing still assistance dont book good place enter aero modeling ought school library club book will take rank beginner turn him model airplane builder flier What does take mystery out building flying successful Free Flight models An telligent book trying cover thing sticks Rubber power also doesnt get ultracomplex FAI contest types other words book kind need start flying Don Ross book features complete plans three progressively difficult simple models First all-balsa handlaunched stick job all-balsa ROG rise-off-ground finally 24-in-wingspan built-up stick-and tissue model Its just whats needed get out han gar blue Don includes over 100 drawings pictures illustrations whole chapter flight trimming another solely Flying Scale building techniques Theres detail make own propellers dont have remain lim ited commercially produced plastic props Theres detail also wind get out rubber motors make rolled tubular fuselages freewheeler folding propsplus well over 100 valu able hints kinks Don explains go about de signing own models telling what basics Besides standard tractor monoplane Don discusses biplanes ca 134 Model Aviation nards other planforms gives standard proportions Besides Don lists aeromodeling ganizations publications plus about 60 sources materials kits plans can say w Don Ross book Rubber-Powered Model Airplanes does Outdoor rubber-powered Free Flight what Ron Williams classic Building Flying Indoor Model Airplanes does Indoor Free Flight Ill receiving actual copy shortly will give opportunity tell about next month mean time call number 1-800-458-0454 total cost $1690 will worth ROG 25 Update Tom Greenhalge proposer pusher ROG 25 event writes further con firm love cabin airplanes rather stick models think ROG model think stick model especially beginners Tom would just soon have full-fuselage models event tends make event advanced modelers Pictured two models con tained rubber motors illustrate ap proach Two brothers Stan Gary Bud denbohm designed constructed neat models first Stan all-sheetbalsa Sheety Riser Garys yet un named uses built-up stick-and-tissue structure Both should very successful ED WHITTEN 0 Tom tells us famous Thermal Thumbers Club planning ROG 25 Blow-Out series contests starting Janu ary will have contest once month during first six months 1989 Paul Herbst flies Peck-Polymers Flying Aces Moth event writes add accent Thermal Thumbers se ries will participation Ten points will given month flying event three additional points will awarded winning two placing sec ond third After sixth con test nice prize will go modeler accu mulating points think very interesting approach aim maybe generate enough interest ROG 25 event included next sum mers USFF Championship Contest Taft have hand California clubs sure know plug events power Remember send views Tom Toms address 2080 B Maple Ave nue Costa Mesa CA 92627 Mine course up above Whether ROG 25 Novice Pen nyplane B-29 build tail light Keep building keep flying see next month Have Helped Junior Modeler Today Io FLIGHT Box 176 Wall St Sta New York NY 10005
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/01
Page Numbers: 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134
Sound & Aeronautics Howard Crispin Jr STATEMENTS There very reai prob lem exists relative sound levels model aeronautics Word coming out some individuals representing 90-dBat-9 ft guideline mandatory require ment Academy being done letters public officials process obtaining flying sites have followed writings publications including Model Aviation know mandatory requirement Academy state otherwise establishes very danger ous precedent making such false state ment may very well prevent acquisi tion flying sites surely restrict classes aircraft may operated have attention engine manufacturers propeller manufacturers muffler pipe manufacturersand above model fliers wholewe can consider mandatory rules As certain competition categories mandatory sound abatement figure have goal getting operations quiet will arrive point purpose 90-at-9 valid standard sites problems potential prob lems anything will endanger flying sites doubt get statement AMA Headquarters tornnce rruu. . , Road Mt Morris Ml 48458 proper name system VIBRA-DAMP Engine Mounting System man behind product David von Linsowe David active participant Pattern competition fly ing F3A has involved himself some de tailed research common areas stallation propellers sound would like have read letter David some work VIBRA-DAMP Engine Mounting Sys tem introduced Toledo Show due testing manufacturing volved marketing has taken backseat putting highest quality product market So universal isolation mount masses let us get little background Because noise testing can very diffi cult make repeatable especially noise airframe vibration chose use aver age G force transmission determine effectiveness isolation engine mount testing done using foam-isolated engine test stand reduce vibration absorp tion An airplane could have used because wide diversity mount configurations engines tested consist ent airframe isolation could have maintained Early testing inconsistency showing up Although accurate tach being used engine itself pro ducing same amount G forces time found changing mix ture slightly rich lean would change engine vibrational force 92 Cs 150 Cs An exhaust gas temperature gauge employed set needle valve engine became consistent method works well Im thinking building probe right airplane Its also very handy setting midrange idle accelerometer mounted such way measure both vertical rota tional vibration important because en gine vibrating both modes simultane ously main objective testing compare what has used versus what could accomplished special rubber compounds mount spacing lot credit needs go Myrle Hyde Dean Koger pioneering efforts soft Chips chuckle first saw engine flopping around idle reference mounting systems used comparison Hyde ner tube mount Tech Products 5305 neoprene bushings two mounting methods produced very similar test results 211/2 Cs 20 Cs respectively inner tube mount also exhibited movement during running neoprene should noted anyone testing new isolation mounting system should use ex treme caution Unlike solid mount will give some indication failure un tested isolation mount may fail little warning Continued page 120 RC Equipment Certified following radio systems transmitters receivers have independently cer tified registered professional test labo ratory retained manufacturer US importer distributor meeting exceeding Radio Control equipment specifications detailed Academy Guidelines operation 20 kHz fre quency spacing testing done spe cifically listing time products FCC type acceptance procedure listing made matter informa tion construed en dorsement products listed Airtronics Ai rtronics Spectra PCM 7P 7H Receiver Part No 92985 Quantum PCM 8P 8H Receiver Part No 92985 AirtronicsModule Series FM MD7P 75P Receiver Part No 92785 Vanguard FM/PCM 4 6 Receiver Part No 92965 Vanguard FM 4 6 Ch Receiver Part No 92765 Airtronics Airtronics Future issues Model Aviation will con tain expanded listing additional infor mation received AMA AMA HQ SERVICES STAFF 0 Executive Director John worth 0 Executive Coordinator Joyce Hager S Administrative Services Director Robert Iojslavek 0 Technical Director Bob Underwood 0 Comptroller Lynne Collins 0 Competition Services Director Micheiine Madison 0 Special Services Director Carl Maroney C Membership Director Mike Woodiolk C Public Relations Director Geoff Styles 0 Special Prolecte Director Doug Pratt e Publications Director Carl R Wheeley 0 Nate General Manager Vince Mankowaki 0 Museum Curator Hurst Bowers 0 General Counsel Jeremiah Courtney AMAs Executive Council equivalent Board Directors basically composed President Executive Vice President Executive Director 11 district vice Presidents officers provided space month AMA News publication What say space however matter personal viewpoint sole responsibility author views may may represent official position AMA Executive Council January 1989 119 photo above depicts vibration iso lation mount assembly manufactured Per 0 ommended 60-size engines doesnt come hard contact en gine during normal running Does work bet does last years Masters Tournament airplane judged noisier air some judges 88 Nats year same airplane engine pipe prop com bination addition VIBRA DAMP engine mount judged jury quiet per FAI in-flight noise bonus must remembered exhaust prop tip velocity play impor tant role achieving really quiet airplane soft-mounted engine will AMA AMA Life Members.. Over 100 people have signed up over years pay Life Membership Ac ademy memberships cost $1000 may paid lump sum two four installments typical Life Membership initiated $250 down payment followed $250 fol lowing three years memberships recognized taxdeductible contributions Interesting side light Several families have two Life Memberships Bryant Thompson family first total four AMA-recommended maximum sound measure ment 90 dB 9 ft AMA requirement Ive enclosed info NASA Tech Briefs talked about Nats think will find very interesting Maybe AMA could get NASA run some props doing test ing recent trend increase pitch reducing diameter will leave lot people less desirable results Octo ber article Model Aviation explains higher-pitched props will have longer realistic takeoff roll demonstrates loss performance course have relatively short takeoff rolls taking account scale effects have tremendous advantage wing loading power-to-weight ratio over full-size counterparts reduce noise gen erated prop tip speeds must brought down need out reducing performance FAI fliers went high-pitched props effort reduce engine rpmand hence lower tip speeds During changeover FAI airplanes also chang ingbecoming larger cleaner designs weighed less allowed use less efficient pro pellers still maintaining same per formance Sport fliers will want continue airplanes theyve using ex cept make quieter means prop must designed load en gine down desirable rpm tip speed reduction same time maintain relatively high efficiency rpm direction took prop research reduce engine rpm going wide 1-1 12* L-3 LA L-5 L6* L-7 1-8 1-9 L-10 L-11 L-12 1-13 1-14 1-15 1-16 L17* 1-18 1-19 1-20 1-21 1-22 1-23 1-24 1-25 1-26 1-27 1-28 1-29 1-30 1-31 1-32 1-33 1-34 1-35 1-36 1-37 1-38 1-39 1-39 1-40 1-41 1-42 143* 1-44 1-45 1-46 1-47 1-48 1-49 1-50 Philip J Baugh Jr Jack C Lowe Joseph P Coles Walter Wydler Jeremiah Courtney Matthew Sullivan Ed Manulkin Leon Shulman Jim McNeill Francis M Flinsch Gil Rifkin James H Artz Don Shulman Bob Elliott R C Andre Louis J Andrews Billy B Dunlop Mark Smith Robert Leisses Weldon Smith Earl Witt Sidney Axelrod Carolyn Axeirod Dr James M Edwards Joseph S Guylas Jr Bryant Thompson Dick McCoy Robert Krafft Donald Krafft H Stan Chilton Gene Reynolds Clifford Ritchie Jerry Bell Robert W Gross Ron Ross Sam J Rosenbloom Earl Boteler Helen Olsen Ellaine Thompson Elaine Thompson Roger Olsen John Reynolds Richard D Nelson Daniel J Pruss Raymond Meyers Brent Coyne Robert C Gero George M Aldrich Jay S Gerber Mark N Thompson George W Dickinson 1-51 1-52 1-53 1-54 1-55 1-56 1-57 1-58 1-59 1-60 1-61 1-62 1-63 1-64 1-65 166* 1-67 1-68 1-69 1-70 1-71 1-72 1-73 1-74 1-75 1-76 1-77 1-78 1-79 1-80 1-81 1-82 1-83 1-84 1-85 1-86 1-87 1-88 1-89 1-90 1-91 1-92 1-93 1-95 1-96 1-98 1-99 1-100 1-101 1-102 1-103 Dewey Broberg Joyce Good Irwin G Ohlsson Jr Paul Bender Jim Clem Maxey Hester Hazel Sig-Hester Franklin H Alden Morten Tanger James Grier Jim Simpson Gerald F Cavanaugh Vincent F Gutschalk W D Thompson Jr Francis J Hildenbrand Lee Renaud George C Watson Paul R Habel H Sanford Frank David McDonald Herbert Johnson Jr Cara Lee Thompson John D Doyle Robert G Diefenderfer Fred Bopp Joe Zingali Raymond G Marvin Barbara Gerber Jeff Troy John Reed Jr Edward Teal Joseph H Konefes Kenneth Kortright Robert Spivey Jim Pope Orval C Steward Paul Binkley Jef Raskin Marty Zellman Russ Nitach Albert H Doerr Edward Hydorn Jr Frank Tlush Christopher E Wimmer James B Porter Jr Donald Draskovich Robert C Wimmer Bill Schmidt Albert J Sambold Sr David Copeman Jim Bybee 1-104 1-105 1-106 1-107 1-108 1-109 1-110 1-111 1-112 1-113 1-114 1-115 1-116 1-117 1-118 1-119 1-120 1-121 1-122 1-123 1-124 1-125 1-126 1-127 1-128 1-129 1-132 1-139 1-163 1-222 1-288 1-289 1-297 1-300 1-331 1-409 1-418 1-555 1-702 1-1000 1-1220 1-1256 1-1921 1-2664 1-3120 1-4037 1-5098 1-7009 1-20244 1-42487 *Deceased William Langenberg James S Jauregui John Schifko Cole B E Thompson Roy Propst Benjamin M Trapnell Jim Weir Joseph C Larsen Fred Angel H K Warner Ray B Sahlberg William Raub Rex R Powell Joel Rindler Rod Smith Thomas 1 Stennis Robert W Rich Richard C Reed Richard Grimm Jr Kermit Walker R S Keeton Jr Mike Dunn Alexander Lepak William R Bigge Billy T White Charles Hunsicker Jr David Rosen John H Hood Jr Jim Coffin Edward Norman David Bridi Ron Morgan Steve landy Penny Thompson William G Bennett Lawrence W Petty Travis McGinnis Joe Klause C M Tuthill Duane Renken Ed Izzo Charles R Poulton II Edward E Watts Ill William Hanson Robert Gialdini Gary Hutchison Dick Austin Richard P Aley Bob Wiacher Stanford Hightower September attended Friendship Tournament spacemodels rocketry NASA Wallops Flight Facility East ern Shore Virginia Soviet-US com petition arranged Howard Kuhn FAI spacemodeling ClAM representative Howard commended hard work making difficult arrangements NASA lauded wonderful host Wallops main base short dis tance famous Wallops Island Rock et Launch Facility fact wit nessed experimental rocket launch icing cake NASA could have accommodating its provision site accommodations materiel support weather perfect spirit friendliness between teams apparent Local residents provided sup port Bar-B-Que enjoyin super experience discussed Russian FAI ClAM representative possibility US-Soviet friendship tournament F3A RC Aerobatics response positive will pursue idea Russian fliers have never competed F3A World Champi onships Early October found Huntsville AL attending RC Report-sponsored Fun-Fly event fiercely contested myr iad prizes supplied industry thanks Gordon Banks supporters fine event real positive impact modeling area Interestingly fliers required meet finite noise limit 99 dB According Gordon club will progressively en force reduction noise limit over timea good example us seems what needed now set standardized rules can make fun-fly competition rule book event RC Report has very supportive AMA appreciate week later attended belated AMA Free Flight Nats canceled July because loss flying site Tony Ital iano President National Free Flight Society located site arranged hold Nationals October Thanks Tony crew Nats events held traditional trophies awarded facility Lawrenceville wideopen 3000-plus acres former military base now leased Govern ment private aircraft operations site permitted unimpeded vehicle chase FF planes over two miles Free Flight contests have held couple times annually last seven years SAM Championships held last July over 250 fliers participating see possible combined Nats site will look possibility ran some longtime friends some did know flew Free Flight Marty Richardson Frank Heeb Dayton OH Bob Johannnes now living St Louis RC flying friend lived Dayton Dave Platt RC Scale Board Chairman Ed Keck longtime RC Pattern flier Ed flying FF very competitively loving Bob Johannes comments Free Flight 1 love pure aesthetics ita terrific climb smooth transition beautiful glide Bob used fly full-scale gliders Believe Free Flight alive well really prospers good fly ing site met Sal Taibi real legend Free Flight president SAM Sal heroes started model flying real gentleman exudes best mod el aviation Hes lifetime love mod eling has very positive outlook life Did know Sal owns really clas sic 56 Chevy has over 550000 miles has crossed nation over 30 times attend contests uses chase vehicle automobile should bronzed put AMA museum writing am Kentucky way Reston October AMA Coun cil meeting have real knotty agenda before us feel thresh old real growth important aspect will possible acquisition na tional flying site hopefully followed otherswhat boon quality competi tion would well media expo sure hobby Everywhere go Im excited quality model aviation countryand its getting better time some thing everyone Sure have some problemsgrowing pains main tain positive outlook can solve problems thing Im absolutely con vinced cannot please dividual no matter hard try Per sonally Im trying maintain focus overall advancement hobby prod uct development flying sites frequencies insurance competition membership servic es public acceptance etc just hope can maintain BALANCE objec tives get bogged down triv ial Based current membership growth rate approximately 10% should have over 140000 members end 1988 rate will 225000 strong five years Thats bad 500000 number represents about 10% aeromodelers country interested growth means could provide support services aeromodelers country does mean expanded bureaucracy Head quartersonly what NECESSARY meet needs membership Simply stated members means impact dealing public sectorthose control property flying sites controlling public lands control ling acquisition radio frequencies addition having resources means direct acquisition flying sites assist ance local basis acquiring same along increasing exposure televi sion radio periodicals Very simply individual modeler will benefit larger membership AMA abso lute necessity growth advancement model aviation country world believe get behind membership drive influence other fliers know join organiza tibn January 1989 121 Presidents Corner President ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS DON LOWE 902 Little Bend Rd Altamonto Springs FJ32714 SOvietteams Spacemodels Friend ship Tournament Free Flight Nets Lawrencevme IL Bob Johannes cranks up Tony Hutchins member youth World Champs team North Korean FF model obtained Poland incredible workmanshin features Soviet Scale rocket model Soya sean Wallops Island Unbelievable workmanship fliesl Executive VPs Report Dave Drown AMA Executive VP 4560 Layhigh Rd Hamilton OH 45013 someone mentions AMA Mu seum people think display heritage model aviation AMA AMA Museum ever-changing showcase talent American modeler well valuable tool research through Lee Renaud li brary museum valuable asset AMA However AMA HQ building de signed originally house headquar ters plus museum intention floorspace entire wing would rented someone else Although tenant very short time never really did rent out space Ironically ended up using area museum stor age tenant vacated Later area used Member ship Department became too small de partment moved erstwhile museum storage space shortly thereafter museum exhibit space expanded area membership vacated left museum occupying nearly 30% floorspace building just fine established growth AMA recent years has quite remarkable example fin ished 1984 94602 members f ished 1988 membership 138057 increase 46% just four years takes staff handle increased workload takes space house staff last Executive Council meeting considered options expansion HQ building After being presented number proposals getting rough esti mates Council decided close por tion large museum atrium use working space effect would re duce museum floorspace about half what now has proposal has met lot oppo sition AMA membership Because opposition because ongo ing search large piece property serve national flying siteand come location Headquarters wellsome us have begun think about whether right move Financially makes sense esti mates would cost about $150000 would net us about 2500 sq ft us able space problem some question whether addition would increase value building fact some think may reduce value building As short-term three-to-five year alterna tive could rent outside space per haps moving part operations out separate quarters can also per haps reduce museum size portion lies outside atrium leaving museum its original size esthetics building unspoiled something sort will have increase efforts find national site urgency thereof cant imagine stopgap solution could solve longer-term space problem Right now have approximately 50 employees squeezed approximately 10000 sq ft total floor space including lavoratories HVAC equip ment computer room storage just too tight efficient operations Dont feel badly conference room has just converted data input de partment membership renewal process ing four people guess Executive Council will have meet nearby hotel Oh well no said cost growth cheap Executive Directors View HQ John Worth AMA Executive Director 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 89 Nats Free Flight. came out bluea sudden flash light after weeks darkness 88 Na tional Championships much gloom caused cancellation Out door Free Flight events except Scale after farm planned events no longer available day before 1988 contest began AMA Executive Council met consider among other things location 1989 Nats Two possibilities looked prom ising Muncie IN Amana IA Both what looked like good Free Flight situa tions end meeting third pos sibility developed also opportunity good Free Flight site situationTaco ma WA Council directed Nationals Com mittee travel soon possible ex plore possibilities location could finalized Councils October 22nd meeting committee did high hopes enthusiasm didnt take long find out three locations problems Come gloom again Tacoma out use key military base declined Muncie possible problems volving several individual category sites Amana also possible high cost factors lack sufficient hard surfaces events needed mid-October earlier hopes cooled offnot dead dampened probability serious compromises suddenly another call State Washingtonthis time different part state vigorous broadly sup ported community effort what known Tn-Cities area succeeded producing offer dispelled dark ness Best included large Free Flight site thus chance make up 1988 event cancellation quick visit area confirmed promise just time Executive Council approval October 22nd So its now offi cial 1989 National Model Airplane Championships will held Tn-Cities area Pasco Kennewick Richland Wash ingtonJuly 15-23 Much information will forthcoming shortly now can said practically site situations look good weakest being door site just over 40 ft ceiling struc ture will first-ever Nationals Northwest part countrya swing east coast 88 near west coast 89 will bring Nats part country heavily involved aeromo deling until has long distance away typical Nats locations As Nationals first came Northeast 1983 hoped will big turnout Northwest east Mississippi distance may discouraging location ful fills basic goal Nationals planningto move event around parts country location return West after five years 1984 National contest held Reno NV Before 1977 Riverside CA 1989 therefore ing Horace Greeley exhorted Go West young man go West AMA Museum Patrons Program Benefits Service prestige recognition Categories Patrons tax deductible Regular $10 per year donation provides Special Card fivedigit number Special pin bumper sticker patch Museum Newsletter Hall Famers Charter $100 per first-year donation $10 per year thereafter services regular except threedigit number addition Charter Member version pin Honor Wall listing Life $1000 onetime donation services Regular Charter patrons plus special Life pin patch two-digit number Museum Newsletter compilation correspondence exchanges among Hall Famers others best described cronies Bill Winter people famous pioneers model aviationthe thinkers doers have helped make model world what todayare nucleus around museum communications will built Its important note thatthe subjects covered indirectly re lated museum itself museum con nection gather words nu cleus group disseminate others same time preserving history files future modelers can know views instru mental creating model aviation history past 50 years 122 Model Aviation Connecticut S Maine achusetts S New Hampshire Rhode Island S Vermont DISTRICT REPORT Don Kraftt District Vice-President PO Box 1828 Dusbory MA 02331 1617 934-6248 Associate Vice Presidents Bill Ctisndler PO Box 441 Orland ME 04472 Drew Davenport 33 Ash St Townsend MA 01469 Bob Landry 90 Main St Essex Jct /T 05452 Richard Sherman 28 High St Plymouth NH 03264 Bob Wallace 91 Sylvan St Avon CT 06001 Frequency Coordinator George Wilson 82 Frazier Way Marstons Mills MA 02645 Bob Hilda Ring Ring Field located Berwick ME Rings have owned property past 12 years During time have developed beautiful residence private airport Today several hangars Bobs workshop doubles meetingplace New England Sport Scale Associa tion Rings have built facilities through lot hard work great part willing allow model ers use New England Sport Scale Association NESSA uses Bob Rings runway its flying site area off side runway serves pit area pit fenced worktables provided addition clubhouse completely fenced-in viewing area club present has about 51 members especially welcomes young er members spend extra time junior-age members offering both flight training building assistance August 20 Barb along friends Da vid Susan Eisner attended club funfly followed picnic hangar weather just about perfect good time Concord Aeroguidance Society CAGS Berwick drove Concord NH spent night could attend Scale Fly-In sponsored GAGS flying site next dam area con trolled Corps Engineers club has dealing Mr Dave Shepard son has very cooperative work ing fly-in attracted about 23 participants brought 31 aircraft Some models large J-3 Lucien Wig dor Lockheed floats Gee Bee Sport ster Armond Cote Fairchild 22 Bob Griswold good day quite windy restricted flying 51 RC HELl PILOTS ATUEND FRANCONIA 88 FUN-FLY Third Annual Franconia Helicopter Fun-fly held weekend August 20 21 Franconia NH weekend fly ing activities attended 51 Hell pilots over New England brought 93 beautiful flying machines Co sponsored Ernie Huber Pike Noyes fun-fly held mountain airstrip Sugar Hill section Franconia sur rounded natural beauty White Mountains major theme fun-fly pro vide help beginners provide sistance just transitioning hovering forward flight Volunteer structors hand supervise hov ering area factory reps helped straight en out mechanical problems cropped up Five flying areas provided two hovering Intermediate flyaround two Advanced aerobatic fly ing Smooth efficient operation transmitter impound frequency board Mary Huber Ernies wife enabled get lots flying time Lighthearted competition held Satur day afternoon included pad hopping contest beginners Pylon Race Intermediate Expert fliers Trophies awarded categories well Most Improved flier fun-fly Best Scale machine Raffle prizes provided Miniature Aircraft Robbe Gorham Model Products Yale Hobby Tonys Hobby Shop Re vere MA Make plans now join us next year Franconia 89 January 1989 123 Lou Greenwald Rob Lawrence Concord Skyhawks Lou files originaldesign airplane powered Zenoah 38 Rob flies Shuttle uses two ihannI rndin nnCroI mixar Chris Olsen father Charles Sportaire 40 Dave Eisner L admiring Bob Griswolds Fairchild 22 CAGS Scale rally built Orilne kit Quadra 50 Franconia 88 Fun-Fly want share following news release Mark Cookson Mike Mae NESSA fun-fly Bob Hilda Ring owners Ring Field Hangar background houses Aer onca Champ Members NESSA participated fun-fly August 20 1988 New England Sport Scale Association NESSA emblem Picnic supper after fun-fly hangar serves workshop meeting area Participants Franconia Helicopter FunFly New York 0 New Jersey II DISTRICT REPORT John Byrne District II Vice-President 36-29 213 Street Bayside NY 11361 719 225-8319 Associate Vice Presidents Pete Bianchini 280 S Broadway Yonkers NY 10705 Tom Brown P0 Boo 4933 APO NY 09009 Prank Costello 27 Kearney St Dover NJ 07901 Prank Dreoch 9 Willow Ave. Piscataway NJ 09854 Ray Jaschlrus 7 Evergreen Ave New Hyde Park NY 11040 Kenneth Koeppel 194 N Union Street PO Boo 217 Olean NY 14780 Robert Roave 39 Monroe St Keyport NJ 07735 Adam Sattler 41 Perry Ave Latham NY 12110 Lon Saster 3082 Rabbit Lava Phoevia NY 13135 Prequency Coordinator George Myers 70 Froelich Parm Rd Hicksville NY 11901 Second District Thoughts Nothing official mind would greatly surprised AMA establish Couple branch off ices ie west coast another Midwest Logically latter lo cation could Illinois Missouri former some part California pro jection would say sooner better hope will agree solely because experiencing growing pains Reston though fact rather order provide widespread segments member ship greater degree immediacy service duly entitled Quite coincidentally plans progress revamp existing facility Reston accommodate burgeoning need working space currently congested Headquarters am pleased serving upon committee charged responsibility Nostalgic Nats notes would require space have disposal recount personal feelings concerning years Nats couple aspects thereof should like address briefly First loss Free Flight year struck devastating blow may signifi cantly alter time-honored concept comprehensively structured classic can though escape optimistic feeling members FF community will grant us still another opportunity earn con fidence inclination ability rectify situation next year positive side however happier note struck impressive response Fun-Fly innovation overwhelm ing unqualified success know because personally involved helping run arrived Fentress Saturday Reston early mist morning greeted literally hordes modelers cheerfully setting up clamoring become airborne earliest possible moment Un der able supervision Bob Underwood AMA Technical Director lost little time activating event apparently everyones satisfaction shot made Bob height action panoramic view scene Here two typical scenes years jamboree Long Island Cobras Model Airplane Club Chart er #1426 Roosevelt Field Long Island nature hallowed ground minds revere excitement socalled Lindbergh Era full-scale flight devel opment passage time has also come change form huge shop ping mall place prestigious flying field Over years however Cobras group has held its annual static event historic site earlier years club settle modest space remote part mall passage time efforts ar ea impressed hosts years show able held larger much impressive location within premises witnessed recorded trusty camHere shot Sid Nerenson sporting cap longtime Cobra official surrounded several fellow club members extend compliments involved 22nd Annual WW jamboree Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome NY wouldnt miss classics could help soon September 10th just past drove upstate Rhinebeck has case years al ways enjoyed annual experience thoroughly thrills marvelous ly constructed masterfully flown model air craft Above sessions permit re newal friendships provide op portunity exchanging thoughts ideas hopes aspirations best wishes ones favorite people ie fellow aeromodelers Sky Rovers Air Show 88 july 23-24 Rovers strangers regular readers monthly reports magazine fact shall actually mark fourth appearance column earlier references see MA sues June 1988 June 1987 August 1987 So much record now relate cap tioned event described club members essence spectacle drew 61 pilots 80 aircraft cidentally Rover members never permitted fly club-sponsored events midafternoon day flying stopped about 20 minutes club conducted Hand-Launched Glider event children tending air show photograph five-year-old Dean Thomas won twoday raffle open pilots actually flying meet told Dean Thom youngest pilot ever fly Rover air shows dad member Vet Thomas proud say least As special feature show New York State Police Department dispatched its helicopters Ford Field scene action piloted Officer R F Odit Jr swered questions spectators con clude months report impressive photo man machine sincere thanks member Dave Reid input 124 Model Aviation Navy did Its utmost accommodate us respect accordingly grate ful its ongoing support matters connection pleased introduce fine naval officers help ful us Lt Eugene Winston Gear up locked Ohio 0 Pennsylvania S West Virginia III DISTRICT REPORT Bob Brown District III Vice-President 1255 High Street Bradford PA 16701 914362-7702 Associate Vice Presidents Francis Fiuharty 504 21st St Vienna WV 20101 Neison Gould 1944 S Idaho St Allentown PA 18103 John Hathaway 102 Woodmere Dr New Stanton PA 15672 Jay Mealy 208 Witmer St Cleartinid PA 10830 Lawrence R Weimer 15013 Greendaic Ave Mapie Hts OH 44137 Gil Weiss 3004 Hailowell Ct Bensalem PA 19020 Frequency Coordinator John Collie 102 Wyoming Ane Forty Port PA 18704 Phone 717 207-8970 Happy holidays May wish suc cess happiness Current Council land purchase plan must proceed careful consideration required size location primary concern must economical service membership Should site located East West NO centralized lo cation necessary Should Headquarters located property Sale current undersized structure could provide capital needed establish premier site lower operating costs allow future ex pansion Academy Members may ex press opposing Views primary goal Council must SERVICE en tire membership purpose column promote best interests modeler District Ill Anyone wishes specific details actions reasoning within Council should personally contact Unfortunately am unable attend activities district such event annual Labor Day Celebration Westmore land County PA As part activities Northmoreland RC Club demonstrates types model flying helps club maintain favorable position Westmoreland Department Parks Recrea tion Congratulations fine effort public demonstration Northmore land RC Club provided excellent public rela tions Jerry Fink editor Pittsburgh ARCS newsletter succumbed battle cancer offer condolences Jerrys family leadership will missed hope Beltzville Youth Program featured November column will generate additional interest assisting todays children month would like introduce two District Ills young sters. Keep em flyin KIDS Photo Charles Alba 7V2-year-old Loran Wagner daughter Joe Joan Wagner New Wilmington PA Photo Weiss Getting youngsters involved RC flying important AMA objective Shown receiv ing some hands-on flight training IMAA Chapter 168 instructor Mark Lenhart sevenyear-old Kenny Karpinski Philadelphia Frank Fluharty has put forth excellent ef fort position West Virginia AVP certainly informing clubs news area activities such activity West Virginia Annual Pattern Scale Bat Con test Ravenswood WV Contest Direc tors Steve Sturm Mark Radcliff report Scale entries increased Pattern en tries decreased say may due changing date contest traditional date Next years contest will back schedule plan attend may meet Boss Hog following example hardware presented winners Photo Fluharty beautiful trophies presented winners West Virginia Pattern Scale Contest District Ill proud host US Scale Masters Northeast August 20-21 1988 great contest can best described great pictures AVP Gil Weiss FLYING NEAR AIRPORTS BE CAREFUL Free Flight Radio Control flying near airports situation might involve possiblity models being vicinity full-scale aircraft opera tions must avoidedor conducted eliminate dangerous situa tions Models should flown proximity full-scale aircraft unless flier has someone else him sole purpose watching full-scale aircraft supervising flying prevent possibility accident Photo Gil Weiss Partial view flight line US Scale Masters Northeast highlighted finelooking realistic-flying Giant Scale Emdecker 19 entries well-organized contest directed CD Mel Katz Au gust 20-211988 Warminster Naval Air Development Center regional contest sponsored Sonic Tronics JC RC Hobbies 53, intensity US.uasters Northeast judging flying shown above Judges Felix Vozzo 1 Jerry Cowan center enter scores pilot caller turn downwind leg preparation another flyby AMA structure contest coordina tion has problems year more sanctioned events evolve As plan clubs 1989 summer schedule please consider others area Cooperation within local clubs essential . Would possible arrange joint meetings dis cuss activities Another example sharing cooperation between clubs AMA districts Ed Carber R discusses fine-flying Lazy Ace Bipe members Washington Crossing NJ RC Club Mercer County RC Club West Windsor NJ RC Club photo taken Jacksonville NJ Levittown Aerobugs field second three interciub fun-flys took place closing hope offers New Years resolution make 1989 quietlest year ever flying activity Noisy models crux poor public relations months club picture Southeastern Pennsylvania Aero Modelers SPARCS activity Warm ster PA Happy holidays January 1989 125 AWdtt/ Members Southeastern Pennsylvania Aero Modelers Radio Control ocieny Warmin ster PA Delaware 0 District Columbia land h Carolina ivVirginia DISTRICT REPORT Howard Crispin District IV Vice-President 611 Beechwood Dr Charlottesville VA 22901 Associate Vice Presidents Robert 6 Babura 117 Otin Drive Severn MD 21144 Phone 3011 969-9356 Bob Champine 205 Tipton Rd Newport Newa VA 23906 Rick Chrietoph 970 Star Creat Harrinonburg VA 22901 Chuck Foreman 5811 Rinker Dr Mechanicaville VA 23111 Doag Holland 3517 Femmood Dr Raleigh NC 27e12 Scotty Moyer 11 Orchard Lane Wilmington DE 19909 Charlen Spear 298 Holly Lane Mackeville NC 27029 Frequency Coordinator Paul Yacobucci 6409 Winthrop Dr Fayetteville NC 29301 Phone Evening 919 488-5996 Regional flying sites subject continuing interest difficulties arises search ultimately purchase property time ex pended getting things approved through committees important agreement reached concerning purchases leasing contracts need reduce response time some manner Too often land can lost because day late cannot answer what being done other districts areas regard have active getting out making quiries looking land am interested primarily obtaining site less centrally located east coast East critical need good Free Flight site well land could support entire Nationals site located west Appalachian mountains does answer requirement dis tances Southeast North east become excessive such land avail able answer yes several considerations need analyzed looking land looking land buildings looking increased costsand usually something no use Another consideration profile land very desirable land flat land under cultiva tion odds also quite expen sive thing probably contains number buildings land needs self draining multitude drain age ditches land must available zoning recreational land permits needed operate miniature aircraft tract size should nearly square rec tangular possible longest dimen sion along path prevailing winds have waited years get mov ing project vital land ready use 1 January 1989 important can developed us able sites types activities operated simultaneously site used Nationals its dimensions really need order one-and-a-half two miles square major piece land parts country have flown over driven piece land meets requirements land needs clearing seeding make huge flat area aeromodeling capable supporting conceivable aeromodeling needswhatever would desire aeromodeling land has tal volume approximately 3000 acres approximately three miles oneand-a-half miles clearing less 2000 acres would provide site size handle Nationals except Indoor especially come 1991 some proposed alterations Nationals schedule could done now price right land doubt quality purchase can ac complished owners Execu tive Council committee will read after two events have taken place Executive Council meeting held 22 23 October after election officers results elections will available around 1 December know least two mem bers Council will new can affect what transpires actions land procurement other subjects What ing done other areas something know time No information rel ative other sites has distributed Council members date After upcoming Council meeting will let receive District IV newsletter know status land purchases other areas country should heard Membership total membership Academy 1988 over 138000 higher estimated growth does say need concentrate member ship services includes question flying sites need attract junior members need definitive programs accomplish goal need much responsive needs of different categories aeromod eling Most need develop some type standard responses prob lems arise particular category volved has very clear understanding program Too often answers get nothing incite bitterness organization often get service part mandate can allow happen Bylaws number bylaws proposals will submitted upcoming Council meeting After introduction cycle second proposal session January meeting will submitted Leader Membership approval disap proval changes going have con siderable bearing upon way busi ness end result should bring greater efficiency effectiveness operation Academy should also enhance response membership strive grow Watch changes publicized important should have chance express opinions Check out club know Leader Mem bers club Let know opin ion can vote based voice group quite some time have probably no ticed has discussion Academy organized operating very easy voice concern quite something else sit down work out al terations will make organization stronger better what Execu tive Council will working Size good thing organization can work larger group cannot done everything still being handled inef ficient manner District news realize would like see district happenings month felt important express views couple very important subjects need work both long-term benefit Academy Since am directly involved matters can say am also ing some work getting things moving ask also consider other subjects items needed fu ture As said will appear after elec tions has nothing sub ject What good entire organiza tion also good District IV SoundCant pg 120 ness using four five layers -oz glass cloth front rear pro peller expected have reduction noise maybe slight reduction rpm compared thicker blades what happened quite different noise level did come down 800-rpm increase Blade flex does play important role efficiency make props wider get rpm flight speed down Results going wider blade stead increasing pitch what can expect standard day using 60 tuned pipe 9 lb static thrust 10000 rpm same flight speed lower rpm someone running highpitched prop Efficiency quiet David shows what can done has technical facility capability making what required concepts will available interim experiment ing higher pitches still viable op tion sport flier Once better ef ficient props available can differ ent things As David does show takes factors understanding interrelate get wish go AMA Technical Award Bob Underwood Technical Director Near end 1985 AMA Executive Council voted approve concept technical award given Aca demy award honors development items improve performance model aircraft components enable equipment perform new tasks simplify facilitate tasks now required build ing flying encourage safety sound suppression Technical Award acknowledges peo ple have made significant contribu tion technical end hobbyf sport Bob Bill Hunter Satellite City re ceived first Technical Award troduction cyanoacrylate adhesives modeling community nomination individuals groups award may made two AMA members must received September 1st year Nomination forms can obtained AMA Headquar ters contacting Technical Director Bob Underwood Voting candidates done AMA Council Past VicePresidents 126 Model Aviation Alabama ida 0 Georgia issippi 0 Puerto Rico Sooth Carolioa 0 Teonesoee V DISTRICT REPORT Lee Webster District V Vice-President 1000 Sycamore Manchester TN 37355 Associate Vice Presidents Philip Cope e Hedoewood Rd Knoxville TN 37918 Edward Hunter Ri 3 Box 288 Amory MS 38821 Richard Jackuon 2118 Thorulee Dr N Churtexton SC 28405 Arthur Johnuon 932 Banyan Dr Deiray Beach FL 33444 Joxeph Micalizzi SR 00866 Box 1532 Fuierdo PR 00648 Ed Moorman 85 12th Street Shalimar FL 32579 Dick Patton 765 Bailey Brook Circle Birmingham AL 35244 Tom Thacker 849 Eaxt Glochexter Place Norcroxx GA 30071 Frequency Coordinator Burnix Fieldo P0 Box 1063 Strickland Rd interlachen FL 32048 Phone 904 884-2517 Remember last month told would report Air Foiler Free Flight meet issue brag about proper way put good Dont know can cellation Nats Free Flight contrib uting factor meet bigger better ever like take view proves Free Flight aint dead yet big thing about Air Foiler Free Flight meets designed body has fun example fly Peanut Scale heats way FAC guys fly Scale Only cant change motors between flights break winding fatigues out too bad get two minutes wind countdown launch Last man down wins heat event final heat would sur prised strategy employed re sult rules turns out highly contested event fun barrel monkeys Since Peanut Race call has successful have instituted same ap proach small rubber-powered models Cur rently flying two events one-of-a-kind models model designs Wally Sim mers Gollywock Pacific Ace mod el type flown mass launch long est flight taking hardware Its quite sight t6 see 10 models climbing blue together Havent significant midairs yet have close calls once touched competitors Peanut model twice same heat Once near launch once about 45 seconds flight Since stayed up longer other contestant jokingly claimed took unfair advantage him Its worth noting 1/2A Texaco flown SAM rules growing steadily popularity al Proves mind least Radio Con trol duration events fit well Free Flight contest agenda two kinds dura tion flying seem complement other sure nice windy day able pick up model after 15-minute flight walk back car mile crosscountry touring all-terrain vehicle Very nice guys like gray hair gim py legs contestants old gray-headed die-hards either shown first photo several Juniors entered Bradley Bishop Zachary Taylor two winners Hand-Launched Gliders i-noro oy Joe I-reeman Juniors Bradley Bishop Zack Taylor won Hand-Launched Gliders Air Foiler Free Flight meet Photo two shows Senior Open high-point winner Dick Hall As usual Dick flew thing Old-Timers modern day highclimbing AMA Gas jobs some fastest-climbing power jobs Ive ever seen think year gets harder beat Dick Hall launching Spacer Talking about winners have show lady practices what preaches third photo presents Bonny Jenkins current chairperson Free Flight Contest Board first-place-winning Al Glider Well done Bonny guy husband Bill well-known Free Flight compet itor published picture Bill some months ago RC Glider something also does well Bonny Bill Jenkins showing off Bonnys Al Glider statistics show AMA com posed about 100000 RC-oriented members compared about 5000 will admit interest Free Flight questionnaires contests like indicate Free Flight isnt dead yet fact believe growing coming commonplace RC fliers discov erthe relaxation fun Peanut Scale P-30 can provide Also some kinds RC du ration fit well Free Flight scene chal lenge Free Flight community stop get ting bent out shape what perceived effort some put radios Free Flight models thus eliminating Free Flight look ways integrate more RC duration activities overall picture Weve done SAM years few no problems AMA scene also spite noise thats created about so-called RC Free Flight fields getting hard er find some methods preserving thrill duration flying must found ar eas otherwise off-limits Free Flight have known Along route RC Soaring isnt far away Free Flight either fits Free Flight better RC Power events comes light quickly large club fly ing sites try safely accommodate both Soar ing power flying often Soaring guys get run off own club field accommodate both kinds planes takes lot give-and-take make work also have special field layout isnt opti mum either power flier Glider guider Yet combination works best interests overall membership AMA group must also develop such give-and-take position strength well-integrated organization serving best interests participating parties Divided small argu ing factions become ineffective pow erless Lets let such divisions occur Plans future Nats being generated being written long-range AMA plan acquire ownership suitable land parcels future Nats obvious such site wont ready next Nats Nats picture writing still developing Finding site suitable holding AMA events hard ever So split Nats two major events held two sites different times split lines RC Free Flight Control Line put compatible ac tivities together site example Free Flight RC Soaring could use same site big enough flexible enough ac commodate varying wind conditions Other RC events like Pylon Aerobatics generally re quire hard-surfaced areas like runways aprons So Control Line events appear group well together meantime have fun idea grows leaps bounds Got letter old bud dy Tom Cimino reports tremendous success Brandon FL last fun-fly Tom writes beautiful air planes format fly have fun flew until pilots decided theyd enough flying no judging fly ing judging done work manship planes fun flys scheduled year district Its healthy trend Air shows also growing number also fun give us chance show wares talents general public East Ridge RC Club put its first show back success shown fol lowing excerpt newsletter Skywrit ers want express thanks worked hard make first MDA Air Show great success took lot work us through cooperation asked help way grateful Just case havent heard raised $1492 MDA far beyond what MDA us dared hope So once again say THANKS great bunch guys Looking over Hangar Pilot put out Dr John Martin came across proposal Chuck Markos Indoor Catapult Glider event Now talking Since polio arms make normal HandLaunched Glider flying impossible Ive compensated flying Catapult Gliders out doors years Air Foilers used have some great winter contests Catapult Glid ers Doing indoors should blast Well till next time keep em flying January 1989 127 SOUND ADVICE Keep within sound guideline 90 dBA 9 ft might keep fly ing site Illinois 0 Indiana 0 Kentucky 0 Missouri VI DISTRICT REPORT Jim Sears District VI Vice-President PO Box 308 Burgin KY 40310 Associate Vice Presidents Finn Baliard Ri 5 Box 90 Decatur IN 46733 Charije Bauer 4944 N Orange Norridge iL 60656 Cal Ettei #3 Castle Drive AR 2 Fiorissant MO 63534 Wiiiiam Kern 1808 12th St Bedford iN 47421 Dick Taylor 7929 Jefferson Kansas City MO 64114 Stan Watson 10414W 134 Street Palos Park IL 60464 Bill Zimmer Box 72 Varna IL 61375 year quickly Coming end So building season us Dis trict 6 hope have time finish couple models year Im looking forward having seaplane next flying season course thats what Id planned year Its sad time gets away us quickly So much next flying season Ive road lot month figured Id better get going before run out things go year Most clubs tend slack off some after October time settle getting sched ule ready new year first weekend month dropped fifth annual Hamilton RC Model ers Four-Cycle Rally 65 brave souls dared show stuff registered 94 planes put total 198 flights What show air constantly busy course contest have fly rounds can name added raffle barrel big draw prizes Thats tough competition going after big items should have seen traffic jams airplanes waiting fly After found out what prizes wished could have entered course didnt get see much flying spend too much time socializing Still guess should watch some fly full flight seldom get chance Its still lot fun next weekend decided take Fri day afternoon off headed Ft Knox US Scale Masters Championships dont know con test biggie Scale buffs year hosted Southern Indiana RC Club Fort Knox Model Airplane Club What team things under control included weather rain held off until after contest except occa sional sprinkle Dale Arvin youd proud Now could get come up some kind miracle keep away rain plan Missouri trips wonder event 56 brave souls guys flying some beautiful airplanes have ever seen wasnt cull bunch Heck sure am glad dont build well Id never fly em details modelers put just lovely saw model handmade radial engine sitting its nose Wow did notice trend toward larger models looked performance sort pointed out reasons too seemed rock solid wind what can see will probably see fewer small entries What did surprise lack Jet models remember thing sure lot civilian-type air craft present liked word advice thinking going Scale feel have new model about ready work some Its tough out Saturday Lexington KY see Bluegrass Soaring Societys LSF regional tendance low spirits high After full night morning looked contest going rainout weather finally broke thermals warming up fliers made effort milk little bit lift could find worth Some lift very weak too Still managed keep air Duration events shame time limits flights Sunday headed Albion IL fun-fly guys asked come previous fun-fly said Id try flew about half flight over fog like puffy cotton nestled over hills Beau tiful what makes neat fly got Albion fog cleared spotted flying site first impression site envy guys get use grass strip thats 4000 ft long Theyve opted use few hundred feet flying site middle farmland people own property super provide club access restroom buildings lots runway etc nothing guys have made contest pretty good Fun-flys promote excitement especially flying limbo Im much playing card games etc fun-flys prefer luck played out such things touch-andgoes etc fellows agreed event featured some skill requirement course event set trophies As day went rains came add pressure pilots Well kept flying rain did what should stayed under canopy did finish rounds flying leave just put last flight left rain still really fun day Albion crew may just have swing again got letter fellow week really disturbed upset about couple things fact didnt give contest real buildup column after made visit Well Im really sorry about However told him Im head counter dont keep scores leave other columns something special said about event try trips visit members Thats reason trav el can keep track contest Im constantly doing job talking people So its OK will con tinue tell people Ive Id rather let know Im get ting out Would like progress report about frequency situation radio modifica tion problems Sure would fly RC As being written around first October frequency issue has gotten interesting say least Ive two gentlemen Brandywine MD join forces Glenn Whidden Bud Snyder knowledgeable about FCC regs Glenn because nature trade deals FCC regularly So has developed expertise FCC regs around Part 95 know Part 95 set FCC regulations dealing several types ra dios included Since contacted Bud about month ago new battle try save old wideband radios high gear Bud pusher Due persistence Bud Glenn weve learned mods transmitters may illegal just kept reading regs quite vague ex plaining changes nothing says can modify RC radio regs actually say cant Being able modify wideband transmit ters strong selling point proposal end wideband usage have made changes tighten up systems systems may legal Last month said Im getting conflicting answers Well now have studied Part 95 own weve found rules RC industry using mods probably RC Howzat arent done yet told may send letter FCC get answers some questions Well Glenn beat has written FCC ask questions establish legal ity mods RC systems able modify transmitters guess going have spend lot money new equipment 1991 AMA pro posal passed FCC Silver-stickered transmitters will gone talk about cheap will convert narrow band would thrown out dont consider buying new narrow-band equip ment being cheap option Whats easiest way out think have discussing long time Leave old wideband radio equipment alone let clubs decide Its simple Yes go before FCC proposal requests tighter RC systems manufacturers Attrition will take care older equipment may pur chasing new today Leave old wideband radios alone kind propos al no worry about mods Clubs across nation have proved wideband environment 40 kHz works None clubs have talked t6 want give up wideband systems AMA officials set doing opposite what members want Beats Enough now. SAFE FLYER PATCH Fliers have pledged use AMA Safety Code operating models entitled wear Safe Flyer Patch Send photocopied typewritten handwritten declaration see AMA Supply Ser vice Catalog signature Include check money order $2 no cash pay able Academy Model Aeronautics 128 Model Aviation Iowa 0 Michigan 0 Minnesota 0 W sconoin VII DISTRICT REPORT Peter Waters District VII Vice-President 117 E Main Upper Level Northville MI 48167 CompuServe addrean EMAiL 700472162 Assisnent Vice President Boyd Bowdiub 6410 Gienwood N Goiden Vaiiey MN 55427 Associate Vice Presidents Jack Finn 368 Hampden Dr NE Cedar Rapida iA 52402 Bad Gorman Box 33 Knife River MN 55609 Raaaeii Knetzger 2625 E Shorewood Blvd Milwaukee WI 53211 Jean Lanik 305 PaBi Piece Hoiiand Mi 49423 Can MoSs 5024 Lake Mendota Dr Madinon Wi 53705 Ron Seam 132 S Ronlyn Pontiac Mi 48054 Paai Smith 11112 Diii Drive Steriing Nix Mi 46077 Frequency Coordinator Bob Stamm Box 357 Minocqee Wi 54548 still Merry Christmas time Beats age falling leaves geese weaving way South Which means am suffering flying withdrawal have trips mall shows look forward building program . well planned yet AMA activities hotting up first meeting Property Acquisition Com mittee t PAC 6 group. held during RCHTA Show Chi cago group heading up search Valhalla Modeling Permanent Flying Site have now prepared several sets criteria make easier sort out sites forwarded choose promising ones As will THAT too big decide News eleven RCHTA Show new idea tract entertain modelers invited top modelers skills termed Superstars Model ing set up table clinics talk get help ideas questions answered Included district Dolly Bob Wischer Steve Sauger Keith Shaw Terry Edmonds Talking sev eral stars seems liked idea publicity will highlight next year idea exactly like used fa mous Madison Sailplane Symposium have several send some photos column thanks deed However have unusable due case using ball-point pen write information onto back photo Please write prints add self-stick notes fill details pencil Re member try use photos people models try have too much print get processed column editor clips picture lots small detail will become difficult discern printed Keep posing close up send have visitor staying sev eral weeks Old Country Eng lishman named Martin Forrest managed get him entered Q500 Flying Ti gers meet gathered top Novice teresting comment Martin would able fly event UK .its too noisy Noise reduction has progressed being important ef fort Interesting too Wayne Yeagers plea passing rule Quarter Midget muf flers monthly issue TURN Mem bership has now exceeded 1. pro motion Q-500 Quarter Midget sole goal have application forms have neat logo too club has new newsletter editor actually two clubs should proud tough job editors make point mention often possible years editors main communication line clubs always needing informa tion articles editor has sent request National Newsletter send him AMA HQ attention Lou Ward will get him NNL month add source mate rial month have following section written AVP Ron Sears Ron Pon tiac recoenized Scale flier District Roundup Cloudbusters full swing celebrating Golden Jubi lee 1989 Thats quite milestone ty presses Flight Lines once again turning out newsletters St Croix Valley RC Club City RCs FlareOut talks about club history what happening 10 15 20 25 years ago Oh good old days edi tor Blunderbuss has identified himself herself phantom strikes again newsletter well pre pared printed Helipad should consider folding examine positive things can happen small group like editors seem begging copy talent expertise out editors should swamped information What say fellows t Paul Model Radio Controllers starting Scale model building class winter activity Patrols becoming very popular re cently demonstrated Traverse Area Model Pilots Society What can better sausage eggs after early morning flying Wash Detroit Area Modelers describes club meetings form entertainment thats wilder Worldwide Wrestling abusive Billy Martin umpires has arguments United States Su preme Court essful charity fundraiser Milwaukee Flying Electrons help Milwaukee RC Associa tion Dairyland Aero Miniature Mod elers raised $1000 donated Waukesa County Chapter Associ ation Retarded Citizens Electrons also held second annual Instructor Ap preciation Day owing news letters come words wisdom Lloyd McConkie says its dry out place trees chasing dogs Short Circuits newsletter Remember balsa trees wont grow out know keep trying transplant Clippings newsletter Roses red violets swell finger prop hurts like dickens Flight Lines dont get change misspent youth Pulse Newsletter flying field Milwaukee Scimitar Squadron Noise part problem clamp ing down noise pollution Aero hawk Radio Fliers club er Month section showing up news letters terrific way learn about other promote strong club gratulations newly elected club ficers May have very rewarding 1989 January 1989 129 FIyn Wolverines RCs Don Schulte sends pictures successful Fun Show Fly Neat safety-conscious club Adrian Ml Bits Pieces RC 0-500 meet Heres said thank-you snoneore Adrian 0-500 winners L R Chuck Wool cy Joe Cohen Pete Waters Ken Heatlie flrnis Imnpr ne last aays summer sunanine nne iuno 0-500 Race 55and relaxing between heats Toledos Flying Tiger Field L R Don Libke Dan Kane Jr Dennis Sumner M~tIi q Rrnwn nd Rnu RIkA UBVe uflo nindy Curtis helper Flying Tigers Q-500 Racethe end summer Arkansas Louisiana New Mexico 0 Oklahoma 0 Texas VIII DISTRICT REPORT Johnny Clemens District VIII Vice-President PO Box 64573 Dallas TX 75206 Associate Vice Presidents Dannie Bell 264 S Bee Line Rd Dallan TX 75253 Michael S Hamnon 600 T Main Hot Springe AR 71901 Gene Hempel 301 N Yale Dr Garland TX 75042 William Hurley III 229 Brian Dr Pleananton TX 75064 Bill Lee 3522 Tamariak Lane Missouri City TX 77459 Larry Seflor 1415 Manor Dr Bartleevilie OK 74003 Bd Shearer 3416 David Dr Metairie LA 70003 Chuck Wood 909 Harvard St Clovis NM 88101 Frequency Coordinator Bill May 3839 Ducheax Trail Dallas TX 75229 guess utter fascination building flying model airplanes spelled out happy modeler said Gee fun watching two Grey hound buses chase Volkswagen Rabbit admire District VIII newsletter edi tors much am always anxious help out advice gleaned own experiences Latest hint DONT LICK STAMPS OR ENVELOPES AFTER EATING OREO COOKIES kidding aside think have AMAs finest newsletter edi tors right District VIII So good fact hope fine folks will keep mailing list after step down district vice-president end year Stepping down VP will end involvement AMAs direction will least permanently AMAs Presidents Council always pleasant surprise realize often have order rubberpowered models hobby shop mind will probably say Yes kids Yes wonderful kids would believe sell older adults Most custom ers folks enjoyed modeling kids reclaiming some fun youth changing world tick led find something pleasant has stayed same have errone ous opinion much se lection stick-and-tissue kits badly mistaken keep about 75 80 dif ferent stick-and-tissue kits hand stuff go way have figured out Henry Ford probably made possible invention development rubberband-powered model planes see manufactured Ford cars required rubber tires required rubber inner tubes would snitch dads cut up rubberbands power model planes Thank Henry Ford above report rubber-powered end Free Flight activity will tickle friends National Free Flight Society Free Flight leaders like Tony Italiano Tony president National Free Flight Soci ety Bob Meuser Dick Johnson Bill Hannan George Perryman Hardy Brodersen host others will remember started out Free Flighter building rubber-powered models nine years old got big kick out another old friend Keith McClure Bartlesville OK re calling used intimidate other contes tants showed up FF contests Comet Zipper doped white orange flame streak-back powered Bunch Tiger 45 name HELLS FIRE painted sides fuselage Modeling has sure wonderful part life sure wish same talking neighbors few days ago never built model planes hobby mainly gardening asked him what able raise year heat lack rain said Mostly cal luses lucky modelers have sure received some excellent pro gressive thinking lately pass AMA Council such matters RC fre quency problems insurance forth info has come Chuck Andraka Albuquerque NM John Gill Dallas RC Club fine AVP Dannie Ball constructive sug gestions members can offer smarter direction AMA will same time am saying just gripe offering alternative better sug gestion NOT helping holding us back Please know AMA President Don Lowe Council really appreciate CONSTRUCTIVE criticism As Yogi Bear might say Nobody cant know everything also have received lot firsthand expe rience turn word about mod eling OUTSIDE world instead just talking ourselves fine info has come Bob Spivey Austin TX working airport sponsors opera tors through Sate Texas Aeronautics Commission Bob relaying experi ences AMA Headquarters through Geoff Styles unsung hero kind effort Among final services district VP want make sure good transfer authority responsibilities office successor Regarding AMA dis play available clubs district hope hand new VP list dates have asked along display sure dates want dis play please let know separate note phone call will make separate file pass table display really got some mileage past year need AMA literature go display should request AMA Head quarters goes videotapes well display will help formalize presentation mall shows meetings bit advice before sign off month married please consider wife happiness too modeler know always overdid self indulgence family funds time spending too much both model air planes got breaking point family relations wife just griped griped un til finally walked out asked him what said said leaving said up till thought could gripe fuss told leaving found out could sing turn cartwheels same time too 130 Model Aviation Kirk Massey Willis TX impressed DEAF Club Dallas second annual Electric Fun-Fly beautiful Giant Elec tric Cub Takeoff roll about 10 15 ft Steven Carber Robert Tod Dallas hold ing unique Hospital Ship very original design fuselage being genuine hospital crutch Note red cross wing pair now working flying guitar should strike new note originality Dan Garfinkel Laporte TX Flap per Ornithopter Dan trying both electric gas engine power Successful flights pending hunting best gear ra Aircraft ID Labels would like additional stick air craft ID labels like 1988 membership kit may ordered AMA Supply Service 10 $100 postpaid Please include remittance order specify stick-on labels Tom Killough paid return visit Dallas present home Huntsville AL astonish us ultra-unique diamondwing pusher actually flies **** Were outa fuel Cotta land **** Cobrado 0 Kansas 0 Nebraska North [takota 0 South Dakota ixWyoming DISTRICT REPORT Travis McGinnis District IX Vice-President 8027 W 81st Circle Arvada CO 80005 CompuServe addresn EMAIL 7e0572750 Associate Vice Presidents Tom Boyd 701 N 58th St Lincoln NE 88505 Naihen Lancanter 3597 S Kendall St Denver CO 80235 Runa Miller neo N 3rd Carrington ND 58421 Don Moden 410 Hart Salina KS 57401 Jim Ricketta 516 5 Cloudan Sioux Felix SD 57103 Frequency Coordinator Steve Manglen Radio Service Center sie S Sheridan Denver Co eosae Phone Day 303 922-8107 Evening 303 930-3285 Doins around district. Wyoming 8th Annual Rocky Mountain Jumbo Fly held last weekend May sponsored Casper Airmodelers Association great show accompanied warm light breezes some 90 air planes Casper Airmodelers wives deserve big THANKS fine dinner Saturday night live music provided Bill Carpenter Jim Wyatt No went away empty-handed lots prizes awarded Scale class winners first place Ron Compton Littleton COPiper Pawnee second place Dean Sadler Lakewood CoPiper Cub third place Noel Hess Salt Lake City UTWaco Biplane 14-scale powered five-cylinder radial engine Peoples Choice Wayne Smith Bosler A/Ylarge Telemaster Gailen Stoumbaugh wife Marsha key people making years flyin successful event k forward Jumbo event 89 Wyoming October 11 re ceived resignation letter faithful sociate vice-president Gene Corson Gene cites work commitments disallow time job justice Gene has held appointed position number years has always touch something needed attention kept us informed about happenings State Wyoming regret resignation accepted thanks job well done - Gene YOU ARE APPRECI ATED would like have position filled first year would appreciative nominations modelers Wyoming important job before jump suggest someone check see wish considered what quali fications interest lies Id suggest write ask job descrip tion has updated document prepared describes appointed posi tion Some suggestions have come up recent times having associate vice-president elected office within respective state just district vice-president within district Id like pursue input would have out across district issue. can share input later column youd like Larrie Schaeffer Cheyenne comes note describing joint effort/meet High Plains Drifters Free Flight Club Chey enne Magnificent Mountain Men Free Flight Club Denver raised $240 Make Wish Foundation hoped make annual event conjunction Rocky Mountain Free Flight Championships Rick Pangell Larrie would like thank merchants contributing success meet trend modeling groups make contributions Make Wish Founda tion other charitable groups What neat way show world modelers un selfish caring folks Keep up good work Loren Moen Bottineau ND sends report Fourth Annual Pylon Pattern meet held August indicates suc cessful international event sorts since competitors Canada attending Note flags next picture Great work Rottineau Balsa Busters Brave Pattern fliers Brandon Mani toba Canada Bismarck ND Minot Mi AFB Bottineau ND L R stand ing Jim Larsen Arlyn Moen Fred Urlacher Thomas Hall Loren Moen Kneeling Rick Collingwood Bob Johnson John Nel son John mistakenly awarded third Sportsman few minutes after pic ture taken given rightful winner Chuck Judd Sorry Chuckl Stand ing far left anonymous Ian Colorado comes report Ivan Munninghoff George W Meyer morial Scale Masters Qualifier contest June 30 contestants four states competed event featured Satur day night banquet guest speaker Norm Goyer Scale RC Modeler magazine truly superb collection aircraft flown Sport Scale Lee DeMary winner Laser 200 J Devorss second Baby Ace Ken Gerlits third P-51 Herb Smith won Gi ant Scale 1A-scale Super Cub towed Glider Mike Shoemakers J-3 second Bill Turners Waco ARE close hind Masters Qualifier two perennial Masters fliers Bob Frey Al Casey topped class P-47 Mig 3 re spectively Rone Comptons Piper Pawnee third Brian OMeara P-47 Olen Tre nary Pitts Buzz Butler BD-8 Dan Par sons MB-5 also qualified attend years big Scale meet Ft Knox United Airlines Mobil Oil Co major sponsors event special thanks US Air Force Academy al lowing event take place its facility Richard Ballard President Jayhawk Model Masters Club Lawrence KS sends picture below showing Ivan Hird right being awarded AMA Award Apprecia tion Ivan honored years service modeling local level pleased recipient district award Richard also indicates concern about Narrow-band Phasein Plan 1991 have others recent months Executive Council concert AMAs Technical Di rector Bob Underwood has issued clarifi cation statement situation Look minutes October EC meet ing will also have discussed recent District IX meeting held Salina KS hopefully some informative light will have shed intent phasein plan te will continue forward concerns AMA Frequency Committee brought atten tion Thanks being concerned thinker expressing same. time issue Model Aviation hands will have put together committee informally search out study make recommendations regarding potential acquisition land sites AMAs discussed plan multisite acquisition Nats fun-fly events well possi bility location needed office space other present AMA Headquar ters location Reston VA have received several pieces communication recently re garding possibility would inter ested receiving input about im portant issue Please take time bring yourself up date reading past column comments District IX well others have addressed issue would expect have report District IX meeting soon being written just two weeks prior its date hoped will informed concerned members AMA means staying abreast happenings standpoint work Executive Council Take time read review minutes meetings ask questions necessary synopsis Councils work always appears issue following quarterly meetings part will necessarily review editorialize content column recom mend take time read yourself what happening organization Keep landings soft intentional . January 1989 131 Ron Compton won first place Scale Pawnee Crop Duster Noel Hess Waco Biplane won third place Scale well Participants Choice Arizona 0 California 0 Hawaii 0 Nevada S Utah x DISTRICT REPORT David 1 Peltz District X Vice-President 20450 Celtic St Chatsworth CA 91311 Associate Vice Presidents Edward Aber-Song 99-127 Ohiakee Plea HI 96701 Darwin N Barrie 8252 E Turney Ave Scottsdale AZ 85251 Glenn Carter 2020 Gill Port Lane Walnut Creek CA 94598 Bob Kampmann 8818 Piedra Way Fair Oaks CA 95628 Mike Lee 11420 Spdtire Drive San Diego CA 92126 Bob Reynolds 12901 E Speedway Tycoon AZ 95748 Jim Scarborough 30717 Rae Langlois Rancho PV CA 90274 Betty Stream 3723 Snowden Ave Long Beach CA 90808 Al Williamson 445 Westby Chula Vista CA 92011 Jon Zeinloit 5411 October Way Went Valley City UT 84120 Frequency Coordinator George Steiner 2238 Rogee River Dr Sacramento CA 95826 Phone t916t 362-1992 LOCAL NEWS DEPARTMENT Some critics have said dont ever report Dis trict 10 happenings say Buds Sepulveda Basin premier flying site LA plagued crashes According newsletter Valley RC Fliers home club field purchased scan ning receiver quote. check amount RF coming through Basin RC hand continues Well plenty immediately discovered high-powered com mercial stations 10 kHz away chan nels 12 16 18 20 24 28 32 34 42 44 46 48 52 much todays RC equipment can cope Thats number crashes has gone high basin le gally required allow AMA nonAMA fliers use no way en sure very best narrow-band stuff gets used usually mild-mannered highly pro-AMA clubs published reaction discovery again quote AMA has done did get exclu sive band frequencies fly Instead got lot frequencies hoping af ter enough crashes would find good use AGREE 100% Gentlemen Council please try understand radio plan work ing more people discovering real reasons problems basin unique freak location What happens will someday repeated urban areas slow death RC will follow END OF LOCAL NEWS DEPTARTMENT just received November Model Avia tion campaign statements AMA VP candidates Its gratifying see few campaigning strengths real-world business financial management experience hope win because AMA needs people like Council also hope live long enough see day AMA realizes needs experi enced professional leaders run organi zation good old boys claim fame know build/fly toy airplanes Personally have doubts will ever happen Too bad AMA month Council will meet again AMAs self-declared center world good old Reston VA Theyll discuss Land Acquisition Committees progress proposal see November column acquire up five sites So far Ive seen AMA examine sites Virginia nothing could remotely thought West ern locations unless consider thing slightly west Dulles Airport wild wild West take full credit getting re cent land acquisition activity started June recently Chairman Pete Waters unilaterally decided remove Land Acquisition Committee because wrote cant work him would know Hes never tried work anything especially committee Ive never received comment reply input provided him learned about being removed committee accident memo got John Worth casually mentioned committee meeting knew nothing about though theyve now removed Western representation commit tee theyll still try foist upon de nials being Eastern organization vigorously deny opportu nity build Headquarters Museum east coast Later start search permanent sites east coast Well some things like proverbial spots leopard will never change leads tne next subject Peltz Predicts Future Ive polished crys tal ball gazed Cut column out hang wall reminder heard first PREDICTION 1 AMAs first permanent site will far closer Atlantic Ocean Pacific PREDICTION 2 Free Flight RC Soar ing will leave Nats own thing will mark beginning end annual exercise AMA folly PREDICTION 3 person selected re place John Worth Executive Director John retires after over two decades service will AMA member likely good old boys will un qualified job underpaid task will create irreversible problems organization look ad AMA placed magazine requesting submission resumes tells it doesnt have single word about applicant qualifications PREDICTION 4 flying site crisis will continue worsen Model aviation will come rural-only activity within five years Big-city clubs will lose fields start organizing trips chartered buses go nearest remaining sites yearly one-day flying outings PREDICTION 5 Radio problems will wors en time AMA recognizes its wellintentioned Frequency Committee created something someone named Franken stein could love will too late Too RC pilots will have already abandoned sport because can no longer afford replace throwaway radios planes after flight/crash will have gone full circle pioneering days 50s radios barely worked early 80s worked very well early 90s no longer work presence practically oth ers geographic area has pag ing services can still afford sport will abandon too stating its just fun anymoreone plane air time just isnt same thing PREDICTION 6 Having given up technical feasibility mass producing fully reliable reasonably priced 1991 de sign radio industry will shift its R&D ef forts produce 1992 radio time finally becomes available late 1993 will also rendered obsolete pag ing systems now 5 kHz away PREDICTION 7 radio problem fi nally solved 1995 bright young en gineer Far East discovers run two wires directly con trols airplane dont need ra dio technology wires have draw back though require planes fly circles around person con trols PREDICTION 8 Some youngster 1995 AMA Junior Executive Council proclaims al breakthrough bubble burst finds out once something AMA did similar called Control Line Another 1995 youngster asks couldnt fly planes neither ra dios nor wires too told that once unsuccessfully tried AMA time called Free Flight organi zations aging historian recalls Free Flight Control Line both died what terms RC-Acquired InspiredTechnology-Driven Syndrome RC-AI DS fatal disease early 1990s PREDICTION 9 Driven sport fliers totally dominate Executive Coun cii faced continuous stream last places FAI World Championships 1995 AMA stops sending US teams withdraws FAI Faced loss its traditional main source funds USA FAI panics immediately declares French equivalent bank ruptcy No notices PREDICTION 10 early 1996 no longer place left UsA fly model airplanes AMA members still builders have taken shipping fin ished models AMA Museum now occupies buildings around 10 miles center Reston VA tents parking lot AMA HQ employees again demand better work ing conditions including occasional hot wa ter electricity again reminded needs secondary museums needs PREDICTION 11 group real business men form organization seriously de voted preservation expansion sport/hobby model aviation well-defined highly realistic longrange business plan greeted gener ous financing grateful neglected model aviation industry itself fac ing extinction PREDICTION 12 special meeting AMA Executive Council called ask three questions 1 did go wrong 2 cope newly formed competing organization 3 Just what does word competition really mean referring model airplane con tests PREDICTION 13 decided form three new AMA committees find swers has become AMA doctrine Eastern Council members allowed answers never found Neither scattered remains onceproud AMA Remember read first way back 1988 132 Model Aviation Alaska 0 Idaho ana 0 Oregon ington XI DISTRICT REPORT Ed MeCollough District XI Vice-President 53 SE 61st Ave Portland OR 97215 503 2344439 CompuServe addrens tor EMAIL7e0672422 Associate Vice Presidents Tom Caahman 2521 SW 323rd St Federal Way WA 9e023 Al Culver Son 86 Wilder ID 83676 Gary H Fuller PO Don 1124 Kotzebue AK 99752 Glen Miachke 4050 Fourth Ave N Great Falla MT 59401 Dave Mallena 15559 Palatine Ave N. Seattle WA 95133 Bruce Nelnon 507 E Vickaburg St Spokane WA 99205 Dick Wickline P0 Boa 623 Klamath Fatin OR 97601 Chick Young 11225 125th St E #69 Puyallup WA 98373 Frequency Coordinator Robert Batch 16439 SE Haig Dr Portland OR 57236 Phone 503 761-5103 NATS IN THE NORTHWEST IN 89 AMA Executive Council voted hold 89 Nats Headquarters Rich land WA TnCities area southeastern Washington dates July 15-23 will great site facet Nats introduc tion special events such Slope Soaring also possible Stay tuned member two have asked about vote regional flying field question rest wondered voted against motion because feel fiscal respon sibility says have have insur ance pad before go out buy property Property hard liquidate need cash try sell off need never get price need Lat er weve built pad will favor buying property subject other officers wrote glowingly about plan wonder ful immodestly claimed own idea Wrongo idea Hardy Brodersons first proposed Council meeting Chicago several years ago same time wonder just buying regional site will help out los ing local flying fields Maybe can pack up head regional site few days flying year Better should de velop ways helping local clubs get fields first case small group now run ning AMA chance buy piece property decided among themselves wasnt good idea turns out prop erty recently sold $33 million would have paid So much far-sighted leadership Its two months until Puyallup Are ready Don Sweazy ready Speaking shows like want district display booth just put ly costs ship next user Let know early can schedule Gary Fuller intrepid AVP far cold north finally got message dogsled no doubt Gary above Arctic Circle Kot zebue AK curious geographically its just above Arctic Circle coast Any way Gary got chance visit Anchorage spent some time Alaska RC Societys field Elemendorf AFB quote Gary saw some good models such Ken Bystedts Falcon 56 Frank Weavers unusual Scale Bucker Bestmann kitted US Rick Warfords Four-Cycle Tigermoth John Reeses Sportster Gary Terzichs EZ Dago Red Ye-scale Citabria Joe Boswells Force 1 Joel Wilcoxs Trainer Ron Bergts lAscale Chip munk host Jim Terrells VK Nieuport 28 Gary quite impressed field mentioned hoped visit Alaska Mos quitoes October Strange thought Alaska stand outside mosquit6es would carry away OMPRA racing has very active year according AVP Dick Wickline rac ing both Super Sports Q-500s Creswell Big Bird happening photo below shows Dave Kepharts red Byron Pitts Dave Loren Anderson both brought big Byron bipes Bend Lorens yellow Clayton Fosters blue-and-white Cub Clayton Eugene RC Aeronaut Master builder Bob Kreuzinger brought very nrettv EAA BiDe Salem sadness note Ray Revels suf fered fatal heart attack Rogue Eagles field summer happened just day after death Peggy Rosenbergs husband Sandy sympathies go both families friends Some pictures Plat 1 water fly early June Bud Schwesinger Umpqua Val ley gang put very nice relaxed week end water flying reservoir near Suth erlin very nice site fly lot friendly people make feel home put calen dar early next June bring water bird Heres shot some planes pilots spectators Steve Milos Paul Schlutzs Edo floatplanes foreground As usual Bob Balch took photos column outdid himself great shot PBY Unfortunately seem have filed notes event am sure pretty shot shows flying site P1st 1 good advantage also shows Don Anderson trying act nonchalant other per son flies Dons airplane Since airplane fully capable flying itself no real problem January 1989 133 nice touch event taxi race husbands wives sweethearts pilots Im absolutely sure think Susan Reiver beaching Dick smart crack Im suing Reivers Heinkel Coming up next montn witi oe pictures 88 version Scale Masters Regional Farragut State Park shot taken Sil verwood may anything isnt day airport come across documentation like beautiful 11It sincere wish noliday season hold health happiness family coming year peace happiness Happy holiday flying Don Ross New Book Whenever new book works want talk about especially think going good book know have yet received copy Dons book Rubber-Powered Model AirplanL5 drawings text pictures Ive seen Don working Im convinced superior Ive written about Dons book some months ago Junior Flight readers have written asking will available Well good news time read will able purchase copy Rubber-Powered Model Airplanes will sold Motor Books International ad dress Osceola WI 54020 can call toll-free 1-800-458-0454 cost $1295 plus handling shipping charges $395 total cost $1690 pur chase directly wait distribution buy directly right now will accept check money order Visa American Express Mastercard credit card call Its name tells pretty much what book aboutOutdoor rubber-powered model airplanes beginner modeler needing still assistance dont book good place enter aero modeling ought school library club book will take rank beginner turn him model airplane builder flier What does take mystery out building flying successful Free Flight models An telligent book trying cover thing sticks Rubber power also doesnt get ultracomplex FAI contest types other words book kind need start flying Don Ross book features complete plans three progressively difficult simple models First all-balsa handlaunched stick job all-balsa ROG rise-off-ground finally 24-in-wingspan built-up stick-and tissue model Its just whats needed get out han gar blue Don includes over 100 drawings pictures illustrations whole chapter flight trimming another solely Flying Scale building techniques Theres detail make own propellers dont have remain lim ited commercially produced plastic props Theres detail also wind get out rubber motors make rolled tubular fuselages freewheeler folding propsplus well over 100 valu able hints kinks Don explains go about de signing own models telling what basics Besides standard tractor monoplane Don discusses biplanes ca 134 Model Aviation nards other planforms gives standard proportions Besides Don lists aeromodeling ganizations publications plus about 60 sources materials kits plans can say w Don Ross book Rubber-Powered Model Airplanes does Outdoor rubber-powered Free Flight what Ron Williams classic Building Flying Indoor Model Airplanes does Indoor Free Flight Ill receiving actual copy shortly will give opportunity tell about next month mean time call number 1-800-458-0454 total cost $1690 will worth ROG 25 Update Tom Greenhalge proposer pusher ROG 25 event writes further con firm love cabin airplanes rather stick models think ROG model think stick model especially beginners Tom would just soon have full-fuselage models event tends make event advanced modelers Pictured two models con tained rubber motors illustrate ap proach Two brothers Stan Gary Bud denbohm designed constructed neat models first Stan all-sheetbalsa Sheety Riser Garys yet un named uses built-up stick-and-tissue structure Both should very successful ED WHITTEN 0 Tom tells us famous Thermal Thumbers Club planning ROG 25 Blow-Out series contests starting Janu ary will have contest once month during first six months 1989 Paul Herbst flies Peck-Polymers Flying Aces Moth event writes add accent Thermal Thumbers se ries will participation Ten points will given month flying event three additional points will awarded winning two placing sec ond third After sixth con test nice prize will go modeler accu mulating points think very interesting approach aim maybe generate enough interest ROG 25 event included next sum mers USFF Championship Contest Taft have hand California clubs sure know plug events power Remember send views Tom Toms address 2080 B Maple Ave nue Costa Mesa CA 92627 Mine course up above Whether ROG 25 Novice Pen nyplane B-29 build tail light Keep building keep flying see next month Have Helped Junior Modeler Today Io FLIGHT Box 176 Wall St Sta New York NY 10005
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/01
Page Numbers: 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134
Sound & Aeronautics Howard Crispin Jr STATEMENTS There very reai prob lem exists relative sound levels model aeronautics Word coming out some individuals representing 90-dBat-9 ft guideline mandatory require ment Academy being done letters public officials process obtaining flying sites have followed writings publications including Model Aviation know mandatory requirement Academy state otherwise establishes very danger ous precedent making such false state ment may very well prevent acquisi tion flying sites surely restrict classes aircraft may operated have attention engine manufacturers propeller manufacturers muffler pipe manufacturersand above model fliers wholewe can consider mandatory rules As certain competition categories mandatory sound abatement figure have goal getting operations quiet will arrive point purpose 90-at-9 valid standard sites problems potential prob lems anything will endanger flying sites doubt get statement AMA Headquarters tornnce rruu. . , Road Mt Morris Ml 48458 proper name system VIBRA-DAMP Engine Mounting System man behind product David von Linsowe David active participant Pattern competition fly ing F3A has involved himself some de tailed research common areas stallation propellers sound would like have read letter David some work VIBRA-DAMP Engine Mounting Sys tem introduced Toledo Show due testing manufacturing volved marketing has taken backseat putting highest quality product market So universal isolation mount masses let us get little background Because noise testing can very diffi cult make repeatable especially noise airframe vibration chose use aver age G force transmission determine effectiveness isolation engine mount testing done using foam-isolated engine test stand reduce vibration absorp tion An airplane could have used because wide diversity mount configurations engines tested consist ent airframe isolation could have maintained Early testing inconsistency showing up Although accurate tach being used engine itself pro ducing same amount G forces time found changing mix ture slightly rich lean would change engine vibrational force 92 Cs 150 Cs An exhaust gas temperature gauge employed set needle valve engine became consistent method works well Im thinking building probe right airplane Its also very handy setting midrange idle accelerometer mounted such way measure both vertical rota tional vibration important because en gine vibrating both modes simultane ously main objective testing compare what has used versus what could accomplished special rubber compounds mount spacing lot credit needs go Myrle Hyde Dean Koger pioneering efforts soft Chips chuckle first saw engine flopping around idle reference mounting systems used comparison Hyde ner tube mount Tech Products 5305 neoprene bushings two mounting methods produced very similar test results 211/2 Cs 20 Cs respectively inner tube mount also exhibited movement during running neoprene should noted anyone testing new isolation mounting system should use ex treme caution Unlike solid mount will give some indication failure un tested isolation mount may fail little warning Continued page 120 RC Equipment Certified following radio systems transmitters receivers have independently cer tified registered professional test labo ratory retained manufacturer US importer distributor meeting exceeding Radio Control equipment specifications detailed Academy Guidelines operation 20 kHz fre quency spacing testing done spe cifically listing time products FCC type acceptance procedure listing made matter informa tion construed en dorsement products listed Airtronics Ai rtronics Spectra PCM 7P 7H Receiver Part No 92985 Quantum PCM 8P 8H Receiver Part No 92985 AirtronicsModule Series FM MD7P 75P Receiver Part No 92785 Vanguard FM/PCM 4 6 Receiver Part No 92965 Vanguard FM 4 6 Ch Receiver Part No 92765 Airtronics Airtronics Future issues Model Aviation will con tain expanded listing additional infor mation received AMA AMA HQ SERVICES STAFF 0 Executive Director John worth 0 Executive Coordinator Joyce Hager S Administrative Services Director Robert Iojslavek 0 Technical Director Bob Underwood 0 Comptroller Lynne Collins 0 Competition Services Director Micheiine Madison 0 Special Services Director Carl Maroney C Membership Director Mike Woodiolk C Public Relations Director Geoff Styles 0 Special Prolecte Director Doug Pratt e Publications Director Carl R Wheeley 0 Nate General Manager Vince Mankowaki 0 Museum Curator Hurst Bowers 0 General Counsel Jeremiah Courtney AMAs Executive Council equivalent Board Directors basically composed President Executive Vice President Executive Director 11 district vice Presidents officers provided space month AMA News publication What say space however matter personal viewpoint sole responsibility author views may may represent official position AMA Executive Council January 1989 119 photo above depicts vibration iso lation mount assembly manufactured Per 0 ommended 60-size engines doesnt come hard contact en gine during normal running Does work bet does last years Masters Tournament airplane judged noisier air some judges 88 Nats year same airplane engine pipe prop com bination addition VIBRA DAMP engine mount judged jury quiet per FAI in-flight noise bonus must remembered exhaust prop tip velocity play impor tant role achieving really quiet airplane soft-mounted engine will AMA AMA Life Members.. Over 100 people have signed up over years pay Life Membership Ac ademy memberships cost $1000 may paid lump sum two four installments typical Life Membership initiated $250 down payment followed $250 fol lowing three years memberships recognized taxdeductible contributions Interesting side light Several families have two Life Memberships Bryant Thompson family first total four AMA-recommended maximum sound measure ment 90 dB 9 ft AMA requirement Ive enclosed info NASA Tech Briefs talked about Nats think will find very interesting Maybe AMA could get NASA run some props doing test ing recent trend increase pitch reducing diameter will leave lot people less desirable results Octo ber article Model Aviation explains higher-pitched props will have longer realistic takeoff roll demonstrates loss performance course have relatively short takeoff rolls taking account scale effects have tremendous advantage wing loading power-to-weight ratio over full-size counterparts reduce noise gen erated prop tip speeds must brought down need out reducing performance FAI fliers went high-pitched props effort reduce engine rpmand hence lower tip speeds During changeover FAI airplanes also chang ingbecoming larger cleaner designs weighed less allowed use less efficient pro pellers still maintaining same per formance Sport fliers will want continue airplanes theyve using ex cept make quieter means prop must designed load en gine down desirable rpm tip speed reduction same time maintain relatively high efficiency rpm direction took prop research reduce engine rpm going wide 1-1 12* L-3 LA L-5 L6* L-7 1-8 1-9 L-10 L-11 L-12 1-13 1-14 1-15 1-16 L17* 1-18 1-19 1-20 1-21 1-22 1-23 1-24 1-25 1-26 1-27 1-28 1-29 1-30 1-31 1-32 1-33 1-34 1-35 1-36 1-37 1-38 1-39 1-39 1-40 1-41 1-42 143* 1-44 1-45 1-46 1-47 1-48 1-49 1-50 Philip J Baugh Jr Jack C Lowe Joseph P Coles Walter Wydler Jeremiah Courtney Matthew Sullivan Ed Manulkin Leon Shulman Jim McNeill Francis M Flinsch Gil Rifkin James H Artz Don Shulman Bob Elliott R C Andre Louis J Andrews Billy B Dunlop Mark Smith Robert Leisses Weldon Smith Earl Witt Sidney Axelrod Carolyn Axeirod Dr James M Edwards Joseph S Guylas Jr Bryant Thompson Dick McCoy Robert Krafft Donald Krafft H Stan Chilton Gene Reynolds Clifford Ritchie Jerry Bell Robert W Gross Ron Ross Sam J Rosenbloom Earl Boteler Helen Olsen Ellaine Thompson Elaine Thompson Roger Olsen John Reynolds Richard D Nelson Daniel J Pruss Raymond Meyers Brent Coyne Robert C Gero George M Aldrich Jay S Gerber Mark N Thompson George W Dickinson 1-51 1-52 1-53 1-54 1-55 1-56 1-57 1-58 1-59 1-60 1-61 1-62 1-63 1-64 1-65 166* 1-67 1-68 1-69 1-70 1-71 1-72 1-73 1-74 1-75 1-76 1-77 1-78 1-79 1-80 1-81 1-82 1-83 1-84 1-85 1-86 1-87 1-88 1-89 1-90 1-91 1-92 1-93 1-95 1-96 1-98 1-99 1-100 1-101 1-102 1-103 Dewey Broberg Joyce Good Irwin G Ohlsson Jr Paul Bender Jim Clem Maxey Hester Hazel Sig-Hester Franklin H Alden Morten Tanger James Grier Jim Simpson Gerald F Cavanaugh Vincent F Gutschalk W D Thompson Jr Francis J Hildenbrand Lee Renaud George C Watson Paul R Habel H Sanford Frank David McDonald Herbert Johnson Jr Cara Lee Thompson John D Doyle Robert G Diefenderfer Fred Bopp Joe Zingali Raymond G Marvin Barbara Gerber Jeff Troy John Reed Jr Edward Teal Joseph H Konefes Kenneth Kortright Robert Spivey Jim Pope Orval C Steward Paul Binkley Jef Raskin Marty Zellman Russ Nitach Albert H Doerr Edward Hydorn Jr Frank Tlush Christopher E Wimmer James B Porter Jr Donald Draskovich Robert C Wimmer Bill Schmidt Albert J Sambold Sr David Copeman Jim Bybee 1-104 1-105 1-106 1-107 1-108 1-109 1-110 1-111 1-112 1-113 1-114 1-115 1-116 1-117 1-118 1-119 1-120 1-121 1-122 1-123 1-124 1-125 1-126 1-127 1-128 1-129 1-132 1-139 1-163 1-222 1-288 1-289 1-297 1-300 1-331 1-409 1-418 1-555 1-702 1-1000 1-1220 1-1256 1-1921 1-2664 1-3120 1-4037 1-5098 1-7009 1-20244 1-42487 *Deceased William Langenberg James S Jauregui John Schifko Cole B E Thompson Roy Propst Benjamin M Trapnell Jim Weir Joseph C Larsen Fred Angel H K Warner Ray B Sahlberg William Raub Rex R Powell Joel Rindler Rod Smith Thomas 1 Stennis Robert W Rich Richard C Reed Richard Grimm Jr Kermit Walker R S Keeton Jr Mike Dunn Alexander Lepak William R Bigge Billy T White Charles Hunsicker Jr David Rosen John H Hood Jr Jim Coffin Edward Norman David Bridi Ron Morgan Steve landy Penny Thompson William G Bennett Lawrence W Petty Travis McGinnis Joe Klause C M Tuthill Duane Renken Ed Izzo Charles R Poulton II Edward E Watts Ill William Hanson Robert Gialdini Gary Hutchison Dick Austin Richard P Aley Bob Wiacher Stanford Hightower September attended Friendship Tournament spacemodels rocketry NASA Wallops Flight Facility East ern Shore Virginia Soviet-US com petition arranged Howard Kuhn FAI spacemodeling ClAM representative Howard commended hard work making difficult arrangements NASA lauded wonderful host Wallops main base short dis tance famous Wallops Island Rock et Launch Facility fact wit nessed experimental rocket launch icing cake NASA could have accommodating its provision site accommodations materiel support weather perfect spirit friendliness between teams apparent Local residents provided sup port Bar-B-Que enjoyin super experience discussed Russian FAI ClAM representative possibility US-Soviet friendship tournament F3A RC Aerobatics response positive will pursue idea Russian fliers have never competed F3A World Champi onships Early October found Huntsville AL attending RC Report-sponsored Fun-Fly event fiercely contested myr iad prizes supplied industry thanks Gordon Banks supporters fine event real positive impact modeling area Interestingly fliers required meet finite noise limit 99 dB According Gordon club will progressively en force reduction noise limit over timea good example us seems what needed now set standardized rules can make fun-fly competition rule book event RC Report has very supportive AMA appreciate week later attended belated AMA Free Flight Nats canceled July because loss flying site Tony Ital iano President National Free Flight Society located site arranged hold Nationals October Thanks Tony crew Nats events held traditional trophies awarded facility Lawrenceville wideopen 3000-plus acres former military base now leased Govern ment private aircraft operations site permitted unimpeded vehicle chase FF planes over two miles Free Flight contests have held couple times annually last seven years SAM Championships held last July over 250 fliers participating see possible combined Nats site will look possibility ran some longtime friends some did know flew Free Flight Marty Richardson Frank Heeb Dayton OH Bob Johannnes now living St Louis RC flying friend lived Dayton Dave Platt RC Scale Board Chairman Ed Keck longtime RC Pattern flier Ed flying FF very competitively loving Bob Johannes comments Free Flight 1 love pure aesthetics ita terrific climb smooth transition beautiful glide Bob used fly full-scale gliders Believe Free Flight alive well really prospers good fly ing site met Sal Taibi real legend Free Flight president SAM Sal heroes started model flying real gentleman exudes best mod el aviation Hes lifetime love mod eling has very positive outlook life Did know Sal owns really clas sic 56 Chevy has over 550000 miles has crossed nation over 30 times attend contests uses chase vehicle automobile should bronzed put AMA museum writing am Kentucky way Reston October AMA Coun cil meeting have real knotty agenda before us feel thresh old real growth important aspect will possible acquisition na tional flying site hopefully followed otherswhat boon quality competi tion would well media expo sure hobby Everywhere go Im excited quality model aviation countryand its getting better time some thing everyone Sure have some problemsgrowing pains main tain positive outlook can solve problems thing Im absolutely con vinced cannot please dividual no matter hard try Per sonally Im trying maintain focus overall advancement hobby prod uct development flying sites frequencies insurance competition membership servic es public acceptance etc just hope can maintain BALANCE objec tives get bogged down triv ial Based current membership growth rate approximately 10% should have over 140000 members end 1988 rate will 225000 strong five years Thats bad 500000 number represents about 10% aeromodelers country interested growth means could provide support services aeromodelers country does mean expanded bureaucracy Head quartersonly what NECESSARY meet needs membership Simply stated members means impact dealing public sectorthose control property flying sites controlling public lands control ling acquisition radio frequencies addition having resources means direct acquisition flying sites assist ance local basis acquiring same along increasing exposure televi sion radio periodicals Very simply individual modeler will benefit larger membership AMA abso lute necessity growth advancement model aviation country world believe get behind membership drive influence other fliers know join organiza tibn January 1989 121 Presidents Corner President ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS DON LOWE 902 Little Bend Rd Altamonto Springs FJ32714 SOvietteams Spacemodels Friend ship Tournament Free Flight Nets Lawrencevme IL Bob Johannes cranks up Tony Hutchins member youth World Champs team North Korean FF model obtained Poland incredible workmanshin features Soviet Scale rocket model Soya sean Wallops Island Unbelievable workmanship fliesl Executive VPs Report Dave Drown AMA Executive VP 4560 Layhigh Rd Hamilton OH 45013 someone mentions AMA Mu seum people think display heritage model aviation AMA AMA Museum ever-changing showcase talent American modeler well valuable tool research through Lee Renaud li brary museum valuable asset AMA However AMA HQ building de signed originally house headquar ters plus museum intention floorspace entire wing would rented someone else Although tenant very short time never really did rent out space Ironically ended up using area museum stor age tenant vacated Later area used Member ship Department became too small de partment moved erstwhile museum storage space shortly thereafter museum exhibit space expanded area membership vacated left museum occupying nearly 30% floorspace building just fine established growth AMA recent years has quite remarkable example fin ished 1984 94602 members f ished 1988 membership 138057 increase 46% just four years takes staff handle increased workload takes space house staff last Executive Council meeting considered options expansion HQ building After being presented number proposals getting rough esti mates Council decided close por tion large museum atrium use working space effect would re duce museum floorspace about half what now has proposal has met lot oppo sition AMA membership Because opposition because ongo ing search large piece property serve national flying siteand come location Headquarters wellsome us have begun think about whether right move Financially makes sense esti mates would cost about $150000 would net us about 2500 sq ft us able space problem some question whether addition would increase value building fact some think may reduce value building As short-term three-to-five year alterna tive could rent outside space per haps moving part operations out separate quarters can also per haps reduce museum size portion lies outside atrium leaving museum its original size esthetics building unspoiled something sort will have increase efforts find national site urgency thereof cant imagine stopgap solution could solve longer-term space problem Right now have approximately 50 employees squeezed approximately 10000 sq ft total floor space including lavoratories HVAC equip ment computer room storage just too tight efficient operations Dont feel badly conference room has just converted data input de partment membership renewal process ing four people guess Executive Council will have meet nearby hotel Oh well no said cost growth cheap Executive Directors View HQ John Worth AMA Executive Director 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 89 Nats Free Flight. came out bluea sudden flash light after weeks darkness 88 Na tional Championships much gloom caused cancellation Out door Free Flight events except Scale after farm planned events no longer available day before 1988 contest began AMA Executive Council met consider among other things location 1989 Nats Two possibilities looked prom ising Muncie IN Amana IA Both what looked like good Free Flight situa tions end meeting third pos sibility developed also opportunity good Free Flight site situationTaco ma WA Council directed Nationals Com mittee travel soon possible ex plore possibilities location could finalized Councils October 22nd meeting committee did high hopes enthusiasm didnt take long find out three locations problems Come gloom again Tacoma out use key military base declined Muncie possible problems volving several individual category sites Amana also possible high cost factors lack sufficient hard surfaces events needed mid-October earlier hopes cooled offnot dead dampened probability serious compromises suddenly another call State Washingtonthis time different part state vigorous broadly sup ported community effort what known Tn-Cities area succeeded producing offer dispelled dark ness Best included large Free Flight site thus chance make up 1988 event cancellation quick visit area confirmed promise just time Executive Council approval October 22nd So its now offi cial 1989 National Model Airplane Championships will held Tn-Cities area Pasco Kennewick Richland Wash ingtonJuly 15-23 Much information will forthcoming shortly now can said practically site situations look good weakest being door site just over 40 ft ceiling struc ture will first-ever Nationals Northwest part countrya swing east coast 88 near west coast 89 will bring Nats part country heavily involved aeromo deling until has long distance away typical Nats locations As Nationals first came Northeast 1983 hoped will big turnout Northwest east Mississippi distance may discouraging location ful fills basic goal Nationals planningto move event around parts country location return West after five years 1984 National contest held Reno NV Before 1977 Riverside CA 1989 therefore ing Horace Greeley exhorted Go West young man go West AMA Museum Patrons Program Benefits Service prestige recognition Categories Patrons tax deductible Regular $10 per year donation provides Special Card fivedigit number Special pin bumper sticker patch Museum Newsletter Hall Famers Charter $100 per first-year donation $10 per year thereafter services regular except threedigit number addition Charter Member version pin Honor Wall listing Life $1000 onetime donation services Regular Charter patrons plus special Life pin patch two-digit number Museum Newsletter compilation correspondence exchanges among Hall Famers others best described cronies Bill Winter people famous pioneers model aviationthe thinkers doers have helped make model world what todayare nucleus around museum communications will built Its important note thatthe subjects covered indirectly re lated museum itself museum con nection gather words nu cleus group disseminate others same time preserving history files future modelers can know views instru mental creating model aviation history past 50 years 122 Model Aviation Connecticut S Maine achusetts S New Hampshire Rhode Island S Vermont DISTRICT REPORT Don Kraftt District Vice-President PO Box 1828 Dusbory MA 02331 1617 934-6248 Associate Vice Presidents Bill Ctisndler PO Box 441 Orland ME 04472 Drew Davenport 33 Ash St Townsend MA 01469 Bob Landry 90 Main St Essex Jct /T 05452 Richard Sherman 28 High St Plymouth NH 03264 Bob Wallace 91 Sylvan St Avon CT 06001 Frequency Coordinator George Wilson 82 Frazier Way Marstons Mills MA 02645 Bob Hilda Ring Ring Field located Berwick ME Rings have owned property past 12 years During time have developed beautiful residence private airport Today several hangars Bobs workshop doubles meetingplace New England Sport Scale Associa tion Rings have built facilities through lot hard work great part willing allow model ers use New England Sport Scale Association NESSA uses Bob Rings runway its flying site area off side runway serves pit area pit fenced worktables provided addition clubhouse completely fenced-in viewing area club present has about 51 members especially welcomes young er members spend extra time junior-age members offering both flight training building assistance August 20 Barb along friends Da vid Susan Eisner attended club funfly followed picnic hangar weather just about perfect good time Concord Aeroguidance Society CAGS Berwick drove Concord NH spent night could attend Scale Fly-In sponsored GAGS flying site next dam area con trolled Corps Engineers club has dealing Mr Dave Shepard son has very cooperative work ing fly-in attracted about 23 participants brought 31 aircraft Some models large J-3 Lucien Wig dor Lockheed floats Gee Bee Sport ster Armond Cote Fairchild 22 Bob Griswold good day quite windy restricted flying 51 RC HELl PILOTS ATUEND FRANCONIA 88 FUN-FLY Third Annual Franconia Helicopter Fun-fly held weekend August 20 21 Franconia NH weekend fly ing activities attended 51 Hell pilots over New England brought 93 beautiful flying machines Co sponsored Ernie Huber Pike Noyes fun-fly held mountain airstrip Sugar Hill section Franconia sur rounded natural beauty White Mountains major theme fun-fly pro vide help beginners provide sistance just transitioning hovering forward flight Volunteer structors hand supervise hov ering area factory reps helped straight en out mechanical problems cropped up Five flying areas provided two hovering Intermediate flyaround two Advanced aerobatic fly ing Smooth efficient operation transmitter impound frequency board Mary Huber Ernies wife enabled get lots flying time Lighthearted competition held Satur day afternoon included pad hopping contest beginners Pylon Race Intermediate Expert fliers Trophies awarded categories well Most Improved flier fun-fly Best Scale machine Raffle prizes provided Miniature Aircraft Robbe Gorham Model Products Yale Hobby Tonys Hobby Shop Re vere MA Make plans now join us next year Franconia 89 January 1989 123 Lou Greenwald Rob Lawrence Concord Skyhawks Lou files originaldesign airplane powered Zenoah 38 Rob flies Shuttle uses two ihannI rndin nnCroI mixar Chris Olsen father Charles Sportaire 40 Dave Eisner L admiring Bob Griswolds Fairchild 22 CAGS Scale rally built Orilne kit Quadra 50 Franconia 88 Fun-Fly want share following news release Mark Cookson Mike Mae NESSA fun-fly Bob Hilda Ring owners Ring Field Hangar background houses Aer onca Champ Members NESSA participated fun-fly August 20 1988 New England Sport Scale Association NESSA emblem Picnic supper after fun-fly hangar serves workshop meeting area Participants Franconia Helicopter FunFly New York 0 New Jersey II DISTRICT REPORT John Byrne District II Vice-President 36-29 213 Street Bayside NY 11361 719 225-8319 Associate Vice Presidents Pete Bianchini 280 S Broadway Yonkers NY 10705 Tom Brown P0 Boo 4933 APO NY 09009 Prank Costello 27 Kearney St Dover NJ 07901 Prank Dreoch 9 Willow Ave. Piscataway NJ 09854 Ray Jaschlrus 7 Evergreen Ave New Hyde Park NY 11040 Kenneth Koeppel 194 N Union Street PO Boo 217 Olean NY 14780 Robert Roave 39 Monroe St Keyport NJ 07735 Adam Sattler 41 Perry Ave Latham NY 12110 Lon Saster 3082 Rabbit Lava Phoevia NY 13135 Prequency Coordinator George Myers 70 Froelich Parm Rd Hicksville NY 11901 Second District Thoughts Nothing official mind would greatly surprised AMA establish Couple branch off ices ie west coast another Midwest Logically latter lo cation could Illinois Missouri former some part California pro jection would say sooner better hope will agree solely because experiencing growing pains Reston though fact rather order provide widespread segments member ship greater degree immediacy service duly entitled Quite coincidentally plans progress revamp existing facility Reston accommodate burgeoning need working space currently congested Headquarters am pleased serving upon committee charged responsibility Nostalgic Nats notes would require space have disposal recount personal feelings concerning years Nats couple aspects thereof should like address briefly First loss Free Flight year struck devastating blow may signifi cantly alter time-honored concept comprehensively structured classic can though escape optimistic feeling members FF community will grant us still another opportunity earn con fidence inclination ability rectify situation next year positive side however happier note struck impressive response Fun-Fly innovation overwhelm ing unqualified success know because personally involved helping run arrived Fentress Saturday Reston early mist morning greeted literally hordes modelers cheerfully setting up clamoring become airborne earliest possible moment Un der able supervision Bob Underwood AMA Technical Director lost little time activating event apparently everyones satisfaction shot made Bob height action panoramic view scene Here two typical scenes years jamboree Long Island Cobras Model Airplane Club Chart er #1426 Roosevelt Field Long Island nature hallowed ground minds revere excitement socalled Lindbergh Era full-scale flight devel opment passage time has also come change form huge shop ping mall place prestigious flying field Over years however Cobras group has held its annual static event historic site earlier years club settle modest space remote part mall passage time efforts ar ea impressed hosts years show able held larger much impressive location within premises witnessed recorded trusty camHere shot Sid Nerenson sporting cap longtime Cobra official surrounded several fellow club members extend compliments involved 22nd Annual WW jamboree Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome NY wouldnt miss classics could help soon September 10th just past drove upstate Rhinebeck has case years al ways enjoyed annual experience thoroughly thrills marvelous ly constructed masterfully flown model air craft Above sessions permit re newal friendships provide op portunity exchanging thoughts ideas hopes aspirations best wishes ones favorite people ie fellow aeromodelers Sky Rovers Air Show 88 july 23-24 Rovers strangers regular readers monthly reports magazine fact shall actually mark fourth appearance column earlier references see MA sues June 1988 June 1987 August 1987 So much record now relate cap tioned event described club members essence spectacle drew 61 pilots 80 aircraft cidentally Rover members never permitted fly club-sponsored events midafternoon day flying stopped about 20 minutes club conducted Hand-Launched Glider event children tending air show photograph five-year-old Dean Thomas won twoday raffle open pilots actually flying meet told Dean Thom youngest pilot ever fly Rover air shows dad member Vet Thomas proud say least As special feature show New York State Police Department dispatched its helicopters Ford Field scene action piloted Officer R F Odit Jr swered questions spectators con clude months report impressive photo man machine sincere thanks member Dave Reid input 124 Model Aviation Navy did Its utmost accommodate us respect accordingly grate ful its ongoing support matters connection pleased introduce fine naval officers help ful us Lt Eugene Winston Gear up locked Ohio 0 Pennsylvania S West Virginia III DISTRICT REPORT Bob Brown District III Vice-President 1255 High Street Bradford PA 16701 914362-7702 Associate Vice Presidents Francis Fiuharty 504 21st St Vienna WV 20101 Neison Gould 1944 S Idaho St Allentown PA 18103 John Hathaway 102 Woodmere Dr New Stanton PA 15672 Jay Mealy 208 Witmer St Cleartinid PA 10830 Lawrence R Weimer 15013 Greendaic Ave Mapie Hts OH 44137 Gil Weiss 3004 Hailowell Ct Bensalem PA 19020 Frequency Coordinator John Collie 102 Wyoming Ane Forty Port PA 18704 Phone 717 207-8970 Happy holidays May wish suc cess happiness Current Council land purchase plan must proceed careful consideration required size location primary concern must economical service membership Should site located East West NO centralized lo cation necessary Should Headquarters located property Sale current undersized structure could provide capital needed establish premier site lower operating costs allow future ex pansion Academy Members may ex press opposing Views primary goal Council must SERVICE en tire membership purpose column promote best interests modeler District Ill Anyone wishes specific details actions reasoning within Council should personally contact Unfortunately am unable attend activities district such event annual Labor Day Celebration Westmore land County PA As part activities Northmoreland RC Club demonstrates types model flying helps club maintain favorable position Westmoreland Department Parks Recrea tion Congratulations fine effort public demonstration Northmore land RC Club provided excellent public rela tions Jerry Fink editor Pittsburgh ARCS newsletter succumbed battle cancer offer condolences Jerrys family leadership will missed hope Beltzville Youth Program featured November column will generate additional interest assisting todays children month would like introduce two District Ills young sters. Keep em flyin KIDS Photo Charles Alba 7V2-year-old Loran Wagner daughter Joe Joan Wagner New Wilmington PA Photo Weiss Getting youngsters involved RC flying important AMA objective Shown receiv ing some hands-on flight training IMAA Chapter 168 instructor Mark Lenhart sevenyear-old Kenny Karpinski Philadelphia Frank Fluharty has put forth excellent ef fort position West Virginia AVP certainly informing clubs news area activities such activity West Virginia Annual Pattern Scale Bat Con test Ravenswood WV Contest Direc tors Steve Sturm Mark Radcliff report Scale entries increased Pattern en tries decreased say may due changing date contest traditional date Next years contest will back schedule plan attend may meet Boss Hog following example hardware presented winners Photo Fluharty beautiful trophies presented winners West Virginia Pattern Scale Contest District Ill proud host US Scale Masters Northeast August 20-21 1988 great contest can best described great pictures AVP Gil Weiss FLYING NEAR AIRPORTS BE CAREFUL Free Flight Radio Control flying near airports situation might involve possiblity models being vicinity full-scale aircraft opera tions must avoidedor conducted eliminate dangerous situa tions Models should flown proximity full-scale aircraft unless flier has someone else him sole purpose watching full-scale aircraft supervising flying prevent possibility accident Photo Gil Weiss Partial view flight line US Scale Masters Northeast highlighted finelooking realistic-flying Giant Scale Emdecker 19 entries well-organized contest directed CD Mel Katz Au gust 20-211988 Warminster Naval Air Development Center regional contest sponsored Sonic Tronics JC RC Hobbies 53, intensity US.uasters Northeast judging flying shown above Judges Felix Vozzo 1 Jerry Cowan center enter scores pilot caller turn downwind leg preparation another flyby AMA structure contest coordina tion has problems year more sanctioned events evolve As plan clubs 1989 summer schedule please consider others area Cooperation within local clubs essential . Would possible arrange joint meetings dis cuss activities Another example sharing cooperation between clubs AMA districts Ed Carber R discusses fine-flying Lazy Ace Bipe members Washington Crossing NJ RC Club Mercer County RC Club West Windsor NJ RC Club photo taken Jacksonville NJ Levittown Aerobugs field second three interciub fun-flys took place closing hope offers New Years resolution make 1989 quietlest year ever flying activity Noisy models crux poor public relations months club picture Southeastern Pennsylvania Aero Modelers SPARCS activity Warm ster PA Happy holidays January 1989 125 AWdtt/ Members Southeastern Pennsylvania Aero Modelers Radio Control ocieny Warmin ster PA Delaware 0 District Columbia land h Carolina ivVirginia DISTRICT REPORT Howard Crispin District IV Vice-President 611 Beechwood Dr Charlottesville VA 22901 Associate Vice Presidents Robert 6 Babura 117 Otin Drive Severn MD 21144 Phone 3011 969-9356 Bob Champine 205 Tipton Rd Newport Newa VA 23906 Rick Chrietoph 970 Star Creat Harrinonburg VA 22901 Chuck Foreman 5811 Rinker Dr Mechanicaville VA 23111 Doag Holland 3517 Femmood Dr Raleigh NC 27e12 Scotty Moyer 11 Orchard Lane Wilmington DE 19909 Charlen Spear 298 Holly Lane Mackeville NC 27029 Frequency Coordinator Paul Yacobucci 6409 Winthrop Dr Fayetteville NC 29301 Phone Evening 919 488-5996 Regional flying sites subject continuing interest difficulties arises search ultimately purchase property time ex pended getting things approved through committees important agreement reached concerning purchases leasing contracts need reduce response time some manner Too often land can lost because day late cannot answer what being done other districts areas regard have active getting out making quiries looking land am interested primarily obtaining site less centrally located east coast East critical need good Free Flight site well land could support entire Nationals site located west Appalachian mountains does answer requirement dis tances Southeast North east become excessive such land avail able answer yes several considerations need analyzed looking land looking land buildings looking increased costsand usually something no use Another consideration profile land very desirable land flat land under cultiva tion odds also quite expen sive thing probably contains number buildings land needs self draining multitude drain age ditches land must available zoning recreational land permits needed operate miniature aircraft tract size should nearly square rec tangular possible longest dimen sion along path prevailing winds have waited years get mov ing project vital land ready use 1 January 1989 important can developed us able sites types activities operated simultaneously site used Nationals its dimensions really need order one-and-a-half two miles square major piece land parts country have flown over driven piece land meets requirements land needs clearing seeding make huge flat area aeromodeling capable supporting conceivable aeromodeling needswhatever would desire aeromodeling land has tal volume approximately 3000 acres approximately three miles oneand-a-half miles clearing less 2000 acres would provide site size handle Nationals except Indoor especially come 1991 some proposed alterations Nationals schedule could done now price right land doubt quality purchase can ac complished owners Execu tive Council committee will read after two events have taken place Executive Council meeting held 22 23 October after election officers results elections will available around 1 December know least two mem bers Council will new can affect what transpires actions land procurement other subjects What ing done other areas something know time No information rel ative other sites has distributed Council members date After upcoming Council meeting will let receive District IV newsletter know status land purchases other areas country should heard Membership total membership Academy 1988 over 138000 higher estimated growth does say need concentrate member ship services includes question flying sites need attract junior members need definitive programs accomplish goal need much responsive needs of different categories aeromod eling Most need develop some type standard responses prob lems arise particular category volved has very clear understanding program Too often answers get nothing incite bitterness organization often get service part mandate can allow happen Bylaws number bylaws proposals will submitted upcoming Council meeting After introduction cycle second proposal session January meeting will submitted Leader Membership approval disap proval changes going have con siderable bearing upon way busi ness end result should bring greater efficiency effectiveness operation Academy should also enhance response membership strive grow Watch changes publicized important should have chance express opinions Check out club know Leader Mem bers club Let know opin ion can vote based voice group quite some time have probably no ticed has discussion Academy organized operating very easy voice concern quite something else sit down work out al terations will make organization stronger better what Execu tive Council will working Size good thing organization can work larger group cannot done everything still being handled inef ficient manner District news realize would like see district happenings month felt important express views couple very important subjects need work both long-term benefit Academy Since am directly involved matters can say am also ing some work getting things moving ask also consider other subjects items needed fu ture As said will appear after elec tions has nothing sub ject What good entire organiza tion also good District IV SoundCant pg 120 ness using four five layers -oz glass cloth front rear pro peller expected have reduction noise maybe slight reduction rpm compared thicker blades what happened quite different noise level did come down 800-rpm increase Blade flex does play important role efficiency make props wider get rpm flight speed down Results going wider blade stead increasing pitch what can expect standard day using 60 tuned pipe 9 lb static thrust 10000 rpm same flight speed lower rpm someone running highpitched prop Efficiency quiet David shows what can done has technical facility capability making what required concepts will available interim experiment ing higher pitches still viable op tion sport flier Once better ef ficient props available can differ ent things As David does show takes factors understanding interrelate get wish go AMA Technical Award Bob Underwood Technical Director Near end 1985 AMA Executive Council voted approve concept technical award given Aca demy award honors development items improve performance model aircraft components enable equipment perform new tasks simplify facilitate tasks now required build ing flying encourage safety sound suppression Technical Award acknowledges peo ple have made significant contribu tion technical end hobbyf sport Bob Bill Hunter Satellite City re ceived first Technical Award troduction cyanoacrylate adhesives modeling community nomination individuals groups award may made two AMA members must received September 1st year Nomination forms can obtained AMA Headquar ters contacting Technical Director Bob Underwood Voting candidates done AMA Council Past VicePresidents 126 Model Aviation Alabama ida 0 Georgia issippi 0 Puerto Rico Sooth Carolioa 0 Teonesoee V DISTRICT REPORT Lee Webster District V Vice-President 1000 Sycamore Manchester TN 37355 Associate Vice Presidents Philip Cope e Hedoewood Rd Knoxville TN 37918 Edward Hunter Ri 3 Box 288 Amory MS 38821 Richard Jackuon 2118 Thorulee Dr N Churtexton SC 28405 Arthur Johnuon 932 Banyan Dr Deiray Beach FL 33444 Joxeph Micalizzi SR 00866 Box 1532 Fuierdo PR 00648 Ed Moorman 85 12th Street Shalimar FL 32579 Dick Patton 765 Bailey Brook Circle Birmingham AL 35244 Tom Thacker 849 Eaxt Glochexter Place Norcroxx GA 30071 Frequency Coordinator Burnix Fieldo P0 Box 1063 Strickland Rd interlachen FL 32048 Phone 904 884-2517 Remember last month told would report Air Foiler Free Flight meet issue brag about proper way put good Dont know can cellation Nats Free Flight contrib uting factor meet bigger better ever like take view proves Free Flight aint dead yet big thing about Air Foiler Free Flight meets designed body has fun example fly Peanut Scale heats way FAC guys fly Scale Only cant change motors between flights break winding fatigues out too bad get two minutes wind countdown launch Last man down wins heat event final heat would sur prised strategy employed re sult rules turns out highly contested event fun barrel monkeys Since Peanut Race call has successful have instituted same ap proach small rubber-powered models Cur rently flying two events one-of-a-kind models model designs Wally Sim mers Gollywock Pacific Ace mod el type flown mass launch long est flight taking hardware Its quite sight t6 see 10 models climbing blue together Havent significant midairs yet have close calls once touched competitors Peanut model twice same heat Once near launch once about 45 seconds flight Since stayed up longer other contestant jokingly claimed took unfair advantage him Its worth noting 1/2A Texaco flown SAM rules growing steadily popularity al Proves mind least Radio Con trol duration events fit well Free Flight contest agenda two kinds dura tion flying seem complement other sure nice windy day able pick up model after 15-minute flight walk back car mile crosscountry touring all-terrain vehicle Very nice guys like gray hair gim py legs contestants old gray-headed die-hards either shown first photo several Juniors entered Bradley Bishop Zachary Taylor two winners Hand-Launched Gliders i-noro oy Joe I-reeman Juniors Bradley Bishop Zack Taylor won Hand-Launched Gliders Air Foiler Free Flight meet Photo two shows Senior Open high-point winner Dick Hall As usual Dick flew thing Old-Timers modern day highclimbing AMA Gas jobs some fastest-climbing power jobs Ive ever seen think year gets harder beat Dick Hall launching Spacer Talking about winners have show lady practices what preaches third photo presents Bonny Jenkins current chairperson Free Flight Contest Board first-place-winning Al Glider Well done Bonny guy husband Bill well-known Free Flight compet itor published picture Bill some months ago RC Glider something also does well Bonny Bill Jenkins showing off Bonnys Al Glider statistics show AMA com posed about 100000 RC-oriented members compared about 5000 will admit interest Free Flight questionnaires contests like indicate Free Flight isnt dead yet fact believe growing coming commonplace RC fliers discov erthe relaxation fun Peanut Scale P-30 can provide Also some kinds RC du ration fit well Free Flight scene chal lenge Free Flight community stop get ting bent out shape what perceived effort some put radios Free Flight models thus eliminating Free Flight look ways integrate more RC duration activities overall picture Weve done SAM years few no problems AMA scene also spite noise thats created about so-called RC Free Flight fields getting hard er find some methods preserving thrill duration flying must found ar eas otherwise off-limits Free Flight have known Along route RC Soaring isnt far away Free Flight either fits Free Flight better RC Power events comes light quickly large club fly ing sites try safely accommodate both Soar ing power flying often Soaring guys get run off own club field accommodate both kinds planes takes lot give-and-take make work also have special field layout isnt opti mum either power flier Glider guider Yet combination works best interests overall membership AMA group must also develop such give-and-take position strength well-integrated organization serving best interests participating parties Divided small argu ing factions become ineffective pow erless Lets let such divisions occur Plans future Nats being generated being written long-range AMA plan acquire ownership suitable land parcels future Nats obvious such site wont ready next Nats Nats picture writing still developing Finding site suitable holding AMA events hard ever So split Nats two major events held two sites different times split lines RC Free Flight Control Line put compatible ac tivities together site example Free Flight RC Soaring could use same site big enough flexible enough ac commodate varying wind conditions Other RC events like Pylon Aerobatics generally re quire hard-surfaced areas like runways aprons So Control Line events appear group well together meantime have fun idea grows leaps bounds Got letter old bud dy Tom Cimino reports tremendous success Brandon FL last fun-fly Tom writes beautiful air planes format fly have fun flew until pilots decided theyd enough flying no judging fly ing judging done work manship planes fun flys scheduled year district Its healthy trend Air shows also growing number also fun give us chance show wares talents general public East Ridge RC Club put its first show back success shown fol lowing excerpt newsletter Skywrit ers want express thanks worked hard make first MDA Air Show great success took lot work us through cooperation asked help way grateful Just case havent heard raised $1492 MDA far beyond what MDA us dared hope So once again say THANKS great bunch guys Looking over Hangar Pilot put out Dr John Martin came across proposal Chuck Markos Indoor Catapult Glider event Now talking Since polio arms make normal HandLaunched Glider flying impossible Ive compensated flying Catapult Gliders out doors years Air Foilers used have some great winter contests Catapult Glid ers Doing indoors should blast Well till next time keep em flying January 1989 127 SOUND ADVICE Keep within sound guideline 90 dBA 9 ft might keep fly ing site Illinois 0 Indiana 0 Kentucky 0 Missouri VI DISTRICT REPORT Jim Sears District VI Vice-President PO Box 308 Burgin KY 40310 Associate Vice Presidents Finn Baliard Ri 5 Box 90 Decatur IN 46733 Charije Bauer 4944 N Orange Norridge iL 60656 Cal Ettei #3 Castle Drive AR 2 Fiorissant MO 63534 Wiiiiam Kern 1808 12th St Bedford iN 47421 Dick Taylor 7929 Jefferson Kansas City MO 64114 Stan Watson 10414W 134 Street Palos Park IL 60464 Bill Zimmer Box 72 Varna IL 61375 year quickly Coming end So building season us Dis trict 6 hope have time finish couple models year Im looking forward having seaplane next flying season course thats what Id planned year Its sad time gets away us quickly So much next flying season Ive road lot month figured Id better get going before run out things go year Most clubs tend slack off some after October time settle getting sched ule ready new year first weekend month dropped fifth annual Hamilton RC Model ers Four-Cycle Rally 65 brave souls dared show stuff registered 94 planes put total 198 flights What show air constantly busy course contest have fly rounds can name added raffle barrel big draw prizes Thats tough competition going after big items should have seen traffic jams airplanes waiting fly After found out what prizes wished could have entered course didnt get see much flying spend too much time socializing Still guess should watch some fly full flight seldom get chance Its still lot fun next weekend decided take Fri day afternoon off headed Ft Knox US Scale Masters Championships dont know con test biggie Scale buffs year hosted Southern Indiana RC Club Fort Knox Model Airplane Club What team things under control included weather rain held off until after contest except occa sional sprinkle Dale Arvin youd proud Now could get come up some kind miracle keep away rain plan Missouri trips wonder event 56 brave souls guys flying some beautiful airplanes have ever seen wasnt cull bunch Heck sure am glad dont build well Id never fly em details modelers put just lovely saw model handmade radial engine sitting its nose Wow did notice trend toward larger models looked performance sort pointed out reasons too seemed rock solid wind what can see will probably see fewer small entries What did surprise lack Jet models remember thing sure lot civilian-type air craft present liked word advice thinking going Scale feel have new model about ready work some Its tough out Saturday Lexington KY see Bluegrass Soaring Societys LSF regional tendance low spirits high After full night morning looked contest going rainout weather finally broke thermals warming up fliers made effort milk little bit lift could find worth Some lift very weak too Still managed keep air Duration events shame time limits flights Sunday headed Albion IL fun-fly guys asked come previous fun-fly said Id try flew about half flight over fog like puffy cotton nestled over hills Beau tiful what makes neat fly got Albion fog cleared spotted flying site first impression site envy guys get use grass strip thats 4000 ft long Theyve opted use few hundred feet flying site middle farmland people own property super provide club access restroom buildings lots runway etc nothing guys have made contest pretty good Fun-flys promote excitement especially flying limbo Im much playing card games etc fun-flys prefer luck played out such things touch-andgoes etc fellows agreed event featured some skill requirement course event set trophies As day went rains came add pressure pilots Well kept flying rain did what should stayed under canopy did finish rounds flying leave just put last flight left rain still really fun day Albion crew may just have swing again got letter fellow week really disturbed upset about couple things fact didnt give contest real buildup column after made visit Well Im really sorry about However told him Im head counter dont keep scores leave other columns something special said about event try trips visit members Thats reason trav el can keep track contest Im constantly doing job talking people So its OK will con tinue tell people Ive Id rather let know Im get ting out Would like progress report about frequency situation radio modifica tion problems Sure would fly RC As being written around first October frequency issue has gotten interesting say least Ive two gentlemen Brandywine MD join forces Glenn Whidden Bud Snyder knowledgeable about FCC regs Glenn because nature trade deals FCC regularly So has developed expertise FCC regs around Part 95 know Part 95 set FCC regulations dealing several types ra dios included Since contacted Bud about month ago new battle try save old wideband radios high gear Bud pusher Due persistence Bud Glenn weve learned mods transmitters may illegal just kept reading regs quite vague ex plaining changes nothing says can modify RC radio regs actually say cant Being able modify wideband transmit ters strong selling point proposal end wideband usage have made changes tighten up systems systems may legal Last month said Im getting conflicting answers Well now have studied Part 95 own weve found rules RC industry using mods probably RC Howzat arent done yet told may send letter FCC get answers some questions Well Glenn beat has written FCC ask questions establish legal ity mods RC systems able modify transmitters guess going have spend lot money new equipment 1991 AMA pro posal passed FCC Silver-stickered transmitters will gone talk about cheap will convert narrow band would thrown out dont consider buying new narrow-band equip ment being cheap option Whats easiest way out think have discussing long time Leave old wideband radio equipment alone let clubs decide Its simple Yes go before FCC proposal requests tighter RC systems manufacturers Attrition will take care older equipment may pur chasing new today Leave old wideband radios alone kind propos al no worry about mods Clubs across nation have proved wideband environment 40 kHz works None clubs have talked t6 want give up wideband systems AMA officials set doing opposite what members want Beats Enough now. SAFE FLYER PATCH Fliers have pledged use AMA Safety Code operating models entitled wear Safe Flyer Patch Send photocopied typewritten handwritten declaration see AMA Supply Ser vice Catalog signature Include check money order $2 no cash pay able Academy Model Aeronautics 128 Model Aviation Iowa 0 Michigan 0 Minnesota 0 W sconoin VII DISTRICT REPORT Peter Waters District VII Vice-President 117 E Main Upper Level Northville MI 48167 CompuServe addrean EMAiL 700472162 Assisnent Vice President Boyd Bowdiub 6410 Gienwood N Goiden Vaiiey MN 55427 Associate Vice Presidents Jack Finn 368 Hampden Dr NE Cedar Rapida iA 52402 Bad Gorman Box 33 Knife River MN 55609 Raaaeii Knetzger 2625 E Shorewood Blvd Milwaukee WI 53211 Jean Lanik 305 PaBi Piece Hoiiand Mi 49423 Can MoSs 5024 Lake Mendota Dr Madinon Wi 53705 Ron Seam 132 S Ronlyn Pontiac Mi 48054 Paai Smith 11112 Diii Drive Steriing Nix Mi 46077 Frequency Coordinator Bob Stamm Box 357 Minocqee Wi 54548 still Merry Christmas time Beats age falling leaves geese weaving way South Which means am suffering flying withdrawal have trips mall shows look forward building program . well planned yet AMA activities hotting up first meeting Property Acquisition Com mittee t PAC 6 group. held during RCHTA Show Chi cago group heading up search Valhalla Modeling Permanent Flying Site have now prepared several sets criteria make easier sort out sites forwarded choose promising ones As will THAT too big decide News eleven RCHTA Show new idea tract entertain modelers invited top modelers skills termed Superstars Model ing set up table clinics talk get help ideas questions answered Included district Dolly Bob Wischer Steve Sauger Keith Shaw Terry Edmonds Talking sev eral stars seems liked idea publicity will highlight next year idea exactly like used fa mous Madison Sailplane Symposium have several send some photos column thanks deed However have unusable due case using ball-point pen write information onto back photo Please write prints add self-stick notes fill details pencil Re member try use photos people models try have too much print get processed column editor clips picture lots small detail will become difficult discern printed Keep posing close up send have visitor staying sev eral weeks Old Country Eng lishman named Martin Forrest managed get him entered Q500 Flying Ti gers meet gathered top Novice teresting comment Martin would able fly event UK .its too noisy Noise reduction has progressed being important ef fort Interesting too Wayne Yeagers plea passing rule Quarter Midget muf flers monthly issue TURN Mem bership has now exceeded 1. pro motion Q-500 Quarter Midget sole goal have application forms have neat logo too club has new newsletter editor actually two clubs should proud tough job editors make point mention often possible years editors main communication line clubs always needing informa tion articles editor has sent request National Newsletter send him AMA HQ attention Lou Ward will get him NNL month add source mate rial month have following section written AVP Ron Sears Ron Pon tiac recoenized Scale flier District Roundup Cloudbusters full swing celebrating Golden Jubi lee 1989 Thats quite milestone ty presses Flight Lines once again turning out newsletters St Croix Valley RC Club City RCs FlareOut talks about club history what happening 10 15 20 25 years ago Oh good old days edi tor Blunderbuss has identified himself herself phantom strikes again newsletter well pre pared printed Helipad should consider folding examine positive things can happen small group like editors seem begging copy talent expertise out editors should swamped information What say fellows t Paul Model Radio Controllers starting Scale model building class winter activity Patrols becoming very popular re cently demonstrated Traverse Area Model Pilots Society What can better sausage eggs after early morning flying Wash Detroit Area Modelers describes club meetings form entertainment thats wilder Worldwide Wrestling abusive Billy Martin umpires has arguments United States Su preme Court essful charity fundraiser Milwaukee Flying Electrons help Milwaukee RC Associa tion Dairyland Aero Miniature Mod elers raised $1000 donated Waukesa County Chapter Associ ation Retarded Citizens Electrons also held second annual Instructor Ap preciation Day owing news letters come words wisdom Lloyd McConkie says its dry out place trees chasing dogs Short Circuits newsletter Remember balsa trees wont grow out know keep trying transplant Clippings newsletter Roses red violets swell finger prop hurts like dickens Flight Lines dont get change misspent youth Pulse Newsletter flying field Milwaukee Scimitar Squadron Noise part problem clamp ing down noise pollution Aero hawk Radio Fliers club er Month section showing up news letters terrific way learn about other promote strong club gratulations newly elected club ficers May have very rewarding 1989 January 1989 129 FIyn Wolverines RCs Don Schulte sends pictures successful Fun Show Fly Neat safety-conscious club Adrian Ml Bits Pieces RC 0-500 meet Heres said thank-you snoneore Adrian 0-500 winners L R Chuck Wool cy Joe Cohen Pete Waters Ken Heatlie flrnis Imnpr ne last aays summer sunanine nne iuno 0-500 Race 55and relaxing between heats Toledos Flying Tiger Field L R Don Libke Dan Kane Jr Dennis Sumner M~tIi q Rrnwn nd Rnu RIkA UBVe uflo nindy Curtis helper Flying Tigers Q-500 Racethe end summer Arkansas Louisiana New Mexico 0 Oklahoma 0 Texas VIII DISTRICT REPORT Johnny Clemens District VIII Vice-President PO Box 64573 Dallas TX 75206 Associate Vice Presidents Dannie Bell 264 S Bee Line Rd Dallan TX 75253 Michael S Hamnon 600 T Main Hot Springe AR 71901 Gene Hempel 301 N Yale Dr Garland TX 75042 William Hurley III 229 Brian Dr Pleananton TX 75064 Bill Lee 3522 Tamariak Lane Missouri City TX 77459 Larry Seflor 1415 Manor Dr Bartleevilie OK 74003 Bd Shearer 3416 David Dr Metairie LA 70003 Chuck Wood 909 Harvard St Clovis NM 88101 Frequency Coordinator Bill May 3839 Ducheax Trail Dallas TX 75229 guess utter fascination building flying model airplanes spelled out happy modeler said Gee fun watching two Grey hound buses chase Volkswagen Rabbit admire District VIII newsletter edi tors much am always anxious help out advice gleaned own experiences Latest hint DONT LICK STAMPS OR ENVELOPES AFTER EATING OREO COOKIES kidding aside think have AMAs finest newsletter edi tors right District VIII So good fact hope fine folks will keep mailing list after step down district vice-president end year Stepping down VP will end involvement AMAs direction will least permanently AMAs Presidents Council always pleasant surprise realize often have order rubberpowered models hobby shop mind will probably say Yes kids Yes wonderful kids would believe sell older adults Most custom ers folks enjoyed modeling kids reclaiming some fun youth changing world tick led find something pleasant has stayed same have errone ous opinion much se lection stick-and-tissue kits badly mistaken keep about 75 80 dif ferent stick-and-tissue kits hand stuff go way have figured out Henry Ford probably made possible invention development rubberband-powered model planes see manufactured Ford cars required rubber tires required rubber inner tubes would snitch dads cut up rubberbands power model planes Thank Henry Ford above report rubber-powered end Free Flight activity will tickle friends National Free Flight Society Free Flight leaders like Tony Italiano Tony president National Free Flight Soci ety Bob Meuser Dick Johnson Bill Hannan George Perryman Hardy Brodersen host others will remember started out Free Flighter building rubber-powered models nine years old got big kick out another old friend Keith McClure Bartlesville OK re calling used intimidate other contes tants showed up FF contests Comet Zipper doped white orange flame streak-back powered Bunch Tiger 45 name HELLS FIRE painted sides fuselage Modeling has sure wonderful part life sure wish same talking neighbors few days ago never built model planes hobby mainly gardening asked him what able raise year heat lack rain said Mostly cal luses lucky modelers have sure received some excellent pro gressive thinking lately pass AMA Council such matters RC fre quency problems insurance forth info has come Chuck Andraka Albuquerque NM John Gill Dallas RC Club fine AVP Dannie Ball constructive sug gestions members can offer smarter direction AMA will same time am saying just gripe offering alternative better sug gestion NOT helping holding us back Please know AMA President Don Lowe Council really appreciate CONSTRUCTIVE criticism As Yogi Bear might say Nobody cant know everything also have received lot firsthand expe rience turn word about mod eling OUTSIDE world instead just talking ourselves fine info has come Bob Spivey Austin TX working airport sponsors opera tors through Sate Texas Aeronautics Commission Bob relaying experi ences AMA Headquarters through Geoff Styles unsung hero kind effort Among final services district VP want make sure good transfer authority responsibilities office successor Regarding AMA dis play available clubs district hope hand new VP list dates have asked along display sure dates want dis play please let know separate note phone call will make separate file pass table display really got some mileage past year need AMA literature go display should request AMA Head quarters goes videotapes well display will help formalize presentation mall shows meetings bit advice before sign off month married please consider wife happiness too modeler know always overdid self indulgence family funds time spending too much both model air planes got breaking point family relations wife just griped griped un til finally walked out asked him what said said leaving said up till thought could gripe fuss told leaving found out could sing turn cartwheels same time too 130 Model Aviation Kirk Massey Willis TX impressed DEAF Club Dallas second annual Electric Fun-Fly beautiful Giant Elec tric Cub Takeoff roll about 10 15 ft Steven Carber Robert Tod Dallas hold ing unique Hospital Ship very original design fuselage being genuine hospital crutch Note red cross wing pair now working flying guitar should strike new note originality Dan Garfinkel Laporte TX Flap per Ornithopter Dan trying both electric gas engine power Successful flights pending hunting best gear ra Aircraft ID Labels would like additional stick air craft ID labels like 1988 membership kit may ordered AMA Supply Service 10 $100 postpaid Please include remittance order specify stick-on labels Tom Killough paid return visit Dallas present home Huntsville AL astonish us ultra-unique diamondwing pusher actually flies **** Were outa fuel Cotta land **** Cobrado 0 Kansas 0 Nebraska North [takota 0 South Dakota ixWyoming DISTRICT REPORT Travis McGinnis District IX Vice-President 8027 W 81st Circle Arvada CO 80005 CompuServe addresn EMAIL 7e0572750 Associate Vice Presidents Tom Boyd 701 N 58th St Lincoln NE 88505 Naihen Lancanter 3597 S Kendall St Denver CO 80235 Runa Miller neo N 3rd Carrington ND 58421 Don Moden 410 Hart Salina KS 57401 Jim Ricketta 516 5 Cloudan Sioux Felix SD 57103 Frequency Coordinator Steve Manglen Radio Service Center sie S Sheridan Denver Co eosae Phone Day 303 922-8107 Evening 303 930-3285 Doins around district. Wyoming 8th Annual Rocky Mountain Jumbo Fly held last weekend May sponsored Casper Airmodelers Association great show accompanied warm light breezes some 90 air planes Casper Airmodelers wives deserve big THANKS fine dinner Saturday night live music provided Bill Carpenter Jim Wyatt No went away empty-handed lots prizes awarded Scale class winners first place Ron Compton Littleton COPiper Pawnee second place Dean Sadler Lakewood CoPiper Cub third place Noel Hess Salt Lake City UTWaco Biplane 14-scale powered five-cylinder radial engine Peoples Choice Wayne Smith Bosler A/Ylarge Telemaster Gailen Stoumbaugh wife Marsha key people making years flyin successful event k forward Jumbo event 89 Wyoming October 11 re ceived resignation letter faithful sociate vice-president Gene Corson Gene cites work commitments disallow time job justice Gene has held appointed position number years has always touch something needed attention kept us informed about happenings State Wyoming regret resignation accepted thanks job well done - Gene YOU ARE APPRECI ATED would like have position filled first year would appreciative nominations modelers Wyoming important job before jump suggest someone check see wish considered what quali fications interest lies Id suggest write ask job descrip tion has updated document prepared describes appointed posi tion Some suggestions have come up recent times having associate vice-president elected office within respective state just district vice-president within district Id like pursue input would have out across district issue. can share input later column youd like Larrie Schaeffer Cheyenne comes note describing joint effort/meet High Plains Drifters Free Flight Club Chey enne Magnificent Mountain Men Free Flight Club Denver raised $240 Make Wish Foundation hoped make annual event conjunction Rocky Mountain Free Flight Championships Rick Pangell Larrie would like thank merchants contributing success meet trend modeling groups make contributions Make Wish Founda tion other charitable groups What neat way show world modelers un selfish caring folks Keep up good work Loren Moen Bottineau ND sends report Fourth Annual Pylon Pattern meet held August indicates suc cessful international event sorts since competitors Canada attending Note flags next picture Great work Rottineau Balsa Busters Brave Pattern fliers Brandon Mani toba Canada Bismarck ND Minot Mi AFB Bottineau ND L R stand ing Jim Larsen Arlyn Moen Fred Urlacher Thomas Hall Loren Moen Kneeling Rick Collingwood Bob Johnson John Nel son John mistakenly awarded third Sportsman few minutes after pic ture taken given rightful winner Chuck Judd Sorry Chuckl Stand ing far left anonymous Ian Colorado comes report Ivan Munninghoff George W Meyer morial Scale Masters Qualifier contest June 30 contestants four states competed event featured Satur day night banquet guest speaker Norm Goyer Scale RC Modeler magazine truly superb collection aircraft flown Sport Scale Lee DeMary winner Laser 200 J Devorss second Baby Ace Ken Gerlits third P-51 Herb Smith won Gi ant Scale 1A-scale Super Cub towed Glider Mike Shoemakers J-3 second Bill Turners Waco ARE close hind Masters Qualifier two perennial Masters fliers Bob Frey Al Casey topped class P-47 Mig 3 re spectively Rone Comptons Piper Pawnee third Brian OMeara P-47 Olen Tre nary Pitts Buzz Butler BD-8 Dan Par sons MB-5 also qualified attend years big Scale meet Ft Knox United Airlines Mobil Oil Co major sponsors event special thanks US Air Force Academy al lowing event take place its facility Richard Ballard President Jayhawk Model Masters Club Lawrence KS sends picture below showing Ivan Hird right being awarded AMA Award Apprecia tion Ivan honored years service modeling local level pleased recipient district award Richard also indicates concern about Narrow-band Phasein Plan 1991 have others recent months Executive Council concert AMAs Technical Di rector Bob Underwood has issued clarifi cation statement situation Look minutes October EC meet ing will also have discussed recent District IX meeting held Salina KS hopefully some informative light will have shed intent phasein plan te will continue forward concerns AMA Frequency Committee brought atten tion Thanks being concerned thinker expressing same. time issue Model Aviation hands will have put together committee informally search out study make recommendations regarding potential acquisition land sites AMAs discussed plan multisite acquisition Nats fun-fly events well possi bility location needed office space other present AMA Headquar ters location Reston VA have received several pieces communication recently re garding possibility would inter ested receiving input about im portant issue Please take time bring yourself up date reading past column comments District IX well others have addressed issue would expect have report District IX meeting soon being written just two weeks prior its date hoped will informed concerned members AMA means staying abreast happenings standpoint work Executive Council Take time read review minutes meetings ask questions necessary synopsis Councils work always appears issue following quarterly meetings part will necessarily review editorialize content column recom mend take time read yourself what happening organization Keep landings soft intentional . January 1989 131 Ron Compton won first place Scale Pawnee Crop Duster Noel Hess Waco Biplane won third place Scale well Participants Choice Arizona 0 California 0 Hawaii 0 Nevada S Utah x DISTRICT REPORT David 1 Peltz District X Vice-President 20450 Celtic St Chatsworth CA 91311 Associate Vice Presidents Edward Aber-Song 99-127 Ohiakee Plea HI 96701 Darwin N Barrie 8252 E Turney Ave Scottsdale AZ 85251 Glenn Carter 2020 Gill Port Lane Walnut Creek CA 94598 Bob Kampmann 8818 Piedra Way Fair Oaks CA 95628 Mike Lee 11420 Spdtire Drive San Diego CA 92126 Bob Reynolds 12901 E Speedway Tycoon AZ 95748 Jim Scarborough 30717 Rae Langlois Rancho PV CA 90274 Betty Stream 3723 Snowden Ave Long Beach CA 90808 Al Williamson 445 Westby Chula Vista CA 92011 Jon Zeinloit 5411 October Way Went Valley City UT 84120 Frequency Coordinator George Steiner 2238 Rogee River Dr Sacramento CA 95826 Phone t916t 362-1992 LOCAL NEWS DEPARTMENT Some critics have said dont ever report Dis trict 10 happenings say Buds Sepulveda Basin premier flying site LA plagued crashes According newsletter Valley RC Fliers home club field purchased scan ning receiver quote. check amount RF coming through Basin RC hand continues Well plenty immediately discovered high-powered com mercial stations 10 kHz away chan nels 12 16 18 20 24 28 32 34 42 44 46 48 52 much todays RC equipment can cope Thats number crashes has gone high basin le gally required allow AMA nonAMA fliers use no way en sure very best narrow-band stuff gets used usually mild-mannered highly pro-AMA clubs published reaction discovery again quote AMA has done did get exclu sive band frequencies fly Instead got lot frequencies hoping af ter enough crashes would find good use AGREE 100% Gentlemen Council please try understand radio plan work ing more people discovering real reasons problems basin unique freak location What happens will someday repeated urban areas slow death RC will follow END OF LOCAL NEWS DEPTARTMENT just received November Model Avia tion campaign statements AMA VP candidates Its gratifying see few campaigning strengths real-world business financial management experience hope win because AMA needs people like Council also hope live long enough see day AMA realizes needs experi enced professional leaders run organi zation good old boys claim fame know build/fly toy airplanes Personally have doubts will ever happen Too bad AMA month Council will meet again AMAs self-declared center world good old Reston VA Theyll discuss Land Acquisition Committees progress proposal see November column acquire up five sites So far Ive seen AMA examine sites Virginia nothing could remotely thought West ern locations unless consider thing slightly west Dulles Airport wild wild West take full credit getting re cent land acquisition activity started June recently Chairman Pete Waters unilaterally decided remove Land Acquisition Committee because wrote cant work him would know Hes never tried work anything especially committee Ive never received comment reply input provided him learned about being removed committee accident memo got John Worth casually mentioned committee meeting knew nothing about though theyve now removed Western representation commit tee theyll still try foist upon de nials being Eastern organization vigorously deny opportu nity build Headquarters Museum east coast Later start search permanent sites east coast Well some things like proverbial spots leopard will never change leads tne next subject Peltz Predicts Future Ive polished crys tal ball gazed Cut column out hang wall reminder heard first PREDICTION 1 AMAs first permanent site will far closer Atlantic Ocean Pacific PREDICTION 2 Free Flight RC Soar ing will leave Nats own thing will mark beginning end annual exercise AMA folly PREDICTION 3 person selected re place John Worth Executive Director John retires after over two decades service will AMA member likely good old boys will un qualified job underpaid task will create irreversible problems organization look ad AMA placed magazine requesting submission resumes tells it doesnt have single word about applicant qualifications PREDICTION 4 flying site crisis will continue worsen Model aviation will come rural-only activity within five years Big-city clubs will lose fields start organizing trips chartered buses go nearest remaining sites yearly one-day flying outings PREDICTION 5 Radio problems will wors en time AMA recognizes its wellintentioned Frequency Committee created something someone named Franken stein could love will too late Too RC pilots will have already abandoned sport because can no longer afford replace throwaway radios planes after flight/crash will have gone full circle pioneering days 50s radios barely worked early 80s worked very well early 90s no longer work presence practically oth ers geographic area has pag ing services can still afford sport will abandon too stating its just fun anymoreone plane air time just isnt same thing PREDICTION 6 Having given up technical feasibility mass producing fully reliable reasonably priced 1991 de sign radio industry will shift its R&D ef forts produce 1992 radio time finally becomes available late 1993 will also rendered obsolete pag ing systems now 5 kHz away PREDICTION 7 radio problem fi nally solved 1995 bright young en gineer Far East discovers run two wires directly con trols airplane dont need ra dio technology wires have draw back though require planes fly circles around person con trols PREDICTION 8 Some youngster 1995 AMA Junior Executive Council proclaims al breakthrough bubble burst finds out once something AMA did similar called Control Line Another 1995 youngster asks couldnt fly planes neither ra dios nor wires too told that once unsuccessfully tried AMA time called Free Flight organi zations aging historian recalls Free Flight Control Line both died what terms RC-Acquired InspiredTechnology-Driven Syndrome RC-AI DS fatal disease early 1990s PREDICTION 9 Driven sport fliers totally dominate Executive Coun cii faced continuous stream last places FAI World Championships 1995 AMA stops sending US teams withdraws FAI Faced loss its traditional main source funds USA FAI panics immediately declares French equivalent bank ruptcy No notices PREDICTION 10 early 1996 no longer place left UsA fly model airplanes AMA members still builders have taken shipping fin ished models AMA Museum now occupies buildings around 10 miles center Reston VA tents parking lot AMA HQ employees again demand better work ing conditions including occasional hot wa ter electricity again reminded needs secondary museums needs PREDICTION 11 group real business men form organization seriously de voted preservation expansion sport/hobby model aviation well-defined highly realistic longrange business plan greeted gener ous financing grateful neglected model aviation industry itself fac ing extinction PREDICTION 12 special meeting AMA Executive Council called ask three questions 1 did go wrong 2 cope newly formed competing organization 3 Just what does word competition really mean referring model airplane con tests PREDICTION 13 decided form three new AMA committees find swers has become AMA doctrine Eastern Council members allowed answers never found Neither scattered remains onceproud AMA Remember read first way back 1988 132 Model Aviation Alaska 0 Idaho ana 0 Oregon ington XI DISTRICT REPORT Ed MeCollough District XI Vice-President 53 SE 61st Ave Portland OR 97215 503 2344439 CompuServe addrens tor EMAIL7e0672422 Associate Vice Presidents Tom Caahman 2521 SW 323rd St Federal Way WA 9e023 Al Culver Son 86 Wilder ID 83676 Gary H Fuller PO Don 1124 Kotzebue AK 99752 Glen Miachke 4050 Fourth Ave N Great Falla MT 59401 Dave Mallena 15559 Palatine Ave N. Seattle WA 95133 Bruce Nelnon 507 E Vickaburg St Spokane WA 99205 Dick Wickline P0 Boa 623 Klamath Fatin OR 97601 Chick Young 11225 125th St E #69 Puyallup WA 98373 Frequency Coordinator Robert Batch 16439 SE Haig Dr Portland OR 57236 Phone 503 761-5103 NATS IN THE NORTHWEST IN 89 AMA Executive Council voted hold 89 Nats Headquarters Rich land WA TnCities area southeastern Washington dates July 15-23 will great site facet Nats introduc tion special events such Slope Soaring also possible Stay tuned member two have asked about vote regional flying field question rest wondered voted against motion because feel fiscal respon sibility says have have insur ance pad before go out buy property Property hard liquidate need cash try sell off need never get price need Lat er weve built pad will favor buying property subject other officers wrote glowingly about plan wonder ful immodestly claimed own idea Wrongo idea Hardy Brodersons first proposed Council meeting Chicago several years ago same time wonder just buying regional site will help out los ing local flying fields Maybe can pack up head regional site few days flying year Better should de velop ways helping local clubs get fields first case small group now run ning AMA chance buy piece property decided among themselves wasnt good idea turns out prop erty recently sold $33 million would have paid So much far-sighted leadership Its two months until Puyallup Are ready Don Sweazy ready Speaking shows like want district display booth just put ly costs ship next user Let know early can schedule Gary Fuller intrepid AVP far cold north finally got message dogsled no doubt Gary above Arctic Circle Kot zebue AK curious geographically its just above Arctic Circle coast Any way Gary got chance visit Anchorage spent some time Alaska RC Societys field Elemendorf AFB quote Gary saw some good models such Ken Bystedts Falcon 56 Frank Weavers unusual Scale Bucker Bestmann kitted US Rick Warfords Four-Cycle Tigermoth John Reeses Sportster Gary Terzichs EZ Dago Red Ye-scale Citabria Joe Boswells Force 1 Joel Wilcoxs Trainer Ron Bergts lAscale Chip munk host Jim Terrells VK Nieuport 28 Gary quite impressed field mentioned hoped visit Alaska Mos quitoes October Strange thought Alaska stand outside mosquit6es would carry away OMPRA racing has very active year according AVP Dick Wickline rac ing both Super Sports Q-500s Creswell Big Bird happening photo below shows Dave Kepharts red Byron Pitts Dave Loren Anderson both brought big Byron bipes Bend Lorens yellow Clayton Fosters blue-and-white Cub Clayton Eugene RC Aeronaut Master builder Bob Kreuzinger brought very nrettv EAA BiDe Salem sadness note Ray Revels suf fered fatal heart attack Rogue Eagles field summer happened just day after death Peggy Rosenbergs husband Sandy sympathies go both families friends Some pictures Plat 1 water fly early June Bud Schwesinger Umpqua Val ley gang put very nice relaxed week end water flying reservoir near Suth erlin very nice site fly lot friendly people make feel home put calen dar early next June bring water bird Heres shot some planes pilots spectators Steve Milos Paul Schlutzs Edo floatplanes foreground As usual Bob Balch took photos column outdid himself great shot PBY Unfortunately seem have filed notes event am sure pretty shot shows flying site P1st 1 good advantage also shows Don Anderson trying act nonchalant other per son flies Dons airplane Since airplane fully capable flying itself no real problem January 1989 133 nice touch event taxi race husbands wives sweethearts pilots Im absolutely sure think Susan Reiver beaching Dick smart crack Im suing Reivers Heinkel Coming up next montn witi oe pictures 88 version Scale Masters Regional Farragut State Park shot taken Sil verwood may anything isnt day airport come across documentation like beautiful 11It sincere wish noliday season hold health happiness family coming year peace happiness Happy holiday flying Don Ross New Book Whenever new book works want talk about especially think going good book know have yet received copy Dons book Rubber-Powered Model AirplanL5 drawings text pictures Ive seen Don working Im convinced superior Ive written about Dons book some months ago Junior Flight readers have written asking will available Well good news time read will able purchase copy Rubber-Powered Model Airplanes will sold Motor Books International ad dress Osceola WI 54020 can call toll-free 1-800-458-0454 cost $1295 plus handling shipping charges $395 total cost $1690 pur chase directly wait distribution buy directly right now will accept check money order Visa American Express Mastercard credit card call Its name tells pretty much what book aboutOutdoor rubber-powered model airplanes beginner modeler needing still assistance dont book good place enter aero modeling ought school library club book will take rank beginner turn him model airplane builder flier What does take mystery out building flying successful Free Flight models An telligent book trying cover thing sticks Rubber power also doesnt get ultracomplex FAI contest types other words book kind need start flying Don Ross book features complete plans three progressively difficult simple models First all-balsa handlaunched stick job all-balsa ROG rise-off-ground finally 24-in-wingspan built-up stick-and tissue model Its just whats needed get out han gar blue Don includes over 100 drawings pictures illustrations whole chapter flight trimming another solely Flying Scale building techniques Theres detail make own propellers dont have remain lim ited commercially produced plastic props Theres detail also wind get out rubber motors make rolled tubular fuselages freewheeler folding propsplus well over 100 valu able hints kinks Don explains go about de signing own models telling what basics Besides standard tractor monoplane Don discusses biplanes ca 134 Model Aviation nards other planforms gives standard proportions Besides Don lists aeromodeling ganizations publications plus about 60 sources materials kits plans can say w Don Ross book Rubber-Powered Model Airplanes does Outdoor rubber-powered Free Flight what Ron Williams classic Building Flying Indoor Model Airplanes does Indoor Free Flight Ill receiving actual copy shortly will give opportunity tell about next month mean time call number 1-800-458-0454 total cost $1690 will worth ROG 25 Update Tom Greenhalge proposer pusher ROG 25 event writes further con firm love cabin airplanes rather stick models think ROG model think stick model especially beginners Tom would just soon have full-fuselage models event tends make event advanced modelers Pictured two models con tained rubber motors illustrate ap proach Two brothers Stan Gary Bud denbohm designed constructed neat models first Stan all-sheetbalsa Sheety Riser Garys yet un named uses built-up stick-and-tissue structure Both should very successful ED WHITTEN 0 Tom tells us famous Thermal Thumbers Club planning ROG 25 Blow-Out series contests starting Janu ary will have contest once month during first six months 1989 Paul Herbst flies Peck-Polymers Flying Aces Moth event writes add accent Thermal Thumbers se ries will participation Ten points will given month flying event three additional points will awarded winning two placing sec ond third After sixth con test nice prize will go modeler accu mulating points think very interesting approach aim maybe generate enough interest ROG 25 event included next sum mers USFF Championship Contest Taft have hand California clubs sure know plug events power Remember send views Tom Toms address 2080 B Maple Ave nue Costa Mesa CA 92627 Mine course up above Whether ROG 25 Novice Pen nyplane B-29 build tail light Keep building keep flying see next month Have Helped Junior Modeler Today Io FLIGHT Box 176 Wall St Sta New York NY 10005
Edition: Model Aviation - 1989/01
Page Numbers: 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134
Sound & Aeronautics Howard Crispin Jr STATEMENTS There very reai prob lem exists relative sound levels model aeronautics Word coming out some individuals representing 90-dBat-9 ft guideline mandatory require ment Academy being done letters public officials process obtaining flying sites have followed writings publications including Model Aviation know mandatory requirement Academy state otherwise establishes very danger ous precedent making such false state ment may very well prevent acquisi tion flying sites surely restrict classes aircraft may operated have attention engine manufacturers propeller manufacturers muffler pipe manufacturersand above model fliers wholewe can consider mandatory rules As certain competition categories mandatory sound abatement figure have goal getting operations quiet will arrive point purpose 90-at-9 valid standard sites problems potential prob lems anything will endanger flying sites doubt get statement AMA Headquarters tornnce rruu. . , Road Mt Morris Ml 48458 proper name system VIBRA-DAMP Engine Mounting System man behind product David von Linsowe David active participant Pattern competition fly ing F3A has involved himself some de tailed research common areas stallation propellers sound would like have read letter David some work VIBRA-DAMP Engine Mounting Sys tem introduced Toledo Show due testing manufacturing volved marketing has taken backseat putting highest quality product market So universal isolation mount masses let us get little background Because noise testing can very diffi cult make repeatable especially noise airframe vibration chose use aver age G force transmission determine effectiveness isolation engine mount testing done using foam-isolated engine test stand reduce vibration absorp tion An airplane could have used because wide diversity mount configurations engines tested consist ent airframe isolation could have maintained Early testing inconsistency showing up Although accurate tach being used engine itself pro ducing same amount G forces time found changing mix ture slightly rich lean would change engine vibrational force 92 Cs 150 Cs An exhaust gas temperature gauge employed set needle valve engine became consistent method works well Im thinking building probe right airplane Its also very handy setting midrange idle accelerometer mounted such way measure both vertical rota tional vibration important because en gine vibrating both modes simultane ously main objective testing compare what has used versus what could accomplished special rubber compounds mount spacing lot credit needs go Myrle Hyde Dean Koger pioneering efforts soft Chips chuckle first saw engine flopping around idle reference mounting systems used comparison Hyde ner tube mount Tech Products 5305 neoprene bushings two mounting methods produced very similar test results 211/2 Cs 20 Cs respectively inner tube mount also exhibited movement during running neoprene should noted anyone testing new isolation mounting system should use ex treme caution Unlike solid mount will give some indication failure un tested isolation mount may fail little warning Continued page 120 RC Equipment Certified following radio systems transmitters receivers have independently cer tified registered professional test labo ratory retained manufacturer US importer distributor meeting exceeding Radio Control equipment specifications detailed Academy Guidelines operation 20 kHz fre quency spacing testing done spe cifically listing time products FCC type acceptance procedure listing made matter informa tion construed en dorsement products listed Airtronics Ai rtronics Spectra PCM 7P 7H Receiver Part No 92985 Quantum PCM 8P 8H Receiver Part No 92985 AirtronicsModule Series FM MD7P 75P Receiver Part No 92785 Vanguard FM/PCM 4 6 Receiver Part No 92965 Vanguard FM 4 6 Ch Receiver Part No 92765 Airtronics Airtronics Future issues Model Aviation will con tain expanded listing additional infor mation received AMA AMA HQ SERVICES STAFF 0 Executive Director John worth 0 Executive Coordinator Joyce Hager S Administrative Services Director Robert Iojslavek 0 Technical Director Bob Underwood 0 Comptroller Lynne Collins 0 Competition Services Director Micheiine Madison 0 Special Services Director Carl Maroney C Membership Director Mike Woodiolk C Public Relations Director Geoff Styles 0 Special Prolecte Director Doug Pratt e Publications Director Carl R Wheeley 0 Nate General Manager Vince Mankowaki 0 Museum Curator Hurst Bowers 0 General Counsel Jeremiah Courtney AMAs Executive Council equivalent Board Directors basically composed President Executive Vice President Executive Director 11 district vice Presidents officers provided space month AMA News publication What say space however matter personal viewpoint sole responsibility author views may may represent official position AMA Executive Council January 1989 119 photo above depicts vibration iso lation mount assembly manufactured Per 0 ommended 60-size engines doesnt come hard contact en gine during normal running Does work bet does last years Masters Tournament airplane judged noisier air some judges 88 Nats year same airplane engine pipe prop com bination addition VIBRA DAMP engine mount judged jury quiet per FAI in-flight noise bonus must remembered exhaust prop tip velocity play impor tant role achieving really quiet airplane soft-mounted engine will AMA AMA Life Members.. Over 100 people have signed up over years pay Life Membership Ac ademy memberships cost $1000 may paid lump sum two four installments typical Life Membership initiated $250 down payment followed $250 fol lowing three years memberships recognized taxdeductible contributions Interesting side light Several families have two Life Memberships Bryant Thompson family first total four AMA-recommended maximum sound measure ment 90 dB 9 ft AMA requirement Ive enclosed info NASA Tech Briefs talked about Nats think will find very interesting Maybe AMA could get NASA run some props doing test ing recent trend increase pitch reducing diameter will leave lot people less desirable results Octo ber article Model Aviation explains higher-pitched props will have longer realistic takeoff roll demonstrates loss performance course have relatively short takeoff rolls taking account scale effects have tremendous advantage wing loading power-to-weight ratio over full-size counterparts reduce noise gen erated prop tip speeds must brought down need out reducing performance FAI fliers went high-pitched props effort reduce engine rpmand hence lower tip speeds During changeover FAI airplanes also chang ingbecoming larger cleaner designs weighed less allowed use less efficient pro pellers still maintaining same per formance Sport fliers will want continue airplanes theyve using ex cept make quieter means prop must designed load en gine down desirable rpm tip speed reduction same time maintain relatively high efficiency rpm direction took prop research reduce engine rpm going wide 1-1 12* L-3 LA L-5 L6* L-7 1-8 1-9 L-10 L-11 L-12 1-13 1-14 1-15 1-16 L17* 1-18 1-19 1-20 1-21 1-22 1-23 1-24 1-25 1-26 1-27 1-28 1-29 1-30 1-31 1-32 1-33 1-34 1-35 1-36 1-37 1-38 1-39 1-39 1-40 1-41 1-42 143* 1-44 1-45 1-46 1-47 1-48 1-49 1-50 Philip J Baugh Jr Jack C Lowe Joseph P Coles Walter Wydler Jeremiah Courtney Matthew Sullivan Ed Manulkin Leon Shulman Jim McNeill Francis M Flinsch Gil Rifkin James H Artz Don Shulman Bob Elliott R C Andre Louis J Andrews Billy B Dunlop Mark Smith Robert Leisses Weldon Smith Earl Witt Sidney Axelrod Carolyn Axeirod Dr James M Edwards Joseph S Guylas Jr Bryant Thompson Dick McCoy Robert Krafft Donald Krafft H Stan Chilton Gene Reynolds Clifford Ritchie Jerry Bell Robert W Gross Ron Ross Sam J Rosenbloom Earl Boteler Helen Olsen Ellaine Thompson Elaine Thompson Roger Olsen John Reynolds Richard D Nelson Daniel J Pruss Raymond Meyers Brent Coyne Robert C Gero George M Aldrich Jay S Gerber Mark N Thompson George W Dickinson 1-51 1-52 1-53 1-54 1-55 1-56 1-57 1-58 1-59 1-60 1-61 1-62 1-63 1-64 1-65 166* 1-67 1-68 1-69 1-70 1-71 1-72 1-73 1-74 1-75 1-76 1-77 1-78 1-79 1-80 1-81 1-82 1-83 1-84 1-85 1-86 1-87 1-88 1-89 1-90 1-91 1-92 1-93 1-95 1-96 1-98 1-99 1-100 1-101 1-102 1-103 Dewey Broberg Joyce Good Irwin G Ohlsson Jr Paul Bender Jim Clem Maxey Hester Hazel Sig-Hester Franklin H Alden Morten Tanger James Grier Jim Simpson Gerald F Cavanaugh Vincent F Gutschalk W D Thompson Jr Francis J Hildenbrand Lee Renaud George C Watson Paul R Habel H Sanford Frank David McDonald Herbert Johnson Jr Cara Lee Thompson John D Doyle Robert G Diefenderfer Fred Bopp Joe Zingali Raymond G Marvin Barbara Gerber Jeff Troy John Reed Jr Edward Teal Joseph H Konefes Kenneth Kortright Robert Spivey Jim Pope Orval C Steward Paul Binkley Jef Raskin Marty Zellman Russ Nitach Albert H Doerr Edward Hydorn Jr Frank Tlush Christopher E Wimmer James B Porter Jr Donald Draskovich Robert C Wimmer Bill Schmidt Albert J Sambold Sr David Copeman Jim Bybee 1-104 1-105 1-106 1-107 1-108 1-109 1-110 1-111 1-112 1-113 1-114 1-115 1-116 1-117 1-118 1-119 1-120 1-121 1-122 1-123 1-124 1-125 1-126 1-127 1-128 1-129 1-132 1-139 1-163 1-222 1-288 1-289 1-297 1-300 1-331 1-409 1-418 1-555 1-702 1-1000 1-1220 1-1256 1-1921 1-2664 1-3120 1-4037 1-5098 1-7009 1-20244 1-42487 *Deceased William Langenberg James S Jauregui John Schifko Cole B E Thompson Roy Propst Benjamin M Trapnell Jim Weir Joseph C Larsen Fred Angel H K Warner Ray B Sahlberg William Raub Rex R Powell Joel Rindler Rod Smith Thomas 1 Stennis Robert W Rich Richard C Reed Richard Grimm Jr Kermit Walker R S Keeton Jr Mike Dunn Alexander Lepak William R Bigge Billy T White Charles Hunsicker Jr David Rosen John H Hood Jr Jim Coffin Edward Norman David Bridi Ron Morgan Steve landy Penny Thompson William G Bennett Lawrence W Petty Travis McGinnis Joe Klause C M Tuthill Duane Renken Ed Izzo Charles R Poulton II Edward E Watts Ill William Hanson Robert Gialdini Gary Hutchison Dick Austin Richard P Aley Bob Wiacher Stanford Hightower September attended Friendship Tournament spacemodels rocketry NASA Wallops Flight Facility East ern Shore Virginia Soviet-US com petition arranged Howard Kuhn FAI spacemodeling ClAM representative Howard commended hard work making difficult arrangements NASA lauded wonderful host Wallops main base short dis tance famous Wallops Island Rock et Launch Facility fact wit nessed experimental rocket launch icing cake NASA could have accommodating its provision site accommodations materiel support weather perfect spirit friendliness between teams apparent Local residents provided sup port Bar-B-Que enjoyin super experience discussed Russian FAI ClAM representative possibility US-Soviet friendship tournament F3A RC Aerobatics response positive will pursue idea Russian fliers have never competed F3A World Champi onships Early October found Huntsville AL attending RC Report-sponsored Fun-Fly event fiercely contested myr iad prizes supplied industry thanks Gordon Banks supporters fine event real positive impact modeling area Interestingly fliers required meet finite noise limit 99 dB According Gordon club will progressively en force reduction noise limit over timea good example us seems what needed now set standardized rules can make fun-fly competition rule book event RC Report has very supportive AMA appreciate week later attended belated AMA Free Flight Nats canceled July because loss flying site Tony Ital iano President National Free Flight Society located site arranged hold Nationals October Thanks Tony crew Nats events held traditional trophies awarded facility Lawrenceville wideopen 3000-plus acres former military base now leased Govern ment private aircraft operations site permitted unimpeded vehicle chase FF planes over two miles Free Flight contests have held couple times annually last seven years SAM Championships held last July over 250 fliers participating see possible combined Nats site will look possibility ran some longtime friends some did know flew Free Flight Marty Richardson Frank Heeb Dayton OH Bob Johannnes now living St Louis RC flying friend lived Dayton Dave Platt RC Scale Board Chairman Ed Keck longtime RC Pattern flier Ed flying FF very competitively loving Bob Johannes comments Free Flight 1 love pure aesthetics ita terrific climb smooth transition beautiful glide Bob used fly full-scale gliders Believe Free Flight alive well really prospers good fly ing site met Sal Taibi real legend Free Flight president SAM Sal heroes started model flying real gentleman exudes best mod el aviation Hes lifetime love mod eling has very positive outlook life Did know Sal owns really clas sic 56 Chevy has over 550000 miles has crossed nation over 30 times attend contests uses chase vehicle automobile should bronzed put AMA museum writing am Kentucky way Reston October AMA Coun cil meeting have real knotty agenda before us feel thresh old real growth important aspect will possible acquisition na tional flying site hopefully followed otherswhat boon quality competi tion would well media expo sure hobby Everywhere go Im excited quality model aviation countryand its getting better time some thing everyone Sure have some problemsgrowing pains main tain positive outlook can solve problems thing Im absolutely con vinced cannot please dividual no matter hard try Per sonally Im trying maintain focus overall advancement hobby prod uct development flying sites frequencies insurance competition membership servic es public acceptance etc just hope can maintain BALANCE objec tives get bogged down triv ial Based current membership growth rate approximately 10% should have over 140000 members end 1988 rate will 225000 strong five years Thats bad 500000 number represents about 10% aeromodelers country interested growth means could provide support services aeromodelers country does mean expanded bureaucracy Head quartersonly what NECESSARY meet needs membership Simply stated members means impact dealing public sectorthose control property flying sites controlling public lands control ling acquisition radio frequencies addition having resources means direct acquisition flying sites assist ance local basis acquiring same along increasing exposure televi sion radio periodicals Very simply individual modeler will benefit larger membership AMA abso lute necessity growth advancement model aviation country world believe get behind membership drive influence other fliers know join organiza tibn January 1989 121 Presidents Corner President ACADEMY OF MODEL AERONAUTICS DON LOWE 902 Little Bend Rd Altamonto Springs FJ32714 SOvietteams Spacemodels Friend ship Tournament Free Flight Nets Lawrencevme IL Bob Johannes cranks up Tony Hutchins member youth World Champs team North Korean FF model obtained Poland incredible workmanshin features Soviet Scale rocket model Soya sean Wallops Island Unbelievable workmanship fliesl Executive VPs Report Dave Drown AMA Executive VP 4560 Layhigh Rd Hamilton OH 45013 someone mentions AMA Mu seum people think display heritage model aviation AMA AMA Museum ever-changing showcase talent American modeler well valuable tool research through Lee Renaud li brary museum valuable asset AMA However AMA HQ building de signed originally house headquar ters plus museum intention floorspace entire wing would rented someone else Although tenant very short time never really did rent out space Ironically ended up using area museum stor age tenant vacated Later area used Member ship Department became too small de partment moved erstwhile museum storage space shortly thereafter museum exhibit space expanded area membership vacated left museum occupying nearly 30% floorspace building just fine established growth AMA recent years has quite remarkable example fin ished 1984 94602 members f ished 1988 membership 138057 increase 46% just four years takes staff handle increased workload takes space house staff last Executive Council meeting considered options expansion HQ building After being presented number proposals getting rough esti mates Council decided close por tion large museum atrium use working space effect would re duce museum floorspace about half what now has proposal has met lot oppo sition AMA membership Because opposition because ongo ing search large piece property serve national flying siteand come location Headquarters wellsome us have begun think about whether right move Financially makes sense esti mates would cost about $150000 would net us about 2500 sq ft us able space problem some question whether addition would increase value building fact some think may reduce value building As short-term three-to-five year alterna tive could rent outside space per haps moving part operations out separate quarters can also per haps reduce museum size portion lies outside atrium leaving museum its original size esthetics building unspoiled something sort will have increase efforts find national site urgency thereof cant imagine stopgap solution could solve longer-term space problem Right now have approximately 50 employees squeezed approximately 10000 sq ft total floor space including lavoratories HVAC equip ment computer room storage just too tight efficient operations Dont feel badly conference room has just converted data input de partment membership renewal process ing four people guess Executive Council will have meet nearby hotel Oh well no said cost growth cheap Executive Directors View HQ John Worth AMA Executive Director 1810 Samuel Morse Dr Reston VA 22090 89 Nats Free Flight. came out bluea sudden flash light after weeks darkness 88 Na tional Championships much gloom caused cancellation Out door Free Flight events except Scale after farm planned events no longer available day before 1988 contest began AMA Executive Council met consider among other things location 1989 Nats Two possibilities looked prom ising Muncie IN Amana IA Both what looked like good Free Flight situa tions end meeting third pos sibility developed also opportunity good Free Flight site situationTaco ma WA Council directed Nationals Com mittee travel soon possible ex plore possibilities location could finalized Councils October 22nd meeting committee did high hopes enthusiasm didnt take long find out three locations problems Come gloom again Tacoma out use key military base declined Muncie possible problems volving several individual category sites Amana also possible high cost factors lack sufficient hard surfaces events needed mid-October earlier hopes cooled offnot dead dampened probability serious compromises suddenly another call State Washingtonthis time different part state vigorous broadly sup ported community effort what known Tn-Cities area succeeded producing offer dispelled dark ness Best included large Free Flight site thus chance make up 1988 event cancellation quick visit area confirmed promise just time Executive Council approval October 22nd So its now offi cial 1989 National Model Airplane Championships will held Tn-Cities area Pasco Kennewick Richland Wash ingtonJuly 15-23 Much information will forthcoming shortly now can said practically site situations look good weakest being door site just over 40 ft ceiling struc ture will first-ever Nationals Northwest part countrya swing east coast 88 near west coast 89 will bring Nats part country heavily involved aeromo deling until has long distance away typical Nats locations As Nationals first came Northeast 1983 hoped will big turnout Northwest east Mississippi distance may discouraging location ful fills basic goal Nationals planningto move event around parts country location return West after five years 1984 National contest held Reno NV Before 1977 Riverside CA 1989 therefore ing Horace Greeley exhorted Go West young man go West AMA Museum Patrons Program Benefits Service prestige recognition Categories Patrons tax deductible Regular $10 per year donation provides Special Card fivedigit number Special pin bumper sticker patch Museum Newsletter Hall Famers Charter $100 per first-year donation $10 per year thereafter services regular except threedigit number addition Charter Member version pin Honor Wall listing Life $1000 onetime donation services Regular Charter patrons plus special Life pin patch two-digit number Museum Newsletter compilation correspondence exchanges among Hall Famers others best described cronies Bill Winter people famous pioneers model aviationthe thinkers doers have helped make model world what todayare nucleus around museum communications will built Its important note thatthe subjects covered indirectly re lated museum itself museum con nection gather words nu cleus group disseminate others same time preserving history files future modelers can know views instru mental creating model aviation history past 50 years 122 Model Aviation Connecticut S Maine achusetts S New Hampshire Rhode Island S Vermont DISTRICT REPORT Don Kraftt District Vice-President PO Box 1828 Dusbory MA 02331 1617 934-6248 Associate Vice Presidents Bill Ctisndler PO Box 441 Orland ME 04472 Drew Davenport 33 Ash St Townsend MA 01469 Bob Landry 90 Main St Essex Jct /T 05452 Richard Sherman 28 High St Plymouth NH 03264 Bob Wallace 91 Sylvan St Avon CT 06001 Frequency Coordinator George Wilson 82 Frazier Way Marstons Mills MA 02645 Bob Hilda Ring Ring Field located Berwick ME Rings have owned property past 12 years During time have developed beautiful residence private airport Today several hangars Bobs workshop doubles meetingplace New England Sport Scale Associa tion Rings have built facilities through lot hard work great part willing allow model ers use New England Sport Scale Association NESSA uses Bob Rings runway its flying site area off side runway serves pit area pit fenced worktables provided addition clubhouse completely fenced-in viewing area club present has about 51 members especially welcomes young er members spend extra time junior-age members offering both flight training building assistance August 20 Barb along friends Da vid Susan Eisner attended club funfly followed picnic hangar weather just about perfect good time Concord Aeroguidance Society CAGS Berwick drove Concord NH spent night could attend Scale Fly-In sponsored GAGS flying site next dam area con trolled Corps Engineers club has dealing Mr Dave Shepard son has very cooperative work ing fly-in attracted about 23 participants brought 31 aircraft Some models large J-3 Lucien Wig dor Lockheed floats Gee Bee Sport ster Armond Cote Fairchild 22 Bob Griswold good day quite windy restricted flying 51 RC HELl PILOTS ATUEND FRANCONIA 88 FUN-FLY Third Annual Franconia Helicopter Fun-fly held weekend August 20 21 Franconia NH weekend fly ing activities attended 51 Hell pilots over New England brought 93 beautiful flying machines Co sponsored Ernie Huber Pike Noyes fun-fly held mountain airstrip Sugar Hill section Franconia sur rounded natural beauty White Mountains major theme fun-fly pro vide help beginners provide sistance just transitioning hovering forward flight Volunteer structors hand supervise hov ering area factory reps helped straight en out mechanical problems cropped up Five flying areas provided two hovering Intermediate flyaround two Advanced aerobatic fly ing Smooth efficient operation transmitter impound frequency board Mary Huber Ernies wife enabled get lots flying time Lighthearted competition held Satur day afternoon included pad hopping contest beginners Pylon Race Intermediate Expert fliers Trophies awarded categories well Most Improved flier fun-fly Best Scale machine Raffle prizes provided Miniature Aircraft Robbe Gorham Model Products Yale Hobby Tonys Hobby Shop Re vere MA Make plans now join us next year Franconia 89 January 1989 123 Lou Greenwald Rob Lawrence Concord Skyhawks Lou files originaldesign airplane powered Zenoah 38 Rob flies Shuttle uses two ihannI rndin nnCroI mixar Chris Olsen father Charles Sportaire 40 Dave Eisner L admiring Bob Griswolds Fairchild 22 CAGS Scale rally built Orilne kit Quadra 50 Franconia 88 Fun-Fly want share following news release Mark Cookson Mike Mae NESSA fun-fly Bob Hilda Ring owners Ring Field Hangar background houses Aer onca Champ Members NESSA participated fun-fly August 20 1988 New England Sport Scale Association NESSA emblem Picnic supper after fun-fly hangar serves workshop meeting area Participants Franconia Helicopter FunFly New York 0 New Jersey II DISTRICT REPORT John Byrne District II Vice-President 36-29 213 Street Bayside NY 11361 719 225-8319 Associate Vice Presidents Pete Bianchini 280 S Broadway Yonkers NY 10705 Tom Brown P0 Boo 4933 APO NY 09009 Prank Costello 27 Kearney St Dover NJ 07901 Prank Dreoch 9 Willow Ave. Piscataway NJ 09854 Ray Jaschlrus 7 Evergreen Ave New Hyde Park NY 11040 Kenneth Koeppel 194 N Union Street PO Boo 217 Olean NY 14780 Robert Roave 39 Monroe St Keyport NJ 07735 Adam Sattler 41 Perry Ave Latham NY 12110 Lon Saster 3082 Rabbit Lava Phoevia NY 13135 Prequency Coordinator George Myers 70 Froelich Parm Rd Hicksville NY 11901 Second District Thoughts Nothing official mind would greatly surprised AMA establish Couple branch off ices ie west coast another Midwest Logically latter lo cation could Illinois Missouri former some part California pro jection would say sooner better hope will agree solely because experiencing growing pains Reston though fact rather order provide widespread segments member ship greater degree immediacy service duly entitled Quite coincidentally plans progress revamp existing facility Reston accommodate burgeoning need working space currently congested Headquarters am pleased serving upon committee charged responsibility Nostalgic Nats notes would require space have disposal recount personal feelings concerning years Nats couple aspects thereof should like address briefly First loss Free Flight year struck devastating blow may signifi cantly alter time-honored concept comprehensively structured classic can though escape optimistic feeling members FF community will grant us still another opportunity earn con fidence inclination ability rectify situation next year positive side however happier note struck impressive response Fun-Fly innovation overwhelm ing unqualified success know because personally involved helping run arrived Fentress Saturday Reston early mist morning greeted literally hordes modelers cheerfully setting up clamoring become airborne earliest possible moment Un der able supervision Bob Underwood AMA Technical Director lost little time activating event apparently everyones satisfaction shot made Bob height action panoramic view scene Here two typical scenes years jamboree Long Island Cobras Model Airplane Club Chart er #1426 Roosevelt Field Long Island nature hallowed ground minds revere excitement socalled Lindbergh Era full-scale flight devel opment passage time has also come change form huge shop ping mall place prestigious flying field Over years however Cobras group has held its annual static event historic site earlier years club settle modest space remote part mall passage time efforts ar ea impressed hosts years show able held larger much impressive location within premises witnessed recorded trusty camHere shot Sid Nerenson sporting cap longtime Cobra official surrounded several fellow club members extend compliments involved 22nd Annual WW jamboree Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome NY wouldnt miss classics could help soon September 10th just past drove upstate Rhinebeck has case years al ways enjoyed annual experience thoroughly thrills marvelous ly constructed masterfully flown model air craft Above sessions permit re newal friendships provide op portunity exchanging thoughts ideas hopes aspirations best wishes ones favorite people ie fellow aeromodelers Sky Rovers Air Show 88 july 23-24 Rovers strangers regular readers monthly reports magazine fact shall actually mark fourth appearance column earlier references see MA sues June 1988 June 1987 August 1987 So much record now relate cap tioned event described club members essence spectacle drew 61 pilots 80 aircraft cidentally Rover members never permitted fly club-sponsored events midafternoon day flying stopped about 20 minutes club conducted Hand-Launched Glider event children tending air show photograph five-year-old Dean Thomas won twoday raffle open pilots actually flying meet told Dean Thom youngest pilot ever fly Rover air shows dad member Vet Thomas proud say least As special feature show New York State Police Department dispatched its helicopters Ford Field scene action piloted Officer R F Odit Jr swered questions spectators con clude months report impressive photo man machine sincere thanks member Dave Reid input 124 Model Aviation Navy did Its utmost accommodate us respect accordingly grate ful its ongoing support matters connection pleased introduce fine naval officers help ful us Lt Eugene Winston Gear up locked Ohio 0 Pennsylvania S West Virginia III DISTRICT REPORT Bob Brown District III Vice-President 1255 High Street Bradford PA 16701 914362-7702 Associate Vice Presidents Francis Fiuharty 504 21st St Vienna WV 20101 Neison Gould 1944 S Idaho St Allentown PA 18103 John Hathaway 102 Woodmere Dr New Stanton PA 15672 Jay Mealy 208 Witmer St Cleartinid PA 10830 Lawrence R Weimer 15013 Greendaic Ave Mapie Hts OH 44137 Gil Weiss 3004 Hailowell Ct Bensalem PA 19020 Frequency Coordinator John Collie 102 Wyoming Ane Forty Port PA 18704 Phone 717 207-8970 Happy holidays May wish suc cess happiness Current Council land purchase plan must proceed careful consideration required size location primary concern must economical service membership Should site located East West NO centralized lo cation necessary Should Headquarters located property Sale current undersized structure could provide capital needed establish premier site lower operating costs allow future ex pansion Academy Members may ex press opposing Views primary goal Council must SERVICE en tire membership purpose column promote best interests modeler District Ill Anyone wishes specific details actions reasoning within Council should personally contact Unfortunately am unable attend activities district such event annual Labor Day Celebration Westmore land County PA As part activities Northmoreland RC Club demonstrates types model flying helps club maintain favorable position Westmoreland Department Parks Recrea tion Congratulations fine effort public demonstration Northmore land RC Club provided excellent public rela tions Jerry Fink editor Pittsburgh ARCS newsletter succumbed battle cancer offer condolences Jerrys family leadership will missed hope Beltzville Youth Program featured November column will generate additional interest assisting todays children month would like introduce two District Ills young sters. Keep em flyin KIDS Photo Charles Alba 7V2-year-old Loran Wagner daughter Joe Joan Wagner New Wilmington PA Photo Weiss Getting youngsters involved RC flying important AMA objective Shown receiv ing some hands-on flight training IMAA Chapter 168 instructor Mark Lenhart sevenyear-old Kenny Karpinski Philadelphia Frank Fluharty has put forth excellent ef fort position West Virginia AVP certainly informing clubs news area activities such activity West Virginia Annual Pattern Scale Bat Con test Ravenswood WV Contest Direc tors Steve Sturm Mark Radcliff report Scale entries increased Pattern en tries decreased say may due changing date contest traditional date Next years contest will back schedule plan attend may meet Boss Hog following example hardware presented winners Photo Fluharty beautiful trophies presented winners West Virginia Pattern Scale Contest District Ill proud host US Scale Masters Northeast August 20-21 1988 great contest can best described great pictures AVP Gil Weiss FLYING NEAR AIRPORTS BE CAREFUL Free Flight Radio Control flying near airports situation might involve possiblity models being vicinity full-scale aircraft opera tions must avoidedor conducted eliminate dangerous situa tions Models should flown proximity full-scale aircraft unless flier has someone else him sole purpose watching full-scale aircraft supervising flying prevent possibility accident Photo Gil Weiss Partial view flight line US Scale Masters Northeast highlighted finelooking realistic-flying Giant Scale Emdecker 19 entries well-organized contest directed CD Mel Katz Au gust 20-211988 Warminster Naval Air Development Center regional contest sponsored Sonic Tronics JC RC Hobbies 53, intensity US.uasters Northeast judging flying shown above Judges Felix Vozzo 1 Jerry Cowan center enter scores pilot caller turn downwind leg preparation another flyby AMA structure contest coordina tion has problems year more sanctioned events evolve As plan clubs 1989 summer schedule please consider others area Cooperation within local clubs essential . Would possible arrange joint meetings dis cuss activities Another example sharing cooperation between clubs AMA districts Ed Carber R discusses fine-flying Lazy Ace Bipe members Washington Crossing NJ RC Club Mercer County RC Club West Windsor NJ RC Club photo taken Jacksonville NJ Levittown Aerobugs field second three interciub fun-flys took place closing hope offers New Years resolution make 1989 quietlest year ever flying activity Noisy models crux poor public relations months club picture Southeastern Pennsylvania Aero Modelers SPARCS activity Warm ster PA Happy holidays January 1989 125 AWdtt/ Members Southeastern Pennsylvania Aero Modelers Radio Control ocieny Warmin ster PA Delaware 0 District Columbia land h Carolina ivVirginia DISTRICT REPORT Howard Crispin District IV Vice-President 611 Beechwood Dr Charlottesville VA 22901 Associate Vice Presidents Robert 6 Babura 117 Otin Drive Severn MD 21144 Phone 3011 969-9356 Bob Champine 205 Tipton Rd Newport Newa VA 23906 Rick Chrietoph 970 Star Creat Harrinonburg VA 22901 Chuck Foreman 5811 Rinker Dr Mechanicaville VA 23111 Doag Holland 3517 Femmood Dr Raleigh NC 27e12 Scotty Moyer 11 Orchard Lane Wilmington DE 19909 Charlen Spear 298 Holly Lane Mackeville NC 27029 Frequency Coordinator Paul Yacobucci 6409 Winthrop Dr Fayetteville NC 29301 Phone Evening 919 488-5996 Regional flying sites subject continuing interest difficulties arises search ultimately purchase property time ex pended getting things approved through committees important agreement reached concerning purchases leasing contracts need reduce response time some manner Too often land can lost because day late cannot answer what being done other districts areas regard have active getting out making quiries looking land am interested primarily obtaining site less centrally located east coast East critical need good Free Flight site well land could support entire Nationals site located west Appalachian mountains does answer requirement dis tances Southeast North east become excessive such land avail able answer yes several considerations need analyzed looking land looking land buildings looking increased costsand usually something no use Another consideration profile land very desirable land flat land under cultiva tion odds also quite expen sive thing probably contains number buildings land needs self draining multitude drain age ditches land must available zoning recreational land permits needed operate miniature aircraft tract size should nearly square rec tangular possible longest dimen sion along path prevailing winds have waited years get mov ing project vital land ready use 1 January 1989 important can developed us able sites types activities operated simultaneously site used Nationals its dimensions really need order one-and-a-half two miles square major piece land parts country have flown over driven piece land meets requirements land needs clearing seeding make huge flat area aeromodeling capable supporting conceivable aeromodeling needswhatever would desire aeromodeling land has tal volume approximately 3000 acres approximately three miles oneand-a-half miles clearing less 2000 acres would provide site size handle Nationals except Indoor especially come 1991 some proposed alterations Nationals schedule could done now price right land doubt quality purchase can ac complished owners Execu tive Council committee will read after two events have taken place Executive Council meeting held 22 23 October after election officers results elections will available around 1 December know least two mem bers Council will new can affect what transpires actions land procurement other subjects What ing done other areas something know time No information rel ative other sites has distributed Council members date After upcoming Council meeting will let receive District IV newsletter know status land purchases other areas country should heard Membership total membership Academy 1988 over 138000 higher estimated growth does say need concentrate member ship services includes question flying sites need attract junior members need definitive programs accomplish goal need much responsive needs of different categories aeromod eling Most need develop some type standard responses prob lems arise particular category volved has very clear understanding program Too often answers get nothing incite bitterness organization often get service part mandate can allow happen Bylaws number bylaws proposals will submitted upcoming Council meeting After introduction cycle second proposal session January meeting will submitted Leader Membership approval disap proval changes going have con siderable bearing upon way busi ness end result should bring greater efficiency effectiveness operation Academy should also enhance response membership strive grow Watch changes publicized important should have chance express opinions Check out club know Leader Mem bers club Let know opin ion can vote based voice group quite some time have probably no ticed has discussion Academy organized operating very easy voice concern quite something else sit down work out al terations will make organization stronger better what Execu tive Council will working Size good thing organization can work larger group cannot done everything still being handled inef ficient manner District news realize would like see district happenings month felt important express views couple very important subjects need work both long-term benefit Academy Since am directly involved matters can say am also ing some work getting things moving ask also consider other subjects items needed fu ture As said will appear after elec tions has nothing sub ject What good entire organiza tion also good District IV SoundCant pg 120 ness using four five layers -oz glass cloth front rear pro peller expected have reduction noise maybe slight reduction rpm compared thicker blades what happened quite different noise level did come down 800-rpm increase Blade flex does play important role efficiency make props wider get rpm flight speed down Results going wider blade stead increasing pitch what can expect standard day using 60 tuned pipe 9 lb static thrust 10000 rpm same flight speed lower rpm someone running highpitched prop Efficiency quiet David shows what can done has technical facility capability making what required concepts will available interim experiment ing higher pitches still viable op tion sport flier Once better ef ficient props available can differ ent things As David does show takes factors understanding interrelate get wish go AMA Technical Award Bob Underwood Technical Director Near end 1985 AMA Executive Council voted approve concept technical award given Aca demy award honors development items improve performance model aircraft components enable equipment perform new tasks simplify facilitate tasks now required build ing flying encourage safety sound suppression Technical Award acknowledges peo ple have made significant contribu tion technical end hobbyf sport Bob Bill Hunter Satellite City re ceived first Technical Award troduction cyanoacrylate adhesives modeling community nomination individuals groups award may made two AMA members must received September 1st year Nomination forms can obtained AMA Headquar ters contacting Technical Director Bob Underwood Voting candidates done AMA Council Past VicePresidents 126 Model Aviation Alabama ida 0 Georgia issippi 0 Puerto Rico Sooth Carolioa 0 Teonesoee V DISTRICT REPORT Lee Webster District V Vice-President 1000 Sycamore Manchester TN 37355 Associate Vice Presidents Philip Cope e Hedoewood Rd Knoxville TN 37918 Edward Hunter Ri 3 Box 288 Amory MS 38821 Richard Jackuon 2118 Thorulee Dr N Churtexton SC 28405 Arthur Johnuon 932 Banyan Dr Deiray Beach FL 33444 Joxeph Micalizzi SR 00866 Box 1532 Fuierdo PR 00648 Ed Moorman 85 12th Street Shalimar FL 32579 Dick Patton 765 Bailey Brook Circle Birmingham AL 35244 Tom Thacker 849 Eaxt Glochexter Place Norcroxx GA 30071 Frequency Coordinator Burnix Fieldo P0 Box 1063 Strickland Rd interlachen FL 32048 Phone 904 884-2517 Remember last month told would report Air Foiler Free Flight meet issue brag about proper way put good Dont know can cellation Nats Free Flight contrib uting factor meet bigger better ever like take view proves Free Flight aint dead yet big thing about Air Foiler Free Flight meets designed body has fun example fly Peanut Scale heats way FAC guys fly Scale Only cant change motors between flights break winding fatigues out too bad get two minutes wind countdown launch Last man down wins heat event final heat would sur prised strategy employed re sult rules turns out highly contested event fun barrel monkeys Since Peanut Race call has successful have instituted same ap proach small rubber-powered models Cur rently flying two events one-of-a-kind models model designs Wally Sim mers Gollywock Pacific Ace mod el type flown mass launch long est flight taking hardware Its quite sight t6 see 10 models climbing blue together Havent significant midairs yet have close calls once touched competitors Peanut model twice same heat Once near launch once about 45 seconds flight Since stayed up longer other contestant jokingly claimed took unfair advantage him Its worth noting 1/2A Texaco flown SAM rules growing steadily popularity al Proves mind least Radio Con trol duration events fit well Free Flight contest agenda two kinds dura tion flying seem complement other sure nice windy day able pick up model after 15-minute flight walk back car mile crosscountry touring all-terrain vehicle Very nice guys like gray hair gim py legs contestants old gray-headed die-hards either shown first photo several Juniors entered Bradley Bishop Zachary Taylor two winners Hand-Launched Gliders i-noro oy Joe I-reeman Juniors Bradley Bishop Zack Taylor won Hand-Launched Gliders Air Foiler Free Flight meet Photo two shows Senior Open high-point winner Dick Hall As usual Dick flew thing Old-Timers modern day highclimbing AMA Gas jobs some fastest-climbing power jobs Ive ever seen think year gets harder beat Dick Hall launching Spacer Talking about winners have show lady practices what preaches third photo presents Bonny Jenkins current chairperson Free Flight Contest Board first-place-winning Al Glider Well done Bonny guy husband Bill well-known Free Flight compet itor published picture Bill some months ago RC Glider something also does well Bonny Bill Jenkins showing off Bonnys Al Glider statistics show AMA com posed about 100000 RC-oriented members compared about 5000 will admit interest Free Flight questionnaires contests like indicate Free Flight isnt dead yet fact believe growing coming commonplace RC fliers discov erthe relaxation fun Peanut Scale P-30 can provide Also some kinds RC du ration fit well Free Flight scene chal lenge Free Flight community stop get ting bent out shape what perceived effort some put radios Free Flight models thus eliminating Free Flight look ways integrate more RC duration activities overall picture Weve done SAM years few no problems AMA scene also spite noise thats created about so-called RC Free Flight fields getting hard er find some methods preserving thrill duration flying must found ar eas otherwise off-limits Free Flight have known Along route RC Soaring isnt far away Free Flight either fits Free Flight better RC Power events comes light quickly large club fly ing sites try safely accommodate both Soar ing power flying often Soaring guys get run off own club field accommodate both kinds planes takes lot give-and-take make work also have special field layout isnt opti mum either power flier Glider guider Yet combination works best interests overall membership AMA group must also develop such give-and-take position strength well-integrated organization serving best interests participating parties Divided small argu ing factions become ineffective pow erless Lets let such divisions occur Plans future Nats being generated being written long-range AMA plan acquire ownership suitable land parcels future Nats obvious such site wont ready next Nats Nats picture writing still developing Finding site suitable holding AMA events hard ever So split Nats two major events held two sites different times split lines RC Free Flight Control Line put compatible ac tivities together site example Free Flight RC Soaring could use same site big enough flexible enough ac commodate varying wind conditions Other RC events like Pylon Aerobatics generally re quire hard-surfaced areas like runways aprons So Control Line events appear group well together meantime have fun idea grows leaps bounds Got letter old bud dy Tom Cimino reports tremendous success Brandon FL last fun-fly Tom writes beautiful air planes format fly have fun flew until pilots decided theyd enough flying no judging fly ing judging done work manship planes fun flys scheduled year district Its healthy trend Air shows also growing number also fun give us chance show wares talents general public East Ridge RC Club put its first show back success shown fol lowing excerpt newsletter Skywrit ers want express thanks worked hard make first MDA Air Show great success took lot work us through cooperation asked help way grateful Just case havent heard raised $1492 MDA far beyond what MDA us dared hope So once again say THANKS great bunch guys Looking over Hangar Pilot put out Dr John Martin came across proposal Chuck Markos Indoor Catapult Glider event Now talking Since polio arms make normal HandLaunched Glider flying impossible Ive compensated flying Catapult Gliders out doors years Air Foilers used have some great winter contests Catapult Glid ers Doing indoors should blast Well till next time keep em flying January 1989 127 SOUND ADVICE Keep within sound guideline 90 dBA 9 ft might keep fly ing site Illinois 0 Indiana 0 Kentucky 0 Missouri VI DISTRICT REPORT Jim Sears District VI Vice-President PO Box 308 Burgin KY 40310 Associate Vice Presidents Finn Baliard Ri 5 Box 90 Decatur IN 46733 Charije Bauer 4944 N Orange Norridge iL 60656 Cal Ettei #3 Castle Drive AR 2 Fiorissant MO 63534 Wiiiiam Kern 1808 12th St Bedford iN 47421 Dick Taylor 7929 Jefferson Kansas City MO 64114 Stan Watson 10414W 134 Street Palos Park IL 60464 Bill Zimmer Box 72 Varna IL 61375 year quickly Coming end So building season us Dis trict 6 hope have time finish couple models year Im looking forward having seaplane next flying season course thats what Id planned year Its sad time gets away us quickly So much next flying season Ive road lot month figured Id better get going before run out things go year Most clubs tend slack off some after October time settle getting sched ule ready new year first weekend month dropped fifth annual Hamilton RC Model ers Four-Cycle Rally 65 brave souls dared show stuff registered 94 planes put total 198 flights What show air constantly busy course contest have fly rounds can name added raffle barrel big draw prizes Thats tough competition going after big items should have seen traffic jams airplanes waiting fly After found out what prizes wished could have entered course didnt get see much flying spend too much time socializing Still guess should watch some fly full flight seldom get chance Its still lot fun next weekend decided take Fri day afternoon off headed Ft Knox US Scale Masters Championships dont know con test biggie Scale buffs year hosted Southern Indiana RC Club Fort Knox Model Airplane Club What team things under control included weather rain held off until after contest except occa sional sprinkle Dale Arvin youd proud Now could get come up some kind miracle keep away rain plan Missouri trips wonder event 56 brave souls guys flying some beautiful airplanes have ever seen wasnt cull bunch Heck sure am glad dont build well Id never fly em details modelers put just lovely saw model handmade radial engine sitting its nose Wow did notice trend toward larger models looked performance sort pointed out reasons too seemed rock solid wind what can see will probably see fewer small entries What did surprise lack Jet models remember thing sure lot civilian-type air craft present liked word advice thinking going Scale feel have new model about ready work some Its tough out Saturday Lexington KY see Bluegrass Soaring Societys LSF regional tendance low spirits high After full night morning looked contest going rainout weather finally broke thermals warming up fliers made effort milk little bit lift could find worth Some lift very weak too Still managed keep air Duration events shame time limits flights Sunday headed Albion IL fun-fly guys asked come previous fun-fly said Id try flew about half flight over fog like puffy cotton nestled over hills Beau tiful what makes neat fly got Albion fog cleared spotted flying site first impression site envy guys get use grass strip thats 4000 ft long Theyve opted use few hundred feet flying site middle farmland people own property super provide club access restroom buildings lots runway etc nothing guys have made contest pretty good Fun-flys promote excitement especially flying limbo Im much playing card games etc fun-flys prefer luck played out such things touch-andgoes etc fellows agreed event featured some skill requirement course event set trophies As day went rains came add pressure pilots Well kept flying rain did what should stayed under canopy did finish rounds flying leave just put last flight left rain still really fun day Albion crew may just have swing again got letter fellow week really disturbed upset about couple things fact didnt give contest real buildup column after made visit Well Im really sorry about However told him Im head counter dont keep scores leave other columns something special said about event try trips visit members Thats reason trav el can keep track contest Im constantly doing job talking people So its OK will con tinue tell people Ive Id rather let know Im get ting out Would like progress report about frequency situation radio modifica tion problems Sure would fly RC As being written around first October frequency issue has gotten interesting say least Ive two gentlemen Brandywine MD join forces Glenn Whidden Bud Snyder knowledgeable about FCC regs Glenn because nature trade deals FCC regularly So has developed expertise FCC regs around Part 95 know Part 95 set FCC regulations dealing several types ra dios included Since contacted Bud about month ago new battle try save old wideband radios high gear Bud pusher Due persistence Bud Glenn weve learned mods transmitters may illegal just kept reading regs quite vague ex plaining changes nothing says can modify RC radio regs actually say cant Being able modify wideband transmit ters strong selling point proposal end wideband usage have made changes tighten up systems systems may legal Last month said Im getting conflicting answers Well now have studied Part 95 own weve found rules RC industry using mods probably RC Howzat arent done yet told may send letter FCC get answers some questions Well Glenn beat has written FCC ask questions establish legal ity mods RC systems able modify transmitters guess going have spend lot money new equipment 1991 AMA pro posal passed FCC Silver-stickered transmitters will gone talk about cheap will convert narrow band would thrown out dont consider buying new narrow-band equip ment being cheap option Whats easiest way out think have discussing long time Leave old wideband radio equipment alone let clubs decide Its simple Yes go before FCC proposal requests tighter RC systems manufacturers Attrition will take care older equipment may pur chasing new today Leave old wideband radios alone kind propos al no worry about mods Clubs across nation have proved wideband environment 40 kHz works None clubs have talked t6 want give up wideband systems AMA officials set doing opposite what members want Beats Enough now. SAFE FLYER PATCH Fliers have pledged use AMA Safety Code operating models entitled wear Safe Flyer Patch Send photocopied typewritten handwritten declaration see AMA Supply Ser vice Catalog signature Include check money order $2 no cash pay able Academy Model Aeronautics 128 Model Aviation Iowa 0 Michigan 0 Minnesota 0 W sconoin VII DISTRICT REPORT Peter Waters District VII Vice-President 117 E Main Upper Level Northville MI 48167 CompuServe addrean EMAiL 700472162 Assisnent Vice President Boyd Bowdiub 6410 Gienwood N Goiden Vaiiey MN 55427 Associate Vice Presidents Jack Finn 368 Hampden Dr NE Cedar Rapida iA 52402 Bad Gorman Box 33 Knife River MN 55609 Raaaeii Knetzger 2625 E Shorewood Blvd Milwaukee WI 53211 Jean Lanik 305 PaBi Piece Hoiiand Mi 49423 Can MoSs 5024 Lake Mendota Dr Madinon Wi 53705 Ron Seam 132 S Ronlyn Pontiac Mi 48054 Paai Smith 11112 Diii Drive Steriing Nix Mi 46077 Frequency Coordinator Bob Stamm Box 357 Minocqee Wi 54548 still Merry Christmas time Beats age falling leaves geese weaving way South Which means am suffering flying withdrawal have trips mall shows look forward building program . well planned yet AMA activities hotting up first meeting Property Acquisition Com mittee t PAC 6 group. held during RCHTA Show Chi cago group heading up search Valhalla Modeling Permanent Flying Site have now prepared several sets criteria make easier sort out sites forwarded choose promising ones As will THAT too big decide News eleven RCHTA Show new idea tract entertain modelers invited top modelers skills termed Superstars Model ing set up table clinics talk get help ideas questions answered Included district Dolly Bob Wischer Steve Sauger Keith Shaw Terry Edmonds Talking sev eral stars seems liked idea publicity will highlight next year idea exactly like used fa mous Madison Sailplane Symposium have several send some photos column thanks deed However have unusable due case using ball-point pen write information onto back photo Please write prints add self-stick notes fill details pencil Re member try use photos people models try have too much print get processed column editor clips picture lots small detail will become difficult discern printed Keep posing close up send have visitor staying sev eral weeks Old Country Eng lishman named Martin Forrest managed get him entered Q500 Flying Ti gers meet gathered top Novice teresting comment Martin would able fly event UK .its too noisy Noise reduction has progressed being important ef fort Interesting too Wayne Yeagers plea passing rule Quarter Midget muf flers monthly issue TURN Mem bership has now exceeded 1. pro motion Q-500 Quarter Midget sole goal have application forms have neat logo too club has new newsletter editor actually two clubs should proud tough job editors make point mention often possible years editors main communication line clubs always needing informa tion articles editor has sent request National Newsletter send him AMA HQ attention Lou Ward will get him NNL month add source mate rial month have following section written AVP Ron Sears Ron Pon tiac recoenized Scale flier District Roundup Cloudbusters full swing celebrating Golden Jubi lee 1989 Thats quite milestone ty presses Flight Lines once again turning out newsletters St Croix Valley RC Club City RCs FlareOut talks about club history what happening 10 15 20 25 years ago Oh good old days edi tor Blunderbuss has identified himself herself phantom strikes again newsletter well pre pared printed Helipad should consider folding examine positive things can happen small group like editors seem begging copy talent expertise out editors should swamped information What say fellows t Paul Model Radio Controllers starting Scale model building class winter activity Patrols becoming very popular re cently demonstrated Traverse Area Model Pilots Society What can better sausage eggs after early morning flying Wash Detroit Area Modelers describes club meetings form entertainment thats wilder Worldwide Wrestling abusive Billy Martin umpires has arguments United States Su preme Court essful charity fundraiser Milwaukee Flying Electrons help Milwaukee RC Associa tion Dairyland Aero Miniature Mod elers raised $1000 donated Waukesa County Chapter Associ ation Retarded Citizens Electrons also held second annual Instructor Ap preciation Day owing news letters come words wisdom Lloyd McConkie says its dry out place trees chasing dogs Short Circuits newsletter Remember balsa trees wont grow out know keep trying transplant Clippings newsletter Roses red violets swell finger prop hurts like dickens Flight Lines dont get change misspent youth Pulse Newsletter flying field Milwaukee Scimitar Squadron Noise part problem clamp ing down noise pollution Aero hawk Radio Fliers club er Month section showing up news letters terrific way learn about other promote strong club gratulations newly elected club ficers May have very rewarding 1989 January 1989 129 FIyn Wolverines RCs Don Schulte sends pictures successful Fun Show Fly Neat safety-conscious club Adrian Ml Bits Pieces RC 0-500 meet Heres said thank-you snoneore Adrian 0-500 winners L R Chuck Wool cy Joe Cohen Pete Waters Ken Heatlie flrnis Imnpr ne last aays summer sunanine nne iuno 0-500 Race 55and relaxing between heats Toledos Flying Tiger Field L R Don Libke Dan Kane Jr Dennis Sumner M~tIi q Rrnwn nd Rnu RIkA UBVe uflo nindy Curtis helper Flying Tigers Q-500 Racethe end summer Arkansas Louisiana New Mexico 0 Oklahoma 0 Texas VIII DISTRICT REPORT Johnny Clemens District VIII Vice-President PO Box 64573 Dallas TX 75206 Associate Vice Presidents Dannie Bell 264 S Bee Line Rd Dallan TX 75253 Michael S Hamnon 600 T Main Hot Springe AR 71901 Gene Hempel 301 N Yale Dr Garland TX 75042 William Hurley III 229 Brian Dr Pleananton TX 75064 Bill Lee 3522 Tamariak Lane Missouri City TX 77459 Larry Seflor 1415 Manor Dr Bartleevilie OK 74003 Bd Shearer 3416 David Dr Metairie LA 70003 Chuck Wood 909 Harvard St Clovis NM 88101 Frequency Coordinator Bill May 3839 Ducheax Trail Dallas TX 75229 guess utter fascination building flying model airplanes spelled out happy modeler said Gee fun watching two Grey hound buses chase Volkswagen Rabbit admire District VIII newsletter edi tors much am always anxious help out advice gleaned own experiences Latest hint DONT LICK STAMPS OR ENVELOPES AFTER EATING OREO COOKIES kidding aside think have AMAs finest newsletter edi tors right District VIII So good fact hope fine folks will keep mailing list after step down district vice-president end year Stepping down VP will end involvement AMAs direction will least permanently AMAs Presidents Council always pleasant surprise realize often have order rubberpowered models hobby shop mind will probably say Yes kids Yes wonderful kids would believe sell older adults Most custom ers folks enjoyed modeling kids reclaiming some fun youth changing world tick led find something pleasant has stayed same have errone ous opinion much se lection stick-and-tissue kits badly mistaken keep about 75 80 dif ferent stick-and-tissue kits hand stuff go way have figured out Henry Ford probably made possible invention development rubberband-powered model planes see manufactured Ford cars required rubber tires required rubber inner tubes would snitch dads cut up rubberbands power model planes Thank Henry Ford above report rubber-powered end Free Flight activity will tickle friends National Free Flight Society Free Flight leaders like Tony Italiano Tony president National Free Flight Soci ety Bob Meuser Dick Johnson Bill Hannan George Perryman Hardy Brodersen host others will remember started out Free Flighter building rubber-powered models nine years old got big kick out another old friend Keith McClure Bartlesville OK re calling used intimidate other contes tants showed up FF contests Comet Zipper doped white orange flame streak-back powered Bunch Tiger 45 name HELLS FIRE painted sides fuselage Modeling has sure wonderful part life sure wish same talking neighbors few days ago never built model planes hobby mainly gardening asked him what able raise year heat lack rain said Mostly cal luses lucky modelers have sure received some excellent pro gressive thinking lately pass AMA Council such matters RC fre quency problems insurance forth info has come Chuck Andraka Albuquerque NM John Gill Dallas RC Club fine AVP Dannie Ball constructive sug gestions members can offer smarter direction AMA will same time am saying just gripe offering alternative better sug gestion NOT helping holding us back Please know AMA President Don Lowe Council really appreciate CONSTRUCTIVE criticism As Yogi Bear might say Nobody cant know everything also have received lot firsthand expe rience turn word about mod eling OUTSIDE world instead just talking ourselves fine info has come Bob Spivey Austin TX working airport sponsors opera tors through Sate Texas Aeronautics Commission Bob relaying experi ences AMA Headquarters through Geoff Styles unsung hero kind effort Among final services district VP want make sure good transfer authority responsibilities office successor Regarding AMA dis play available clubs district hope hand new VP list dates have asked along display sure dates want dis play please let know separate note phone call will make separate file pass table display really got some mileage past year need AMA literature go display should request AMA Head quarters goes videotapes well display will help formalize presentation mall shows meetings bit advice before sign off month married please consider wife happiness too modeler know always overdid self indulgence family funds time spending too much both model air planes got breaking point family relations wife just griped griped un til finally walked out asked him what said said leaving said up till thought could gripe fuss told leaving found out could sing turn cartwheels same time too 130 Model Aviation Kirk Massey Willis TX impressed DEAF Club Dallas second annual Electric Fun-Fly beautiful Giant Elec tric Cub Takeoff roll about 10 15 ft Steven Carber Robert Tod Dallas hold ing unique Hospital Ship very original design fuselage being genuine hospital crutch Note red cross wing pair now working flying guitar should strike new note originality Dan Garfinkel Laporte TX Flap per Ornithopter Dan trying both electric gas engine power Successful flights pending hunting best gear ra Aircraft ID Labels would like additional stick air craft ID labels like 1988 membership kit may ordered AMA Supply Service 10 $100 postpaid Please include remittance order specify stick-on labels Tom Killough paid return visit Dallas present home Huntsville AL astonish us ultra-unique diamondwing pusher actually flies **** Were outa fuel Cotta land **** Cobrado 0 Kansas 0 Nebraska North [takota 0 South Dakota ixWyoming DISTRICT REPORT Travis McGinnis District IX Vice-President 8027 W 81st Circle Arvada CO 80005 CompuServe addresn EMAIL 7e0572750 Associate Vice Presidents Tom Boyd 701 N 58th St Lincoln NE 88505 Naihen Lancanter 3597 S Kendall St Denver CO 80235 Runa Miller neo N 3rd Carrington ND 58421 Don Moden 410 Hart Salina KS 57401 Jim Ricketta 516 5 Cloudan Sioux Felix SD 57103 Frequency Coordinator Steve Manglen Radio Service Center sie S Sheridan Denver Co eosae Phone Day 303 922-8107 Evening 303 930-3285 Doins around district. Wyoming 8th Annual Rocky Mountain Jumbo Fly held last weekend May sponsored Casper Airmodelers Association great show accompanied warm light breezes some 90 air planes Casper Airmodelers wives deserve big THANKS fine dinner Saturday night live music provided Bill Carpenter Jim Wyatt No went away empty-handed lots prizes awarded Scale class winners first place Ron Compton Littleton COPiper Pawnee second place Dean Sadler Lakewood CoPiper Cub third place Noel Hess Salt Lake City UTWaco Biplane 14-scale powered five-cylinder radial engine Peoples Choice Wayne Smith Bosler A/Ylarge Telemaster Gailen Stoumbaugh wife Marsha key people making years flyin successful event k forward Jumbo event 89 Wyoming October 11 re ceived resignation letter faithful sociate vice-president Gene Corson Gene cites work commitments disallow time job justice Gene has held appointed position number years has always touch something needed attention kept us informed about happenings State Wyoming regret resignation accepted thanks job well done - Gene YOU ARE APPRECI ATED would like have position filled first year would appreciative nominations modelers Wyoming important job before jump suggest someone check see wish considered what quali fications interest lies Id suggest write ask job descrip tion has updated document prepared describes appointed posi tion Some suggestions have come up recent times having associate vice-president elected office within respective state just district vice-president within district Id like pursue input would have out across district issue. can share input later column youd like Larrie Schaeffer Cheyenne comes note describing joint effort/meet High Plains Drifters Free Flight Club Chey enne Magnificent Mountain Men Free Flight Club Denver raised $240 Make Wish Foundation hoped make annual event conjunction Rocky Mountain Free Flight Championships Rick Pangell Larrie would like thank merchants contributing success meet trend modeling groups make contributions Make Wish Founda tion other charitable groups What neat way show world modelers un selfish caring folks Keep up good work Loren Moen Bottineau ND sends report Fourth Annual Pylon Pattern meet held August indicates suc cessful international event sorts since competitors Canada attending Note flags next picture Great work Rottineau Balsa Busters Brave Pattern fliers Brandon Mani toba Canada Bismarck ND Minot Mi AFB Bottineau ND L R stand ing Jim Larsen Arlyn Moen Fred Urlacher Thomas Hall Loren Moen Kneeling Rick Collingwood Bob Johnson John Nel son John mistakenly awarded third Sportsman few minutes after pic ture taken given rightful winner Chuck Judd Sorry Chuckl Stand ing far left anonymous Ian Colorado comes report Ivan Munninghoff George W Meyer morial Scale Masters Qualifier contest June 30 contestants four states competed event featured Satur day night banquet guest speaker Norm Goyer Scale RC Modeler magazine truly superb collection aircraft flown Sport Scale Lee DeMary winner Laser 200 J Devorss second Baby Ace Ken Gerlits third P-51 Herb Smith won Gi ant Scale 1A-scale Super Cub towed Glider Mike Shoemakers J-3 second Bill Turners Waco ARE close hind Masters Qualifier two perennial Masters fliers Bob Frey Al Casey topped class P-47 Mig 3 re spectively Rone Comptons Piper Pawnee third Brian OMeara P-47 Olen Tre nary Pitts Buzz Butler BD-8 Dan Par sons MB-5 also qualified attend years big Scale meet Ft Knox United Airlines Mobil Oil Co major sponsors event special thanks US Air Force Academy al lowing event take place its facility Richard Ballard President Jayhawk Model Masters Club Lawrence KS sends picture below showing Ivan Hird right being awarded AMA Award Apprecia tion Ivan honored years service modeling local level pleased recipient district award Richard also indicates concern about Narrow-band Phasein Plan 1991 have others recent months Executive Council concert AMAs Technical Di rector Bob Underwood has issued clarifi cation statement situation Look minutes October EC meet ing will also have discussed recent District IX meeting held Salina KS hopefully some informative light will have shed intent phasein plan te will continue forward concerns AMA Frequency Committee brought atten tion Thanks being concerned thinker expressing same. time issue Model Aviation hands will have put together committee informally search out study make recommendations regarding potential acquisition land sites AMAs discussed plan multisite acquisition Nats fun-fly events well possi bility location needed office space other present AMA Headquar ters location Reston VA have received several pieces communication recently re garding possibility would inter ested receiving input about im portant issue Please take time bring yourself up date reading past column comments District IX well others have addressed issue would expect have report District IX meeting soon being written just two weeks prior its date hoped will informed concerned members AMA means staying abreast happenings standpoint work Executive Council Take time read review minutes meetings ask questions necessary synopsis Councils work always appears issue following quarterly meetings part will necessarily review editorialize content column recom mend take time read yourself what happening organization Keep landings soft intentional . January 1989 131 Ron Compton won first place Scale Pawnee Crop Duster Noel Hess Waco Biplane won third place Scale well Participants Choice Arizona 0 California 0 Hawaii 0 Nevada S Utah x DISTRICT REPORT David 1 Peltz District X Vice-President 20450 Celtic St Chatsworth CA 91311 Associate Vice Presidents Edward Aber-Song 99-127 Ohiakee Plea HI 96701 Darwin N Barrie 8252 E Turney Ave Scottsdale AZ 85251 Glenn Carter 2020 Gill Port Lane Walnut Creek CA 94598 Bob Kampmann 8818 Piedra Way Fair Oaks CA 95628 Mike Lee 11420 Spdtire Drive San Diego CA 92126 Bob Reynolds 12901 E Speedway Tycoon AZ 95748 Jim Scarborough 30717 Rae Langlois Rancho PV CA 90274 Betty Stream 3723 Snowden Ave Long Beach CA 90808 Al Williamson 445 Westby Chula Vista CA 92011 Jon Zeinloit 5411 October Way Went Valley City UT 84120 Frequency Coordinator George Steiner 2238 Rogee River Dr Sacramento CA 95826 Phone t916t 362-1992 LOCAL NEWS DEPARTMENT Some critics have said dont ever report Dis trict 10 happenings say Buds Sepulveda Basin premier flying site LA plagued crashes According newsletter Valley RC Fliers home club field purchased scan ning receiver quote. check amount RF coming through Basin RC hand continues Well plenty immediately discovered high-powered com mercial stations 10 kHz away chan nels 12 16 18 20 24 28 32 34 42 44 46 48 52 much todays RC equipment can cope Thats number crashes has gone high basin le gally required allow AMA nonAMA fliers use no way en sure very best narrow-band stuff gets used usually mild-mannered highly pro-AMA clubs published reaction discovery again quote AMA has done did get exclu sive band frequencies fly Instead got lot frequencies hoping af ter enough crashes would find good use AGREE 100% Gentlemen Council please try understand radio plan work ing more people discovering real reasons problems basin unique freak location What happens will someday repeated urban areas slow death RC will follow END OF LOCAL NEWS DEPTARTMENT just received November Model Avia tion campaign statements AMA VP candidates Its gratifying see few campaigning strengths real-world business financial management experience hope win because AMA needs people like Council also hope live long enough see day AMA realizes needs experi enced professional leaders run organi zation good old boys claim fame know build/fly toy airplanes Personally have doubts will ever happen Too bad AMA month Council will meet again AMAs self-declared center world good old Reston VA Theyll discuss Land Acquisition Committees progress proposal see November column acquire up five sites So far Ive seen AMA examine sites Virginia nothing could remotely thought West ern locations unless consider thing slightly west Dulles Airport wild wild West take full credit getting re cent land acquisition activity started June recently Chairman Pete Waters unilaterally decided remove Land Acquisition Committee because wrote cant work him would know Hes never tried work anything especially committee Ive never received comment reply input provided him learned about being removed committee accident memo got John Worth casually mentioned committee meeting knew nothing about though theyve now removed Western representation commit tee theyll still try foist upon de nials being Eastern organization vigorously deny opportu nity build Headquarters Museum east coast Later start search permanent sites east coast Well some things like proverbial spots leopard will never change leads tne next subject Peltz Predicts Future Ive polished crys tal ball gazed Cut column out hang wall reminder heard first PREDICTION 1 AMAs first permanent site will far closer Atlantic Ocean Pacific PREDICTION 2 Free Flight RC Soar ing will leave Nats own thing will mark beginning end annual exercise AMA folly PREDICTION 3 person selected re place John Worth Executive Director John retires after over two decades service will AMA member likely good old boys will un qualified job underpaid task will create irreversible problems organization look ad AMA placed magazine requesting submission resumes tells it doesnt have single word about applicant qualifications PREDICTION 4 flying site crisis will continue worsen Model aviation will come rural-only activity within five years Big-city clubs will lose fields start organizing trips chartered buses go nearest remaining sites yearly one-day flying outings PREDICTION 5 Radio problems will wors en time AMA recognizes its wellintentioned Frequency Committee created something someone named Franken stein could love will too late Too RC pilots will have already abandoned sport because can no longer afford replace throwaway radios planes after flight/crash will have gone full circle pioneering days 50s radios barely worked early 80s worked very well early 90s no longer work presence practically oth ers geographic area has pag ing services can still afford sport will abandon too stating its just fun anymoreone plane air time just isnt same thing PREDICTION 6 Having given up technical feasibility mass producing fully reliable reasonably priced 1991 de sign radio industry will shift its R&D ef forts produce 1992 radio time finally becomes available late 1993 will also rendered obsolete pag ing systems now 5 kHz away PREDICTION 7 radio problem fi nally solved 1995 bright young en gineer Far East discovers run two wires directly con trols airplane dont need ra dio technology wires have draw back though require planes fly circles around person con trols PREDICTION 8 Some youngster 1995 AMA Junior Executive Council proclaims al breakthrough bubble burst finds out once something AMA did similar called Control Line Another 1995 youngster asks couldnt fly planes neither ra dios nor wires too told that once unsuccessfully tried AMA time called Free Flight organi zations aging historian recalls Free Flight Control Line both died what terms RC-Acquired InspiredTechnology-Driven Syndrome RC-AI DS fatal disease early 1990s PREDICTION 9 Driven sport fliers totally dominate Executive Coun cii faced continuous stream last places FAI World Championships 1995 AMA stops sending US teams withdraws FAI Faced loss its traditional main source funds USA FAI panics immediately declares French equivalent bank ruptcy No notices PREDICTION 10 early 1996 no longer place left UsA fly model airplanes AMA members still builders have taken shipping fin ished models AMA Museum now occupies buildings around 10 miles center Reston VA tents parking lot AMA HQ employees again demand better work ing conditions including occasional hot wa ter electricity again reminded needs secondary museums needs PREDICTION 11 group real business men form organization seriously de voted preservation expansion sport/hobby model aviation well-defined highly realistic longrange business plan greeted gener ous financing grateful neglected model aviation industry itself fac ing extinction PREDICTION 12 special meeting AMA Executive Council called ask three questions 1 did go wrong 2 cope newly formed competing organization 3 Just what does word competition really mean referring model airplane con tests PREDICTION 13 decided form three new AMA committees find swers has become AMA doctrine Eastern Council members allowed answers never found Neither scattered remains onceproud AMA Remember read first way back 1988 132 Model Aviation Alaska 0 Idaho ana 0 Oregon ington XI DISTRICT REPORT Ed MeCollough District XI Vice-President 53 SE 61st Ave Portland OR 97215 503 2344439 CompuServe addrens tor EMAIL7e0672422 Associate Vice Presidents Tom Caahman 2521 SW 323rd St Federal Way WA 9e023 Al Culver Son 86 Wilder ID 83676 Gary H Fuller PO Don 1124 Kotzebue AK 99752 Glen Miachke 4050 Fourth Ave N Great Falla MT 59401 Dave Mallena 15559 Palatine Ave N. Seattle WA 95133 Bruce Nelnon 507 E Vickaburg St Spokane WA 99205 Dick Wickline P0 Boa 623 Klamath Fatin OR 97601 Chick Young 11225 125th St E #69 Puyallup WA 98373 Frequency Coordinator Robert Batch 16439 SE Haig Dr Portland OR 57236 Phone 503 761-5103 NATS IN THE NORTHWEST IN 89 AMA Executive Council voted hold 89 Nats Headquarters Rich land WA TnCities area southeastern Washington dates July 15-23 will great site facet Nats introduc tion special events such Slope Soaring also possible Stay tuned member two have asked about vote regional flying field question rest wondered voted against motion because feel fiscal respon sibility says have have insur ance pad before go out buy property Property hard liquidate need cash try sell off need never get price need Lat er weve built pad will favor buying property subject other officers wrote glowingly about plan wonder ful immodestly claimed own idea Wrongo idea Hardy Brodersons first proposed Council meeting Chicago several years ago same time wonder just buying regional site will help out los ing local flying fields Maybe can pack up head regional site few days flying year Better should de velop ways helping local clubs get fields first case small group now run ning AMA chance buy piece property decided among themselves wasnt good idea turns out prop erty recently sold $33 million would have paid So much far-sighted leadership Its two months until Puyallup Are ready Don Sweazy ready Speaking shows like want district display booth just put ly costs ship next user Let know early can schedule Gary Fuller intrepid AVP far cold north finally got message dogsled no doubt Gary above Arctic Circle Kot zebue AK curious geographically its just above Arctic Circle coast Any way Gary got chance visit Anchorage spent some time Alaska RC Societys field Elemendorf AFB quote Gary saw some good models such Ken Bystedts Falcon 56 Frank Weavers unusual Scale Bucker Bestmann kitted US Rick Warfords Four-Cycle Tigermoth John Reeses Sportster Gary Terzichs EZ Dago Red Ye-scale Citabria Joe Boswells Force 1 Joel Wilcoxs Trainer Ron Bergts lAscale Chip munk host Jim Terrells VK Nieuport 28 Gary quite impressed field mentioned hoped visit Alaska Mos quitoes October Strange thought Alaska stand outside mosquit6es would carry away OMPRA racing has very active year according AVP Dick Wickline rac ing both Super Sports Q-500s Creswell Big Bird happening photo below shows Dave Kepharts red Byron Pitts Dave Loren Anderson both brought big Byron bipes Bend Lorens yellow Clayton Fosters blue-and-white Cub Clayton Eugene RC Aeronaut Master builder Bob Kreuzinger brought very nrettv EAA BiDe Salem sadness note Ray Revels suf fered fatal heart attack Rogue Eagles field summer happened just day after death Peggy Rosenbergs husband Sandy sympathies go both families friends Some pictures Plat 1 water fly early June Bud Schwesinger Umpqua Val ley gang put very nice relaxed week end water flying reservoir near Suth erlin very nice site fly lot friendly people make feel home put calen dar early next June bring water bird Heres shot some planes pilots spectators Steve Milos Paul Schlutzs Edo floatplanes foreground As usual Bob Balch took photos column outdid himself great shot PBY Unfortunately seem have filed notes event am sure pretty shot shows flying site P1st 1 good advantage also shows Don Anderson trying act nonchalant other per son flies Dons airplane Since airplane fully capable flying itself no real problem January 1989 133 nice touch event taxi race husbands wives sweethearts pilots Im absolutely sure think Susan Reiver beaching Dick smart crack Im suing Reivers Heinkel Coming up next montn witi oe pictures 88 version Scale Masters Regional Farragut State Park shot taken Sil verwood may anything isnt day airport come across documentation like beautiful 11It sincere wish noliday season hold health happiness family coming year peace happiness Happy holiday flying Don Ross New Book Whenever new book works want talk about especially think going good book know have yet received copy Dons book Rubber-Powered Model AirplanL5 drawings text pictures Ive seen Don working Im convinced superior Ive written about Dons book some months ago Junior Flight readers have written asking will available Well good news time read will able purchase copy Rubber-Powered Model Airplanes will sold Motor Books International ad dress Osceola WI 54020 can call toll-free 1-800-458-0454 cost $1295 plus handling shipping charges $395 total cost $1690 pur chase directly wait distribution buy directly right now will accept check money order Visa American Express Mastercard credit card call Its name tells pretty much what book aboutOutdoor rubber-powered model airplanes beginner modeler needing still assistance dont book good place enter aero modeling ought school library club book will take rank beginner turn him model airplane builder flier What does take mystery out building flying successful Free Flight models An telligent book trying cover thing sticks Rubber power also doesnt get ultracomplex FAI contest types other words book kind need start flying Don Ross book features complete plans three progressively difficult simple models First all-balsa handlaunched stick job all-balsa ROG rise-off-ground finally 24-in-wingspan built-up stick-and tissue model Its just whats needed get out han gar blue Don includes over 100 drawings pictures illustrations whole chapter flight trimming another solely Flying Scale building techniques Theres detail make own propellers dont have remain lim ited commercially produced plastic props Theres detail also wind get out rubber motors make rolled tubular fuselages freewheeler folding propsplus well over 100 valu able hints kinks Don explains go about de signing own models telling what basics Besides standard tractor monoplane Don discusses biplanes ca 134 Model Aviation nards other planforms gives standard proportions Besides Don lists aeromodeling ganizations publications plus about 60 sources materials kits plans can say w Don Ross book Rubber-Powered Model Airplanes does Outdoor rubber-powered Free Flight what Ron Williams classic Building Flying Indoor Model Airplanes does Indoor Free Flight Ill receiving actual copy shortly will give opportunity tell about next month mean time call number 1-800-458-0454 total cost $1690 will worth ROG 25 Update Tom Greenhalge proposer pusher ROG 25 event writes further con firm love cabin airplanes rather stick models think ROG model think stick model especially beginners Tom would just soon have full-fuselage models event tends make event advanced modelers Pictured two models con tained rubber motors illustrate ap proach Two brothers Stan Gary Bud denbohm designed constructed neat models first Stan all-sheetbalsa Sheety Riser Garys yet un named uses built-up stick-and-tissue structure Both should very successful ED WHITTEN 0 Tom tells us famous Thermal Thumbers Club planning ROG 25 Blow-Out series contests starting Janu ary will have contest once month during first six months 1989 Paul Herbst flies Peck-Polymers Flying Aces Moth event writes add accent Thermal Thumbers se ries will participation Ten points will given month flying event three additional points will awarded winning two placing sec ond third After sixth con test nice prize will go modeler accu mulating points think very interesting approach aim maybe generate enough interest ROG 25 event included next sum mers USFF Championship Contest Taft have hand California clubs sure know plug events power Remember send views Tom Toms address 2080 B Maple Ave nue Costa Mesa CA 92627 Mine course up above Whether ROG 25 Novice Pen nyplane B-29 build tail light Keep building keep flying see next month Have Helped Junior Modeler Today Io FLIGHT Box 176 Wall St Sta New York NY 10005