1990 JAMAM1 SMID-AMEFICAI Phil Cartier THE 1990 NATS gave over 40 Combat fliers chance thingFast Slow FAI Combat big-money contests have put some pressure number Nats entries late Bladder Grabber just three weeks before grabbed quite few fliers FA World Champs two weeks prior took some vaca tions fliers made MidAmerican Air Center came flyand fly did ample time available event used full double elimination gave full-house fliers least eight matches count over 200 matches flown gave fliers spectators action wanted could han dle Saturday afternoon everyone tired flown out winners happy Lawrenceville site Combat fliers dream thick soft turf plenty practice area trees shade lots parking upwind side circles appreciated amenities though conveniently located latrines emptied day ladies attendance especially grateful since Com bat contests notorious nonexistent toi let facilities Pat Willcox Miniature Aircraft Combat Associ ation MACA president again gave up chance fly instead ran operation ably assisted Sheila Cranfill tabu lated scores made matches ran pits Donna Dawson pull tested judged Charlie Melanor Pat Currier Jerry Hoozier Vicki Jaden Phil Cartier Jeff Dawson Bud Bodzioch counted cuts various times other fliers pitched helped necessary keep things running whole contest went very smoothly such things go Oniy two three matches caused real contro versy oniy reflown due judging errors impressed caliber flying level sportsmanship Pat gave little pep talk pilots meetings about flying clean matches avoiding line tangles cutaways relatively few matches pilot won air time alone few real line-balls gen erally involved line clips locking up han dle emphasis safe flying really paid off two fly-aways Slow left circle occurred FAI believe oniy two Fast planes left circle Judging almost matches first four days could easily see pilots taking extra care avoid tangles keep planes lined up Flying kicked oft Slow Combat Mon day Typical recent years Junior/Senior category rather small Five kids battled out Annie Olsen Fargo took first Matt Arunski Manchester second Fran cis Liana New Jersey third Francis two sisters Theresa Jennifer also flew Open Slow started Monday afternoon Right start looked like Don Cranfill hot good matches couple wild fly-aways Don managed win match Several best matches between Cranfill others trying him early matches opponent got up rich run tried duke out Don tore poor guy up six cuts nothing Later Gordy Tes chendorf almost handed Cranfihl first loss Don looked totally control getting cut knot Gordy managed double-cut pass just couldnt get lined up get third cut win quarter finals Pete Plunkett Don Cranfill flew best match contest Plun kett got up first Don got cut knot early Pete came back cut chased knot least two minutes really thrill ing match near-midairs FM showcased Russian contingent Rus sian fliers included Svetlana Filippova young lady flies Stunt very well Alexander Ivash kin Alexander Gievskiy Team Race Sergey Ivanov Russians came over primar ily Team Race Precision Aerobatics sell Combat engines Bad luck two events left plenty time Combat Because small entry matches pitted slightly slower tight-turning Russian planes distinctive flying wing shape against faster wider turning American foamies noisiest lot Gary Arnolds ships minipipes made ears ring sitting judges tent ear plugs Gary Svetlana flew early matches After some brief maneuvering Arnold cut loose near-midair plane ended up trees over some spectators about 300 yards away fly-away resulted rematch according FM rules Arnold won air time Svetlana turned out polished competent pilot used tighter turning ability well scored clean wins over couple American gen tlemen final results Joe McKinzie first Jerry Sabin second Svetlana Filip pova third Thursday brought Combat Again Rus sians provided lot excitement Unfortu nately equipment showed needed lot development Several planes unstable couldnt fly level new engine ran very well after sorted out some starting problems Chicago Circlecutters put out quite team effort Bud Bodzioch pulled off several easy wins using own admittedly cruddy equipment going got tough borrowed best could get flew some very good matches fi nally ending up first Teammate John Kupinski used similar approach took second Pete Jaden used fairly standard foamies powered 62 Model Aviation .artsJaden launches the.match between Pete Jaden Steve Kott background Kotta pit crew got him air one-flip start Really V2A Pat Willcox starts Pete Jaden launches Mike WilIcoxs plane Mike used new Shuriken 049 flights mlnl-Arrowplanes nearly big Fast planes few years ago plane has chord about nine inches six inch tip chord almost 300 sq area Liana Jennifer Liens Francis Liana third Matt Arunaki second Annie Olsen first non Jaden first Gary Arnold second Gordy Guerine third Mike Wilicox fourth Phil Cartier fifth Neal se dedicated fliers came despite recent contests like Bladder Grabber World Championships ever-present TeeDee 049 get third Mike Wilicox took fourth primarily using new Shuriken engine Jeff Dawson took fifth fol lowed Bill Estill sixth Shuriken engine news event proved itself extremely powerful Mike Willcox flew models built Larry Driskill approached old Fast plane size Fred Baldwin Jim Van Arsdall learned lot about rigors Combat rebuilt Willcoxs mo tor twice field wrist-pin keeper let go Once problem solved Shuriken ran fast steadily Only time will tell well received engine will Combat circles runs very well lot folks may prefer spend $200 engine wont break $30 bunch TeeDees take lot tuning tweakingand still break just running well Fast Combat lived up its name psych-out fliers started putting test flights early Wednesday Bob Carver some screaming Fox Mk VI-powered Creamsicles looked going fairly honest 125 mph Unfortunately two broke up during practice fly slightly slower Arrowplanes Steve Kott also some very fast equipment ma jority other fliers seemed doing 105115 mph first two rounds went fast Friday Al match ended kill believe three Out 32 matches decided air time also very few midairs rounds showcased classic Combat flying Both planes launched within second two After signal start combat would maneuver feint 10-15 seconds pilot would make move Half time first pilot got kill rest time first pi lot got cut opponent came back got kill within couple seconds flew tanks out Team-Race style guy would have big grin face other guy just shaking head trying remember what happened third fourth rounds went slowly heat humidity began take toll Quite few matches ended line tangles several spectacular midairs fourth round saw controversial match whole week Steve Kott Pete Jaden flying Kott up first quite bit midair Kotts engine quit Jaden got cut planes spiraled down engine flew off breaking tether Jadens model ruled unflyableincorrectly engine screws vibrated out after mid air plane wasnt broken So Kott went back up Jadens pit crew put engine back match finally over judges couldnt decide outcome because watches hadnt stopped properly So flew rematch end round Fortu nately rematch went off very smoothly Steve Kott won kill clinching win spectators thought first match Several new bits technology equipment trends surfaced year Fast MACA Russian Combat contingent Alexander Gievskiy front Alexander lvashkin kneel ing Sergey lvanov leaning over three concentrate Team Racing also produce Russian Combat engines meeting about 18 Out 20 attendees agreed might time start restricting Fast bit Af ter some discussion Jim Ehlen agreed try test ing different sized venturis come up some recommendations hope limited venturi probably somewhere 02800300 range planes will slow down 100105 mph smaller venturis also might allow smaller lighter engines get up speed 36s Arrowplane made big year placing second seventh Six seven winners used arrow-shaft tail booms some planes Gordy Guerine Chicago placed third exception terfly design reminiscent Russian FAI ships featuring foam leading edge built-up con struction behind spar small elevator Continued page 183 Left Y2A Combat winners L R Bud Bodzioch first John Kupinski second Pete Jaden third Michael Wilicox fourth Jeff Dawson fifth Bill Estill sixth event director Pat Wilicox Right Slow Combat winners L R Jeff Dawson seventh Jerry Sabin fifth Joe McKlnzie sec ond Don Cranfili first Pete Plunkett fourth Jim Ehien third Mike Urban sixth competitors got flying action could handle November 1990 63 FAI winners L R Jerry Sabin second Joe McKinzie first Svetlana Filippova third After breaking Stunt plane Svet lana came over give Combat contin gent hand Russian planes feature very light reliable engine strong con struction theyre exceptionally tightturning able use features very effectively against faster Americans Part overworked judging crew rests between matches Left right Pat Currier Jerry Hoozier Jeff Dawson Donna Dawson counted cuts Fast Trees background caused problems circle Small cuts very hard see planes low trees other circle sky behind used finals matches iery smoothly minor glitches noted discrepancies arose protests regis ered handled calmly efficiently ith dispatch Judges officials including Ron Sears Don Harbin Dave Mcllvaine Donna 4cIlvaine Cliff Tacie Bert Dugan John Guen Ann Underwood Carol Culver should e commended time effort mak ng event come off well years Control Line Scale contest should e widely regarded pivotal uccess future Nats will built Jats CL Combat/Cartier ontinued page 63 ounted tralling edge wing arrow-shaft construction along ep soft turf helped planes sur ye crashes much damage high ieeds Ron Pete Jaden used well thought foam design won Ron first place ane featured slightly reflexed airfoil ry thin section tips thin id go external controls arrow-shaft om reinforced top bottom extra irbon fiber stiffening Jats CL Carrier/Just ontinued page 65 35-powered Profile Mustang upend Kevin Varwashana first place Senior age division Class Chad Din rman no official flights ST 35owered Seagull lass U interspersed Class Fri ay Pete Mazurs Webra Speed 61-powerd MO-i once agaln blazed away best high speed 1656 seconds win Vith first-place performance Pete also outcored competitors total points gamer fth Eugene Ely award given annually y Navy Carrier Society award given flier accumulates points ie three classes regular Carrier competi Nats Joe Dzialo netted second place beauti 11 Rossi 60-powered Bearcat very light npressive model Bill Melton could find right slow speed ombination placed third annual NCS banquet held Friday night K-Js Vincennes time NCS Presi ent Joe Just presented Pete Mazur Eu ene Ely award also presented John VIna ith Rookie Year award During eeting NCS worked its positions relative sound problem attempts increase amer participation unofficial Carrier events flown Sat rday turnout Sportsman down ic 1989 Nats suspect due w level Carrier competitors immediate rea However Mike Greb showed us first place score 2124 rints Six entrants fought out diminutive 15-size ships Bill Bischoffs MO-i leading e pack However Doc Hollidays AW diesel-powered Ringmaster Jr stole e show its almost-silent slow-speed runs new Sig-sponsored Skyray 35 Carrier vent five fliers doing thing used ie Sig Skyray adapted three-line configura particular approach Carrier flight RJL Manufactures USA RJL RIC & U/C ENGINES 15 thru 61 Forster Glow & Ignition Engines FACTORY PARTS & SERVICE FOR HB Engines Cox Conquest 15 Kraft 61 Taipan 40 HGK Engines Testor/McCoy Series 21 Forster Remco Viking twin November 1990 183 Made America IJJjWith AE~S American Technology OUT BLUE. start CESSNA ucn1UBOBCRT II U-WI 5OO1L Amos&Ic 2WIX A04L B C PLANS 18s KITS AVAILABLE WRITE FOR INFO KFiighi lustri, Thu 0or 1,g ChattaroOg TN 37111 Call write free inforflatgofl RJL Industries PO Box 5 - Sierra Ma&e CA 91025 818 359-0016 071St
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/11
Page Numbers: 62, 63, 183
1990 JAMAM1 SMID-AMEFICAI Phil Cartier THE 1990 NATS gave over 40 Combat fliers chance thingFast Slow FAI Combat big-money contests have put some pressure number Nats entries late Bladder Grabber just three weeks before grabbed quite few fliers FA World Champs two weeks prior took some vaca tions fliers made MidAmerican Air Center came flyand fly did ample time available event used full double elimination gave full-house fliers least eight matches count over 200 matches flown gave fliers spectators action wanted could han dle Saturday afternoon everyone tired flown out winners happy Lawrenceville site Combat fliers dream thick soft turf plenty practice area trees shade lots parking upwind side circles appreciated amenities though conveniently located latrines emptied day ladies attendance especially grateful since Com bat contests notorious nonexistent toi let facilities Pat Willcox Miniature Aircraft Combat Associ ation MACA president again gave up chance fly instead ran operation ably assisted Sheila Cranfill tabu lated scores made matches ran pits Donna Dawson pull tested judged Charlie Melanor Pat Currier Jerry Hoozier Vicki Jaden Phil Cartier Jeff Dawson Bud Bodzioch counted cuts various times other fliers pitched helped necessary keep things running whole contest went very smoothly such things go Oniy two three matches caused real contro versy oniy reflown due judging errors impressed caliber flying level sportsmanship Pat gave little pep talk pilots meetings about flying clean matches avoiding line tangles cutaways relatively few matches pilot won air time alone few real line-balls gen erally involved line clips locking up han dle emphasis safe flying really paid off two fly-aways Slow left circle occurred FAI believe oniy two Fast planes left circle Judging almost matches first four days could easily see pilots taking extra care avoid tangles keep planes lined up Flying kicked oft Slow Combat Mon day Typical recent years Junior/Senior category rather small Five kids battled out Annie Olsen Fargo took first Matt Arunski Manchester second Fran cis Liana New Jersey third Francis two sisters Theresa Jennifer also flew Open Slow started Monday afternoon Right start looked like Don Cranfill hot good matches couple wild fly-aways Don managed win match Several best matches between Cranfill others trying him early matches opponent got up rich run tried duke out Don tore poor guy up six cuts nothing Later Gordy Tes chendorf almost handed Cranfihl first loss Don looked totally control getting cut knot Gordy managed double-cut pass just couldnt get lined up get third cut win quarter finals Pete Plunkett Don Cranfill flew best match contest Plun kett got up first Don got cut knot early Pete came back cut chased knot least two minutes really thrill ing match near-midairs FM showcased Russian contingent Rus sian fliers included Svetlana Filippova young lady flies Stunt very well Alexander Ivash kin Alexander Gievskiy Team Race Sergey Ivanov Russians came over primar ily Team Race Precision Aerobatics sell Combat engines Bad luck two events left plenty time Combat Because small entry matches pitted slightly slower tight-turning Russian planes distinctive flying wing shape against faster wider turning American foamies noisiest lot Gary Arnolds ships minipipes made ears ring sitting judges tent ear plugs Gary Svetlana flew early matches After some brief maneuvering Arnold cut loose near-midair plane ended up trees over some spectators about 300 yards away fly-away resulted rematch according FM rules Arnold won air time Svetlana turned out polished competent pilot used tighter turning ability well scored clean wins over couple American gen tlemen final results Joe McKinzie first Jerry Sabin second Svetlana Filip pova third Thursday brought Combat Again Rus sians provided lot excitement Unfortu nately equipment showed needed lot development Several planes unstable couldnt fly level new engine ran very well after sorted out some starting problems Chicago Circlecutters put out quite team effort Bud Bodzioch pulled off several easy wins using own admittedly cruddy equipment going got tough borrowed best could get flew some very good matches fi nally ending up first Teammate John Kupinski used similar approach took second Pete Jaden used fairly standard foamies powered 62 Model Aviation .artsJaden launches the.match between Pete Jaden Steve Kott background Kotta pit crew got him air one-flip start Really V2A Pat Willcox starts Pete Jaden launches Mike WilIcoxs plane Mike used new Shuriken 049 flights mlnl-Arrowplanes nearly big Fast planes few years ago plane has chord about nine inches six inch tip chord almost 300 sq area Liana Jennifer Liens Francis Liana third Matt Arunaki second Annie Olsen first non Jaden first Gary Arnold second Gordy Guerine third Mike Wilicox fourth Phil Cartier fifth Neal se dedicated fliers came despite recent contests like Bladder Grabber World Championships ever-present TeeDee 049 get third Mike Wilicox took fourth primarily using new Shuriken engine Jeff Dawson took fifth fol lowed Bill Estill sixth Shuriken engine news event proved itself extremely powerful Mike Willcox flew models built Larry Driskill approached old Fast plane size Fred Baldwin Jim Van Arsdall learned lot about rigors Combat rebuilt Willcoxs mo tor twice field wrist-pin keeper let go Once problem solved Shuriken ran fast steadily Only time will tell well received engine will Combat circles runs very well lot folks may prefer spend $200 engine wont break $30 bunch TeeDees take lot tuning tweakingand still break just running well Fast Combat lived up its name psych-out fliers started putting test flights early Wednesday Bob Carver some screaming Fox Mk VI-powered Creamsicles looked going fairly honest 125 mph Unfortunately two broke up during practice fly slightly slower Arrowplanes Steve Kott also some very fast equipment ma jority other fliers seemed doing 105115 mph first two rounds went fast Friday Al match ended kill believe three Out 32 matches decided air time also very few midairs rounds showcased classic Combat flying Both planes launched within second two After signal start combat would maneuver feint 10-15 seconds pilot would make move Half time first pilot got kill rest time first pi lot got cut opponent came back got kill within couple seconds flew tanks out Team-Race style guy would have big grin face other guy just shaking head trying remember what happened third fourth rounds went slowly heat humidity began take toll Quite few matches ended line tangles several spectacular midairs fourth round saw controversial match whole week Steve Kott Pete Jaden flying Kott up first quite bit midair Kotts engine quit Jaden got cut planes spiraled down engine flew off breaking tether Jadens model ruled unflyableincorrectly engine screws vibrated out after mid air plane wasnt broken So Kott went back up Jadens pit crew put engine back match finally over judges couldnt decide outcome because watches hadnt stopped properly So flew rematch end round Fortu nately rematch went off very smoothly Steve Kott won kill clinching win spectators thought first match Several new bits technology equipment trends surfaced year Fast MACA Russian Combat contingent Alexander Gievskiy front Alexander lvashkin kneel ing Sergey lvanov leaning over three concentrate Team Racing also produce Russian Combat engines meeting about 18 Out 20 attendees agreed might time start restricting Fast bit Af ter some discussion Jim Ehlen agreed try test ing different sized venturis come up some recommendations hope limited venturi probably somewhere 02800300 range planes will slow down 100105 mph smaller venturis also might allow smaller lighter engines get up speed 36s Arrowplane made big year placing second seventh Six seven winners used arrow-shaft tail booms some planes Gordy Guerine Chicago placed third exception terfly design reminiscent Russian FAI ships featuring foam leading edge built-up con struction behind spar small elevator Continued page 183 Left Y2A Combat winners L R Bud Bodzioch first John Kupinski second Pete Jaden third Michael Wilicox fourth Jeff Dawson fifth Bill Estill sixth event director Pat Wilicox Right Slow Combat winners L R Jeff Dawson seventh Jerry Sabin fifth Joe McKlnzie sec ond Don Cranfili first Pete Plunkett fourth Jim Ehien third Mike Urban sixth competitors got flying action could handle November 1990 63 FAI winners L R Jerry Sabin second Joe McKinzie first Svetlana Filippova third After breaking Stunt plane Svet lana came over give Combat contin gent hand Russian planes feature very light reliable engine strong con struction theyre exceptionally tightturning able use features very effectively against faster Americans Part overworked judging crew rests between matches Left right Pat Currier Jerry Hoozier Jeff Dawson Donna Dawson counted cuts Fast Trees background caused problems circle Small cuts very hard see planes low trees other circle sky behind used finals matches iery smoothly minor glitches noted discrepancies arose protests regis ered handled calmly efficiently ith dispatch Judges officials including Ron Sears Don Harbin Dave Mcllvaine Donna 4cIlvaine Cliff Tacie Bert Dugan John Guen Ann Underwood Carol Culver should e commended time effort mak ng event come off well years Control Line Scale contest should e widely regarded pivotal uccess future Nats will built Jats CL Combat/Cartier ontinued page 63 ounted tralling edge wing arrow-shaft construction along ep soft turf helped planes sur ye crashes much damage high ieeds Ron Pete Jaden used well thought foam design won Ron first place ane featured slightly reflexed airfoil ry thin section tips thin id go external controls arrow-shaft om reinforced top bottom extra irbon fiber stiffening Jats CL Carrier/Just ontinued page 65 35-powered Profile Mustang upend Kevin Varwashana first place Senior age division Class Chad Din rman no official flights ST 35owered Seagull lass U interspersed Class Fri ay Pete Mazurs Webra Speed 61-powerd MO-i once agaln blazed away best high speed 1656 seconds win Vith first-place performance Pete also outcored competitors total points gamer fth Eugene Ely award given annually y Navy Carrier Society award given flier accumulates points ie three classes regular Carrier competi Nats Joe Dzialo netted second place beauti 11 Rossi 60-powered Bearcat very light npressive model Bill Melton could find right slow speed ombination placed third annual NCS banquet held Friday night K-Js Vincennes time NCS Presi ent Joe Just presented Pete Mazur Eu ene Ely award also presented John VIna ith Rookie Year award During eeting NCS worked its positions relative sound problem attempts increase amer participation unofficial Carrier events flown Sat rday turnout Sportsman down ic 1989 Nats suspect due w level Carrier competitors immediate rea However Mike Greb showed us first place score 2124 rints Six entrants fought out diminutive 15-size ships Bill Bischoffs MO-i leading e pack However Doc Hollidays AW diesel-powered Ringmaster Jr stole e show its almost-silent slow-speed runs new Sig-sponsored Skyray 35 Carrier vent five fliers doing thing used ie Sig Skyray adapted three-line configura particular approach Carrier flight RJL Manufactures USA RJL RIC & U/C ENGINES 15 thru 61 Forster Glow & Ignition Engines FACTORY PARTS & SERVICE FOR HB Engines Cox Conquest 15 Kraft 61 Taipan 40 HGK Engines Testor/McCoy Series 21 Forster Remco Viking twin November 1990 183 Made America IJJjWith AE~S American Technology OUT BLUE. start CESSNA ucn1UBOBCRT II U-WI 5OO1L Amos&Ic 2WIX A04L B C PLANS 18s KITS AVAILABLE WRITE FOR INFO KFiighi lustri, Thu 0or 1,g ChattaroOg TN 37111 Call write free inforflatgofl RJL Industries PO Box 5 - Sierra Ma&e CA 91025 818 359-0016 071St
Edition: Model Aviation - 1990/11
Page Numbers: 62, 63, 183
1990 JAMAM1 SMID-AMEFICAI Phil Cartier THE 1990 NATS gave over 40 Combat fliers chance thingFast Slow FAI Combat big-money contests have put some pressure number Nats entries late Bladder Grabber just three weeks before grabbed quite few fliers FA World Champs two weeks prior took some vaca tions fliers made MidAmerican Air Center came flyand fly did ample time available event used full double elimination gave full-house fliers least eight matches count over 200 matches flown gave fliers spectators action wanted could han dle Saturday afternoon everyone tired flown out winners happy Lawrenceville site Combat fliers dream thick soft turf plenty practice area trees shade lots parking upwind side circles appreciated amenities though conveniently located latrines emptied day ladies attendance especially grateful since Com bat contests notorious nonexistent toi let facilities Pat Willcox Miniature Aircraft Combat Associ ation MACA president again gave up chance fly instead ran operation ably assisted Sheila Cranfill tabu lated scores made matches ran pits Donna Dawson pull tested judged Charlie Melanor Pat Currier Jerry Hoozier Vicki Jaden Phil Cartier Jeff Dawson Bud Bodzioch counted cuts various times other fliers pitched helped necessary keep things running whole contest went very smoothly such things go Oniy two three matches caused real contro versy oniy reflown due judging errors impressed caliber flying level sportsmanship Pat gave little pep talk pilots meetings about flying clean matches avoiding line tangles cutaways relatively few matches pilot won air time alone few real line-balls gen erally involved line clips locking up han dle emphasis safe flying really paid off two fly-aways Slow left circle occurred FAI believe oniy two Fast planes left circle Judging almost matches first four days could easily see pilots taking extra care avoid tangles keep planes lined up Flying kicked oft Slow Combat Mon day Typical recent years Junior/Senior category rather small Five kids battled out Annie Olsen Fargo took first Matt Arunski Manchester second Fran cis Liana New Jersey third Francis two sisters Theresa Jennifer also flew Open Slow started Monday afternoon Right start looked like Don Cranfill hot good matches couple wild fly-aways Don managed win match Several best matches between Cranfill others trying him early matches opponent got up rich run tried duke out Don tore poor guy up six cuts nothing Later Gordy Tes chendorf almost handed Cranfihl first loss Don looked totally control getting cut knot Gordy managed double-cut pass just couldnt get lined up get third cut win quarter finals Pete Plunkett Don Cranfill flew best match contest Plun kett got up first Don got cut knot early Pete came back cut chased knot least two minutes really thrill ing match near-midairs FM showcased Russian contingent Rus sian fliers included Svetlana Filippova young lady flies Stunt very well Alexander Ivash kin Alexander Gievskiy Team Race Sergey Ivanov Russians came over primar ily Team Race Precision Aerobatics sell Combat engines Bad luck two events left plenty time Combat Because small entry matches pitted slightly slower tight-turning Russian planes distinctive flying wing shape against faster wider turning American foamies noisiest lot Gary Arnolds ships minipipes made ears ring sitting judges tent ear plugs Gary Svetlana flew early matches After some brief maneuvering Arnold cut loose near-midair plane ended up trees over some spectators about 300 yards away fly-away resulted rematch according FM rules Arnold won air time Svetlana turned out polished competent pilot used tighter turning ability well scored clean wins over couple American gen tlemen final results Joe McKinzie first Jerry Sabin second Svetlana Filip pova third Thursday brought Combat Again Rus sians provided lot excitement Unfortu nately equipment showed needed lot development Several planes unstable couldnt fly level new engine ran very well after sorted out some starting problems Chicago Circlecutters put out quite team effort Bud Bodzioch pulled off several easy wins using own admittedly cruddy equipment going got tough borrowed best could get flew some very good matches fi nally ending up first Teammate John Kupinski used similar approach took second Pete Jaden used fairly standard foamies powered 62 Model Aviation .artsJaden launches the.match between Pete Jaden Steve Kott background Kotta pit crew got him air one-flip start Really V2A Pat Willcox starts Pete Jaden launches Mike WilIcoxs plane Mike used new Shuriken 049 flights mlnl-Arrowplanes nearly big Fast planes few years ago plane has chord about nine inches six inch tip chord almost 300 sq area Liana Jennifer Liens Francis Liana third Matt Arunaki second Annie Olsen first non Jaden first Gary Arnold second Gordy Guerine third Mike Wilicox fourth Phil Cartier fifth Neal se dedicated fliers came despite recent contests like Bladder Grabber World Championships ever-present TeeDee 049 get third Mike Wilicox took fourth primarily using new Shuriken engine Jeff Dawson took fifth fol lowed Bill Estill sixth Shuriken engine news event proved itself extremely powerful Mike Willcox flew models built Larry Driskill approached old Fast plane size Fred Baldwin Jim Van Arsdall learned lot about rigors Combat rebuilt Willcoxs mo tor twice field wrist-pin keeper let go Once problem solved Shuriken ran fast steadily Only time will tell well received engine will Combat circles runs very well lot folks may prefer spend $200 engine wont break $30 bunch TeeDees take lot tuning tweakingand still break just running well Fast Combat lived up its name psych-out fliers started putting test flights early Wednesday Bob Carver some screaming Fox Mk VI-powered Creamsicles looked going fairly honest 125 mph Unfortunately two broke up during practice fly slightly slower Arrowplanes Steve Kott also some very fast equipment ma jority other fliers seemed doing 105115 mph first two rounds went fast Friday Al match ended kill believe three Out 32 matches decided air time also very few midairs rounds showcased classic Combat flying Both planes launched within second two After signal start combat would maneuver feint 10-15 seconds pilot would make move Half time first pilot got kill rest time first pi lot got cut opponent came back got kill within couple seconds flew tanks out Team-Race style guy would have big grin face other guy just shaking head trying remember what happened third fourth rounds went slowly heat humidity began take toll Quite few matches ended line tangles several spectacular midairs fourth round saw controversial match whole week Steve Kott Pete Jaden flying Kott up first quite bit midair Kotts engine quit Jaden got cut planes spiraled down engine flew off breaking tether Jadens model ruled unflyableincorrectly engine screws vibrated out after mid air plane wasnt broken So Kott went back up Jadens pit crew put engine back match finally over judges couldnt decide outcome because watches hadnt stopped properly So flew rematch end round Fortu nately rematch went off very smoothly Steve Kott won kill clinching win spectators thought first match Several new bits technology equipment trends surfaced year Fast MACA Russian Combat contingent Alexander Gievskiy front Alexander lvashkin kneel ing Sergey lvanov leaning over three concentrate Team Racing also produce Russian Combat engines meeting about 18 Out 20 attendees agreed might time start restricting Fast bit Af ter some discussion Jim Ehlen agreed try test ing different sized venturis come up some recommendations hope limited venturi probably somewhere 02800300 range planes will slow down 100105 mph smaller venturis also might allow smaller lighter engines get up speed 36s Arrowplane made big year placing second seventh Six seven winners used arrow-shaft tail booms some planes Gordy Guerine Chicago placed third exception terfly design reminiscent Russian FAI ships featuring foam leading edge built-up con struction behind spar small elevator Continued page 183 Left Y2A Combat winners L R Bud Bodzioch first John Kupinski second Pete Jaden third Michael Wilicox fourth Jeff Dawson fifth Bill Estill sixth event director Pat Wilicox Right Slow Combat winners L R Jeff Dawson seventh Jerry Sabin fifth Joe McKlnzie sec ond Don Cranfili first Pete Plunkett fourth Jim Ehien third Mike Urban sixth competitors got flying action could handle November 1990 63 FAI winners L R Jerry Sabin second Joe McKinzie first Svetlana Filippova third After breaking Stunt plane Svet lana came over give Combat contin gent hand Russian planes feature very light reliable engine strong con struction theyre exceptionally tightturning able use features very effectively against faster Americans Part overworked judging crew rests between matches Left right Pat Currier Jerry Hoozier Jeff Dawson Donna Dawson counted cuts Fast Trees background caused problems circle Small cuts very hard see planes low trees other circle sky behind used finals matches iery smoothly minor glitches noted discrepancies arose protests regis ered handled calmly efficiently ith dispatch Judges officials including Ron Sears Don Harbin Dave Mcllvaine Donna 4cIlvaine Cliff Tacie Bert Dugan John Guen Ann Underwood Carol Culver should e commended time effort mak ng event come off well years Control Line Scale contest should e widely regarded pivotal uccess future Nats will built Jats CL Combat/Cartier ontinued page 63 ounted tralling edge wing arrow-shaft construction along ep soft turf helped planes sur ye crashes much damage high ieeds Ron Pete Jaden used well thought foam design won Ron first place ane featured slightly reflexed airfoil ry thin section tips thin id go external controls arrow-shaft om reinforced top bottom extra irbon fiber stiffening Jats CL Carrier/Just ontinued page 65 35-powered Profile Mustang upend Kevin Varwashana first place Senior age division Class Chad Din rman no official flights ST 35owered Seagull lass U interspersed Class Fri ay Pete Mazurs Webra Speed 61-powerd MO-i once agaln blazed away best high speed 1656 seconds win Vith first-place performance Pete also outcored competitors total points gamer fth Eugene Ely award given annually y Navy Carrier Society award given flier accumulates points ie three classes regular Carrier competi Nats Joe Dzialo netted second place beauti 11 Rossi 60-powered Bearcat very light npressive model Bill Melton could find right slow speed ombination placed third annual NCS banquet held Friday night K-Js Vincennes time NCS Presi ent Joe Just presented Pete Mazur Eu ene Ely award also presented John VIna ith Rookie Year award During eeting NCS worked its positions relative sound problem attempts increase amer participation unofficial Carrier events flown Sat rday turnout Sportsman down ic 1989 Nats suspect due w level Carrier competitors immediate rea However Mike Greb showed us first place score 2124 rints Six entrants fought out diminutive 15-size ships Bill Bischoffs MO-i leading e pack However Doc Hollidays AW diesel-powered Ringmaster Jr stole e show its almost-silent slow-speed runs new Sig-sponsored Skyray 35 Carrier vent five fliers doing thing used ie Sig Skyray adapted three-line configura particular approach Carrier flight RJL Manufactures USA RJL RIC & U/C ENGINES 15 thru 61 Forster Glow & Ignition Engines FACTORY PARTS & SERVICE FOR HB Engines Cox Conquest 15 Kraft 61 Taipan 40 HGK Engines Testor/McCoy Series 21 Forster Remco Viking twin November 1990 183 Made America IJJjWith AE~S American Technology OUT BLUE. start CESSNA ucn1UBOBCRT II U-WI 5OO1L Amos&Ic 2WIX A04L B C PLANS 18s KITS AVAILABLE WRITE FOR INFO KFiighi lustri, Thu 0or 1,g ChattaroOg TN 37111 Call write free inforflatgofl RJL Industries PO Box 5 - Sierra Ma&e CA 91025 818 359-0016 071St